Raw vs Nitro "Reliving The War" - Episode 27.5 (Special) - April 8th 1996

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Another special episode of Reliving The War this week as WWF Raw goes unopposed.
WCW Monday Nitro was pre-empted on 4.8.96 so the WWF had a free night on the USA Network. Once again, the WWF would try to capitalize by presenting some of the biggest names in the company including Shawn Michaels, Diesel, Vader, Davey Boy Smith and Owen Hart. This episode also features the Raw debut of The Ultimate Warrior, who made his return at WrestleMania 12. The WWF try to turn the Monday Night War in their favour by putting on an entertaining show, and it actually worked. The World Wrestling Federation would win the ratings war 5 times in a row… but it was the last winning streak the WWF would have for quite a long time. As we get further into 1996, the wheels begin falling off as WCW begin firing on all cylinders.
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[@WrestlingBios]

Thanks for all the suggestions in regards to the format. I'll have the poll up after next week's episode. I appreciate the feedback! :)

[@Richterdgf]

You could probably save some time in your reviews by simplifying the match recaps. I like the recaps, but if time is a concern that’s where I’d cut back.

[@Willpudjiit]

Your cool as fck for doing these vids

[@Philipmmmm]

I look forward to this video every week!

[@lucyanneengland5540]

I'm sure what ever you choose ill love but please keep it weekly rather than 2 weekly x

[@kg957]

Just divide segments by 4. So 15 minutes of raw compared to 30 minutes of nitro.

[@buddyravage1634]

"There will be an arm-wrestling match" Sigh... "Featuring Ahmed Johnson" Jesus...

[@tyrone5969]

Accurate.

[@WhiskeyBrewer]

Thank god there was never an (sigh) Ahmed Johnson vs The Bootyman match lol

[@dohnuts4405]

I love this series. Reliving the war? Nah, reliving my youth.

[@robbiesilverwolf]

Glad that you are dedicated to finish this project! I’ll do my part and watch every single video! One more month until the outsiders angle!

[@eoinreilly3925]

💯

[@gst013]

It'll be interesting to see how this all plays out...WCW is gonna build a big lead, but around the time of post-WM13 and the Austin/Bret double turn WWF started producing some of their best content ever, (although without WCW's midcard depth) and then eventually WCW just falls off a cliff entirely.

[@johndunning5821]

I was very worried when you wanted to discuss the future off reliving the war I never skipped anything to the end so fast 😂 😂 Thank you for carrying on with it. We all think you're doing an amazing job and much appreciated

[@robbiesilverwolf]

@@johndunning5821 thanks man

[@Thor-Orion]

“Been in Montana with the rest of the Lunatics!” Man Curt Hennig really is perfect. What a great Unabomber reference. Only my boy Teddy was so much smarter than James Hellwig. Owen Hart was SO good. I will never forgive the wwf for what they did to Owen. Not just killing him, but hamstringing him time after time after time despite him being one of the best in the world and one of the best ever between those ropes.

[@RichSmithson]

Perfect is still one of my favourites of all time. He was an awesome heel commentator too.

[@alexh8613]

Your boy Teddy??? What a stupid comment

[@oldironsides4107]

Owen was a good wrestler but no charisma shitty characters. He’s best known for the crowd shouting nugget at him non stop and he hated that. The blue blazer. The corniest character ever. Imagine dying as the blue blazer and the crowd chanting nugget over and over and over. What a degrading way to go

[@byroncormier8532]

​@@oldironsides4107terrible take

[@mr83]

So happy I have WrestlingBios in my life!!

[@DeedeeandtheBeebee]

Amen!!!!

[@Large23collectibles]

You scared the heck out of me. I thought you were going to end the RTW.

[@gibsonj338]

I thought that too.

[@vit8107]

I thought the same. Luckily this fantastic series lives on.

[@daa589]

Right!

[@DeedeeandtheBeebee]

Man me too!!!thank God he didnt

[@christallon7856]

me too😱

[@kingfathersuperstillhatesk7349]

That laugh to the Warriors promo. No need for explaining the promo Wrestling Bios, that explains it all

[@howsway42]

whatever hater. Warrior put asses in seats, all that ric flair style hate huh

[@EssexAggiegrad2011]

@@howsway42 Warrior sucked

[@rikkidycus149]

please! stop kissing @**

[@kingfathersuperstillhatesk7349]

@@howsway42 why did you think it was hating, Warrior just cut a funny promo, which is what happens a lot with the Warrior, he usually makes funny promos people imitate like people do with Hulk Hogan. Not being mean or anything and not trying to hate, it was funny that’s it.

[@E_l_l_i_e]

@@kingfathersuperstillhatesk7349 this is not even the strangest Warrior promo. My absolute favorite is his "no sleep, no fooood, just maniacism" promo. Try keeping a straight face watching that.

[@Sougamwthmana]

That close-up of Bulldog and Ahmed's arms makes me wonder if it was an intentional shout-out to the handshake from the Predator movie.

[@jakepearl2712]

Warriors promo was EPIC REALLY listen to it...I loved it.

[@kimberlykerr9106]

best part of Thursday 😁

[@vfollowgod]

One of my favorite episodes of RAW as a kid because of the match up between Yokozuna and Vader, and the Ultimate Warrior being back

[@GeoGuy388]

I'm not surprised that RAW popped a huge rating for this night. I think IYH: Good Friends/Better Enemies did a solid buyrate too, and that's really no coincidence in my mind. I feel like this period in 1996 was a really underrated, albeit brief, moment in time for the WWF. They were really doing a lot of things right in the first four months of 1996 (some really good angles, e.g. Diesel/Undertaker), and when you look at the roster, it was absolutely stacked (Bret, Taker, Diesel, HBK, Razor, HHH, Austin, Owen, Bulldog, Vader, Mankind, Goldust - just an embarrassment of riches). It's probably for the best that history unfolded the way it did, but one of the biggest "what ifs" for me has always been how the rest of 1996 could have played out if Diesel, Razor, and Bret had stayed instead of going to WCW/going on a hiatus.

[@QuartoQuartoWSP]

Lawler has two moves that don’t include his fist. A power slam to set up the flying fist and his pile driver

[@Rob_Thorsman]

They should have just had Shawn vs. HHH or Duke Droese.

[@Rob_Thorsman]

He was a draw in Tennessee, but he was a joke to WWF/WWE audiences.

[@TheNightmareFish]

Great color commentator tho

[@Rob_Thorsman]

Steve was a better wrestler before Owen crippled him.

[@REblll]

Hell yes! Maybe for reliving the war, recap the first hour of nitro but keep the battle the same for the 2nd hour and hour of raw? My logic is that should be when nitro should be knocking on all cylinders to keep people from tuning into raw?

[@robbiesilverwolf]

Only judge what is happening simultaneously?

[@Thor-Orion]

This is definitely a very good idea for one of the options. Recap the parts that aren’t running simultaneously and then do the grading system for the head to head segments. Then when raw goes to two hours do head to head the whole time and when Nitro goes to three hours do the recap for the unopposed parts and the head to head grading for the simultaneous segments. Either do it like that or maybe go by percentage of time for each show. So when nitro is twice as long you compare 20 minutes of Nitro to 10 minutes of Raw and then 15 minutes of nitro to 10 minutes of raw when it’s 3 hours opposed to 2. I use the 15 to 10 just as a general and easy to understand block of time, it might end up being 21 minutes to 14 or 27 to 18. Something like that.

[@gfpbaneable]

I like your idea, but I'd like to see the ratings for the first hour of Nitro vs the head to head hour. Would be interesting to see how the numbers lay out.

[@josephrivera9818]

Probs the method.

[@Thor-Orion]

gfpbaneable well the ratings you can’t go by percentage of the show’s time, he’ll have to do ratings hourly starting with Nitro moving to two hours.

[@nm499x]

Undertaker was on the latest episode of "Hot Ones", eating hot chicken wings and telling good stories from back in the day. Definitely worth the watch for any current or prior WWF fan.

[@SemajV1]

A lot of times I open these just to hear that banger of a opener and reliving my childhood.

[@remybien3277]

Just binged watch the whole series and caught up now

[@gibsonj338]

I started watching the day the first episode aired and have watched every episode as they aired because this series is just that damn good.

[@mikemccoy5092]

Damn this raw had a lot of dead wrestlers in it and bulldog would have won

[@GoddesseyCreations]

Jesus Christ, that was harsh😟

[@olbloodngut4039]

I remember Yokozuna being carted off on a forklift. Good times.

[@madseason8]

I watch this religiously every week. Your doing a great job covering the history of certain parts of wrestling. This Monday night wars series is legendry.

[@taylormademyself89]

The war is back again 😎🤟

[@arciks11]

I think simplifying content is the right call. Making it every fortnight would really drag these series out even more than it already will be.

[@silverthorn9759]

The Ultimate Warrior is definitely different. BTW this series is fascinating since I know little or nothing about this time in pro wrestling.

[@thekosmokramer]

it was 100% the best times in wrestling

[@jasonwhitehouse1181]

Quickest I've ever got in. Great channel literally one of only three channels I watch all content from.

[@davidford3968]

I say go to the releasing these every fortnite so you can keep up the quality that you have now. I'm sure ism not the only one that appreciates the time and quality that you put in and can be patient and wait an extra week between episodes to keep the same quality of work and viewing pleasure that we all enjoy

[@vit8107]

Yup, quality over quantity every time.

[@Paranitis]

The only problem with that is that the MNW went on for another few years after this episode, and they did it weekly. So do we really want Wrestling Bios to commit to even longer than the amount of time the shows would've aired? I mean I do enjoy the series, but thinking about watching these videos until 2023 or beyond just doesn't make sense, considering all the other content that gets dropped on this channel. It will soon enough only be uploading Reliving The War.

[@Atroz7]

I want to open a craft store that sells wooden signs of Ultimate Warrior quotes and "Live Laugh Love". See how many people are blown away by the Warriors deepness

[@KEWLV1C]

Vince no doubt scheduled that Marc Mero surprised to counter that Bootyman surprise!

[@PJErvin]

I’ve been listening to the Doors today. Warrior sounds razor sharp. Edit: I would hate for this series to be less detailed because I love the format, but I also see the need for change. Not sure how you’ll adjust, but I’m along for the ride no matter what.

[@thetoonboy2k509]

Love this series so much, watched everyone.

[@hia5235]

I got Davey Boy in that Arm Wrestling contest! Im so glad this series will continue!

[@adamwatson6916]

The irony of the warrior calling someone a freak

[@lukebaer5128]

2 lines of coke and a blunt helps me understand what the Ultimate Warrior is talking about 👍

[@zlinedavid]

No acid? Always figured it took hallucinogens to figure out Warrior.

[@tonydreads622]

Please never stop doing these, there amazing! So much nostalgia

[@whippany]

My dad was 12 when this aired 😳😅😂

[@diegoarmando5489]

So was I. Goddamn I'm old.

[@whippany]

@@diegoarmando5489 did you go to school with my dad?? 🤔 😭😱😊

[@PhillipCummingsUSA]

@@whippany Yes, tell him I said hi...

[@diegoarmando5489]

@@whippany Nope. Nobody named Anunziata went ever went to school with me

[@whippany]

@@diegoarmando5489 Hmmm. U must be far from New Jersey? 😜😎👌

[@jamesbounds]

I was kind of curious how things would go once one of the shows went two hours. Still gonna love this series regardless.

[@nahinraihan7751]

Binging my way thrugh this series asap to finally catch upto weekly schedules

[@charlesfrazier5894]

Me too

[@DigitalBath742]

I remember that Warrior/Goldust promo so well. I was 17 at the time. It turned Warrior heel for me. He used to be my favourite 5 years earlier.

[@RollerCodsterWFEW]

Depends on if Davey boy took a few hits before the arm wrestling contest, if he had that crack power, Davey got it! 💪🤯

[@williambuckman8359]

Haha crack he bought from Ahmed blood gang!

[@vit8107]

@@williambuckman8359 blood gang? Am i not getting 90's humour? By humour I mean racism Billy boy.

[@vit8107]

Well done on squeezing in a joke on an addiction that in parts led to his death. FYI There was Zer-0- room for it.

[@RollerCodsterWFEW]

@@vit8107 no need to thank me, your welcome 😉

[@vit8107]

@@RollerCodsterWFEW No, no. You're welcome 😉

[@Thebossstage1]

10:13 The inventor of the coup de grace

[@praagner]

Didn't matter that it was a Raw only video, still enjoyed it.

[@wendigo1619]

this is one of only three wrestling channels i subscribed to, three if you count Jim Cornette

[@eoinreilly3925]

Quality beats quantity every time 💯 Good taste by the way 👍🏼

[@alexd9134]

Last one being osw?

[@wendigo1619]

@@alexd9134 no WWW

[@alexd9134]

@@wendigo1619 nice it would have been my next guess

[@segadream4713]

The other better be OSW...

[@johnchristina1340]

A sit down power bomb Jerry. That's so dangerous.

[@GHOST91141]

Let me get the smoke ready for this 😂😂

[@beefhouse9229]

haha trueeeeeee

[@dominicmanriquez1645]

smokin while reliving the war, cheers brother

[@mrweaslio2810]

Delighted to hear you’ll be continuing with the project. I feared the worst when hearing your comments at the start of the video! Long may this series continue!

[@peartreeproductions77]

This and osw is all I need for a good week of podcasts

[@laulakh]

I think it would be better to simplify the content than to release every 2 weeks... Need my weekly reliveing the war fix

[@RealTalk87]

I remember this episode, I was 8 years old at the time. I love your reliving the war 💯💯

[@markjonovitch1093]

"Good Friends, better Anemones" - Kevin Nash

[@Mattnova_116]

I remember this segment too, Owen said, "rock-solid" in terms of Davey Boy Smith's bicep.

[@BrittneyStarling]

Love this series!

[@jeffwalls4213]

Thank you for doing this program. I look forward to watching each week. Great memories!

[@anotheratheist]

9:57 I AM THE TABLE!

[@martinastrooooo]

Finally you decided to uploed this episode, waiting for it for hours

[@ernietruth92]

Man I love this series appreciate you doing this, however it continues I’m just grateful it’s hear

[@Jimmy_Hopkins15]

This is my favorite series on this channel I always watch late at night hope you make the series work still sir.

[@rg040276]

Look forward to this every week! Glad you’re going to see it out until the end. Coming up is going to be some of the glory days of wrestling.

[@markcollins6635]

Star of that arm wrestle was Owen, Johnson said in a shoot interview Owen and Bulldog put a stink bomb on Davey's hands before that started. Lol

[@arciks11]

Yeah that sounds like Owen alright.

[@manraisedbypuffins9080]

Thanks for a great series, genuinely have enjoyed this trip down memory lane :)

[@thomascrowley9122]

Surprised the ring didn't collapse during the Vader and Yokozuna match lol

[@andrewwagstaff5535]

Amazing job on these! I look forward to them every Thursday.

[@ViraL_FootprinT.ex.e]

4:50 All anyone can really do at the Warrior's ramblings is laugh, lol.

[@sgallegos702]

Every couple of weeks works for me if that quality and content can continue. You’re putting out the best damn videos I’ve seen since this Monday Night wars were actually live. Thank you for everything.

[@kylereece1979]

Another brilliant stroll down the wrestling memory lane. This series is fecking brilliant and it is such a great concept to cross examine both Nitro and Raw episodes like this. Love it, well done again.

[@heyyou9693]

I wish I could find the Duke "the dumpster" impersonation of other stars. Absolutely great stuff.

[@alexberry6316]

Absolutely keep it every Thursday, I look forward to it every week

[@lancewhiteeagle3203]

Glad the series will continue!

[@PolishPadawan]

Thank you for taking the time to edit this series. Terrific content. Cheers!

[@ThaClancyFam2]

I’ve been waiting all day for this!

[@E_l_l_i_e]

Please continue posting Reliving the War weekly. Two weeks is too long a wait. 😥 Also, when Nitro extends to 2 hours, I suggest that you score the matches that go against each other and just do a recap of the remaining WCW program.

[@PunkRJH90]

I love the story about the arm wrestling match, Davey Boy actually put a stink bomb on his hand, Ahmed did his best not to crack. Owen & Davey Boy were fun pranksters back in the day.

[@Creampie_lake_zaddy]

I remember being a little kid and loving the warrior. He is not what I remember.

[@TheCrimson187]

I just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate your amazing work on these Monday Night War vids. I look forward to Thursdays like I am looking forward to old school Smackdown on Thursdays. The point system is very fair and well done.

[@stevendenney5721]

I am all for whatever you decide to do, I just love this video series! Keep up the great work!

[@tylerharrison3365]

I love your channel homie, takes me back to my childhood with this series!

[@kishore16966]

Addicted to your works bro!! Keep on going!! Never been so restless!!

[@davidworden4470]

Thank you again it's the best part of my week

[@BJSWRESTLINGTOYROOM]

i would simply review the unopposed hour like you have with the (.5 specials) and still do the reviews on the head to head hours. when raw becomes 2hrs in 1997 you can then do both hours head to head but skim over the more quiet or non storyline matches.make them 30mins max. id still like them to be every week, i love these shows and wait for them to appear every week. keep up the shows man, love them.

[@attiepollard7847]

That's the greatest format right there we can do. that's at least a good 25 minutes

[@liamnguyen2819]

Hey bravo brother, thank you for NOT ending this great series and continuing to deliver the great nostalgia trip. Love Reliving the War 🤘 ---- Also too, in an arm wrestling match, all due respect to Davey Boy but I'd go with Ahmed Johnson.

[@TheJohnnyrack]

Said it before and I’ll say it again Absolutely love this channel!!! Well done and thanks for the work you put in

[@nuduce123]

This series is the best. I love it every week. I am glad to support you on patreon. Your view of these is very well thought out. It just shows you that TV ratings don't always mean the other show is better.

[@cronkilla9433]

I will see you next week. This is a great show you put on. Thanks for doing it and plan on seeing it thru to the end. I’ll be watching all the way👍🏻

[@StuUngar]

The one good thing about Warrior’s 96 WWF return is he looked like we remembered from 91 as opposed to that weird look in 92 which prompted everyone to believe it was a fake Warrior.

[@kennethallen3843]

The moment the Warriors promos make sense, is the moment I see the world in code

[@tysoncarpenter8628]

Man i hope it just stays the same. I love this show! Its litteraly my favorite show on youtube!

[@rikkihill22]

Look forward to this every single week. Such a great channel with fantastic content.

[@dmitch1983]

Best part of my week every week

[@McMahon91]

Thanks for your work bro Love this channel

[@jamievickers9004]

One of 2 channels my pop for when opening KZbin. You and Markyd123 are both instant clicks!

[@VERDICTInsanity]

NOW GET THE GUUUUUNS... THE DRUUUUGS

[@Thor-Orion]

From my generation

[@E_l_l_i_e]

@@Thor-Orion I'll take the fall

[@seanmcgrath3826]

The Raw lyrics over the NItro music just sounds so good to me...

[@kingkosher6231]

the growing excitement as we get closer to May 19th's edition of Reliving The War is really awesome I am really excited for the in depth look at those 83 weeks of some of the best TV wrestling had to offer in the 90s.

[@TheLegendfrom205]

That would actually be 5/20...and Nitro was 90 min that day. Of course they started the 2 hr Nitros the following week.

[@bassvillain]

This series is at its best summarizing and contextualizing the program's against each other, so I think having part of each episode discuss Nitro before scoring the simultaneous broadcast makes the most sense, even if specific match details beyond highlights are sacrificed.

[@adrianshappymoments9343]

Great video. Keep em coming!!

[@jonsku321]

thank you so much for these videos your the number 1 wrestling channel

[@aouriel]

The intro alone makes this whole video!

[@Henderson1011]

I thought of something and hopefully it hasn't already been posted; Keep rating the 2 hours of Nitro compared to the 1 hour of Raw and just double the points. So for instance, if in the two hours, Nitro has 10 segments compared to 1 hour of Raw that has 5 segments, just have Raw's segments worth 2 points each. This way there could still technically be a tie. Of course, it may not always be an straight double amount of segments, but at least then you could still compare points to what you liked better without having to totally gut one half of the show.

[@RedCometXIII]

Once Raw goes to a two hour format you can keep doing the segment vs segment format, at least until Nitro goes to three hours. I do not envy this task brother, but thanks for the great content.

[@bygraceiamsaved5088]

Thank you for the great content.

[@GMHOULBROOK]

Only problem with putting them head to head during the first hour is that in real life they were rated on the actual show itself, the whole show, and also this would mean Nitros main event couldn't be taking into account as that is in Nitros 2nd hour while Raws main event is the first hour so that would mean both raw and Nitros main events couldn't be compared if were to go with that option, i think it should still be kept to a simple format and discuss the main matches while discussing anything on nitro that is irrelevant to the least. Keep up the fantastic work, i love watching this every Thursday, easily one of my favourite programmes

[@joshwilliams9955]

I absolutely love this series, I would hate to see it go because you do such an amazing job on it and it’s the first time I get to see most of this stuff. I think you could possibly break it in half, judge the first and second half of each show the first half will be an hour for nitro and half an hour for raw, something else you could do is at each half point put a vote option in the top right of the video so we can all vote with you!