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WCW always seemed like the pro wrestling brand for poor people

In 1st grade there was a weird poor kid who smelled like pis...
iridescent reading party
  10/30/25
Need doodikoff to weigh in here
iridescent reading party
  10/30/25
true until the attitude era where wwf had some really prole ...
ocher gas station
  10/30/25
I came back in the attitude era and I'd switch to nitro duri...
iridescent reading party
  10/30/25
very accurate. i wish someone would make a website that wou...
electric violent knife
  10/30/25
That would be 180
iridescent reading party
  10/30/25
lol'd at the nwo promo thing its true. i like this one someo...
ocher gas station
  10/30/25
100% credited
Translucent aggressive space
  11/03/25
Now do ECW
Talented hunting ground coldplay fan
  10/30/25
Only heard about it online never saw it back in the day
iridescent reading party
  10/30/25
saw it in the late 90s. Mick Foley (aka Mankind) and Sabu we...
Talented hunting ground coldplay fan
  11/03/25
back in the late 90s, it was the "forbidden" scumb...
Translucent aggressive space
  11/03/25
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violent soul-stirring school
  10/30/25
Which made it 180 when WCW was cooler and more successful th...
maroon whorehouse codepig
  11/03/25
that's why xo has fond memories of it
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marvelous copper heaven
  11/03/25
all professional "wrestling" was, and still is, pr...
smoky native patrolman
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HOT TAKE
Emerald death wish tank
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(uncultured barbarian who cannot appreciate the beauty of th...
Talented hunting ground coldplay fan
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Abnormal greedy spot
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ocher gas station
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Stirring high-end sound barrier
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Translucent aggressive space
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iridescent reading party
  11/03/25
You are right. I only watched wwf as a kid. Knew some sing...
Translucent aggressive space
  11/03/25
when i first tried watching wcw i remember thinking it looke...
ocher gas station
  11/03/25
yep Sting. Like I knew who he was but I never got into him b...
Translucent aggressive space
  11/03/25
I hated ric flair when he came to wwf. I wanted someone to k...
iridescent reading party
  11/03/25
yeah I was always like "this dude is annoying as fuck, ...
Translucent aggressive space
  11/03/25
wooooooooooooooo
Naked station
  11/03/25
I thought you'd be a huge wcw nut this is surprising lore
iridescent reading party
  11/03/25
its literally from my home town and I never watched it until...
Translucent aggressive space
  11/03/25
If you weren’t around for the outsiders and nWo you&rs...
Ruby scourge upon the earth orchestra pit
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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:08 PM
Author: iridescent reading party

In 1st grade there was a weird poor kid who smelled like piss who had a taped square around his desk that nobody was allowed to enter, I think cause he had head lice, idk the memory is foggy. Anyway he was the only WCW fan i knew and he had a Lex Luger lunch box. My childhood memories of WCW was seeing half empty arenas full of folding chairs on TBS and it seemed poor AF and lame compared to WWF which our grandpa bought every ppv of for us. WWF was a highbrow UMC wrestling federation compared to WCW and had prestigious college educated wrestlers like IRS, The Genius, and Ted DeBiasie who was a millionaire which was a lot back then before NAFTA and libs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791677&forum_id=2.#49388007)



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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:17 PM
Author: iridescent reading party

Need doodikoff to weigh in here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791677&forum_id=2.#49388045)



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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:24 PM
Author: ocher gas station

true until the attitude era where wwf had some really prole shit going on and wcw stepped up during the monday night wars

180 poast though. i knew some piss smelling wcw kids like that but luckily none in my grade that i had to share a clasroom with. a couple became serious juggalos later on

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791677&forum_id=2.#49388067)



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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:28 PM
Author: iridescent reading party

I came back in the attitude era and I'd switch to nitro during commercials and some random beaner in a mask was doing backflips or the nWO was cutting a promo for 40 minutes with dozens of wrestlers in the ring standing there doing nothing, and they also had a roster of like 500 wrestlers somehow. Raw would be like 90 mins of jobbers and women showing their buts in thongs then stone cold or the rock would have an amazing segment at the end

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791677&forum_id=2.#49388082)



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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:39 PM
Author: electric violent knife

very accurate.

i wish someone would make a website that would play both raw and nitro as aired in real-time with commercials and let you switch back and forth.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791677&forum_id=2.#49388115)



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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:47 PM
Author: iridescent reading party

That would be 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791677&forum_id=2.#49388148)



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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:57 PM
Author: ocher gas station

lol'd at the nwo promo thing its true. i like this one someone poasted here a while back https://youtu.be/JP4FP8gWLiM?t=325

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791677&forum_id=2.#49388171)



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Date: November 3rd, 2025 9:58 AM
Author: Translucent aggressive space

100% credited

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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:41 PM
Author: Talented hunting ground coldplay fan

Now do ECW

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791677&forum_id=2.#49388129)



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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:47 PM
Author: iridescent reading party

Only heard about it online never saw it back in the day

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791677&forum_id=2.#49388147)



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Date: November 3rd, 2025 6:07 AM
Author: Talented hunting ground coldplay fan

saw it in the late 90s. Mick Foley (aka Mankind) and Sabu were their lead characters. Epic shows

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791677&forum_id=2.#49397067)



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Date: November 3rd, 2025 11:54 AM
Author: Translucent aggressive space

back in the late 90s, it was the "forbidden" scumbag league. Crappy production style, literal brawls amongst the meathead fans in the crowd, etc. Lots of IRL blood (Sabu, Rhino). I read on the internet at the time that fans loved it, and they had several stars that eventually crossed over to WWF (Robb Van Damme etc), but i rarely watched it.

I do recall some hilarious matches between spike dudley and Mike Awesome (aka skinny dork vs huge roided dude) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCySce7TTOs

In retrosepct Spike Dudley was hardcore as fuck. his only job was getting his fucking ass thrown all over the place

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791677&forum_id=2.#49397604)



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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:54 PM
Author: violent soul-stirring school



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Date: November 3rd, 2025 6:22 AM
Author: maroon whorehouse codepig

Which made it 180 when WCW was cooler and more successful than WWF for a chunk of the 90s

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791677&forum_id=2.#49397078)



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Date: November 3rd, 2025 6:28 AM
Author: out-of-control tattoo hominid

that's why xo has fond memories of it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791677&forum_id=2.#49397084)



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Date: November 3rd, 2025 6:33 AM
Author: marvelous copper heaven



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Date: November 3rd, 2025 6:49 AM
Author: smoky native patrolman

all professional "wrestling" was, and still is, prole trash

hth

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791677&forum_id=2.#49397099)



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Date: November 3rd, 2025 7:30 AM
Author: Emerald death wish tank

HOT TAKE

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Date: November 3rd, 2025 9:18 AM
Author: Talented hunting ground coldplay fan

(uncultured barbarian who cannot appreciate the beauty of the performing arts)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791677&forum_id=2.#49397288)



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Date: November 3rd, 2025 9:19 AM
Author: Abnormal greedy spot



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Date: November 3rd, 2025 10:28 AM
Author: ocher gas station



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Date: November 3rd, 2025 10:29 AM
Author: Stirring high-end sound barrier



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Date: November 3rd, 2025 10:32 AM
Author: Translucent aggressive space



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Date: November 3rd, 2025 12:01 PM
Author: iridescent reading party



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791677&forum_id=2.#49397621)



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Date: November 3rd, 2025 9:58 AM
Author: Translucent aggressive space

You are right. I only watched wwf as a kid. Knew some single parent apartment kids with literal mullets (And this was in umc part of atlanta where mullets were not common) who would talk anout how awesome sting and lex luger were but honestly i had no idea who they were and felt a little ignorant but i simply never watched wcw. It was like talking to indie music autists who name bands that you never heard of and you just have to nod along

Then wcw had a period where it was actually better. I guess around the goldberg and nwo era

But then like op said you would always have to switch to the last 20 minutes or so of wwf because of some awesome rock or stone cold segment.

Eventually wcw got super lame and boring again too

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791677&forum_id=2.#49397377)



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Date: November 3rd, 2025 10:52 AM
Author: ocher gas station

when i first tried watching wcw i remember thinking it looked shitty but it must be legit because i knew i'd heard all kinds of people talk about "sting" at some point

he was champ at the time iirc so i figured he was such a huge deal even olds, teachers etc knew about him. lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791677&forum_id=2.#49397509)



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Date: November 3rd, 2025 12:00 PM
Author: Translucent aggressive space

yep Sting. Like I knew who he was but I never got into him because he was popular before I ever watched WCW. I always thought that his "The Crow" getup was lame as hell

Also not gonna lie, Rick Flair was in the same boat - like I had always heard of him, but never knew his work, and by the time I started watching WCW he was a fat old guy that everybody loved and was kinda shitty in the ring but I never really understood his charm until much later.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791677&forum_id=2.#49397615)



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Date: November 3rd, 2025 12:02 PM
Author: iridescent reading party

I hated ric flair when he came to wwf. I wanted someone to kill him in the ring

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791677&forum_id=2.#49397625)



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Date: November 3rd, 2025 1:09 PM
Author: Translucent aggressive space

yeah I was always like "this dude is annoying as fuck, is fat, and is boring in the ring, what the fuck man?"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791677&forum_id=2.#49397883)



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Date: November 3rd, 2025 1:15 PM
Author: Naked station

wooooooooooooooo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791677&forum_id=2.#49397919)



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Date: November 3rd, 2025 1:17 PM
Author: iridescent reading party

I thought you'd be a huge wcw nut this is surprising lore

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791677&forum_id=2.#49397926)



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Date: November 3rd, 2025 1:21 PM
Author: Translucent aggressive space

its literally from my home town and I never watched it until maybe like 1997 or 1998

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791677&forum_id=2.#49397951)



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Date: November 3rd, 2025 1:18 PM
Author: Ruby scourge upon the earth orchestra pit

If you weren’t around for the outsiders and nWo you’ll never understand wrasslin

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791677&forum_id=2.#49397928)