10 Weirdest WCW PPV Main Events Ever
The promotion tried all sorts of things during their war with the World Wrestling Federation.
Throughout its long and colourful history, World Championship Wrestling always made great use of pay-per-views.
Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP), the company that would become WCW, was the first to make use of closed-circuit broadcasts - and also beat WWE to the idea of a monthly pay-per-view schedule.
Many of their original concepts - War Games, Halloween Havoc, The Great American Bash etc. - have been continued by their former competitors, proving the lasting impact they've had over two decades since they went bust.
They might have been pioneers when it came to the format, but that doesn't mean they always got it right. The company put on some utterly awful shows with some truly bizarre matches in the final spot, the best of which are detailed here. If you can believe it, the year 2000 only appears twice. Who'd have thunk?
This list is only covering shows post-1988, which is when JCP was purchased by Turner and rebranded as WCW. Equally, a "main event" here is classed as the final match on a given card, so none of this "multiple main events" nonsense that wrestling companies love to trot out.
10. Hollywood Hulk Hogan vs Roddy Piper - Starrcade 1996
During the 1980s, you couldn't have asked for a better main event match than Hulk Hogan versus "Rowdy" Roddy Piper.
This was the feud that had closed out the very first WrestleMania and had helped turn WWE into the biggest promotion in America. However, by the time 1996 rolled around, a lot had changed.
Hogan and Piper closed out Starrcade '96 when they were both in their mid-forties, which meant something very different back then than it does today. But that's not why this match is so odd.
After years of failing to defeat The Hulkster as a heel, gallant babyface Piper made the NWO leader pass out in a sleeper hold, winning him the match and the WCW title. At least, that's what everyone thought at the time.
Despite Hogan being the champion and this being the main event of the biggest show of the year, Piper apparently "forgot" to make this match for the belt, rendering his victory ultimately useless.
Hollywood Hulk would hold onto the gold until August the following year, and Piper would never once get his mitts on the top prize.