Retro Ups & Downs From WWE WrestleMania 30

Our WWE WrestleMania 30 review as Simon Miller talks about the rise of the Yes Movement, Daniel Bryan winning the big one, Brock Lesnar ending The Undertakers streak and much more.
0:00 WrestleMania 30 Background & Build
6:12 The Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin and Hulk Hogan
8:17 Daniel Bryan vs Triple H
10:24 The Shield vs The New Age Outlaws and Kane
11:43 Backstage WWE Slam City Skit
12:11 Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal
13:59 John Cena vs Bray Wyatt
17:06 Hall Of Fame
17:24 Undertaker vs Brock Lesnar
20:37 Divas Battle Royal
22:12 WrestleMania 3 Reunion
22:33 Daniel Bryan vs Randy Orton vs Batista
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[@tylerrichardson6285]

I commented last time and Ill request again. A very abstract request but Fully Loaded 1999 please. It's the only live show I went to and it was because my dad took me before he passed away of lung cancer. I would love to relive through Retro Ups and Downs please. Love the channel and keep up the good work :-)

[@anthonyzulawski3084]

Buffalo?

[@tylerrichardson6285]

Yes sir. I think it was right before I turned 10 or 11. Great night

[@jacobwilliams5584]

Everybody like this. Let’s make this happen

[@tylerrichardson6285]

That's awesome of you. Thank you so much. I honestly did not expect that many likes. I am humbled regardless. Thank you everyone no matter what.

[@randymanmaximus8419]

My dad took my to International Incident but I doubt that will ever be a retro Up and Down.

[@Clarkarias]

That pop Cesaro got when he picked up Show is ludicrous and way underrated. I've watched that moment 100 times it is so good.

[@watersandblue6001]

Yea he was a total Babyface that night which changed the night later when the put the biggest Heel Paul Heyman beside him, didnt worked at all.

[@zumo96]

Stopped and went to watch it. I miss crowds so much!

[@dallassylvestre7209]

Right that was so awesome

[@theblite32]

The crowd pop is almost as big as Hogan slamming Andre

[@dylancampbell52203]

I think one of the most underrated aspects of the breaking of the streak is Paul Heyman’s reaction. Considering their history, Heyman trying to break it with Punk the year before, and all the stuff in WCW, Paul Heyman going “OH MY GOD. OH MY GOD.” seems so genuine and real. Like even he can’t believe that he experienced it.

[@Joker_JAK]

Would be cool if Heyman didn't know the outcome going in (or he was told Undertaker would win) so that his reaction would be genuine.

[@ChristopherJames1993]

I actually think that Heyman didn't know Taker was losing tbh.

[@smartboy201]

I remember the deafening silence that occured after the 3-count, where Paul was reacting to the win, then kind've looked around like he triggered some sort of bomb. "OH MY GOD, BROCK, YOU... you did... it-I've never heard it this quiet... we should go. GO, NOW!"

[@Danny-zw7sw]

Honestly Simon, you deserve a pay rise.

[@_TheShowStopper]

He really does! I literally think about what Simon is gonna say when I wake up the day after a show lol

[@nowherevill9298]

He will get an impact full rise when sammy kicks him in the balls

[@plewisjr90]

I only stay subbed for Simon tbh

[@franklingoodwin]

@@plewisjr90 Most of us do, and WhatCulture know it

[@jasonsabbath6996]

There is no way they have enough money to pay Simon what he is worth!

[@jasonsabbath6996]

While I have no problem with Taker losing to Lesnar here, I am glad my mom wasn't alive to see it. She was the ultimate Undertaker fan and every one of his Mania matches made her so nervous! I took her to WM24 in Orlando and 28 in Miami and she got to see him win the title over Edge, my all time favorite! Memories that will never be forgotten.

[@kresienm9031]

Ever since Vince made the decision to end the streak - he seems to have aged faster and deteriorate like a karma

[@jackryan444]

Yes. The spell was broken.

[@HDBrown-wc9xt]

Taker should have only lose to whoever his successor is going to be

[@lukasskywalker6514]

@@HDBrown-wc9xt lol that’s cute that you think they are doing any kind of long term booking. They barely know what they’re doing day to day.

[@boblablaw1939]

You mean undertaker ?

[@kresienm9031]

@@boblablaw1939 Not Undertaker - I meant Vince has deteriorated. Taker did lose his confidence in the process.

[@numero1superfly393]

The first wrestling show that made Simon Miller get into wrestling. (To be more specific, the first show he ever watched when he was a kid.)

[@igod676]

@Jeremy HarmonYou got it all wrong dude lol

[@kmanmertz1529]

The Raw where everyone went on strike

[@WeezyDoesIt]

That was one of the Best angels Raw has ever done

[@freeze2364]

Suggestion- NXT TakeOver: London Dec 16 2015, SSE Arena, Wembley, NW London

[@UndeadSeph]

I'd still like to see WCW/nWo Souled Out just to see if it breaks Simon. Either that or the first Impact on AXS where Sami Callihan won the Impact world championship.

[@UndeadSeph]

@Wizard In The Sky Turns Heel I think it was 1997? There was only one Souled Out. It was the WCW attempt to make the nWo into it's own brand. It's pretty bad.

[@ewmhop]

I was there for WM 30. That night was the loudest and quietest I've ever heard the Dome.

[@boblablaw1939]

A moment wasted

[@HarmlessChildren]

Let's try this for a second week: An Ups and Downs episode giving ups and downs to YOUR first episode of Ups and Downs! Meta head explosion alert!!!!!

[@patrickmcgavin3441]

You know when a movement like the yes movement crosses into another wrestling company you have something special. The TNA crowed started the yes chants and essentially Daniel Bryan took over a company he wasn't apart of. That gets two thumbs up!

[@blagdiesel]

And then TNA just ripped it off and did the same thing with Eric Young. Lol

[@kwamekhajari3486]

I was in the “Silverdome” I mean Super Dome for this event. When Taker loss you could have heard a pen drop in the building that us how silent it was. When Daniel Bryan won it was cool seeing about 98% of the crowd doing the yes chant. I was also in the building for WM 34. I had better seats but the show was good but was not better than WM 30

[@mrpogo72]

The retirement match Taker had vs Roman was great. I loved everything that happened and the big send off wall out he did after stood in the ring in all his old school gear and took it off. Me and my son were up until 1 am watching this and my wife yelled at me all day the next day for keeping him up that late on a school night BUT she wasn’t a wrestling fan EVER and she didn’t understand what an amazing thing that was to see live. Me and my son both had tears coming down our faces as it went off the air so if you ask me…. They did the whole thing right that night and it is still one of my favorite wrestling moments I ever saw live and a very great memory and moment I had with my son.

[@flamerhot911]

Bound for glory 2006: best Tna ppv ever

[@alexlinder3682]

Thinking about the streak breaking gives me chills to this day.

[@barnabekapena3530]

WrestleMania 31: Heist of the century

[@AliFrankTheTank]

top 5 Mania imo

[@aldairrocha3374]

Imagine if the undertakers streak was back around back then in the territory days people would have rioted for him losing

[@randymanmaximus8419]

When Bruno's 7 year run was ended by Ivan they didn't even announce it because of fears of riots.

[@ChristopherJames1993]

I mean people basically did riot because the marks got worked.

[@meirnissim5927]

Nitro & RAW November 17 1997 Rick Rude appears on both shows

[@mykalwagner5341]

A up and 2 downs, yet the screen never changed to 4 and 4!

[@smartboy201]

"This has to be used as a template for what we should always do at Wrestlemania. It just makes you feel so happy-" I don't think the "one the fans want to have win" should _always_ win at Wrestlemania... unless you mean "aim for the biggest emotional impact and payoff", in which case, absolutely.

[@leonhayes7080]

I've requested this for months now, you're telling me all I had to do was ask for the one where Simon still had hair 😅

[@HarshFC_twitch]

lol

[@kalyanswati123]

I reached USA in Jan 2014 and watching a wrestling show live was top of bucket list. Little did I know that this would be the first Wrestling show I will see live- loved each moment- childhood relived in one single show

[@Trippette]

WCW Nitro and WWF Raw 26th March 2001 - double ups and downs for a night no one expected nearly 20 years ago.

[@davidfitzpatrick4254]

Honestly i think the thing that makes the Undertaker's streak so special is that it didn't even happen artificially. Literally the Undertaker has said in Interviews that it was at 10-0 that the Undertaker realised he never lost at WM and then it wasn't until the Orton match in 2005 that the streak was first mentioned on TV and it became a thing.

[@watersandblue6001]

It was mention that he never lost against Flair i think

[@davidfitzpatrick4254]

@@watersandblue6001 Was it? Pk i may be wrong but I recently watched a video on YT that said the Orton feud was the first time they mentioned the streak.

[@watersandblue6001]

@@davidfitzpatrick4254 no way that was the first time. 2005 the streak was already a thing. Didnt Vince on commentary said famously " the men who never lost at Wrestlemania"

[@zachg9827]

This was the first wrestlemania I watched and I didn’t realize how good at the time but now looking back it’s probably my favorite wrestlemania of all time

[@velvetthunder1993]

Bring on Summerslam 2005. Hogan/Michaels, Dominick Mysterio Custody, Edge/Hardy etc.

[@jamesgarrison2158]

I was there, at New Orleans that night. When Undertaker lost there wasn’t any boos or anything, it was deadly silent. No one could believe it, for a good 5-10 minutes it was silence while Paul Heyman celebrated with Brock

[@ananyaraizada7657]

I shut down my TV after that match and haven't seen Bryan winning the main event till date. And I stopped watching wrestling for almost a year until Taker returned next year

[@DavidSmith-bc8nk]

@@ananyaraizada7657 You missed out on an incredible moment

[@jamesgarrison2158]

@@ananyaraizada7657 oh my goodness, that’s what I felt doing. But the Bryan match was one for the decade, his entire career of being a mid card performer with a main event potential was built up to that moment. It was an amazing feel good moment

[@styloerotic]

I got a personal invite from WWE to the press conference for WM30! It was fun. And I loved how all the superstars kept looking at me trying to figure out who I was since I wasn't one of the media they were used to seeing. Ha! .. ah simpler times when we could be crowded together in enclosed spaces...

[@waltjones8121]

Ups and Downs of Simon's first Ups and Downs. See if those still hold true.

[@twhitebear5742]

I was at the show. It was nuts man ! An unforgettable night in my life

[@therandyness]

I still think about it from time to time but Brock taking the Streak makes sense now, He was (at the time) the only guy believable enough.

[@AwkwardAutognome]

ECW Gangstas Paradise. Rey Mysterio's in ring ECW debut and "Stunning" Steve Austin's company debut.

[@pratikkhanal2563]

calling wrestlemania 30 a "retro" makes me feel old :(

[@conniecarroll7222]

You and me. I remember when Raw first started.

[@aaronbellamy7253]

This was my first and so far only Wrestlemania. What an experience. I remember when the Undertaker lost it seemed like about 40,000 people went out for a smoke haha

[@nedthomas6563]

Part of me wants to believe the oppression of Daniel Bryan was actually the last great work that WWE pulled off

[@mehfes2]

The last big kayfabe. I mean, he headlined Raw every week, he was involved with only top tier talent he had an interrupted segment on Raw when he escaped the clutches of the Wyatts, he had his own invasion. He had more push behind him that anyone. Just because HHH played his part exceptionally well, and just bacuse Batista won the RR, doesn't mean it wasn't on the cards for some time.

[@olimercer835]

@@mehfes2 I've always thought this!

[@nedthomas6563]

@@mehfes2 add to that it would totally be a Vince move to put out false information to hype up the audience about a storyline.

[@hellothere8369]

They didn’t even mean for him to be a star...

[@mehfes2]

@@hellothere8369 He was the biggest deal on NXT, he went over Cena 100% clean as a whistle at Summerslam, he had a prolonged storyline with HHH, they pushed his merch and loads more besides. This was a masterstroke of storytelling

[@JT_Channel91]

Not suggesting anything. Just wanna be that asshole that says "I was there!" Cause I was. Took my brother. Best day ever

[@MirkoBalda]

Highest rated ECW on TNN episode. We did it with both WWF and WCW, so why not going extreme?

[@dev1n928]

Ultima Lucha One, Lucha Underground

[@ScottMacSweenis]

This was the first ever Wrestlemania I watched live after getting back into wrestling as a teenager. Really brings back good memories.

[@ralphj.limbrickjr2043]

When Simon says "Let's just bang!" 🤣🤣🤣

[@randymanmaximus8419]

Nitro 14 Sept 1998. Kidmen wins the cruiserweight title, Hall wrestles Drunk and Horsemen return to a HUGE ovation.

[@Reacher85]

Next suggestion for the next retro ups and downs: WWE buys WCW 3.26.01 20th anniversary The simultaneous casting of wwe/wcw and Shane mcmahon appears on wcw nitro

[@mistaidgaf9166]

I'm shocked Hogan drunk beer when he told kids say no to alcohol

[@colel1605]

Technically it is fake beer, but in kayfabe hogan betrayed millions that night

[@jonathancampbell5231]

Those kids are all grown up, brother

[@Riese79]

@@colel1605 Light beer isnt not Alkohol free, if you meand that

[@conniecarroll7222]

Hogan did a lot of things that he told kids not to do.

[@awesomemantm2000]

@@conniecarroll7222 like what

[@MAni04me]

Next retro ups and down. Lucha Underground's Ultima Lucha (1) let's give Simon more nightmares after watching Sunday's exploding barbed wire death match

[@derickknowlton1506]

That would be awesome to see lucha underground on here and get some love

[@braydenrodgers287]

Judgement day 2005, where John cena kicks the crap out of JBL in one of the most brutal I quit matches ever!

[@KastleKrossface]

Since I typically watch your videos at work, I AM standing up while watching KZbin videos. 😂😆😂😆😂😆😂😂

[@The_Mr_Grimes]

The Raw after Extreme Rules 2014, Seth Rollins turns on the Shield.

[@paulc5760]

I think it was Payback but YES

[@happyslapsgiving5421]

I'm still waiting for *One Night Stand 2006.*

[@cameroncorbin6952]

Out of nowhere suggestion, the first wrestling show I'd ever seen: The Smackdown after Wrestlemania 19.

[@The_Mr_Grimes]

Finally. The Miracle on Bourbon Street.

[@BigRay215803]

Wrestlemania 21 Angle vs HBK Cena’s first WWE Title win Batista’s first World Title win Edge wins first ever Money in the Bank

[@Assorted.Creations]

I was at that Raw in Memphis for the "Occupy Raw:" segment. I remember when Triple H came out and said basically "if you beat me you are in the Main Event, and just thinking to myself, "holy shit they are actually gonna let him win"

[@kittyplayz8921]

I would suggest retro over the edge Respect to a legend

[@noahturtle3975]

Oh man I grew up with this show It’s amazing The best Wrestlemania ever in my opinion Beautiful

[@paulellington1505]

I agree Simon that 6-man tag match was like player 1 picked the Shield and the other team was just the other player hitting random select for their team.

[@RobertMcIntosh]

So Dave Meltzer gives the main event of Wrestlemania 30 4 and a half stars but gives a parking lot brawl on AEW free TV 5? I just don’t understand it. I was in the audience for Wrestlemania 30 and I can honestly say that it was one of the greatest experiences of my life. Cesaro winning, the streak ending, and Daniel Bryan winning both of his matches and winning the title are moments I’ll never forget.

[@gabrielvilla7548]

You know your getting old when they start calling 2014 retro

[@guyank6138]

Awesome video Simon, how about we up those downs for Wrestlemania 19? It's full of great matches, hope this makes the poll 👍

[@myhandlewastaken]

Cena and Wyatt had the greatest lead-in package since Rock/Stone Cold.

[@andymattick3006]

At 8:00 I was struck by how much 2021 Roman Reigns looks like the Rock at WM30

[@mazen2488]

It. Is the rock lol

[@mr.mimikyu2342]

I wanna see the first ever ppv i saw which was Backlash 2009

[@Bonesaw_McGraw]

Starcade 97 Sting vs Hollywood

[@feedbackerrr]

simon is so good , really puts you in the mindset of the time with the intro

[@brysonsimmons3510]

I keep requesting one of the best old school NWA shows Starcade 85!!!!

[@irishbear660]

Can we FINALLY do a retro show from the early 90's like Wrestlemania 8?

[@A1cPO]

As a New Orleans native there live, Undertaker losing was the most surreal experience ever. Shock and awe personified

[@SuperDarksith]

To this day, this is the only match of The Undertaker that I didn't see yet... Its still hurts

[@gouthamans8082]

Got my request.... Youre the best dude✨❤️

[@AntManR95]

Random thought, what if the mystery person Paul Wight was talking about is Mark Calaway aka Undertaker? That sure will shake the wrestling world

[@rayhoyer4829]

That would be funny as hell

[@alexstahl4965]

Summerslam 1996. Vader vs Shawn Michaels and Mankind vs Undertaker in a Boiler Room Brawl match.

[@scarfacefan5]

UWF Beach Brawl. If you thought seeing Simon mentally collapse from heroes of wrestling...wait until he sees this lol

[@borntosyn498]

As much as I hated Undertaker's streak breaking at the time, I whole-heartedly believe it was not only the RIGHT move, but also the moment that caused a cascading effect that led us to where WWE is today. Beating Taker made Brock a super-massive boss-villain and every single person that has pinned Lesnar since 2014 has become a megastar in the industry. I think it was a necessary sacrifice in order to regain a lot of legitimacy that wrestling had lost over the course of the PG Era. So congratulations Brock. You did what you said you would do back in 2011; you brought legitimacy back to the WWE. Well played 👌

[@AussieDragoon]

WCW Uncensored '96. Finlay vs Regal & A Gimmicky cage, what more could you want?

[@jasonsabbath6996]

Any Finley/Regal match is epic! Those 2 just straight up beat the hell out of each other!

[@NehaGupta-fe4dw]

I suggest The Raw where mick foley won the wwf champion . It was also a very pleasing moment in the company.

[@Nobody-bp5wh]

I consider giving Brock breaking the Streak an up to be a heel turn by Simon. BOO THIS MAN Edit: I suppose the editor of the video agrees with me, because he never counted it until the 5th up.

[@softfrog4078]

Simon is the only one I really like! Greatest man at whatculture

[@1234567coolkid]

I honestly don't think i'll ever get over just how loveable simon is i'm so sad i never got to see him wrestle keep up the amazing work

[@johnscottgray8716]

Starrcade: Future Shock (1989) would be a great Retro Ups and Downs (the format alone might make Simon's head explode)....

[@cmccrilly4594]

1st episode of Sunday night Heat

[@coryjacobs3253]

I’m glad the streak ended. The constant pressure on the undertaker and the company to keep up his string of classic matches was lifted after this match. You could see the toll it was taking after this match and I’m just glad it was over

[@tomkw732]

My recommendation is whichever Wrestlemania Simon considers to be the worst of all time (personally, I'd go for 9 or 11)

[@noahturtle3975]

Cesaro gets a one night push: down Also, we wouldn’t have gotten the firefly funhouse match if Bray won, so I’m happy Cena won

[@olimercer835]

I like the optimism, you get an up 👍

[@MrMasterful1000]

I was annoyed when Cena won at Mania, but then Bray's promo the next night was amazing and I suddenly didn't care

[@ToonAlphaUnit]

Suggestion: Dolph Ziggler cashes in MITB

[@MarkSmith-ub4hq]

Suggestion for next week, worse mania of all, Wrestlemania 9

[@Barry80Elms]

11 aswell...

[@DLFLux]

I still remember the feeling like it was everything inside my body just dropping when the ref hit the 3 in the Taker match. Never experienced that feeling before or again after, or even come close to it watching wrestling. Genuine disappointment.

[@TheJim42069]

This was probably top 5 Wrestlemanias of ALL time...What really surprises me is that Bryan Danielson never did a Karate Kid gimmick in the Indies 😂 his theme music would open with Mr Miyagi saying "Daniel son" then play Cruel Summer or some other generic 80s feel good song.

[@Inyourfacejerks]

It's Daniel-san not son

[@BigEvil6686]

WrestleMania 30 was mediocre. The same building hosted the vastly superior WrestleMania 34 which gets no love from fans.

[@Aevilbeast]

Obviously the theme song would've absolutely HAVE to be "You're The Best" by Joe Esposito....Which is the actual theme song for the very first Karate Kid movie.

[@ChristopherJames1993]

Because his whole gimmick is that he doesn't need a gimmick except being the best wrestler in the world.

[@muneebazhar2219]

If this is retro, then I must be born in the IceAge

[@RaghavanN]

Real Retro will be everything before the PG Era.I wish we get something more from the 1990's and early and mid 2000's.

[@ratedr880]

@@disappointedfather327 Your iq sure raised by 1000 after that comment

[@ratedr880]

@@disappointedfather327 its scripted, choreographed and performed ......the fight and result may be "fake" but the bumps that the wrestlers take are real....they hurt themselves for money and product ....some of the bumps are so unbelievable that it makes this art more risky than many other combat sports .....and for fans who know how the business works ....for them its very much real when their favorite wrestler gets a push from the company... And sure your intelligence and credibility had an adrenaline boost after clicking on a wrestling related video to trash on it.... Good for you attention seeking moron....here I gave you some attention for being intelligent....

[@casper1990ify]

UWF Blackjack Brawl from 1994. Give Simon something fun to review

[@colindonovan8822]

WrestleMania 31 was a fantastic show! I’d like to see ups and downs for that in the future!

[@_TheShowStopper]

Simon is the F'N Man!!! Damn he's good, Ups & Downs is great & its because of you Simon! We Appreciate You my Brother! Keep killing it!

[@HDBrown-wc9xt]

Halloween Havoc 1997. That’s the Ups and Downs I want to see

[@Sad7Statue]

Hey Simon, 90% of the time when I watch your videos I'm in the kitchen cooking so I'm almost always standing up.

[@stevenwillie7667]

16:37 is hilarious 😂😂

[@abhinavmajumdar1969]

Wrestlemania 26 : Streak vs Career

[@isabella16939]

I still remember this Wrestlemania. WWE was very popular in my elementary school back in the days until people started to find out it was fake, but I stayed watching. When this Wrestlemania happened, we were already in middle school and no one else was following WWE anymore. However, I was so shocked that Brock Lesnar had beaten the Undertaker at Wrestlemania, so I had to tell my friends. They all laughed at me, and then when I said I was actually serious, they called me a liar -_-

[@riser9940]

Wrestlemania 30 will still be my top favorites but idc what anyone says , Taker should've retired after defeating triple h at mania 28 nuff said

[@Michael-pd6bc]

Undertaker the person himself wouldn’t have stopped wrestling Even till this day he wished he could still keep going but Father Time finally called his name

[@jaiminparmar3506]

Can We get WrestleMania 31 in the poll ?