–Tonight’s show is a hybrid broadcast as some matches were taped at Center Stage in Atlanta, Georgia on May 10 and 11 and others were shown live from Speed Street in Charlotte, North Carolina as part of the Charlotte Speed Street Festival. Eric Bischoff and Dusty Rhodes are doing commentary in Charlotte, while Tony Schiavone and Bobby Heenan are doing it in Atlanta.
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What the World Was Watching: WCW Worldwide – May 27, 1995
–Tony Schiavone and Bobby Heenan are doing commentary and they are taped from Orlando, Florida.
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What the World Was Watching: WCW Pro – May 27, 1995
–Gordon Solie, Larry Zbyszko, and Dusty Rhodes are doing commentary and they are taped from an undisclosed location. Zybszko congratulates Solie and Rhodes for getting into the WCW Hall of Fame before comparing today’s Brad Armstrong-Sergeant Craig Pittman main event to an electromagnetic field.
–Gene Okerlund narrates pictures that recap the events that transpired on Slamboree and the pre-show that aired on Main Event. Attention is brought to the big man who was interested in the main event but was not identified during the broadcast.
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What the World Was Watching: Slamboree ’95
–The promo poster for this show is odd as it makes it seem like Ric Flair is the babyface since he is “seeking revenge.”
–Eric Bischoff and Bobby Heenan are doing commentary and they are live from St. Petersburg, Florida. Bischoff is substituting for Tony Schiavone who is on the shelf with neck surgery.
–A video package hypes Harlem Heat, spliced with a generic promo of how they are going to beat the Nasty Boys tonight.
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What the World Was Watching: WCW Main Event – May 21, 1995
–Gene Okerlund and Dusty Rhodes are doing commentary and they are live from St. Petersburg, Florida since tonight’s broadcast is the Slamboree pre-show.
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What the World Was Watching: WCW Saturday Night – May 20, 1995
–Tony Schiavone and Bobby Heenan are handling commentary duties and they are taped from Atlanta, Georgia. Tonight’s show is limited to an hour because of Atlanta Braves baseball.
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What the World Was Watching: WCW Worldwide – May 20, 1995
–Tony Schiavone and Bobby Heenan are doing today’s broadcast and they are taped from Orlando, Florida.
–Schiavone hosts an interview with Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, the Renegade, and Jimmy Hart. Savage says that today is a tune up for Slamboree as the Renegade flexes and bangs his head a lot. Hogan makes sure to add that Vader is “wart infested.”
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What the World Was Watching: WCW Pro – May 20, 1995
–WCW Prime for May 15 featured one new bout, taped at an old WCW Pro taping. It was commentated by Tony Schiavone and Dusty Rhodes.
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What the World Was Watching: WCW Main Event – May 14, 1995
–Gene Okerlund and Bobby Heenan are in charge of the studio portion of the show. Okerlund spoils the result of the feature match by calling it a “warm up” match for Ric Flair for Slamboree.
–Heenan picks up a Butcher trading card and says it will soon be a collector’s item because the Butcher has no name anymore.
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What the World Was Watching: WCW Saturday Night – May 13, 1995
–Tony Schiavone and Bobby Heenan are doing commentary and they are taped from Atlanta, Georgia. Tonight’s episode is only an hour in length because Atlanta Braves baseball gets more interest on TBS.
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