Schwarzenegger Invades Smackdown - Former WWE Head Writer Shares Behind The Scenes Stories

One of the most memorable episodes of WWE Smackdown ever was the 11/11/1999 edition and former head writer Tommy Blacha has a lot of stories to share. Tommy goes into detail about dealing with Arnold Schwarzenegger and his people in the lead-up to the episode, how Arnold was integrated into the show and ended up doing way more than they originally agreed on, how Triple H masterminded the memorable ending of the episode, and the ways Vince wanted to overdeliver on the promotion of Arnold's movie.
As if that wasn't enough, this was also the episode where the funeral of Big Show's father was crashed by the Big Boss Man, leading to one of the most unintentionally hilarious segments in the history of the show.
Also the tag team division brings the work-rate, Jericho's feud with Chyna hits a crescendo and Ivory heats up her feud with Tori all in the lead-up to WWE Survivor Series 1999, which we are reviewing next week.
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Tommy Blacha made his name in Hollywood as a writer on Conan O'Brien, co-creator of Metalocalypse on Adult Swim, and a writer on shows like The Eric Andre Show and Da Ali G Show. But, a little-known fact about Tommy's career is that he was the head writer of WWE (WWF at the time)) during their most successful period, starting in 1999, taking over for Vince Russo, who left for the competition. This podcast, Tales from the Attitude Era will be a retrospective of Tommy's time in the head writer position and the roller coaster ride that is pro wrestling, co-hosted by Rob Pasbani.
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[@jaminjones1777]

I've been rewatching the attitude era for a year now and y'all started your podcast on the episode I happened to be on that week.

[@mixedmartialoddest]

Those VaChyna shirts ain't cheap anymore!

[@sinisterstanzas]

Yay Blacha Mondays! We need to hear more about the wrestling promotion that Tommy tried to start up. And the influence of that in relation to Mongo Wrestling Alliance 🖤

[@cruzvandewark]

Yeah dude!

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(yeah, brrrrrrrrrrother)

[@NEMtvOfficial]

Arnold Shwarzeneggar? Oh ho are you kiddin me? Now that guy, was tough...I once seen him Bench Press Kane for a Work Out in Gulfport, Mississippi - Ric Flair