10 Stupidest Things That Happened In WCW
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- From the harmlessly idiotic to the potentially unsafe to the ultimately company-destroying.
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To be fair, as a kid that was a fan of both WCW and Robocop (including their comic books), Robocop coming in was awesome.
Sht, I'm 23 and i think it was amazing.
To me, Chucky showing up to promote Bride Of Chucky was a lot worse.
I would of lost my shit if I saw that back in the day, I loved robocop, still do.
I agree loved the biz, comics, and the films it was awesome 👊💀😎🤘🤟
@Barbara A.Taylor The cross over "what if" kinda comics are always fun. Robocop vs. Aliens, RoboCop vs. Terminator. I would love to see Robocop vs. Judge Dredd.
Before watching this I suggest the entire year 2000 should be on here.
Especially the world title picture.
lol like 23 title changes. A few vacated titles.
Vince Russo WCW champion
Entire year of 2001 as well
Yeah it was awful
Those were the rough days when you had to switch between Nitro and Raw. Always missed something cool dang it.
Then wcw had a slight edge from showing reruns later that night, I used 2 juz watch wwf & then wait 4 nitro reruns risking 3 hourz less of sleep 4 school but knowing everything that happened tho.... Also VCRs were the best too n case I wanted 2 sacrifice & watch 1 more than the other n da
7-10 time slot (central time zone)
Spoken like a man that was there. Fondest memories of my childhood. Driving my family crazy with my channel flipping.
Lol........ Never to be done again unfortunately......shit now a days in 2020 is absolute gargabge to say the least
Then bam they both have commercials at the same time lol
Then there was me with two TVs side by side. One tuned into Raw and the other to Nitro.
Bret Hart could have wrestled a mop to a Match of the Year and putting him in the ring with Goldberg literally ended his career. Think about that.
Matt Riddle does say Goldberg is the worst wrestler ever lol
😂... but he broke Bret so 😨 I guess.
@Brian Smith it's amazing, the video clearly stated that "robby" piper came in and they reenacted the WWE Screw job in Montreal, that is why things went south. i know thinking isnt a big thing for pro wrestling fans, but you can at least listen.
@@steveswangler6373 It was the kick in the head that ended his career dipshit. Think before you type
@@steveswangler6373 bruh Goldberg kicked Bret hart in the head and actually did end his career...
Arquette is a solid dude for donating his earnings to families of deceased wrestlers.
Arquette really wasn't the problem in that story. Literally EVERYTHING ELSE was!
@@Radman1889 he should of never won the WCW championship if he won the US or Hardcore title I wouldn't mind.
@@declangaming24and it's not his fault, it was Vinny Ru fault
@@angkhoanguyen6114 yeah arquette went along with it cause they payed him money it was a shocking storyline
@@declangaming24 and they are holding his movie hostage, thanks to those money
To me 100 percent of the blame falls on nash and Hogan. They had a golden storyline that could have won the Monday night wars but they let their ego get in the way. Just insane to think of the shit they pulled.
Bro just ride that money train lost all respect for the biz for the amount of money they were making Hogan bitchoff nash hall should of never had the contract they had they could do what they wanted ok fire me got a guaranteed contract I get paid anyways
I respect the hell out of David Arquette for donating his wrestling earnings. That was a class act.
Still a better champ than Russo.
Yeah, I didn't know that. Cool as hell.
And for trying to talk WCW out of doing something so idiotic...
He also came back to wrestling last year, making a serious effort to actually try and be a real wrestler to make up for the 2000 debacle. Nearly died in a deathmatch against Nick Gage in November. Got superkicked by the Young Bucks when he appeared on Being the Elite and asked them to let him enter the Over the Budget Battle Royal at Double or Nothing. Guy sincerely loves wrestling.
@@ikejeromeharlan4683 And more respect for pro wrestling championships, too.
The transition graphics on this video are the absolute greatest.
Were they created in house?
That looked very slick. Love it!
Although it began to suck, it's still the best era of wrestling compared to today! My father worked for WWF from 77-90 here in CT, so I was raised in it. The Monday Night Wars (with the ECW creeping up from the underground) was legendary and like any war someone had to lose. . .too bad it was us; the fans! I've tried to watch in the past few years and I just can't do it.
An empire toppled by its enemies can rise again, but one which crumbles from within, is dead forever.
Well said!
Who said that?
@@therealfrisco3859 Daniel Bruhl said it in Civil War as Baron Zemo
@@jamescannon4925 Who's that? Lol
@@therealfrisco3859 a character from Marvel
Hogan burying sting killed any hopes WCW had.
That was Hogan's ego at work, just like Nash booking himself to beat Goldberg.
You missed chucky cutting a promo on Rick Steiner
Nice one...I remember loving all pro wrestling back then, and earlier....There were a whole lot of bad ideas missed on here...lol. I actually knew NWA/WCW before I had found WWF. It was sad to see WWE rejects ruin that company...at one time, they had a very different style that was, in my opinion, better for years....dating back to before the Hogan Era there. Actually got to see a lot of future WWE stars coming up in their early years through the NWA....the biggest has to be Undertaker as Mean Mark Callous....if I remember right, he teamed with Dangerous Dan Spivey back then...lol
Even though he doesn't say this line, all u hear is, 'hey Rick ya prick,' although Rick does stand in the ring, shouting, 'come on chucky. Where you at chucky,' why did he think it was real. Brain damaged.
The best was when Steiner challenged him to a fight. "Bring your raggedy rear end down here." Glorious
@@greghughes6098 lmao genuis
LOL. I hated that so much! I remember thinking that manical laughing was a hint a future WWF guy heading over. We had crazy debates on the school bus ride home about who it'd be, then we all were so quiet the next morning from embarrassment after it was revealed to be Chuckie.
Man, that night of the "finger poke of doom" everybody almost rioted. Myself included.
I am not a wrestling fan (though I am a fan of wrestling fans), and I wanted to find out what happened to WCW, and the things that kept coming up were 1) Vince Russo 2) Fingerpoke of doom 3) David Arquette. Honestly, when I found that out about Arquette, I thought (and still think)it was one of the stupidest things I had ever heard.
I didn't riot...because I was one of the 500,000-or-so people who changed the channel from Nitro to Raw because I wanted to see Mick Foley win a world title...and I never went back.
That was back when I still flipped the channel between the 2 and I never heard the infamous spoiler, I just watched Mankind win. Makes me wonder if I would have watched Nitro had I known Raw’s ending
I'm one of the few who actually liked the Fingerpoke Of Doom. I was a huge nWo fan back in the day, and seeing them reunite in a swerve was highly enjoyable to me.
1. Judy Bagwell on a forklift.
2. Anything that Jim Herd came up with ( Ding Dongs, Big Josh, Ric Flair as Spartacus, etc.)
3. Ed Ferrara as Oklahoma
4. The Renegade
Must we forget Oz and shockmaster no limit soldiers Abdullah the butcher getting electrocuted.
@@mrtonywilliams6312Not to mention the Kiss Demon.
@@jeremywilliams5141 Hell wcw did a kiss concert. Remember Dave Evad Sullivan ?
@@mrtonywilliams6312 Yes. We could do a top 100 of this list. There are just so many.
Pinata! Pinata! Pinata!
David Arquette may not be a great actor, but he's a great guy.
Otaku Evolution by all accounts he’s a really friendly guy, and his working indie shows proves he does respect the business. And he was great in Scream!
DIE YOU EIGHT, LEGGED, FREAKS!!!!! And a big thank you to this movie for introducing 15 year old me to Scarlett Johansson ❤❤❤
Otaku Evolution Word 💯
He’s a so bad he’s good actor
The finger poke of doom is the most Horrificly Stupidest Thing to happen in WCW
Jose Lopez I got why they did it, but killed a amazing story line between white & black vs red & black!
yea, but the ensuing Goldberg beatdown and embarrassment was fucking awesome LOL!
the stupiest thing about david arquette winning the title was DDPs reaction. why the hell was he so happy to lose the world title? it made no sense what so ever.
My only guess is he was a babyface and they didn't want him to turn heel. Still made no sense though
Bro, because Vince Russo bro
Jake Jonas I laughed way too hard at that dude
RUSH that was worst then the finger poke of doom
Sting not beating Hogan clean in starcade 97
That was a mess up so it dont count
It WAS a mess so it DOES count.
cory williams most likely it was Hogan playing backstage politics
He DID beat Hogan clean, because Hogan had almost everyone in the tank for him and Bret Hart stopped the ending bell from being rung. But when they held up the title shortly afterward, it REALLY annoyed me. They just couldn't let Sting enjoy his victory.
@@SeasideDetective2 The whole thing was just comedy of errors. They should have just booked it to be a clean victory for Sting, instead of booking Hogan to pin him with a quick count by Nick Patrick. But then they managed to mess it up when Patrick didn't actually quick count, so Bret Hart coming down to restart the match and THEN have Sting win "clean" was just so confusing...because it wasn't a quick count.
I clearly remember the finger poke of Doom, and then hearing that mankind is going to be winning the belt tonight, they do all their stuff pre-taped. And I had really enjoyed Mick Foley's character, and I wanted to see where it was going. After the finger poke of Doom, which was basically the finger to the fans, I went to WWF, and I was there for a long time. I never even saw the end of WCW. I just heard that they went bankrupt
Goldberg Concussing
Then
Now
Forever
best thing he ever did.
It's his thing
Forever... Forever... Forever... Forever... Forever...
I hate him so much
Three nails in the wcw coffin in my opinion:
1) Bischoff becoming the “leader” of the nwo in 1996.
2) sting/ hogan starcade match.
3) nwo wolfpac formation.
Yep there are other bad moments but IMO these events started the ball rolling.
Remember when Sting had a freaking Vulture on his shoulder?!?!
Mann Holloway freakn Baddass
I'm sorry Simon, but, Robocop saving the day is the BEST thing that ever happened in WCW.
Apology's will be accepted.
Really,,??..
AGREED!!! THAT SHIT WAS ABSOLUTELY LEGENDARY !!!! SHIT IS EPIC TO A 10 Yr OLD KID...... Man I wish I could go back to that era wrestling was amazing back then MAGICAL SHIT
I liked it just for the batsh*t-crazy factor!😁👍
Started with apologising to him though.
I agree
Didn't know Arquette did that with his wrestling money... Damn, good for him!
Video should just be called "Vince Russo: A Life, a Failure"
3:07 “Robbie Piper?”😂
Wouldn't be surprised at all if Piper was announced as Robbie instead of Roddy at least once in WCW.
You can't spell Simon Miller without taking a couple Ls
Rob Picken I caught that too! Simon!
Poppie riper
Olay Anderson
No matter the result, sting vs nWo was probably best told story
The match itself was horrific but the storyline is still the greatest told in all of pro wrestling/sports entertainment
Nope. Best moment ever in WCW was when Sting won his first title vs Ric Flair at The Great American Bash in Baltimore 1990. One of the absolute highlights of my childhood and an awesome time to be an 8 year old. That match was wonderfully set up and still stands as one of Jim Ross's best calls of a match ever.
@@justinorel6592 Probably my 2nd favorite Sting moment was from Clash of the Champions in Savannah when Luger ambushed him and then Rick Rude took the US Championship from him after Sting "got back from the hospital" just before the contract was voided. Rude had MEGGGA heat then with Paul E Dangerously.
No.... It wasn't lol
Sting vs Nwo was the starwars prequels of wrestling, great idea terrible execution
This is just Incredible, Vince McMahon destroyed WCW by sending/firing Vince Russo.
T'challah ! There are Theories out there that Vinny Mac sent Russo to WCW to ruin it from the inside. I’m sure it’s bullshit but who knows.
Hogan was the best and worst (along with Russo) thing to ever happen to WCW.
No just worst, for both.
I always wondered why Sid Vicious wore a Tuxedo at 'Return of Robocop' lol
This was one of the best videos you’ve ever did. I laughed repeatedly good work.
The "news reporters" wearing WCW crew member shirts lol
Sid in a tux was lmao funny
Kids and I use the finger poke of doom when we play around. I actually charge it like a Dragon Ball Z attack, barely touch them, and they go flying on the bed or trampoline.
Only thing missing is special effects while I charge it.
Well, at least AEW can use this as an example of what to do and what not to do.
Brennan Martinez shut up
@@paulmarion3013 Ahh, anger, denial, acceptance. To each your esoteric own.
Brennan Martinez can you read? Shut up!
@@paulmarion3013 See? Just take baby steps 👍
The battle royale they had at Double or Nothing was...not great. Most of the guys were so green you could mistake them for cabbage. People kept moving to the sides and just watching as two people locked up. Could definitely tell who had more experience in that shitshow.
This is going to be a hard list to narrow down as the best 10
Ikr
Now do the same video abt WWE, TNA, and ECW
I missed the Four Horsemen having bull fighter Olay Anderson.
You could make this same list on the wwe from the past 6 months alone
Oh brother tell me about it. Ugh
#1 would still be katy vick anyways.
Past 6 months. Wwe has sucked since the 2000s.
I’m thinking of relaunching
Dub Ya C Dub YA
lol
Mr McMahon please I don’t want you to retire please make better storylines , characters, and push the right people
It's such good shit
@@zariahbuffalo8607 I really hope you're being sarcastic.. this is not the real Vince McMahon..
Why, so you can keep making WCW talent look like fools ? lol
I'd like to see the best WCW has to offer in Goldberg against WWE's best, The Undertaker... Wait...no I don't.
Well, if it happened 15 years ago.......
I still LOVE WCW/nWo and will forever miss it
A like the fact that any minute of this video feels better than the best attempt of WWE to do a decent show nowadays.
Ever. From WWWF, to WWF, to WWE, there was not a single era worth watching. Sorry fans, I am genuinely honest about this. I could see nothing worth watching coming out of New York. And no, MSG is not "iconic," it's a dump.
The funny thing is WCW’s ratings at the end were still much better then WWE’s current rating today in modern times 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣....
Not that I like WWE these days, believe me, I don't, but things were WAY different back in the day. Far fewer options not only on TV but also that huge thing called internet. Funny thing is, WWE is making more money these days than at its peak during the golden age or the Attitude Era
A little thing called the internet makes your point irrelevant
I mean 10 years ago TNA got better ratings in one week than AEW has to this day. Ratings as a whole are down
Love ya Simon! Please take over WhatCulture if you aren’t the main guy already
Hogan, Nash and Russo lol, they are just poison
THUNDER IN PARADISE -- STARRING TERRY HOGAN 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
Where the girls are so pretty ooh it's so nice
It’s weird he went by Terry but not Boleia or however it’s spelled.
Bollea, I think
This list makes me realize that you could probably make a top ten of the worst things Kevin Nash has done in wrestling. As much as I was a fan of his as a kid, I have to admit he was involved in a lot of infamous moments.
... am I drunk, or did he say, “Robbie Piper..”? (I AM drunk, but I’m still lucid enough to hear I think)
He said robbie.
He did, and it was terrible
Yeah, because Alcoholism is so funny.
@@adamcharleshovey7105 just because you're drunk doesn't make you an alcoholic. Take it down a notch
@@adamcharleshovey7105 Aren'tcha a special snowflake?
3:06 I could have sworn he called him Robby Piper
He did!!
I never understood the whole WCW VS WWF. I personally watched both.
Me too. But competition makes for good products. Seeing WWE now is proof of that
@@TonyJenn Perhaps AEW could make a difference.
I believe that in the USA they were on at the same time so people had to choose.
If you watched both, you know on Monday night that there was at least one hour where you had to decide which program you'd watch. One of those shows was a filler for commercial breaks.
Ryan Arko I meant more from a fans rivalry stand point. I know they had to out do each other to get viewers. What I meant was with fans why some considered themselves only WWF or WCW fans. When both had their great and bad points.
Personally every Monday back then I would just flip back and forth. I loved both neither was better then the other to me.
WCW actually got me into wrestling, but started to drift to WWE in 98
Same thing for me, may 98 specifically.. stopped caring about wcw in early 99
The fingerpoke of doom episode is likely the most popular wcw episide ever, it comes up so many times, look at the star power though in that ring, i liked the luger heel turn, another big surprise after one surprise.
Making fun of Mick Foley, WCW never recovered from that
Because you NEVER make fun of a man as great as Mick Foley!
To be pretty fair it was less that and more of what they did on that same night.
@@ahmeddemha6112 it was a disastrous combination of both
@@elijahechicagobearsboyd5734 that was the finger poke of soon with Hogan and Nash right?
@@KevAng039 Yep
Hogan/Warrior 2 was a 7 star classic. One of the most creative bookings they have done next to putting the title on Arquette.
Putting the title on Arquette was PURE booking GENIUS of which was VERY underrated. It was a PERFECT way to tie in to Ready to Rumble featuring WCW. It was an opportunity to promote WCW.
FlyBoyEnterprises lame
FlyBoyEnterprises - April 1st was over two months ago.
Sarcasm
If you wanted something truly horrific and stupid done by WCW for this list, I'd have included having Kanyon thrown off the second tier of the triple cage by Mike Awesome, falling 20 feet to the entrance ramp at the end of the main event of Slamboree 2000.
It was done in the Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri, and was just shy of a year to the day that Owen Hart fell to his death from the ceiling of that same arena at WWF Over The Edge 1999, in front of some of the very same wrestling fans.
How could he flick over to watch Nitro? Nitro wasn’t shown live in the UK. Or even at the same time as Raw was shown on a Friday in the UK.
WCW in 2000 equals WWE in 2019 Vince McMahon is going to bury the company
With a little help from aew.
Please don't insult WCW in 2000 like that.
Except the WWE is making money. Something WCW (outside of 96-98 and even that can be chalked up to funny accounting) could never do. The moment the WWE stops making money, that should start to make Stamford notice, but until then...
@@PYLrulz1984 Very true. However, the WWE product itself is abysmal.
Except WWE isn't losing millions like WCW was
What, no Shock Master? I am shocked!
It's only a top ten. How much WCW awfulness do you want to watch?
Shock master was one of those it's so bad it's great moment
Shockmaster also wasn't as catastrophic for the company. Comparatively it was pretty inconsequential.
My favorite whatculture video regarding wcw
About time someone made one of these lists
Wrong! The Yet-ay is always worth revisiting.
....so Simon has hair when WCW was a thing??? Wow that to me is mind blowing
That transition is Awesome...
WWE basically did do that, except instead of Iron Man they used Black Adam
Still amazes me that anyone can defend Russo's awful booking.
I thought he was only one defending it lol. It's a swerve bro
I can't blame David for his run. Of all guest to ever do things, he is the only person to keep doing this. Well ICP.... But that's it.
First few seconds of the video, and I'm dying for my own Buff-Judy Bagwell t-shirt!
Love the 80's theme guys
Sting vs Hogan next Saudi Arabia show, book it Vince
Oh please,Hogan looks like shitt now,and sting has nothing to gain by beating that old fart.
Robert Zajkowski facts
Noooooo
Wait wait wait wait... wait....
Simon used to have hair!?
10:21 I will never understand all the hatred over the *cattle prod* incident...
I always thought it was a good way to give *Goldberg* his first loss and not to mention it's a pretty wild _heel_ tactic.
c0pyimitati0n me too
Great Job, this is why many of us left wresting, one of these things
A top 10 cannot cover all the horrendous things that happened to wcw.
Bet you could do a top 10 or even top 20 just for what happened in 2000.
Running the finger poke of doom against Mick Foley/Mankind winning WWF title that night was so bad. WCW never got as high 5.0 rating other then when Raw was preempted.
Thank you for stopping at only 10. You could've made this video 3 hours long with all the stupid shit WCW did throughout their history
That thunder in paradise joke was brilliant. Im Laughing my head off right now.
I don’t think you know how the Vince McMahon Title win went according to these words
I knew by reading the title this was gonna be a Simon video.
DUBBYAH SEE DUBBYAH
12:19 LMAO this is the most Lex Luger still shot of Lex Luger I have ever seen.
LOL...i can't unsee that now...thanks for pointing that one out
"If Kevin Nash had had a memorable title reign..." HAHAHAHA I just tore my quads laughing at that
Hogan vs warrior 2 was absolute crap nothing compared to wrestlemania 6
2019 WWE is worst than 2000 WCW
Sad, but true, this company is going down and fast
Aew will rise up ,WWE will fall down and down
I have to agree :( I wish I could say you were wrong though
WCW was ineptitude on top of ineptitude. WWE and vince goes out of their way to make to damn sense and they do it 5 hours a week.
Vinicius Caldas Spot on. At least WCW was an entertaining sort of awful in 2000.
I remember laughing at that Robocop save, hearing JR oversell his entrance then Robocop bending the rubber bars to save Sting.
Whenever Simon is in any video it's great
6:34 Marking out VERY HARD!!
When the finger poke of doom happened I quit watching wcw and I was in the nosebleed section at starcade and said this is good cause I was all about Wolfpack
Just ten? You could make this an ongoing seventy part series.
Giving Hogan too much creative control was a major factor.
What if WWE brings back WCW or ECW in future again ?
What type of matches we will get to see just imagine?
It won't.
ECW would probably just be boring if Vince runs it, if he let's Triple H book it like he does with NXT it will be quite enjoyable.
We saw what happened when Vince brought back WCW and ECW. It sucked hard...
Goldberg vs Sting, WCW Saudi Show 2022. Book it.
@@BulletClub444Life but now many new wrestler came , generation has change now
Don't get me wrong
I miss WCW
Simon should do a new list like this featuring Vince McMahon booking decisions from the last 3 years. Shane winning “Best in the World”, Shane beating Roman Reigns, Brock Lesnar squashing Braun Strowman to win the title back, Sasha Banks losing all her Women’s title defences, WWE completely burying the Women’s Tag Team titles after barely a month, Calling up NXT talents only to bury them or not even use them, Kane squashing Finn Bálor on Raw, Roman Reigns megapush, Goldberg vs Undertaker, everything associated with Saudi Arabia, etc, etc. I think you would have more material for WWE from the last couple years than all of WCW.
some people dare say current wwe is like the old wcw. they clearly have forgotten how bad it was.
The Dungeon of Doom should not be on this list. Zodiac is the Daniel Bryan is his day. 🤣
I really liked the DoD lol. I remember when they showed the master screaming: sullivaaaaannn! lol. He looked like a power rangers villain. And when the brought the Yeti! lol
Bit of a negative list for you, Simon.
Have to agree, though, David Arquette _is_ an awesome dude for donating all his pay to the families of deceased or injured wrestlers. He even made a return to wrestling last year and has made an effort to be taken seriously (possibly to make up for WCW debacle), although he says he's done with deathmatches after getting a severe cut on the neck and needing surgery from a match against Nick Gage at LA Confidential. Mad respect to the guy.
In 1990 I was 11 and for 11 year old me the Robo Cop appearance was epic and so was the Black Scorpion gimmick that year.
WCW did so much stupid shit, I'm amazed you guys narrowed it down to a top 10!
I really hope the next video is a horrifyingly stupid WWE moments
Good idea but where am I going to find the time to watch an 18 hour video???
Just tune in every Monday and Tuesday
😅....channel surfing.
I was fortunate to have two TV set's.😁
Me too
Nice vids.. new fan here.. but tocbe honest.. i really love this era of wrestling..hahaha thanks for this!😊
Meltzer giving Warrior-Hogan II -5 Stars is the funniest shit ever 😂