WWA: The Revolution - Another Post-WCW PPV

[@jakepayne1984]

That Hitman "promo" was tough to get through

[@marcespinoza6068]

Bret's promos are only good when he's complaining about something, like during his anti-America run in WWF.

[@joshuacoleman8000]

​@@marcespinoza6068Kinda weird, isn't it?

[@schizzo8959]

It wasn't even a promo, it was just Bret filling up airtime talking about nothing.

[@brookeauger]

In his defense, America was super patriotic for the first couple of years after 9/11. It looks out of place now, but alot of celebrities and athletes were doing similar stuff

[@lanoiarnold]

i had to start skipping ahead, it was brutal

[@ryankeefe2102]

Dude...the post wcw pre tna days of the early 2000s were a strange ass time in wrestling

[@criminalmindsgirl2936]

I don't mind these PPVs. It gives me an insight into what the wrestlers who weren't signed or let go by the WWF after ECW and WCW got brought out were doing at the time.

[@mrblonde609]

This. In german free tv there was a big hole when WCW closed its doors, because WWF only aired on Premiere (Sky). I was a kid and had no money for ppv tv. So i basically couldn't watch wrestling anymore. It's interesting to see this strange phase after WCW and before many wrestlers went to WWF/WWE. I didn't even know that Eddie left WWF at some point. This is all strangely amusing and bizarre.

[@jamesniagu274]

Yes I agree I like these videos. I always wonder like were they working? Were they broke? Etc

[@jets4687]

That's literally exactly why these wwa videos caught my attention. I always wondered what those guys got up to right after wcw and ecw got bought and before tna started.

[@cardude6617]

Bret The Hitman Clark doing his best promo!

[@DMMDestroyer]

😂😂 Thank you

[@mrblonde609]

Bret Clark knows how to deliver a promo, but he has nothing on Jumpin' Jeff Farmer. Yip!

[@RKStrikerJK5]

@@mrblonde609 Bret Clark might be able to out-promo Jumping Jeff if he turns the tables on Jeff in the WRONG way!

[@tafua_a]

@@RKStrikerJK5 Bret Clark's best promo is way better than Jeff Harvey's best promo though

[@uraggro-shub1016]

Hi. I got the jam here in Nigeria. I love wrestling. I love reliving the war

[@beaumcguire409]

Hello from America! Jam up guys all across the globe!

[@Justin-mb4ql]

HEY YOU EMAILED ME SAYING I WAS LEFT 12000000 MILLION DOLLARS. WHATS THE DEAL WITH THAT?

[@kamenanew9867]

​@@Justin-mb4qlClassic

[@g-dub5272]

@@Justin-mb4qlbruh 😒

[@sakurarozu]

are you a prince?

[@AllieRX]

Fun fact: Tantric, the band who sang "Revillusion" here, also sang "Chasing After" from the original SmackDown vs. Raw soundtrack.

[@mcj88]

Day Of Reckoning too, and I can safely say that song was better than this one, lol

[@averageant7173]

Revolutionnnnnnnnnn

[@AllieRX]

@@averageant7173 Revillusionnnnnnnnnn

[@tonetrip_]

This song has a lot more to it than just the word revolution. Please give it and the whole band a listen

[@ericdodson3630]

that wasn't that fun

[@geoffreygilsdorf215]

"Hope they'll play My Sacrifice a little later on." Chef's kiss.

[@TimTE01]

There’s a great moment where the crowd chants ‘Jerry’s Kid’ at Christopher…but it’s also applicable to Jarrett.

[@17thN.O]

That's true.

[@gatchywatchyentertainmentb2090]

WHO ARE THEY MOCKING THEN!?

[@DeInevitable]

this also happened in the early TNA days oddly. enough

[@pteroid11]

@@gatchywatchyentertainmentb2090Yes, gonna go with yes for that one

[@I_am_Kamelot]

The fact than Jerry Lynn (without and F) stops Eddie promo by shouting “Excuse me” almost killed me!

[@mafiaz187]

Did Jerry just Vicki Eddie?

[@dizzy1369]

I wonder if that's actually where Vicki got it from now. 😂

[@1cooper526]

That's gold Jerry! Gold!!

[@wftbanks5737]

Proceeds to do a "Church Lady" impression

[@NJ973201]

Fun fact: This PPV took place the night after ROH's debut show in Philadelphia so some of those guys, including Eddie, flew over from there to Vegas. Anyway, unfortunate you couldn't get a hold of Zbyszko's promo since it was good and I thought was the most memorable thing from this show.

[@TheRealAhoy]

1:15 "Yeah, nailed it" 😂

[@kamenanew9867]

Hope they play my sacrifice, lmao that got me good

[@IowaContact]

​@@kamenanew9867i was just about to rip a fat cone when he said that...

[@mattigator600]

It's been awhile

[@rickybobbyracing9106]

LMAO 🤣🤣 I lost it on that line too. This guy has some of the best dry humor on youboobs

[@aaronhurst4379]

"Reeevahlooooshaouwn"

[@Edsecondstocomply]

Brian Christopher vs Jeff Jarrett would have drawn big numbers . . . On shotgun Saturday night.

[@pleaseshutup7053]

If it was the too cool gimmick

[@fredos4323]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jeremydugans1338]

Or in Memphis in the 90s

[@noeljr.7724]

I attended a WWA show in Dublin, Ireland back in November 2002. It was a welcome arrival as no major promotions came here between 1995-2004. Disco Inferno and Jermey Borash were on commentary that could be heard throughout the arena. Disco wrestled and then came back to commentary after the intermission. I'm going from memory but I believe the WWA owner Andrew McManus took over on commentary for a brief period. He was approachable, wearing a suit and sunglasses while spending the night around the entrance way area. One of the biggest disappointments was that Scott Steiner was advertised but didn't appear. He was heavily rumoured to have signed with WWE which turned out to be true. The card was: Shark Boy Vs Nate Webb Konnan Vs Norman Smiley Nathan Jones/Frankie Kazarian Vs Disco Inferno/Johnny Swinger Teo Vs Puppet (Midajah was the guest referee) Mike Sanders Vs Joe E Legend Sabu Vs Perry Saturn Vs Simon Diamond Sting/Lex Luger Vs Buff Bagwell/Malice Overall it was OK and it was great to see names that you wouldn't see live in Ireland much like Sabu, Perry Saturn, Sting and Lex Luger. Sadly though the main event didn't last 5 minutes. I basically remember them making their entrances and not long after seeing the torture rack and scorpion deathlock on the opponents and that was it. Shout out to Konnan who signed autographs for fans on his way to the back. He was nice and the first wrestler I ever met.

[@AllieRX]

Bret Hart trying his hardest not to accidentally say WWF or WWE in his promo. 😂

[@kdizzle901]

Well WWE didn’t r its yet it was still WWF

[@jerrymarshall5965]

Bret’s entrance music sounds like the theme song for a Beverly Hills 90210 spinoff tv show 😂

[@elec8101]

Ever since Brian Zane talked about the different pronunciations of the WWA's events, I can't stop thinking about that quirk. Glad to see you acknowledging it.

[@townicus5908]

ThE ReCkOnInG-aH

[@kangoftherang7468]

They did Tantric dirty, the actual song is on their self-titled album from '01, honestly catchy, but they used the bridge, which is just them repeating "revillusion, revolution"

[@MetalJT24]

Tantric/Days of the New definitely underrated.

[@skyguy5587]

God I loved Tantric growing up. And yeah they got done dirty here

[@DMMDestroyer]

​@@MetalJT24100% agree

[@dr.snakes]

You get what you pay for.

[@cumeatchinorgordan7024]

Bruh 50 seconds in got me laughing my ass off at the revolution song 😂😂😂

[@petesancer9317]

lol the dude just using the door in the background when the “Funkster” is doing his promo

[@SteelyBud]

Wow. You've got an entire year of Mark Madden commentary ahead of you on RTW.

[@gatchywatchyentertainmentb2090]

Not excited at all.

[@DasNordlicht91]

Jeff Jarrett vs. Brian Christopher is a "main event" match they'd put on WWF Friday Night's Main Event in August 1997, not the second big show of your new promotion.

[@ikill4klondikebars]

Not like there was a lot of talent to pick from in 2001, esp after WWE had picked things clean.

[@bryansansone3301]

"9-11. Have a great night." - Bret shart

[@gatchywatchyentertainmentb2090]

Uhhh it’s Bret ‘Shitman’ Fart to you!

[@bellers01]

This is a pleasant surprise. I've currently 33 videos of yours in my watch later. Watched like god knows how many last few weeks. Only discovered you a few months ago. Love this channel to bits mate. Great stuff and appreciate all the hard work that you do. You deserve your flowers Ryan. 💐

[@mosermi443]

PLEASE update your "complete" playlists, because i love your videos and the timelines are not all there but you've done the right videos to slot in

[@AaronRMiller-z2g]

I like how Reno wrestled in Las Vegas.

[@srcwxxa6332]

13:00 Imagine being just a guy on the maintenance crew coming back to the building from lunch, and you walk in on this going on?

[@lastdayonearthmysteryman4849]

I would be like what? Also did I come into the wrong building?

[@samspurgeon4222]

"I hate this town..... I'm moving back to Oklahoma"....😂

[@kylehuckins213]

The Himtan promo made me long for a Mercedes Mone promo.

[@tafua_a]

Bret's promo made me glad skipping is a KZbin feature.

[@JWS1985]

I remember wrestling with wregret covering this years ago. REVOLUTION!!! LOL

[@TimmyTickle]

And when Brian recapped the first AEW Revolution, he used that clip of Tantric in the intro

[@Djstrange187]

“REEEVVVELUUUTIONNN!”

[@AaronAlexanderOfficial]

LOL beat me to it

[@CallumRSU30]

“REEEEVVVELUSSSSSHHUNNN!”

[@michaeljohnston4459]

Straight out of a South Park episode.

[@alainsoucysergerie9879]

You all will wregret mocking that brave guy.

[@sebastiannock942]

REEEVVVVOOOOOLLLEEEESSSHHHHUUUNNN

[@lastdayonearthmysteryman4849]

22 years later AJ Styles that guy in the six man opener will face Dusty kid at Backlash France for the Undisputed WWE Championship! Imagine telling someone that in 2002? Their said Goldust no Cody his younger son!

[@lastdayonearthmysteryman4849]

@@ththrshpnd Not Dustin Cody! Dustin just returned to WWE at this point at Royal Rumble 2002! I kind of left out to Cody part!

[@bigjoeofthe707]

Nice. The Revolution. I mean The Rev-o-lushun

[@tafua_a]

Revyeowloosion

[@joypadlad]

Bryan Clark wasn't fired from WWE. He was told they were going to developmental and he refused, but Adams took the offer.

[@Alex_DC413]

Jerry interrupts Eddie by saying "Excuse me" - was Vickie taking notes?

[@raspymorten]

We love a promotion that sees Jerry Lynn, one of the most impressive and innovative in-ring talents to this day, and goes "Yeah let's use him in a long winded promo segment instead of an actual match. We need that time for Alan Funk, Reno, Teo and Puppet!"

[@gatchywatchyentertainmentb2090]

“Especially Alan Funk, that money maker!”

[@pleaseshutup7053]

Jerry Lynn reminds me of Kenny omega

[@PancakeProduct]

Hey, his promo was great, let's be honest!

[@joelbrown2782]

With Jeff Jarrett in the main event, let's see if I can predict how this one goes. Ref bump, guitar shot, Stroke and pinfall.

[@chibinya]

This but with extra steps

[@markmclaren7551]

The first match is definitely a hidden gem for sure.

[@g-dub5272]

When you order Creed band from Wish

[@joeycobb6697]

Whoa you pump your brakes right there ! Ok I honestly thought it was creed at first glance but in all fairness tantric had 1 good album I know for sure. But not on creeds level late 90s

[@pelicanphuucker4life]

Revoooooluuuuushawn.

[@dr.snakes]

John Silver weeps

[@tonetrip_]

I promise you tantric is a great guitar and harmony heavy band.

[@theoneanton]

You mean Alter Bridge from Wish

[@charliemartinez4694]

13:36 "That's a shame what happened to Hall n Nash" 😂 Y so serious 😈🥃🃏

[@wafersmash338]

I kinda lost it when someone hit Eddie (sorry, Eddy) with the "Excuse Me!" Vicki must have been taking notes

[@brian_b_music]

Dude same, I was not prepared!

[@dr.snakes]

"WHERE THE F*CK IS VICKIE?!?"

[@tafua_a]

Eddy was the way he spelled his name, so that part isn't the issue. But "Guererro"? Was the guy who wrote WCW intro card hired by WWA now?

[@dontbesuchamorty]

13:11 lol somebody just came in from a smoke break or something

[@StevenHawking]

I'm glad to hear you're doing at least the next PPV. These are so good!

[@evrbody]

Giving Jerry Lynn a live mic should be a federal offense.

[@kidneystonermusic]

Jerry Lynn and Steve Blackman in a This is Your Life segment

[@kidneystonermusic]

@@LarsOfTheMohicans yeah but he died so you aren't allowed to think like that.

[@tafua_a]

@@LarsOfTheMohicans The difference is, Eddie got better in WWE. I will say though, this might be the best Jerry -F- Lynn promo I've ever heard. He was pretty much passable.

[@Aragon23-p2k]

Damn son, AJ was so young right here.

[@ryankeefe2102]

Who would've thought back then he would've been what he became

[@greenkoopa]

👶

[@ryuno2097]

He was only 25 during this PPV.

[@michaelaburns734]

Early AJ Styles is always great to see and "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels Early TNA Wrestling Right there.

[@jjbjjb273]

I didn't know wcw did some shows after they closed down a ppv that would have sold well I think would have be a WCW vs ECW event in 2001 imagined some of the matches

[@gatchywatchyentertainmentb2090]

That could’ve just been WCW at the point of 95/99 where a lot of the wrestlers coming in where from ECW

[@stephendonaldson2520]

Thanks for covering these events! As a high schooler at the time, I didn’t even know this promotion existed and it’s cool to see what happened in the interim prior to Invasion/TNA.

[@gatchywatchyentertainmentb2090]

2:08 OOOOOOOH EASY THERE! You’ve just pissed off Mark Maddens #1 and only fan, that being his own self!

[@pteroid11]

Well he made it and you didn’t! …ok he mostly only ever made it WORSE but still.

[@RC99_Productions]

Us wrestling fans will know Tantric from their song "Chasing After" off the original Smackdown VS. RAW soundtrack

[@tafua_a]

And for inspiring Brian Zane to yarl every single PPV title that ends in "-ion".

[@e93sports80]

10/10 for the Revolution song.

[@Fezzy976]

funny thing is with social media now this could actually work. build the matches up with promos on social and interviews on youtube, etc. they could do attacks at signing, conventions, etc and rely on public recordings posted to social media to build the matches and the PPV's.

[@tareklegrand7747]

That's practically how AEW started before their beginning on TNT

[@martynhawthorne7294]

A Scott Steiner promo works for me 10 outta 10 show

[@rickybobbyracing9106]

For me it only works 68.25% of the time unless you multiply it by 33.33% and combine it all together, in which case it works for me 128.46% of the time

[@dr.snakes]

DO HIM AN EGG!

[@dr.snakes]

DO HIM AN EGG!

[@6oclocknewsat8]

RIP Puppet "I would weeble wobble down the street!" 😂😂😂

[@HarmonySword]

Jerry Lynn saying Eddie had a long run in ECW when he was only there for four months lol

[@dr.snakes]

Four ECW months, though

[@raspymorten]

23:00 Actually, that's the way Eddie himself always spelt it. Think that was the spelling in WCW for awhile too.

[@tafua_a]

His last name is spelt wrong though. How do you misspell the name one of the most illustrious families in pro wrestling history?

[@Cyklopz007]

I've been talking about another one of these since the first one. Thanks so much for covering this masterpiece of wrestling!

[@pyromaximus8890]

Damn what a great video this time those guys was working their asses off

[@PedroBenolielBonito]

Wow. Tantric. That's a throwback. I thought no one but me knew who they were...

[@chandlersbryant4047]

Pretty cool hearing the Smackdown Shut your mouth menu music during the Eddy/Psychosis/Juventud Intro

[@BoyBlunder66]

Man, Bret's really at his best when other people are writing his dialogue.

[@Artmigeddon]

I blame this on the concussions. Bret is at his best as a fired up face or an American hating heel. I’m a huge Bret fan but geez this was rough.

[@KingJaymo2k11]

20:55…Scott spiked that dude like a football 😂😂😂😂

[@artminusme]

I find it sad that we have WWE and we have AEW among other smaller promotions… but I still miss WCW and ECW, I think that’s a slight on modern wrestling across the board today

[@dmichael1172]

I’m sorry to say it’s a slight to think that today’s wrestling is that much better. WwE is getting better again but kicking out of every finishing move is ridiculous.

[@artminusme]

@@dmichael1172 Wrestling today is less about the product you like and more about which company u hate more

[@DaleEarnshark3]

@@dmichael1172 No, just no.

[@dmichael1172]

@@artminusme exactly and I read your comment a little wrong. So I apologize. Now that I reread it you agree with me so im glad bout that.

[@hakkin_d]

14:98 😂👌 What are you gonna do brother, when the Hulk Sunset Flips over you!?

[@chibinya]

Vintage Hulkster! I've never seen this move before!

[@charliemartinez4694]

Eddie, Eddy, Eddie, Eddy Rest in Paradise 🕯️🙏🫶 Viva La Raza 🇲🇽

[@maiqedekthorellan9745]

Mark madden should have stayed selling bulk lots of knives at 4am on HSN.

[@charleswhit150]

1:18 I love the part when they said revolution

[@lpbbinc]

Jerry Lynn interrupting Eddie with "excuse me, excuse me" reminds me of Vickie Guerrero.

[@PRINGocalypz]

Great video coverage of wrestling history I never knew existed. Definitely feeling the '06-'09 TNA Impact vibes .

[@shenanitims4006]

You know, minus the channel’s love for Danzig’s “Sacrifice” (dear lord), and despite the inadequate lighting here, I’m kind of digging the camera angles used here. I think the ringside, shaky-cam type camera work gives some energy to the moves. Granted, if they could’ve just explained to that one cameraman, zoom out!

[@Transientimage]

2:53 And don't stand there drinking coffee when a man's tagging you NOVA BOY!!!

[@lastdayonearthmysteryman4849]

I was born one day before this ppv took place on February 23, 2002.

[@adamluce1901]

That was the day of the first ring of honor show

[@lastdayonearthmysteryman4849]

@adamluce1901 Yex I was born the day ROH was born. That why I always followed ROH!

[@themadkingatmey]

Not gonna lie, that Eddie promo and overall segment with Jerry Lynn was kinda good. Even though it was brief, he really sounded passionate and intense, and if that whole bit was on TV and there was a proper build to it, I'm sure a Guerrero/Lynn match could have been good. Though the heel/face dynamic seemed uncertain. Like they were talking about Guerrero being unhappy and he was very intense and fighting with the crowd, but it seems hard to boo a guy trying to overcome his personal demons. And Lynn poking fun at him makes him seem the heel, but he's; also making an appeal to the fans too. So that part was a bit unclear.

[@aaronhurst4379]

Yeah the dynamic was all over the place

[@vagamer522]

Yeah when they promo hit I felt chills and being uneasy espically knowing what happens to him.

[@Antonicane]

Really shows the transition between the dying days of WCW into the formative dreck of early TNA (with the cruiserweights being the obvious exception in terms of delivering something worthwhile in the ring).

[@kamenanew9867]

That first match was quite good, wouldn't mind finding that for sure.

[@honkeykong4049]

"Nova, Nova, Nova" Just call him Simon, it's funnier 🤣

[@FnRenner]

Mark Madden being in the same state as a wrestling show ruins it for me.

[@bennyjones7675]

That opening band had me rolling 😂

[@ricstormwolf]

I loved Brian Zane's review of the WWA and this ppv. He ripped it to pieces 😂😂

[@TimmyTickle]

And when he recapped the first AEW Revolution, he used that Tantric clip in the intro

[@ricstormwolf]

​@@TimmyTickleNow I gotta find it 😂

[@tobiaslofi]

Your logo reveal looked better than the PPV logo reveal! :D

[@MrEandc4life]

love that you kinda just played the eddie promo

[@trapmontana9440]

18:02 best part of the video lmaoo

[@presntnow]

We got the Jam here in Australia! 🇦🇺 ❤

[@tafua_a]

I will say this: hardcore matches between minis are oddly fun. That dive on the trash can looked brutal. Also, that Swanton Bomb looked a lot like a Rolling Rock.

[@davich_]

Jerry Lynn on a mic is like Kenny Omega on a mic.

[@Jarppakarppa]

Somewhere in the distance I can hear Adam and Kefin going: Ha now you know how it feels.

[@AWF1000]

I remember going to WWA when they did tours in Australia. I loved it at the time. 😂😂.. its not too often we get to see big wrestling names here.

[@timothymattson5369]

So, I actually met "Puppet" The Psycho. There was supposed to be a wrestling show at a local strip club, and me and my friends went to attend. We got in free because we were all military members. Apparently, Puppet was the only performer who was able to show up. Puppet apologized, and the strippers came into the ring and "wrestled" him to entertain us. I have to admit, it actually was hilarious. He reacted by screaming into the mic that those women weren't allowed into his ring, and he held the mic as they did bodyslams on him and smacked him with random things. Screaming things like "I'M SORRY I PAID IN DISNEY BUCKS!"

[@efu707]

that sounds absolutely bizarre but kudos to all of them for going through with it and keeping peeps entertained lol

[@LaCourierInCrysis]

That opener was a killa, man we were all so young and beautiful

[@marcespinoza6068]

Ya know I've never heard Jerry Lynn cut a promo and after this show I know why.

[@timothymattson5369]

I love that song! It reminds me of revolutions!

[@jacobserfling8259]

Weeding out the true channel fans by including the entirety of Bret’s promo 🤣

[@TheChrisHype]

Which would you rather have: six video screens on your entrance ramp, or have your entire entrance ramp be one giant, massive video screen?

[@henrygvidonas9573]

Yes.

[@KxNG_RxME]

As soon as Bret started, I checked the length of the segment...damn man

[@daveyadict_]

5:14 this was actually really really good

[@Pulloutkingquis2]

sheesh i thought you forgot us today but praise all you came through 💯🙏🏽

[@PETEYTHECLOWN]

Nice music intro choice

[@willnicklen4196]

Great video Much love from the UK

[@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269]

Haa! I remember Tantric, they had a couple singles get popular on the radio here in California. Never realized they had a whole song just "singing" one word. 😆👍

[@FIXTREME]

Man, that Tantric guy *REALLY* wanted to be Scott Stapp

[@maxxpower3d6]

just like Scott Stapp wanted to be Eddie Vedder

[@gerardlafferti4485]

Recently found this channel it's great

[@ACOE]

I'm so happy to hear about Psicosis being an actual title holder. He was such a solid worker and he was criminally underused during the WCW days.

[@Insomniaaron]

Where were Tantric for all of AEW's Revolution PPVs? 😁