Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 was the working title for at least two other WCW games. One was a canceled game for the game.com handheld system. The other was a sequel to Electronic Arts' WCW Mayhem, intended for release on the PlayStation 2 platform (the game was later renamed WCW Mayhem 2, and eventually canceled when WCW was sold to the WWF).
Chikara — Action Arcade Wrestling [2021] (Personal Computer/PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One) [45] All Chikara branding such as the name, official roster, music, graphics, etc. was dropped due to the company's controversy and closure before its release.
Sting would be in the rafters of WCW arenas, and sometimes rappel down into the ring to help WCW wrestlers fight the nWo. This latter feud served to build up Starrcade in December, headlined by Sting facing Hogan for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Culminating a 15-month storyline, the event drew WCW's largest buyrate. [56]
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
The game featured several firsts for a wrestling title. For instance, Mayhem was the first game to feature all twelve WCW pay-per-view venues as well as all three major WCW television shows (Nitro, Thunder, and Saturday Night). Mayhem was also the first wrestling game released in the United States to include backstage areas, a feature which ...
The company also came out with an Internet archive of all Vine videos that had ever been published—but eventually, that shut down, too. In 2018, Kroll tragically died of an accidental drug ...
Starrcade was a recurring professional wrestling event, originally broadcast via closed-circuit television and eventually broadcast via pay-per-view.It was originally held from 1983 to 2000, first by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) from 1983 to 1990, with the 1983–1987 events specifically held by Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) under the NWA, and then held by World Championship Wrestling ...