10 Wrestling 'Truths' We’ll Never Get An Answer To

6. Just How Different Was WCW 2001 Going To Be?

Eric Bischoff WCW
WWE Network

In 2000-2001, Eric Bischoff scrambled to put together a deal that'd let him buy WCW and save the organisation from either fading away into oblivion or becoming part of Vince McMahon's portfolio. Eventually, the latter happened, and Bischoff was helpless to do anything about it. Without the promise of a TV slot, WCW didn't appeal to him or his backers.

So much for the 'Big Bang'.

That's a show Bisch and cohorts wanted to promote in May 2001. It would've been a fresh beginning for the brand, and an attempt to relaunch WCW as a viable commodity capable of competing with the WWF. The question is this: Just how different was Eric's new WCW going to be to the old one?

Bischoff has touched on this via his '83 Weeks' podcast, but even he's unsure of what WCW 2.0 would've looked like. He and his partners hadn't reached that point yet, and McMahon's stunningly cheap (somewhere in the region of $2.5m) purchase of WCW's shell stopped plans in their tracks.

Advertisement
In this post: 
Vince McMahon
 
First Posted On: 
Contributor

Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.