WCW '92 Was Off The Charts. Were They Wrestling On Speed Or What?

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Dangerous Alliance was the greatest wrestling stable of all time if you base it around in-ring abilities.

Arn Anderson, Beautiful Bobby, Rick Rude, Steve Austin, Larry Z. Not a weak link in there. Paul Heyman as the leader/promo man. Madusa was the bytch in the trenches.

Their matches with Sting, Steamboat, Windham, Dustin, etc.. owned. The War Games match was incredibly bloody.

Plus you had Vader running around destroying dudes :yes:

such a powerful post :wow:
 

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Bill Watts had WCW Saturday Night lookin like Nitro....then Bischoff/Ole came in and had them weak ass matches where matches featuring jobbers lasted 10 minutes leading up to Slamboree 93.

Then 1994 came and they started killing, til Fall Brawl, when the Goblin (word to Art Barr) came in and put his full stamp on who was gonna be the big players in WCW.
 

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WCW in ring work up until 1994 > WWF
wcw's ringwork was always better than the wwf's period. the wwf didnt pass them in ringwork until 2000 when they brought over a bunch of wcw and ecw dudes.
Thats when i started to LOVE wrestling. I knew about wwf first but all the dudes you mentioned all at the same time? :to:Jushin Thunder Liger nikka! :damn:
yep. the o.g. light-heavyweight division. i remember they were neck-n-neck with gwf's division. but if i have to pick one, i'd probably be forced to say wcw had the slightly better division off the strength of liger. i also remember a young raven was running chit in both divisions.and i didnt even mention dudes like ron simmons, cactus jack, jake the snake, johny b. badd, nikita koloff, abdullah the butcher, the young pistols, butch reed, marcus bagwell, the york foundation, greg valentine & terry taylor with the u.s. tag titles, the good ole 6-man tag title matches, plus the freebirds & junkyard dog getting their last run.and how about when steve williams & terry gordy came in and had the steiner brothers' number?remember the super invader?
I didn't grow up on WCW that early in the 90s (started really checkin' when Hogan signed in '94 :smugfavre:), but whenever I watched some matches on 24/7 or DVDs, that was the first thing I noticed :krs:
yea. i watched every promotion that came on tv, but the wwf was my favorite. yet and still, despite that and the fact that wwf was getting the most money, i always kinda looked at wcw as being the most official promotion. it was like watching a real sport most of the time, the matches were superior, things were a lil more serious and the wrestlers were really "swagged out" on some real chit as if they were rappers. and the way that the crowds would be amped just took the cake.
 

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specifically the end of '91 and the bulk of '92. it was kind of before its time.

they used to have the crowds ROCKIN. then you had all the hyper-swag wrestling of sting, rick rude, steamboat, steiners, dangerous alliance, vader, luger, rhodes & windham, pillman, etc. the chemistry between alot of the workers was off the charts too.

and dont even get me started on the string of classic ppvs they had from starrcade to superbrawl to wrestlewar to beach blast. and thats not even counting the clashes dating back to before & after those ppvs.

...and all of that talent was wasted on poor presidents like Jim Herd and Bill Watts, who completely alienated the roster.

Herd's incompetence pissed off Flair to the point of leaving for WWF with the damn world title, not to mention running off the Legion of Doom in 1990.

Watts actively attempted to KILL the promotion by banning top rope moves, the heel/face dichotomy, and mats outside of the ring.
 

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whenever people talk about wrestlewar '92, the focus always goes to the war games match. but the ppv itself was CLASSIC. and the match before war games was right up there with it.



 
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i found it funny J.R. using the line "fists of fire on Austin" and years later he'd be saying it FOR Austin
 

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...and all of that talent was wasted on poor presidents like Jim Herd and Bill Watts, who completely alienated the roster.

Herd's incompetence pissed off Flair to the point of leaving for WWF with the damn world title, not to mention running off the Legion of Doom in 1990.

Watts actively attempted to KILL the promotion by banning top rope moves, the heel/face dichotomy, and mats outside of the ring.

...and let's not forget the best gift Bill Watts gave us... THE ERIK WATTS PUSH.:scusthov:

It's wild, but WCW had a loooong history of having great rosters and a person running the company that eventually manages to fukk it up anyway.

That being said, they've had some classic rosters. Their '88 crew wasn't nothin' to sneeze at either- Flair, Sting, Luger, Windham, Anderson, Blanchard, Dusty, Road Warriors, Midnight Express, Nikita, Dr. Death, Rotundo, Steiner, Sullivan, Jimmy Garvin, The Fantastics... sheeeeeeit.
 

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What channel was WCW on back then? As a kid I only saw a video game with wcw on it. I looked at it as an inferior brand. I bet it got no ratings until Hogan came because that's when I actually payed attention to wcw and as a kid I loved it and it put wcw on the map for mainstream fans ...deal with it
 

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^:snoop:

wcw was getting higher ratings than the wwf, even back when hogan was still in the wwf.

just because you were late to the game, doesnt mean the rest of the world was. and then you add "deal with it" at the end as if you actually have a clue as to what youre talking about.:heh:
 
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