This reminds me what a frustrating experience watching WCW was during this time. Fantastic build up, everyone looked great and there was so much promise but rarely any real change occurred, just the illusion of change. If only Hulk could have seen the bigger picture and not try and protect his own brand all the time. The only surprise was there was never any surprises. Ultimately WCW snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.

Hulk Hogan in 97/98 had a late 80’s to early 90’s face mentality. What I mean by that is, he was making creative decisions for himself as if he was the hero, and never grasped that, at some point or another, the heel has to eventually lose

@sallydavies9253

3 жыл бұрын

He did lose several times but i agree he was too powerful for a heel took over wcw for years like a all powerful face does rarely lose.

@JayJackson1981

3 жыл бұрын

Hogan and Bischoff both knew that he should've lost Starrcade '97.

@kishdogg1594

2 жыл бұрын

Creative Control Brother💪

The pop Luger got when he beat Hogan was incredible

@kevinpayton2664

3 жыл бұрын

Luger's career highlight right there. He'd lose the title a few days later but still when he won it, great moment in Nitro history.

@randomnerd3402

3 жыл бұрын

@@kevinpayton2664 Luger deserved it tbh, definitely a reliable wrestler. Poor Luger was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

@mrcoreynitro

3 жыл бұрын

@Chris V Just to pop a rating

@randomnerd3402

3 жыл бұрын

@@mrcoreynitro Unfortunately he was treated like that for most of his WCW career. From the first ever Nitro, to the first time he won the championship. All for a godamn ratings pop.

@mrcoreynitro

3 жыл бұрын

@@randomnerd3402 He wasn't popular with other wrestlers outside of Nash and Sting from what I hear

There was a time in late '95 and early '96 when I hatred Hulk Hogan but when Hulk Hogan turned heel at Bash at the Beach 1996, it was one of the best thing that I liked and started loving Hollywood Hulk Hogan again.

@LongHuynh-bx5ll

3 жыл бұрын

Lol you loved him when he wanted to be hated and vice versa

@morticianforreal

3 жыл бұрын

@@LongHuynh-bx5ll I always loved antagonists in books and movies, many heel characters in wrestling and in real life I always say that I am the chief villain not the actor. In movies when the actor who is the nice guy receives a beating you see that the beating is artificial and exagerated. I like natural ones, one must have talent to play the chief villain.

@huwdavies-tallon3305

Жыл бұрын

@@morticianforreal agreed often the villain is best most interesting character rather then then hero who is too good and pure to be any good!

@babaracus7751

Жыл бұрын

I rooted for the dungeon of doom to lay a besting on em every nitro during the same time., felt same when he went heel with nwo.

@NEONOIRERA

Жыл бұрын

Facts

WCW did such a great job building towards Hogan vs Sting at Starrcade 1997 and then completely screwed up the match, its finish, and the aftermath.

@KegOfMeat

2 жыл бұрын

It epitomises WCW perfectly. Act 1 they nailed it but act 2 and 3 they blew it

That was the biggest highlight in Lex Luger wrestling career winning the World Heavyweight Championship from Hollywood Hogan on Monday Night Nitro...

@nicholaswoodall8297

3 жыл бұрын

hulk hogan as a good guy would beat lex luger

@lorenzoalsobrooks739

3 жыл бұрын

And dropped the belt back to Hogan on PPV 5 days later.

@steviecritiquenewby7874

3 жыл бұрын

@@lorenzoalsobrooks739 True

@kevinpayton2664

3 жыл бұрын

You would've thought that Luger would never hold the world title again but it happened.

@nebraskajoenelson8987

3 жыл бұрын

I believe you've forgotten the slamming of yoko on the destroyer lol

Voodoo Child might be one of my favorite entrance themes ever...even if it is Hogan.

The build up of sting vs hogan was top tier

I've been addicted to this channel since your Pillman in ECW video... Binge watching ever since! The one about John Tenta's career is my favorite, so far...

@WrestlingBios

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome. Welcome aboard and thanks for sticking around :)

@ShubhamMishrabro

3 жыл бұрын

@@WrestlingBios i hope you do more ecw videos

@petertr2000

3 жыл бұрын

You're spot on about the Tenta video. I don't think people realised what they had with him at the time.

Hearing that Savage tapped to Bret and then Piper blew my mind. Was never a big Macho fan, he was a little before my time, but hell the guy did business.

Starcade 97 happened on my 18th birthday. A bunch of my friends and I ordered the ppv and watched it at my best friend at the time's place. It was a pretty awesome night despite the finish of the match. I was so hyped. LOL. "Steve's too tanned brotherrrrrrrr."

Thank god. I was so bored I was about to click on a Wrestling With Wregret video.

@rekmadethebeat

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@JofoInTheRing

3 жыл бұрын

Lolol

Nothing better at the end of work than a Wrestling Bios video.

@dr.loomis4221

Жыл бұрын

Yikes...that's not good

Been waiting for this one. Hogan has to be the coolest looking heel ever.

@NoName-iz9dj

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I agree

@nicholashurst780

3 жыл бұрын

My personal favorite heel is HHH *but* I don't think the Game character would've ever been the headliner if Hogan and the nWo hadn't turned the baddies into who the fans cheered for

@NoName-iz9dj

3 жыл бұрын

@@nicholashurst780HHH is also badass looking heel.

Can't wait for the Finger Poke of Doom episode!!!

To be fair to Warrior, most Nitro's and segments he was on outdrew Raw.

@tyreed.3716

3 жыл бұрын

The last time I told people to watch wcw

@bobharper6949

Жыл бұрын

Yeah not true at all....

Killed Sting's mystique with one ppv match and 3 weeks of tv, incredible.

At least I know when Nitro went to three hours. I was wondering the other day. You'll have your work cut out on the reliving the war series when it gets to 1997.

Wow. WOW! A lot to take in but kinda figured out what was going on with Hogan's run in WCW

the match where luger beat hogan on nitro was the moment that made me become a wrestling fan at the young age of 9.

That doesn’t work for me brother.

can't get enough of Wrestling Bios brother!!!!

The night Luger won that belt was the first episode of wrestling I ever watched. i was 7 and i was hooked for the next 4 years. ill never forget that though.

I loved the build up to Warrior vs Hogan, I was as hyped as I was for Sting and Hogan, none of it fell flat.

Good stuff. The amount of work you put into your videos is both admirable and impressive.

We were going to see Hogan v Luger twice in one week oh boy how absolutely exciting 5 star matches for sure

@derekborba9574

3 жыл бұрын

😅😅😅

@DaDitka

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah. I was soooo excited... Lol

The one channel that makes me stop everything when I get a notification also I feel like the rivalry of 2020 is wrestling bios and hulk hogan

And most astonishing fact is after finger poke of doom wcw experienced 2nd and 3rd best ratings months in early 1999 but injuries to stars in big nwo led to ratings declining which continued till it died

I can't stop laughing at the part where the Ultimate Warrior develops super natural powers lmao!! Wth was WCW thinking?!

@SW-zu7ve

2 жыл бұрын

Why would you laugh? Didn't you read the comic? It was all real.....

I swear I love your videos man !!!!!! Keep up the good work

I love these videos man, they really take me back to a happier, less complicated time of my life. I get lost in them from time to time and it feels like I’m a kid again for that 15-20 mins. Also, it doesn’t hurt that I still learn things that I never knew during that time period, every now and then. Keep up the good work, man, you’ve earned a subscription from me👍🏾👍🏾

Awesome vid brother! Cant wait for the follow up!🤘

Man this channel is dope and the research and presentation are very well done. 💯

Great work,I love the way you put your videos together.

Man that cover in the intro was BADASS!!! Who was it? I'd love to hear the whole thing

Excellent job. Cant wait for the next one. Keep it up.

I love your channel man. You always cover great stories when it comes to classic wrestling angles especially from the 90s and WCW. Also I'm a huge fan of your "Monday Night Wars" retro coverage series, man. Huge fan!

You missed macho man doing that mental dive from the cage at Halloween Havoc.

Looking forward to the next video, thank you for all of your work!🍻👊

Your a legend mate, been following your vids for over a year now . Love your content and somehow you just keep making it better. nWo 4 life 🤘

Leaving us on a cliffhanger. Well done.

Wonderful story telling my man...can’t wait for your finger poke of doom ep drop

I absolutely love your uploads good buddy!!!!! Looking forward to the finger poke incident!!!! Was totally floored as a kid when it happened on live tv

Awesome video bro, looking froward to your next one!

I have to say man you are EXTREMELY underrated. Love your content man.

Ahh finally you upload need my fix of this channel. Keep up the great work you made this virus bearable.

Another thumbs up from this way. This channels videos are always great.

I thought the nWo Wolfpac was only created so WCW could double their t-shirt sales.

@randomnerd3402

3 жыл бұрын

Lol, business is business. At least Wolfpac's theme song was absolute fire.

@nuthinnew3881

3 жыл бұрын

Pokemon does this too

@randomnerd3402

3 жыл бұрын

@@nuthinnew3881 Ha! Good one.

@mickyfynn326

3 жыл бұрын

Well it worked

Hyped for the Finger Poke of Doom video. I've got to say, how you review and view the FPoD will say a lot about you as a Wrestling fan. It's got to be the most misunderstood moment in wrestling history!

oh man I've been waiting for this, just made my Monday sooooo much better

I'm so excited that this video is out cause I've been waiting patiently. I always loved Hollywood Hogan ever since I learned about him when I was a 12 year old playing wwe 2k14

Another excellent wrestling bio 10/10 👍😎👍

Love these videos!!!

I have you do big poppa pump scott Steiner late 2000 till early 20001 one of the most underrated run and last gem from last wcw years

@painfan476

2 жыл бұрын

Amen

Always amped to watch these vids 😎🤟🙏

@WrestlingBios .... you are becoming just like WCW with your cliff hanger endings lol. 😆 Much love brother, keep up the excellent content.

Tell me I'm not the only one that checked to see if the "finger poke of doom" video was up as soon as this video ended? Can't wait!!!

I love what you do keep up the good work bro

Another great video upload very interesting keep the good work up as always seriously wrestling bios is the best channel for wrestling a lot of nolige that man knows cheers again 👍

Love your stuff 🤘🏼

What a time to be a teenager and wrestling fan. As time goes by i am even more thankful that i got to live my childhood in the 90's and 80's

Your music remixes. Wow. Every time... Top notch.

Love this channel ☝️☝️

The greatest storyline ever in professional wrestling...

@PhillipCummingsUSA

3 жыл бұрын

Um, Kane undertaker or mcmahon stone cold is better

Sting Vs Hogan at Starrcade 97 was the moment WCW started to die.

Good stuff man!!! Keep it up

Great videos brother, can’t wait for the finger poke of doom episode

As always amazing work bro . I only wish u had more old ecw documentaries.

@zacharythomason7359

3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing🤔🤔🤔

@mikeya3143

3 жыл бұрын

@@zacharythomason7359 we have to protest until the videos r uploaded.

33 now i watched starcade 97 was awsome as a kid still 1 of my oldest wrestling memorys its cool to look back at the bts aspects of it which is what im more into these days rather then watching currently

Keep up the great work!!

I love your videos!

I love this channel.

I can’t lol! The opening theme and was waiting for this!!!

Sweet, I was just watching some older videos on your channel :)

I can't wait, the fingerpoke episode will be great.

1997 my favorite year in wrestling, 3 companies doing bet u good work.

I never understood some booking decisions. If fans were gonna see hogan vs Luger for free on nitro, and Luger won, why should they pay to see them wrestle again at Road Wild knowing that likely hogan was gonna recapture the belt?

I still remember leaving reunion arena in Dallas tx wearing a NWO Hogan Shirt I seen Hulk and Dusty Rhodes. I got close to hogan after the show and told him I was his still a fan of him he signed my shirt and said I didn’t know I still had fans.

Great work. I really enjoyed this NWO recap.

Cool video

Do u put vids out every Sunday? I honestly haven't a clue of your schedule, and you are one of my favorite channels.

I think Bischoff crapped himself at Starccade 1997. I know people don't believe what he and Hogan have said about Sting being out of shape and a shadow of himself, but that does fit in with the timing of Stings personal issues. 18 months of buildup and the crowd in a frenzy, and they should ahve stuck to the plan, but they panicked.

@leelohaskin7941

3 жыл бұрын

They need to stfu with Sting this ir that, that was 100% Hogan being HOEgan.

Can't wait for the next episode, finger poke of doom 👍

That intro song is so epic

I miss the days of nitro and raw in domes and stadiums. What a crazy time.

Finger poke of DOOM......🤔😉👍. Love this channel, the best wrestling channel hands down...

Who makes the music for this channel? It’s always really good.

The nwo wolfpack was awesome faction

I agree with you. WCW should stop with NWO at that time. To match WWF , WCW should start with matches ECW styles. They had talent for it. But like you said Hogan was "running" the show and putting end on WCW.

Wrestling Bios!!!!

This video gets and up

Never watched WCW like that but That Hogan vs sting match was probably the best build up in history. As a Die hard Wwf fan we still heard the rumblings of the match only thing close was the Rock vs Austin X7

It’s go time 😎

Luger's win on Nitro was pretty fucken cool. That pop was awesome.

You should also do an in depth look at starcade 98. There is alot to unpack there

That opening remake of Voodoo child was BADASS, THAT COULD BE A GREAT ENTERANCE THEME.

Nice Intro

That voodoo child intro was phenomenal

Nash should have stayed face and had a run as face of the company for longer for sure

Love these Hogan NWO videos! Heel Hogan is my favorite wrestler of all time!