More episodes of Nitro being added (1998 and 1999)

[CMWaters]

Hmm...do they dub over Goldberg's theme on Nitros?

*Wants the July 6 1998 episode to be uploaded.

[SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts]

Have they added 1999-2001?

[The Kevstaaa]

Well this should be fun.

[Zombie Mod]

have they superimposed the hashtag "#wcwruinseverything" on all the wcw stuff yet?

[domrep]

I honestly may just stop after 1998. I can't re-live everything from 99 on again.

[andrew8798]

Now we can see if people still think 99/00 WCW is better then todays WWE

[The Summer of Muskrat XVII]

Sweet Jesus am I behind now. I'm only at Spring Stampede 97 right now, I have ALOT of Nitro to watch

[Doogie Bowser, MD]

Jan 13, 2016 22:15:49 GMT -5 CMWaters said:

Hmm...do they dub over Goldberg's theme on Nitros?

Was there ever a reason they had to?

[cjh]

Jan 14, 2016 21:59:53 GMT -5 Doogie Bowser, MD said:

Jan 13, 2016 22:15:49 GMT -5 CMWaters said:

Hmm...do they dub over Goldberg's theme on Nitros?

Was there ever a reason they had to?

It used to be replaced with the Jim Johnston remake prior to the launch of the Network, both on WWE Classics On Demand and WWE Home Video.  A handful of the WCW PPV events on the Network still have Goldberg entering to his WWE music, but besides that, his actual WCW music is now used when WWE airs his WCW matches.

[Doogie Bowser, MD]

Jan 14, 2016 22:13:44 GMT -5 cjh said:

Jan 14, 2016 21:59:53 GMT -5 Doogie Bowser, MD said:

Was there ever a reason they had to?

It used to be replaced with the Jim Johnston remake prior to the launch of the Network, both on WWE Classics On Demand and WWE Home Video.  WWE no longer replaces it, but a few of the WCW PPV events on the Network still have Goldberg entering to his WWE music.

It just never occurred to me that it was anything but a generic production theme. WCW used those all of the time, and even WWF/E was known to use a few here and there.

[cjh]

Jan 14, 2016 22:18:08 GMT -5 Doogie Bowser, MD said:

Jan 14, 2016 22:13:44 GMT -5 cjh said:

It used to be replaced with the Jim Johnston remake prior to the launch of the Network, both on WWE Classics On Demand and WWE Home Video.  WWE no longer replaces it, but a few of the WCW PPV events on the Network still have Goldberg entering to his WWE music.

It just never occurred to me that it was anything but a generic production theme. WCW used those all of the time, and even WWF/E was known to use a few here and there.

It is.  It was one of the many production themes in the Turner music library, but up until the Network launched, WWE didn't use any WCW theme music unless it was from the Slam Jam album or written by Jimmy Hart.

[wildojinx]

Jan 14, 2016 22:18:08 GMT -5 Doogie Bowser, MD said:

Jan 14, 2016 22:13:44 GMT -5 cjh said:

It used to be replaced with the Jim Johnston remake prior to the launch of the Network, both on WWE Classics On Demand and WWE Home Video.  WWE no longer replaces it, but a few of the WCW PPV events on the Network still have Goldberg entering to his WWE music.

It just never occurred to me that it was anything but a generic production theme. WCW used those all of the time, and even WWF/E was known to use a few here and there.

It was even used as theme music before Goldberg. I was watching a random nitro from 1997 and PAT TANAKA of all people came out to the theme.

[Doogie Bowser, MD]

Jan 14, 2016 22:28:17 GMT -5 cjh said:

Jan 14, 2016 22:18:08 GMT -5 Doogie Bowser, MD said:

It just never occurred to me that it was anything but a generic production theme. WCW used those all of the time, and even WWF/E was known to use a few here and there.

It is.  It was one of the many production themes in the Turner music library, but up until the Network launched, WWE didn't use any WCW theme music unless it was from the Slam Jam album or written by Jimmy Hart.

Did TBS actually have their own library, or did they just purchase the rights to use one?

[Totorob101]

Seems pointless that they have only added a few with no nitros from june to october 1998 and only one episode in 1999.

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Jan 13, 2016 22:48:07 GMT -5 SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts said:

Have they added 1999-2001?

I've always thought the final episode was a pretty damn good wrestling show, I'd love to finally be able to see it in good quality instead of crappy VHS copy.

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Jeez, this April 1999 episode is awful. Flair and Piper losing their damn minds. Cruiserweight 4-way is a mess with Li'l Bow Wow as defending champion. Tony treating the hardcore match as a joke.

And it's only hour 1 of 3.

Guess Vince added this to prove that WCW has had bad days too.

Quick edit: Buff Bagwell vs. Disco Inferno? Who did I piss off to deserve this?

[Dave the Dave]

Yes! I'm marathoning Rumbles now. Glad I'll have some more Nitro to watch after

[Hawk Hart]

Wasn't Goldberg's "Invasion" theme by actual musicians and used without their permission? I seem to remember hearing that somewhere before.

[SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts]

Jan 15, 2016 21:09:16 GMT -5 @sandman said:

Jeez, this April 1999 episode is awful. Flair and Piper losing their damn minds. Cruiserweight 4-way is a mess with Li'l Bow Wow as defending champion. Tony treating the hardcore match as a joke.

And it's only hour 1 of 3.

Guess Vince added this to prove that WCW has had bad days too.

Quick edit: Buff Bagwell vs. Disco Inferno? Who did I piss off to deserve this?

The best part of the Cruiserweight 4-way is when Rey doing a top rope move on Psicosis and then it cuts to Blitzkrieg outside the ringing...doing absolutely nothing. They just show the very end of the landing and as far as anyone could tell he just performed an ordinary bulldog move.

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Was also the episode where the fans chanted "steroids" at BPP, where Heenan quipped, "This crowd is getting pumped up for this title match."