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Mick Foley, CM Punk And More Pay Tribute To Wrestler Daffney Unger After Her Death

Cinema Blend 03 Sep 2021
Former WCW/WWE/TNA superstar Hurricane Helms, who was part of one of Daffney Unger’s biggest moments in WCW, took to Twitter to talk about that fateful night on Thunder and the electric crow response. My favorite WCW Daffney moment.
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HALL THINGS CONSIDERED: Competition drove the Monday Night War and drives the devil

Times-Tribune 22 Aug 2021
It has come to be known as the Monday Night War because the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) was directly competing with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) on Monday nights each week ... It wasn’t until WCW stole away their thunder that they realized they needed to get on the ball and shake things up a bit ... But unlike WCW, this is a war you can win.
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Jeff Jarrett Says THIS Was The Final "Nail In WCW's Coffin"

What Culture 10 Aug 2021
Jeff Jarrett believes that WCW agreeing to tape Nitro and Thunder on the same night helped kill the company ... So, in other words, WCW wanted him to work gruelling double shots at these Nitro/Thunder tapings for less cash.
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Mark Henry wants to bring the commentary ‘you don’t get’ to AEW Rampage

New York Post 10 Aug 2021
More On.. all elite wrestling. AEW cuts from bloody pizza cutter incident to Domino’s commercial ... Q ... A. I’m excited ... Q ... A ... Q ... A ... How do you make “Rampage” not feel like the B show or the lesser show like we’ve seen happen with “Thunder” in WCW and at times “SmackDown” was that way in WWE? How do you keep that from happening with this show?.
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10 Wrestlers You Didn't Know Were In Non-Wrestling Video Games

What Culture 04 Feb 2021
Wrestling games down the years have seen a number of unusual crossover cameos on the flimsiest of pretences. WWF Attitude saw Turok's Joshua Fireseed make the short trip across Acclaim's development desk, whilst the terrible WCW Thunder contained a sailor straight outta Shenmue (honest) ... Just Bring It!.
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Eric Bischoff Reveals What REALLY Killed The NWO

What Culture 08 Jan 2021
Back in '98, Bischoff wanted to make Monday Nitro an exclusive nWo product; meanwhile, the WCW wing would've appeared on Thunder. Of course, as they often did in WCW, plans went awry.Advertisement.
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Movie review: Documentary on David Arquette and pro wrestling gets its hand raised in victory

Henry Herald 27 Aug 2020
The film featured World Championship Wrestling stars in cameo roles, and got some promotion via Arquette's appearances on the weekly TV shows "WCW Monday Nitro" and "WCW Thunder. On April 26, 2000, as a publicity stunt, but to the chagrin of wrestlers and wrestling fans, he, an outsider, won the coveted WCW World Heavyweight Championship belt.
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Documentary on David Arquette and pro wrestling gets its hand raised in victory

Metrowest Daily News 27 Aug 2020
The film featured World Championship Wrestling stars in cameo roles, and got some promotion via Arquette’s appearances on the weekly TV showsWCW Monday Nitro” and “WCW Thunder." On April 26, 2000, as a publicity stunt, but to the chagrin of wrestlers and wrestling fans, he, an outsider, won the coveted WCW World Heavyweight Championship belt.
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Ex-WCW Boss Eric Bischoff Reveals Why NWO Had So Many Members

What Culture 26 Jun 2020
Eric Bischoff told Fightful's Sean Ross Sapp that the nWo had so many members because WCW were planning a brand split years before WWE even thought about it ... That effectively left WCW with a "buy on" product, something that Bischoff knew would never work.
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100 greatest wrestling matches to watch over WrestleMania weekend

Cleveland 03 Apr 2020
As previously stated, these are the now 100 Greatest Wrestling Matches Ever that fall under the WWE, NWA/WCW, ECW and NXT umbrella ... The Nature Boy would leave WCW and head to WWF soon after ... Brian Pillman and Japan’s Jushin “Thunder” Liger open up SuperBrawl II with a marvel of a match that changed the entire fabric of what WCW was about.
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2 Ups & 7 Downs From WWE SmackDown (6 March)

What Culture 07 Mar 2020
The "go home" edition before this Sunday's Elimination Chamber was as makeshift as the pay-per-view itself will be, and it almost felt like a late-era broadcast of WCW Thunder at times (almost literally due to the ...
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5 Game Developers We Want To Make An AEW Video Game ( & 5 We Don't)

Game Rant 11 Feb 2020
It’s fair to say that Electronic Arts doesn’t have the best reputation for publishing some of the worst wrestling games ever made with WCW Mayhem and WCW Backstage Assault ... These games were WCW Nitro and WCW/nWo Thunder which were released in 1998 and 1999 respectively ... Fans of the AKI-developed titles like WCW vs. the World and WCW vs.
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16 Things You Probably Missed From WWE Raw (Dec 23)

What Culture 24 Dec 2019
Monday's Raw had more piped-in crowd noise than latter day editions of WCW Thunder ... You couldn't have missed that. You might've missed 16 other little incidentals though ... He made a right tit of himself (or a left).
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Eric Bischoff talks WWE comeback, AEW and CM Punk

Digital Spy 03 Dec 2019
From 1995-2001, WWE and WCW were immersed in a heated ratings war ... WCW folded in 2001 when Turner Broadcasting was bought by Time Warner, and Time Warner\u2019s ultimate merger with AOL left Nitro and Thunder without a home. Vince McMahon eventually bought WCW and still owns the ...
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Final 19 Episodes Of WCW Thunder Added To WWE Network

What Culture 18 Nov 2019
For those of you with a penchant for pain or who simply have a morbid curiosity, the final run of WCW Thunder episodes have now been added to the WWE Network ... This now means that all 156 two-hour episodes of WCW Thunder are now ...
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