New Blood (professional wrestling)

New Blood
The logo of The New Blood
Stable
Members	See below
Name(s)	New Blood
Debut	April 10, 2000
Disbanded	July 9, 2000

The New Blood was a professional wrestling stable in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 2000.

History

In early 2000, WCW decided that Kevin Sullivan's booking style was not as successful as they had hoped. So, they decided to bring back former WCW president Eric Bischoff and former World Wrestling Federation head of creative Vince Russo, putting them together to run WCW.

On-screen, Bischoff and Russo took over and declared all WCW titles vacant on April 10, 2000. They also declared a new stable with both of them at the helm called The New Blood. It consisted of most of the younger wrestlers in WCW and they would feud with "Millionaire's Club", the older stars of WCW, whom they claimed held back the younger talent, as well as longtime talent that had never been pushed for years, due to the same reason. The idea was to get the younger talent over and generate more interest among the younger fans that watched the WWF instead of WCW, although it later evolved into a New World Order rehash. While Hulk Hogan feuded with the New Blood, he would occasionally wear a black denim vest, with the initials "F.U.N.B." on the back in white. The initials "F.U.N.B." stood for "Fuck U New Blood". During a televised promo, Hogan said "The N.B. stands for New Blood, and you can guess what the F.U. means, brother!".

On April 16, at Spring Stampede in Chicago, Illinois, all of the titles were filled with matches between the New Blood and the Millionaire's Club. The New Blood won all of the vacant WCW titles, with the exception of the WCW Hardcore Championship, which was won by Terry Funk.

The feuds continued for another month or so before the New Blood disbanded due to WCW management making a hasty decision that it was not working, as the Millionaire's Club got most of the positive fan reaction.

The true end of the angle occurred on July 9, after the infamous Vince Russo's shoot promo, which caused Hogan and Bischoff to leave the promotion. However, the New Blood theme continued in WCW coinciding with the "New Blood Rising" pay-per-view in August 2000.

Members

The New Blood was composed of 3 different "stables" within itself: The Filthy Animals, The Natural Born Thrillers, and the other New Blood. The New Blood members were the ones who mostly feuded with the Millionaire's Club, while the other two were more of supporting casts. The Natural Born Thrillers were all rookies (with the exception of Shawn Stasiak), while the rest of the New Blood had already had TV time.

Wrestlers of The New Blood

• Tank Abbott
• David Arquette
• Mike Awesome
• Buff Bagwell
• Bam Bam Bigelow
• Booker T
• Chris Candido
• Crowbar
• Disco Inferno/Disqo
• Shane Douglas
• David Flair
• Goldberg
• Juventud Guerrera
• Bret Hart
• Horace Hogan
• Jeff Jarrett
• Mark Jindrak

• Johnny the Bull
• Chris Kanyon
• Billy Kidman
• Konnan
• Ernest Miller
• Rey Misterio, Jr.
• Sean O'Haire
• Chuck Palumbo
• Reno
• Mike Sanders
• Shawn Stasiak
• Rick Steiner
• Scott Steiner
• Lance Storm
• Vampiro
• Big Vito
• The Wall

Leaders of The New Blood

• Eric Bischoff
• Vince Russo

Managers of The New Blood

• Tylene Buck
• Daffney
• Miss Hancock
• Kimberly Page
• Madusa
• Midajah
• M.I. Smooth (also a part-time wrestler for the group)
• Ron Reis (only one night)
• Shakira (Kim Kanner)
• Tammy Lynn Sytch
• Torrie Wilson

Championships and accomplishments

• World Championship Wrestling
  • WCW World Heavyweight Championship (5 times) – Jeff Jarrett (4), David Arquette (1)
  • WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time) – Scott Steiner
  • WCW Cruiserweight Championship (3 times) – Chris Candido (1), Crowbar (1), Daffney (1)
  • WCW Hardcore Championship (5 times) – Shane Douglas (1), Eric Bischoff (1), Johnny the Bull (1), Big Vito (2)
  • WCW World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – Shane Douglas and Buff Bagwell (1), Chuck Palumbo and Shawn Stasiak (1)