In April 2000, WCW was on its last legs. Ratings were in the toilet and mainstream coverage was at an all-time low. WCW was desperate and desperate times call for desperate measures. WCW announced a complete and total reboot of their programming, vacating all of the titles and bringing back Eric Bischoff to work alongside Vince Russo. Bischoff and Russo announced that they were the new authority figures and formed a stable of up and coming wrestlers called the New Blood. Wrestlers like Kidman, Lance Storm, Rey Mysterio, and Booker T claimed that the established main eventers of the time were holding them back and the New Blood were finally sick of it. Opposing the New Blood were the Millionaire's Club, consisting of established veterans such as Hulk Hogan, Scott Hall, Diamond Dallas Page, and Sting. The idea was to push the younger talent as being equals with the older guys in order to try to draw some of the younger WWF viewers. As a concept, it was tremendous because it actually played on real-life backstage drama and had an aura of believability to it. However, this was WCW, so of course everything had to eventually look like the New World Order. Much too quickly, the New Blood turned into an nWo knockoff and the original concept was completely lost. Even having the younger guys win most of the matches didn't help because fan support was squarely behind the Millionaire's Club. For a while though, it was a great storyline.
