Eventually, that gimmick would die out and Wrath would be able to find moderate success in WCW but 1997 was a rough year for him. 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! 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. Wrestlers are going to quit. I told you people that WWE does not care about any of you! This collection includes all of the WCW/nWo roster members from late 1997 to early 1998. Copyright 2010-2023 TheSmackDownHotel.com. WCW became even more desperate, going as far as placing the WCW World Heavyweight Championship upon actor David Arquette, who was making promotional appearances for WCW's feature film Ready to Rumble. Stephanie McMahon leaves WWE ; Vince is president, Please dont ban me. These people operating things just do not care. In 1997, after gaining some strong momentum, Page would enter the feud that would make his career. 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! . Fans went home happy everytime after the show! While the success was great, it caused WCW to take their eye off the ball. I attended 4 wrestlemania, multiple raw and smackdowns in the past. At the time, Savage had been positioned as the elder statesman overseeing WWE's New Generation. WWE 13. That's not Bret's fault. Go Orange. MORE INFO Classic Type in answers that appear in a list Type in answers that appear in a list Best Score? Shane Helms. Although born with the family name Anderson, his name was changed to Williams in early childhood when he was adopted by his stepfather. A heated argument between the men escalated into a physical altercation, which culminated in them stabbing one another with a pair of scissors. WCW PPV RESULTS 1997. Diamond Dallas Page pinned Stevie Ray to earn a . (c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match. 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 lawsuit dragged on for several years, culminating in the WWF agreeing to drop the suit in exchange for the right to bid on WCW properties should they ever come up for liquidation. Forget about fans. On July 6, 1998, airing from the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia, Nitro defeated Raw Is War in the ratings when Goldberg pinned Hollywood Hogan to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. That's gonna put some butts in the seats, heh. [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. The World's Most Entertaining Car Website. [40] The institution of concepts like separate rosters, "General Managers" and talent drafts was intended to emulate the rivalry that had ended with WCW. I've also began working on Late-99 to Mid-00 wresters and will be adding them to the collection. Starting in 1996, the promotion was on fire thanks to the introduction of The nWo. The most ignorant and unresponsive pro wrestling show on tv. At times, WCW management could be their own worst enemies. Our complete Pro Wrestlers Database allows you to travel through time and see the WWE Roster by Year or any specific Date in history. We understand that Mick Foley, who wrestled here at one time as Cactus Jack, is gonna win their World title. 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. Mysteries of Wrestling: Solved (p.73-74), Shawn Michaels and Aaron Feigenbaum. One of those lesser WWE performers was Wrath, who had worked in WWE as "Adam Bomb" until 1995. Its eventual successor, Extreme Championship Wrestling, aimed its product at males between 18 and 35, breaking a few taboos in professional wrestling such as blading. In April 2000, WCW hired the reigning ECW World Heavyweight Champion Mike Awesome, who left ECW over a contract dispute. On Thanksgiving night 1987, McMahon's WWF aired Survivor Series on pay-per-view (PPV) against the NWA's Starrcade, which Crockett marketed as the NWA's answer to WrestleMania. Ahead of All Out 2021, Khan . The WWF, the only company who would not need the television time slots Kellner had canceled, then made their offer. Now this sham company sells out everything and everyone. 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. In May 2019, All Elite Wrestling (AEW), which had launched the previous January, announced a deal to broadcast a live two-hour weekly television show on TNT. WCW/NWO Revenge: With Yoshihiro Asai, Chris Benoit, Eric Bischoff, Steve Borden. 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. But that is why people get on here like Eddy and few other nutjobs and complain about pro wrestling is controlled by satanic Illuminati or freemasons. Simply use the filters below! I'm going to kill that son of a bitch! WCW and the nWo continued to grow in popularity, and for the next 84 consecutive weeks Nitro beat Raw in the ratings. July 30, 2001. WCW would capitalize on that interest by signing former Chicago Bear, Steve "Mongo" McMichael. They cannot vote on matters? WWE promises big changes. I've also began working on Late-99 to Mid-00 wresters and will be adding them to the . 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. Earlier in the day, Triple H and other wrestlers appeared outside the arena in military fatigues, challenging Eric Bischoff to come out and face them. MORE INFO Classic Type in answers that appear in a list Type in answers that appear in a list Best Score? 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. Then Mattel released the Main Event Ring which is the light-up modern ring and measures at 20"x20", but it's height is too short so it's not properly scaled to figure height. Solie's assumes no responsibility for keeping them updated. He could have absolutely been the top face or top heel if handled right. The best rivalry for Curt Hennig in WWE came against Bret Hart when they feuded over the Intercontinental Championship. This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies. SD! . Stephanie McMahon leaves WWE ; Vince is president, Please dont ban me. 2012: Brock Lesnar returns to WWE. Although an injury would cause Michaels to take a four-year hiatus from wrestling, the stable soared in popularity under the leadership of Triple H, who added the New Age Outlaws and Sean Waltman to the group's ranks. . The show that succeeded it, Monday Night Raw, changed how wrestling on cable television would be presented. 5 Best WCW Wrestlers Of 1997 (& The 5 Worst), 10 Cringey nWo Moments We Completely Forgot About, 10 Celebrities You Didn't Know Are Wrestling Fans, A Look Back On NBA Legend Dennis Rodman's Time In WCW. 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. Tested & in good working condition. Eddy Guerrero challenges Chris Jericho for the WCW Cruiserweight . On March 10, 1997, Raw was officially renamed Raw Is War in reference to the ongoing rating battle. On May 19, 1996, in their last WWF match before leaving for WCW, Nash and Hall were involved in a highly publicized incident at Madison Square Garden dubbed "The Curtain Call", in which four members of The Kliq (Nash, Hall, Michaels, Helmsley) broke character in the ring after their match to say goodbye to Nash and Hall (Waltman was in drug rehab and did not appear at the event). Triple H is going to play dumb and go with the flow. 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. This influenced Kellner's decision to ultimately cancel WCW programming. Our complete Pro Wrestlers Database allows you to travel through time and see the ECW Roster by Year or any specific Date in history. On the November 4, 1996, episode of Raw, the WWF aired a storyline involving Stone Cold Steve Austin and Brian Pillman, two former friends who were feuding with each other. 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. After this incident, the PPV industry warned McMahon not to schedule PPV events simultaneously with the NWA again. Maybe for once the fans get to choose/organize the product going forward. These people operating things just do not care. At the time, Hart was the WWF Champion, and wanted to part ways with the WWF amicably, and had agreed to vacate the title following a farewell speech on the November 10, 1997 broadcast of Raw Is War in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, which would take place one day after the 1997 Survivor Series in Montreal. Post by Mid-Carder onyesterday at 2:24am. Link that replays current quiz . . He would have worked with Rock on his ascent as well considering how he looked out for him. The former WWE management will still be rich off your hard earned money and chilling on the beach! 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. Randy Savage. RELATED: A Look Back On NBA Legend Dennis Rodman's Time In WCW. The new World order battles The Four Horseman in a WarGames Cage 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. They are directed by the Illuminati/freemasons. 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. The final rating tally in 270 head-to-head showdowns was: 154 wins for Monday Night Raw, 112 for Nitro, and four ties. During this time WCW brought in The Ultimate Warrior, now known as The Warrior, and then later reformed the Four Horsemen for Ric Flair's television return. They cannot vote on matters? Dominic Ward is a S Tier troll fr. 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. Wrestlers are going to quit. WCW roster vs. nWo members. This whole entire time nobody ever gave a damn! MORE INFO Classic Type in answers that appear in a list Type in answers that appear in a list Best Score? Throughout 1997, Hogan had a stranglehold on the WCW Championship. Go Orange. The shift in programming helped lead the company to achieve mainstream success similar to the 1980s professional wrestling boom. Throughout the 1980s, Crockett had steadily bought out other NWA-affiliated promotions in an attempt to make his organization a national one similar to the WWF. SD! All Rights Reserved. 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. He was the one who intended to bring more positive change. While Mongo certainly had name identity, he was far from a good wrestler. After the initial shock wore off, Hogan settled into his new role as WCW's top heel. On October 5, 1999, Vince Russo and Ed Ferrara, the head writers of WWF television programs, signed with WCW, and were immediately replaced in the WWF by Chris Kreski. By 2002, the WWF roster had doubled in size due to the abundance of contracted workers. A Life long pro wrestling, Los Angeles Lakers, and Philadelphia Eagles fan. Turner, displeased with McMahon's handling of programming on his network, pressured McMahon into selling his time slot to Jim Crockett Promotions, another wrestling promotion. The former WWE management will still be rich off your hard earned money and chilling on the beach! Incarnation Notes Members nWo July 7, 1996 - April 27, 1998 The original incarnation was formed when Hulk Hogan defected from WCW to join Scott Hall (Razor Ramon) and Kevin Nash (Diesel).Portrayed as being a separate entity, apart from WCW. 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. At Bash at the Beach, Hall and Nash were scheduled to team with their mystery partner against Lex Luger, Randy Savage, and Sting. As a result, he was forced to sell his company to Turner, through a subsidiary named Universal Wrestling Corporation, who wanted to retain the steady, strong ratings of the JCP wrestling programs. 4 months later he takes it all away. Concurrently, many WWF performers became crossover successes: during this period The Rock would become very popular and then would embark on a successful acting career, while Mick Foley published a New York Times-bestselling autobiography; Stone Cold Steve Austin quickly became the company's most popular star and the company's flagship performer, and would be featured in mainstream media all over America and made guest appearances on a variety of television shows, from Nash Bridges to Dilbert. However, Jarrett had what some in the business call "Change the channel heat." The time has come to bring back the glorious old days of wrestling where stars were made! It is the sequel to 1997's WCW vs. nWo: World Tour. . He threw down the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, stating that he did not want to be champion of a "dead promotion". This whole entire time nobody ever gave a damn! I told you people that WWE does not care about any of you! Because the fans are not in control! [28] According to TWNPNews.com, Nitro's Nielsen ratings on January 11, the week following the incident, once again reached 5.0. 2019 should be updated in the post draft only. The show, known as AEW Dynamite, premiered on October 2, 2019. . As cable television arose in the 1970s, local stations were often retransmitted to new markets as superstations. Because the fans are not in control! The change was poorly received by fans. Whether that was a good thing is open for discussion. 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. It takes a special type of performer to be so over without wrestling or uttering a single word for over a year. 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. Legends of WrestleMania. Single Match - A one on one match. Paul Wight was a legend in WCW. Dominic Ward is a S Tier troll fr. In an attempt to break the momentum of Nitro, WWF entered into a cross-promotional agreement with ECW. The Rock's leap into megastar status and subsequent feud with Mankind would give the WWF the lead, nearly doubling WWF ratings and PPV buys entering 1999. WCW dominated the ratings through much of the mid-1990s, as Ted Turner's financial resources allowed the company to purchase the services of numerous high-profile WWF performers, including Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage. Take former WWE performers and bring them into WCW to perform for an audience that hadn't already been overexposed to them. YOU. At Road Wild 1999, the so-called "Millennium Man" pinned Sting in a decisive, career-defining matchup. While WWE featured the rise of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin in 1997, WCW countered with two huge storylines of their own. By With no national television outlet to air the shows, Fusient dropped their offer to purchase the promotion. 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. 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. 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". Although, admittedly, many Horsemen fans hated the addition. Get out of the fucking way! The result was the Clash of the Champions I. The former WWE management will still be rich off your hard earned money and chilling on the beach! Triple H is going to play dumb and go with the flow. That same year, PTW replaced TNT on USA Network, which expanded to two hours the format of the WWF's WTBS program. WCW would ride that positive momentum into 1997, where their dominance over WWE would continue. 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]. WWE Hall of Fame: Full List of Members & Inductees, All Legends & HOF Classes by Year. By Ralphmilne. Despite losing to Nitro week after week, Raw Is War rallied in the ratings when it introduced its new "WWF Attitude" concept, in which the family-friendly and clear-cut face vs. heel dynamic of the 1980s to mid 1990s was jettisoned in favor of morally ambiguous wrestlers and adult-oriented, often heavily sexualized storylines. Welcome back to the clown world that everyone has fallen asleep to! The November 3, 1997 Edition of WCW Monday Nitro was held in the Philadelphia Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Michaels and Hall were playing babyface characters, while Nash and Helmsley were playing heel characters, and the four of them embracing saw an explicit breaking of kayfabe. On this page you find the full WCW Roster & Alumni across the All-Time History of the company. 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. because the show still continued even though a person on the roster had lost his life on the same . Throughout the 1990s, Bret Hart had been arguably the most popular wrestler on the WWF roster since winning the WWF Championship from Ric Flair in 1992, and one of the few performers to remain steadfastly loyal to the company through its numerous changes. 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. [19] On April 13, 1998, Raw defeated Nitro in the ratings for the first time since 1996.[23]. Other times, greatness sneaks up and catches everyone off guard. WCW 1997-2000. In 2004, WWE produced a DVD called The Monday Night Wars. A mustachioed Rude appeared on Nitro, which was live, and proceeded to criticize Vince McMahon, Shawn Michaels, DX, and the WWF, calling the WWF the "Titanic", thereby calling it a "sinking ship". His son Shane McMahon then appeared on Nitro, declaring that it was actually he who had bought WCW. 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. Luger had worked for the company from 1987 to 1992, when it was still affiliated with the NWA, before joining the WWF the following year. It showcased many different styles of professional wrestling, popularizing hardcore wrestling matches as well as lucha libre and Japanese wrestling styles. Take the best deal for income and drop everything else. I attended 4 wrestlemania, multiple raw and smackdowns in the past. First to Perry Saturn, then to Booker T. 1997 would also mark the start of Disco's silly dancing feud with Alex Wright. 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. 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. Free shipping. In fact, he had been in line to get the WWF World Heavyweight Championship (he had had several previous title matches), and worked a WWF house show the night before. 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. Now this sham company sells out everything and everyone. Plays. Saudi Arabia now owns WWE! The wars ended with the sale of WCW's assets by its parent company, AOL Time Warner, to the WWF. The objectivity of the DVD's content was questioned, as some believed the documentary was simply telling the WWE side of the story. Replay. 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 rivalry, which was cast as a battle between blue collar redneck Austin and white collar executive McMahon, became one of the defining storylines of the Attitude Era, as each engaged in ever-escalating acts of sabotage and violence against the other. A 1997 wrestling game named after WCW's Monday night program. Saudi Arabia now owns WWE! 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. In the late 80s, Lex Luger joined WCW and immediately started being groomed for the main event position as a member of The Four Horsemen. Shows were taped before a small live, in-studio audience, as were most professional wrestling television shows of that era. Heat in the wrestling business is often a good thing. GCW's show, which aired on Saturday evenings, was complemented by a Sunday evening edition. Random Sports or Roster Quiz. On this page you find the full WCW Roster in the year 2000. 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. World Championship Wrestling (WCW) is a defunct American professional wrestling promotion that existed from 1988 to 2001. 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. broadcast, an attempt by WWF to compete with WCW's Thunder broadcast on Thursday nights; they became known on-screen as unseen management known as "The Powers That Be". vs RAW 2010. 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. RELATED: 9 Huge Matches WWE Fans Surprisingly Didn't Get During The New Generation Era A compromise was reached which resulted in Awesome losing the title at an ECW event to Tazz, who was formerly of ECW and at the time contracted to the WWF. This sparked a new interest in football players stepping into the squared circle. [38] The final WCW World Heavyweight Championship match for the show and the company saw WCW United States Heavyweight Champion Booker T defeat Scott Steiner to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. We wanted to set our mark, we wanted to breakaway from the pack, we wanted to let the world know that we weren't just some independent promotion.[2]. . The profile of each ECW wrestler features their Career History, Ring Names, Face / Heel Turns, Accomplishments, Pictures, Bio and more information and statistics. Turner named the company World Championship Wrestling (WCW) after the flagship television show; it remained affiliated with the NWA until 1993. I now know I cant use the word B**ch, Can someone release Vince McMahon and ban him from returning to the company. Let him go! Solie's assumes no responsibility for keeping them updated. The last Nitro drew a 3.0 rating. 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. However, the anticlimactic end of the match proved unpopular: Bret Hart made his WCW debut by accusing the referee of corruption, declaring himself the referee, and then awarding the belt to Sting, only for it to be stripped moments later on a technicality. Some fans tolerated Disco while others hated him. Luger's reign would be brief but his title win was unforgettable. Thirdly, Luger's defection created speculation among fans as to which other big-name stars would "jump ship". 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