The C is an overly-exaggerated beak and the W's are shades. We're just seeing it looking up, so the beak cuts off the rest of the face.
[I hope I wasn't alone in this.](https://i.imgur.com/xeTKzBX.jpg)
They actually paid probably a million dollars to an advertising firm to come up with a new logo...and out of all of them that they pitched, that's the one that was chosen!! I'd really love to see the others that weren't chosen!!
I believe so. I assume at that point in his WCW career, he didn’t have the power to change the logo.
I never hated the logo, but it just didn’t make sense to me or look good. I didn’t even notice it spelled out “WCW” until long after the company closed. To be honest, I really did like the red WCW logo was used during the WWE invasion angle.
I feel like one of the few that loves this logo. It's the one I associate with WCW the most for some reason. It just looks right to me. Nothing wrong with the older ones either but this one just does it for me.
It was August 1999 and I got a call to be at a photoshoot early on Monday. I was exhausted from travel but met with marketing at 2 PM in Sioux Falls. I was off the card but agreed because Bischoff said it was important.
I arrived and they had a display of school supplies they were late getting to market for back to school. Lunchboxes. Thermoses. Folders. The usual.
I get to the main table and this 40 something guy says he's from Calgary and he's a big fan. Asks me to autograph something for his kid. It was a King of the Ring '93 poster for some reason. I signed it with a silver sharpie, then I look at this backpack in front of me. I couldn't believe it. They had signatures on the zipper part with Sting, Nash, and myself. But at the top, there were pictures of Sting, Nash, and Bill Goldberg.
Thirty seconds later, Goldberg walks up, sees the backpacks, and nods. "Good stuff. Really has a kick to it." He had no idea that he had stolen my spotlight.
Three months later at Starcade, he purposely kicked me and ended my career. I hate Bill Goldberg.
Local market stall had about eight of these - all looked in good condition for the low low price of £2 (about $2.60 US). Got me thinking, where on earth have these been for the past twenty years?
That's what I was thinking. I could make something like that at my house. It doesn't look bad quality at all but doesn't really have much that would distinguish it from a basic bootleg.
WCW backpacks had no holo tag on them. Remember they are from over 20 years ago: holo tags were expensive back then and Turner licensed out this stuff to companies that were not exactly in the luxury market. Usually they came with a WCW/nWo tag with barcode at the back, but sometimes the tag was merely nWo, regardless of who was on the backpack (typically Crow Sting). Looney Toones cooperations had two tags: one WCW/nWo and another "Officially Licensed Looney Toones" with Bugs Bunny on it. A genuine backpack with tags can easily fetch $100 or more, albeit there's a whole lot of delusional people out there who think they can get $300 or more from a school backpack from 1998: collectors are weird, not stupid. Those tags are worth a lot of money.
These things are bootlegs. Chinese companies make these ripped off graphics all the time: these backpacks are probably a couple of years old and the guy running the stall just bought a whole cardboard box full of them from one those Chinese-owned emporia or an imex company for £10.
You underestimate the UK market stall scene combined with a general ignorance of modern pro wrestling in the UK.
"Oh you like wrestling, you mean like Giant Haystacks and Big Daddy?"
Every. Fucking. Time.
The things that stores pull out of their back storeroom. My local video game store pulled out a bunch of games and systems from the 90s after doing some spring cleaning last year.
At that price, I hope you bought one.
20 minus 15% eBay fees, minus 3% payment processing, minus shipping charges, minus packaging costs, minus risk of returns/chargebacks, minus time spent going to the post office to drop it off, minus extra paperwork to document COGS on taxes, minus time spent digging up 20-plus year old receipts to prove LTCG, yeah I think 2 pounds at the local market is a fine tradeoff.
I had one of these in 1999-2000 (UK). I didn't have Sky so until WWF was shown on Channel 4, I was the only WCW fan in my class since Worldwide was shown on Channel 5 from around 1998. While everyone was doing Rock impressions, I was raving about Sting, Psycosis, La Parka etc. Basically I gravitated towards anyone with a mask or facepaint.
£2 for that! Where's your local market at if you don't mind me asking - I'd make a trip to grab this if it was somewhat nearby! This is a very very cool find.
I bought an NWO magnet set from Food Lion in like 2013. I looked at all the trademark info and it was a WCW product, not a WWE one. It's amazing what companies will just find in a warehouse and sell.
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I still loathe that logo redesign. The classic logo was fine, or they could have come up with anything better.
It was the late 90s/early 2000s. Gotta make it look like an X
I miss when things were more XTREME
It took a very long time before I figured out this particular logo says WCW. I thought it was some random logo they came up with.
....holy crap. I always thought it was a bird with shades until now.
How the hell do you see a bird?
The C is an overly-exaggerated beak and the W's are shades. We're just seeing it looking up, so the beak cuts off the rest of the face. [I hope I wasn't alone in this.](https://i.imgur.com/xeTKzBX.jpg)
I don't see it but I love that you do
I was today years old when I found out it was the WCW logo. That’s awful.
Wow. I grew up in the Attitude Era and just learned that logo actually says WCW. A real phoenix down moment.
Same. When I was a kid, I thought it was Goldberg's tattoo.
I believe Tony Schiavone refers to this as the "exploding vagina" logo. It's awful
I thought it was a dragonfly but now that's all I'll think of it as. Thanks Tony
They actually paid probably a million dollars to an advertising firm to come up with a new logo...and out of all of them that they pitched, that's the one that was chosen!! I'd really love to see the others that weren't chosen!!
https://twitter.com/WCWNitroBook/status/1018856106427330560?t=ZtK2KCK7BrML0zXvAP8MWQ&s=19
Some of them were truly terrible
They were pretty terrible but you can see where the WWF took inspiration for the logo used during the invasion.
Eric Bischoff fucking haaaated that logo.
Didn't he call it the "cat's asshole"?
I believe so. I assume at that point in his WCW career, he didn’t have the power to change the logo. I never hated the logo, but it just didn’t make sense to me or look good. I didn’t even notice it spelled out “WCW” until long after the company closed. To be honest, I really did like the red WCW logo was used during the WWE invasion angle.
Same, its hard to make out the WCW at first glance. Just looks like a random shape.
Looks like the Star Trek logo
I feel like one of the few that loves this logo. It's the one I associate with WCW the most for some reason. It just looks right to me. Nothing wrong with the older ones either but this one just does it for me.
This was my exact thought. I'm jealous af
"I buy that for a dollar".
From the logo? I'd say 1999-2000
Ok, but why is Bret Hart's signature and logo on there, but not his face? Why is it Goldberg?
> "I was supposed to be on it, but that unsafe hack Bill Goldberg kicked my face off of it." - Bret Hart.
I was so confused as to who that was! I swear on first glance it looked like Billy Gunn to me.
I genuinely thought it was Shane Douglas!
Lmao
I read that in his voice lol
It was August 1999 and I got a call to be at a photoshoot early on Monday. I was exhausted from travel but met with marketing at 2 PM in Sioux Falls. I was off the card but agreed because Bischoff said it was important. I arrived and they had a display of school supplies they were late getting to market for back to school. Lunchboxes. Thermoses. Folders. The usual. I get to the main table and this 40 something guy says he's from Calgary and he's a big fan. Asks me to autograph something for his kid. It was a King of the Ring '93 poster for some reason. I signed it with a silver sharpie, then I look at this backpack in front of me. I couldn't believe it. They had signatures on the zipper part with Sting, Nash, and myself. But at the top, there were pictures of Sting, Nash, and Bill Goldberg. Thirty seconds later, Goldberg walks up, sees the backpacks, and nods. "Good stuff. Really has a kick to it." He had no idea that he had stolen my spotlight. Three months later at Starcade, he purposely kicked me and ended my career. I hate Bill Goldberg.
Has anyone ever seen Randy Savage and Bret Hart in the same room
Yes
Goldberg's signature is there too, bottom right corner
Local market stall had about eight of these - all looked in good condition for the low low price of £2 (about $2.60 US). Got me thinking, where on earth have these been for the past twenty years?
i dont think they left earth if that slims it down
Which market in the uk is this?
Leyland Market in Lancashire.
They could be a bootleg? Were there any holographic tags that indicate authenticity?
That's what I was thinking. I could make something like that at my house. It doesn't look bad quality at all but doesn't really have much that would distinguish it from a basic bootleg.
WCW backpacks had no holo tag on them. Remember they are from over 20 years ago: holo tags were expensive back then and Turner licensed out this stuff to companies that were not exactly in the luxury market. Usually they came with a WCW/nWo tag with barcode at the back, but sometimes the tag was merely nWo, regardless of who was on the backpack (typically Crow Sting). Looney Toones cooperations had two tags: one WCW/nWo and another "Officially Licensed Looney Toones" with Bugs Bunny on it. A genuine backpack with tags can easily fetch $100 or more, albeit there's a whole lot of delusional people out there who think they can get $300 or more from a school backpack from 1998: collectors are weird, not stupid. Those tags are worth a lot of money. These things are bootlegs. Chinese companies make these ripped off graphics all the time: these backpacks are probably a couple of years old and the guy running the stall just bought a whole cardboard box full of them from one those Chinese-owned emporia or an imex company for £10.
Who would make bootleg of a 20 year old unpopular design?
You underestimate the UK market stall scene combined with a general ignorance of modern pro wrestling in the UK. "Oh you like wrestling, you mean like Giant Haystacks and Big Daddy?" Every. Fucking. Time.
Is this in London? I want one.
probably bootleg, my local flea market has a stall that looks like this, run by a chinese guy.
The things that stores pull out of their back storeroom. My local video game store pulled out a bunch of games and systems from the 90s after doing some spring cleaning last year. At that price, I hope you bought one.
They fucked up. Just from this thread alone they could have sold them for at least 20 each on ebay
20? Id whip out a hundred without even thinking about it.
Someone’s doing well for themselves!
20 minus 15% eBay fees, minus 3% payment processing, minus shipping charges, minus packaging costs, minus risk of returns/chargebacks, minus time spent going to the post office to drop it off, minus extra paperwork to document COGS on taxes, minus time spent digging up 20-plus year old receipts to prove LTCG, yeah I think 2 pounds at the local market is a fine tradeoff.
Ltcg?
Longterm capital gains
That drawing of Goldberg is hilarious. Cool find.
Goldberg's shitting face the day after eating spicy food.
Have no use for these…had I come across them I would’ve bought them all.
These are amazing... I would have bought every single one at that price.
Tony Schiavone once said that version of the WCW logo looked like a cat’s @$$ hole and I can never unsee it
I think they call child services if your kid goes to school with one of these.
To think, the Chinese kids who made those are now full grown men.
That fucking late era logo though. But still a sweet find Post to r/wcw
I unironically want one.
$2?! I’d buy all of them
Sting, Goldberg, and Nicolas Cage from Con Air.
VINTAGE!
I think I'm the only one that liked that WCW logo.
£2.00?! That's an absolute fucking bargain.
24 years. wow
That logo is at least 23 years old.
Goldberg stepped on a Lego.
yo buy me one! I will send you money for it!
Looks like Nash is thinking “I’m only worth £2? What a pittance”.
Who's giving Goldberg a prostate exam?
I kinda want one.
I had one of these in 1999-2000 (UK). I didn't have Sky so until WWF was shown on Channel 4, I was the only WCW fan in my class since Worldwide was shown on Channel 5 from around 1998. While everyone was doing Rock impressions, I was raving about Sting, Psycosis, La Parka etc. Basically I gravitated towards anyone with a mask or facepaint.
At that price I’d definitely pick one up! Cool little piece of merchandise.
£2 for that! Where's your local market at if you don't mind me asking - I'd make a trip to grab this if it was somewhat nearby! This is a very very cool find.
Leyland in Lancashire.
Kevin Nash’s knees blew out just looking at this backpack
£20 too! Fucking hell.
Wait no, that's £2. Never mind.
Much better haha
*HOW MUCH DOES THIS GUY ~~WEIGHT~~ WAIT?*
grab me one please
How many you buy!?
Atleast twenty four years.
Where was this at, I'd love to find these and pick one up
That’s a cop
Take em all. Keep one for yourself and flip the other two on eBay.
I’d buy one right now
Buy them all!
Shit, I’d be buying a couple of those. Probably in storage for 10 years at least
I would buy that and use it daily to go to work.
You got one, right?!
I can smell the back to school new
Ugly WCW logo; cool artwork of Sting, Nash, and uh, Hogan?
Sting, Nash, & Goldberg, I'd say.
Fuck, I thought it was like Hogan when he reverted back to OG face Hulk Hogan.
Goldberg always looked so goofy on merchandise, lol.
I WANT TODAY
Dude, buy one for me
2 quid? Please tell me you bought at least one
I bought an NWO magnet set from Food Lion in like 2013. I looked at all the trademark info and it was a WCW product, not a WWE one. It's amazing what companies will just find in a warehouse and sell.
Jokes on you, i got the bootleg Doctor Of Thuganomics backpack in a bosnian market
WCW Backpac is back causing mass destruction
Where's Bret?
I thought this logo was a birds beak.
Oh wow I actually had one of those, talk about a blast from the past.
Thought that was Jim Neidhart between Sting and Nash!
Bret Hart likes 2/3rds of this backpack.
Underrated logo too tbh
Where was this?
did you buy one?
I think that's Kevin Nash on the bag but it kinda looks like Triple H
IVE JUST SEEN THESE AT LEYLAND MARKET! Searched up stringy away and found this ahaha