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Greatest JCP/WCW Match Wrap-Up

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  Place to be Nation did a list of the 100 greatest matches in WCW history, going back to 1981. I like making lists, and I've got plenty of time to waste, so I watched hundreds of matches and then submitted a ballot. Here's some stuff from that ballot that I put together.  After last year's Greatest WWE Match, I was really excited to watch a ton of WCW and NWA matches for a project like this. Admittedly, I haven't seen a ton of WCW stuff. We were a WWF household my whole life, and as far as  I can remember, I only ever watched WCW live once in my entire life and maybe because of that, I don't have a ton of positive memories about this stuff. In fact, my sense on the WCW, and especially the JCP, fandom is that it has a very strong "please like my sport" vibe. I'm a big hockey fan, and there's a subset of hockey fans who always want to prove how tough hockey players are compared to other athletes, how exciting hockey is, how more people should be wa