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Kyle’s Turning Point 2009 Recap

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Live from: Orlando, Florida
November 15, 2009
Your Host: Mike Tenay and Taz

  • The show opens up with a well put together video package of the build up over the month. It is mostly clips of the feuds and matches; and also Hulk Hogan’s signing. There is some “epic” music playing in the background blended in Dixie Carter’s shoot motivation speech for the wrestlers on Impact. Read the rest of this entry

Monday Nitro (07.22.96)

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WCW Monday Nitro
July 22, 1996
Orlando, FL
Disney MGM Studios

The current WCW champs were as follows:
WCW World Champion: The Giant (4/29/1996)
WCW U.S. Champion: Ric Flair (7/7/1996)
WCW World Tag Team Champions: Harlem Heat (6/24/1996)
WCW World Television Champion: Lex Luger (3/6/1996)
WCW World Cruiserweight Champion: Rey Mysterio (7/8/1996)

HOUR NUMBER ONE! Your hosts are Tony Schiavone & Larry Zbyszko. Read the rest of this entry

Monday Nitro (07.15.96)

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WCW Monday Nitro
July 15, 1996
Orlando, FL
Disney MGM Studios

The current WCW champs were as follows:
WCW World Champion: The Giant (4/29/1996)
WCW U.S. Champion: Ric Flair (7/7/1996)
WCW World Tag Team Champions: Harlem Heat (6/24/1996)
WCW World Television Champion: Lex Luger (3/6/1996)
WCW World Cruiserweight Champion: Rey Mysterio (7/8/1996)

All the major WCW stars – Flair, Savage, Sting, Giant – they’re over in New Japan for a two-day tour. Read the rest of this entry

Monday Nitro (07.08.96)

WCW Monday Nitro
July 8, 1996
Orlando, FL
Disney MGM Studios

The current WCW champs were as follows:
WCW World Champion: The Giant (4/29/1996)
WCW U.S. Champion: Ric Flair (7/7/1996)
WCW World Tag Team Champions: Harlem Heat (6/24/1996)
WCW World Television Champion: Lex Luger (3/6/1996)
WCW World Cruiserweight Champion: Dean Malenko (5/18/1996)

This is the first Nitro to be taped outdoors. Too bad it’s not taking place over a swimming pool. Read the rest of this entry

Bash at the Beach 1996

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Bash at the Beach
July 7, 1996
Daytona Beach, FL
Ocean Center

The current WCW champs were as follows:
WCW World Champion: The Giant (4/29/1996)
WCW U.S. Champion: Konnan (1/29/1996)
WCW World Tag Team Champions: Harlem Heat (6/24/1996)
WCW World Television Champion: Lex Luger (3/6/1996)
WCW World Cruiserweight Champion: Dean Malenko (5/18/1996)

Your hosts are Tony Schiavone, Bobby Heenan, and Dusty Rhodes. Oh my gosh – ERIC BISCHOFF IS MISSING! Read the rest of this entry

The Rise & Fall of WCW – Disc Two

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The Rise and Fall of WCW – Disc Two
Released: 8/25/2009

  • Ric Flair vs. Magnum TA – $1000 Challenge Match (NWA World Championship Wrestling, 6/15/85)

Before the match, Flair comes out for his Read the rest of this entry

The Rise & Fall of WCW – Disc One

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The Rise and Fall of WCW – Disc One
Released: 8/25/2009

It’s pretty fitting that this would be my first wrestling DVD documentary I’ve ever reviewed. Read the rest of this entry

WWE: Allied Powers – The World’s Greatest Tag Teams (Disc Three)

WWE: Allied Powers – The World’s Greatest Tag Teams – Disc Three
Released: 7/14/2009

Your hosts are John Morrison and The Miz. Read the rest of this entry

Dailymotion Mixtape – Kurt Angle (Part 1)

Kurt Angle Mixtape

Kurt Angle, a 1996 Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling, debuts in the WWF at the 1999 Survivor Series and wrestles circles around Shawn Stasiak, wins the European and Intercontinental titles within his first six months, brought prestige back to the King of the Ring, was involved in a hot love tri-angle with Triple H and the HEIRESS to the WWF throne, and then gets a one-on-one PPV main event title shot within his first YEAR in the WWF. Read the rest of this entry

WWEClassics on Demand Showcase (07.09)

WWEClassics on Demand Showcase
July 2009

Where Are They Now?

I suggest everybody who pays for this should check out the entire ‘Where Are They Now?’. Backlund is BOSS and it’s only six matches. Read the rest of this entry