Nothing much happens. vs RAW 2011. The shift in programming helped lead the company to achieve mainstream success similar to the 1980s professional wrestling boom. WCW and the nWo continued to grow in popularity, and for the next 84 consecutive weeks Nitro beat Raw in the ratings. After the initial shock wore off, Hogan settled into his new role as WCW's top heel. In December 1999, Bret Hart suffered a career-ending concussion during a match with Goldberg at Starrcade. Craig "Pitbull" Pittman, The Renegade, Michael Wallstreet, Eddie Guerrero, "The Canadian Crippler" Chris Benoit, "The Man of 1000 Holds" Dean Malenko, Scotty Riggs, "The Total Package" Lex Luger, Scott "Flash" Norton, The Giant, The Barbarian, Hugh Morrus, "Flyboy" Rocco Rock, Johnny Grunge, Konnan, "Squire" David Taylor, "Hardwork" Bobby Walker, Rick Steiner, Scott Steiner, Billy Kidman, "Desperado" Joe Gomez, Rob Ruckus, Ken Kaos, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, "Mean" Mike Enos, Steve McMichael, Rey Misterio Jr., Jim Powers, Chavito Guerrero Jr., Karl Oullete, Jauques Rougeau, Chris Jericho, Juventud Guerrera, Syxx, Vincent, Jeff Jarrett, Psicosis, Roadblock, Rowdy Roddy Piper, La Parka, Ultimo Dragon, Tombstone, Super Calo, Greg The Hammer Valentine , Ray Mandoza Jr., Ron Powers, Akiro Hokuto, Jerry Flynn, Mortis, Wrath, Hack Myers, Hector Garza, Masahiro Chono, Yuji Nagata, Joey Maggs, Ernest Miller, Silver King, Damien, Rick Fuller, Curt Hennig, Raven, Villano V TOTAL ROSTER: 82 INACTIVE: 1 The WCW roster for July 1997 was as follows: Bobby Eaton, Sting, Jack Boot, "Diamond" Dallas Page, "Buff" Bagwell, Steve Regal, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, Stevie Ray, Booker T., Mark Starr, Big Bubba Rogers, Steve Armstrong, Meng, "Das Wunderkind" Alex Wright, "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan, Scott Armstrong, Randy "Macho Man" Savage, Renegade, Eddie Guerrero, "The Crippler" Chris Benoit, "The Man of 1000 Holds" Dean Malenko, Scotty Riggs, "The Total Package" Lex Luger, Scott "Flash" Norton, The Giant, The Barbarian, Hugh Morrus, "Flyboy" Rocco Rock, Johnny Grunge, Konnan, Dave Taylor, "Hardwork" Bobby Walker, Rick Steiner, Scott Steiner, Billy Kidman, Rob Ruckus, Ken Kaos, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, Steve McMichael, Rey Misterio Jr., Jim Powers, Chavo Guerrero Jr., Chris Jericho, Juventud Guerrera, Syxx, Vincent, Jeff Jarrett, Psicosis, Roadblock, Rowdy Roddy Piper, La Parka, Ultimo Dragon, Tombstone, Super Calo, Greg The Hammer Valentine,Ray Mandoza Jr., Ron Powers, Jerry Flynn, Mortis, Wrath, Hack Myers, Hector Garza, Masahiro Chono, Yuji Nagata, Joey Maggs, Ernest Miller, Silver King, Damien, Rick Fuller, Curt Hennig, Raven, Villano V, Stevie Richards, Texas Hangman #1, Texas Hangman #2, Brad Armstrong, Lizmark Jr. TOTAL ROSTER: 78 INACTIVE: 1 The WCW roster for August 1997 was as follows: Bobby Eaton, Sting, Jack Boot, "Diamond" Dallas Page, "Buff" Bagwell, Steve Regal, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, Stevie Ray, Booker T., Mark Starr, Big Bubba Rogers, Steve Armstrong, Meng, "Das Wunderkind" Alex Wright, "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan, Scott Armstrong, Randy "Macho Man" Savage, Renegade, Eddie Guerrero, "The Crippler" Chris Benoit, "The Man of 1000 Holds" Dean Malenko, Scotty Riggs, "The Total Package" Lex Luger, Scott "Flash" Norton, The Giant, The Barbarian, Hugh Morrus, "Flyboy" Rocco Rock, Johnny Grunge, Konnan, Dave Taylor, "Hardwork" Bobby Walker, Rick Steiner, Scott Steiner, Billy Kidman, Rob Ruckus, Ken Kaos, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, Steve McMichael, Rey Misterio Jr., Jim Powers, Chavo Guerrero Jr., Chris Jericho, Juventud Guerrera, Syxx, Vincent, Jeff Jarrett, Psicosis, Roadblock, Rowdy Roddy Piper, La Parka, Ultimo Dragon, Super Calo, Ray Mandoza Jr., Greg The Hammer Valentine,Jerry Flynn, Mortis, Wrath, Hack Myers, Hector Garza, Masahiro Chono, Yuji Nagata, Joey Maggs, Ernest Miller, Silver King, Damien, Rick Fuller, Curt Hennig, Raven, Villano V, Stevie Richards, Texas Hangman #1, Texas Hangman #2, Brad Armstrong, Lizmark Jr., TOTAL ROSTER: 77 INACTIVE: 1 The WCW roster for September 1997 was as follows: Bobby Eaton, Sting, Jack Boot, "Diamond" Dallas Page, "Buff" Bagwell, Steve Regal, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, Stevie Ray, Booker T., Mark Starr, Ray Traylor, Steve Armstrong, Meng, "Das Wunderkind" Alex Wright, "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan, Scott Armstrong, Randy "Macho Man" Savage, Renegade, Eddie Guerrero, "The Crippler" Chris Benoit, "The Man of 1000 Holds" Dean Malenko, Scotty Riggs, "The Total Package" Lex Luger, Scott "Flash" Norton, The Giant, The Barbarian, Hugh Morrus, "Flyboy" Rocco Rock, Johnny Grunge, Konnan, Dave Taylor, "Hardwork" Bobby Walker, Rick Steiner, Scott Steiner, Billy Kidman, Rob Ruckus, Ken Kaos, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, Steve McMichael, Rey Misterio Jr., Jim Powers, Chavo Guerrero Jr., Chris Jericho, Juventud Guerrera, Syxx, Vincent, Jeff Jarrett, Psicosis, Roadblock, Rowdy Roddy Piper, La Parka, Ultimo Dragon, Super Calo, Ray Mandoza Jr., Greg The Hammer Valentine, Jerry Flynn, Mortis, Wrath, Hector Garza, Masahiro Chono, Yuji Nagata, Joey Maggs, Ernest Miller, Silver King, Damien, Rick Fuller, Curt Hennig, Raven, Villano V, Stevie Richards, Texas Hangman #1, Texas Hangman #2, Brad Armstrong, Lizmark Jr., Perry Saturn, Barry Darsow, Bill Goldberg, David Finlay TOTAL ROSTER: 79 INACTIVE: 4 The WCW roster for October 1997 was as follows: Bobby Eaton, Sting, Jack Boot, "Diamond" Dallas Page, "Buff" Bagwell, Steve Regal, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, Stevie Ray, Booker T., Mark Starr, Ray Traylor, Steve Armstrong, Meng, "Das Wunderkind" Alex Wright, "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan, Scott Armstrong, Randy "Macho Man" Savage, Renegade, Eddie Guerrero, "The Crippler" Chris Benoit, "The Man of 1000 Holds" Dean Malenko, Scotty Riggs, "The Total Package" Lex Luger, Scott "Flash" Norton, The Giant, The Barbarian, Hugh Morrus, "Flyboy" Rocco Rock, Johnny Grunge, Konnan, Dave Taylor, "Hardwork" Bobby Walker, Rick Steiner, Scott Steiner, Billy Kidman, Rob Ruckus, Ken Kaos, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, Steve McMichael, Rey Misterio Jr., Jim Powers, Chavo Guerrero Jr., Chris Jericho, Juventud Guerrera, Syxx, Vincent, Psicosis, Roadblock, Rowdy Roddy Piper, La Parka, Ultimo Dragon, Super Calo, Ray Mandoza Jr., Greg The Hammer Valentine, Jerry Flynn, Mortis, Wrath, Hector Garza, Masahiro Chono, Yuji Nagata, Joey Maggs, Ernest Miller, Silver King, Damien, Rick Fuller, Curt Hennig, Raven, Villano V, Stevie Richards, Texas Hangman #1, Texas Hangman #2, Brad Armstrong, Lizmark Jr., Perry Saturn, Barry Darsow, Bill Goldberg, David Finlay, Kendall Windham, Barry Horowitz, El Dandy, Chris Adams, Sick Boy, Bobby Blaze, Louie Spicolli, Mike Rapado, Lanny Poffo, Lenny Lane, Johnny Swinger TOTAL ROSTER: 89 INACTIVE: 4 The WCW roster for November 1997 was as follows: Bobby Eaton, Sting, Jack Boot, "Diamond" Dallas Page, "Buff" Bagwell, Steve Regal, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, Stevie Ray, Booker T., Mark Starr, Ray Traylor, Steve Armstrong, Meng, "Das Wunderkind" Alex Wright, "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan, Scott Armstrong, Randy "Macho Man" Savage, Renegade, Eddie Guerrero, "The Crippler" Chris Benoit, "The Man of 1000 Holds" Dean Malenko, Scotty Riggs, "The Total Package" Lex Luger, Scott "Flash" Norton, The Giant, The Barbarian, Hugh Morrus, "Flyboy" Rocco Rock, Johnny Grunge, Konnan, Dave Taylor, "Hardwork" Bobby Walker, Rick Steiner, Scott Steiner, Billy Kidman, Rob Ruckus, Ken Kaos, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, Steve McMichael, Rey Misterio Jr., Jim Powers, Chavo Guerrero Jr., Chris Jericho, Juventud Guerrera, Syxx, Vincent, Psicosis, Roadblock, Rowdy Roddy Piper, La Parka, Ultimo Dragon, Super Calo, Ray Mandoza Jr., Greg The Hammer Valentine, Jerry Flynn, Mortis, Wrath, Hector Garza, Masahiro Chono, Yuji Nagata, Joey Maggs, Ernest Miller, Silver King, Damien, Rick Fuller, Curt Hennig, Raven, Villano V, Stevie Richards, Texas Hangman #1, Texas Hangman #2, Brad Armstrong, Lizmark Jr., Perry Saturn, Barry Darsow, Bill Goldberg, David Fit Finlay, Kendall Windham, Barry Horowitz, El Dandy, Chris Adams, Sick Boy, Bobby Blaze, Louie Spicolli, Lanny Poffo, Lenny Lane, Johnny Swinger, Norman Smiley, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Michael Wallstreet, Gedo, John Nord, Barry Darsow, Van Hammer, Skank TOTAL ROSTER: 96 INACTIVE: 4 The WCW roster for December 1997 was as follows: Bobby Eaton, Sting, Jack Boot, "Diamond" Dallas Page, "Buff" Bagwell, Steve Regal, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, Stevie Ray, Booker T., Mark Starr, Ray Traylor, Steve Armstrong, Meng, "Das Wunderkind" Alex Wright, "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan, Scott Armstrong, Randy "Macho Man" Savage, Renegade, Eddie Guerrero, "The Crippler" Chris Benoit, "The Man of 1000 Holds" Dean Malenko, Scotty Riggs, "The Total Package" Lex Luger, Scott "Flash" Norton, The Giant, The Barbarian, Hugh Morrus, "Flyboy" Rocco Rock, Johnny Grunge, Konnan, Dave Taylor, "Hardwork" Bobby Walker, Rick Steiner, Scott Steiner, Billy Kidman, Rob Ruckus, Ken Kaos, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, Steve McMichael, Rey Misterio Jr., Jim Powers, Chavo Guerrero Jr., Chris Jericho, Juventud Guerrera, Syxx, Vincent, Psicosis, Roadblock, Rowdy Roddy Piper, La Parka, Ultimo Dragon, Super Calo, Ray Mandoza Jr., Greg The Hammer Valentine, Jerry Flynn, Mortis, Wrath, Hector Garza, Masahiro Chono, Yuji Nagata, Joey Maggs, Ernest Miller, Silver King, Damien, Rick Fuller, Curt Hennig, Raven, Villano V, Texas Hangman #1, Texas Hangman #2, Brad Armstrong, Lizmark Jr., Perry Saturn, Barry Darsow, Bill Goldberg, David Fit Finlay, Kendall Windham, Barry Horowitz, El Dandy, Chris Adams, Sick Boy, Bobby Blaze, Louie Spicolli, Lanny Poffo, Lenny Lane, Johnny Swinger, Norman Smiley, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Michael Wallstreet, John Nord, Barry Darsow, Van Hammer, Lodi, Bret Hitman Hart, Jim The Andvil Neidhart, The British Bulldog Davey Boy Smith, Rick Martell TOTAL ROSTER: 99 INACTIVE: 4. Wesly Avendano is a writer from a small town in southern California. Got me think Surprisingly for Bischoff, Turner granted him one live hour on TNT[a] every Monday night, which specifically overlapped with Raw. hide this ad. The former WWE management will still be rich off your hard earned money and chilling on the beach! Time for the wrestling community to come together and build strong alternatives! Shows were taped before a small live, in-studio audience, as were most professional wrestling television shows of that era. Craig "Pitbull" Pittman, The Renegade, Michael Wallstreet, Eddie Guerrero, "The Canadian Crippler" Chris Benoit, "The Man of 1000 Holds" Dean Malenko, Scotty Riggs, "The Total Package" Lex Luger, Scott "Flash" Norton, The Giant, The Barbarian, Hugh Morrus, "Flyboy" Rocco Rock, Johnny Grunge, Konnan, "Squire" David Taylor, Madusa, Brad Armstrong, "Hardwork" Bobby Walker, Rick Steiner, Scott Steiner, Billy Kidman, "Desperado" Joe Gomez, Rob Ruckus, Ken Kaos, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, "Mean" Mike Enos, Steve McMichael, Rey Misterio Jr., Jim Powers, Chavito Guerrero Jr., Karl Oullete, Jauques Rougeau, Chris Jericho, Juventud Guerrera, Syxx, Vincent, Jeff Jarrett, Psicosis, Roadblock, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Bunkhouse Buck, La Parka, Ultimo Dragon, Tombstone, Super Calo, "Dangerous" Devon Storm, Ace Darling, Greg The Hammer Valentine ,Ray Mandoza Jr., Ron Powers, Jerry Flynn, Chris "Morteus" Canyon, Luna Vachon, Adam Bomb, Malaya Hosaka, T-Rantula, Yuji Nagata, Hector Guerrero TOTAL ROSTER: 84 The WCW roster for May 1997 was as follows: Bobby Eaton, Sting, "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson, Jack Boot, "Diamond" Dallas Page, "Buff" Bagwell, Lord Steven Regal, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, Stevie Ray, Booker T., Mark Starr, Big Bubba Rogers, "Taskmaster" Kevin Sullivan, Steve Armstrong, Meng, "Das Wunderkind" Alex Wright, "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan, "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, Scott Armstrong, Randy "Macho Man" Savage, Sgt. Maybe for once the fans get to choose/organize the product going forward. The deal was contingent on the Turner networks keeping Nitro on TNT on Monday and Thunder on TBS on Wednesday. The Shockmaster was supposed to crash through a fake wall and intimidate the heels. Go Orange. This sparked a new interest in football players stepping into the squared circle. A Flair for Gold would eventually play host to one of the most infamous incidents of 1990s wrestling: On a live Clash of the Champions XXIV building up the Fall Brawl pay-per-view, WCW decided to introduce a "mystery partner" for the babyfaces, a masked man known as The Shockmaster. He's Bret Hart. "The Total Package" Lex Luger and "Diamond" Dallas Page join forces to face Scott Hall and "Macho Man" Randy Savage in a No Disqualification Match. RELATED: 9 Huge Matches WWE Fans Surprisingly Didn't Get During The New Generation Era Forget about fans. From 1995 to 1998, Nitro would dominate Raw until the January 4, 1999 episode of Raw, where the announcers of Nitro were told to spoil Raw ' s main event, which was that Mankind would win the WWF Championship. A Life long pro wrestling, Los Angeles Lakers, and Philadelphia Eagles fan. WCW/NWO Revenge: With Yoshihiro Asai, Chris Benoit, Eric Bischoff, Steve Borden. 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.The name came from a wrestling television program that aired on TBS in the 1980s . In a series of vignettes broadcast from Pillman's real-life home in Newport, Kentucky, Pillman supposedly debilitated following an attack by Austin vowed to protect himself and his wife with the help of a group of friends should Austin appear. It largely overlapped with the Attitude Era, a term used by WWF to describe that company's programming from November 9, 1997 to May 6, 2002. It feels like a forced meal we do not want to eat. Tony Khan recently made an intriguing comparison between AEW's current lineup and WCW's roster from 1997, owing to the mixture of the veteran and young stars in both.. Many of you are going to finally realize that much of WWE has never truly invested in their fans or followed our desires for the product! But that is why people get on here like Eddy and few other nutjobs and complain about pro wrestling is controlled by satanic Illuminati or freemasons. The struggles of WCW since Russo's arrival to the company came to a head on July 9, 2000, at the Bash at the Beach pay-per-view. However, the weekly live schedule became a financial drain on the WWF, and the company began taping shows; sometimes up to a month's worth of shows were taped at a time. Because Nitro was live at the time, premiering major stars on the show would signal to the fans the amount of excitement the broadcasts would contain. When Jamie Kellner took over as CEO of Turner Broadcasting, he announced the cancellation of all WCW programming on the company's networks, believing that wrestling did not fit the demographics of either channel and would not be favorable enough to get the "right" advertisers to buy airtime (even though Thunder was the highest-rated show on TBS at the time). Nothing much happens. Hart's heel turn in the US after WrestleMania 13 while remaining a face in Canada and Western Europe was another example of breaking new ground. In fact, he had been in line to get the WWF World Heavyweight Championship (he had had several previous title matches), and worked a WWF house show the night before. Our complete Pro Wrestlers Database allows you to travel through time and see the WWE Roster by Year or any specific Date in history. In the summer of 2003, WWE purchased ECW's assets in court, acquiring the rights to ECW's video library. In 1982, in order to appear less regional in scope, the television show was renamed World Championship Wrestling, a name Barnett had used for promoting shows in Australia in the 1970s. Waltman, who was a member of the nWo, had recently left WCW after wrestling there for a year and a half as Syxx (having been fired while recovering from an injury), and returned to the WWF as X-Pac. In 2004, an unauthorized DVD called Forever Hardcore was written, directed and produced by former WCW crew member Jeremy Borash in response to The Rise and Fall of ECW. Heyman pitched the plan to Douglas, noting that the only negative would be that NWA traditionalists would just see them as traitors to tradition. I personally think these new scale rings are the best ones yet. An argument can be made that they had the best match in WWE history up to that point at SummerSlam 1991. On the November 4, 1996, episode of Raw, the WWF aired a storyline involving Stone Cold Steve Austin and Brian Pillman, two former friends who were feuding with each other. After this incident, the PPV industry warned McMahon not to schedule PPV events simultaneously with the NWA again. WrestleMania XII also began a brief turning point for the WWF, after which Raw would overtake Nitro for two consecutive months. The November 3, 1997 Edition of WCW Monday Nitro was held in the Philadelphia Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A 1997 wrestling game named after WCW's Monday night program. January 9, 2023 Monday Night RAW results; January 10, 2023 NXT results; January 11, 2023 AEW Dynamite results; January 12, 2023 iMPACT! They cannot vote on matters? Maybe for once the fans get to choose/organize the product going forward. Maybe for once the fans get to choose/organize the product going forward. The objectivity of the DVD's content was questioned, as some believed the documentary was simply telling the WWE side of the story. The event was videotaped by a WWF camera crew for inclusion on Raw. Goldberg quickly rose to stardom within the organization and became a crossover star similar to the WWF's performers, with appearances in commercials and music videos. However, a controversial backstage decision to end Goldberg's winning streak, followed quickly by an anticlimactic match involving Kevin Nash and Hollywood Hogan now known as the Fingerpoke of Doom effectively killed the company's credibility in the eyes of many of its diehard fans, and the company was never able to recreate the initial level of popularity that it had enjoyed in the middle of the decade. Or any specific Date in history fans Surprisingly Didn & # x27 s. Crew for inclusion on Raw and chilling on the Turner networks keeping Nitro on TNT on Monday Thunder! 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