Top 10 Best WCW Moments

The Top Ten
1 The formation of the N.W.O.

Possibly the most shocking moment wrestling fans never expected was when their hero, Hulk Hogan, turned heel and joined forces with Scott Hall and Kevin Nash to form the New World Order. One fan even took such exception to Hulkster's heel turn that he tried to get into the ring and was attacked by Hall and Nash.

2 Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat (Clash of Champions 1989)

On April 2, 1989, before a small crowd of 5,300 at the huge Superdome in New Orleans, Ric Flair faced Ricky Steamboat in a 2-out-of-3-falls match for the championship. Fall No. 1 went to Flair, while Fall No. 2 went to Steamboat. In Fall No. 3, Steamboat pinned Flair after a failed double chickenwing attempt. Flair fell on top of Steamboat. Both men's shoulders were down, but Steamboat got his left shoulder up before the third count in the final fall.

In that fall, Flair's foot was under the rope, thus prompting a rematch between the two at WrestleWar 1989.

3 The last Monday Nitro

After being bought out by Vince McMahon, WCW held its last Monday Nitro. It was a very emotional moment for all the superstars in WCW, with most of them unaware of what the future held for them. The main event saw Ric Flair and Sting going at it one last time. Though the match wasn't their best, it was still a memorable moment.

4 Goldberg wins the WCW Championship from Hollywood Hogan

A match that should have taken place on Pay-Per-View, Goldberg dethroned the legend Hollywood Hulk Hogan and claimed the WCW Championship.

5 Ron Simmons wins the WCW Championship

Simmons made history by being the first African American to become World Heavyweight Champion. He achieved this by defeating Vader.

6 Sting reinvents himself

Sting returned in a big way by reinventing his character. Now dressed in black with white face paint resembling Eric Draven from The Crow, he served as WCW's savior against the N.W.O.

7 The Outsiders attack (July 29, 1996)

During the middle of a tag team match, Nash and Hall attacked a number of WCW superstars in the back. One highlight moment was Rey Mysterio being launched head-first into the side of a trailer. The whole thing felt so real that, according to Eric Bischoff, people in the area actually thought a gang war was going on and called the police.

8 Sting's first time coming down from the rafters
9 Chris Benoit vs. Bret Hart's Owen Hart tribute match

Following the death of Owen Hart, Bret and Benoit faced off in a tribute match to the late Owen, ironically in the same building where his death occurred. Though it took a while to really get going, it was still an emotionally filled match.

10 Medusa dumps the WWE Women's Championship in the trash

WCW really stuck it to WWE by having Madusa Alundra Blaze drop the WWE Women's Championship into the trash. Though it was later revealed that she really didn't want to do it, she was persuaded by Eric Bischoff to do so.

The Contenders
11 The first Monday Nitro

This series was launched at a mall in Minneapolis, the same area where the Minnesota Twins once played. But it was on Labor Day 1995, during the Sting vs. Ric Flair bout, that Lex Luger showed up unannounced and told the wrestling world he was done playing with toys and had joined where the big boys play. It wouldn't be the last shot in the WCW-WWF wars. It's Joeysworld

12 Sting's World Championship comeback win at WCW Great American Bash 1990
13 WCW Superbrawl 1991 - War Games match
14 Hulk Hogan becomes WCW World Heavyweight Champion at Bash at the Beach 1994
15 Diamond Dallas Page becomes WCW World Heavyweight Champion at 1999 Spring Stampede
16 Booker T becomes World Heavyweight Champion at Bash at the Beach 2000
17 "You wanna a war. You got it."

On Memorial Day 1996, in a probably forgettable WCW Monday Nitro match, Scott Hall came out of the crowd and told the worldwide TV audience, "Hey, you know who I am, but you don't know why I'm here." That statement would, in time, launch the war between the nWo and WCW.

18 Ric Flair vs. Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat (WrestleWar 1989) and the aftermath
19 1998 Four Horsemen reunion on Nitro
20 Sting vs. Ric Flair (Clash of the Champions, March 27, 1988)
21 Slamboree 1993 featuring a legends ceremony
22 WCW Superbrawl 1992 - Sting becomes WCW World Champion and sends Lex Luger to WWF
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