While WWE may try to convince fans that WCW was a 13-year-long disaster, the promotion produced a lot of great stories, characters, and matches, especially before the company’s excesses got the best of them -- and sometimes even DURING those low points. Some of the best wrestling matches ever happened under the WCW umbrella, like the legendary bouts between Ricky Steamboat and Ric Flair.

WCW has also produced some legitimately great pay-per-views over the years, too. Let’s consult the wrestling equivalent of IMDb, Cagematch.net, and see which PPVs they consider to be the best in WCW history.

UPDATE: 2024/05/05 14:30 EST BY ETHAN SCHLABAUGH

World Championship Wrestling easily deserves wrestling fans' respect as they weren't only the top competition for WWE during their prime, but were single-handedly pushing the WWE to do something better. The promotion had names like Ric Flair, Sting, Vader, Booker T, Scott Steiner, and many more, looking better than they ever could elsewhere. To celebrate the legacy of one of the best wrestling promotions of all time, here are the top-rated PPV events according to users of the website Cagematch.net.

25 Slamboree '94 (05/22/1994) - 6.32

A Talent Exchange Between WCW & ECW

World Championship Wrestling and Extreme Championship Wrestling worked on a deal in 1994 allowing Terry Funk to wrestle against Tully Blanchard at WCW's May PPV Slamboree in exchange for Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton appearing at ECW's When Worlds Collide event.

Matches such as Steve Austin vs. Johnny B. Badd over the United States title and Ric Flair vs. Barry Windham were some spectacular highlights of the card. Sting vs. Vader was the main event where the two men went to war over the vacant WCW International World title.

24 Starrcade '93 (12/27/1993) - 6.42

The Starrcade Return Of Ric Flair

The biggest selling point of Starrcade 1993 was seeing Ric Flair put his career on the line against Vader, who was in the midst of a 285-day reign with the WCW World Heavyweight title. While the main event did a lot of the heavy lifting, the rest of the card did make attempts to show out. Matches like Lord Steven Regal vs. Ricky Steamboat went amazingly, and Steve Austin vs. Dustin Rhodes was a better-than-expected bout.

After Flair's victory over Vader, a brief feud against the likes of Ricky Steamboat and Sting would ensue with Flair unifying the WCW World Heavyweight and WCW International World Heavyweight titles.

23 Hog Wild '96 (08/10/1996) - 6.48

The First Showing Of The New World Order

The first WCW PPV to take place after the infamous creation of the New World Order saw Hollywood Hogan regain the WCW World Heavyweight Championship from The Giant. That main event doesn't leave a great taste in fan's mouths by the end of the show, so on rewatch it would be better to end the show after The Outsiders vs. Luger & Sting.

The stand-out matches on the card feature a solid performance from Dean Malenko, Mysterio and Ultimo Dragon doing what they do best, and a rare Eddie Guerrero vs. Ric Flair United States title match.

22 SuperBrawl '97 (02/23/1997) - 6.52

The Night Randy Savage Joined The NWO

SuperBrawl 7 was held at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California. The event is notorious for being one of the lowest-rated main events in WCW's history, with Hollywood Hogan taking on Roddy Piper for the WCW World Heavyweight title. The match is at a 2.09 score on Cagematch.

The matches that helped the show include Eddie Guerrero vs. Chris Jericho for the Cruiserweight Championship and Lex Luger teaming with The Giant to beat The Outsiders for the WCW World Tag Team Championships.

21 Greed (03/18/2001) - 6.53

The Final WCW PPV Event