"The Fall of WCW" Docu-Series in the Works

[Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast]

A new report has an update on VICE TV and Seven Bucks production’s planned docuseries on the fall of WCW. As previously reported, The Rock’s production team is working with VICE on the new series, which will explore the “demise of World Championship Wrestling.” Seven Bucks previously worked with VICE on Tales of the Territories.

According to PWInsider, the team behind Dark Side of the Ring is working on the new series as well. The series is still under development and several former WCW individuals have reportedly been contacted about potentially being involved.

No word as of yet on when the show will begin filming.

[BRV]

Hasn't the story of the demise of WCW been told in every conceivable way in every format possible? There have been books, DVDs, podcasts. How many more times does the story really need to be told?

And, knowing that the team behind "Dark Side of the Ring" is involved in this, expect a few needless potshots to be thrown at Vince McMahon and for a not-insignificant portion of the blame of the demise of WCW to be his fault.

[eJm]

It'll be 23 years since WCW was sold to the WWF this March. I was 12 when that happened.

I'm pretty sure everyone and their mother knows the WWE's version of events and others know the non-spun version of what happened.

Who is this for? What new info could possibly be brought to light that wasn't in the WWE series, the Alverez/RD books, the Guy Evans books, the biographies of people like Flair, the YouTube series Wrestling Bios is running, what story is there to tell now?

[chrom]

If I had a dollar for everyone of these made

[thirteen3]

The World at War didn't stop WWII documentaries from being made.

[eJm]

Jan 3, 2024 11:56:02 GMT -5 thirteen3 said:

The World at War didn't stop WWII documentaries from being made.

No, but there are individual stories surrounding the war that you can go into and it’d be fascinating. What different people were doing for the war effort, different battles, how countries responded to the war, it’s a wide complex narrative of stuff. New stuff comes out every so often, stuff gets restored and shown because it wasn’t a small global event.

The Death of WCW is in the same vein as how the Dragonball Z games used to only go from Raditz to Buu. It was fine the first time, but after the 8959285th retelling of the “That’ll put Butts in Seats” story, it gets really, really boring.

[tafkaga]

Half the doc should be about how Vince botched the inVasion, the sad state of wrestling for years with no competition, and how Raw has had periods of consistently worse ratings than Nitro during its weakest era and still somehow hasn't "gone out of business".

[James Fabiano]

Jan 3, 2024 11:30:41 GMT -5 BRV said:

Hasn't the story of the demise of WCW been told in every conceivable way in every format possible? There have been books, DVDs, podcasts. How many more times does the story really need to be told?

Kind of like the story of ECW.

Actually, what stories in wrestling haven't been told ad infinitum at this point?

[Stone Coke Miami Watson 🥃]

[Venti]

What next, a series on the Montreal Screwjob?

[eJm]

Jan 3, 2024 17:25:15 GMT -5 Venti said:

What next, a series on the Montreal Screwjob?

One of the funniest moments of last year was the Los Angeles Times piece on Vince which was extremely damning and then they asked the company to comment on the Montreal Screwjob. In 2023.

[Lance Uppercut]

Looking forward to the dark side recreation of events with blurry dark footage of Indy guys. I’m not even being sarcastic, I like that aesthetic

[OGBoardPoster2005]

Can't wait to see if they ask Eric Bischoff his thoughts:

"The Death of WCW was caused by Terri Tingle, yeah Terri Tingle was her name. Doesn't that sound like a stripper? Right? But yeah, Terry Tingle, Bill Busch, Vince Russo, Brad Siegel, Time-Warner merger, f***ing Brutus the Barber Beefcake, standards and practices...."

[bob]

I really don't think there is any new ground to cover

[koreycaskets]

Oh I hope Russo is the Narrator.

[buckethead]

Jan 3, 2024 11:30:41 GMT -5 BRV said:

Hasn't the story of the demise of WCW been told in every conceivable way in every format possible? There have been books, DVDs, podcasts. How many more times does the story really need to be told?

And, knowing that the team behind "Dark Side of the Ring" is involved in this, expect a few needless potshots to be thrown at Vince McMahon and for a not-insignificant portion of the blame of the demise of WCW to be his fault.

Instead of hearing about that for the thousandth time, I'd rather see a really deep dive into 80s NWA, how Crockett handled trying to compete with McMahon, fracturing of the Alliance, purchasing UWF, Dusty steering the ship, and the complete failure which led to Turner.

[Clash, Never a Meter Maid]

Jan 3, 2024 16:13:02 GMT -5 Stone Coke Miami Watson 🥃 said:

Pictured: 2024 Angry Dudebro Videos about Girls In Star Wars.

["Playboy" Don Douglas]

Jan 3, 2024 21:21:43 GMT -5 buckethead said:

Jan 3, 2024 11:30:41 GMT -5 BRV said:

Hasn't the story of the demise of WCW been told in every conceivable way in every format possible? There have been books, DVDs, podcasts. How many more times does the story really need to be told?

And, knowing that the team behind "Dark Side of the Ring" is involved in this, expect a few needless potshots to be thrown at Vince McMahon and for a not-insignificant portion of the blame of the demise of WCW to be his fault.

Instead of hearing about that for the thousandth time, I'd rather see a really deep dive into 80s NWA, how Crockett handled trying to compete with McMahon, fracturing of the Alliance, purchasing UWF, Dusty steering the ship, and the complete failure which led to Turner.

Something that has always interested me is that Jimmy Crockett wasn’t the original choice to run the company. When Him Sr. died, Frances Crockett’s husband, John Ringley, was the original one appointed to run things, but got busted cheating on his wife shortly thereafter and the family forced him out.

Would Ringley have attempted the same aggressive expansion? Would he have been as enamored with Dusty Rhodes? Bought planes?

[tirtefaa]

Another one?

After revisiting WCW, I think the conclusion is obvious without the bias needed.

At the end of the day, it was perfect timing. No way would that deal take place in 2024. No matter how damaged the WCW brand was at the time, someone out there would have seen the value it still had.

Again, it's interesting to think about what would have happened if WCW stuck around for another year, while WWF kept their big plans in place such as Stone Cold turning heel, Rock leaving, and the injuries to Triple H and Benoit. I don't believe that WCW turns the tide of the MNW, but I can definitely see them at least gaining some of their audience back, provided that wrestling remained a hot commodity.

[hassanchop]

At this point all they can ask is the business side of the Turner/Time Warner Networks their takes, the non-wrestling people and most of the anti-wrestling suits of the time.