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|show_name =WCW Thunder |image =WCWThunderLogo.png |creator =Eric Bischoff |director =Craig Leathers |picture_format =480i (SDTV) |camera =Multicamera setup |runtime =120 minutes |starring =World Championship Wrestling alumni |country =United States |network =TBS |first_aired =January 8, 1998 |last_aired =March 21, 2001 |num_episodes =146 |opentheme ="Storm" by Jimmy Hart & Howard Helm (January 8, 1998-February 9, 2000) "Here Comes the Pain" (instrumental) by Slayer (February 16, 2000–March 21, 2001) |related =WCW Monday Nitro |website =http://www.wwe.com/classics/wcw }} WCW Thunder is a professional wrestling show that was produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) which aired on TBS from January 8, 1998 to March 21, 2001. The huge popularity of WCW in 1996 and 1997 allowed for the creation of a new show, which became WCW Thunder. Thunder was taped on Tuesday nights and then aired on Thursday, a change for WCW as Bischoff was very keen on its primary show WCW Monday Nitro being aired live every week (as opposed to rival WWF Raw is War, which, at the time, was live every other week). The rights to Thunder now belong to WWE. The first 97 episodes of WCW Thunder are available to stream on the WWE Network.[1][2] HistoryCreationThe popularity of World Championship Wrestling's primary show, WCW Monday Nitro on TNT, led Ted Turner to create a new show, which would eventually be named Thunder, that would air Thursdays on TBS.[3] WCW Executive Vice-President Eric Bischoff was originally reluctant to produce another two-hour weekly television show for a variety of reasons. First, Time Warner (WCW's parent company) was under a hiring freeze[4] which prevented Bischoff from bringing in additional production people to run the show. Second, he felt WCW did not have enough talent to produce another show and risked overexposing them and making storylines less significant.[5] Third, according to Bischoff, TBS refused to pay the cost of producing Thunder which was between $12 million and $15 million per year.[5] Bischoff eventually decided that he could make the new show work and help pay for it by expanding revenue from increased house show business.[6] Bischoff was also given permission to sign Bret Hart, specifically as a high-profile talent to perform on Thunder.[7][8] The first match to take place in Thunder featured Chris Adams against Randy Savage. Adams pinned Savage after a chairshot from Lex Luger. The match decision was reversed by WCW Commissioner/Chairman of Executive Committee James J. Dillon. AdvertisementTV commercials for Thunder featured top ring talents such as Hulk Hogan saying "Observe this, brother!" and The Giant with "This forecast definitely calls for pain!" Final broadcastIn an attempt to save WCW, Bischoff attempted to purchase the company with a group of investors. However, although Bischoff's offer had been accepted, recently appointed Turner Broadcasting executive Jamie Kellner announced shortly after his arrival that Thunder and all WCW programming was immediately canceled on TBS. Bischoff's group then withdrew their offer, as it was contingent on keeping WCW programming on some outlet. WCW's trademarks and certain assets (such as its video library and the contracts of 24 wrestlers[9]), though not the company itself (which still exists as a Time Warner-owned legal entity under the name Universal Wrestling Corporation[10][11]), were bought by the WWF, its long-time competitor. 2000–2001Thunder switched from Thursday evenings to Wednesday evenings on January 12, 2000. Since WWF SmackDown! debuted on UPN in the same timeslot as Thunder, WCW had been trailing the WWF in the ratings on Thursdays as well as on Mondays, as this was during the time WCW's ratings began their steady decline that would eventually lead to the company's demise. The WWF also had a slight advantage as SmackDown! was available over broadcast signals and cable was not needed to view the program. Little was gained by the move, however. On October 9, 2000, WCW moved the Thunder tapings to Monday nights, the same night as Nitro. After the live Nitro broadcast ended, the Thunder taping would commence. This practice continued until March 19, 2001, when Thunder taped its last episode. It was said[12] that the reasoning behind the tapings was that attendance at Thunder tapings had dropped considerably over the previous twenty-one months. ReceptionVeteran industry journalist Wade Keller said that the introduction of Thunder could be called "the beginning of the end" for the now-defunct WCW, adding that the program's debut "is probably as good of a turning point as you could pick out".[13] Color schemeThunder utilized a primarily blue color scheme for its production graphics and ring designs, a design which was later emulated by SmackDown! and Impact Wrestling, as compared to the primarily red designs of the Monday Night shows, Raw and Nitro. On-air personalitiesCommentary teams{{too detailed|section|date=February 2018}}
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References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wwenetworknews.com/2018/03/19/wwe-network-officially-adds-72-episodes-of-wcw-thunder-links-included/|title=UPDATED x2: WWE Network Officially Adds 77 Episodes of WCW Thunder Including all of 1998; Links Included|date=19 March 2018|publisher=|accessdate=19 March 2018}} 2. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.wwenetworknews.com/2019/03/18/episodes-of-wcw-thunder-from-1999-and-2000-now-available-on-wwe-network-links-included/|title=Episodes of WCW Thunder From 1999 and 2000 Now Available On WWE Network – Links Included {{!}} WWE Network News|website=www.wwenetworknews.com|access-date=2019-03-18}} 3. ^{{cite book|title=Controversy Creates Cash|last=Bischoff|first=Eric|authorlink=Eric Bischoff|pages=255–256|publisher=Pocket Books|year=2006|isbn=978-1-4165-2729-9}} 4. ^{{cite book|title=Controversy Creates Cash|last=Bischoff|first=Eric|authorlink=Eric Bischoff|page=255|publisher=Pocket Books|year=2006|isbn=978-1-4165-2729-9}} 5. ^1 {{cite book|title=Controversy Creates Cash|last=Bischoff|first=Eric|authorlink=Eric Bischoff|page=257|publisher=Pocket Books|year=2006|isbn=978-1-4165-2729-9}} 6. ^{{cite book|title=Controversy Creates Cash|last=Bischoff|first=Eric|authorlink=Eric Bischoff|page=258|publisher=Pocket Books|year=2006|isbn=978-1-4165-2729-9}} 7. ^{{cite book|title=Controversy Creates Cash|last=Bischoff|first=Eric|authorlink=Eric Bischoff|page=261|publisher=Pocket Books|year=2006|isbn=978-1-4165-2729-9}} 8. ^{{cite book|title=Controversy Creates Cash|last=Bischoff|first=Eric|authorlink=Eric Bischoff|page=271|publisher=Pocket Books|year=2006|isbn=978-1-4165-2729-9}} 9. ^{{cite news|first=Don|last=Callis| title=Deal leaves wrestlers out in cold|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingWCWSale/cyrus_01mar25-sun.html|publisher=Slam! Sports|date=2001-03-25}} 10. ^{{Cite web |url=http://corp.sos.state.ga.us/corp/soskb/Corp.asp?762297 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-06-26 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130703190322/http://corp.sos.state.ga.us/corp/soskb/Corp.asp?762297 |archive-date=2013-07-03 |dead-url=yes |df= }} 11. ^{{Cite web|url=https://caselaw.findlaw.com/ga-court-of-appeals/1204668.html|title=FindLaw's Court of Appeals of Georgia case and opinions.|website=Findlaw|access-date=2017-11-19}} 12. ^Reynolds, R.D.; Alvarez, Bryan. "The Death of WCW", ECW Press 2004. 13. ^{{cite episode|title=Ask the Editor|series=Wade Keller Hotline|author=Wade Keller|station=Pro Wrestling Torch|date=August 24, 2017|minutes=21}} External links
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