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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Jan 4, 2021 18:53:34 GMT -5
...there was a finger poke of doom and Mick Foley put a lot of butts in the seats!
So the most exciting Monday Night War took place on this day in 1999. Two big title matches for each show, two big title changes on each show. One solidified it's dominance in the Monday Night War, the other solidified its own demise.
With all that being said, what was everyone doing that night?? What show were you watching?? Did you do the "flip the channel" or were you dedicated to just one show??
For me, I didn't watch any that night. I lived in the country, satellite was down, so no Raw or Nitro. My buddy taped Raw on TSN which is a Canadian sports channel and we watched it on Tuesday during spare when we had no classes. I never seen the WCW Nitro episode until years later when I got it via website of a torrent kind.
Looking back at it, Raw was definitely the more interesting show though that night. From what I heard, Nitro was actually winning the ratings that night until Schiavone told the WCW fans that Foley was going to win the Title that night. Crazy how WCW devised their own demise.
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Post by The Brain on Jan 4, 2021 18:57:46 GMT -5
Mainly Raw but I did flip over to Nitro at times.That POP when Foley won the belt will stand the test of time.
22 years already.Damn where does the time go?
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Post by PJ on Jan 4, 2021 19:08:34 GMT -5
Mainly Raw but I did flip over to Nitro at times.That POP when Foley won the belt will stand the test of time. 22 years already.Damn where does the time go? I was the opposite. Watched Nitro and flipped to raw at commercials or matches with wrestlers I had no interest in. |
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Post by The Brain on Jan 4, 2021 19:14:17 GMT -5
Mainly Raw but I did flip over to Nitro at times.That POP when Foley won the belt will stand the test of time. 22 years already.Damn where does the time go? I was the opposite. Watched Nitro and flipped to raw at commercials or matches with wrestlers I had no interest in. Yeah I did a lot of that during that era. Damn those 3 minute commercials lol |
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Post by jason88cubs on Jan 4, 2021 19:24:21 GMT -5
I honestly dont think I saw it. I was 10 at the time.
I remember laying in bed hearing Goldberg beta Hogan though. My dad had the tv on in the living room
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Post by JokerFC on Jan 4, 2021 19:58:15 GMT -5
It was the Friday night wars here...Was watching Raw. My interest in WCW was starting to wane so I was taping it & going to watch Saturday morning.
That Austin pop which is the biggest pop in wrestling history was amazing. It still is
Nitro..ah lord 🙈🙈. I was like wtf when I heard them giving away the raw result. Then came one of the biggest wrestling atrocities in history...the fingerpoke.
I groaned...still do.
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Post by JC Motors on Jan 4, 2021 20:28:30 GMT -5
Wasn't the Fingerpoke Vince Russo's bright idea?
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Post by nibs92 on Jan 4, 2021 20:45:31 GMT -5
Wasn't the Fingerpoke Vince Russo's bright idea? Pretty sure Russo was with the WWF at the time. |
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Post by JokerFC on Jan 5, 2021 5:03:45 GMT -5
Wasn't the Fingerpoke Vince Russo's bright idea? Nope. Russo didn't leave WWF until Oct 99. This was January 99. The fingerpoke is 100% on the WCW booker man at the time...the most prolific liar in wrestling.....Kevin Nash. It's absolutely pathetic to try hear him defend flushing 9 months of storyline in 10 seconds. |
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Post by Mongo Bears on Jan 5, 2021 12:01:25 GMT -5
I was watching nitro at my house in college with friends. We switched over to Raw and didn’t really ever go back
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Post by JokerFC on Jan 5, 2021 14:33:36 GMT -5
I was watching nitro at my house in college with friends. We switched over to Raw and didn’t really ever go back Like a LOT of folks. I watched both every week...but more and more? I was watching Raw and taping Nitro when I was in. If I was out? Id tape them both but Raw usually got watched first because of Austin. WCW was wearing on me by the end of 1998. It was very repetitive had lost some interesting guys to injury and WWF after SSeries 1998 with Rock on top and the Corporate Team was an effin juggernaut. It was legit cant miss TV |
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Post by The Brain on Jan 5, 2021 15:32:30 GMT -5
The whole Sting/Hogan Starrcade stuff was a mess but they did rebound from it. The finger poke on the other hand was a crucial blow that they never recovered from in the end.
Really sad when you look back at how great WCW once was and you look at their final years and man did they drop far. Shame.
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Post by JokerFC on Jan 6, 2021 6:20:58 GMT -5
The whole Sting/Hogan Starrcade stuff was a mess but they did rebound from it. The finger poke on the other hand was a crucial blow that they never recovered from in the end. Really sad when you look back at how great WCW once was and you look at their final years and man did they drop far. Shame. & They could have recovered...they had the tools & talent. But y'know.... |
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Post by Nivro™ on Jan 10, 2021 5:11:54 GMT -5
I always watched Nitro and taped RAW to watch the next day.
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Post by CM Tusk on Jan 15, 2021 23:57:46 GMT -5
By that time I had dropped off of WCW because Goldberg. I stopped watching when he beat Hogan. I was nine so that’s hilarious to me. Anyways, watched RAW live that night and lost my mind.
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