🎃 WCW Halloween Havoc 1998 - OSW 108

[@OSW]

Please thumbs up the video 👍 Buy us a pint! NoggerU.OSWreview.com 🍻 Well HELLOOOOOOO! We have arrived at the Warrior arc's MAIN EVENT -- Halloween Havoc 1998! Featuring a stacked card, including Sting vs Bret, Hogan vs Warrior, and DDP vs Goldberg for the WCW title! This is our most ambitious episode to date, I hope you can see all the love that went into it. Your support means the world to us, we wouldn't still be here if it wasn't for you - thank you 💚 Watch the entire arc here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5XFm6GliZV_q8U SPECIAL THANKS: • Chris of Reload Last Save (Primary video editing) twitter.com/RealHintKeeper • McKodem (Batman Intro Animation) twitter.com/Mckodem • Lame Genie (Batman Metal Remix) kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4LUYZ-CfMyCetk • Fraser of CubStudio.com (Action figure animation) twitter.com/FrazDav • Wesliola on Instagram (Warrior Masks) instagram.com/Wesliola/ • Werner Mueck (Warrior artwork) instagram.com/quiblybrakwrestling/ • @JoeMashups @B4GTV and @2Klive_ from ProWrestlingMods.io (2K Footage) • Zach from Tap Out Corner (Hogan Warrior WM6) kzbin.info • ABQ thanks to Ryan twitter.com/WrestlingBios • Donald Kirby (Comic Artwork) instagram.com/DkirbyJ • Chris Nies (Animation) twitter.com/MrNiesGuy • Who’s bad who’s bad? It’s Artman_Jones753 (BK Bomber Art) instagram.com/Artman_Jones753/ • James Carlson (OSW Halloween promo vid) • JoeMDesign • DrJoeyMagnum • Kim • You!

[@TheRennes1997]

You forgot to add in the edit, Warrior’s “ARGH ARGH ARGH ARGH ARGH ARGH! YOU CAN FEEL IT DUDE, YOU CAN FEEL IT!”

[@jerryjanik480]

Osw review just want to say one thing you guys are awesome headed out to Las Vegas for double or nothing week and hopefully I'll have a side Aloha Arm or what Bar and I just want to say I'll claim Alex Wright as one of my boys

[@ravensmythe1]

As always - brilliant work gents! On the stationary bike at the gym and your videos make the time fly!

[@braddockakalatis2]

1:08:55 Don't you hate pants?!?!

[@chrisbucci5769]

So Mr. OOC has a death wish apparently? Calling out Meng? Insanity. He may eat him. Lol. Love the episode. You guys are awesome. More bollocks please!

[@SirGeeeO]

"...You're filling time immediately. We've just started..." *a few moments later "Top 10 wrestling sets!"

[@everyonelovesmajima]

STEVE! What Bar is the Halloween Havoc 1998 set?

[@mikebottomlesspitdunham2954]

@@everyonelovesmajima Snickers.

[@garyhammond7683]

@@mikebottomlesspitdunham2954 well played

[@RaidersDnB]

@@mikebottomlesspitdunham2954 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Partyboy22]

@@mikebottomlesspitdunham2954 Can of Coke to you, sir

[@WrestlingBios]

Thanks for having me on lads. I feel like Steve McMichael when he became a Horseman! Brilliant work as always :)

[@jondoe-qi3vo]

They don't do Alex wright as good as you

[@michaelkeller5927]

Well you're a real jam up guy. Not like the usual laughing hyenas. Now back to my Horseman business...

[@lindahrbacek7738]

Keep up your Horseman business.

[@sjaw10]

Wrestling Bios - f’ng appreciate ya brother. You, OSW and Blampied are on another level. Godspeed mate!

[@justablokepostingfunvids7137]

🍻👏👏

[@BugOperator]

“He’s a lifelong fan of money.” I nearly lost consciousness laughing at this line.

[@sillyrascal3382]

Just another reason WCW failed. Hiring the lets get ready to rumble guy. Whoever thought they needed him was a funkn idiot.

[@aflashyguy]

1:02:55 for anyone wondering

[@damonodell9125]

In every single other timeline except ours, Sting vs Bret was a massive main event, huge draw, and an absolute mat classic.

[@fossilkid06]

Rick v. Scott, Hall v. Nash, and Bret v. Sting should have all been massive matches and could've all main evented a PPV if done right, but they just ended up being throwaway matches for WCW. The star power on this card was unreal.

[@patrickdoherty4527]

I wonder if there's a timeline in which the NWO's WWF run was successful.

[@cjvaye99]

it makes me mad how badly WCW bungled their company they had so much main event level talent and it all got wasted

[@NLaBar]

Sting not exactly known for his “mat classics”

[@seanlove3906]

In my timeline Bret Hart wrestled Hogan right when he came to wcw for the title.

[@ItsAllJohnny]

DDP is the exact kind of opponent you want to have for Goldberg. He doesn't have the experience or ability to call a 10 minute match on the fly so having everything laid out beforehand is perfect for him. Macho would have been a fantastic opponent for the same reason. Great stuff as always, lads.

[@steve_en5903]

It just occurred to me…I don’t think Goldberg and Macho ever met one on one

[@anjetto1]

Agree. macho and ddp would be great opponents. Bret if he was trying would be great. Brett got Nash's two best matches out of him

[@wrestlingtapes2036]

Golberg sucked

[@wrestlingtapes2036]

@@anjetto1 stfu. Bret was trying. Goldberg sucked.

[@wrestlingtapes2036]

@@steve_en5903 macho was lucky not to work with shitberg

[@paulk6399]

Who are you to doubt El Dandy? Possibly the greatest line ever in wrestling history.

[@Gravydog316]

#ElDandy2024

[@IronMoore95]

After spending so much time following Bret's rise in WWF through OSW episodes, it's been so jarring watching him flounder around in WCW's midcard. He's a jam up guy, who were (the) WCW to doubt him!

[@keithm11112]

WcW really jammed him up

[@michaelsinger4638]

WCW had no clue how to use him well. Especially with Hogan and the NWO still around.

[@planescaped]

This Bret Clark could'a been somebody! But seriously, WcW aged horribly. You had the occasional diamond, but most of it was a landfill.

[@garyblackburn3080]

Should have had that epic feud with El Dandy that we were all DYIN for lol

[@andrewgiannetto2500]

Truer words were never spoken

[@malkomalkavian]

Brett 'Hitman' Clark... the excellence of elocution

[@self-parternerd8661]

- Cunt of the Year nomination for BRUCE Buffer!!! - (I know he's Michael but I wanted to have some payback)

[@glennwelsh9784]

"The best there used to be, the best there might be, and the best that could be someday."

[@paulk6399]

Bret Clark…The Egg Salads of Electrocution

[@sirds1548]

Excellent

[@michaelclancy8459]

I don't know about any of you, but the Raven at home with his rich ma and stepdad Sandman sounds like pure GOLD to me.

[@Gravydog316]

the problem was, it wasn't long enough, so that's what killed WCW. Very sad. Super duper sad.

[@dogshake]

No

[@DoctorCaveman]

I loved the set from Lucha Underground. It was uniquely a source of character for the show.

[@elonmusksellssnakeoil1744]

I loved _EVERYTHING_ about Lucha Underground. Other than the fact that you can't buy it on DVD anymore.

[@OSW]

Great shout. It's like they were a world in the Crystal Maze

[@SoapyTF]

The entrance down the staircase was so sick, wish more arenas could viably do it

[@Iceman300c]

@@OSW I was there for each season of tapings (Los Angeles in the house) and it was exactly what it felt like. This grungy warehouse with a wrestling ring. Awesome stuff. Probably the best times of my life as a wrestling fan and I grew up watching the Attitude Era !

[@Spamlett]

Jake hagar lucha underground arc? 👀

[@youknowJP]

Raven as a moody teen is an incredible angle and perfectly makes fun of the "poser grunge" people of the late 90s and early 00s

[@Gravydog316]

(except he was 30 years old then LOL)

[@juantitofumero9905]

Bravo for the opening tribute alone. You lads are doing God's work.

[@jazzygeofferz]

Brought a tear to my eye.

[@staceymango6804]

@@weedeckykidd98 how about you shut up you bible bashing nutjob? Go pray some more to your ghost in the sky lmao

[@dans2700]

@@staceymango6804 I'm an atheist and you sound like total A hole. Every atheist I know would agree with me on that.

[@OikPoinFive]

Bad guys (aka any unsaved sinners) last 4ever in hades sadly. And bad times do last forever if they died unsaved.

[@staceymango6804]

@@OikPoinFive lol keep telling yourself that. Why add you on KZbin if your such a non sinner? Go shave your hair, wear robes and live in a monastery in the mountains hypocrite

[@AwkwardLoser]

The grunge rebel leader being a secret rich kid is perfect character work

[@seeyalaterbrandflakes4835]

Raven a genius

[@planescaped]

It was a good idea from a writing POV, I just don't know how well it translated into a wrestling ring. Just because something works in a screenplay doesn't mean it'll work in a stage play kinda thing.

[@pronkb000]

Also, Raven *was* Johnny Polo/Scotty Flamingo in canon--ECW openly acknowledged it when he debuted. So it's not like this is a sudden, radical departure for the character.

[@markcafferkey9230]

I really liked it. Added depth to a character that never connected with a WCW/WWE audience.

[@functionatthejunction]

Yeah that development with Raven was awesome. It was like his feud with DDP where he was DDP's neighbor.

[@mitchdouglas9844]

The most powerful move in the Warrior's arsenal; the slow moving log roll!

[@johnyesjustjohn]

47:10 I’ve always known this move as “You Can’t Powerbomb Kidman” due to a review site always pointing out that anyone powerbombing Kidman was guaranteed to get hit with this reversal.

[@TheseBitchesWantNikes]

I lol'd

[@kcole3937]

Thought about the Bryan and Vinny show about the powerbomb counter

[@JohnSmith-ry7wh]

Scott Keith the big fat soyboy came up with it lol

[@HamSandwich-xk3om]

Yeah, a friend of mine called the move an "autocounter" lol

[@jarrodfaamaoniaki]

Just noticed for the night of champions set, for the ECW world title sheet for the set they use the cruiser weight title and just put ECW graphics on it. What a company haha And Jay already coming in with a golden nogger winning quote “Get TESTed. You don’t know what he’s got” Love the review lads

[@steve_en5903]

I remember writing a massive rant about it on an online message board at the time and one guy was like “WWE doesn’t care so why do you?” Cunt

[@ScumdogLuke]

I did a double take when I first saw it. Fuuuck you, ECW

[@hello11197]

Pretty fitting for ECW who would just slap ECW on WWF belts.

[@daysofdarkness1657]

Noticed that too! Really weird.

[@garfieldfan]

I had to go back and double check that's what I saw!

[@JOBdOut]

The criticism on DDP always bugged me. Imagine going to a restaurant and being upset to find out that some of the meal is prepped ahead of time so that it's perfect in time for you to receive it.. some food is cooked when you order, some things take a bit of work ahead of time. One day I hope to get big enough to be part of an ad break questionarium.

[@primetime429]

Ur close. Its like having a chef cook your meal with the recipe written out instead of doing it by memory and making it up as you go.

[@bastih.5264]

Three minutes in and OOC is already sandbagging a staple of OSW. "I hate 'What bar?'!". Awesome heel. And V1's European accents are great. Ze Germans like it!

[@PowerArmorV113]

Hon hon hon, who are you to deny it, ehh? My children need wine!

[@anonamus9677]

To be fair the 'what bar?' Thing is a bit crap. Everything else is great though:)

[@Bale4Bond]

What Bar is deader than Elvis, though.

[@someguy7424]

@@Bale4Bond I still like What Bar?

[@alexmontgomery3656]

Damn I must be an ECW smart mark, cus OOC is my favorite!

[@victornavedo1649]

Best closing of any WWE Hall of Fame speech. Thank you, Scott for the 30 plus years you gave the business.

[@Mclarenboy100]

This made me realize that Goldberg & DDP got cut out/ran long because of five Nitro Girl segments and two Disco Inferno matches. Yike.

[@Partyboy22]

"Hello, Jim." "Hello, Kanyon." Getting some Seinfeld and Newman vibes there.

[@punishedgondola1814]

18:47 what i liked about the hog wild/road wild shows that WCW did was that you could see the passage of time, the show would start in daylight and as the show goes on the sun goes down and by the main event it's dark and the stage lights are lighting the ring

[@xxxaragon]

to me that's a great thing about some of the dome and the stadium shows that WWE has done as well (e.g. WrestleMania III starting with us being able to see that ocean of people).

[@SegaDream131]

Those evening sets of NITRO at the MGM are my go to nostalgia mine.... The palm trees in the way of the entrance are a nice touch too....

[@biotic_god80085]

The most memorable set for me was the Rumble 2000. The dirty New York Alley with the taxi hanging over it. Loved how close the wrestlers felt to the crowd and it just added so much to the show for me.

[@patrickdoherty4527]

Yes! That was the first time I'd actually watched wrestling. It's still burned into my mind. Amazing set.

[@madladsands4631]

First wrestling show I ever watched. Not great looking back on, some good n bad matches (Tazz debut no.1), but still get those member feels lol

[@JohnSmith-ry7wh]

Rumble 2000 rules. 3 match show but you had the Taz-Angle squash which was cool. The Dudleyz-Hardyz table match was awesome. And of course Triple H-Foley hardcore Title match was amazing. The Rumble did suck but what do you want.

[@BrothaGoneBased]

Greatest part of the set is the rock walking 3 steps straight up clocking Triple H. It was a surprise since the set was so short. Remember i was like who tf just hi- oh shii!!!!!

[@sven_bender]

"He's like a torrent, doesn't work until its at 100%" Amazing stuff Jay lol that line got me

[@OSW]

It's up there with the nerdiest things I've ever said 😃

[@malkomalkavian]

Vlc will play an incomplete torrent

[@garyhall7867]

Holy shit, yall finally did something with Wrestling Bios onscreen. Shit yeah

[@garyblackburn3080]

They quote each other like ALOT....ya can tell theyre bros lol

[@effarrjay]

Great to see Wrestling Bios make an appearance on the ABQ! Good to see two of my favourite wrestling channels collaborating.

[@TheEman590]

I've only recently got into watching Wrestling Bios for the past couple of weeks, and I am already hooked. His histories are extensive on each topic and Reliving the War on the Monday NIght wrestling shows is a great series. He did an amazing job also looking through the career of Warrior much like he's done with Undertaker, nWo, Bret Hart, DX, Hogan and Shawn Michaels. Love his channel.

[@polymathing]

Fackin love it too!! I don't watch wrestling at all anymore it's just Wrestling Bios and OSW. I'll forever keep reliving the best period in wrestling I don't give a shit about this new dance routine they are all doing now.

[@EricStJohn-bd2jo]

vvv

[@MikeFlamingo]

2 of the hardest working wrestling channels out there! Love all these guys.

[@ekmad]

Absolute whopper episode. That Hogan/Warrior match really is something. Loved the splicey of Bret Hart not giving a shit in 1999 and putting over El Dandy as well.

[@pauldavis6232]

I never realised how utterly avoidable the overrun was. Cut all the dancing and promos and even with all the matches it would have still be done on time. All PPV's should have a maximum of 8 matches though.

[@brandonhearn2922]

It’s the most WCW thing ever to have the PPV feed cut because they went over while having the Nitro Girls come out like 6 times during the show and at least two matches they could have cut with no one knowing.

[@chandlertrotter1560]

DDP is one of the Top 10 best overall people to ever be in wrestling. Great character, a solid career, a awesome ring general in his own right and a lastly impact by helping guys like Jake and Scott (RIP). He was able to get the best match out of Goldberg ever and honestly that is a achievement in on itself.

[@FoxInferno13]

Here's hoping DDP can get Buff to be the Stuff once more 💪💪💪

[@scottalderson8673]

Meh

[@alexmontgomery3656]

Fantastic comment, only match I'd say that challenges it would be Brock vs GB(not WrestleMania 20 lol)

[@alexmontgomery3656]

@@scottalderson8673 wow, what great reasoning you've given. Who has impacted wrestlers lives like DDP after being done wrestling? Possibly, Hunter in terms of changing Women's Wrestling(in the fed) into capable main eventers and not matches for the piss break. And did you watch WCW from 97-99? DDP was literally was one of the most over wrestlers(only topped by Austin, Rock, Goldberg, Sting and Hogan) and that's when wrestling was at it's hottest.

[@krismckasson]

@@alexmontgomery3656 the only disagreement I would have is calling him a ring general as he's well known for having to plot his matches out move by move.

[@mrterp04]

Bischoff’s talked about how he saw Halloween Havoc as WCW’s biggest show. Imagine if Eric Angle did a run in on a WrestleMania main event.

[@Bubba__Sawyer]

You guys all hit the nail on the head reviewing the Goldberg vs DDP match. It's an absolute classic. It's all the more better in that it's in such stark contrast to the typical WCW main-event style match. DDP vs Sting on Nitro in early-mid '98 was very similar.

[@GetOnTheFloor82]

Fully agree. GOLDBERG wearing that belt is just perfection. His entrance. Amazing. The match with DDP, unreal. Imagine if EVERY single Goldberg march had been like this. Good Jesus, he'd have been in line for a GOAT nomination. Lads, thanks so so so much for this. Multiple cans of Coke to you again. "Un-beee-lievable!!!"

[@SomeDumbKid1]

I'm with you guys 100% on DDP, I always thought it was stupid that he got criticism for scripting his matches. There's a misconception that the greats of the past never ever laid out matches ahead of time. Savage vs. Steamboat at WrestleMania III was scripted bell to bell.

[@lindenwynne6620]

Completely agree but my only problem with not being able to call on the fly is if something goes wrong. If their opponent gets injured or properly knocked out a classic could turn into a cluster fucked really quick.

[@press_x_tojason]

@@lindenwynne6620 there’s a difference between not calling matches in the ring and not being able to call matches in the ring, and I have no reason, from what I’ve seen, to think DDP couldn’t have called matches in the ring, had he needed to.

[@c.a.t4607]

Savage always scripted his matches, flair was king of calling it in the ring. A hybrid of both is what is best. I think scripting a match is a good thing but you also need to be able to call it in the ring as well in case something goes off script and you need to adapt in the moment.

[@michaelkeller5927]

​@@lindenwynne6620 Bret didn't have an issue calling a scripted match with a guy fucked on crack

[@kaotmus]

Boy stables are like the old territories. The best boys go on tour

[@scottnunn7461]

Hall's glance to the side before turning back to deliver the money line is a classic Bad Guy mannerism

[@alexmontgomery3656]

Holy shit, what a mind fuck, been loving Reliving The War, especially lately and then I hear Jay call El Dandy A "jam-up guy"(thinking what a nice shout-out to Wrestling Bios) then I hear Bret use his famous phrase(felt more anticipation toward a debut than CM Punk) and then I hear Jay say "here's another jam up guy" and I MARKED THE FUCK OUT!

[@reginaldh2079]

That WCW championship recap bit was incredible. Hats off Cubstudio

[@IronMoore95]

Can’t wait to hear back all of the WCW theme covers for this years Golden Noggers 😂 gonna be a blast

[@michaelkeller5927]

Wakka wah hey hey!

[@mariopikaman1]

I love that the Batman theme has the "Acceptable in the 80's" leitmotif incorporated in And easily, one of the best episodes ever produced, you boys continue to make the best wrestling podcast out there

[@OSW]

Jon Jimston would be proud of that theme cover! Thanks for noticing that AIT80s is worked in, and sticking with us all this time brother 🙂

[@redmangc]

As a kid I LOVED Goldberg's Grapevine armbar it just made him look more badass acting like he was going to Rip your arm out of its socket. And to the point that DDP doesn't get the love he deserves, I think thats kind of WWEs revisionist history going on, because they'll Gush about Sting and Goldberg and as homegrown talent, but never DDP. Part of me thinks its because they Botched his Invasion push. Like literally you had WCWs Peoples Champ, WHO WAS LEGIT THE PEOPLES CHAMP not just a Heel saying he was as Rock did at first, AND you had WWFs Peoples Champ on the SAME PROGRAM. Invasion should have been Booker & Austin and DDP & Rock as your Big 4

[@LokiTricksterG]

Agreed. People forget how massively over Page was at the time, and how he consistently put on good performances on the PPVs (well, not against Hogan, but you can't work miracles).

[@daviddalrymple2284]

@@LokiTricksterG Yeah. The main reason that DDP kept getting roped into all the terrible celebrity matches with the likes of Jay Leno and David Arquette was because the fans LOVED DDP. He was a bona fide main eventer, but he generally put his opponents and teammates over ahead of himself. That's why he gets underappreciated in retrospect; you had to BE THERE to understand how popular he was with WCW fans.

[@mulhollandoverdrive]

I think I remember hearing somewhere that DDP came in, gave Vince a big hug and started talking about setting up the Rock/DDP feud and that pissed off Vince. Who was this WCW LOOOOOOOSER (John Cena gesticulating into the mic goes here) who was asking for a feud with the biggest act in WWF? So he gets tossed to Taker who's meant to sort him out, and being DDP, he's starting to plan out the match, which pissed of Vince and then also annoyed Taker. So he gets battered, given a shite character, and thrown out soon after. A shame, because as you said, he was People's Champ, he was over, and he was a full on WCW guy, like Sting. Can't sell an Invasion without having some actual WCW guys.

[@nastynastke]

The Invasion angle turned out to be absolute shit. I know none of the really big names came, over but they could have made a much better attempt with the talent they had. The biggest lost opportunity in wrestling History as far as I'm concerned, could have lasted literally for years. But in fairness still better than just about anything over the last ten years maybe more.

[@nastynastke]

The reality is Vince wanted nothing to do with it. He wanted to bury WCW and forget it ever existed....other than to say here was the other biggest company I beat.

[@michaelcapps8052]

Glad you gave Raze a tribute…my favorite as a kid still my favorite 30 years later

[@jerichocage3825]

1:17:27 _"There is no need to take off another man's clothes"_ *- OOC, 2022*

[@ryanwhitlock1210]

Prime Diamond Dallas vs Prime Goldberg was the arguably the best match that WCW ever made! Seriously - and is also a prime example of WCW destroying their own company by messing up the PPV broadcast. I remember watching the PPV live and it cutting off 😂

[@soaxiii6214]

Two sets that I loved that didn’t get mentioned: wrestlemania 24, and wrestlemania 9. I know 9 gets a lot of crap but imo if the in ring product was better, I think the whole thing would’ve been better recieved

[@BigHonchoNick]

CESAR'S PARKING LOT

[@sandrotullo7515]

Royal Rumble 2006 was a nice set. Had a cool royal tournament aesthetic.

[@niteporter]

Rest In Peace Scott Hall. Thank you so much for everything.

[@imwalkworse6298]

splicey "what a mark"" with what a pittance" and you have wrestling comedy gold!

[@mrimmar]

Brilliant episode, was looking forward to this a lot. Also, marked out at the Whack-Bonk.

[@OSW]

Awesome. I've said it a few times on the show - you're literally the ONLY person to ever tell me they got the Garfield reference! Tray of lasagne to you sir 🐱

[@OikPoinFive]

heath cliff

[@shadowfox513]

I'm realizing now, as I get further into video editing, just how much time and effort goes into each of these episodes. You guys put on a great show; I know nothing about wrestling but it makes my day to watch these videos.

[@OSW]

All I've ever wanted is for others to feel my editing pain 😃 cheers brother

[@TheThird1977]

Just getting started and have reached the "Top 10 Sets" section; genuinely surprised that WrestleMania XXX didn't even get an honourable mention. EDIT - Side note, can't argue with Halloween Havoc 1998 taking the top spot. Incidentally, I always wanted a wrestling show to do a Halloween event where the wrestlers on the card played gimmicks from earlier in their career (or at least classic gimmicks like when New Day did all of Godfather's characters).

[@kylesmith6277]

Damn the part in the beginning made me sob like a baby. I lost grandma not long before him and a close friend was murdered a few days after Hall so i never really had time to actually process Scott Hall passed away until now. i was a little too young to remember Halls work in WWF but got to see some of it in WCW since my cousins were WCW fans. Like Hall, i didnt really get to pay much attention to test until i was older and after KOR 03 i started looking into his older matches like against Shane and mean street. although it was an absolute mess of a match, Test did an amazing job carrying those guys. ive been watching wcw lately starting at 95 nitro and took a break at the end of 97. no joke i was going down all the osw videos again as i was healing up from surgery. wish i knew people in arizona who loved wrestling as much as we do.

[@OSW]

Keep strong and speedy recovery my dude. Rooting for you! Continue making your grandma and close friend proud 💚

[@garyblackburn3080]

Keep your head up man...and just do your best to live for them now....its all we can do after losin someone...live on with their memory in mind. Good luck to ya.

[@kylesmith6277]

Thanks fam, really appreciate it. without going into a long promo. most of my friends from my old life are gone. i was following the same pattern and was literally counting down my last days. ended up getting help. got cleaned up, health is getting better step by step, working my profession again and was able to grow close to my family including my grandma again. im so thankful she passed away knowing my life getting back on track. you guys were there for me during some really dark times just like wrestling was there for me during my dark times during childhood. so thankful for wrestling for those reasons. OSW and its fanbase is certainly special.

[@soraeevekey]

Love the tribute lads, thank you for the episode and the years of great content.

[@sonicheroxd5767]

Been following a lot of Wrestling Bios lately. So happy to see him do the ad-break questionarium for this episode.

[@megavolnutt4629]

Survivor Series '98 will always be one of my favorite sets. The giant skull was awesome. I picked that arena like 90% of the time playing Wrestlemania 2000.

[@Sabu8000]

Excellent choice.

[@jasonparker6904]

There was so much to love about this episode, but extra special can of Coke to ya for the Rincewind reference.

[@OSW]

Glass of counter-wise wine to you 🍷

[@randombitsroundtown8843]

20 : 30 While you're talking about Raven's Mom. In my head I predicted "STEVE? What are your Top 10 Wrestling Moms?"

[@deejaymalta]

God damn, the confidence and bravado when he looked straight at the hardcam and said "But BAD GUYS DO" gives me chills. He was choking up literally seconds ago, but the bad mang turned it on in an instant. Fuck yeah, and Rest In Power, Bad Mang. .... Good lord that metal intro was badass!

[@Darro85]

I'll be watching the rest in the morning but gotta say, I loved the fact you added the Mario jump sound every time Jericho jumped after his match with Raven. Got a laugh out of me. EDIT: Just finished watching it and I think this has been the best episode of the arc so far. I've never seen this show but holy crap, the amount of time wasting on the PPV with several Nitro girl dances, it is no wonder why it went overtime (the number of matches didn't help either) and many households got cut off. WWE pretty much do this nowadays but replace Nitro girl dances with recaps and it is the same story. Some of my favourite sets are ones that were in the top 10 but here are a few others that I like: Royal Rumble 2000 Wrestlemania X-Seven Wrestlemania 21 Royal Rumble 2006 Armageddon 2008 Also in regard to TV sets, Smackdown Fist comes to mind and I quite liked the Smackdown set they used from October 2019 until March 2020 when the pandemic hit. I hate the fact it lasted such a short amount of time and when they went back on the road, it is just a big massive screen now, which I hate.

[@michaelkeller5927]

The Mario jumps always make me laugh. I believe this was only the third video to feature that sound effect?

[@LaNoLaCola]

Lads, you literally drop this near the end of the work week 😭. Gotta enjoy this now. And what a lovely tribute to Scott Hall.

[@ColeVecsion]

"Ok, some of that was bischof, some of that was jay" is my line of the episode, you're number 1 in my boy stable, Jay!

[@OSW]

Ah thanks brah, a winner is you! My new thing is editing the version OOC watches to include more stuff to review, as I'm betting he's too lazy to fast forward

[@nikpack1]

October 1998 is when I first started watching wrestling. So I've been waiting to relive this experience with you all since you announced this was your next era to cover. Great job as always. Thanks for the fun.

[@OSW]

Thank u matey I hope we delivered!

[@lake-hiltzickincident6326]

A New OSW Review comes out on my last day of work before a 4 days break. Life truly can reach perfection :)

[@Nediablo]

15:25 - Best part of that set? The Cruiser Weight title cosplaying as the ECW title 🤣🤣

[@TannerLikesStuff]

Fraser’s animations are so insanely sick

[@OSW]

Yeah man I flipped my s hit when I saw his first draft of it. When the camera zooms out and pans around Hogan and Goldberg....fuuuuuckkkkkkkk 😃😃😃

[@ryanmccarthy7381]

Wrestling Bios and OSW in the same video = the two goats of wrestling KZbin. A modern Good Friday Agreement if I do say so myself.

[@rickytr3y]

I never thought that Sting & Butters had anything in common but here we are 😂

[@Jacktrack7]

Ok, but that Raven stuff looks hilarious I never knew about that until recently, at some point I HAVE to go back to those episodes just to watch that bollocks.

[@jonhenning]

I can’t believe this PPV would have legit finishes not just DQs. Amazing

[@plcthelegacy4131]

"Horace, he's the key to all this..." Eric Bischoff: I may have gone too far in a few places....

[@lazypaladin]

I honestly popped to see *Wrestling Bios with the bois!* great show lads. Top form as always 👌

[@jordanhunsicker5457]

In the clip talking about Maryland when you're showing the Miz at a Baltimore orioles game, I was at that game! he threw out the first pitch, warmed up on the field a solid ten minutes prior to the first pitch, he was all about it. fired a strike if memory serves me well

[@vh04863]

I like to think in the last few years Scott Hall had he made up so much of the past that god smiled upon him and turned him good

[@VideojugadorIrritado]

The only saving grace is DDP vs Goldberg. DDP is a genius.

[@StormDragonZ]

I've always wanted to see an arc for Christian going to TNA in 2005/06. We'd have: - Genesis 2005 (Christian debuts, denies joining Team Canada) - Turning Point 2005 (Christian vs. Monty Brown, Sting signs with TNA) - Final Resolution 2006 (Christian & Sting vs. Jarrett & Brown) - Against All Odds 2006 (Christian wins the world title from Jarrett)

[@chataclysm2112]

add unbreakable into the mix and have a double story arc - christian in tna AND the initial aj/joe/daniels story

[@jayu3697]

Jay: 6 Time world champion OOC: 😲 Jay: Sorry, 6 time tag champ OOC: 😐

[@Cazzputer]

Never ever thought i would hear a soundbite from a discworld point and click game in an OSW Review. Nothing is out of the question now :D

[@OSW]

Thanks brah! I've slipped in Discworld references before. The psychatrickerist song from the PC/PS1 is one of my fav tracks 🙂 glass of counterwise wine to you! 🍷

[@Xehanort10]

13:34 Yeah in kayfabe Sting's been betrayed by every friend he's ever had. His character's called the dumbest man in wrestling for a reason.

[@NPettinato14]

This is my legit favorite PPV of all time. I'm SO stoked that you guys reviewed it.

[@THEblink1920]

The quality of this video and editing was FOOOKIN’ AMAZING

[@OSW]

Are we back?! KZbin said it was blocked!

[@Crushbra]

One of your best shows ever. Laughed afew times and I normally am as serious as Lance storm. RIP Randy Hogan

[@SuperThegreatone23]

Great to see Wrestling Bios!

[@chrisbutler1668]

The two best channels together! I hope they make Ryan a "guest expert" moving forward, because he possesses a lot more knowledge.

[@sonnyleesmith]

Can we just give the Golden Nogger to this opening. Masterclass!

[@georgeb881]

Great review lads been going back watching some of the earlier stuff recently while it's all hilarious the jump in production value has been insane and knowing Jay it's only going to get better happy days are here again

[@tacg99]

Awesome job as always lads. This has been such a fun arc full of late 90's WCW bullocks. Tho I was watching wrestling at this time I pretty much stopped watching WCW all together. The fed was such the superior product at the time. The nwo got me back into watching wrestling again but it also made me stop watching WCW as well. Thank you lads for all that you do and thank you for all the crac and bullocks thru out the years!!! Ya fookin animals!!! Awesome job on the Scott Hall Tribute. It was beautiful!!!

[@almightycinder]

Once I saw Disco do the spike piledriver, I knew why he was fighting Kidman: Billy always did that piledriver/powerbomb counter into a facebuster spot before doing the shooting star press. Always. Didn't matter if the opponent did a piledriver or powerbomb or not. Piledrivers are straight up illegal in lucalibre, so it looked especially silly when someone like Juvi or Psychosis did it. He always did that counter anyway. Having Disco ACTUALLY do a piledriver made the spot look far better.

[@TimTE01]

He once fought Mysterio, who had to do a Powerbomb for that spot to happen.

[@IronGraham]

This might be your best arc lads especially following the last one which was amazing

[@Denza.]

Amazing Introduction For Scott Hall Soo BADLY NEEDED Thanks I CANNOT WAIT TO GET MY POPCORN AND WATCH THIS TONIGHT THANK U BOYS U GUYS ARE THE BEST

[@joanfelicianoo]

I absolutely love the intro of this one, the Scott Hall tribute + nostalgic intro from the guys with Acceptable in the 80's on the background.

[@Smok3yR1der]

The Mario jumping sound. Subtle, civilized.

[@christophercrane9540]

DDP/Goldberg also played into DDP's heel turn in early 1999. DDP finally won the title at Spring Stampede, and then they put him in a match with Goldberg on Nitro. Once again, Goldberg's overpowering him and kicks out of the Diamond Cutter and then DDP...decides he's not going to give up the title he's worked his whole life for and fucking cheats like a bastard and finally gets DQed. A heel turn that made total sense in the moment and played into the history of the two wrestlers involved.

[@reinersoliven2719]

'Who are you to.. doubt El Dandy'. Love this lads, awesome work as always. Really had me sold on the main event, DDP v Goldberg was just masterful, definitely was the highlight of the ppv. Cheers!

[@planescaped]

OOC: I hate what bar Hah! No wonder OOC is my favorite, he speaks his mind even when it's slagging his own show. I hope he says "what a mark" like Raven does whenever he meets a fan who wants an autograph. XD But I honestly agree with him, the gimmick is kinda getting long in the tooth. But I'm not saying get rid of it since a lot of people love it, I just slap the -> key a few times and skip it if I'm so inclined.

[@jimmcgee6572]

Tenay: "Rellik, it's "killer" spelled backwards..." Jay: "Schiavontay, as Hogan would call Schiavone ..."

[@glennwelsh9784]

To be fair, "Schiavontay" is a reference from about 60 videos ago. Better for Jay to explain such an old reference than have to deal with a torrent of comments saying, "tHaT's NoT hOw YoU sAy HiS nAmE, yOu FuCkInG iDiOt".

[@justablokepostingfunvids7137]

Ooc as always totally on point. His point on goldbergs talent is something others should take note of 👌

[@biggestbobo]

I kind of LOVE the royal rumble 2005 set. The "west side story" gimmick with the stylized buildings and the little fake clothing lines with laundry hanging on them, and the trash cans on the side...its all beautifully hokey

[@MrPerfect2000Z]

I miss when wrestling had fun with their advertisements. WrestleMania goes Hollywood, Rumble 2005 when it was a West Side Story (Rey wearing a wig on top of his mask)

[@ericsolo08]

The Baltimore joke from OOC did not get enough of a pop lol

[@patjames3876]

Anybody got a time stamp for the Baltimore reference?

[@Estolcles]

Favorite Entranceways: -ECW's regular entryway from around 1997/1998 on. With the bricks and the fencing. -WWF Over The Edge 1998 (With the oil drums and trashed cars, and Austin vs. Dude Love beating each other with and on them.) -WWF Invasion gets a special mention for it's twin entryways (one for WWF guys, one for the WCW/ECW workers), and that area between the entrances (which came into play during Jeff Hardy vs. RVD for the Hardcore title) Also, something needs to be said for the old TNA Impact entranceways, with the tunnel entrances and stuff. Pretty cool, even looking back.

[@ProudLikaAGod]

Opening hits just right, brahs