Raw vs Nitro "Reliving The War": Episode 20 - Jan 29th 1996

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Reliving The War continues! In this series, we look at the Raw vs Nitro TV battle that took place during the mid 90s to early 2000s. WCW Monday Nitro took on WWF Monday Night Raw for TV ratings supremacy as WCW executive producer Eric Bischoff made some bold moves to become the number 1 wrestling company in the United States. With WWF Raw on the USA network and WCW Nitro airing on TNT, fans had to choose which show to watch... and this time period within wrestling was known as "The Monday Night War".
Its 1.29.96, the WWF are showing taped matches while Nitro, as always, is live. WCW just wrapped up their Clash of the Champions special on TBS while the WWF have been building towards In Your House 6 and WrestleMania XII. Superstars included in this episode of Reliving The War include Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, Hulk Hogan, The Giant, Ric Flair, Diesel and many more.
00:00 - Clash of the Champions Results
03:54 - Ric Flair vs Hulk Hogan
08:30 - Big Daddy Cool Diesel in Action
10:33 - Dok Hendrix on Raw, The Road Warriors on Nitro
16:05 - The Godwinns vs The Bodydonnas
17:16 - Dungeon of Doom / Horsemen Promo
18:51 - The WWF announce a new President / Sherri vs Madusa
21:03 - The Main Events
#WWE #WCWNitro #Wrestling

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its jan 96 now. going to be a while before any of that happens

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angus the cat nope, Scott Hall shows up in wcw in less than 6 months. That’s the start of the wrestlers who made the connection with the fans running the stories. That’s why wrestling was the very best it’s ever been from when he and Kev join wcw. They made the nWo, not Hogan.

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Miss Elizabeth was a real beauty. RIP

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The Doomsday Device is still one of the greatest finishers

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Ric Flair winning while wearing his red trunks? That's an historic moment!

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Yeah really. Didn't happen often.

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Which trunks did he wear when he usually lost or won

[@ironman2326]

@@mikemccoy5092 Usually light blue when he won, red when he lost. Not all the time, but quite often.

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Getting a match ready with Hogan must’ve been like playing a game with THAT friend that always changed the rules

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[@marcuscicero5033]

I can't believe how little they were using Austin (The Ringmaster) at this time.

[@brandonpage7087]

Yeah, at this time, Vince had absolutely zero plans to push Austin. It's only after Austin himself, created the Stone Cold character, & then blurted out his famous Austin 3:16 speech, that Vince began to consider pushing him. Even then, there was still lots of hesitation from Vince, but he couldn't ignore the reaction Austin was getting from the crowd.

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@@brandonpage7087 It's a misconception that as soon as he said his Austin 3:16 line people were going bananas with signs etc.; it took a while after that to really get the momentum building. Up to September he was still facing the likes of Marc Mero and Savio Vega on RAW, with a little boost in fanfare, but not much. The Stone Cold Stunner started to get good reactions by that point though.

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Yeah, you make a good point. Also, his feud with Bret Hart & their epic Wrestlemania 13 match, also helped him gain major fan support. By Wrestlemania 14, he was in the main event with Shawn Micheals, & that's when the torch was passed to him, though Shawn didn't want to pass him the torch. Also, his IC title matches with the Rock, helped raise his profile, as well.

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Nobody took more chokeslams from the Giant than The Madness.

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Yokozuna, for as large as he got, was quite athletic and nimble. Just getting airborne for a leg drop is amazing at his size. RIP

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96 was survival mode for both WWF & WCW. LET THE FIGHT BEGIN!!

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It's a shame Vince didnt learn from this promo, you know since he put NXT up against AEW to hurt the company

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LOL I thought exactly the same thing. How things change in 25'ish years. :)

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And SmackDown! up against Thunder back in the day iirc.

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The over the top rope rule was only enforced when they felt like it. Then after some time they just stopped.

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It was a Bill Watts’ rule. He rescinded that rule also due to negative reactions.

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Great episode and I was at that Superbrawl PPV in St Petersburg as it fell on my birthday. Such a great time at my first and only WCW PPV

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They did away with the top rope DQ back in the early to mid 90s when Bill Watts left WCW

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Mankind's first WWF promo! I member watching this.

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