10 Underrated Elements Of WCW In 1999

Of everyone on the WCW roster in 1999, Billy Kidman may very well have been the most important.

That may read like a loaded statement at first, especially considering the legends and icons that made up that roster but upon further investigation, there are few wrestlers who were as consistently great from week-to-week the way that the Allentown, Pennsylvania native was.

At a time of great volatility behind-the-scenes, he was a workhorse for WCW, a guy the company could trust to deliver night in and night out.

Even at its worst, WCW was a company that possessed some of the greatest wrestlers of the generation. Kidman, whether he was battling Dean Malenko, Psychosis, Jeff Jarrett, Scott Steiner or Vampiro, possessed the innate ability to alter his style to best fit that of his opponent. He had great matches with everyone when that simply was not happening.

Money and fame drove the top stars in the company but for Kidman, he always appeared determined to work hard, continue growing as a performer and in the process, establish himself as one of the finest in his field.

So great was he in 1999 that in January of the following year, when injuries plagued the Souled Out pay-per-view, Kidman was thrust into the spotlight. So trusted was he that he waged war in three separate matches, proving his worth to the company one more time.