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Let's Go to the Ring!

Let's Go to the Ring!

Written by: Robert Mohr
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Join us monthly as we look through the good old days - and not-so-good old days - of World Championship Wrestling (WCW), series by series, to figure out what makes each of WCW's shows tick. Just what defines Starrcade, and what defines Halloween Havoc? WCW may have gone out of business years ago, but it will never lose its place in wrestling history, and its position as the one true competitor to the WWF may never be replicated. Together, let's take a look through it and enjoy the highs, lows, and strange decisions along the way. Logo art by: Gina Trujillo (http://resuki.com/)Copyright Robert Mohr Art Combat Sports & Self-Defence Entertainment & Performing Arts
Episodes
  • Episode 78: 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain (1998)
    May 4 2026

    Getting access to WCW content is a bit difficult at the moment, so in the meantime, we're headed back to the movies! During the buildup to Halloween Havoc 1996 - which we'll hopefully get to soon - Hulk Hogan was busy playing aging children's martial arts show star Dave Dragon in "3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain." It was even featured on Nitro at one point - albeit in a way I suspect the filmmakers would rather it had not. As for the actual film... When a paramilitary / ninja group takes over a theme park that coincidentally happens to be the site of youngest brother Tum Tum's birthday party (attended by precisely zero of his friends), the 3 Ninjas - Rocky, Colt, and Tum Tum - fight back, accompanied by new friend Amanda, a special effects whiz (somehow, special effects prop building includes hacking, so I expect to see that on Adam Savage's "Tested" channel any day now). Can the 3 Ninjas save the park guests? Can Dave Dragon, stage show star, become a real hero and stop getting knocked out easily every other scene? Has anyone writing the hacking scenes in this movie even seen a computer before? Plus: Copying Die Hard's homework, some extremely confusing villain plans, Jim Varney - Ernest himself - manages to play a scary villain for a few minutes before it starts going as expected, and a rich dude gets humiliated for nothing more than being a rich dude. For all this and more...let's go to the movies!

    Music by Michael Gary Brewer at https://www.instantmusicnow.com/

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    3 hrs and 2 mins
  • Episode 77: Halloween Havoc 1995
    Feb 2 2026

    Rev up those engines! No, we haven't decided to cover motor racing instead...but WCW decided to branch out into monster truck competition of all things at Halloween Havoc 1995! (I guess they got spooked by not having a big spinning wheel last show, so decided to have 8 of them.) What results is one of WCW's most infamous shows, which takes place at the heights of the Dungeon of Doom angle and dives hard into a strange mix of lunacy and melodrama. Monster trucks! Explosions! A rooftop plunge! Longtime foes teaming up! Relationship tension! Betrayals by the armful! Mystic rites! Eldritch signs! Plus: The Yet-ay! For all this and more...let's go to the ring!

    Music by Michael Gary Brewer at https://www.instantmusicnow.com/

    Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/LetsGo2theRing/

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    3 hrs and 45 mins
  • Episode 76: Halloween Havoc 1994
    Oct 31 2025

    Happy Halloween! It's the first Halloween Havoc of the Hogan Era of WCW - Halloween Havoc 1994! Thankfully, no big spinning wheel this time - even for WCW, three years in a row would've been a bit much. Instead, we've got Hogan vs. Flair for the WCW title - plus, the loser must retire (for real, definitely not something that'll be overturned before the next summer. Plus: Johnny B. Badd wins the Halloween Havoc costume contest by default, the Nasty Boys debut the Pumpkin Driver, Dustin Rhodes goes for a distance record in self shotput, Brother Bruti demonstrates the art of pretend camouflage, and the hit wrestling themesong of the 90s makes its incredible crowd-pleasing debut. For all this and more...let's go to the ring!

    Music by Michael Gary Brewer at https://www.instantmusicnow.com/

    Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/LetsGo2theRing/

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    3 hrs and 1 min
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