By the end of the year, WCW decided to once again base the promotion around Ric Flair. [19] On April 13, 1998, Raw defeated Nitro in the ratings for the first time since 1996.[23]. . WCW's final victory in the Monday Night Wars came on October 26, following the previous night's Halloween Havoc pay-per-view. 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. 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. hide this ad. 2009: Triple H invades Randy Orton's home. Fall Brawl 1997 - Lawrence Joel Coliseum; Winston-Salem, NC 9/14/1997 - Cruiserweight Title: Eddie Guerrero beat Chris Jericho to win the title I attended 4 wrestlemania, multiple raw and smackdowns in the past. Diesel wasn't the only gimmick WWE tried to pass on to a new wrestler. It is the sequel to 1997's WCW vs. nWo: World Tour. Got a group shot of some of my early 90s wcw customs. WWE Hall of Fame: Full List of Members & Inductees, All Legends & HOF Classes by Year. High flying moves, chair shots, cat fights - WCW Nitro has it all. The secret has never changed. A Flair for Gold would eventually play host to one of the most infamous incidents of 1990s wrestling: On a live Clash of the Champions XXIV building up the Fall Brawl pay-per-view, WCW decided to introduce a "mystery partner" for the babyfaces, a masked man known as The Shockmaster. 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. [24] However, the decision to stage the match on live cable television was questioned backstage at WCW: several employees felt that the match should have been the highlight of a pay-per-view, where it could have generated more revenue. [27], Raw Is War was dominating Nitro to the point where WCW was making "quick fixes" to stem the tide, including hiring rapper Master P, bringing in Megadeth, Chad Brock, and Kiss for concerts, and conducting a contest to find a new member of the Nitro Girls (all of which flopped in the ratings). After the initial shock wore off, Hogan settled into his new role as WCW's top heel. 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). Our complete Pro Wrestlers Database allows you to travel through time and see the WCW Roster by Year or any specific Date in history. 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, 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, 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 "Morteus" Canyon, Luna Vachon, Adam Bomb, Malaya Hosaka, T-Rantula TOTAL ROSTER: 81 The WCW roster for April 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. This was a direct parallel to the very first Nitro. Survivor Series 1997. . 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. On September 10, 1999, Bischoff was removed from power. Another demotion. 2012: Brock Lesnar returns to WWE. At WrestleMania 31, Sting would face Triple H in a no disqualification match. Characters like Sabu (David Harley) and Ken . Fans went home happy everytime after the show! WWE didn't agree, thus, Savage jumped to WCW. 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. Wrestlers are going to quit. Our complete Pro Wrestlers Database allows you to travel through time and see the ECW Roster by Year or any specific Date in history. The game was followed by WCW/nWo Thunder, which was based on Nitro's Thursday night counterpart. Wrestlers are going to quit. 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. 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. 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. He was the one who intended to bring more positive change. Copyright 2010-2023 TheSmackDownHotel.com. The former WWE management will still be rich off your hard earned money and chilling on the beach! Lastly, 1997 featured Disco losing a match at Halloween Havoc to Jacqueline. 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. Goldberg was arrested during mid-show storyline, however, and accused of "aggravated stalking" by Miss Elizabeth. 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. He was released when Elizabeth could not keep her story straight. Starting in 1996, the promotion was on fire thanks to the introduction of The nWo. However, he was still not willing to fully cooperate with Crockett. 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. This took place on episode of WWF Smackdown. [32][33] In the book NITRO: The Incredible Rise and Inevitable Collapse of Ted Turner's WCW by Guy Evans, it is said that a key condition in WCW's purchase deal with Fusient Media Ventures was that Fusient wanted control over time slots on TNT and TBS networks, regardless of whether these slots would show WCW programming or not. made up to look like various WCW shows, including Pay-Per-Views like Starrcade, Superbrawl, and Halloween Havoc. The secret has never changed. . Everyone has a morale/confidence boost after Vince left. Despite winning the WCW World Heavyweight Championship at Souled Out, Chris Benoit quit in protest, along with Eddie Guerrero, Perry Saturn and Dean Malenko. Diamond Dallas Page pinned Stevie Ray to earn a . Paul Wight was a legend in WCW. 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. 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. 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. The profile of each ECW wrestler features their Career History, Ring Names, Face / Heel Turns, Accomplishments, Pictures, Bio and more information and statistics. Link that replays current quiz . Dominic Ward is a S Tier troll fr. Since September 2011, ROH airs a weekly syndicated television show on stations owned by Sinclair Broadcasting Group, which was ROH's parent company until All Elite Wrestling owner Tony Khan announced that he had purchased the promotion on March 2, 2022. In an attempt to break the momentum of Nitro, WWF entered into a cross-promotional agreement with ECW. Secondly, Luger had just come off a successful run in the WWF and was one of the company's top stars. Raw Is War's ratings began to rise steadily, bringing the "Attitude Era" to its highest point. [28] According to TWNPNews.com, Nitro's Nielsen ratings on January 11, the week following the incident, once again reached 5.0. Nothing much happens. Two weeks later, a second WWF defector, Kevin Nash (who had wrestled as Diesel), appeared on Nitro. By 2005, WWE began reintroducing ECW through content from the ECW video library and a series books. The company's television show, hosted by Gordon Solie, was recorded in one of WTBS's studios at 1050 Techwood Drive, in downtown Atlanta. The enigmatic silent warrior took WCW by storm starting in late 1996. I now know I cant use the word B**ch, Can someone release Vince McMahon and ban him from returning to the company. 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However, Savage still felt he had a lot left in the tank as a performer. Russo's booking style was often referred to as "Crash TV": Matches were shortened in favor of story-building backstage vignettes, with an emphasis on shock factor. As Rude was being paid by the WWF on an appearance-by-appearance basis, no extant contract prevented him from leaving the WWF without prior notice. Not to be confused with the aforementioned WWF TV show, Adam Kleinberg and Adam Nudelman. Solie's assumes no responsibility for keeping them updated. Forget about fans. The WWF was taping Raw Is War at the nearby Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, Virginia. The most ignorant and unresponsive pro wrestling show on tv. This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies. Go Orange. This is a list of professional wrestlers and personalities that performed in World Championship Wrestling from 1988 to 2001. One of those lesser WWE performers was Wrath, who had worked in WWE as "Adam Bomb" until 1995. [16] An hour later on Raw Is War (which had been taped six days earlier), Rude then appeared with the full beard that he had been sporting during his last few weeks in the WWF, making Rude the only performer to appear on both Nitro and Raw on the same evening until the last night of the ratings wars. Plays. On January 4, 2010, TNA moved Impact! But anyway I am elderly old woman who used to be a wrestling fan. 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! Shane Helms. The night after the highly praised WrestleMania XIV, McMahon began a feud with fan-favorite Stone Cold Steve Austin. 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. Television had been a significant part of professional wrestling presentation in the United States for decades, but after the 1950s it had been relegated to local stations as the national networks ceased airing it. 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. He was the one who intended to bring more positive change. WWF business steadily declined in North America after the end of the war, with a noticeable drop in buyrates and ratings. Fans went home happy everytime after the show! With this move, McMahon controlled all nationally televised wrestling in the United States. 7. 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. When Luger returned to WCW, he rehabilitated his character back to its former glory. 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. Throughout 1997, Hogan had a stranglehold on the WCW Championship. 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. 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! 1997 would see the legendary "Macho Man" Randy Savage take Page under his wing and make him a megastar. The struggles of WCW since Russo's arrival to the company came to a head on July 9, 2000, at the Bash at the Beach pay-per-view. They are listed in alphabetical order of their real name. Sports Roster. This whole entire time nobody ever gave a damn! A heated argument between the men escalated into a physical altercation, which culminated in them stabbing one another with a pair of scissors. In a series of vignettes broadcast from Pillman's real-life home in Newport, Kentucky, Pillman supposedly debilitated following an attack by Austin vowed to protect himself and his wife with the help of a group of friends should Austin appear. During the match between Jeff Jarrett and Hollywood Hogan for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, Jeff Jarrett, by Russo's order, lied down in the ring to let Hogan pin him and win the title. WCW/NWO Revenge: With Yoshihiro Asai, Chris Benoit, Eric Bischoff, Steve Borden. 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. Kidman achieved his Fourth Reign. That same year, PTW replaced TNT on USA Network, which expanded to two hours the format of the WWF's WTBS program. 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). Time for the wrestling community to come together and build strong alternatives! 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. Stephanie McMahon leaves WWE ; Vince is president, Please dont ban me. Throughout the majority of 1997, WCW could do no wrong. Ferrara even became an on-air parody of Jim Ross, named "Oklahoma", who mocked Ross's Bell's Palsy. As 1993 began, Prime Time Wrestling was struggling in the ratings and was canceled by USA. Ole Anderson was part of the group as an advisor, but made only one appearance on A Flair for the Gold. 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