guys who left WWF and made it big in WCW
 

How many of these guys exist. We all the know the reverse with guys like Austin and Jericho who were underused in WCW and became huge for WWF, but how many went the opposite direction?

Sting?

Hogan Hall and Nash weren't underused in WWF though. I'm talking guys that WWF missed the boat on.

Um, no

You know what Supreme, this is really difficult.

That's what I'm saying. I can't think of any. There's gotta be some though

Jarrett is one.

Ahmed Johnson....:shifty:

Jeff Jarrett ruined WCW for me. Here you have this guy who was barely an upper-mid carder in the WWF that switches over to WCW and soon becomes the WCW champion. It made WCW look weak.

well we all know that jarrett was russo's boy

Shawn Stasiak?

I mean, he wasn't 'big', but he was always involved in some big (though usually lame) storyline.

on the flip side HHH made it big in WWF after WCW let him go..same for Austin, The Undertaker and others shows you how much poor judgment wcw had

Jarrett is the only one I can think of also. he went from a wwf nobody to a wcw big nobody

I guess Konnan is another one.

Start by jumping off your roof.

Wow calm down dickheads.

I hate people who take time to set their avatar before they even get 10 posts

Raven was underused in the WWF then went to ECW and then went to WCW where he got a pretty decent push.

Why?

Hey some of us did it when we started the account, and still use the board defaults. :mad:

Barry Windham

I thought he was in ECW first then WCW and then WWE?

:rofl: I think we have a winner!

Actually upon further review I don't think the board defaults are still around. I may be the only one that uses them anyway.

Actually he started in WCW as Scotty Flamingo, then went to WWF where he was Johnny Polo where he mostly managed/commentated, then he went to ECW where he became Raven, then went back to WCW as Raven, then back to ECW, then to WWF, then to TNA

So basically Raven was like an STD?

A badass STD, yes.

Also, Kevin Sullivan. Although, as with Barry Windham, I don't know what your timeframe is regarding this question. If it's the mid 90s then scratch these two off

Virgil?

Oh and BigDaddyCool is a homo, fact!

I mostly just look and see what everyone has posted and never post myself...but this is a tough thread...because most of the wrestlers have always bounced back and forth between the two...just take the andersons, the flairs and other names...there are numorous names considering Hall and nash where both in the WCW before they went to the WWF its hard to say...maybe im just rumbling on...but its really gonna just be hard to name anyone...

BadasSTD

Shane Douglas?

You thought Sting was in the WWF...

Yeah I don't really think there are any. Even the ones mentioned here are only mentioned because people are trying too hard. There's no example of HHH or Austin or Taker. No one even remotely close.

And even for the people trying to say Hall and Nash getting their careers rejuvenated, if you remember, they were both misused by WCW before going to WWE and becoming stars in the first place.

Raven almost works...almost. Though he left WCW for the WWF when he was still Polo and then went to ECW and became Raven. Raven came to WCW and was used better than he had been by the WWF, this is true, but ECW made Raven.

Also, when Raven came to the WWF he immediately became misused.

ricky steamboat

HOLLA IF YA HEAR ME

Thed nailed it.

http://knotwork.tripod.com/confirmat...SteinerWWF.jpg

Windham was huge in the NWA. Doesnt count.

This is people who were nobodies then went to the WCW and became somebody....and there isnt much...since the WWE made stars and WCW stole them.

God. Steiner was a tag champ WCW/NWA before his WWF run.

Steamboat was a top 3 face in the NWA, went to the WWF and was a mid level guy, and went to WCW to be a top guy, so maybe, but he was WELL ESTABLISHED to say the least

Was a nobody in WCW, Somebody in ECW, Nobody in the WWE, Somebody in ECW and then mid card in WCW.

Steiner was a tag champ. Not a star. WCW made him bigger than he was before.

I guess. I dunno. Steiner was a tag champ major face in WCW and was a major star in japan...

I guess its all semantics on the word star or big

WCW was pretty scared of competition coming from WWF so they wouldn't just let a WWF midcarder make it big in their company. They only gave main event status to guys that already made it big in WWF.

WWF(or WWE if you please) on the other hand was already way above WCW when they got their wrestlers that are headlining right now, so there was nothing to worry about.

Scared in a meaning, WCW didn't want the WWF guys to look better than their own, and they probably thought a midcarder from rival company getting the WCW main title would make the WCW look weak.

Paul Roma

Vince Russo

I mean, he was WCW champion for a week.

DAVID ARQUETTE!

But he failed at life, not in WWF. Lemme think more.

dustin rhodes perhaps?

he had a wwf run circa '90 and then left with dusty for wcw

Vince Russo

Fuck, I should have read page 2 before I made a sarcastic reply. "meh"

Wow, look at the number of jackasses to some new guy. Flandando posts and 3 guys have a problem with that simple fact.

I feel compelled to say Mick Foley.

I remember BDC making this topic not too long ago.

Ach no it was 'who do you actually credit WCW for making'.

http://www.tpww.net/forums/showthrea...&highlight=wcw

I think to be classified in this, you should have at least worked a match for WWF first.

Highlights exactly what WCW's problem was. They always had the talent but they always failed to keep hold of it, losing or undervaluing the likes of Austin, Jericho, Benoit, Guerrero etc. WWF once they knew they had a talent, they kept hold of it unless they financially could not. The only ex-WWF wrestlers in WCW at it's demise were Bam Bam Bigelow, Dustin Rhodes, Jeff Jarrett, Kevin Nash, Lex Luger, Rick Steiner, Road Warrior Animal, Scott Steiner, Shane Douglas, Shawn Stasiak and possibly a few others. Basically those that were always moving from company to company, those that had burnt bridges/had disputes at WWF, those still on big money contracts and those that were totally off WWF's radar. Out of the list only Jarrett and Steiner (who was huge at the time) were near the top of WCW.

At the same time WWF had Big Show, Jericho, Regal, Raven, Eddie Guerrero, Perry Saturn, Chris Benoit, The Undertaker, Ausin and Triple H appear at Wrestlemania 17 who were all 'lost' by WCW at one point or another.

Would you say WCW used Mang/Haku more than WWF? In his first run in the WWF he was a King and held the tag team titles. In WCW, although he only won the Hardcore title he did have some high profile matches and some even for the WCW Heavyweight title.

Only in relation to how they presented TV.

Haku wrestled the majority of PPV's while he was at NY in the 80's. He wrestled a programme with Hogan for the title for a few months in the lateies.

I seriously thought he was in the early days of his career. Shame on my mind for fucking my facts up. :(

Maybe Scott Hall? He was getting big almost a Main Eventer in WWE but not quite. Went to WCW with the entire NWO angle and was thrust into all the Main Events.

From a title standpoint, Rick Rude was bigger in WCW.

fuck I was going to say rick rude, he went from big to bigger....

I can't think of many, Vader could have went back to WCW and gone right back to the main event any time up until the closing of the old WCW.

what about DDP and WM11, was he in the crowed or with Bam Bam or something? I Know they're friends?

I know Sid Eudy was a World Champion in WWF, but he got his biggest break in WCW.

He was in WCW before being in WWF.

They don't have puns in Poland.

We're still waiting for the electric razors, first.

ok well the joke is that Sid's "biggest break" was his broken leg

biggest break has two meanings here

Oooooooh

That is funny now.