Next Big Thing
09-05-2010, 06:03 PM
I apologize to Triple Naitch for kind of ripping his booking the Invasion thread but I want you're true opinions on if the WWE would be a more entertaining product if it was WWE vs. WCW instead of Raw vs. Smackdown
This is how I would have booked the WWE after WCW was bought, give me your honest opinion on how you guys as fans would have perceived it versus what we actually got. By the way, this is assuming that Vince, his ego, and his writers are not involved and the WCW/ECW guys got a fair shake.
Honestly.... I would have kept WCW a "separate" company. Let Shane run things over there and let Vince have Raw. I’m going to follow the same 8 week timeline as the Invasion angle.
Since it would all have to be done on the USA network, I would have had Raw go to three hours for the first two months after WCW was bought.
WCW would have the first hour and a half, then Raw could have the last hour and a half. Nitro would have it's own pyro and announcers and Raw would have its own set.
For the first couple of weeks I'd show Vince and Shane giving pep talks to their "companies" telling their guys to ignore the other side, just go out there and show why WWE or WCW is the best. You could have backstage segments of the Raw guys bitching about having to share locker room space with the WCW guys, you could show stare downs and side conversations between wrestlers on both sides, maybe have a cat fight between the women but nothing too physical and no real acknowledgement.
The second two weeks I'd start to build the intensity. I'd have an amazing Nitro main event run long and go into Raws allotted "time." Right before the finish I'd have the Raw music and pyro go off with the Raw refs, announcers, and ring crew walking to the ring and then the entrance music for the WWE guys who are in the first match of Raw. I think the interaction between the refs, hearing the announcers take off their headsets and hand them to the other guys, seeing the WWE apron draped over the WCW apron would be a good audio/visual for the viewers and fans. You could even cut to Shane and Vince arguing in the back.
Weeks five and six I’d have the WCW champions cut a promo about how much better they are than the WWE champions. I’d also have the announcers for WCW “shoot” on the WWE talent. This is where you could also have the WWE guys start to question the loyalty of the WCW alumni in the company and set up the whole mistrust angle. On one Monday night I’d have the Raw main event interrupted by a huge brawl between both “companies” to get the newly formed animosity over. This would also be where the groundwork for the PPV “Monday Night War” would be laid.
Weeks seven and eight would be more of the same but I’d have the WCW guys interrupt the WWE main event and beat the hell out of those guys in week seven and then the WWE guys beat the hell out of the WCW guys the week before the PPV.
The PPV would be called the “Monday Night War” or something corny like that and the entire premise would be a 9 match card and whichever company had the most wins at the end of the night would “win” the Monday Night Wars and get the timeslot. Of course WWE would win and maybe Nitro would move to Tuesday or take Smackdown’s Thursday slot.
This is how I would have booked the WWE after WCW was bought, give me your honest opinion on how you guys as fans would have perceived it versus what we actually got. By the way, this is assuming that Vince, his ego, and his writers are not involved and the WCW/ECW guys got a fair shake.
Honestly.... I would have kept WCW a "separate" company. Let Shane run things over there and let Vince have Raw. I’m going to follow the same 8 week timeline as the Invasion angle.
Since it would all have to be done on the USA network, I would have had Raw go to three hours for the first two months after WCW was bought.
WCW would have the first hour and a half, then Raw could have the last hour and a half. Nitro would have it's own pyro and announcers and Raw would have its own set.
For the first couple of weeks I'd show Vince and Shane giving pep talks to their "companies" telling their guys to ignore the other side, just go out there and show why WWE or WCW is the best. You could have backstage segments of the Raw guys bitching about having to share locker room space with the WCW guys, you could show stare downs and side conversations between wrestlers on both sides, maybe have a cat fight between the women but nothing too physical and no real acknowledgement.
The second two weeks I'd start to build the intensity. I'd have an amazing Nitro main event run long and go into Raws allotted "time." Right before the finish I'd have the Raw music and pyro go off with the Raw refs, announcers, and ring crew walking to the ring and then the entrance music for the WWE guys who are in the first match of Raw. I think the interaction between the refs, hearing the announcers take off their headsets and hand them to the other guys, seeing the WWE apron draped over the WCW apron would be a good audio/visual for the viewers and fans. You could even cut to Shane and Vince arguing in the back.
Weeks five and six I’d have the WCW champions cut a promo about how much better they are than the WWE champions. I’d also have the announcers for WCW “shoot” on the WWE talent. This is where you could also have the WWE guys start to question the loyalty of the WCW alumni in the company and set up the whole mistrust angle. On one Monday night I’d have the Raw main event interrupted by a huge brawl between both “companies” to get the newly formed animosity over. This would also be where the groundwork for the PPV “Monday Night War” would be laid.
Weeks seven and eight would be more of the same but I’d have the WCW guys interrupt the WWE main event and beat the hell out of those guys in week seven and then the WWE guys beat the hell out of the WCW guys the week before the PPV.
The PPV would be called the “Monday Night War” or something corny like that and the entire premise would be a 9 match card and whichever company had the most wins at the end of the night would “win” the Monday Night Wars and get the timeslot. Of course WWE would win and maybe Nitro would move to Tuesday or take Smackdown’s Thursday slot.