What Happened When

Nine matches from the heyday of WCW; the year of 1997.  It was one year removed from Hulk Hogan becoming "Hollywood" Hogan and the NWO was in full force.  Do you remember?  Some matches were good, and some bad; however, no one could argue against the facet that Dennis Rodman was pretty darn good in the main event with Hogan against Lex Luger and the Giant.  Plus, Kevin Sullivan against Chris Benoi...

Do you like when wrestling was REAL?  Did you like the Bill Watts era of WCW?  Well, you going to love this one.  A show loaded with talent: Steve Austin, Rick Rude, MADUSA!!!  Also, Terry Gordy, Dr. Death Steve Williams, Barry Windham, Dustin Rhodes and many, many others.  The bulk of the program is a tournament for the World Tag Team Title, but there is also a great match featuring Sting against...

Tony and Conrad take you back to when wrestling on television was RAW...and we are not talking about the three hour WWE show.  They take you back to Jim Crockett Promotions flagship show:  Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling.  The company had just aired its first Starrcade the November before and were about a year away from their first ever show on TBS.  From the dark arena, to the off center "har...

JR! Missy Hyatt! The Steiners beating guys up! Paul E. and Terry Funk! Ricky Steamboat Flyin' Brian, Ric Flair and much more. What was there not to like about the Turner product in 1989 (Well, okay the management). But in the ring they were doing some great things. Conrad and Tony take you back to the summer of 1989 where life was simple and the wrestling was awesome. Support us on Patreon, get th...

Coming to you from Jimmy Famous Seafood in Baltimore, this is a story of how WCW began "talking" itself out of a good wrestling show.  The wrestling was pretty good, but the talk...talk...talk actually ran this show into the ground.  It was live from the United Center in Chicago and it featured David Flair getting his shot at WCW World Champion Kevin Nash.  Tony, Conrad and special guest Casio Kid...

Honestly, was there anything better that WCW Monday Nitro in 1997? Wait...don't answer that!  Yes, the show had its ups and downs, but there is no denying the amount of wrestling talent that was on display every Monday LIVE on TNT.  From Hogan, Flair, Savage, Sting, Luger, the Giant, DDP, Eddie Guerrero, Dean Malenko, Chris Jericho, Hall, Nash, X-Pac, Konnan, Chono...WOW!  Conrad and Tony take you...

What Happened When takes you back to June 14, 1989 in Fort Bragg, North Carolina.  The temperature in the building was incredibly hot and the wrestling...well...got slower and slower as the searing heat baked the participants and crowd.  Many left before the end of the show and missed a pretty good bout between Ricky Steamboat and Terry Funk. It was kind of a shitty finish, but still a good match....

On April 19, 1998, World Championship Wrestling took it's traveling circus to Denver for Spring Stampede.  And even though it was well received among wrestling fans at the time, it was still in the wake of the "Starrcade debacle" and the juggernaut they created was starting to show some "wear and tear." It's Hogan and Nash against Roddy Piper and the Giant in a "baseball bat on a pole match;" Rave...

It's a new version of "Ask Tony anything" as we take your questions from Twitter and answer them honestly (as only Tony and Conrad can do).  So, sit back and relax and put Starrcast out of your mind (at least until Labor Day) and enjoy the latest offering of WHAT HAPPENED WHEEEEENNNNN! Support us on Patreon, get this show early and ad free, plus TONS of BONUScontent: http://patreon.com/WHWMonday  ...

It's the final match of the great trilogy between Ric Flair and Ricky Steamboat.  Was it the best match of the three?  That is still being debated, but it was the beginning of a great angle between Flair and Terry Funk.  Plus Sting against the Iron Sheik (Fuck the Stink, I tell you!), the Road Warriors, the Dynamic Dudes and plenty more.  Great ready for an entertaining two hours of WrestleWar '89...

Join Conrad and Tony for a look at the last ECW Pay Per View.  It was turbulent time in wrestling, with the Monday Night Wars nearing an end, and ECW having financial troubles.  The final ECW Pay Per View went out with a bang as Jerry Lynn and Rob Van Dam collided for a memorable impromptu match as well as Tommy Dreamer and C.W. Anderson in a bloody "I Quit Match."  Yes, we know the WWE would late...

1985 was a magical year for Jim Crockett Promotions.  Their promotion debuted on TBS in early April, and by the end of the year, they were headed to their third Starrcade loaded with such talented superstars as Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes, Ivan and Nikita Koloff, the Rock and Roll Express, Arn and Ole Anderson and the Midnight Express with Jim Cornette.  But as they headed to Starrcade '85, much of th...

What started out as a great idea...well...did not turn out too well at all for Tony.  He, Conrad and Dave Silva were going to spend a few days in Las Vegas to prepare for Starrcast II.  Tony thought it would be a good idea for a vacation.  Conrad had a better idea:  do the podcast while they were in Vegas!   Tony was trapped in a board room at Caesars' Palace with no vacation in site.  Support us...

What has the debut of Oz, the debut of Johnny B. Badd, the debut of the forerunner of Razor Ramon, Brad Armstrong dressed up as a bird, bears pissing on the ramp way, and Missy Hyatt being spanked by Stan Hansen all rolled into one?  Well, it's the very first SuperBrawl!  It happened in 1991 and also had some GREAT wrestling action including Sting and Lex Luger against the Steiners, Bobby Eaton ve...

After a week of replays and clips, WCW Monday Nitro went back on the air live on April 10, 2000 to "reboot" the program.  It was a new direction of the company under both Eric Bischoff and Vince Russo.  It was an attempt to cross fiction and storylines with real life.  But now, looking back 19 years later, what actually transpired was muddled and confusing and helped WCW quickly down the  path of...

Thirty-one years later, WrestleMania III goes down as one of the most-memorable, most groundbreaking, most influential professional wrestling events of all time.  It was the glory days of Hulkamania and pitted Hogan against the legendary Andre the Giant.  It was a match that did not get the greatest of reviews, but has stood the test of time as one of the most iconic matches ever. It also gave us...

While WCW and the WWF (WWE) were slugging it out in the "Monday Night Wars," ECW was kicking ass.  This week's offering takes us back to Asbury Park, New Jersey, and a show filled with the Dudleys, Tommy Dreamer, Jerry Flynn, Rob Van Dam, Shane Douglas, Sid Vicious, Francine!!!!, Taz and Sabu. It may not have been one of their best events, but Living Dangerously '99 had all the elements that made...

This episode of WHW is presented by Season 5 of WWE SuperCard.  Available now FOR FREE in the Apple App Store, Google Play and Amazon Appstore.  Go to https://bit.ly/2UVkn2s for more information. Spring Break always meant one thing for the viewers of WCW Monday Nitro; an episode on the beach.  In 2000, WCW took its traveling circus to South Padre Island in Texas for a show that would mark the begi...

Join Conrad, Tony and the attendees of the very first Low Key-Big Hog Convention as they watch one of the most memorable WCW Monday Nitro episodes ever.  Right out of the famous Bash at the Beach and formation of the NWO, the "Outsiders" were on the attack.  The result was a disruption of a television show and an event that forever strained the relationship between WCW and Disney.  There were some...

It was the final Clash of the Champions under the Jim Crockett Promotions banner as well as the first time an event was named "Fall Brawl."  The event featured Sting and Barry Windham for the U.S. Heavyweight Title; Dusty Rhodes against Kevin Sullivan; Ricky Morton versus Ivan Koloff in a Russian Chain Match; the Sheepherders, Doctor Death Steve Williams and more.  We take you back to Albany, Geor...

Just about 30 years ago, in Troy, New York, Ric Flair and Terry Funk wrestled in one of the most memorable matches of the 80's, or any decade for that matter.  It was the famous "I Quit Match."  Join Conrad and Tony as they go back to November, 1989, when TBS presented its ninth edition of the prime time wrestling program the Clash of the Champions. Support us on Patreon, get this show early and a...

A mere six days after WCW closed its doors, the WWF held WrestleMania 17 at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas.  A show full of memorable matches like the TLC match for the tag team championship, McMahon against McMahon, the Undertaker against HHH and Stone Cold Steve Austin versus the Rock.   But it also began a downturn in business for Vince McMahon that began with one much debated decision at the...

We go back to look at a classic Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat main event and all that  went along with it.  Like:  Michael Hayes against the Russian Assassin, Barry Windham against Lex Luger, the Road Warriors, Kevin Sullivan, Dr. Death Steve Williams, Sting, Hacksaw Butch Reed, the Midnight Express, Jim Cornette, Paul E. Dangerously and a whole lot more.  Join Conrad and Tony on a trip back to Chi...

In February of 1997, the WWF was on the cusp of the "Attitude Era." In a memorable interview Shawn Michaels vacated the World Heavyweight Title. Many thought it was only because he was not willing to lose to Brett Hart at WrestleMania 13. It was however, the key moment it was a solid two hour program complete with the crowning of a new Intercontinental Champion and the beginning of a legendary car...

Tony and Conrad take you back to March of 2002. Icon versus Icon as the Rock meets Hulk Hogan. Plus Kurt Angle, Robbie Van Dam, Booker T., The Dudley Boyz, Stone Cold vs Scott Hall and Ric Flair against the Undertaker. Truly one of the best WrestleMania's ever and one that was worth every minute of the 3-plus hours broadcast. Remember The Rock interview with Coach? You'll be able to hear it, reliv...