On January 8, 1998 the inaugural episode of WCW Thunder took place from the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida and aired live on TBS. The 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 aired on Thursday nights (although the inaugural episode was live). The debut episode of Thunder drew a 4.02 Nielsen rating. Take a look back as Chris Jericho takes on “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair in their first and onl

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On May 22, 1994 WCW Slamboree: A Legends Reunion took place at the Philadelphia Civic Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was the second Slamboree produced by World Championship Wresrling. In the main event, Sting defeated Big Van Vader (with Harley Race) for the vacant WCW International World Heavyweight Championship. Vader was originally scheduled to wrestle Rick Rude, but Rude had to be replaced by Sting as Rude had suffered a career-ending back injury in Japan, in a match against Sting.

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