DEADLOCK Watch This #229
WAR GAMES!! On this edition of Watch This, the boys venture back to 1991 for a big WAR GAMES match.
It's three members of the Four Horsemen (Ric Flair, Barry Windham, and Sid Vicious) teaming up with Larry Zbyszko, taking on the stacked team of Sting, Brian Pillman, and The Steiner Brothers. There is a damn ceiling on this cage, there is pyro, there is a cool ass stage, and there is BLOOD!! What more could you ask for?!
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Comments (73)
The foreshadowing from James when he saw Pillman wrapped up at the beginning of the video "Oh he's hurt!" Not yet brother, but he will be.
OMG and then immediately after saying "I love that this has a ceiling." "And I love that its low." LMFAO
So no one knows the font?
Bump
They just dont use the cage like this anymore man
This shit is so sick, I've rewatched this one several times
I'm back again as well, brother!
I cant believe Larry does the fucking headstand sell on the Sting diving shoulderblock between the rings. I didnt know Larry had it like *that*
That first fucking Syd Powerbomb to Pillman was HEINOUS
Watch war games 1992
Yeah, this match fucks on another wavelength.
I hope Sting beat Larry's ass for real after he NO SOLD the running double top rope line. THAT WAS INSANE
Sid breaking kayfabe LMAO
WE NEED SOME LUCHA ON WATCH THIS!!!!!!! we need some old apuestas!!!! a ton of random 90's cmll and aaa on youtube you guys have to see
Rick Steiner really said someone’s getting CTE tonight and it’s gonna be me
I'm like the boys where I didn't really think I'd be into the older stuff either, but there's so many 'smart' spots in this and some of the other matches on Watch This we've seen that are just lost now that I love. It's such a good indicator of just how much wrestling has evolved/changed over the years and what's done differently.
Watching Sid bugged eyed asking Rick Stiener if he was ok after going headfirst into the cage was honestly wholesome as shit lol
No, let Jawnny cook. I think War Games would be more entertaining if they just released bees into the cage.
Sid doing a fucking Ganso Bomb to Pillman is insane
I'm old. I saw this show live on PPV. It's definitely peak of pre-Hogan, pre-nWo WCW. I'd love to see you guys watch more of this era.
Like 6 minutes in and this is wild before a 3rd man comes in Pillman was thinkin up crazy shit
Grabbing the cage roof to dropkick Whindham was tits
How good was this so simple but wow genuinely lowkey shits on recent war games matches don't get me wrong roh 2006 rules on watch this but wow looking back at this its actually so enjoyable can someone explain why hahah well apart from the fact that dusty and JR on commentary fucking rule every move is like woaaah
It's because they can bleed. Modern War Games matches try to overcorrect the lack of blood with weapons and choreographed spots but it just makes it a boring plunder brawl. That and they've repeated Io Shirai doing the Great Sasuke spot for like five years running.
Need some more old-school Stinger matches. Maybe one of his battles with Vader?
I'd love to see a Watch This! of Jade vs Rosemary Six Sides of Steel. I recently have done a deep dive into Rosemary after watching some old DPW and have really fallen in love with her as a worker.
now we need a cage of death watch this
We had Gage vs LuFisto vs Zandig vs Lobo last year
That was awesome! I had no idea El Gigante was the first member of the penis exploding machine club! Makes sense now.
YEAHHHHH I LOVE THE HORSEMEN
great wargames, i think 92 wargames is even better. if you dont "get" Sting after that I dont know what to tell you
Didn't Pillman really got fucked by Sid here?
I love this match. Very glad you watched it. It's crazy to think that the 92 one is arguably even better. Also I can't stand when people do war games and give the faces the advantage. TNA did it a few times and WWE does it every year it feels. It's so backwards. This is the easiest shit to book. Heels get the advantage until the face makes the save. repeat.
The issue is WWE does two War Games matches in one night. It would be sus if both matches had the heel team get the advantage. They need to just do one.
Man I love that you guys are getting into older stuff! I've been real into 80's and early 90's stuff for a long time but this era of WCW is a blind spot for me, so getting to watch it with you guys is just the best
can we watch big egg (no breaks btw)
Big Egg Whale Cut
The boys watching wcw wargames is always good shit
This show also had Big Van Vader vs. Stan Hansen ending in a double disqualification. That had to be a slugfest.
I’m in my mid 40’s and I grew up with this era of WCW. I’m so glad you guys are enjoying these old school matches.
Just further proof that wrestling has always been awesome. It may not always be awesome in the same place, but there's always something that's fucking dope happening somewhere in the business.
dude shout out ric flair with the edgar cut, shit was pristine
Now we need the War Games where Colonel Parker shits himself
This was the first war games match for me. I remember my dad tryna get me to watch it and thought it would suck cause of the fed telling me how bad WCW was
“Giant Gonzalez is in the Four Horsemen??” - Toby with the quote of the year
Really loving all the older stuff for Watch This as someone whose been digging further into 70s-early 90s stuff i've passed over in the past
THERE’S NEVER BEEN A WHAT IN THE FOUR HORSEMAN??
I started watching wrestling in 96 so hearing JR dong WCW commentary and Schiavone doing the ring announcing feels weird. This makes me want to watch more War Games, I went to check and see if Macho Man was ever in one, he was but it's with the freaking Dungeon of Doom....
the parlay odds for that being the ending would've been nuts
This match fucking rules
Love watching Old School stuff I've never seen, with the boys.
the boys getting into old school wrestling wrestling is one of my favourite developments. nastys vs. steiners when?
Sting doesnt get talked about enough in the GOAT convo
Absolutely. Sure, the second half of his TNA run and his WWE run weren't great, but his AEW run more than made up for it imo
got dropped on that stack of dimes he calls a neck
It probably makes sense to get the better workers in the match early so they're in the ring longer
This gets Brian Pillman so over as a babyface for me.
early to mid 1990's WCW is how pro wrestling should look, it's such a clean and beautiful stage setup
There's a WHAT in the Four Horsemen??
THIS SHIT MEANS SOMETHING TO ME MAN
I've seent this match before, can't wait to see what the Bois think of it
Real graps
WARGAMES! Haven't even hit play and I know this is gonna rock, thanks! I have since watched the match; HOLY SHIT. Rick Steiner always did have a thick skull, huh?
Explains a lot, really
Just have to say I’m enjoying this trip back in time. I’m the same I really don’t watch old school stuff but these episodes of watch this make me want more. Thank you boys!
You wannnt a wrestleWAR
yippee!
God I hope this means yall will watch Sting's Squadron vs Dangerous Alliance soon
THIS SHIT MEANS SOMETHING TO ME MAN
I literally said out loud at work when I got the notification, " oh shit they're doing 91 WarGames??, the boys are gonna DIEE"
I'm holding up 4 fingers yoooooo
30 mins of the boys let’s go
WARGAMES!!!!
