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@moriordan85

5 ай бұрын

Please continue this into the new generation

@OutsiderLXIX

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for so much focus on Wrestlemania IV. I'm one of the VERY FEW people that LOVE that Wrestlemania. It's the first time I ever saw wrestling. I was 4 years old and I've been hooked ever since. Bc of the tournament style of that Mania, when I played with my action figures, I'd always have a "tournament" with brackets and all. Wasn't just my wrestler toys either. It was them, my ninja turtles, my xmen, whatever I had. But yeah thank you again for the videos. Cultaholic is the best.

@charlesjohnriedesel7231

5 ай бұрын

Do the attitude era next please

@chrisbuek

5 ай бұрын

Please keep going! This was fantastic. You guys really elevated your game here.

@guywilliams6569

5 ай бұрын

"Elizabitt"...

Can we just give Sam Driver his flowers for how incredible he is as a narrator for this. I can’t wait for the super cut so I can just send it to anyone who wants to know about wrestling history

@cliffordjackson3

5 ай бұрын

FACTS.

@IhateOldbergthewrestler-rc4qr

5 ай бұрын

Holy shit I've been checking every day for part 3.

@megaplanetawsome7986

5 ай бұрын

He's also done the entire history of wwe

@NicTHiQ

5 ай бұрын

I came into the comments to type this. Sam is an iconic documentary narrator

@KHLthe2nd

5 ай бұрын

Not with the mistakes I caught.

That WWF history is what we need

@bristolmclean8772

5 ай бұрын

Right! No bullshit, just straight facts and fascinating stories

THERE IS LUST IN YOUR EYES FOR MISS ELIZABETH 💪

@LordScrambles1

5 ай бұрын

Behind my back. I loved you like a brother. I got proof right here. Yeah.

@joeywrestling9536

5 ай бұрын

I know right 🤣 Imagine that lol 😂

@AmericanStandard-yc8xh

5 ай бұрын

I think you meant ElizaBIT!!!

@christopherfidler3019

5 ай бұрын

@@AmericanStandard-yc8xh KULK KOGAN *SNARL*

@johnnydropkicks

5 ай бұрын

@@AmericanStandard-yc8xh Hahaha! ****5 STAR*** comment!

I know this maybe a small detail but I like when documentaries actually call it WWF during the period it was actually WWF.

@rommyremus9650

3 ай бұрын

I agree. It's a small but accurate detail. I've NEVER watched the WWE. I've only ever seen and enjoyed the Federation.

@Alexandria87

2 ай бұрын

Same here! I feel more connected to my childhood when they call it what it was back in the day

@patandmacmusic

2 ай бұрын

Imo it became something vastly different when it became the WWE

@an0therdimensi0n99

29 күн бұрын

this discussion can easily bleed into a madella effect. i give it 5 years before an entire sect of people will swear it was never called WWF and videos will be a.i. generated proving it was always WWE....

This is probably the best 2 - 3 year kayfabe run in wrestling history. The vacated belt, into the tournament, into the Mega Powers and WM 5 and then into the Hulk Warrior double champion WM 6 was absolute perfection.

@thetimebinder

5 ай бұрын

Yeah, the Wrestlemania 4 tournament and Savage title chase was damn good booking. Everything made sense. Swerves directly served a purpose.

@DaDitka

4 ай бұрын

I agree. It seemed like from the events leading up to Hogan vs Andre in WM III until the Warrior won the title from Hogan in WM VI, the WWF was at its all-time peak when it came to the cast of characters, storyline, and the "believability" (if you want to call it that) of the matches themselves. It just ... I don't know, it FELT so compelling. This was during my tenure in high school (born in 1971, graduated in 1990). And my friends and I were talking about this like some would talk about the popular soap operas of the day. I guess it WAS our soap opera. So much fun.

@kdailey4315

4 ай бұрын

Born in 80 so a decade younger than you but I was so insanely pumped when the Mega Powers formed. It as the greatest ever and devastated when they broke up. It was completely believable too. @@DaDitka

I love the work Cultaholic does, but this is by far the BEST content this channel creates. These long form documentaries are always edited and narrated on a level that could air on television without question. I've enjoyed every minute of the Golden Age and hope you also work on the New Generation, WCW's Early years and other poignant eras of other great promotions. Thanks to everyone at Cultaholic, and have a great holiday season!

@dadman9799

4 ай бұрын

😅😅

@bgorski6937

Ай бұрын

Not to mention the research that goes in to these documentaries.👍✌

You guys are nailing this! I grew up going to a WWF card at least once a year from 84-91 & followed TV WWF for that time as well. This is done so well that I'm being reminded by details I forgot. Top notch research Cultaholic team.

@cliffordjackson3

5 ай бұрын

FACTS dude.

@bb-gc2tx

5 ай бұрын

those were great days especially because gen x kids watched for the entertainment and larger than life characters . we didnt over analyze meaningless things like work rate promo skills who and who isnt being pushed like todays slow clapping beta male neck beards who could careless about story lines and only about trying to prove how "smart"they are and think they are part of aew 🤣

@jp3813

5 ай бұрын

@@bb-gc2tx Pretty sure "Black Saturday" proved that such fans existed even back in the 80s. Hence, those who only watch for entertainment have always been labeled as marks.

@jrsmith1998

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the compliment! We always give our best you and everyone else! Please let us know what you would like to cover next.

@rommyremus9650

3 ай бұрын

Yes, we also went once a year here in CT. I'll never forget when my mom said when we were going that year. You ever hear of WrestleMania she asked. Yes, they used to fill arenas, not stadiums!! My brother and I were freaking out!! Awful card, but a great time!! WM 11.

This has been a fantastic series so far. Hopefully we'll see an NWA/WCW version.

@LordScrambles1

5 ай бұрын

I want to see something this deep for every promotion/territory/era. There are some channels that have done a deep dive into each territory, and they're good, but they don't have this kind of budget or talent on staff.

@justafanofnerdculture7602

5 ай бұрын

I agree wholeheartedly!

@charlieward5476

5 ай бұрын

Sign me up please

@taylorcannon7272

5 ай бұрын

This has been awesome. Can't wait for the next one.

@Ghost-304

5 ай бұрын

@@LordScrambles1The Iron Claw will be great movie to get deep into territory’s

Keep it coming… do one on the New Generation Era, Attitude Era, Ruthless Aggression Era..

Absolutely fantastic. This is great and one could say it is the Golden Age of Cultaholic programming.

This series was great. I remember watching this as a kid. It was the true golden era. Say what you want, but Hogan was awesome. He was big and larger than life. Him slamming Andre is still such an iconic image. When Hogan lost to Andre I cried. Also, I'll never forget the amazing scene of Savage holding Elizabeth on his soldier celebrating his world title win. This time will never be replicated.

@cliffordjackson3

5 ай бұрын

FACTS.

@DeanJohnson-oc6iw

5 ай бұрын

Dayn. Shoot

@DeanJohnson-oc6iw

5 ай бұрын

​@@cliffordjackson3 ain'tit?

@ChocolateMilk1978

5 ай бұрын

It was the best time. There was something pure about it.

@DaDitka

4 ай бұрын

​@ChocolateMilk1978 The stories were solid, and the wrestlers took to the roles given to them so easily and so well. DiBiase WAS the evil rich man. Hogan WAS the All-American. Demolition WAS the brutal tag-team. Savage WAS the maniac who trusted no one. Elizabeth WAS the stunning beauty that everyone wanted. Heenan WAS the conniving, selfish backstabber. Slick WAS the pimp. I've gone long enough, you get my point. They were talented actors who really made it feel like they hated each other. Such a fun, fun time.

There was lust in Hulks eyes! Never understood how Randy was looked at as the bad guy while hulk always acted like a selfish person. Calling himself the real Champ before the Royal Rumble, real good best friend & then he eliminated him. He didn’t wear “MegaPower” trunks at the survivor series while Macho did & Hulk also needed a separate entrance from the rest of the team. The world Champ came out with his team but not Hulk. In their final tag team match same thing Macho wore MegaPower trunks while Hulk didn’t. Always making a point to say shit to & about Liz that was so awkward. Randy shoulda pinned Hulk for the 1st time & LOVE that warrior got to but Macho shoulda got that. Instead he jobbed every time ugh lol! RIP Macho Lanny Warrior & Liz Side note: WWF in 1988 was crazy popular. When you can go watch the “The Main Event” Hulk vs André match. The crowd goes absolutely insane when Andre is getting up to sneak up on Hulk!!! It’s like a Horror movie reaction. The crowd screams were unreal. The other reaction was when Honky hit Macho with the guitar. The crowd was in an uproar after he threw Liz to the ground but when he smashed the guitar over Randy’s head the place went silent man lol it was crazy. You also had all 4 champs in the ring at the same time. Such a great time in life….

This has been the best three Sundays in a row, I love this series. Way to go fellas!

@cliffordjackson3

5 ай бұрын

FACTS.

Nine-year-old me was one of those 33 million people watching The Main Event on February 5, 1988. One of the most memorable periods in my wrestling fandom.

Thank you for this series. I was born in 84 and while I know about the major stories, you shed light on so many details I never knew happened.

Absolutley superb! As a 40 something lifelong fan of the golden age this was a flawless production thoroughly engrossing series & expertly narrated also. Thank you so much Cultaholic fantastic work.

Macho's toss of Elizabeth is crazy. Liz went flying

Macho Man was a fantastic all around wrestler. He could do it all.

The macho vs hogan storyline was such a masterpiece. They gave it plenty of room to breathe. Just teasing you with bits and pieces. It is still my all time favorite feud.

Growing up in the late 80s and all through the 90s…there was no better memory as a kid than Golden Age WWF for me…this is the best series I’ve seen to date. Well played, Cultaholic.

I love this series. : ) Thank you for the great looking and informative production .

Incredibly well-researched. I was shocked that there was even a reference to the local Philadelphia cable channel, PRISM, which is where I would watch the WWF Philadelphia Spectrum cards as a kid. The channel only had penetration in the Philadelphia / Southern New Jersey metro area but the research team for this video clearly dug deep to pull that factoid. The Spectrum cards used to be broadcast live on PRISM, but the WWF later changed the airing to the following day (usually Sunday afternoon) to show the matches in an effort to boost live attendance before removing the shows completely from the network.

@an0therdimensi0n99

29 күн бұрын

who could forget cablevision's classic brown cable box and remote that had satisfying button presses

I was about eight through 10 in these years. Everything was all wrestling all the time. Birthdays Christmas that's all I wanted . I was in Philly we had a lot of great House shows. These are easily the best Golden Era KZread videos I've ever seen

The actor in They Live who fought with Piper was Keith David. David Keith is an actor as well, but he is a red headed white guy who has starred in such movies as An officer and a Gentlemsn and Major Leauge II.

So I just finished rewatching all 3 parts of "The Golden Era" and I can't wait for the 4th installment. Hopefully it won't be too long till it's posted/uploaded. But, with all good things it'll be worth the wait. So with that being said, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone at Cultaholic. Cheers.👍🎉

I love how many wrestlers would have a "job". Especially if it was something you used to do. If Vince found out you used to work at a video rental store as a teenager, your wrestling name would be "Block Buster". Youre finisher would be called "BE KIND REWIND " and youd shove a VHS tape down your opponents tights. 😅 📼 📼 😅

@justafanofnerdculture7602

5 ай бұрын

You're absolutely correct! 😄

@w4tkn

4 ай бұрын

Genius

1:13:03 ...David Keith? I think there was a little mistake there :P David Keith's the guy who looks like Robert Wuhl but isn't

12:00 Many who grew up during the Attitude Era assume that it was when pro-wrestling peaked in popularity. But the highest Nielsen rating that the Monday Night Wars achieved for a single show was 8.1 when Raw went unopposed, while the highest for Nitro was 6.0, also unopposed. Raw's most-watched segment on TV was Austin vs Taker on 06/28/99, which achieved a 9.5 rating [10.72 million viewers] after Nitro went off the air eight minutes early. Smackdown maxed out at 5.8.

@derekwhite7972

5 ай бұрын

There were far more channels to view in the late 90s than there were in the 80s. Those Raw and Nitro ratings were impressive.

@jp3813

5 ай бұрын

@@derekwhite7972 The keyword is "peak". You basically explained that more people watched other shows instead of pro-wrestling in the late 90s.

The megapowers collide! The cream rises to the top.

@LordScrambles1

5 ай бұрын

Unjustifiably in a position that I'd rather not be in.

@ASMRDogsWalks

5 ай бұрын

@LordScrambles1 yea! Always gotta go and get your hot dogging and grandstanding in and guess who shows up for no reason at all? Yea that's right you Lord scrambles, pre- modonna!🤣😂

The amount of effort in detail put into these is absolutely phenomenal. Awesome work! 👏👏👏

Brilliant - keep these coming 🙏🏻 Narration gives a great insight into the history and origin of American wrestling. Your enthusiasm for detail is awesome! Great storytelling of the key events, both in the evolution of wresting style, attitude, fanbase, talent & technique….Bravo!

It's funny that you mention the new title belt on The Main Event. If you watch Hogan's promo, airing immediately before the match, you can see he is wearing the prior design around his waist indicating that these two moments were not shot on the same day. 😆 Perhaps when the interview was taped at Titan Tower the belt hadn't been delivered yet. In my opinion the new design should have been rolled at WrestleMania.

Another brilliant installment in this absolutely brilliant series. It may be two hours long but it doesn't feel like it. And as always, Sam does a fantastic job narrating. This is going down as one of my absolute favorite documentaries ever and is one of the best things Cultaholic has ever produced.

@bgorski6937

Ай бұрын

In my opinion I could watch two more hours for each part.🤷‍♂️

Another awesome documentary on the golden era of the WWF. It's very refreshing to get an honest, non WWF (or A&E) produced documentary on the subject.

Although I follow a few wrestling channels, there's been a lot of great content been coming out lately. This series has been really interesting. Excellent work.

This was the true Golden Age of wrestling IMO especially after the success of Wrestlemania 3. I was a kid and wrestling was my life back then and I religiously watched both NWA/WCW on TBS and WWF. The 80's was just a great time in general and I feel like the promos and heat back then was the best it ever was with the best characters with charisma. And the matches were slower than today but they sold it much better back then that they were truly wrestling and grappling with each other. Unlike wrestling today where it seems more like an acrobat or gymnastic show. Thanks for making these vids I have really enjoyed them and happy to stumble upon this on a Sunday night to relive my childhood.

I honestly missed all this as I was with JCP/WCW exclusive until 1998. I watched the majority of the Attitude Era then found marriage and hard work. I got the network and watched this period with a bit of a jaundiced eye. This shows me what it really was like. Great video series.

Truly a great time to be a wrestling fan during this time. I was glued to the TV Saturday morning to watch the WWF and NWA. Then, when the WWF had that Saturday Night Wrestling show it was a huge event for my friends and I. The week leading up to Saturday night, the show was all we could talk about during lunch and in the morning, in homeroom, before classes began. Brings back great memories.

@justafanofnerdculture7602

5 ай бұрын

Same here, man!

@KevinPayton-fq8gd

5 ай бұрын

Absolutely.

Tremendous job with all these documentaries. Should cut all of them together to do a long compilation. Keep turning new ones out

@cliffordjackson3

5 ай бұрын

FACTS.

Picture me, 2 days after my 8th birthday, all hopped up on Hot chips and strawberry Quik, losing my shit watching my parents (HUGE) 26” TV as Hulkamania FINALLY fell. What a birthday present!

Another great series brought to you by Cultaholic Wrestling

You lot are superlative wrestling scholars on a bang-average day, but this just might be your Magnum Opus. Hats-off, this has been a Ken Burns-worthy deep dive you should all be proud of.

Thank you Cultaholic for another Awesome 😎👍😎 wrestling documentary!!!

Keep going! This is very well done! Congrats!!! We need a part 4-5-6 etc all through the Attitude Era

i said that part 3 would be the best.... but i believe that 1990 to 1993 will be the best video... Warrior champion and the best roster of all time is 1990-1991-1992

@Brandonweifu

5 ай бұрын

Too bad warrior just never took off as main draw And it makes me puke to admit hulk was right that he wouldnt either

Please keep making these guys! I love long form videos like this. I'd happily watch 10 more, all the way up to present day

This has been incredible so far. Excited for part 3.

*And another certified Cultaholic classic*

All you mad lads have been working on this for years and it shows. This series has been amazing!

Absolutely loving this series. Well done to all concerned!

Tremendous playlist thus far

This 3 part series has been INCREDIBLE!!

@cliffordjackson3

5 ай бұрын

ALL FACTS NO CAP.

@KevenSylvain

5 ай бұрын

Shootchea 🔥🔥🔥

Amazing quality doc series, bravo Cultaholic!! These were so GREAT, IMO, it is equal to VICE's Dark Side of the Ring series, the GLOW doc, and the unsettling Gaea Girls doc from Japan!

These have been absolutely amazing and I hope you continue into the next generation(s) after the golden age!!

@coxmike7076

4 ай бұрын

"That's the breaks boyyyy, yeahhh, that's the breaks little man" lol. DX

This have brought back so many memories of wrestlers id forgotten about. Thabk. Thank you so much.

This is great......with the WWE catalog on Peacock, I really wish there was a guide on what to watch and in what order to watch it. Im showing my kids the old Wrestlemanias/Royal Rumbles etc, but they would be a lot better if they could watch the stories buildup to get to the PPV events. Like I remembered most of Wrestlemania III, IV but totally didnt have the Hogan/Andre backstory.......Andre was heal to me as a kid who turned good, I totally missed the turn from face to heal as a kid.

All the praise Cultaholic is geting for this series is still not enough. 👏👏👏 I look forward every week to the next installment. Cheers to all involved.

No Holds Barred was the first movie I saw in theaters (I was 4 and a huge Hulkamaniac at the time), my uncle who got me into wrestling took me. Great memories, terrible movie.

@yankees29

5 ай бұрын

I saw it. I think I was about 9? It was definitely a horrible movie but fun at the same time.

You're doing an AMAZING job with this series! It's easily becoming one of my favorite series on KZread! Can't wait for you to tackle UNDERTACKER'S DEBUTE IN THE NEXT INSTALLMENT ; U ;/

87-88(?)Saturday Night Main Event, Hulk vs Big Boss, Steel Cage, Boston Garden was my 1st wrestling event I ever attended!!(7-8 years old).

I’m a teenager again watching these videos. Great stuff!

I work weekends and this series has helped me get through my Sundays. Thank you for the excellent content!

Oh, it's gonna be great!

@mrg8581

5 ай бұрын

You so right.

This era had a lot face paint and maks! 😂

This has been so incredible, as a long time fan who has such fond memories of the golden era, thank you ❤

These vids are THE best thing on KZread

Brilliant series, brilliant narating. I learned a thing or two from this. Thank you for making the morning commute more interesting.

I've said it before on the previous installment. But you guys really crushed it. This is far and away not only the best project the channel has done. But I sincerely mean it when I say that this retrospect is the best documentary I've ever seen in regards to the "History Of" the WWF. Standing ovation is well deserved. Top notch work and I genuinely wanna say thank you to everyone at Cultaholic. 👍👏

“I’ll be on the next spaceship, to Parts Unkown.” -Warrior making himself very hard to find for the Honky Tonk Man.

This was an amazing series of videos. It really took me back to my teenage days. Great job. I look forward to future videos on this subject.

It is My greatest hope you do the same for WCW at some point, not overlooked but still in need of in depth and PRE WWE buy out. Cheers.

This series is like they looked at their Complete History of WWE documentary from last year and went "...but we can make it bigger."

This series is so incredibly well done. Bravo to all who put in the work and effort to make this! And yet, at about the 40:08 mark and for about two minutes, i can't help but feel a twinge of sadness. There is something about the old guard that started the whole thing in the early 1980s being moved out that... well, makes me sad. I know that times change, people het older, and folks move on. But to think that in just a little over 3 years, only 6 of the 24 participants in Wrestlemania I (give or take) would still be around? It honestly makes me nostalgic right now, wishing for the days when the US Express went against the villainous Volkoff and Shiek, and Bundy and Studd were the team who couldn't be slammed, and the antics of Rowdy Roddy Piper. Gone, but not forgotten. Thank you, gentlemen, for the memories. You made being a fan SO much fun.

John Tenta was only 26? Dude looked 40.

Damn I just wanna say love ur channel all of this brings me childhood memories I was born in 1979 so I started watching wrestling by WrestleMania 1 which I was 6 by the time.keep it up men 👏👏👏👏👏!!!u break it down real good 👍

I'm really enjoying these restrospectives, kudos Sam, this is great work.

This is absolutely brilliant! You did a bang up job with the research and the narration. Awesome!

Really dig these. Done very well. Respect.

I’m a huge fan of this taking a walk down WWF memory lane. This is real sport entertainment journalism work done here, the research must have been daunting but I’m sure a whole lot of fun. Thanks for this.

What an incredible series. Well done to everyone involved in this.

Every episode gets more fascinating

First of all, this has been the most well made, most informational, professionally made and simply the BEST series on wrestling I've seen produced on KZread....kudos to all of you at Cultaholic for an incredibly well job done! Secondly, Hogan was 100% the heel in the Mega Powers exploding angle.....I'd have canned Hogan with the belt if he kept gettin all up in my woman's face. Savage should have gone over Hogan at Mania.....or at least have ended better than typical Hogan takes a finisher, no sells it, Hulks up and wins.....they should have done something different making the end questionable or at least not as complete a burial.

Thank you for summarizing these years in a way that makes me feel like I’m there.

New here. Interesting. Very, very detailed. Watched from beginning to end. Have to check back catalog. 💪

Love how Hogan was always "accidentally" eliminating certain folks from the Royal Rumble. 😄 Also, and this is a slight nitpick, I feel that the Hasbro WWF figures should've been shown some love in this documentary, even just briefly. They were released in '90 and were very, very popular with the fans. Actually, they still are beloved today.

@OutsiderLXIX

5 ай бұрын

I agree with both your points. Those hasboro figures were a staple of my childhood as well. Also yeah if your Hogan and you see someone has your tag team partner halfway over the rope, why not hit bad news in the back and help Macho back over. At least after it happened, Hogan got man handled by Big Boss man and Akeem. Due to DiBiase buying the #30 drawing from Slick, that's what caused Bossman and Akeem to come down back to back, which was also good for Slick bc in his mind it gives them an advantage and then eventually it would come down to the 2 of them. Whoever wins.....Slick wins. Ahhhhh the good old days lol.

@justafanofnerdculture7602

5 ай бұрын

@@OutsiderLXIX Yes, Sir, those were definitely the good ol' days!

@sampleoffers1978

5 ай бұрын

Hogan was the original Jay Leno, managing to repeal creative progress somehow, persuading industry it's "niche" and out of touch.

@bb-gc2tx

5 ай бұрын

@@sampleoffers1978 was that before or after he took the wwf from running high school gyms in 1983 to 93 thousand in the silver dome in 1987 and taking wrestling to heights never seen before 🤣

@sampleoffers1978

5 ай бұрын

@@bb-gc2tx You deleted my reply huh...such a Jay Leno move.

Cultaholic at it's best , the 3 guys who worked on it should be very proud of this

Amazing series, a lot of work went into these, much better than anything WWF/E could ever bother to do. Thank you for these, just awesome.

Haven't enjoyed the content for a minute, but this and the previous two part's were definitely a home run

Greatest wrestling documentary ever!!! Thanks man! Keep up the good work!

The best wrestling documentary series I’ve ever seen . Thanks !

Does anyone else remember when WWF showed replays of what Ron Bass did to Beefcake on Superstars, they just put this giant red X over the screen? It was kinda funny in hindsight bc it didnt really cover that much. You could still clearly see that Beefcake was F'd up by that spur.

@MyNameIsUnavailable

5 ай бұрын

Of course, they had used the X before during the Backlund era too

It seems like half the matches back in the day would finish by DQ

The Rockers were hungover at WrestleMania V. Or at least Michaels was. He's just so infuriatingly good at what he does.

@christiancharles2866

5 ай бұрын

And he was a pillhead jerk also😅

Hopefully after Part 4(🤞), you guys will do the same thing for the New Generation Era, Attitude Era, and Ruthless Aggression Era

45 min in, and I’m reliving part of my childhood! Amazing job on this coverage of WWF era of wrestling. Can’t believe I haven’t come across this sooner! With a tear in my eye, thank you.

These are so good

Really appreciate the work that went into this. Well done.

Savage and Hogan, one of the best booked long term storylines in history, if not the best IMO. "You had lust in your eyes!!"

Superb series, and we all appreciate your work putting it together. Cheers 👍🏼