WCW purchase

[Guest Risk]

The title says it all, what would you have done if you were Vince and had bought WCW?  Don't do a short reply to this, really think about all the things you would do and how you would do them.

[Guest TheMikeSC]

The title says it all, what would you have done if you were Vince and had bought WCW?  Don't do a short reply to this, really think about all the things you would do and how you would do them. >>

 

Just a few ideas:

 

1) Not change Dallas Page's character so quickly. Remember, initially, he didn't "stalk" Sara because he was "infatuated" with her. He stalked her, originally, to piss off Undertaker enough so that they'd "feud" and he'd "become famous". Then, right after KOTR, it seemed the WWF changed it into DDP being obsessed with Sara. That did a good job of killing an angle that really could've worked.

 

2) Actually have Dallas target somebody else. UT isn't the greatest guy in the world about selling and will do as much harm as good for anybody's career. Have DDP target Debra, for God's sake. Would've made a bit more sense. Have this lead to Debra eventually growing to like DDP and getting Austin to join the Alliance with her.

 

3) Do NOT have Bagwell v Booker as the first WCW match. Horrible idea. The fans weren't thrilled with WCW to begin with, but the ONLY match that MIGHT have worked would've been the match they had for the following Smackdown---DDP v Booker.

 

4) Don't bury the younger talent. Palumbo & O'Haire were summarily thrashed by APA and then Kane & UT. This did nobody any good. They didn't have to go over either team (it would've helped to go over APA), but they should've been allowed to look competitive. Ditto Kanyon.

 

5) Have Heyman serve as the head. Steph is not good on the mic and Shane is still a better face than a heel. Paul would've been the best choice as lead spokesman.

                   -=Mike

[Guest cobainwasmurdered]

I would have kept ecw and wcw as seperate organizations with Heyman as ecw head, and stephanie not having anything to do with the angle.

 

no stalker angle, no goofy booker t, Austin wouldn't have joined wcw, rock would've.

[Guest Tony149]

I would of done this....

 

Vince appears on Nitro. He says he bought WCW and after tonight WCW is dead and every WCW star is out of a job. Flair still does his opening promo on Nitro. I would cut the Shawn Stasiak vs. Bam Bam Bigelow match from the show (It frees up time). Flair vs. Sting is still the last match. After the match is over, Flair grabs the mic and says thank you to the fans, and says "MCMAHON! You may have won the battle, but you won't win the war! WHOOOOO!". Then a 5-10 minute tribute to WCW airs. Everybody who held a WCW title is shown, best WCW moments dating all the way back to the '70s. The show goes off with every WCW logo shown saying "Thank You!"

 

Now that WCW is "dead". You buy out Ric Flair's contract. Then on a Raw, Ric Flair & whole WCW roster appears and attacks whoever is in the main event. The show goes off the air with the WCW guys standing tall.

 

 

I would still have ECW join WCW. Why? Because when WCW gets their own show. Their first storyline will be against ECW. Who will try to take over the WCW show. They feud for about 5 months. Then WCW wins in the blow off match in War Games.

[Guest mastermind]

This is interesting and all hindsight, but should be fun to think about. Yeah, I would like to know what all the armchair promoters would do since everyone thinks the angle bombed(which it did). It could actually help the wwf this time around since you know the peeping toms from Titan could be dropping here. The first thing I would have done is keep Nitro. Getting rid of Nitro just got rid of the monday night wars straight blank. First illusion of competition gone. I wouldn;t have done too much different with the last Nitro execpt FORCE the big guns to show up like Goldberg. A lot of the stuff here will be storyline driven since it would take too long for matchups and whatnot.

 

I would have had Shane Mcmahon still buy wcw from Vince Mcmahon, but do it on RAW. Let Nitro finish with a Turner ending. Let it seem like wcw is actually buried, but Shane saves it. We head to WrestleMania with Shane against Vince. We have wcw guys interfere in the match causing Vince to lose. This sets up the scenario that Austin and Vince are afraid of the competition and the heel turn has a strong reason for happening. The night after Mania Shane shows up with wcw and actually gets certain guys to jump. Soon, Shane still owning 25% and Linda with her 25% give Shane SmackDown and call it Nitro. Vince is losing here.

 

This happens when they sign Booker T. Keep things separate with the wwf being lead by a heel and the wcw by a face. Build on that. Triple H would have been a great candidate last year since he and Austin were mortal enemies. Stephanie stays with her father in the wwf.

 

Now the time of the ECW formation still takes place in Atlanta. It has the guys like RVD, Raven, etc. say they are leaving the wwf. How can this happen? Stephanie is in on it with her brother and husband. Vince loses another big coup. Heyman now becomes the mouthpiece. The wwf ACTUALLY LOOKS weak and defeated. This is where we get Rock coming back and he sides with the wwf. Meanwhile in wcw Triple H battles Booker T for the title and wins it. So, Triple H is the champion of wcw against heel Austin in the wwf. Play off that.

 

Things start to change when Rock comes back for the wwf. We get Rock/Austin at SummerSlam and Rock gets revenge for WM. We still have wcw matches, but only against wcw. The wwf would be split because Shane and Linda own 50%. Now with Stephanie being a mole(not actually told in storylines until later) it makes it more possible.

 

What happens in wcw though is that Paul Heyman starts to get a lot of control by twisting the minds of Shane and Stephanie. Linda is back with her husband after she finds out. She only helped Shane because Shane wanted to have a family type competition with his dad. Now it was about take over of the wrestling world. Heyman is the mouthpiece. Heyman still fools the Mcmahon siblings into selling their stock to truly have enough money to conquer the wwf. They sell it to Ric Flair wcw born and bred. Heyman and Flair takeover wcw/ecw. Shane and Stephanie go back to the wwf because Vince needs them. We got the Mcmahon family against Flair/Heyman empire. So, the splitting of tv shows and ppv time is still there through Flair's stocks.

 

This continues until the nWo come. Both sides battle for their services. The group goes with the wwf at first. Then wcw. Then stay to themselves and jump from one group to the next with Eric Bischoff at the helm. Thus we got the war again with wcw separate and wwf separate. The nWo playing up to being the outlaw organization. It all comes to a head at WM 18 where the nWo blows off. We finally get the unification matches and interpromotional matches, but the major title splits under controversy. The war would be one year in the making and would continue on.

[Guest Army Eye]

3) Do NOT have Bagwell v Booker as the first WCW match. Horrible idea. The fans weren't thrilled with WCW to begin with, but the ONLY match that MIGHT have worked would've been the match they had for the following Smackdown---DDP v Booker.

Good points, and one more addendum to this.  Booker vs. DDP would be a good choice, and more importantly, DON'T MAKE THIS THE RAW MAIN EVENT!  If it looks like they are getting cheated out of a WWF main event by these unknown WCW guys, the fans will NOT welcome them with open arms.

[Guest Risk]

Good ideas, keep em coming.

[Guest converge241]

I'm not saying this is a surefire way for the whole thing to work, but if i was the owner here's what i would do:

Keep WCW seperate and rebuild it.

It was too damaged as an entity to just be thrown onto TV as a part of storylines without serious rehabbing/rebuilding.

The writer(s) would have to sit down for a good month or so and examine each character. Define the character, their motivation and have a guideline for the direction of the character and storyline involvement. Not a bible cause you have to expect the unexpected, like injuries, but a guideline so everyone knows where "it's all going".

the two wouldnt interact til around january or february to lead up to Wrestlemania X8. No run-ins or anything like that before that time.

[Guest Mystery Eskimo]

They should have waited till more talent was avaliable. If Flair had been leading WCW instead of Shane it would have been instantly more credible. And if Nash and Hall had been in there it would have helped.

[Guest converge241]

Flair would have been a better "voice" for WCW than:

"Cha-ching , Bling Bling, Here comes the money, Dolla Bill"

**bad dancing**

 

The owner's rich son character getting back at dad (after getting back/making up with him 5 times already) wasnt really too congruent with the tradition ideas behind NWA/WCW that Flair could have symbolized. They could have really played up the Traditional Wrestling vs. Sports Entertainment feud. It was touched on by Heyman but that was like in the eclipse of the whole feud.

[Guest The Electrifyer]

One major thing I would have done is I would never have told the news about this. They should have kept it a secret for first and done it while Nitro was still on. Then, randomly have WCW stars appear on WWF, like it was an actual invasion, with nobody knowing about it. Then, they could have the WWF stars appearing on WCW Nitro starting a feud that would seem pretty real. It would have been great not knowing that WCW was actually bought out, then having there stars appear on WWF. And I would also make damn sure to sign most of the main eventers, like Nash, Hogan, Hall at that time for an invasion done right.

 

They could also have brought in the ECW as a seperate, but powerful entity.

[Guest Kahran Ramsus]

It could have been saved if they just had WCW win more.

[Guest converge241]

Thanks Kahran, sometimes the simplest answer is the best answer. That holds a lot of water.

[Guest Shaved Bear]

have more time for alliance people to wrestle (damn those mcmahaon's)

 

have ddp and booker brought in as faces and lance storm as a heel

 

not involve any mcmahon (except Vince for WWF) within the whole thing

 

wait for ric flair to get it kickstarted

[Guest mastermind]

Yeah, that idea about not telling the news was vital, but someone like Meltzer would have leaked it although the net is a small percentage anyways. This is egomaniac Mcmahon we're talking about here though. He HAS to let the media know he conquered "Ted Turner" by buying his company.  Personally, I wouldn't have put Shane in the angle, but I think part of the reason the angle failed was the timing. I put Shane in my scenario to explain how the wcw guys can enter a wwf arena and vice versa. You need a Mcmahon to allow this. Flair being the leader is a given which I believe he would have been if the wwf didn't botch wcw so much(although the co. was damaged goods). The angle should have taken off the night after Mania. Of course the wwf is famous for booking long term*lol*.

[Guest Risk]

This has been a really great thread, great ideas.  Hard to see how the WWFE ruined the angle...

[Guest supersalvadorian]

You guys point out how much of an egomanic Vince is. Let's not forget the ultimate proof of that: the 'kiss my ass' club. But that's after the Invasion angle, so it's kind of a moot point for this tread.

 

For me, the WCW purchase would have worked better if:

 

1) Push the good workers, like Booker T, and not give them a bad personality. I like Booker T, but why does he have to do the stupid gimmicks when he can get over just by  working in the ring, like he did in WCW.

 

2) Show a WCW match. What I mean is show the fans and audience a match that is totally different from what you would usually see in the WWF. For instance, have a real cruiserweight match and not the X-Pac squash the WWF tired to disguise as one.

 

3) As Kahran said, just let WCW win more. If Vince hadn't treated them as a joke, this could had gone somewhere.

 

And finally, the WCW purchase would have worked better if:

 

4)GOLDBERG! I can't stand him personally, but you got to admit, he had (and may still have) lots and lots of drawing power. Instead, we get an over-the-hill and bland version of the NWO. If the ratings aren't showing it, the PPV buyrate will show what a less than great idea this was.

 

 

 

Supersalvadorian

[Guest Risk]

Goldberg sucks...he would have done more harm than good.

[Guest TheMikeSC]

<<You guys point out how much of an egomanic Vince is. Let's not forget the ultimate proof of that: the 'kiss my ass' club. But that's after the Invasion angle, so it's kind of a moot point for this tread.

 

For me, the WCW purchase would have worked better if:

 

1) Push the good workers, like Booker T, and not give them a bad personality. I like Booker T, but why does he have to do the stupid gimmicks when he can get over just by  working in the ring, like he did in WCW.>>

 

They had to turn him heel, so they had to give him a character of some sort.

 

<<2) Show a WCW match. What I mean is show the fans and audience a match that is totally different from what you would usually see in the WWF. For instance, have a real cruiserweight match and not the X-Pac squash the WWF tired to disguise as one.>>

 

I agree that they should have shown WCW footage to get the guys over.

 

<<3) As Kahran said, just let WCW win more. If Vince hadn't treated them as a joke, this could had gone somewhere.

 

And finally, the WCW purchase would have worked better if:

 

4)GOLDBERG! I can't stand him personally, but you got to admit, he had (and may still have) lots and lots of drawing power. Instead, we get an over-the-hill and bland version of the NWO. If the ratings aren't showing it, the PPV buyrate will show what a less than great idea this was.>>

 

GB is Warrior for this generation. He couldn't draw squat ater he lost the title. He's a head case, a poor worker, and a poor draw.

 

He's the nWo without Hogan's former drawing prowess.

                  -=Mike

[Guest Army Eye]

1) Push the good workers, like Booker T, and not give them a bad personality. I like Booker T, but why does he have to do the stupid gimmicks when he can get over just by  working in the ring, like he did in WCW.

I don't disagree, but WWF fans and WCW fans are definitely two different types.  What impresses one won't necessarily impress the other.

 

Still, they probably were going to go this route with Booker T except that they decided to turn the whole WCW/ECW heel.  When he first came in he was working as a face and not doing any interviews, from what we could tell he was basically the same as his WCW character.  

 

 

And electrifier, I liked your idea there..

[Guest Loss4Words]

It definitely would have taken some time, but I probably STILL wouldn't have done WWF v WCW. I would have done it sometime in mid-2003 most likely. Before the interpromotional stuff starts, there actually has to be some parity. WCW midcarders and WWF and ECW castaways aren't exactly going to make big waves going against the Rock. The WWF has 500+ employees from merchandising to media to public relations to the roster to referees to announcers to production crews and so on and so forth. WCW should have never gone on the air until it was staffed at an appropriate level and treated corporately as a separate entity.

 

Yeah, the Excess timeslot is a crappy time slot, but that should have just motivated the boys and management to work harder to make it a must-see show and honestly, that should have been set as the timetable for WCW's TV debut. Time has proven that wrestling fans are loyal enough that they will watch a good show regardless of the time slot. If you recall, they did a Raw on a Saturday night from Toronto in February of 1999 that drew an ungodly rating. If the interest is there, so are the viewers.

 

WCW could have reshaped its brand image on Saturday nights as a renegade, upstart wrestling company intent on blazing its own path. Hey, it worked wonders for the NWO. They STILL could have called up the deserving guys in the farm system, they STILL could have added ECW wrestlers to the mix and this "split" bullshit would be totally unnecessary. I would have marketed WCW to start off as this wild underground sensation before momentum breeds itself by word of mouth. Make it clear that they have new ownership (Shane still runs the company, but is not the focal point).

 

I would have had someone like Jim Ross who understands the differences between the companies and what worked for WCW and what didn't and forged ahead. Because despite what the WWF would like us to believe, there were some things WCW did that worked:

 

*More athletic-based, Southern style matches and angles

*Live interviews in small venues with the wrestlers close to the fans

*Acknowledgement and celebration of its own history

 

If anyone watched the NWA in the 80s, those were the most rabid and loyal wrestling fans the business has ever seen. Unfortunately, crap booking slowly eroded their enthusiasm. There are still so many of those fans out there, mostly over 30, who long for the days of Ric Flair and Ricky Steamboat. Granted, those are two workers that are far past their primes, but the WCW "style" (a style that they seemed to have in spite of themselves) was always more wrestling-based. It should have been imperative that both companies weren't doing the same style. It just adds another level to the feud when they finally start doing interpromotional stuff. Most of the fanbase that has left the WWF is the over-30 crowd, as has been reported by ratings breakdowns. By making a more serious product that's more athletic and realistic and physical for WCW, those fans wouldn't have been disgruntled by the WWF product so much as they would have just started watching WCW on Saturday nights to see what all the hoopla was about. Everyone wins.

 

Then, I would have still signed Ric Flair. I'd almost say I would have done the buyout in August, when Excess debuted, rather than in November. Ric Flair on the first WCW show has enough history ties to the original deal to seem significant, and with the new ownership going strong, the fans would realize they were seeing a different product than during the darkest days of the eras of Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff. Perception is reality and it's all about presentation, not content.

 

Finally, I would have developed stars and given them the same mainstream perks and media exposure that guys like Steve Austin and the Rock enjoy. Anyone who got over would be hyped and given a huge push in the hopes that they could become a crossover success. Once WCW had an over top tier and a solid midcard, then the wars could start. I predict that would have been two years optimistically.

 

THEN we might have gotten the Invasion angle we really dreamed of. Maybe not, but the problem was that WCW was a faction, not a wrestling entity and that they were fighting because Wrestler X cost Wrestler Y a match, not because they believed their company stood for what was right in the wrestling business. That's why the whole thing failed -- they couldn't emotionally involve the audience.

[Guest saturnmark4life]

I just wouldn't have done it. If they'd signed guys like Booker and DDP but not held an actual 'invasion' and just done the nWo like they are now it would have had much more impact. I reckon vince's ego is such that he wanted to bury it on his own terms. That's the only reason he did it.

[Guest BaronVonStevie]

I like the idea of Shane and Steph buying WCW/ECW to fight Vince. I just wish that Vince had "sold" for the alliance. Really did the invasion look like it was gonna work ever?

 

The problems with keeping the three companies seperate is in who you are cheering for. Both want to obliterate Vince... I don't think ECW and WCW would have much beef against eachother so them feuding would make no sense. If ECW had been pushed as the dangerous element as it had been in the beginning, it could have gotten over and thus the WWF would look like shit.

 

Heyman should have led the Alliance. He should have been the straight shooting smarky knight in shining armor that he has always been. He was not used very much and the McMahon family saga ended up being the draw along with... who'd have guessed "Austin".

 

I really thought that was a weak move. Even though Stone Cold did some of his best work as leader of the Alliance, we weren't really seeing WWF vs. WCW/ECW. We were seeing yet another WWF angle. I hated the alliance storyline from Invasion on.

 

How would I have done things? Flair is WCW. The Outsiders are WCW. Paul Heyman is ECW. Rob Van Dam and Tazz are ECW. Those are your main players. Steph, Shane, and Vince let their troops have it out. Push Tazz as a monster again and make Hall, Nash, and Heyman a force of nature. Let Paulie talk and talk and talk while Rob Van Dam beats top stars legitimately. If any one top star from the WWF defects it needs to be Jericho... a guy who has been to both companies and hasn't been a top star in either.

 

All these things would piss off WWF fans. They would root for guys like Stone Cold and Rocky while the WWF would fight for survival. The pay off is an alliance victory... I'm sorry but establishing the threat is really important to this angle's success. That's how I'd do it anyway.

[Guest Risk]

Great ideas.

[Guest treble charged]

Some points:

1)  The name "Alliance" should never have been used.  When you buy a company, you should probably use it's name.  WCW might have seemed like it was another company, as opposed to the name of just another faction, as "Alliance" was.

2) Some invasion.  If Vince was really worried that they were going to take over his company, then why did he allow them to use dressing rooms and have their own entrance music and TitanTron videos?

3) If Steve Austin hated the WWF so much that he went to the Alliance, then why was he obsessed with being the champ of a company that he hated?

4) What happened to contracts?  If WCW was actually a different company, then why were people like Austin, Test, Angle, Terri, Ivory, etc. allowed to jump from company to company?

 

Anyways, those are just a few points.  I don't know if this would have helped the invasion, but you never know.

[Guest HellSpawn]

- 1st of all, Electrifyer good point. and Kahran I totally agreed with you.

 

Now, here are my $0.02

 

Last minutes on Nitro. After Flair v. Sting match, Vince comes for a promo, we

have a split screen, the WCW roster comes to the ring to listen the “New Owner”

words.

 

Vince do that promo about “I am the new owner of WCW, its done! BUT... I want

to sign the papers on WrestleMania, I want Billionare Ted Turner to come here to

MY ring, to MY Biggest Event and I want to say, what the Hell, I want to Scream

at him IN YOUR FACE TED, I BEAT YOU.” , you know, all that things he said,

blah blah blah for 5 plus minutes and then Bye bye Nitro.

 

On WM, Vince have all ready and set for the paper signing, but wait, NO Turner,

he waits a few minutes but it looks like TT is not coming, Vince is really Pi$$ed,

he gets mad and say, “It doesnt matter, tomorrow WCW will be mine and No

One can stop me. Now, bring Shane and lets fight.” Same match. Vince left the

PPV twice beaten and twice angry. So, no interference in Austin v. Rock, they

have a good respect match, Austin wins and Rock raise his hand, big party and

the fans are happy.

 

Again in Raw, no Turner, but the stooges come with a Fed-Ex envelope. Vince’s

proposal had been rejected, there was a better and huge offer.

 

Two weeks later in Raw and SDown, a TV ad with WCW wrestling images (still

shots, not footage) and at the end announce The new and Improved WCW is

coming. Vince send the stooges to investigate who pay for the ads, but the

network refuse to comment.

 

(Btw, Rock left after WM because in Raw, Kane and Taker turns on him and beat

him really bad. His return date is early August)

 

One month later (some Raw in early may), in a hardcore match, a huge guy

(Awesome) knock down both contenders (I dont care who, lets say Crash and

Blackman), pins the champ (The official didnt recognize the man but he could

believe he is some new guy) and Awesome runs to the parking lot, jumps in a

Limo and leave the building, neither JR or Heyman recognize who is this guy.

But Ross scream By Gawd, he is a Hoss!!! (J/K)

 

Next week in Raw, they still didnt know what the hell happened with the

hardcore belt, and a new WCW ad with footage announce WCW... We Care about

Wrestling. I know is cheesy, but its just an idea.

 

Late May, Vince wants more TV, but TNN said they already had a slot on

Saturday nights for some new promotion (1 hour). In June, the Final ad, WCW...

We are back.  WCW Clash of Champions. Saturdays 8pm on TNN.

 

(Btw #2. Shane has been out for months, Steph leave after HHH got injured in a

HHH/CVC  vs Austin/UT/Kane match, yeah, in some point between april and

may, Austin turns heel and joins UT/Kane, later they also injure Benoit)

 

In the very 1st  WCW CoC, They have Booker, Storm, Kanyon, DDP, Kidman,

Palumbo, O’Haire, Rey, Juvi, Helms, Parka, and more, at the very end we can

see Awesome (w/Hardcore belt) versus... Dean Malenko! What? yeah, a WWF

guy in a WCW show.

 

2nd show. at the end, Shane is coming, he talks about selling some % of his

WWF share for a dream, he is the owner of WCW, he talks about class and style,

this wont be a xxx show, this is a family show.

 

In Raw (06/25 MSG), we can see a Limo with a “WCW 1” plate, is Shane and he

come for more people, he is talkin with Test, E & C, Rhyno, Angle, Jericho. But

Vince dont like this and in SDown (06/28 MSG) send the APA to beat Shane

when he is alone, but the cameras show some footage of this before the image

is aborted. Now the WCW crew is pissed, and also so are some WWF wrestlers.

 

This is the begining of an Invasion, some WCW wrestlers invade Raw/Sdown,

some WWF invade WCW tapings, finally two weeks before july’s Fully Loaded

(07/09 Atlanta), Vince send the APA for Shane and beat him clearly on Raw

cameras, this is the final insult, in Sdown (07/12 Atlanta), several WWF

superstars want a release, Test, E & C, Rhyno, Angle, Jericho, RVD, Bob Holly,

Regal and a few more, this really pi$$ed off Vince and he agreed, “Screw you,

you are nothing without me.”, what Vince didnt think is, after this, his PPV is

also... screwed.

 

On WCW CoC, is a special Live show (they usually do the taping in thursday but

after they knew what happen, Shane orders a Live a show). Shane comes and

salute to his new players... all the WWF released and some ECW new faces too.

Vince brings Tough Enough crew for a battle royal, and mixed the roster for a

Tag team Turmoil, bring also some ECW guys / girls (thanks to Heyman), and

got a decent PPV.

 

OK, this is becoming a rant, so, lets cut a little.

 

In late july, Shane call for a meeting and he and Vince make a deal, WCW will

fight the WWF in SummerSlam, no more invasion, no more run ins

interpromotion, all will be settle in SummerSlam, and the inner war is for... who

will convince The Rock. Shane wins, and the Rock is WCW.

 

Summerslam.

 

WWF v. WCW (18 minutes)

Austin [Heel] (WWF Champion)/ Kane [Face]/Vince v. Booker T[Heel] (WCW

Champion)/The Rock [Face]/Shane

 

WWF v. WCW Big Men Battle (7 minutes)

UT/Big Show v. Test/Awesome

 

WWF v. WCW Women War (3 minutes)

WCW: Stacy/Molly/Torrie v. WWF: Lita/Nidia/Trish

 

WWF tag Team Title (8 minutes)

Hardy Boyz (w/Lita) v. Eddie Guerrero/Chavo Guerrero

 

WCW tag Team Title (12 minutes)

The new Midnight Express (Holly/Angle) v. The new Rock n Roll Express

(Edge/Christian)

 

WWF v. WCW Tables Match (7 minutes)

The Legion of Destruction (Rhino, Dreamer, Raven) v. Dudleys (Bubba, D-Von

and Spike)

 

DDP/Kanyon v. Jericho/RVD (a WCW inner feud) (10 minutes)

Tazz/Saturn v. APA (a WWF inner feud) (5 minutes)

 

WWF v. WCW Cruiser battle (10 minutes)

Parka / Rey / Juvi / Hurricane Helms (w/Mighty Molly) v. Essa Rios / Crash Holly

/ Tajiri / Super Crazy

 

tag team Batle Royal (10 minutes)

-Impact Players

-Palumbo / O'Haire

-Billy Gunn / X-Pac

-Too Cool

-Val Venis / Al Snow

-Regal / Malenko

 

Later, we can began with the inter promotion feuds, WCW officials in WCW CoC,

WWF officials in Raw/Sdown. No Squashes, and for that I mean, No WWF beat

WCW in a 18-1, they trade wins and loses in BOTH shows. We can run some

inter promotion feuds in WWF ppvs, but no big names, no Rock vs Austin, no

Booker vs Kane, no DDP v. UT.

 

The first chapter on this Invasion ends in Survivor Series. with.... a regular

SurSer match, lets use Wargames in WM X-8.

 

Survivor Series ME, winner takes all.

 

Team WWF (Austin/UT/Kane/RVD [he turns WWF after Vince $pecial offer] and

returning star... HHH)

v.

Team WCW (Booker T./DDP/Awesome/The Rock/Jericho)

 

WCW win, after HHH (w/Steph) turns WCW, and now (via Linda annoying

stipulation) renames Vengeance as... StarrCade. Vince keeps Raw slot.

 

Chapter 2 will be road to Starrcade, Royal Rumble, nWo and WM X-8, with

special ME... Wargames.

 

After that, Split, WWF got Raw and Heat, WCW got SDown->Nitro and Sat Night

CoC. and everyone got 6 ppv, WWF keeps the annual England PPV.

And from that, some BIG inter promotions feuds only in WM, SummerSlam,

Starrcade. Mid feud in Rumble, SurSer, Bashes.

 

Well, thats my take.

[Guest Risk]

Good ideas Hellspawn.