Raw vs Nitro "Reliving The War": Episode 21 - Feb 5th 1996

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The TV ratings battle between WWF Raw and WCW Nitro continues! Reliving The War takes a look at each episode of WWF Raw and WCW Nitro that occurred during the fabled "Monday Night Wars" era of professional wrestling.
The date is 5.12.1996, we are one week away from WCW Superbrawl VI and two weeks away from the WWF's In Your House 6 pay per view. WCW are promoting Ric Flair vs Randy Savage inside a steel cage while the WWF have a steel cage match of their own coming up, "Big Daddy Cool" Diesel vs Bret Hart. Both the WWF and WCW present some big names in the run-up to their respective pay per views on this week's episodes of Raw and Nitro, including Shawn Michaels, Hulk Hogan, The Undertaker, Ric Flair, Randy Savage and Bret Hart.
00:00 - A WCW Title Match kicks of WCW Nitro
04:23 - The Two Dudes with Attitudes in action
07:49 - Hakushi vs The 1-2-3 Kid & a Hogan Promo
11:19 - Vader's suspension
12:34 - The Dungeon of Doom vs The Horsemen
14:51 - The Undertaker vs Bret Hart on Raw
17:47 - The Nature Boy vs The American Male
20:09 - Raw and Nitro's final segments
25:03 - Final scores & Next week's show
#WCWNitro #WWE #Wrestling

[@extremeking425]

every time i see benoit hit his head on anything i get uncomfortable

[@olbloodngut4039]

Especially with Nancy at ringside.

[@charliebowen5071]

Why??

[@EssexAggiegrad2011]

I can;t watching the flying headbutt by anyone

[@TheyCallMeSledge]

For real, that bump definitely contributed to the CTE that will make him lose his mind in the foreseeable future.

[@no1wasgeorgiebest]

@Dave M err... he did do it

[@boatshoes4life]

I have never been a Hogan fan. Watching this series really makes me remember why.

[@Chopan8809]

Why?

[@ehinomeokojie5747]

​@@Chopan8809 Hogan was notorious for his selfishness and trying to bring down Macho Man, Bret Hart, Undertaker, Steve Austin and many others. His on screen character was often likable but not offscreen.

[@mentalhaze4226]

​@Chopan8809 I know it's 2 yrs late but in 6 words I can tell you why.... "That doesn't work for me brother"

[@tafua_a]

The first episodes of this series I've seen constantly made me think "Hey, remember the days in the 80's where Hogan sold for the Honky Tonk Man? Those were good days..."

[@CurlyFromTheSwirly]

​@fsdfadf137 Huckamania running wild!

[@mephosto]

this pre-nwo, pre-attitude era of competition is an under explored time.

[@timyumichuck9262]

Yup. Everyone gives it a hard time but there was a lot of talent and they weren't pigeon holed into a certain kind of model so it was a lot more interesting from a variety and competition standpoint. And the business was being brought back from the grave at this time by very talented people despite the big names

[@mannhouse8014]

@@timyumichuck9262 hopefully in a few years we'll get out of the "New Generation" type era of today and into an era comparable to the attitude era in terms of quality. It'll happen in a few years when Vince is gone, I guarantee it.

[@dreadkalibur1613]

I can't wait until after Wrestlemania 13

[@Marc_Masters]

Until now

[@ifgwelf]

Yeah the problem over in WCW is they just kept recycling the top names against each other over n over.

[@jarrettpennington4579]

That elbow drop from Macho to the back of Benoits neck was diabolical.

[@AdmiralMcFish]

"A little weird but still good stuff." Well, get used to that advert, because you're gonna see it plenty more times.

[@liamnguyen2819]

Whenever I see a new episode of Reliving the War when I open my KZbin homepage, I immediately prepare myself a meal, kick-back, and get myself ready to watch another great episode.

[@liamnguyen2819]

@the SUBMARINES Are you sayin you wanna be my friend?

[@kingrama2727]

Me too bro

[@Biffo316]

That thud of Benoit's head hitting the ground was brutal

[@cecilmccoy4890]

ya hmmm

[@kyleabbott7191]

That is the exact moment he decided to kill his family

[@raphaelmorrata8905]

Seems like a concussion to me

[@Biffo316]

@@kyleabbott7191 don't be that guy.....

[@christosanagn.9041]

Haunting, even, in highsight.

[@morganfarlie]

This intro is just SUCH a nostalgia hit. I can feel the endorphins and oxytocin rush into me. It's like I'm 12 all over again and wrestling is just the greatest thing. Thank you as always as your continually excellent, strong and poignant content!

[@joiekelly3141]

Damn you were a hardcore 12 year old

[@bathombre9739]

I was 16, it was great stuff

[@FinkDial666]

I totally agree!

[@morganfarlie]

@@joiekelly3141 hahaha, well, to be fair I was into wrestling from age...5? I vividly remember watching Hulk and Warrior on ppv at WM6 and I attended the 93 Rumble in California, as well. I was in DEEP. Sadly, 1998 is right around when I started falling off (High school) so this has been a real delightful trip down memory lane.

[@zacharysharp2527]

Rough seeing Benoit hit his head like that knowing what we know now. Seeing Woman out there too. Rough.

[@albertthewisecrow]

Chris Benoit and Randy Savage had such underrated chemistry

[@jeffreyriley8742]

Benoit was always great on offense and Savage was a great seller.

[@CardPlayingStrategies]

Just made me sad watching the opening match and realizing that Savage, Benoit, Woman, and Miss Elizabeth are all dead.

[@brandonpage7087]

Yeah, just about everyone in the opposing opening bouts has passed on, sadly.

[@Flexyourmemes]

Not at the time of the above comment but the ending match... LOD too now

[@MissAlmostFine]

All by unnatural causes too. It's a shame😢😢😢

[@berzerkbankie1342]

Only HBK and Nash are still with us. And Flair

[@CurlyFromTheSwirly]

​@MissAlmostFine Macho's was,slightly different cause he had a heart condition. It is true it happened while driving, but he wasn't specific doing something to endanger his life.

[@XxrandomexexX]

I feel it’d be cool if like every 5-10 weeks of raw and nitro review you check in on what ecw was doing

[@DaRealCheeseboy]

I would love this idea.

[@sheeny4522]

It says a lot about wrestling these days that I'm actually more excited for this every week than the current product we get now

[@mrowley7300]

I never knew savage and Benoit wrestled each other that sounds like a good match with Benoit being one of the best and savage's detailed match booking

[@swaggybigdawg305]

My favorite on going series on KZbin :)

[@williestarke]

Macho Man was trying to put him over my dude, maybe over selling a lil bit.

[@attiepollard7847]

We can understand putting over Chris Benoit but macho Man should have got some more offensive time in it. It's either he made the call or bischoff did.

[@chrisnichols9840]

Savage had a history of putting wrestlers over. I forget which event it was, but I remember that it was Savage's decision to let DDP pin him clean in the ring.

[@Atroz7]

This series makes me appreciate wrestlers that were just a tad before my time. Its a shame we couldn't see more Pillman especially during the Attitude era.

[@PJErvin]

2:57 I totally understand the point that you are making, but I feel like that’s just who Savage was. He was always very generous to people he recognized as talent. You’ve pointed out in recent weeks that while Hogan was waiting for the hot tag, Savage was selling like crazy to Flair in Anderson and whoever else. He independently decided to put over DDP. So Macho selling to an obvious workhorse with the intensity of Benoit is not surprising.

[@brandonpage7087]

Yes, the match was top notch, sans the finish. Savage often oversold for people.

[@DLRX]

3:39 Seeing this on TV as a kid, I never forgot the image of Macho hitting his elbow drop across the back of Benoit's neck/head. Never seen Randy hitting it that way before or since, to this day I'm surprised it isn't remembered as much.

[@All_Hail_Chael]

Been watching for a while now, this is easily the best wrasslin channel. LOVE this series, I never saw any of the Monday Night Wars so it is all new to me.

[@rauladdams5709]

Another solid installment! Such a great concept to tackle every single episode, head to head.👍 Thanks so much! Absolutely love this channel!

[@disintegrateallhumans4800]

I’m loving these ‘Reliving The War’ videos. Can’t wait until you get to ‘99 & ‘00.

[@saxonshieldwall5315]

And wcw nitro will be 2 hour & sometimes 3 hour programmes very shorty in the timeline 😵

[@billyd530111]

I can't imagine WCW getting a single point in 2000.

[@billyd530111]

@@XtremeEffect Oh yeah. I'd much rather watch Lance Storm and The Powers That Be and Goldberg, than the likes of Steve Austin, The Rock, y2j, Kurt Angle, the Dudley Boys, The Hardy Boys, Edge, Christian, HHH, Lita, Trish, and another dozen or so hall of famers.

[@Jimmy_Hopkins15]

@@billyd530111 wcw was was garbage in 2000 WWF was destroying them in ratings

[@Mark_733]

Been refreshing like mad for an hour for this! Bring it on!!

[@theenguyenterprise5498]

You and me both

[@rhlstats]

Turn notifications on.

[@Mark_733]

@kozmik__WZRD kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6ezemuaft98o9E

[@akaufmanbmrly1]

I would get so mad at the Westminster Dog Show as a kid!

[@idosellsorry725]

Anyone wait all week for these lol this is the best series I watch on KZbin

[@jaquandavis8829]

I just wanna know whose idea it was for double A to get hit with a random ass broom from behind a curtain 😂😂

[@mikemccoy5092]

Ole probably lol

[@mikemccoy5092]

Ole probably lol

[@jaquandavis8829]

Mike McCoy I could actually believe that 😂 but if I’m not mistaken, he was out of wcw by this time

[@brandonpage7087]

Lol, that is something that Ole would do, but yeah, he was long gone from WCW, by this point.

[@timbartschwolfman]

Listening to this while mowing my lawn

[@PublicGameDefender]

The ultimate compliment 👍

[@timbartschwolfman]

@@PublicGameDefender Thanks

[@lordbendtner6404]

After work

[@kylemurray3526]

As long as you have the standard dad kit of an old pair of New Balances with the long white socks.

[@timbartschwolfman]

@@kylemurray3526 I'm not a parent lol

[@maxpower7113]

The moment you remember that WCW Magazine commercial and you feel old.

[@michaelwood5372]

The "kid couldn't be arsed to do his homework" really made me laugh 😂

[@yuorbuddy]

When I hear, the hulkster has a few things to say, I instantly start laughing at this point.

[@billssportsandwrestlingchan]

Savage I always thought was booked like a chump in late '95, early '96. The nWo reinvigorated him.

[@davidferon1478]

This is the best part of my Thursday

[@VERDICTInsanity]

Me when I see a new Wrestling Bios video is up: OHHHHHHHH WADDA RUSHHHHH!!! 👩‍🎤

[@Sabu8000]

Damn, Hugh Morris was huge here.

[@BOABModels]

This was 2 days before my 9th birthday. I didn't watch wrestling at the time, not getting into WWF until 2000. Strange to see what was happening without me realising.

[@TheSlashTraxNetwork]

what if you gave one final "bonus" point to the winner of the ratings? that could shake things up lol :) again an amazing episode!!! you have caught lightning in a bottle with this series, you have taken something that has been talked about so much and still you make it intriguing and more interesting than ever before! please keep it up!

[@FinkDial666]

Been looking forward to this most of the day 👌🏻

[@scottcunningham3953]

just finished work and on bus and then reliving the war pops up how awesome!!!

[@NukaCookies]

Love it when I see a "reliving the war" notification appear! Addicted to this series.

[@popmonika]

Criticises Hogan for not putting over someone... Then criticises savage for putting over someone too much!! 🤔🤔🤔 Great stuff btw!!

[@Bob-C]

In fairness there's a difference between putting someone over and being a champion getting dominated by a mid-carder

[@attiepollard7847]

@@Bob-C thank you that's what we are saying. It ain't like we're asking for macho Man to turn it into a squash match. If you want to put people over then make the match 45/55 when your world champion.

[@BD-hm3fb]

Maybe because hogan rarely put people over and when he did he hated it.....wheras savage just got absolutley dominated

[@Drummer8282]

Savage as a face worked like this way too often - completely dominated 99% of the match then hits the elbow for the win.

[@Cream-2128]

Savage out way too many ppl over than he should have. Luger being one of them.

[@chrisnichols9840]

This Nitro really shows the contrasts between Hogan and Savage. Hogan was always so reluctant to put over other wrestlers and make them look good, and it hurt wrestling as a whole. Savage though was always willing to make his opponents look good, even if it meant making himself look weak in comparison. It was great for business, but it's hard to imagine how much greater Savage's storied career could've been if he hadn't been so giving.

[@CurlyFromTheSwirly]

Macho was having a fued with DDP, had wom a match or 2 against him, and they hadn't worked out an ending to the next match. Macho says I want to take the diamond cutter and lose the match. 👏 👏 👏

[@godofnarf]

Well, to be fair, Benoit wasn’t exactly a newcomer at that point. He was already for at least two years in the company.

[@aaront.akabiggs631]

He joined wCw in 1995

[@stevengrvp]

Monday night war oh yeah its coming I respect you bios man

[@justafanofnerdculture7602]

Another awesome trip down memory lane and that missed Benoit dive was absolutely brutal!

[@MrKinzer420]

Man this series is great.Everyone involved thank you for doing this.

[@christopherwilliams7905]

I respect you booker man! - Brian Pillman

[@jchizzle15]

I’m grateful I found this late so I can binge watch 🙏

[@CurlyFromTheSwirly]

Yeah, I've only recently found this channel. It's fun every once in a while getting back into the golden age of raslin. Whether it's old matches or playing the games.

[@MrJamBluejam]

There were a few occasions where I went out of my way to check Nitro out to see my favourite Randy Savage, but would see Hogan BS so would stick with WWF and made little effort with WCW after that. I wouldn't have known the politics of Hogan at the time, but I could tell that what he was doing didn't make sense and was unfair to his friends. I remember the Savage promo on Hogan embarrassing himself and hogging the limelight and rang true for me, even as a younger fan. I remember the few WCW VHS tapes I watched must've been around 92 because I remember Vader, Sting and Rick Rude. I can only imagine what it must've been like as a longtime WCW fan in 1995 when Hulkamania was runnin' wild.

[@aveng7fld]

WCW Magazine had the most colorful pictures. Loved it.

[@mikehopkins9463]

I love this series...I'm seeing little gems of matches I've never seen before I'm so glad you kept going each week and not skip to the 'important' episodes, 👍

[@nickij5097]

Thank you for this..it was a weird time to be an Aussie fan...depending on what pay tv you had (Foxtel in the city.. And Austar (what we had) out in the bush) WWF was normally about 2 weeks behind..(I do recall when Fox Sports (Australia)put 2 episodes of raw back to back to catch up..felt like I had won the lotto lol)..I sometimes get my lines confused...thanks again.

[@christopherpope961]

Yeah, we really got a bit of a raw deal for a while (no pun intended). I'm in TAS and we didn't even get pay-TV here until around '98, I think. I remember one of the free to air channels used to play a WCW show in the morning on the weekend when I was pretty young, but I can't even remember the name of it. (this was pre-Nitro, I think).

[@cameronhodges6968]

This brings alot of good memories bro I appreciate the time u take to make these

[@knowyourroleproductions7388]

I just subbed to u man!! Great vids u got there!

[@mitchellpilkington7433]

Welcome to the party friend

[@AngelReyes-qr6ny]

Thank you once again for uploading these Bio's,,,!!!!

[@jamesbounds]

I look forward to these every week. 👍🏻

[@captainn2094]

Stockton 209! I wonder if this was when Vince and Kevin Nash we’re having there conversations about Nash salary increase?!?!

[@kingjay239]

Yessss, you and Nukes Top 5 are the channels that make my day better when y’all post a new video 😊😊

[@baitbait65]

Thanks for these! Next week sounds interesting.

[@MrWright31]

“Flexy Lexy” is my new favorite thing 😂

[@Nox360]

What I get from this series is that WCW was after episode to episode writing, where as WWE is playing the long game. WCW was trying to get the biggest draw with the most action in one week. And WWE was looking ahead at the bigger picture with their stories. Trying to get their payoff at a later date to be huge.

[@aaront.akabiggs631]

This continues for years lol... I'm a huge WCW fan but they were just throwing everything at the wall trying to see what would stick

[@hectorgutierrez5240]

The way you have this series so fun and entertaining if we get an extra episode we dont mind lol

[@JM1993951]

On paper Benoit and Savage should’ve been an easy point for Nitro. Wrestling was unpredictable back then.

[@SlaytonRider]

Dude I love when I see the video notification pop up always makes my break so much better

[@davidworden4470]

I can't thank you enough for this

[@jeremyduncan3901]

I look forward to each of your episodes. Keep up the great work.

[@TheNoirAlien]

Dude, you're putting so much into context. As a kid I didn't have clue about most of the stories

[@taylormademyself89]

Fav vids of week is here again 😎🤟🙏

[@robattewell6087]

Again as always another fantastic episode of reliving the war.

[@Kuudere-Kun]

I find it amusing how Vince expected his audience to even get all that Corporate Politics stuff in the Billionaire Ted skits.

[@jayclifford9700]

And, here we go!!

[@tymorgan8181]

That dog show announcement set off my PTSD. I remember looking for raw and seeing a dog show instead. Ruined my own Monday night as a kid

[@RepoManFan4Lyfe]

I appreciate the time, effort and overall everything about this channel and especially this series. You are the man bother ! ... these episodes give me a relief from everyday life and brings back so many memories. Thank you for doing what you do 🍻

[@thornecraft2053]

Just wanted to drop a line that these are great (along with the rest of your content.) I haven’t been a wrestling fan for years and don’t watch current wrestling but am always itching in anticipation for these. Just wanted to say Thank You and keep it up!

[@romansochacki7678]

Not that I haven't enjoyed your content, but this series is f***ing awesome! Your best stuff! I love it and it's a much watch for me. Literally a blast from the past. Thank you for uploading!

[@bgorski6937]

I loved 123 Kid when I was younger. I had never really seen a smaller wrestler like him.

[@aaronservice86]

Shawn and Diesel did the wolfpac hand gesture....Wow

[@glink7398]

Finally my recommendation section came through Awesome video

[@HappyPumpkin44]

Great video as always. Even with the added controversy I can't imagine watching the billionaire ted skit when I could switch over and watch a match.

[@countof3everybodyOD]

‘…it’s refreshing to see the heels get the upper hand on Nitro.’ Boy are you going to regret THAT statement

[@paullopez5878]

Hell yeah, just got ony lunch break and you upload this masterpiece. Love the work brotha. Keep it up

[@JenMistress]

Superbrawl Saturday! Can he afford to pay me to wrestle Ron?! I DON'T KNOW! 😉😂 Having Lex in your thumbnail, then talking about Superbrawl, couldn't resist. 🤣

[@Mattnova_116]

You're playing that "Union Underground" mixed with WCW Monday Nitro, (I) love it!

[@kennywright1021]

2:50 WOW all four people are no longer with us.

[@nicolevarnam2290]

Awesome Video Man, As Usual❤Can't wait for the next one🤘Thanks💙

[@skwirl1212]

Love these videos keep em coming.

[@tysoncarpenter8628]

Oh hell yeah I'll be here next week!!!!!

[@jarrodhen8063]

Another great presentation here. I'm really glad u don't make a huge deal or of the ratings. I actually believe with how short the shows are at this point that the ratings reflect more how good the previous show was and making people toon in to see what happens instead of actaully how good the current show is. I know it becomes a huge thing but really even the show that loses still starts getting higher and higher ratings so even though they may lose they are still progressing. Anyway another great video 🤠👍 keep up the good work.

[@jasonswift1608]

Waiting 4 this all-day how sad 😭😭

[@aminababneh7377]

Love your content!!❤️

[@KAZ3EM]

One of the best wrestling content creator on youtube!!!!❤❤❤

[@TheFriendlyWeirdo]

Great series. Glad I subscribed. 👍

[@michael.tmclean2095]

Thx for this refreshing wrestling. I had two TVs one for raw and the other wcw. At the same time.

[@PhillipTracey]

Love Thursday nights 😊

[@fthomason93]

I look forward to this recap more than any televised wrestling show lol

[@PrimevalDemon]

The head bump on concrete I could have gone without replaying tbh

[@theg.o.a.t1843]

This is a must watch every Thursday

[@kingoftheswing38]

Hell yea perfect! First video when i went to youtube today

[@undeadend]

Yet another good video, good stuff man

[@mr.creamy7778]

Thanks for the upload! Please do a video on JBL as a heel during 2004. Thanks!

[@JL2915]

Love this series of videos keep up the awesome work t

[@TheRodNutZ]

I watch your content more then current wrestling! Thank you sir!!

[@oldironsides4107]

Best content on the internet except maybe “ worlds funniest suicides” volume 1-500