It was nice being a wrestling fan in the late 90′s and early 2000′s. There were the Monday Night Wars!
Now, if you’re a women’s wrestling fan like me you were primarily interested in the storylines involving the girls. WWF (am I allowed to say that or are animal rights activists still going to mad at me?) had Sable, Chyna, Trish, Lita, Stephanie, Luna, Ivory, Tori, Jacqueline and countless other women capturing the attention of the fans and getting people to see that women could hold their own in the ring and be sexy! WCW was going for the same approach…minus the making fans care about the girl’s in-ring ability.
Sure, the girls in WCW weren’t exactly known for their in-ring abilities towards the late 90′s (minus Madusa who was unfortunately stuck wrestling Oklahoma….but we are NOT going there) but they were all characters and each of them had an interesting wardrobe to show off their character. Let’s revisit a few of my favorite WCW Divas…er…Knockouts…er Nitro Girls? I don’t really remember what WCW called their women.
Miss Hancock: Stacy Keibler. Now, it’s a household name. In 1999, not so much. Keibler was brought into WCW as a dancer for the Nitro Girls. After the group fell apart, they gave her the role as the leggy Miss Hancock. Hancock wore basically what’d you expect a librarian to wear in a porno. Black suit with a mini skirt, glasses, heels…okay, it’s a bit tacky but something about it works. I always loved when she would take her hair down and whip it around in the ring. I guarantee, if Stacy never donned this “classy” outfit she would not be the star she is today.
Gorgeous George: I really have no idea how this woman got involved with professional wrestling but I know the guys didn’t hate it. George was one of Macho Man’s threesome of valets (also including Miss Madness and Madusa). George often wore something sequined. A bra, a cowboy hat, boots, panties, you name it! Just give that girl a bedazzler and she’s one happy camper. I wouldn’t go as far as to say what she wore was always exactly fashion. It kind of reminded me of some of Maria’s more “eccentric” outfits towards the end of her WWE run. Regardless, George was a fun character in WCW.
Madusa: Why are all of these women BLOND?! No wonder WCW fell apart. Madusa is one of the best female wrestlers in the history of wrestling. She’s captivated the audience at Wrestlemanias, shocked the world by throwing out the Women’s Championship on Nitro and even held the Cruiserweight Championship. Her WCW attire often featured the American flag somewhere on there. I’m not a huge fan of patriotic themed outfits, but it worked for her gimmick. After all, her name is MADUSA (Made in the USA shortened). Due to her wrestling ability, I will ignore her wardrobe choices.
Miss Elizabeth: Liz is one of my all time favorites in wrestling history. Her beautiful dresses in WWF were not only appropriate for that time but they looked absolutely stunning on her. Her look in WCW was a bit different. I did enjoy her little nWo dress but this look…not so much. It kind of reminds me of something your aunt might wear to a New Year’s Eve party. I’m surprised Liz did not show off her gorgeous body a bit more, but hey when there’s a ton of blond big boobed girls everywhere you can’t take the attention of them. Liz, not your best look but you certainly still look gorgeous.
Nitro Girls: How can I write this article without mentioning THE NITRO GIRLS?! Remember them? Sting would take on Lex Luger, followed by some random dance sequence of these ladies in matching outfits doing their thing to this song EVERY TIME.
You’ve got to love the Nitro Girls…and this photo. I thought it was a promo shot for ‘Clueless’. Velour, leather, fringe…90′s fashions at it’s best.
There were plenty of other “fashions” in WCW, but it literally hurt my eyes to look at more of them. What were your favorite outfits in WCW…and least favorites. Share in the comment section below!
16 Comments
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You’ve missed out some classic individual looks here man! Daffney, Mona, Asya… they all wore something very different from one another and from what we see now.
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Tygress & sharmell were my favorite wcw girls & they both wore outfits divas today could wear
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Shawn Michaels’ wife looks so different now compared to when she was a nitro girl
xoxoRKOxoxo Reply:
January 17th, 2013 at
I know, she aged amazingly, and blonde suits her so much better!!!
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what about torrie wilson?
TorrieWilsonFan03 Reply:
January 17th, 2013 at
but thankyou jake for reflecting on and respecting many other wcw icons (like Liz, rest her soul, and Madusa) … wcw women so often get forgotten if they didn’t have time in WWE
trishfan11 Reply:
January 18th, 2013 at
Yes, Torrie Wilson was probably the WCW diva that made the most impact in the WWE. Definitely should mention her.
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Strangely enough back when I first started watching wrestling I wasn’t aware of the existence of wcw or ecw until the who Invasion/ ECWCW Alliance thing but looking at this it seems wcw and ecw put much emphasis on their female talent being primary valets. I guess that’s why I gravitated toward wwf at the time because that was the only show that would use the women as both valets and wrestlers(and the fact I didn’t know what wcw and ecw was:P). Although, Stephanie and the McMahon-Hemsley era is what got me hooked:D
MattyM Reply:
January 18th, 2013 at
Yeah WCW tried to compete with the WWE with the women but for some reason they dropped the ball on it and had the girls they hired to wrestle being mostly valets. To be honest ECW was no place for a woman, I would have hated to see what some of the fans would chant towards them.
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There actually was Women’s Wrestling back in the early 90′s in WCW to even when Madusa jumped back after spending 2 years in WWE
When Madusa came back they brought in Bull Nakano plus she had matches with Malia Hosaka, Debbie Combs, and Luna Vachon also Manami Toyota, Akira Hokuto, and Mariko Yoshida were brought in for a crossover PPV in Japan. Akira Hokuto would be brought in full time for the WCW Women’s title tournament plus the fact they even brought in Chigusa Nagayo, Kaoru, Meiko Satoumora, and Sonoko Kato even they started a short lived WCW Women’s Cruiserweight Tournament by using more names from the defunct GAEA. But due to times changing WCW folded the division.
They tried to bring it back with Madusa plus Bertha Faye, Leilani Kai such names for example were brought in and the fact they made some of the Nitro Girls learn how to wrestle
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I legit thought the Nitro Girls were the Spice Girls for a second.
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I really liked a lot of the stuff Asya wore, she looked great in what she wore. She was a much prettier version of Chyna, I get it. I still liked her though. Major Gunns also had some interesting attires. I couldn’t stand a lot of Madusa’s outfits, but I’m a fan. Daffney.. lord she had some of the WORST outfits in WCW, Her TNA outfits were amazing and fit her a lot better.
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To answer your question, Gorgeous George got hired because she was Randy Savage’s real-life girlfriend. She had no prior wrestling experience so when she was booked to face Charles “Little Naitch” Robinson in a match, she was sent to Florida to be trained by Nora Greenwald, who was a friend of the Poffo family. As a thank-you, Savage got WCW to sign her and she became Miss Madness.
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I loved Madusa’s patriotic outfits, they worked for her character.
Like someonementioned above i think Torre Wilson should have been included if Stacy was. And when Scott Steiner’s changed his entrance theme and came out with chaimail on head he introduced his new valet (fitness model) Midajah, who was pretty hot and was there for a few years so i’m surprised at her exclusion too.
All in all,l i do miss WCW and wish it was still around….monday night wars were always interesting. i had good childhood memories watching nitro/nwo/wolfpac.
Kessuki Reply:
January 20th, 2013 at
ignore my spellng errors plz im on the drink tonight. :)
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I loved Liz’s WCW looks because they looked like a natural style evolution unlike her male and female contemporaries. Liz was also part of the %2.6 of the population that could really, really rock leather.