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More WCW Thunder episodes being added to WWE Network
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
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.
WCW Thunder episodes now available on the WWE Network
Episodes of WCW Thunder were added to the WWE Network this morning.
So far, WWE has uploaded most episodes of WCW’s secondary show from the start of the program on January 8, 1998 through September 1999. Some episodes during this time period are still not up as of this writing, but more may be added by the end of the day.
WWE Network News originally reported that episodes of WCW Thunder would be added on March 19. It was theorized that the reason why it had taken so long for the show to appear on the network was due to the lawsuit against WWE by Buff Bagwell and Raven over royalty fees associated with the WWE Network. That lawsuit was dropped back in December.
WCW Thunder ran for a little over three years, ending its run on March 21, 2001. It was the final wrestling program on TBS, which had broadcasted professional wrestling for 29 years before a regime change cancelled all professional wrestling on Turner networks.
WCW Thunder reportedly coming to the WWE Network next week
WCW’s Thursday night show is reportedly heading to the WWE Network next week.
WWE Network News is reporting that WCW Thunder will be coming to the WWE Network on March 19. It currently isn’t known which episodes are going up first, or how many would be added. One would assume it would start at the beginning.
Earlier reports indicated that the show would be uploaded to the WWE Network back in September, but they were never uploaded. There had been speculation that the recent Raven and Buff Bagwell lawsuit may have impeded the release. That suit was dismissed back in December.
WCW Thunder was a two hour show on TBS that started in early 1998. It was originally meant to be the home base for the WCW brand, with the nWo taking over the Nitro slot on TNT. When ratings for a test run of nWo Nitro flopped, the plan was abandoned and Thunder became a secondary show, with most of the top talent not appearing on the program.
When the final episode of the show aired on March 21, 2001, it marked the end of almost 30 years of professional wrestling on TBS.