The First WWF RAW IS WAR Episode - DEADLOCK Podcast Retro Review

[@DasNordlicht91]

"The World Wrestling Federation: for over fifty years, it's just sucked! It's just been awful here! Goldust is here!"

[@Redhotshawntexas]

GOLDUST IS HERE. MORE GOLDUST ARE COMING.

[@csimonth3s33ker]

😂😂😂

[@evrbody]

The World Wrestling Federation: GET OUT OF OUR COMPANY

[@Redhotshawntexas]

@@evrbody For over 50 years, the revolutionary force in GET OUT OF OUR COMPANY

[@DiegoAlvarezBeltran1993.]

New Jack launching a man off a balcony and doing a topé suicida to beat the man's ass is incredibly on brand for him.

[@Joshhatter]

I listen to you guys all the time and when things aren't going great, these always bring me up. I appreciate you guys and all you do!

[@johnlocke5500]

Iron Sheik, Bob Backlund and the Sultan is a terrifyingly based stable.

[@marcuslee1927]

IBS

[@chancejenkins828]

Holy shit I clicked on this because it was a random deadlock video and it literally was just uploaded, this was meant to be fellas

[@IDKWallaceBrown]

OH, HELL, YEAH!!!!

[@johnschexnayder4511]

IDK DUDE MABEY NOT BROTHER

[@chancejenkins828]

​@@johnschexnayder4511 BUT IT COULD BE DUDE

[@themachoechidnaugandarandy7583]

Miiia!

[@shin83000]

I don't know dude well have to see

[@PanzerblitzRnR]

The boys are cursed with the fact that the worse the show is, the more entertaining the pod becomes.

[@IsaacSperrow]

They still actively avoid Cena era and beyond. There is some gems to mine there review-wise. Granted the allegations recently sours some thing, but its not like it stopped them before.

[@MrFunkyJon]

@@IsaacSperrow Allegations against who?

[@swaydizzle1419]

Vince ​@@MrFunkyJon

[@nobodyfamousX]

​@@IsaacSperrowhonestly for guys like these the allegations against Vince are more of a reason to watch those episodes once they need to someday. Vince wasn't even hiding how terrible he was. I'm surprised it took this long for someone to make allegations against him and stuck. Though I guess it has more to do with the fact that the company was sold than anything else.

[@IsaacSperrow]

@@MrFunkyJon Vince and Johnny Ace mainly. Also, there was some beef online with Vicky because of how she treated her daughter for saying she got sexualy assaulted by her step-dad (ie Vicky's husband). Again, probably won't affect the guys because they will just ran with it. Heck, in this review they literally make fun of Jerry for being a pedo. If anything, that kind of call out should be normalised.

[@TheChrisPhoenix]

I'm still laughing at Johnny's Tony Atlas impression! 😂

[@jbc00per]

I literally burst out laughing it's so obscene lmao

[@dawavve]

the second laugh was CRAZY

[@Newbobdole]

It’s unnervingly accurate lol

[@gking2709]

Taker and sid promo starting the show. That is felonious assault brotha

[@bumblesmcfumbles]

Tony was banging on all cylinders this episode

[@a.grimes4202]

This was exactly one week before my 16th birthday, and the episode of _RAW_ (March 17, 1997) featuring Bret Hart screaming obscenities like a sailor at Stone Cold re: their WM 13 match (and the best damn match in _WrestleMania_ history; I stand by that statement) to end the show LMAO. What a time to have been alive. Also, this show was the first time in WWF to use Marilyn Manson's "The Beautiful People", ca. 4½ yeara before becoming the _SmackDown!_ theme. on its August 16, 2001 episode, which also debuted the famous " fist" set for the show.

[@antfbi]

Holy cow I was 8

[@cyrus2546]

My brother was your age, I was 10. Blown away when Bret turned heel.

[@Ironman1o1]

Dr. Death being caught with the AJPW drug supply is bad fuckin luck man.

[@JackgarPrime]

For real. This dude was about to be the biggest gaijin star since the peak days of Hansen, but then that shit happened.

[@theSuperviLLain_est]

The Rocks new Hogan gimmick he tried out on Rogan went well 😂

[@ad206]

"You know I was about to join Run-DMC before the WWE, F at the time, called me."

[@biancamusial8632]

Went about as well as anything goes on JRE

[@colosseo7827]

@@ad206 "Or maybe not, IF YA SMEEEEEEEELELELELELELELOOOWWW"

[@ad206]

@@colosseo7827 "I got this voice mail 'direckedly' from Terry Funk two days after he died. And he told me he appreciated all I did for the business... it really humbled me."

[@vndtta9361]

😂😂

[@jbc00per]

The Tony Atlas laugh is absurd hahahah, i love it

[@ScottyJaxKirkwood]

We skee, we woah, we skee again, the cycle repeats

[@austinwilliams7919]

Just when you think the skeeing stops, we woah

[@Slackurate]

I feel like being a wrestling fan is similar to being a fan of, like, a mid-market sports team. it's not the athlete's fault (or mostly not the athlete's fault), and you want to cheer for them because you know they're trying their best, but you get put through so much misery and bullshit for a single moment that, somewhat, makes it validating that you became a fan of this thing

[@oMaJoJ]

That sunk cost just eats at you, though

[@joewb6851]

I was laughing like Tony Atlas this entire episode AH HAHAHA AH HAHAHA

[@user-im8ru2bt7u]

Boys please review the episode where big show gets too hungry and eats burritos and gets a upset tummy Edit: thank you deadlock

[@Ironman1o1]

I think thats one of their firsts.

[@themachoechidnaugandarandy7583]

I want them to do royal rumble 2001

[@CJExtreme98]

Watching you guys in public is crazy. Tony Atlas laugh gets me every time. I look like a psycho with my earbuds in laughing

[@CrazyTee5]

29:01 is where I completely lost it 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@georgebaynard4096]

THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN! YEEEAAAAH!!!

[@texamurai]

The Bret 20 year contract situation is just an inverted employment at will. Bret's clauses were legal because both parties negotiated for them and they weren't so unfair (unfair in this context is basically that the WWF isn't dumb, they understand what is going on), he had to give a 30 day notice before quitting and was given automatic creative in those 30 days. But because the title was on the line in creative, it would've created an even worse look for wrestling, having a court case over whether Bret should've won the match. He could have sued WWF, saying that the company breached the contract by not giving Bret 100% creative over losing the title, which led to him losing out on the very unique contract, but it would essentially lead to having to tell courts exactly how creative works in the business. Bret probably didn't want to overly expose wrestling himself.

[@nathaninsley1204]

The tony atlas bit 🤣

[@joewb6851]

When I first heard this episode I was on the bus, and when Jawwny started doing the Tony Atlas laugh I was looking like the Joker trying not to crack up.

[@RobertRogers-x5b]

Been watching newlegacyinc.. glad I found this channel with the guys I love watching

[@kendellawsonsr]

50:54 You guys were cooking 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@pacmanrespector9552]

Waiting for the sync to drop boys

[@Zcumgod]

Them going over the Heyman/Lawler seg is insane, especially with Jawnny's Heyman impersonation

[@jiovanysoltero923]

tHe WoRlD iS wATchIng

[@Slowjohnson]

“King Of Queens” shoutout? This episode is FOR THE BOYS

[@ryanrogers7452]

my stomach hurts from laughing at the Atlas stuff. now I know how James feels all the time

[@BrolicBoss]

Tony was in a slump in the beginning and then the switch flipped

[@JackgarPrime]

WCW should have won, holy shit.

[@biancamusial8632]

Dude, they had all the stars. Horace Hogan, Kenny Kaos, Mike Enos, David Flair. That's the 4 Horsemen, bruddah

[@spookyspacekuck7885]

LET EM' KNOW

[@rizeorfall]

@@biancamusial8632don’t forget about Berlyn, Jerry Flynn, and the Wall brother! Or Vam-pyro or as I like to call him ‘Vampiro’

[@sweetpepino1907]

WCW was giving WWE the fucking 1-4-1-4 day in day out

[@cyrus2546]

WCW from 1999 to 2001 was some of the most putrid garbage ever put on television. WWF was far superior which is why it crushed them in the ratings and still exists today.

[@shaeisgae8952]

A rock run in pride would have been hilarious, he would have won a few matches from the yakuza fixing his fights, then he'd get put in there with Fedor and get murdered in the ring

[@tljscrewjob6397]

0:45 in and James’ already shitting on this episode. Oh no! 😂

[@ianshelby5730]

You gotta take 2 gummies and watch these guys 😂😂😂 best times ever

[@JRoundAbout]

SKEE-WHOA, carry on.

[@sleepless9326]

I love when James ask was anybody watching this caues I remember watching this episode as a kid and probably liking it I wasn't the smartest kid

[@IDKWallaceBrown]

THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOOOOOOOOOOOOWN

[@Gebraldo420]

Just hearing this Raw is War intro, make me wanna fight the boys over some russet potatoes, in a ring surrounded by fire

[@IsaacSperrow]

Goldust getting so much air time around this time means Vince probably legit wanted Goldust to work and be really high up on the card. Another reason why Vince is not a normal human being.

[@dxrulz666]

I just fact checked and can confirm Heyman was infact 31 at this raw

[@BeWare_I_Live]

Just as a reminder of how much of a liar The Rock is, he has made a video about having In N Out for the first time like 5 times lol. I swear he just uses a Neuralyzer on himself every few years. Atleast he tips well I guess

[@patrickswasey5301]

Holy shit that Taz foreshadowing is amazing.

[@csimonth3s33ker]

"JR i cant read, help!!" 😂😂😂

[@JoeChillton]

Blassie's segment was directed by Pat Patterson

[@vjmendozajr]

I never been this early to a video….. OR MAYBE I HAVE BROTHER

[@ChristianH3742]

5:25 here is my exact thought process after hearing this. “Ok, so Wrestlemania in 97, 17 was 2001, so this was 13…oh, ew”

[@ashwinvittal9077]

STANDING ON BUSINESS ONE MAN ARMY

[@DiegoAlvarezBeltran1993.]

A fucking " Deliverance " reference is INSANE, by the way.

[@GamingWithCubby]

I was two months old when this episode happened 💀

[@benespinosa6725]

I didn't even know that WWE used the beautiful people by Marilyn manson for this episode of raw before it was used for smackdown years later lol that's crazy to me 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@carlanderton3rd]

14:37 start

[@kappakiev9672]

Wrestlers make the best noises ever

[@davidmaj4259]

15:25 lmao 🤣

[@whodat1884]

He probably paid him his full pay and said it was really great having you and new jack looked at him and said "im going to kill you". 😂😂😂

[@stazz316]

The Big Gold One scares Rodman

[@jiovanysoltero923]

Rikishi just dropped a Hogan Diss track titled “the Sultan”

[@Partofreality]

What was Miguel supposed to do exactly

[@mageside]

WWE 96-97 should also be in contention for worst year in wrestling, lol

[@tsuneomccormick115]

They skipped the part before LoD came in where Faarooq flat out called Ahmed Johnson an Uncle Tom.

[@patricklamb6142]

what is the fuck you golddust thing from?

[@ericwollam5532]

Has there ever been a tag team called the new that was ever any good?

[@southpawslim1]

The New Day?

[@carlanderton3rd]

1:08:27

[@user-im8ru2bt7u]

The deadlock boys reviewing/watching the worst wrestling shows in existence will never not be hilarious to me y’all gotta dig deeper into wrestling hell

[@kslv514]

it actually pissed me off how they didn't give the 6-man lucha match any respect

[@ThisIsFiveEighteen]

I love listening to them just super hate on these shows I loved as a kid. Shitty little 6 year old me loved this and just the rage and misery they're feeling empowers me. I'm a survivor and they couldn't cut it.

[@biancamusial8632]

Golly, no wonder WCW was wafflestomping on this bullshit weekly. HOW THE HELL DID WWE COME OUT THE OTHER SIDE?!

[@JackgarPrime]

Honestly? Because of the Screwjob creating Mr. McMahon, and then making Austin vs McMahon the central focus of the company. They were getting COOKED until Austin became the top guy.

[@zepherscotty]

The Sycho Sid disrespect is disgusting.

[@TheGamingWard]

Oh its time, dippers!

[@nWo4Lyfe90]

Jawny’s Paul Bearer voice 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@3Ctulu]

Yeeeeaaaaaaaahhhhhh

[@Ironman1o1]

I feel like knowing what Karate fighters are, marks someone was a Monday Night wars fan. Hell, even people who were 100% WCW knew Karate Fighters.

[@SonBlackHeart22]

I forgot how bad the first Raw is War was like I get it they where trying out this new concept but man at least the show after this one is a bit better since it was the go home for mania 13.

[@sleepdafiend3983]

Review Tazz first smackdown commentary it's terrible sep 7 2000

[@jonwolfenden]

Went to this show and was blown away by the presentation with the tron,ramp,beautiful people,etc but what a terrible show. But what I loved about this period they corrected ship immediately the next week.

[@DasNordlicht91]

the next week was the infamous episode that had Bret Hart swearing up a storm ("This is bullshit!") after a cage match, leading to big brawl between Bret, Sid, Undertaker, and Steve Austin.

[@KingofClassy]

Goldust rules

[@NitroNEXT]

Rock might've been thinking of early UFC. It's worth noting Sean O Hair did join Pride after WWE

[@lilclace196]

First

[@jmmypaddy]

I wish James would stop the yelling, it is so horrid to the ears

[@Simple_Man_Golf]

It is kinda baffling just, how bad a lot of the early Attitude Era was. Then again most of the Attitude Era does, NOT hold up to scrutiny.

[@spookyspacekuck7885]

I have come to terms with the fact that there was never a good era of WWE. All of their main competitors were better than them at some point in time. WCW, ECW, TNA, ROH, AEW, etc.

[@Simple_Man_Golf]

@@spookyspacekuck7885 I wouldn’t go THAT far. There were definitely things they did better than WCW, at least at the time. They were pretty good at giving most of their wrestlers something relatively important to do, story-wise, unlike WCW which was just NWO or nothing.

[@JackgarPrime]

@@spookyspacekuck7885 I mean they were cooking in the early 2000's...except for the Invasion shit, which was dookie.

[@spookyspacekuck7885]

@@Simple_Man_Golf I'd rather watch Rey Mysterio Jr. and LA Parka put on 5 minute bangers than having to watch Al Snow or Val Venis "stories"

[@spookyspacekuck7885]

@@JackgarPrime They were cooking all right... cooking bullshit

[@rtmachine2019]

I can’t watch old WWF with Vince being on it

[@nicksparta9580]

Why do you guys fake laugh in every video

[@neutralpower]

If you don't like it don't watch it dude

[@bobsucks9647]

I wish I didn’t hear the part where you said this was Denkers favorite era because now I have to hate him forever