Why 1995 Was a Terrible Year for the WWF (wrestling documentary)

In this wrestling documentary we see how 1995 was a terrible year in the WWF, as fans started to desert Vince McMahon's once mighty World Wrestling Federation. Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage were long gone, and McMahon struggled with his New Generation of Superstars. He had lost faith in Bret Hart, Diesel was proving to be the worst WWF Champion ever and Shawn Michaels was emerging as a headcase. WCW launched Nitro and now the WWF was in real trouble. This is why 1995 was the worst year of the 90's for WWE.
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[@StunnedByWrestling]

Hi guys, this is a re-upload. Had to make a couple of edits for reasons. As always, don't hate the playa... hate the game

[@mohammedbakeer3034]

Well I watched it before but I most say, yes, it was a rough year for wwe, however, I still look favorably to the positives of the year, like the Ladder Match II at Summerslam, the Hart-Diesel Match at Survivor Series, also HBK was fun to watch at 1995, he is (in my opinion) hasn't had a Match that sucked in 1995.

[@mikehunt4986]

OK Hunter.

[@bpolovich9398]

A double dose today? COUNT ME IN! Even if it is a re-upload, I'm casting it to my TV screen now!

[@bpolovich9398]

Also, is your name James??

[@StunnedByWrestling]

@@bpolovich9398 Yessir

[@Shadowkiller-dq2ju]

The WWF was running on Diesel power

[@romibodoni]

”... because that’s what makes a Mack Truck go!“ 😂

[@iAintSayDat]

Diesel had nothing to work with. They shoulda kept up with Bret. That woulda helped. I mean Mabel?

[@MarvelMTs]

Buh dum, pss!

[@bigdaddyhd76]

@@iAintSayDat they should of kept Diesel a heel him being baby face ruined his bad ass character. He was better pounding his opponents and it would of worked better with him taking on smaller opponents with him throwing them around. Vince was trying to do with Diesel what he did with Hogan in the 80s taking on heel monsters and it didn’t work.

[@BiscoWho]

Just like the VW Polo Blue Motion, 3-cylinder. Now THERE'S some serious horsepower! Vroom vroom!

[@retrorambles517]

I think 1993 to 1996 where the dark days in WWF They started to really re build and plan in 1997 and from 1998 onwards they were unstoppable

[@marcbasil]

2003-now are the “dark years”. 1993-6 were great, just not in murica due to the stero!d trial

[@hoopty.]

It's horrible now 😢

[@Tony-fq5bn]

Things started to get better in 96, 95 was truly horrible but the table for the Attitude Era began to be set in 96

[@charlesiofaustria7361]

I think 94 was a solid year for WWE and underrated. I believe it gets overlooked because it's sandwiched between 93 and 95 which are lackluster years to say the least.

[@NateTheGnat]

94 and 96 were very good years. Underrated.

[@PatPauloMMA]

I remember being a kid and watching this. I was 10 years old. I thought Diesel was boring, I thought Bob Backland was literally insane, and I LOVED Bret Hart.

[@dirbrody]

I was 10 too! I thought it was silly & cartoonish. But in 96-97 everything started to change. When the wrestlers started being more “adult” I became a huge fan then…

[@tomrussell9829]

11 here in 95

[@eddie9244]

SAME!

[@Rick-si1re]

Diesel wasn't boring, it's just that at that time, they wanted him to be something he really wasn't, he was cool but he was super tamed, compared to his original heel character as Michaels' bodyguard a few years prior, of course they went back to that after he lost the title to Hart at SS that year but it was a little too late then as he was already on his way to WCW.

[@Tornado1994]

@@tomrussell9829 I was 12. WWF was Weak Sauce in '95.

[@davidhuntington82887]

I remember when I was a kid I thought Shawn Michaels was called the Heart Break Kid because of his rivalry with Bret Hart.

[@sosamanotf642]

Clever

[@NathanSeitz]

It was actually because Somas Rx are bad for your heart.

[@ihytj6251]

It’s crazy that 1997. Arguably a top 5 year in wrestling history was only a year and a half removed from all of this

[@solo13th]

They did even sign Austin until the end of this year crazy

[@bigdaddyhd76]

By that point Vince built his stars and rebranded going from the cartoonish era to a more edgy one more suited for young adults

[@kokotheclown2588]

I can’t believe WWF was still doing their kiddy sh&t in freaking 94 the era of gangsters, grudge,and many more edgy shows on TV and meanwhile WCW and WWF we’re doing kiddy sh$t in 94/95 meanwhile ECW was revolutionizing the business with their edge and storylines

[@skycaptaincharisma]

i'm never gonna not giggle when i hear the statement "the Marines injured Michaels so badly that he had to be written off WWF television..." 😂

[@devious187]

It's been almost 28 years and I still have nightmares and flashbacks of the only WWF pay-per-view that they did in my city... In Your House: Great White North! Trust me, Vince wasn't the only one angrily storming out of the building, we all were lol

[@theoneandonly7895]

Damn Vince seemed to only use Bret Hart while developing his next big star. Great video man hopefully we can get a 1996 review.

[@Tony-fq5bn]

Ya, unfortunate, the true "Guy" gets to win the title at Wrestlemania.........Stone Cold, Hulk, Cena, Batista, Roman, HHH(Rock is one of the rare top guys to never win the title at WM) Then you have your second tier guys, guys that Vince felt comfortable putting the Title on but didnt ever really see as a true top guy for the company..........Edge, Y2J, Mankind........I think Vince saw Bret this way, I don't feel like Vince ever really treated him like The MAN til he turned heel in 97..........he was never intended to be seen as The Man of The New Generation, but the Title just kept going back to him over those years, I feel like the fans ended up seeing him as the Top Guy for that Era

[@derrickblack3929]

​@@Tony-fq5bn Bret won the wwe title twice at WrestleMania btw....

[@oesp2370]

​@@derrickblack3929O Nope, only once. He won the WWE championship 5x - a Houseshow in Canada, Wrestle Mania X, Survivor Series '95, In Your House 13 and Summer Slam '97.

[@justinwalker2928]

@@Tony-fq5bn Boring Bret Hart didn’t put buts in seats!

[@zt1053]

Brett was only made the top guy because of the steroid scandal

[@MichaelStrick9]

When I was a teenager, I didn't view Bret Hart as being over enough to be world champion level. But as I get older, and I look back on this stuff, and I hear the stories of everything that went on behind the scenes, my appreciation for Bret just grows and grows. Somehow he was able to have continued success despite everything working against him. Having to follow the Hogan era and the fallout from the steroid scandal, horrible writing, and a general rudderless ship in a pop culture era that 80's style wrestling was unfit for. But Bret could always be relied upon. Despite that, Vince never fully trusted him as headliner. It was always "Well, I guess we need to put the belt back on Bret until we figure out what to do" as they always looked for some new big star to try to crown, yet their plans would flop over and over, and Bret was always there to pick up and pieces and steady the ship. Bret was never out partying, cokin' it up, driving drunk, getting into bar fights, or getting wrapped up in any scandal. He was just always there as the back up plan. I can only imagine the success he could have had had Vince given his full effort into pushing Bret. Is, was, ever will be.

[@Blackhaze3000]

💯 A reason he's one of my favorites too and that epic 1997 heel run he had

[@mansor78]

👍👍👍

[@JOBdOut]

The Lawrence Taylor decision.. Yes hotshotting a major celebrity can work - it worked with Mr T at Wrestlemania 1.. but Lawrence Taylor was only a major celebrity among New York Football fans.. and Wrestlemania needed the support of a lot more than just New York.. the show wasn't even IN New York - it was in a state that divided its support between New York and the New England Patriots.

[@dumisatonyjohnson8145]

WMXI should’ve been at the continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford or even Madison Square Garden in Manhattan

[@christhornycroft3686]

Undertaker was still playing a cartoon character out of the 80s, HBK was never a big draw, and I’m pretty sure he was a babyface in 1995, so Bret really had no one to work with. If you don’t have a heel for the babyface to work with to generate heat, it doesn’t matter how big a star that babyface is. Diesel didn’t really figure things out until his match with Bret and he parlayed that into a big WCW contract, where he showed he had learned something. Everyone says Bret sucked, but without him, there’s no Attitude Era. Austin needed that I Quit Match to solidify himself as a main event talent and megastar, The Rock learned a lot from the Hitman, and even Sean Waltman was guven (at Bret’s request) an extended match to open Raw that put him on the map pre-Razor. Bret did get screwed. He had as much of an impact on the most successful era of wrestling as anyone and he never saw any benefit. He was basically buried and disrespected. MJF is finding out right now that no matter how good you are, if you have no one to work with that people care about, you might as well be Steve Lombardi.

[@jonharrison9222]

No sane person thinks Bret sucked.

[@sirnoname6943]

Shawn was at the top of the world during that time it just hurts you bret hart fanboys that Shawn got way bigger pops during that time 😂

[@thebatman7192]

You're Right. Shawn Was Never A Draw, Bret Was. But Not As Big As Hogan Unfortunately.

[@buddylee5712]

I cant decide which is worse to watch; WWF in 1995 or WWE today

[@Green.P3]

Definitely WWF because WWE is actually getting back good

[@Green.P3]

Every pay per view this year from WWE has been good

[@baksamakmuu7681]

​@@Green.P3 pay per view

[@albalog2449]

Definitely WWE today is worse. I was watching in 1995 and everyone knew it was a PG kid's show (same with WCW at the time which I liked better), but you still had vintage old-school talent that the adults liked, and it was still colorful fun unlike the boring drabness of today. Nobody in 1995 watched WWF or WCW at the time thinking they were getting Nine Inch Nails or Alice in Chains, it was more like a circus that the adults appreciated the performance. The "adult wrestling shows" at the time were ECW (the grungy stuff) and AJPW All Japan tapes (the MSG sports-like stuff). As an old school guy, I would much rather be a wrestler & champion in 1994/1995 than the environment today.

[@Green.P3]

@@albalog2449 Your smoking something for sure, WWF in 1995 was terrible overall it had a lot of bad matches and PPVs. WWE this year so far has had a lot of good matches and every PPV has been good on top of having the best wrestling storyline of all time with the Bloodline.

[@hugh2hoob668]

123 Kid Vs Hakushi was a AWESOME match though one shining light of 1995

[@Niroticpogo]

No matter how bad it was in 95, I'll still take it over the celebrity guest host era of Raw, which was the worst era imo.

[@Leny1777]

When was that 2009-2011?

[@Niroticpogo]

@Leny1777 Yea basically

[@Leny1777]

@@Niroticpogo I want to see all episodes from 1993-2012. 2006 was a meh year that I watch on andcoff but 2004 and 2005 was such great years!

[@earlofdrumer1851]

Mr Bob Backlund was an amazing psycho heel. I loved his character. "Kevin Nash. You are a Neanderthal!"

[@elleni-41]

Sad how brett was treated before he went to wcw... he was too loyal to wwf, vince dont care who he screws over as long as it's good for his business..love ur channel sir..👍👌

[@retrorambles517]

Boring Bret screwed Bret

[@elleni-41]

@@retrorambles517 ..i was waiting for someone to say that..🤣🤣

[@Kalel2.0]

The guy only missed 2 ppvs his entire time there Bret didn't deserve that at all but at the same time he should've been more co operative about dropping the title. I still think had he stayed we would've gotten Hart vs Austin 2 at WM 14 which would've been a much better option

[@elleni-41]

@@Kalel2.0 ..ive said that also that he should've dropped it cause he was, leaving anyway..

[@ohlord3650]

None of the parties involved was guilt-free. Flat out refusing to job in your home country is absurd and petty. Imagine an American refusing to job in the US... they would rightfully be criticized for it.

[@MiniatureMasterClass]

Micheals and Nash were two of the worst champs of that era, but miles better than what they have now.

[@PeterHowe228]

Thank you for uploading this, I have believed 1995 was one of the worst years ever as well, it's good to see this addressed.

[@aye_its_karate6169]

It’s common knowledge for all wrestling fans that 1995 was the worst year for WWE. I believe you thought the same…but do you feel like you were the only person who thought that? I mean, like every single diehard wrestling fan knew that😅

[@PeterHowe228]

@@aye_its_karate6169 For whatever reason, the ones I kept seeing online kept saying now is the worst time over and over. In one conversation I tried to explain this and the person responded "there's no time like old times" I responded, "there are a lot better old times than 1995."

[@dollartop]

It's personal opinion. I love 1995. Shawn Michaels with Pamela Andreson, Hakushi, King Kong Bundy, Mabel, IRS, British Buldog in fantastic shape, Owen Hart, Adam Bomb, debut of Goldust. Except for the match with football player it was great. When they started attitude thing I stopped watching. I don't like realism on tv. I have it in real life. Many kids like me in Russia started watching WCW instead.

[@jmaxx7410]

I always believed if Vince didn't put Macho Man on the sidelines he would've had legendary feuds with Razor, Bret, Diesel, and Shawn and the WWF would've been in a better position than they were.

[@scottferguson3842]

Agreed. Vince gave up on Savage way too soon. As Macho proved in 97 by winning match of year.

[@germantruthseeker]

It wasn't a good year, especially business wise, but on a personal level I still enjoy a lot of the wrestling from that time, especially Bret Hart and HBK. The overall product was very basic and tamed at the time and had some ridiculous gimmicks, but it focused more on the in ring action and clear cut storylines and presentation and that simplicity makes it (at least some of it) enjoyable to me. Watching it today, wrestling from the mid 90s feels wholesome to me and I even prefer it over todays product that WWE puts out, which feels more like a circus show than wrestling.

[@thomaswilson1016]

Regardless of era, wrestling has always been a circus show!

[@eddiemoney1093]

Being that i was 15 at the time and there was no internet worth talking about I remember all this mich more fondly than apparently most people do. I dont bother watching it back these days because I want to keep remembering it fondly.

[@Spamcloud]

Most of the wounds were self-inflicted. The championship match at Royal Rumble was a disaster; they killed Backlund's heat and Bam Bam's career at Wrestlemania; Mabel headlined King of the Ring and Summerslam; and when they finally realized that Kevin Nash would be way more over as the prick he would be in WCW, it was too late. No one on the outside forced those decisions.

[@nickzeno4567]

You mentioned Shawn Michael's getting beat up by a group of Marines. The number of Marines that beat Michael's varies in number by who's telling the story and which time of day it is. The most likely number of Marines was one.

[@keltrepes2534]

I actually liked when Diesel was champ back in 1995. Then again I was 13 and didn't know any better.

[@grinchoi1]

Why did McMahon keep shitting on Brett Hart when he was such a fan favorite?

[@edge803]

Maybe because he was from Canada. And vince wanted a American hero type character like lex luger in1993. But the fans where always on brets side. Look at the crowd reaction when he came out in 1994 royal rumble.

[@constablekennedy7705]

HulkaMania wasn’t Runnin Wild Brotherrr …

[@edge803]

Hogan was getting booed in wcw in 1995.. brother!

[@SonnyK248]

Bret really was a superstar. You look at how many guys Vince tried to push ahead of Bret and would eventually flop leaving Vince no choice but to give him the belt back. Initially Luger was the guy the company put all their time and money behind only for Hart to be the one to beat Yoko. Then you have Deisel and Shawn. And despite Shawn's talent, ratings still went down when he got the belt and went back up when Bret got it. He really was the Daniel Bryan of his day. Sometimes fans just grab hold of a guy so tight and wont let go no matter how hard the company try to push them down the card.

[@eddiemoney1093]

Literally as soon as he left the ratings went through the roof so I'm not sure your theory holds that much water

[@SonnyK248]

@@eddiemoney1093 He left for good in 97 when business was starting to take off. But when he left to film lonesome dove and Shawn got the belt the ratings dropped and bounced back after Bret returned. Same with Deisel. It was like Vince didn't want Bret as his champion so he was always trying to replace him but his replacements never panned out so he always ended up going back to the well with Bret while he thought up another Bret replacement that didn't pan out. Remember the business exploding was down to Steve Austin and it was Bret who personally asked for Steve to be his first opponent on his return and made Steve a star at Wrestlemania 13.

[@wimbledon5353]

As a kid, even though I had no idea Bret was kinda being demoted, I continually saw him as the top guy in the company during that time.

[@leifnielson6849]

The year didn't finish so bad though the match between Bret and Diesel at SS was pretty damn good and same could be said for the main and the Dec ppv as well

[@NateTheGnat]

Watching Yokozuna vs Mabel in 1995 was 95 WWF in a nutshell. Two lumbering molasses moving behemoths sloppily slugging it out to a double KO. And then hugging each other at the end of the match to a chorus of boos.

[@BoereViking]

14:14 not several marines. Just one guy, and that's why Vince got Shawn to drop the law suit.

[@sirnoname6943]

Yeah you were there 😂

[@ssnadera6498]

it changed as soon as sycho sid returned in mid 96,mid 96 to mid 97 was the best of wwe,it was like attitude era without the perverted storylines.

[@philthatcher6111]

94-96 was a difficult time to watch WWF just as it was for me to watch WWE from 2011-13.

[@conradojavier7547]

1995 feels like the Peak of the New Generation Era to Me.

[@dacripe]

I remember 1995 being very bad. I had watched WCW off and on the few years before that, but I switched over to them during this time. It only got better from there for the next few years. Luckily for WWF (yeah I'll never call them WWE), they got things back on track with Steve Austin and The Rock. Although I never cared much for the Attitude Era either outside of Austin and Rock.

[@eddiemoney1093]

I don't know, man. I watched a LOT of wrestling during this time period. What was WCW doing here? Dungeon of doom? It wasn't better.

[@jefferyjones8399]

I think they should have given the belt to Razor Ramon instead of Diesel

[@Goldnfoxx]

I really don't think Diesel was a terrible WWF champion, or blame him for whatever numbers of fans he was drawing. I blame, seemingly in perpetuity, WWF creative and the awful storylines they gave him. His matches against Bret at the RR and SS, and against Shawn at Mania, were great, imo. I don't completely hate his match with Sid. But spending so much of the year booked against Mabel was just a really bad idea, even on paper. We fans knew he was boring as hell in the ring, looked ridiculous, and couldn't wrestle; didn't know it at the time, but he was also apparently really unsafe in the ring, too. NO ONE, not even the likes of Bret or Hogan could've made that work for as long as Vince and co. wanted. It certainly had no business being the main event of SummerSlam.

[@eddiemoney1093]

He certainly helped move the needle for WCW

[@WalsallGooner]

The only decent thing I liked from 1995 was Dan Spivey being Waylon Mercy, shame that he had to retire injured, his character was ahead of it’s time, you know what I mean? 😉

[@kazallroberts]

Needless to say, the mid 90s was definitely a dark time for big circuit wrestling especially for the WWF. Other than NJPW & maybe WCW, 1995 was just miserable for big circuit professional wrestling.

[@mikehunt4986]

It was miserable in WCW too. The Dungeon of Doom, the Yeti, yellow-and-red Hulk Hogan trying desperately to stay relevant by going to the dark side...shit sucked there too.

[@kazallroberts]

@@mikehunt4986 Tho I will give WCW this is that it at least had interesting undercard feuds and the Dungeon Of Doom despite being cheesy, it was at least harmless.

[@LongLiveRockAnRoll]

1995 WCW wasn't much better, arguably worse in places. People were growing real sick of Hogan being on top, not to mention the Dungeon of Doom. NWO couldn't come fast enough.

[@kazallroberts]

@@LongLiveRockAnRoll With the nWo, Hogan was still on top of the card regardless

[@LongLiveRockAnRoll]

@Kazall Roberts I should have been clearer. I meant people were sick of Hogan on top doing the same exact gimmick from the mid 80s.

[@UstraMage]

Ooof, I remember this year. I had only been watching for a year or 2 and almost stopped. Bret should have been champion all year and then, maybe, dropped it to Shawn.

[@dranshulgupta1986]

Bret was an outstanding wrestler… the best there was, the best there is and best there ever will be. He was unreal. He brought stunts and charisma to the ring. He worked so well on his stunts. Diesel and Michaels were great too. Hulk Hogan was sh** all along.

[@G-TV_TheOneManArmy]

Can you do 1996 since you did 1997 as well

[@marccaselle8108]

I have all these in your house shows and they are in great quality. The old shows are a hoot.

[@ryanhansen1325]

I had watched the federation loyally from the dawn of Hulkamania circa spring 84 as a 6 y/o. I remember distinctly feeling like things were changing for the worse sometime around early 1993 with Hulk barely appearing, Flair leaving, Macho Man inexplicably downgraded to commentary and the rot of the tag team division, which was always previously stuffed with great teams.

[@Mjwara]

Remember, nostalgia makes everyone look at the past for what they want it to be, not for what it really was. This video alone shows that not everything was all sunshine and rainbows in the '90s.

[@acceptable1609]

Exactly one thing I love about videos like these is going and reading the comments and seeing ones like, 1995 WWE is better than current WWE when that couldn’t be further from the truth.

[@ericjackson7632]

​@@acceptable1609I always view 1995 as a nadir point. No matter how bad things get, I'm like there's 1995. Didn't care for WCW that year either.

[@DwayneIsK1NG]

2:57 you couldn't force me to believe that this wasn't a picture from the mid 80's and not freaking 1995 😭💀

[@Wildberryjamband]

Bret's overall trilogy with Diesel were the highlights of the 1994-1995 world title main events. The tag title tournament on Raw had some good matchups, and the characters of Adam Bomb and Kwang could have actually had potential if they hadn't been booked as jobbers themselves. Adam Bomb could have been presented as more of a threat than King Mabel. I wonder Shawn didn't have the boyhood dream in 1995 ?

[@michaelweech6432]

Good that comments aren’t turned off for this video, as I was going to post my answer, in that I’m aware, myself, why 1995 was a terrible year for the WWF - because it was the first year of the ‘new generation’ era; 1994 was the last year of the ‘golden’ era, which began in the 80s (hence 1993 was the penultimate year of the ‘golden’ era). The 1994 Survivor Series was the last PPV of the ‘golden’ era, and the 1995 Royal Rumble was the first year of the terrible, ‘new generation’ era (I’m not too surprised that the 1994 Survivor Series was the last Survivor Series to take place on Thanksgiving).

[@supermike1982]

The big man philosophy didn’t work out for wwf at that time. Mabel was one of the worst gimmicks to come Out of the company

[@doodoocheeks420ballsac5]

Everything that could have gone wrong for WWF in 1995 went wrong

[@leighmeeks3529]

Surprised WWE made it through 1995 with all those garbage matches

[@justaddressmeasking6625]

They barely made it..... Barely.

[@leighmeeks3529]

@@justaddressmeasking6625 thank god they did or the attitude era wouldn't have happened

[@StealthMarmot_]

The year might have been the worst for the WWF creatively, but it wasn't financially. The pay per view buy rate per event was mostly lows verse the previous 5-6 years, BUT since they put on more events the actual total buys for all the events combined was MORE than any previous year for the WWF. It is true that they did have to pay the cost of putting on extra events though, so the total profits probably weren't as high as previous years, but it is not really accurate to say the company was in utter financial decline. I think Vince and creative in general were just so stuck on the Hulk Hogan mentality. Hulk had been the big draw for so many years they had never considered diversifying their draw reasons and do some new creative things. They needed to change things up, and not lean on the BIG MAN idea. Honestly I think they gave up on Bret too early, and misattributed the lack of draw to him instead of everything around him.

[@dumisatonyjohnson8145]

It’s crazy to think that the older fans think that today’s WWE was bad But the WWE in 1995 was 10x worse than it is now

[@thedragonchaser]

"SuperBrawl Saturday?!"

[@ssssssstssssssss]

Vince never really believed in Hart which is probably why the WWF suffered even though Hart did much better on top than Nash, Michaels, Luger, etc. 1994 and 1997, when Hart was the top guy were much better than 96, 95 and 93

[@hamthemammothhamster839]

By far the worst year of the '90s.

[@jyesucevitz]

Bob Backlund was my first wrestling "hero". however, it was Chief Jay Strongbow walking to the ring that caught my attention while switching channels. anyone old enough will remember back then that finding a show to watch was an important thing. there was was no channel surfing when it required getting up and walking to the tv to surf. especially when there less than 10 channels to surf. (including UHF.) anyway, even though i knew Bob's time at the top again was going to be short lived as the business evolved it was still disheartening for me to see.

[@BadstreetMI]

It's an interesting note that the WWF's worst years of the original national era (83-01) were all consecutive (93-96), while WCW's were scattered (91, 93, 00). Probably an indication of WCW's total inconsistency as a business.

[@iBmEVanquisher]

WCW in 99 sucked and drove viewers away like crazy

[@BadstreetMI]

@@iBmEVanquisher I'm not going to argue in favor of 99 by any means.

[@johnnyestrada6993]

I remember being so excited for King of the Ring that year (hey hey I was only 9 years old) because I thought we would have The Undertaker vs Shawn Michaels. But we ended up with Mabel vs Savio Vega…

[@keithharper1470]

MoM were one of the few over acts in WWF at the time. The problem was Vince tirned Mable heel. He turned a over babyface tag team heel nobody was going to get behind him onowing he was limited

[@pwr2dappl175]

Love your videos mate , good luck on the ascension.

[@penskepc2374]

The first PPV I ever got for WWE(my first was WCW uncensored 99) was the last in your house.

[@donwax3061]

Bob Backlund was so weird in 95. I remember him showing up them really promoting a weird uncle type character was out of nowhere like a nose bleed

[@uttermanbo]

Wrestling as a whole was down in '95. It really only heated up when WCW and WWE were both successful. Rising tides raise all ships. Much like today, wrestling needs AEW to push WWE. Why fans refuse to see this is beyond me. Competition is good for the cosumer.

[@CarnivoreAF]

I’d rather watch this video on 1995 WWE more that this week’s Monday night raw

[@retrorambles517]

A wild slapnuts appears

[@LongLiveRockAnRoll]

Crazy to think a wild Slapnuts has appeared in pretty much every promotion for the best part of 30 years.

[@RyDeezy1992]

At 7:30 Why is it the only In Your House logo edit by WWE, while the rest has the old WWF logo??? 🤔🤔🤔

[@ruddagahwallace8287]

The Million Dollar Corporation was a horrible angle this year and the fact Undertaker had to feud with them was a complete waste. They had the talent in 1995, just shitty stories.

[@Wildberryjamband]

Bret versus Hakushi was a filler. Diesel versus King Mabel was for the WWF title at Summerslam. Unbelievable to think Vince really thought what would be a great feud. Vince probably thought Yokozuna versus King Kong Bundy for the world championship should have been the main event at Wrestlemania 11.

[@claydogg234]

WWE often mistreated Bret.

[@ikorodunewsnetwork]

Bret ran 93, 94 and 97.

[@wimbledon5353]

He ran 94. Vince was going for Luger in 93, and 97 had Hart, HBK, Taker, and Austin at top with no real dominant focal point (of course it was eventually going to be Austin).

[@thebatman7192]

You're Right. Bret Ran 93, 94 And 97.

[@JitteryJackanape]

I think people are way too harsh on Kevin Nash. Its not like he was passed the torch from a ratings boom. They had been in steady decline since like 1989. And their reputation took a huge hit. Bret Hart was a great wrestler but he couldn't get the ratings back up to what Hogan was doing. I don't think even Austin or Rock could have gotten a good drawing Summerslam main event against Mabel. Austin in 98 would struggle in 95 because the majority ofbthe roster and creative sucked. Thank god the kliq sat down with Vince and were like stop doing all the occupational trash gimmicks no one wants to see that. It took a while but they were right. Something hardly anyone talks about.

[@KylePrime_1986]

To say Diesel wasn't super jacked is confusing to me he was pretty jacked and tall

[@edge803]

He looked jacked but He was a better heel.

[@danielrierson6683]

But common now is it worse than 2004 post wrestlemania?

[@robclark4507]

I loved wwf from 87 too 92 but when all my friend started saying its fake I dint belive them till a Yr later😂

[@dontatme450]

That loathsome celebration diesel had after he pinned backlund was corny af

[@Dumapower1996]

I think now is the dark days of wrestling. It just sucks big time.

[@razor49er]

Great Video, But Can Someone Explain to me the 100 million dollar Question Why Scott Hall “Razor Ramon” wasn’t in the Mix to be World Champion at that time and I Never Understood Why they Brought in Backlund that Disappeared when he got beat by the Iron Sheik about 10 years Earlier S.Hall was good Technical Wrestler for a Big Guy and was one of the Greatest Heels of All Time I mean he was the Bad Guy Can you get more Heel than that he was more seasoned than K.Nash and Really I don’t think that Nash had paid his dues by that time to be Champion like Hall did he was in the AwA before and had a great run there and He created his Gimmick from the Movie Scarface not McMahon who had never watched that move and no idea which I can’t believe that how do you not know the Movie Scarface between Brett, S.Michael’s and Razor would’ve had Great Matches I think 95 Would’ve Been a little bit of a Better year for he WWE

[@bb-gc2tx]

there is great book about this year called titan sinking i highly recommend it

[@davonz4942]

As a child I remember this cuz me and my friends was more into wcw cuz hogan move there

[@ryanhansen1325]

You knew they had no idea what they were doing when they had a Mabel/ Savio Vega bout to determine the King Of The Ring. Clueless booking!

[@Warrenwoon]

It should have been oj Simpson instead of LT… imagine the heat

[@romibodoni]

According to Bruce Pritchard, OJ was intended to wrestle against Roddy Piper at WM 12. However they got a huge backlash from a lot of people, so they didn't plan it any further.

[@claytonphillips85]

Man this era really does get left in the dumpster and forgotten about doesn't it 😂😂😂 WTH were they thinking back then

[@DjCraigDalzell]

I like a Techmoan vid before I even watch a Techmoan vid 😎

[@jonjone661]

Lawrence Taylor is that dude

[@Danimal1177]

As bad as it may have been, I still looked forward to watching Raw on Monday nights way more than I do now.

[@aleiterful]

I loved 1995 in the wwf lmao

[@jasoncutshaw8401]

It's 3:16 in morning..so is it an Austin 3:16 morning??

[@BrianJamesShanley]

They booked Diesel badly. It’s not his fault.

[@Blaze0071]

I love these

[@yorkshiretea7620]

The steroid trial really fucked with the WWF

[@Gazowen-qz5xy]

Making mabel king of the ring was bad but diesel wwf champion was the 1995 downfall

[@josephnicolino8529]

ECW, All Japan and New Japan were the only companies that weren't shit in 1995.

[@marccaselle8108]

Lol heel bob backlund.

[@chamuuemura5314]

2:45 you answered the real reason for flagging sales. Lack of talent. It’s the house shows that are the seeds planted for main event harvests. 3:40 championship match ending in interference… another reason. LT vs Bam Bam? LT was a legend for the Giants but he’s not an actor (mic work/selling) or proficient in wrestling moves. Bam Bam was insanely talent for his size. Vader was another. Later on Foley. All were awesome for anyone of any size. Sadly, WCW didn’t learn anything from celebrity cameos as we’d see over the next 6 years after that.

[@user-fz9pt3rx7i]

1995 better than the last 20 years of wwe

[@emma..gamingmovies9091]

ITS LIKE WHO ELSE CAN WE HAVE FOR CHAMP (looks through the book) ummmmmm bret and shaun were the only guys tht can wrestle LOL Like wtf is vince thinking, imagaine Bigalow tearing through all the idiots, make him scary, do what WCW did with BIG VAN VADER he was frightening. VKM wanted the children =mum+dads money. Its slo ridiculous, i cant believe ppl ever watched it

[@duvalcounty1037]

It is amazing how the biggest company in Wrestling ever.Had Hogan Savage Nash Hall Luger but couldn book anything in the short time they did have them because New York fangs never liked us Georgia Florida fans wonder if that was a Work in itself and not even counting Hitman