The Competition During The Monday Night War was Awesome for Fans

[@Jacktrack7]

I like how Taker is so deep into WWE style and culture at this point, that he still sometimes says "that other company" as if he couldn't name WCW 😅

[@tun-tunninc.6492]

That OTHER company did him wrong. And why do y'all refer to him as Taker. Do you know him personally??

[@ronniemacdonald2768]

@@tun-tunninc.6492 You say that as though he was Christened "Taker".

[@YouTubeOGSinceO6-vv9jn]

When we go golfing I call him Marky Mark of the Dark bunch.

[@scottharman110]

​@tun-tunninc.6492 dam are you ever uptight man. Do you really think he cares if you call him taker or undertaker.

[@tun-tunninc.6492]

@@scottharman110 you obviously do. 🤣🤣

[@alfredsantiago2522]

It’s rare to find an interviewer who just shuts up and lets the legend talk….

[@LINKKART8]

Ikr that's what I like about this one

[@shaunfirebird]

Man I feel bad for the fans today who were either not alive or too young to remember this epic period.

[@Mr_APeezy]

And in my hometown, it was literally USA - Channel 45, and TNT - Channel 46. Used to record a ton of matches between the two on those 6 and 8hr VHS tapes. 😅

[@KyleJoseph-vo6vp]

Man i feel.bad for u losers that watch roided up sweaty men play pretend fight in speedos..

[@DavidZMH]

They can rewatch everything on peacock but its going to take them years lol

[@GamesCourier]

There's a channel with the series "reliving the war" it's great to get a sniff of it. He's comparing both shows (Raw and Nitro) side by side each week and it's a lot of fun to watch

[@johndrake3472]

The wars were a cultural phenomenon, and you're damn right it was competition. If you weren't there, you couldn't understand.

[@realKratos667]

Thank you. I have said this to so many of today's new wrestling fans. So many of today's fans think what AEW is doing is top notch never been done before. Then I have to let them know, Um no WWE did that during the Attitude Era. I mean that technically all AEW is doing is trying to copy the Attitude Era with wrestlers that couldn't lace the boots of the wrestlers that were around back then. AEW says "Where the best wrestle". Sorry, but if that's the case then WWE's slogan should be "Where real wrestlers wrestle". It's also like when us old wrestle fans compare AEW to WCW, unless you was around back then, you won't understand. I mean watching videos and listening to wrestlers talk about it isn't the same as actually watching it and being there when things happened. It's so eerily similar to what AEW has and is doing, it's creepy.

[@ronaldisrow8055]

Just saying for me the first 2 hours where wcw the last hour was wwf there midcard was better but the first hour of wcw was always gold well at least the first 40 minutes after the promos

[@Thefloridiannightmare]

💯💯💯

[@ElBiggaBean]

Literally the best phase of wrestling ever

[@jamesmiller5331]

Hogan turning heel and the emergence of Stone Cold Steve Austin was quintessential 1990s

[@thisjustin7492]

Switching between Usa & TNT was a monday night routine for me as a child.

[@Serit0nin]

31 and 44

[@clarity2115]

😍😍

[@otease713]

People don’t understand how legendary and lit that was lol commercial come switch lol

[@clarity2115]

@@otease713 glad we got to experience, crazy kids now are in their 20's now and missed the experience

[@doubleM1986]

I would watch WCW and record RAW on VHS.

[@greenfrog9702]

Mark is loyal and won't just jump ship for the cash, very respectable

[@KyleJoseph-vo6vp]

Spoken like a true fanboy of fake fighting lmao

[@greenfrog9702]

@@KyleJoseph-vo6vp Spoken like a true loser trawling comment sections looking for a fight, try again little boy

[@heyah1447]

Monday night wars got the best of WWF. The characters the storylines, the promos, in-ring work. It was amazing

[@HawaiiFoodAndFun]

Monday Nights were awesome because you could go to school or work the next day and talk about it all week Thank you Undertaker for everything youve done for the business. Loved it so much I pursued it and eventually got 3 WWE tryouts.

[@K-dawg26]

And got nowhere with either of them.

[@biggunnafrmovb]

@@K-dawg26have you went after any of your aspirations??? How you hating for another man doing so. Tighten up dawg you sound like a buster 💯

[@MR.__G]

The excitement of going to school after raw, smackdown or a ppv was one of the best feelings ever. We didn’t care what the teacher was doing, it was time to talk about wrestling lol

[@MichaelSevilla97]

​@@MR.__Gsucks I'll never know what it was like i was born the year it started 😂

[@MR.__G]

@@MichaelSevilla97 you would’ve loved it !

[@iiVERSEii]

10:00 lmao Undertaker was looking like who you calling a character 😂

[@Evilj82]

That made me nervous for the interviewer haha.

[@ProdByBashP]

It got awkward as hell for a second 😂 interviewer had to make sure he worded himself correctly after lol

[@memohdfromwwe_]

It was like a party in your living room every Monday night. Being on the west coast had its advantages. Watch Nitro Live at 5pm (8pm replay) then watch RAW on tape delay at 9pm

[@jameswesten2018]

Yep it was pretty sweet Nitro had the replay at 11pm and the show was actually great enough to wanna watch it again

[@MR.__G]

And then Thursdays were added to that party with smackdown. I love how that wasn’t a throwaway show. It was continuing what we saw on Monday.

[@JACOBSJohn818]

Those were great times. I remember flipping back and forth between WCW and WWE and staying home every Monday night for wrestling entertainment..

[@hyperchord]

Imagine being actually IN the Monday night wars. Forget being a fan, we all were fans. Taker actually was in it

[@adamg.3138]

How is he so humble? He was the top guy!

[@Servant.of.the.MostHighSWT]

@adamg.3138 He wasn’t the top guy. Rock and Austin were the two top guys. But Taker was up there tho.

[@thisjustin7492]

@@adamg.3138 He was never the top guy during the Monday night wars that honor was bestowed upon either The Rock or Stone Cold Steve Austin. With that being said he was def a main event main stay.

[@adamg.3138]

I meant in longevity, not during these specific days.

[@jeremysteelman2900]

Back then, both brands were great. Now I'm wishing we still had WCW

[@jdinyar18]

Thank u from the bottom of my heart Taker ..... For being an inspiration for me and millions around the world....u are a Legend among Legends... Easily the G.O.A.T according to me. Your Contribution in the lives of people has be tremendous....No words to describe....I would say u even go to the extent of being a father figure for many even if u dont know them.

[@jgjgrner4647]

Thank you undertaker 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@WarhawkBeyond2040]

I completely agree, the competition during the Monday night wars was fantastic because both companies pushed one another to not only up their game but work really hard to put out the best show possible plus you had the star power on the rosters that made it even better. WWE came out on top but ultimately it was us as the fans that were the ultimate winners as we got to experience a massive boom period and it was such a great time to be a wrestling fan during the late 90s to the early 00s

[@johnnydeath2]

Fingerpoke of Doom did it for me.

[@jesusgarciaramon8570]

Cada día aprendiendo un poco de ingles gracias a los podcast de taker.

[@Beshremy78]

Mark calaway really changed wwe forever

[@jamesmiller5331]

Greatest big man there ever was in the business

[@GoldenAK42089]

He was gonna take all the stories to the grave, BUT he is walking us through his brain, 6ft under... if the undertaker is gonna show up for a couple nights after netflix drops.. he def should pass the torch to BO Dallas aka Taylor Rotunda... AND also be part of the creative storyline for the WYATT SICKS, this man drowning through the past when his creativity can help the company forward, he is a long story

[@dr.loomis4221]

Monday's were so fun as a kid in the late 90's

[@MythicShroudGaming]

You gotta get the rattlesnake on the podcast

[@IggyStardust1967]

Eric Bischoff (to Mark Calaway): "How much would it take to bring you back to WCW?" Mark Calaway: "$10 million per year, and I want Ole Anderson to kiss my ass in the middle of the ring, live on Nitro." Eric Bischoff: "No, I mean, really....?" Mark Calaway: "Okay.... $20 million per year, and Ole Anderson has to kiss my ass in the middle of the ring live on Nitro, while whistling 'Dixie' and smiling the entire segment."

[@deemccanna6412]

It's nice to hear him talk about his career. He is my favorite wrestler ❤️

[@jamesmorant1406]

Great time to be a wrestling fan

[@davidjones6470]

Like 2 see Sir William Regal on Here!!!!!!

[@anthonycomeaux3996]

The Undertaker is the best

[@thepluggy1]

He's a sexual beast

[@Boogie187]

It’s funny how the he suddenly go into his undertaker character when the inteviewer said “And you fall into that category of being one of the characters at that time” Undertaker

[@rayrodriguez7025]

He is getting so much more comfortable Being able to express himself He’s a awesome person Storytelling would be so much better if he wasn’t worried about being labeled and cancelled I know he’s not racial , I know he has his card He’s a submissive loyal to Vince for a long time till it wasn’t cool We all have that one, we can’t, but we still do

[@jdinyar18]

I strongly believe that Taker alone saved the WWE during the monday night wars....Austin, Rock, Triple H nd others came later than him....The N.W.O. was nothing but depicting a dark group which also was inspired by the Taker Character . Hence giving birth to the dark N.w.o. Hogan thus breaking the original Hogan boring character nd even the dark Sting was inspired by him. So this Taker character is absolutely EPIC nd main credit goes to Mr.Vince nd Mark...The way he carried the character.It was imaginary but it felt so real... Noone could have pulled it off for 30 years .....I mean its like he was the only person suited for the character....Then the epic entrances , the epic walk , the rolling eyeballs which we did in school too nd story lines, his in ring Persona,dialogue delivery, ability to do different stunts outside the ring, not to forget his wrestling abilities in the ring which noone talks of much...His ring awareness....Noone is even close to him.

[@patrickmcgavin2245]

Actually it was bishoff,Hogan, and Russo who put WCW out of business.

[@kingkoopa8616]

Maybe but if it wasnt for bischoff it wont be no monday wars and without hogan the nwo wouldnt be the same but russo i cant defend him hes a clown

[@patrickmcgavin2245]

@@kingkoopa8616 that's not! saying much. Eventually WCW was sent packing. Then there was no more Monday night Wars. which in my opinion sucks. Bc I'm not of the mindset, there can be only one wrestling company. Competition is great, bc it makes everybody try harder, and become better. It's great for everyone from the in ring talent, to the backstage talent, and fans of course.

[@kingkoopa8616]

@@patrickmcgavin2245 you can have 10 wrestling companies at the same time competing , there will be never another stone cold , undertaker , nwo , flair , hardy boys ,the rock , sting , roddy pipper , Andre , the macho man them guys was just different the new talent can try as hard as they can . like i said hogan and bischoff probably sinked wcw at the end i can agree with you on thay but i still gotta thank them , it cannot take what they did extremely good to begin with , i might be bias because hollywood hohan is my second favourite wrestler after steve of course

[@patrickmcgavin2245]

@@kingkoopa8616 I know never claimed there would be.

[@MichaelSevilla97]

stone cold pretty much 😂

[@dragon345678]

You got to admire the way Mark switches to Taker in like an INSTANT the minute Matt said he was a character performer. It's like they, say...nothing is more dangerous than when the good man gets quiet

[@briancanning6688]

Undertaker is finally telling stories from his wrestling days..but the host keeps interrupting.

[@johanbruinsma8243]

the competition between WWE and WCW was one of the best things that could have happened, it forced everybody to up their game , strive to be better, better story lines , better in ring action. when the monday night wars were over, there was no incentive to put out a better product, and it showed. that is why i want AEW to do better, competition gives everyone an incentive to up their game.

[@arrisbaldwin6498]

Attitude Era when Men were Men destine for greatness to be World Champion to now living legends. Forever in my childhood forever an Attitude Babie an Era unforgotten. 🔥 🔥🔥

[@jdinyar18]

Absolutely......this made our school days so much fun too.... Everyone would come nd discuss it on priority.....If Taker would have changed ships listening to Nash....Things would have been different in the wwe.

[@SilkSuaveNo.8]

That’s why we were some bad azz kids lmao. We are the last generation to ever experience that type of hardcore adrenaline rush... Raw, Heat, Smackdown when it use to be UPN. Them pyrotechnics loud af you knew some chaotic shyt was bout to jump off that nite. Round 05 or 06 it went down hill I stopped watching it this was during the ruthless aggression era. That attitude era 96,97-2002 is not to be played with that shyt is sacred. They need to release Attitude era complete DVD Box set.

[@arrisbaldwin6498]

​@SilkSuaveNo.8 💯 I was born 11/05/97 4 days before the Montreal Screwjob on 11/09/97. Forever a Attitude Babie forever. WWF 🔥🔥🔥

[@MichaelSevilla97]

​@@jdinyar18exactly one of the many what ifs in wcw history

[@Jayyy667]

I still can't call it wwe, it will always be wwf to me

[@herpenuggets7989]

It’s not that hard just say e instead of f

[@Jayyy667]

@@herpenuggets7989 I'm good

[@bucketheadwendy5358]

The last time it was good, was when it was still called WWF

[@DadTalksLive]

It’s still real to me, brother

[@stlfatman]

​@bucketheadwendy5358 It's still good. So is AEW and TNA. It's never been a better time to be a wrestling fan who's not stuck in the past.

[@T3l3MuNd0]

I love how the Monday Night Wars were just the short amount of 6-7 years from 95-01 & TIL THIS DAY, were talking about it like it was just yesterday. . . On channel TNT & USA & also TNN at the time ,that became Spike Tv, that is now Paramount Channel.

[@88smjls]

He also could never be The Undertaker in WCW.

[@elleni-41]

I was a teenager for the Monday night wars, that's all I talked about in school every Tuesday..😅😅

[@MichaelSevilla97]

what a amazing time it must have been to be a teenager

[@elleni-41]

@MichaelSevilla97 ..hell yea..all we talked about is raw every Tuesday morning..it was magical..

[@DEADMANWALKING795]

Man I wish rvd could be on the podcast

[@BigTree412]

As a kid Monday was my favorite night of the week .. we had wcw cruiserweights until raw started and we went back and forth lol .

[@Separatefarms]

If Taker would have went to WCW and became the 3rd man of the original NWO they would have been even more epic than ever!

[@jdinyar18]

The Taker character is also very close to depicting a Hindu God in a small way... Lord Shiva.... Lord of death or Lord of resurrection.....Ur career also has many similarities in the way in which incidences happened in his life when was on earth around 12000 years before....U must read about Lord Shiva nd see the similarity between him nd the Taker character...ur mind will be blown away as mine was.

[@TheProphegy]

WCW letting Undertaker go saying he can’t draw money. Undertaking letting Steve Austin walk. WCW letting Jericho maybe their best on the mic walk. lol. Overpaying everyone. Terrible management.

[@EF-zy3nr]

They also let Brian Pillman walk. That guy had so many ideas in the tank. Unfortunately he had the leg injury before his debut and then his tragic passing. Pillman I believe would've been right in the mix with his old pal Stone Cold

[@mcoates326]

I don't think he has the rights to his name and likeness so that would've been a tough transition

[@LOLFI2.0]

Love yow Undertaker forever

[@MR.__G]

Top 6 guys of the attitude era - ausitn, rock, hhh, taker, Kurt, foley… looking back at it now, if mick wasn’t retired he could’ve been in that 6 man hell in a cell instead of rikishi. However he did set up the match as the commissioner lol

[@mrbransformer4184]

I never had a problem with the Undertaker.

[@Jimmyd134]

Thank goodness

[@neotokyo2227]

Underwater aka Mark Callaway. A st8 Man of HONOR

[@TheNostalgiaFiend]

Without Stone Cold, WWE could have possibly failed. Ironically, WCW overlooked him. ECW gave him the creative abilities and promo and beer. Then, WWE....SC/MCmahon rival....all those classic moments and matches...with most of the top guys

[@RiceCooker-ge2te]

I feel like it’s better to be supportive of everyone instead of everyone being a bit selfish That way everyone can thrive thus making the company thrive

[@theodorepetit7421]

Itd be cool to have Mr. Kennedy/ Ken Anderson on to talk about their whole storyline in late 2006.

[@tun-tunninc.6492]

Does the Undertaker have his own beer or wine out? Or cigar?? Could you imagine Undertaker puffing??

[@edwardcorey1071]

He has own wine,they drink it when he was on Austins podcast the second time,"Look at the legs,look at the legs" we need to watch that podcast episode to get what I'm talking about

[@tun-tunninc.6492]

@edwardcorey1071 it's a WWE brand wine. And they have a Ultimate Warrior wine too. But yeah. If he had his own adult beverage. I would be interested. The Broken Skull IPA is actually really smooth.

[@ultragarrison]

Undertaker should bring Kevin Nash and Bret Hart over.

[@augustusworthen3703]

I wonder how Mark and his co host met.

[@RatedRcny]

I feel like wcw put themselves outta business. Even if they became #2 again if it was up to par fans would've been happier with both.

[@SilentJessMusic]

"Too many chiefs and not enough (Ah sh*t.. umm...) soldiers..."😂

[@Viprz]

Hindsight is 20/20 but the politics and dysfunction in WCW was well known back when Mark got the call from Nash. Loyalty does pay off some times.

[@ericcoon1044]

Best thing on are tube with Taker bat is him taking.

[@rugidgaming7706]

Did you watch slammiversary AJ Francise used your tombstone piledriver the exact same way as the undertaker used to with the crossing of the arms on there chest and even doing the tongue, I think he needs to be tombstones for real from the real undertaker

[@genecide6869]

Monday Night Wars were legit unlike that so called Wednesday Night War

[@smiththers2]

loyal beyond all others, though i do believe that Bret would have been too had Vince not told him to go.... and well, Owen as well.... loyal to the death :(

[@realKratos667]

Handsdown my Mount Rushmore of wrestling is Andre, Taker, Shawn Michael, and John Cena. Going by what the wrestler meant to the business in and out of the ring, the things he has done in and out the ring, i dont think there is anyone that has done more for the business and its fans and that is John Cena. They need to give him number 17 in his retirement run.

[@McCucumber]

Being a fan during that time makes it not fun to be a fan now because it will never be that good again how can it be these guys nowadays are all jabronis compared to the people from back then. And you don't know unless you live through it you people have no idea just watching clips on KZbin or whatever will never give it justice. You can have her have no idea what it was like on Monday night watching both shows switching between channels with superstars from the other company showing up and it was so crazy all of the time it was like every week something crazy happened again and then the next week they chopped themselves it was the best ever. People like John Cena but John Cena is not up there with the guys from the best ERA ever in wrestling. Little did we know that it would come to an end and never be the same again we all who live through that era are sad today because wrestling is never going to be as good as it once was. But we are also glad and grateful for living through it and all of the memories.

[@raminybhatti5740]

WCW had gold with the NWO faction / angle, but after the initial Hogan heel turn, it was aimless meandering with nonsensical betrayals, turns, etc. It descended into self indulgence on the part of the huge earners. With WWF, there seemed to be at least some semblance of a vision and direction. So it didn't feel as edgy and organic as WCW's output during those few years, at least there seemed to be some sort of structure the audience could invest into.

[@jeffreyblock16]

I think culturally we were at a better time as well, no social media, no cell phones, no getting cancelled for telling jokes

[@DaMunkey1]

Looking at the thumbnail I thought, can you guys have Nash on as a guest?

[@ricksanchez2425]

Hall and nash made wcw good

[@Atlanticmarketing]

Could you image Kevin Nash x Taker podcast…… omg that would be the best

[@ZRtheHedgehog77]

I would like to know Takers thoughts on Test being the top but still stuck in mid card

[@SeethingSimp]

Now it's a competition between WWE and AEW to see which is the most painful to sit through

[@B.Burns2024]

Never switched channels! WWE all the way!

[@GIANTMAN123]

Undertaker is Reg Park of 90s

[@Teddy42O]

Debra's " Puppies " should be inducted into the WWE hall of fame along with Molly Holly's backside 😍😋

[@AllenJr3]

Facts!!!

[@willshields4480]

Take a cold shower big dog

[@ericcoon1044]

Best thing for Gen x

[@StayTreacherousWWE]

60% of my style comes from ABA Undertaker from early 2000s 🔥

[@blacknight7643]

Austin and everyone else killed the "other company" during that time.

[@BigTree412]

Even though my mom was confused and thought you were having weird Satan crucifix angle on crosses and my mom ripped them all off of my door and yelled at me I tried to explain to her it's not a cross this is his symbol she said maybe if he didn't have a black cloak on with disappearing eyes lol so we're not gonna hang these on the door..

[@gerardbonggo5401]

Good Business Structured made the Wwf/Wwe survived . WcW is loaded by talents but the way they run their business is all over the place and leads them to be out of business

[@TheProphegy]

WCW shot tjemselves in the foot with poor creative that ran dry and WWF bringing in the attitude era and more hardcore sense/edge to everything. WCW didn’t grow.

[@thebreeze12]

Please, please, please reach out to Bret Hart and ask him to do this podcast. I'm sure when time permits he will do it!!

[@richievelvet]

Winning the Monday night wars was the worst thing that happened to wrestling. Over night, the quality dropped. There is no way Super Cena happens if there is any competition, it would have been too risky to have half the audience booing the top guy

[@arkansasstorm]

Wwe could do so much more than what wcw could do. Wwe from top to bottom went out there to put on a show, but wcw had so many snakes that the main event sucked a lot.

[@bb-gc2tx]

7:42 yeah you said no because vince owned your entire gimmick

[@edwardcorey1071]

He could have went to WCW and been a version like his badaas character

[@Ai14106]

Honestly 98 and 99 were the only true years of competition. The first two and later years were lopsided

[@RAD1111able]

Honestly 97 was too,to a lesser extent. Until the Screwjob at least.

[@zeeshanbrat6774]

It would have been very different if Taker would have switched.

[@adamirishconundrum851]

No it wouldn't have, Dubya cee dubya would have failed miserably booking him. Too many chiefs

[@zeeshanbrat6774]

@@adamirishconundrum851 you have no idea what a cult following Taker has, even without proper booking he just might have given them the time to survive. Taker was the face of WWE for 3 decades without even being the face, many faces came and went, but he was the captain of the ship.

[@codydate-lanning]

Day 1 of asking to get Shawn Micheals on the podcast

[@davidcollins2044]

There was a time you didn't the belt there was 6 to 7 top guys...that didn't need the belt stone cold was the top guy I think out of the top guys

[@hobbs12cats]

WCW vs WWF

[@jeremymiller6264]

I stopped watching wrestling after WCW was bought out. Monday night just wasn’t the same. And Thursday and Friday lost its flavor for me.

[@K-dawg26]

You freaking mark.

[@user-JamesHong]

NWO and Stone cold.....Khhhhhhh🍕😋🍕

[@maniusup]

I was always a wwf fan. Wcw was wack to me lol

[@mosesmelchezidek5295]

Not 10 life times. As great as Undertaker is, sadly like everyone else before..the 2nd or 3rd generation after he dies. He will be forgotten. Who looks back and says: I wonder what Eisenhower would do in this situation?

[@paulcowlishaw]

How wrong were WCW.

[@darthbigred22]

Everyone says that and it was obvious back then. But Taker feels like the Koala or Panda bear in there: he's a niche animal always doing his own thing eating like only one kind of plant. Even his competition are 1) a character made in storyline for him 2) a big ass dude who was shown as his trainee in real life and story. He was rarely champ when there was one brand and the brand split made the smackdown title feel less. Even later years he becomes the Streak. Just total niche guy: never going to be the face of the company but they're not getting rid of him unless he just stops trying.

[@darealkey292]

Undertaker can you answer this one question. I been wondering since 1992... who's ashes is in that urn?😂

[@MonkeyDLuffy-wm7br]

No offense, but y'all didn't really beat WCW. The higher ups after the AOL/Time Turner merger killed WCW by making them be kid friendly. Eric Bischoff said so in an interview.

[@maniusup]

I was always a wwf fan. Wcw was wack to me lol