WWE's Pandemic Era That ALMOST Ruined EVERYTHING!

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[@TheGreatOneYT]

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[@anthonylucero6650]

You’re a hater mook😒

[@anthonylucero6650]

No one cares about stupid Opera ya mook😒

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Don't forget people doing crazy stuff on the screen. Showing chris Benoit,the KKK, And killings.

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Raw underground is back on NXT.

[@xcvbnm98765]

@juts_sama it is

[@shikaruakuma5176]

The Monday night messiah was so underrated in my opinion.

[@whatwhatwhat483]

I absolutely agree dude

[@karlielentz1717]

He'll yeah

[@mechtech6195]

thank elias for that

[@Fighting_goat]

Rey losing his eye

[@Bagnel]

Seth legitimately looksJoseph seed

[@kadharefinley224]

Drew McIntyre and Bayley were the MVP’s during the Pandemic Era 💯. The part talking about the strippers lmao

[@cristianledesma8264]

The dancers👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@amberkhurram990]

Drew mcintyre is literally chefs kiss

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Noticed he changed his channel thumbnail to him just starting into your soul.😂

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Raw underground is back on NXT.😂

[@amberkhurram990]

@@nehemiahpouncey3607 lol yeah

[@wazupladies332]

Now sure, looking back on it, Thunderdome/Pandemic Saga was kinda bad in terms of quality, but in a way, itll always hold a special place in my heart because I started watching wrestling in 2013 and I took a long hiatus from watching Wrestling in 2017 and this was when I got into Wrestling again. Once again I know there was a lot of bad but lets look at the good stuff that came out of it: •Drews WWE title reign was entertaining •The Hurt Business was one of the best factions to come out of this era •Sheamus was putting on Banger after banger at this time •Randy Orton's Legend Killer Gimmick was cinema at this time •Cinematic matches like the Firefly fun house/Boneyard match was so fun but it wouldnt have happened without the pandemic •The birth of RK-Bro was comedy done right •Sami Zayn's heel work was underrated entertainment •Although some of Edge's run was cut short, his rivalries with Randy Orton and the Wrestlemania rivalry was very good •And ofc, the Tribal Chief and the Bloodline really shined and carried wrestling during the time we needed it, so as you can see it wasnt all THAT bad, and not to mention, this was when I finally started watching TheGreatOne, so if WWE was unwatchable around this time, TheGreatOne really helped making Wrestling feel fun, so thats why it sticks out to me (Sorry for the long ass comment 😭)

[@a.captiveaudience]

I got back into it in 2019 so it holds a special place in my heart too. Sami's heel work is truly underrated and there was something special about being able to hear what the wrestlers were saying and the different things they were doing creatively

[@Kaiibe619]

Not reading allat shit 😂

[@08HA28]

Been loving the new thumbnails man , they look so good 🤍

[@RichVilla96]

I appreciate this video. I got back into WWE in 2021 after not watching it since 2004-2007. During Covid I rebought SVR05-07 and made me miss wrestling again and that is when I found your channel

[@kuroryuken]

I'm grateful for Thunderdome for a few things One of the things being the Michael Cole / Bayley rivalry.

[@WWE4LlFE]

You forgot Paul Heyman and Kayla Braxton

[@KyleRivera-gt2tb]

Early 2020 thunderdome was a bit depressing watching how quiet that performance center was

[@saber6855]

Legend killer Orton and the fiend were brilliant during the Covid era

[@tino82250]

Your Vince McMahon voice impression cracks me up every time

[@snakeeyes2551]

I agree with you on that one.

[@spaceprong]

The fiend possession on Alexa was my highlight of the pandemic Era

[@Wrilen_Speedy_Webb]

This was the era when i started watching WWE. I didn't think it was bad, but at least they still entertained all of us.

[@tebogomoipone453]

The Great One to be honest..The Thunderdom had a fresh matches and character changes..especially for Roman,Seth and Apllow crews...what a moment to witness The Tribal Chief 👑 ☝️

[@RichEssay]

i salute you for watching it my boy i stopped watchin it when covid hit and then started watching again when i saw that wrestlemania was coming to my city in dallas wm38 so i got tickets for both nights and i fell in love all over again ❤

[@sarjeshkhadgi2841]

I think Smackdown was the bright spot,seeing Roman every week doing great things and elevating the entire show like he carried that era,Drew McIntyre and Randy Orton also helped but Roman was truly the face of that era,so many great promos and matches from him.

[@M._mkid]

Remember that hidden gem triple threat match aj vs sami vs jeff for the ic title 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@cyilent]

Everyone clowns the thunderdome era but this is literally the time I got into wrestling; something about the lack of fans and quite let me see wrestling for what it truly was as an art form and not just the fake combat sport I had earlier dismissed

[@ruffin207]

The early pandemic era was so underwhelming to watch, but the Thundersome era lowkey saved it.

[@Rychleji]

Lol the video idea. It's a nice way to just check the clusterfuck and just never look back again :D. Some cool ideas came off of it, but generally it's just an era of what could have been, many weird matches, an absolute disastrous atmosphere, ... Poor Drew :D

[@Brothernerooo]

Congrats on 413K!

[@Juan_Chata]

My attention span is sharp with the ads 😮‍💨

[@gatesofwrestling]

The hell in a cell match between Randy & Drew was top notch

[@Mkmichael001]

dont forget omos' debut as the giant ninja!

[@Almighty_S]

10:40 Charlie ??? 😂😂

[@Oreoboi51]

imagine telling someone in 2013 that the scottish 3mb member is gonna win the wwe championship in a performance center wrestlemania

[@le_fishe5650]

Appreciate this well produced retrospctive video

[@mjohnson4178]

I actually enjoyed the pandemic era cause that's when I started watching WWE, Roman Reigns was just champion at that time... geez I didn't know what storyline I was walking myself into.🤣🤣🤣

[@MrAhmed-dx5hw]

*Unpopular opinion: retribution would've been a banger if they didn't lost every single match.

[@ΠαναγιώτηςΓεωργίου-β4β]

Also I would've had a girlfriend if I wasn't ugly

[@mjl11]

I wouldve been a basketballer if I was 7ft

[@bariomalotelli4671]

I would've been rich if I had money

[@LemonTowerHeroes]

i would've been liked if people liked me

[@abwisdom6650]

Wrestling ain't fake they just find safer ways to take bumps

[@tropical_tourist7418]

Actually it was my first time watching wrestling because I did not know before the pandemic era where to watch WWE so I found it a pretty interesting experience with WWE

[@JQuanEvertsz-yw3xy]

You should honestly do more of these essays videis

[@yangakalane3526]

The Big Show's part,weeeeeee,can make a title match was very hilarious 😂 😂

[@the_ssj3master392]

If you say the zombies match killed kayfabe you can also say the firefly fun house killed kayfabe. Those 2 matches were god awful and killed kayfabe completely.

[@JudeIS]

I used to watch you during the thunderdome era, the era was painful in many aspects but I remember when Roman was doing crazy stuff

[@luccirobbins6675]

It was bizarre, but it was a damn good time.

[@nicosharp182]

Atleast we got The Hurt Business & Bobby Lashley finally got the title!

[@pathrascarletasmr7962]

I got back into WWE during the thunder dome era so I can’t talk to badly about it lol

[@jalenbanks3733]

The hurt business The bloodline Drew McIntyre title run Randy Orton going splinter cell Edge return The golden role models Those were some of the highlights from the pandemic era imo.

[@zsoltgazda6594]

Ive been watching wwe since 2013, but for the life of me i do not remember the zombies XD But I remember laughing my ass off on the Randy Orton Alexa Bliss rivalry, it was so entertaining. I still go back sometimes to watch that freaking fireball jutsu, ridicolous, i love it XD

[@TrialzGTAS]

I wasn’t watching then but it really looks like they tried their best to please fans. Very valiant of them

[@ALUMINOS]

I think for the circumstances they were under, they did the absolute best they could have

[@c2creates0]

This Dude lives up to His name!🔥😂

[@TJsalegendkiller21]

I actually watched every single episode of the pandemic era and only remember about 40% mostly from Seth and Bayley

[@BlaxZenix]

The pandemic era was something , personally I mostly enjoyed it but it's something I can't watch now because man the crowd changes the show

[@DavidJ-v5n]

I loved both of Drew mcintyre's wwe championship reigns . Amazing in their own right. We got bobby in his best version in thunderdome. Bayley carried the women's division along with sasha and asuka.

[@smalltownkid]

W Content Never Fails To Provide

[@D-GenerateJay]

I don’t think it was really that bad. In a way the wwe needed this and it really opened there eyes.

[@Alipoke658]

I was a big Mustafa Ali fan and I was really excited and happy when he became leader of RETRIBUTION, its unfortunate that they flopped hard with that one

[@rellymacc591]

8:05 if there was actual shit being used, thing’s would’ve gotten interesting 👀

[@Emanuel_carey]

Does everything have to be an “era” that’s weird. Definitely didn’t meet the dictionary definition. And even still. You know why it was weird. Covid

[@michaelweird4018]

To me it was done to best of the ability it was the most creative they have gotten and alot of talent got a chance to shine

[@iAssassins]

I watched it every week & it was cringe as hell ngl but some good did come out of it & it was nice to see how the wrestlers would take their characters to the next level when crowds came back

[@joshpeck904]

Whenever they wrestled in this era, it felt like we were watching them train tbh

[@awesomesk5578]

Not WWE related, but I really loved the AEW Stadium Stampede Match. It was funny, entertaining and it was when AEW was on fire.

[@bremaster93]

I miss the Thunderdome so bad. Seeing the photo of Chris Benoit on the screen made me lose it. 😂

[@HassanAliakaMHAKhan]

didnt missed a single and SD since 2014

[@Mang0Man0-kd4in]

You are my favorite KZbinr great one

[@optimus2008]

I know Mania 36 didn't have a crowd but calling it the worst ever is kinda too much.

[@DavidJ-v5n]

Drew Mcintyre carried the wwe flag during this period

[@Saurabhrkohardy]

They did whatever they could and i liked the thunderdome thing and mitb match

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Remember hearing bayley botch During the obstacle course with Bianca. She said s*it cause of the weight of Chad gable was bothering her. Still on KZbin today unfiltered.

[@unforcedterror3136]

Should’ve put Bayley in the thumbnail too!

[@SoggyMann]

Drew, Bayley, and especially Seth was so fire tho

[@KamoMustafaWWE]

Wrestling stopped in February 2020 and returned in July 2021. Such a long break.

[@WWE4LlFE]

Nope March 2020

[@oojenkinsoo5303]

It’s weird, that a KZbinr is so excited for ad block because he gets paid for ads

[@funkarpanchikki_21]

2020❤😢

[@andrueweghorngaming9976]

That Drew/Goldberg feud was one way gaslighting I remember the raw too where all the legends were there and Drew was talking to all of em backstage, he comes out to the ring talks more about the legends and then here comes Goldberg being all like "you don't deserve that belt cause you disrespect all the legends here" or something like that.

[@Sindr0mYEAH]

I remember that, Randy Orton was walking around backstage bullying the Big Show and Mark Henry on a scooter but Goldberg thought Drew was disrespecting legends 😂

[@WWE4LlFE]

@@Sindr0mYEAHGoldberg need to get his eyes checked

[@ESMITH4]

I know people shit on this era however this show was a lifeline it was one of the only things to really look forward to on TV at the time shout out to AEW their show was a bit more watchable

[@Albert_YTC]

Shane Thorn got ruined by being renamed slapjack. Glad he’s doing great in NJPW

[@rofinuranwar1528]

"the good, the bad, the ugly" don't tell me u're also own that channel bro

[@DARKKING67239]

There were some great moments but as a whole the pandemic era was bad

[@boromir0062]

To be honest between the time frame of cm punk leaving to roman turning heel was the dark ages in between. The product was 90% boring and cringe

[@K1nG0907MaliK]

Hot Take the thunder dome era is the one era where a lot of superstars we wish would win right now won

[@zachmoore3997]

Who remembers the performance center pandemic era💀

[@zackhep]

The fiend and Alexa was great you're crazy

[@bluboiiReal]

4th video title change.

[@mixsnoof]

What if instead of TheGreatOne he was called TheFreakyOne and got freaky while watching wwe

[@Arch50281]

Thunderdome was better than the performance centre tbf

[@AngellishV]

The thunderome era had to happen in order to get the current era and I can appreciate it.

[@NottyGurlStyle]

I was too stressed to watch any wrestling but I was keeping up with what was going on. I would see Bliss, Randy and fireballs 😂 wtf plus I caught the zombie match 😂😂😂 Vince at it again lol 😂😂😂imagine if Bron and Bray did have a $hitty swap match 😂 they title alone 😂😂 Yes, bring Mussy back again soon 😂😂 there are a lot of them out here

[@hichamagoudal8329]

GreatOne give Mussy more Tv time

[@mobl3y]

yes

[@HisNameIsJoeOrJoey]

Was still better than no WWE during that time.

[@Hidsui]

Drew Carried

[@markjones2518]

And Randy

[@fajrisuryandzaazwar1167]

Drew McIntyre,orton,bobby make this era watchable

[@gabemyers4516]

Monday Night Messiah is as devious as bald Randy Orton.

[@xElucidatee]

What is the thunderdome?

[@zachjohn3217]

There are so many fans who like to romanticized what they like.

[@M._mkid]

Alexa Bliss spooky gimmick she had in 2021 was so bad.

[@mister_vulgar]

I disagree with the thunderdome being worse than an empty quiet room. I often forgot there wasnt a crowd. The noise was enough. However the silence was unwatchable to me

[@OnlyBuenoBars]

Miz Died. AJ also died. *Both Respawned*

[@calebdodoo9965]

The 3:01part had me spitting out water lmao

[@davyunwashington3613]

The hurt business, the bloodline, and Sasha and bayley was carrying hard

[@visionary-v5o]

I was here in less than 1 min

[@thoughtstorn854]

Thunder dome waa underrated tbh 😂😂😂

[@gurjasb2869]

after mania 37, Raw got REALLY bad

[@DeadManVlog]

Great

[@Jorgen.mp4]

Everyone says it so ill say it again NXT Carried The Pandemic For WWE

[@3_MP05]

Let's be honest,this acted as Reboot for the WWE if you think about it.We truly have made it out of the dark times. Also,help him reach 500K subs please.❤

[@Ballrace-dy1uw]

It was thanks for making it even more obvious 😊

[@vincenthuet363]

Braun reign sucked, but it's still sad that he is the only wwe wrestler in history who won a world title, but nerver ever been world champion in front of a crowd

[@WWE4LlFE]

Tf you mean it sucked? You guys literally wanted him to win the title from 2017-2019

[@vincenthuet363]

@@WWE4LlFE Yeah i wanted it in 2017 and 2018. And I was actually excited when he won the title against oldberg. But lets face it, in my opinion at least, it was not good. A feud with wyatt had a lot of potential but the matches were average at best (Summerslam and Payback) and the others were, in my opinion again, trash (mitb and extreme rules) Braun and Bray were not a good fit in the ring and the story was poorly written. So yeah i consider his reign sucked

[@king_.toxic84]

It had its moments