WCW WorldWide - 12/22/96 - 1/6

[the44118]

Chris Jericho had the gayest theme song in wrestling history even more than Owen Hart's and Linda Mcmahon

[xaer0knight]

going old school. man Jericho in his prime, right after he won some Japanese Tournaments :)

[tripdefect87]

As much as I hate WCW's overly generic pro wrestlers and their ability as well as the overplayed and overused storlines, they could sure as hell put on a show

[mo2003tyme]

omg this takes me back , god i miss bein a kid with no worries and just watch nonstop wrestling

[danteras23]

i miss wcw

[Ghostpilot1983]

On Saturday night where I lived, Shotgun Saturday Night would be on at 10:00, WCW Worldwide at 11:00, WCW Pro at midnight, American Gladiators at !:00, and International Gladiators at 2:00. Those were the days!

[slipknot789able]

i can remember watching two different wcw shows on saturday that were on at the same time but on two different channels i remember seeing sting wrestle somebody on one channel and then on the other channel sting would wrestle somebody else and this would occur at the same time i thought to myself how is this possible not knowing that these shows were taped in advance i thought all these shows were live events

[axman15]

@slipknot789able you are rembering 1991 they use to give wcw pro on tbs at 9.30 and the same they were giving WCW new york over here where i live at, in chicago wcw new york was named something WGN America, i rember all this like it was yesterday

[smoothscottiej]

Butch Long?? More like Butch Green

[johnissoevil]

Didn't World Wide move to WWOR-TV by this point? I know it was around this timeframe.

[bkstyle82]

@johnissoevil I think so. If I remember correctly, it used to air on WCBS(ch.2 here in NYC) and then moved to wwor ch.9

[johnissoevil]

@bkstyle82 You're right, WCW Pro New York actually started on WPIX, then moved to WCBS in 91 for a few weeks before being replaced by World Wide

[bkstyle82]

@johnissoevil Hey..I need to check this with you. Prior to Pro on WPIX(ch11) didn't PIX have the Power Hr at 9am??

[johnissoevil]

@bkstyle82 Actually they didn't. But they did air what was then NWA Worldwide during the 1987-88 season, then didn't air WCW for two years before they picked up Pro.

[bkstyle82]

@johnissoevil Thanks a million. Power Hr was purely a TBS thing. I remember watching it but I also remember watching a program on 11 at 9am before. Thanks for reminding me that it was NWA world wide. I vaguely remember the theme song(I was bout 5 years old). Hey I didn't look at your page but I can assume that you live or used to live in the ny tri state area.

[johnissoevil]

@bkstyle82 Yeah, I lived in Central Jersey. Caught my first glimpse of wrestling when I accidentally came across a WWF show on WKBS 48 (RIP) out of Philly in 1982.

[JoshOrtiz88]

One thing I miss about WCW, the cheap product placement: The Valvoline ads on the ring posts.

And it was never WCW Halloween Havoc, it was Slim Jim's Halloween Havoc as well as stopping midway through commentary to get a drink of Surge. On camera with the label out. I miss Surge.

[IrishMike891]

Talk about a 90's opening.... geez

[shadowninja4]

Cyclops? Isnt it Ciclope?

[frasermack18]

was Jericho hungover during this match? haha

basketball highlights #12 as the theme!

[thechaz83]

Amen to the world wide C show talent. We need more jobbers. There names always ruled, its like "And 212 lbs from..... Ryan butterten...lol"

[augamon]

Jericho said in his book that nearly every one who wrestled on worldwide was either drunk or hungover lmao

[dennymon27]

here in the Ozarks we got WCW Worldwide on our Fox affiliate Saturday afternoons, and ECW came on the former WB affiliate around midnight or 1 AM.

[vanarve]

Did wcw worldwide take over for wcw saturday night?

[LJE3]

@vanarve No they were 2 different shows.

[nonamebrand0]

@vanarve no, it was a different show, but it was part of WCW's MGM/Disney tapings.

[Toiletcoffee]

I Love the theme music. I remember watching this on Saturday afternoons back in the 90's.

Please post more worldwide If you have any.

[LJE3]

I agree. I have been looking for this music on the internet for like the last 10 years. I appreciate the video

[RNC200707]

Bobby was just awesome

[StefanoFan27]

god i miss watching WCW. wow, 13 years ago.

[StefanoFan27]

r.i.p big bubba rogers (a.k.a big boss man).

[0utsidersEdge]

You know whats sad.....

Just surfing looking back at this match, and that match....It seems like each video i've looked has had someone who's passed, and RIP comment....

Its close to depressing

[StefanoFan27]

wow, this happened 13 years ago.

[SweetDaddyBugg]

I love that WCW World Wide theme song!

[calypso]

"Rollerball was a movie"

LOL

[kidhideous]

This is awesome! Please plllleeeaaase tell me you have more?!?!

[CesarManiaX]

You know, I like the newer WCW Worldwide theme. IDK if anybody remembers that one

[antimokracekcampaign]

"Now Buch Long, unless you're going to admit to the whole crowd that you're a jobber, would you PUH-LEEEZE, SHUT! THE HELL! UP!

[warriorsleftnut]

jericho was a face in wcw at first? didnt know that!! didnt know worldwide was still on at this point aswell!!

[warriorsleftnut]

is this the same arena where they now film tna impact?

[CesarManiaX]

Yes!

[johnnyafairbanks]

No.

WCW Worldwide was at Disney/MGM; TNA Impact is done at Universal Orlando.

[patersinn420]

world wide has been around for a while all the way back to the NWA days i have the first world wide NWA world wide 1984

[johnnyafairbanks]

Actually, WCW Worldwide had been on the air since 1975; it was the longest-running, uninterrupted weekly syndicated program in television history!

KFXF here in Fairbanks carried it in '93 (dunno what time) after that shitty "Countdown at the Neon Armadillo" show replaced my beloved "WWF Superstars" over on KTVF.

[johnnyafairbanks]

Oh yeah...at one point in the mid-90s, WCW syndicated programming including Worldwide were burning up the ratings...right up alongside mainstays "Wheel of Fortune", "Jeopardy", "Oprah Winfrey", and "Entertainment Tonight"!!!!

[dencar84]

wcw actually had like 3 different shows on every saturday (pro, world wide, and sat. night) and one on sunday:

(main event)

[dillkidisback]

Don't forget Prime!

[PhilM662]

hell yeah, prime and this used to be on at like 1 and 2 am on certain nights back in the day

[thechaz83]

Don't forget saturday mornings power hour "Back in the day" and yes main event on sunday evenings.

[4lifeReagan]

@dencar84 That was back when wrestling was great. How I miss those days!!!

[jaypoll20]

Came on very very late at night in my area so that could be why

[McSomething15]

That could be. Around what time was that, and what area?

[jaypoll20]

Texas area and like eleven or midnight I think not totally sure of course it was a taped show

[McSomething15]

I absolutley do not remember this show.

[McSomething15]

Now why would someone give me a thumbs down for saying I don't ever remember this "WorldWide" show they had? All I remember them having was Nitro, Saturday Night, and (when it started in Jan 98) Thunder.