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The Fingerpoke of Doom was so named both for Nash's deliberate over-sell of the finger poke, and for the negative ramifications the incident had for WCW as a whole, with some wrestling journalists crediting it as the beginning of the company's ultimate downfall and loss of the Monday Night War.
"Fingerpoke of Doom" January 4, 1999 Georgia Dome: Atlanta, Georgia: 5.0 Goldberg was arrested before his title match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Later, Tony Schiavone, on orders from Eric Bischoff, gave away Mankind's pre-taped WWF title victory on Raw, which resulted in over 600,000 viewers switching to Raw. New Year's Evil
Some dispute whether the Fingerpoke of Doom angle hurt WCW. [32] According to TWNPNews.com, Nitro ' s Nielsen ratings on January 11, the week following the incident, once again reached 5.0. [ 31 ] During the January 18 episode, however, ratings would fall slightly to 4.9, [ 31 ] but would recover to 5.0 the following week. [ 31 ]
Nash would lie down and allow Hogan to pin him, effectively handing the title to Hogan, in an incident infamously known as the "Fingerpoke of Doom". [10] The match was followed by a reunion of the New World Order , revealing that Nash's victories at World War 3 and Starrcade had been part of a conspiracy to get the title back on Hogan.
This is a list of all closed-circuit television and pay-per-view events held by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and its predecessor Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP).. From 1983 to 1987, these events aired live on closed-circuit television under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) banner.
At Starrcade, Kevin Nash, who was appointed WCW's head booker, set himself up to defeat Goldberg for the world title. In the climax, Scott Hall ran in and tased Goldberg with a cattle prod, enabling Nash to pick up the win, end Goldberg's streak, and become the champion. The main event finish was universally panned by critics.
The nWo reunited as heels after the Fingerpoke of Doom, wrestling in the colors of nWo Wolfpac. Hollywood Hogan (leader and founding member, left on August 9, 1999, episode of Nitro returning to Hulkamania and then on August 14, 1999, at Road Wild defeated Nash to end the nWo Wolfpac Elite.
This was The Fingerpoke of Doom. March 14 Ric Flair: Uncensored: This was a First Blood barbed wire steel cage match. April 11 Diamond Dallas Page: Spring Stampede: This was a four corners match, also involving Sting and Hollywood Hulk Hogan. Randy Savage was the special guest referee. April 26 Sting: Nitro