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. 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. WCW vs The World Sony PlayStation 1 PS1 - Disc Only - Tested - Ships Fast. As a result of the Monday Night Wars, professional wrestling became a prime-time tradition on Monday nights in America. At Slamboree 1993, WCW reunited the Four Horsemen with Flair, Arn Anderson and Paul Roma. Has wear. $9.88. Deceased individuals are indicated with a dagger (). I personally think these new scale rings are the best ones yet. I attended 4 wrestlemania, multiple raw and smackdowns in the past. 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. The most ignorant and unresponsive pro wrestling show on tv. . Double J even scoop up some gold in WCW, winning the U.S. Championship. The incident severely demoralized the WWF roster, shaking wrestlers' faith in McMahon and resulting in a near strike the following evening, with Mick Foley (Mankind) actually going on strike for one day. He declared open war on the WWF and aggressively recruited high-profile former WWF wrestlers such as Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage, using Turner's funds. Surprisingly for Bischoff, Turner granted him one live hour on TNT[a] every Monday night, which specifically overlapped with Raw. Craig "Pitbull" Pittman, The Renegade, Michael Wallstreet, Eddie Guerrero, "The Canadian Crippler" Chris Benoit, "The Man of 1000 Holds" Dean Malenko, Scotty Riggs, "The Total Package" Lex Luger, Scott "Flash" Norton, The Giant, The Barbarian, Hugh Morrus, "Flyboy" Rocco Rock, Johnny Grunge, Konnan, "Squire" David Taylor, Madusa, "Hardwork" Bobby Walker, Rick Steiner, Scott Steiner, Billy Kidman, "Desperado" Joe Gomez, Rob Ruckus, Ken Kaos, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, "Mean" Mike Enos, Steve McMichael, Rey Misterio Jr., Jim Powers, Chavito Guerrero Jr., Karl Oullete, Jauques Rougeau, Chris Jericho, Juventud Guerrera, Syxx, Vincent, Jeff Jarrett, Psicosis, Roadblock, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Bunkhouse Buck, La Parka, Ultimo Dragon, Tombstone, Super Calo, "Dangerous" Devon Storm, Ace Darling, Greg The Hammer Valentine,Ray Mandoza Jr., Ron Powers, Jerry Flynn, Chris "Mortis" Canyon, Luna Vachon, Malaya Hosaka, Wrath, Hector Guerrero, Hack Myers, Hector Garza, Masahiro Chono, Yuji Nagata, Yuji Yasuraoka TOTAL ROSTER: 85 The WCW roster for June 1997 was as follows: Bobby Eaton, Sting, Jack Boot, "Diamond" Dallas Page, "Buff" Bagwell, Steve Regal, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, Stevie Ray, Booker T., Mark Starr, Big Bubba Rogers, Kevin Sullivan, Steve Armstrong, Meng, "Das Wunderkind" Alex Wright, "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan, Scott Armstrong, Randy "Macho Man" Savage, Sgt. They cannot vote on matters? July 30, 2001. At the time, Savage had been positioned as the elder statesman overseeing WWE's New Generation. [9] Nitro began airing a weekly segment entitled Where the Big Boys Play! Throughout the late 1990s, the WWF began to rise in popularity after it rebranded itself as a more adult-themed, sexualized and violent product, a period in the company's history now referred to as the Attitude Era. Fans went home happy everytime after the show! 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. The objectivity of the DVD's content was questioned, as some believed the documentary was simply telling the WWE side of the story. Forget about fans. Craig "Pitbull" Pittman, The Renegade, Disco Inferno, Michael Wallstreet, Eddie Guerrero, "The Canadian Crippler" Chris Benoit, "The Man of 1000 Holds" Dean Malenko, Scotty Riggs, "The Total Package" Lex Luger, Scott "Flash" Norton, The Giant, The Barbarian, Hugh Morrus, "Flyboy" Rocco Rock, Johnny Grunge, Konnan, "Squire" David Taylor, Madusa, Brad Armstrong, "Hardwork" Bobby Walker, Rick Steiner, Scott Steiner, Billy Kidman, "Desperado" Joe Gomez, Rob Ruckus, Ken Kaos, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, "Mean" Mike Enos, Steve McMichaels, Rey Misterio Jr., Jim Powers, Chavito Guerrero Jr., Karl Oullete, Jauques Rougeau, Chris Jericho, Juventud Guerrera, "Big" Ron Studd, Syxx, Vincent, Jeff Jarrett, Psicosis, Roadblock, Jimmy Grafitti, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Bunkhouse Buck, La Parka, Ultimo Dragon, Tombstone, Super Calo, "Dangerous" Devon Storm, Ace Darling, Greg The Hammer Valentine TOTAL ROSTER: 78 The WCW roster for February 1997 was as follows: Bobby Eaton, Sting, "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson, Jack Boot, "Diamond" Dallas Page, "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, "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, "Big" John Tenta, Scott Armstrong, Randy "Macho Man" Savage, Sgt. Single Match - A one on one match. It says on wiki that Chelsea Green has resigned I don't know if this is true or not but I just thought I'll let you know, in wwe draft. The most-remembered Prime Time format featured Bobby Heenan and Gorilla Monsoon introducing taped matches and analyzing them afterward, with Monsoon taking a neutral/babyface position and Heenan unashamedly cheering on the heels. I now know I cant use the word B**ch, Can someone release Vince McMahon and ban him from returning to the company. With this move, McMahon controlled all nationally televised wrestling in the United States. His appearance on WCW television led to legal threats from ECW owner Paul Heyman. Shortly into the match, a Stinger Splash resulted in Luger being crushed behind Nash and being taken away on a stretcher, turning the match into The Outsiders vs. Sting and Savage. As a result of the increase, WWF was divided into franchises through its two main television programs, Raw and SmackDown!, assigning the now divided roster to either franchise while also designating championships and appointing figureheads to each franchise. However, the WWF's show on TBS was a ratings disaster, as GCW fans, disliking the cartoonish characters and storylines of the WWF, simply stopped watching. After jumping from WCW to run roughshod over the WWE roster, Sid returned to terrorize once again, taking on the likes of Kevin Nash, "Hollywood" Hogan and Goldberg. In April 2000, WCW hired the reigning ECW World Heavyweight Champion Mike Awesome, who left ECW over a contract dispute. The Curtain Call would go on to influence the narrative course both companies took by encouraging WCW, and later the WWF, to blur the lines of fantasy and reality in wrestling, incorporating wrestlers' real names and details of their lives into their character's stories. Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and Ring of Honor (ROH) both emerged in early 2002 and have enjoyed moderate success since that time. [47], In 2014, Sting would make his first appearance in WWE, interrupting the Survivor Series main event. Another demotion. WCW's first major pay-per-view event since Hogan's hiring, Bash at the Beach, saw Hogan defeat Ric Flair for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. [44] With heightened and rejuvenated interest in the ECW franchise, WWE organized ECW One Night Stand in June 2005, an ECW reunion event. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for WCW vs The World Sony PlayStation 1 PS1 - Disc Only - Tested - Ships Fast at the best online prices at eBay! But anyway I am elderly old woman who used to be a wrestling fan. Dominic Ward is a S Tier troll fr. vs RAW 2011. Jarrett would become a member of The Four Horsemen. It feels like a forced meal we do not want to eat. See photos for more details. The NWA repeated the practice again the following year, with a Clash coinciding with WWF's WrestleMania V. Although the main event of the Clash saw NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ricky Steamboat defeat Flair in a best-of-three-falls match that lasted for almost an hour, ratings and attendance for the event fell well below expectations compared to WrestleMania V. Thus, the practice of conflicting major events would cease for six years. On February 3, 1997, Monday Night Raw changed to a two-hour format. He's Bret Hart. please put up the Mortis formula!!!! The incident, which took place in Hart's home country of Canada, became known as the Montreal Screwjob. This was a direct parallel to the very first Nitro. Another demotion. WCW's Starrcade pay-per-view in Washington, D.C. drew WCW's highest buyrate to that date, including the highly anticipated main-event of Hollywood Hogan vs. Sting, a match that fans had been waiting to see since Sting first appeared as the leader of an anti-nWo faction a year before. Survivor Series 1997. . 2010: The Miz cashes in Money in the Bank. . On the 7/8/1998 episode of WCW Monday Nitro, Goldberg would defeat Hollywood Hogan to become the first . The company's television show, hosted by Gordon Solie, was recorded in one of WTBS's studios at 1050 Techwood Drive, in downtown Atlanta. 2012: Brock Lesnar returns to WWE. Pinfalls were allowed this time in a match that was more about individuals than the team effort of the past. Hoping to counter the McMahon/Austin feud, WCW divided the nWo into the Hollywood Hogan-led heel "nWo Hollywood" faction and the Kevin Nash-led face "nWo Wolfpac" faction. The World Wrestling Federation ended up buying out WCW later in March, but Title stayed WCW Cruiserweight Championship. 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"). 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. Ferrara even became an on-air parody of Jim Ross, named "Oklahoma", who mocked Ross's Bell's Palsy. Three weeks prior to the final Nitro, ECW owner Paul Heyman had begun an announcing contract with the WWF, as ECW had also fallen to financial problems and was forced to declare bankruptcy and close in January 2001. Additionally, there was animosity between Douglas and Coralluzzo, who had publicly criticized Douglas and advised NWA-affiliated bookers not to schedule him for shows, as he believed Douglas was a "bad risk" and had the tendency to not appear at shows he was scheduled to wrestle at. WWE didn't agree, thus, Savage jumped to WCW. Ted Turner decided to expand the brand by introducing a second weekly program WCW Thunder, on his TBS channel. The most ignorant and unresponsive pro wrestling show on tv. Saudi Arabia now owns WWE! "The Total Package" Lex Luger and "Diamond" Dallas Page join forces to face Scott Hall and "Macho Man" Randy Savage in a No Disqualification Match. A WWE and WCW wrestler from the 1980s to 2000s, William Regal was never the biggest name on the roster, nor have the biggest physique, but has openly talked about his steroid use. The secret has never changed. And yeah while I mostly hated a lot of the 80s guys getting another shot you'd sometimes get something like Rick Martel suddenly having good matches again on PPV out of nowhere (damn shame he got injured right as his career was peaking again and it was over for him). 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. Many of you are going to finally realize that much of WWE has never truly invested in their fans or followed our desires for the product! The Steiner Brothers collide with Harlem Heat. Stars such as Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, Bill Goldberg and Sting became household names, and some attempted to parlay their newfound fame into other mediums and found success in them, much like Hulk Hogan of the 1980s and early 1990s: notable examples being Mick Foley, who became a New York Times best selling author with the first volume of his autobiography, Have a Nice Day, and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, who branched out to become one of the highest grossing actors of all time. Like its predecessor, Revenge features AKI's revolutionary grappling system as well as heavily improved graphics, a championship mode, and a large roster of wrestlers (real and fictional). That's gonna put some butts in the seats, heh. I now know I cant use the word B**ch, Can someone release Vince McMahon and ban him from returning to the company. On the October 2, 2000 edition of Nitro, Russo would relinquish the championship saying that he was "not an athlete nor did I [Russo] ever claim to be". The World PS1 Sony PlayStation 1, 1997 Greatest Hits. WWF owner Vince McMahon's controversial treatment of Bret Hart in an incident known as the Montreal Screwjob immediately precipitated Hart's departure from the WWF to WCW, alienating a large segment of WWF's fanbase at the same time WCW came to employ virtually all of the established wrestling stars then in competition. With Hart now on the WCW roster, Nitro boasted the most well-known names in wrestling; WCW had also been highlighting new talent, with up-and-coming stars such as Chris Jericho, Eddie Guerrero, and Rey Mysterio, Jr. forming the company's new cruiserweight division. News on all your favorite celebs, reality TV, and movies. Rick Rude, a wrestler who had been popular amongst both fans and his fellow wrestlers during the 1980s and 1990s, who had recently made a comeback in the WWF and was one of the on-screen founding members of D-Generation X, left the WWF a week after the Montreal Screwjob, and followed Hart to WCW. 2011: The Rock returns to WWE. . Last Edit: yesterday at 2:25am by Mid-Carder. 4 months later he takes it all away. Though the incident was not televised, it was nonetheless recorded by fans who had smuggled cameras and camcorders into the event, and photos and videos were widely disseminated on the internet. Lastly, 1997 featured Disco losing a match at Halloween Havoc to Jacqueline. Let him go! 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. Promoting the Area of: Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Florida, West Virginia, Delaware Promoter: Paul Heyman. Simply use the filters below! Raw, and the WWF in general, was considered to be at a creative nadir before Nitro started. Simply use the filters below! Page would keep that momentum rolling into 1998 where he'd experience even more career success. The roster is quite possibly the largest roster of licensed . With Turner no longer in control, the corporate executives of the combined AOL Time Warner would sell its assets. Shows were taped before a small live, in-studio audience, as were most professional wrestling television shows of that era. . Even though the names of the international characters are changed most likely due to liscensing issues, this roster is loaded. The night after the highly praised WrestleMania XIV, McMahon began a feud with fan-favorite Stone Cold Steve Austin. Legends of WrestleMania. Comments. His greatest honor was being made a member of the . He then raised the Eastern Championship Wrestling title and declared it to be a world heavyweight championship, calling it the only real world title left in professional wrestling. Simply use the filters below! The match was a reworking of a long-teased but never realized feud between the men while they were still working for the WWF: An intended main event match between them at WrestleMania VIII was changed to Hogan vs. Sid and Flair vs Savage, and the rivalry was never realized. Our complete Pro Wrestlers Database allows you to travel through time and see the WCW Roster . WCW management was so thrilled with their success at the time that they lost sight of the company's future. Plays. He was the one who intended to bring more positive change. He'd find a way to continually hold on to the WCW Championship while also managing to dodge sting at every possible turn. At the end of the match, Russo suffered a concussion after Goldberg speared him through a cage, resulting in a head-on collision with the ringside barriers. This led to the infamous moment which saw Hogan poking Nash in the chest with his finger, nicknamed the "Fingerpoke of Doom", causing Nash to lie down for Hogan to win the belt. YOU. Owen Hart remained with the WWF until his controversial death at Over the Edge on May 23, 1999.[13][14][15]. Although Turner himself reportedly found the sketches amusing,[10] the sketches stopped airing on the USA Network at the request of network president Kay Koplovitz,[11] and were ended permanently in a short presented before WrestleMania XII, which killed off all the characters. Simply use the filters below! Tazz would later appear on WWF programming with the title. Over several weeks, Foley engaged in a series of out-of-character shoot interviews documenting his career, the toll it had taken on his body and his marriage, and his youthful ambitions of being a popular wrestler with a hippie persona named Dude Love. SD! Imagine having that 1997/98 WCW roster, then ADDING Bret Hart, Sid Vicious, Warrior, British Bulldog, Shane Douglas, Mike Awesome, Lance Storm and more.. then manage to kill the company. Comments. Random Sports or Roster Quiz. Eddy Guerrero challenges Chris Jericho for the WCW Cruiserweight . 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! hide this ad. I told you people that WWE does not care about any of you! He'd soon make his way back to WWE. Our complete Pro Wrestlers Database allows you to travel through time and see the ECW Roster by Year or any specific Date in history. 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! Tony Khan recently made an intriguing comparison between AEW's current lineup and WCW's roster from 1997, owing to the mixture of the veteran and young stars in both.. I attended 4 wrestlemania, multiple raw and smackdowns in the past. Stephanie McMahon leaves WWE ; Vince is president, Please dont ban me. In 1997, Luger was the first WCW wrestler to defeat "Hollywood . Copyright 2010-2023 TheSmackDownHotel.com. WCW World War 3: With Curt Hennig, Ric Flair, Scott Steiner, Rick Steiner. By 1997, the entire wrestling world was captivated by the ongoing story of Sting trying to save WCW from The nWo. Moreover, despite originally promising to produce original programming for the TBS time slot in Atlanta, McMahon chose instead to provide only a clip show for TBS, featuring highlights from other WWF programming as well as matches from house shows at Madison Square Garden, Boston Garden, and other major arenas. 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. Though Hart became strongly disliked in the United States, this had no effect on his popularity in Canada or Western Europe where he remained a babyface. Bash at the Beach 2000 not only exposed the backstage hardships under Russo, but it was also the last event for Hogan as he would never appear in WCW again following the incident. January 9, 2023 Monday Night RAW results; January 10, 2023 NXT results; January 11, 2023 AEW Dynamite results; January 12, 2023 iMPACT! [16][17] On top of this, Rude also appeared on ECW's Hardcore TV during that weekend (November 1416 as the show was syndicated differently depending on the market). They cannot vote on matters? WCW Nitro is a professional wrestling video game based on the television show WCW Monday Nitro. 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. He's either so stupid that he think's he's right or is such a perfect troll in so many ways the fact that yall don't see that is just odd. made up to look like various WCW shows, including Pay-Per-Views like Starrcade, Superbrawl, and Halloween Havoc. Now you people realize who you have been feeding this entire time? As 1999 began, both shows were consistently getting 5.0 or higher Nielsen ratings and over ten million people tuned in to watch Raw Is War and Nitro every week. The second would be the heated rivalry between "Macho Man" Randy Savage and the up-and-coming Diamond Dallas Page. 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. Sometimes in pro wrestling, greatness can be seen coming from miles away. Everything is all about the money. He states in his autobiography that he intended to resign on the day and when word leaked, they decided to remove him before he could resign. Throughout the wars, the WWF and WCW would both adopt different concepts and narrative techniques. During this time, many wrestlers' personas were retooled, and wrestlers who had been growing in popularity were given pushes, often with dark or morally ambiguous alterations to their characters: The Rock, who had failed as a babyface character named Rocky Maiviaa naive young athlete trying to live up to the athletic legacies of his grandfather and fatherwas recast as an arrogant jock who spouted catch phrases. WCW 1995 Can you name the WCW roster in 1995? In 1997, after gaining some strong momentum, Page would enter the feud that would make his career. 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