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Post by AKIMan64 on Oct 1, 2013 16:36:35 GMT -5
Looking back, WCW had pretty over-the-top gimmick matches during its existence, especially having 60 competitors wrestling in 3 rings. While obviously WCW's answer to the Royal Rumble, it was kind of entertaining somewhat. Although the downside is that there was too much going on. Was there any particular reason why they ditched the PPV altogether?
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Post by chazraps on Oct 1, 2013 16:38:04 GMT -5
Wasn't this a Russo call?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2013 17:29:27 GMT -5
..........it was a clusterf*&#, quite honestly. And this is from someone who loves battle royals.
The 1st one was rather decent, and not a complete mess given the format. But it seems the ones that followed become more gimmicky and lost their focus.
The '98 WW3 match was dreadful - basically Nash eliminating 20 people from one ring, some stuff happening in others, and then Nash winning. Nash Nash NashNashNASH.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2013 17:33:18 GMT -5
I would imagine it wasn't very cost effective.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2013 17:33:57 GMT -5
'Cuz it was terrible.
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Post by Glitch on Oct 1, 2013 17:43:36 GMT -5
Because your mother. That's why.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2013 17:49:59 GMT -5
That was one of the worst ideas out there, they'd have guys like Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker and Bobby Blaze taking up space in that thing just so someone could get some eliminations.
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Post by Gerard Gerard on Oct 1, 2013 17:54:29 GMT -5
Because your mother. That's why. Which is ironic, 'cos yo mamma started World War III......with her face. |
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Oct 1, 2013 18:41:32 GMT -5
It was one of those ideas that looked good on paper but just didn't work in reality. Too big, too unwieldy, too hard to follow. Plus I imagine towards the end it must've been difficult for WCW to wrangle up sixty guys for the show.
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Post by Psy on Oct 1, 2013 18:58:15 GMT -5
I remember attending one of them. I forget which year, but Hulk Hogan burned something with no in-house audio so nobody knew what he was saying. Also Benoit fought Kensuke Sasaki (I think), and I think it was the year that the Yeti was there. I don't really remember anything else.
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Post by Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster on Oct 1, 2013 19:17:38 GMT -5
My guess because was because they realized that the gimmick was terrible and the WW3 matches themselves sucked.
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Post by Crusty Ruffles on Oct 1, 2013 19:24:32 GMT -5
Couple major reasons:
- Too hard to follow on TV and for the live audience.
- Money. Far less floor seats could be sold because of the three rings.
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Post by thecrusherwi on Oct 1, 2013 19:30:07 GMT -5
Yeah I echo what everyone has said. It sounds cool in theory, but all of them were pretty awful. Just much to difficult to follow, especially in an era where everyone had smaller standard definition TVs. It might work in today's world where everyone seemingly has a 40+ inch HD TV, but watching 3 tiny split screens crammed on a 22 inch TV just didn't work.
What is much more baffling about the change in the WCW ppv calendar in 1999 was the discontinuation of WarGames. That was pretty much the only WCW gimmick match that ever had staying power and they ditched it.
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Post by wildojinx on Oct 1, 2013 23:09:34 GMT -5
I remember attending one of them. I forget which year, but Hulk Hogan burned something with no in-house audio so nobody knew what he was saying. Also Benoit fought Kensuke Sasaki (I think), and I think it was the year that the Yeti was there. I don't really remember anything else. That would be the first one. Hogan burnt a copy of the observer that said he was going to lose WW3. |
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Post by y4j1981 on Oct 1, 2013 23:14:56 GMT -5
Because your mother. That's why. Which is ironic, 'cos yo mamma started World War III......with her face.  |
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Post by wildojinx on Oct 2, 2013 9:18:45 GMT -5
They should have cut it down to 40 men and done it royal rumble style.
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Post by Hulk With A Mustache on Oct 2, 2013 9:22:17 GMT -5
They had a much better battle royal gimmick with the Lethal Lottery. Why they didn't just bring that back and do it on its own PPV separate from StarrCade beats the hell out of me.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Oct 2, 2013 11:59:36 GMT -5
Because it sucked.
That's it, honestly.
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Post by TGM on Oct 2, 2013 17:30:22 GMT -5
Because guys like Scot Hall won it.
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Post by AKIMan64 on Oct 2, 2013 17:30:55 GMT -5
They had a much better battle royal gimmick with the Lethal Lottery. Why they didn't just bring that back and do it on its own PPV separate from StarrCade beats the hell out of me. Ah yes Battle Bowl, the precursor to the 60 man battle royal. I don't remember if they ever did a Lethal Lottery after the one DDP won from Slamboree '96. But I guess the vacant WCW title tournament leading up to Mayhem (which replaced World War 3) was satisfying enough. |
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