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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

On March 12, 1998 WCW Thunder aired on TBS from the Riverside Centroplex in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In the main event, WCW World Heavyweight Champion Sting faced off against “Macho Man” Randy Savage (with Miss Elizabeth). After Sting and Savage were both attacked by members of the NWO, a cable comes down from the ceiling and they hook up to fly into the rafters to end the show. | Davenport Sports Network

On January 29, 1998 WCW Thunder aired on TBS from the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis Tennessee. Take a look back as Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko take on Chris Jericho and Eddie Guerrero in a tag-team match. | Davenport Sports Network

On August 13, 1998 WCW Thunder aired on The SuperStation TBS from Fargo, North Dakota. In the main event, Bret Hart defeated Lex Luger for the WCW United States Championship in front of 9,721 fans at the Fargodome. The win gave Hart the 2nd of his eventual 4 WCW United States Championship reigns. Luger had ended Hart’s first WCW United States Championship reign just 3 days earlier on the August 10th edition of Nitro. | Davenport Sports Network

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