The Steve Austin Era Begins! - WWE Wrestlemania 14 Review

It's the first Wrestlemania of the Attitude Era! Stone Cold Steve Austin wins the WWE Championship with help from Mike Tyson! Plus, the Undertaker and Kane fight for the first time ever!
00:00 My comments on Simon Miller
01:42 Intro - Our Story So Far
04:49 The DX Band makes their mark
05:28 Tag Team Battle Royal
07:24 Wrestlemania media madness!
07:39 Light Heavyweight Championship: Take Michinoku vs. Aguila
09:08 Gennifer Flowers interviews The Rock
10:12 European Championship: Hunter Hearst Helmsley vs. Owen Hart
12:30 Marc Mero & Sable vs. The Artist Formerly Known as Goldust & Luna
15:53 It's Jeff Jarrett!
16:18 Intercontinental Championship: The Rock vs. Ken Shamrock
18:39 A classic Attitude Era vignette
19:03 Dumpster Match for the Tag Team Championship: The New Age Outlaws vs. Chainsaw Charlie & Cactus Jack
22:27 The Undertaker vs. Kane
26:31 Honoring the legends
26:59 WWF Championship w/ guest enforcer Mike Tyson: Shawn Michaels vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin
30:45 Final Thoughts
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[@charlottecorday8494]

I teared up a little bit thinking out Luna being alone in the back room watching everyone fawn over Sable, with only Owen walking up to her and congratulating her. What a kind man he was, RIP❤

[@Ashannon888]

I'm surprised Mick Foley or Terry Funk didn't. Seems out of character for them, especially cause I think Mick was decently close with Luna.

[@Pensfan5919]

​@@Ashannon888Mick went up after the show. My guess is that they were probably too busy with the dumpster match prep in order to give Luna her proper thanks in the moment.

[@Spetia]

Luna could have had such a better run but wasn't given the same chances as the women Vince wanted to have sex with unfortunately

[@TFitz1]

They say the good die young 💓🖤

[@MasterOfViewership]

Owen was loved by everyone because of who he was

[@JackGeezy85]

Everything about Stone Cold was on point. The look, the attitude, the ability, the voice. So glad I got to see it when it happened.

[@alleahsasseville]

The walk to the ring,the theme music and glass shattering.....perfection

[@jonathancampbell5231]

Everything except the match, which Austin hated.

[@moosedawgatlantaproductions]

And how he checked his imaginary watch during the Rumble 😂

[@quentinparhiala9415]

your right

[@AquamentusLives]

I think Deborah might disagree 🤕

[@aztn19]

“I have a chainsaw now. Reen reen reen” That’s now how I hear Chainsaw Man entering every scene 😅🤷🏾‍♂️🤣

[@AutoArtemAuto]

The RAW after Wrestlemania when Vince presented Austin with the new WWF Championship and Austin threw the old one on Vince's ankle was the cherry to a golden sundae. The Attitude Era belt is born.

[@jknight1984]

As it is known, The Big Eagle.

[@G59_Gabe]

That was right here in Albany NY, I grew up here so it was awesome being a kid and still is when shows are in the local area. We had the January 19, 1992 Royal Rumble. October 22, 2000 No Mercy was when Stone Cold came back from a neck injury. Of course January 8, 2006 New Year's Revolution where Edge cashed in on Cena and we had a elimination chamber match here on that same PPV. We have the terrible honor of being the episode where Mike Foley introduced the 24/7 championship with Titus O’Neil becoming the inaugural champion and of course the infamous Beer Truck episode from Stone Cold

[@TheBuddha337]

​@@G59_Gabe man, I always thought 2006 NYR was in KCMO. But that was 2007. Good thing I was never asked a trivia question about where Edge cashed in the first MITB lmao.

[@thenigelverse1130]

Don't know if anyone else has brought it up yet, but congrats Brian, you have officially reviewed every WrestleMania from the Attitude Era!

[@jamesgordon7040]

It’s wild he saved the one that started it for last.

[@thenigelverse1130]

Wow, just realized that, go figure

[@rickyrosay33977]

I think he also reviewed all the new generation wrestlemanias as well with W13

[@SuperNitroZ64]

All except for WrestleMania X8 (Yes, I consider WrestleMania X8 part of the Attitude Era canon).

[@rickyrosay33977]

@@SuperNitroZ64 I consider it more of a transitional wrestlemania as if the attitude Era was passing the baton to the ruthless aggression era

[@deandredukes95]

In a perfect world, Steve’s neck and Shawn’s back was fully healed and would have one of the best wrestlemamia main events

[@Lightspeeds]

And in my perfect world, he would then do the job to Owen Hart at SummerSlam.

[@grellnoble1560]

If stone cold ( imo). Stuck to the tech style he did in wcw then yea sure agree but at this point he adapted a brawling style to compensate for his injury to me,it was Shawn who was struggling

[@chrisbutler1668]

@@grellnoble1560 Because Shawn's style at the time was still all based on athleticism. He moved faster, jumped higher and could go full speed better than pretty much anyone in the locker room, prior to the Casket Match at the Royal Rumble. Austin's technical abilities, which at least we got to see for over a year in the WWF, was still ground based, enabling him to more easily and quickly adapt to a more brawling, "stomp a mudhole" style.

[@grellnoble1560]

@@chrisbutler1668 so what you’re saying is that it was more easy for Steve Austin to adapt than Shawn could if so that’s a fair point. 🤘👍.

[@ClaraFinn]

It would've obviously been great for Austin's neck to fully heal, but I'd still want him wrestling as a brawler regardless. Far better for the Stone Cold character to just punch & kick the shit out of his opponent than have a mat wrestling contest. HBK's back injury really held him back for this match unfortunately and it's a shame that by the time he came back, Austin's neck issues had already effectively ended his career

[@marquan1976]

That moment where Sable was handcuffed and screaming incoherent dialogue was one of my favorite RAW moments 😂

[@redbigun]

I'd rather hear that than her and Jacqueline constantly calling each other hoes, cows and skanks in every promo during their feud.

[@uncbb89]

I don’t remember this at all, what happened during that segment?

[@heisensaul5538]

Probably one of my favorite Sable moments, and one of her best promos.

[@marquan1976]

@@uncbb89 Luna handcuffed Sable and rubbed makeup all over her face. Then she threw water at her, and after about 8 seconds Sable went apesh*t!

[@Venemofthe888]

I love watching Wrestling Bios doing his relieving the war series because it gives a little more context into the ppvs during the whole war and i really like hearing different takes too by watching Brian's reviews

[@holagovito]

Watching Wrestling Bios and WWW in tandem provides so great storytelling

[@holagovito]

@@SigmaChicken09 hey hey there's enough room for everybody lol but if you can catch a few episodes of Reliving the War and find a Retro Review from BZ, it's not a bad mashup. Throw in an episode of STW with rumor and innuendo and you get to see the beloved Attitude Era thru a prism

[@victoryusmc]

I appreciate Brian Zane and wrestling Bios, not picking between the two. Lucky to have them around

[@mongomongo7664]

I'm subscribed to both channels

[@quentinparhiala9415]

me to

[@ClarenceJ251]

20:00 the Terry Funk impression is hilarious! Love the content. I remember buying this ppv on VHS at Big Lots. Loved watching this show.

[@ryanrogers7452]

bruh the Funk impression chainsaw noises sent me

[@d13ndr1der7]

“I have a chainsaw now. Rin Rin Rin.” XD 😂

[@MrBlackMagnus]

Omg the Sable bit, I’m dying 😂 she turned into the Tasmanian devil

[@princeofstrongstyle6683]

Perfect timing. Happy 25th Anniversary to the Austin Era beginning 🎉

[@toptenguy1]

Crazy, eh? WE ARE ALL OLD! hahaha

[@thebandit0256]

​@@toptenguy1 I older than the Montreal Screwjob

[@clarencesimmons8580]

It really is a marked 25-year celebration of WrestleMania when I was graduate class of '98 Talcott Elementary School in Chicago.

[@quentinparhiala9415]

yes it is

[@bluebaron6858]

25 ☠️

[@blakebraden21]

Shawn definitely had demons catching up to him at this point. The bags under his eyes, the fact he looked like he aged 10 years in a few months. I'm glad this ultimately turns out to be a positive story and not one of another early wrestler death.

[@catchcan221]

I wonder if he thought it was karma for what he did in Montreal. Shawn strikes me as the type of guy who would believe God or some force is punishing him.

[@RoyStantz]

@@catchcan221 It's also ironic this came nearly five months after the departure of Bret.

[@jp3813]

@@catchcan221 Aside from lying to Bret's face in the locker room after the match, all Shawn did in Montreal was wrestle.

[@catchcan221]

@@jp3813 Listen to Bret and Shawn’s 2011 interview with Jim Ross. The day of Survivor Series in Montreal Bret and Shawn were going through the match piece by piece, spot by spot. After discussing the match they had a conversation about respect and both guys talked out how things have spiraled out of control between them and how they didn’t mean for things to become so bad between them. It was the longest they had spoken to each other since WrestleMania XII in 1996. They had a long talk that Shawn was not expecting to have. In many ways they had buried the hatchet just hours before the match in Montreal. This conversation upset Shawn because the whole time he knew what he was about to do to Bret. It had already been set up. That’s one of the things that people don’t know. That’s why Bret had so much hatred for Shawn in the years following Survivor Series. Shawn looked him in the eye and told him that he could trust him in the ring.

[@jp3813]

@@catchcan221 No different than Earl Hebner swearing by his kids as well as his job to Bret before the match. They just did what they were told to do by Vince.

[@rickyrosay33977]

I'm loving these little promos in the beginning

[@Yourmomismymom666]

BY GAWD IT’S MITZVAH MANIA!!!

[@quentinparhiala9415]

so do I

[@smarkymark5591]

I just commented this ⬆️ Then I saw this message 😆 They are minted 👍

[@therhapsodist976]

This WrestleMania is very special to me, because I started watching wrestling with this event.

[@brewesharp3129]

The promos are greatly appreciated.Team Zane!

[@Madallen2002]

You know why? Cause he’s got Kosher!!!! Agression!!!!!

[@heyitsjoe8446]

@@Madallen2002 hahaha noice

[@kenterminateddq5311]

13:27 God, Brian Zane, I laughed my head off during your Sable-impression lol. BTW, Z-man, it's really cool that you and only one wrestler ( 15:30 ) to give immense credit to the late great Luna Vachon to make Sable look good and not wrestled stiff with her like Luna usually does to her opponents (like Sherri Martel and others).

[@mikethegrunty5968]

9:31 I was not expecting a reference to Dana Carvey’s stand up, but I’m here for it😂

[@victoryusmc]

Damn your Terry Funk impressions, they always get me.

[@FaysalIsGoated]

A very underrated WrestleMania in my opinion. Brother of destruction vs brother of destruction, The Rock vs Ken Shamrock, DX’s theme performed live, and Austin’s crowning moment.

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Loved Ken Shamrock

[@moosedawgatlantaproductions]

That world’s most dangerous man moniker certainly wasn’t a gimmick!

[@DevilSurvivor69]

The fact they managed to over triple the buys from Wrestlemania 13, just tells you all you need to m know about how great this show really is.

[@jefryhardy1140]

Thank you so much for bringing back your Terry Funk impression.

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Terry Funk is awesome

[@Ragan31687]

The anime lines next to a confused HBK was perfect! NANI! 😂

[@jp3813]

I've always thought that the Dumpster Match was underrated & underused. It's a good excuse to have a Casket Match that doesn't involve the Undertaker. Plus, not only is the container big enough to fit tag teams and random weapons, but it's also mobile enough to relocate the action around the arena. Heck, a lock bar can also be used to emphasize the win.

[@brandonmaddox4862]

Had one of JRs great lines “you don’t need a crazy man driving a forklift”

[@thedarkemperor9292]

A few months late, but you have made me a convert XD

[@noUGames]

Thanks for the double shout out - Michael Chapman

[@NewDayNY917]

Fun Fact: The theme used for this WM has been used every year since WM9 and would not be used for WM after this one, instead it was reused as Linda McMahon entrance theme going forward…(also has been mentioned on this channel before FWIW)

[@rickyrosay33977]

🎵 oh oh wrestlemania 🎵

[@jknight1984]

Astonishingly, Sgt. Slaughter had it as his theme when he was appointed Commissioner. See the video of him getting the Stunner in 97 on the AttitudePop channel.

[@blainehancock]

I always hated the theme. It sounds like something you'd hear for like a guest speaker coming out at an MLM convention or something.

[@hectic105]

I absolutely loved that kickout during Shamrock vs the Rock where Rock does a flip when Shamrock kicks out. Not sure I’ve seen anyone ever do it like that (just like how he sold the stunner), but it was awesome.

[@mishaoosterhuis5260]

All credits to Luna Vachon for actually getting a decent match out of Sable. I heard management put a lot of pressure on Luna as well for not hurting or even scratching Sable in this match.

[@mishaoosterhuis5260]

Ah yes, and now I see Brian tells this story as well!

[@DashCat9]

First and only Wrestlemania I've attended. 17 years old; went with my dad, brother, and a couple of my best friends. Front row balcony right next to the entrance, I think tickets were ~$30 each. (If you attended a house show you got access to a presale, so it was relatively easy to snag decent seats. Michaels spat in my face after making fun of myself and my girlfriend on the mic at the house show, too.) Michaels got a hell of an ovation as he limped to the back with the help of Hunter and Chyna....not sure if that's ever made it to any video packages...

[@catchcan221]

Nope, the video ends with Austin celebrating. It has been confirmed by Shane and Bruce Prichard that HBK was furious after the match because of Tyson putting the 3:16 shirt on HBK’s face when HBK specifically asked him not to. HBK wanted and tried to crash the press conference that Austin, Vince and Tyson did after the match. Shane and others stopped him at the door where he was cursing up a storm.

[@Larry-dq4ig]

@@catchcan221 Lol I would have loved to seen HBK get in Tyson's face

[@pwnranger3496]

One cool bit of trivia that you missed, Brian. During Pete Rose's roast of the Boston crowd, the camera cuts to Stephanie, Linda, and Shane's wife Marissa taking in the atmosphere as part of the crowd. No VIP seats or anything, they were like halfway up from ringside. It's weird because nobody had a clue who they were, but a year later, they'd never get away with doing that again.

[@venomousnate7263]

I absolutely love Jim Ross’s call after the match, “the Austin era has begun.” Also I was born a couple days after this show.

[@versebuchanan512]

I feel old as fuck now, thank you

[@WrestlingBibleLTS]

​@versebuchanan512 you're not the only one I was 11 when I watched this live on ppv on my father's birthday nonetheless

[@HardlyQuinn]

The idea that the Undertaker had a more evil brother was literally what brought me back to wrestling. I hadn't watched mania 11, 12 or 13 until I saw the video cover for 14. When I saw Kane I had to get back in the game

[@blainehancock]

It's funny because if you just try to explain it it sounds really dumb but it just worked.

[@quentinkaasa47]

The story was that Undertaker was the evil brother.

[@HardlyQuinn]

@@quentinkaasa47 eventually but not initially

[@bargaintuesday812]

This was the first PPV I ever watched (through blurry scrambled lines). Can't believe it's been a quarter of a century already.

[@DCLocal84]

Lol. I used to watch all the WWF ppvs on the blurry ppv channel. I first experienced Foley going off the cell through static and Jim Ross's call. It was months before I actually saw what it looked like.

[@bargaintuesday812]

@@DCLocal84 Same here! It was weird piecing together what was going on with Jim Ross screaming his now famous call and I'm thinking "I know they're on top of the cage and there's no way what I'm thinking happened just happened..."

[@DCLocal84]

@Bargain Tuesday lmao. I had that same thought. And then, when I finally came to realize that he had gone off the cell, I was like, "There must have been a crash pad or something." It really took, honestly, years as more wrestlers shot on the match for me realize what I had (sorta) watched and heard. I don't think I realized how incredibly dangerous that entire match was and how real Foley's pain and the response of the WWF's officials was.

[@zacharythomason7359]

Same here

[@catchcan221]

@@DCLocal84 If Foley landed with his spine on the TV monitors he would be paralyzed. As memorable as it was it was a stupid bump. The second one was worse but I can’t fault Foley because it wasn’t supposed to happen. What Foley did at Royal Rumble 99 was awful. It made that match memorable but it wasn’t worth Mick’s health.

[@shawnmichaels568]

This man singlehandedly defined the attitude era with the pops he would get every week.

[@catchcan221]

Not if you believe the WWE’s version of events where Triple H and DX were the reason people were watching and that Austin guy was there too I guess.

[@michaelsinger4638]

Seeing Owen get embarrassed by DX every week was so irritating. Shawn and Hunter gave him NOTHING!! You know part of it was just them sticking it to Bret. Luna was so under appreciated in WWF.

[@johnepants]

If Owen doesn’t die in 1999 I think he eventually gets a nice feud with rock in 2000. The guy was in a crap spot because Shawn and Austin wanted nothing to do with him for various reasons. Then again, it’s not like his family did any better in WCW

[@catchcan221]

They called him a nugget as a reference to a nugget of shit that keeps coming back up the toilet no matter how many times you flush it. The turd was the rest of the Hart Foundation and Owen was the remaining nugget. I hated HBK and HHH back then.

[@melasnexperience]

Oh, definitely. It was SUPER frustrating. This should have been his big push, but nope, don't wanna make the boss's boys look threatened or challenged in any way by anyone who isn't another of the boss's boys. And revisiting it is just infuriating because you know now that's all he'd ever really get. 🖤

[@Thechezbailey]

And then he died.

[@GTrawick]

I love the Promo at the beginning. Straight up old school heel Promo... Classic 🤘🏾

[@bironmanstark]

This WrestleMania is always important to me since this occurred the day before I was born. I’ve lived my whole life in The Austin Era & even had titles change officially on the actual day I was born + X-Pac and NAO joining DX too! Great Review Brian!!

[@rickyrosay33977]

I was a little Over a year when this ppv took place (I was born in September 96) so I was basically born during the transition from New generation to attitude era

[@rickyrosay33977]

My mom and uncle told me my first ppv was In your house 10: mind games (I have no recollection of it since I was only two weeks old) 😂

[@zacharythomason7359]

Awesome Story

[@catchcan221]

You were born on one of the most important nights in WWF history. - HHH becomes the leader of DX and kicks HBK out, reforms it with X-Pac and NOA - Rock becomes the leader of the NOD and kicks Farrooq out - The greatest (imo) WWF Championship belt (the Winged Eagle) is retired and replaced with the 2nd greatest (imo) WWF Championship belt (the Rounded Eagle). - Also the first ever promo simply telling us “Val Venus is coming”. We don’t see Val but we know he’s coming. Good day to be born!

[@coreybrandt6216]

Your Funk impression is spot on

[@manuelvelezsaldana2368]

Brian didn’t mentioned it but one of the most iconic wrestling images happened on this show. Right before the main event, you get that iconic shot of Steve Austin walking through the back while they have the background music, the crowns cheering until he comes out and the glass shatters followed by a massive pop.

[@KHayes666]

I was there, Kanes pyros freaked me out haha

[@trunter20]

I found Simon Miller many years ago through non-wrestling videos, Brian Zane a bit later through wrestling videos, I absolutely adore them both and now they're doing stuff in wrestling together it just makes me incredibly happy 🥰

[@jdbruiser]

Gennifer Flowers was likely used for WM14 because she was a trend that people could hook onto. Her appearance in the segment with The Rock makes sense because Flowers had her affairs with Bill Clinton and that was rife with innuendos-which is what The Attitude Era was partially built upon, like with DX's crude antics and Sable wearing as little as possible.

[@stfi7566]

Even in ‘98, I got the sense that the celebrity choices were one of the first signs that the company was moving in a different direction. Gennifer Flowers, Pete Rose, and Mike Tyson all had controversy surrounding them. They were another type of celebrity than were used in previous ‘Manias.

[@jdbruiser]

@@stfi7566 I think it's all about controversy creating cash. Perhaps Bischoff should've had them in WCW.

[@redbigun]

​@@stfi7566 Don't forget when they randomly brought on John Bobbit on an episode of RAW. 😂

[@TyMarshall007]

The Austin Era has Begun

[@elvichosiiuu]

20:00 I HAVE A CHAINSAW NOW

[@Rossa4444]

I can’t believe you skipped HBKs entrance?? It was one of his most intense and real intros. You can tell he genuinely has a chip on his shoulder and doesn’t wan’t to relinquish the title.

[@catchcan221]

It’s funny, he won the title from a guy who didn’t want to relinquish it (to him).

[@porkchopexpress84]

​@@catchcan221 irony

[@blainehancock]

I liked his entrance with the zip line over the arena

[@Spetia]

He probably had to cut it so he didn't get hit with a claim or something

[@Rossa4444]

@@Spetia possibly, that entrance is actually very difficult to find

[@johnepants]

Glen Jacobs is proof that some guys just need the right package to work. He had a lot of crap in the years leading up to Kane, but once you find your niche, things begin to work when you got the talent behind it.

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Lots of tag title runs with a variety of partners too

[@mrterp04]

Nice Dana Carvey reference with THE JUDISHUH SISHTUM “Mr Zaaaaane, on the morning of the daaaay in question, did you… shampoo your haaaaair…”

[@zlinedavid]

“….answer the question Mr. Zane…..if that’s your real name….”

[@RoyStantz]

As we already know, after dropping the gold to Austin here, the next time HBK would pop up on TV is in a brief summer stint as a guest commentator on Raw four months later, before becoming the WWF Commissioner at the end of the year. It was nice of WWF to try and find things for HBK to do, but it's kind of similar to what happened with Daniel Bryan during his two years away from the ring when he became SmackDown General Manager in 2016. The big difference is these fly-in visits as guest commentator and WWF Commissioner didn't help HBK's then-mental state. By contrast, D-Bry enjoyed his role as SmackDown GM.

[@jagenigma]

"LETS GO MILLER" "LETS GO ZANE"

[@Capt._Cheese_Balls]

Genuinely that was a decent promo

[@TheRealAhoy]

Felt the same about his last promo too

[@roccojamison89gooker51]

Reminds me of the Razor Ramon vignette on the beach. Razor: What do you think? I'm some kind of beach bully, mang? I'm going to kick sand in your face, mang?

[@ashlielove6513]

Watched this ppv so many times in my childhood had the whole thing memorized. The quintessential wrestling ppv of my childhood. I'm so glad I got to live through the whole attitude era. I miss it 😪

[@rexdudeclone]

13:27 How you’ve managed to pick up the most inane things from reviews of these shows is amazing.. Great work making me laugh so hard 😂

[@benmccabe6927]

Brian's Terry Funk voice never gets old

[@hailmendoza6106]

Yessss. The first wrestlemania I've ever watched.

[@HeretikErik]

"I have a chainsaw now. Rvm Rvm Rvm." Dude every time there is an impersonation of Terry Funk it's fkn kills me every gah damn time. 🤣🤣🤣

[@jcace13]

I remember watching that Undertaker VHS tape too, it helped me catch up with all the Taker and Kane goodness I missed growing up.

[@DARC-87]

I love Pete Rose's "How bout it?!" It pops me every time 😂

[@SuperNitroZ64]

Disappointing fact: WrestleMania XIV was the *ONLY* WrestleMania where the Light Heavyweight Championship was on the line.

[@justinhillenburg9286]

WWE always treated the Light Heavyweight/ Cruiserweight Championship like an afterthought(worse than the Tag Team Championships.)

[@SuperNitroZ64]

​@@justinhillenburg9286 real shame, 'cause even if you don't expect the Light Heavyweights to be on par with the main event scene, you still could've had some key players who could boost up the division, and be able to combat their WCW counterpart.

[@czmisfitsfan]

Absolutely agree with you about Luna. One of the most underrated and unappreciated wrestlers of the era.

[@fresheeee]

Simon Miller alone will whup you and your teams behinds mate 👌🏻😎

[@Thir13eenBeatz]

You fell in love with wrestling exactly the same time i did (circa spring/summer 1998). There musta been something in the air around that time which drew people like crazy to wrestling. Thats crazy

[@chimeratcg07]

The beginning of the Austin era and the end of the Winged Eagle belt.

[@nickabbott2492]

I’m dying at the sable expression 😂

[@joshjohnson6891]

The Sweet Chin Music reversal into a Stone Cold Stunner still is one of those moments that will forever be tattooed onto your mind. It's what they mean when they say 'wrestlemania moment'and it tops the Andre bodyslam from Mania 3.

[@sunshineholmes3487]

I remember KO and Dolph did that exact same finish to a match they had on SD a year or so ago.

[@ignatiusjackson235]

The America's Funniest Home Videos reference in the beginning shivered my timbers. 😂

[@gamingwithgratitude1]

Austin, apparently, hated the quality of his match here with Shawn Michaels. In a couple of interviews and podcasts, Austin recalls that when he met up with Vince McMahon backstage afterwards, he told Vince _" that match was the drizzlin' s***s."_ McMahon, however, told him not to worry about it, and that business would get even better from there on in. For once, Vince was right. Just 2 weeks later, and after losing for the better part of 2 years, Raw would finally start beating WCW Nitro in the ratings. The rest, as they say, is history. Also, aside from one UK-based event called 'Mayhem in Manchester' shortly afterwards, WM14 was pretty much the swansong for the New Generation logo. By the next PPV, Unforgiven: In Your House (I believe), the Attitude-era scatch logo (aka: the sworn enemy of the World Wildlife Fund) had pretty much taken over all visual branding in the company, microphones, ring aprons, etc.

[@catchcan221]

Yes. The first time we ever saw the scratch logo was Survivor Series 97 in the first ever WWF Attitude promo but like you said it didn’t completely replace the New Generation logo until April 1998.

[@BlameMaxSand]

Luna Vachon is one of the most underrated women in wrestling history.

[@zacharythomason7359]

Totally agree

[@melasnexperience]

Big agree - if she was active in the modern era, she'd probably be massively popular.

[@prestonfreec]

Sable was crazy over here. Her pops were humungous.

[@TheMDXtremeReal]

The true turning point for WWE and wrestling as we know it today

[@michaelbandada9887]

Eric Bischoff: Steve Austin? That guy wouldn’t be a draw! He can get the heck outta WCW, he won’t be worth anything! Eric Bischoff kicked Stone Cold out of WCW and Vince McMahon took advantage by signing Stone Cold and make him into the next top star of the WWE, allowing the WWE to bounce back in a big way.

[@catchcan221]

1979 - 2001 = WWF 2002 - today = WWE

[@brandonmaddox4862]

This is the death knell of WCW

[@houseofmouseboxer490]

Brian, you have to include content warnings when you do spot-on wrestler impressions. I was not prepared for your Terry Funk rendition 😂

[@csanders281]

Definitely giving off some Heel vibes!

[@MrBeezyb88]

I’ll never forget that sound when HBK hit that turnbuckle even JR and King said something about it. And Shawn took that announcer table , ring post, and steel steps straight to the dome.

[@wagstaffterror5506]

The Terry Funk impression sounds like how it sounds to get Hank Hill correct & not realize it. Texas is an interesting place.

[@kael2450]

"I have a Chainsaw now, rim rim rim" LOL That double powerbomb to Funk into the dumpster is just nasty.

[@therhapsodist976]

Well, that collision makes sense, since you and Simon Miller are the best talkers of wrestling on KZbin. 😁💯👍

[@snakemaier]

13:29 Sable freaking out reminds of when Daryl Hannah's character after her eye was plucked in Kill Bill 2.

[@Thephantom95]

20:01 "Hey Foley!!!!! I just played Resident Evil for the first time and loved it. I sure hope they add a chainsaw in those games soon....."- Terry Funk/Chainsaw Charlie, 1998 *DRAMATIZATION MAY HAVE NOT HAPPENED*

[@wstine79]

Team Miller vs. Team Zane would be even more epic with VACANT and the Simon Puppet thrown into the mix.

[@mrkipling2201]

Don't forget Big Hoss Mcgraw!! And Claude, for that Rick the Model Martel vibe!!

[@MrBeardsley]

I wasn’t expecting a reference to a 30-year-old Dana Carvey routine about OJ Simpson, but it popped me so 👍

[@hellspawn22001]

I know the main event wasn’t great but I always love that Tyson was such a fan and really wanted to be there

[@pallyali786]

Austin's victory at WM 14 is probably the biggest pivotal moment ever in the world of wrestling.

[@mrterp04]

1:49 perfect timing

[@scottaznavourian3720]

28:30 say what you will about him but hes nuts to do that spot with the shape his back was in

[@adammilks5590]

Nice Dana Carvey reference on the "judicial" system. 😂😂

[@PeachGoddessMaya]

My biggest problem with the main event was that there was no reason for Tyson to turn on Shawn or dx, especially with a fast count. I wish they had a spot where either Shawn accidentally hit Tyson or maybe he starts trying to boss Tyson around so that it would make sense for Tyson to make that count at the end. It all worked out obviously due to Austin's popularity and also I think there was an element of Shawn starting to get go away heat at this time

[@mskerr187]

I think the message was supposed to be that Tyson was always really with Austin and they outsmarted DX. I also don’t think it was supposed to be a fast count, it was just the Tyson didn’t know any better.

[@Michael-cz6ob]

So true. I've been saying it for years that I think Shawn had something to do with Tyson doing that fast count to make Austins win look weak and confusing. I was never expecting Shawn to actually lose clean to Austin with a normal referee performing a clean 3 count so my guess is it was his idea to have Tyson randomly do it and probably told him on the side to count quickly. (I could be wrong tho) But just look at the crowds reaction.. most of them are so confused with what's happening and don't even have chance to count along or get a big pop together for Austins big win

[@dunnwell7780]

I can't see Tyson doing that for Shawn, he'd apparently been told not to put the shirt over Shawn's face due to the signal this would send out. Why do a fast count to make Shawn look good, then bury him by putting the 3:16 shirt over him?

[@mskerr187]

@@Michael-cz6ob I could be wrong, but I don't think that's the case. Shawn stays flat on his back, not moving for a long time after the 3 count selling the Stunner, so fast count or not, he sold being beaten fairly. I think Tyson just got all hyped up and counted faster than he should have.

[@Michael-cz6ob]

@@mskerr187 Maybe like I said I could be wrong but just with Shawn's behaviour back then you just don't know what strings he would pull. Again it's a shame they went with tyson making the pin regardless. Should have just had a normal referee do it instead to avoid any confusion and make the win look better

[@TiVo67]

I think Owen suffered from HBK breaking his back. He probably woulda looked stronger during the build and went over in this match but they needed to elevate HHH and make him look strong when he took over as the new leader of DX after Mania.

[@melasnexperience]

I don't know... it felt like they were spite-booking him, so I don't think just losing HBK was what hurt him. Between him not getting along with Austin (which... yeah, fair) and not being one of the boss's boys, he was used as a squash mash/quick humiliation match even before that. Vince was really keeping him on the roster out of spite at that point.

[@TiVo67]

@@melasnexperience he was being used well but HHH got hurt for a bit and HBK was still involved with Taker so they kinda didn’t have anything for him. Then once the feud got going again HBK was hurt so they had to pivot to make HHH come out looking strong. And yeah, he had no hopes of climbing the ladder to main event status cuz Austin was never gonna work with him. So he was pretty much screwed. But had HBK remained healthy I could see Owen going over at Mania and then working a program with Shawn afterwards.

[@Ariurotl]

17:31 Jeezus, the Rock oversold that kick-out like it was a freaking finisher, huh.

[@danmount9462]

Was hoping Zane would cite The Spirit of Massachusetts song.

[@gunder01]

Gennifer Flowers is a striking example of the WWF being years behind the pop culture times, at the very same time as perhaps the most successful use of celebrity in company history. Hard to imagine it would have appealed to anyone if the McMahons were not Republican partisans, and no reason to remember it except...was that really the first "if ya smell"? I would have thought there was at least one Raw promo preceding this! 100% agreed about Luna. She really shines here.

[@bingo-bogringurter307]

Maybe the mats were so dirty in Kane V taker after the dumpster got removed from ringside can't imagine the bottom of the dumpster is clean

[@jackburton2680]

haha his Terry Funk impersonation is so great

[@lbandjcfan54]

Watched the original broadcast with the Free for All on VHS about two months ago (I'm re-watching every RAW, Heat, and PPV of '98 this year) and there was quite a bit cut from this show. The original voice over for the open package was also redubbed, which I can't figure out why. It's less menacing noticably lol

[@randywilder6662]

Ah yes, the return of Z-man's Terry Funk impression! The greatest worst thing to come about from the Classic Reviews recently 😂

[@timrobinson6573]

My oldest brother is 14 years older than me. I was lucky to watch wrestling since a little kid in the late 80's early 90's and my brother would do wrestling moves on me Iol

[@johnscilleto]

I was here live and man Im so glad I was. 8 years old baby and got the WWF magazine signed by Taka Michinoku who i loved for some reason lol

[@MCastleberry1980]

Really appreciate the Dana Carvey "JUDICIAL SYSTEM!" reference lol

[@obloccfanfiction]

never fail to deliver an amazing time!!! Thank you Brian Zane for getting me thru some of the hardest times of my life. I hope we can work together someday

[@chrisetherson6935]

Nice Dana Carvey reference.

[@socallawrence]

I remember Kevin Nash saying he felt the momentum shifted in the WcW vs WWE war due to the success of this WM

[@kickflipdemon]

those tombstones on kane look insane like the second (25:26)where his head turns over and like takes it all on his left shoulder

[@johnepants]

The Gennifer Flowers thing makes sense when you consider that WM14 was somewhat taking a piss out of the old traditions, so….let’s get someone that’s famous for having an affair with the president