Post by Sephiroth on Jul 30, 2010 17:54:45 GMT -5
Not sure how many fellow crappers will remember this one, but it just may be deserving of an induction. As I am sure some will recall, WCW had back and forth trade going on with New Japan back in the day. It was a major factor in WCW's awesome product of the time, and as a result New Japan stars were a regular on WCW television, sometimes even carrying the belts from New Japan with them.
One such case was Jushin Lyger, who had risen to fame for his matches with Brian Pillman early in WCW's tenure. His last run in the company was a little different. He showed up on Nitro one week for a match with Juventud Guerrera. He showed up carrying New Japan's lightweight title with him, and after Juventud went over, he was awarded a belt that few American fans even recognized. A rematch was set for the next week, but Juventud got injured at a house show before it could take place, and as a result the title was awarded to Psychosis. So a title that did not even belong to WCW changed hands twice in the space of a single week. Lyger had only one more WCW appearance after that, in a match with Chris Benoit.
Course, the reason he left so promptly was because New Japan flipped out when they found out what WCW was doing with their title, and promptly proceeded to break off all ties to the company. This was a rather minor note in the overall travesty the company was becoming at the time, but nonetheless, I think it demonstrates pretty well just how chaotic the whole situation had become by that time. Anyone agree?
One such case was Jushin Lyger, who had risen to fame for his matches with Brian Pillman early in WCW's tenure. His last run in the company was a little different. He showed up on Nitro one week for a match with Juventud Guerrera. He showed up carrying New Japan's lightweight title with him, and after Juventud went over, he was awarded a belt that few American fans even recognized. A rematch was set for the next week, but Juventud got injured at a house show before it could take place, and as a result the title was awarded to Psychosis. So a title that did not even belong to WCW changed hands twice in the space of a single week. Lyger had only one more WCW appearance after that, in a match with Chris Benoit.
Course, the reason he left so promptly was because New Japan flipped out when they found out what WCW was doing with their title, and promptly proceeded to break off all ties to the company. This was a rather minor note in the overall travesty the company was becoming at the time, but nonetheless, I think it demonstrates pretty well just how chaotic the whole situation had become by that time. Anyone agree?
