History Horrible / WCW

* One of the last ever [=PPVs=] WCW ever ran was ''Sin'' on January 14, 2001. Although most of the show was nothing to write home about, outside of it being home to the tag-team match[[note]]Lex Luger and Buff Bagwell vs. Goldberg and [=DeWayne=] Bruce[[/note]] that ended Goldberg's WCW career, it is ''also'' home to one of the most '''horriffic''' [[CareerEndingInjury injuries]] in the sport of professional wrestling. The main event was a four-way bout between Scott Steiner, Jeff Jarrett, Sid Vicious, and a mystery opponent, which turned out to be the returning Road Warrior Animal. At one point during the match, Sid climbed up onto the second turn buckle in order to attempt a flying big boot to Steiner.[[note]]It is worth mentioning at this point that this was a stunt Sid ''[[GenreSavvy absolutely]]'' [[GenreSavvy was not comfortable doing]], and ultimately only did so [[ExecutiveMeddling after some of WCW's higher ups kept prodding him to introduce some areial maneuvers into his wrestling moveset]].[[/note]] [[BodyHorror He instead landed on the ring mat, and snapped his leg in half.]][[note]]It is ''also'' worth mentioning that even though, [[CaptainObvious for understandable reasons]], this was too graphic for most broadcast affiliates to air, [[WhatTheHellHero WCW Nitro showed footage of the incident uncensored the following night.]][[/note]] And what's worse, ''[[TheShowMustGoOn they kept going]]''. Despite being in blatant pain, Sid decided to sell the injury as if it were deliberate, and Steiner and Animal stuck to the script and proceeded to ''repeatedly kick him''. Now, while Sid ''was'' able to get to the hospital quick enough afterwards, and had managed to get his leg repaired[[note]][[TheDogBitesBack and also sue WCW, it is worth mentioning]][[/note]], the fact remains that one of WCW's last ever pay-per-views '''had a man snap his leg during the main event, in a match ''they did not stop'''''.

* One of the last ever [=PPVs=] WCW ever ran was ''Sin'' on January 14, 2001. Although most of the show was nothing to write home about, outside of it being home to the tag-team match[[note]]Lex Luger and Buff Bagwell vs. Goldberg and [=DeWayne=] Bruce[[/note]] that ended Goldberg's WCW career, it is ''also'' home to one of the most '''horriffic''' [[CareerEndingInjury injuries]] in the sport of professional wrestling. The main event was a four-way bout between Scott Steiner, Jeff Jarrett, Sid Vicious, and Road Warrior Animal. At one point during the match, Sid climbed up onto the second turn buckle in order to attempt a flying big boot to Steiner.[[note]]It is worth mentioning at this point that this was a stunt Sid ''[[GenreSavvy absolutely]]'' [[GenreSavvy was not comfortable doing]], and ultimately only did so [[ExecutiveMeddling after some of WCW's higher ups kept prodding him to introduce some areial maneuvers into his wrestling moveset]].[[/note]] [[BodyHorror He instead landed on the ring mat, and snapped his leg in half.]][[note]]It is ''also'' worth mentioning that even though, [[CaptainObvious for understandable reasons]], this was too graphic for most broadcast affiliates to air, [[WhatTheHellHero WCW Nitro showed footage of the incident uncensored the following night.]][[/note]] And what's worse, ''[[TheShowMustGoOn they kept going]]''. Despite being in blatant pain, Sid decided to sell the injury as if it were deliberate, and Steiner and Animal stuck to the script and proceeded to ''repeatedly kick him''. Now, while Sid ''was'' able to get to the hospital quick enough afterwards, and had managed to get his leg repaired[[note]][[TheDogBitesBack and also sue WCW, it is worth mentioning]][[/note]], the fact remains that one of WCW's last ever pay-per-views '''had a man snap his leg during the main event, in a match ''they did not stop'''''.

* The WCW International World Heavyweight Championship. This "title" was created from the ashes from WCW's ill-fated partnership with the [[Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance NWA]]. When they broke up, the current NWA Champion Wrestling/RicFlair was stripped of the title, but retained the belt since WCW actually owned it. So "WCW International", a completely fictitious subsidiary, was created and Flair was recognized as its "World Champion" (not to be confused with the ''actual'' WCW Championship, held at the time by Wrestling/{{Vader}}). The whole thing was a mess, and while the International title did have some top-caliber champions ({{Wrestling/Sting}}, Flair, Wrestling/RickRude), it was mercifully ended in 1994 with WCW World Heavyweight Champion Flair defeating WCW ''International'' World Heavyweight Champion Sting to unify the titles.[[note]]Contrary to wrestling tradition, it was actually the ''losing wrestler's belt'' that would represent the new "unified title" going forward. Of course, since said belt was the Wrestling/BigGoldBelt, no one had any complaints.[[/note]]

Wrestling/{{WCW}} was once the second-most popular wrestling/sports-entertainment promotion in the United States (and even ''beat'' its chief rival, Wrestling/{{WWE}}, for a decent stretch of time). When you're that hot, [[ProtectionFromEditors you can do no wrong]]. But pride comes before a fall, and the sheer amount of terrible angles, nonsensical matches, backstage politics, bad financial decisions, bi-yearly fatalities, and appearances by Wrestling/VinceRusso led to a company worth $500,000,000 and backed by UsefulNotes/TedTurner [[DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible becoming]], in a few short years, a hollow shell of a promotion bought by Wrestling/VinceMcMahon for just $4,000,000. The rise and fall of WCW was so sudden that Bryan Alvarez Figure Four Weekly and R.D. Reynolds of ''Website/WrestleCrap'' co-wrote a book about it, ''Literature/TheDeathOfWCW''.

Wrestling/{{WCW}} was once the second-most popular wrestling/sports-entertainment promotion in the United States (and even ''beat'' its chief rival, Wrestling/{{WWE}}, for a decent stretch of time). When you're that hot, [[ProtectionFromEditors you can do no wrong]]. But pride comes before a fall, and the sheer amount of terrible angles, nonsensical matches, backstage politics, bad financial decisions, bi-yearly fatalities, and appearances by Wrestling/VinceRusso led to a company worth $500,000,000 and backed by UsefulNotes/TedTurner becoming, in a few short years, a hollow shell of a promotion bought by Wrestling/VinceMcMahon for just $4,000,000. The rise and fall of WCW was so sudden that Bryan Alvarez Figure Four Weekly and R.D. Reynolds of ''Website/WrestleCrap'' co-wrote a book about it, ''Literature/TheDeathOfWCW''.

* ''Bash at the Beach'' 2000: if WCW didn't [[JumpingTheShark jump the shark]] at Starrcade '97 or after the Fingerpoke of Doom, it sure did here. Anything that had a chance not to suck was overbooked to hell... and most of it didn't stand a chance in the first place. The no-hopers included: non-wrestler/truck driver Ralphus getting a [[ADayInTheLimelight mostly-singles match]]; a wedding gown strip match between [[Wrestling/StacyKeibler Miss Hancock]] and Wrestling/{{Daffney|Unger}} that ended with David Flair taking his pants off for no reason; a graveyard-based walk-and-brawl between Vampiro and the KISS Demon conducted completely in pitch-black; Scott Steiner losing his US Title as a result of using a banned move, making him look like a moron; and Goldberg beating Kevin Nash to tear up the contract of Scott Hall, a man who hadn't been employed for half a year. The show is most infamous for Hulk Hogan refusing to lose to Jeff Jarrett, leading to a bizarre shoot incident where Jarrett laid down for Hogan, Hogan cursed Vince Russo out to camera afterwards, then Russo came out and derailed the show with a rambling promo about Hogan's politicking.[[note]]This would eventually get WCW sued for defamation. Why? Because Russo called Hogan "bald".[[/note]] As a result, the first ever World Title for Booker T went completely forgotten. Brian Zane of ''WebVideo/WrestlingWithWregret'' gave his first '''two''' [[BrokeTheRatingScale zero-star]] ratings in his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3Cr4B7mf5g review of this show]], to the Wedding Gown match and Jarrett/Hogan.

* One of the last ever [=PPVs=] WCW ever ran was ''Sin'' on January 14, 2001. Although most of the show was nothing to write home about, outside of it being home to the tag-team match[[note]]Lex Luger and Buff Bagwell vs. Goldberg and [=DeWayne=] Bruce[[/note]] that ended Goldberg's WCW career, it is ''also'' home to one of the most '''horriffic''' [[CareerEndingInjury injuries]] in the sport of professional wrestling. The main event was a four-way bout between Scott Steiner, Jeff Jarrett, Sid Vicious, and Road Warrior Animal. At one point during the match, Sid climbed up onto the second turn buckle in order to attempt a flying big boot to Steiner.[[note]]It is worth mentioning at this point that this was a stunt Sid ''[[GenreSavvy absolutely]]'' [[GenreSavvy was not comfortable doing]], and ultimately only did so [[ExecutiveMeddling after some of WCW's higher ups kept prodding him to introduce some areial maneuvers into his wrestling moveset]].[[/note]] [[BodyHorror He instead landed on the ring mat, and snapped his leg in half.]][[note]]It is ''also'' worth mentioning that even though, [[CaptainObvious for understandable reasons]], this was too graphic for most broadcast affiliates to air, [[WhatTheHellHero WCW Nitro showed footage of the incident uncensored the following night.]][[/note]] And what's worse, ''[[TheShowMustGoOn they kept going]]''. Despite being in blatant pain, Sid decided to sell the injury as if it were deliberate, and Steiner and Animal stuck to the script and proceeded to ''repeatedly kick him''. Now, while Sid ''was'' able to get to the hospital quick enough afterwards, and had managed to get his leg repaired[[note]][[TheDogBitesBack and also sue WCW, it is worth mentioning[[/note]], the fact remains that one of WCW's last ever pay-per-views '''had a man snap his leg during the main event, in a match ''they did not stop'''''.

* ''World War 3'' 1995 was headlined by its disastrous titular gimmick match: a 3-ring, 60-man battle royal. Sounds great for a live audience, but godawful for PPV. Just showing it required 3 picture-in-picture feeds with 2 commentators each, but the small screens just made it harder to follow the action (not to mention the fact that at some points, 2 screens were showing the same feed at the same time!). This rendered it a chore to keep track of eliminations and spots. They advertised a "giant in every ring" - the original plan was for [[Wrestling/BigShow The Giant]], Power Plant graduate Reese, and a returning [[Wrestling/GiantGonzalez El Gigante]] as "The Yeti", but Gigante had visa issues, so they put Reese in the Yeti suit, then [[RetCon took him out again]] as his debut sucked. Later plans for Wrestling/TheOneManGang or [[Wrestling/GiantHaystacks Loch Ness]] to appear all fell through for some reason, so they had to advertise Hulk Hogan as the third giant. The finish was painfully lame as Hogan went under the ropes, rather than over them, making planned winner Randy Savage look weak. The end visual being not Savage triumphant, but Hogan bitching at him, did not go over well with the crowd at all, marking the time everyone knew Hulkamania was dead.