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

Ep 293 – SuperBrawl VIII		“Hogan vs Sting II for the Championship”

Hope they get it right this time

0:28 - Welcome

17:39 - SuperBrawl Opening

19:05 - Booker T vs Rick Martel for the WCW World Television Championship

24:11 - Booker T vs Perry Saturn for the WCW World Television Championship

29:07 - La Parka vs Disco Inferno

35:07 – Brad Armstrong vs Bill Goldberg

37:39 - Juventud Guerrera vs Chris Jericho in a Title vs Mask match for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship

45:01 - Steve “Mongo” McMichael vs the British Bulldog

47:30 - “The Crippler” Chris Benoit vs Diamond Dallas Page for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship

52:18 - Macho Man Randy Savage (w/ Miss Elizabeth) vs Lex Luger in a No DQ match

56:24 - The Outsiders (Scott Hall/Kevin Nash) (w/ Dusty Rhodes) vs the Steiner Brothers (Rick/Scott Steiner) (w/ Ted DiBiase) for 
the WCW World Tag Team Championships

1:02:04 - Hollywood Hogan vs Sting for the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Championship

1:07:54 - Overall Thoughts 

1:11:05 - Smarking It Up

1:21:01 - Making Their Way to the Ring

1:24:29 - Goodbyes

Music from this week’s show is the theme from SuperBrawl and “Sting/Crow” by Jimmy Hart

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Ep 293 - SuperBrawl VIII

Ep 294 - Living Dangerously 1998

What does everyone want?!?!?!

0:30 - Welcome

18:12 - LD Opening

20:02 - The FBI (Tracy Smothers/Little Guido) (w/ “The Don” Tommy Rich) vs Jerry Lynn and Chris Chetti

29:43 - Doug Furnas (w/ Lance Wright) vs Masato Tanaka

36:54 - Rob Van Dam (w/ Bill Alfonso) vs 2 Cold Scorpio

45:56 - The Dudleys (D-Von/Buh Buh Ray) (w/ Joel Gertner, Big Dick and Sign Guy Dudley) vs the Hardcore Chair Swingin Freaks (Axl Rotten/Balls Mahoney) vs New Jack and Spike Dudley 
in a Three Way Dance

54:48 - Justin Credible (w/ Jason and Nicole Bass) vs Tommy Dreamer

1:00:34 - Bam Bam Bigelow vs Taz for the ECW World Television Championship

1:04:15 - Sandman vs Sabu (w/ Bill Alfonso) in a Dueling Canes match

1:10:37 - Chris Candido and “The Franchise” Shane Douglas (w/ Francine) vs Lance Storm and 
a mystery partner in a Dream Partner match

1:15:49 - Overall Thoughts 

1:18:15 - Smarking It Up

1:29:03 - Making Their Way to the Ring

1:31:02 - Goodbyes

Music from this week’s show is “This is Extreme” by Harry Slash and the Slashtones and “Breathe” by Prodigy

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Ep 294 - Living Dangerously 1998

Ep 295 - Uncensored 1998			“Rules Are For Fools”

They wouldn't give us a disappointing main event would they?

0:28 - Welcome

23:53 - Uncensored Opening

25:07 - Eddie Guerrero (w/ Chavo Guerrero Jr) vs Booker T for the WCW World Television Championship

29:15 - Konnan vs Juventud Guerrera

34:39 - Dean Malenko vs Chris Jericho for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship

42:44 - Scott Steiner vs Lex Luger

46:38 - Raven vs “The Crippler” Chris Benoit vs Diamond Dallas Page for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship in a Falls Count Anywhere match

53:30 - Kevin Nash vs the Giant

59:49 - Curt Hennig (w/ Rick Rude) vs Bret “Hitman” Hart

1:04:58 - Scott Hall (w/ Dusty Rhodes) vs Sting for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship

1:11:18 - Hollywood Hogan vs Macho Man Randy Savage (w/ Miss Elizabeth) in a Cage match

1:16:59 - Overall Thoughts 

1:20:15 - Smarking It Up

1:33:10 - Making Their Way to the Ring

1:37:45 - Goodbyes

Music from this week’s show is the music from WCW Mayhem video game during the Uncensored arena and “Voodoo Child” by Jimi Hendrix Experience

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Ep 295 - Uncensored 1998

Ep 296 - WrestleMania XIV	“The greatest PPV attraction of all time!”

Attitude begins!

0:28 - Welcome

14:44 - WrestleMania Opening

20:24 - Tag Team Battle Royal to determine the #1 contenders for the WWF Tag team Championship

30:04 - Aguila vs Taka Michinoku for the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship

36:35 - HHH (w/ Chyna) vs Owen Hart for the WWF European Championship

44:39 - Luna Vachon and The Artist Formerly Known as Goldust vs Sable and Marvelous Marc Mero in a Mixed Tag match

51:49 - The Rock (w/ D’Lo Brown, Kama and Mark Henry) vs Ken Shamrock for the WWF Intercontinental Championship

57:04 - Cactus Jack and Chainsaw Charlie vs the New Age Outlaws (Road Dog Jesse James/Bad Ass Billy Gunn) for the WWF Tag Team Championship in a Dumpster match

1:08:45 – Kane (w/ Paul Bearer) vs the Undertaker

1:18:01 - Stone Cold Steve Austin vs “The Heartbreak Kid” Shawn Michaels (w/ HHH and Chyna) for the WWF Championship with Mike Tyson as the special enforcer

1:26:42 - Overall Thoughts 

1:29:03 - Smarking It Up

1:43:46 - Making Their Way to the Ring

1:46:18 - Goodbyes

Music from this week’s show is “Wrestlemania (Instrumental)” by Mike Stock/Pete Waterman and “Hell Frozen Over v3” by Jim Johnston

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Ep 296 - Wrestlemania XIV

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Ep 289 - WCW Thunder 01/08/1998

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