TIMELINE: 1995 In Professional Wrestling

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From Shawn Michaels' WWE Royal Rumble win to Lex Luger's WCW debut to a 'pre-Stone Cold' Steve Austin making his presence felt in ECW, we take an in-depth look at the world of professional wrestling in the year 1995. This is TIMELINE: 1995 In Professional Wrestling.
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  • @nbatch13
    @nbatch132 жыл бұрын

    'Through hellfire and listerine' is my personal highlight here😂

  • @pbsimmons2303

    @pbsimmons2303

    8 ай бұрын

    What's hell. Fire and listener

  • @bowdenproductions
    @bowdenproductions2 жыл бұрын

    Dude, looking at Minoru Suzuki in his 20’s is like looking at the arc of the covenant.

  • @danevertt3210

    @danevertt3210

    2 жыл бұрын

    Great comment

  • @Jerry_Freestyle

    @Jerry_Freestyle

    Жыл бұрын

    Look at all that hair!!!

  • @johnathanrush4666
    @johnathanrush4666 Жыл бұрын

    Eddie Gilbert not making it to 40 still bums me out almost 30 years later RIP

  • @ChrisPickin
    @ChrisPickin2 жыл бұрын

    love this series. Never smashed the like button so quick.

  • @daedaethomas47

    @daedaethomas47

    Жыл бұрын

    Cringe sauce 7000

  • @syria0110

    @syria0110

    Жыл бұрын

    @@daedaethomas47 If you use the word "cringe sauce" unironically, that makes you even more cringe

  • @daedaethomas47

    @daedaethomas47

    Жыл бұрын

    @@syria0110 do u see the irony here?

  • @mattalan6618

    @mattalan6618

    Жыл бұрын

    @@syria0110 yo face is cringe sauce 9000

  • @christopherdoroba8724
    @christopherdoroba87242 жыл бұрын

    Rocko Rock was my cousin. I love watching these and hearing y'all yell his name still! He ran Philly and Pauly's promotion lol

  • @marin3933
    @marin39332 жыл бұрын

    "sources have Orndorff as clear winner" lets not forget that Orndorff took down Vader while wearing flip flops

  • @matthewlane518

    @matthewlane518

    2 жыл бұрын

    Mr. Wonderful should NEVER be underestimated!

  • @Meatman8089

    @Meatman8089

    Жыл бұрын

    Single handedly if you will

  • @FloridaGuy53

    @FloridaGuy53

    Жыл бұрын

    A handicap, if you must.

  • @the__GOON
    @the__GOON Жыл бұрын

    as someone who didnt watch wrestling in 1995, this was a great summary

  • @Oderus_Urungus
    @Oderus_Urungus2 жыл бұрын

    Steve Austin's first WWF match was against Matt freaking Hardy?!?!?!!!!?? WHAT!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!!???!??

  • @rosskentish5412
    @rosskentish54122 жыл бұрын

    I have said this before and will say it again, Sam has the perfect voice for voice overs

  • @jasonjimerson7046
    @jasonjimerson70462 жыл бұрын

    Suzuki... with hair? 🤯🤯🤯

  • @actionjackson4982
    @actionjackson49822 жыл бұрын

    The Fink wearing that green cap made me laugh way too hard 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @jeanpaulsinatra
    @jeanpaulsinatra2 жыл бұрын

    1995: the only KotR thus far where the two schoolboys they hired to stand at the top of the stage are bigger wrestling legends than the winner

  • @estebandomenzain6514
    @estebandomenzain65142 жыл бұрын

    Thank you all for this! Favorite series. Know it takes a lot of research and time to do a video like this. Cultaholic is appreciated! 🙏🏽

  • @KenRising1996
    @KenRising19962 жыл бұрын

    Finally I've been waiting for another wrestling timeline video. 1996 & 1997 is gonna be extremely interesting. 95 overall was a bad year for WWF but a successful Kickstart for WCW and ECW

  • @aidenhorton18

    @aidenhorton18

    Жыл бұрын

    WCW was terrible in 95. WWF was more watchable ngl

  • @Dave-nj4go

    @Dave-nj4go

    17 күн бұрын

    @@aidenhorton18 actually both were terrible in 1995.

  • @effarrjay
    @effarrjay2 жыл бұрын

    I might incorporate 'creme de la crap' into my lexicon after this video.

  • @Lambzy
    @Lambzy2 жыл бұрын

    I started a binge watching journey in January promising myself to watch most of all wwe and wcw content starting in 1995 and since then im at the year 2000 survivor series quite a experience watching this era.

  • @tjcadotte37

    @tjcadotte37

    2 жыл бұрын

    I keep tellin myself i should do something similar and learn some wrestling history. Kudos to you dude 👏

  • @DarthLee8472
    @DarthLee84722 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic job on this video of Timeline 1995 Cultaholic. I can't wait to see Timeline 1996.

  • @KenRising1996

    @KenRising1996

    2 жыл бұрын

    97 is gonna be very interesting 👀

  • @zubrhero5270
    @zubrhero5270 Жыл бұрын

    40:08 Tiny Toons _and_ Batman TAS _AND_ Original Flavour Goldust in one frame. Be still my beating heart!

  • @dereksather5921
    @dereksather59212 жыл бұрын

    Royce is actually pronounced as "Hoyce" for anyone that is unfamiliar with the man.

  • @wilsonchadbenitez3021
    @wilsonchadbenitez30212 жыл бұрын

    I'm in a rush to get outside now, but I'm having this on in my background 😃 wrestling history is fascinating... especially the progress of women's wrestling

  • @beane10
    @beane102 жыл бұрын

    Sam, simple correction. Royce Gracie’s named is actually pronounced Hoyce! It’s a common mispronunciation across the board, even within the MMA community! 🤷🏼‍♂️ great vid and thank you for your hard work, the content is great as always!

  • @jeanpaulsinatra

    @jeanpaulsinatra

    2 жыл бұрын

    Does that mean the luxury car manufacturer is actually Holls Hoyce?

  • @joelmckinnon

    @joelmckinnon

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jeanpaulsinatra No, it means he's Brazilian.

  • @SaudiGod

    @SaudiGod

    2 жыл бұрын

    Rolls Royce isn’t Brazilian

  • @ErikThaRedXIII

    @ErikThaRedXIII

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jeanpaulsinatra Uneducated white guy comment of the year goes tooooo

  • @oddishhonor
    @oddishhonor2 жыл бұрын

    This deserves so many more likes views and comments guys. Just to appease the algorithm because this is pure class

  • @yasa122
    @yasa1222 жыл бұрын

    I cannot even list my favorite series on this channel. You guys put out incredible work! I love how everyone has their own thing on this channel!

  • @daedaethomas47

    @daedaethomas47

    Жыл бұрын

    Yassa!

  • @tequilapapii5936
    @tequilapapii59362 жыл бұрын

    *Please do 2003 next 🙏🏽. These are AMAZING.*

  • @will345davis
    @will345davis9 ай бұрын

    I really enjoyed this video. I’d love to see some timeline videos from the golden age of wrestling in the 80s. Those would be some interesting videos.

  • @taylorcannon7272
    @taylorcannon72728 ай бұрын

    Appreciate the research you do for these. Cant wait for more.

  • @daltonanderson2918
    @daltonanderson2918 Жыл бұрын

    It's clear that these can take a very long time to make. But I also hope that you continue to make these timeline videos. Love to see them for most of the early 2000s makes me very nostalgic. I started watching wrestling on July 4th, 2002 and I did not realize that until your timeline video. I knew it was somewhere in that year but I wasn't sure when until I remembered everything that you started talking about after that point

  • @MahDryBread
    @MahDryBread2 жыл бұрын

    Damn Sam, you can do a good voiceover

  • @TheFriendlyWeirdo
    @TheFriendlyWeirdo2 жыл бұрын

    Happy to see this series is back. Can’t wait to see what other years you guys do for this series.

  • @SupaDupaMarioVillelli
    @SupaDupaMarioVillelli2 жыл бұрын

    Love these videos was waiting for the next one to drop

  • @FRGNinthebuilding
    @FRGNinthebuilding Жыл бұрын

    Awesomely well-researched video. Thank you for the time and effort.

  • @Brando-Lee3725
    @Brando-Lee37252 жыл бұрын

    I watched that UFC event live !!!! When Tank knocked out Matua (in an annihilating crushing fashion ) after the ref stoppage , Matua's arms and legs were sticking straight up in the air convulsing , and Tank mocks him doing the stiff arms like poor Matua was doing on the ground !!! What a bastard !!! HAHAHA !! Track it down if you havnt seen it !

  • @leorocker180
    @leorocker1806 ай бұрын

    These timelines are great....1989, 1984, 1990 and 1994 would be excellent

  • @alexxroyce3322
    @alexxroyce33222 жыл бұрын

    This series specifically feels like content i should be paying monthly for. Keep them coming

  • @marcocapo0076
    @marcocapo00762 жыл бұрын

    Love these, thanks Sam

  • @otherwxyz
    @otherwxyz Жыл бұрын

    i absolutely LOVE this,. Im hoping to find other years available in your library which im pretty sure will be found. very clever u guys,. cheers!

  • @treyyoung5711
    @treyyoung5711 Жыл бұрын

    I’m begging for more of these. I like the mid to late 2000s but I’m willing to wait. Just don’t give up on the series please

  • @Vikdeb25502
    @Vikdeb255022 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this. Appreciate the work

  • @ddemaiolo
    @ddemaiolo Жыл бұрын

    Best series on the channel, thanks for this!

  • @JamesNettum
    @JamesNettum2 жыл бұрын

    Excellent addition to the series, and the channel!

  • @cathalcully9752
    @cathalcully97522 жыл бұрын

    Love these videos. Great work , please do more ❤️

  • @Musicman431
    @Musicman4312 жыл бұрын

    This is a great format. Please continue 🙏

  • @thesupervisor3270
    @thesupervisor32702 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this because 95 is a underrated year! Now I know business wasn’t all that great in all 3 companies but between Bret Hart, Undertaker, HBK, Goldust, and Mankind work in WWF, Sting, Flair, Savage, Pillaman, and Arn work in WCW and Raven, Shane Douglas, Austin and the introduction to Lucha in ECW 1995 was a great year far as what was on the tv in my opinion. Not everything was great but damn sure 100c better than what we seeing today

  • @Biffo316
    @Biffo3162 жыл бұрын

    Krush was severely underrated. Especially when he turned heel in the mid 90s. Could have been a decent opponent for the Undertaker or a heel challenger to Diesel during his run in 94/95.

  • @Thor-Orion

    @Thor-Orion

    2 жыл бұрын

    Good big man for Bret to work against too. Bret always did best when he could build the story with himself at some clear disadvantage.

  • @jeffdaigle5487
    @jeffdaigle54876 ай бұрын

    Damn I was in 8th grade in 95. What a flashback. I remember alot of the WCW and WWE stuff. The long ago when dirt was just starting to get old. 😂

  • @rosefarrell2440

    @rosefarrell2440

    5 ай бұрын

    I was in year 9 (UK) remember being totally disheartened by WM 11. Absolute Dog 💩

  • @johnytwotimes4072
    @johnytwotimes40722 жыл бұрын

    Wow that's a crime about Pedro not being able to attend his own HOF induction!

  • @davidhamilton1880
    @davidhamilton1880 Жыл бұрын

    Wow! I never knew that Taker had a debut match in Pikeville, KY.? This place is so small and unknown, it's very rare to hear anything about my hometown.

  • @TheDukeofMadness
    @TheDukeofMadness2 жыл бұрын

    I do like these deep dives a lot.

  • @K-LAW10
    @K-LAW10 Жыл бұрын

    51:20 “the glove don’t fit” 😂😂😂😂 I almost choked on my drink

  • @Thomas-der-Zweite
    @Thomas-der-Zweite2 жыл бұрын

    great job as per usual

  • @PompeyGamesRoom
    @PompeyGamesRoom Жыл бұрын

    Great video guys, loving these timeline videos 🙂

  • @Brando-Lee3725
    @Brando-Lee37252 жыл бұрын

    That J Cup was awesome ! I played that VHS tape so much it got ate . If you younger fans have any idea of my words here lol !

  • @ethanhull9577
    @ethanhull95772 жыл бұрын

    i think this series is great, i think an episode about lockdown would be really intersesting

  • @rossadams9203
    @rossadams9203 Жыл бұрын

    14:04 "IM FEELING GOOD ABOUT THE ROUND SYSTEM!"

  • @wyattfish1722
    @wyattfish17222 жыл бұрын

    Yessss been waiting on a new one

  • @michaelscriver5395
    @michaelscriver53952 жыл бұрын

    This was epic

  • @taylorcannon7272
    @taylorcannon72727 ай бұрын

    I really hope we get more of these

  • @mitchellholcomb1561
    @mitchellholcomb15612 жыл бұрын

    Wait, so Paul Orndorff legit won a shoot scrap with fkn VADER?! Mr. Wonderful, indeed, damn...

  • @Rando1975

    @Rando1975

    2 жыл бұрын

    And basically with 1 arm.

  • @sar2dg
    @sar2dg Жыл бұрын

    I remember watching Eddie Gilbert on USWA back when I was a teen.

  • @moopert86
    @moopert862 жыл бұрын

    Yes. More of these

  • @Insomniaaron
    @Insomniaaron8 ай бұрын

    23:46 Minoru Suzuki with a full head of hair!?, And looking like a proper stud with it!? No it can't be.

  • @stevengrvp
    @stevengrvp2 жыл бұрын

    This is great

  • @waynedcxxvilee5008
    @waynedcxxvilee5008 Жыл бұрын

    I love this!! ♡♡

  • @benespinosa6725
    @benespinosa67252 жыл бұрын

    ECW in 1995 was truly Revolutionary Ravens ECW Debut Ravens Feud with Tommy Dreamer is a classic that Chairshot @ ECW Heatwave 1995 is the craziest Chairshot I've ever seen I'd say ECW was 10X Better than WWF And WCW Combined sabu Returning @ November to remember 1995 was awesome that entire Feud with Taz was perfectly done Paul Heyman was a creative Genius in ECW.

  • @vampirascoffin870

    @vampirascoffin870

    2 жыл бұрын

    If it wasn't for the ecw revolutionary storylines and anti heros there will never be an attitude era

  • @benespinosa6725

    @benespinosa6725

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@vampirascoffin870 Correct 👍

  • @KenRising1996

    @KenRising1996

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@vampirascoffin870 that along with the NWO being born

  • @savage751
    @savage7512 жыл бұрын

    Geez I sure hope one of those titles Dan Severn had was for a FANTASTIC mustache a title which he still has

  • @stayfresh2468
    @stayfresh24682 жыл бұрын

    Imagine how things would have ended up if Benoit had joined wwe back in 95 and never went to WCW... dang

  • @feltyone
    @feltyone2 жыл бұрын

    This is one of the best series you make. Please keep them going.

  • @daedaethomas47

    @daedaethomas47

    Жыл бұрын

    Mark

  • @feltyone

    @feltyone

    Жыл бұрын

    @@daedaethomas47 accurate

  • @daedaethomas47

    @daedaethomas47

    Жыл бұрын

    @@feltyone takes 1 2 kno 1

  • @beaujackson7699
    @beaujackson76996 ай бұрын

    90s rocked in every way

  • @nixcool
    @nixcool6 ай бұрын

    while Tony Shivane calls him "THE YET-TAY" for some god damn reason🤷‍♂️ oh my fucking god, i'm crying

  • @leejames929
    @leejames9292 жыл бұрын

    Love this series

  • @johnathanrush4666
    @johnathanrush4666 Жыл бұрын

    As someone who attended that mess in-person: my WORD, was Summerslam 95 godawful

  • @chocolateface4885
    @chocolateface4885 Жыл бұрын

    That white intercontinental belt is a thing of beauty

  • @Gravity999.
    @Gravity999.2 жыл бұрын

    Yooo, awesome to learn more about wrestling. However, even cooler to learn about the wrestling that took place the year I was born 😁😁😁

  • @joesiler9620
    @joesiler96206 ай бұрын

    This was great, do you have plans for 1998?

  • @petervonstamer7859
    @petervonstamer78594 ай бұрын

    1:45 due to Pat Patterson desire to reduce his output into the ringboys 😂

  • @abigegg1004
    @abigegg10045 ай бұрын

    Love almost everything about this video and this series........ but....one thing..... its Dan Sevr-an not Dan 7. 😂

  • @IlGreven
    @IlGreven2 жыл бұрын

    I'm not sure if you forgot or just didn't want to mention it, but Bash at the Beach also had some footage taped after the show that would be used in an episode of Baywatch.

  • @oddishhonor
    @oddishhonor2 жыл бұрын

    Also like how you incorporated the ufc as well

  • @TygerdcfijHutgbnjiip
    @TygerdcfijHutgbnjiip Жыл бұрын

    Is that Paul Heyman rant on KZread? I want to watch that.

  • @RevaNyte
    @RevaNyte Жыл бұрын

    Discussing about the Monday Night Wars from 95 - 01 episodes would be fun.

  • @daedaethomas47

    @daedaethomas47

    Жыл бұрын

    I refer u to wrestling bios.

  • @robcassey6043
    @robcassey60432 жыл бұрын

    I remember listening to Jim Ross' podcast grilling JR with him mentioning that there were too many wrestlers unwilling to lose matches because of how it would look in Japan.

  • @mcj88
    @mcj882 жыл бұрын

    17:54 - I always love that the former home of the Hartford Whalers once hosted WrestleMania. [Brass Bonanza intensifies]

  • @dominiccarranza2184

    @dominiccarranza2184

    11 ай бұрын

    PLEASE COME TO OUR GAMES (UrinatingTree would be the one to thank for that reference)

  • @josephgana6590
    @josephgana65902 жыл бұрын

    95, was way better than today…..

  • @RGF91
    @RGF912 жыл бұрын

    oh, i thought we gotta wait for the start of next year for a new episode

  • @SheriffOutlaw
    @SheriffOutlaw2 жыл бұрын

    Ah Yeah! It's the Sheriff and once again he is the cool host with the most history than your local high school teacher, Sam Driver! Let's drive down memory lane with Timeline: 1995! ( My apologies again Sam! I was at work when i was watching and typing this! Stay Awesome good sir and please don't hate me for the R-Truth levels goof up!) Let's Ride Cowboys! Ya-Hoo!

  • @kinggold5378
    @kinggold53782 жыл бұрын

    WWF and WCW sucked up until the fall of 1995 *Honestly ECW, SMW and USWA were the promotions to watch in 1995..

  • @anthonyharris4234
    @anthonyharris4234 Жыл бұрын

    Do a 2006 pro wrestling timeline

  • @duckhive
    @duckhive Жыл бұрын

    Weird year for WWF and WCW, but still (mostly) watchable.

  • @MichaelMiller-tm2os
    @MichaelMiller-tm2os2 жыл бұрын

    HBK didn't lose a title in the ring for something like 7 years. That is why no one believed he would job to Austin.

  • @bryanpage8422
    @bryanpage84222 жыл бұрын

    This series is the best ! ... 1995, not so much....although I did have the pleasure of attending a house show that year and seeing the 5 star classic of a match that was Mantaur vs Man Mountain Rock,so there was that I guess

  • @KenRising1996

    @KenRising1996

    2 жыл бұрын

    1995 was more about WCW and ECW whearas in the World Wrestling Federation Ratings were extremely down the toilet

  • @crackedspyglass
    @crackedspyglass2 жыл бұрын

    1995 was certainly an … interesting year in wrestling

  • @paulbbryan
    @paulbbryan2 жыл бұрын

    At that May 13th show in Boston, Rikishi was double-booked as Kwang and Fatu. Did he do that a lot? I wouldn't think big men would ever work more than one match in a night.

  • @craigwarke
    @craigwarke2 жыл бұрын

    I know they are a pile of work but I wish we got these more often

  • @MrCjmw0980
    @MrCjmw09802 жыл бұрын

    Noti gang

  • @jerryjanik480
    @jerryjanik4802 жыл бұрын

    I went to my first ever pay-per-view in 1995 and it was SummerSlam I met Chris candido Tammy Bret Hart Rikishi Duke the dumpster droese and others a ladder matchbetween Shawn Michaels versus Razor Ramon

  • @thegreatkgatsbyb9274
    @thegreatkgatsbyb92742 жыл бұрын

    Don’t make us wait too long for years 1996, 1997, and 1998

  • @matthewlane518
    @matthewlane5182 жыл бұрын

    I thought the 16 bit versions of WM the arcade game came before the PlayStation and Saturn versions, not sure about the 32x but I must be wrong

  • @markmenning1804
    @markmenning18042 жыл бұрын

    I really thought the Renegade was the The Ultimate Warrior for a while

  • @JerzeyJimmy
    @JerzeyJimmy2 жыл бұрын

    kinda wild how great 1995 was for everyone not named WWF or WCW.

  • @putasdelfanta
    @putasdelfanta2 жыл бұрын

    Can you do 2007 next

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