1998 was an awesome year for WWE

@geeshep4836

29 күн бұрын

Amen.

@isd8894

9 күн бұрын

Compared to anything that came after? Absolutely! Compared to the late 70s/80s/early 90s? Not remotely.

For me personally, 2000 was WWE (WWF at the time) at their absolute peak, though I can also agree that 1998 was a great year for wrestling in general (yes, even WCW, despite becoming complacent).

Yoko could have been an all timer if he could have managed his weight. He so good, but as the 90's went on it just got hard to watch as he just got bigger and bigger. RIP, gone way too young.

@cliffordjackson3

29 күн бұрын

FACTS yokozuna in the wwe attitude era is a big what if for me.

@nickrowat4461

27 күн бұрын

Loved him as a kid, wish he had a longer run

The Quebecers were on the actual Wrestlemania 14 card. The tag team battle royal was on the main card and was won by the returning LOD as LOD 2000, not a dark match before Wrestlemania. Also, Yokozuna's last WWF match wasn't a dark match before Summerslam. His last WWF match was on the Survivor Series 96 PPV.

"We all thought retirement was here!" He wrestled in a ladder match for his own company in 2000 and was supposed to come back as early as post Mania 17.

Vince knew Austin was his guy after the double turn at WrestleMania 13. No way in hell it was gonna be Shawn vs Bret at 14

The Brawl for All was a disaster. According to Jim Cornette, Vinny Ru cost the company $5-10M in one night

@tempestfennac9687

28 күн бұрын

While I've not seen much of Dr. Death (I liked the matches I have seen him in admittedly), I really think Jim was assuming the audience would care more about Williams than they probably would have: from what I can gather he wasn't the most charismatic wrestler ever, which seemed like it would be an obstacle for booking him to feud with Austin and he was 38 by the time Brawl for All happened. Admittedly I think B4A was a stupid idea due to the risk of injuries combined with only lower card guys being involved with it, meaning even if Williams had won he wouldn't have really proved anything (after beating the 1-eyed Carl Ouellette in round 1, if he'd have beaten Bart Gunn he'd have fought the newly repackaged Godfather and Bradshaw, neither of whom had really done anything of note before this point, which doesn't really say "the winner deserves to challenge Steve Austin for the world title").

@brandonperkins176

28 күн бұрын

@@tempestfennac9687 it really destroyed the careers of those who participated. Again Cornette said the guys were built for show, not for go. Russo never watched anything physical like the UFC which we learned.

@tempestfennac9687

28 күн бұрын

@@brandonperkins176 Good point. I just remembered Cornette's comment about B4A costing millions as being solely about Dr. Death admittedly.

#1 thing you didn’t know - Matt Damon was actually supposed to hold all the titles for the whole year had he not been sidelined by a serious injury.

Shawn’s “injury” was actually rehab ….

The Brawl For All still feels like a weird feaver dream. Also, I loved that seeing The New Age Outlaws pin each other. It felt like the good guys outsmarted the buffons in the ring with them.

WWF attitude had Shane McMahon on commentary it's hilarious how poorly that game aged like Vince McMahon wasn't even playable so wasn't Shane and yet they wrestled on TV in 1998

I really liked & admired the NWA invasion in the WWF (now WWE) during the Attitude Era. I really miss that.

Yoko's last match was in Summerslam 96 in a dark match to Austin? Who was that guy teaming with Savio, Flash Funk and Snuka at 96's Survivor Series? Whilst The New Age Outlaws were the first team in WWF to use that finish, The Outsiders tried it in 96 and had it coined as the Outsider's rule. World War 3 was when it almost happened and the announcers were calling it as soon as they got tagged in.

W vid 1998 in wrestling had to been wild back then

I've heard one of the original plans for WrestleMania XIV was Hart Vs. Austin for the WWF Championship in the main event, and Hart was keen to put Austin over.

Judgement Day 1998 was my first ppv. Crazy to think about it now, but at that show the "Final Boss" was squashed by Mark Henry.

@filthiestfish

29 күн бұрын

That decision still baffles me to this day. It makes as much sense today as it did then.

there was no better year for the wrestling industry than 1997. ALL THREE COMPANIES WERE KILLING IT.

I think one of the biggest things that helped WWE in 1998 is Bret Hart left in 1997 and Shawn Michaels retired in early 1998, so WWE were forced to create new stars as really The Undertaker was the only established main eventer left from the previous era. Austin was undeniable after 1997 and The Rock was just starting to come into his own and Triple H was able to ride the momentum of DX, while Mick Foley, Kane were helped by being associates of Vince McMahon to be hurdles in Austin's way. And of course you can't forget how much attention Mike Tyson got WWE just the right time. And though it hasn't aged very well these days, there's no getting past how over Sable got as well just on sex appeal.

@Shawn-Leider

26 күн бұрын

Sable got people’s eyes on the starless shows. She doesn’t get the credit she deserves. Everyone wanted to see what sable was wearing.

@acerimmer8338

20 күн бұрын

Absolutely right. The best things to happen in 98 were Hart leaving and Michaels injury. Those 2 would've held the whole organization back.

Just hit play. As much as I know about that era, I'm seriously hoping for a list of stuff that's new to me!

The way the Outlaws won the tornado tag team match was a genius way to win a match.

My favorite year as a wrestling fan

@theeXodusof730

29 күн бұрын

Ditto.

Yokozuna's last televised WWE match was at the Survivor Series 1996.

@filthiestfish

29 күн бұрын

You say it like it's one big secret

@WWChampion16

29 күн бұрын

@@filthiestfish I'm saying that because What Culture Wrestling said it was at the Free For All Summerslam 1996.

@filthiestfish

29 күн бұрын

@@WWChampion16 You're right. I hadn't watched the video til the end before I commented. My bad.

@LibraJohnny

28 күн бұрын

@@WWChampion16 A match who ended in a DQ, no wonder if nobody or almost remembers it.

@Markosbourne24

27 күн бұрын

Wwf

Best year in WWE history

Which one of these was I not supposed to know about

@brandondavidson2200

29 күн бұрын

I think all 10.

Nah Nah, If we are talking about 1993 and 1994 we are talking about the 2x doctor disrespect lol

why didn’t yokozuna just get lipo??

@theeXodusof730

29 күн бұрын

Because liposuction is a cosmetic surgery and isn't about weight loss.

@allsaltdownhere

27 күн бұрын

Yoko wanted to be the heaviest wrestler ever. He at one point stated that he wanted to get to 800.

10 Things You Probably Know About WWF In 1998 If You Were Watching Back Then I even remember Shane McMahon on commentary, which I thought you were gonna mention since it's in the thumbnail. He liked saying "Booyah!" WAAAYYY too much. You can catch a glimpse of his commentary in Acclaim's WWF Attitude video game if you really want to.

Truly glorious

I love Simon Miller dudes videos are always entertaining I dont know how he does it

Haven't watched your vids in a while. Is it just me or the whole delivery is really different from before?

Yes

I clicked because of corny thumbnail Cornett 🐐🐐

Shane in the thumbnail but not mentioned once.

1Min 69 views .. Nice

I was 11 and 1998 was perrrrrrrrfect!

If we know Austin, he would never want to lose one match to Dr. Death. 😂😂

@moopert86

29 күн бұрын

First, Austin wouldn't have to lose to Dr Death to make money off a PPV match. And Second, He may not have had an issue with it, The stories of him refusing to do matches make sense when you look at it. He refused to work with Mero when Sable powerbombed him and made him look like a joke. He refused to do the match with Brock because it was a potential money match they were going to give away with no build on Raw.

@saint-g7449

29 күн бұрын

@moopert86 Well, he did say that he was ok to losing to Brock if it was a regular match. As we all know, it was a King of the Ring qualifying match.

@SkunkApe407

29 күн бұрын

​@@saint-g7449Austin made it clear that he wanted an actual story, so he could put Brock over properly. He didn't see how losing that particular match would do anything for either of them.

@danielliens5360

28 күн бұрын

Billy Gunn and Jarrett can be added to that list. I know the history with Jarrett but not sure why he wouldn't put Gunn over, other than the name he had.

Austin still would of won the Rumble and go to Mania as planned against Shawn Michaels but with Shawns back injury they would of wrote in Bret to make it a Triple Threat match.

Yokozuna would have done great in ruthless aggression

They did Dr Death Steve Williams so dirty 😢. What in the flub was Vince thinking?

1999 was the best year

Pierre changed so much

Yoko's last match was not summerslam 96 against Austin, as usual riddled with basic errors

That was difficult to listen too

@DanBamber8

6 күн бұрын

Why’s he talking like that? It’s really annoying.

If Hart And Michaels continued their feud and Austin/Hart feuded later on ...... Do we get Austin/McMahon and then Austin/Rock 😮

Brawl for All: So lets plan a series of legit fights, and plan for a guy to win. He gets beat early on, so let’s punish the guy who actually won, because he fucked up our plans! 🤷🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️😂

Year i was born🤷‍♂️👌

You can't call it the wildest year in wrestling after the crazy shit that has happened over the past couple years.

I legit think if Hart vs HBK Mania 2 happened maybe then the Screwjob wouldn't have happened but we don't have a time machine to see

I think Austin would of still gotten it at WM14. Bret would of been the one to do the honors

In hindsight 1998 WWF was weird? Brother, I would say it was pretty obvious at the time

Cornette was not into the nwa angle

Bart Gunn was done so dirty. Punished for being successful?

Austin 316

In 98 it was WWF

First it was Russo who did the nwa stuff and 2 hbk is the man who forfeited his belt cause he lost his smile and amazing when wcw was gone Micheal’s was able to wrestle again hmmmm

About to? Watch your mouth. And that's the bottom mm liiiiiiinnnneee....

You mean WWF.....no such thing as wwe in 1998

2000 was better though, EVERYONE was over

Looking through the comments here and I'm surprised. Do I have to be the one to say it? Really? Ok then. Dude, can you please just talk like a normal person? Instead of your formulaic rising inflections and elongated words at end of sentences? I'm begging you. Just talk. You don't need to follow some weird formula that tells you what to emphasise, when to use a rising inflection, when to talk quieter etc. Just be a human.

@TheSkyatollah

24 күн бұрын

Pretty sure they do it to make the video longer, which means more ads, which therefore means more money for the greedy bastards.

@DanBamber8

6 күн бұрын

It’s really jarring.

Stop inflecting upwards at the end of your sentences FFS

Legend jim cornette

You mean wwf

Why do you keep putting the weirdest emphasis on words that absolutely do not need it? Please speak normally, I'm begging you

Love me a Simon video yes please

Shawn was on drugs

1998 baby here!

You called yokozuns zunes. You should be ashamed of yourself. You shouldnt have a roster spot in a wrestling company. Not being facetious, i mean that.

Why’s he talking like that? It’s really weird and annoying.

Why do you speak so annoying now?

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