Koko B.Ware

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 2- Winning the new generation triple threat
 3-Returning from his car crash injury

## Crowd favorite and Steamboat’s protege(1986-1987)

Koko B.Ware debuted at Superstars 51 with a loss against Don Muraco in a money in the bank qualifying match. At Superstars 52 he got one of the biggest upset victories of all time as he rolled up WWF Champion Hulk Hogan to defeat him after Roddy Piper distracted Hogan, this granted Koko a chance to be in the MITB Match. At SNME June, Koko failed to win the first ever Money in the Bank.

At Summerslam 1986, Koko defeated Honky Tonk Man and Billy Jack Haynes in a triple threat match to become NO1 contender to the IC Championship, he got his title match at G1 Finals but failed to defeat Bret Hart. At Survivor Series he teamed up with Tito Santana, Rick Martel and Jim Duggan to defeat Brutus Beefcake, Billy Jack Haynes, Bam Bam Bigelow and Honky Tonk Man.

At Superstars 87, Steamboat defeated Koko but with growing crowd reaction to the rookie, Steamboat offered to mentor Koko which he accepted, Honky Tonk Man who had also debuted in 1986 wasn’t happy with growing favoritism of Koko as Honky had a losing streak and felt like he needed to prove something but he ended up being defeated by Koko at Wrestlemania 3.

At SNME May 1987, he got another IC title shot but yet again failed to defeat Bret Hart. At Superstars 100, Ricky Steamboat issued an open challenge for the WWF Championship which his protégé responded in what he hoped to be a respectful match, Koko shockingly rolled up Ricky to win the WWF Championship for the first time ever, Steamboat celebrated with him but quickly turned on him, Sting cashed in right after ending Koko’s first reign at a mere 7 minutes

## Feud against Steamboat and injury(1987-1988)

Honky Tonk Man chose an injured Koko B.Ware as his last opponent in his best of seven where if he won, he would get a WWF Championship match, HTM defeated Koko with ease at Summerslam.

After some months of not doing much, Koko challenged Steamboat to a match as he had been training specifically for him wanting to kick his former mentor’s ass for stealing his moment, at G1 Finals Koko was defeated by Steamboat. Koko was recruited by Hogan for his Survivor Series match against Steamboat but they lost with Koko being last eliminated by Steamboat himself.

Koko didn’t do much from November 1987 until September 1988 except for a short feud as Bad News Brown tried to defeat every former WWF champion and beat Koko at SNME June 1988. In September, Koko started going for the 24/7 Championship becoming a 2 time champion in 2 weeks, Koko ran away on a limo after winning the title a second time but the driver was former president of WWF Jack Tunney who got off the wheel and tried to defeat Koko, the segment ended with the car crashing. The week afterwards Gorilla Monsoon announced the kayfabe death of Jack Tunney and that Koko had suffered major injuries.

In a scary coincidence, 2 weeks after the segment was aired, Koko was involved in a real life car crash and it was unknown if he’d ever return to wrestling with the injuries he got.

## Return, Intercontinental Championship and huge fan favorite(1989-1991)

At Wrestlemania 5, only 7 months after his supposed car crash injury that was gonna retire him, Koko returned as the special tag partner to Andre The Giant and Hulk Hogan defeating Twin Towers and Harley Race, Koko got the loudest pop of the show as the crowd completely loved him because of his miraculous return.

In the Superstars after Wrestlemania, Dino Bravo pinned Koko in a fatal 4 way also involving Rick Martel and Nick to become NO1 Contender to the IC title, the crowd hated this result booing the rest of the show. Thus started 2 years of Vince Mcmahon not believing in Koko’s ability as he saw him as nothing more than a midcarder while the crowd showed the exact opposite. At Summerslam 1989, Koko had another match against Dino Bravo which Dino won yet again causing 1 million people of the 4 million people watching to tune out of the show an the crowd to be dead for a while. This feud continued until G1 Finals where Koko finally defeated Dino in a no DQ match.

Koko was involved in the vacant IC Championship tournament and went all the way to the finals, at Royal Rumble 1990 Koko was almost about to win his first main title in 3 years against Rick Rude when Dino Bravo interfered and helped Rude win the match. Koko fought toe and nails to get another IC Championship match and defeated Dino Bravo in an episode of Superstars to enter the fatal 4 way at Wrestlemania 6, he defeated Rick Rude, Bad News Brown and Dusty Rhodes to become intercontinental champion.

Koko had boring challengers during his reign, Vince tried to kill his overness with a dull title reign but the crowd kept cheering for him and giving him huge reactions, at SNME December Koko was defeated by Roddy Piper losing the IC title, he got his rematch at Royal Rumble 1991, losing yet again. At Wrestlemania 7, Koko defeated Tornado after a huge spot where Tornado tried to powerbomb Koko from the top rope and Koko reversed it into a Canadian destroyer midair.

At King of the Ring 1991, Koko was defeated in the first round by Brutus Beefcake showing that Vince was trying to make him go down the ranks again which just makes the crowd more and more riled up for him. During WWF Champion Haku’s matches, people kept chanting for Koko B.Ware. At Survivor Series, Koko, Martel, Undertaker and Bob Backlund defeated Money Inc, Bret Hart and Jake Roberts, Koko and Backlund ended up defeating Money Inc at This Tuesday in Texas to win the tag team titles but would be defeated 6 days later in the rematch.

## WWF Champion(1992)

WWF Champion Haku decided to put his title on the line in the Royal Rumble match since no man could defeat him, during this promo he finally addressed the Koko B.Ware chants simply responding “who?”. In the rumble match, Koko entered at number 29 as the stadium erupted, in the final 3 Koko eliminated Haku to a huge pop as it was guaranteed that we would have a new WWF Champion, Koko ended up eliminating Randy Savage to become a 2 time WWF Champion but yet again his moment was stolen as Rick Martel cashed in his Money in the Bank briefcase and ended his reign at just 4 minutes with huge boos.

A huge new generation triple threat match was made for Wrestlemania 8 with Koko defeating Rick Martel and Haku to win the WWF Championship a third and definitive time, after the match Four Horsemen debuted taking out every man in the triple threat ruining Koko’s moment yet again.

Koko was the first overall pick in the brand split as he was drafted to RAW, in the first ever RAW after this, Koko presented a countdown and when it hit zero it would mean he has a full day as WWF Champion and his reign will be considered legit, Rick Martel got his rematch but Koko retained, after the match Empire debut and take out Koko.

Koko demanded respect from the roster as every time he has a moment, it gets ruined by people stepping on him, Koko started a feud with Empire and Hulk Hogan quickly got in the mix helping out Koko. At In Your House 1, Savage and Sid defeated Koko and Hogan with Savage pinning Koko, Hogan started trying to do all the work not trusting Koko to be capable. At In Your House 2, Koko defeated Savage after Hogan showed up and leg dropped Savage which Koko was pissed about.

Koko B.Ware started saying Hogan wasn’t giving him the respect he deserved as he kept helping him in matches even when he didn’t need it. At RAW 39, Koko and Hogan were having a tag match against Sycho Sid and Randy Savage, Koko hit his finisher on Savage and Hogan tagged in to win the match for them but Koko had enough and turned heel beating Hogan up. Koko kept blaming the fans that they didn’t respect him enough but the fans kept cheering for him as this was a failed attempt at a heel turn. Koko challenged Hulk Hogan to a match at Summerslam to prove that he deserves the respect, on an episode of RAW before Summerslam Koko was doing a promo when he went off the script and turned back to babyface saying that the crowd clearly respected him and with that support, he’s gonna make Hogan respect him as well. At Summerslam Koko finally had his moment beating Hulk Hogan clean and ending the show celebrating.

One month later, at In Your House 4, Koko lost the title to Hulk Hogan in a triple threat also involving Mr.Perfect to end his reign.

## Midcard status, injury and fall from relevance(1992-1994)

Koko got his rematch 2 weeks later losing to Hogan after Mr.Perfect interfered, at G1 Finals 1992 Koko defeated Perfect to become NO1 Contender for the European championship, later on the night Koko saved European champion Owen Hart from a beatdown by Bob Backlund but Razor Ramon showed up and big booted Koko. At Survivor Series, Owen defeated Koko to retain the title.

The fourway feud continued as Koko continued helping Owen against Backlund and Ramon. At RAW 64, they faced off in a tag team no DQ match where Backlund turned on Ramon because he thought this was a fatal 4 way, Koko and Owen took profit and won the match because Backlund was old and demented.

A fatal 4 way match for the European championship was set for Wrestlemania 9 but a few weeks before mania, Koko got injured during a tag match and was taken out of the match.

Koko returned in may immediately getting a title shot against Owen but losing, during this match he showed that his in ring qualities had clearly declined because of the injury.

Koko continued being featured but not winning any matches, failing to qualify for Money in the Bank and King of the Ring, Koko went on a losing streak from may that only ended in October with Roddy Piper and Koko defeating Owen Hart and 123 Kid.

At RAW 100, Koko got his last important singles match as former RAW GM Jim Duggan returned and issued a challenge to current RAW GM Harley Race with each men getting a representative, the winner would be RAW GM, Harley Race picked Rick Martel while Jim Duggan picked Koko B.Ware, Martel ended up defeating Koko in a great match

Koko and Kid became a short lived team that didn’t do much, leading up to Wrestlemania 10 Koko won a battle royal and was gonna face WWF Champion Bret Hart at Wrestlemania to everyone’s disappointment, that ended up being cancelled as it was all part of Harley Race’s plan to break up Four Horsemen, Koko got his title match at RAW 113 which he lost.

At Wrestlemania 10, Koko made his entrance by chairshotting Virgil and winning the 24/7 championship, he went on to win the inaugural lightheaviweight championship ladder match against 123 Kid, Hakushi, Duane Gill, Tom Prichard, Jimmy Del Ray, Bob Backlund and Barry Horowitz, later on the night he was hit by a guitar backstage as Honky Tonk Man made a special appearance and won the 24/7 Championship, this was Koko’s last appearance in WWF. Vince announced that the title was retired the next night on RAW as Koko had walked out of the company

## WCW and Frankie KBW(1996-1998)

On the first Nitro of 1996 and the first nitro after the WWF Screwjob, Koko B.Ware debuted as Frankie KBW, he was defeated by Meng(the former Haku) as a way for Eric Bischoff to show that they got WWF’s 2 biggest guys from the New Generation.

During this run, he showed that he had a lot of ring rust, he became NO1 Contender for the cruiserweight championship. At Superbrawl 6, they had the worst CW title match ever for WCW as Jushin Liger defeated him.

Frankie started a feud with Alex Wright and Disco Inferno, at Great American Bash Frankie picked Meng as his tag partner but Dancing Fools defeated them as a clear shot to WWF. Meng and Frankie became a team that got no reaction while together, at Bash at the Beach they were in the cash in the ladder tag team match but failed to win. At Nitro 126, they decided to part ways as Frankie defeated Meng in a singles match

At Nitro 151, Frankie accidentally injured Chris Jericho who was on his way to win the CW title and get his big push, because of this Frankie got relegated to jobber status

Frankie turned heel during a tag match between him and Meng vs Harlem Heat as he left the match, Meng wouldn’t let that slide and beat him up. At Starrcade 1997, Meng defeated Frankie in 1 minute

In one of the worst segments ever for Nitro, a gorilla comes out and tries to get the crowd alive for 3 dreadful minutes, Jericho showed up and codebreaked him making the mask fall off, it was Frankie as this was supposed to be his new gimmick but this was so bad Frankie was released 2 weeks after.

## Championships and accomplishments

* World Wrestling Federation
* WWF Championship(3 times)
* Intercontinental Championship(1 time)
* World Tag Team Championships(1 time) - with Bob Backlund
* Lightweight Championship(1 time)
* 24/7/ Championship(4 times)
* Royal Rumble(1992)
* Wrestler of the Year(1992)
* Shocking Moment of the Year(1987) winning the WWF Championship against Ricky Steamboat at Superstars 100
* Shocking Moment of the Year(1989) returning from his car crash injury