Meng is the baddest man in the history of professional wrestling. From his legendary bar-room brawls, including one where he “allegedly” bit the nose off of Jimmy Jack Funk in the mid-1980s, everyone knew that he was not one to mess with.
Going back and researching the final days of World Championship Wrestling, I love to look up unique statistics that not many people could, or would bother to, want to verify. I, the basement wrestling version of Bill James, like to do this from time-to-time.
WCW/nWo Revenge was released in the United States on October 26, 1998 as the sequel to WCW vs nWo: World Tour, the first WCW game on the N64. Developed by AKI Corporation and published by THQ, the game set all types of records financially for the Nintendo 64 and THQ/AKI. More importantly, the game was incredibly innovative.
In this edition of "In Defense Of...", I've decided to write about one of the moments in WCW history that many people believe was the beginning of the end of World Championship Wrestling.
There's a topic I've always wanted to cover on The Big Bang May 6 on the purchase of World Championship Wrestling by the World Wrestling Federation.
There has been one topic that I’ve always wanted to discuss here with The Big Bang May 6. In truth, this doesn’t have to do with the final year, but probably the absolute peak of WCW in the Summer of 1998, And I have to start this article off with a simple question:
During the final days of World Championship Wrestling, it seemed as if a plethora of fresh, young talent were being utilized for the rebirth of the Cruiserweight division. To me, there was no bigger prospect than Kid Romeo.
I think there is no dispute that, out of all of the WCW performers that came over to the World Wrestling Federation during the “Invasion” era in 2001, Booker T was by far the most successful.
At fifteen years old, there was nothing more important to me than professional wrestling and radio.
Let’s put it out there in the open. Everyone in front of a mobile device or computer screen knows that Bret “Hit Man” Hart absolutely despises Bill Goldberg.
For twenty-three years, one of my wrestling “holy grails” has been the April 2001 edition of World Championship Wrestling Magazine.
WWE is running its first ever Premium Live Event from Germany on August 31, 2024 at the Uber Arena in Berlin. As a man with German heritage, it is awesome to see the #1 wrestling promotion in the world expanded their reach into more prominent European markets.
