Macho Man Randy Savage vs Diamond Dallas Page, WCW Spring Stampede 1997
Added 2024-08-07 17:00:14 +0000 UTCWatch: https://streamable.com/dc9tgm
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Fun fact - although he didn’t invent it (I believe Johnny Ace gets the credit for the Ace Crusher) Diamond Dallas Page would popularize the Diamond Cutter (RKO) and that’s why when anyone else uses it now, it’s called a “cutter”, (Cody Cutter, Oz Cutter, etc.)
Big Ell
2024-10-17 16:59:20 +0000 UTCI’ll do it in October if someone else doesn’t get to it first
RF
2024-08-10 14:56:03 +0000 UTCSomeone’s gotta do the HH match as a Tally Tier suggestion
Steamed Ham Champion Dillon Haggett
2024-08-10 09:38:21 +0000 UTCI thought Dusty actually looked kinda cool in jeans, the red leather jacket and the nWo shirt.
Steamed Ham Champion Dillon Haggett
2024-08-10 09:37:37 +0000 UTCI definitely plan on suggesting the other two matches these two had in the coming months
Steamed Ham Champion Dillon Haggett
2024-08-10 09:35:20 +0000 UTCSting would also show up randomly and attack the nWo, which is why the fans started chanting “We want Sting” when the rest of the nWo came out.
Steamed Ham Champion Dillon Haggett
2024-08-08 19:33:31 +0000 UTCNo doubt can’t wait for him watch it and react to it
Phillyman!!
2024-08-07 22:34:19 +0000 UTCThese older ones are my favorites. The whole nWo stable thing was such a huge storyline in itself when they started. One of the most important ever. The nWo revolutionized pro wrestling and the angle got international attention..even on swedish news, and wrestling didn't even air here at the time. WCW had some amazing years in the 90s.
Jennifer Lindgren
2024-08-07 21:36:52 +0000 UTCOne of the greatest moments in wrestling history
Ryan Evans
2024-08-07 21:29:18 +0000 UTCThe "Sting" with the NWO was a bogus version of the character. If you listen closely to the commentary they point out that it's "bogus" Sting. Officially he was known as "NWO Sting". The story of how he came to be was a huge part of the NWO angle early on. Ahead of the War Games match at Fall Brawl '96 between Team WCW (Lex Luger, Ric Flair, Arn Anderson and Sting), and Team NWO (Hollywood Hogan, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall and NWO Sting), the NWO had a wrestler who looked pretty similar to the actual Sting pretend to be making a deal with the NWO to betray WCW in a backstage segment set in a dark parking lot. It created tension between Sting and the rest of Team WCW because there was a question on as to whether or not Sting was actually going to be part of Team NWO. Over the course of the match it becomes obvious that the NWO hoodwinked everybody and they didn't have the real Sting on their side. The real Sting showed up, beat the NWO up and left the match. Prior to this Sting had basically been the wrestler most associated with WCW aside from MAYBE Ric Flair, but Flair actually left the company for a stint in WWF at one point. Sting didn't appear in WWF/E until 2014. Rightfully, Sting in kayfabe believed he deserved the benefit of the doubt from the fans and the other WCW wrestlers because he was the stalwart of the company. He remained a babyface, but from that point forward he went from a guy who wore colorful, surfer inspired attires who was always upbeat to the crow gimmick where he no longer spoke (not forever, but for a long time) and wore black and white.
John Cowheel
2024-08-07 20:57:53 +0000 UTCBut again, when you remember they were planning an NWO themed show, having so many members makes sense. That's always the reasoning that Bischoff gave anyway. Still, seeing Dusty Rhodes in the NWO was just fucked no matter how you put it. They took it too far even with the potential show in mind.
Will Humphries
2024-08-07 19:06:43 +0000 UTCBecause they added a member every single week for a long period of time, had members regularly turn on each other in favor of new alliances, new members who weren't previously part of it, professional athletes such as Dennis Rodman even joined the NWO and then they split the NWO in two pieces to have an NWO Civil War between Hulk Hogan's version and Kevin Nash's version and that culminated when it was revealed the Civil War was actually a plot between Hulk Hogan and Kevin Nash to fool everyone and then they reformed the NWO together, Hogan turned on them, was fired, NWO disbanded and then they made a new NWO faction with completely new members who hadn't been NWO before fizzling out. Yeah, I would say that it got a little messy. When you have general managers, refs, and commentators aligned with the NWO and basically ever person on the roster was a member at some point, you've done something wrong.
Chad
2024-08-07 19:02:12 +0000 UTCThat's wild
Dport
2024-08-07 18:43:54 +0000 UTCBruce and Michael Buffer are brothers and if I'm not mistaken, apparently didn't know they were related to one another until they were both already announcers!
Nate Cruz
2024-08-07 18:42:20 +0000 UTCThere was also the bWo (Blue World Order) which was a straight up parody group in ECW. There was also NWO Wolfpac, NWO Japan, and more.
RF
2024-08-07 17:30:52 +0000 UTCFuck yeah I’m so excited to see you react to this! Macho saying “Which way to the ring that’s my only problem.” Killed me. The guy Macho Man slapped at ringside was David Penzer, the regular WCW announcer. That is indeed a Dusty on commentary. Nash powerbombed the referee, Nick Patrick, who was the nWo’s own referee, because he counted the pin for DDP. He’d quit the nWo and go back to being a neutral referee. The guy who stopped Savage from striking Kimberly Page was Eric Bischoff, the real life Vice President of WCW and the guy who booked the nWo. This wasn’t even the nWo at full strength. Even a couple months later there would be so many members they couldn’t all fit in the ring for promos. The nWo was actually a group in New Japan first and founding nWo Japan members The Great Muta and Masahiro Chono would even appear on WCW Nitro with the American nWo group. One of the guys in nWo Japan was called “Big Titan”.
Steamed Ham Champion Dillon Haggett
2024-08-07 17:24:30 +0000 UTCIt eventually petered out, got too complicated, had too many members, and ran out of steam. And then a couple years later WCW was dead. but that’s a whole thing that’ll take ages to explain.
Will Humphries
2024-08-07 17:16:57 +0000 UTCThe NWO started when Kevin Nash, and Scott Hall, both (former) prominent wrestlers in the WWF, ‘invaded’ rival company WCW. It was implied in storyline the WWF sent them to destroy the competition. They had to tone down that last aspect because they got sued by Vince and company. Anyway, eventually Hulk Hogan was revealed to be the third member, he turned heel, and it became the hottest storyline in wrestling history. It was WCW vs the NWO. They even talked about having an NWO show because the faction was so popular.
Will Humphries
2024-08-07 17:15:37 +0000 UTCLWO and NWO is 2 totally different groups, the NWO back then literally took over WCW in the 90s and ruled WCW with a iron fist, LWO is latino, and the way there being booked right now aahhh, idk were Rey is, Zelina Vega is getting her ass handed too Dragen Lee is doing nothing too lol
WWE Jay Gaming
2024-08-07 17:15:18 +0000 UTCBoth Bruce and Micheal Buffer are announcers. Micheal was long time announcer for boxing before WCW and was actually the more famous one until the UFC got popular in the mid 2000's. Also yes that is Dusty Rhodes on commentary
Drew Or Die
2024-08-07 17:14:43 +0000 UTCDDP is a saint. He started DDP Yoga which has helped save lives, including Jake the Snake Roberts and Scott Hall’s. He’s been known to take struggling former wrestlers or even fans into his home, house them and train them back to full recovery. Here’s a vid of his post-wrestling work if you want to cry: https://youtu.be/qX9FSZJu448?si=dI40JP2X7e9D0Fl8 He also was the “oldest rookie in pro wrestling history”, starting his in-ring career at 35 years old. For comparison, Rhea Ripley has been a mainstay on WWE television for years and is only 27 years old. There were points during the attitude era where DDP was the most over wrestler in the world. Would recommend his match against Goldberg at Halloween Havoc. It was easily Goldberg’s best match ever.
RF
2024-08-07 17:11:52 +0000 UTCBash at the beach 1996 6 man tag team match main event . If you want to know the the formation of the NWO
Phillyman!!
2024-08-07 17:08:49 +0000 UTC
