NWO, 2000-2001 To some, The Superstar may seem to be a really strange pick. After all, he was considered a legend in Travis Speck's EHWF, which was one of the NWO's main advesaries at one time. Even if you look at the title history, The Superstar was covered with NWO gold, holding the NWO World Heavyweight Championship, Intercontinental Championship, United States Championship, Tag Team Championship, Television Championship, Extreme Championship, and European Championship. Why, then, is he in the Hall of Shame? Probably the sole reason that The Superstar is in here is because everyone knew HOW he won all this gold. And because everyone knew the way Superstar cheated his way into the history books, every piece of gold he held was rendered useless. Think of the story of King Midas, and reverse it. The Superstar was the anti-Midas of the Net World Order, and presumably every e-fed he's been in. His damage harmed the NWO enough to close it, and the EHWF, too, where he was considered a hero. The Superstar's roleplays were basically ramblings from the desk of John Bittner. He loved them, so his best NWO friends: Shawn Hall and Andy Brown loved them so much more. In reality, you can't read a single roleplay of his in one sitting. THEY ARE THAT DAMN BORING! (If you want to try, though, I just happen to have a copy of one here.) But... that was his style. Besides, since he would only be in a fed when his good buddies were in charge, he didn't even need to give a roleplay. Most often it seemed that he'd win with an excuse as to why he didn't roleplay that week. The Superstar had a few stints in and out of the NWO before his huge megapush by CEO Shawn Bishop. The most he ever got out of those stints was a loss to Bret Hart for the Intercontinental title. That reminds me of another trait of The Superstar that helped hurt the NWO. He'd come in and out of the fed as he pleased, basically leaving out of protest to the evil man in charge who DARED to deny him of a win. (The most memorable occation to me is when his Title vs. Title match against Syzurz resulted in a draw. By the next card, he had quit, thus vacating about two titles.) Hopefully, The Superstar will be reading this when I say: E-fedding isn't a damn stock market, John. You can't just go in and out of it depending on your mood. UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP - 6/23/2000. The Superstar's first title reign (and actually, first match back) in the NWO was with the United States Championship, which he had won from Maxx Payne. Payne accused The Superstar and then-President Andy Brown of fixing the match so that The Superstar would win no matter what. Whether it was true or not, it still seems to be a little fishy that, when Payne got a rematch in the CEO Chuck Reese era, The Superstar just decided to leave the NWO. EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP - 10/01/2000. Here's another thing you can lay the blame on the shabby leadership of CEO Shawn Bishop. Apparently, The Superstar would only come into the NWO and join Bishop's "Corporation" stable if he would get a free title on the spot, and a heavy push. Not only did The Superstar receive both, but he never actually had to defend the title against anybody. Ever. That's why he retired with the title. Since The Superstar character was always accused of being flagrantly gay, it makes sense that he was a closet champion with the Euro title. INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP - 10/05/2000. So four days after returning to the Net World Order, and with CEO Shawn Bishop in charge, The Superstar was given an Intercontinental Title shot against Neil Stylez. Neil hammered out three stellar interviews, against two of The Superstar's... well, ramblings. Shawn Bishop decided that The Superstar's win would benefit both Neil Stylez and The Superstar (The logic in this went way over my head, by the way.), and actually didn't bother even READING the promos these two wrote. Neil Stylez was NOT given a rematch, and The Superstar just dropped the title when he was scheduled to defend it 24 days later. TELEVISION TITLE - 10/29/2000. Now I'm not saying that The Superstar didn't deserve to win this title, since his competition was Jayzom Williams (fer chrissake). But the very fact that by now he is getting a new title shot every week is beginning to rub people the wrong way. By demanding title shot after title shot from Shawn Bishop, The Superstar begins tearing the backstage apart. Of course, by a month's time, The Superstar was scheduled to defend the title, so he dropped it instead. So, by this time, CEO Shawn Bishop stepped down due to backstage pressure (not soon enough to halt the damage, of course), giving his spot as CEO to Chris Wilson, who he credited all the hard work to. This didn't settle well with The Superstar because the first thing Chris Wilson decides to do is make all of Shawn Bishop's Corporation members earn their keep. He fired Big Stick, gave Blade interviewing lessons, and started making The Superstar defend the three titles of his. So once CEO Chris Wilson pitched the idea of The Superstar actually earning something, he left the NWO without looking back. Or at least everybody wished he wouldn't have looked back. Once Shawn Bishop regained control in March of 2001, The Superstar came back with him. Soon, The Superstar was back in the spot where he had left off... ruining the company one belt at a time. TAG TEAM TITLES (With Triple H) - 03/27/2001. To nobody's surprise, Shawn Bishop gave The Superstar title shots within days. However, not as repetitively as before. Instead, it seemed that Bishop was more interested in papering a few title reigns for Triple H. The Superstar went along for the ride as Shawn Bishop paired up Triple H and him, winning their first match together in a Tag Team Title match against Twisted Steel and Sex Appeal (the team of The Baltimore Assassin and Neil Stylez). The only good thing that came out of this reign was when they lost to the Jewish partnership of Triple X and Jack Jacobs: Dam Chadesh. When the highlight of your reigns is when you lose them to someone actually worth a damn, you know something's wrong. EXTREME CHAMPIONSHIP - 06/06/2001. The Extreme Championship was made to symbolize the rebirth of a fresh and exciting NWO. What it ended up being was a jobber's title. Steve Corino and Darren Zirado feuded back and forth over this one, until The Superstar was handed a shot against Darren Zirado by Shawn Bishop. Like the deal with the TV Title, it's not that The Superstar didn't deserve a win against Zirado. That would be an insult in itself. But why the hell The Superstar was even GIVEN this title shot is beyond me. The way I see it, Shawn Bishop just wanted to keep The Superstar happy, and gave him another title shot for shits and giggles. Everyone gave Shawn Bishop and The Superstar shit about the shot, and nobody was laughing.   WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP - 07/15/2001. The biggest insult to the Net World Order roster came in the last few days of the Net World Order. Under Shawn Bishop's guidance, The Superstar had a World Title match against Triple H. As I recall, Triple H didn't show up, so The Superstar was handed the World Title. In my opinion, it's a very fitting scenario, since THE SUPERSTAR WAS HANDED EVERY GOD DAMNED TITLE POSSIBLE! The Baltimore Assassin thankfully put this sad, sad reign out of its misery just 5 days after The Superstar won it. It wasn't enough to save face for the NWO, though, because the NWO died a little over a week later. The Superstar got harassed by the other members very frequently for his blatant defacing of the NWO Titles. Probably the best example I could give you is that of Gene Simmons'. For months, Gene Simmons battled with his alter ego, Michael Graves in his mind. When there wound up a single winner, The Superstar left, and Graves/Simmons had taken up the "Superstar" name in a clear jab towards The Superstar. Click here to see the mockery. Of course, the most exciting thing about a Hall of Shamer is the way that they are disposed of and pissed on. Big Stick went out by getting beaten up by Blade. Blade was ousted by Chris Jericho, whose intimidation tactics involved shoving his foot up his ass. The Superstar had 6 of these departing moments, each one turning out to be the brightest moments in the NWO eras. (Coincidence? Nah...): 1. Bret Hart defeats both Triple H and The Superstar for the Intercontinental Title, so The Superstar leaves - 01/23/2000 2. CEO Chuck Reese awards Maxx Payne a title shot against The Superstar for the United States Title - 07/31/2000 3. Maxx Payne vs. The Superstar for the United States Title, where Maxx Payne breaks The Superstar's neck - 10/29/2000 4. The Superstar returns in CEO Maxx Payne's regime, only to get his neck broken a second time - 12/22/2000 5. The Superstar loses the Tag Team Titles and leaves 04/13/2001 6. The Superstar loses the World Title and leaves 07/20/2001 While it was common for The Superstar to quit any time he would lose a match (Half the time, that was the reason), the most well known Superstar departures were the two times that Maxx Payne had broken his neck. For your reading pleasure, I bring you back to the two nights that The Superstar said hello to paralysis. 1. Obtober 29, 2000 2. December 22, 2000 So keep this in mind as a very suitable lesson. The number of titles you win is not what will turn you into a magnificent roleplayer. You have to give some honor back to the title to get honor as the holder of the title. That's the difference between Jeff Jarrett and The Superstar. Both held a great number of titles. Only Jeff Jarrett did it with style. More crap! More crap! Want to help Wrestlecrap? Register with PayPal or eBay Today!!