10 Most Brutal WCW Matches Ever

Plenty of blood, guts, brutality and violence in these WCW classics.

When you think of hardcore, violent, stiff wrestling in North America, you often think about ECW and some of the company's "offspring" like XPW or CZW. Maybe you even think about the WWF and some of the bloodbaths they've delivered through the years, as well as their time having a hardcore division. While WCW might not be the first thing that comes to your mind, they deserve a lot of credit for the brutality they gave us, from some of the bloodiest cage matches of all-time to incredibly stiff European-style brawls. It takes a lot more than just blood or intense physicality to make a good match of this style. After all, anyone can bleed in a match, and a lot of the time, it doesn't even happen on purpose. The ten matches on this list all feature blood and/or insanely high levels of physical action, but they're also telling good stories and feature actual psychology, which is something hardcore matches often lack. As an added bonus, most of these matches are actually underrated, flying under the radar in wrestling history, so this gives you more content to search out on the WWE Network when you get the itch to watch something new one day.
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