10 WORST PPV Main Events In WCW History

From Hulk Hogan vs. The Butcher at Starrcade 1994 to Goldberg vs. Kronik at Halloween Havoc 2000, these are the 10 WORST PPV Main Events In WCW History.
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[@Alreezy]

The fact that Hogan is involved in 9 out of 10 entries on this list is really telling!

[@brendan909]

yep

[@kevinhousen2791]

Someone should've said "doesn't work for me brother"

[@jeremycastillo8594]

Not to mention three of them happened in succession

[@jet9385]

Hogan was just a god awful wrestler. I'm so glad he's become irrelevant to most modern fans.

[@jabberwock6]

except for new japan wrestling

[@Kalel2.0]

It's so funny how Hogan vs Flair went from being an absolute dream match and feud to being overdone and unbearable😅.

[@zanethind]

It's because sadly WWE didn't capitalize it for live tv

[@coseythegreat504]

Like Randy and Cena

[@thecodester6669]

Didnt they had a banger at 94 bash at the beach. Aka hogan debut in wcw

[@bobbyfagan7760]

AEW will be booking it soon

[@nuckelaveez5029]

@@coseythegreat504And like Roman and Lesnar. Wait…he’ll no

[@TheFriendlyWeirdo]

Funny thing is the first WarGames match in NXT was a 3-3-3 match, and it was actually really good.

[@Kobra6510]

Atleast they didn't forget the rules of said match.

[@robertd8004]

Man I really enjoy the content and look back at WCW but the affected voice is killing me.

[@jeremywilliams5141]

Honorable mentions: 1. Hollywood Hulk Hogan vs Sting (Starrcade 1997) 2. Paul E. Dangerously and Arn Anderson vs Rick Steiner and Missy Hyatt (The Great American Bash 1991). This was the final match on the card instead of Lex Luger vs Barry Windham for the world title. 3. Hollywood Hulk Hogan vs Ric Flair (Uncensored 1999)

[@michaelbreen7865]

Technically, it was Rick Steiner versus Arn and Paul E. in a handicapped Steel Cage match, since Missy was kidnapped before the match by the Hardliners.

[@jeremywilliams5141]

@@michaelbreen7865 This was all because the Maryland Athletic Commission didn't allow intergender matches. They were better off not even having that match at all.

[@MrPineapple045]

​@coldsnap5742 they've actually done that already. Look up their Worst Shows Ever series and you'll find it

[@michaelbreen7865]

@@jeremywilliams5141 Tell that to Jim Herd.

[@dhenderson1810]

​@@jeremywilliams5141The thought the Maryland Athletic Commission was a made up thing that WCW use to explain away things so they can get gear off them. I thought the Maryland Athletic Commission was WCW's scapegoat like Jack Tunney used to be the scapegoat for Vince McMahon's crappy decisions.

[@PatrickEtheridge1983]

I loved WCW. It's what my Dad watched, and it's what got me into pro wrestling. To watch it go from its highest highs, only to die within a few years, was very sad. Seeing Vince basically bury the WCW wrestlers when he bought WCW out was terrible for them and the fans. Watching wrestling KZbin then basically piss on WCW's grave for years now, makes it even worse. Yes, WCW was very bad at times. But, for the fans that loved it, we miss it every day, and we wish it would get more respect.

[@SpanishFly120]

The Hogan vs Giant match involving The Giant literally no-selling death will always be funny to me.

[@abelaldrich7831]

I agree like wtf The Giant cheated death 😂

[@kingoneil4644]

The hulkster said "this list doesn't work for me brother"

[@BDESal]

LOL 😂

[@jaybee5315]

Pacitti botching yapappi and Maffew’s name is a botchamania classic entry itself 😂

[@Dr_1212]

RIP WCW Gone but never forgotten

[@mattalan6618]

but ive forgotten it

[@LeftyStegman]

@@mattalan6618so have I

[@Dr_1212]

Most wrestling fans haven't ya.ll 😆🤦‍♂️

[@Deltrottersvan]

​@@Dr_1212real wrestling fans you mean, people like you who don't hate on any wrestling and constantly talk crap about WWE, totally not hating but haters, F em

[@nigel_saxon]

Everyone complaining about AEW matches have never seen an episode of Vince Russo led WCW nitro

[@SeasideDetective2]

That said, the main event of this year's Full Gear disappointed me quite a bit.

[@jeremycastillo8594]

Fall Brawl 98 is the first WCW PPV I ever ordered and I’ll never forget how weird that War Games match was That and the Jericho “pyro” entrance

[@theneonchimpchannel9095]

When you mentioned that Brutus would follow Hulk anywhere, all I could think of was Hulk Hogan re-enacting that scene from "Monty Python's Meaning Of Life"..."And he went wherever I did go!".

[@Cyco-iu5if]

Hmmm...I'm sensing a theme here. I'm pretty sure the 10 worst main event matches in TNA would look similar (at least one side of the versus).

[@anthonyjsgamingchannel7272]

As usual when saw the title of video I already knew hogan giant at Halloween havoc would be#1

[@steveconvertibles3352]

Hogan was involved with all these entrants, wonder if there’s a connection.

[@zanethind]

Same with DDP he had like 2 entries on the list

[@ilikethecokev2]

All but one

[@steveconvertibles3352]

He was there though

[@ilikethecokev2]

How about another list like this but specifically matches that *don't* have Hogan in them?

[@RKStrikerJK5]

Yeah. This got a bit redundant.

[@EssexAggiegrad2011]

@@RKStrikerJK5 Can't blame them for Hogan being a diva

[@ilikethecokev2]

@@EssexAggiegrad2011 Yeah, but at the same time I'm curious to see what other non-Hogan stinkers there were.

[@NTwisp13]

I think the problem here is that, unlike wwe, their knowledge of wcw is completely superficial, which had been proven numerous times; from text to visual content [wrong logos etc]. It’s obvious that they didn’t follow it back then.

[@salisburyjr]

Everybody should love Hulk idc. Yeah drama time and again but cmon what goes behind close doors what we don't know today as far as today's wrestlers the sky's the limit as far as drama perhaps

[@joemomma3208]

Hogan vs Sting Starcade97 was the worst ppv main event EVER!

[@Foo-oo-oo-oolsGold89]

Worse than Hogan Vrs Warrior ? 😂😂😂

[@2rrkd]

@@Foo-oo-oo-oolsGold89 Hogan vs. Warrior wasn't a ppv main event (in WCW).

[@chrisp679]

Co main event.

[@WhoIsThatGuy1]

The hype was top notch. The finished hurt. Thanks Terry.

[@TheThird1977]

@@2rrkd You could argue that it was since it was the last match shown during the live PPV broadcast due to the feed cutting out early.

[@thabozzofficial]

"...Aaaand-The-Yeeeeeet-aaaaaay!" - Still one of the most iconic calls in all of wrestling. 😂

[@SeasideDetective2]

WWF and WCW alike really, REALLY did not want to let the 1980s go. Long after the rest of popular culture had moved on from the cartoonish "Radical, dude!" iconography, pro wrestling continued to rub it in our faces until almost to the end of the '90s. In 1995 among me and my friends, the '80s were already "retro." For Vince McMahon and Eric Bischoff, they were, to paraphrase William Faulkner, "not only not dead, but not even past."

[@rickyrosay33977]

You just summed it up by 1993 the datedness of the WWF and WCW was really showing my uncle used to tell me him and his friends were tired of Hogan by that time they started playing Doom and the very next year they started getting into ECW

[@daltonpinell6251]

Even if you're the hardest of hardcore yellow and red blooded Hulkamaniac who ever lived, you have to admit how telling this list is

[@perceivedvelocity9914]

Good wrestling and bad wrestling is extremely subjective. Nowadays everyone online says that Hulk Hogan was a bad wrestler. The truth is the general public turned on the TV and bought tickets to watch him in the ring. Those same people say that Kenny Omega is a great wrestler. The truth is AEW's ratings and tickets keep going down. The Internet wrestling community has no idea how to make money in wrestling or what a good wrestler is.

[@freddiejohnson6137]

Hogan being 9 of the 10 entires really does show how little effort he was able to put it an still be considered a draw. I imagine even by the year 2000 WCW was still contractually obligated to book him in a certain number of main events but even during the peek of the nwo on 96 and 97 it's shocking how many shows he managed to either not defend the title by being in tag team matches or them to conviently not actually advertise it as a title match and just let people assume it is and then be confused when Piper beat him and not be champion at Starrcade 96.

[@SuperSonicShadow27]

I’m just gonna guess that Hogan is in at least 60 percent of these. Update. I gave Hogan way too much credit. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@big_tea1983]

Uh, #6 is part of what got me into rasslin. I grew up a Bulls fan and on that card I was introduced to Goldberg.

[@brandonleblanc955]

You know, at the time, I really loved WCW for its camp. The Dungeon of Doom stuff was so ludicrous that it actually made for entertaining programming most of the time. The Ye-tay arrival was so-bad-it's-good stuff! I would take WCW's 1994-96 over what WWF was doing at the time, no question.

[@Kobra6510]

Hogan being on this list 9 times made my whole day laughing 😂

[@JayBlackedOut]

We talk about McMahon sending Russo to sabotage WCW, I’m starting to think he sent Hogan for that.

[@LusterThomas-ue7gk]

He sent hall and nash for that . Hogan just joined them later.

[@joedavidson6556]

Funny how someone can have soooo many horrible matches yet be considered one of the goats in wrestling.

[@salisburyjr]

And the guy doing this segment looks like a goat lol

[@drstclair]

I'm growing more and more of the opinion that Hogan is the most overrated wrestlers of all time.

[@simoncromarty1822]

Nah, it’s just KZbin channels no that the younger generation hates him so always shit on him ! His work wasn’t great and compared with these days it’s bad but just wrestling is about reactions and making the crowd feel something and when you go back and see the reactions he’s got his entire career it’s incredible

[@drstclair]

@simoncromarty1822 I think of him being overrated because of his ego. Vader has said in a match that Vader was supposed to win, Hogan went in for business for himself. That along with terrible work ethic, selfishness, and lying to the fan base makes him not bad, but overrated.

[@RyanSlocum]

@@simoncromarty1822exactly!!! These channels are a complete joke

[@DopeyDetector]

Hogan is the reason these channels exist. He literally took wrestling from a sideshow aimed at brainless adults into the mainstream. He is STILL a million years later, a household name around the world. Younger fans are dopey

[@arlopear7136]

You probably could've done this entire countdown on 2000 WCW alone

[@Rando1975]

Yeah, I was thinking the list would be about 8 or 9 2000 shows.

[@dylanogg347]

A toast to nine-tenths of tales tailored to Terrible Terry.

[@erikriojas284]

The war games I remember the rules being that whoever got the pin was getting a title shot at Halloween Havoc. Which also made the war games even more less team oriented, but that was the reason for the pin, it boiled down to everyman for himself, or maybe it's just been too long.

[@moopert86]

Me before watching: There's going to be a lot of Hogan here isn't there? Me after watching: Yep, that's a lot of Hogan phoning it in.

[@jakemitchell1132]

WCW Booking: Rodman is a heel and Malone is a face. Real Life: Rodman is a face and Malone is an uber heel.

[@knightdehumidifier4212]

I am surprised that you didn't include the four corners main event of Sin. It had Sid breaking his leg, Road Warrior Animal debuting to the surprise of no one, a debuting formation of a super group no one wanted, and the match was only 7 minutes long, amidst the backdrop of a dying WCW in 2001.

[@randumo24]

Problem was that it didn't involve Hogan. You should pay attention to the bias that some of the people on this channel have against him.

[@venomousnate7263]

I can imagine the research for looking up these bad main events being a doozy.

[@heisensaul5538]

The fact that Hogan-Warrior from Halloween Havoc 1998 didn't make this list is mind boggling.

[@jeremyriley1238]

That is because it's not a main event.

[@heisensaul5538]

@@jeremyriley1238 Oh you're right. Hogan was great at politicking his way into the main event, so I forgot it wasn't. Plus, the Goldberg-DDP main event got cut off for a lot of people.

[@Giambijuice]

Was that the match where Warrior busted his ankle on the way to the ring?

[@heisensaul5538]

@@Giambijuice I dont think so. I've never heard that about this specific match before. Hogan burn his with flash paper face during the match however lol

[@Giambijuice]

@@heisensaul5538 Yes, I remember the famous flash paper match, lmao🤣. I looked into it, and Wargames '98 was when Warrior busted his ankle

[@Cobralalalala]

Interesting list, but just one thing. The cage for Hogan/Piper wasn't created because of Hell in a Cell. It was the Thunder Cage, which had existed since 89.

[@CarbonRollerCaco]

"La-Z E" Bischoff REALLY thought Hogan was a win button.

[@nicktaylor2657]

Hulk Hogan vs Warrior at Halloween Havok would be on this list but thankfully was second to last to Goldberg vs DDP WCW World title match that was actually good 😏

[@vannloc7551]

Should have let Jack say the yeti to keep that one going😅

[@kermitthefrogsgreenmememac6453]

I can't stop laughing at the Giant vs Hogan match. Monster trucks I can somewhat understand. Pushing someone off the roff. Okay a bit crazy. Giant no-selling death. A fucking mummy called yeti. Two big guys humping Hulk Hogan. I'm dead

[@wbcwinnipegbeltcollector]

0:02 seconds in First thought HOGAN VS Warrior but I remember Goldberg and Page finished that show....so my guess Sting VS HOGAN for the irreparable damage it caused

[@wbcwinnipegbeltcollector]

Finished and Honestly yea I can't argue with number 1 🤣🤣🤣

[@JLawls91]

Top 10 Politicians would be an interesting vid!

[@highlordlaughterofcanada8685]

Not on a wrestling channel

[@ryutsubohachi5615]

The Yeti looks like he wrapped himself with used toilet paper

[@Wulfman317]

Has there been another main event guy/top draw that stunk out the joint as much as Hogan did?

[@dannynellist4925]

Picking 10 must of been hard, could of been a 2 hour video

[@smac919]

3:02 a big difference between AEW and WCW is Rey & Eddie would have been in the cage match, with the old heads opening the show.

[@CadChamberlain]

describing the nba finals as a series of matches is hilarious

[@vinceraven1501]

What?! The Yetay is legendary... We should've had Yeti vs Prince Karras at some point.... WCW vs old SMW lol. 😜

[@piefish1000]

Actually it was less that Goldberg needed to heal up from an attack, and more because he needed to heal up from ramming himself head first into the ring post on a spear lol Kayfabe or otherwise XD

[@danickakinzy2468]

This countdown should be called Hulk Hogan's worst matches in WCW!!😂

[@AshesUndying]

Could also have been titled "Top 10 Worst Hulk Hogan WCW PPV Main Event Matches" 😂

[@vinceraven1501]

Yeah, Wargames has been done by the E, NWA/WCW, MLW, WWC, AEW & various other promotions to varying successes..

[@JustinTyme116]

For all the good that Hogan did for WCW, he sure also had a lot of stinkers as well. Brother!

[@SleepLess_Plays]

9 Matches involving Hogan, not surprised at all, was never a good wrestler 🙄

[@SkateSoup]

That triple layer cage match was cringe, but what really topped it off was in the teaser packages and at least the first half of commentary of the match, he was not called the "ultimate" solution, but something far, far, far, far more horrible. Don't know if they've dubbed it out recently or if whatcukture just didn't want to get their channel banned for using the term.

[@polskasausage762]

There seems to be a theme in this list but I can't quite put my finger on it brother

[@KairiCopeland]

This list honestly could've been titled "10 WORST Hulk Hogan PPV Main Events in WCW History".

[@Nicksuavemusic]

Still can’t believe Ed Leslie got a title shot

[@stingrey1571]

@2:30 wcw had that giant steel cage prior to hell in the cell. check out the hilarious chamber of horrors match.

[@joonermichael]

DDP and Malone vs Hogan and Rodman was what introduced me to wrestling, so at least some good came from it 😉

[@ob_gynkenobi4014]

That is the second worse introduction to wrestling I've ever heard of. Only being topped by someone's first storyline being the Katie Vick one. Well done mate

[@mattalan6618]

thats just sad

[@jerranspearman3369]

good video

[@Cruz0881]

Malone and Rodman wrestling during the finals is crazy to me. Imagine that happening now. Lebron vs Curry idk I don’t watch basketball

[@MrPie]

Holy Hogan. Whew! I get why you put some many Hogan matches on this list (I actually might have put Hogan and Ed first, only because Hogan and Giant had a decent match before the monster orgy). But I do think some main events post and pre-Hogan could also be on the list. Luger vs. Windham at Great American Bash '91 was the culmination of a terrible show. Jarrett vs. Nash at Great American Bash 2000 was an absolute mess with an awful Goldberg heel turn. And who can forget Sting and Jake Roberts at Halloween Havoc 1992 with the awful Spin the Wheel gimmick that landed on a random coal miner's glove match? Oh, and the Battlebowl Battle Royals from Starrcade 1992 and Battlebowl 1993 were pretty underwhelming.

[@therockazoid1723]

Remember being a kid and trying to like wcw. The N64 games were mostly great but I couldn't stand nitro or thunder as shows.

[@abhishekghimire102]

What was funny for me is that on celebrity matches...there is always involvement of ddp😂

[@zanethind]

WCW late 90s-2000s is one of the worst periods of wrestling ever it's like 1995 WWE all over again

[@DaermaeonBranKor]

Of course you got more excitement from a Slinky. Slinkies are freaking awesome

[@garretindall2820]

Wow Hulk Hogan is on this list ALOT 😳🤯🤣😂

[@Seanatonin]

Karl Malone’s cutter should have been called “The Delivery”

[@FFA441]

Came here for road wild 1998 and was not disappointed

[@franklingoodwin]

I see the YETAY, I click. I can't resist...

[@j1984ha]

DOOMSDAY STEEL CAGE MATCH. Aka the biggest clusterfuck of a match ever produced.

[@christianbrown274]

That’s crazy most of Hogan’s matches was always bad🤦🏽‍♂️🫣

[@nicholaschristie8699]

This just goes by the old acronym H.R.E. Hogan Ruins Everything

[@evancrosby3774]

I'm truly disappointed that they stole the clean sweep from Hogan...

[@mattheweubanks6163]

I've seen half the video and I see a pattern, brother!

[@Reject101Personal]

Only on the first few entry's to this list... and I feel there's already a theme... brother

[@El-Fuego-_-1]

This video should be called the worst Hulk Hogan WCW main event 🤣🤣🤣

[@SpencerAndZekeHarvey]

It's the YET TAY

[@robwest5457]

I wanted to criticize Cultaholic for unnecessarily bashing WCW for no reason, but I… I got nothing. You’re 100% correct, all of these matches have zero excuse and they were all awful. I concede, you’re right, Adam.

[@syafiqnasarudin8477]

do a video on worst ppv main events in wcpw

[@ohkay2360]

As an American, I wanna tell you this list is bollocks. Leno is the worst

[@omarvazquez3355]

Hogan vs Warrior will be numer 1.wait was that the main event?

[@JoeMacca93]

No it was Goldberg vs DDP

[@paulgibbon5991]

@@JoeMacca93 Though you could be forgiven for not realising, given that the PPV overran and the final match (which was awesome) got cut off for a lot of viewers.

[@calebbonds4632]

I don’t think everyone realizes that hulk was involved in damn near all of these matches…….. if hulk fans don’t understand y hogans career is a mixed bag, I would recommend this video. It really does seem like hogan had more bad matches than good.

[@HIMSteveO]

Bit of a shame that it couldn't be a complete clean sweep of Hogan terribleness - that Uncensored '99 cage 'first blood' match (first blood in name only...) should've been on there instead of Goldberg/Kronik. That match was a real boring piece of shit, and was also booked ridiculously piss-poorly...

[@Oldmonstrosityshop]

So basically “Hogans greatest (s)hits in WCW”.

[@EduardoFlores-pv3wo]

Title needs to be changed to " Hogans worst main event matches in wcw"

[@multiyapples]

Interesting choices.

[@yadielenielbellecolon982]

Thank For the Video 🙊🤯🥰😍😁💗🧡🌟🥇🏆

[@madsmartdude]

2 mins in and i got a feeling Hogan is going to be in all of these

[@georgemetcalf8763]

If only Hogan/Warrior had gone last and Booker/Steiner was the proper main event at Halloween Havoc 2000. If Cultaholic wants, it could 10 worst Hogan WCW PPV matches and with minor editing, you'd have a new video.

[@Rando1975]

Good Lord, WCW was painful to watch at times.

[@lb2.0.45]

Honestly this list should've been named the top ten worst of late stage Hogan.

[@Kjhuman9603]

How is Warrior vs Hogan at Halloween havoc not on this list?

[@lilpoetat]

Thanks 🎉

[@dp4681]

Say "F'N HULK HOGAN" without saying f' Hulk Hogan

[@jaycerrito3142]

Literally 90% of the list has Hulk Hogan

[@theFRIS]

the words of the intro could easily have aew in it instead of wcw (except for the no longer around part)

[@marvellis6762]

Instantly I thought, Hogan has to be in all 10. Wrestling greatest ever fraud!