Wrestlewars. What If WCW survived post 2001?

[nezza]

"Vince hated WCW, He hated 'wrasslin' but he knew that WCW was still incredibly popular and that fans would still pack the stadiums. But he was also clever enough to know that he couldn't just drop WCW into WWE storylines so he kept everything as it was but used the end of Survivor Series to introduce or re-introduce WCW"

(Jim Cornette 2011)

 

[Chernabog90]

I mean even if vince make wcw as different brand what kinda star power would it have, most of the really top guy decided to wait out their contracts and the one who jump ship already get buried

 

[nezza]

SURVIVOR SERIES 2001
Main Event: Four Corners Match for the WWF Championship
Austin Vs Undertaker Vs Jericho Vs Benoit

After a barnstormer match lasting 32 minutes Austin hits the stunner on the Undertaker and pins while Jericho and Benoit are fighting outside. Suddenly the arena is plunged into darkness. The titantron displays the WCW logo with the word.

"Tomorrow".

 

[Paradoxer]

I mean even if vince make wcw as different brand what kinda star power would it have, most of the really top guy decided to wait out their contracts and the one who jump ship already get buried

Problem with Vince is his ego and being control freak especially when he on top and doesn’t have anything left to challenge his business(“humble” him bit or make him have to be pragmatic even when he doesn’t want to).

If he gives WCW to Shane to actually run as his own and Paul ECW you could have 3 to 4 shows a week with different rosters and styles and crowds among wrestling base. Vince runs money and finances. Probably drop one those like smack down since other two have established name/brand more so. Then down line have Triple H and Steph take over creative
on raw/wwe brand

WCW and even ECW had bunch of guys you can build brand with if booked right/correctly or well.

Have the “klique” reunite during WCW invasion angle and when Shawn Michaels returns him, Triple H, Kevin Nash, and Scott Hall turn on Hogan and kick him out of NWO(officially killing it with reuniting of klique). Make story line out of klique playing politics and getting backing of Mr McMahon. Steph is only woman in group

 

[Nivek]

Problem with Vince is his ego and being control freak especially when he on top and doesn’t have anything left to challenge his business(“humble” him bit or make him have to be pragmatic even when he doesn’t want to).

If he gives WCW to Shane to actually run as his own and Paul ECW you could have 3 to 4 shows a week with different rosters and styles and crowds among wrestling base. Vince runs money and finances. Probably drop one those like smack down since other two have established name/brand more so. Then down line have Triple H and Steph take over creative
on raw/wwe brand

WCW and even ECW had bunch of guys you can build brand with if booked right/correctly or well.

Have the “klique” reunite during WCW invasion angle and when Shawn Michaels returns him, Triple H, Kevin Nash, and Scott Hall turn on Hogan and kick him out of NWO(officially killing it with reuniting of klique). Make story line out of klique playing politics and getting backing of Mr McMahon. Steph is only woman in group

Vince has a bigger problem, his contact with spike, he overshooted it and forget to check a clause made any chance for a nitro revival on Thursday as planned impossible, Shane wanted to keep WCW alive as a second brand but that contract fucked them off it