Double J even scoop up some gold in WCW, winning the U.S. Championship. The best rivalry for Curt Hennig in WWE came against Bret Hart when they feuded over the Intercontinental Championship. At WrestleMania 31, Sting would face Triple H in a no disqualification match. All Rights Reserved. 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. 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. During Bischoff's first year at the top of WCW, bookers Ole Anderson and Dusty Rhodes concocted cartoonish, unbelievable, and poorly built-up storylines that were poorly received by fans, such as "Lost in Cleveland," a storyline in which Cactus Jack developed amnesia and disappeared in Cleveland, Ohio; The White Castle of Fear, a match between Sting and Vader themed around B movies meant to promote SuperBrawl III; and tongue-in-cheek, short beach-party movies used as promotional videos for Beach Blast. On March 10, 1997, Raw was officially renamed Raw Is War in reference to the ongoing rating battle. Another demotion. The show that succeeded it, Monday Night Raw, changed how wrestling on cable television would be presented. 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). 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". On September 4, 1995, the WWF's chief competitor World Championship Wrestling (WCW) began airing its new wrestling show, Monday Nitro, live each week on TNT. With the launch of the WWE Network in 2014, much of WCW's and ECW's video libraries have been made available to subscribers. TNT did allow a final Nitro show to air from Panama City Beach, Florida which had been scheduled for the following Monday on March 26. In late 2007, ROH also started airing bi-monthly pay-per-views, and in 2009, ROH began airing a weekly wrestling program on HDNet. 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. 2019 should be updated in the post draft only. Although the WWF (and Pillman himself) were forced to issue apologies to avoid Raw being canceled for breach of contract, the ensuing discussion of the incident in the fan community generated the most attention the WWF had received since the beginning of the Monday Night Wars. As a result, the term "NWA" became virtually synonymous with JCP. Because the fans are not in control! Simply use the filters below! The time has come to bring back the glorious old days of wrestling where stars were made! Free shipping. This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies. Our complete Pro Wrestlers Database allows you to travel through time and see the WWE Roster by Year or any specific Date in history. Plays. WCW's closure left a gap in the market which several companies have attempted to fill. Revenge gained critical praise and tremendous . In 1997, Despite being injured for a good chunk of the year, Disco began moving up the WCW card. Crockett went to Gordon and asked him to hold a tournament for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, in ECW's home city of Philadelphia on August 27, 1994. 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. This was never more evident than on the 8/4/1997 WCW Monday Nitro where Luger defeated Hollywood Hogan for the WCW Championship. However, the weekly live schedule became a financial drain on the WWF, and the company began taping shows; sometimes up to a month's worth of shows were taped at a time. On August 10, 1998, WCW regained the lead for six weeks.[why?] 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. 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 Raw formula was very different than that of Prime Time Wrestling: instead of taped matches, with studio voice overs and taped chat, Raw was a show shot to a live audience, with storylines unfolding as they happened. CAW Archives 2003 - 2013. 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. After winning the World War 3 battle royal in November 1998, with the help of Scott Hall and his stun gun, Kevin Nash ended Goldberg's 1730 winning streak and won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship at Starrcade the following month. That same year, PTW replaced TNT on USA Network, which expanded to two hours the format of the WWF's WTBS program. After this incident, the PPV industry warned McMahon not to schedule PPV events simultaneously with the NWA again. Roster. The concept was spearheaded by McMahon along with head WWF writer Vince Russo, who changed the way wrestling television was written and constructed. It currently stands as the highest-rated segment in Raw history.[29]. This follow-up to 1997's WCW vs. NWO: World Tour features 62 wrestling stars, including such notables as Hollywood Hulk Hogan, Diamond Dallas Page, Giant, and Sting. Randy Savage. This commment is unpublished, pending moderation. Although McMahon agreed to the arrangement, he later decided to renege on the deal and have Hart unwittingly lose the title at Survivor Series, to real-life rival Shawn Michaels. [44] With heightened and rejuvenated interest in the ECW franchise, WWE organized ECW One Night Stand in June 2005, an ECW reunion event. With this event, Eastern Championship Wrestling seceded from the NWA and became Extreme Championship Wrestling. He was the one who intended to bring more positive change. Heyman saw ECW as the professional wrestling equivalent to the grunge music movement of the early 1990s, and focused on taking the company in a new direction. The World PS1 Sony PlayStation 1, 1997 Greatest Hits. Welcome back to the clown world that everyone has fallen asleep to! Not surprisingly, Morris never accomplished as much as he should've in WCW. [4], In 1994, Jim Crockett Jr.'s non-compete agreement with Turner, to whom he had sold in 1988, expired and he decided to start promoting with the NWA again. Link that replays current quiz . Raw and Nitro traded wins in the "Monday Night Wars" early on, but WWE has conceded that by December 1995 "WCW had the advantage over [the WWF] in the storied Monday Night Wars". The roster is quite possibly the largest roster of licensed . See photos for more details. Both shows aired on Monday. Despite the incident, WCW would continue this bait and switch tactic of booking until its demise in 2001. On the Memorial Day 1996 edition of Nitro, Scott Hall interrupted a match and, apparently out of character, challenged the wrestlers of WCW to a fight against him and unnamed companions. Starting in 1996, the promotion was on fire thanks to the introduction of The nWo. YOU. 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! The time has come to bring back the glorious old days of wrestling where stars were made! results; January 12, 2023 Main Event results With Tony Schiavone, Bobby Heenan, David Penzer, Eric Bischoff. I told you people that WWE does not care about any of you! Whether that was a good thing is open for discussion. The decision was largely made out of necessity: The company had intended to place heavy emphasis on Sid Vicious, but he was involved in a legitimate altercation with fellow wrestler Arn Anderson while on tour in England. [44] With the financial and critical success of the production, WWE produced a second One Night Stand in June 2006 and relaunched the ECW franchise as a WWE brand, complementary to Raw and SmackDown. 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. 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. After losing the title to Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania XII, Hart took a hiatus from the WWF, returning in late 1996 at the Survivor Series soon after signing a 20-year WWF contract. 2019 should be updated in the post draft only. From the point of view of Hart and the Canadian/European wrestling fans, it was the US wrestling fans that were the bad guys and whose morals had changed for the worse compared to previous years. The Millionaire's Club, consisting of WCW's veteran stars such as Hogan, Flair and Diamond Dallas Page, were accused of preventing the younger talent from ascending to main event status and feuded with The New Blood, consisting of WCW's younger stars such as Billy Kidman, Booker T and Buff Bagwell. Many local programmers turned to professional wrestling as a means to fill out their schedules, as it was relatively inexpensive to produce but drew high ratings. Wrestlers are going to quit. That year, The nWo sparked a revolution, unlike anything the sport had seen before. During their mid-1995 meeting, Turner asked Bischoff how WCW could compete with the WWF. Sports Roster. At times, WCW management could be their own worst enemies. The sequel wrestling game to WCW vs. NWO: World Tour (1997), introducing ring entrances, improved graphics, a larger roster, more arenas, more signature moves, a championship mode, attire modification, and other improvements. Saudi Arabia now owns WWE! ECW was promoted as counterculture and a grittier alternative to multimillion-dollar organizations such as the WWF and WCW. Fans vote on management, creative, and talent. Lastly, 1997 featured Disco losing a match at Halloween Havoc to Jacqueline. After a falling-out with Gordon, Gilbert was replaced in September 1993 by Paul Heyman (known on television as Paul E. Dangerously), who had just left WCW and was looking for a new challenge. Hart had the title taken away from him before he left to go to WCW. On this page you find the full WCW Roster & Alumni across the All-Time History of the company. Comments. Hall and Nash were in control of the match when Hulk Hogan came to the ring. There will perhaps never be another performer like Sting in 1997, who managed to be the hottest star in WCW while only wrestling one match that year. Time for the wrestling community to come together and build strong alternatives! However, he was still not willing to fully cooperate with Crockett. Stephanie McMahon leaves WWE ; Vince is president, Please dont ban me. His son Shane McMahon then appeared on Nitro, declaring that it was actually he who had bought WCW. 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. Saudi Arabia now owns WWE! WWE promises big changes. Notably, Luger would be followed by former WWF Women's Champion Alundra Blayze, who appeared with the WWF Women's Championship belt on the December 18, 1995, edition of Nitro and insulted her former employers before throwing the belt in the garbage. Forget about fans. WCW vs. [2] In 1992, Goodhart sold his share of the company to his partner, Tod Gordon, who renamed the promotion Eastern Championship Wrestling. Fans went home happy everytime after the show! The WWF was taping Raw Is War at the nearby Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, Virginia. Solie's assumes no responsibility for keeping them updated. On February 3, 1997, Monday Night Raw changed to a two-hour format. They are listed in alphabetical order of their real name. When the feed resumed, Austin was shown being dragged out of Pillman's house as Pillman screamed, "That son of a bitch has got this coming! RELATED: 9 Huge Matches WWE Fans Surprisingly Didn't Get During The New Generation Era Hall and Nash were dubbed "The Outsiders", and would show up unexpectedly during Nitro broadcasts, usually jumping wrestlers backstage, distracting wrestlers by standing in the entranceways of arenas or walking around in the audience. Goldberg was arrested during mid-show storyline, however, and accused of "aggravated stalking" by Miss Elizabeth. I now know I cant use the word B**ch, Can someone release Vince McMahon and ban him from returning to the company. 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 combination of an intimate venue and live action proved highly successful. 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. 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