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NXT UK – August 20, 2020

21st August 2020 by Thomas Hall

NXT UK
Date: August 20, 2020
Host: Andy Shepard

We’re back to something a lot more interesting than Greatest Hits here as we have Superstar Picks. In other words, it’s time to crack open the WWE video vault and see what we can find involving UK wrestlers. This is what they have been needing to do for a long time now as they are long past the point of good stuff for Greatest Hits from NXT UK. Let’s get to it.

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

20th January 2020 by LScisco

Note:  Sorry about missing Friday’s column.  I was down with the flu near the end of last week and am on the mend.  I will be posting information about the Doomie’s at the end of this week.

WCW Prime on December 11 featured a new bout, with Chris Cruise and Dusty Rhodes calling the action.

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What the World Was Watching: WCW Main Event – October 22, 1995

21st October 2019 by LScisco

–Gene Okerlund and Bobby Heenan are in the studio for today’s telecast.  Okerlund does his best to describe how the monster truck battle between Hulk Hogan and the Giant will play out at Halloween Havoc.

–As part of the Halloween Havoc Control Center WCW Champion Hulk Hogan and Jimmy Hart do a taped promo where they promise to do whatever it takes to defeat the Giant at Halloween Havoc.

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What the World Was Watching: WCW Pro – September 30, 1995

11th September 2019 by LScisco

WCW Prime for September 25 featured a few new bouts, with Chris Cruise and Dusty Rhodes on commentary.

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

15th January 2019 by LScisco

(Check back tomorrow night for Doomie Award results!)

–Eric Bischoff and Bobby Heenan are doing studio duties for today’s broadcast.  They briefly discuss Ric Flair’s reinstatement.

–Bischoff hypes WCW’s rubber action figures.  Heenan uses the Vader figure to knock the Hulk Hogan figure off his desk.

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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 Saturday Night – April 1, 1995

14th December 2018 by LScisco

–Tony Schiavone and Bobby Heenan are calling the action tonight and they are taped from Atlanta, Georgia.  According to thehistoryofwwe.com, these tapings were held on March 22.

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Rock Star Gary reflects on WCW Fall Brawl ’93

11th December 2018 by Rock Star Gary

WCW Fall Brawl ’93

Live from Houston, TX

Airdate: September 19, 1993

Attendance:  6,000 (3,500 paid)

Hosted by Tony Schiavone and Jesse “The Body” Ventura

Will the Masters of the Powerbomb wreak havoc during WarGames? Can Flair defend both the World title and Fifi’s honor? Let’s find out!

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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 Saturday Night – March 25, 1995

30th November 2018 by LScisco

–Footage of Vader and Ric Flair beating up Dave Sullivan on last week’s show is aired.  The video package also hypes tonight’s Randy Savage-Avalanche main event and Sergeant Craig Pittman.

–Tony Schiavone and Bobby Heenan are doing commentary and they are taped from Atlanta, Georgia.  This show occurred on March 8 and, according to the historyofwwe.com, it attracted 785 fans.

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What the World Was Watching: WCW Pro – March 25, 1995

23rd November 2018 by LScisco

–Gordon Solie, Larry Zbyszko, and Dusty Rhodes are doing commentary and they are concluding the tapings in Gainesville, Georgia.

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

9th November 2018 by LScisco

–Tony Schiavone and Bobby Heenan are tasked with commentary and they are taped from Atlanta, Georgia.

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

6th November 2018 by LScisco

–Tony Schiavone and Bobby Heenan are in the booth and they are taped from Orlando, Florida.

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What the World Was Watching: WCW Saturday Night – March 11, 1995

26th October 2018 by LScisco

–Tony Schiavone and Bobby Heenan are in the booth and they are taped from Atlanta, Georgia.  According to thehistoryofwwe.com, these tapings were done on March 7.  Like last week’s broadcast, this show is also one hour.

–Gene Okerlund interviews WCW Commissioner Nick Bockwinkel, who says that until Uncensored WCW Champion Hulk Hogan will not be allowed into any WCW event.  This was due to Hogan’s attack on Vader at the end of last week’s show.

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What the World Was Watching: WCW Saturday Night – March 4, 1995

12th October 2018 by LScisco

–A replay of Hulk Hogan’s attempted altercation with Vader on last week’s episode is shown.

–Tony Schiavone and Bobby Heenan are calling the action and they are taped from Atlanta, Georgia.  These tapings were done on February 22.  Tonight’s episode of Saturday Night is only an hour long.

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

4th September 2018 by LScisco

-Future reviews of WCW Pro will usually be preceded by a recap of feature matches from WCW Prime, a new WCW television show that began airing on February 6.  It would typically have matches from other WCW shows that were several weeks old – combined with one new feature match called the “Prime Match of the Week” – and the program aired Mondays on the Prime Sports Network.  Eric Bischoff and Dusty Rhodes did commentary.  Here is the feature match that aired on February 13:

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What the World Was Watching: WCW Worldwide – February 11, 1995

24th August 2018 by LScisco

–Eric Bischoff and Bobby Heenan are today’s commentators and they are taped from Orlando, Florida.  Both men hype the Hulk Hogan-Vader main event for SuperBrawl.

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What the World Was Watching: WCW Saturday Night – February 4, 1995

21st August 2018 by LScisco

Note:  Due to my work schedule picking back up, future reviews of this series will be posted on Tuesdays and Fridays at 4:00 EST.

–Sting & Randy Savage and the Stud Stable cut dueling promos against each other.

–Tony Schiavone and Bobby Heenan are calling the action and they are taped from Atlanta, Georgia.  According to thehistoryofwwe.com, the taping was done on January 10 and 11 in Atlanta, Georgia and drew 750 fans, none of whom paid to see the show.

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What the World Was Watching: WCW Pro – January 21, 1995

31st July 2018 by LScisco

–Gordon Solie, Dusty Rhodes, and Larry Zbyszko are doing commentary and they are concluding the tapings in Dalton, Georgia.

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What the World Was Watching: WCW Worldwide – January 14, 1995

24th July 2018 by LScisco

–Tony Schiavone and Bobby Heenan are doing commentary and they are taped from Orlando, Florida.  Schiavone announces that Hulk Hogan will defend the WCW title against Big Van Vader at SuperBrawl.

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