The Outsiders hijack the WCW Control Room - 7/22/96

The Outsiders hijack the WCW Control Room

7/22/96

Disney/MGM Studios
Orlando, Florida

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• 7/22/96

[george2648]

so dx copied the NWO

[bflandragon90]

pretty much

[poethepoetspoet]

@george2648 in so many ways

[nWo69life]

This was never scripted period.

[efan64]

@buttercremehonda

I know, i realized that after posting it. But i agree, it's funny as hell.

[buttercremehonda]

@efan64 it's actually "Ground Control to Major Tom", but anyways, very funny

[Seymourville]

WCW started to crumble when the match between Goldberg and DDP was cut off for the people who ordered the pay per view. They cut it out a few minutes before the end of the match because the PPV ran too long and everybody who ordered it asked for their money back, then Nash beat Goldberg for the title and ended his streak, people within the company said Nash ego got in the way. Then David Arquette won the title. Just watch the damn DVD it explains everything behind the scenes that u didn't know.

[mikeg155]

@george2648 pretty much 90% of anything good the wwf did they copied from wcw, yet some people say wcw sucked and wwf was better. dx was a copy of nwo, stone cold being the cool bad guy was a copy of scott hall or hogan (take your pick), the mr. mcmahon character was a copy of eric bischoff, the rock being the peoples champ was stolen from ddp. the list goes on and on yet some people will say wcw sucked and wwf was better when wcw was far superior until it merged and bischoff lost control in 98

[krazygreen]

@tonshaad1230 Regardless, it was then that people began tuning out. And can you blame them? Turn on the other channel and look at the well written stuff Titan sports was putting out in comparison to Turner broadcast. WCW lost it's way, they dragged the nWo storyline for too long, let the wrestlers get too much creative control (not a good thing) and didn't push the right guys. Its unfortunate, because watching stuff like this from 96 and 97 was pure genius. This was the WCW I once knew and loved

[krazygreen]

@tonshaad1230 It's not to say WCW still wasn't putting out good stuff in 98 and early parts of 99. Goldberg was awesome, but once his streak died against Nash, it was never the same. And lets not even get into the finger poke of doom. Or my most hated, pushing Jeff Jarrett as a viable champion. You gotta be kidding me. I don't know what's worse, seeing Double J yap his mouth about "slap asses" all day with no positive results ratings wise, or David Arquette and Jay Leno with the belt.

[krazygreen]

@tonshaad1230 WCW in 96 and 97 imo was better then the swank product the WWF was putting out. The Hart foundation, NOD, and raunchy DX stuff was a bit too over the top for me. Granted they toned it down a bit come 98 (not by much, but a bit), WCW still had the superior product imo in 96 and 97, and early stages of 98. By the time Austin beat HBK at WM14, tides had turned, the torch was passed, and the Austin era began. From that point on, WWF never looked back, and WCW never looked ahead.

[krazygreen]

@tonshaad1230 It's not a bad thing to admit to that, it makes you no less of a fan. I'm sure you were a big WCW guy in it's heyday. I was too, I loved the old WCW, but you can't deny that by late 99 and 2000, they had fucked it all up. Russo came in with his bullshit and the power structure and politics in the locker room was unbearable for most of those guys. Nobody was getting a legitimate push and the drop in ratings every week proved that their fanbase was going to the WWF.