User Who Successfully Cracked WCW Powerdisk Explains How He Did It
The user who successfully cracked the long lost footage on a WCW powerdisk has explained how he achieved it.
The user who successfully cracked the long lost footage on a WCW powerdisk has explained how he achieved it.
For many years, a WCW CD-Rom loaded with exclusive content was locked due to a server containing the decryption keys shut down in 2000. Ever since, the content has been locked ever since, with the WWE Vault account previously acknowledging the content in the past.
In a new thread on X, user Guilt Chip explained the process behind him unlocking the disk, beginning with how he found the decryption loop on the disk.
I pulled a 24KB DLL off the disc and disassembled it.
Found the decryption loop: a subtraction cipher hiding in 25 bytes of x86.
Everyone assumed it was XOR. It wasn't. That's why previous attempts failed. pic.twitter.com/8Ylh97P2th
— Guilt Chip (@guiltchip) January 24, 2026
Next, Guilt Chip explained the equation that led to him unlocking the content, recovering each key to unlock the content.
MPEG files end with predictable padding bytes (0xFF).
When you encrypt known plaintext with a repeating key, you can reverse the math:
key = ciphertext – plaintext
One equation. Every key recovered! pic.twitter.com/qfiLMPZ3EM
— Guilt Chip (@guiltchip) January 24, 2026
Guilt Chip would then discuss what content was on the disk, including footage involving major names such as Hulk Hogan, Goldberg, Sting and more.
61 files. 51 minutes of footage. 100% success rate.
CGI fire arenas. Hulk Hogan. Goldberg. Sting.
The weirdest late-90s wrestling content you've never seen. pic.twitter.com/WTzk9FPB00
— Guilt Chip (@guiltchip) January 24, 2026
Finally, Guilt Chip linked back to the full archive of content from the disk, which you can find below.
Everything is open source.
🔗 Decryption tools + technical writeup: https://t.co/TwNLQu1zmy
🔗 Recovered footage: https://t.co/Bq7A3BIwXZ
🔗 Reddit thread: https://t.co/dhwFKoxti1
— Guilt Chip (@guiltchip) January 24, 2026
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