WCW would run the storyline of the Millionaire’s Club faction having all the legendary main eventers facing off against the younger talents in the New Blood. Many fans, reporters and peers criticized the company for having the older wrestlers dominate the main event scene at the expense of the younger stars throughout the years. This angle allowed WCW to use that touch of reality into the storyline element leading to an interesting premise.
The Millionaire’s Club had a loaded faction of former world champions and icons in the industry. Fans naturally rooted for them, especially once the New Blood wrestlers aligned with the heels Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff. We will look back at the various legends to take part in the faction together. Find out just where your favorite ranks with the top ten best wrestlers from WCW’s Millionaire’s Club faction.
10 Lex Luger
WCW made Lex Luger a legend as he always had a relevant spot in the company. Luger was past his prime in 2000 as his larger physique led to him becoming even more limited in the ring. The Millionaire’s Club run saw him get in a feud with Chuck Palumbo.
Luger became the top enemy of the Natural Born Thrillers, but his matches never impressed. Fans started to lose interest in Luger around this time as well making him the least relevant member of the Millionaire’s Club.
9 Miss Elizabeth
The relationship between Lex Luger and Miss Elizabeth behind the scenes led to them working together. Elizabeth was part of the Millionaire’s Club as the manager of Luger for all his matches. Vince Russo forced Elizabeth to wrestle matches as part of the angle.
Fans were shown why Elizabeth only participated in managing up to that point in her career. The angle luckily ended faster than expected, but Elizabeth remained as the manager of Luger up until the end of their time in WCW together.
8 Sid Vicious
Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff forced Sid Vicious to relinquish the WCW Championship on the first night of the New Blood takeover. The titles were all vacated with new champions being crowned. Sid lost his title without getting pinned and would get eliminated in the tournament.
Sid remained one of the final WCW main eventers throughout the final two years earning him a spot in the Millionaire’s Club. Feuds with Scott Steiner and The Wall would see him treading water in the lackluster rule as a forgotten part of the group.
7 Curt Hennig
Curt Hennig was likely the least famous of the ten performers in the Millionaire’s Club since he rarely took part in the main event picture. The great in-ring skills of Hennig allowed him to shine in the mid-card or the lower side of the upper card, but he never hit the world title status.
Hennig did join the group due to his legendary status as a future Hall of Famer. Feuds with Shawn Stasiak and Buff Bagwell would see Hennig lose a step yet still perform better at most. WCW never used Hennig to the best of his abilities, even when a part of the Millionaire’s Club.
6 Kevin Nash
The success of Kevin Nash in WCW made him a significantly bigger star in the industry than his WWE stint. Nash was a legitimate top tier superstar by the time of this storyline to earn his way into the Millionaire’s Club as one of the leaders.
Goldberg joined the New Blood by turning on Nash. Their rivalry would see Goldberg shun the Millionaire’s Club due to not wanting to be associated with Nash. WCW would have Nash feud with Russo and his various wrestlers for a few months.
5 Randy Savage
Randy Savage was not technically part of the Millionaire’s Club, but he made one appearance helping them out. A huge brawl between the Millionaire’s Club and New Blood on Thunder would see Savage appear in shocking fashion apparently aligning with the veterans.
Savage, however, stopped appearing in WCW and didn’t work with the group moving forward. Fans of Savage would see him have his last WCW appearance helping the faction. The Millionaire’s Club represented the top main eventers in wrestling history to that point with Savage clearly fitting in.
4 Diamond Dallas Page
The rise of Diamond Dallas Page saw him become a fixture in the main event picture around the time this storyline started. Page’s feud with the New Blood was more personal than most of his peers. The angle would see DDP lose his friend (Eric Bischoff, David Arquette and Chris Kanyon) along with his wife (Kimberly) all turning on him to join the Millionaire’s Club.
Despite the backstabbing coming each month, Page continued to grow his popularity as one of the more active wrestlers in the Millionaire’s Club. The success of DDP in 2000 helped him add more time to his main event run before WCW eventually went out of business.
3 Sting
WCW always had Sting as the heart of the company since he was the one wrestler to never ditch them for WWE. Sting remained linked with his fellow legends as part of the Millionaire’s Club feuding with a couple of wrestlers that took issue with him.
The biggest rival of Sting from the New Blood was Vampiro. Fans were interested in the matches between the face-painted wrestlers. Vampiro even had the moment of lighting Sting on fire and throwing him off the top of the set. Sting eventually got his revenge in a rare feud from the angle to find success.
2 Hulk Hogan
Hulk Hogan was among the wrestlers most targeted by the New Blood for holding them down. Eric Bischoff turned on Hogan after years of being best friends. Billy Kidman became the first rival of Hogan from the New Blood in some disappointing television.
Hogan had zero chemistry with Kidman as they clearly were never on the same page. Even when Kidman won matches, he looked weaker through the process. Hogan didn’t seem connected to the storyline and his segments often disappointed despite being the biggest name in the Millionaire’s Club.
1 Ric Flair
The presence of Ric Flair in the Millionaire’s Club would see him become the unofficial leader of the group. Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff both had personal feuds with Flair that added to the storyline of Flair having to overcome many enemies.
Things grew personal when ECW talent Shane Douglas joined WCW to feud with Flair after years of brutal insults in shoot promos. Flair also entered a storyline against Russo and his own son David Flair. The segments weren’t always successful, but Flair did a good job as the leader trying to make the failing storyline work.