I remember the Giant " later branded the Big Show" was the first guy with pulling power to cross the line from WCW to WWF in 1999. This was a rarity because the stream seamed to follow very strongly in the other direction, so he went against the tide. When Chris Jericho did the same that year, I remember thinking that WCW might be losing the plot because by 2000. At this time Jericho and the Big Show were experiencing greater success than they ever had on WCW; benoit, guerrero, saturn and malenko all appeared at the same night on RAW, I thought "OK, WCW is *beep*
Turns out, I was right. Apart from possibly Bret Hart, those old guys were all horse *beep* Bad marketing, and worse matches (blame kevin nash). I think if WCW had captured the undertaker around 1997 the overall result could hae been different. Thank you, Deadman! You are the best ever.
PS Shawn Michaels sucks, He use to be cool, but is now a fag.
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msalinas413
19 years ago
I used to live in chicago (95-99) I was only 6-10 years old but I remember the WWF was much better than the WCW, the only good thing the WCW had was Sting and Golberg, WWF had THE ROCK, STONE COLD, CHINA...
WCW was never that good
I heard that now it's called the WWE
they say that's crap... I'll have to see it for myself
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rjough
19 years ago
wcw had captured undertaker?????? correct me if i'm wrong but the top guys who helped push out wcw were triple h, undertaker, stone cold steve austin, and mankind/dude love/cactus jack/mick foley!!! all these guys were former wcw wrestlers turned wwe. in fact in foley's book wcw shot itself in the foot thanks to his being awarded the title, wcw announced the main event outcome on wwe and sure enough people tuned into wwe to watch the match. i remember watching a wcw ppv where mean mark lost to marc mero this is pr etc.oof they didn't know what to do with him, once he hit wwe the commentators were talking about his awesome upside and started the legend of the undertaker. i think the reason he and the others caught fire in wwe was vince's development team took them in new directions and with the exception of the ringmaster they all caught fire, where wcw brought in the established guys and had them repeat what they had already done, only real innovation was the nwo but that got out of hand with like 3 or 4 different groups and no loyalty amongst the lower status guys. and as stated before when wcw did try new things the commentators were horrid, alex wright as berlyn coulda been good til he was dismissed as alex wright with a new haircut etc...
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rossini-3
19 years ago
In the 96-98 period WCW was waaaaaaaay better than the WWE i was an avid wrestling spectator in that period and watched both products. WCW was superior in every way: better Wrestling matches (mostly in midcard rankings and the cruiserweights Benoit, Guerrero, Mysterio, Malenko, Jericho), better storylines (nWo, Sting, Goldberg, Jericho was hillarious) and overall a better product. WWE wasn't bad infact it was much better than it is today but WCW was just better. By 99 all that changed as we know and WCW became a shadow of what it was and by late 2000 early 2001 it was pure crap the only thing that was worth watching were the cruiserweights.
I miss WCW A LOT and still watch WWE today but the mid-late 90's were definately the best period to be a Wrestling fan...oh and this movie was just another crappy thing hapening in WCW it contributed to it's donwfall but it was just one of the many many many reason behind it.
Sorry about my english ;)
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