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Monday Night War Week 29 (8/28/15)

Live from Huntsville, AL

Airdate: March 25, 1996

Attendance: 3,300

Hosted by Eric Bischoff, Bobby “The Brain” Heenan, and Steve “Mongo” McMichael

Opening montage.

Since only one title was on the line last night, three titles will be defended tonight.

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NWA Great American Bash 85 (8/26/15)

Live from Charlotte, NC

Airdate: July 6, 1985

Attendance: 27,000 (32,000 was quoted within the video)

Hosted by Gordon Solie and Bill Apter

Match commentary by Tony Schiavone

This would be the Pro Wrestling Illustrated’s Ringmasters 60-minute version of the show. Since this show was too big for the Independence Arena, Jim Crockett Promotions held the show at Memorial Stadium.

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WCW Uncensored 1996 (8/20/15)

Live from Tupelo, MS

Airdate: March 24, 1996

Attendance: 9,000 (7,300 paid)

Hosted by Tony Schiavone, Bobby “The Brain” Heenan, and the “American Dream” Dusty Rhodes

To say I’m feeling trepidatious about reviewing this show considering all the negative criticism surrounding it would be putting it mildly. But, I aim to please my readership and will saunter through this show accordingly.

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Monday Night War Week 28 (8/24/15)

Live from Chattanooga, TN

Airdate: March 18, 1996

Attendance: 7,009 (6,008 paid)

Hosted by Eric Bischoff, Bobby “The Brain” Heenan, and Steve “Mongo” McMichael

Opening montage.

Match 1 for the World TV title: Lex Luger (champion) versus Loch Ness

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Monday Night War Week 27 (8/21/15)

**BREAKING NEWS**

Do you remember back at SuperBrawl when “Mean” Gene Okerlund stated that a former WWF titleholder may be headed to WCW? On 3/5/1996, Kevin Nash, a.k.a. Diesel, gave his 90-day notice to the WWF and signed a lucrative contract with WCW similar to Scott Hall’s contract. I wonder how that affects the live RAW this week.

In other news, Marc Mero (a.k.a. Johnny B. Badd) quit WCW on 3/11 and will sign with the WWF immediately. I wonder how this will be described on Nitro. Additionally, Dwayne Johnson as well as Mankind made their WWF debuts in Corpus Christi on 3/10.

Let’s return to our regularly scheduled program:

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WCCW Parade of Champions 1985 (8/20/15)

Live from Irving, TX

Airdate: May 5, 1985

Attendance: 26,153

Hosted by Marc Lowrance.

Match 1: The Dynamic Duo (“Gentleman” Chris Adams & the “Handsome half-breed” Gino Hernandez) versus the Great Kabuki and Scott Casey (w/ Sunshine)

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WWF Monday Night RAW 03/04/96 (8/19/15)

This is an exclusive rant for rockstargary.com. While I share my reflections on 80s supershows on Scott Keith’s blog, I wanted to continue recapping the Monday Night War for my readers. I hope you enjoy this exclusive presentation:

Taped from Cincinnati, OH

Airdate: March 4, 1996 (taped 2/19)

Attendance: 8,500

Hosted by Vince McMahon and Jerry “The King” Lawler

Opening montage.

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WWF WrestleMania (8/12/15)

Live from New York, NY

Airdate: March 31, 1985

Attendance: 19,121

Hosted by Gorilla Monsoon and Jesse “The Body” Ventura

Here we are--the very first WrestleMania that has spawned over three decades for the WWF/WWE. Let’s dig in to how the WWF got to this point:

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NWA Starrcade 84 (8/5/15)

Live from Greensboro, NC

Airdate: November 22, 1984

Attendance: 16,000

Hosted by Gordon Solie and Bob Caudle

The ending of the main event from last year’s show is shown as Flair became the NWA World Champion for the second time.

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