Moderators PowerButchi Posted March 2, 2015 Moderators Share Posted March 2, 2015 Wasn't it provisionally called Global Warning or something? I seem to remember the WWE international territories idea being a Shane McMahon concept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JNLister Posted March 2, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted March 2, 2015 (edited) Global Warning was a stadium house in Australia wasn't it? Â Just found the report from the time, which was March 2007. It was to set up five global territories, each of which would have full time management and wrestlers sent there (with an emphasis on ethnic fits like Mysterio in Latin America and Regal in Europe) , plus raid local promotions, and make them totally separate with their own TV promoting house shows. The wrestlers would then cycle between the territories. They'd keep Raw and ECW (as a 'B' brand) in the US, and make Smackdown Latin America and then do one in Europe and one in Japan. Â Looking back, I get the impression Vince had talked over the idea, then a new exec (the financial chief) talked about it in an interview with Financial Week, but it was nowhere near as developed as he made out. Edited March 2, 2015 by JNLister Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted March 2, 2015 Moderators Share Posted March 2, 2015 Global Warning was a stadium house in Australia wasn't it? Yes it was! My brain's Swiss Cheese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Your Fight Site Posted March 2, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted March 2, 2015 Just found the report from the time, which was March 2007. Do you have a link to that? Would love to read the full thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members mim731 Posted March 2, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted March 2, 2015 I'm sure someone (possibly Andy Simmonz?) mentions something about it during one of the interview in James Dixon's book on 1PW. Len Davies was apparently going to be heading up the UK territory, the WWE:UK. Apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted March 2, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted March 2, 2015 I can see why they'd look into it. Franchising is popular and can bring in a lot of money with the work outsourced. I'm not surprised they didn't go for it though. They are notoriously controlling and any negative feedback seems to echo a lot when it comes to wrestling. Â It'd be a cool thing to see though. It would have talent development benefits and would bring good employment to a lot more people in wrestling. Â If I was doing it, I'd use the NXT brand. NXT:Tokyo, NXT:London, NXT:Berlin, NXT:Mexico City, NXT:Sydney, etc could be pretty cool. Â Trips would need more TV's in his office though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undefeated Steak Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 The NXT idea sounds ace, Rick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JNLister Posted March 2, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted March 2, 2015 Â Just found the report from the time, which was March 2007. Do you have a link to that? Would love to read the full thing. Â It's from the Observer and that back issue's not online yet I'm afraid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.PeterVenkman Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Did the Giant ever have his own music in WCW? Or was it just Dungeon of Doom/nwo til he fucked off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted March 3, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted March 3, 2015 (edited) Did the Giant ever have his own music in WCW? Or was it just Dungeon of Doom/nwo til he fucked off? Â The latter. Except he came out to Luger's a few times. When he was unaffiliated he came out to silence. Edited March 3, 2015 by air_raid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTXRussomark Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 And the nWo theme during his stints with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco Blick Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 How many people in total used Kurt Angle's WWE theme? So far I have 3...Angle, The Patriot and Sgt. Slaughter. Any more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted March 3, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted March 3, 2015 And the entire Team USA at Survivors 97 - Vader, Mero, Goldust and Steve Blackman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Maverick Posted March 3, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted March 3, 2015 (edited) Found this on youtube but don't remember him actually using it  I mostly remember him using Luger's when not with a group. Edited March 3, 2015 by Maverick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted March 3, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted March 3, 2015 ^^^ That's got "made up for a video game" all over it, hasn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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