If WCW hadn't thrown 18 months of planning down the toilet by trying to conflate their own story with WWF's Montreal Screwjob, this would be the number one WCW match of all time. However, in Bret Hart getting involved and there not being a pristine, clean as a whistle finish in the middle of the ring to this one, we are where we are. Sting and Hogan was on one level a WWF vs. WCW dream match. However, in the nWo angle being so great, Sting vs. Hogan had evolved into something much bigger than that, and was WCW's one claim to excellence against the WWF and the largest factor in how they had come to dominate the Monday Night Wars. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x22pl1e_the-sting-crow-era-vol-53-sting-vs-hollywood-hulk-hogan-wcw-title-match-12-28-97_sport This is the ultimate big fight feel that went off with a whimper, and not a bang.
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.
