10 Greatest Things About WCW’s Final Year
5. The Cruiserweights Tearing It Up
Even though it's easy to remember the stupid, awful moments like the 'Judy Bagwell on a Forklift' match, what many often tend to overlook is that WCW was actually putting on some bangin' matches over its last year - and, in particular, the cruiserweight division was absolutely on fire.
Before WCW went out of business, it seemed as if the powers-that-be decided to try letting wrestlers wrestle. Sure, there were still awful gimmick contests dotted across PPVs and TV programming, but let's not forget how much the cruiserweights were tearing it up at that point in time.
Of course, part of what made WCW so great during the company's dominant period of the Monday Night Wars was in how it shone a spotlight on some of the most exciting cruiserweight talents from across the globe. And in that final year of WCW, the promotion was still ridiculously entertaining when it came to the in-ring antics of its cruiserweights.
3 Count and the Jung Dragons put on a series of brilliant, high energy, high impact contests - with "Sugar" Shane Helms really coming into his own - and Rey Misterio Jr., Billy Kidman, Chavo Guerrero Jr., Elix Skipper, and Kid Romeo all made the most of their minutes on-screen.
Granted, we didn't need a WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship, but the cruiserweights as a collective remained one of the bright spots of a murky final year for WCW.