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Jericho was still on his come up - really working that "I'm whiny and irritating" angle (Still better than Goldberg)
I didn't realize he had the same entrance music here as he did in WWE. They didn't play it very loud, which was a mistake because it was a banger.
Prince Iaukea was underrated in my opinion
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WCW 1997 December. Fights/results.
1st December 1997: “WCW Monday Nitro Broadcast”: Knoxville, TN – 5,782 sellout (5,115 paid)
($92,914 live gate)
Dark matches: Rick King won a squash match; The Volcano Kid won a squash match.
Nitro: (12/01): Rey Misterio Jr overcame Juventud Guerrera; Hugh Morrus dropped Wrath; Prince Iaukea downed Yuji Nagata; Harlem Heat defeated Meng and The Barbarian; Scott Hall dropped Disco Inferno; The Ultimo Dragon overcame Psicosis; Chris Benoit overturned Kidman; Lex Luger downed Marcus Bagwell by DQ; Diamond Dallas Page rolled over WCW US Champion Curt Hennig by DQ.
8th December 1997: “WCW Monday Nitro Broadcast”: Buffalo, NY – 16,848 sellout (15,101 paid)
($251,698 live gate)
($107,000 merchandise sales)
Dark match: Juventud Guerrera defeated Johnny Swinger
Nitro: (12/08): Ray Traylor defeated Konnan; Steve McMichael beat The Barbarian; Dean Malenko overcame Prince Iaukea; Chris Benoit overturned Lodi; Hugh Morrus toppled Randy Savage by reverse-decision-DQ; Disco Inferno beat WCW TV Champion Perry Saturn to win the title; Marcus Bagwell defeated Lex Luger by count-out; Diamond Dallas Page rolled over Scott Hall by DQ.
9th December 1997: “WCW Saturday Night TV Taping”: Erie, PA – 2,343
($45,472 live gate)
Saturday Night: (12/13): Mortis downed Ernest Miller; Scotty Riggs dropped Bobby Eaton; Steve McMichael overturned Mark Starr; Yuji Nagata defeated Prince Iaukea; Chris Benoit overturned Fit Finlay; Louie Spicolli bested Chavo Guerrero Jr; Meng and The Barbarian defeated Harlem Heat; Dean Malenko overturned Juventud Guerrera; Ray Traylor defeated WCW US Champion Curt Hennig by DQ
Saturday Night: (12/20): Konnan beat Bobby Walker; WCW TV Champion Disco Inferno defeated Johnny Attitude; WCW Cruiserweight Champion Eddie Guerrero overcame Bobby Blaze; Diamond Dallas Page rolled over Roadblock; Dave Taylor defeated Mean Mike; Perry Saturn bested Chris Jericho; Public Enemy downed Scott and Steve Armstrong; Kidman dropped Glacier; Buff Bagwell defeated Lex Luger by DQ.
15th December 1997: “WCW Monday Nitro Broadcast”: Charlotte, NC – 9,320 sellout (8,499 paid)
($146,425 live gate)
($30,000 merchandise sales)
Dark match: The American Patriots defeated The Samoan Swat Team
Nitro: (12/15): WCW TV Champion Disco Inferno defeated Yuji Nagata; Finlay pinned Dean Malenko; Rey Misterio Jr and Juventud Guerrera downed Psicosis and La Parka; Scott Hall bested Chris Jericho; The Steiners toppled Konnan and Scott Norton by DQ; Randy Savage rolled over Booker T; Chris Benoit overturned Scotty Riggs; Marcus Bagwell defeated Lex Luger by DQ; Ric Flair toppled WCW US Champion Curt Hennig by DQ.
16th December 1997: “WCW Saturday Night TV Taping”: Gainesville, GA – 1,800 sellout (1,494 paid)
($13,090 live gate)
Saturday Night: (12/27): Dean Malenko overturned La Parka; Bill Goldberg defeated The Renegade; Ultimo Dragon overcame Psicosis; WCW Cruiserweight Champion Eddie Guerrero overcame Rey Misterio Jr; WCW US Champion Curt Hennig dropped Bobby Eaton; Chris Benoit overturned Perry Saturn by DQ; Booker T defeated Yuji Nagata; WCW World Tag Champions The Steiners bested Public Enemy; Scott Hall battled Ray Traylor to a double-DQ.
Saturday Night: (01/03): Meng dropped Bobby Eaton; Chris Jericho defeated Evan Karagias; Konnan toppled Norman Smiley; Mortis defeated Juventud Guerrera; Steve McMichael overturned Louie Spicolli; Finlay dropped Bobby Walker; Disco Inferno beat Brad Armstrong; Hugh Morrus downed Frankie Lancaster; Barry Darsow and John Nord defeated Disorderly Conduct; Diamond Dallas Page rolled over Curt Hennig by DQ.
22nd December 1997: “WCW Monday Nitro Broadcast”: Macon, GA – 7,615 sellout
Nitro: (12/22): Finlay downed WCW Cruiserweight Champion Eddie Guerrero by count-out; Steve McMichael defeated Meng; Rey Misterio Jr, Juventud Guerrera and Hector Garza beat La Parka, Psicosis and Silver King; Chris Benoit toppled Van Hammer by DQ; Rick Steiner overturned Scott Norton by DQ; WCW US Champion Curt Hennig bested WCW TV Champion Disco Inferno; Harlem Heat dropped Scotty Riggs and Lodi; Marcus Bagwell overcame Chris Jericho; Randy Savage pinned Lex Luger.
28th December 1997: “WCW Starrcade 1997”: Washington, DC – 17,500 sellout (16,052 paid)
($543,000 live gate)
($164,000 merchandise sales)
11,036 tickets were sold on the first day of sale (11/15) for $389,910. By 11/17, 12,501 tickets were sold for $423,431
WCW Cruiserweight Champion Eddie Guerrero pinned Dean Malenko; Randy Savage, Scott Norton and Vincent rolled over The Steiners and Ray Traylor; Bill Goldberg overturned Steve McMichael; Perry Saturn bested Chris Benoit in a no-DQ encounter; Marcus Bagwell downed Lex Luger; Diamond Dallas Page toppled WCW US Champion Curt Hennig to win the title; Sting rolled over WCW World Champion Hulk Hogan to win the title.
29th December 1997: “WCW Monday Nitro Broadcast”: Baltimore, MD – 12,196 sellout (11,040 paid)
($225,339 live gate)
Set new WCW record gate for market.
Nitro: (12/29): Bill Goldberg hammered Glacier; Chris Benoit overturned Van Hammer by DQ; Ultimo Dragon bested WCW Cruiserweight Champion Eddie Guerrero to win the title; WCW US Champion Diamond Dallas Page pinned Mortis; Booker T overcame WCW TV Champion Disco Inferno to win the title; Curt Hennig dropped Chris Jericho; Lex Luger toppled Marcus Bagwell; WCW World Champion Sting battled Hulk Hogan to a no-contest.
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January 7
57 bob geigal Iowa champion
57 cliff thiede Utah world tag champs
59 Judy Glover Florida southern women's champion
64 Carl Engstrom Illinois Wisconsin Midwest champion
65 Gene Kiniski Stampede world champion
65 prince iaukea Mr Fujiwara Hawaiian tag champs
66 Gene Kiniski NWA champion
71 Don Fargo Johnny Fargo aka Greg Valentine NWF tag champs
71 pat Patterson Billy Graham San Francisco world tag champs
72 Jose Lothario Texas brassnucks champion
74 Jackie West Sharon Lee WWWA tag champs
75 Eddie Marlin Tojo Yamamoto Memphis southern tag champs
76 Bill Watts Greg Valentine Tri State us tag champs
79 Dusty Rhodes Texas brassnucks champion
81 Jay Youngblood Pacific Northwest champion
82 the funks Florida North America tag champs
82 Bob Brown Central States champion
84 Spike Huber WWA champion
84 Bruiser Jeff Van Kamp WWA tag champs
85 Billy Jack Haynes World Class Channel 11 champion
85 Rat Patrol Southeastern tag champs
87 Ricky Santana Coco Samoa Pacific Northwest tag champs
89 Southern Rockers pacific northwest tag champs
91 Fabulous ones uswa tag champs
95 Kevin Von Erich NWA North America champion
96 Mabel WWC universal champion
99 Ian Rotten iwa mid south champion
99 Kenta Kobashi Jun Akiyama all Japan tag champs
99 Romeo Valentino MCW heavyweight champion
00 Mr showtime nwa southern junior heavyweight champion
00 ryuji yamakawa tomoaki honma bjw tag champs
01 Rhyno ECW champion
01 one man gang wwc hard-core champion
01 goemon onryo wew hard core tag champs
01 Masato Tanaka Gaido FNW Entertainment tag champs
02 Spike Dudley Tazz WWE tag champs
04 Chris Sabin TNA X division champion
04 Nick Dinsmore OVW champion
06 Joe kaientai strong k champion
07 yuji hino inamatsu Saturday kaientai strongest k tag champs
07 the briscoes GHC tag champs
07 Kirby Mack AWA light heavyweight title
08 awesome Kong tna ko champion
12 maximos wwc tag champs
15 Austin Aries tna x division champion
15 Bobby Lashley TNA heavyweight champion
17 Shirai lo hazuki momo Watanabe stardom artist of stardom champion
17 Drew Galloway IMPACT grand champion
17 Mike Mendoza WWC Puerto Rico champion
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WCW Uncensored 1997 | WCW Sunday Night Retro View
On March 16th, 1997 WCW presented WCW Uncensored 1997 | #WCW Sunday Night #RetroView with @cdye56
Have no fear, WCW fans; the latest RetroView is here. And let me tell you, I got a doozy for you today. Today we look back at WCW Uncensored 1997. This was a monumental pay-per-view for the company during the height of the nWo. The three-team main event match has huge stakes. If Team WCW (Lex Luger, Steiner Brothers, The Giant) wins, then the nWo has to return all the championships they…
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WCW World Television Champion Prince Iaukea
[February 17th, 1997]
In William Regal’s book Walking A Golden Mile, he recalls his time as WCW Television Champion as being a time where he could bring some meaning to the championship. Having that title meant that every week, he could defend the gold on national television against all comers, including Prince Iaukea, named as such for the respect of King Curtis Iaukea by Kevin Sullivan. Prince Iaukea was the first man in over 180 days to successfully topple Regal, starting a reign as champion that would last less than two months.
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EDDIE GUERRERO drops in on Prince Iaukea!
Born on this day Eddie Guerrero!
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Pro Wrestling Illustrated: Rookies of the Year
It’s Friday night and for some reason I got curious about the winners of PWI’s rookie of the year award, and whether the venerable wrestling magazine had a track record of being able to spot young talent that would go on to make a lasting contribution to the business. The answer: Kind of!
1972: Mike Graham: solid midcarder, son of a famous wrestler/promoter, eventually a WWE agent
1973: Bob Orton Jr. / Tony Garea (tie): Orton was a solid midcarder and the son of a famous wrestler (and eventually the father of a yet-more famous wrestler); Garea was a solid midcarder who eventually became a WWE agent. Are we detecting a pattern?
1974: Larry Zbysko: Solid upper midcard guy who would have a very hot feud with mentor Bruno Sammartino.
1975: Ric Flair: This was a solid choice
1976: Bob Backlund: Another good choice!
1977: Ricky Steamboat: They were really hitting their stride at this point.
1978: Tommy Rich: He would burn brightly but briefly. This was not a bad choice for a Rookie of the Year.
1979: Sweet Brown Sugar: He’d go onto fame in the WWF as Koko B. Ware, where he was a ridiculous joke wrestler. In the territories, though, he was a bruiser who seemed like he could have been a near-the-top guy
1980: Terry Taylor: We return to the template of the solid midcarder who eventually became a WWE agent
1981: David Sammartino: lol
1982: Brad Armstrong: A great “should have been” midcarder who had a lot of talent but was saddled with a series of terrible gimmicks. Another demonstration of PWI’s love for young wrestlers from established grappling families.
1983: Angelo Mosca Jr.: This is even more egregious than David Sammartino. Who the hell remembers Angelo Mosca’s son? The runners-up were King Kong Bundy and Arn Anderson. Injustice.
1984: Mike Von Erich: OH COME ON
1985: Nord the Barbarian: This is like the inverse of their late ‘70s run of picking hugely consequential stars
1986: Lex Luger: The obvious choice that year, although Sting was a runner-up (and so was Tom Magee, shades of Wrestling Obsessive Twitter from 2019)
1987: Owen Hart: Yes
1988: Madusa Miceli: Bold choice! Not a bad one. She never got the opportunities in the US that she should have, but that’s hardly her fault.
1989: The Destruction Crew (Mike Enos and Wayne Bloom): Haha, hoo boy. From the AWA’s circling-the-drain phase, this was Verne’s attempt to replace the departed Road Warriors. It was a huge success, and that’s why the AWA is still on top today!
1990: Steve Austin: This is a pretty impressive pick, honestly. He hadn’t really done anything by this point (he wouldn’t even join WCW until 1991), but something about him must have stood out. It probably helped that the runners-up were El Gigante, Brad Anderson, and Chris Chavis. Not a deep year!
1991: Johnny B. Badd: A less impressive pick.
1992: Erik Watts: Yeah, fuck off
1993: Vampire Warrior: YES! YES! GANGREL ABSOLUTELY WHIPS ASS! IT WAS TRUE EVEN THEN!
1994: 911: I can’t believe this. I’m literally laughing out loud. 911!
1995: Alex Wright: Not a bad choice in ‘95. He had a lot of promise but eventually got trapped in a downward spiral of bad WCW gimmickry
1996: The Giant: Solid choice. He went on to have a reasonably distinguished career. Rocky Maivia was a runner-up that year, which seems crazy in retrospect, but at the time it was the right call. It seems beyond ridiculous that the Trailblazers drafted Sam Bowie ahead of Michael Jordan (and Charles Barkley and John Stockton), but nobody knew Bowie had bad knees at the time or that MJ would be a player who redefined the game.
1997: Prince Iaukea: Brakkus was a runner-up. Not a strong rookie class.
1998: Goldberg: No choice more obvious
1999: Shane McMahon: [pukes into a trashcan]
2000: Kurt Angle: A choice as obvious as 1998′s selection of Goldberg
2001: Randy Orton: A rookie class that also included Lesnar and Cena. Stacked! Like the aforementioned 1984 NBA draft. Cena is the obvious choice in hindsight, but Orton’s no slouch. He’s the Hakeem Olajuwon figure here.
2002: Maven: Every runner up was also a Tough Enough cast member. Give me a break.
2003: Zach Gowen: Eh, OK
2004: Monty Brown: I can see what they were thinking, but: no.
2005: Bobby Lashley: Sure, fine, whatever
2006: The Boogeyman: Cody Rhodes was a runner up. This is not an “even in hindsight” thing, he was obviously better than gimmick-only Boogeyman in 2006
2007: Hornswoggle: I like Indie Swoggle a lot, but I’m dubious that there was no rookie wrestler better in 2007. This is the problem with being so WWE-centric.
2008: Curtis Axel: PWI sure loves wrestling families
2009: Mike Sydal: Not to be confused with his brother Matt
2010: David Otunga: First runner-up: Tamina. What a year.
2011: Ace Hawkins: In a Sam Bowie/MJ moment, Roman Reigns was the second runner-up
2012: Veda Scott: Kind of a sharp left turn here
2013: Tim Zbyzsko: I confess I don’t know who this is
2014: Charlotte: Good choice! Also a scion of a wrestling family
2015: Moose: If he eventually becomes a WWE agent, he will repeat the pattern
2016: Nia Jax: Runners-up included Tessa Blanchard and Braun Strowman!
2017: Otis Dozovic: Huh.
2018: Ronday Rousey: This was also an obvious choice if we’re being honest.
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Booker T enters the arena to defend the WCW World Television Championship against Prince Iaukea.
WCW Monday Nitro
January 5, 1998
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Monday Night Nitro results leading up to Starrcade 1997.
Nitro #116: December 1, 1997
Rey Misterio Jr. defeats Juventud Guerrera
Hugh Morrus defeats Wrath
Prince Iaukea defeats Yuji Nagata
Harlem Heat (Booker T & Stevie Ray) defeat The Faces of Fear (Meng & The Barbarian)
Scott Hall defeats Disco Inferno
Ultimo Dragon defeats Psychosis
Chris Benoit defeats Kidman
Lex Luger defeats Buff Bagwell via DQ
WCW United States Heavyweight Championship: Diamond Dallas Page defeats Curt Hennig (c) via DQ; Hennig retains the title
Nitro #117: December 8, 1997
Ray Traylor defeats Konnan
Steve McMichael defeats The Barbarian
Dean Malenko defeats Prince Iaukea
Chris Benoit defeats Lodi
Randy Savage vs. Hugh Morrus ends in a No Contest
WCW World Television Championship: Disco Inferno defeats Saturn (c) to win the title
Buff Bagwell defeats Lex Luger via Count-out
Diamond Dallas Page defeats Scott Hall via DQ
Nitro #118: December 15, 1997
Ray Traylor defeats Vincent
WCW World Television Championship: Disco Inferno (c) defeats Yuji Nagata to retain the title
Fit Finlay defeats Dean Malenko
Rey Misterio Jr. & Juventud Guerrera defeat La Parka & Psychosis
Scott Hall defeats Chris Jericho
WCW World Tag Team Championship: The Steiner Brothers (Rick & Scott Steiner) (c) defeat nWo (Konnan & Scott Norton) via DQ to retain the titles
Randy Savage defeats Booker T
Chris Benoit defeats Scotty Riggs
Buff Bagwell defeats Lex Luger via DQ
WCW United States Heavyweight Championship: Ric Flair defeats Curt Hennig (c) via DQ; Hennig retains the title
Nitro #119: December 22, 1997
Fit Finlay defeats Eddie Guerrero via Count-out
Steve McMichael defeats Meng
Rey Misterio Jr., Juventud Guerrera & Héctor Garza defeat La Parka, Psychosis & Silver King
Chris Benoit defeats Hammer via DQ
Rick Steiner defeats Scott Norton via DQ
WCW United States Heavyweight Championship: Curt Hennig (c) defeats Disco Inferno to retain the title
Harlem Heat (Booker T & Stevie Ray) defeat The Flock (Riggs & Lodi)
Buff Bagwell defeats Chris Jericho
Randy Savage defeats Lex Luger
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WCW Spring Stampede 1997 | WCW Sunday Night RetroView
On Sunday, April 6th, 1997 WCW presented Spring Stampede 1997 | #WCW Sunday Night RetroView with @cdye56
The WCW RetroView keeps on rolling this week with Spring Stampede 1997. At our last show WCW Uncensored 1997, the nWo was victorious in the three-team main event match. The victory gave them the power to challenge for any championship, at any time going forward. But, the big moment coming out of Uncensored was Sting finally choosing a side in the war for WCW’s soul. We open the show with our…
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