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WWE – The Best of Saturday Night’s Main Event – Disc Two

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WWE – The Best of Saturday Night’s Main Event – Disc Two
Released: 2/10/2009

Your host is Gene Okerlund.

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WWE – The Best of Saturday Night’s Main Event – Disc One

Feb 13

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WWE – The Best of Saturday Night’s Main Event – Disc One
Released: 2/10/2009

Your host is Gene Okerlund.

Gene introduces the show by taking us back to 1985 – the origin of Saturday Night’s Main Event. This was the first wrestling program on broadcast television since the 1950s. The Rock N Wrestling Connection defined the era and Saturday Night’s Main Event became the must-see show of the time. On the main event of the very first show just weeks after the first WrestleMania, WWF champion Hulk Hogan took on Roddy Piper’s partner in crime “Cowboy” Bob Orton Jr. for the title.
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Tags: Andre the Giant, B. Brian Blair, Barry Windham, Billy Jack Haynes, Blackjack Mulligan, Bob Orton Jr., Bobby Heenan, Bret Hart, British Bulldogs, Butch Reed, Captain Lou Albano, Danny Davis, Davey Boy Smith, Demolition, Demolition Ax, Demolition Smash, Dynamite Kid, Elizabeth, Freddie Blassie, George "The Animal" Steele, Haku, Hart Foundation, Hercules Hernandez, Hillbilly Jim, Honky Tonk Man, Hulk Hogan, Iron Sheik, Islanders, Jake Roberts, Jim Brunzell, Jim Neidhart, Jimmy Hart, Junkyard Dog, Koko B. Ware, Lanny Poffo, Mega Powers, Mike Rotunda, Mr. T, Nikolai Volkoff, Paul Orndorff, Randy Savage, Ricky Steamboat, Roddy Piper, Ron Bass, Saturday Night's Main Event, Sika, Tama, Terry Funk, Tito Santana

Monday Nitro (11.13.95)

Feb 12

Posted by Matt

WCW Monday Nitro
November 13, 1995
Jacksonville, FL
Jacksonville Coliseum
(taped on November 6, 1995)
(Yeah, that’s right. It wasn’t always live.)

The current WCW champs were as follows:
WCW World Champion: vacant (11/6/1995)
WCW U.S. Champion: Kensuke Sasaki (11/13/1995)
WCW World Tag Team Champions: Harlem Heat (10/28/1995)
WCW World Television Champion: Johnny B. Badd (10/29/1995)

Your hosts are Eric Bischoff, Bobby Heenan and that Emmy-award winning Steve “Mongo” McMichael.

Hogan cuts the bizarre promo I’ve ever seen him associated with. He’s dressed up like an Emo Zorro. He’s wearing a black cloak, a black mask, black gloves, a crucifix and he’s holding an Excalibur sword while he’s supposedly in a grave yard. Anyways, Hogan says he wants Randy Savage to bring him Read the rest of this entry →

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Tags: Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko, Dungeon of Doom, Eddie Guerrero, Hulk Hogan, Jimmy Hart, Johnny B. Badd, Kensuke Sasaki, Kevin Sullivan, Lex Luger, Meng, Monday Nitro, Randy Savage, Shark, Sting, The Giant

Monday Nitro (11.06.95)

Feb 11

Posted by Matt

WCW Monday Nitro
November 6, 1995
Jacksonville, FL
Jacksonville Coliseum

The current WCW champs were as follows:
WCW World Champion: The Giant (10/29/1995)
WCW U.S. Champion: Sting (6/18/1995)
WCW World Tag Team Champions: Harlem Heat (10/28/1995)
WCW World Television Champion: Johnny B. Badd (10/29/1995)

Your hosts are Eric Bischoff, Bobby Heenan and that Emmy-award winning Steve “Mongo” McMichael.
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Tags: Alex Wright, Big Bubba Rogers, Blue Bloods, Bobby Eaton, Brian Knobbs, Chris Benoit, Cobra, Dave Sullivan, Diamond Dallas Page, Eddie Guerrero, Hulk Hogan, Jerry Sags, Jim Duggan, Jimmy Hart, Johnny B. Badd, Kevin Sullivan, Lex Luger, Lord Steven Regal, Meng, Monday Nitro, Mr. JL, Nasty Boys, Randy Savage, Renegade, Ric Flair, Scott Norton, Shark, Sting, The Giant

Scott & Justin’s Wrestlemania III

Feb 7

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Wrestlemania III

March 29, 1987

Pontiac Silverdome

Pontiac, Michigan

Attendance: Somewhere between 78,000 and 93,000

Closed Circuit Attendance: 441, 000

Buy Rate: 8.0

Announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Jesse Ventura
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Tags: Adrian Adonis, Andre the Giant, B. Brian Blair, Billy Jack Haynes, Bob Orton Jr., Bobby Heenan, Bret Hart, British Bulldogs, Brutus Beefcake, Butch Reed, Can-Am Connection, Danny Davis, Davey Boy Smith, Don Muraco, Dream Team, Dynamite Kid, George "The Animal" Steele, Greg Valentine, Haiti Kid, Harley Race, Hart Foundation, Hercules Hernandez, Hillbilly Jim, Honky Tonk Man, Hulk Hogan, Iron Sheik, Jacques Rougeau, Jake Roberts, Jim Brunzell, Jim Duggan, Jim Neidhart, Junkyard Dog, Killer Bees, King Kong Bundy, Koko B. Ware, Little Beaver, Little Tokyo, Lord Littlebrook, Nikolai Volkoff, Randy Savage, Raymond Rougeau, Rick Martel, Ricky Steamboat, Roddy Piper, Rougeau Brothers, Tito Santana, Tom Zenk, WrestleMania

Halloween Havoc 1995

Feb 6

Posted by Matt

WCW Halloween Havoc
October 29, 1995
Detroit, MI
Joe Louis Arena

The current WCW champs were as follows:
WCW World Champion: Hulk Hogan (7/17/1994)
WCW U.S. Champion: Sting (6/18/1995)
WCW World Tag Team Champions: Harlem Heat (10/28/1995)
WCW World Television Champion: Diamond Dallas Page (9/17/1995)

Your hosts are Tony Schiavone & Bobby Heenan.
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Tags: Arn Anderson, Brian Pillman, Col. Robert Parker, Diamond Dallas Page, Dungeon of Doom, Halloween Havoc, Hulk Hogan, Jimmy Hart, Johnny B. Badd, Kevin Sullivan, Kimberly Page, Kurasawa, Lex Luger, Maxx Muscle, Meng, Mr. JL, Randy Savage, Ric Flair, Road Warrior Hawk, Sabu, Sting, The Giant, The Sheik, Zodiac

Monday Nitro (10.23.95)

Feb 3

Posted by Matt

WCW Monday Nitro
October 23, 1995
Huntsville, AL
Von Braun Civic Center

The current WCW champs were as follows:
WCW World Champion: Hulk Hogan (7/17/1994)
WCW U.S. Champion: Sting (6/18/1995)
WCW World Tag Team Champions: The American Males (9/18/1995)
WCW World Television Champion: Diamond Dallas Page (9/17/1995)

Your hosts are Eric Bischoff, Bobby Heenan and that Emmy-award winning Steve “Mongo” McMichael.
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Tags: Alex Wright, Booker T, Chris Benoit, Col. Robert Parker, Dean Malenko, Dungeon of Doom, Eddie Guerrero, Harlem Heat, Hulk Hogan, Jimmy Hart, Kevin Sullivan, Kurasawa, Lex Luger, Meng, Monday Nitro, Mr. JL, Randy Savage, Scott Norton, Shark, Sherri Martel, Stevie Ray, Sting, The Giant, Zodiac

Monday Nitro (10.09.95)

Jan 30

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WCW Monday Nitro
October 9, 1995
Rosemont, IL
Rosemont Horizon

Your hosts are Eric Bischoff, Bobby Heenan and that Emmy-award winning Steve “Mongo” McMichael. They’re all wearing Bears jerseys. McMichael wears his #76, Bischoff wears #1, while The Brain has a ?. Sounds about right.
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