Paul E On Live Wire

[UZI Suicide 0]

That was real? Why wouldn't Vince or whoever is running the phones just hang up on him?

[Chazz 0]

They once had an episode with heel JR where he kept cutting people off left and right- it was awesome

I fondly remember that ep. I believe that was the next to last or the very last edition of The Interactive Version of Livewire. Ross and Vince Russo were hosting that day. I kept thinking Ross was having a bad morning or something because he kept going off on people who weren't even asking Insider or WCW/NWO questions. In fact, one caller even started off by saying that he thought Ross was the best announcer In The Biz, and the caller followed Ross announcing Career from the start, when suddenly good old J.R. hung up on him!

[alfdogg 0]

I just remember Ahmed & Faarooq talking to each other

 

"Where you at now! You at home? I'll come to yo HOUSE!"

[Papacita 0]

I loved the Stone Cold episode of Livewire. He basically cut everyone down and referred to Mr. Perfect as "250lbs of cholesterol in a bargain basement suit!"

Yeah, that one was my favorite. I loved when he went into his little story about wrestling Bret in the Dungeon. He said something like, "I went up to Calgary and faced Bret in his own Dungeon, and for 60 minutes I beat his ass. I stretched him all over the place, then all of a sudden Stu Hart comes down and starts whining and crying! 'Please, Stone Cold, please! Don't hurt my boy!' SO I BEAT STU'S ASS!"

 

That had me rolling.

[Guest The Decadent Slacker]

I recall one caller asking if ECW would take over like the nWo was in WCW. Pettingil & the others kind of mocked the guy. I only remember because they played the segment again on Raw or Action Zone or one of the other shows.

[TheFranchise 0]

They once had an episode with heel JR where he kept cutting people off left and right- it was awesome

I fondly remember that ep. I believe that was the next to last or the very last edition of The Interactive Version of Livewire. Ross and Vince Russo were hosting that day. I kept thinking Ross was having a bad morning or something because he kept going off on people who weren't even asking Insider or WCW/NWO questions. In fact, one caller even started off by saying that he thought Ross was the best announcer In The Biz, and the caller followed Ross announcing Career from the start, when suddenly good old J.R. hung up on him!

JR was kayfabing, he was a heel announcer at this time.

 

Edit:

 

Sorry, didn't see Bob's point.

[Jericholic82 0]

Livewire debuted in the fall of 96 so Nash was never on there (he was in wcw by that point) I think HBK might have been the one who got the clique questiong because I kinda remember that. And this show was cool at first (I remember being mad since I live in california so I coudn't call in-since it was live to the east coast only) I remember the discussions the week after the jr kinda heel turn and the debut of the fake razor and diesel. and yes I do remember when JR kept cutting people off, very funny. As for Russo, he did double-duty for wwf magazine at the point as he wa sthe eidtor and sometimes writer of articles, as well as the heel vic venom ho had a column. he first showed his face on livewire, but was never acknowledged as vince russo, until a 1998 RAW where he gave an award to sable on behalf of raw mag and was called vince russo (btw luna came out and attacked sable- as this was prior to wm 14) the next month in wwf magazine, he admitted in the bite (vic venom column) who he was since it had already been seen on tv and basically said how hed been leading a double life in wwf/raw mag so to speak.

 

 

and yes I really do have too much useless wrestling info stuck in my head

 

 

as for paul heyman, this happened the week or so after the iyh mindgames ppv in philly where paul,sandman,and dreamer sat in the front row and sandman got them kicked out by spitting beer in savio vegas face during his strap match with your future WWE champion Justin "Hawk" Bradshaw the next night on raw Taz came out of the crowd with a "Sabu fears Taz ECW" sign and got kicked out, this was the start of the ecw invasion angle. after heymans call-in ecw wasn't mentioned again until Jerry Lawler challanged ecw to show up on raw after getting mad at an ecw sign held up in the fron row of a raw ep. the next week of course was the famous invasion show held at the original RAW home of the Manhatten Center in NYC (later used by ecw under the new name of the hammerstein ballroom) which also featured the return of the LOD to the WWF.

 

 

 

 

and I have once again babbled on for far too long

[Guest Frank_Nabbit]

Russo isn't given enough credit for his work w/ the WWF magizines in the mid 90's. Vince cut his funding big time and Russo had only like one or two writers to work with, and had to produce a 60 page magazine a month, that's why things like Janus and Vic Venom were invented. They need to try and pretend their staff was far more diverse than it actually was

[Guest Rushy]

It seems to be down. Does anybody have it?

[claydude14 0]

I remember watching this episode as a mark and having no idea what was going on. I was in the 4th grade, and ususally watched Livewire because I couldn't always stay up for RAW. I remember there was no RAW after the epic Summerslam 95, and had to watch the Sat. morning recap show (don't think it was Livewire at this point) to find out if my hero Diesel had defeated the evil King Mabel.

[Jericholic82 0]

I remember watching this episode as a mark and having no idea what was going on. I was in the 4th grade, and ususally watched Livewire because I couldn't always stay up for RAW. I remember there was no RAW after the epic Summerslam 95, and had to watch the Sat. morning recap show (don't think it was Livewire at this point) to find out if my hero Diesel had defeated the evil King Mabel.

I feel your pain bro, I feel your pain. I was in 8th grade, but still a mark

 

I only had basic cable at the time so I couldnt watch raw and I didnt have a job so i couldnt afford ppvs. Superstars,challenge were still my only outlets.

[Jericholic82 0]

oh btw, the sat morning recap show was still WWF Mania at that point

[Chazz 0]

They once had an episode with heel JR where he kept cutting people off left and right- it was awesome

I fondly remember that ep. I believe that was the next to last or the very last edition of The Interactive Version of Livewire. Ross and Vince Russo were hosting that day. I kept thinking Ross was having a bad morning or something because he kept going off on people who weren't even asking Insider or WCW/NWO questions. In fact, one caller even started off by saying that he thought Ross was the best announcer In The Biz, and the caller followed Ross announcing Career from the start, when suddenly good old J.R. hung up on him!

JR was kayfabing, he was a heel announcer at this time.

 

Edit:

 

Sorry, didn't see Bob's point.

That Ep aired In January 1997. I believe that J.R.'s Heel Turn was already phased out by then, which Is why I found his behavior so strange. Maybe he was just pissed with having to work with Russo that day?