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Sting - The Ultimate Collection match listing

DISC 1

Blonde Sting WCW Wrestler Bringing the Game Up a Level

The Blade Runners vs. Bret Wayne Sawyer and Sean O’Reilly
UWF Power Pro Wrestling • April 1986

Sting & Rick Steiner vs. Mike Rotundo & Ron Simmons
NWA Southern Pro Wrestling • May 19, 1987

NWA World Heavyweight Championship
Ric Flair vs. Sting
NWA Pro Wrestling • January 2, 1988

On the Map

Sting vs. Stan Lane
Main Event • October 2, 1988

Sting vs. Butch Reed
Main Event • March 26, 1989

Superstar

NWA World Television Championship Match
Sting vs. Mike Rotundo
WCW World Championship Wrestling • April 1, 1989

Sting vs. Ron Simmons
WCW Power Hour • August 18, 1989

NWA World Television Championship
Sting vs. Great Muta
WCW Power Hour • September 1, 1989

Bleach Blonde Rivalry

NWA World Heavyweight Championship Match
Ric Flair vs. Sting
Great American Bash • July 7, 1990

Sting vs. Dutch Mantel
Main Event • September 2, 1990



DISC 2

Blonde Sting WCW Wrestler Face of WCW

Sting vs. Nikita Koloff
Clash of the Champions XIV • June 14, 1991

Sting & The Great Muta vs. The Steiner Brothers
WCW/New Japan Supershow II • January 4 1992

Vader Rivalry

Bounty Match
Sting vs. Van Vader
WCW WorldWide • February 9, 1992

Sting, Barry Windham, Ricky Steamboat & Dustin Rhodes vs. The Dangerous Alliance (Rick Rude, Larry Zbyszko, Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton)
WCW World Championship Wrestling • February 22, 1992

Sting vs. Diamond Dallas Page
WCW Saturday Night • June 13, 1992

Sting vs. Barry Windham
WCW Saturday Night • February 6, 1993

Face Paint

Sting vs. Stunning Steve Austin
WCW Pro Wrestling • January 8, 1994

Viewers Choice Match
Sting vs. Ric Flair
WCW Nitro • November 6, 1995

Sting vs. Arn Anderson
WCW Nitro • July 8, 1996

Sting & “Macho Man” Randy Savage vs. The Nasty Boys
WCW Saturday Night • July 27, 1996



DISC 3

WCW Sting - The Crow The Crow

Sting Becomes Free Agent
WCW Nitro • October 21, 1996

WCW World Championship Match
Hollywood Hogan vs. Sting
Starrcade • December 28, 1997

Scorpion Death Lock

Sting & Lex Luger vs. Hulk Hogan & “Macho Man” Randy Savage
WCW Nitro • February 16, 1998

Sting vs. Kevin Nash
WCW Nitro • April 6, 1998

Sting vs. Scott Steiner
WCW Thunder • April 22 1998

Wolfpak

Sting & Kevin Nash vs. Harlem Heat
WCW Nitro • June 15, 1998

Sting & The Warrior vs. Bret “Hitman” Hart & Hollywood Hogan
WCW Nitro • October 12, 1998

Sting vs. Bret “Hitman” Hart
WCW Nitro • October 19, 1998

Rafters

Sting vs. “Macho Man” Randy Savage
WCW Nitro • June 7, 1999

WCW World Heavyweight Championship
Booker T vs. Sting
WCW Nitro • July 31, 2000

Best 2 out of 3 Falls Match
Sting vs. Jeff Jarrett
WCW Thunder • September 13, 2000

Sting, Booker T & Goldberg vs. Jeff Jarrett & KroniK
WCW Thunder • October 25, 2000

Sting vs. Ric Flair
WCW Nitro • March 26, 2001



Blu Ray Extras

– Blade Runners & Eddie Gilbert Interview
UWF • April 7, 1986

– NWA World Tag Team Championship Match
Sting & Barry Windham vs. Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard
NWA Power Pro Wrestling • January 16, 1988

– “Ric Flair of the 80s”
NWA Pro Wrestling • February 26, 1988

– Sting wins PWI Most Popular Wrestler Award
Clash of the Champions IX • November 15, 1989

– Sting Imitates his Adversaries
WCW World Championship Wrestling • December 9, 1989

– “Horsemen Fever”
WCW World Championship Wrestling • January 20, 1990

– Sting and the Four Horsemen
WCW World Championship Wrestling • January 27, 1990

– Gordon Solie Interviews Sting
WCW WorldWide • February 10, 1990

– JR visits Sting in the Hospital
WCW World Championship Wrestling • February 17, 1990

– RoboCop Vignette
WCW WorldWide • April 28, 1990

– Wrestling Wrap-Up on Sting winning World Championship
WCW WorldWide • July 14, 1990

– Sting as World Champion
WCW WorldWide • July 21, 1990

– The Danger Zone with Sting
WCW Pro Wrestling • July 21, 1990

– Sting vs. Big Van Vader
WCW Saturday Night • October 15, 1994

– Sting & Hulk Hogan vs. The Bruise Brothers
WCW WorldWide • November 7, 1994

– Sting and Lex Luger in the Production Truck
WCW Nitro • August 5, 1996

– Sting joins the nWo Wolfpac
WCW Nitro • June 1, 1998

– Sting & Lex Luger vs. British Bulldog & Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart
WCW Nitro • June 29, 1998

– Sting’s Final Promo in WCW
WCW Nitro • March 26, 2001

 

[Kaladin]

Damn. Ricardo is gone

It was a good run, while it was good.

 

[Bandini]

Welcome to the Thursday edition of Wrasslin' with Breakfast. Today's morning munch:

-bowl of multi-grain Cheerios with raspberries, blueberries, and milk
-cup of coffee with milk

How'd you dudes start off your day?

Black coffee and a handful of dried apricots, cashews, hazelnuts, and walnuts.

Pretty fucking tired, might have to hit up the 'bucks on my morning break for some espresso.

 

[HerbertFish]

0 idea who Ricardo Rodriguez is

 

[Aiii]

Welcome to the Thursday edition of Wrasslin' with Breakfast. Today's morning munch:

-bowl of multi-grain Cheerios with raspberries, blueberries, and milk
-cup of coffee with milk

How'd you dudes start off your day?

Coffee. Black.

Another Coffee. Black.

Then it was 12 PM and I had lunch.

Stop putting milk in your coffee, ruins the taste anyways.

 

[Kaladin]

Coffee. Black.

Another Coffee. Black.

Then it was 12 PM and I had lunch.

Stop putting milk in your coffee, ruins the taste anyways.

This, plus a bagel with creme cheese.

Black is the only way to go with coffee too. Why ruin a good cup of Joe with something?

 

[Hasney]

Because the free instant shit we get at work needs milk to save it.

 

[Alucard]

Coffee. Black.

Another Coffee. Black.

Then it was 12 PM and I had lunch.

Stop putting milk in your coffee, ruins the taste anyways.

This, plus a bagel with creme cheese.

Black is the only way to go with coffee too. Why ruin a good cup of Joe with something?

I use the milk to cool down the hot coffee. Only have 5-10 mins to make it and drink it in the morning.

 

[Dr Duncan Steel]

What's you guys favorite arcade game? Mine used to be Dig Dug and DK Jr, but I think now it's Burger Time or Robotron

UMK3 baybay.

Kurtis Fuckin Stryker.

The hate for him is still an injustice to this day.

 

[Carnby]

What's you guys favorite arcade game? Mine used to be Dig Dug and DK Jr, but I think now it's Burger Time or Robotron

Killer Instinct, Street Fighter 2 Turbo, Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat 2, WWF WrestleManai, Revolution X.

 

[Dr Duncan Steel]

John Pollock @iamjohnpollock
The new WWE Network subscriber number is 700,000 - a net gain of 33,000 since WrestleMania

ok who won? not me

 

[British Monsoon]

Network's going worldwide in August, but will launch in the UK in October, for some reason.

Gross addition of 161,000 subscribers since WrestleMania. Net addition of 33,000 subscribers.

Company will introduce new payment plans, including a $19.99 monthly plan with no commitment, in August.

 

[Ithil]

All that shilling resulted in just 33k new subscribers? So much for 1 million in the US by the end of 2014. If they reach 800k they'll be lucky.

 

[RBH]

33,000 new net subscribers since WM?


Yikes.

 

[Alucard]

Network's going worldwide in August, but will launch in the UK in October, for some reason.

Gross addition of 161,000 subscribers since WrestleMania. Net addition of 33,000 subscribers.

Company will introduce new payment plans, including a $19.99 monthly plan with no commitment, in August.

Wait, is that price official? Seems like a steep rise.

 

[Singularity42]

So they added 33,000. I wonder how many they lost due to paypal and switching to a dead debit card.

This number isn't the important one though. That post 6 month number will speak volumes.

 

[British Monsoon]

Wait, is that price official? Seems like a steep rise.

It's steep because they still want people on the 6 month commitment, but this way people who only want to buy it for a month can do so and are still getting a PPV for cheaper than it would be via traditional PPV methods.

$19.99 for Mania doesn't seem like a bad deal.

 

[Jamie OD]

This ain't good.

 

[Aiii]

As we expanded WWE Network to 700,000 subscribers, our earnings performance surpassed our guidance, which targeted a Net loss ranging from $15 million to $18 million.

Read more: http://digitaljournal.com/pr/2092714#ixzz393CVykqG

Yep.

It's steep because they still want people on the 6 month commitment, but this way people who only want to buy it for a month can do so and are still getting a PPV for cheaper than it would be via traditional PPV methods.

$19.99 for Mania doesn't seem like a bad deal.

Indeed, smart move on WWE's part.

 

[Alucard]

You also know them saying 700,000 is just a rounded-up estimate, which probably means it was in the high 600,000s.

 

[The Elite]

WTF is wrong with everyone. It's better than Netflix!

 

[RBH]

STAMFORD, Conn.--(Business Wire)--WWE (NYSE:WWE) today announced financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2014. For the quarter, the Company reported a Net loss of $14.5 million, or $0.19 per share, compared to Net income of $5.2 million, or $0.07 per share, in the second quarter last year. Excluding items affecting comparability, adjusted Net loss was $13.5 million, or $0.18 per share in the current year quarter, compared to Net income of $5.2 million, or $0.07 per share, in the second quarter last year. WWE Network reached 700,000 subscribers at quarter end.

“WWE's core business metrics remain strong, and WWE Network continues to be the single greatest opportunity to transform WWE’s business model. During the quarter, we developed plans to make WWE Network available globally starting August 12, and completed a long-term content deal in Canada with Rogers Communications," stated Vince McMahon, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "Additionally, we identified efficiencies that will improve our 2015 OIBDA outlook by $30 million. Based on these initiatives, we are optimistic about our potential to drive long-term growth.”

“As we expanded WWE Network to 700,000 subscribers, our earnings performance surpassed our guidance, which targeted a Net loss ranging from $15 million to $18 million. Our key metrics continued to show strength as average North American attendance increased 11%, representing the fourth consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth. Raw and SmackDown TV ratings increased 5% and 3%, respectively, marking SmackDown's 7th quarter of growth among the past 8 quarters,” added George Barrios, Chief Strategy & Financial Officer.

“We identified efficiencies across WWE, which include a 7% reduction in staff, and improved our 2015 OIBDA outlook by $30 million. We developed plans to make WWE Network available in over 170 countries, and entered a 10-year deal that provides for the WWE Network launch as a traditional a-la-carte Pay-TV channel in Canada and renews our television licensing agreement for Raw and SmackDown. The progress in our strategic initiatives reinforces our view that successful execution of our WWE Network strategy can generate meaningful economic returns.”



WWE Network Update

The quarter was highlighted by the ongoing ramp up of WWE Network, which attracted gross additions of 161,000 subscribers since WrestleMania on April 6th and ended the quarter at 700,000 subscribers, reflecting a net addition of 33,000 subscribers. To drive ongoing subscriber growth, the Company continues to execute a five-part strategy that includes making the network available in new geographies, creating new content, expanding distribution platforms, developing new features and enhancing its marketing. Critical aspects of this strategy include making WWE Network available in international markets and completing a new partnership with Rogers Communications, which provides the rights to distribute the network in Canada.

Customer Engagement: Viewer data indicates that, on average, 91% of subscribers access the network at least once per week and use 2.5 devices to consume network content. Moreover, consumer research indicates that 90% of subscribers are satisfied with WWE Network (with 51% extremely satisfied and 39% somewhat satisfied).

International Availability: The Company plans to make the U.S. version of WWE Network available on an over-the-top basis starting August 12th in over 170 countries and territories, including Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Mexico, Spain and the Nordics, among others. The network is expected to be live in the U.K. by October 2014. Plans for the network in Italy, UAE, Germany, Japan, India, China, Thailand and Malaysia will be communicated at a later date.

Canada: The Company has entered into a new 10-year partnership with Rogers Communications, a leading media enterprise in Canada, under a landmark television programming and WWE Network agreement. The partnership facilitates the launch of WWE Network as a traditional a-la-carte Pay-TV channel in Rogers’ cable systems with a preview beginning August 12 and thereafter through other Pay-TV providers outside Rogers’ footprint. The partnership also renews Rogers’ license of the Raw and SmackDown television programs, and grants Rogers distribution rights to the Company's pay-per-views.

Consumer Marketing: To enhance awareness, additional marketing investment is planned around the popular SummerSlam pay-per-view event in August. The Company will also introduce new payment plans in August, including a $19.99 monthly plan (with no commitment) and an upfront one-time payment option for its existing $9.99 per month offering (with six month commitment).

Other Developments: Content coming to WWE Network includes The Monday Night War and WWE Rivalries, the most recent addition to the network’s program schedule, both of which provide a documentary-style look at some of the greatest moments in WWE history. Expanding current distribution, WWE Network is launching on several smart TVs and Blu-ray players in mid-August. The Company also plans to deliver a new "resume play" feature later this year.

More: http://digitaljournal.com/pr/2092714#ixzz393CVykqG

 

[Singularity42]

The network needs more original content. Unfortunately with the budget cuts that isn't going to happen any time soon.

They also need to get more raws, smackdowns, and nitros up.

 

[BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!]

I blame Daniel Bryan not being marketable to the Good Morning America audience for these shitty numbers.

 

[kiguel182]

I think I said around 750. So close...

And those Mania buys + the network make it the biggest Mania of all time right?

That vanilla midget bump.

EDIT: That 19.99 option is a smart move. August to the worldwide release is great too. I'm hoping they do a direct conversion to Euros but I doubt it. I'll have to decide if I subscribe or not by then.

 

[Sokantish]

I guessed 700000!

 

[Hasney]

Think I guessed 701,000 just in case there was a specific number and I won on rounding. Fuck you, whoever announced these numbers.

 

[jmdajr]

19.99 a month no commitment? Hmmm.

 

[Spider from Mars]

Number is going to drop once the commitment is up too. Can't wait to get a "come back!" email every week

 

[Fox Mulder]

The network needs more original content. Unfortunately with the budget cuts that isn't going to happen any time soon.

They also need to get more raws, smackdowns, and nitros up.

yep.

I also wonder how many subs they lose after the first six months. Mine is up in September and will let it expire.

 

[RP912]

19.99 months no commitment? Hmmm.

19.99 a month you get access to some good old wcw and ecw programming COLE.

 

[Joe Shlabotnik]

Number is going to drop once the commitment is up too. Can't wait to get a "come back!" email every week

Monthly plan might actually give a big boost to active subscribers although that number will be highly volatile.

 

[Deleted member 47027]

I guessed 700000!

You did, and you win!

Sokantish was the FIRST submission and also guessed right on the button.

Close on his heels is Perspicacity with 700,001. VERY close.

 

[kiguel182]

Number is going to drop once the commitment is up too. Can't wait to get a "come back!" email every week

This is an interesting point since they lost 128k while in commitment.

This numbers would be more interesting if the first 6 months commitment had expired.

 

[RP912]

30,000 though :/?


The network is starting to resemble this...

 

[jmdajr]

So when did you guys figure out something funny was up in professional wrestling? Pre-internet.

That was probably where the illusion shattered for me.

I think I was still in total believability mode around Wrestlemania 6 which is when I stared watching. By Wrestlemnia 8 the jig was up for sure. Shit like PapaShango, Jake Roberts being blinded, The Mountie electrocuting people.

But I said fuck it, and still watched. Too entertaining.

 

[BronsonLee]

20 bucks a month, no commitment eh? That's a nice addition. It makes sense to benefit those who go in for the long haul too. Very cool. It also gets them more than getting PPV royalties.

I can see them jacking it up for Summerslam and Wrestlemania though.

I fucking rolled my eyes so hard they fell out of my head reading that 'expanding the network in an over-the-top way' though

 

[jmdajr]

You did, and you win!

Sokantish was the FIRST submission and also guessed right on the button.

Close on his heels is Perspicacity with 700,001. VERY close.

I thought it had been past 6 months so total fail for me.

 

[jmdajr]

So WWE needs 1 million subscribers world wide, or in the U.S. to start making money?

I wonder if my subscription will work in Mexico soon.

 

[Aiii]

I use the milk to cool down the hot coffee. Only have 5-10 mins to make it and drink it in the morning.

Make it stronger, add cold water. Done.

 

[BronsonLee]

Also, Persp trying the Price Is Right method is fucking hilarious and it almost worked

So WWE needs 21 million subscribers world wide, or in the U.S. to start making money?

I wonder if my subscription will work in Mexico soon.

1 million worldwide.

Once they expand to other territories, they will likely be fine. They're stuck until then though, so they need to do cuts and such so stockholders don't try and force them off that path

 

[Deleted member 47027]

I don't understand these Simpsons references

Because the Simpsons is garbage.

 

[Spider from Mars]

All I wanted was WCW shit. No Nitro? No Spider. The Novelty of old PPV's without context have worn off and their original content is nothing.

The carnies got me again.

 

[Spiderjericho]

So WWE needs 21 million subscribers world wide, or in the U.S. to start making money?

I wonder if my subscription will work in Mexico soon.

21 Million! They'll never reach that for a niche product like wrestling. I'm not saying they can't get 1-2 million world wide but those are lofty goals. Edit: just saw the other post.

So now we have to wait for the end of the day or tomorrow to hear the stock woes.

 

[Sokantish]

It's worth it just for the PPVs every month for me. I don't even watch anything on it other than NXT and sometimes Main Event

 

[Dr Duncan Steel]

I don't understand these Simpsons references

Because the Simpsons is garbage.

 

[Deleted member 47027]

All I wanted was WCW shit. No Nitro? No Spider. The Novelty of old PPV's without context have worn off and their original content is nothing.

The carnies got me again.

They got you with "The Menagerie" as well. You've got a weakness to cotton candy and face painters.

 

[JavyOO7]

MLB Media shouldn't have WWE Network out on even more devices soon if they can't even get the player to be fully functional yet, man. =/

 

[kiguel182]

I don't understand these Simpsons references

Because the Simpsons is garbage.

When that episode aired it wasn't.

Now on the other hand...

 

[Kornflayx]

Of course Germany doesn't get the network in August OR October..... and I guessed 710,000 subscribers.....