What would've you done to keep the momentum going for WCW during the ratings war

**Mr. Nerfect** · 12-22-2010, 08:49 PM

I wasn't a wrestling fan at the time, but you hear about all the problems WCW had in its dying days. The top guys were gripping to their spots, and not moving out for certain other young talents. People were high on the Cruiserweight Division until the very end, and I seem to recall people expecting huge things from The Natural Born Thrillers, had Hogan been willing to put over Sean O'Haire in that era, and didn't wait until he was aligned with Roddy Piper down the track a couple of years on SmackDown! to do it.

Horrible booking decisions started as far back as the infamous Hogan/Sting match, with Hogan really out to protect himself. This carried on throughout the years, but instead of just saying what everyone already knows, I'll just go with clinging to the past as something WCW did wrong. nWo Black & Silver was not going to save WCW. David Arquette was not going to save WCW. Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash and Ric Flair were not going to save WCW. Losing pretty much your entire awesome mid-card doesn't help, but those guys should have been bumped up when it was their time to get bumped up.

12-22-2010, 08:49 PM	#16
Mr. Nerfect Posts: 61,565	I wasn't a wrestling fan at the time, but you hear about all the problems WCW had in its dying days. The top guys were gripping to their spots, and not moving out for certain other young talents. People were high on the Cruiserweight Division until the very end, and I seem to recall people expecting huge things from The Natural Born Thrillers, had Hogan been willing to put over Sean O'Haire in that era, and didn't wait until he was aligned with Roddy Piper down the track a couple of years on SmackDown! to do it. Horrible booking decisions started as far back as the infamous Hogan/Sting match, with Hogan really out to protect himself. This carried on throughout the years, but instead of just saying what everyone already knows, I'll just go with clinging to the past as something WCW did wrong. nWo Black & Silver was not going to save WCW. David Arquette was not going to save WCW. Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash and Ric Flair were not going to save WCW. Losing pretty much your entire awesome mid-card doesn't help, but those guys should have been bumped up when it was their time to get bumped up.