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In 2001, the World Wrestling Federation (now known as WWE) purchased the assets of WCW, including the video libraries of all previous NWA and WCW pay-per-views, and the ownership rights of the names of these events. To date WWE has only promoted one pay-per-view event using the name of a former WCW PPV, The Great American Bash, from 2004 until ...
World Championship Wrestling (WCW) was an American professional wrestling promotion founded by Ted Turner in 1988, after Turner Broadcasting System, through a subsidiary named Universal Wrestling Corporation, purchased the assets of National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) territory Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) (which had aired its programming on TBS).
WCW Wrestling (a.k.a. World Championship Wrestling) is a Nintendo Entertainment System professional wrestling video game that was originally released in Japan in 1989 under the name Super Star Pro Wrestling, with a different lineup of wrestlers. It was later released in North America in 1990 with a more familiar lineup of wrestlers.
Video games by former professional wrestling promotion World Championship Wrestling: WCW Wrestling [1989] (NES) WCW: The Main Event [1994] (Game Boy) WCW SuperBrawl Wrestling [1994] (SNES) WCW vs. the World [1997] (PlayStation) WCW vs. nWo: World Tour [1997] (Nintendo 64) Virtual Pro Wrestling 64 [1997] (Nintendo 64)
WCW Backstage Assault; WCW Mayhem (video game) WCW Nitro (video game) WCW/nWo Revenge; WCW/nWo Thunder; WCW SuperBrawl Wrestling; WCW vs. nWo: World Tour; WCW vs. the World; WCW Wrestling; WCW: The Main Event
On March 23, 2001, all of WCW's trademarks and archived video library, as well as a select twenty-four contracts, were sold to Vince McMahon and World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc. through its subsidiary, WCW, Inc. WCW's intangible properties were purchased for $3 million. [107]
WCW SuperBrawl Wrestling is a professional wrestling video game published by FCI, Inc. for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1994. The third World Championship Wrestling (WCW) video game, it is named after the pay-per-view SuperBrawl. It was the only WCW game to be released on the Super NES, and the last to be produced by FCI, Inc.
WCW Nitro is a professional wrestling video game based on the television show WCW Monday Nitro. [6] 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.