Sting & Ricky Steamboat vs Ric Flair & Steve Austin (WCW, 7-30-1994)

WCW Saturday Night, Atlanta, GA

A request! It’s a turbulent time in The WCW, as Hulk Hogan has come in to fucking ruin my life and the life of everyone else whose biggest reason, end of the day, for enjoying WCW was that it was not 1989-91 WWF. Not to say we all hated the WWF, but it was a balance on television. You had the one style, and then the other, and they had similarities, but there were key differences.

And then here came Hulk Hogan. Nothing could ever be the same, really. Hogan himself might not have been so bad but he was insecure about his political power so he had to bring a bunch of dead weight with him to balance the odds.

(Requests open and tips always appreciated!)

Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Lex Luger & Sting vs Hollywood Hogan, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall & nWo Sting (WCW, 9-15-1996)

WCW Fall Brawl, Winston-Salem, NC

A request! It’s WARGAMES! And for the first time in a while, this truly feels like something big. The prior year’s WarGames was Hulk Hogan and Dungeon of Doom horseshit. The year before that did fucking rock, but the year before that had the Shockmaster, and really it’s been since ’92 when something felt like, you know, THE BIG THING in the company. The ’94 WarGames was like the last gasp of The Real WCW before the Hogan parade fully took over and it ruled, but it was really just a “Hogan doesn’t work the September PPV” thing in terms of company scope and all that.

Here we’re two months into the nWo taking over. On the nWo side tonight you have Hollywood Hogan, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, and, apparently, Sting. On the WCW side you’ve got Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, and Lex Luger confirmed. It was going to be the Four Horsemen, but Luger and Sting wanted in, and Flair and Anderson complied. And then Sting, they think, turned traitor on them.

So the nWo are coming in with a mystery fourth man, and so is WCW, by default.

(Requests open and tips always appreciated!)

Ric Flair vs Sting (NWA, 3-27-1988)

NWA Clash of the Champions, Greensboro, NC

A request! The first-ever Clash of the Champions! Going head-to-head on TBS with the WWF’s WrestleMania IV on pay-per-view. You take that, WWF! Jimmy Crockett and Teddy Turner are comin’ for blood now! You messed with Starrcade, they mess with WrestleMania.

I have a good feeling about how this will all turn out for the fellas down south in the coming years.

(Requests open and tips always appreciated!)

REVIEW: AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door (6-25-2023)

HERE WE GO! From Toronto! This door is so mother fucking forbidden, bro! I’m fired up! AEW is hot right now! In a couple weeks if a show or three is a little lackluster I’ll say it’s cold! And then if they have a couple good ones I’ll say they’re back! That is how I do!

(Requests open and tips always appreciated!)

TAPE’s Time Travel: This Week in TV Wrestling, Jan. 1-7, 1996

A new year!

IN THIS SET:

• WWF Monday Night Raw (Jan. 1, 1996)
• WCW Monday Nitro (Jan. 1, 1996)
• ECW Hardcore TV (Jan. 2, 1996)
• ECW House Party (Jan. 5, 1996)
• WCW Worldwide (Jan. 6, 1996)
• WCW Pro (Jan. 6, 1996)
• WWF Superstars (Jan. 6, 1996)
• WCW Saturday Night (Jan. 6, 1996)
• WCW Main Event (Jan. 7, 1996)

Notes: I just don’t have the Jan. 6 Prime, but whatever, and I do not have any USWA until Jan. 20.

TAPE’s Time Travel: This Week in TV Wrestling, Dec. 25-31, 1995

IN THIS SET:

• WCW Prime (Dec. 25, 1995)
• WCW Monday Nitro (Dec. 25, 1995)
• ECW Hardcore TV (Dec. 26, 1995)
• WCW Starrcade (Dec. 27, 1995)
• ECW Holiday Hell: The New York Invasion (Dec. 29, 1995)
• WCW Worldwide (Dec. 30, 1995)
• WCW Pro (Dec. 30, 1995)
• WWF Superstars (Dec. 30, 1995)
• USWA Championship Wrestling (Dec. 30, 1995)
• WCW Saturday Night (Dec. 30, 1995)

TAPE’s Time Travel: This Week in TV Wrestling, Dec. 18-24, 1995

IN THIS SET:

• WCW Prime (Dec. 18, 1995)
• WWF Monday Night Raw (Dec. 18, 1995)
• WCW Monday Nitro (Dec. 18, 1995)
• ECW Hardcore TV (Dec. 19, 1995)
• WCW Worldwide (Dec. 23, 1995)
• WWF Superstars (Dec. 23, 1995)
• USWA Championship Wrestling (Dec. 23, 1995)
• WCW Saturday Night (Dec. 23, 1995)
• WCW Main Event (Dec. 24, 1995)

TAPE’s Time Travel: This Week in TV Wrestling, Dec. 11-17, 1995

IN THIS SET:

• WCW Prime (Dec. 11, 1995)
• WWF Monday Night Raw (Dec. 11, 1995)
• WCW Monday Nitro (Dec. 11, 1995)
• ECW Hardcore TV (Dec. 12, 1995)
• WCW Worldwide (Dec. 16, 1995)
• WCW Pro (Dec. 16, 1995)
• WWF Superstars (Dec. 16, 1995)
• USWA Championship Wrestling (Dec. 16, 1995)
• WCW Saturday Night (Dec. 16, 1995)
• WWF In Your House (Dec. 17, 1995)

TAPE’s Time Travel: This Week in TV Wrestling, Dec. 4-10, 1995

IN THIS SET:

• WCW Prime (Dec. 4, 1995)
• WWF Monday Night Raw (Dec. 4, 1995)
• WCW Monday Nitro (Dec. 4, 1995)
• ECW Hardcore TV (Dec. 5, 1995)
• WCW Worldwide (Dec. 9, 1995)
• WCW Pro (Dec. 9, 1995)
• WWF Superstars (Dec. 9, 1995)
• USWA Championship Wrestling (Dec. 9, 1995)
• WCW Saturday Night (Dec. 9, 1995)
• WCW Main Event (Dec. 10, 1995)

TAPE’s Time Travel: This Week in TV Wrestling, Nov. 27-Dec. 3, 1995

A new week! No pay-per-view extravaganzas or supercards! Just good, old fashioned televised professional wrestling — with a new show in the rotation!

IN THIS SET:

• WCW Prime (Nov. 27, 1995)
• WWF Monday Night Raw (Nov. 27, 1995)
• WCW Monday Nitro (Nov. 27, 1995)
• ECW Hardcore TV (Nov. 28, 1995)
• WCW Worldwide (Dec. 2, 1995)
• WCW Pro (Dec. 2, 1995)
• WWF Superstars (Dec. 2, 1995)
• USWA Championship Wrestling (Dec. 2, 1995)
• WCW Saturday Night (Dec. 2, 1995)
• WCW Main Event (Dec. 3, 1995)