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Post by Joe Neglia on Dec 12, 2019 19:31:30 GMT -5
This is the infamous Southwest Championship Wrestling angle that kickstarted their removal from USA Network and getting replaced by WWF, a turning point in the wrestling business. While the uploader is correct that this segment is *not* what got them kicked off the station, it was the first of two incidents that gave USA the push they needed to drop SCW and replace them with McMahon's stuff (the second incident was a super-bloody match that was sent in as part of an episode, despite USA warning SCW not to include that sort of stuff). Had this not happened, USA likely would have been more forgiving to SCW's late payments.
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Dec 12, 2019 20:51:14 GMT -5
See I have heard it was those two angles, but also heard it was cause SCW got behind on paying USA for the air time.
I just wish more SCW footage was out there in decent quality. All of it I have found looks like 5th gen tapes.
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Post by CMPunkyBrewster on Dec 12, 2019 20:55:44 GMT -5
Little did they know how much shit, literally and figuritively, they were in for with WWE.
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Post by cabbageboy on Dec 12, 2019 23:24:45 GMT -5
It's funny that this one something that led to SCW being thrown off USA. It seems like a typical Memphis angle to me, haha.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Dec 12, 2019 23:54:43 GMT -5
See I have heard it was those two angles, but also heard it was cause SCW got behind on paying USA for the air time. It was all three. SCW was behind payments, but likely would have worked something out. They managed to piss off the USA execs twice in the span of six weeks, which caused USA to stop trying to work things out. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2019 3:11:05 GMT -5
buying tv time when you're not getting PPV revenue is hard to sustain
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Post by Glitch on Dec 13, 2019 6:46:24 GMT -5
At first I was wondering what they were thinking pissing off a network like that. Then I realized promoters were used to being absolute monopolies in their areas.
Carnies can't compete against businessmen.
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Post by Jumpin' Jesse Walsh on Dec 13, 2019 8:57:15 GMT -5
I’ve only really heard of SCW because of the Wrestling Gold DVD set. Cornette and Meltzer talked about this angle on the commentary track, from what I can remember.
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Post by CeilingFan on Dec 13, 2019 11:01:25 GMT -5
I remember SCW holding a tournament to crown the "Undisputed World Heavyweight Champion". Pro Wrestling Illustrated criticized them for not including the NWA, WWF, and AWA champions in the tournament. By the way, Adrian Adonis was the winner  |
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Dec 13, 2019 14:11:41 GMT -5
buying tv time when you're not getting PPV revenue is hard to sustain Plenty of feds did it before PPV was around. |
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Post by Joe Neglia on Dec 13, 2019 23:08:42 GMT -5
buying tv time when you're not getting PPV revenue is hard to sustain Plenty of feds did it before PPV was around. Yep, it was the way for many years. The TV shows were basically just ads - the real money back then was the house shows. |
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Dec 14, 2019 0:08:02 GMT -5
Plenty of feds did it before PPV was around. Yep, it was the way for many years. The TV shows were basically just ads - the real money back then was the house shows. Yep TV shows were 1 hour ads for the house shows. WHich is why for years the WWF syndicated shows were full of squash matches. |
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Post by The Legendary Ring Troll {BLM} on Dec 14, 2019 5:44:58 GMT -5
What a crazy change. They were kicked off the air for failing for pay for their air time, yet now WWE is paid millions by USA instead. And the two angles that contributed seem to be (I’ve never seen any of this outside of this thread) things that WWE would regularly get away with for years. Blood may have died down, but shit angles have been staples of WWE forever.
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