November 21 would be the day that Ted Turner would finalise the deal to create World Championship Wrestling and more than a decade after its inception, WCW Creative would desperately put the title on Bret Hart to salvage the struggling company.
There would be another Hart winning a title a decade after the Bret title win – and everything took place on 21st November across four decades.
Read on to know what happened in pro wrestling history on this date.
#1 WCW is born – 21 November 1988
Media mogul Ted Turner would enter the ‘wrasslin’ business in 1988 by taking over Jim Crockett Promotions and renaming it World Championship Wrestling. Flagshipping WCW on his Turner Broadcasting System network, Turner would directly compete against the WWF till the 2000s, even driving the WWF to near dissolution at one point.
It would be on 21st November 1988 that Turner would sign the dotted line, confirming the takeover of JCP. Turner’s WCW would struggle in the early goings under the leadership of TV executives like Jim Herd and Kip Frey – But the promotion would turn over a new leaf under Eric Bischoff.
The creation of the nWo would alter the Monday Night wars in the favour of WCW and the evolution of Goldberg would accentuate the process.
However, WWE would reclaim the rating advantage after ushering in its’ ‘Attitude’ era and WCW would suffer from its inability to push new stars, eventually folding in 2001.
#2 Bret Hart wins WCW title – 21 November 1999
On 21 November 1999, WCW presented the Mayhem PPV from Air Canada Center in Toronto, Canada. The show was headlined by the final three matches in a tournament to crown a new WCW World Heavyweight Champion.
Bret Hart, Sting, Chris Benoit and Jeff Jarett would be the final four in the tournament and the title decider would come down to Hart vs Benoit. In the event, Hart would beat the ‘Rabid Wolverine’ via submission to win the WCW Championship.
Hart winning the title was supposed to herald a turnaround for WCW’s fortunes, but he would soon be forced to retire from pro wrestling after suffering a concussion and WCW would subsequently fold in 2001.
#3 Natalya wins the Diva’s title – 21st November 2010
Another Hart would win a Championship on 21st November, 11 years after Bret Hart won the WCW title – Natalya Neidhart, the daughter of Jim ‘The Anvil’ Neidhart and Bret’s niece would capture the WWE Divas title at Survivor Series 2010.
She would take on Michelle McCool and Layla in a 2 on 1 handicap match and capture the title from ‘LayCool’.
This would be the only time that WWE Creative would put the strap on the first ever third generation female superstar. She would even end up needing Beth Phoenix’s help immediately after winning the title to fend LayCool off.
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