In my view, here are the top 10 wrestlers ever to shine in the Old WCW:

• Scott Hall: "The Bad Guy" has intrigued pro-wrestling fans with just two words, those being "Hey Yo..." Hall, a legend in the WWF, combined his good looks, pro-wrestling talent, quickness, and limitless charisma to become a WCW icon. His impressive WCW title resume is pure proof of his position as WCW's true "Bad Guy": two U.S. Heavyweight Titles, one Television Title, and five World Tag Team Titles, teaming with real-life close friend Kevin "Big Sexy" Nash to form arguably the greatest tag team in WCW history, "The Outsiders" to win four of those titles and teaming with The Giant to win another.
  
  Along with Nash, Hall was one-half of arguably the greatest tag team to ever enter a WCW squared-circle, "The Outsiders." The team won four WCW World Tag Team Titles, and defeated the best teams that WCW has to offer, including Harlem Heat (Booker T & Stevie Ray), The Steiner Brothers (Rick & Scott Steiner), and even Bill Goldberg and Bret "The Hitman" Hart. Hall also accomplished an extremely rare feat in WCW when he won the "WCW World War 3" Battle Royal in 1997.
  
  Hall, along with Nash, began the most successfuly storyline in all, not just WCW, but all, professional wrestling history, the New World Order (or "nWo," for short). The nWo's basic goal was to take over WCW, and I'll be damned if they didn't. Hall's successful WCW career was ended in mid-2000 when he was fired after several brushes with the law and drunken behavior.

• Diamond Dallas Page: The self-proclaimed "King of Budda-Bing" has certainly paid his dues, the ones required to reach top status in this extremely competitive industry. Diamond Dallas Page (real name: Page Faulkinburg) began in the industry as a manager, then moved up to commentating before deciding to step out into the ring, a career that would greet him with titles, glory, and, well, a really hot wife. Let's start off by taking a quick look at Page's WCW accompisments: a one-time WCW Television Champion, a two-time WCW United States World Heavyweight Champion, four-time WCW World Tag Team Champion (one w/ Bam Bam Bigelow, one with Bam Bam and Chris Kanyon, and two with Kevin Nash as "The Insiders"), and a three-time, three-time, three-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion.

Page has feuded with some of the greatest WCW Superstars ever, including Bill Goldberg, Ric Flair, "Big Poppa Pump" Scott Steiner, Bret "The Hitman" Hart, Chris Kanyon, Chris Benoit, Jeff Jarrett, and Kevin "Big Sexy" Nash. Page's finishing move is nicknamed "The Diamond Cutter," which is basically a modified 3/4 Neckbreaker, a move that DDP used before basically anybody, and a move that is now copied (yet slightly modified) by Steve Austin, Mikey Whipwreck, and Buh Buh Ray Dudley. Page's career in WCW can be summed up by using his trademark phrase: "Ya' love me, ya' hate me, you'll NEVER forget me!"

• "Big Poppa Pump" Scott Steiner: Even before he was "Big Poppa Pump," Scott Steiner was an icon in WCW. Let's start off, like all of the above, with his long and, to say the least, amazing, resume of the titles he's held in WCW: two WCW United States World Heavyweight Titles, two WCW Television Titles, two WCW United States Tag Team Titles (w/ brother Rick), one WCW World Heavyweight Title (he was the "real" last WCW World Heavyweight Champion), and five WCW World Tag Team Titles (w/ brother Rick). The Steiners dominated the tag division in the late 80's all the way to the mid 90's in WCW, the WWF, and numerous other independent promotions. Throughout their practically 10 years of dominance in the professional-wrestling tag team division, they won the WCW Tag Team straps from such legendary teams as The Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes and Jimmy Garvin), Arn Anderson and Bobby Eaton, Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray), and even THE OUTSIDERS (Kevin "Big Sexy" Nash & Scott Hall), not once, but TWICE!
  
  The self-proclaimed "Big Booty-Daddy" has feuded with all of WCW's best, including Bill Goldberg, Diamond Dallas Page, Kevin Nash, Booker T, Sid Vicious, brother Rick Steiner, Jeff Jarrett, and Sting. On November 26, 2000, the then-stable WCW finally had a dominant champion. "Big Poppa Pump" defeated Booker T to win his first and only WCW World Heavyweight Title. He successfully defended it against tons of challengers, including Booker, Sting, Kevin "Big Sexy" Nash, Jeff Jarrett, Sid Vicious, Buff Bagwell, Road Warrior Animal, and Diamond Dallas Page, including even more high mid-card grapplers, such as Stevie Ray, General Rection (a.k.a. Hugh Morrus), Sgt. A-WOL, Ernest "The Cat" Miller, and Meng. Steiner held onto the title for more than three months, becoming, for the first time in a long time in WCW, a dominant World Heavyweight Champion. Steiner lost the title to then-U.S. Heavyweight Champion Booker T on the last ever Turner-owned WCW Nitro, but, even though he did lose the title to "Book," "smart" fans know that "Big Poppa Pump" was the true last Turner-owned WCW World Heavyweight Champion.

• Chris Benoit: Benoit is arguably the greatest pure technical wrestler to ever enter a WCW squared-circle. Trained at the legendary Hart Dungeon in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, which also happens to be where he is from, Benoit passed through the Hart's own Stampede Wrestling, numerous Japanese promotions, Extreme Championship Wrestling (or ECW, for short), and finally reached WCW. In the Atlanta-based promotion, Benoit found amazing success as both a tag team competitor and singles wrestler. His very impressive WCW title resume is pure proof of this: two United States Heavyweight Titles, three Television Titles, two World Tag Team Titles (one w/ Dean Malenko and one w/ Perry Saturn), and one World Heavyweight Title (although under very controversial circumstances).
  
  Benoit's amazing technical prowess provides him with the unique ability to put on the msot classic of matches with almost anybody; However, his greatest feuds and rivals were with Sid Vicious, Rick Steiner, Jeff Jarrett, Scott Hall, Diamond Dallas Page, and fellow-Canadian Bret "The Hitman" Hart. One day after beating Sid Vicious under very controversial circumstances, Benoit, along with Dean Malenko, Eddy Guerrero, and Perry Saturn, left WCW for greener pastures in Stamford, CT, or, anotherwards, the World Wrestling Federation.

• Booker T: "The Book" certainly didn't save the drama for his momma, but instead for WCW. Let's take a quick look at his amazing titles resume: one WCW United States World Heavyweight Title, an all-time record SIX WCW Television Titles, five WCW World Heavyweight Titles, but most impressive, and, once again, an ALL-TIME record in WCW, TEN (yes, TEN!) separate WCW World Tag Team Title reigns (all with brother Stevie Ray as "Harlem Heat"). Booker entered WCW in the mid-90's and quickly made a mark as, like I stated before, half of possibly the greatest tag team in WCW history, Harlem Heat. Booker and his brother, Stevie Ray dominated the tag team division in the Atlanta-based company, winning the WCW Tag Titles from such legendary teams as The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags, Sting and Lex Luger, The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott), Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge and Rocco Rock), The Windhams (Barry and Kendall), and The Filthy Animals (Rey Mysterio Jr. and Konnan).

Booker T is, without a doubt, one of the greatest wrestlers to combine both mat-wrestling skills with high-flying/aerial tactics. Before he developed the Axe-Kick and Harlem Sidekick, Booker used the Harlem Hangover to finish of his opponents, a spectacular, yet extremely dangerous (when not trained to do it), somersault-flip off the top-rope into a Leg Drop. Booker T has feuded with some of the greatest WCW superstars the promotion has seen, such as Scott Steiner, Rick Steiner (a man who Booker had numerous classic feuds with over the WCW Television Title), Jeff Jarrett, Chris Benoit (who Booker had a classic Best-of-7 Series against, matches which are still talked about candidly today), and others. Booker made the phrase, "Don't hate the 'playa, hate the game," famous, and it really fits him well. Performers who have been unsuccessful when going up against Booker T (which is almost all) have learned first hand that it's really no shame to lose to "The Book." Don't hate him because he's so good. Now can you dig 'dat, SUCKA?!?!?!

• 2. Ric Flair: The name is linked with some of the most classic matches ever seen, promos and interviews like no other, classy, yet amazing, title reigns, and, possibly as the greatest wrestler to ever live. A lot of his fame came from his superstardom in WCW. Take a look at the titles that Ric has held in WCW: two WCW International World Heavyweight Title (and the first-ever holder of that belt), SIX WCW United States World Heavyweight Title reigns, but most impressive of all , and an all-time record in WCW, EIGHT separate WCW World Heavyweight Title reigns (and the unique distinction of being the first World Champion ever). At one point, Flair even legally owned the WCW World Heavyweight Title!

Flair has been involved in more classic matches that anybody, and I do mean anybody. His legendary matches have pitted him against literally the greatest legends in this business, ever: Ricky Steamboat (possible the greatest match ever, in some minds), Harley Race, "Macho Man" Randy Savage, Sting, Paul Orndorff, Hulk Hogan, and almost definitely his greatest rival, ever (and that's out of tons and tons!), "The American Dream," Dusty Rhodes. Flair, even more so than Sting (read below), has seen and done it all: main-evented both "WrestleMania" and "Starrcade," held both the WCW and WWF World Heavyweight Titles (one of only nine to do so, with the other eight being Hulk Hogan, "Psycho" Sid Vicious, Bret "The Hitman" Hart, Kevin "Diesel" Nash, Paul "The Giant/Big Show" Wight, "Macho Man" Randy Savage, Kurt Angle, and The Rock), and is a veteran of over 25 years in the industry.

Flair's career was almost ended in 1974 when he was in a plane crash, breaking his back. However, he soon returned to action and continued his legendary career. Flair was involved in arguably the greatest WCW storyline, ever, The Four Horsemen. Flair's career has not only involved unique accomplishments in the ring, but a very enjoyable reign as the WCW Commissioner. Flair's legendary promos and interviews have made him be considered by some as the "greatest interviewee in the history of professional wrestling." Flair's trademark phrase, "To be the man, you gotta beat the man" has been accomplished by very few, but one in that unique category has also had a legendary career in WCW, and this man's name is...

• 1. Sting: Steve Borden is one of the very few to remain in the Old WCW for practically their entire career that has become a legend in this industry. He as seen it all, literally, and lived to tell his story. Here's a run-down of Steve's amazing resume of accomplishments throughout his entire tenure in World Championship Wrestling: three WCW World Tag Team Titles, two WCW International World Heavyweight Titles, two WCW United States Heavyweight Titles, one WCW Television Title, but most impressive, SEVEN WCW World Heavyweight Titles. The man in the big, black bat has feuded with the best of them, most memorably Hulk Hogan, Lex Luger, Vader Rick Rude, Randy Savage, and his all-time greatest opponent, Ric "Nature Boy" Flair.

Sting's trademark face-paint has always changed colors. Infact, it wasn't before the mid-90's that he would finally find his match with the black-and-white and red-and-white face-paint. However, his facial changes have not changed his ability to draw fans and put on some of the most legendary bouts in WCW's history. In my mind, Sting's mat-wrestling skills are better than most believe. Sting is the one of the EXTREME few to have THREE finishing moves: The Scorpion Deathdrop (a Reverse DDT), The Scorpion Deathlock (a Sharpshooter), and his personalized Stinger Splash. The Stinger was one of a select few in WCW to ever stay the promotion for basically his entire career and not be negatively affected by their noticabely bad backstage politics. While others took the bigger paycheck and jumped to the WWF (including Flair), this man remained loyal to the promotion that would become his stomping-ground, WCW. Steve Borden, better known to professional wrestling lovers as Sting, will certainly go down as a premier legend in this industry, but also as the man that, without a doubt, lived up to his moniker as "The Franchise of WCW."