Raw vs Nitro "Reliving The War": Episode 179 - March 29th 1999

[@maxxpower3d6]

Hogan getting a babyface reaction in Toronto is tremendous foreshadowing for what would happen at Wrestlemania 18 three years later.

[@dr.snakes]

Amazing that it's only three years between now and then. For some reason, it always felt longer.

[@Venemofthe888]

@@dr.snakes maybe cause wcw became a slog to get through in 2000

[@Mrryn]

​@@Venemofthe888WCW in 2000 felt like a run of a completely different company, feels so easy to subconsciously dissociate that year with everything WCW after.

[@terryeubanks8797]

Toronto's just a Hogan town, brother.

[@babauranai]

Bizarro town

[@alwaysobsolete]

I was at the Toronto show. What I remember most is that the "Goldberg" chant was being piped through the PA system. No one was actually chanting it.

[@HabsMike25]

Was there to & I remember it as well yet WCW was oblivious to it

[@kdizzle901]

I’ll always hate Goldberg but for ruining Bret’s career

[@WarGhoulKharas]

That running chairshot from Flair was probably the funniest thing I've seen this week. Thank you.

[@zlinedavid]

The Buff Daddy outro brings back some memories. In the late 90s, when we were dicking around at football practice, we’d of course bust out wrestling taunts. Mine was always the Bagwell strut followed by an “I’m simply delicious!”

[@mikem10481]

That Bret Hart and the Stealplate segment was great. Gave Goldberg some sympathy and some heat for Bret. If only Bischoff listened to Bret more often.

[@Henderson1011]

It was definitely going to be an awesome feud, probably to last the majority of 1999, but Owen's accident completely derailed everything.

[@PowerPackers90]

The problem was Bret would not get over Montreal and was a shell of himself.

[@camschuster5947]

Paul Bearer with the Sunglasses is everything. Day is complete.

[@Venemofthe888]

Rest in Peace to the WCW Entrance. Funny thing about that entrance i had the toy version of it but only the stage with the letters and nothing else. I lost it eventually but i didnt have anything that came with it or any WCW Figures

[@UndertakerNeverDies]

I’m just gonna say it now much respect to Wrestling Bios as we continue the final years of the Monday Night Wars and of WCW Nitro. I have a feeling the Nitro side of things is gonna become painful to cover as the quality took a huge nosedive. So thank you in advance Wrestling Bios for your sacrifice giving us these weekly videos as WCW won’t be so enjoyable to cover for this series. 🙏🏻

[@troywright359]

That is why he is going to cherish any gold nuggets he finds there

[@OldMovieRob]

Beetle Adventure Racing! That was a fun nostalgic memory.

[@MrBlx4life]

YESSSSS!!! Growing up, you watch one show and you record the other. Thank you Wrestling Bios for helping us all clear out our VHS 📼 tapes.❤😊

[@jackdough8164]

I used to switch back and fourth or tape one and watch the other. I was definitely never biased towards one or the other. Both were great shows

[@firewalker1372]

@@jackdough8164I stopped switching back and forth around the end of 98 and pretty much stuck with raw. I’d watch the first hour of wcw until raw came on at 9.

[@jeffdeming8811]

Our cable provider didn't offer TNT so I was very WWF biased but I liked WCW too

[@WesleyWilkins-qf2ky]

We have to show appreciation and thanks for what this man does lord knows it’s not easy. Thanks man for taking us back to the peak of wrestling when I was 5th to 8th grade

[@JoeFromTomsRiver]

I realize now how much of Nitro missed during its original run. It’s no mystery why I was rarely changing the channel back to TNT.

[@MR.__G]

Same ! I actually get to see what I wasn’t watching on wcw at the time.. and one thing I have to admit is that wcw had the better in ring action at this point.

[@criminalmindsgirl2936]

Kidman and Rey are legendary! WWE needs to put Kidman in the HOF!

[@Kyle-gi2jb]

They never had enough appreciation for in-ring work.

[@thebackyardairgunner8776]

Beetle Adventure Racing was a good one !

[@brandoncruse]

Well, for the second time now I’ve caught up to the current release. The biggest change is that I’m less nostalgic for 90s pro wrestling and I’m more nostalgic for early Reliving the War. So after this one, it’s back to The Mall of America, Manhattan, and Episode 1. Love your stuff, WB. See you in a few months when I catch up again. And they reFUSE to SEE the CHANGE in ME…

[@JPD2587]

Beetle Adventure Racing is legit GOATed. Still remember renting it for Easter in 1999. What a weekend! 😂 love the vids WB!

[@ThatKehdRiley]

I love that game so much! I actually still own it, and the opening just made me want to play it. Maybe I'll break it out tomorrow.

[@QuartzMatrixed]

I will really miss this series when its done.. it's got me through some hard times. Was one of the few things I looked forward to in the week. And that says alot considering I really cant stand wrestling anymore. I love old wrestling and the stories. And these channels provide so many of us a place to appreciate the wrestling we grew up with

[@henrikschmidt3964]

WCW was a shadow of its former self already by this point, but the Bret Hart segment is one of my very favourites. Bret is absolutely awesome and he comes across as such a genuine mega star. People who say, he couldn't do promos need to watch this.

[@Imnotsure0987]

This channel has easily became one of my favorites and my favorite series in a long time love all the uploads! Keep up the wonderful work.

[@mrrida503]

The Crow music is now stuck in my head just by the visual of "The Rafters" ...and I like it!!!!

[@GodEater1313]

WWE/WWF was doing massive business in 99, even more so than in 1998. During Austin's third title reign, he would set huge house show attendance records that have not been surpassed to this day only Rocky came close, and the ratings would just keep increasing at this point. Great time to be a fan of the product.

[@lexkanyima2195]

But Austin had huge pressure of being WWF champion, he was a rockstar, that he was being consistent.

[@fearless1024]

Beetle Adventure Racing was surprisingly a really fun game.

[@SBandy]

Fantastic game. Would love a remaster.

[@BusinessOfFear]

Underrated for sure

[@hottkrap1188]

Working late all week and I forgot it was Thursday!!! What a treat to see Wrestling Bios pop up haha

[@Valkian24]

That episode of RAW was during the time when I was slowly getting into both shows and the bit with Ken covered in blood as he aggressively put the ankle lock on Gangrel has stuck with me for years.

[@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854]

In all fairness, I was always a fan of Chris Adams from his World Class days. I got the honor of meeting him and got an autograph picture from him. He was very nice and down to Earth to me. I was always sad about what happened to him in the end... 😔~RIP Chris Adams~😔

[@ckludecke]

Always looking forward to Thursdays! Thank you for all your hard work on these videos!

[@shrews12001]

Legit, Beetle Adventure Racing was awesome

[@EEVOL]

I love these videos man. It's literally stepping back to my childhood. Thank you!!

[@craigmitchell4150]

Been dreading the time when this Nitro set gets dismantled.

[@martinzies2874]

I call B.S I LOVED the legion of dooms title win over the Godwinns in 97. One of the best moments in wwf history.

[@gorowlystomak3339]

The Godwinns and 'best moments in wwf history' don't belong in the same sentence pal.

[@CNYKnifeNut]

​@@gorowlystomak3339 They're not in the same sentence... Put away your joke shoehorn.

[@roccojamison89gooker51]

@@gorowlystomak3339 Better yet, saying the best moments of Dave Meltzer should be considered a grammatical error.

[@JustJulyo]

What a time to be alive! Living in 2023 reliving moment of 1999!

[@rickybobbyracing9106]

I mean, when 2023 is pretty mid, why not go back to a better time. For somethings anyway.

[@Collectingmythoughts]

That was my first ever nitro I ever went to I was at the Canada center that night The Goldberg Bret Hart segment was Awesome man very memorable I didn’t realize it at the time that this would be the last time that they would ever use the classic nitro set because of course the week after this nitro would get a complete overhaul not only nitro would get a new look but WCW would also get a new logo

[@JPD2587]

Ever since hearing Bishoff call it “a cars asshole” I can’t see it any other way.

[@sukanyacole1882]

Just a solid wcw show and soooo many open goals missed by wwf. Billy Gunn made to look 2nd rate, Test and Kane should’ve been unveiled as new dx members under xpacs leadership….hardcore match that made no sense….even years later when meanie became Kevin Owens, Goldie should’ve feuded with him in an “I’m your daddy” style angle

[@jasonmccrank4981]

Shhhh, you're disrupting the fuzzy "Omg Attitude Era!" memories.

[@chrisbelos2834]

watching that Bret promo gave me chills back then and it does now too ! and since i watched most of RTW, i now know that the "i quit" from bret is a throwback from when he did it to vince. and this leads into the heart foundation, bret heel run and it's all good vibes for me. sure, when i was 17 i didn't like heel bret but now that im older, i enjoy it very much bret is just the best

[@I_am_Kamelot]

You, my man, are my thursday night hero!

[@nathanbrame2574]

Ryan, absolutely love this channel and this content. Something I truly enjoy is having someone with a completely different perspective. I have never cared about the in ring action at all. The promos, entrances, and over the top stories are what kept my attention. I like hearing a different opinion.

[@sharmellkeane3924]

What shocks me Bigly in hindsight is how little Luger was used at this point. Sidenote, yea Jericho was being an absolute pr*ck in that match.

[@jamiewiesner135]

Bret Hart with the Smokey the Cat promo LOL

[@ikill4klondikebars]

"Smokey, MY CAT!" lol

[@jeremywilson6387]

Next week's episode is about the time that I officially went from watching Nitro live mainly and watching Raw on tape to the other way around. I was such a diehard WCW guy and the actually wrestling instead of WWF and their nonsense...but I got tired of the horribly stale WCW booking, DQ finish in every single big match and the same NWO stories every week...also helped lead to the end of me watching any wrestling. Between Vince buying and burying WCW and ECW closing up shop I was basically done with the business until this channel. Still don't care about modern day wrestling but man is this channel fun to watch the past!!

[@WoodrosWorld]

Im so stuck in this series.. im gonna be lost when its over.. love the content

[@jjbjjb273]

Kevin Nash said wm 15 was the turning point in the war and I think he was right

[@wadenorgaard9988]

Hide and seek champion had me rolling. 👌🏼

[@rdrouynriv]

Oh man X-Pac and Kane are about to have some great moments in WWF land.

[@KevinPayton-fq8gd]

Probably the most odd pairing of a tag team ever but it worked big time.

[@rdrouynriv]

@@KevinPayton-fq8gd Love the odd couple tag teams that end up having great chemistry. Booker T and Goldust, Al Snow and Steve Blackman, etc...

[@nathanwagner9895]

let it be known that this was a historic show because it was the first of 439 heel to face turns for the paul wight aka the big show...

[@OofmanRulz]

I was live at this Raw. What a great night.

[@danielfrongillo773]

I was not expecting a Rick and Morty reference but I'm here for it 😂😂😂 wonderful content as always!!!

[@SuperThegreatone23]

Even though this is the final episode of Nitro with the OG set, they're still some hidden gems throughout the rest of 1999 and even 2000 believe it or not.

[@press_x_tojason]

The 2001 shows are largely actually decent, and sure, there are the occasional 1999-2000 shows that are arguably worth watching. But it’s going to be a mostly barren wasteland for the next 20 months or so.

[@Wetwilly87]

“OMG!!! GOLDBERG!!!! WHY ME!!!! WHY ME!!!! WHHHYYYY MMEEEE!!!”

[@HabsMike25]

I remember going to this Nitro in Toronto. About an hour before Nitro started crowd at THE ACC Chanted We Want Bret! It was an ok Nitro nothing great. Crowd Loved Hogan but the highlight of Nitro was Bret Hart coming out. The ovation was defeaning! Funny part was WCW putting in piped chants of Goldberg when Goldberg came out as he was booed heavily by the Toronto crowd. I believe the Orginal plan was they wanted Bret to go heel in Toronto. Bret refused & Bischoff sided with Bret staying babyface in Canada

[@Insomniaaron]

It's Thursday night and you know what that means! Reliving the War is here once again! A post-Wrestlemania one no less. Hope it goes better than Wrestlemania 15 actually did.

[@nakamaswarrior292]

This would be the final Nitro to feature the classic set and logos.

[@srichardf]

The final Nitro with the og "WCW" logo as the following week we got the debut of the infamous "flying vagina" logo.

[@Drummer8282]

3:05 - don’t for get The Big Event at CNE stadium which drew 67,000 to see Hogan defeat Mr Wonderful years before WM6

[@chrisconway4906]

Its a feeling of culminating stories each and every week

[@NinjaTylerBlack]

blue camo rey jr is my goat him and kidman as tag champs made me a fan

[@DebitAdams]

Thanks for another upload to my favorite series on YT

[@carloshill]

Almost getting real close to the corporate ministry and the antics that happens with that cant wait to relive that again

[@ADAM_COLLECTS]

Chris Adams was still going in 99? HFS! I mean, his brother was an olympic judo champion, and he himself was British Judo champion…. goddamn legit shooter right there

[@cmpunk44901]

Yeah I mean he died in 2001

[@jackcarraway4707]

You can tell Bios is dreading getting to 2000 WCW lol

[@Randomnobody996]

Hey bro you give me something to look forward to on Thursdays. Keep doing what you’re doing!

[@jonathanf.1181]

Thank you for the great videos all year!

[@reallyretro]

The last appearance of Hawk and Animal in the WWE until 2003. What a sad ending here for them.

[@melasnexperience]

The WWE women's card at this time makes me appreciate the honesty of WCW - "We know you just want eye candy, so here are some dancers doing cool routines, eye candy that everyone can enjoy." That's better than whatever the hell was happening here or at WMXV.

[@Machete87]

WWF there was no WWE back den

[@markhalvorson9504]

The crowd during bret harts segment was loud af. One of the best moments from one of my favs.

[@BravePip]

Man, I love this series. They are the highlights of my week!

[@iamdb1990]

wasn't expecting this for another hour, hell yeah

[@iamdb1990]

RIP either show being nice... Nitro reaches 70

[@seannewberry7941]

You make my week better every time I see your uploads. Thank you!!

[@MR-RED428]

*me watching reliving the war for more* *Steve Mufuggin Blackman*

[@ernieb352]

This whole entire episode all I could think about was one thing, the N64 racing games catalog, after seeing that Bettle Adventure Racing promo it took me back to the days when I could either play a racing game with regular cars, or a jet ski, or planes, or go karts, point being I would be done with Raw and Nitro and decided to ruin my sleep schedule even more by sneaking in a couple of minutes of a great racing game.

[@Calinia_LiViN]

8:07 this is one of the things I look forward to when watching the wars

[@eveningstar4543]

I don't think I've ever seen Virgil/Vincent wrestle in a actual match in WcW 😄

[@press_x_tojason]

He’s in singles matches all the time on Thunder. They weren’t good enough for Thunder.

[@ericcook5745]

As much as I love these videos and can't get enough of them everyone we see is one step closer to the end😢

[@gerrygarvey6792]

Look forward to these every week

[@ianchadwick4218]

I look forward to listening to you every week and you have been a blessing in disguise! Cheers fella

[@Mrtfarrugia]

They had to crank the Goldberg chants loud through the sound system to drown out the boos. It makes you wonder what wcw was thinking putting Goldberg up against Bret Hart in Canada.

[@BortWard]

I missed the last 4 episodes and it's ridiculous how much has changed in WCW in one month. They're about to change even more next week. It's just chaos right now.

[@brandonlee3461]

Finally have caught up and get to wait every Thursday!

[@jeremywilson6387]

The waiting part is so hard trust me lol I caught up like a year ago and now every week I wait impatiently for Thurs and the ppv Sundays lol He does such a great job on this channel I swear.

[@AndrewL-d3l]

I loved the Xpac and Kane team back in the day. Glad to see they're finally getting together.

[@borobinson7005]

Them 2 guys behind Billy Gunn looked like prison COs inspecting his bunghole for contraband 🍩😹🤣🤣

[@ferox965]

Canadian here. Canada is Hogan and especially Hart country.

[@stevenmacaulay8807]

Fellow Canadian here, can confirm on both accounts.

[@mrrida503]

That Brett Hart segment was one of the best moments in wrestling in the late years of the 90's decade.. I still have that taped on my wrestling VHS archives

[@falloutghoul1]

I had Beetle Adventure Racing on N64! The multiplayer was mental, but it's a shame I couldn't play it more because I lacked a component to earn more levels.

[@TheVardon90]

Shamrock the MVP of this episode.Wins the match, takes a Bloodbath & finds Stephanie.

[@TheImapotato]

You gave us a Smiley Swerve with that Bret head popping in left during Road Dogg's promo

[@HarmonySword]

I did not see that until you said something lol. I seriously miss the shut up segments and hope he brings them back someday

[@TheImapotato]

@@HarmonySword It has evolved, no more inserts but the wiggle wiggle of it might happening

[@danielsikora9079]

For those wondering, I looked it up. It is 49 min from Greenwich CT to the meadowlands sports complex lol

[@motherwar_87]

1:41 Seems like Torrie is telling David Flair that she'll buy him Ninetendo 64 if he cleans behind his ears 🪥👂🏾☝🏾

[@louisvelez40]

Hogan getting that reaction in Toronto. As JR said almost three years later in his match with the Rock at Mania 18 that he has a lot of fans there. In that town where he lost to Warrior at Mania VI.

[@iainnicholls8537]

MEMORIES ..4 days after this raw .. i was at wwe live event at the telewest arena newcastle uk .on the coach there we were nearly at the arena i looked out from back of coach and owen hart was in passenger seat of the car behind ..we waved at him he waved back .so sad 6 week later he be gone ...😢

[@RXBSXBEY-hh8hn]

Xpac says that grass line on wwf attitude on ps1 and dreamcast

[@MrMavJet]

You might not know much about Mario, but I’m sure he had a harder time. First game alone he went through 8 castles and then the rest of the games repeat the process lol. I know it’s just a joke but I had to. Love the videos man, I can only hope you gain all the success you deserve 🤘

[@BigLee1901]

34:06 I wanted to see that encounter between Rock and Shamrock, I can just picture it

[@daysgonesequel]

I love the float over ddt by the rock, I don't think he did it enough throughout his career.

[@NYGiantsfan1029]

This was the first raw I went and saw live. I had a great time that night

[@SuperSonicShadow27]

I cannot wait for the day we get to CEO 3:16. Easily my favorite moment in this botched Higher Power angle

[@HarmonySword]

I love Gangrel's power slam. It's one of my comfort moves

[@matthunterman1]

My favorite version of the intro is the one where ddp hits the diamond cutter and the lightning bolts shoot out

[@woobgamer5210]

1 month until we check into the SmackDown hotel for the first time ever

[@stsolomon618]

Love this channel!

[@TCMarik7]

Goodbye WCW Monday Nitro set from September 11th 1995 to March 29th 1999. You were the glory days for the company. Now we just have to adjust to the new set and look, honestly not going to get used to it though.

[@jerrymarshall5965]

The editing on intro song timing kidman’s flip with the “yeah” from the song is 🔥

[@phreakzilla8514]

I look forward to these every week, but it makes me sad that we are closing in on Over the Edge and Owen’s last appearance.