Comments on: Fantasy Booking

By: myfactsareright

myfactsareright — Sat, 16 May 2009 18:24:39 +0000

Sorry to go off topic but I just bought Great American Bash 89 for twenty bucks on Half.com. I feel so happy.

By: Enforcer

Enforcer — Sat, 16 May 2009 03:07:06 +0000

“The result was not HHH vs. Scott Steiner in a life or death struggle for the survival of WWF against WCW, but rather HHH vs. Scott Steiner in gay posedowns and arm wrestling contests.”

……IN BED!

By: theblindmouse

theblindmouse — Sat, 16 May 2009 02:27:57 +0000

Haha, good. I figured he was bulletproof.

By: balognasandwich

balognasandwich — Sat, 16 May 2009 00:11:46 +0000

Vince and his family own the vast majority of outstanding WWE stock, so external shareholders aren’t able to vote him out, and likely won’t ever be able to do so.

But I get your point.

By: theblindmouse

theblindmouse — Fri, 15 May 2009 22:08:03 +0000

It really speaks to how prominent the WWF championship was in 1999 that I completely forgot Big Show was the champion for a short period.

I think the stockholders should’ve thrown Vince on his keister after the Invasion. That would’ve given the WWF at least 18 months of storylines and it would’ve made McMahon richer than a Saudi prince.

But thanks to Vince, 2001-2003 is as dark a period as 1993-1996.

By: guy incognito

guy incognito — Fri, 15 May 2009 21:48:34 +0000

is there any bigger “missed opportunity” than having Austin and Hogan on the roster and not doing one single match? not even on Raw or SD?

By: Knighthawk

Knighthawk — Fri, 15 May 2009 21:40:54 +0000

The InVasion was an instance where Vince’s ego kept him from making a ton of money. He should have brought in Goldberg, Hogan, Hall, Nash, Sting, Steiner, etc. right away to give the fans dream matches that they wanted. Instead, he suddenly got fiscal, didn’t want to pay to buy out the contracts of those guys and ended up bringing them in much later for lower prices, hoping that the magic would still be there for the fans.

The result was not HHH vs. Scott Steiner in a life or death struggle for the survival of WWF against WCW, but rather HHH vs. Scott Steiner in gay posedowns and arm wrestling contests.

By: Knighthawk

Knighthawk — Fri, 15 May 2009 21:35:44 +0000

If you’re fantasy booking, why not just eliminate the need for bringing in the nWo to kill off the Alliance and bring in all of WCW’s big name talent to make the InVasion storyline actually work?

WCW (WWE version) was dead in the water when their first main event was Booker T versus Buff Bagwell and Bagwell was literally booted out of the arena and the promotion forever.

By: Malakai

Malakai — Fri, 15 May 2009 20:04:08 +0000

I think factually speaking Nash cut his own leg out from under him when he blew a quad stepping into the ring on Raw.

Ooooh you meant politically and in the eyes of the fans, my bad.

By: thebeast

thebeast — Fri, 15 May 2009 19:45:40 +0000

I was so glad the NWO fizzled out as quickly as it did. After they ran roughshod over WCW for years (both on-screen and behind the scenes), did people really want them pulling the same crap in WWF/E? Hogan ended up working out well as a nostalgia trip. He shouldn’t have won the title but he gave us the match with the Rock and put over Angle and Lesnar in the summer. As for Hall and Nash, thank God that Austin and the Rock cut their legs out as soon as they came in.