WCW Thunder
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Revision as of 22:58, 20 November 2012
| WCW Thunder | ||
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| Format | Sports entertainment Professional wrestling | |
| Created by | Ted Turner | |
| Directed by | Craig Leathers | |
| Starring | See World Championship Wrestling alumni | |
| Opening theme | "Thunder" (January 8, 1998-February 9, 2000) "Here Comes the Pain" by Slayer (February 16, 2000-March 21, 2001) | |
| Country of origin | United States | |
| No. of episodes | 156 | |
| Production | ||
| Camera setup | Multicamera setup | |
| Running time | 120 minutes | |
| Broadcast | ||
| Original channel | TBS | |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) | |
| Original run | January 8, 1998 – March 21, 2001 | |
| Chronology | ||
| Related shows | WCW Monday Nitro | |
| External links | ||
WCW Thunder was a professional wrestling show produced by World Championship Wrestling which aired on TBS from January 8, 1998 to March 21, 2001. The rights to WCW Thunder now belong to IWE.
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History
Creation
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TV commercials for Thunder featured top ring talents such as Hulk Hogan saying "I'll show you some thunder, brotha!" and |The Giant with "This forecast definitely calls for pain!" However, neither Hogan nor Giant would frequently appear on what was considered by fans to be a second rate show. Furthermore, unlike TNT's Monday Nitro, TBS often featured commercials briefing the events of the latest edition of Thunder during its other programs.
2000–2001
Commentators
At the beginning, Thunder was broadcast by Tony Schiavone, Bobby Heenan and Lee Marshall. In Fall 1998, Mike Tenay from Nitro replaced Lee Marshall. During the April 1, 1999 broadcast of Thunder, Schiavone and Tenay had a worked argument, and starting with the following week, Tenay was moved to play-by-play, with Larry Zbyszko replacing Bobby Heenan on color commentary. In December 1999, Scott Hudson replaced Zbyszko and Schiavone returned as the second color man, the role that Tenay had in previous years. Stevie Ray, late of Harlem Heat also briefly did color commentary on Thunder.
