FINALLY read The Death of WCW

[Van Hagar]

First, thank you and Mr. Alveraz for writing that book. I would like to ESPECIALLY thank you for the fact you likely had to go through all of those old Nitro and Thunder tapes.

Second, I just want to say that I couldn't put the book down, I read it from when I got home with it until I went to sleep.

Third, as fun as the book was at the end it just became so depressing. This is through no fault of the authors, just the subject matter. The epilogue made it even worse. I hate to say it RD, but I think you ARE better than at least Russo. Now tommorrow night I have no place to switch off to another wrestling program even when I don't want to see JR vs. HHH.

However, it was still one of the best wrestling books out there, and thank you again.

[cenamaniac]

I showed my copy of Death of WCW to a woman who was wrestling fan. She didn't know WCW died and asked me what happend.

[Lenny: Smooth like Keith Stone]

I showed my copy of Death of WCW to a woman who was wrestling fan. She didn't know WCW died and asked me what happend.

You should have told her it was hit by a bus.

[thefranceman]

A hummer would be more accurate.

[rdreynolds]

Thanks for the kind words. Trust me, we were really depressed when writing it, but at least we know that a lot of folks enjoyed the book.

RD

[Hypnotix]

I too recently read the Death of WCW, and like so many others, I couldn't put it down. What an amazing tragedy. I remember reading the part where someone offered a half a billion dollars to buy WCW, which was turned down, only to see it sold later to McMahon for four million. Oh man, it's so sad.

RD, you and Alvarez did an excellent job covering the rise and fall of one of the greatest federations we will ever see. So many things jumped out to me as what I'd call "brilliantly stupid." Like WCW Hog/Road Wild. A free live PPV. They could've made millions at the gate, yet they chose to give the show away every year to an audience that probably cared more about the emblems on each others' bikes than what was going on in the ring. I can't believe that nothing bad ever happened like someone ramming their bike through the gates or anything crazy like that. No wonder I never saw any of those PPV's. Come to think of it, I rarely purchased any WCW shows.

[HoagieWithPastrami]

What a coincidence. I just got both Death of WCW and Wrestlecrap off of Amazon.com last week, received them in the mail on Saturday, read Death of WCW first, then finished up Wrestlecrap yesterday.

Both of them were awesome, but I think Death of WCW was slightly better.

And it was more depressing than I thought it would be to read about the last 2 years of WCW.

I remember on Mondays, if I couldn't fall asleep after RAW I'd put on TNT for the Nitro replay and lie in bed and watch every one of those horrible angles go down.

RD, I think it's time to write another book man.

[SRX24]

Reading about the final two years of WCW's existance was the most depressing part. You just saw so many missteps that could easily have been avoided.

[jwp322]

I have say, I bought both wrestlecrap and Death of WCW. I think Death of the WCW is the best wrestling book I have every read, however, wrestlecrap is boring and seems like it was written by beginners. Why is that?

[rockymelvin]

It is amazing how incompetent WCW were on all levels and given the evidence in the book it's probably a miracle they lasted as long as they did.