Good god, how can anyone love WCW when shit like this match happens? The WWF had younger stars that was being pushed into the main events yet WCW was always the same old shit. WCW continued to rehash the NWO storyline, Hogan and Nash are old and still compete in the main events, and the WCW younger stars that have talents already left for the WWF because of the mismanagement in WCW creative team. The younger stars that still remains in WCW don't have the talent as the WWF does. WCW was a joke.
All the wrestlers in that company at that time should have walked out on WCW and no showed all of the events until Bischoff, Russo, Ferrara and the rest of the idiots were fired on the spot! That is complete disrespect to all those former champions that busted there butts, that gave blood, sweat and tears to make that title meaning something.
Also, when wrestling fans read a leaked (and 100% accurate) early plot summary of Ready To Rumble, we thought somebody was pulling a lame practical joke on us. It was a very weird time to try and love WCW.
Ratings were pretty fair for wcw until this happened then after that wcw had like 1.23 ratings. If you remembered 4/10/00 of nitro had a 3.74 rating (something around here) almost close to a 4 point rating. But still was no match for raw's 6.3 rating.
This wasn't the end of anything. The "fingerpoke of doom" was the real decline of the company. When he was told that he was booked to win, Arquette didn't even really want anything to do with it to begin with but was talked into it. This is a drop in the bucket, similar to Vince McMahon defeating Triple H to become the WWF (now WWE) Champion.
I actually happened to like this moment, because it raised the unpredictability bar way up high. The "anything can happen" mentality is all but gone now.
@Miakisaki you can also put all the world title changes, because beween 1999 and 2000 the wcw world title changed hands 31 times, i could not even keep track who was champion because i stopped watching wcw in april of 2000.
this guy winning the title was a big joke, and then we alll wonder why wcw fell too wwe, and wwe is doing the same thing with celeberty hosts like the muppets
this was the end of not only WCW-but wrestling period,because this led to Vince buying WCW and ruining wrestling without any major competion.This is a prime example of why people who nothing about wrestling shouldn't be allowed to run major storylines!
Think your shift key is broken. It's WCW, not wCw. Don't let that retarded WWF Invasion angle erase the memory of WCW, even if it had bad moments like this one.
Why are people still bitching about Cena being Champion when he isn't right now? And also, while I do think this (and Russo winning the title) were the worst things to happen here, to Arquette's credit, he did try to push to not win the title because he was a lifelong fan and he knew that people would hate this.
How exactly is this a terrible idea, it was a crazy wtf just happened moment. Something that wrestling needs to keep it unpredictable. But then again I forgot the big bad internet tough guys aka smarks just jerk themselves off over Chikara and ROH which is atrocious and bum anything WWF did, even though the Attitude era which was just a fad, was beyond a joke with what they did.
yup the lucadores the cruser weight champions like Jerico and malinko all the heavy weight champions that not only never held the belt but also never even got a shot at it must have loved watching this.
It wasn't a completely bad idea, just very poorly executed (like a lot of what Russo comes up with). Arquette is a fan of wrestling and hated the idea that a non-wrestler would become champion (he was under contract, though, and had to do what Russo told him). It didn't do anything for the championship or WCW, except maybe for a short-lived ratings spike.
No single moment has destroyed WCW. It was not a good idea, but there were worse things as well. The continuation of average, bad and even worse moments over years killed WCW.
nwo is what killed wcw though it was the ratings getter it is also the dath beacuse after awhile they didnt know what to do with them and refuse to push younger guys like jericho, gurrerro, beniot yes i siad his name mystero guys that went on to the wwf/e and went on to bigger things
I liked this storyline. It was a good underdog storyline to me. I didn't think it tarnish the belt either. I thought it added to the unpredictability of the title can change hands any where and any time kinda thing. Idk just me I guess lol.
Yeah I agree this is the worst moment in WCW history but I heard he gave all his earnings from WCW to the families of Owen Hart, Brian Pillman, and Droz...gotta respect him for that
I wonder if anyone remembers Andy Kaufman, his obsession with wrestling back in the days with Lawler and all of the antics that generated from that? If not and you think this is a travesty to all of professional wrestling, then clearly you don't get the references or the joke being displayed here.
So let me get this straight.....out of ALL the people in wCw in the day....you give David Arquette the world title instead of Roddy piper,Mr.perfect,or goldberg a second time.....wow wCw.....wow
@IDSFTheSecond You are completely right. Ric Flair said in his book Arquette even said to Russo..( I am paraphrasing here) "Won't me winning the belt kinda turn the championship into a joke?(or tarnish the belts legacy something to that effect)" Russo told him not to worry it is just a prop. Flair said he noticed the irony of someone who wasn't even in the business having more respect for the belt then the guy running (or is that ruining? LOL) the company.
This was a tragedy to WCW and wrestling. Here's the official end to Pro wresting in WCW.
WWe entertainment starts from this point, and we're now faced with this kind of garbage now. Two thumbs down for the end of pro wrestling in all major promotions from this day
If only Mickey Jay counted DDP's shoulders to the mat, the wrestling world would prolly be much better off than it is now; but there still was no stopping the titanic of the wrestling world from going under..
Man, these were the days. Wrestling sucks these days. They just don't know how to write story lines any more. David Arquette was 100% pure BADASS. When they made him, they broke the mold. Give me David Arquette over The Miz or Dolph Ziggler any day! Thumbs up if you agree.
@jackoblades74 That was Kimberly, DDP's ex wife, during this match they were angling that she was getting wit Bischoff and that's why she was the guest ref.
The fact that the World Title changed hands in a tag team match alone was a disgrace,let alone a non-wrestler/actor like David Arquette winning it.Then again,we all came to expect the likes of this while Vince Russo was writing for WCW.With that said,he wasn't the only reason WCW no longer exists today.
@TopGunna88 yeah you can tell the fans in attendance in their right minds were pissed, they just saw an actor, non-wrestler win the world title. If that was me in attendancce i would have been super pissed and be like "fuck you russo".
i will never understand why tna decided to take the fastest growing company probably ever, and reboot it with the people that thought this was a good idea
No one should complain about the Miz, at least he had some matches, not good ones, and the Miz is terrible...but this is much worse....it will always be considered the worst moment ever in wrestling history.
@devlin0497 It's almost as if Tony Schiavone and Bobby Heenan knew then WCW would cease to exist sooner rather than later.I find it hard to believe that a long time wrestling announcer like Tony Schiavone would suggest the idea of David Arquette winnig the WCW Title,by the way.Love him or hate him,Tony does respect the business more than that.
@AntonioDDiablo no way the wcw title was already devalued way before aurquette was champion, look it up in 1999 the wcw title changed hands 12 times and in the year 2000 in changed hans 19 times.
@HMCM09 No, wcw went out of business because they lost their television slot. If you have tv, you have a business, how do I know this? because Tna is still on the air. There's ton's of shit on tv that probably gets a 0.4 but it still on the air.
Wcw could never had competed with wwf during 2000/2001 but still could have been a succeseful business. Sure, there were errors than not having a tv slot but still.
russo is a fucking idiot instead of giving it to someone who deserves it like Sting or DDP he says fuck u guys we have David Arquette... Cornette say "Fuck this company"
The only reason I was happy that he won the strap is because Jeff Jarrett lost the title. It still was a terrible idea. And if Schiavone was the one who came up with the idea, I will hurt him.
some of you people are clueless comparing this to the miz being champ. miz is atleast was in wwe for years before he won the belt, miz was already an active wrestler also while david wasnt either of those things. i dont like miz either but i atleast can see the difference between the 2.
@PeterSmeter Russo said in an interview they had a meeting the day before about what to do (Arquette was involved at that point), and broke the meeting deciding DDP should win the belt. Russo wanted something unique, but never came up with anything. Supposedly after it, Schiavone approached Russo making Arquette the champ. Russo called everyone back, brought it up, and nobody objected. In fact, when Arquette heard, he tried to stop it. He'd been a fan for life and knew it would suck.
@AdamBomb669 More like David Arquette is a never was.The Miz is not the greatest wrestler ever to step through the ropes,but he's still active and has oodles of charisma.Heck,he could act better than Arquette too if given the chance,I'll bet.
LMAO! Bobby Heenan, "Never in in my life has Bobby "The Brain" Heenan been speechless. I don't know what the hell to say!" Classic freaking Heenan right there...
Any moment in WCW history (including this one) is better than the crap thats called the WWE PG era.
docmike1983 13 hours ago
Good god, how can anyone love WCW when shit like this match happens? The WWF had younger stars that was being pushed into the main events yet WCW was always the same old shit. WCW continued to rehash the NWO storyline, Hogan and Nash are old and still compete in the main events, and the WCW younger stars that have talents already left for the WWF because of the mismanagement in WCW creative team. The younger stars that still remains in WCW don't have the talent as the WWF does. WCW was a joke.
Hperman09 2 days ago
This was the BEGINNING OF THE END for wCw!
SandManChannel 3 days ago
But couldn't WCW gotten someone with a little tougher image to win the belt? Couldn't they have at least gotten Chuck Norris for the role instead?
MrJackbruns28 3 days ago
@MrJackbruns28 they couldnt give chuck norris the belt cuz he would be unbeatable.
unurtube 2 hours ago
Way to go, Vinnie Russo. Another "shocker"
HHHKOK06 4 days ago
All the wrestlers in that company at that time should have walked out on WCW and no showed all of the events until Bischoff, Russo, Ferrara and the rest of the idiots were fired on the spot! That is complete disrespect to all those former champions that busted there butts, that gave blood, sweat and tears to make that title meaning something.
Shaggzila 1 week ago
david arquette and miz winning world titles are lowest points in wrestling history.
ogie 2 weeks ago
When the spoiler for this finish went up, it was the first time anything on the Internet ever made me curse out loud.
3zy 2 weeks ago
Also, when wrestling fans read a leaked (and 100% accurate) early plot summary of Ready To Rumble, we thought somebody was pulling a lame practical joke on us. It was a very weird time to try and love WCW.
3zy 2 weeks ago
Thats something WWE PG Era would do
WorldStarUnderGround 2 weeks ago
WCW Was never ruined. This is what we all wanted in ready to rumble.
Jynxdays 3 weeks ago
i love the movie ready to rumble, but this was the worst thing i ever saw in wcw history
bluegrassman776 3 weeks ago
Ratings were pretty fair for wcw until this happened then after that wcw had like 1.23 ratings. If you remembered 4/10/00 of nitro had a 3.74 rating (something around here) almost close to a 4 point rating. But still was no match for raw's 6.3 rating.
gabeguzman 1 month ago
Look at the face of Jeff jarrett like wow what a stupid move.
gabeguzman 1 month ago
This wasn't the end of anything. The "fingerpoke of doom" was the real decline of the company. When he was told that he was booked to win, Arquette didn't even really want anything to do with it to begin with but was talked into it. This is a drop in the bucket, similar to Vince McMahon defeating Triple H to become the WWF (now WWE) Champion.
I actually happened to like this moment, because it raised the unpredictability bar way up high. The "anything can happen" mentality is all but gone now.
Miakisaki 1 month ago
@Miakisaki you can also put all the world title changes, because beween 1999 and 2000 the wcw world title changed hands 31 times, i could not even keep track who was champion because i stopped watching wcw in april of 2000.
DrSanto91 1 month ago
@Miakisaki THANK YOU! Couldn't agree more.
zdevlin88 1 month ago
"what are we gonna do with david arquette as our champion?!!"
Going out of business for one...and that's pretty much it.
iRenz0 1 month ago
1996 WCW: EPIC
2000 WCW: LMFAO
YoungGrizzly82 1 month ago 2
that damn russo......
thehigh2can 1 month ago
The WCW Championship became worthless after the fingerpoke of doom, with a C-list actor as champion may as well thrown it in the trash
Stoneman180190 1 month ago
this guy winning the title was a big joke, and then we alll wonder why wcw fell too wwe, and wwe is doing the same thing with celeberty hosts like the muppets
ducksinger 1 month ago
@ducksinger Though at least Vince McMahon didn't put the WWE title on Kermit the Frog. Can you imagine that?
angelus4282 1 month ago
@angelus4282 oh man that would be the death of wwe
ducksinger 1 month ago
This was a slap in the face to all the wrestlers who ever wanted to hold that World Heavyweight Championship belt.
recaked 1 month ago
**correction to my last comment-meant to say "people who know nothing about wrestling" thank you***
buford1977 1 month ago
this was the end of not only WCW-but wrestling period,because this led to Vince buying WCW and ruining wrestling without any major competion.This is a prime example of why people who nothing about wrestling shouldn't be allowed to run major storylines!
buford1977 1 month ago
i quit watching WCW once this happened.
jamesgates12 1 month ago
As of this moment...WCW was dead.
xraycat30 1 month ago
Lowest point EVER in WCW history.
samm321 1 month ago 3
Think your shift key is broken. It's WCW, not wCw. Don't let that retarded WWF Invasion angle erase the memory of WCW, even if it had bad moments like this one.
C0NTR4l34ND 1 month ago
@C0NTR4l34ND I know that buddy I just put it like that.
wcwretro2 1 month ago 6
Why are people still bitching about Cena being Champion when he isn't right now? And also, while I do think this (and Russo winning the title) were the worst things to happen here, to Arquette's credit, he did try to push to not win the title because he was a lifelong fan and he knew that people would hate this.
NightRanger71379 1 month ago
wow....the belt needed replacing not the champion
prepaidbrian 2 months ago
arquette as a champion > cena as a champion
TheTorricelly 2 months ago
this is why i prefered WWF
TheFootballwolf 2 months ago
at least he donated all the money he earned in WCW to the families of Owen Hart Brian Pillman and Droz
ughuarf 2 months ago
Still better than having Cena has Champion again.
Justin3Santiago 2 months ago
this was around when Ready to Rumble came out...
WWELoudMouth 2 months ago
How exactly is this a terrible idea, it was a crazy wtf just happened moment. Something that wrestling needs to keep it unpredictable. But then again I forgot the big bad internet tough guys aka smarks just jerk themselves off over Chikara and ROH which is atrocious and bum anything WWF did, even though the Attitude era which was just a fad, was beyond a joke with what they did.
NoeinAlliance 2 months ago
yup the lucadores the cruser weight champions like Jerico and malinko all the heavy weight champions that not only never held the belt but also never even got a shot at it must have loved watching this.
hollywoodjokerpicalo 2 months ago
Death cry of WCW. R.I.P
Darazz 2 months ago
And the belt started to fall apart right as it happened.
SarsecPally 2 months ago
It wasn't a completely bad idea, just very poorly executed (like a lot of what Russo comes up with). Arquette is a fan of wrestling and hated the idea that a non-wrestler would become champion (he was under contract, though, and had to do what Russo told him). It didn't do anything for the championship or WCW, except maybe for a short-lived ratings spike.
DevilTakeMe 2 months ago
No single moment has destroyed WCW. It was not a good idea, but there were worse things as well. The continuation of average, bad and even worse moments over years killed WCW.
kdessler 2 months ago
lol sad thing is this crap is still better than tna
liljc44life 2 months ago 8
@liljc44life I been stopped watching "TnA"
wcwretro2 2 months ago 3
@wcwretro2 TNA= WORST WRESTLING COMPANY EVER!
liljc44life 2 months ago
@wcwretro2
@liljc44life
Haters, tna the shit
there arena reminds me of the original ecw arena
with much needed upgrades
Example being, ramp, titantron, real annouce table, etc.
93100rc 1 month ago
@93100rc Im not hating, Im just keeping it real, Well if you like what Tna is doing good for you and I hope you enjoy it.
wcwretro2 1 month ago
nwo is what killed wcw though it was the ratings getter it is also the dath beacuse after awhile they didnt know what to do with them and refuse to push younger guys like jericho, gurrerro, beniot yes i siad his name mystero guys that went on to the wwf/e and went on to bigger things
jagerman622 2 months ago
David Arquette should be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.
kingsnake23 2 months ago
I facepalmed through my own hand, im not sure how
rocklee302 2 months ago
This was like the final nail in WCW's coffin.
360whiplash 3 months ago
I liked this storyline. It was a good underdog storyline to me. I didn't think it tarnish the belt either. I thought it added to the unpredictability of the title can change hands any where and any time kinda thing. Idk just me I guess lol.
TheSosumi1 3 months ago
@TheSosumi1 thank you finally someone within the intrnet community aggres with me
jagerman622 2 months ago
0:45 The most patetic moment in wrestling history
wrestlevictor 3 months ago
Yeah I agree this is the worst moment in WCW history but I heard he gave all his earnings from WCW to the families of Owen Hart, Brian Pillman, and Droz...gotta respect him for that
ortoncenagirl 3 months ago
One of? How bout THE ABSOLUTE WORST.
DaKiddD 3 months ago
This is the worst moment in wrestling history and the worst storyline as well. IT was crap lie this that killed WCW
XCPKK 3 months ago
This the moment when the Dr told WCW it has inoperable cancer and has less than a year to live.
littlevilleKS 3 months ago 31
I wonder if anyone remembers Andy Kaufman, his obsession with wrestling back in the days with Lawler and all of the antics that generated from that? If not and you think this is a travesty to all of professional wrestling, then clearly you don't get the references or the joke being displayed here.
midnightsocietynyc 3 months ago
Mr. Russo at his finest...I'm convinced Vince sent him in to destroy WCW from the inside.
yankees3355 3 months ago
So let me get this straight.....out of ALL the people in wCw in the day....you give David Arquette the world title instead of Roddy piper,Mr.perfect,or goldberg a second time.....wow wCw.....wow
TheLeathalweapon14 4 months ago
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AustralianAstronomer 4 months ago
so every moron who thinks this is stupid booking.
you realize how much publicity this brought to wrestling?!?! and thats what matters. thats what wrestling needed, and still does
UnifiedaxxS 4 months ago 2
@UnifiedaxxS
Yeah, it sure worked wonders for WCW....
blumbino 4 months ago
@UnifiedaxxS Vince Russo.. is that you?
Horrorbuff2 4 months ago
@Horrorbuff2 of course!
UnifiedaxxS 4 months ago
WCW 2000 + Russo = FAIL! lol
tothebeaty0 4 months ago
he did that spear in ready to rumble lol
BestIntheWorld1313 4 months ago
His spear was actually pretty cool.
Horrorbuff2 4 months ago
@Horrorbuff2 Man to tell you the truth pulling off that good spear I would have given the belt to him too lol
hero7289 4 months ago
Can't imagine why WCW tanked....
RyonD 4 months ago
Anyone who thinks this is the worst thing David Arquette did to wrestling never watched Ready to Rumble
SolidGoldCEO 4 months ago 21
@SolidGoldCEO awww it wasnt that bad lol
ughuarf 2 months ago
@SolidGoldCEO i love that movie.
ChildIncomplete 2 months ago
@SolidGoldCEO Anybody who thought this was the worst thing that ever happened to wrestling never saw Russo as World Champion.
Moredread25 2 months ago
*Cornette face*
mosleyfin32 5 months ago 2
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holy shit. good thing i stopped watching wrestling before it all went down hill
variousiroiro 5 months ago
and you wonder why wcw lost 80 million in 2000 and went out of business..............
ERIKISGOD23 5 months ago
I'd rather Arquette as World Champion than Russo, cause Arquette is a wrestling fan and has respect for it. I heard he thought it was as retard idea
IDSFTheSecond 5 months ago 2
@IDSFTheSecond You are completely right. Ric Flair said in his book Arquette even said to Russo..( I am paraphrasing here) "Won't me winning the belt kinda turn the championship into a joke?(or tarnish the belts legacy something to that effect)" Russo told him not to worry it is just a prop. Flair said he noticed the irony of someone who wasn't even in the business having more respect for the belt then the guy running (or is that ruining? LOL) the company.
bigrigbob2010 5 months ago 4
nice spear, lol.
RoughRyderKid 5 months ago
I mean, with Drew Carey in it I wouldnt be suprise if David Arquette goes in the Hall of Fame.
RandysWrestling 6 months ago
The SHAME of it all LOL
Then again, coulda been worse.......they could had Jon Hader aka Napoleon Dynamite as world champion
MrBigBossJ 6 months ago
And now Jeff, Eric, and Vince are taking TNA straight to hell, along with Hulkster. I hate these boners.
MrDeathSmiles 6 months ago
Arquette should totally come out with strong style, start using Burning Hammers and Phoenix Splashes.
TheEndKing 6 months ago
Thank god I was too young to remember this for myself.
And now im slashing my wrist for knowing it happened actually.
Kaneundertaker3 6 months ago
@denvermaxley he did
SuperKeith00 6 months ago
The day wrestling died
Mattraction513 6 months ago
Can't believe all these jackasses still run TNA.
If TNA goes out of bussiness (which they problably will), i will stop watching wrestling.
jackass4569 6 months ago
lol i remeber vince russo winning the championshiph that was awesome
xhgpsasquatch 6 months ago
Imma stop watchin Wrestling if WWE or TNA makes another actor as a World Champion
362Spence 6 months ago
This was a tragedy to WCW and wrestling. Here's the official end to Pro wresting in WCW.
WWe entertainment starts from this point, and we're now faced with this kind of garbage now. Two thumbs down for the end of pro wrestling in all major promotions from this day
madg27ny 7 months ago
why is everyone critizing this (don't tell me, it's rhetorical)
this was great :D
ZigglerRyderMiz 7 months ago
the day wcw died
stylesclash241 7 months ago
If only Mickey Jay counted DDP's shoulders to the mat, the wrestling world would prolly be much better off than it is now; but there still was no stopping the titanic of the wrestling world from going under..
Samus500 7 months ago
I loved this..it was a hilarious angle
lost421 7 months ago
Man, these were the days. Wrestling sucks these days. They just don't know how to write story lines any more. David Arquette was 100% pure BADASS. When they made him, they broke the mold. Give me David Arquette over The Miz or Dolph Ziggler any day! Thumbs up if you agree.
GlorifiedTruth 7 months ago 3
@GlorifiedTruth You better be trolling.
SuperMoss15 7 months ago
@GlorifiedTruth Are you having a laugh?
latinoalex5 7 months ago
the manliest theme music in wrestling history...
gzuss090909 7 months ago
who was the chick in the referee outfit
jackoblades74 7 months ago
@jackoblades74 That was Kimberly, DDP's ex wife, during this match they were angling that she was getting wit Bischoff and that's why she was the guest ref.
tattooeyes 7 months ago
The fact that the World Title changed hands in a tag team match alone was a disgrace,let alone a non-wrestler/actor like David Arquette winning it.Then again,we all came to expect the likes of this while Vince Russo was writing for WCW.With that said,he wasn't the only reason WCW no longer exists today.
landrykkb 8 months ago
THIS WAS A DISGRACE TOO THE WORLD TITLE
TopGunna88 8 months ago
@TopGunna88 yeah you can tell the fans in attendance in their right minds were pissed, they just saw an actor, non-wrestler win the world title. If that was me in attendancce i would have been super pissed and be like "fuck you russo".
DrSanto91 8 months ago
Tony Schiavone's commentary is what made this so funny to me! David Arquette won the world title!
twisag 8 months ago
i will never understand why tna decided to take the fastest growing company probably ever, and reboot it with the people that thought this was a good idea
liveandletrock864 8 months ago 3
wait a tic
Jeff jerret and David arquette both got the cover.
dim432 8 months ago
This was one of the better matches I've seen in a while.
Crankshaft87 8 months ago
No one should complain about the Miz, at least he had some matches, not good ones, and the Miz is terrible...but this is much worse....it will always be considered the worst moment ever in wrestling history.
ShaolinDynasty 8 months ago
why the fuck did his happen
a2ilool 8 months ago
TNA's last step
ctt4lfecw 9 months ago
u know i really dont see this as a low moment. i see as a holly shit did that just happn
jagerman622 9 months ago
lol @ The Music
cmwuscfan 9 months ago
"what does this mean for the future of wcw?"
go straight down to the toilet
devlin0497 9 months ago
@devlin0497 It's almost as if Tony Schiavone and Bobby Heenan knew then WCW would cease to exist sooner rather than later.I find it hard to believe that a long time wrestling announcer like Tony Schiavone would suggest the idea of David Arquette winnig the WCW Title,by the way.Love him or hate him,Tony does respect the business more than that.
landrykkb 8 months ago
One year later, the company went out of business. And Vince Russo is still clueless as to why wrestling fans loathe him.
SMAHAF 9 months ago
and u wonder why miz won the belt
727Superstar 9 months ago
that belt was fucking falling apart lol
jorge10928 10 months ago
and to think Roddy Piper never held the World title. Hmmmmm.
boz987 10 months ago 23
This is the time when the WCW champion lost it's value.
AntonioDDiablo 10 months ago
@AntonioDDiablo no way the wcw title was already devalued way before aurquette was champion, look it up in 1999 the wcw title changed hands 12 times and in the year 2000 in changed hans 19 times.
DrSanto91 10 months ago
@DrSanto91 I agree, It did devalued before Arquette but after he won the title it took WCW a damn while to gain the value of that champion
AntonioDDiablo 10 months ago
@AntonioDDiablo well you have a point there, but they did not have enough time cause they went out of business a year later.
DrSanto91 10 months ago
i mean, not only do you make david arquette your world champion... but you do it on fucking thunder? WHAT????
auxiliarypatch 10 months ago
@auxiliarypatch Honestly, if a shitty WCW moment was due to happen it would have happened on Thunder.
CanadienDestroyer 8 months ago
Well, there's people cheering but it's still disgraceful.
CharismaticEdge 10 months ago
should have been booker T! for the 6th time!!!!!!!
ruggerREL 10 months ago
"The greatest night in the history of our sport"
KennethKaniffFromCT 11 months ago
"What does this mean for WCW ?"
Answer : Your company goes out of business in 1 calender year
H83tr3d 11 months ago 3
That's why wcw went out of business
HMCM09 11 months ago
@HMCM09 No, wcw went out of business because they lost their television slot. If you have tv, you have a business, how do I know this? because Tna is still on the air. There's ton's of shit on tv that probably gets a 0.4 but it still on the air.
Wcw could never had competed with wwf during 2000/2001 but still could have been a succeseful business. Sure, there were errors than not having a tv slot but still.
JMcauley211 11 months ago
Tony: "What are we gonna do... with David Arquette as our champion?"
Cartman: "Screw you guys, I'm going home"
imnothereactually 11 months ago
they could have gave it to jarrett
ratmaslove 11 months ago
russo is a fucking idiot instead of giving it to someone who deserves it like Sting or DDP he says fuck u guys we have David Arquette... Cornette say "Fuck this company"
xTheJuLio 11 months ago
No wonder why WCW went down the pan!
soundjarvis81 11 months ago
The only reason I was happy that he won the strap is because Jeff Jarrett lost the title. It still was a terrible idea. And if Schiavone was the one who came up with the idea, I will hurt him.
sethpac 1 year ago
wtf
variousiroiro 1 year ago
OMG this is horrible.
thenicholashuber 1 year ago
This was the worst idea of pro wrestling next to vince hiring zack gowen
fishagotit 1 year ago
4 days later The Rock won the WWF Title from Triple H, what a competition ^^
Alexokrat 1 year ago
some of you people are clueless comparing this to the miz being champ. miz is atleast was in wwe for years before he won the belt, miz was already an active wrestler also while david wasnt either of those things. i dont like miz either but i atleast can see the difference between the 2.
91gt306 1 year ago
haha what a douche
kylecusworth 1 year ago
Imagine if J.R. was calling this match lol....... "ARQUETTE! ARQUETTE! ARQUETTE! ARQUETTE!"
Jeff051176 1 year ago
who the hell thought this was a great idea?
PeterSmeter 1 year ago
@PeterSmeter Russo said in an interview they had a meeting the day before about what to do (Arquette was involved at that point), and broke the meeting deciding DDP should win the belt. Russo wanted something unique, but never came up with anything. Supposedly after it, Schiavone approached Russo making Arquette the champ. Russo called everyone back, brought it up, and nobody objected. In fact, when Arquette heard, he tried to stop it. He'd been a fan for life and knew it would suck.
PowerlineWC 1 year ago
@PeterSmeter Keep in mind Russo said all of that. Whether or not that's completely true is anyone's guess.
PowerlineWC 1 year ago
this is like a guest host winning the wwe title :/
raiden4life 1 year ago
And they actually had the audacity to exit through the crowd. As if anyone would happy to receive them at that point.
ekedolphin 1 year ago
god to think goldberg was once the wCw champ...fuck vince russo ! he spitted on the gold heavywieght belt!
AmphibiousReconMSOB 1 year ago 2
When he won the title it was like wrestling as I knew it died.
I hope hell is got a place ready for Vinny Mac and Vince Russo
gamehound83 1 year ago
@gamehound83 what has vkm got to do with aquette winning the title?
FreshMooCow 1 year ago
@FreshMooCow I forgot to erase Vinny Mac
gamehound83 1 year ago
The most fail thing ever in wrestling today.
GurahkWeavile 1 year ago 3
Worst moment in the history of pro wrestling, until the day Miz won, David Arquette is a hasbeen, Miz never was.
AdamBomb669 1 year ago 3
@AdamBomb669 More like David Arquette is a never was.The Miz is not the greatest wrestler ever to step through the ropes,but he's still active and has oodles of charisma.Heck,he could act better than Arquette too if given the chance,I'll bet.
landrykkb 8 months ago
Randy Orton just added another Legend to his Legend Killed list, and that is David Arquette, the greatest World Heavyweight Champion ever.
0saveusy2j0 1 year ago
this is awesome
wwetnafanboy 1 year ago
His ass got put threw a table courtesy of The Viper!!!
macdeezy2915 1 year ago
David is on raw right now
kingmula2 1 year ago
@kingmula2 lol that made me look this up! wwe didnt learn from wcw lol
bigcrazy859 1 year ago
And NEW WCW world heavyweight champion - a Dead Puppy!
dlzoidberg 1 year ago
I read that Russo And Bischoff are thinking about having justin Bieber beat JWOWW for the TNA world title in the next ppv.
STRAIGHTEDGESAVIOR4 1 year ago
The Lowest moment in wcw ... the guy wasn't even close to being an athlete and won over Bischoff who didn't belong in the ring at all.
Arnies09 1 year ago
Tony: "What are we gonna do... with David Arquette as our champion?"
Me: "...go out of business, and probably straight to hell."
josephD32 1 year ago 49
@josephD32 - and 11 months later that's exactly what happened lol.
Jeff051176 1 year ago
LMAO! Bobby Heenan, "Never in in my life has Bobby "The Brain" Heenan been speechless. I don't know what the hell to say!" Classic freaking Heenan right there...
WWEfanAndrew 1 year ago
@WWEfanAndrew Then again,who wasn't speechless at this disgraceful moment in professional wrestling?
landrykkb 8 months ago
At the 1:10 mark when DDP realizes "Did Russo really just book that" and grabs his stomach he's laughing so hard is classc!
WWEfanAndrew 1 year ago