History Funny / WCW

"This show is about as exciting as Marge Schott reading excerpts from Mein Kampf!"

* [[Wrestling/FredOttman The Shockmaster]]. For weeks, a mystery man had been built up as the difference maker in a huge WCW feud. During the much-hyped reveal on ''Clash of the Champions'' XXIV, he plowed through the wall like the Kool-Aid Man after a bender and tripped over a two-by-four some stagehand nailed to its edge. The applause (and Ottman's career) ended right there, but the promo had barely started, so he had to recite the rest of his leaden diatribe (actually voiced by Ole Anderson). Then you get Ole cutting his promo, which he clearly comes in too late on, as you can see poor Shocker [[HongKongDub pointing and miming as if he's talking already]]. Flair and Davey Boy had to flee the set to keep from corpsing (but not before Davey Boy blurts out "He just fell flat on his fookin' arse!"), and if you watch the full segment on the network, when they come back to Jesse and Tony, they can't contain their laughter.

-->'''Bobby Heenan:''' The world's smallest referee just took him down! ... And now he's getting hauled off to the sneezer, maybe we should get him a pack of cigarettes so he can bribe the screws!
-->'''Tony Schiavone:''' Well, if you ever wanted to see evidence of why fans should '''not''' try and get in the ring, there it is.

-->'''Bobby Heenan:''' The world's smallest referee just took him down! ... And now he's getting hauled off to the sneezer, maybe we should get him a pack of cigarettes so he can bribe the screws!

-->'''Bobby Heenan:''' He just got taken down by the world's smallest referee! ... Maybe we should get him a pack of cigarettes so he can bribe the screws!

* Fans trying to rush the ring only to get their ass kicked ''by the referee'' was almost a Main/RunningGag. [[Wrestling/BrianHildebrand Mark Curtis]] had the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX3hnt3rFdY most notable one]], but there's also video of Nick Patrick and Randy Anderson shooting on idiot marks out there if you dig around.

* Everything involving Hulk Hogan vs. The Giant at ''Halloween Havoc'' '95. They had a "monster truck match", after which Hulk pushed The Giant off a building and into the sea, only for The Giant to stroll in the ring 10 minutes later. (He wasn't even wet.) There was also a mummy (referred to as a Yeti, pronounced "YET-AYYYY!") and a bunch of geeks named the "Dungeon of Doom", which is the quintessential "terrible 20 man run-in". The [=DoD=] promos are essential viewing, as well.

* [[Wrestling/FredOttman The Shockmaster]]. For weeks, a mystery man had been built up as the difference maker in a huge WCW feud. During the much-hyped reveal on ''Clash of the Champions'' XXIV, he plowed through the wall like the Kool-Aid Man after a bender and tripped over a two-by-four some stagehand nailed to its edge. The applause (and Ottman's career) ended right there, but the promo had barely started, so he had to recite the rest of his leaden diatribe (actually voiced by Ole Anderson). Then you get Ole cutting his promo, which he clearly comes in too late on, as you can see poor Shocker [[HongKongDub pointing and miming as if he's talking already]]. Flair and Davey Boy had to flee the set to keep from corpsing (but not before Davey Boy blurts out "He just fell flat on his fookin' arse!), and if you watch the full segment on the network, when they come back to Jesse and Tony, they can't contain their laughter.

* [[Wrestling/FredOttman The Shockmaster]]. For weeks, a mystery man had been built up as the difference maker in a huge WCW feud. During the much-hyped reveal on ''Clash of the Champions'' XXIV, he plowed through the wall like the Kool-Aid Man after a bender and tripped over a two-by-four some stagehand nailed to its edge. The applause (and Ottman's career) ended right there, but the promo had barely started, so he had to recite the rest of his leaden diatribe (actually voiced by Ole Anderson). Then you get Ole cutting his promo, which he clearly comes in too late on, as you can see poor Shocker [[HongKongDub pointing and miming as if he's talking already]]. Flair and Davey Boy had to flee the set to keep from corpsing ("Oh, God! Oh, my!"), and if you watch the full segment on the network, when they come back to Jesse and Tony, they can't contain their laughter.

-->'''Sid''': [standing atop the ruins of his limousine] GOLDBERG! GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLDBEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERG!!!

* Dennis Rodman's short-lived wrestling career. For his debut, he used Jimi Hendrix's "Voodoo Child" as his entrance and the fans went wild. He showed up drunk as hell for his second match, and fell asleep on the ring apron. (Between Hulk and Kim Jong-un, [[https://i.redd.it/yuew5wpewzb11.jpg he really seems to dig complete jerks.]])

* Russo in the Popemobile, and Goldberg wrecking said Popemobile. It's like a [[Wrestling/MichaelCole Cole Mine]] on wheels! (But that car isn't swerving nearly enough for Russo's liking.)

* The Shockmaster. For weeks, a mystery man had been built up as the difference maker in a huge WCW feud. During the much-hyped reveal on ''Clash of the Champions'' XXIV, he plowed through the wall like the Kool-Aid Man after a bender and tripped over a two-by-four some stagehand nailed to its edge. The applause (and Ottman's career) ended right there, but the promo had barely started, so he had to recite the rest of his leaden diatribe (actually voiced by Ole Anderson). Then you get Ole cutting his promo, which he clearly comes in too late on, as you can see poor Shocker [[HongKongDub pointing and miming as if he's talking already]]. Flair and Davey Boy had to flee the set to keep from corpsing ("Oh, God! Oh, my!"), and if you watch the full segment on the network, when they come back to Jesse and Tony, they can't contain their laughter.

** You could see some other fans going nuts too. Not just ECW guys, but the hardcore WCW audience that likely hated him in the 80's, were probably ecstatic to finally boo him in a situation that warranted it. On this day, Bobby Herman became the ultimate face in pro wrestling as he was 100% percent right on Hogan being a liar and a traitor.

* Everything involving Hulk Hogan vs. The Giant at ''Halloween Havoc'' '95. They had a "monster truck match", after which Hulk pushed The Giant off a building and into the sea, only for The Giant to stroll in the ring 10 minutes later. (He wasn't even wet.) There was also a mummy (referred to as a Yeti, pronounced "YET-AYYYY!") and a bunch of geeks named the "Dungeon of Doom", which is the quintessential "terrible 20 man run-in". the [=DoD=] promos are essential viewing, as well.

* Everything involving Hulk Hogan vs. The Giant at Halloween Havoc 1995. They had a "monster truck match", after which Hulk pushed The Giant off a building and into the sea, only for The Giant to stroll in the ring 10 minutes later. (He wasn't even wet.) There was also a mummy (referred to as a Yeti, pronounced "YET-AYYYY!") and a bunch of geeks named the "Dungeon of Doom", which is the quintessential "terrible 20 man run-in". the [=DoD=] promos are essential viewing, as well.

* The legendary entrance of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvgHCtjXbAI The Shockmaster]]. You gotta give the other wrestlers and the commentators credit for not busting out laughing after seeing it. This didn't stop the commentary from [[{{Corpsing}} losing it]], though, and even the British Bulldog can be clearly heard saying "He fell right on his fucking arse!"
** You can hear Ric Flair losing it as well, exclaiming "Oh god! Oh my!"
* On an episode of ''Thunder'', Wrestling/KevinNash served as a guest commentator. ''Website/{{Botchamania}}'' put video of this into its 94th edition...and Nash is much more entertaining as a commentary guy than as a wrestler.
-->(''deep voice'') "Bill Wrestling/{{Goldberg}}, a bald-headed man with a tattoo. Who has only lost one time, to a fiercer warrior, Mister Kevin Nash!" (''normal voice'') "That's pretty good, ain't it--how I worked that in there?"

* On an eisode of ''Nitro'', Wrestling/TonySchiavone warned kids watching at home not to emulate any wrestling moves in their backyard, to which Wrestling/BobbyHeenan quipped "Do it in your living room, it's more fun!"

* Wrestling/BookerT unintentionally calling Wrestling/HulkHogan [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1o82BVKFp8 "nigga".]]

* On an eisode of ''Nitro'', Tony Schiavone warned kids watching at home not to emulate any wrestling moves in their backyard, to which Wrestling/BobbyHeenan quipped "Do it in your living room, it's more fun!"

** You can hear Ric Flair losing it as well, exclaiming "Oh god! Oh my!"