They were cooking in the final days of WCW. I think if they just had like 2 more months they would have turned it around.
>>21425815>yfw they’re both dead
>>21425815jericho is older than dusty here while edge & christian are the same age as dusty
>>21425815https://youtu.be/T25wc-Edc_A?si=mpbgI7AZkONz473J&t=171
>>21425815It didn't matter, the AOL Time Warner execs wanted to purge everything Southern. They also dumped NASCAR at its all time high (Dale Earnhardt vs Jeff Gordon) and MonsterVision (highly rated with the key demo) while keeping the NBA when they were losing money on it. Joe Bob Briggs has broken it down many times, his appearance on the TV Guidance Counselor podcast is probably the best one.
>>21426229This, wcw still had decent numbers to build on like 3 million viewers
>>21426229>They also dumped NASCAR at its all time high (Dale Earnhardt vs Jeff Gordon)monumental blunder of dimesola proportions
>>21426229Didn’t they still have NASCAR through TNT instead for a while?
>>21426582Crazy that both NASCAR and WWE started declining right around the same time
>>21425815I kind of agree but they already had the main guy of 80s Crockett/WCW (Dusty) join the nWo and that type of shit ruined it
>>21428581God damn! It would have been nice to see nWo Nitro go forward permanently just so we didn't have to hear you assholes constantly complain about the "Wrong" people joining the nWo.
>>21428593nWo wouldn't have worked, they needed to kill it. Marketing it as WCW/nWo is what kind of ruined the company
>>21427864No, it went to FOX and then set all time high ratings records after FOX had their team that created the groundbreaking 90s NFL coverage (with Terry Bradshaw and Howie Long) modernize NASCAR coverage with Darrell Waltrip and Larry MacReynoldsTNT lost so much money by losing NASCAR that they begged them to come back in the mid 2000s and overpaid for the rights
>>21428598I remember marks from here in Boston watching NASCAR, I was never a fan of turnleft but how did they fuck it up?
>>21428612It's so complicated and crazy that a really good movie could be made about itBasically the coke head CEO wanted to make NASCAR a national, WWE style monopoly and also tried to kill everything Southern and closed many of their most profitable tracks while building unprofitable mega tracks in the Midwest It was like the circus coming to town, it worked the first few years and the novelty wore offAlso Theresa Earnhardt ruined Dale Jr's career
>>21425827Dusty was an obese shitter that had all his points in Charisma(gay and black thoughbeit)
>>21428646was this before they tried the fake lynching of Bubba Wallace?
>>21428656Like 10 years before
>>21428598>team that created the groundbreaking 90s NFL coverageyou mean catering to npcs
>>21428646Dale’s death did a number as well, along with the move away from cigarette sponsors
>>21428654>Dusty was an obese shitterbut he didnt move like one. he moved well above average for a fat guy
>>21426229Never knew about them dropping NASCAR Kek what a bitch!!
>>21426301It was down to 1.7 by December 2000
Who is the Dale Earnhardt of WWE?
>>21426229>his appearance on the TV Guidance Counselor podcast is probably the best one.QRD on what he said?
>>21428172Both were litterally victims of Hollywood rejecting southern TV growing compared to West/Northern
>>21429723Can I say Benoit?
>>21429748Dale only murdered himself though.
>>21429788Benoit, can I do this? He possibly might have killed them out of delusional love
>>21429788You take Benoit for the audience impact and safety/health discussions, or you take Owen for just "someone without a controversial image who died".You aren't getting a one to one comparison in WWE.Misawa in Japan would probably be the closest in wrestling, wouldn't he?
>>21429822Nascar had a lot of personalities that I feel like can be very similar to wrestlers in regards to their promos and their personalities.
Who would you say is the Nascar KWABOTY?
>>21429921Dale jr
>>21429745I literally just posted it in this thread
>>21428172It was a little later. John Cena / Jimmie Johnson killed both companies
>>21429925What year would he say he was KWABOTY? 2004? Cause I wouldn’t say he was KWABOTY this year
>>21429959*Just listened again, the relevant segment starts at 34:00 minutes inhttps://tvguidancecounselor.libsyn.com/tv-guidance-counselor-episode-156-joe-bob-briggs-frank-conniff-and-trace-beaulieu
>>21425815They were motivated to make it not complete dogshit cause they were trying to get investors which was successful but they never got the tv deal so it folded
>>21430315That was just a performance for the stockholders, Bischoff was wizzorked into covering for Vince's tortious interference in the sale.
>>21430031Who would you say is the Mark Martin or Denny Hamlin of WWE?
