The Hostile Takeover Begins - July 15 1996

[VDogg187]

Aaaah, the good times of pro wrestling. Bring me back for God's sake.

[BreakerOfBoxes]

"Because he couldn't rise to the occasion!" LOL @ Hogan joking Savage for ostensible man hood problems.. and at a DISNEY venue, too good.

[StephanieMcmahon69]

really hogan you will always be bigger than wrestling is that statement still holding up today i dont think so 

[RedSnyder141]

Controversy creates cash. Suger-sweetening a show about violence. People's hearts still have an attitude. Bring this kind of stuff back and stop trying to think you can innovate. Everything that's released today shows that innovation sometimes is just fail. Blatantly copy whatever they did here and I'm sure it'd be much better than this fuckin' PG-era.

[TheCaliCapitalist]

If I found out WWE did something like this I might go back to watching it.

[peterp21]

I love these early NWO promos where Hogan essentially half-shoots on everyone. Forgot he mocked Macho for his divorce and not being able to "rise" to the occasion. That's some adult stuff you wouldn't have heard come up even 3 weeks earlier. I will tell you, the "End of Hulkamania" was a moneymaking bonanza waiting to happen and WCW hit it out of the park. Hulkamania went down in absolute flames at Bash at the Beach.

[geewhiz05]

h@peterp21 What the fuck are you talking about. Do you mean Hogan the hero died at Bash at the beach?

[MrSinister718]

The WWE doesn't have the balls to piss off its fans like this. It's always been neutered entertainment for kids

[TelleyECW]

"U know Me, U know who I am...but You don't know Y I'm here!" "We're taking over! If U don't like us, then U can just..."Stick It!"

[thedustyfinish]

Hogan dropping pipebombs

[elzeastwood2010]

Does anyone else think that when Hogan first comes in at 1:45 he looks just like Revolver Ocelot from Metal Gear Solid? lol

[rick100183]

What a great storyline this was and it lasted for a good couple years before it finally started to lose steam. Having Hogan turn heal was one of the best decisions that could have been made.

[tidykris]

this was amazing!!

Shame it got too played out, too many people joining and leaving, nwo black & white vs nwo wolfpac should never have happend. They should have kept it to around 6 or 7 guys, all ex wwf and stuck to that, nobody leaving then joining, leaving then joining etc. Then maybe it wouldnt have got so old so fast

[rondunderfunk]

Smartest thing Bischoff ever did, was turn Hogan heel--the fans had been wanting to boo him for years. It instantly made Hogan relevant again and the original nWo, before it got so badly watered down and overplayed, electrified the fans. Wrestling was still not only watchable but really exciting. You never knew what was going to happen next. Uncle Eric played the whole thing out too long, and after he and Hogan and Nick Patrick made Sting look so bad later...that was the beginning of the end.

[jermeeee]

5:45 guy wearing a winnie the pooh shirt?! LOL

[mattdogg578]

5:38 "You fans can stick it...Brother!"

[exv092]

Hahaha More garbage in the ring!! 3 or 4 years of Hollywood Hogan it goes to show he was a one trick pony. I like the red n yellow hogan were he was caring and well liked as a heroic icon brother!!

[dsfddsgh]

Those were the days. You never knew who was going to come out or when. Even though the NWO was just Hall& Nash at the beginning and then Hogan they had everyone shitting their pants. LOL

[kcin713]

I remember spending my Monday Nights watching all this awesome wrestling back in 96

[2012biggz]

just like vince, eric didn't want people to know that he was the owner of the company

[kcin713]

@2012biggz

Eric didn't own WCW,If he did,WCW would still be around

[alexrgs2]

Hogan as a heel in all black was really a momentous event when it happened. It was a perfect role for him: somewhat over-the-hill egomaniac using his connections to stay on top. It mirrored where he was in his life and extended his career as THE headliner for several more years.

[RicoLen1]

This was when Austin was still the ringmaster wasn't it? Heh it's no wonder WCW was crushing the WWF at this point in time. All those ridiculous young nobodies in the WWF couldn't even begin to compete with the previous generations juggernauts.

Boy did that change though.

Honestly I think that's what this newest generation needs, and I don't see how it'll ever happen. This latest crew has incredible talent, but nothing to work for. They've got their paycheck and no one to threaten them.

[YoungGrizzly82]

@RicoLen1 Actually Austin had given his "3:16" at King of the Ring a month earlier, but yes, WWF was still getting crushed

[DrSanto91]

@YoungGrizzly82 yeah even in tough enough, austin said it himself the "ringmaster" sucked and he knew it.

[GarIicjr]

if you watch the audiance ..the lil kids are booing the mean guys ganging up on one defensless man, yet the grown men are cheering them on...lol ...life what a crazy ride.

[kamdawg00]

where the big boys play with each other ::in superstar steve austin ecw voice::

MONDAY NYQUIL bottle of jeratol on a pole match!!

[YoungGrizzly82]

Notice how Bischoff says "they will not take WCW down!"

He was absolutely right, Vince McMahon would take them down 5 years later....

[jtk69]

@YoungGrizzly82

And now Vince McMahon is taking the WWE down............

[bertmustin]

I hope Macho Man couldn't rise to the occasion on Hulk Hogan.

[2011mrkingofkings]

One of the few reasons why WCW taking place at the Disney-MGM Studios in Orlando, FL is because of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, GA, WCW's main site.

[TheRatedIX7]

Yeah the first two years of the nWo were the shit. It did seem like there was no WCW with nWo black and white and nWo wolfpac? They had too many members in that faction anyway. Damn near 3/4 of the main roster.

[asko3100]

@TheRatedIX7 what you fucking talking about the wolfpac was the most

popilar faction ever they were not the promblem of WCW

[SteroidDieb]

saw it live back in the 90's , and i still got the red and black NWO shirt!

[Yarista08]

Didnt like how they made Hogan kind of a wuss with the NWO. He never took someone on to their face. Always came in afterwards or attacked from behind.

[JWade29]

@Yarista08

That's because he was playing the heel, and that's what the heels did at the time.

[dgenerate707]

Dark side hogan returns.......

[JBMAC92082]

at 5:06 hogan says "new world odor"?  lol

[bazzahtid86]

love him or hate him hulk hogan cuts one hell of a promo!!!

[highroad214]

Hogan's lack of mustache around this time creeped me out.

[darxcyber]

@highroad214  yeah he looked like a borderline rapist

[knowmsayin]

Unbelievable promo by Hogan. Shows why he really is the greatest of all-time. Look at the heat this is getting!!! Actual heel heat.

[stonecoldnwo]

Cena is charging his Karisma on kid fans and then he would do the same time as Hogan did. :)

[lyceumlogic]

ahh...when wrestling was great

[ROCKNINJA777]

DIESEL DIESEL DIESEL~!!!!

[uncbb89]

Bobby Heenan at the end was hilarious. "Dont leave me up here!!!" Man I miss these days, great stuff.

[Drinkman7]

Hulk Hogan looks damn cool in that black attire :-)

[keh678]

I wanted to follow hulksters path and I did. NWO 4 LIFE

[plz989]

Thanks for posting this and the other early nWo videos. Great memories. You posted many things not available on DVD's, just the original Nitros. Thanks again!

[Greg4fun]

NWO angle was great then.. then it got stupid with half the NWO was a face bran and the other were heel.. and there was really no WCW.. the wolfpac? seriously? that is when i switched to WWE lol

[johnnycitystar]

Same here. the whole Wolfpac and Hollywood feud was getting too stale for me. I mean c'mon Sting Joined the wolfpac?! what kind of fuckshit is that? Besides at the time Stone Cold and DX was running the summer of 1998.

[WatchVenusSpa]

@Greg4fun You can argue that because this was a hostile takeover of WCW that they didn't even go far enough with this. What they could have done is turn everyone but a select few and do an 'Escape From New York' type of angle to blow it all up. Instead what we got was a repetitive mess.

[GarIicjr]

@WatchVenusSpa yep, said perfictly, if only some one could go back in time to tell them lol, how great wrestling could still be.

[cipher10000]

@Greg4fun

yeah the concept was great and almost put Vince out of business

if not for ted turner calling the shoots

[dudesting24]

this is when i was born