Postmania XIX: Welcome back to reality Ryback!

[Alex]

at least he realized it, he's done a couple Legends roundtables and has said he got caught up in how fast WCW rose and listened to the wrong people and made some dumb decisions

I'd be more impressed if he said "I had an idea for one good angle and nothing else."

[Vibranium]

I'd be more impressed if he said "I had an idea for one good angle and nothing else."

Nitro came about because Turner asked Bischoff what they needed to do to compete with Vince and the WWF, he was there to talk about doing international tv distribution/syndication for WCW and when Turner asked his response was I'd need two hours in primetime on either TBS or TNT....said Turner picked up the phone, called the head of programming for TNT and told them to give Bischoff 2 hours on TNT on Mondays

so there was that

[JCAll]

Shame it was exclusive to the less popular system.

What? N64 was the best system for wrestling.

[Alex]

What? N64 was the best system for wrestling.

Which doesn't mean it wasn't outsold by over 2:1 against the playstation.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Bischoff (by his own admission) got caught up in the popularity of the NWO and wanted it as a sub brand of WCW

Bischoff is a noted idiot, who after the failure of the first nwo themed ppv, and the nwo nitro, still pushed the nwo harder than everything else.

To be fair the company that owned WCW went ahead and approved Thunder , which put them in a situation. The idea was that Nitro was gonna be the NWO brand and Thunder the WCW one. It was a key reason Bischoff agreed (plus the money TBS paid) to get that. But those plans were dissolved and they just had 2 WCW brands .

So the wheels went in motion before the whole NWO Nitro. They felt they could do it...but it bombed and made em rethink that.

[Legato]

To be fair the company that owned WCW went ahead and approved Thunder , which put them in a situation. The idea was that Nitro was gonna be the NWO brand and Thunder the WCW one. It was a key reason Bischoff agreed (plus the money TBS paid) to get that. But those plans were dissolved and they just had 2 WCW brands .

So the wheels went in motion before the whole NWO Nitro. They felt they could do it...but it bombed and made em rethink that.

The reason why it bombed was because nobody wanted to see a show that consist of nothing but heels.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Watching ROH....the company seemed to realize C & C sucked pretty damn hard so they rejoined the American Wolves and brought back the Bravado Brothers to fix the division. Which is a wise move. Because they need over teams .

Charlie Haas has been doing a very angry Steve Austin style gimmick now "The Outlaw" . He comes out swearing , drinking beer and all PISSED OFF. Last week he destroyed some ring boy and in a comical spot... "So whats your name ?" "Mr. Haas my name is Jimmy (I believe)." "To hell with that...I'm calling you Cheeseburger ! Cheeseburger , you wanna be a wrestler ?!"

The fans are cheered the ring guy on...calling him cheeseburger , which pissed off Haas off more.


This week Michael Elgrin beat Mike Bennett . Maria came out so damn hot with Bennett , the 2 could have melted the stage with what they gave off. So of course Jim Cornette knowing what sex appeal is...has him lose to a nothing special dude.

[Alex]

To be fair the company that owned WCW went ahead and approved Thunder , which put them in a situation. The idea was that Nitro was gonna be the NWO brand and Thunder the WCW one. It was a key reason Bischoff agreed (plus the money TBS paid) to get that. But those plans were dissolved and they just had 2 WCW brands .

So the wheels went in motion before the whole NWO Nitro. They felt they could do it...but it bombed and made em rethink that.

Yeah, silly to think they could make a company with a giant talent roster have two shows without one being based around the nwo.
How many years has Smackdown been on tv?

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Well Scum decimated the American Wolves , so I get the sense that the Wolves will be working a heel program with Scum soon at some point.

I admit I like Steve Corino but its clear with this young roster , its exposing him more and more. He's older...slower. Its not working as well. With Rhino in SCUM now ...they should pair Rhino/Jacobs as a team and let Corino be the manager.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Yeah, silly to think they could make a company with a giant talent roster have two shows without one being based around the nwo.
How many years has Smackdown been on tv?

Well to be fair the WWE ran 2 brands remember after 4 years and did a brand split where Smackdown was its own brand and title ? Its not like WCW was alone in trying a split brand concept. Because 4 years after Smackdown debuted...it went that way awhile...(and really should end ...and be 1 World title again).

[Alex]

Well to be fair the WWE ran 2 brands remember after 4 years and did a brand split where Smackdown was its own brand and title ? Its not like WCW was alone in trying a split brand concept. Because 4 years after Smackdown debuted...it went that way awhile...(and really should end ...and be 1 World title again).

I ment it doesn't matter if it's 2 brands or one if your product isn't a shithole that refuses to push anyone.
We will see what happens with the second title and what they see. Brand split is officialy dead, smackdown house shows are dead now.
I guess the only thing is, and this sounds stupid when i actually type it out, they have so many people that you basicly remove smackdowns only angle left if you remove the second title. That's all it's good for at this point, it's the onyl thing they build on smackdown.

[steve2275]

http://www.reviewtopia.net/content/w...11-episode-179

[KiFF86]

This week Michael Elgrin beat Mike Bennett . Maria came out so damn hot with Bennett , the 2 could have melted the stage with what they gave off. So of course Jim Cornette knowing what sex appeal is...has him lose to a nothing special dude.

Yeah, you got this one wrong.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Yeah, you got this one wrong.

Yeah I miss spelled his name more or less. But the thought is the same. I have seen the guy for months on the show. But hell...he's so uninteresting that Grizzly Redwood has more personality and made me care more his match with Strong. And Redwood is a 5'3 smaller guy !

[KiFF86]

The guy is retard strong and has had amazing matches. His shit in PWG is great too. He might need a manager or whatever but as the saying goes.... Michael Elgin is a beast.