The Worst Of WCW Volume 1: Where The Big Boys Play

by Stuart Carapola

Once among the top wrestling companies in North America, Jim Crockett Promotions hit hard times in the late 80s, was sold to Turner Broadcasting, and transformed into the company we came to know as World Championship Wrestling. To say the corporate culture at Turner had a hard time meshing with the old-school wrestling mentality of WCW would be an understatement, and by the time the 90s began, WCW was barely recognizable after morphing into a second-rate WWF knockoff. The revolving door of executives with no experience in (or mind for) the wrestling business did everything they could to try and emulate the entertainment aspects of the WWF, but as this book shows, the results were somewhat less than inspiring.Bonus features in this book In The Early 90 The Supporting Cast-The Five Biggest "Only In WCW" Moments Of The Early 90s

88 pages, Paperback

Published December 23, 2016

Reviews

[Glen · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun book about the nadir of WCW before the Monday Night Wars. The times were full of changed directions, lame storylines, and bad decisions. Things got worse when Hulk Hogan came over.

A trip down memory lane for the wrestling fan.

[Matthew Horvat · Rating 3 out of 5]

I remember WCW during the period in this book. They definitely weren't lighting the world on fire, but it set the scenes for what would come next.

The author does a great job setting the table and pointing out some of the negatives of WCW as they marched toward the NWO and beyond. This period basically covers the early 90s.