WCW Thunder

WCW Thunder was a professional wrestling show produced by World Championship Wrestling.

WCW Thunder (1998-2001) is an American professional wrestling television program created by Ted Turner and Eric Bischoff for TBS, produced under World Championship Wrestling. Rather than a scripted narrative, the show is a live sports entertainment broadcast in which wrestlers and announcers carry feuds from week to week. Veteran commentator Tony Schiavone appears across the entire run, with Eric Bischoff and performers such as Sting (Steve Borden) and Booker T (Booker Huffman, Jr.) appearing among the on-screen talent. Each two-hour episode is built from matches, promos, and backstage confrontations that escalate rivalries and set up future bouts. The series runs across four seasons and well over a hundred episodes, forming a continuous stream of storylines rather than discrete cases. Its tone is brash, theatrical, and high-energy, with competitive showmanship and a heavy dose of rivalry drama. Set in the late nineties wrestling boom, it sits in the vein of WWF Monday Night Raw and fans of wrestling promotion wars will find resonance in its rivalry-driven weekly format. Its raw, unpolished production captures the spectacle of that era.

• WWE Rawlive sports entertainment broadcast, rivalry-driven weekly storytelling, late nineties wrestling era
• WWF Monday Night Rawweekly televised wrestling show with rival factions and nineties promotional wars
• Nitroscripted sports entertainment soap of feuds and backstage politics

Created by

Ted Turner, Eric Bischoff

Release Date

1998-01-08

Episode runtime

120 min

Rating

6.5 / 10 (11)

What is WCW Thunder about?

WCW Thunder was a weekly professional wrestling television show produced by World Championship Wrestling and broadcast on TBS in the late nineties.

What is WCW Thunder like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of WCW Thunder as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as simple.

Is WCW Thunder violent?

Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in WCW Thunder as mild.

Which shows are like WCW Thunder?

Shows with a similar feel include WWE Raw, WWF Monday Night Raw, and Nitro.

How long is WCW Thunder?

WCW Thunder: 4 seasons, 156 episodes.

Is WCW Thunder still running?

No, WCW Thunder has ended.