25 Crazy WCW Facts (That Get Progressively More Ridiculous)
11. Literally Ass-Backwards
WCW’s production gaffes were a recurring theme in the long saga of its drawn-out death. In the early days, WCW did not have dedicated studio space in the main Warner headquarters; the TV was hastily edited in third-party suites, the delays stemming from which once led to an episode of Worldwide not airing in the New York market in 1990. WCW had failed to send the tape to the station in time. Years later, WCW was still plagued by total incompetence.
An episode of Thunder was taped on April 11, 2000 for broadcast a day later. The show was typically abysmal. Three matches, totaling seven minutes and 17 seconds, ended via disqualification. One of these matches - Sid Vicious Vs. Harlem Heat 2000 - was a No Disqualification match. The No Disqualification match ended via disqualification when Eric Bischoff disqualified Sid in a match where disqualification could not happen. And yet this did happen (yet again).
Because this is WCW, it is somehow not the dumbest aspect of the show. On this episode of Thunder, there were three ref bumps and no less than nine run-ins. No, that wasn’t the dumbest aspect of the show, either.
Sting won a Handicap match over Los Villanos IV and V (the second Handicap match on the show, incidentally). To the viewer watching at home, the finish lacked a certain drama. That is because, as a result of an editing gaffe, highlights of the finish were broadcast before the full match had taken place.
As tempting as it is to blame the production team here, could you actually keep track of this insanity if it were your job?