Early Monday Nitro continues to entertain in 45 minute squirts, despite Hulk Hogan's desperate attempts to come across as edgy and contemporary by... dressing in black. Whilst cutting the same 80s promos alongside the same 80s manager in front of the same 80s green screen. Oh, but they changed his custom backdrop to black, too.

Find out who gives the fledgling show its longest match to date, who gives it the shortest match to date and who makes us wish Ric Flair would have stayed babyface for just a little bit longer as our chronological crusade through pro wrestling's good old days continues.

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It's been over a year since Dean and Liam put a PPV episode down to a vote on Twitter and, after this, it may be at least five before they do it again.

In defence of the final WCW Superbrawl ever made, it continues the 2001 trend of providing shockingly watchable professional wrestling as the company entered a sensible creative holding pattern in anticipation of the Fusient bailout that never came.

Join us to find out why Mike Awesome actually made a decent Bryan Clarke impersonator, why Chavo Guerrero Jr really was one of the top wrestlers in North America during WCW's dying days and why Kevin Nash's cringeworthy final match for the promotion pretty much summed up the majority of his five-year tenure under his real name.

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The honeymoon period is over for Monday Nitro. After five weeks of feeling fresh and fun by default, episode six would decide whether or not the trademark WCW productive gaffes, Macho Man/Lex Luger fashion disasters and deeply uncomfortable Hulk Hogan interviews would be tolerable as a week-in, week-out attraction.

Join Dean and Liam as they dissect how WCW managed to screw up Ric Flair vs Arn Anderson in a cage, how Disco Inferno should have been made heavyweight champion (but kept off Twitter) and how Sabu had already reached his expiry date in the company after just a few short weeks (and is indeed kept off Twitter).

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Nitro continues its streak of immense watchability five weeks into the series, as Eric Bischoff steps up his Taped Raw Results Giveaway game and Kevin Sullivan becomes the master of the oddball run-in attack.

Oh, and there's plenty of great stuff taking place that night in Denver, too. Lex Luger vs Randy Savage, Dean Malenko vs Eddie Guerrero and Ric Flair vs Arn Anderson make the most of the television sprint format.

Join Dean and Liam for another rapid 45 minute journey on the road to Halloween Havoc. Will Hulk Hogan keep his brand new Adolf Hitler moustache? TUNE IN NEXT WEEK TO FIND OUT!

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After a two-month laptop-repair-induced absence, Because WCW is back with a bang: attempting to see how much of the first three episodes of Monday Nitro they can recall just from the fourth show's recaps.

Dean and Liam are back from what appears to be an annual tradition of failing to publish new content over the festive period, and they're ready for the run-up to Halloween Havoc 1995 - even if that means constant reminders of the monster truck showdown between Hulk Hogan and The Giant.

Join them for 45 fast-paced minutes of cringeworthy mentions of Andre's grave, Kevin Sullivan-inspired mass treks to the food stands and unflattering renders of Lex Luger. Hopefully, it won't take them another two months to look at Nitro number five.

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Can WCW Monday Nitro make it three enjoyable episodes from three, or is the honeymoon period already over? Will they be able to cram all of the fallout from Fall Brawl 1995 into just 45 minutes? And who wore the most nauseating ring gear on the evening: 'Macho Man' Randy Savage or the American Males?

Dean and Liam continue their unplanned, unedited, perhaps unbearable live review of the weekly TV show that forever changed pro wrestling. And this time, they do it without making a single reference to Jimmy Saville. Or do they..?

Either play this episode in sync with Nitro #03 on the WWE Network, or just listen alone as we talk you through the show.

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Some things are best viewed in isolation. Bereft of context, hindsight and any other asides. BATB 1997 not only one of those things, but perhaps the perfect WCW example of such.

Joining Dean and Liam to look back at the show is a man who was there in attendance at Daytona Beach that evening. A man who was directly responsible for so many British wrestling fans falling in love with the industry in the first place. The editor of Power Slam Magazine from 1994-2014, Fin Martin.

And if you want to learn how it is indeed possible to find a show containing Ric Flair vs Roddy Piper with a combined age nearing 100, a Mortal Kombat rip-off tag match and Dennis bleedin' Rodman in the main event strangely gratifying, step on in and allow us to explain.

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It's easy to assume that the Monday Night Wars began with the debut of Nitro, but in fact it was episode two that first went head-to-head against WWE Raw after a US Open tennis pre-emption that Eric Bischoff used to his advantage. It was also Nitro's first 'go-home' edition, ahead of Fall Brawl and War Games.

So, join Dean and Liam in the second of the Nitro Watchalong series and listen to them try to count how many blatant shots are fired at the opposition by the WCW commentary team, who makes the most dated pop culture references between Bobby Heenan and Steve McMichael, and how many moves WCW champ Hulk Hogan and challenger Lex Luger no-sell between them in our main event.

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World Championship Wrestling had its fair share of memorable MCs, whether it be the distinct voice of early WCW era compere Gary Michael Capetta, voice of six years of weekly live television David Penzer or the legendary part-time contributor Michael Buffer.

And after 22 episodes of sidebars talking about such a vital aspect of a wrestling company, Dean and Liam have finally taken the time to put the unheralded microphone maestros under the microscope.

Not only that, but Mr. Penzer himself very kindly agreed to join us via telephone for a fascinating and detailed insight into the chaotic behind-the-scenes operations of WCW. From trying to calm a furious Philadelphia crowd by reading Positively Page chapter by chapter to getting into a 'hockey fight' with a former WCW titleholder, 'The Penz' has a story or two to tell.

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It's only taken us four Halloween Havocs to actually publish an episode looking at one in the actual build-up to Halloween, but here we are - and what a Havoc it is.

For some twisted reason, 'Dominator' Stu Allen of British promotion EWW thought it would be a laugh to rewatch the PPV featuring the infamous Chamber of Horrors match in celebration of his company's upcoming 20th anniversary.

But as Dean and Liam explain, some of the things taking place behind the scenes at WCW around this time made an opening contest pitting two teams of four completely random non-rivals against each other in a bid to put someone in an electric chair for no particular additional gain look like your run-of-the-mill storytelling in comparison.

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