WCW facts, tidbits, and stuff people forgot

[Just John 0]

If memory serves me correctly, Wrath just waded around in the mid-card doing nothing spectacular. He actually had a PPV match with Bam Bam at Souled Out 1999, which he won (I *think*. May need Hunter to verify that one. It's been a long time since I've watched that show).

Bigelow won in 9:23.

With the worst looking "greetings from Asbury Park" ever.

 

Some more questions:

 

When did Bobby Heenan quit working with WCW?

 

Did Regal accomplish anything significant after coming back from the WWF?

 

What did Jericho do between Uncensored 99 and arriving in the WWF?

 

Did the Stacy Kiebler pregnancy angle get anywhere close to being resolved?

[Hunter's Torn Quad 0]

Some more questions:

 

When did Bobby Heenan quit working with WCW?

 

Did Regal accomplish anything significant after coming back from the WWF?

 

What did Jericho do between Uncensored 99 and arriving in the WWF?

 

Did the Stacy Kiebler pregnancy angle get anywhere close to being resolved?

Heenan was let go around October of 2000

 

Nothing of note, beyond having to practically pin himself in a match against Kidman when Kidman botched the SSP.

 

Pretty much just house shows. Eric took him off TV when Jericho wouldn't re-sign.

 

Right near the end, she revealed she wasn't pregnant.

[Jericholic82 0]

well we didnt necessarily see it coming, but we knew sid was goingto go to WCW as it had been reported online. I guess it wasnt too big of a surprise for him to go after Nash (the champ at the time)

 

sid had been in ECW for a short while, so it did surprise more than a few people.

 

sid as the driver would have made sense (infact i thought that was the answer back then) but since they used the same angle again and again it never got closure till 2000

 

 

 

someone mentioned Alex Wright before. how about the whole Berlyn gimmick? after a semi-succesful heel turn in 1997 in which he won the tv and cruiserweight titles and later teamed with Disco Inferno, Alex dissapeared in late 98. ON An April 99 Nitro the camera cut to the front row where there sat Wright Except he had a weird haircut and was wearing all black, gothic looking clothes and a trenchcoat. They had to drop the gimmick for awhile as soon after this, the shootings at Columbine High School took place and since the killers were assoicated with the trenchcoats and metal music WCW panicked and scrapped the gimmick.

 

Berlyn finally debuted after some promo videos. THe revised gimmick had him as and Anti-American heel complete with a bodyguard nicknamed The Wall (real subtle) and a German Woman interpreter (as he reused to speak English) The character still might have worked, but the announcers kept calling him Alex Wright and completely undersold the gimmick. Buff Bagwell even no showed Fall Brawl 99 where he was supposed to job to Berlyn and they ahd to put Jim Duggan in there instead and he no sold much of Alexs moves and thus killed the gimmick on its arrival.

 

Berlyn never gelled and the only notable thing to come out of this was The Wall becoming a semi-main event heel (even fighting Hogan on The Spring Break Nitro-remember? Hogan is giving an interview to Okerlund in the ring when he looks up Hey its the wall!!!! hes up on a rooftop smilling weirdly)

 

in late 2000 Wright shaved his head and came back under his real name to once again team with disco inferno as the Boogie Knights (ughhhhh) He stayed in this role till the end of WCW in 2001 and hasnt been heard from sicne in a major promotion here in the states.

[Jericholic82 0]

Some more questions:

 

When did Bobby Heenan quit working with WCW?

 

Did Regal accomplish anything significant after coming back from the WWF?

 

What did Jericho do between Uncensored 99 and arriving in the WWF?

 

Did the Stacy Kiebler pregnancy angle get anywhere close to being resolved?

Heenan was let go around October of 2000

 

Nothing of note, beyond having to practically pin himself in a match against Kidman when Kidman botched the SSP.

 

Pretty much just house shows. Eric took him off TV when Jericho wouldn't re-sign.

 

Right near the end, she revealed she wasn't pregnant.

yea in fact she came to the ring with sean stasiak pushing a baby carriage and revealed it to be carrying pictures of sean

 

 

Stasiak had a short feud with BBB at the end of wcw beating him at the Greed PPV and then beating him on the last Nitro in a quick match where if Sean lost Bammer would get to tattoo Stacy

[DangerousDamon 0]

What PPV was it where 3 Count and The Young Dragons were killing themselves with insane spots with ladders, even though it wasn't a ladder match?

 

 

How long did the NO DQ rule for every match last in WCW?

 

 

 

And is it me or was Shane Helms MAD over during his run as CW Champ?

[Jericholic82 0]

Shane Helms was really over IMO. watch some old tapes and youll see the crowd had a genuine ethusiasm for him. of course having a badass theme song and girls to dance with didnt hurt. (although I hatedwhen he dumped the parachute pants)

 

once wwf got him and made him change his name and look like a jerk it was all downhill (though the hurricane gimmick has shown signs of working, they never will push him)

[alfdogg 0]

A pinfall loss to Disco Inferno on January 18th

...wow.

 

Could I get the details on this one?

[Hunter's Torn Quad 0]

A pinfall loss to Disco Inferno on January 18th

...wow.

 

Could I get the details on this one?

It went about 6 minutes. Scott Hall, with tazer in hand, came into the ring and was going to tazer Wrath. In full view of the ref. Wrath decked Hall, kicked him out of the ring, and turned around into the Chartbuster, which allowed Disco to get the pin.

[Just John 0]

Didn't WCW try something with their hardcore division where every match had to start backstage and end in the ring? How long did that last?

[Hunter's Torn Quad 0]

Didn't WCW try something with their hardcore division where every match had to start backstage and end in the ring? How long did that last?

They started that around October/November 2000. It lasted until Meng, who was Hardcore Champion, and not under contract, joined WWE just before the Rumble.

[Guest Thrashist]

On a semi-related note, anyone remember the failure of a video game that was WCW Backstage Assault that incidentally had NO WRESTLING RING? I wonder what type of genius thought of that one. Never played it, but I thought the lineup for the game kicked ass:

 

Asya, A-Wall, Bam Bam Bigelow, Big Vito, Billy Kidman, Booker T, Bret Hart, Brian Adams, Bryan Clark, Buff Bagwell, Capt. Rection, Chris Candido, Chris Kanyon, Corporal Cajun, Crowbar, Daffney, David Flair, DDP, Disco Inferno, Don Harris, Doug Dellenger, Elizabeth, Eric Bischoff, Evan Karagias, Goldberg, Hulk Hogan, Jeff Jarrett, Jimmy Hart, Johnny The Bull, Kevin Nash, Kimberly, Konnan, La Parka, Lance Storm, Lt. Loco, Major Gunns, Medusa, Mike Awesome, Mona, Ms Hancock,Norman Smiley, Rey Mysterio Jr, Ric Flair, Ron Harris, Scott Hall, Scott Steiner, Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker, Shane Douglas, Shane Helms, Shannon Moore, Sid Vicious, Stevie Ray, Sting, Tank Abbott, The Total Package, Torrie Wilson, Vampiro, Vince Russo

[Hunter's Torn Quad 0]

On a semi-related note, anyone remember the failure of a video game that was WCW Backstage Assault that incidentally had NO WRESTLING RING? I wonder what type of genius thought of that one. Never played it, but I thought the lineup for the game kicked ass:

Probably Vince Russo. He's long held this dream that the ideal wrestling show would have no ring.

[Use Your Illusion 0]

Didn't anyone inform him that it would then cease to be a wrestling show?

 

And you officially know too much, Haitch.

[Guest MikeSC]

OK, got a WCW question:

 

Capt. Mike Rotunda (1990, which is technically WCW days). Can anybody explain how they went from him being captain of the Varsity Club to the captain of a boat?

-=Mike

[Lil' Bitch 0]

What was the reason for Sting disappearing after Halloween 98 and 2000? And when did he cut his hair?

[bob_barron 0]

He got injured after HH 2000

[The Mandarin 0]

Can someone give me a rundown on any angles or storylines La Parka was involved in? Was there any?

[BUTT 0]

What was the reason for Sting disappearing after Halloween 98 and 2000? And when did he cut his hair?

After '98 he took time off for personal problems. After 2000 he was injured, but he didn't disappear right after Havoc. They did an injury angle with Steiner a couple of weeks later to explain his disappearance.

[Lil' Bitch 0]

Can someone give me a rundown on any angles or storylines La Parka was involved in? Was there any?

 

He feuded with Disco Inferno over who was the best dancer. They fought at Superbrawl VIII where La Parka jobbed.

 

I think on the Nitro or the Thunder before Spring Stampede 98, La Parka turned on his buddy Psychosis and whacked him with a chair costing him a match for some reason that was never explained. So the match was a last minute filler for the PPV to where LP jobbed again.

 

La Parka was a member of the LWO

 

And there was that angle where La Parka had someone dubbing his voice over himself like Kaeintai used to do, but I have no idea what the purpose was behind it or how it culminated.

[Guest Rrrsh]

What PPV was it where 3 Count and The Young Dragons were killing themselves with insane spots with ladders, even though it wasn't a ladder match?

 

 

How long did the NO DQ rule for every match last in WCW?

 

 

 

And is it me or was Shane Helms MAD over during his run as CW Champ?

The PPV in question is New Blood Rising. It was in 2000, July.

[UseTheSledgehammerUh 0]

WCW had nothing for Rotunda to do.

 

The Varsity Club was broken up for being too over, and the Horsemen were deemed to be the "top heel faction".

 

Rotunda was turned initially as a "Captain", alledging him being a captain of a wrestling team, for one show. Then, he kept the "Captain" name, and was a sailor. Horrible gimmick in a time period (1990) of Horrible, Horrible gimmicks. Rotunda was soon repackaged, as no one gave a fuck about him as a face, and he began feuding with Tom Zenk and Terry Taylor (very low card faces), as the initial member of The York Foundation, Michael Wallstreet.

 

He then did not re-sign, and went to WWF, with the much annoying and boring, but memorable and quite successful character of I.R.S.

[cmpunk04 0]

Parka also had a mini feud with Super Calo in 1997 that not many people remember as WCW never pushed the lucha feuds. Basicly Parka lost the fall in a 6 man match to Calo's team so he took the chair to Calo after the match. They attacked each other for a few weeks before they were supposed to have a singles blowoff match on Nitro. Of course WCW had to ruin it by having Randy Savage come in and beat Parka up as he thought it was DDP. The match never happened and that was that.

 

He had a mini feud with Buff Bagwell as well. Bagwell was being beat down by Rick Steiner and someone else who escapes me? Parka saved him and a tag match was made as the Thunder main event. Bagwell walked off during the match leaving Parka on his own. The following Nitro Parka and Buff were supposed to go one on one but Russo booking came into play. This was the deal where Bagwell lay down and let Parka pin him as if he was pissed that he had to job. After this the feud was killed off.

 

A question of my own, were the famous Ding Dongs supposed to be serious characters and what was the gimmick supposed to be?

[Hunter's Torn Quad 0]

A question of my own, were the famous Ding Dongs supposed to be serious characters and what was the gimmick supposed to be?

Yes, they were meant to be serious characters. Well, as serious as anything could be in WCW in that time. The gimmick was they brought these bells to the ring, cowbells of some kind I think, and whenever they got in trouble, they'd ring the bell, and that would somehow spur them on to make their comeback.

[deancoles 0]

Parka also had a mini feud with Super Calo in 1997 that not many people remember as WCW never pushed the lucha feuds. Basicly Parka lost the fall in a 6 man match to Calo's team so he took the chair to Calo after the match. They attacked each other for a few weeks before they were supposed to have a singles blowoff match on Nitro.

I've seen a match with them on Nitro, Calo won with his headscissors off the top rope, during the match Calo ended up in the crowd after a dive to the outside of the ring.

 

Edit: The date was June 16th 1997, Dennis Rodman was on the show and him and Hogan had a no contest against the Giant and Lex Luger.

Edited November 22, 2004 by deancoles411

[TheFranchise 0]

He had a mini feud with Buff Bagwell as well. Bagwell was being beat down by Rick Steiner and someone else who escapes me? Parka saved him and a tag match was made as the Thunder main event. Bagwell walked off during the match leaving Parka on his own. The following Nitro Parka and Buff were supposed to go one on one but Russo booking came into play. This was the deal where Bagwell lay down and let Parka pin him as if he was pissed that he had to job. After this the feud was killed off.

Was this the Thunder where Nash was on commentary?

[Slickster 0]

Was this the Thunder where Nash was on commentary?

-Nash says half the guys didn't show up tonight, so we had to book it earlier today. Awesome. Tenay is smiling and says, "Welcome to the all shoot edition of Thunder."

 

DDT Digest 10/14/99

[haws bah gawd 0]

If memory serves me correctly, Wrath just waded around in the mid-card doing nothing spectacular. He actually had a PPV match with Bam Bam at Souled Out 1999, which he won (I *think*. May need Hunter to verify that one. It's been a long time since I've watched that show).

Bigelow won in 9:23.

With the worst looking "greetings from Asbury Park" ever.

 

Wasnt Wrath's head a good foot and a half from the mat? I seem to remember the slo-mo replay clearly showing this, then Shivone (cant correctly spell his name to save my life) was hyping it as a devastating maneuver.

 

Come to think of it, Bigelow blew the move many MANY times in his WCW run.

[Open the Muggy Gate 0]

This is an awesome thread guys. Hope it goes on forever.

 

And one question... was there any worst song in WCW than American Males? I mean for the love of God...

[Guest MikeSC]

This is an awesome thread guys. Hope it goes on forever.

 

And one question... was there any worst song in WCW than American Males? I mean for the love of God...

None of their original music was anything to write home about.

 

I'd love to hear how Kevin Sullivan thought "The Dog" would ever get over.

-=Mike

[Just John 0]

Steinerline was horrible. Does anyone have the lyrics to that song?