The Bizarre Tale Of The Misfits In WCW
1. WCW May Have Tried to Steal The Misfits from Jerry Only
Jerry Only is very happy to tell anyone who will listen how cutthroat the wrestling business is.
The Misfits’ time in WCW ended early in 2000 when Only had his lawyers serve the company with cease-and-desist orders to stop them from using the band’s music, its iconic skull logo, or anything else related to The Misfits. Only had become convinced that WCW wanted to somehow gain the rights to the band’s profitable merchandise, but get rid of its troublesome union-starting founder and bass player. In a long, slightly unhinged screed published on the band’s website and in many, many subsequent interviews, Jerry Only has accused WCW of trying to steal the band from him, turn his band-mates against him, and of secretly plotting to have Vampiro replace him in the band. The truthfulness of his accusation is contingent on each person’s interpretation of events, but neither Vampiro nor the other Misfits have voiced support for Only’s claims.
Regardless of the cause, this Misfits line-up was soon finished, and the band notoriously broke up onstage during a concert in October of 2000.
Only continued touring and recording with different cobbled-together line-ups before eventually reuniting with Doyle and original singer Glenn Danzig in 2017.
The reunion concerts that followed were, true to Only’s character, scheduled in order to resolve a lawsuit.