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World Championship Wrestling, Inc. World Championship Wrestling ( WCW) was an American professional wrestling promotion founded by Ted Turner in 1988, after Turner Broadcasting System, through a subsidiary named Universal Wrestling Corporation, purchased the assets of National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) territory Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP ...
Mar 17, 2021 · 20. Dean Malenko. “The Man of 1,000 Holds” spent half the ‘90s in WCW, providing the steak for the main eventers’ sizzle. A four-time Cruiserweight Champion, Dean Malenko, along with Rey Mysterio and Ultimo Dragon, built the foundation for the exciting division. The second-generation grappler is also responsible for one of the loudest ...
1988 — 1992. Nov. 21, 1988. WCW is Born. Throughout the 1980s, Ted Turner presents the action from Jim Crockett Promotions on the “World Championship Wrestling” program on his TBS network. In ’88, with Crockett’s company experiencing financial problems stemming from mismanagement, the media mogul buys the failing business and forms ...
World Championship Wrestling (WCW) was an American professional wrestling promotion which, in its proper form, existed from 1988 to 2001. Although the name "World Championship Wrestling" had been used as a brand and television show name by various National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)-affiliated promotions (most notably Georgia Championship Wrestling and Jim Crockett Promotions) since 1983, it was ...
WCW on WWE.com. World Championship Wrestling (WCW) was an American professional wrestling promotion that existed from 1988 to 2001. It began as a promotion affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) that appeared on the national scene under the ownership of media mogul Ted Turner and based in Atlanta, Georgia.
16. The World Heavyweight Championship that has been carried by such greats as Batista and Triple H got its start in WWE back in 2002. But its prestigious lineage can actually be traced back all the way to George Hackenschmidt and 1904. For years, it was known as the NWA Championship; then when WCW pulled out of the NWA in the early 1990s, Ric ...
Mar 24, 2020 · 18. "The Franchise" Shane Douglas. Douglas was part of a stable in WCW that included Jindrak, O’Haire, Mysterio, and few others on this list known as “The New Blood”. This would make for many rivalries in WCW, some real and some fake but kept up with the theme of putting the newer wrestlers over. 19.
