5 Storyline feuds in WCW that got too real
The nWo Professional wrestling has become sports entertainment. Sports entertainment is the act of keeping an audience captured by the art of wrestling. Mix in stunts, drama, storytelling and athleticism, the WWE does it better than anybody else.Not a lot of fans agree with that statement but look at the scoreboard. WWE drove WCW out of town and Indy promotions have a hard time competing with Vince McMahon and World Wrestling Entertainment. Sports entertainment has pre-determined results. That shouldn't take away from the experience of getting to the ending of a match or storyline. Wrestlers work together to put on the best show possible.The programs are meant for the WWE Universe, or in this case, the WCW fanbase, to get involved in emotionally. If done successfully, it should feel real to the fans. Wrestlers are taught to make everything look as real as possible. 99% of the time, storylines in wrestling were just that. WWE superstars and WCW stars made it seem real with their raw emotion and charisma. If the fans are lucky, they’ll get a feud that provides a real-life chemistry.Trish Stratus and Lita is a great example of that scenario. However, that other 1% isn’t as successful. In what is called a “shoot” in wrestling, the participants in the feud break kayfabe and potentially ruin a storyline. Most of the time, a shoot is planned. On a rare occasion, the shoot is spontaneous and can lead to bad situations spawning. Unfortunately, WCW had a few-too-many instances of a program getting real.Here are the top-5 storylines in WCW that are too real:
#1 Dustin Rhodes Burning Goldust Attire
Dustin, the oldest son of Dusty Rhodes, has had a unique career in professional wrestling. During the Attitude Era, Goldust displayed his character with a different feel. He was animated, PG-13 and executed sexual innuendoes.
Goldust didn't cross the line, but he was certainly near it. As most people know, WCW was about taking the veterans away from WWE. Lex Luger, Kevin Nash, Sean Waltman, Scott Hall and Bret Hart were the notable jumpers from World Wrestling Entertainment. However, they weren’t the only ones to make an impact.
Goldust was getting tired of how he was treated in WWE. After making the jump to WCW, there were several vignettes of a man that was starting through the windows of children. Finally, Dustin Rhodes debuted as Seven. Instead of playing the character he was portraying, Rhodes ignored the standard practices of a pro wrestler and ripped the WWE for what happened to him.
Rhodes proclaimed that the “powers that be” thought he was boring and didn’t have respect for the Rhodes family. Seven didn’t last long, as he returned to the Goldust gimmick. The former-WWE superstar broke kayfabe, which wasn’t a practical thought at that time.