On this episode of What Happened When, Tony and Conrad look back at the April 24, 1993 edition of WCW Saturday Night at the Center Stage Theater in Atlanta, GA! This episode is home to one of the more iconic moments in early 90's WCW - the time Vader powerbombed Cactus Jack on the floor! Plus, in ring action from the Hollywood Blonds, Ron Simmons, Ricky Steamboat and so many more! Support us on Patreon, get this show early and ad free, plus TONS of BONUS content: patreon.com/WHWMonday Now you ca...
Apr 22, 2020•1 hr 35 min•Season 4Ep. 171
Let’s give Tony and Conrad a "HAND" for this week's episode of What Happened When, as they look back at the February 28, 2000 episode of Monday Night Raw from Madison Square Garden in New York, NY! Why this episode of Raw? Well, because a 76-year old Mae Young gave birth...to a hand. Who booked this? Support us on Patreon, get this show early and ad free, plus TONS of BONUS content: patreon.com/WHWMonday Now you can enjoy not only WHW on Patreon, but all four of Conrad's other podcasts all toget...
Apr 15, 2020•1 hr 50 min•Season 4Ep. 170
Tony and Conrad take a look back at this highlight extravaganza from our pal Jim Ross! Jim recaps the controversial battle between Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat and Ric Flair for the World Heavyweight Championship. The icon SSSSTTTIIINNNGGG, joins Paul E. Dangerously on the Danger Zone. Plus, so much more! Support us on Patreon, get this show early and ad free, plus TONS of BONUS content: patreon.com/WHWMonday Now you can enjoy not only WHW on Patreon, but all four of Conrad's other podcasts all ...
Apr 08, 2020•1 hr 47 min•Season 4Ep. 169
It's a CHALLENGE for the ages, the immortal Hulk Hogan facing off against the Ultimate Warrior in a main event that can only be described as TREMENDOUS! Enjoy a very good WrestleMania. Hell, great WrestleMania...WHW style. Support us on Patreon, get this show early and ad free, plus TONS of BONUS content: patreon.com/WHWMonday Now you can enjoy not only WHW on Patreon, but all four of Conrad's other podcasts all together and AD FREE! Join us today, www.ADFREESHOWS.COM Like us on Facebook: facebo...
Apr 01, 2020•3 hr 52 min•Season 4Ep. 168
The momentum was starting to turn in the Monday Night Wars and this WM was a perfect indication as to why. DX and the "Attitude Era" was just getting started and Stone Cold Steve Austin would finally become the champ, leading to one of most unprecedented runs in WWE(F) history. But wait! There's more! The Undertaker, Kane , a banged up an injured but hard working Shawn Michaels, the Rock, Ken Shamrock, Mike Tyson, Pete Rose, Bad Ass Billy Gunn, Road Dogg, Triple H, Cactus Jack, Terry Funk, LOD, ...
Mar 25, 2020•2 hr 57 min•Season 4Ep. 167
Certainly a pay per view featuring Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Sting, Lex Luger and Sid Vicious has to be good, right? Wrong. The year 2000 was one to forget for WCW as in about a year the company would go "belly up." But still, you're invited to join Conrad and Tony for a look at a Bullrope Match, a Yappapi Indian Strap Match and the worst Lumberjack Match ever to take place in pro wrestling. Yes, WCW was in full "Coffin On Rollerskates" mode on March 19, 2000. Support us on Patreon, get this show e...
Mar 18, 2020•2 hr 47 min•Season 4Ep. 166
ECW was on the decline and not too far away from being swallowed up by big bad WWE. As usual, the gang pulled out all the stops in this one, including a horrible injury to New Jack . But even the work of Mike Awesome, Masato Tanaka, Tommy Dreamer, Raven, Justin Credible, Steve Corino and even the American Dream Dusty Rhodes could not pull this one up by the bootstraps. Enjoy the third and final ECW Living Dangerously and without Taz, RVD (except a run in at the end), and Shane Douglas something ...
Mar 11, 2020•2 hr 19 min•Season 4Ep. 165
A large crowd gathered in Milwaukee in March of 2017 for a WWE event that received less-than-positive reviews. However, upon second look, the show was actually pretty good. It featured Samoa Joe , Sami Zayne , Cesaro , Braun Strowman , Charlotte Flair against Bailey , Goldberg vs Kevin Owens (all 22 seconds worth) and a classic match between The Bastard Pac (then known as Neville ) and Jack Gallagher . Join Conrad and Tony with What Happened When all the back to...2017! Spend St. Patrick's Day w...
Mar 04, 2020•3 hr 13 min•Season 4Ep. 164
It is time for another exciting episode of "Ask Tony Anything!" It where you, our loyal fans and all around wackjobs get to ask Tony anything at all by using #AskTony on Twitter. Tony is, as always, ready for your questions about wrestling, but we are sure, instead, you are going to ask the burning questions about life, pets, Lois, dog hair, Whitney and, of course how big is Bautista's d***. Spend St. Patrick's Day with Tony and Good Ole JR LIVE in Rochester, NY at Comedy at the Carlson on Tuesd...
Feb 26, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Season 4Ep. 163
Welcome to the final year of WCW! As you can tell from what we are getting ready to watch, the end could not come fast enough. One month after Eddie Guerrero , Dean Malenko , Chris Benoit and Perry Saturn walked out the door, World Championship Wrestling tried to keep the in-ring product exciting; but with Lash LeRoux and The Artist Formerly Known as Prince Iaukea battling for the Cruiserweight title, it was just not the same. They did try to rekindle the Ric Flair-Terry Funk magic from 1989 and...
Feb 19, 2020•2 hr 55 min•Season 4Ep. 162
Was this the best angle ever in wrestling? Many feel so. The Hebners as double-referees. Andre the Giant beating Hulk Hogan . The selling of the belt to the Million Dollar Man. The subsequent stripping of the world title and the following tournament to decide a new WWF Champ. But there is also the Macho Man against the Honky Tonk Man , and, if you look quickly, Strike Force against the Hart Foundation. It's all a part of pro wrestling lore and now you can relive it with Tony and Conrad and What ...
Feb 12, 2020•1 hr 12 min
As we begin out fourth season of What Happened When, it's time to take a look back at Tony's first exposure to ECW. Keep in mind he never watched it back in the day and probably was one of those WCW snobs who frowned up "extreme" wrestling. But he quickly fell in love. We are going back in time at some of the great moments of Tony and Conrad watching ECW over the past three seasons. We thought it would just be right to begin a new season with this look back (that, and the fact that Conrad was to...
Feb 05, 2020•2 hr 8 min
In the aftermath of the shocking death of his friend Eddie Guerrero , Rey Mysterio posted a emotionally filled, maybe surprising win at the 2006 Royal Rumble in Miami. It was a show filled with plenty of gorgeous women fawning all over Mr. McMahon , but in the ring plenty of action as well as Kurt Angle met Mark Henry , Edge collided with John Cena and 30 stars met to see who would go on for a world title shot at WrestleMania (or so we thought). Gear up for a trip 14 years in the making: the 200...
Jan 29, 2020•2 hr 54 min•Season 4Ep. 159
With apologies to Saudi Arabia, the Greatest Royal Rumble may have been back in 1992. The world title was vacant and the winner of this event would be crowned the new champ. It was an event loaded with superstars such as Jake The Snake Roberts, Macho Man Randy Savage, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Ric Flair, Hulk Hogan, Sid Justice, the Road Warriors, Owen Hart, Jim The Anvil Neidhart, the Bushwackers and many, many more. Overall business may have been down, but it was a great time to be a WWF fan (just as...
Jan 22, 2020•2 hr 49 min•Season 3Ep. 158
You've heard the guys describe WCW as being a "coffin on rollerskates." Well, nothing more exemplified that statement than the WCW event Souled Out from 2000. Many guys were out the door after this one as WCW was caught up in who was in/who was out/and who would be booking next. Not many good matches to choose from, but there was Chris Benoit winning the WCW title and Diamond Dallas Page and Buff Bagwell battling for the love of a woman. It was an event beset by change after change after change ...
Jan 15, 2020•2 hr 53 min•Season 3Ep. 157
ECW invaded the Boutwell Auditorium in January of 2000 for a high impact Pay Per View event featuring Mike Awesome kicking Spike Dudley all over the ring and through a few tables as well Also, New Jack met Angel and you can be sure there was a jump off the balcony. But what would a ECW event be without RVD ? As he and Sabu hooked it up for the TV Title. Birmingham, Alabama was on fire for ECW including Conrad Thompson in the front row (buzz cut and all). Join Conrad and Tony as they do one of th...
Jan 08, 2020•2 hr 44 min•Season 3Ep. 156
Well, here it is. The show that made Mick Foley a champ and put Tony Schiavone in the toilet. The famous show that turned the tide in the Monday Night Wars of the 90's and helped hasten the downfall of WCW. It is Tony's first look at the show and the moment, and we think you will agree, the appearance by Stone Cold during the finish of the match was one of the biggest "pops" ever in pro wrestling. The " Greatest Night in the History of our Great Sport? " Certainly for Mick Foley it was; and well...
Jan 01, 2020•1 hr 51 min•Season 3Ep. 155
Well, nothing says Merry Christmas like a good ole ECW Pay Per View. The beloved promotions was not too far away from closing its doors, but that did not stop the action. Even though there was no RVD or Taz or Sandman (until the very end), there was plenty of action. Highlighted by a three way match for the ECW title between Steve Corino, Jerry Lynn and Justin Credible . Conrad and Tony take you back on another nostalgia-fueled trip 19 years ago. No, it wasn't a "Miracle" on 34th Street is was a...
Dec 25, 2019•2 hr 50 min•Season 3Ep. 154
As WCW continued to spiral downward, here is a prime example of how it all went wrong. Too much talk, not enough action. It was a show centered on Roddy Piper , and it featured plenty of big stars: Piper, Brett Hart, Kevin Nash, Goldberg, Scott Hall, Curt Hennig, Harlem Heat, Jeff Jarrett and more. But for all the big names and production efforts, it was a show that fell flat. And even the formation of a brand new NWO could not help it out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad...
Dec 18, 2019•2 hr 37 min•Season 3Ep. 153
Get ready for three hours of wrestling action featuring only four teams and four singles competitors. We are not so sure what "Future Shock" stood for in 1989, but 30 years later it stands for ill-conceived wrestling event. Ric Flair, Sting, Lex Luger , the Great Muta, the Steiners, the Road Warriors, the New Wild Samoans and Doom all got together for a December event at the Omni that everyone in the WCW office thought (we guess) would be great. Nope. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit mega...
Dec 11, 2019•2 hr 58 min•Season 3Ep. 152
WHW takes you back to December 7, 1988. Live from Chattanooga, the fourth TBS Clash of the Champions and during the final year of Jim Crockett Promotions. TBS had already acquired JCP and because of a over-the-top angle that aired on TBS, Dusty Rhodes was out as booker. But he was still in the ring battling Road Warrior Animal for control of the World Six-Man Tag team title belt, which is now lost somewhere in Tony Schiavone's attic...but that's another story. Here we have what should have been ...
Dec 04, 2019•2 hr 5 min•Season 3Ep. 151
We take you back on a journey. A journey 35 years (can you believe it?) in the past. When things were much simpler. No pay per views, just closed circuit TV. The match: Ric Flair vs Dusty Rhodes . The prize: the NWA World title and $1,000,000. The referee: Smokin' Joe Frazier. Ah, but there is more: Wahoo McDaniel vs Superstar Billy Graham, a tuxedo match between Paul Jones and Jimmy Valiant, Ricky Steamboat against Tully Blanchard and many. many other legendary wrestlers. Conard does not always...
Nov 27, 2019•3 hr 8 min•Season 3Ep. 150
Once again into the "Clash" wayback machine, we take you all the way back to THANKSGIVING THUNDER in 1990! Fully entrenched in to the Jim Herd era and basically the end of the run of Ole Anderson as booker, complete with another great chapter in the Sting/Black Scorpion saga. All of this with a few magic acts and some terrible wrestling. Happy Holidays and enjoy from Conrad and Tony and the crew of idiots at the WHW offices. Support us on Patreon, get this show early and ad free, plus TONS of BO...
Nov 20, 2019•2 hr 18 min•Season 3Ep. 149
Another one of those, WCW/NWA/TBS ventures that was full of talent but slim on great action. What can we say? Any show that has The Shockmaster against The Equalizer cannot be all that great. But it did have Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes, Dustin Rhodes, Steve Austin, Sting, Rick Rude, Road Warrior Hawk, Vander, Steve Regal, Bill Dundee, Johnny B. Badd, Brian Pillman, the Nasty Boys (WITH MISSY HYATT) and Davey Boy Smith . Whew! That's the extent of it. Oh, and some confusion about the condition of sta...
Nov 13, 2019•1 hr 48 min•Season 3Ep. 148
As with every ECW event of the '90, this one was a feast for the eyeballs (in more ways than just wrestling action)! It featured RVD, Taz, Sabu, Chris Candido, Raven, Tommy Dreamer, Sandman, Lance Storm, Justin Credible and an ass-kicking match between Mike Awesome and Masato Tanaka . Plus, let's not forget Tammy Lynn Sytch, Dawn Marie and Francine . The action was, as always, at a breakneck speed and the duo of Conrad and Tony with a few special guests, did their best to keep up! Join Tony, Con...
Nov 06, 2019•2 hr 56 min•Season 3Ep. 147
On the heels of the Hulk Hogan turn, WCW was red hot, and this event, Halloween Havoc would become what Eric Bischoff would describe as his crowning achievement in Pay Per View shows. Featuring a great match between Dean Malenko and Rey Mysterio, a newcomer by the name of Chris Jericho, Hogan vs Savage, Eddie Guerrero against DDP, the Outsiders, a beat-down of Chris Benoit and Arn Anderson's final match. So, enjoy a look back at Halloween Havoc via What Happened When. See Tony, JR and Conrad LIV...
Oct 30, 2019•3 hr 11 min•Season 3Ep. 146
What could be better than Hogan vs Flair in a cage with careers on the line? A big crowd--including Muhammad Ali--was on hand at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit on October 23, 1994 to witness two of the sports biggest star go at it. As usual there were plenty of hits (Hogan vs Flair; Arn vs Dustin Rhodes) and plenty of misses (Kevin Sullivan vs Dave Sullivan), but overall it was a solid show leading up to the arrival of the Dungeon of Doom (ugh!) and a year later, the arrival of the NWO. It's WCW...
Oct 23, 2019•3 hr 2 min•Season 3Ep. 145
Slapdicks! We love 'em. They can come up with some of the greatest questions! So, on the third installment of "Ask Tony Anything" on WHW we picked out some of the best from Twitter as well as some of the most silly. Remember, as the old cliche goes: "anything is fair game, " as Tony tries to honestly answer all that your inquiring (and many times sick) mind want to know. Support us on Patreon, get this show early and ad free, plus TONS of BONUScontent: http://patreon.com/WHWMonday Like us on Fac...
Oct 16, 2019•1 hr 33 min•Season 3Ep. 144
It was quite a gap between March 26, 2001 and October 2, 2019, but here he is again. The head of all Slapdicks, Tony Schiavone has made his return to TNT. How did it go for him backstage, what was the reception like? We will hear from Tony and a few surprise guests along the way about the debut of AEW Dynamite and the return of pro wrestling to TNT. Support us on Patreon, get this show early and ad free, plus TONS of BONUScontent: http://patreon.com/WHWMonday Like us on Facebook: http://facebook...
Oct 09, 2019•1 hr 30 min•Season 3Ep. 143
Want to see a great professional wrestling show? Sorry, this ain't it. However, it did have Ric Flair, Lex Luger, Sting, the Steiners, Stan Hansen, the Z-Man, the Black Scorpion (at least one of them), Tommy Rich, the Freebirds in (gulp!) Confederate Flag face paint and a very handsome, coiffed Tony Schiavone. Coming to you live from the very sparse Asheville, North Carolina, Civic Center where many fans came dressed as steel chairs, it's Clash of the Champions XII, Mountain Madness! Support us ...
Oct 02, 2019•2 hr•Season 3Ep. 142
