50 Worst WCW Moments Ever
An exhaustive guide to the WORST of WCW. Someone should've said nW-no!
What a bunch of World Championship W*nkers.
WCW's top brass had the world at their feet between 1997-1999. The product was hotter than WWE's revisionist history gives it credit for being today, and the nWo reigned supreme atop a mountain of merchandise money. Then, a combination of creative silliness and cold corporate cut-throats killed the dream by 2001.
Being totally honest though, revisiting even the worst of WCW is a fascinating experience. The defunct company has roared back into the public consciousness thanks to VICE's 'Who Killed WCW?' mini-series, and that's a good thing. Hopefully, it sends thousands more wrestling fans tumbling towards WWE's Network/Peacock service to check out the archives.
There's nothing from Vince McMahon's shortlived take on WCW here. That wasn't the true essence of the promotion - everything on this list comes from the original run between 1988-2001. It's some journey to recap all of this; each moment deserves a place when looking at the dirt worst World Championship Wrestling had to offer, but you'll perhaps find some of it endearing too. Somehow!
50 moments, and some of the wackiest decision-making the biz has ever witnessed. Welcome to WCW's kayfabe-shattering, career-wrecking and occasionally-shocking magical mystery tour.
50. Nobody Sees Everyone Get Injured
WCW's product was a junkyard by the end, but here goes.
Bash At The Beach 1999 featured the first ever "Junkyard Invitational" brawl. Unfortunately, the lighting was so poor that hardly anything on-screen was visible for some of the match. Fit Finlay won the thing, but multiple workers were also injured for real during the melee.
Those guys sacrificed their bodies for WCW's latest bid to hop on the hardcore bandwagon, but...most fans tuning into the pay-per-view from home missed their efforts. Hope the wrestlers who got hurt took home a nifty payday, at least!