The Story of The WCW Yeti

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When it comes to moments in wrestling that are remembered for all the wrong reasons, the debut of WCW's Yeti instantly comes to mind.
World Championship Wrestling brought Halloween Havoc 1995 to audiences via pay per view, and the main event would feature Hulk Hogan defending his WCW championship against The Giant. The Giant had aligned himself with The Dungeon of Doom stable in WCW, and to ensure The Giant had an upperhand against Hogan, an insurance policy was introduced to help the "Son of Andre". This insurance policy was the Yeti, a new character in WCW who broke out from a block of ice. The Yeti, however, was quite odd. Not only did the Yeti look like a mummy, but he was also referred to as the "Yettay" by Tony Schiavone on commentary. Along with this, the Yeti's bearhug on Hulk Hogan has became infamous in it's own right.
This video takes a look at "The Yet-tay" in WCW. Topics covered include:
00:00 - Introducing The Dungeon of Doom and The Giant
03:47 - Hulk Hogan turns to the Darkside
07:35 - The original plans for "The Yeti" character
09:04 - Halloween Havoc 1995
14:00 - The Yeti character gets scrapped
- Much More!
#WWE #WCW #Wrestling

[@blacknapalm2131]

*An Egyptian mummy, trapped in a plastic 'block of ice', from the Himalayans, called The YETI. I love WCW*

[@Lordani66]

Dont forget... Doing a bear hug from behind which looks like butt s-x while choking the giant instead of Hulk.

[@Somnogenesis]

@@Lordani66 Well, gently rubbing the Giant's shoulders, at any rate.

[@abelaldrich8015]

Yeah really wtf WCW lol

[@Riese79]

Duck Tales....

[@SometimesCreator]

*Yet-tay

[@Cinderkin]

I'm gonna need the full track to "It's The Yet-Tay!"

[@killahearns6062]

Fuckin right ya heard me

[@d_dizzie_druck5753]

yup

[@kevynhansyn2902]

Someone will create one, or we will find it!!!!!!!!! It must be somewhere locked away within the KZbin Archives of "Remixes" of old.

[@calebberaud9747]

Schiavone needs a full WHW episode dedicated to the YET-TAY

[@jeyDsixx18]

Terrance Addison hahah but it’s not the same without the video to go with it

[@Mommyandtux]

"you get your first big break, and you're a mummy called the yeti" Story of my life.

[@rodovanra6783]

Better than being a mommy called the Yet tie.

[@Zambineaux305]

Better than the guy that became known as Eugene 😂😂😂

[@user-gy5xc5yo3w]

And on top of it,your finisher is a definition of a rape. Lol

[@kidjoe22]

😂❤😂 We've all been there..

[@yoholmes273]

Could've been Beaver Cleavage 🦫

[@adamofgrayskull7735]

Should have teamed The Shockmaster with The Yeti

[@CaptainTae]

instagram.com/p/CBGTXtQATHj/?igshid=ez1vv352s6bo Maybe soon...

[@ellismarquez8410]

and the Black Scorpion.

[@MRG978]

And robocop

[@Jonics18]

and Knuckles

[@SegaDream131]

El DANDY!.... EL DANNNNDAAAAAY....

[@peoplesicon]

“Having his way with the Hulkster! 😂😂😂😂

[@only1icon1801]

"That doesn't work for me BroooAAAARRRGGGHHHHH"

[@Large23collectibles]

The only channel brave enough to do a Yeti bio. Great stuff my friend!!!!

[@ericjohnson5462]

Large23 I agree with you

[@lucassmith1886]

@D M you cared enough to click on the video, as well as comment on it didn't you?

[@lordkiza8838]

It's actually yetay

[@stevelowe2647]

@@lordkiza8838 if you want to be pedantic, it's actually yet-tay

[@wjmciii887]

Ever since the covid pandemic I've learned tons of stuff .I never thought I needed to know .but some how im satisfied with it lol ...great 👍 videos

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

This channel has been building towards this. The single most important moment in the history of 90's pro wrestling. The debut of "THE YE-TAY!"

[@WaldoBagelTopper]

😂😂

[@standardofexcellence]

No, that was the shock master

[@shaun374]

"Having his way with the Hulkster." I'm dead.

[@Thor-Orion]

“Walks right over and joins in on the action.” Whelp, that’s one way of putting it.

[@WaldoBagelTopper]

Also, people forget what an incredible shape Paul Wight was in as a young dude. he had to be in his mid 20s when he came out. But he was an absolute unit. He had that thickness, heft, AND had some kind of definition.

[@edwardklein3093]

*"The Yetay. Is taller. Then a Giant!."*

[@Tsweeney12584]

Look at the size of this man

[@Undying3001]

"You first big break and you're a mummy called The Yeti".

[@NormanNorthman]

If you think about it though, the dungeon of doom really did kill Hulkamania. They brought forth a dark side never seen in him before, foreshadowing what would become Hollywood Hogan. Kayfabe speaking, the DOD implanted the illness that would eventually end Hulkamania for some time.

[@downtownchicagobarbi]

Never thought about it but you’re right.

[@carlcady4008]

Kevin Sullivan told Hulk Hogan to his face that the only person who could beat Hulk was Hulk himself, 8-9 months later, he was proven right.

[@bigstupidgrin]

I wonder how many people, when they see Toni Schiavone on the street yell YET-AY! at him.

[@itsshaz1333]

That remix at the beginning was hilarious loved it instantly

[@WrestlingBios]

Stick around for the house remix during the credits!

[@kevinpayton2664]

@@WrestlingBios The house remix is funnier.

[@boscoequadruple3240]

LMAO.

[@blesstv8994]

Whose Ret-tay for the Yet-Tay?

[@davidebowers3223]

Lmao good one 😂😂

[@dwaynegreene152]

Lol nice 😂

[@dubuyajay9964]

Me.

[@stephaniereece5757]

🤣

[@aekzorba7145]

LOL I'm dancing to the YET-TAY's musical intro.

[@herpderp7264]

I literally just watched Halloween Havoc 1995 last night. I couldn’t stop laughing at the Yeti and Giants weird sandwich bear hug on Hogan. WCW in 95 was goofy as hell.

[@money345atherley2]

Very goofy lmaooo how WCW overcome this horrible segment at the time I don't know

[@dubuyajay9964]

How did you watch it?

[@johnchen997]

Lol

[@dexenationgracey1979]

1995 WWF and WCW was Disney Channel vs Nickelodeon.

[@namikstudios]

All wrestling was goofy as hell until the nWo happened

[@hustlegrindboy]

Everyone: "giant we thought you were dead!" The giant: "I had an extra guy"

[@lordbendtner6404]

Jet jaguar i had an extra turn

[@anonamatron]

They're called "free dudes"

[@morgancook5000]

He had a green mushroom in his pocket. Wah-Hoo!!

[@mrsain19]

@JV Harbin just like on a video game. Super Mario or Sonic the Hedgehog or something lol.

[@paulgibbon5991]

Say what you like about Hogan or Cena, they never no-sold falling off a skyscraper!

[@dahybrid33]

That intro. I cant atop laughing 😂😂😂

[@timbartschwolfman]

Me too lol

[@Cruor34]

Thats why WCW was so good. It's retarded, but retarded in a great way. I still remember this perfectly 24 years (whatever it has been) later.

[@REDKLOK_-_The_Original]

Tony Schiavone deserves an award for having the patience of a saint to tolerate all that stuff in WCW and giving all that enthusiasm to his commentary while having to call commentary on crappy wrestling for years. Poor guy

[@andysouth6624]

The Yeti is better than anything he has to tolerate in AEW

[@MinusTheRogue]

He was likely paid very handsomely, so i doubt he cared too much.

[@Wetwilly87]

To this day, when I’m in a store or camping and I see a Yeti Cooler, I shout “It’s a YETAY”!!

[@OJCHIMPSON]

You deserve an award for finding a way to make an almost 20 minute video on the yeti.

[@HoustonSoto]

Jim Ross: “It’s gonna be a slobber knocker!” “Stone Cold! Stone Cold!” “Bigawwd!” “As god as my witness HE-IS-BROKEN-IN-HALF!!” Tony Schiavone: “It’s the YET-TAYY!” “That’ll put butts in seats”

[@mtabby8791]

It’s! Sting! Itsss Sting! I’ll take that over anything.

[@handsolo1209]

Jim Ross pre-WWF : A great commentator who made it seem like a real sport. Jim Ross after signing for WWF : A parody of a commentator who makes it all seem like fake shitty entertainment and not like a sport any more.

[@dylanwylde4093]

Total classic

[@arciks11]

"This is what WCW is all about" Tony moments before Fingerpoke of Doom

[@maxb4210]

@@handsolo1209 He could still call it like a true sport anytime he wanted

[@BrockAwesome]

"While Hulk Hogan turns heel cuz he lost his mustache" 🤣 honestly I can see this happening IRL

[@Zacht1980]

3:35 - "That's not going to work for me, brother." - Hulk Hogan

[@6oclocknewsat8]

What's Tony Schiavone's favorite meal? Spaghe-TAY!

[@stephaniereece5757]

😂🤣

[@wassupguy1]

His favorite character in Fast & Furious is Let-TAY!

[@stephaniereece5757]

@@wassupguy1 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Eric-wu7bp]

“AND DA YETAY!!!” Tony Schiavone 😂 Classic

[@RolfWrenWalsh]

The thing with the Dungeon of Doom was, Kevin Sullivan has said repeatedly over the years since that he created the faction in order to appease Hogan, and make him comfortable, as Hogan was still used to the comic book, goofy, cartoon style characters of the WWF when he was working for Vince. I don't think Sullivan even liked the faction much.

[@pataker7875]

The Super Giant Ninja. They must of asked a 2 year old for that name. Classic.

[@ironlift2275]

Tbh I really enjoy the monster truck idea in retrospective, this is the ridiculous stuff that used to make pro wrestling so much fun.

[@namikstudios]

It was great cross-promotion

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

6:14 That glowing shape is awfully suggestive. They were foreshadowing the Yetay's true purpose right from the beginning!

[@ed765super]

I will say: I liked the idea of Jimmy Hart messing with the contract. It always bothered me that a champ could theoretically just get themselves DQ'd then walk off with the championship until a no DQ match was scheduled.

[@jk844100]

The flip side is also true if the title could change on DQ. One of the guys to just get one of their friends to “attack” them and get the champ disqualified and win the title in a cheap way like that.

[@johnkatsoudas4767]

You just made my day!!!! The Yetay is the funniest creation WCW ever created. It is even funnier than the Shockmaster. Thank you so much for this. I needed a good laugh today.

[@silverthorn9759]

My first thought was "That's a mummy"

[@Thor-Orion]

Mine was “That’s a really big mummy!”

[@Zinobadz]

Mine was"wtf is that thing"

[@justinlowney1332]

"It's the Yet-Tay". Lol.

[@sodapopbrosky]

It’s a mum may

[@miajones1938]

Same

[@Cameron_611]

Is that a head he’s got or a stump?!~Bobby “The Brain” Heenan

[@dominicomegon4714]

The Giant being The Son of Andre was actually a super cool angle. Bischoff should have signed him to a mega deal after he proved himself as a serious talent and just ran with it. Also letting Jericho walk was dumb. They basically gave The Big Show and Y2J to WWF as a Gift just when Vince was starting to win the War. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@brandonpage7087]

Lmao, I remember actually buying into The Giant being Andre's son! I fell for it, hook, line, & sinker!

[@lordbendtner6404]

Dominic Omegon origin of jerishow

[@bowserh2012345]

@midniteryder lol what? Eddie Guerrero, Rey Mysterio, Booker T were waaaayyyy more successful than the Big Show.

[@Difrentstyles]

Y2j coming to wwe and tazz the build up was huge Especially tazz electrifying moment

[@wulver810]

I loved the Giant more than the Big Show, god I can't stand that name for him.

[@Mark_733]

Now we know who panic bought all the toilet roll, it was the Yetaaaay in aisle 5 😂

[@paulcharles2457]

LoL

[@at0micwerew0lf]

this was so horrid...but 20 some years later, its a rare classic...like that pure gold Yet-Tay remix!!

[@dubuyajay9964]

20 or 30 years?

[@volksfestchecker838]

The mid-90s had the best wrestling gimmicks. That was good entertainment.

[@yrly59e]

I think the culmination was USWA with the Macho Warrior Ric Hogan

[@mrowley7300]

"To understand what this was really all about." Me - wasn't it all because of cocaine?

[@zlinedavid]

Acid

[@RC99_Productions]

Best Wrestling Bios intro ever..... seriously. Also, as absurd as it is, thank you for treating this bio like every other one you've done. With seriousness, professionalism and class.

[@lauraaa1985]

Im laughing already and the video’s only just started. 😂 Thank you for this.

[@cocopuffgames]

It makes so much more sense that Giant Gonzalez was supposed to be the Yeti. I mean, he wore the ridiculous outfit in WWE, so he could have had the same look and just called the Yeti. I never knew this. Still, doesn't excuse what they went with.

[@Venemofthe888]

See the Monster Truck match should of been earlier in the night so the suspense of the giant being dead...Oh who am i kidding it was stupid lol

[@Venemofthe888]

@ShadowAngel so i have trouble with words and this type of thing does happen to me often and im trying to get better with it. Also shouldn't it be wrote instead of write

[@marigold3208]

I know, if the pace of the show had been more balanced... Yeah, you’re right. It was stupid, but all things considered, it was also... Amazing. 😁

[@MrBeardsley]

Based on the intro alone, this is already my favorite Wrestling Bios video.

[@at3479]

Oh, God....when social distancing was really needed with this gimmick

[@swfcocs1]

Lol, and the yeti would cause a toilet roll shortage just like Corona lol

[@at3479]

@@swfcocs1 I'm trying hard to watch this without laughing every few minutes

[@swfcocs1]

@@at3479 lol, was the yeti actually meant to be a serious gimmick? Surely to God not...

[@geoffreyrue8026]

The first 30 seconds could be its own stand alone video, and I'd love it!

[@TheRoyston8791]

I actually prefered WCW pre WWF wrestlers switching sides. I used to watch WCW on ITV in the UK back in the early 90s. Sting, Luger, Flair, Andersons, Vader, Steiner bros, The Great Muta. First Starcages are classics. Anyone else stayed up to watch it at 1am on late Monday nights, school the next day too.

[@unj]

The Yeti is so over in the past few years. who would have guessed?

[@cardzcardzcardz5562]

God yes, the bio of a legend we didn't know we wanted, but we all definitely needed. Long live.......DA YET-TAY!

[@roninwaveman]

The greatest opening of all time.

[@RollerCodsterWFEW]

Hogan should have let stories play out more instead of just burying talent every time

[@fizzyfuzz5878]

That was the problem, he thought a lot more about himself than the promotion

[@ColoMex27]

Hogan is the 🐐

[@garyballard4657]

The YEH'TAY dry humped him man...of course Hogan burried him

[@DJ.Apocalypto]

I loved the fact that in the beginning of the video the Hulkster looked concerned like he knew the Yet-tay was gonna have its way with him. 😆

[@DrRawBalls_TheDummy]

This is why I love this channel bc you are not afraid to do bios/videos on a one time character an mid card guys bc most channels want to do the big names an ect do keep up the great work 👍🏻

[@pablitosuperpoderoso]

That video made my day. That triple hug between Hogan, the giant and ye-Tay is incrediblely funny .

[@Moet313]

How did you make almost 20 mins out of this? You are great!

[@GodandNothinghavealotincommon]

Good Lord, I haven't laughed that hard in a minute. Thank you, sir.

[@xagon2012]

This was the best intro in the history of our sport.

[@Bratty-Bonnie]

The one thing I wanna say is maybe “the giant” falling off the roof was meant to portray how strong he was that he could survive a fall off roof. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@RobJaskula]

Michael Buffer describes him as "the man who literally rose from the dead" when he walked down to the ring at Halloween Havoc, so he's some sort of Zombie Jesus giant 🤣

[@catfishandbass8680]

The Yeti, one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. Should be inducted into the Hall of Fame asap.

[@edwardgomez5616]

The Ye Tay 😂

[@toonblastsart8655]

The super giant ninja wtf lmao lmao and that remix intro lmao

[@ant-ct4cu]

This is quickly becoming my favourite KZbin channel. Every video is fascinating and incredibly well done.

[@kingromeo5738]

This man can do a channel about anything and make it interesting. Next video might be about Mean Gene's 1800 hotline calls, 3 Count or Lash Leroux lol. Who knows🤷‍♂️. Survey says: one more for Wrestling Bios👍👍

[@bubhunt420mfr]

Lash Leroux 😂😂😂😂🤘

[@ninowaves4061]

The 900 line is actually a great idea I’d watch it 😂

[@crimealleysoutlaw1103]

That double bearhug was awkward af.

[@haizieysmoke9029]

Omg I remember that guy!! Lol thank u for unlocking old memories

[@davidjsaul]

How the hell could they have ever expected him to wrestle in that costume? Also given Hogan's political clout and creative control one can only assume he booked it so be dry humped by Yeti. The evidence is mounting, people! 😂

[@Mommyandtux]

Getting pounded by a seizing mummy called the yeti is every woman's wet dream

[@GrooviestQ]

“Let the Yeti hump me, brother”

[@jasonjoseph6497]

The real question is why is he covered in dookie stains?

[@justjilly1966]

@@GrooviestQ 🤣

[@Joseph-lz5er]

The pancake bear hug of Hogan was the funniest thing ever. Lol.

[@fergalstackstreams]

They should bring back the Gimmick Battle Royale at WrestleMania and call it the YETTAY Memorial Battle Royale. Ron Reis actually made me a fan of Chris Benoit because of that Nitro match they had in 1996 when Benoit just took him apart for about six minutes before superplexing him off the top for the win. Seeing a small guy squash a giant was basically unheard of.

[@leoncloud31]

Wow. What an intro. I'm in the hospital and I almost gushed out in accidental laughter.

[@WrestlingBios]

Get well soon!

[@Hyde_Hill]

I liked Reese as part of the flock. With Billy Kidman riding his shoulders. Decent giant to give other people a decent win.

[@guyhill6269]

That "Yetayyy" remix at the beginning of the video is fire 🔥. 😂🤣😄

[@damonk3674]

Please keep doing these videos. Your hitting the spot with making us relive our childhood memories thank you so much!!!

[@TheImpartialKiwi]

JR: "He's huge, whoever he is".

[@karon718]

This was your best intro ever lmao

[@commander98123]

Reese/Ron Reis was also in WCW Nitro PC/N64 version and in WCW NWO/Thunder a secret wrestler to unlock. Very underrated game.

[@zitofan4life]

The roster was good but the gameplay was absolutely terrible

[@TravJam317]

I still think it's funny that this video is longer than the Yeti was on TV.

[@JoseFlores-xc7wu]

He forgot that he was a dark mystical character that came out a block of ice. Lol

[@darthrowsdower3554]

all of human history has led to this moment

[@sickofwashington]

Taken from a hidden mic in the locker room before Havoc: "The Giant is booked to go over." "That doesn't work for me, Brother." "Ok, how about we wrap a guy in toilet paper and have him do a run in DQ?" "Ok, that'll work, Brother. I'm thinking a double bear hug spot..."

[@Princessinfinity]

The Schiavone Yet-tay remix is fire 🔥

[@Mario-cv5el]

Hogan without a mustache is like Stone cold steve Austin without his goatee and bald head

[@phenomenalone7134]

THE YETAYYYYYY!

[@jamesthacker8419]

Love the opening 🤣🤣🤣..this is by far my favorite KZbin wrestling channel. Thank You Wrestling Bios for all your great work and entertainment ✌😁...omg..the ending credits..🤣🤣Fabulous as well 🤣😂🤣😂🤣✌✌

[@xavvvorg4653]

WCW was way ahead of it's time.

[@flintose927]

I was watching this live at a friends house, we went from The Giant falling off a building to a YETAYYYYY (MUMMY)

[@outlawrip-offartist4161]

That’s a logical show and a very logical story.

[@baloothepibble8421]

This is my favorite wrestling channel!

[@tahirmohammed8247]

They really tried to follow the undertaker but that is something you just can't beat and it's wwe original and always will be

[@ReggieNoble1089]

This is why I subscribed, this is great stuff. The Yeté!!!

[@ricstormwolf]

17 minutes on the YE-TAY. I gotta see this.

[@hooksncrosses3419]

17 minute bio of the Yeti! I never thought I'd say that. 🤣🤣🤣

[@akoww1000]

just wait The Shockmaster is next lol

[@PhoenixLibra83]

Akow kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4W0g6qaft1jsJY they have one hahahha

[@siggy166]

OMG that intro was outstanding. Someone needs to make a loop of that that doesn't end lol. Great vip as per! Thanks for these.

[@siggy166]

*GREAT VID AS FN PER!

[@joiekelly3141]

The argument could be made that the Dungeon did succeed in ending Hulkamania, it wasn’t long after this he turned Hollywood.

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

Kevin Sullivan said he knew Hogan was getting booed and wanted to turn him at some point. The "Dark Hogan Saga" was kind of a trial run before a fully fledged heel run. Interestingly, Hall and Nash's "third man" was actually up in the air at first. They didn't know who it was going to turn out to be, but Sullivan and Bischoff realized Hogan was perfect for the role. I was 16 at the time the nWo formed and hadn't watched wrestling for years but it was actually a pretty big news story that Hogan went heel so I heard about it.

[@himalayalamichhane4046]

Whenever i see Yeti I remember Jack - The Jobber

[@latrelle611]

Now that I’m older and look back on this old wcw stuff. The dungeon of doom was dumb and corny as hell smh

[@ep688]

Saying that gives the impression you thought it was awesome when you were a kid lol

[@anthonybidgood8764]

Its way better then todays wwe thats like watching paint dry.

[@ironman2326]

I watched it when I was a kid and thought it was corny then.

[@bosmanebeezy9788]

@@anthonybidgood8764 it was STILL better than anything on tv today

[@NoahWilson8108]

Yetayyyyy

[@KEWLV1C]

Thank you Wrestling Bios for covering the Yeti!! I needed this laugh, I haven’t laughed this hard in a long time 😂😂😂

[@kband740]

As always great video can wait for the next one

[@trustobey1016]

That intro killed me lmao The Yeti transformed into Scorpion.

[@dynastytarikterry1988]

He sure did. Good thing I scrolled down to see this.

[@joiekelly3141]

What do you think the booker told Ron Reese before his big debut? Once you hit the ring you n the giant are gonna Eiffel Tower Hogan.

[@promisnwekenta9703]

"Get in the ring and enjoy your time with hogan" "Hehe......" "What's wrong?" "Nothing. Thought of a good way to make all participants enjoy this segment"

[@alexgill3289]

Almost choked on my aero laughing at him turning up as a ninja. Great work with that timing.

[@flareinc7413]

Such an awesome video. As someone who missed WCW almost entirely, I like these sorts of videos that highlight the best and worst of 90s wrestling. :)

[@Macabre124]

Same. Coming from someone who grew up watching WCW and misses it like crazy especially the cruiserweight division, I really appreciate these vids