Episode 19: New Generation Declassified: Livewire Revisited
Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling Podcast
Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling
4.8 • 356 Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2022
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
One of the most requested topics for New Generation Declassified is the WWF's Saturday morning USA Network show beginning in late 1996, WWF Livewire. Ahead of its time by a good measure, Livewire broke the 4th wall of pro wrestling TV during a time where WCW and ECW were starting to gain a "cooler" edge on the more campy WWF product. This look back at Livewire gives some great insight to the concept that may have changed the programming style of the World Wrestling Federation forever.
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| 0:00.0 | The upcoming presentation is a two-man power trip on wrestling podcast production. |
| 0:10.0 | You're on Live Wire. Good morning. |
| 0:12.0 | Hello. You're on LiveWire. |
| 0:15.0 | Uh, um, Jim Ross. |
| 0:17.0 | Yeah? |
| 0:18.0 | Um, I followed you through, uh, WCW. Yeah. I followed you through WCW, and I like to say that Gold Dust will beat Hunter for the belt. |
| 0:31.1 | Enough, enough, next. |
| 0:32.4 | Bless his little heart, he got nervous. |
| 0:35.6 | You're on LiveWire. Good morning. |
| 0:38.0 | Hi, how you doing? Good. What's your question or comment? |
| 0:42.0 | You were talking about Gold Dust being |
| 0:45.3 | or somebody being the champion that wasn't |
| 0:49.2 | Hunter. Go to the next one. We don't have time. I'm open for them. If you're going to be on |
| 0:52.7 | this program, you've got to think a little bit. You've got to be prepared. We're not planning calls here, folks. You're either going to get on or you're going to get off. And we're not going to waste any time here. You're on live wire. No pressure. No pressure. Yes. Hello? Yes. Good morning. Do you know if the macho man is coming to the WWF or do you know anything? World Wrestling Federation is building on youth, not on veterans. They don't need people my age wrestling. That's the bottom line. You're on live water. Good morning. Yes. Happy New Year, Mr. Ross. Happy New Year to you, too. I'd like to ask you a question about what do you think about Roddy Piper coming out of retirement and beating Hogan at the Starcade, sir? Well, I think that, you know, a lot of folks will do things for money. |
| 1:32.7 | I mean, it's obvious that you got a guy that at one time was a gallon athlete, at one time was a fighting son of a gun. he's got an artificial hip |
| 1:24.9 | he really doesn't belong in the ring |
| 1:27.0 | but if you look at who does or doesn't belong |
| 1:29.2 | in the ring then you'd have to probably |
| 1:31.3 | use your imagination to say that the whole He really doesn't belong in the ring, but if you look at who does or doesn't belong in the ring, |
| 1:45.1 | then you'd have to probably use your imagination to say that Hulk Hogan belongs in the ring anymore either. |
| 1:50.1 | So the guys are making a living and so more power to him. |
| 1:54.1 | I watch the match, and a matter of fact, I fell asleep in the middle of it. |
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