Episode 128: New Generation Declassified: How WCW pushed the WWF to be better!

Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling Podcast

Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling

Wrestling, Sports

4 • 728 Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

War Games and Halloween Havoc. Staple events and match styles of some of WCW's greatest moments have been utilized very well by WWE in recent years. Today's New Generation Declassified looks at how WCW's execution of stipulation and gimmick matches may have been what the WWF needed to push their creative in another direction. Events such as the RAW Bowl showed how weak some of the booking was, but was it just the influence of the nWo that drove Vince McMahon to changing it up or was Eric Bischoff in VKM's head two years prior?

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0:00.0	Welcome everyone to the first ever,
0:16.0	Dubio coming on the Brawball
0:18.0	A-Q!
0:20.0	Yes, a couple of first round draft picks if they're everywhere.
0:23.9	Yes, number 38, number 45 wearing the jerseys probably, ladies your gentlemen.
0:28.9	Yes, we're talking about.
0:30.2	Billy and Bart, the smoking guns, the tag team champion.
0:33.3	You can bet they have their game planned together.
0:35.6	Well, Billy's at 38, Bart's they see the 45, they better have their guns loaded because they've
0:40.6	got to have some stiff competition.
0:42.5	It's all about the national championship here tonight, ladies and gentlemen, in the World Wrestling Federation.
0:47.9	And look who's headed into the frozen tundra as we speak.
0:51.7	That's right.
0:52.1	We're not talking first round draft picks.
0:56.0	We're talking high-sman trophy winner. There he is right there.
0:57.0	Owen Hart.
0:58.0	And then, look at him, the outlet trophy winner, Yoko Zuna.
1:02.0	And look at his jersey, McMahon.
1:04.0	641.
1:05.0	That's not just the number.
1:06.0	That's off the right.
1:07.0	Wait a minute.
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