Raw vs Nitro "Reliving The War": Episode 203 - September 27th 1999

[@mcj88]

So fun fact: Philips Arena (today known as State Farm Arena) in Atlanta was just 9 days old when it hosted this episode of Nitro. It was built on the site of the old Omni Coliseum, which longtime fans will remember as WCW's home venue, more or less; but even though the Omni was built in 1972, so it was just 25 years old when it was demolished, it had a design flaw that rendered it obsolete unusually fast: it was built with weathering steel, which was supposed to deliberately rust over and form a protective seal. But in Atlanta's humid climate, instead the building just never stopped rusting, to the point of holes forming in the structure. And so it was demolished in 1997, with the NBA's Atlanta Hawks playing at Georgia Tech's arena & WCW Nitro utilizing the Georgia Dome for its homecoming episodes for 2 years before Philips Arena opened on September 18, 1999 with an Elton John concert.

[@HXTPJH]

"OH MY GOD! WHAT HAPPENED TO MY CAR? GOLDBERG!!! GOLDBERG!!! GOLDBERG!!!" lol

[@DasKame]

And The Oscar goes to...

[@MrMcKane]

35:38 Here are your messages Sid You have 30 minutes to move your car You have 10 minutes Your car has been impounded Your car has been crushed into a pancake You now have 30 minutes to move your pancake

[@sumthingwikked4257]

WHAAAAIIII MEEEE???

[@timbartschwolfman]

Lol

[@Venemofthe888]

*phone rings* is it about my pancake

[@smallies7154]

wcw wins this night

[@kalajel]

RRRIINNNGGGG! "Hello?" "Is it about my pancake?"

[@stevieJ24]

Bro really added David flair to the intro like he was a big player in the war 😂😂😂😂

[@freeparking301]

Miss Kitty is my personal favorite of the bunch

[@codygames5415]

He carried WCW during that time.

[@gatchywatchyentertainmentb2090]

@@codygames5415 OH DID HE NOW!?

[@kamenanew9867]

​@@codygames5415was about to slyly say something similar lol

[@labbaby189]

Screw Kurt Angle, Dave Meltzer's biggest blunder was not giving that El Dandy match 5 stars.

[@vinnycochrane5139]

The Sid Vicious song at the end is absolutely hilarious. Bravo!

[@Wandering_Nowhere]

"Raw opens with a Triple H promo". A phrase you might as well make into a soundbite for the remainder of the series.

[@richspeck8932]

Word up

[@djdarq6311]

@@richspeck8932no but 2002 and beyond you’d be right

[@andrewmcclaine705]

Is a coincidence that David Flair was airing on Nitro when Raw's highest rating ever happened? Like they saw him and immediately changed the channel

[@atlasblast2082]

The story of Luger and Miss Elizabeth is one of the saddest in wrestling history. Maybe tragic is a better word

[@douglassawyer5879]

Thank you Colby Covington for calculating the amount of main event DQ's for both shows!

[@17thN.O]

On tha real. He is a G for that.

[@chadog900]

WWF was more creative with their DQs, that's why we didn't complain so much. Meanwhile, nWo bulk bought spray paint from Costco to tag every wrestlers back.

[@gongboy83]

The UFC fighter?

[@smallies7154]

thats what he was doing instead of fighting edwards

[@ufcfan890]

​@@smallies7154he broke his foot

[@criminalmindsgirl2936]

It's sad how people continue to blame D'Lo over the Droz accident. Accidents happen in wrestling. Fans take it too seriously. Especially given how the wrestlers can forgive each other. Well, not so much for Bret and Goldberg 😳😬

[@crowfather0249]

Some people just want an excuse to hate on certain wrestlers. It's also weird because iirc, didn't Edge literally end a guy's career in his debut match?

[@nicktaylor2657]

Well if Droz forgave D-Lo then nobody should hold it against him

[@criminalmindsgirl2936]

​@crowfather0249 , yeah he did. I think the guy had to retire shortly after

[@criminalmindsgirl2936]

​@nicktaylor2657 , you're right. But sometimes I still see comments of people taking shots at D'Lo over the accident. It upsets me

[@WickedFireBird69]

I think D-lo still blames himself to this day. Even though Droz and he were always good after the incident he still takes a lot of guilt on his own shoulders. Funny enough no one really talks about the poor Jobber Edge retired.

[@hawgfancolby]

No problem on the stats! Here's a few more tidbits I've learned from going over the numbers: -12 of the last 16 Nitros before Bischoff was sent home in '99 had no finish. In that same 16 week time frame, Raw only had 7 and the last 5 weeks before his ousting all had a winner. -Nitro's longest streak of non-finishes (so far) is 8 which happened twice, in 1999 close to the end of Bischoff's first run (May 17 - July 5) and in 1997 during the lead up to Starrcade (Oct 20-Dec 15). -Shockingly, Raw's longest streak of non-finishes I can find was only 4 (Feb 23 - Mar 16, 1998) which only happened once. I'll keep tracking numbers as the show continues and hopefully have more to share later on! As always, keep the good word out on Wrestling Bios because I truly believe this channel and RTW is one of the best wrestling-related things on KZbin!

[@BigChucka419]

Hey Wrestling Bios, pin this

[@dukes1993724]

Colby doing yeoman’s work out here 💯

[@robandjen420]

You the man, Colby!

[@Slow_Burn_Cards]

Man, as a kid I loved Lex Luger. That being said, it is wild how every version of Lex Luger is essentially the exact same version that we've already seen. Never reborn, just recycled.

[@TheRealAhoy]

In all fairness, in 2000 he gets shredded/wider

[@miterbenisdurty3862]

I was introduced to Lex when he debuted as the Narcissist. As a kid I I absolutely hated him. And then out of nowhere they tried to push it on us he was an American hero and I hated him more because I was pissed that WWF was trying to fool me.

[@Jay-zk7uw]

@@Slow_Burn_Cards After watching these, I actually think he had a really good thing going in 96, just before the NWO arrived where he was Sting's douchebag heel friend. He played the part really well imo.

[@gatchywatchyentertainmentb2090]

I have you know modern day Luger looks like one we’ve never seen before!

[@johndavies5582]

For me lugar was the man right when the nwo was at its strongest....i rember watching the big world war battle royal and it was lugar left with nothing but NWO guys.....he went wild tourter racking anything that moved and got nash up on the rack and scott hall elemenated them both.....lugar was HOTT fans loved him, bishoff never realized what he had in lugar at the time.

[@rickisgrate]

I miss "EVERYBODY HERE COMES 2 COLD SCORPIO!!"

[@NinjaTylerBlack]

Free Scorpio!

[@woobgamer5210]

Can't wait for the spin off show ECW: Surveying the War where he covers ECW from 95 to 2001

[@labbaby189]

I still wanna know where he got the woman singing from.

[@musc1esman]

Dude me too!

[@EssexAggiegrad2011]

@@labbaby189 WCW

[@hairball178]

To paraphrase Beast Wars Megatron: "New packaging, same product--Luger"

[@brandonperkins176]

Sting attacking Hogan with a baseball bat on Nitro still sticks in my mind for 25 years

[@curthenning6833]

Anyone else find it ironic Bret calls hogan the Elvis of wrestling, when once upon a time Hogan tried to claim that Elvis was a hulkamaniac - despite the fact he died in 1977 before hogan even wrestled his first match

[@brenocesar9954]

"Mr. Gameboy" - The British Bulldog

[@zlinedavid]

Does that make Triple H merchandise Game Gear?

[@dukes1993724]

The next year of Nitro is going to be some of the most unintentionally funny television in American history

[@OctagonObserver]

I gotta say, I watched Raw religiously at this time as a kid and I have zero recollection of all this Curtis Hughes screentime

[@eastsidereviews727]

Same, I had no memory of Jericho doing stuff from the end of the Finkel partnership and him vs Chyna. Everything in between is a blank.

[@ctwwtc8761]

Me 2 lol Mandela effect lol

[@edwardellis3038]

Me too. It’s like the Mandela effect. I don’t remember him being there in 1999, I remember him in early 1997 with Hunter.

[@kamenanew9867]

Same. I remember the Jericho finkle stuff for sure, but every time I watch a new rtw I'm like oh yeah this guy is still around, wth.

[@ellismarquez8410]

He never did find his smile.

[@KingPK]

Advice to Stone Cold: avoid the parking lot for a while.

[@logicallydashing]

I greatly appreciate the use of Street Fighter Alpha and Capcom vs SNK music in this video.

[@MoonlightStrider]

Reliving the War is the jam you can enjoy with some Tuna with Bacon

[@dreammatch2000]

*@logicallydashing* 🎶 True love we making........🎶

[@mcdent139]

Also KoF XIII in previous videos. Ryan has excellent taste in sprite fighter OSTs.

[@KingKidGoku32794]

"This is Big Rock this is important as a matter a fact This is your life"

[@commanderjoj6426]

This is your life Rock. Raw wins.

[@Calculon1712]

Vince Russos last RAW as head writer. Loved the This is your Life segment. I remember Bruce Prichard on his podcast said he hated it as it was taking the piss with using too much ring time up

[@NuclearWintr]

Another Reliving The War episode. Gonna hate when this series eventually ends.

[@GrymmJymm]

While not a war, id love for him to roll it into a new series “ruthless impact”, and go back and forth between wwe and tna.

[@karnasinghjawanda9596]

@@GrymmJymmthat’s not happening after 2001 it’s pretty much the end of the

[@iamdb1990]

the best part about it being on youtube, watch it all over again once it's over

[@TheRealAhoy]

Not for a while yet thankfully, still got the whole of 2000, which will, er, be especially one sided

[@GuardsmanGreg]

Reliving the War captures the hype and glory the Monday Night War brought to TV perfectly. Sucks it'll be over, but the memories and glory of Saturday Wright Fever and Steve Fuggin' Blackman last forever!

[@christianwitte81]

Rumor has it that Sid is still yelling "Goldberg"

[@christianwitte81]

... in heaven rip bro

[@DasKame]

Shades of A Streetcar Named Desire

[@rilbo_baggins]

If I’m not mistaken, Droz’s family set up a scholarship fund for his former high school in NJ. The Darren Drozdov scholarship fund. If it’s still active, we should donate to it for the unfortunate episode like we did for the Owen Hart foundation.

[@sashalove83]

Who is stopping you?🤔

[@honorsharpe]

Honestly I think people are kinda misunderstanding the numbers....15% difference is a pretty damn big gap. Or to put it another way less than half of Nitro main events weren't DQ or countout. Whereas almost two thirds of Raws weren't. That means you are gonna to see them a LOT week to week and often getting them back to back and maybe even a third time in a row on WCW. But Raw will have them more evenly spaced so they don't draw your attention as much. 60% percent of your main events with a "regular" finish is a heckton better than only 45%. Especially with such an important match.

[@Klontruppe]

To be honest, I am not surprised both shows had a metric ton of false finishes. It's the "best" way to deliver PPV-tier matches without ruining PPV buyrates. One of the many things sacrificed in war is dignity, and thus the dignity of the TV main event went out the window.

[@edwardellis3038]

And to protect the guys involved in the match.

[@anthonyturner6399]

It’s one of the funniest things I bring up about the attitude era not being as good as people make it out to be. This and the match quality

[@Jay-zk7uw]

I think the difference between the two shows insofar as DQs go is that Raw's matches at least feel like they're progressing some sort of angle regardless, whereas Nitro invariably feels like it's going absolutely nowhere.

[@gatchywatchyentertainmentb2090]

Accurate

[@exeortegarubio]

For those who might not know, Foley played a pro wrestler based on the Rock in Avatar The Last Airbender, The Boulder. His impression is spot on.

[@gatchywatchyentertainmentb2090]

I did not know Foley was on Avatar the last air vent!

[@MikeyC92]

The Boulder feels conflicted about fighting a young, blind girl. Sounds to me like you're scared, Boulder! The Boulder's over his conflicted feelings, and now he's ready to bury you in a rock-alanche!

[@theEisbergmann]

Droz's accident and D'Lo feeling so guilty is one of the sadder stories, but D'Lo's dedication to help Droz was also very beautiful. Rest in Peace Droz.

[@RoyalMinds]

Been watching since the beginning of Reliving the war. Always a place of sanctuary to sit down and watch every episode. Now that I'm laying here in hospital bed, this really makes me appreciate this series so much more. So much going through my head but watching this gives me a break and peace of mind. Thank you.

[@elleni-41]

This videos are such nostagia..reliving my late grade school and high school years..😊😊

[@beefgravystudios]

Great work, Colby! This is why the wrestling bios community is my favorite wrestling community

[@maxeybailey718]

Could be a guy who bought front row tickets and died from regret 😂 best line in the series yet

[@MR.__G]

@perfectblindguywow that’s crazy ! What year were those shows ?

[@danielostblom5250]

Colby, you're the man! Thanks for doing the research for us all! Truly a stand-up, jam-up guy!

[@ottopukki9083]

Thanks 04 having us General!

[@ShaunInce123]

There's an funny story when it comes to the "This is your life" segment. It's been told several times. Basically, Vince was initially frustrated that the segment was going on for too long. Then the ratings came out. That segment did a 8.4 rating, the highest rated non wrestling segment in WWF. Both Rock & Mick went to Vince and told him about the rating it got & he admitted that they proved him wrong & that they can go on for as long as they like.

[@Zhortac]

Vince: WHAT THE HELL!? You two screwed the entire show up! How dare you take that much time! I oughta... "Vince, they got the highest rating of any non-wrestling segment we've run" Vince: ...let you two do as you please, and keep up the good work!

[@dildonius]

Bro. He literally tells that exact anecdote *_IN THIS VIDEO._* 🙂‍↔️😏 This is why we always watch the _entire_ KZbin video _before_ posting any comments on it. Lest we accidentally jam our feet into our mouths as a result of doing so.

[@trupahesqwire6734]

HAHA THE SONG AT THE END WAS AMAZING...PLEASE DO THIS MORE 🙂

[@lucasmackey2808]

We finally made it folks we’re about to witness the greatest segment in RAW’S history The Rock’s this is your life

[@michaelreich4827]

Almost forgot there was an RtW upload today. Damn American mid-week holidays.

[@mrrida503]

I love how Sycho Sid just walked up to Goldberg, proceeded to hit him in the back with a steal chair, and then just walk away like a robot... I don't know why but I can't stop fu**!n laughing 😂

[@Venemofthe888]

I know Rick Steiner was a good wrestler in the past especially with Scott but do you think that ever since Scott turned on Rick they fumbled Rick badly and now he's just kinda there doing very little and nobody cares about him anymore

[@dukes1993724]

Yes

[@Siciliancivilian]

Thank you for putting ASYA in the intro! ❤ You're always such a kind hearted person in regards to giving all wrestlers credit. And just that little factor says alot of positive of your perspective on wrestlers both male and female. 🙂‍↔️🙂‍↕️ Edit: MISS KITTY EVEN!!! 😻

[@MikeKarv]

I flipped from Nitro to watch the This is Your Life promo as i was a huge Foley mark, after that my die hard WCW fandom died and i only watched the first hour of Nitro.

[@deandredukes95]

The legendary This is your Life segment with Rock and Sock

[@dustinsensenig9798]

Happy 4th of July for all those in the US

[@zacharythomason7359]

Thanks💎💎💎💙💙💙❤️❤️❤️

[@zachsmith1634]

I wonder how many times Goldberg gave himself a concussion from DDTing himself during a spear lmao

[@jjkcommentaries8645]

Appreciate you helping time pass on my house arrest bro. Much respect to the grind ryan.

[@augustuswayne9676]

Happy 4th of July everyone .🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 ! And a Wrestling Bios upload to . Heaven !

[@TheChrisHype]

This was my very first episode of Raw when I was a teenager. “This is Your Life” was the first pro wrestling segment I ever saw, and I’ve been glued to the product ever since.

[@Eric-wu7bp]

The this is your life segment will forever be one of the most iconic segments in raw history

[@srichardf]

"David Flair who I totally forgot about." LOL!!!! You and everybody else. The Rock "This is your life segment" was pure gold. The Beniot vs Bret Hart match next week might win Nitro next week's point. Got a little over a week before it is announced that Vince Russo will be jumping ship from WWF to WCW.

[@bryansansone3301]

All the jam up guys and gals are awesome, but Colby's the fuggin MAN. Thank you!

[@Hi-Im-High]

The AI song at the end is a instant classic

[@ellismarquez8410]

I initially thought it was the West Texas Rednecks until it got to "Kick or be kickin."

[@supergirlvideoclips894]

Sid's overacting after seeing the smashed car is better than "This is your life" The outro song IS EPIC!!!!

[@zachsmith1634]

Vampiro was one of the few…very few shining lights in WCW during this time. Loved Vampiro. He had a fantastic theme song as well! I still listen to it every now and then !

[@eastsidereviews727]

The Rock really feels like the central character of Raw with all the angles and stories he has going on. I think 99 is when The Rock officially took over as top babyface in not only WWF, but in wrestling.

[@ChrisM07]

Look at the vids Rock316AE have done from that period which pretty much confirmed what you said. The "SC's neck injury changed everything" claim was definitely true for HHH though.

[@lexkanyima2195]

​@ChrisM07 but it was out of nowhere how The Rock was still over over a year. His promos was so exceptional in 1999

[@ChrisM07]

@@lexkanyima2195 It wasn't really out of nowhere, going back 97 after joining the NOD he was already the most over midcard act on the roster and that was even before the SC feud.

[@lexkanyima2195]

@@ChrisM07 I mean his promos, not his matches

[@charlesiofaustria7361]

99 was peak Rock IMO.

[@butchvito]

Wow, it doesn't seem like a regular Thursday. I wasn't anticipating a new Reliving the War today. Happy 4th!

[@ravenplant]

You do good work, but gd, that Sid song at the end *chef's kiss* A masterpiece.

[@lbdjthethird1240]

Stevie Richards did a breakdown of Goldberg's spear and made note about when Goldberg delivers it, it is dangerous to both the opponent and Bill himself. 9:51 is a perfect illustration of just that.

[@sethkaplan]

British bulldog calls triple h :Mr .GameBoy😂😂also rock this is your life😂😂😂

[@laurenced2916]

That tribute match to Owen next week is my favourite match of all time.

[@ninjapirate47]

Worth it for the song at the end alone.

[@dmdeign7116]

Those dq stats were interesting, I'm surprised nitro was only 50% so far.

[@dukes1993724]

Right? But like I bet 50% of those non-DQ finishes involved interference of some sort

[@presntnow]

Thanks Wrestling Bios! ❤

[@aemondtargaryen972]

Drop everything, ignore family, reliving the war is on!!!

[@fangjokerLS]

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE GAME BOY AND HOW YOU PLAY IT IT'S ALL ABOUT TETRIS AND HOW FAR YOU CAN MAKE IT

[@EdwardRay-dr2zm]

Dude I'm Literally Reliving The War! Thank You for Your Consistency💯

[@WhoCaresAnymoreTho]

Loved unmasked rey in WCW after the giant killer phase.. he had so much more personality than he had with his mask on

[@TheBat1992]

I just got my popcorn to sit and watch my favorite show here

[@theALmighty66]

I am so freaking thankful that you keep bringing back the "Baaaang!" kid.

[@strifenineteen]

I still can't believe WCW thought Se7en was going to work, Dustin is great but there's no way in hell he was going to get over with that gimmick

[@Del_S]

They were doing a lot of baffling stuff before and after it. Hell, the very next promo with Lex Luger was just as dumb, but they at least got it over and done with fast.

[@strifenineteen]

@@Del_S they drag this thing on too long, I normally am not a fan of TBS interfering with WCW creative but in this instance they were 100% correct

[@tonystyles21]

Seven would of worked

[@strifenineteen]

@tonystyles21 it's times like these I wish I could post "That's Bait" gifs, but I'll bite so how could it have worked?

[@jasbas459]

I knew someone would tally up the dq matches! Nice! 🙌🏼

[@jaysonpressley8642]

The country song at the end took me and my wife out! 🤣🤣🤣 Please make that a single or something.

[@hackwrench5583]

Lex Luger has been reborn! No longer on his regular steroids, and now on his own custom formula that he has branded Lugeroids

[@CristianGeelen]

I love reliving the war so much. My entire childhood I can enjoy all over again. :)

[@emilylouise614]

Omg 😂😂😂 that song at the end was amazing!!

[@nickbanks7954]

Big episode on Raw with The Rock and Mankind. Wrestling Bios is gonna hate The Rock when he gets to his matches with the British Bulldog.

[@JcktheRipp3r05]

Colby is a real one for keeping score.

[@Tigermarly1]

Man Mysterio looks sooo young. True baby face.

[@mols89]

Yayyy... Prince Albert/A-Train/Tensai is here. I'm SO excited.

[@ryanmccarthy2033]

God bless you for this series.

[@CarbonKnights]

If my time in Event Security taught me anything about what's on that guy's shirt, it's either someone's drink that was thrown, or he did a GWAR concert in that shirt another time. Though if it was GWAR, he'd probably be a lot messier.

[@kith1235]

The Sid theme song at the end maybe the greatest thing you've ever done. Lol

[@bernardosantosribeiro6665]

After psychosis lost his mask, if I'm not mistaken, AAA made another psychosis with a mask and it became a mess in the 2000s until original psychosis changed his character to "niche el millionaire

[@thomaswilson1016]

Millenium Man Blues brought to you by Wrestling Bios. Kick or Be Kickin'!

[@Insomniaaron]

It's Thursday night and you know what that means! Reliving The War is here on a big day for both the UK and US. Also it seems a very noteworthy segment happens this particular episode.

[@mangrove]

Sid was upset because all of his prized softball equipment was in that car.

[@rustykuntz94]

Try as hard as WCW did the fans just were never gonna accept Sting as a Heel

[@vinnycochrane5139]

Yeah, and Steve Borden never liked being a baddie. Which I never understood; surely being the villain is much more fun…

[@ryankeefe2102]

Doesn't help matters that even watching this back I'm like "good for him about time he'd had enough"

[@vat_laaw]

Colby got the jam. Good research, brother.

[@benespinosa6725]

Another awesome episode of Reliving the war lol Sid yelling goldberg was absolutely hilarious😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@whodissis1]

39:27 Brother, like always, you’re too good to us 🙏 that outro Sid song was 😂😂😂

[@billssportsandwrestlingchan]

That song at the end nearly made me spit out my drink.

[@AFMountaineer2000]

Even on this world wide celebrated holiday Bios is hard at work

[@mikebuglione32]

These day early uploads are great!

[@sspeller7]

I choked and spit my drink out laughing at David Flair calling the same arena he's in 😂😂😂

[@deancreambetweens]

I was 5 in the fall of 99 and my first exposure to pro wrestling was the This is Your Life segment thanks to my big brother. Never will forget that

[@dildonius]

AYYYYY! I was 5 in 1999 as well! 1994 Gang Rise Up! I wasn't allowed to watch pro wrasslin' until 2005 tho, when I was 10 going on 11.

[@TylerSonnabend]

4th of July, and a new wrestling bio video life is good 🙌🙌🙌

[@roninmarketingproductions]

Merica' f yeah!

[@michaelkeller5927]

Finally get to watch early again. Smokey vs Pancho for WrestleMania 2025!