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Chad and Parv return to watch Wrestlewar 92.

[07:32] Bumper Observer Roundup from March to June 92: Vince McMahon on Donahue, goodbye to Kip Allen Frey and Jack Petrick, hello to Bill Watts and Bill Shaw, Luger legal issues and the WBF, comparison of WWF and WCW live gates as opposed to TV ratings.

[1:03:30] Review of Wrestlewar 92: Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Freebirds are still around, Ron Simmons: midcarder, Pillman vs. Zenk, does Steiners vs. Fujinami / Iizuka retain its impact in 2015?, where does this War Games rank in all-time matches?, ranking all of the War Games matches to this point.

[2:30:00] End of show awards

I listened to the first hour or so this morning and do recall the change up in WCW Saturday Night. I wanted to add some tidbits of info as I recall them in regards to the change of WCW Saturday Night.

 

I think the first Saturday in April is when it first changed from simply "WCW" to "WCW Saturday Night", and I remember Ventura cohosting with Ross. After that they did several weeks of guests hosts including Kip Frey, Bill Fralic, Dusty Rhodes, and Jason Hervey. I think these studio audience segments were filmed at CNN.

The change reminded me of WWF Primetime circa 1991 where you had a studio audience and do interviews on the set, and then throw to matches that often the guest host would assist in the commentary (Hervey was particularly awful). One of the hallmarks of these shows was that the main events were generally 2 out of 3 falls matches. I am not sure how long the program lasted in this format, but I am pretty sure by the Fall, it had reverted back to the format that most know it by at Center Stage.

I have several of these episodes, but unfortunately not the one hosted by Frey although I do remember seeing segments of it, and I thought he seemed quite professional and knowledgeable. One of those early shows also including a sit down interview with I think Nikita Koloff where he is answering questions and there is a heckler in the audience that they make seem legit. However, when they pan to the audience member and security goes over, it turns out to be Paul E dressed as a woman, which was quite funny.

Thanks for doing the podcast. I always look forward to them.

Cool insight kbeen123, I would like to see some of those shows as the audience interaction portion is something I have no memory of.

It's funny, I started listening to these in January '13 with a sizable backlog to get through. Nowadays they're rarer than diamonds, and every bit as valuable.

 

Always look forward to hearing you Chad.

 

Parv, don't feel left out - your more frequent efforts are appreciated

It's funny, I started listening to these in January '13 with a sizable backlog to get through. Nowadays they're rarer than diamonds, and every bit as valuable.

 

 

"Honey, for this anniversary, I present to you Slamboree 1994"

Any chance I'd get away with that?

 

Just as a heads up: you may actually want to do Beach Blast before you do the tag tournament Clash. The Clash was taped before Beach Blast but aired afterward--the only tape-delayed Clash in history, I believe.

What can I say, hell of a show, AGAIN!

 

Love the way you're sprinkling in the GWE talk, yearbooks and anything else relevant as you go.

 

Thought it was interesting that you argued all except Eaton or Koloff could get best wrestler of the match for War Games. Probably speaks to how highly charged and super heated the match really was.

Interested to know what listeners make of the War Games match, and whether you agree with Chad that 1) it is 2nd match US match of the 90s and 2) whether it is 3rd best match we've watched on WTBBP so far after Clash 6 and Magnum-Tully.

 

Have to say, I was blown away by it on this watch.

Originally the Diamond Studd was supposed to face Big Josh, but left, so I'm sure Studd was going over. The dark match was interesting and thank god Van Hammer vs. JT Southern didn't take place.

I used to prefer sting-vader at super brawl 3 over 92 war games. Should rewatch to compare.

Incidentally, after reviewing both recently, I'd probably take War Games over Bret vs Austin, WM 13, if forced to pick. Need to see that Joshi match still.

I am way behind in my listening, just wrapped this one up and really enjoyed it. The bevy of Meltzer notes this time around were pretty interesting as we see the transition from Frey to Watts.

 

Also, the insight from the Between the Sheets right before this around Paul E's departure was a good complement to this.

 

This was the first War Games I saw as a kid and love it just as much now as I did back in 1992. In fact, it was the first time I seriously considered switching allegiances from WWF to WCW at age 11 because the build and match were so fantastic. Tremendous blowoff match across the board and certainly very highly rated on the best of the 90s list.... not sure exactly where for me as I haven't thought it out yet, but it would be high, easy *****.

 

Really looking forward to Beach Blast.