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WCW: Monday Nitro 9/22/97
WCW Monday Nitro
September 22, 1997
Salt Lake City, UT
E Center
The current WCW champs were as follows:
WCW World Champion: Hollywood Hogan (8/9/1997)
WCW U.S. Champion: Curt Hennig (9/15/1997)
WCW World Tag Team Champions: The Outsiders (10/27/1996)
WCW World Television Champion: Alex Wright (8/21/1997)
WCW Cruiserweight Champion: Eddie Guerrero (9/14/1997)
Immediately starting the show, Kimberly calls out the Nitro Girls by name as they hurry down from the crowd to dance in front of the ramp. You can catch Wild Cat Willie on the side there.
HOUR NUMBER ONE! Your hosts are Tony Schiavone, Larry Zbyszko, and Mike Tenay. Read the rest of this entry
PDRMatt\SLACKAMANIA EXCLUSIVE: WWE – Ladies and Gentlemen, My Name is Paul Heyman Blu-Ray Set (Disc Two)
WWE – Ladies And Gentlemen, My Name Is Paul Heyman
Released: 8/5/2014
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Disc 2:
PROMOS
WCW: Monday Nitro (09.15.97)
WCW Monday Nitro
September 15, 1997
Charlotte, NC
Independence Arena
The current WCW champs were as follows:
WCW World Champion: Hollywood Hogan (8/9/1997)
WCW U.S. Champion: Steve McMichael (8/21/1997)
WCW World Tag Team Champions: The Outsiders (10/27/1996)
WCW World Television Champion: Alex Wright (8/21/1997)
WCW Cruiserweight Champion: Eddie Guerrero (9/14/1997)
We open the show with a horrific view of Ric Flair lying comatose on an operating table with his head stitched up. If you didn’t watch Fall Brawl, you might think he was dead.
HOUR NUMBER ONE! Your hosts are Tony Schiavone, Larry Zbyszko, and Mike Tenay. Realizing all he has done for his career, Tony feels like he can’t do the show tonight and walks off. We see more brutality from Fall Brawl including the nasty bump Chris Benoit takes over the ropes into the Wargames cage as well as Curt Hennig slamming the cage door on Flair’s head. Buy the replay, ya’ll.
This is a hot Charlotte crowd that doesn’t seem to remember their hero has fallen. SHUT UP AND BE DEPRESSED.
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WCW: Fall Brawl 1997
WCW: Fall Brawl
September 14, 1997
Winston-Salem, NC
LJVM Coliseum
The current WCW champs were as follows:
WCW World Champion: Hollywood Hogan (8/9/1997)
WCW U.S. Champion: Steve McMichael (8/21/1997)
WCW World Tag Team Champions: The Outsiders (10/27/1996)
WCW World Television Champion: Alex Wright (8/21/1997)
WCW Cruiserweight Champion: Chris Jericho (8/16/1997)
Your hosts are Tony Schiavone and Bobby Heenan. We have a rotating third chair with Mike Tenay and Larry Zbyszko. This is the first show in I don’t know how long without Dusty Rhodes. (EDIT to the EDIT: Just looked it up. This is the first show since “Halloween Havoc 1995” without Dusty.) That’s right; no clubbering tonight.
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PDRMatt\SLACKAMANIA EXCLUSIVE: WWE – Ladies and Gentlemen, My Name is Paul Heyman Blu-Ray Set (Disc One)
WWE – Ladies And Gentlemen, My Name Is Paul Heyman
Released: 8/5/2014
Follow Slack on Twitter: @SlackSlick
Follow Matt on Twitter: @pd_review
Disc 1:
DOCUMENTARY
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WCW: Monday Nitro (09.08.97)
WCW Monday Nitro
September 8, 1997
Milwaukee, WI
Wisconsin Center Arena
The current WCW champs were as follows:
WCW World Champion: Hollywood Hogan (8/9/1997)
WCW U.S. Champion: Steve McMichael (8/21/1997)
WCW World Tag Team Champions: The Outsiders (10/27/1996)
WCW World Television Champion: Alex Wright (8/21/1997)
WCW Cruiserweight Champion: Chris Jericho (8/16/1997)
HOUR NUMBER ONE! Your hosts are Tony Schiavone, Larry Zbyszko, and Mike Tenay.
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WCW: Monday Nitro (09.01.97)
WCW Monday Nitro
September 1, 1997
Pensacola, FL
Pensacola Civic Center
The current WCW champs were as follows:
WCW World Champion: Hollywood Hogan (8/9/1997)
WCW U.S. Champion: Steve McMichael (8/21/1997)
WCW World Tag Team Champions: The Outsiders (10/27/1996)
WCW World Television Champion: Alex Wright (8/21/1997)
WCW Cruiserweight Champion: Chris Jericho (8/16/1997)
Awesome. An Arn Anderson retirement video. I freaking love it. In fact, this whole THREE-HOUR program is dedicated to Arn Anderson. Let’s hope that doesn’t backfire on us. After that, they replay the Arn Anderson retirement speech IN FULL. Curt Hennig gets his “spot” and joins the Four Horsemen. Read the rest of this entry
WWF: Raw is War (09.29.97)
WWF: Raw is War
September 29, 1997
Albany, NY
Pepsi Arena
The current WWF champs were as follows:
World Champion: Bret Hart (8/3/1997)
Intercontinental Champion: Vacant (9/8/1997)
European Champion: Shawn Michaels (9/20/1997)
World Tag Team Champions: The Headbangers (9/7/1997)
TIME TO GET RAW! Your hosts are Vince McMahon, Jim Ross, and Jerry Lawler.
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WWE: Battleground 2014
WWE: Battleground
July 20, 2014
Tampa, FL
Tampa Bay Times Forum
The current WWE champs are as follows:
WWE World Heavyweight Champion: John Cena (6/29/2014)
WWE Intercontinental Champion: Vacant (6/30/2014)
WWE U.S. Champion: Sheamus (5/5/2014)
WWE Divas Champion: AJ Lee (6/30/2014)
WWE Tag Team Champions: The Usos (3/3/2014)
Your hosts are Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler, and JBL.
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WWF: Raw is War (09.22.97)
WWF: Raw is War
September 22, 1997
New York City
Madison Square Garden
The current WWF champs were as follows:
World Champion: Bret Hart (8/3/1997)
Intercontinental Champion: Vacant (9/8/1997)
European Champion: Shawn Michaels (9/20/1997)
World Tag Team Champions: The Headbangers (9/7/1997)
It was either recap this or recap Battleground. Although I will recap that show too, this wasn’t really a very difficult choice to make.
Fancy video package highlighting the historical importance of Madison Square Garden to the WWF. It would have been amazing back in 1997 with no YouTube or WWE Network, but now it’s just another video.
TIME TO GET RAW! Your hosts are Vince McMahon, Jim Ross, and Jerry Lawler.
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