Ep 279 - – Halloween Havoc 1997			“Snap into the Madness”

One of the greatest matches ever

0:30 - Welcome

16:48 - HH Opening

17:57 - Yuji Nagata (w/ Sonny Onoo) vs Ultimo Dragon

25:40 - Gedo vs Chris Jericho

31:30 - Rey Mysterio Jr vs Eddie Guerrero for the WCW World Cruiserweight Championship vs Mask match

42:51 - Steve “Mongo” McMichael vs Alex Wright (w/ Queen Debra)

48:00 - Disco Inferno vs Miss Jacquelyn

52:50 - Curt Hennig vs “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship

58:34 - Scott Hall (w/ Syxx) vs Lex Luger with Larry Zbyszko as the Special Referee

1:02:56 - Macho Man Randy Savage (w/ Miss Elizabeth) vs Diamond Dallas Page in a Las Vegas Sudden Death match

1:08:17 - Hollywood Hogan vs Rowdy Roddy Piper in a Steel Cage match

1:16:00 - Overall Thoughts 

1:18:56 - Smarking It Up

1:30:34 - The Dusty Finish

1:32:07 - Goodbyes

Music from this week’s show is “Rough Rock” by Shopan Entesari/Mike Slamer and “Green Hills of Tyrol” by Sandy Davidson

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Ep 279 - Halloween Havoc 1997

Ep 284 - D-Generation X: In Your House			
“Attitude is Everything”	

Lots of firsts during this show

0:28 - Welcome

15:00 - IYH Opening

16:02 - Brian Christopher vs Taka Michinoku in the Tournament Finals for the inaugural WWF Light Heavyweight Championship

21:12 – Los Boricuas (Jesus Castillo, Jose Estrada, and Miguel Perez) (w/ Savio Vega) vs the Disciples of Apocalypse (Chainz, 8-Ball and Skull)

30:11 - Marvelous Marc Mero (w/ Sable and Ray Rinaldi) vs Butterbean (w/ Art Dore and Murray Sutherland) in a Toughman 
match

43:12 - The Legion of Doom (Road Warrior Animal/Road Warrior Hawk) vs Road Dog Jesse James and Bad Ass Billy Gunn for the 
WWF World Tag Team Championships

51:06 - HHH (w/ Chyna) vs Sgt. Slaughter in a Boot Camp match

1:00:32 - Jeff Jarrett vs the Undertaker

1:10:55 - The Rock (w/ the Nation of Domination) vs Stone Cold Steve Austin for the WWF Intercontinental Championship

1:18:36 - Ken Shamrock vs “The Heartbreak Kid” Shawn Michaels (w/ HHH and Chyna) for the WWF Championship

1:26:58 - Overall Thoughts 

1:32:50 - Smarking It Up

1:46:05 - The Dusty Finish

1:48:33 - Goodbyes

Music from this week’s show is “Break it Down *Instrumental” by DX Band and “Dangerous” by Jim Johnston

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Ep 284 - D-Generation X: In Your House

Ep 285 - Starrcade 1997	
“Hogan’s a colorful guy…but his nightmare’s black ‘n white. Paybacks are Hell!”

Everyone knows about the main event, but what about the rest of the show?

1:03 - Welcome

15:26 - Starrcade Opening

19:11 - Dean Malenko vs Eddie Guerrero for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship

26:15 - The nWo (Vincent, Scott Norton and Konnan) vs Ray Traylor and the Steiner Brothers (Rick/Scott Steiner) (w/ Ted 
DiBiase)

33:28 - Bill Goldberg vs Steve “Mongo” McMichael

38:00 - Perry Saturn (w/ Raven) vs “The Crippler” Chris Benoit in a Raven’s Rules match

44:44 - Buff Bagwell vs Lex Luger

49:20 - Curt Hennig vs Diamond Dallas Page for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship

57:55 - Eric Bischoff (w/ Scott Hall) vs Larry Zbyszko for Control of Nitro with Bret “Hitman” Hart as the special guest referee

1:03:14 - Hollywood Hogan vs Sting for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship

1:15:55 - Overall Thoughts 

1:25:09 - Smarking It Up

1:36:16 - The Dusty Finish

1:40:23 - Goodbyes

Music from this week’s show is “Fire Escape” by Bruce Chianese/Geoff Levin and “Sting/Crow” by Jimmy Hart/Howard 
Helm

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Ep 285 - Starrcade 1997

Ep 286 – Dusty Finish Vol 4

A compilation of all of the Dusty Finishes from Ep 235 - 285 taking us from November 1992 to November 1996

0:18 - Welcome

3:12 - The Dusty Finish

1:24:50 - Goodbyes

Music from this week’s show is “New Body” by Audio Adrenaline and “Bellbottoms” by Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

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Ep 286 - Dusty Finish Vol 4

Ep 287 – Best of WHX Vol 6: 1997 

We bring you our favorite matches from 1997 in clip show style!  If you like any of these, check out the full shows always in the archives

0:17 - Welcome

2:57 – Stone Coll Steve Austin vs Bret “Hitman” Hart in a Submission match with Ken Shamrock as the special guest referee from Wrestlemania 13 (ep247)

17:10 – BWO Japan (Taka Michinoku, Men’s Trioh and Dick Togo) vs Masata Yakushiji, Great Sasuke and Gran Hamada from Barely Legal 1997 (ep250)

33:41 – Akira Hokuta (w/ Sonny Onoo) vs Madusa for the WCW Women’s World Championship in a Title vs Career match from Great American Bash 1997 (ep259)

43:49 – Terry Funk (w/ Dory Funk Jr) vs Bret “Hitman” Hart (w/ Bruce Hart) in a No DQ match from Terry Funk’s Wrestlefest: 50 Years of Funk (ep270)

56:43 – “The Heartbreak Kid” Shawn Michaels (w/ Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Chyna and Rick Rude) vs the Undertaker to be the #1 Contender for the WWF Championship in a Hell in a Cell match from Badd Blood: In Your House (ep275)

1:10:31 – Rey Mysterio Jr vs Eddie Guerrero for the WCW World Cruiserweight Championship vs Mask match from Halloween Havoc 1997 (ep279)

1:18:37 – Honorable Mentions

1:22:17 - Goodbyes

Music from this week’s show is “New Body” by Audio Adrenaline and “Bellbottoms” by Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

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Ep 287 - Best of WHX Vol 6: 1997

Ep 288 – Final Power Hall in Tokyo Dome

Inokism starts creeping in

0:33 - Welcome

17:32 - Final Power Hall Opening

18:21 - Kendo Kashin vs Koji Kanemoto

24:39 - Ultimo Dragon vs Shinjiro Otani for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship

31:07 - Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs Yuji Nagata

36:50 - Bull Powers (Manubu Nakanishi/Satoshi Kojima) vs Osamu Nishimura and Tatsumi Fujinami

42:55 - Kazuyuki Fujita vs Riki Choshu in Riki Road Final Message 5 with Kotetsu Yamamoto as special guest referee

43:55 - Yutaka Yoshie vs Riki Choshu in Riki Road Final Message 5 with Kotetsu Yamamoto as special guest referee

44:45 - Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs Riki Choshu in Riki Road Final Message 5

46:11 - Takashi Iizuka vs Riki Choshu in Riki Road Final Message 5

47:33 - Jushin Thunder Liger vs Riki Choshu in Riki Road Final 
Message 5

52:32 - Don Frye vs Naoya Ogawa in a Different Style Fight

56:42 - Dennis Lane vs Shinya Hashimoto in a Different Style Fight

59:16 - Shiro Koshinaka vs Masahiro Chono (w/ Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Hiro Saito)

1:04:15 - Keiji Mutoh (w/ Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan and 
Hiro Saito) vs Kensuke Sasaki for the IWGP Heavyweight 

Championship

1:09:10 - Overall Thoughts 

1:14:22 - Smarking It Up

1:22:40 - Making Their Way to the Ring

1:25:06 - Goodbyes

Music from this week’s show is “The Score” by Emerson, Lake and Powell and “Take the Dream” by Blue Stealer

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Ep 288 - Final Power Hall in Tokyo Dome

Ep 289 – WCW Thunder 01/08/1998

The very first episode….must be something new and exciting?

0:26 - Welcome
14:33 - Thunder Opening
17:12 - Chris Adams vs Macho Man Randy Savage (w/ Miss Elizabeth)
21:17 – Louie Spicolli vs Rick Martel
24:42 - Tenzan vs Ohara (w/ Sonny Onoo)
27:50 - Chris Jericho vs “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair
31:07 - Meng (w/ Jimmy Hart) vs the Giant
33:22 - Steve “Mongo” McMichael vs Bill Goldberg
35:43 - Konnan and Buff Bagwell (w/ Vincent) vs the Steiners (Rick/Scott Steiner) (w/ Ted DiBiase)
42:14 - Scott Hall vs Ray Traylor
44:08 - Juventud Guerrera vs Ultimo Dragon for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship
51:24 – Scott Norton vs Lex Luger
54:22 - Hollywood Hogan vs Sting for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship
58:00 - Diamond Dallas Page vs Kevin Nash (w/ Hollywood Hogan) for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship
1:00:03 - Overall Thoughts 
1:03:21 - Smarking It Up
1:13:26 - Making Their Way to the Ring
1:14:41 - Goodbyes
Music from this week’s show is “Out to Lunch” by Steve Everitt and “Self High Five (Intro Cut)” by Jimmy Hart and JJ Maguire
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Ep 289 - WCW Thunder 01/08/1998

Ep 290 - Royal Rumble 1998 			
“Pain! Just a 4-Letter Word”

They don’t telegraph the winner at all

0:36 - Welcome

13:04 - Rumble Opening

15:47 - The Artist Formerly Known as Goldust (w/ Luna Vachon) vs Vader

21:23 - Battalion, Tarantula, and El Torito vs Max Mini, Mosaic, and Nova with Sunny as the special guest referee

28:36 - The Rock vs Ken Shamrock for the WWF Intercontinental Championship

37:47 - The New Age Outlaws (Road Dog Jesse James/Bad Ass Billy Gunn) vs the Legion of Doom (Road Warrior Hawk/Road Warrior Animal) for the WWF Tag Team Championships

44:21 - The Royal Rumble match

1:06:32 - “The Heartbreak Kid” Shawn Michaels (w/ HHH and Chyna) vs the Undertaker for the WWF Championship in a Casket match

1:14:21 - Overall Thoughts 

1:20:08 - Smarking It Up

1:32:02 - Making Their Way to the Ring

1:36:02 - Goodbyes

Music from this week’s show is “Death Race” by Darren and Stephen Loveday and “Sexy Boy” by Jimmy Hart and JJ Maguire

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Ep 290 - Royal Rumble 1998

Ep 291 – Souled Out 1998	
“Hell Hath No Fury Like…”, “First Fight ‘98”, and “Who Do You Trust”	

They keep making weird decisions

0:29 - Welcome

17:42 - SO Opening

18:52 - Juventud Guerrera, Super Calo, Lizmark Jr, and Chavo Guerrero Jr vs La Parka, Silver King, Psychosis and El Dandy

24:39 - Raven (w/ the Flock) vs “The Crippler” Chris Benoit in a Raven’s Rules match

29:06 - Chris Jericho vs Rey Mysterio Jr for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship

38:06 - Rick Martel vs Booker T for the WCW World Television Championship

43:00 - Scott Hall (w/ Louie Spicolli) vs Larry Zbyszko

51:09 - Scott Norton, Buff Bagwell and Konnan (w/ Vincent) vs Ray Traylor and the Steiner Brothers (Rick/Scott Steiner) (w/ Ted DiBiase)

55:39 - Kevin Nash (w/ Hollywood Hogan and Eric Bischoff) vs the Giant

1:02:43 - “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair vs Bret “Hitman” Hart

1:08:00 - Macho Man Randy Savage (w/ Miss Elizabeth) vs Lex Luger

1:12:37 - Overall Thoughts 

1:19:19 - Smarking It Up

1:29:49 - Making Their Way to the Ring

1:31:25 - Goodbyes

Music from this week’s show is Runaway” by Alec Williams & Georgia Shapiro and “Slammer” by Derek Todd Sorensen

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Ep 291 - Souled Out 1998

Ep 292 – No Way Out of Texas: In Your House

Sometimes lemons do get turned into lemonade

0:29 - Welcome

14:28 - No Way Out Opening

17:16 - Marvelous Marc Mero (w/ Sable) and the Artist Formerly Known as Goldust (w/ Luna Vachon) vs the Headbangers 
(Mosh/Thrasher)

23:52 - Pantera vs Taka Michinoku for the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship

29:35 - The Quebecers (Jacques/Pierre) vs the Godwinns (Henry O Godwinn/Phineas I Godwinn)

34:47 - Jeff Jarrett (w/ Jim Cornette, Barry Windham, and the Rock n Roll Express (Ricky Morton/Robert Gibson) vs Bradshaw for the NWA North American Championship

44:39 - The Nation of Domination (Faarooq, D’Lo Brown, Kama Mustafa, “The World’s Strongest Man” Mark Henry and “The Rock” Rocky Maivia vs Ken Shamrock, Ahmed Johnson, and the Disciples of Apocalypse (Chainz, Skull and 8-Ball) in a War of Attrition match

51:51 - Vader vs Kane (w/ Paul Bearer)

56:57 - The New Age Outlaws (Road Dogg Jesse James/Bad Ass Billy Gunn), HHH (w/ Chyna) and Savio Vega vs Owen Hart, Cactus Jack, Chainsaw Charlie and Stone Cold Steve Austin in a non-sanctioned match

1:05:32 - Overall Thoughts 

1:09:47 - Smarking It Up

1:19:23 - Making Their Way to the Ring

1:21:19 - Goodbyes

Music from this week’s show is “Jersey Splitter” by Chris Many & Geoff Levin and “Hell Frozen Over v3” by Jim Johnston

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Ep 292 - No Way Out of Texas: In Your House

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