Raw vs Nitro "Reliving The War": Episode 24 - March 11th 1996

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It's Raw vs Nitro from 3.11.1996 !
We are now months into the Monday Night War as WCW Nitro on TNT takes on WWF Monday Night Raw on the USA Network. WrestleMania XII and Uncensored 96 are coming up soon, and both companies use these shows to add a little hype to the upcoming pay per views. We find out that WCW Uncensored will feature a "Doomsday Cage Match" where The Mega Powers will take on Ric Flair, Lex Luger, Kevin Sullivan and Arn Anderson. More heels would get added on next week's show but for now, it's a 4 on 2 match. Over on Raw, we get a chance to see Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels training for their upcoming 60 minute Iron Man Match at WrestleMania.
Superstars we see in this week's episode include Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Giant, Roddy Piper, Hunter Hearst Helmsley, The Road Warriors, The Undertaker, and we also see the return of one of the very best tag teams in the world!
00:00 - Raw and Nitro's opening matches
06:13 - The Return of one of wrestling's greatest tag teams
09:21 - Roddy Piper confronts Goldust
11:33 - Lex Luger vs Alex Wright
14:10 - The Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels Training Videos
16:22 - HHH in action
17:48 - The main events
23:55 - Final Scores
#WCW #WWE #Wrestling

[@markjonovitch1093]

Bret found a tough Mexican wrestler years later in WCW when he was ready to go toe to to with El Dandy, who was a real jam up guy.

[@Mightyyy8]

Who are you to doubt El dandy?

[@only1icon1801]

Can't believe I missed out on that reference 🤣🤣🤣 brilliant comment

[@davewah85]

A high flyer of the highest magnitude.

[@captainn2094]

Well I guess El Dandy isn’t any good!🤨 What about Hypnosis?!?!

[@stephenblake8070]

El dandy is a great wrestler and a jam up guy

[@UKProgRock]

'a good match letdown by the finish' - that's pretty much WCW's mantra

[@jaxsquier]

But it's still better than what AEW AND WWE ARE PUTTING ON

[@derekazyan9942]

Why were their finishes always a DQ? Was beyond moronic.

[@ThisIsNotYourFriend]

Agreed. As a kid it used to piss me off so much, whenever a heel was involved you knew there'd be run ins and fuckery afoot.

[@nikiardo]

​@@jaxsquier I don't know about that. In my opinion both WWE and AEW have put on some amazing matches in the last years.

[@BlackburnBigdragon]

I will never understand how someone looked at Brutus Beefcake and said, "The Bootyman!" and thought that it was a good idea.

[@BlackburnBigdragon]

@moon dawg "The Barber" was dumb enough. My god. How much lower can that bar be dropped?

[@allenmynatt9571]

@moon dawg no

[@BlackburnBigdragon]

@moon dawg The Butcher, The Man with No Name, The Disciple, The Zodiac. God.. they had no damn clue what to do with him, did they?

[@brandonpage7087]

Yes, BlackburnBigDragon, the Booty Man still remains the worst wrestling gimmick ever!! Sounds like a gimmick a 5 year old would've thought of, followed by lots of snickering, lol!

[@Richterdgf]

Eh, as long as Hulk Hogan had a job in pro wrestling, so did Ed Leslie.

[@olbloodngut4039]

We're getting closer to Scott Hall and Kevin Nash's WCW debut.

[@deejaysyn420]

Can't wait either

[@RichSmithson]

Yeah Mean Gene said a few weeks prior that 2 big stars were heading to WCW when he was promoting the WCW hot line.

[@ericthomas917]

Mean Gene was the internet back then

[@Jimmy_Hopkins15]

Yes may 1996

[@aaronexplicable2111]

@M MM isn't it great how opinions work?

[@Toast960]

Now that we're in March '96, it just feels like counting down until Hall and Nash make the jump.

[@chrisjamesr77]

I just looked it up myself, I didn't know it, but Eddie Guerrero was actually splitting time between WCW and New Japan around this time, that's why we're not seeing him on Nitro all that often. He was the second "Black Tiger" in NJPW.

[@cld244]

I'm surprised you didn't put Austin in the thumbnail. This was his first time as Stone Cold, which is huge.

[@RichSmithson]

Actually 2 or 3 weeks prior Vince on commentary referred to Austin as "Stone Cold" and Austin even did his infamous pissed off stare down at the camera. It was the February 19th 1996 episode of Raw in a match with Marty Jannetty it happened.

[@davidhouston5866]

When you see hbk trying to hit a bag you can see why he's never won a real fight lol

[@mentalphilanthropist35]

Have you seen how fast he can run though?

[@thewoodchipperr]

The training montages would definitely be in Bret's favor in this era

[@tomcruiiseship9461]

True. He wasnt a ufc guy. Wwf guy

[@tomcruiiseship9461]

@@mentalphilanthropist35 can't run when your stuck in a car that isn't moving lmao

[@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick]

And his worked punches look absolutely pathetic too.

[@chadhoganlive]

So many firsts on this episode of RAW. First time we see "Stone Cold" gimmick, first time Rock wrestles a dark match, first time we see Mark Henry! 3 legends in the first 20 minutes!

[@raphaelmorrata8905]

Can t believe the Rock lost a match against Body Donnas Skip

[@kingrama2727]

Who’s SCSA and the Rock but who’s the 3rd?

[@chadhoganlive]

@@kingrama2727 damn Henry be gettin a ton of heat today ladies and gentleman. I still consider him a legend!

[@adamjohn2795]

@@raphaelmorrata8905 don’t disrespect Chris Candido like that lol

[@DrDoomBloom]

Scotty Steiner’s physique was on point back then...a real shame he wouldn’t stop there

[@HabsMike25]

I think he had the right body in 1990/91. After his injury in 91 then he got bigger which wasn't needed. He had innovative moves then especially the Frankensteiner

[@RichSmithson]

@Luke Bishop Speaking of Roids, look at the Roid gut on Road Warrior Animal.

[@PhenomsServant4]

Just watch Nitro over the course of 97 you could see his arms get bigger and bigger. It got really gross

[@only1icon1801]

Can tell watching Hogan over and over again is starting to grate on you now 😂😂 Great upload as always WB

[@only1icon1801]

@@planescaped even at the time it was unbearable

[@alexmarquez9639]

I'm damn ready for this series to progress into the NWO and Steve Austin wrestling was so stagnant at this point in the 90s.

[@midwestmind691]

The Rock, Mark Henry and "Stone Cold" persona all premiered on the same show? The war is going to start heating up

[@boabdownunder]

Hugely historic night for the fed!

[@jabroni_z2686]

Technically The Rock didn’t debut on raw yet, it was just a dark match and he was Rocky Maiva at the time.

[@RichSmithson]

In a way the "stone cold" persona was born the February 19th 1996 episode of Raw when Austin had a match with Marty Jannety. During his entrance he gets in the ring and does his infamous stare down at the camera while looking pissed off. Vince McMahon remarks during the match that Austin is "Stone Cold"

[@robbiesilverwolf]

Mark Henry is still years off of being good he is going to disappear from tv for years before coming back

[@GAURAV25855ify]

@@jabroni_z2686 he debuted at 96 Survivor series at Madison square Garden. at that six man elimination match. Mark Henry and Stone cold Steve Austin both men debuted on Raw.

[@raoulk35]

Now i'll be late for work lol

[@mikecooke7876]

Steiner's reliving debut Scott was so good then

[@AlexThorn]

It's so wild how 6 years can make a difference... In 1990 the WWF crowd would have lost it seeing Hogan, Savage & Brutus Together...

[@guacamole9199]

Farout at the end as soon as "where is Eddie Guerrero" was said I thought, yeah fair enough we haven't seen him for a few weeks now and during that time RAW has managed to close the gap to just 1 point, coincidence... I think not!! R.I.P. Eddie Guerrero

[@TheNightmareFish]

I love how Dustin made his own legacy rather than riding on his fathers coat tails.

[@JofoInTheRing]

yuuup, very underrated

[@carybeweary7209]

Poor Ted Dibiase Jr Dumbass WWE tried so hard to make him Million Dollar Man 2.0 It was terrible Ruined a promising career

[@carybeweary7209]

True In WCW for a time he was called the New American Dream though

[@Maverick_682]

It's pretty well known that he initially hated the Goldust gimmick and was very uncomfortable with it. Later on he made it his own but originally he thought it was a terrible idea. It's also rumored that it was punishment(like the polka-dots) from McMahon for being Dusty's son.

[@CurlyFromTheSwirly]

​@@Maverick_682 Can't blame him 😂 Totally not the best gimmick

[@aouriel]

I like the closeup of Mongo's dog in the ridiculous costumes.

[@slanderman3296]

I dont think I've ever seen AUSTIN wear those white star boots. Glitch or mandelaessing with me

[@KEWLV1C]

He wore those quite often before permanently settling on the black boots.

[@slanderman3296]

@@raidernation7427 ah thanks for the knowledge. My 10 year old mind from back then musta just blocked that little detail out. I can see the Hollywood blonds in my mind now that you say that. Thanks again :)

[@JeromeDoyle]

Jim duggan legit looked excellent here though.

[@nachiketdaithankar4405]

Yay! We're getting to the interesting part of the war now. Like the 9th episode of a Netflix show or 9th episode of any GOT season😎

[@bigbaddawg101]

That WCW Doomsday Cage Match is one of the few wrestling events I remember seeing as a kid.

[@guacamole9199]

Damn Road Warriors vs Steiner Brothers what a dream tag match!!

[@diesel101raw]

Road Warriors & Steiner Brothers the 2 Greatest Tag Teams of all Time

[@metalgreymon3385]

Love this series

[@timbartschwolfman]

Same

[@kamenanew9867]

I love that you always make sure to show the nitro dog, he's the best lol. All these years and I've only found one place, a Tumblr blog, that has a bunch of pics of each lil outfit. Makes me smile.

[@strifenineteen]

It's a cute doggo and the goodest of boys, but did they ever explain why it was there? Like why was Mongo just holding a dog?

[@canuckj8382]

Bret said it was difficult to run with any kind of speed in Calgary in February, he looked old because he was trying not to slip

[@olivierroy5540]

I can relate, I live in Edmonton and have run in similar conditions.

[@derekazyan9942]

I slipped on black ice a week ago. Didn’t feel good 💀

[@CurlyFromTheSwirly]

​@@derekazyan9942 I slipped on ice a week ago and it was fun

[@DrDoomBloom]

Haha thankfully Bret would acknowledge luchador wrestlers properly with his El Dandy promo

[@viciousdavey6872]

Yes, I've been waiting all week for this! This is gonna be a good Thursday evening

[@chperezjr]

Scott Steiner was a hell of an athlete in his early days. BTW Ed Leslie is one of the biggest carpoolers in wrestling history lol.

[@Thor-Orion]

Rick was no slouch either. I like them both.

[@chperezjr]

@@Thor-Orion of course the thing is that after so long you kinda forget about how athletic Scott was before he became an steroid freak

[@Thor-Orion]

Carlos Perez he was definitely juicing during this time period as well, he just hadn’t gone off the deep end with it. He was naturally big and stocky, but look at him in the mid 80’s vs him in this time period. Then do the same for Rick. Rick was basically the same and Scott, although not nearly as crazy juiced up as he would become was still definitely on the sauce at this point.

[@Mrtfarrugia]

The lumberjack strap match shows us what a hybrid Regal's "Blueblood" and "Man's man" gimmicks would look like.

[@HPKazan]

15:09 Is Bret doubting El Dandy here ? What!? Little he knew a couple years later he would be praising the highest of magnitudes of good ol’ El Dandy.

[@trustobey1016]

rotfl

[@lastfewtokes]

Can someone enlighten me on the reference? Lol

[@lastfewtokes]

HPKazan You’re the man.

[@HPKazan]

@@lastfewtokes LOL. Not as much as El Dandy

[@lastfewtokes]

HPKazan God Bret Hart was so under appreciated. I love that SOB

[@danielcraig6615]

What if you added a tie breaker where the you pick a winner base on each shows best segment vs each other. For example the Steiner/Warrior Match vs one of the WWF winning segments. Bc the Steiner/warrior march was the best segment out of all of them.

[@cymandeh]

when scott took his jacket off i was like "WHAT IN THEE WORLD"

[@generalkhan5569]

I been waiting on this all morning

[@jakillilea1]

Loving the series pal. From one Irish fanatic (particularly Golden-Attitude era) to another, great job!

[@LuchadorMasque]

Man I needed this. Please finish this series.

[@AlanNadeauIII]

When I watched Pulse (James Darnell)'s playthrough of the WWE 2K14 30 Years of Wrestlemania mode, and he got to the Michaels-Hart match, it was so cool seeing these training vids included. The Michaels one honestly makes him look like he's training for American Ninja Warrior, or back then Sauske (Ninja Warrior in Japan) since ANW wasn't a thing yet.

[@calvuswom8603]

Nothing gives me faster a smile in my face than a new video from Wrestling Bios

[@yuorbuddy]

God help that poor woman lmao again. I think you should just keep going reviewing wrestling shows. No matter which brand it is. Best commentary by far. Awesome work my friend.

[@patrickschulz9936]

Another great review. Thanks for your time and work here. I enjoy the episodes.

[@WrestlingBios]

You're welcome Patrick!

[@michaeljohn8056]

I get so excited when I see new uploads. Great job

[@songkongphooey]

Love the channel man. Especially these "Reliving the War" segments. Brings back a lot of memories.....anyway, big fan. Keep up the good work!

[@LuchadorMasque]

Scott Steiner almost looks human here

[@ruuuuudiii]

A hell of a week. Rock's debut (dark) match, Austin's Stone Cold debut, and first TV appearance for Henry, while the Steiners and Road Warriors fight for the first time in ages.

[@VERDICTInsanity]

Is Savio Vega one of the most underrated wrestlers of all time? He shows up so much and usually has a great match

[@raphaelmorrata8905]

I loved his spinning kick

[@dwaynegreene152]

I love not remembering what happened. And i love this channel!

[@sandojones5903]

Thanks for making these i kinda started to miss a lot of this when I was younger. Didn't start watching again until the attitude era was well into its glory days. I do remember that stupid dog on WCW.

[@depression8841]

And then that bastard Hogan won that Doomsday Cage Match as well

[@FinkDial666]

Just caught up with the last four weeks of these. Great content!

[@Ragan31687]

This series is going to be going for a long time and I love it!

[@tranquilo6897]

I was at these RAW tapings. I feel super old now.

[@eddieelite3310]

Ive been waiting all day! 🙌

[@Conigs05]

Yesssssss. Been waiting for this. Keep up the great work man!!

[@4foot2]

Another great show. Thank you

[@jamesburns248]

I remember those Iron Man Wrestlemania hype segments like they were yesterday!

[@markwakefield1574]

Only recently found this channel and this playlist, binge watched it all and up to date. Great vids, hope this continues all the way until Vince buys wcw 👌👌

[@kennygurries4250]

Thank you for giving Thursdays a reason to exist

[@shawnmcconnell3851]

Your videos make me so happy

[@chindub6563]

Another amazing video keep up the amazing work bro much love from south Carolina been here since episode 1

[@robertbagley6412]

I wait for this show every week 💪🏿

[@chanevazquez3046]

I love this host! He makes every episode awesome!👍

[@JofoInTheRing]

this was a great Week! so many memorable moments!

[@MrSabachtani]

I actually liked the Bret Hart Package. It somehow reminds me of the Rocky 3 (?) Montages, where Drago gets the best equipment possible for his Training Montage, while Rocky chops wood and uses Pig meat as punching bags. I like the fact, that Bret is somewhat portrayed as the underdog, just Like Rocky.

[@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick]

Although, you’ve gotta admit that it’s a little ass-backwards for your World Heavyweight Champion to be framed like the underdog, and for your challenger to be the pampered prizefighter.

[@stonewallkotdm]

I would've actually given Giant vs Duggan and Wright vs Luger the points here, but that's just my opinion.

[@StevenCavanaugh]

Yep. Raw is only getting some of those points because we live in the future and know what's going to happen.

[@T-Bag13]

Herald to adventure, great music and really set the mood.

[@2000guineas]

Keep these coming

[@timbartschwolfman]

I love this time of the week

[@dford192]

There are ways to make people feel uncomfortable without throwing around terms that help lend credibility to negative stereotypes. It's not just that the segment "wouldn't fly now", it's that it was (from what you describe) actively offensive and worse still, intentionally so.

[@dmpunk4662]

Kimberly Paige was hot as hell.

[@marcuscicero5033]

The Rock & Stone Cold (not the Ringmaster) both made their debuts on the same show? Wow!! That's why I watch this channel

[@zacharythomason7359]

Pretty surprised🤔🤔🤔

[@Z_hri]

well with that logic the rock didn’t really debut

[@ehinomeokojie5747]

​@@Z_hri You are correct The Rock didn't debut but Rocky Maivia did.

[@ifgwelf]

The image of Beautiful Bobby Eaton in a lumberjack shirt whipping Hogan is great

[@kishore16966]

Wow was waiting for this week's relieving the war series..

[@18mofako]

that lumberjack match though xD i forgot how totally out of control it was lol. This is great. I love watching these weekly videos.. but I like to wait till im like 2 episodes behind to watch them...that way i can watch two episodes back to back xD

[@PhillipTracey]

Click on video, immediately hits the thumbs up and then sits down to enjoy this weeks episode!

[@ManiaxOnYTZeus]

"Where is Eddie Guerrero?" He'll be back by Uncensored

[@marklong7588]

Love this show!

[@godssasquatch]

Thank you so much for this channel. As a funny side note, I feel this should have been a tie this week. Not only should nitro get a point for the segment but raw should have had one point taken away for the donkey kicks. Lol

[@skinlab4239]

He didn't smack the wig off. Came off when gold dust faked the fall.

[@PlayStopRewindFilms]

I'm 31 now and I've been watching pro wrestling since I was 3. I have small sections of memory of my younger days. I remember Hulk Hogan in WCW in the Yellow and red. But I really retain all my memories of when Austin drops the ringmaster gimmick. Me and my family were huge on the Million dollar man and loved Austin when he got brought in

[@chrishollister80]

Uncensored 96 would be the last PPV with a pre nwo Hogan. And god is it the absolute worst.

[@mikemccoy5092]

Road warriors vs Steiner's should have been pay per view money match

[@McPoshSquatch]

I remember both of these shows, Raw because of the Piper/Goldust promo and the HBK/Hitman training videos. And Nitro because of the returning Steiner's vs. Road Warriors match. I remember being intrigued by the Doomsday Steel Cage concept. Little did we know it'd end up being a complete joke!

[@pollard068]

We use to feel so cheated in the late 80's, rarely seeing Hogan in a match on TV. This series recap, clearly shows, we didn't need it after all.

[@ClassicKrusty]

Alex Wright was a gifted wrestler with a great look. shame his nationality seemed to hold him back in the US

[@NaZtRdAmUs]

That Steiner V LoD match is top tier.

[@robbiesilverwolf]

Savio helped Austin get over with their strap match at in your house beware of dog

[@LuchadorMasque]

10:00 nobody will EVER nail such an "unnatural" (in terms of their personal demeanor) gimmick like rhodes did gold dust . . . Ever. More young guys would have gimmicks that "work" if they put that kind of effort into it. Dudes a legend.

[@MyPisceanNature]

Kinda weird seeing Scott Steiner before he was so big he couldn't move, again.

[@bcal8118]

That time of the week!!

[@MrJuggalo909]

Despite all the hate. Michael's and Hart put on nothing but classic matches. You have to at least trust who you work with in this business. They didn't even like each other.

[@mattdunfee3527]

You forgot to mention that not too long before they returned, the Steiners showed up in ECW to team up with Tazz

[@roryslaine7896]

Seeing Austin wearing those white boots is weird af 😂

[@lukebaer5128]

I think it's amazing that Ed Leslie came back after that boating accidentally. I just seen that he had something like 100 staples when that happened. I hate his characters but he is tough man. Messed up his face and all that but you can't tell (I can't anyways)

[@dr.snakes]

100 staples. One staple for each gimmick.

[@gen-x-dad]

Marlena was so hot. Road Warriors/Steiners or a Godwinns Squash match? let me think on that. I actually enjoyed the chaos of the WWF main event, and the WCW as well (except for Hogan), the fans cheering for Flair over Hogan was hilarious. I prefered Luger/Wright, so for me the score was 2-2, but the main event should be the tie-breaker so I give the night to WWF

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

LMAO...you think HHH was ever gonna allow A JOBBER some offense? He couldn't bury that guy fast enough!

[@aspectra]

I can't believe that so many wrestlers put up with taking the Pedigree that way for so long. Nowadays, HHH releases the arms mid-move, because keeping his opponent's arms locked all the way down doesn't protect you at all. Face, chest, abs, privates, all exposed and no means of protecting against the bump.

[@LetsPlayWithNapoleon]

The upcoming nitro episodes from May the bar was rising though nobody at the time knew. Raw will struggle May to July.

[@E_l_l_i_e]

Raw has been struggling since the war started.

[@Morbos1000]

Agree with "God help that poor woman!". I mean, Ed Leslie has eyes for only one person, the one he's spent decades "hangin and bangin" with!

[@anotheratheist]

The Bret vs. Michaels-Training Montage reminds me of Rocky vs. Drago-Montage, where Rocky has to train under less fancy conditions than Drago.