Days of Thunder: A WCW Thunder Podcast

After a difficult break away, Days of Thunder is back to give you all the WCW a body could need: *Dave's family are clearly keen listeners *Among the more tragic lacklustre debuts *Mean Gene and Brain feel their oats *Some occasional wrestling [Note from Dave: Just dropping a content warning for the first 9/10 minutes of the show, as in the fallout of recent events we discuss mental health and...

Days of Thunder returns to its regular schedule, and for once it was nice for World Championship Wrestling to bless us with what was mostly a light and easy show to get through: *Bret's got a new beef *Jericho's got a new belt *The lads have many digressions *And Tony's on the prowl? https://www.itsnicethat.com/news/resources-supporting-black-lives-matter-movement-creative-industry-010...

Thunder Road takes us on our first trip to Sturgis this week, to talk about a show that certainly was a series of things that happened: *Mean Gene: Babe Magnet *The best Honda promo you’ll hear this year *An honest to God shoot DDT *Chris Jericho saves the day again. We’ll be back soon with Thunder ep. 27, and encourage people to watch the shows along with us and send us any thoughts or memories....

Things don't get much bigger than this. In Lee's second retro PPV pick of the month, Days of Thunder goes back to arguably the most important event in modern US wrestling: Bash at the Beach 1996. On this week's show: *Who went to a dodgier school? *On of the greatest WCW matches of all time? *Four man dog collar match: hot trash, or surrealist art piece? *Who is the Third Man? We’ll be...

The podcast streak continues as we hit nine weeks straight of new weekly podcasts for the locked down Thunder Buddies. This week we return to our 1998 timeline where Thunder has been off air for two weeks so we have no idea what's going on (unusual for us, right?). On the plate this week: *Lee continues his MCU first time viewings, Dave has been under a washing machine *Eric Bischoff goes mad...

It's that time of the week once again folks, and as mentioned on last week's show we are following through on weekly shows through the month of May and we are looking at a couple of retro PPVs from WCW in between our regular programming! So come join us as the show flips on its head with a period of WCW that Dave knows next to nothing about and Lee remembers well (or at least a bit!): *Dav...

The Thunder Boys are back to close out April with our first show on the road to Sturgis for Road Wild, and there are THREE DAMN HOURS of Thunder to get through. On the show this week: *Our show schedule for April including specials and a couple of announcements! *Could Tony Schiavone be the real top WCW Sleuth? *A double dose of Konnan to send Lee over the edge *Some absolutely incredible promos a...

Yes folks, it's that time again as we take a detour off Thunder Road to bring on a guest to take a closer look at a member of our roster on Pick Your Poison! On this episode we are joined by the one and only Jamesie ( http://twitter.com/jamesie_2015 ) from POST Wrestling's excellent British Wrestling Experience to sit around the virtual table and talk about some prime cuts from the career...

Get those Hawaiian shirts on because Days of Thunder is hitting the beach! This week on the show, Dave and Lee run down WCW's summer spectacular and there is a LOT to talk about: *The mystery of Chavo's popularity *Mean Gene fails to grasp the term 'casual' *"Bret"'s best outing on the show so far. *The most unbearable main event we have ever covered on this show. We al...

Our weekly content streak rolls on at Days of Thunder. As luck would have it, right as we were recording our go home Thunders for Bash at the Beach 1998, WWE released a documentary on the involvement of Rodman and Malone at the show, so what better way to whet the appetite for next week's Bash at the Beach podcast than for Lee and Dave to sit down and listen to the world's biggest carnies...

The workhorses of podcasting are back in more familiar territory this week, as Dave and Lee return to Thunder Road to break down the go home show for Bash At The Beach 1998. This week: *Curt Hennig wrestles the Lawyers *An early sighting of a Stronghearted competitor  *A pair of Villanos *Actual good work building a PPV We'll be back in one week for a bonus mini-episode, and encourage people t...

Surprise! The Thunder Buddies asked for some more bonus episodes, and your boys have come through for you by breaking with tradition and becoming NITES OF NITRO for one night only (for now). This very special show is all about the historic Georgia Dome Nitro with Goldberg vs. Hollywood Hogan in the main event. The show itself needs no introduction, but in another break from tradition we actually d...

Ladies and gentlemen, Days of Thunder returns to you to cover BY FAR the worst episode of Thunder yet seen by your fearless hosts. We put out the call to our Thunder Buddies to provide us with Q's to A to lift our spirits. Listen in this week to hear all of the following and more: *What Serie A footballers would make good title challengers against the Thunder roster? *Our desert island dvds *D...

Your Thunder Boys are back on the air! Well, technically we were back last week, but that will never see the light of day as we discuss to kick things off. On the show this week: *Continuity Malone working overtime. *More Duggan than a body can handle. *Time cues missed left, right and centre. *Dean Malenko's jorts. As always, we’ll be back in two weeks for our next episode, and encourage peop...

In our first actual episode of Thunder for this year, we try our able best to muster some enthusiasm for a show that didn't feel too bothered in the first place. This week: *The miraculous healing power of Mongo. *A single hip toss being the highlight of an entire show. *Something may have happened somewhere with a press conference, but who's to say? *Goldberg takes on Giant Steve Blackman...

And now, Days of Thunder returns to your regularly scheduled programme. It's June 1998 and we're ready to salute some flags and cheer some grapplebois. On this week's show: *The results of the Inaugural Thundies are in! *What thread connects Reese and Michael Jordan? *Bret becomes "Bret" *An important adjudication on the Martial Arts Division As always, we’ll be back in two wee...

Ladies and gentleman, they said it couldn't be done. Here we are celebrating one year on the air as Days of Thunder! So we took the occasion to sit back and take stock of the highlights and lowlights of Thunder and the podcast so far as Dave and Lee have a Birthday beverage or two. In addition, we run down our first annual Thundie Awards, celebrating all things Thunder. We run down the categor...

Happy New Year Thunder Buddies and welcome to our second ever episode of Pick Your Poison, our mini-series where we take a special close up look at the career of a member of the Thunder roster. With Wrestle Kingdom fast approaching, we have drafted in our good pals Geoffrey (http://twitter.com/gdwessel) and Chris (http://twitter.com/BrasilianFury) of Strong Style Story (http://twitter.com/StrongSt...

The Holiday Seasons cannot stop yer boys as we set ourselves to gorge ourselves on some utterly unremarkable grappling for you over this festive period. On the show this week: *The lads feel the burn of back to back recording. *We go through some tweets the Thunder Buddies have sent in to http://twitter.com/wcwthunderpod *Some wrestling happened I guess. *Characteristically, Chris Jericho saves th...

Days of Thunder #19: The 'Ed The Strangler Lewis' Loophole On the final Days of Thunder before Christmas, Dave and Lee earn their presents by wading through more of WCW's blue brand for your pleasure. Featuring: *The Wolfpac looks to expand *The Giant looks to a hideous choice of partner. *Jericho looks to the Library of Congress *Dave and Lee look to take a long break. Fear not as you...

[Thunder Episode Date: May 28, 1998] Welcome back one and all to a new episode of Days of Thunder, and whereas we don't have the worst episode to watch this time around, WCW certainly haven't made it easy on your faithful hosts. This week: *The Torture Rack is Red & Black *Too many squashes *Lee turns a corner on Bret? *The debut of a Hall of Fame entrance theme. As always, we’ll be ba...

Days of Thunder #17: Conspiracy of One The lords of Thunder sent us down a bad one this week folks, but your intrepid hosts are buoyed by the Thunder Buddies out there to get us over the line as we do our first ever Q&A to kick off, then settle down to discuss the 17th episode of Thunder: *A video production team on all manner of drugs. *A simply Perfect Rude and Hennig promo segment. *The mat...

The Pay Per Views are coming thick and fast on Days of Thunder, and sadly this one felt thick and not at all fast. On the show: *A Hall of Fame worthy performance from one Chris Jericho *Eric Bischoff: not Gotten To *Bret Hart vs. Randy Savage nearly causes our hosts a mental breakdown. *Some Classic WCW booking As always, we’ll be back in two weeks for our next episode, and encourage people to wa...

Rolling into Slamboree at break neck pace, Dave and Lee are back to work on a show that nearly broke us: *What the hell is going on? *High Voltage, low expectations *The worst spear bump you'll see this week. *Perry Saturn's best ever promo. As always, we’ll be back in two weeks for our next episode, and encourage people to watch the shows along with us and send us any thoughts or memories...

And now for something completely different. If you missed the announcement on the last Days of Thunder main episode, this is the start of an occasional mini-series called Pick Your Poison where we bring in a guest to discuss the body of work of one of the wrestlers we have met on Thunder Road. On our first episode we are joined by Twitter's leading Lucha/Irish Soccer expert BohsJohnny ( http:/...