Episode 479: Booker T - The Early Years
What Happened When
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4.7 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 25 March 2026
⏱️ 92 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of What Happened When, Tony Schiavone and Conrad Thompson take you back to a defining—and emotional moment in wrestling history: the 25th anniversary of the final Monday Nitro.
Tony opens up like never before about what it felt like being there that night where his head was, what the atmosphere was really like backstage, and the surreal moment when the lights went out on WCW for good. It's honest, reflective, and full of perspective only Tony can provide.
Then, the guys switch gears and fire up the tape machine to revisit some of Booker T's earliest matches alongside his brother Stevie Ray as The Ebony Experience from http://UltimateClassicWrestling.net You'll hear Tony's thoughts watching the future Hall of Famer in his earliest days, and how those roots shaped what Booker would become.
And of course it wouldn't be What Happened When without the laughs. Tony and Conrad bring the chaos, the jokes, and the off the rails moments that make this show a fan favorite week after week.
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| 0:41.1 | Welcome to WHW Monday. |
| 0:44.3 | Tony Schumani and Conrad Thompson. |
| 0:47.6 | Jim Crockett, First Arcade, 605, and W.A. TV title, Cajun Omie, the Buckhouse Stampede, |
| 0:54.2 | flaring, horseman, garvin, bogey, magnum dusty, express tactics, |
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