10 WCW Moments So Bad They’ll STILL Blow Your Mind

2. Vince Russo Wins The Big Gold Belt

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"That's a wrap on WCW credibility."

The same sentence could be used to describe the 25 September 2000 Nitro. On that flagship, Vince Russo booked himself in a steel cage match vs. Booker T, then ended up winning the WCW World Title when Goldberg speared him through the structure's wall. New champ, and another unwanted one.

Russo went on to vacate the belt mere days later on Thunder, and bizarrely claimed he wasn't a pro wrestler so couldn't defend the thing. Erm...why book that match with Booker and the title switch at all then? That lack of logic is so 'Dubya-C-Dubya' it stings.

Somehow, Russo winning the title is worse when you watch it retrospectively. Booker T gamely tried to restore the strap to its former glory with top performances post-Bash At The Beach, but then WCW went and penned this silly b*llocks which wrecked everything that preceded it.

Don't hate the player, hate the game and all that.

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