Vincent Kennedy McMahon squishing WCW appreciation

[Henzo]

12 years ago today

WWF buys World Championship Wrestling - Mar. 23, 2001

lol @ Turner-owned CNN holding out hope that WCW might still be featured strongly

 

[Silkk]

I dont see why anyone would appreciate that. Terrible day for wrestling

 

[Henzo]

I dont see why anyone would appreciate that. Terrible day for wrestling

WCW dying was a great day for wrestling, it had been garbage for 2 years at that point

 

[88m3]

WWF executives declined to discuss WCW's financial situation but said they encountered no surprises when looking at the rival firm's financials.

 

[Vince.Russo]

WCW dying was a great day for wrestling, it had been garbage for 2 years at that point

It wasn't supposed to be good. Everything got ova and the ratings were higha than what WWE does now.

 

[Silkk]

WCW dying was a great day for wrestling, it had been garbage for 2 years at that point

Less Wrestling, Less Opportunity For Wrestlers, No Competition. Nah Fam, Nothing Good About That

 

[Henzo]

Less Wrestling, Less Opportunity For Wrestlers, No Competition. Nah Fam, Nothing Good About That

The wrestlers themselves and their indifference is what killed WCW

 

[NYChase718]

those b*stardss took away my wcw saturday night , and nitro

and the beginning of scott steiner's dominant world champ heel run

 

[Henzo]

those b*stardss took away my wcw saturday night , and nitro

and the beginning of scott steiner's dominant world champ heel run

blame the wrestlers. you know who. they capitulated.

 

[NYChase718]

The WWF is still working out many details of its agreement to buy WCW. The company will be assuming some actor's contracts but others it will not, executives said.

 

[Silkk]

The wrestlers themselves and their indifference is what killed WCW

Nah breh you cant blame the wrestlers for doing what they did to keep themselves on top. Blame the people at the top who allowed it. If there was a figurehead like vince in WCW that never wouldve happened

 

[Henzo]

Nah breh you cant blame the wrestlers for doing what they did to keep themselves on top. Blame the people at the top who allowed it. If there was a figurehead like vince in WCW that never wouldve happened

you had this guy on top though... he got lucky when Hall jumped and never really understood the wrestling biz

 

[hayesc0]

WCW dying was a great day for wrestling, it had been garbage for 2 years at that point

yeah now wwe has been garbage for 10 as a result

 

[MightyHealthy]

Sounds like some of you have completely forgot about how awful WCW was in the 21st Century...WCW was doing completely shyt numbers and was a HORRIBLE promotion at the time...do you naysayers even remember the Goldberg/Nash/Russo "shoot" angle?

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cZtuwjdPJU"]Goldberg refuses to follow the script! - YouTube[/ame]

A lot of wrestlers were given futures that they wouldn't have had if the company simply folded like it would have eventually did.

I'm not saying that Vince killing other promotions didn't do a disservice to wrestling, but WCW (and ECW) were different. It was beneficial, no doubt (ECW being another one, as it had went bankrupt, but now we see that it has more of a legacy had it simply just faded away, IMHO)

WCW had been hemorrhaging tens of millions of dollars for YEARS. If anything, it hurt WWE to buy those companies because it made the roster ridiculously huge.

Competition is always great, but these rival promotions couldn't compete for a reason.
It was actually good for wrestling that WWF bought WCW & ECW, IMHO...

 

[Jello Biafra]

Sounds like some of you have completely forgot about how awful WCW was in the 21st Century...WCW was doing completely shyt numbers and was a HORRIBLE promotion at the time...do you naysayers even remember the Goldberg/Nash/Russo "shoot" angle?

Goldberg refuses to follow the script! - YouTube

A lot of wrestlers were given futures that they wouldn't have had if the company simply folded like it would have eventually did.

I'm not saying that Vince killing other promotions didn't do a disservice to wrestling, but WCW (and ECW) were different. It was beneficial, no doubt (ECW being another one, as it had went bankrupt, but now we see that it has more of a legacy had it simply just faded away, IMHO)

WCW had been hemorrhaging tens of millions of dollars for YEARS. If anything, it hurt WWE to buy those companies because it made the roster ridiculously huge.

Competition is always great, but these rival promotions couldn't compete for a reason.
It was actually good for wrestling that WWF bought WCW & ECW, IMHO...

That is some twisty logic, bruh. Admittedly WCW was being horribly run but why would the company dying and a monopoly being created be a better option than the possibility of steps being taken to fix what was wrong with WCW and continuing to have another option in the marketplace for workers and fans?
Anyone who thinks Vince buying WCW was a good thing is just a WWE dikkrider and not a wrestling fan.