Finally, after subjecting ourselves to over a dozen of the worst professional wrestling shows ever made, The Year of Duke and Rogue Podcast is back and we’re covering Greed, the final ever WCW pay per view.

The Nature Boy Ric Flair is still running the company on air, and on this show he’ll be teaming up with The Chosen One Jeff Jarrett to take on the father-son combo of The American Dream Dusty Rhodes and The Artist Formerly Known As Goldust in a “Loser Has to Kiss the Winner’s Ass” match. Dusty’s been loading up on the burritos backstage, so the masters of the figure four leglock better watch out. Elsewhere, there’s some brand new championships just in time for the last big show as WCW introduces the Cruiserweight Tag Team Titles. Backstage Buff Daddy’s been roaming around with a camera guy getting all the great takes from the back as a mystery assailant causes trouble for the Magnificent Seven. In the main event Scott Steiner defends the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against DDP while his brother Rick defends the United States Title against Booker T. There’s some decent action in this one, but there’s a lot of throwaway material as well.

Within a week of this broadcast, a decision was made to discontinue Nitro and Thunder on Ted Turner’s networks. Anyone familiar with the story knows that Vince McMahon swooped in and bought out his competition, effectively ending the Monday Night War, though it hadn’t been much of a war in recent times.

We’ll be covering the final week of WCW on our season finale next time around, followed by a recap episode where we attempt to make sense of the most nonsensical chapter of professional wrestling probably ever. We’ll also be previewing where we’re going next, and it’s with great joy and a sense of relief that we’re finally moving on to something different.

Moment of silence for World Championship Wrestling….

Thanks for the memories.

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