WCW Uncensored 1999 - The "Reliving The War" PPV Review

[@firewalker1372]

Sandman looks like that guy who shows up to do the drywall in your house, takes a giant dump in your toilet, doesn’t flush and never finished the drywall job.

[@nickyoder16]

Looks like a meth dealer

[@PhantomPain7778]

Lol

[@MrRywee123]

😂

[@SartorialisticSavage65]

He actually kinda is that guy lol. I think he has done construction. He built scaffolds for different companies for Scaffold Matches and somehow had a hand in the ring CHIKARA was using in their early days like 2003-2009.

[@HauntedHemo13]

He was

[@didymus3348]

Arguably this is where the WCW vs nWo storyline ends. With Hogan and eventually Nash turning face, being an nWo member has little meaning and the group will slowly fade away.

[@gorowlystomak3339]

Good call.

[@MR.__G]

They were a year late into ending it..

[@ananyaraizada7657]

And they were such big idiots that they continued to do weekly nitro and ppvs in their territory. Nobody thought that after turning Hogan face they should start touring North East more and more. Because that would significantly increase their revenue.

[@forearmsmcgee]

Predictable outcomes > outcomes that shock for the sake of it

[@Jaywhite305]

The wcw cruiserweight division was great they're matches was awesome

[@Insomniaaron]

10:38 Hak is the table.

[@SirSongi]

God. I love the remix of voodoo child in the opening. You’re so damn talented.

[@nikolashopkins7957]

Love the series finally caught up with it after a year

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Why they called it uncensored if There's nothing explicit in it? What the nitro girls are gonna strip?😂

[@zlinedavid]

Oh back then…we all f’kin wished brother…..

[@HereticalKitsune]

Really loving Saturn's looks here. The contacts are a bit much, but the rest is great.

[@PoeticProphetic]

Ric Flair in a first blood match….. 😂 😂 😂

[@zlinedavid]

Only thing more redundant would be Moxley in a first blood match.

[@kristimccabe8288]

I died a little when I read this 😂

[@stevenmacaulay8807]

Lol flair bled way more, not sure what you smoked today.

[@newavengerxx4428]

5:41 - The way Scott Norton sold that low blow had me dying of laughter.

[@SteelyBud]

Right? It was like a cartoon getting kicked in the nads!

[@mrf19741]

Right!😂

[@newavengerxx4428]

@@kidz4p509 No idea.

[@SteelyBud]

@@kidz4p509 March 8, 1999.

[@Roflcrabs]

I guess he's always been serious as a heart attack so it lands really well, much like Rey's kick.

[@Obscusion2]

Aside from the main event itself, even Whipwreck vs. Kidman was an example of just how chaotic WCW was backstage, creatively. According to Mickey himself, he was given at least three different orders for his match when it came to length, balance of offense, etc., and from three different people! Meanwhile, there's also a rumor that Mickey's entire push was more or less quashed after that debut match because the match itself was too good & that someone got annoyed that their later match was made to look pathetic. That person? Vincent. Yeah, aside from being given conflicting orders regarding the match itself, Mickey Whipwreck's time in WCW may have been screwed over by Vincent, of all people; not even Stevie Ray! At any other time & any other promotion this would sound completely absurd, but this is WCW in early 1999 so it actually sounds believable.

[@zlinedavid]

Virgil better be sending Mikey a lifetime supply of meat sauce to make up for that.

[@TimTE01]

According to the WWE Documentary , they signed Whipwreck to a 1 year deal, despite knowing that he’d be out for about 6 months to have knee surgery. This kept him out of ECW though, so…win?

[@ReinEngel]

@@TimTE01 This was devastating for ECW. The great Whipwreck boycott of '99 is what put them out of business.

[@Obscusion2]

@@TimTE01 WCW did the same exact thing with Sandman, signing him to a contract but initially not doing anything with him for a few months, so he just stayed at home & got paid to do nothing, before they finally brought him in to be Raven's neighbor & then Hak.

[@ennbee2051]

I know. And this, this match, if you can call it one, is what caused Mikey to snap and vow to never wrestle again.

[@ThunderTHR]

I know a lot of people point to the Fingerpoke of Doom being the first warning sign that WCW was definitely heading down the wrong path, but to me, the Uncensored 1999 main event, and *especially* the double-turn in particular was the TRUE catalyst for the spiraling decline that WCW would go on from this point onward, made only worse the following month with the logo change/re-branding. From this point onwards, things get incredibly sad, and the highlights become much fewer and farther in between.

[@Ghost-304]

It wasn’t that everyone was joining Nwo the first sign of company crumbling lol. But yea finger of doom, matches , promos, story lines etc was down fall that everyone seen coming. Not to mention not letting DX into building that day made WWE take over lol

[@Alehud42]

There were many inflection points that sent them backwards or downwards between Hog Wild 97 and March 99 but *this* is the cliff face they fall off only to really start to recover once they were weeks from death.

[@namikstudios]

The logo/set change is probably the best marker of where the good old WCW ended and when it started going down hill. Not that the logo/set is what caused it but it certainly didn't help.

[@Hilversumborn]

The first blood barbed wire steel cage match is truly symbolic for the backstage chaos of WCW at the time.

[@WrestlingCompilations]

Along with Hulk Hogan's usual ways of when he had to lose a championship

[@JeffTullock-fs4de]

That is still one of my favorite Flair matches. I love blood. Just not mine.

[@kdizzle901]

@@JeffTullock-fs4deflair bled all the time in the 80s and 90s so u can find a better Flair match where he gets color

[@TCMarik7]

WCW Uncensored 1999 was the last WCW PPV of the iconic WCW period from 1988 to early 1999. After this and a number of Nitros and Thunders, get ready to wash your eyes out after April 1999 because WCW will get its most hated symbol and look soon.

[@troywright359]

The starship logo is fine. WCW can't keep everything the same forever

[@GeekGameCulture]

Did give us some iconic Nitro and Thunder opening themes, though. Who didn't get at least some enjoyment out of the Adrenaline Nitro theme?

[@joseaguilera6355]

Crazy thing is the next month I think wcw would put on the last great all around ppv in Spring Stampede 1999

[@jeremyfields9009]

Yup. That logo change symbolizes the beginning of the end and the start of the fall of WCW. We’ve now entered the third and final act of this War. WWE will reach new heights and WCW will reach new lows. This is going to be a sad and fun ride.

[@ernieb352]

to be fair its still better looking symbol than the cheap MS Paint one WWE did.

[@marquan1976]

"Tony Schiavone says the rules are clear; the first one to bleed is the loser of the match, and I want you to keep that in mind as we take a look at this main event." "This supposed to be a First Blood match, but the commentors say forget about it, it doesn't matter. So, what the f*ck is going on? " 😆😆😆😆

[@WrestlingCompilations]

More of Hogan's "He beat me, but he didn't really beat me" play in the main event

[@TheBandit025Nova]

Apollo Creed Rocky II

[@juststatedtheobvious9633]

People love Flair for being the dirtiest player in the game, so why are we pretending this is like Hogan screwing over Sting and Savage?

[@highlordlaughterofcanada8685]

@@juststatedtheobvious9633 Because Flair would at least lose clean once and a while, whereas Hogan never did.

[@PhenomsServant4]

Tbf had they bothered to enforce the first blood rule. Hogan is right to say that this time.

[@TheSerpentsEye]

"He beat me.... OR MAYBE HE DIDN'T, BROTHER!" 😂

[@Allencartercomix]

This might have been the only world title match where Flair went over Hogan. I remember not really wanting to see them do a double-turn, but after watching it recently, many of the fans seemed to be behind it. However, this begins a series of nonsensical turns in several months with Kevin Nash (heel in March '99, babyface by end of April), and the nWo wolfpac elite slowly dissolving with Steiner turning on Bagwell, Hogan going off TV after Spring Stampede, and Scott Hall off TV until October. Then there's the DDP slow heel turn and his first two World Title reigns. There will be some unintentional comedy soon with the return of Sid Vicious in the summer, especially when he begins a feud with Goldberg.

[@namikstudios]

Yes! Half the brain! 😂

[@simeonflake]

Was Bischoff's biggest failing the fact that he was such a mark for Hogan? Or whenever he hit a creative wall, he thought putting the belt back on Hogan was always the answer....

[@zlinedavid]

Biggest failing was not resolving the Hollywood vs Wolfpac situation and then dissolving the nWo. I bet that idea got That-doesn’t-work-for-me-brothered though.

[@namikstudios]

No, Hulk was incredibly over during this time. Having him front and centre made perfect sense. Eric also learned from his mentor's major mistake - Verne Gagne, who Eric worked for in the AWA, infamously refused to put the belt on a young Hulk Hogan, which eventually lead to him jumping to the WWE and becoming the biggest star in the industry.

[@nebfreely317]

I'm so not ready for this series to end... Ima have to start over n binge watch it all over again

[@brokenidols-rg3in]

I started my second go yesterday 😁 I'm already on episode 26😔

[@micahhill4786]

He should keep it going up to the 2000s

[@TheOneEV2]

I bet tho in a way Bios is kinda looking forward to it.

[@TheRealRollerCodster]

I know right 😢

[@retronerds6884]

​@@micahhill4786facts the monday night wars didn't end till 2001

[@bornacles156]

I'll never ever get tired of that Hollywood Hogan Voodoo Child remix, always a banger

[@JeffTullock-fs4de]

His best entrance.

[@zlinedavid]

@@JeffTullock-fs4deHis WWE run where he was in the red and yellow but still using Voodoo Child was the perfect Hogan entrance.

[@benziescha5438]

I remember feeling mikey whipwreck was rammed down everyones throats in the last days of wcw. Was never a fan...maybe I missed something, was only 10 at the time 🤷‍♂️

[@anthonyturner6399]

He was really over in ECW when he was pushed as a under dog. Here he looked like a lot better, he was very shaky back in ECW and was pretty young, he became a world champ down there tho making him a triple crown champ in ECW

[@NonbasicYT]

I remember the first match that caught my eye and made me pay attention to the actual wrestling was DDP vs. Chris Benoit vs. Raven at Uncensored 1998.

[@ohmy4275]

Today I rewatched Reliving the War Episode 3 because I kinda like the 1994-95 WWE era and it's so cool to see how your channel has grown and the work refined and all. Thank you for this. I've been on board since episode 6 or 7 and I'll stay until you kick us out ❤

[@SteelyBud]

Flair's son gets beat up by the NWO, son betrays Flair, and somehow Flair comes out the heel.

[@chrishollister80]

While WM XV wasn't a great card from top to bottom, to know that the WWF put their two hottest wrestlers together in a main event that actually made sense and furthered the future of the company while WCW primed the pump once more and again with Hogan v Flair says so much about how WCW couldn't get out of its own way

[@namikstudios]

Uncensored was never one of WCW's good PPVs, probable because it was in the same month as Wrestlemania so they didn't put as much effort into it.

[@DaManEX1983]

This is where WCW started to feel the consequences of the Fingerpoke of Doom. Kevin Nash claims it was done to set up a heel faction for Goldberg to go through but instead it was Ric Flair and then Flair abusing his power as President caused the nWo to become babyfaces.

[@johnepants]

Bingo. There was no payoff to the Fingerpoke and WCW would just fart it’s way through the next 2 years before dying

[@BenedictNarwhal]

Perry Saturn is the most underatted ever imo

[@RumneyRock]

The Ric Flair promo at Chapel Hill leading up to this ppv is my favorite Flair promo of all time. "When I get through with you they won't wanna be like Mike. They'll wanna be like the nature boy!"

[@wweminehead5458]

Brilliant way to finish a fab weekend

[@TiVo67]

I went to this event and remember being utterly confused at the main event. I was a WWF guy and at this point barely paying attention to WCW. This PPV pretty much sealed the deal of me giving up on the brand altogether.

[@edgyebi1610]

I don't know, I remember watching this live and remember being really pleased with the Main Event. For the first time in ages the Horsemen were acting like Horsemen and it paid off.

[@shenanitims4006]

“No one knows what’s going on here, but Robinson refuses to make the count…” Followed by an ominous fades-to-black. No joke, given the state of WCW at this point, I was truly expecting that to be the end of the PPV. Just, “We’ll write our way out of this tomorrow on Nitro!”

[@donypaddy6859]

Can't wait for you to cover Spring Stampede 99 the last good WCW ppv also the returns of Sting and Randy Savage.

[@thebranchise]

I saw the Judgement Day ppv in that arena in 2000. The one with the Triple H vs Rock ironman match, where biker Taker came out at the end.

[@EssexAggiegrad2011]

A much better PPV

[@joseaguilera6355]

A complete 180 from this show 😂

[@PhenomsServant4]

You could say that about almost any WWE PPV in 2000. I firmly believe that WWE from the beginning of 2000 to WM X-Seven was top to bottom the greatest period for a wrestling promotion from an overall quality standpoint and I will die on that hill.

[@unclegreenskatesoda9570]

Hardcore matches in wcw always felt like wrestlers larping hardcore matches more than just having legit hc matches...

[@sharmellkeane3924]

The hard-core match was still better than anything ecw ever put out. Made from two of their guys- talk about making lemonade from lemons!

[@kevingriener7441]

Awesome vs Tanaka, Heatwave 98.

[@anthonyturner6399]

@@kevingriener7441Eddie Guerrero Vs Dean Melenko in a 2-3 falls match was insane. A young Rey mysterio also put out bangers every match without using weapons. Don’t speak on it if you have never seen it. Respect ECW

[@JeffTullock-fs4de]

I’ll never forget Flair had the belt after it was over. Now wrestling was back to when it was the best. Flair as champion making every challenger look unbelievable. Should have been a longer run for him. Hogan fights Flair especially hard if you ever notice. No taking it easy against Flair in a match.

[@TheSerpentsEye]

I love that Norton did the "timber sell" off a nut shot. 😂

[@nickbanks7954]

At this point, from this ppv until the last episode of Nitro, the WCW world title is going to get passed around a lot.

[@TheBandit025Nova]

The best game of Hot potato

[@iDeathMaximuMII]

The WCW Title will be tretated like a $2 whore

[@justinhillenburg9286]

​@@TheBandit025Nova27 times(I think) in the year 2000.

[@brettrossi034]

​@@TheBandit025Novaa LONG game of hot potato too 😂

[@JamesMMcCann]

Like Sunny in any locker room...

[@Vantoris]

Hulk is more of a Myth then a Legend

[@namikstudios]

No, he really was a legend. And I say that as someone who lost pretty much all respect for Terry Bollea after his racism came to light. Like him or loathe him, Hulk was the biggest star the industry has ever had.

[@Nicksuavemusic]

Booker during the reliving the war series has been one of the ppv mvps easily

[@popmonika]

Tbf, the main point of the main event was to show that flair had become corrupt enough to now start fixing matches for himself (ie bribing refs etc). Problem is, Hollywood was also a heel and it was hard to know how we the audience were supposed to feel. Although it's clear from the crowd reaction, that they wanted them to ditch the Hollywood gimmick.

[@maxxpower3d6]

Finally, someone uses the NWO's own dirty tactics against them. If WCW's storytelling had been less muddled, this would have been a huge moment.

[@troywright359]

yes that's very obvious, I don't know why WB at the end of the PPV says the match makes no sense.

[@TheMaestroMizerous]

The rules make no sense even with a fixed ref. So the match was just a steel cage match but they confused everyone.@@troywright359

[@Saddison01]

So we've had heel Referee Nick Patrick in 96/97, heel Referee Slick Johnson in 98, heel Referee Scott Dickinson in 98/99, and now heel Referee Charles Robinson?

[@namikstudios]

It's Little Naitch! He becomes much more than a ref...

[@brandonperkins176]

Clearly, WCW had a good PPV but they're losing steam

[@troywright359]

Yes, the NWO Elite is being a little sidelined. Hall and Luger are basically out, despite Luger showing up with Nash, and Hogan will wear the colours for a bit longer, but he won't reference the group much more. I think the WCW lumberjacks and Goldberg should have been here to prevent the rest of the NWO from interfering, you can still have Flair screw Hogan here this way also.

[@TravJam317]

We're quickly coming to the end of Jericho's WCW run. I think his last televised match is during the US Title tournament in April.

[@namikstudios]

Off to to get belittled by the Rock and midcarded for years. Even when they finally put him in the main event he was treated as a comedy act and a sideshow next to Stephanie, because in the WWE a McMahon always has to take the spotlight.

[@Miguel-mp7uz]

​@namikstudios years in mid card? Lmao did you even watch? It took a little around 2 years for him to become the first ever undisputed champion...wtf lmao

[@namikstudios]

@@Miguel-mp7uz like I said and as you agreed, Jericho was midcarded for years. It wasn't until well after WCW was sold to WWE that he was finally put in the main event. As the first ever Undisputed Champion he was treated as a sideshow, doing such things as wondering around backstage walking Stephanie's dog with a belt over each shoulder. After a few months of being treated as an afterthought he was promptly jobbed out to Stephanie's talentless husband then relegated back to the midcard for another 6 long years.

[@Miguel-mp7uz]

@namikstudios nah...you're just wrong

[@roguerifter9724]

Face Flair vs Heel Hogan is awesome. The fact the crowd forgot who the current most evil villain in WCW is doesn't matter.

[@G-TV_TheOneManArmy]

I know he said he wasn't gonna do the invasion angle but man i would love his comments on the underrated stone cold and booker t fued it was timeless 😂😂😂

[@Aragon23-p2k]

The main event was a clusterfuck, Hogan and Flair were busted open but the match still continued, wtf WCW?

[@zlinedavid]

Welcome to post-FPOD WCW. Leave your logic at the door.

[@FistyClown]

Goth Saturn was my favorite.

[@J0HNJ0RDAN]

RtW got me to go back and re-watch all the old Raw and Nitro episodes. All the pay-per-views too. Watching all those old episodes really helps put this series into perspective. I feel a lot more connected to RtW than I did before. Peacock owes you a debt!

[@criminalmindsgirl2936]

Kidman vs. Whipwreck was awesome!

[@benzinoify]

CMON WB 🤣🤣🤣 One wcw match is "too predictable" another "too random" it can't win in your eyes

[@press_x_tojason]

There is some middle ground. I want to believe there’s a chance there are multiple ways a match can go and can end when I start watching it, and, too often, I don’t. It’s not just a WCW issue at this point, either. The answer is not having matches feature so much extracurricular activity that you can’t follow motivations or stipulations.

[@devious187]

It's crazy that anyone would think that putting Flair in a first blood match would work out well... his forehead must be made of paper, he busts himself open when he farts for Pete's sake! You just knew he was gonna bleed before he was supposed to

[@hypnotics7886]

Can we all take time to appreciate how magnificent Torrie’s figure was in 1999-2000? 🍑

[@zlinedavid]

Was? She’s still f’kin gorgeous today.

[@hypnotics7886]

@@zlinedavid That’s right, she is still gorgeous now, but that wasn’t what I was talking about. I was talking specifically about her figure and put a peach emoji there.

[@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269]

I sure do miss Mark Curtis's finger guns. 😄👍

[@zacharythomason7359]

Same here

[@SartorialisticSavage65]

I miss the way WCW refs would flop their hands around between counts.

[@danielwilcox419]

Saturn's new gimmick in this PPV looked really really cool and I think it would get over easily here in 2023

[@alanarmstrong6460]

This double turn destroyed all storylines for WCW, for 3 months they had NWO run riot and flair destroyed every week and now there no resolution for that story and hero does not get happy ending.

[@troywright359]

Yes, it was such a catalyst that is just dropped. This makes me sad, but the Higher Power WWF angle just makes me annoyed.

[@iDarksideGG]

Why would they give Meng a weapon? Do they want the Manly meter to explode again?

[@KiLLeRisMe100]

the birth of "lil natch" Charles Robinson right here

[@Warmountian]

Ric will never retire so i know he will win the match but at the same time it’s ric flair he bleeds if there’s a light breeze

[@MarvelousIggy]

This is where my time with WCW ended. I was only 9 but I know I after watching the main event I didn't even bother tuning into Nitro to see more of what I saw. My family would take a short break from wrestling until my parents ordered our first WWF PPV, SummerSlam 1999. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Looking forward to seeing the parts of Nitro I missed.

[@zlinedavid]

You didn’t miss much 😂

[@Wilcat1033]

You made the correct decision sir

[@namikstudios]

Terrible mistake. I'd take WCW 99-01 any day over what was going on in the WWE at the time, or at any time for that matter. Sure, it wasn't the peak of the industry as it was from 96-99, but it was still better than watching an ancient Vince McMahon who can't wrestle give himself the WWE title (Sept 99).

[@micklemackle207]

I remember when I was watching the DSOTR Ep on Bash at the Beach 2000 and Russo is talking about how he was in a creative meeting (allegedly Bischoff claims this never happened because he wasn't present at the meeting) and everyone in that meeting wanted to make Booker T the next pet project of the brand Jarrett (Russo's friend) says he was (allegedly) supportive of the idea namely because it would get the belt off Hogan. This match with Steiner was likely the inkling that Booker was gonna be the guy

[@zlinedavid]

I am far from a Russo fan, and think he got more things wrong than he did right. But I will admit that occasionally, he had a good idea. If this is true, he was dead on right. Booker vs Steiner should have been happening in 1999, not 2000.

[@johnepants]

@@zlinedavidBooker was another correct decision but the execution sucked. Months prior to his title win he was a mid card joke act. Definitely needed to spend the months ahead building his credibility

[@zlinedavid]

@@johnepants “Good idea, but they screwed it up in advance”. Pretty much the story of late stage WCW. Bret/Goldberg, Steiner/Booker, etc

[@ch66ry88]

Waking up to new reliving the war content, great start to the day All love from the down under we love all the content you be outputting🇦🇺

[@SonBlackHeart22]

The last time they use the old WCW logo and transition to the bird logo era of WCW oh boy not gonna look foward to it...

[@andrewoid84]

I was at Freedom Hall in Louisville for this show. I would have been in my teens at the time. I had forgotten some of the Mid-card matches but still remember the main event and how confusing it was. In hindsight it may not have been the greatest show, but I remember having fun that night, and am glad I was able to attend a WCW PPV. This video was a nice trip down memory lane.

[@edwardellis3038]

I was never a Jerry Flynn fan but I have no issues with them giving him an opportunity. It obviously didn’t mean anything in the long run but still.

[@samuelgilmore8789]

Bring back the Meng manly meter!!!!!

[@fumpr84]

This is the show where I tuned out, the creative just turned to dogshit and wound up just giving us a Horsemen version of the Corporation. As the weeks went on, it became obvious no one was running things creatively and they were just letting the wrestlers do whatever they want (hence Hogan and Nash suddenly becoming babyfaces).

[@harryd9782]

I bet you anything WCW would have folded sooner had it not been for their cruiserweights…when all this was actually happening back in the day I watched strictly for them…never cared for Hogan and Nash but Hall was cool.

[@Nicksuavemusic]

Saturn I give him credit incredible wrestler and he could make any gimmick work

[@beaudweiser]

I like turtles.

[@TalkingToTheBirds]

What amazing insight.

[@beaudweiser]

just doing my best @@TalkingToTheBirds

[@Nyfancam01]

I watched this entire PPV last night. Lol I was left thinking "they should've just never called the flair/hogan a first blood match. wtf?!" .. I still LOVE WCW... Even when the end is near like this lol

[@johnepants]

I never got why they made it First Blood. So stupid

[@gamerfourlife64]

Ah yes the 1st blood cage match that ended with pin fall gotta love how this once powerful company was slowly reaching its point of no return downfall

[@victoryusmc]

Love experiencing WCW PPVs for the first time. I was WWF all the way growing up. Regret not changing the channel every once in a while.

[@borobinson7005]

Those trashcans and lids are equivalent to an aluminum foil pie pan

[@mulldrifterz6469]

I loved this PPV as a kid. Both this and the next PPV Spring Stampede are guilty pleasures of mine as far as WCW ppvs are concerned.

[@Myndir]

People talk about the Fingerpoke of Doom marking the beginning of the end for WCW, but they still did a 1.1 buyrate with this PPV (only slightly below Starrcade 1998) and they were still doing great ratings for Nitro, just not as good as Raw's absurdly good ratings in this period. Most WCW fans still had faith that they could still get back on track, like the awesomeness of mid-1996 to mid-1998 - roughly from after Uncensored 1996 to Goldberg beating Hogan for the title. The problem was that WCW became increasingly like a second-rate WWF (especially once Russo came along, but even before that) with lots of soap opera shenanigans and a focus on promos/vignettes over in-ring action, while lots of WCW fans' favourite wrestlers started going to the WWF or not getting pushed. Jericho, Goldberg, Benoit, even DDP for the most part - they were relegated to the sidelines and we got e.g. Hogan vs. Sting, long after that pairing was a confirmed damp squib. And we never saw Hart vs. Hogan, which was their last Ace of established names cards. WCW was apparently in profit in the first half of 1999, then did so badly in the second half that they lost $8 million overall in 1999, according to Dave Meltzer. If you look at ratings and buyrates, April-June 1999 was when the big slide happened, and early 2000 was when the nadir was reached. WCW never escaped it, though the actual shows in the last ~4 months were better that the horrorshow that was late 1999 to mid 2000. Unfortunately, even previously loyal WCW fans like me had mostly stopped watching at that point; I only found out about the WCW sale when I was watching the WWF. So, the poor booking decisions in March 1999 were a major reason of why WCW didn't just become the number 2 company (subsequent companies have shown that it's possible to survive for years that way) but actually began to go into financial meltdown. They needed Ric Flair to be doing old-school WCW booking that their fanbase loved, not main eventing an increasingly WWF-lite company.

[@kitfo18]

Hogan can't lose clean, ever and it was so annoying to watch back then. Even worse to watch today knowing everything.

[@sukanyacole1882]

Am I alone in absolutely loving that Hogan Flair match?!??!

[@JeffTullock-fs4de]

It’s epic.

[@zlinedavid]

It’s better than the Yappappi Strap match…so there’s something.

[@Spenerico]

I used to watch this VHS ALL the time for some reason so thank you for all the recent context leading upto it. I always really enjoyed that opener!

[@HauntedHemo13]

Damn that was an awesome Voodoo Child mashup

[@Jerry-zc5qt]

Maybe the end of the cage match was wcws version of Montreal. Remember that night? Bret refused to do business and drop the title so Shawn Hunter and McMahon forced him to do business. Maybe here since Hogan was refusing to end the nWo nonsense so Flair conspired with Charles Robinson to end the nWo and Hogan's title reign

[@troywright359]

they should have pushed that hard then. Have flair strip Hogan of the NWO shirt and all WCW superstars block the NWO from entering. Have them 'injure' Scott Hall and Luger more backstage. Weaken them. That would have been an excellent way to go.

[@srichardf]

If I remember correctly this was the last WCW PPV to use the simple "WCW" logo, I believe the next PPV they had the "flying vagina" logo. It is after this PPV that WCW starts falling apart. The NWO starts to fizzle out after this to where they aren't around anymore by summertime.

[@troywright359]

which is such a sad outcome, as no matter what people online say, there was interest in seeing this NWO Elite playout for a few months at least.

[@andyneilson3301]

I think everyone that follows this channel will probably get PTSD when this comes to a end. 😮

[@niteporter]

Welcome back cm punk at survivor series. Second reliving the war? What war? Wwf already won by then. Smfh. Stupidity, egoes, AOL. I miss wcw

[@mongomongo7664]

Wrestling BIOS review and Survivor Series in all one weekend cool 👍

[@stevengrvp]

Ppv Sunday nice ending to the holiday weekend

[@kahunamoe22]

I've been watching your show for the entire run. When it started I had COVID in 2020 I think? That's been how long it's been going. This ppv has a sad special place in my heart. This was the last wrestling event I watched with my childhood best friends before I moved to another state and never saw them again. We had an illegal cable box and our house became the go to spot for everyone to watch wrestling. Thanks for making these.

[@gezeo750]

It’s so strange to see Hollywood Hulk Hogan hulking up in a WCW ring.

[@namikstudios]

Not really, Hogan was going crazy with all that red and yellow Hulkamania shtick in WCW for a couple of years straight before he turned heel. And of course, Hulkamania returns before 99 is done... So you'll be saying your prayers and eating your vitamins again before too long, brother.

[@elchomper.1063]

Thank you for being a reprieve from modern wrestling I can't deal with obnoxious WWE fans rn. "Your milage may vary" well I'm gonna ride the AEW car till the engine falls out. I don't want to miss a fantastic match like swerve v Jay lethal just cause a different turnbuckle logo.

[@tonymills6257]

I always liked Mr. Perfect as a kid. But, I really wished I would have appreciated him more at the time. He was brilliant. He could go from comedy, to technical, to selling, to… anything. He was awesome.

[@davidRevrendOnibrown]

you, you beautiful person you make me bust out laughing every upload😂 THANK YOU!

[@justinwalker5742]

What a mess. Turning Flair heel, Hogan face and destroying the NWO again. All in 20 minutes.

[@thehauntedexplorers1738]

That double turn really makes no sense to me. 1st it was only 2 months ago Hogan won the title with a finger poke. He has turned Flairs own son against him. He is the leader of a group of heels. It was only 6 months ago to that the fans were going mad for Flairs return. To me it makes no sense

[@barneylowe129]

Hogan wearing gloves purely for the barb wire to flairs face spot? Mick foley he certainly isn’t 😂😂

[@TheSerpentsEye]

"He beat me.... OR MAYBE HE DIDN'T, BROTHER!" 😂

[@dustincongello5802]

Thats commitment to a joke. I wanna believe that dude that threw the toilet paper in specifically brought the toilet paper to throw it in as soon as flairs ass gets exposed..flair was doing the pulled down tights bit a lot around this time. I guess last time dud saw flair ass he thought flair didn't do a good enough wipe job

[@ahmadceasar5484]

I had this ppv on vhs growing up hell yea

[@thancrus]

The last match is nothing but…. What’s actually going on??