WCW in 1990 Was BAD - From Robocop to The Black Scorpion

WCW in 1990 was one of the worst years for Ted Turner's wrestling division. Despised booker Ole Anderson took control of WCW and ran it into the ground in a year that saw Robocop come to save Sting and The Black Scorpion come to destroy him. Ric Flair was there too.
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[@arlopear7136]

3:47 Sid had to sell for both Robocop and the Shockmaster. That man is an absolute team player lol

[@metalcoffie]

I was really into the Black Scorpion stuff, myself..... I mean I was 8 going on 9 at the time so, make of that what you will. It WAS a bit disappointing it was Ric Flair. But in my kid brain it made sense, since Flair and Sting were rivals.

[@hardluckwoman3448]

Me too it use to scare me

[@UndergroundSkat2000]

Sting and Ric Flair are my favorite wrestlers. I was 8 years old in these days and I thought Robocop was awesome to help Sting fight off the Four Horsemen. Also the Black Scorpion was scary until he was revealed out of the shadows. Once again I was just a kid, being an adult now that stuff was cheesy

[@omalone1169]

12:40 what did dusty rhodes do

[@mikehunt4986]

I was 14 and that shit was cheesy. Hated that shit then and I hate it now.

[@stlredbirds85]

I was in St. Louis for Starcade in 1990. The culmination of the Black Scorpion reveal of Ric Flair. By far the worst ppv I've witnessed

[@RolfWrenWalsh]

About a year ago I finally finished watching every single piece of both WCW and WWE programming (WorldWide, Saturday Night, Main Event, Pro, Power Hour, Superstars, Wrestling Challenge, and the PPVs) in chronological order. I have been stuck in April 1991 for what feels like an eternity due to real life. Just like WCW 2000, the storylines were trash in WCW 1990, but the actual WRESTLING was still light years ahead of WWE. WCW FOR LIFE AND FOREVER!!!!

[@alucardtepes4420]

its nice to look back at all this, WcW and WWF didn't seem so ridiculous back then, but watching these vids has me in disbelief that I ever watched any of this.

[@allencollins5666]

WCW 1990 Far Better Than Crap WWE Today.

[@EliasRoy]

Interestingly Ole Anderson was one of the reasons as to why The Undertaker/Mean Mark Callous left WCW. He said that The Undertaker could never draw a dime. Oh man, how wrong was he

[@StunnedByWrestling]

A sure sign that Anderson was out of touch

[@LoneWolf-zd7lh]

I really like that insight about WCW in the year 1990 it was very interesting & informative.

[@351clevelandmodifiedmotor4]

i saw robo cop making its way to the ring and half of the costume came apart and was flapping around😂

[@MacStoker]

are you claiming that wasn't a real robot/human hybrid?

[@joesalyers]

1990 was destroyed because Flair had pushed the young guys up the roster, Sting, Pillman, Steiners, Zenk and Ole hated Ric by this point so he dismantled all the good work Ric and Jim Cornette had done from 1989. Most of those guys were always blaming Flair but it was actually Ole that did it.

[@TheRealRollerCodster]

The black scorpion was THE SHOCK MASTER 😳🤯

[@kennethmattsson880]

Only just found this channel and now I cant stop watching your videos. Keep up the good work!

[@AB-ez4rm]

The only thing worse than Robocop was years later Rick Steiner challenged the psycho killer doll Chucky to come down to the ring and face him during a squabble.

[@wrestlingwithart]

Olie just loved doing that voice. He also voiced Shockmaster with the same not scary voice

[@DarzPearce]

thankyou for pointing out the magic that was the Ding Dongs. They shoulda got a run at the title, or formed a three man tag team with Robocop.

[@mikehunt4986]

I was 14 in 1990 and unlike all the other people here who were little kids at the time and claim to have loved the stupid Black Scorpion angle I absolutely hated it. Lame storyline that dragged on for too long and culminated with a shitty reveal.

[@jamesrfb]

The Black Scorpion’s voice sounds eerily like the voice of the Shockmaster.😉

[@rdc501]

The Black Scorpion sounds just like the Shockmaster. Terrible.

[@UndergroundSkat2000]

It was legit to have Vader squash Z Man. He should.

[@shanehopke8966]

The Black Scorpion was the greatest fictional character in the history of pro wrestling!

[@seannoble5810]

The black scorpion angle was the first wrestling story line I had ever seen. And I ate that shit up! I was 10. So there is that. The only thing that I didn’t like was the ending for it. It was a let down that it ended up being ric flair.

[@jamesfaragoza5782]

I was 9 years old and GLUED to the TV. I was hoping it was Ric Flair. That rivalry was the best. He was and still is my favorite wrestler of all time. The dirtiest player in the game. The best promos.

[@Koolazzmike]

That black scorpion character wasn't needed. The WWF at the time wouldn't have pulled that! The only way if that would've worked if it was a superstar from another federation like the Ultimate Warrior.....but he was WWF world champion at the time.

[@burna2650]

Starrcade when they unmasked Flair was great to me though. Windham/Anderson vs Doom!🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Campcrystal1]

Oh that street fight was brilliant

[@burna2650]

@@Campcrystal1 yes it was. The bloodied superplex by Windham!! Luger v Hansen strap match was good too! They also had a tag tournament too if I remember correct.

[@Campcrystal1]

@@burna2650 Oh yeh that street fight was very physical..... Windham took a fair bit of damage but he could take it he didn't mind it being stiff.... The leather chaps😂 And spartacus in the cage with Sting😂😂😂😂

[@meztizo_americano86]

Robo Cop vs Gobbledy Gooker

[@OldManDoom]

I mean, am I really hearing this? Making a competitive match with Z Man and Vader is what the company needed? Why wouldn’t it be a total squash? Yeah those early 90’s years were rough for WCW but Vader was one of the biggest heels in the history of WCW. That’s a real reach there. With as much that was falling apart for them at the time, singling out Vader seems strange

[@StunnedByWrestling]

Point was Zenk had been pushed as both part of his team with Pillman and in singles, was decent in the ring, the fans were into him, but Anderson picked on him not just on Vader's debut but previously too. He could've chosen an actual jobber instead. Also Zenk had planned a more competitive match rather than a squash, but Anderson called it in the ring for Vader to finish him 5 minutes earlier than planned. Sorry I should have made that clearer

[@patrickperalta59]

Ole Anderson was a moron end of story. Undertaker mentions in a interview when he was new to the bussiness and in WCW Ole Anderson told him "no one would pay to see him wrestle........short time later he Debuted in WWF as the Undertaker , fans loved him , paid to see him and proved Ole Anderson wrong. and he was in wrestling for 30 years.....pretty good for a guy who was told no one would pay to see him wrestle.

[@StunnedByWrestling]

An old man who got stuck in his ways

[@patrickperalta59]

@@StunnedByWrestling so true.

[@p.d.l7023]

Between Black Scorpion, Robocop, Ding Dongs = WCW was damaged for years.

[@gonzogilberto4690]

Only just discovered this channel....and i love it! Keep it up man

[@jamesmastrobuono1774]

2:01 pillmans splash looked amazing

[@vinnymac7565]

The best part of early 90's WCW was Stan Hansen spitting tobacco and ringing his cowbell.

[@capsortee]

black scorpion and shockmaster had the SAME voice?lol

[@lostworldofjj]

1990 wcw looks like vince came up with those ideas if you look at all the shitty wwf and wwe gimmicks

[@razorramon7573]

If 1990 was one of WCW's worse years, Then it was outdone by leaps and bounds 10 years later by the year 2000! 😂

[@robkearsy2995]

It wasn't guy gets shit wrong like MGM owned Robocop not at the time it was owned by Orion Films at that time. Ted Turner was hands off with the product as well. I agree that Ole was bad Robocop being on TV was ridiculous.

[@tims1979]

I really think the Black Scorpion should have been Lex Luger. You have the storyline of him being jealous of Sting doing what he never could. Beating Ric Flair for the world title.

[@dyyyyyyy195]

This is totally wrong, black scorpio angle was so hyped. But end of the storyline is awful.

[@blacknapalm2131]

*The only good thing Ole Anderson EVER did was the voice acting for Black Scorpion and The Shockmaster!*

[@ShadowAngel-lt8nw]

He was a great booker in the early 80's in Georgia actually. He completely lost his touch in 1990 though

[@dallasarnold1803]

Oh come on, WCW in 1990 wasn't that bad. I know it had bit of bad moments with this Robocop/black scorpion stuff but still.

[@allencollins5666]

Most Praise Early Years WCW.

[@shugamouth]

Early in the video, you said Arn was a booker but show an image of Ole, his kayfabe relative.

[@StunnedByWrestling]

my bad! thanks for pointing that out

[@BeaMode1990]

I absolutely love this channel already because you definitely have some bomb content. For the avid fan to the diehard fan plus I definitely got more insight into certain things I already knew about for years. 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

[@trevorhensley3185]

My respect for Double A has gone down a tad.

[@undertakerfanz628]

I'd rather have a Robocop than the kiss band for David arquette

[@irfanahmed4523]

Anderson still ran a decent show compare to Russo

[@jyesucevitz]

Sting "Mo Howard'd Heyman?

[@patrickreeves4650]

its so funny people rip on the Black Scorpion story line. everything i read has most fans enjoying it, and it kept them guessing. while i agree that it failed ultimately because there never was an end point planned out, and nobody wanted to see it be flair, it still captured everyone for the months and months it went on for. the match at clash of the champions had my basement tv room full of all my friends from school and i. we were transfixed!

[@ShadowAngel-lt8nw]

It gets ripped because the end was so bad with Flair. Anybody would've been a better choice and there were a few options available, the three best options wouild've been Rick Rude (he had left the WWF a couple months earlier), Eddie Gilbert or Nikita Koloff. The latter two even fitting the whole "I'm from your past" thing.

[@mikehunt4986]

The only fans who enjoyed that crap were kids. Those of us who weren't kids in 1990 hated that garbage.

[@dkthales]

Years later, Robocop was in Mortal Kombat lol

[@jailcatjones3250]

Almost shat myself when I saw Robocop

[@StunnedByWrestling]

🤣

[@francescoromani4539]

RoboCop!?!😳🔼😅 6:20😳

[@nunu850]

Are any of those guys that ran wcw besides Eric Bischoff still alive?

[@StunnedByWrestling]

Anderson's still alive, surprisingly

[@ajk]

@@StunnedByWrestling So's Herd. BTW, you missed Halloween Havoc here, where they had another magic show during the event and a really badly shot dusty finish of sorts in the main event when Sting wrestled Sid for the title, where they had Sting get swapped out for Barry Windnam, Sid pin Windnam, only for Sting to return and have the match restart, after which he was able to retain.

[@jamesmastrobuono1774]

Idk who is to Ric flair guy is...I know a 16 time world champion by the name of Spartacus tho

[@scottlupo7733]

Stop hating on the Ding Dongs!! 😅

[@illuminatikiller1]

So The horseman where the NWO of the 80s and 90s

[@RoParky]

Nointeen Nointy???

[@velleione]

Is that the best that you can do? Thumbs down 👎🏾

[@allencollins5666]

Yeah WCW Was Too Far Criticized .

[@jayfroggy]

Yo you should give a seizure warning at 1:05 seems like that might trigger some??

[@rexsexson5349]

I was 13