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Post by The Brain on Dec 5, 2016 1:28:09 GMT -5
All these years later I'm still disappointed we never found who was attacking the ''Magnificent 7'' on the next to last Nitro. 
But anyway what angles, acquired talent etc. you think would of happened if WCW stayed in business?
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Post by robbutler01 on Dec 5, 2016 5:30:34 GMT -5
All these years later I'm still disappointed we never found who was attacking the ''Magnificent 7'' on the next to last Nitro.
But anyway what angles, acquired talent etc. you think would of happened if WCW stayed in business?
Good thread, looking forward to some cool answers. Gonna try and think of some myself. I wondered about the magnificent 7 thing when they closed and haven't seen any rumours about it unfortunately |
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Post by The Brain on Dec 5, 2016 6:22:10 GMT -5
They even started up a cruiserweight tag division. It's a shame it never got off the ground since they went under just a few weeks later.
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Post by robbutler01 on Dec 5, 2016 10:35:07 GMT -5
They even started up a cruiserweight tag division. It's a shame it never got off the ground since they went under just a few weeks later. Yea I liked that idea, was a shame it didn't get chance to go anywhere though |
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Dec 5, 2016 10:49:50 GMT -5
I have a feeling that it would look a lot like what TNA was originally like in 2002.
I do think that Booker T would have ended up jumping ship to the WWE eventually. But as for guys like Nash, Goldberg, Sting, Hennig, Steiner, they all would have stayed with WCW for those big money contracts.
I think possibly Lance Storm would have went to the WWE when his WCW contract expired. But Rey, Kidman, Chavo etc. would have stayed with WCW.
Hogan would most likely come back to WCW as well.
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Post by theoutlaw1999 on Dec 5, 2016 12:34:57 GMT -5
My main thought is what WWE would've looked like.
There would've been no brand split and you have to wonder where the new RA guys like Cena, Orton and Lesnar would've went.
As for WCW I may be in the minority but I thought by the end of 2000 it started to improve so we may have be robbed of good times.
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Post by JokerFC on Dec 5, 2016 13:35:02 GMT -5
I still think all the big names would have ended back in WWE at one time or another...McMahon would have continued trying to undermine them by luring talent away.
However what type of WCW are we talking about? Without $$$balls Teddy backing them? The pursestrings would have been tightened substantially.....see my first point about talent staying.
I also agree that Steiners reign of terror on the faces was entertaining and WCW WAS becoming watchable again.
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Post by TheLastDude on Dec 5, 2016 15:52:37 GMT -5
I think it basically would have followed TNA's trajectory from start to current.
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Post by The Brain on Dec 5, 2016 16:43:07 GMT -5
I was really liking Schiavone/Hudson on commentary during their last few months. They both blended well together for being an all babyface team.
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Post by bigraj on Dec 5, 2016 17:30:44 GMT -5
I'm sure the established guys with the big contracts would have stuck around and regained power, pushing out guys like Booker T and other "Invasion" guys once they got tired of hitting the glass ceiling. A few years later they get desperate enough to hit up Japan, RoH and other indies and we get Danielson, Punk, Kenta, Joe and others in WCW.
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Post by K5 on Dec 5, 2016 20:08:20 GMT -5
for the most part, as others mentioned, tna is a pretty good idea of where things would have went. throw in the wwa/xwf and voila.
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Post by robbutler01 on Dec 6, 2016 3:32:30 GMT -5
for the most part, as others mentioned, tna is a pretty good idea of where things would have went. throw in the wwa/xwf and voila. Think this pretty much sums it up. Still woould have been interesting to see where they could have taken but we'll never know! |
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Post by The Brain on Dec 6, 2016 5:56:15 GMT -5
Overall I miss WCW. A lot of people criticize their final years but it's still way better than anything going on today with WWE.
And oh yeah Mark Madden>Corey Graves.
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Post by robbutler01 on Dec 6, 2016 8:10:36 GMT -5
Overall I miss WCW. A lot of people criticize their final years but it's still way better than anything going on today with WWE. And oh yeah Mark Madden>Corey Graves. I miss it too. whether it was the wcw nwo era or the nwa it had something about it that I enjoyed. Loved the raw, gritty feel of the nwa and then the showy big names in the wcw era. Good times - well apart from the weird Dungeon of doom/Hogan dressed in black stuff. but even that could be viewed as a practice run for turning Hogan heel and we got the giant......oh actually we also so got the yeti though lol! |
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Post by The Brain on Dec 6, 2016 18:19:42 GMT -5
Overall I miss WCW. A lot of people criticize their final years but it's still way better than anything going on today with WWE. And oh yeah Mark Madden>Corey Graves. I miss it too. whether it was the wcw nwo era or the nwa it had something about it that I enjoyed. Loved the raw, gritty feel of the nwa and then the showy big names in the wcw era. Good times - well apart from the weird Dungeon of doom/Hogan dressed in black stuff. but even that could be viewed as a practice run for turning Hogan heel and we got the giant......oh actually we also so got the yeti though lol! The Dungeon of Doom stuff was corny as hell but I still enjoyed it.
SULLIVAN MY SON!!!
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Post by johnnyaustin21 on Dec 6, 2016 18:33:23 GMT -5
I've always wonder what could have been.I think WCW would have moved away from guys like Hogan,Nash,Sid...ect and would have just kept a few bigger legends like Sting,Flair and Goldberg around while having a main event scene of Booker T,Steiner,Jarrett,Rhodes,Storm,O'Haire,...ect and would have brought in a lot of the talent that ended up in ROH and TNA with WCW not being around.
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Post by robbutler01 on Dec 7, 2016 2:32:51 GMT -5
I miss it too. whether it was the wcw nwo era or the nwa it had something about it that I enjoyed. Loved the raw, gritty feel of the nwa and then the showy big names in the wcw era. Good times - well apart from the weird Dungeon of doom/Hogan dressed in black stuff. but even that could be viewed as a practice run for turning Hogan heel and we got the giant......oh actually we also so got the yeti though lol! The Dungeon of Doom stuff was corny as hell but I still enjoyed it.
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Post by JC Motors on Dec 18, 2016 20:36:34 GMT -5
They probably wouldn't have survived much longer maybe 3 years tops
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Post by The Brain on Dec 19, 2016 0:33:26 GMT -5
I always felt bad for Sean O' Haire as he was really getting a chance to shine in those last few months but then the company folded.IMO he had a lot of potential to be World Champion if the WCW stayed in business.
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Post by 500DaysofNight on Jan 13, 2017 1:10:08 GMT -5
I'm sure quite a few of the ECW guys would've ended up there. Van Dam, Tazz and Rhyno could've ran that place for sure. And just imagine Tajiri in a decent cruiserweight division for a change. Also, I think they could've gotten Steve Corino.
They had so much young talent too that ended up getting thrown away and just wasted because of the sell to WWE. Jindrak & O'Haire for starters and other guys like Kid Kash and Jason Jett (EZ Money in ECW, who got absolutely screwed by getting thrown in HWA and eventually released. He lives in my small little town in East TN and I see him fairly often and it's just sad knowing he never even got a chance. Can't forget they had Christopher Daniels there at the very end as well.
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