To Arquette's credit he donated his WCW earnings to the families of Brian Pillman, Darren Drozdov, and Owen Hart so he definitely earned respect for that.
He was great, but his push basically happened by accident - he was Lex's replacement (he even inherited Harley) and after Ron Simmons didn't go quite as mega as expected they put the belt back on him and spent the whole of 1993 at the drawing board. Same thing in the WWF, Yokozuna was meant to just be a failed Wrestlemania challenger like Bundy but then he became a 2 minute champion to make Hogan happy then he became a proper interim champion because Hogan wouldn't lose to Bret, then he became a longer term champion when Luger's win was postponed and the company had to wait for months until a final decision was made to resurrect Bret.
I've never heard the words "Scott Steiner" and "Calming" used in the same sentence except "We've given him a full animal tranquilizer, but Scott Steiner still isn't calming down"
A couple years ago I was assigned to helping him at a local Comic-Con. He couldn’t have been nicer and friendlier to me and everyone he met with. It was very positive.
Steiner's Reign is a Strange One is a huge understatement. I am still seeking out his first win of the belt and Benoit's Reign(of course if you can call it that,Sorry Adam) I completely forgot was a thing when he was going into WWE, I found it strange he was kept in the upper midcard and Tag team division with sometimes being in the Main Event
Lake Locke same. Loved it in WCW and loved it on smackdown. Whenever id play SVR 2007 and 2008 I was always on the blue brand for story mode and GM mode to chase that big gold bastard belt.
@@thehorrorhound6575 idk why but the big gold belt never looked the same in WWE. Then I hated when they added the red rubies to it. But when you see that belt you have no doubt, this guy is the champ. Same with the IWGP belt and now the AEW belt. Those belts look like world titles. The IWGP being my favorite belt of all time. The WWE belts look like toys. I like the NXT belts, and the new IC belt, but the IC belt just looks like it belongs in NXT cause it doesn't match the theme of all the other toy belts in WWE, I was hoping when Bray got his new belt it was gonna be a whole redesign but no. Vince just wants everything with a big WWE on it like we wouldn't know what it was. A big elt with tons of gold on it will tell anyone who doesn't even watch wrestling that this is a champion. But with the things they have now, you have no idea if he the champion unless you ask if your not a fan cause too much color. Gold is all you need.
Ron Simmons was under booked as champion as a longtime WCW fan I can assure you that we were behind him he could have at least got another championship run
Absolutely, not only was he a gigantic man, he was a legitimate badass. He had the look and once he was in the nation of domination we got to see how good he could be on the stick. But WCW never gave him that chance to shine, but he really could have been a great champion if they let him run with he badass persona like a black stone cold. That would have been ahead of it's time by years and would have been fucking awesome.
Ron Simmons was a fighting champion. You saw him on TV every week either defending the title or in a tag match leading up to a title defense. He did more in five months than Hogan did in two years.
I absolutely LOVE when Pacitti does that for Randal Keith in the other list videos. It's essentially my "safe place and ultimate slice of happiness" lol no, it's just so so funny
Nathaniel Clark the old gold got remodel to this belt after Flair and Martel (NWA vs AWA) did just matches and the AWA gold put the smaller NWA belt to shame. It actually looks a little like the AWA belt
In my opinion... Rude was WCW Champion. 1) he was signed to WCW 2) he represented the WCW organization during that point in his career 3) there's photos of him wearing their [WCW] Belt (yep, the Big Gold Belt that Flair made famous for WCW) regardless of what anyone wants to call the "title/championship" Rude should be on the list. When Flair counts his victories, I believe that he counts those "international" reigns.
@@madgtv1 It was bad before and after Russo try again. He has very little to do with the declining direction. TNA was proof with their highest ratings under him
When Luger Beat Hollywood we were screaming in delight. We thought for sure the NWO intervention would be as usual for Hollywoods favour. But Lex held them all off and when he put Hogan in the Rack, we went crazy. Good memories
I always thought this was the most beautiful title belt. Solid gold and looked like whoever held it deserved it with much prestige. Current belts these days especially on the WWE end look like kids marketing toys.
Here is how good Vader was as WCW champion: To 8-year-old me, the way he put Simmons over instantly made Simmons a credible champion and erased any concerns about the No. 1 contender raffle.
@@alexandermacdougall7873WWF had just as many terrible gimmicks if not more. Like Terry Taylor's Red Roster gimmick. Just flat out killed the guy's career.
@@ottodunn3118The truly bad gimmicks in the wcw were far more numerous than they were in the wwe. Wcw didn't have a clue what they were doing with most of its roster. WCW had more terrible gimmicks in their last three years than WWE has had in its last 30.
Sting won the title for the first time at Great American Bash in 1990 and it was a huge moment. His feuds with Flair, Vader, and Sid were solid feuds. Should probably be #2 on the list. His early 90’s surfer run was pretty epic. Vader was great but I don’t know about #3. Maybe 4 or 5. Awesome monster heel.
This is a great list. Vader holding that belt looked so right, notice how the side plates looked similar to the WWF Winged Eagle (both had the same designer). Gives some insight on what a Vader WWF Champion run would’ve looked like in 96. Ron Simmons was also a champion’s champion and was a great mentor on top of it. I wish that Vince Russo didn’t mess up WCW in 00 but I think 99.69% of us share in that sentiment.
This list for those who may not want to watch the full video lol 1 Ric Flair 2 Big Van Vader 3 Sting 4 Hulk Hogan 5 Booker T 6 Goldberg 7 Ron Simmons 8 The Rock 9 Lex Luger 10 The Giant 11 Chris Jericho 12 Diamond Dallas Page 13 Scott Steiner 14 Randy Savage 15 Jeff Jarrett 16 Kurt Angle 17 Sid Vicious 18 Bret Hart 19 Kevin Nash 20 Chris Benoit 21 David Arquette 22 Vince Russo
Think I would’ve put Sting at Number 2, for what he meant to WCW in general. Of course, Sting is my favorite wrestler of all time, so I’m a bit biased.
when I started this video I correctly called the top five. but my prediction had sting at 2 and vader at 3, so I get you. but I ain't mad at Vader being above sting.
Sting was and still is my favorite all time. If he'd have had better writing and booking for his title reigns, he could have been #1 on this list. As it stands he should be #2, no offense to Vader. I had a dream match back then that I wish WCW had done, it's a triple threat though. Sting, Flair, and Muta for the title. That match could have been amazing.
Me and my uncle Greg prefer the winged eagle belt. my stink isn't natural. Every bathroom im ever in i stink it up. I literally make people gag and throw up. Heck, sometimes I make myself gag and throw up. My body stink isn't natural either. I've never showered regularly and always have rashes and yeast infection underneath my arms and in-between my thighs. I got fired from dollar general because of poor hygiene. They said customers and fellow employees were complaining about me. My butt hole is always itching due to me not wiping right. I live with my uncle greg. He says I don't have to get a job as long as I make my stink isn't natural. Every bathroom im ever in i stink it up. I literally make people gag and throw up. Heck, sometimes I make myself gag and throw up. My body stink isn't natural either. I've never showered regularly and always have rashes and yeast infection underneath my arms and in-between my thighs. I got fired from dollar general because of poor hygiene. They said customers and fellow employees were complaining about me. My butt hole is always itching due to me not wiping right. I live with my uncle greg. He says I don't have to get a job as long as I make sandwiches for lunch. He draws disability. ❤
I was a kid when Sting was Surfer Sting, there was not a bigger star in my eyes, Luger was super popular with kids too at the time. I hated Flair until i was about 30..lol
I heard per DDP that Arquette agreed with you that he should never have been Champion however it was shoved on him. He donated his money from that payday to Brian Pillman’s wife...good guy put in a terrible spot.
K he was an actor and not a part of wcw, there is no situation in which he could have been forced to become champion. Personally I think the whole angle was gold, but it's silly to think he was forced into the situation, he wasn't a part of the company, he was unforceable. That excuse you made can only apply to people under the employ of the company.
@@alonzopowell9544 Even the black one is BS, i´ve said it for years now, we where better with the spinning Belt, the actual design is good, they just needed to made some changues (no spinning, les rap) and donde, fantastic, instead now we have a prop toy.
The "San Francisco 49ers match" sounds like something you'd make up when taking the piss out of wrestling. I wish that attacking people with a framed picture of Scott Hall became a meme though.
Thanks for the great memories of past wrestlin matches. Love watchin them all. I'm 64 and been watchin wrestlin for as long as I can remember. Even though it's changed over the years, I still watch it and probebly till my eyes shut for thier last time. Thanks
If memory serves, Jimmy Hart cut a promo saying that he managed to slip in a waiver for the DQ stipulation while he was still Hogan's manager. Granted, it was still a pretty ridiculous title change, but at least there was some kayfabe logic to it, which puts that angle one up on 90% of WCW in 2000.
Ric Flair is officially recognized by WWE as a 16-time world champion (eight-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion, six-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion, and two-time WWF Champion), although the number of his world championship reigns varies by source, ranging from 16 to 25. He has claimed to be a 21-time champion Plus Dusty Rhodes won it 4 times. But WWE won't say anything about those days.
Flair is only a 19-time World Champion at most(10 NWA, 7 WCW, 2 WWE). Flair's 8th NWA title reign is basically the same thing as his nominal 1st WCW reign. Thankfully WWE only recognizes this as a NWA title reign which it was.
13:30 When you said that Scott Steiner (#13) had "eleven" people better than him on the list, I thought that one of the remaining *twelve* spots would be Vacant.
@CultaholicWrestling I noticed in this solo video alone,Adam says "Oh Boy, Here We Go!" When it comes to the more "Problematic Champions ", that should be your signature.
Just a head's up about the Chris Benoit WCW title win over Sid. Sid was told to slip his leg under the rope, as WCW management knew Benoit was possibly leaving for the WWF/E. They gave the belt to Benoit to hopefully keep him in the company, but when he departed they used the backup of Arn Anderson missing the leg and thus nullified the finish of the match.
One of my favorite clips of Nash is him saying "I just tried to have it all make sense" or something akin to that during his time as a booker in WCW. *insert "Sure, Jan" gif here*
2:13 He just did what Vince Mcmahon and Shane even did as well a year earlier in 1999. Vince did the same with the WWE title. You're pissed about Russo vacating it but Shane actually wrestled and beat wrestlers and he still vacated it.
Nice list. I agree that the chaos of the NWO didn't make sense alot of the time, but ultimately that is what made it so great. You were on the edge of your seat Hoping your favorite would take them down, or at least not defect to their side.
I feel that Rick Rude should have been on this list. I understand the WCW international title may have been a bit confusing, but Rude beat Flair for the title at Fall Brawl, but because the WCW split from the NWA, the title Flair had won at Beach Blast was now rebranded as the International Title, I don’t think that should take away from Rude’s 3 reigns as World Champ. Also Rude was clearly regarded as the number one in the company with The Big Gold Belt.
Per Flairs book he made mention of how David donated his championship check/s to assorted charities. Commenting how he feel about David....that he had more class and respect than some others whom have held the belt.
The finger poke of doom was amazing to me as a kid. I was excited to see Nash vs Hogan, but when they did that and reunited NWO I was so happy. I wish some of you understood the finger poke of doom.
*"How could we place Vince Russo anywhere other than the bottom?"* Well, you could make an argument for David Arquette and Vince Russo switching places on this list. Russo and Arquette absolutely deserve the bottom two spots. It's just that which one gets the actual bottom spot mostly comes down to nit-picks.
Vince was involved with writing both scenarios, both incredibly stupid, but one was merely a promotional money grab. Whereas the other was a ridiculous egomaniacal attempt at auto fellatio, with an unwitting audience. Truly seemed like he knew the end was near and decided why not make myself champ before it's over.
@@sebastianraphaelbiggs127 let's be glad that the finger poke of doom didn't happen at every show in '99. OC will never stop doing this silly bs because there is nothing else he can do.
" Young up and comer, Rick Flair. Thermo-nuclear blast of the highest the highest order in my book, the best, the funniest line of the year . Well played sir. Vert well played indeed . Must hit SUBSCRIBE. Would not want to miss another gen like that. No sir !
@SteRDLK but Bensnot didn't get stripped, he gave it up. It's only kayabe that Anderson said the win was a mistake. What really happened is Bensnot wanted to leave, they gave him the title in the hopes he would stay (idiots they are), but they had a back up plan of Sids foot under the ropes, and then Bensnot quit the company.
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it was fuckin great and entertaining time, otherwise there would be no videos about that so repeatedly. And btw since WcW fall wwe produced so much unwatchable & trashy stuff, that no one can even remember.
I once got into an argument with some guy who said that Russo had awesome mic work and was great at getting heat. He also said 200 WCW is better than modern wrestling and that young workers should learn from him 😂 theres a reason that year is a talking point and its not a good one
