This includes the list of all WCW Wrestlers, division between Men and Women Roster, as well as Managers, Announcers, Authority figures, Producers and other personalities in World Championship Wrestling. Simply use the filters below! However, the weekly live schedule became a financial drain on the WWF, and the company began taping shows; sometimes up to a month's worth of shows were taped at a time. Chris Jericho was by far the most underutilized wrestler on the WCW roster. The November 3, 1997 Edition of WCW Monday Nitro was held in the Philadelphia Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ever since Vince McMahon and WWE figured out that incorporating celebrities into pro wrestling was lucrative, the hunt for willing celebrity wrestlers was on. The former WWE management will still be rich off your hard earned money and chilling on the beach! He was the one who intended to bring more positive change. After winning the World War 3 battle royal in November 1998, with the help of Scott Hall and his stun gun, Kevin Nash ended Goldberg's 1730 winning streak and won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship at Starrcade the following month. Craig "Pitbull" Pittman, The Renegade, Michael Wallstreet, Eddie Guerrero, "The Canadian Crippler" Chris Benoit, "The Man of 1000 Holds" Dean Malenko, Scotty Riggs, "The Total Package" Lex Luger, Scott "Flash" Norton, The Giant, The Barbarian, Hugh Morrus, "Flyboy" Rocco Rock, Johnny Grunge, Konnan, "Squire" David Taylor, Madusa, "Hardwork" Bobby Walker, Rick Steiner, Scott Steiner, Billy Kidman, "Desperado" Joe Gomez, Rob Ruckus, Ken Kaos, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, "Mean" Mike Enos, Steve McMichael, Rey Misterio Jr., Jim Powers, Chavito Guerrero Jr., Karl Oullete, Jauques Rougeau, Chris Jericho, Juventud Guerrera, Syxx, Vincent, Jeff Jarrett, Psicosis, Roadblock, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Bunkhouse Buck, La Parka, Ultimo Dragon, Tombstone, Super Calo, "Dangerous" Devon Storm, Ace Darling, Greg The Hammer Valentine,Ray Mandoza Jr., Ron Powers, Jerry Flynn, Chris "Mortis" Canyon, Luna Vachon, Malaya Hosaka, Wrath, Hector Guerrero, Hack Myers, Hector Garza, Masahiro Chono, Yuji Nagata, Yuji Yasuraoka TOTAL ROSTER: 85 The WCW roster for June 1997 was as follows: Bobby Eaton, Sting, Jack Boot, "Diamond" Dallas Page, "Buff" Bagwell, Steve Regal, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, Stevie Ray, Booker T., Mark Starr, Big Bubba Rogers, Kevin Sullivan, Steve Armstrong, Meng, "Das Wunderkind" Alex Wright, "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan, Scott Armstrong, Randy "Macho Man" Savage, Sgt. Our complete Pro Wrestlers Database allows you to travel through time and see the WCW Roster by Year or any specific Date in history. During Bischoff's first year at the top of WCW, bookers Ole Anderson and Dusty Rhodes concocted cartoonish, unbelievable, and poorly built-up storylines that were poorly received by fans, such as "Lost in Cleveland," a storyline in which Cactus Jack developed amnesia and disappeared in Cleveland, Ohio; The White Castle of Fear, a match between Sting and Vader themed around B movies meant to promote SuperBrawl III; and tongue-in-cheek, short beach-party movies used as promotional videos for Beach Blast. With Hart now on the WCW roster, Nitro boasted the most well-known names in wrestling; WCW had also been highlighting new talent, with up-and-coming stars such as Chris Jericho, Eddie Guerrero, and Rey Mysterio, Jr. forming the company's new cruiserweight division. But that is why people get on here like Eddy and few other nutjobs and complain about pro wrestling is controlled by satanic Illuminati or freemasons. That year, The nWo sparked a revolution, unlike anything the sport had seen before. Hall and Nash were dubbed "The Outsiders", and would show up unexpectedly during Nitro broadcasts, usually jumping wrestlers backstage, distracting wrestlers by standing in the entranceways of arenas or walking around in the audience. During the Invasion storyline, Heyman's ECW (owned in the storyline by Stephanie McMahon) would align with Shane McMahon's WCW against the WWF, as a faction known as the Alliance. CAGEMATCH Promotions Database World Championship Wrestling (WCW) All-Time Roster World Championship Wrestling (WCW) Inactive promotion in the Americas region The lawsuit dragged on for several years, culminating in the WWF agreeing to drop the suit in exchange for the right to bid on WCW properties should they ever come up for liquidation. SD! Go Orange. After scolding Russo as being the reason for WCW's problems and pinning Jarrett, Hogan left the arena in disgust. Raw and Nitro went head-to-head for the first time on September 11, 1995.Nitro was transmitted live on television, and due to Raw still being pre-recorded on certain weeks, Nitro play-by-play voice Eric Bischoff, who also was WCW's vice . These moves prompted retaliatory tactics by the WWF; in January 1996, Raw began airing skits before and after commercial breaks entitled Billionaire Ted's Wrasslin' Warroom, depicting parodies of Ted Turner ("Billionaire Ted"), Hulk Hogan ("The Huckster"), "Macho Man" Randy Savage ("The Nacho Man"), and "Mean" Gene Okerlund ("Scheme Gene"). WWE promises big changes. Bret Hart's two brothers-in-law, the British Bulldog and Neidhart left with Hart for WCW, although Neidhart made one more appearance on Raw Is War as a quid pro quo before leaving, where Neidhart was beaten up by D-Generation X. Hart himself (who punched McMahon in the dressing room following the match in Montreal) prevented a mass strike by asking his former co-workers not to risk their careers for his sake. WWE All Stars. It feels like a forced meal we do not want to eat. The World PS1 Sony PlayStation 1, 1997 Greatest Hits. Revenge gained critical praise and tremendous . Copyright 2010-2023 TheSmackDownHotel.com. As cable television arose in the 1970s, local stations were often retransmitted to new markets as superstations. Bischoff, not expecting Turner to comply, said that the only way would be a prime-time slot on a weekday night, possibly up against the WWF's flagship show Monday Night Raw. [19][20] It was also acknowledged that Diller's purchase of the USA Network gave sympathetic USA Network executive Bonnie Hammer more say regarding the WWF's status at the USA Network and that previous USA Network managing head Kay Koplovitz, who resigned from the network after Diller took over her Chairman and CEO posts on April 9, 1998,[21][22] was in fact planning to remove WWF programming from the USA Network prior to the purchase. Shows were taped before a small live, in-studio audience, as were most professional wrestling television shows of that era. Bret Hart's departure from the WWF would ultimately turn the tide of the "Monday Night Wars." The NWA repeated the practice again the following year, with a Clash coinciding with WWF's WrestleMania V. Although the main event of the Clash saw NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ricky Steamboat defeat Flair in a best-of-three-falls match that lasted for almost an hour, ratings and attendance for the event fell well below expectations compared to WrestleMania V. Thus, the practice of conflicting major events would cease for six years. WCW PPV RESULTS 1997. The game was followed by WCW/nWo Thunder, which was based on Nitro's Thursday night counterpart. A compromise was reached which resulted in Awesome losing the title at an ECW event to Tazz, who was formerly of ECW and at the time contracted to the WWF. By 1997 though, Mongo was a full-fledged member of The Four Horsemen. Despite that, Jarrett found himself working in WCW in 1997. Welcome back to the clown world that everyone has fallen asleep to! At Road Wild 1999, the so-called "Millennium Man" pinned Sting in a decisive, career-defining matchup. Turner named the company World Championship Wrestling (WCW) after the flagship television show; it remained affiliated with the NWA until 1993. Chris began his WCW heel turn in the late summer of 1997 as part of his feud over the cruiserweight title with Rey Mysterio. The rating war was part of a larger overall struggle between the two companies, originating in personal animosity between WWF owner Vince McMahon and WCW owner Ted Turner. Since nobody but Bischoff and Luger's good friend Sting knew that Luger would return to WCW, the shock value generated by his appearance was great. Three weeks prior to the final Nitro, ECW owner Paul Heyman had begun an announcing contract with the WWF, as ECW had also fallen to financial problems and was forced to declare bankruptcy and close in January 2001. The show also featured an interview with Razor Ramon. However, the anticlimactic end of the match proved unpopular: Bret Hart made his WCW debut by accusing the referee of corruption, declaring himself the referee, and then awarding the belt to Sting, only for it to be stripped moments later on a technicality. The sudden rise of Diamond Dallas Page certainly caught the wrestling universe off guard. Eddy Guerrero challenges Chris Jericho for the WCW Cruiserweight . Paul Wight was a legend in WCW. The incident marked one of the first times that pro wrestlers had so flagrantly broken character in front of an audience, and forced both the WWF and WCW to begin acknowledging fans' growing awareness of the backstage happenings of their respective companies. Bookmark Quiz Bookmark Quiz -/5-RATE QUIZ. 4 months later he takes it all away. In the end, though, Jarrett never seemed to fit into WCW and the fans never embraced him as a heel or babyface. The incident would be talked about for years to come in the burgeoning internet wrestling culture, and, along with WWF's Gobbledy Gooker, "Shockmaster" became wrestling parlance for an exceptionally poorly executed idea. A WWE and WCW wrestler from the 1980s to 2000s, William Regal was never the biggest name on the roster, nor have the biggest physique, but has openly talked about his steroid use. Booker T ended up winning the championship over Jarrett. 98 was a great year for WCW, 99 is where it really starts to fall apart. update the picture of DREW MCINTYRE please, please add Karl Fredericks to World Wrestling Entertainment and remove him from New Japan Pro Wrestling, Brian Kendrick is not wwe producer he just come for one show ; not signed at this time, Sudu Shah leave WWE !, Stevie Turner is back on NXT. He could have absolutely been the top face or top heel if handled right. . WWE 13. . After Mankind won the title, many fans then switched back to Nitro (which still had five minutes of airtime left), suggesting that WCW had a show that the fans wanted to see and might have emerged the victor that night had they not given away the Raw Is War results. WrestleMania XII also began a brief turning point for the WWF, after which Raw would overtake Nitro for two consecutive months. By 1997, the entire wrestling world was captivated by the ongoing story of Sting trying to save WCW from The nWo. By the end of the year, WCW decided to once again base the promotion around Ric Flair. This collection includes all of the WCW/nWo roster members from late 1997 to early 1998. WCW roster vs. nWo members. @EBischoff should NEVER try to give anyone any advice about wrestling, ever! . On May 19, 1996, in their last WWF match before leaving for WCW, Nash and Hall were involved in a highly publicized incident at Madison Square Garden dubbed "The Curtain Call", in which four members of The Kliq (Nash, Hall, Michaels, Helmsley) broke character in the ring after their match to say goodbye to Nash and Hall (Waltman was in drug rehab and did not appear at the event). [38] The final WCW World Heavyweight Championship match for the show and the company saw WCW United States Heavyweight Champion Booker T defeat Scott Steiner to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Nothing much happens. update the picture of DREW MCINTYRE please, please add Karl Fredericks to World Wrestling Entertainment and remove him from New Japan Pro Wrestling, Brian Kendrick is not wwe producer he just come for one show ; not signed at this time, Sudu Shah leave WWE !, Stevie Turner is back on NXT. Link that replays current quiz . Go Orange. Under the auspices of Eric Bischoff, WCW introduced a new, complex metastory involving the defection of multiple wrestlers to a rival organization called the nWo. After declining ratings, the show returned to its Thursday timeslot in May 2010. (1999 - 2001) (1988 - 1998) WCW Worldwide (1999 - 2001) WCW Worldwide (1992 - 1998) WCW World Championship Wrestling WCW Thunder WCW Saturday Night WCW Prime Welcome back to the clown world that everyone has fallen asleep to! To Monday nights, in direct competition with Raw. Bischoff also began to give away the results of Raw matches on Nitro, as Raw was usually taped a week prior to airing. Hollywood Hogan, Randy Savage, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, Syxx, Curt Hennig, Buff Bagwell, Scott Norton, Konnan, The Disciple, Louie Spicolli Craig "Pitbull" Pittman, The Renegade, Michael Wallstreet, Eddie Guerrero, "The Canadian Crippler" Chris Benoit, "The Man of 1000 Holds" Dean Malenko, Scotty Riggs, "The Total Package" Lex Luger, Scott "Flash" Norton, The Giant, The Barbarian, Hugh Morrus, "Flyboy" Rocco Rock, Johnny Grunge, Konnan, "Squire" David Taylor, "Hardwork" Bobby Walker, Rick Steiner, Scott Steiner, Billy Kidman, "Desperado" Joe Gomez, Rob Ruckus, Ken Kaos, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, "Mean" Mike Enos, Steve McMichael, Rey Misterio Jr., Jim Powers, Chavito Guerrero Jr., Karl Oullete, Jauques Rougeau, Chris Jericho, Juventud Guerrera, Syxx, Vincent, Jeff Jarrett, Psicosis, Roadblock, Rowdy Roddy Piper, La Parka, Ultimo Dragon, Tombstone, Super Calo, Greg The Hammer Valentine , Ray Mandoza Jr., Ron Powers, Akiro Hokuto, Jerry Flynn, Mortis, Wrath, Hack Myers, Hector Garza, Masahiro Chono, Yuji Nagata, Joey Maggs, Ernest Miller, Silver King, Damien, Rick Fuller, Curt Hennig, Raven, Villano V TOTAL ROSTER: 82 INACTIVE: 1 The WCW roster for July 1997 was as follows: Bobby Eaton, Sting, Jack Boot, "Diamond" Dallas Page, "Buff" Bagwell, Steve Regal, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, Stevie Ray, Booker T., Mark Starr, Big Bubba Rogers, Steve Armstrong, Meng, "Das Wunderkind" Alex Wright, "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan, Scott Armstrong, Randy "Macho Man" Savage, Renegade, Eddie Guerrero, "The Crippler" Chris Benoit, "The Man of 1000 Holds" Dean Malenko, Scotty Riggs, "The Total Package" Lex Luger, Scott "Flash" Norton, The Giant, The Barbarian, Hugh Morrus, "Flyboy" Rocco Rock, Johnny Grunge, Konnan, Dave Taylor, "Hardwork" Bobby Walker, Rick Steiner, Scott Steiner, Billy Kidman, Rob Ruckus, Ken Kaos, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, Steve McMichael, Rey Misterio Jr., Jim Powers, Chavo Guerrero Jr., Chris Jericho, Juventud Guerrera, Syxx, Vincent, Jeff Jarrett, Psicosis, Roadblock, Rowdy Roddy Piper, La Parka, Ultimo Dragon, Tombstone, Super Calo, Greg The Hammer Valentine,Ray Mandoza Jr., Ron Powers, Jerry Flynn, Mortis, Wrath, Hack Myers, Hector Garza, Masahiro Chono, Yuji Nagata, Joey Maggs, Ernest Miller, Silver King, Damien, Rick Fuller, Curt Hennig, Raven, Villano V, Stevie Richards, Texas Hangman #1, Texas Hangman #2, Brad Armstrong, Lizmark Jr. TOTAL ROSTER: 78 INACTIVE: 1 The WCW roster for August 1997 was as follows: Bobby Eaton, Sting, Jack Boot, "Diamond" Dallas Page, "Buff" Bagwell, Steve Regal, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, Stevie Ray, Booker T., Mark Starr, Big Bubba Rogers, Steve Armstrong, Meng, "Das Wunderkind" Alex Wright, "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan, Scott Armstrong, Randy "Macho Man" Savage, Renegade, Eddie Guerrero, "The Crippler" Chris Benoit, "The Man of 1000 Holds" Dean Malenko, Scotty Riggs, "The Total Package" Lex Luger, Scott "Flash" Norton, The Giant, The Barbarian, Hugh Morrus, "Flyboy" Rocco Rock, Johnny Grunge, Konnan, Dave Taylor, "Hardwork" Bobby Walker, Rick Steiner, Scott Steiner, Billy Kidman, Rob Ruckus, Ken Kaos, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, Steve McMichael, Rey Misterio Jr., Jim Powers, Chavo Guerrero Jr., Chris Jericho, Juventud Guerrera, Syxx, Vincent, Jeff Jarrett, Psicosis, Roadblock, Rowdy Roddy Piper, La Parka, Ultimo Dragon, Super Calo, Ray Mandoza Jr., Greg The Hammer Valentine,Jerry Flynn, Mortis, Wrath, Hack Myers, Hector Garza, Masahiro Chono, Yuji Nagata, Joey Maggs, Ernest Miller, Silver King, Damien, Rick Fuller, Curt Hennig, Raven, Villano V, Stevie Richards, Texas Hangman #1, Texas Hangman #2, Brad Armstrong, Lizmark Jr., TOTAL ROSTER: 77 INACTIVE: 1 The WCW roster for September 1997 was as follows: Bobby Eaton, Sting, Jack Boot, "Diamond" Dallas Page, "Buff" Bagwell, Steve Regal, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, Stevie Ray, Booker T., Mark Starr, Ray Traylor, Steve Armstrong, Meng, "Das Wunderkind" Alex Wright, "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan, Scott Armstrong, Randy "Macho Man" Savage, Renegade, Eddie Guerrero, "The Crippler" Chris Benoit, "The Man of 1000 Holds" Dean Malenko, Scotty Riggs, "The Total Package" Lex Luger, Scott "Flash" Norton, The Giant, The Barbarian, Hugh Morrus, "Flyboy" Rocco Rock, Johnny Grunge, Konnan, Dave Taylor, "Hardwork" Bobby Walker, Rick Steiner, Scott Steiner, Billy Kidman, Rob Ruckus, Ken Kaos, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, Steve McMichael, Rey Misterio Jr., Jim Powers, Chavo Guerrero Jr., Chris Jericho, Juventud Guerrera, Syxx, Vincent, Jeff Jarrett, Psicosis, Roadblock, Rowdy Roddy Piper, La Parka, Ultimo Dragon, Super Calo, Ray Mandoza Jr., Greg The Hammer Valentine, Jerry Flynn, Mortis, Wrath, Hector Garza, Masahiro Chono, Yuji Nagata, Joey Maggs, Ernest Miller, Silver King, Damien, Rick Fuller, Curt Hennig, Raven, Villano V, Stevie Richards, Texas Hangman #1, Texas Hangman #2, Brad Armstrong, Lizmark Jr., Perry Saturn, Barry Darsow, Bill Goldberg, David Finlay TOTAL ROSTER: 79 INACTIVE: 4 The WCW roster for October 1997 was as follows: Bobby Eaton, Sting, Jack Boot, "Diamond" Dallas Page, "Buff" Bagwell, Steve Regal, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, Stevie Ray, Booker T., Mark Starr, Ray Traylor, Steve Armstrong, Meng, "Das Wunderkind" Alex Wright, "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan, Scott Armstrong, Randy "Macho Man" Savage, Renegade, Eddie Guerrero, "The Crippler" Chris Benoit, "The Man of 1000 Holds" Dean Malenko, Scotty Riggs, "The Total Package" Lex Luger, Scott "Flash" Norton, The Giant, The Barbarian, Hugh Morrus, "Flyboy" Rocco Rock, Johnny Grunge, Konnan, Dave Taylor, "Hardwork" Bobby Walker, Rick Steiner, Scott Steiner, Billy Kidman, Rob Ruckus, Ken Kaos, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, Steve McMichael, Rey Misterio Jr., Jim Powers, Chavo Guerrero Jr., Chris Jericho, Juventud Guerrera, Syxx, Vincent, Psicosis, Roadblock, Rowdy Roddy Piper, La Parka, Ultimo Dragon, Super Calo, Ray Mandoza Jr., Greg The Hammer Valentine, Jerry Flynn, Mortis, Wrath, Hector Garza, Masahiro Chono, Yuji Nagata, Joey Maggs, Ernest Miller, Silver King, Damien, Rick Fuller, Curt Hennig, Raven, Villano V, Stevie Richards, Texas Hangman #1, Texas Hangman #2, Brad Armstrong, Lizmark Jr., Perry Saturn, Barry Darsow, Bill Goldberg, David Finlay, Kendall Windham, Barry Horowitz, El Dandy, Chris Adams, Sick Boy, Bobby Blaze, Louie Spicolli, Mike Rapado, Lanny Poffo, Lenny Lane, Johnny Swinger TOTAL ROSTER: 89 INACTIVE: 4 The WCW roster for November 1997 was as follows: Bobby Eaton, Sting, Jack Boot, "Diamond" Dallas Page, "Buff" Bagwell, Steve Regal, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, Stevie Ray, Booker T., Mark Starr, Ray Traylor, Steve Armstrong, Meng, "Das Wunderkind" Alex Wright, "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan, Scott Armstrong, Randy "Macho Man" Savage, Renegade, Eddie Guerrero, "The Crippler" Chris Benoit, "The Man of 1000 Holds" Dean Malenko, Scotty Riggs, "The Total Package" Lex Luger, Scott "Flash" Norton, The Giant, The Barbarian, Hugh Morrus, "Flyboy" Rocco Rock, Johnny Grunge, Konnan, Dave Taylor, "Hardwork" Bobby Walker, Rick Steiner, Scott Steiner, Billy Kidman, Rob Ruckus, Ken Kaos, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, Steve McMichael, Rey Misterio Jr., Jim Powers, Chavo Guerrero Jr., Chris Jericho, Juventud Guerrera, Syxx, Vincent, Psicosis, Roadblock, Rowdy Roddy Piper, La Parka, Ultimo Dragon, Super Calo, Ray Mandoza Jr., Greg The Hammer Valentine, Jerry Flynn, Mortis, Wrath, Hector Garza, Masahiro Chono, Yuji Nagata, Joey Maggs, Ernest Miller, Silver King, Damien, Rick Fuller, Curt Hennig, Raven, Villano V, Stevie Richards, Texas Hangman #1, Texas Hangman #2, Brad Armstrong, Lizmark Jr., Perry Saturn, Barry Darsow, Bill Goldberg, David Fit Finlay, Kendall Windham, Barry Horowitz, El Dandy, Chris Adams, Sick Boy, Bobby Blaze, Louie Spicolli, Lanny Poffo, Lenny Lane, Johnny Swinger, Norman Smiley, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Michael Wallstreet, Gedo, John Nord, Barry Darsow, Van Hammer, Skank TOTAL ROSTER: 96 INACTIVE: 4 The WCW roster for December 1997 was as follows: Bobby Eaton, Sting, Jack Boot, "Diamond" Dallas Page, "Buff" Bagwell, Steve Regal, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, Stevie Ray, Booker T., Mark Starr, Ray Traylor, Steve Armstrong, Meng, "Das Wunderkind" Alex Wright, "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan, Scott Armstrong, Randy "Macho Man" Savage, Renegade, Eddie Guerrero, "The Crippler" Chris Benoit, "The Man of 1000 Holds" Dean Malenko, Scotty Riggs, "The Total Package" Lex Luger, Scott "Flash" Norton, The Giant, The Barbarian, Hugh Morrus, "Flyboy" Rocco Rock, Johnny Grunge, Konnan, Dave Taylor, "Hardwork" Bobby Walker, Rick Steiner, Scott Steiner, Billy Kidman, Rob Ruckus, Ken Kaos, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, Steve McMichael, Rey Misterio Jr., Jim Powers, Chavo Guerrero Jr., Chris Jericho, Juventud Guerrera, Syxx, Vincent, Psicosis, Roadblock, Rowdy Roddy Piper, La Parka, Ultimo Dragon, Super Calo, Ray Mandoza Jr., Greg The Hammer Valentine, Jerry Flynn, Mortis, Wrath, Hector Garza, Masahiro Chono, Yuji Nagata, Joey Maggs, Ernest Miller, Silver King, Damien, Rick Fuller, Curt Hennig, Raven, Villano V, Texas Hangman #1, Texas Hangman #2, Brad Armstrong, Lizmark Jr., Perry Saturn, Barry Darsow, Bill Goldberg, David Fit Finlay, Kendall Windham, Barry Horowitz, El Dandy, Chris Adams, Sick Boy, Bobby Blaze, Louie Spicolli, Lanny Poffo, Lenny Lane, Johnny Swinger, Norman Smiley, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Michael Wallstreet, John Nord, Barry Darsow, Van Hammer, Lodi, Bret Hitman Hart, Jim The Andvil Neidhart, The British Bulldog Davey Boy Smith, Rick Martell TOTAL ROSTER: 99 INACTIVE: 4. Whether that was a good thing is open for discussion. Incarnation Notes Members nWo July 7, 1996 - April 27, 1998 The original incarnation was formed when Hulk Hogan defected from WCW to join Scott Hall (Razor Ramon) and Kevin Nash (Diesel).Portrayed as being a separate entity, apart from WCW. He's either so stupid that he think's he's right or is such a perfect troll in so many ways the fact that yall don't see that is just odd. WCW and the nWo continued to grow in popularity, and for the next 84 consecutive weeks Nitro beat Raw in the ratings. This was regarded as a major breach of kayfabe at the time and ultimately led to WCW's departure from the NWA in September 1993. It says on wiki that Chelsea Green has resigned I don't know if this is true or not but I just thought I'll let you know, in wwe draft. Fall Brawl 1997 - Lawrence Joel Coliseum; Winston-Salem, NC 9/14/1997 - Cruiserweight Title: Eddie Guerrero beat Chris Jericho to win the title This initiated the Invasion storyline that would have Shane's character leading the WCW invasion of the WWF,[39] which lasted from March to November 2001 and marked the end of WCW as a brand. They stopped caring after the attitude era. Turner, displeased with McMahon's handling of programming on his network, pressured McMahon into selling his time slot to Jim Crockett Promotions, another wrestling promotion. We wanted to set our mark, we wanted to breakaway from the pack, we wanted to let the world know that we weren't just some independent promotion.[2]. WWE Roster 1997 Stats Can you name the WWE Roster 1997? [4], In 1994, Jim Crockett Jr.'s non-compete agreement with Turner, to whom he had sold in 1988, expired and he decided to start promoting with the NWA again. That's gonna put some butts in the seats, heh. 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