Center Stage Chronicles Ep. #20: December 1990

Kris Zellner is joined by Rob Naylor and Our Good Buddy Charles as we discuss the month of December 1990 in the world of the newly-renamed World Championship Wrestling and pop culture in general. Topics of discussion include:

• Ole Anderson's last TV as booker of the NWA/WCW scoring surprisingly very good Nielsen ratings.
• Ty Detmer winning the Heisman Trophy.
• The TV shows all dropping the NWA name and becoming WCW-branded shows.
• Konnan, The Minotaur, and Larry Cameron make their debuts working TV tapings.
• The power of The Simpsons as Christmas rolls around.
• Ric Flair being attacked by Teddy Long's hired goons when Long served as Flair’s “chauffeur for a day.”
• The best WCW Family Feud segment.
• An in-depth look at Starrcade ’90, featuring the Pat O'Connor Memorial Tag Team Tournament and Ric Flair being revealed as The Black Scorpion.
• Kindergarten Cop and how that changed the game for Arnold Schwarzenegger.
• Will Dusty Rhodes actually become WCW’s head booker?
• The WCW TV Title consuming the lives of Arn Anderson, Bobby Eaton, Terry Taylor, and Tom Zenk.
• Jim Cornette's legendary Christmas poem in the Observer.

…and much more. This was a great show and a great close to a wild 1990!

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