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Let's Go to the Ring!
by Robert Mohr
Join us monthly as we look through the good old days - and not-so-good old days - of World Championship Wrestling (WCW), series by series, to figure out what makes each of WCW's shows tick. Just what defines Starrcade, and what defines Halloween Havoc? WCW may have gone out of business years ago, but it will never lose its place in wrestling history, and its position as the one true competitor to the WWF may never be replicated. Together, let's take a look through it and enjoy the highs, lows, and strange decisions along the way. Logo art by: Gina Trujillo (http://resuki.com/)
Episodes
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Episode 78: 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain (1998)
Getting access to WCW content is a bit difficult at the moment, so in the meantime, we're headed back to the movies! During the buildup to Halloween Havoc 1996 - which we'll hopefully get to soon - Hulk Hogan was busy playing aging children's martial arts show star Dave Dragon in "3 Ninjas: High...
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Episode 77: Halloween Havoc 1995
Rev up those engines! No, we haven't decided to cover motor racing instead...but WCW decided to branch out into monster truck competition of all things at Halloween Havoc 1995! (I guess they got spooked by not having a big spinning wheel last show, so decided to have 8 of them.) What results is…
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Episode 76: Halloween Havoc 1994
Happy Halloween! It's the first Halloween Havoc of the Hogan Era of WCW - Halloween Havoc 1994! Thankfully, no big spinning wheel this time - even for WCW, three years in a row would've been a bit much. Instead, we've got Hogan vs. Flair for the WCW title - plus, the loser must retire (for real,...
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Episode 75: Halloween Havoc 1993
We're back with more spooky goodness! WCW got a deal on a wheel so it's time to spin for real! No, I didn't accidentally reupload our previous episode - WCW really decided that spinning a big wheel should be the focus of not one, but two Halloween shows! This time, Vader and Cactus Jack face the...
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Episode 74: Halloween Havoc 1992
The spooks - and Mad Max references - continue as we cover WCW Halloween Havoc 1992! WCW got a deal on a wheel so it's time to spin for real! Can Sting defeat Jake Roberts when he doesn't even know what match type he'll be competing in? Can Dustin Rhodes and Barry Windham overcome their…
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Episode 73: Halloween Havoc 1991
We're back for another look at WCW's scariest series, Halloween Havoc! But are the scares from ghouls and ghosts...or match concepts and presentation ideas that should never have seen the light of day or a dark and stormy night? Sting and friends battle their way through the Chamber of Horrors…
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Episode 72: Halloween Havoc 1990
Join us in the haunted arena for our look at the second WCW Halloween show, Halloween Havoc 1990! This year, WCW even realized they were making a Halloween show, so that's a plus! The Freebirds face another generic face tag team - can they get booed this time? Ric Flair joins Arn Anderson for tag...
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Episode 71: Halloween Havoc 1989
It's spooky season, so time to...wait, what do you mean it's December? Okay, we're a little behind - but still, it's time to take a look at WCW's most ghoulish and horrifying series...no, no, not Souled Out. It's Halloween Havoc! First up, Halloween Havoc 1989: Settling the Score, in which WCW…
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Episode 70: Capital Combat: Return of Robocop
It's finally time! Bob and Al have been looking forward to this show since the start of Let's Go to the Ring, and finally, at long last, it's time to take a look at Capital Combat: Return of Robocop. Yes, unbelievably enough, WCW actually did a tie-in pay-per-view for the film Robocop II, but...
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Episode 69: WCW / New Japan Supershows Retrospective
We've finished our seventh series! It's time for a look back at WCW's partnership with New Japan in the all-too-short Supershow series! See how you do remembering series stats, and hear our selections for series awards. Plus: Which matches made our Ultimate cards? Have there been notable changes…
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Episode 68: WCW / New Japan Supershow III
We head back to Japan for, unfortunately, the last time, as we close out the WCW / New Japan Supershow series with Supershow III - a heavily (and awkwardly) edited version of Fantastic Story in Tokyo Dome, which unfortunately is not about elves and wizards fighting dragons in Tokyo Dome, but is…
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Episode 67: WCW / New Japan Supershow II
WCW returns to Japan for the second WCW / New Japan Supershow - known in Japan by the much better title "Super Warriors in Tokyo Dome." Like the prior year, WCW's presenting a heavily edited and cut down version of the Japanese original - but don't worry, I'm sure they didn't cut a match…
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Episode 66: WCW/New Japan Supershow I
It's time for a new series, and this time, we're going international! We've gotten an occasional glimpse of WCW's partnership with New Japan Pro Wrestling before, when New Japan wrestlers visited WCW, but now it's time to take a look at when WCW wrestlers visited New Japan - in the WCW / New…
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Episode 65: AWA Super Sunday
We're back! Our latest series, Bash at the Beach, turned out to be an incredible look at basically the entire WCW career of one Hulk Hogan - so we figured, why not continue that theme and take a look at an earlier pivotal point in Hogan's career? No, not his time in the WWF - instead, we're…
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Episode 64: Beach Blast / Bash at the Beach Retrospective
We've finished our sixth series! Now, join us as we take a look back at WCW's annual beach party! See how you do remembering series stats, and hear our selections for series awards. Plus: Which matches made our Ultimate cards? And - six series in, is Tully Blanchard still in our top ten…
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Episode 63: Bash at the Beach 2000
It's WCW's final Bash at the Beach - and you'd never know it was a beach-themed show. Come on, WCW - one lifeguard stand or beach umbrella, that's all we ask. But don't worry, WCW spent the money they saved on set design so they could pay Michael Buffer to be drowned out by entrance music and...
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Episode 62: Bash at the Beach 1999
Happy New Year! I don't know about you folks, but our resolution here at Let's Go to the Ring is to never watch WCW's Bash at the Beach 1999 again. Why? Two words: Junkyard Invitational. Plus: Piper vs. Bagwell in a boxing match evidently plotted by someone who'd never actually watched a boxing...
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Episode 61: Bash at the Beach 1998
It's 1998! With the evil champ Hollywood Hogan at their head, nWo Hollywood wars with nWo Wolfpac and WCW for control. Now, at Bash at the Beach...wait, Hogan's not champ anymore? Goldberg is? The nWo Wolfpac is an afterthought? Well, at least Curt Hennig and Giant will have an interesting match...
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Episode 60: Bash at the Beach 1997
One year out from the formation of the nWo, WCW holds another match that could change wrestling forever - at least to hear the commentators tell it. We're not sure Dennis Rodman's stint in the nWo is as notable, ourselves. Plus: Which Mortal Kombat characters (effectively) make an appearance?…
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Episode 59: Bash at the Beach 1996
Bash at the Beach 1996. Challenged by Outsiders, WCW has put together a team to fight for the company's honor...but the identity of the Outsiders' third man will change WCW forever. That's right - it's time to look at the birth of the nWo. Plus: Rey Mysterio and Psychosis put on one of the most...
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Episode 58: Bash at the Baywatch
At Bash at the Beach 1995, Baywatch crossed over with WCW - now, it's time for WCW to return the questionable favor on Baywatch's version of Bash at the Beach! Can Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage best Vader and Ric Flair to regain that greatest of all wrestling prizes: the escrow papers for a local...
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Episode 57: Bash at the Beach 1995
With Bash at the Beach 1995, WCW has finally hit on the idea of holding a beach-themed show on, you know, a beach! With a partnership with Baywatch and a sponsorship from Slim Jims, the stage is set for interesting show - can WCW deliver fun in the sun? Hogan faces Vader in a cage! Savage faces...
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Episode 56: Bash at the Beach 1994
WCW's beach-themed show gets a new title as the company itself enters a new era with the arrival of Hulkamania at Bash at the Beach 1994! It's Hulk Hogan vs. Ric Flair in a match that's sold as champion vs. champion even though it, well, isn't. Meanwhile, Vader and the Boss - I mean, Guardian…
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Episode 55: Beach Blast 1993
It may or may not be safe to go back into the water, but it definitely wasn't safe to board Sting's boat in the leadup to Beach Blast 1993! It may involve entirely too much attempted explosive homicide, but the match between the Superpowers and the Masters of the Powerbomb is surely epic. Plus…
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Episode 54: Beach Blast 1992
It's time for fun in the sun as we start our latest series, covering Beach Blast and Bash at the Beach! First up - Beach Blast 1992. Who will prove to be the Iron Man - Ricky Steamboat or Rick Rude? Can Dustin Rhodes and his friends defeat the Dangerous Alliance? Can the Steiner Brothers stop the...
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Episode 53: New Blood Rising
August, 2000 - well, I guess it's time to head back to Sturgis, right? Wait, WCW didn't go back to Sturgis? This isn't a Road Wild show? It's called New Blood Rising (even though the New Blood angle is already pretty much over)? Well, what do we have on offer? Let's see. Generic set, confusing...
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Episode 52: Universal Soldier: The Return
Last episode, we took a look at Diamond Dallas Page's 1999 film - now, we take a look at Goldberg's! Budget cuts threaten the Universal Soldier program...despite an array of scientific accomplishments that would make your head spin. Supercomputer SETH doesn't exactly take it well. Can former…
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Episode 51: First Daughter (1999)
Happy New Year! At Road Wild 1999, we heard that two WCW wrestlers had been featured in films. But just how featured is "featured?" To find out, first up, we're taking a look at Diamond Dallas Page in the 1999 film "First Daughter" (not to be confused with the 2004 film of the same title). When...
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Episode 50! AWA SuperClash III
We've reached episode 50! To celebrate, we take a trip back to the late 1980s for a reunion with performers from the early days of our podcast...at SuperClash III! Lots of old friends are back: Wahoo McDaniel, Manny Fernandez, Hector Guerrero, Ron Garvin...even Jimmy Valiant! Plus: Jerry Lawler…
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Episode 49: Hog / Road Wild Retrospective
We've finished up another series - that's five down now! So join us as we discuss the Hog / Road Wild series as a whole. See how you do remembering some series facts. Plus: Who will get the coveted Series MVP awards, and which matches made our Ultimate cards? For all this, plus news of our plans...
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Episode 48: Road Wild 1999
WCW returns to Sturgis one last time for Road Wild 1999...with the face Hulk Hogan the crowd evidently thought it was getting the first year. Plus: Rodman vs. Savage in a match where somehow the guy who (at best) kidnapped somebody is the face! Goldberg vs. Rick Steiner should be a big…
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Episode 47: Road Wild 1998
Hogan. Bischoff. Page. Leno? It's Road Wild 1998, and as WCW heads back to Sturgis for the third year in a row, it brings the Tonight Show along for the ride in one of the stranger main events in WCW history. Before that, it's nWo vs. nWo, but Goldberg joins the battle just because. Dean Malenko...
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Episode 46: Road Wild 1997
WCW returns to Sturgis under an ever-so-slightly different name for Road Wild 1997 (though no one told Michael Buffer about the name change, apparently). Tonight, Hogan challenges for the world title, Ric Flair battles an up-and-coming Cruiserweight in the midcard, the Outsiders have a tag match...
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Episode 45: Hog Wild 1996
Happy 4th! Our new series begins - the rumble of motorcycles fills the air as Sturgis, South Dakota, goes Hog Wild! WCW and the newly formed nWo clash as Hogan fights the Giant to try to claim the Big Gold Belt for the nWo, while Kevin Nash and Scott Hall try to take down WCW stalwarts Sting and...
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Episode 44: WCW Monday Nitro July 29th 1996
For the first time, we take a look at an episode of WCW's flagship television show, WCW Monday Nitro. The nWo formed back at Bash at the Beach 1996...but hey, it's just another wrestling faction, right? WCW can just carry on as usual, right? To find out...let's go to the ring! Music by Michael…
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Episode 43: Spring Stampede Retrospective
We've finished up our fourth series! Now join us as we discuss the Spring Stampede series as a whole, to find its unifying themes. See how you do on our Spring Stampede quiz. Plus: Who will get the coveted Series MVP awards? For all this, plus some very strange match rebookings, Let's Go to the...
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Episode 42: Spring Stampede 2000
The stagecoach keeps on rolling, but the end of the trail approaches...as WCW Spring Stampede 2000 looms. Ironically, the final Spring Stampede brings a new beginning for WCW as they establish all new champions in a whole slew of tournaments. Plus...Norman Smiley vs. Terry Funk, because we love...
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Episode 41: Spring Stampede 1999
The Spring Stampede series continues...and so too does the rise of Diamond Dallas Page, who has his biggest opportunity yet - a shot at the World Heavyweight Championship. Can he dethrone the ever-so-slightly power-mad Ric Flair? Also: Can Goldberg get his revenge on Kevin Nash? Can Konnan even...
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Episode 40: Spring Stampede 1998
It's Spring Stampede 1998, and there's trouble down at the nWo-K Corral, brother! Hogan and Nash must face Piper and the Giant in a Baseball Bat on a Pole match...but should the two nWo members fear each other more than their opponents? Can Prince Iaukea avenge his defeated mentor, Dean Malenko?...
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Episode 39: Spring Stampede 1997
Yeehaw! Spring Stampede may have managed to skip the entire WCW Hulkamania era, but now it's back - landing smack in the middle of the nWo angle! Has the time off hurt the series, or can it come roaring back just as strong as in its first showing? One person who certainly benefitted from the two...
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Episode 38: Spring Stampede 1994
Saddle up, pardners! It's time for a new series! In 1994, WCW decided the absolute best location to host their new, cowboy-themed show, Spring Stampede, was of course...Illinois? Sure, that sounds logical. It also features precisely zero Bunkhouse Stampedes, though we're actually rather thankful...
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Episode 37: Collision in Korea
In 1995, WCW tried their hand at international diplomacy, working with New Japan Pro Wrestling and Antonio Inoki to put on a wrestling show / peace mission in North Korea. Now, the pay-per-view version of that show has been posted to YouTube, courtesy of Eric Bischoff's "83 Weeks" podcast -...
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Episode 36: Slamboree Retrospective
A third series down! Join us as we take a look back at Slamboree and figure out the series' identity and unifying themes. We'll also play some guessing games (see how you do!) and hand out series awards...and create our Ultimate Slamboree cards. Finally, find out what we'll be covering next! For...
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Episode 35: Slamboree 2000
It's the year 2000, and the end is swiftly approaching for WCW, making this the final Slamboree. But don't worry - WCW's still in the mood to waste a massive load of money on a terrifically expensive and equally massive three-tiered cage to put on one of their biggest spectacles yet, as Diamond...
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Episode 34: Ready to Rumble
In early 2000, losing money and fans by the boatload, WCW decided they were so popular it was time to release a movie! Enter "Ready to Rumble," which is such a cinematic masterpiece that Michael Buffer would be justified suing for defamation of character just for having his catchphrase associated...
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Episode 33: Slamboree '99
In 1999, a troubled WCW presents its penultimate Slamboree - including a whole bunch of video packages that really, really want to tell you that Sting, Goldberg, Kevin Nash, and DDP do in fact exist. Nothing about what they're doing, mind - but they exist. Good to know! Will Ric Flair or Roddy...
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Episode 32: Slamboree '98
It's WCW vs. nWo vs. nWo! At Slamboree '98, the battle lines are drawn...sometimes in rather confusing ways. Will Sting join the nWo (either version)? Can Lex Luger get revenge on Scott Steiner...by attacking Brian Adams? Will Vince McMahon accept Eric' Bischoff's challenge, and give us the first...
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Episode 31: Slamboree '97
The tradition continues at Slamboree 1997! What tradition? Well, maybe it's the Steiners, traditionally hurling people overhead? Or maybe Ultimo Dragon, traditionally kicking really, really hard? Or maybe Kevin Greene, making a traditional appearance for the second year? Jeff Jarrett…
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Episode 30: Slamboree '96
Woooooo shall not pass! It's Slamboree 1996, and WCW's stalwarts, along with some of its rising stars, seek to become the Lord of the Ring...as WCW, for some reason, decides to abandon the Hall of Fame concept of prior Slamborees to do a Battlebowl show. Can Ric Flair and Randy Savage get along?...
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Episode 29: Slamboree '95
Slamboree '95 is a Legends' Reunion once again...even if the legends are kind of crammed into their own little corner on the show this time. As WCW hurtles headlong into its future, how will it change a show that has, thus far, been heavily focused on the past? Plus: The Conch Republic, Red Tide,...
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Join us monthly as we look through the good old days - and not-so-good old days - of World Championship Wrestling (WCW), series by series, to figure out what makes each of WCW's shows tick. Just what defines Starrcade, and what defines Halloween Havoc? WCW may have gone out of business years ago, but it will never lose its place in wrestling history, and its position as the one true competitor to the WWF may never be replicated. Together, let's take a look through it and enjoy the highs, lows, and strange decisions along the way. Logo art by: Gina Trujillo (http://resuki.com/)
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