Episode 394: Mean Gene's 1-900 Hustle

83 Weeks with Eric Bischoff

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Sports, Wrestling

4.6 • 5.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2025

⏱️ 141 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of 83 Weeks, Eric and Conrad head back 30 years to revisit a classic edition of WCW Monday Nitro. Eric shares his firsthand experiences working with the roster at the time and the strategy behind counter-programming a pre-taped Monday Night RAW. Plus, we get a breakdown of how the iconic WCW hotline started and how Mean Gene took it was beyond what anyone expected. Eric also reveals his Top 5 WWE talent hires made during his run in WCW. Plus, Raj Giri joins the show to break down all the latest news from the world of professional wrestling.

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0:00.0	Hey, hey, it's
0:03.0	Hey, it's Conrad the mortgage guy, and you're listening to 83 weeks.
0:28.0	I see Eric the cruising around there.
0:30.7	I mean, yeah, it's like a whole vibe in here.
0:34.7	Every one of you people.
1:12.3	Well, we're having a little bit of fun today. We appreciate you guys joining us here. Every one of you people. Well, we're having a little bit of fun today. We appreciate you guys joining us here at 83 weeks.com. If you haven't already, we want you to hit that subscribe button and turn on your notifications bell so you won't miss us the next time we're live. But boy, do we have a lot to talk about today. We're going to hit a little Hulk Hogan news. Yeah, there's still Hulk Hogan news. We're also going to talk about Nitro from 30 years ago. A little 1995 Nitro discussions are always fun. We're also going to touch on Brian Pilman. We'll hit up some, some Russo stuff. We've got some sting news we want to address. And of course, we'll visit with Raj Geary. He's going to grind some people's gears today. But perhaps my favorite thing I'm
1:18.3	looking forward to today, Eric, is we're going to talk about your, your top five acquisitions from
1:24.6	the WWF. You know, people who are critical of you, Eric, through the years,
1:28.6	they would say, oh, ATM Eric, he didn't do anything except spend Ted Turner's money. Well,
1:34.8	hey, what were the best investments that Eric made? We'll take a look at that and see how it
1:40.3	worked out today. And we want to hear from you guys. So once again, let us know what you're thinking at the bottom.
1:46.8	We want to hear right now, who is your number one acquisition that Eric made from the
1:51.9	WWE?
1:53.0	Drop us a comment below and then we'll see how close you were.
1:57.2	Before we get into all of our sports entertainment, let's talk a little real wrestling, Eric.
2:02.3	What's the latest and greatest from Great American Freestyle?
2:05.6	Man, Real American Freestyle is rocking and rolling.
2:10.9	Card is coming together.
2:12.4	Penn State.
2:13.8	I think we're, I'm predicting a sellout, to be honest with you.
2:18.6	It's going to be a great night. It's going to be a great night.
2:20.4	It's going to be a great night of action.
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