Raw vs Nitro "Reliving The War": Episode 119 - February 2nd 1998

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Reliving The War takes a look at the Monday Night Wars on a weekly basis. WWF Raw is War on USA Network and WCW Monday Nitro on TNT went head-to-head every Monday night in a TV ratings battle, leading to both companies putting on some of very memorable matches and moments. This series aims to cover every single match and promo during the whole Monday Night War.
This week on Raw Cactus Jack takes on Chainsaw Charlie in a hardcore match. The New Age Outlaws decide to interfere, resulting in Cactus and Chainsaw getting pushed off the Raw is War stage while in a dumpster. Shawn Michaels and Triple H tell the Outlaws that actions like this will get them over and get them recognized.
On WCW Nitro Sting wrestles Macho Man Randy Savage in the main event. Savage continues to have issues with Hollywood Hulk Hogan and the nWo, and The Steiner Brothers continue to have problems when they face Buff Bagwell and Kevin Nash.
00:00 - Intro / Thunder Recap
01:58 - Nitro's First Hour
04:53 - DX's State of the Union Address
06:15 - DX Promo / Morrus vs Konnan
08:38 - Cactus Jack vs Chainsaw Charlie
11:48 - Scott Hall vs Jim Neidhart
14:38 - Dumpster Fall Aftermath / Lex Luger Promo
18:16 - Owen Hart vs Billy Gunn / Goldberg vs Mark Starr
21:01 - Mosh vs Marc Mero / Steve McMichael vs Bulldog
23:18 - Faarooq vs Chainz / Hollywood Hogan Promo
26:25 - Raven vs Disco Inferno / Bradshaw & Funk vs N.W.A
30:50 - Kane & Vader Confrontation / nWo vs Steiners
33:54 - Steve Austin vs Road Dogg / Sting vs Randy Savage
37:47 - Final Scores / Credits
#WWF #WCW #nWo

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Same here. At some point the WWE should be like: “Maybe we ought to bring this “Wrestling Bios” guy in to produce content for us.” I mean, damn! It’d sure be a huge step forward and above from Kevin Dunn.

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[@Brawnald]

Jake the Snake Roberts gave Raven that advice before stumbling backwards, falling, and then taking the settings of a dining room table down with him to the floor. “DDT…” he said from the ground.

[@rayvenkman2087]

The Shockmaster sheds a tear.

[@LongLiveRockAnRoll]

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[@InfectiousGroovePodcast]

"You want a war? You're gonna get one" -The best thing I hear every Thursday!

[@mrfitz2727]

I'm in tears everytime "you're as cold as ice" hits hahaha

[@Nemy10X]

JR's call of "There's people in there!" during the Foley-Funk-New Age Outlaws segment is classic.

[@Skip2TheEnd]

"WHAT THE HELL IS SO GREAT ABOUT THAT?!? THEIRS PEOPLE IN THERE!!!"

[@kidneystonermusic]

What in the Tout??? there are WWE Superstars in that garbage receptacle!!

[@RockSmith-rl9qr]

That's the call that sticks out when I remember it. There's people in there !!

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Lol. Same.

[@IowaContact]

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[@leonarddillon256]

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[@cs77smith67]

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[@IowaContact]

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[@UndergroundSkat2000]

It's a remix of Foreigner "Cold As Ice"

[@powerhound]

Feels like it’s been forever since we’ve had a Saturday Wright Fever appearance.

[@HeyYoDan]

I’ve been binging this series for the past couple months and today I am finally caught up and can watch an episode on release day. Thanks for all you do!

[@michaelkeller5927]

Welcome to the best day of the week!

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[@meatyoakergeorge]

​@@philminkeesickquayash8988I started in January of this year, even though I've been subbed for years, I've never watched them in order and started back then, and now I'm finally this far, can't wait until I'm fully caught up, lol... Wrestling Bios is definitely in my top three, possibly number 1 of those 3, lol.

[@seanbean3826]

I try to watch an episode during breakfast and lunch.

[@ThisIsNotYourFriend]

You accidentally said 'Vincent goes for the moonsault' and it made me laugh imagining Vincent actually performing a moonsault.

[@rcharles317]

I legit remember being at this Raw show as a 6 year old. In the aftermath of the dumpster spot, I legit thought Cactus and Terry were dead.

[@coryshannon3815]

It was one of the better moments under Russo of trying to make it look like something unscripted happened. The whole look of the roster out on and around the stage, wondering if Foley and Funk were seriously hurt, and Vince even seeming to treat it like Road Dogg and Gunn went too far, made it definitely feel real and off script.

[@rcharles317]

@@coryshannon3815 agreed and looking back on it, the whole them running the ring later in the show in gowns with the IV poles kinda ruined it lol

[@KoolKumasi]

@@rcharles317 Austin got thrown in a river and people loved it, the ratings and crowd reaction matters!

[@coryshannon3815]

As much as Thunder could be a hit or miss show, I always liked the entrance set that we see debuting here. The industrial look to it, with the "lightning" lighting effects, made it visually appealing.

[@michaelaburns734]

Thunder is okay but it's a average show. WCW Saturday Night is still a thing and that got debunked for Nitro and Thunder. The Power Plant was like NXT.

[@martynodonnell8467]

Sadly Thunder would be neglected, from only a few weeks after it’s debut. It’s one of the major things which helped with the downfall of WCW, over saturation and over exposure. Being forced to have a weekly wrestling B show, no one cared about and no one wanted too book. They should have kept Nitro at 2 hours each week also, 3 hours was overkill. It wasn’t until 99 that WWF would show how a B show should be properly put together when Smackdown debuted.

[@bdenneysr85]

The only set that looked as good or better than this version of the Thunder set was the OG Smackdown set with the giant fist.

[@TingTong2568]

@@bdenneysr85 the OG smackdown entrance is better, imo

[@deadheroz]

I NEED that Blackman/cold as ice mash up. That's actually pretty dope.

[@KingPK]

I loved that entire opening for this RAW from the "State of DX" skit to the opening promo. As soon as Austin hits the ring the tone turns on a dime to 100% serious and it did a tremendous job at selling the Mania main event. The dumpster attack was interesting, but then they completely beat it into the ground showing replays over and over.

[@rossomac21]

Are you sure Michael Cole didn't call in from a "local medical facility" ? Love the show... a genuine highlight of the week. Thank you for your efforts.

[@thomgage7083]

Living long enough to watch this entire series to its end is on my bucket list.

[@justanotheronewithwifi]

His schedule is so consistent. Always love watching these every week.

[@bronstet]

Great recap. I remember watching all of this live and everyone involved -- and I mean EVERYONE -- in the Outlaws/Cactus Jack & Terry Funk angle was just brilliant 👏. The wrestlers involved, the officials, the staff, the announcers, McMahon himself. You can see the live audience is hushed. This angle made the New Age Outlaws. So well done at the time.

[@GeekGameCulture]

And to think that both Billy Gunn and Jessie James were in the WWF during the New Generaton era in 94/95. It took them this to get over finally in 98...and had to team up to do so. Hard to believe that it wouldn't be the last memorable Mick Foley bump to happen in 98, either.

[@KoolKumasi]

@@GeekGameCulture Billy Gunn was over with the Smoking Guns but by 96 it was played out!

[@louisvelez40]

The notification came dropping like a diamond cutter. Time for reliving the war with Wrestling Bios, excited for this one

[@themechanic8643]

I think on his little "OYDK" Podcast Road Dogg, thanked Mick and Terry for putting them over like that. Honestly, thank the entire Roster, everyone came out to put that over, you had the boys brawlin' near the stage, Savio ridin' in the Ambulance, and Sunny out there screamin' n holdin' Terry's hand while he's "Convulsing". All in all, an absolute Fantastic Piece of Television.

[@PoeticProphetic]

A drunken (at that time) Jake Roberts laid such words of wisdom to Raven.

[@bargaintuesday812]

My favorite part of the dumpster elbow drop was all the styrofoam peanuts flying out.

[@Mark-xl1ze]

This is Austin's first match on Raw since July 28, 1997.

[@didymus3348]

Sting had that post-Starrcade match with Hogan on the December 29th Nitro.

[@Mark-xl1ze]

@@didymus3348 Oh, that's right.

[@justinwillingham1051]

Considering Jake Roberts perfected the DDT, he's the wise man Raven was talking about.

[@JokersVsZombies]

Raven was obviously quoting Optimus Prime from the movie Masters of the Universe directed by George Michael.

[@AussieDragoon]

I have to imagine that the man who gave Raven that advice has to be John Cleese when Raven competed in the Rat Race.

[@brettrossi034]

I think Raven took his life advice from Johnny Polo. He clearly represents everything Johnny Polo stands for right?

[@rorybrown3149]

Looking for this 100% correct answer. Glad it wasn't far down chat

[@coreysmilez5148]

The favorite part of my day is forgetting it's a Thursday and then coming home and having a new Reliving The War to watch and remembering it's only one more day to the weekend.

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[@apa123APA]

You gotta remember that Nash only knew 4 moves, so it's okay for him not to know what a powerbomb is.

[@rulerofall015]

Best way to spend my day off. Let’s see which show has the JAM this week

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This is the only channel I watch religiously every week!!!

[@AmazingGuy13]

"The show always goes on, no matter what happens." That gave me Owen Hart vibes.

[@brian_b_music]

I thought the same exact thing.

[@buddahmunk1812]

First thing I thought of

[@disfiguringthegoddess1102]

The outlaw segments were absolutely brilliant

[@Tcarter1115]

Saw this uploaded and started singing the theme. I'm at work.

[@canag0d]

I really wish Disco and Alex Wright got pushed more. Their gimmicks were great and they both played it so well with great charisma.

[@andy-tq2cd]

The plume of packing peanuts when cactus drops the elbow in the dumpster 🤣

[@thefckumean2209]

Two things: The Texas nWo shirt that Vincent was wearing was pretty sweet. And secondly, Cactus Jack suplexing that ladder onto Terry Funk stands out so much more now after hearing Mick’s latest podcast today.

[@alexizdiaz8021]

This stone cold promo is hands down one of my favorites the way Austin walks down and says he’s going to kick Shawn’s ass and take his title is amazing also when Shawn’s rips his muscle shirt and stone cold looks at him like really then in the end stone cold rips his whole tshirt off like a badass💯 🥶

[@snookermafia6368]

Thank you to Wrestling Bios for turning our Thursday into the new Friday.

[@ITGShaddyMaCC]

Newage outlaws bout to became one of the greatest tag teams of this era! They really find there spark

[@JDDK28]

It’s Thursday! These videos always get my competitive juices flowing.

[@CasualGamerPlays]

Phew! I was getting worried for a minute that there wasn’t a new video 😂. Right on time, damn it! Thanks!

[@JohnSuave]

The fallout from the Funk/Foley dumpster bump was pure wrestling brilliance

[@joshuamoore8237]

Is that a SWWEEEEETTTT new intro to my favorite youtube series!?! Keep dealing out all the JAM sir!

[@jackpumpkinpatch2119]

These videos always make me want to listen to the 90s RAW theme

[@ricstormwolf]

I always look forward to another episode of Reliving the War. I loved DX firing up the Outlaws and I can't wait for Scott Steiner's heel turn 👍

[@Spooky_T2i]

The Outlaws and Cactus/Funk dumpster spot was great, and how it merged them with DX afterwards was huge. All of it setting up the 8-Man Tag and bigger things in the future, RAW was starting to run on all cylinders at this time as it built towards Mania.

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[@masterobiwan3349]

Best video series on the whole freakin internet right here. Thank you for making these

[@TheFlyingV]

Would've killed to see during Raven's monologue that they pull out and it's been clear Disco has been Disco Dancing the whole time in the corner waiting for him to finish talking.

[@dylanpennington6105]

Raven got the quote from his grandfather, Edgar Allen Poor Homeless Man

[@TheMGSlow]

16:12 We sure are. I mean we had The Acclaimed doing it to The Ass Boys several weeks ago, the closest we got to a concerned reaction was Taz stating 'That's horrible' while JR was mostly fired up in excitement.

[@matthewweber7342]

I look forward to every Thursday just like I did Mondays as a kid. When this series is over I will go back and binge them all!

[@eabcool]

the dumpster thing worked really well with how the other wrestlers were pissed. Hated to see Owen get beat up again, but it happened to Austin too. Classic promo at the beginning.

[@robertcliffjr9339]

This show gets better and better. Thanks Bio dude!!!

[@DJDoubleCee]

Mick Foley and Terry Funk being thrown off the stage in a dumpster is what I remember the most from this edition of RAW.

[@theshakter]

Back then people wasn't sure if it was real or part of the script

[@zahariaionut-claudiu5711]

@@theshakter 2100 2036 next week

[@irishpanic]

Another Thursday complete. Almost exactly 1 year later DX will play a major role in Mick Foley winning the WWF title

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I have spent the last year watching ALL of your videos and I am now watching the newest one all caught up. I love what you are doing on the channel and really enjoy your videos. It saddens me that now I gotta find something else to watch through my day. Thanks for keeping me entertained now I got the new videos to look forward to...

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I just got caught up myself!

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I saw that DX promo years ago and it was awesome.

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[@notintheslightestcrazy8230]

Smackhead Kidman lol love your work and appreciate how much effort it must take keeping this up every week., every thursday is a trip down memory lane thanks to you.

[@sarge1408]

"Who's the man that gave him this advice?" Prolly his friend whi shares the same affinity for animal based names, Jake "The Snek" Roberts.

[@CMDHistoria]

Most likely Jake the Snake at an autograph signing after a 3 day bender😂

[@solthereject4501]

the mario mongo hops fuckin killed me … you pointing out mongos trash bumps throughout this series is really a hidden gem 😂

[@atlasblast2082]

Your commentary and structure keep improving. Thank you for another trip down memory lane, this episode made me love Mick Foley

[@michaelaburns734]

First episode I am on time for. Oh Hell Ya! Plus foreshadowing New Age Outlaws vs Cactus Jack and Chainsaw Charlie at Wrestlemania XIV.

[@Thor-Orion]

I love how this series has given Ryan (WrestlingBios) the recognition he's deserved for a long time. Best wrestling channel on KZbin alongside OSW.

[@WarlockX4]

This might be blasphemy but I think WrestlingBios is much better.

[@Thor-Orion]

@@WarlockX4 that's more of a taste thing. I prefer WB as well. But I acknowledge that OSW is very entertaining.

[@Makoto03]

God i miss how fun and juvenile DX was during that period. You could never have that edge again in modern wrestling sadly.

[@YLM92]

Yea, that kind of humor is frowned upon and would cause the twitter retards to explode, and demand them two to be fired and taken to trial for being so toxic and problematic..

[@briansherrick1708]

I always look forward to these videos, I’m reliving my childhood all over again. A lot of it I forgot, but it’s magical when you see it again and remember that time in my life. Thank you for making these videos, they are really well done.

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This series is awesome to watch every Thursday.

[@fitness65]

That Steve Blackman remix theme song is lit I always hear that song in my head everytime I go to work

[@JakedaSnake123]

Found it a little funny how dirty the Raw arena was on this episode. Between the DX celebration and the hardcore match, I’m surprised that nobody slipped and fell.

[@Travyeezus]

Thank GOD for Reliving the War on Thursdays because work kicked my ass today!!!

[@FredderHoskin]

It's gotta be Thursday, I see a Wrestling Bios notification. Thanks for the show!

[@XpappaedgeX]

Damn!! The Funk/Foley spot was so serious, even when I was 23. They had EVERYONE convinced.

[@augustuswayne9676]

Great video 👍 ! Love when Thursday rolls around and I get this notification !

[@JamalTheTitan]

Sunny crying was what finally did me in during that segment when I was a kid.

[@fabianwinkelmann5516]

Best day of the week it is Thursday again ! Reliving the war lets me enjoy the greatest Times for Wrestling All over again :) Fantastic Job like always on this Chanel✌️

[@cybercatgaming6052]

I watch a lot of wrestling channels and you, sir, are my favorite.

[@pbutch217]

I've been dreading this day. While I watch your other content regularly I only started watching reliving the war a couple of months ago and I've finally caught up. It's an awesome series and now I'll be eagerly waiting for the new episode each week!

[@cy8646]

This could've been the first time I watched RAW/wrestling

[@Mariohernandez76]

Raven for his advice from Johny Polo’s stepdad, Bobby Henan.

[@Flynn01979]

One of the moments I remember really well from the Monday night wars is the Terry Funk and Mick Foley matches/ team ups. By that time I was watching Raw every Monday in large part because I had become a big fan of Mick Foley. One of the best things WWE did for Foley is having him do that interview with Jim Ross as Mankind. Getting to know a little bit more about the person Mick Foley through that interview, really made him a lot more likeable and helped to humanize Mankind.

[@FretzlemaniaPod]

I've been enjoying your videos for almost a year now, although I was casually watching in the early 90's, 97-98 is where my wrestling obsession truly took off. I was graduating middle school around this time and we were all talking about wrestling. Good times!

[@foxmolnar6258]

Raven got that advice from Heenan during a Prime Time spot as Johnny Polo.....

[@ThaClancyFam2]

“Competitive Juices” sounds like the next T-shirt merch idea.

[@BRISK3T]

The dumpster spot and aftermath was brilliant, i remember watching this originally and although we all know what wrestling is all about i felt this definitely blurred the lines between whats real and whats entertainment. Now it looks tame frankly but very different back then, totally agree we're desensitised now Edit: Davey took some competitive juices backstage....im broke! 🤣

[@FUGP72]

I don't know..from the second I first saws it, I was laughing at it. Not just because we had JUST seen all the Styrofoam peanuts fly out, but we had already become plenty desensitized to Foley and people who knew Funk knew that as well. This looked very tame compared to what they did. I literally remember my friends and I joking that that dumpster thing was probably a ride at Action Park. Which, granted, meant it was dangerous, but not THAT dangerous. But still..they fell like 5 feet while surrounded by materials designed to absorb shock and the dumpster fell onto a table to absorb more shock. Why is that any worse than falling from a much higher height with your unprotected body.

[@ek6479]

Sitting here under the weather with COVID: Doc -“ You need some sleep!” Me- “That’s not gonna work for me brother, a new Reliving the War just dropped!”

[@primusvsunicron1]

Jake Roberts told Raven while they were playing cards while Kidman got his smack

[@Evil_Noah]

Raven's advice source, Jake Roberts. While waiting outside the rehab center to pickup smackhead Kidman, Raven had a chat with Roberts who was in rehab himself and was hanging around outside having a smoke.

[@heckles5866]

Fresh off of taking a super stressful calculus exam, and i know Reliving The War will make me feel a hell of a lot better! Play that f**kin music, indeed!

[@tonescars]

I say Raven is talking about either DDP, or The Brooklyn Brawler

[@xLitaFan4Everx]

Me: 😐 Me after the Reliving The War notification drops: 😁 Love Thursdays so much thanks to this series. The best thing on KZbin! ❤

[@TheMacabreTavern]

You had Flair vs. Bret, Bulldog vs. Mongo. Damn, talk about a massive ball drop. I would have loved to have seen Flair reform the Horsemen to fight the Hart Foundation. What a miss by Bischoff.

[@10YRWWEPPV]

And the wild card would have been Chris Benoit, which side would he choose. My guess the horsemen needed a fourth malenko could have joined. Chris Jericho would have joined the Hart foundation. Bret could have calmed Jericho down and focused more. So Benoit being the wild card his history with the horsemen or being trained by the Harts.

[@th3gr81]

“Hey Davey, kick his fuckin’ ass!” That is a classic line.

[@NJ973201]

"WHAT THE HELL IS SO GREAT ABOUT THAT?" -Jim Ross

[@HereticalKitsune]

Loved that step-up hurricarana, very fancy move!

[@JayCord00]

Watching those makes me go " WOW " The wrestlers , the crowds , the story lines , the signs , everything feels so real and fun compare to whats going on now , not just in wrestling but all around ....

[@taysiiroozeer2949]

Oh God, I'm running out of episodes to binge! I'm not looking forward to having to wait a week for these... Might rewatch it from ep 1

[@LuchadorMasque]

I've said this 100 times. When this is done it will be an amazing long-form documentary. The creator should shop it around. There's money here.

[@robertlee9602]

Holy cow it took me awhile to realize this was the first wrestling event I ever went to. The only WCW event I saw in San Antonio. Amazing it didn't click until the main event I remember seeing Sting and Savage.