Jamie Lithgow
Last week we started our nostalgia trip with the sad reality that ‘Batman & Robin’ really happened. Well, better news this week because the absurdly silly, but thoroughly entertaining, ‘Face/Off’ starring Nicholas Cage and John Travolta hit cinema screens. So, let’s see what absurd forms of entertainment wrestling provided for us in this week’s ‘Meanwhile, in WCW’… Continue reading
Jamie Lithgow
I usually like to introduce our weekly trip down memory lane with some fun nostalgia from 20 years ago. Alas, this week in 1997 marked the cinematic release of ‘Batman & Robin’, which was anything but fun. Thankfully, the world of wrestling provided plenty of highlights so let’s get to it with this week’s ‘Meanwhile, in WCW’… Continue reading
Jamie Lithgow
The NBA Playoffs, which caused Nitro to be move to 7pm last month have come to a close. Hollywood Hogan’s best friend in the whole wide world, Dennis Rodman, helped the Chicago Bulls defeat the Utah Jazz 4-2 in the best of seven series. More accurately, Michael Jordan helped the Bulls to victory. Jordan famously played out of his skin in game five (Wednesday) with a bad case of the flu before clinching the series on in game six (Friday). After game six NBC dubbed over R Kelly’s ‘I Believe I Can Fly’ as the Bulls celebrated. How 90’s is that?! Anyway, what were Rodman’s nWo buddies up to while this was happening? Let’s find out in ‘Meanwhile, in WCW’… Continue reading
Jamie Lithgow
It’s Monday, which means it’s time to feel old as we head back to 1997 and see just how much we remember. The top films this week are ‘Jurassic Park II; The Lost World’ and ‘Con Air’ starring Nicholas Cage. In the pop charts, Hanson’s ‘MMMBop’ tops the UK charts while Puff Daddy and Faith Evans are number one in the states with their tribute to Notorious BIG; ‘I’ll Be Missing You’. Feel old yet? Well let’s see what else we can remember in this week’s ‘Meanwhile, in WCW’…
Jamie Lithgow
Back to 1997 we go and the Monday Night Wars have reignited as Nitro moves back to its regular 8pm timeslot. Elsewhere, Borussia Dortmund won the UEFA Champions League with a 3-1 victory over Juventus and Snoop Dogg has been announced as a headliner for this year’s Lollapalooza music festival. Very good, but let’s see who headlined this week’s wrestling in ‘Meanwhile, in WCW’… Continue reading
Jamie Lithgow
It’s Monday which means it’s back to 1997 we go. It was the FA Cup final over the weekend with Chelsea beating Middlesbrough 2-0 at the old Wembley. This was the game which featured that goal from Roberto Di Matteo. That’s enough football chat, there was plenty happening in the world of wrestling this week so let’s get to it with ‘Meanwhile, in WCW’… Continue reading
John Carberry, Benjamin Trecroci, Craig Wilson and Brian Damage
One of the most popular topics on this blog is, unsurprisingly, the Attitude Era. While the heroics of the likes of The Rock, Stone Cold, The Undertaker and co are well documented. In today’s Top Five we wanted to take a look at some of the more unsung performers from that time period. Continue reading
