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THE OUTSIDER'S EDGE The AT&T Crazy Idea I had this crazy idea about the current shape of WCW. I was talking on the phone with someone when I got the idea and AT&T saw the marketing potential, so they jumped on the Crazy Idea sponsor crew. Without further ado, I present to you the Crazy Idea sponsored by AT&T. I do not think that I have ever done one of these fantasy booking things, so I apologize if it ain't too good. I don't really like doing these things, cause it is hard to take into account all of the factors that go into booking, like ego or execution, but I had this thought, a crazy one as the case may be, and wanted to share it with the thousands and thousands of people out there who accidently stumble upon my column and are too dumb to leave instantly before I melt their brains with AT&T and my Crazy Ideas. Please do not be offended by that sentence as it was a (unfunny) joke. My theory is this: With Bischoff out, there is the potential for greatness to occur. There is a power vacuum and somebody needs to step up to the plate and hit a home run. Whether or not that actually happens will be up to WCW, but I think that if they want to win the everlasting battle, then they need to start swinging for the fences. They need to do something big,something to grab the audiences attention and I do not think that Jim Duggan is the thing to do that. My Crazy Idea, in conjunction with AT&T, is that they totally and absolutely change around the heel/face status at the main event level, with the exception of Goldberg, who would be hard to change. Yes, that is it. They need to do the biggest double switch in the history of the sport. I know that that sounds really odd/dumb, but I say that, given the position that WCW is in, they need to try anything and everything. The double switch will show that they are dedicated to creative booking, just like they once were. The double switch worked for Austin/Hart and I think it can work here. They are basically rehashing story lines from several years ago with the who's side is Luger on, where will Sting go stuff. They need something new to make everyone gasp. How to get around to doing it, though, is another story. The have to get the right players and put them in the right position. They started to turn Sting at Fall Brawl, but they did a bad job of it as Hogan is the wrong guy to turn him with. What they need to do is use Goldberg, easily the number one face, to turn the good guys bad and thusly the bad guys good. They can have Sting viciously attack Goldberg, because Goldy did not help Sting enough against Sid and Rick Steiner. Actually, do not do that. Have Sting attack Goldberg, because he did not help Sting against Sid and Kevin Nash. Yes, get rid of RSteiner and get KNash back. Do some part shoot angle, where they say Bischoff is out, so his edicts don't stand and Nash can get back in. Or just make a trade: RSteiner and Hogan for Big Sexy. So, right now we have Sting vs. Goldberg/Nash/Sid. Goldberg and Nash can be the edgy partners type and Sid can be their extremely silent (really, really, really silent) assassin. Sid is kind of face, cause he rescues the fans from terrible matches. I think that Sid kind of stumbled into Jericho's save-WCW-from-boring-matches gimmick, but that is another column. We need more heels, as Hogan is gone, along with RPiper, RSteiner, JDuggan, RSavage, LLuger, BBagwell, EMiller,and the West Texas Rednecks (sans CHennig). I love that abbreviation, by the way. Sting is alone as heel at this point, so we elevate the Revolution. They lost all their matches at the Fall Brawl PPV, so at a later Nitro, the four come out and have an interview. In this interview, they turn heel by saying that they have tried the Revolution, but nothing is happening (i.e. they lose all their matches and get nothing done). They become the Vigilantes or the Established Bourgeoisie Pigs or an equally heelish name. To get more over as heels, they can kick Saturn out of the group. That way we get Saturn more over as a face. Saturn joins up with the Goldberg/Nash/Silent Sid group to get revenge on his former comrades. This combo leaves us with Sting/Malenko/Benoit/Douglas versus Goldberg/Nash/Library-style Sid/Saturn. The groups can break down into a Sting vs. Goldberg for title and a Malenko/Benoit vs. Nash/Taped Fist and Mouth Sid for respect and Douglas vs. Saturn for revenge. Of course, they can move around freely among the groups, so as not to create boredom. Maybe have a Saturn vs. Sting program, which would, IMO, be cool or they can have a Malenko vs. Mime Sid in a first person to speak loses the match and all respect program. If they were to do something as big as this undertaking, then it would get attention to WCW. People would see Sting try his hand at heel at a return match on that great November Sting/Goldberg match. One last thing, would be to drop the Triad down into the tag ranks to feud with Harlem Heat and the First Family. I know all this stuff probably would not able to happen as egos would get in the way. I would keep Sting champ for about half of a year to gain credibility for the belt. People do not remember one week champions, but Sting has the potential to make the WCW title great again. The opportunity is open, but I sincerely doubt that anything like this will happen. Anyway, if you have any comments, concerns, criticisms, questions or just wanna chat about bad the Jacksonville Jaguars need to be hit upside the head then please email me at talboito@uclink4.berkeley.edu. PS I am starting to write another column exclusive to a e-magazine called HOT! Magazine. It is a really good mag and I am happy to be working with them. The name of the column will be Space Flying Tiger Column and it will be about Pororesu. 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