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| WCW All Nighter | |
|---|---|
| Created by | World Championship Wrestling |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 2 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 6 hours (with commercials) |
| Release | |
| Original network | TBS |
| Original release | March 6, 1994 – January 21, 1995 |
WCW All Nighter is a series of late night specials that aired on TBS. [1]
Originally aired March 6, 1994 from midnight until 6am. [2] All matches except for one on this broadcast were from previous editions of Clash of the Champions .
The event was hosted by Tony Schiavone, Bobby Heenan, Gene Okerlund, Chris Cruise, Gordon Solie, Eric Bischoff, and Larry Zbyszko, [3] from Schiavone's house.
Matches showcased were:
Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer reviewed the first special favorably, writing, "all the announcers were pretty funny and the matches, most shown in their entirety, were mainly classics". [4] According to Meltzer, the Nielsen rating for the special was 1.2 and impressed TBS enough to consider making it an annual event. [5]
Originally aired at midnight on Saturday morning January 21, 1995. [6] In June 2010, the show became available as part of WWE Classics on Demand. [7] The show was added to the WWE Network September 12, 2019 as a Hidden Gem. [8]
The show opened with Tony Schiavone, Bobby Heenan, Larry Zbyszko, Gene Okerlund, Gordon Solie and Dusty Rhodes in the Omni Hotel in Atlanta.
During the broadcast, they counted down the 10 best Clash of the Champions matches:
In between matches 9 and 8, a match between The Gladiators vs. The Mulkeys was shown from World Championship Wrestling , March 30, 1987. They then showed Hulk Hogan (c) vs. Ric Flair for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship in a steel cage match from Halloween Havoc (1994).
In between matches 5 and 4, Ric Flair & Barry Windham vs. Eddie Gilbert & Ricky Steamboat was shown from World Championship Wrestling January 21, 1989. This was followed by Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat from WCW Main Event July 24, 1994.
In between matches 3 and 2, The Road Warriors (Animal and Hawk) vs. The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) from Starrcade 1989 was shown.
In between matches 2 and 1, Sting vs. Lex Luger for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship from SuperBrawl II was shown.
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