Scrazy Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj241/Scrazy129/WCW/GloryDaysBanner.jpg Recent History Behind The Scenes The date is December 1st, 1997. WCW is the world leader in professional wrestling and has been for over a year. WCW Nitro has beaten WWF RAW the past 64 weeks in a row. Despite World Championship Wrestling being the #1 promotion, WCW is being outdone in several markets, including Canada. WCW is just now regaining television coverage in the land of the maple leaf; that and the recent acquisition of Bret Hart is sure to be a dynamite combination. There have been rumors of a second A-show to debut on WTBS as soon as January. These rumors have drawn criticism, mostly out of fear of burning the creative minds out. Rumor has been that, despite the confidence of Ted Turner in Eric Bischoff, Turner has been slowly shifting the creative process to a larger creative panel. The word is that the process will be headed by someone already involved in the process, rumored to be either Kevin Sullivan or Dusty Rhodes, a fresh face, and of course Eric Bischoff. On The Screen Halloween Havoc 1997 took place on October 26, 1997 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Yuji Nagata (with Sonny Onoo) defeated Último Dragón (9:42) Chris Jericho defeated Gedo (7:18) Rey Misterio, Jr. defeated Eddy Guerrero in a Mask versus Title match to win the WCW Cruiserweight Championship (13:51) Alex Wright (with Debra) defeated Steve McMichael (6:31) Jacqueline defeated Disco Inferno (9:39) Curt Hennig defeated Ric Flair by disqualification to retain the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (13:57) Lex Luger defeated Scott Hall (with Syxx) (with Larry Zbyszko as special guest referee) (13:02) Randy Savage (with Miss Elizabeth) defeated Diamond Dallas Page in a Las Vegas Sudden Death match (18:07) Roddy Piper defeated Hollywood Hogan in a Steel cage match (13:37) World War 3 1997 took place on November 23, 1997 from The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The Faces of Fear (Meng and The Barbarian) defeated Glacier and Ernest Miller (9:09) Perry Saturn defeated Disco Inferno to retain the WCW World Television Championship (8:19) Yuji Nagata (with Sonny Onoo) defeated Último Dragón (12:45) The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) defeated The Blue Bloods (Lord Steven Regal and Squire David Taylor) to retain the WCW World Tag Team Championship (9:45) Raven (w/The Flock) defeated Scotty Riggs in a "Raven's Rules" No Disqualification match when Riggs could not answer a ten count (9:43) Steve McMichael defeated Alex Wright (3:36) Eddy Guerrero defeated Rey Misterio, Jr. to retain the WCW Cruiserweight Championship (12:42) Curt Hennig defeated Ric Flair to retain the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (17:57) Hennig pinned Flair after hitting him with the US title belt. Scott Hall won the Three Ring, 60 man battle royal to earn a WCW World Heavyweight Championship match (29:48) Previous Nitro: November 24, 1997 nWo opens the show with Hollywood Hogan issuing an open challenge with the title on the line. Giant accepts but, with a broken hand, has to sign a waiver to compete. The Steiner Brothers defeated Disorderly Conduct Booker T. defeated Meng Raven confronted by JJ Dillon about his newly signed contract. The contract stipulates that he does what he wants to and when he wants to. Raven begins by filling his spot against Chris Benoit with Sick Boy. Chris Benoit defeated Sick Boy The Flock hits the ring and beats Benoit down. Zbyszko comes to the ring and says that he wants Scott Hall. Instead Bischoff comes down and agrees to a match instead. Prince Iaukea defeats Alex Wright Alex Wright fires Debra as his manager. Randy Savage defeated Disco Inferno Dean Malenko defeated Brad Armstrong Mongo interviewed by Okurlund before being interupted by Debra begging to reconcile with her husband. Mongo tells her to get the hell away. Buff Bagwell defeated Chris Jericho Ray Traylor defeated Curt Hennig by DQ via nWo interference The Giant defeated Hollywood Hogan by DQ via nWo interference A Sting manequin comes from the ceiling and is beaten by bats at the hands of the nWo Tidbits Bret Hart has yet to debut after leaving WWF. Sting and Hogan have recently signed on for a match at Starrcade. Raven has been in WCW since June and has been building his Flock. He also just recently 'signed his contract'. Bill Goldberg is not yet the monster we all remember. He debuted in September and stands at about a 13-0 record. Syxx-Pac was put on the shelf recently with a neck injury. Ric Flair injured his ankle at WW3 and is expected to miss about 6 weeks. Rumors of dispute with Bischoff have risen. Rick Rude recently debuted but is viewed as a stunt or shot at WWF and is expected to be short lived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrazy Posted January 21, 2011 Author Share Posted January 21, 2011 Gerweck.net December 1997 - Week 1 - Monday WCW is rumored to be about to make roster cuts. Filling World War 3 with 60 men is no easy task and is likely the reason the cuts have been held off. The WCW announce booth may be about to be revamped. Not sure to what degree. The Larry Zbyszko/nWo feud has spilled off screen and has turned ugly with Zbyszko and a big name or two in the company. This is most likely the reason for his removal from the booth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrazy Posted January 24, 2011 Author Share Posted January 24, 2011 WCW.com December 1997 - Week 1 - Monday Nitro Preview: Larry Zbyszko to issue challenge to Eric Bischoff Chris Jericho vs. Juventud Guerrera Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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