Why Robocop rescued Sting on a WCW PPV

Stinger: ‘At the time, it was one of the most embarrassing things to endure’; Schiavone: 'In hindsight, maybe it wasn't as bad as we thought it was'

When you ask anyone what they recall from Capital Combat ‘90, it’s highly likely that the only thing they remember is Robocop - and this moment in particular:

Poor Gordon Solie and Jim Ross having to hype this on commentary, and Sid Vicious, Arn and Ole Anderson having to sell for a half-man, half-robot.

JR joked Robocop was “probably more athletic than El Gigante” (who also made his debut on this PPV.)

And I admit I did laugh hearing Ole Anderson threaten to turn Robocop “into a bucket of bolts”!

To Jim, this stunt overshadowed what was a card full of top stars and forced the plans for some of those bouts to be changed for the worse - as I’ll explain.

But why was Robocop on a WCW PPV and what was the wrestlers’ reactions to this?

And why we are overlooking some terrible movie tie-ins from the WWF and WWE too?

Read on to find out - but first, please sign-up to get more of these articles in your inbox!

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