World Championship Wrestling - The Big Bang

Dalton · March 5, 2022

PROLOGUE

MARCH & APRIL 2001 - THE END

World Championship Wrestling should have died in March 2001. For all intents and purposes, the wrestling company was on its last heels. WCW itself believed that March 26th, 2001 would be the final episode of WCW Monday Nitro and thus, the final night of WCW. The show was a tribute to the company, with WCW United States Champion Booker T becoming a dual champion by defeating WCW World Champion Scott Steiner and Sting, the heart of soul of the company, besting Ric Flair in the main event. It was a perfect bookend to the story of World Championship Wrestling, as Sting and Flair battled on the first episode of WCW Monday Nitro all the way back on September 4, 1995. Management, talent and fans all believed that the company was dead and gone.

However, that would not be the case.

Rumors were swirling around what would happen with World Championship Wrestling. In January 2001, venture capital firm Fusient Media Ventures announced that it had purchased WCW, with Turner Broadcasting Systems retaining a minority interest and Eric Bischoff being re-installed as president. However, the deal would fall through thanks to new TBS CEO Jamie Kellner. Kellner despised wrestling and made it his mission to cancel all WCW programming as soon as he took the post. Without the timeslots on Turner networks, Fusient pulled out of the deal.

Enter Vince McMahon and the World Wrestling Federation.

Once McMahon heard that the Fusient deal fell through, he immediately gathered his legal team to inquire about an acquisition. Talks between the two parties came to a head on Friday, March 23rd, 2001. McMahon made an offer of $4.2 million, a number that shocked many in the television industry as it was such a low price, even with WCW's fall in the ratings. The idea of WWF purchasing WCW was crazy enough, but the amount offered just added fuel to the fire. TBS representatives gave indication that they would likely accept, but they would reconvene on Wednesday, March 28th to iron out the details and field any additional offers.

While those negotiations were heating up, Eric Bischoff and Fusient Media Ventures flew back into the picture. While WWF was negotiating with TBS, Bischoff was negotiating with every television network in America. Many said no, but a few were willing to work with Bischoff on possibly adding WCW programming to their schedule. Bischoff, knowing that he needed a reliable network to pitch to Fusient, landed on FX. Bischoff met with his Fusient contacts and get them in touch with the legal team of Fox Broadcasting Company. After intense, long-winding talks, Fusient agreed to re-enter the fold for World Championship Wrestling.

Fusient offered TBS $10 million for WCW on Tuesday, March 27th. Over double the WWF offer but still a massive bargain. Vince McMahon was unwilling to pay that amount for what he considered a "shell of a shell," as he later put it in an interview with CNN. With no counter offer from the WWF, TBS officially announced on Friday, March 29th that Fusient Media Ventures had purchased World Championship Wrestling. And this time, it was not premature.

While Fusient Media Ventures were now the official owners of World Championship Wrestling with Eric Bischoff serving as company president, it is important to note that this was not the same WCW that ruled the wrestling world three years prior. Vince McMahon's "shell of a shell" remark was not untrue. What Bischoff was running was a far cry from the era of the nWo.

Most notably, the contract situation was a mess. WCW was in a unique position of being owned by a television conglomerate prior to March 29th, 2001. With the change in ownership, the binding agreements between company and talent were very fuzzy. While Fusient had "bought out" most WCW contracts from TBS, in reality there were major legal headaches for most of April 2001. The top stars in WCW were not even signed to WCW, they were employees of AOL Time Warner. This meant that they were not brought in after the Fusient purchase. The six workers employed to AOL Time Warner were Hulk Hogan, Sting, Ric Flair, Sid Vicious who was injured anyway, Kevin Nash, and Bill Goldberg. Between those six men were twenty nine WCW World Championships and countless other title reigns. Just the loss of those six men meant that WCW would be starting off at a major disadvantage under Fusient.

But the losses would not end there. Three men's contracts came up in April 2001: Scott Steiner, Buff Bagwell and Rey Mysterio Jr. Eric Bischoff was uninterested in re-signing Bagwell, with many rumors saying that Bagwell demanded a large contract that would be a raise over what he was making under TBS ownership. Bischoff was allegedly willing to pay half of what was asked, an offer that angered Bagwell so much he allegedly threatened Bischoff bodily harm in his office and had to be escorted out by Arn Anderson and a host of security. Steiner's situation was a bit more complex. He also demanded a large contract, which Bischoff was willing to meet. His contract expired on April 12th, and was scheduled to meet with Bischoff on April 16th to sign a new contract worth over $1 million a year. However, he would no show that meeting, instead calling Eric Bischoff and stating that he had signed a deal with the World Wrestling Federation for more money. Another established main eventer, gone from WCW before the reboot could even begin. Rey Mysterio Jr., who was one-half of the reigning WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Champions, simply chose to walk away from WCW, as he was harboring years of pent up anger at the company for forcing him to lose his mask and for not treating him like the star he believed he was.

In addition to most of the big stars being unavailable, many of the WCW midcard and undercard also left in April 2001. With the contract situation being so fuzzy, Vince McMahon swooped in and offered developmental contracts to a host of talent. Some of the more notable names in this exodus were Shawn Stasiak, Shannon Moore, Mike Sanders and one-half of the WCW World Tag Team Champions, Chuck Palumbo.

Eric Bischoff was outraged at the audacity of Vince McMahon, later stating in a podcast interview with Conrad Thompson, "I still don't believe what Vince did was legal, but we couldn't fight it. We were on such a tight budget that we couldn't afford to put the case in front of a judge. It sucked losing one of the tag team champions, but again, we couldn't do anything about it."

Over twenty five on-screen wrestlers left the company in April. Non-wrestling WCW talent also received a major overhaul, as Bischoff intended to run a very tight ship with no wasted money. Thus, he decided on the two-man commentary team of Tony Schiavone and Mike Tenay. Schiavone because he was the voice of WCW at its peak and having him in the booth would make the transition process easier for the audience. Tenay because Bischoff viewed him as the long-term solution and was allegedly very high on him. In reality, many people in WCW at the time said that Bischoff kept Tenay simply because Tenay was the only commentator who could remember the names and backstories of most of the younger talent in the company. The two man booth meant that the rest of the team would be cut: Scott Hudson and Bobby Heenan.

There was one man who accepted his 50% buyout of his AOL Time Warner contract to return to WCW. Diamond Dallas Page at 45 years old did not want to miss another year of action and chose to re-sign with WCW as a full-time wrestler. He would be the only man who accepted a buyout, a fact that Bischoff would not forget.

With the sale final and the ensuing chaos beginning to finally die down, the new look World Championship Wrestling began prepping for the first episodes of WCW Nitro in the Fusient era.

Dalton · March 5, 2022

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PROLOGUE: MARCH & APRIL 2001 - THE END

CHAPTER ONE: MAY 2001 - THE BEGINNING

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Dalton · March 5, 2022

Champions

CHAMPIONS

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BOOKER T

WON - MARCH 26TH, 2001

REIGN: 4TH

PREVIOUS - SCOTT STEINER

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SHANE DOUGLAS

WON - MARCH 18TH, 2001

REIGN - 2ND

PREVIOUS - BOOKER T

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VACANT

WON - N/A

REIGN - N/A

PREVIOUS - CHUCK PALUMBO & SEAN O'HAIRE

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SHANE HELMS

WON - MARCH 18TH, 2001

REIGN - 1ST

PREVIOUS - CHAVO GUERRERO JR.

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Dalton · March 5, 2022

Reserved...

Dalton · March 5, 2022

OOC/Acknowledgments

OOC:

I sat on this idea for a while. It's something that I've been wanting to do ever since I read BigPapa42's WCW: Empire project in the Special Dynasty (RIP) forum in 2011, then again in 2016, then again in 2022. Add in Bryan Alvarez's Death of WCW and you have a truly dreadful outlook on WCW. It's a rather simple concept: what if Fusient Media Ventures and Eric Bischoff successfully purchased World Championship Wrestling in 2001 like they had announced IRL? Rather, what if Fusient

really

bought WCW? As in they lost all those stars signed to AOL Time Warner, lost their TV deals on Turner networks, and were stuck being a shell of its former self. That is my goal here: to rebuild WCW from pretty much nothing to once again be a competitor to Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Federation.

BigPapa42 did something unique in that TEW was not used at all; it was all fantasy booking. That was an idea I toyed with, but I chose to stick with TEW2020 in order to keep track of the broader wrestling world and have wrenches thrown into my plans rather than knowing what bad things were coming my way. The other important aspect of WCW: Empire that I will be utilizing is the monthly recap format. Instead of posting every episode of Nitro, I will recap the month before recapping the PPV as well. I'm changing it up a bit to look more like a book: each month will be a chapter. The plan for this is to go as long as possible and see where we end up. If worst comes to worst and things aren't working properly for me, I can just remove the TEW element and go strictly from my head. Either way, I hope to provide a good story of how WCW rose from the ashes.

CREDITS:

BigPapa42
for his incredible WCW: Empire diary that is unfortunately no longer available
Fleisch
for his awesome WCW graphics he created with the WWF's WCW logo

Old School Fan · March 5, 2022

I'd sure like to see how things could've gone under a Fusient-owned WCW had it turned out that way instead of Vince swooping in to snap up selected WCW assets (though not the promotion itself). Subscribed.

BigJ · March 5, 2022

Fantastic start!

Love that you'll be recaping by month. It will make things less overwhelming for you and I always enjoy reading the "whole" story at once

Woodsmeister · March 5, 2022

Love a WCW Fuscient story, looking forward to see if you can unleash the potential I saw in O’Haire, Jindrak, Palumbo back in the day. Can you make stats out of Storm, Awesome, and Kanyon. Will any ECW guys come over apparently RVD was about the sign on before the deal went bust.

Can’t wait

falling_star · March 5, 2022

You know I'll be following along, WCW 2001 is one, if not my favorite "what if?" scenario.

CGN91 · March 5, 2022

I said it privately to you that I'm not a WCW guy at all but I'll be following for sure bro. LFG!

GooverDan · March 5, 2022

I'll always love dynasties from this era, and this one has a lot of potential to be good. I'll be looking forward to this!

Parker Stiles · March 5, 2022

love it. can't wait

Dalton · March 6, 2022

I'd sure like to see how things could've gone under a Fusient-owned WCW had it turned out that way instead of Vince swooping in to snap up selected WCW assets (though not the promotion itself). Subscribed.

It would've been better for the business! Thanks for following!

Fantastic start!
Love that you'll be recaping by month. It will make things less overwhelming for you and I always enjoy reading the "whole" story at once

I really like this method because I can scratch my booking itch with TEW, while still being able to present the stories here. It also means I don't need to fret over the details which makes things that much easier.

Love a WCW Fuscient story, looking forward to see if you can unleash the potential I saw in O’Haire, Jindrak, Palumbo back in the day. Can you make stats out of Storm, Awesome, and Kanyon. Will any ECW guys come over apparently RVD was about the sign on before the deal went bust.

Can’t wait

That holy trinity of O'Haire, Jindrak and Palumbo (alongside Stasiak to a lesser extent the rest of the Natural Born Thrillers) is a guilty pleasure of mine. They exist in a vacuum really, because they were only relevant during those dying days. Storm, Awesome and Kanyon are some of the best in-ring talents I have left!

You know I'll be following along, WCW 2001 is one, if not my favorite "what if?" scenario.

Always love having you here my friend!

I said it privately to you that I'm not a WCW guy at all but I'll be following for sure bro. LFG!

I'm sure you will blow up my Discord messages if I do something dumb

I'll always love dynasties from this era, and this one has a lot of potential to be good. I'll be looking forward to this!

Thanks for checking it out! I hope you aren't disappointed

love it. can't wait

Thanks for following! It'll be fun.

Dalton · March 6, 2022

CHAPTER ONE

MAY 2001 - THE BEGINNING

It is important to remember WCW surviving meant they would need to continue to do just that: survive. Eric Bischoff was able to convince Fusient Media Ventures to make another bid on the company because he was able to secure a television deal with FX. FX was available in most US homes, but it had nowhere near the reach that TNT had. In addition to that, FX was only willing to give WCW sixty minutes, as opposed to the two hours that Bischoff asked for. He attempted to compromise by meeting in the middle at ninety minutes, but Fox Broadcasting was adamant about the one hour and Bischoff was in no shape to negotiate much more.

The FX deal was not the only broadcasting news that came in April. World Championship Wrestling was still a valuable commodity for many international markets. Using Fusient's media contacts in Mexico, Japan and the United Kingdom, Bischoff secured a deal with 52MX, GAORA, and Eurosport UK to carry WCW programming. These television deals would prove highly important, as the rights fees would help offset some of the losses WCW had in losing airtime on Turner Broadcasting.

After some internal debate on how to utilize the one hour block, Bischoff landed on continuing under the WCW Nitro banner. In an interview with ESPN in 2018, Bischoff stated, "We kept the Nitro name for our first TV show after the Fusient purchase because it was the one most recognizable to the audience. We were already hit hard in just switching networks, so we wanted to grab the fans who were flipping through channels and would see the familiar Nitro images." FX gave Bischoff three options for timeslots: Wednesdays at 9pm, Fridays at 6pm, or Saturdays at 7pm. He decided on the first option, as it was estimated that the Wednesday slot would get the most viewers and allow them to grow the most.

Another issue for WCW was the roster itself. With half the roster gone, it left a total of 37 active wrestlers. Of those 37, only three were former WCW World Champions: Booker T, Jeff Jarrett and Diamond Dallas Page. One level below those three were the likes of Kanyon, Dustin Rhodes and Sean O'Haire. Three very capable talents, but far below what fans were used to seeing at the top of the cards in WCW. There were also a string of injuries affecting the "starting" roster for the company, most notably both members of KroniK being out for three months each, Vampiro suffering a major concussion and out for roughly four months, and dual champion Booker T also suffering through a rough shoulder injury. The plan was for Booker to be completely healed in time for the first Nitro, but the injury lingered around and forced Booker to wear sports tape for the month of May.

The lack of true star power led to Eric Bischoff shopping around for more talent. However, that would be a major issue with Fusient Media Ventures putting Bischoff on a strict budget to adhere to. After a lengthy meeting with a company executive, Bischoff convinced the new owners to make an exception for one talent: Rey Mysterio Jr. Bischoff even convinced Fusient to sign Mysterio directly, rather than to WCW. The company was willing to do so, however, the bad blood Rey had for WCW was still boiling, and he refused to sign a $1 million per year for three years contract. Instead, Mysterio signed with the World Wrestling Federation. It was never confirmed by any party, but rumors say that the contract offered to him by the WWF was not as much as offered by Fusient. He also received exclusive contract offers from NJPW, CMLL and AAA but were never seriously considered. WCW also attempted to sign Curt Hennig to a one-year contract, but the WWF offered him nearly double. Vince McMahon went on a major hiring spree in May. He signed over twenty wrestlers to full-time contracts, with some names including Jake Roberts, Road Warrior Animal, Rick Steiner, Devon Storm (formerly known as Crowbar in WCW), long-time WCW loyalist Barry Windham, and the ECW trio of Tommy Dreamer, Sandman and Blue Meanie. The Wrestling Observer also reported he attempted to re-sign the Ultimate Warrior of all people, but instead Warrior chose to go to Mexico and work full-time for CMLL. Warrior never revealed why he signed with CMLL over WWF, but common sense would say it was probably money related. He did not have the same bargaining power he had in 1996, so heading down to Mexico where he would be revered by the crowd meant he could still feed his ego.

Despite having the same name and look of the behemoth of three years ago, this WCW Nitro was a far cry from what it was. Gone was the pyro, gone were the big arenas, gone were the sold out crowds. The first WCW Nitro emanated from the 3,000 seat Macon City Auditorium in Macon, Georgia. WCW officially drew 2,288, a massive disappointment. It was now clear to the fans at home that this was a different World Championship Wrestling.

The first WCW Wednesday Nitro was not bad, but it was the very definition of forgettable. The one hour time block meant the show went by fast, but it also meant that Bischoff had to squeeze in as much as he could. He was still holding out hope that the show would expand to two hours, or at least ninety minutes, fairly quickly so he did not want to cut the roster even more, or else those future shows would be screwed.

After a dark tag team match that saw Jung Dragons (Kaz Hayashi & Yang) defeat Air Raid (Air Paris & Air Styles), Nitro went live. The show kicked off with dual champion Booker T coming to the ring to a fairly subdued reaction from the crowd. After thanking the fans for sticking with WCW, he was interrupted by Shane Douglas. The two bickered for a while about who should be at the top of the company, before Dusty Rhodes made his first appearance as WCW Commissioner. He booked a match for the two on the following week's Nitro in a match for the WCW United States Championship. In the first official match of the new era, Shane Helms defeated Jamie Noble to retain the WCW Cruiserweight Championship. This match is considered the best of the three matches on this show, and for good reason. It proved that the cruiserweight division, albeit a much smaller version of previous iterations, was still around and would be a bright spot for the promotion. Jeff Jarrett also got a squash victory over Jason Jett and proclaimed his desire to pursue Booker T's WCW World title. In the main event, Diamond Dallas Page and Sean O'Haire defeated the heel team of Kanyon and Mark Jindrak.

Many were surprised by Jindrak's role in the main event. At this time, he was in a heated battle for his contract. WCW technically had him under contract, but Jindrak's agent persuaded him to challenge the validity of it by negotiating with the WWF, who would be more than happy to steal another bright young talent from its weakened competitor. In the end, Jindrak would indeed stick with WCW by signing a revised contract.

Bischoff's reasoning for the first ever main event was simple: present the audience with three generations of WCW talent. DDP represented the old WCW, a familiar face for a nostalgic time for most fans. Sean O'Haire and Kanyon were clearly presented as the present of WCW, a notion supported by the fact they were all over the marketing of the "New WCW." Mark Jindrak, 23 years old, was being positioned as a future megastar for the company.

The first, well technically the 287th, episode of Nitro was a mix of celebrating the past and building for the future. The next three episodes were strictly about building for WCW Big Bang at the end of the month.

Shane Douglas defeated Booker T to win the WCW United States Championship in the main event of the May 9th episode of Nitro, thanks entirely to interference from Jeff Jarrett. "Double J" smacked Booker with a guitar while Bam Bam Bigelow distracted the referee, allowing Douglas to pick up the victory. The finish is notable for referee Nick Patrick counting the pin despite the entire ring being covered with debris from the guitar shot. He also clearly gave himself a splinter as he was shaking his hand while raising Douglas's arm. Booker kicked off the next Nitro and officially challenged Jarrett for WCW Big Bang, the first PPV of "The New WCW." The go-home Nitro saw Dusty Rhodes host a contract signing for the two, only to end in a brawl with Jarrett hitting Booker with another guitar shot. It was a two week build for a world title match made worse by Booker being made to look like a geek every week. This was a major criticism of his first three world title reigns, and it did not change much with his fourth.

The build for the WCW United States Championship match was also just as poor. With only two episodes of build for the pay-per-view after Shane Douglas won the belt from Booker T, the champion was absent from the first. On the final episode, Dustin Rhodes defeated Mark Jindrak and Disco Inferno in a number one contender's three way match. There was no contact between the champion and challenger before the pay-per-view. The claimed reason for this by Shane Douglas and Eric Bischoff is that Shane sustained a minor elbow injury in the title win over Booker, but come time for the pay-per-view, Shane showed no signs of previous injury, nor did he treat his elbow with any special care. In reality, the likely reason is that the one hour broadcast meant that some feuds simply had to skip weeks to allow other feuds to develop.

The feud that garnered the most interest from fans was between Diamond Dallas Page and Kanyon. The two had a lengthy feud towards the end of 2000 and early 2001 after their faction, the Jersey Triad, split. Reigniting the feud was a perfect jumping off point for both men. Bischoff stated in an interview with Conrad Thompson in 2019 that Diamond Dallas Page had personally asked for the feud, as he felt there were still legs. Bischoff was happy to oblige, as he wished to present Kanyon as one of the stars of this new era. On the May 9th Nitro, Kanyon attacked DDP backstage with a chain. DDP the following week cut a promo from the ring, begging Kanyon to come out and fight him. Kanyon played the slimy heel by coming out and getting the crowd amped up for a brawl before laughing and walking to the back. DDP defeated Fit Finlay on the go-home show and was attacked by Kanyon, again wielding a chain. Shortly before the main event, Kanyon had cut a promo from a restaurant that was not advertised as pre-taped, giving the impression he was not at the arena. In the promo he claimed to represent the new WCW, and wanted to get rid of the old guard, a la DDP. It was an old-school build, but it was effective and a bright spot for the first month of TV.

Another younger star, Sean O'Haire, received plenty of TV time the first four weeks. From main eventing the first episode, he was clearly positioned as a superstar for WCW. He had a loose alliance with Booker T in Booker's struggles with Shane Douglas and Bam Bam Bigelow, and even tried to save him from a three-on-one beatdown following the Douglas/Booker US title match, but was stopped by another young talent in Mark Jindrak. Jindrak would cost O'Haire the main event of the May 16th Nitro against Bam Bam Bigelow. O'Haire would return the favor by slyly laying out Jindrak with a chair in the three way number one contender's match for the US title on the go-home episode. It was another basic build, but is considered a moderate success as Sean O'Haire's reactions clearly got louder throughout the month.

Two areas of WCW that desperately needed help were the cruiserweight division and the tag team division. The work of the cruiserweights was great, but the division was bereft of any real stories. The only story was that they put on good matches, which can only get them so far. Shane Helms succesfully defended the title against Jamie Noble on the first episode, but did not appear for the rest of the month. Billy Kidman defeated Elix Skipper on the second episode in a great match, with Kidman looking and performing like a true star. On the May 16th Nitro, Chavo Guerrero Jr. defeated Jamie Noble, and afterward Dusty Rhodes announced a three way title match for WCW Big Bang. The go-home show did not see any three of the men, but did see Jung Dragons defeat Air Raid in a rematch from the dark match from the first Nitro. Management was said to be impressed with the four men in the tag team match, especially Air Styles. Bischoff would remark in an interview with Dave Meltzer in late May 2001 that he was a talent they would keep a close eye on, as he had undeniable talent.

As for the tag division, it was never great in WCW, but the post-acquisition state of the division was terrible. The cruiserweight division only had Jung Dragons and Air Raid, a realization that forced Bischoff to quietly retire the WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team titles in April, especially since Rey Mysterio had refused to return. The tag team champions heading into the new era were Chuck Palumbo & Sean O'Haire, but with Palumbo signing a developmental deal with WWF, the titles were forced to be vacated. WCW hosted a four-team tournament for the titles, a frankly pathetic admission of how bad the division was. Bischoff initially wished to bring in some outside talent to make it an eight-team tournament, but it was determined that having four outside teams would look just as bad as having a WCW-only four-team tournament while also being more expensive and take up more precious TV time. Thus, on the May 9th Nitro, Team Canada (Lance Storm & Mike Awesome) defeated the Mamalukes (Big Vito & Johnny the Bull) to kick off a three match tournament. The Locker Room Leaders (Konnan & Hugh Morris) defeated Jung Dragons in the other semifinal to set up the pay-per-view match for the vacant belts.

After four weeks of TV, the time for WCW Big Bang was closing in. Bischoff booked the Stegeman Coliseum in Athens, GA with the goal of 8,000 fans, A lofty goal for sure. Early ticket sales looked promising, doubling the weekly Nitro attendance at the Macon City Auditorium, but they were still a ways off from the goal. PPV buys were a different story, as Bischoff had no idea how they would fare with many fans choosing to buy WWF PPVs as the company was on top of the world and crushing all records. WCW Big Bang would be a real litmus test for the new era of the company.

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<b>WCW NITRO - MAY 2ND 2001 RESULTS</b>

0. Jung Dragons (Hayashi/Yang) def. Air Raid (Styles/Paris)

1. WCW CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP: Shane Helms © def. Jamie Noble (3rd defense)

2. Jeff Jarrett def. Jason Jett

3. Diamon Dallas Page & Sean O'Haire def. Kanyon & Mark Jindrak

<b>WCW NITRO - MAY 9TH 2001 RESULTS</b>

0. Alex Wright def. Adam Windsor

1. Billy Kidman def. Elix Skipper

2. TOURNAMENT SEMIFINALS: Team Canada def. The Mamalukes

3. WCW UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP: Shane Douglas def. Booker T © (NEW CHAMPION)

<b>WCW NITRO - MAY 16TH 2001 RESULTS</b>

1. Chavo Guerrero Jr. def. Jamie Noble

2. TOURNAMENT SEMIFINALS: Locker Room Leaders (Konnan/Morrus) def. Jung Dragons (Hayashi/Yang)

3. Bam Bam Bigelow def. Sean O'Haire

<b>WCW NITRO - MAY 23TH 2001 RESULTS</b>

1. Jung Dragons (Hayashi/Yang) def. Air Raid (Styles/Paris)

2. WCW US TITLE #1 CONTENDERS: Dustin Rhodes def. Mark Jindrak, Disco Inferno

3. Diamond Dallas Page def. Fit Finlay

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DHK1989 · March 6, 2022

I think this is the thinnest WCW roster I've seen in one of these 2001 dynasties.

Dalton · March 6, 2022

I think this is the thinnest WCW roster I've seen in one of these 2001 dynasties.

It's intentionally rough. Removing pretty much anyone of importance makes it a challenge and hopefully a good story!

Dalton · March 6, 2022

PREDICTION KEY

WCW The Big Bang 2001

MAY 27TH, 2001

Diamond Dallas Page vs. Kanyon

Mark Jindrak vs. Sean O'Haire

WCW WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP: Locker Room Leaders (Konnan & Hugh Morrus) vs. Team Canada (Lance Storm & Mike Awesome)

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Sco xY2Jx · March 6, 2022

Diamond Dallas Page vs. Kanyon

Mark Jindrak vs. Sean O'Haire

WCW WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP: Locker Room Leaders (Konnan & Hugh Morrus) vs. Team Canada (Lance Storm & Mike Awesome)

I'm calling a few upsets (at least IMO they would be). The first big PPV has to have some surprise results.

falling_star · March 6, 2022

Diamond Dallas Page vs. Kanyon

Mark Jindrak vs. Sean O'Haire

WCW WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP: Locker Room Leaders (Konnan & Hugh Morrus) vs. Team Canada (Lance Storm & Mike Awesome)

WCW was always more of a heel territory, so I'm calling heels at the top with the belts.

smw88 · March 6, 2022

Diamond Dallas Page vs. Kanyon

Mark Jindrak vs. Sean O'Haire

WCW WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP: Locker Room Leaders (Konnan & Hugh Morrus) vs. Team Canada (Lance Storm & Mike Awesome)

GooverDan · March 6, 2022

WCW WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP: Booker T © vs. Jeff Jarrett (If they're going to start fresh, it better not be another reign of terror)

Diamond Dallas Page vs. Kanyon

Mark Jindrak vs. Sean O'Haire

WCW WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP: Locker Room Leaders (Konnan & Hugh Morrus) vs. Team Canada (Lance Storm & Mike Awesome)

DGenerationMC · March 6, 2022

Diamond Dallas Page vs. Kanyon

Mark Jindrak vs. Sean O'Haire

WCW WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP: Locker Room Leaders (Konnan & Hugh Morrus) vs. Team Canada (Lance Storm & Mike Awesome)

Woodsmeister · March 6, 2022

Diamond Dallas Page vs. Kanyon

Mark Jindrak vs. Sean O'Haire

WCW WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP: Locker Room Leaders (Konnan & Hugh Morrus) vs. Team Canada (Lance Storm & Mike Awesome)

DHK1989 · March 6, 2022

Diamond Dallas Page vs. Kanyon

Mark Jindrak vs. Sean O'Haire

WCW WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP: Locker Room Leaders (Konnan & Hugh Morrus) vs. Team Canada (Lance Storm & Mike Awesome)

Old School Fan · March 6, 2022

Diamond Dallas Page vs. Kanyon

Mark Jindrak vs. Sean O'Haire

WCW WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP: Locker Room Leaders (Konnan & Hugh Morrus) vs. Team Canada (Lance Storm & Mike Awesome)

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