Reddit reviews NITRO: The Incredible Rise and Inevitable Collapse of Ted Turner's WCW
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WHW and 83 Weeks are invaluable to me as someone who grew up watching WCW and became a lifelong WCW fan. I've been revisiting the shows for the past 20 years but there wasn't really any new content to experience before these podcasts. It's too bad that Russo is impossible to listen to ("I gotta be honest with you bro, swear to god, being ONE HUNDRED PERCENT HONEST..." before every answer) or he could provide some entertainment too.
I've been meaning to check out Neil Pruitt's "Secrets of WCW Nitro" podcast one of these days too. I find it hard to believe any wrestling podcast host could be as good as Conrad though. He's versatile: he can joke around with Tony, talk serious business with Bischoff and isn't afraid to get into heated arguments when he needs to be called out on his shit, and from what I've heard of Prichard's podcast he's like a mix of the two.
Another great piece of modern WCW content has been Guy Evan's "NITRO: The Incredible Rise and Inevitable Collapse of Ted Turner's WCW". A lot of people point to The Death of WCW as the definitive source of info about Nitro's final years, but I always viewed that book as a work of entertainment than a completely accurate historical piece since many of the facts are embellished or presented in an unfair way. Don't get me wrong, WCW made tons of mistakes but The Death of WCW made a lot of mistakes as well.
I don't read books about wrestling but just from googling I'd bet this one is the best:
https://www.amazon.com/NITRO-Incredible-Inevitable-Collapse-Turners/dp/0692139176/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=nitro&qid=1566492016&s=gateway&sr=8-1
" Bolstered by exclusive interviews with over 120 former TBS and WCW employees, NITRO is the definitive picture of the last wrestling boom. Featuring exclusive interviews and comments from: Eric Bischoff, fmr. President of World Championship Wrestling; Harvey Schiller, fmr. President of Turner Sports; Jamie Kellner, fmr. CEO of Turner Broadcasting System; Bill Burke, fmr. President of TBS network; Joe Uva, fmr. President of Turner Entertainment Sales and Marketing; Scot Safon, fmr. SVP of Marketing for TNT network; "
Have you heard of Guy Evans’ nitro book?
https://www.amazon.com/NITRO-Incredible-Inevitable-Collapse-Turners/dp/0692139176
Apparently it’s a next level deep dive into everything that happened