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Absolutely hilarious line, and highlights his biggest weakness, but he's correct in terms of the sentiment. Very few wrestlers in history have had power and agility on the level of the Bulldog. He could wrestle a high level technical match with Shawn Michaels and have a power brawl with Vader. He was a unique talent
Warriors problem was that he seemingly thought himself above wresting and was here in WCW for exposure and nothing else, and Helwig legit had delusions of grandeur. He wanted to transcend into being some kind of mainstream celebrity/faux real life superhero who spouts vague and overly verbose self-help nonsense... yet he never even came close to his goal. Warrior briefly entered the cultural zeitgeist in the late 80's, and it's like Helwig has been chasing that moment ever since. He should've just founded a cult like most people with such aspirations do. But he was more ambitious. XD
Kyle Petty is the son of a legit racing legend, Richard Petty. Kyle was a respectable driver but I wouldn't say that he was legendary. Just helping clear things up. Love the show, great job guys.
@@brandonandujar2289 quite the opposite. Most people, including Austin, Hogan, and Brett have commented about how much harder the WWF ring was. It limited the things they wanted to do, and would easily lead to concussions and back injuries.
WCW probably used more wood and less metal to get that ring sound. You can say what you want about WCW, but the sounds that ring would make was ear sex.
@@billhicks6449 Exactly. The WWWF rings were more like boxing rings, so they were bigger and harder and that carried through to WWF. The smaller southern rings for smaller venues were more open underneath and apparently required less structure. Plus, a lot of the sound comes from the mic placement. WWF would put more stuff to dampen the sound allegedly as opposed to Crockett.
I've heard you guys bitch a bunch of times how WCW never let the upper mid to upper card get clean victories. MMA has a winner every single fight with rare exceptions. Even if you think a fighter got robbed on the scoring, there is still a winner. Nobody thinks less of a dude if he loses. If you cant make somebody take a loss and find a way to keep them strong then you suck as an agent or a booker.
His promos at this time were legendarily atrocious. I am amazed it is not more well known in the wrestling landscape. All anyone talks about is the flash paper botch at the PPV and the mirror spot... but the entire thing was just, yikes! I was watching through my hands near the end and with clenched teeth. And it sadly all can be blamed on Warrior being so self-indulgent, and WCW indulging him.
@@planescaped NO! It was Hogan Hall Nash& Bishoff !!! Watch The Ultimate Warrior Interview talks of paying dudes $50.00 a show he & Sting made$$ Eating Peanut butter& Jelly Sandwiches
A huge smile just plastered across my face as soon as I saw Rick Steiner walking to the ring. Still vividly remember watching at my friend's house and dying of laughter that Rick was getting flustered and actually trying to threaten a doll. It's legit one of my favorite WCW moments ever, and yes, it absolutely finished Rick for me, could never take him seriously again.
The feud and Rick's singles push end at Halloween Havoc. They do nothing with Rick again until mid-late 99 when he's repackaged as a heel and partnered with Sid Vicious.
I was still young enough to be "afraid" of Chucky and I remember running out of the room when he came on the screen. Oh to be young again, wrestling was so much fun back then.
@@SMAXZO Jay's version of Mike Awesome's theme. It was one of those songs like Man Called Sting, Mr. Bang Bang, Steiner Line, etc. where the lyrics were just a rundown of the wrestler's gimmick.
"Wood"/"Woody" was what Hogan was trying to get over as a nickname for himself for some reason, he started doing that some time that year IIRC. He claimed it was what they call him down in the Hood.
Thank you for this comment, it was driving me mad that none of our boys could figure it out It's also slang for Inglewood CA, and hip-hop culture was permeating this era of WCW
@@georgecoley9514 Hogan was always trying to get things over even if nobody was paying attention. I've been watching Nitros from 96 and when the nWo are doing their end-of-show takeovers he's always shouting "Anything less would be uncivilized!" or "too civilized!" in imitation of those old Grey Poupon ads.
Lol! because it's short for PECKERWOOD. This is the funniest thing I've learned about Hogan in a while. This is basically like calling him cracker or honkey.
2 Things: 1. Kyle Petty was the *son* of a NASCAR Legend, 7-time champion, Richard Petty. Kyle was nowhere near as good as his dad. 2. If I had a nickle for every time OSW mentioned a wrestler becoming a full-time monster trucker, I'd have 2 nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.
@@maxbuffkin5625 Not entirely accurate. David Flair was devoid of talent. Kyle at least competed for the top title in NASCAR and was good before he broke his leg. He was just never going to be his dad while he was always going to be compared to him.
I was about 9-10 years old when Warrior retuned on Nitro, and I was a child of early divorce so my dad was lenient and would let me stay up late to watch Raw/Nitro because in Cali they aired later. So when I was at my mom's house I would have to literally beg her to stay up and get good grades and be good to be able to stay up and watch. I remember watching the Nitro when Warrior returned and I was screaming and my mom was yelling at me to stfu because my younger siblings were sleeping and I was trying to explain why this was so cool... but then she sent me to bed lmao, I was lucky I didnt have to watch Warrior's whole 20 min promo
23:50 Translation: Bret refused to lose to Hogan. Hogan refused to lose to Bret. Uhh... quick! Swerve! Swerve! Swerve!!! Man, the left hand never knew what the right was doing in WCW. And no one had any plan for what was going on. Watching the faces of the crowd during the Bret Hart swerve is gold. It's just looks of pure confusion and outrage and sadness over ever getting invested.
@@Musiclover19 Nobody drew like Hogan except for Austin and Rock. But if we go by who should or shouldn't lose to who based on drawing ability, then that means Hogan could only lose to Rock and Austin. Cena was the biggest draw from 2005-2013 yet he still lost plenty of matches in that time.
Fun fact about Dale Torborg while we have him on the show: Post WCW, he transitioned into coaching Major League Baseball teams, primarily fitness and strength coaching, primarily due to nepotism (his dad was a notable manager in MLB). While in his job, he got into a heated confrontation with pitcher Antonio Alfonseca that left Alfonseca hiding in another room and getting traded out of the team not long after. Torborg is also responsible for getting A.J. Pierzynski, player for the then-World Series Champions the Chicago White Sox, to show up in TNA.
#1: did not realize he was Jeff Torborgs son. #2: if baseball has ever had a ready made, dyed in the wool heel... It's A.J. Pierzynski. And that's coming from a Twins fan (the team he came up with). That guy had a natural ability to make people absolutely hate him. I'm actually surprised he didn't do more wrestling, he's perfect for it.
The idea of taking apart The Flock to then put them all in a losing streak while the leader racks up losses and still says they were holding him back is such a good start to build a new group. Maybe they could have had the members of the flock start working together without Raven, racking up wins and becoming champions. While Raven is still losing. He might try and start a new Flock, with other heels but still not winning with them. Raven would start to feud with the old Flock with his new team. After a huge loss at a ppv The New Flock attacks Raven, blaming him for their loss. And when it seems Raven has no one left in his life, getting beaten down by his new old group, the original Flock saves him. They don't like Raven but they can't deny that he is the reason they all met, saving him as a small "Thank You" from old friends. From there you can do a lot of things, Raven redemption arc, New Flock vs Old, hell you can still have Raven refuse the old Flock's help. Raven not understanding that they could be stronger together. He can't see it because he is known as the Loner, which stems from his fear of attachment that he got from his parents. He feels his fear is validated as not only the New Flock but the old had left him. If someone actually thought about making a good story in WCW then we could have gotten a multi dimensional Raven. This plot is way the fuck better than making Raven a whiney child in a man's body with rich parents, ruining his character.
Seriously love you guys! Look forward to watching every day when I come home from work. Nice to have something to count on as a way to relax and enjoy my evening. Not sure if you realize what you do for people but keep up the good work Lads!
I work for the indies in Pennsylvania and the surrounding states, and I think I’ve shot more Lodi matches in the last two years than I ever SAW on TV. Like, I was watching all things wrestling in ‘98, but I have almost zero recollection of seeing him actually wrestle back then.
Anyone remember when Diesel had his own beer cooler. It was called the Big Daddy Cooler. That's got to be in my merchandise top 5. Fuck it, I'll put it in my Stable.
This episode was literally the first time I have ever thought Alex Wright was great. If they had done more of this, less of the derpy baby face and Berlin Matrix rip-off, then he might've gone somewhere.
I feel I should point out the early era of mma was going on at the same time WCW was killing its cruiserweights. In the UFC and Pride the response to smaller fighters getting popular was to creat lighter weight classes to better showcase them while simultaneously getting rid of the crazy ass open weight tournaments. WCW seemed determined to give the smaller guys their own division to shine, purely to feed them to whatever heavyweight they wanted to get over that month.
It's crazy to realise Kazushi Sakuraba was still fighting in openweight bouts in PRIDE, shortening his career several years. Nowadays he can wrestle because his knees and elbows are practically held together in bandages.
All MMA fighters are a different breed, but those early adopters were something else man.. I saw a dude take like 20 consecutive blows to the nads in an early UFC fight cause they didn't have a rule against it.
Whenever I hear Pride and wrestling I feel so sad Don Frye never had a WWF or WCW run. Though we did at least get some NJPW matches from him. Guy looked like Rick Rude's meaner brother.
33:05 In regards to Hogan's "Wood" or "Woody" promo, I think it's short for Hollywood. He gave himself a nickname to see if it'll stick. Hollywood Hogan, one of the coolest and lamest heels in wrestling history.
Did anyone else catch who was in the background of the animation? At 28:02, OOC's boy got lost on his way returning a video to Movie Magic... Looking for the Easter Eggs in those skits is the best. Well done lads!
Thank you so much for uploading this (coincidently) the day before I was here and able to watch/download before it was deleted. Can't wait to watch! You guys are awesome as always. I'm loving the 1998 WCW glory days and would love to see your reviews of every Nitro from this era, haha.
amazing damn show, you guys will be getting millions of views in no time. deep, deep, knowledge. my first episode already subscribed 18 minutes in. really great stuff and funny to boot.
@@1981CrueHead ya, but that doesn’t make him a jobber, though, does it? I mean, look him up. He held lots of gold in his career. Just because it wasn’t in dubya cee dubya or the federation, doesn’t make the guy a jobber.
And for anybody who doesn't know or cares to know Chris died because he had a reoccurring drinking problem. He was with a friend and he went into an alcoholic raged, he attacked his friend and his friend shot and killed him in self defense.
- Love you guys, great work as always! I know that Mr.OOC face turned on Maffew but I think that watching the longers shows cements that! - Btw, Charlotte was hotter before the surgeries!
WWE women in general these days look... weird. Thier makeup department needs to lay off huffing paint. I guess it's so people in row Z can see their eye-shadow, but up close, looks ridiculous. XD
Holy shit! Upon my 4th viewing of this i just now got it! Hogan referring to 'Wood' is him just shortening 'Hollywood'! It's him attempting to get over his own version of 'Tri'! 🤣🤣🤣
top episode lads. Got me through what could have been my most difficult night shift yet dispatching ambulances. Hopefully it stays up long enough to get another viewing in.
Just a sidenote, Super Caló must be the weirdest Luchador gimmicks ever: his name comes from a Mexican "rap" group called Caló (it was 2 dancers + 2 women singers + 1 dude doing very basic rapping like Vanilla Ice or Marky Mark) and his Cap and Sunglasses mask look was inspired on their frontman Claudio Yarto; I've never found out what the connection between the two is, Calo was just a super popular group in the early 90's
19:00 - as a lifelong racing and especially NASCAR fan, I cannot tell you how much my face LIT UP when you guys went into the WCW/NASCAR crossover segment! My worlds collided xD
The Borders Without Life film that has Scott Steiner in it is only in pre-production meaning it could only be like 2019 or later Scott in the film... HOLY BOLLOCKS I CANNOT WAIT FOR IT'S RELEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The reason that Warrior didn't take off his robe / cape was because he suffered from a torn bicep and underwent surgery sometime before the match took place. He wasn't healed up which is why Sting did the majority of the work during the match. Warrior was in no condition (due to the injury) to do his regular stuff. Another great episode. You always knock it out of the park.
Well they did mention in the Fall Brawl '98 episode that Warrior tore his bicep and twisted his ankle when he climbed out of the cage. Maybe too much time passed between recordings and the lads forgot?
The Chucky promo... I watched it live. And even then, I wasn't quite a smart mark yet... but I was blown away that they allowed a face in a feud to get absolutely buried in a promo... by a puppet. Rick's career never truly recovers from that segment. It's all downhill after it. Judy Bagwell getting mixed into the Steiner brothers feud is just the icing on that burial cake.
This was the first episode of Nitro I ever watched back in 1998 after a friend in school would not stop talking about wrestling every day in class. Needless to say I was so confused but loved it. I was so excited to hear this was the era OSW decided to review next.
Bloody hell, Charlotte Flair was on Nitro!? This is the first time I've ever heard of that. You'd think it'd be in every wrestling list video from channels like what culture.
This arc has been fantastic, thank you gents for providing the best content on TH-cam. As a Chicago resident, you’re welcome V1 for the snarky “stfu” moment during warrior’s promo. P.S. one big giant fuck off to the intern dud working at WWE who is making life difficult for you guys posting videos. If WWE put half of the amount of effort in their modern TV product that they did in screwing with TH-cam content, they would almost be watchable.
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"I can do any style of wrestling thats why they call me the British Bulldog" I fucking lost it at that one.
🤣😂👌🤣👏👏👍🏻👏👏👏😂🤣👌
There's no bull in this British Bulldog, but there's a whole lot of wrestling styles. And that's why they call him the British Bulldog.
That promo was bizaaaaaare
Absolutely hilarious line, and highlights his biggest weakness, but he's correct in terms of the sentiment. Very few wrestlers in history have had power and agility on the level of the Bulldog. He could wrestle a high level technical match with Shawn Michaels and have a power brawl with Vader. He was a unique talent
@@happyd9733 Bulldog was great just the way he phrased it was fucking hilarious.
The "shut the fuck up!" on Warrior was pure gold. I salute you unknown audience member. Nice episode lads!
Warriors problem was that he seemingly thought himself above wresting and was here in WCW for exposure and nothing else, and Helwig legit had delusions of grandeur.
He wanted to transcend into being some kind of mainstream celebrity/faux real life superhero who spouts vague and overly verbose self-help nonsense... yet he never even came close to his goal. Warrior briefly entered the cultural zeitgeist in the late 80's, and it's like Helwig has been chasing that moment ever since.
He should've just founded a cult like most people with such aspirations do. But he was more ambitious. XD
35:02
30:05 Thank you Chicago
They know who they are, im sure. I bet they could be found......
Its was me Sasha, it was me all along.! Lol
I had no idea Judy Bagwell had passed away...if there was ever gonna a manager for all the boy stables, it has to be her! RIP Judy you legend
Rest in Paradise Judy Bagwell ❤
So ture
Kyle Petty is the son of a legit racing legend, Richard Petty. Kyle was a respectable driver but I wouldn't say that he was legendary. Just helping clear things up. Love the show, great job guys.
As an old school NASCAR fan, I completely agree
Katy Perry is also a racing legend. Just kidding I'm being unhelpful but I also love the show.
Kyle’s son Adam Petty was taken from us too soon. We never saw his full potential possibly in better equipment.
Spot on
He's no Thurman Sparky Plugg.
And all these years later Rick Steiner son has interacted with Chucky, full circle.
Did he?
Yeah, at this past NXT Halloween Havok
Back then that was considered embarrassing. But 2021 standards, it’s not given a second thought.
@@seancarletonzero The entire company is embarrassing at this point sadly.
Even referenced his dad’s ring name by calling him the _Puppy_ Faced Gremlin.
The ring sound in wcw was amazing. That sound when wrath does the meltdown. Fantastic. 08:37
it also shortened careers lol
@@brandonandujar2289 quite the opposite. Most people, including Austin, Hogan, and Brett have commented about how much harder the WWF ring was. It limited the things they wanted to do, and would easily lead to concussions and back injuries.
It’s like when your dad would throw a sheet of plywood down on the garage floor
WCW probably used more wood and less metal to get that ring sound. You can say what you want about WCW, but the sounds that ring would make was ear sex.
@@billhicks6449 Exactly. The WWWF rings were more like boxing rings, so they were bigger and harder and that carried through to WWF. The smaller southern rings for smaller venues were more open underneath and apparently required less structure. Plus, a lot of the sound comes from the mic placement. WWF would put more stuff to dampen the sound allegedly as opposed to Crockett.
Jay: 'Did you just turn heel...on dietary requirements?'
I can already tell this is going to be a good episode.
Stacker 2!
If you're reading this, we're back!! Like Homer riding the bomb, WAAAA-HOOOO! 🤠💣
This episode is the TNA of the warrior arc. It got taken down… BUT LIIIVVVEDDDDD!
Lads help me out! I’m trying to find the episode in this arc where OOC compares Meng’s Tongan death grip to bringing a girl in for a kiss.
I believe "wood" is Hogan's attempt at giving himelf a nickname thats on the same level as "tri"
I've heard you guys bitch a bunch of times how WCW never let the upper mid to upper card get clean victories.
MMA has a winner every single fight with rare exceptions. Even if you think a fighter got robbed on the scoring, there is still a winner. Nobody thinks less of a dude if he loses.
If you cant make somebody take a loss and find a way to keep them strong then you suck as an agent or a booker.
Man I haven’t laughed harder than at that guy telling Warrior to STFU in a long time. Thank you.
His promos at this time were legendarily atrocious. I am amazed it is not more well known in the wrestling landscape. All anyone talks about is the flash paper botch at the PPV and the mirror spot... but the entire thing was just, yikes! I was watching through my hands near the end and with clenched teeth.
And it sadly all can be blamed on Warrior being so self-indulgent, and WCW indulging him.
@@planescaped NO! It was Hogan Hall Nash& Bishoff !!! Watch The Ultimate Warrior Interview talks of paying dudes $50.00 a show he & Sting made$$ Eating Peanut butter& Jelly Sandwiches
@Derek introvert it was probably a mixture of all of them to be fair
Warrior saying "pittance"?! You know Kevin Nash popped at that.
Plot twist: Nash wrote that entire promo for Warrior… because he wanted him to bomb.
@@MS-it9vv Jesus that's even better
A huge smile just plastered across my face as soon as I saw Rick Steiner walking to the ring. Still vividly remember watching at my friend's house and dying of laughter that Rick was getting flustered and actually trying to threaten a doll. It's legit one of my favorite WCW moments ever, and yes, it absolutely finished Rick for me, could never take him seriously again.
Lol amazing
The feud and Rick's singles push end at Halloween Havoc. They do nothing with Rick again until mid-late 99 when he's repackaged as a heel and partnered with Sid Vicious.
I loved he just went all in "ok cutting a promo on a doll, sure"
I was still young enough to be "afraid" of Chucky and I remember running out of the room when he came on the screen. Oh to be young again, wrestling was so much fun back then.
Never forget the spiritual successor to the old WCW songs:
"Awesome is his name, 6 foot 6 and full of shame"
Makes me laugh every fucking time 😂
Where's that from?
@@SMAXZO ecw one night stand 2005 Mike awesome vs masato tanaka
@nemo pouncey a wrestling singlet? What?! 😂😂😂
@@SMAXZO Jay's version of Mike Awesome's theme.
It was one of those songs like Man Called Sting, Mr. Bang Bang, Steiner Line, etc. where the lyrics were just a rundown of the wrestler's gimmick.
OOC saying I don't want one of them to the OSW sweater is like Bobby Heenan saying the Nitro cologne stinks. XD
""State of it!"
- Bobby Heenan"
- OOC
When "it was acceptable in 80's" drops and you start with the intro, it's the best
"Wood"/"Woody" was what Hogan was trying to get over as a nickname for himself for some reason, he started doing that some time that year IIRC. He claimed it was what they call him down in the Hood.
Thank you for this comment, it was driving me mad that none of our boys could figure it out
It's also slang for Inglewood CA, and hip-hop culture was permeating this era of WCW
It sounds like he's trying to rip off the Rocks gimmick of talking in third person
@@georgecoley9514 Hogan was always trying to get things over even if nobody was paying attention. I've been watching Nitros from 96 and when the nWo are doing their end-of-show takeovers he's always shouting "Anything less would be uncivilized!" or "too civilized!" in imitation of those old Grey Poupon ads.
Down with the hood. Hogan. With the hood. I dont need to go into details whats wrong with that
Lol! because it's short for PECKERWOOD. This is the funniest thing I've learned about Hogan in a while.
This is basically like calling him cracker or honkey.
2 Things:
1. Kyle Petty was the *son* of a NASCAR Legend, 7-time champion, Richard Petty. Kyle was nowhere near as good as his dad.
2. If I had a nickle for every time OSW mentioned a wrestler becoming a full-time monster trucker, I'd have 2 nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.
Kyle Petty is the David Flair of Nascar.
@@johnjoynerv2702 I dont even watch NASCAR, but damn that is cold
@@thepassingstatic6268 And painfully accurate
@@maxbuffkin5625 Not entirely accurate. David Flair was devoid of talent. Kyle at least competed for the top title in NASCAR and was good before he broke his leg. He was just never going to be his dad while he was always going to be compared to him.
There's something oddly wholesome about wrestlers retiring to become moster truck drivers
OOC is a bloody legend. Even no sold the Christmas Geansai! :)
That synthwave song at the beginning of the Blade Runner retro is a *jam*
Cheers brah! The whole song was uploaded here: th-cam.com/video/tqz4Fhae1AY/w-d-xo.html
RIP Ms. Bagwell, the "1st mom of wrestling". You got me with the ASAP, love the channel, keep up the awesome job!
I actually loved that small Reid flair segment so much you can see that him and arn were close 😊 I’d say he’s super proud of his big sis 🥰
I was so impressed with Sting’s forklift skills. Highlight of the show!!
I bet he played a lot of Shenmue 😉
He TRIED TO KILL HIM WITH A FORKLIFT (Ole!)
I loved Nitro as a kid and this was the only episode I ever went to in person. I've been anxiously looking forward to this video! Thanks for doing it!
How was your seats? I was in 200 section for this
@@welcometothemovies9157 Wayyy far back. About as close as my dad was willing to get to pro wrestling. Which, bless him for taking me.
I read this comment 3 times and each time I read “person” as “prison”
I was about 9-10 years old when Warrior retuned on Nitro, and I was a child of early divorce so my dad was lenient and would let me stay up late to watch Raw/Nitro because in Cali they aired later. So when I was at my mom's house I would have to literally beg her to stay up and get good grades and be good to be able to stay up and watch. I remember watching the Nitro when Warrior returned and I was screaming and my mom was yelling at me to stfu because my younger siblings were sleeping and I was trying to explain why this was so cool... but then she sent me to bed lmao, I was lucky I didnt have to watch Warrior's whole 20 min promo
@@celtic69
Same here, really weird
23:50 Translation: Bret refused to lose to Hogan. Hogan refused to lose to Bret. Uhh... quick! Swerve! Swerve! Swerve!!!
Man, the left hand never knew what the right was doing in WCW. And no one had any plan for what was going on. Watching the faces of the crowd during the Bret Hart swerve is gold. It's just looks of pure confusion and outrage and sadness over ever getting invested.
Hogan didn't think Bret was on his level and Bret hated him for it. So no surprises that they wouldn't job to each other.
@@glennwelsh9784 Bret wasn’t on Hogan’s level. At no point in time did Hart draw like Hogan nor sold the merchandise Hogan can sell.
@@Musiclover19You're 100% right.
Hogan should have still 100% done the job on the way out and not been a diva-bitch. >__>
@@Musiclover19 Nobody drew like Hogan except for Austin and Rock. But if we go by who should or shouldn't lose to who based on drawing ability, then that means Hogan could only lose to Rock and Austin. Cena was the biggest draw from 2005-2013 yet he still lost plenty of matches in that time.
Bret had more talent in the ring; hoegan was more charismatic outside the ring.
Fun fact about Dale Torborg while we have him on the show: Post WCW, he transitioned into coaching Major League Baseball teams, primarily fitness and strength coaching, primarily due to nepotism (his dad was a notable manager in MLB). While in his job, he got into a heated confrontation with pitcher Antonio Alfonseca that left Alfonseca hiding in another room and getting traded out of the team not long after. Torborg is also responsible for getting A.J. Pierzynski, player for the then-World Series Champions the Chicago White Sox, to show up in TNA.
That fact wasn't as fun as you promised.
The good old fashion nepotism hire. Brandon Cutler and Brandi Rhodes know all about that.
#1: did not realize he was Jeff Torborgs son.
#2: if baseball has ever had a ready made, dyed in the wool heel... It's A.J. Pierzynski. And that's coming from a Twins fan (the team he came up with). That guy had a natural ability to make people absolutely hate him. I'm actually surprised he didn't do more wrestling, he's perfect for it.
Another fun fact: Antonio Alfonseca has six fingers on each hand
@@mrterp04 Oh, cool - is that considered helpful for a pitcher?
The idea of taking apart The Flock to then put them all in a losing streak while the leader racks up losses and still says they were holding him back is such a good start to build a new group. Maybe they could have had the members of the flock start working together without Raven, racking up wins and becoming champions. While Raven is still losing. He might try and start a new Flock, with other heels but still not winning with them. Raven would start to feud with the old Flock with his new team. After a huge loss at a ppv The New Flock attacks Raven, blaming him for their loss. And when it seems Raven has no one left in his life, getting beaten down by his new old group, the original Flock saves him. They don't like Raven but they can't deny that he is the reason they all met, saving him as a small "Thank You" from old friends. From there you can do a lot of things, Raven redemption arc, New Flock vs Old, hell you can still have Raven refuse the old Flock's help. Raven not understanding that they could be stronger together. He can't see it because he is known as the Loner, which stems from his fear of attachment that he got from his parents. He feels his fear is validated as not only the New Flock but the old had left him.
If someone actually thought about making a good story in WCW then we could have gotten a multi dimensional Raven. This plot is way the fuck better than making Raven a whiney child in a man's body with rich parents, ruining his character.
Man, this company stayed alive for over 2 years after this
The breakdown of the Bulldog and Alex Wright promo had me dying
Alex was grinning like Marty Jeanetty when he was brawling Bulldog.
@@bastih.5264 No one grins like Jeanetty. Ever
@@yoshichai4320 True. Funboy isn't at the same level as Party Marty.
@@bastih.5264 Das Wunderkind 😂
The forklift story. I was dying laughing like the OSW lads.
I was too.
"WHAT THE F*_K IS GOING ON HERE, TERRY?!?!?!"
So he just drove the blade through two of the tires."
"Did anything get ruined?"
"The tires."
The timing on that whole thing was top tier.
Seriously love you guys! Look forward to watching every day when I come home from work. Nice to have something to count on as a way to relax and enjoy my evening. Not sure if you realize what you do for people but keep up the good work Lads!
I work for the indies in Pennsylvania and the surrounding states, and I think I’ve shot more Lodi matches in the last two years than I ever SAW on TV. Like, I was watching all things wrestling in ‘98, but I have almost zero recollection of seeing him actually wrestle back then.
Been on a OSW binge the last week so this came at a perfect time! HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN!!!
Anyone remember when Diesel had his own beer cooler. It was called the Big Daddy Cooler. That's got to be in my merchandise top 5. Fuck it, I'll put it in my Stable.
Was that in the WWF merchandise catalog? Man, I used to get so excited when a new catalog arrived in the mail when I was a kid.
Was that in the WWF merchandise catalog? Man, I used to get so excited when a new catalog arrived in the mail when I was a kid.
Yes mate. It was always in the middle of WWF Magazine. Used to love looking at all the stuff my parents would refuse to buy for me. 👍😀🤘
Not wrestling but Kiss sell Kiss themed coffins.
Man, Goalkeepers in the 90’s were very colorful.
Sadly due to global warming they're becoming extinct.
Anyone who shows anything on Alex Wright is required to show a clip of him dancing. Wrestling Bios doesn't understand this.
Hey, funboy!
Reminder that HHH will never get his salty runback against Wright.
Wrestling Bios is too legit to quit
Contrary to popular belief, Alex Wright didn't always dance.
Alex tanzt nur auf der Loveparade. 😎
I've been waiting for Alex Wright to get over since his dancing in your 2016 arc with wcw lol let's get it
Definitely in my boy stable
Alex Wright was always my boy.
*Achtung Achtung*
This episode was literally the first time I have ever thought Alex Wright was great. If they had done more of this, less of the derpy baby face and Berlin Matrix rip-off, then he might've gone somewhere.
He's been in my boy stable since that same episode lol
@@rikimaru700 exactly just look at his moves. He looks like a silk robot 💀💀
Im the MARY LAND guy! I marked out hard when i heard Jay say my name.. holy shit i freakin love you guys 💯
I feel I should point out the early era of mma was going on at the same time WCW was killing its cruiserweights. In the UFC and Pride the response to smaller fighters getting popular was to creat lighter weight classes to better showcase them while simultaneously getting rid of the crazy ass open weight tournaments. WCW seemed determined to give the smaller guys their own division to shine, purely to feed them to whatever heavyweight they wanted to get over that month.
It's crazy to realise Kazushi Sakuraba was still fighting in openweight bouts in PRIDE, shortening his career several years.
Nowadays he can wrestle because his knees and elbows are practically held together in bandages.
All MMA fighters are a different breed, but those early adopters were something else man.. I saw a dude take like 20 consecutive blows to the nads in an early UFC fight cause they didn't have a rule against it.
@@ericdykstra4545 That was Joe Son, who deserved that and much worse
Whenever I hear Pride and wrestling I feel so sad Don Frye never had a WWF or WCW run. Though we did at least get some NJPW matches from him.
Guy looked like Rick Rude's meaner brother.
@@planescaped I always saw him as what Mike Haggar would look like if he started Crossfit
33:05 In regards to Hogan's "Wood" or "Woody" promo, I think it's short for Hollywood. He gave himself a nickname to see if it'll stick. Hollywood Hogan, one of the coolest and lamest heels in wrestling history.
Feels like he's trying to rip off the rock, talking in 3rd person. Which is on brand for Hogan, he ripped off everyone
Gonna need more of the 90s goalkeeper gimmick lads!
Yes Please!!
You're making kids laugh brah, thank you very much.
I feel truly heartbroken that you had to label this vid with the "please watch ASAP". Thank you so much for what you do boys!
How come? Is it likely to get taken down quickly?
@@moonsaves yea, I don't know why the ASAP. It worked, I guess. I woke up early to watch it lol
@@moonsaves Sadly yes. WWE & YT have been giving them a rough time with copyright strikes lately :(
The WWE boys tend to submit copyright claims on Mondays so it might be gone tomorrow 😭
That Blade Runners retrospective intro was amazing. The artwork and music fit so well! 10/10
Did anyone else catch who was in the background of the animation? At 28:02, OOC's boy got lost on his way returning a video to Movie Magic...
Looking for the Easter Eggs in those skits is the best. Well done lads!
Bonus points for smelly porn man wearing an Umbro top. The knacker.
V1 with the "You know what brother? I'm going to fooking batter ya!" had me in stiches
Thank you so much for uploading this (coincidently) the day before I was here and able to watch/download before it was deleted. Can't wait to watch! You guys are awesome as always. I'm loving the 1998 WCW glory days and would love to see your reviews of every Nitro from this era, haha.
Brad dorif has voiced Chucky in every child's play movie except the 2019 reboot mark Hamill did the voice of Chucky in that one
That Forklift bit was hilarious. Would watch a compilation of funny mundane shenanigan stories like that, well done 👍🏾
"This jobber, Chris Adams,"
As a fan of World Class back in the 80s, this is a terrible statement to hear.
I think he trained Steve Austin too.
@@DragoEpyon I believe he may have borrowed her yes.
amazing damn show, you guys will be getting millions of views in no time. deep, deep, knowledge. my first episode already subscribed 18 minutes in. really great stuff and funny to boot.
“I can’t slag him, CUZ HE’S DEAD!” as little Reid wanders out killed me 💀
Like benzos killed him?
The Blade Runners retrospective intro video is amazing.
That story about the forklift got me in tears. Beautiful!
I love this series. I showed up for the “HELOOOO” I stayed for the 🎶“wakawaHAYHAYYY”🎶
No word of a lie, that Christmas jumper is phenomenal. Ooooooh, yeeeeeah!
The jobber Chris Adams?
“Gentleman” Chris Adams trained a young Steve Austin 👍
Was gonna say….. “Jobber?!” He’s hopefully being deliberately provocative… if not, Pretty ignorant to call Chris Adams a jobber.
Chris Adams was great in Texas and maybe Memphis. I don't think he ever went to the WWF and in WCW they didn't do anything with him.
@@1981CrueHead ya, but that doesn’t make him a jobber, though, does it? I mean, look him up. He held lots of gold in his career. Just because it wasn’t in dubya cee dubya or the federation, doesn’t make the guy a jobber.
@@jakep2946 I didn't call him a jobber OSW did. I watched a lot of WCW back then and Chris Adams won matches but he didn't beat anyone of note.
And for anybody who doesn't know or cares to know Chris died because he had a reoccurring drinking problem. He was with a friend and he went into an alcoholic raged, he attacked his friend and his friend shot and killed him in self defense.
- Love you guys, great work as always! I know that Mr.OOC face turned on Maffew but I think that watching the longers shows cements that!
- Btw, Charlotte was hotter before the surgeries!
Charlotte was so sexy, completely ruined her face and body.
WWE women in general these days look... weird. Thier makeup department needs to lay off huffing paint.
I guess it's so people in row Z can see their eye-shadow, but up close, looks ridiculous. XD
I really wanna hear V1 do more voices. "What the fuck is goin on here, Terry?!" slayed me.
Watching it before it gets taken down. Thanks boys.
Holy shit! Upon my 4th viewing of this i just now got it! Hogan referring to 'Wood' is him just shortening 'Hollywood'! It's him attempting to get over his own version of 'Tri'!
🤣🤣🤣
That BladeRunners retrospective was amazing!!!! Kudos to the soothing voice from OOC
35:00 You can't just lay that on us without context! I need to know!
"Couple of 'thengs'" as well
I love your videos and reviews. And the best parts of it are the animations. Loved the story about the forklift.
"I can do any style of wrestling. That's why they call me the British Bulldog."
Fell asleep watching on Sunday night. Monday morning and the video is gone... Khaaaaaan!!!
"this jobber Chris Adams" not gonna go into the fact that Steve Austin was his boy and even married his wife? Dude was interesting
Love telling us to watch ASAP. Gotta get it watched before it gets pulled down
Love that Lodi shouts out John Boy and Billy. They are a southern syndicated radio show and always cracks me up on my morning drives.
Warrior's WCW run went exactly like his matches: started out hot, he gassed in like 5 minutes
@@henrygvidonas9573 He was a legitimate narcissist, and it was something he only ever got over once he was elderly and near death.
Reid as a boy is already too talented to be a boy, unbelievable.
I don’t care what anyone says, Rodimus Prime is in my boy’s stable.
Amazing video, keep up the good work guys!
He held the Matrix Championship, though. Even if he wasn't much of a draw.
gotta "Quarter past 10" sighting at 26:46. Nice job boys!!
top episode lads.
Got me through what could have been my most difficult night shift yet dispatching ambulances.
Hopefully it stays up long enough to get another viewing in.
You’re the real star brah! Must be a very demanding job
Footage of Portsmouth Football Club featured on OSW Review - this truly is the greatest night in the history of our sport!
Love this show and I love OSW! Thanks for all the great episodes and great entertainment!
Just a sidenote, Super Caló must be the weirdest Luchador gimmicks ever: his name comes from a Mexican "rap" group called Caló (it was 2 dancers + 2 women singers + 1 dude doing very basic rapping like Vanilla Ice or Marky Mark) and his Cap and Sunglasses mask look was inspired on their frontman Claudio Yarto; I've never found out what the connection between the two is, Calo was just a super popular group in the early 90's
I’m near certain it was another AAA being wacky moment and striking a promotional deal with Caló to make a wrestler with a Caló-themed gimmick
Christmas just came early! Thanks lads!
27:43 my father in law did the same thing except his blades were raised and he punctured the side of the truck. Fuckin love it lads.
19:00 - as a lifelong racing and especially NASCAR fan, I cannot tell you how much my face LIT UP when you guys went into the WCW/NASCAR crossover segment! My worlds collided xD
The Borders Without Life film that has Scott Steiner in it is only in pre-production meaning it could only be like 2019 or later Scott in the film... HOLY BOLLOCKS I CANNOT WAIT FOR IT'S RELEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
V1 deserves to get quote of year for his renditions of WCW entrance themes.
Whopper of an episode lads. Loved it
Love the Bottom Christmas reference in the beginning guys. Great episode
The reason that Warrior didn't take off his robe / cape was because he suffered from a torn bicep and underwent surgery sometime before the match took place.
He wasn't healed up which is why Sting did the majority of the work during the match. Warrior was in no condition (due to the injury) to do his regular stuff.
Another great episode. You always knock it out of the park.
Well they did mention in the Fall Brawl '98 episode that Warrior tore his bicep and twisted his ankle when he climbed out of the cage. Maybe too much time passed between recordings and the lads forgot?
The background music provided by Jay Hunter at 45:00 was pure gold.
Jay was honestly on fire this episode with the lightning fast jokes.
Great stuff gentlemen as always. Made my day getting of work to watch this.
The Chucky promo...
I watched it live. And even then, I wasn't quite a smart mark yet... but I was blown away that they allowed a face in a feud to get absolutely buried in a promo... by a puppet. Rick's career never truly recovers from that segment. It's all downhill after it. Judy Bagwell getting mixed into the Steiner brothers feud is just the icing on that burial cake.
Brilliant show. Looking forward to the next one
Fuckin' hell, that Blade Runners animation was amazing. Absolutely killer music too.
Jay you are honestly a genius and I feel like you were put on this earth to host this podcast 😂 (amongst other great things I'm sure)
Very kind of ya brother, that's made my day! Anything in particular in the episode that made u think that?
"Y'know what brother? I'm goin' ta fuckin batter ya" 😂
36.18 cracks me up for no reason wtf was going on there, excellent episode hope OSW have a good Christmas!
It's gonna be emotional!
Thanks to this arc, Alex Right is gonna be in alot of our stables. Made mine for sure 😅
RIP Mrs. Bagwell. Nice lady.
This was the first episode of Nitro I ever watched back in 1998 after a friend in school would not stop talking about wrestling every day in class. Needless to say I was so confused but loved it.
I was so excited to hear this was the era OSW decided to review next.
Bloody hell, Charlotte Flair was on Nitro!? This is the first time I've ever heard of that. You'd think it'd be in every wrestling list video from channels like what culture.
What's more insane is that Lodi was her primary wrestling trainer. For real, look it up.
That's because WhatCulture will see this video then list it on their channel next week.
Right?! They buried the lede on that one. I didn't even remember she was on there!
Thank you boys. You kept your promise 3 videos. And they were brilliant as always
This arc has been fantastic, thank you gents for providing the best content on TH-cam. As a Chicago resident, you’re welcome V1 for the snarky “stfu” moment during warrior’s promo.
P.S. one big giant fuck off to the intern dud working at WWE who is making life difficult for you guys posting videos. If WWE put half of the amount of effort in their modern TV product that they did in screwing with TH-cam content, they would almost be watchable.