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When the WWE bought WCW.
Most people wonder , what the landscape would look like if Vince had allowed WCW to exist.
But.......
A few things i found out i did not know.
Vince actually tried very, very hard to keep WCW alive as WCW, but he couldn't get any cable network to put it on prime time. TNN (now Spike TV) didn't want to be known as "The Wrestling Channel" and USA Network was still steamed at the WWF's move to TNN. Everyone else just didn't want wrestling on their station.
The WWE/WWF wanted to change Smackdown to WCW Thursday Nitro, but there was something in their deal with UPN where they couldn't call the promotion anything but WWF They tried to convince UPN that the change and revitilization of the Monday Night Wars would increase ratings, but UPN wouldn't do it.
They could have promoted under the WCW brand on TNN, and the idea of having Monday Nitro debut on April 2 was strongly considered, with the storyline of "WCW snookered their way into the WWF's prime slot". But ultimately the WWE/WWF decided that putting WCW on Mondays and moving the RAW franchise to Thursday night was just too risky.
Most people wonder , what the landscape would look like if Vince had allowed WCW to exist.
But.......
A few things i found out i did not know.
Vince actually tried very, very hard to keep WCW alive as WCW, but he couldn't get any cable network to put it on prime time. TNN (now Spike TV) didn't want to be known as "The Wrestling Channel" and USA Network was still steamed at the WWF's move to TNN. Everyone else just didn't want wrestling on their station.
The WWE/WWF wanted to change Smackdown to WCW Thursday Nitro, but there was something in their deal with UPN where they couldn't call the promotion anything but WWF They tried to convince UPN that the change and revitilization of the Monday Night Wars would increase ratings, but UPN wouldn't do it.
They could have promoted under the WCW brand on TNN, and the idea of having Monday Nitro debut on April 2 was strongly considered, with the storyline of "WCW snookered their way into the WWF's prime slot". But ultimately the WWE/WWF decided that putting WCW on Mondays and moving the RAW franchise to Thursday night was just too risky.
