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What the World Was Watching: WCW Monday Nitro – December 18, 1995

January 25, 2020January 27, 2020 by LScisco

–Eric Bischoff, Bobby Heenan, and Steve McMichael are in the booth and they are live from Augusta, Georgia. According to thehistoryofwwe.com, 8,100 fans attended the show, with 3,000 paying to do so.

–Madusa interrupts the announce crew, holding the WWF Women’s Championship. She says she will always be Madusa and she dumps the WWF Women’s title in the trash can. The promo was terrible, but this was a HUGE shock at the time since Madusa had just competed at Survivor Series weeks earlier and plans called her for to face Aja Kong at the Royal Rumble. This incident had long-term ramifications too as Vince McMahon feared Bret Hart would do the same to the WWF title if he retained at the 1997 Survivor Series, thereby leading to the Montreal Screwjob. Also, the WWF would not restart its women’s division until 1998. WCW would attempt to create its own women’s division with Madusa as a centerpiece, but it never worked out.

What the World Was Watching: WCW Saturday Night – December 16, 1995

January 23, 2020January 24, 2020 by LScisco

–Tony Schiavone and Dusty Rhodes are calling tonight’s action and they are taped from Atlanta, Georgia. According to thehistoryofwwe.com, these matches took place on November 29.

What the World Was Watching: World War 3 (1995)

December 19, 2019December 20, 2019 by LScisco

–Tony Schiavone and Bobby Heenan are calling the matches and they are live from Norfolk, Virginia.

–Gene Okerlund interviews Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, and Sting. The crowd gives Hogan a mixed reaction as he talks about how he has not fully embraced the dark side and is going back to his babyface persona. He sheds his black gear, which Sting tosses into a black container that explodes. The problem is that the fire gets to be too much, so Sting has to keep going back to the container to pour water on it or keep down the smoke. WCW technicians are eventually forced to put it out. Savage tells Sting that he is cool with him again as Sting acts like a star-struck teenager. Hogan says that Savage’s arm is not actually hurt and goes into a crazy rant about a “rag sheet” that said the Giant was going to win – the rag sheet in question being a copy of Dave Meltzer’s Wrestling Observer – and how the Internet has the “real scoops.” The Observer copy is burned as regular fans at home have no idea what Hogan is talking about.

What the World Was Watching: WCW Worldwide – November 25, 1995

December 14, 2019December 16, 2019 by LScisco

–Tony Schiavone and Bobby Heenan are doing commentary and they are taped from Orlando, Florida.

What the World Was Watching: WCW Saturday Night – November 11, 1995

November 24, 2019November 25, 2019 by LScisco

–Tony Schiavone and Dusty Rhodes are in the booth and they are taped from Atlanta, Georgia. According to thehistoryofwwe.com, these matches were taped on October 18 and 25.

What the World Was Watching: WCW Main Event – November 5, 1995

November 14, 2019November 15, 2019 by LScisco

–With no pay-per-view afterward, Main Event is back as a studio show with Tony Schiavone and Bobby Heenan.

What the World Was Watching: WCW Worldwide – November 4, 1995

November 10, 2019November 11, 2019 by LScisco

–Tony Schiavone and Bobby Heenan are doing commentary and they are taped from Orlando, Florida.

What the World Was Watching: WCW Monday Nitro – October 30, 1995

November 5, 2019November 6, 2019 by LScisco

–Eric Bischoff, Steve McMichael, and Bobby Heenan are calling the action and they are live from Dayton, Ohio. According to thehistoryofwwe.com, 3,500 fans attended the show, with 2,500 paying for entry.

–Bischoff says that Randy Savage will not face Sergeant Craig Pittman tonight because he was hurt at Halloween Havoc and that Eddy Guerrero will be his replacement. Savage was dealing with a legitimate detached tricep injury so the beating at Halloween Havoc was a convenient way to write him out for the time being.

What the World Was Watching: WCW Main Event – October 29, 1995

October 31, 2019November 1, 2019 by LScisco

–Eric Bischoff and Dusty Rhodes are in the booth and they are live from Detroit, Michigan as tonight’s Main Event episode is the pre-show for Halloween Havoc.

What the World Was Watching: WCW Main Event – October 22, 1995

October 20, 2019October 21, 2019 by LScisco

–Gene Okerlund and Bobby Heenan are in the studio for today’s telecast. Okerlund does his best to describe how the monster truck battle between Hulk Hogan and the Giant will play out at Halloween Havoc.

–As part of the Halloween Havoc Control Center WCW Champion Hulk Hogan and Jimmy Hart do a taped promo where they promise to do whatever it takes to defeat the Giant at Halloween Havoc.

What the World Was Watching: WCW Worldwide – October 21, 1995

October 15, 2019October 16, 2019 by LScisco

–Tony Schiavone and Bobby Heenan are in the booth and they are taped from Orlando, Florida.

What the World Was Watching: WCW Pro – October 7, 1995

September 19, 2019September 20, 2019 by LScisco

–Chris Cruise, Larry Zbyszko, and Dusty Rhodes are doing commentary for today’s show. The arena is really dark for this show and there are lots of empty seats when the camera pans near the guardrails.

What the World Was Watching: WCW Saturday Night – September 30, 1995

September 15, 2019September 16, 2019 by LScisco

–Tony Schiavone and Bobby Heenan are calling the action and they are taped from Atlanta, Georgia. According to thehistoryofwwe.com, these tapings took place on September 20.

–Dusty Rhodes comes out to take on his new role as a color commentator. Heenan demands that Dusty leave and when Dusty refuses, Heenan takes a hike, doing a funny bit of giving Schiavone and Dusty a bunch of chances to take him back.

What the World Was Watching: Monday Nitro – September 25, 1995

September 8, 2019September 9, 2019 by LScisco

–Eric Bischoff, Bobby Heenan, and Steve McMichael are in the booth and they are live from Florence, South Carolina. According to thehistoryofwwe.com, the show drew 5,000 fans, of which only 2,000 paid.

What the World Was Watching: WCW Main Event – September 24, 1995

September 5, 2019September 6, 2019 by LScisco

–Gene Okerlund and Bobby Heenan are in the studio for today’s broadcast. They focus their attention on the Giant using a monster truck to destroy WCW Champion Hulk Hogan’s Harley Davidson motorcycle.

–Okerlund and Heenan recap the Cobra-Sergeant Craig Pittman feud and how they love sneaking up on each other.

What the World Was Watching: WCW Saturday Night – September 23, 1995

September 3, 2019September 4, 2019 by LScisco

–Tony Schiavone and Bobby Heenan are doing commentary and they are taped from Atlanta, Georgia. These tapings were done on August 21. The Atlanta Braves are playing the Montreal Expos so this is a one-hour episode.

What the World Was Watching: Fall Brawl 1995

August 25, 2019August 26, 2019 by LScisco

–Tony Schiavone and Bobby Heenan are in the booth and they are live from Asheville, North Carolina.

What the World Was Watching: WCW Main Event – September 17, 1995

August 22, 2019August 23, 2019 by LScisco

–WCW Champion Hulk Hogan shows up in Asheville, North Carolina on the Harley Davidson motorcycle he received at Bash at the Beach and is surrounded by his fans. Gene Okerlund interviews him, with Hogan hyping his journey through North Carolina, painting the Dungeon of Doom as anti-American. This offends the Giant as he takes a Dungeon of Doom monster truck and runs over Hogan’s motorcycle, forcing Hogan and his fans to flee. Hogan hilariously pounds on the side of the truck like a kid having a tantrum as the Giant laughs.

–Eric Bischoff and Dusty Rhodes are doing commentary and they are live from Asheville, North Carolina. They treat the destruction of Hogan’s motorcycle as a national tragedy.

What the World Was Watching: WCW Saturday Night – September 16, 1995

August 20, 2019August 21, 2019 by LScisco

–Tony Schiavone and Bobby Heenan resume their usual commentary duties and they are taped from Atlanta, Georgia. According to thehistoryofwwe.com, this taping took place on August 21. This show is also a bit of a hidden gem because all but the last fifteen minutes of the original broadcast in the United States was pre-empted due to Atlanta Braves baseball.

What the World Was Watching: WCW Saturday Night – September 9, 1995

August 8, 2019August 9, 2019 by LScisco

–Tony Schiavone and Bobby Heenan are in the booth and they are concluding the August 9 tapings at Center Stage in Atlanta, Georgia.