Wrestling Observer Live - 20th March 2001

[@briannamcdonley2686]

This show predicted Wrestle Kingdom 9, NJPW on AXS TV, the Invasion storyline and WWE Network all before it happened. Thanks to this guy for uploading this.

[@ant0586]

wow, its weird when listening back to this knowing what we know now.

[@cerealboy3763]

i know nothing now

[@cameronmcdonley9795]

This channel needs to get more of these videos up man. These are relics of wrestling history.

[@CatsClaw44]

Wrestling is dead period.

[@williebeamen2x]

@Lannis31 seems more alive then ever before

[@Christine-Faucci]

@@williebeamen2xnot to the general public ….. wrestling is only popular amongst wrestling fans now. At this time, EVERYONE loved it.

[@numbahone2446]

14:15 Alvarez predicts the Alliance lol

[@exiverence]

Those were some of the best days. Back I. 2001 I was 13 and was intrigued by both WCW and the attitude era. It was the best for me. If I could go back as a man now and relive that era I certainly would.

[@187CBJ]

This is a good upload man how times changed I was a kid when this took place

[@WCWThunderRosa]

What’s up with the XPW mark? Lol

[@kv01010]

thank u so much for this stuff love going back and hearing the inside stuff from meltzer during this time.. you wouldn't happen to have and dave meltzer stuff about wcw and wwf from 95-2000.. id love to listen to some insider news and reviews as the monday night wars went on from meltzer and, can't seem to find anything but, i know there has to be some stuff out there from that time.. i appreciate it

[@stuartdunlop8834]

People thinking it was a work even then is so interesting. Ever since the lid was lifted, the focus became on the insider knowledge rather than the show itself.

[@IanGorton]

so confiscating signs isn't a new phenomenon

[@TheJuliet316]

It's never been.

[@cameroncrash8755]

It's so eerie listening to this the day before TNA's last ever Impact. Total Nonstop Action made more mistakes than WCW ever did, yet they had a longer prime time television show than World Championship Wrestling. Sucks that two promotions will now be dead by the same stone. EDIT: TNA is still around, albeit under a different name as Impact Wrestling. The name TNA is dead, so I was somewhat right.

[@rubberchix]

No you weren't. You said last ever Impact

[@oFlaiir]

Lol

[@stevensimpson5218]

Thanks for these

[@jeremyrhansen6637]

WOW.... Dave use to sound waaaay more clear!

[@tommy_drumz697]

+Jeremy R Hansen phone vs studio

[@jeremyrhansen6637]

tommy_drumz No I am not talking audio quality... I mean he doesn't stutter like a drug addict and cut himself off mid sentence EVERY FUCKING SENTENCE like he does now!

[@dcunneenify]

+Jeremy R Hansen i like his pattern of speech, he sounds like excited boy when he talks about wrestling

[@williandalsoto806]

+Jeremy R Hansen, Well he was 15 years younger!

[@jeremyrhansen6637]

Esseban Ya.. So he should get better at it over the years, not worse!

[@rayfinkle9924]

So tumultuous the last days of wcw. 😱

[@xGodofAcidx]

46:43 lol, oops!

[@mcomiskey7]

xGodofAcidx haha

[@ckludecke]

It's so crazy now to see how a 4.6 rating is considered a down week. I think most fans would love to see 2 hr raws with the star power they had back then. It prob won't ever happen again

[@jonas14g]

last one. The UK version of this wondered if Shawn Michaels was going to be in Vince's corner and Goldberg in Shane's because 'heart-break' and 'da-man' were apparently mentioned in the build up. Would have been worth staying up until 4am for that.

[@universalmanchild]

I miss WCW, even the crappy at the end WCW is better than what we have today.

[@cameronmcdonley9795]

+fred flinstone I wouldn't say that. Lucha Underground, Ring Of Honor and New Japan Pro Wrestling are fuckin great.

[@twe8k]

Cameron Mcdonley you're a gay ass

[@CatsClaw44]

You are really a pathetic mark if you really think those piles of shit are on par with a true national promotion.

[@22srs22]

Nice try, NJPW is a legit national promotion.

[@Dwayne12345]

At :59 minutes "Can a Japanese group come over to the U.S. and offer an alternative..." Not in 01 but in 15 years! New Japan...

[@TheJuliet316]

It's strange to listen this hearing Dave and Bryan talking pessimistically about New Japan and the situation over in Japan and today Japan's pretty much the hottest company on the planet and it's seemingly having a positive effect on the rest of Japan right now.

[@FireProMMA]

@@TheJuliet316 Japanese wrestling was in bad shape in the 2000s.

[@TheJuliet316]

@@FireProMMA I'm aware, but from the perspective of looking back now with NJPW being one of the hottest wrestling companies around right now with WWE being cold, it's somewhat weird listening to it today.

[@danielescalera6638]

Plus remember during this time this was in the pride fc years and pride had a real solid run til about 05 and those shows in Japan were solid top to bottom. Then they saturated that program running multiple shows a month

[@williebeamen2x]

2023 happened

[@VersaceVegeta]

Bryan Alvarez is to blame for the Invasion Alliance LOL

[@KingOfTechDeals]

1:12:25 💔

[@rayfinkle9924]

Lol spoiling the Austin Heel Turn

[@nina2x]

1:13:23 who is talking about? It's inaudible.

[@marcpjoyner]

Man they loved some Jason Jett around this time. Of course he never did anything and was retired within a year

[@danielescalera6638]

He never made it out of OVW

[@johnfalcetta5431]

"it's not nice but who cares." hilarious

[@danielescalera6638]

I remember that match and was like Damn konan Must've pissed Steiner off cause it looked real stiff and the confusion on the finish was random

[@djtommyc.3678]

These wcw callers sound like aew callers in a year

[@Keepscooterr]

Delete this

[@CMMalvado]

When did the show change to Bryan Alvarez hosting? Meltzer sounded so much better back then, not stuttering and stammering all the time like he does now.

[@tommy_drumz697]

+Cameron D. phone vs studio

[@WCWThunderRosa]

Bryan sounds like Geoff Ramsey here

[@jonas14g]

one of those pieces of news that was OMG! (in a good sense) at first and then became (every time i recall it) OMG! (in a bad sense) and a couple years later was OMG! wrestling died that day.

[@chriscage2x]

I just turned 6 years old on this day. Im 25 right now.

[@jonas14g]

confiscating pro-WCW anti-Rock signs FFS! ever wonder if that bad guys won? WCW wasn't organised enough to do that but that's not a bad thing. Pre-determined match results fine - pre-determined fan reaction is just sick man! being able to make things the way you want them to be whether or not they are or not is power gone mad propaganda

[@braydenparker998]

when they start talking about nitro ratings for the Mach 19

[@johnnyskinwalker4095]

Poor Jason Jett

[@jerransperarman9411]

good video

[@AmongGangstas]

1:12:25

[@ToruKun1]

How is it Meltzer nowadays rambles like a senile old coot who stammers over his words, constantly says "Um" "Yeah" "Like" "Y'know", and never can finish a thought when he was razor-sharp and going a mile a minute back in '01? Bryan and Vinny don't have that problem. He's 60 years old, that's younger than my parents and they never go on tangents like he does.

[@PuroresuFan]

It's honestly sad to see how far Meltzer has fallen in recent years. There was a time when he was considered a reliable source, but that time seems too far gone and he just seems to hurt his credibility year after year. It may be age just catching up to him but it's still sad.

[@mcomiskey7]

Having to try breakdown WWE everyday for what 20+ years will do that to a man .

[@SIXTHREEONEFOURTHREENIONEOOSEV]

koooooooooooooooooooool

[@jerranspearman3369]

good video