Why wcw closed

The rest, as they say, is history. Raw and Nitro competed every single Monday night from , with the Atlanta based promotion defeating WWE 83 straight weeks in the ratings. Times were changing, but WCW refused to move with them. It was a job doomed to fail from the very start. Bischoff was eventually called back to the helm in an effort to save the dying promotion, but by then the brand was already dead.

But what if WCW had survived? What if WCW still existed to this day? So, in that respect alone, things would have been vastly different.

Another major development to take into consideration had WCW not closed its doors is to remember TNA would never have been born. Jeff Jarrett was the mastermind behind the upstart promotion, but he only did so because he had no place of work after burning his bridges with WWE in Vince Russo would definitely have been part of the booking committee, as he had people in high places who held him in top regard.

He is a creative genius, and helped usher in the greatest era of all time. WCW did a lot of things wrong during their existence, and I mean a lot! However, they also did a lot of things right. One of the best things they ever did was the Cruiserweight division. Then Vince would really have had a big war on his hands. It was all over for Steiner, and the rest of his tenure was as an opening match act in an interminable feud with Test, until he was cut.

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