10 Best WCW Nitro Moments
It's been over 20 years since the final episode of Nitro...
8. The Hitman Outsmarts Da Man
One of the great tragedies of Monday Night War era WCW is how they managed to waste one of the best wrestlers in the world while he was arguably at his hottest.
When Bret Hart came into WCW, he was fresh off being the victim of the Montreal Screwjob, and had a tonne of sympathy and fan support behind him, giving WCW plenty of options as far as angles and storylines were concerned.
They failed to do just about all of them, of course, because who likes money anyway? and instead The Hitman’s time in WCW is seen as a massive, missed opportunity.
He did have his moments, however, such as the Owen Hart tribute match, a couple of hilarious promos about El Dandy and that time he outsmarted Bill Goldberg.
It went down on the March 29th, 1999 episode of Nitro, which took place in Toronto, Canada, making Bret the de-facto most popular star on the show.
The Excellence of Execution challenged Goldberg, who said nothing but delivered his usually devastating Spear in response.
Usually, because on this occasion it was Da Man who came off worse, as Bret stood up to reveal a steel plate hiding underneath his hockey jersey.
Typically, WCW didn’t exactly follow up on this dynamite angle, but it made for compelling television nonetheless.
Written by Lewis Howse
Features journalist for Cultaholic.com and script writer for the Cultaholic YouTube Channel.
