Episode 395: The WCW Invasion Was D.O.A.
83 Weeks with Eric Bischoff
Podcast Heat
4.6 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 10 October 2025
⏱️ 113 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of 83 Weeks, Eric and Conrad head back 30 years to discuss how WCW’s talent roster was evolving during the development of Monday Nitro. Eric opens up about why he found it difficult to trust one particular talent hire and the lessons he learned from that experience. The guys also break down Eric’s Top 5 reasons why the WCW Invasion in WWE was a complete failure. Plus, Massive Heat’s Raj Giri joins the show to discuss how the new Nielsen rating system is shaking up the world of professional wrestling.
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| 0:00.0 | Save with Conrad.com. |
| 0:03.0 | Yeah, I'm Justin. |
| 0:04.0 | We're up in Montefield, Tennessee. |
| 0:05.0 | What got me to Save With Conrad was the 83 weeks podcast. I really wasn't thinking about getting rid of any debt. I just wanted to cash up to make the house to do remodeling. But I did both, so that was pretty awesome. Worked out. We redid the foyer, built pantry space. |
| 0:21.5 | And it feels like little eyes and ends when I first bought the house that I wanted to take care of. And we were able to take care of. Yeah, paid off two cars and some credit card debt. So probably all in all, get $30,000 and that. And then I got some $30,000 more equity out of the house and got so plenty of after you left left over so I think it's good I've lowered my |
| 0:38.2 | interest rate and a much better spot but I was super easy everybody is great very very |
| 0:44.5 | awesome people Francis and Steve were great to work with they were they were also made it for a |
| 0:48.8 | very easy seamless experience I'd probably say all in all, probably $1,000 a month at least. |
| 0:56.0 | I'm lowered my interest rate, especially the way the interest rates are right now, |
| 0:59.2 | which is, you know, that's amazing. |
| 1:01.5 | I'm Justin Brooklyn from Knoxville, Tennessee. |
| 1:03.2 | I saved over $1,000 to save with comrade.com, and I did a lot of renovations with that money as well. |
| 1:09.5 | And that's number 212-9-Aqual housing lender. |
| 1:11.5 | SavewithConrad.com. I said I get such a kick out of that. |
| 1:39.2 | I forgot all about it again. |
| 1:41.0 | It pops up. |
| 1:41.7 | That's fun. |
| 1:43.7 | We're going to have some fun today on 83 weeks. Of course, we couldn't do it again. It pops up. That's fun. We're going to have some fun today on 83 weeks. |
| 1:46.8 | Of course, we couldn't do it without the Hall of Famer, the only man to put Vince |
| 1:52.9 | McMahon on his ass, not once, not twice, but at least 83 weeks. |
| 1:58.2 | Eric, I think by the end of the episode you may campaign and petition |
| 2:03.0 | our audience because we would put it to a vote should we rename the show to a |
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