So what is this opinion you ask? Well, this week, I am here to say something which may shock and alarm you, it may cause you to disregard me as a loon (again going to that brain thing). But here we go: WCW did something right for a change.

I'm just as ready to admit and complain about it as you are. WCW, between the occasional decent Nitro and booking decision, has been a complete and total waste of money and talent over the past six months (I'd say longer, but there was always something to keep watching for). There was no reason to watch beyond a lot of guys who are either injured or in their rival promotions.

But I stress; Monday was the right direction to take. There was nothing to hold back for, nothing to lose at all. You merely have an opportunity to say to the fans "This is who we have. This is why you should like them." The Wall and Vampiro were both given legitimate pushes towards the top, being shoved down our collective throat as what WCW wants us to view them as, as opposed to being told what they want us to view them as.

The Wall has been getting a push, and no one was really sure why. They were painting him as a monster, when all he looked like was a big slow guy who hadn't done an impressive thing beyond a move which became somewhat routine in the mid-1990s. While a powerful move such as the chokeslam was impressive at this time, it has become routine enough that you can see people use it as a secondary finisher and a small guy like Benoit using a modified form during a routine TV match with The Rock.

But over the past week, last week's Thunder and this week's Nitro, he has become the monster WCW has been pushing him as. The man whose previous "monster" move was powerbombing a dead-tired Kidman at Souled Out has twice destroyed men. In an impressive move last week, a chokeslam of Crowbar through the commentary table which looked sweet and was made to look even better by the well-used camera angles. While it was not as impressive looking, a still well done chokeslam of David Flair through two tables on Nitro not only shows continuity with the angle, as Crowbar and young Flair are partners, but also is another commanding move which pushes him as a monster. Not that chokeslamming the champion, who also uses the chokeslam and is no small man himself, during a tag match and allowing Jarrett to pin Sid was any small feat itself. All of these contributed to the push extensively. If they do something to show him getting some sort of sick pleasure from this, much as the WWF has done with Buh Buh Ray Dudley's "table fetish." This is how the fans need to view him as a monster; have him do it to someone the fans would pop for (not necessarily women, don't need to steal EVERYTHING).

Vampiro has been getting the same type of push, of a different sort. He fights the big guys and loses, but gets to look good doing it. Putting him in the main even this week just establishes what the announcers have been saying for months, about everyone. He is a force to be reckoned with. The announcing teams put him over as the second coming of one of the most popular and charismatic stars the company has ever had, Sting, and shows him fighting against the few guys who are over in the company. Once again, by default, you create a star.

Now, to get these guys over, they have to continue with these pushes for the time being, possibly inserting a really hot angle in there, and just give these guys some time on the stick and if they don't have those skills, demolishing opponents.

Thank you class, are there any questions?