The FPOD is my favourite angle of all time. To some it was just a Finger Poke but to me it was a PPV calibre swerve that took place on TV. It was also the reuniting of The Outsiders, the merger of nWo B&W; & nWo Wolfpac, the crowning of a new WCW World Heavyweight Champion, the heel turns of Kevin Nash & Lex Luger & one of the best proffesional wrestling beatdowns i have witnessed in which Goldberg was beaten, handcuffed, tasered & tagged. I would like to point out that while some of the following events described may not have played out; the initial intent was there & any criticism should be attributed to the booking after the FPOD not the FPOD itself. Prior to the FPOD WCW had already been losing in the ratings war against the WWF for 9 weeks. They needed to come up with something big if they were to to try & claw some momentum back. In my opinion the FPOD was a genius swerve that planted to seed for months of television. The angle reunited the nWo to it's strongest core (Hollywood Hogan, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Lex Luger, Scott Steiner, Buff Bagwell) by merging the elite members of the two nWo factions together - the purpose being to create a heel factory consisting of top stars for Goldberg to work with. It was fitting Hogan orchestrated his revenge to regain the WCW title at the Georgia Dome - the same place Goldberg beat him for the title six months prior. The beatdown of Goldberg at the hands of the nWo created heat for the heels & sympathy for the babyface. "Tradition Bites" ring a bell? I dispute the argument that the FPOD devalued the WCW title as it was congruent with the nWo ethos; they never respected tradition or titles (as emphasised by the spray-painted belt). The nWo's disrespect of tradition during the FPOD also laid the foundations for Hollywood Hogan's feud with Ric Flair - & who was better then Ric Flair to represent tradition? Finger Poke of Doom DID NOT KILL WCW: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5qNqsUZZG8

• published: 04 Sep 2013
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