The 3 Things WCW did ABSOLUTELY RIGHT during the Monday Night War

[Shadow]

Those Spring Break Nitros, it had a new different, feel in terms of crowd, atmosphere, and presentation and look. The fact that WWE hasn't yet done is criminal, imagine wrestling and crowd fukkery at a RAW taping in Cancun or any popular spring break spot especially outside in a beach setting

I always liked that.

And you already knew someone was going in the pool.

 

[The G.O.D II]

Hilarious thing about this stolen wrestle forum post is those 3 things can be used as the things WCW did wrong during the monday night wars (dragging the NWO on and expanding it into bloated convulsion, completely botching what should have been Stings pinnacle after Starcade 97, not knowing how to properly end the streak of Goldberg and making him another guy afterwards)

 

[Shadow]

I always thought it was cool how the ring for WCW World Wide would rotate too. Low quality pic but that was innovative.

^The circle surrounding the ring rotated between matches(I think), like a Lazy Susan. I remembering seeing that and thinking it was so cool. Apparently filmed in the Disney/MGM studio. I think I remember some folks tripping over that platform under the ring too.

 

[K-Apps]

Kids dont go to spring break. It isnt their target market.

Even long before that, I hate the fact it's the same, mundane, RAW is a arena every week, change it up once in a while going outside setting for a RAW with a craze, college environment

 

[Beautiful Bobby Eatin]

Even long before that, I hate the fact it's the same, mundane, RAW is a arena every week, change it up once in a while going outside setting for a RAW with a craze, college environment

Honestly a Mardi Gras RAW outdoors would be nuts but its not supposed to be good

 

[John Reena]

I always liked that.

And you already knew someone was going in the pool.

Nash big ass just was lookin for an excuse to jump in da pool!

 

[John Reena]

Even long before that, I hate the fact it's the same, mundane, RAW is a arena every week, change it up once in a while going outside setting for a RAW with a craze, college environment

Echoing this post, I'd also like to see them switch up RAW sometimes. Remember that big snowstorm in the east that canceled RAW at the arena and so they went with a laid back interview episode of RAW at Titan Towers? I wouldn't mind them doing that again.

 

[Roid Jones]

Everything about the nWo angle in it's prime was dope

The different PPV sets, Spring Break Nitro

Michael Buffer for the big match feel

 

[Atsym Sknyfs]

They cemented the War by exposing RAW was taped to the entire world .. not just those who were on 411wrestling.com and read spoilers and had all their friends like how you know that

 

[General Mills]

In retrospect but during the WAR? It was not the HIGHLIGHT of the whole thing despite what Jericho may think.

Maybe not... but personally when i was watching.. i would flip to wcw specifically to catch the cruiserweights and a Goldberg squash match.

 

[R=G]

Maybe not... but personally when i was watching.. i would flip to wcw specifically to catch the cruiserweights and a Goldberg squash match.

Bah..youre leaving key segments out..Steiner, DDP, Sting joining the wolfpac, the hilarious Henning heel turn, etc.

 

[The_Sheff]

I loved the different sets for PPVs, it made them feel like real events. You felt different watching a match that took place at Halloween Havoc than one that happened at Bash at the Beach.

 

[HipHopStan]

You know one thing I noticed when watching that late-July 96 Nitro where the nWo attacked Arn, Rey, etc. backstage is when Sting gets in the ambulance with Buff Bagwell, he has one of the bats that was used in the assault and he's sitting there holding and looking down at it. I always wondered if that was intentional or coincidence.

 

[DaHNIC82]

1. For one....of course the Nwo angle. It was all done on some genius shyt...Hall kicking it off with the opening salvo that led you to believe there was a legit invasion of the WWF coming to WCW to challenge the hierarchy on top. More credence was added when Nash appeared a couple of weeks later....they had Sting eventually slap Hall and give them some backbone. Then the challenge was made for Bash at the Beach with the best set up and heel turn in wrestling history. They back up plan was Sting being the third man and it would of worked but Hogan was perfect..he was from the WWF, the anger fans were developing for him in 95 and 96 had become pronounced, and he cut the promo of his life to match the energy of the moment. You can't tell fans something is great...they have to experience it first hand which is why it got over so well and the trash hit the ring in record time.

2. The transformation of Sting into the crow rebel to the Nwo..of course with the nwo running roughshed over all faces in WCW and backing up everything they were saying in those promos about a hostile takeover and always having the advantage. The angle of if Sting could be trusted got to it's endgame and when it was all said and done, when they were sitting pretty as the Pablo Escobar of the game, he returned and was the perfect foil that the fans would cheer over cool heels the Outsiders everytime. The execution was INGENIUS overall. Setting up the biggest WCW PPV buyrate payoff in history....Sting vs Hogan Starrcade 97.

3. And no matter how much the internet may hate him, may criticize his place in history because of his greed and his ego and him being a mark for his own character, the rise of Goldberg was a very slick and creative push. The thing fans never understood is that he was given a lot...a lot of wins and everyone jobbed but the fans didn't HAVE TO CHEER for him as he kept winning in Tyson like fashion but they did and it created the flash of greatness they needed two years into the Monday Night Wars boom that the Nwo initially brought to the fray. Goldberg was RED fukkING HOT in 1998 but they didn't follow it up the right way the next 3 years and that led to their ending along with the idiocy of Kevin Nash but that's already understood. Goldberg should of been the weapon they had to keep fighting the grip Austin had got by 99 and the stomp of dominance after Rock added his power post Backlash 99. They ended his streak in a silly fashion and never recovered. But the PUSH and how it had everyone asking "who would beat him?" was a difference maker for the timeframe.

4. They booked Hogan vs Flair with perfection.. WWE had Flair booked as Hogan's whipping boy... Bash at the Beach 94 was perfect in build, star attraction and actual action in the ring.

 

[R=G]

4. They booked Hogan vs Flair with perfection.. WWE had Flair booked as Hogan's whipping boy... Bash at the Beach 94 was perfect in build, star attraction and actual action in the ring.

I watched that again 3 weeks ago...huge build. And Sherri was fukking fantastic in the match