Episode 298: WCW Goes Disney

83 Weeks with Eric Bischoff

Podcast Heat

Sports, Wrestling

4.6 • 5.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2023

⏱️ 155 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of 83 Weeks, Eric and Conrad take a deep dive into WCW's partnership with Walt Disney. Eric shares details on how the deal came about and the impact it had on luring Hulk Hogan back into professional wrestling. The discussion also gets a little heated when Conrad confronts Eric about the promotion of the Disney tapings and how WCW fans had no clue it was happening. MOINK BOX - Keep American farming going by signing up at MoinkBox.com/83WEEKS RIGHT NOW and listeners of this show get FREE ground beef for a YEAR. ROCKET MONEY - Cancel your unwanted subscriptions – and manage your money the easy way – by going to RocketMoney.com/83WEEKS HENSON SHAVING - It’s time to say no to subscriptions and yes to a razor that’ll last you a lifetime. Visit HENSONSHAVING.com/ERIC to pick the razor for you and use code ERIC and you’ll get two years' worth of blades free with your razor–just make sure to add them to your cart. ZBIOTICS - Your first drink of the night for a better tomorrow - visit zbiotics.com/83WEEKS to get 15% off your first order of generically engineered probiotics when you use 83WEEKS at checkout. BLUECHEW - Try BlueChew FREE when you use our promo code 83WEEKS at checkout--just pay $5 shipping. That’s BlueChew.com, promo code 83WEEKS to receive your first month FREE MIRACLE MADE - Upgrade your sleep with Miracle Made! Go to TryMiracle.com/83WEEKS and use the code 83WEEKS to claim your FREE 3 PIECE TOWEL SET and SAVE over 40% OFF. ADVERTISE WITH ERIC - If your business targets 25-54 year old men, there's no better place to advertise than right here with us on 83 Weeks. You've heard us do ads for some of the same companies for years...why? Because it works! And with our super targeted audience, there's very little waste. Go to AdvertiseWithEric.com now and find out more about advertising with 83 Weeks. Get all of your 83 Weeks merchandise at https://boxofgimmicks.com/collections/83-weeks FOLLOW ALL OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA at https://83weekslinks.com/ On AdFreeShows.com, you get early, ad-free access to more than a dozen of your favorite wrestling podcasts, starting at just $9! And now, you can enjoy the first week...completely FREE! Sign up for a free trial - and get a taste of what Ad Free Shows is all about. Start your free trial today at AdFreeShows.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Conrad Thompson, and you're listening to 83 weeks.
0:13.6	Well, Eric, Fish Off, Eric, what's going on man?
0:15.8	How are you?
0:17.3	I'm good.
0:18.3	Get a little bit of a slow roll this morning,
0:20.7	but I'm slowly but surely getting into gear.
0:26.3	Well, the holiday season is upon us.
0:28.0	Hope everyone listening had a fantastic Thanksgiving
0:30.7	and of course you hopefully enjoyed Survivor Series in full transparency.
0:35.8	We are recording this before Survivor Series so if you're looking for us to discuss the
0:40.0	fallout from that show, we'll have to do it next week.
0:44.0	I am excited about our topic today though Eric because
0:48.2	we've spent a lot of time on this program talking about
0:51.9	your role of course in the big seat as I like to call it at
0:54.8	W.C. W. and we get to relive some of the great times, some of the bad times, some of
0:59.9	the missteps, some of the man I wish I had that one to do over but we also get to
1:03.7	celebrate those big successes and I think one of the big successes that a lot of
1:08.0	people maybe didn't see coming was a decision you made to say you know what we need an association we need to cut
1:15.9	costs maybe we can kill two birds with one stone our topic today is W c.
1:21.5	W's affiliation with Disney and this is going to be a fun episode because this really
1:28.0	gets the wheels in motion for the winds of change for W.C.W.
1:33.0	This happens in advance of Nitro.
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