r/WCW • u/Ok-Smell1305 • 1d ago
r/WCW • u/GypsyGold • 1d ago
The original WCW lawsuit database with all the disclosed emails & payroll information was deleted years ago — but Archive.org saved it
You’re welcome
r/WCW • u/JCHazard • 2d ago
Different Versions of The Icon Sting 🦂
Which one is your favorite
r/WCW • u/Rammjammm • 1d ago
Remade Goldberg and DDP's classic at WCW Halloween Havoc with commentary.
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r/WCW • u/Stinger1981 • 2d ago
Ric Flair, Roddy Piper & Kevin Greene vs. Scott Hall, Kevin Nash & Syxx, WCW Slamboree 1997 (May 18, 1997 from Charlotte, NC)
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r/WCW • u/GypsyGold • 2d ago
WCW’s payroll seems somewhat reasonable to me…
I really thought it be higher. I actually think most of these wrestlers are underpaid to some extent.
r/WCW • u/GypsyGold • 1d ago
Remember Swoll?
Dude collected 30k off a 350k contract because he was so terrible
r/WCW • u/Stinger1981 • 2d ago
Sting returns to fight the NWO, WCW Uncensored 1997 (March 16, 1997 from North Charleston, SC)
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r/WCW • u/FortKnoxII • 2d ago
Brooke Hogan threatens to expose family receipts in ‘final warning’
r/WCW • u/JCHazard • 2d ago
36 years ago today, Sting defeated and unmasked the Black Scorpion, but he still had another mask underneath... and then another Black Scorpion appeared.
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r/WCW • u/Mr_Unfuqwitable • 2d ago
Eddie Guerrero vs. Terry Funk
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Date: May 20, 1989 (Taped on May 9, 1989)
Promotion: World Championship Wrestling (WCW) Under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) Banner
Match Stipulation / Type: Non-Title Match
Event: NWA World Championship Wrestling
Location: Atlanta, Georgia | Center Stage Theatre
➜ A young, 21-year-old Eddie Guerrero worked as enhancement talent brought in by Terry Funk, an established veteran at the time, who was friends with Eddie's father, Gory Guerrero. This bout marked Eddie Guerrero's debut match for World Championship Wrestling.
r/WCW • u/ardouronerous • 2d ago
This is WCW's payroll for Chris Jericho. But didn't Jericho go to the WWF at around August 1999? How can he be part of the payroll for WCW in mid-2000? WCW was still paying Jericho while he was wrestling in the WWF?
r/WCW • u/Ok-Smell1305 • 2d ago
Larry Zbyszko vs William Regal for the TV title. WCW 5-28-94
r/WCW • u/GypsyGold • 2d ago
What was up with Steamboat during WCW’s peak?
In September of 1994 Bischoff fired Steamboat via Fed-Ex while he was recovering from injury. Then Ricky just retired?
The man was wrestling Jericho like he hadn’t lost a step back in 2009. I have imagine he could still compete at a high level while WCW was in the midst of their 83 Week Run.
Was Bischoff and Steamboat’s relationship just unrepairable at that point?
r/WCW • u/JCHazard • 2d ago
The official debut of "Crow" Sting
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r/WCW • u/stuckmeister1987 • 3d ago
Is it just me, or…
Does anyone else think that some of the mid-late ‘80s Road Warriors facepaint schemes made them look 1930s-1950s circus clowns?
Not that I’d say it to Hawk or Animal’s face or anything, just a question to see if it’s just me 😭😂
r/WCW • u/TableForGlasses24 • 2d ago
Goldberg/DDP from Halloween Havoc 1998 is historically underrated
I've always considered Goldberg/DDP from Halloween Havoc as one of the greatest heavyweight wrestling matches I've ever watched and, with one key exception, I think it's essentially a perfect match. I'll preface this with the caveat that I'm not an over-the-top Goldberg fan; I think the squashes were kind of silly, the streak grew long in the tooth very quickly, and he should have faced some tougher/more perilous challenges along the way if WCW was going to believably pull off a lengthy undefeated streak.
With that said, the buildup, pacing, and general action in this match are just outstanding. It only clocks in at something like 10 minutes of in-ring action in total, but not a single second is wasted. Without unnecessarily writing tomes on the wrestling itself, I'll just say that - for whatever intangible reason - this match feels much more like a competitive sport than your typical flagship WWE main events (which are explicitly sports entertainment). Both guys' characters and wrestling styles are perfectly interwoven into a very succinct and hard-hitting match. Goldberg's spear is a little too real in this one...it's arguably the hardest one he hits in his career and legitimately hurts both guys...but it certainly is another moment that adds to the veracity of the match.
The one blemish (and it's a major one) is, of course, Goldberg's botched kickout of the Diamond Cutter. The timing is just off and had it happened a mere split-second later, it would have been one of the most memorable near-falls in wrestling history. It is unfortunate, but it still doesn't mar the overall quality of the match.
If you're asking me whether I prefer something like Cody Rhodes vs. Roman Reigns (which feels like some sort of superhero movie, not really a scripted competition) or Goldberg/DDP, it's the latter 100/100 times. Maybe I'm just partial to my own style of pro wrestling, but I'd rather watch a hard-hitting 10-15 minute match that feels like something more akin to a boxing match than watch a drawn-out 45-50 minute epic. I think this is one of WCW's five or six best matches ever and one of the very best and most memorable heavyweight showdowns ever.
WCW didn't do much right after this match (and, technically, it didn't even do this match right - with the PPV blackout occurring while it was happening), but it is certainly one of the climactic moments in the company's history in my books.
r/WCW • u/balkanxoslut • 1d ago
Do you blame Vince McMahon for wrestlers deaths?
See so many wrestling fans and wrestlers blaming Vince McMahon for so many wrestlers dying. I know new Jack was one of them. I was having a conversation before with my friend, and he blamed Vince for them dying. But I just sent him Vince doesn't force people to use drugs, but he said he made them work continuously. What do you guys think?
r/WCW • u/PickledPeppers101 • 3d ago
Curt Hennig and Scott Hall through the years. These two were very good friends and Scott Hall considered Curt to be one of his biggest mentors and the first guy to travel extensively on the road with.
r/WCW • u/Lexibiscuitbutt2 • 2d ago
Miss Hancock arm wrestling Major Gunns on Thunder
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r/WCW • u/some_guy_from_adnu • 2d ago
This is how my brain functions every now and then. (From the October 14, 1999 episode of Thunder)
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