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*[[Awesome Kong vs Melissa Anderson (lost footage of professional wrestling match; 2009)]] | |||
*[[Bill Longson vs Whipper Billy Watson (lost footage of professional wrestling match; 1947)]] | *[[Bill Longson vs Whipper Billy Watson (lost footage of professional wrestling match; 1947)]] | ||
*[[Blood Circus (partially found Santo Gold film; 1985)]] | |||
*[[Braden Walker's "Knock Knock" promo (lost original pre-tapes of WWE backstage segment; 2008)]] | *[[Braden Walker's "Knock Knock" promo (lost original pre-tapes of WWE backstage segment; 2008)]] | ||
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*[[Bret Hart-Hulk Hogan photoshoot (lost professional wrestling promotional photos; 1993)]] | *[[Bret Hart-Hulk Hogan photoshoot (lost professional wrestling promotional photos; 1993)]] | ||
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Revision as of 15:18, 26 February 2022
The show's title card.
Status: Partially Found
Chowdaheads is an unaired American cartoon created by Eli Roth and produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW), which followed the exploits of three teenage professional wrestling fans. It was to air weekly on WCW Monday Nitro, before being pulled before the first episode aired.
Background
In 1999, WCW was struggling in the Monday Night Wars against the World Wrestling Federation (WWF).[1] WCW President Eric Bischoff was therefore seeking means to increase ratings on the three-hour flagship show WCW Monday Nitro, including having bands KISS and Metallica perform concerts.[1] During this time period, Eli Roth, a big wrestling fan perhaps most known for directing the films Cabin Fever and Hostel,[2] approached Bischoff with the idea of creating a professional wrestling-themed cartoon, of which the shorts could be aired on WCW shows.[3] The show would be called Chowdaheads, featuring the exploits of three youths from Boston called Charlie, Harvey, and Walter, as they encountered all things WCW, including attending live events.[4]
Bischoff was impressed with the concept, and allowed the commissioning of the cartoon.[3] According to Roth, the concept focused on a style combining elements from Beavis and Butthead and Yellow Submarine. Originally, the idea for the show was Massholes, a King of the Hill-inspired show set in Massachusetts.[2] In September 1999, it was reported that Chowdaheads would be shown weekly on WCW Monday Nitro, with Roth and Noah Belson providing the voices of most of the main cast, while some WCW stars would also provide voice cameos in the show.[5]
Eight episodes of Chowdaheads were produced,[2] and the first episode was set to be broadcast on Nitro, when Bischoff was suddenly removed from his position as WCW President by TNT in September 1999.[1][4] Not long afterwards, it was announced that the show was to be put on hold,[3] much to the frustration of Roth and the people he promised would see his work on Nitro. Roth attempted to negotiate a deal with MTV, but ultimately, the channel was moving away from adult cartoons to reality television. Roth then scrapped plans to showcase the show to other channels, feeling that his professional wrestling show-tailored creation featuring quickly outdated characters would make less sense to people overtime.[2]
Availability
For nearly seventeen years, none of the eight episodes of Chowdaheads would see a public release. However, in January 2016, Roth's CryptTV would upload the first episode of the show onto Facebook, with Roth deeming it to be "our tribute to Boston and WCW wrestling".[2] The remaining seven episodes are likely still in the possession of Roth, but despite speculation that CryptTV would release them all,[6] they have yet to be shown on any public platform.
Gallery
Video
External Links
See Also
- AJ Styles vs Kenny Omega (lost footage of professional wrestling match; 2006)
- Alberto Del Rio vs CM Punk vs Dolph Ziggler vs Jack Swagger vs John Cena (partially found master tape footage of untelevised Hell in a Cell match; 2011)
- Awesome Kong vs Melissa Anderson (lost footage of professional wrestling match; 2009)
- Bill Longson vs Whipper Billy Watson (lost footage of professional wrestling match; 1947)
- Blood Circus (partially found Santo Gold film; 1985)
- Braden Walker's "Knock Knock" promo (lost original pre-tapes of WWE backstage segment; 2008)
- Bradshaw vs Christian (lost footage of professional wrestling match; 2001)
- Bret Hart-Hulk Hogan photoshoot (lost professional wrestling promotional photos; 1993)
- Bret Hart vs Tom Magee (found untelevised professional wrestling match; 1986)
- Catch-As-Catch-Can Wrestling (lost early BBC televised professional wrestling matches; 1938-1939; 1946-1947)
- Celebrity Wrestling (partially found ITV professional wrestling reality show; 2005)
- Collision in Korea (found professional wrestling event in North Korea; 1995)
- Collision in Korea wrestler sketches (lost North Korean pencil sketch portraits of professional wrestlers; 1995)
- Cultaholic (lost debut video of professional wrestling YouTube channel; 2017)
- ECW Anarchy Rulz (lost build of cancelled Nintendo 64 port of professional wrestling game; existence unconfirmed; 2000)
- ECW at E3 2000 (partially found footage of professional wrestling at gaming trade event; 2000)
- ECW Hardcore TV final episodes (lost episodes of Professional Wrestling Show; 2001)
- FMW at E3 2000 (partially found footage of professional wrestling at gaming trade event; 2000)
- The Game (partially found Disturbed cover of professional wrestling theme song; mid 2000s)
- GFW Amped (partially found unaired professional wrestling show; 2015)
- The Giant's moonsault (lost footage of professional wrestling move; existence unconfirmed; 1990s)
- Girls Gone Wild: Live from Spring Break (found WWE/Girls Gone Wild crossover special; 2003)
- GLOW (lost unfinished final season of Netflix comedy-drama series; 2019-2020)
- Goldberg's pre-television debut matches (lost footage of professional wrestling dark matches; 1997)
- Gotch-Hackenschmidt Match Film (lost world championship match; 1908)
- Gotch-Hackenschmidt Match Film (lost world championship match; 1911)
- Jake "The Snake" Roberts DDTs Hulk Hogan (lost Snake Pit segment; 1986)
- Johnny Gargano vs Velveteen Dream (lost footage of alternate finish to professional wrestling match; 2019)
- Kurt Angle vs Owen Hart (lost footage of professional wrestling match; 1999)
- The Last Battle of Atlanta (found untelevised professional wrestling steel cage match; 1983)
- Lita's training matches (partially found training videos of professional wrestler; late 1990s-2000)
- Low Ki & Mercury vs Ric Blade & TCK (partially lost footage of hardcore wrestling tag team match; 2000)
- Mark Jindrak in Evolution (partially found unaired vignettes of professional wrestling stable; 2003)
- Pat Tanaka vs Rocco Rock (lost footage of "Body Count" professional wrestling match; 1993)
- "Plane Ride From Hell" (lost photographs of drunk wrestler incidents; 2002)
- Radio WWF (lost professional wrestling radio show; 1993-1994; late 1990s-2000)
- Screwed: The Bret Hart Story (lost unfinished wrestling documentary film; 2005)
- Sex University (lost WWE webshow; 2006)
- Shin Nihon Pro Wrestling Gekitou Densetsu (lost build of unreleased Virtual Boy wrestling game; 1995)
- Strange Kentucky People (lost recording of Chris Jericho "tribute"; 1994)
- TNA Impact! 2 (lost build of unfinished professional wrestling game; 2009)
- WCW 2000 (lost work on unfinished PlayStation 2 game; 2000)
- WCW All Nighter (partially lost professional wrestling compilation show; 1994-1995)
- WCW Classics (partially found professional wrestling compilation show; 2000-2001)
- WCW Internet-only Special Events and PPVs (lost audio streams; 1997-1998)
- WCW/nWo Live (lost build of cancelled PlayStation professional wrestling game; 1998)
- WWE 24x7 (lost professional wrestling compilation show; 2007)
- WWE Brawl (lost build of cancelled fighting game based on professional wrestling; 2012)
- WWE Crush Hour (lost build of cancelled Xbox port of vehicular combat game; 2002)
- WWE SmackDown vs Raw Online (lost build of cancelled online professional wrestling PC game; 2010-2011)
- WWE Wrestlemania 36 (lost footage of alternate finishes to professional wrestling matches; 2020)
- WWF Attitude (lost professional wrestling recap show; 2001-2002)
- WWF Backlash (non-existent unfinished Nintendo 64 professional wrestling game; 2001)
- WWF Excess (partially found professional wrestling talk show; 2001-2002)
- WWF In Your House 8: Beware Of Dog (partially found untelevised professional wrestling matches; 1996)
- WWF Livewire (partially found professional wrestling recap and talk show; 1996-2001)
- WWF No Mercy (lost Game Boy Color games based on Nintendo 64 wrestling game; 2000)
- WWF Shotgun (partially found July to December season of syndicated wrestling show; 1997)
- WWF Xperience (found pay-per-view event footage; 1996)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Death of WCW detailing WCW's struggles in 1999, and Bischoff being removed as WCW President. Retrieved 6 Jan '22
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Dread Central reporting on the uploading of episode 1 of Chowdaheads and Roth's comments surrounding the cartoon. Retrieved 6 Jan '22
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 411Mania detailing Bischoff's comments surrounding Chowdaheads. Retrieved 6 Jan '22
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 WhatCulture detailing Chowdaheads and why it never aired. Retrieved 6 Jan '22
- ↑ Variety reporting that Chowdaheads was to be aired on WCW Monday Nitro. Retrieved 6 Jan '22
- ↑ Bubble Blabber discussing CryptTV releasing the first episode, with the possibility of more being uploaded. Retrieved 6 Jan '22