Road Warriors short WCW stint

[illiniman88]

In 1996 The Road Warriors came back to WCW in January but left 6 months later due to disputes with Bischoff

Looking back I was surprised by this because I thought they were there for a good amount of time

Its a shame they left because the tag division in WCW was super strong and they would have only enhanced it

I would have really enjoyed seeing teams like Harlem Heat, Road Warriors, Steiners, Nasty Boys put away their differences to work together to dethrone Hall and Nash

It seems like the Road Warrirors starting in the 90s had really short runs wherever they went

[Zutroy]

Probably a combination of Hawk’s issues and didn’t Animal cash in a Lloyd’s policy so he could only work tag matches or something. I think, my timelines may be slightly off.

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According to Animal, Hawk was volatile and pretty much did what he wanted, even if it meant leaving his partner high and dry on multiple occasions.

Animal was out between '93 and '95 with a back injury so that's why Hawk was running solo in WCW at that time.

[jason1980s]

I chalk it up to Hawk's problems. He was in WCW for a few months in 1993 and was involved in a few good storylines before disappearing without a trace. He came back in 1995. I would be shocked if he lasted more than the Slamboree PPV but I could be wrong. Then in 1996 they were there very briefly, came in to big fan fare as usual but left to none.
I mentioned on another board how I joined the 1994 Road Warriors fan club only to received an 8x10 glossy with "Road Warriors" written on it in Animal's handwriting. Back then I was pretty disappointed (not realizing it was Animal's handwriting) but I chalk that up to Animal probably running it by himself and not being able to get a hold of Hawk and the photo would look silly with only one guy's autograph.
I think LOD was a team that really only worked in the 1980s and 90s. By 1992 when their WWF run was done, they really didn't do much of value. When a team of former jobbers (with all due to respect to how good Billy Gunn and Road Dogg would become) completely embarrass you on live TV, it's definitely time to hang them up. I like Hawk and Animal but the mid to late 1990s didn't really work for them.

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Mar 30, 2019 12:32:09 GMT -5 jason1980s said:

I chalk it up to Hawk's problems. He was in WCW for a few months in 1993 and was involved in a few good storylines before disappearing without a trace. He came back in 1995. I would be shocked if he lasted more than the Slamboree PPV but I could be wrong. Then in 1996 they were there very briefly, came in to big fan fare as usual but left to none.
I mentioned on another board how I joined the 1994 Road Warriors fan club only to received an 8x10 glossy with "Road Warriors" written on it in Animal's handwriting. Back then I was pretty disappointed (not realizing it was Animal's handwriting) but I chalk that up to Animal probably running it by himself and not being able to get a hold of Hawk and the photo would look silly with only one guy's autograph.
I think LOD was a team that really only worked in the 1980s and 90s. By 1992 when their WWF run was done, they really didn't do much of value. When a team of former jobbers (with all due to respect to how good Billy Gunn and Road Dogg would become) completely embarrass you on live TV, it's definitely time to hang them up. I like Hawk and Animal but the mid to late 1990s didn't really work for them.

They are like the tag team version of the Undertaker to me.  So long as they are protected, allowed to keep their mystique, and not over exposed, they would have been fine in any era.  As soon as Vince started giving them embarrassing shit to get over and jobbing them to former jobbers, they were basically done.

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The Road Warriors were great in the 80s, they weren’t shit in the 90s and most definitely not in the mid to late 90s,

[XaviersSS2015hair]

Mar 30, 2019 12:32:09 GMT -5 jason1980s said:

I chalk it up to Hawk's problems. He was in WCW for a few months in 1993 and was involved in a few good storylines before disappearing without a trace. He came back in 1995. I would be shocked if he lasted more than the Slamboree PPV but I could be wrong. Then in 1996 they were there very briefly, came in to big fan fare as usual but left to none.
I mentioned on another board how I joined the 1994 Road Warriors fan club only to received an 8x10 glossy with "Road Warriors" written on it in Animal's handwriting. Back then I was pretty disappointed (not realizing it was Animal's handwriting) but I chalk that up to Animal probably running it by himself and not being able to get a hold of Hawk and the photo would look silly with only one guy's autograph.
I think LOD was a team that really only worked in the 1980s and 90s. By 1992 when their WWF run was done, they really didn't do much of value. When a team of former jobbers (with all due to respect to how good Billy Gunn and Road Dogg would become) completely embarrass you on live TV, it's definitely time to hang them up. I like Hawk and Animal but the mid to late 1990s didn't really work for them.

I did a WHW watch along for Halloween Havoc 1995 a few weeks ago hoping to get some laughs at WCW's expense and was shocked to see Hawk in WCW in 95. I watched WCW faithfully in 95 including watching Halloween Havoc live at the time and I had ZERO recollection of Hawk in WCW in 95.

[jason1980s]

That is crazy, I don't remember him being there that long at all. I wonder if he stayed straight through Slamboree to Havoc or beyond or if he came and went and came back.

[auph10imitated]

What I found cool was those alternative blue spikes and tights as opppsed to red. I’m on my phone so can’t post the photo