Biggest Falls From Grace?

**NeanderCarl** · 02-08-2008, 08:53 AM

Vince McMahon made absolutely no effort to sign Warrior, even when he heard WCW was negotiating with him. At the height of the Monday Night Wars, that speaks for itself.

Barring a spike on his first night, Warrior had no positive effect whatsoever on WCW's ratings, and the trend even implied that fans switched off during his quarter-hour breakdowns, if my memory does serve me correctly.

He managed to injure himself during a run-in, his barmy ideas led to ridiculous gimmicks and the injury which ultimately ended Davey Boy Smith's career, and the sole singles match he wrestled during his million dollar contract with WCW was so bad that, save one tag team match which was also the pits, they actually sent him home to sit out the remainder of his huge contract rather than have him fuck up their show any more than he already had done.

After all that, do you really think anybody would be stupid enough to want to book Warrior??

If you answered "yes", you'd be spot on.... that somebody who was "stupid" enough was Vince Russo, who thought the answer to all of WCW's problems in 2000 was a Goldberg vs Warrior match.

Luckily, either somebody higher up the totem pole put the kibosh on it, or Warrior demanded far too much moolah or simply wasn't interested, but when the only man who has tried to book you as a wrestler in a big-league promotion in nearly a decade is Vince Russo, I'd say you're pretty much blackballed.

As a footnote, watch Warrior show up on TNA next month, just to prove:
a) me wrong
b) what a moron Russo is.

02-08-2008, 08:53 AM	#15
NeanderCarl That's Not My Name Posts: 9,086	Vince McMahon made absolutely no effort to sign Warrior, even when he heard WCW was negotiating with him. At the height of the Monday Night Wars, that speaks for itself. Barring a spike on his first night, Warrior had no positive effect whatsoever on WCW's ratings, and the trend even implied that fans switched off during his quarter-hour breakdowns, if my memory does serve me correctly. He managed to injure himself during a run-in, his barmy ideas led to ridiculous gimmicks and the injury which ultimately ended Davey Boy Smith's career, and the sole singles match he wrestled during his million dollar contract with WCW was so bad that, save one tag team match which was also the pits, they actually sent him home to sit out the remainder of his huge contract rather than have him fuck up their show any more than he already had done. After all that, do you really think anybody would be stupid enough to want to book Warrior?? If you answered "yes", you'd be spot on.... that somebody who was "stupid" enough was Vince Russo, who thought the answer to all of WCW's problems in 2000 was a Goldberg vs Warrior match. Luckily, either somebody higher up the totem pole put the kibosh on it, or Warrior demanded far too much moolah or simply wasn't interested, but when the only man who has tried to book you as a wrestler in a big-league promotion in nearly a decade is Vince Russo, I'd say you're pretty much blackballed. As a footnote, watch Warrior show up on TNA next month, just to prove: a) me wrong b) what a moron Russo is.