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3. WCW Has RoboCop Save Sting

Sting Robocop Capitol Combat 1990
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Wrestling traditionalist and he-who-loves-touting-college-sports Jim Ross must've thought he'd gone to industry hell when he shouted: "Here comes RoboCop!" at WCW's Capital Combat 1990 pay-per-view. The unstoppable crime fighting machine's second movie was set to come out one month after the show, so he rocked up to the D.C Armory and saved Sting's bacon.

The Stinger was locked in a mini steel cage by the Four Horsemen, and he needed rescuing. Out came RoboCop to RoboHelp his RoboPal as RoboFans celebrated in the RoboStands and WCW surely patted themselves on the back for thinking they'd just earned Orion Pictures a tidy sum.

Instead, the angle was roundly criticised by viewers, and people feared the character might return for some actual in-ring stuff that'd kill off Ric Flair's stable for good. That didn't happen, but RoboCop's tie-in did become stuff of legend and don 'worst of' lists about WCW (and pro wrestling generally) forever more.

JR didn't go to see the flick, presumably.

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