Tag: WCW Monday Nitro

DragonKing Dark: The death of WCW

Posted on by Karl Stern

Continuing our 100 darkest moments in pop culture history, I return to the world of sports entertainment (pro wrestling) to find out how one company became the most profitable and successful wrestling company in the world and then sank over half of genre with it. 

The death of WCW is an amazing account of how to literally run off half of the entire fanbase of a very popular pop culture genre with a bad product.

Comic book companies, please take notes.

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BVC Retro: WCW Monday Nitro from December 1995

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Courtesy of NXT recapper Arya Witner, enjoy the Best of Bryan & Vinny as they review WCW Monday Nitros from December 1995

As a bonus, this features all four Nitros that month, plus the December 4 Raw that they reviewed instead of the Best Of Impact episode that aired and the main two matches at Starrcade.

Highlights include:

  • The build (or lack thereof) to Starrcade 95
  • Four WCW world title matches featuring Randy Savage, Ric Flair, Lex Luger and The Giant
  • Charles Barkley and Refrigerator Perry on Nitro
  • The Giant vs Scott Norton
  • Vince McMahon urging you to invest in the WWF Hotline
  • 1995 WWF silliness, like Make A Difference Fatu, Bob Backlund running for President, Dean Douglas, Brother Love, King Mabel and graffiti covered caskets!
  • Razor Ramon vs Dean Douglas
  • What’s more expensive? Shawn Michaels and Diesel life-size cutouts or a Crazzy Steve wall decal?
  • Shawn Michaels’ Post Concussion Syndrome storyline in 1995 and the seriousness of concussions.
  • Bobby Heenan flipping off Mongo
  • Paul Orndorff’s Mr Wonderful theme
  • Brian Pillman going crazy
  • Alundra Blayze trashing the WWF Women’s Title
  • Ric Flair vs Eddie Guerrero
  • Nitro on Christmas Night!
  • Lex Luger being vocal
  • A giant bee sitting in the crowd
  • Craig Pittman’s search for a manager
  • The Starrcade 1995 double main event…and more.

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The BVC Show: WCW Monday Nitro October 1995

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Courtesy of subscriber Tanguy Milano, enjoy this compilation of the Bryan & Vinny show’s reviews of all the WCW Monday Nitros from October 1995.

On this edition, you’ll hear about episodes 5-8 which include:

– Lex Luger vs. Randy Savage

– Eddie Guerrero vs. Dean Malenko

– Eddie Guerrero vs. Chris Benoit

– Ric Flair vs. Arn Anderson in a cage match

– Sabu vs. Mr. JL

– The debut of the YETI

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