On January 8, 1998 the inaugural episode of WCW Thunder took place from the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida. The popularity of WCW in 1996 and 1997 allowed for the creation of a new show, which became WCW Thunder. Thunder was taped on Tuesday nights and aired on Thursday nights. The debut episode of Thunder drew a 4.02 Nielsen rating. Take a look back as Goldberg goes up against former Chicago Bears great Steve “Mongo” McMichael. | Davenport Sports Network

On March 15, 1998 the fourth annual WCW Uncensored took place from the Mobile Civic Center in Mobile, Alabama. The penultimate match was for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship as Sting put his title on the line against Scott Hall (with Dusty Rhodes). | Davenport Sports Network

On August 13, 1998 WCW Thunder aired on The SuperStation TBS from Fargo, North Dakota. In the main event, Bret Hart defeated Lex Luger for the WCW United States Championship in front of 9,721 fans at the Fargodome. The win gave Hart the 2nd of his eventual 4 WCW United States Championship reigns. Luger had ended Hart’s first WCW United States Championship reign just 3 days earlier on the August 10th edition of Nitro. | Davenport Sports Network

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