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00:00 83 Weeks #259
00:05 START
00:38 COUNTDOWN
01:40 SHOW START
01:49 RECAP from last week
02:43 Schiavone Intro
03:35 WCW’s doing RECORD BUSINESS in Philadelphia
07:31 Scotty Riggs got BLOCKED
08:05 This was the COUNTER to Mike Tyson
09:51 6mm households
12:12 Macho Man in Harvard
17:04 Hogan’s promo
21:52 AEW ratings
23:44 unmasking Juventud
25:41 Fans are here for the STARS
28:23 Psychosis
29:13 Conrad vs Prince Iakua
29:39 Spicoli’s drug tests
32:01 WCW’s RECORD Business in 1998
34:50 HOW Turner RUINED WCW
37:23 DID Prince Iakua have a ceiling?
39:55 BREAK SaveWithConrad.com
40:25 RAVEN and the Public Enemy in Philadelphia
43:10 pyro heading into the 2nd hour
45:36 The Public Enemy in Philadelphia
46:37 Bringing back Erik Watts
48:04 Table BOTCH
48:39 BACK TO Erik Watts
49:21 Was the Macho Man feeling a “squeeze” roster wise?
51:48 Macho Man promo
52:19 STING breaks his silence
54:50 BREAK AG1
01:00:38 Did Eric Bischoff DROP THE BALL on Sting?
01:02:48 WCW’s lack of Discipline
01:07:25 “Stuck Mojo” music video
01:10:48 VKM claiming to have “Kicked Ted Turner’s ass”
01:13:35 DDP in 1998
01:18:06 BREAK AdFreeShows.com
01:20:23 2023 Observer Awards
01:25:43 Eric GOES OFF on Dave Meltzer
01:30:53 Is Meltzer PROJECTING about covering Cody Rhodes/Sami Zayn?
01:36:42 Ric Flair promo
01:41:31 Ric Flair’s Birthday!!!
01:42:07 Davy Boy Smith
01:43:04 Rick Steiner
01:43:35 WHAT was the Pyro budget?
01:44:02 Super Calo
01:45:32 WCW talent BANNED from Promo Azteca
01:49:10 Scott Steiner changing his look
01:51:39 The Steiner Recliner
01:52:17 BREAK MINDBLOOM
01:56:31 Stacy Kiebler's TV debut
01:58:31 Jericho and Guerrero
02:02:02 A&E doc on the nWo
02:06:58 The nWo Melee
02:12:55 Bret Hart vs Brian Adams
02:17:45 Is the Bret Hart/Goldberg thing a rib?
02:18:56 The Woman who designed the nWo logo
02:22:07 Want to have Bobby Heenan sympathize with the nWo
02:23:31 Would the narrative about Eric Bischoff be different had he not been an on screen character?
02:26:59 Do you regret having Sting and Savage walk out together?
02:30:03 Does today’s wrestling need to be more formatted like Nitro 1998?
02:31:05 Ed Leslie
02:32:35 OUTRO
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