Episode 430: Eric Bischoff's Power Plant Weekend
83 Weeks with Eric Bischoff
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4.6 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 12 June 2026
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
On this special edition of 83 Weeks, Eric Bischoff takes listeners on an unforgettable tour of the legendary WCW Power Plant, the training ground that helped shape some of wrestling's biggest stars. Along the way, Eric shares hilarious behind-the-scenes stories and memories you won't hear anywhere else.
Joining Eric for the journey are former WWE Champion John Bradshaw Layfield and The Casio Kid, who help uncover the history, myths, and mayhem that made the Power Plant such an iconic part of wrestling lore.
But that's not all! Eric steps into the ring for a hands-on wrestling lesson with the man who trained countless future stars, the legendary Buddy Lee Parker. Plus, the fun continues with a special appearance from none other than Ernest "The Cat" Miller.
It's a unique look inside one of wrestling's most famous institutions, packed with laughs, stories, and surprises you won't want to miss on this special edition of 83 Weeks.
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| 0:00.0 | today's episode comes to you from the blue chew studio right now when you buy two months |
| 0:04.2 | of bluechew gold you get the third for free with the promo code 83 weeks at bluechew.com. Hello, everybody, and welcome to another special. It seems like they're always special |
| 0:36.7 | additions, don't they? |
| 0:38.3 | Well, they should be. |
| 0:39.3 | And this one's really special because it's all built around |
| 0:43.3 | our ad-free shows weekend in Atlanta, Georgia. |
| 0:46.3 | And it was a heck of a weekend. |
| 0:48.3 | Conrad Thompson is really the architect |
| 0:50.3 | behind the entire podcast heat network. |
| 1:00.6 | And really the idea for these top guy weekends and royal rumble weekends, |
| 1:05.3 | for example, as we just had here in Atlanta, is really for the ad free shows community. |
| 1:08.9 | We call them our family because really that's what they've become. |
| 1:12.5 | We've gotten so close to a lot of the people that subscribe to ad free. |
| 1:17.7 | We do a lot of interactive stuff on Zoom and a lot of special activities for them. We've all gotten very close. |
| 1:19.3 | But it was really Conrad's idea to come up with these weekends where, as Conrad would put it, |
| 1:26.9 | the family gets together and it's all fellowship. |
| 1:30.7 | It's hanging out, talking about wrestling. |
| 1:33.3 | A lot of the stuff we do is a nostalgia base. |
| 1:35.5 | You know, for example, this weekend in Atlanta was all about the power plant. |
| 1:39.6 | You know, and the power plant has its own history and deservedly so. |
| 1:43.6 | A lot of great names came through that power plant. |
| 1:46.5 | Well, some of the biggest names in history towards the end of the 90s came out of the power plant. |
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