When did you first realise WCW was in decline?

[Alfred0Santana]

It was a dude online years ago (thestro?) who used to stream every WCW,WWF,ECW TV and PPV from like 96-2001 or something. I caught his stream like in the middle of WCW fukkery 2000. It was so bad but I couldn't stop watching.

 

[Sypress]

Jeff Jarrett being a main event guy

This

I stayed after the finger poke of doom and I've seen some shyt on there hell I even continued to watch thunder but as soon as I saw Jeff with the world title I gave up completely

 

[SAJ!!]

The entire year of 2000

 

[Playaz Eyez]

shyt for me when i started watching wwF more than wcw

This. Though I was watching both companies, I was heavily invested more in WCW early on because of the CW division. Things just started to feel different around 98. Though the NWO had just popped off in 96 and was very intriguing, I also started getting interested in Stone Cold and the Nation of Domination. I gradually began to watch Raw live in one room, while recording Nitro in another room.

Goldberg debuted before Austin even popped off

Goldberg debuted in 1996? Or were you referring to Austin popping off as in him really breaking out?

I don't think Goldberg was a copy at all either. All they had similar were being white, bald, and black attire. Not the same mic skills, charisma, wrestling style, etc

 

[SteelCitySoldier]

When they started reaching and bringing in Leno, Rodman, Malone etc. They were still getting ratings and making money but I knew that the ship was going to start sinking soon

 

[Duke_Droese]

i remember they had a wrestler called lodi with a gay gimmick . had me disgusted even as a youngin.

 

[Mr. Negative]

I can't even recall the exact moment.

I just remember tuning in randomly one monday and hearing Schiavone sound extremely bored with his entire life. Complete apathy. Sting did a run in and it was like

" well..... Sting is attacking the NWO right now...."

I think it was around that time that I stopped watching wrestling for a good 10 years.

I tried ONCE out of boredom. I turned on Raw and they sounded bored as hell, too.

Triple H beat two cowboys who were the tag team champs in a handicap match..... clean.

Crowd was like

I was like


Didn't start watching again til I had to move back to the delta and got hooked on TNA when it was good.

 

[YakSpiller]

I love Hall and Nash (especially back then)

but watching this version of the N-Struggle U- O was brutal

The worst stable ever.

Seen that weak ass logo and never watched again...and WCW Mayhem put a bow on it.

 

[Lord Beasley]

One
Warrior
Nation



RIP

 

[HipHopStan]

January 4, 1999.

I was semi more interested in the Nash/Goldberg main event match than I was RAW (due to it being recorded), but once it was changed to Nash/Hogan, I switched channels.I made the right choice that night. After Foley's great and emotional title win, I turned it back to Nitro to see all of the nWo (reunited) standing over Goldberg and I was like and of course the same shyt kept going on for weeks and weeks with the nWo ending every show on top - so you think they'll finally get their comeuppance at Super Brawl? Nope. The nWo dominated that show too. It was just the same old shyt. There were other things that I thought were stupid too like that time where Flair got beat down in a field by the nWo, the camera is there, and everyone at home and in the arena knows what happened, but when Flair shows back up to the arena battered and bloodied, the announcers were like "WHAT HAPPENED TO FLAIR?" Also, that David Flair first person camera shot was stupid too.

 

[thaKEAF]

When they were running a Hogan vs Flair feud in 99 after having Goldberg as champ and then the finger poke of doom shyt. Nwo was officially stale when they reunited and WWF was doing so much fresh stuff at the time with Rock and Mankind as champions.

 

[Dog Based Gremlin]

For me it was when Nash headlined Starrcade. Never bought him at that level no matter how hard they tried. I know he was over but still.

And yet now you got a guy like Robo, who's not even close to being on Nash's level, headlining MANIA! Two years in a row no less!

i remember being hugely letdown seeing Nash and Goldberg as the main event of WCW's main ppv of the year. He was a tag team partner all of WCW and i couldnt sepearte it as a youngin even though he was Diesel in WWE as a singles star.

Goldberg debuted before Austin even popped off

Austin was a bum in 96

you cant be a TSC O.G. saying this blasphemy :hater:

remember i binged his rise to stardom (June 96-March 98) on the Network and thoroughly enjoyed his time from 96-97 more.

When Sting joined NWO Wolfpack. He started wearing baggy jeans n tryna b hip. Plus why would he join a organization that tried to take him out. I was done

brehs, that red paint was garbage as hell

and him trying to have hip hop swag was matter of fact, all those 40 year olds trying to be young and hip lookin back was except Scott Hall & K-dawg

They're carpenter jeans. But he was wearing them to try to look cool. He also wore some overalls once or twice that WERE pretty baggy. He looked dumb as fukk all around during the Wolfpac period. That red paint was so gross.

Hogan was straight up wearing JNCOs, though lol. Sometimes with a flannel shirt to increase the vato look, amigo.

Hogan was so swagless on his own. Nash had to school that cac

 

[HipHopStan]

Wolfpac Sting looked like a pissed off lobster.

 

[stro]

Wolfpac Sting looked like a pissed off lobster.

 

[BodeineBrazy]

This

I stayed after the finger poke of doom and I've seen some shyt on there hell I even continued to watch thunder but as soon as I saw Jeff with the world title I gave up completely

bingo