A woman winning the WCW Cruiserweight Title may sound like a progressive idea in hindsight. After all, someone like Ronda Rousey could probably take anyone on the WWE roster not named Brock Lesnar. However, this wasn't done as an inspirational story. It was done as a joke. Madusa won the gold at Starrcade 99 against Evan Karagias in the finals of the Cruiserweight tournament. Her first match against Evan was weeks earlier in a tournament for the Heavyweight Title. That match saw them grabbing each other with lustful intentions, and ending because she kissed him on the lips and he let her pin him. It was inspirational for young women everywhere! Well, at Starrcade Madusa only won because Nitro Girl Spice gave Evan one of the worst looking low-blows in the history of the business. Yes, she turned on her new boyfriend. Hearts were broken, intelligence's were insulted. Madusa was a great wrestler, but her winning the belt had nothing to do with wrestling, it was done for the sake of Crash TV. Actually, one of the only people who had a worse title reign than her was the man that beat her...
As Rust Cohle from True Detective said "Life's barely long enough to get good at one thing. So be careful what you're good at."
Sadly, I can't solve a murder like Rust...or change a tire, or even tie a tie. But I do know all the lyrics to Hulk Hogan's "Real American" theme song and can easily name every Natural Born Thriller from the dying days of WCW. I was once ranked 21st in the United States in Tetris...on the Playstation 3 version...for about a week.
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