Raw vs Nitro "Reliving The War": Episode 161 - November 23rd 1998

[@-BuddyGuy]

We are 5 weeks away from Ric Flair in his underpants elbow dropping his suit and hurling his Gucci shoes at spectators

[@betterthanmost9549]

Classic moment I watched live

[@bryanmack4054]

No wonder he went broke more than once

[@g-dub5272]

Damn I thought that happened already

[@scottaznavourian3720]

​@@g-dub5272lmao same here 😂

[@zebulynnhanson791]

That really was gold lol

[@Roland1182]

Enjoy the break man. We will miss the content, because it has been consistent and stellar. Thank you for this series and we'll see you in two weeks.

[@schnarfschnarf5886]

Steve mo fo Blackman never took a break.. them territory guys never got a break. Haha I'm a heel sorry ..

[@glemmstengal]

@@schnarfschnarf5886 No kidding, Hogan worked 600 days a year. Why can't Wrestling Bios have that kind of work ethic? (That's my heel promo too)

[@tysoncarpenter8628]

U must be new. There's still going to videos....well at least his last break there was still videos lol

[@Kas58223]

Enjoy the break the work was very appreciated

[@joefosh]

How to identify a traitor in the 4 horsemen; first question - 'Are they Blonde?' If the Answer is 'Yes', the next question is 'is it Ric Flair?' If the answer is 'No' then you have successfully found your traitor.

[@coryshannon3815]

It almost seems like Bret Hart got hurt more in 2 years of wrestling for WCW than he ever did 13 years of wrestling for WWF.

[@Deadpoolmac]

Rewatching this era of WCW is like we’re on the deck of the Titanic and we can see the iceberg approaching but we can’t do a thing to stop it.

[@AntonioPoythress1985]

Yeah, the end is near, lol

[@Wulfman317]

Alexa, play “Nearer My God To Thee.” 😔🥀🌹

[@djdarq6311]

Again

[@gatchywatchyentertainmentb2090]

Accurate….

[@horrorstew3577]

A Glacier mean 😜

[@WickedFireBird69]

Enjoy your break big man! BTW you should do a "attitude outtakes" special because the scene of Paul Bearer "taking off" Austin's trunks while he's passed out is HILARIOUS! Stone Cold couldn't stop laughing!

[@liamxx2218]

You deserve a break my friend, to quote his excellency, you’re an animal, *AN ANIMAL* for the schedule you’ve kept to for the last few years, you have worked your ass off and it definitely paid off, props to ya mate ❤️

[@FBA_God_Emperor_Doom]

You forgot the second "an animal" 😆

[@liamxx2218]

@@FBA_God_Emperor_Doom fixed it 😂

[@FBA_God_Emperor_Doom]

​@@liamxx2218🫡 salute to you my friend.

[@gumdeo]

He's got the jam 🍓

[@kylereece1979]

​@@liamxx2218 I laughed at this Animal banter here. I love these In Jokes and phrases that RTW has coined up for us here. 👍

[@mushroomsamba82]

Norman Smiley looks like a math teacher from the neck up and a bodybuilder from the neck down.

[@zlinedavid]

I love that he’s remembered for all the goofy hardcore stuff and the big wiggle, and yet he’s one of the most legit actual wrestlers they had during that era. Deceptively strong for his size and a solid amateur background.

[@zachsmith1634]

I’ll miss the “EVERYBODY HERE COMES 2 COLD SCORPIO!” bit lol.

[@ericjohnson5462]

I sure hope that when Kevin Nash wins the title he doesn’t lose it to hulk Hogan by him just poking him or something

[@Not_Brandino]

Psssh like that'll ever happen

[@ericjohnson5462]

@@Not_Brandino I just have a feeling that’ll happen and I’m hoping that mankind will never become wwe champion

[@Not_Brandino]

@@ericjohnson5462 but you know it will put butts in seats

[@ericjohnson5462]

@@Not_Brandino oh I have feeling that put more butts in seats and win the Monday night wars

[@MR.__G]

@@Not_BrandinoI think Eric still defends the finger poke till this day lol

[@deandredukes95]

Goldberg’s reign as WCW Heavyweight Champion has been nonexistent

[@y2dereko]

The main event guys didn’t want to job to him while simultaneously manipulating him into not working with rising stars lol

[@burntvirtue]

Correct. After winning it in July, he only had 3 PPV defenses, and only 2 of them were main events.

[@brandonpage7087]

@deandredukes95, yeah, i know. Hogan made it that way. He found ways to keep the spotlight on him, & oddly keep Goldberg buried in the upper mid card, even though he was world champ!!!

[@GiltiatheDarkNight]

It gets really sad when you realize he had better title reigns in WWE.

[@apark02]

He should have had at least 1 match with Jericho who said he didn't mind losing to him in a squash match. Jericho could have made Goldberg look like a dominant champ while also putting on a great match.

[@ZBR_ProXP]

Is everyone finally seeing what went wrong the most this era? Every angle is a swerve. No match has a clean finish.

[@coreyhall1150]

Yes it got OLLLLLD

[@scottaznavourian3720]

You mean like every roman reigns match?

[@Florida_Cracker]

Meanwhile it drew the highest ratings and money than anything within the last 25 years

[@denniswilliams6519]

@@Florida_Cracker Maybe this is just proof that ratings are not a reflection of quality. Lot of this era's stuff is...objectively not very good lol

[@HoshizakiYoshimasa]

​@@denniswilliams6519doesn't matter. The sport will never be this big again. It's niche now. But was a huge part of culture back then.

[@dennisblackmon8773]

I was surprised when Brett said the crowd are animals now that joke has a new sound bite good its hilarious

[@distantandvague]

"being next isn't a safe place to be, just ask your girlfriend" - more of an admission of assault than anything else, Bill

[@ebertrivera6930]

A genuine laugh out loud moment when you announced the “muuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuufug kick” 😂

[@jayboy2kay7]

SB Mufuggin segments are the highlight of RTW for me man

[@darthconquest1046]

Goldberg wants Nash to see the truck that runs him over. Is that a Diesel reference 🤔

[@g-dub5272]

I realized after summer 98 DX didn’t really do that much to keep the momentum going. Didn’t help that Trips got injured too

[@karlitosway7474]

And that’s why I’ll always prefer the 97/pre WM 14 version of DX. HBK alone had more star power than the whole DX army put together.

[@MR.__G]

@@karlitosway7474the original dx will always be my favorite. Wish they had more time together but for what we got it was pretty good

[@denniswilliams6519]

Yeah this has been a wild revelation. As a kid I thought the Shawn/HHH DX was overrated and it was at its peak with the Dx Army. Turns out it was the reverse, I didn't realize how good Shawn, Hunter and Chyna were together and how flat the DX Army was for a lot of its run.

[@MR.__G]

@@denniswilliams6519 same thing with wolfpack. Now you see how overrated their run was as well as wolfpack sting who basically didn’t amount to anything special. Reliving this war as adults brings a new perspective

[@danielainger]

You can say what you want about 90s Shawn Michaels but he was DX.

[@michaeljohn8056]

The job squad was an amazing concept. They had a group that could actually wrestle and they could have gone further.

[@DebitAdams]

Who else will have withdraws for two weeks without reliving the war

[@phillipcummings3518]

I'm going on vacay

[@HarmonySword]

I'll be sad when you go on break, but you deserve it and thanks for going above and beyond for all of us every week.

[@mrmoose6619]

Welcome to Thursday Afternoon Jericho (aka Reliving the War). The greatest weekly episodic show on the KZbin.

[@brianlarsen9952]

Jerichoholics approved

[@makaveli4205]

When was Jerichos last match in WCW?

[@maxxdahl6062]

@@makaveli4205 can't remember the specific date but it was on a nitro vs. scott steiner.

[@maxxpower3d6]

There's an alternate universe where Adam Bomb main-evented an In Your House against WWF Champion Diesel.

[@PhillipCummingsUSA]

Where is all my Jam Up guys at this Thursday? Holla if ya hear me 😜

[@phillipcummings3518]

I'm jammed up with Horseman business on my agenda 🎉

[@carter3369]

Greetings from the UK 🇬🇧

[@BrolyChan]

These days, whenever Kidman is brought up, it's usually to comment about how scuffed his Shooting Star Press (it was pretty wonky), his weird WWE theme (I still like it) or that time he feuded with Hogan in the dying days of WCW. This series has really put a spotlight on how good he was in the WCW, he's constantly putting on great matches. I understand now why he got that feud with Hogan, I can imagine back in the day that he was one of the young guys that the fans wanted to be pushed into the main event after they got sick of seeing the same guys on top. It's sucks that is was done so poorly.

[@Landmasters]

Broly and Flandre fusion going hard

[@zlinedavid]

@@The_Sage_of_Six_PathsI give the man credit for that one. She was WAAAAAAAAAAYYYYY out of his league and they were together for the better part of a decade.

[@namikstudios]

@@zlinedavid if you think Torrie is out of Kidman's league then wait until you hear about Stacy Keibler and David Flair! He may have been a terrible wrestler but in reality David was "kissing the girls and making them cry" just like his old man. Most wrestling fans think of David as a bit of a joke but gee he was doing something right. Stacy frickin Keibler!

[@chibipoe]

Yeah. Kidman's SSP could be dire at times, for sure. But that aside, remember the #1 rule. You can't powerbomb Kidman!

[@andrelegeant88]

As a fan at the time, no one was crying out for Kidman. Of the younger guys on the roster, Rey even without his mask was BY FAR the most popular. If anything, pushing Kidman so hard over Rey made me scratch my head and, in hindsight, feels a bit racist tbh.

[@benespinosa6725]

Another great episode of Reliving the war Raw and Nitro from November 23rd 1998 were awesome Shawn Michaels hitting X-Pac with a chairshot was crazy The corporation doing the crotch chop with Shawn michaels was hilarious awesome video.

[@thisisnotachannel]

FINALLY... Scott Hall in actual in-ring action again! Damned WCW, with their bait and switches... that's a large part of why I started tuning in to WWF more. Take it easy, Ryan... you've earned it.

[@namikstudios]

Hall wrestled countless times during 1998. I wouldn't have tuned into WWF if you paid me to do it, was absolute garbage. Still is. Watched it for a bit during the woeful Invasion in 2001 until around 03. Bischoff as Raw GM kept me around a bit. But after that it was straight to TNA and now AEW.

[@billybutcher4951]

Let’s go Smokey lol

[@chrisbelos2834]

Scott Hall vs Alex Wright should have won it for WCW. the legendary wrestler from germany let Hall do all his famous moves and it looked great. one of the best Scott Hall match in WCW.

[@briancanfield2968]

The ultimate battle between lots of charisma (Hall) and zero charisma (Wright)

[@HoustonHardHitters01]

Sexual chocolate man I loved this time in wrestling history. I love these videos my dude. The cruiserweight matches were top tier for WCW for sure

[@InsomniacRocker]

"The brood are fangin and bangin" 😆

[@PhenomsServant4]

If you want proof how little the Light Heavyweight title mattered to the WWF? Duane Gill/Gillberg ends up holding the title for almost a year and half and had like two matches in 99 and 2000.

[@cfairfax85]

Mark Henry's "sexual chocolate" theme is pure gold

[@ironman2326]

I actually believed Luger lost to Enos with that piledriver at first🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@XKTwentyFive]

Bischoff: You're facing Dean Malenko tonight, but he has an injured knee. Bret: Yeah, ooooooo....

[@wazzer912]

I think Bret does have a right to be upset if Malenko didn't apologize or just check up on him afterwards especially since it was obvious botch.

[@MR.__G]

Yup if that’s how it happened just go apologize. Accidents happen in this industry

[@phillipcummings3518]

Our boi Wrestling Bois has some Horseman business to attend to.

[@Invinciblechickenchaser]

I remember being so upset as a kid when Wrath lost to Nash.

[@criminalmindsgirl2936]

WWE needs to put Billy Kidman into the HOF! He doesn't get enough credit for his work! He was very underrated.

[@UCUSmusic]

If he belongs in the HOF... name two or three guys that are close but not worth it. .. because that's the way I see Kidman.. he was good

[@coreyhall1150]

Noooooo guys like HARLEY RACE belong in the HOF. Barely anyone remembers Kidman.

[@zemox2534]

​@@coreyhall1150Speak for yourself jerk. Loads of fans remember him!

[@brandonpage7087]

@criminalmindsgirl2396, iknr! I was a huge Billy Kidman fan!

[@criminalmindsgirl2936]

@UCUSmusic , that's your opinion, but he's still deserving of it.

[@marquan1976]

Mom: Son, how was the show? Did you get a souvenir? Son: Yeah! Bret Hart threw me Dean Malenko's leg!

[@MyPisceanNature]

I remember watching this and telling my father that not only did Duane Gill win a match, but he won a championship. He couldn't believe it. He had said for years that he wanted to see Duane Gill win a match because of the perpetual jobber status he held.

[@Kindaserious365]

I was at this raw!!!! My uncle took me and my cousins

[@thighslaps]

Gotta love the FFX "Shut Up" spot, especially since Sin was one of WCW's last Pay Per Views.

[@1_Fish.2_Fish.Red_Fish.]

Professional wrestling is such a strange, strange world.

[@KINGMONKEY1989]

I discovered this channel during the pandemic. I loved it so much i had to go back to the start and ive recently just caught up. This guys work is superb and makes my Thursdays something to look forward to

[@Azriel1932]

Same here 0 regrets amazing channel

[@TheDustinbowman003]

He's legit the best. I watch all the wrestling content I can on this platform and Ryan is legit the best of em all. And he does it solo

[@KINGMONKEY1989]

@@TheDustinbowman003 I absolutely agree with you on that. He's got alot of content other than just the Relieving the war series and he's so good at presenting each episode. This Channel and Wrestling with Andy are the two i watch more than any other.

[@toptenguy1]

That embalming storyline is largely forgotten in general, but GEEZE, it might be *THE* most absurd thing in the ENTIRE attitude Era. Just "Attempted murder", that's all. LOL

[@stenzel27]

Idk, it has some competition. Necrophilia, feeding a man his own Chihuahua, Big Show's dead father being dragged behind a truck in a coffin while he rides on top....and that's just off the top of my head

[@InsomniacRocker]

Everyone handle your horseman business and be back in two weeks!

[@Brightest_day727]

I've always been a Steve Blackman fan,but showcasing him the way you do for the segments is brilliant

[@raymyers4728]

Dude, I'm also from Ashburn, GA! Small world. Had no idea that Shane was gonna make an appearance in lil' ol' Turner County.

[@joshuabarajas1745]

My little 12 yr old heart could not take the last 15 mins of raw back then! Seeing Kane show up and stop the undertaker from what I thought was going to kill Steve Austin overwhelmed me with relief like a tidal wave

[@Guardian978]

Good god I remember this week. The JOB Squad stuff, Undertaker trying to embalm a mofo alive, Shawn retuning and then immediately swerving everyone... good old late 90s WWE madness.

[@JosephTSena]

There's a blooper of the Undertaker & Austin at the funeral home that's probably still on KZbin if it hasn't been pulled yet.

[@gjt_31]

Last RTW before the well deserved break... I'll probably watch this one a few times 😂

[@HaussmannComics]

Am I wrong or does a Stevie Ray/Scott Steiner vs Booker T/Rock Steiner match just seem like a no Brainerd at this point?

[@ernieb352]

Enjoy your well deserved break, I know its not easy having to watch both shows, plus Thunder and Heat at times as sometimes we get gems like Kidman vs Rey, but most times we gets messes like Luger and Mike Enos. Specially now as WCW is really starting their downward spiral phase and WWF is doing a lot better but still has issues like whatever the hell ICP vs The Oddities was supposed to be.

[@yosonimbord]

The only reason I don’t believe Bret is that Bret is the first one to go to the back and could easily had confronted Dean right there and we know Bret isn’t afraid of confrontation. Maybe Dean truly didn’t know and since his night was over he just wanted to get to his hotel or whatever

[@MrDaveJustice]

I mufuggin elbowed that like buttom

[@PedroBenolielBonito]

Shouldn't we have had the 2 Cold Scorpio music before he appeared for the tag match?

[@jboyle24]

Finally caught up. Started the series at the start of 2023 and am now up to date. Thanks for so much amazing content!!

[@XpappaedgeX]

My Thursday is gonna suck for 2 weeks, but have a great rest. We'll all be here waiting!!!

[@zebulynnhanson791]

I say hart vs stinko milenko was the match of the week. What a professional the hitman was for finishing the fight. I completely believe his version. Milenko is an interesting character. Back when lex luger beat Hollywood for the strap on nitro he completely dissed milenko as they celebrated in the ring by not shaking his hand. A blink & you'll miss it moment but says volumes. One can't help but wonder what wild shenanigans milenko got up to

[@CMMalvado]

I think it's safe to say Nitro is never getting a point again

[@drdeans_the2nd]

Oh definitely. And that's gonna almost be 100% guaranteed once we reach the "dead company walking" Era in a few weeks time!

[@danfrey1598]

So happy that the captions were removed! Its easier to watch and be happy without the captions. I must say Nitro should have got the win this week. Someone throw the challenge flag please

[@devious187]

I still remember how psyched up I was when they announced Rock vs X-Pac on Raw... of course I knew Rock would win, Pac was never gonna be WWF Champ, but ya knew it would be a great contest, and it was... also, if you didn't guess Shawn would turn on DX, you don't know wrestling lol See ya in 2 weeks... enjoy the break!

[@beechy006]

Been looking forward to this week for HBK’s return, looking forward to him owning X-Pac on the mic next time out, but in the interim have a good break and thanks for the quality content 👍🏻

[@dmitch1983]

Honestly, for all the hyperbole about WCW inflating the streak, only being off by 10 wins could easily be from how disorganized the office was at this point. I'm impressed they're only off by that few.

[@denniswilliams6519]

In fairness Wrestling Bios is being nice and counting house shows which I am certainly confident WCW were not considering when they made these numbers.

[@TheIronLung420]

Let's get 1 thing straight! Tokyo magnum is not my boy! 🤣🤣

[@TheShockninja]

You're one of the hardest working KZbinrs I have ever known of and are definitely one of my favorites. You definitely deserve a break. Enjoy your much-deserved break.

[@Wilcat1033]

This series is the reason that Thursdays are my favorite day of the week now!!😂😂 ❤ this show! Thanks WrestlingBios!!!🎉

[@RobPalmer80]

Randy Watson's band from the Eddie Murphy movie "Coming To America" was called Sexual Chocolate. I wonder if that's where the nickname for Mark Henry comes from?

[@alexloyola6762]

Can't wait til Corporate Shawn and The Rock go through the greatest hits of catch phrases. One of my favorite wrestling memories. I'll always be bummed HBK and Rock never had a match, let alone a full rivalry.

[@jjkcommentaries8645]

Like most things around this time, it's Shawn's fault 😂

[@jxw457]

My first love was the Nitro girls.

[@carter3369]

Spice was my favourite

[@theexplainer2235]

I like how Shamrock went from wanting to destroy rock to being willing to protect him from dx

[@MrMNo13]

Good ol' Vince Russo

[@hitomisalazar4073]

Ah, episodes like this reminds me of when Eric there said the reason that Nitro lost the war was they stopped doing what brought them to the top. They're at this point where they're losing in the ratings every week going forward from what I remember. And what's on the show? Basically the same things as ever. NWO. Run ins. Faction Betrayals. Incredible Cruiserweight matches that they'll never really hype up in favor of the Politics of Factions and such. WWF however, was very different from how they started and had changed from when they were losing. No more "Gang Warz", or Wrestling Plumbers. Or Slop Buckets. More DQ finishes admittedly, the whole "Mr. McMahon" character and feuds. DX. Etc.

[@CletusVanDamminator]

I’m really trying to think of any notable Nitros because it’s gonna get worse. Y2J jumping, Radicalz, Angle coming in. WWF is only going to get better.

[@shenanitims4006]

RE: the Brett Hart/Malenko beef, if Brett, as you state from his book didn’t tell Makenko he had been injured, then why would Malenko be on the hook? Given how matches play out, it doesn’t seem like an accidental injury slipping past someone would be that unreasonable.

[@ericasinibaldi215]

If Bret never told him he got injured, then how the f*** is he supposed to check on him..... Just Bret being cry baby Bret 😢😢😢

[@luloc559]

The DX/Nation promo was one of the most hilarious things I've seen in wrestling. One of the first things I searched for at the dawn of the internet

[@runvalddarkstone5517]

I had an hallucination at 22:06 ... I had to look back and pause... To cope with the fact that, no, Dan Severn was not pulling the cable for Big Bossman during this match, disguised as a roadie...

[@RustiKBeatS]

Great to see the legend that is "the lethal weapon" appreciated in such a way. ❤

[@coreyhall1150]

For real tho that match with Shane was INSANE.

[@RustiKBeatS]

Just returned from the Steve blackman video 😂

[@zlinedavid]

That’s the Lethal Mu’fuggin Weapon to you

[@coreyhall1150]

@@zlinedavid I got a lethal weapon........ IN MY PAAAAANTS.

[@alvinmadziwo4279]

Still can't get over that "muuuuuuuuufug kick" bit. 😅😅😂😂😂😂😂

[@HystericalHyena]

I think next week( or maybe the week after) when austin says "get up big bastard" and whacks the undertaker is one of my all time favorite moments of this era

[@Drb854]

Real shame we won't see 2 cold Scorpios intro anymore but damn that DDP bang guy kills me everytime

[@RichterTheEternal]

Ya gotta love the predictable set up of the Dean vs. Bret match. Heel Bret does seem a bit more evil here. Like a salivating wolf with a tasty, injured prey in front of him after what he said he was going to do to Malenko’s leg.

[@scottaznavourian3720]

Yeah this take stuff was uncomfortable way before the crucifixion. He literally wants to embalm a man alive for costing him a title....

[@silvereloking6149]

Goldberg jackhammer Giants 550 pounds is most impressive move I ever see in pro wrestling

[@silvereloking6149]

Everybody hating WCW but I think they are still cooler with more charisma than WWF

[@TheBrister]

32:17 kicked his leg out of his leg 😂

[@SteelyBud]

Reliving all this, it seems like the only memorable things about Goldberg's title reign were 1. the night he won it, 2. his match with DDP, and 3. the night he lost it. Not a whole lot in between.

[@EdgeVStriker]

We are 5 weeks away for that special Raw involving Mick Foley and Tony Schiavone inadvertently getting Nitro viewers to storm on over to Raw. I can’t wait for that episode.

[@rashadr3108]

Nooooo where was the 2 Cold Scorpio Lady!!!!!!?????? 😭😭😭😭

[@wrightr]

Enjoy a well deserved break. Seriously thanks for all the content, I'm also rewatching the series right now, it's legit the perfect material before bed I really appreciate your hard work

[@EMSWK]

Was just thinking about it but can you imagine if wrestling bios kept track of match count and how they ended: Pin, Sub, TKO, & DQ... Oufta I bet it would get out of hand by '97

[@JoeFromTomsRiver]

ICP turned on the Oddities and went with the Headbangers? I’m sure that’s going somewhere.

[@briancanfield2968]

God that embalming segment is exactly as horrible and cringe as I remember it from 25 years ago.

[@blankwavemessiah]

hahahahahahah THICK MARK!!! Enjoy your break man. be safe

[@Dr_1212]

Reliving The War 😎👍

[@namikstudios]

Is this the Nitro where Goldberg pulls off that PERFECT jackhammer on the Giant? Either this one or the next I'm pretty sure. It was the most perfectly executed jackhammer ever against the biggest guy there was. Credit to Giant too as he plays a big part in it coming off so well. Amazing feat of strength and control.

[@richarddowdjr.6461]

Don't leave me hanging, I gotta see how this war ends lol.

[@Topherthetoolman]

Steve Mufuggin Blackman brought me here.

[@jamaalmoses8821]

Raw in Columbus,Ohio! I was a 14 year old Rock mark!