Review the Last Wrestling Match You Watched

[Fuji Vice]

Bull Nakano vs. Manami Toyota 07/21/90

This is a young and hungry Toyota who hasn't yet developed into the star that she would eventually become facing off against a veteran who is none too pleased to be fighting her. Right from the beginning Toyota tries to dazzle with speed moves which just further serves to piss Nakano off. She destroys Toyota with a thunderous clothesline that Toyota sells like she's been shot. Nakano is so arrogant about dealing with this young challenger that she simply covers with her foot but only gets two. Toyota tries to valiantly fight back but Nakano puts her in a nasty reverse chinlock before literally kicking the crap out of her.

Off the ropes Toyota goes for a quick backslide pin as it becomes apparent that her only chance of winning is to catch Nakano off guard. Unfortunately for her, Bull is having none of that and puts her in a nasty leg hold until she makes the ropes. Another monstrous clothesline and this time Nakano gives her opponent a little more respect by going for the full cover but Toyota kicks out at two. Her reward for this? Taking a brutal piledriver, yet she manages to kick out and counters a corner whip with a missile dropkick and then a cross body for a two count. Nakano is visibly pissed that she is being tested by this whelp and so drills her with a top rope leg lariat but misses a top rope buttdrop and is almost pinned in a sunset flip.

They spill to the outside and Toyota kills herself when Nakano dodges a leap over the top rope. Toyota somehow gets back up and hits the top rope but Nakano destroys her on the way down and then gets a bridging suplex for two. Toyota pulls a nice counter on another bridge and almost gets a three but Nakano kicks out. The end comes with a sadistic lariat by Nakano that Toyota busts out the 360 degree flip sell for, quickly followed by a powerbomb that folds Toyota like an accordion. Needless to say, Nakano makes the academic pin and then rips on the crowd for a few moments.

This was a solid women's match from two greats and one that definitely deserves a look. Nakano was unbelievable and Toyota was more than willing to sell for her. The story of the young and brash Toyota attempting to use her quickness to defeat the bigger foe is a classic one, yet here it was told very well and in a minimal amount of time. ***3/4

 

[Postman Dave]

Kevin Nash vs. Samoa Joe - TNA Turning Point 2008

Joe was still a badass at the time, but had recently been screwed out of the TNA title by the wiley Nash. It's also the beginning of the Main Event Mafia angle that would take over TNA for the next year.

It's clear from the angle he takes that Nash can't beat Joe straight up, so he has to make use of his experience edge and resort to brawling and rule breaking to get the job done. This is especially evident in the finish where Joe kicks out of TWO Jack Knife Powerbombs, so Nash has to go to the low blow and feet on the ropes to get the job done. Nash beats Joe, and yet it doesn't look unbelieveable, and at the same time Joe still looks like a beast. Good shit.

Sadly the match is hindered by TNA's usual booking problems. The finish would look fine if it wasn't for the ref constantly being out of place. He warns Nash against using an expsoed turnbuckle despite the fact that he hit him with a chair right in front of him two minutes beforehand. It's a constant problem with TNA booking even until this day, they substitute ref bumps for the hope that the ref is simply "looking the wrong way" at the right time. Earl Hebner is especially guilty of this. It's overbooking and it ruins good matches like this.

 

[Catfish Billy]

Karl Anderson vs. MVP

The match started off with some great ground wrestling. MVP and Anderson continually reverses on the ground, very fun to watch. After a few minutes, MVP throws Anderson to the top and bombards him against the railings continually moving in and out to stop the ten count. I felt at this point MVP was really showing his character. There was a moment where Anderson was kicked over the railings and couldn't get back up - the count was super slow. Anderson just gets in to a huge pop. The two continue to go back and forth in ring providing me with great entertainment. The highlight of the match was when MVP did the Ballin' drop, but shouted it in Japanese. It gave me a chuckle.
The match ended with tons of close calls from either men until MVP finally took the win. For a twelve minute match, it was pretty damn good.

Rating - 3.5/5

 

[Horrorfan_1986]

Goldberg (c) vs Kevin Nash - WCW World Title - Starrcade 1998
At the time, I can remember this being a pretty big match. With Sting on the shelf and languishing as part of the Wolfpac, Hollywood Hogan teasing retirement and running for President and Ric Flair having just returned after being gone for most of the year, Goldberg and Nash were the two clear top wrestlers in the company. To make it even more exciting, they were also both babyfaces. I found myself oddly enjoying the first five minutes of the match. It's all very simple stuff, but it comes off believable. When Goldberg has Nash down and he's nailing him with forearms, Nash is trying to cover his face. At the first chance, Nash attempts a cross arm breaker (Can you say holy shit?) It's a fight and there isn't any denying that. Of course, you do have to put up with Tony Schiavone's terrible commentating. "This isn't a World Title Battle...it's a struggle." WTF? : How is a struggle any more intense of a word than battle? The enjoyment of the match does drop significantly once you get past the five minute mark. You know what they're doing and the slow "Realistic" fighting is just dull, slow and boring. Both guys were trying to go for pins after secondary moves, but did anyone buy the Streak ending to a side walk slam? The match is further hurt by the overbooked ending. Disco Inferno, who was trying to convince the Wolfpac to let him join, ran out. Bam Bam Bigelow, who had been feuding with Goldberg since recently returning, also tried to take down Goldberg. It's Scott Hall using a stun gun that hurts Goldberg enough for Nash to Jackknife Goldberg into winning the belt and ending the streak.

Now, was Kevin Nash the wrong person to end the Streak? Not necessarily. Look and listen to the crowd. They favored Nash during the entire match, Goldberg even received some heat and after Nash won, the crowd popped. The problem is how Nash won. It's fine to have screw job finishes in title matches to cause the fans to want to see the babyface get his revenge, but to end the Streak? You're just wasting the Streak. Whoever ended the Streak was going to receive a huge boost. However, since there was the screw job finish, Nash didn't really benefit from it. So now Goldberg is meaningless, Nash doesn't benefit and Starrcade ends on a downer for the third straight year. First half was good, second half was boring and the ending sucked. 2 Stars.

 

[Horrorfan_1986]

Dustin Rhodes (c) vs Steve Austin - WCW US Title - 2 out of 3 Falls - Starrcade 1993
Dustin wants revenge for Austin busting him open with the belt after their Halloween Havoc match. The first fall is rather dull and fairly uneventful. The only real highlight was a great bump by Austin when he was whipped into the steel railing. Instead of crashing back first into it or falling over the railing, Austin opts to hurl himself over the railing and crash down hard several feet away on the cement. It's a great sight, even if it's a pretty stupid move for safety reasons. First fall ends with a DQ when Rhodes punched Austin over the top rope. Lame. The highlight of the second fall is Austin's badly busted open head from the fall to the outside. The intensity is better and we even get some cool lighting thanks to some technical problems. The fans are finally getting into the match when Austin sends Rhodes down and goes for the cover (While holding the tights). Rhodes got his shoulder up at two, but the referee keeps counting. Austin wins after two shit finishes. How in the hell did this make the Best of Starrcade DVD? These two showed they had little chemistry together and it's riddled with as bad as finishes as you could have. Rhodes didn't bring anything to the table and all Austin could do was his fun bump over the steel railing and bleeding badly. Just like their Halloween Havoc 1991 match, this was severely disappointing. 1 3/4 Stars.

 

[Horrorfan_1986]

Ric Flair (c) vs Lex Luger - NWA World Title - Starrcade 1988
Luger had been chasing after Flair and his NWA Title ever since he was kicked out of the Four Horsemen. At Great American Bash, Luger had the match won with Flair in the Torture Rack, but the Maryland Commission prematurely ended the match because of how badly Luger was bleeding. There's an extra stipulation of the title can change hands if Flair gets himself DQ'd. The early going is all about ego. Flair's far too overconfident. Luger keeps getting the best of him and you can actually see Flair's confidence drop by the minute. From there, it's all Luger until Flair resorts to cheating to poke Luger in the eye. This transitions into a period where Flair gets in a lot of offense, but Luger shows his heart and no sells to take over for a bit. The dynamic of the match changes when Flair nails Luger with a steel chair in Luger's knee behind the ref's back. Now The Total Package can barely stand while Flair looks to put him away. However, the heart of Luger once again is put on full display. There's times when he refuses to sell even if it means doing even more damage to his bad knee. Just like at the Great American Bash, Luger has the match won when he lifts Flair up for the Torture Rack. It seems inevitable that Flair would have to give up in a few seconds. Sadly, Luger's bad knee buckles, Flair falls on top of him and with his feet on the middle rope, Flair steals the win to retain the title. It's a heart breaker. It takes awhile to get going, but it ends up being an awesome story. Despite the stipulation making it seem as if Flair can no longer cheat to win, it's exactly what he did to retain. Flair's this perfect asshole heel who always gets his way. Meanwhile, Luger remains the uncrowned World Champion, victim and choke artist. 4 1/4 Stars.

 

[Horrorfan_1986]

The Road Warriors (c) vs Sting and Dusty Rhodes - NWA Tag Titles - Starrcade 1988
A showcase of the Road Warriors' failed heel run of '88. They turned on Sting earlier while turning their backs on Dusty by stabbing him in the eye. That's heeling it up for ya. Just like any other major tag match of 1988 for JCP/WCW, this has a great crowd reaction. They're into everything and that greatly helps the atmosphere. You get a little story with Rhodes and Sting trying to go after body parts of the Roadies (Leg for Animal, arm for Hawk), but it fails miserably since the Road Warriors don't sell. The main story comes into play with the Road Warriors working over Dusty's bad eye. It makes sense and it creates some entertaining Dusty selling moments. However, even that has it's limits as it becomes a bit dull watching Dusty on the mat with a Road Warrior on top of him. Sting's easily the star of the match. There's even one point where he dives off of the top rope onto Hawk (On the floor below) so early in the match. In the end, Sting and Dusty has the match won, but Paul Ellering breaks up a cover to bring on the DQ finish. Dull compared to some of the other awesome tag matches of 1988, but it's yet another killer Sting match from the year. Sting ends '88 the same way he spent the entire year - failing to win a title, but not being pinned. 3 1/4 Stars.

 

[Horrorfan_1986]

Ric Flair (c) vs Lex Luger - NWA World Title - Great American Bash 1988
Luger had been gunning for this title shot after since he was kicked out of the Four Horsemen. At Clash of the Champions 2 (A month prior), Luger was jumped by the Horsemen and was busted open. The actual story of the match is even tighter than the Starrcade rematch. In the early going, every Luger move is directed at Flair's back. This mostly consists of gorilla slams and hip tosses. If Luger has one weakness, it's how green he still is. Flair takes advantage of that weakness by cheating and slamming Luger into the steel railing. Even when Flair's not cheating, Luger's lack of experience hurts him by his ignorance at holding the leg during a pin attempt. The ending revolves around a couple of stories. For one, Flair finds some success at working over Luger's knee. Flair didn't start the leg work early enough for it to be a main story, but it sets up Flair's obsession with taking out the knee in the rematch at Starrcade. The secondary story is Luger having the match won, but Flair and JJ Dillion ram Luger face first into a ring post. This busts him open for the second time in about a month's time. With Flair up for the Torture Rack, a bleeding Luger is rendered "Unable to continue due to a severe cut" by the Maryland State Athletic Commission. The fans show their happiness at the result by chanting "Bullshit". I concur. The ending is a major buzz kill due to how little Luger was bleeding and because it wasn't followed up by a big Luger title win. Had Luger won the belt at Starrcade, it would have made this ending (Regardless of how stupid it was) bearable. The match was superior in every way to the Starrcade match, but the ending keeps it from being the overall better match. Stupid Dusty. Still, Luger vs Flair was always greatness in the late 80's to early 90's. 4 Stars.

 

[Horrorfan_1986]

Ron Simmons (c) vs The Barbarian - WCW World Title - Halloween Havoc 1992
A feud that wasn't actually about Simmons vs Barbarian. Simmons was feuding with Cactus Jack at the time, but since Cactus didn't care about the WCW Title, he had his hired good, Barbarian, fight for the belt at the PPV. How do you prepare for your first PPV title shot? Barbarian did so by having Cactus break cement blocks with a sledgehammer over his back. Unconventional? Sure, but so is putting the belt on Ron Simmons when Sting was so clearly still the top babyface. Anyways, it's a dull match with the Barbarian in control for the majority of the bout after Simmons is rammed into the ring post by Cactus. The fans aren't emotionally invested into the match since there isn't actually a feud between the two participants. Despite this being his first PPV as champion, Simmons looks like he doesn't care at all. There's even one spot where he's supposed to sunset flip Barbarian for a pin attempt, but he can't even be bothered to use both arms. The match finally heats up a tad near the end when Cactus interferes and it seems like Barbarian could win through cheating, but the heat is killed off with Simmons winning out of nowhere with a power slam. Whether you like the Barbarian or not, he's an extremely easy guy to work with to have a solid match. All you need to do is sell well and show fire during your comeback. Simmons did neither. Loved the Barbarian, but Simmons sucked. 1 3/4 Stars.

Ron Simmons (c) vs Dr. Death - WCW World Title - Starrcade 1992
Another PPV title defense, another match without any real feud and having to watch Sting still work in the main event (In Battlebowl). This time around, Simmons was all set to defend against Rick Rude. They had even set-up an angle where Rude injured Simmons' shoulder leading into the match. Thanks to Rude being hurt, WCW needed to find a last minute replacement (Based on the commentary, it was literally last minute). Thus, Bill Watts crush on Dr. Death allowed for Williams to work the second of his three matches on the show. Thanks to the non-feud, the fans already aren't given a reason to care. However, Ron Simmons being well...Ron Simmons, he was sure to be the bigger reason. The story of the match was simple. Steve Williams worked over the knee of Simmons. When he hit one move, he'd hit another. All Simmons had to do was sell his ass off and then show fire for his comeback. Uh oh...Simmons actually does a decent job at selling the leg in the first half (Even if it was with the emotion of a rock), but once his comeback began, Simmons forgot about the leg. This got ridiculous with Simmons running around and even doing a stupid football like taunt that was supposed to rile up the crowd. To finish a match that no one cared about, with a babyface who refused to act like he cared, they pull the ever dreaded "Double Countout" finish. But wait! Simmons and Williams are still fighting? They even got back into the ring and continue to slug it out. That finally ended after Williams went to the top rope and drilled his knee into the back of Simmons head (While falling to the mat to land on Simmons head). The referee opts to reverse his decision and award the match to Simmons via DQ. That in addition to Simmons overreacting to some minor hair pulling and forearms early on only makes Simmons look like a gigantic pussy. So what...Williams gets DQ'd because he won the fight? What a fucking loser Simmons has to be that he can only win because the big bad bully left him laying. How is anyone supposed to cheer for Simmons after this PPV when he was shown to be so fucking weak? Williams tried to tell a story, but poor booking and Simmons sucking hurt this badly. 2 Stars.

Luckily, by time the next PPV came up, Bill Watts was fired, the WCW Title was back around the waist of Vader and we could finally see another awesome WCW Title match with Sting and Vader producing WCW's MOTY at Superbrawl III.

Ron Simmons as WCW Champion fucking sucked.

 

[Smart Marx]

@Horrorfan_1986 resurrecting the match review thread. I like it. I am enjoying all the WCW love Jim.

Yeah, Simmons WCW title run was a little lackluster. But thankfully we do get Vader and Sting at SuperBrawl III.

Will you be reviewing that match?

 

[Horrorfan_1986]

Does it still count if they're old reviews?

Sting (c) vs Vader - WCW Title - Great American Bash 1992
The beginning of the Vader era. Pretty great back and forth match with Sting having to try out a lot of new moves to get the best of Vader. Despite taking a lot of offense, Vader still looks like a beast whenever he demolishes Sting. There's three things that did hurt it some though. Vader's Scorpion Death Lock looks like shit. He barely had Sting's ankles without sitting back much. For someone his size, it is somewhat understandable though. It's still better than the Rock's "Scream my ass off while barely even have it on" though. The second problem was when Vader went to the top rope without a ref bump/distraction. Jim Ross was quick to point out that if Vader jumped off, he would be DQ'd, so why even go up top? Finally, and this is the smallest issue I had in the match since it could just be the camera angle, but it didn't look like Sting went head first into the steel rod that holds the turnbuckle to the post. The more Jim Ross plays it up, the more corny it comes off. Those problems aside, it had a great loud crowd and started to suck me into the match near the end. These two had a lot of chemistry and for just their first major match, it shines through. 3 3/4 Stars.

Sting vs Vader - King of the Cable Finals - Starrcade 1992
You know when the wrestlers are watching tapes of their previous matches when the issues you have with earlier ones, are non-existent here. They can't take all of the credit though. WCW doing away with the top rope ban a couple months earlier helped remove one of the issues I had in their first match. This match is a bit slower, but there's a lot of good storytelling. Vader has possibly my favorite shots of all in wrestling. His punches/forearms look so damn good. Ross/Ventura mentioning the boxing 'Rope-a-dope' adds yet another layer to the story that sees Sting just trying to withstand the punishment so Vader gets tired and eventually makes a mistake. The mistake comes in the form of taking too long getting to the top rope, allowing Sting to slam him off for the win. Even better than their first match. 4 Stars.

Sting vs Vader (c) - WCW World Title - White Castle of Fear Strap Match - Superbrawl III
God damn, these two were in some lame match names. I guess the natural question comes up, would you rather be a king of a fucking cable or the master of white castle? This time around, the story is simply the evolution of Sting. Taking so much punishment from Vader in the first two matches, this time it's Sting's chance to be extra aggressive and actually kick Vader's ass at times. Early on, whips the back of Vader to the point that Vader has large welts and is bleeding. When it comes to a good gimmick match, the best are those that the wrestlers are working their normal match, but only incorporating the gimmick. For example, in a ladder match, you'd expect Shawn Michaels to hip his top rope elbow from the top of a ladder. In this, Vader uses the strap to pull Sting in for Body avalanches and closelines. In a rare great moment, a ref bump has an actual purpose besides allowing interference without a DQ or a false finish. With Nick Patrick down and Sting ever closer to tapping the last turnbuckle with Vader on his shoulders, Harley Race shoves Patrick's feet in Sting's way, causing Sting to fall over just inches away from the turnbuckle. That is honestly kind of brilliant. In a nice nod to their previous matches, Vader uses Sting's most effective move - the Samoan Drop, to Sting. Only unlike Sting, he does it from the middle rope. It looked so painful that they could have ran a long injury angle. Vader wins, but Sting gets in a few more good strap whips to further put over how vicious this feud has made him be. This series of matches is only getting better. Despite this gimmick being being a pretty lame match in most cases, Sting and Vader found a way to make it exciting and damn fun. MOTYC for sure. 4 1/2 Stars.

Sting (c) vs Vader - International Title - Slamboree 1994
Sadly, all good things must come to an end. Coincidence that this feud ended at the PPV before Hogan came in? This is for the belt that used to be known as the NWA title. It'd be unified with the WCW title before the next PPV. The commentating team has really dropped in quality since their first match. Gone are Jim Ross and Jesse Ventura and in are Tony Schiavone and Bobby Heenan. Heenan's great and all, but in WCW, he didn't really fit in well. With Heenan's lack of WCW knowledge, he's not really adding anything from their feud. Vader gets in his usual great shots, but bad booking hurts this match a lot. First, there's an obvious ref bump, only it's done so that Vader can have Sting down for a three count without winning. Huh? Harley tries to hit Sting with a chair, but Sting moves out of the way and Vader gets it. Huh? Sting avoids a moonsault from Vader, but when he's attempting the pin, Harley comes off of the top rope for a headbutt, but Sting moves out of the way, letting Vader take the move. Huh? This is for the vacant title, Vader would have been DQ'd had Race hit Sting. Sting then wins, however; he doesn't really look like the winner. Vader had him beat and Race hit Vader with two big shots. So basically, you're having Sting go over, without any build. Vader losing doesn't help him any. Sting's only winning so that he can be fed to Ric Flair so that Flair can unify the belts and then be fed to Hogan. This match was booked to make Vader and Sting look incompetent and undeserving of the main event spot. Shockingly, they're both instantly depushed once Hogan comes in. Meh. Still another good match from these two, but it's not nearly as good as their previous PPV matches. 3 1/4 Stars.

Sting vs Vader - Fall Brawl 1994
This was part of a triangle match with The Guardian Angel. However, for WCW, that meant two men start and once one was beat, the third was come out. Vader already eliminated Guardian Angel. The winner here becomes the number 1 contender. You can tell this is now Hogan's WCW as the match is far too overbooked. First, the basic rules of the match. It has a 15 minute time-limit, but if there's no winner at the end of that, there's a five minute overtime. The commentators remind us of that in the middle of the regular match, which not only makes it obvious that it'll happen, but also brings up the question of "Why not just make it a 20 minute match?" If there's still not a winner after the overtime, it goes to sudden death. The only way to win in sudden death is to knock your opponent to the math, basically a sumo match. Yes, someone became the number 1 contender because they...knocked their opponent to the mat. But see, this is WCW we're talking about, so they have to take it one step farther. Thanks to the Guardian Angel coming out and attacking Harley Race and distracting the referee, Sting knocks Vader down, but the ref doesn't see it. That's when the masked man (That whole lame Brutus Beefcake angle) runs out and attacks Sting. Sting's laid out on the mat and Vader's back on his feet by time the ref turns around. Sting and Vader did their best to produce a good match despite all of the sports entertainment BS. The overtime period was a complete was as both guys just used it to catch their breath. Surprisingly, the sudden death was a lot of fun with Vader beating the shit out of Sting with his punches. Vader punching is always awesome. Fix the booking and you'd have a match that rivals there GAB 1992 match. With all of the booking, it's about as good as their Slamboree 1994 match. 3 1/4 Stars.

Ah yes, the number 1 contender's shot that Vader won. In Hogan's WCW, that means he'll get the title shot...at Superbrawl 5, in Feb 1995 (Five months later). God damn, I hate Hogan WCW.

 

[Smart Marx]

Does it still count if they're old reviews?

It still counts.

I think these clearly show why Sting can truly be considered the MVP of WCW.

Also I think I'd rather be the master of White Castle. If it's good enough for Harold and Kumar, it's good enough for me.

 

[Horrorfan_1986]

I don't see how anyone else can be the MVP of WCW, especially if you only count from when Ted Turner bought the company in late 1988. There's just so many different reasons why Sting was huge in WCW. From becoming a star overnight against Ric Flair at Clash of the Champions 1, the entire 1988 where the gimmick was that he'd fail to win in title matches, without actually being pinned, to finally winning his first title in 1989, winning the title in a huge way against Ric Flair at Great American Bash 1990, becoming the face of WCW with Flair leaving in 1991, battling new foes in Vader, Cactus Jack, The Steiner Bros and Rick Rude. Flash forward some and he's a huge part in the rise of WCW with the creation of the Crow Sting character. Even then, he morphed into the Wolfpac Sting in 1998 for a short time. There's those legendary love/hate relationships that Sting had with Lex Luger and Ric Flair that produced so many classic tag team and singles matches. Finally, the two biggest non-PPV shows that will be remembered more than any others, Nitro and Clash of the Champions, were created with Sting at the forefront (Sting vs Flair on the first episodes of Clash and Nitro) and ending with Sting as well (Sting vs Flair on the final Nitro and Crow Sting finally officially making it clear that he wanted Hogan on the final segment of Clash).

Sting was WCW. No one else comes close.

 

[Smart Marx]

I don't see how anyone else can be the MVP of WCW, especially if you only count from when Ted Turner bought the company in late 1988. There's just so many different reasons why Sting was huge in WCW. From becoming a star overnight against Ric Flair at Clash of the Champions 1, the entire 1988 where the gimmick was that he'd fail to win in title matches, without actually being pinned, to finally winning his first title in 1989, winning the title in a huge way against Ric Flair at Great American Bash 1990, becoming the face of WCW with Flair leaving in 1991, battling new foes in Vader, Cactus Jack, The Steiner Bros and Rick Rude. Flash forward some and he's a huge part in the rise of WCW with the creation of the Crow Sting character. Even then, he morphed into the Wolfpac Sting in 1998 for a short time. There's those legendary love/hate relationships that Sting had with Lex Luger and Ric Flair that produced so many classic tag team and singles matches. Finally, the two biggest non-PPV shows that will be remembered more than any others, Nitro and Clash of the Champions, were created with Sting at the forefront (Sting vs Flair on the first episodes of Clash and Nitro) and ending with Sting as well (Sting vs Flair on the final Nitro and Crow Sting finally officially making it clear that he wanted Hogan on the final segment of Clash).

Sting was WCW. No one else comes close.

I really would like to see someone try to argue that point. No one even comes close. Some people might say Flair or DDP but I don't buy it. No one else stayed relevant throughout the entire run of the company like the Stinger or were able to reinvent themselves as many times as he did. When the nWo exploded many of the older WCW stars faded into the background but not Sting, he became the centerpiece for WCW during this angle and became hotter than ever. Other than Flair I don't think anyone has has as many MOTYC's as Sting. He is synonymous with WCW. It helps too that he has never worked for WWE. So when you think of Sting, you have to think of WCW (or TNA but that's a different story).

 

[Horrorfan_1986]

Why DDP? I can understand Ric Flair since people naturally include his awesome decade in JCP with the history of WCW, but DDP? The dude was a nobody manager/lowcarder for most of his run. It wasn't until 1997 that he was even relevant. Behind Flair (And much further behind Sting) would probably be a guy like Lex Luger. When the sale happened to Turner in late 1988, the company was built around Flexy Lexy. The very first WCW PPV was Lex Luger trying to win the World Title from Ric Flair. After that, he had his amazing 1989 where he fought of all challengers to remain US Champion for practically all of 1989 and 1990. Despite it being more infamous than greatness, Luger winning the World Title at GAB 1991 was pretty big. After that, he's the most memorable aspect of the debut episode of Nitro with Luger returning. When the nWo was gearing up, Luger became the #1 WCW fighter thanks to so many guys joining the nWo, Ric Flair being fired and Sting being emo in the rafters. In a little remembered angle, he and Buff Bagwell beat Goldberg to kick him out of WCW. While Luger wasn't on the final episode of Nitro (Most likely because of McMahon's feelings on him), he was still a major player in the company.

In the world of wrestling, perhaps no one exemplified being a gray character more than Lex Luger for WCW.