{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 45: Who Killed WCW? (Episode 2)","description":"Neal and Guy talk Episode 2 of VICE's Who Killed WCW? series! BOOK INFO SITTING RINGSIDE, VOLUME 1: WCW DavidPenzerBook.com SYNOPSIS From 1995 to 2001, Ted Turner\u2019s World Championship Wrestling (WCW) famously battled Vince McMahon\u2019s World Wrestling Federation (WWF) for Monday night ratings supremacy. While on the WCW side, numerous autobiographical accounts have been written of the time period, relatively few participants witnessed the \u2018War\u2019 in its entirety. As the unmistakable \u2018voice of WCW\u2019 and its long-time ring announcer, David Penzer was featured on every episode of Monday Nitro and Thunder - the only on-screen personality in WCW to do so. Moreover, he witnessed the proceedings from the best seat in the house - ringside! In this candid, revealing and highly entertaining memoir, Penzer recounts his unlikely journey to the big-time - from his humble beginnings in South Florida to the lofty heights of WCW and the \u2018Monday Night Wars\u2019. With an affable, engaging and self-effacing style, Penzer takes readers behind the curtain like never before, revealing both the personal and professional struggles he encountered in rising the ranks of a famously tough business. In Sitting Ringside Volume 1, Penzer also \u2018opens the vault\u2019 on a veritable \u2018treasure trove\u2019 of bonus materials - from production notes, to show formats, to internal documents which he has kept for over 20 years. Fans may be surprised to discover what\u2019s included! As Kevin Sullivan states in the book\u2019s foreword, Penzer was the \u201cleast likely to succeed in the wrestling business\u201d - but over the course of a ten-year (1991-2001) association with WCW, Penzer became a utility player like no other. In addition to fulfilling the role of WCW\u2019s lead ring announcer, Penzer provided assistance on the production end of the business, as well as talent relations, and even the creative department during the company\u2019s dying days. As such, he provides an intriguing insiders\u2019 account of WCW\u2019s \u2018rise and fall\u2019 - delivered with unprecedented insight and perspective. In particular, Penzer demonstrates an astute, compelling, and highly nuanced view of several of his most well-known contemporaries, including: \u2018Rowdy\u2019 Roddy Piper; Chris Jericho; Eric Bischoff; Kevin Sullivan; Vince Russo; Dusty Rhodes; Jody Hamilton; Tony Schiavone; \u2018Mean\u2019 Gene Okerlund; and Bobby \u2018The Brain\u2019 Heenan. Co-written by NITRO author Guy Evans, Sitting Ringside Volume 1 is a unique look at an historic era in pro wrestling - and one man\u2019s dream to be a part of it. Foreword by Kevin Sullivan Contains rare documents, show formats and notes from behind the scenes at World Championship Wrestling! Print Length: 500 pages ","author_name":"Neal Pruitt's Secrets of WCW Nitro | wrestling stories from the voice of the nWo | Bischoff | Schiavone | Flair | Austin","author_url":"http:\/\/wcwmondaynitropodcast.libsyn.com","html":"