Luger's reign would be brief but his title win was unforgettable. The DVD had stories of wrestlers who were not employed by WWE telling their side of ECW's history. Meanwhile, both companies would establish both formal and informal partnerships with ECW, with ECW performers either appearing on WWF and WCW shows while still under contract, or outright leaving ECW to work for one of the other two promotions. [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. 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. WCW ultimately ran into financial difficulties as a result of the amount of money they had promised wrestlers during a hiring binge in the early and middle part of the decade, which had been aimed at acquiring large portions of the WWF's talent roster. Triple H is going to play dumb and go with the flow. 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. 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. Time for the wrestling community to come together and build strong alternatives! Throughout the majority of 1997, WCW could do no wrong. Tazz would later appear on WWF programming with the title. Raw originated from The Grand Ballroom at the Manhattan Center, a New York City theater, and aired live each week. Pinfalls were allowed this time in a match that was more about individuals than the team effort of the past. 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. 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. Legends of WrestleMania. Thanks for looking! The original Raw broke new ground in televised professional wrestling. Released by THQ for the PlayStation game console in 1998, the game featured a large roster of playable WCW wrestlers as well as full motion video clips of the television show. He was the one who intended to bring more positive change. [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. This whole entire time nobody ever gave a damn! At Bash at the Beach, Hall and Nash were scheduled to team with their mystery partner against Lex Luger, Randy Savage, and Sting. Welcome back to the clown world that everyone has fallen asleep to! Copyright 2010-2023 TheSmackDownHotel.com. Raw, and the WWF in general, was considered to be at a creative nadir before Nitro started. 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!). They cannot vote on matters? 2019 should be updated in the post draft only. Sports Roster. Characters like Sabu (David Harley) and Ken . Three weeks prior to the final Nitro, ECW owner Paul Heyman had begun an announcing contract with the WWF, as ECW had also fallen to financial problems and was forced to declare bankruptcy and close in January 2001. The garbage they come out with now is disgusting. Shows were taped before a small live, in-studio audience, as were most professional wrestling television shows of that era. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for WCW vs The World Sony PlayStation 1 PS1 - Disc Only - Tested - Ships Fast at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping. These people operating things just do not care. On this page you find the full ECW Roster in the year 1997. $9.88. Russo would then cut a shoot promo proclaiming that the reason WCW was in dire straits was due to "that goddamn politician Hulk Hogan". The match was interrupted by the stables of WCW's nWo and WWE's DX, leading to a brawl between them and Sting's defeat in his first match in the company. Ahead of All Out 2021, Khan . On this page you find the full WWE Roster in the year 1997. Bret's brother, Owen, also attempted to quit the WWF, citing a knee injury but was unable to get out of his contract. Two hours in length, the DVD left out a large portion of the "war," breaking off around 1997 before jumping straight to the post-WCW era of WWE. During the year, as part of Hart's anti-US angle and his feud with Austin, Hart allied with his brother Owen Hart, his brothers-in-law The British Bulldog and Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart, and with close Hart family friend Brian Pillman, to form the new Hart Foundation. We understand that Mick Foley, who wrestled here at one time as Cactus Jack, is gonna win their World title. They stopped caring after the attitude era. 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. . 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]. It currently stands as the highest-rated segment in Raw history.[29]. WWE promises big changes. I told you people that WWE does not care about any of you! His appearance on WCW television led to legal threats from ECW owner Paul Heyman. Wrestlers are going to quit. 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. The roster is quite possibly the largest roster of licensed . (1999 - 2001) (1988 - 1998) WCW Worldwide (1999 - 2001) WCW Worldwide (1992 - 1998) WCW World Championship Wrestling WCW Thunder WCW Saturday Night WCW Prime After jumping from WCW to run roughshod over the WWE roster, Sid returned to terrorize once again, taking on the likes of Kevin Nash, "Hollywood" Hogan and Goldberg. [44] With heightened and rejuvenated interest in the ECW franchise, WWE organized ECW One Night Stand in June 2005, an ECW reunion event. 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! This is a list of professional wrestlers and personalities that performed in World Championship Wrestling from 1988 to 2001. He's a writer, podcast host, and runs the @flashbackwrestling account on Instagram. Kidman achieved his Fourth Reign. It's hard to imagine Sting being so hot in 1997 without the evil Hogan being his counterpart. By Ralphmilne. Because the fans are not in control! Before World Championship Wrestling was formed, Jim Crockett Promotions existed. The most ignorant and unresponsive pro wrestling show on tv. Welcome back to the clown world that everyone has fallen asleep to! 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. The publication of the first of what proved to be a three-volume Foley autobiography, Have a Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks, helped Foley and the company achieve mainstream success outside of wrestling circles as the book rose to #1 on The New York Times Best Seller List. He threw down the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, stating that he did not want to be champion of a "dead promotion". 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! Jim Barnett, Jack and Gerald Brisco had major stakes in the organization, while Ole Anderson was head booker and was in charge of operations. YOU. Stephanie McMahon leaves WWE ; Vince is president, Please dont ban me. Absolute egotistical nonsense. I've also began working on Late-99 to Mid-00 wresters and will be adding them to the . Our complete Pro Wrestlers Database allows you to travel through time and see the WCW Roster . ECW was promoted as counterculture and a grittier alternative to multimillion-dollar organizations such as the WWF and WCW. . Gordon took offense at Coralluzzo for his power plays and began contemplating a plan to secede ECW from the NWA in a controversial and public manner that would attract attention to ECW and insult the NWA organization. By 1988, Crockett's acquisition spree had severely drained his coffers. After winning the World War 3 battle royal in November 1998, with the help of Scott Hall and his stun gun, Kevin Nash ended Goldberg's 1730 winning streak and won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship at Starrcade the following month. 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. Welcome back to the clown world that everyone has fallen asleep to! A week later, they announced the forthcoming appearance of a mysterious third member of their group. 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. WrestleMania XII also began a brief turning point for the WWF, after which Raw would overtake Nitro for two consecutive months. Throughout 1997, Raw Is War began to become more and more controversial, and despite the company not getting any rating victories, the WWF gradually began receiving significantly more acclaim. 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! 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. Copyright 2010-2023 TheSmackDownHotel.com. I told you people that WWE does not care about any of you! However, the weekly live schedule became a financial drain on the WWF, and the company began taping shows; sometimes up to a month's worth of shows were taped at a time. To Monday nights, in direct competition with Raw. 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! Another demotion. WCW's final victory in the Monday Night Wars came on October 26, following the previous night's Halloween Havoc pay-per-view. 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. I told you people that WWE does not care about any of you! The first was the ongoing story of Sting's quest to save WCW from The nWo. Simply use the filters below! 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. . Everyone has a morale/confidence boost after Vince left. 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. Despite that, Jarrett found himself working in WCW in 1997. 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. Another 1980s fan favorite returning that evening was The Ultimate Warrior, who would go on to enjoy a brief revival in popularity. Page would keep that momentum rolling into 1998 where he'd experience even more career success. Surprisingly for Bischoff, Turner granted him one live hour on TNT[a] every Monday night, which specifically overlapped with Raw. Despite the incident, WCW would continue this bait and switch tactic of booking until its demise in 2001. It feels like a forced meal we do not want to eat. Replay. Tested & in good working condition. In the end, though, Jarrett never seemed to fit into WCW and the fans never embraced him as a heel or babyface. Diesel wasn't the only gimmick WWE tried to pass on to a new wrestler. As 1993 began, Prime Time Wrestling was struggling in the ratings and was canceled by USA. 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. On this page you find the full WCW Roster in the year 1996. Fall Brawl 1997 - Lawrence Joel Coliseum; Winston-Salem, NC 9/14/1997 - Cruiserweight Title: Eddie Guerrero beat Chris Jericho to win the title . The objectivity of the DVD's content was questioned, as some believed the documentary was simply telling the WWE side of the story. Diamond Dallas Page pinned Stevie Ray to earn a . Throughout the late 1990s, the WWF began to rise in popularity after it rebranded itself as a more adult-themed, sexualized and violent product, a period in the company's history now referred to as the Attitude Era. 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! GCW's show, which aired on Saturday evenings, was complemented by a Sunday evening edition. The episode included a repeat airing of the Halloween Havoc WCW World Heavyweight Championship match between Diamond Dallas Page and Goldberg after the original airing exceeded the scheduled 3-hour running time and subscribers lost the feed at 11 p.m. EST. YOU. 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. Welcome back to the clown world that everyone has fallen asleep to! On January 4, 2010, TNA moved Impact! Randy Savage. Bookmark Quiz Bookmark Quiz -/5-RATE QUIZ. By - 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. . The WWF was taping Raw Is War at the nearby Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, Virginia. It takes a special type of performer to be so over without wrestling or uttering a single word for over a year. Absolute egotistical nonsense. The heightened profiles of WWF wrestlers helped to draw the attention of both new and casual wrestling fans to the company's programming. WCW PAYROLL INFORMATION (1997) Note: Financial Data runs from January 1, 1997 to December 31,1997, and reflects actual payments made to wrestlers during that period. 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. On this page you find the full WCW Roster & Alumni across the All-Time History of the company. Not surprisingly, Morris never accomplished as much as he should've in WCW. Another demotion. 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. Heat in the wrestling business is often a good thing. 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. This was a direct parallel to the very first Nitro. 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. After the Sting/Flair match, McMahon appeared on Raw Is War to close Nitro and to declare victory over WCW. On this page you find the full ECW Roster in the year 1997. While the material involving Hogan and Savage usually poked fun at their old ages, the skits aimed at Turner were decidedly more inflammatory in nature and contained material that could have been considered slanderous. Like WCW's nWo storyline, the WWF began to blur the line between real life and kayfabe: Vince McMahon, taking advantage of fans' genuine dislike for him following the Montreal Screwjob, recast himself as the evil Mr. McMahon, a corrupt businessman who despised his own fans and valued sycophancy over talent. After this incident, the PPV industry warned McMahon not to schedule PPV events simultaneously with the NWA again. He was the one who intended to bring more positive change. He would have worked with Rock on his ascent as well considering how he looked out for him. 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". Razor Ramon. It took a lot of deliberate factors in a row to cut his legs out repeatedly as both a face and a heel during his WCW run - but the problem was never, ever at any point . 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. While WCW was red hot in 1997 with talented wrestlers and great storylines, there were also some less than stellar WCW competitors. The most ignorant and unresponsive pro wrestling show on tv. Our complete Pro Wrestlers Database allows you to travel through time and see the WWE Roster by Year or any specific Date in history. 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 McMichaels, 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, Jimmy Grafitti, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Bunkhouse Buck, La Parka, Ultimo Dragon, Tombstone, Super Calo, "Dangerous" Devon Storm, Ace Darling, Greg The Hammer Valentine TOTAL ROSTER: 78 The WCW roster for February 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 Duggan, "Big" John Tenta, Scott Armstrong, Randy "Macho Man" Savage, Sgt. Under the auspices of Eric Bischoff, WCW introduced a new, complex metastory involving the defection of multiple wrestlers to a rival organization called the nWo. 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. Got me think SLRaw Time for the wrestling community to come together and build strong alternatives! It also lessened the prevalence of squash matches (where star wrestlers would defeat jobbers) on television, as both companies were compelled to show competitive, pay-per-view quality matches on a weekly basis in an effort to increase ratings. On March 10, 1997, Raw was officially renamed Raw Is War in reference to the ongoing rating battle. 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! Throughout the wars, the WWF and WCW would both adopt different concepts and narrative techniques. Comments. Take former WWE performers and bring them into WCW to perform for an audience that hadn't already been overexposed to them. The subsequent promotion of Kevin Sullivan to head booker caused an uproar among WCW's wrestlers. That year, The nWo sparked a revolution, unlike anything the sport had seen before. Bischoff was allowed back with booking powers, but no longer had control of the company finances like he did in his previous reign. 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. All Rights Reserved. ",[citation needed] with none of the profanity censored. In WCW, Wrath debuted a Mortal Kombat rip-off character alongside Mortis. They are listed in alphabetical order of their real name. Austin's popularity would skyrocket even more with the company's fan base during this time. 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. Despite having a run as WCW United States Champion in 1997, Mongo was one of the promotion's weaker characters at the time. 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. With this event, Eastern Championship Wrestling seceded from the NWA and became Extreme Championship Wrestling. Now you people realize who you have been feeding this entire time? 2009: Triple H invades Randy Orton's home. Owen Hart remained with the WWF until his controversial death at Over the Edge on May 23, 1999.[13][14][15]. Saudi Arabia now owns WWE! The time has come to bring back the glorious old days of wrestling where stars were made! Maybe for once the fans get to choose/organize the product going forward. The time has come to bring back the glorious old days of wrestling where stars were made! However, Jarrett had what some in the business call "Change the channel heat." made up to look like various WCW shows, including Pay-Per-Views like Starrcade, Superbrawl, and Halloween Havoc. 2019 should be updated in the post draft only. The following evening on Nitro, most of WCW's top stars gave faux indignant interviews, expressing their feelings of betrayal and disappointment with Hogan's actions. All Rights Reserved. WWE didn't agree, thus, Savage jumped to WCW. The show that succeeded it, Monday Night Raw, changed how wrestling on cable television would be presented. Maybe for once the fans get to choose/organize the product going forward. 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). I now know I cant use the word B**ch, Can someone release Vince McMahon and ban him from returning to the company. Now this sham company sells out everything and everyone. In 1983, the WWF started its own cable show called WWF All American Wrestling, airing Sunday mornings on the USA Network. YOU. Shane Helms. 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