Episode 33: Starrcade '97
83 Weeks with Eric Bischoff
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4.6 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 10 December 2018
⏱️ 190 minutes
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Summary
On this week's 83 Weeks with Eric Bischoff and Conrad Thompson, they cover one of the most successful and controversial events in WCW history, Starrcade '97! Enjoy this sometimes heated discussion, and hear the stories surrounding this event, including addressing and squashing the rumors behind the Hulk Hogan-Sting finish, what Nick Patrick was told to do, and what Bret Hart's involvement was intended to be. Also, why did Kevin Nash and Konnan miss the show, and why was Raven replaced in the ring by Perry Saturn? What was the story behind Dean Malenko nearly missing the show as well? All this, plus talk about Bischoff's match with Larry Zbyszko, Randy Savage's surprise appearance, DDP- Curt Hennig, Goidberg-Mongo, Bagwell-Luger, "NWO Nitro," and so much more! Support us on Patreon for even more content from Eric & Conrad for just $9! Patreon.com/83Weeks See Bruce & Eric in a Monday Night War Debate and Eric take on the author of the Death of WCW Book, plus 20 other live events starting at just $4.99 at fite.tv/starrcast Buy a shirt and get a call from Eric: www.EricBischoff.com Find tons of new merch at BoxOfGimmicks.com  Interact with Eric live - twitch.tv/83weeks Ask a question about next week's show on Twitter: @83weeks Stop throwing your money on rent! Get into a house with NO MONEY DOWN and roughly the same monthly payment at HideFromRent.com
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, it's Conrad Thompson on your listing to 83 weeks with Eric Bischoff and man am I excited about this. |
| 0:07.0 | We're finally here starcade 1997. |
| 0:12.0 | Now we're doing starcades in a row and I really enjoyed last week's episode starcade 96 with Hogan and Piper on top. |
| 0:19.5 | But now 97 man, we get the culmination of arguably the best storyline in WCW history. |
| 0:26.8 | Eric, are you looking forward to this as much as I am? |
| 0:30.1 | I really am. I have to be honest with you and the listeners. |
| 0:35.0 | I actually over at patreon.com, forward slash 83 weeks. |
| 0:40.0 | I actually watch almost the entire episode, the lead in episode from December 22nd 1997, |
| 0:49.0 | the Go Home show for this particular pay-per-view. |
| 0:52.0 | And just watching that episode for the first time since I produced it really got me excited about doing the podcast this morning. |
| 0:59.0 | There's a lot of good stuff to dig into man, we're gonna have fun with this. |
| 1:02.0 | Well let's talk about it. It's the biggest pay-per-view in WCW history with that on December 28th 1997 from the MCI center right there watching from DC. |
| 1:11.0 | And this is a departure. The last few years had been held in Nashville, Tennessee. Now we're moving on up to Washington, DC. |
| 1:19.0 | Did that feel like a bigger venue, a bigger town, a bigger event just based on location? |
| 1:26.0 | Of course it did. You know, the MCI center is a really, it's a big venue, it's a cool venue. |
| 1:31.0 | Compared to what we were doing, yeah, it was a big departure. |
| 1:36.0 | If you remember last week, you asked me about why Nashville. |
| 1:39.0 | And as we discussed, we typically would book venues almost a year in advance, not because we wanted to, but because we had to. |
| 1:49.0 | And as I mentioned last week, you know, in 96, we were just getting our feet underneath us. |
| 1:56.0 | We were just beginning to turn things around. We didn't have as much confidence really in ourselves as we probably could have or should have. |
| 2:02.0 | But by 97, you know, by the end of 96, booking venues for 97 for this event, in particular, we were very confident in the direction we were going. |
| 2:14.0 | And the forecast we had in terms of business and attendance and that type of thing. |
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