On April 10, 2000, Bischoff (now a creative consultant) and Russo returned with equal power to work as a team and attempted to reboot WCW by vacating all of the promotion's titles. update the picture of DREW MCINTYRE please, please add Karl Fredericks to World Wrestling Entertainment and remove him from New Japan Pro Wrestling, Brian Kendrick is not wwe producer he just come for one show ; not signed at this time, Sudu Shah leave WWE !, Stevie Turner is back on NXT. On the 7/8/1998 episode of WCW Monday Nitro, Goldberg would defeat Hollywood Hogan to become the first . It is the sequel to 1997's WCW vs. nWo: World Tour. The most ignorant and unresponsive pro wrestling show on tv. [9] Nitro began airing a weekly segment entitled Where the Big Boys Play! In January 2001, Fusient Media Ventures, led by Bischoff, announced that they were going to purchase WCW. In contrast to professional wrestling of the time, which was marketed more towards families, Eastern Championship Wrestling was geared more toward adults and fans who craved a more athletic and violent wrestling product. The rating war was part of a larger overall struggle between the two companies, originating in personal animosity between WWF owner Vince McMahon and WCW owner Ted Turner. This "match" may have started the permanent ratings slide that was to follow for WCW, as Nitro according to Nielsen ratings numbers listed by TWNPNews.com-[27] only got a 5.0 rating three times afterwards. December 2, 2021 in Wrestler CAWs, (Hollywood Hogan / Sting / Lex Luger / The Giant), (Roddy Piper / 4 Horsemen - Ric Flair, Jeff Jarrett, Mongo McMichael, Chris Benoit / Curt Hennig), (NWO - Curt Hennig, Buff Bagwell, Scott Norton, Konnan, Vincent, Masahiro Chono, Great Muta, Big Bubba Rogers, Mr. Wallstreet), (Booker T (singles) / Goldberg / Ray Traylor / Alex Wright / Disco Inferno / Hugh Morrus / Fit Finlay / Glacier / Ernest The Cat Miller), (R.I.P. However, Russo and Ferrara failed to replicate their success in the WWF. These women began appearing on-camera in increasingly revealing clothing and in swimsuit and lingerie-oriented spreads in the WWF's Raw magazine, a lad mag designed as an alternative to the family-friendly WWF Magazine and a competitor to the likewise family-friendly WCW Magazine. A great wrestler and talker with tons of charisma, he was made for the main event scene. Wrestlers are going to quit. Triple H is going to play dumb and go with the flow. At first, the strategy worked flawlessly but eventually lesser WWE alumni started being brought in. Released by THQ for the PlayStation game console in 1998, the game featured a large roster of playable WCW wrestlers as well as full motion video clips of the television show. Released by THQ for the PlayStation game console in 1997, the game featured a large roster of playable WCW wrestlers as well as full motion video clips of the TV show. By Ralphmilne. The angle polarized fans and shocked the USA Network, which was not accustomed to airing a program with the profanity and level of violence presented in the vignettes. This reinforced the then-accepted organization of professional wrestling, which were consisted of a patchwork of territorial promotions aimed at and broadcast to local audiences, without a centralized, national promotion, though most territories were members of a common sanctioning body of championship titles, the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). He's a writer, podcast host, and runs the @flashbackwrestling account on Instagram. During a span of five months between November 1987 and March 1988, a bitter event-scheduling war broke out between Vince McMahon and Jim Crockett, Jr., the owner of JCP. The publication of the first of what proved to be a three-volume Foley autobiography, Have a Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks, helped Foley and the company achieve mainstream success outside of wrestling circles as the book rose to #1 on The New York Times Best Seller List. The game was followed by WCW/nWo Thunder, which was based on Nitro's Thursday night counterpart. 1997 would see the legendary "Macho Man" Randy Savage take Page under his wing and make him a megastar. On this page you find the full WCW Roster & Alumni across the All-Time History of the company. This influenced Kellner's decision to ultimately cancel WCW programming. He'd soon make his way back to WWE. Raw and Nitro went head-to-head for the first time on September 11, 1995.Nitro was transmitted live on television, and due to Raw still being pre-recorded on certain weeks, Nitro play-by-play voice Eric Bischoff, who also was WCW's vice . It showcased many different styles of professional wrestling, popularizing hardcore wrestling matches as well as lucha libre and Japanese wrestling styles. This collection includes all of the WCW/nWo roster members from late 1997 to early 1998. In May 1985, McMahon sold the TBS time slot to another Southern-based and NWA-affiliated wrestling company, Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP), under heavy pressure from station owner Ted Turner, who was unhappy with the declining ratings. . Meanwhile, Raw Is War's numbers continued to rise; a match between The Undertaker vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin drew an 9.5 rating on June 28, 1999. Upon being told by Vince McMahon on September 22, 1997, that the WWF's current financial situation precluded the company from fulfilling his 20-year contract, Hart signed a contract with WCW in October 1997. In 2017, TNA was purchased by Anthem Sports & Entertainment, the owner of their Canadian broadcaster Fight Network and renamed Impact Wrestling after their television series. Has wear. On August 25, 2009, WWE released The Rise and Fall of WCW on DVD. (1999 - 2001) (1988 - 1998) WCW Worldwide (1999 - 2001) WCW Worldwide (1992 - 1998) WCW World Championship Wrestling WCW Thunder WCW Saturday Night WCW Prime This includes the list of all WCW Wrestlers, division between Men and Women Roster, as well as Managers, Announcers, Authority figures, Producers and other personalities in World Championship Wrestling. That same year, PTW replaced TNT on USA Network, which expanded to two hours the format of the WWF's WTBS program. Adam Copeland a fait ses dbuts la World Wrestling Federation (WWF) sous le nom d'Edge lors de l'dition de RAW is WAR du 22 juin 1998 contre Jose Estrada Jr. Ce match se termine prmaturment par un dcompte extrieur la suite de la blessure d'Estrada [19].Edge est alors un personnage mystrieux et solitaire qui arrivait des gradins pour attaquer ses adversaires durant les combats. In the summer of 2003, WWE purchased ECW's assets in court, acquiring the rights to ECW's video library. This includes the list of all ECW Wrestlers, division between Men and Women Roster, as well as Managers, Announcers, Authority figures, Producers and other personalities in Extreme Championship Wrestling. Absolute egotistical nonsense. Storyline elements included racist graffiti targeted at the Nation of Domination (a stable loosely based on the Nation of Islam), drinking beer on camera by Stone Cold Steve Austin, and emphasizing the sexuality of valets Sunny, Sable, and Marlena. Wrestlers who care about their fans, management who cares about the wrestlers, and a wrestling product that continously gives a passionate damn about the quality! In April 1996, two of the WWF's top performers, Kevin Nash (Diesel) and Scott Hall (Razor Ramon), signed contracts with WCW. Now you people realize who you have been feeding this entire time? Thirdly, Luger's defection created speculation among fans as to which other big-name stars would "jump ship". Later that year, with WWF's WrestleMania IV around the corner, Crockett decided to use McMahon's own tactics against him, developing his own PPV-caliber event and airing it for free on TBS opposite WrestleMania. Not to be confused with the aforementioned WWF TV show, Adam Kleinberg and Adam Nudelman. List of former World Championship Wrestling personnel. 4/10 Best: Hollywood Hogan. These moves prompted retaliatory tactics by the WWF; in January 1996, Raw began airing skits before and after commercial breaks entitled Billionaire Ted's Wrasslin' Warroom, depicting parodies of Ted Turner ("Billionaire Ted"), Hulk Hogan ("The Huckster"), "Macho Man" Randy Savage ("The Nacho Man"), and "Mean" Gene Okerlund ("Scheme Gene"). CAGEMATCH Promotions Database World Championship Wrestling (WCW) All-Time Roster World Championship Wrestling (WCW) Inactive promotion in the Americas region The show that succeeded it, Monday Night Raw, changed how wrestling on cable television would be presented. Because Sid's attack on Anderson was more violent, and because of Arn Anderson's close relationship with Ole Anderson, the decision was made to fire Sid. This commment is unpublished, pending moderation. WCW countered that in June, Hall and Nash had emphatically stated on-camera that they were no longer WWF employees, and that Hall's current persona was, in fact, a reworking of his previous WCW character, The Diamond Studd. This presentation both mimicked Nitro's "Anything can happen" atmosphere, and acknowledged the growing phenomenon of "smarks," wrestling fans who used the Internet to gain a wide base of knowledge on the real-life, backstage workings of the industry. Time for the wrestling community to come together and build strong alternatives! He sustained an arm injury during a backstage vignette taping that kept him off television for six months; upon his return, the decision was made to try and shake up the status quo by having him turn heel at The Great American Bash, despite being the most popular wrestler in the company. Paul Wight was a legend in WCW. While still running steadily, Barnett and the Briscos sold their entire stock in GCW (including the television deal) to Vince McMahon, and on July 14, 1984 (otherwise known as "Black Saturday"), the WWF took over the GCW show. MORE INFO Classic Type in answers that appear in a list Type in answers that appear in a list Best Score? Link that replays current quiz . The combination of an intimate venue and live action proved highly successful. It took a lot of deliberate factors in a row to cut his legs out repeatedly as both a face and a heel during his WCW run - but the problem was never, ever at any point . During the promo, Russo also reversed the result of the Jarrett/Hogan match and giving the championship back to Jarrett. vs RAW 2009. McMahon opened the last-ever episode of WCW Monday Nitro with a simulcast with WWF Raw Is War, which aired from Cleveland, Ohio, with a self-praising speech. Foley began alternating characters, variously appearing as Mankind (whose character was tweaked from an insane asylum inmate to essentially Foley in a mask), Dude Love, and his former persona of Cactus Jack, an old western outlaw. The former WWE management will still be rich off your hard earned money and chilling on the beach! Booker T ended up winning the championship over Jarrett. They used this video library to put together a two-disc DVD titled The Rise and Fall of ECW. When Page hit a Diamond Cutter for the win at Spring Stampede 1997, he became a made man in WCW. WCW Roster for 1997 The WCW roster for January 1997 was as follows: Bobby Eaton, Sting, "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson, Jack Boot, "Diamond" Dallas Page, Marc "Buff" Bagwell, Lord Steven Regal, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, Stevie Ray, Booker T., Brian Knobbs, Jerry Saggs, Mark Starr, Big Bubba Rogers, "Taskmaster" Kevin Sullivan, Steve Armstrong, Meng, "Das Wunderkind" Alex Wright, "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan, Brutus "The Bootie Man" Beefcake, "Hacksaw" Jim Duggin, "Big" John Tenta, "Dirty" Dick Slaytor, Scott Armstrong, Randy "Macho Man" Savage, Sgt. The episode included a repeat airing of the Halloween Havoc WCW World Heavyweight Championship match between Diamond Dallas Page and Goldberg after the original airing exceeded the scheduled 3-hour running time and subscribers lost the feed at 11 p.m. EST. Survivor Series 1997. . The second would be the heated rivalry between "Macho Man" Randy Savage and the up-and-coming Diamond Dallas Page. Nitro's ratings failed to increase, and in January 2000, both Russo and Ferrara were suspended from the company after they considered putting the WCW World title on Tank Abbott. They stopped caring after the attitude era. By thelesserevil. update the picture of DREW MCINTYRE please, please add Karl Fredericks to World Wrestling Entertainment and remove him from New Japan Pro Wrestling, Brian Kendrick is not wwe producer he just come for one show ; not signed at this time, Sudu Shah leave WWE !, Stevie Turner is back on NXT. While WCW was the dominant promotion for much of the mid-1990s, a variety of factors coalesced to turn the tide in the WWF's favor at the end of the decade, including a radical rebranding of their formerly family-friendly product to highly sexualized and violent shows geared towards older teens and adults. When Atlanta television station WTCG (later WTBS) became a superstation in the late 1970s, Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW), an NWA member which aired on the station, reached a national audience. Despite hesitation, Hart agreed to turn heel at WrestleMania 13, becoming an anti-US, pro-Canadian character who would deride the morals of US wrestling fans in increasingly cheering for heel wrestlers, which later expanded into more political anti-US remarks. Fans went home happy everytime after the show! They stopped caring after the attitude era. Our complete Pro Wrestlers Database allows you to travel through time and see the WWE Roster by Year or any specific Date in history. [40] The institution of concepts like separate rosters, "General Managers" and talent drafts was intended to emulate the rivalry that had ended with WCW. This initiated the Invasion storyline that would have Shane's character leading the WCW invasion of the WWF,[39] which lasted from March to November 2001 and marked the end of WCW as a brand. In 2004, an unauthorized DVD called Forever Hardcore was written, directed and produced by former WCW crew member Jeremy Borash in response to The Rise and Fall of ECW. hide this ad. Throughout 1997, Raw Is War began to become more and more controversial, and despite the company not getting any rating victories, the WWF gradually began receiving significantly more acclaim. Bret Hart's two brothers-in-law, the British Bulldog and Neidhart left with Hart for WCW, although Neidhart made one more appearance on Raw Is War as a quid pro quo before leaving, where Neidhart was beaten up by D-Generation X. Hart himself (who punched McMahon in the dressing room following the match in Montreal) prevented a mass strike by asking his former co-workers not to risk their careers for his sake. Let him go! Nitro was cut to two hours beginning with the edition of January 3, 2000 (with the first hour running unopposed and the second hour competing against Raw Is War) in an effort to bolster the aggregate ratings score,[8] but the elimination of the third hour did not mean higher ratings for Nitro, which by April averaged around a 2.5 (while Raw Is War drew more than double that amount).[30]. In an attempt to break the momentum of Nitro, WWF entered into a cross-promotional agreement with ECW. Unique lists featuring pop culture, entertainment and crazy facts. cassonova. Just re-watched the 1997 and 1998 shows and the unique look/atmosphere is a breath of fresh air for sure, especially compared to todays 4 months later he takes it all away. Triple H is going to play dumb and go with the flow. When Jamie Kellner took over as CEO of Turner Broadcasting, he announced the cancellation of all WCW programming on the company's networks, believing that wrestling did not fit the demographics of either channel and would not be favorable enough to get the "right" advertisers to buy airtime (even though Thunder was the highest-rated show on TBS at the time). The wars ended with the sale of WCW's assets by its parent company, AOL Time Warner, to the WWF. After standing off with them, he attacked Savage, showing himself to be the Outsiders' mysterious third man and thus turning heel. After a match that August, Jericho took out Mysterio's knee, injuring . WCW's closure left a gap in the market which several companies have attempted to fill. Eddie Guerrero) / Rey Mysterio Jr. / Chris Jericho), (Dean Malenko / Ultimo Dragon / Juventud Guerrera / La Parka /Pyschosis / Chavo Guerrero / Yuji Nagata / Gedo), (Faces Of Fear - Meng & Barbarian / Mortis & Wrath / Steven Regal & Dave Taylor / High Voltage - Kenny Kaos & Robbie Rage / Public Enemy - Rocco Rock & Johnny Grunge / Amazing French Canadians - Jacques Rougeau & Carl Ouellet), (Ravens Flock - Raven / Saturn / Stevie Richards / Riggs / Kidman / Lodi). Nothing much happens. Everyone has a morale/confidence boost after Vince left. Hart's heel turn in the US after WrestleMania 13 while remaining a face in Canada and Western Europe was another example of breaking new ground. July 30, 2001. RELATED: A Look Back On NBA Legend Dennis Rodman's Time In WCW. Before World Championship Wrestling was formed, Jim Crockett Promotions existed. Come together and build strong alternatives World Tour you people realize who you have feeding... 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