10-04-2012, 11:21 AM | #1 |
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What was wrong with the Bill Watts Era in WCW?
So watching this DVD, and looking at some matches from 1992, what was soo bad about the "Bill Watts Era" in WCW? It seemed like they still had solid high flyers like Pillman, Liger, Muta and Steamboat. The company seemed to be built around quality matches, not really "sports entertainment" based. 6:50 as a Tuner exectutive, that's all I'd have to hear about to support the head of a product. Outside of the racial issues he was accused of, what was so bad about the Watts Era in WCW? FEELS LIKE I'M WEARING NOTHING AT ALL NOTHING AT ALL NOTHING AT ALL |
10-04-2012, 12:26 PM | #2 |
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Wrestling was in a "down period" to begin with and "pure wrestling" has never drawn on a national scale. WCW in the early 90s had good wrestling, but the storylines were generally shit. Was he before or after the Robocop and Scorpion incidents?
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10-04-2012, 12:36 PM | #3 |
It's a blood match!
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I think that Bill just clashed with the execs at Turner, and in turn, created an out of date product.
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10-04-2012, 02:19 PM | #4 |
Samurai Rocker
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Bill came after those incidents.
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10-04-2012, 02:39 PM | #5 |
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He made Ron Simmons the champ, love the guy but he's not really a main eventer
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10-04-2012, 08:38 PM | #6 |
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Sports entertainment draws on a world-wide scale, pure wrestling does not. Bill Watts's ideas did not have mass appeal.
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10-05-2012, 12:18 AM | #7 |
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10-05-2012, 05:06 AM | #8 |
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Didn't he enforce a rule during his tenure by which you would be disqualified for throwing an opponent over the top rope?
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10-05-2012, 07:27 AM | #9 |
Taller than Adam Cole
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10-05-2012, 07:43 AM | #10 |
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I remember reading that Bill Watts did it in Foley's first book and a quick wiki search tells me it was Bill Watts too
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Wa...ship_Wrestling |
10-05-2012, 07:54 AM | #11 |
Fire up Chips!
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10-05-2012, 08:29 AM | #12 |
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I want to see an African American win the WWE title.
Unnrelated question: Is there more WWE champions from Mexico than from Canada? Its 3 to 2 right? Last edited by Big Vic; 10-05-2012 at 08:43 AM. |
10-05-2012, 04:39 PM | #13 |
I'ma gonna win
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10-05-2012, 07:07 PM | #14 |
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But that fourth guy you just named never existed :/
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10-05-2012, 07:26 PM | #15 |
Samurai Rocker
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That rule was an NWA rule that WCW kept until 1998, five years after breaking away from the NWA, due to many heel champions using that excessively to retain their titles.
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10-06-2012, 03:17 AM | #16 |
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10-06-2012, 12:27 PM | #17 |
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heard plenty of times he was just a bit shit to work for, a bit of a bully, liked to throw his weight around etc
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10-06-2012, 01:20 PM | #18 |
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10-07-2012, 10:12 AM | #19 |
I W C DEEZ NUTZ!
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Pillman? You're kidding me, right? I was under the impression he *respected* anyone who was the bookerman!
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10-07-2012, 12:17 PM | #20 |
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Well, Watts wanted Pillman to break his contract or risked being jobbed forever. Brian said something along the lines of "Fine, I'll be the highest-paid jobber in the company."
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10-07-2012, 01:27 PM | #21 |
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