TPWW Forums  

Go Back   TPWW Forums > w r e s t l i n g > wrestling forum
Reload this Page Let's play a game, was it planned or WCW shenanigans?
Register Members List

View Poll Results: Why do you think majority of WCW's major stars were gone in 2001?
Knew what was comming and waited out their contracts 15 60.00%
It was part of some epic storyline 4 16.00%
I'd like to think of it was alittle of both 6 24.00%
Voters: 25. You must log in or register to vote on this poll.

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 09-07-2011, 02:20 PM   #1
Rollermacka
Gets Hardcore in the gym
 
Rollermacka's Avatar
 
Posts: 4,565
Rollermacka has a relatively large amount of rep (50,000+)Rollermacka has a relatively large amount of rep (50,000+)Rollermacka has a relatively large amount of rep (50,000+)Rollermacka has a relatively large amount of rep (50,000+)Rollermacka has a relatively large amount of rep (50,000+)Rollermacka has a relatively large amount of rep (50,000+)Rollermacka has a relatively large amount of rep (50,000+)Rollermacka has a relatively large amount of rep (50,000+)Rollermacka has a relatively large amount of rep (50,000+)Rollermacka has a relatively large amount of rep (50,000+)
Let's play a game, was it planned or WCW shenanigans?


I remember seeing this as a kid and thinking, no more Sting, no more Hogan, no more Nash, no more Goldberg... why would I watch WCW? With the purchanse of WCW starting, do you think this was planned by the wrestlers so they could wait out their contracts or was this another ridiculous WCW 2001 storyline?



FEELS LIKE I'M WEARING NOTHING AT ALL

NOTHING AT ALL

NOTHING AT ALL
Rollermacka is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-07-2011, 03:39 PM   #2
Blakeamus
'12 Tipsters Champ!
 
Blakeamus's Avatar
 
Posts: 2,359
Blakeamus has a good deal of rep (10,000+)Blakeamus has a good deal of rep (10,000+)Blakeamus has a good deal of rep (10,000+)Blakeamus has a good deal of rep (10,000+)Blakeamus has a good deal of rep (10,000+)Blakeamus has a good deal of rep (10,000+)
Pretty crazy seeing Chris Kanyon coming out of the coffin...just bizarre.
Blakeamus is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-07-2011, 04:12 PM   #3
SammyG
LAKE SHOW HOES
 
SammyG's Avatar
 
Posts: 25,758
SammyG got the bus to Rep Town and repped it up real bad at the rep shop (100,000+)SammyG got the bus to Rep Town and repped it up real bad at the rep shop (100,000+)SammyG got the bus to Rep Town and repped it up real bad at the rep shop (100,000+)SammyG got the bus to Rep Town and repped it up real bad at the rep shop (100,000+)SammyG got the bus to Rep Town and repped it up real bad at the rep shop (100,000+)SammyG got the bus to Rep Town and repped it up real bad at the rep shop (100,000+)SammyG got the bus to Rep Town and repped it up real bad at the rep shop (100,000+)SammyG got the bus to Rep Town and repped it up real bad at the rep shop (100,000+)SammyG got the bus to Rep Town and repped it up real bad at the rep shop (100,000+)SammyG got the bus to Rep Town and repped it up real bad at the rep shop (100,000+)SammyG got the bus to Rep Town and repped it up real bad at the rep shop (100,000+)SammyG got the bus to Rep Town and repped it up real bad at the rep shop (100,000+)
god WCW sucked after 2000
SammyG is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-07-2011, 07:26 PM   #4
Emperor Smeat
Former TPWW Royalty
 
Emperor Smeat's Avatar
 
Posts: 66,588
Emperor Smeat makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Emperor Smeat makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Emperor Smeat makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Emperor Smeat makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Emperor Smeat makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Emperor Smeat makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Emperor Smeat makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Emperor Smeat makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Emperor Smeat makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Emperor Smeat makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Emperor Smeat makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Emperor Smeat makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Emperor Smeat makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)
Was going to say it was just another dumb Russo idea that only he would have thought of it being epic but apparently according to Wikipedia he was out of WCW for the final 6 months and didn't have much of a say with this storyline.
Emperor Smeat is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-07-2011, 09:29 PM   #5
Aguakate
 
Aguakate's Avatar
 
Posts: 6,350
Aguakate is good (20,000+)Aguakate is good (20,000+)Aguakate is good (20,000+)Aguakate is good (20,000+)Aguakate is good (20,000+)Aguakate is good (20,000+)Aguakate is good (20,000+)Aguakate is good (20,000+)
Aguakate is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-07-2011, 10:58 PM   #6
Hanso Amore
You can't teach that
 
Hanso Amore's Avatar
 
Posts: 19,337
Hanso Amore makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Hanso Amore makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Hanso Amore makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Hanso Amore makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Hanso Amore makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Hanso Amore makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Hanso Amore makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Hanso Amore makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Hanso Amore makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Hanso Amore makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Hanso Amore makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Hanso Amore makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Hanso Amore makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)
Bret hart has shit for Business sense.
Hanso Amore is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-07-2011, 11:02 PM   #7
Aguakate
 
Aguakate's Avatar
 
Posts: 6,350
Aguakate is good (20,000+)Aguakate is good (20,000+)Aguakate is good (20,000+)Aguakate is good (20,000+)Aguakate is good (20,000+)Aguakate is good (20,000+)Aguakate is good (20,000+)Aguakate is good (20,000+)
They even made him Champion, and he still doesn't cut WCW any slack.
Aguakate is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-08-2011, 12:22 AM   #8
ROHFan21
 
Posts: 44
ROHFan21 does not have that much rep yet (10+)
I could of sworn I read somewhere that supposedly there was going to be a relaunch for WCW when Bischoff's group was gonna take it over. At that time all of the "Mega" WCW stars would return and lead to hopefully a new rise in popularity
ROHFan21 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-08-2011, 12:45 AM   #9
Droford
 
Posts: 52,478
Droford makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Droford makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Droford makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Droford makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Droford makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Droford makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Droford makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Droford makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Droford makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Droford makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Droford makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Droford makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Droford makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)
I refuse to believe WCW in late 2000/early 2001 had any idea what it was doing 20 minutes in advance, let alone some sort of mega complicated storyline
Droford is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-08-2011, 01:55 AM   #10
St. Jimmy
Last of a Dying Forum
 
St. Jimmy's Avatar
 
Posts: 16,215
St. Jimmy got the bus to Rep Town and repped it up real bad at the rep shop (100,000+)St. Jimmy got the bus to Rep Town and repped it up real bad at the rep shop (100,000+)St. Jimmy got the bus to Rep Town and repped it up real bad at the rep shop (100,000+)St. Jimmy got the bus to Rep Town and repped it up real bad at the rep shop (100,000+)St. Jimmy got the bus to Rep Town and repped it up real bad at the rep shop (100,000+)St. Jimmy got the bus to Rep Town and repped it up real bad at the rep shop (100,000+)St. Jimmy got the bus to Rep Town and repped it up real bad at the rep shop (100,000+)St. Jimmy got the bus to Rep Town and repped it up real bad at the rep shop (100,000+)St. Jimmy got the bus to Rep Town and repped it up real bad at the rep shop (100,000+)St. Jimmy got the bus to Rep Town and repped it up real bad at the rep shop (100,000+)St. Jimmy got the bus to Rep Town and repped it up real bad at the rep shop (100,000+)St. Jimmy got the bus to Rep Town and repped it up real bad at the rep shop (100,000+)
St. Jimmy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-08-2011, 10:27 AM   #11
Gertner
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Bret Hart is horribly over-rated.
  Reply With Quote
Old 09-08-2011, 10:44 AM   #12
Nark Order
Soundly Defeated Wadding
 
Nark Order's Avatar
 
Posts: 40,590
Nark Order makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Nark Order makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Nark Order makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Nark Order makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Nark Order makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Nark Order makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Nark Order makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Nark Order makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Nark Order makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Nark Order makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Nark Order makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Nark Order makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Nark Order makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Aguakate View Post
They even made him Champion, and he still doesn't cut WCW any slack.
Alright, this sentence is fairly irresponsible though. They made him champion far far after anybody really cared all that much. They didn't strike while the iron was hot on Hart because all of the talent backstage was scared shitless that they'd have to give up their main event spots. Pair that with the fact that a couple of the top guys in WCW at the time were defunct Kliq members... Not saying Hart would've set the WCW world on fire or anything but they honestly tried their hardest for to cut the cord on Hart before he even showed up.
Nark Order is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-08-2011, 11:17 AM   #13
Gertner
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Quote:
Originally Posted by ROHFan21 View Post
I could of sworn I read somewhere that supposedly there was going to be a relaunch for WCW when Bischoff's group was gonna take it over. At that time all of the "Mega" WCW stars would return and lead to hopefully a new rise in popularity
You are correct.
Goldberg was out due to him having to win 176 matches in a row or retire and ended up losing to Luger of all people. He would have been back
Hogan was gone because Russo cut a worked shoot on him that went to far. Hogan wasn't coming back.
Sting was "injured" by Steiner in late 2000. He wrestled on the last Nitro and may have came back.
Nash lost a retirement match against Steiner. Probably would have came back too.

Problem with all these wrestlers is, they were very highly paid and with WCW in debt at the time, they may have chosen to just sit it out. Bischoff was planning to reboot WCW with DDP as his biggest face and Steiner as his biggest heel

WCW didn't honestly think it was going out of business, hence the creation of the Cruiserweight Tag Team Title which was like a month before they went out of business.

Oh and ROH blows.
  Reply With Quote
Old 02-13-2012, 03:38 PM   #14
Rollermacka
Gets Hardcore in the gym
 
Rollermacka's Avatar
 
Posts: 4,565
Rollermacka has a relatively large amount of rep (50,000+)Rollermacka has a relatively large amount of rep (50,000+)Rollermacka has a relatively large amount of rep (50,000+)Rollermacka has a relatively large amount of rep (50,000+)Rollermacka has a relatively large amount of rep (50,000+)Rollermacka has a relatively large amount of rep (50,000+)Rollermacka has a relatively large amount of rep (50,000+)Rollermacka has a relatively large amount of rep (50,000+)Rollermacka has a relatively large amount of rep (50,000+)Rollermacka has a relatively large amount of rep (50,000+)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball View Post
Was going to say it was just another dumb Russo idea that only he would have thought of it being epic but apparently according to Wikipedia he was out of WCW for the final 6 months and didn't have much of a say with this storyline.
So if Russo was gone, who was booking WCW? Eric Bischoff? I read that John Laurinaitis got Animal his job back in WCW, was he booking?
Rollermacka is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-13-2012, 04:50 PM   #15
Rammsteinmad
TPWW's #3 Peep
 
Rammsteinmad's Avatar
 
Posts: 20,891
Rammsteinmad makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Rammsteinmad makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Rammsteinmad makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Rammsteinmad makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Rammsteinmad makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Rammsteinmad makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Rammsteinmad makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Rammsteinmad makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Rammsteinmad makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Rammsteinmad makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Rammsteinmad makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Rammsteinmad makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Rammsteinmad makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gertner View Post
WCW didn't honestly think it was going out of business, hence the creation of the Cruiserweight Tag Team Title which was like a month before they went out of business.
Back then I was a mark for it all, but damn this title was so pointless.
Rammsteinmad is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-13-2012, 07:06 PM   #16
DLVH84
Samurai Rocker
 
DLVH84's Avatar
 
Posts: 2,876
DLVH84 has a good deal of rep (10,000+)DLVH84 has a good deal of rep (10,000+)DLVH84 has a good deal of rep (10,000+)DLVH84 has a good deal of rep (10,000+)DLVH84 has a good deal of rep (10,000+)DLVH84 has a good deal of rep (10,000+)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Aguakate View Post
They even made him Champion, and he still doesn't cut WCW any slack.
Well, Bret had some reason for it. While Bret was in WCW, there was a lot of political pull surrounding the World title (i.e. Hogan, Nash, etc.), so they gave Bret the next best thing, the U.S. title.
DLVH84 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-13-2012, 07:07 PM   #17
DLVH84
Samurai Rocker
 
DLVH84's Avatar
 
Posts: 2,876
DLVH84 has a good deal of rep (10,000+)DLVH84 has a good deal of rep (10,000+)DLVH84 has a good deal of rep (10,000+)DLVH84 has a good deal of rep (10,000+)DLVH84 has a good deal of rep (10,000+)DLVH84 has a good deal of rep (10,000+)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rollermacka View Post
So if Russo was gone, who was booking WCW? Eric Bischoff? I read that John Laurinaitis got Animal his job back in WCW, was he booking?
After Russo left, Johnny Ace was the booker. And when he was the booker, the matches had emphasis on clean finishes, a thing he learned from Baba.
DLVH84 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-13-2012, 07:13 PM   #18
Rammsteinmad
TPWW's #3 Peep
 
Rammsteinmad's Avatar
 
Posts: 20,891
Rammsteinmad makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Rammsteinmad makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Rammsteinmad makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Rammsteinmad makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Rammsteinmad makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Rammsteinmad makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Rammsteinmad makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Rammsteinmad makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Rammsteinmad makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Rammsteinmad makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Rammsteinmad makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Rammsteinmad makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Rammsteinmad makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)
Good 'ol Baba.
Rammsteinmad is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 08:03 AM.

Forums Home - TPWW - Archive - Top

Powered by vBulletin®