From: v070qg5d@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Eric M Chmiel)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: WCW Complete Talent Roster
Date: 9 Apr 92 06:27:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
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   The following is WCW's complete in-ring talent roster.  I have not included
anyone who has not been on a WCW telecast.

Managers
--------
1- Dangerously/Madusa        2-Harley Race

Comments: Extremely thin here.  WCW needs at least two more good quality 
     managers becuase two simply isn't enough, and also because Race is so
     utterly dull that he hinders rather than helps his charges.  Dangerously
     is unquestionably first-rate, but after that...nothing. I count Madusa in
     with Dangerously because she "manages" the same men as he does, and she 
     really serves no other purpose than to distract the attention of horny male
     viewers.  In a promotion where Missy Hyatt does that job rather well,
     Madusa doesn't cut it.

Faces                       Heels
-----                       -----
Sting                       Rude (1)
Steamboat                   Anderson (1)   
Muta                        Eaton (1)
Koloff                      Austin (1)
Steiner                     Zbyszko (1)
Steiner                     Taylor
Windham                     Valentine
Rhodes                      Cactus Jack
Simmons                     Mr. Hughes (2)
JYD                         Vader (2)
Pillman                     Vegas (2)
Zenk                        Morton
Badd                        Flamingo
Josh                        Armstrong
P.N. News                   Smothers
Bagwell                     Southern
Hayes                       Diamond Dallas Page
Garvin
Hammer
Brad Armstrong
Firebreaker Chip
Champion


Comments:  WCW is loaded top-heavy with good faces (Sting, Steamboat, Muta, 
   Koloff, Steiners, Windham, Simmons, Pillman, Rhodes) and is incredibly thin
   in the heels department (they have only two good ones-- Rude and Cactus 
   Jack-- wrestling exclusively in singles matches, with Austin having a ways
   to go).  With this in mind, one must wonder why in the hell Koloff and Muta,
   who are both credible heels, were brought in as faces.  They need a large-
   scale influx of heels (perhaps they can tun some faces like Windham, 
   Simmons or Brad Armstrong), and they need to give Cactus Jack a much better
   push (I hate to see Jack teamed up with Diamond Dallas Page!!).  Taylor,
   Valentine, Hughes, and Vader are credible but not much more.  Matching their
   world champion with Vader shows just how thin their heel ranks are. 
    Hopefully, Scotty Flamingo will wrestle more than just lightweights, since
   he could give the heel scene a shot in the arm.  Otherwise, several men are
   useless ( Morton, Young Pistol Steve Armstrong and Tracy Smothers, Dallas
   Page, Chip, Champion, Josh, News, Hammer, Southern--the list goes on). Some
   of these men could be saved with good booking and a push, but WCW is thin on
   both.  Overall, the WWF has decimated the WCW ranks, a blow that WCW will 
  not recover from fully for many years (Flair, Justice, Undertaker, LOD, Nasty
   Boys, Luger).  Jake Roberts would be a BIG help. Questions: What is the 
   of Van Hammer and Mr. Hughes' suspensions?  Did I miss anyone on this list?
   WCW now carries about as many guys as the WWF, mainly because the WWF has cut
   down on the number of men they employ.  WCW needs to acquire better talent 
   than J.T. Southern and JYD.  Flamingo and Roberts are a step in the right
   direction (if Roberts is indeed jumping).

Tag Teams
---------
Steiners         Eaton/Anderson
Freebirds        Valentine/Taylor
Patriots        Young Pistols

Comments: Very thin here as well.  The Pistols are just not credible as heels,
  the Patriots...why are they still around?  The Freebirds are too old and 
  nobody would claim Valentine/Taylor are a legit top team.  Still, the 
  Steiners are the best team in the world, and Eaton/Anderson isn't far behind.
  They have to have at least three or four more teams that wrestle *regularly*
  in tag matches to salvage any value in the tag ranks.  Gordy/Williams would
  look nice here.

Limbo: El Gigante-- is he off somewhere learning how to wrestle?  He has the
   potential to be a huge draw.  Where is he?
       Diamond Studd-- Kip said he was going to play a bigger role in WCW and
   even challenge Sting.  He just disappeared. Where is he?
      Abdullah the Butcher-- this hurts the most.  He was a fine heel until he
   disappeared after SuperBrawl.  Is he back in Puerto Rico?
      Gordy/Williams-- I thought they were already working WCW shows.  Are they
   still coming?  It would be a tremendous blow to a troubled WCW if they didn't
   show up.
   In a word, WCW can be summed up like this: THIN.  They have the nucleus but
need to add the meat onto the bones.
   Any comments/corrections welcome.  Did I miss anyone on the list?  Does
anyone know of any new WCW signings?
                                         Take it Easy,
                                             -Eflow