Promotion Spotlight: WCW

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Promotion Spotlight: WCW

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World Championship Wrestling (1988-2001)

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Headquarters: Atlanta, GA
Key People: Ted Turner (Founder & Owner), Eric Bischoff (former Executive Producer & Executive Vice President), Jim Herd (former Executive Vice President), Ole Anderson (former Executive Vice President), Bill Busch (former Executive Vice President), and various head bookers and creative leaders (Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes, Kevin Nash, Kevin Sullivan, Vince Russo, Terry Taylor, etc)


WCW's 100 Greatest Matches (in progress)
1. (04/02/89) Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat at NWA/WCW Clash of the Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun (2/3 Falls; NWA World Heavyweight Championship)
2. (05/07/89) Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat at NWA/WCW WrestleWar: Music City Showdown (NWA World Heavyweight Championship)
3. (02/20/89) Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat at NWA/WCW Chi-Town Rumble (NWA World Heavyweight Championship)
4. (05/17/92) Sting's Squadron* vs The Dangerous Alliance* at WCW WrestleWar: WarGames (WarGames)
5. (11/15/89) Ric Flair vs Terry Funk at NWA/WCW Clash of the Champions IX: New York Knockout ("I Quit")
6. (11/06/94) Octagon & El Hijo del Santo vs Los Gringos Locos* at AAA/WCW When World's Collide (2/3 Falls, Mask vs Hair)
7. (02/24/91) The Four Horsemen* vs Sting, Brian Pillman & The Steiner Brothers* at WCW WrestleWar (WarGames)
8. (10/26/97) Eddy Guerrero vs Rey Misterio Jr. at WCW Halloween Havoc (Mask vs Title; WCW Cruiserweight Championship)
9. (02/29/92) Brian Pillman vs Jushin Liger at WCW SuperBrawl (WCW Light Heavyweight Championship)
10. (07/07/96) Rey Misterio Jr. vs Psychosis at WCW Bash at the Beach
11. (07/07/90) The Midnight Express* vs The Southern Boys* at NWA/WCW The Great American Bash (NWA US Tag Team Championship)
12. (10/04/99) Bret Hart vs Chris Benoit on WCW Monday Nitro
13. (10/24/93) Cactus Jack vs Vader at WCW Halloween Havoc (Texas Death Match)
14. (05/19/91) The Steiner Brothers* vs Sting & Lex Luger at WCW SuperBrawl I (WCW World Tag Team Championship)
15. (12/26/88) Ric Flair vs Lex Luger at NWA/WCW Starrcade (NWA World Heavyweight Championship)
16. (02/21/93) Sting vs Big Van Vader at WCW SuperBrawl III (White Castle of Fear Strap Match)
17. (05/22/94) Cactus Jack & Kevin Sullivan vs The Nasty Boys* at WCW Slamboree (Broad Street Bully; WCW World Tag Team Championship)
18. (12/27/93) Ric Flair vs Vader at WCW Starrcade '93: 10th Anniversary (WCW World Heavyweight Championship)
19. (06/20/92) Sting vs Cactus Jack at WCW Beach Blash (Falls Count Anywhere)
20. (07/23/89) Ric Flair vs Terry Funk at NWA/WCW The Great American Bash (NWA World Heavyweight Championship)
21. (12/29/96) Ultimo Dragon vs Dean Malenko at WCW Starrcade (J-Crown and WCW Cruiserweight Championship)
22. (04/17/94) Cactus Jack & Maxx Payne vs The Nasty Boys* at WCW Spring Stampede (Street Fight; WCW World Tag Team Championship)
23. (06/20/92) Ricky Steamboat vs Rick Rude at WCW Beach Blast (Iron Man Challenge)
24. (06/16/96) Chris Benoit vs Kevin Sullivan at WCW The Great American Bash (Falls Count Anywhere)
25. (06/14/89) Terry Funk vs Ricky Steamboat at NWA/WCW Clash of the Champions VII: Guts and Glory
26. (12/27/95) Eddy Guerrero vs Shinjiro Ohtani at WCW Starrcade: World Cup of Wrestling
27. (08/10/96) Chris Benoit vs Dean Malenko at WCW Hog Wild
28. (04/17/94) Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat at WCW Spring Stampede (WCW World Heavyweight Championship)
29. (11/24/96) Rey Mysterio vs Ultimo Dragon at WCW World War 3 (J-Crown Championship)
30. (11/19/91) Ricky Steamboat & Dustin Rhodes vs The Enforcers* at WCW Clash of the Champions XVII (WCW World Tag Team Championship)
31. (07/12/92) Sting vs Big Van Vader at WCW The Great American Bash (WCW World Heavyweight Championship)
32. (07/23/89) Ricky Steamboat vs Lex Luger at NWA/WCW The Great American Bash (NWA United States Heavyweight Championship)
33. (10/25/98) Goldberg vs Diamond Dallas Page at WCW Halloween Havoc (WCW World Heavyweight Championship)
34. (02/25/90) The Rock 'n' Roll Express* vs The Midnight Express* at NWA/WCW WrestleWar 1990: Wild Thing
35. (06/14/98) Chris Benoit vs Booker T at WCW The Great American Bash (Finals of Best of 7 Series)
36. (06/16/93) Ric Flair & Arn Anderson vs Hollywood Blondes* at WCW Clash of the Champions XXIII (2/3 Falls; WCW Tag Team Championship^)
37. (04/06/97) Diamond Dallas Page vs Randy Savage at WCW Spring Stampede (No DQ)
38. (04/11/99) Juventud Guerrera vs Blitzkrieg at WCW Spring Stampede
39. (02/25/90) Ric Flair vs Lex Luger at NWA/WCW WrestleWar 1990: Wild Thing (NWA World Heavyweight Championship)
40. (09/15/96) Chris Benoit vs Chris Jericho at WCW Fall Brawl: War Games
41. (10/23/94) Hulk Hogan vs Ric Flair at WCW Halloween Havoc (Steel Cage career vs career; WCW World Heavyweight Championship)
42. (12/28/92) Sting vs Big Van Vader at WCW Starrcade: BattleBowl/The Lethal Lottery II (King of Cable Tournament Finals)
43. (02/17/90) Ric Flair vs Flyin' Brian Pillman on NWA/WCW Saturday Night (NWA World Heavyweight Championship)
44. (01/24/98) Chris Benoit vs Raven at WCW Souled Out (Raven's Rules)
45. (07/13/97) Psychosis, La Parka & Villano IV vs Juventud Guerrera, Hector Garza & Lizmark Jr. at WCW Bash at the Beach
46. (12/13/89) Ric Flair vs Sting at NWA/WCW Starrcade (Iron Man Tournament Finals)
47. (10/27/96) Rey Misterio Jr. vs Dean Malenko at WCW Halloween Havoc (WCW Cruiserweight Championship)
48. (04/26/99) Sting vs Diamond Dallas Page on WCW Monday Nitro (WCW World Heavyweight Championship)
49. (09/17/00) Goldberg vs Scott Steiner at WCW Fall Brawl
50. (11/16/98) Juventud Guerrera vs Billy Kidman on WCW Monday Nitro (WCW Cruiserweight Championship)
51. (04/21/94) Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat on WCW Saturday Night aired 5/14/94 (WCW World Heavyweight Championship)
52. (04/19/99) Rey Misterio Jr. vs Psychosis vs Juventud Guerrera vs Blitzkrieg on WCW Monday Nitro (WCW Cruiserweight Championship)
53. (01/24/98) Ric Flair vs Bret Hart at WCW Souled Out
54. (10/27/90) The Steiner Brothers* vs The Nasty Boys* at WCW Halloween Havoc (NWA US Tag Team Championship)
55. (03/21/91) Ric Flair vs Tatsumi Fujinami at WCW/NJPW Supershow (NWA World Heavyweight Championship)
56. (07/06/98) Hollywood Hogan vs Goldberg on WCW Monday Nitro (WCW World Heavyweight Championship)
57. (09/17/95) Brian Pillman vs Johnny B. Badd at WCW Fall Brawl
58. (03/15/98) Diamond Dallas Page vs Chris Benoit vs Raven at WCW Uncensored (WCW United States Championship)
59. (09/12/89) Ric Flair & Sting vs The Great Muta & Dick Slater at NWA/WCW Clash of the Champions VIII: Fall Brawl '89
60. (11/23/91) Sting vs Cactus Jack on WCW Power Hour (Submit or Surrender)
61. (02/22/98) Diamond Dallas Page vs Chris Benoit at WCW SuperBrawl VIII (WCW United States Championship)
62. (05/17/92) The Steiner Brothers vs Tatsumi Fujinami & Takayuki Iizuka at WCW WrestleWar: WarGames (IWGP Tag Team Championship)
63. (03/16/97) Eddy Guerrero vs Dean Malenko at WCW Uncensored (WCW United States Championship)
64. (04/11/99) Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko vs Raven & Perry Saturn at WCW Spring Stampede
65. (06/16/96) Rey Mysterio Jr. vs Dean Malenko at WCW The Great American Bash (WCW Cruiserweight Championship)
66. (07/17/94) Ricky Steamboat vs Steve Austin at WCW Bash at the Beach (WCW United States Championship)
67. (01/21/97) Dean Malenko vs Ultimo Dragon at WCW Clash of the Champions XXXIV (WCW Cruiserweight Championship)
68. (11/18/95) Chris Benoit vs Eddy Guerrero on WCW Saturday Night
69. (12/28/92) Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas vs Barry Windham & Brian Pillman at WCW Starrcade (WCW World Tag Team Championship^)
70. (07/07/90) Ric Flair vs Sting at NWA/WCW The Great American Bash (NWA World Heavyweight Championship)
71. (12/17/00) 3 Count* vs Jung Dragons* vs Jamie Knoble & Evan Karagias at WCW Starrcade (Ladder)
72. (02/29/92) Barry Windham & Dustin Rhodes vs Steve Austin & Larry Zbyszko at WCW SuperBrawl II
73. (09/14/97) Eddy Guerrero vs Chris Jericho at WCW Fall Brawl: War Games (WCW Cruiserweight Championship)
74. (12/27/98) Rey Mysterio Jr. vs Juventud Guerrera vs Billy Kidman at WCW Starrcade (WCW Cruiserweight Championship)
75. (11/16/94) Vader vs Dustin Rhodes at WCW Clash of the Champions XXIX
76. (01/14/01) Jung Dragons* vs Jamie Knoble & Evan Karagias at WCW Sin
77. (07/17/94) Ric Flair vs Hulk Hogan at WCW Bash at the Beach (WCW World Heavyweight Championship)
78. (07/07/96) The Outsiders* & Mystery 3rd Man vs Sting, Lex Luger & Randy Savage at WCW Bash at the Beach)
79. (10/16/95) Chris Benoit vs Eddy Guerrero on WCW Monday Nitro
80. (02/20/94) Sting, Brian Pillman & Dustin Rhodes vs Steve Austin, Rick Rude & Paul Orndorff at WCW SuperBrawl IV (Thundercage)
81. (06/16/92) Chris Benoit & Biff Wellington vs Brian Pillman & Jushin Liger at WCW Clash of the Champions XIX
82. (07/23/89) Road Warriors/Midnight Express Team* vs Freebirds/Samoans Team* at NWA/WCW The Great American Bash (WarGames)
83. (06/16/92) The Steiner Brothers* vs Terry Gordy & Steve Williams at WCW Clash of the Champions XIX (NWA World Tag Team Title Tourney)
84. (02/21/93) Chris Benoit vs Too Cold Scorpio at WCW SuperBrawl III
85. (12/07/88) Ric Flair & Barry Windham vs The Midnight Express* at NWA/WCW Clash of the Champions IV: Season's Beatings
86. (03/24/96) Lord Steven Regal vs The Belfast Bruiser at WCW Uncensored
87. (06/16/93) Barry Windham vs Too Cold Scorpio at WCW Clash of the Champions XXIII (NWA World Heavyweight Championship)
88. (09/17/95) Ric Flair vs Arn Anderson at WCW Fall Brawl: War Games
89. (08/24/94) Ricky Steamboat vs Steve Austin at WCW Clash of the Champions XXVIII (WCW United States Championship)
90. (05/19/90) The Midnight Express* vs Brian Pillman & Tom Zenk at WCW Capital Combat (NWA US Tag Team Championship)
91. (04/06/97) Rey Misterio Jr. vs Ultimo Dragon at WCW Spring Stampede
92. (06/15/97) Randy Savage vs Diamond Dallas Page at WCW Great American Bash (Falls Count Anywhere)
93. (07/13/97) Chris Jericho vs Ultimo Dragon at WCW Bash at the Beach (WCW Cruiserweight Championship)
94. (05/09/99) Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko vs Rey Mysterio & Kidman vs Raven & Saturn at WCW Slamboree (WCW Tag Team Championship)
95. (10/28/89) Ric Flair & Sting vs Terry Funk & The Great Muta at WCW Halloween Havoc (Thunderdome)
96. (12/16/90) Doom* vs Arn Anderson & Barry Windham at NWA/WCW Starrcade (Street Fight; NWA World Tag Team Championships)
97. (06/12/91) Ric Flair vs Bobby Eaton at WCW Clash of the Champions XV: Knocksville USA (2/3 Falls; WCW World Heavyweight Championship)
98. (01/25/97) Eddie Guerrero vs Syxx at WCW Souled Out (Ladder; WCW United States Championship)
99. (12/29/96) Rey Mysterio Jr. vs Jushin Liger at WCW Starrcade
100. (02/22/98) Chris Jericho vs Juventud Guerrera at WCW SuperBrawl VIII (Title vs Mask; WCW Cruiserweight Championship)


*4. Sting's Squadron included Sting, Barry Windham, Ricky Steamboat, Dustin Rhodes & Nikita Koloff
*4. The Dangerous Alliance included Steve Austin, Arn Anderson, Rick Rude, Bobby Eaton & Larry Zbyszko
*6. Los Gringos Locos included Eddy Guerrero & Art Barr
*7. The Four Horsemen included Ric Flair, Barry Windham, Sid Vicious & Larry Zbyszko
*7. The Steiner Brothers included Scott Steiner & Rick Steiner
*11. The Midnight Express included Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane
*11. The Southern Boys included Tracy Smothers & Steve Armstrong
*14. The Steiner Brothers included Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner
*22. The Nasty Boys included Jerry Sags & Brian Knobbs
*30. The Enforcers included Arn Anderson & Larry Zbyszko
*34. The Rock 'n' Roll Express included Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson
*34. The Midnight Express included Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane
*36. The Hollywood Blondes included Steve Austin & Brian Pillman
*54. The Steiner Brothers include Scott Steiner & Rick Steiner
*54. The Nasty Boys included Jerry Sags & Brian Knobbs
*71. 3 Count included Shannon Moore & Shane Helms
*71. Jung Dragons included Kaz Hayashi & Yun Yang
*76. Jung Dragons included Kaz Hayashi & Yun Yang
*78. The Outsiders included Kevin Nash & Scott Hall
*82. Road Warriors/Midnight Express Team included Hawk, Animal, Bobby Eaton, Stan Lane & Steve Williams
*82. Freebirds/Samoans Team included Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy, Jimmy Garvin, Samu & Fatu
*83. The Steiner Brothers included Scott Steiner & Rick Steiner
*85. The Midnight Express included Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane
*90. The Midnight Express included Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane
*96. Doom included Ron Simmons & Butch Reed


^36/69. also includes the NWA World Tag Team Championship
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