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So I was listening to Bischoff on Wresthing (the show where EB brown noses Vince and then when asked about crazy booking of his own answers "I don't remember, but..."). He was asked how he thought the nWo angle should have concluded. And this is where I realise Eric should have stuck to hawking games to kids on AWA. He said the nWo should have stormed Ted Turners office, thrown him out, and Nash should have smoked a stogie behind his desk completely taking over WCW.
A few retorts to that. They had their own PPV which was absolutely canonised as one of the worst PPVs of all time. They had hours of nWo Nitro as a marketing test where ratings dropped. Third, the nWo members power within the booking committee was already out of control and this would have increased that.
Maybe midway through the angle trying to storm CNN towers like I think DX either planned or tried to would have increased the intensity of the angle. But the premise of wrestling is the baby faces chase the heel and eventually go over to keep the fans happy. The nWo itself showed this, when there continued to be no overwhelming babyface payoff fans started deserting the show as there was no happy ending and no real competition- you basically knew who was going to come out on top when it mattered so why bother.
So the questions are, is Eric nuts, and how and when would you kill off the nWo?
A few retorts to that. They had their own PPV which was absolutely canonised as one of the worst PPVs of all time. They had hours of nWo Nitro as a marketing test where ratings dropped. Third, the nWo members power within the booking committee was already out of control and this would have increased that.
Maybe midway through the angle trying to storm CNN towers like I think DX either planned or tried to would have increased the intensity of the angle. But the premise of wrestling is the baby faces chase the heel and eventually go over to keep the fans happy. The nWo itself showed this, when there continued to be no overwhelming babyface payoff fans started deserting the show as there was no happy ending and no real competition- you basically knew who was going to come out on top when it mattered so why bother.
So the questions are, is Eric nuts, and how and when would you kill off the nWo?