Although these elements helped to garner the WWF more attention than it had enjoyed in the wake of the nWo storyline, the injury of Steve Austin at the SummerSlam pay-per-view, which put him out of action for three months, proved to be a severe blow to Raw Is War's popularity. Our complete Pro Wrestlers Database allows you to travel through time and see the WCW Roster & Alumni by Year or any specific Date in history. [37] The actual WCW entity was reverted to Universal Wrestling Corporation solely to deal with both legal and administrative issues. 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"). YOU. 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. 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. Triple H is going to play dumb and go with the flow. Into the early 1990s, the WWF had continued the creative formula that had given the company success in the 1980s: clear-cut face vs. heel storylines, colorful wrestlers with themed gimmicks, and alluring female valets who nonetheless maintained a "PG-13" level of sex appeal. The subsequent promotion of Kevin Sullivan to head booker caused an uproar among WCW's wrestlers. July 30, 2001. 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. States Champion, a one-time WCW Tag Team Champion (with Chris Benoit) as well as topping the PWI 500 countdown in 1997. When Page hit a Diamond Cutter for the win at Spring Stampede 1997, he became a made man in WCW. Meanwhile, Hollywood Hogan returned to WCW after a hiatus and challenged Nash to a match, which Nash accepted. hide this ad. They cannot vote on matters? In the second of three hours, Eric Bischoff, who had learned of the results of the taped Raw Is War that was set to air that night, ordered commentator Tony Schiavone to make the following statement: Fans, if you're even thinking about changing the channel to our competition, do not. At the onset of the match, Hall and Nash came out without a third man, telling Okerlund that he was "in the building", but that they did not need him yet. News on all your favorite celebs, reality TV, and movies. I now know I cant use the word B**ch, Can someone release Vince McMahon and ban him from returning to the company. The DVD had stories of wrestlers who were not employed by WWE telling their side of ECW's history. SLRaw WWF/NWA/WCW Rosters August 1986 - April 1998 ECW Roster January 1997 - April 98 USWA Roster September 1997 - October 1997 Arranged Month by Month and Compiled by Nicolas Seafort. Starting in 1996, the promotion was on fire thanks to the introduction of The nWo. Sid's departure from the company meant that hours worth of footage had suddenly become worthless. When recalling this event years later, Paul Heyman stated the following: The National Wrestling Alliance was old-school when old-school wasn't hip anymore. Bischoff also began to give away the results of Raw matches on Nitro, as Raw was usually taped a week prior to airing. WWE All Stars. This was never more evident than on the 8/4/1997 WCW Monday Nitro where Luger defeated Hollywood Hogan for the WCW Championship. As 1993 began, Prime Time Wrestling was struggling in the ratings and was canceled by USA. 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. 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. Disco would go on to have a couple of short stints with the WCW World Television Championship but would eventually drop the title twice. The company was able to briefly reinvigorate itself after the introduction of Bill Goldberg, who was presented as an unbeatable force who won matches within a matter of minutes or even seconds. 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. At WrestleMania 31, Sting would face Triple H in a no disqualification match. Raw originated from The Grand Ballroom at the Manhattan Center, a New York City theater, and aired live each week. WWE Hall of Fame: Full List of Members & Inductees, All Legends & HOF Classes by Year. However, he was still not willing to fully cooperate with Crockett. Later that year, the WWF debuted a second cable show, also on USA, called Tuesday Night Titans (TNT), a talk show spoof hosted by Vince McMahon (also the WWF owner) and Lord Alfred Hayes. Eddy Guerrero challenges Chris Jericho for the WCW Cruiserweight . As many fans had waited for a decisive victory of one faction over the other, the convoluted sequence of events was seen as a way to artificially extend the storyline without allowing it to come to an organic conclusion, beginning a sharp decline in the popularity of the nWo angle amongst fans. WCW would capitalize on that interest by signing former Chicago Bear, Steve "Mongo" McMichael. The best rivalry for Curt Hennig in WWE came against Bret Hart when they feuded over the Intercontinental Championship. Tested & in good working condition. Triple H is going to play dumb and go with the flow. SD! Owen Hart remained with the WWF until his controversial death at Over the Edge on May 23, 1999.[13][14][15]. The group, composed of Nash, Hall, Shawn Michaels, Hunter Hearst Helmsley (later known as Triple H) and Sean Waltman (1-2-3 Kid), often used their influence to advance one another's careers, and in some instances harm or ruin the careers of performers who displeased them. on Monday each week beginning on March 8, 2010. They all have full movesets and logic, also. The shift in programming helped lead the company to achieve mainstream success similar to the 1980s professional wrestling boom. (1999 - 2001) (1988 - 1998) WCW Worldwide (1999 - 2001) WCW Worldwide (1992 - 1998) WCW World Championship Wrestling WCW Thunder WCW Saturday Night WCW Prime Another demotion. In December 1999, Bret Hart suffered a career-ending concussion during a match with Goldberg at Starrcade. By Ralphmilne. Luger's reign would be brief but his title win was unforgettable. So, overall, not the greatest year for Disco Inferno. Bret Hart's departure from the WWF would ultimately turn the tide of the "Monday Night Wars." When Luger returned to WCW, he rehabilitated his character back to its former glory. The incident, which took place in Hart's home country of Canada, became known as the Montreal Screwjob. Scott Hall (founding member, sided briefly with nWo Wolfpac after the split, before defecting to nWo Hollywood, along with Dusty Rhodes) WCW booked him badly. Stone Cold Steve Austin would start to become extremely popular with the WWF's fan base during 1997, and would often receive the best fan response of the night; despite playing a heel character, many fans would start to see him as more of an anti-hero. Russo and Ferrara contend that their reasons for leaving the WWF were a dispute with Vince McMahon over the increased workload that they were facing, with the introduction of the new SmackDown! Whenever there were any potential young talents, like Bill Demott, WCW would immediately ruin them by giving them a rib name like "Hugh Morris." 2011: The Rock returns to WWE. The Disney tapings would ultimately prove disastrous to the company's reputation, largely due to WCW's underestimation of growing internet culture: Because the events were recorded weeks, and sometimes months, in advance, fans in attendance had time to disseminate the results not only to wrestling magazines but also across the internet. 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. Third annual 3-ring battle royal, featuring Chris Adams, Brad Armstrong, Marcus Bagwell . 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. Hart signing with WCW in late 1997 led to him being placed in a few upper mid-card feuds to start his run. 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. On this page you find the full WWE Roster in the year 1997. Russo would then cut a shoot promo proclaiming that the reason WCW was in dire straits was due to "that goddamn politician Hulk Hogan". However, a controversial backstage decision to end Goldberg's winning streak, followed quickly by an anticlimactic match involving Kevin Nash and Hollywood Hogan now known as the Fingerpoke of Doom effectively killed the company's credibility in the eyes of many of its diehard fans, and the company was never able to recreate the initial level of popularity that it had enjoyed in the middle of the decade. Thanks for looking! 98 was a great year for WCW, 99 is where it really starts to fall apart. 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. That same year, WCW began taping matches months in advance for syndicated programming like WCW WorldWide at the Disney/MGM Studios which would become known as the "Disney tapings". The company was ultimately unable to sustain itself while paying wrestlers their contracted salaries, and WCW went up for sale. 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. To compensate for the decrease in domestic revenue, the WWF expanded their business outside of the United States. The Monday Night Wars or Monday Night War was an era of mainstream televised American professional wrestling, from September 4, 1995 to March 26, 2001, in which the World Wrestling Federation's (WWF, now WWE) Monday Night Raw (later Raw Is War) and World Championship Wrestling's (WCW) Monday Nitro were broadcast opposite each other in a battle for Nielsen ratings each week. During their mid-1995 meeting, Turner asked Bischoff how WCW could compete with the WWF. Our complete Pro Wrestlers Database allows you to travel through time and see the ECW Roster by Year or any specific Date in history. NWA President Dennis Coralluzzo alleged that Crockett and Gordon were attempting to monopolize the title,[5] and stated Crockett did not have the NWA board's approval, which resulted in Coralluzzo personally overseeing the tournament. WCW Roster 1997 Quiz - By thelesserevil. This whole entire time nobody ever gave a damn! With this move, McMahon controlled all nationally televised wrestling in the United States. In 1982, in order to appear less regional in scope, the television show was renamed World Championship Wrestling, a name Barnett had used for promoting shows in Australia in the 1970s. 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. The World (Sony PlayStation 1, 1997) Complete Tested. From 1995 to 1998, Nitro would dominate Raw until the January 4, 1999 episode of Raw, where the announcers of Nitro were told to spoil Raw ' s main event, which was that Mankind would win the WWF Championship. In 1997, Luger was the first WCW wrestler to defeat "Hollywood . GCW's show, which aired on Saturday evenings, was complemented by a Sunday evening edition. Our complete Pro Wrestlers Database allows you to travel through time and see the WCW Roster by Year or any specific Date in history. Hogan's statements, which broke with his earlier face persona, inspired enough vitriol in the audience that they began to pelt the ring with debris: a wayward beer bottle broke Okerlund's nose, and one fan jumped the security railing and attempted to attack Hogan. 1995 -WCW ROSTER The WCW roster for January 1995 was as follows: Earl Bobby Eaton, Sting, "Fly'in" Brian Pillman, "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson, Brad Armstrong, Big Van Vader, "The Natural" Dustin Rhodes, Johnny B. Badd, "Stunning" Steve Austin, "Diamond" Dallas Page, Marcus Alexander Bagwell, "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff, Lord Steve Regal, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, "Pretty" Paul Roma, Stevie . 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. Time for the wrestling community to come together and build strong alternatives! A week later, they announced the forthcoming appearance of a mysterious third member of their group. The WWF used this as a symbolic demonstration of superiority over WCW. Despite the incident, WCW would continue this bait and switch tactic of booking until its demise in 2001. An argument can be made that they had the best match in WWE history up to that point at SummerSlam 1991. That year, The nWo sparked a revolution, unlike anything the sport had seen before. This took place on episode of WWF Smackdown. In the fall of 1998, The Rock's popularity led to a main event lead babyface push, pitting him against Mr. McMahon in the build up to Survivor Series, leading to one of the biggest swerves in WWF history with The Rock turning heel and aligning with Mr. McMahon to form The Corporation upon winning the WWF Championship against Mankind. Formerly known as Razor Ramon, Scott Hall joined Kevin Nash in departing WWE for WCW, where they formed the . 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. Our complete Pro Wrestlers Database allows you to travel through time and see the WWE Roster by Year or any specific Date in history. One of those lesser WWE performers was Wrath, who had worked in WWE as "Adam Bomb" until 1995. - WCW Commissioner: The Cat beat Mike Sanders to become the new commissioner - Penalty Box match: Lance Storm, Mike Awesome, & Elix Skipper beat Billy Kidman, Konnan, & Rey Mysterio Jr. . These people operating things just do not care. 7. 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 matches revolved around the ongoing storyline between WCW and the New World Order (nWo) organization. Now this sham company sells out everything and everyone. At Slamboree 1993, WCW reunited the Four Horsemen with Flair, Arn Anderson and Paul Roma. Plays. Raw, and the WWF in general, was considered to be at a creative nadir before Nitro started. 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. Paul Wight was a legend in WCW. WCW 1997-2000. ",[citation needed] with none of the profanity censored. Free shipping. 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. A great wrestler and talker with tons of charisma, he was made for the main event scene. In the late 1990s, WCW's ratings began to suffer as fans grew tired of the nWo storyline, which many viewers perceived as having been allowed to go on for too long. [9] Nitro began airing a weekly segment entitled Where the Big Boys Play! The toughest wrestlers in the world, get together with the hottest babes in professional wrestling to bring you two hours of exciting WCW Monday night action. [19][20] It was also acknowledged that Diller's purchase of the USA Network gave sympathetic USA Network executive Bonnie Hammer more say regarding the WWF's status at the USA Network and that previous USA Network managing head Kay Koplovitz, who resigned from the network after Diller took over her Chairman and CEO posts on April 9, 1998,[21][22] was in fact planning to remove WWF programming from the USA Network prior to the purchase. The Undertaker, then one of the company's longest-serving performers, had his gimmick changed for the first time in his career with the company during the Attitude Era: having performed from 1990 to 1998 as a revenant, his persona was first changed to a pseudo-Satanic cult leader in 1999, then to a "bad ass" biker persona in 2000. 2012: Brock Lesnar returns to WWE. On January 4, 2010, TNA moved Impact! 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. The first was the ongoing story of Sting's quest to save WCW from The nWo. [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). The World Wrestling Federation ended up buying out WCW later in March, but Title stayed WCW Cruiserweight Championship. Other co-hosts included Mike Tenay (usually for matches involving cruiserweights or international stars), Scott Hudson, and Mark Madden. After this incident, the PPV industry warned McMahon not to schedule PPV events simultaneously with the NWA again. Two weeks later, the WWF taunted WCW's slipping ratings by sending members of DX to Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia in an attempt to crash a live taping of Nitro. The main event was the traditional World War 3 battle royal, in which the winner would receive a future title . In February 1998, media tycoon Barry Diller would also finalize his purchase of the USA Network. 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. WWE didn't agree, thus, Savage jumped to WCW. By 2005, WWE began reintroducing ECW through content from the ECW video library and a series books. Welcome back to the clown world that everyone has fallen asleep to! 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 McMichael, 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, 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, TOTAL ROSTER: 78 The WCW roster for March 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 Duggin, Scott Armstrong, Randy "Macho Man" Savage, Sgt. Disco Inferno has been a controversial figure in the wrestling business ever since his WCW debut in 1995. Heat in the wrestling business is often a good thing. Time for the wrestling community to come together and build strong alternatives! PLAY QUIZ . Whether that was a good thing is open for discussion. Bookmark Quiz Bookmark Quiz -/5-RATE QUIZ. I attended 4 wrestlemania, multiple raw and smackdowns in the past. Go Orange. In the end, though, Jarrett never seemed to fit into WCW and the fans never embraced him as a heel or babyface. For alumni of that promotion, see List of former Jim Crockett Promotions personnel.. Deceased individuals are indicated with a . After Mankind won the title, many fans then switched back to Nitro (which still had five minutes of airtime left), suggesting that WCW had a show that the fans wanted to see and might have emerged the victor that night had they not given away the Raw Is War results. It began as a promotion affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) that appeared on the national scene under the ownership of media mogul Ted Turner and based in Atlanta, Georgia.The name came from a wrestling television program that aired on TBS in the 1980s . Souled Out was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in January from 1997 through 2000. Ole Anderson was part of the group as an advisor, but made only one appearance on A Flair for the Gold. WrestleMania XII also began a brief turning point for the WWF, after which Raw would overtake Nitro for two consecutive months. I now know I cant use the word B**ch, Can someone release Vince McMahon and ban him from returning to the company. Our complete Pro Wrestlers Database allows you to travel through time and see the ECW Roster by Year or any specific Date in history. Fans went home happy everytime after the show! 1997 would see the legendary "Macho Man" Randy Savage take Page under his wing and make him a megastar. Revenge gained critical praise and tremendous . Many wrestling fans consider Bret Hart versus Chris Jericho a top "dream match." Although Bret Hart was a top name when he arrived to WCW in 1997, Jericho was also starting to stand out on the roster in the company in the same year. 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. [45] The brand would continue to operate until 2010 when it was replaced with NXT. On August 10, 1998, WCW regained the lead for six weeks.[why?] In retrospect, wrestling commentators have come to see the era of the Monday Night Wars as a golden age of pro wrestling, along with the 1940s-1950s Gorgeous George era and the 1980s professional wrestling boom, with the feud between the two companies bringing out their best quality product both in terms of creativity and the performances of their wrestlers. Although the Wolfpack proved popular with fans, the overall nWo storyline began to grow stale: As with the culmination of the Sting/Hogan match, fans grew tired of the lack of any kind of resolution, as many matches between the groups simply ended in disqualifications when other members jumped into the ring to interfere, leading to all-out brawls. 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. See photos for more details. 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