Sephiroth
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Post by Sephiroth on Jan 8, 2018 12:39:12 GMT -5
Sorry for the vagueness of this one, but I really can’t remember if it was Hawk or Animal. But the set up was WCW in the midst of Vince Russo as the evil boss heel who every other heel took orders from announcing yet another of his “mystery” participants in some event, and it turned out to be one fo the Road Warriors. And he ended up not lasting very long, laying the role of Russo’s “enforcer” before vanishing back into nowhere. Never mind you had the likes of Mike Awesome on the roster, who could easily have played a believable heel enforcer. Nope, lets get the a guy who was fresh off a WWF run where they introduced a guy called Puke and did a BS “suicide” angle. And at a time when WCW was already a money pit thanks to throwing away cash hand over fist to keep wrestlers on roster just so the WWF wouldn’t have them.I wouldn’t be amazed if only a few besides me remember this.
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Post by Muskrat on Jan 8, 2018 13:09:22 GMT -5
It was Road Warrior Animal and he debuted at the Sin PPV in January 2001. He was a part of the shortlived Magnificent Seven stable in WCW's dying days
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Post by willywonka666 on Jan 8, 2018 13:49:39 GMT -5
Had WCW survived, it was rumored that Hawk was ready to return after medical clearance which I would have loved for the promotion to survive for that alone
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Post by cjh on Jan 8, 2018 13:59:00 GMT -5
It was Ric Flair who set up the match as the babyface CEO of WCW. Vince Russo was gone for good at this point, both on-air and as head writer. I'm not exactly sure who took over for him.
After Animal helped Scott Steiner win, it was revealed on Nitro the next night that Flair set up the whole thing to keep the title on Steiner, and he was now a heel, leading both Steiners, Jarrett, Animal, Luger, and Bagwell as the top heels.
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Post by thegame415 on Jan 8, 2018 14:47:16 GMT -5
It was Ric Flair who set up the match as the babyface CEO of WCW. Vince Russo was gone for good at this point, both on-air and as head writer. I'm not exactly sure who took over for him. After Animal helped Scott Steiner win, it was revealed on Nitro the next night that Flair set up the whole thing to keep the title on Steiner, and he was now a heel, leading both Steiners, Jarrett, Animal, Luger, and Bagwell as the top heels. I believe Johnny Ace was booking at this point with Disco Inferno and Terry Taylor. |
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Sephiroth
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Post by Sephiroth on Jan 8, 2018 15:00:34 GMT -5
It was Ric Flair who set up the match as the babyface CEO of WCW. Vince Russo was gone for good at this point, both on-air and as head writer. I'm not exactly sure who took over for him. After Animal helped Scott Steiner win, it was revealed on Nitro the next night that Flair set up the whole thing to keep the title on Steiner, and he was now a heel, leading both Steiners, Jarrett, Animal, Luger, and Bagwell as the top heels. I believe Johnny Ace was booking at this point with Disco Inferno and Terry Taylor. That witches brew explains a few things. |
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Post by thegame415 on Jan 8, 2018 17:57:36 GMT -5
I believe Johnny Ace was booking at this point with Disco Inferno and Terry Taylor. That witches brew explains a few things. I think this group took over around Halloween Havoc. |
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Jan 8, 2018 18:01:09 GMT -5
IIRC, because they showed Animal arriving backstage it was why Sid’s leg break didn’t actually air on the PPV itself. They showed him lying there on the show but didn’t show the actual moment of the break until Nitro the night after.
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Cranjis McBasketball
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Jan 8, 2018 19:51:31 GMT -5
IIRC, because they showed Animal arriving backstage it was why Sid’s leg break didn’t actually air on the PPV itself. They showed him lying there on the show but didn’t show the actual moment of the break until Nitro the night after. So they insisted Sid have a top rope attack, and they don’t even show it? For the best, but still. |
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Post by ronnie2hotty on Jan 9, 2018 7:22:23 GMT -5
[/quote]So they insisted Sid have a top rope attack, and they don’t even show it? [/quote]
WCW everybody.
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Post by TGM on Jan 9, 2018 7:23:57 GMT -5
This is slightly off topic but can somebody post a chronological list of who was booking WCW in it's dying days?
Say from when Bischoff was removed. I know Nash, Sullivan, Russo and Bischoff again were all calling the shots at some point.
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Jan 9, 2018 8:58:41 GMT -5
It was Ric Flair who set up the match as the babyface CEO of WCW. Vince Russo was gone for good at this point, both on-air and as head writer. I'm not exactly sure who took over for him. After Animal helped Scott Steiner win, it was revealed on Nitro the next night that Flair set up the whole thing to keep the title on Steiner, and he was now a heel, leading both Steiners, Jarrett, Animal, Luger, and Bagwell as the top heels. Flair's turn made absolutely no sense. Don't get me wrong, he's one of the greatest heels ever, but this turn was done because....reasons. ' |
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Post by Cry Me a Wiggle on Jan 9, 2018 12:39:39 GMT -5
This is slightly off topic but can somebody post a chronological list of who was booking WCW in it's dying days? Say from when Bischoff was removed. I know Nash, Sullivan, Russo and Bischoff again were all calling the shots at some point. As best as I can remember... 1: Fall Brawl '99 to mid-October '99: Sullivan, J.J. Dillon, and some other longtime WCW agents and bookers. 2. The week before Halloween Havoc '99 to just before Souled Out 2000: Russo and Ferrera 3. Souled Out 2000 to Spring Breakout: A "creative committee" led by Sullivan. Ferrera was still there booking some minor angles during this time (which led to his fallout with Russo). 4. April 10, 2000 to the week after the Great American Bash 2000: Russo and Bischoff 5. The three weeks leading to Bash at the Beach 2000: Bischoff and Johnny Ace? I'm not quite clear. Russo had gone home in frustration again. 6. Bash at the Beach 2000 to the October Australian tour: Russo and his crew (guys like Terry Taylor, Disco Inferno, maybe Nash, Bill Banks, and Jeremy Borash), with Johnny Ace laying out the actual mathes. Bischoff had walked away after the shoot on Hogan and was focused on getting investors to buy WCW. 7. October Australian tour to Sin (January 2001): The remnants of Russo's crew. Russo had gone home on medical leave after concussing himself silly and never returned. 8. Sin (January 2001) to the week after Greed (March 2001): Bischoff had final creative say during this time, as he had partnered with Fusient to buy WCW, but I'm pretty sure Johnny Ace was the primary booker. 9. March 26, 2001: The WWF |
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Post by Joe Neglia on Jan 10, 2018 3:29:12 GMT -5
9. March 26, 2001: The WWF I feel this one may be a bit simplified. Vince certainly had his guys lay out the "important" stuff with the crossfeed, the directive to put the title on Booker, and other aspects and formatting, but they actually left the matches themselves mostly to whatever WCW booking team was still left that night. The workers involved apparently had some say as well, or at least some of them did. A lot of the Sting/Flair stuff in their match was put together by the two of them. |
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