This is without hyperbole the greatest video series on TH-cam. I’ve seen all the weirdest episode videos countless times, I can’t express how happy I was to see a new one
I still find it funny how Bryan wins the title before the PPV by kicking AJ in the nuts. Nakamura had been doing that for several months beforehand and didn't win the title at all!
To be fair he was giving him an uppercut to the balls, the kick was obviously AJ's weakness. I mean their Last Man Standing draw was double dick kick city.
I do wonder how much of current WWE is because of AEW's debut vs how much is simply because of Vince being gone and Hunter finally getting full creative control. I mean NXT was already fantastic _before_ AEW was a glint in Cody and The Bucks' eyes, so it's clear that HHH had it in him already, but I do wonder whether he would have made as much of the changes he's made to the main roster product in the time he has if AEW wasn't around as an alternative. I do think the wrestling world as a whole needed it, not even just as another product for fans to watch, but also for the wrestlers to have another company in North America to go to make good money and get exposure far beyond what the independents can provide.
The 2010 era, on the whole, absolutely proves why AEW was necessary (and mid-2022 onwards is proof that the wrestling world is better off without McMahon in it)
@@R0D3R1CKV10L3NC3 2019, 2020, 2021, and the first half of 2022 were some of the most intelligence insulting crap in wrestling history. All of that was under Vince. Then Vince left and HHH took over, and virtually overnight, starting with Summerslam it started looking massively different. They started booking logical, easy to follow and invest in, storylines. And the fans started returning in droves. AEW has been the same thing since their inception. And the fans are clearly getting sick and tired of the constant hotshotting. The one thing to remember is that Vince, until the late 90's, wasn't a wrestler. HHH was a wrestler, trained by a wrestler, and watched territory wrestling. He always had that base of wrestling booking knowledge that Vince, for the most part, never had. And you answered your own question. Pre-AEW NXT was excellently booked. He simply brought that philosophy to the main roster.
@@gfear24 The crazy thing is that the people who call AEW dead and crap actually _defended_ that shit and say it was _good._ My calculations say that AEW is brilliant, simply because the people who are always wrong say the opposite.
Another footnote I'm kinda surprised wasn't mentioned in the recap of Charlotte Flair vs. Ronda Rousey: This match was the point where the honeymoon period with Ronda ended. The live crowd infamously popped big for Charlotte laying out Ronda post-match even though Ronda was nominally a babyface. Ronda was legitimately upset by this and it wound up poisoning her relationship with the fans for the rest of her WWE run. WWE always had a dilemma with Ronda Rousey because her mainstream star power meant she was never going to be booked like just another woman in WWE -- but fans seemed to tire fairly quickly of her Lesnaresque steamrolling of the division, particularly as a babyface, a role that doesn't mix well with superhuman booking in the modern era and a role she always seemed very obviously mismatched for from a personality standpoint.
This show was just one of many around this point where the product felt so rotten that just looking at the pre show panel looking bored and wanting to be anywhere else apart from maybe Lawler he didnt know where he was
@zanethindbut in AEW he has control of the company and he has creative freedom. Plus he is probably the highest paid wrestler in AEW and his salary is probably more than Roman's salary.
I was just thinking to myself the other day that it had been awhile since we'd seen one of these Weirdest Shows videos. The wait was worth it, Jack is hilarious as always!
You know when the media reports on someone doing something horrendous? And they interview the neighbours, they all say how lovely and great community member he was. We as wrestling fans if asked about Vince McMahon it would be the opposite.
Not true. That’s just THIS wrestling community. A lot of fans still have a place in their hearts for Vince because he was a huge part of their childhood. It’s hard to break that. Look at Michael Jackson for further proof of this phenomenon 😂 his allegations are way worse and he’s still beloved by millions.
I was at this show. This video brings back such memories as the dude next to me complaining about Daniel Bryan during that whole match. Thanks a lot, Jack and Cultaholic😭😂
Funny of Jack to not mention Ambrose's short feud they were building with Nia Jax after they cut him off when he was about to give a shoot promo. Not that I blame for not mentioning it
I've been saving this all day and now it's 7am I just got home from work and now I can lightly chuckle as Jack retells the events of a big non-event in WWE history. 😄👍 I'm going to be smoking a bunch of purple, so there's that.😅
Jack my good friend I have been waiting for this for what seems like so long and you did great as always I think you have personally made me wanna watch wrestling again cheers mate 🫡
This video taught me 3 things: 1) Jack is the Jobber this website needs. 2) Survivor Series are either going to end up in this series or in the worst PPV series. And 3) it made me realize the 2010s is just rehashed Attitude era storylines, without the grittyness and all the nonsense car crash tv style showing of said storylines. Case and point, the Lesnar and Ronda booking and the Corbin GM storyline
One thing to remember is that DVD's of the PPV's didn't have the preshow on them. So when they start talking about a Raw sweep, it's because home DVD wise, it would show that.
This was the first PPV I watched live after subscribing to the Network. Sad that Survivor Series will also be the last main-roster PPV that I'll watch on the Network (because who could forget NXT Deadline?)
I love how Jack says he loves wrestling logic when the bulk of the episode is him ripping on how infuriating it is that matches only count when it's convenient to the story
It's been six years, and I'm still waiting for WWE to finally cash in on the Flair we saw at this Survivor Series. We've seen flashes of that borderline deranged Charlotte, and yet for some reason they just won't pull the trigger on it. The egotistical, femme-Ric Flair version of Charlotte needs to change and she really deserves to have a character of her own identity like Dominik Mysterio has developed. Give me a Charlotte who has snapped in frustration. A Charlotte who isn't just getting title matches whenever she's back, but has started to lose it because she's been without a title for so long. Even pull a card from the Steve Austin book and have her willing to do anything to get her hands on that title again, much like Tommaso Ciampa and Goldie. Something to make her finally not feel like a nepo-wrestler.
Thinking about it. I think they have tried, but Charlotte has been getting consistently injured ever since and has just gotten stop and go championships
hold up, i just realised ive spent years conflating thinking both this weird show and the weird triple h survivor series as the same show. that one should absolutely get looked at as well
idk if anyone remembers this but on the smackdown after this show the new day had a segment saying that the score was actually 6-1 and i remember finding it quite funny
Took me an hour and a half to watch this hour and eight minute video because I had to pause near the end to watch Lesnar vs Bryan in full. I really got annoyed with the commentary talking about “the sweep” with a graphic appearing onscreen during possibly the best post-match selling of Lesnar’s career. He never stood up once, laying on the ground a full minute before finally rolling out of the ring. The amount of selling he was doing for the damage he’d received from Bryan was amazing. One of my favorite moments.
I love watching these videos while smoking, because it's like listening to a nerdy friend infodump on you, like yeah bro tell me more about the team chemistry of the SmackDown women's division
This is by far my favorite series you guys do. Glad to see it return!
W4W
Jack is the heart of this channel. He is such a good presenter and seems a thoughtful guy.
Agreed
“Punches Becky in the Lynch” is an underrated moment
I’m so glad this is top comment. I never go to comments on TH-cam but I ran here once I heard him say that.
Roode and Gable vs Revival was the heart and soul of the early 2019 house show loop ✊🏼
“An injured ‘The Miz’” made me chuckle. The “the” did all the heavy lifting.
This is without hyperbole the greatest video series on TH-cam. I’ve seen all the weirdest episode videos countless times, I can’t express how happy I was to see a new one
I still find it funny how Bryan wins the title before the PPV by kicking AJ in the nuts. Nakamura had been doing that for several months beforehand and didn't win the title at all!
It's like the Superkick. For some people it's just a transitional move while others can deliver it well enough to work as a finisher.
To be fair he was giving him an uppercut to the balls, the kick was obviously AJ's weakness. I mean their Last Man Standing draw was double dick kick city.
Recovering from surgery currently in alot of pain! Thanks for taking my mind off it even for an hour!!!
Definitely my favorite series you guys do! Keep up the good work Jack and Luke!
Say what you want about AEW now, but this PPV is proof that the wrestling world as a whole needed it
I do wonder how much of current WWE is because of AEW's debut vs how much is simply because of Vince being gone and Hunter finally getting full creative control.
I mean NXT was already fantastic _before_ AEW was a glint in Cody and The Bucks' eyes, so it's clear that HHH had it in him already, but I do wonder whether he would have made as much of the changes he's made to the main roster product in the time he has if AEW wasn't around as an alternative.
I do think the wrestling world as a whole needed it, not even just as another product for fans to watch, but also for the wrestlers to have another company in North America to go to make good money and get exposure far beyond what the independents can provide.
The 2010 era, on the whole, absolutely proves why AEW was necessary (and mid-2022 onwards is proof that the wrestling world is better off without McMahon in it)
@@R0D3R1CKV10L3NC3 2019, 2020, 2021, and the first half of 2022 were some of the most intelligence insulting crap in wrestling history. All of that was under Vince. Then Vince left and HHH took over, and virtually overnight, starting with Summerslam it started looking massively different. They started booking logical, easy to follow and invest in, storylines. And the fans started returning in droves. AEW has been the same thing since their inception. And the fans are clearly getting sick and tired of the constant hotshotting. The one thing to remember is that Vince, until the late 90's, wasn't a wrestler. HHH was a wrestler, trained by a wrestler, and watched territory wrestling. He always had that base of wrestling booking knowledge that Vince, for the most part, never had. And you answered your own question. Pre-AEW NXT was excellently booked. He simply brought that philosophy to the main roster.
every industry benefits from competition
@@gfear24 The crazy thing is that the people who call AEW dead and crap actually _defended_ that shit and say it was _good._
My calculations say that AEW is brilliant, simply because the people who are always wrong say the opposite.
The triple branded SS was awesome and I wish they'd do it again.
Another footnote I'm kinda surprised wasn't mentioned in the recap of Charlotte Flair vs. Ronda Rousey: This match was the point where the honeymoon period with Ronda ended. The live crowd infamously popped big for Charlotte laying out Ronda post-match even though Ronda was nominally a babyface. Ronda was legitimately upset by this and it wound up poisoning her relationship with the fans for the rest of her WWE run.
WWE always had a dilemma with Ronda Rousey because her mainstream star power meant she was never going to be booked like just another woman in WWE -- but fans seemed to tire fairly quickly of her Lesnaresque steamrolling of the division, particularly as a babyface, a role that doesn't mix well with superhuman booking in the modern era and a role she always seemed very obviously mismatched for from a personality standpoint.
That and all the notches to Pipper, who is one of the biggest heels of all time behind Mr. McMahon, while still being a babyface.
I'll say it. These videos are currently my favourite Cultaholic content. Amazing editing, great jokes, proper length. Just awesome overall.
I literally have missed weirdest episodes. Thankful for this episode
You and Fraser are doing God's work with this and the Worst PPV Ever series - thank you ❤
Great work as always. This series continues to be top notch.
The jobber is back with one of the strangest PPV'S in recent history , love these retrospective videos
This show was just one of many around this point where the product felt so rotten that just looking at the pre show panel looking bored and wanting to be anywhere else apart from maybe Lawler he didnt know where he was
Hell yeah Jack, love this series thanks for bring back
That 2018 Dean Ambrose "vaccines and disgusting people and their sickness" gimmick aged well didn't it
@zanethindbut in AEW he has control of the company and he has creative freedom. Plus he is probably the highest paid wrestler in AEW and his salary is probably more than Roman's salary.
Imagine Eddie Guerrerro doing that in 2005
They should've copied and pasted Eddie's heel turn on Ambrose
Finally was waiting for this episode..me and my brothers hated this ppv with a passion. Made us stop watching pre-shows because they don’t matter.
I was just thinking to myself the other day that it had been awhile since we'd seen one of these Weirdest Shows videos. The wait was worth it, Jack is hilarious as always!
Great work from the former HeavyMetalWeightChampion Jack The Jobber, weird booking but it was a fun show.
You know when the media reports on someone doing something horrendous? And they interview the neighbours, they all say how lovely and great community member he was.
We as wrestling fans if asked about Vince McMahon it would be the opposite.
Not true. That’s just THIS wrestling community. A lot of fans still have a place in their hearts for Vince because he was a huge part of their childhood. It’s hard to break that. Look at Michael Jackson for further proof of this phenomenon 😂 his allegations are way worse and he’s still beloved by millions.
@@SuperMacik1 Glad some can get joy out of anything Vince did.
Finally!!!! We been waiting
Thank god this series is back! By far my favorite, thanks Jack and Luke🖤
@29:00 tell me vince has a fetish and the sense of humor of a 11 year old without saying it.
Love this series and Jacks commentary. Great work, more please 🙏
Your funny as Hell bro. You made my day with this video thanks for that.
When Survivor Series wasn't Wargames ❤❤
Jack calling someone else "his boys" in a tag match featuring Lince Dorado? Bloody turncoat
Every on-camera personality has just got better and better at Cultaholic. Love you guys.
Really love this video! Gonna go binge the rest
The best series on TH-cam. Luke go ahead and drop the unedited ramblings please and thanks
Oh it's about time this came back!! Been so long it's just the best series!!
Been wait on this in my opinion this is the best series on the channel
JACK JACK JACK! I've commented on every other cultaholic video demanding a weirdest video and you listened. Made my turkey weekend 🦃
I was at this show. This video brings back such memories as the dude next to me complaining about Daniel Bryan during that whole match. Thanks a lot, Jack and Cultaholic😭😂
Funny of Jack to not mention Ambrose's short feud they were building with Nia Jax after they cut him off when he was about to give a shoot promo. Not that I blame for not mentioning it
2018 Survivor Series was beyond terrible.
I haven't seen this series before but after watching this video, going to check out others in the series. This is great
Hey Jack! I'd love to see you talk about Ring Ka King and Scott Steiner threatening the crowd !
FINALLY THE SERIES IS BACK
Jack's style of presentation is probably my favourite in wrestling. He's always good for a few genuine laughs
I've been saving this all day and now it's 7am I just got home from work and now I can lightly chuckle as Jack retells the events of a big non-event in WWE history.
😄👍
I'm going to be smoking a bunch of purple, so there's that.😅
I would like to see the horror show at extreme rules with Seth and Rey lol
So happy to see more of these
The return of the greatest video series!!!! Thanks jack🫡
25:40
You never really think of Corbin as a huge wrestler, but dang, he's almost taller than Braun.
The preshow never counts! It's its own thing! It's not the show! Fun video haha
Jack my good friend I have been waiting for this for what seems like so long and you did great as always I think you have personally made me wanna watch wrestling again cheers mate 🫡
Also shout out to Luke for solid editing once again
This video taught me 3 things: 1) Jack is the Jobber this website needs. 2) Survivor Series are either going to end up in this series or in the worst PPV series. And 3) it made me realize the 2010s is just rehashed Attitude era storylines, without the grittyness and all the nonsense car crash tv style showing of said storylines. Case and point, the Lesnar and Ronda booking and the Corbin GM storyline
A Weirdest PPV video, on my birthday? Probably the best gift I've gotten today.
Nearly spat my food out at the "the acsencion what the F-" 🤣🤣🤣
One thing to remember is that DVD's of the PPV's didn't have the preshow on them. So when they start talking about a Raw sweep, it's because home DVD wise, it would show that.
Omg I went to this show! This was a fever dream looking back now
*we all watched and put up with this, it’s surreal to think about given how different WWE is now*
Had a thought while watching this that i probably watched the original coverage of this PPV when it happened
It was on this night that all producers were mandated to watch ALL the pre-tapes before booking any and all finishes for the main show matches.
Of all the years of Survivor Series being the “T-Shirt Wars”, this is easily the most infuriating one
God 5 on 5 elimination matches were so dreadful in 2017-2018
A shame as well, as 2016 had great elimination matches (especially the men’s match)
One of my favorite series on this channel
The mini crash out about Shane telling Rey to hit the 619 is very understandable 😂
One of the best series on cultaholic, just Jack being Jack! Up the Steve Blackman!
46:37 Shane hit the "I can do this all day."
I will never forget this PPV. My husband and I reference it often.
God I've missed this series, up the Jack!
Still my absolute favorite thing about WWE in the year 2018:
The cup to crown the best wrestler in THE WORLD comes down to two guys from Cleveland
Anyone remember Danielson's promo in the merch area during Mania where he yelled 'I'M DOING IT FOR THE COW!' That was my favorite.
Good Jose impression Jack 😂💪
Love this content more please
God damn I’ve missed Jack the jobber and this ridiculous series lol this just brightened my entire week.
"Rey Mysterio knows when to hit the 619 you big sweaty ball-bag" was my yearbook quote
Let us not forget that the DQ in Charlotte vs Ronda led to Jack & Sam losing the predictions contest for that show. BOOM! Do the hustle!
Sometimes I wonder if Jack's nervousness/lack of confidence is all an act and he's truly a man full of confidence and rizz.
the streets will always remember smackdown DENIED the clean sweep
"It's like a Wes Anderson movie" 😂
Ah we missed these so much, Jack
"What a mark." - Raven
This was the first PPV I watched live after subscribing to the Network. Sad that Survivor Series will also be the last main-roster PPV that I'll watch on the Network (because who could forget NXT Deadline?)
not even 15 seconds in and this is already a banger "There's a tag team who are BEEEEES!?!?!?!?!?!"
I fucking love Jack's narration so much
I was there at this show. It was indeed weird but still had a blast watching!
My favourite Cultaholic series is back!
2018 was when WWE never books good feuds and materializes character development.
Alexa bliss as captain makes this the best PPV
I love that the Drake reference happened, then he happened to start suing for "Not Like Us" the same day. Coincidence?...Yes
I remember Woods tweeted pretty much all night about being gaslit about Smackdown's pre-show win just "not counting."
I was there in attendance. I remember when Nia Jax’s theme hit, the entire crowd booed her so loud I couldn’t even hear her theme
I feel like we need a Best PPV series to complete the trifecta.
I love how Jack says he loves wrestling logic when the bulk of the episode is him ripping on how infuriating it is that matches only count when it's convenient to the story
It's been six years, and I'm still waiting for WWE to finally cash in on the Flair we saw at this Survivor Series. We've seen flashes of that borderline deranged Charlotte, and yet for some reason they just won't pull the trigger on it. The egotistical, femme-Ric Flair version of Charlotte needs to change and she really deserves to have a character of her own identity like Dominik Mysterio has developed. Give me a Charlotte who has snapped in frustration. A Charlotte who isn't just getting title matches whenever she's back, but has started to lose it because she's been without a title for so long. Even pull a card from the Steve Austin book and have her willing to do anything to get her hands on that title again, much like Tommaso Ciampa and Goldie. Something to make her finally not feel like a nepo-wrestler.
Thinking about it. I think they have tried, but Charlotte has been getting consistently injured ever since and has just gotten stop and go championships
hold up, i just realised ive spent years conflating thinking both this weird show and the weird triple h survivor series as the same show. that one should absolutely get looked at as well
He is back!
When reviewing a show is visibly decreasing your will to live you know it was an absolute shocker.
idk if anyone remembers this but on the smackdown after this show the new day had a segment saying that the score was actually 6-1 and i remember finding it quite funny
I love that Drake joke though 😂😂😂
Took me an hour and a half to watch this hour and eight minute video because I had to pause near the end to watch Lesnar vs Bryan in full. I really got annoyed with the commentary talking about “the sweep” with a graphic appearing onscreen during possibly the best post-match selling of Lesnar’s career. He never stood up once, laying on the ground a full minute before finally rolling out of the ring. The amount of selling he was doing for the damage he’d received from Bryan was amazing. One of my favorite moments.
I love watching these videos while smoking, because it's like listening to a nerdy friend infodump on you, like yeah bro tell me more about the team chemistry of the SmackDown women's division
Brock Lesnar vs. Samoa Joe at Great Balls if Fire was probably the peak of WWE's interest in Joe. It was all downhill from there.
Shame the Misfits In Action weren't on this show.
MISFITS.........IN ACTION!
*Jack the Jobber plays guitar*
7/10. It's missing a Luke edit.
Jack is so far and away the best part of this channel.
"We can have a grown man piss his pants live on PPV and still be the top wrestling company in the world"
"I'm not saying AEW doesn't have its ups and downs"
That's the other channel, Jack.