people get upset at wwe today for being a "child friendly" show but man WC around this time was crazy.Black scorpion,shock master, and fucking robocop?
@MrOxhornFan WCW was tossing ideas around and had planned to reveal his identity before even coming to an agreement as to who they would have be revealed. It eventually became a returning Ric Flair, though he only wore the costume for the match where black scorpion would be unmasked. I think it was supposed to be Arn if Ric decided not to do the job.
'lotta people back then thought that Ultimate Warrior was the Black Scorpion (because one of the clues was, "Sting's former tag team partner"; plus, WCW played the angle this way for a bit)...I fell for it and that's the ONLY reason I ordered the Starcade PPV...
I heard Flair agreed to be The Black Scorpion on the condition that he get another World title run. Sounds logical, the month after Starrcade Flair regained the title.
Ric Flair was not planned to be The Black Scorpion. Ole Anderson had other plans with the idea, but Dusty Rhodes the other booker at the time suggested that he be revealed at Starrcade. They wanted it to be Barry Windham, but Ric Flair offered to play the part just for that one night. It sucks, because I thought the storyline had potential, until the end which seemed too predictable. I will say. Ole Anderson is a good voice over for gimmicks.
Can't believe WCW didn't just bring in David Copperfield and have him become World Champion. Seriously, who the hell is afraid of a damn magician? Poor Sting. His first world title reign, and this is what they gave him
A little bit cheesy, but if done right, it could've been cool. If they made a new version of Black Scorpion, they could do Chris Angel type stunts and "possess" other wrestlers, refs, and women and have his own group... better than the Nexus shit their doing in WWEkids that's for sure.
@nintendojuggalo Interesting assumption there. If you check out some of my videos (which you may or may not like) you'll see I made a top 50 wrestlers, top 25 babyfaces, and others, and Cena is nowhere on them. Not a fan of his at all. I just think you had a horrible idea. And if WWE did actually do something like that, people would shit on it.
@nintendojuggalo you are a complete moron if you think a magician would be better than Nexus, Remember Papa Shango? Yeah it's not just the Black Scorpion..the idea is stupid
One of the more interesting story lines in the old WCW. Too bad the ending of it was that Ric Flair was the Scorpion. And, the match actually was not that good.
They should have made the Black Scorpion like the Undertaker, full of black magic an sorcery and really fucking with wrestlers' heads, rather than using stupid parlor tricks. Honestly, I made better matches with my wrestling figures than adult bookers did with real-life athletes.
The Black Scporpion was was supposed to be Al Perez (who ?). He quit just before the Sting-Scorpion match. Flair volunteered to be Scorpion for the match. Wikipedia lists 10 different wrestlers as Scorpion. The Scorpion gimmick started as a joke by Ole.
I was just thinking how the scorpion storyline was pretty good, the pay off just stunk. Can you imagine if WCW had used some money(debt) to get a big name wrestler to be the scorpion they could have been profitable before bischoff. I know people where talking about the storyline in my school and WCW was getting traction.
@thetimedshow I was thinking the same thing. If they had really kept the angle going, and maybe gotten another wrestler involved in the story arc, it actually could have turned out alright. Also, if they had sunk more money into the production value of the segments as well.
This had to be one of the most intriguing storylines EVER! I remember this when I was 11 years old and I couldnt wait to see who the Black Scorpion was going to be. Only at this time in wrestling could a storyline like this be pulled off. It ended horribly but it definately caught the attention of everyone.
Okay, let's do the post-mortem on the Black Scorpion angle. First, it really wasn't a bad idea in theory. We saw that with the heat generated by the "Higher Power" angle. The problem was in the execution. Had the Black Scorpion been, oh, I don't know evil it might have helped. All he did was do magic tricks. Why not *just* have him be a mysterious masked man who tries to break the babyfaces' legs or something?
The tiger trick works this way. The guy who is thrown in the cage pulls on the floor where there is a concealed compartment. He gets in this compartment once the curtain is closed (note the "pulling" on the near side of the curtain from the lifting of the trap, forcing the Scorpion to adjust it). The tiger is situated in a very narrow compartment in the back of the cage. The false wall is lowered once the man in the cage is safely in the compartment.
OMG! This was almost 20 years ago. This was in 1990, I remember when this shit first happen, Seeing black scorpion talking and all this and that in the shadows! Lol seeing this bring back memories, but also when I start realizing something wasn't right about wrestling. I was 9 then.
Not matter how ridiculous this became as it went on, it did create a major buzz that WCW hoped for. I remember everyone was talking about this back in 90.
The original choice for the Black Scorpion gimmick was the Angel of Death, a wrestler that had trained alongside Sting and Warrior...once somebody in WCW realized that nobody would give a damn if he was revealed as the Scorpion, it was decided to go in a different direction. Al Perez declined the role, and though WCW tried to play up the possibility that the Scorpion was the Ultimate Warrior, he was never an option.
I don't care what anyone says, when this was going on and I was a kid, this was a very intriguing storyline. The darkness and the voice...I wanted to know who it was. We thought it was badass. It came off pretty flat with Ric Flair being the Scorpion. It would've been memorable if a big star from WWE would've first appeared on WCW in this role. Oh...what the hell was Schiavone wearing? LOL. That may be the most embarrasing thing from the Black Scorpion area.
Schiavone looks like a big ass dork. Yes this was a scary angle. When i was younger i didnt mind it being flair because Flair and Sting had a pretty hot feud, I think they even did a spot were the horsemen broke sting's leg and sting brought robocop, so flair being the black scorpion wasnt too weird
Haha. How times change. :) Imagine if Randy Orton was to return to WWE with...let's say Iron Man...to get revenge on HHH for breaking his collarbone. He would be a joke! I remember that and the huge buildup around it. If you ever saw that pay per view (it may be on You Tube), you could see RoboCop's leg falling apart as he walked down the aisle. Lol. Sad. I guess he was still suffering from that ass whippin Clarence Boddicker and the boys put on him. Lol. Maybe Ole was Robo. I'll stop now. :)
LOL yes wrestling in 1990 was insane. I think that Nwa/Wcw was tryin to hard with these crazy angles and crazy matches. Dusty shoudlve never been a booker. take a look at some of the things wcw has done. Remember the halloween havoc When they had a cage with a electic chair in the middile of ring?
I saw the ppv with robocop, that shit was a joke but looking back the black scropion wasnt as bad as the shockmaster. i actully respect flair for being the company guy and stepping in
Only at Starcade. He wasn't the Scorpion at anytime leading up to the PPV. The same thing happened with Brutus Beefcake being the guy that hit Hogan with the metal pipe in 1994. They had Bunkhouse Buck playing him until the mask was removed.
This was a great wrestling angle, people actually were genuinely interested to see the outcome of the feud, this was the ealy 90's and I, for one, found this intriguing
God, I knew the second I heard the Black Scorpion's voice that it was the same as the Shockmaster's...Possibly 2 of the dumbest "wrestling" angles and characters ever, I guess it's only fitting that the shitty force behind them also provides the voice...
go to wikipedia... type in black scorpion... you will find out that several wrestlers actually portrayed black scorpion. including ric flair, al perez, ole anderson, barry windham, wild bill irwin, and david sheldon. Ric Flair was chosen among them to be the one unmasked by WCW officials.
I don't know which storyline was worse. Papa Shango cursing the Ultimate Warrior or this garbage! Look at all the great wrestling people who were in this clip: Gordon Solie, Sting, Eric Bischoff, Jim Ross, Paul Heyman. How embarrassing for wrestling!!
The gimmick was all Ole Anderson's idea, and he originally wanted a former member of Powerteam USA to be revealed as the character's true identity. He didn't decide that Flair would be revealed as the character's true identity until November of 1990.
It was really a pathetic angle Ole Anderson came up with. He didn't even decide who the character's identity would be. He wanted it to be a member of Sting's Powerteam USA. Even though one former member of Powerteam USA, Dave Sheldon wore the mask at times, Ole still wasn't satisfied. Ole would do the voice and different wrestlers would wear the masks It wasn't until November of 1990 when a desperate Ole decided that Ric Flair would be revealed as the character's true identity. Pretty stupid.
It was really a pathetic angle Ole Anderson came up with. He didn't even decide who the character's identity would be. He wanted it to be a member of Sting's Powerteam USA. Even though one former member of Powerteam USA, Dave Sheldon wore the mask at times, Ole still wasn't satisfied. Ole would do the voice and different wrestlers would wear the masks It wasn't until November of 1990 when a desperate Ole decided that Ric Flair would be revealed as the character's true identity. Pretty stupid.
Seriously, the bit that starts at 2:20 may well be the stupidest thing ever done in wrestling. The Gobbledegooker has nothing on the Scorpion's black magic.
This may be a stupid qeustion but from witch year is the starcade match between Sting and Black Scorpion, it is the same match that Black Scorpion is reveled as Ric Flair.
Stid!
brooks5510 1 month ago
Why does The Black Scorpion sound just like The Shockmaster?
brooks5510 1 month ago
Fucking Ole Anderson talking into a voice box yet again. That guy was such an assclown.
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Wrestlers who played The Black Scorpion Ole Anderson Al Perez Jeff Ellis Wild Bill Irwin David Sheldon Ric Flair Stan Pain Barry Windham
Matt "the Cowboy" Hunter Jumping Joey Janela Randy Colley aka Moondog Rex
VerifiedNiceGuy 3 months ago
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VerifiedNiceGuy 3 months ago
people get upset at wwe today for being a "child friendly" show but man WC around this time was crazy.Black scorpion,shock master, and fucking robocop?
willieg54 3 months ago
freaky
winfir0 5 months ago
@winfir0 win, everyone was stoned on coke and roids at that time so it was a freaky time.
22centman36 4 months ago
wait who was the black scorpion i remeber watching him but dont know who he was
MrOxhornFan 6 months ago
@MrOxhornFan ric flair
miketna4ever 5 months ago
@MrOxhornFan WCW was tossing ideas around and had planned to reveal his identity before even coming to an agreement as to who they would have be revealed. It eventually became a returning Ric Flair, though he only wore the costume for the match where black scorpion would be unmasked. I think it was supposed to be Arn if Ric decided not to do the job.
TheEnviousdominous 1 month ago
Best part of this whole thing? The immortal GordonSolie!
MegaKirk13 6 months ago
Gotta give it to Solie, he sold the crap out of this angle.
KevServo 6 months ago
bad come on it was almost worse than the shockmaster
dentalun 6 months ago
"EH! STING, I AM HERE!" What the fuck was the point of that? Hilarious, man.
TheWeirdo1000 6 months ago
Ole Andersen
dtm01 6 months ago
it took me forever to figure out the silhouette was someone in a hood.
This was actually good going into the Clash of Champions X!!, it was a great mystery that people were talking about. After that, it went downhill
djvillain 7 months ago
that was so fucking bad hahahahaha
murbah 7 months ago
that sounds like the shockmaster!
benjatron1701 8 months ago
Christ, Paul E screams like the dead are rising.
nath909 8 months ago
Ole doing his best yoda impression.
EnviousDominous 8 months ago
Fox's Masked Magician vs. The Stinger. LOL
NC21082 9 months ago
WCW was the best R.I.P
zikobeetlejuice 9 months ago
who waz the black scorpion? i didnt watched wcw bck then
wwedeadman85 9 months ago
@wwedeadman85 I'm guessing many different people, but the angle ended up with it being Ric Flair.
AST8128 9 months ago
@wwedeadman85 it was several people behind the mask, but Ole Anderson was the guy that did the voice
razieltalos 9 months ago
@wwedeadman85
Flair
artfan101 8 months ago
@wwedeadman85 , ric flair.
perdedoronline 8 months ago
ROFL at Tony Schiavone in thje Phantom of the Opera mask
darthxaos 9 months ago
@darthxaos It was Halloween.
TehJew22 9 months ago
hahaha i remember getting freaked out by the black scorpion and also papa shango...i was a very impressionable young kid
bangart 10 months ago
This would have been awesome if they could have signed Warrior...
Darkyodajedi 10 months ago 2
The most respected wrestling commentator, Gordon Solie
CodeBreaker1203 10 months ago
''the black scorpions black magic will be too much''.What the fuck where they smoking when writing this angle.
turthtalker 10 months ago 2
They created an entire angle around hoping they could get Ultimate Warrior!
The1DonG 10 months ago
at 3.40 is that Bishoffs voice
ecwecwecw1 11 months ago
THE SHOCKMASTER IS THE BLACK SCORPION!
joemj413 11 months ago
'lotta people back then thought that Ultimate Warrior was the Black Scorpion (because one of the clues was, "Sting's former tag team partner"; plus, WCW played the angle this way for a bit)...I fell for it and that's the ONLY reason I ordered the Starcade PPV...
rocksvids08 11 months ago
The Black Scorpion was the NWO Sting lol.
sxwrulz 1 year ago
I think Shockmaster was the Black Scorpion.
fjccommish 1 year ago
Everyone knows Chris Angle was the Black Scorpion!
freddy333ful 1 year ago
I heard Flair agreed to be The Black Scorpion on the condition that he get another World title run. Sounds logical, the month after Starrcade Flair regained the title.
TheJman2600 1 year ago
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1Eu4ic 1 year ago
Ric Flair was not planned to be The Black Scorpion. Ole Anderson had other plans with the idea, but Dusty Rhodes the other booker at the time suggested that he be revealed at Starrcade. They wanted it to be Barry Windham, but Ric Flair offered to play the part just for that one night. It sucks, because I thought the storyline had potential, until the end which seemed too predictable. I will say. Ole Anderson is a good voice over for gimmicks.
HypocriteSkeleton3 1 year ago
@HypocriteSkeleton3 Dusty Rhodes was still in the WWF at this time.
TheJman2600 1 year ago
@TheJman2600 Accoring to Ole Anderson he wasn't.
HypocriteSkeleton3 1 year ago
@HypocriteSkeleton3 This was going on in late 1990, at which time Dusty was still in the WWF.
TheJman2600 1 year ago
Black Scorpion sounds like Lord Humongous from The Road Warrior: "We will have our gasoline, then you can have your revenge!"
gmta28 1 year ago 3
The Black Scorpion came back a few years later a little bit overweight and sporting a spray painted Clone trooper helmet!! LOL
dennnis2781 1 year ago 3
Can't believe WCW didn't just bring in David Copperfield and have him become World Champion. Seriously, who the hell is afraid of a damn magician? Poor Sting. His first world title reign, and this is what they gave him
Rayla840 1 year ago 6
A little bit cheesy, but if done right, it could've been cool. If they made a new version of Black Scorpion, they could do Chris Angel type stunts and "possess" other wrestlers, refs, and women and have his own group... better than the Nexus shit their doing in WWEkids that's for sure.
nintendojuggalo 1 year ago 4
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@nintendojuggalo No....no. You're idea is much worse than anything WWE is doing
Rayla840 1 year ago
@Rayla840 That's clearly impossible and you're obviosuly riding John Cena's nuts.
nintendojuggalo 1 year ago 4
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@nintendojuggalo Interesting assumption there. If you check out some of my videos (which you may or may not like) you'll see I made a top 50 wrestlers, top 25 babyfaces, and others, and Cena is nowhere on them. Not a fan of his at all. I just think you had a horrible idea. And if WWE did actually do something like that, people would shit on it.
Rayla840 1 year ago
@nintendojuggalo you are a complete moron if you think a magician would be better than Nexus, Remember Papa Shango? Yeah it's not just the Black Scorpion..the idea is stupid
krobelusthekid 1 year ago
@krobelusthekid Nexus are clearly gay.
nintendojuggalo 1 year ago
One of the more interesting story lines in the old WCW. Too bad the ending of it was that Ric Flair was the Scorpion. And, the match actually was not that good.
Burgerrider 1 year ago 3
@Burgerrider blame Dusty Rhodes for that.
45Yankeeclipper 1 year ago
wow that was shit
WhiteyRose 1 year ago
They should have made the Black Scorpion like the Undertaker, full of black magic an sorcery and really fucking with wrestlers' heads, rather than using stupid parlor tricks. Honestly, I made better matches with my wrestling figures than adult bookers did with real-life athletes.
handsome102180 1 year ago
They were trying to make it seem like it was the Warrior of course...who was the WWF champion at the time.
Derby14 1 year ago
i miss Gordon Solie, he was the best.
thecreeper1980 1 year ago
@thecreeper1980 Darn right
brettmajors69karaoke 1 year ago
The Black Scporpion was was supposed to be Al Perez (who ?). He quit just before the Sting-Scorpion match. Flair volunteered to be Scorpion for the match. Wikipedia lists 10 different wrestlers as Scorpion. The Scorpion gimmick started as a joke by Ole.
Buckeyecat2002 1 year ago
LOL @ 3:52. Sting screams like a girl, lmfao...
gatesoftanhauser 1 year ago
@gatesoftanhauser
That was Paul E Dangerously screaming, not Sting you moron.
EddieHaskell281 1 year ago
wow....just...wow lol
Thornaholic 1 year ago
I was just thinking how the scorpion storyline was pretty good, the pay off just stunk. Can you imagine if WCW had used some money(debt) to get a big name wrestler to be the scorpion they could have been profitable before bischoff. I know people where talking about the storyline in my school and WCW was getting traction.
thetimedshow 1 year ago
@thetimedshow I was thinking the same thing. If they had really kept the angle going, and maybe gotten another wrestler involved in the story arc, it actually could have turned out alright. Also, if they had sunk more money into the production value of the segments as well.
gatesoftanhauser 1 year ago
2:40 is he raping her?
rossyboi20 1 year ago
No wonder VKM was so far ahead....
nathanburns 1 year ago
so bad it good
1101eastside 1 year ago
that is just embarasssing
Crookmeisteren 1 year ago
i always wanted to catch a chick like sting did. how cool would that be
GHub99 1 year ago 3
How did he do that?
bjohns1975 1 year ago
great now we can invite flair to do 10 year olds birthdays
WillyWangWonka 1 year ago
An all magician wrestling organization would probably be pretty interesting.
EBKemanon 2 years ago 2
haha. Tony Schiavone as the Phantom of the Opera.
Gook14 2 years ago
I read in Flair's book that the storyline went bad and a lot of people played that black scorpion. I think al perez was the first.
jshkendra 2 years ago
it only went bad cause of dusty rhodes screwing up the finish, Ole's idea was much better
newshootorder4life 1 year ago
Dusty was still in the wwe at the time it was Jim Herd who screwed this up.
jshkendra 1 year ago
Duhty came back and herd handed the angle to him i can give you the link proving that
newshootorder4life 1 year ago
we all know it ended up being Ric flair .
but the person doing the black scorpion voice done at 2:22 was ole Anderson 's voice
vampirehunter33 2 years ago 2
LMAO Tony as the Phantom
zybeco 2 years ago
How many of you agree and disagree that when Hogan turned heel the WCW should have done the same thing with hogan as they did with flair.
Let the mystery be resolved at Starrcade 1996 and then let Hogan be the new black scorpion?
texasguy10209 2 years ago
This had to be one of the most intriguing storylines EVER! I remember this when I was 11 years old and I couldnt wait to see who the Black Scorpion was going to be. Only at this time in wrestling could a storyline like this be pulled off. It ended horribly but it definately caught the attention of everyone.
Dunamisdude 2 years ago
These were the days
Nocholas4sale 2 years ago
Okay, let's do the post-mortem on the Black Scorpion angle. First, it really wasn't a bad idea in theory. We saw that with the heat generated by the "Higher Power" angle. The problem was in the execution. Had the Black Scorpion been, oh, I don't know evil it might have helped. All he did was do magic tricks. Why not *just* have him be a mysterious masked man who tries to break the babyfaces' legs or something?
gwef7 2 years ago 2
THat's gotta be Ole Anderson's voice. Sounds just like the Shock Master.
HOC666 2 years ago
LMFAO tony actually screamed
EncinoBoy 2 years ago
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MegaSpiderMan 2 years ago
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MegaSpiderMan 2 years ago
HAHAHAHA! Heyman was freaking OUT! LOL
Lunacyk 2 years ago 3
The Black Scorpion sounds like an english speaking Star Wars alien.
MegaSpiderMan 2 years ago 3
Gordon Solie FTW
darule514 2 years ago 2
Sounds like Dr.Claw from the Inspector Gadget cartoon haha. "I'llll getchoooo Gadgettt"
Boxxxy69 2 years ago 33
Turning human beings into tigers = Ratings
TheSI982 2 years ago 4
lol that is the same voice they used 4 The Shockmaster's debut lol
siccbeast 2 years ago 5
Ole Anderson
spenben 2 years ago 2
how lazy, they used the same voice for the shockmaster ha
franktownmarsh 2 years ago 3
Gorden Solie rocked ass
KWNatureBoy 2 years ago 4
wrestling in the US has a British counterpart- it's called pantomime. He's behind you, oh no he isn't , o yes he is , o no etc.
discreditor 2 years ago
The tiger trick works this way. The guy who is thrown in the cage pulls on the floor where there is a concealed compartment. He gets in this compartment once the curtain is closed (note the "pulling" on the near side of the curtain from the lifting of the trap, forcing the Scorpion to adjust it). The tiger is situated in a very narrow compartment in the back of the cage. The false wall is lowered once the man in the cage is safely in the compartment.
nicspic 2 years ago
OMG! This was almost 20 years ago. This was in 1990, I remember when this shit first happen, Seeing black scorpion talking and all this and that in the shadows! Lol seeing this bring back memories, but also when I start realizing something wasn't right about wrestling. I was 9 then.
SlimJimLongfoot 2 years ago
Ole Anderson really didn't have a clue did he
ants84 2 years ago
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thats another reason wcw is dead.
WhiteyRose 2 years ago
almost ten years before WCW folded.
AnnacondaVice 2 years ago
Not matter how ridiculous this became as it went on, it did create a major buzz that WCW hoped for. I remember everyone was talking about this back in 90.
tscotwv 2 years ago 2
that was in nwa, de da dee.
wrestlinggenius101 2 years ago
ive got that magazine thats behind him !!
old wcw rules!!!-i am the black scorpion
warriorsleftnut 2 years ago
lolz, sure.
wrestlinggenius101 2 years ago
@ 2:13 "the Black Scorpion could be somewhere" and seconds later he's behind you.
StFidjnr 2 years ago
It's clearly the shockmaster. You can't fool me!
liquidclown1974 2 years ago
I think tha Scorpion was a little late coming out. I'm pretty sure we weren't suppose to c him runnin out.
Patrickhollywood 2 years ago
It Might Of Been Stupid But I Liked This Feud
technobob93 2 years ago 2
well in case none of you guys know, ric flair was the black scorpion. i remember all of the episodes of the black scorpion when i was a teenager
jaguar11586 2 years ago
it was Al Perez, the Angel of Death, and eventually, Ric Flair just to kill off the angle
iseeredpeoples 2 years ago
It wasn't suppose 2 b him though.
Patrickhollywood 2 years ago
Ole Anderson
Al Perez
Jeff Ellis
Wild Bill Irwin
David Sheldon
Ric Flair
Barry Windham
Batosai420 2 years ago
Hey!!! The Black Scorpion sounds the Shock Master from 1993 (LOL)
gtz1975 3 years ago 4
yeah its ole anderson doing the voice of both characters. He was backstage with a mic doing the shockmasters botched debut. lol
ryanwade2006 3 years ago
lol that shockmaster gimick was WCW's epic fail of all time
dealmaker007 2 years ago
Solie would always go "UH-UH" whenever someone broke the rules.
NYCman530 3 years ago
imagine if black scorpion open his mask and he was honky tonky man.hahahah..what a great fued with sting..hahah
erlkid 3 years ago
LOL @ Ole Anderson's brootal Death Metal vocals. They're pure evil. Every villain should take lessons from the Black Scorpion/Shockmaster
gatesoftanhauser 3 years ago 2
Listen closely, huh, Solie?
HEY! ITS THE SHOCKMASTER!!
CMDrevello 3 years ago
black scorpion is a former world champ
i remember my match with him
kevinhardy 3 years ago
Wow Jim Ross and Gordon Solie could sell almost anything...except maybe this feud.
RangeofMotion 3 years ago 2
How did he turn the guy into the Tiger? I mean I know it was a magic trick, but how did he do it???
TheSI982 3 years ago
i thought the last 2 magic tricks were awesome, but the first one was gay lol this angle looked cool
GamingPalooza 3 years ago
i was actualy entiged with this
dray3000 3 years ago
ole anderson was the actual voice of the black scorpion
tnadrg1982 3 years ago
poooor heyman. at least he would soon get out of wcw.
hoopsrgreat23 3 years ago
LMFAO at the magic disapearing act of running around the WCW logo
tonygodown 3 years ago 2
WTF IS THIS SHIT? SERIOUSLY??
tennesseevidguy 3 years ago
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StFidjnr 3 years ago
southernpurewrestling . com has launched
allie70611 3 years ago
hahaha
darkhorse226 3 years ago
Who was the black scorpian SUPPOSED to be? I know it was flair but it was supposed to be somone else.
babiicakesss16 3 years ago
I copied this from another site:
The original choice for the Black Scorpion gimmick was the Angel of Death, a wrestler that had trained alongside Sting and Warrior...once somebody in WCW realized that nobody would give a damn if he was revealed as the Scorpion, it was decided to go in a different direction. Al Perez declined the role, and though WCW tried to play up the possibility that the Scorpion was the Ultimate Warrior, he was never an option.
jlcochran 3 years ago
Ole Anderson
lollycarola 3 years ago
i was kind of scared of this when i was a lil kid
supremeDestro 3 years ago
I don't care what anyone says, when this was going on and I was a kid, this was a very intriguing storyline. The darkness and the voice...I wanted to know who it was. We thought it was badass. It came off pretty flat with Ric Flair being the Scorpion. It would've been memorable if a big star from WWE would've first appeared on WCW in this role. Oh...what the hell was Schiavone wearing? LOL. That may be the most embarrasing thing from the Black Scorpion area.
wrestlingsince90 3 years ago 2
Schiavone looks like a big ass dork. Yes this was a scary angle. When i was younger i didnt mind it being flair because Flair and Sting had a pretty hot feud, I think they even did a spot were the horsemen broke sting's leg and sting brought robocop, so flair being the black scorpion wasnt too weird
supremeDestro 3 years ago
Haha. How times change. :) Imagine if Randy Orton was to return to WWE with...let's say Iron Man...to get revenge on HHH for breaking his collarbone. He would be a joke! I remember that and the huge buildup around it. If you ever saw that pay per view (it may be on You Tube), you could see RoboCop's leg falling apart as he walked down the aisle. Lol. Sad. I guess he was still suffering from that ass whippin Clarence Boddicker and the boys put on him. Lol. Maybe Ole was Robo. I'll stop now. :)
wrestlingsince90 3 years ago
LOL yes wrestling in 1990 was insane. I think that Nwa/Wcw was tryin to hard with these crazy angles and crazy matches. Dusty shoudlve never been a booker. take a look at some of the things wcw has done. Remember the halloween havoc When they had a cage with a electic chair in the middile of ring?
I saw the ppv with robocop, that shit was a joke but looking back the black scropion wasnt as bad as the shockmaster. i actully respect flair for being the company guy and stepping in
supremeDestro 3 years ago
this gave me nighmares.
goodlookin41 1 year ago
lol
"It's difficult to tell if that voice had been changed electronically or not"
lancej281 3 years ago 4
SPOILER ALERT
Ric Flair is the black scorpion lol
hyrulehistorian 3 years ago
OMG NO WAI
CaptainCrunchisma 3 years ago 3
@hyrulehistorian
Only at Starcade. He wasn't the Scorpion at anytime leading up to the PPV. The same thing happened with Brutus Beefcake being the guy that hit Hogan with the metal pipe in 1994. They had Bunkhouse Buck playing him until the mask was removed.
cbaldwinjr 1 year ago
ooh, spooky. That's some black magic there!
NoirFan01 3 years ago 3
lmao its the shockmaster all over
RebelReaper 3 years ago 3
I believe this was before Shockmaster. But yes, the same voice, Ole Anderson.
tscotwv 3 years ago
you wanna piece of me stid? LMAO
TimeBotProductions 3 years ago
I don't care who you are, boy! I don't give a Damn who you are!
dan1701 2 years ago
This was a great wrestling angle, people actually were genuinely interested to see the outcome of the feud, this was the ealy 90's and I, for one, found this intriguing
ds1790 3 years ago 6
I just hated the way it turned out. What a let down.
lordfinx 3 years ago
The Black Scorpion sounds like a muppet!!
mattcast44 3 years ago 2
Ole just COULD NOT have been serious with this crap, lol.
bacardilvr 3 years ago
sting was looking so stupid
deemarks23 3 years ago
ULTIMATE WARRIOR!!!
Ibalon2012 3 years ago
God, I knew the second I heard the Black Scorpion's voice that it was the same as the Shockmaster's...Possibly 2 of the dumbest "wrestling" angles and characters ever, I guess it's only fitting that the shitty force behind them also provides the voice...
cmccomiskey 3 years ago
this is a shitty storyline man...lol and Flair is the black scorpion fuck...
ryanwade2006 3 years ago
go to wikipedia... type in black scorpion... you will find out that several wrestlers actually portrayed black scorpion. including ric flair, al perez, ole anderson, barry windham, wild bill irwin, and david sheldon. Ric Flair was chosen among them to be the one unmasked by WCW officials.
faithgrace777 3 years ago
cool man didn't realize that many people portrayed black scorpion... makes sense though
ryanwade2006 3 years ago
I don't know which storyline was worse. Papa Shango cursing the Ultimate Warrior or this garbage! Look at all the great wrestling people who were in this clip: Gordon Solie, Sting, Eric Bischoff, Jim Ross, Paul Heyman. How embarrassing for wrestling!!
KNDAWG74 3 years ago
Ric Flair--oops I spoiled it--I mean, the Black Scorpion!
JerrimeWilliams30 3 years ago
The gimmick was all Ole Anderson's idea, and he originally wanted a former member of Powerteam USA to be revealed as the character's true identity. He didn't decide that Flair would be revealed as the character's true identity until November of 1990.
hulkyone 3 years ago 2
I heard they were trying to get the Ultimate Warrior to leave the WWF
adheckle 3 years ago
Ric Flair--oops I spoiled it--I mean, the Black Scorpion!
JerrimeWilliams30 3 years ago
It was really a pathetic angle Ole Anderson came up with. He didn't even decide who the character's identity would be. He wanted it to be a member of Sting's Powerteam USA. Even though one former member of Powerteam USA, Dave Sheldon wore the mask at times, Ole still wasn't satisfied. Ole would do the voice and different wrestlers would wear the masks It wasn't until November of 1990 when a desperate Ole decided that Ric Flair would be revealed as the character's true identity. Pretty stupid.
hulkyone 3 years ago
It was really a pathetic angle Ole Anderson came up with. He didn't even decide who the character's identity would be. He wanted it to be a member of Sting's Powerteam USA. Even though one former member of Powerteam USA, Dave Sheldon wore the mask at times, Ole still wasn't satisfied. Ole would do the voice and different wrestlers would wear the masks It wasn't until November of 1990 when a desperate Ole decided that Ric Flair would be revealed as the character's true identity. Pretty stupid.
hulkyone 3 years ago
Seriously, the bit that starts at 2:20 may well be the stupidest thing ever done in wrestling. The Gobbledegooker has nothing on the Scorpion's black magic.
ccie12933 3 years ago
lololol. No kidding.
dan1701 3 years ago
LMAO Paul E. rucks
SuddenCatastrophe2 3 years ago 3
@ 2:16 the black scropion is here.
StFidjnr 3 years ago
This may be a stupid qeustion but from witch year is the starcade match between Sting and Black Scorpion, it is the same match that Black Scorpion is reveled as Ric Flair.
jackscare 3 years ago
Starrcade 90--
leche1230 3 years ago
Cena should have his gimmick.
potatoeater216 4 years ago