WHW #7: The Last WCW Monday Nitro

[@TonyHookedonVanlife]

Amazing what has happened in the last 2 years since this originally came out - soooo happy for Tony & AEW.

[@phettywappharmaceuticalsll8842]

But you know deep down him and Ross are like wtf are we looking at with some of their productions

[@ZekeThePlumber86]

These shoots are incredible for former wrestling fans like myself. I haven't watched since 1999, but these make me feel a part of it!

[@Jungletraveler00_12]

The WCW video library for only 2 million dollars is really odd. Considering how large it is with all the NWO, Sting, Flair, Dusty stuff

[@travismcdonald6576]

WWF buying WCW was the worst thing ever. Six days after this show, Steve Austin turns heel and the business has been in the shitter ever since.

[@MohamedAli-xu3uw]

@ShadowAngel AOL time warner meger killed WCW

[@MohamedAli-xu3uw]

@ShadowAngel Why blame bischoff when he was handicapped from August 1998 by time warner.

[@allencollins1617]

@ShadowAngel Shut Up ShadowDevil. One Of The Devil's Main People/Spawns/Kids.

[@unmitigateddisaster3793]

​@@MohamedAli-xu3uw I wouldn't put too much credit in that excuse from Eric. Yeah, the WWF was able to do stuff like have Mae Young give birth to a hand, and whatever-the-fuck Beaver Cleavage was... but I don't think anyone saw those and was like 'yeah this is good television that I want to watch.' Wrestling fans care about great feuds, rivalries, matches, and promos, not the creepy shit that old men think is "sexy." WCW went downhill when their stories stopped making sense because the egos at the top were afraid to change, not because Eric wasn't allowed to have more bra and panties matches.

[@MohamedAli-xu3uw]

@@unmitigateddisaster3793 But that could make a difference. Imagine if breaking bad was PG?

[@JerseyEmpireGroup]

Nitro talk starts at 12:32

[@MidnightPodcast]

LMAO !

[@abcsin6526]

Thank you

[@yassarbutt9292]

Not all heroes wear capes. Thank you

[@chadpugh1490]

I was a WCW junkie mid nineties. Couldn't get enough Nitro. I would watch the first run and the encore. Heck I'd even record it on TAPE with my VCR. WCW went to crap around '99 or so and I quit watching. Then, flipping channels one evening, I seen McMahon on Nitro. Holy crap. Couldn't believe what I was seeing. Without a doubt, THE single worst event in pro wrestling history was WWE's purchase of WCW.

[@justinjockisch4105]

Chad Pugh Agreed 100%

[@bozillastream7900]

I also tuned out in 99 and then WWF as well b4 the purchase of WCW

[@fthomason93]

Agreed. It killed the industry, its only just now starting to recover from it.

[@bowieaz5]

I did the same thing would record all the nitros from mid 96 until 99

[@josh235290]

Wcw was garbage!!!!! Glad vince bought it then killed it

[@michaelsuchan8934]

Klondike Bill was also known for being the only person to consume two 72-ounce steaks at the Big Texan Steak Ranch in the one-hour time limit back in the 1960s

[@joshmccollen700]

20:00 I remember watching Thunder in 2000-01 and seeing the same people in the crowd and thinking it was odd they were also at Nitro two nights earlier. Also, by the end of Thunder the few people who were showing up for the tapings, many of them had gone home. It was a school night after all. The arena's were nearly empty at the end of the show.

[@sabercat3452001]

If you’re not showing the episode I’m not watching

[@Shug044]

I remember where I was when I watched the last Monday nitro.

[@stephensmith5724]

Shug044 believe it or not wcw was the main reason people watch tbs anyway now wcw is gone the nettwork suck nobody really watch tbs and people watch TNT only for basketball they hated wrestling but the loved the money from it I would have the deal to bischoff he loved the wcw but also he played a part in the demise

[@Shug044]

Stephen Smith That's the real deal man . Basketball is not even what it used to be back then , so I don't watch TBS for shit .

[@jiminyjillickers5243]

Stephen Smith Jesus... take a breath, pal.

[@thunercattt6018]

@@stephensmith5724 WCW and Matlock lol

[@rackballjones6585]

Probably watching the WWF like everyone else

[@imcoop]

Listening to Tony swear-priceless :)

[@ezstreete]

The AOL/ Time Warner merger goes down as the worst corporate merger of all time.... They say that WCW lost $62 million in 2000 and the company wanted to bail on it but the irony of it all is that AOL Time Warner lost $54 billion dollars in one quaurter in 2002, after WCW was sold.... They later divested themselves from AOL in 2009.... There's a book about it called "Fool's Rush In"

[@Machete87]

hearing Schiavone swear is hysterical🤭🤣😆

[@CodyRayy119]

idk why but ma god conrad sounds so much like jr

[@GLPitt1]

Jaime Kellner: "Vince, how about you get WCW, the entire library, all the contracts, all the rings, announce tables, aprons, trucks, cameras, etc, etc, for $4 million?" Vincent K. McMahon: "Screw You! $1 million! And you can kiss....my....assssssss!!!!" Jaime Kellner: "Ok. durrrrr..."

[@ronniesouthern7829]

Just think the last Nitro drew double what Raw currently does.

[@allencollins5666]

It Drew More Than Double. Their Viewership This Night Was Over 4 Mill.ion. WWE Viewership Is Close To 1.5 Million.

[@jaserogers997]

"Jockeying for a job" Imagine Kimberley Page jockeying you for anything.

[@MohamedAli-xu3uw]

We'd be good.

[@phettywappharmaceuticalsll8842]

Well you know

[@GLPitt1]

Yeah, that would not be too bad.

[@jamesbonnen]

1:36:00 I'm glad you're not too old for AEW

[@Machete87]

Agreed Tony Chavo very underrated n is still in lives in the shadow of his uncle Eddie.

[@josephboza7448]

I think by the time WCW was done Tony was glad. I have to admit so was I. The reason is that the last 19 months was hard to watch. The energy that attracted many fans there was gone. The politics of WCW was coming across on tv. Vince only brought WCW cause he needed a story line cause his favorite son in law Triple H was injured.

[@MohamedAli-xu3uw]

Why.

[@allencollins1617]

The WWE Was Getting Boring A Month Before The Invasion Happened. Their Only Top Stars Left Were Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Undertaker & Kane. And The Big Show Was Sent To The WWE's Developmental Territory Ohio Valley Wrestling. The WWE Were Boring From After Judgement Day 2001, Until DDP Made His Debut & The Invasion Angle Still Sucked/Was Terrible. This Is How The Invasion Should've Been Booked. The Giant & The Ultimate Warrior Should've Switched Companies. Meng & Mark Henry Were The Same Size Or Meng Was Bigger. Meng Should've Jumped Ship During The Invasion. And Bam Bam Bigelow Was Bigger Than Rikishi. WCW vs WWE: Hollywood/Hulk Hogan, Sting, Lex Luger, Sid Vicious, Goldberg, The Giant, Scott Hall & Kevin Nash vs Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, Shawn Michaels, The Undertaker, Mick Foley, Triple H, Ultimate Warrior & Kane Booker T vs Chris Jericho, Scott Steiner vs Kurt Angle, The Disciple vs Billy Gunn, Van Hammer vs Test, Horace Hogan vs Ken Shamrock, Harlem Heat(Stevie Ray & Big T) vs The Dudley Boyz, Kronik vs APA, Chuck Palumbo/Sean O'Haire vs Edge/Christian, Shawn Stasiak/Mark Jindrak vs The Hardy Boyz, Mike Awesome/Lance vs Too Cool, Meng/The Barbarian vs Mark Henry/D'Lo Brown, Bam Bam Bigelow vs Rikishi & Jerry Flynn vs Steve Blackman. WCW Would've Not Only Won The Invasion War, They Would've Dominated The WWE & Their Tag Teams Could've Killed Most Of The WWE's. With This Match Card & Those Wrestlers On Both Rosters, Noone Would've Seen The WWE Winning & Noone Would've Expected The WWE To Even Win Less Than Half Of The Matches. WCW Still Had More Top Stars, Ric Flair, DDP, Randy Savage, Roddy Piper & Bret Hart. There's No Way They Would've Lost To Any WWE Midcarders.

[@josephboza7448]

@james mcgarvey Eric told them to sit at home and wait also a little bit cause he was hoping to relaunch WCW as the Big Bang but didnt work.

[@CobaltBlueMask]

Holy fuck that vertabreaker looks harsh. Damn.

[@YousefTube]

Man that sucks for Tony now I want know Jim Corrnett reaction to Kevin Dunn about the hole I'll call you back BullS***

[@the_elmeister]

12:38 - Discussion on last Nitro

[@namikstudios]

Tony uncensored is awesome 😂

[@jerransperarman9411]

Good podcast

[@midnyte_tv]

Got a little podcast with my ads.

[@mr.mellow4093]

Blue apron is awesome especially after a big fatty!!! 👄💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨 Great podcast Conrad and Tony!!!

[@gerardmalamisura1279]

I’ve heard Tony say on the early shows multiple times that he’s not into a lot of high spots in matches...how does he deal with AEW then???

[@Exasperilious]

Money

[@redlighter3695]

I fucking ❤ this fucking show!

[@turtlehead2]

Vince had an inside to getting the tape library that cheap The end.

[@CBright7831]

It was Jamie Kelner. An executive, whose name escapes me, who worked for WWF, came up with Kelner in the world and initiated contact with him to get it done.

[@MohamedAli-xu3uw]

@@CBright7831 Stu snyder

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

My interest in wrestling was killed that day . I hated the WWF . I did not love WCW but they were the closest thing to the NWA / JCP / GCW that I loved and WWEs competition .The NWO was good for about 2 weeks . Then I smelled the sea water as the ship was sinking in..

[@jimiaguirre8532]

I'm pretty sure there were plenty of jobs being given out in that hotel room

[@alexmelendez6732]

it was a terrible time. it all started with the finger poke of doom. and it just got worse afterwards. really russo and ferrara did not realize about standards and practices and thats why 95% of the stuff they wanted to do was shot down. so their booking went to trash. bischoff catered to hogan because of creative control. it was just bad. really bad

[@neckutter]

Why so little likes? Wtf people

[@MohamedAli-xu3uw]

Sad

[@phillipbrown2318]

You can tell Tony Schiavone was hurt i feel for him i really like WCW he more genuine than Brishoff and Pritchard.

[@MohamedAli-xu3uw]

@@phillipbrown2318 If only Fusient media brought the company

[@brandonb9468]

Your revenge on Kevin Dunn is you don’t look like Kevin Dunn

[@GLPitt1]

You would think with all the stories about Vince McMahon being so particular he would be like "Dunn, here take this $5,000, go sea an orthodontist and fix your Goddamn teeth. Or YOU'RE FIRRRRRREEDDDDD!!!"

[@AddictedtoProfit]

Well i used to think time warner killer WCW but now i know it was Tony Schiavone. He said it, i guess i should have called Eric, but he didn't want to get involved wtf Tony??? if Eric knew that turner decided not to carry wrestling anymore maybe he could have made a low ball offer and got the company for a way better price!

[@satyamkeshri3030]

Yee

[@Machete87]

march 26, 2001 the last ever Monday Nitro.

[@marmcd2003]

"David Flair was the man" You're reaching, you're really reaching.

[@oasisg9]

i think he was referring to the women he dated (torrie wilson and stacy kiebler) as opposed to his wrestling ability and how over he was.

[@brobsty1856]

Back to back home runs

[@stinkypinkeee5085]

Dude, if he was schlonging those two, he will FOREVER be The Man...Holy Shnikeys!

[@delmorva9877]

Monday nitro and thunder was awesome shows!!! Ling live wcw

[@brandonb9468]

What’s a libary

[@LouerTube]

All the footage of the company that they now own. Nitro, Thunder, all the tbs stuff, ppvs and so on

[@dandastardly2792]

The vertebreaker!!!!

[@nswnonstopwrestling3265]

Tony talents sound good for old school wrestler lol

[@slabbusterrtr7690]

Wwe buying wcw dumbest thing ever buying out your competion not a good ideal and I can believe they couldn't get somebody to run WCW mind blowing

[@GLPitt1]

They just didn't want anyone else buying it and keeping it going so they could go back to being lazy and doing the same storylines over, and over, and over, and over like they do now. The smart thing would be to let them go out of business and or sell to someone else. They didn't have TV with TBS or TNT in place it would not have been a huge threat to WWE. Let the contracts on Hall, Nash, Goldberg, Hogan expire and while you are waiting craft ideas for stories and feuds for when they are available. Sign them and bring them in one at a time slowly to stretch out your programming for the next few years. But no. That would be quality planning and good television.

[@keithbaker6931]

Who in their right mind, or wong mind for that matter, would hire a guy who is the CEO of Pizza Hut, to run a wrestling organization? That's like U.S Steel running the NFL. I don't get that at all.

[@jasonswift1608]

Tony b good in a 👮 station I don't remember or as u do no comment Tony hold up well if think he wouldn't rat out and no comment like us no rats say while under interview lol good man Tony

[@DeamionYoutubeArchives]

U know whats funny Tony is announcing for AEW Dynamite

[@the_elmeister]

Tony is just amazing on commentary for AEW Dynamite. I definitely think he will win the award for best announcer for what he does in AEW. I know he won the award twice for the worst announcer when he was in WCW. And I think it was because he was commentary for a shit company at a time who went PG after the infamous finger poke of doom

[@DeamionYoutubeArchives]

@@the_elmeister true but I think he will do great

[@the_elmeister]

@@DeamionKZbinArchives he is terrific in AEW

[@billywilliams8753]

They day I stopped watching wrestling. I still enjoyed The Era of Kayfabe better. The 90's were just tv dramas and less about attempting to mimmick an actual sport

[@chadfoster6150]

Tony walked in on pat Patterson and Scott Steiner having sex! Its true

[@jameshornby8433]

Chad Foster source?

[@chadfoster6150]

+James Hornby Tony is the source! He walked in on Scott and Pat! its true

[@jiminyjillickers5243]

James Hornby He's trolling. He's posted at least one other similar message, stating that Tony walked in on Rick and Scott Steiner. I'd be willing to bet that you'll find similar messages throughout the other WHW podcasts posted on KZbin. I'd also wager that he's uncomfortable with his sexuality, and this is his subconscious way of coming out of the closet.

[@fthomason93]

He posts this or something similar on every podcast

[@editnosmirc4489]

Linda walked in on Vince and HBK

[@Shizzy88]

I had no Idea Mike Awesome was dead...

[@oasisg9]

yeah he committed suicide awhile back. sad.