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Revision as of 22:41, 13 January 2022
Collision in Korea logo.
Status: Lost
From 28th-29th April 1995, the professional wrestling event Collision in Korea (officially known as Pyongyang International Sports and Culture Festival for Peace) took place. Jointly produced by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW), it was hosted in the May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea. Prior to the event, wrestler Scott Norton among others visited a street bazaar, where each of them were given pencil sketch portrait as gifts by the sketchers.
Background
For the majority of wrestlers and crew members at the event, their stay in North Korea was filled with trepidation. Several incidents occurred that left some in severe trouble with the North Korean officials. For example, WCW President Eric Bischoff was admonished by his attaché by going on a run without informing anyone, resulting in many civilians being "terrified" of him. Meanwhile, 2 Cold Scorpio and Road Warrior Hawk were involved in multiple verbal and physical altercations with one another.[1] Perhaps most notorious of all, Scott Norton phoned his wife at the hotel after two days in North Korea, where his negative comments surrounding his time in the country were not well received by North Korean officials. They led him to a room, where he was warned not to say anything negative about the country, with future phone conversations being forbidden.[2]
While Norton notes how terrified he was concerning the interrogation,[2] he also fondly recalled in his autobiography Strong Style the time when he and Chris Benoit visited a street bazaar, escorted by two armed military personnel. He encountered a few people sketching pencil portraits of all the wrestlers that came by. When it was time for he and Benoit to leave, the sketchers gave him a drawing of himself as a gift, with Norton being moved by this.[3][4] It is unknown how many of these drawings were created.
Availability
Norton's comments help confirm the existence of the sketches. However, none have publicly resurfaced, with most presumably remaining in the ownership of the wrestlers themselves. It remains to be seen whether any of them will be publicly released.
See Also
- Bill Longson vs Whipper Billy Watson (lost footage of professional wrestling match; 1947)
- Braden Walker's "Knock Knock" promo (lost original pre-tapes of WWE backstage segment; 2008)
- Bradshaw vs Christian (lost footage of professional wrestling match; 2001)
- Bret Hart-Hulk Hogan photoshoot (lost professional wrestling promotional photos; 1993)
- Bret Hart vs Tom Magee (found untelevised professional wrestling match; 1986)
- Catch-As-Catch-Can Wrestling (lost early BBC televised professional wrestling matches; 1938-1939; 1946-1947)
- Celebrity Wrestling (partially found ITV professional wrestling reality show; 2005)
- Chowdaheads (partially found unaired professional wrestling cartoon show; 1999)
- Collision in Korea (found professional wrestling event in North Korea; 1995)
- Cultaholic (lost debut video of professional wrestling YouTube channel; 2017)
- ECW Anarchy Rulz (lost build of cancelled Nintendo 64 port of professional wrestling game; existence unconfirmed; 2000)
- ECW at E3 2000 (partially found footage of professional wrestling at gaming trade event; 2000)
- ECW Hardcore TV final episodes (lost episodes of Professional Wrestling Show; 2001)
- FMW at E3 2000 (partially found footage of professional wrestling at gaming trade event; 2000)
- The Game (partially found Disturbed cover of professional wrestling theme song; mid 2000s)
- GFW Amped (partially found unaired professional wrestling show; 2015)
- Girls Gone Wild: Live from Spring Break (found WWE/Girls Gone Wild crossover special; 2003)
- GLOW (lost unfinished final season of Netflix comedy-drama series; 2019-2020)
- Gotch-Hackenschmidt Match Film (lost world championship match; 1908)
- Gotch-Hackenschmidt Match Film (lost world championship match; 1911)
- Jake "The Snake" Roberts DDTs Hulk Hogan (lost Snake Pit segment; 1986)
- The Last Battle of Atlanta (found untelevised professional wrestling steel cage match; 1983)
- Lita (partially found training videos of professional wrestler; late 1990s-2000)
- "Plane Ride From Hell" (lost photographs of drunk wrestler incidents; 2002)
- Radio WWF (lost professional wrestling radio show; 1993-1994; late 1990s-2000)
- Screwed: The Bret Hart Story (lost unfinished wrestling documentary film; 2005)
- Sex University (lost WWE webshow; 2006)
- Shin Nihon Pro Wrestling Gekitou Densetsu (lost build of unreleased Virtual Boy wrestling game; 1995)
- Strange Kentucky People (lost recording of Chris Jericho "tribute"; 1994)
- TNA Impact! 2 (lost build of unfinished professional wrestling game; 2009)
- WCW 2000 (lost work on unfinished PlayStation 2 game; 2000)
- WCW All Nighter (partially lost professional wrestling compilation show; 1994-1995)
- WCW Classics (partially found professional wrestling compilation show; 2000-2001)
- WCW Internet-only Special Events and PPVs (lost audio streams; 1997-1998)
- WCW/nWo Live (lost build of cancelled PlayStation professional wrestling game; 1998)
- WWE 24x7 (lost professional wrestling compilation show; 2007)
- WWE Brawl (lost build of cancelled fighting game based on professional wrestling; 2012)
- WWE SmackDown vs Raw Online (lost build of cancelled online professional wrestling PC game; 2010-2011)
- WWF Attitude (lost professional wrestling recap show; 2001-2002)
- WWF Backlash (non-existent unfinished Nintendo 64 professional wrestling game; 2001)
- WWF Excess (partially found professional wrestling talk show; 2001-2002)
- WWF In Your House 8: Beware Of Dog (partially found untelevised professional wrestling matches; 1996)
- WWF Livewire (partially found professional wrestling recap and talk show; 1996-2001)
- WWF No Mercy (lost Game Boy Color games based on Nintendo 64 wrestling game; 2000)
- WWF Shotgun (partially found July to December season of syndicated wrestling show; 1997)
- WWF Xperience (found pay-per-view event footage; 1996)
References
- ↑ Last Words on Sports detailing the various incidents that occurred during the wrestlers' time in North Korea. Retrieved 22 Dec '21
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Pro Wrestling Stories detailing Norton being warned for the comments he made during a phone call with his wife. Retrieved 22 Dec '21
- ↑ Strong Style where Norton discussed his time in North Korea and the pencil sketch portraits. Retrieved 22 Dec '21
- ↑ The Sportster detailing the pencil sketch portraits. Retrieved 22 Dec '21