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In WrestleCrap: The Very Worst of Pro Wrestling, Reynolds says of the Fingerpoke of Doom, "That was that. Fans had been burned one time too many by WCW and the nWo. From that point on in 1999, ratings steadily dropped for the company". Nitro's rating, which had been competitive with WWF despite losing the ratings lead, plummeted and never ...
In his first book, WrestleCrap, Baer chronicles the characters and storylines from WWE and World Championship Wrestling which he perceives to the very worst. [4] [9] It features an introduction by John Tenta. [10] Reynolds also co-authored The Death of WCW, with wrestling journalist Bryan Alvarez. [11]
World Championship Wrestling (WCW) was an American professional wrestling promotion that existed from 1988 to 2001. It began as a promotion affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) that appeared on the national scene under the ownership of media mogul Ted Turner and based in Atlanta, Georgia.
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).
The WCW World Heavyweight Championship is the original world title of WCW and it remained as such until March 2001, when WCW was purchased by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now known as WWE) and the championship was defended as the WCW Championship as part of the Invasion storyline, with the WCW initials being dropped from the title's ...
Although their prime run in WCW was short-lived, the Rock n Roll Rebels achieved lasting fame as participating in one of the worst gimmicks in wrestling history. In 1989, the Pro Wrestling Observer awarded them the title of "Worst Gimmick". [24] The Ding Dongs are now consistently ranked among the most worst gimmicks of all time.
This is a list of professional wrestlers and personalities that performed in World Championship Wrestling from 1988 to 2001. They are listed in alphabetical order by last name. For alumni of pre-WWE promotion Jim Crockett Promotions, see List of former Jim Crockett Promotions personnel. Deceased individuals are indicated with a dagger (†).
The Warrior match, which is considered one of the worst matches of all time, and the Goldberg vs. Diamond Dallas Page match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, which is considered one of the greatest WCW matches of all time. [1] In 2014, all of WCW's Halloween Havoc PPVs became available on WWE's streaming service, the WWE Network. [2]