"If you smelllllllllll......" - Der offizielle BoM Wrestlingthread

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Die Monday Night Wars waren eh die allergeilsten Zeiten fürs Wrestling. 1996 die Initialzündung mit der nWo, dem genialsten Wrestling-Angle aller Zeiten, danach der Konter der WWF mit der "Attitüde"-Ära...man wusste damals teilweise echt nicht welche der beiden Shows man gucken sollte. Zumindestens zwischen 96 und 98. Ab 99 gings dann ja mit der WCW leider immer schneller bergab.

Was aber auch kein wirkliches Wunder war: wenn man über mehrere Jahre hinweg ständig immer die gleichen Wrestler in den Main Events hat, die an sich geniale "nWo"-Story bis ins unterträgliche streckt und darüber hinaus keine Kontrolle über seine Wrestler hat (Stichwort: Creative Control und Machtmissbrauch) braucht man sich nicht weiter wundern.

Zum Niedergang der WCW empfehl ich übrigens dieses Buch hier:

Kurzbeschreibung
This detailed tell-all of the demise of the former top pro wrestling company World Championship Wrestling explores the colorful personalities and flawed business decisions behind how WCW went from being the highest-rated show on cable television in 1997 to a laughable series that lost 95 percent of its paying audience by 2001. Behind-the-scenes exclusive interviews, rare photographs, and probing questions illustrate with humor and candor how greed, egotism, and bad business shattered the thriving enterprise. Wrestling fans will devour the true story of this fallen empire, which in its heyday spawned superstars such as Sting, Bill Goldberg, and the New World Order.


Synopsis
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO DIE THE DEATH IT DID In fact, the company was destined to thrive and prosper. They had so many advantages - a roster packed with strong talent and Ted Turner, the biggest media mogul in the universe - it seemed not only would the company expand its profits, but that it would eventually turn every other wrestling promotion in the country to dust. However, by 2001 the company, having lost 95% of its paying audience, has sold for next to nothing to Vonce McMahon and World Wrestling Entertainment. How could a company lost their audience so quickly? Why did they put on shows so horrible that fans fled in horror? Who were the people responsible for this catastrophic collapse? In short, just what caused the death of one of the largest wrestling companies in the world? THE DEATH OF WCW answers all of these questions and more as it investigates the bizarre (and often hysterical) history of the downfall of the WCW.

A follow-up to the highly successful Wrestlecrap: The Very Worst of Professional Wrestling this is the first book in history to detail the spectacular rise and fall of World Championship Wrestling, a story that many within the industry would prefer to leave untold.

Sehr gut geschriebenes Buch mit vielen Hintergrundinformationen, habs inzwischen bereits 3x gelesen!