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It’s time for Test and Stephanie McMahon’s wedding! The happy couple are scheduled to get hitched at the very end of Raw is War, but they get interrupted just before they can say “I do”. Elsewhere on the show D-Generation X take on The Rock & Mankind plus their mystery partner, and Steve Blackman returns to Raw to completely annihilate The Godfather.
Over on Nitro things remain pretty chaotic. The Powers That Be are still in control, and that means we’ve got a million cutaways, promos and interviews with minimal in-ring action. Lex Luger wants to get some revenge after what Elizabeth did to him at Mayhem, Juventud Guerrera gets a shot at Jushin “Thunder” Liger’s NJPW Junior Heavyweight Championship, and we’ve also got 2 Steel Cage matchs, 3 No Holds Barred matches, and 2 mud wrestling matches.
00:00 – Intro
01:25 – Goldberg promo
03:30 – Mean Gene Goes Clubbing
04:09 – Booker T & Buff Bagwell vs Creative Control
04:46 – Miss Elizabeth is approached by Lex Luger
05:05 – Symphony receives gifts from Maestro
05:24 – Jeff Jarrett promo
05:43 – Brian Knobbs calls out Norman Smiley
06:07 –Juventud Guerrera vs Jushin Thunder Liger
07:44 – Revolution promo
08:56 – Big Show & Kane vs Boss Man & Viscera
13:26 – Matt Hardy vs Edge / Jerry Only vs Steve Williams
15:16 – Chyna Promo / Bret Hart vs Meng
18:57 – Blackman vs Godfather / Jeff Jarrett vs Chris Benoit vs Sting
23:05 – Triple H vs Test / Kevin Nash vs Goldberg
26:09 – BB Interview / Jerry Flynn vs The Wall
29:29 – Kurt Angle vs Val Venis / Curt Hennig vs Midnight
32:38 – DX vs Rock ‘n’ Sock Connection & ???
35:10 – Outsiders vs Bret Hart & Chris Benoit vs Sid & Goldberg
36:58 – Test & Stephanie Get Married
41:22 – Final scores
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After last week, anytime I hear you say “Sting vs…” my mind is now expecting to hear Meng, and it’s kinda jarring when anyone else is said.
There is an amazing shoot interview from Lelani Kai somewhere on the YouTubes where she eviscerates Russo over this episode.
This was really when I came to the final conclusion that WCW was unsavable garbage and Raw just wasnt gonna stop being awesome.
Major week in the War..WCW's battle of the Bulge.
The birth of the Game.
Oh man, this must have been a rough one to put together Ryan, I'm sure you must have emptied the entire Bushmill distillery to get through this one…
rest in peace the television championship thanks for the memories👍
I would've laughed so hard if you just started off the video with "Raw gets the point tonight." There was no suspense on this one. Lol
The work you do for us goes largely unappreciated!!! I cannot believe you sat through that episode of nitro… this episode of RTW was almost hard to make it through!!! The Stephanie song made it all worth it. Youre the greatest… thank you for all you do.
I really wish you played the clip of the Rock saying ''Al?''
We need a compilation of the best Reliving the War songs.
Mate, you have heard this enough times by now but the song, mate, the song! I won't re-quote anything here, guys. Go listen to it. Whomever the singer is is a far better singer than those two randos they got to sing in the actual show. And she was just farting around. Loved it all! Thank you so much! My lvoe to you, and yours, bruv! Just awesome, awesome stuff right here!
How worse can WCW get? I fear for the Wrestling Bios guy when he has to endure the horror of Mark Madden weekly commentary.
Am I the only one who thought Stephanie was hot af? 🔥🥵
IT’S A COMPLETE MESS.
Also just remembered, there's a "Nitro Party" next week that introduces one of the only good parts of Nitro in these years.
That song was a banger
This is it, the first RAW I ever watched.
Up until now, this series has been "what happened in the years before i started watching" from now until the end, it will be "I remember that"
At least for the WWF stuff, i never watched Nitro
The seeds of NWO 2000
YES! The debut of Jerry Flynn's The Block in 50 fps!
The older I get, the hotter Steph was in the era
Lets all sit here and realize that the wedding angle gave us some serious long term storytelling still going on today, but back then, ugh!
Oh yeah! And yes ! Finally we at the raw episode that I am remember very much. Because I saw this live and in person with my brother and let me tell you that this is my first experience seen WWE like this for the first time. 😎👍😎👍 In 1999
For all that people mention the Fingerpoke of Doom happening the same night as Mankind's championship win, the beginning of the McMahon-Helmsley regime happening the same night as WCW mocking a stroke victim is severely under-scrutinized.
My all time favorite episode of RAW
But it's the BEST episode of RTW so far.
Turning Stephanie heel here would have been great to
Chris Benoit and Hacksaw Jim Duggan: Team Rabid Americada.
Bubba is playing Poker and You missed the opportunity to mention Aces & Eights….shame 😉
It's WCW episodes like this during the "Vince Russo" era that really made me question if he was a genius or if he didn't have any idea what he was doing. The Titanic nearing towards the iceberg would describe where this time period would be. Either that, or the WCW ship already hit the iceberg and was sinking.
Quick question: Should I drink the cheapest bottle of Whisky when I get onto this episode of Nitro? (Onto 1997 in my WCW journey)
Its mainly because I really don't want to waste a good bottle of Whisky on it.
I have been waiting for this episode of Nitro for years!!!
Finally they're booking Blackman properly
Test legitimately could of been the next more athletic Kevin nash but triple H had to bury him what could of been
HHH on and off screen take over starts now lol time to play the game
Will Nitro finish this whole series with 76 points?
I honestly feel like we have a compelling case to call every week of Nitro from now on “the worst Nitro so far”
David Flair intro song!! ❤❤
Pretty sure 8:05 is a crime, isn't it? You can go to jail for it?
ah, man, you skipped over the Rock's "Al?!" thing
😅 my cat smokey approves
Ehh. I used to think Ryan Shamrock was prettier when I was a kid but as an adult not a big fan. I still think from back then Terri Runnels is probably one of the prettier women from the new generation/attitude era time.
Great reaction wrestling video i used to watch.wcw and monday night raw💪
With the potential of that card and about 1/3 of the convoluted story, this actually could have been a decent Nitro. It's classic Russo, all just too much.
Can't wait for the 2000 Nitro recaps, I have vague memories of those so I'll definitely appreciate it 😂
A triple main event AKA no main event