We continue through the history of one of the biggest wrestling companies of all time with the second half of Monday Nitro and Thunder from 1998. It’s a bad time for WCW as the Monday Night Wars are starting to swing in the other direction. Monday Night Raw started winning again in April 1998 and WCW has been scrambling for a way to get back on top. However, their strategy seems to be a combination of quick fixes and going back to ideas that worked before. These methods don’t have the most successful track records in wrestling history but maybe they’ll work here.

In this book, I’ll be looking at every Monday Nitro and Thunder from July 1998 through December 1998, breaking down each show match by match and segment by segment. This is a very important time in WCW’s history and it should be interesting looking back and seeing what was working, what wasn’t working, but most importantly why it wasn’t working. As usual I’ll be providing play by play, context and analysis of every show.

The books is my longest ever at over 400 pages on a Kindle and only costs $3.99, or the equivalent in other currencies. If you don’t have a Kindle or e-book reader, there are several FREE apps you can use to read it on pretty much any electronic device. You can find those from Amazon here.

You can pick up the book from Amazon here.

From the UK Amazon here.

From the Canadian Amazon here.

Or if you’re in another country with its own Amazon page, just search “KB Nitro Volume 4” and my book will be the first thing that pop up.

Also you can still get any of my previous books on the WWE Championship, Monday Night Raw from 1997, 1998 and 2001, Monday Nitro from 1995-June 1998, In Your House, Summerslam, Starrcade, ECW Pay Per Views, Royal Rumble, Saturday Night’s Main Event, the WWF and WCW pay per views from 1998, Wrestlemania and Clash of the Champions at my author’s page here.

I hope you like it and shoot me any questions you might have.

KB

NorCal, Shocky and I talk about one of the biggest news weeks in a long time.

http://mightynorcal.podbean.com/e/wwp-35-shockyandkb-help-mekickoffthe-year-with-an-insane-week-of-newsone-vs-allforreigns-the-newsmackdownthesigning-of-thenjpwfourandjohncenas-injury/

It’s the end of the year jamboree with myself, Ty and Shocky all talking with NorCal about the best of the year.

http://mightynorcal.podbean.com/e/wwp-end-of-year-spectacular-ty-returns-shocky-tells-people-to-get-off-his-lawn-and-kb-throws-down-his-definitive-year-end-grades/

To me, as I started this place on December 8, 2010.  For some reason I can never get the date right.

I can’t believe it’s been five years and the site has hit levels I never expected it to reach.  Thanks to everyone for following me all this time and I’ll be around as long as you’ll have me.

KB

With both myself and Shocky at the same time.  This week, we explain why WWE is being stupid all over again, plus why NXT could be the greatest thing since Sliced Bread #1.

http://mightynorcal.podbean.com/e/wwp-29-survivor-series-preview-with-both-somehow-kb-and-the-shockmastera-special-triple-threat-episode/

As we rise above stupid program updates.

First up we have a two parter with professor Peter Crawford on the wars between Athens and Sparta.

Episode 26: http://mightynorcal.podbean.com/e/wwp-26-history-returns-author-peter-crawford-returns-for-our-next-two-history-episodes-covering-the-wars-between-athens-and-sparta-part-12/

Episode 27: http://mightynorcal.podbean.com/e/wwp-27-history-author-peter-crawford-joins-us-to-see-the-apex-of-the-greek-conflict-and-what-it-holds-for-the-futureer-pastyou-know-what-i-mean-pt-22/

Then I’m back for our second attempt to talk about the tournament after a Skype update screwed up the show we tried to record last week.

Episode 28: http://mightynorcal.podbean.com/e/wwp-28-back-to-wrestling-me-and-kb-are-back-and-we-are-very-upset/

It was quite the fun time for a reasonable price.  I’ll have a full review up once I can actually see the show but it was an entertaining night in a small building, meaning a good way to spend an evening.  Chikara is definitely not your run of the mill style promotion as it’s much more family friendly (the fans were asked not to say something sucked) and it’s a bunch of wrestlers in colorful costumes with high impact offense.  The wrestling is almost more of a backdrop to the entertainment which makes for an interesting setting. If you know what you’re getting into though, it’s a fun show and could be very addictive in a hurry.

I saw my sales numbers for the ad revenue and book sales for August today and it’s taken me a bit of time to be able to speak.  It’s by far and away the best month I’ve ever had and I owe all of you a huge debt of thanks.  Thank you for coming around here and trying out my stuff.  It’s changed my life completely and I’m infinitely grateful to all of you for what you’ve done.  Thank you very much.

KB

In case you’ve never heard of it, this is the site you all should be using for your news, results etc.  I’m a staff member over there and handle all the live coverage and results, plus a weekly old school review and the column you see here.  The staff is very smart and does things well and you can find some awesome podcasts and video features over there.  Check these guys out and start using them more often.  It’s where I get a lot of my news and I know the staff there works very, very hard at what they do.  The site has been around for a few years now and it’s growing fast, so head over there and enjoy what they’ve got.

I’m back in the States and everything should be on the normal schedule going forward.  Thanks for your patience while I’ve been away for a few weeks.

KB