Jamie Lithgow
It was election week in 1996, only the predicted Clinton victory did come to pass this time. With Nitro miles ahead in the ratings but one of the most infamous episodes of Raw ever on the other side, let’s see who came out as top Trump in this week’s ‘The Way We Was‘ … Continue reading
Jamie Lithgow
One of the big stories this week was the Chicago Cubs’ victory in baseball’s World Series. Well, back in 1996 it was the New York Yankees celebrating after defeating defending champions the Atlanta Braves in game six. That’s my entire baseball knowledge exhausted, so let’s see who was celebrating on Raw and Nitro in this week’s ‘The Way We Was‘ … Continue reading
Jamie Lithgow
It’s been a busy week in the music industry in 1996. 2Pac has released three albums in one week, despite the handicap of being dead. All are selling like hot cakes. The Artist Formally Known As Prince would now like to be known as ‘The Artist’ and Michael Jackson has announced that he is set to become a father. This is nothing compared to what was happening in the WWF and WCW though. Let’s see what was going down on Raw and Nitro in this week’s ‘The Way We Was‘ …
Jamie Lithgow
We’re heading back to 1996 again where Donald Trump has silenced rumours of sexism by purchasing the Miss Universe, Miss USA and Miss Teen beauty pageants. Nobody associated with those contests could possibly be sexist, right?! One place where sexism was rife in the 1990s was in wrestling, so let’s see what happened on this week’s Raw and Nitro in this week’s ‘The Way We Was‘ …
Jamie Lithgow
We’re heading back to 1996 to a world where Crash Bandicoot is the top selling video game for the Sony Playstation and computer firm Apple surprised everyone by actually making a profit in the last quarter. To make you feel more at home in this crazy world of change, a member of the Clinton family was also involved in a presidential debate. Let’s see what was open for debate on Monday’s episodes of Raw and Nitro in this week’s ‘The Way We Was‘ …
Jamie Lithgow
It’s Friday which means we’re living in the past again. Back in 1996, 2-Pac is selling more records than when he was alive. Not much has changed there then. On Raw Fake Razor Ramon introduced us to his big fake friend while over on Nitro the nWo were having a party. All this and more in this week’s ‘The Way We Was‘ …
Jamie Lithgow
It’s been a busy week in wrestling back in 1996. The WWF presented In Your House 10: Mind Games on Sunday while on Monday Scott Hall and Kevin Nash appeared on a live episode of Nitro at the same time as Razor Ramon and Diesel appeared on a live episode of Raw. Find out just what the hell was going on in this week’s ‘The Way We Was‘ …
Jamie Lithgow
The 1996 fall season has begun and Michael J Fox has returned to television with a sitcom on ABC called Spin City. Elsewhere, CBS are telling us that Everybody Loves Raymond. If they are referring to Raymond Rougeau then they are sadly mistaken. Let’s see if Sting was still feeling the love after the events of Fall Brawl and if JR had an update on the Razor Ramon/Diesel situation in this week’s ‘The Way We Was‘ …
Ring the Damn Bell 