Post by Ramos on Apr 28, 2007 12:48:21 GMT -5
“With no television to promote the product, Fusient lost interest, and Vince McMahon stepped in, buying WCW the way you would an old grill at a yard sale. Even with all of the company’s problems, I thought that WCW would sell for about $25 million. Instead, Vince picked it up for considerably less. If I’d known was going to be that low, I could have gotten investors and brought the company myself.” (from the autobiography of Ric Flair)
Did the wrestling industry change forever in 2001? Damn right it did. On March 23, 2001, WCW, along with virtually all of its trademarks and archived footage, was sold to Vince McMahon and World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc. for a paltry $7 million. Or was it?… Before the deal was finalised, Ric Flair jumped in from out of nowhere and made a $25 million offer. Ted Turner cancelled all negotiations with McMahon immediately, and accepted the offer made by Flair. So in a press conference on March 24, 2001, Flair announced that he had invested in buying WCW with the National Wrestling Alliance!
WCW managed to get Monday Nitro on a weekly pay per view deal, which lasted almost two years. It is now the year 2006 and WCW were riding high, once again taking the #1 promotion spot from the WWE. Also ECW did survive bankruptcy in 2001 but didn’t last for much longer. So here is what happened during the years 2001 and early 2006.
2001
Following Flair’s purchase of WCW, he fired big names that he described as the “ parasites” of WCW. These names included Eric Bischoff, Scott Steiner, Kevin Nash, DDP and many of the other untalented wrestlers. The only big names left, were Sting, Jeff Jarrett, Booker T and Bill Goldberg. Flair stated in the press that it was for WCW’s own good! April 2001 also saw the debut of NWA WCW Nitro on weekly pay per view, which aired on Thursday nights, which ended the Monday night wars.
WCW seemed to get along quite well without the big names that formerly headlined the promotion. The WWF quickly snapped up Kevin Nash and Diamond Dallas Page. DDP was released in late 2001 after a career ending injury, which occurred in a match with Steve Austin. Unlucky for DDP, as he actually won the WWF title that night. Following the match, he was diagnosed with a broken neck, and was forced to give up the title and retire.
2002
This was a disastrous year for the WWF. They were nearly driven into bankruptcy by the World Wildlife Fund. The promotion were forced to change there name, and they officially changed there name back to the original name which dated back to the 80’s, the WWWF. The now, ‘World Wide Wrestling Federation’ lost their TV deal with UPN, and the Smack down TV show was cancelled.
WCW however were rolling .They were becoming more and more popular. Sting was currently the WCW champion, and Jeff Jarrett was currently the NWA champion. The two had a classic title unification match in December of 2002 on the Starrcade special edition of Nitro. The outcome saw Jeff Jarrett go down in history as the undisputed wrestling champion of the world. “Across the ocean”, the WWWF title kept bouncing back and fourth between The Rock and Triple H. The WWWF product was becoming bland, and McMahon decided that he needed to make huge changes and fast.
In mid 2002 ECW were officially declared bankrupt, and former ECW superstar Rob Van Dam was snapped up by WWE. Most of the other guys were either signed by WCW or sank into the indy circuit.
2003
In 2003, it was announced that Mr McMahon had changed the name of the WWWF to the ‘WWE‘. McMahon was said to have wanting the ‘WWE’ to have a fresh start, and started signing lots of indy talent to development deals. Names included, John Cena, Samoa Joe, Rene Dupree, Sylvain Grenier, Nick Dinsmore, Chris Masters, Carly Colon jr and many more. The WWE title ended up getting put on Chris Benoit at WrestleMania, who held the title right through to Summerslam, where he lost the title to Chris Jericho.
WCW managed to get a TV deal with UPN in September 2003. Bill Goldberg decided to part ways with WCW in 2003 to work in Japan. Goldberg didn’t really feel comfortable being on the WCW roster anymore and felt like he needed something new to achieve as he had pretty much achieved everything in WCW. Goldberg was even offered a contract by the WWE but he turned it down. However, Goldberg wasn’t much of a loss in Ric Flair’s eyes, and on the debut episode of Nitro on UPN, saw one of the most shocking angles in wrestling history. During an angle with Bret Hart, the authority figure storyline wise, he was attacked by a masked man. The attack on Bret Hart failed and the mystery attacker was reviled to be non other than the heartbreak kid Shawn Michaels! Bret Hart locked Michaels into a sharpshooter , getting revenge on the man who screwed him years ago in Montreal. The feud was billed as “The Montreal Screw job: Part 2”. This feud got worldwide publicity and many fans thought it was a legitimate feud. In reality Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart put their pasts behind them and actually became pretty good friends after working on this successful feud. The two had a final showdown In Montreal Canada, which saw Bret lose once again, in a “loser leaves WCW” match at the Starrcade PPV. This time, Bret was screwed by Jeff Jarrett, who blasted Bret with a guitar and allowing Michaels to pin Bret for the victory. The show ended with Jarrett and Michaels shaking hands and leaving fans all over the world puzzled.
2004
WCW had already become more popular than the WWE, and no wonder. 2004 saw the debut of Samoa Joe. Joe was billed as The Rock’s “long lost cousin”, and the two ended up feuding. Samoa Joe became very popular as a result of this feud. Just before their final WrestleMania match, The Rock decided to fulfil a career in Hollywood. Vince McMahon was angry with The Rock wanting to leave so soon, and asked Rock to stay just until WrestleMania was over. Vince ended up getting into a huge row with the Rock, and the Rock was forced to work, in what turned out to be a terrible match at WrestleMania against Samoa Joe. The Rock was also forced to job to Joe which was a planned squash match. The Rock walked out on McMahon after WrestleMania, and Vince McMahon filed a successful lawsuit against the Rock for “breach of contract” in late 2004.
The Monday night wars had officially resurrected in 2004 when Edge and Christian turned up on Nitro and won the WCW tag team titles from America’s Most Wanted. Soon after that WWE development talent were appearing on WCW television. Phil Brooks, Shelton Benjamin, Alexis Laree, David Bautista, were some of them. Another shocking appearance on Nitro occurred when the current WWE Hardcore champion; Raven interfered in a world title match. One of the most shocking of them all was the Hardy Boyz suddenly turning up on Nitro, challenging Edge and Christian for their tag team titles. Things were going way too far, and people started to wonder what was going on with Flair’s mind. Why was he copying cheap shots that his enemy Bischoff had been doing years earlier in WCW?
2005
On the January 1st special ‘New Years’ edition of Nitro, a video vignette was shown, which left the fans with a new years bombshell at the end of the night. The video announced that The Rock was coming to WCW! It turned out that The Rock’s Hollywood career hadn’t really turned out to well, and he couldn’t go back to the WWE, so WCW was the only option. The Rock quickly became the WCW champion, and held the title for most of the year. He ended up dropping the title to a now 7-time WCW Champion Booker T in a memorable match.
WWE were once again gaining popularity and WrestleMania 21 came off to a huge success! The main event saw Eddie Guerrero win his first WWE title. WWE were finally back on their feet and had overtaken WCW by late 2005. The year saw Triple H and Stephanie McMahon ‘tie the knot’ for real, and Triple H signed a life time agreement with the company. On screen Triple H formed a new heel stable called “Evolution”, which consisted of Samoa Joe, Chris Masters, The Basham Brothers, Stephanie and himself. Sadly in November 2005, the WWE champion, Eddie Guerrero passed away. A memorial tournament for the title was set up, which saw Triple H winning the gold for a 10th time. Evolution ended up holding every championship belt as they rolled into 2006.
2006
In March 2006, Sean O’ Haire, who was currently being pushed to the moon, captured the WCW title from Booker T, with help from his monster henchman, Leviathan (Batista). On the very same night, in a press conference, Vince McMahon announced his retirement and stated that he had simply passed the company on to Triple H and his daughter Stephanie! Storyline wise Triple H had been feuding with “the traitor of Evolution” Samoa Joe. Samoa Joe won the Royal Rumble and defeated Triple H for the WWE title at WrestleMania 22.
It’s now May 2006, and the story continues…..
The Indy Circuit
In 2002, successful promoter Jerry Jarrett and former ECW owner Paul Heyman, started up a new promotion with financial backing from the NWA, to create “Total Non Stop Action Wrestling”. Jarrett’s son Jeff was originally going to be his business partner, but Jeff decided that he wanted to continue his successful career in WCW. NWATNA started off as a development territory for WCW, but eventually broke away from them at around mid 2003. Jarrett/Heyman promotes a distinctive risqué, highflying and extreme style, similar to ECW, but with more of an entertainment feel to it. The promotion’s “X-Division”, come off to a huge success, and by 2004 NWATNA had landed a TV deal on the network ‘Bravo‘. Their top stars are Brock Lesnar, Paul London, Rhino and Austin Aires. In 2006 NWATNA are now at cult level, and it shouldn’t be too long before they start taking on the big two.
So what happened to all the guys who were fired by Ric Flair back in 2001? Many of them went out to Japan, some of them exploded on to the Indy circuit. In February 2005 that was all about to change. The icon of the wrestling industry Hulk Hogan announced in a press conference that he had has opened up a new promotion, named “Icons Of Wrestling”. Hogan described this promotion, as a touring promotion, which would tour cites and international arenas various months per year. It would be another chance to see your favourite wrestling legends and icons do what they do best once again. Some of these so called legends, featured guys like Scott Steiner, Rick Steiner, Jim Duggan, Jake Roberts, Scott Hall, Mick Foley, Ricky Steamboat, The Great Muta and many more.
In recent weeks, following the WWE takeover, Shane McMahon has reportedly part ways with the WWE, in an attempt to build his own promotion. It was announced on Sunday 30th April 2006 that Shane McMahon has joined forces with promoter Gabe Sapolasky to start up a pure Indy promotion, named “Ring Of Honor”. Not much is known about this company, as it hasn’t even had a first show, and ROH still remains with no contracted workers to the promotion. It was said that Shane was very unhappy about his fathers decision to hand the company to his sister, and Triple H.
Promotion Information
World Wrestling Entertainment
Owners: Triple H and Stephanie McMahon
Size: National
Style: Sports Entertainment
Cash: $6 Million.
Roster:
Main Event:
Triple H
Undertaker
Kurt Angle
Samoa Joe
Chris Benoit
Upper Midcard:
Kane
Chris Masters
Big Show
Randy Orton
Nick Dinsmore
William Regal
Rob Van Dam
Midcard:
John Cena
Grandmaster Sexay
Scotty 2 Hotty
Carlito
Hardcore Holly
Bubba Dudley
D-Von Dudley
Doug Basham
Danny Basham
Marcus Bagwell
Robert (Conway) Bagwell
Orlando Jordan
Lower Midcard:
Nunzio
Mark Henry
Al Snow
Ken Kennedy
Rene Dupree
Sylvia Grenier
Opener:
Jamie Noble
Bobby Lashley
Maven
Matt Morgan
Managers/Non Wrestlers:
Trish Stratus
Lita
Melina Perez
Stacy Keibler
Victoria
Stephanie McMahon
Jim Ross (Announcer)
Jerry Lawler (Announcer)
Tony Chimel (Announcer)
Earl Hebner (Referee)
Brian Hebner (Referee)
Jack Doan (Referee)
Teddy Long (Referee)
Dean Malenko (Road Agent)
Tom Prichard (Road Agent)
Dave Hebner (Road Agent)
Ted Dibiase (Road Agent)
Pat Patterson (Road Agent)
Ron Simmons (Road Agent)
Semi- Active Wrestlers:
Steve Austin
Kevin Nash
Tag Teams:
Tool Cool
The Dudley Boys
La Resistance
The Basham Brothers
The Bagwell’s (Marcus & Robert Bagwell)
William Regal & Nick Dinsmore
Stables:
Evolution (Triple H, Stephanie McMahon, Chris Masters and The Basham Brothers)
Champions:
WWE Heavyweight
*Samoa Joe*
WWE Intercontinental
*Chris Masters*
WWE Tag Team
*The Basham Brothers*
WWE Hardcore
*Rob Van Dam*
WWE Woman’s
*Trish Stratus*
WWE Light- Heavyweight
VACANT & Inactive.
WWE European
VACANT & Inactive.
TV Shows:
WWE RAW IS RAW
(Spike TV, 8pm Mondays, 2hrs, & Live)
Development Territory:
Ohio Valley Wrestling
World Championship Wrestling
Owners: Ric Flair
Size: National
Style : Sports Entertainment
Cash: $14 Million
Roster:
Main Event:
Booker T
Sean O’ Haire
Jeff Jarrett
Shawn Michaels
The Rock
Upper Midcard:
Rey Mysterio jr.
Chuck Palumbo
Edge
Christian
Jeff Hardy
Andrew Martin
Raven
Syxx Pac
Shelton Benjamin
Konnan
Midcard:
Chris Kanyon
Shane Helms
Shannon Moore
Billy Kidman
Chavo Guerrero jr.
Chris Harris
James Storm
Matt Hardy
Yoshihiro Tajiri
Psicosis
AJ Styles
Lower Midcard:
David Flair
Leviathan
Kid Kash
Chris Daniels
Phil Brookes
Colt Cabana
Stevie Richards
Low- Ki
Opener:
Mark Magnus
Petey Williams
Super Crazy
Managers/Non Wrestlers:
Torrie Wilson
Nora Greenwald
Candice Michelle
Trinity
Sharmell Sullivan
Alexis Laree
Lance Storm
Bret Hart (Authority Figure)
Charles Robinson (Referee)
Nick Patrick (Referee)
Tim White (Referee)
Mike Tenay (Announcer)
Jonathan Coachman (Announcer)
Gene Okerlund (Announcer)
Ric Flair (Road Agent)
Bill DeMott (Road Agent)
Arn Anderson( Road Agent)
Dave Finlay (Road Agent)
Semi-Active Wrestlers:
Sting
Tag Teams:
Edge & Christian
The Hardy Boyz
America’s Most Wanted
Sin City Saints (“Phenomenal” Phil Brookes & “Classic” Colt Cabana)
Stables:
Team Canada
-Edge, Christian, Andrew Martin, Petey Williams, & Lance Storm (Manager)
The Mexicools
-Rey Mysterio jr., Konnan, Super Crazy & Chavo Guerrero jr.
Champions:
WCW World Champion
*Sean O’ Haire*
WCW United States Champion
*Shelton Benjamin*
WCW Tag Team Champions
*Edge & Christian*
WCW Cruiserweight Champion
*Shane Helms*
WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Champions
VACANT & Inactive.
TV Shows:
WCW Monday Nitro
(UPN, Mondays, 8pm, 2 hrs & Live)
Development Territory:
NWA Wildside
NWA Total Non- Stop Action Wrestling
Owners: Jerry Jarrett & Paul Heyman
Size: Cult
Style : Cutting Edge
Cash: $500,000
Roster:
Main Event:
Brock Lesnar
Rhino
Austin Aires
Paul London
Upper Midcard:
Justin Hawk Bradshaw
Homicide
Lil’ Spike Dudley
Travis Bane
Dustin Rhodes
Midcard:
The Amazing Red
Mikey Whipwreck
Elix Skipper
EZ Money
Chris Hamrick
Chase Stevens
Andy Douglas
Joey Matthews
Christian York
Roderick Strong
Lower Midcard:
Redd Dogg
Air Paris
Sedrick Strong
Shawn Davari
Managers/Non Wrestlers:
“Sinister Minister” James Mitchell
Tracy Brooks
Rena Lesnar
Dawn Marie
Gail Kim
Jazz
Joey Styles (Announcer)
Don West (Announcer)
Shane Douglas (Announcer)
Bill Alfonso (Referee)
Mark Johnson (Referee)
Chris Kay (Referee)
Paul Heyman (Road Agent)
Jerry Jarrett (Road Agent)
Tag Teams:
The Hot Commodity (EZ Money & Chris Hamrick)
The Naturals
The Strong Connection (Roderick & Sedrick Strong)
Joey Matthews & Christian York
Champions:
TNA Heavyweight Champion
*Brock Lesnar*
TNA X Champion
*Paul London*
TNA Tag Team Champions
*The Naturals*
TNA Extreme Champion
*Rhino*
TV Shows:
TNA iMPACT
(Bravo, Fridays, 11pm, 1hr & taped on Wednesdays)
Ring of Honor
Owners: Shane McMahon & Gabe Sapolsky
Size: Cult
Style: Pure
Cash: $2 Million
Roster:
None.
Champions:
ROH Heavyweight Champion
VACANT
ROH Pure Champion
VACANT
ROH Tag Team Champions
VACANT
TV Shows:
None.
Development Territory:
None.
I AM TAKING CONTROL OF WCW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Did the wrestling industry change forever in 2001? Damn right it did. On March 23, 2001, WCW, along with virtually all of its trademarks and archived footage, was sold to Vince McMahon and World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc. for a paltry $7 million. Or was it?… Before the deal was finalised, Ric Flair jumped in from out of nowhere and made a $25 million offer. Ted Turner cancelled all negotiations with McMahon immediately, and accepted the offer made by Flair. So in a press conference on March 24, 2001, Flair announced that he had invested in buying WCW with the National Wrestling Alliance!
WCW managed to get Monday Nitro on a weekly pay per view deal, which lasted almost two years. It is now the year 2006 and WCW were riding high, once again taking the #1 promotion spot from the WWE. Also ECW did survive bankruptcy in 2001 but didn’t last for much longer. So here is what happened during the years 2001 and early 2006.
2001
Following Flair’s purchase of WCW, he fired big names that he described as the “ parasites” of WCW. These names included Eric Bischoff, Scott Steiner, Kevin Nash, DDP and many of the other untalented wrestlers. The only big names left, were Sting, Jeff Jarrett, Booker T and Bill Goldberg. Flair stated in the press that it was for WCW’s own good! April 2001 also saw the debut of NWA WCW Nitro on weekly pay per view, which aired on Thursday nights, which ended the Monday night wars.
WCW seemed to get along quite well without the big names that formerly headlined the promotion. The WWF quickly snapped up Kevin Nash and Diamond Dallas Page. DDP was released in late 2001 after a career ending injury, which occurred in a match with Steve Austin. Unlucky for DDP, as he actually won the WWF title that night. Following the match, he was diagnosed with a broken neck, and was forced to give up the title and retire.
2002
This was a disastrous year for the WWF. They were nearly driven into bankruptcy by the World Wildlife Fund. The promotion were forced to change there name, and they officially changed there name back to the original name which dated back to the 80’s, the WWWF. The now, ‘World Wide Wrestling Federation’ lost their TV deal with UPN, and the Smack down TV show was cancelled.
WCW however were rolling .They were becoming more and more popular. Sting was currently the WCW champion, and Jeff Jarrett was currently the NWA champion. The two had a classic title unification match in December of 2002 on the Starrcade special edition of Nitro. The outcome saw Jeff Jarrett go down in history as the undisputed wrestling champion of the world. “Across the ocean”, the WWWF title kept bouncing back and fourth between The Rock and Triple H. The WWWF product was becoming bland, and McMahon decided that he needed to make huge changes and fast.
In mid 2002 ECW were officially declared bankrupt, and former ECW superstar Rob Van Dam was snapped up by WWE. Most of the other guys were either signed by WCW or sank into the indy circuit.
2003
In 2003, it was announced that Mr McMahon had changed the name of the WWWF to the ‘WWE‘. McMahon was said to have wanting the ‘WWE’ to have a fresh start, and started signing lots of indy talent to development deals. Names included, John Cena, Samoa Joe, Rene Dupree, Sylvain Grenier, Nick Dinsmore, Chris Masters, Carly Colon jr and many more. The WWE title ended up getting put on Chris Benoit at WrestleMania, who held the title right through to Summerslam, where he lost the title to Chris Jericho.
WCW managed to get a TV deal with UPN in September 2003. Bill Goldberg decided to part ways with WCW in 2003 to work in Japan. Goldberg didn’t really feel comfortable being on the WCW roster anymore and felt like he needed something new to achieve as he had pretty much achieved everything in WCW. Goldberg was even offered a contract by the WWE but he turned it down. However, Goldberg wasn’t much of a loss in Ric Flair’s eyes, and on the debut episode of Nitro on UPN, saw one of the most shocking angles in wrestling history. During an angle with Bret Hart, the authority figure storyline wise, he was attacked by a masked man. The attack on Bret Hart failed and the mystery attacker was reviled to be non other than the heartbreak kid Shawn Michaels! Bret Hart locked Michaels into a sharpshooter , getting revenge on the man who screwed him years ago in Montreal. The feud was billed as “The Montreal Screw job: Part 2”. This feud got worldwide publicity and many fans thought it was a legitimate feud. In reality Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart put their pasts behind them and actually became pretty good friends after working on this successful feud. The two had a final showdown In Montreal Canada, which saw Bret lose once again, in a “loser leaves WCW” match at the Starrcade PPV. This time, Bret was screwed by Jeff Jarrett, who blasted Bret with a guitar and allowing Michaels to pin Bret for the victory. The show ended with Jarrett and Michaels shaking hands and leaving fans all over the world puzzled.
2004
WCW had already become more popular than the WWE, and no wonder. 2004 saw the debut of Samoa Joe. Joe was billed as The Rock’s “long lost cousin”, and the two ended up feuding. Samoa Joe became very popular as a result of this feud. Just before their final WrestleMania match, The Rock decided to fulfil a career in Hollywood. Vince McMahon was angry with The Rock wanting to leave so soon, and asked Rock to stay just until WrestleMania was over. Vince ended up getting into a huge row with the Rock, and the Rock was forced to work, in what turned out to be a terrible match at WrestleMania against Samoa Joe. The Rock was also forced to job to Joe which was a planned squash match. The Rock walked out on McMahon after WrestleMania, and Vince McMahon filed a successful lawsuit against the Rock for “breach of contract” in late 2004.
The Monday night wars had officially resurrected in 2004 when Edge and Christian turned up on Nitro and won the WCW tag team titles from America’s Most Wanted. Soon after that WWE development talent were appearing on WCW television. Phil Brooks, Shelton Benjamin, Alexis Laree, David Bautista, were some of them. Another shocking appearance on Nitro occurred when the current WWE Hardcore champion; Raven interfered in a world title match. One of the most shocking of them all was the Hardy Boyz suddenly turning up on Nitro, challenging Edge and Christian for their tag team titles. Things were going way too far, and people started to wonder what was going on with Flair’s mind. Why was he copying cheap shots that his enemy Bischoff had been doing years earlier in WCW?
2005
On the January 1st special ‘New Years’ edition of Nitro, a video vignette was shown, which left the fans with a new years bombshell at the end of the night. The video announced that The Rock was coming to WCW! It turned out that The Rock’s Hollywood career hadn’t really turned out to well, and he couldn’t go back to the WWE, so WCW was the only option. The Rock quickly became the WCW champion, and held the title for most of the year. He ended up dropping the title to a now 7-time WCW Champion Booker T in a memorable match.
WWE were once again gaining popularity and WrestleMania 21 came off to a huge success! The main event saw Eddie Guerrero win his first WWE title. WWE were finally back on their feet and had overtaken WCW by late 2005. The year saw Triple H and Stephanie McMahon ‘tie the knot’ for real, and Triple H signed a life time agreement with the company. On screen Triple H formed a new heel stable called “Evolution”, which consisted of Samoa Joe, Chris Masters, The Basham Brothers, Stephanie and himself. Sadly in November 2005, the WWE champion, Eddie Guerrero passed away. A memorial tournament for the title was set up, which saw Triple H winning the gold for a 10th time. Evolution ended up holding every championship belt as they rolled into 2006.
2006
In March 2006, Sean O’ Haire, who was currently being pushed to the moon, captured the WCW title from Booker T, with help from his monster henchman, Leviathan (Batista). On the very same night, in a press conference, Vince McMahon announced his retirement and stated that he had simply passed the company on to Triple H and his daughter Stephanie! Storyline wise Triple H had been feuding with “the traitor of Evolution” Samoa Joe. Samoa Joe won the Royal Rumble and defeated Triple H for the WWE title at WrestleMania 22.
It’s now May 2006, and the story continues…..
The Indy Circuit
In 2002, successful promoter Jerry Jarrett and former ECW owner Paul Heyman, started up a new promotion with financial backing from the NWA, to create “Total Non Stop Action Wrestling”. Jarrett’s son Jeff was originally going to be his business partner, but Jeff decided that he wanted to continue his successful career in WCW. NWATNA started off as a development territory for WCW, but eventually broke away from them at around mid 2003. Jarrett/Heyman promotes a distinctive risqué, highflying and extreme style, similar to ECW, but with more of an entertainment feel to it. The promotion’s “X-Division”, come off to a huge success, and by 2004 NWATNA had landed a TV deal on the network ‘Bravo‘. Their top stars are Brock Lesnar, Paul London, Rhino and Austin Aires. In 2006 NWATNA are now at cult level, and it shouldn’t be too long before they start taking on the big two.
So what happened to all the guys who were fired by Ric Flair back in 2001? Many of them went out to Japan, some of them exploded on to the Indy circuit. In February 2005 that was all about to change. The icon of the wrestling industry Hulk Hogan announced in a press conference that he had has opened up a new promotion, named “Icons Of Wrestling”. Hogan described this promotion, as a touring promotion, which would tour cites and international arenas various months per year. It would be another chance to see your favourite wrestling legends and icons do what they do best once again. Some of these so called legends, featured guys like Scott Steiner, Rick Steiner, Jim Duggan, Jake Roberts, Scott Hall, Mick Foley, Ricky Steamboat, The Great Muta and many more.
In recent weeks, following the WWE takeover, Shane McMahon has reportedly part ways with the WWE, in an attempt to build his own promotion. It was announced on Sunday 30th April 2006 that Shane McMahon has joined forces with promoter Gabe Sapolasky to start up a pure Indy promotion, named “Ring Of Honor”. Not much is known about this company, as it hasn’t even had a first show, and ROH still remains with no contracted workers to the promotion. It was said that Shane was very unhappy about his fathers decision to hand the company to his sister, and Triple H.
Promotion Information
World Wrestling Entertainment
Owners: Triple H and Stephanie McMahon
Size: National
Style: Sports Entertainment
Cash: $6 Million.
Roster:
Main Event:
Triple H
Undertaker
Kurt Angle
Samoa Joe
Chris Benoit
Upper Midcard:
Kane
Chris Masters
Big Show
Randy Orton
Nick Dinsmore
William Regal
Rob Van Dam
Midcard:
John Cena
Grandmaster Sexay
Scotty 2 Hotty
Carlito
Hardcore Holly
Bubba Dudley
D-Von Dudley
Doug Basham
Danny Basham
Marcus Bagwell
Robert (Conway) Bagwell
Orlando Jordan
Lower Midcard:
Nunzio
Mark Henry
Al Snow
Ken Kennedy
Rene Dupree
Sylvia Grenier
Opener:
Jamie Noble
Bobby Lashley
Maven
Matt Morgan
Managers/Non Wrestlers:
Trish Stratus
Lita
Melina Perez
Stacy Keibler
Victoria
Stephanie McMahon
Jim Ross (Announcer)
Jerry Lawler (Announcer)
Tony Chimel (Announcer)
Earl Hebner (Referee)
Brian Hebner (Referee)
Jack Doan (Referee)
Teddy Long (Referee)
Dean Malenko (Road Agent)
Tom Prichard (Road Agent)
Dave Hebner (Road Agent)
Ted Dibiase (Road Agent)
Pat Patterson (Road Agent)
Ron Simmons (Road Agent)
Semi- Active Wrestlers:
Steve Austin
Kevin Nash
Tag Teams:
Tool Cool
The Dudley Boys
La Resistance
The Basham Brothers
The Bagwell’s (Marcus & Robert Bagwell)
William Regal & Nick Dinsmore
Stables:
Evolution (Triple H, Stephanie McMahon, Chris Masters and The Basham Brothers)
Champions:
WWE Heavyweight
*Samoa Joe*
WWE Intercontinental
*Chris Masters*
WWE Tag Team
*The Basham Brothers*
WWE Hardcore
*Rob Van Dam*
WWE Woman’s
*Trish Stratus*
WWE Light- Heavyweight
VACANT & Inactive.
WWE European
VACANT & Inactive.
TV Shows:
WWE RAW IS RAW
(Spike TV, 8pm Mondays, 2hrs, & Live)
Development Territory:
Ohio Valley Wrestling
World Championship Wrestling
Owners: Ric Flair
Size: National
Style : Sports Entertainment
Cash: $14 Million
Roster:
Main Event:
Booker T
Sean O’ Haire
Jeff Jarrett
Shawn Michaels
The Rock
Upper Midcard:
Rey Mysterio jr.
Chuck Palumbo
Edge
Christian
Jeff Hardy
Andrew Martin
Raven
Syxx Pac
Shelton Benjamin
Konnan
Midcard:
Chris Kanyon
Shane Helms
Shannon Moore
Billy Kidman
Chavo Guerrero jr.
Chris Harris
James Storm
Matt Hardy
Yoshihiro Tajiri
Psicosis
AJ Styles
Lower Midcard:
David Flair
Leviathan
Kid Kash
Chris Daniels
Phil Brookes
Colt Cabana
Stevie Richards
Low- Ki
Opener:
Mark Magnus
Petey Williams
Super Crazy
Managers/Non Wrestlers:
Torrie Wilson
Nora Greenwald
Candice Michelle
Trinity
Sharmell Sullivan
Alexis Laree
Lance Storm
Bret Hart (Authority Figure)
Charles Robinson (Referee)
Nick Patrick (Referee)
Tim White (Referee)
Mike Tenay (Announcer)
Jonathan Coachman (Announcer)
Gene Okerlund (Announcer)
Ric Flair (Road Agent)
Bill DeMott (Road Agent)
Arn Anderson( Road Agent)
Dave Finlay (Road Agent)
Semi-Active Wrestlers:
Sting
Tag Teams:
Edge & Christian
The Hardy Boyz
America’s Most Wanted
Sin City Saints (“Phenomenal” Phil Brookes & “Classic” Colt Cabana)
Stables:
Team Canada
-Edge, Christian, Andrew Martin, Petey Williams, & Lance Storm (Manager)
The Mexicools
-Rey Mysterio jr., Konnan, Super Crazy & Chavo Guerrero jr.
Champions:
WCW World Champion
*Sean O’ Haire*
WCW United States Champion
*Shelton Benjamin*
WCW Tag Team Champions
*Edge & Christian*
WCW Cruiserweight Champion
*Shane Helms*
WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Champions
VACANT & Inactive.
TV Shows:
WCW Monday Nitro
(UPN, Mondays, 8pm, 2 hrs & Live)
Development Territory:
NWA Wildside
NWA Total Non- Stop Action Wrestling
Owners: Jerry Jarrett & Paul Heyman
Size: Cult
Style : Cutting Edge
Cash: $500,000
Roster:
Main Event:
Brock Lesnar
Rhino
Austin Aires
Paul London
Upper Midcard:
Justin Hawk Bradshaw
Homicide
Lil’ Spike Dudley
Travis Bane
Dustin Rhodes
Midcard:
The Amazing Red
Mikey Whipwreck
Elix Skipper
EZ Money
Chris Hamrick
Chase Stevens
Andy Douglas
Joey Matthews
Christian York
Roderick Strong
Lower Midcard:
Redd Dogg
Air Paris
Sedrick Strong
Shawn Davari
Managers/Non Wrestlers:
“Sinister Minister” James Mitchell
Tracy Brooks
Rena Lesnar
Dawn Marie
Gail Kim
Jazz
Joey Styles (Announcer)
Don West (Announcer)
Shane Douglas (Announcer)
Bill Alfonso (Referee)
Mark Johnson (Referee)
Chris Kay (Referee)
Paul Heyman (Road Agent)
Jerry Jarrett (Road Agent)
Tag Teams:
The Hot Commodity (EZ Money & Chris Hamrick)
The Naturals
The Strong Connection (Roderick & Sedrick Strong)
Joey Matthews & Christian York
Champions:
TNA Heavyweight Champion
*Brock Lesnar*
TNA X Champion
*Paul London*
TNA Tag Team Champions
*The Naturals*
TNA Extreme Champion
*Rhino*
TV Shows:
TNA iMPACT
(Bravo, Fridays, 11pm, 1hr & taped on Wednesdays)
Ring of Honor
Owners: Shane McMahon & Gabe Sapolsky
Size: Cult
Style: Pure
Cash: $2 Million
Roster:
None.
Champions:
ROH Heavyweight Champion
VACANT
ROH Pure Champion
VACANT
ROH Tag Team Champions
VACANT
TV Shows:
None.
Development Territory:
None.
I AM TAKING CONTROL OF WCW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
before on EWBattleground. Tried it once and wasen't fond of it. Hopefully you have more fun with it than I did.
. Do you even know who Curry Man Is? The Rock would never go to WCW, yeah from the looks of things I won't be reading this diary. 
