Look at the crowd...IT NEVER gets that exciting anymore. Wrestlemania maybe the taker hbk match...but it just isnt as exciting as before. I still watch it hoping and hoping that it will get as good as what it was. But with cena and batista and orton main stage all the time it just wont happen!
You'll never hear a pop like that again in today's WWF. Even if it was Stone Cold or the Rock that made an appearance, the crowd isn't the same genre as it was here. Then it was all attitude and it was not for kids. Now its for kids and all the kids like now is Cena, who isn't that great.
The reason you won't hear a pop like that again has nothing to do with the fans. Wrestling fans haven't changed. Sure the ones that were at this particular event are a bit older now, but fans in general are still capable of massive pops like this. The problem is that WWE doesn't seem to know how to get the fans excited anymore. Take this match for example: I don't know when it changed or why, but you'll never see a heavyweight title change hands on cable television again, unfortunately.
That's very true. Wrestling made you actually care about good vs bad in the day. Nowdays its all about having to like Cena and hate whoever he faces, but ironically the fans see through it and they purposely cheer the bad guy. Cena is an entertainer yes, but hes not a wrestler. He can sell you an item and he can make you laugh, but hes not made for WWE. I think, at least, WWE make him a heel. Maybe then the fans would actually care more about him then.
It's called money. It would've been a lot more not only entertaining but also profitable if they would've made that moment meaningful and saved it until a PPV.
Before the attitude era, it was for kids. It became for kids the moment the Hulkamania thing sat in. It wasn't until around '97 when WWF started to change direction and that was mostly due to ECW influence.
Today isn't really that bad. Not as good, but it's still better than a tag team mourning over the loss of their dog or their top champion whining about a leather jacket being stolen.
Cena's decent, a lot better than Batista. At least Cena tries to improve for his major matches.
that is so true. Everyone else just complains that nowadays is bad and blame it all on Cena but Batista (In wresling ability) is the worst wrestler on the roster. Cena is far better than Batista. Not saying that Cena is the best because Edge, Y2J ,orton, HHH are much better wrestlers than Batista and Cena. but don't blame it all on Cena and the PG rating. The truth is that none of the wrestlers nowadays put as much into wrestling like the old wrestlers did. Even ones there now from old days(HHH)
Some guys put effort into their craft. MVP, Punk, Morrison, and Dibiase Jr. are some of the newer generation of stars who I believe are honestly trying to give what they can to the product.
Nowadays, if you mention Cena and you're not a kid or a woman, you're considered "just a mark" which is incredibly unfair. Cena may not be the best, but he's decent to watch. Again, he at least tries to improve on his major matches unlike Roidtista who just relies on his opponents to make him look better.
well Morrison is a great wrestler I think. U watch Morrison vs Umaga this Smackdown?? Great match. But CM Punk i think is a bad wrestler. Too boring and all the same moves.
Unfortunately, I helping my brother with his truck on Friday, so I only caught a little bit of Smackdown. Part of it including the first portion of the Umaga/Morrison match.
Punk's a case of WWEism, meaning that half of his material is taken away due to being in a major company that wants to try and keep injuries down low while still trying to half 3 - 7 minute matches.
In ROH, Punk had a LOT more freedom, having 30 minute matches and capable of using a variety of moves.
Great night but sick of people thinking WWF won the ratings from here on out fact is they never it went back and forth from the two for a little while. Why are you glad the WWF won, I didn't want them to lose but would of been great to still have thw WCW?(1996-98) around!
im sorry to say but no The Undertaker defeated mick foley before and another match again with undertaker vs mankind but Kane comes in and helps which is cheating. and again mick foley is cheating for Stone Cold help
I remember when Mick Foley started his own vineyard, and began bottling wine. That's some damn good wine. Good thing he did that and didn't try to keep wrestling way past his prime.
Schiavone was not responsible for that statement, that was pure Eric Bischoff, as Mick states clearly in his written works. We all see where that got him. Bitchoff's (mispelling intended) greatest accomplishment was getting Verne Gagne's coffee.
On that night, when Tony Shaivone said "Mick Foley, formerly Cactus Jack here in WCW will be winning the WWF World Title. Man, that'll put some butts in the seats" HA well it did put butts in the seats and that was a bad move because right when he said that, i bet you, thousands of people turned off Nitro and put on Raw. What a fucking idiot!
thats so true edge lita i remember i mainly watched wcw back then and as soon as tony said that i along with about 4 million other people promplty turned the channel to raw and the rest as they say is history i ultimatly believe wwe would have still eventually won anyway god wrestling used to be so good remember this was monday night raw the pay per views now arent even this good raw used to have like 8 or 9 matches a night now at the must they give you 5 wrestling is a shadow of what it was
here in philippines we really love mick foley,sorry if my english is bad hope u still understand,u know mick foley has his own organization here in phils and he`s helping less fortunate people here especially in cotabato phils, like scholarship for those children who wants to finish their study and 5 of them will graduate this year with honors,we r very thankful to mick foley,he just came here just feb. 2008,god bless mick foley...
this was the raw that was pre-taped, and on nitro bischoff spoiled it to wcw live on tnt, and more than half of his viewers switched channels from wcw to wwf. wcw never had better ratings than wwf from this night on.
well it certainly took the wwf long enough,people talk about what a great night this was and it was but if you were actually a fan at the time many were sick and tired of the lame screw finishes that they were doing at the time
Look at the crowd cena dont get even half of the reactions like back the attitude stars did. thats ur fault wwe if u choose to make a programm for little kids and teenage girls.
Not heard that, but they do put fake cheering in. Bit like canned laughter (when they do a sitcom and theres no audience so they add fake laughter), but cheering to make it seem better.
This match wasn't fake though, this was back when Vince McMahon was a genius and booked matches to make the crowd go crazy like that. It was matches like this one which meant WWF's triumph over WCW
I definitely agree with you. i remember this so vividly. When Austin came out it was the loudest i've EVER heard the crowd pop. I also get chills watching it because i remember getting so amped when the "glass shattered" that night. Look at the crowd stand when austin's music hits, it's amazing. I haven't watched wrestling in like 7 years, it's just not the same.
i gotta say the loudest was HHH Jan 2002. They blew up when his music hit, and when he walked thru the curtain they somehow got even LOUDER. was rediculous
Im not trying to start a war im just saying listen to the night linda mcmahon annouced stonecold was coming back to help rock he wasn't even there and that ovation blew my speakers on tv HHH in 2002 was nothing compared to that!
I don't care wat anyone says, the pop austin got is THE biggest pop of all time. Jesus christ, you can't even hear King and Cole talking whenever his music hits and the crowd reacts and starts going fucking nuts.
i know. I miss times like this. this was back when RAW was so UNpredictable and so fun to watch. Nowadays, it's so boring and it's a fucking kid show.
My dumbass was watching Nitro when this happened. I was 9 at the time so I was caught up in the whole Wolfpac shit so I was happy to see Hogan join the Wolfpac.
i went to wrestle mania when it happened in la back in the day i remember all the stuff that happened and i also remember when wwf/e brought the attitude era to the great western forum in la i was proud and still proud that i was in the attitude era audience and all i got a say is never again will you see a crowd so alive like it was during those days NEVER AGAIN!!!!!!
well, it's gon be EXTREMELY hard to top the attitude era and the greatness of it, but we really don't know if we'll ever see anything like it again. We can't see into the future. We could b/c impossible is nothing rite??
This was Raw so there was no raw on the next night. Anyways he actually lost it back to the Rock at the Royal Rumble in a "I Quit" match, which is one of my personal favorite matches ever.
Comments here say "It was all Austin" and "Wow! Foley!!", but when it boils down to it, it was simply a case of the Perfect Storm. The most popular stable in the history of WWE, the most over wrestler of the attitude era, and one of the most respected and under appreciated entertainers ever to enter the ring finally getting his due.
When you hear the glass break. Biggest pop I've ever heard. My favorite wrestler of all-time is The Rock and this is still favorite moment in WWE/F history, even though he jobs!
god damn, these were the fucking days rite here. The days with OUT cena and when wwe (i mean wwf) was NOT a kid show. i miss the attitude era. R.I.P. ATTITUDE ERA (98-02)!!!!!
Great pop! Great result! I remember turning the channel fromNitro to watch this because Nitro said it happened. Call me old fashioned, but I think the best pop still was the Dragon beating Macho Man at Wrestlemania III. However, add the Rock v. Hogan Wrestlemania 18 (I think) match when Hulk got over again and you might have the best wrestling pops in history.
I was there....Teusday, December 29th, 1998, a taped RAW.....I was 14 years old....there was a huge blizzard that day and my parents almost didn't even let me go...I'm so glad they did....by far the greatest sports event I've ever been to, nothing compares to THAT Austin pop unless you were there, it was fucking amazing! What the tapes dont show is that Foley came back out for 2 Curtain calls! we just kept callin him back out...The ovation afterward must have lasted 45 mins....
He took off his mask and started cryin...it was unbelievable....Does anyone remember the match before this? Road Dogg vs. Al Snow for the Hardcore Title....They actually went outside the Centrum and fought in the snow! That match was also epic! Def. 1 of the top 5 RAWs of alltime and I was one of the lucky few who was actually there! Nothing in wrestling even compares to the emotion of that building, that night, well, not anymore at least...it almost felt real....IT WAS REAL, THAT NIGHT
Those were the times when Raw was the coolest stuff... damn, look... Rock, Austin, HHH, Mankind, Kane, Bossman, Test, Road Dogg, Shamrock, etc. Excellent performers, amazing crowd!
and what we have now?
That prototype of superman(crap) john cena that never loses a match that has no talent, dead crowds full of little kids and so on... I mean c'mon... what a outstanding main event: the rock vs mankind, with all those good performers on ringside... and now what we have??
This was also the night where WCW had an incident called the "Fingerpoke of Doom" So happy that WWF won the Monday Night Wars. WCW was a wreck compared to WWF at this point and would never win a weekly rating in the war again.
WCW got lucky when Biscoff came up with, or stole as there is evidence that a similar storyline ocurred in Japan, the nWo angle. That was the one angle, the absolute only one, that was executed with only mior flaws in the history of that company.
Mick Floey put my ass in the seat!!!
If anybody knows what i mean:
Give me a Hell Yeah!!!
Buwistick 2 years ago
Hell Yeah!!!
ImaginationArts1 2 years ago
Hell Yeah!!!!
PENS68 2 years ago
" "READ THIS IT REALLY WORKS!!
1st-put ur hands on ur chest
2nd-think of someone u like
3rd-2marrow the person will ask u out or say i LOVE u
4th-the catch is to write this for 5 vids
wilyandbob 2 years ago
Look at the crowd...IT NEVER gets that exciting anymore. Wrestlemania maybe the taker hbk match...but it just isnt as exciting as before. I still watch it hoping and hoping that it will get as good as what it was. But with cena and batista and orton main stage all the time it just wont happen!
Shaggychurchshoes 2 years ago 4
that'll put a lot of butts in the seats... ahahaha suck on that tony schiavone.
loIwtf 2 years ago 5
this was back when wrestling and wwe was good
timothy316666 2 years ago 11
wow now THAT is a pop! Crowds don't pop like that anymore. RIP Attitude Era
Natetendo83 2 years ago 16
it's funny that out of all of the wrestlers shown in this video, there are only TWO that are still wrestle with the company.
sbhawkins912 2 years ago 2
and in 10 years time most of main guys now will be gone
people dont notice but there is an extremly high turnover of wrestlers in wwe
BGDPPL 2 years ago 2
man no 1 gets a pop like this at wrestlemania nowadays let alone raw!!
ThePatchMan1 2 years ago 8
This was one hell of a pop!!!
MrRVDppv2002 2 years ago 3
one of the best moments in the attitude era
JoeyKrack2009 2 years ago
Damn what a pop, when stonecold come's out
ZxeN773 2 years ago 4
Mic Foley put my ass in this computer seat that I'm watching on Youtube ;)
tech9393 2 years ago 4
That sure put some butts in the seats.
MegaSpiderMan 2 years ago 2
stone cold Hell yeah!!!
Thejoungdertaker 2 years ago
Awesome win
medievalfan24 2 years ago
One of the greatest Moment in WWF-Histroy. And the crowd when Stone Cold cames.... Insane
ChrissVanDam 2 years ago 4
You'll never hear a pop like that again in today's WWF. Even if it was Stone Cold or the Rock that made an appearance, the crowd isn't the same genre as it was here. Then it was all attitude and it was not for kids. Now its for kids and all the kids like now is Cena, who isn't that great.
KKFan9 2 years ago 5
The reason you won't hear a pop like that again has nothing to do with the fans. Wrestling fans haven't changed. Sure the ones that were at this particular event are a bit older now, but fans in general are still capable of massive pops like this. The problem is that WWE doesn't seem to know how to get the fans excited anymore. Take this match for example: I don't know when it changed or why, but you'll never see a heavyweight title change hands on cable television again, unfortunately.
fiveagainst1 2 years ago
That's very true. Wrestling made you actually care about good vs bad in the day. Nowdays its all about having to like Cena and hate whoever he faces, but ironically the fans see through it and they purposely cheer the bad guy. Cena is an entertainer yes, but hes not a wrestler. He can sell you an item and he can make you laugh, but hes not made for WWE. I think, at least, WWE make him a heel. Maybe then the fans would actually care more about him then.
KKFan9 2 years ago
Y2J beat batista for the WHC in a cage match on RAW in late 2008
BGDPPL 2 years ago
ITT WE FORGET ABOUT CM PUNK A FEW MONTHS AGO.
It's called money. It would've been a lot more not only entertaining but also profitable if they would've made that moment meaningful and saved it until a PPV.
RawwestHide 2 years ago
Before the attitude era, it was for kids. It became for kids the moment the Hulkamania thing sat in. It wasn't until around '97 when WWF started to change direction and that was mostly due to ECW influence.
Today isn't really that bad. Not as good, but it's still better than a tag team mourning over the loss of their dog or their top champion whining about a leather jacket being stolen.
Cena's decent, a lot better than Batista. At least Cena tries to improve for his major matches.
CasualVideoGamer 2 years ago
that is so true. Everyone else just complains that nowadays is bad and blame it all on Cena but Batista (In wresling ability) is the worst wrestler on the roster. Cena is far better than Batista. Not saying that Cena is the best because Edge, Y2J ,orton, HHH are much better wrestlers than Batista and Cena. but don't blame it all on Cena and the PG rating. The truth is that none of the wrestlers nowadays put as much into wrestling like the old wrestlers did. Even ones there now from old days(HHH)
blink182rthebest 2 years ago
Some guys put effort into their craft. MVP, Punk, Morrison, and Dibiase Jr. are some of the newer generation of stars who I believe are honestly trying to give what they can to the product.
Nowadays, if you mention Cena and you're not a kid or a woman, you're considered "just a mark" which is incredibly unfair. Cena may not be the best, but he's decent to watch. Again, he at least tries to improve on his major matches unlike Roidtista who just relies on his opponents to make him look better.
CasualVideoGamer 2 years ago
well Morrison is a great wrestler I think. U watch Morrison vs Umaga this Smackdown?? Great match. But CM Punk i think is a bad wrestler. Too boring and all the same moves.
blink182rthebest 2 years ago
Unfortunately, I helping my brother with his truck on Friday, so I only caught a little bit of Smackdown. Part of it including the first portion of the Umaga/Morrison match.
Punk's a case of WWEism, meaning that half of his material is taken away due to being in a major company that wants to try and keep injuries down low while still trying to half 3 - 7 minute matches.
In ROH, Punk had a LOT more freedom, having 30 minute matches and capable of using a variety of moves.
CasualVideoGamer 2 years ago
Great night but sick of people thinking WWF won the ratings from here on out fact is they never it went back and forth from the two for a little while. Why are you glad the WWF won, I didn't want them to lose but would of been great to still have thw WCW?(1996-98) around!
hassan230786 2 years ago
back when the king used to be a great commenator.. now he sucks
Zackmillsfan7 2 years ago 11
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rudyminator 2 years ago
Stone Cold is GOD!
tomasrodriguez2009 2 years ago
oh hell yeah Mick Foley
KevinakaFrankWhite 2 years ago
lllllulz
geofree1984 2 years ago
go on to this its funny Funny Fall and scream
Brodie73m 2 years ago
im sorry to say but no The Undertaker defeated mick foley before and another match again with undertaker vs mankind but Kane comes in and helps which is cheating. and again mick foley is cheating for Stone Cold help
ChaosMask12 2 years ago
when you hear the glass, its your ass!
dom44444 2 years ago 6
holy shit crazy crowd for stone cold!!!
rippedcat55 2 years ago 8
yea.. they talk about pops and everything nowadays.. now that is a fucking POP!, lol
Vindikator 2 years ago 3
I remember when Mick Foley started his own vineyard, and began bottling wine. That's some damn good wine. Good thing he did that and didn't try to keep wrestling way past his prime.
ZeikTuvai 2 years ago
just think that he wont the tna title last night and how long ago was this.sad for tna
duke4430 2 years ago
back to the glorious days of wwe.....
protathlitis18 2 years ago
holy shit hear that pop lol
TheIrishGuy1990 2 years ago
Schiavone was not responsible for that statement, that was pure Eric Bischoff, as Mick states clearly in his written works. We all see where that got him. Bitchoff's (mispelling intended) greatest accomplishment was getting Verne Gagne's coffee.
pnkrk244 2 years ago
foley winning the title + fingerpoke of doom = the end of wcw
nylgnd38 2 years ago 2
Foley is a god among ants
scottja140 2 years ago
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hunghunk2006 2 years ago
On that night, when Tony Shaivone said "Mick Foley, formerly Cactus Jack here in WCW will be winning the WWF World Title. Man, that'll put some butts in the seats" HA well it did put butts in the seats and that was a bad move because right when he said that, i bet you, thousands of people turned off Nitro and put on Raw. What a fucking idiot!
edgelitafans1 2 years ago 2
thats so true edge lita i remember i mainly watched wcw back then and as soon as tony said that i along with about 4 million other people promplty turned the channel to raw and the rest as they say is history i ultimatly believe wwe would have still eventually won anyway god wrestling used to be so good remember this was monday night raw the pay per views now arent even this good raw used to have like 8 or 9 matches a night now at the must they give you 5 wrestling is a shadow of what it was
petestack678 2 years ago
Just over 300,000 to be exact. I still take that night as the moment when WWF pulled away from WCW for good.
Bean1227 2 years ago
I knew it. It was a bad move for WCW the whole time and i think after the ratings came in, they probably realized that.
edgelitafans1 2 years ago
FOLEY FOLEY FOLEY
still gives me chills
klemsin66 2 years ago
the crowd wud never react like that today!!
i miss the old wwe =[
a1b1c2c2 2 years ago 7
FOLEY FOLEY FOLEY
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hunghunk2006 2 years ago
just anthor way the hall of famer told vince to fuck you
Grave8392 2 years ago
look how much pop thier was back then 90's wrestling was the best
SteelClaw 2 years ago
i thank tony for telling me about this on WCW Nitro. I always supported the WWF but after this moment, i was WWF all the way
TQXPreturns 2 years ago 2
unbelievable pop... btw which version of mankind's theme song is this? I like the remix of it...anybody knows?
phenominator123 2 years ago
It's the one before the car crash one.
Kingjd87 2 years ago
This video makes you realise how shit the WWE is today awesome back in the day TNA ROCKS!!!!!!
ianovpreston 2 years ago
agree toataly apart from the part about tna
becausebensgay 2 years ago
everyone has an opinion hahaha
ianovpreston 2 years ago
this was the raw that was pre-taped, and on nitro bischoff spoiled it to wcw live on tnt, and more than half of his viewers switched channels from wcw to wwf. wcw never had better ratings than wwf from this night on.
Timr2387 2 years ago 2
Ow that was a proper chair shot to the rock
DennisEastLondoner 2 years ago 2
ahh the good ol days....
abyssiniaboy 2 years ago 2
You couldn't of asked for a better ovation. Long live Austin. He always had the best pops.
PortugueseBaby 2 years ago 2
They do't even show blood anymore. Same with hardcore matches etc.
MrYetiBob91 2 years ago
Jesus that was one hell of a pop for austin
dmoneypa2345 2 years ago 2
I was at this match. Incredible pop!
MoulonStooge 2 years ago
Thats a huge pop xD
ReyMysterio1254 2 years ago
well it certainly took the wwf long enough,people talk about what a great night this was and it was but if you were actually a fan at the time many were sick and tired of the lame screw finishes that they were doing at the time
thegoldenone2k9 2 years ago
Look at the crowd cena dont get even half of the reactions like back the attitude stars did. thats ur fault wwe if u choose to make a programm for little kids and teenage girls.
raxzar 2 years ago 4
Cena certainly gets more boos and jeers than the attitude stars and its not because of playing the heel character well.
nickolas18769 2 years ago
holy shit. the old dx.
ampao08 2 years ago
i believe he won the world title 3 times in his whole career
ampao08 2 years ago
what a pop. the crowd loves mick!!!
ten316 2 years ago 2
Brought a smile to my face - I miss the good days of WWE.
kryptboy 2 years ago 5
love jerrys heel comentating
shadthehell 2 years ago 4
With a little help from Stone Cold Steve Austin, and WCW.... HUH, THAT WILL PUT SOM BUTTS IN THEM SEATS...LMAO
smoothkidd272k6 2 years ago 2
wont find a crowd like that now days
shadthehell 2 years ago 7
Don't they plant mics in the crowd now days anyways?
diablogalyin493 2 years ago
Not heard that, but they do put fake cheering in. Bit like canned laughter (when they do a sitcom and theres no audience so they add fake laughter), but cheering to make it seem better.
This match wasn't fake though, this was back when Vince McMahon was a genius and booked matches to make the crowd go crazy like that. It was matches like this one which meant WWF's triumph over WCW
Wilkopops 2 years ago
One of the many reasons why Austin deserves to be in the HOF.
Ezr1987 2 years ago 5
The night WCW winning the ratings was over!! thank u tony!
Stonecold316Rules 2 years ago 4
THIS IS WHAT I CALL A CROWD now a day its always so quiet
electricgamez 2 years ago 6
damn i miss pops like this!!
altown34 3 years ago 5
I guess that was the "stone cold surprise" HBK had been talking about all through the night prior to this. lol.
bestthinggoing459 3 years ago
Loudest crowd reaction of Austin's life. I get chills everytime I watch it.
DoubleTalkingJive 3 years ago 6
I definitely agree with you. i remember this so vividly. When Austin came out it was the loudest i've EVER heard the crowd pop. I also get chills watching it because i remember getting so amped when the "glass shattered" that night. Look at the crowd stand when austin's music hits, it's amazing. I haven't watched wrestling in like 7 years, it's just not the same.
quest24 2 years ago
What a Pop, this is when the crowd were actually there to watch the wrestling instead of looking around all night
Gardyfinchy 3 years ago 3
i gotta say the loudest was HHH Jan 2002. They blew up when his music hit, and when he walked thru the curtain they somehow got even LOUDER. was rediculous
nicknitro6969 3 years ago
Im not trying to start a war im just saying listen to the night linda mcmahon annouced stonecold was coming back to help rock he wasn't even there and that ovation blew my speakers on tv HHH in 2002 was nothing compared to that!
Stonecold316Rules 3 years ago 3
bloody awesome..........this is what the wwe needs to be nowadays..........CONTROVERSIAL
poris5 3 years ago 2
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Crazy
I hate Vince he destroys wrestling with his family entertaining plan.
KevinakaFrankWhite 3 years ago
i know. WWE is a joke nowadays b/c it's a fucking kid show.
bestthinggoing459 3 years ago 2
I don't care wat anyone says, the pop austin got is THE biggest pop of all time. Jesus christ, you can't even hear King and Cole talking whenever his music hits and the crowd reacts and starts going fucking nuts.
bestthinggoing459 3 years ago
Man that pop from the crowd was the best. You don't hear that nowadays, all freaking little kids in the crowd cheering for gay superman Cena.
RagingXela 3 years ago
i know. I miss times like this. this was back when RAW was so UNpredictable and so fun to watch. Nowadays, it's so boring and it's a fucking kid show.
bestthinggoing459 3 years ago 2
greatest crowd ever probably..
wuodland 3 years ago 2
Man, look at the crowd. How long since we've seen a pop like this in the WWE these days?
drugstoremarc 3 years ago 7
yeah wwe sucks
saidy1995 3 years ago 4
My dumbass was watching Nitro when this happened. I was 9 at the time so I was caught up in the whole Wolfpac shit so I was happy to see Hogan join the Wolfpac.
Now that I look back on it, I wanna kick myself.
ibn1989 3 years ago
Cool Story, bro.
UsernameRogen1978 3 years ago
What a pop for Austin.
jeffkohut 3 years ago 5
Wrestling greatest days!!
aglot89 3 years ago
I hate how Shane screams when Mankind gets on the mic and says "I did it!"
Shane's like "YARRRGH!....ARRRGH!". Fuckin retard.
UsernameRogen1978 3 years ago
look at the hand at :32 awesome
twisties32 3 years ago
i went to wrestle mania when it happened in la back in the day i remember all the stuff that happened and i also remember when wwf/e brought the attitude era to the great western forum in la i was proud and still proud that i was in the attitude era audience and all i got a say is never again will you see a crowd so alive like it was during those days NEVER AGAIN!!!!!!
socalkev 3 years ago 2
well, it's gon be EXTREMELY hard to top the attitude era and the greatness of it, but we really don't know if we'll ever see anything like it again. We can't see into the future. We could b/c impossible is nothing rite??
bestthinggoing459 3 years ago
Why was Kane just standing there?
shaneireman 3 years ago
Goddamn this match was awesome. Didn't Foley lose the title like, the next night on RAW? That was a heartbreaker.
Jabsta 3 years ago
This was Raw so there was no raw on the next night. Anyways he actually lost it back to the Rock at the Royal Rumble in a "I Quit" match, which is one of my personal favorite matches ever.
DoA0LZ88 3 years ago
Right my bad. That match was fucking brutal. You gotta hand it to Mick for taking like 10 unprotected chair shots and then lose the title.
Jabsta 3 years ago
the rock sucks
albinbeqiri 3 years ago 2
Comments here say "It was all Austin" and "Wow! Foley!!", but when it boils down to it, it was simply a case of the Perfect Storm. The most popular stable in the history of WWE, the most over wrestler of the attitude era, and one of the most respected and under appreciated entertainers ever to enter the ring finally getting his due.
God, I love this!!!
MisterJ22 3 years ago
AUSTIN RULES!!!
amranmania2 3 years ago 6
I have never, in all my 20 years of watching WWF/WWE, ever heard a crowd erupt like that !!!
The biggest superstar in the business ever ..... Stone Cold Steve Austin !!!
funkybuddah1 3 years ago 4
When you hear the glass break. Biggest pop I've ever heard. My favorite wrestler of all-time is The Rock and this is still favorite moment in WWE/F history, even though he jobs!
countonnate 3 years ago 2
foley wouldnt have got that kind of pop of austin didnt come out and help him.
Ratmann3684 3 years ago
god damn, these were the fucking days rite here. The days with OUT cena and when wwe (i mean wwf) was NOT a kid show. i miss the attitude era. R.I.P. ATTITUDE ERA (98-02)!!!!!
bestthinggoing459 3 years ago 2
OH HELL YEA
MICK FOLEY!!
ArabianHype 3 years ago
STRONG ISLANDS FINEST!!!!
ArabianHype 3 years ago
God I miss when wrestling was like this so freaking gay now :(
Maceeyyz 3 years ago
BIlly Gunn FTW
Mrjimmy498 3 years ago
The greatest night in the history of wrestling........
ggallinismylord 3 years ago
Ah... I miss the good 'ol days of WWF glory.
CountGMan 3 years ago 2
January 4, 1999 the night that changed the Monday Night Wars
steezy9705 3 years ago 3
Exactly.
franktownmarsh 3 years ago
Tony Chivonte put my ass in the seat, and I watched it. Thanks WCW! Ha Ha !
frelvis77 3 years ago
Great pop! Great result! I remember turning the channel fromNitro to watch this because Nitro said it happened. Call me old fashioned, but I think the best pop still was the Dragon beating Macho Man at Wrestlemania III. However, add the Rock v. Hogan Wrestlemania 18 (I think) match when Hulk got over again and you might have the best wrestling pops in history.
ltoledo23 3 years ago 2
eric might have regreted ordering his commentators tell the result with sarcasm,
mick foley put my ass on this seat!
best pop ive seen, austin deserved HOF
bringing the best entertaiment to us fans
tobztobs 3 years ago 3
The Pop for austin was Crazzzzyyyyyyyy
bgmn2020 3 years ago
my god i havent heard a pop like that in ages. cena will NEVER get a pop that huge.
177baba3 3 years ago
Agree 1000000%.
It's a shame that we don't have THIS kind of entertainment and "lines" anymore.
jeffandmatt4ev 3 years ago
whats a pop???
SpreadingTheTruth 3 years ago
its the crowd reaction. when sum 1 on here drops a comment saying " what a pop" or sumthing, hes talkn about how wild and loud the crowd got
HHKL4L 3 years ago
FOLEY! FOLEY! FOLEY!
hazardous1990 3 years ago
this shit makes me cry
shaneDX360 3 years ago 6
The guy who does the Botchamania videos put the "butts in seats" comment in one of his videos...how cocky they were in WCW.
drumfreak87 3 years ago
You know you're a legend when your meer presence makes the crowd go apeshit.
plaga378 3 years ago
WWF was the best.
ThenextBatista 3 years ago 3
1:08 that look on Vince McMahon's face is pure hatred for Stone Cold!
darthroden 3 years ago
must be hard to act that way when stone cold is making ya millions
samuriwoods 3 years ago
go to 33 sec and watch everybodies hands go up at the same time, its a shame that fans arent like this anymore
phillyeagles1293 3 years ago 3
Shame wrestling isn't like this any more.
zomgkev 3 years ago
fans aren't like this anymore b/c they have nothing to cheer about nowadays. Back then, they had something to cheer about...
bestthinggoing459 3 years ago 2
holy crap the crowd went crazy for austin
DeathAshes 3 years ago 4
sorry meant the Crowd
burnsy2323 3 years ago
That crown eruption rivals the one when stone cold saves the rock. What happened to the clip of that?
Nothing beats the crazy eruptions of STONE COLD
burnsy2323 3 years ago 6
By the way, did you ever know this would but some butts in a seat?
MegaSpiderMan 3 years ago
I was there....Teusday, December 29th, 1998, a taped RAW.....I was 14 years old....there was a huge blizzard that day and my parents almost didn't even let me go...I'm so glad they did....by far the greatest sports event I've ever been to, nothing compares to THAT Austin pop unless you were there, it was fucking amazing! What the tapes dont show is that Foley came back out for 2 Curtain calls! we just kept callin him back out...The ovation afterward must have lasted 45 mins....
stamand420 3 years ago 4
He took off his mask and started cryin...it was unbelievable....Does anyone remember the match before this? Road Dogg vs. Al Snow for the Hardcore Title....They actually went outside the Centrum and fought in the snow! That match was also epic! Def. 1 of the top 5 RAWs of alltime and I was one of the lucky few who was actually there! Nothing in wrestling even compares to the emotion of that building, that night, well, not anymore at least...it almost felt real....IT WAS REAL, THAT NIGHT
stamand420 3 years ago 2
woooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jman412123 3 years ago
I remember going to this show in worcester the loudest pop in history for the rattlesnake haha
Massaro415 3 years ago
My god, when Austin's music hit that was one of the biggest pops I've ever heard. God I miss these days.
MFZB25 3 years ago 2
omg i love those crowds they so alive unlike these days
Quackles 3 years ago
is it me or is the rock always getting screwed over in his title matches when theres a twist to the storyline?
sexypimp911 3 years ago
Hell yea!! During the monday night wars.. such good memories... great video.. that pop from the crowd gave me chills...AUSTIN hall of fame 09!!!
DarkStar423 3 years ago
Those were the times when Raw was the coolest stuff... damn, look... Rock, Austin, HHH, Mankind, Kane, Bossman, Test, Road Dogg, Shamrock, etc. Excellent performers, amazing crowd!
and what we have now?
That prototype of superman(crap) john cena that never loses a match that has no talent, dead crowds full of little kids and so on... I mean c'mon... what a outstanding main event: the rock vs mankind, with all those good performers on ringside... and now what we have??
cena and roidista?
CRAP.
WladDrakkstein 3 years ago 6
hey guys hear the crowd......dont ya just miss that sound
MrNiceGuySMKM 3 years ago
Dammit Michael Cole, alright alright, we read his book too lol.
RKRH28 3 years ago
damn man i thought the exact same thing, "he lived on the floor of motel 6's" ahahaha what a lil twat michael cole is
nkslnkvl 3 years ago
That (Mick winning the belt) is still the loudest pop I think I've ever heard.
siralwick 3 years ago
This was also the night where WCW had an incident called the "Fingerpoke of Doom" So happy that WWF won the Monday Night Wars. WCW was a wreck compared to WWF at this point and would never win a weekly rating in the war again.
wweman2000 3 years ago 2
WCW got lucky when Biscoff came up with, or stole as there is evidence that a similar storyline ocurred in Japan, the nWo angle. That was the one angle, the absolute only one, that was executed with only mior flaws in the history of that company.
jm42445 3 years ago
Bischoff is the first to tell you that there are only 5 angles in the sport: man vs man, woman vs man, man vs group, woman vs group, group vs group.
LLlap 3 years ago
"Ha! That's gonna put some butts in the seats." Yes Tony Schiavone.. yes it will.
cderrick 3 years ago