{"id":189689,"date":"2024-12-16T14:26:30","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T20:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=189689"},"modified":"2024-12-16T14:26:30","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T20:26:30","slug":"vip-audio-12-16-pro-wrestling-then-and-now-peteani-velasquez-look-back-at-wcw-starrcade-1994-including-duggan-vs-vader-wright-vs-levesque-hogan-vs-butcher-savage-ppv-debut-more-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2024\/12\/16\/vip-audio-12-16-pro-wrestling-then-and-now-peteani-velasquez-look-back-at-wcw-starrcade-1994-including-duggan-vs-vader-wright-vs-levesque-hogan-vs-butcher-savage-ppv-debut-more-11\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP AUDIO 12\/16 \u2013 Pro Wrestling Then and Now: Peteani &#038; Velasquez look back at WCW Starrcade 1994 including Duggan vs. Vader, Wright vs. Levesque, Hogan vs. Butcher, Savage PPV debut, more (117 min.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4014133103\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><strong>SHOW SUMMARY:\u00a0<\/strong>Jesse Velasquez of the Top Rope Nation podcast and Top Rope Nation Unplugged returns to talk WCW Starrcade 1994. The card featured Hacksaw Jim Duggan defending the U.S. Championship against Big Van Vader, 19-year-old \u201cDas Wunderkind\u201d Alex Wright vs. a young Paul Levesque in his French Jean-Paul Levesque persona, and Hulk Hogan defending the WCW Championship against his long-time friend Ed Leslie as The Butcher. \u201cMacho Man\u201d Randy Savage loomed as he would either shake Hogan\u2019s hand or slap him in the face. They discuss the state of WCW at the time as they were utilizing the \u201c80s WWF formula.\u201d If you didn\u2019t know any better, were you more enthusiastic about them or WWF as they were pushing new \u201ctop stars\u201d like Diesel, Razor Ramon, Shawn Michaels with mainstays like Bret \u201cHit Man\u201d Hart and the Undertaker? They even sneak in a little American football talk at the end. Jesse is a Vikings fan while Frank is a Giants fan. 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