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10. 83 Weeks

After a shaky start, Conrad Thompson's latest podcast pet project has blossomed into yet another hit for the mortgage man.

Sitting down to talk particular periods of WCW with Eric Bischoff appeared initially to be a Bruce Prichard-shaped open goal for Thompson, with 'Easy E' as close to the comings and goings of the Atlanta outfit much in the same way Bruce was in Stamford, Connecticut. Bischoff's combative style was to a fault early on, failing often to provide credible answers to Conrad's typically well-researched and reasoned questioning.

As their chemistry has developed though, so too has Bischoff's memory. He "recalls" more than he had done in the original few editions of the show, perhaps due to doing some actual homework on the subject matter before sitting down to record. The usual battles over the legitimacy of Dave Meltzer (and Bischoff's understandable-but-laboured battle with the very notion of wrestling news/gossip that survives his tenure) sometimes drag conversations down dark alleys, but Conrad's professionalism almost always gets them back on track.

As imperfect a look at WCW as various other attempts have been, this is no less a new perspective to help paint a picture that perhaps won't ever be fully-formed.