Post by Sephiroth on Nov 21, 2013 10:44:31 GMT -5
I've had mixed feelings on this one for a while, its a story that I think could have been great but that ended up being mediocre, at best. The set up was perfect with Eddie Guerrero being disgruntled at WCW and banding all the luchadores together to start making an impact. The plot of Eddie forcing Rey Mysterio into the LWO and Rey constantly trying to rebel was also good and had a lot of potential. But beyond that it really became pointless. They teased at an Eddie vs Konnan feud, with Konnan accusing Eddie of manipulating the luchadores-but then they never followed up on it. The LWO never was made out as a threat to anyone in WCW besides Kidman and Rey, outside of a few cruisereweight matches they never were booked to even challenge for any titles. And the way they ended it was pretty half assed and even a little confusing, with Flair offering all the luchadores more money and all of them happily taking off their LWO shirts. Except for Rey-the luchadore who had refused to join the LWO willingly and had tried to sabotage Eddie's plans from the get go was suddenly the only loyal one who decided to keep wearing his LWO shirt even while Eddie was off the air. The impression I've long held was that this was basically just a side story meant to give Eddie and the luchadores something to do in order to stop their complaining about a lack of tv time and exposure. It could have been a decent mid-cad story line if it had been done right, but WCW never really devoted much attention to developing it, hence my theory about it. Anyone know if I am right or wrong?