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More WCW Thunder episodes being added to WWE Network

Posted on by Bryan Rose

More episodes of WCW Thunder are set to be added to the WWE Network.

WWE Network News reported today that more episodes of the show are set to be added on May 20. It wasn’t specified how many new episodes would be included. The first set of shows were added a year ago, with the first 77 episodes being uploaded. Twenty more episodes were added in March, bringing the series through January of 2000.

Thunder first premiered in 1998 on TBS as a show designed to be just in big of scope as WCW’s flagship show Nitro. But the show was soon relegated to B-show status, and attempts to make it similar to Nitro in terms of star power failed. The show also faced problems when WWE countered with their own Thursday show, SmackDown. Thunder was moved to Wednesdays toward the end of its run but ratings failed to improve.

The show, along with the rest of WCW’s programing, was cancelled in March of 2001. That opened the door for WWE to purchase WCW shortly after.

More WCW Thunder episodes being uploaded to WWE Network

Posted on by Joseph Currier

More episodes of WCW Thunder are set to be made available on the WWE Network next week.

WWE Network News reported today that more Thunder episodes will be uploaded to the Network next Monday (March 18). The report stated that 20 episodes will be added.

The first set of Thunder uploads were added to the Network in March 2018. The first 77 episodes of Thunder are currently available on the Network, with them ranging from the show’s premiere in January 1998 to the end of August 1999.

The final edition of Thunder aired in March 2001, which was the month that WCW closed its doors. Thunder was a two-hour show that aired on TBS and ended up serving as secondary in-ring programming to Monday Nitro.

Episodes of WWE Confidential were added to the Network as last month’s classic content drop, while episodes of WWF Superstars from 1992 were uploaded in January. 

August 21, 2000 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: Steve Austin to return, WCW Thunder canceled, more

Posted on by Dave Meltzer

Steve Austin this past week received medical clearance from Dr. Lloyd Youngblood to return to active wrestling in eight weeks, most likely at the October PPV.

Austin, who had been on the sidelines since November and had neck surgery in January that put his career in jeopardy, got what was regarded as a cautious okay after exams on his neck on 8/10 and on his knees on 8/12. After the neck exam, Youngblood suggested he stay out another two months to be on the safe side. The knee exam showed that with his time off, there had been no added deterioration and his legs themselves are the strongest they have been in years because he’s been very limited in his ability to do upper body exercises, so in training has concentrated on his legs. 

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