Raw vs Nitro "Reliving The War": Episode 144 - July 27th 1998

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Reliving The War takes an in-depth look at the WWF vs WCW "Monday Night War" era of pro wrestling. Week by week every episode of Raw and Nitro gets covered (including every match and every promo) to find out which show was really the best.
It’s the night after WWF Fully Loaded 1998 and we’ve got new WWF Tag Team Champions. The Undertaker and Stone Cold Steve Austin might be champs, but they’re both on their way to SummerSlam 1998 where the tag team will face each other for the WWF Championship. Things look pretty bad for LOD 2000 this week when Hawk shows up to Raw in pretty bad shape.
This week on WCW Nitro we see a replay of the Karl Malone & DDP vs Hogan & Dennis Rodman match from Bash at the Beach PPV. We’ve also got Dean Malenko vs Chris Jericho, Scott Hall vs Sting, and a Hulk Hogan vs DDP match to end the show.
00:00 - Intro
01:55 - nWo Hollywood promo
03:10 - Raven promo
03:50 - Jim Duggan vs Barbarian
04:11 - nWo Later with Eric Bischoff
05:26 - DDP interview
06:17 - Scott Norton vs Jim Neidhart
06:53 - Undertaker Promo
08:48 - Smoking Skull Belt Origin
12:05 - Bret Hart Promo
13:27 - D’Lo vs Vader / Jericho vs Malenko
16:55 - Dr. Death vs Bart Gunn / Hennig vs McMichael
19:40 - Owen Hart open challenge / Hogan promo
22:10 - Scorpio & Faarooq vs DOA / Goldberg Promo
24:13 - Rock vs X-Pac vs Triple H / Arn Anderson Promo
27:26 - Brakus vs Jesús & Venis vs Brian Christopher
31:05 - LOD 2000 vs Henry & Kama / Buff & Steiner promo
36:18 - Undertaker & Austin vs New Age Outlaws / Hogan vs DDP
39:52 - Final Scores / Credits
#WWF #WCW #nWo

[@gongboy83]

I used to watch Monday Night Wrestling with my father, who is no longer with us. When I relive the war, I remember things he said, how he reacted to Austin, how much he missed Flair, how much he hated Syxx. It brings him back, if only briefly. Thank you.

[@bryansansone3301]

Never forget the fun times. RIP to your father. Watching wrestling with my dad and R-rated classics such as Terminator 2 are among my favorites.

[@robcressey7228]

Sounds like he had good taste in wrestlers! Keep them good times!

[@MilesTheMartian.]

Same here brother, use to watch Monday Nights with my dad who also isn’t here. WrestlingBios is my favorite KZbin channel just because this series alone.

[@charlesbaker7505]

Damn man, I’m just here to enjoy wrestling not to cry

[@zacharythomason7359]

Sorry to hear that, at least you got to watch Raw and Nitro with your dad.

[@louisvelez40]

That Smoking Skull belt story is so cool and I loved that belt. That idea for it was brilliant.

[@MrOvlov02]

i fast forwarded that part

[@Gameboy-Unboxings]

@@MrOvlov02 yeah, I've already heard it a million times.

[@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269]

That belt was Awesome but i would have changed the red for the darker blue that was on the winged eagle belt. 😄👍

[@jeremyweatherall4982]

Please never stop doing the Road Dogg / Bret Hart, "shut up" bits. Absolutely hilarious!!

[@trevorwinn5012]

So good ! I can't stand hearing Road Dogg do that bit week after week after week for 3 years ! He still did that same thing every week even when DX were nasty heels in 2000 which I found very strange

[@silentspring222]

In fairness to them, the crowds ate it up.

[@stevenparker3541]

It's right up there with the "feel the bang" guy lol

[@Justin-ch2sl]

It’s literally my favorite!!! 😂😂😂😂

[@eyeguydojima7131]

The "Bret telling Road Dogg to shut up" is only getting better.

[@DavidBarton777]

Ya It's up there with the Steve Blackman and two cool Scorpio Promo's

[@DougDimmadome420]

“Imagine Hulk Hogan saving your bit in 1998.” 🤣

[@schizzo8959]

Yeah funny bit, but Hogan had mainstream coverage in media at the time.

[@Florida_Cracker]

Hogan was still more over than 99% of the roster at this time

[@michiganpride389]

I won't lie. I NEVER would've believed that Goldbergs streak was soo close to accurate here

[@stevenparker3541]

I think we're all thinking that lol. *GO BLUE*

[@jameskingsley4265]

I agree with both. Go blue lol

[@HarmonySword]

Life sucks now, but you know what doesn't suck? Thursday afternoons with Reliving the War. Big ups.

[@mikebuglione32]

Hope things get better soon man. NWO 4 Life

[@HarmonySword]

@@mikebuglione32 Thanks, best wishes in your life as well, but at least here we can do some Horsemen/Nation business.

[@salcarrero3393]

Buddy life is always gonna suck if u think it does

[@HarmonySword]

@@salcarrero3393 Of course, but there are at least some things to look forward to like a light in a dark tunnel.

[@nisargkasturiwale3877]

Can't wait to see the exponential rise in Rock's popularity from August to December of 98

[@zacharythomason7359]

Can't believe We're almost at the end of 1998 of this series ,man time flies very quickly.

[@schl0ngatx]

What are you talking about, that jobber will never make it

[@childofnature4402]

That belt segment was fascinating. It's always cool to learn some new information when you think you've heard every single bit of trivia about the Attitude Era.

[@MrBeardsley]

The only KZbin channel with the jam to revisit the entire Monday Night War.

[@kbhalacy]

I bet Owen loved Jason's impersonation of him.

[@zlinedavid]

He did. Multiple people have said that off camera, he was laughing harder than anyone. Owen was a master ribber, but knew when to laugh at himself too.

[@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854]

​@@zlinedavid I always assumed Owen had a great sense of humor. People ripped on Bobby Heenan when he was not taking the Bret Hart vs Chris Benoit - OWEN HART TRIBUTE MATCH on _Nitro_ seriously and was cracking his routine jokes during the match, but I'm sure Owen would have been laughing and enjoying Bobby's commentary...

[@BulldogDX]

So I want to say thank you for this series. I turn 41 this coming up Wednesday and I've been missing my youth a lot lately. Your series has been good for my nostalgia. It's helped me get through the thought of aging. I appreciate you very much.

[@phillipcummings3518]

I turn 40 in May. Is being Middle aged awesome?

[@mikemejia9153]

I turn 40 in November Miss the gd ol days

[@BulldogDX]

​@@mikemejia9153 yes the good ol' when we worried about nothing

[@mikemejia9153]

@@BulldogDX yes

[@A.o.D]

Happy birthday🎉 🎂 I'll be 41 April 14th

[@miterbenisdurty3862]

This should air on TV before Monday night raw. Guarantee it generate millions of views more than an episode of raw in the past 10-15 years

[@King_Dragmire]

Or just cut an hour of Raw to play these

[@karlitosway7474]

I never understood why they never did reruns of Attitude Era shows. It’s a easy ratings grab. Think of how good Full House, Family Matters and George Lopez reruns did…how many new generations they were introduced to.

[@pafoneto1275]

​@@karlitosway7474 Eh, no. You generate more money in WWE network.

[@89Wrathchild]

Bret's face creeping onto the screen during Road Dogg's promo was sublime 😂

[@deanowynn]

I saw that, classic

[@stevenread1676]

I know I lost it there!

[@BlueLighteningGojo]

If you’ve never seen Dan Sevre in an actual MMA fight, you’re missing out.

[@DebitAdams]

Severn/Shamrock/Blackman would have been an awesome Trio Tag Team Champions

[@wtfuchattin]

Reliving The War is better Thursday night viewing than Question Time.

[@TrickyTengu]

Dude stumbled across this series like a month ago and can’t stop just want to say thank you

[@jarlwhiterun7478]

What dude stumbled?

[@troywright359]

@@jarlwhiterun7478 He's thanking WB for making the dude continue to stumble to this very day.

[@JM1993951]

22:11….it’s a legitimate banger now. I un-ironically pop every time.

[@fletcherking92]

The clip of The Rock facing the crowd, as the people pop, before hitting that people’s elbow, gave me goosebumps.

[@anonymousnobody326]

"His Excellency" is legitimately a better gimmick and has gotten Bret over more than anything WCW ever did with him. 🤣

[@GuitarJohnny]

The random Bret Hart "Shut up" is now a classic. I've never forgotten that clip and having the random inserts is freaking hilarious

[@kaiserrino8774]

What Vince did to Vader and the Road Warriors is just disgusting. Vince couldn't stand some of the best wrestlers, who made their names outside of his company.

[@EctoFandango]

You mean paying them when they weren’t performing well in the ring? These were not the early 90s Vader and LOD, age and injuries had definitely caught up to all of them.

[@jmp591]

​@Arthur Reese Vader left and immediately went to all japan and rejuvenated his career, won the triple crown. Had nothin to do with him being past his prime. Hulks drinking problem probably didnt help the road warriors but honestly rhey kind of felt out of place in the attitude era. Even tho they were probably some of the hardest guys in the locker room at the time their on screen apperance made them feel cartoonish (vader suffered from this to but to a lesser extent) and there booking definetly didnt help either.

[@mrrida503]

@Kaiser Rino 100%

[@KEWLV1C]

I’ve been waiting for this episode!! I was at this one, this was the first RAW I ever went to. This was also when they filmed the first Sunday Night HeAT. A great night that I’ll never forget.

[@geoffreyrue8026]

I started watching “Reliving the War” two months ago. I’ve watched every episode in those two months and now I’m finally all caught up. I don’t have a problem saying this is the best wrestling KZbin channel available. Keep up the good work!

[@T-Bag13]

You want some BIO'S? You're gonna get some! Happy Thursday.

[@synical_comics_stl]

Top tier comment 😂

[@TheRealRa0ulDuke]

If you got the jam…. You’ll tune in every time.

[@dynastytarikterry1988]

36:30 the most enjoyable part of Reliving the War!!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@nickbanks7954]

We're 23 episodes away from Mick Foley winning the WWF Championship.

[@num1Jaysta]

I've been counting down to.

[@mikeharless4596]

I remember feeling like it was a big deal seeing Goldberg take that chokeslam. Great upload, as always!

[@NJ973201]

@9:03 Austin confirmed this story about the belt cutting him on the Hell Yeah home video in 99 (would say VHS but it was also ported to DVD months later as one of their first discs).

[@michaeljackson6613]

Started singing cold as Ice You make the sacrifice And remembered reliving the war Good marketing sir. Well played!

[@samuelaarredondo397]

Credit to Road Warrior Hawk, say what you will about the storyline... He played it like a true pro, and well.

[@JobberBud]

Fans: "I miss the Attitude Era! THAT was wrestling!" The Attitude Era: "I choppy choppy your peepee!!!"

[@malikevans2615]

Fr what they miss is the highlights of the AE but watching everything from episode 1 you can see it was hit or miss for most matches/segments lol

[@Hilversumborn]

Rose tinted glasses

[@pafoneto1275]

​@@malikevans2615 People overrating things... Nothing new.

[@ayejayreviews8760]

I look forward to this every week and it never fails to deliver.

[@SBandy]

Much like Stone Cold, watching The Rock just naturally get over with the crowd because of his charisma and wrestling ability is awesome!

[@96Thompson]

36:28 X^D Just coming up with so many different ways to keep a joke fresh and still funny. Never change man, never change.

[@bigpoppajersh]

These new shows make me wanna dance like Mr.Big Bratwurst himself. Alex Wright

[@withthaflow8290]

Bret: from hating the USA with all his heart to US champ LOL 🤣🤣🤣

[@PoeticProphetic]

I am so overdue for a Davey Boy Smith chinlock!!!!!

[@lexkanyima2195]

Austin had a outstanding idea to create a Smoking Skull Belt.

[@aemondtargaryen972]

I remember this WCW episode the best. I recorded it on VHS and watched it over and over again.

[@InfectiousGroovePodcast]

For once, I had such a busy Thursday that I forgot this was coming. Just opened KZbin and said "holy sh*t YES!" out loud lol

[@lauramerrygold19]

My favorite day of the week 🎉 thank you wrestling bio's 😊

[@michaelhinkle8474]

I'm crying tears at the sonic the hedgehog bit no Saturday Wright fever but Bret Hart shut up was perfect

[@maceomillions2192]

🔥🔥🔥

[@mr.thrift1892]

I remember being a kid and when Val Venis was gonna get his pee pee choppie choppied I was terrified. It taught me never mess with another man’s wife 😂

[@freeparking301]

That’s the good old fashioned life lessons I miss from this era of wrestling! Back then I was about 13 years old and I knew it was a work but dropped all the pretenses and watched thinking to myself how are they gonna finish this storyline? Are they gonna chop a man’s dong off on live television? How are they gonna make that look real and inevitably when the sword comes down is Val gonna go around with his junk tucked like he got castrated? For a storyline as bonkers (Russoiest?) as this I think they pulled it off quite well and got a mid carder some upper card attention in the process. Did it age well? Hell no! But I don’t care it was a good bit of fun!

[@mr.thrift1892]

@@freeparking301 I thought the same like what is he going to do going forward! Well at least the lights went off to stop it thanks to John Wayne Bobbitt. I remember as a kid thinking who is he until someone said he got choppie choppied to his peepee lol

[@nateh8syou]

I can’t wait for next week when they tie up Val and JR says “he’s being treated like an animal followed by the Owen “an animal! An animal!” clip

[@matttias3]

“His days of beating himself will be long gone”. That line has done me in lol😂

[@timrobinson6573]

Perry Saturn always looked like an extra from a Village People music video

[@dertysouthrasta]

That smoking skull belt is my all time favorite belt and I never see it make any lists. So glad to see it. Thank you for all you do. You are truly appreciated

[@deandredukes95]

To think the following year, Bradshaw and Faarooq would form the APA

[@num1Jaysta]

Actually, later that year

[@bigpunchee]

I'm finally all caught up ❤ I've been listening for about 2 months and started to panic when I couldn't find episode 145 😅 It took a second to realize it! 🎉

[@jediknightmark3599]

This series reminds me just how much of a Mark 14 year old me was. That Best of Glacier VHS tape line was absolutely savage. I look forward to this series every week. Thanks again Wrestling Bios.

[@stevegutrot2476]

That Raw was taped the previous week, as I was at the Raw/Sunday Night Heat taping on July 27, 1998 at the San Diego Sports Arena that aired the following week. I’m excited to see the RTW episode tomorrow, as a 13 year-old me is in the crowd somewhere with my best friends and siblings

[@martynodonnell]

Another awesome upload from the wrestling channel with the most jam on the planet! Wrestling bios always delivers. Definitely a highlight of my week. Awesome stuff as always. Thank you Mr Bios.

[@duncansayers5782]

Another awesome episode , really makes Thursdays something to look forward to

[@drngo00]

I went to the Nitro show in San Antonio when I was a kid, amazed by the spectacle of it all! After the show went off the air there was a dark match between Goldberg and Giant/Big Show that Goldberg ended up winning rather quickly.

[@SweetAndSourPlums]

Hands down the best content on KZbin rn and the main reason I look forward to Thursdays. Keep on killin it!

[@Nyfancam01]

"On the likers of all things Michael " LMFAOOOOO AMAZING

[@BrothermanBlue]

36:29 absolutely wonderful and thank ya!

[@jaredking5396]

So glad to watch this one at work today because dammit, it’s freakin Birthday 😎 honks*

[@dafneorlow]

36:26 lmfao! Wasn't expecting that! 🤣

[@thomaswilson1016]

There was a shortage of the length of bratwurst, but the quantity of meat and variety was bountiful today. "Chopy, Chopy, your pee-pee." - Yamaguchi-san

[@michaelreich4827]

This is the only part of the week that fills my life with any joy. Another Reliving the War upload.

[@UCUSmusic]

No judgment but like... go for a walk, or meet some new friends.. this show is awesome, but it shouldn't be the ONLY positive thing in your life champ

[@michaelreich4827]

​@@UCUSmusic Whoosh! Right over your head.

[@UCUSmusic]

@@michaelreich4827 it seemed genuine... you got me

[@TheNecronaut]

Thank you so much for all your hard work and making Thursday something for all of us to look forward to

[@eazyecoheed16]

Love you man! These videos are a highlight of my week!

[@Miracle-lg7fr]

27:45 I literally choked on my food laughing so hard at Bretts appearance

[@devious187]

Thursday is my happy day... new RTL video! I legitimately look forward to this... just subscribed to the new channel bro, you got a subscriber for life in me

[@user-mb7bw6zk8h]

Started watching 'Reliving the War' at around Ep.40 (I believe) and very quickly went back to watch every other episode to catch up. Unfortunately I wasn't really able to follow WCW back in the day, I knew certain major storylines just by watching much later or hearing from friends who were more invested than I was at the time but being able to see both shows at the same time is genuinely awesome. You are an absolute legend for spending your time doing this for people, like myself, who loved/still love Wrestling. I've recommended that lots of my friends checkout and subscribe to your channel specifically for this series, amongst your other videos. If you see this, know I very much look forward to finishing on a Thursday night, getting home and watching the latest instalment. However if I could ask 1 thing, and forgive if I've forgotten if you have. As much as I actually enjoy the Hitman 'Shut up' meme that is now burned into my brain, being the absolute mark that I am, could you let 1 full Road Dogg 'Ladies and Gentleman' speech through the cracks, as its genuinely 1 of my favourite things about this era of wrestling.

[@kardynalsyn9501]

Bagwell & Steiner we’re super entertaining at this time. I loved the times Buff would hang off the bicep pose trying to move it. Always makes me laugh 😂

[@serosnepo]

My favorite part of Thursdays!! Thanks for the video!

[@asherrosenberg1849]

I’m more excited about this than Wrestlemania this weekend !!!! Reliving the War 4-Life!!

[@victoriavines01]

Yassss! 👏🏻😁💪🏻

[@Victoriaespinoza344]

So cool seeing hazardf5! I love his videos!

[@roccojamison89gooker51]

@HazardF5 Have you been on Conrad Thompson's podcast yet?

[@richarddowdjr.6461]

No favors needed brother. We love you my dude. Us WrestlingBios fans are a family. We may argue here n there through the comments but we love it brother.

[@garyhen2028]

Brian adams....i was always a big fan of all his demolition, crush, nod stuff.

[@Floatillyboats]

36:29 lol. Thank you once again for making my week so much better with this amazing content. God bless.

[@garynalley4277]

Been a huge fan of your videos since your first few videos and can't get enough. Always brings me back to watching these live every Monday night with my deceased father and you reignited those memories with your great work!!!!

[@zacharythomason7359]

Rest in Paradise to your father🙏🙏🙏🙏💎💎💎👑👑👑

[@benchwarmerss9165]

“It was ya last chance Dean and ya blew it 😮‍💨” 😂😂😂

[@AFMountaineer2000]

Been waiting all day for this

[@Lionhart526]

Subscribed to the backup channel. Always a pleasure, Sir

[@CountryBuns]

That graffiti in Goldberg's locker room was quite the mystery. I imagine that only the Dark Knight himself, using the "link the clues together" system from Telltale's Batman game, could've cracked that case. Batman: "Hmm...some of this graffiti says 'Goldberg.' I wonder if it could mean...Bill Goldberg?"

[@mitchellmullins6650]

Done and done! I just subscribed to your Mufuggin 2nd channel. This is reliving the memories for me.

[@TheBlackScatPack]

As a big fan of Steve Austin, I enjoyed hearing some of the details of how the smoking skull belt came to be.

[@ricstormwolf]

A second RLW channel? Definitely subscribing 👍

[@firewalker1372]

Enjoyed the history lesson by Hazard F5. Will definitely have to go and check his channel out. Another great episode of reliving the war.

[@Godzilla1982]

Best/only birthday present I've got today!

[@AlmostCoolGuys]

Ken shamrock, Dan Severn, and Steve Mufuggin Blackman all in one room. It's wild the power RAW had

[@WickedFireBird69]

"I CHOPPEE CHOPPEE YOUR PEEPEE! HAHAHAHAHHAHAHA!!!" I always wanted this on a shirt.

[@camwatson9172]

Happy Thursday everyone! Best wrestling KZbinr around thank you Wrestling Bios for all you do for your fans!

[@BIGGIEDEVIL]

Love how you use n64 wcw/nwo world tour and revenge music for your background music so nostalgic

[@adamcavalle]

loved the belt explanation!

[@beng2597]

Look forward to your show every week! I'm honestly shocked that you didn't mention Rick Rude's absolutely heinous goatee...thing. It was positively distracting every time he was in a clip!

[@crazeyheart]

Been waiting for this one all morning. Love the content and keep up the badass work my man.

[@jamesbounds]

The Smoking Skull belt is one of the best custom world titles.

[@garyhen2028]

Ive never seen those nwo talk shows, im happy about that

[@Lordborak316]

Thank goodness another week of being bedbound finally made worth it!

[@sdf6933]

This is got to be one of my favorite wrestling channels because it covers everything of wrestling especially WCW whuch I never got to watch when I was growing up the reason for that is because my parents didn't allow it.

[@bonelessdonutz]

Pimps and drugs all in the same match you have to love 98'

[@TiVo67]

That Rick Rude goatee tho. WTF was he thinking?

[@bobbygermain9635]

Another fresh episode from wrestling bios keep up the good work man you don't get nearly enough credit for the work that you do so I just want to acknowledge your efforts man 💯 💯 💯💯💯

[@jeffbeckinc]

You wanna an Old Chinese Proverb......well your going to get one