Today In Wrestling History December 16, 1990 – WCW and the NWA jointly presented ‘Starrcade ’90: Collision Course. This event also saw the culmination of the infamous Black Scorpion angle that saw a mystery masked man challenge Sting for the World Title. Despite various red herrings, the Scorpion was eventually revealed as Ric Flair. This was a huge letdown for fans as Flair had been challenging Sting for the title for months. The Scorpion angle was supposed to be a way to get away from that, bu

The state of WCW in 1990, as their flagship World Championship Wrestling show on Saturday night starts with: The Renegade Warriors vs The Ring Lords For nearly 10 minutes to open the show As “these three young Indians” (as Jim Ross later calls them) get set to face the Confederate flagwaving Freebirds Mind you, the WWF had just introduced Tony Atlas as Saba Simba, so they weren't exactly avoiding stereotypes either... 📺YouTube/Classic Wrestling stuff #OnThisDayInWWE | On This Day in WWE