Ranking Top 10 WCW Main Eventers In WWE

Which top WCW stars fared the best in Vince McMahon's organisation?

Even though WCW went out of business in 2001, its legacy still lives on in WWE today. Through the direction of Eric Bischoff, Monday Nitro forever revolutionized the way professional wrestling is presented on television. Because of WCW's flagship show, Raw started airing live every week. They also stopped airing regular squash matches and gave away pay-per-view quality ones instead, and they were forced to greatly improve their production values to compete with Bischoff's vision.

Besides the presentation, we've seen one former WCW talent after the next appear in WWE and influence top storylines. The original Invasion of 2001 initially brought over 20 wrestlers into Vince McMahon's organization, but many of the biggest names didn't come along for the ride. Due to the top talent having contracts with AOL/Time Warner, and not WCW, they were paid to sit at home. Once those contracts ended, though, one by one they all joined WWE. Everyone except for one. Sting was the lone hold out, who instead took time off to spend with his family, and work a light schedule in TNA while making good money.

Now that he has competed at WrestleMania, the collection of former WCW talent is complete. There's absolutely no one left (unless Vince really wants to bring in Disco Inferno or Scotty Riggs). So out of all the top names from the WCW side of the Monday Night War, who fared the best?

This article takes a look at those main-eventers, and rank how well they fared in WWE. They couldn't beat them, so they had to join them, but who should have just continued to stay at home?

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