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Ep 304 - Slamboree 1998 “The Strong Survive. The Ruthless Win” Some ideas should stay in the back 0:28 - Welcome 15:28 - Slamboree Opening 17:12 - Chris Benoit vs Fit Finlay for the WCW World Television Championship 21:36 – Brian Adams (w/ Vincent) vs Lex Luger 26:38 - Cruiserweight Battle Royal to become the #1 Contender 37:06 – Dean Malenko vs Chris Jericho for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship...

Ep 303 - A Matter of Respect 1998 A 2nd house show in 2 weeks? 0:32 - Welcome 15:33 - MoR Opening 15:38 - Justin Credible (w/ Jason, the Sexiest Man on Earth and Chastity) vs Jerry Lynn in a 2 out of 3 Falls match 23:50 - Jamie Dundee vs Chris Chetti 27:08 - Mikey Whipwreck vs Mike Lozansky 32:29 - “Dastardly” Danny Doring (w/ Lance Wright, Ulf Hermann and the Equalizer) vs John Kronus 36:08 - The...

Ep 302 - It Ain’t Seinfeld At least no one ended up in jail 0:31 - Welcome 24:44 - Seinfeld Opening 24:58 - Justin Credible (w/ Jason, the Sexiest Man on Earth and Chastity) vs Jerry Lynn 28:30 - Danny Doring vs Sabu (w/ Bill Alfonso) 31:42 - Jamie Dundee vs Chris Candido (w/ Francine) 35:31 - The FBI (Tracy Smothers/Little Guido) (w/ Tommy Rich) vs the bWo (Blue Meanie/Super Nova) 38:56 - Lance S...

Ep 301 – Wrestlepalooza 1998 A few surprises along the way 0:33 - Welcome 12:40 - Wrestlepalooza Opening 12:57 - The FBI (Little Guido/Tracy Smothers) (w/ Tommy Rich) vs the BWO (Blue Meanie/Super Nova) 18:11 - Justin Credible (w/ Jason, the Sexiest Man on Earth and Chastity) vs Mikey Whipwreck 23:14 - Chris Candido and Lance Storm vs the Hardcore Chair Swingin Freaks (Axl Rotten/Balls Mahoney) fo...

Ep 300 - Unforgiven: In Your House Starting off the New Year with FIRE!!! 0:28 - Welcome 17:13 - Unforgiven Opening 20:30 - The Nation of Domination (D’Lo Brown, “The World’s Strongest Man” Mark Henry and the Rock (w/Kama Mustafa) vs Faarooq, Steve Blackman, and Ken Shamrock 27:24 - HHH (w/ Chyna) vs Owen Hart for the WWF European Championship 34:04 - The New Midnight Express (Bombastic Bob Holly/...

Ep 299 – WCW Monday Night Nitro 04/20/1998 The reign of Goldberg begins! 0:29 - Welcome 22:57 - Nitro Opening 28:16 - Konnan (w/ Vincent) vs Chris Adams 30:46 - Wayne Bloom vs The Barbarian (w/ Jimmy Hart) 33:10 - Chris Jericho vs Juventud Guerrera for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship 36:07 - Raven vs Goldberg for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship in a Raven’s Rules match 40:58 – La...

Ep 298 - Spring Stampede 1998 “The Biggest, The Baddest, No Bull” Mixed feelings about this one 0:28 - Welcome 16:48 - Spring Stampede Opening 18:25 - Saturn (w/Kidman) vs Goldberg 23:13 - Chavo Guerrero Jr (w/ Eddie Guerrero) vs Ultimo Dragon 28:35 - “The Crippler” Chris Benoit vs Booker T for the WCW World Television Championship 32:04 - The British Bulldog (w/ Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart) vs Curt...

Ep 297 - WWF Monday Night RAW 03/30/1998 We couldn’t believe this all happened in one show 0:22 - Welcome 15:22 - RAW Opening 20:28 - Los Boricuas (Jesus Castillo/Jose Estrada) vs Legion of Doom 2000 (Road Warrior Hawk/Road Warrior Animal) (w/ Sunny) 24:22 - Chainz vs Kurrgan (w/ Jackyl) 28:00 - Aguila vs Jeff Jarrett 33:07 - The Nation of Domination (The Rock/Faarooq) (w/ D’lo Brown, Kama, and Ma...

Ep 296 - WrestleMania XIV “The greatest PPV attraction of all time!” Attitude begins! 0:28 - Welcome 14:44 - WrestleMania Opening 20:24 - Tag Team Battle Royal to determine the #1 contenders for the WWF Tag team Championship 30:04 - Aguila vs Taka Michinoku for the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship 36:35 - HHH (w/ Chyna) vs Owen Hart for the WWF European Championship 44:39 - Luna Vachon and The A...

Ep 295 - Uncensored 1998 “Rules Are For Fools” They wouldn't give us a disappointing main event would they? 0:28 - Welcome 23:53 - Uncensored Opening 25:07 - Eddie Guerrero (w/ Chavo Guerrero Jr) vs Booker T for the WCW World Television Championship 29:15 - Konnan vs Juventud Guerrera 34:39 - Dean Malenko vs Chris Jericho for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship 42:44 - Scott Steiner vs Lex Luger 46...

Ep 294 - Living Dangerously 1998 What does everyone want?!?!?! 0:30 - Welcome 18:12 - LD Opening 20:02 - The FBI (Tracy Smothers/Little Guido) (w/ “The Don” Tommy Rich) vs Jerry Lynn and Chris Chetti 29:43 - Doug Furnas (w/ Lance Wright) vs Masato Tanaka 36:54 - Rob Van Dam (w/ Bill Alfonso) vs 2 Cold Scorpio 45:56 - The Dudleys (D-Von/Buh Buh Ray) (w/ Joel Gertner, Big Dick and Sign Guy Dudley) v...

Ep 293 – SuperBrawl VIII “Hogan vs Sting II for the Championship” Hope they get it right this time 0:28 - Welcome 17:39 - SuperBrawl Opening 19:05 - Booker T vs Rick Martel for the WCW World Television Championship 24:11 - Booker T vs Perry Saturn for the WCW World Television Championship 29:07 - La Parka vs Disco Inferno 35:07 – Brad Armstrong vs Bill Goldberg 37:39 - Juventud Guerrera vs Chris J...

Ep 292 – No Way Out of Texas: In Your House Sometimes lemons do get turned into lemonade 0:29 - Welcome 14:28 - No Way Out Opening 17:16 - Marvelous Marc Mero (w/ Sable) and the Artist Formerly Known as Goldust (w/ Luna Vachon) vs the Headbangers (Mosh/Thrasher) 23:52 - Pantera vs Taka Michinoku for the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship 29:35 - The Quebecers (Jacques/Pierre) vs the Godwinns (Henr...

Ep 291 – Souled Out 1998 “Hell Hath No Fury Like…”, “First Fight ‘98”, and “Who Do You Trust” They keep making weird decisions 0:29 - Welcome 17:42 - SO Opening 18:52 - Juventud Guerrera, Super Calo, Lizmark Jr, and Chavo Guerrero Jr vs La Parka, Silver King, Psychosis and El Dandy 24:39 - Raven (w/ the Flock) vs “The Crippler” Chris Benoit in a Raven’s Rules match 29:06 - Chris Jericho vs Rey Mys...

Ep 290 - Royal Rumble 1998 “Pain! Just a 4-Letter Word” They don’t telegraph the winner at all 0:36 - Welcome 13:04 - Rumble Opening 15:47 - The Artist Formerly Known as Goldust (w/ Luna Vachon) vs Vader 21:23 - Battalion, Tarantula, and El Torito vs Max Mini, Mosaic, and Nova with Sunny as the special guest referee 28:36 - The Rock vs Ken Shamrock for the WWF Intercontinental Championship 37:47 -...

Ep 289 – WCW Thunder 01/08/1998 The very first episode….must be something new and exciting? 0:26 - Welcome 14:33 - Thunder Opening 17:12 - Chris Adams vs Macho Man Randy Savage (w/ Miss Elizabeth) 21:17 – Louie Spicolli vs Rick Martel 24:42 - Tenzan vs Ohara (w/ Sonny Onoo) 27:50 - Chris Jericho vs “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair 31:07 - Meng (w/ Jimmy Hart) vs the Giant 33:22 - Steve “Mongo” McMichael...

Ep 288 – Final Power Hall in Tokyo Dome Inokism starts creeping in 0:33 - Welcome 17:32 - Final Power Hall Opening 18:21 - Kendo Kashin vs Koji Kanemoto 24:39 - Ultimo Dragon vs Shinjiro Otani for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship 31:07 - Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs Yuji Nagata 36:50 - Bull Powers (Manubu Nakanishi/Satoshi Kojima) vs Osamu Nishimura and Tatsumi Fujinami 42:55 - Kazuyuki Fujita vs R...

Ep 287 – Best of WHX Vol 6: 1997 We bring you our favorite matches from 1997 in clip show style! If you like any of these, check out the full shows always in the archives 0:17 - Welcome 2:57 – Stone Coll Steve Austin vs Bret “Hitman” Hart in a Submission match with Ken Shamrock as the special guest referee from Wrestlemania 13 (ep247) 17:10 – BWO Japan (Taka Michinoku, Men’s Trioh and Dick Togo) v...

Ep 286 – Dusty Finish Vol 4 A compilation of all of the Dusty Finishes from Ep 235 - 285 taking us from November 1992 to November 1996 0:18 - Welcome 3:12 - The Dusty Finish 1:24:50 - Goodbyes Music from this week’s show is “New Body” by Audio Adrenaline and “Bellbottoms” by Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Rate and review us on iTunes, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you find your podcasts Email – Wrest...

Ep 285 - Starrcade 1997 “Hogan’s a colorful guy…but his nightmare’s black ‘n white. Paybacks are Hell!” Everyone knows about the main event, but what about the rest of the show? 1:03 - Welcome 15:26 - Starrcade Opening 19:11 - Dean Malenko vs Eddie Guerrero for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship 26:15 - The nWo (Vincent, Scott Norton and Konnan) vs Ray Traylor and the Steiner Brothers (Rick/Scott...

Ep 284 - D-Generation X: In Your House “Attitude is Everything” Lots of firsts during this show 0:28 - Welcome 15:00 - IYH Opening 16:02 - Brian Christopher vs Taka Michinoku in the Tournament Finals for the inaugural WWF Light Heavyweight Championship 21:12 – Los Boricuas (Jesus Castillo, Jose Estrada, and Miguel Perez) (w/ Savio Vega) vs the Disciples of Apocalypse (Chainz, 8-Ball and Skull) 30:...

Ep 283 - November to Remember 1997 There are things I want to forget 0:31 - Welcome 13:18 - NtR Opening 13:50 – Tommy Rogers vs Chris Candido 18:17 - Chris Candido and Lance Storm vs Tommy Rogers and Jerry Lynn 22:04 - Justin Credible (w/ Jason, the Sexiest Man on Earth) vs Mikey Whipwreck 28:48 - Pitbull #2 (w/ Pitbull #1, Lance Wright and Brakkus) vs Taz for the ECW World Television Championship...

Ep 282 - World War 3 1997 “60 Warriors. 3 Rings. 1 Survivor. You Do the Math” We tried to do the math, but it was some college level trig 0:29 - Welcome 16:42 - WW3 Opening 18:20 - Glacier and “The Cat” Ernest Miller vs the Faces of Fear (Meng/Barbarian) (w/ Jimmy Hart) 24:35 - Disco Inferno vs Perry Saturn (w/ Raven) for the WCW World Television Championship 30:34 - Yuji Nagata (w/ Sonny Onoo) vs...

Ep 281 - Survivor Series 1997 “Gang Rulz” Who screwed who? 0:25 - Welcome 15:06 - SS Opening 16:34 - The Headbangers (Mosh/Thrasher) and the New Blackjacks (Blackjack Bradshaw/Blackjack Windham) vs the Godwinns (Henry O/Phineas I Godwinn), Road Dog and “Bad Ass” Billy Gunn in a Survivor Series Elimination match 23:38 – The Truth Commission (Jackyl, Recon, Sniper, and the Interrogator) vs the Disci...

Ep 280 - WCW Monday Night Nitro 10/27/1997 The night after Havoc 0:27 - Welcome 13:40 - Nitro Opening 16:06 - Rey Mysterio Jr vs Dean Malenko for the WCW World Cruiserweight Championship 23:12 - La Parka vs Glacier 28:38 - Stevie Ray (w/ Miss Jacqueline) vs Lex Luger 32:09 - Eddie Guerrero vs Chris Jericho 34:15 - Fit Finlay vs “The Crippler” Chris Benoit 38:09 - Scotty Riggs vs Raven (w/ Perry Sa...