WCW Spring Stampede 1999 - The "Reliving The War" PPV Review

[@capthitmarkah4902]

Man, I applaud the work you put into making Reliving the War. You're the GOAT of this genre. WWE should pay you!!!

[@hiyabuddy7]

You're not lying!

[@Dople1989]

He really is man! His work ethic is next level!

[@blackmantis3130]

I love wrestling bios but WWE haven't taken down his content so that's a win.

[@WrestlingCompilations]

I hands down agree completely

[@RalphLuldeeck]

Preach

[@michael.tmclean2095]

Wrestling bios guy thx love these shows. Wondering if you can do a retro look back to 80's Wrestling

[@CurlyFromTheSwirly]

Basically Kevin Trash can't beat Goldberg without Scott Hall to help. Meanwhile, Scott technically beat Goldberg in the lader match at Souled Out.

[@Jerry-zc5qt]

Fair Mongo Benoit and Malenko on paper is definitely in the running for greatest horsemen incarnation ever but in the ring they didn't bring it

[@hitomisalazar4073]

I remember going to that show as a kid. Tacoma Dome. I was really on my feet for the Kidman vs Mysterio match. It felt kind of like the Booker T vs Chris Benoit series without the formality of going 7 matches. Like I had seen their styles evolve, starting to counter each other's moves. It felt like, watching it, that they were having this big culminating blow off match where they knew the other inside and out and there would be no fluke victories or surprise reversal stolen from the jaws of defeat, etc. But the show itself was up and down for me. I never watched ECW back then and really didn't care for matches like the Hardcore Hak vs Bigelow one. One of the cool things about Bam Bam was that he was huge, but could move like he was a slimmed down cruiserweight. Something you didn't get to see in the match. And by that point the sort of cheap thrill of "OMG, there was like 50 weapon shots in that 5 minute match" had already lost its luster for me. The Raven and Saturn match was... yeah. I was definitely fired up with the crowd there. And I wanted them to win. Not like I hated Benoit and Malenko in general... but... Raven and Saturn were kind of just the right fit for the venue and the crowd. Having them go babyface in the ring was a good call. The culture of the Pacific Northwest at the time was going to go that way. I remember loving the match, cheering hard enough my throat got a bit hoarse at it, and the ending was... well it was disappointing. It felt almost out of nowhere as with everything going on you'd be sure that Raven was picking up the win one way or another. I didn't know if that was some audible called in the ring for some reason, or a planned swerve, or what. Just... odd. The time wasting right after made me worried something went wrong, like Raven or Saturn got seriously hurt and that's why the match ended like that, perhaps a bit short. Funny enough I didn't expect when I was there Goldberg was going to win. I expected like Lex Lugar to hit the Bionic Elbow and Ms. Elizabeth to use some weapon herself like the cattle prod again on Goldberg to give Nash the win. So I was surprised that he actually did win out. But was kind of confused about it as well because I wasn't sure what they were doing with it. I kind of felt like Nash needed the win there, and Goldberg kind of just... didn't have anything to do. Sure he was winning every match still since the loss to Nash but it seemed like they had no real idea what to do with him. While I figured Nash and NWO stuff had some stake in it at the time. The DDP win though? Yeah I was on my feet for it. It was the right call for me. DDP was someone I always liked, even if he wasn't this big marquee draw for me personally. But I was so tired of Hogan, Flair, and Sting at the time that I was thinking at various spots "Oh please no!" like when Flair had the figure four locked on or Sting was hitting the Scorpion Death Drop. It was less that I was behind DDP so much as well... I really didn't want the others. Which was pretty odd because I think I was one of about 5 people I saw in my section not cheer Hogan to some level. Though if they had yet another Hogan vs Piper match in Tacoma I think you'd have found everyone cheering Piper instead. Quite a shame that I never saw them do that match up in the Pacific Northwest, where Piper could have really got the reactions. Then again "That doesn't work for me, Brother" I'm sure.

[@jasenbertrand]

Considering Randy Savage gave DDP his first big push, its fitting he got to give him the gold

[@elec8101]

This has to be the least chaotic PPV from this era of WCW (1999 - 2000).

[@lukelee7967]

We often forget how good Mikey Whipwreck is for someone who was mostly self trained and trained on the job.

[@lukelee7967]

@@michaelsinger4638 That's pretty cool

[@dizzy1369]

Which is why he was an awesome "jobber", just like Steve Lombardi and Barry Horowitz.

[@CurlyFromTheSwirly]

​@@Former_Employee Sure, Luke is the only one who forgets 😂

[@CurlyFromTheSwirly]

I always had got a,kick out of Heenan calling him Mikey Shipwreck. 🤣

[@T-Bag13]

DDP was awesome, great look & great promo cutter. (Intended).

[@CallumRSU30]

And that’s a good thing!😁

[@eveningstar4543]

It's a shame he didn't get a better run in the WWE.

[@hopsonkim4952]

BANG

[@T-Bag13]

​@@hopsonkim4952I only hear that one way. Feel the (cutaway) *BANG*

[@schizzo8959]

@@CallumRSU30 What a corny and stupid gimmick that was. Thanks Vince!

[@petesancer9317]

The super Juvi Driver looked close to being career ending

[@danevertt3210]

Dude you ain’t kidding……that didn’t look good

[@GerryBolger]

I had to keep rewinding that spot. The strength both of those guys had to prevent it from becoming infamous is unreal.

[@dustinmichel7608]

Juvi, at this time, was known for being stiff with it, too.

[@OSW]

10:20 Kidman's SSP always makes me laugh! You get conditioned to sharp, athletic executions and this one is like 'meh i flipped whatever' 😂 Great review bruddah 💚

[@thor1829]

No way, it's the three Irish lads who talk bollocks over old wrestling! Fancy seeing you here!

[@criminalmindsgirl2936]

I always love when he does the SSP off the side of the ring!

[@michaelreich4827]

I can't believe Kidman didn't ruin his knees doing this. Look at how he normally lands it in slo-mo.

[@strifenineteen]

It might not look the prettiest but he was accurate

[@schizzo8959]

That's why I liked Kidman's SSP, it looked kinda sloppy and he did botch it a few times, but it was raw.

[@mattdunfee9647]

8:28. Jesus Disco, Konnan’s chin can’t take anymore devastating chinlocks. 4 is just punishing the chin

[@jasonmccrank4981]

I get that the WWF's crash TV and swearing, boobies and violence drew in the viewers, and I also get that storylines etc. hook viewers, but I didn't mind competitive programs like Mysterio vs Kidman just for the conceit of it. At times, WCW still felt like a sporting event, and I think that's why I still preferred it and stuck it out through the end. WCW forgot what brought it to the dance when it began copying the WWF's crash tv and ESPECIALLY when they brought Russo in. The presentation needed to remain sports-based in comparison to the WWF. Southern wrasslin.

[@CurlyFromTheSwirly]

WCW mainly forgot to evolve. They focused on Hogan for too long. WCW was desperate at the end.

[@criminalmindsgirl2936]

Man, Kidman and Mysterio can always put on some great matches! Kidman was so underrated!

[@nickn271]

So many matches I tuned out of during my short time watching wrestling. I always loved Mysterio and Kidman.

[@CurlyFromTheSwirly]

There were some people who were underrated. I don't remember anyone underrating Kidman.

[@idkhonest8482]

Considered by many to be WCW's last great overall PPV. Also the first WCW ppv not named WCW/NWO since 1996 if u get what I mean

[@greenkoopa]

Wcw never had a PLE stop that It's been gone for so long don't try to rewrite it

[@CustomerCervix]

this wasn't a premium live event... just call it a PPV

[@switchbladeshinobi650]

Actually wcw didn't start branding there ppvs wcw/nwo until 1998

[@JenMistress]

With DDP adding The Tombstone to his move set, got to wonder if that's why Taker singled him out to bury during The Invasion storyline in a few years. 😉😂🤣

[@CurlyFromTheSwirly]

No, but it's funny to say/hear it 😂

[@DebitAdams]

Loving the late Christmas present of two Reliving the War episodes within 2 days

[@zacharythomason7359]

Same here

[@cliffbogard9546]

Only thing that brings down DDP's title win was him being a heel. The fact WCW didn't keep him as a face for the title win still baffles me

[@DrDoomBloom]

A real shame Bret was not on this PPV but a solid offering from WCW overall especially considering the condition of Nitro at the time

[@briancallaway1690]

WCW failed big time with Bret. They took him from WWF but had no idea what to do with him.

[@troywright359]

He had been injured for a while, remember?

[@luckywallace]

@@troywright359 Bret had been injured for a bit but he was recovered by this point and had recently had great Nitro matches with Benoit and Booker T. It's a real shame he never got paired-up with Chris Jericho while they overlapped in WCW.

[@namikstudios]

@@briancallaway1690 Bret is one of only nine WCW Triple Crown Champions and did it faster than the other seven who still deserve it (Benoit did it faster but disqualified himself, to say the least...). WCW didn't fail with Bret at all, especially considering how much time off Bret had during his short run there. He was on a break at this time and soon takes even more time off after Owen died, which is totally fair and understandable of course.

[@jg5004]

Reliving the War might be the greatest wrestling series ever. Objectively.

[@savannahsand4066]

DDP getting the belt was well deserved, but the fact they waited so long and for DDP to turn heel to do the honors is just so WCW.

[@namikstudios]

There was a good reason they waited so long. Eric Bischoff and DDP were and still are close friends in real life, so Eric was worried that if DDP was given the world title earlier that people would have thought he only got it because he was friends with the boss. However, by this time in 1999, everyone could see that DDP had earned it himself and truly deserved the belt. Perhaps they were overly cautious but it turned out well.

[@CurlyFromTheSwirly]

What do you mean by turning heel? DDP was always the good guy.

[@CurlyFromTheSwirly]

​@@namikstudios That's probably somewhat true, but more so there wasn't room in the championship schedule. They had actually considered having DDP win at Halloween Havoc, but Goldberg had some TV appearances scheduled which they felt wouldn't make sense without him being champion.

[@metalmarkus4570]

"Bam Bam hits Sandman with a trash can" I rewound it five times to chuckle at this.

[@kamenanew9867]

Other way round but I also enjoyed how that flowed lol

[@markkimo]

"Sandman smacks Bam Bam with a trash can"

[@KingKhanate1997]

It’s literally ALL downhill for WCW after this. It’s the last, objectively quality PPV they put out before shuttering the doors in 2001.

[@Hyde_Hill]

Really sort of a shame they turned DDP heel before the win. Him getting the win as people's champ would have blown the roof off the place. Also shame Hogan got injured guess that is what caused the Flair heel turn and Goldberg never getting his final revenge. Although they could have gone quicker about it.

[@WWChampion16]

Scotty Riggs doing Rick Rude seems weird since 9 days later Rick Rude died.

[@paulc1553]

WCW Spring Stampede, the last great WCW PPV and one of the best PPVs of the year. I'd have it second only to ECW Anarchy Rulz.

[@cabutler1]

Could you imagine the pop if DDP beat Goldberg for the title last year? That would have taken the arena down! While deserved, I think you're right in that this was the wrong time for DDP to win the title. I think it would have worked better when he turns Face again later.

[@CurlyFromTheSwirly]

They should never have tried to make him heel. It was lame. He's the people's champion.

[@Billy-ot8mk]

The fact that DDP started as a manager and then took bumps at 35 years old is always insane to me.

[@pwx13]

I am 39 and I wouldn't dare take a bump

[@stenzel27]

Meanwhile Ric Flair trying to die in the ring

[@QuartzMatrixed]

Puss...... I'm 38 and people tell me they think I'm no older than 25 all the time. I know not everyone ages the same. But I feel like I'm as fit or more than at 28... but that's just me ..

[@Sockimus]

Same. I'd love to take a bump but I have enough history with bumping accidentally on stairs that I'm Shawn Michaels post-Rumble '98 without having much fun getting myself there.@@QuartzMatrixed

[@KeganStucki]

My 35 year old ass takes bumps getting out of bed everyday...

[@freshparkfilms]

This was the last GOOD PPV WCW had 😅...this was so good I was so surprised! what a great ending + macho man! this was awesome! only if they could've kept this type of quality up things could be much different today 😊

[@mulldrifterz6469]

Surprised you didn't make mention at all of Rey cracking his head really hard on the ring steps. Was brutual.

[@hoddish3755]

for real! afterwards rey holds his head and kicked the steps furious two or three times while laying on the floor

[@louisvelez40]

This was the last WCW pay per view I watched during the Monday Night War. Overall I enjoyed it. I was happy to see DDP finally win the big one. The OG people’s champ is WCW champ

[@mongomongo7664]

This was the pay-per-view where I fell in love with Scott Steiner he was awesome on this night PS this show was better than WrestleMania 15 👊

[@MichaelSpikes-pv6kl]

Great wcw pay per view

[@lbdjthethird1240]

Scotty Steiner going in to the crowd is a preview of his Ring Ka King days.

[@mrawesome669]

Steiner legit has aura that I've only ever seen from a handful of guys in all of wrestling!

[@popmonika]

Amazing moment for DDP to finally become world heavyweight champion. Can't wait to see how wcw muck it all up🙄

[@MR.__G]

Lmaoo that’s why I’m here for. I just wanna see how wcw did it, killed their show

[@CurlyFromTheSwirly]

They killed it right there at this PPV with that botched ending. I'm not saying it's that horrible. But the match should have ended in 1 of 3 ways. 1) DDP pins someone with absolutely no interfere from Macho Man. 2) Macho Man takes out Flair, but DDP Diamond Cuts & pins Sting cleanly. 3) Macho Man takes out Sting, but Page beats Flair clean.

[@Cableguy15]

I didn't watch Nitro much back in the day, and I knew that DDP was eventually going to get the belt, but I had no idea Macho Man helped him. It must have been pretty shocking for people in 1999, given their old rivalry.

[@CurlyFromTheSwirly]

It was crazy for me. I wasn't expecting either to happen. I'll admit that even though I was a big DDP fan, I was not expecting him to win. I could see how WCW was obsessed with old stars like Hogan.I expected Sting to win.

[@DimJongUn]

I was at that PPV as a 14 year old. Thanks for doing it justice, even as a wwf fan boy at the time it was a solid event.

[@Ghost-304]

When Randy Orton came into WWE Randy got the RKO from DDP and the Diamond Cutter. Hearing Orton video about how he was looking for finisher move etc when he came in makes me believe he got it from DDP . Both are great finishers and can be pulled off so many ways. Randy took the RKO to whole new level.

[@kurtbarlow5408]

Widely regarded as the last good WCW ppv ever

[@charlesiofaustria7361]

DDP peaked in 98. I remember my friend (who was a big WCW fan) telling me that DDP won the belt the next day at school and I just shrugged my shoulders and was like "eh" lol.

[@reeseangle9621]

He should have beat Goldberg at HH 98

[@CurlyFromTheSwirly]

​@@reeseangle9621 Totally 👐 TBH, I didn't expect them to have DDP win, so I had to watch the replay of the PPV on Wednesday or whenever they did that.

[@kristimccabe8288]

Yay!! Every day that a Wrestling Bios video is posted is a phenomenal day!!

[@PaulWerkema]

It looks like Konnan and Mysterio are preparing for the No Limit Soldiers. Dark and confusing days are coming.

[@beaucurtis7524]

Macho's hair tied back and sun glasses give him both protection from high wind speeds and less drag when delivering the elbow drop.

[@Jerry-zc5qt]

Being part of the Wolfpack allowed Disco Inferno to let his inner savage out. Good God 4 chin locks in one match. Step aside Wood from the hood. A new greatest icon in wrestling is coming along

[@Atrocitus-k2j]

It’s exciting to realize we just hit the top of the loop on the WCW roller coaster, and that it’s all going to be a crazy, cringeworthy, non-stop disaster from here on out 😂

[@thrillhouse5469]

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year🍻

[@zacharythomason7359]

Same here

[@ChrisDeRoin]

The Heenan and Shovantay exchanges during the Bam Bam vs. Sandman match were phenomenal: TS: "Don't try this at home!" BH: "No, try it at someone else's!"

[@philipglover3295]

I had this PPV on video got it for Christmas in 1999 along with the Goldberg /Sting Superstar Series video The best line from the show is when Tony Schivone says don’t do that in your back yard Bobby Henan then says do it in your living room it’s more fun , in fact do it in Tony’s living room he won’t notice

[@Venemofthe888]

While it was cool to see DDP to finally get the title although it feels like its too little too late and he had cooled off a lot by this point. Him being a heel essentially at that time really didnt help. I like many think they missed the opportunity to put the title on him in October of 1998 (which yes would of sucked since the PPV cut off). Knowing where his title reigns go its not good

[@CallumRSU30]

I just learned today he was a heel when he won (!)

[@infamousprime694]

Nah, looking forward to the Jersey Triad myself.

[@namikstudios]

Only around 25% of PPV providers cut HH 98 off early, so most people did in fact see Goldberg vs DDP. Wasn't WCW's fault that some dodgy companies cut the feed to an event before it was over. Thankfully most didn't.

[@CurlyFromTheSwirly]

WCW was so pathetic. Time Warner cuts off their own PPV. 😂 Meanwhile, I watched the whole thing (no interruption) on Cablevision.

[@CurlyFromTheSwirly]

​@@infamousprime694 I enjoyed that myself. It was as if WCW knew DDP deserved championship time, but had other plans for it, so he got some time with the tag belts. It was cool that Page & Bam Bam combined their finishers. I called it "Greetings From Diamond Cutter Park."

[@hiyabuddy7]

F YESSS!!! Merry Christmas and Happy holidays indeed!! Thank you so much for this!! You either take time to work through the holidays or set it up a head of time to entertain us. Best wrestling show EVER.. PERIOD!! I genuinely love and appreciate your content and YOU!! Thank you dude... Thank you!! 👍

[@ginaxxgodgames9573]

This was another PPV I begged my parents to buy. The only thing i remember was DDP winning the strap and Konnan saying he was gonna toss Disco's salad....okay lol

[@dereksather5921]

Surprised Nash didn't blow a quad doing that leap frog. Lol

[@WhoCaresAnymoreTho]

That super juvi driver looked a lil botchy too👀👀

[@LwandaMandla-eo3io]

Nice remix/mashup of Booker T's WWE and TNA theme songs😂

[@ashleydominiak9059]

This was probably my favourite and only wcw ppv I ever watched all the way threw apart from at starcade 99 great ppv wcw when done right

[@RKStrikerJK5]

That is just a _banger_ of a remix of Booker T's theme!

[@Dople1989]

Best wrestling content on youtube. The confidence you have in yourself to laugh and make jokes at crazy wcw stuff has improved a lot over time! Great job man!

[@thomasglavin5029]

This Rey Kidman match was a fuggin good one for real

[@imal25]

WILL SEE YOU ON THURSDAY FOR ALL NEW RELIVING THE WAR TIL THEN GOOD NIGHT MERRY CHRISTMAS AND TAKE CARE.

[@AFCManUk]

"Sandman smacks Bam-Bam with a Trash Can." 🤣🤣 Hope you had a great Christmas dude :)

[@Valkian24]

This was the first WCW PPV I remember watching and a lot of it has stuck with me since then. This was a fun rewatch, even if some of it has flown over me since it's been so long.

[@frankyturrizo4240]

I'd like to see you do a limited series on the Thursday Night War , maybe the best 8 episodes

[@AttackoftheJoe]

Are there 8 good episodes of Thunder?

[@frankyturrizo4240]

@@AttackoftheJoe lol!

[@djchino774]

WCW had the best looking and sounding rings

[@MongrelWarrior]

And here we are, the last great WCW PPV. Enjoy while you can because the further PPVS are going to be hell. Still though, it's nice to see DDP win the world title here. Well deserved.

[@markshepherd9153]

"BAMBAM hits Sandman with a trash can" i spat my Spicy and Coke at that one 😂

[@anofsti]

I wonder why someone would flip off a wrestler called Blitzkrieg with a finisher called The Final Cut... Not very subtle WCW

[@SonBlackHeart22]

19:37 Geez Goldberg almost lost his grip there in the Jackhammer that was close 😐

[@UndertakerNeverDies]

You said something very important to me at the beginning of the video and that’s form your own opinion on this show. And that’s something I feel I want to do on these last few years of WCW. I’m unfamiliar with the going ons of WCW in these final years because we mostly started watching WWF only at my house by this time. I know the general consensus on this time period of WCW is it slowly goes downhill but I feel like I want to experience that for myself for better or worse and form my own opinion on this era of WCW. That way I have my own personal opinion.

[@CurlyFromTheSwirly]

WCW was...um... lightning in a bottle that was dropped and lost

[@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854]

It's quite ironic about the Rick Rude reference here➡️5:12 considering that Rick Rude would pass away nine days later! 😳😮😦

[@carloshill]

To me this was the last great wcw show they put on and that did any kind of numbers. Because after this ppv it's all downhill from here as every other show after spring stampede 1999 gets much worse with I believe Halloween havoc or fall brawl 1999 being the worse wcw shows of 1999. It was still good though with that said to see ddp win the world title even though it was a year or two too late.

[@jbanks979]

It’s annoying it only came after his completely out of nowhere heel turn, but very happy to see DDP FINAALLLLY get a chance to be the man after nearly willing himself into the main event picture since 1997. Dunno why WCW stopped doing the opening cruiserweights, since it was so much of what made nitro the better show in 96-97. (Whereas they were worse than WWF at doing pretend ECW hardcore matches) It really is all downhill from here

[@briancallaway1690]

WCW cruiserweight division should have been their main events. The big guys were either to old or had absolutely no wrestling moves (goldberg).

[@troywright359]

Lol having rey vs kidman as main event? Didn't you see the last RTW where even WB admitted people came to see the big stars over great wrestling?

[@pafoneto1275]

​@@briancallaway1690 If the do that WCW would be out of business in 1997.

[@pafoneto1275]

​@@troywright359 Lol yes, these people think 90's casual fans are wrestling nerds that appreciate the "work" of the wrestlers lol.

[@killaxero86]

Sad that he brings up the guy acting like Rick Rude because I remembered that Rick would die 9 days after this PPV. RIP Mr Rude

[@shanewilliams9122]

My first WCW PPV i ever saw. Bought a pre-owned VHS from Blockbuster Video.

[@deeturner7724]

Bret Hart & Sting should’ve been WCW’s version of The Rock & Stone Cold

[@joefosh]

They talk about missed opportunities in the merger; I'm just saying there was an opportunity for disco inferno and Val Venis to climb the tag ranks as the sleaziest throwbacks sports entertainment has ever known

[@jeffdeming8811]

Being who he is and his legacy in ecw...I just can't believe he would agree to being called hardcore Hak...seems a little insulting lol

[@pyromaximus8890]

The last match actually made all the sense in the world tbh savage had beef with page early in their time at wcw but since he's fell out with all his old "friends" flair Hogan Sting ect😂that elbow drop, kicking sting hand off the rope was all absolutely great

[@brianb99]

Booker T should have been the top of every card! Dude is amazing! The match with Sting, DDP, Hogan, and Flair was awesome to watch on PPV back in the day! One of the few bright spots back in WCW around that time!

[@metallicakixtotalass]

great video as always. I just saw The Iron Claw today and even knowing the story it was a great but incredibly hard watch. The guy they got to play Ric Flair was pretty entertaining though. Would be really interested in what you think about the film since you do a lot about the history of the business.

[@FUNKnnFLY]

I've been doing a WCW Watch myself (Currently up to Feb 2000 after starting 95) and after this PPV is where the quality of the product goes south very very fast. It is awesome seeing DDP get his moment though, its such a shame that we couldn't get to enjoy babyface DDP as a champ for a month instead we have the company turn him heel asap.

[@markwilton4403]

Sandman / Hak looks like the guy in every wetherspoons in the UK who is there from opening until closing, trying to look younger than he is by wearing so horrendous sports direct gear. Bollocks in the ring as well so no idea how he got so over

[@blackcasper0]

I hate disco inferno but dammit I can’t deny a good chinlock

[@kevynhansyn2902]

8 Chin Locks this PPV. The most Chin Locks in any PPV in over a year out of both companies.

[@timkluntz8362]

The Cruiserweights in WCW were the unsung work-horse warriors! I'm 99% sure this PPV was when fresh-faced 11 year-old me made the switch to watching WWF Raw from there on out.

[@stevenmerriman6817]

WCW we’re the kings of “Jobber PPV matches”

[@2ndShiftSupremeOverlord546]

DDP should have went over Goldberg at Havoc "98. I honestly think it could have changed how the Monday night wars played out.

[@michaelaburns734]

A decent PPV for WCW in 1999. DDP did made me tear up when he won Big Gold.

[@gravitykat714]

Disco inferno just put on match of the year with those chinlocks

[@kingrama2727]

Man Juventud Guerrera was a hottie back in the day!!!

[@MikeyMike-uu3fe]

5:31 THAT WAS AWSOME

[@ExodiaNecross2]

Sandman in WCW???

[@trevorwinn5012]

That remix of Booker Ts theme at the beginning is LIT !

[@mikeL65000]

I can't wait for the april 26th nitro review. Its my all time favorite episode.

[@burntvirtue]

This is the last of 3 WCW PPVs I paid for during the golden era of the Monday Night Wars. I was diehard WCW (Still am) but I had to work this night so I paid this chick I was friendly with in HS to record this for me. I watched later that night. Happy to see DDP get the win finally. The other 2 PPVs I bought were Halloween Havoc 98 and Starrcade 98. I picked arguably the 3 most infamous shows outside of Bash 96 and Starrcade 97 .

[@CurlyFromTheSwirly]

Funny thing is, I didn't expect DDP to win and didn't pay to watch this that Sunday. So I had to get the reairring on Wednesday. However, I did watch Spring Stampede 2000 thinking DDP would beat Jarrett. Go figure. 😂

[@fumpr84]

My last WCW PPV, DDPs nonsensical heel turn (among countless other face heel turns leading up to and after this) just made it unwatchable for me, it was obvious that no one was in charge creatively and the wrestlers just did whatever they felt like at the time regardless of if it made sense or was anything fans wanted.

[@TC-iw5lg]

I remember watching this live and both loving and hating that DDP got the title, even then you knew it was too late.

[@CurlyFromTheSwirly]

Why would there be any hate? He deserved it. It should have been sooner, and without that Macho Man BS; but at the end of the day it's still better than most wrestlers get.

[@TC-iw5lg]

@@CurlyFromTheSwirly because they pulled the trigger way too late and everyone knew it, I loved watching DDP grow as a performer from his Diamond Doll and Max Muscle days and this was such a loss because we didnt get the proper top babyface championship run he should have gotten. I love that he's a world champ but hate it came too damn late.

[@CurlyFromTheSwirly]

@TC-iw5lg , Agreed, but it was more of too late for WCW than for DDP. WCW probably would have been smarter to have DDP win in the summer of 98 and Goldberg start his championship later. As people have stated, Goldberg vs Hogan at Starcade would have been a big money making event; but let's get back to DDP. In 1998, DDP was the star of WCW, but the company didn't realize it. Even having DDP win at Halloween Havoc would have been better than what they did. WCW actually considered having DDP win, but because Goldberg had some TV appearances coming up they felt he needed to keep the belt or it wouldn't look as good. I have no problem with DDP waiting till 99 for the belt as far as for his time. As I said, that was about WCW becoming a mess. 1999 should have never had that finger poke BS and nWo reunification garbage. The main problem with that was WCW was then focusing on old stars, mainly Hogan and secondly Flair. When what they needed to do was build new stars. (Which WWF was doing.) But even with that mess up, they should have had Hogan loss to Flair sooner, then Flair to DDP without Macho interfering. He should have kept it longer than a month, and therr was no need for Sting to win the belt for 90 minutes. After that, someone again new like Raven could take the belt from DDP by cheating. Having the flock or some of them come help would be great. Then Saturn beats Raven, and DDP helps to settle the score. Sting would beat Saturn and eventually we cycle back to Goldberg getting the bell back from Sting. But WCW had no plan or vision other than Hogan.

[@zemox2534]

Thanks for the late Christmas present.

[@81superjay]

That intro using Booker T theme is 🔥🔥🔥

[@aaronrussell7485]

"We see more thin abuse..." LMFAO

[@brycewolstenholme4572]

Disco and Kdog.. double camo.. 1999 match of the year nominee for sure... right?

[@brycewolstenholme4572]

Mysterio in camo too! God to be in our prime in the 90's... I was 10 in '99