83 Weeks #259: WCW NITRO 3/2/1998

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This week on 83 weeks, Eric & Conrad watch a 3-HOUR NITRO. Eric also goes off on Dave Meltzer/ Special thanks to this week's sponsors! Athletic Greens- Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1x-year supply of immune-support Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visit athleticgreens.com/83WEEKS. MINDBLOOM-Go to Mindbloom.com/83WEEKS, promo code 83WEEKS for $100 off your first six-session program today FOLLOW ALL OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA at https://83weekslinks.com/ Stop throwing your money on rent! Get into a house with NO MONEY DOWN and roughly the same monthly payment at SaveWithConrad.com Get early, ad-free access to more than a dozen of your favorite wrestling podcasts, starting at just $9 over on AdFreeShows.com. That's less than 15 cents an episode each month! You can also listen to them directly through Apple Podcasts or your other regular podcast apps! AdFreeShows.com also has thousands of hours worth of bonus content including popular series like Title Chase, Eric Fires Back, Conversations with Conrad, Mike Chioda's Mailbag and many more! Plus, live, interactive virtual chats with your favorite podcasts hosts and wrestling legends. All that and much more! Sign up today at AdFreeShows.com! If your business targets 25-54 year old men, there's no better place to advertise than right here with us on 83 Weeks. You've heard us do ads for some of the same companies for years...why? Because it works! And with our super targeted audience, there's very little waste. Go to AdvertiseWithEric.com now and find out more about advertising with 83 Weeks. Get all of your 83 Weeks merchandise at https://boxofgimmicks.com/collections/83-weeks 00:00 83 Weeks #259 00:05 START 00:38 COUNTDOWN 01:40 SHOW START 01:49 RECAP from last week 02:43 Schiavone Intro 03:35 WCW’s doing RECORD BUSINESS in Philadelphia 07:31 Scotty Riggs got BLOCKED 08:05 This was the COUNTER to Mike Tyson 09:51 6mm households 12:12 Macho Man in Harvard 17:04 Hogan’s promo 21:52 AEW ratings 23:44 unmasking Juventud 25:41 Fans are here for the STARS 28:23 Psychosis 29:13 Conrad vs Prince Iakua 29:39 Spicoli’s drug tests 32:01 WCW’s RECORD Business in 1998 34:50 HOW Turner RUINED WCW 37:23 DID Prince Iakua have a ceiling? 39:55 BREAK SaveWithConrad.com 40:25 RAVEN and the Public Enemy in Philadelphia 43:10 pyro heading into the 2nd hour 45:36 The Public Enemy in Philadelphia 46:37 Bringing back Erik Watts 48:04 Table BOTCH 48:39 BACK TO Erik Watts 49:21 Was the Macho Man feeling a “squeeze” roster wise? 51:48 Macho Man promo 52:19 STING breaks his silence 54:50 BREAK AG1 01:00:38 Did Eric Bischoff DROP THE BALL on Sting? 01:02:48 WCW’s lack of Discipline 01:07:25 “Stuck Mojo” music video 01:10:48 VKM claiming to have “Kicked Ted Turner’s ass” 01:13:35 DDP in 1998 01:18:06 BREAK AdFreeShows.com 01:20:23 2023 Observer Awards 01:25:43 Eric GOES OFF on Dave Meltzer 01:30:53 Is Meltzer PROJECTING about covering Cody Rhodes/Sami Zayn? 01:36:42 Ric Flair promo 01:41:31 Ric Flair’s Birthday!!! 01:42:07 Davy Boy Smith 01:43:04 Rick Steiner 01:43:35 WHAT was the Pyro budget? 01:44:02 Super Calo 01:45:32 WCW talent BANNED from Promo Azteca 01:49:10 Scott Steiner changing his look 01:51:39 The Steiner Recliner 01:52:17 BREAK MINDBLOOM 01:56:31 Stacy Kiebler's TV debut 01:58:31 Jericho and Guerrero 02:02:02 A&E doc on the nWo 02:06:58 The nWo Melee 02:12:55 Bret Hart vs Brian Adams 02:17:45 Is the Bret Hart/Goldberg thing a rib? 02:18:56 The Woman who designed the nWo logo 02:22:07 Want to have Bobby Heenan sympathize with the nWo 02:23:31 Would the narrative about Eric Bischoff be different had he not been an on screen character? 02:26:59 Do you regret having Sting and Savage walk out together? 02:30:03 Does today’s wrestling need to be more formatted like Nitro 1998? 02:31:05 Ed Leslie 02:32:35 OUTRO Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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