WCW facts, tidbits, and stuff people forgot

[Epic Reine 0]

How exactly was the GI Bro angle dropped?

 

Did they just drop it without explanation or did they have an angle where he quit MIA or something?

[CBright7831 0]

No, he just dropped it.

[Placebo Effect 0]

How exactly was the GI Bro angle dropped?

 

Did they just drop it without explanation or did they have an angle where he quit MIA or something?

Once he beat Stasiak in the Boot Camp Match, he just went back to being Booker T.

[nl5xsk1 0]

The Hector thing is an urban myth. IN his book Goldberg says that he did a job for Chad Fortune of Techno Team 2000 fame at WCW Saturday Night taping in his 2nd or 3rd match, not to Hector. I remember the Piper thing and Goldberg doesn't mention that in his book.

 

For the record I did not buy Goldberg's shitty book. My sister got a free copy after she edited an excerpt that was in Playboy, when she did an internship there. So she gave the her copy for X-Mas one year. The book is horrible shows just how big a mark Goldberg really is for himself and wrestling in general.

Doesn't the fact that Goldberg is such a mark for himself lead you to think that he might have glossed over some of the less-than-flattering details of his career?

[Use Your Illusion 0]

One thing I've always wanted clarified...

 

JJ Dillon said in his RF shoot interview that Russo was often pitching completely insane ideas that far surpassed the idiocy seen every week on Nitro. Dillon said that Russo once asked Jim Crockett how much it would take to bribe the fire marshall in the local area so that he could run an angle where a flaming-branding-iron weilding Terry Funk would literally burn down the arena.

 

I'm not making this shit up, swear.

[Some Guy 0]

The Hector thing is an urban myth.  IN his book Goldberg says that he did a job for Chad Fortune of Techno Team 2000 fame at WCW Saturday Night taping in his 2nd or 3rd match, not to Hector.  I remember the Piper thing and Goldberg doesn't mention that in his book.

 

For the record I did not buy Goldberg's shitty book.  My sister got a free copy after she edited an excerpt that was in Playboy, when she did an internship there.  So she gave the her copy for X-Mas one year.  The book is horrible shows just how big a mark Goldberg really is for himself and wrestling in general.

Doesn't the fact that Goldberg is such a mark for himself lead you to think that he might have glossed over some of the less-than-flattering details of his career?

Why would he say htat he lost to Chad Fortune, who was a jobber everwhere and deny losing ot Hector who was a big star in Texas and Mexico and a good worker?

 

I'm not sticking up for Goldberg, but that would seem kind of strange for him to deny one loss but admit to another. He claims in the book that he had no problem losing to Fortune because he got paid the same either way. Apparently his tune changed at some point in the next year or so.

 

Either way, who cares? Goldberg will most likely not be back in WWE, so chances are we'll never see him in a wrestling ring again, unless he does a show in Japan or TNA hits the lottery and can afford him.

[JJMc 0]

One thing I've always wanted clarified...

 

JJ Dillon said in his RF shoot interview that Russo was often pitching completely insane ideas that far surpassed the idiocy seen every week on Nitro. Dillon said that Russo once asked Jim Crockett how much it would take to bribe the fire marshall in the local area so that he could run an angle where a flaming-branding-iron weilding Terry Funk would literally burn down the arena.

 

I'm not making this shit up, swear.

Why/when would Crockett have been around during Russo's tenure? I'm not disputing this, I've heard the story, too. I'm just curious.

[JHawk 0]

One thing I've always wanted clarified...

 

JJ Dillon said in his RF shoot interview that Russo was often pitching completely insane ideas that far surpassed the idiocy seen every week on Nitro. Dillon said that Russo once asked Jim Crockett how much it would take to bribe the fire marshall in the local area so that he could run an angle where a flaming-branding-iron weilding Terry Funk would literally burn down the arena.

 

I'm not making this shit up, swear.

Why/when would Crockett have been around during Russo's tenure? I'm not disputing this, I've heard the story, too. I'm just curious.

I'm thinking Dillon meant David Crockett, who did stay with WCW after Turner bought JCP and was there pretty much until the end.

[nl5xsk1 0]

Why would he say htat he lost to Chad Fortune, who was a jobber everwhere and deny losing ot Hector who was a big star in Texas and Mexico and a good worker?

 

I'm not sticking up for Goldberg, but that would seem kind of strange for him to deny one loss but admit to another. He claims in the book that he had no problem losing to Fortune because he got paid the same either way. Apparently his tune changed at some point in the next year or so.

 

Either way, who cares? Goldberg will most likely not be back in WWE, so chances are we'll never see him in a wrestling ring again, unless he does a show in Japan or TNA hits the lottery and can afford him.

Because enough stories have circulated that he indeed lost matches; it'd be a blatant and easily discounted lie for him to all of a sudden say, "Nope, I never lost a match until that Nash incident".

 

But, if he took the most commonly known story of him losing and discredited that one, it might make it sound like he lost less frequently than he did.

[Hunter's Torn Quad 0]

Whose idea was Renegade? And out of all the people in the world that could have played the part, why pick THAT piece of crap?

When the real Warrior turned WCW down, Rick Wilson was recommend to them by Wendell Wetherby, who drove Warrior around during his WWF days. When Warrior found out, he broke off all contact with Wetherby.

[LessonInMachismo 0]

Using the GI Bro gimmick was actually Booker T's idea, if I remember correctly. I don't know his logic behind that one. It definitely wasn't a decision like Undertaker reverting to an old gimmick.

 

As for Jericho, I remember him being at the WCW.com booth at a PPV, possibly GAB '99.

[Guest Arnold_OldSchool]

Here's a fun tidbit: The RnR Express and Midnight Express (Condrey/Eaton) both came to the NWA full time within a month of each other (and boy did the workrate sky rocket!) July/Aug 1985

[Lil' Bitch 0]

What was the deal with Curt Hennig joining the nWo Wolfpack in 98 and then leaving it a few weeks later? Did he not want to play a face or something?

[Guest netslob]

what was the point of Hennig joining the NWO anyway? he was a perfect (heh heh) fit for the Horsemen, why ruin that?

 

oh, wait, i'll answer my own question...wouldn't want any other stable to DARE try and overshadow the great and powerful NWO. god, Hogan ruins everything. i'll bet Flair rues the day he ever thought of bringing Hogan to WCW.

[LessonInMachismo 0]

I don't think Hennig was a fit for the Wolfpack. They were all "cool" and he was just this badass technician kind of guy. You can stretch things a bit and see Konnan, Sting, Luger and Nash do hip hoppy stuff, but Hennig? No.

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Not to mention that Rick Rude was a member of the Wolfpac (yes, they spelled it with no "k") along with Hennig, and seeing Rude not only as a face but also on the same side as Sting was just too weird.

[Jericholic82 0]

I guess hennig and Rude were plants by Hogan to destory the wolfpac rebellion within their own ranks?

[Jericholic82 0]

and I too kept waiting for Rude to attack sting from behind and hit the rude awakening.

 

I remember how Rude was commentating when the nwo took over nitro in december 97 (the nitro before starrcade) and verbally buried sting talking about how much he hated him for ending his career.

 

 

so it was weird to see that.

[Some Guy 0]

I was watching Superbrawl 2 today. It was Ventura's first WCW PPV, so they introduced him and he came out to the ring on a Harley and then told Jim Ross that if he wore a cowboy hat he'd look like JR (something, I can't rememeber) and that his intials were JR. Later he asked Ross if he was going to get the hat, to which Ross replied that he'd comprimise and get cowboy boots.

 

I think Vince watched that show and decided not to comprimise with Jim.

[CBright7831 0]

What was WCW's PPV schedule for 2001?

 

Someone earlier said they had the April PPV on the back of on of their magazines.

 

What was the last WCW magazine like?

[BUTT 0]

WCW was planning to do away all their PPV names except SuperBrawl, Great American Bash, Halloween Havoc, and Starrcade and replace them with new ones. They were originally supposed to have an April PPV, but Bischoff planned to have the company shut down for a few weeks after he bought it, and then return in an early May PPV called "The Big Bang". Of course, this never took place. No PPV names were ever announced past that.

[LessonInMachismo 0]

Actually, Superbrawl had "Revenge" added to the title.

 

What with Sin and Greed, imagine the other PPV's named after the seven dealy sins:

 

WCW presents

 

Pride! (Or Vanity!)

 

Envy!

 

Gluttony!

 

Lust!

 

Anger! (Or Wrath!)

 

Sloth!

 

Sloth is defined as " is the avoidance of physical or spiritual work." I guess Nash would've made his surprise return there.

 

Greed would have sounded better as Avarice.

[Guest Arnold_OldSchool]

Bobby Eaton's partner list:

 

Chris Beniot

Arn Anderson

Joey Maggs

Dennis Condrey

Stan Lane

Regal/Taylor

 

Any I missed?

 

I think he and Koko Ware or a similar flyer teamed in Memphis Pre PYTs

[JoeDirt 0]

The Big Bang might be the worst PPV name ever.

[JoeDirt 0]

Did Nash start in WCW as Vinnie Vegas and then turn into Oz or vice versa?

 

In the Fall Brawl 1997 Wargames main event, I seem to recall Flair saying he wanted the guy in the cage who did the Horsemen spoof. What was the original pairings for the match and was this a last second change or were they always planning to go with this main event?

 

I remember the Wargames at FB98 was changed as well to make for a "one guy takes it" format. What were the original matchups in that match and why did they change things?

[Hunter's Torn Quad 0]

Did Nash start in WCW as Vinnie Vegas and then turn into Oz or vice versa?

He actually started back in 1990 as one half of The Master Blasters.

[Guest netslob]

Did Nash start in WCW as Vinnie Vegas and then turn into Oz or vice versa?

He actually started back in 1990 as one half of The Master Blasters.

and then he became Oz, and THEN he became Vegas.

[BUTT 0]

Oz made his debut at Superbrawl I, and then Vinnie Vegas made his debut at the Clash in January 92.

 

Speaking of Nash, I seem to remember WCW airing a match with him on Worldwide as Vinnie Vegas the week after he made his WWF debut as HBK's bodyguard.

[Guest jm29195]

Speaking of Nash, I seem to remember WCW airing a match with him on Worldwide as Vinnie Vegas the week after he made his WWF debut as HBK's bodyguard.

 

 

 

You think that's bad, we used to get WCW Worldwide in the uk and they once aired an episode with Eddie Guerrero in the main event 2 weeks after he defected, that was bad enough but they also had Bobby Duncum jr on the event and he'd been dead for at least 3 weeks......

[BUTT 0]

Wow, that is bad. Especially when you consider that Duncum had left WCW months before his death!