What Happened When

Tony and Conrad take a look back at this highlight extravaganza from our pal Jim Ross! Jim recaps the controversial battle between Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat and Ric Flair for the World Heavyweight Championship. The icon SSSSTTTIIINNNGGG, joins Paul E. Dangerously on the Danger Zone. Plus, so much more! Support us on Patreon, get this show early and ad free, plus  TONS of BONUS content:  patreon...

It's a CHALLENGE for the ages, the immortal Hulk Hogan facing off against the Ultimate Warrior in a main event that can only be described as TREMENDOUS! Enjoy a very good WrestleMania. Hell, great WrestleMania...WHW style.  Support us on Patreon, get this show early and ad free, plus  TONS of BONUS content:  patreon.com/WHWMonday Now you can enjoy not only WHW on Patreon, but all four of Conrad's...

The momentum was starting to turn in the Monday Night Wars and this WM was a perfect indication as to why. DX and the "Attitude Era" was just getting started and Stone Cold Steve Austin would finally become the champ, leading to one of most unprecedented runs in WWE(F) history. But wait! There's more!  The Undertaker, Kane , a banged up an injured but hard working Shawn Michaels, the Rock, Ken Sha...

Certainly a pay per view featuring Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Sting, Lex Luger and Sid Vicious has to be good, right?  Wrong.  The year 2000 was one to forget for WCW as in about a year the company would go "belly up."  But still, you're invited to join Conrad and Tony for a look at a Bullrope Match, a Yappapi Indian Strap Match and the worst Lumberjack Match ever to take place in pro wrestling. Yes,...

ECW was on the decline and not too far away from being swallowed up by big bad WWE. As usual, the gang pulled out all the stops in this one, including a horrible injury to New Jack . But even the work of Mike Awesome, Masato Tanaka, Tommy Dreamer, Raven, Justin Credible, Steve Corino and even the American Dream Dusty Rhodes could not pull this one up by the bootstraps.  Enjoy the third and final E...

A large crowd gathered in Milwaukee in March of 2017 for a WWE event that received less-than-positive reviews.  However, upon second look, the show was actually pretty good.  It featured Samoa Joe , Sami Zayne , Cesaro , Braun Strowman , Charlotte Flair against Bailey , Goldberg vs Kevin Owens (all 22 seconds worth) and a classic match between The Bastard Pac (then known as Neville ) and Jack Gall...

It is time for another exciting episode of "Ask Tony Anything!" It where you, our loyal fans and all around wackjobs get to ask Tony anything at all by using #AskTony on Twitter. Tony is, as always, ready for your questions about wrestling, but we are sure, instead, you are going to ask the burning questions about life, pets, Lois, dog hair, Whitney and, of course how big is Bautista's d***. Spend...

Welcome to the final year of WCW! As you can tell from what we are getting ready to watch, the end could not come fast enough. One month after Eddie Guerrero , Dean Malenko , Chris Benoit and Perry Saturn walked out the door, World Championship Wrestling tried to keep the in-ring product exciting; but with Lash LeRoux and The Artist Formerly Known as Prince Iaukea battling for the Cruiserweight ti...

Was this the best angle ever in wrestling? Many feel so. The Hebners as double-referees.  Andre the Giant beating Hulk Hogan . The selling of the belt to the Million Dollar Man.  The subsequent stripping of the world title and the following tournament to decide a new WWF Champ.  But there is also the Macho Man against the Honky Tonk Man , and, if you look quickly, Strike Force against the Hart Fou...

As we begin out fourth season of What Happened When, it's time to take a look back at Tony's first exposure to ECW. Keep in mind he never watched it back in the day and probably was one of those WCW snobs who frowned up "extreme" wrestling. But he quickly fell in love. We are going back in time at some of the great moments of Tony and Conrad watching ECW over the past three seasons. We thought it...

In the aftermath of the shocking death of his friend Eddie Guerrero , Rey Mysterio posted a emotionally filled, maybe surprising win at the 2006 Royal Rumble in Miami.  It was a show filled with plenty of gorgeous women fawning all over Mr. McMahon , but in the ring plenty of action as well as Kurt Angle met Mark Henry , Edge collided with John Cena and 30 stars met to see who would go on for a wo...

With apologies to Saudi Arabia, the Greatest Royal Rumble may have been back in 1992.  The world title was vacant and the winner of this event would be crowned the new champ.  It was an event loaded with superstars such as Jake The Snake Roberts, Macho Man Randy Savage, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Ric Flair, Hulk Hogan, Sid Justice, the Road Warriors, Owen Hart, Jim The Anvil Neidhart, the Bushwackers and...

You've heard the guys describe WCW as being a "coffin on rollerskates."  Well, nothing more exemplified that statement than the WCW event Souled Out from 2000.  Many guys were out the door after this one as WCW was caught up in who was in/who was out/and who would be booking next.  Not many good matches to choose from, but there was Chris Benoit winning the WCW title and Diamond Dallas Page and Bu...

ECW invaded the Boutwell Auditorium in January of 2000 for a high impact Pay Per View event featuring Mike Awesome kicking Spike Dudley all over the ring and through a few tables as well Also, New Jack met Angel and you can be sure there was a jump off the balcony. But what would a ECW event be without RVD ? As he and Sabu hooked it up for the TV Title. Birmingham, Alabama was on fire for ECW incl...

Well, here it is.  The show that made Mick Foley a champ and put Tony Schiavone in the toilet.  The famous show that turned the tide in the Monday Night Wars of the 90's and helped hasten the downfall of WCW.  It is Tony's first look at the show and the moment, and we think you will agree, the appearance by Stone Cold during the finish of the match was one of the biggest "pops" ever in pro wrestli...

Well, nothing says Merry Christmas like a good ole ECW Pay Per View.  The beloved promotions was not too far away from closing its doors, but that did not stop the action.  Even though there was no RVD or Taz or Sandman (until the very end), there was plenty of action.  Highlighted by a three way match for the ECW title between Steve Corino, Jerry Lynn and Justin Credible .  Conrad and Tony take y...

As WCW continued to spiral downward, here is a prime example of how it all went wrong. Too much talk, not enough action. It was a show centered on Roddy Piper , and it featured plenty of big stars:  Piper, Brett Hart, Kevin Nash, Goldberg, Scott Hall, Curt Hennig, Harlem Heat, Jeff Jarrett and more. But for all the big names and production efforts, it was a show that fell flat. And even the format...

Get ready for three hours of wrestling action featuring only four teams and four singles competitors. We are not so sure what "Future Shock" stood for in 1989, but 30 years later it stands for ill-conceived wrestling event.  Ric Flair, Sting, Lex Luger , the Great Muta, the Steiners, the Road Warriors, the New Wild Samoans and Doom all got together for a December event at the Omni that everyone in...

WHW takes you back to December 7, 1988. Live from Chattanooga, the fourth TBS Clash of the Champions and during the final year of Jim Crockett Promotions. TBS had already acquired JCP and because of a over-the-top angle that aired on TBS, Dusty Rhodes was out as booker. But he was still in the ring battling Road Warrior Animal for control of the World Six-Man Tag team title belt, which is now lost...

We take you back on a journey. A journey 35 years (can you believe it?) in the past. When things were much simpler. No pay per views, just closed circuit TV. The match:  Ric Flair vs Dusty Rhodes . The prize: the NWA World title and $1,000,000. The referee:  Smokin' Joe Frazier.  Ah, but there is more:  Wahoo McDaniel vs Superstar Billy Graham, a tuxedo match between Paul Jones and Jimmy Valiant,...

Once again into the "Clash" wayback machine, we take you all the way back to THANKSGIVING THUNDER in 1990! Fully entrenched in to the Jim Herd era and basically the end of the run of Ole Anderson as booker, complete with another great chapter in the Sting/Black Scorpion saga. All of this with a few magic acts and some terrible wrestling. Happy Holidays and enjoy from Conrad and Tony and the crew o...

Another one of those, WCW/NWA/TBS ventures that was full of talent but slim on great action.  What can we say?  Any show that has The Shockmaster against The Equalizer cannot be all that great.  But it did have Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes, Dustin Rhodes, Steve Austin, Sting, Rick Rude, Road Warrior Hawk, Vander, Steve Regal, Bill Dundee, Johnny B. Badd, Brian Pillman, the Nasty Boys (WITH MISSY HYATT)...

As with every ECW event of the '90, this one was a feast for the eyeballs (in more ways than just wrestling action)! It featured RVD, Taz, Sabu, Chris Candido, Raven, Tommy Dreamer, Sandman, Lance Storm, Justin Credible and an ass-kicking match between Mike Awesome and Masato Tanaka . Plus, let's not forget Tammy Lynn Sytch, Dawn Marie and Francine . The action was, as always, at a breakneck speed...

On the heels of the Hulk Hogan turn, WCW was red hot, and this event, Halloween Havoc would become what Eric Bischoff would describe as his crowning achievement in Pay Per View shows.  Featuring a great match between Dean Malenko and Rey Mysterio, a newcomer by the name of Chris Jericho, Hogan vs Savage, Eddie Guerrero against DDP, the Outsiders, a beat-down of Chris Benoit and Arn Anderson's fina...

What could be better than Hogan vs Flair in a cage with careers on the line?  A big crowd--including Muhammad Ali--was on hand at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit on October 23, 1994 to witness two of the sports biggest star go at it.  As usual there were plenty of hits (Hogan vs Flair; Arn vs Dustin Rhodes) and plenty of misses (Kevin Sullivan vs Dave Sullivan), but overall it was a solid show lead...