Fun fact about this raw: i was born on this exact day. I am the hand
@beesly013 жыл бұрын
Please let your name be Henry, either one...
@danalong12373 жыл бұрын
And the next day, Disney released An Extremely Goofy Movie on DVD and VHS.
@jermainemartinez82823 жыл бұрын
Mae Young giving birth to a hand needs to make Dark Side of the Ring
@gavin43423 жыл бұрын
Only if they do it in Kayfabe and act like it’s super serious
@05PercAngle3 жыл бұрын
@@gavin4342 or a certain someone in kayfabe news can make a story on it 👀
@robertbarlow49903 жыл бұрын
This was definitely something vince insisted would be funny
@raymac52353 жыл бұрын
That's such good shit.
@Toast9603 жыл бұрын
@@raymac5235 ^ Was just about to say, I could hear Vince saying that as Simon explained Patterson's punchline
@theexplainer22353 жыл бұрын
Ups and downs from starcade 1983 please i want to see Simons opinion on old school wrestling since he is very positive towards a lot of modern wrestling
@theexplainer22353 жыл бұрын
@Damon Odell but still I want to know what he thinks about old school wrestling because he likes modern wrestling so much
@Retromags_Brian3 жыл бұрын
@@theexplainer2235 he'd probably hate it since he's so in love worth the garbage on AEW and the boring silly stuff WWE puts on.
@theexplainer22353 жыл бұрын
@@Retromags_Brian bro his favorite wrestler is Bret Hart and Bret always wrestled a old school style with a little bit modern twist to it so i presume he would love Starecade 83
@kaliswaltmanyes88113 жыл бұрын
Why isnt this summerslam 2005? It won on the poll...
@velvetthunder19933 жыл бұрын
There was one a couple weeks ago where I noticed like the 3rd most upvoted show comment wasn’t part of the poll, so 🤷♂️
@theexplainer22353 жыл бұрын
@Big Bob shut up
@joshgarza77793 жыл бұрын
I was wondering the same thing! Like wrf!?
@irishbear6603 жыл бұрын
Wrestlemania 8. Flair vs Savage, Hart vs Piper, Shawn Michaels break out match. Please people let's go back to when wrestling was actually fun
@gorgusan3 жыл бұрын
I completely agree with this.
@theexplainer22353 жыл бұрын
New generation era was not fun
@jamiew19003 жыл бұрын
Not to much of a fan of older school stuff I’m only 23 but if u old heads don’t appreciate attitude era then u stupid 😂
@theexplainer22353 жыл бұрын
@@jamiew1900 old school era was better than attitude era and attitude era is better than pg era
@jamiew19003 жыл бұрын
Era
@i.am.king893 жыл бұрын
WHY!?! Why did everyone vote for this? lol ya must want to torture Simon 😂
@scottyboyrulez3 жыл бұрын
They didnt Summerslam 05 won look at the community tab
@geleneceline23103 жыл бұрын
We did this because raw was actually good this week
@trmorris55693 жыл бұрын
No more reviews with Cena or Lesner!
@TheRealJohnnyHendo3 жыл бұрын
The entire Katie Vick storyline got snubbed the other week so karma came back around and made this happen lol
@Cardiacarrested4453 жыл бұрын
We didn't
@B2tharizzz3 жыл бұрын
What was that weird edit saying “Benoit?” 😂😂😂
@i.am.king893 жыл бұрын
He accidentally said Jericho lol
@WeAreFlawed3 жыл бұрын
It wasn't a good line, it wasn't a great line. It was a killer line.
@willkayl87933 жыл бұрын
@@i.am.king89 ah, thank you. Apparently my lip reading is awful.
@TheReignofHorror3 жыл бұрын
Wait, why are you doing this one? According to the community tab Summerslam 2005 won. Anyway my suggestion is going to be Wrestlemania 5.
@deathsnitemaresinfullust22693 жыл бұрын
That's what I was thinking when I saw This videos Thumbnail. I almost didn't watch, something about the hand just looks Awful.
@GnarlyCactusDad3 жыл бұрын
This didn’t win the vote what is we doing.
@kareemkhederoo40923 жыл бұрын
Yup. I could have sworn it was SummerSlam 2005 that won.
@MAni04me3 жыл бұрын
Next Retro in honor of Lucha Underground's (somewhat) return. I recommend Ultima Lucha (1) very violent and awesome storytelling which is nice change from the randomness of RAW.
@chaddaggett56993 жыл бұрын
Where can I watch the “return “ of Lucia underground
@MAni04me3 жыл бұрын
@@chaddaggett5699 it will be part of MLW but it will be called Azteca underground.
@chaddaggett56993 жыл бұрын
@@MAni04me what channel will it be on?
@MAni04me3 жыл бұрын
@@chaddaggett5699 either vice tv; season starts july 10th. I think it will be on youtube as well.
@chaddaggett56993 жыл бұрын
@@MAni04me ok ty
@slanderman32963 жыл бұрын
Idk, i think all these "downs" are the reason why people watched back then. It was SPONTANEOUS and we loved it
@InYourHouse3163 жыл бұрын
Yeah, some of the logic he uses is pretty silly. I can’t tell if he’s purposely being dense with this “anti attitude era” gimmick he has going.
@yousefalmo61573 жыл бұрын
Has to be the collision in Korea PPV after we say the recent episode of Dark Side of the ring. Would love to see Simon's opinions on the card and the bizarre nature of the PPV
@beesly013 жыл бұрын
New Blood Rising (Judy Bagwell on a pole/forklift match)
@theexplainer22353 жыл бұрын
Wcw 2000 was awful
@beesly013 жыл бұрын
@@theexplainer2235 I agree, but the Worst PPV Bottom 5 needs more than 2 entries.
@NehaGupta-fe4dw3 жыл бұрын
Aaww!Excuse me?I thought summerslam 2005 has got the most votes.😮😅
@kareemkhederoo40923 жыл бұрын
When I voted, it was definitely in the lead by a wide margin.
@scottyboyrulez3 жыл бұрын
This didnt win the vote Summerslam 2005 did. Why have a vote if you're not going to acknowledge it.
@jonathanbina9533 жыл бұрын
If possible do ups and downs for Collision in Korea
@nathanbrehm10853 жыл бұрын
I knew it would be this one... I sadly remember watching this live...
@genekwagmyrsingh94333 жыл бұрын
me too
@joshua28143 жыл бұрын
Before the Peacock switchover, I was re-watching the WWF of my childhood (the 80s) and I’d have to say that screwy finishes were much, much rarer in that period. Pins were definitely the far majority ending and not many of those were rollups (which they would’ve called small packages).
@beesly013 жыл бұрын
You meant to say "The Most Devastating Move in ALLLLLL Of Sports Entertainment", right?
@jesseperry96023 жыл бұрын
A roll up is different than a small package. With a small package, the legs are hooked. With a roll up they are not.
@Sp_Oon2 жыл бұрын
Wasn't that because like 75% of matches were squashes?
@joshua28142 жыл бұрын
That's absolutely true on the main shows. Most matches were a name vs a jobber.
@velvetthunder19933 жыл бұрын
September 4 2000 Nitro. Russo’s Revenge/Wargames 2000 Triple cage match.
@deadmanq81393 жыл бұрын
*Raw when was better than current raw*
@theexplainer22353 жыл бұрын
No
@jasonsierchio11673 жыл бұрын
Agreed!
@madamefeast48243 жыл бұрын
@@theexplainer2235 Yeah. It was at least entertaining. I can't get through 3 minutes of Raw today
@theexplainer22353 жыл бұрын
@@madamefeast4824 you find 1 to 2 minute matches entertaining
@cyanidegaming96173 жыл бұрын
.... Even the 1 to 2 minute matches today are boring LOL
@barcey3 жыл бұрын
*Hands* up if you remember watching this Raw when it aired.
@bahahgriswold84963 жыл бұрын
Maybe but I don't wanna rember 😂
@rk6kingofrad7393 жыл бұрын
Guys can we plz all just vote for a ECW show we were so close last week my suggestion for this week is Barely Legal 97 (FIRST ECW PPV AND MATCHES LIKE TAZ VS SABU) also RAVEN VS TERRY FUNK 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽🔥🙏🏿
@TwoRandomAuzzies3 жыл бұрын
That Mae Young giving birth to a hand is the GREATEST segment of all time! 👀
@FlyBoyEnterprises3 жыл бұрын
Comparing it to TODAY'S RAW, it is.
@KEPA0003 жыл бұрын
@@FlyBoyEnterprises stop being delusional now this was bad not even the rock could save this segment
@dizzy13693 жыл бұрын
This was the first time I've heard that meltzer quote 😂🤣🤣😂
@RandallWI3 жыл бұрын
Did I miss something, pretty sure Summerslam 2005 won the poll, by a wide margin at that 🤔
@AwkwardAutognome3 жыл бұрын
Suggestion: AAA When World's Collide (1994)
@DJDoubleCee3 жыл бұрын
I still get freaked out from seeing Mae Young giving birth. She was a hilarious character though.
@geleneceline23103 жыл бұрын
Same
@TokenTravis3 жыл бұрын
And yet a awful horrible person.
@ananyaraizada76573 жыл бұрын
@@TokenTravis no she wasn't it was fabulous moolah
@madamefeast48243 жыл бұрын
@@TokenTravis May Young was regarded as a saint. Do you mean Moolah?
@TokenTravis3 жыл бұрын
@@madamefeast4824 yeah my bad i always mix them up.
@Am0ment0fB3 жыл бұрын
Anyone else get excited that Simon wasn't going to give one single up? But, then he couldn't resist it. Ha.
@rickd99513 жыл бұрын
I’m at 0 & 5 but I figured one up was coming
@Am0ment0fB3 жыл бұрын
@@rickd9951 surry for the spoiler. Ha.
@MarkSmith-ub4hq3 жыл бұрын
He didn’t give an up to legends of wrestling 🤣🤣
@anthonygunson78163 жыл бұрын
I’d love Simon to review the first Wrestling event he ever watched, the thing that got him hooked on this crazy world we call wrestling.
@kylereece19793 жыл бұрын
Thats a great idea. The review could be a brilliant nostalgic lookback , whilst offering retrospective criticism if any. Yeah, thats somethin Id like to see.
@stonecold65213 жыл бұрын
Still better than any Raw show from the last ten years. Raw - and wrestling in general - has got so boring and predictable.
@varenoftatooine23933 жыл бұрын
Well that is just flat out untrue and incredibly biased.
@andyketchum9213 жыл бұрын
Backlash 2001. Brothers of Destruction vs 2 Man Power Trip. All the belts r on the line in that one match.
@jamesth84363 жыл бұрын
Wait I thought we were getting summerslam 05?
@rhysvandermerwe82053 жыл бұрын
armageddon 2008 Please please this has my favorite wrestling memory ever.
@BetleyIsland363 жыл бұрын
Why are we doing this over Summerslam 05 when that has twice as many votes on the community tab pole?
@raymac52353 жыл бұрын
As bizarre as their segments were I really do miss the random appearances of the Fabulous Moola and Mae Young.
@HeezNeez3 жыл бұрын
I don’t generally miss sexual predators.
@raymac52353 жыл бұрын
@@HeezNeez 👉🚪
@FnRenner3 жыл бұрын
@@raymac5235 did a little truth hurt your feelings?
@raymac52353 жыл бұрын
@@FnRenner 👉🚪
@HeezNeez3 жыл бұрын
If you’re seeing like 5 replies from me, I don’t know what to say, but something has clearly gone very wrong.
@CH-ju8zt3 жыл бұрын
Wow I never knew that was the reason for the hand.
@grimmcrag87153 жыл бұрын
Just when you thought it couldn't descend any further eh? 😂
@michibean6663 жыл бұрын
I was 11 years year and totally remember that Mae Young segment. Forever seared into my memory. I remember being happy my mom was still sleeping during most of Raw.
@maninashedandyp3 жыл бұрын
First ever Monday night raw, The late great Bobby the brain Heenen was brilliant at this show
@TJDylan3 жыл бұрын
Well it sounds like you need to do the show where Rikishi reveals he did it for the Rock now
@dhruvtrivedi13353 жыл бұрын
I thought so SummerSlam 2005 had won. So please do it next week because it's a great event. Eddie Guerrero vs Rey Mysterio is almost never bad , Randy Orton vs Undertaker had a FANTASTIC match , Edge and Matt Hardy had a blood feud and a kind of a underwhelming match and obviously hogan vs Micheals in which it is realised that if you Politick with Micheals kickingbottom hickingbottom he'll ruin you despite not even touching you.
@raymondgaray81193 жыл бұрын
Smackdown with Eddie Guerrero last match
@oliverthomas-couch3 жыл бұрын
TNA Destination X 2008 so Simon can watch Shark boy and Curry man vs 3D as well as Samoa Joe, Christian and Nash vs Angle, Styles and Tomko
@neilcoatham3 жыл бұрын
The first ever Raw Roulette episode
@JetstreamBrawl3 жыл бұрын
TNA Impact Victory Road 2011, I know it's know for Sting vs Jeff Hardy but I want to know the rest of the card
@bartlett247 Жыл бұрын
I was watching religiously back then, but when I saw the description saying this was 2000 I was baffled because I thought the whole Mae Young hand thing was in 99. I think I have just convinced myself that everything terrible from this period was in 99 and 2000 was all wonderful. This video has destroyed my happy memories of 2000 WWE.
@dannyaraya80179 ай бұрын
hell nah Raw in 1999 > Raw in 2000 and on
@mcj883 жыл бұрын
April 19, 2004 Monday Night RAW - night after Backlash 2004; far from the most historic show I admit (though there was a title change), but it has sentimental value to me simply because it's the only televised wrestling show I ever attended in-person. :)
@tyrelsmith79023 жыл бұрын
Retro Ups & Downs: TNA No Surrender 2009 The night AJ Styles won his first TNA World Heavyweight Championship
@eduardodearcos20763 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't say it's the worst raw episode. I'll take this episode over any raw from the past 5 years. Maybe even 10 years
@lightscameronreaction68603 жыл бұрын
Is this really worse than the episode of Raw where Vince announced The Wild Card Rule?
@biteme39893 жыл бұрын
I can’t believe this won
@velvetthunder19933 жыл бұрын
It didn’t
@VaultHunterKiriko3 жыл бұрын
Summerslam won not this
@shobitchouksey34423 жыл бұрын
The worst raw ever was on 2019 where roman got injured while being part of shield and Joe shemous and Cesaro beat Seth & Dean and show ended with baron Bobby and drew standing tall that was worst raw ever
@MirkoBalda3 жыл бұрын
WCW Starrcade 1997. THAT Hogan vs Sting, a super young Big Show, Eric Bischoff vs Larry Zsbysko, Eddie Guerrero vs Dean Malenko!
@EliteNeko4203 жыл бұрын
Why did you ignore the vote summer slam won
@raceabdul57683 жыл бұрын
At The Simon Miller of what culture WWE I still love you keep Uping those Downs
@thedoomdruid2963 жыл бұрын
I don't know why ppl vote for these episodes. Lol Simon deserves a great show to review!
@victorkariuki90213 жыл бұрын
do ups and downs for the raw that had the this is your life segment
@lennonpope87463 жыл бұрын
Over the limit 2012 just for cm punk vs Daniel Bryan
@anshchaudhary74563 жыл бұрын
I guess simon forgot about raws from 2020 to the present day when he said WORST RAW EVERRRRR !!!!
@ctd.22773 жыл бұрын
"It was madness, I was laughing, it was very entertaining. But I refuse to stop trying to make this dog quack, so it's getting a down." There, now you don't need to watch the video.
@audrishekhardutta18543 жыл бұрын
One thing I don't get about most of the retro ups and downs is..Simon reviews them like today's matches..back then 😂 most of the matches were not meant to be classic wrasllin matches.. specifically during attitude Era, whole show used to be filled with some filler matches mostly keeping the focus on entertainment factor..so I hope he reviews them with a little bit of ease 🤷🏻♂️ apart from this fact 😂😂😂 I agree some segments were simply 🤦🏻♂️ so I won't blame him for being that harsh at times lol
@erirodriguez97893 жыл бұрын
Bash At The Beach 1995
@deejayjoseph98733 жыл бұрын
Simon just finished saying " It was fun, I was entertained..but DOWN..Smh YOU DEFINITELY are mega biased bro..smh
@deathsnitemaresinfullust22693 жыл бұрын
Why would a show that is almost entirely downs get an overall up? This Episode Deserves a Down, i think you might just have an issue with something else? "Smh"
@deejayjoseph98733 жыл бұрын
@@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269 it's not the worst raw ever!! And it didnt deserve 9 downs to 1 up...the proof is in all the old videos how simon lets other companies do things except wwe
@deathsnitemaresinfullust22693 жыл бұрын
@@deejayjoseph9873 sure it's probably not the Worst RAW ever, but even without "the hand" this episode didn't really have anything of significance in terms of Wrestling. This is supposed to be a Wrestling program and it failed in that aspect. There is not enough good in This episode to get an Up. That's all there is to it.
@deejayjoseph98733 жыл бұрын
@@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269 I just feel that simon reviews wwe like he wants everything to look and feel real and destroys them for doing comedy and strange stories but he gave the shooting murder angle on impact an UP.. When wwe does unreal things, he gets upset like its suppose to be real
@deathsnitemaresinfullust22693 жыл бұрын
@@deejayjoseph9873 Haa!😆 He did? That doesn't sound like a "normal" Up kinda situation, pretty sure he would give the "Brian Pillman's got a gun" angle from WWF a Down. I gotta go see that Impact Ups and Downs now. Any chance you know about how long ago it was?👍
@keepingitrealawesome3 жыл бұрын
Let’s see some odd school ROH I wanna see CM Punk vs Homicide street fight
@sethkaplan3 жыл бұрын
Retro ups and downs: Wrestlemania X
@FlyBoyEnterprises3 жыл бұрын
Funny thing, ironically, THIS episode of RAW is the BEST when you compare it today.
@bobbiesuedavis54063 жыл бұрын
Why does Stephanie look so shocked every time she's called a tramp🤔😆
@MichaelRayzzorStarks3 жыл бұрын
I was like 13-14 when this happened and the hand is the only thing I remember from this episode...it was probably one of the last episodes of raw I watched for many years after that lol
@davidlinderman71663 жыл бұрын
Which episode was the Katie Vick one? It’s the only thing I can think of that matches the insanity of the hand.
@MrTeamGuy3 жыл бұрын
tune in every week to see how WWE tops that Raw with something way worse
@ethancrout61593 жыл бұрын
Wrestlemania 22 edge vs. foley in a hardcore match. Rey winning the heavyweight championship
@kalebrunton5273 жыл бұрын
I still love all these old shows in all their glory
@Your.favorite_N_Word3 жыл бұрын
Simon do retro ups and downs first smackdown in late 98
@mitchrodd31843 жыл бұрын
Simon you get a golden up from me just for putting yourself through that garbage for our amusement 👍
@xthekoolaidmane33413 жыл бұрын
May Young deserved an Up
@mikescott89033 жыл бұрын
I rode on a bus to my cousin's place in California from Texas to see this mania. It was awesome to be at but a horrible show overall
@martynpitt61073 жыл бұрын
No way out 2000
@Oggy91563 жыл бұрын
10 downs and 1 up I am happy I never saw that raw episode.
@MartinGiacomo3 жыл бұрын
This is a historical day in my life. I was watching wwf religiously and watching some of nitro. However this is the episode where I gave up on wwf entirely and started watching WCW on monday nights.
@kingloust92323 жыл бұрын
If you really wanna make Simon suffer then have him do the ups and downs for SummerSlam 2005 and 2006😄😄😄👿
@gorgusan3 жыл бұрын
Wrestlemania X. Bret vs Owen, SHawn Michaels vs Razon Ramon, Macho Man vs Crush..
@leeshwan9033 жыл бұрын
I love Ups and Downs, but we are putting Simon through this?! 😱
@shlongyurr10yearsago133 жыл бұрын
Do ups and downs for the collision in Korea!!
@bobthekow75473 жыл бұрын
Living in Green Bay Wisconsin, cheese head hats are very popular. It’s the unofficial “mascot” of the Green Bay Packers. I have no idea what the cheesehead is doing in MSG, but whatever
@dizzy13693 жыл бұрын
Wow, hand is now 5 (leap) years old. 🤣😂
@jeremyfincham14223 жыл бұрын
This must be the first time that an Ups & Downs video got double digit Downs.
@ElRuinero3 жыл бұрын
Lucha Undergrounds Ultima Lucha!
@kareemkhederoo40923 жыл бұрын
Gonna do this again, Clash of the Champions 1988.
@dustinsensenig97983 жыл бұрын
Bad Blood 97. The first time I suggested it, it got a ton of momentum but ended up thrown out cuz of WrestleMania weekend
@Kilbotz3 жыл бұрын
Goldberg winning the WCW world title 6/7/98 Nitro/Raw retro ups and downs. About time we see Nitro at its very best. Raw had a good showing with Mankind vs Undertaker number one contenders match as the main event.
@KEPA0003 жыл бұрын
WWE probably got inspired with this episode of raw it's very clear with the ratings on the current raw
@TheJamesBunn3 жыл бұрын
The Rikishi Driver was such a great finisher
@ausetrgb6333 жыл бұрын
I stopped watching wrestling for 20 years after Mae Young gave birth to that hand.
@Bonesaw_McGraw3 жыл бұрын
Halloween havoc 95. Monster truck match
@Syntheticks3 жыл бұрын
Definitely one of the weirdest moments I ever saw on TV as a kid.
@waynecarter21693 жыл бұрын
Loving that t-shirt Miller 👍😁
@caplockon94813 жыл бұрын
She actually gave birth to John Cena, you just couldn't see him......
@kingloust92323 жыл бұрын
Raw 9/27/99 "The Rock This your Life" segment
@jasonsierchio11673 жыл бұрын
This RAW is more entertaining than anything the WWE has produced in the last decade.