I think the thinking at the time was that he'd be the ultimate babyface because WWF screwed him so hard.
It would have been nice if they had an actual good idea for him. Angry Bret would have been a lot cooler, probably.
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I think the thinking at the time was that he'd be the ultimate babyface because WWF screwed him so hard.
It would have been nice if they had an actual good idea for him. Angry Bret would have been a lot cooler, probably.
I can't believe WCW didn't do this this and this with Bret Hart is one of the most common things you can say about the company post December 1997.
Like...maybe turn him face when Wrestling with Shadows premieres?
Or...maybe book him with Stang in a real world's champion match?
Or...not have him be a Hogan bootlicker in 1998?
He gets better briefly in early 1999 being a heel and breaking people left and right. Then his brother dies and it all goes to hell.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EsBU8NQKoM
It's pretty hilarious; maybe my favorite part is him using his weight in high school as a reason for why he's not using steroids now.
The ideal storyline I would have done for Bret in WCW would require a few tweaks but it probably would have made Bret a fucking ultra over babyface in the process.
1) Keep the nWo purely ex-WWF guys who are invading WCW
2) Bring Bret in immediately after Montreal
3) Have Bret be against the nWo and make a Bret vs nWo feud that is basically a not-to-subtle Bret sticking it to WWF storyline.
1) Keep the nWo purely ex-WWF guys who are invading WCW
2) Bring Bret in immediately after Montreal
3) Have Bret be against the nWo and make a Bret vs nWo feud that is basically a not-to-subtle Bret sticking it to WWF storyline.
Oh, I don't discuss the financials of wrestling companies because I'm not a huge loser.
: )
Bluekaveli
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Beauty can't be hidden.
BewareTheBatsie
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give jinder the win tonight
Is it a winner gets fired match? it's the only way I want this to happen.
They couldn't even give Bret Hart good theme music in WCW let alone good booking.
Truth
Biggest-Geek-Ever
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Worst thing of all time. There should be a museum for it, not unlike the Holocaust Museum.
I'm glad the wrestling business died that day and we've all spent our lives doing good works instead of following trashy carnival faux-sport.
I can't believe we might be on the cusp of a Jinder Mahaal push.
Can't even be mad at it. Hope it works out for dude.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
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Starrcade '97 was actually one of the first PPVs I ever saw (at the ripe age of 6!), so as far as I knew, Bret Hart was just some lunatic in jeans who decided to help my hero win the match. Good times, good times...
Lol. And I just finished that article on Wrestlemania 8. Who is the face exactly?
Nocturnowl
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Tito still does columns now? that's awesome
*you still got it chant*
Hmm, I am planning to unsub, I should test this theory myself.
fuck Nick Patrick. my god what a shit 3 count
Bluekaveli
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Well what's to expect from wcw
Vestal
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Amazing how in the span of a month I was introduced to the politics of Wrestling between this and the Montreal Screwjob.. Prior to that, having followed wrestling for the better part of 10 years(PURELY as a fan smart/mark) I had no insight to all the ridiculous bullshit that went on back stage. IMO the biggest screwjob(Although it worked out for WWF/WWE with the DX angle) and the biggest FUCKUP of the greatest build in the history of Wrestling.
SallyIsNow
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That ref looks like Red from Pineapple Express
Biggest-Geek-Ever
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The nWo should have ended at Starrcade '98, with Goldberg beating Hall and Nash in a handicap match at the start of the show and then beating Hogan for the title in the main event in the same way he did on Nitro.
God knows that would have never happened with the big egos taking Ls like that, though.
God knows that would have never happened with the big egos taking Ls like that, though.
Killing the nWo could have saved WCW in the long run.
Nah, I'd go with '98. Goldberg was the right guy to do it. Sting was the failure WCW needed to set up the nWo for a white hot Goldberg.
look at him look at patrick to make sure the count isn't fast
what the fuck is wrong with him
ehhhhhhh
Thats a tough one. It would have had to survive an AOL boardroom full of people who looked down at wrestling.
However had the nWo been killed off I think many of the things that made wrestling look bad probably wouldn't have happened under WCW's umbrella.
Sting's entire story and angle was about returning to defeat the nWo. Sting should have beat Hogan. Goldberg should have been the one to finish them off.
But WCW... WCW lives on... through this arm!
Biggest-Geek-Ever
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"Never hire Vince Russo or give Kevin Nash the book" is as far as I've gotten.
Nah, Sting's defeat should have made the nWo appear untouchable until Goldberg came along. If Sting cuts off the head, you only leave Goldberg to pick off the pieces and it wouldn't have done the same for Goldberg.
