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Originally posted by Brad
i disagree, i think Goldberg is 1 of the main reasons WCW lasted as long as they did, he may not be the most technically gifted wrestler to grace the ring, but he's a good solid high impact wrsetler, and his presence is enough to make a good fued work, IMO. i don't know anything about his ego or him as a 'backstage cancer' so that's not for me to comment. |
I happen to be the in-house expert on WCW here, and I can tell you why WCW in general lasted so long.
1. The Luchadors: These men are the purest of pure wrestlers, displaying 20-40 moves PER MATCH. These matches also lasted upwards of 5-15 minutes, and were DAMN GOOD MATCHES. Pre-Thug Rey Mysterio, Super Calo, Pre-Latino bullshit Eddy Guerrero, Chavo Guerrero Jr. (Pepe!!), Villano IV/V, La Parka, Billy Kidman (who is still the shit I might add), Kid Romeo, Masked Juventud Guerrera, Psychosis.. even the jobber wrestlers who were luchadors were the supreme shit.
2. The pop drawing (be it heat/pop) WRESTLERS. These men are Sting, 4 Horsemen (w/ Ric Flair as MANAGER, not WRESTLER), nWo Hollywood Hogan (watch his LONG title reign), Pre-"Hand" Booker T (Harlem Heat), Eric Bischoff (no man ever got pelted with more ring trash), Pre-WWE Outsiders, Pre-"Fake Smile" DDP, Rick AND Scott Steiner, Bret Hart (watch his feud with Sting or Owen Memorial match with Chris Benoit) and even Jeff Jarrett. These men knew how to hold onto a title and make a match interesting. Goldberg had 5 power moves, then a spear and jackhammer. The fact that they were keeping COUNT of the number of wins almost had you knowing that every Monday/Thursday when he had a match he would win. Only the PPV matches had the possibility of him losing. Others, well.. you know the drill.
3. Creative Matches: A Triple Stacked Cage match with the World Title at the top of the cage is one of the best they've ever rolled out. WWF Royal Rumble? Bullshit. When WCW put on a damn Royal Rumble, it was THREE to FOUR rings, with ALL men already out. None of this lethal lottery bullshit. Then we have Wargames, which puts Survivor Series to SHAME. They've had their fair share of stupid matches, but it's bullshit compared to the WWF's weekly lingerie matches. Sure, women are good to look at, but let the interference in normal matches be what we see (read: Torrie Wilson nearly flashing people during David Flair's U.S. Title Reign, and during other's matches for the hell of making them lose).
4. Sick bumps: I'm sorry, but Mike Awesome powerbombing Chris Kanyon off the top of the CAGE to the arena ramp way beats the Hell in the Cell Mankind fall.
5. Classic Moments: Booker T. vs. Chris Benoit series matchups, Bret Hart vs. Chris Benoit (Owen Memorial match), Rey Mysterio d. Kevin Nash (the look on Nash's face), Nash throwing Mysterio like a dart into a production truck, nWo rendition of the 4 Horsemen ("not the dog spot, but MY spot."), Bret Hart wearing a METAL VEST and giving Goldberg a shock when he tried to spear him, Luger beating out the entire nWo and racking Hogan to win the title in 1997, nWo "taking over" Nitro including the ENTIRE SET, etc etc. Nothing can take this crap away. These are moments I can never forget. The WWF never gave me these moments.
6. No assclown owners: At least the current exec team of WCW never came out and gloated when they were beating the WWF. WWF buys WCW, and out comes McMahon for 3/4ths of the show to gloat (most of which was a shoot, mind you). WCW had no shrieking owner's daughter making herself the highlight of the show half the time.. they tried to do it the right way, and they ended up failing.
To everyone that says good riddance to WCW, fuck you. Thanks
- Kostaki
