TIMELINE: 1995 In Professional Wrestling

From Shawn Michaels' WWE Royal Rumble win to Lex Luger's WCW debut to a 'pre-Stone Cold' Steve Austin making his presence felt in ECW, we take an in-depth look at the world of professional wrestling in the year 1995. This is TIMELINE: 1995 In Professional Wrestling.
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[@ChrisPickin]

love this series. Never smashed the like button so quick.

[@daedaethomas47]

Cringe sauce 7000

[@syria0110]

@@daedaethomas47 If you use the word "cringe sauce" unironically, that makes you even more cringe

[@daedaethomas47]

@@syria0110 do u see the irony here?

[@mattalan6618]

@@syria0110 yo face is cringe sauce 9000

[@nbatch13]

'Through hellfire and listerine' is my personal highlight here😂

[@pbsimmons2303]

What's hell. Fire and listener

[@bowdenproductions]

Dude, looking at Minoru Suzuki in his 20’s is like looking at the arc of the covenant.

[@danevertt3210]

Great comment

[@Jerry_Freestyle]

Look at all that hair!!!

[@christopherdoroba8724]

Rocko Rock was my cousin. I love watching these and hearing y'all yell his name still! He ran Philly and Pauly's promotion lol

[@marin3933]

"sources have Orndorff as clear winner" lets not forget that Orndorff took down Vader while wearing flip flops

[@matthewlane518]

Mr. Wonderful should NEVER be underestimated!

[@Meatman8089]

Single handedly if you will

[@FloridaGuy53]

A handicap, if you must.

[@KenRising1996]

Finally I've been waiting for another wrestling timeline video. 1996 & 1997 is gonna be extremely interesting. 95 overall was a bad year for WWF but a successful Kickstart for WCW and ECW

[@aidenhorton18]

WCW was terrible in 95. WWF was more watchable ngl

[@RealDaveTalk]

@@aidenhorton18 actually both were terrible in 1995.

[@johnathanrush4666]

Eddie Gilbert not making it to 40 still bums me out almost 30 years later RIP

[@beane10]

Sam, simple correction. Royce Gracie’s named is actually pronounced Hoyce! It’s a common mispronunciation across the board, even within the MMA community! 🤷🏼‍♂️ great vid and thank you for your hard work, the content is great as always!

[@jeanpaulsinatra]

Does that mean the luxury car manufacturer is actually Holls Hoyce?

[@joelmckinnon]

@@jeanpaulsinatra No, it means he's Brazilian.

[@SaudiGod]

Rolls Royce isn’t Brazilian

[@ErikThaRedXIII]

@@jeanpaulsinatra Uneducated white guy comment of the year goes tooooo

[@the__GOON]

as someone who didnt watch wrestling in 1995, this was a great summary

[@Lambzy]

I started a binge watching journey in January promising myself to watch most of all wwe and wcw content starting in 1995 and since then im at the year 2000 survivor series quite a experience watching this era.

[@tjcadotte37]

I keep tellin myself i should do something similar and learn some wrestling history. Kudos to you dude 👏

[@rosskentish5412]

I have said this before and will say it again, Sam has the perfect voice for voice overs

[@estebandomenzain6514]

Thank you all for this! Favorite series. Know it takes a lot of research and time to do a video like this. Cultaholic is appreciated! 🙏🏽

[@Oderus_Urungus]

Steve Austin's first WWF match was against Matt freaking Hardy?!?!?!!!!?? WHAT!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!!???!??

[@DarthLee8472]

Fantastic job on this video of Timeline 1995 Cultaholic. I can't wait to see Timeline 1996.

[@KenRising1996]

97 is gonna be very interesting 👀

[@zubrhero5270]

40:08 Tiny Toons _and_ Batman TAS _AND_ Original Flavour Goldust in one frame. Be still my beating heart!

[@thesupervisor3270]

Thanks for this because 95 is a underrated year! Now I know business wasn’t all that great in all 3 companies but between Bret Hart, Undertaker, HBK, Goldust, and Mankind work in WWF, Sting, Flair, Savage, Pillaman, and Arn work in WCW and Raven, Shane Douglas, Austin and the introduction to Lucha in ECW 1995 was a great year far as what was on the tv in my opinion. Not everything was great but damn sure 100c better than what we seeing today

[@jeanpaulsinatra]

1995: the only KotR thus far where the two schoolboys they hired to stand at the top of the stage are bigger wrestling legends than the winner

[@yasa122]

I cannot even list my favorite series on this channel. You guys put out incredible work! I love how everyone has their own thing on this channel!

[@daedaethomas47]

Yassa!

[@jasonjimerson7046]

Suzuki... with hair? 🤯🤯🤯

[@will345davis]

I really enjoyed this video. I’d love to see some timeline videos from the golden age of wrestling in the 80s. Those would be some interesting videos.

[@wilsonchadbenitez3021]

I'm in a rush to get outside now, but I'm having this on in my background 😃 wrestling history is fascinating... especially the progress of women's wrestling

[@actionjackson4982]

The Fink wearing that green cap made me laugh way too hard 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tequilapapii5936]

*Please do 2003 next 🙏🏽. These are AMAZING.*

[@effarrjay]

I might incorporate 'creme de la crap' into my lexicon after this video.

[@daltonanderson2918]

It's clear that these can take a very long time to make. But I also hope that you continue to make these timeline videos. Love to see them for most of the early 2000s makes me very nostalgic. I started watching wrestling on July 4th, 2002 and I did not realize that until your timeline video. I knew it was somewhere in that year but I wasn't sure when until I remembered everything that you started talking about after that point

[@dereksather5921]

Royce is actually pronounced as "Hoyce" for anyone that is unfamiliar with the man.

[@Biffo316]

Krush was severely underrated. Especially when he turned heel in the mid 90s. Could have been a decent opponent for the Undertaker or a heel challenger to Diesel during his run in 94/95.

[@Thor-Orion]

Good big man for Bret to work against too. Bret always did best when he could build the story with himself at some clear disadvantage.

[@oddishhonor]

This deserves so many more likes views and comments guys. Just to appease the algorithm because this is pure class

[@SupaDupaMarioVillelli]

Love these videos was waiting for the next one to drop

[@alexxroyce3322]

This series specifically feels like content i should be paying monthly for. Keep them coming

[@bdr113080]

I really love these timeline videos you’re doing. I honestly hope you do 1993 and 1994. I know history books say that the first half of the 90s were terrible but they really weren’t. Yes there were some really stupid gimmicks in both companies but there was a lot of other good stuff from wrestlers like Sting, Bret Hart, Ron Simmons, HBK, Luger, Vader, Razor, Diesel, Undertaker , Owen Hart, Jerry Lawler, Tracy Smothers, Dirty Wh!te Boy, Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Rock and Roll Express, Steiner Bros, Yokozuna etc.

[@Brando-Lee3725]

I watched that UFC event live !!!! When Tank knocked out Matua (in an annihilating crushing fashion ) after the ref stoppage , Matua's arms and legs were sticking straight up in the air convulsing , and Tank mocks him doing the stiff arms like poor Matua was doing on the ground !!! What a bastard !!! HAHAHA !! Track it down if you havnt seen it !

[@treyyoung5711]

I’m begging for more of these. I like the mid to late 2000s but I’m willing to wait. Just don’t give up on the series please

[@taylorcannon7272]

Appreciate the research you do for these. Cant wait for more.

[@ddemaiolo]

Best series on the channel, thanks for this!

[@MahDryBread]

Damn Sam, you can do a good voiceover

[@marcocapo0076]

Love these, thanks Sam

[@ethanhull9577]

i think this series is great, i think an episode about lockdown would be really intersesting

[@TheDukeofMadness]

I do like these deep dives a lot.

[@Vikdeb25502]

Thank you for this. Appreciate the work

[@cathalcully9752]

Love these videos. Great work , please do more ❤️

[@benespinosa6725]

ECW in 1995 was truly Revolutionary Ravens ECW Debut Ravens Feud with Tommy Dreamer is a classic that Chairshot @ ECW Heatwave 1995 is the craziest Chairshot I've ever seen I'd say ECW was 10X Better than WWF And WCW Combined sabu Returning @ November to remember 1995 was awesome that entire Feud with Taz was perfectly done Paul Heyman was a creative Genius in ECW.

[@vampirascoffin870]

If it wasn't for the ecw revolutionary storylines and anti heros there will never be an attitude era

[@benespinosa6725]

@@vampirascoffin870 Correct 👍

[@KenRising1996]

@@vampirascoffin870 that along with the NWO being born

[@JamesNettum]

Excellent addition to the series, and the channel!

[@davidhamilton1880]

Wow! I never knew that Taker had a debut match in Pikeville, KY.? This place is so small and unknown, it's very rare to hear anything about my hometown.

[@feltyone]

This is one of the best series you make. Please keep them going.

[@daedaethomas47]

Mark

[@feltyone]

@@daedaethomas47 accurate

[@daedaethomas47]

@@feltyone takes 1 2 kno 1

[@Musicman431]

This is a great format. Please continue 🙏

[@Brando-Lee3725]

That J Cup was awesome ! I played that VHS tape so much it got ate . If you younger fans have any idea of my words here lol !

[@leorocker180]

These timelines are great....1989, 1984, 1990 and 1994 would be excellent

[@otherwxyz]

i absolutely LOVE this,. Im hoping to find other years available in your library which im pretty sure will be found. very clever u guys,. cheers!

[@FRGNinthebuilding]

Awesomely well-researched video. Thank you for the time and effort.

[@johnytwotimes4072]

Wow that's a crime about Pedro not being able to attend his own HOF induction!

[@mitchellholcomb1561]

Wait, so Paul Orndorff legit won a shoot scrap with fkn VADER?! Mr. Wonderful, indeed, damn...

[@Rando1975]

And basically with 1 arm.

[@TheFriendlyWeirdo]

Happy to see this series is back. Can’t wait to see what other years you guys do for this series.

[@michaelscriver5395]

This was epic

[@jeffdaigle5487]

Damn I was in 8th grade in 95. What a flashback. I remember alot of the WCW and WWE stuff. The long ago when dirt was just starting to get old. 😂

[@rosefarrell2440]

I was in year 9 (UK) remember being totally disheartened by WM 11. Absolute Dog 💩

[@moopert86]

Yes. More of these

[@IlGreven]

I'm not sure if you forgot or just didn't want to mention it, but Bash at the Beach also had some footage taped after the show that would be used in an episode of Baywatch.

[@rossadams9203]

14:04 "IM FEELING GOOD ABOUT THE ROUND SYSTEM!"

[@K-LAW10]

51:20 “the glove don’t fit” 😂😂😂😂 I almost choked on my drink

[@savage751]

Geez I sure hope one of those titles Dan Severn had was for a FANTASTIC mustache a title which he still has

[@PompeyGamesRoom]

Great video guys, loving these timeline videos 🙂

[@Insomniaaron]

23:46 Minoru Suzuki with a full head of hair!?, And looking like a proper stud with it!? No it can't be.

[@Thomas-der-Zweite]

great job as per usual

[@mjdf122]

Can’t wait for the rest of the 1980s and 1990s timeline

[@stayfresh2468]

Imagine how things would have ended up if Benoit had joined wwe back in 95 and never went to WCW... dang

[@joesiler9620]

This was great, do you have plans for 1998?

[@sar2dg]

I remember watching Eddie Gilbert on USWA back when I was a teen.

[@kinggold5378]

WWF and WCW sucked up until the fall of 1995 *Honestly ECW, SMW and USWA were the promotions to watch in 1995..

[@abigegg1004]

Love almost everything about this video and this series........ but....one thing..... its Dan Sevr-an not Dan 7. 😂

[@bryanpage8422]

This series is the best ! ... 1995, not so much....although I did have the pleasure of attending a house show that year and seeing the 5 star classic of a match that was Mantaur vs Man Mountain Rock,so there was that I guess

[@KenRising1996]

1995 was more about WCW and ECW whearas in the World Wrestling Federation Ratings were extremely down the toilet

[@RevaNyte]

Discussing about the Monday Night Wars from 95 - 01 episodes would be fun.

[@daedaethomas47]

I refer u to wrestling bios.

[@taylorcannon7272]

I really hope we get more of these

[@mcj88]

17:54 - I always love that the former home of the Hartford Whalers once hosted WrestleMania. [Brass Bonanza intensifies]

[@dominiccarranza2184]

PLEASE COME TO OUR GAMES (UrinatingTree would be the one to thank for that reference)

[@chocolateface4885]

That white intercontinental belt is a thing of beauty

[@robcassey6043]

I remember listening to Jim Ross' podcast grilling JR with him mentioning that there were too many wrestlers unwilling to lose matches because of how it would look in Japan.

[@TygerdcfijHutgbnjiip]

Is that Paul Heyman rant on KZbin? I want to watch that.

[@johnathanrush4666]

As someone who attended that mess in-person: my WORD, was Summerslam 95 godawful

[@SheriffOutlaw]

Ah Yeah! It's the Sheriff and once again he is the cool host with the most history than your local high school teacher, Sam Driver! Let's drive down memory lane with Timeline: 1995! ( My apologies again Sam! I was at work when i was watching and typing this! Stay Awesome good sir and please don't hate me for the R-Truth levels goof up!) Let's Ride Cowboys! Ya-Hoo!

[@nixcool]

while Tony Shivane calls him "THE YET-TAY" for some god damn reason🤷‍♂️ oh my fucking god, i'm crying

[@beaujackson7699]

90s rocked in every way

[@wyattfish1722]

Yessss been waiting on a new one

[@oddishhonor]

Also like how you incorporated the ufc as well

[@matthewlane518]

I thought the 16 bit versions of WM the arcade game came before the PlayStation and Saturn versions, not sure about the 32x but I must be wrong

[@stevengrvp]

This is great

[@paulbbryan]

At that May 13th show in Boston, Rikishi was double-booked as Kwang and Fatu. Did he do that a lot? I wouldn't think big men would ever work more than one match in a night.

[@Gravity999.]

Yooo, awesome to learn more about wrestling. However, even cooler to learn about the wrestling that took place the year I was born 😁😁😁

[@MrCjmw0980]

Noti gang

[@amyneal6215]

Can you guys do 2005 timeline

[@MichaelMiller-tm2os]

HBK didn't lose a title in the ring for something like 7 years. That is why no one believed he would job to Austin.

[@waynedcxxvilee5008]

I love this!! ♡♡

[@bdr113080]

As a southern wrestling fan, 1995 was just a bad year. Smoky Mountain wrestling started off strong but you could tell after the Super Bowl of wrestling that summer that Jim Cornett was burnt out and he was just coasting until the end of the year at that point. The main wrestling we watched though was WCW and even though many of us that were young teenagers or even kids at this time who were excited about Hulk Hogan coming in by the time you got to 1995 most diehard WCW fans were sick of Babyface Hogan. there’s a way you can book him to be the strong baby face without making WCW look like the minor leagues and that’s exactly what Eric did with the way he booked everything around Hogan. The top baby faces in the company were now reduced to just Hulk Hogan‘s sidekicks, sage, and Hogan. Both just took turns beating Ric Flair every PPV. It got old very quickly I mean for starters they blew their load in 94 when they finally got Hogan instead of working their way up to Starrcade and have Hogan beat him there they just let Hogan beat him his first night in the company and then there was no more buildup or excitement from fans . Why not sell Vader finisher? Why not let him lay you out with it when it doesn’t matter and then you can do the no cell when you finally have the match? Eric thought bringing him and would make them look major leagues but they already were the major leagues but it’s how he booked him going forward that really made WCW looks second rate for that whole two year run . that’s some of the worst years in WCW history was mid 1994 all the way until 1996 when Scott Hall showed up

[@josephgana6590]

95, was way better than today…..

[@TheWorthyPanda]

theres a strange whining pitch coming from the video from after the intro to around 15:00, not sure what it is but its disrupting

[@petervonstamer7859]

1:45 due to Pat Patterson desire to reduce his output into the ringboys 😂

[@anthonyharris4234]

Do a 2006 pro wrestling timeline

[@crackedspyglass]

1995 was certainly an … interesting year in wrestling

[@craigwarke]

I know they are a pile of work but I wish we got these more often

[@RGF91]

oh, i thought we gotta wait for the start of next year for a new episode

[@leejames929]

Love this series

[@putasdelfanta]

Can you do 2007 next