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17 unusual facts about World Championship Wrestling


Billy Standridge

He ran seven more races that year, his best finish being a 24th at the Southern 500 as well as picking up sponsorship from the WCW and Dura Lube.

Bob Caudle

Slowly, the promotion grew away from the NWA and became WCW.

East Wake High School

Gregory Helms - professional wrestler best known for his time with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) where he wrestled as The Hurricane and Gregory Helms and also known for his time with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) where he wrestled as "Sugar" Shane Helms.

Gary Michael Cappetta

Cappetta is familiar to TV wrestling fans who watched him on World Wrestling Federation broadcasts from 1974 to 1985, followed by stints on ESPN with the American Wrestling Association or the AWA and Turner Broadcasting System’s World Championship Wrestling shows.

Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows

As his contract nears expiration in March 1996, professional wrestler Bret "Hitman" Hart was torn between two companies, World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW) during the Monday Night Wars.

John Nord

He joined All Japan Pro Wrestling in 1994 and stayed until 1997, when he showed up in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) with bleached blond hair, under his real name, John Nord.

Mike Enos

In 1990, while still AWA Tag Team Champions, Enos and Bloom were loaned out to World Championship Wrestling.

Rhonda Sing

In late 1999, she worked with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) briefly, appearing on several telecasts to help generate interest in a women's division.

She also wrestled in World Championship Wrestling to help generate interest in their women's division.

Scott Dickinson

Scott Dickinson is an American former professional wrestling referee who most notably worked for World Championship Wrestling during the 1990s.

Stephanie Bellars

She has worked for World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) under the names Gorgeous George, George Frankenstein, and simply George.

Super Fire Pro Wrestling 3 Final Bout

Characters based on wrestling stars such as WWF's Hulk Hogan and WCW's Rick Rude are featured in the game along with Japanese professional wrestlers like Masahiro Chono.

Tim Catalfo

After this, he became a professional wrestler with the World Championship Wrestling (WCW) organization.

Todd Champion

Champion returned to the United States in 1991 and formed a tag team called The Patriots with Firebreaker Chip in World Championship Wrestling.

Tom Zenk

After receiving several shots at the AWA title, Zenk moved on to Jim Crockett Promotions (later renamed World Championship Wrestling) in 1989.

Virtual Pro Wrestling

The games served as the basis for several games published by THQ and based on the American wrestling promotions World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation.

Welcome to Jamrock

The music is a sample of the entrance music of former WCW wrestler Bill Goldberg.


Air Paris

After being signed to a deal with World Championship Wrestling in 2000, Parris, under his Air Paris name, debuted for the promotion alongside former NWA Wildside rival A.J. Styles (who was now going by the Air Styles name in that promotion at this time) on the February 14, 2001 episode of Thunder, where they lost to Evan Karagias and Jamie Noble.

Billy Silverman

He eventually was signed by World Championship Wrestling in the late 1990s and refereed there until WCW was purchased by Vince McMahon in 2001.

Brian Hildebrand

Cody Michaels developed and promoted the event, which is viewed by wrestling insiders and experts as one of the truly memorable events in history that actually brought together the major companies at the time, World Wrestling Federation, World Championship Wrestling, and Extreme Championship Wrestling, in support for one of the most genuinely loved workers in the industry.

Doug Furnas

As a wrestler, Furnas worked for, among other promotions, World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), and World Wrestling Federation (WWF) best known for being part of the tag team Can-Am Express with tag team partner Phil Lafon.

Luther Biggs

Luther Biggs is an American professional wrestler, who has competed in North American independent promotions including the United States Wrestling Association, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and had a short stint in World Championship Wrestling during the late 1990s, most notably as one half of the tag team Hard Knox with Killer Kyle and manager Coach Buzz Stern.

Melling Racing

Nadeau returned for the 1999 season, with Turner Broadcasting taking a larger role in its sponsorship duties, advertising TBS, Dinner and a Movie, WCW, and the Atlanta Braves in addition to their Cartoon Network sponsorship.

Profiles in Pain

Profiles in Pain was a professional wrestling internet pay-per-view (iPPV) event held by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) that took place on May 2, 1998 from the North Charleston Coliseum in North Charleston, SC.

Super Dragon

Beginning his career in 1997, he has worked for companies such as All Pro Wrestling (APW), Chikara, Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), Revolution Pro, Ring of Honor (ROH), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and Xtreme Pro Wrestling (XPW).

Teddy Reade

In 1999 Reade went under the ring 4x4 and debuted in World Championship Wrestling as a member of Master P's No Limit Soldiers along with BA, Chase Tatum, Konnan, Rey Mysterio, Jr. and Swoll.

Texas All-Star Wrestling

Samoa Joe from TNA, Harlem Heat 2000 (Big T and Stevie Ray) from World Championship Wrestling, and Tammy Lynn Sytch, Christy Hemme and Daivari from World Wrestling Entertainment have all made appearances for the promotion as well as older wrestlers such as Abdullah the Butcher, Kamala and "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, the latter holding the promotion's heavyweight title in 2003.

The Dancing Fools

Disco Inferno and Alex Wright were two wrestlers in World Championship Wrestling that liked to dance before and after (and sometimes during) their matches.

The Misfits In Action

The Misfits In Action (MIA) were a stable in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) They were originally formed in 2000 from a group of wrestlers that Vince Russo considered too lazy to get over.

WrestleWar

This was the eighth and final match in the history of Jim Crockett Promotions/World Championship Wrestling ever to be given a five star rating by Wrestling Observer Newsletter editor Dave Meltzer.