On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday there will be meetings in Atlanta with the already signed wrestlers and potential production crew, writers etc reports Jim Ross. $155.00. We asked BSkyB if they will acquire WCW programming as well since now they are owned by the WWF. The strap is made of simulated leather and the metal center medallion measures 9.5 inches high. Pending lawsuits against WCW weren’t transferred to the WWF when they bought the company so AOL Time Warner is stuck with a dozen of lawsuits against them. The WWF will take over some of the licensing agreements that were previously done with WCW and a couple of wrestler contracts. AOL Time Warner will be responsible for paying the left-out wrestlers for the whole duration of the contract and obviously blocking them from going anywhere. eBay: $599: Those fired will receive nine weeks of pay and will also receive a four week pay for every year they have been employed by WCW. ҂ WWF.COM has a poll featuring a couple of names for the new WCW Saturday night show. Initially known as the Mid-Atlantic Television Championship, as Mid-Atlantic (later known as Jim Crockett Promotions) grew the title became known as the NWA World Television Championship and in 1991 as the WCW World TV Championship. Scherer says that an announcement regarding Bischoff’s future should be made this week. Championship Belt Buckles for Sale: Bill Apter Videos: Ray's and Dan's Gathering of Championship Belts: Many Faces of a W.E. Yours truly had a ‘nice’ telephone conversation with Ms Myers back in 1998 over the WCW stuff used on Wrestling-Online.com . or Best Offer. Although the option is not for WCW to be a ‘B-type’ federation to the WWF, giving younger – and un-used in the WWF – stars the experience to wrestle more in front of TV cameras in front of people may be a good start. Monday 26th March is the final date WCW has on its calendar in regards to shows. ҂ WWF Chairman Vince McMahon will be on RAW Is WAR tonight addressing the WCW purchase from AOL Time Warner. What happened to the WCW Television Title? ҂ Some WWF superstars will be on Nitro this coming Monday along with WWF officials for the last Nitro ever on TNT. When Shane gave his new buds a ‘shout out’ before the match, the Texas crowd welcomed the WCW stars with a chorus of boos. Nitro could however switch channels in the future depending on the direction that Time Warner goes with their cable channel TNT. Previous lawsuits and other type advertising will not be transferred to the WWF and AOL TW will have to deal with any pending issues as well as high salary contracts. Timeline of story: 01/11/2001 to 05/29/2001. There was no discussion regarding the contracts the WWF bought with the sale or any other type of contracts. ҂ Former WCW president Eric Bischoff have pulled his appearance from tonight’s Nitro after last week he appeared on the show via a telephone call and announced the show as a ‘Night Of Champions’. ҂ WCW head honcho Brad Siegel sent a memo to everyone in WCW announcing the new deal with the World Wrestling Federation. Meetings will then be held at the WWF Headquarters in Stamford, CT., after the return from Atlanta. McMahon told everyone in attendance that anyone has a shot staying with WCW – a comment which many are finding hard to believe. 61 talking about this. After being one of the most prestigious titles in NWA/WCW, the Television title lost value at the end of WCW's run and was scrapped a year before it's close. Wrestlers such as Kevin Nash, Sting, Goldberg and others are believed to sit and collect their money from AOL TW for the remainder of their current contract. Bischoff will run the creative side of the new WCW. ҂ It’s finally official. So far talks are only for one show, so Thunder will probably be scrapped. Initially known as the Mid-Atlantic Television Championship, as Mid-Atlantic (later known as Jim Crockett Promotions ) grew the title became known as the NWA World Television Championship and in 1991 as the WCW World TV Championship. The title was often defended in matches with a time limit of ten or fifteen minutes. Sources are saying that Bischoff is still trying to negotiate a deal to start a national promotion. Rick Steiner was one-half of legendary sports-entertainment duo The Steiner Brothers. The two have been together ever since, and ultimately creating Fusient Media Ventures. I guess Stasiak is the first to be released by the WWF and picked up again with the purchase of WCW. WCW Television Championship Replica Belt - Adult Size with new and improved strap. Jim Ross last week announced that the show will be taped and aired on Saturday night via a tape delay between 11PM and 1AM EST on TNN. ҂ Still tentatively to air on Saturday nights between 11PM and 1AM EST on TNN, the tapings of the show is now in discussions to move from the proposed Saturday evening to a Wednesday one as it was originally going to be. “Somehow we always thought it would work out, it’s unbelievable. With the WWF starting from scratch, the established names who currently have high-salary contracts with AOL TW will have to take a major pay cut to be part of the new team, be a team player and commit to the new company. Dave Meltzer of the Observer says that Steiner is not in the WWF plans at the moment so having him ending the show with a title belt would be meaningless. This will no doubt be an explosive Monday night with WWF stars on Nitro and WCW stars rumored on RAW. Tom Lassally is the President of Fusient West Coast, as well as President of Fusient Studios, a division of the company. Now that’s interesting to see. ҂ There are ongoing meetings between high WWF officials regarding the new WCW. The headquarters are in New York, with offices also in Los Angeles. Meltzer says that all are supposed to have meetings with Jim Ross prior to the event. Talks between WCW and Fusient Media Ventures broke down late last month and no announcement was done. It was rather funny seeing both WWF.COM and WCW.COM posting the same item plugging each other! It’s been rumored for quite a while that TNT will have all its programming changed and the shows would be transferred on another Time Warner owned channel. No arenas have been booked and no tickets went on sale. The strap is made of our new and improved simulated leather and the metal center medallion measures 8 1/2 inches high. ҂ Although WCW won’t be owned by Time Warner anymore, the company will still keep a minority interest in World Championship Wrestling in order to broadcast the WCW shows, Nitro on TNT, Thunder and Worldwide on TBS. The meeting was basically to cover some issues regarding the recent sale of WCW. The last actual title change took place on October 24, 1999 when Rick Steiner beat Chris Benoit. This is the best option for the WWF since they can work out a deal with the released wrestlers offering them a downside contract instead of their current guaranteed agreement. Bischoff went from just an announcer to a booker to vice president and now president once again. WCW Television - Adult Size Replica Belt Description. However it all goes down to the TV deal. Exact-scale replica that measures 4 feet long and weighs approximately 4 pounds. ҂ No WCW stars are expected to be on RAW tonight as Dave Meltzer reports that everyone who was in attendance for last night’s WrestleMania was flown back to home earlier today. ҂ In his latest message to the fans, Diamond Dallas Page revealed that he met with WWF official Jim Ross earlier this week and he said the meeting “went great”. What you will find is a picture of Shane McMahon, with a message directed to WCW fans with the headline ‘This is only the beginning’. More often than with other championships, title matches resulted in time limit draws and the champion retaining the title. Welcome to the WWF. The “nWo”, which he created with Hall and Nash is still considered one of the best – if not the best – wrestling angle in the history of this business. Ross said that several of the WCW stars whose contract were not picked up by the WWF will be given a chance to join the company after they get out of the Time Warner contract. ҂ Problems between Time Warner and Fusient Media Ventures over the sale of WCW almost led to the deal completely falling apart according to Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer. ҂ Apart from the three Fusient main executives, the company employs other 12 important executives. The WCW World Television Championship was a professional wrestling television championship owned by the now-defunct World Championship Wrestling (WCW) promotion. $16.99 Used. No reason has been given as to why the show was knocked off. World Championship Wrestling (WCW) 68 The Nasty Boys (Jerry Sags and Brian Knobbs) September 19, 1993: Fall Brawl (1993) Houston, Texas: 1 15 69 Marcus Alexander Bagwell and 2 Cold Scorpio: October 4, 1993: Saturday Night: Columbus, Georgia: 1 20 This title change aired on tape delay on October 23, 1993. When you need a real championship belt there is no need to look elsewhere, just read our Feedback section. This was revealed by Jim Ross today after the countless meetings in Atlanta in the past few days with WCW wrestlers and other potential officials. The title was retired on April 10, 2000 after the Vince Russo-Eric Bischoff WCW reboot. ҂ As said in the previous news bit, Fusient Media Ventures acquired World Championship Wrestling from Time Warner. Stephen D. Greenberg is the Chairman of Fusient, and just like his partner Bedol, he co-founded the Classic Sports Network in 1995. ҂ Although WCW won’t be owned by Time Warner anymore, the company will still keep a minority interest in World Championship Wrestling in order to broadcast the WCW shows, Nitro on TNT, Thunder and Worldwide on TBS. Shane said that WCW will go dark for the next six to eight weeks until a new relaunch on TNN on a different time slot. ҂ Apart from the rumored Edge & Christian and the Hardy Boyz showing on Nitro, WWF agent Gerald Brisco and talent co-ordinator Bruce Prichard are supposed to be attending the show.