Hello and welcome to another
spoiler-free edition of Seanomaniac Wrestling Reviews, the only wrestling
review series on the internet that continues to place itself in the main event
scene when they are nearly 50! Honestly, didn’t that Survivor Series finish
remind you of this company? Yes, that’s right it is WCW time, the journey is
over as I will finish watching WCW: From NWO Until The End with WCW’s Greed
2001! With the end of this arc on the blog, I intend to go to the land of
extreme and view every ECW pay per view from beginning to end. So, sit back and
relax as we look at a company that was dead but did not know it just yet, it is
a sad night in the company’s history but all good things must come to an end and
with that in mind, here is WCW’s final pay per view ever.
Opening
Promo
I am still standing, DDP’s words to
Scott Steiner. DDP is the last hero in the company, no Goldberg, No Sting, No
Kevin Nash. They have all fallen, it is almost over but DDP stands in Steiner’s
way. Decent stuff compared to the crap they usually fed us over the years.
Jason
Jett vs Kwee Wee
Jason Jett has been here for a week….
Ok, Jett is formerly EZ Money of ECW, Kwee Wee is back from the edge of the
universe as Kwee Wee has not be seen for months. Jett is knocked to the floor
by Kwee Wee, Jett fights back with a superkick and dive to the floor. Lovely
camera work which shows a largely empty arena, slingshot leg drop by Jett for
two. Camel clutch by Jett, Jett grabs a hold before elbowing Kwee Wee for two.
Flying forearm by Kwee Wee, Jett elevates Kwee Wee to the apron but Kwee Wee
yanks Jett by the hair to the floor.
Kwee Wee misses an ugly dive, Jett
nails a lovely DDT using the ropes for balance. Clothesline and standing moonsault
by Jett for two, Jett is elevated to the floor by Kwee Wee. Kwee Wee chokes
Jett with the camera cable, Kwee Wee wants a pin on the floor? Jett is tossed
into the guard rail, slam by Kwee Wee. Jett fires up before a Lou Thesz Press
by Kwee Wee for two. Jett is rammed head first off the mat, sleeper into a slam
by Kwee Wee for two. Suplex for two, Kwee Wee stomps all over Jett. Jett is
placed on the top rope and we see Jett recreate his famous powerbomb reversed
into a hurricanrana spot from Kid Kash. Kwee Wee gets a two of course, huge facejam
by Kwee Wee for two.
Piledriver screams Kwee Wee, Jett lows
blows Kwee Wee. The fucking babyface low blows Kwee Wee, handspring elbow with
a kip-up, Jett tries for crash landing but Kwee Wee escapes for a sunset flip
for two. Northern lights suplex by Kwee Wee for two, Kwee Wee and Jett bang
heads. Jett asks the crowd to be quiet and plays possum, is this a fucking
house show? Did that really happen on pay per view? Kwee Wee is on the top rope
missing an elbow, Jett calls for The Crash Landing and wins the match.
Not bad, Jett seemed to have something
to him if only he could slow down and sell a bit more, Jett showed off a lot of
impressive moves at times. The low blow was bizarre though, you are a babyface
like what are you thinking? Also, that lying down spot was very jokey and
corny, how did Jett get away with that kind of spot? Nonetheless, I was
entertained despite the erratic wrestling and selling by Jett, there seemed to
be a bit to Jason Jett.
Winner: Jason Jett over Kwee Wee via
Crash Landing!
(WCW
Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship Match) Kid Romeo & Elix Skipper vs Rey
Mysterio & Billy Kidman
No Tygress? Bollocks to this company!
This was not what I had in mind when I said let’s make the best of Mysterio and
Kidman, they should be kicking ass for the tag team titles not the
cruiserweight titles. Anyways Romeo comes out of nowhere to be in this match,
Romeo and Kidman begin the match. Slingshot headscissors by Kidman, alley oop
bomb by Romeo. Skipper gets the tag, splash for two. Hurricanrana and dropkick
by Skipper, Skipper eats a knee and a guillotine leg drop from Mysterio.
Skipper forearms Mysterio, hurricanrana by Mysterio. Skipper is sent tumbling
to the floor, Kidman nails a baseball slide. All four men brawl on the stage,
Skipper is hiptossed into Romeo. The Filthy Animals dive onto Skipper &
Romeo.
Romeo attacks Kidman from the apron,
Skipper knocks Kidman to the floor which leads to an assault from Romeo. Tag to
Romeo, huge clothesline by Romeo which leaves Kidman down. Chops by Kidman and a huge clothesline,
wheelbarrow into a bulldog by Romeo who smacks Mysterio off the apron. Reverse chinlock by Romeo, Romeo takes down
Kidman with a front suplex. Skipper comes in, Skipper chokes Kidman on the
middle rope. Romeo attacks Kidman using the ropes, Skipper nails a huge forearm
to Kidman. Skipper has Kidman on the top rope, Kidman counters for a sit-out
spinebuster. Mysterio gets the tag, springboard crossbody. Tornado DDT,
Mysterio sends Skipper to the floor.
Back suplex by Kidman, senton on Romeo
by Mysterio. Suicide dive onto Skipper, Romeo dives onto Mysterio and Kidman
dives onto everyone with a shooting star press. Mysterio is crotched, sunset
flip powerbomb by Mysterio for two. Skipper has Mysterio in a full-nelson,
Kidman saves Mysterio. Reverse suplex to Romeo, Skipper saves Romeo. Kidman is
sent to the floor, tiger suplex/leg drop combination on Mysterio but Kidman
saves once again. Bulldog by Kidman on Romeo, powerbomb/splash combination for
two. Bronco buster by Mysterio on Skipper, Mysterio sentons Romeo. Skipper and
Kidman tumble to the floor, Romeo catches Mysterio off a springboard moonsault
for The Last Kiss.
Emerald Flowsion = pure beauty. Those
championships are ugly and when the company was rebranding, it was not the
smartest idea for new championships to be introduced. Mysterio seem super
motivated for this as did Kidman, those two had so much potential it was
ridiculous. I would enjoy Mysterio and Kidman chasing for the championships so
the finish made sense to me but we would never see a conclusion on pay per
view.
Winners: Kid Romeo & Elix Skipper
over The Filthy Animals via Emerald Flowsion!
Bam
Bam Bigelow vs Shawn Stasiak W/ Stacy
So, Stacy finally returns after her
pregnancy angle which was never truly paid off thank God as nobody gave a damn.
You know what else nobody gave a damn about? Shawn The Star Stasiak, mecca of
manhood. Call him what you will, there is not enough hot women in the world to
make Stasiak interesting or entertaining in the ring. Best part of Stacy and
Stasiak is that The Rock had a segment on Smackdown with these two where Rock
basically hit all over Stacy and Stacy wanted The Rock. Bigelow looks like shit
wearing a sleeveless shirt instead of his regular gear.
Stasiak smacks Bigelow twice with
right hands, Bigelow has Stasiak in the corner before Stasiak grabs a headlock.
Right hand by Bigelow, Stasiak rolls to the floor. Stacy comforts Stasiak,
Stasiak continues to stall while Bigelow gets frustrated. Lock-up, Stasiak
cheap shots Bigelow multiple times, stomps in the corner. Bigelow takes
control, back body drop and corner clothesline. Stasiak dropkicked to the
floor, Bigelow gives chase to Stasiak.
Jawbreaker on the floor and Bigelow
meets the steel steps, crossbody and pose by Stasiak. Bigelow fights back but
Stasiak low blows Bam Bam, right hands in the corner. Bigelow is choked with
the top rope, Bigelow snapmares Stasiak. Bigelow is on the top rope, Diving
Headbutt for two. Stacy is on the apron, Stacy distracts Bieglow. Stacy throws
Stasiak hairspray and Stasiak nails a neckbreaker for the win.
Hairspray finish is appropriate for a
failed Rick Rude gimmick, Stasiak might be one of the most boring wrestlers
inside of the ring, nothing could save this match with a boring Stasiak and a
Bigelow who is phoning it in for the money. Crowd was silent not only for the
finish but the whole match too. DUD!
Winner: Shawn Stasiak over Bam Bam Bigelow
via Neckbreaker!
Team
Canada vs Hugh Morrus/Konnan
Awesome chopped off the mullet, it is
a truly sad day. Awesome and Storm should have stayed in ECW with the way their
careers turned out in WCW as they face Konnan and Hugh Morrus. Morrus sprints
to the ring to battle Storm, Konnan comes in to batter Storm. Awesome and
Morrus start the match officially, clothesline by Awesome. Tag to Storm, chops
by Storm. Morrus no-sells Sting style, eye poke by Storm. Morrus nails a
powerslam for two, Storm jawbreakers Morrus and tags Awesome. Big boot and leg
drop for two, corner splash by Awesome. Konnan argues with the referee, Storm
and Awesome nail a double clothesline. Front chancery from Storm, Morrus escapes
and bangs heads with Storm.
Tag to Konnan, right hands and rolling
clotheslines all around, Storm is saved from a K-Factor by a clothesline from
Awesome. Tag to Awesome, splash for two. Tag to Storm, foot choke and choke
from Awesome. Morrus is with the referee, Konnan fights back smacking Storm’s
head off the top turnbuckle. Storm elbows Konnan down for two, tag to Awesome.
Storm puts the boots to Konnan on the floor, small package by Konnan but
Awesome mows down Konnan with a clothesline. Knees by Storm, right hands by
Konnan but another knee floors Konnan.
Diving clothesline by Awesome, tag to
Storm. Dropkick for two, leg drop by Storm for two. Awesome distracts the
referee to block Morrus’ tag, Awesome piledrivers Konnan with Morrus making the
save. Scoop slam by Storm, Storm misses a diving elbow. Double knockdown, tag
to Morrus. Right hands, spinning heel kick for two, corner splash. Storm Superkicks
Morrus, Awesome Splash but Konnan saves his partner. Morrus German suplexes
Awesome, Morrus is too slow for no laughing matter as Awesome nails The Awesome
Bomb for the win.
I think Storm was tied to Morrus for
the majority of his WCW career, it is crazy how many times these two faced one
another on pay per view. Anyways, best use of the two at this point, Storm
being a cowardly heel hiding behind the big bully of Awesome. They might have
had something to them but of course, WCW would be gone soon and this match
meant absolutely nothing. Morrus has never done anything for me inside that
ring while Konnan I have always compared to Road Dogg, a great talker but
nothing special in the ring, he just sells well in a tag match setting.
Winners: Team Canada over Morrus &
Konnan via Awesome Bomb!
(WCW
Cruiserweight Championship Match) Sugar Shane Helms vs Chavo Guerrero ©
Shane Helms broke away from Three
Count, being the best out of the three man group. It is all about the
vertebreaker which is Helms’ devastating finish and the name of his theme song
which he dances to with his Sugarbabes. This has been a few months in the making,
this is a big test for Mr. Helms. They lock-up, side headlock by Chavo. Chavo
holds on tight, using the hair to control Helms. Snapmares from both men, some
nice mat wrestling which ends in a stalemate. Lock-up, side headlock by Helms.
Huge clothesline by Chavo, stomps in the corner by the champion.
Helms avoids a back suplex for a
gutwrench suplex, diving fist drop for two. Chavo blocks nightmare on helms
street, exploder suplex by Chavo for two. Foot choke and facewash by Chavo, STF
by Chavo. Helms struggles as Chavo changes holds to frustrate the challenger,
Helms grabs a headlock before Chavo nails a back suplex for two. Jacknife cover
by Chavo, Helms escapes and eats a DDT for two. Dropkick in the corner by
Chavo, pumphandle suplex for two. Chavo sends Helms to the floor, Helms drops
Chavo off the apron. Helms is dropkicked by Chavo, Chavo dives off the top rope
to the floor with a crossbody.
Helms escapes a suplex for his knee
facebuster, neckbreaker by Helms. Two for Helms, Helms elevates Chavo to the
apron, huge superkick by Helms. Chavo ducks a superkick in the ring, sit-out reverse
DDT by Chavo for two. Helms blocks the tornado DDT, Nightmare on Helms Street
with Chavo getting a foot on the ropes for two. Helms whips Chavo to the floor,
huge crossbody to the floor by Helms. Another crossbody for two, scoop slam but
Chavo crotches Helms off the top rope. Chavo places Helms on the top rope,
Chavo attempts a vertebreaker but Helms counters for The Vertebreaker, we have
a new champion.
For all the building and fan support
that Helms built up in his work with Three Count, I must say that this was one disappointing
match for Helms to become champion. I thought it was very dull at point, no
real intensity or passion to the whole thing, felt like a normal match. What I
did like was the finish, Chavo was meant to be a cocky piece of crap so trying
the vertebreaker makes sense for his character. Anyways, I found this disappointing
for the amount of build-up that went into Helms chasing the championship.
Winner: Shane Helms over Chavo
Guerrero via Vertebreaker!
(WCW
Tag Team Championship Match) Totally Buffed vs Chuck Palumbo & Sean O Haire
©
Totally Buffed became number one
contenders by beating Kronik with help from Mike Awesome at Superbrawl, the
gimmick had a decent amount of heat to it with two big jacked up morons talking
down to everyone while also retiring Goldberg. There was potential there, there
was also potential when The Natural Born Thrillers split up and the best two
members stayed together to form a decent tag team.
Luger and Bagwell caught a long-winded
promo, it goes for far too long. Something seems off here, the champions run
into the ring with Bagwell taking one punch and staying down before Luger
clotheslines Bagwell by mistake. Superkicks for Bagwell and Luger, we have two
Swanton Bombs and this match is over. Bagwell and Luger stay down in the middle
of the ring, they do not move and it becomes clear that the two were being
punished and decided to be unprofessional little bitches who did not want to
job to the young talent. In fairness, Luger has become much nicer over the
years as evident in his shoot interviews while Bagwell is still a bitter piece
of shit but this was a disgrace. Shame on those two for making a mockery of the
business that made them rich.
Winners: Sean O Haire & Chuck
Palumbo over Totally Buffed via Swanton Bomb!
Kanyon
vs The Cat W/ Smooth/Ms.Jones
Kanyon had beaten DDP at the last pay
per view and now must face one of the other top babyfaces in the company, that
being The Cat of all people. I love The Cat for his dancing and his hilarious
promos but as a top babyface due to the stretching of your roster come on it’s
ridiculous. Anyways, Kanyon has attacked what is near and dear to The Cat as
Kanyon nailed Ms. Jones with a Kanyon Cutter. The Cat wants revenge, Kanyon
takes an ass whooping in the beginning, huge electric chair drop by The Cat. Kanyon
is powerbombed by The Cat, kicks and Kanyon is tossed to the floor. Kanyon
meets the guard rail, hotshot by Kanyon to cut off The Cat.
Diving clothesline by Kanyon for two,
suplex with slingshot elbow drop for two. Rocker dropper by Kanyon for two,
back suplex by The Cat to escape the sleeper. Right hands by The Cat,
neckbreaker by Kanyon to end Cat’s momentum. Kanyon is crotched on the top
rope, superplex by The Cat for two. Sunset flip does not work for Kanyon, right
hand and elbow drop by The Cat. Gut kick and uppercut, huge roundhouse for two.
Low blow by Kanyon, Kanyon uses the ropes for leverage, referee does not count the
pin.
The Cat is up, Kanyon reverses a
piledriver for a Boston crab, The Cat reaches the ropes. The Cat reverses an
Irish whip, massive Feliner but Kanyon places his foot on the ropes. Kanyon hurls
The Cat to the floor, The Cat re-enters the ring but Kanyon nails The Cat with
his cast. Kanyon knocks out the referee, Ms. Jones is in the ring. The Cat
grabs Kanyon, Ms. Jones nails The Cat by mistake. Kanyon has Ms. Jones, Ms. Jones
kicks Kanyon, Feliner and The Cat wins.
Typical Cat match, nothing new and
nothing different from the first time I laid eyes on The Cat. Feel for Kanyon,
a fantastic performer that always seemed to be close to a push or something of
note but it never ever came to be, there was no reason for Kanyon to lose to
The Cat, The Cat was never going to rise above lower card comedy style matches.
Winner: The Cat over Kanyon via
Feliner!
(WCW
United States Championship Match) Booker T vs Rick Steiner ©
Booker is back after dropping the world
championship to Scott Steiner at Mayhem, Rick Steiner picked up the championship
from Shane Douglas which was disappointing because Douglas was just beginning
to really click with everyone in WCW. Steiner and Booker were fighting as
Steiner does not respect Booker, Steiner plays a douchebag quite well but let’s
hope the match has a bit of intensity to it considering Steiner bored the hell
out of me in his match with Dustin Rhodes at Superbrawl.
Steiner wants no part of Booker,
Steiner has the referee check Booker before cheap shotting the challenger,
Booker is tossed into the crowd. Right hands by Steiner, Booker has his face
raked by the champion. Steiner talks trash to Booker, clothesline for two. Eye
rake from Steiner, tigerbomb by Steiner. Reverse chinlock by Steiner, surfboard
stretch by Steiner. Booker nails an Angle Slam before Steiner scores big with a
belly to belly suplex, Booker does a sunset flip out of the corner for two,
huge clothesline in retaliation by Steiner. Reverse chinlock, Steiner uses the
ropes for leverage.
Booker fires up, elbows to the
mid-section. Flying forearm by Booker, spinebuster which looks like shite.
Scissors Kick by Booker, flapjack with a Spinaroonie. Booker nails the referee
by mistake, German suplex by Steiner. Speaking of Douglas, Douglas knocks
Steiner with the cast, Book-End by Booker and we have a new champion.
Well, could that have been the start
of a face-run for Douglas in WCW? That would have been entertaining to see,
this match was not entertaining to see though. Steiner did absolutely the bare
minimum in the match, taking a lot of the offence with rest holds and
clotheslines, Booker did his best to make it seem important but it was trash.
Winner:
Booker T over Rick Steiner via Book-End!
(Tag Team Kiss My Ass Match) Dusty & Dustin Rhodes vs Ric
Flair & Jeff Jarrett
Considering Dusty Rhodes and Ric Flair are in this match, I
can safely say that Jarrett is in the perfect spot in this match as a mere
afterthought, this makes me tremendously happy. Also, we have Dustin Rhodes in
this match as himself which means Dustin will be an afterthought as he should be,
a great worker but as himself, Dustin is not the kind of wrestler you pay to
see in the ring. Flair says he will not wrestle, do not know why Flair said
that and Animal is at ringside doing fuck all, Animal has now been sent to the
back.. What was the point of Animal in The Magnificent Seven?
Dustin and Jarrett start, right hand by Dustin. Make it two,
uppercut and ten punches in the corner. Jarrett meets the ringpost groin first,
Jarrett blocks a top rope dive from Dustin. In comes Flair, chops galore from
Flair. Eye poke, Flair punches Dustin down. Dustin holds onto the ropes form an
Irish whip, Dusty is in the ring with Flair. The place explodes, this is what
people wanted to see. Shoulder block by Dusty, chops by Dusty. Elbows for
Jarrett and Flair, right hands and Bionic Elbow. Tag to Dustin, Jarrett knees
Dustin from the apron. Dustin suplexes Flair, Jarrett eats an inverted atomic
drop. Dusty is with the referee, Flair low blows Dustin. Jarrett works the leg
of Dustin, stomps to the head.
Jarrett has the sleeper on Dustin, shinbreaker and Jarrett
works the leg some more. Flair tags in, Dustin tries small packages and
backslides for two, Flair tags Jarrett. Figure Four by Jarrett, Dustin reverses
the hold but Jarrett reaches the ropes. Back suplex by Dustin, Dusty is in the
match. Right hands and elbows to Flair and Jarrett, double punches to both.
Bionic Elbow on Flair, Jarrett saves the match, Dusty clotheslines Flair and
Jarrett. Dustin is the legal man, Jarrett low blows Dusty, Flair low blows
Dustin. Flair and Jarrett try figure fours but both Rhodes kick off Jarrett
& Flair, Dustin rolls-up Flair and Jarrett kisses Dusty’s ass.
It is a sad day when the most over people in the match had
their heyday almost fifteen years prior to this match. It says a lot about the
popularity of those in the match and the shape the company had been in for a
long time. Dusty Rhodes with his fat ass hanging out got a bigger reaction than
90% of the in-ring talent and matches. Crowd only cared for Dusty and Flair and
that did not last too long, it was just a whole wave of nostalgia as everyone
in attendance felt like there were teenagers again.
Winners:
The Rhodes over The Magnificent Seven via Roll-Up!
(WCW World Championship Match) Scott Steiner © W/ Midajah vs
DDP (Falls Count Anywhere Match)
Steiner had run through everyone, Nash, Sting, Goldberg and
Booker T to name a few. DDP stood up to battle the unstable and unstoppable
monster that was Scott Steiner. DDP starts hot with neckrbreakers, atomic drops
and right hands. Steiner knocks DDP to the apron early, Steiner jaw-jacks with
fans and walks into a diving clothesline from DDP. Steiner whips DDP into the
guard rail and nails a clothesline, Steiner jaw-jacks more with fans. DDP
hotshots Steiner using the top rope but Steiner comes back strong sending DDP
into the guard rail and into the crowd.
We get to see Steiner steal a crutch from a DDP fan and
batter DDP with said crutch, Steiner has a table. DDP’s fan throws the other crutch
to DDP, Steiner is on the table and DDP drops an elbow through the table for a
two. Steiner smacks around a plant who was actually Paul London, that was cool.
DDP and Steiner enter the ring, Midajah distracts DDP which leads to a clothesline
and elbow drop from Steiner.
Steiner is bleeding, forearms to the back of DDP. DDP mounts
a comeback before an exploder suplex from Steiner for two. Bearhug by Steiner,
DDP smacks his way out before a huge belly to belly suplex from Steiner for
two. Stomps by Steiner, foot choke from the champion. DDP comes back to life,
right hands before a boot and belly to belly suplex from Steiner. Surfboard
stretch by Steiner, clubbing blows to DDP’s back. DDP nails a DDT out of nowhere,
discuss lariat from DDP. Steiner is rammed off the turnbuckle, Steiner uses the
ropes for leverage off a pin, DDP kicks out at one.
DDT by DDP, Steiner
blocks the diamond cutter with a low blow and DDT. Diamond Cutter but Rick
Steiner pulls out the referee, DDP planchas onto Rick Steiner. DDP has the
referee back in the ring, Scott is sent into Rick. Roll-up by DDP for two,
Steiner cracks DDP with the championship. DDP kicks out at two, DDP is bleeding
everywhere. Boston crab by Steiner, DDP reaches the ropes. Steiner Recliner,
DDP reaches the ropes. Midajah distracts the referee, Steiner batters DDP with
a lead pipe. Another Steiner Recliner and DDP is out.
Solid main event, overbooked towards the end. I mean we had
belt shots, lead pipes and Rick constantly whooping DDP but the action
beforehand was solid. DDP showed a lot of heart, rallied quite well when he
needed to and showed the fire that had people believe in DDP. I also like the
story told of Steiner being an unstoppable monster, I would have liked a conclusion
to that story but sadly, we would never see one but as a final pay per view
match to end on, yes this was good compared to a lot of what I had to sit through
doing this series, I did enjoy this match and with that comes an end to this
arc on this website.
How do you condense four years of pay per views into one
final conclusion? Well, I am just going to take a look at where WCW went wrong in
my eyes and how they could have bounced back when the WWF was kicking their ass
big time. The first thing that led to WCW’s implosion was the older stars not
moving aside for younger talent, there was nowhere for the likes of Raven,
Jericho, Guerrero, Mysterio, Kidman, Benoit, Booker T, Saturn to go when it
came to moving up the card. Hogan had such a strangehold on that position along
with Savage/Piper/Luger etc. Those stars all had value but 1998 should not have
been the year of Hogan vs Savage/Hogan vs Warrior/Hogan vs Jay Leno or Hogan vs
Karl Malone. Sting should have been kicking ass as the opt babyface, Goldberg
and Bret Hart should have been kicking ass at the top of the card, Scott Hall
and Kevin Nash should have been established over Savage and Hogan but none of
it happened and this leads to problem number two.
Roster quality and lack of credibility: WCW’s roster in 1997
and 1998 was incredible from top to bottom, it is ridiculous how far it fell
come 1999. The older stars left and grew stale so you had unproven young guns
floundering instead of flourishing when the company needed them the most. 2000
was the worst year with The Natural Born Thrillers/MIA/Jung Dragons/Three Count
always seeming to be scattered all over the card while David Flair was
wrestling for God knows what reason and you had the returns of stars who were
past their prime and had little value to the company like Bigelow/Brian
Knobbs/Rick Steiner/Jim Duggan like why were these people brought back? Because
you fired so many youngsters because they could not hack it in your eyes but
you never gave them the chance.
Finally: There is the question of terrible management
decisions. From Bischoff to Sullivan to Russo to Ferrera, there was no
shortages of piss poor decisions. Sting’s title win over Hogan was executed
horribly which some people feel was the moment WCW peaked, Goldberg’s streak
ended by taser, Russo’s car-crash style of booking that had swerves, gimmick
matches, nonsensical finishes and dwindling pay per view numbers. Jarrett on
top as champion, 26 championship changes in one year, turning Goldberg heel and
not capitalizing on Scott Steiner’s rise until it was too late. Making everyone
seem lame in comparison to The NWO, not having a clear end goal for the angle
of The NWO, letting everyone join The NWO.
So, there were many reasons for WCW’s
decline during The Attitude Era, I have named a few like poor management, not
building for the future, falling into old habits and relying too much on stars
of the past. It was a journey to finish this arc, I saw what made WCW a great
alternative and its rise from number two to number one, those shows in 1997 and
1998 may not have been stellar pay per views but there was always something
with The NWO or a great cruiserweight match or something special with Benoit or
Raven or The Outsiders. I also seen the lowest of lows like pay per views
featuring Mike Enos and Jerry Flynn because nobody else was available, DDP
being swerved for like three pay per views in a row, Russo’s nightmarish
booking which had pay per views featuring 12 matches with 11 ending with
interference. It was amazing and saddening all at the same time but that’s
wrestling and looking back on everything, I am sure glad that I decided to do
this arc. That was WCW’s Greed 2001, a show that was awful at points like WCW
throughout the years but still had one or two moments that were positive, I recommend
it only if you are a big fan of WCW. Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyed it
and remember: There’s always another night!
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