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Ted Turner was a massive wrestling fan, and he saw WCW as the crown jewel of the Creator/{{TBS}} Superstation; he was more than willing to see his own company absorb the financial losses of WCW. But the AOL–Time Warner merger in 2000 saw Ted KickedUpstairs, and the new accountants decided to rein in WCW's excesses. But it was too late to correct the nose-dive the product was in, and alongside a desire to cater to more "high-brow" tastes and despite Bischoff's best efforts, ''Nitro'' and ''Thunder'' were cancelled, effective April 1, 2001. With no TV time-slot and massive debts, WCW's assets were sold to Vince [=McMahon=] on March 23, 2001 for $2.5 million, a far cry from WCW making $500 million just two years prior. The name of WCW would live on for a few more months as part of ''the'' invasion storyline (with Wrestling/{{ECW}} joining Team WCW that summer), but the name of WCW would finally be put to rest at WWF's Survivor Series on November 18, 2001, with WCW reigning supreme.
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Ted Turner was a massive wrestling fan, and he saw WCW as the crown jewel of the Creator/{{TBS}} Superstation; he was more than willing to see his own company absorb the financial losses of WCW. But the AOL–Time Warner merger in 2000 saw Ted KickedUpstairs, and the new accountants decided to rein in WCW's excesses. But it was too late to correct the nose-dive the product was in, and alongside a desire to cater to more "high-brow" tastes and despite Bischoff's best efforts, ''Nitro'' and ''Thunder'' were cancelled, effective April 1, 2001. With no TV time-slot and massive debts, WCW's assets were sold to Vince [=McMahon=] on March 23, 2001 for $2.5 million, a far cry from WCW making $500 million just two years prior. The name of WCW would live on for a few more months as part of ''the'' invasion storyline (with Wrestling/{{ECW}} joining Team WCW that summer), but the name of WCW would finally be put to rest at WWF's Survivor Series on November 18, 2001, with WCW WWF reigning supreme.
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** The New World Order became a famous case of this, as it forced the competition to follow their lead. Gone were the colorful characters Hogan, Nash, and Hall played in WWF; now they were akin to a biker gang running roughshod over WCW. Sting was facing the same crossroad that Hulk Hogan did years earlier; the only problem was that Sting was the face of WCW, so a [[FaceHeelTurn heel turn]] for him was out of the question. Instead, they started a different angle in which the paranoia surrounding the nWo broke Sting's spirit, and provided a reason to take him off TV for bit. They also took inspiration from ''Film/TheCrow'' movie and had Sting emulate that. The black & white theme was a tease, because some thought Sting was slowly turning heel--and WCW did tease his defection. However, Sting essentially became 'chaotic good', and sold a ton of merch.
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** The New World Order became a famous case of this, as it forced the competition to follow their lead. Gone were the colorful characters Hogan, Nash, and Hall played in WWF; now they were akin to a biker gang running roughshod over WCW. Sting was facing the same crossroad that Hulk Hogan did years earlier; the only problem was that Sting was the face of WCW, so a [[FaceHeelTurn heel turn]] for him was out of the question. Instead, they started a different angle in which the paranoia surrounding the nWo broke Sting's spirit, and provided a reason to take him off TV for bit. They also took inspiration from ''Film/TheCrow'' ''Film/TheCrow1994'' movie and had Sting emulate that. The black & white theme was a tease, because some thought Sting was slowly turning heel--and WCW did tease his defection. However, Sting essentially became 'chaotic good', and sold a ton of merch.
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Its first flagship show was ''WCW Saturday Night''. It was two hours long and had more than a few {{squash match}}es, just like every other show at the time. However, there were times where they'd let a young unknown get a shot at perennial world champion Flair and actually give him a run for his money. It also served as a springboard for wrestlers who would go on to achieve fame in later years, with [[Wrestling/{{Goldust}} Dustin Rhodes]], [[Wrestling/MickFoley Cactus Jack]], and The Hollywood Blonds ([[Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin "Stunning" Steve Austin]] and Wrestling/BrianPillman) appearing for the first time on national television.
''Saturday Night'' would eventually cede its flagship status to ''[[Wrestling/WCWMondayNitro Nitro]]'', a long-shot idea by Bischoff to compete with ''[[Wrestling/WWERaw Raw]]'' in their own timeslot, in what would later become known as the Wrestling/MondayNightWars. He had the perfect blueprint for a wrestling show: make sure there is variety, showcasing different styles of wrestling (often with interesting stipulations). Live TV in an age when viewers had their attention divided. Have a mega-angle going on with the Wrestling/NewWorldOrder. Pro wrestling was forever changed by the nWo in some ways, with each show ending on a {{cliffhanger}}. Think ''Wrestling/WrestleMania'' hype, but weekly.
''Nitro'' was seen as the superior product for years, until it hit a creative wall. Bischoff, as it was judged later, measured everything by the ratings, so when ''Raw'' eventually rebounded, he had no plan or faith in his own product. While RingOldies were given most of the screentime, up-and-comers like Wrestling/ChrisJericho, Wrestling/DiamondDallasPage, Wrestling/{{Raven}}, and Wrestling/BookerT either [-1)-] didn't get elevated like they should have, or [-2)-] it was handled poorly and came about too late. The Cruiserweight Division went from being "the future of wrestling" (as Bischoff touted them as on his show) to being "vanilla midgets" who "couldn't draw"; the over-reliance on one storyline, with most of the [[{{Face}} babyfaces]] forming [[AntiHeroSubstitute an nWo offshoot]]; and, most notorious of all, PPV-worthy events like Wrestling/{{Goldberg}} vs. Wrestling/HulkHogan being relegated to episodes of ''Nitro'' instead for the sake of winning the ratings war, were just some of the decisions that led to huge losses in ratings and revenue, which resulted in the WWF purchasing WCW's assets on March 26, 2001.
In the aftermath of WCW going under, the void left by the organization led to the creation of [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]] and Wrestling/RingOfHonor.
By the time WCW disbanded, they recognized the following Championships:
* '''WCW World Heavyweight Championship''' - Established in 1991;[[note]]WCW used to - and WWE still does - try to say that this title dates back to 1948, 1904, or even the 1800s due to a [[BlatantLies completely false claim]] that it shares the same lineage with the [[Wrestling/{{NWA}} NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship]]. Exactly how far back that title's lineage goes is a subject for a different page but make no mistake about it, the WCW and NWA belts have ''always'' been two separate titles that really have no connection to each other outside of the fact that [[Wrestling/{{Sting}} the guy]] that held the NWA title at the time the WCW title was created was awarded the WCW title by default. WCW and the NWA completely severed ties in 1993 and the NWA title has been active ever since, as of January 2024 Wrestling/EC3 is the champion. As a further note, when WCW and the NWA divorced WCW got custody of the Wrestling/BigGoldBelt and still had a champion in Wrestling/RicFlair (even if he was for all purposes now the champion of nothing), WCW eventually created the "International Heavyweight Championship" so the BGB would have something to represent, this would be unified with the real WCW title in 1994. The WCW International Championship is generally not considered a "real" world title, for example Flair held the title twice but those are not counted as part of his 16 world title reigns[[/note]] it was defended on WWE programming until it was unified with the WWE Championship (established in 1963) to become the Undisputed WWE Championship on December 9, 2001.
* '''WCW Cruiserweight Championship''' - "Cruiserweight" here means a weight limit of 225 lbs. It was defended in WWE until its retirement in 2008. WCW previously had the '''WCW Light Heavyweight Championship''' that only lasted about 10 months from 1991-92[[note]]Mainly as a vehicle to help get Wrestling/BrianPillman over. With a weight limit of ''235'' lbs both Wrestling/ShawnMichaels and Wrestling/BretHart would have been eligible had they been in WCW (according to their [[{{Kayfabe}} billed weights]]), and Wrestling/RandySavage would have only needed to cut 2 pounds to make it[[/note]], these titles do not share a lineage.
* '''WCW United States Championship''' - Established in 1975 under [[Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance Jim Crockett Promotions]]; is currently being used in WWE.
* '''WCW World Tag Team Championship''' - Defended on WWE programming, then merged with the WWE (World) Tag Team Titles.
* '''WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship''' - After WWE's purchase of WCW, it was one of two titles to be abandoned and never mentioned again on WWE programming. Understandable, as the first champions were crowned ''eight days'' before the buyout.
''Saturday Night'' would eventually cede its flagship status to ''[[Wrestling/WCWMondayNitro Nitro]]'', a long-shot idea by Bischoff to compete with ''[[Wrestling/WWERaw Raw]]'' in their own timeslot, in what would later become known as the Wrestling/MondayNightWars. He had the perfect blueprint for a wrestling show: make sure there is variety, showcasing different styles of wrestling (often with interesting stipulations). Live TV in an age when viewers had their attention divided. Have a mega-angle going on with the Wrestling/NewWorldOrder. Pro wrestling was forever changed by the nWo in some ways, with each show ending on a {{cliffhanger}}. Think ''Wrestling/WrestleMania'' hype, but weekly.
''Nitro'' was seen as the superior product for years, until it hit a creative wall. Bischoff, as it was judged later, measured everything by the ratings, so when ''Raw'' eventually rebounded, he had no plan or faith in his own product. While RingOldies were given most of the screentime, up-and-comers like Wrestling/ChrisJericho, Wrestling/DiamondDallasPage, Wrestling/{{Raven}}, and Wrestling/BookerT either [-1)-] didn't get elevated like they should have, or [-2)-] it was handled poorly and came about too late. The Cruiserweight Division went from being "the future of wrestling" (as Bischoff touted them as on his show) to being "vanilla midgets" who "couldn't draw"; the over-reliance on one storyline, with most of the [[{{Face}} babyfaces]] forming [[AntiHeroSubstitute an nWo offshoot]]; and, most notorious of all, PPV-worthy events like Wrestling/{{Goldberg}} vs. Wrestling/HulkHogan being relegated to episodes of ''Nitro'' instead for the sake of winning the ratings war, were just some of the decisions that led to huge losses in ratings and revenue, which resulted in the WWF purchasing WCW's assets on March 26, 2001.
In the aftermath of WCW going under, the void left by the organization led to the creation of [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]] and Wrestling/RingOfHonor.
By the time WCW disbanded, they recognized the following Championships:
* '''WCW World Heavyweight Championship''' - Established in 1991;[[note]]WCW used to - and WWE still does - try to say that this title dates back to 1948, 1904, or even the 1800s due to a [[BlatantLies completely false claim]] that it shares the same lineage with the [[Wrestling/{{NWA}} NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship]]. Exactly how far back that title's lineage goes is a subject for a different page but make no mistake about it, the WCW and NWA belts have ''always'' been two separate titles that really have no connection to each other outside of the fact that [[Wrestling/{{Sting}} the guy]] that held the NWA title at the time the WCW title was created was awarded the WCW title by default. WCW and the NWA completely severed ties in 1993 and the NWA title has been active ever since, as of January 2024 Wrestling/EC3 is the champion. As a further note, when WCW and the NWA divorced WCW got custody of the Wrestling/BigGoldBelt and still had a champion in Wrestling/RicFlair (even if he was for all purposes now the champion of nothing), WCW eventually created the "International Heavyweight Championship" so the BGB would have something to represent, this would be unified with the real WCW title in 1994. The WCW International Championship is generally not considered a "real" world title, for example Flair held the title twice but those are not counted as part of his 16 world title reigns[[/note]] it was defended on WWE programming until it was unified with the WWE Championship (established in 1963) to become the Undisputed WWE Championship on December 9, 2001.
* '''WCW Cruiserweight Championship''' - "Cruiserweight" here means a weight limit of 225 lbs. It was defended in WWE until its retirement in 2008. WCW previously had the '''WCW Light Heavyweight Championship''' that only lasted about 10 months from 1991-92[[note]]Mainly as a vehicle to help get Wrestling/BrianPillman over. With a weight limit of ''235'' lbs both Wrestling/ShawnMichaels and Wrestling/BretHart would have been eligible had they been in WCW (according to their [[{{Kayfabe}} billed weights]]), and Wrestling/RandySavage would have only needed to cut 2 pounds to make it[[/note]], these titles do not share a lineage.
* '''WCW United States Championship''' - Established in 1975 under [[Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance Jim Crockett Promotions]]; is currently being used in WWE.
* '''WCW World Tag Team Championship''' - Defended on WWE programming, then merged with the WWE (World) Tag Team Titles.
* '''WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship''' - After WWE's purchase of WCW, it was one of two titles to be abandoned and never mentioned again on WWE programming. Understandable, as the first champions were crowned ''eight days'' before the buyout.
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Its first flagship show was ''WCW Saturday Night''.Night'', a continuation of the same Saturday night wrestling show that had emanated out of Atlanta since 1971. It was two hours long and had more than a few {{squash match}}es, just like every other show at the time. However, there were times where they'd let a young unknown get a shot at perennial world champion Flair and actually give him a run for his money. It also served as a springboard for wrestlers who would go on to achieve fame in later years, with [[Wrestling/{{Goldust}} Dustin Rhodes]], [[Wrestling/MickFoley Cactus Jack]], and The Hollywood Blonds ([[Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin "Stunning" Steve Austin]] and Wrestling/BrianPillman) appearing for the first time on national television.
''Saturday Night'' would eventually cede its flagship status to ''[[Wrestling/WCWMondayNitroNitro]]'', Nitro]]'' in 1995, a long-shot idea by Bischoff to compete with ''[[Wrestling/WWERaw Raw]]'' in their own timeslot, in what would later become known as the Wrestling/MondayNightWars. He had the perfect blueprint for a wrestling show: make sure there is variety, showcasing different styles of wrestling (often with interesting stipulations). stipulations); Live TV in an age when viewers had their attention divided. Have divided; and most importantly, have a mega-angle going on with the Wrestling/NewWorldOrder. Pro wrestling was forever changed by the nWo in some ways, with each show ending on a {{cliffhanger}}. Think ''Wrestling/WrestleMania'' hype, but weekly.
weekly. ''Saturday Night'' would then decline in status to the C-show with the 1998 launch of ''Thunder'', eventually being ended in 2000.
''Nitro'' was seen as the superior product for years, until it hit a creative wall. Bischoff, as it was judged later, measured everything by the ratings, so when ''Raw'' eventually rebounded, he had no plan or faith in his own product. While RingOldies were given most of the screentime, up-and-comers like Wrestling/ChrisJericho, Wrestling/DiamondDallasPage, Wrestling/{{Raven}}, and Wrestling/BookerT either [-1)-] didn't get elevated like they should have, or [-2)-] it was handled poorly and came about too late. The Cruiserweight Division went from being "the future of wrestling" (as Bischoff touted them as on his show) to being "vanilla midgets" who "couldn't draw"; the over-reliance on one storyline, with most of the [[{{Face}} babyfaces]] forming [[AntiHeroSubstitute an nWo offshoot]]; and, most notorious of all, PPV-worthy events like Wrestling/{{Goldberg}} vs. Wrestling/HulkHogan being relegated to episodes of ''Nitro'' instead for the sake of winning the ratingswar, were just some war.
As quick as the rise of WCW to the top was between the debut of ''Nitro'' in 1995, the nWo's emergence at ''Bash at the Beach'' 1996, and the culmination of thedecisions Sting/nWo feud in 1997, so too was its fall from grace. The aforementioned over-reliance on the nWo started to grate viewers at a time where WWF rapidly catching up with its own Wrestling/AttitudeEra, and talent like Sting, Nash, Hogan, and Goldberg became replaced in the public consciousness by the likes of Wrestling/TheRock, Wrestling/TheUndertaker, Wrestling/TripleH and Wrestling/SteveAustin. The turning point came on January 4, 1999, where the infamous FingerpokeOfDoom took place. In front of 40,000 fans at the Georgia Dome, Nash laid down for Hogan to reunite the nWo and put the Big Gold Belt back around the Hulkster's waist. To add insult to injury, Bischoff ordered commentator Wrestling/TonySchiavone to spoil that night's (pre-taped) ''Raw'' and tell viewers not to switch channels to see Wrestling/MickFoley finally win the WWF Championship, at which point half a million viewers did exactly that.
WCW never recovered from that night, and the following two years led tohuge losses in Bischoff chasing "quick fixes" to the ratings and revenue, that never worked. By the end of 1999, Bischoff managed to snag controversial writer Wrestling/VinceRusso from WWF, who promptly started to institute his own "crash TV" style of presentation upon the product, which resulted didn't work as well as it did in WWF. Over the WWF purchasing next two years, questionable booking became incomprehensible – including infamous occasions where both Russo and actor Creator/DavidArquette would both hold the world championship – and revenues and ratings declined. By 2000, with roster contracts ballooning, WCW was in a massive financial black hole, but there was one further road-bump that forced WCW off the road for good: AOL.
Ted Turner was a massive wrestling fan, and he saw WCW as the crown jewel of the Creator/{{TBS}} Superstation; he was more than willing to see his own company absorb the financial losses of WCW. But the AOL–Time Warner merger in 2000 saw Ted KickedUpstairs, and the new accountants decided to rein in WCW's excesses. But it was too late to correct the nose-dive the product was in, and alongside a desire to cater to more "high-brow" tastes and despite Bischoff's best efforts, ''Nitro'' and ''Thunder'' were cancelled, effective April 1, 2001. With no TV time-slot and massive debts, WCW's assets were sold to Vince [=McMahon=] on March26, 2001.
23, 2001 for $2.5 million, a far cry from WCW making $500 million just two years prior. The name of WCW would live on for a few more months as part of ''the'' invasion storyline (with Wrestling/ECW joining Team WCW that summer), but the name of WCW would finally be put to rest at WWF's Survivor Series on November 18, 2001, with WCW reigning supreme.
The downfall of WCW (and also, for that matter, ECW) has been a mixed bag. In the aftermath ofWCW them going under, a whole host of new independent promotions raced to fill the void left by the organization led to the creation of organization, most notably [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]] and Wrestling/RingOfHonor.
Wrestling/RingOfHonor. But over the next two decades, no promotion could even come close to competing with WWE for the affection or attention of most wrestling fans, and WWE would go through its own rollercoaster of quality, albeit with none of the highest highs or the lowest lows that both companies experienced in the 1990s. The only wrestling promotion to arguably come close to going toe-to-toe with WWE like WCW did since has been Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling, which launched in 2019 and has firmly rooted itself as a solid #2 promotion. WCW itself has become a cautionary tale of what happens in the industry when you [[IcarusAllusion fly too close to the sun]], and most promotions since often look back to see what they can learn from WCW without replicating its mistakes.
By the time WCW disbanded, they recognized the followingChampionships:
championships:
* '''WCW World Heavyweight Championship''' - Established in 1991;[[note]]WCW used to- – and WWE still does - – try to say that this title dates back to 1948, 1904, or even the 1800s due to a [[BlatantLies completely false claim]] that it shares the same lineage with the [[Wrestling/{{NWA}} NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship]]. Exactly how far back that title's lineage goes is a subject for a different page page, but make no mistake about it, the WCW and NWA belts have ''always'' been two separate titles that really have no connection to each other outside of the fact that [[Wrestling/{{Sting}} the guy]] that held the NWA title at the time the WCW title was created was awarded the WCW title by default. WCW and the NWA completely severed ties in 1993 and the NWA title has been active ever since, as of January 2024 Wrestling/EC3 is the champion. As a further note, when WCW and the NWA divorced divorced, WCW got custody of the Wrestling/BigGoldBelt and still had a champion in physical Wrestling/BigGoldBelt, then NWA-champion Wrestling/RicFlair stayed in WCW (even if he was for all purposes now the champion of nothing), and the prestige of the BGB arguably followed too. WCW eventually created the "International Heavyweight Championship" so the BGB physical belt would have something to represent, represent; this would be unified with the real WCW title in 1994. The WCW International Championship is generally not considered a "real" world title, for example Flair held the title twice but those are not counted as part of his 16 world title reigns[[/note]] reigns.[[/note]] it was defended on WWE WWF programming until it was unified with the WWE WWF Championship (established in 1963) to become the Undisputed WWE WWF Championship on December 9, 2001.
* '''WCW Cruiserweight Championship''' - "Cruiserweight" here means a weight limit of 225 lbs. It was defended in WWE until its retirement in2008.2008; it was supposed to be unified with WWF's Light Heavyweight Championship in November 2001 before then-Light Heavyweight Champion X-Pac got injured. WCW previously had the '''WCW Light Heavyweight Championship''' that only lasted about 10 months from 1991-92[[note]]Mainly as a vehicle to help get Wrestling/BrianPillman over. With a weight limit of ''235'' lbs both Wrestling/ShawnMichaels and Wrestling/BretHart would have been eligible had they been in WCW (according to their [[{{Kayfabe}} billed weights]]), and Wrestling/RandySavage would have only needed to cut 2 two pounds to make it[[/note]], these titles do not share a lineage.
* '''WCW United States Championship''' - Established in 1975 under [[Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance Jim Crockett Promotions]]; is currentlybeing used in WWE.
one of WWE's two mid-card titles.
* '''WCW World Tag Team Championship''' - Defended onWWE WWF programming, then merged unified with the WWE (World) WWF Tag Team Titles.
Titles on November 18, 2001.
* '''WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship''' - AfterWWE's WWF's purchase of WCW, it was one of two titles to be abandoned and never mentioned again on WWE programming. Understandable, as the first champions were crowned ''eight days'' before the buyout.
''Saturday Night'' would eventually cede its flagship status to ''[[Wrestling/WCWMondayNitro
''Nitro'' was seen as the superior product for years, until it hit a creative wall. Bischoff, as it was judged later, measured everything by the ratings, so when ''Raw'' eventually rebounded, he had no plan or faith in his own product. While RingOldies were given most of the screentime, up-and-comers like Wrestling/ChrisJericho, Wrestling/DiamondDallasPage, Wrestling/{{Raven}}, and Wrestling/BookerT either [-1)-] didn't get elevated like they should have, or [-2)-] it was handled poorly and came about too late. The Cruiserweight Division went from being "the future of wrestling" (as Bischoff touted them as on his show) to being "vanilla midgets" who "couldn't draw"; the over-reliance on one storyline, with most of the [[{{Face}} babyfaces]] forming [[AntiHeroSubstitute an nWo offshoot]]; and, most notorious of all, PPV-worthy events like Wrestling/{{Goldberg}} vs. Wrestling/HulkHogan being relegated to episodes of ''Nitro'' instead for the sake of winning the ratings
As quick as the rise of WCW to the top was between the debut of ''Nitro'' in 1995, the nWo's emergence at ''Bash at the Beach'' 1996, and the culmination of the
WCW never recovered from that night, and the following two years led to
Ted Turner was a massive wrestling fan, and he saw WCW as the crown jewel of the Creator/{{TBS}} Superstation; he was more than willing to see his own company absorb the financial losses of WCW. But the AOL–Time Warner merger in 2000 saw Ted KickedUpstairs, and the new accountants decided to rein in WCW's excesses. But it was too late to correct the nose-dive the product was in, and alongside a desire to cater to more "high-brow" tastes and despite Bischoff's best efforts, ''Nitro'' and ''Thunder'' were cancelled, effective April 1, 2001. With no TV time-slot and massive debts, WCW's assets were sold to Vince [=McMahon=] on March
The downfall of WCW (and also, for that matter, ECW) has been a mixed bag. In the aftermath of
By the time WCW disbanded, they recognized the following
* '''WCW World Heavyweight Championship''' - Established in 1991;[[note]]WCW used to
* '''WCW Cruiserweight Championship''' - "Cruiserweight" here means a weight limit of 225 lbs. It was defended in WWE until its retirement in
* '''WCW United States Championship''' - Established in 1975 under [[Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance Jim Crockett Promotions]]; is currently
* '''WCW World Tag Team Championship''' - Defended on
* '''WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship''' - After
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* For most of their lifespan WCW had the '''WCW Television Championship''', which ranked below the United States Championship in the singles title hierarchy. This title dated back to 1976 and its primary purpose was to put a spotlight on up and coming talent, the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WCW_World_Television_Champions list of former title holders]] reads like a wrestling hall of fame. As the name indicates it was defended on television much more regularly than the other titles. Like the belts mentioned above it took a serious hit to its prestige towards the end of [=WCW's=] life (the last title change was Wrestling/HacksawJimDuggan winning it from a trash can. No, that's not a joke), and was quietly deactivated during [=WCW's=] "relaunch" in April of 2000. WWE rarely if ever acknowledges this title's existence.
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* For most of their lifespan WCW had the '''WCW Television Championship''', which ranked below the United States Championship in the singles title hierarchy. This title dated back to 1976 and its primary purpose was to put a spotlight on up and coming talent, talent; the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WCW_World_Television_Champions list of former title holders]] reads like a wrestling hall of fame. As the name indicates it was defended on television much more regularly than the other titles. Like the belts mentioned above it took a serious hit to its prestige towards the end of [=WCW's=] life (the last title change was Wrestling/HacksawJimDuggan winning it from a trash can. No, that's not a joke), and was quietly deactivated during [=WCW's=] "relaunch" in April of 2000. WWE rarely if ever acknowledges this title's existence.
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** Both companies had mostly-baseless lawsuits against one another, and for every sleazy business tactic by one side, you could counter with an equally sleazy tactic by the other. The week after Tony Schiavone warned viewers not to turn the channel to the competition because Foley was going to win their world heavyweight title, WWF mocked Goldberg by having Duane Gill impersonate him ''and'' lose to a woman. Now, let's rewind to October 1997, when Wrestling/JimCornette ripped the two most influential stars of pro wrestling's boom period, who helped transcend the genre into the mainstream (Hulk Hogan and Roddy Piper), in addition to burying their cage match at ''Halloween Havoc'', whilst putting over Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker in a Hell in a Cell match at ''Bad Blood'' that same month. Point being, the inside barbs and jabs each company gave each other was a weekly occurrence.
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** Both companies had mostly-baseless lawsuits against one another, and for every sleazy business tactic by one side, you could counter with an equally sleazy tactic by the other. The week after Tony Schiavone warned viewers not to turn the channel to the competition because Foley was going to win their world heavyweight title, WWF mocked Goldberg by having Duane Gill impersonate him ''and'' lose to a woman. Now, let's rewind to October 1997, when Wrestling/JimCornette ripped the two most influential stars of pro wrestling's boom period, who helped transcend the genre into the mainstream (Hulk Hogan and Roddy Piper), in addition to burying their cage match at ''Halloween Havoc'', Havoc'' (though in fairness ''no one'' liked that match), whilst putting over Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker in a Hell in a Cell match at ''Bad Blood'' that same month. Point being, the inside barbs and jabs each company gave each other was a weekly occurrence.
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** The first attempt at one of these came in 1993 in what would have been a WCW-Wrestling/SmokyMountainWrestling crossover angle, with SMW owner Wrestling/JimCornette "invading" ''WCW Saturday Night'' and cutting a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QMFsHUOv7E worked shoot promo]] on then-booker (and on-camera authority figure) Bill Watts.[[note]]Watts and Cornette came up with this when Watts called Cornette to bring in Wrestling/PaulOrndorff, who was working for SMW. That part at least worked out, Orndorff remained with the company until he retired in 2000.[[/note]] Unfortunately for Cornette Watts was turfed just as the angle was about to start, and his replacement Eric Bischoff thought there was a little too much shoot in that worked shoot promo and heavily edited it, then completely killed the angle outside of one SMW tag title match on PPV. Cornette ended up doing the angle with the WWF instead, which also got him a side gig as Wrestling/{{Yokozuna}}'s mouthpiece (he would also manage Wrestling/OwenHart, Wrestling/DaveyBoySmith, and Wrestling/BigVanVader) and later a spot on Vince's creative team after SMW folded in 1995.
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* '''WCW World Heavyweight Championship''' - Established in 1991;[[note]]WCW used to - and WWE still does - try to say that this title dates back to 1948, 1904, or even the 1800s due to a [[BlatantLies completely false claim]] that it shares the same lineage with the [[Wrestling/{{NWA}} NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship]]. Exactly how far back that title's lineage goes is a subject for a different page but make no mistake about it, the WCW and NWA belts have ''always'' been two separate titles that really have no connection to each other outside of the fact that [[Wrestling/{{Sting}} the guy]] that held the NWA title at the time the WCW title was created was awarded the WCW title by default. WCW and the NWA completely severed ties in 1993 and the NWA title has been active ever since, as of January 2024 Wrestling/EC3 is the champion. As a further note, when WCW and the NWA divorced WCW got custody of the Wrestling/BigGoldBelt and still had a champion in Wrestling/RicFlair (even if he was for all purposes now the champion of nothing), WCW eventually created the "International Heavyweight Championship" so the BGB would have something to represent, this would be unified with the real WCW title in 1994[[/note]] it was defended on WWE programming until it was unified with the WWE Championship (established in 1963) to become the Undisputed WWE Championship on December 9, 2001.
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* '''WCW World Heavyweight Championship''' - Established in 1991;[[note]]WCW used to - and WWE still does - try to say that this title dates back to 1948, 1904, or even the 1800s due to a [[BlatantLies completely false claim]] that it shares the same lineage with the [[Wrestling/{{NWA}} NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship]]. Exactly how far back that title's lineage goes is a subject for a different page but make no mistake about it, the WCW and NWA belts have ''always'' been two separate titles that really have no connection to each other outside of the fact that [[Wrestling/{{Sting}} the guy]] that held the NWA title at the time the WCW title was created was awarded the WCW title by default. WCW and the NWA completely severed ties in 1993 and the NWA title has been active ever since, as of January 2024 Wrestling/EC3 is the champion. As a further note, when WCW and the NWA divorced WCW got custody of the Wrestling/BigGoldBelt and still had a champion in Wrestling/RicFlair (even if he was for all purposes now the champion of nothing), WCW eventually created the "International Heavyweight Championship" so the BGB would have something to represent, this would be unified with the real WCW title in 1994[[/note]] 1994. The WCW International Championship is generally not considered a "real" world title, for example Flair held the title twice but those are not counted as part of his 16 world title reigns[[/note]] it was defended on WWE programming until it was unified with the WWE Championship (established in 1963) to become the Undisputed WWE Championship on December 9, 2001.
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** UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem: ''WCW Wrestling'', which was based on the Japanese Super Star Pro Wrestling.
** UsefulNotes/GameBoy: ''WCW The Main Event.''
** UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem: ''WCW [=SuperBrawl=] Wrestling.''
** UsefulNotes/PlayStation: ''WCW vs. the World'', which features several Ersatz versions of NJPW wrestlers. Japanese-developed and distributed by Creator/{{THQ}}.
** UsefulNotes/Nintendo64: ''WCW vs. [=nWo=]: World Tour'' and its sequel, ''[=WCW/nWo=] Revenge'' (THQ again).
** UsefulNotes/GameBoy: ''WCW The Main Event.''
** UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem: ''WCW [=SuperBrawl=] Wrestling.''
** UsefulNotes/PlayStation: ''WCW vs. the World'', which features several Ersatz versions of NJPW wrestlers. Japanese-developed and distributed by Creator/{{THQ}}.
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** UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem: Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem: ''WCW Wrestling'', which was based on the Japanese Super Star Pro Wrestling.
**UsefulNotes/GameBoy: Platform/GameBoy: ''WCW The Main Event.''
**UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem: Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem: ''WCW [=SuperBrawl=] Wrestling.''
**UsefulNotes/PlayStation: Platform/PlayStation: ''WCW vs. the World'', which features several Ersatz versions of NJPW wrestlers. Japanese-developed and distributed by Creator/{{THQ}}.
**UsefulNotes/Nintendo64: Platform/Nintendo64: ''WCW vs. [=nWo=]: World Tour'' and its sequel, ''[=WCW/nWo=] Revenge'' (THQ again).
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* '''WCW World Heavyweight Championship''' - Established in 1991;[[note]]WCW used to - and WWE still does - try to say that this title dates back to the 1948, 1904, or even the 1800s due to a [[BlatantLies completely false claim]] that it shares the same lineage with the [[Wrestling/{{NWA}} NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship]]. Exactly how far back that title's lineage goes is a subject for a different page but make no mistake about it, the WCW and NWA belts have ''always'' been two separate titles that really have no connection to each other outside of the fact that [[Wrestling/{{Sting}} the guy]] that held the NWA title at the time the WCW title was created was awarded the WCW title by default. WCW and the NWA completely severed ties in 1993 and the NWA title has been active ever since, as of January 2024 Wrestling/EC3 is the champion. As a further note, when WCW and the NWA divorced WCW got custody of the Wrestling/BigGoldBelt and still had a champion in Wrestling/RicFlair (even if he was for all purposes now the champion of nothing), WCW eventually created the "International Heavyweight Championship" so the BGB would have something to represent, this would be unified with the real WCW title in 1994[[/note]] it was defended on WWE programming until it was unified with the WWE Championship (established in 1963) to become the Undisputed WWE Championship on December 9, 2001.
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* '''WCW World Heavyweight Championship''' - Established in 1991; 1991;[[note]]WCW used to - and WWE still does - try to say that this title dates back to the 1948, 1904, or even the 1800s due to a [[BlatantLies completely false claim]] that it shares the same lineage with the [[Wrestling/{{NWA}} NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship]]. Exactly how far back that title's lineage goes is a subject for a different page but make no mistake about it, the WCW and NWA belts have ''always'' been two separate titles that really have no connection to each other outside of the fact that [[Wrestling/{{Sting}} the guy]] that held the NWA title at the time the WCW title was created was awarded the WCW title by default. WCW and the NWA completely severed ties in 1993 and the NWA title has been active ever since, as of January 2024 Wrestling/EC3 is the champion. As a further note, when WCW and the NWA divorced WCW got custody of the Wrestling/BigGoldBelt and still had a champion in Wrestling/RicFlair (even if he was for all purposes now the champion of nothing), WCW eventually created the "International Heavyweight Championship" so the BGB would have something to represent, this would be unified with the real WCW title in 1994[[/note]] it was defended on WWE programming until it was unified with the WWE Championship (established in 1963) to become the Undisputed WWE Championship on December 9, 2001.
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** WCW liked Wrestling/OwenHart so much they not only let him use his real name, but gave him a perfect 5-0 win/loss record while he was negotiating a contract. He eventually elected to go with the WWF, where he'd remain until his death in 1999. Pay your respects by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA2sQAnTleg watching]] him squash some random [[{{Jobber}} job guy]].
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** WCW liked Wrestling/OwenHart so much they not only let him use his real name, but gave him a perfect 5-0 win/loss record while he was negotiating a contract.contract in 1991. He eventually elected to go with the WWF, where he'd remain until his death in 1999. [[note]]Considering how he died one would think he should have signed with WCW, though given Turner's usual high turnover and general dysfunction there's a good chance that by 1999 he would have been in the WWF anyway, probably jumping ship (or getting released) alongside Wrestling/SteveAustin, Wrestling/MickFoley, Wrestling/TripleH, and Wrestling/BrianPillman in 1995-96[[/note]] Pay your respects by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA2sQAnTleg watching]] him squash some random [[{{Jobber}} job guy]].
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** '''Wrestling/JohnCena''' of all people is in ''Film/ReadyToRumble'', albeit for only about a second and a half and uncredited. Look for him in the scene with Wrestling/{{Goldberg}} in the gym. Or just watch [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEamTfFZDJs this clip]].
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* EarlyBirdCameo: A few guys that became stars in WWE made their first appearances on WCW syndicated shows:
** WCW somehow saw no value in a guy named [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJoxLtgO8SU Damon Striker]]. You probably (think) you know him as Wrestling/{{Edge}}.
** Glenn Jacobs would go through several gimmicks, including a brief stint as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOsFUIyeXnc Bruiser Mastino]], before finally finding one that stuck in Wrestling/{{Kane}}.
** WCW liked Wrestling/OwenHart so much they not only let him use his real name, but gave him a perfect 5-0 win/loss record while he was negotiating a contract. He eventually elected to go with the WWF, where he'd remain until his death in 1999. Pay your respects by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA2sQAnTleg watching]] him squash some random [[{{Jobber}} job guy]].
** WCW somehow saw no value in a guy named [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJoxLtgO8SU Damon Striker]]. You probably (think) you know him as Wrestling/{{Edge}}.
** Glenn Jacobs would go through several gimmicks, including a brief stint as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOsFUIyeXnc Bruiser Mastino]], before finally finding one that stuck in Wrestling/{{Kane}}.
** WCW liked Wrestling/OwenHart so much they not only let him use his real name, but gave him a perfect 5-0 win/loss record while he was negotiating a contract. He eventually elected to go with the WWF, where he'd remain until his death in 1999. Pay your respects by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA2sQAnTleg watching]] him squash some random [[{{Jobber}} job guy]].
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* '''WCW Cruiserweight Championship''' - "Cruiserweight" here means a weight limit of 225 lbs. It was defended in WWE until its retirement in 2008. WCW previously had the '''WCW Light Heavyweight Championship''' that only lasted about 10 months from 1991-92, 1991-92[[note]]Mainly as a vehicle to help get Wrestling/BrianPillman over. With a weight limit of ''235'' lbs both Wrestling/ShawnMichaels and Wrestling/BretHart would have been eligible had they been in WCW (according to their [[{{Kayfabe}} billed weights]]), and Wrestling/RandySavage would have only needed to cut 2 pounds to make it[[/note]], these titles do not share a lineage.
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** World War 3. What's better than a 20 man battle royal? Three of them at once! They actually did ''four'' of these before finally realizing that the buyrates stunk and giving up all that valuable floor space that should be filled with ticket buying fans was dumb.
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* BShow: ''Thunder'', ''Worldwide'', and ''Saturday Night.'' The latter was originally WCW's flagship program before ''Nitro'' launched. It was actually a decent B-show: they featured a lot of good midcarders like [[Wrestling/WilliamRegal Steven Regal]] and tag teams like Harlem Heat, and a lot of the newer and younger talents. However, ''Nitro'' still referenced ''Saturday Night'' frequently. Storylines, debuts and even title changes did occur on that show. They also had a lot of appearances by future stars of the industry (all of the WCW videos with Triple H are from ''Saturday Night''). Even the nWo would show up and have matches there now and again. If not for Saturdays at 6:05 Eastern/5:05 Central, there would never have been any Monday Night War. It's worth noting that ''WCW Worldwide'' '96 had a bunch of matches between future [[Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame WWE Hall of Famers]].
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* BShow: ''Thunder'', ''Worldwide'', and ''Saturday Night.'' The latter was originally WCW's flagship program before ''Nitro'' launched. It was actually a decent B-show: they featured a lot of good midcarders like [[Wrestling/WilliamRegal Steven Regal]] and tag teams like Harlem Heat, and a lot of the newer and younger talents. However, ''Nitro'' still referenced ''Saturday Night'' frequently. Storylines, debuts and even title changes did occur on that show. They also had a lot of appearances by future stars of the industry (all of the WCW videos with Triple H are from ''Saturday Night'').Night''[[note]]His lone appearance on a WCW PPV came at ''Starrcade 94'' in a loss to Alex Wright. Triple H actually never got this win back since Wright retired the moment WCW closed[[/note]]). Even the nWo would show up and have matches there now and again. If not for Saturdays at 6:05 Eastern/5:05 Central, there would never have been any Monday Night War. It's worth noting that ''WCW Worldwide'' '96 had a bunch of matches between future [[Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame WWE Hall of Famers]].
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* WCW also formerly had the '''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA/WCW_United_States_Tag_Team_Championship WCW United States Tag Team Championship]]''', which carried over from the NWA as a secondary tag title and was deactivated in 1992, and the '''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Six-Man_Tag_Team_Championship#Title_history WCW World Six-Man Tag Team Championship]]''', which was introduced in February 1991 and quietly abandoned that December.
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** Arachnaman was such a blatant Franchise/SpiderMan ripoff that Creator/MarvelComics threatened legal action, and the character was quickly abandoned.
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** Arachnaman was such a blatant Franchise/SpiderMan ComicBook/SpiderMan ripoff that Creator/MarvelComics threatened legal action, and the character was quickly abandoned.
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** WCW signed an exclusive contract with Michael Buffer to be their lead in-ring announcer. He made $100k per appearance just to call guys' names, and even then, he'd occasionally get them [[{{Spoonerism}} wrong]] (notable examples including "Bret 'The Hitman' Clarke" and "...home of the NCAA Champions of the Universe!").
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** WCW signed an exclusive contract with Michael Buffer to be their lead in-ring announcer. He made $100k per appearance just to call guys' names, and even then, he'd occasionally get them [[{{Spoonerism}} wrong]] (notable examples including "Bret 'The Hitman' Clarke" Clarke", calling Hulk Hogan "the King of Hulkamania", and "...home of the NCAA Champions of the Universe!").
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** Those jobbers you saw getting squashed on ''Saturday Night'' would often wrestle each other on shows like ''WCW Worldwide'', ''WCW Pro'', and ''WCW Main Event''. You know you've worked your way pretty far down the wrestling ladder when '''both''' guys get the Main/JobberEntrance.[[note]]At one point WCW was producing ''eleven hours'' of wrestling shows a week, and a monthly PPV. The fact that WCW had to produce so much content had a negative effect on creative going all the way back to the Crockett days, and both Wrestling/EricBischoff and Wrestling/KevinNash have said the creation of ''WCW Thunder'' as the point when it became seriously damaging to the company as a whole[[/note]]
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** Those jobbers you saw getting squashed on ''Saturday Night'' would often wrestle each other on shows like ''WCW Worldwide'', ''WCW Pro'', and ''WCW Main Event''. You know you've worked your way pretty far down the wrestling ladder when '''both''' guys get the Main/JobberEntrance.[[note]]At one point WCW was producing ''eleven hours'' of wrestling shows a week, and a monthly PPV. The fact that WCW had to produce so much content had a negative effect on creative going all the way back to the Crockett days, and both Wrestling/EricBischoff and Wrestling/KevinNash have said the creation of ''WCW Thunder'' and ''Nitro'' getting extended to 3 hours as the point when it became seriously damaging to the company as a whole[[/note]]
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** ''Saturday Night'' is remembered for the sheer volume of jobbers on display. Sgt. Craig "Pitbull" Pittman, the State Patrol, "Hardwork" Bobby Walker, Dean Malenko, Barry Darsow doing his golfer gimmick, Fidel Sierra, Mean Mike and Tough Tom, the masked Texas Hangmen, and the granddaddy of them all: The Gambler. (He was actually a good worker who never really got a chance. ''Website/{{WrestleCrap}}'' published a whole [[http://wrestlecrap.com/jobbers/jobber-of-the-week-the-gambler/ feature]] on him.) They put on a show, even if it wasn't about them. That's because WCW was always generous to its workers. Many of those guys are still wrestling today.
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** ''Saturday Night'' is remembered for the sheer volume of jobbers on display. Sgt. Craig "Pitbull" Pittman, the State Patrol, "Hardwork" Bobby Walker, Dean Malenko, Joe Gomez, Barry Darsow doing his golfer gimmick, Fidel Sierra, Mean Mike and Tough Tom, the masked Texas Hangmen, and the granddaddy of them all: The Gambler. (He was actually a good worker who never really got a chance. ''Website/{{WrestleCrap}}'' published a whole [[http://wrestlecrap.com/jobbers/jobber-of-the-week-the-gambler/ feature]] on him.) They put on a show, even if it wasn't about them. That's because WCW was always generous to its workers. Many of those guys are still wrestling today.today.
** Those jobbers you saw getting squashed on ''Saturday Night'' would often wrestle each other on shows like ''WCW Worldwide'', ''WCW Pro'', and ''WCW Main Event''. You know you've worked your way pretty far down the wrestling ladder when '''both''' guys get the Main/JobberEntrance.[[note]]At one point WCW was producing ''eleven hours'' of wrestling shows a week, and a monthly PPV. The fact that WCW had to produce so much content had a negative effect on creative going all the way back to the Crockett days, and both Wrestling/EricBischoff and Wrestling/KevinNash have said the creation of ''WCW Thunder'' as the point when it became seriously damaging to the company as a whole[[/note]]
** Those jobbers you saw getting squashed on ''Saturday Night'' would often wrestle each other on shows like ''WCW Worldwide'', ''WCW Pro'', and ''WCW Main Event''. You know you've worked your way pretty far down the wrestling ladder when '''both''' guys get the Main/JobberEntrance.[[note]]At one point WCW was producing ''eleven hours'' of wrestling shows a week, and a monthly PPV. The fact that WCW had to produce so much content had a negative effect on creative going all the way back to the Crockett days, and both Wrestling/EricBischoff and Wrestling/KevinNash have said the creation of ''WCW Thunder'' as the point when it became seriously damaging to the company as a whole[[/note]]
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** The hiring of Japanese wrestler Kaz Hayashi was an obvious response to WWF hiring Wrestling/TAKAMichinoku. Both had been in the same stable in Wrestling/MichinokuProWrestling (Kaientai), wear blue/black tights, wrestle in a cruiserweight manner and looked similar. Also, both were signed to their respective companies in 1997, with TAKA being signed to WWF in July and Kaz being signed to WCW in October. Though he stayed with WCW until their buyout, Kaz's tenure there is nowhere near as well remembered as TAKA's time with WWF for two reasons: one is that TAKA had enjoyed early success winning the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship and the other is that Kaientai reformed in WWF (minus Kaz), becoming very popular in the Wrestling/AttitudeEra when reduced to just TAKA and Sho Funaki.
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** The hiring of Japanese wrestler Kaz Hayashi was an obvious response to WWF hiring Wrestling/TAKAMichinoku. Both had been in the same stable in Wrestling/MichinokuProWrestling (Kaientai), wear blue/black tights, wrestle in a cruiserweight manner and looked similar. Also, both were signed to their respective companies in 1997, with TAKA being signed to WWF in July and Kaz being signed to WCW in October. Though he stayed with WCW until their buyout, Kaz's tenure there is nowhere near as well remembered as TAKA's time with WWF for two reasons: one is that TAKA had enjoyed early success winning the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship and the other is that Kaientai reformed in WWF (minus Kaz), becoming very popular in the Wrestling/AttitudeEra when reduced to just TAKA and Sho Funaki.Funaki[[note]]The third reason is that by the time Kaz started getting pushed ''Wrestling/WCWMondayNitro'' was getting demolished in the ratings by ''Wrestling/MondayNightRaw'', by ''at least'' a 2 to 1 margin. It's not as remembered because not nearly as many saw it to begin with[[/note]].
