Center Stage Chronicles Ep. #24: April 1991

Kris Zellner is joined by Rob Naylor and Our Good Buddy Charles to discuss the month that was April 1991 in the world of World Championship Wrestling and pop culture at large. Topics of discussion include:

• Sid Vicious and his decision to leave WCW for the WWF, including how it went back and forth throughout the month.
• The looming influx of wacky new gimmicks being talked about in the newsletters as WCW is about to undergo a massive change.
• Duke wins their first ever National Championship in college basketball, led by top heel Christian Laettner.
• The birth of Comedy Central.
• Paul E. Dangerously and Diamond Dallas Page show up on MTV.
• Lots of TV matches involving Barry Windham and Brian Pillman.
• Married With Children gains a spinoff and has an amazing two-parter set in a grocery store.
• The decision to start taping more WCW TV shows outside of Georgia.
• Dave Meltzer putting over the quality of the WCW TV throughout the month.
• Dusty Rhodes talks with Jim Cornette about coming back to WCW.
• Steven Seagal gets banned from Saturday Night Live after a disastrous hosting effort.
• Jim Ross announces his new radio show in Atlanta.
• The Diamond Studd and P.N. News make their debuts at the end of the month.

This was a really good show, as we talk a lot about what WCW was about to become while they were having a helluva month of TV.

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