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Bash at the Beach 2000 Season 4 Episode 9 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Dark Side of the Ring,” titled “Bash at the Beach 2000,” promises to dive deep into the behind-the-scenes drama of World Championship Wrestling (WCW) at the end of the 1990s. This period was marked by intense battles not just in the ring, but also among executives and writers who were shaping the future of wrestling. The episode will explore how these conflicts affected the company and its talent.

The focus of “Bash at the Beach 2000” will be on a specific moment that changed the landscape of WCW. An off-script rant against wrestling legend Hulk Hogan is set to be a key highlight. This incident is known to have caused ripples throughout the organization, leading to significant changes in how storylines were crafted and how wrestlers interacted with one another.

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Bursting through the curtain for his first ever WCW World Title bout, Hulk Hogan looked slimmed down, healthy, and eager to make a great first impression. At World Championship Wrestling’s Bash At The Beach event on July 17, 1994, Hogan was set to face ‘Nature Boy’ Ric Flair in a match pro wrestling fans had waited years to see.

This was the dawning of a new era for WCW, and many backstage felt the company – upon signing Hulk – had finally hit the big time. There was a sea of change on the roster, quickly evolving into a line-up which greatly resembled the WWF roster of the late-1980’s and early-1990’s.

Hogan brought pals like Jim Duggan, The Honky Tonk Man and Ed ‘Brutus Beefcake’ Leslie along for the ride. The latter even headlined Starrcade 1994 opposite Hulk himself, a decision WCW VP Eric Bischoff would later dub a mistake that he regrets.

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Hulk Hogan’s WCW contract has been leaked online, following an investigation by Chris Harrington into WCW court documents.

There’s a range of new information in the document, throwing up some intriguing facts about Hogan’s WCW career. Everything from his salary to his complex range of bonuses, this was undoubtedly one of the best deals ever handed out in the pro wrestling industry.

The contract was his final deal with WCW, and the following is everything you need to know from the documents.

10. A Four Year Deal WWE.com

Hogan’s final WCW deal was a four year contract, for a period from May 29, 1998 to May 28, 2002.

What’s significant about that, is WCW went out of existence in March 2001. Furthermore, Hogan’s final WCW appearance was in July 2000 at Bash At The Beach. That means the Hulkster got a pretty good deal on his contract, as...

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1996 was the year it all turned around for World Championship Wrestling. By the end of ’96, WCW was no longer playing second fiddle to Vince McMahon or the World Wrestling Federation. One brilliant idea would be credited as the turning point, the New World Order.

Signing both Kevin Nash and Scott Hall away from their major competition, WCW made a statement at the Bash At The Beach 1996 Pay-Per-View. One of the biggest babyfaces in pro wrestling history unthinkably turned heel, joining these ‘Outsiders’. There can be no denying that the move was a master stroke, even if the creative team didn’t really seem to know what to do once the nWo idea ran dry years later.

Incredibly, the nWo revolution wasn’t the only big thing happening for WCW in 1996. This article focuses on things even hardcore wrestling fans might not know about the company during that year.

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World Championship Wrestling officially came into existence as a professional wrestling company (rather than just a catchy television headline to promote the National Wrestling Alliance) in November 1988. With Ted Turner as its financial benefactor, the revamped company eventually severed ties with its Nwa roots and grew to heights few had thought possible with a program called WCW Monday Nitro. The Monday Night Wars offered the best of times and the worst of times for WCW, ultimately driving the promotion into the ground.

It is hard to believe that it has been over thirteen years since WCW ceased to exist. More than any time since the initial years passed its buyout by WWE in March 2001, the wrestling world has been talking about WCW. So, today, we celebrate it by looking back at the top 20 matches in its history. Nothing before November 1988 was considered; just matches from World Championship Wrestling as we knew it.

Since WWE purchased WCW and the vast video library that came along with it, there have been numerous releases devoted to WCW related content, from the Goldberg set, to the Best of Nitro stuff, down to the Nwo release, but this is the first time WWE has taken a look at the best matches from the rich history of WCW’s Pay-Per-View’s. So here it is, volume one in the greatest matches from the PPV years of WCW.

WCW had some great PPV shows over the years of their existence. From Starrcade to Halloween Havoc, Superbrawl to Uncensored, Road Wild to Sin. Okay, ignore Sin, pretend I didn’t say that.

Here, in this 3 DVD/2 Bd set, you get over 20 matches ranging from 1987 until 2001 and the quality is, for the most-part, very high. From true wrestling greats, such as Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes, Sting, Vader, Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage,...

After about a month of taking in what the WWE Network has to offer I thought we could take a look at some of the things that are worth your time on there, and even just to pick up on DVD. Every PPV event from WWE(F), WCW and Ecw is included on the on-demand section of the network, which means there is hundreds of shows and thousands of hours worth of wrestling to dig through, so I wanted to whittle it down to ten shows that I feel are worth watching, and the reasons will be highlighted too.

Let’s begin with an obvious one shall we?

WWE: WrestleMania 1

Held in Madison Square Garden in New York City, the very first WWF pay-per-view ever presented and a show that lit the fuse on the rocket that became sports entertainment and the concept of pay-per-view. The show isn’t...