10 Things You Didn't Know About WCW In 1994

6. WCW Ran A Show Based On Fan Voting

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Older wrestling fans will perhaps fondly remember the WWF's Livewire show, one which encouraged fan interaction with the product. This would be expanded upon by the time the promotion aired their first Cyber Sunday and Taboo Tuesday pay-per-view events years later. However, Vince McMahon wasn't the first to dabble with the concept.

Way back in July, 1994, World Championship Wrestling aired an extra special version of their weekly WCW Saturday Night program. Experimenting with the possibilities of such a venture, Eric Bischoff allowed fans to vote on which matches they'd like to see take place and other - largely superficial - aspects of the show.

Had the test been a raging success, who knows where things might have gone next. WCW wouldn't need to worry about that however, because the show only pulled a terrible 1.8 TV rating. Any hopes of running another similar broadcast were cancelled, and it was reasoned the experiment had been a miserable failure.

Despite some fans enjoying the concept, WWE would find the same problems with their aforementioned interactive pay-per-view shows like Cyber Sunday. 

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