30 WCW Matches You Must See Before You Die
Don't worry, the Fingerpoke of Doom isn't here...
Word Championship Wrestling came into existence after Ted Turner purchased Jim Crockett Promotions' NWA-affiliated pro wrestling territory (which was airing on TBS) on October 11, 1988. In this being the case, coming up with a list of "greatest matches in WCW history starts with anything televised by the promotion from the October 15, 1988 airing of "World Championship Wrestling" on TBS to the final Monday Nitro on March 26, 2001. In that 12-year run, there were certainly more than 30 amazing matches in WCW. However, these are the best. In encapsulating what the "best matches" were in WCW, it's an intriguing mix of performers that both defined what the industry had been all about before (Ric Flair, Randy Savage, Hulk Hogan, Terry Funk, Ricky Steamboat, Sting, Rick Rude), redefined that established North American expectation (Steve Austin, Brian Pillman, Chris Benoit, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, Goldberg) and also those who blew that expectation to the moon (Vader, Cactus Jack, Eddie Guerrero, Rey Mysterio, Jushin Liger). Consider the idea that WCW was only in existence for 12 years, and that's an impressive legacy (and an impressive group of matches)...