10 Things You Didn't Know About WWE In 1998

[@juliooquendo220]

1998 was an awesome year for WWE

[@geeshep4836]

Amen.

[@isd8894]

Compared to anything that came after? Absolutely! Compared to the late 70s/80s/early 90s? Not remotely.

[@MRWINDYMETHANE]

For me personally, 2000 was WWE (WWF at the time) at their absolute peak, though I can also agree that 1998 was a great year for wrestling in general (yes, even WCW, despite becoming complacent).

[@moopert86]

Yoko could have been an all timer if he could have managed his weight. He so good, but as the 90's went on it just got hard to watch as he just got bigger and bigger. RIP, gone way too young.

[@cliffordjackson3]

FACTS yokozuna in the wwe attitude era is a big what if for me.

[@nickrowat4461]

Loved him as a kid, wish he had a longer run

[@what3801]

The Quebecers were on the actual Wrestlemania 14 card. The tag team battle royal was on the main card and was won by the returning LOD as LOD 2000, not a dark match before Wrestlemania. Also, Yokozuna's last WWF match wasn't a dark match before Summerslam. His last WWF match was on the Survivor Series 96 PPV.

[@brandonperkins176]

The Brawl for All was a disaster. According to Jim Cornette, Vinny Ru cost the company $5-10M in one night

[@tempestfennac9687]

While I've not seen much of Dr. Death (I liked the matches I have seen him in admittedly), I really think Jim was assuming the audience would care more about Williams than they probably would have: from what I can gather he wasn't the most charismatic wrestler ever, which seemed like it would be an obstacle for booking him to feud with Austin and he was 38 by the time Brawl for All happened. Admittedly I think B4A was a stupid idea due to the risk of injuries combined with only lower card guys being involved with it, meaning even if Williams had won he wouldn't have really proved anything (after beating the 1-eyed Carl Ouellette in round 1, if he'd have beaten Bart Gunn he'd have fought the newly repackaged Godfather and Bradshaw, neither of whom had really done anything of note before this point, which doesn't really say "the winner deserves to challenge Steve Austin for the world title").

[@brandonperkins176]

@@tempestfennac9687 it really destroyed the careers of those who participated. Again Cornette said the guys were built for show, not for go. Russo never watched anything physical like the UFC which we learned.

[@tempestfennac9687]

@@brandonperkins176 Good point. I just remembered Cornette's comment about B4A costing millions as being solely about Dr. Death admittedly.

[@smarkslowplay3512]

Many got injured like Savio, Brakus, iirc Godfather...

[@TheSkyatollah]

"We all thought retirement was here!" He wrestled in a ladder match for his own company in 2000 and was supposed to come back as early as post Mania 17.

[@Nick_Kearney]

The Brawl For All still feels like a weird feaver dream. Also, I loved that seeing The New Age Outlaws pin each other. It felt like the good guys outsmarted the buffons in the ring with them.

[@canthusofcande8315]

Yoko's last match was in Summerslam 96 in a dark match to Austin? Who was that guy teaming with Savio, Flash Funk and Snuka at 96's Survivor Series? Whilst The New Age Outlaws were the first team in WWF to use that finish, The Outsiders tried it in 96 and had it coined as the Outsider's rule. World War 3 was when it almost happened and the announcers were calling it as soon as they got tagged in.

[@charleszulas4021]

Judgement Day 1998 was my first ppv. Crazy to think about it now, but at that show the "Final Boss" was squashed by Mark Henry.

[@filthiestfish]

That decision still baffles me to this day. It makes as much sense today as it did then.

[@jeremyhegg9367]

I think one of the biggest things that helped WWE in 1998 is Bret Hart left in 1997 and Shawn Michaels retired in early 1998, so WWE were forced to create new stars as really The Undertaker was the only established main eventer left from the previous era. Austin was undeniable after 1997 and The Rock was just starting to come into his own and Triple H was able to ride the momentum of DX, while Mick Foley, Kane were helped by being associates of Vince McMahon to be hurdles in Austin's way. And of course you can't forget how much attention Mike Tyson got WWE just the right time. And though it hasn't aged very well these days, there's no getting past how over Sable got as well just on sex appeal.

[@Shawn-Leider]

Sable got people’s eyes on the starless shows. She doesn’t get the credit she deserves. Everyone wanted to see what sable was wearing.

[@acerimmer8338]

Absolutely right. The best things to happen in 98 were Hart leaving and Michaels injury. Those 2 would've held the whole organization back.

[@mattyg4186]

Best year in WWE history

[@dylanogg347]

I've heard one of the original plans for WrestleMania XIV was Hart Vs. Austin for the WWF Championship in the main event, and Hart was keen to put Austin over.

[@GeneHackmansGhost]

#1 thing you didn’t know - Matt Damon was actually supposed to hold all the titles for the whole year had he not been sidelined by a serious injury.

[@LoneWolf-zd7lh]

I really liked & admired the NWA invasion in the WWF (now WWE) during the Attitude Era. I really miss that.

[@Highrollinhunter]

WWF attitude had Shane McMahon on commentary it's hilarious how poorly that game aged like Vince McMahon wasn't even playable so wasn't Shane and yet they wrestled on TV in 1998

[@Devondavis-fm2dz]

W vid 1998 in wrestling had to been wild back then

[@JaxonIrving]

there was no better year for the wrestling industry than 1997. ALL THREE COMPANIES WERE KILLING IT.

[@WWChampion16]

Yokozuna's last televised WWE match was at the Survivor Series 1996.

[@filthiestfish]

You say it like it's one big secret

[@WWChampion16]

@@filthiestfish I'm saying that because What Culture Wrestling said it was at the Free For All Summerslam 1996.

[@filthiestfish]

@@WWChampion16 You're right. I hadn't watched the video til the end before I commented. My bad.

[@LibraJohnny]

@@WWChampion16 A match who ended in a DQ, no wonder if nobody or almost remembers it.

[@Markosbourne24]

Wwf

[@InfectiousGroovePodcast]

Just hit play. As much as I know about that era, I'm seriously hoping for a list of stuff that's new to me!

[@Walk_around_guy]

My favorite year as a wrestling fan

[@ElmoKnowsWhereYouLive5150]

Ditto.

[@southbeachtalent]

Vince knew Austin was his guy after the double turn at WrestleMania 13. No way in hell it was gonna be Shawn vs Bret at 14

[@smarkslowplay3512]

Wrong

[@Canrugger]

Shawn’s “injury” was actually rehab ….

[@multiyapples]

The way the Outlaws won the tornado tag team match was a genius way to win a match.

[@DaveyMan8868]

That tag team battle royal was not a dark match. It was the first match on the main card of WM 14.

[@TravJam317]

10 Things You Probably Know About WWF In 1998 If You Were Watching Back Then I even remember Shane McMahon on commentary, which I thought you were gonna mention since it's in the thumbnail. He liked saying "Booyah!" WAAAYYY too much. You can catch a glimpse of his commentary in Acclaim's WWF Attitude video game if you really want to.

[@dannyaraya8017]

why didn’t yokozuna just get lipo??

[@ElmoKnowsWhereYouLive5150]

Because liposuction is a cosmetic surgery and isn't about weight loss.

[@relentlessprofanity]

Yoko wanted to be the heaviest wrestler ever. He at one point stated that he wanted to get to 800.

[@thomasbecker6185]

Which one of these was I not supposed to know about

[@brandondavidson2200]

I think all 10.

[@mahlatserikhotso5468]

I love Simon Miller dudes videos are always entertaining I dont know how he does it

[@fergiferg695]

Nah Nah, If we are talking about 1993 and 1994 we are talking about the 2x doctor disrespect lol

[@Kin08006]

Haven't watched your vids in a while. Is it just me or the whole delivery is really different from before?

[@jchakraborty]

I clicked because of corny thumbnail Cornett 🐐🐐

[@scottkessel952]

They were getting .10 combined tv ratings? That’s insane. Oscar’s would kill for that now

[@MrSHADOWANGEL999]

Truly glorious

[@DaveyMan8868]

Brock Lesnar sporting the Whatculture gear... 2:08

[@jeffro9252]

Shane in the thumbnail but not mentioned once.

[@derekgalbraith1508]

Looking through the comments here and I'm surprised. Do I have to be the one to say it? Really? Ok then. Dude, can you please just talk like a normal person? Instead of your formulaic rising inflections and elongated words at end of sentences? I'm begging you. Just talk. You don't need to follow some weird formula that tells you what to emphasise, when to use a rising inflection, when to talk quieter etc. Just be a human.

[@TheSkyatollah]

Pretty sure they do it to make the video longer, which means more ads, which therefore means more money for the greedy bastards.

[@DanBamber8]

It’s really jarring.

[@Donnydon1996]

So if Brett never leaves we get HBK VS Brett in 98. Austin and Bett in 99. The question is what happens to the rock?

[@Tinderbox101]

1Min 69 views .. Nice

[@kevincorbin7320]

I really wanted that NWA angle to work

[@tjames5143]

Yes

[@saint-g7449]

If we know Austin, he would never want to lose one match to Dr. Death. 😂😂

[@moopert86]

First, Austin wouldn't have to lose to Dr Death to make money off a PPV match. And Second, He may not have had an issue with it, The stories of him refusing to do matches make sense when you look at it. He refused to work with Mero when Sable powerbombed him and made him look like a joke. He refused to do the match with Brock because it was a potential money match they were going to give away with no build on Raw.

[@saint-g7449]

@moopert86 Well, he did say that he was ok to losing to Brock if it was a regular match. As we all know, it was a King of the Ring qualifying match.

[@SkunkApe407]

​@@saint-g7449Austin made it clear that he wanted an actual story, so he could put Brock over properly. He didn't see how losing that particular match would do anything for either of them.

[@danielliens5360]

Billy Gunn and Jarrett can be added to that list. I know the history with Jarrett but not sure why he wouldn't put Gunn over, other than the name he had.

[@tomer_stern]

Another fact is that the quebecers wrestled like 5 or 10 matches on raw, but never got an entrance. They never had a win, so you didn't hear their theme after the match either.

[@smarkslowplay3512]

They were on Shotgun and PPVs too

[@tomer_stern]

​@@smarkslowplay3512yeah and never had an entrance

[@smarkslowplay3512]

@@tomer_stern they did. Search here for Shotgun Quebecers

[@stevieg7755]

Austin still would of won the Rumble and go to Mania as planned against Shawn Michaels but with Shawns back injury they would of wrote in Bret to make it a Triple Threat match.

[@Somethingelseentirelydifferent]

I was 11 and 1998 was perrrrrrrrfect!

[@Xolanidj]

Brawl for All: So lets plan a series of legit fights, and plan for a guy to win. He gets beat early on, so let’s punish the guy who actually won, because he fucked up our plans! 🤷🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️😂

[@Wrestlemetal]

Yokozuna would have done great in ruthless aggression

[@AngeloAcampora]

1999 was the best year

[@zanethind]

They did Dr Death Steve Williams so dirty 😢. What in the flub was Vince thinking?

[@philm2217]

Yoko's last match was not summerslam 96 against Austin, as usual riddled with basic errors

[@theamazingcj2748]

You can't call it the wildest year in wrestling after the crazy shit that has happened over the past couple years.

[@CaroleGirven]

If Hart And Michaels continued their feud and Austin/Hart feuded later on ...... Do we get Austin/McMahon and then Austin/Rock 😮

[@matthewdobbin1256]

That was difficult to listen too

[@DanBamber8]

Why’s he talking like that? It’s really annoying.

[@approx4ft]

It sounds like Simon Miller if he was a fabricated clone ​@@DanBamber8

[@Boo-yaa86]

Pierre changed so much

[@kob2fly]

I think Austin would of still gotten it at WM14. Bret would of been the one to do the honors

[@rubyhill5051]

In hindsight 1998 WWF was weird? Brother, I would say it was pretty obvious at the time

[@zanethind]

I legit think if Hart vs HBK Mania 2 happened maybe then the Screwjob wouldn't have happened but we don't have a time machine to see

[@mj-gb6tr]

Stop inflecting upwards at the end of your sentences FFS

[@philm2217]

Cornette was not into the nwa angle

[@chrisseymour426]

Bart Gunn was done so dirty. Punished for being successful?

[@jimmythickness]

Why do you keep putting the weirdest emphasis on words that absolutely do not need it? Please speak normally, I'm begging you

[@jaws848]

You mean WWF.....no such thing as wwe in 1998

[@Ric1968-mq9kf]

In 98 it was WWF

[@bobbydelacroix1515]

2000 was better though, EVERYONE was over

[@jamesdeegan211]

Year i was born🤷‍♂️👌

[@Markosbourne24]

You mean wwf

[@trevorrasmussen7668]

First it was Russo who did the nwa stuff and 2 hbk is the man who forfeited his belt cause he lost his smile and amazing when wcw was gone Micheal’s was able to wrestle again hmmmm

[@erickennedy8534]

Shawn was on drugs

[@IanOvidBares]

About to? Watch your mouth. And that's the bottom mm liiiiiiinnnneee....

[@mr.dccomics9018]

Austin 316

[@markphillips8668]

Love me a Simon video yes please

[@chrissalem3747]

You called yokozuns zunes. You should be ashamed of yourself. You shouldnt have a roster spot in a wrestling company. Not being facetious, i mean that.

[@DanBamber8]

Why’s he talking like that? It’s really weird and annoying.

[@falconmclenny7284]

Why do you speak so annoying now?

[@iainnicholls8537]

Legend jim cornette

[@BrandiHerring1303]

1998 baby here!

[@yadielenielbellecolon982]

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