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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 April 26, 2000 WCW Thunder aired on TBS from the War Memorial in Syracuse, New York. In a match where whoever scores a pinball win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, Diamond Dallas Page and David Arquette took on Jeff Jarrett and Eric Bischoff with Kimberly Page as special guest referee. In a failed publicity stunt for the movie “Ready to Rumble”, Arquette defeated Bischoff to become the new WCW World Heavyweight Champion. With only 1,269 fans in attendance, the match is viewed as the na

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