Best to worst wcw payperviews 1997 a list of 12 titles created 06 sep 2017 see. Starrcade 1997 and stings botched moment posted on september 15, 2015 may 8, 2016 by joseph finnegan wcw starrcade took place on december 28th, 1997 at the mci center in washington, d. This is also the first time sting spoke on television in over a year. Starrcade 1998 was the sixteenth annual starrcade professional wrestling payperview ppv event, produced by world championship wrestling wcw. Sting drops in from the rafters to surprise the unsuspecting new world order.
Starrcade 1997 was the fifteenth annual starrcade professional wrestling pay perview ppv. It was quite possibly the greatest build to any match in the history of professional wrestling. This was the dawning of a new era for wcw, and many backstage felt the company upon. It was the tenth starrcade event produced by wcw, and took place on december 28, 1997 from the mci center in washington, d. Discussion in old school wrestling started by ssjphenom, jun 29, 2017. Encompassing the formation of the new world order, stings transformation. Hogan from 1997 get included as being one of the top 5 starrcade matches of alltime. This was the first starrcade under the wcw instead of the nwa banner and the first to not include ric flair, who had left for the world wrestling federation. Wcwnwo starrcade 64 mod matches hollywood hulk hogan vs ultimate warrior. Today is the anniversary of the infamous match between hollywood hulk hogan and sting at at the starrcade payperview ppv on dec. Starrcade 1997 was the fifteenth annual starrcade ppv event.
Arnab goswami supreme court sonia gandhi maharashtra palghar sadhu. The match that pays off 18 months of storyline surrounding sting. Wcw just spent a year and a half getting fans hype for hollywood hogan vs. Logically, sting should beat hogan decisively and ride into 1998 as the man. I could go on for days about how badly wcw botched that match, but i wont bother. The one man gang, the world cup of wrestling tournament, featuring sting, jushin liger, eddie guerrero, hiroyoshi tenzan, alex wright, masa chono, randy savage, shinjiro ohtani, johnny b. Hogan, who had creative control of his onscreen character because eric bischoff had it written into his contract as a way to help get him to sign with wcw, simply decided he didnt want to do a clean job to sting, likely because it would kill a.
Most of the wcw programming in 1997 revolved around sting, whose character changed. It took place on december 19, 1999 from the mci center in washington, d. This is stings first match since fall brawl of 1996. Hulk hogan at starrcade 1997 im back once again with another stinker, this time from the main event of the biggest show wcw ever held. The main event was between hollywood hogan and sting for the world heavyweight championship, with hogan representing the nwo and sting representing world championship wrestling. Wcw heavyweight title is vacated after starcade 1997 youtube. Wrestling bios presents the story of hulk hogan vs sting wcw starrcade 97 wcw starrcade 97 was the biggestgrossing payperview in. Text by neil cathan what ifsting beat hogan clean at starrcade 97. If i remember correctly, the ref was supposed to fast count the pin, and bret was supposed to stop sting from getting screwed, but hogan got the ref to agree to count it normally to give him the clean win, making bret look like the asshole for screwing hogan out of a clean win and restarting the match so sting could win. This imo was the peak of wcw starrcade 1997 sting vs.
Ultimo dragon vs dean malenko for the wcw cruiserweight title. The 1995 event was the thirteenth show to use the starrcade name and was the second starrcade to take place in the nashville municipal auditorium in nashville, tennessee. Sting at starrcade 1997 was one of their greatest accomplishments. The wcw locker room comes out and celebrates with sting. Today, december 28th 2017, is the 20th anniversary of the day when sting finally got his revenge on hollywood hogan and the nwo by jobbing clean in the ring after getting beat down for 10 mins, and then the match was restarted, which led sting to finally get the win that wcw fans were waiting 18 months for. Release dates 1 also known as aka 5 release dates usa 28 december 1997. Wwe wcws greatest payperview matches volume 1 3 dvds. It took place on december 27, 1998 from the mci center in washington, d.
People had waited for so long to see sting wrestle hogan and demolish the nwo thus climaxing one of the best slowbuild feuds in wrestling history that they sold out the arena and gave wcw one of its best if not the. But it didnt pan out that way and today brian looks at why it didnt pan out as expected. Starrcade is a recurring professional wrestling event, originally broadcast via closedcircuit television and eventually broadcast via payperview television, held from 1983 to 2000 by the national wrestling alliance nwa and later world championship wrestling wcw. Boy what a great way to start the ppv with this classic between two of the best in the world at that time. After starcade 1997 and the controversial ending to the sting vs. With randy savage, ric flair, larry pfohl, steve borden. Wcw starrcade 1997 sting vs hogan full match video. Apparently, sting was in terrible shape, he was battling personal demons, they debated whether to put him over or not. So here it is guys, his starrcade 1997 theme with the awesome in. Brian damage starrcade 1997 was supposed to be the event that would be the biggest in the history of wcw and one that would knock whatever stuffing was left out of the wwe. With hulk hogan, steve borden, curt hennig, dallas page. Starrcade 1997 and stings botched moment nerdopotamus.
Into the light is a dvd produced by world wrestling entertainment. After building to it for over a year, sting won the wcw heavyweight title from hollywood hulk hogan. Of courseas with any wwe wrestling collection that has come out on dvdyou can always question some of the matches that get included. Most of the wcw programming in 1997 revolved around sting, whose character changed into a mysterious avenger. Wcw was billing this as the single most important match in the entire history of the company. Luke owen sure does, and hes here to tell the true story behind what happened. The story of hulk hogan vs sting wcw starrcade 1997 youtube. I know that over the years the death of wcw and starrcade 97 have been discussed around here ad nauseam. The idea being making the fans wait for starrcade to put on this. At world championship wrestlings bash at the beach event on july 17, 1994, hogan was set to face nature boy ric flair in a match pro wrestling fans had waited years to see. Nick patrick on what really happened at starrcade 97 with hogan and sting uploaded at request of david penzer subscribe to sitting ringsi. The starrcade tradition was continued by world championship wrestling wcw, into which jcp was transformed after it had been sold to ted turner in 1988.
Sting at starrcade only to comp the first three rows of. Eric bischoff was a guest on ric flairs podcast recently and talk eventually turned to the infamous finish of the starrcade 1997 main event. Wcw heavyweight title is vacated after starcade 1997 duration. Hogan vs sting starrcade 1997 part 1 video dailymotion. Please click this line if you do not care and want to view it anyway. Hollywood hogan for the wcw world heavyweight championship. Starrcade was regarded by the nwa and wcw as their flagship event of the year, much in the same vein that its rival, the world. He watched from the rafters of arenas, and did not speak his thoughts. Part i our story begins on the 28th of december, 1997, at wcws annual flagship show, starrcade, where the wcw roster has promised that the new world order will finally get their comeuppance.
In this case, in a neat bit of synchronicity, i did a rant on fall brawl 96 earlier tonight, which was stings exit from wcw for more than a year. I liked wcw more than wwe at one point, but ive been watching a lot of wcw matches on youtube lately, someone would always interfere, none. The legacy of starrcade and the disaster of sting vs. Sting vs hogan starrcade 97 prt1 video dailymotion. Sting a fait abandonne hogan sur le scorpion deathlock. Starrcade 1999 was the seventeenth annual starrcade professional wrestling payperview ppv event, produced by world championship wrestling wcw. Sting won battlebowl, and his victory led to a feud with lex luger over the wcw world heavyweight championship. At first, sting was to make his triumphant return to the ring in february 1997 at the cow palace for superbrawl, but the gimmick was working so well they decided to hold him out for almost all of 1997climaxing with his winning the wcw title from hulk hogan at. In 2015, all wcw payperviews were made available on the wwe network. Hogan match, the title is vacated on the debut of wcw thunder. Starrcade 97 referee on what happened in hogan vs sting. After 18 months of building up to sting as the man worthy of toppling hulk hogan and the nwo, the events of starrcade 1997 are a testament to. During an appearance on ric flairs podcast in 2015, eric bischoff revealed why the finish for sting vs. It is the culmination of one of wrestlings longest running storylines.
Eric bishoff confronts hulk hogan after bound for glory. Dean malenko pour conserver le wcw cruiserweight championship 14. This text is hidden because it is only available in german language. Take a look at the business starrcade 1997 did, and youll discover that it made wcw more money than any ppv or live event in its history.
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