On the eve of its 30th anniversary, here are three things we hated and three things we loved about one of the worst PPVs of all time, WCW Uncensored 1996!
Previously on the Best and Worst of WCW Monday Nitro: Eric Bischoff traveled to a Nitro Party in Portland, Oregon, to try to get Rowdy Roddy Piper to agree to a match against Hollywood Hogan. He ...
It’s me again with another installment of Vintage Best and Worst. I don’t have much to say besides I hope you’ve been enjoying so far. I’ve been taking all the suggestions into consideration to make ...
WCW tried to make a splash in the business by luring away many of WWE’s (ageing) top stars with huge contracts - but it wasn’t just the guys carrying belts who earned preposterous amounts of money at ...
Scott Hall signed with WCW in 1996 after his deal with WWE expired. Hall was offered a guaranteed deal to work less dates which he took. The WCW deal ended up catapulting him into being one of the ...
Of all the great things about television, the greatest is that it’s on every single day. TV history is being made, day in and day out, in ways big and small. In an effort to better appreciate this ...
1996 was the year it all turned around for World Championship Wrestling. By the end of '96, WCW was no longer playing second fiddle to Vince McMahon or the World Wrestling Federation. One brilliant ...
Some rumors had stated religious reasons related to being paired on TV with DDP's then-wife Kimberly. However, in a recent appearance on James' Wrestling Shoot Interviews, Marc Mero, who wrestled in ...
For wrestling fans of a certain generation, there was never a more exciting time in the business than the 1980s and 1990s. The exponential growth of the World Wrestling Federation, followed by the ...
The main event of Starrcade 1995 wasn't exactly inspiring for pro wrestling fans. Ed 'Brutus Beefcake/The Barber' Leslie was installed as Hulk Hogan's opponent on the show. As a consequence, the event ...
MID 1990s, WCW raided some of WWE’s biggest stars. The rival promotion paid out wild numbers - with perhaps the most surprising to NBA legend Dennis Rodman. WCW tried to make a splash in the business ...