1. Warrior Proves Tag-Team Reunions Don't Need Wrestling
The night after Halloween Havoc, which was the culmination of the most pointless return & revolution ever seen in pro-wrestling, Warrior said he wasn't done. He let us know there's a difference between beating a man, and beating him up, and last night, he beat the hell out of Hogan. I think he's trying to state he got the moral victory. Well, to be honest, I think I'd rather walk away as the guy who wasn't beaten with steel and almost burned alive, then the guy who says "Everyone remembers who lost the SuperBowl, so long as they tried!". Hogan comes out, and after a bit of a tussle, Warrior executes a flying shoulder-block that hits Hogan squarely in the shin, sending him flying to the outside. Well, as the title stated, there was more to this evening. Later, Warrior would come out and ask Sting if he'd feel like teaming up again. Even if most of the audience probably had no idea that Sting & Warrior use to tag together in the 80s, those two wrestling together was still a big get in the late 90s. Naturally, Powerteam USA/Blade Runners vs Hogan & Bret was the main event of the evening. If anything, at least Bischoff would feel better knowing Warrior was averaging $333,333 per match now, and would actually wrestle on free TV. As Sting makes his way to the ring, Buffer lets us know that this will be the first time Stinger & Warrior tag together. Once everyone makes their way to the ring, the match gets underway. Stinger starts, but you know Warrior's big TV debut is right around the corner. OK, it's been like 3 or 4 minutes, and still no Warrior. Hogan & Bret have tagged in a few times, and are proceeding to beat the snot out of Sting. Finally, about 5 and a half minutes into a 5 minute & 45 second match, Warrior tags in. He nails 3 clotheslines on Bret, and then the nWo comes out to draw the DQ. Yup. The collective time for all 3 of Warrior's official matches in WCW has just gone from about 13:00 to 13:06. The best million ever spent. As the nWo piles in the ring, they eventually get the best of the Warrior. Smoke fills the squared circle, as Warrior just kind of fumbles out of the ring. Schiavone makes the save by saying he was trying to disappear, but just couldn't. Sadly, Tony would only get worse at making a sudden excuse for something, A LOT worse. Sting soon hops in the ring to beat the nWo down with the baseball bat, and Warrior finishes the job by chasing them to the back with Hogan's weight-lifting belt, never to be seen again. As Tenay once said "Now that's how you kick-start a revolution!". In the end, Warrior's time in WCW was as memorable as the people on the inside were hoping, yet for all the wrong reasons. The absurd levels that Warrior insisted this feud go show that he was clearly out of touch with the late 90's wrestling fan. As they were hungry for the more reality based wrestlers, and here he comes literally pretending to be Batman, but with supernatural powers. After riding the nostalgia train for a few weeks, Warrior had started receiving boos, as Bischoff probably took note that at least now he knew exactly how to not spend a million dollars. In the end though, I think we're all thankful for how it turned out. The feud was asinine, preposterous, and at most-times baffling. However, that's exactly how we've always wanted our Ultimate Warrior.
Caliber Winfield is more legend. Despite making up every rumor himself, they're all true. He's so manly he has to shave his eyeballs, and he was mistaken for The Rock as well as Ryan Gosling in the same day, both men said it was the greatest day of their life when they heard the news.
