Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted May 6, 2015 Paid Members Posted May 6, 2015 ... never happened sadly. Tragic how time has flown by so much. That means there could be people in their 20s who have no idea there was anything other than WWE. WCW is so fucking long ago. I remember this so well. This poster was actually the back of a WCW PPV. Amazing they were putting plans in motion for a revamp show of a promotion they didnt even own. Â Anyway, I'm still holding out hope the show will happen at some point. http://cgi.superstation.com/sports/thunder/index.htm
Paid Members Maverick Posted May 6, 2015 Paid Members Posted May 6, 2015 I always bang on about this but their tv really seemed to turn a corner in early 2001 with sensible straightforward booking. Couldn't believe how decent it was when I rewatched it a while back.
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted May 6, 2015 Paid Members Posted May 6, 2015 I think back then I used to check RajahWWF every day for wrestling news and lurked a couple of forums. I'd get WCW PPV's through the post from someone. Three for a tenner. Remember buying Sin and Superbrawl but it was years before I saw Greed. I was pumped for the takeover. Mind you, I still thought ECW had a future at that point too. Â Really was sad for the business that this didn't happen. I'm sure Bischoff would have been reinvigorated and careful with the money. This would have had credibility that TNA has never come close to in 13 years.
Undefeated Steak Posted May 6, 2015 Posted May 6, 2015 ... never happened sadly. Tragic how time has flown by so much. That means there could be people in their 20s who have no idea there was anything other than WWE. WCW is so fucking long ago. Â I watched The Rise and Fall of ECW the other week. The way they were talking about ECW, it was like it was some ancient company from way back when. But that DVD came out three fucking years after WCW and ECW closed. I can go three years without watching a full episode of Raw these days and not think anything of it. It's already almost 2 full years since Bryan beat Cena at Summerslam and that feels like it happened a month ago.
UK Kat Von D Posted May 6, 2015 Posted May 6, 2015 So Steak just completely mind fucked me. Â I'm done with the thread. I'm out
Paid Members JNLister Posted May 6, 2015 Paid Members Posted May 6, 2015 WCW isnt dead. Thunder is just on hiatus:Â http://cgi.superstation.com/sports/thunder/index.htm
Paid Members Arch Stanton Posted May 6, 2015 Paid Members Posted May 6, 2015 Keep up Lister, that link is in the opening post!
JakeRobertsParoleOfficer Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 Â man its insane. saying that age 28-34 has gone by in a flash. Â Â still think Rise and Fall of ECW is best WWE DVD ever! Â its crazy that it didnt seem that long ago that there was the buzz of Angle joining TNA and that was like 9 years ago???
Jizzlobber Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 Was there ever any info as to what plans Bischoff had for the company if they'd survived? The only thing I remember reading about was that the long term goal was to have Goldberg return and dethrone an unstoppable Scott Steiner.Â
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted May 7, 2015 Paid Members Posted May 7, 2015 I imagine Rob Van Dam would have been pretty much flung up to the top of the card straight away. Steve Corino was supposedly coming in with a push too.
Liam O'Rourke Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 Joey Styles and Cyrus were going to be brought in too, as I remember.
Paid Members air_raid Posted May 7, 2015 Paid Members Posted May 7, 2015 I've long believed that Air Paris and Air Styles would have had a run at the Cruiserweight tag team title, a championship so brief in its existence that I bet plenty of people forget it was a thing. Fresh blood for the midcard being filled with multi-man clusters with Skipper/Romeo, Moore/Helms, Yang/Kaz, Karagias/Noble etc. If you like that sort of thing.
adequate8 Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 Great thread, never knew this Bang thing even existed or a proposed takeover by Bischoff? Is there any more details on all this?
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted May 7, 2015 Author Paid Members Posted May 7, 2015 Rob Van Dam, Super Crazy and all the top Toryumon names of the time were going to sign. Road Warrior Hawk was coming in to join up with Animal. Scott Hall was going to come back. Joey Styles and Cyrus were going to do commentary. From what I've read, Sean O'Haire was going to be pushed as this super karate man type babyface or some shit. By the sounds of it. Oddly enough, the rumour for years is that WCW was going to do an ECW invasion angle. They'd registered the web address "WCWXtreme.com", so that seems to indicate they were planning on doing something along those lines. The idea of Balls and Axl vs the Road Warriors both frightens and intrigues me. Â I have an MP3 of a press conference where Bischoff and his mates are announcing they have bought WCW. I listen to it occassionally when I want to go "you should have waited a few weeks, lads."
Paid Members Tommy! Posted May 7, 2015 Paid Members Posted May 7, 2015 I like how hard they push EZ Money as a fresh new talent and the future of the game for the last two weeks. Â Didn't they take Goldberg off tv in January planning his comeback post sale?
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