It's 2001. Eric Bischoff, with the backing of Fusient Media Ventures, purchases WCW.
Do you think Bischoff would have saved the company?
If yes, how?
2001 is way too fucking late
>>1307701
So you think there's absolutely no chance he could of saved the company?
>>1307699
No. The powers that be wanted wrestling off TV.
Also, the last thing WCW needed was a non-wrestling man at the helm. Bischoff didn't have a fucking clue, was simply a suit with an ego, and all the success came from Nash and Hall with Sullivan behind the scenes.
>>1307702
Bischoff was one of the key reasons the company go to the state it was in, so yeah.
>>1307702
If we go back to 1999, then maybe we have a chance, but somehow you'll have to beat Austin
>>1307699
Who knows.
But Bischoff gets WAY too much shit. His biggest fault, supposedly, was contracts. Other than that he did a pretty darn good job of flipping the company around to being the top promotion in the world. The executives above him are really what started fucking things up. They are the ones that ultimately canned WCW after the AOL/Time Warner merger.
Fact is their ratings at the lowest were where RAW is today. And by the very end they were starting to make a sharp turn around after Russo/2000.
Listening to what Bischoff says today about how he would have done a complete makeover if he'd been able to purchase it makes it sound like he knew what to do. But did he know at the time? Who knows. The big problem, though, is even he'd been able to purchase it, they would have had no tv deal.
>>1307699
It would have been shit like t and a
>>1307809
> ratings get higher when Bret gets the belt
> plummet when Shawn has it
Lol
>>1307827
no they dont
>>1307842
Wm 12 to survivor series 96 is the lowest period
>>1307699
Euuugh, that logo is horrendous
>>1307842
Yes they do
Alltime low was also when Bret went on hiatus for a few months and Shawn was left on his own
>>1307699
lol no, he killed tna by following the almost exact same routine that killed wcw, showing that he still thinks he did the right things
>>1307892
They had no other main event calibre guys other than Bret because Shawn and his faggot mates held every one else down and they didnt even get a chance
He even tried hoding Austin down until Taker said he was going to kick his arse
>>1307809
What happened in sept 99?
>>1307900
This is after Hall and Nash were gone senpai
>>1307902
Big Boss Vince booked himself as Champ.
>>1307900
HBK would've put Austin over, he didn't want to work the match because his back was fucked up beyond repair and he needed surgery. Thankfully Taker made him grin and bear it.
>>1307984
Nobody got over because of them, but that doesn't change the fact that there was no one with the ability of Michaels
>>1307899
This. He had a second chance and killed a second promotion. Bischoff is wrestling's biggest meme. Jericho, Benoit, Guerrero, Booker T, Misterio, Big Papa Pump, Goldberg, Sting, and Hart could have been a match for anything WWF could have thrown at them, but Bischoff and WCW squandered everything they had so they could jerk Hogan's dick a little more.
WCW wasn't worth buying without some sort of distribution deal in place. It was doomed to fail from that point forward.
If TNT committed to keeping them around in spite of the plummeting ratings it would still be around today, though probably a shambling shell of what it once was ala TNA. When you don't have distribution, you're as good as done; see ECW.
>>1307699
there is a thread with the same topic very much alive
catalog fool
>>1307995
Wrestlings biggest meme is Hogan
If they had a TV deal and Bischoff got it, WCW might still be around. They would have had guys like Nash and Hogan waiting out their Turner contracts for free money and been forced to do something new. Probably operating below prime WCW levels but above TNA or ECW levels.
There was no TV show in the deal though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwLfLFHJAH4
No unless he kicked AOL out
>>1307699
Yes. Keep Goldberg, Sting, nWo guys (as solo talents,) Flair, Booker T, etc. Competition could still exist
He wouldn't have gotten a TV deal
So no
>>1307827
Yup.
You can't blame Diesel for that one. Shawn becoming champ was shifting the fans from men to girls.
Never the wise thing to do
>>1307812
But WCW weren't an indie like TNA
>>1307809
Wtf happened in sep 99?
