Raw vs Nitro "Reliving The War": Episode 97 - August 18th 1997

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Reliving The War aims to cover the entire "Monday Night War" time period of professonal wrestling. With WWF Raw and WCW Nitro going head to head every Monday night, fans had to choose which show they'd watch as both companies tried to put on their best show week after week. Reliving The War looks at every match and promo from Raw is War and Nitro (on a weekly basis) to see which show was truly the best.
Last week on WWF Raw is War Shawn Michaels revealed his "insurance policy" that would help him in his fight against the WWF. This week, the insurance policy is back and he opens Raw up with a promo, saying if you want a premium, you have to pay a premium. Shawn Michaels teams up with Triple H in the main event to take on Mankind and The Undertaker; The beginning of D-Generation X.
On WCW Nitro Eric Bischoff promotes Clash of the Champions 25 where the nWo will celebrate their 1 year anniversary. Lex Luger and Diamond Dallas Page are scheduled to wrestle 2 nWo members at the clash, but this week on Nitro the duo takes on Scott Hall and Kevin Nash in the main event.
00:00 - Intro
02:33 - Rick Rude Promo / Harlem Heat vs Bagwell & Norton
06:07 - L.O.D vs Owen & Davey / Mortis vs Barbarian
10:26 - Christopher vs Funk / Riggs vs Richards
12:45 - Ken Shamrock vs Sultan / Horsemen vs Double J & Guerrero
16:50 - Ric Flair vs Syxx / Nation Promo
20:58 - Pillman vs James / La Parka vs Ultimo Dragon
24:20 - Hennig vs Giant / Vader vs Patriot
27:34 - JJ Dillon Promo / Steve Austin Promo
30:27 - The Outsiders vs DDP & Luger
33:56 - HBK & HHH vs The Undertaker & Mankind
36:38 - Final Scores / Credits

[@Stooboot]

its crazy that the "die rocky die" promo, DX forming, and that austin broken neck promo were all on the same night. what a turning point for WWE

[@ds4life886]

August/September 97 is a bit underrated because the WWF title is not important in this period. But this are great months

[@mdj2010]

How goofy is HHH’s laugh when Shawn says, “I was up all night”? 🤣

[@gameloden6765]

I was LITERALLY reading this when I saw him laugh lol

[@louisvelez40]

That little inclusion of DX in the intro hits different, just freaking awesome

[@craigusselman546]

Things are getting good.

[@toptenguy1]

Yep, like the intro was being hacked lol

[@samclark379]

There will never be another ref like the late Mark "Six-Gun" Curtis. He left us way too soon.

[@wolfgangschlitter2516]

We need a Video about Mark Curtis, I always look what he does. He's so into it, Best Ref in Business 4 Life! When Kevin powerbombed Giant, his expressions are pure Gold!

[@joshotten1904]

Agreed sometimes he was the most exciting part of the match ..left us way to soon way to soon

[@jamesbaker6006]

I was honestly unaware of his passing, that's really sad, but I do agree having a a good 15-20 min video in honor of the man the myth the legend would be awesome.

[@samclark379]

@@jamesbaker6006 Yeah, he died September 8, 1999 at the young age of 37.

[@jamesbaker6006]

@@samclark379 oh wow I was completely unaware of that, so sad I mean I'm a bit late to it but still that's just wow, and thank you for the info sir

[@michaelwiley611]

“Davey boy smith chinlock” does not get old 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Brando-Lee3725]

The chinlock champ !!!! Cracks me up too

[@BlessedAreTheCheesemakers]

he's in heaven now, chin-locking Dynamite Kid

[@skyatollah2skyharder276]

It does for him. He wants to quit but he just can't.

[@JGarrison51285]

I'm still sadden by Davey falling of the wagon two episodes ago 🤣🤣 he was so close to that coveted six week chip from chin savers 😂

[@tavanium]

No it doesn't. It ages like fine wine. Just better and better and especially hilarious.

[@Atroz7]

Davey and Owens last match together on TV is the same night as Triple H and Michaels first appearance as a team on TV. The lord closes a door and opens a window

[@lexkanyima2195]

Ohh ok

[@dickmarx1298]

Yes. The door was closed on the Owen and Bulldog tag team And a window was opened for Owen to jump out of. Too soon???

[@heyyoitsmebrian]

more like... the lord releases a chinlock just to put you in a surfboard

[@denniswilliams6519]

Watching that Rock promo you could just feel the shift in the character. You can feel Dwayne's real feelings and bitterness over the crowd reaction to him take over and show dimensions to what had been a flat generic good guy. This was the birth of a future mega star.

[@lexkanyima2195]

But he will be huge

[@mrsinister8943]

Yep. You just knew the Rock was going to be a major Star. A very rare true professional wrestling blue chip rookie talent.

[@lexkanyima2195]

@@mrsinister8943 just the way he look

[@evanhammond7305]

Rock was always a natural heel. The tone of the time fit late 90s WWF perfectly. Pure genius

[@countof3everybodyOD]

Nah nah There’s only one megastar And you know whose game this is His name is, with everybody sayin’

[@strifenineteen]

Found you last week through your video on The New Age Outlaws and have been binging "Reliving the War" up to today, you my friend have earned a sub for all your hard work with this series.

[@benjaminmee3751]

I’ve been watching forever. I wasn’t arsed and didn’t sub until this series started.

[@martynodonnell8467]

The best wrestling channel on the net, bar non. He’s been uploading 3 top quality wrestling videos per week for about the best part of 2 years now. As well as plenty of content prior to this. Always top quality, very professionally done and he does it all as a one man team, I think we should all applaud Mr Wrestling Bios 👏

[@TheShockninja]

I got into this channel months before the Monday Night Wars even began. This guy is simply straight to the point when it comes to his videos.

[@dingdong5212]

Welcome to the club. One of us, one of us...

[@donutpredator4945]

Welcome to the family 😀

[@ItsShaz1]

My day isn’t complete without Das Wunderkind and Saturday Wright Fever!

[@G360LIVE]

I haven't been able to keep up with wrestling lately. Is Alex Wright still wrestling?

[@ItsShaz1]

@@G360LIVE I think he’s retired but I do believe he has his own wresting school in Germany for future wrestles to train.

[@G360LIVE]

@@ItsShaz1 I was hoping he was still wrestling somewhere, but that's great that he's teaching others to wrestle... and dance! :)

[@ItsShaz1]

@@G360LIVE indeed

[@KingKhanate1997]

The absolute deadpan of your “Thanks Raven.” After his usual nihilistic tirade gives me a good chuckle

[@BlessedAreTheCheesemakers]

did all the Raven nonsense ever pay off at any point?

[@KingKhanate1997]

@@BlessedAreTheCheesemakers Uhh, sort of? Lol. Late in his WCW run, it was revealed that for all of Raven’s nihilism and edgy attitude… His family is actually very wealthy, and Raven pretty much amounted to a pretentious teenager shouting “It’s not a phase Mom!” At his parents 😂. Kanyon visits their mansion and tries to snap Raven out of his stupor, while Sandman lounges in the pool and Raven repeatedly nods to the camera with an eye roll saying “What a mark” in a vaguely Ferris Bueller esque segment. ECW fans would rather act like it’s not canon, but I love it personally.

[@BlessedAreTheCheesemakers]

@@KingKhanate1997 how strange

[@PJErvin]

@@KingKhanate1997 I forgot all that.

[@smurfitoo1585]

I read this comment the second before he said thank u Lmaoo

[@philipyates1109]

We're really starting to get into the Monday night war now with DX.

[@familyfantasyfootballleagu7685]

and Wrestling Bios is on a roll with unbelievably good content and keeps getting better. we're in for a good ride

[@johnnybernie3061]

I can’t believe they’re giving this Rocky Jobber another chance. This character is dead in the water with this Gang Warfare nonsense.

[@fmgmack]

That fuckin jobber Rocky will be out of the WWF and off our beloved reliving the war in a month mark my words.

[@joelzedney4299]

Yeah, i cant wait til he jobs out for the Brooklyn brawler.

[@donjuanmckenzie4897]

Hot take: The Rock always sucked

[@smurfitoo1585]

Won’t be soon until he hits “ROCK BOTTOM”

[@nexus6163]

yea he wont amount to anything

[@williambuckman8359]

Remember this raw because it was on my birthday!!! Had all my friends over mom made crab legs and dad watched with us!!! Thank you for reliving the memories my guy!!!

[@nept1974]

I love that it will always be Scott Hall starting these videos ❤️❤️

[@GlobalWarmingSkeptic]

Seeing someone 250lbs do a head scissor was freaking insane I had no idea DDP could even pull something like that over but it was creative as hell especially doing it against Nash (might have helped that Nash was tall enough).

[@HARAMBEAKAGEORGEFLOYD]

Wait until you find out that water is wet

[@mrrida503]

I remember this like it was yesterday.. At that very moment when VADER broke that Canadian flag over his knee, he turned face. It got a huge pop 💪..RIP to a Legend 🙏

[@DudleyLuckie]

That intro is 10/10

[@Rob_Thorsman]

The Real Double J must have thought Pillman was his baby tonight.

[@treed8732]

I love the Rocky commentary turn😂😂😂

[@andrewscasualmtb]

Your commentary on The Rock is gold. 🤣🤣🤣

[@D_McGeezacks]

I love the tag team name game...always has me in stitches XD

[@generalkhan5569]

I wish Rick Rude was still here with us so he could shed some light on what was going on at this time from his pov.

[@Ai14106]

This series just keeps getting better every week

[@troywright359]

I've got to stop myself from simping for your profile pic

[@steve833333]

I was a huge fan of Raven and Jake the Snake at that time, my favorite finisher is the DDT and they performed it so well

[@ac8274]

I love and appreciate the love and appreciation for buff bagwell.

[@alexmontgomery3656]

Dgaf, that DX intro with the "special report" gave me fuckin goosebumps! Felt like I was 10 years old again, nostalgia is a powerful fuckin tool.

[@KingPK]

Late-'97 might be the high point of the war. Both shows had plenty of good stuff as WWF was starting to fully embrace the Attitude Era mindset and guys like Austin and Rock really were coming into their own as characters. Meanwhile, the NWO still had some juice and Hogan/Sting was getting closer and closer.

[@Rob-rx3jw]

Best time to be a teenage wrestling fan.

[@countof3everybodyOD]

Big difference is WWE paid off what their era built to WCW let us down with Hogan Sting

[@tonyreimer6804]

Meng vs Rick Rude could never happen. The amount of manliness in the ring would create a singularity.

[@Drummer8282]

This is the week Be Here Now dropped in stores 🥳 What a time to be alive.

[@aarongoodman5033]

BHN gang. d’you know what I mean c’mon you know

[@Drummer8282]

@@aarongoodman5033 yeah yeah

[@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269]

Haa! 3:35 The Ming Manly Meter almost blew a gasket when Rick Rude opened his mouth 😄👍

[@JonLeeBarber]

The deadly art of “chin fu” You are the absolute best mate.

[@daoust26]

Damn Kurt I haven't seen a slap like that since the Oscars lol

[@DrSlippyFist86]

Man that Intro will always hit different! Thanks for this series man!

[@XKTwentyFive]

Saturday Wright Fever is my favorite part of Reliving The War!

[@basicallyfit9355]

Leaving my weekly comment just to show my support for this amazing show

[@gregmatic2861]

The really odd thing this week is that Mankind's feud with HHH makes you forget he's the tag champ as Dude Love. The other weird thing is HBK wrestling tag matches when he could've stayed Austin's partner.

[@gregmatic2861]

@KZbin member They mentioned it but it was essentially over at that point. Taker was going into the feud with HBK/Kane and Foley was getting ready to work with Terry Funk.

[@kennethhernandez9243]

Just in time for my train ride home. Also, you sir are a legend for this series

[@cornyhole]

Woah a train ride! Sounds exciting!

[@kennethhernandez9243]

@@cornyhole it’s just coming home from work lol

[@cornyhole]

@@kennethhernandez9243 well I've never rode in a train sounds neat

[@EricJh21690]

@@cornyhole trains are fun & I prefer them to flying but if it's a long trip I bite the bullet and fly...mainly just use the train to get to/around/from Boston 😂

[@firewalker1372]

That picture of Vincent 🤣 😂 🤣.

[@The_Halfway_Channel]

Man, I disagree when any Raw during this time is over Nitro. I thought Raw absolutely sucked during this time and I grew up WWF, which is also why I stuck with WCW as it was all my favorite WWF stars. None the less, love the series. Can't wait for the next.

[@jason666king]

"This is, hands down the best wrestling channel on KZbin" - Maxwell Friedman

[@fitness65]

I love that dx intro included with the relieving the war intro incredible

[@UsurperGrimm]

Just looked at Twitter for an update, love the dX rendition of the intro. Keep up the awesome work!

[@martinzies2874]

How come you didn't call the Mortis Barbarian match? From the spots that looked really good. Far better than the Riggs and Stevie match

[@BlueOpinion]

Copyright claims. Cant show to much of them costumes.

[@clyd1206]

Sad side note: Every wrestler in the first WWF match is dead. Edit: After I noticed that I checked the rest of them. Minus the Intro/outro, there are 10 segments. In 9 of them there is at least one person that is no longer with us. Most died before the turned 60 or even younger. RIP fellas, life can be hard and getting old sucks.

[@Flynn01979]

Look at Debbie downer over here.

[@clyd1206]

@@Flynn01979 You arent wrong

[@emanuelperez3595]

By the time he finishes this series a lot of his fans and wrestlers he would have covered as well will no longer be with us. Creepy

[@JoaoPedro-fd2yu]

it's kinda poetic that your video about the last clash of the champions will air in the same date of Wrestlemania 38

[@daveyadict_]

I feel like a little kid watching these again because I remember a lot of this stuff and it brings back such good memories of sitting there with my jacks bone crunching action toys, and my wrestling ring and recreating the matches with them. I even had my dad make me a custom steel cage because they didn't have one for my ring. Man, those were the days

[@kylemcgill2966]

Looked like the Nitro Girls were about to do the "suck it" 😂

[@scottp9835]

That pic of Vincent had me weak 😂🤣

[@debbiemiller4281]

I love reliving the war but sometimes while watching it gets so depressing. Can't help but thank back to how great the 90s were and it's just depressing that today doesn't come close to living up.

[@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick]

How so? Wrestling might not be as big as it once was, but, in a lot of ways, it’s better than ever. It’s still an art form that people are expanding with every passing generation.

[@ImInevitable1987]

Waiting on the birth of my son. This is right on time brotha.

[@martynodonnell8467]

Congratulations

[@NoCurlyFriesInHell]

Congratulations!

[@ImInevitable1987]

Thank u both

[@damonodell9125]

Based. Make your ancestors proud and raise a warrior.

[@JGarrison51285]

Congratulations!! Teach the little guy the dangers of Chinlocks early on...

[@JenMistress]

Nice cut to Vince having a WTF look on his face when saying "Right, we're all on the same page here" during your announcement. 😂🤣😂🤣

[@manraisedbypuffins9080]

The Uncle " I ain't got the Jam" Slam😁😂😂🙌😎😎 love it!!

[@Thor-Orion]

8:10 Well of course Vince is still giving him the shaft, those world title runs came with some… stipulations.

[@johnpaxton3098]

I was at the raw show in a.c with my mom....it was the best day of the summer and I'm so happy I got to be apart of it.

[@LordHeath1972]

I've been following this series since the beginning and I have to say this was probably the best head-to-head so far.

[@Pre-Expatriate]

I don't really watch wrestling that much anymore, but I stumbled across this channel and it is VERY well done. I hope you're making at least a little money from it because I can't even imagine how much work and time you're putting into this.

[@esekay3648]

15:30 The most movement in a wrestling ring you will ever see Nash do 😂😂

[@Nicksuavemusic]

Back then and into the following year I loved when wwf and wcw would counter program each other with DX and nwo

[@richardoreilly8779]

I absolutely love the new intro. Fecking class as usual 🙌

[@brianadkins3880]

Obviously, you never truly know who will truly win each week but you can tell already that WCW was getting creatively stagnant while WWF was getting, as he says, significantly better.

[@michaelw7295]

Jim Cornettes rear window getting busted out during that parking lot brawl and the story behind it gets me every time I hear it lmao

[@owenmccluskey5943]

"I WAS UP ALL NIGHT!".... lmaooo you caught me off guard

[@SuperND87]

This is my favorite show. Thank you for all your work!

[@DT-495]

Love watching reliveing the war each week

[@the21stsergeant]

Lex and DDP will forever be The Diamond Express to me.

[@chasearoundthebar8905]

That intro was awesome!

[@Mattyc-oe4fj]

Loving all your vids. Would love to see something on Nancy Benoit. Her time as Woman has defs been overshadowed by a sad situation. But i defs think she deserves the recognition 🙂

[@jamescourt5201]

Woman was so hot. She was that girl that would give filacio and might bite it off.

[@moneymikemadness]

Laughing hysterically when he got to the Rocky Sketches.

[@bitesthedust]

Rick Rude proved once again what an excellent talker he was. Straight to the point, no dramatics. Superb.

[@EricJh21690]

My favorite part of this whole video is the person who came to Raw with a "Kmart sucks" sign 🤣👌

[@TG5455]

That was one of the best recaps of a match with Funk and Christopher I've ever seen. You deserve a Guinness World Record award for the shortest recap of a match.

[@wulver810]

Rick Rude kickin' ass last night on Hardcore Heaven, and then gets to WWF to represent for DX. He was killing it at this era.

[@EventHorizon31]

Late 97 was and probably still is my favorite year of WWE. I was 17-18, my senior year of HS, and DX just enamored me. It was so refreshing seeing the WWF go to more adult oriented programming. I also had a hot gf and that was also getting more adult oriented, if you know what I'm sayin'. Good times.

[@mrmoose6619]

Welcome to Thursday Afternoon Reliving the War. Thanks again for the best wrestling show on the KZbins. Can't wait to watch another epic episode.

[@tysoncarpenter8628]

Hell yeah I'm always looking forward to all your weekly shows!!!!!

[@thegame7134]

I was just vibing to the intro and was actually surprised by the stop 😂 loved it though. Great work every single time.

[@johnmccully3885]

Best series on KZbin,much appreciated

[@DantesLament133]

I remember when you first started doing these and thinking it was a cool idea. Man all the way to Episode 97 now. Crazy. Good job. Loved you before Reliving the War and I'm glad you're still going strong.

[@dougwalker9286]

The amount of signs during this period is outrageous

[@Rob-rx3jw]

I love your sense of humor!

[@timowens7214]

This is so awesome I got peacock so I could literally watch all the raw episodes

[@sharmellkeane3924]

La Parka v Dragon won this week's show.

[@Waynestarr]

I think "Diamond Package" was a sick name.

[@Vantoris]

amazing work as always, after this series is over is there any chance you will cover the original brand split from raw and smackdown in 2002/03?

[@shady3legend]

That would be great, I wouldn't mind reliving that era also especially 02 - 05

[@Official_Kings_Versus]

@@shady3legend Same here ♥️💙💪🏾💯

[@McPoshSquatch]

Ngl, I was a HUGE DX fan. Love being able to re-watch their beginnings. Another great video!

[@michaeljohn8056]

Man this guy just puts out the best content. This is the only channel I have the bell on to notify me. Keep it up

[@Jimmy_Hopkins15]

What another great episode of Reliving the war...this series is getting better every week can't wait it reach its peak

[@Masutora]

Between the DX track in the intro and the Power Move Pro Wrestling track at the end, I'm overwhelmed by nostalgia.

[@E_l_l_i_e]

I already printed out the upload schedule. Sent them out as memo to all the departments in our office. Everyone gave me a confused look but I'm sure they were just surprised at how thoughtful I am.

[@benespinosa6725]

LMFAO That intro was Hilarious Awesome Job wrestling Bios that was Great.

[@twistedgamerfromhellreborn9959]

Great video and work as always gotta say thank you for bringing back great memories you're a damn hard worker and you honestly deserve so much more subs again thank you for these videos and others..

[@fabianwinkelmann5516]

Fantastic work as always with this great Series :)

[@NoMercyFederation1]

Because of your channel i have made sure the make Davey Boy do more chin locks in his matches in my No Mercy E-Fed. Lol. Your videos inspire me each week! Love it great work each time and only getting better as u should!

[@boombringer4078]

You are the hardest workin youtuber with this series brother! absolutely love and appreciate it though!!

[@JumpingAssninja]

Damn Sir, your videos and commentary are top notch we all look forward to your vids and Thursdays

[@sethkaplan]

Shawn Michaels became the chairman of wwf 🤗

[@wazzer912]

That Vincent picture is cursed stuff. May God have mercy on your soul.

[@justinleandoer6821]

This point and time has so many banger stories to watch unfold.. Rockys return, Austins injury, brett vs usa, pillmans dress, sting finally getting accross to J.J. Dillion, etc. Man i was only 5 when this happened but i remember it like it was yesterday

[@MuddieRain]

“Two words for ya!”

[@bonelessdonutz]

thank you for this a highlight of my life Loved DX growing up it was my first computer desktop and opener.