10 Booking Steps For WCW's Future If WWE Hadn't Killed It

2. Trim The Dead Weight Torturing Fans

Scanning the WCW roster of 2001 shows a lot of talented performers. Unfortunately, it also highlights just how many names the company had under contract that were contributing very little. After all, just what could 'Hacksaw' Jim Duggan, The Demon and M.I Smooth offer to the promotion in 2001? Unbelievably, men like Curt Hennig were also still being paid to sit at home and do absolutely nothing. WCW's talent policy was a complete mess, and it badly needed sorting out. If the company were expected to move forwards in 2001, the roster needed to be streamlined down to those who actually had contributions to make. New stars such as AJ Styles and Sean O'Haire clearly had ability in abundance. Those men, along with established stars such as Goldberg, Booker T and Sting, needed to be the focus. WCW had booked these performers shoddily, and energy needed to go into changing that. Instead, money was being frittered away on people who didn't have any purpose.