By 1988, Crockett's acquisition spree had severely drained his coffers. States Champion, a one-time WCW Tag Team Champion (with Chris Benoit) as well as topping the PWI 500 countdown in 1997. They are directed by the Illuminati/freemasons. All Rights Reserved. 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. 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. That year, The nWo sparked a revolution, unlike anything the sport had seen before. As few WWF performers at the time utilized the type of aerial techniques found in lucha libre, the cruiserweight division and the acrobatic performances of its wrestlers helped not only to draw in new viewers to WCW, but also helped the organization reach out to fans who were used to seeing such feats in wrestling performances in their native countries. This was regarded as a major breach of kayfabe at the time and ultimately led to WCW's departure from the NWA in September 1993. Ted Turner decided to expand the brand by introducing a second weekly program WCW Thunder, on his TBS channel. Despite winning the WCW World Heavyweight Championship at Souled Out, Chris Benoit quit in protest, along with Eddie Guerrero, Perry Saturn and Dean Malenko. 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 game was followed by WCW/nWo Thunder, which was based on Nitro's Thursday night counterpart. This commment is unpublished, pending moderation. 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. The ensuing storyline, in which the nWo waged a campaign of anarchy against WCW, blurred the lines between reality and scripted entertainment, a unique presentation that acknowledged fans' growing awareness of backstage wrestling politics and kayfabe. Fans went home happy everytime after the show! Before World Championship Wrestling was formed, Jim Crockett Promotions existed. 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. 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. At first running weekly pay-per-views, TNA switched to monthly pay-per-views supported by a weekly show on cable television, Impact Wrestling (now known as Impact!). This was a direct parallel to the very first Nitro. 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. 4/10 Best: Hollywood Hogan. Kidman achieved his Fourth Reign. The most ignorant and unresponsive pro wrestling show on tv. This reinforced the then-accepted organization of professional wrestling, which were consisted of a patchwork of territorial promotions aimed at and broadcast to local audiences, without a centralized, national promotion, though most territories were members of a common sanctioning body of championship titles, the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). 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. 98 was a great year for WCW, 99 is where it really starts to fall apart. hide this ad. Forget about fans. 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. Go Orange. 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. They stopped caring after the attitude era. Concurrent with Hogan's arrival in WCW, he and Bischoff formed a close, real-life friendship that would afford Hogan a degree of influence over the day-to-day operations of the company. They stopped caring after the attitude era. Another demotion. 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! Turner named the company World Championship Wrestling (WCW) after the flagship television show; it remained affiliated with the NWA until 1993. vs RAW 2011. He was the one who intended to bring more positive change. 4 months later he takes it all away. 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. Bookmark Quiz Bookmark Quiz -/5-RATE QUIZ. In April 1996, two of the WWF's top performers, Kevin Nash (Diesel) and Scott Hall (Razor Ramon), signed contracts with WCW. By November 1998, however, the momentum would be in the WWF's favor for the remainder of the war. While WWE featured the rise of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin in 1997, WCW countered with two huge storylines of their own. They cannot vote on matters? 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. The garbage they come out with now is disgusting. 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. [47], In 2014, Sting would make his first appearance in WWE, interrupting the Survivor Series main event. YOU. ECW was promoted as counterculture and a grittier alternative to multimillion-dollar organizations such as the WWF and WCW. 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. 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. 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! Now this sham company sells out everything and everyone. 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! To compensate for the decrease in domestic revenue, the WWF expanded their business outside of the United States. [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. The result was the Clash of the Champions I. [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). 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. WrestleMania XII also began a brief turning point for the WWF, after which Raw would overtake Nitro for two consecutive months. It was held on December 28, 1997, at the MCI Center in Washington, D.C.. 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. 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. WCW/nWo Revenge is a professional wrestling video game released in 1998 for the Nintendo 64 game console. Raw commentator Jerry Lawler insulted and "challenged" ECW on the show's February 17 episode, and in the weeks to come, several ECW wrestlers appeared on Raw in a story arc similar to the nWo storyline playing out in WCW, with the WWF pursuing the "renegade" ECW. In the mid-90s, WCW became a thorn in WWE's side by implementing one simple but effective strategy. 2009: Triple H invades Randy Orton's home. They are listed in alphabetical order of their real name. 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. Now you people realize who you have been feeding this entire time? This includes the list of all WWE Superstars, division between Men and Women Roster, as well as Managers, Announcers, Authority figures, Producers and other personalities in World Wrestling Entertainment. That's not Bret's fault. SD! WWE promises big changes. A week later, they announced the forthcoming appearance of a mysterious third member of their group. They are directed by the Illuminati/freemasons. Simply use the filters below! 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. WCW Roster 1997 Quiz - By thelesserevil. List of former World Championship Wrestling personnel. Because the fans are not in control! 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 . Our complete Pro Wrestlers Database allows you to travel through time and see the WCW Roster by Year or any specific Date in history. After 1997, WarGames became convoluted and lost within the massive WCW roster. All Rights Reserved. In 2000, Ted Turner was no longer running the company, which had been purchased by Time Warner in 1996 and America Online (AOL) in 2001. Bret Hart's departure from the WWF would ultimately turn the tide of the "Monday Night Wars." 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. 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. The secret has never changed. 1996 represented WCW's arrival in the big time. It led to another heel turn for Hogan and the reformation of the nWo. On January 4, 2010, TNA moved Impact! 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]. 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. Our complete Pro Wrestlers Database allows you to travel through time and see the WWE Roster by Year or any specific Date in history. At the time, Savage had been positioned as the elder statesman overseeing WWE's New Generation. The concept was spearheaded by McMahon along with head WWF writer Vince Russo, who changed the way wrestling television was written and constructed. This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies. I attended 4 wrestlemania, multiple raw and smackdowns in the past. The main event was the traditional World War 3 battle royal, in which the winner would receive a future title . With this event, Eastern Championship Wrestling seceded from the NWA and became Extreme Championship Wrestling. 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. [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. Has wear. During the promo, Russo also reversed the result of the Jarrett/Hogan match and giving the championship back to Jarrett. 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. With Turner no longer in control, the corporate executives of the combined AOL Time Warner would sell its assets. The WWF was taping Raw Is War at the nearby Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, Virginia. Despite efforts to salvage the company, it was ultimately sold to McMahon, ending the Monday Night Wars. Even though the names of the international characters are changed most likely due to liscensing issues, this roster is loaded. 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 includes the list of all WWE Superstars, division between Men and Women Roster, as well as Managers, Announcers, Authority figures, Producers and other personalities in World Wrestling Entertainment. The secret has never changed. Another 1980s fan favorite returning that evening was The Ultimate Warrior, who would go on to enjoy a brief revival in popularity. 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. This show made Sting a star after he wrestled NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair to a 45-minute draw. Other times, greatness sneaks up and catches everyone off guard. I told you people that WWE does not care about any of you! [9] Nitro began airing a weekly segment entitled Where the Big Boys Play! 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 Bret Hart. Survivor Series 1997. . Another demotion. . Since nobody but Bischoff and Luger's good friend Sting knew that Luger would return to WCW, the shock value generated by his appearance was great. Post by Mid-Carder onyesterday at 2:24am. Because the fans are not in control! 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. 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. [45] The brand would continue to operate until 2010 when it was replaced with NXT. Single Match - A one on one match. 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. He was the one who intended to bring more positive change. SD! [19] On April 13, 1998, Raw defeated Nitro in the ratings for the first time since 1996.[23]. 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. That year, Savage and Diamond Dallas Page had Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Feud Of The Year. I attended 4 wrestlemania, multiple raw and smackdowns in the past. GCW's show, which aired on Saturday evenings, was complemented by a Sunday evening edition. $11.99. They cannot vote on matters? In 2000, WCW lost US$62 million, due to guaranteed contracts of their older performers, plummeting advertising revenues, dropping house show attendance, declining attendance of tapings for Thunder (which moved its tapings to immediately after Nitro beginning on October 9 of that year), controversial booking decisions (like Arquette and Russo winning the WCW World Heavyweight Championship), and expensive stunts to boost the dismal ratings and pay-per-view buyrates. At the outset of the storyline, the WWF filed a lawsuit against WCW, alleging that WCW was illegally representing the nWo as a WWF affiliate and that Hall's persona was too close to his "Razor Ramon" character (itself a parody of Al Pacino's character in Scarface), to which the WWF retained the rights. Let him go! However, Jarrett had what some in the business call "Change the channel heat." Foley began alternating characters, variously appearing as Mankind (whose character was tweaked from an insane asylum inmate to essentially Foley in a mask), Dude Love, and his former persona of Cactus Jack, an old western outlaw. However, Savage still felt he had a lot left in the tank as a performer. It feels like a forced meal we do not want to eat. WCW was entering severe financial and creative lows. Shows were taped before a small live, in-studio audience, as were most professional wrestling television shows of that era. Austin's popularity would skyrocket even more with the company's fan base during this time. vs RAW 2010. On this page you find the full WWE Roster in the year 1997. Formerly known as Razor Ramon, Scott Hall joined Kevin Nash in departing WWE for WCW, where they formed the . Anderson and Rhodes' booking style was generally in line with the lighthearted, morally uncomplicated narrative that had been popular in 1980s wrestling, but which was generally looked upon with growing disdain by younger wrestling fans. 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". In 1994, Bischoff took a more aggressive stance in his capacity as vice president. In 1983, the WWF started its own cable show called WWF All American Wrestling, airing Sunday mornings on the USA Network. I attended 4 wrestlemania, multiple raw and smackdowns in the past. Behind the scenes, executives who had longed to see WCW removed from the Turner organization were eventually able to see it come to fruition after Turner Broadcasting's merger with Time Warner and their merger with America Online (AOL). Copyright 2010-2023 TheSmackDownHotel.com. In 2004, WWE produced a DVD called The Monday Night Wars. Luger's reign would be brief but his title win was unforgettable. Week after week in 1997, fans tuned in to watch Sting drop from the rafters and foil The nWo's plans. 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). Now you people realize who you have been feeding this entire time? 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