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What the World Was Watching: WCW Saturday Night – September 23, 1995

4th September 2019 by LScisco

–Tony Schiavone and Bobby Heenan are doing commentary and they are taped from Atlanta, Georgia.  These tapings were done on August 21.  The Atlanta Braves are playing the Montreal Expos so this is a one-hour episode.

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What the World Was Watching: WCW Pro – September 23, 1995

30th August 2019 by LScisco

WCW Prime for September 18 included a bevy of new matches, which will be recapped before we get to WCW Pro for September 23.  Chris Cruise and Dusty Rhodes did commentary for these matches.

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What the World Was Watching: WCW Pro – September 16, 1995

16th August 2019 by LScisco

WCW Prime for September 11 featured a new match.

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What the World Was Watching: WCW Pro – September 2, 1995

30th July 2019 by LScisco

WCW Prime for August 28 featured Cobra in action so we will recap that match before moving onto WCW Pro.

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What the World Was Watching: WCW Main Event – August 13, 1995

17th July 2019 by LScisco

–Gene Okerlund and Bobby Heenan handle the usual studio duties for today’s broadcast.  Heenan demands to find out who is going to be in the WarGames match at Fall Brawl.

–Heenan goes through the members of the Dungeon of Doom, speculating on who might appear at Fall Brawl.

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What the World Was Watching: WCW Pro – August 5, 1995

5th July 2019 by LScisco

–WCW Prime had a new match featuring Big Bubba Rogers and Mark Starr.

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What the World Was Watching: WCW Pro – July 29, 1995

2nd July 2019 by LScisco

WCW Prime featured one new match on its July 24 broadcast so we will get to that match before going on to WCW Pro.

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What the World Was Watching: WCW Main Event – July 16, 1995

24th June 2019 by LScisco

–Eric Bischoff and Dusty Rhodes are doing commentary for today’s Bash at the Beach pre-show broadcast that is originating live from Huntington Beach, California.  The camera shot of fans on the beach surrounding the ring makes for a great visual.

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What the World Was Watching: WCW Pro – July 15, 1995

19th June 2019 by LScisco

There were a few new bouts on WCW Prime for July 10, with Tony Schiavone and Dusty Rhodes narrating the action.

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What the World Was Watching: WCW Main Event – July 9, 1995

18th June 2019 by LScisco

–Gene Okerlund and Bobby Heenan do the studio duties and they do their best to sell the Shark as a legitimate threat to Hulkamania.

–A new Dungeon of Doom vignette sees Vader return in his mastodon mask.  Vader says he has crossed a new dimension and now has more power than Hulk Hogan and Hulkamania and he will fulfill his destiny and win the WCW title at Bash at the Beach.  The Master yells out more geography before he, Vader, and Kevin Sullivan scream “Vader time.”

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What the World Was Watching: WCW Pro – July 8, 1995

13th June 2019 by LScisco

WCW Prime for July 3 featured a few new contests so those will be recapped before we go on to WCW Pro.  Tony Schiavone and Dusty Rhodes called the action for the Prime matches.

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What the World Was Watching: WCW Pro – June 3, 1995

30th April 2019 by LScisco

–Before we get into WCW Pro, there was a new match that aired on WCW Prime on May 29.

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What the World Was Watching: Slamboree ’95

16th April 2019 by LScisco

–The promo poster for this show is odd as it makes it seem like Ric Flair is the babyface since he is “seeking revenge.”

–Eric Bischoff and Bobby Heenan are doing commentary and they are live from St. Petersburg, Florida.  Bischoff is substituting for Tony Schiavone who is on the shelf with neck surgery.

–A video package hypes Harlem Heat, spliced with a generic promo of how they are going to beat the Nasty Boys tonight.

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What the World Was Watching: WCW Pro – May 20, 1995

29th March 2019 by LScisco

–WCW Prime for May 15 featured one new bout, taped at an old WCW Pro taping.  It was commentated by Tony Schiavone and Dusty Rhodes.

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Rock Star Gary reflects on WCW Clash of the Champions XXV

12th February 2019 by Rock Star Gary

Live from St. Petersburg, FL

Airdate:  November 10, 1993

Attendance:  6,000 (1,700 paid)

Hosted by Tony Schiavone & Jesse “The Body” Ventura

Can Flair regain the WCW World title? Will Hawk become World champion? What will be the result of the explosion of the Hollywood Blonds? Let’s find out!

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What the World Was Watching: WCW Pro – April 22, 1995

18th January 2019 by LScisco

WCW Prime aired on April 17 with a new feature bout:

–Prime “MOOO” Match of the Week:  Alex Wright (26-0-1) defeats Steve Austin (w/Colonel Robert Parker) (8-1) via disqualification when Arn Anderson interferes at 6:05:

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What the World Was Watching: WCW Pro – April 15, 1995

4th January 2019 by LScisco

WCW Prime aired on April 10 with a couple of new bouts.  Those will be recapped before going into the April 15 episode of WCW Pro.

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What the World Was Watching: WCW Main Event – April 2, 1995

18th December 2018 by LScisco

Note:  Since some of these broadcasts, such as Main Event, provide a lot of replays of past action, I will avoid recapping those segments and just provide a description of the new content that aired as part of the telecast.

–Gene Okerlund and Bobby Heenan are handling studio duties for today’s broadcast.  They quickly recap the existing storylines surrounding Ric Flair and the Nasty Boys-Harlem Heat feud.

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What the World Was Watching: WCW Main Event – March 26, 1995

4th December 2018 by LScisco

–Eric Bischoff and Bobby Heenan are handling the studio portion of the show, with Bischoff reminding fans that Vader has been stripped of the U.S. title and Ric Flair has been banned from WCW.

–A replay of Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, and Jimmy Hart talking to WCW Commissioner Nick Bockwinkel in his office is shown.

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What the World Was Watching: WCW Pro – March 18, 1995

2nd November 2018 by LScisco

–Gordon Solie, Larry Zbyszko, and Dusty Rhodes are calling the action and they are still taped from Gainesville, Georgia.

–A recap of Commissioner Nick Bockwinkel suspending Hulk Hogan until Uncensored and Vader and Ric Flair’s antics on WCW Saturday Night are shown.

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