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WCW: Road Wild 1997
WCW: Road Wild
August 9, 1997
Sturgis, SD
Sturgis Rally & Race
The current WCW champs were as follows:
WCW World Champion: Lex Luger (8/4/1997)
WCW U.S. Champion: Jeff Jarrett (6/9/1997)
WCW World Tag Team Champions: The Outsiders (10/27/1996)
WCW World Television Champion: Ultimo Dragon (7/22/1997)
WCW Cruiserweight Champion: Alex Wright (7/28/1997)
Your hosts are Tony Schiavone, Bobby Heenan, and Dusty Rhodes. Tony says there’s 20,000 people watching on from the bike rally, but all sources say 6,500. CLOSE, though. Read the rest of this entry
WCW: Monday Nitro (08.04.97)
WCW Monday Nitro
August 4, 1997
Auburn Hills, MI
The Palace at Auburn Hills
The current WCW champs were as follows:
WCW World Champion: Hollywood Hogan (8/10/1996)
WCW U.S. Champion: Jeff Jarrett (6/9/1997)
WCW World Tag Team Champions: The Outsiders (10/27/1996)
WCW World Television Champion: Ultimo Dragon (7/22/1997)
WCW Cruiserweight Champion: Alex Wright (7/28/1997)
For the 100th episode of Monday Nitro, WCW celebrates with the first ever THREE HOUR edition. Tonight’s HUGE main event, WCW World Champion Hollywood Hogan defends against Lex Luger.
HOUR NUMBER ONE! Your hosts are Tony Schiavone, Larry Zbyszko, and Mike Tenay. Read the rest of this entry
WCW: Monday Nitro (07.28.97)
WCW Monday Nitro
July 28, 1997
Charleston, WV
Civic Center
The current WCW champs were as follows:
WCW World Champion: Hollywood Hogan (8/10/1996)
WCW U.S. Champion: Jeff Jarrett (6/9/1997)
WCW World Tag Team Champions: The Outsiders (10/27/1996)
WCW World Television Champion: Ultimo Dragon (7/22/1997)
WCW Cruiserweight Champion: Chris Jericho (6/28/1997)
SIDE NOTE: I only have two VHS tapes of Monday Nitro to this day that I recorded myself: one is where WCW put on a three-hour “best of” show in late 1999, and this episode. Don’t ask me why because I couldn’t tell you.
HOUR NUMBER ONE! Your hosts are Tony Schiavone, Larry Zbyszko, and Mike Tenay. Read the rest of this entry
WCW: Tuesday Nitro (07.22.97)
WCW Tuesday Nitro
July 22, 1997
Jacksonville, FL
Jacksonville Coliseum
The current WCW champs were as follows:
WCW World Champion: Hollywood Hogan (8/10/1996)
WCW U.S. Champion: Jeff Jarrett (6/9/1997)
WCW World Tag Team Champions: The Outsiders (10/27/1996)
WCW World Television Champion: Steven Regal (5/18/1997)
WCW Cruiserweight Champion: Chris Jericho (6/28/1997)
HOUR NUMBER ONE! Your hosts are Tony Schiavone, Larry Zbyszko, and Mike Tenay. Read the rest of this entry
WCW: Monday Nitro (07.14.97)
WCW Monday Nitro
July 14, 1997
Orlando, FL
Orlando Arena
The current WCW champs were as follows:
WCW World Champion: Hollywood Hogan (8/10/1996)
WCW U.S. Champion: Jeff Jarrett (6/9/1997)
WCW World Tag Team Champions: The Outsiders (10/27/1996)
WCW World Television Champion: Steven Regal (5/18/1997)
WCW Cruiserweight Champion: Chris Jericho (6/28/1997)
HOUR NUMBER ONE! Your hosts are Tony Schiavone, Larry Zbyszko, and Mike Tenay. Read the rest of this entry
WCW: Bash at the Beach 1997
WCW: Bash at the Beach
July 13, 1997
Daytona Beach, FL
Ocean Center
The current WCW champs were as follows:
WCW World Champion: Hollywood Hogan (8/10/1996)
WCW U.S. Champion: Jeff Jarrett (6/9/1997)
WCW World Tag Team Champions: The Outsiders (10/27/1996)
WCW World Television Champion: Steven Regal (5/18/1997)
WCW Cruiserweight Champion: Chris Jericho (6/28/1997)
Your hosts are Tony Schiavone, Bobby Heenan, and Dusty Rhodes. Read the rest of this entry
WCW: Monday Nitro (07.07.97)
WCW: Monday Nitro
July 7, 1997
Memphis, TN
Mid-South Coliseum
The current WCW champs were as follows:
WCW World Champion: Hollywood Hogan (8/10/1996)
WCW U.S. Champion: Jeff Jarrett (6/9/1997)
WCW World Tag Team Champions: The Outsiders (10/27/1996)
WCW World Television Champion: Steven Regal (5/18/1997)
WCW Cruiserweight Champion: Chris Jericho (6/28/1997)
They take us back to last week where we had a standoff between the nWo, Sting, and newcomers Curt Hennig and Raven. So many questions! Will they be answered tonight? Probably not. WCW is slow about these sort of things.
HOUR NUMBER ONE! Your hosts are Tony Schiavone, Larry Zbyszko, and Mike Tenay. Read the rest of this entry
WWE – WarGames: WCW’s Most Notorious Matches
WarGames: WCW’s Most Notorious Matches
Three-Disc Set
Released: June 24, 2013
DISC ONE
Your host is the legendary, funky like a monkey, son of a plumber, wined and dined with kings and queens, slept in allies and ate pork and beans, Ole Anderson couldn’t take him out with the steel-toed boot, three-time NWA world champion, inventor of the WarGames concept if you will, none other than the “American Dream” Dusty Rhodes. Read the rest of this entry
WCW: The Best of Monday Nitro, Vol. 2 (Disc One)
WCW: The Best of Monday Nitro – Vol. 2
3-Disc Set DVD Review
Released: February 12, 2013
Your host is the returning TWO-TIME, TWO-TIME host – Diamond Dallas Page. Read the rest of this entry
Championship Wrestling from Florida: (03.14.87)
Championship Wrestling from Florida
March 14, 1987
Tampa, FL
(Taped on 3/11/87)
The NWA & CWF champions were as follows:
NWA World Heavyweight Champion: Ric Flair (8/9/1986)
NWA U.S. Heavyweight Champion: Nikita Koloff (8/17/1986)
NWA World Tag Team Champions: Manny Fernandez & Rick Rude (12/6/1986)
NWA U.S. Tag Team Champions: Barry Windham & Ronnie Garvin (12/9/1986)
NWA World Television Champion: Tully Blanchard (11/27/1986)
NWA Florida Heavyweight Champion: Ed Gantner (2/1987)
NWA Florida Tag Team Champions: The Southern Boys (2/21/1987)
When the CWF merged with Jim Crockett Promotions in February, this show evolved into what could be considered a more intimate extension of what they would see every Saturday night at 6:05PM on the MUTHASHIP. They only kept the two Florida titles while bringing in other NWA wrestlers to wrestle, do interviews, and hype upcoming shows.
Your hosts are Gordon Solie & Buddy Colt. Read the rest of this entry
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