What Happened When

Join Tony and Conrad as they watch the infamous Monday Night Raw that originally aired on March 26, 2001... the night that Vince showed up on Nitro. This bonus episode has been decades in the making and it's all brought to you by Geico!  Do you own or rent your home? Sure you do! And I bet it can be hard work. You know what's easy? Bundling policies with GEICO. GEICO makes it EASY to bundle your h...

Join Tony and Conrad as they sit down with Tony's partner behind the announce desk for many years David Crockett. David and Tony share hilarious stories of their time working on WTBS, riding with the Horsemen and so much more. This bonus episode has been decades in the making and it's all brought to you by Geico! Do you own or rent your home? Sure you do! And I bet it can be hard work. You know wh...

Starrcade was always WCW's premier event. So, it's obvious Hulk Hogan, Sting, Randy Savage, Lex Luger, Roddy Piper, Booker T. and the Steiners were all there.  WRONG. All were missing. But. there was Goldberg vs Kevin Nash . And this was the night the streak would end at the hands of "Big Sexy." Was this the biggest turning point in WCW?  Go down "memory lane" with Conrad and Tony as they discuss...

It's the Monday Nitro "go-home" show for Starrcade '98, and...well...you could see the paint peeling off the old WCW machine. No Hogan , no Sting , no Macho Man , no Roddy Piper , no Bret Hart . The show did have plenty of star power, though:  Goldberg, Hall and Nash, the Giant, Ric Flair, Eric Bischoff, Arn Anderson, Chris Jericho, DDP, Eddie Guerrero, Rey Mysterio, Jr. and more. The matches were...

It was a great time in WCW.  It was during the build-up to what would be the company's biggest night:  Starrcade '97, Sting versus Hollywood Hulk Hogan . From a sold out arena in Buffalo, New York, stars like Macho Man Randy Savage, Diamond Dallas Page, Lex Luger, Buff Bagwell, Konnan, Ric Flair, Curt Hennig, Rick Rude, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, Eric Bischoff, Dean Malenko and more were all there. A...

We go back to one of the turning points in Jim Crockett/NWA/TBS history.   When Turner Broadcasting purchased Jim Crockett Promotions, they wanted to tone down the violence.  And for reasons still not really known to this day, Dusty Rhodes , the booker for JCP did the exact opposite.   The "spike in the eye" will go down as one of the most memorable moments of TBS studio wrestling and led to Dusty...

During this Thanksgiving week, we go back and take a look and listen to when Thanksgiving night was the biggest night of the year in Pro Wrestling. Starrcade '85 was full of memorable moments, but if you think it was because of the end of the Dusty Rhodes/Ric Flair title match, then you miss the point and are only looking for the negative. There was so much more:   Magnum T.A. versus Tully Blancha...

It was the build up to Starrcade '85: The Gathering. And it's HARD TIMES. Yes, the famous interview by the American Dream Dusty Rhodes as he readies to do battle with Ric Flair . Also, it's the buildup to Tully Blanchard vs Magnum T.A. and the famous "I Quit Match." It's back when the pro wrestling television shows were nothing but an infomercial to get you into the arenas, but damn they were good...

Back we go to the 80's during the WTBS studio days.   Jim Crockett Promotions was in turmoil with their selling to Turner Broadcasting not too far away.  Behind the scenes, apparently the friction between Ric Flair and Dusty Rhodes is at an all time high. So, as stories and legend have it, Ric Flair goes out and has a great match with George South just to prove a point. But there is much more, inc...

It's another venture back into ECW, but this time it's when the promotion is on the down-slide.  Still, there's a lot of good things including:   Jerry Lynn, Justin Credible, Kid Kash, CW Anderson, FBI, Mikey Whipwreck, Yoshihiro Tajiri, Da Baldies, The Sandman, Dawn Marie, Francine and the GREAT Chris Hamrick. Plus Steve Corino gets his well deserved due, his first World Championship. Keep an eye...

A lot to unpack in this one as we begin Halloween week of 2020.   Four great performers battle in the main event in what was the very first Halloween Havoc ever!   Flair , Funk , Sting and Muta !  How about that for a lineup?   All four in a Thunderdome match, a cage with so much decoration that it caught fire (a great Halloween treat)! Plus, the Road Warriors, the Midnight Express, the SST, the S...

We think you are really going to dig this!  October of 1987, Sting makes his debut on TBS and World Championship Wrestling! It's easy to see how his character grew from this moment, but it is also great to see how much potential he had from just one match and following interview. Just like all TBS studio programs in that era, this show was short on wrestling action but long on great interviews. Th...

If you like great wrestling action with great storylines...then you have come to the wrong place.   A show that was long on skits and interviews and short on action, the event was from Long Beach, California and is best known for the standoff between Jeff Jarrett and Beetlejuice of Howard Stern fame. That was in the very first segment and it went downhill from there. The crew was ready to embark o...

We take you back to some of the great moments of What Happened When!  But wait, there is more!  We also are going to go back and bring you some of the great moments of Conrad and Tony on AdFree Shows. It's a best-of doubleheader and we would love to hear your feedback. Track it! Support us on Patreon, get this show early and ad free, plus  TONS of BONUS content:  patreon.com/WHWMonday Like us on F...

What does Tony think is the most shocking thing about being backstage at AEW?  What call does he regret making during his career?  Would he leave AEW to work for the Atlanta Braves?  What would he have done differently if he had been in charge of WCW back in the 90's? Tony answers these questions and many more as he fields the queries from our Twitter feed @WHWMonday with the hashtag #AskTony .  S...

It's a fine celebration of 20 years of professional wrestling on "The Superstation" TBS.  Complete with legends such as Gordon Solie, Bruno Sammartino, Andre The Giant, Dusty Rhodes, Bill Watts, Thunderbolt Patterson and more!  However, there was also some (not much) wrestling action featuring Ron Simmons, Cactus Jack, Vader, Rick Rude, Sting, Dustin Rhodes, Barry Windham, Jake the Snake Roberts a...

Regardless of how you feel about the NWO parody of Arn Anderson and the Four Horsemen , you can't deny that you will never forget it.  Well, it's all here including some pretty good matches and some very long interviews and video packages. Additionally, what happened behind the curtain that night BEFORE, DURING and AFTER the infamous parody?  Well, we have the answers on What Happened When. Join C...

Conrad and Tony take you back in time to TWO very different episodes of ECW.  First, we go back to 1994 when Extreme Championship Wrestling was born.  When Shane Douglas threw down the NWA belt and became the ECW champ.  It was quite a swerve to the NWA and will never be forgotten on many levels. Then we will go back to the very first live-to-tape ECW show on TNN in 1999.   Taz opened the show wit...

It's a wrestling show loaded with talent, but also loaded with short matches.  Join Conrad and Tony as they take you back to your childhood of 1996.  Hulk Hogan vs Ric Flair was the headliner, but it also had the Steiners, Sting, Lex Luger, Hall and Nash, DDP, Harlem Heat, Eddie Guerrero, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, VK Wallstreet, the Giant, Chris Benoit, Ultimo Dragon, Konan, Glacier, Kevin Sullivan, Col...

It's all here!  Taz, Chris Candido, Jerry "The King" Lawler, Tommy Dreamer, Sunny, Jake "The Snake" Robert, Rick Rude, the Dudleys, Terry Funk, Shane Douglas, Sabu, RVD, Spike Dudley, Bam Bam Bigelow, Francine and yes, Jenna Jameson . WHW takes you back in time to when hardcore wrestling was fun, in full force and in bed with WWE.  Watch along with Conrad and Tony or just enjoy the banter of two f...

We go back to your childhood once again, and this time we stop at an historic moment in pro wrestling. It was on this show that Owen Hart's piledriver injured Stone Cold Steve Austin's neck and changed things quite a bit. But there is more!  HHH vs Mankind in a cage, Ken Shamrock vs the British Bulldog , Gold Dust against Brian Pillman and Bret Hart meeting the Undertaker . Dave Meltzer did not re...

Okay, so then there is this. The infamous episode of TNA where Jeff Jarrett comes to the ring with a "little person" in a sack. Beats him up and then ANOTHER little person named "Puppet" arrives and pulls a gun on Jarrett.  Got it. Wait.  WHAT? It's all here from 2002. And even AJ Styles vs Elix Skipper could not save this show. And you think WCW was bad? Well, it was, but maybe not THIS bad. Supp...

So this was NWA-TNA in 2002, huh? Yeah, it was bad. Oh, it had some great moments: like Low Ki vs AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels and Elix Skipper vs The Flying Elvises , but most it sucked. From a "little person" doing some "questionable things" in a trash can, to Francine and Jasmine fighting in a shower, this was known more for its sex than its wrestling. You're invited to join Conrad and Ton...

Lot of crazy stuff in this one, kids.  Complete with a disturbance from members of Xtreme Pro Wrestling, the event from the Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, had very memorable moments.  From the Jerry Lynn-Steve Carino bloodbath, to Justin Credible against Tommy Dreamer , to a very exciting six-man tag match to RVD vs Scotty Anton , this night had something for everyone. This final ECW pro...

The same night WCW had Goldberg vs Hollywood Hogan for the World title on Nitro, the WWE countered with a taped show from State College, PA. It wasn't the best show, but the story lines were good enough to make it an excellent show.  With the Undertaker, Stone Cold, Mankind, D-Lo Brown, Terry Funk, Vader, Bradshaw, Val Venis, Dustin Runnels, D-Generation X, Ken Shamrock, Savio Vega, Road Warrior H...