WCW Heads: What were their best ppvs?

[CM_Burns]

The first 6 PPVs of 98 are fire

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

• Starrcade 85 just for the Tully/TA I quit match
• Wrestle War 92 for the Dangerous Alliance/Sting's Squadron wargames match
• Starrcade 95 for the mere fact that it was WCW vs NJPW and fukk Hogan
• Starcade 97 for the last battle between NWO and WCW (yes I know the NWO lasted beyond that point, but it was the only PPV where it felt like WCW won the war)

 

[Da_Eggman]

Beach Blast 92
GAB 92

In fact 1992 had a lot of good shyt

 

[patscorpio]

Spring Stampede 99 had one of the GOAT openers to a PPV in Juvi vs Blitzkrieg, the top rope Juvi Driver to finish it had me

As a young nikka I fukking repped Blitzkrieg so much, dude was like Rey with the flips and gravity defying shyt he pulled out on a regular basis

whatever happened to blitzkrieg? dude was dope for real

 

[Riley Escobar]

whatever happened to blitzkrieg? dude was dope for real

Jay Ross, a member of the former World Championship Wrestling (WCW) organization who went by Blitzkrieg is graduating from the School of Nursing in May.

On his road to becoming a nurse, Ross also was an acrobat, a massage therapist, a yoga instructor, a roofer and a journeyman building reservoirs and excavating dams in Southern California. He advocated for several causes, including Food Not Bombs and Homes Not Jails For several months, Ross participated in a Mojave Desert sit-in that eventually stopped a proposal to make part of the area a nuclear waste dump.

If Ross had stayed with the WCW, he would have probably been a millionaire by age 30.

His injuries, however, were numerous;one of the reasons he stopped. He remembers, for example, doing a skytwisting spring board moonsault (a back flip off the ropes onto his opponent) at a show in Japan. Instead of his opponent properly catching him Ross landed head first onto concrete and ended up in the hospital with a concussion.

Raised a Catholic, Ross became a Buddhist after immersing himself in the readings of Siddhartha Gautama.

‘In Buddhism, we refer to people who compassionately act on others’ behalf as bodhisattvas,’ Ross said. ‘I see nursing as true bodhisattva work.’

Eight years ago, Ross began raising a toddler when a friend was no longer able to care for him. The boy will be 10 in June.

The real value to society, he said, ‘is in its countless, nameless men and women in various health services and teaching professions. I prefer to be in the company of health care professionals at this point in my life.’

As a nursing student, Ross says he has seen people at their most vulnerable.

‘It is a very privileged position to be in,’ he said. ‘You can really demonstrate unique human behavior by showing compassion and sincere caring. I believe this kind of behavior can be contagious.’

For his senior year internship, Ross is working at Dell Children’s Medical Center. He loves pediatrics and will probably go back and earn an advanced practice nursing degree, perhaps become an anesthesia nurse, pediatric nurse practitioner or some type of family nurse practitioner.

‘People trust that nurses are competently and sincerely advocating for them,’ said Ross. ‘I can’t say that about anything else I’ve done.

Entertainment like professional wrestling can be good medicine, he said, because it de-stresses people, but nursing provides well being, which is beyond comparison.

The biggest difference in the two fields is that on stage you have to do big things to get a reaction. But, with a patient, something as small as offering a towel can have a big impact.’

This is from 2013

 

[Ill Lou Malnati]

Highlights:
Great American Bash '88
Chi-Town Rumble '89
WrestleWar '89
Halloween Havoc '89
WrestleWar '90
Capital Combat '90
SuperBrawl II
WrestleWar '92
Beach Blast '92
Great American Bash '92
Spring Stampede '99

WCW PPVs were kinda trash from '93-'96, but that's not surprising because both WCW & WWF were terrible during that timeframe.

In general, a lot of the '97 and '98 PPVs are worth looking into because the midcard was on fire. Booker T, Benoit, Malenko, Kanyon, Juventud, Saturn, Martel, Mysterio, Jericho, DDP, Raven, etc.

nWo matches were usually trash but they were the stars of the time and the crowd was usually hot for them, so that adds to the enjoyment for those matches.

 

[TheGreatShowtime]

Lot of good ppvs mentioned here, so I'll name a couple that weren't mentioned.

I loved Battlebowl. I wish they'd bring this concept back for one night only. It's basically 8 tag-team matches with all of the teams randomly drawn together. The winners of the 8 tag-team matches then are in a 16-man battle royal in the main event. They did it at Starrcade 1991, 1992 and had its own ppv called Battlebowl.

The other one definitely worth watching is Whens Worlds Collide, which is technically a AAA ppv promoted & produced by WCW. The tag match with Eddie Guerrero/Art Barr vs Octagon/El Hijo del Santo is one of the dopest tag-team matches ever.

 

[Ill Lou Malnati]

Lot of good ppvs mentioned here, so I'll name a couple that weren't mentioned.

I loved Battlebowl. I wish they'd bring this concept back for one night only. It's basically 8 tag-team matches with all of the teams randomly drawn together. The winners of the 8 tag-team matches then are in a 16-man battle royal in the main event. They did it at Starrcade 1991, 1992 and had its own ppv called Battlebowl.

The other one definitely worth watching is Whens Worlds Collide, which is technically a AAA ppv promoted & produced by WCW. The tag match with Eddie Guerrero/Art Barr vs Octagon/El Hijo del Santo is one of the dopest tag-team matches ever.

I always loved the Battle Bowl/Lethal Lottery idea. Maybe it didn't give us a lot of "good" matches, but it gave us a lot of fun and unique match-ups and teams. I like it for the same reason I like Royal Rumble, War Games, and Survivor Series matches: you see teams and opponents you wouldn't normally see.

 

[Dog Based Gremlin]

Im probably in the minority but New Blood Rising 99' had a some nice matches but at the time, i was feeling that New Blood storyline and seeing fresh shyt

Lance Storm vs Mike Awesome

 

[TheGreatShowtime]

whatever happened to blitzkrieg? dude was dope for real

If I remember correctly, he quit wrestling to become a computer tech in the late 90's. He sold the gimmick off to Jack Evans.

 

[Da_Eggman]

WrestleWar 92
Slamboree 1994

 

[Playaz Eyez]

GAB 1996
Wrestlewar 91
Wrestlewar 92
Halloween Havoc 93
Superbrawl 3
Spring Stampede 94
Spring Stampede 99 - the last great WCW PPV IMO

Spring Stampede 99 was fantastic. Is that the one that had either Juvi vs Blitzkrieg and this triple threat tag match with Saturn, Benoit and some others?

 

[patscorpio]

Spring Stampede 99 was fantastic. Is that the one that had either Juvi vs Blitzkrieg and this triple threat tag match with Saturn, Benoit and some others?

yup thats the one....wrestlers had their working boots on that night