9 Things I Learned From Watching WCW Greed

9. WCW Was No Longer A Big-Time Promotion

Greed opens with a match between Jason Jett and the quite frankly terribly named Kwee Wee. One interesting thing to note straight away is that despite the fact WCW was in absolute dire straits at the time, the crowd were still fairly hot for all of the action. The commentary team were also pushing Jett quite hard throughout the match, putting on a brave face despite WCW's impending death.

By this point. any semblance of WCW being a major international wrestling promotion was finished. The match itself is a lot of fun, but it is has a small-time live event feel to say the least. The alignments of the two men are quite confusing, with Jett playing a babyface but also cheating from time to time throughout.

The most glaring example of the small-time feel is a strange spot towards the end, where Jett decides to play possum despite being in control of the match. He gestures comically before this, something that is echoed by Kwee Wee when he sees the prone Jett in the ring. Kwee Wee may also have become 'Angry Allan' by this point, but that doesn't matter.

Jett wins the match, but the days of Dean Malenko vs. Eddy Guerrero opening up PPVs was long gone.