WCW World War 3 1995 - The “Reliving The War” PPV

[@bobbyunavailable]

Whenever Savage should’ve had a moment for himself, Hogan was there, hotdogging and grandstanding!

[@petertr2000]

OSDUB OSDUB

[@mrf19741]

What else is new?

[@LuckyStrike01]

@@brutallyhonest123 yeah that and when your skin looks like an old left out in the sun hotdog as well. Between his mustard and ketchup gear and wrinkled hotdog skin his hotdogging and grandstanding shouldn’t have been surprising

[@themachine8277]

The baseball references are astounding! Very fitting seeing how Hogan pitched a no hitter in the little league world series just before he joined Metallica and tore ever muscle in his body slamming Andre, who died the day after while writing Hulkster in Heaven for that dying make a wish kid who didn't make it for Hogan's main event match at SummerSlam 92 at Wembley Stadium.

[@srichardf]

Just like Wrestlemania IV

[@Smokey1419]

As long as channels like this exist, WCW will never die!

[@eveningstar4543]

😭😭😭😭

[@mushroomsamba82]

forever in our hearts

[@LerRhann]

This may have been an overall mediocre PPV but I would watch this on repeat vs what counts as wrestling today.

[@sebideee]

@@LerRhann whats wrong with gunthers reign and his match with shamus? or wrestler like nakamaru, will osprey or kevin owens?

[@gumdeo]

WCW, gone but not forgotten ⚰

[@Obscusion2]

Regal's reaction right before the WW3 match begins comes off as though he had taken a short nap, only to suddenly wake up in the middle of the ring while wearing his ring gear, surrounded by a ton of people. He was just so good at facial reactions.

[@BurgerIceburg]

Don't forget Flyin Brian mocking Hogan's cupping the ear shtick as Hogan is making his way to the ring for the match. 😂

[@StarrUK]

That hanging high five from Lex was brutal 🙏

[@klodreck]

What happend there exactly? my english is not the best and wrestling bios talks pretty fast.

[@jmlaw8888]

@@klodreck Hi five. Lex held his hand up for hi five but was "left hanging" meaning it was not reciprocated either because he didnt see or worse just ignored it. Being left hanging is embarassing for the guy hanging and for the guy who leaves you hanging a major sign of either lack of awareness or total disrespect.

[@billblaski9523]

When was it?

[@SychoSam]

@@klodreck haaaa dat warn noch Zeiten! haste kapiert was der meinte oder soll ichs auf deutsch schreiben?

[@klodreck]

@@SychoSam ich hab fast nie WCW geschaut und auch mit WWF abgeschlossen nachdem da die Luft raus war. Aber ja waren wilde Zeiten. Also Jimmy stellte Lex Luger bloß indem er sein high five ignorierte? Sieht man fast nicht da er es übersehen haben könnte.

[@ramonestrada1503]

Bull Nakano is a Gem and underappreciated

[@sharmat1611]

She’s also really sweet. An absolute gift to wrestling.

[@louisvelez40]

Never get enough of Sting no selling the Ric Flair chop. That Hogan theme in WCW was badass. Bull Nakano doesn't get enough credit for how good she was in the ring.

[@dunnwell7780]

Love Savage's reaction to the self lighting trashcan...

[@96Thompson]

5:36 Man I started busting out laughing at that little jab there. The subtle comedic moments in your commentaries is what makes them so good. It's just Too Sweet.

[@ainnocent]

Especially if you've been following RTW. Looking back at 95 though..man wrestling was in a rough spot

[@VortexTheShark]

The line of "Jim Duggan screams USA as Bubba screams in agony" a minute later got me laughing too

[@OliveMule]

Dark Hogan is a huge inside joke for me and my rasslin' watching friends . It's got to be the funniest shlt ever

[@roccojamison89gooker51]

There is no dark side to the Hogan really. Matter of fact, it's all dark.

[@georgemetcalf8763]

"Ow! It's not hot!"

[@brianmcdonald7017]

@@georgemetcalf8763 beat me to it

[@themachine8277]

Oh man, Luger going for a high 5 and left hanging. I had to watch that part like 10xs in a row!

[@resmith29]

I grew up in Portsmouth, VA less than 10 mins from the SCOPE. Tickets to this show were part of my 14th Birthday. It was my first live PPV; so many memories. Looking back maybe not the best card but sentimentally; it will always hit different for me :)

[@denniswilliams6519]

"The guys in the truck just give up and we see ring 1 on two screens..." Gold line, always love your content man ^^

[@jameslestibournes2500]

I'm glad you put such an emphasis on the William regal facial expressions that moment has been one of my favorite in wrestling history for a long time now

[@josephchaparro1037]

As a Hulk Hogan fan I can see why Macho Man hated Hulk Hogan in real life for not getting out of the way and never letting Macho Man have the spotlight. I feel that Hulk felt at the time that is the late 80's to the 1990's that if anyone could have over taken him in popularity it was Macho Man.

[@CJMcMullet]

Thank you so much for this PPV series. You didn't have to spoil us like this but you care too much about your fans, and our utmost respect to you for that! Hope you're having a swell time abroad with your well-earned R+R ❤️

[@J0HNJ0RDAN]

Not just the best wrestling channel, but one of the best channels on YT.

[@roccojamison89gooker51]

It's even better with Davey Boy Smith chinlocks, Savio Vega Nerve Pinches, and Steve Blackman

[@darylfarrugia9623]

Ya I cant tell if likes all 3 of those or is just sarcastic. But they are great

[@KingJeremy77]

This is easily the best wrestling Channel and one of my favorites

[@pafoneto1275]

@@KingJeremy77 Nope, maybe the best American wrestling channel, or the best WWE channel, but nowhere near close the best wrestling channel.

[@KingJeremy77]

@@pafoneto1275 too each their own

[@HeadmasterAutobot]

Bios putting more effort into watching the WW3 match than anyone at WCW did booking it

[@stevengrvp]

Yes let's the vacation begin for bios man

[@mikem10481]

Loved OSW Review's of this show, now for Wrestling Bios. Going to be good.

[@Dopesickgypsy]

I had a vhs tape with this recording on it along with Tommy Boy. I watched that tape more times than I could count. Wish I had it now.

[@rh6343]

The pandemic really re-ignited my love for professional wrestling and for the last, almost 4 years now, I've been following your channel almost religiously, and it's been an amazing way to revisit old memories and discover WCW so many years later. You obviously put real time and dedication into each of these videos, and they just get better and better. Your delivery and every nuance from the music to the editing, it's phenomenal, man. Thank you!

[@Evil_Noah]

Look at Hogan being such a heel. Everytime Macho Man had a moment, Hogan was always there to steal Macho's shine.

[@michaeljohn8056]

Ohhh baby. Always a good time when Wrestling Bios post comes up as a notification

[@Riese79]

William Regal was so underrated in ring.

[@sharmat1611]

No he wasn’t. He was underutilized

[@davidgorman994]

I might have seen about six Bull Nakano matches but she was always impressive

[@billblaski9523]

Was she ever in WWF?

[@marcusgilmore5211]

@@billblaski9523yes for sure. If I’m not mistaken I think she was voted in the Hall of Fame a few years ago. She’s actually very pretty for her age without the wrestling make up…

[@cianwalsh9137]

Hogan without facial hair is like a horror movie villain. He will haunt me

[@adambreitenbach7936]

Damnit you did it again. You brought back “the yet-ay” remix for a split second. Now I gotta go back and watch that video *again*.

[@QueenJosephineOfTheNorth]

"That's not gonna work for me, brother." - Wrestling Bios at the end of World War 3

[@randomwrestlingarchive3937]

Hogan, Giant & Yeti were all in the match and the 3 Giants was plugged throughout promoting the show. The Yeti debuted in his "Super Giant Ninja" costume this night and was one of the first two eliminated along with Mike Winner

[@theanimal619]

I found a place that I can rewatch this event and I actually do on a daily basis all because of The Brain's commentary Bobby Heenan is the main reason I watch it from one of his quips about "needing the job because he's supporting an orphanage in Guam" and of course his plugging of The Nature Boy lol classic Heenan is shown during the whole event

[@robcressey7228]

I remember watching this with a friend from work and he was NOT happy with the ending! He was a huge Hogan fan. Good times. Thanks!

[@michaelkeller5927]

What a mark!

[@Flynn01979]

Hulk Hogan: I'll be your friend forever Sting, good guy Hulk is back! Fast forward to just one year later and Hulk Hogan would help found one the most popular heel factions in wrestling history.

[@L1TTLEH0RN666]

Hogan rode the coattails of Nash and Hall because they were cool and he was not

[@freddiejohnson6137]

Isn't it interesting how no matter when Randy Savage became champion in both the WWF and WCW Hulk Hogan had to over shadow those victories in some way? Wrestlemania 4 he still managed to make it about him with the celebrations. Wrestlemania 8 his match was the main even and not the Flair vs Savage match for the WWF title. Then there was this which was basically just like the 1992 Royal Rumble bit where he got pulled over by Sid. He always comes across as always wanting to be the centre of attention when I look back.

[@bastih.5264]

Hotdogging and grandstanding as always.

[@jamesfaragoza5782]

Sting was always a sucker. He got double crossed so many times by "friends"

[@ryankeefe2102]

I swear I'm just waiting for Darby Allen to do it on AEW one of these days

[@stuntpope]

Nice one for the content. You take all the time off you want/need. We'll still be here, like Hogan needing his weekly say nothing promo. 😁

[@michaelkeller5927]

Thanks raven

[@jakea3398]

The one liners and sarcasm are at an all time pro level here really appreciate you pointing out the bone head stuff that makes us all laugh! 🙌🏻

[@timbartschwolfman]

Looking forward to these 6 Classic PPV Reviews

[@User-1683x2]

@10:18 bull Nakano's Tennessee jam looked awesome!!

[@edwardturner6684]

"That crazy bastard Craig Pittman is pulling off armbars in the middle of a battle royal." I lost it!!!!

[@timewithoutconsequence]

Hogan would never allow Savage to have his moment.

[@tonyibraham5931]

Sting in this thumbnail looking like a Cincinnati Bengals fan.

[@michaelaburns734]

It was in Cincinnati.

[@tonyibraham5931]

@@michaelaburns734 I didn't get to watch it yet so I didn't know that lol. Makes sense. Leave it to a babyface who wears facepaint to emulate a fan of the city's football team.

[@michaelaburns734]

@@tonyibraham5931 Outside of the face paint, it's still Sting (Surfer Sting) and he is always fun to watch.

[@tonyibraham5931]

@@michaelaburns734 no doubt.

[@christophernicholson20]

@@michaelaburns734 this was in Norfolk, Virginia not Cincinnati

[@Eric-wu7bp]

If anybody watched osws review of this PPV they did a compilation of how many times did Luger grunted during his match with savage and it’s so freaking funny 😆

[@hersheybarber1424]

I know people always talk about the NWO days of WCW but I have a special spot in my heart for the mid-early 90's of WCW.

[@christophernicholson20]

Me too, man. WCW was the greatest wrestling promotion company ever. The G.O.A.T

[@slavaukraini1991]

that blue ring with the yellow logo in it, around the time Hogan got there was great❤

[@zero195]

I always wondered about this PPV "gimmick". Is there a "legal" ring, or does any ring count? For example, if you leave the ring, can you roll into any ring to avoid being counted out? Do the other rings count as "out of bounds" as far as pins and submissions, and do they only count in the starting ring or any ring?

[@charliebowen5071]

Hogan without moustache will haunt my dreams forever

[@terrasquad1134]

Guess u never saw the clip when he was swinging on a wrecking ball with his bare ass showing

[@roccojamison89gooker51]

Conrad Thompson most likely bought that Hogan moustache and it's in a display case. Hogan Saved With Conrad.

[@mattk3654]

Yeah, Hogan with no mustache.... That's not gonna work for me brother 😂😂😂😂

[@j.rivera6402]

Lex Luger vs Savage was Eric Bischoff’s go to lol

[@reidsal4042]

I was at this event! My very first live Pro Wrestling experience!

[@Jerry-zc5qt]

During the Kensuki Sasaki Chris Benoit us heavyweight championship match The British Bulldog was drooling with envy over Sasakis chin lock

[@ProWrestleMachine]

My personal favorite Sting/Flair match for some reason.

[@heisensaul5538]

Kurasawa's entrance is probably my favorite on this show b/c he stops the line to do some kind of like posing and you can see a stage hand with papers in hand, telling him to go lol For some reason, I remember Duggan had a taped fist gimmick in WCW. At Bash 96 I think he had a taped fist match with DDP. I didnt understand this gimmick, but it's w/e. I cant wait to see the other PPV videos we have on the horizon :)

[@jeffreymodzelewski1865]

Booker T was like naw ....I'm done lol 😆

[@vincentalmojera5412]

Yes , I have been waiting so patiently for this, thanks so much bro

[@sharmat1611]

Yessss. I desperately needed some RTW content today.

[@mikerohlfs2836]

You should have mentioned the fire lol, and how Sting and Macho were super concerned with its ferociousity lol.

[@moodfordayscast8162]

That was fun lol great work again. This is so awesome you do this. It’s fun watching it in under an hour.

[@Ryan13489]

IRL Mero and Dallas collab on the regular giving out motivation, it's great

[@mrf19741]

Thanks for another Awesome video! Your commentary on the World War 3 Battle Royal was Absolutely On Point & Hilarious!😆

[@danielcasteel3426]

I really like the building they're in. For whatever reason, I think it's cool when you get a few shots of the ceiling and upper portion of the venue they're in. Call it odd, I really appreciate a different and interesting wrestling arena.

[@presntnow]

Always great work Mr. Wrestlingbios. Much appreciated! 👍

[@SpeedChamp467]

DDP was such a great seller...and he should have been more over even back then

[@slowlench1139]

So I been a fan of yours for a long time (but unfortunately I'm not a subscriber) that being said I BET you'd be a great Ringside Commentator!! I feel like I'm watching these for the 1st time everytime I watch these!!! Love it homie

[@CujoKelly]

Did Savage ever win a World championship without Hogan being there hogging the spotlight.

[@BlakOwlEntertainment]

Nope

[@ryankeefe2102]

I'd say WrestleMania 8 but Hogan took the main event and savage won it in the mid card

[@RossWyatt]

Thank you Wrestling Bios, I knew I could count on you. I was wondering how/why a babyface Randy Savage lost via submission to Lex Luger in 95, this video explained it very well :D

[@HereticalKitsune]

One good thing about the 60 man 3 ring match is that all those wrestlers should have gotten a good payment for appearing on a paperview.

[@ll7868]

William Regal has a funny story about Ho Kogan going around the ring randomly punching guys and Dave Taylor shoot-punching him square in the face when Ho Kogan went to punch him causing the Huckster to back off in total shock. That's what brought me here actually, but that wasn't shown in this video.

[@mikerohlfs2836]

You have by far the best Wrestling channel on KZbin.

[@comfortablynumblbg]

Thank you sir.

[@kingdutch7087]

Hogan being Hogan

[@Austin-Miller85]

I remember being there live it was very difficult to focus on the battle royal it had to much going at once but was a good overall show

[@dustincongello5802]

The chain wrapped around the fist must have increased the punching power to 1000%

[@roccojamison89gooker51]

That still wouldn't be equal to the punching power of Steve Blackman

[@TONYGILLEY]

I'm kinda surprised you didn't cover the political bullocks that went into the WWIII main event finish with Hogan changing the booking mid-match to what we ended up getting. I don't remember if you mentioned it during the Reliving the War episode that corresponds to the ppv.

[@DiazMeaganMadiqBrown]

Big fan of the No Mercy menu music. Great stuff as usual

[@xnettx6308]

Fun fact, WW3 was featured in an episode of are you afraid of the dark.

[@kevingriener7441]

Man, I miss Alex Wright. When is he coming back to Nitro?

[@nicklewis7291]

Yeah, I remember the first time I saw a WW3 match. You go in thinking, this is going to be awesome. Then you discover it kinda blows.

[@DarkLordofTheSith69]

I remember being so excited to watch the 3 ring rumble ..and then it began and it was pure chaos and it was impossible to keep track of everything going on and no matter how many camera cuts they made u still missed 80 percent of what happened

[@MUThaDon]

Wrestling Bios is the goat 💯💯💯

[@Thebigbad1013]

Regal at the beginning of the match is just like me whenever I find myself in anything even resembling a crowd of people.

[@velvetpilot2008]

Dread Pirate Hogan is my favorite Hogan. Randy Savage will bring me the head of Meng!

[@tommyc4641]

Great review!

[@dunion711]

I think the booing was clearly for Hogan not letting Savage have his moment again and not the finish. The fans were so tired of Hogan and his shtick by this point that when they tried the sympathetic baby face never got eliminated thing, the crowd really weren't buying it or cared for it at all. Hence the heel turn the following year.

[@luckywallace]

Savage was still getting cheered a lot at this time, I think the WCW audience were much more open to appreciating the Macho Man than Hogan at this point and it could have been a big moment of triumph for Randy but of course Hulk had to ruin in. 😕

[@artmaggeddon]

I love Regal in that bit, it's how a coward heel would act, he's got nowhere to run, and he's surrounded by babyfaces that he's probably wronged in some way.

[@CAPT.IHOOstoner]

Hope your enjoying your time off and getting some good fam time in. Love the channel and watch like and comment on most of them. Keep up the great content. OKC 405 USA

[@boabdownunder]

Bull Nakano was a bloody star! Legit wrestling clinician .

[@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854]

I was SO thrilled that Hacksaw Jim Duggan and Bossman were able to have an EPIC pay per view REMATCH five years after their FIRST encounter at _Royal Rumble_ in 1990...😏👍

[@FredderHoskin]

Have a good vacation, brother. We'll be here waiting to do the job and put ya over when ya get back

[@namikstudios]

The WW3 matches really needed 16:9 HD, they would have been sooo much easier to follow in widescreen. Would have been a nightmare to shoot from a production point of view. Impossible to fit that much action in the 4:3 SD of 95.

[@myownwerstenmy]

Regal is a wrestling god. The man is sooooo underappreciated. I know he often gets his praise but damn that man is/was gold every single time he was in front of a camera or in a ring.

[@toptenguy1]

And we have the first video, while our beloved host is off doing "Horsemen Business"!

[@Zhortac]

Luger wasn't looking like that going to the ring because he didn't want to be part of WW3, he was still feeling the damage from being left hanging by Jimmy Hart.

[@E_l_l_i_e]

23:13 Who's the wrestler on Regal's left- the one with the necklace? I watched a lot of mid to late 90's WCW but I don't recognize him.

[@JoseFlores-xc7wu]

Scotty Riggs he was Buff Bagwell partner at one point

[@SkylerDouglas]

I've been in one of these matches (Indy Wrestling last year) in Cincinnati it's now in the Guinness Book of World Records.

[@DARRELLBOWELSTHESECOND]

That American Made theme makes me wanna Run 15 miles from my house and back!!!💪💪

[@blmareterrorists]

Sexy lexi reading a prompt looking down will never not make me laugh

[@michaelkeller5927]

Observe this brother! This is a raaaaaaag sheet brother!

[@bodenlosedosenhose1590]

Ok, the World War 3 battle royals started with all competitors inside the rings, I get that. Still I find the runtimes of those battle royals surprisingly short: 1995 - 29:40 1996 - 28:21 1997 - 29:48 1998 - 23:28 As a kid in Germany I was able to witness one of the battle royals (I think the whole event wasn't broadcast - dark times ... 😂) and liked it, even though it was messy, difficult to follow and not that unpredictable in terms of the outcome. Was the 1997 one, if I remember correctly. Intrigued to see if they still hold up today. 👍

[@slavaukraini1991]

the nwo ones brought an extra dynamic 👌

[@henrikschmidt3964]

You are spoiling us with awesome content - even while vacationing. But Hogan didn't go 'under the ring', rather under the ropes. But who cares when the band is playing? :)

[@WhiskeyBrewer]

Can't wait to see this in its rightful place in the Reliving the War playlist

[@AmazingGuy13]

"Observe this, brother."

[@adamcavalle]

Oh man I can't believe you didn't mention Hogan setting fire to his black gear. I always thought that was so funny because you can tell that everyone is worried about it.