JaymeFuture Posted February 21, 2015 Report Share Posted February 21, 2015 After a two week absence due to internet issues, we are back for the much requested second part of our History of The Monday Night War series, as we run through the first six months of 1996. Complete with detailed notes from Wrestling Observer Newsletters of the time, the panel timeline from January to the end of June, and discuss all the key talking points and take your feedback, talking Billionaire Ted, Vader, Hogan and Friends, Brian Pillman, Shawn Michaels' Mania victory, Eric Bischoff's brass balls, the debut of the Outsiders, the Ultimate Warrior, and much much more. A really fun show, check it out! http://squaredcirclegazette.podbean.com/mf/web/56jfgt/SCGRadio29-TheMondayNightWarin1996-Part1.mp3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBadMick Posted February 21, 2015 Report Share Posted February 21, 2015 At last! Looking forward to this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smack2k Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 Really Really psyched for this....you guys should do all these one after the other... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawho5 Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 Actually, you should wait until I finish All Japan again and have time to go through it all first. Great stuff so far and I'm looking forward to the second half of 96. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaymeFuture Posted February 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 Thanks for the kind words thus far - I will say I'd love to do these as a series one after the other, but the amount of research needed doesn't allow for a one week turnaround as we typically do. We have to edit a bit out of this timeline, and I'm starting to think it's more realistic to do three month periods per podcast after this to really let a lot of the notes breathe, since things only be getting more newsworthy week to week... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smack2k Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 For me, MORE detail means better show, by all means do three month chunks….I love the minutia!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smack2k Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 I LOVED this show.....all the details were amazing....very interesting stuff.... really really lookin forward to the next installments.... Really Really interesting to see how immediately when people knew about Hall and Nash (after the first couple shows), the ratings started up quickly and WWF starting fading fast.. Really looking forward to hearing the weekly's from July 96 - April 98 and the backstage stuff with both companies as I want to know: 1. How bad it got for the WWF financially and with their talent? 2. When did WCW start to rest on their laurels and stop working so hard to stay ahead? 3. Did the WWF come close to closing down completely? 4. Why, as good as 1997 WWF was, did their ratings not move much, or make noise until late in the year / early 98? 5. At what point did WCW really start to panic and notice the WWF was coming or were they complacent the whole time, even during the WWF resurgence, due to getting WAY overconfident LOTS more I'd like to hear.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBadMick Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 I'm with Smack on all that. Really good show and the perfect antidote for lazy generalisations about the 'Monday Night Wars'. Three months chunks is fine too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaymeFuture Posted February 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 Really appreciate the positive feedback - love doing these shows, so many captivating tidbits that pop up out of obscurity. Who knew that Mabel was strongly considered for the Third Man? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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