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After the closure of WCW, several new professional wrestling promotions would launch featuring former talent associated with WCW. The most prominent of these, Total Nonstop Action (TNA), was founded by Jeff Jarrett in 2002 and would attempt to take over WCW's market position in the mid-to-late 2000s using some former WCW stars such as Sting. [63]
Bischoff wanted to do an invasion-type angle where World Championship Wrestling (WCW) was being sabotaged by another wrestling group, initially insinuated as being the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), since the nWo's founding members had previously wrestled for the company. The nWo was originally portrayed as a separate entity from WCW.
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.
The following is a list of members of the New World Order (nWo), a professional wrestling stable in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), and World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF/WWE). There were a total of 79 members of the group in its existence. Missing below are the Nasty Boys who were in for one night ...
The New Blood won all of the vacant WCW titles, with the exception of the WCW Hardcore Championship, which was won by Terry Funk. The feuds continued for another month or so before the New Blood disbanded due to WCW management making a hasty decision that it was not working, as the Millionaire's Club got most of the positive fan reaction.
In 2001, the World Wrestling Federation (now known as WWE) purchased the assets of WCW, including the video libraries of all previous NWA and WCW pay-per-views, and the ownership rights of the names of these events. To date WWE has only promoted one pay-per-view event using the name of a former WCW PPV, The Great American Bash, from 2004 until ...
A new rivalry with the WWF, known as the "Monday Night War", was a major force driving the 1990s wrestling boom. WCW's pay-per-view events and Nitro ' s live television episodes during this period would surpass almost all of the previous records set by JCP during the 1970s and 80s.
This is a list of professional wrestlers and personalities that performed in World Championship Wrestling from 1988 to 2001. They are listed in alphabetical order by last name. For alumni of pre-WWE promotion Jim Crockett Promotions, see List of former Jim Crockett Promotions personnel.