February 28, 2026

DEADLOCK Retro Sync #111

A night that changed WCW forever.

On this episode of the DEADLOCK Retro Sync, we take a look back at the boys' review of WCW Nitro, the infamous Fingerpoke of Doom episode.

This is also the episode of Nitro where Tony Schiavone famously told their audience that they knew the results from WWF RAW that night, and that Mankind would be winning the WWF Championship. That'll put butts in seats!

Watch here!

Edited by @davidj_alaniz! 

Comments (14)

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James Baugh · March 15, 2026

Emery Hale is actually a distant relative of mine, his actual name is Emory Hail and I saw a newspaper clip of him one time at a Hail family reunion in the 2000's with Jimmy Hart and Hulk Hogan.

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jc collins · March 7, 2026

i cant watch this or the last retro, they buffer every 5-10 seconds no matter what i do. i can watch aftershows and the long way ep with no issues tho

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jc collins · March 7, 2026

love all of yall regardless

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Tun Gitles · March 6, 2026

Literally how do I watch it

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VacuumWhistler · March 4, 2026

Thanks for the edit, @davidj_alaniz!

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CorneliusJonesworth · March 3, 2026

dirty bird dance from buff

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Essie · March 2, 2026

ty

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Nick Cumberbatch · March 1, 2026

Lots of people switched that night

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Gimme Bob Sapp vs Great Kali at Inoki Bomaye in a shoot MMA fight · February 28, 2026

The intro this week was dope, love the pre-ep bumpers too. Thanks for always putting in the work Daveed!

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Clay Goodman · February 28, 2026

That locked up edit intro was slick. WCW slow fade edit style haha.

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daveed (aka georgeharrisonlover98 aka Eric Clapton Cheeks) · February 28, 2026

In case you were wondering, I’m very torn up about Smiling Friends ending. I guess you can say I’m not smiling, friends

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Smoking fat doinks in Amish with Roadkill and DD · February 28, 2026

Woah a new retro sync, I hope nothing happens that would begin a snowball of events that would eventually lead to the death of WCW as a promotion, that would be not good at all

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I SHAVED MY BALLS FOR THIS · February 28, 2026

Deadlock Retro Sync of the Fingerpoke of Doom? Yeah, that'll put butts in seats.

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John Nickell · February 28, 2026

Thank you the goat Daveed.