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This week on 83 weeks, Eric & Conrad watch a 3-HOUR NITRO. Eric also goes off on Dave Meltzer/Special thanks to this week's sponsors!Athletic Greens- Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1x-year supply of immune-support Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visit athleticgreens.com/83WEEKS.MINDBLOOM-Go to Mindbloom.com/83WEEKS, promo code 83WEEKS for $100 off your first six-session program todayFOLLOW ALL OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA at https://83weekslinks.com/Stop throwing your money on rent! Get into a house with NO MONEY DOWN and roughly the same monthly payment at SaveWithConrad.comGet early, ad-free access to more than a dozen of your favorite wrestling podcasts, starting at just $9 over on AdFreeShows.com. That's less than 15 cents an episode each month! You can also listen to them directly through Apple Podcasts or your other regular podcast apps!AdFreeShows.com also has thousands of hours worth of bonus content including popular series like Title Chase, Eric Fires Back, Conversations with Conrad, Mike Chioda's Mailbag and many more! Plus, live, interactive virtual chats with your favorite podcasts hosts and wrestling legends. All that and much more! Sign up today at AdFreeShows.com!If your business targets 25-54 year old men, there's no better place to advertise than right here with us on 83 Weeks. You've heard us do ads for some of the same companies for years...why? Because it works! And with our super targeted audience, there's very little waste. Go to AdvertiseWithEric.com now and find out more about advertising with 83 Weeks.Get all of your 83 Weeks merchandise at https://boxofgimmicks.com/collections/83-weeks00:00 83 Weeks #25900:05 START00:38 COUNTDOWN01:40 SHOW START01:49 RECAP from last week02:43 Schiavone Intro03:35 WCW’s doing RECORD BUSINESS in Philadelphia07:31 Scotty Riggs got BLOCKED08:05 This was the COUNTER to Mike Tyson09:51 6mm households12:12 Macho Man in Harvard17:04 Hogan’s promo21:52 AEW ratings23:44 unmasking Juventud25:41 Fans are here for the STARS28:23 Psychosis29:13 Conrad vs Prince Iakua29:39 Spicoli’s drug tests32:01 WCW’s RECORD Business in 199834:50 HOW Turner RUINED WCW37:23 DID Prince Iakua have a ceiling?39:55 BREAK SaveWithConrad.com40:25 RAVEN and the Public Enemy in Philadelphia43:10 pyro heading into the 2nd hour45:36 The Public Enemy in Philadelphia46:37 Bringing back Erik Watts48:04 Table BOTCH48:39 BACK TO Erik Watts49:21 Was the Macho Man feeling a “squeeze” roster wise?51:48 Macho Man promo52:19 STING breaks his silence54:50 BREAK AG101:00:38 Did Eric Bischoff DROP THE BALL on Sting?01:02:48 WCW’s lack of Discipline01:07:25 “Stuck Mojo” music video01:10:48 VKM claiming to have “Kicked Ted Turner’s ass”01:13:35 DDP in 199801:18:06 BREAK AdFreeShows.com01:20:23 2023 Observer Awards01:25:43 Eric GOES OFF on Dave Meltzer01:30:53 Is Meltzer PROJECTING about covering Cody Rhodes/Sami Zayn?01:36:42 Ric Flair promo01:41:31 Ric Flair’s Birthday!!!01:42:07 Davy Boy Smith01:43:04 Rick Steiner01:43:35 WHAT was the Pyro budget?01:44:02 Super Calo01:45:32 WCW talent BANNED from Promo Azteca01:49:10 Scott Steiner changing his look01:51:39 The Steiner Recliner01:52:17 BREAK MINDBLOOM01:56:31 Stacy Kiebler's TV debut01:58:31 Jericho and Guerrero02:02:02 A&E doc on the nWo02:06:58 The nWo Melee02:12:55 Bret Hart vs Brian Adams02:17:45 Is the Bret Hart/Goldberg thing a rib?02:18:56 The Woman who designed the nWo logo02:22:07 Want to have Bobby Heenan sympathize with the nWo02:23:31 Would the narrative about Eric Bischoff be different had he not been an on screen character?02:26:59 Do you regret having Sting and Savage walk out together?02:30:03 Does today’s wrestling need to be more formatted like Nitro 1998?02:31:05 Ed Leslie02:32:35 OUTRO Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices