Ever since Vince McMahon bought his competition, WCWs been the redheaded stepchild.
From the InVasion storyline to Sting vs.
But what of thegoodWCW ideas?
Outside of wrestler gimmicks and personas, WWE usually ignores them.
Its a crying shame that weve never had aRawor PPV dedicated to doing the Lethal Lottery/Battle Bowl.
Its…probably for the better that weve never had a World War 3.
Then theres WCWs most memorable specialty match, WarGames.
AtNXT TakeOver: WarGames, three teams of three will battle it out in the caged double ring.
Binging them in one go, Ive found the match to be unique, but very flawed.
There are two teams of four or five.
Two rings are covered by a low-ceiling cage.
A member from each team enters and they duke it out for five minutes.
After that, one guy enters every two minutes.
The order is decided by coin flip.
Because of the way wrestling works, the heels ALWAYS win the coin flip.
Every single goddamn time.
If this was a Royal Rumble, your opponent would have the #30 spot.
Then theres the whole weakest link factor, but Ill get to that within the list.
Now lets get ready to rumble.
There are two run-ins.
Vince Russo is one of the participants.
The whole match ends on a swerve.
At least the next entry on this list had the double ring going for it.
Even before the infamous final moments, the idea already falls apart.
And yes, there was no more submit or surrender.
Now it was pinfall or submission.
Even Roddy Piper has no trouble attacking teammate DDP upon entering the cage.
The only teamwork going on is Stevie Ray acting as a henchman for Hogan.
Somewhere in all of this, DDP wins after a botched Diamond Cutter spot.
Survivor Series is about the two teams whittling away at the weak until only the strong survive.
WarGames is about how a team is only as strong as its weakest link.
Thats something that can keep you on the edge of your seat.
Who is going to cost their team the victory?
Which team of badasses is going to blink?
), but they were all hardened brawlers.
How were the Nasty Dream supposed to contend with this guy?
The most blatant weakest link you could have.
Good news on this one.
Its WCWs top heels vs. WCWs top faces…and The Shockmaster.
I shouldnt have to explain Shockmaster.
We all know the incident.
Within moments, Shockmaster got his arms around Kole (Booker T) and made him give up.
On the more positive side, Dustin Rhodes did a great job as the plucky babyface.
Against the teams orders, Dustin slid into the ring as the first entrant despite being injured.
Then you have Dr. Death showing some awesome fire throughout and its easy to get into it.
My main gripe comes from the ending.
All well and good, but after the match, Animal got jumped and beaten down by the heels.
The faces came back to scare them off, but it just cheapened the whole thing.
Its really what it should be: the mold of a new match punch in.
Just a pitfall of having such a low cage ceiling.
Yeah, that will certainly do it.
The Horsemen remain protected despite losing, but War Machine doesnt exactly look like a chump.
I mean, he DID look like a chump, but that was just visually.
In the end, WarGames was truly the specialty match for the Road Warriors.
Hawk leaping over the double ropes was always a cool visual too.
If they werent screwed over, it would have logically been a bloodbath in their favor.
Earlier in the night, he was laid out by the nWo.
They quit and Hennig became an utter bastard by doing the deed anyway.
On the other side you have a colorful reminder that wrestling is really, really stupid sometimes.
Stupid as it is, its such a party of a wrestling match.
Side note:Fall Brawl 95is one of Randy Savages best looks.
That needs to be an alternate skin in the nextWWE 2Kgame.
Its arguably the most fun WarGames match.
For one, its the first four-on-four WarGames match and that works in the Four Horsemens advantage.
On the other side, you have Brian Pillman.
Against the wishes of his partners, he enters first to get revenge on Barry Windham.
That said, if your average WarGames is a song, then this is the best cover.
Totally excellent spot right there.
The ending is great, too.
Due to a miscommunication, he fails to hit Sting and instead gets Bobby Eaton right in the arm.
Zbyszko is taken out and all thats needed is for Sting to put on a mere armbar.
The faces do away with their inner conflict while the heels create their own.
Meanwhile, Hogan, Nash, and Hall had yet to officially announce their fourth man.
Luger ends up getting torn apart until he gives up.
His false accusations have become a self-fulfilling prophecy: Sting has turned his back on WCW.
Its a truly kickass match to watch, even to this day, and everyone does their job well.
If only WCW could have stuck by this level of quality, things would have been plenty different.
