WCW's 10 Biggest Mistakes

WWE.comIt has been over 14 years since WCW went out of business, swallowed whole by the corporate conglomerate known as the World Wrestling Federation in 2001, but it's never a bad time to look back at some of the reasons why the company ended up the way they did. Bad booking decisions, poor managerial moments, lousy attitudes... it's all there, ripe for the ridicule. At one point, WCW was the wrestling promotion. The WWF has had its struggles through the years, and WCW took advantage of that as a legitimate alternative. Once the Monday Night Wars began with the creation of Nitro as a head-to-head alternative to Raw, things really took off. Their product was so different than what the WWF was putting on television, showcasing different styles of wrestling and giving a new set of characters and gimmicks to fall in love with. Once the nWo and people like Goldberg showed up, it really looked like WCW would not only be here to stay, but that they would become the leader in the business for years to come. Then it all fell apart. When their downward spiral happened, it happened quickly. They began hemorrhaging money, and within a couple years, they simply did not exist anymore. Let's take a look back at some of the main reasons why.

10. Treatment Of Ric Flair

YouTubeYou could say that there wouldn't have been an opportunity for WCW to have success in the Monday Night War if not for Ric Flair and his contributions to the company through the years. Flair was WCW, so much that his initial run with the WWF, albeit successful, never quite felt right. Jim Herd wanted to change Flair's name to Spartacus, shave his head, and wear an earring. Eric Bischoff told the entire WCW locker room that Ric Flair never drew any money in the business, and would also try to sue Flair, who no-showed a taping of Thunder to attend one of his son's amateur wrestling events. The Flair VS Bischoff feud would escalate on-screen, and the disrespect of Flair only got worse, as Flair and the Four Horsemen were basically turned into punching bags and job boys to Bischoff's nWo group, despite increasing crowd reactions, as the WCW fans were dying to see the Horsemen get revenge and come out victorious. It was another case, in a long line of them, of egos and personal vendettas running amok in WCW, leading to decisions made against what should have been better judgement.