Before just deciding to sign Hulk Hogan, WCW attempted to use the WWF method of having as many big and ugly wrestlers as humanly possible beat the tar out of Sting in order to make him an appealing babyface performer. The best of these "big and ugly" heels signed to make this happen was Cactus Jack. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xz7klw_12-92-06-20-sting-vs-cactus-jack-falls-count-anywhere-beach-blast_sport At Beach Blast 1992, it's not so much that Sting gets beat mercilessly by Cactus Jack, it's the level of enjoyment that Cactus takes in his work and in the idea that Sting's getting over from it take makes this notable. Very rarely has what makes wrestling amazing been put on display quite like this.
Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.
