Moderators PowerButchi Posted March 3, 2013 Moderators Share Posted March 3, 2013 Want to drive yourself fucking insane? Here's a two hour retrospective of the first 9 months of WCW in the year 2000 made for the Japanese market (I think). Â Fucking hell. Just fucking hell. My head is so in bits right now after sitting through that. It's driven me barmy. I know it's an edited thing, but trust me, I don't remember it making much more sense at the time. Â http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yApQl9whGLY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forrest Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 (edited) I think the pinnacle of this madness was the run-up to the Great American Bash where you had the Sting/Vampiro fued, Scott Steiner fighting everyone in a giant steel thimble, Goldberg and his monster truck doing run-ins every week as well as that mad Kevin Nash vs. New Blood Gauntlet match. If you look at the DDt Digest recaps of those weeks, you might actually go insane. Arn Anderson wrestled, Miss Elizabeth was in a HIAC match, Daffney won the Cruiserweight belt, Norman Smiley was selling bootleg merchandise and cutting lawns for money and that's just the tip of the iceberg. It really is a bizarre month, but I absolutely love it. Edited March 3, 2013 by Forrest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bring Back Minipops Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Want to drive yourself fucking insane? Here's a two hour retrospective of the first 9 months of WCW in the year 2000 made for the Japanese market (I think). Fucking hell. Just fucking hell. My head is so in bits right now after sitting through that. It's driven me barmy. I know it's an edited thing, but trust me, I don't remember it making much more sense at the time.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yApQl9whGLY  Cheers, Ive bookmarked that to watch later. No doubt my head will hurt as well after watching it but strangely I loved WCW in that era. Will be good to watch it all again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Statto Posted March 3, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted March 3, 2013 Hooked this up to the TV, this is the best Sunday afternoon I've spent in months. I just lost it at "he suckerpunched his own father with the Statue of Liberty!" Â Jeff Jarrett has just become WCW Champion for about the 40th time this month. So many Hell in a Cell rip-off matches. The "red bath" - definitely not blood, nor intended to represent blood, despite being used by the New Blood. It's also the deadliest foreign object in the company. You can kick out of chairshots, guitar shots, belt shots aplenty, but get "red" (definitely not blood or representative of blood) dropped on you and, well, there's no coming back from that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted March 3, 2013 Moderators Share Posted March 3, 2013 Not to mention the monthly "Someone falls from something very high". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Nexus Posted March 3, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted March 3, 2013 I'm watching it atm, about an hour and a half through. Â How much bollocks was there on TV at that time? Was this the time that WWF started overtaking WCW in the ratings, or did this shit still keep them on top? Â Half the stuff makes no sense, and other half is fucking mental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted March 3, 2013 Moderators Share Posted March 3, 2013 WWF had already smashed them into submission by 2000. It was just a long, slow, and confusing death throe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Nexus Posted March 3, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted March 3, 2013 Ah right. Cheers Butch. Â Just finished watching it. It was interesting, and shows just how fucked up it got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted March 3, 2013 Moderators Share Posted March 3, 2013 It's a shame it ends a couple of months before Russo fucks off. From December of that year when Bischoff and Johnny Ace were booking it really started to sort it's act out but it was far too late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Fun Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Just watched it through. And it just made me realise how much i hate Jeff Jarrett. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Got about 15 minutes in, and had to stop. That made no sense - was that even in order? Â I've never seen the bit before where Goldbery smashes the (presumably real) limo windows out with his fist, and clearly fucks himself up doing so. What an idiot! I mean, stop after the first one, Bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Maverick Posted March 3, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted March 3, 2013 Like Butch I always maintain WCW was starting to turn the corner just when Vince bought it, once they got a bit of order going bumped Jarrett down a bit and that it made for really good t.v in 2001. Would have been interesting to see Bischoff bring back all the big stars he had planned but I suppose he might not have been able to resist turning it into another nWo angle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEWM Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 That Nitro theme music in the 99-01 era is just so sad. A right desperate mess of noise and general shite. About as good a representation of the collapsing company as anything else, actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonic screwdriver Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Got about 15 minutes in, and had to stop. That made no sense - was that even in order? I've never seen the bit before where Goldbery smashes the (presumably real) limo windows out with his fist, and clearly fucks himself up doing so. What an idiot! I mean, stop after the first one, Bill. In his autobiography Goldberg says he was asked to smash them with a bat but he wanted to punch them as he didn't think his character would use a bat, in the book he mentions they where going to use a gimmicked window but forgot to change it. Goldberg also claims it shortened his career as he tore tendons and ligaments in his arm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Astro Hollywood Posted March 3, 2013 Moderators Share Posted March 3, 2013 Got about 15 minutes in, and had to stop. That made no sense - was that even in order? I've never seen the bit before where Goldbery smashes the (presumably real) limo windows out with his fist, and clearly fucks himself up doing so. What an idiot! I mean, stop after the first one, Bill. In his autobiography Goldberg says he was asked to smash them with a bat but he wanted to punch them as he didn't think his character would use a bat, in the book he mentions they where going to use a gimmicked window but forgot to change it. Goldberg also claims it shortened his career as he tore tendons and ligaments in his arm  The version you always hear is that he had something in his hand -- brass knuckles or a metal bar or whatnot -- that the camera wouldn't see, that he'd smash the windows with to protect his hands, but on the first hit, it flew out of his hand and inside the limo, so (because it was WCW and they did it live rather than a pre-tape) he had to keep going with bare fists and sliced himself up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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