New Blood
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The New Blood was a professional wrestling stable in World Championship Wrestling in 2000.
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[edit] History
In early 2000, WCW decided that Kevin Sullivan's booking style was not as successful as they had hoped. So, they decided to bring back former WCW president Eric Bischoff and former head of creative Vince Russo, putting them together to run WCW with the thought that they could keep each other's failures in check.
Onscreen, Bischoff and Russo took over and declared all WCW titles vacant on April 10, 2000. They also declared a new stable with both of them at the helm called The New Blood. It consisted of most of the younger wrestlers in WCW and they would feud with the "Millionaire's Club", the older stars of WCW whom they claimed held back the younger talent. The idea was to get the younger talent over and generate more interest among the younger fans that watched the World Wrestling Federation instead of WCW.
On April 16, 2000, at Spring Stampede in Chicago, Illinois, all of the titles were filled with matches between the New Blood and the Millionaire's Club. The feuds continued for another month or so before the New Blood disbanded due to WCW management making a hasty decision that it was not working. However, the New Blood theme continued in WCW coinciding with the "New Blood Rising" Pay-Per-View in August 2000.
[edit] Members
[edit] Leaders of the New Blood
[edit] Valets of The New Blood
- Tylene Buck
- Daffney
- Miss Hancock
- Kim Kanner
- Madusa
- Midajah O'Hearn
- Kimberly Page
- M.I. Smooth
- Tammy Lynn Sytch
- Torrie Wilson
[edit] Wrestlers of the New Blood
- Mike Awesome
- Buff Bagwell
- Bam Bam Bigelow
- Chris Candido
- Crowbar
- Disco Inferno
- Shane Douglas
- David Flair
- Goldberg
- Juventud Guerrera
- Horace Hogan
- Jeff Jarrett
- Mark Jindrak
- Johnny the Bull
- Kanyon
- Kidman
- Konnan
- Ernest Miller
- Rey Misterio, Jr.
- Sean O'Haire
- Chuck Palumbo
- Reno
- Mike Sanders
- Shawn Stasiak
- Scott Steiner
- Vampiro
- Big Vito
- The Wall
- Shane Helms
[edit] Titles of the New Blood
- WCW World Heavyweight Championship: Jeff Jarrett
- WCW United States Heavyweight Championship: Scott Steiner
- WCW Hardcore Championship: Shane Douglas, Eric Bischoff
- WCW Cruiserweight Championship: Chris Candido
- WCW World Tag Team Championship: Shane Douglas & Buff Bagwell
[edit] Enemies of the New Blood
- Ric Flair
- Lex Luger
- Miss Elizabeth
- Hulk Hogan
- Diamond Dallas Page
- Terry Funk
- Curt Hennig
- Sting
- Sid Vicious
[edit] Trivia
While Hulk Hogan feuded with the New Blood, he would occasionally wear a black denim vest, with the initials "F.U.N.B." on the back in white. The initials "F.U.N.B." stood for "Fuck U New Blood". During a televised promo, Hogan said "The N.B. stands for New Blood, and you can guess what the F.U. means, brother!"
