World Championship Wrestling

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This Day in WCW History: Billy Kidman & Rey Mysterio, Jr. close out their WCW careers by not only defeating 3 Count & The Jung Dragons in a 3-Way Tag Team Match, but going on to defeat Kid Romeo & Elix Skipper later in the night to become the 2nd & final WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Champions on the March 26, 2001 edition of Monday Nitro.

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This Day in WCW History: Ultimo Dragon celebrates the one year anniversary of his first WCW Cruiserweight Championship win by once again claiming the Title, this time overcoming a sneak attack during his entrance by Eddie Guerrero to lock in the Dragon Sleeper on the December 29, 1997 edition of Monday Nitro.

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This Day in WCW History: Raven's Flock secures its first Championship in WCW when newcomer Saturn waylays Disco Inferno with suplexes and locks on the Rings of Saturn to win the WCW World Television Title on the November 3, 1997 edition of Monday Nitro.

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This Day in WCW History: After calling it down the middle all match in a WCW Title bout between his buddy Kevin Nash and Booker T, Jarrett shows his true colors by accepting a guitar from Vince Russo, breaking it over the head of Booker and counting three for a Jackknife to secure Kevin Nash his 4th WCW World Heavyweight Championship on the August 28, 2000 edition of Monday Nitro.

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This Day in WCW History: On the same night Jimmy Garvin arrived in WCW as the newest member of The Freebirds and replaced Terry Gordy as Michael Hayes' partner against The Dynamic Dudes, Garvin & Hayes use a powerbomb from Gordy behind the official's back to defeat The Midnight Express and win the tournament to crown new NWA World Tag Team Champions at 1989's Clash of the Champions VII: Guts & Glory.

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This Day in WCW History: Forced to unmask three months earlier after losing to The Steiner Brothers, Ron Simmons & Butch Reed return stronger than ever when the duo known as Doom defeats Rick & Scott to become the first African-American team to hold the NWA World Tag Team Championship at Capital Combat '90.

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This Day in WCW History: After two months of Cruiserweight Champion Chris Jericho running down Dean Malenko’s family following their match at Uncensored, Juventud Guerrera selflessly eliminates himself from a #1 Contender’s Battle Royal to hand the immediate Title match to Ciclope, who unmasks to reveal himself as Dean Malenko. Once the bell rings, Malenko takes charge and soon applies the Texas Cloverleaf to become the first-ever 4-time Cruiserweight Champion at Slamboree 1998.

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This Day in WCW History: Vince Russo’s New Blood faction is dealt an unexpected blow when its crown jewel Jeff Jarrett telegraphs a back body drop against Ric Flair and The Nature Boy catches The Chosen One with a small package, winning Flair his 15th World Championship on the May 15, 2000 edition of Monday Nitro.

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This Day in WCW History: Weeks after gifting the World Title to DDP by helping him lay out Kevin Nash, Randy Savage once again intervenes by attacking Nash in his match with DDP to cause a DQ. However, Eric Bischoff restarts the match with no DQs and following a chair-assisted big boot, DDP falls prey to a Jackknife Powerbomb that gives Nash his 2nd WCW World Heavyweight Championship at Slamboree 1999.

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This Day in WCW History: By his own design, David Arquette's illustrious reign as Heavyweight Champion of the World comes to a close in the first Triple Cage Match when he turns on his Ready to Rumble co-star DDP by smashing a guitar over his head, allowing Jeff Jarrett to scale the third cage and collect his 2nd WCW World Heavyweight Championship at Slamboree 2000.

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This Day in WCW History: Scott Steiner and Booker T meet in the Finals of a tournament for the vacant US Title where Booker revives a downed referee only for Steiner to knock him out again, leading to Big Poppa Pump grabbing a foreign object from his trunks, bashing Booker T in the skull and making the cover to win his first United States Heavyweight Championship at Spring Stampede 1999.

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This Day in WCW History: The first ever Greed and the final PPV in World Championship Wrestling history takes place from the Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum. Highlights from the night are Kid Romeo & Elix Skipper becoming the inaugural Cruiserweight Tag Team Champions, The Natural Born Thrillers making quick work of Lex Luger & Buff Bagwell to retain their World Tag Team Title, Shane Helms and Booker T picking up their first Cruiserweight & US Championship, respectively, father and son Dusty & Dustin Rhodes upending Ric Flair & Jeff Jarrett and Scott Steiner brutalizing The People’s Champion DDP to keep his WCW World Heavyweight Championship.

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