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@michaelvazquez7851

5 ай бұрын

I enjoyed it

@nevdrogbra10

5 ай бұрын

This is execllent boys cant wait for part 3 like it gone too brillant like ya alright

@anthonymatis2977

5 ай бұрын

What year are you guys going up too with the series ?

@JokersVsZombies

5 ай бұрын

This is honestly the only content I come back to the channel for. Great job.

@ODRWolf

5 ай бұрын

Absolutely amazing just a minor detail involving the Ring carts at Mania 3 that was omitted as to why they were used it was due to the size of the entrance ramp as while planning for the event the WWE event team realised that with the rampway the event would've been 3 hours on entrances alone as a result they had everyone sans Hogan and Piper for 2 differing reason Piper seemingly heading to retirement and Hulk as the Golden Boy of the company use the Carts for their entrance so that Mania would hit a reasonable runtime. outside of that missing factoid tho amazing content can't wait for part 3

I seriously hope you continue this throughout the New Generation, Attitude, Ruthless Agression, and the PG era's. This is absolutely gold and amazing. The work that has been put into both Golden Era parts 1 and 2 is unbelievable.

@gatorbait96nc

5 ай бұрын

Same here. These are so good.

@ifgwelf

5 ай бұрын

If they do, I'm especially looking forward to them covering New Generation and Ruthless Aggression

@flingfangflung4089

5 ай бұрын

Totally agree

@mrg8581

5 ай бұрын

​@@gatorbait96nc Agreed.

@mrg8581

5 ай бұрын

​@@ifgwelf👍

The Richter/Spider Lady match really is the OG Montreal Screwjob in a way.

lol idk why i chuckled as much as i did at Orndorff kissing his biceps back and forth swaying to the music @ 14:26 🤣

Haven't watched for a while Sorta hit a dark patch and needed some content that comforts me ...these documentary style videos on my first love pro wrestling is a beautiful way to spend 2 hours away from my issues

@danmount9462

5 ай бұрын

Hope things get better for you.

@georgeholloman9644

5 ай бұрын

Yeah man. I know things get dark sometimes. I hope you can pull through whatever you have going on.

@jacksheppard3591

5 ай бұрын

Keep at it mate. It'll get better.

@Darkstar-rg8ze

5 ай бұрын

Hope things get better for u friend

@mrg8581

5 ай бұрын

I watched this twice so far. Things haven't been ☀️ for me lately either. Hang in there. 👍

I ate those damn WWF ice cream bars like every time the ice cream truck would roll through. They were either bomb as hell or I just really like the pictures. Cause I bought those things every chance I got. 😅😅

@fratbronation

3 ай бұрын

They were bomb as hell 😂

Even for those of us that were kids and lived the era, this brings so much that you would miss back on the day. I love this series. Really shows how much Cultaholic Wrestling has developed in production. This is top level 5 stars documentary quality.

I got goosebumps when you said "moments later Elizabeth emerged leading Hogan by the arm" like i was 9 years old again jumping around in the living room watching the TV. Love you guys keep up the fantastic work fellas

I remember watching all these matches when I was growing up. I was born in '75. I love this series! Nostalgia is a wonderful feeling.

I remember when Jake Roberts started appearing in the WWF. When he was in shape, he was pretty fantastic. People don't really realize how good he was in the ring, or how damn great he really was on the mic. Dude's promos were outstanding, would make you feel creeped out when he was a heel, and make you get behind his bottled rage when he was a babyface. If you can find his promos and matches I'd check them out. So underrated by so many. EDIT: Also, Ozzy looked like he didn't know where the hell he was!

@aaronsugar7228

5 ай бұрын

I remember seeing him at a WWF house show before he even appeared on TV. He hit the DDT on Lanny Poffo - I thought he had botched a suplex and really hurt him.

@PatI-zg9gm

5 ай бұрын

Roberts paid his dues in the 70’s but once the 80’s hit, he was terrific, in the ring and on the mike. He had great runs in Florida, Mid Atlantic, and Mid South before jumping to New York. His descent began when he was hit by that non gimmicked guitar.

@aaronsugar7228

5 ай бұрын

@@PatI-zg9gm he also couldn't get past his demons for many years - which is a shame.

@donniewynn3277

3 ай бұрын

Ozzy probably didn't know where he was lol

Vince McMahon as "The Million Dollar man that evolved into "Cooporate McMahon" would've been parallel universe level crazy!!!

the Cultaholic team should be proud of this one

Lmao orndorff coming out to Hogans entrance is the only time people could see what Hogan might look like with a full head of hair lmao

*Another certified Cultaholic classic*

This is freaking AWESOME! I'm a huge wrestling fan from Kazakhstan, I've started to watch WCW in late 90's, so I didn't knew much about wrestling industry of 80's. This video tells so much

Born during the golden days. Preschool was new generation n teenage years attitude/Monday-night wars! Greatest journey ever!

So good. This is one of the periods of wrestling i have the least lnowledge about. This series is filling so many gaps for me, and with aplomb. Excellently produced, written and narrated as is the Cultaholic way. Im so excited for the final part.

@Cultaholic

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

This is the best wrestling documentary. When I say Cultaholic doesn’t miss, I fucking mean THIS CHANNEL CANNOT MISS. Just incredible.

James Avery = uncle phil Also voiced shredder on tmnt 87 series Voice of my childhood lol

@TMC1982Part2

5 ай бұрын

James Avery also voiced War Machine on the Iron Man animated series from 1994. He would do it again on the Spider-Man animated series from that same time frame.

I never knew Real American was anybody elses intro music until this

These are the absolute best docs about the WWE I've ever seen. Great job looking forward to the next one. Also i commented on the first video. How long did it take to put this project together. Its quite thorough. I know ive watched since 87. I was lucky enough to have a huge satellite dish. I got tonwatch all wwf wrestling shows. I loved it

@jaysonlopez6669travieso1

5 ай бұрын

True... i agree !!!!!!

@jpberm-on-sea

5 ай бұрын

I had a friend who was also lucky enough to have a satellite dish back then, he would record anything WWF related and lend me the tapes. We had a head start on the rest of the UK, by late 89 satellite tv was much more wide spread and all the kids were getting the WWF bug.

I ,still can't believe i was able to witness this era in full growing up. The somber music and voiceover brings back so many memories these guys were like hero's back then.

I know these are huge doings and take up a massive chunk of time, but I hope to god you do these documentaries for the Attitude and Ruthless Aggression Era's cause this is incredible

The irony about the Ventura wrestlers union story is Ventura had an adversarial relationship with unions, during his term as Minnesota governor.

I honestly tought that the territory days were over by Wrestlemania 1, I'm learning a lot from these documentaries

I was at wrestlemania two in Los Angeles they set up the close circuit screens around the big blue cage so we could see what happened in the other two cities. It was fantastic.

Part 3 is going to be the best of all.... Warrior ... Macho Man ... Hogan and everybody!

@sampleoffers1978

5 ай бұрын

This part was really good. Idk some of these things like Missy Hyatt, road warriors negotiations, and the voice over actors for the cartoon.

Amazing work guys. Being 21 years old I don't know much about the era and this doc is really helping me catch up on it. Thanks

@RexMckinnis

5 ай бұрын

I’m 31 and grew up with the attitude era and still learning more. Good on you!

Wow, I was so fortunate growing up during this time. Thanks so much for these, so many memories and so much Nostalgia ❤️

Part 1 was amazing, can't wait to see this one!

Piper vs Mr T was still WAY more realistic than McGregor vs Mayweather.

Great series. Became a WWF fan in the UK when Sky sports started showing it, around 1988 I think I started. Great memories of watching the silver vision videos. Keep up the excellent work 👏🏼

@rosefarrell2440

4 ай бұрын

World of sport on itv was where I first saw wwf bk in 1988. Every now and again they'd show 🇺🇸 Wrestling. I vividly remember the bulldogs,Hart foundation,and the killer bees. I'm sure WOS showed Strike force winning the titles off the foundation.

@dannytickner3040

4 ай бұрын

@@rosefarrell2440 yes of course! I remember world of sport on ITV, think it may have been around 1983 ish I saw wrestling on it. Great throwback there! Thanks

imagine the pop Dynamite Kid would get if he did a run in at Summerslam 92 to save Davey Boy. Miss The British Bulldogs 🇬🇧🇨🇦

Let me tell you something brother! This shit rocks dude what a complete and comprehensive history lesson!

They showed footage of Superstar Billy Graham’s hip surgery on the Monday night program at the time (pre-RAW). I think there’s a clip on KZread somewhere… It was weird seeing that as a kid on TV.

@sampleoffers1978

5 ай бұрын

As a kid I thought he was dying in every promo. Then Gang splashed him on a stretcher in 1987.

These documentaries are the best thing on KZread. I wish you all would make one on the new gen and attitude era.

This is a masterpiece! As someone who lived through most of this, the nostalgia only serves to underpin the casual yet evocative storytelling. I could watch this weekly instead of modern wrestling. Anyone who lived then can tell you, there has been nothing like it. It felt as grand as it sounds.

I enjoyed this two-part documentary more than I can even convey. It brought me back to my childhood, and at some points made me so whimsical I teared up. Thank you for this.

I don’t think there’s a single wrestling channel with the storytelling ability of cultaholic, there’s something about these specific videos that I love

Man this series is absolutely amazing. Well done Cultaholic team 👏

I’ve been really looking forward to this. The first one was tremendous content. Thank you

When it comes crashing down and it hurts inside...Mike Rotunda rules!

I still remember my 1st time watching the Wwf for the 1st time ever back in 1984'' I was 9 years old And the 1st Match i seen that got me Hook on watching it was Roddy Piper Vs Jimmy Superfly Snuka after that match I been watching The long list of story lines from the 80s 90s 2000s 10s And up until the current storylines in this Era. Its been a wild journey watching wrestling as long as i have starting watching as a kid to still be watching it now with my kids And even my Grand Kids.😊

I mean this from the bottom of my heart, cultaholic do the best Wrestling documentaries on YT...Can't wait for part 3 🙌🙌

Fantastic video! Another historical point of interest for Mania 2's Battle Royal - this was the sole WWE appearance of Russ Francis, a football player who's also the son of the promoter of NWA Hawaii, and Russ had a decent amount of AWA matches as well. He lasted to the final four of the battle royal, and looked right at home there.

The scariest wrestling move I have ever seen was a GLOW piledriver because they actually connected.

@sampleoffers1978

5 ай бұрын

Did you watch wow Saturday night, because they still might not train those women, they look insane.

@BrianRosenbergMusican

5 ай бұрын

@@sampleoffers1978 I think I heard of women of wrestling(?) years ago but I thought that was gone unless it something else?

@sampleoffers1978

5 ай бұрын

@@BrianRosenbergMusican It's glow but called wow now. It's on Viacom channel 10 or equivalent in your market but they have youtube channel anyway. Only problem is sometimes they looked train pretty bad like they might hurt each other. Anyways, Some them look pretty good.

Damn. Vince did Wendy Richter so wrong!

@sampleoffers1978

5 ай бұрын

And she was tied to Cyndi Lauper, as hollywood put over wwf in 1985. Balls to do that...

@PatI-zg9gm

5 ай бұрын

The guy was absolutely ruthless.

Man I forgot how AWESOME the Machines mask was!

These have been some of the absolute best documentaries on the wwe I have seen. The guys at cultaholic should be proud.

I used to laugh so much at Heenan. Used to automatically hate any of the wrestlers he worked with. He was utterly brilliant TV every week. Such a talent. I go back and watch all the old stuff from time to time and every time his smug chops and razor wit are no less effective.

Loving this series guys, solid work as always, Sam’s narration 🔥

I really like these videos. So much nostalgia. Great job!!!

Goddamn dude Sam Driver has that narrator voice that holds interest. You can feel his excitement discussing the material!

Absolutely phenomenal again! Ending on that "cliffhanger" was perfection. Well done and we will definitely need more of these.

@JOSHUAWILL

5 ай бұрын

Will there be a part 3

@kdailey4315

5 ай бұрын

Looks like it dropped today!@@JOSHUAWILL

Who would have thought Hogan was the one to snitch in order to stop other wrestlers from getting better compensation? I sure didn't! :D

Saturday Nights Main Event was the best show of that era . It wasn’t on every Saturday so when it was it was very exciting. They’d have world champion matches which they wouldn’t do very often in that era. I’d beg my parents to stay up to watch

Sam Driver is a freaking legend.

These videos are so well done

I LOVED the Wrestling Album way back in the day!😂

I had the original Road Warriors action figures when they were with AWA. I'm 50 now and still miss those toys. Thanks mom

these two volumes were amazing. Please keep going.

Y’all got me revisiting my very early childhood this is good stuff

Excellent work, Mr Driver.

This and the previous video are fantastic 80's throwbacks Cant wait for part 3 and hopefully more

I grew up and began watching wrestling in this era. These videos were extremely well done. Thank you🙏

You’re doing fantastic work! Im loving the series

Wow another amazing documentary!

These documentaries literally are perfect there's no other word to describe them They are perfect

Saturday nights main event is magical in my memories. I'd watch with my grandma and that's how I became a lifelong wrestling fan

These docs are just brilliantly put together. All the props in the world for these. Keep em going!

Another fantastic documentary, can't say enough good things about these videos.

Good stuff. The first years I started watching wrestling and still my favorite era

As someone who was born in this era, these docs fill in gaps I truly did not know about. Thank you for preserving history and looking forward to New Generation, Attitude, etc.

Part 1 was cool can't wait for part 2 👍

@Deltrottersvan

5 ай бұрын

You're commenting on part 2, man you really are as unintelligent as you seem

Man, finding out that Hulk Hogan basically whistleblew a potential union, meaning he got Vince to union bust before union busting as a crime, makes him even more detestable than he already is

@GraceAndTruthRevolution

5 ай бұрын

How did you just find that out now? Been under a rock?

@tjcadotte37

5 ай бұрын

Seriously. I appreciate Hogans work and what he did for the business. But what a POS. Screwed over all the boys in the locker room so he could have a fatter check. Disgusting

@somebodyoncetoldme8317

5 ай бұрын

Unions are not the saving grace you think they are. They are a cancer really

@nickm8874

5 ай бұрын

@@GraceAndTruthRevolutionhe or she might be a teenager man honestly we don’t have to be obnoxious all of the time

@ryanmcdevitt2966

5 ай бұрын

@@GraceAndTruthRevolutionthe fact that it’s mentioned in this video is both to recap and educate, do you only watch videos to hear things you already know? Chillax

28:28 how funny I met McLane a few weeks ago. I work in mobile sales and I helped him out. I saw his phone had a GLOW wallpaper and i asked him if he worked for them. He said yeah and came off as an okay person. I got him confused with WOW lol.

These documentaries are amazing 👏 🙌

Home run #2. Can’t wait for part 3 !!!

This is award worthy, thank you

This is my 2nd go at this series in 2 weeks. Just tremendous work here; unbelievable production and commentary. 10/10🤝

This documentary is one of the greatest wrestling docs ever created.Please continue it to Modern day.

Honestly, this series was EPIC..Much respect Cultaholic this was very well done even without actual footage you guys killed it….Hands down the best wrestling doc on KZread. I was a kid during the Golden era and I remember going to Blockbusters in Peckham in the early 90’s with my dad and renting some of these classic ppv’s from the 80’s as I was born in 88. I stopped watching wwe soon after the attitude era but it was so good seeing all of the background stories on how they produced such a classic product. Cuktaholic you’ve made a former wresting fan a new wrestling fan all over agin. Congratulations on a job well done 🫵🏾⭐️’s

To THIS day thank god for the Honky Tonk man! What an amazing run nothing but love and respect for you man. Awesome Video Cultaholic please keep them coming. All era's please

Another masterpiece!! couldn't stop watching!! Look forward to more videos! Thank you!!

Just watched both parts, really good.

These documentaries give me chills. Amazing work

The problem with the "Territory System" was that it was pretty much poised to fail from the start, as soon as somebody who wasn't willing to "play ball" came along. Each of the promoters wanted to be lords of their domain, pay the wrestlers as little as possible and 100% of any pie, even a small one, rather than have to settle for only a portion of a much bigger one, even if that bigger one meant more money for them. The only way they knew how to grow was to wait for another territory to go under and then gobble up the scraps. Even in the face of their own failure against the WWF they wouldn't band together to fight and help each other out, and were instead circling and hoping they could outbid WWF for the bits and pieces of their competition... which they couldn't because they were all too narrowminded to have enough money in the first place.

@PatI-zg9gm

5 ай бұрын

That is correct, but it was a more entertaining product for fans. I loved the territory years, and many wrestlers were working in various areas, simultaneously. Fans just were not aware of it, with little TV coverage( at least nationally). The magazines were the best conduits for fans to learn more about the talent, outside their geographical area. The “traveling” NWA champion was an especially cool feature, and Race and Flair could handle the insane schedule.

Couple of fun facts: 1.) Adonis was pipper’s best friend. They were often together out of the ring, and pipper even believed the spirit of Adonis was the presence that watched over his family. 2.) the match between savage and steamboat stole the show at WM3. The reason it was so good though, is steamboat and savage planned the match, move for move, down to the last detail way in advance and practiced it. If I remember right, the final total was 136 movements had to be memorized to pull it off.

@danday9697

5 ай бұрын

It stole the show in wrestling, but not as a show. As great as it was, Hogan vs andre was still on another level. Considering it is still the most famous, and most important spot in history

I can't believe how comprehensive this was! I don't even know what you missed. JYD getting fired after WrestleMania III and getting hired back in the summer? Muraco face turn and Orton feud? Superstar Graham's career ending and the awesome Reed/Gang beatdown? I assume the latter 2 are due up next time since you left it on a Survivor Series cliffhanger. Anyway, great job! I usually nitpick these things to death, but not much to go on about here!

God bless Dick Ebersol for revamping production WWE has benefited greatly over the years with his changes and ideas.

@johnepants

5 ай бұрын

Ebersol could be a good candidate for the Hall of Fame based off his massive production contributions

"Piper's mitts" is an underrated pun.

I’m dying how much the Machines sound like the Dudleys in ECW 😂😂

They did air WrestleMania 3 on pay per view the following week on replay in Metro Detroit area. I never knew it was blacked out from pay per view entire state of Michigan. I always thought it was just Detroit area. FYI. It nearly same mileage distance from the Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan to Detroit as Detroit is to Washington D.C.

Strikeforce was awesome!

@sampleoffers1978

5 ай бұрын

Yeah but can am connection was mythical. Then they bashed Z after driving him out...psychologically those carnies are bad, old children. Z had self Ezteem and they didn't like him for it.

Sam has really outdone himself with this series of documentaries fantastic work lads

1987 was such a good year

@Cultaholic These are the most fascinating pieces you guys have ever put together...More era retrospectives and timeline episodes please!

So now I just anxiously wait for part three...stunning work lads

The mini-ring cart was used at Wrestlemania III in the Silverdome Pontiac Michigan to ride the wrestlers down the aisle and into the ring or leave the ring and ride up the aisle except Hulk Hogan and Rowdy Roddy Piper who walk down the aisle and into the ring. The cart was used again three years later at Wrestlemania VI in the Skydome, Toronto Canada.

Absolutely fantastic!!! Like WATCHING instead of just hearing what Jim Cornette and many others have said about those years. Thank you!