The Radicalz WWF Debut - Reliving The War Episode 221 - January 31st 2000

[@MaxBandwidth-rb1qx]

The David Flair intros have made me retroactively a David Flair fan, never doubt the power of a good theme lol

[@Hilversumborn]

He may not be good in the ring but character wise his psycho gimmick is entertaining.

[@bemopremo]

Big show morphed into a 7 foot buff bagwell with that haircut

[@williamsmith666]

How much do you think he charged old ladies by the hour?

[@jamescarrico1233]

Big Bagwell

[@Allencartercomix]

🎵Weeeeeeeeell, well it's The BAG-WEEELL🎵

[@michaeljones1667]

I headed to comments to say exactly this. It's a very weird look for the big man. Still id love to see show try pull off a blockbuster finish

[@MariettaJames-xb6is]

Or rock group Queen Freddie Mercury face ass!!!

[@mightypirate6094]

I waited for this episode since the very beginning. RIP Eddie.

[@willielove3540]

Me too I wonder when he's going to finish the series. Like maybe when the invasion starts. I'd say there's probably like 100 more episodes

[@jxw457]

That heenan video was great.

[@alasdairgriffiths6448]

WWF is as absolutely stacked at this point

[@MR.__G]

Mind you stone cold and taker were both still out with injuries. Still didn’t stop the wwf from producing great tv with all that talent.

[@Speedyreedy1218]

Which supports the claim no one person is a needle mover. The notion "It's all Austin" for the AE boom is a myth. ​@MR.__G

[@MrPek-fe9fp]

Whilst WCW is a tragedy

[@MachtPlays]

Tbh with what they had, it’s insane WCW lasted as long as it did.

[@GeekBen]

According to my KZbin Music Recap I've listened to 41,363 minutes of R.T.W in 2024! It's the best program on KZbin, you rock and keep up the good work man!

[@Joshua-hf5ui]

How do I check this?

[@mikhailchugunov2964]

How many times have you rewatched it? KZbin counted only 6945 minutes for me

[@GeekBen]

@@mikhailchugunov2964 I honestly don't know. I've not listened to it enough IMO.

[@ZELFMOORD777]

It is a gnarly series

[@AshMundo]

How do you check this?

[@Venemofthe888]

We have had 8 TITLE CHANGES (Including Vacancies) for WCW in the month of January. Thats already more than WWF will have all year in 2000 and WCW isnt even close to being done with the title changes Bret Hart to Vacant to Chris Benoit to vacant to Sid to Vacant to Nash to Sid. All i can say is congrats to Vacant on being a multi time WCW champion

[@SoldierChrisPS]

Oooo. You seen nothing yet. Just wait until we get further in WCW in the year 2000 😉.

[@thecalibratedsuperstarslic4284]

Hell yeah, Wrestling With Wregret says that too😂

[@SBkeezyFrmTheCoast]

Vacant is the GOAT he’s been a world champ in every major promotion

[@Boo-yaa86]

No one wanted to be champ there

[@spockhozzer7207]

​@@Boo-yaa86what's the point of being champion of a fake sport?

[@shaneramey]

The creation of the APA: a truly historical moment! One of my all time favorite tag teams!

[@rage9715]

2000 Tag team division in the WWF was so stacked we had 7 notable teams who all won the title each.

[@MrPek-fe9fp]

Gotta play the APA Theme song as a tribute now that you mentioned that 😂

[@MrPek-fe9fp]

Damn WWE was good during that time.. Not a big fan of modern WWE and watching this series every week makes me too damn nostalgic. We did have it good didnt we huh

[@MrLuciousp]

Al Snow + Lance Storm = SNOW STORM!!!

[@roccojamison89gooker51]

I would prefer Steve Blackman + Lance Storm.... If they could BOTH be serious for a minute....

[@markhemmingsen5824]

Terrible. I love it.

[@Venemofthe888]

@@MrLuciousp ALance lol

[@karlschlenzig6884]

😂😂

[@karlschlenzig6884]

​@roccojamison89gooker51 😂😂😂. 2 larger than life comedic personalities

[@18t32]

The updated David Flair song 🔥 🔥

[@SBkeezyFrmTheCoast]

Yes 😂

[@darylfarrugia9623]

Who is the hot chick at the end of the song

[@brettmajors69karaoke]

It’s cool

[@zachtaylor1505]

Such a banger

[@Austin-Miller85]

Can't deny it when it said David flair you gotta stop smoking crack I lost it

[@jimsoczka9668]

Flair drops an elbow on John Cena never gets old😂😂😂

[@thedominatior39]

Ric’s hated John Cena for no reason this entire series

[@Jay-zk7uw]

I remember actually feeling sorry for Angle in that match. His outrage towards the crowd felt very real.

[@ArchangelSteve]

It probably was, it took Kurt a while to get kayfabe, getting over, and working a gimmick. He legit thought people would be cheering him because he'd won Olympic medals and was playing a "good guy", and it took a few months for things to click for him.

[@roccojamison89gooker51]

@@ArchangelSteve Well, in time, Kurt Angle used the 3 I's: Intensity, Integrity, and Intelligence. It's True! It's True!

[@ArchangelSteve]

@roccojamison89gooker51 he never sucked.

[@thomasofone]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@KT-mw2jt]

The David flair intro songs and the Mean Street Posse intro get me everytime 🤣🤣🤣

[@Pensfan5919]

One of the bigger shows in the War. I really doubt we'll ever see anything like this again, a true product of how the landscape of both wrestling and media consumption was in 2000.

[@camschuster5947]

Requesting a Saturday Wright Fever supercut. 🕺 Sincerely, the Jam Up Army.

[@Sean-os3fo]

"Horse Toothed, Banana Nosed Bastard" Glorious

[@deancreambetweens]

Seeing the Radicalz in a WWF ring made me lose my mind watching this as a kid

[@nateh8syou]

I can’t believe you were able to get not one but TWO iconic songs for David Flair but the first one will always be my favorite.

[@jakeharrison7196]

This is no longer Thursday….This is now Reliving the War day.

[@DetectiveGumshoe2025]

6:03 A Smackdown episode of Relieving the War! Oh Hell Yeah! Smackdown was gold during this era. Hope it becomes a new weekly episode! 🙌

[@thecalibratedsuperstarslic4284]

MEEEeee 2🤘

[@Sgtviolence]

Big show looking like a mutant buff bagwell with that hair

[@RobJaskula]

Big Bagshow

[@MrPek-fe9fp]

​@@RobJaskula😂😂 "Weeeell... It is the bag show!!!!"

[@SBkeezyFrmTheCoast]

You win sir 😂😭

[@KxNG_RxME]

😂😂😂

[@monarched]

Big Buffwell...no that might not work.

[@taviusmarseille3260]

I think out of everyone in the radicals that debut, Perry Saturn got the short end of the stick the most. he became the man with the mop.

[@eveningstar4543]

Yeah it's a shame his talent was wasted.

[@Cursed_Mark]

And yet he still got more airtime than Deano Machino.

[@Wetwilly87]

But Dean got the best theme song. Agent 007 Malenko.

[@SBkeezyFrmTheCoast]

Moppy

[@TheRealAhoy]

That was a fun angle the crowd liked

[@massagewithmike]

Childhood nostalgia in full force 😊

[@frankez99]

I must admit Smiley in that Gene Simmons KISS makeup was pretty rad 😂

[@ConsistentlyInconsistent21]

My favorite types of matches will always be cruiserweight style. The athletic, high flying, quickness, and unpredictable of it all. Much respect to those men

[@Speedyreedy1218]

So basically what all of modern wrestling has turned into. Dives, flips, and superkicks.

[@vinnycochrane5139]

The line about “that absolute mad bastard David Flair trying to be like HBK by “throwing snow all over himself” is stupendously ill-natured in its throwaway delivery. Bravo! Oh how I laughed.

[@johnbullerwell5238]

Oh god, the 1-2-punch of the Flair intro and the line about him imitating his hero Shawn Michaels in the snow broke me!

[@rstebbing1709]

This Harlem Heat Angle is game changing for everyone. Sco Hall, Jeff Jarre, Sco Seiner, EVERYONE 😳

[@erikmochrie1868]

The Rock had some banger lines in this one. MVP of the night

[@michaelsayles33]

Perry Saturn would’ve made a great IC champ I think if pushed correctly

[@Somedudethatlikeswrestling]

As well as a huge blow to WCW, tonight was the beginning of the end for a lot of people who’d been prominent on WWF TV in 1999. D’Lo, Gangrel, Bossman, Headbangers and many others were all but done as even midcarders when the Radicalz rocked up

[@TJHistories]

Val venis is the big one, he was feuding with Foley in 1999, by 2000 he's a nobody

[@TheRealAhoy]

​​@@TJHistoriesNot at all, Venis has a successful heel run from June to September when he is ic champ and feuds with Rikishi then Eddie Guerrero and Chyna while hooking up with Trish. Him and the big Kish have a proper little banger at Fully Loaded

[@woobgamer5210]

don't forget, Godfather is about to become the Goodfather. , this is where his run dies and he becomes miserable working

[@Somedudethatlikeswrestling]

Godfather (and Val) managed to hang on a bit longer (both got title runs and RTC gave them a prominent TV spot for a few months) but by 2001 the downward spiral was in force (Got on Mania X7 though) D'Lo, Bossman, one of the Headbangers and Viscera get a couple more PPV gigs then are gone by early 2001. All came back at some point but only Vis had a "decent" run Gangrel, the Posse, the other Headbanger (Thrasher?) Mideon and poor old Davey Boy had even less success before vanishing. There's a few people who manage to survive dropping down the card for a bit (Mark Henry and Bob Holly) but the Radicalz arrival (with the rise of Kurt, Jericho, Rikishi) was the death knell for the old guard of the attitude era. The WCW and ECW talent coming in was the final nail.

[@TheRealAhoy]

@@Somedudethatlikeswrestling 2000 really had such an influx of fresh talent who got over right away. People never mention Rikishi, but he probably had the biggest 2000 from a career perspective, Angle had a great one but Kishi is the one guy you could look at and say without a doubt 2000 was the best year of his entire career. Regal comes in later in the year and also gets off to a great start, Stone Cold stuns him so much he gets over by association, like Jarrett did in 99.

[@TheChrisHype]

I love how Bradshaw actually had to write out “APA”, as if the very concept needed a visual representation. Man, remember when Bradshaw was actually likable?

[@danielainger]

He was never likeable

[@MrPek-fe9fp]

​@@danielaingerYeah and thst was for sure his strength. Not a nice guy that Bradshaw guy 😂

[@MrPek-fe9fp]

Exactly what part of that goon was likable? I love him though 😅

[@Summertimeblues28]

I remember watching this episode of Raw live and when most of my favourite WCW guys came over to the WWF, I know it was truly all over for WCW. It was wild that WCW just let all those guys walk. What were they thinking!?

[@HPKazan]

We’ve seen the Big Show choke slam many times, but that one done on Scotty was , my lord, violent AF.

[@derrickbuhonick3105]

APA IS HERE!!!

[@joseaguilera6355]

Pretty crazy how The Radicalz debuting in the wwf added so much depth to the roster

[@benespinosa6725]

LMAO chief robot man what a hilarious nickname for Taz that made me laugh the radicals debut was awesome great episode of reliving the war.

[@nonstickmeat]

We've gotten to the point in the wrestling timeline where I was old enough to remember watching some of these segments at 5 years old

[@partypoppers1988]

This was effectively the night the war was over. No coming back for WCW after this pair of shows.

[@lexkanyima2195]

The Radicalz came at the right time.

[@g-dub5272]

More power to you covering WCW 2000 brother 😩

[@roccojamison89gooker51]

We have yet to see Lance Storm's biggest career push later in WCW 2000

[@eastsidereviews727]

Even though Stinko Malenko and Saturn ultimately didn't do all that much, losing the Radicalz was a massive loss for WCW and big gain for the Federation. WCW at this point had no juice or buzz and was just known as a complete mess while the WWF was gearing up for Mania.

[@jarlwhiterun7478]

I picture WrestleMania 20, just four years later with two of the Radicalz in the ring with both of the top belts

[@stenzel27]

They had no juice? What about Juvi juice? 😂

[@Unitenotfight]

@@stenzel27 with some of his best opponents gone, there weren’t enough hands to squeeze the juice out of him

[@tayojones9460]

@eastsidereviews727 Dude show some respect to Dean please!

[@tobznoobs]

even if only 2 guys went on to win as main eventers, wcw lost 4 good matches each week losing these 4 guys. all they have is jeff breaking guitars, juventud mocking the rock and terry funk. no wonder they did reboot nitro a few months down the line.

[@RetroGuy216]

LOVED the new David flair song! But please.....PLEASE bring "He's an animal! AN ANIMAL! AN ANIMAL!!!" Every time I see that I rewind it about 20 times and crack up hard.🤣🤣🤣

[@platinumpagoda3079]

Was watching one of the final WCW pay-per-views a couple of nights ago and there was a David Flair promo where he actually showed a little bit of fire. Yes, seriously.

[@MrBeardsley]

8:12 Whoever convinced Big Show to style his facial hair like that woke up and chose violence that morning.

[@ReinEngel]

I always remembered Triple H calling Show "Gomez" and didn't see it. Now, though... good Lord...

[@stephsman51]

I legit LOVE the David Flair songs 😂

[@Shortbaldandbroke]

That David Flair intro is now even better :P

[@SuperSonicShadow27]

The new David Flair jingle popped me big time. It’s amazing.

[@zacharythomason7359]

I kinda like it imo😂😂😂😂

[@EsotericRage]

5:45 the "f*ck this company" comment had me in stitches 🤣 🤣 🤣

[@gatchywatchyentertainmentb2090]

That’s me anytime I remember Mark Madden took over Henan’s spot.

[@bybs5726]

Every Friday morning, reliving the war is ready for me to drive to work. I really look forward to it every week

[@theinsufferablebutthole8923]

You watched early this week

[@sixfaced]

11:58 fair play... as brothers, it *is* very easy to mistake one Dudley for the other...

[@Unitenotfight]

Yes, especially from the front

[@timothymattson5369]

Just got back from my Caribbean cruise vacation! Now I'm rewarded with two RTW episodes that were a few of my favorite episodes of RAW.

[@AllieRX]

The Rock: 🎶 Somebody got a haircut! 🎶

[@WickedFireBird69]

And here we are! Chris, Perry Dean and EDDIE join the winning team in the Monday Night Wars!

[@puparn93]

I'm 😂 absolutely dieing of laughter. " Now that your Daddy's back you got to stop smoking Crack." Come on man you just dropped the funniest line on us. I had a mouthful of beer when I heard it. You about killed me from laughing so hard. This show is great!

[@charlesbreden8117]

Best part of my Thursday

[@Great_White_Shork]

This episode is Radical.

[@ExtremeEgg80]

3 count was a highlight during this era of WCW

[@Navx21]

Man the themes of these videos are amazing opening and closes

[@shives1866]

The highlight of my week. thank you for all the hard work

[@Suchega_Uber]

I see some people showing love for Eddie which I wholeheartedly agree with, but I would also like to say Rest In Peace Bobby Heenan. I am not going to pretend like he gets overlooked, but he really was one of the best talkers. Guy was hilarious. He always had some zingers in his back pocket, but he was quick, witty, and creative too. It was heartbreaking seeing him in his advanced years, but I am glad he is no longer in pain. I am glad he got to live a long life. That's not a sure thing for folks in this business. Thanks Brain and Gorilla for the insight and the laughs, and another thank you to you for putting this all together and letting us all relive this with you.

[@brandonmcmahon8804]

Seeing all that WCW talent show up on raw was mind-blowing, can't undersell how huge of a moment that was

[@dfitnessguru_OG]

Lately I have found myself fast forwarding through the wcw segments. Can’t wait till they’re done!

[@patrickdepew4976]

You know what surprised me the most about this episode? That Mark Madden wasn't completely annoying on commentary. Of course, as we all know, that wouldn't last.

[@paulwilson2677]

Hell of a start to a ridiculous just over 5 year (off and on) run for Eddie

[@alexkuzela9266]

Al Snow and Steve Balckman got so close. With just a little bit more effort, they could have been Black Snow!

[@TheSBleeder]

Or SnowMan.

[@stenzel27]

RESPECT!

[@ManiaxOnYT]

Instead, Black Snow became the greatest commentator in TNA history, commentating his own match during the show

[@thebackyardairgunner8776]

Big Show looking like a Temu Gomez Addams

[@dariandavis7228]

This is the beginning of Jericho's Babyface turn.

[@JM1993951]

Triple H calls Big Show Freddie Mercury when he sees his haircut and facial hair 😂

[@Speedyreedy1218]

I was told by the IWC H wasn't funny.

[@cristiansegui2613]

Hulk Hogan does return at Thunder, it was just removed from the WWE Network for some weird reason!

[@foxstarkiller]

That Thunder's main event of Sid facing the Harris twins in a cage match was also edited off the Network for some strange reason.

[@markwebster76]

The final nail in the WCW coffin starts here.

[@MattySadler]

Came here to say this.

[@criminalmindsgirl2936]

It pretty much started with the finger poke of doom a year earlier. And then hiring Russo back and forth didn't help matters much either

[@chitoim2332]

Yeah that will put butt's on the seat🫣🤫

[@jerrymarshall5965]

The first nail hogan poked into big sexys chest

[@TheRealAhoy]

This is when they lost their spine

[@MikeyMike-x4z]

11:09 What a picture LMAO 3 men all checking out Stacy lol even a proud looking Mike Tenay haha

[@gumdeo]

Just when you think things cannot get worse... here's Mark Madden.

[@adamcammack3534]

The Tide has turned so much now its a tidal wave for WCW

[@BigLee1901]

8:54 Lash talks about changing the name of the Crusierweight Belt in his favor, but Lance Strom ends up doing it a few months later

[@firewalker1372]

I remember this raw and seeing Eddie, Perry, Dean, and Chris. Was pretty excited seeing them come to the WWF.

[@SonnyO]

This episode of Raw lives rent free in my head since watching it live.

[@Suchega_Uber]

I liked those guys from WCW, but I never really got to watch WCW much so it was super exciting to know that I would finally get to see what they are capable of with a group of guys I was already familiar with.

[@derekborba2644]

Best video of the week here

[@stsolomon618]

Another Thursday, another reliving the war!

[@Sgtviolence]

That Norman silly thing was hilarious. One of the only things I enjoyed in eve’s latter years.

[@InTheKM]

Have we reached the point where Raw has officially won the war? Mathematically, I mean? There's only just over 1 year left, and Raw already has such a massive lead.

[@nickbanks7954]

A wild Terry Funk has appeared!

[@mikedottavio7496]

WOLFPAC 4 LIFE 🤟

[@leomehmud1913]

This is what i wait for on thursdays❤

[@MattyMonsterguy1941]

Damn I still love Miss Hancock 🖤😘

[@bennyboy246]

The remix of David Flairs song we always knew would come- And it is as Robert Roode would say “Glorious”

[@whidoineedthis]

I watched both WWF and WCW that night. Day before my bday. I went to sleep very good that night

[@Beavis-ry6tj]

Bobby Heenan was actually sick. This is something he addressed in both his book (which you reviewed for WCW Blunder), and in various shoot interviews. He had called in with strep throat. And this is when WCW signed Mark Madden and put him on Nitro, while relegating Bobby to WCW Worldwide. Which has to be one of the worst switches in commentators of all time. I wish that Bobby had been part of the WCW Invasion, as WCW's colour commentator alongside either Mike Tenay or Scott Hudson.

[@lancecarter5722]

I’ve got to get these David flair songs. Such a bop

[@robstuart8474]

Every week brings us closer to the point when Nitro can no longer mathematically overtake Raw. Excellent stuff.

[@Insomniaaron]

It's Thursday night and you know what that means! Reliving The War is here and tonight is going to get radical!

[@Speedyreedy1218]

You should've covered that whole SD on 1.27.00 for the Pac/Tori Xmas story.

[@robycas4575]

My Thursday evening is saved!

[@christopherbissett1986]

Best day of the week hands down

[@JohnKobaRuddy]

This was the raw before we got sky in our house. Good times.

[@chameleonhrt]

The debut I've been waiting for, a new David Flair song.

[@Casevillecountryboy]

That slingshot leg drop from crowbar was pretty sick ❤

[@Speedyreedy1218]

More like slingshot 450 leg drop. He didn't just slingshot into the ring. He flipped after the slingshot.

[@HaxxYou]

I remember this episode very well. The ApA was awsome. I always loved thier protection gimmick. I doubt any other two superstars could of done this but Farook and Bradshaw This also the era WWE made tag tems cool again. The hardys, dudlyes, and edge and christian were must see TV every week. Those guys were crazy and we all loved every minute

[@AnalogKid83]

Nice to see Ric Flair back. I wonder if Scott Steiner is also happy about it. Maybe he can cut a promo next week

[@TheSBleeder]

Is Ric related to the legendary David Flair?