Raw vs Nitro "Reliving The War": Episode 227 - March 13th 2000

[@edwardarcherwrestling6295]

Ive been waiting the entire series for this episode. This was the first Raw i ever watched live. When Mae Young got put through the table, my dad told me to tell him whenever the Dudleys were on TV

[@natediaz1863]

Pops was definitely not disappointed with his boys this Raw lol

[@dualshock3462]

And now it’s the first Raw you are watching on Reliving the War in the year 2025.

[@Goo_kazoo]

Hell yeah brother

[@johndavies5582]

Thats awesome brother....i remember first episode of nitro and lugar showing up. I kinda stopped watching for a few years around 2000 for a few years. Love these episodes i dont remember much after radicals joined wwe

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

I still have pics from meeting bubba and Devon from twenty yrs ago

[@RLKDragon]

54 Weeks = January 15, 2026. It'll be sad to see this series end. It's been masterfully put together.

[@matthewtheall8890]

Still got a WHOLE YEAR to go! Woo!

[@willielove3540]

This show should win a KZbin award

[@alonfizi4213]

I Think it would end later then that, I Bet there would be some thursdays her wont upload reliving the war

[@oswaldcobblepot321]

It’s the 15th jan 2025 while I type this … the final year has begun

[@exeortegarubio]

I find it funny that Anderson stated that the Four Horsemen were not about attacking people and breaking their arms when their origin traces back when Flair and the Andersons beat up Dusty Rhodes at the Omni.

[@greendeli7874]

And breaking people’s arms in car doors

[@souljahrick]

@@greendeli7874technically it was arn and Larry to Barry but still

[@blakejarvis5302]

They tied Dusty up in Crockett's parking lot and broke his arm. Can't forget Dusty's quote before they hit him " make good"

[@lightcastle99]

Arn's just blatantly lying here. :-)

[@highlordlaughterofcanada8685]

WCW continuity has the memory of a goldfish

[@evrbody]

Test and Val Venis makes sense as a tag team: Venis and Testicles

[@thedon3500]

We’re getting close to “That’s the wall, brother!” And that makes me happy as it’s the highlight of the entire Monday night war

[@evrbody]

HEY WALL

[@bryanhodson6981]

LOOK AT THAT HAND IN THE AIR! THAT MEANS CHOKESLAM! Kimberly's outfit on that episode was also a highlight.

[@MrBeardsley]

Me seeing a new Reliving the War in my feed every Thursday: “That’s gonna be a good li’l piece a bizness.”

[@RetroGuy216]

He's an ANIMAL!

[@InTheKM]

​@@RetroGuy216AN ANIMAL! AN ANIMAL!

[@farcosworld5995]

i love how quick bios is shown love.

[@MrBeardsley]

Everyone needs to check out guys like the Dudleys and Mark Henry talk about working with Mae Young, she was a legitimate badass and completely fearless. Bubba’s said he was really apprehensive about putting her through a table the first time, but she was all “Ah quit being a pansy and man up!”

[@zlinedavid]

@@MrBeardsley And something tells me that “pansy” was the edited version. 😂 Mae was a tough old gal, may she rest in peace.

[@Mil_Buri]

It's incredible how WCW still depended on Flair vs. Hogan when they let guys like Eddie, Benoit, Jericho, Malenko, and Saturn leave.

[@LostChrisB]

That’s why they had a squash match in the semi main event, they were pushing Harlem heat 2000. That’s right, not only did they lose major young talent, they pushed people with No talent. Sorry Stevie Ray, you’re alright in your mic and ring work, but your no Booker and the cardboard cutouts you have as tag partners have the wrestling skills of a brick, and are about as safe.

[@Mil_Buri]

@@LostChrisB Really is sad because the WCW roster was so stacked at one point but they just didn't know how to use most of those guys. A handful of them went on to be very successful but a lot of them felt like they could have been so much more. But here's Hogan/Flair 37, a match that no one asked for.

[@daveyadict_]

17:56 too cool was so over. I took them for granted back then

[@LostChrisB]

I think it’s because as fast as they’ve now risen they’ll be left behind and split up just as fast. To have Edge and Christian, the Dudley’s and the Hardy’s spearhead tag wrestling in the coming months other teams are going to be mid card guys to flesh out the division.

[@frankyturrizo4240]

5:37 that's Tiny the Terrible he testified to help New Jack in court with the Mass Transit incident. Tiny said he would if he got to be on Raw first

[@AndrewClement]

Came here to comment this.😊😅

[@frankyturrizo4240]

@AndrewClement how would you word it?

[@gravitykat714]

I still wonder how Jack pulled it off. Probably Heyman helped out with that

[@frankyturrizo4240]

@@gravitykat714 no doubt

[@KadeemG61]

How do you think I feel, Sucka?

[@scottmcginn2169]

Who are you to doubt El Dandy and his ability to get fan mail

[@jerrymarshall5965]

Jam up fan mail for sure

[@mafiaz187]

Or his ability to excite the groin

[@Yalro6]

In interviews, ive heard that Mae Young WANTED to do all of that. She loved wrestling and wouldn't let her age get in the way. Hats off to granny. Lita was my childhood crush but not until she went with Mat and Jeff.

[@mlgordita]

Mae demonstrated to the Dudley’s she could take the bump at rehearsals and then asked if she should do it again. Bubba said this on Busted Open some time ago.

[@zlinedavid]

@@mlgordita You can just picture that, can’t you? The three of them standing on the stage, Mae crushes out a cheap unfiltered cigarette and says “Aw hell, I can take that” and just back-dives off the stage. 😂

[@TravJam317]

Dusty Rhodes, Magnum TA, Ricky Morton, Ron Garvin, Nikita Koloff, Sting. Just a few people waiting in line to ask Arn what he's on about saying the Horsemen weren't around to injure people.

[@mattphoenix4702]

Shhh! He’s a face right now. Don’t question him, just cheer! You can tell some people never really got used to a “global” territory. Used to be you could do whatever you wanted in say… Atlanta. Then, if you went to see Lawler in Memphis, you can do or be anything you think you could get over, regardless of what happened in Atlanta.

[@OreoBrewer]

Massive props to you for condensing 16hrs of Raw & Nitro shows/ppvs into 80+ mins each upload.

[@stagepsychoIzzy]

I love HBK still gets a clip in the intro. Love his channel.

[@criminalmindsgirl2936]

I died laughing when the Fabulous Moolah said she hopes that Mae Young never comes back 🤣🤣🤣

[@goldensteeltv8546]

One more week till Trish Stratus makes her Raw debut. We’re also 3 weeks away from the last unopposed Raw in the Reliving the War series due to Nitro having a recap show ahead of the reboot.

[@Suchega_Uber]

I am loving this vindication for liking Too Cool. I bought in when they were still Too Much. Brian Christopher had his issues, but was a good worker, and Scott Taylor is WAY underrated just due to his size. They were solid and entertaining.

[@TooFarGone99]

The NWO being just the Harris Brothers at this point. Top shelf LOL.

[@zlinedavid]

Temu nWo

[@GleeChan]

It's amazing that they pushed the Wall but dumped on Berlyn. Like wtf

[@zlinedavid]

Scared of the bratwurst

[@LostChrisB]

Could they not at least get him some wrestling attire, a torn off white shirt looks ridiculous. Wait a second, how did old white socks Steven Richard’s pull of this gimmick? Right to censor really was mad lightning in a bottle.

[@toptenguy1]

They so badly wanted to make a Shawn/Diesel scenario, where the Wall would gain popularity. Thing is, say what you will about Nash, he actually had charisma.

[@GleeChan]

@@toptenguy1 I agree with the Nash statement. He has an uncanny ability to read the room, so to say. Most of the time he can make the crowd react how he wants, even with dumb gimmicks and storylines that he has to do. I mean, he turned the finger-poke-of-doom into a meme before memes existed.

[@AmazingGuy13]

The end of Mark Henry on RTW. It's also crazy to see Triple H and Rikishi wrestling each other given what would be revealed.

[@Speedyreedy1218]

@@AmazingGuy13 It's not crazy if you pay attention to the clues.

[@messykid1234]

@@Speedyreedy1218It literally wasn’t even the original plan 😂

[@labbaby189]

I had no idea he was gone that long. I could've sworn he had some more random matches on Heat or something til '01 at the earliest.

[@LostChrisB]

Mark, big show, hell even Fatu left the wwf to train up and return to take up the Rikishi gimmick, Vince knew what he wanted in his big wrestlers and was ready to take them off television to retrain them, even when they were big on tv, even when they were former wwf champion. Viscera is also gone to Memphis now I think, of course he was never the safest wrestler in the world no matter the training, but he would return years later to try and seduce Lilian Garcia so his mic skills are at least going to develop.

[@kappakiev9672]

Damn. I figured he’d be around until the end.

[@PeterHowe228]

Mae Young, wrestling's only true stunt granny.

[@m0rfans]

Rick Flair? 🙂

[@babayaga1988]

thank you for bringing back the intros for norman smiley

[@PancakeProduct]

Video idea: Highlight WCW & WWF wrestlers that impressed/disappointed you in retrospect

[@PancakeProduct]

My personal suggestion - Perry Saturn Did not think much of him until watching RTW. Now I massively respect his look, maleabile character work, and amazing wrestling ability (whilst in WCW. His jump to WWF was a mistake).

[@zotmaster]

I like this idea. My biggest regret from back then is that even at the time, Ric Flair just seemed boring and old. His promos and style resonated well with 10ish year old me, but once it came to everything else, I wanted the younger, cooler guys. Going back through 90s wrestling makes me appreciate not only how many people Flair put over, but just how good he really was in the ring.

[@WrestlingBios]

Great idea :) I hope to do videos like this when RTW wraps up next year

[@highlordlaughterofcanada8685]

​@@WrestlingBiosI just hope your channel doesn't lose views when the series is done. You've been doing this so long that some people might expect the Reliving the War format in everything.

[@michaelkeller5927]

​@@WrestlingBios do a "Golden Noggers" type award show

[@mkwelch1]

I don’t know how anyone could’ve thought that a Harris brothers push was a good idea…

[@tayojones9460]

The Mae Young table spot was insane. She was a very tough lady and Bully Ray has nothing but respect for her after that moment.

[@daskohlar]

Bob Backland is the Perfect Manager for Kurt Angle. I wish they had spent more time together

[@tylerhodder2453]

The Final Stop For WCW Uncensored 2000 And Oh Boy

[@RoyStantz]

I think Crash Holly's Hardcore Championship 24/7 storyline deserves a video of its own.

[@alexloyola6762]

Mae Young was an absolute boss. She was down for everything and anything.

[@Speedyreedy1218]

And the wrestlers still protected her despite her insisting to them to slam her the regular way.

[@raspymorten]

I'm just pulling for Nitro to reach 100 points before the company goes under. ... Okay, 90.

[@nefariousnilbog]

I think 80 is optimistic at this point 😅

[@xLitaFan4Everx]

That bump Lita took still makes me wince. Toughest woman WWE's ever employed. ❤‍🔥🤘🏻👑🐐

[@theblindgod666]

I'm glad you like Lita. I watched her from her ECW day as Ms Congeniality, and I never liked her.

[@LostChrisB]

I saw this powerbomb in a KZbin short a few months ago, the guys commentary stuck with me, “And Eddie decided that Lita must die!” The splat of the powerbomb stays with you.

[@edwardellis3038]

That power bomb to Mae Young was insane. Kudos to Bubba for protecting her.

[@PoeticProphetic]

Vampiro looks high on Warrior and HBK’s supply on the thumbnail. I guess being in WCW in 2000 will make make you do that

[@rdrouynriv]

I agree about Too Cool being underrated. Scott Taylor (Scotty 2 Hotty) is an underrated wrestler. He has a really good match against Dean Malenko at Backlash.

[@brxbin]

Agree very much with Too Cool. I told my brother the exact same thing just two days ago. I've been watching the SmackDown episodes from this time period, and they put on super solid work every single time.

[@Speedyreedy1218]

Big Show and Diesel have the prettiest consistently-executed Sidewalk slams. Kane would be an honorable mention.

[@zlinedavid]

Bubba/Boss Man has to be on that list. That was his finish.

[@Speedyreedy1218]

@zlinedavid I thought heel Bossman was fun, especially late summer 99. Thought Face Bossman's song was catchy. I still have the cd. I can't honestly say I paid attention to his SWS. Have any recommendations of matches he does it well?

[@zlinedavid]

@@Speedyreedy1218Can’t name a specific, but I know he did it several times when he and Shamrock held the tag belts.

[@Speedyreedy1218]

@zlinedavid The tag titles, like the wwf title in 99 changed hands so many times. Is it even fair to call theirs a run? Only person who had a title more than 5 months several times was Austin throughout the entire 97-02 AE.

[@BOABModels]

Will the demise of the Network impact you at all? You are always so unbelievably organised, so I expect you have made plans. Love the show and happy new year!

[@zlinedavid]

I believe the network is still available in certain random countries, the Philippines being one of them I think. So it could still be used via VPN.

[@WrestlingBios]

Let's say I'm well organised 😂 It won't be a problem!

[@Speedyreedy1218]

@@BOABModels Maybe he has a VPN thing and can access it still.

[@highlordlaughterofcanada8685]

Wait did something happen to the network?

[@danielainger]

@@highlordlaughterofcanada8685 outside of the US there is no WWE Network anymore it’s gone over to Netflix I believe.

[@press_x_tojason]

A winner declared with 54 weeks to go, the last 18 months have been ROUGH for WCW.

[@vincentbarbeito1007]

Cheers mates! We're in the final stretch of Reliving the wars when the series finish, I plan on reliving the war the complete series by rewatching the wars again.

[@zlinedavid]

“Excite your groin” has to be a t-shirt.

[@NiqueSmith]

Wrestling Bios, thank you for those Reviling the RAW/Nitro War. Enjoy your New Year & I can't wait for the end of the Reviving the RAW/Nitro War.

[@RockyandAustin337]

lets be honest here Pretty much at the End of 1999 WWF had already Won the War against WCW even before Nitro had there Final episode on March 26,2001 with the Rating keeps going up with Raw theres no coming back for WCW

[@henrikschmidt3964]

Can someone please explain the 'slap nutz' deal? Was it a cool saying? Was it some kind of reference? I never understood what Jarrett was going for with it.

[@stsolomon618]

Happy new year everyone.

[@zacharythomason7359]

Same here

[@JoeFromTomsRiver]

If you think it’s ridiculous that Vince would hit his son with a chair, wait until you get to Vince vs Stephanie in an I Quit Match during the Ruthless aggression review you’ll be doing in 3 years

[@laronnpowell1700]

Hahaha..

[@christopherbissett1986]

This series is justvthe best thing on TV KZbin or anything else for that matter we are in the swing of the war bow soldiers

[@g-dub5272]

We’re getting close to Bash At the Beach 2000 😩

[@Dr-Alexander-The-Great]

Also getting close to, The Right to Censor 🤮

[@tayojones9460]

@Dr-Alexander-The-Great Right to Censor was a pretty memorable heel group. They wwre certainly more memorable than anything wcw was booking in the 2000s

[@zacharythomason7359]

Can not wait

[@ShaunInce123]

That's months away. But yeah, we'll be there soon.

[@OriginalSueMeRecords]

That thumbnail got me thinking tho... vampiro vs jeff back in the day could have been a damn good match

[@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854]

Why wouldn't they have a good match at night? 🤔

[@dr.Zamboni3]

Happy New Year from Nova Scotia Canada🍻🍻

[@roccojamison89gooker51]

Location of the infamous disagreement between Kevin Dunn and Jim Cornette before Raw. Cornette: Well, I'm still wondering about the Patriot.... Dunn: You know Jim, I find you tiresome...

[@willn8664]

Not going to lie. That old Raw theme mashed up with the Nitro theme in this video intro sounds tight.

[@freakshowfilmfestival3591]

Reflexes like a Blackman. Sensed there was a Matt Hardy in flight and was like "No way man. Not on my mom's birthday."

[@mikebryant614]

Uploaded 5 mins ago and already 100 Likes. Thats the kind of Fan Community this man has built, and i love every one a ya!

[@highlordlaughterofcanada8685]

WCW is getting retconed more than Star Wars at this point.

[@synical_comics_stl]

RELIVING THE WAR LETS GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Goo_kazoo]

I just love how the majority of the storyline in the WWF at this time was recreated in blocky bliss in No Mercy later that November.

[@reallyretro]

The pop for Vince returning here was big, and I vividly remember this Raw for that fantastic ending to the show.

[@theblindgod666]

scotty too hotty was massively underrated.

[@ericcook5745]

Honestly it really does bring me back there wasn't much to look forward to in life except wrestling was one of those things that I used to look forward to each week until it started to really suck. Definitely watching these every week brings that nostalgia back not all music great to watch but gives me something forward to look at every week. No only wrestling was good again life would be perfect we'll see on Netflix works out

[@tayojones9460]

Wrestling has gotten good again dude stop living in the past

[@BridgeTrollForge]

I just started watching again after having had to quit watching in 2007 due to life being life. It's good. Sure there's a lot that could be better, but it's genuinely entertaining. There's a handful of incredibly talented technical guys, some amazing flyers, and a couple of great powerhouses. We've got Rollins, Punk, McEntyre and Cody that are all pretty good on the mic... It's definitely worth watching. I started watching about a year ago, and I'm hooked just like I was in 1999 again.

[@adammillington5053]

Feels like WCW was filmed in 1990

[@NearFallGaming]

One of the best episodes so far. Hit just as good the second time around.

[@TL-yl5tp]

love what you have done for us here, thank you for all your hard work. keep it up . greetings from Germany everyone!!

[@claytonblackmore7832]

I still find it fascinating that the reason for the skit at the start was New Jack doing a favour for Tiny the terrible after the mass transit trial.

[@Vau_]

The Blackman Snow relationship is more interesting than the WCW main event story lines

[@RoyStantz]

They do continue teaming as Head Chase after WrestleMania 16 until July, but mainly on Jakked/Metal and Heat.

[@Justicesdad]

23:28 I remember that thund

[@IainLyon]

Essa Ríos was weirdly one of my favourites back in the day (I did only have access to Heat on CH 4 and not Sky for most of the time), still think he was hugely underrated

[@RoyStantz]

Heat was a viewing figures magnet for Channel 4.

[@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854]

*FUN FACT:* Mae Young actually farted on Buh Buh Ray when he hit that power bomb on her... 13:10

[@angelochase3873]

I believe this was Essa Ríos’s raw debut. I loved his entrance music

[@AxelCutlass]

I had been waiting for this. This episode of Nitro was the very first wrestling show I ever attended (there was even a shot of me in one of the clips you assembled, my back to the camera of course). Obviously in hindsight I realize this was not a good show, but 11-year-old me was having the time of his life. Also learned just how loud that pyro actually was!

[@unclegreenskatesoda9570]

Favorite part of the week

[@AmazingGuy13]

Raw has won RTW wow I remember when this series started

[@zackmeece4723]

As a lot of peeps have said, this is one of those Reliving The War's I've been looking forward to! And Wrestling Bios to narrate, Yeet!!

[@kaseyone100]

man been watching thus from the start and this guy is doing a great job on KZbin and who remembers this line 2 legit to quit lol

[@tomclark362]

Imagine if a heel ric flair brought together Luger, sting and big Sid to reform a heel horseman faction? Not saying it would have won an already lost war but it would have been entertaining.

[@ciannolan9713]

Getting very close to Undertakers return as Biker Taker. Gonna be great

[@zlinedavid]

He’s here……

[@Hilversumborn]

Rollin, Rollin, Rollin

[@FGHypnotiq]

You know it's Thursday baby!

[@nickbanks7954]

Another legendary ending to Raw with Vince returning and the Rock getting a huge victory pop. It's a shame Wrestlemania 2000 was botched, though, lol.

[@vinnycochrane5139]

Ah, Sid. I first saw his promos when I was 14 years old. I thought, even at that tender age, that they were some form of experimental poetry. I now teach poetry for a living. Next time I have a brilliant student, I’ll print out one of his speeches, and see if I can get a close analysis out of it, before revealing its provenance.

[@deonjohnson2302]

Love the intro

[@douglasdoyle8944]

I started this series when it first started coming out and decided to wait until more episodes came out so I could binge watch this great series but I waited too long and I fear I may not catch up to you before you’re finished at the rate you’re going. The series is amazing I hope Santa got you double the gifts you beautiful soul.

[@Speedyreedy1218]

I didn't start til May 99 and just decided to watch going forward. When he finishes, I can go back for the first 4 years I missed.

[@angelofdeath9619]

My favorite part of Thursdays!

[@bammbamm1226]

1st RTW of the year let's go

[@rogerengland7692]

I love this show. I've been watching since episode 1 and feel sad we're on the final stretch.

[@Justicesdad]

27:56 eddy and china was so awesome RIP

[@deandredukes95]

Just got off work so right on time!

[@GuardsmanGreg]

Man, as inevitable as we all know it is (history always gives you 20/20 hindsight goggles) it feels like a chapter of the war ended tonight. I remember a lot of salty comments during the early days of the war complaining about a WCW bias.... Look where we are now!

[@zacharythomason7359]

Great video WB ,Happy new year to you as well. 👑👑👑👑💎💎💎💎

[@voodude5800]

@13:20 I remember hearing a story about how when Mae took a 3D she got upset that they went easy on her, after the spot when they got to the back Mae grabbed Bubba by the ear pulled him to her and said “next time slam her like one of the boys.” Mae reminds me so much of my great grandma I bet she was the nicest.

[@factfeast3367]

It's insane that JJ is still challenging for the world championship in 2024!

[@mxmschae]

What a perfect episode to be the one to clinch the war in favor of Raw.

[@jasonclifford5537]

Didn't the Horsemen break Dustys arm?

[@souljahrick]

And leg

[@anxofernandez3344]

The best part of this series is it makes us realize the products during the Monday Night Wars weren't always so great and in between great moments there was a lot of cringe and a lot of filler. It was a moment in time though, everything was new and exciting and it worked at the time.

[@YoureNotReet]

I want peace, scott hall

[@bybs5726]

Csnt wait for Foley's return with Linda McMahon. One of my top 3 moments of the entire attitude era

[@BlackburnBigdragon]

Every time I see Too Cool now, I can't help but think about what happened to Brian Christopher after the Attitude Era ended. He was so talented and he just got discarded, and spiraled right into the gutter. It makes me so sad when I see him here, when he was in his prime physically, and at the peak of his popularity.

[@labbaby189]

Too Cool were definitely some of the best parts of the Attitude era. They were the first act I seen with my own eyes get over organically despite not being as successful as their peers. Scotty's Worm spot was prolly the most anticipated part of any show outside of a Rock promo.

[@jimmyosborn5499]

This week screams that Vince had negotiated the closing of WCW acquisition and PR wanted him back on tv to act like nothing is going to happen while the WWF has the 3 year plan in place for the invasion

[@GraveKnives]

First Ep for the New Year... Oh Hell Yeh!

[@Dilophoyus]

It was not a good look for Rock to get his way into WM main event by whining to Game. They could have built that ,where Rock is the Champion and then Game is trying to book him to lose ,by adding himself and then another opponent, and then another... And also its not very good look for the Macmahon/Helmsley as "Credible Authority" why ,That they just gave him all these chances. And now that Main event. Everybody are, just there..