Author: Clint Dye
RetroView fans, we are diving deep into the WCW library for today’s RetroView. It’s WCW Starrcade 1992: Battle Bowl – Lethal Lottery 2. We open the show with a fantastic, straight out of the early 90’s video package highlighting the rich history of WCW’s biggest event. It’s the tenth version of the annual event and this show has five championships on the line, including Ron Simmons defending the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against WCW United States Champion Rick Rude. Also, the NWA Heavyweight Championship is also on the line between Masahiro Chono and The Great Muta. The Lethal Lottery and BattleBowl…
“All right. We have seen the end of Hulkamania. For Bobby “The Brain” Heenan, for Dusty Rhodes, for “Mean” Gene Okerlund, I don’t know…I’m Tony Schiavone. Hulk Hogan, you can go to hell! We’re outta here. Straight to hell.” With those words, World Championship Wrestling lead announcer Tony Schiavone somberly concluded Bash at the Beach 1996. This was the birth of the nWo. The reason behind Schiavone’s impassioned damnation of Hulk Hogan is legendary. It was on this day 24 years ago that Hulk Hogan, Scott Hall, and Kevin Nash formed the New World Order. It forever changed the landscape…
The Undertaker and Batista. Stealing the show is something you hear professional wrestlers talk about all the time. To steal the show means you and your opponent/s performed at such a high level that the main thing everyone talks about after the show is your match. Being in the main event is great; the top spot is something you earn, so not everyone gets this opportunity. However, stealing the show is something that can be done by any wrestler, given the right circumstances. Some, like Shawn Michaels and AJ Styles, do it because that’s what they’re known for. Others do…
Two separate April 2nd WrestleMania’s featured notable matches. Two matches that are on the opposite end of the wrestling spectrum: one was a triple threat and a Universal Championship. First, we have a technically brilliant triple-threat match from WrestleMania 2000, followed by a beastly showdown between two powerhouse wrestlers at WrestleMania 33. Triple Threat and A Universal Championship WrestleMania 2000 Two Falls Triple Threat Match Intercontinental and European Championships Kurt Angle (c) vs. Chris Benoit vs. Chris Jericho The Build-Up Kurt Angle made his WWE debut at the 1999 Survivor Series event. Less than three months later, the Olympic Hero…
Wrestling fans welcome back to our trip down WCW memory lane with my fifth edition of WCW Sunday Night RetroView with WCW Starrcade 1996. Today, we take a look back at the biggest event of WCW’s pay-per-view schedule, WCW Starrcade 1996. The final WCW pay-per-view of 1996 was a big one and it mainly centered around one match, Hogan versus Piper. We open the show with our favorite WCW trio on commentary. Tony Schiavone, Bobby “The Brain” Heenan, and Dusty Rhodes are all amped up for this show. Each mentions the big fight feel in the arena and all three…
This time, we’re taking a look at WCW World War 3 1996, which took place on November 24th, 1996. This was WCW’s annual November pay-per-view, featuring the three-ring, 60-man Battle Royal. Like its WWE contemporary, the Royal Rumble, the winner of this Battle Royal earns a World Heavyweight Championship match. Heading into this show, there are a few key stories of note. After a shocking debut at Halloween Havoc, Rowdy Roddy Piper and Hollywood Hulk Hogan are on a collision course. On the Nitro before this show, Eric Bischoff’s allegiance to the nWo was revealed by Piper. This was the…
As you grow older, specific dates seem to stick in your memory. These are the dates where something significant happens, and you always remember where you were on that day. This was that day twenty five years ago. It could be your wedding, a significant other’s birthday party or the day your children were born, among many other things. For many, one of these dates is May 23, 1999. That was the day professional wrestler Owen Hart tragically fell to his death during a WWE pay-per-view in Kansas City, Missouri. Today we are remembering Owen Hart. My sophomore year of…
When pro wrestling fans nowadays hear the term War Games, the team cage match that has become a staple of NXT probably comes to mind. Fans think of the Undisputed Era competing in each NXT Takeover: War Games match that has taken place since 2017. They think of the first-ever women’s War Games match won by captain Rhea Ripley and her allies. The NXT variation of War Games has proven to be a showcase of incredible athleticism and dangerously death-defying spots. It is, however, missing the sheer brutality and intensity of its sealed cage predecessors. The War Game matches made…
Diehard professional wrestling fans have certain matches we proudly show to non-wrestling fans without fear of critical judgment, such as the one with Kurt Angle and Shawn Michaels. These are the matches that incorporate all the things that make pro wrestling great. Sometimes, pure athleticism, exceptional storytelling, and high stakes come together to create something magical. One of these matches is the inter-promotional showdown between Kurt Angle and Shawn Michaels that took place on April 3, 2005, at WrestleMania 21. ___________________________ The first time this match was live on pay-per-view, and even then, fans could tell we had witnessed something phenomenal.…
The current era of the WWE Intercontinental Championship has brought forth a new design and the longest-reigning WWE Intercontinental Champion of all time. The reign is arguably the most dominant reign by any champion ever in GUNTHER. But let’s see how we got to the “Ring General.” WWE Intercontinental Championship Pt 7 Time To Shine fo Miz and Ziggler With the Intercontinental Championship vacated due to an injury to Bad News Barrett, a 19-man battle royal was to be held at Battle Ground 2014. On that night, The Miz would become Intercontinental Champion for the third time. His victory came at…