The Sad Story of The Renegade in WCW

Wrestling Bios Presents - The Sad Story of The Renegade in WCW

The Story of The Renegade in WCW is, unfortunately, a sad one.

Most will look at a picture of Renegade and immediately laugh at the blatant Utimate Warrior rip off, and who could blame them. There was absolutely no hiding that Rick Wilson was brought into WCW to look, act, walk, talk and work like Jim Hellwig. What some people may not be aware of though, was how Wilson's run in WCW, and more importantly, the weeks following the end of his wcw run, had effected him mentally. When all was said and done, The Renegade's story ended in the worst possible way.

WCW was was throwing around a lot of money to sign old WWF guys. From Hulk Hogan to Randy Savage, money was not an issue as Eric Bischoff spent millions of dollars to try and recreate what the WWE did in the early 90s. One man WCW could not get under contract was The Ultimate Warrior. So instead of signing Warrior, WCW introduced the world to The Renegade.
In this mini documentary form Wrestling Bios, we look at the WCW career of The Renegade. Topics included are:

- Rick Wilson before The Renegade gimmick
- WCW and Hulk Hogan announcing "The Ultimate Surprise", completely baiting the WCW audience to believe WCW had signed Ultimate Warrior
- The Renegade debut in WCW at Uncensored 1995
- The Renegade's early sucess, capturing the WCW Television Title
- Renegade's sharp decline in WCW, including being relegated to jobber status within the company
- The end of Renegade's WCW career and the severe consequences that followed

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