20 Must-See WCW Matches

With hours upon hours of fresh wrestling programming churned out each and every week, it’s hard to keep up with all the content produced by WWE alone, let alone any other promotions across the globe.

In fact, even the most dedicated of wrestling aficionados would find it a tough task to watch everything each week; particularly when the content that is produced isn’t always of the greatest of standards. But why settle for paint by numbers action when you can have a wrestling masterpiece at the touch of a button?

Tired of seeing Dolph Ziggler counting ceiling tiles? Amen, sister. Sick to death of Miz/Dean Ambrose confrontations? Preach to me, brother. Fear not wrestling fans, What Culture and the WWE Network has you covered. Hallelujah!

Grab those rose-tinted glasses, take a pew and join us as we delve into the Book of Eric (chapters 1-20) and look back into veritable goldmine of WCW content from years past.

Back in 1992, Sting was the clean-cut poster boy of WCW and the clear franchise player for Ted Turner and co. Cactus Jack was everything Sting was not.

Unpredictable, wild and grungy, “Mrs Foley’s Baby Boy” was the complete antithesis of his colourful counterpart; all of which made for a terrific clash of styles when the two would collide at Beach Blast ’92.

The match itself was non-title – which seems a little odd in hindsight – however, it didn’t take anything away from the action at hand. Contested under “Falls Count Anywhere” rules, the bout was a rare diversion into brawl territory for The Stinger; who had spent most of his career as a solid in-ring practitioner.

The barbaric style of the man from Truth or Consequences brought out the edgy side of the champ and helped make Sting’s character more three dimensional; much like it would with Shawn Michaels at In Your House 10: Mind Games four years later.

Despite the epic match-up, the two wouldn’t meet again in the squared circle until 17 years later at TNA’s Lockdown ’09 inside the confines of a steel cage.