Let's Go to the Ring!

Saddle up, pardners! It's time for a new series! In 1994, WCW decided the absolute best location to host their new, cowboy-themed show, Spring Stampede, was of course...Illinois? Sure, that sounds logical. It also features precisely zero Bunkhouse Stampedes, though we're actually rather thankful for that one. So what does it have? The Boss boldly battles Vader and copyright law! Dustin Rhodes and Bunkhouse Buck fistfight to prove which is better, Texas or Tennessee...in Illinois. Best pals Ric Flair and Ricky Steamboat battle it out in a reignition of their legendary feud. For all this, plus our thoughts on the latest Michael Buffer fashion, let's go to the ring!

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In 1995, WCW tried their hand at international diplomacy, working with New Japan Pro Wrestling and Antonio Inoki to put on a wrestling show / peace mission in North Korea. Now, the pay-per-view version of that show has been posted to YouTube, courtesy of Eric Bischoff's "83 Weeks" podcast - allowing us to take a look at one of the few WCW pay-per-views not available on the WWE Network. Should it have stayed hidden? To find out - let's go to the ring!

Want to watch the version of the show we're reviewing? Find it at: https://youtu.be/R-By0dlVYE4

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A third series down! Join us as we take a look back at Slamboree and figure out the series' identity and unifying themes. We'll also play some guessing games (see how you do!) and hand out series awards...and create our Ultimate Slamboree cards. Finally, find out what we'll be covering next! For all this, plus an exploration of the fourth dimension, Let's Go to the Ring!

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It's the year 2000, and the end is swiftly approaching for WCW, making this the final Slamboree. But don't worry - WCW's still in the mood to waste a massive load of money on a terrifically expensive and equally massive three-tiered cage to put on one of their biggest spectacles yet, as Diamond Dallas Page and Jeff Jarrett challenge for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship held by...David Arquette? Meanwhile, Hulk Hogan goes hardcore, Prince Iaukea protests his record label I guess, Ric Flair gets franchised (I'd eat at a Ric Flair burger chain, for the record), and WCW has at least figured out that promo videos are best done about storylines rather than the mere existence of wrestlers but has apparently drained several 2-liters of Surge before making them. For all this and far too much more, let's go to the ring!

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In early 2000, losing money and fans by the boatload, WCW decided they were so popular it was time to release a movie! Enter "Ready to Rumble," which is such a cinematic masterpiece that Michael Buffer would be justified suing for defamation of character just for having his catchphrase associated with it. Thrill to the cinematic exploits of your favorite WCW performers, like DDP, Goldberg, Perry Saturn (no longer employed by WCW at this point), and...Jimmy King? Who the heck is Jimmy King? Oh, and you'll love watching fans just like you on screen for the first time, treated with all the dignity and respect you deserve and certainly not at all portrayed as absolute idiots who are dangers to themselves and others. Are we really sure an actual pro wrestling company was involved in this thing? For all this and more...let's go to the ring!

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In 1999, a troubled WCW presents its penultimate Slamboree - including a whole bunch of video packages that really, really want to tell you that Sting, Goldberg, Kevin Nash, and DDP do in fact exist. Nothing about what they're doing, mind - but they exist. Good to know! Will Ric Flair or Roddy Piper become president of WCW? Will Mike Tenay stop interfering with Bobby Heenan's attempts to watch an assuredly enjoyable hardcore match? And will a referee and a valet have a better match than many wrestlers? For all this and more - let's go to the ring!

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It's WCW vs. nWo vs. nWo! At Slamboree '98, the battle lines are drawn...sometimes in rather confusing ways. Will Sting join the nWo (either version)? Can Lex Luger get revenge on Scott Steiner...by attacking Brian Adams? Will Vince McMahon accept Eric' Bischoff's challenge, and give us the first WWF vs. WCW match, even though even the guy who made the challenge is telling us he definitely won't? (Blatantly obvious spoiler: no). And what wrestler gets pretty much the loudest pop of his career? For all this and more - let's go to the ring!

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The tradition continues at Slamboree 1997! What tradition? Well, maybe it's the Steiners, traditionally hurling people overhead? Or maybe Ultimo Dragon, traditionally kicking really, really hard? Or maybe Kevin Greene, making a traditional appearance for the second year? Jeff Jarrett, traditionally worst dressed wrestler? Ric Flair's traditional "woo?" Take your pick. For all this and more, Let's (traditionally) Go to the Ring!

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Woooooo shall not pass! It's Slamboree 1996, and WCW's stalwarts, along with some of its rising stars, seek to become the Lord of the Ring...as WCW, for some reason, decides to abandon the Hall of Fame concept of prior Slamborees to do a Battlebowl show. Can Ric Flair and Randy Savage get along? Which Steiner Brother will come out on top when they face off? What secret purpose does Luger Selling serve? And who will become the Lord of the Ring? For all this, plus our picks for the WCW cast of "The Lord of the Rings," let's go to the One Ring!

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Slamboree '95 is a Legends' Reunion once again...even if the legends are kind of crammed into their own little corner on the show this time. As WCW hurtles headlong into its future, how will it change a show that has, thus far, been heavily focused on the past? Plus: The Conch Republic, Red Tide, North Korea, and the Sylvester Stallone...classic..."Over the Top," all somehow come up on the same wrestling show. How in the heck did that happen? To find out, let's go to the ring!

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