10 Wrestling Moments That Couldn't Live Up To The Hype

WCW absolutely categorically WCW'd the f*ck out of this.

Those initials, man.

Those glorious initials, the promise of Ted Turner's money mixed with his hubris on that infamous phone call to Vince McMahon. The spirit of competition they promised and the wonderful and ludicrous ways they would try and see it through. The "World" when even at their peak they struggled to gain WWE-like footholds in other markets beyond their strongest in the United States. The "Championship" when, just a few years into their existence, they had to reinvent because the standard bearer left over a booking dispute. The "Wrestling" as the one bit they always had the potential to do better than anybody else and so often didn't.

Short version because it's fun to read the headlines - Sting beats Ric Flair in July to win World Championship. Spends summer as fighting champion while receiving messages from massive star wrestler from his "past" who drops clues about his identity through a disguised voice. He's the "Black Scorpion", as if portraying Sting's evil doppelgänger. It's not The Ultimate Warrior but WCW sure want you to think that. Rather than wrestle to show his physical threat he does stage magic, including turning a fan into a tiger and spinning another's head around in a box. Match is booked for Starrcade in December, but on the night four come out in his gear as his "messengers" before the real one arrives via flying f*cking saucer. It's Ric Flair. Sting beats Ric Flair in December to retain World Championship.