The DVD had stories of wrestlers who were not employed by WWE telling their side of ECW's history. The second would be the heated rivalry between "Macho Man" Randy Savage and the up-and-coming Diamond Dallas Page. When Eastern Championship Wrestling was founded, it was a member of the NWA, and "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert[3] was its head booker. In January 2001, Fusient Media Ventures, led by Bischoff, announced that they were going to purchase WCW. On February 3, 1997, Monday Night Raw changed to a two-hour format. The 1997 and 1998 WCW Souled Out PPV events were held on Saturdays due to the Super Bowl being played the next day, the 1999 and 2000 shows were held on Sundays. I told you people that WWE does not care about any of you! Go Orange. Has wear. Like its predecessor, Revenge features AKI's revolutionary grappling system as well as heavily improved graphics, a championship mode, and a large roster of wrestlers (real and fictional). WCW/nWo Revenge is a professional wrestling video game released in 1998 for the Nintendo 64 game console. He'd soon make his way back to WWE. The World PS1 Sony PlayStation 1, 1997 Greatest Hits. The former WWE management will still be rich off your hard earned money and chilling on the beach! Overview. Comments. Although an injury would cause Michaels to take a four-year hiatus from wrestling, the stable soared in popularity under the leadership of Triple H, who added the New Age Outlaws and Sean Waltman to the group's ranks. [40] The institution of concepts like separate rosters, "General Managers" and talent drafts was intended to emulate the rivalry that had ended with WCW. In 1996, Hulk Hogan went from one end of the pro wrestling spectrum to the other when he became the villainous Hollywood Hogan. Luger's reign would be brief but his title win was unforgettable. On this page you find the full WCW Roster & Alumni across the All-Time History of the company. Disco would go on to have a couple of short stints with the WCW World Television Championship but would eventually drop the title twice. In the late 80s, Lex Luger joined WCW and immediately started being groomed for the main event position as a member of The Four Horsemen. In the second of three hours, Eric Bischoff, who had learned of the results of the taped Raw Is War that was set to air that night, ordered commentator Tony Schiavone to make the following statement: Fans, if you're even thinking about changing the channel to our competition, do not. These people operating things just do not care. NWA President Dennis Coralluzzo alleged that Crockett and Gordon were attempting to monopolize the title,[5] and stated Crockett did not have the NWA board's approval, which resulted in Coralluzzo personally overseeing the tournament. The following evening on Nitro, most of WCW's top stars gave faux indignant interviews, expressing their feelings of betrayal and disappointment with Hogan's actions. The ensuing storyline, in which the nWo waged a campaign of anarchy against WCW, blurred the lines between reality and scripted entertainment, a unique presentation that acknowledged fans' growing awareness of backstage wrestling politics and kayfabe. WCW Nitro is a video game based on the professional wrestling TV show WCW Monday Nitro. But anyway I am elderly old woman who used to be a wrestling fan. Dominic Ward is a S Tier troll fr. Craig "Pitbull" Pittman,
The Renegade, Michael Wallstreet, Eddie Guerrero, "The Canadian
Crippler" Chris Benoit, "The Man of 1000 Holds" Dean Malenko, Scotty
Riggs, "The Total Package" Lex Luger, Scott "Flash" Norton, The
Giant, The Barbarian, Hugh Morrus, "Flyboy" Rocco Rock, Johnny
Grunge, Konnan, "Squire" David Taylor, Madusa, Brad Armstrong,
"Hardwork" Bobby Walker, Rick Steiner, Scott Steiner, Billy Kidman,
"Desperado" Joe Gomez, Rob Ruckus, Ken Kaos, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash,
"Mean" Mike Enos, Steve McMichael, Rey Misterio Jr., Jim Powers,
Chavito Guerrero Jr., Karl Oullete, Jauques Rougeau, Chris Jericho,
Juventud Guerrera, Syxx, Vincent, Jeff Jarrett, Psicosis, Roadblock,
Rowdy Roddy Piper, Bunkhouse Buck, La Parka, Ultimo Dragon,
Tombstone, Super Calo, "Dangerous" Devon Storm, Ace Darling, Greg
The Hammer Valentine ,Ray Mandoza Jr., Ron Powers, Jerry Flynn,
Chris "Morteus" Canyon, Luna Vachon, Adam Bomb, Malaya Hosaka,
T-Rantula TOTAL ROSTER: 81
The WCW roster for April 1997 was as follows: Bobby Eaton, Sting,
"The Enforcer" Arn Anderson, Jack Boot, "Diamond" Dallas Page, "Buff"
Bagwell, Lord Steven Regal, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, Stevie Ray,
Booker T., Brian Knobbs, Jerry Saggs, Mark Starr, Big Bubba Rogers,
"Taskmaster" Kevin Sullivan, Steve Armstrong, Meng, "Das Wunderkind"
Alex Wright, "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan, "Hacksaw" Jim Duggin, Scott
Armstrong, Randy "Macho Man" Savage, Sgt. Both shows aired on Monday. When Page hit a Diamond Cutter for the win at Spring Stampede 1997, he became a made man in WCW. Two weeks later, the WWF taunted WCW's slipping ratings by sending members of DX to Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia in an attempt to crash a live taping of Nitro. Other co-hosts included Mike Tenay (usually for matches involving cruiserweights or international stars), Scott Hudson, and Mark Madden. CAW Archives 2003 - 2013. Surprisingly for Bischoff, Turner granted him one live hour on TNT[a] every Monday night, which specifically overlapped with Raw. It largely overlapped with the Attitude Era, a term used by WWF to describe that company's programming from November 9, 1997 to May 6, 2002. The rivalry between the companies steadily escalated throughout the 1990s to include the use of cutthroat tactics and the defections of employees between the two companies. This whole entire time nobody ever gave a damn! I now know I cant use the word B**ch, Can someone release Vince McMahon and ban him from returning to the company. This presentation both mimicked Nitro's "Anything can happen" atmosphere, and acknowledged the growing phenomenon of "smarks," wrestling fans who used the Internet to gain a wide base of knowledge on the real-life, backstage workings of the industry. Stars such as Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, Bill Goldberg and Sting became household names, and some attempted to parlay their newfound fame into other mediums and found success in them, much like Hulk Hogan of the 1980s and early 1990s: notable examples being Mick Foley, who became a New York Times best selling author with the first volume of his autobiography, Have a Nice Day, and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, who branched out to become one of the highest grossing actors of all time. While Mongo certainly had name identity, he was far from a good wrestler. Gordon took offense at Coralluzzo for his power plays and began contemplating a plan to secede ECW from the NWA in a controversial and public manner that would attract attention to ECW and insult the NWA organization. During the year, as part of Hart's anti-US angle and his feud with Austin, Hart allied with his brother Owen Hart, his brothers-in-law The British Bulldog and Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart, and with close Hart family friend Brian Pillman, to form the new Hart Foundation. "The Total Package" Lex Luger and "Diamond" Dallas Page join forces to face Scott Hall and "Macho Man" Randy Savage in a No Disqualification Match. Another demotion. Tony Khan recently made an intriguing comparison between AEW's current lineup and WCW's roster from 1997, owing to the mixture of the veteran and young stars in both.. [55][56] NXT's move to the USA Network triggered the start of the Wednesday Night Wars. Diamond Dallas Page pinned Stevie Ray to earn a . In the mid-90s, WCW became a thorn in WWE's side by implementing one simple but effective strategy. They featured wrestling matches, plus melodramatic monologues and inter-character confrontations, similar to the programming offered by other territories, including the Northeast-based WWF. Throughout the 1990s, Bret Hart had been arguably the most popular wrestler on the WWF roster since winning the WWF Championship from Ric Flair in 1992, and one of the few performers to remain steadfastly loyal to the company through its numerous changes. A Flair for Gold would eventually play host to one of the most infamous incidents of 1990s wrestling: On a live Clash of the Champions XXIV building up the Fall Brawl pay-per-view, WCW decided to introduce a "mystery partner" for the babyfaces, a masked man known as The Shockmaster. The main event was the traditional World War 3 battle royal, in which the winner would receive a future title . [16][17] On top of this, Rude also appeared on ECW's Hardcore TV during that weekend (November 1416 as the show was syndicated differently depending on the market). He's either so stupid that he think's he's right or is such a perfect troll in so many ways the fact that yall don't see that is just odd. On this page you find the full WWE Roster in the year 1997. Waltman, who was a member of the nWo, had recently left WCW after wrestling there for a year and a half as Syxx (having been fired while recovering from an injury), and returned to the WWF as X-Pac. At Road Wild 1999, the so-called "Millennium Man" pinned Sting in a decisive, career-defining matchup. Another demotion. Because of their high profiles, Hogan and Savage were able to demand and get several concessions not usually allowed to wrestlers at the time. The deal was contingent on the Turner networks keeping Nitro on TNT on Monday and Thunder on TBS on Wednesday. 5 Best WCW Wrestlers Of 1997 (& The 5 Worst), 10 Cringey nWo Moments We Completely Forgot About, 10 Celebrities You Didn't Know Are Wrestling Fans, A Look Back On NBA Legend Dennis Rodman's Time In WCW. Legends of WrestleMania. Released by THQ for the PlayStation game console in 1997, the game featured a large roster of playable WCW wrestlers as well as full motion video clips of the TV show. Link that replays current quiz . [35][36] Most of the main event-level stars including Flair, Goldberg, Kevin Nash, and Sting were contracted directly to parent company AOL Time Warner instead of WCW, and thus AOL Time Warner was forced to continue to pay many of the wrestlers for years. The most-remembered Prime Time format featured Bobby Heenan and Gorilla Monsoon introducing taped matches and analyzing them afterward, with Monsoon taking a neutral/babyface position and Heenan unashamedly cheering on the heels. After a falling-out with Gordon, Gilbert was replaced in September 1993 by Paul Heyman (known on television as Paul E. Dangerously), who had just left WCW and was looking for a new challenge. Before World Championship Wrestling was formed, Jim Crockett Promotions existed. Luger had worked for the company from 1987 to 1992, when it was still affiliated with the NWA, before joining the WWF the following year. SD! I personally think these new scale rings are the best ones yet. But anyway I am elderly old woman who used to be a wrestling fan. Despite having a run as WCW United States Champion in 1997, Mongo was one of the promotion's weaker characters at the time. Notably, Luger would be followed by former WWF Women's Champion Alundra Blayze, who appeared with the WWF Women's Championship belt on the December 18, 1995, edition of Nitro and insulted her former employers before throwing the belt in the garbage. 4/10 Best: Hollywood Hogan. $9.88. Prior to their departure, the men had been part of The Kliq, a tight-knit affiliation of wrestlers in the WWF whose backstage influence allowed them to wield an enormous amount of power over the direction of the company. Dark Match: Chavo Guerrero Sr. defeated Lenny Lane Dean Malenko & Eddie Guerrero defeated Rey Misterio Jr. & Steven Regal Fit Finlay defeated Dave Taylor Yuji Nagata . Foley began alternating characters, variously appearing as Mankind (whose character was tweaked from an insane asylum inmate to essentially Foley in a mask), Dude Love, and his former persona of Cactus Jack, an old western outlaw. This includes the list of all WCW Wrestlers, division between Men and Women Roster, as well as Managers, Announcers, Authority figures, Producers and other personalities in World Championship Wrestling. Wrestlers are going to quit. The Curtain Call would go on to influence the narrative course both companies took by encouraging WCW, and later the WWF, to blur the lines of fantasy and reality in wrestling, incorporating wrestlers' real names and details of their lives into their character's stories. 1995 -WCW ROSTER The WCW roster for January 1995 was as follows: Earl Bobby Eaton, Sting, "Fly'in" Brian Pillman, "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson, Brad Armstrong, Big Van Vader, "The Natural" Dustin Rhodes, Johnny B. Badd, "Stunning" Steve Austin, "Diamond" Dallas Page, Marcus Alexander Bagwell, "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff, Lord Steve Regal, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, "Pretty" Paul Roma, Stevie . After standing off with them, he attacked Savage, showing himself to be the Outsiders' mysterious third man and thus turning heel. A week later, they announced the forthcoming appearance of a mysterious third member of their group. After losing the title to Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania XII, Hart took a hiatus from the WWF, returning in late 1996 at the Survivor Series soon after signing a 20-year WWF contract. . This includes the list of all ECW Wrestlers, division between Men and Women Roster, as well as Managers, Announcers, Authority figures, Producers and other personalities in Extreme Championship Wrestling. In April 1996, two of the WWF's top performers, Kevin Nash (Diesel) and Scott Hall (Razor Ramon), signed contracts with WCW. The roster is quite possibly the largest roster of licensed . As 1993 began, Prime Time Wrestling was struggling in the ratings and was canceled by USA. RELATED: A Look Back On NBA Legend Dennis Rodman's Time In WCW. They cannot vote on matters? 2009: Triple H invades Randy Orton's home. The incident marked one of the first times that pro wrestlers had so flagrantly broken character in front of an audience, and forced both the WWF and WCW to begin acknowledging fans' growing awareness of the backstage happenings of their respective companies. Kidman achieved his Fourth Reign. They are directed by the Illuminati/freemasons. Rick Rude, a wrestler who had been popular amongst both fans and his fellow wrestlers during the 1980s and 1990s, who had recently made a comeback in the WWF and was one of the on-screen founding members of D-Generation X, left the WWF a week after the Montreal Screwjob, and followed Hart to WCW. Rude made many appearances with ECW during 1997, including during the period when he was in the WWF as a part of DX, as the WWF and ECW often co-operated in terms of talent. The profile of each WCW wrestler features their Career History, Ring Names, Face / Heel Turns, Accomplishments, Pictures, Bio and more information and statistics. Meanwhile, Hollywood Hogan returned to WCW after a hiatus and challenged Nash to a match, which Nash accepted. All four of them entered the WWF as The Radicalz, debuting on Raw Is War's January 31 episode15 days after Benoit's title win. In fact, he had been in line to get the WWF World Heavyweight Championship (he had had several previous title matches), and worked a WWF house show the night before. WCW 1995 Can you name the WCW roster in 1995? The final ratings for the night were 5.7 for Raw Is War and 5.0 for Nitro. The 1998 edition featured three teams of three battling for the No. Solie's assumes no responsibility for keeping them updated. Welcome back to the clown world that everyone has fallen asleep to! The match was interrupted by the stables of WCW's nWo and WWE's DX, leading to a brawl between them and Sting's defeat in his first match in the company. I've also began working on Late-99 to Mid-00 wresters and will be adding them to the collection. Copyright 2010-2023 TheSmackDownHotel.com. During the match between Jeff Jarrett and Hollywood Hogan for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, Jeff Jarrett, by Russo's order, lied down in the ring to let Hogan pin him and win the title. Bischoff's attempt to deliver a "dream match" never produced by the WWF paid off, and the PPV drew a disproportionately high buy rate by the company's standards. Ted Turner decided to expand the brand by introducing a second weekly program WCW Thunder, on his TBS channel. Fans went home happy everytime after the show! On April 13, 1998, an advertised Austin vs. McMahon main event was enough for Raw Is War to finally beat Nitro in the ratings for the first time in nearly two years. Everything is all about the money. The garbage they come out with now is disgusting. As a result of the Monday Night Wars, professional wrestling became a prime-time tradition on Monday nights in America. The credibility of the company, which did not present the match that had been advertised, was damaged. Throughout the late 1990s, the WWF began to rise in popularity after it rebranded itself as a more adult-themed, sexualized and violent product, a period in the company's history now referred to as the Attitude Era. Everyone has a morale/confidence boost after Vince left. Saudi Arabia now owns WWE! Everything is all about the money. Later that year, with WWF's WrestleMania IV around the corner, Crockett decided to use McMahon's own tactics against him, developing his own PPV-caliber event and airing it for free on TBS opposite WrestleMania. And now we have the New Gen/Attitude Era Ultimate Scale Ring that measures at I think 21.5"x21.5". Take the best deal for income and drop everything else. . They cannot vote on matters? Eventually, that gimmick would die out and Wrath would be able to find moderate success in WCW but 1997 was a rough year for him. Despite efforts to salvage the company, it was ultimately sold to McMahon, ending the Monday Night Wars. WCW Roster for 1997
The WCW roster for January 1997 was as follows: Bobby Eaton, Sting,
"The Enforcer" Arn Anderson, Jack Boot, "Diamond" Dallas Page, Marc
"Buff" Bagwell, Lord Steven Regal, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, Stevie
Ray, Booker T., Brian Knobbs, Jerry Saggs, Mark Starr, Big Bubba
Rogers, "Taskmaster" Kevin Sullivan, Steve Armstrong, Meng, "Das
Wunderkind" Alex Wright, "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan, Brutus "The Bootie
Man" Beefcake, "Hacksaw" Jim Duggin, "Big" John Tenta, "Dirty" Dick
Slaytor, Scott Armstrong, Randy "Macho Man" Savage, Sgt. The former WWE management will still be rich off your hard earned money and chilling on the beach! Stephanie McMahon leaves WWE ; Vince is president, Please dont ban me. Additionally, there was animosity between Douglas and Coralluzzo, who had publicly criticized Douglas and advised NWA-affiliated bookers not to schedule him for shows, as he believed Douglas was a "bad risk" and had the tendency to not appear at shows he was scheduled to wrestle at. Since nobody but Bischoff and Luger's good friend Sting knew that Luger would return to WCW, the shock value generated by his appearance was great. With this move, McMahon controlled all nationally televised wrestling in the United States. List of former World Championship Wrestling personnel. Notably, the men negotiated total creative control over their characters, in addition to multiyear, multimillion-dollar contracts at a time when many top wrestlers were only receiving around $1 million a year. Single Match - A one on one match. It takes a special type of performer to be so over without wrestling or uttering a single word for over a year. 19931994: Eric Bischoff is put in charge of WCW, 1994: Eastern Championship Wrestling goes Extreme, 20012003: WWFE, Inc. purchases WCW and ECW. vs RAW 2010. This commment is unpublished, pending moderation. After the initial shock wore off, Hogan settled into his new role as WCW's top heel. He'd find a way to continually hold on to the WCW Championship while also managing to dodge sting at every possible turn. Free shipping. He then raised the Eastern Championship Wrestling title and declared it to be a world heavyweight championship, calling it the only real world title left in professional wrestling. update the picture of DREW MCINTYRE please, please add Karl Fredericks to World Wrestling Entertainment and remove him from New Japan Pro Wrestling, Brian Kendrick is not wwe producer he just come for one show ; not signed at this time, Sudu Shah leave WWE !, Stevie Turner is back on NXT. [16] An hour later on Raw Is War (which had been taped six days earlier), Rude then appeared with the full beard that he had been sporting during his last few weeks in the WWF, making Rude the only performer to appear on both Nitro and Raw on the same evening until the last night of the ratings wars. This includes the list of all WWE Superstars, division between Men and Women Roster, as well as Managers, Announcers, Authority figures, Producers and other personalities in World Wrestling Entertainment. [37] The actual WCW entity was reverted to Universal Wrestling Corporation solely to deal with both legal and administrative issues. [26], This Nitro's main event was originally scheduled to be Goldberg vs. Kevin Nash for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship and was going to be their anticipated rematch. The incident severely demoralized the WWF roster, shaking wrestlers' faith in McMahon and resulting in a near strike the following evening, with Mick Foley (Mankind) actually going on strike for one day. 25 th January 1997: "WCW Souled Out 1997": Cedar Rapids, IA - 5,120 sellout ($68,209 live gate) ($38,000 merchandise sales) Masa Chono beat Chris Jericho; Big Bubba Rogers overturned Hugh Morrus in a Mexican Death match; Jeff Jarrett pinned Michael Wallstreet; Marcus Bagwell dropped Scotty Riggs; Scott Norton downed Diamond Dallas Page by count-out; The Steiners . Tacoma, Washington. update the picture of DREW MCINTYRE please, please add Karl Fredericks to World Wrestling Entertainment and remove him from New Japan Pro Wrestling, Brian Kendrick is not wwe producer he just come for one show ; not signed at this time, Sudu Shah leave WWE !, Stevie Turner is back on NXT. This expansion became known as the Brand Extension. After jumping from WCW to run roughshod over the WWE roster, Sid returned to terrorize once again, taking on the likes of Kevin Nash, "Hollywood" Hogan and Goldberg. In late 2007, ROH also started airing bi-monthly pay-per-views, and in 2009, ROH began airing a weekly wrestling program on HDNet. In retrospect, wrestling commentators have come to see the era of the Monday Night Wars as a golden age of pro wrestling, along with the 1940s-1950s Gorgeous George era and the 1980s professional wrestling boom, with the feud between the two companies bringing out their best quality product both in terms of creativity and the performances of their wrestlers. Bischoff, not expecting Turner to comply, said that the only way would be a prime-time slot on a weekday night, possibly up against the WWF's flagship show Monday Night Raw. The chemistry between Monsoon and Heenan made this show popular with fans for many years despite the fact it was not considered one of the WWF's "primary" shows for most of its history, and many other wrestling programs attempted to copy this formula, with varying degrees of success. The last Nitro drew a 3.0 rating. On July 6, 1998, airing from the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia, Nitro defeated Raw Is War in the ratings when Goldberg pinned Hollywood Hogan to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. In 2004, an unauthorized DVD called Forever Hardcore was written, directed and produced by former WCW crew member Jeremy Borash in response to The Rise and Fall of ECW. Raw commentator Jerry Lawler insulted and "challenged" ECW on the show's February 17 episode, and in the weeks to come, several ECW wrestlers appeared on Raw in a story arc similar to the nWo storyline playing out in WCW, with the WWF pursuing the "renegade" ECW. Archive Note: (July 13, 2005) These records were compiled for a while and then abandoned by their creator. In February 1993, longtime NWA stalwart Ric Flair returned to WCW after an 18-month WWF tenure, but since Flair was constrained by a no-compete clause from his WWF contract, WCW gave him a talk show segment on its television shows called A Flair for the Gold. In an attempt to break the momentum of Nitro, WWF entered into a cross-promotional agreement with ECW. The Monday Night Wars or Monday Night War was an era of mainstream televised American professional wrestling, from September 4, 1995 to March 26, 2001, in which the World Wrestling Federation's (WWF, now WWE) Monday Night Raw (later Raw Is War) and World Championship Wrestling's (WCW) Monday Nitro were broadcast opposite each other in a battle for Nielsen ratings each week. PLAY QUIZ . Perhaps even more impressive than the fact that Sting only wrestled once in 1997 is the fact that he didn't even speak throughout the whole year either. While still running steadily, Barnett and the Briscos sold their entire stock in GCW (including the television deal) to Vince McMahon, and on July 14, 1984 (otherwise known as "Black Saturday"), the WWF took over the GCW show. WCW vs The World Sony PlayStation 1 PS1 - Disc Only - Tested - Ships Fast. On March 23, 2001, all of WCW's trademarks and archived video library, as well as a select 25 contracts, were sold to Vince McMahon and World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc. through its subsidiary WCW Inc. WCW's assets were purchased for just $3 million. With Tony Schiavone, Bobby Heenan, David Penzer, Eric Bischoff. Wrestlers who care about their fans, management who cares about the wrestlers, and a wrestling product that continously gives a passionate damn about the quality! Everyone has a morale/confidence boost after Vince left. RELATED: 10 Celebrities You Didn't Know Are Wrestling Fans. Everyone has a morale/confidence boost after Vince left. [27] Its 5.7 Nielsen rating on February 8 (on a night when Raw was pre-empted by the Westminster Dog Show) was the last time it would get such a number. In the summer of 2003, WWE purchased ECW's assets in court, acquiring the rights to ECW's video library. Forget about fans. Russo's booking style was often referred to as "Crash TV": Matches were shortened in favor of story-building backstage vignettes, with an emphasis on shock factor. As many fans had waited for a decisive victory of one faction over the other, the convoluted sequence of events was seen as a way to artificially extend the storyline without allowing it to come to an organic conclusion, beginning a sharp decline in the popularity of the nWo angle amongst fans. It was held on December 28, 1997, at the MCI Center in Washington, D.C.. 2012: Brock Lesnar returns to WWE. They stopped caring after the attitude era. His greatest honor was being made a member of the . The WWF used this as a symbolic demonstration of superiority over WCW. The struggles of WCW since Russo's arrival to the company came to a head on July 9, 2000, at the Bash at the Beach pay-per-view. The show also featured an interview with Razor Ramon. The secret has never changed. 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