WCW Halloween Havoc 1999 - The "Reliving The War" PPV Review

[@TimTE01]

Kidman has footage of who really drove the White Hummer. It’s worth millions!

[@NickTaylorRickPowers]

But he didn't know you needed a tape and still thinks it's recording

[@thebitgamer2425]

That picture of Sid bloodied up locking Goldberg in the camel clutch goes hard

[@chrisvb3526]

For the Kidman camcorder it’s easy: a collection of the greatest chinlocks ever taped.

[@ziahamm1603]

Davey Boy being responsible for 95% of them

[@JoeChillton]

Torrie doing holds on Billy in the hotel "She learned it from Bulldog."

[@kongmengyang1098]

I think he wacks it and jacks it to davy boy chinlocks

[@OofmanRulz]

90% of the tape is Bulldog

[@crazyjay405]

100% sure it Vincent Russo backstage drama

[@SteelyBud]

Sid's attorney took that spear better than David Flair takes an Irish whip.

[@brettrossi034]

Facial expression too 😂 David Flair has that derpy expression tattooed on his face

[@ComeatMEOW]

How the hell did tnt let him be on tv? He is by far worse than stacy kiebler at wrestling. ​@@brettrossi034

[@NickTaylorRickPowers]

David flair agrees

[@nathanshaffer5105]

Dude that fools head crushed the 2ed turn buckle and the one guy holds him back a bit lol

[@S.T.A.N.D_inspirational]

David trips over his own feet

[@AnimeGun]

“WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT”-Krusty the Clown

[@DariusFrench6273]

And just like that, WCW’s chances of winning drastic go down.

[@brandonperkins176]

The 1999 WCW Halloween Havoc PPV, OH My God, was a nightmare in the main event with Sting vs Hulk Hogan. Vince had to be laughing at his competition as they were already tanking.

[@DR.K14]

Haha, true. They were tanking already, but at this point they were sinking

[@ellismarquez8410]

​@@DR.K14"She's made of iron, sir. I assure you she can, and she will."

[@stephentaylor6617]

After one Vince Russo Nitro and Vince Russo pay per view, Wrestling Bios needs a two week break. Not a good sign for the future of this series. Clear your head Wrestling Bios, you will need it to get through the next year and half of WCW “ excellence “.

[@happymoomoocow]

We’re in the dark ages now

[@ricstormwolf]

Definitely the understatement of the decade. We're lucky if he doesn't quit the series entirely. Russo has that effect on fans.

[@MrBeardsley]

We’ll all get a short break from Russo soon. In January of 2000 he walked out of WCW after being told he’d no longer be head writer and have to work with a booking committee. Kevin Sullivan took over shortly before that month’s Souled Out and remained head booker until Russo was brought back alongside Eric Bischoff in March.

[@matthewrosenthal753]

@@MrBeardsley That must have been why WCW actually seemed to make sense for several months.

[@renatop2610]

@@ricstormwolfour main man Ryan is too committed to quit at this point. Though we should all send him a round of drinks each once he is done with the Russo era as im sure he is gonna that

[@chrisrodgers1087]

27:29 "David tried to help but of course he's totally useless" LOL

[@TheMacabreTavern]

Enjoy your break! Also, we have solved the mystery of GTV. It was Kidman all along.

[@dariushenry88]

I’m still confused on why Hogan just simply lying in the ring is not talked about as much as the Fingerpoke of Doom or Starrcade ‘97. I swear, Hogan played a huge role in killing WCW.

[@Mrryn]

Because a similar thing happens later also involving Hogan in 2000 which kinda overshadows this one. On top of both involving Russo which people can then just shift to it being "just Russo booking" as opposed to Hogan BS.

[@Hyde_Hill]

The one time he should have used: "This doesn't work for me brother" and he doesn't. FFS Hulk.

[@mercurialmeee]

@@Hyde_Hill it meant he didn't have to work the PPV, I'd say yes too lol

[@srichardf]

Rumor was that Hogan didn't want to work with Russo and decided to not even have a match instead as he would not be on tv again until late January after Russo went home. He stayed when Russo was brought back because Eric Bischoff came back with him, both he and Eric Bischoff were under the understanding that Bischoff was going to oversee Russo, but then Bash at the Beach 2000 happened.

[@MR.__G]

Yes he did ! He got beyond stale at this point, didn’t care about giving the fans their moneys worth in the ring and didn’t want to lose the top spot to guys who were simply better / younger

[@dexenationgracey1979]

Sid looks like the babyface at the end.

[@joseaguilera6355]

They legitimately did a double turn unintentionally of course

[@Great_White_Shork]

I enjoyed Madusa's boo... I mean, uh...advertising skills.

[@kongmengyang1098]

I'd buy that for a dollar!

[@17thN.O]

Literally the only good things about this show.

[@AllieRX]

>Goldberg vs. Sting non-title match >Goldberg wins the championship Yup. Makes perfect sense.

[@MR.__G]

In wcw wrestling it makes perfect sense lol

[@The1NickSkyline]

@@MR.__G Don't worry, it'll make even more sense tomorrow night...

[@J0HNJ0RDAN]

As RtW continues, I'm realizing that it's actually harder watching WCW slowly die than it was when it happened. At least then, there was hope 😅 We now KNOW the iceberg is hit and the ship's going to sink. All that's left is an "I'll never let go, Ric" and it's a wrap.

[@Sockimus]

The last few months have been really difficult. Both sides have had their issues. Thank the Maker I come here primarily for Wrestling Bio's commentary, which makes the slow mo trainwreck much more tolerable.

[@The1NickSkyline]

I don't know, looks more to me like Russo's taken control of the ship from Eric Bischoff, and he's absent-mindedly set it on a course directly to it's destination, without having it travel to any other waypoints so the ship can manoeuvre around where any dangerous obstacles might be. Like an iceberg. We know, like the RMS Titanic, it's going to hit that iceberg very soon. It's only a matter of time...

[@jackcarraway4707]

WCW hit the iceberg all the way back at Starrcade 97.

[@jessicawadleigh1246]

My best friend Jeff and I used to save up all month so his Mom would order us PPVs. This was the last WCW PPV we watched. We were already watching WWF more at this point, but we were so disappointed with the Sting/Hogan match we moved to WWF exclusively. Excited to see what we missed; everything after this is new to me.

[@WaterInmyHands]

Never got to watch a WCW PPV but I would have felt so cheated if I had saved up to watch this.

[@jessicawadleigh1246]

@@WaterInmyHands We were barely teenagers, so we didn’t have a lot of money to begin with (we asked family members for cans and mowed lawns/shoveled driveways in the summer/winter to pay for them), so it was especially aggravating, especially after we’d spent the week before this bitching about Nitro. We also hated Bill Goldberg, so getting not one but two Bill Goldberg matches was maybe the last straw. Ugh. It’s nice to have these videos to look back on good times but this one was triggering!

[@musc1esman]

I understand the side of WCW fans like you guys now. My mom and I only watched Raw cuz I liked Stone Cold and she liked the Rock. My grandpa would watch Nitro cuz it had all the old wwf guys from the 80s. At a certain point he just quit watching wcw and we all would just talk about what happened on raw when we would get together for dinner.

[@Venemofthe888]

I think this is the last time we see the cool Halloween Havoc set in WCW

[@pasta1169]

One of the best things wcw ever did that Halloween havoc set genuinely

[@zlinedavid]

There’s only one Halloween Havoc after this.

[@pasta1169]

@@zlinedavid yep and by that point wcw had cut their budget for entrances and sets massively

[@hoddish3755]

​@@pasta1169yes! even for ring equipment. nitro ring with blue (thunder) ropes etc. i remember once, when knobs was searching for a table under the ring, the apron features nitro, thunder mayhem, etc stacked on top of each other..🙈 from this point, wcw couldn't be saved..

[@joseaguilera6355]

Yep the following year they use the generic nitro set

[@DougDimmadome420]

I remember how depressed I was at school the next day knowing Bret got submitted by Luger twice in WCW. Abysmal show overall

[@gatchywatchyentertainmentb2090]

The first Halloween Havoc where the *Havoc* in the name ain’t foe sho.

[@BrianLG100]

I was happy about it. But at least for the Bret fans, he got the last laugh two months later.

[@gatchywatchyentertainmentb2090]

@@BrianLG100 and then a big kick..

[@ConsistentlyInconsistent21]

Bret is overrated anyways

[@BrianLG100]

@@gatchywatchyentertainmentb2090 That was a sad sad case for him.

[@carribob1992]

The footage Billy Kidman had was the reason Undertaker and Paul Bearer abandoned Big Show during that Tag Title loss to The Rock n Sock Connection back in August.

[@savage751]

I think it's incriminating evidence that in fact you CAN powerbomb Billy Kidman

[@PoeticProphetic]

We will need a “swerve” counter. A “work/shoot promo” counter. An “on a pole” counter…. And a “bro” counter

[@OofmanRulz]

The counters will explode very quickly.

[@georgelea4297]

And he'd hearing them in his sleep for weeks possibly years

[@Mujangga]

They can count as Blunder Points.

[@nicholasflanders9814]

Gotta include a 'What look is Saturn actually going for" Counter

[@brandocalrissian3294]

I'm from Vegas and my dad did security for the mgm so my brother and I got to go to every Halloween havoc or other wrestling event that came through town. Great times.

[@creamreviews1607]

Oh god.....we're getting so close to 2000 😬

[@jiovanysoltero923]

BRING ON THE “NEW BLOOD”……… NEW BLOOD RISING 😛

[@zacharythomason7359]

Yep ,It's gonna be a long ride

[@GhostOfArtBell0935]

Looking forward to Scott Steiner’s promo

[@jefferyjones8399]

Kimberly looked amazing here

[@Dr.Meth666]

Naw the best she looked was when she was with Mero and bootyman .95/96 I think

[@footballsexpert3895]

Kimberly also kinda died with wcw.. She was lit in 1998

[@Anynom]

Late 1999-2000 WCW remains one of the most epic train wreck promotions ever.

[@Mujangga]

R.I.P. Sid Eudy (1960-2024)

[@Roland1182]

Enjoy your break and thank you so much for this series.

[@ReignofIndepence]

Best channel on wrestling ever

[@ahmedf8965]

"You gotta wonder why Hogan agreed to do this". If he didn't, people no doubt would've been saying he's abusing his creative control 🙄

[@eddieroche8176]

If I had a nickel for every Sting/Hogan PPV match for the WCW title that ended up being a shitshow, I’d have 2 nickels.

[@PhenomsServant4]

That isn’t a lot but it’s weird that’s happened twice, right?

[@brettmajors69karaoke]

10 cents

[@KentKaliber]

And there was a 3rd Sting / Hogan PPV match that ended badly with Sting turning heel. So you would actually have 3 nickels ;-)

[@devilmingy]

If you include TNA, you can get a bit more change in your pockets

[@johnb5082]

Two more than you should have...hell one would be enough...

[@everett-tnredsfan]

Rest in Peace big man. Master and Ruler of every world

[@BradleyParker-z3i]

Bret Hart going to WCW showed me as a young kid that money doesn't equal success

[@Monkeys-10]

Especially doesn't equal happiness, in this case. Bret was so miserable in WcW.

[@smiththers2]

@@BradleyParker-z3i it was either go to WCW or try to keep his acting career. Vince couldn't afford to keep him at the time, he would have stayed in wwf

[@BradleyParker-z3i]

@@smiththers2 I agree. And of course if Hitman could do it all over again he would have stayed. We all have done the "WCW move" aka "Looks wonderful, turns out terrible" 😂😂😂

[@marcludwick512]

I wished he would have stayed like Shawn and Taker. When I think Bret, I only think of him in the WWF. The WCW run was forgettable, and doesn't exist.

[@olivierroy5540]

I honestly think that Vince Russo was thinking he would have no problem using the same formula that made him successful in WWF and just use it in WCW without modifying anything. The problem was WCW while it was also a wrestling organization, it was a different company than WWF with a completely different style that still was under the influence of it’s southern wrestling roots. Not to mention a fan base that was not used to the WWF style. Perhaps he should of taken a lesson from Vince McMahon when he tried to take over Georgia championship wrestling in 1984. McMahon tried to present the WWF style of wrestling but the GCW fans were having none of it. I think if Russo would of slowly implemented changes to the presentation instead of changing it completely pretty much overnight, people might of not been as quick to reject it as they also did in 1984.

[@theraven268]

In WWF his ideas were filtered through people with brains.

[@joesullivan5335]

Kid man's tape is actually David Flairs unseen tape with Torrie...

[@Eric-wu7bp]

Halloween Havoc 1999 marked the last WCW PPV To have a Stage design before the company moved on to generic sets 😢

[@Unitenotfight]

We’re about 3 months off from being exactly 25 years later from where we are in the series. I’m all for you taking a break Mr Bios, hoping that by the end, the breaks you take line is up to the point of being right on with the dates of what you’re covering. Take care, and thank you for the great content.

[@RaphaelCrafts]

Here we are, the beginning of the end. Wcw will never be the same

[@nukusei]

I had to keep rewinding the video to see if I missed something cause I just couldn't believe the ending of some of these matches. Like, this is a video of Wrestling Bios explaining the events going on. And I'm still baffled.

[@rdrouynriv]

It is crazy to think that someone thought Vince Russo was going to save WCW at some point in history.

[@greenmanjph]

Could you imagine what would've happened in the Monday night wars if Russo was given the same cart blanche in the WWF as he did in WCW? 🤯

[@rdrouynriv]

@@greenmanjph This PPV convinced me of that old conspiracy theory that Russo was sent by Vince as a saboteur.

[@theraven268]

@@rdrouynriv I don't think Russo was aware of being sent, but Vince definitively knew Russo would do nothing good over there

[@timdj9826]

Perry Saturn was underrated & didn't get a fair shake or push in any promotion he was in.

[@joseaguilera6355]

He needed a manager if they wanted to push him to the main event

[@davec4274]

Hey Brother, you do excellent work, please take the breaks you need because this era is rough. You have made one hell of a series. Thank you and I am proud of you.

[@HeyAdora6969]

27:00 - The way the lights are reflecting off of Kimberly's eyes makes it look like she's an android.

[@tayojones9460]

I know Sid vs Goldberg from Halloween Havoc is not a classic but I really enjoyed it. It was bloody hoss fight and Sid looked even more intimidating with the blood pouring down his face.

[@ninjapirate47]

Medusa selling cologne was the best part of that trainwreck.

[@freshhh_prince]

When you think about how Hulks creative control literally ruined every single chance at any good story line he had with any wrestler…and he could have had SO many when you consider the star power WCW had..even in 00-01…with all of that being said, Halloween Havocs setup was always so sick 🔥

[@MrBeardsley]

I can’t get over how much Rey Mysterio looked like a buff 12-year-old back then.

[@buckingham412]

wait isn't that referee aligned with Flair? maybe the story was that he hesitated to count him out but then got an angry look from page and did his job?

[@nickblack423]

Loving the Ipswich Town fan in the crowd at 15:53

[@MongrelWarrior]

In a way, I can understand why Russo wanted nothing to do with Hogan because of creative control, not putting over talent the right way and whatever, but it's how he does it, like what he did here, that just makes it so infuriating to watch.

[@MR.__G]

I definitely understand why he did it. He’s trying to get younger or more deserving talent over. Wwf did a great job at getting so many guys over during this era, austin, rock, hhh, foley, Kurt, Kane, Jericho ! And that’s only the main event guys. I can’t fault russo for trying to do the same for wcw. Very sh*tty on hogan to not give the fans a show because he was in his feelings

[@mongomongo7664]

2000s gonna be very interesting year

[@num1Jaysta]

Very

[@gatchywatchyentertainmentb2090]

IM NOT READY!

[@Venemofthe888]

@@mongomongo7664 I'm afraid

[@stu9856]

I would hope spending 62 million would produce something interesting

[@AllieRX]

2000 WWF is amazing. 2000 WCW, not so much.

[@lewc3413]

The odd thing with the tag titles being vacated is the fact they didn't apply the Freebird rule

[@robycas4575]

I Just opened KZbin to watch a random video while washing the dishes in this very hot south Italian summer evening and I found this video uploaded 7 seconds ago, man if I'm lucky! 😂 I love this channel!

[@SatanSquad]

What's the temperature over there?

[@timdj9826]

It was 90 here today in Buffalo, NY.

[@robycas4575]

@@timdj9826 what kind of temperature measurement do you use in the USA?, Fahrenheit?

[@MisterHella]

Brooooooo! Welcome!!! You gotta roll it back tho this series has been legit GOLD. When I found this channel like a few years back I had to roll it all back its too fuckin good.

[@AMFL3116]

You live in Italy. What more could you ever want?

[@philacesphilaces8116]

I thought Charles Robinson not counting to 3 was a callback to him being Flair's protege. Where he didn't want to see his idol get pinned

[@adamrenfrow]

Bret having to put over Luger is a travesty.

[@ConsistentlyInconsistent21]

They both suck lol

[@capngeeoff]

I mean he could at least make Bret submit to the torture rack LOL

[@nebwachamp]

No. Bret sucked. A Candian legend in his own mind. Bret was WWF box office poison and the same in WCW. La Parka > Bret Hart

[@adamrenfrow]

@@nebwachamp your opinion sucks

[@messykid1234]

@@nebwachampget off the burner Vince

[@turkN9NE]

a shirt that says "I've got Creative Control" is something I'd like to wear

[@Eric-wu7bp]

The Berlyn vs Brad Armstrong match should’ve belonged on Saturday night

[@zell2626]

We really need a chinlock compilation, a best of series

[@larrystilltheeman39]

Hulk Hogan wasn't no good after Goldberg beat him. All the fans got tired of him. Hogan kept playing that creative control like he was doing and forced his fans to leave him. Nobody wanted Hulkamania anymore

[@richardhogenson594]

The best thing about this PPV is the entrance way. Love the inflatable pumpkin and vampire bat.

[@RandyBandana]

Good to see the "Yetti" being used properly 🤣

[@marccaselle8108]

Used better here than the humpaliciois yetaaah from a years before lol

[@markshepherd9153]

The Brain deserved better 😢

[@gst013]

It's mind-boggling that anyone would think that the Bagwell silliness on Nitro and then the Hogan stuff here would make people tune in. "This is all fake" isn't a good way to get folks interested again.

[@WrecklessEating]

What's crazy is they hired this guy to switch things up. But instead he proceeded to burn things down.

[@MrE51917]

Ill be back; trust me Mr Bios, youre the only one who could make this clusterfuck of a ppv enjoyable

[@adcooper9881]

Goldberg will never go down as a technical master in the ring but I'll be damned if he didn't get people on their feet. He was lightning in a bottle.

[@XKTwentyFive]

I think this was Brad Armstrong's only PPV win. Edit: And don't put down the single leg Boston Crab. Lance Storm's Canadian Maple Leaf was freaking awesome.

[@BRISK3T]

27.13 'EMT's come down to save Ric's knob' - absolutely buckled with that line, bravo Sir ❤

[@maxxpower3d6]

Just like Sid vs. Brian Adams from a few weeks ago, Hart vs. Luger would have been straight fire if it had happened years earlier in the WWF.

[@AquamentusLives]

Poor Charles Robinson took a Diamond Cutter and a Scorpion Death Drop 🤕

[@rasmusdegn9690]

Kidman has the full version of that one speech Luger in a suit was about to give before the nWo hijacked the promo.

[@Dr_1212]

I love this channel but its painful to watch WCW the wrestling promotion i grew up watching spiral into bs & eventual end Rip WCW gone but never forgotten

[@yoholmes273]

Bischoff & Russo and thats all she wrote.

[@AMP3083official]

Bret tapping out to a single leb crab is like watching that match on WCW/nWo Revenge.

[@robmason5799]

This was the last time my dad bought a Wcw pay per view. We were so pissed and disgusting with what was going on with Wcw, I swear I had better matches in Wcw vs Nwo revenge. After this pay per view we just tried to watch nitro when wwf was on commercial on Monday nights

[@elleni-41]

Time for a trip down memory lane.😅😅..love ur channel..💙

[@welshantman1978]

@Wrestling Bios, I recently purchased the Smokey The Cat T-shirt from your website, I am so happy with it, I did a shout out to you in my latest pick ups video by the way.

[@dontbesuchamorty]

Billy has a recording of himself dressed like David Flair (blonde wig, red cheeks, etc) wearing one of Tori's lowcut dresses.

[@MopShrudel]

Given how he booked kimberley and madusa here, and female talent in general in WCW and tna, as well as those the ladies in the cages dancing, there is an argument that Russo hates women.

[@marquan1976]

Wrestling Bios: And F*** this PPV, man!

[@timhickey80]

Kidman had video footage of himself back when he was Smackhead Kidman, just in case he ever wants get back on the needle.

[@kuinikuinen]

Now this is fresh daym

[@DomoMattM]

I remember watching this with my Dad, he was beyond pissed with how it ended and the "cliffhanger". Think this was when he really stopped watching WCW and moved on to watching WWF/WWE

[@jerryramey1849]

I bought this one when it happened. My dad and I would buy PPVs then if we liked it we'd snag the VHS months later. We loved Austin, Rock and Undertaker but his favorite were Sting and Hogan as he watched Jin Crockett Promotions and WWF during their heyday. Much like you Bios we liked Sid vs Goldberg but were left scratching our heads with Hogan laying down. I was 8 back then so was not on the dirt sheets so Hogan laying down and Sting's pin hurt my head with confusion, left us annoyed and we never bought another WCW PPV again. Considering the screwed up confusing finishes to Starrcade 1999 and Souled Out 2000, I'm glad we never did. Good job as always Bios.

[@therealPayne]

I gotta say one thing, I always get excited when Berlyn shows up cause we get that sweet hype video. Truly one of my favourite parts that I keep rewinding over and over again. And no, I'm not kidding. Wish we could go back in time and have WCW play that everytime Berlyn gets in front of a camera. Maybe the war would've ended differently or it would still go on today with Berlyn beating Ric Flair's number of title reigns.

[@sjones79]

The Kidman camcorder clearly has the best of David Flair selling compilation

[@PureEliteGaming101]

I just realized the song he used during the final thoughts and credits is Ken's theme from Street Fighter Alpha 3!!!!! Good stuff man!!! Oh and the video was awesome as always!!!

[@dunnwell7780]

WCW was falling down, but HH always had great sets.

[@KlutchRecaps]

Wrestling Bios always coming in clutch when needing some new KZbin vids to watch

[@harrytmm]

Rip Sid

[@Elfo_Scuro]

05:19 damn, Torrie Wilson in the '90s ❤

[@josephnicolino8529]

You have to give Las LaRou his own entrance. Big bratwurst needs some competition

[@TONYGILLEY]

Back in 1999, little did I know that as of this PPV, I was on the Road to Ending my WCW Viewership for good. That date would occur the day after a WCW January PPV where news hit the internet like a storm before that edition of Nitro aired. I won't spoil future events of your show, but that was effectively the last straw for my friends and I with WCW. I absolutely detest this PPV. Goldberg and Sid being the ONLY good thing about it. I did get an inkling of a storyline developing with Bret Hart, but the execution and the manner in which he taps out here is just poor. I don't know what it is with WCW, Bret had great matches with Curt Hennig and Lex Luger in the WWF, but in Turner-Land the Magic is gone. I don't CARE about offending Vince Russo fans. His style of Booking and So-called Writing SUCKS Massive @$$.

[@bovinejoni8490]

Kidman either filmed himself practicing promos in Ric Flairs stolen jewelry as if they have infinity stone powers , or he’s actually been behind GTV on Raw this whole time.

[@sjones79]

Looking at the line up of this ppv if they had just let them all wrestle without all the nonsense booking it could have actually been a classic

[@AMFL3116]

15:52 Theres an Ipswich Town supporter! UPPA TOWEN!

[@tyrelspencer6786]

WWE will bring back Halloween Havoc to the main roster Pay-Per-View next year October 2025.

[@JGrath029]

I’ve watched this ppv more times than I’m willing to admit…

[@alexandermacdougall7873]

Me too. Once. Once is more than I'd care to admit. Lol

[@CarbonKnights]

Good thing Sid wore his red polo tonight

[@qbmac2306]

Not even Steve Blackman could save this one.

[@robcressey7228]

Ill admit it. I was a Lash Leroux fan and loved playing as him on WCW Mayhem on N64.

[@Billy-ot8mk]

Enjoy your break sir. Also second to last Halloween Havoc as a WCW PPV. Before NXT revived it.