Post by cordless2016 on Dec 22, 2023 14:54:23 GMT -5
On the “Last Nitro” podcast of Something to Wrestle With, Bruce Pritchard said that they had no clue when airing the show as to which talent would be included with the purchase and who were under the lucrative Time-Warner contracts. Bruce said they booked the show to send fans home happy and give them hope for the future.
What’s interesting with this is that they booked Booker T to win the WCW Title and walk out with the two top titles in the company despite not knowing whether they had him under contract or not. Booker has since commented that he was on a Time-Warner contract, and like DDP, decided to take a buyout in order to join the WWF right away. While he wasn’t the first “WCW star” to show up on WWF programming following the purchase, him attacking Austin at KOTR was seen as the bang that started the whole “Invasion” angle.
However, what happens if Booker didn’t take the buy-out? He left a ton of money on the table like DDP and could have easily sat at home with the two top belts from WCW. Does the Invasion storyline even come to be if Booker isn’t involved? The angle was already seen as a flop when it started due to the lack of star-power from the WCW side of things, and this would have only left them with DDP as a legit top-guy (and we all know how he was viewed by Vince and Taker).
Does the WWF still try to run the Invasion angle without Booker T and the top belts in the company? Do they just skip the Invasion angle and slowly introduce the performers without mentioning their WCW background?
What’s interesting with this is that they booked Booker T to win the WCW Title and walk out with the two top titles in the company despite not knowing whether they had him under contract or not. Booker has since commented that he was on a Time-Warner contract, and like DDP, decided to take a buyout in order to join the WWF right away. While he wasn’t the first “WCW star” to show up on WWF programming following the purchase, him attacking Austin at KOTR was seen as the bang that started the whole “Invasion” angle.
However, what happens if Booker didn’t take the buy-out? He left a ton of money on the table like DDP and could have easily sat at home with the two top belts from WCW. Does the Invasion storyline even come to be if Booker isn’t involved? The angle was already seen as a flop when it started due to the lack of star-power from the WCW side of things, and this would have only left them with DDP as a legit top-guy (and we all know how he was viewed by Vince and Taker).
Does the WWF still try to run the Invasion angle without Booker T and the top belts in the company? Do they just skip the Invasion angle and slowly introduce the performers without mentioning their WCW background?
