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The relationship between WCW and Master P was supposed to be a symbiotic one, with WCW gaining exposure with fans of hip hop music, and Master P getting his cousin Randy Thornton (Swoll) a break in the wrestling business in the United States, as his only prior in-ring experience was a brief stint in New Japan back in 1991.
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 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 .
Sullivan subsequently left ECW to return to World Championship Wrestling full-time; Woman remained in ECW until February 1996. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] While working for WCW, Sullivan – along with Brian Pillman and Sherri Martel – made an appearance at an ECW event on November 18, 1994 as part of a settlement for a copyright infringement claim ...
WCW Thunder, or simply Thunder, is an American professional wrestling show produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) which aired on TBS from January 8, 1998 to March 21, 2001. The popularity of WCW in 1996 and 1997 allowed for the creation of a new show, which became WCW Thunder .
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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]
WCW's Commissioner, Ernest Miller, came out and booked the title match, which ended in a disqualification as both sides interfered. [2] On the following episode of Thunder, Miller booked Totally Buff (Lex Luger and Buff Bagwell) in a match against KroniK (Brian Adams and Bryan Clark), which the former won after Jarrett interfered. DDP came to ...