Seven years does seem about the right time, I know this is beating a dead horse when I say this, but at least WCW offered an alternative.
One of my personal favourite things on a Friday when I was in school was watching Raw and then Nitro would come on 2 hours later, here in the UK.
Then they decided to put Nitro before Thunder on the same night here.
You were looking at five hours roughly of back to back WCW every week.
When it was hot, it was red hot, but when it was same old WCW, it was torture.
Would I have it back today?
Absolutely, but i'd still be a WWE fan first, always was.