Body Slamming MasterCards (10/25/99)
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Now you can slam down a MasterCard to show support for your favorite
professional wrestler. The card can also get you a priority seat at the Nitro
Grill. World Championship Wrestling and Capital One have re-launched the WCW
MasterCard with new designs and new logos. Added to the card design lineup for
the card's second year are WCW superstars, Ric Flair and Konnan. Cardholders
also now get priority seating at the new WCW theme restaurant, the Nitro
Grill, now open in the Excalibur Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The WCW MasterCard was
launched October 1, 1998, at a press conference with 10,000 fans at the New
York Stock Exchange. The program offers 10 different credit card designs from
which fans can choose including the two newest designs, Flair and Konnan, as
well as some of the organization's most famous faces Hollywood Hulk Hogan,
Goldberg, Diamond Dallas Page, Sting, the Nitro Girls and Kevin Nash. The WCW
and NWO (New World Order) logos are also available. Capital One and WCW
offer a toll-free number, (800) WCW-CARD, to apply for the card. Fans can also apply
online at www.wcw.com, by direct mail or by filling
out an application at one of the live wresting shows in local arenas.