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ALL IN A DAY'S WORKRATE
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Hello one and all. Welcome back to "All in a Day's Workrate". The title of this column has become quite ironicly fitting for me lately. I have been painting my room, studying for tests, watching my beloved videos, and watching the weekly shows. Enough babbling from me though onto the section of the roster comparison you've all been waiting for, WCW! Woohoo. Let's get this party started. By the way, the Mailcity spellchecker wasn't working so stop being nitpicky and just enjoy the article.

3 Count: Evan Karaigis sucks, but the other 2 members of 3 Count are really, really talented. They come from OMEGA, which bred the Hardy Boyz, Joey Abs, the Dupps, and more, so obviously they have a strong background. Shane Helms, to my knowledge is new to being nothing but a highflyer but he seems to have adjusted pretty quickly. Shannon Moore has ALWAYS had this pretty boy/high flyer thing goin on, at one point his theme song was "MmmBop", lol. He is talented though. My "Shane Helms is a Serial Thrilla" 6 hour tape should be in my hands very soon, probably in the next week or two, Helms is the man.

Bam Bam Bigelow: Hey, I am a self-proclaimed Bam Bam mark. This guy can be such a great wrestler when he wants to be. Name on other man that can do a frontflip senton from walking? Nuff said.

Berlyn: I liked his gimmick, but he couldn't wrestle wotrh a damn. When he was known as Alex Wright he had a shitty gimmick but could wrestle! What's with that? Good thing they axed this gimmick before it caught on, God forbid anything crative or innovative happens in the 'Dub'.

"Big Poppa Pump" Scott Steiner: This guy rocks ass 6 different ways from Sunday. The guy is SO good at being a heel that he manages to get himself in deep shit just by being a good heel. In other words, he played the heel so well his company forgot he was supposed to act like that and sent him home. Damn it, I am NOT wording this right at all but I hope you get what I mean. This guy popularized the Huricanrana, used to be a technical genius, is a member(sometimes) of the second best tag-team ever, is fucking HUGE, and is the best heel in wrestling. Triple H may be the best in WWF but this guy is the best in the world, GIVE HIM THE GOLD AND WATCH YOUR RATINGS BOOST!!! I mean it.

Big T: If it isn't big, bad Ahmed "too stiff, injuring all his damn coworkers" Johnson. Not only is he back but this time he isn't fat and impressive like he was before. Yes! Way to go Tony! At least he uses Misawa's Tiger Driver, that move is mad cool.

Billy Kidman: This guy used to be so impressive it was scary. Now it seems that since he got popular he'd give a little less effort in the ring. Well, Billy, seeing as how you have ZERO mic skills I would put every effort into every match if I was you. Maybe if he got some new ring attire, I don't know but something has got to freshen up this guy because or us who have been watching him for more than the past 4 months he's getting kind of stale. Torrie Wilson is a very 'mmmmmm' girl if ya know what I am saying.

Booker: I just cannot get used to there being no "T" after the "Booker" part! Anyhow this guys been popular with almost EVERY-FREAKIN-BODY for years now. He has cool ring attire, ok music, and is a really good worker, if WCW would just give him a good feud he'd be at the top, he already is to many of us. By the way, has he EVER had a feud with anyone besides his brother????? Yes, I remember Benoit but that wasn't long enough to count. Booker is under used and under rated, damned shame. PUSH BOOKER!

Bret Hart: OK, i'll admit right off the bat, my views on Bret Hart are so 7-year old mark that its kinda funny. Bret Hart hates Shawn Michaels, Shawn hated Bret back, therefore I hate Bret and cannot in good conscience say too many positive things about him. He may be a good wrestler and maybe before SS97 he was at one point a sane man, but this guy talks trash about everybody. Sometimes he'll renig on it but he still does it anyway. The guy was threatening to run over British Bulldog's wife because he went to WWF, in case you didn't know Bulldog's wife is BRET's OWN SISTER.If you meet Bret Hart tell him Crack-coccaine destryos lives and families, he should stop smoking it. And besides, HBK beat his ass so much no wonder he's a little slow these days! :)

Brian Knobs: When I was a little kid a like the Nasty Boys, they were like the cool bullies of a schoolyard. I am having fond memories right now so I am going to skip this guys review because it would be very mean and it would kill my warm fuzzy feeling.

Buff Bagwell: Buff, says Scott Steiner, is from the San Francisco side of Atlanta. "Boy" Bagwell is probably the worst wrestler around that is kinda popular. He puts so much shame onto the spinning neck breaker that I am sure the Honky Tonk Man has urges to kill him. Pete Gas can do his finisher as well as Buff can. LOL. I repeat, PETE GAS CAN DO BUFF's FINISHER AS WELL AS BUFF CAN!!! LOL! ROTFL!!! Trying to bring back the 1980s style of airbrushing your clothes is not gonna work(he actaully airbrushes his face on the top of his hat!!lol) or get him over either. A guy wrote to me saying I am sort of a hypocrite for liking HBK but not Billy Gunn when they had a similar gimmick(I still don't agree with that point in the least), but if you EVEN THINK of writing me about Buff, I will never take anything you say seriously again! Buff sucks, write me telling me he's good if you dare.

Buzzkill: Road Dogg's brother Brad is a better wrestler than Dogg, but is so uncharasmatic he makes Dean Malenko look like the Rock. Then he tried to come back as a picketing hippie stoner....I think I have already said enough.

Chavo Guerrero: I liked this guy when he was Uncle Eddys bitch and I like him now. He is a good wrestler, but for him supposedly being a luchadore he sure does a bad job showing his mexican wrestling roots. He seems to wrestle way more American style than Mexican style. This guy get an "A" for effort but I doubt he'll ever be much a name or a force.

Chris "Champagne" Kanyon: Who's Better than Kanyon? Not many, that's for sure. Anouther guy I mark out for (that makes 2 out of 3 Triad members for those keeping track). He is truly what the marquee says he is, an innovator of offense. I give mad props to Kanyon, if all goes according to plan (at least to my plan) this guy should end up being a big name within the next 3 years. Heres to hoping.

Curt Henning: A true legend. He also happens to be injury prone. When I think of Eddy G in about 10-15 years, I think he'll end up kinda Henning like, and that is a huge compliment. "Back when I was in high school nobody else on the team had any talent. So i'd take the snap, fall back in the pocket and throw a 70yard bomb, then I would sprint down field, catch the ball and juke all the defensive players on my way in for a touchdown. Now that's.......perfect"-Mr. Perfect.

David, Daffeney, and Crowbar: Nice jumbled list, WCW is SO organized in every facet. David Flair: Sucks. Disgraced the US title last year. Great gimmick that he plays to a "T", just don't let him wrestle too much.

Crowbar: This guy, from what I hear is actually going to get the big push that he deserves. He is very talented and has quite a strong ring presence to him.

David Flair: There goes that WCW orginization again. See above.

"Diamond"Dallas Page: This former two-time WCW world heavyweight champion is getting proverbially pissed on. Since when was WCWs head offices filled with ingrates? Oh, I remember, it should have been "when were they not ?". DDP was coming off of being really huge and popular about this time last year. He had just given the nest match of hius career thus far, and he was getting booed for it, which led to a heel turn and him forming a GREATLY underranked stable with Kanyon and Triple B(is that gimmick infringement?). I must admit he got on my nerves too, but this feud with 'Boy' Bagwell has made me enjoy DDP again.

Disco Inferno: WCW doesn't like to make up their minds with this guy. Either he's getting beat up by girls or he is wearing some gold. At first I hated him, but he grew on me(not too much) to where he is acceptable as a good worker to me. His matches with Lash LeRoux were great.

Evan Karagias: WCW orginization proves itself to be prevelant(sp) yet again. In case you forgot what I said earloer, Evan is the shits, maybe even the runs, ewww.

Fit Finlay: I like Fit. His feud with Booker and Benoit was great as far as actual wrestling is concerned. I don't really have more to say. Glad he dumped Brian Knobs though.

Goldberg: I don't care if it is hip among smart fans to like him or not! Billy is a fucking monster and I love him. His moveset has gone up tremendously, and he will ALWAYS have sheer power and a very high level of intensity. I think that his reign as a world champion is the best times of WCW in the last 2 years. I'm serious so hate mail me all you want.

"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan: Hooooo. I hate him. Glad he got over cancer and all that real life shit but in the ring I wish he'd go the hell away, and that's that, toughguy.

Harlem Heat: Orginization is highly underrated in WCW.

Hugh Morrus: This guy is pretty talented. Not talented enough to be world champion or anything but he puts on some pretty entertaining matches. This is another guy I like that got stuck with Brian "Puke on my face and I like it" Knobs.

Hulk Hogan: This guy made it popular in the 80s, and helped make WCW popular with that nWo thing. Unfortunately he sucks on testicles. ) Sorry to be a little nasty but I truly despise this guy and have for years. Even in the 80s, I was an Ultimate Warrior fan(is that any better??) and a Ric Flair/4 Horsemen fan. This guy wrestles as well as he acts, you be the judge. We should start a "Forcibly making Hogan Retire" petition, I bet it would catch on like wild fire.

Jeff Jarrett: Double J is finally getting the recognition people have expected. What do you mean 'What is he talking about'? Remember when he was in the USWA??? No? Well, when he was in the USWA and really young everyone thought he was gonna be the next Hulk Hogan in terms of success. Well actually he wore galsses that had tiny light bulbs and hung out with Mideon back when he was a pig farmer(so THAT expains why he told the Godfather he liked screwing animals!) he also hung out with Road Dogg when he was only a "Roadie" and hadn't acheived the beloved "Dogg" status as of yet. He had an OK feud with Razor back then, but if they have one now it will be oodles better because I think Jarrett wresltes a ton better now. Anyway, joking aside I really like JJ a lot these days, and if you don't nobody cares about your opinion anyway, slapnutz(obligatory word reference for JJ, nowadays).

Jerry Flynn: Is this guy Steve Blackman's long lost brother? I swear I think he is. Maybe if Flynn hung out with a guy who played with mannequin heads, and he himself wore some cheese hats he could get over too, because as you all know I hate that "Karate Kid" bullshit gimmick, and apparently a lot of others do too.

Juventud Guererra: "Mexican-Pac" really gets on my nerves. He rips off everything so thank God he is pretty good at actual wrestling or i'd hate this guy as much as the guy he imitates.

Kaz Hayashi: Watching him job sucks because he looks like a decent worker. My friends are idiots too, they all think he's Taka Michinokou(sp) EVERY TIME they see him. So THAT's why asians are all given karate gimmicks, because most americans are idiots who can't tell them apart anyhow. I don';t know enough about him to judge.

Kevin Nash: What's that sludgy sound?? It sounds like like big slugs trying to crawl through a mudhole. OH, I know what it is! Kevin Nash is trying to wrestle! Too bad he never learned how. Does this guy know he is a heel or is he booking himself as a face behind everybodies back? I hate Master Blaster II.

Konnan: This guy suck, I am not very inspired to say anything more.

La Parka: He really isn't funny like everyone thinks. He really can't wrestle like everyone thinks. He really sucks I seem to be the only one who realizes it.

Lash LeRoux: Before this guy started drilling it into our heads that he had "L" shaped side burns, I liked him. But then again, I still like him. I just don't like his look. In the ring he's golden. At least the Power Plant has one guy to be proud of.

The Mamalukes: I don't like Skull VonKrush, oops I meant Big Vito. But I do like Johnny the Bull. I won't say more as I fear Tony Marinara.

Masa Hiro Chono: This guy is the shit. I haven;t seen much, but Japanese stuff I have seen this guy is truly great. Cool look, GREAT wrestler. That Yakuza kick gives me nightmares.

Meng: I was a fan of "Uncle Tonga" when he was Haku in the 80s WWF. Since then he has grown in every way but popularity. His hair, gut, muscles, and push all seem to have gotten a lot bigger since the days of "King Haku".

Mike Rotunda: MIKE ROTUNDA???? I thought his name was Irwin R. Shyster?? Lying bastards. Anyhow, this guy was a part of what I consider to be one of the top 5 or top 10 tag teams ever. Of course I am referring to "Money Inc.". Rotunda and Dibiase dominated WWF tag team wrestling for almost 2 years, up until some 500 pound pigs who had an infatuation with natural diasters sat on them one too many times. Props just for being part of Money Inc.

Norman Smiley: I hate him. I may be the only person in the US (anywhere?) that does but I really, really do. Road Dogg and him need to stop pretending to hump male asses, it's not funny. 'Screamin' Norman needs to go back to the black magic and bakc to mexico where I don't have to see him anymore.

nWo: Orginization? Nah, everything else we do sucks, why do that well?

Psychosis: This guy is terrific. With or without the damned mask this is one of the few luchadores that keeps me interested. He is pure excitement in a ring, mad props.

Rey Mysterio Jr.: Even better than Psychosis. I hope he drops the whole "mini-me" gimmick he and Konnan had. I am not saying wear a mask, I just mean Konnan already look gay enough for both of them. Anyhow, about a year or year and a half ago, Rey Rey was the best luchadore in the world and he still is the best I, personally, have ever seen.

Ric Flair: Obligatory:WHOOOOOOOO!! This is the only guy I would rate above HBK on the alltime North American wrestler list. It's not that I have seen every single match, it's that I grew up with him being THE man(and to be THE man, you had to beat THE man...few did) and watching his matches form around 1989 on. Ric Flair is the Father of Mic Work, and I do't want any e-mails about Piper or Cornette, Flair is the best wrestler who ever laced up the boots and it is a damned shame that WCW treats him the way they do. "It's funny. Space Mountain is the oldest ride in the park, but it STILL has the longest line"-You go Ric.

Rick Steiner: Always has been the less admired Steiner,and rightfully so. Lately though, Rick Steiner has been just awful in between the ropes. Too bad. DFG, WTF?

"Rowdy"Roddy Piper: I hear he used to give some of the best promos ever, so what. Never have been a fan, never will. I never saw American wrestling fan's infatuation with this half-assed worker.

Sid Vicious:HE RULES THE WORLD! Actually, he doesn't; but he sure thinks he does. I used to be a fan around the time he was in the Horsemen in the early 90s. I also thought he was OK during his battels with Michaels, little did I know it was Shawn that made him look like that. I have to admit though. I am glad he is the champ rather than "Big Lazy".

Sting: I am a huge mark for the blonde Sting. He was one of my favs growing up. I remember when beat Flair at the 1991 Great American Bash in Baltimore for his first world title, I was SOOOOO happy! I, to the day, have an old ish of PWI where his paint was peeling off his face and he is looking at the belt on his shoulder on the cover of the mag. I don't really like the black-n-white Sting though, he hasn't really done anything, he just stumbles around with no purpose, it isn't his fault though;it's the bookers. BRING BACK BLONDE STING!!!!

Tank Abbott: Well. Ummmm. That sums it up.

Terry Funk: A true legend. A true old fart that needs to go to the retirement home. He is the toughest SOB in the business though in terms of...well being 2nd to whoever the best is at giving/taking pain, and changing with the times. Him and Foley should have their last match(s) against each other. That'd be rad.

The Artist: No comment, as I don't want to swear that much in this column.

The Cat: I know, I know. Ernest Miller sucks in the ring and I have said I hated the "Karate Kid" gimmick a million times(and i'll say it a million more), BUT this guy is a golden mic worker, so good you;d think he just came over from WWF. The blonde hair is kinda gay though.

The Demon: I liked it when it was Bryan Adams. Now it is that "MVP" jabroni, and he(demon) turned into a jobber. Too bad, had potential for mabe a good 6 months of good angles.

The Harris Boys: The Blu Bros., D.O.A., whatever they were called as "powers TO(lol) be" thugs. They aren't horrible in the ring, but they aren't this new nWo's level either. I hope they go with Scott Hall and leave Jeff"the heat machine"Jarrett alone.

The Maestro: Good wrestler. Very good actually, to bad he looks like a retard because he will NEVER get over as the Maestro. His entrance theme rocks.

The Outsiders: Do I smell orginization? Of course not.

"The Total Package"Lex Luger: I will not drop the Lex Luger name, it is too cool to be dropped forthat fag name, Total Package. I loved Lex when he first was on the scene up until he got in that motorcycle wreck and Vince called him "The Narcissist" and Heenan used to get stiffies over him, from then on he has been sub-par. He was a great actor(whatever you call it) during the Russo era, Russo could have made him a star again.

The Varsity Club: I have said it enough.

The Wall: Everyone loved him when he was Berlyn's bodygaurd, now everyone hates him, make up your mind already. I guess smart its cool to root for the underdog and when he gets there, boo him. Crazy people. I like him personally, but unfortuanelt WCW already has enough big men for 2 companies. Stick him in ECW, and watch him mature into one of the best.

Vampiro: Vamp' is the man in so many ways. He has maybe the coolest look in wrestling these days, he has a great moveset, he gets heat with ease, and has OK psychology. If he went to WWF (maybe not now that there 563712980 wrestlers there waiting to be pushed) as an "apprentice" to the Undertaker....my God, he would be a fucking monster. PUSH HIM! GIVE HIM GOLD! MAKE HIM EVIL! DO SOMETHING!!! Really though, Vampiro is just too good to be wasted. Maybe EC-Dub? Personally, I think ECW would be a bad move for him, he needs to have a cheesy 'super-natural' gimmick or something as such, and I don't think Heyman does those. If used right this guy could end up legendary in the same sense as the 'Taker.

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Sabu: I hate Sabu more than anybody else in the world. And I am proud. I respect him for all the sacrifices he has made, that I admit.....BUT.......HOW MANY WAYS CAN YOU DO A FREAKING LEG-DROP???????

Final Analysis: They actually have more talent than I thought they did. Going through and reviewing them all I realized they weren't completely void of it. Thign is all their talent only excels at one thing. I don't mean anything in particular I just mean that they are very good at one thing and good at the rest or even just OK at everything. In todays wrestling world you really need to have a complete package and I see very few, if any, that do in WCW. Write me if you disagree, I love to argue.

Finally done. I may post less these coming weeks because of a personal matter or maybe i'll take to wrestling like some people take to the bottle and write more(if thats OK with the CRZ). Anyhow sing along with me...Criticize Me! Praise Me! Just Write Me!!!! KingSize@mailcity.com Thanks for reading. Y'all come back now y'hear? Until we meet again....

Justin Transue
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