1999's WEIRDEST WCW PPV - Starrcade

A PPV featuring Ed Ferrara as Oklahoma, Madusa winning the WCW Cruiserweight Title and, tragically, a kick delivered by Goldberg that would ultimately end Bret Hart's wrestling career, this is 1999's WEIRDEST WCW PPV - Starrcade.
WCW Starrcade 1999 Matches/Match Card:
Disco Inferno & Lash LeRoux vs. The Mamalukes (Big Vito & Johnny The Bull) (w/Tony Marinara)
WCW World Cruiserweight Title Match - Evan Karagias (w/Spice) (c) vs. Madusa
WCW Hardcore Title Match - Norman Smiley (c) vs. Meng
Jim Duggan & The Varsity Club (Kevin Sullivan, Mike Rotunda & Rick Steiner) (w/Leia Meow) vs. The Revolution (Asya, Dean Malenko, Perry Saturn & Shane Douglas)
Steve Williams (w/Oklahoma) vs. Vampiro (w/The Misfits)
Oklahoma (w/Steve Williams) vs. Vampiro (w/The Misfits)
Harlem Heat (Booker T & Stevie Ray) & Midnight vs. Creative Control (Gerald & Patrick) & Curt Hennig (w/Shane)
Bunkhouse Brawl Match - Jeff Jarrett vs. Dustin Rhodes
Crowbar On A Pole Match - Diamond Dallas Page vs. David Flair
Sting (w/Elizabeth) vs. The Total Package
Master Of The Powerbomb Match - Kevin Nash vs. Sid Vicious
WCW United States Heavyweight Title Ladder Match - Jeff Jarrett vs. Chris Benoit
WCW World Heavyweight Title No Disqualification Match - Bret Hart (c) vs. Goldberg
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[@fordid42]

I really miss Daffney. I enjoyed her work in WCW and Impact/TNA, and she was one of just a few bright spots in the last years of WCW.

[@w33d533d]

yeah i attended her funeral online, they had an online service because of covid + she was a bit of a celebrity, i didn't know her personally but was definitely a fan =(, she was one of the most attractive women in wrestling to me, and a very great woman IRL by all accounts

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

She was great and I totally agree she was one of the few bright spots in WCW's final year. I was really saddened to hear of her passing.

[@nicktaylor2657]

Why people tell you you're so great after committing suicide? Sorry she's gone but she wasn't that good 🤨

[@burntvirtue]

@@nicktaylor2657 you clearly need to do more research on her

[@syko2695]

@Nick Taylor Everyone knew she was great long before she died lol

[@kellypaul9940]

Absolutely love that Jack compared Oklahoma to Inoki, AJ Styles and Shibata in the space of 10 seconds

[@megshep]

I've literally never watched a single wrestling match but am so captivated by the story telling on this channel that I've binge watched an insane amount of content. Watching Jack's videos feels like having a few drinks and then listening to a friend explain random matches they remember from childhood.

[@syko2695]

You must've been a bit weirded out by the Great American Bash 2004 one and pretty much every ECW one then lol

[@megshep]

@Syko I'm honestly fascinated by the behind the scenes stories and peeking behind the curtain. I'm a Canadian and have heard the names Hart, Jericho and Benoit...but to actually see the creation of some of these legends is incredible. And of course this channel is really respectful in the way they've covered some of the heavier topics like Chris Benoit or Jake the Snake.

[@syko2695]

@Megan Shepheard Yeah I wasn't really referring to that... Great American Bash 2004 had someone being kayfabe killed via cement drowning. It's not exactly an easy subject to explain to someone that hasn't watched the programmes lol

[@megshep]

@Syko Yeah sorry I didn't really answer you lol. Honestly that's the kind of stuff I remember hearing about. I always assumed pro wrestling was a bunch of insane stunts like the cement burial haha. Finding out all the intricacies behind the scenes of that match was more wild than to me than the actual sketch.

[@thecodester6669]

I'm not sure what channel 8s called. But there is channel where they upload 1hr 30 min full build ups of matches

[@TheDarkknightkyle]

Would love to see an episode of Lucha underground covered as it was a promotion defined by weirdness. If I could suggest one John Morrison /Johnny mundos wedding is a good one for weirdness

[@supersasukemaniac]

The weirdness came from the story lines being told in Telenovela/Mexican Soap Opera style. The actual in ring stuff was great.

[@leejames929]

Man i miss lucha underground

[@fordid42]

I hate that LU is gone, it was a whole lot of fun to watch. The in-ring matches were excellent, and the storylines were just crazy (the Telenovela-style sold it).

[@TheDarkknightkyle]

@@leejames929 Aztec pride for life

[@micahjohnsonboxing6409]

@@leejames929 MLW still does a lot of the Lucha Underground stuff with same boss.

[@christopherdoroba8724]

I remember this ppv I sat in a closet and watched it because we were moving and my folks had the doors open to load the truck and I happened to get a fever and they got me the ppv so they could finish up. Sat shivering from fever and watching this ppv on my last day in my childhood home in a closet

[@BFFR5150]

I think we’re at a point where we can separate Chris Benoit the wrestler & Chris Benoit the man.

[@bMt5553]

I second that

[@vladtepes3201]

Yea I agree. But I do admit when I watch him in a match it is very hard to not hold what he did against him just because he's awesome at flying around a ring in tights.

[@MewDied151]

THANK YOU JACK Been waiting for a new episode from this series! Keep up the good work you utter legends 🙌❤️

[@BzaafiedTheFerocious]

Suddenly I realize that if Darby Allin came around 25 years earlier him and Vampiro would have made a interesting tag team.

[@emileawan8701]

Darby allin wouldn't have been looked at 25 years ago unfortunately...

[@BzaafiedTheFerocious]

Point well taken.

[@supersasukemaniac]

@@emileawan8701 yeah he would, he is literally just a smaller Vampiro.

[@joesmoe8841]

@@supersasukemaniac Back then they would’ve just thought he was a fan trying to look like Vampiro. He would not be in WCW. Their motto was literally where the big boys come to play.

[@bensonnick169]

@@joesmoe8841 They had a whole Cruiserweight division though...

[@michaelsinger4638]

I feel like there’s a scenario where Madusa as Cruiserweight Champion could have been fun. But Vince Russo was NOT the guy to write such a story however.

[@VorpalBender]

Jack the Jobber, you are an absolute legend. I always look forward to your videos and your series!

[@josephgeraci4207]

Jack made this whole video. “Do you have mints?”

[@freddiejohnson6137]

As bad as WCW was back then I still love going back and watching how badly overbooked things were and how very little was planned out in advance and how they would miss the spots because no discussion took place on how they were going to do it or even on one person was told.

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

Not only were the announce team not told what was going to happen during the backstage segments they weren't even allowed to watch them during the show.

[@geoffreygilsdorf215]

If Slipknot came out and helped Bray Wyatt, I'd loose my literal shit.

[@VHSRKIVES]

lose

[@speclt]

@@VHSRKIVES his shit has to be loose before he can lose it😂

[@bMt5553]

Lol you’re both right, either way it would be epic

[@rmoore2nd619]

Honestly, halfway through this video, I forgot Jack was talking about Starrcade. This sounds like a regular ass episode of Nitro and that’s not good 😂

[@glennwelsh9784]

I think a big part of why WCW fumbled with Bret was their extremely crowded main event scene at the time. You had guys who were contractually obligated to be main eventers (Hogan, Nash), tenured company veterans who earned their main eventer status (DDP, Sting), and the steamrolling phenomenon that got over organically in Goldberg. With so many guys vying for main event spots, Bret just seemed like the odd man out among them.

[@woobgamer5210]

The best way they could've booked Bret was as a true anti-authority, anti-rebel figure. Screw the NWO, screw Bishoof, screw WCW, Bret just needs to look after himself. Which would then ally himself with Sting, the lone wolf of WCW when the NWO took over. Help Sting fight the NWO, ambush Bishoff with Sting, tag team with Sting. That would've been so damn cool.

[@burntvirtue]

A GOOD wrestling company/booker would find a way around that through compelling stories, or intelligent booking choices.

[@afdcg]

@@woobgamer5210 Bret was boring. He was best as a IC guy and tag guy. He was no match for Hogan star power. Bret never drew Money because he sucked as a character. NWO was like 1000 times better than vanilla Bret.

[@namikstudios]

WCW fumbled with Bret. That's obviously why he's one of only nine WCW Triple Crown Champions. Poor misused Bret. What a joke!

[@PlatinumRoseLady]

"Oklahoma" was not a Jim Ross parody. "Oklahoma" was straight up character assassination of Jim Ross as a person and it sucked and Ed Ferrara sucked for doing it. And then Jack says something to the effect of punk rock kicking off with Green Day releasing "Dookie". Oh Jack. Oh honey. Jack, bless your heart, you sweet Summer child.

[@francoisgrenier]

awesome presentation dude! you're funny as ever and your info is very accurate.

[@StevenScodes]

One of the best series! Hilarious work from Jack and Luke! Fantastic episode!

[@richardtherichard26]

Kudos to you guys for finding new ways to capture the audience. This *timeline* *true crimes* and *rise and fall* have been incredible new additions to the wrestling KZbin landscape. Theyve all become must watches for me personally as I’ve grown tired of rehashing all of the Osw review back catalog. Thanks guys ❤️

[@mnstrtrckkd]

What’s crazy to think about Medusa’s monster truck career is she went on to win many championships and was very successful in the sport, reaching similar stardom she did with pro wrestling

[@supersasukemaniac]

She's still in it, during her WWE Hall of Fame induction she said she had to keep it short since she had to go to a Monster Jam event.

[@Drollpanther]

Medusas monster rack was better

[@elchomper.1063]

She's way more famous for monster jam then wrestling. Literally name a single thing she did after canning the WWF women's title

[@namikstudios]

@@elchomper.1063 as this video mentions, she was the first female WCW Cruiserweight Champion. That's a pretty fair achievement, that title represented the greatest cruiserweight division in the history of the industry. Some of the greatest matches in history have been over that belt, Eddie vs Rey at Havoc 97 being a great example.

[@citizenstrife]

5:27-5:44 "I agree with everything Chris....hmmm."

[@gakk8658]

WOOOOOOOOO! Super hyped for another of these, they are so much fun! Thanks!

[@leonardopereira1704]

YES! Three minutes in and we get the MISFITS! IN! ACTION! dew-new-new-new...

[@lilkyngtuttbusha8080]

That Cody Rhodes tweet is fucking savage

[@SylentEcho]

9:31 Nobody except those really few people who called the WWF Hotline from years prior, would recognize Russo's voice. I know you guys started watching during the PG era, but come on.

[@DaCosmicPrince]

Madusa looked hot as hell at this PPV 😍

[@Ariurotl]

I think you'll find Bret Hart only gave Christmas 4/10.

[@pteroid11]

Y’know the ‘Our own nation’ angle actually makes Duggan’s running gag of getting USA chanted even against Americans actually make sense for once

[@nnaproductions]

"DDP would never stalk another man's wife two years later." lol

[@supersasukemaniac]

That first bin was a Surge Cooler. Holy shit Remember Surge?

[@waltercallihan]

That's what I said 😂 I loved that stuff

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

You're obviously men of refined tastes. I drank so much Surge in 1999.

[@RavenousSpectre]

You def should check out the fallout games! That's much how I watch dark souls games on streams and have dabbled in them but ultimately I don't care to have a heartache over constant failure in a game lol

[@zubrhero5270]

10:38 Gotta be honest, I was waiting for "...and Brian Knobbs because he was a knob"

[@seanhinds3480]

I love this series so much! Keep it up Jack 👏🏻

[@DJDoubleCee]

The night Goldberg ended Bret Hart’s career. At least his full time career.

[@justinmcgrath6635]

Bret ended his own career in the corner figure four. Smacked his head on the floor

[@DJDoubleCee]

@@justinmcgrath6635 From what I read on Bret’s Wikipedia, that was actually Goldberg’s fault for not taking the move correctly.

[@DJDoubleCee]

@@PaxBisonica89 But the injury he suffered in the match eventually forced him to retire.

[@afdcg]

@@DJDoubleCee Bret ended his career due to long term concussion issues by doing sharpshooter on the turnbuckle. Bret a liar tries to blame Goldberg because he was a flop champion.

[@matthewswindler2959]

Madusa was my favorite woman in wrestling at the time for two reasons

[@dragonberrymead9525]

Ah, a Pimp my Ride meme. A man of taste. Love this series, great video Jack!

[@TheMoonsmith]

Yes! Sick as a dog this morning and I’m so glad this got posted so I can have some relief for just a moment. Hope everyone had a good holiday!!

[@lincolnwright7896]

Gonna need a video of Jack singing the whole Dookie album now

[@lightburger595]

Great video. I think not having a "Binception" joke for the Meng v Smiley section was a missed opportunity though, but that's the smallest of nitpicks. Happy holidays fellas.

[@WrongedSports]

Less than 5% of the people watching WCW at this point knew it was Vince Russo as the Powers that be. And maybe 1% of that 5% cared

[@supersasukemaniac]

I think the point of the Gold Crowbar was to actually, somehow, cheat. Like while the other wrestler grabs the crowbar on the pole, David decks him with the Gold Crowbar.

[@thomasmeyer6407]

Great video I love these! On a side note though I just want to say I'm not here to argue I'm not here to talk this or that I just want to say that I think we forget when it comes to Chris Benoit that yes he did that terrible thing but he also had CTE along with other brain injuries and whatnot from wrestling so if he didn't have all those things wrong with him , would he have have killed his wife and son? I don't think would have done it .so honestly I think it's Petty that no one can sit and talk abouthim about how great of a wrestler he was. Again I know it was a terrible tragedy but sometimes we forget that it was tragic what happened to him too. The man worked his ass off and gave his entire body and brain just to entertain us and because of it a terrible tragedy happened. I just think it's wrong that we can't talk about him and his body of work and his contributions to wrestling especially since he's sacrificed so much

[@timbartschwolfman]

Would you find it hard to believe that Starrcade 1999 was given a TV-MA Rating on the Network

[@zlinedavid]

They should use the old disclaimer from South Park: “This stuff is so bad, it shouldn’t be viewed by anyone, ever.”

[@hughman1356]

I'm so glad this series is still going.

[@maxbuffkin5625]

I'm glad that water bottle bit totally wasn't cut, because then I would be able to see the illusion of you guys sitting in a chair!

[@EssexAggiegrad2011]

Man, there was a lot of Jeff Jarrett. It's almost like he's friends with the booker.

[@dillerdime39]

Love this series! Thanks

[@damiancurran1762]

Spice was like one of those first crushes for sure, Up there with Pink Ranger and Kelly from Saved by the bell lol

[@wp6192]

Most of these storylines sound more suited for Southpaw Regional Wrestling than a Industry leading company.

[@larontezmoore3313]

And Vince Russo wonders why nobody takes him seriously when he critics WWE or AEW creative. Vince Mcmahon is his most recent years still did better booking compared to whatever crack pipe program Vince Russo was putting together in 1999.

[@pushon10]

I love the Benoit Jarrett match

[@smkfet]

This is my favorite solo show on this channel

[@KegOfMeat]

I actually started to cry a bit because I laughed so much that Nash won the Powerbomb match because he told the ref he did it

[@neilprete918]

"Shane Douglas cuts a promo so average" that's a real good summary of his whole career

[@crushercallahan3304]

this was the event where us Monster Jam fans were officially denied the Hitman. 1996/1997 - Bret's WWF based monster truck runs various non-TV events under different indie owners/drivers 1997, screwjob, Bret's off to WCW, Bigfoot and TRI Inc. design a Hitman truck for Monster Truck Madness 2, in 1998 Bigfoot leaves Monster Jam but WCW stays with them, cancelling the truck for a short time, latter half of 1999 the NWO gain a truck, Bret's newly drawn concept truck is on a couple shirts for a merch test, Bret takes Goldberg's boot to the head, things hit the fan behind the scenes for Bret again, Monster Jam cancels truck before 2000 TV Taping season reaches January's planned debut. fun fact: the WCW Nitro Machine truck, technically promoting a rival wrestling championship on a rival network, did feature heavily on ECW's home, TNN in 2000

[@chuytristan9717]

I just realized that Starcade 97, 98, and 99 had crappy world title finishes. Damn

[@stevenmacaulay8807]

Honorable mention for 96, while they never out right said it was for the belt, they didn't say it wasn't for the belt either...

[@chuytristan9717]

@@stevenmacaulay8807 damn so the main event sucked for 4 straight years

[@alexfrye6676]

I love these videos so much lol. One of my absolute favorite series on KZbin

[@soulweaponx6644]

I remember when OK debuted, and I thought he was hilarious but like every bad joke, he fizzled out rather quickly. I also thought the jokes on the other side about Turner buying those wrasslers with the "Huckster" and the "Nacho man"! "Thinking, thinking, thinking oooh!" Also 🤣@ "age in a cage!" 🤣🤣

[@supersasukemaniac]

Not merchandise, Varsity Letter Jackets. When you are on the Varsity (main) Team in school,they give you a Letter at the end of the year, if you get the Jacket you can put the Letter on it, hence why the Jackets are the School's color..

[@stephenrobinson8244]

In the USA polos are called life savers 😂

[@WillHendersonTX]

yes, true, in fact, the Life Savers brand predates the polo according to Wikipedia as Polo first came out in the UK in 1948 and Life Savers first came out in the US in 1912.

[@scottmccurdy6493]

People need to stop pretending that Vince Russo ever had any good ideas.

[@Jrsw82]

Actually it wasn't obvious that Vince Russo was the powers that be as it was several months before he appeared on camera in WCW and was barely ever seen on camera in the WWF

[@lordcorgi6481]

I didn't know I wanted to see Slipknot join Bray Wyatt until this video.

[@jonvia]

Even this British dude knows its OH-IO every time!

[@xIncisions]

"That's really good. I'm...really good." Yes, Jack - you're bloody brilliant. Cheers for the insight into how weird WCW truly was on the crux of the new millennium. One of my favourite times to look back on!

[@chriswarfield7520]

Mid-South Duggan is awesome... Or should i say "Doogan" as Bill Watts would say.

[@deanbrereton1809]

These are great, loving the work Jack 👏

[@JBro316]

Love this format!

[@Xmetalfanx]

lol ... i can TOTALLY see Omega doing a few moves, then going ringside to commentate and then back to the match

[@lordcorgi6481]

Late 90s wrestling always perplexes me looking back at it. At the time I used to watch or tape both WWE and WCW and watch one live, then the tape of the orther right after. Then for some reason in 99, I don't even recall why, I just started watching WWE only. Seems like I wasn't the only one.

[@youngerc]

“I don’t know much about spice,” says the British man. We know.

[@Nbflowers1989]

Love this series!

[@carribob1992]

Fun note: At the following months PPV, Medusa would drop the Cruiserweight Title to... (Checks notes) Oklehoma. Don't ask questions about it, the answer to it is simply "WCW in 2000".

[@sammylane21]

Daffney was such a hotty.

[@andhenevercameback7117]

how the hell is dustin Rhodes in better shape in 2022 than in 1999

[@AlleyRose]

Dusty’s had a wild life. It’s a minor miracle he’s still around; an even bigger one he’s still wrestling.

[@heatherjm11]

these are still my fave series, top edits of jack jokes

[@ningboy3274]

Greenday is a pop band…

[@ainnocent]

Sadly the irony of the Lex Luger/Elizabeth angle... IYKYK. RIP

[@namikstudios]

Spice was the best Nitro Girl IMO. Best dancer out of all of them and always looked so enthusiastic while she was doing it. You could tell she was having a blast.

[@ASoberBear]

WCW Bret Hart is what happens when you give America to a Democrat.

[@DavidxBoyd]

This was awful

[@StewPac]

"It would be like if Slipknot helped Bray Wyatt beat up Paul Heyman." Honestly that sounds far better than anything WCW was doing in that last year and a half (except for Positively Kanyon, which was awesome).

[@mos_tekmusic7285]

The real problem with vince russo is he has a million ideas and literally none of them, not a single idea in his entire writing career was any good. If he had a million ideas he had a million bad ideas. The problem with vince russo is WWE would have been better off with a cancer diagnosis

[@KennyHavoc]

Jack saying Ohio State for life brought be to applause watching in my Bowling Green apartment

[@laryonyt]

Jack read Fallout game synopsis, so he pretty much is expert now.

[@ismailrehman9599]

Iv had the pleasure...displeasure of watching this tripe of a show guys.

[@bernadettejohnstone4529]

"all the goth boys together. come on the goths!" Jack you are a treaasure

[@Thechezbailey]

For the record, polo mints are way too hard to find in Canada. Lifesavers do make a nice, chalky white mint, but it's not actually ring shaped, just coin shaped.

[@KyleKnoblauch]

Polo Mints are known as Wint-O-Green Life Savers here in America

[@nalidhardstyle8551]

Seventeen minutes in, and 3 people have nearly died. Oh how I love wcw

[@ajmorley1519]

So glad this is back! Definitely need more of these on the regular!

[@MrBeardsley]

We do have Polos in the US, they’re called Life Savers. Fun fact, Rowntree’s manufactured Life Savers under license during WWII because they were so popular with US troops. When they lost the license after the war they just changed the name to Polos and kept making them.

[@skrounst]

WCW creating a wrestler named "Asia", is kinda like if they started booking a wrestler name "Quadruple-H".

[@kushclarkkent6669]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO It's back y'all! Best series on KZbin.

[@christodd5925]

Jack is an actual full blown LEGEND!!!!

[@proprgent]

Misfits are awesome and important asf. Sucks they were involved with the Oklahoma shite

[@MrBeardsley]

Disco’s version of the Stunner was called the “Chartbuster,” I believe he started using it in late ‘98/early ‘99 so there’s no question he was ripping off Stone Cold. I guess it’s better than his previous finisher, a plain vanilla sit-out piledriver.

[@DaveHogg]

Norman Smiley was trained by the Malenkos and wrestled in the Japanese UWF. I suspect he could have taken most of the roster in a shoot fight. Not Haku, obviously. Haku is 64, so he's probably only 50/50 to beat a lion at this point.

[@NicoOfTheWind]

22:12 they're called Lifesavers Mints over here

[@Brando-Lee3725]

So we are now at the point were The Misfits are called Goth . OK !! Sure why not ! lol ! Now days I guess it dont matter . I can see why . So many different genres of punk and metal . Like " No thats not Swedish black symphonic Metal ! Thats Norwegian jazz electronic black metal ! " No , thats not a genre (i dont think ?) .

[@chriswarfield7520]

YOU AGREE WITH SOMETHING BENOIT SAID 25 YEARS AGO!!!??!! im traumatized for life.