“Vince Russo seems to think Jim Ross is gonna go completely fkin rogue in 1997” Lmfaooo 😂😂😂
@martynodonnell8467
Жыл бұрын
Well tbf we did get “heel Jim Ross” during 99. Russo was just a little early in his prediction.
@freddiejohnson6137
Жыл бұрын
Some of these kayfabe wrestling magazines were actually had some good insights into where things were going with some feuds and gave so much more context to certain things. They were essentially just short story companions to go along with the show you were watching. It was really treated like a tabloid to push stories and the Ric Flair and Macho Man feud really used it to it's advantage but something like this would never work now more because people refuse to suspend their own beliefs anymore and treat it like a normal entertainment show.
@ElricCantona82
Жыл бұрын
@Richard Ashley double standards are so stupid, man...
@williamortiz7108
Жыл бұрын
Uhh uyhh huh hi south you yy get guyguyg
@taffysaur
Жыл бұрын
Still remember seeing the Photoshopped pix of Flair and Miss Elizabeth in WWF Magazine. 😂
@andrewryan2149
Жыл бұрын
I remember one wwf magazine had a two pages dedicated to a love note from luna to Vince mcmahon that never went anywhere.
@zachiswayposi1
Жыл бұрын
I remember losing my mind when the WWF Magazine had an article about Undertaker as a kid, but it was totally in kayfabe. They even mentioned that Mark was the name he was born with before he became the Undertaker. I really wish I could find that somewhere. I'd love to read it.
@pbfgames8782
Жыл бұрын
Saw Wrestling Bios notification with Russo in the title and just dropped everything.
@lonniehuey5737
Жыл бұрын
Lol
@dangerfeild4Life
Жыл бұрын
The doctored photos of Flair and Miss Elizabeth in the WWF Magazine are very memorable
@jayowyn1054
Жыл бұрын
Your vids are the crowd that cheers me out of life's chinlocks.
@HereticalKitsune
Жыл бұрын
For some reason my grandma had a large collection of WWF magazines in her garden shed, almost 30 years ago. Loved browsing through them back then.
@letsgobrandon7297
Жыл бұрын
U know what she did with them lol.
@celtic69
Жыл бұрын
Is your grandma a mark?
@gregoryhoyle3739
Жыл бұрын
The Pillman prediction gave me chills. I wish Yoko could have got down to wrestling weight again. He was such a great heel.
@tempestfennac9687
Жыл бұрын
The Pillman one reminds me a bit of Nostradamus' "predictions" in the sense that it can only be interpreted as being right after the fact. I'm in agreement with you about it due to how things turned out for him.
@LeoWhalen1933
Жыл бұрын
This is really interesting because Russo didn't get put on WWF Creative until Feb 1997. So, if this was written in October of 1996 a lot of this was just stuff he wanted to see and then came to fruition once he had a say in the promotion.
@ryankeefe2102
Жыл бұрын
I thought it was April of 97 although I might be wrong
@reallyretro
Жыл бұрын
He was made head of creative in April of 1997 after the Raw in South Africa took place until around October of 1999.
@larkan511
Жыл бұрын
Or, he knew someone in creative and got ahold of their notes.
@My19812011
Жыл бұрын
@Daniel Olortegui to be fair both Russo and Cornette try taking credit for giving Vince McMahon the idea for Montreal and even both claim it as their idea for the finish even though that was McMahon, Brisco and HBK after Bret put a spot together with HBK putting Bret in the sharpshooter
@jefferyjones8399
Жыл бұрын
1997-1998 Undertaker was probably my favorite era. I like the more human side of him that came out during the Kane feud.
@martynodonnell8467
Жыл бұрын
I think his best era was either very early heel Undertaker or his run from late 97 up until he left, to come back as biker Taker.
@RollerCodsterWFEW
Жыл бұрын
BY GAWD ITS KANE!
@taffysaur
Жыл бұрын
@@martynodonnell8467 So you like the Ministry of Darkness version? I do too, I always think that era of the character is highly under-rated. As a teenager into goth culture and heavy metal, I felt the character was growing with me.
@ChaostheClown
Жыл бұрын
@@taffysaur Yessss. 'Taker was our big goth anti-hero representing an entire generation of long-haired, black-wearing metal heads lol GOOD TIMES.
@Yeanmagha
Жыл бұрын
My god I haven’t watched wrestling for over 20 years but there’s something about wrestling in the 90s that I can’t get enough of. Brought up in the uk and turning a teenager in the year 2000, I cannot remember being able to access any WCW at all until the war was pretty much done, I had no idea what NWO was until I was an adult but I’m still finding myself awake at 3am watching your complete history of the NWO.
@z216ghost
Жыл бұрын
I had a subscription to WWF magazine from late 1995 to mid 1999 and it was phenomenal and I'd be so excited whenever one came, especially because I was a kid and getting mail as a child is one of the greatest joys in the world.
@mitchellwooldridge5118
Жыл бұрын
That Brian Pillman prediction gave me chills... so eerie! :/
@louisvelez40
Жыл бұрын
That Sid and Mankind part that you mentioned woulda been interesting
@jamaalmoses8821
Жыл бұрын
My 8th Grade teacher kept my issue of Raw Magazine. The one w Marlena and Golddust on the cover.😂
@martynodonnell8467
Жыл бұрын
I owned that one back in the day too, happy memories 😅
@explorewithefrain7305
Жыл бұрын
I remember this article. Some of these were definitely spoilers!
@mols89
Жыл бұрын
My man's putting out quality videos at an incredible pace! Amazing job!
@RollerCodsterWFEW
Жыл бұрын
In my top 3 favorite channels. Always top quality content!
@billywhitewolf
Жыл бұрын
That Brian Pillman one though really is eerie
@danijayyy1
Жыл бұрын
Applause is in order for a really interesting and well-done skit. Very nice work and looking forward to more takes like this!
@JSantie
Жыл бұрын
This was the very first WWF Magazine I owned back then. I still have it. I remember reading these predictions over the phone to my friend and debating what The Undertaker's "secret" may have been. The 20 Questions asked to the month's featured wrestler appearing on the centerfold were always the best, because they usually were keeping Kayfabe. The best one ever was of Mankind in the May 1997 issue, and he said that his favorite sport was "Recreational Dentistry."
@Nostalgicguy2242
Жыл бұрын
Me too... I bet no one after reading the magazine back then while being a young kid ever expected that the "secret" would involve Taker's childhood or his family...
@psuley1977
Жыл бұрын
Oh man. I remember this issue like I picked it up yesterday. This was a great extra nostalgia trip this week. A hat-tip to your magnificence
@WarhawkBeyond2040
Жыл бұрын
Whether you love Vince Russo or hate him, when you think about wrestling during the 90s, you'll always find his name come up as one of the first ones in conversation
@smallies7154
Жыл бұрын
bro
@WarhawkBeyond2040
Жыл бұрын
"Pink slip on a pole match bro"
@EssexAggiegrad2011
Жыл бұрын
@@WarhawkBeyond2040 Reverse battle royal bro
@Thor-Orion
Жыл бұрын
@@EssexAggiegrad2011 that wasn't until his time in TNA.
@EssexAggiegrad2011
Жыл бұрын
@@Thor-Orion I know
@SilasGrieves
Жыл бұрын
Our dear Wrestling Historian, I apologize if you’ve told us what to call you before but I can’t seem to find anything like that in your videos. Now, I’m shocked WWE hasn’t hired the man, the myth, the legend behind the curtain of the Wrestling Bios channel. Every time one your videos comes up on my feed, I know it’s going to be fantastic. The knowledge and understanding of wrestling. The pacing and knack for timing, giving us relatively short but entertaining and informative bits of behind the scenes info while guiding us through wrestling history. You’re a genuine fan and your passion for the wrestling industry shows. And your work ethic is unending and impressive. Quality material like this would be amazing airing on the WWE network. But, truthfully, I’m glad it’s independently published and here on KZitem. Thanks for making so many of these stellar videos.
@maxxpower3d6
Жыл бұрын
Russo was spot-on about his prediction about Clarence Mason in 1997- except it's Stokely Hathaway in 2022.
@RemmyRiffs
Жыл бұрын
I would LOVE a "Reliving the Mag" series. Make it happen!
@GoGetYourShinebox
Жыл бұрын
Would take forever
@DasKame
Жыл бұрын
"My Dinner with Mantaur" by Triple H must be the First XD (Jeah, this was real)
@edwardellis3038
Жыл бұрын
I had the 96 prediction issue and he “correctly” predicted that Ahmed Johnson would beat Goldust for the IC championship
@lexkanyima2195
Жыл бұрын
Ahmed was so over so he could fill the void of Razor Ramon.
@cjvaye99
Жыл бұрын
I think Farooq would of made a good WWE Champion in 1997 not just IC. he actually did have a WWE championship match against the Undertaker in 1997 and honestly I think he should of held it even for just a month. He was a massive tank of a man and he had the nation as backup so it would of been believable that beat the undertaker.
@brettrossi034
Жыл бұрын
We didn't get a prediction for the world famous WWF superstar Vic Venom, bro
@letsgobrandon7297
Жыл бұрын
Lol yeah a whole 2 people would of showed up to the shows if they made him champ. You either don’t know who was over at that time, or your saying him because any black wrestler would be great for u.
@benglass2221
Жыл бұрын
He definitely shouldn’t have came in as a gladiator and should have came in with more of the Ron Simmons APA persona just make him the unbeatable ultra mega heel. I would have believed it. Have you seen Ron Simmons.
@martynodonnell8467
Жыл бұрын
He wasn’t over enough at the time to hold the belt or be a top contender
@FrankThe77Tank
Жыл бұрын
As long as he wasn’t wearing that stupid blue costume & helmet he had on in like 1995 or 1996…
@AASLT405
Жыл бұрын
Man I'll be glad when WBs get to a million. The best channel hands down!!! Love and respect from OKC!!
@atmwrestling
Жыл бұрын
The best wrestling content channel on KZitem by far imo. Straight facts. No “internet darling” nonsense. No annoying gen z accents.
@benespinosa6725
Жыл бұрын
Lol Jim Cornette's invasion of ECW was awesome stuff
@donutpredator6881
Жыл бұрын
Always enjoy whatever you put out keep up the good work
@JeromeDoyle
Жыл бұрын
While I cannot get behind Russo as a Booker he did a great job with that magazine.
@owdeezstrauz1268
Жыл бұрын
Russo gave us the best years of wrestling, and EVERY company he worked for he raised the ratings.
@khuri9030
Жыл бұрын
I am hoping on Flair's title belts that this is in pure sarcasm.
@retronerds6884
Жыл бұрын
@@khuri9030 it's not facts russo brought ratings
@kelvin19888
Жыл бұрын
Another Great Video from Wrestling Bios
@nexus6163
Жыл бұрын
loved those sable posters...damn life was good
@justanotheronewithwifi
Жыл бұрын
Genuinely love your stuff man. Been watching for a good while and I'm still excited every time you upload. Keep it up!
@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269
Жыл бұрын
Haa! This is a fun random topic kind of video, love it when stuff like this pops up on the channel. 😄👍
@harshckuk
Жыл бұрын
Love him or hate him, Russo did changed things
@AmadeusNicholas83
Жыл бұрын
I remember eating up those old WWF magazines! That was another great video, please bring more like this. Always a fan of your work, keep it up
@arvisconti
6 ай бұрын
I had this issue of the magazine. Can’t wait to see what this video unveils.
@bobsapp3133
Жыл бұрын
that brian pillan prediction is eerie..
@frickaaron
Жыл бұрын
I was obsessed with this magazine as a kid. Had subscription and brought it to school every day and read over and over again until the next one came out (was in 7th grade).
@GoldenKnightsFan_84
Жыл бұрын
Hey wrestling bios, Love the channel may I ask where you found the magazines online to read & how far back do the archives go?
@pezpowerproductions2602
Жыл бұрын
Yeah I’ll ask him on Patreon
@davidnec571
Жыл бұрын
They might not be online. A lot of people still have a physical copy in their personal collection at home. You can find most of them for sale on Ebay usually in good condition.
@jameswalsh6085
Жыл бұрын
I was wondering this too.
@airfixx_8952
Жыл бұрын
If you hunt around some of the wrestling torrent sites you should be able to find PDF scans of a lot of the old mags......
@deadbrothers8348
Жыл бұрын
One of the better issues of the year...used to get these in the mailbox every month
@Joecbg100
Жыл бұрын
Jesus the Pillman one is terrifyingly accurate
@TheFriendlyWeirdo
Жыл бұрын
I genuinely think it’s hilarious how Russo would CAPITALIZE all the letters involving words related to puns and hints.
@TG5455
Жыл бұрын
Sid being at his home sweet home is pretty hilarious. 😆
@JC-zj7nv
Жыл бұрын
Going to any Xtra vision, chartbusters, etc., within reach looking for wrestling tapes.. simpler times indeed.
@liamfitzgerald7217
Жыл бұрын
RIP Xtra Vision. A major part of my childhood.
@sethkaplan
Жыл бұрын
That guy was only good when Vince McMahon was calling the shots 😒😏
@acork7601
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the spoiler warnings. Alot of peopel dont seem tor realize many of us are watching the 90s era for the first time
@netoman708
Жыл бұрын
This was awesome you should do more like this... I had the 98 predictions
@xxbobsetsfirexx4269
Жыл бұрын
I can remember going to Curtis Mathis waiting for them to finally get a copy of WrestleMania 3 in...4 was already out on video by then... Then years ago getting a trade tape called Crimson Mask 2..where I saw my first and so far only...Scramblefire death match.. One time someone owed me money..they brought me 2 giant boxes that had every WCW and WWF PPV from early 96 to mid 98.. That was great.. The internet was great..but nothing like hunting down tapes ...
@Torpedo_Hans
Жыл бұрын
Wrestling Bios traveling map at 1:05 made my day
@soydanZAZA829er
Жыл бұрын
Feel like I'm in a time machine.....more than 20 years back..... awesome 😎👍
@Simouno
Жыл бұрын
Russo started to book WWF television around spring 97 so my guess is that he laid out ideas on the magazine earlier and then portrayed them on television since they got a good reception from readers of the magazine. To me 1997 WWF programming is the best year by far during the attitude era since they had a stacked roster, real life drama and great minds behind the scenes. Every week felt like an event
@brettrossi034
Жыл бұрын
On the topic of tapes too, I remember being so damn happy online when I found 3 tapes I could never find before many years ago. I bought them and got them shipped to me, but only for me to find out while living in America that the tapes were PAL tapes and I couldn't watch them 😂
@KennethBridges_1336
Жыл бұрын
@WrestlingBios love your content. Would love to see you do one on Sable's 2nd run
@ceeal2943
Жыл бұрын
I still have this Issue of the WWF Magazine...Magazines in the 90s were awesome
@mrowley7300
Жыл бұрын
"smiles are hard to come by" ain't that the truth
@Serioussmile51
Жыл бұрын
WCW at one point did a comic book. I had 3 copies but it was discontinued. But they're now consigned to history due to being an idiot lending them out and getting back trashed comics that were falling apart.
@SomiariTobin
Жыл бұрын
I think Stokely starting “the firm “ in AEW is pretty interesting seeing the few vague similarities between him and Clarence Mason
@thecollector75
Жыл бұрын
I so wish I'd kept my wwf magazines from 1990 to mid 91 ...... such memories
@Vantoris
Жыл бұрын
Love you bro keep the passion
@ICONBADGTA
Жыл бұрын
Go back and watch interviews from 1992 where Shawn Michaels vs Bret Hart when Bret was champion.. How Shawn saying he was going to (HUMILIATE BRET SO BADLY) at "SURVIVOR SERIES" etc right to Brets face.. Boy oh boy did we only know then what we know happened 5 years later!
@FretzlemaniaPod
Жыл бұрын
Omg I had these issues. I recall a prediction for 2002 being Raven and Benoit forming the “rabid flock@ and winning the tag titles
@berzerkbankie1342
Жыл бұрын
The movie gallery by my house when I was 10 back in 97 had a lot of the old WWF ppv tapes, from the 80s and early 90s. WrestleMania Royal Rumble Survivor Series
@marvellis6762
Жыл бұрын
I had piles of WWF mags. And I mean piles!.... I'd buy 2 copies, one to read and one to cut out for making collages.... I kept Blu Tack in business
@themechanic8643
Жыл бұрын
I remember missing a PPV or something and you'd have to just read the action out of the magazine alongside pictures and stuff. this stuff makes me so nostalgic.
@jp6046
Жыл бұрын
I had the magazine when I was a kid that had a possible "rift in the Rockers" with Shawn and Marty on the cover. A possible split? No way!
@DasKame
Жыл бұрын
T-Boy and Sidescroll i remember for the Game-Corner
@averywinters2400
Жыл бұрын
I think the mankind family was more of a precursor idea to the ministry of darkness possibly?
@alexandertroy9621
Жыл бұрын
Alright I am very tempted by the HBK "stash" fannypack.
@jayowyn1054
Жыл бұрын
Hell of a drug
@irishpanic
Жыл бұрын
Omg when I was younger I played smackdown vs raw 06 a lot. I made a character named "vic venom" I had no clue that was Vince Russo's alter ego. I feel sick 🤣
@AFMountaineer2000
Жыл бұрын
You don't have to hope we enjoyed this video. I can confirm we all enjoyed this video
@OneUltimateWarrior
5 ай бұрын
This is great. More of this please.
@ferox965
Жыл бұрын
I grew up in the eighties. I loved the old Apter mags.
@daysgonesequel
Жыл бұрын
Jim Ross did do another heal thing in the attitude era with Dr. Death Steve Williams, it was very short, but I remember it.
@savageg7272
Жыл бұрын
I remember when I was 9 or 10, probably 1996-97, my step brother brought over VHS recordings of EVERY WEF main even from the first wrestlemania to that year's Summerslam and I watched every single one back to back. Greatest moment of my life at the time lol
@bluraysrule8809
Жыл бұрын
Just seen you nave a patreon. Signing up. You deserve it.
@ollyshighlightreel6530
Жыл бұрын
I do remember getting Power Slam magazines from my late father... He would special order them from me from the WHSmith newsagent chain in either Manchester or in his home town of Middleton because I couldn't get them anywhere!
@AlexPat998
Жыл бұрын
you can tell russo envied cornette before even being in the company, man lobbied for him to get fired so he could weasel his way in creative
@shawnmichaels568
Жыл бұрын
This is going to be interesting video.
@davidporter989
Жыл бұрын
Living in Northern Ireland was hard to get tapes. I remember getting smack’s whack’m which had the Bret hart Shawn Micheal’s ladder match was one of the rarer tapes I got in the Woolworths in Lisburn lol
@NPC4004
Жыл бұрын
Just found my old 90s wwf magazines. What a rush.
@smutjunkies559
Жыл бұрын
12:26 The Firm just debuted on AEW! No Clarence Mason yet tho.
@robcav8747
Жыл бұрын
1:01 forget dirt sheets; anyone else remember calling the WWF hotline?:)
@nc32203
Жыл бұрын
😎I used to have all these mags. Great times😎
@TheBrister
Жыл бұрын
I would love to hear Corny's reaction to not only the prediction about him but the absolute bonkers JR predictions.
@jjbjjb273
Жыл бұрын
The internet ruined wrestling
@irishpanic
Жыл бұрын
Yeah according to Kevin Nash the dotcom crash killed wcw
@braylonlewis8706
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, Kinda.
@stevengrvp
Жыл бұрын
Let's see what Vince said bro
@robertlee9602
Жыл бұрын
This was my first wwf magazine.
@jamesbounds
Жыл бұрын
I always enjoyed the old WWF(E) magazines. Great articles and good details on the pay per views. Till about mid 2006 they were great but after that they went down hill till the magazine ended.
@eja2199
Жыл бұрын
Every time Russo and Cornette speak on each other, it's must hear stuff. Them dudes genuinely hate each other lmao
@adam17
Жыл бұрын
You could almost say Sunny was Taka's manager considering how many of his matches she did intros for ha
@davidnec571
Жыл бұрын
This video reminds me of how much fun it was to be a WWF fan in late 1996. I loved it. Regarding Russo's prediction about Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels, I think he nailed both as to what was supposed to happen. Bret Hart beats Shawn Michaels as a heel to win the championship at Wrestlemania 13 in a hair vs hair match. After having his hair cut and losing his title, Michaels gets depressed and leaves the WWF for five or six months before beating Bret Hart at the Survivor Series. By that time, Shawn's hair is mostly back to normal. Bret Hart decides to pursue an acting career in Hollywood after this successful feud.
@lexkanyima2195
Жыл бұрын
But it was a missed opportunity
@DimJongUn
Жыл бұрын
12:25 I think Vince Russo predicted Stokley Hathaway's Firm 25 years early. They even look alike!
@AmazingGuy13
Жыл бұрын
Lol that map @1:06
@matthewcowan9324
Жыл бұрын
I didn't get PPVs, and I remember going to the grocery store to read what happened every year for the Royal Rumble.
@Thor-Orion
Жыл бұрын
How the hell is a WWF magazine not going to have anything with Jack Hanna in it?! That man was gold for the world wildlife fund!
@TheImapotato
Жыл бұрын
The Bret Hart losing the title at Survivor Series wasn't so far fetched. Everyone knew his contract was up and that McMahon was looking forward.
@markjeffries8150
Жыл бұрын
From the age of 7 to about 13 all i ever knew of WWF was the monthly magazine, great times and my favourite bit was always the catalogue in the middle. Looking at merch that i couldn't afford and the shipping was twice the price of what i wanted to buy. Great times
@philbabb6460
Жыл бұрын
seem to remember May 2000 RAW Magazine was a good one
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