The Dungeon of Doom | Wrestling With Wregret
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- In the mid-1990's, Kevin Sullivan was tasked with creating a force designed to get Hulk Hogan cheered by the WCW fans. He wasn't successful, but he sure seemed to have fun trying! Brian Zane takes a look at the ill-fated Dungeon of Doom!
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"I've never been here before!"
"Ah! It's not hot!"
Seriously- Wtf.
Hulk Hogan at his finest! wake up in a jungle somewhere and the first thing he does is scream obvious imposes about his situation. Wrestling!
It’s crazy the stuff that Hogan got away with in WCW.
Ah! It's below zero temperature!
Cannot stop laughing
My guess is that Hogan was supposed to "burn" his hand but his ego was so massive he refused to sell hot water being hot
_”It’s not hot!”_
One of the greatest lines ever in professional wrestling.
The only logical explanation for Hogan's dialogue in that segment is if The Taskmaster wrote him a note saying: "Hey Hulk, come by the Dungeon Of Doom later and we'll hang out; there's plenty of Hulkamaniacs and hot water, and you've definitely been here before."
Not originally my comment, but it's so good, it's impossible not to repost it.
I really wanted a reprise of the “pushing the truck song” but this was also hilarious
I would really love a full version
@@firmanchristiansianturi4794 he did that in his latest classic PPV review
@@jop2663 I've watched that review, satisfied
If you watch that first Dungeon of Doom skit, you can hear Hogan’s acting career slowly dying in the background.
LMFAO
Hogan can act? Well, I'll be damned!
Dynaman21 What career lol
You win
It was alive?
"The Yet-ay, who was more like a Mumm-ay"
this popped me lol
Don't forget about the "....busting out of a penis shaped block of ice" part......I choked on my fucking sandwiche when he said that.......BEAUTIFUL!
The Yetay is also known as The Yetah or The Yekah.
@@Imadisneydonk don't forget the Yet-Tay and Giant dry humping the hell out of Hogan. That was a drink spitter.
@@Imadisneydonk I never realised Egypt had so many glaciers!
"Ah, it's not hot!!!"
lmaoooo
I yell the same thing when I grab a Coke out of the fridge
Me when I grab anything that doesn't heat up right from the microwave. 😂😂😂
Every hot pocket
For some reason, I thought of Back to the Future when Doc touches the DeLorean after the test run and Marty's like "What? What? Is it hot!?" "No, it's cold. Very cold."
Please tell me the line is in a botchamania video
Wow, the Dungeon of Doom actually DID end Hulkamania, though not the way they intended. It's like how a lot of fabled prophecies in fiction actually come true due to people's actions to prevent the prophecies. Kinda blows your mind a little when you think about it.
Only Hogan can get burned by cold water
Holy shit... He sold for cold water 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
But he said it wasn’t hot
LostOneOmega hogan would sell for cold water, but he refused to lose to Shawn Michaels in 2005, or to randy orton in 2006
technically, you can get burned by cold water. that's what frostbite is.
now that's i've ruined the joke, it's time to ride off into the sunset. the dungeon of doom strikes again, ahahaha.
#THATSNOTHOT
Kevin Sullivan does have a good reason for the Dungeon existing; by giving Hogan a group of cartoonish characters to beat over and over again, it made Hogan trust Sullivan so when it came time for Hogan to lose the WCW title, Hogan would actually do it.
Wannabe_Baby And to turn heel
@@fizzyfuzz5878 I don't think that's what was on Sullivan's mind, at least at the time. Hogan said by the time it even came to turning for the NWO, the crowd already hated him as a babyface so much, he didn't have much of a choice. Sullivan has said in interviews that his only concern was getting Hogan to trust him, for the title drop.
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I understand why, I don't understand stand lex luger, boss man, ect that were not actual cartoon characters
Maybe they didn't think this out. It was one of those "on paper" ideas as far as characters I'm guessing they were either high or confused about how they wanted this storyline to go too cartoonish or too scary, make people laugh or the little Hulkamanics cry because their "hero" hulk hogan was getting destroyed
9:42 She is a Stunt Granny
Never gets old.
So glad he worked that in there.
Greatest thing I ever saw
Haha still a classic
The classics
Watching an old Wrestling with Wregret video when I get a notification about a new wrestling with wregret video.....ain’t life just great sometimes!!
Lucha Underground is basically an entire company based on the insane theatrics and storytelling of the Dungeon of Doom, but somehow very good.
its The Final Deletion meets Breaking Bad.
A clean shaven Hogan looks like a featherless parrot.
TheJeffreyJJones hahahahahah
Lol
DAMN!
TheJeffreyJJones I use to think Mel Gibson was him when I watched him on his kid movie in tnt
A rather succinct analogy 🤔
Shame you left out the best part of the Dungeon of Doom. The I'M NOT A SHARK, I'M A MAN promo.
Good call on that one!
Definitely a good shout out there!
John Tenta was awesome btw,
According to Stevie Ray, Tenta destroyed the backstage area screaming, "I will stretch him!," in reference to Arn Anderson.
Mario Alan Logan Yes indeed. Stevie Ray is a great shoot interviewee, he comes across as very humble, grateful, and respectful. He stated he was almost surprised to see Tenta so upset as he was such a pro, and gentle giant. Arn got the hell out of there, and I don’t blame him lol
@@LuckyDT Tenta was one of the genuine good people of wrestling
Gee I can't understand why WCW went out of business 🤣
WHAAAT A RUUUSSSSHHH!! Ooops. Wrong Doom.
Where's the BFG 9000? Oops. More wrong Doom abounds!
NEDM could... ...crap. Still wrong Doom?!
Latveria forever! Whoops, still wrong Doom.
Cannon run run Doom
Ron Simmons and Butch Reed were a powerful tag team and all but.... oh wait wrong DOOM still.
My favorite part about the Giant is how the "son of Andre" never even attempted a French accent. Should've gotten some tips from Jean-Paul Levesque.
Kirbi Chan Andres real kids don’t have accents,maybe that’s why?
Maybe Andre had Giant in another place?
I liked it when the Giant first joined the nWo and they took over the commentary dust and Scott Hall says to the Giant “hey can I ask you something? Are you really Andre’s son?” And the Giant sighs and pulls a disappointing face as to say really you’re asking me that
Accents don't usually pass on unless they grow up where their parents did and speak the language but this was in bad taste. Using Andre this way
@@nichhodge8503 probably still gets asked that
As a lifelong wrestling fan and LSU alum, as well as 12-yr employee, I never knew John Tenta’s Tiger tat was an homage. Thanks for the history lesson!
Todd M. I’ve gone to LSU as well, always loved John Tenta and never knew that either.
I wonder how he would have done in mma?
I love proto-Hollywood Hogan. This whole era of WCW is like some kind of fever dream. This was a pretty comical and cartoonish period for WWF as well, but WCW took it to a whole new level of bizarre. Zodiac Beefcake still pries his way into my nightmares sometimes.
Could you review the custody of dominick storyline?
Dominique I'm your Papi!
The Sensational Spider-Man where the fuck is vikki?
YES!
Dumb story with excellent wrestling
YES BRIAN PLEASE
the reason in kayfabe beefcake got the butcher name is that he had butchered a friendship with hulk hogan
What about the Zodiac? Hope it is something legal lol
okay Zane, you did it! From now on I will refer to the: "Darkside" version of Hulk Hogan as: "Darth Hogan". I hope you´re happy!
I've learned a ton about wrestling from you, thanks friendo!
Hello fellow Baldur's Gate fan.
Allegedly, somebody in WCW proposed having The Giant pull a fish out his tights to suggest he fell from Joe Louis Arena to the river. I wish they had gone with that just to get a reaction shot from Zane as he witnessed that clip.
That's absolutely ridiculous. There's no way EVER such a...oh, hang on... it's WCW.
Yeah, it's probably true.
Octopus would've been better since it's Joe Louis Arena.
FewerMiles I wish they’d have wet his hair or something
FewerMiles hey Giant! Is that a fish in your pants, or are ya just happy to see me? (Rimshot is at your discretion)
@@ChannelyChannel True!
I hope Brian Pillman gets a introspective, I wanna hear the details of his career
Just watch any car wreck or dumpster fire and you'll get the gist of it.
Amazing intro Brian. That "IT'S NOT HOT" gets me every single time and you recreated it perfectly.
So let me get this straighth WCW Tried to compete with WWF Cartoonish era by being more Cartoonish
No, WCW tried to use the 1980s Hulkamania formula on a fanbase that hated that formula and liked rasslin, hence they were WCW fans and not WWF fans. They did it to try and get Hogan over with the new fanbase, not to compete with WWF's old fanbase.
DejaVoodooDoll - They wanted Hogan to get over with the current WCW fans as well as attract new sponsors and viewers. "Workrate" as you put it is what allows marks to elevate crap like Malenko & Benoit into a false position of actually being stars. Fans of WCW liked the feuds. Sting vs Flair was about how Flair kept screwing Sting and what they did in the ring made sense to that feud. Benoit, etc was the piss break for many people. WCW was always about aggressive blood feuds with compelling storytelling in the ring, not workrate spot monkeys.
Anyway, I digress, WCW fans did not like Hogan's style and that is why he got booed. For every new fan that came to see WCW because of Hogan, there were 10 who hated WWF.
I completely understand why they did it, but from a WCW fan's point of view it was the worst they had ever seen when you consider 1 year earlier they had seen Sting vs Vader/Rude/Cactus, Hollywood Blondes, etc. It went from rasslin with guys "really" hating each other (the way they played their part) to silly WWF crap.
It wasn't to compete with WWF cartoon crap like the OP said though, it was to add to what they already had and attract new fans. It just didn't mesh at all with what the WCW product had always been.
DejaMark - Yes, Benoit was a boring midget who people tuned out for. Pillman was charismatic and therefore people PAID ATTENTION to him, not becasue of some flips and shit, but because of his character connecting with the audience. Dickheads like you think that Malenko vs Saturn would be amazing, but Hogan vs Andre is boring. "No moveste", "in ring work", "-5 stars". Fucking mark.
WCW was trying to grow by hiring established names to go ALONG SIDE it's won people. Politics play a big part in people getting lost in the shuffle. WCW's misuse of Austin was bad, but WWF used him even worse as The Ringmaster. It was a sheer fluke that he even got to win the KOTR in the first place. I know a mark like you sees little men that are your own size and cums in his pants, but to anyone with a brain, name stars put eyeballs on to the product and then hopefully these new fans see your WCW talent and get to like them too. They miscalculated how much WCW fans hated WWF, but Hogan was worth the gamble. Duggan, etc was jobs for the boys and stank the place out, but they HAD TO MAKE HOGAN HAPPY. Jeez, go and jerk off to Okada and Dave Meltzer.
Hand Solo is right, to a point. Hogan to WCW was a square peg, but what else were they going to do? Flair, Bischoff and Sullivan were all HEAVILY involved in getting Hogan there-but they already had done Hogan/Flair in WWE and folks didn't buy it then, so when it was done in WCW, folks couldn't accept it either. What was the alternative? WWE was STILL winning the PR war, despite being at low ebb. As a (primarily) WCW fan, it shocking-but inevitable
@DICK LONG - In my opinion they were piss breaks and they were shit. I can accept 100% that people enjoyed them and that's cool. Any opinion is as valid as another, but I hate marks who think that people like that were better than people like Hogan, etc who actually drew money and therefore must have been better.
Before Eugene, there was David Sullivan
...and before him, there was Boo Bradley in SMW, and before him was Rick Steiner in NWA!
Top 8 One-Time WWE Champions anyone?
I think he did that already
Number 1 Jinder Mahal
black and silver diamond nah he’s done one-time IC and US Champions
@@TheMclesc I would love if for an April Fools video he put Jinder at #1 then disables conments
@Kanenums God bless him he wasn't the champion we deserved, he was the champion we needed.
My interest in wrestling had dropped to zero until I discovered your videos Brian. Now I can’t wait for your next retrospective reviews!
Can we take a moment to appreciate the constant tease of Brian singing the "Pushing" theme? XD
Mr. Zane is a constant source of pro wrestling entertainment.
Always hilarious!!!
Thanks Brian
Say what you will about the cartoony characters, The Dungeon of Doom still had pretty good talent. Earthquake, Vader, The Giant, Konann, Faces of Fear, Kevin Sullivan, Giant Haystacks, Hugh Morris, Big Boss Man, One Man Gang, there was alot of good talent in the Dungeon. I liked the group for that alone.
Same here best group ever
Yeah, I think the reason why the Dungeon Of Doom is so hated is that took place in the 90s and in a post-Hulkamania atmosphere.
Hey Brian, how about a top 8 of the worst tag team champions in the ruthless aggression era, or the top 8 best tag team champions of that era?
I bet Rene Dupree and Kenzo Suzuki would be on that list
MegaBRD The Movie Nerd don't forget about Rico and Charlie hass
Don’t forget how terrible Deuce and Domino were either.
JC Holmanation they werent as bad as some of the other teams though, but yeah they weren't that good
Matt hardy and MVP very underrated wwe tag team champions
Well. At least WWE never created a group just to get anyone over........ right....... guys?
@@VaderPopsVicodin10 Nexus weren't made specifically to get Cena over. Brian covered it in the vid he did on Cena ruining pushes/careers
@SuperPikachu Jexs tbf, The Authority wasn't explicitly to get Bryan over. It was to try and remake the magic that was Mr. McMahon as a character with HHH and Steph, and to also give purpose to guys like Big Show and Kane, who were floundering at the time, The New Age Outlaws when they returned, The Shield/Seth Rollins, etc. Bryan was never a part of that plan until Punk left and WWE had to scramble to come up with a new WrestleMania 30 plan.
@SuperPikachu Jexs for Straight Edge Society.....I guess? I mean, it's weird. Punk never really won in SES, but it wasn't just for one person. They used them to get Rey over, to get Big Show over, to get Taker over upon his return...etc.
ministry of darkness or corporate ministry maybe?
Did everyone here really forget League of Nations was a thing?
Why do people give WWF's New Generation so much shade when this much camp was happening in WCW
I guess because at least WCW's was entertaining.
I think the reason is New Generation was still more well remembered than this era was. Maybe it's because some key NG guys carried over to the Attitude era (Shawn, Bret, Taker) or maybe our memory of 90s WCW just got conflated with our memory of 80s WWF but it is what it is
Cuz we get F'n tired of hearing New day, usos, Roman LAMES coming up NEEEEEEEEEEEEXT for the millionnnnnnnnnnth F'n tiiiiiiiiiiime..........😒😒😒😒😒
a) WWF was way goofier and cringeworthy at the time b) WCW eventually pulled the trigger and turned Hogan heel
Horror Film New Generation refers to 93-97 not the current product.
No Limit Soldiers? Okay, I want a video on those guys!
Jack Marsh Oh trust me, by that point they likely would have been heels here too. People were sick of them for a couple years by then.
I kind of wish for that as well. Just to see people's first reactions to the term "Hootie Hoo".
The hip hop guys with ten plus members were somehow the faces against the country music trio in a promotion that wrestled largely in the South. Only in WCW.
Marc Quill I mean its a new generation and the booker at the time was a progressive liberal (Kevin Nash)
Curt Hennig and his song "Rap is Crap" was gold back then. @@DasNordlicht91
"IT'S NOT HOT!"
The Nasty Boys were in WCW BEFORE Hulk Hogan was...
If Zodiac (Beefcake) was a spy for Hogan in the DOD from the start, then he knew about the plan before it even began and did nothing to stop it.
Hey Brian could you do a
Review on Heel Stone Cold Steve Austin or The Two Man Power Trip?
Or combine the two subjects into one video.
I was at World War 3 1995 and got to see Savage win his first wcw championship. That was cool.
Only for Hogan to come and shit on it :/
Thu dungeon of doom returned under the name Gawker
I was expecting the shock master to fall out of the stone
Complete with his helmet falling off....again.
The Zodiac would be great with today's WWE creative team. Lol
He could be a special guest referee in a Wrestlemania main event involving Daniel Bryan vs. Luke Harper.
"Hey, Zodiac. Should we push Buddy Murphy?
"YES"
"Should we turn Kevin Owens heel again?"
"NO"
This angle was the like the predecessor to Broken Matt.
17:28 Invader zim doom song
GIR!
I'm going through WCW starting with the first Nitro and every time these guys show up I can't help but let out a sigh of frustration.
The only good that came out of this is Big Show and a fairly fun Sullivan/Benoit feud.
"She's a Stunt Granny." Zane's right. It never gets old
"She’s a stunt granny." never gets old.
By the bones of Amun Kara and the many moons of Jupiter, our monster truck is far superior!
I love the Dungeon of Doom, cheese and all.
I lol'd genuinely at the "pushing and pushing and pushing" call back. Ha ha! I had started saying it as soon as I saw the monster truck stupidity.
That's a common misconception that the Nasty Boys "followed" Hogan to WCW, they'd already been in WCW for about a year before Hogan went there.
So Hogan met them there lol
RIP Kevin Sullivan. The pearly gates be like “Sullivan! Follow my voice!”
The best part of the Yeti (or Yeh-Tay) was that they immediately repackaged him as the creatively-named Super Giant Ninja.
Also, the Zodiac doing the "YES! NO!" thing well before Daniel Bryan got over with it decades later.
I'd love to know the combination of drugs the writers who came up with this were on
Observe this BROTHER GREAT (BURN) by hogan lmfao 🤣🤣
“IVE NEVER BEEN HERE BEFORE” 😂😂
Paul White really has a great “evil” laugh and really it’s probably the best thing about his time in the Dungeon Of Doom
Brian Zane: Tomb Raider
"AAHH.. It's not hot"
-Hulk Hogan
According to the New Gen Podcast, Sullivan used the Dungeon of Doom angle to build up a level of trust between Hogan and himself to later convince him to turn heel once Nash and Hall turned up. He gave him enough of his usual monster heels to squash so that he'd go along with trying something outside of his comfort zone.
I met John in the UK in 2001 and asked him why he covered up his tiger tatto with a shark?
(We didn't have WCW here in the UK in the 90s)
He said it was for a stupid gimmick he did in WCW and he really regretted it.
Amazing guy R.I.P.
Cover the Ryan Shamrock storyline.
"Aaah! its not hot!" still one of the most legendary quotes from wrestling history
I have two ideas for retrospectives. Aces and Eights in TNA & Tommy Dreamer in WWE
Makes sense now. Hogan's mustache was shaved into Hitler's mustache. 🤷🏼♂️
Hey, I get it now.... The Dungeon of Doom was "The Sinister Six" of pro-wrestling.
If only Jay Hunter could have played the role of King Curtis Iaukea.
Zane, my son!!!
That opening bit get's me every time. Lmao!
1994 and 95 were the bad times to be a wrestling fan also during the NBA era no Michael Jordan and NBA finals were really really stink on television was the Houston Rockets won two NBA championships back-to-back and no Michael Jordan that kind of sucked oh well we have to wait two more years until the rise of the Monday night Wars and the return of MJ
Compared to now, 1994 and 1995 were amazing.
@@handsolo1209 nope they had worse matches than now at least new Japan has a lot of 5 star matches and nxt is amazing
Nmamdi Nzeduru - Hahahahahah, what a fucking mark. 5 star matches. Hahahahahahahahahahahaha. NXT is amazing. Hahahahahah.
The numbers say otherwise pal. I give NXT 0 stars and NJPW -3 stars. OK, now it's shit, fucking mark.
@@handsolo1209 are u talking about basketball or wrestling
Julio Oquendo - I mean wrestling. Raw & Smackdown have their worst ratings ever, NJPW is in front of the smallest crowds and lowest viewers in their history. In 1994-95 there were veteran stars, up and coming stars ready to reach the top and 2 major wrestling companies with 2 distinct products. They all had larger than life guys who looked the part and there was always the hope that things could improve, and they did.
Now we have midgets who do the fakest looking crap ever, in front of the smallest crowds ever and have the average person who used to be a casual fan and admit that they watched Hogan or Austin now ashamed that they ever like wrestling.
There is no hope with the indy shit today. It's a shrinking product that marks love and the 90% of everyone else hates. There is no Hogan to turn heel, no Austin or Foley to jump ship and rise to the top. There is no monday night war, no nWo, no excitment. There is nothing at all, just boring midgets, shit "5 star" matches and decreasing audiences.
Pro wrestling as it was is dead. It's a tiny niche product now that has no appeal.
Loved the Star Wars Christmas Special reference at the end.
man, that big show laughing at hogan in the truck clip. kills me everytime.
Dungeon of Doom, thank you for giving us the greatest gift of all... THE YETAY!!!
I loved the Dungeon of Doom skits & story line. So dumb & goofy but yet so entertaining. & they had a killer theme song to boot.
This Dungeon of Doom crap was when I abandoned WCW for the first time , just stupid nonsense 😂😂😂
that reveal made no sense.. yeah lemme take his mask off so i can see whos attacking me... turns around and doesnt even look lmfao smh
The Dungeon has the essence of Brian Blessed, obviously.
" The Master portrayed by King Curtis iaukea who got into the role by covering himself with Asbestos"😂😂😂😂
I always thought he was stuck in the cave lol
Hogan's source of his power is apparently his mustache, I would though it would've been the skullet.
Hulk Hogan had his hand raised at wrestlmania by Ali, fought mr t, came out to voodoo child every night in the 90s, had Rodman to boost Nwo looks, had a career moment with the rock and still found time to have hate for black people lmao damn bro
I appreciate the inclusion of "Ah! It's not hot!"
Even after watching this video i still don't know what the hell the dungeon of doom is
Damn, I would've loved to hear the song "Pushing" again xD
This was a good opportunity to collab with OSW review
Ya I was thinking the same thing
The best Story arc OSW ever did.
Yes Halloween havoc 95 in my opinion their best episode
Fuck OSW.
It was my favorite as well. .....”MEMBER THIS SHIRT HOGAN!!?” 😂
I’m waiting on Brian to show up on an adbreak questionarium.
That intro was epic! Throwback to Halloween Havoc!
Was the task master ever promoted to project manager?
fantastic work as usual but how did you NOT have the schaivone YET-AY soundbite in the vid. It was right there.
As much as you slag on the Dungeon of Doom, there were a number of good things to come out of that stable.
The Giant, although it would take a long time and a change of companies for Giant AKA Big Show to be a worthwhile wrestler.
Konnan as a heel: Granted, he became quite repetitive, especially once he joined the NWO, but Konnan was far more interesting as a heel than as a face.
The Faces of Fear: Meng and Barbarian were a pretty solid tag team, and they might have gotten a WCW tag title run if the Outsiders hadn't controlled the belts for the bulk of their time together.
Luger's tweener role: I loved watching Luger in late 95 and early 96, because he was a complete dick to everyone except Sting, who never realized or care about how much Luger was fucking him over time and time again. Unfortunately, the arrival of the nWo necessitated a full face turn for Luger, so that angle never reached a conclusion, but it was fun while it lasted.
Sullivan v. Pillman & Benoit: There were some truly classic moments in the fued between these two factions, with the most notable being "I Respect You Bookerman" from Pillman and the classic Falls-Count-Anywhere matches with Sullivan and Pillman.
RIP Kevin Sullivan
I remember watching the Monster Truck Sumo match on PPV. Very much enjoyed it, especially when The Giant showed back up out of no where.
3:51 Hogan's first match with the company was a title match against Ric Flair. Because.....of course it was!
The evil laughter from the Dungeon of Doom is overboard.....yet entertaining at the same time.
The DoD was really the tragedy of Kevin Sullivan. You could say the arrival of the Hulkster meant he lost his brother's love and destroying Hogan was an outlet for his sadness
I never knew konnan was in the dungeon of Doom.
Yes he was before he went to the nwo
jole' Mays yup
well the way wcw turned people face and heel during that time. How could you??
To this day, I don't get why Hogan said "Ow... it's NOT hot!"
9:20 That laugh kills me lol
Why did he call his fan base the "wregreters", surely he should've went with the "zayniacs"
I love quoting the “I’ve never been here before!” promo to my friends.
I loved Dungeon Of Doom and I don't care who knows it! My favorite faction! lol