WCW Thunder (1998–2001)

Stars:

Steve Borden, Jeff Jarrett, Sean O'Haire

Cast

Series cast summary:
Steve Borden	...	Sting (5 episodes, 2000)
Jeff Jarrett	...	Himself (5 episodes, 2000)
Sean O'Haire	...	Himself (5 episodes, 2000)
Oscar Gutiérrez	...	Rey Mysterio, Jr. (5 episodes, 1998-2000)
Jerry Brenneman	...	Jerry Flynn (5 episodes, 1998)
Mark Jindrak	...	Himself (5 episodes, 2000)
Lance Storm	...	Himself (4 episodes, 2000)
Ernest Miller	...	Himself (4 episodes, 2000)
Booker Huffman	...	Booker T. (4 episodes, 2000)
Chris Kanyon	...	Himself (4 episodes, 1998-2000)
Peter Gruner	...	Billy Kidman (4 episodes, 2000)
Elix Skipper	...	Himself (4 episodes, 2000)
Sal Guerrero	...	Lt. Loco (4 episodes, 1998-2000)
Bill DeMott	...	Gen. Rection (4 episodes, 2000)
Kevin Nash	...	Himself (4 episodes, 1998-2000)
Scott Steiner	...	Himself (4 episodes, 1998-2000)
Torrie Wilson	...	Herself (4 episodes, 2000)
Lash Huffman	...	Stevie Ray (4 episodes, 2000)
Juventud Guerrera	...	Himself (3 episodes, 2000)
Ian Hodgkinson	...	Vampiro (3 episodes, 2000)
Mike Alfonso	...	Mike Awesome (3 episodes, 2000)
Shane Douglas	...	Himself (3 episodes, 2000)
Shawn Stipich	...	Shawn Stasiak (3 episodes, 2000)
Jerry Tuite	...	Sgt. A.W.O.L. (3 episodes, 2000)
Charles Ashenoff	...	Konnan (3 episodes, 1998-2000)
Glenn Gilbertti	...	Disco Inferno (3 episodes, 1998-2000)
Vanessa Sanchez	...	Tygress (3 episodes, 2000)
Tony Schiavone	...	Himself (3 episodes, 1998-2000)
Tylene Buck	...	Major Gunns (3 episodes, 2000)
Michael E. Sanders	...	Himself (3 episodes, 2000)
Allen Jones	...	A.J. Styles (3 episodes, 2001)
Frank Parris	...	Air Parris (3 episodes, 2001)
Norman Smiley	...	Himself (2 episodes, 2000)
Bryan Clark	...	Himself (2 episodes, 1998-2000)
Brian Adams	...	Himself (2 episodes, 2000)
Keiji Mutô	...	The Great Muta (2 episodes, 2000)
Marcus Bagwell	...	Buff Bagwell (2 episodes, 2000)
David Fliehr	...	David Flair (2 episodes, 2000)
Chris Benoit	...	Himself (2 episodes, 1998-2000)
Bill Goldberg	...	Goldberg (2 episodes, 1998-2000)
David Penzer	...	Himself (2 episodes, 1998-2000)
Mike Tenay	...	Himself (2 episodes, 1998-2000)
David Abbott	...	Tank Abbott (2 episodes, 2000)
Vito LoGrasso	...	Big Vito (2 episodes, 2000)
Chuck Palumbo	...	Himself (2 episodes, 2000)
Stacy Keibler	...	Miss Hancock (2 episodes, 2000)
Debrah Miceli	...	Madusa (2 episodes, 2000)
Rick Cornell	...	Reno (2 episodes, 2000)
Bill Daley	...	Billy Silverman (2 episodes, 2000)
Chris Ford	...	Crowbar (2 episodes, 2000)
Mickie Henson	...	Mickie Jay - Referee (2 episodes, 2000)
Mark LeRoux	...	Cpl. Cajun (2 episodes, 2000)
Mark Madden	...	Himself (2 episodes, 2000)
Gene Okerlund	...	Himself (2 episodes, 2000)
Sharmell Sullivan	...	Paisley (2 episodes, 2000)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

world championship wrestling | wrestling

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Genres:

Action | Sport

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Also Known As:

Thunder

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Was WCW's "secondary" show. Prior to its debut, WCW World Championship Wrestling had served this purpose.

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Connections

Spun-off from WCW Monday Nitro (1995)

User Reviews

WCW copies WWE and fails

Thunder was produced for one reason, to capture an audience that thirsted for wrestling on Thursday nights, but since UPN wasn't available on all cable systems, they couldn't get WWE Smackdown. Thunder tried to be different then Nitro, airing on TBS. THough there would be an occasional shock, or shoot style promo, Thunder was overall a lackluster show, featuring many b level wrestlers that weren't ready for prime time. The show was a desperate attempt to stop the momentum the WWE was gaining, and it failed bad. Whereas WCW could have used Nitro to promote it's cruiserwiehgt division, thus using the bigger names to garner ratings and interest could have made the show something. It soon looked like WCW lost all interest in the show, and instead of a prime time show, it would soon feel like it was nothing more then a House show that was dressed up for TV purposes. After a while, UPN was more available, and Thunder was completely forgotten.