SmackDown in 2004 was INSANE!

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  • The Ruthless Aggression era was truly an iconic time to be a wrestling fan for many of us who grew up during it. We will never get the iconic matches and epic moments we were lucky enough to witness.. However the era also had a lot of pure INSANITY. Some of the weirdest and wildest storylines we had ever seen, some of the most crazy characters we had ever seen, and as silly as it was at times. It was made that era so special. It was the era that gave us John Cena, Prime Kurt Angle, Randy Orton, and so on.. and when I think of that era there was one year and one show that sticks out to me.. SMACKDOWN IN 2004. For some reason in 2004 Smackdown was truly insane. Some of the craziest storylines we had ever seen took place that year, yet its a year that a lot of people seem to forget.. while not anymore.. here we go!

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  • @LorenPhilippe
    @LorenPhilippe ปีที่แล้ว +283

    2003-2005 was the era that even adults were doubting themselves if wrestling was indeed fake or not. The lack of social media back then made me believe they're indeed enemies inside and out of the ring

    • @idgaf9333
      @idgaf9333 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      facts!! 😂

    • @morgancarolan8680
      @morgancarolan8680 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Social media ruined pro wrestling

    • @Being_Joe
      @Being_Joe ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Nah, by the attitude era people knew if was all a show but it was so good no one cared. For my generation what really settled the fake/real debate was the death of Owen Hart. We all knew what we had happened and we all just knew what it was.

    • @Tgogators
      @Tgogators ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yes, Smackdown! was more exciting than Raw during that time period (Evolution obsessed Raw kinder of got boring, imo) It started lagging when Cena moved to Raw, but it was inevitable.

    • @KevinLuper99
      @KevinLuper99 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@morgancarolan8680 buddy it was known that it was fake long before social media

  • @dkj4593
    @dkj4593 ปีที่แล้ว +921

    SmackDown in 2004 was truly insane. From Kurt Angle being GM and tranquilizing and shaving the Big Show, to JBL and Eddie Guerrero's feud, to the Undertaker covering Paul Bearer in concrete, to John Cena getting "stabbed" in a nightclub. It was pretty much the Wild West at that time.

    • @exiaR2x78
      @exiaR2x78 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      The tranquilizing is one of those moments that really stand out haha Kurt's expression when they take that photo hahaha. I cant remember if this was 2004 or early 2005 but JBL fighting that blow up Godzilla too hahaha

    • @kidwaryodproduction
      @kidwaryodproduction ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Kurt Angle and head shaved Big Show easily can became Perc version of Krillin and Huge version of Tenshinhan 😆
      Well, Even Ultra Instinct Goku would died 😅

    • @blahblah-mh3nw
      @blahblah-mh3nw ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Job Bradshaw lamefield

    • @dkj4593
      @dkj4593 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@exiaR2x78 It was early 2005, when they had an episode of SmackDown in Tokyo, Japan. That segment was....something.

    • @gsly6081
      @gsly6081 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      yes that's what he said.

  • @kdaddy9229
    @kdaddy9229 ปีที่แล้ว +582

    R.I.P to the Attitude era and the Ruthless Aggression era. The golden years of wrestling

    • @Geojr815
      @Geojr815 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      This is why wrestling was good back then and absolutely sux today. Idk how to explain it to ppl who have only been watching the past decade. It’s lame now. Corny and safe and just way too cutsie. How “respectful” it is towards women. How it’s never controversial or “offensive.” That stuff was wild and funny like Howard Stern or Jackass or Jerry Springer. Now It’s like Captain America hijacked the program and is now showrunner. Maybe it’s just what is cool with the younger generation now, PC. RIP wrestling for adults

    • @tdestroyer4780
      @tdestroyer4780 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      ​@@Geojr815 Politically correct heels is the stupidest thing I've ever seen in wrestling.

    • @DahcipheR
      @DahcipheR ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Geojr815 At one point, Joe Gacy had a PC/Woke gimmick in NXT, but they pulled the plug insanely quick on it, lol. It had the same insufferable presentation as Bo Dallas' positivity-bro gimmick, sad it fell through so soon.

    • @matthewlee4697
      @matthewlee4697 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Definitely the best eras !

    • @banshotenin1178
      @banshotenin1178 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Geojr815 Yeah Benoit stopped all that real quick. And since it's a business, they can't get away with what they used to back then without getting canned by their current sponsors. Not to mention all the twitter, woke SWJ stuff that is all now mainstream.

  • @mbeas9612
    @mbeas9612 ปีที่แล้ว +483

    Smackdown in 2004 was fun with the return of Undertaker as Deadman and Big Show, Eddie's reign as WWE champ while JBL became an mega heel/main eventer. The rise of Cena was incredible, along with the midcard scene and Angle as GM. The rivalries between Eddie vs Angle and Eddie vs JBL was an must see

    • @dusk6159
      @dusk6159 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Cena vs JBL in 2005 was so great, well done and iconic

    • @mbeas9612
      @mbeas9612 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @dusk6159 It was an incredible and underrated feud that made Cena an elite main eventer and took his career to an whole another level of superstardom.

    • @Seriesxnation
      @Seriesxnation ปีที่แล้ว

      idk how people forgot mick foley!!!! he has beef with everyone lol especially with randy Norton, CRAZY TIMES!!!

    • @PrinceH8907
      @PrinceH8907 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Seriesxnation this is Smackdown 2004 not Raw 2004

    • @DallasdotMPEG
      @DallasdotMPEG 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@mbeas9612People never want to give JBL his flowers but he made Cena into a Main Eventer Cena improved drastically while feuding with JBL.

  • @YoungChove15
    @YoungChove15 ปีที่แล้ว +241

    Kurt Angle getting chokeslammed off the balcony was some wild shit in 2004

    • @jasonjay1053
      @jasonjay1053 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Watching it as a kid I really thought Kurt was hurt for real. Attitude era couldn’t compare to how graphic that segment looked lol

    • @jonmatched
      @jonmatched ปีที่แล้ว +7

      ​@jasonjay1053 except the time foley got thrown off the top of hell in a cell?

    • @TammyTheQueenBee
      @TammyTheQueenBee ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I really thought he was dead when I saw that as a kid.

    • @jackspedicy
      @jackspedicy ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I saw that shit as a kid and I thought he was dead lol the pool of blood under his head just made me think that

    • @YesYou-
      @YesYou- ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@jasonjay1053 try again. Attitude era was doing crazy shit every show. There wasn’t much rules back then so anything goes. Mfs were climbing areas of the arena and jumping off onto another dude😂hurting both.

  • @thetruej7872
    @thetruej7872 ปีที่แล้ว +184

    Bradshaw turning JBL was one of the best gimmick changes and best thing on Smackdown.

    • @LordJudgement1818
      @LordJudgement1818 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      and then him never winning clean but some how always getting a loop hole win was so good.

    • @TimmyTickle
      @TimmyTickle ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@LordJudgement1818 It was so good WWE did it again 13 years later with Jinder Mahal

    • @LordJudgement1818
      @LordJudgement1818 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TimmyTickle do love me some jinder

    • @brandoncox5257
      @brandoncox5257 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Funny thing is Bradshaw was the gimmick, JBL was him just being himself according to all the wrestlers 🤣

  • @shawnmichaels568
    @shawnmichaels568 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    2004 was such a fun year, Eddie becoming world champion, Big show chockslaming kurt, JBL vs Eddie fued. Such good times.

    • @pleaseshutup7053
      @pleaseshutup7053 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      The JBL vs Eddie steel cage match was so great

    • @JayWIll2000s
      @JayWIll2000s ปีที่แล้ว +2

      2004 JBL was crazy

  • @akgstone
    @akgstone ปีที่แล้ว +103

    I absolutely remember the Cena stabbing story with Carlitos guy Jesus. It was absolutely the most intense thing they did in 04' along with Angle being thrown off the balcony by Big Show. Also Bearer being buried in cement was majorly out there. This video reminded me of the Heidenrape again.

    • @slackboy1017
      @slackboy1017 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Funny how the Balcony also led to Perc Angle story wise

  • @jovar.3649
    @jovar.3649 ปีที่แล้ว +208

    One of the craziest things imo that you didn't talk about was when Vince came out during a brawl and angrily introduced Smackdown's new GM... Theodore R. Long? You could hear a pin drop as everyone was shocked and confused as he was a heel GM for a night on Raw in January. It was an even more shocking when he turned babyface and put up Booker T's US title in an elimination match. A sudden babyface turn that led to tag team matches and heels going one-on-one with the Undertaker! Holla Holla!

    • @Sitgangjo
      @Sitgangjo ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Was waitin on this part otc 🤣

    • @dualshock3462
      @dualshock3462 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I loved when Christian was drafted to SmackDown and Teddy started calling him Kristen.

  • @kingsosa2481
    @kingsosa2481 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    We need more crazy stuff like this. People forget wresting is entertainment and is a tv show not actual sport. They need to have a good balance of wrestling and crazy segments. Thats why the attitude and ruthless aggression era had the best viewership numbers

  • @Reedom
    @Reedom ปีที่แล้ว +106

    I never watched wrestling before but used to play SmackDown and loved The Rock but one day I found SmackDown on TV and saw Eddie and The Undertaker's respective matches for the first time ever, and they made me love wrestling and I've been a SmackDown guy ever since. I'll never forget 2004-2008 era, I always used to wait for the Rise Up intro, it's the best for me. God I miss those days!

    • @hermanjegbar6572
      @hermanjegbar6572 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      i swear bro, id always make sure i was on the channel right before it aired jus to catch the iconic intro

  • @MarioSonicUniverse
    @MarioSonicUniverse ปีที่แล้ว +44

    While I watched bits and pieces of wrestling, 2004 SmackDown will always hold a special place in my heart as it was year I became invested in the sport.

  • @phenom504
    @phenom504 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    That “I Want it All” intro on Smackdown was 🔥🔥

  • @briammustang1661
    @briammustang1661 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Im 28 now and I’m so out of words to describe how thankful i am that I was young and alive in this time period and witnessed this live every Friday night. By far the best part of my childhood .. being young everything felt so real 🫡🧡

  • @xXxwkin
    @xXxwkin ปีที่แล้ว +634

    My favourite wrestling youtuber of all time

    • @123dan165
      @123dan165 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Facts fr fr even though I don't agree with him on everything.

    • @USHARDY
      @USHARDY ปีที่แล้ว +35

      He’s like the TH-camr that doesn’t sounds nerdy when talking about wrestling

    • @danielborgman4308
      @danielborgman4308 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@USHARDY Sometimes he’s a bit too relaxed and it doesn’t sound professional enough

    • @FernandoCruz-np9ev
      @FernandoCruz-np9ev ปีที่แล้ว +4

      SMARKFEST CHANNEL

    • @laatrel1349
      @laatrel1349 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@danielborgman4308stfu if you don’t like how he sounds don’t watch

  • @ItsBrettFoo
    @ItsBrettFoo ปีที่แล้ว +38

    The episode where Eddie beat the Big Show and Big Show started going wild backstage was the very first episode of wrestling I ever watched. All it took was for me to hear Eddies theme song and see him one time and I was hooked!

  • @ConnorONeil
    @ConnorONeil ปีที่แล้ว +62

    I remember coming across Smackdown back in 2004 flipping between channels and seeing all this insanity happening before my very eyes. This was around the same time I started watching wrestling on a weekly basis.
    Needless to say, I picked a very strange time to start becoming a fan.

    • @DannyBoy426
      @DannyBoy426 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @jabron.destoroyahYou ain’t never lied 💯

    • @onesaucynougat7471
      @onesaucynougat7471 ปีที่แล้ว

      @jabron.destoroyahwrestling peaked 3 years before this.

  • @achaidez93
    @achaidez93 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    These videos are so well made. You really capture how incredible wrestling was growing up.

  • @Mista.Sir.
    @Mista.Sir. ปีที่แล้ว +37

    2004 Smackdown was what got me into wrestling , first thing I ever saw was The Undertaker during his ring walk. Instantly my favorite wrestler and haven’t ever looked back .

  • @shawnmichaels568
    @shawnmichaels568 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Smackdown in the 2000s was pure gold

  • @maximus8633
    @maximus8633 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    By far my favourite era. Just started secondary school in 2005 and made friends who happen to like wrestling also. We'd manage to chip in money and watch the ppvs together. I miss those times. The storylines were on peak at those times.

  • @wwewrestlingandgaming4136
    @wwewrestlingandgaming4136 ปีที่แล้ว +367

    If you’re a John Cena fan, you’d love SmackDown in 04-05.

    • @jumpman2326
      @jumpman2326 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Raw was better in 04-05 but SmackDown was good

    • @wwewrestlingandgaming4136
      @wwewrestlingandgaming4136 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@jumpman2326Cena, Eddie and JBL made the best of SmackDown at that time

    • @jumpman2326
      @jumpman2326 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      ⁠​⁠@@wwewrestlingandgaming4136True while on Raw Triple H Edge Randy Orton was carrying the show.

    • @pleaseshutup7053
      @pleaseshutup7053 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jumpman2326dge wasn’t good in 04 he got booed in Canada. He sucked as a face

    • @coin4898
      @coin4898 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I loved all years of wwe if the homie cena was in it

  • @pearlgang1364
    @pearlgang1364 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    You had me rolling all video. Took me back to being 10 watching all of this. Crazy times brotha 😂

    • @WrestlinGifs
      @WrestlinGifs  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ❤️

    • @JayWIll2000s
      @JayWIll2000s ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@WrestlinGifs man this was my favorite time in wrestling I miss this era me and you had the exact same childhood 2004 Smackdown was wild and JBL was the embodiment of evil and cena getting stabbed oh damn John is beastly

  • @achaidez93
    @achaidez93 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    That JBL at the border bit was hilarious 😂. And it lead to an incredible rival between him and Eddie Guerrero

  • @tristancreed
    @tristancreed ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Smackdown's 2004 was full of compelling storylines. From your typical wrestling show that served as the land of opportunity, the storylines kicked up another level. JBL became a top heel overnight and his cabinet nipped at Evolution for the top heel faction in the company. The ending of the JBL vs Guerrero Texas Bull Rope match was heartbreaking and Cena became a rising top face. Hell, Eddie cut a promo telling Vickie to turn the TV off and tuck their kids in.

    • @pleaseshutup7053
      @pleaseshutup7053 ปีที่แล้ว

      Even the lower card wrestlers had storylines like chavo vs Jacqueline and Paul London vs Billy Kidman

    • @tristancreed
      @tristancreed ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Billy Kidman and Paul London's feud worked for a reason. They hated each other in real life. How they managed to not destroy each other for real is a display of professionalism between both of them.

    • @pleaseshutup7053
      @pleaseshutup7053 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tristancreedfor real haha damn Paul London got beef with everyone

    • @tristancreed
      @tristancreed ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pleaseshutup7053 Honestly, this part, I didn't know until now. 🤣

    • @pleaseshutup7053
      @pleaseshutup7053 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tristancreed lol I will always be on Londons side after he told the story he was punished after doing that spot in the royal rumble where he takes that crazy clothesline bump

  • @tericottaclay9462
    @tericottaclay9462 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Most poor kids remember this time fondly. It was one of the shows they'd show over antenna TV. Real ones understand the struggle of messing around tv antennas.

  • @Josh0ut
    @Josh0ut ปีที่แล้ว +17

    This was the first year I can remember watching wrestling as technically, according to my parents, I did watch Wrestlemania 18 in Toronto but 04 when I was 7 was when I personally can actually remember watching it first as a kid. I was always a Smackdown guy since we didn't have cable and looking back on it with this video the crazy stuff they did I think is what cemented my love of the wacky and out there stuff in wrestling to this day. Thanks for the awesome trip down memory lane!

  • @Tommyskylarr
    @Tommyskylarr ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This brings me back. The year l truly became a wrestling fan and it was all because of Smackdown.

  • @kedrprao
    @kedrprao ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "Big show looking like Neanderthal" Bro I was having lunch and spat my food laughing. Why did you say that lmaoo

  • @TheRealMoeru
    @TheRealMoeru ปีที่แล้ว +26

    The insane thing is eddie's mom actually had a VERY REAL heart attack. That storyline was insane and if eddie's mom didn't turn out okay in the end it's safe to say JBL would've been the most hated man in the wwe to the Spanish community. Hell, in an interview JBL said he had to get a police escort

    • @FireAngelChris
      @FireAngelChris ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Lol yup he has to get police escort of El Paso Texas 😂😂

  • @ChiseledAdonis
    @ChiseledAdonis ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I love these videos fam😂😂😂 the nostalgia is REAL

  • @JSJJohnson
    @JSJJohnson ปีที่แล้ว +15

    When Kurt Angle became the GM of SmackDown! 2004 he went from the Olympic Gold Medalist into Professor X Angle.

  • @SuperJoselink
    @SuperJoselink ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Nothing can ever beat this era. Nothing.

  • @nocloxt
    @nocloxt ปีที่แล้ว +13

    i love watching these retrospectives of old wrestling cause i either wasn’t alive or didn’t have object permanence (was born 2003)

    • @paulheymansguy1772
      @paulheymansguy1772 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I feel sorry for you. You didn't catch good wrestling. Today Pro Wrestling is a shell of what he was. RIP WWE

    • @theitfactorjameswheezer2852
      @theitfactorjameswheezer2852 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@paulheymansguy1772you’re a clown

    • @Wedarealsinnas
      @Wedarealsinnas ปีที่แล้ว

      same born in the same year i only caught the end of the ruthless aggression era which was 07 to early 08

    • @kdeb92968
      @kdeb92968 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It’s went downhill since

  • @tombstone4290
    @tombstone4290 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    SmackDown 2004. What a time. I was 14. Going to 7th grade. Living in a new house down in Astoria after a year of moving from Steinway. Watched ppvs at my uncle Kali's house (shout out to my cousin Janet), traveled to Mexico for one month in August for the first time since 1993. It's been a crazy year for creative to make such rambunctious storylines. Heyman quits being GM after 5 months. The return of the Undertaker as the Deadman at WrestleMania. Eddie Guerrero and money bags JBL wrestled at Judgment Day on my 14th birthday weekend. Kurt Angle goin Lex Luthor made superstars' life hell as GM. Paul Bearer buried alive in a Concrete Crypt. John Cena got pulled off TV from gang assault and ruptured his kidneys till his return at Survivor Series. Big Show went off tv too until his incredible comeback demolishing every superstar on SmackDown. Mordecai, the pale rider, going wannabe Ministry Undertaker all in a white hooded gown punishing superstars. Heidenreich wrecked havoc, killing Undertaker. Making kids cry, kidnapping Michael Cole reading poetry to him and his sick demented behavior made me not watch SD for a week or 2, he then wanting to commit suicide on top of the SmackDown fist. Kurt Angle fooled us fans thinking he got legitimately hurt. Carlito spat people in the face during his vignettes. My man Teddy Long began his career as the longest-tenured General Manager in SD history. JBL goin full racist on the Mexican community and stepped over the line protecting the border which was awfully terrible. My parents were dissing thinking is this for real that hes doing? She like the Eddie/JBL match at Judgment Day was the most bloody and brutal match ever. I looked back that it was a crazy and insane time but had it brought back today think about what it would be like today. For nearly 20 years what time it was. Those are the moments and the memories of what makes SmackDown special.

  • @sissisammakko
    @sissisammakko ปีที่แล้ว +3

    These old recaps are fire! thanks for making these

  • @JokermanUno
    @JokermanUno ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Nah bro I’m currently rewatching 2004 right now and this shit floored me several time. Smackdown was wild af! 😂😂😂

  • @simonlevensteinsandrew2956
    @simonlevensteinsandrew2956 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Smackdown at the year 2004 was wild 😆 but still it's part of our childhood ❤️what a time to be alive as a wrestling fan

  • @123dan165
    @123dan165 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Gosh smackdown during the ruthless aggression era was a thing of beauty such a great time to be wrestling fan. Raw was great also but Smackdown was where the GOATED stuff was at.

  • @thecharmcityplayerbrandona8827
    @thecharmcityplayerbrandona8827 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Smackdown in 2004 was fucking incredible because a main event, tag team, midcard, cruiserweights mama and rising up-and-coming stars... it really felt like everyone on the roster had a place on the show. In my opinion, it was better than what raw was doing at the time because everything was revolving around evolution.

    • @darkundead
      @darkundead ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I would say RAW was better in 2004-2005 after Brock left. Raw got better at that time while smackdown was nowhere as good as it was in 2002-2003.

    • @pleaseshutup7053
      @pleaseshutup7053 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@darkundeadBenoit and lesnar leaving hurt and Kurt being hurt half the year. JBL vs Brock would have been a great feud

    • @J10005
      @J10005 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@@darkundeadYou had the likes of Cena, Eddie and Angle to compensate

    • @brianburnswildcat
      @brianburnswildcat ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You just had to jinx it that SmackDown *WASN'T FUCKING INCREDIBLE AT THAT TIME!* *IT WAS FUCKING INCREDIBLY TERRIBLE!* Guys like Brock Lesnar leaving, HHH drafting to SD until traded back to RAW for more shenanigans, Kurt being a evil GM on a wheelchair, A concrete crypt match which doesn't make sense, the blue brand of losers despite Eddie Guerrero and John Cena being popular stars carrying the blue brand and JBL being the longest-reigning champ in history of the show and brand. There were lot of bad and terrible matches with weird shit going on.

    • @brianburnswildcat
      @brianburnswildcat ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Also, SmackDown wasn't better than RAW in 2004. At least it was 10X better than RAW in 2002-03.

  • @ryanbeamish
    @ryanbeamish ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Bro you gotta talk about Kane in the summer of 03 going psychotic, feuding with Shane McMahon. Literally insane…Kane literally getting kicked into a dumpster fire, severe car crash, hospital fights, setting JR on fire, electrocuting Shane O Mac’s testicles!!! Most insane storyline.

  • @killval849
    @killval849 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    HAHAHAHA you did Big Show dirty bro. NEANDERTHAL.

  • @ag806
    @ag806 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    SmackDown 04 was brilliant. Anyone who was too young at the time will not understand.

    • @elijahloveell8809
      @elijahloveell8809 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It was lame honestly. SD fell off hard around this time

    • @cumexolaf3276
      @cumexolaf3276 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@elijahloveell8809 It felt like Vince Russo writing.

    • @kdeb92968
      @kdeb92968 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@elijahloveell8809no it was better than today by a mile

    • @elijahloveell8809
      @elijahloveell8809 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@kdeb92968 Typical nostalgia

    • @kdeb92968
      @kdeb92968 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@elijahloveell8809 you missed out

  • @somebodycomegether770
    @somebodycomegether770 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    “U-P-N, 29!!!! JUST, YOU, WATCH” right in the childhood 😭

  • @jordanaguero2847
    @jordanaguero2847 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I’m so glad I grew up in the ruthless aggression era!

  • @Cactusjones88
    @Cactusjones88 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    WILD times on 2004 Smackdown but I would relive it all over again

  • @codyallen43
    @codyallen43 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Just wanna say the Smackdown intro back then was absolute FIRE

  • @ScotisticDad
    @ScotisticDad ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I watched Smackdown religiously in 04.
    Thanks for the video.

  • @alec2000
    @alec2000 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    SmackDown! in 2004, while it wasn’t the greatest year for it, it still was a fun time😊. Eddie Guerrero as champ, JBL’s rise to the top and his crazy racist sh*t😂🤣, Undertaker returning, John Cena being a boss as always, Kurt Angle as GM, Big Show being a monster again, the GM debut of Teddy Long, and many more awesomeness. While Raw was better at the time, this was such an underrated time for SmackDown!, and I’ll gladly replay it all for the nostalgia😊. Glad you’re back, bro, and I hope you have a safe day and weekend.❤️

    • @jumpman2326
      @jumpman2326 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Raw was a better show in 04

    • @guess6635
      @guess6635 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      As a 7/8 Year Old watching it go from Heel Lesnar to JBL, Cena's biggest Year building him towards the Main Event, Kurt Angle making me hate him unlike anyone else since he was my biggest hero in 2003 and turned Heel against Eddie. Taker returning from being buried alive and my first live exposure to the actual "Deadman." Rey being awesome, Booker being cool, Eddie being the top Face next to Taker on Smackdown along with The first Year of T-Lo being the GM.
      Add in Day of Reckoning, SVR, and the overall culture of 2004 from TV, Music, Magazines etc as an 8 Year Old. Fun times on the Blue Brand.

  • @EtherealistEquinox
    @EtherealistEquinox ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Kurt Angle quick scoping Big Show is the most American thing he has done😂😂

  • @idkibk7
    @idkibk7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    That opening clip, how was vince getting away with this 😭

    • @ヘスティア-y9o
      @ヘスティア-y9o ปีที่แล้ว

      Simple : Cause he is Vince McMahon he can get away with everthing

  • @ScrubTheNub
    @ScrubTheNub ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Super Villain playing in the background of JBL on Border Patrol had me dying

  • @benespinosa6725
    @benespinosa6725 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Smackdown in 2004 was fucking crazy especially after brock left can't believe this happened 19-years ago time flies Kurt Angle Getting Chokeslammed off a balcony was absolutely insane JBL Vs Eddie guerrero was crazy great video.

  • @Josh-oy5hi
    @Josh-oy5hi ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My mother was obsessed with wwe Smackdown and I still remember those nights when I would lay on the floor and she would be on the couch and watch every Thursday nights. I still watch SmackDown occasionally with her but nothing will beat those years at its peak

  • @Boyiaka97
    @Boyiaka97 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    SmackDown 2004 was where I started with wrestling, and I hold that time so near and dear to my heart. Eddie was one of my first favorite wrestlers and looking back, I just appreciate all the insanity that went on at that time as wrestling had really become apart of my life from then on.

  • @MrNightRome
    @MrNightRome ปีที่แล้ว +3

    this brings back so many memories. i remember almost every single one of these story lines

  • @fan1st
    @fan1st ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Amazing video dude. I was nine in 04 and you just took me back. Was crackin up the entire time😂

  • @jeremykeyes2018
    @jeremykeyes2018 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    This is why I loved the ruthless aggression era more than the attitude era. I watched both. I feel attitude era gets more love just based off nostalgia but the ruthless aggression era had crazier better storylines with a lot better matches too

  • @JVMC_ZR1
    @JVMC_ZR1 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I swear! That roster was pretty thin but they pulled out all the stops and completely dominated wrestling 🔥

    • @JVMC_ZR1
      @JVMC_ZR1 ปีที่แล้ว

      @jabron.destoroyah They basically had no Legends other than The Undertaker in that roster. Although Kurt Angle was bound to be a legend, I wouldn't consider him Legendary at that point.
      They also promoted Eddie and Bradshaw to main event status in that year too. John Cena was also fresh too. They basically created so much with a bunch of new Stars. While Raw was coated with Legends and Stars, yet they couldn't keep up.

  • @devondavis5119
    @devondavis5119 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Smackdown back then was lit 🔥🔥

  • @martinsch
    @martinsch ปีที่แล้ว +3

    SmackDown in 2004 was HUGE in Germany. I was a kid and literally every guy my age watched it back then. Eddie, Taker and Cena had some of their greatest moments there. It died with Benoit's and Eddie's deaths, but those 2-3 years were crazy.

  • @therealshadowmusik
    @therealshadowmusik ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is gold!!!!! Your commentary is classic, keep these coming!

  • @HamanKarn567
    @HamanKarn567 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Smackdown 2003 to 2008 was my favorite years to watch wrestling growing up along with TNA 2004 to 2008.

  • @nophilter
    @nophilter ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was 12 years old in 2004 so I remember this pretty well 😂😂😂 What a time to be alive. This is remarkable work. Thank you.

  • @sbarnett1342
    @sbarnett1342 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Heel Yeah, WWE in 2004 in General was BATSH💩T INSANE and I Love It😁

  • @Sbudz99
    @Sbudz99 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Kurt angle getting wasted and with the gta sounds in the background killed me 😂😂😂😂

  • @Tony_1294
    @Tony_1294 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Smackdown in 04' Was Lit 💯🔥

  • @thewatchers9394
    @thewatchers9394 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My older sisters and my father watched weestling from wwf to wwe 2005. But after that they stopped a few months after I was born. I started watching wwe in the super cena era and I knew nothing else. But in survivor series I saw the man known as Sting and he was my first known wcw wrestler. So I went back and looked at the history of the wwf to wwe now. And just like that I fell in love with wrestling. Sadly I never got to play the 2k games but I had a psp emulator and I played all the SvR games all the way till 2011. But through you Pav I pretty much feel like I've seen and pkayed all there is to wrestling. Thanks for making my AEW and my WWE experience soo much better.

  • @July9326
    @July9326 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I remember all of this too. You're probably too young but this is how crazy the attitude era was too hell it was probably wilder.

  • @Matrix609z
    @Matrix609z ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The biggest acting and looking like a big wild gorilla line about Big Show was hilarious and so true😂😂😂

  • @huntermaples9526
    @huntermaples9526 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I was 9 in 2004 and I never missed an episode of smackdown that year lol man the memories

  • @onuoraawesome7777
    @onuoraawesome7777 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Thank you! Do you know how many people hated this program? I loved Smackdown in 2004. It was one of my favorite programs of all time. I watch so many stuff from the show that year. Too bad it wasn't drawing all that well in the ratings. Hey. Do Smackdown in 2008. Very interesting program as well.

    • @brianburnswildcat
      @brianburnswildcat ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣 Seriously, I don't love SmackDown in 2004 because guys like Lesnar leaving, lot of bad filler PPVs, HHH traded back to RAW after drafted to the blue brand, Undertaker's comeback as the deadman was disappointing, Angle being a evil GM on a wheelchair, etc. Despite the good and insanely stuff SmackDown put through.

    • @theworldisimmense
      @theworldisimmense ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It’s cuz as a guy who was born in 1993 and started watching WWF since late 1999, everything after 2001 was just a downgrade and that attitude fee died along with it and it wasn’t as fun anymore but it was definitely watchable tho. Comparing the ruthless aggression era to whatever WWE produced after 2014 is gold

    • @theitfactorjameswheezer2852
      @theitfactorjameswheezer2852 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@theworldisimmense2005 was better than 2001 and upon a rewatch 99 wasnt that good either

    • @paulheymansguy1772
      @paulheymansguy1772 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No ratings? What are you smoking bro

    • @theworldisimmense
      @theworldisimmense ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@theitfactorjameswheezer2852 lol not good in 1999? , smackdown in the year 2000 was the greatest thing ever , wrestling was at its peak of entertainment. Mid carders we’re getting massive pops. Not much in 2004

  • @aubinpereira3216
    @aubinpereira3216 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My favorite was when Angle was unveiled as the masked wrestler who cost Eddie the title leading to the 2 out of 3 falls match. Angle's ankle lock was truly terrifying.

  • @4DaFam
    @4DaFam ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was 10 years old in 04 man I was OBSESSED with Smackdown back then

  • @ultraviolencia6663
    @ultraviolencia6663 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Now I understand why my mom got so mad because we watched wrestling with my brother, I was 7 at the time watching this lmao

  • @them4580
    @them4580 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Man. I totally forgot all of these happened in 2004 lol crazy

  • @philthatcher6111
    @philthatcher6111 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The ruthless aggression era is my favourite, from 03-08 good times.

  • @AliFrankTheTank
    @AliFrankTheTank ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That giant fist man !!!! Epic times 😂😂😂 was born in 2000, probably right when started getting the stuff frfr lol

  • @SIMOLAMBOTZ
    @SIMOLAMBOTZ ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I am Italian.
    By the end of 2003, an Italian free tv channel started showing Smackdown so in 2004 pretty much all the kids were watching it.
    It was a real cultural phenomenon, Smackdown had almost 3 million viewers, in Italy 😱

    • @Ge0rgika
      @Ge0rgika ปีที่แล้ว

      Damn. Did wwe ever had any liveshows in Italy during that time?

    • @SIMOLAMBOTZ
      @SIMOLAMBOTZ ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Ge0rgika Yes, every year we had 2/3 shows. In 2007 we also had Monday Night Raw live (I was there, when Santino won IC title).
      Unfortunately, after Benoit's death, the Italian channel decided not to show Smackdown anymore 🥲

    • @Ge0rgika
      @Ge0rgika ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SIMOLAMBOTZ what was the channel's name?

  • @startrakambassador3632
    @startrakambassador3632 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was just watching this whole year of Smackdown. So many legendary feuds.

  • @nate_thegreat313
    @nate_thegreat313 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    To sum it up: The Ruthless Aggression era was the late 90s babies’ Attitude Era 💯😂 the quality of the matches and the storylines was just a time to be alive

  • @cip7068
    @cip7068 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Poor UPN they must have been losing sponsors left and right !
    How do you tell Pizza Hut " yeah we have a lot of death angles "

  • @jairgallardo7845
    @jairgallardo7845 ปีที่แล้ว

    11:36 😂 hahahaha “he pulled out the blicky” god dayuuuum hahaha 04 was nuts happy to see it all man

  • @Rainaerys
    @Rainaerys ปีที่แล้ว +4

    One of the greatest years in wrestling ever!!! Take me back!!!

  • @pxesirdi
    @pxesirdi ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The pan to Kurt Angle being thrown off the balcony is what stopped me from watching wrestling until adulthood. It actually scarred me lol. Took me til high school to realize it was fake but I still couldn't get over how real it had looked.

  • @original123kid7
    @original123kid7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    If only we could get stuff like this again

  • @marioguerra1028
    @marioguerra1028 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When angle layed out like that that made laugh as a lil kid

  • @gustavo1820111
    @gustavo1820111 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Jbl was an underrated heel as a hispanic kid growing up watching smackdown rey mysterio and eddie were always my favorites I remember I use to hate jbl so much I would watch smackdown every week to see if he would finally lose the wwe title, looking back it as a grown adult I realized how good of a job he did his job 😅

  • @AttainTheGrain
    @AttainTheGrain ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Prime JBL gotta be one of the top 10 heel personas ever for pure comedic value 😂

  • @Brandon-bd3gx
    @Brandon-bd3gx ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I actually preferred Smackdown to Raw at this time. Lotta memories

    • @JokerG16
      @JokerG16 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      because JBL was the better champion. Benoit was incredibly boring

    • @Brandon-bd3gx
      @Brandon-bd3gx ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JokerG16 couldn’t say to be honest. Didn’t always watch a full 2 hours of Raw around this time. But yea JBL carried the heel feuds on Smackdown as champion that year

  • @kn7cks347
    @kn7cks347 ปีที่แล้ว

    11:30 LMAOOOOOOO “he pulled out the blicky and quick scoped The big show “ 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

  • @KingACE05
    @KingACE05 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My favorite memory of SmackDown in 2004 is The Legendary battle Royal

  • @UnbrokenFlame
    @UnbrokenFlame ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I started watching WWE in 2002, so this time period is definitely familiar! UPN and Cole & Tazz on commentary really brings back the memories

  • @applepieclub5012
    @applepieclub5012 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The reason why JBL became so successful as a heel is because he didn’t really need to act or play a character, he played himself.
    From what I’ve see on his Twitter, he naturally thinks the way his character did.

  • @ComicBooksandVideoGameNerd96
    @ComicBooksandVideoGameNerd96 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I remember watching most of this stuff on TV

  • @sirnetflix7162
    @sirnetflix7162 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    RVD on smackdown was so weird. He definitely fit better on Raw. I loved his tag team with Rey though, shame he got injured and that had to end.

    • @USHARDY
      @USHARDY ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I would’ve loved to see him on Smackdown in 2002-2003 mixing it up with the Smackdown Six, better than being buried by Triple H or random tag team title reigns

    • @sirnetflix7162
      @sirnetflix7162 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@USHARDY His tag team with Kane is definitely my fav team he’s been in

    • @pleaseshutup7053
      @pleaseshutup7053 ปีที่แล้ว

      He should have feuded with JBL and Kurt angle

  • @RIPdixiecarter
    @RIPdixiecarter 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    One hillarious detail you forgot to mention about Heidenriech/Cole scene was that Cole was practically getting dry graped Tazz (his broadcast partner) originally took off to "save him" but he winded up stopping and getting a hot dog instead.

  • @Jeremy-lt2km
    @Jeremy-lt2km ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Love the content keep it coming 🤘🤘

  • @codycantu6400
    @codycantu6400 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    "just in case you missed the first one" 😂 super funny bro

  • @truthtransistorradio6716
    @truthtransistorradio6716 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I started watching Smackdown in 2002 until 2005. I was in my 20s at the time and didn't know anything about the attitude era, or that Raw existed! I started getting board after Brock Lesnar left and JBL became champion.