Author: Clint Dye

RetroView fans we’re taking it back old school for this trip down WCW memory lane. Tonight we’re watching WCW Starrcade 1988. This is a historic show, as it was the very first Starrcade to be held under the WCW banner.  All the big shows before this one were part of the NWA. The show begins with an amazingly 80’s highlight video complete with voiceovers from the likes of Ric Flair, Barry Windham, and Dusty Rhodes. Tony Schiavone welcomes us to the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia. Schiavone lets us know that five NWA Championships will be on the line tonight.   Sidenote: Schiavone…

This Saturday night at the Blue Grass Community Center in Blue Grass, Iowa, is the SCWPro: Prestige Rumble 2024, and the next chapter in the heated rivalry between SCWPro Champion Dustan Moseley and JT Energy is written. Ironically enough, this feud between the “Devil Dog” and the “Feline Phenom” began a year ago at the same event.  SCWPro Prestige Rumble 2024 The 2023 Prestige Rumble began with JT Energy winning the SCWPro Championship. It was the culmination of Energy’s seven-year journey to the one championship he had yet to attain in the promotion he began his pro wrestling career with.…

Ladies and gentlemen, we are back for our next show in the journey back to the glory days of World Championship Wrestling. Shout out to everyone who joined me for my first WCW RetroView – WCW Hog Wild 1996. This week we present WCW Fall Brawl 1996. Next up we are looking back at WCW’s following pay-per-view, Fall Brawl 1996. During the Hog-Wild main event, Hollywood Hulk Hogan won the WCW championship, sending the company into turmoil. Something highlighted by the fantastic show opening video package. The surprise attacks continued, and the Giant joined the ranks of the nWo as…

It’s time, WCW fans, the next WCW RetroView is here. On tap for this edition is WCW SuperBrawl VII from February 23, 1997. The build to this show is all about Rowdy Roddy Piper getting his championship shot at Hollywood Hulk Hogan. This is the second match in their WCW trilogy and is probably their best.  Meanwhile, the Tag Team title scene is being held hostage by the Outsiders and the Four Horsemen are in a state of flux. Oh, and Diamond Dallas Page is still the biggest thorn in the nWo’s side.  The show opens with a shot of Alcatraz.…

Earlier in their career, The Rock & The Game Triple H would battle one another in a quest to find out who would be the one to move the WWE into the next millennium. The result was a rivalry that would help to put both in a position where they would establish themselves and those around them as the faces of the company. The Rock and The Game Triple H – Chapter Three: Best in the Business By the end of 1999, Stone Cold Steve Austin, arguably the biggest star in professional wrestling, was sidelined with nagging neck injuries. His…

Wrestling fans join me on a trip back to a time when one company challenged WWE for the top spot in the world of professional wrestling. During this, we will look back at WCW’s quest to become the number one wrestling company in the world. With the world-famous Sturgis Motorcycle Rally taking place this weekend, there is no better place to start than WCW Hog Wild 1996. WCW Hog Wild 1996 August 10, 1996 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Sturgis, North Dakota After a video package explaining the significance of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, we see a pretty cool shot of WCW…

We’re back with a new RetroView as our journey through the final years of WCW continues with the WCW Halloween Havoc 1999 pay-per-view.  The show opens with the dying days of the WCW logo, only the second or third pay-per-view with the new logo so far. Goldberg and Sid Vicious grudge over the United States Championship begins the pre-show hype video.  This is followed by highlights of the build-up to Hulk Hogan versus Sting for the World Heavyweight Championship finishes off the video.  Tony Schiavone welcomes us to the show.  As always, the Halloween Havoc entrance set is top-notch, with…

For two decades, SCWPro Wrestling has been providing fans with exciting, action-packed pro wrestling as SCWPro presents its 20th Anniversary show. From humble beginnings inside a barn in Davenport, Iowa, SCW has grown into one of the premiere wrestling promotions in Iowa and Illinois. SCWPro 20th Anniversary Show Big-time names in the world of pro wrestling, like Vader, Scotty 2 Hotty, and even WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins, have made their way through the SCW curtain. Check out Seth Rollins discussing SCW here: This Saturday, the SCW 20th Anniversary show emanates from the Blue Grass Community Center in Blue…

In the blockbuster film The Dark Knight, the Joker famously quips to his archnemesis Batman – “I think you and I are destined to do this forever.” Not only does this represent the relationship between the Caped Crusader and Clown Prince of Crime, but it sums up one of the greatest rivalries in professional wrestling history. The career-spanning feud between The Rock and Triple H. The Brahma Bull and the Cerebral Assassin are drawn to each other, forever destined to cross paths. Their rivalry is driven by the personal and professional motivation to prove who is the better man. It’s…

Before the story between Diamond Dallas Page and Randy Savage could be told, the story traces back to the birth of the nWo.When the New World Order infamously declared war on World Championship Wrestling in the summer of 1996, a line in the sand was drawn. On the front lines for WCW, ready to meet the invading Outsiders (Scott Hall and Kevin Nash) and eventually Hulk Hogan, were Sting, Lex Luger, and Macho Man Randy Savage. What we would later be reminded of is a feud between DDP and Macho Man Randy Savage. After the WCW trio fell in their…