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

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Today In Wrestling History September 16 1996 – Sting turned his back on #WCW. This was part of the ongoing storyline involving a ‘fake Sting’. The Stinger cut a promo telling his fellow stars and the fans off for doubting him. This led him to his famous gimmick change into ‘The Vigilante Sting’ draped in black with his Crow makeup and trusty baseball bat around a month later. It is also worth noting that it was on this episode of Nitro that Sean Waltman (better known as X-Pac or the 1-2-3 Kid) m