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12 STEPS TO GET OUT OF THE SEWER

Every jackass who can scrounge up enough HTML knowledge to post a webpage thinks they could book WCW out of its problems and back into rating competition. After the last couple of weeks I would agree. I won't go over the well documented trials and tribulations WCW is going through right now. We all know the obvious problems but does anyone really know the best solution? Well, this jackass, thinks he does.

Here is a 12 step programs for WCW.

1. I would instantly fire the following deadwood; Hogan, Nash, Hall, Madusa, Sullivan, and Abbot.

2. I would put the following people on probation; Scott Stiener and Scott Hall. Both would be pissing in a cup once a week. Any screw ups and they are fired also.

3. Main Nitro Broadcast Team; Scott Hudson and Bobby Heenan.

4. Ric Flair and Arn Anderson would be put in charge of helping the younger talent learn how to cut a promo.

5. TV title back from the trash and put into a tournament. Guys like Smiley, Kidman, Leroux, Bigelow, Vampiro, Hennig, Chavo, and La Parka could put on one hell of a show.

6. Cruiserweight title. Give the damn belt some respect. Don't make it little rey-rey's bitch belt again. Put it on Juvy (normal Juvy not the freakin juice) and let him have some great matches with the few remaining cruiserweights.

7. Reform the 4 horseman but do it friggin right this time. Lure Scott Norton back from Japan to be the heavy in the group. Arn can manage and Ric can style and profile. Make Luger and Jarret the tag team of the group. Make them heels. Sacrifice David Flair, Bret Hart, Kidman, Smiley and even Goldberg to some good ol fashioned horseman beatdowns. Let them cut heel promos. After a couple months they will be over as heels.

8. The tag ranks are in serious need of help. Team up guys who don't seem to have much purpose and let them work some good matches. Hugh Morris would be excellent in this role. With Harlem Heat 2000(ugh but at least booker is free), Faces of Fear (bring em back!) the Mamalukes, Finlay and anyone but Knobbs. alot of those singles guys who seems to be doing nothing could be formed into tag teams.

9. Build a womans division around Mona. I saw her live and she kicks major ass. Bring in some real female wrestlers and resist the urge to siliconize em and let em wrestle.

10. Elevate. Booker, Kidman (with Torrie), Smiley these guys are ready to go to the next level. The crowd loves em and they can actually work a match.

11. My booking comittee would have no active wreslters on it. And one small child, any gaping plot holes he sees will be instantly corrected (ok I borrowed that one but they really need it).

12. Never e-e-e-e-e-ver mention the competition in any way shape or form again on TV. Concentrate on my own product and damn what they are doing.

13. The world title scene could be good if everyone was healthy. Flair, Goldberg, Sting, Hart, even Vicious and maybe some new players (Booker) could bring some prestige back to the title.

14. No more live musical acts or celebrity wreslters (Rodman, Leno) and no more stupid publicity stunts (goldberg challenging Austin on the Tonight show)

15. Follow through on angles. Smiley turning hardcore, the friggin hummer driver. just a couple of examples of angles WCW has screwed up in the past year.

Ok so it was 15 steps instead of 12 but does anyone really think WCW's problems could be solved in 12 simple steps? If they started now and stuck to it they could be a serious contender again in 6-8 months. Every day they put on a crappy show they slip farther and farther into the abyss. Writing this I was seriously hard pressed to find people in WCW who I actually think have some potential. The lose of the "WCW 4" really hurt their roster. Add that to guys like Jericho and Paul Wight heading for the greener pastures of Titanland and WCW is looking pretty sorry right now.

Well thats all this jackass has to say on the subject. I doubt anyone in WCW will ever read this but I don't care I just had to get the months of frustration off my chest. Seriously how can you screw up something that was so good and turn it into something that is now this bad? Oh, I know, Hogan and Nash had booking powers.

Johnathan Doe
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