If WWE now was put up against WCW's Russo Era, who would win the ratings war?

[Xero]

Pretty straight forward...

This assumes they're put up against each other 9PM to 11PM.

[Rollermacka]

Where's the choice for "everyone loses"?

[James Steele]

Vince would win.

[Krimzon7]

Vince would win hands down.

[sulzerdrone]

Nope. Pretty sure Vince would lose... :shifty:

[Xerzes]

WWE now, I guess. Two or three years ago, though? Toss-up.

[.44 Magdalene]

I think a fairer match would be TNA vs Russo Era WCW

[FourFifty]

I think a fairer match would be TNA vs Russo Era WCW vs watching kittens in the pet store

Yea, I'm gonna go with that last choice.

[Rammsteinmad]

It comes down to what you prefer seeing. A million run-ins, or Cena overcoming the odds. Tough choice.

[XIII]

if wcw was winning in ratings, mcmahon would definitely do somethin crazy or go back to like the attitude era and start swearin and showin titties again so ... wwe

[XIII]

russo blows toes

[DarKCentaur]

If it was WWE NOW vs 96-97 WCW... then WCW would easily win

[Jeritron]

WWE for sure. Their ratings may be down, but that was a boom period and the bottom line is people would tune in for HHH, Shawn, Taker, Jericho and Edge over the WCW 2000 product.

[Jeritron]

TNA has the biggest stars of that WCW era. Sting, Nash, Booker T, Jarret, and Steiner are all there, and filling the same roles for the most part.
Russo is also booking the show.

Still, the WWE is winning. The two reasons why their ratings have grown to a halfway decent point is because they've got their hands on Foley and Angle, who are established WWE guys.
Neither of those guys, or anyone like them, was present in "WCW's Russo era"
So yea, TNA provides the best possible measurement of how WCW would stack up against WWE today.

[Xero]

But TNA doesn't go up against WWE head-to-head. I honestly believe that, while it wouldn't be a huge difference, they could take a few points off from WWE.

But yeah, TNA is close to WCW 2000, true.

[Jeritron]

I think they could take a few points away, just like WCW obviously did even up til the end, but I don't think they'd stand a chance.

[The Gold Standard]

I think WWE would dominate.

[Theo Dious]

I think a fairer match would be TNA vs Russo Era WCW vs watching kittens in the pet store

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[DAMN iNATOR]

WE WANT KITTENS! *CLAP CLAP CLAPCLAPCLAP* WE WANT KITTENS! *CLAP CLAP CLAPCLAPCLAP* WE WANT KITTENS! *CLAP CLAP CLAPCLAPCLAP...*
http://www.plazanimal.cl/cms/images/stories/cute-kitten.jpg
:D:love::heart:

[Tazz Dan]

Kittens vs. Puppies. The age old question. Who would win?

[Xero]

Puppies, obv.

[Savio]

nah all dogs are <s>bitches</s> <s>pussies</s>....well you get the idea

[Casey Jones]

The WWE would win hands down in my opinion. The combination of John Cena, DX, the Undertaker, and Randy Orton would simply be too much. WCW simply did not have the star power to legitimately compete with the WWE: then and now.

The fact that Goldberg, Kevin Nash, DDP, and other WCE stars were only mid-carders in the WWE is a testament to that fact.

[sulzerdrone]

The fact that Goldberg, Kevin Nash, DDP, and other WCE stars were only mid-carders in the WWE is a testament to that fact.

Shit booking may have had something to do with that.

[Casey Jones]

Shit booking may have had something to do with that.

I don't think bad booking had any relevance whatsoever.

[sulzerdrone]

ok.

[.44 Magdalene]

The WWE would win hands down in my opinion. The combination of John Cena, DX, the Undertaker, and Randy Orton would simply be too much. WCW simply did not have the star power to legitimately compete with the WWE: then and now.

The fact that Goldberg, Kevin Nash, DDP, and other WCE stars were only mid-carders in the WWE is a testament to that fact.

Err is this baiting or what

[sulzerdrone]

What?

[.44 Magdalene]

I can't tell if señor Jones is joking or not.

[.44 Magdalene]

Which is the sort of tragic sock infested world we live in

[sulzerdrone]

He may or may not be another sock, either way it's an opinion, and one he is entitled to. He may have been one of those fans in the late '90s that chose sides, and believed so solidly in his choice that they couldn't recognize the positive differences between the two. Or he's just another trolling sock...

I was lucky. At that time in Canada, they were airing Nitro on Tuesdays, so I didn't have to chose. I got to watch both regularly, and saw that both had something to offer, and that they both had great talent on their respective rosters. It wasn't the in ring talent that lost WCW the Monday night wars, It was politics, and piss poor booking. But that's been rehashed a billion times, so....

[.44 Magdalene]

I'm just saying, the position of WCW wrestlers in later WWE has nothing to do with the drawing power of those individuals--all three of the guys mentioned were massive and their slow spiral into shit in WWE was clearly the result of booking, not a lack of following on any of their part's. The follow up on their potential was so bad that it might as well have been bad on purpose, and in at least a few of the cases, may very well have been intentional.

Except for Nash, of course. That was sort of everybody's fault.

Not that any of this is overly relevant because both Nash and Goldberg were WWE main eventers at one point or another during their time with the company. Saying they were midcarders is disengenuous, nevermind acting like they wouldn't be legitimate stars because of it.

[.44 Magdalene]

I mean, I fully agree WWE would straight up bend WCW over a table and have its way with Ted Turner's metaphorical asshole, but it's not because of some imaginary lack of star power. The fact that no small handful of WWE's major names--y hello thar Rey Mysterio--were raised suckling WCW's tit should say something about potential draw. Let's try not to sound retarded.

[sulzerdrone]

Shit booking may have had something to do with that.

I'm just saying, the position of WCW wrestlers in later WWE has nothing to do with the drawing power of those individuals--all three of the guys mentioned were massive and their slow spiral into shit in WWE was clearly the result of booking, not a lack of following on any of their part's. The follow up on their potential was so bad that it might as well have been bad on purpose, and in at least a few of the cases, may very well have been intentional.

Except for Nash, of course. That was sort of everybody's fault.

Not that any of this is overly relevant because both Nash and Goldberg were WWE main eventers at one point or another during their time with the company. Saying they were midcarders is disengenuous, nevermind acting like they wouldn't be legitimate stars because of it.

Seems we agree. Now everyone is going to think I'm your sock. :shifty:

[.44 Magdalene]

LOL. And yeah, Casey's follow up "bad booking? psh, nah" furthers the idea that this must be a fucking joke.