[More Cowbell]

But 2 major events (one leading to the other) hasn't been mentioned. Or if they have, I must have over looked them.

Hulk Hogan turning heel. That may have changed the whole wrestling industry and started the whole nWo and Monday Night Wars. But if you look back on it now, that was a bad move by the sports biggest icon. Not only did that crush million's of little Hulksters around the world..... that gave the WWF more ammo to mock Hogan. I can remember several incidents when the WWF mocked thr Hogan character on Raw.

The finger poke of death.... Hogan vs. Nash for the WCW heavyweight title on Nitro. If my memory serves me right, WCW had been beating WWF in Monday night TV ratings until this happened. Then the following week, the WWF took the ratings back and the rest is history.

The first one I have to disagree with. Personally, I thought it was pure genius to turn Hogan heel. For starters, I was already more of a WCW/NWA guy, going back into the mid-80's. I loved guys like Ric Flair, and couldn't stand Hogan. When he signed with WCW in the mid-90's, that had to be some of the worst wrestling that company had ever put out. Remember all that nonsense with "The Hulkster" and his buddy Brutus "The Booty Man", fighting against the mean old Dungeon of Doom? Ugh, just brutal. But having him join all the other ex-WWF guys in the NWO? Brillliant. Now, Hogan could just be his usual pompous self, and I could continue to hate him just as before.

As for the finger-poke, that WAS a really bad moment. But still not as bad as David Arquette being the world champion. Kinda makes it hard for anyone to take your company seriously when that happens. From that point on, WCW would always be the punchline of a joke.