JaymeFuture Posted February 26, 2017 Report Share Posted February 26, 2017 Just to drop this in here, the latest Squared Circle Gazette Radio is now online, as we return to the Monday Night War Timeline to talk January 1999! Discussing every Raw, Nitro and PPV of the month, along with detailed backstage notes from the Wrestling Observer and Pro Wrestling Torch newsletters of the time, we break down all the top stories. Analysing January 4th, Tony Schiavone, the Fingerpoke of Doom, the reformation of the nWo, Mankind winning the WWF Title, madness at the Royal Rumble, Halftime Heat, Ric Flair as WCW President, the backlash to the WWF's content, Mark Henry gets a handful, the birth of the Ministry of Darkness, the continued neutering of Bill Goldberg, Sable creates a stir backstage, Russo's work coming to light and much, much more. In addition, we have all the facts and figures of the time which reveal some interesting realities that contradict the WWF's narrative of the month. A very fun show this week, check it out and join us next week as we look at February 1999! https://squaredcirclegazette.podbean.com/mf/download/d4qxdt/SCG_Radio_113_-_The_Monday_Night_War_in_January_1999.mp3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBadMick Posted February 26, 2017 Report Share Posted February 26, 2017 Just out of curiosity are you planning to go with these until March '01? Seems a bit misrepresentative to keep calling it a war if so.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaymeFuture Posted February 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2017 That's a good point...I think the test is to see how far we get through 1999 without crippling depression setting in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteF3 Posted March 2, 2017 Report Share Posted March 2, 2017 A fun show as usual...as for how far to go, I think the departure of the Radicals would be a good stopping point. I can only speak for me but it seemed like that was the moment where there was truly no return and that WCW was forever consigned to #2. Realistically they'd probably already reached that point, but that felt like the death knell. Anything else is just playing out the string, and whatever noteworthy moments came after that seem to be well-covered by the RuView episodes. '99 is certainly a depressing year, but maybe until the Russo jump you could burn off 2 or 3 months at a time, like in the early shows, and concentrate more on the bigger stories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianB Posted March 2, 2017 Report Share Posted March 2, 2017 Fun show. Is another trial on the horizon? A fun show as usual...as for how far to go, I think the departure of the Radicals would be a good stopping point. I can only speak for me but it seemed like that was the moment where there was truly no return and that WCW was forever consigned to #2. Realistically they'd probably already reached that point, but that felt like the death knell. Anything else is just playing out the string, and whatever noteworthy moments came after that seem to be well-covered by the RuView episodes. '99 is certainly a depressing year, but maybe until the Russo jump you could burn off 2 or 3 months at a time, like in the early shows, and concentrate more on the bigger stories. Agree with this. Nash and Russo had done the major damage and there was no return, especially with that talent loss. And the dysfunction was everywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaymeFuture Posted March 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2017 A new trial and a new "Rebooking" is indeed in the works for the next few weeks after this run on Timelines... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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