Booking 10 WCW Concepts In Modern-Day WWE
2. Spring Break
Amongst some of the detestable idioms Michael Cole is force-fed each week on Monday Night Raw, 'fun to watch' remains the most infuriating. Not only does it trivialise the wafer-thin veneer of competitiveness that still exists, it's so often not bloody true.
WWE TV and especially Monday Night Raw can sometimes be a real grind. The weekly show is chasing viewers away by the thousands, particularly in a last hour the company can't decide between boosting or burying.
WCW's spring break sojourns were a ludicrous waste of money and resources over the years, but the aesthetics represented a mindset completely alien to the comparably stoic WWE philosophy.
That Eric Bischoff managed to sneak the concept through as an annual tradition as he did with the Sturgis pay-per-view visits was another boon for talent that undoubtedly enjoyed the company-funded hedonism dressed up as professional wrestling. As with most comparisons, WWE would certainly run a tighter ship, but the first water-bound SmackDown Live! would add a whole new meaning to 'blue brand'. Shane McMahon's clash could even be fought on a record-breaking high dive board - at least one into a huge pool might be a little more memorable than his most recent stunts.