DDP: I'm gonna take it to a whole new level. WWE: I'm gonna end this man's entire career.
@KegOfMeat4 жыл бұрын
While the Invasion ended up being an awful storyline, the moment when Shane announced that he bought WCW gives me goosebumps. Vinces face is priceless too.
@Venemofthe8884 жыл бұрын
I do wonder what 2001 would of been like if WCW wasn't bought by the WWF
@AuroDHikoshi4 жыл бұрын
@@Venemofthe888 If Eric had brought it, would they had continued the young persons or would they have gone back to the older guys running the show? I think if it didn't happen WCW probably would have been dead by 2002-03
@theghostofthomasjenkins96434 жыл бұрын
i do wonder how it would've worked if WWF would've been able to secure a TV slot for WCW so the invasion angle never happened.
@AuroDHikoshi4 жыл бұрын
@@theghostofthomasjenkins9643 Given they had the match on Raw... I don't know if the plan was to kill it off there and then. It would have just morphed into Smackdown obviously
@stonecold65214 жыл бұрын
Vince has the bst facial expressions. Top all time heel for me.
@KNDAWG744 жыл бұрын
Booker T being a double champion at the end of WCW's existence is an interesting parallel to ECW being that when they went out of business Rhyno became both ECW World & TV champion at their last PPV.
@JA-ev7om4 жыл бұрын
*I never thought of that.* 👍
@Thechezbailey4 жыл бұрын
Maybe both companies were wrapping up their planned title change plotlines asap.
@mrcold89664 жыл бұрын
Well they were both kinda the work horses of their day. I mean if you wanted a good match in wcw or ecw then you got Booker T or Rhino. So maybe it was a token of appreciation for whatever it was worth
@hia52354 жыл бұрын
As a WCW og fan. Booker was barely a champion at this point. The Big Gold Belt had been fouled. Also he was only booked to beat Steiner for the "double belts" because thats what Vince wanted, and booked.
@ReflectionOfPerfection3 жыл бұрын
@@hia5235 lol "had been fouled" Two free throws for the big gold belt
@MrNexor-cj8gs4 жыл бұрын
I remember various WCW wrestlers saying in shoots that they weren't sure that the WWF bought WCW until Shane Mcmahon walked in the back on the final Nitro.
@ReflectionOfPerfection3 жыл бұрын
Thats because they had been lied to since day 1. Remember Bischoff was telling everyone for months he was buying WCW and when Kellner pulled the plug on their tv contract, the deal fell apart. Internet was still dial up in those days so its not like today where a hundred million sources can go "turner says NO to fusient media". By the time WCW guys were told WWF was buying them, there's Shane in the back.
@MrGared222 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I remember some guys saying that someone even proposed jumping on Shane like, legitimately, but that eventually cooler heads prevailed.
@velleione10 ай бұрын
Wow... F🤬k the McMahon's 👎🏾
@KingJaymo2k114 жыл бұрын
15:35...Tony went Savage mode on his last day on the job 😅😅😅
@jamessteel90164 жыл бұрын
Loved Tony for doing that, staying in character and defending WCW right to the very end 👍
@KingJaymo2k114 жыл бұрын
@@jamessteel9016 right...Regal was front running when WCW gave him a chance...I don’t blame Tony
@carolinadreaming41664 жыл бұрын
May God or whatever deity you follow bless Tony for that
@enigmaskull34954 жыл бұрын
Think we’ll see Savage Tony again in AEW.
@dn22pkkdd4764 жыл бұрын
@@enigmaskull3495 he's been savage the whole time since he returned. And even more savage on his "What Happened When" Podcast. This reminds me. I could be getting the story wrong, but the way Schiavone tells it, as soon as Flair vs Sting had ended, and before Vince appeared on the tron for the final segment, Schiavone just picked up his things and left. He never saw the Shane and Vince angle live. He was just done at that point. I always found that really sad. I'm just glad he's back now and in a better place. He's become my little sisters favorite commentator.
@monkeyman58664 жыл бұрын
And the name on the contract does say Zane. However, the contract reads Brian Zane.
@bradcarver81274 жыл бұрын
A few months later it’s revealed Jbiggs owns ECW
@monkeyman58664 жыл бұрын
@@bradcarver8127 They are teaming up to take down Brian's Triple H impression.
@shonenjumpmagneto4 жыл бұрын
*pulls gun out*
@theunknownguy57754 жыл бұрын
That’s right. I now own WWW.
@chaospoet4 жыл бұрын
Cue Captain Lou Albano fresh from Hell making the same face Vince made.
@daramazing134 жыл бұрын
Well, it's still a Classic Review.
@harveymcelroy43714 жыл бұрын
Of course it is
@timbartschwolfman4 жыл бұрын
Yes
@mjk54064 жыл бұрын
His latest classic reviews were all about the final days of WCW
@tjfritz87224 жыл бұрын
This year marks 20 years since WWE buying WCW, so I’m gonna assume that’s why he’s doing a lot of late WCW stuff
@marcosalvarez42104 жыл бұрын
Definitely a trip
@jeremywilliams51414 жыл бұрын
The WCW stars were supposed to get involved in Wrestlemania X-7 but that didn't happen. And they have one man to thank for that: Shawn Stasiak.
@TheDLitch4 жыл бұрын
Why
@jeremywilliams51414 жыл бұрын
@@TheDLitch During an interview. He kind of spoiled the surprise that WCW was supposed to take part in the Vince and Shane match.
@TheCamSays4 жыл бұрын
And this was the reason why he kept running into things during the InVasion. For punishment.
@TheRennes19974 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised he was even brought back after what he did that caused him to be let go.
@youtubemember11154 жыл бұрын
It's dumb to blame all that on Shawn Stasiak though, WWF ruined the angle anyway
@christiankallio85864 жыл бұрын
What starts in a mall in Minnesota and ends on a beach in Florida? WCW Nitro
@CamaroAmx4 жыл бұрын
What starts in a theater in New York and ends in an empty school gym with video screens for a crowd? Monday Night Raw.
@TheRennes19974 жыл бұрын
@@CamaroAmx What makes AEW Dynamite and Impact Wrestling then?
@maxmeza48594 жыл бұрын
@@TheRennes1997 lol the smark thought he did something xD
@Nightwinghandsome2043 жыл бұрын
@@TheRennes1997 Starts in the impact zone and end with a quiet wearhouse
@freakfoxvevo79153 жыл бұрын
@@TheRennes1997 it Starts in Las Vegas and ends in an amphitheatre near Universal Orlando
@ppdantaslima4 жыл бұрын
This video is for those of you who thought the perfect thumbnail didn't exist...
@mindyanosechamp29334 жыл бұрын
That wrestlmania 17 jersey is sooooo dope
@GamblerOfFate7774 жыл бұрын
I know I love it
@zakkfps9104 жыл бұрын
They’re rather rare, I was able to get one for just under $150
@apere4314 жыл бұрын
I'm guessing WWE loved jerseys during the early 2000s, they should bring them back.
@WaterborneCamper4 жыл бұрын
I have the X8 jersey that's very similar
@zakkfps9104 жыл бұрын
@@WaterborneCamper the 18 jersey is awesome too. They’re harder to find too. The one that took me the longest was 24, I was there and they sold out. Couldn’t find one for 8 years and finally saw one pop up on eBay. It seems like the Shane McMahon Jerseys are also getting harder and harder to find
@tokubrony94474 жыл бұрын
Now I think it would've been better if Sting was revealed to be the mysterious attacker of the Magnificent Seven. If they just had that small detail and revealed it was Sting, his return on the Final Nitro would make more sense, especially with him fighting Ric Flair.
@WhiskeyBrewer4 жыл бұрын
Yeah it would have made sense and they could have revealed it on the previous Thunder
@Baconlara7274 жыл бұрын
Idk man, sounds a bit too logical for wrestling.
@justinmartin18314 жыл бұрын
Do you really expect WCW to do anything to do anything that makes sense?
@TheRennes19974 жыл бұрын
Maybe Vince should've revealed himself as the attacker ala Higher Power of Ministry "IT'S ME AUSTIN!" to specifically remind them he is in charge of WCW and to send a message to Flair, Jarrett, Luger, the Steiner Bros and Animal they are "FIRED"! "IT WAS ME FLAIR! IT WAS ME ALL ALONG!"
@SuperAz1981 Жыл бұрын
If they would have borrowed the NWO storyline for the Invasion it would have done much better
@Breakfast_of_Champions4 жыл бұрын
Shane wanted to buy the UFC and he got this shitty angle.
@manbehindacameras16174 жыл бұрын
And Vince wanted to buy the big wrestlers contract but couldn’t afford it due to him running his own football league
@princealigorna74684 жыл бұрын
I sometimes forget that Zuffa hadn't bought UFC at this time. And the UFC was in a really bad spot. There's a little wilderness period there that they were putting on some great bouts but were barely holding on by a thread with no TV deals.
@ImpendingDisaster264 жыл бұрын
Honestly looking back, they probably would’ve ran UFC into the ground and killed it if Shane bought it.
@yolomasta69404 жыл бұрын
@@ImpendingDisaster26 Vince would've ruined it
@SuperPeterok4 жыл бұрын
Would have been dead by 2003
@jameswright6724 жыл бұрын
This episode of Nitro was accidentally the first I saw. I had only just got into wrestling and had no idea what WCW even was. For me it made me a massive fan of wrestling because it seemed like anything could happen, I even liked the Invasion, because I had no idea what I was missing.
@reloadpsi2 жыл бұрын
I myself was relatively new to wrestling during the Invasion, so I had no idea I was watching the equivalent of the Centurion from Altered Beast, Alex Kidd, Ryo Hazuki*, and Alicia Dragoon show up in Super Mario World and attempt to fight Mario (and lose) before Luigi jumped sides to help. As in, I _thought_ I was watching the wrestling equivalent of Mario, Luigi, Link, Bowser, and King K. Rool vs Sonic, Axel Stone, Tyris Flare, Mr. X, Tails the Fox, and Dr. Robotnik, and had no idea we were _missing_ that all along :P *Ryo is the odd one out in the forgotten "literally who" list there as he was the rising star, the Booker T of the situation, who had no idea how buried he was gonna get until he just became a guy with a funny voice.
@Ross_England Жыл бұрын
I couldn't imagine this being my first episode and then discovering shows with macho, Bret, Shawn, and other real talents
@rickyrosay33977 Жыл бұрын
@ReloadPsi I would put knuckles in DDPs position an actual SEGA star
@rickyrosay33977 Жыл бұрын
@ReloadPsi and for ECW I would put characters synonymous with Atari
@wyattfrizzell66724 жыл бұрын
In reference to the Pop Buff Bagwell gets when Vince says his name, Buff is unexplainable to the modern audience. He was prob the most popular non world champion they had and honestly had a ton of name recognition outside of wrestling at the time. In other words, Buff truly was the stuff (from about 1998 to 2001)
@TheRennes19974 жыл бұрын
I believe they should've given Buff another chance like in 2003-2004.
@marvinbarnett3218 Жыл бұрын
Buff was the stuff!
@stevebanning90211 ай бұрын
ladies loved him
@eastsidereviews7274 жыл бұрын
I look at the end of WCW a little differently than I did back then. Growing up, in my house, WWF was wrestling, we didn't have a bias against WCW or anything, it's just that we had easier access to watch WWF with the syndicated weekend shows (Shoutgun/Jakked/Metal) and then Smackdown, heck the only reason I knew anything about WCW was because of WCW/nwo: Revenge on N64. I didn't get a real appreciation for the company and what we as fans loss until years later and especially now because of the Network, Brian's reviews, and me doing my own wrestling reviews. But because of this past year with so many companies having to close down and a lot of folks, including some family, being laid off, I feel bad for the non-wrestling folks who weren't able to get another gig easily. The camera crew, lighting, make-up, marketing, the people who we don't see on tv or know their names, yet played a role in the success in the company and didn't have a fall back plan of going to WWF or starting up a wrestling company and had to go back into the rough job market. I know we always think of the wrestlers in these situations, but I think we all need to spare a thought for the unnamed and unsung folks who took an L when WCW closed down.
@mrkipling22013 жыл бұрын
What a great comment. 👍👍
@Tormund_Giantsbrain4 жыл бұрын
I know we love to joke about that "a number we can only dream of today" stuff, but Nitro was really doing 1.8 in late 2000. A 1.8 rating in 2000 is like a .03 rating today.
@mitchellima47364 жыл бұрын
Yeah. I try to explain to people that considering how over wrestling was and the number the wwf was drawing, nitro getting less then a 2 is just kinda sad
@JustinW064 жыл бұрын
The last nitro got a 3.0 rating
@RestingBeachFace7214 жыл бұрын
It was a shitshow
@aztecwrrior19974 жыл бұрын
So Impact Numbers (sorry i like the Impact but their numbers have been snowballing since 2010)
@fc7754 жыл бұрын
Wwe today wish they got WCW number today
@petersiddorn13694 жыл бұрын
Always amazing to me that the final Nitro segment was the true sign that Wrestling in the US would never be the same since the start of the segment is Vince standing on a rampway as Paul Heyman talks. I mean you have the main booker of ECW talking as the owner of WWF as it was then be on a WCW segment.
@Venemofthe8884 жыл бұрын
It was a end of a era tbh and there hasn't been a rival company big enough to really take on wcw. Sure there were tna, roh, aew but it was never the same
@CamaroAmx4 жыл бұрын
@@Venemofthe888 TNA tried but their own stupidity killed their shot. Oddly enough a lot of TNA people were WCW people.....
@mrkipling22013 жыл бұрын
It seems like AEW might be the competition that the WWE has needed for a long time.
@chubbycatfish45734 жыл бұрын
Man, I remember that night well. I watched RAW and only switched briefly to Nitro during the breaks. I remember feeling so triumphant that WCW was defeated since I was a total WWF mark at the time... little did I know it would be a long downward slide from there...
@ReflectionOfPerfection3 жыл бұрын
I was a WWF guy too but I missed WCW and ECW as soon as the Invasion angle started
@juansanchez2094 жыл бұрын
Honestly? As a WWF kid during the Attitude Era, watching Vince essentially wipe his ass with WCW during the final episode of Nitro was actually pretty badass. In retrospect we all know it was bad for the industry as a whole, but as a kid at the time I loved watching my preferred wrestling promotion kill their competition.
@CappyDrake3 жыл бұрын
It was so good being on the winning team. After all the near fights with the WCW kids on the bus and grounds (me being a Mick Foley man made it even fucking sweeter) seeing Mr M gloating and playing up his evil rich guy angle while guys like Tony (again Foley is God so suck it Schivonie) had to eat crow was a highlight. The war was won WE had won! But even then I was thinking, who are we going to play off of? Who is DX going to go annoy for one of the greatest promos there? What’s going to keep that fire light under our asses to keep things going hot. And maybe even in that wonderful Attitude era glow that worry that stagnation would be the slow death of a beloved pastime was there.
@ryanporter25844 жыл бұрын
I remember being a freshmen at college, watching the final Nitro in my dorm room, flipping channels in utter disbelief. As Brian said, I still get chills thinking about.
@MidnightJury4 жыл бұрын
"Spot, Spot, Spot, no time to sell..." That pretty much sums up wrestling in 2021.
@DickyCox2 жыл бұрын
figure skating wrestling
@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick2 жыл бұрын
“Hur dur! No Canadian destroyers!
@NotsoseriousNick4 жыл бұрын
Ending with Sting and Flair is poetic, in a way. Almost prophetic
@andysmyth12114 жыл бұрын
Wasn't it just....
@AuroDHikoshi4 жыл бұрын
How many times did they bash into each other in TNA?
@ghostfac31824 жыл бұрын
@@AuroDHikoshi i think only once for an actual match
@Mecha824 жыл бұрын
@@AuroDHikoshi They had faced each other several times in WCW. When Sting got his big chance in WCW so long ago it was against Flair.
@williamcronshaw52624 жыл бұрын
@@AuroDHikoshi Only once I think, they had some real classics in the 90's and were pretty much the two real faces of WCW.
@Cycopace4 жыл бұрын
the kiss of death of the wrestling golden age
@BiLLz666144 жыл бұрын
I still wonder what an invasion could have been like without egos involved and bigger wcw names. Would’ve truly been cool seeing sting and taker at that time.. and goldberg/Austin and so on.
@thedudewiththeface2 жыл бұрын
At least we have Adam Blampied's booking.
@DevilChickenGokYourself2 жыл бұрын
It was revealed in an interview that Vince had Hogan, Nash, Hall, Goldberg and flair on contract but didn't bring them in due to the fact he wanted all of the WCW and ecw to job to the WWFs " bigger and better" stars.
@BoltonGaming Жыл бұрын
@@DevilChickenGokYourself is that true? I always remember them saying they were gonna sit home and wait out there contracts, at least that’s what I remember I could be wrong.
@SharkAlien66 Жыл бұрын
Sting vs Undertaker could never have lived up to fan's imaginations. Especially American Badass Biker Taker who was doing some of his worst work around the time.
@mcj884 жыл бұрын
4:11 - Compounding that was something I remember reading in _The Death Of WCW,_ that some of the boys had been worked so much over the years by the booking staff that they apparently thought rumors of the company's closure was likewise, just a big work - until they stopped getting paid.
@minoranza4 жыл бұрын
That electric chair spot looks like Manami Toyota’s ocean cyclone suplex.
@MegaNomad274 жыл бұрын
I think it is the Japanese Ocean Cyclone Suplex
@minoranza4 жыл бұрын
@@MegaNomad27 it is
@glenndallas71714 жыл бұрын
You nailed it.
@THEKISSWARRIOR4 жыл бұрын
That's because it is the Japanese Ocean Cyclone Suplex my friend. I couldn't believe it when I saw it.
@uainjansun3 жыл бұрын
Hey another Manami toyota!
@chrisbreezy30484 жыл бұрын
Time stamps: - Mr. McMahon opens Nitro: 5:54 - Ric Flair promo: 7:01 - Title vs. Title Match for the WCW United States and World Heavyweight Titles: Booker T vs. Scott Steiner: 8:16 - Triple Threat Tag Team Match to determine the #1 contenders for the WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Titles: The Jung Dragons vs. 3 Count vs. Rey Mysterio, Jr. & Kidman: 10:52 - WCW Cruiserweight Title Match: Chavo Guerrero, Jr. vs. 'Sugar' Shane Helms: 12:03 - WCW Tag Team Title Match: Team Canada vs. Chuck Palumbo & Sean O'Haire: 13:21 - Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Shawn Stasiak: 14:20 - WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Title Match: Rey Mysterio, Jr. & Kidman vs. 'Primetime' Elix Skipper & Kid Romeo: 16:08 - Final Nitro Match: Ric Flair vs. Sting: 17:41 - Nitro/RAW Simulcast: 19:29 - Shane buys WCW: 20:32 - Final Thoughts: 22:34 - Final Grade: 25:48
@harshckuk3 жыл бұрын
Thanks chris
@CSC526984 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing Vince McMahon on Nitro. I was shocked. Couldn't believe that WCW was gone.
@TheMaskedheel4 жыл бұрын
I had just started watching wrestling again after a 10yr lay off. I preferred WCW because it was the under dog and as a kid I hated WWF. I quit watching wrestling again until NWA TNA launched the weekly PPV.
@samuraibeastwarrior28864 жыл бұрын
@@TheMaskedheel thought on AEW
@CreightonChaney-io4xv3 жыл бұрын
TheMaskedheel me too!
@michaelbreen78652 жыл бұрын
I read about Vince buying WCW on the internet. I tuned into TNT first to see Vince McMahon on a Ted Turner network for the first time since 1984. Funny thing: I didn't start watching pro wrestling of ANY kind until 1991.
@patrickracer43 Жыл бұрын
I feel like it's perfect that the first and last Nitro were in a non-traditional venues as the first episode was in the Mall of America
@TheRennes19974 жыл бұрын
4:50 I always thought the mystery attacker was Nash, DDP and Sting and that was what we were building up to when Bischoff invited all former champs to the Night of Champions and they were all gonna help Booker take down Steiner. Then again, there was the part you forgot to mention that Shane Douglas had incriminating footage of Rick that he was planning to reveal the following week, and they had a match on Night of Champions which was scrapped since Shane walked out. Back then I assumed it was WWF stars that did it to show they were in charge and they specifically attacked the members of Mag7 since they were once part of WWF and Vince instructed them to attack them to get back, and the part where he fires Double J and bad mouthed Luger, Animal and Goldust kinda made younger me believe that was so. Looking back they should've went along with it, like maybe Vince could reveal that he sent his goons to specifically remind them he is in charge of WCW and to send a message to Flair, Jarrett, Luger, the Steiner Bros and Animal they are "FIRED"! 5:55 Missing was the dark match which had Jason Jett take on Mark Jindrak. It was once posted on youtube after that it cut to Vince opening Nitro, looked like it was taken on a home camera. 10:55 I never understood why Jung Dragons never got an entrance. You also forgot to mention on the previous Thunder they had to beat AJ Styles and Air Paris to qualify to participate in this match. 19:37 I always thought he said TN-End. Like putting some salt into the wounds. 24:55 Another final blow to WCW was the racial discrimination lawsuit the previous year. That didn't help them and them putting the title on Booker, Stevie on commentary and Cat as commissioner wasn't good enough damage control. And say what you will about Mike Graham but he was right, Turner was terrified of lawsuits, and this was something Turner wanted to stay away from especially since they were rebranding in this period. 25:43 Can we at least blame him for the cancellation of Freakazoid? Or what happened to WB? Even if we shouldn't blame him entirely for WCW and WB, there's no denying he wasn't that good. And I believe the blame should also go to AOL because during the merger when AOL/Time Warner sold WCW due to the money they were losing which was $67 million in 2000, that is nothing compared to AOL/TW losing $98 billion in 2002. Turns out investing in dial-up wasn't the best idea. And will you review the 3/26/2001 edition of Raw? Saving it for the 20th anniversary?
@chumpandbump7442 жыл бұрын
Oh, so that's why Bischoff's podcast is called 83 Weeks.
@Ilriz8174 жыл бұрын
If ROH’s first ever show is ever a suggestion, Brian should review it
@primusvsunicron14 жыл бұрын
And TNA
@dantorkel75614 жыл бұрын
Because of that show I became a Bryan Danielson fan for life
@cheifguggletram4 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see Brian talk about the first match on the first ROH show. Christopher Street Connection vs. Da Hit Squad. One of the single most offensive things I've ever seen. Homophobia as the very first thing you show off on your show isn't a great look.
@micahjohnsonboxing64094 жыл бұрын
@@cheifguggletram Aww poor baby
@aztecwrrior19973 жыл бұрын
Boy you're in luck he did it(well first TV episodes)
@alexanderarellano48874 жыл бұрын
No one can deny that Shane announcing that he bought WCW is still one of the most iconic moments in wrestling history, despite the invasion storyline being disappointing.
@Disneymagic244 жыл бұрын
did anyone know wwe was buying wcw at the time? or was that a total surprise he came out?
@Kas582234 жыл бұрын
It was a mess be better if they could hold off and got the WCW top guys and I would have preferred if they did WWF vs WCW vs ECW
@9375-n4c4 жыл бұрын
@@Kas58223 that would've been crazy
@AuroDHikoshi4 жыл бұрын
Although it would have had to be with the people Vince didn't want to splash out and then also at the time HHH and Benoit were out throughout the angle. And the rock was part-timing it.
@Kas582234 жыл бұрын
@@9375-n4c I honestly thought they go that route like ECW was anti establishment and had the middle finger to both WCW and the WWF so pissed me of the formation of the Alliance, it came out that the WCW top guys had another year on those contracts and Vince should have hold out I would have preferred Eric Bischoff the head guy of WCW and Paul Heyman for ECW not the McMahon children
@gordonplemmons56314 жыл бұрын
It's sad that I watched the final episode of Nitro, but the only things I remember from it was the Booker- Steiner, Sting and Flair and the Shane coming to the ring to announce he bought WCW
@lworthy25184 жыл бұрын
It took this review to remind me of all of the other stuff that happened on this show. And I actually saw the show(s) live when it aired (curse getting older 😢).
@MrLawyer71110 ай бұрын
People often complain that none of the big names came over during the invasion…but if you really think about it, it was smart of their part to wait because none of them would have felt that special if they all came in at once. Because coming in separately gave the fans breathing room and time to be like OMG! It’s Ric Flair! It’s the nWo! It’s Eric Bischoff! Exc.
@redbigun4 жыл бұрын
And then the slow crawl of WWE becoming lazy began. It took nearly a decade to get there, but they did it. This is why monopolies or companies trying to buy everything is not a good thing.
@williamcronshaw52624 жыл бұрын
It didn't take that long IMO, i just couldn't watch anymore by the time they got to Triple H's reign of terror.
@linkvagar23363 жыл бұрын
@@williamcronshaw5262 What did you watch then? TNA and Jeff Jarrett's even worse reign of terror?
@williamcronshaw52623 жыл бұрын
@@linkvagar2336 I gave up on wrestling all together for about 7 years or so, than I tried watching both WWE and TNA for about a year after that but it only got worse. Now, when it comes to wrestling I only really watch youtube stuff. The only time I could even tell you what's going on in any wrestling promotion is wrestlemania time and even then I couldn't tell you much.
@craigcharlesworth15383 ай бұрын
Personally I thought the right thing to do would have been to split the WWF into three brands - WWF, WCW and ECW. Each owned by Vince but with separate rosters and creative teams. Let them compete against each other and each try to outdo the other. Obviously in the end they have done more or less just that, splitting WWE into three different brands but all under the WWE banner, and of course they did briefly revive the ECW name. But still, it's a shame that the WWE have never really done anything with the brand of probably their biggest ever rival besides a brief invasion storyline and maintaining their tape library.
@jackthompson88734 жыл бұрын
I really loved this 2001 wcw Series Brian you did a excellent job of reviewing the shows and going though this saga
@ReflectionOfPerfection3 жыл бұрын
I stopped watching WCW in 99, post Russo 2001 looks actually watchable. I missed out when I was 14
@TheCheat4204 жыл бұрын
"The Play of the Day/Overdrive/Shit Move." Lol! That move sucks so bad.
@enigmaskull34954 жыл бұрын
16:52
@RC99_Productions4 жыл бұрын
2 things: 1 - The flyer for the Final Nitro had a neat little thing regarding its timeslot. It read "4pm - ?" .....6pm lol. 2 - If anyone hasn't already, check out Tri.Moon's WCW version of the WWF's Lonely Road Of Faith package, chronically the entire history of WCW spanning from its JCP and NWA days to what it became in 2001. We still miss you, Tri.Moon.
@mattdunfee35274 жыл бұрын
So the mystery attacker scenario. I think this would’ve been a perfect Segway to have Sting return
@tylerdaviau40694 жыл бұрын
I can't believe that this was 2 decades ago. It was quite a time to be a wrestling fan
@krazykick4 жыл бұрын
Forward 18 years later in a executive board meeting. " I think we can use a wrestling program, right?! I mean we had one before" 😂😂
@alexisdesmall954 жыл бұрын
That moment with Shane still gives me goosebumps. Good memories.
@Albert-lj5jb4 жыл бұрын
The sad thing is, we were all laughing about how bad WCW was from '99 leading up to this point. Little did we know, at the time, that we needed WCW to exist to stop wrestling from degenerating into the state it's now in, and has been in for the past 15 years or so.
@ThorMaximus4 жыл бұрын
Never was WCW fan but knew it was necessary for the business. The death of a good product was keeping Hogan around. Once they got big with him, cut him and his creative control to evolve the product.
@hia52354 жыл бұрын
I wasnt laughing. When WCW was bought: I started watching UFC, and never turned back.
@maxmeza48594 жыл бұрын
WWE in 2001 is nothing like it is now....WCW was dead by 1999.
@maxmeza48594 жыл бұрын
@@ThorMaximus Hulk Hogan MADE wrestling
@ninja_tony3 жыл бұрын
Minus the WWE, wrestling is in a better position now than it's been since the attitude era. AEW is giving the fans what they want and making huge splashes in the wrestling world, and Billy Corgan's newly revamped NWA is poised to become something it hasn't been since it's heyday. Most importantly, the wrestlers themselves finally have options and can work different companies simultaneously, such as those that bounce from AEW to NJPW and back, because Tony Khan WANTS his wrestlers to have creative freedom.
@snarferyasmr37394 жыл бұрын
Schiavone looks freaking depressed in that opening.
@JGD1854 жыл бұрын
He was for sure
@CamaroAmx4 жыл бұрын
He knew he was unemployed after the show. In fact, 70% of the wcw (backstage and talent) were.
@TimmyTickle4 жыл бұрын
@@CamaroAmx And to add insult to injury according to Meltzer, when reps from WCW's HR department were reading out the list of terminations after the show, they pronounced his name wrong ("Tony Skee-a-voan")
@sunshineholmes34874 жыл бұрын
@@TimmyTickle They were actually reading from a prototype of the List of Jericho
@mrassassinscreedfan14 жыл бұрын
@@TimmyTickle or they heard jericho say it that way and thought that was the actual way to pronounce it
@jesterr71334 жыл бұрын
According to Buff Bagwell, they had no clue prior to arriving at the location. He said that he saw the WWE trucks when they first pulled up, and asked around until someone told him. He said that Shane pulled everyone in for a meeting right before the show began and told them all. Buff said that he told them that some of them would have jobs, and some wouldn't. He said that they were all ready to get it over with.
@dustinfreund51964 жыл бұрын
BAGWELL!? That Flair promo is one of my favorites in wrestling history.
@Brian000074 жыл бұрын
I still remember this night, I only watched sting vs flair and then Shane came out and the rest was history
@p.d.l70234 жыл бұрын
Tbs in the 80s: Mama's Family reruns -wrestling-Moma's Family reruns.
@chrisbreezy30484 жыл бұрын
And don't forget Atlanta Braves baseball!
@psychorabbitt4 жыл бұрын
And everything starting 5 minutes after the hour and half hour. Cuz Turner Time!
@JMFabiano4 жыл бұрын
Fishing too! Leave it to Beaver! Gilligan! The Beverly Hillbillies!
@superstarreviews99374 жыл бұрын
You're all missing the greatest of turner programming!!! CAPTAIN PLANET!!!
@psychorabbitt4 жыл бұрын
@@superstarreviews9937 CAPTAIN PLANET, HE'S OUR HERO! GONNA TAKE POLLUTION DOWN TO ZERO!
@isaacpeachey86094 жыл бұрын
Flair was probably just talking about NWA in his promo.
@Sparkledash14 жыл бұрын
I remember when it happend, i was about 11 at the time and i was into Wrestling for over a year by that point. Me and my brother (who is 10 years older then me and who pretty much was on board since the late 80s) would watch both WCW Nitro and WWF Raw. In Germany, Nitro aired on Tuesday afternoon, while Raw aired on Thursday evening, so it was very easy for us to catchup on both shows. My parents didn't had any internet at that time, as Internet was still on the rise and was still a very unique item to have, especially here in Germany. So, i actually heard of the buy out by the time i saw Vince on that tuesday afternoon. And although i was much more into WWF at the time, i still knew how shocking this deal was, as my brother showed me alot of old tapes, not just from 96-97, but also older stuff from the late 80s and early 90s. It was really the end of an era and as my brother predicted, pro wrestling would never be the same afterwards.
@michaelrivera83604 жыл бұрын
Awww yes the week that mainstream wrestling started to die😅😅😅
@TheeKingRayzor4 жыл бұрын
I haven't seen you in awhile, what's up?!
@MN_20034 жыл бұрын
@@TheeKingRayzor He's busy
@guillermosierracuellar98124 жыл бұрын
The streak is over the streak overzane finally does a tv show episode review
@RatelHBadger4 жыл бұрын
As a regular TV episode, it is almost as historically significant as a pay per view.
@ShinRyojin4 жыл бұрын
Seeing Shane McMahon's name in a Nitro name card was so surreal!
@emanuelespinoza93254 жыл бұрын
Same with the Nitro name graphic used at Wrestlemania X-Seven.
@b.ketchumfromhoustontx4 жыл бұрын
For real wow
@rebal18010 ай бұрын
Honestly the fact that Cole is still around botching calls with no one correcting him and he still has fans claiming he's had a Hall of Fame career just baffles me. Someone in management must really like him.
@marin39334 жыл бұрын
Its amazing to me that Nitro at its worst was drawing solidly more than RAW right now
@mitchellima47364 жыл бұрын
Doesn't surprise me. Wrestling was over at the time in the mainstream, so ofc no matter how bad it is it's going to draw more then any current wrestling product for the most part, esspashially raw in the last couple months. (Its amazing the same company that makes nxt, one if the best wrestling shows in the world, and SmackDown which has been really good for a while now and underrated in my oppion, also makes raw)
@tonyphillips87264 жыл бұрын
Because wrestling sucks now. It's been on a downward trend since 2000.
@mitchellima47364 жыл бұрын
@@tonyphillips8726 nxt, aew, smackdown are all definitely better then 2000 wcw in my oppion. It may be subjective but from almost all stand points many wrestling shows today are better then 2000s wcw from many fans perspectives
@theghostofthomasjenkins96434 жыл бұрын
this was also before DVR and streaming, so if you wanted to watch wrestling, you had to do it when it aired. nielson ratings don't count DVR and streams.
@mitchellima47364 жыл бұрын
@@theghostofthomasjenkins9643 yeah that's another reason. That along with the amount of people who illegally stream things online. Still not drawing in the same number but not because wrestling is objectively worse or better then it was
@samhayden604 жыл бұрын
Love everything you do Brian. Thank you for keeping me smiling.
@MrWoodMan234 жыл бұрын
It was the end of the greatest era of wrestling that fans will NEVER see again.
@clicheguevara99174 жыл бұрын
awesome. some weekly shows are more important than the ppvs, and this is def one of them.
@kevaninthe41353 жыл бұрын
The thumbnail for this video is just perfection.
@Daedalus8K4 жыл бұрын
Petition to get this series renamed to the Classic Wrestling Review. This review of the final nitro opens the doors for other historic episodes of wrestling
@chayden1534 жыл бұрын
Yess
@Larper644 жыл бұрын
I would love to see him cover the rise of NWO in WCW, most of which happened between PPV. So yes I agree, it would be great if he covered more classic moments beyond PPV.
@ClassicWrestlingReview4 жыл бұрын
Hold on a minute. Perhaps a different name. But I get your sentiment.
@MrNobody912 жыл бұрын
11:07 were Kidman and Rey still apart of The Filthy Animals at this time or had that faction already been broke up by this time had come? Ik they won the tag titles a couple times if I’m not mistaken, not counting the cruiserweight tag titles, unless I’m just remembering them only winning the cruiserweight tag belts and they did not win the regular tag belts, but for some reason I wanna say they did a few times, am I right?
@arlopear71364 жыл бұрын
Sadly I missed this historic moment. I wasn't a one brand zombie slave like so many today, I loved WWF, WCW & ECW. To me wrestling is best when there are multiple mainstream options. So when both WCW & ECW were on life support & it was becoming clear that WWF was going to be the only big league in town I began to sour on pro wrestling. Instead of hate watching I chose to stop watching it all around the Fall of 2000 & didn't start watching again until January 2002. The Monday Night Wars were truly one of the Golden Eras & when AEW came along to become another viable alternative it should be applauded because trust me, pro wrestling is better with mainstream competition
@richardtheconquerer4 жыл бұрын
I've never been able to get back into it after I stopped for good in late 02 or early 03 Still love the shit from that era though
@theblackstone754 жыл бұрын
Brian Zane, thank you for bringing back these final WCW PPVs and the last Nitro. It’s hard to believe that this happened over 20 years ago....man, do I feel old. Because of these classic PPV review vids, I’ve been watching all the WCW PPVs in 2000 on the Network in chronological order so that the last three reviews you did (Sin, SuperBrawl and Greed) makes a bit more sense. Thank you for what you do. I absolutely love your attention to detail to the wrestling aspects of the PPVs and the funny skits and add ins make me bust a gut laughing. Shout outs from the PNW and stay safe man! Peace
@eastsidereviews7274 жыл бұрын
One last thing, I don't know if this is a shared opinion or not, but I honestly think if the roles were reversed, I think we'd be decrying how badly WCW botched the purchase of WWF and how guys like Austin and Rock were handled. I think it was inevitable that whoever won, WWF or WCW, would've gone on to piss of people with how an Invasion would've been booked. I also think a similar situation would've happened where the WWF guys would look and be booked a lot lower than the WCW guys, politics being what it is in wrestling. You think Hogan was going to put over Austin, Rock, HHH, or Angle (had things gone to 2000), no. Again, WWF deserves crap for how the Invasion was handled and how a lot of the WCW guys were booked after, but don't think WCW would've done any better had they came out on top.
@bashamd964 жыл бұрын
Honestly it'd be a lot worse with WCW booking things so much creative control on the top that the WWF guys would basically be midcarders for life at best
@TheRennes19974 жыл бұрын
@@bashamd96 Worse, if it was Vince Russo handling it
@hollywoodhiggins1576 Жыл бұрын
I don’t even follow wrestling anymore but Brian takes me back to when I did everyday!!! Thanks brother! U deserve everything you get out of this channel!
@hakeemfullerton86454 жыл бұрын
I'm genuinely surprised that Brian didn't even mention how Vince Fired Jeff Jarrett on this date (yes it was Raw not Nitro but it's still important) as Double J would go on to create one of the most influential and divisive promotions in modern Wrestling: TNA later Impact Wrestling
@rickylyon38464 жыл бұрын
Yes I remember. Vince was looking at Jeff Jarrett making his entrance and literally said on live TV something along the lines of "I'm definitely not hiring this guy, he's out".
@bashamd964 жыл бұрын
@@rickylyon3846 Then we had the segment of Vince getting crowd reactions to people and he did everything he could to bury Jarrett there also
@the-NightStar4 жыл бұрын
@@rickylyon3846 What he specifically said was "From now on, his name is spelled J-E-Double F Fired." Which SOUNDS like a clever soundbyte, but technically doesn't even make any goddamn sense.
@the-one-bg4 жыл бұрын
Feel there could be more Classic Episode Reviews, for instance: - Nitro from 1998 where Goldberg beats Hogan - Jan 4th 1999 Raw and Nitro - the first WWE draft - the episode of Raw where Batista turns on Triple H - Raw 1000
@lfovah12874 жыл бұрын
Man just seeing Vince and shane mcmahon on wcw television back then was so surreal.
@DuckAvenger Жыл бұрын
Poor everyone in my life that didn't care about wrestling. They all had to hear about this
@KidGravityBeyond4 жыл бұрын
Ric’s body language says it all.
@hectorrico86613 жыл бұрын
He was recovering from surgeries still. He would go through the motions, but he wasn't giving it 100%. He said he wore that t-shirt because he was way too out of shape.
@speedwaynutt4 жыл бұрын
Question is Sting vs Ric Flair actually Stings best wwe match.
@michaelwhite56414 жыл бұрын
It is
@tafua_a4 жыл бұрын
To be fair, until the finish, the Sting v Rollins match was really good
@Captain_Yorkie14 жыл бұрын
@LegendKiller529 technically yes
@TUFprofan4 жыл бұрын
What he says about WCW at the end could be said about TNA/Impact Wrestling. They had a few bad years where they lost stars and believed in Hulk Hogan and a million heel factions. Even though "the petals are off the rose" for a lot of people Impact Wrestling has been solid lately but, nobody gives it a chance due to the past.
@theRealBrandonRoberts1990 Жыл бұрын
When WWE bought WCW, I didn't watch wrestling for five years, no joke I was so mad at Vince McMahon for doing that
@cameronshank92574 жыл бұрын
I'd like to see a review of the Nitro/RAW featuring the Finger Poke of Doom and the Mankind title win.
@jb8888888884 жыл бұрын
Wrestling Bios is doing a "reliving the war" series where he looks at Raw and Nitro from the first day of the war, he'll get to it eventually.
@robertaitken48554 жыл бұрын
The invasion had such a nice build to start. Two things ruined things outside of WWE’s control: the guaranteed deals allowing the biggest stars to just sit at home if they wanted and Shawn Stasiak blabbing to press about a Mania angle that ended up getting cancelled.
@kylefunderburk41944 жыл бұрын
Then again, WWE fired Buff Bagwell and Jeff Jarrett, and strapped DDP with the awful stalker gimmick. There were other guys like Billy Kidman and Shane Helms who were over at the time of WCW's demise and available for the Invasion. There should have been no need to have WWF guys join WCW in the Invasion. Ultimately, the angle should have been re-written to basically say Shane owning WCW allows WCW wrestlers to compete on WWF programming. Think of a partnership between two promotions, only this is purely a kayfabe partnership. Then, in 2002 when Ric Flair, Rey Mysterio, Kevin Nash, Hulk Hogan and others were available, sign them and begin the Invasion.
@dennett3164 жыл бұрын
WWE left money on the table by not buying out those contracts and delivering at least a few of the bigger names. Vince was too consumed by the high of killing off his competition to make smart business decisions. He chose to bury WCW and it's talent, and while he did good business for less than a year, he could've had years and years of top drawing dream matches if he hadn't been such a dummy.
@CamaroAmx4 жыл бұрын
@@dennett316 you have to remember, getting WCW and ECW also meant WWE also tripled their roster and few were the big stars (as they had guaranteed contracts that were liked to AOL/Turner not WCW and it would of cost WWE a fortune to buy out (if those wrestlers even wanted to sign with WWE in the first place). The hype would faded by the time the big stars’ contracts ended and became available. The WWE had no idea to do with all these new wrestlers. There was not enough tv time to feature them all properly. That’s why the Invasion angle came about. Lump all the WCW guys into a group (along with the ECW guys they inherited) to have them all on tv. Let them all do something (even if it’s for a minute or 2) and then see who does the best, keep them, and drop the rest when their contracts end.
@bashamd964 жыл бұрын
@@CamaroAmx It really was a story of necessity over practicality with how big the roster was
@CamaroAmx4 жыл бұрын
@@bashamd96 exactly.
@TravJam3174 жыл бұрын
I remember hearing the news. I was shocked that TBS wouldn't allow wrestling on their channel at all anymore, considering Nitro was still doing better ratings than most of the programming on the channel. The news made me depressed. I feared that Vince would waste WCW talent and that the overall wrestling product would get stale (both fears eventually came true). But I was still hopeful that we'd see a good invasion angle or that Vince would find WCW a home and keep the product around. I still remember watching the final Nitro and Raw at the same time and when they did the simulcast, Nitro was a couple of seconds ahead of Raw, so I watched it from the Nitro side. I grew up watching NWA and Jim Crockett Promotions and in those days thought that the WWF was a cartoony wrestling made for kids. I still watched both, but was pro-WCW for most of their existence. But I'd be lying if I told you that I watched much WCW during 2000 or 2001. WCW Mayhem 99 was the last WCW PPV that I bought and I still thought it was decent. It was nice seeing them finally let Bret be the main eventer he was supposed to be. Not long after the Radicalz jumped to the WWF, I had very little reason to watch WCW anymore. Chris Jericho, Eddie Guerrero and the Crippler were my favorite reasons to watch for most of 1999 and they were now in the WWF.
@MrNobody912 жыл бұрын
2:30 Growing up, especially in Mississippi, I was deff a bigger WCW fan and loved wcw way more up until about 98/99. I mean I didn’t even start watching wwe until my grandpa taped the 97 Royal Rumble for me, which was like the 1st WWF show n ppv I really loved and what made me become a HBK and Stone Cold fan tbh.
@wstine794 жыл бұрын
I remember watching both the WCW and the WWF broadcast of this night. It was like watching a funeral and a celebration at the same time.
@AntonioLopez-mb9jj4 жыл бұрын
1: 24 I was in 8th grade and saw it on ether WCW or at the time WWF website when I got home from school and was checking ether website. So simlar to you Bryan. 9:02 need to look that up and watch it.
@stingrey15714 жыл бұрын
in comparison to the wwf, wcw's rating were bad. however, nitro and thunder were still the highest rated shows on the respective stations and in the cable top 10 and 20 every week.
@bashamd964 жыл бұрын
Biggest problem is on a technical level they had the worst kind of ratings for a company ratings that don't apply to other shows people would watch them then peace out to a different network so it was basically not worth keeping it around not making money and not getting other shows higher ratings after the fact
@stingrey15714 жыл бұрын
@@bashamd96 true also add in the amount of money being spent to run nitro and thunder. then to get subpar, although still high, ratings. plenty of tv shows have been cancelled for having high ratings but not high enough considering their costs.
@TheChibiGingi4 жыл бұрын
I remember this so vividly. I wasn't watching WCW as religiously as I used to (due to school, and, well, the state of the product itself) but I'd try to catch it from time to time. This episode started while I was at Catechism and my mom, who didn't care for wrestling but would have it on in the front room for us if we felt like watching it when we got back. She saw the opening segment with Vince McMahon; please note, my mom knows very little about wrestling but she knew enough to look at him and think 'He's the guy from the other wrestling show, isn't he?' So when she went to pick us up, she was the first one to break it to us. She was so proud of herself, too. Heck, I'm proud of her for knowing just enough to recognize which wrestling show we watched, despite not liking either one. I don't remember much of the wrestling itself, though. I remembered Rey and Kidman won the Cruiserweight Tag Titles, but not the rest of it.
@tonythepokemonguy7514 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite thumbnail ever
@rockchuck99 Жыл бұрын
As a kid, I’ve always watched the WWF. I had no interest in watching WCW. Keep in mind I was only 8-10 at the time and yes I was aware of WCW’s existence but I had no time to go back and forth and/or put two tv sets together to watch at the same time. Anyways, my home was the WWF. However at the end of 2000 I was worn out from watching wrestling and I kinda stepped away for a while. So one night, I decided to turn to on Raw and long and behold I got to see the simulcast just in time and it was very interesting. I couldn’t believe that Shane just bought WCW underneath Vince. I stopped watching right after that. I don’t know why, I just had other kids things to do back then. If I knew the knowledge of what was going on, I would’ve continued to finish from the end of 2000 and maybe watched the Invasion to see if the other WCW stars to show up. Unfortunately we got disappointment and I was glad that I didn’t see it live.
@nothingislogical4 жыл бұрын
I remember at the time WCW went out of business, I had actually tuned out of wrestling as a whole for a little bit and I happened to be flipping channels this night and caught the simulcast. It got me excited for wrestling again and I tuned back in for the Invasion angle. About half way through that, I tuned out completely and didn't start watching wrestling again until I started college in 2005 and I started hanging with a group of friends who were big into wrestling.
@dadncaleb4 жыл бұрын
Brian, killing it lately man. Your content has gotten so much better over the past few years it’s remarkable. I can’t tell you how much I enjoy everything you do. Great job.
@pasta11694 жыл бұрын
Couldn’t believe this show when it happened, one of biggest moments in wrestling ever
@cftvnetwork4 жыл бұрын
I was a week away from turning 20 when this happened.
@JiggityJack4 жыл бұрын
I was at this RAW, I knew for at least 2 or 3 months that the WCW was doing really bad but this was still a huge shocker. WCW had so much history and while it was in a slump, most fans still remembered a few years earlier when WCW was the dominate company. It was just so weird seeing Vince talk about how he owned WCW to start the show. Very surreal seeing him mention certain names in the ring and contemplating if he will give them a job or not. It was exciting because there was so much debate over fantasy match ups and of course the thing fell flat on it's face. Definitely one of the most shocking times to be a wrestling fan.
@robertwilliamcurl14904 жыл бұрын
IMO they should have waited until the Monday after Wrestlemania to officially announce on tv. It would have been able to possibly pack an arena with buzz of WWF guys showing up and made for a massive Wrestlemania Monday show. The invasion could have started and really given WCW a different future I think...
@TimmyTickle4 жыл бұрын
1:00 - Jamie Kellner will forever be known for three things: 1) Saying TiVo was stealing from the networks 2) Forcing Elmyra into Pinky and the Brain 3) Cancelling Nitro 5:15 - Meltzer wrote at the time "The main event on Nitro was Flair kissing a donkey. That is all."
@roanz844 жыл бұрын
I laughed when he talked about turning back and forth between nitro and raw to make sure it was really happening cuz I remember doin the same thing.
@skull9024 жыл бұрын
I love the way they did up the venue for this show, always have. Always seemed appropriate to me as well that, since WCW would occasionally do events at unusual locations like this, that the first _and_ last Nitro were done at special locations.
@Venemofthe8884 жыл бұрын
I find it interesting that this nitro wasn't the last wcw programming. There was a wcw worldwide i think it was called and parts of it are very hard to find
@Venemofthe8884 жыл бұрын
Also I do wonder if shane was aloud to run wcw brand as his own product and how interesting it could of been
@eastsidereviews7274 жыл бұрын
@@Venemofthe888 Yeah, if only Booker T and Buff Bagwell didn't shit the bed on that Raw main event, we could've found out.
@richardtheconquerer4 жыл бұрын
The WWE Network will upload it in 2065 or so
@JGD1854 жыл бұрын
Yea I saw a clip of it with Mike Tenay and Scott Hudson. People overlook Hudson but I learned to appreciate him, he was passionate unlike most of WCW's employees at that time. Here is the final send off kzbin.info/www/bejne/boXQp2d9er6qmc0
@williamcronshaw52624 жыл бұрын
@@eastsidereviews727 It wasn't just that. No networks wanted to touch a WCW show by this point, even if it was now managed by WWF.
@dasdeke4 жыл бұрын
5:17 Jarrett no selling the ass kissing. That's why he never drew a dime. Loved the review Brian! It's nice taking a trip down memory lane. I recall watching this live, haven't seen it since till today!
@jamessteel90164 жыл бұрын
Thanks for finishing off the dying days of WCW Brian 😀 it’s quite a history lesson 👍
@AkamoriRivals Жыл бұрын
I was watching Nitro when this happened, because I was a WCW guy. and I really don't believe it is anything I will ever forget.
@michaelbandada98874 жыл бұрын
Ric Flair and Sting get to close off the last episode of WCW Nitro although Vinnie Mac gets to have the last laugh by putting his face on both Nitro and Raw, letting the whole world know that he rules pro wrestling, nuff said
@CamaroAmx4 жыл бұрын
He rules pro wrestling but the wrestling empire isn’t what it once was. It’s like running a small bustling city to ruling a desolate wasteland of a country.
@silviamarquesfankanal14634 жыл бұрын
7:18 I never understood the "Bagwell" in a row with all those legends ... was it a joke or did he mean another Bagwell?
@DrScruffee4 жыл бұрын
Bagwell was really over during this time.
@silviamarquesfankanal14634 жыл бұрын
@@DrScruffee come on ... in November 2000 he got squashed by Scott Steiner. Then joined the Magnificent Seven and turned heel.
@jb8888888884 жыл бұрын
It was a reference to Judy no doubt.
@Eviltwin5314 жыл бұрын
That ring and filming setup makes me miss WCW's willing to take chances and be creative. There were a lot of misses, but there were also some cool moments, too.
@ninja_tony3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely. People seem to forget that even though WCW had some serious misses in the later days, when it was firing on all cylinders, it was awesome.