In 1999, someone had the bright idea of hiring hip hop impresario Master P to run a babyface stable called the No Limit Soldiers, facing off against southern fried heel group The West Texas Rednecks. The idea was that Ps cousin would get a break in wrestling, P would be paid handsomely for bringing his music, his face and his brand to WCW, and WCW would gain exposure in the lucrative late nineties hip hop market, bringing them a surge of new fans. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the professional wrestling audience of 1999 wasnt ready to cheer a gang of wrestlers under a street hip hop gimmick, and led by a guest star. Imagine if one of RAWs guest hosts stuck around and carried on trying to get face pops from the crowd every week, and youve got some idea as to how badly Master P went down with the crowd. In Ps first and only appearance on Nitro, the alleged babyface bullied and belittled loathed redneck bad guy Curt Hennig. Compounding the problem was that the babyface stable (featuring future WWE superstar Rey Mysterio) outnumbered the heels two to one in the ring. The audience werent sure they wanted to cheer for Master P to begin with, and now WCW had given them the excuse they needed to boo him. Master P was paid an estimated $200,000 for his one appearance on Nitro, and the No Limit Soldiers collapsed without him to lead the gimmick. Thats got to hurt.
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