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**Fox** · 03-02-2011, 11:15 PM

I started out as a die hard WCW fan in 1997 and made fun of the kids who watched WWF, so I only watched Nitro and only switched over to USA during commercials only to find that I didn't know or care about any of the characters, and then switched back to Nitro as soon as it came back from break.

Sometime in late 1999 I started to get more into the WWF as WCW's programming truly turned to absolute shit. I would record RAW IS WAR on my parents' TV upstairs and watched/recorded Nitro downstairs. Around the time Jericho and Big Show/Giant left WCW for the WWF that changed and I would record Nitro upstairs so I could fast forward through all the bullshit and I would watch/record RAW IS WAR live.

Around late 2000 I went on a WCW strike in a single-handed attempt at making them improve their content. At this time I wrote a column for a site called 5 Star Wrestling.com called "Last Man Standing" and wrote an entire column dedicated to saying goodbye to WCW until they got better, comparing it to abandoning a drug addicted friend in an attempt to make them hit rock bottom and eventually ask for help.

My friend apparently OD'd and died.

03-02-2011, 11:15 PM	#27
Fox "Ask him!" Posts: 10,075	I started out as a die hard WCW fan in 1997 and made fun of the kids who watched WWF, so I only watched Nitro and only switched over to USA during commercials only to find that I didn't know or care about any of the characters, and then switched back to Nitro as soon as it came back from break. Sometime in late 1999 I started to get more into the WWF as WCW's programming truly turned to absolute shit. I would record RAW IS WAR on my parents' TV upstairs and watched/recorded Nitro downstairs. Around the time Jericho and Big Show/Giant left WCW for the WWF that changed and I would record Nitro upstairs so I could fast forward through all the bullshit and I would watch/record RAW IS WAR live. Around late 2000 I went on a WCW strike in a single-handed attempt at making them improve their content. At this time I wrote a column for a site called 5 Star Wrestling.com called "Last Man Standing" and wrote an entire column dedicated to saying goodbye to WCW until they got better, comparing it to abandoning a drug addicted friend in an attempt to make them hit rock bottom and eventually ask for help. My friend apparently OD'd and died.