shakla

I remember following this saga back in the day. In spring 97, Disco refused to job to Jacquiline/Miss Jackie and was fired or suspended. At the time, he was touted as one of the hottest free agents in wrestling, believe it or not. He came back to WCW later that summer, feuded with Alex Wright (started during the runner where Alex tried to dance with the Nitro Girls) and got his TV title. Disco still jobbed to Jackie in a non-title match on a PPV. I think Yuji Nagata was one of the few quality title defenses Disco had. Wasn't Disco tight with Russo when he came aboard WCW? Wonder if that deflated his WWF chances.

Had to bump to get another name in. Probably not the biggest, but certainly up there. What about Alex Wright? Apparently, his WCW contract was more long-term, much like Sting/Hogan/etc (but less lucrative). If his contract was more similar to say, a Lance Storm or Hugh Morrus, WWF would have given him strong consideration. He was only 25 when WCW closed, tall, athletic, experienced, decent charisma. Not saying he was a future world champ, but its a shame that he never wrestled in America (and hardly much anywhere else) after WCW shut down.

Wrestlingclassics has really tumbled over the years. Their main board is flooded with OT subjects and inane trivia, like old results from "32 years ago from the day". But it was Meltzer's home board until the F4W merger.

DDP is likely a strong candidate to induct Jake. I wonder who else would work. I don't know of Jake having a best friend in the business (unless DDP counts for now). Would DiBiase work? A lot of talk about Bearer. Anyone think they will acknowledge his past career/ring names for the promo videos if so?