WCW 1991-1994

[Slingshot Suplay]

I gotta say this was one of my most favorite times in WCW history. I know there was alot of problems management wise, but I loved WCW at this time so much. Honestly, I think with Flair (who I thought was really stale at the time) leaving for the WWF midway through 1991, the roster had so much talent and got a real chance to show what they could do. Even though they had some crap gimmicks on the roster like Big Josh, P.N. News, Van Hammer, Firebreaker Chip, Oz, Bill Kazmire and El Gigante, I always felt the good outweighed the bad and alot of the talent eventually became superstars during the Monday Night Wars for both sides (and ECW).

Of course there's guys like Austin & Cactus Jack, but you have guys like DDP, Diamond Studd, Kevin Nash, Marcus Alexander Bagwell, Dustin Rhodes, Ron Simmons, Johnny B. Badd, Pillman, Scott Steiner, Vader, 2 Cold Scorpio, Shane Douglas, Benoit, Lord Steven Regal & Harlem Heat. They had veterans who could help cultivate talent like Arn Anderson, Ricky Steamboat, Bobby Eaton, Larry Zybysko, Ricky Morton, Harley Race and Paul Orndorff. They had mainstays who finally got a shot to run with the top title like Lex Luger, Barry Windham and a newer addition in Rick Rude and even though their runs weren't as great as it could have been (especially with their top face Sting being injured for a stretch)it was a time that laid the groundwork for the wrestling landscape for the next several years to come.

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Easily my favorite era for both WCW and WWF.

[________ has left the building]

My favorite era in WCW.

[Jiren]

It was good

Shame the "Hogan & friends" era came and f***ed things up till NWO

[chronocross]

1991 wasn't all that great,especially after Flair left,IMO.

But I loved 1992-94.

My favorite feuds/storylines were:

-Windham turning heel on Rhodes at the Clash of Champions
-Cactus Jack vs. Vader (at least before the Lost in Cleveland storyline)
-Sting vs. Vader at GAB and Starrcade 92
-Ron Simmons winning the WCW title in Baltimore
-Steamboat & Douglas vs. Hollywood Blondes
-Flair winning the WCW title from Vader at Starrcade 93
-Sting's Squadron vs. Dangerous Alliance
-Shockmaster falling on his face in front of a live TV audience and turning into a clumsy construction worker

[Welfare Willis]

I kinda wish I saw this era for the dangerous alliance. I got into wrestling after Hogan was in WCW.

[MiLB Fan]

I liked this era, too. My first issue of WCW Magazine was the September '92 edition with Rick Rude and Nikita Koloff on the cover, and the first WCW show I watched was Clash of the Champions XXI.

Maxx Payne was probably the first instance of me liking a heel. I just thought his whole look was cool, with the guitar, dressing in black, and the ring jacket with flames on the back. I remember him saying in a WCW Magazine article that the "RIP" on his jacket didn't stand for "Rest In Peace" but for "Rockin' In Paradise." And I loved the Hollywood Blondes' theme.

I loved the long runway that went to the very edge of the ring. When I took tae kown do and we started breaking boards, I used the pieces to build a small one for my toy wrestling ring. And the elaborate entrance sets for their themed PPVs (like Beach Blast and Halloween Havoc) really impressed me.