WCW Uncensored

WCW Uncensored was an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view from World Championship Wrestling (WCW) held in the month of March from 1995 through 2000. It was replaced in 2001 by Greed.

The recurring concept of Uncensored was that it was an event that, in storylines, the (fictional) WCW Board of Directors had washed their hands of. Thus, each match on the card was ostensibly unsanctioned, meaning they were not subject to the normal rules of WCW-sanctioned wrestling matches. In reality, it was a normally-booked WCW show, albeit one with a tendency to feature more gimmick matches than usual. This notion, however, was downplayed during the last few years that it was part of the WCW PPV schedule. Hulk Hogan was featured in the main event of all six versions of the event. In 2015, All WCW pay-per-views were made available on the WWE Network.

1995

Uncensored 1995
VHS cover featuring Avalanche, Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage
Tagline(s)	Unsanctioned, Unauthorized, Unbelievable!
Information
Promotion	World Championship Wrestling
Date	March 19, 1995
Attendance	5,782
Venue	Tupelo Coliseum
City	Tupelo, Mississippi
Pay-per-view chronology
SuperBrawl V Uncensored 1995 Slamboree 1995

Uncensored 1995 took place on March 19, 1995 from the Tupelo Coliseum in Tupelo, Mississippi.

All of the pre-pay-per-view matches were broadcast live on WCW Main Event. The King of the Road match took place in the caged-off trailer of the Blacktop Bully's 18-wheeler truck, as it was driven (supposedly) around nearby roads. The object of the match was to climb to the top of the trailer's cage and sound a horn positioned there. Bully sounded the horn to win. This match was taped days earlier outside of Atlanta, Georgia and was heavily edited due to WCW's strict no-bleeding policy in place at the time. Dustin Rhodes and Bully were fired for blading during the match. The "Boxer vs. Wrestler" match between Johnny B. Badd and Arn Anderson was billed as having ten three-minute rounds, with a rest period of one minute between rounds. Anderson's WCW World Television Championship was not on the line. The rules stated that Anderson (as "the wrestler") could win by pinfall or submission, whereas Johnny B. Badd (as "the boxer") could only win by knockout. Despite the event being billed as "no rules" the Avalanche was disqualified in his match against Randy Savage after a "fan" attacked Savage. The fan turned out to be Ric Flair dressed like a woman. The Falls Count Anywhere Texas Tornado Tag Team match between The Nasty Boys and Harlem Heat ended up in the concession stands, where the participants attacked each other with cotton candy, soft drinks and other nearby objects. Harlem Heat's WCW World Tag Team Championship was not on the line in that match.

Before the PPV Hulk Hogan's manager Jimmy Hart was kidnapped and tied up at an undisclosed location by Vader and Flair. During the match Hart escaped and joined The Renegade at ringside. During the match a masked man appeared and attacked Renegade, before returning to the back. Hogan was given the win over Vader when he dragged an interfering Ric Flair and touched all four turnbuckles, despite Flair not being the legal opponent in the match). After the match, a masked man appeared again, seemingly siding with Vader and Flair, before unmasking to reveal himself as Randy Savage and embracing Hogan, Renegade and Hart. Savage had tied up the first masked man backstage, who was then revealed to be Arn Anderson. Hogan's WCW World Heavyweight Championship was not on the line in the match

1996

Uncensored 1996
VHS cover featuring Hulk Hogan
Tagline(s)	Everything you've wanted to see...plus the stuff you haven't thought of yet!
Information
Promotion	World Championship Wrestling
Date	March 24, 1996
Attendance	9,000
Venue	Tupelo Coliseum
City	Tupelo, Mississippi
Pay-per-view chronology
SuperBrawl VI Uncensored 1996 Slamboree 1996

Uncensored 1996 took place on March 24, 1996 from the Tupelo Coliseum in Tupelo, Mississippi.

All of the pre-pay-per-view matches were broadcast live on WCW Main Event. Diamond Dallas Page was originally scheduled to face Johnny B. Badd for the WCW World Television Championship, but Badd had lost the title to Lex Luger prior to Uncensored and left the company shortly thereafter. Instead The Booty Man took Badd's place, including Page's former valet Kimberly, that had sided with Badd an now became known as "The Booty Babe". The main event Doomsday Cage match was a stacked cage with several compartments, Randy Savage and Hulk Hogan were forced to fight their way down through the cage, starting on the roof. In the end Savage pinned Ric Flair after Lex Luger accidentally punched Flair with a loaded glove. During the match, The Booty Man interfered and gave the Mega Powers frying pans to use as weapons.

1997

Uncensored 1997
VHS cover featuring Lex Luger and Hollywood Hogan
Tagline(s)	You'll Never See It Coming!
Information
Promotion	World Championship Wrestling
Date	March 16, 1997
Attendance	9,285
Venue	North Charleston Coliseum
City	Charleston, South Carolina
Pay-per-view chronology
SuperBrawl VII Uncensored 1997 Spring Stampede 1997

Uncensored 1997 took place on March 16, 1997 from the North Charleston Coliseum in Charleston, South Carolina.

The WCW World Television Championship match between champion Prince Iaukea and Rey Misterio, Jr. originally ended in a 10-minute time limit draw, but the time was extended after a request by Misterio Jr. Minutes later Iaukea pinned Rey Misterio Jr. to retain the championship

The main event Triangle Elimination match featured a specific "prize" for each team if they won the match:

• Team WCW: All the championships the nWo held would be stripped and its members not allowed to wrestle for three years.
• Team Piper: Rowdy Roddy Piper would have gotten a steel cage match with Hollywood Hogan for the WCW World Championship
• Team nWo: They could challenge for any WCW championship at any time they desired.^[1]

Team Piper was originally composed of Roddy Piper, John Tenta, Layton Morrison^[2] (a kickboxer), and Craig Mally^[2][3] (a boxer). On the March 10, 1997 episode of Nitro, which aired six days before the pay-per-view, they were replaced by The Four Horsemen members Chris Benoit, Steve McMichael and Jeff Jarrett. Team WCW originally included Rick Steiner, but he was attacked prior to the match by the nWo and was unable to compete, leaving the team at a one-man disadvantage in the match. Wrestlers could be eliminated by either pinfall, submission, or being thrown over the top rope.

Triangle match order of elimination. The team that the wrestler represents is shown in parentheses:

• The Giant (WCW) was thrown over the top rope (4:55)
• Nash clotheslined Jarrett (Piper) over the top rope (9:21)
• Hall back bodydropped McMichael (Piper) over the top rope (9:45)
• Nash threw Steiner (WCW) over the top rope (10:16)
• Hogan threw Piper (Piper) over the top rope when Rodman pulled the rope down
• Hall and Nash threw Benoit (Piper) over the top rope; Team Piper eliminated from match (16:27)
• Luger forced Savage (nWo) to submit with the Torture Rack (18:23)
• Luger threw Nash (nWo) over the top rope (18:31)
• Luger forced Hall (nWo) to submit with the Torture Rack (18:45)
• Hogan pinned Luger (WCW) after Savage sprayed Luger in the eyes with spraypaint; Team WCW eliminated from match (19:22)

1998

Uncensored 1998
VHS cover featuring Hollywood Hogan and Randy Savage
Tagline(s)	Rules Are For Fools
Information
Promotion	World Championship Wrestling
Date	March 15, 1998
Attendance	7,475
Venue	Mobile Civic Center
City	Mobile, Alabama
Pay-per-view chronology
SuperBrawl VIII Uncensored 1998 Spring Stampede 1998

Uncensored 1998 took place on March 15, 1998 from the Mobile Civic Center in Mobile, Alabama.

During the main event steel cage match between Hollywood Hogan and Randy Savage, The Disciple interfered, knocking the referee out and stopping Savage from assaulting Hogan. Savage then attacked Sting, who interfered on his behalf, and spat at Hogan before leaving the ring.

1999

Uncensored 1999
VHS cover featuring Hollywood Hogan and Ric Flair
Tagline(s)	No Rules. No Mercy. No Way Out.
Information
Promotion	World Championship Wrestling
Date	March 14, 1999
Attendance	15,930[5]
Venue	Freedom Hall
City	Louisville, Kentucky
Pay-per-view chronology
SuperBrawl IX Uncensored 1999 Spring Stampede 1999

Uncensored 1999 took place on March 14, 1999 from Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky.

The lumberjacks for the WCW World Tag Team Championship match were: Norman Smiley, Hugh Morrus, Meng, Kenny Kaos, Arn Anderson, Kendall Windham, Bobby Duncum Jr. and Prince Iaukea. In the main event Ric Flair pinned Hulk Hogan while an unconscious Hogan was in the Figure-Four leglock. Flair, who had gained control of WCW for 90 days on a December 1998 edition of WCW Monday Nitro, ordered referee Charles Robinson to use discretion in stopping the match; as a result, Robinson did not stop the match when Flair bled first, nor would he count for Hogans own pin falls. Charles Robinson made a fast three count to give the match to Flair.

2000

Uncensored 2000
VHS cover featuring Jeff Jarrett, Sid Vicious, Sting, and Ric Flair
Tagline(s)	"Double J and Big Sid break all the rules in their battle for heavyweight gold!"
Information
Promotion	World Championship Wrestling
Date	March 19, 2000
Attendance	5,000[6]
Venue	American Airlines Arena
City	Miami, Florida
Pay-per-view chronology
SuperBrawl 2000 Uncensored 2000 Spring Stampede 2000

Uncensored 2000 took place on March 19, 2000 from the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida.

The lumberjacks for the match between Sting and The Total Package were: Jimmy Hart, Curt Hennig, Doug Dillinger, Fit Finlay, Brian Knobs, Vampiro, Ron Harris, Don Harris, Stevie Ray, Big T and Hugh Morrus. Sting's lumberjacks had casts on their hands that were broken by Luger in the past. Package's lumberjacks had fake casts on their arm to mock and have the same advantage as Sting's lumberjacks. During the match, Tank Abbott came down to ringside to suckerpunch Doug Dillinger in the face. During the match, Ric Flair and Elizabeth interfered trying to attack Sting, but were both taken down by Jimmy Hart and Vampiro.

See also

• List of WCW pay-per-view events
• World Championship Wrestling

References