Raw vs Nitro "Reliving The War": Episode 29 - April 22nd 1996

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WCW Monday Nitro and WWF Monday Night Raw went head to head on 4.22.1996 in a battle for ratings supremacy. Nitro aired live on TNT while Raw was pre-taped, airing on the USA Network. It's time to look at another action packed night of the Monday Night Wars!
The WWF are days away from "In Your House: Good Friends, Better Enemies" where Big Daddy Cool Diesel tries to win the WWF Championship from Shawn Michaels. This episode of Raw features the finaly hype for IYH along with the promised Goldust vs Savio Vega Intercontinental title match. Over on Monday Nitro, a special tag team match takes place where the Tag Titles, the TV Title and the World Heavyweight Championship are all on the line. Ric Flair and The Giant team up to face Sting and Lex Luger in the Nitro main event.
This episode of Reliving The War features coverage of all matches and promos that aired on the 4.22.96 episodes of Raw and Nitro.
00:00 - The Goldust vs Savio Vega rematch
04:44 - Tag Team action on Nitro
07:56 - Vader, Fatu, Benoit and Guerrero in action
11:17 - Yoshihiro Tajira on Raw
14:12 - Jim Duggan vs Meng
16:13 - This week's main events
- Much more!
#WCWNitro #WWF #Wrestling

[@JeromeDoyle]

"this is a high-stakes wcw main event so you know it will end in disqualification" no truer words have ever been spoken.

[@ricstormwolf]

I was thinking the same thing. It's how wrestling works.

[@AithlynC]

@@ricstormwolf To be fair, there's a difference between using a trope to good effect, overusing it a bit and becoming entirely predictable.

[@HillValley85]

"Slamboree would be held on May 19th." *Kane sits up from his slumber*

[@mephosto]

if nothing else, this series has given me a deeper appreciation for savio vega. when i was younger, i didn't think much of him, but man what a work horse.

[@teksnotdead902]

I remember liking him enough...but its also funny listening to later interviews with people like Bret Hart who mention Vega by name as good to work with. Its just not a name i often expect to get thrown around 15 years later.

[@patrickschulz9936]

I always liked Savio Vega. I think he was a bit underrated. He seemed to work hard for the company and showed some good moves in the ring. The were much worse wrestlers at that time in WWE.

[@jeriahm]

He was always a good wrestler but his name is always tarnished to me because of the bruiser broody murder that he might've helped cover up.

[@grammysworld5449]

I always liked him.. mainly because of his kicks.. I can't remember a single Vega promo though lol

[@slanderman3296]

I've been saying that too. He deserves a video bro, hes STILL ALIVE. AUSTIN VS SAVIO 2021

[@BurgerSliderMan]

"This is a high stakes Nitro main event, so you *know* it will end in disqualification" LMAO

[@nathaneddings4678]

This is my absolute favorite series on KZbin. Being a 16 year old in 96 this brings me back to the good old days. Thanks for your commitment and consistency each and every week!

[@WrestlingBios]

Cheers Nathan!

[@Whatsviral247sports]

Totally agree I haven’t been this committed to a series like this in my whole life

[@robertcliffjr9339]

I agree, I'm loving the chance to relive my childhood

[@Whatsviral247sports]

@@robertcliffjr9339 I never got to watch the old wwf wcw so this is all new to me I started watching in 2006 so this is like so cool to me I wish wrestling was still like this

[@robertcliffjr9339]

@@Whatsviral247sports I'm glad you're getting to experience this. I've got two questions: 1) What wrestler became your favorite when you started watching in '06, and 2) Who has peaked your interest in this reliving the war series? I love wrestling and I could talk about it all day, and it makes me happy to hear from someone who gets to see it for the first time. Hope you and yours are staying safe.

[@martinhenderson1359]

“The Ultimate Warrior is going to bust holes and making people squeal like a pig.” In the immortal word of Ron Simmons......”Damn!”

[@EssexAggiegrad2011]

"Queering doesn't make the world work" - Ultimate Warrior

[@Reedinho]

A Tupac reference is the pleasant surprise I didn't know I needed.

[@gregoryjohnson9733]

Not much longer till....................

[@GAURAV25855ify]

Love to go back to the 90’s especially 1996 till 1999

[@061romell]

@@gregoryjohnson9733 c'mon man lol he's alive in cuba 😩😂

[@RaytheGrayt]

Rest in peace 2Pac 😞😖

[@1983jcheat]

Savio was the only Puerto Rican WWF had for years. We appreciated the representation at the time & he could work his ass off. Respect to Tio Savio.

[@extremeking425]

um ok?

[@joiekelly3141]

Was it pretty well known he was Kwang? Always wish they did more with the character.

[@oldironsides4107]

He was lying about being Puerto Rican. He said he lied about being Puerto Rican because. 1. They have nothing to be proud of. And 2. They fool easily and believe anything. Then went on a 10 minute story about Puerto Rico. He said he loves to visit as you can steal from the people and they are cowards so you don’t have to worry about them standing up for themselves And how he would smash and ruin the locals food carts or cars. Or just whatever He describes dumping a lm outhouse In these peoples house to just ruin there home. Bizzare interview with him. You must feel like a real jerkoff I would imagine. God bless you friend

[@kamenanew9867]

​@@oldironsides4107 dude chill what interview are you crying about even

[@Kas58223]

Ah the Thursday evenings with reliving the war simply awesome

[@MYBB90]

Goldust vs Sting is a match i didnt know I wanted

[@c88wayne3]

"He goes for sweet chin music, but decided to punch ming in the face instead." ☠️

[@theonewhowokeup9987]

Flair's bumps and selling abilities are gold.

[@TheAaronetic]

"THAT Tim Patterson. Just kidding, I have no idea who this is." ROFL

[@olbloodngut4039]

Thats crazy. I didn't know Tajiri was a jobber in 96.

[@racewiththefalcons1]

Amazing how Flair is the oldest guy in the company and wrestles every single week. Definitely the workhorse of the war thus far.

[@mikem10481]

"Look at this Absolute Legend!" No truer words spoken.

[@bealgates8594]

The fact you mention Tupac... you’re an All Star 💫

[@JRock-xv3sk]

I have never been happier than I am that KZbin recommended this series for me. Its great reliving my teenage rasslin years. Great work. Can't wait for the next episode

[@robbiesilverwolf]

I recommend that people go check out that Diesel and Shawn Michaels match at in your house. It’s a great match

[@teddysmith8937]

Math of the year for 1996 in my opinion

[@newaceoftheuniverse5948]

@@teddysmith8937 1996 match of the year is Shawn Vs bret at wm 12

[@wulver810]

@@newaceoftheuniverse5948 wow, how quickly you all forgot about the Doomsday Cage Match at Uncensored...

[@newdelhiman3083]

@@wulver810 Truly a Wrestling Classic

[@tehZoni]

Best time of the day!

[@timbartschwolfman]

You know it

[@tehZoni]

@@timbartschwolfman woo woo woo

[@Marc_Masters]

How appropriate is the thumbnail especially while sting is back

[@Renwoxing13]

The Vader-sault is absolutely amazing. It is hard to believe that such a "top heavy" guy like Vader can actually pull it off!

[@dickmarx1298]

It's an amazing sight.

[@user-ns7tv2li1u]

If you find his japan matches you wont believe how much skilled was Vader...WWF had to abandon some moves for injury care...ask HBK for that...

[@Waka69520]

I cannot wait til you get to the attitude era

[@dreadkalibur1613]

Ahhh!!! Two Stings on TNT in one week.

[@jknight1984]

Well you should see the Sting Army video then. Good times 😁

[@MrBeardsley]

“This is a high-stakes Nitro main event, so you know it will end in disqualification.” Truer words were never spoken.

[@damightybenstein]

10:54 At least Bischoff never referred to a drop kick as a, "flying leg kick".

[@jackspence6061]

Arm drag or Reverse slam takedown?

[@fitness65]

Love this series soo much I always thought that savio Vega in 1996 was very underatted he always had his working boots on loved his matches against Owen Hart.

[@brandongonzalez7672]

Watching these episodes makes me appreciate vega as a worker

[@joekarate9424]

RIP Chris and Eddie 🙏

[@ciannolan9713]

I know it's a bit late in the series to point this out but the intro song is the perfect representation of the attitude a lot of people had in the late 90's and early 00's

[@oldironsides4107]

It’s bothering every episode Wherebisbthis song from?

[@Hisdudeness9500]

@@oldironsides4107 Across the Nation by Union Underground. Used to be the Raw intro theme.

[@ralfihl3142]

The moment you are from Germany and read "Das Kliq Kamera" and think to yourself "That doesn't even make any sense." 😂😂

[@GoddesseyCreations]

What does it mean?😳

[@adrismalik7673]

Mr Thursday Night -Wrestling Bios

[@WrestlingBios]

I like it!

[@nathanwagner9895]

DEAR WRESTLING BIOS, DUGGAN SITTING THERE WITH HIS TOUNGE OUT IN THAT HOLD, NEEDS TO BE A MEME..... PLEASE MAKE ONE AND POST IT FOR US

[@xcanarsiex]

stop being lazy and do it yourself.

[@nathanwagner9895]

Um im not lazy, however hes a content creator who i enjoy following so i believe that he would make something hilarious pertaining to this weekly series.

[@xcanarsiex]

@@nathanwagner9895 no youre just too lazy to screenshot the pic and think of something creative, instead wishing for someone to spoon fed it to you.

[@troywright359]

@@xcanarsiex he knows WB would do it justice, why should Nathan destroy a good meme before it starts

[@TheoAndHisPedals]

I swear your upload shedule is top notch. It's never too long before we can get our fix. Thank you!

[@kylemurray3526]

It’s amazing to relive this time period. As you mentioned, WCW was really floundering right before the Outsiders/nWo angle debuted. Even though I was watching at the time, years later I still thought they just dominated in ‘96 entirely. If the angle never came to be, it’s interesting to think about where WCW would have gone story wise. Probably just more Hogan, brother.

[@Robman0908]

It still ended up being more Hogan...but at least it was fresh and different.

[@Rockhard7191]

Great call on the 2pac sign man, this had to be the funniest episode of the series😂😂😂👍🏽

[@slanderman3296]

Wonder if big daddy cool is a play on rapper big daddy kane?. "Warm it up cool, warm it up"

[@psuley1977]

In about 6 months, when fake Diesel is played by Kane, I hope the nicname catches on

[@Robman0908]

If you think about it...In a round about way, “diesel” did end up going after Vince. Just not with the WWF. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@kevinconn]

4 more episodes until history is made 😱 “Hey yo...”

[@SiReTV8929]

Damn, he's been breezing through these episodes of Reliving the War that May 27th felt far, but it's gonna be coming soon, the Hostile Takeover of Scott Hall and Kevin Nash. This whole series has kept me wanting more after every episode, takes me back to a finer time.

[@frankez1975]

Flair, Luger, Sting and even the Giant…….all legends

[@slanderman3296]

Bios says video, I'm there........ ....... ...... I HAVE A PROBLEM AND AM ADDICTED!!!!

[@slanderman3296]

Lol, wonder if Savage was PAC celly

[@WrestlingBios]

I missed an oppurtunity there...

[@slanderman3296]

@@WrestlingBios hahaha thanks bios, you rock brother. I truly appreciate what knowledge you have brought to us through the form of youtube.

[@KyleJWest-vn9kn]

Man, the WWE should be paying you to make this content for the Network. Amazing series!

[@matthewweber7342]

"Pete has already poked out his own eyes" lmfao

[@CardPlayingStrategies]

Flair is 0 for 6,934 lifetime in going for top rope moves.

[@eddieelite3310]

Oh hell yea, brother!

[@teksnotdead902]

Anxiously awaiting Scott Hall in WCW.

[@kevinpayton2664]

It certainly won't be long now.

[@teksnotdead902]

@@kevinpayton2664 End of May i think. It probably doesn't hold up to how i remember it, but those first few months of the NWO felt like must see tv to a 14 yr old.

[@kevinpayton2664]

@@teksnotdead902 They were definitely must-see TV.

[@firepenguin38]

Warrior "bustin holes and making people squeal. My my." Lmao dude you make this so great to relive

[@Tim_Dunkin]

4:50 He said he doesn't want to spoil any episodes because some people haven't seen them whilst covering every match, promo and segment in great detail lol I love it 😂

[@TheShockninja]

Eddie Guerrero vs Chris Benoit is an instant point

[@Austin-Miller85]

These videos are why Thursday has become my favorite day of the week

[@mr.creamy7778]

Back when wrestling meant something the start of wrestling's golden age.

[@BulletProoFShiNobi]

True i consider the attitude era to be wrestlings real Golden age

[@theantilifeequation8150]

The golden age of wrestling was the 70s to mid eighties, dozens of territories were thriving and could sell out arenas. I would call the attitude era more of the bronze age of wrestling, very good but too much hotshoting and realistically only two big territories. I would say the silver age was the 50s when roughly 30% of the television viewing public watched some type of pro wrestling.

[@kenianpark2216]

1985-92 was Golden age.

[@Jimmy_Hopkins15]

Woah I didnt know Tajuri was wrestling in WCW before WWE ..you learn something new every day

[@chrisklark4879]

Best series ever!!! I wish my dad was alive to show him

[@NotAGarage]

Goldust got better with each year

[@henrikschmidt3964]

Goldust is the biggest guy I recall regularly taking the 'inside-out' bump and he did it so well. Savio Vega was tremendously underrated and I hope he gets the HoF honour eventually. He really helped keeping things together during the dark years. And damn (!), Benoit and Guerrero were so awesome. We all hate what Benoit did in his final hours, but he was one of the greatest I have ever seen.

[@ericanate3155]

And I absolutely love how you are selling the Glacier stuff!!!!!👍👍👍👍🤣🤣🤣😊😊

[@Mortius84]

"Here's a spoiler, Nitro's getting the point" that made me properly laugh out loud

[@mr83]

Love you Wrestling Bios!

[@THEBANDIT7979]

The stinger has always been the man. He was john cena and undertaker roll in one package.

[@sappyfoot]

nah

[@GStefanes_]

What i've been waiting for all week

[@grammysworld5449]

Love how this comes on every week when I get off work.. Keep it up Wrestling Bios you absolute madman

[@SnackKingCole]

I love these man keep up the really good work

[@danielward6624]

Man I love your channel and these Monday night wars. You are so professional thank you for your work. 👍

[@kishore16966]

Waiting for this week's episode!

[@yateez420]

Watching your vids is one of the best parts of my week

[@erhanhusseyin5071]

Absolutely addicted to this series, great work

[@Cathartic666]

Man, this and the last few Reliving the Wars episodes have really shown me that Savio Vega was really good. Impressive performer in the ring.

[@matthewphillips6962]

Love these videos thanks

[@BishopM1]

5:14 RIP Tupac. Thank you for acknowledging that. Greatest hip-hop artist of all time. GOAT.

[@darinrampageadams8052]

Always looking forward to these videos 🔥

[@johnnoble5532]

I just want to say I love what you are doing and I love to opening. Thanks for the vids!

[@SunshineStateCoasters]

Tbh this was the funniest one yet! Wish I could give this more than 1 like! You did a fantastic job on this video!

[@robjones-bagley3025]

This is the best fuccin series on KZbin good work brother💪🏿

[@toddlove6763]

This series is so good. Looks like a lot of time researching and editing. Very well done. 🏆

[@nickdunks8415]

Love these brings back great memories today’s wrestling doesn’t do much for me

[@deanowynn]

I love these bios...the one thing you have to remember is that back at this time we didn't have the benefit of going back to rewatch, we had one night and we did it on the fly, which was part of the fun. I can't wait for next week, keep up the good work!

[@michael7054]

Great video!

[@chindub6563]

Nwo debuts in July witch is right around the corner another amazing video keep up the amazing work bro much love from south Carolina

[@tysoncarpenter8628]

Every comment ive made on the videos during this show have said i love this show. Well i do. I love this show. In my opinion its the best show on KZbin! I look forward to this show more then any show i watch lol. Thank u so much for all of your hard work man. U really give us alot of videos every week!

[@anthonyterry8162]

This is far and beyond my favorite KZbin channel even though I haven't watched modern wresting in a while.

[@Lingerer_]

Catching up on the episodes, all I have to say is I've never binge watched a KZbin series before now... Thanks!

[@insider6098]

While watching that Godwinns match, I just realized that the initials for Henry O. Godwinn and Phinneas I. Godwinn are "Hog" and "Pig". Took me 25 years before I finally got the joke. Thanks, Wrestling Bios!

[@supercurrymax]

It will forever never not be weird and anger inducing to see Benoit work

[@hia5235]

ITS STIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING!

[@Theycallmeali3.12]

Today was my 18th birthday so that video was an great birthday present. I just love to watch the monday night war series😁

[@WEMFR1200]

Free2PAC omg thats just beautiful how you were able to see that. I'm a WCW guy so you pointing that out, is just special to me

[@Sparky912-c2x]

I love your videos

[@jakubevolved311]

love this series man, what an undertaking too, damn. My only thought is you should have used the ratings as a tie breaker, but easy for me to say from my seat here haha. Great work man

[@EBerg225]

Getting closer and closer to Scott Hall appearance

[@Cole_Clan]

My day is now complete!

[@erict7840]

best show of the week

[@tonyhernandezpumarejo]

Loved this episode. Very proud of my fellow boricua 🇵🇷 Savio Vega!

[@greatheightsu]

I need to see the Public Enemy Sandwich make a return in modern wrestling. Truly, a devastating maneuver.

[@j.l.g.r.7590]

Look at this absolute legend whose come back to save the day...I had to hear that twice

[@nicholasbishop6758]

Definitely a time period I wish I was around for!

[@brandonperkins176]

Scott Hall at Nitro really what made the Monday Night War very fun. I was 10 when it happened but the HBK/Diesel rivalry was awesome before the MGS Curtain Call. Hands down, 1996 was way better than 95

[@DWATTS1989]

I love how last week Gorilla vacated the IC title since the belt was used for Vega’s win. But this week when Stone Cold uses the million dollar belt to help Vega lose then Gorilla does nothing 😂😂

[@DeedeeandtheBeebee]

Yes!!!! Best day of the week!!!!