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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...

Slapdicks!  We love 'em.  They can come up with some of the greatest questions!  So, on the third installment of "Ask Tony Anything" on WHW we picked out some of the best from Twitter as well as some of the most silly.  Remember, as the old cliche goes:  "anything is fair game, " as Tony tries to honestly answer all that your inquiring (and many times sick) mind want to know. Support us on Patreon...

It was quite a gap between March 26, 2001 and October 2, 2019, but here he is again.  The head of all Slapdicks, Tony Schiavone has made his return to TNT.  How did it go for him backstage, what was the reception like?  We will hear from Tony and a few surprise guests along the way about the debut of AEW Dynamite and the return of pro wrestling to TNT. Support us on Patreon, get this show early an...

Want to see a great professional wrestling show? Sorry, this ain't it. However, it did have Ric Flair, Lex Luger, Sting, the Steiners, Stan Hansen, the Z-Man, the Black Scorpion (at least one of them), Tommy Rich, the Freebirds in (gulp!) Confederate Flag face paint and a very handsome, coiffed Tony Schiavone. Coming to you live from the very sparse Asheville, North Carolina, Civic Center where ma...

The WWF (WWE) may have been losing in the ratings war in September 1996, but the 10th In Your House hit a home run with the main event featuring Mankind against Shawn Michaels.  Mick Foley turned in one of the best performances of his career against one of the greatest workers of all time.  Additional, the Undertaker met Goldust, the team of Owen Hart and the British Bulldog took on the Smoking Gu...

By the results of the Wrestling Observer Readers' Poll, this was the one of the worst WCW Pay Per Views of all time.  It began with Ricky Steamboat against Lord Steven Regal, and with the exception of Ric Flair against Rick Rude and a Cactus Jack against Yoshi Kwan match, it had such duds as Ice Train, Charlie Norris, the Equalizer, Big Sky and a War Games highlighted by the Shockmaster and Road W...

Well, let's just put a bag over someone's head and murder them!  And that's what WCW tried to do with the Terry Funk and Ric Flair feud.  Regardless, this was a good show, even though the public outcry about the final angle had WCW staffers scrambling to find the right answer.  But, anytime you have Sting, Flair, the Great Muta, the Steiners, the Road Warriors and the SST in an event, you're bound...

As only the guys can do, WHW this week takes a look back at another fun ECW PPV event.  It was the last match for Taz in ECW and even though he was viewed at the beginning by the fans as a "sell out" and traitor, he was eventually honored and cheered as he lost the ECW title and shook hands with Mike Awesome at the end.  Also Rob Van Dam goes up against Balls Mahoney and Raven and Tommy Dreamer in...

WCW was red hot.  Nitro was live from the stronghold of the Four Horsemen, Columbia, SC.  It was the perfect place for Arn Anderson to give a farewell speech and to offer his "spot" to Curt Hennig.  Come back in time with Conrad and Tony to August of 1997.  And even though Sting is in the rafters holding a motherfucking vulture, it's a lot of fun.    See Tony and Conrad LIVE in Wayne, NJ on Septem...

It's the "Kiss Nitro" with the debut of The Kiss Demon...but...he's not on this show.  That's right, the WWE apparently could not use the likeness and music of Kiss, so it was edited out.  But does that stop Tony and Conrad?  No!  We still will go back to bring you Tony's memories of the event including what happened when Ace Frehley was mistaken backstage by Doug Dellinger.  Plus, there is plenty...

WITHOUT QUESTION, WCW was a coffin on roller skates in 2000 and as one of the worst Pay Per Views ever, New Blood Rising hit maybe a low watermark.  Has there ever been a WCW event with so many matches rated as duds?  It was so bad that the mud wrestling match between Major Gunns and Ms. Hancock was probably one of the best matches on the card.  Not to be outdone, there was Judy Bagwell on a forkl...

From the Black Hills of South Dakota comes the Eric Bischoff vanity project!  It's Jay Leno, Kevin Eubanks, Hulk Hogan, Goldberg, the NWO Black and White and the NWO Wolfpack.  Plus, Chris Jericho, Juventud Guerrera, Stevie Ray, Chavo Guerrero, The Dancing Fools and a lot of foolishness! One of the worst WCW Pay Per Views EVER and it was one of those events that hastened the demise of WCW. You rea...

We take you back to when the Clash of the Champions was...BAD.  Here we have Vader against Flair and Arn, the Renegade against Paul Orndorff, Sister Sherri getting a bump on the head and falling in love with Col. Robert Park and...wait for it...Hulk Hogan entering the Dungeon of Doom.  WTF?  So enjoy the Clash, one year before the birth of the NWO from the exact same arena in Daytona Beach. AN IMP...

It's one of WHW's most requested shows.  The 1989 Great American Bash featuring Ric Flair against Terry Funk, Ricky Steamboat versus Lex Luger, a War Games Match, Sting squaring off with the Great Muta, Paul E. against Jim Cornette in a Tuxedo Match and plenty more.  It was fun with plenty of action and plenty to talk about.  We take you back, once again, to the Jim Herd era of WCW.  The Great Ame...