A Brief History Of World Wrestling All-Stars
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The biggest issue WWA had during their time as a touring promotion was delivering what had been advertised. While largely out of their hands, many of the PPVs suffered badly from no shows and roster changes that repeatedly left fans disappointed.
Despite only being an announcer, Jerry Lawler was featured prominently on the promotional materials and the tour merchandise over the first tour; however, he left WWA to return to WWE before their UK tour even began in 2001. Meanwhile, Ken Shamrock was also promoted yet never appeared.
The Outsiders were another huge WCW act scheduled for the second WWA PPV in early 2002. Sadly, they too had returned to WWE by the time the show came to pass, going on to reform the New World Order and feature prominently at WrestleMania X8.
With The Outsiders gone, the WWA were reeling ahead of their Revolution PPV in Las Vegas and the last minute withdrawal of 'Macho Man' Randy Savage on show day was almost a killer blow. Previous tour headliner, 'Road Dog' Brian James, also no-showed, making their US debut a complete disaster from a promotional standpoint.
To make a bad situation worse, the WWA Champion Jeff Jarrett was then unable to make the return PPV due to commitments with what would become TNA. As such, Scott Steiner defeated Nathan Jones to become WWA Champion, only to vacate it himself when Steiner signed with WWE.