On this episode of 83 Weeks, Eric and Conrad look back 25 years at Lex Luger in WCW during the height of the Monday Night Wars throughout 1998!
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Episode 272: Lex Luger 1998

Since 1984 every wrestling promoter has tried to beat Vince McMahon and the World Wrestling Federation unsuccessfully… except one, Eric Bischoff. From a “C-Team Announcer” to the President of WCW, Eric did it all! The nWo, Monday Night Nitro, and most importantly beating Vince not once, but 83 times in a row! Hear all about it on 83 Weeks with Eric Bischoff and Conrad Thompson!

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On this episode of 83 Weeks with Eric Bischoff, Eric and Conrad are back with a fun look back at one of the weirdest, wildest and what some would say worse episodes on Monday Nitro. The guys take us all the way back to May 31st 1999 for a Monday Nitro featuring Randy Savage facing off against a fake Kevin Nash, DDP and Bam Bam Bigalow winning the WCW tag belts, Sting fighting Rick Steiner in a steel cage, and so much more. Eric shares his experience working in the company at the time and navigating through all this chaos.
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Episode 324: The Astrodome Nitro WCW Nitro 05.31.99

On this episode of 83 Weeks, Eric and Conrad take a deep dive into the legendary career of Lord Steven Regal aka William Regal and his time and journey in WCW. Eric shares stories of working with the ring general that you won't hear anywhere else. And, Eric discusses the infamous Regal/Goldberg match and shares what really happened behind the scenes after the match. All that plus so much more on this week's edition of 83 Weeks with Eric Bischoff.
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Episode 323: Steven Regal

On this episode of Wise Choices, Eric discusses a three part series he is going to that will teach the basic building blocks of telling a compelling story.
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Wise Choices: Wrestling Storytelling

On this episode of 83Weeks, Eric and Conrad take a look back 25 years to Monday Nitro (05.17.99) and discuss the beginning of the end of WCW. Eric shares details on the direction and struggles the company was experiencing at the time and draws a parallel to what AEW appears to be going through now.
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Episode 322: WCW/AEW Parallels?

On this episode of Wise Choices, Eric breaks down each segment of the May 15th edition of AEW Dynamite and discusses his thoughts through the eyes of a television producer.
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Episode 272: Lex Luger 1998

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