10 shocking moments from WWF (WWE) 1995

#7 Alundra Blayze bins the WWF Women’s Championship on Nitro

WCW’s trash talk

With Lex Luger’s surprise appearance on Monday Nitro earlier in the year, the WWF was eager to keep their stars from jumping ship. It would be another year before the arrival of Nash and Hall would prompt the NWO ‘Outsider’ faction, but the company still did not manage to survive the year without any more casualties.

Alundra Blayze, formerly known as Madusa on WCW, decided to make her return to the company after a contract dispute with the WWF. These were not the brightest days for women’s wrestling, as the WWF had to let Blayze go due to financial concerns. Clearly, their women’s champion wasn’t a priority in late 1995.

That being said, it wasn’t the departure of Blayze, per se, that really hurt the WWF product, as few people were interested in the division back then anyway. It was her actions during her first appearance on Nitro that really caught people’s attentions.

Following recommendations from Eric Bischoff, the newly named Madusa appeared on WCW television and dropped the WWF Women’s Championship in the bin. This was a hugely symbolic act, showing that WCW was now in a position to publically insult their rival without fear of repercussions. Blayze was blacklisted from the WWF for nearly 20 years after this incident but has since been welcomed back into the fold, joining the Hall of Fame class of 2015.