12 Wrestlers Who Only Had 1 WCW Match
These are 10 wrestlers who only had one match in WCW
10. Nick Bockwinkel
WCW’s 1993 Slamboree pay-per-view was billed as A Legends Reunion. An excuse to celebrate professional wrestling’s glorious past, the company brought in many of the industry’s greats to either make appearances or mix it up in the ring.
One of the most intriguing outings WCW put together was a singles contest between former NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion Dory Funk Jr. (managed by Gene Kiniski) and four-time AWA World Champion Nick Bockwinkel (managed by Vern Gagne). Dory Jr. was 51 at the time, while Bockwinkel was 58. Despite their advancing age, both men were in fantastic shape and put on a real old-school, technical exhibition that went to a 15-minute time-limit draw.
It was a nice, nostalgic example of the way pro wrasslin’ used to be and a good one-shot WCW showing for Bockwinkel, in what turned out to be his last-ever match (after six years in semi-retirement). Funk, meanwhile, worked one more date for WCW – a non-televised June 6, 1997, house show in New York that doubled as a tribute to former wrestler and restaurateur Ilio DiPaolo.
Bockwinkel would go on to become the WCW on-screen commissioner from 1994 to 1995.
