WCW Great American Bash 1997 - The "Reliving The War" PPV Review

[@undramartin1914]

The burying of Glacier is priceless 😁😆😅🤣😂

[@damonodell9125]

Been waiting for this for so long! Moline is my hometown. I was there, way up in the nosebleeds, My pop got me tickets for my birthday! Savage vs DDP was amazing!

[@jaylove7125]

I was there as well..lived right down the street from "The Mark" in Moline at the time.

[@stemroach21]

Awesome man, I'm from rock island quad cities baby

[@Eastsideckkrazy]

East moline ? ?

[@boxhead444]

Davenport here

[@GuySafety123]

From Davenport! I wad there too. Went with my best friend and his dad. His dad died a few years ago and this PPV is one of my favorite memories of him. This was great!

[@InfectedElite]

as a kid you had Saturday morning cartoons, as an adult we have wrestling bios. Thank you!

[@InfectedElite]

@@blacksabbath4252 im aware its sunday. its meant as a comparison. You look forward to saturday morning cartoons as a kid, you look forward to wrestling bios as an adult. Days dont matter.

[@KakashiHatake-jg6ok]

@@InfectedElite more like Saturday morning wrestling for the older heads

[@paddyblah887]

Glaciers the type of guy that doesn't thank the bus driver when he's getting off.

[@mentalphilanthropist35]

Glacier is the type of guy that don't flush!

[@mentalphilanthropist35]

@@TheElisaDay No tells you the ending, then says the book was better. You don't know glacier do you?

[@rocthaice24]

What’s the story behind this beef lol

[@mentalphilanthropist35]

@@rocthaice24 New to this channel? Long story short little G is the wrestling equivalent of a wet fart!

[@paddyblah887]

@@rocthaice24 we'll tell you soon...

[@sebastiannock942]

I absolutely LOVE how both Psychosis and Ultimo Dragon dressed in the colours of the PPV. Just another awesome touch to a great match.

[@ifgwelf]

Psychosis was one of my faves along with Blitzkrieg and La Parka

[@LostChrisB]

Is the difference in ppv’s a difference in mentality do you think. WWF’s ppv felt like the culmination of storylines, a king was crowned, Austin and Shawn found their hate for the hart’s overshadowed any differences they had and the nation was defeated. The following raw felt like a new chapter as storylines began with a build to the next ppv while the wcw ppv felt very much like a continuation of a story in order to sell the next nitro. Benoit continues his feud, the horsemen continue to undermine each other, the outsiders won via controversy which would no doubt be address the next night, savage won due to outsider interference which guaranteed the war with DDP would continue, if you wanted to get any sort of closure you had to watch the next nitro. Both are good story telling, but they definitely see different outcomes at the end.

[@milk_bath]

Really well said. Love that Japan based promotions like NJPW, TJPW, etc and non-WWE American promotions deliver on storyline payoffs while still having excellent match quality.

[@jmckdekalb316]

The cruiserweight division was the backbone of WCW.

[@kevinpayton2664]

Most definitely

[@Dr-Alexander-The-Great]

Damn right it was

[@Venemofthe888]

and the company didnt seem to give it any respect

[@LordDeBahs]

@@Venemofthe888 they does but too late

[@KoolKumasi]

@@kevinpayton2664 TV title matches were good well

[@chriscano7457]

Nice video. One underappreciated thing about WCW at their height was how great their crowds were. I think one thing that hurt WCW in its dying days was that they lost that great crowd. It was not just the audio, but also the video. You will notice that WCW production worked really hard to avoid showing empty seats. I get it, but it really took away alot of angles from the in ring action.

[@daveyadict_]

Savage and ddp was so good. You could honestly tell that randy genuinely likes Dallas and wanted to do business to get him over.

[@JM1993951]

The whole RTW project is amazing and I love that you include all the PPVs. You should consider doing a yearly award show with stuff like best match, mvp, best tag match, best PPV, best storyline. I know you’re the busiest man on KZbin but I’m sure it would be great.

[@DebitAdams]

It's always a great day when you are reliving the war

[@alleahsasseville]

Couldn't AGREE with you more.....these opening matches are fantastic!!!!

[@hia5235]

WCW undercard was ALWAYS the best.

[@SteelyBud]

When wrestlers describe backstage fights in wrestling shoots: "So I threw him out of my dressing room, and punched him like a hundred million times, and Hulk Hogan and Macho Man and like 12 Green Berets tried to pull me off, and they had to send Robocop to stop me, but I gave Robocop some sweet knife-edge chops and he left with his tail between his legs, and it was all because the whole locker room was jealous that I drew so much money at the Omni!"

[@pezpowerproductions2602]

I TIMED IT RIGHT THIS WEEK. Horseman business opens back up tomorrow.

[@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854]

_Glacier shows up late to appointments._ 9:36 Boy, that's SURE an UNDERSTATEMENT. It took the guy FIVE MONTHS to FINALLY make his debut in WCW...😆👍

[@RobertSmithhalo]

Blame WCW for that. Apparently he was gonna debut earlier but WCW decided to delay it because the nwo was getting popular.

[@tafua_a]

I now want him to job to the Bootyman.

[@lancewhiteeagle3203]

Macho's "Madness" gear during this era is probably my favorite ring attire ever.

[@E_l_l_i_e]

Mine too

[@milk_bath]

It really is great. Awesome how the gear removes all the bright colors, but still gets his vibe over with the patterns with hard black and white contrast.

[@Hughjundies69]

15:04 Mean Gene reminding Madusa she's now forced into retirement straight after a loss is the equivalent to Jim Bowen showing the losers on Bullseye what they could have won.

[@WrestlingBios]

Missing out on a speedboat

[@FRANK45CASTLE]

I noticed you have some WCW vs NWO N64 game music in the backround and it reminded me. Anyone who loved those games there is a game called wrestling empire. It is exactly like those games but with a randomly generated career mode. People can become paralyzed and die off. The customization with your wrestlers look and moves is unreal. It is the best wrestling game on the market by a long shot. Its on PC and nintendo switch, even a dated PC can probably run it. Anyone who reads this just go check out some videos on it or get it yourself.

[@rhulcy]

It sucks but fair enough

[@roberttrester4030]

How much were you paid to push that game? LOL just kidding I'll check it out.

[@roberttrester4030]

@@rhulcy what sucks about it. Im curious.

[@FRANK45CASTLE]

@@roberttrester4030 I dont think they are a big enough company to pay me anything lol. I have just always been a huge fan of the N64 wrestling games and wrestling empire is pretty much every single one of them from that era combined.

[@roberttrester4030]

@@FRANK45CASTLE LOL well you sold me I'm going to check it out.

[@Venemofthe888]

It is a shame that Medusa went to WCW for basically nothing since the womens division was non existent aside from like a month or two. Medusa was way ahead of her time in America and no wonder she was in Japan for a long time before.

[@butchvito]

In the 90's women's wrestling in America was about as popular as women's lacrosse. It had no fanbase. That's no disrespect, it's just how it was.

[@KoolKumasi]

@@butchvito WWF brought it back in 98

[@kenflagler493]

Facts Medusa was in the wrong era she was so talented

[@lazarorodriguez5161]

The Glaciers Part Had Me FUCKIN DEAD 💀😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Dubh13]

The mortal kombat music during the Morris/glacier stuff makes me laugh every time

[@TheQueenSpider]

I knew the crowd was going to be lit when they said it was coming from Moline, Illinois

[@arcticfox04]

Imagine Ming giving the Bulldog a chain lock after laying out Glacier.

[@SpacedCobraIII]

"He pauses the game to look at the special moves" lol love it

[@grammysworld5449]

One of the reasons I take Sunday off is to watch Wrestling Bios.. I'm hooked man

[@silasjamal1610]

The roast of glacier absolutely killed me, I'm dyin...😆😆😆 hilarious stuff!

[@johnasbury3856]

Once again wrestling bios has blown our minds with another awesome intro followed by an extremely entertaining video. Hope things are well down under and prayers for all Tongans.

[@thewrestleramble299]

@@mikehunt4986 he is from Northern Ireland

[@UndergroundSkat2000]

Dragon is more over than 1980s Hulk Hogan in Illinois. Excellent opening intro BTW

[@morfiend2170]

When you look at it WCW ppvs presentation had a real combat sports vibe, similar NJPW events. Even in the company's dying days the feeling still seemed there to me.

[@jamesbounds]

The year DDP became a big star.

[@devious187]

Will Jeff Jarrett and Mongo make peace? Find out on the next episode of As The Haliburton Turns!

[@shenanitims4006]

In defense of Mongo, perhaps his foot massage/ankle lock was due to Kevin Green being a pro ball player. I mean, any other wrestler could pull off an ankle lock no problem, but they likely saw Mongo’s name on the roster and were like, “Hold on… how much insurance do we have?”

[@victoryusmc]

Another great PPV without Hogan, why was he the champ... Ridiculous

[@martynodonnell8467]

As he’s got creative control and Bischoff still believes that he’s the biggest draw and star in WCW. I do believe Hogan on top as a heel got very stale, very quickly.

[@maxxdahl6062]

@@martynodonnell8467 And sting beating him without a belt would have meant a whole hell of a lot less.

[@michaelkeller5927]

WB bringing the Sunday Jam!

[@RyoUrawa777]

Guarantee you at that point Medusa regretted leaving the WWF lol

[@milk_bath]

That’s debatable. She got paid pretty well to come to WCW.

[@RyoUrawa777]

@@milk_bath yeah but you know she wanted to compete

[@explodingburritosexperienc9111]

28:16 one could even say.... The madness came out. I'll see myself out 🚪🚶

[@alanarmstrong6460]

It's very rare in WWf for heels to win main event but happened so often in wcw

[@MelonManCrybaby]

“Hulk Hogan jobs more than Glacier for fucks sake” 😂😂😂

[@jadasheekstyles2000]

Vincent is gonna charge wrestling bios for using his likeness/video footage

[@jarrettpennington4579]

Love the old school Chris Benoit song in the intro. Chefs kiss

[@dimitarbelchev3062]

You are an amazing content creator! Thank you for your hard work!

[@brxbin]

I need that giant CRT TV for playing retro games

[@Richterdgf]

I keep a CRT tv around for that very reason.

[@maxxdahl6062]

@@Richterdgf Same.

[@gochasingwaterfalls9970]

I heard Glacier looks at the other screens when playing Goldeneye on multiplayer.

[@firewalker1372]

An episode of reliving the war on a Sunday afternoon, sweet! This series has been amazing, plain and simple. “The big f*ck off tv” 🤣 😂.

[@chrishollister80]

You have once again outdone yourself and I haven't even watched the video yet! The one thing I hated about WCW is that the commentators would spend 95% of every match going on and on about the nwo instead of calling the match in the ring. It always took so much away from the matches they were supposed to be calling. Did anybody else feel this way?

[@Venemofthe888]

oh for sure its like if they dont care about the match then why should we and it honestly took away from everyone working so hard like not even acknowledging their work. It was just a shame the nWo dominated everything all the time and i can see why a lot of people got sick of it by 2000

[@chrishollister80]

@@Venemofthe888 That was one of WCW's biggest problems. Nothing else existed in the orb except the nwo and it was to the detriment so many Nitros and ppvs

[@martynodonnell8467]

It’s one of the reasons why guys on the undercard couldn’t get over. It’s the undercard guys that were the most exciting to watch, along with the cruiserweights. Them not getting properly over was a huge reason guys like Jericho, Benoit, Saturn and Malenko jumped to WWF in 2000 and Sean Waltman ended up back in WWF post Wrestlemania 14. The commentators made the guys on the undercard seem unimportant. Therefore fans had less reason to get behind them. They couldn’t get over. Although they were having great matches. They were having the same matches against mainly the same opponents all through the war. Where as on top for the main part the NWO was doing the same thing week in, week out. With Hogan on top. Which was very stale.

[@Elfo_Scuro]

Kimberly Page has the jam... 😍😍

[@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269]

Does anyone else see Medusa in these last few appearances and think she kinda reminds them of Charlotte Flair? Well I guess technically Charlotte would remind people of Medusa but you get the point 😅👍

[@skyatollah2skyharder276]

Hell no. Madusa is a classic MILF. Charlotte is the result of nepotism.

[@lemfest]

It's time to have a bio about Meng/King Haku

[@milk_bath]

Ultimo Dragon’s gear was always so well made. Great design, materials, and seaming.

[@Thor-Orion]

Macho and Dallas the men with the two hottest wives in wrestling history. God was Kim a smoke show. And Elizabeth is just classically gorgeous.

[@idlehands1864]

I don't even wait to see the video anymore it's automatic thumbs up because I know I'm in for a treat

[@Nemy10X]

I love that you used Chris Benoit's old WCW theme. Not sure why, but this music has always stuck with me, and it was perfect here!

[@pezpowerproductions2602]

Honestly being a fly on the wall while piper and hall were arguing and fighting in the back would have been amazing

[@pezpowerproductions2602]

i think i know who someone is now lol

[@JoeyMartz]

Nash and piper, no?

[@pezpowerproductions2602]

@@JoeyMartz you right. I got too excited it happens lol.

[@playstationgroup3413]

24:41 If Kevin Nash told Piper to ' ' Suck It ' ' during their match at the Great American Bash in WCW when WWF DX wasn't even a ' ' thing ' ' at that time, does that make Kevin Nash the Father of DX in the WWF (Now WWE) in some way ? ? ? Just look at how Kevin Nash says ' ' Suck It ' ' to Piper. Let me know your comments below.

[@nicholaschristie8699]

From what I saw, I would have traded Mongo's contract with Kevin Green. He would need to be trained of course, but from what I saw, he was actually BETTER then Mongo. But, that is just my opinion.

[@ryannutton1704]

Still unbelievable this man doesn't have atleast 1milly subs yet. He literally has the best wrestling channel in all social media

[@xXTheGrimPhoenixXx]

The Glacier rant is just prime stuff. I actually laughed out loud at that. This is why I'm subscribed. Great stuff as always.

[@bjlogwood1181]

Not to spam your comments , Glacier may have sucked ,but his appearances always led to a mortal kombat tournament after the show, and brother they were legendary!!!

[@mcneilyism]

Everyone should have to go through deathmatches to fight the great Kevin Sullivan! The 1# guy in the company!

[@topdawg2916]

Kimberly page was mad hot back in the day

[@jerameyconners5122]

WCW Great American Jam

[@PoeticProphetic]

Glacier deserved a run for the title after this ppv

[@martynodonnell8467]

I’ve never understood Glaciers run in WCW. They hyped him up for months. With videos on Nitro. Then when he did finally debut they done very little with him. Until the blood runs cold angle. Then he disappeared. Seemed like a lot of work to go to for little outcome.

[@Wesker226]

Moline Illinois my hometown the Mark is where this was held.

[@christopherfoley8322]

I always liked the DDP vs Macho man fights, they seemed like they were willing to do anything to get the fans going, and were willing to do what it took to help the others career. I felt Macho Man, despite what he was like to Elizabeth, was the nicer of the two wrestlers, because Macho man was willing to job more for other wrestlers, plus Macho man was awesome for that Slim Jim commercial where Ric Flair appears with 2 women in his arms and says "Sign me up big daddy" and Macho mans reaction was perfect

[@heartbreakskeechie5522]

Nobody beats prime Sunny☀, but I forget how beautiful Kimberly was she is an extremely close 2nd💎🙌

[@user-wc2jd3nn7u]

Idk Stacy Kiebler was always the most beautiful to me

[@heartbreakskeechie5522]

@@user-wc2jd3nn7u she was nice too I loved her legs

[@theflo1980]

To hear the n64 wcw/nwo revenge menu music in the back is so f…cool ❤️

[@TheJrockfreak]

lol I was always a big Glacier fan and I love how much you dislike him its always hilarious

[@cjjax6110]

Great episode like always.. love the glacier heat.. keep up the great work

[@getfitron155]

Wrestling bios , there’s a reason why the picnic theme is on the side of the entrance is part of a tradition American you know is called thanksgiving

[@PhenomsServant4]

Seriously why even end the Women’s division like that? If you’re going to retire the belt either way. Couldn’t you just have Medusa win? You could’ve at least had her lose in a more dignified way than being cheated out of a victory and getting carried away crying like she lost everything.

[@WrestlingForever93]

@PhenomsServant4 , Good point and I agree. It gets upsetting to think that Madusa was never WCW Women's champion when she was the reason it was started in the first place. I wonder if Akira Hokuto was on some kind of "no job" clause ; so any match with Madusa had to have crooked finishes. I believe Madusa should have won the title at Spring Stampede , lose it to Luna Vachon at Slamboree , regain it at Great American Bash , and then vacate the title and division down the line. I agree with Wrestling Bios that the "career on the line" stipulation was done to give Madusa a heroic exit. I think the knee botch-injury was unexpected , which unfortunately made a sadder and more depressing ending. I also wonder in the build up to the event , how Madusa was told that the division was ending? In the end , If only WCW/Eric Bischoff tried more effort in recruiting more female talent (preferably from North America , due to traveling and schedule concerns) ; the division could have existed longer.

[@boxhead444]

I've been waiting years for someone to review this ppv. I enjoyed the Madusa match and I felt Page and Savages chemistry was off the charts in their feud.

[@Zero_Shinobi]

Glacier is a great wrestler who will have a awesome future. Watch, you'll see.

[@Machete87]

Wrath was awesome. sadly he never got pushed like he shoulda

[@timhickey80]

That Glacier botch looks like he hit the C button instead of the A button

[@nipponhakkyou]

Yessss I've been so excited for this!!

[@ironman2326]

Glacier is the type of guy to steal your ladder on a job site.

[@dmbdajoker616]

That glacier riff was perfection 🤣🤣🤣👏👏👏

[@mrassassinscreedfan1]

I think you gave yourself another video with the best of wcw opening ppv matches

[@fedormania]

thank you for another great upload. I remember very well recording all wcw nitros from 23.06.1997 in my opinion june97-jan 98 best time of WCW.

[@Dr-Alexander-The-Great]

Does the n.W.o have the jam?

[@ThatAintGud]

man, this Glacier guy is the fuckin worst

[@martynodonnell8467]

Another awesome upload from the greatest wrestling channel on the planet!

[@martynodonnell8467]

@Stephen Greenhorn yeah it is. His detail is fantastic. His work is very much appreciated and everything he does, is very professional. 3 videos a week, he must be making videos non stop.

[@simeonwalston5753]

Can you make a video about Mandy that was with Too Cool and Victoria during the fall of 2000 with the WWF on where she's at now?

[@marcusgray6501]

I needed my fix!! Thanks wrestling bios !!

[@EVGriffinJr]

Just started watching the video. Nice remix of Chris Benoit‘s old theme music from WCW. Sounds 100 times better than the actual one! I actually watched this pay-per-view about a year ago on the WWE network pre-peacock. I thought the opening matches were definitely good. The main event was definitely good. Couple of matches were “meh“ but overall, the pay-per-view was solid.

[@joeyrotten87]

Fondly remember Madusa in that gear!

[@ronaldsb3]

Why did WCW even sign Medusa/Alundra? They had NO WOMENS division …..

[@playstationgroup3413]

Glacier is that the kind of guy that doesn't flash the toilet after a few logs when he comes over to your house for a visit.

[@bjlogwood1181]

You always come through for me when I need it bro, thanks for the uploads!

[@markjones5647]

Love it thanks again wrestling bios u make the weekend

[@timnovak698]

I love the Glacier rant. 😂 can’t help but imagine someone who’s never watch RTW or any of your videos before seeing this and wondering where the hate from Glacier is coming from…. trust me, it’s all justified

[@nickij5097]

DDP vs Savage is one of my favourite fueds..I always recommend it..

[@E_l_l_i_e]

28:44 Fans pretending to protect Kimberly while low key groping her. 😁

[@TFitz1]

I love these so much. Especially the WCW stuff because I was mainly a WWF kid so it gives me a chance to see some of the stuff I missed. Love the humor too 😂 👍

[@rancidcrawfish]

Is it me or did Meng seem to lose 90% of the time

[@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854]

The sad thing is that Meng's biggest win of his career was at _Slamboree '97_ against a guy that everybody REFUSES to speak of...

[@LordDeBahs]

they put good match

[@mjbeltran9429]

Someone has to make a clip of the why glacier sucks and send it to the man himself. His reaction would be priceless I bet he'll have a good laugh as I have it all the time.

[@mrb5760]

What a fantastic video. Thank you sir.

[@davidritchie9344]

Gonna get age restricted showing that much Ming so early in a video! Oh my god....that murder of glacier. RIP frosty mcsnowballs

[@crushthecrusher7134]

I like wcw Great American bash is good wrestling event

[@subelildirty491]

Glacier will eat the last slice, even though he didn't pitch in. 👎