Some Old Random WCW Pics

How about just some random WCW fun?
Well....mostly fun....

Glacier (Raymond M. Lloyd)

Chris Jericho

KroniK

Bret "Hit Man" Hart and Goldberg

The Renegade (Richard "Rick" Wilson)

The Revolution - Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko, Shane Douglas, and Perry Saturn

Madusa - WCW Wrestling

Debrah Anne Miceli aka Madusa aka Alundra Blayze, probably one of the best female wrestlers to ever grace a ring.

Madusa worked for World Championship Wrestling from 1991 to 1993 then after a brief stint in the WWF, from 1995 to 2001.

She won the Pro Wrestling Illustrated PWI Rookie of the Year award in 1988, in  All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling she held the IWA World Women's Championship twice, the Tag League the Best with Mitsuko Nishiwaki, the American Wrestling Association's AWA World Women's Championship, the International World Class Championship Wrestling IWCCW Women's Championship, the World Championship Wrestling's WCW Cruiserweight Championship and the World Wrestling Federation's WWF Women's Championship three times.

Mona (Molly Holly) vs Madusa

Diamond Dallas Page and Diamond Doll

Here is Diamond Dallas Page and Diamond Doll (Kimberly Page) from the old WCW promotion.
At the time, Dallas and Kimberly were husband and wife.
Kimberly also founded the WCW Nitro Girls.
She and Dallas divorced in 2005.

WCW - Christi Wolf aka Asya

Another very popular WCW personality here on this blog is Asya or bodybuilder, model and former professional wrestler, Christi Wolf.
She appeared in WCW as "The Head Nurse", "Double D" and finally "Asya", meaning that Asya was bigger than Chyna because "Asia" is bigger than "China".
Get it?
Well she was quite a bit bigger than Chyna even without the bad puns.
She was with the WCW from March of 1999 to March of 2000.

Christi Wolf aka Asya roughing up Torrie Wilson in the WCW

WCW and TNA Wrestler Sting

Without a doubt the most popular wrestler on this blog is WCW and TNA star Sting.

But no matter how cool the "Crow" Sting is...I always think about him like this first.....

WCW Nitro Girls

Remember the WCW Nitro Girls?
Yeah....who could forget?
And Yep...that's Stacy Keibler on the right.
She was Nitro Girl Skye for a bit.

Jean-Paul Lévesque, Triple H in the WCW

Jean-Paul Lévesque, yeah that's Triple H back in the WCW.....

James J. Dillon / JJ Dillon

Most people probably remember James J. Dillon as a manager.
But before that he was a wrestler.
But did you know he took the ring name James J. Dillon because he couldn't wrestle under his real name?
Dillon was born Jim Morrison on June 26, 1942 and he started his wrestling career in 1971, the same year that Jim Morrison, the lead singer of the Doors, died.
JJ started out wrestling in the Mid-Atlantic, Texas and Florida areas and became a headliner when he went to the Canadian Maritimes in 1973.
Before he became known as a manager, he held titles in Central States Wrestling, Championship Wrestling from Florida, the Eastern Sports Association and NWA Western States Sports. He held the Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in all four promotions at one time.

But everyone probably remembers him best as a manager.
When he first started managing, several of the wrestlers he managed went on to become wrestling legends.
Ron Bass, Black Bart, "Nature Boy" Buddy Landel, Jimmy Garvin and the One Man Gang to name a few.

Dillon's real fame began when he managed Tully Blanchard.
Tully and JJ began to hang out with Ric Flair and his "cousins," Ole and Arn Anderson and after they "broke" Dusty Rhodes' leg, they soon became known as the legendary wrestling stable, "The Four Horsemen.".
They feuded with Dusty Rhodes, Magnum TA, Barry Windham, The Rock 'N Roll Express, Nikita Koloff , and The Road Warriors. And they usually held most of the major belts as well.

Even with all this fame, Dillon was let go from WCW where he moved to the front office of the then WWF. This didn't last long as he moved back to the WCW and was the WCW Commissioner in 1996 when the nWo storyline started.
You can love him or hate him for this, but Dillon was responsible for bringing in Vince Russo and Ed Ferrara to the WCW.

JJ retired from the business, but returned briefly in 2002 as the commissioner of TNA.

JJ made his first (and so far only) appearance on WWE at Ric Flair's retirement party when he showed up with Tully Blanchard, Barry Windham and Arn Anderson.

He wrote a book "Wrestlers Are Like Seagulls-From McMahon To McMahon" about his career and his personal life.

WCW: El Dandy

Roberto Gutiérrez Frías is a Mexican professional wrestler born on October 2, 1962 in Tijuana, Baja California.
He is best known by his ring name, El Dandy.
El Dandy had wrestled with the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) promotion in Mexico, but he is best known in the US because of his time spent in the WCW.
In WCW, El Dandy was basically a midcard wrestler, but he did have a few moments of glory.
He was a member of the Latino World Order led by Eddie Guerrero.
On March 22, 1999 on WCW Monday Nitro, he almost had a shot at the WCW Champion Ric Flair, when Flair drew his name in a random drawing. El Dandy had been injured earlier that night in an 8-man tag team bout so he turned his chance over to a fellow luchador, Rey Mysterio, Jr.
El Dandy briefly partnered with Silver King in 2000 to form Los Fabulosos. Stacy Keibler managed the team and lead them to their first major victories in WCW.
His place in wrestling was cemented in a interview between Bret Hart and Gene Okerlund when Gene doubted El Dandy being a worthy opponent for Bret. Bret responded with "Who are you to doubt El Dandy?" and a wrestling catch phrase was created.
You can see the interview here.

David Sierra, the Cuban Assassin

Fidel Sierra David Cannell was born July 27, 1960 in Miami, Florida.
He is a professional wrestler, better known as David Sierra, who is known as a longtime veteran of the World Wrestling Council (one of Puerto Rico's two main professional wrestling promotions) as well as his appearances in WCW Wrestling (As the Cuban Assassin) and Pacific Northwest Wrestling during the 1980s and 90s.

WCW: Rick Cornell / Reno

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Rick Cornell was a professional wrestler in WCW Wrestling better known by his ring name Reno.
Before entering pro wrestling, Rick was an undefeated kickboxer and had been an amateur wrestler all throughout high school.
During his time in WCW, he was a member of the Natural Born Thrillers (Mike Sanders, Chuck Palumbo, Sean O'Haire, Shawn Stasiak, Mark Jindrak and Johnny the Bull).
Rick was trained at the WCW Power Plant in Atlanta and eventually made it to WCW Television.
When WCW was purchased by the WWE, Reno's contract was picked up, but he was released by the WWE before he ever appeared on television.

WCW - Debbie Combs

Debbie Combs was born Debbie Szestecki on April 18, 1959 in Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
She is a female professional wrestler.
Her mother was the legendary Cora Combs.
Debbie worked briefly in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in the mid-1990s when they attempted a Women's Wrestling division.
On March 31, 1997, on WCW Monday Nitro, Combs lost to another legend, WCW Women's Champion Akira Hokuto.

Although Debbie won several titles during her career, her only major title was the NWA World Women's Title, which she won before the NWA became WCW.

The Cole Twins

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The Cole Twins(Kent and Keith Cole) were a professional wrestling tag team that competed in North American regional and independent promotions.
But the twins were probably best known for their stint in WCW during the early 1990s.
During their time in WCW, they feuded with several tag teams including Tex Slazenger and Shanghai Pierce, Rage and Fury-The Wrecking Crew, Booker T and Stevie Ray-Harlem Heat and the Brian Pillman and Steve Austin-The Hollywood Blondes.

They were brought into WCW as a tag team by the booker at the time,Dusty Rhodes, in late-1992.
The Cole Twins regularly appeared on WCW Saturday Night, WCW Main Event and WCW Worldwide.

After a six-year absence, the twins debuted in NWA Wildside as the Kohl Brothers in the mid-2000s.
They won the NWA Wildside Tag Team Wrestling Championships twice.

Bryan Clark, Jr./ KroniK / Wrath

Bryan Clark, Jr. (Bryan Clark or Bryan Clarke), was born March 14, 1964 in Tallahassee, Florida. He is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with the WWF ( as Adam Bomb and one half of KroniK) and WCW (as Mortis) .

Bryan Clark's pro wrestling debut was replacing the injured Scott Hall at Starrcade '91. After that he appeared in Chicago Championship Wrestling, American Wrestling Association, Smoky Mountain Wrestling, and the UWF.

Clark rejoined the WCW in 1997 as Wrath, teaming with Mortis.

After a couple of injuries, he returned to he WCW forming a tag team with Brian Adams known as KroniK.

Kronik won the WCW Tag Team Wrestling Titles at Bash at the Beach on July 9. KroniK held the titles until August 13, 2000 when they were beaten by Vampiro and The Great Muta.

Goldberg beat both Clark and Adams in a Handicap Match at Halloween Havoc.

KroniK acted as hired muscle, helping The Boogie Knights (Alex Wright and Disco Inferno) battle the Filthy Animals, and eventually working for their former enemies, the Natural Born Thrillers.

KroniK turned face once again in January 2001 , siding with Ernest Miller. They were eventually sidelined when Clark was split open with a chair, needing stitches, and Adams was hospitalized with appendicitis. While both members of KroniK were injured, WCW was purchased by the WWF in March 2001.

WCW: Ciclope

Manuel Ortiz Partida was born May 22, 1971 in Tijuana, Baja California. He is a pro wrestler who is currently wrestling on the Independent Circuit in Mexico, particularly in the Tijuana area.
He is better known by his stage name Halloween.

Manuel Ortiz Partida made his pro wrestling debut in 1990 at Auditorio de Tijuana in Tijuana, Baja California. He spent his time in the Independent Circuit.
He wrestled as "Halloween" for most of his career but switched to "Ciclope" in 1996 when he went to WCW.
Ciclope was neglected in WCW, even when compared to the other luchadors there at the time.
His biggest moment in WCW was as part of the feud between then Cruiserweight Champion Chris Jericho and Dean Malenko.
Malenko, who had been inactive for several months, dressed up as Ciclope to win a Cruiserweight battle royale to determine the number one contender for Chris Jericho's Cruiserweight Title.
Jericho had been refusing to grant Malenko a match, making the disguise necessary.
All Ciclope got out of the deal was a singles match with Jericho on Nitro, which he lost.

Here's a video of Rey Mysterio Jr wrestling Ciclope in the WCW.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoxCdWCrr2g


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Masahiro Chono

Masahiro Chono was born September 17, 1963, in Seattle, Washington.
He is a Japanese professional wrestler.
He primarily wrestles for New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), but has also made appearances for the now defunct WCW, as a member of the nWo.
Chono, called Mister Black Jack when he first started as a heel, is one of the top heels in Japanese wrestling history.
He is a former NWA World Champion and IWGP Heavyweight Champion.

Chono invented the STS (Stepover Toehold Sleeper)

Chono is the owner of his own line of clothing stores called ArisTrisT. Hulk Hogan can be seen wearing Chono's ArisTrisT apparel on his TV show Hogan Knows Best. His wife Martika designs many of the clothing line's jewelry and clothing.

Curtis Thompson, Firebreaker Chip

Curtis Thompson was born January 20, 1963, in Charlotte, North Carolina. He is an American professional wrestler best known for his time in WCW as Firebreaker Chip.

Curtis Thompson made his pro wrestling debut in 1987. He wrestled in Stampede Wrestling (as the masked Archangel), South Atlantic Pro Wrestling, Pacific Northwest Wrestling and Puerto Rico's World Wrestling Council. He formed a tag team with Ricky Santana called the "US Males" in PNW.

In late 1990, he joined WCW. He became Firebreaker Chip and teamed with Todd Champion as "The Patriots". They had the gimmick of being two soldiers that had returned from Desert Storm and were billed as being from "WCW Special Forces". They feuded with the Fabulous Freebirds and won the United States Tag Team Titles. They next feuded with Steve Armstrong and Tracy Smothers who beat them for the titles.

Thompson soon left WCW and wrestled in the independent promotions. He turned up in the NWA's Mid-Atlantic promotion in a tag team with Drake Dawson called "Triple X". He also wrestled briefly for Smoky Mountain Wrestling in the mid 1990s.

As of 2005, Thompson was still wrestling in the Mid-Atlantic area independent promotions.

Firebreaker Chip is well known for a backstage fight (which was told in Mick Foley's autobiography Have A Nice Day) he got in with Diamond Dallas Page in which Page placed Chip in a front face lock. He is currently attending the Cornell Intensive Wrestling for his second year camp.

Chastity - Denise Riffle - ECW and WCW

Denise Riffle was born June 18, 1971 in Baltimore, Maryland. She is an American former professional wrestling valet, better known as Chastity.

After training under Raven and Corporal Punishment, Denise Riffle became a wrestling valet in 1996, and worked on the independent circuit as Brittany Bottoms.

She joined ECW in 1997 and changed her name to Chastity. She was the valet for the bWo before joining Raven's Nest. She gained a reputation during this time for spraying her enemies with a fire extinguisher. When Raven left ECW to join WCW in late-1997, Riffle became the valet for Justin Credible. She had several catfights with Beulah McGillicutty, and received numerous piledrivers from McGillicutty's ally Tommy Dreamer. She left ECW shortly after being "fired" by Credible, who repeatedly struck her with his Singapore cane.

Riffle joined WCW in late 1998 and was reunited with Raven when she was featured in several vignettes as his wealthy sister. She began accompanying Raven to the ring, only to turn on him and join forces with Hardcore Hak. She interfered in most of Hak's hardcore matches until she was released in 1999, after WCW discovered that she had once been featured in an adult film titled "Live Bait".

Riffle re-emerged in Xtreme Pro Wrestling as the valet of Lizzy Borden. She helped Borden in her feud with Kristi Myst and was valet of Johnny Webb.

WCW: Todd Champion

Todd Bradford was born September 2, 1960 on September 2, 1960 in Los Angeles, California. He was a professional wrestler better known by his ring name, Todd Champion.

Todd Champion started out wrestling in the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions in 1986. He was used as a jobber until he was sent to the Central States territory to team with D.J. Peterson to develop his skills. He and Peterson captured the Tag Team Titles while there and feuded with The MOD Squad and The Thunderfoots.

Todd then wrestled in Mexico as KGB where he continued to develop his skills. Champion returned to the United States in 1991 and formed a tag team called The Patriots with Firebreaker Chip in World Championship Wrestling. They feuded with The Fabulous Freebirds and The Young Pistols and captured the WCW United States Tag Team Championship and held it for 3 months.

In 1992, the Patriots disbanded and Champion went to the United States Wrestling Association where he feuded with Butch Reed and Jerry Lawler over the top title until being fired by Lawler for being reckless.

Champion went on to wrestle in the independent circuit, wrestling in Japan for Michinoku Wrestling under the ringname Perro Russo, until retiring in 2000.

Victor Mar Manuel / Black Cat

Image via WikipediaVictor Mar Manuel, born October 17, 1954, passed away January 28, 2006, was a Mexican professional wrestler who was best known for his work in Japan and for his Black Cat gimmick.
Victor worked for Universal Wrestling Association, New Japan Pro Wrestling and Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion.
However in January 1998, he made two appearances with Atlanta, Georgia based World Championship Wrestling. His first WCW appearance was at January 12, 1998 edition of Nitro where he lost to Marty Jannetty. His second and final appearance with WCW was on January 15 edition of Thunder where he teamed with Ohara and Gedo but lost to Steiner Brothers and Ray Traylor in a 6-man tag team match.
In early 2006, he suffered a massive heart attack and died on January 28.