Raw vs Nitro "Reliving The War": Episode 160 - November 16th 1998

[@JohnnyBoombatz1119]

How does Bios pump out quality content at the quantity he does? "HE'S AN ANIMAL...AN ANIMAL...AN ANIMAL!"

[@kal0247]

😂😂😂😂

[@sherrix6881]

Isn’t it more than 1 guy?

[@donniesdeals]

​@sherrix6881 pretty sure it's just him he does the videos in advance so he has a decent schedule man's a machine

[@thequixoticangler3364]

Hercules! Hercules!👏👏

[@StageRight123]

@@donniesdeals No, Ryan mentioned a few episodes ago that he has two other people helping him do editing.

[@BronzeBrawnIsCool]

Thanks for having me as this week's Jam up Guy Wrestling Bios! It was a pleasure sharing my experience when meeting Bret Hart and I'm glad you and everyone else liked it!

[@heisensaul5538]

@BronzeBrawnsCool Did you get Bret to say his immortal line of "Shut up!"?

[@BronzeBrawnIsCool]

@@heisensaul5538 Sadly no, but he said he enjoyed seeing such loving fans!

[@buckingham412]

how did you explain the joke to Bret man?

[@Nightcrawler84]

I was at Mississippi comic con and I asked if he had ever hear from Wrestling bios raw vs nitro and he had no clue what I was talking about…I told him to catch it every Thursday and it’s the best wrestling content on KZbin !!

[@Nightcrawler84]

Also showed him pictures of the Smokey the cat shirt and he even did a sketch for me on my wwe elite figure

[@rallysport92]

Been so long since Glacier has been in an episode that I actually missed the guy. Wrestling Bios is a psyop.

[@TheMuldoonFella]

I guess we were waiting for him to defrost before returning

[@nicktaylor2657]

The return of Mr Frostyballs 🥶

[@Atrocitus-k2j]

The brilliant 25 year slow burn to get Glacier over 😂

[@MentLeee]

Chili McBreeze

[@henry7696]

@@Atrocitus-k2j ahead of his time

[@neilcoatham]

Glacier receiving a meltdown. I feel like a possible reliving the war joke was missed there 😂

[@danieldrayet2364]

Likely melting him for good

[@leseditongela663]

Been waiting patiently for this classic to drop. Reliving The War. The Rock is the new WWF Champion. 1999 is coming, let's go!

[@jknight1984]

The CORPORATE Champion.

[@sillyrascal3382]

1999 just cant be good for WCW. The finger poke of doom coming up soon was the death blow to them.

[@jackcarraway4707]

​​@@sillyrascal3382hat's a bit of a myth; Nitro was doing fine ratings wise. What REALLY starts the rapid downward spiral of WCW is when Jericho and the Radicals jump ship. Plus WWE was just unstoppable at this point.

[@sillyrascal3382]

@@jackcarraway4707 Jericho and a lot of the lower and mid card guys were so fun to watch. Wcw ran with Hogan and Piper for way too long. A lot of the big matches were trash. Cruiserweights carried wcw.

[@catchcan221]

@@jackcarraway4707And Bret getting an career ending injury at the end of 1999 didn’t help.

[@saywhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat]

Not gonna watch until after work, but dropping by a little early to give the most hard working team behind the best series on KZbin their flowers. I know I'm speaking for a TON of people that I'll never meet by saying that we love this show and are really looking forward to reliving all the highs and lows and chinlocks of 1999 with you. Thanks for being one of the best parts of our week

[@Ted_Sheckler]

Stop being a weirdo.

[@ZBR_ProXP]

Lol what is up with this giving flowers phrase everyone in IWC is using lately

[@theitfactorjameswheezer2852]

⁠@@ZBR_ProXPit’s not exclusive to the iwc

[@ZBR_ProXP]

@@theitfactorjameswheezer2852 never said it was though

[@Godzilla1982]

You said it, friend. Last year was the worst year of my life, and as silly as it sounds, this little KZbin series really helped keep me going.

[@KingKidGoku32794]

"Do you smell with The Rock is cooking?" Jim Ross: "Can you see who's butt he's kissing?" 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@19seandel78]

At the end of Survivor Series after the swerve, when The Rock's music came on and it said do you smell what The Rock is cooking, Jim Ross said and I quote, "Yeah and it stinks!" 😂

[@zacharythomason7359]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂That was a good one.

[@PoeticProphetic]

It’s no coincidence that Nitro started losing the war after taking away Glacier’s push 🧊

[@bryanmack4054]

Vince’s line describing Mankind and his makeover : “you can’t shine caca!” Always had me in stitches 😂

[@GeekGameCulture]

One thing to note about Raw this week was also that they debuted a new opening to the show (the one that would be used up until the Across The Nation opening in 2002 to begin the Ruthless Aggression Era). It was by far the more popular Raw opening of the Attitude Era. It's going to be very entertaining to see these next few months play out for the storylines and how everything is setting up to bring us some of the most well known moments, angles, and gimmicks that I personally remember fondly (like what this Mark Henry thing eventually leads to. The Rock/Mankind feud that is remembered for that Royal Rumble match, and...THAT night. Can't believe we're nearing the moment that WB finally gets to cover the night of January 4th, 1999. Can't believe we're almost there already. Good to see that he's taking his break before getting into this stretch, because...DAMN!

[@-BuddyGuy]

Come and find the thorn IN YOUR EYE *EXPLOSION* budududuhdehdududehduh dehduh *JR SCREAMING*

[@MidwestMachete]

No matter what happened afterwards, Bam Bam's return to WCW is pretty awesome. He came in, guns blazing, and wanted the top dog of the yard. Simple, yet effective.

[@zacharyscott6779]

One thing that always interests me, WCW gave us Hogan, Sting, Nash and Goldberg so much that we got sick of them. WWF/E gave us a lot of Austin, Rock, Taker, and Foley but yet we wanted more. Really shows how much you need some smart minds behind the curtains than big names in front.

[@rafaelnavarro5522]

Hogan was old sting was almost as old nash was in control and goldberg was a golden ticket for them Vince could've made his own goldberg especially with his love of big men but he never did

[@bigblueboyscout1]

WCW had plenty of missed opportunities to stay on top. I learned that last episode Jericho and Goldberg could've happened, but the higher ups including Goldberg shot it down. What a match that would've been! Even if it was a squash match, which Jericho was okay to do.

[@bryonwhaley2981]

It is an anomaly. I think it had more to do w the direction both companies took with their stars. A lot of the stuff WWF did felt fresh and relevant to the time. WCW kept rehashing the NWO storyline over and over with absolutely nothing different week in and week out. I personally believe it all boils down to the Starcade 97 main event. Sting's build to that match was perfect and we all knew how it should have ended. Of course, it didn't end that way and we all knew then that nothing would ever change. I still thinks WCW folds eventually because they just continued to hemorrhage money, but if that one spot goes the right way......I guess we'll never know

[@kadenhadley9980]

People got sick of Sting? News to me.

[@nisargkasturiwale3877]

Wcw didn't give Hogan and Nash.. They were made by wwf.. People were tired of these two being in the main event.. Goldberg's character was one dimensional and Sting was held back by the poor booking.. On the other side, wwf produced main eventers every year in Attitude Era, Stone Cold and Rock in 98,Mankind and Triple H in 99,Kurt Angle and Rikishi in 00...

[@fellaontheroad]

Watching Mongo wrestle is like when you give your little brother a controller

[@gatchywatchyentertainmentb2090]

It’s like watching me wrestle… EW!

[@abidiqbal3585]

Perfectly timed! It's been a long day! Now Shut up Jabronis The Coporate Champion is here! 😂❤

[@WickedFireBird69]

Also, I can't speak for anyone else, but after watching the Biography special on Stone Cold this past weekend I appreciate Reliving the War so much more! It reminds me how BIG it was growing up during the attitude era!

[@AmazingGuy13]

Rey joins the LWO and 25 years later Rey is in the LWO

[@CaosProphet]

I am always anxious seeing the Blue Blazer knowing the "Raw is Owen" Episode will be coming May 99....

[@stryker5949]

Dealing with Depression and heartbreak rn. Thanks for being here Wrestling Bios❤🔥🤞🏽

[@GerryBolger]

Peace and love cuz ✌️&❤️. Days will get better, the sun will shine a little brighter some days. And we'll all relive the Monday night wars together.

[@Ykwhat75]

Everything will be fine bro 🤞🏻💪🏻 it takes process to continue on like everything is fine again but be safe 🙏🏻

[@martinfamilylifestylechannel]

Hang in there buddy you have KZbin friends if you need to talk 🙏🏼

[@Nicksuavemusic]

Konnan and Saturn were extremely underrated

[@jakepayne1984]

Anyone else get hyped for the intros? All of them are bangers imo

[@sasazamami]

This show have given me a new respect for Kidman

[@absnx]

Dude, I think your get more done on a break than I do at the office.

[@TheBlackScatPack]

I know I’m getting ahead of myself but I can’t wait to hear about the January 4, 1999 episode of Raw when Mick Foley wins the championship

[@perfectblindguy]

No truer words have ever been uttered in the entire history of the human language.

[@david83ryan]

That bios episode won't put butts in seats 😉

[@danielainger]

That will put bums in seats

[@vinnyv9974]

My butt will be definitely in the seat for this event

[@d3r3knolan42]

This is the episode I have been waiting for! I was in the group on Raw in the referee shirts in camera row, 38:02 I'm blocked from view by the official in ring referee. I was always a huge LOD/Road Warriors fan and ironic my first TV taping included the Titan tron fall of Hawk

[@SBandy]

So Nitro messes up Goldberg and Bigelow in its finale and RAW has its two biggest stars have a great title match in theirs. Not hard to see why it was going wrong for WCW here.

[@sethkaplan]

Austin vs undertaker rivalry renewed 😂😮

[@trendel13]

4:54 When they announce your name at Graduation and you get one person clapping and you have 2 parents there.

[@maxb4210]

To me, the Austin vs Rock main event is a 5 star match. Awesome personalities, storyline progression, fast paced action bell to bell

[@Sbkeezy62]

1999 is coming and that’s when WWF ran away with the war 🎉 that rock turn was perfect

[@gillespie2482]

That Jam-Up guy is a legend! 🎉

[@kbhalacy]

Always nice to get a laugh outta your favorite wrestlers

[@gp.5989]

He got to live one of my childhood dreams by meeting the Hitman.

[@WarlockX4]

A friend of mine tweeted you pictures of her at AEW Dynamite, Rampage, AEW fanfest and Double or Nothing, wearing your merch to represent Wrestling Bios. No shout out?

[@adamcavalle]

The Juvi & Kidman opener is an absolute barn burner. One of my all time favorite matches on nitro.

[@MEGVTRON]

always delivered

[@alexgill3289]

You should review the Rock's Know your Role VHS/DVD if you get the chance. Although it might be better to do it after Mania 15 or Backlash 99.

[@camschuster5947]

Still so much epicness to come. Can’t wait for when Raw just flat out runs away with this in 99-00. I give Nitro an over under of 10 victories after the finger poke. Man I can’t wait for that episode…

[@gatchywatchyentertainmentb2090]

I can….

[@namikstudios]

Spoiler: The Finger Poke Nitro (4th Jan 99) received a rating of 5.0. The next Nitro on the 11th received a rating of... 5.0. Yes, exactly the same. The idea that huge numbers of people suddenly stopped watching WCW after it is just not supported by the facts.

[@RMN789]

Reliving the War always makes my day better 🤩

[@AllieRX]

I just realized The Rock started wearing those really expensive shirts when he became Corporate Rock. This would become synonymous with his character for the rest of his peak years.

[@danielainger]

He started too look like Cuban drug lord Rock.

[@Fantastisch36]

I hope you have a nice vacation. its well deserved. you are by far my favourite wrestling channel. i look forward to every video you upload. great guy!

[@bencross3759]

Bloody godfather way more gays in America than England! Cool video once again!

[@tristanjohns5288]

I've been waiting for this episode to drop as I was at this week's RAW back on Nov 16, 1998. The crowd was super electric for everything going on in the ring. Funniest thing was I was seated where I could see Hawk climb up AND down the Titantron so I was taken immediately out of any concern for him. It was also awesome to see Steve MuFuggin Blackman team with Goldust. It was totally deflating to see Ken Shamrock join the corporation though. I remember using the Sable promo as a bathroom break (still do on rewatches cause she was about as appealing as moldy bread). But after RAW went off air Stone Cold basically stunned everyone to send the crowd home happy. Was an awesome experience and glad RAW won this week.

[@mikeharless4596]

I popped for Mills Lane, especially since he was still an ongoing character on Celebrity Death Match, during this time! 😂 Great form on Kidman's chinlock, btw. STILL the best series on KZbin!!!

[@zlinedavid]

And Austin was about to be an ongoing character on Celebrity Deathmatch.

[@vikenmanjikian4607]

Catching the Godfather’s hat flip in the open makes me chuckle every time

[@liamstevenson4413]

The greatest time in professional wrestling is starting to unfold before my eyes 🍿

[@kbhalacy]

Kidman was quite the worker....never realized it until watching a few of these videos

[@calvinfolan1736]

Kidman had a pretty solid match against Tajiri at Backlash 02. Check it out if you haven't seen it. Much like Malenko, a lot of guys like he and BK never had the charisma to get themselves forward as bigger stars, despite the fact that they could wrestle their arse off.

[@TheEman590]

​@@calvinfolan1736I noticed the same with guys like Bobby Eaton and Brad Armstrong. Work horses, but they could never translate the charisma or had the charisma once the cameras were rolling (in Bobby's case, he had managers who did like Cornette and Heyman). Malenko had a dry sense of humor backstage, but was all business and stoic in the ring, so small wonder ECW kept him silent, and WCW gave him the Iceman name. Not a career to be ashamed of though, he held a lot of championship belts and he was a horseman.

[@reecepower8906]

My grandfather passed away this morning and I'm so glad this came on as a distraction

[@gatchywatchyentertainmentb2090]

Sorry for your loss

[@BlakOwlEntertainment]

Condolences 🙏🏿

[@zacharythomason7359]

Sorry to hear that, RIP to your Grandpa.🙏🙏🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@matth2377]

About 2 months away from one of the loudest pops ever in wrestling.

[@corkscrewfoley]

That'll put butts in the seats...

[@benespinosa6725]

The Raw After Survivor Series 1998 was awesome Rey Mysterio Jr vs Eddie guerrero on nitro was great these episodes of Reliving the War are amazing to watch every Thursday the Attitude Era was an awesome time period great video.

[@camilocuba6927]

Such a great promo from the Rock. It’s hard to believe that originally Vince wanted Rock to actually kiss his ass (at least according to Prichard or JR, can’t remember who said it). What a different outcome that would have been for Rock’s character.

[@BlakOwlEntertainment]

Thank GOODNESS that didn't happen 😅

[@joshuahosang6690]

Such a classic raw thank you so much for your hard work with these awesome

[@40KTheories]

26:09 Wait a minute. Is that... Scott D'amore?

[@joen8529]

Damn I forgot about that Bam Bam intro segment! That was awesome… really solid way to respond to that great Survivor Series momentum, WCW, holy cow.

[@brettmajors69karaoke]

Love these and darn sure enjoys your Steve Blackman stuff- words of truth.!.!.!.!.!

[@3820MD]

Considering how WWF continued Over The Edge after Owen Hart died and Road Warrior Hawk battling his demons on live TV, I think it's safe to say that we should not mourn Mr. McMahon when its his turn to pass away 😔

[@Loganjohn636]

The Minute i Seen Wood in the Thumbnail i knew it was time for Reliving the War Brother!!🤘

[@WetFursuit]

The PPV review later in the week marks the first episode of RTW where I was alive when the event happened, the series has finally caught up :)

[@briancanfield2968]

I love that the 2 most boring & uncharismatic wrestlers on the respective rosters get full blown intros each time 😂 (that would be Alex Wright and Steve Blackman)

[@thebranchise]

I'm from Lexington, and as a kid, I always felt that all we ever got was house shows. I remember watching the ppv and the next night of Raw with all the Rock and Hawk stuff, but I can't believe that Raw was in Lexington, and I don't remember that. I can't believe I wasn't there.

[@chrisbelos2834]

i was wondering what happened to Presidential Hogan after the fingerpoke of doom. i stopped watching wreslting at that time, but always wondered why he wasn't against Bush and Gore. he 100% would have won tbh.

[@NoID42069]

i'm just gonna take this opportunity right now to blame (thank) Perry Saturn for my dom muscle daddy fetish 🤫

[@brandonfields613]

Did the Kane bit have a resolution? Or was he just randomly beating up backstage guys for one brief moment? Lol

[@gumdeo]

Another great victory for Steve Blackman.

[@joen8529]

Ever since you did the vhs review with Johnny Polo I just can’t take Raven seriously. 😐

[@InsomniacRocker]

Damn... remember Mills Lane? I just as hell didn't until this episode of RTW

[@zachsmith1634]

I bet Steiner thought rhyming man with Superman was genius 🤣

[@Z_hri]

i started this series in may, fully expecting that i could binge through it and by the time i caught up we’d at least be in the 2000s. hear i am 2 months later and im waiting for the next week like everyone else, i hate it.

[@andrewramsdale]

What I do is sometimes I don’t watch it for two three weeks and then binge it sometimes what I do is also I re watch the ppvs

[@mitchwooten5150]

Its My 38th Birthday 🎂 and Yes im doing it Right with Wrestling Bios and Reliving The War . Kick or be Kickin!!

[@BlakOwlEntertainment]

Happy birthday, Brother

[@zacharythomason7359]

Happy Birthday to you🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍧🍧🍧🍧🍧🍨🍨🍨🍨🍨👑👑👑👑👑👑

[@mitchwooten5150]

@@zacharythomason7359 Thank you so much brother!!🙂👍

[@mitchwooten5150]

@@BlakOwlEntertainment Thank you so much 🙂🥳

[@AdamAtrocity17]

The Hawk angle has Russo's greasy fingerprints all over it...

[@MrMetalJesus]

I think this was around the time I kinda stopped liking Austin. I remember watching this groaning and thinking he was going to do to the Rock what he did to Kane a few months earlier but thankfully they had other ideas.

[@mattlewis8889]

Bam Bam sticks around for a bit here I wouldnt mind some kind of soundbite and clip. Put your ideas down below.

[@kaseyharrison2056]

LOVE THE SERIES AND HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER BUDDY ❤🎉

[@edwardellis3038]

I didn’t realize Bam Bam debuted in 98, I thought he showed up in 99

[@ryankeefe2102]

Ok i didn't realize they started planting the seeds for the finger poke of doom this early

[@denniswilliams6519]

WCW had all this time to backtrack on that idea, but were committed to it anyway. This is why they lost the war.

[@rickisgrate]

One week closer to the real war, tna impact vs raw on monday nights

[@drewhaueter4502]

I live in Louisville KY and this crowd is the only good thing that came out of Lexington KY

[@hugheswhiteman1674]

WCW had way more talent, but WWE knew how 2 tell the stories the WCW nwo era should've told.

[@CJeyBlaughwithme]

2 weeks behind, but thank you for another round of Reliving The War! I met Steamboat and Jimmy Hart over the weekend. Also snapped a pic of Brutus Beefcake, aka Zodiac, aka The Disciple aka The Bootyman aka Brother Brewtye sitting alone looking sad because nobody came to his table. Jimmy Hart is a real jam up guy, he took the time to talk to us for 15 minutes.

[@NoID42069]

Sitting here waiting for my weekly dose of President Peckerwood

[@brittneysmall1152]

If I'm not mistaking, I think Bobby Duncum Jr. died not too long after this....around the time that Rick Rude died....I do remember him being hyped big time but I haven't personally seen many of his matches...it's sad to see all the superstars that aren't with us anymore...but nothing can take our memories of the Monday Night War....

[@eabcool]

i watched that Corporation opening segement the other day . Great autograph from Bret ! Smokey brings the Jam.

[@deandredukes95]

The Corporation stable was so underrated!

[@godfather71190]

Hated what happened to them near the end

[@Insomniaaron]

It's Thursday night and you know what that means! Reliving the War on KZbin again!

[@michaelreich4827]

I was going to butt chug a Bud Light with my main man Dylan when I got the RtW notification. I'm sure he can handle 2 at once.

[@christempleton5075]

This is definitely a jam up episode of reliving the war

[@ArthurSmith-xs2zw]

Besides the new logo lol love this show thank u buddy u got me back into wrestling I'm actually doing my own Monday night war lol I'm in late 1999 I also watch ecw

[@Chuck_EL]

Seeing Hawk and Animal and Droz in that promo knowing they're all gone really gets me Rip to all them

[@TheMuldoonFella]

When did Paul die?

[@taydafranklin7800]

Precious Paul is alive and well

[@HarmonySword]

Paul Ellering is still alive dude. He's 69 years old lol

[@zemox2534]

Wwf exploiting the real alcohol problems of Hawk was just disgusting.

[@gatchywatchyentertainmentb2090]

Yeah it’s gross, the fans don’t like it, and it does no favors for Hawk. SO WHY DO IT!?!

[@perfectblindguy]

I was at a Nitro sometime in 98 and I swear to God, I fell asleep in the stands.

[@mattk3654]

A new episode of "reliving the war"....... thanks Raven...i meant Ryan 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@glencurtis6052]

I think we all know how Steiner put Judie in hospital...

[@Lonely_Gamer85]

Scott and Buff's promos were really dumb hilarious😂

[@Nicksuavemusic]

The hawk drunk angle was absolutely terrible

[@shady3legend]

It seem like after summerslam DX pretty much ran its course, HHH stay injured and they didnt really have any meaningful rivalry besides Xpac vs shane in early 99

[@denniswilliams6519]

It's amazing how quickly the DX Army was left meandering around. Without Shawn and Hunter this group was lost, there is little doubt HHH realized this while he was hurt and thought he needed to change things up.

[@NoID42069]

that was the single most stiff clothesline i've ever seen boss man damn

[@briangereau788]

I like the the old Wrestling Bios logo better than the new one. Not there's anything particularly wrong with the new one, but the other one was perfect.

[@timrobinson6573]

I like the new intro clips but I like the old music pace

[@dmdeign7116]

It's ice to see Glacier again

[@jameslestibournes2500]

My brother and I were at this week's Raw! Can't wait to watch the episode!

[@nathanspradlin8570]

I remember I was there where I saw BEHIND the titantron and when Hawk was pushed by Droz, I saw what looked like Hawk and other officials at the time (I assume) climbing down a ladder behind the titantron

[@natediaz1863]

I wonder which wrestlers watch this series. There has to be a couple reliving their glory days with us.

[@Brando-Lee3725]

OH !!! NICE !!!! I was at that Lexington KY RAW !!! This should bring back some memories .

[@jamescourt5201]

His proper name is Bob'n Drinkcum Jr.