Former WCW wrestlers in WWE

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Two questions:

Who do u think was the biggest recruit pre 'merger' from the WCW to the WWE?

I am thinking Jericho, Benoit and Guerrero, who else?

2nd question, who do you think has been the most successful wcw wrestler post merger?

Booker T and Flair are the only two I can think of really, I dont think any of them have been champion.. I might be wrong.
 

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Two questions:

Who do u think was the biggest recruit pre 'merger' from the WCW to the WWE?
Steve Austin. (and I hate it when people say "the WCW", just sounds so wrong!)


2nd question, who do you think has been the most successful wcw wrestler post merger?
guess it depends how you are measuring success.
 

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Cleavy said:
Steve Austin. (and I hate it when people say "the WCW", just sounds so wrong!)
sorry wcw better? :)
austin only got big when he came to the WWF(E) though.


Cleavy said:
guess it depends how you are measuring success.
belts would be the best indicator i guess.
 

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Austin definitely wasnt being groomed for a world title run in WCW as the Flair regime vetoed any push he and Pillman got when they were on the verge of breaking out by splitting them up

Bishoff didnt think Austin was marketable, especially wearing black trunks and fired him.

When Hogan came in he jobbed the US title to Hacksaw Duggan off all people in 8 seconds mind you.



I think the biggest recruit pre-merger was definitely the Big Show. He was the first big name to cross to the WWE, he was young, his run was still ahead of him, or so we thought at the time and he was the largest wrestler in the world. It made a a big difference, Jericho and then the Radicals were just icing on the cake.

Syxx was another one, the night after WM14, helped shift the momentum in the WWEs favor, as only a few weeks later they won the ratings war for the first time in 82 weeks

The biggest aquisition after the merger I would say would have to be Rob Van Dam. He signed a WCW contract right before it was sold to Vince. Imagine WCW had stayed open, at the time they were pushing young stars, RVD would have been pushed, been able to wrestle and would have got over huge.

But if im not gonna be byast then I would say Rey Rey. I also think they missed the boat on Sean Ohaire.
 

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That was If Im not wrong when Ric Flair gave up the world title, so he could face Hogan .
It was actually when Flair had a creative dispute with then WCW president Jim Herd, who wanted him to cut his hair and wear an earring.

Flair was out of contract and took the NWA title with him has he had originally paid a 80 grand deposit for the belt which Herd wasnt willing to pay him. They chose to strip him of the title rather than fly him in to job to Windham or Luger.

Vince told Flair to bring the belt with him and then WCW filed a lawsuit causing Vince to 'digitally distort' the belt on TV. Once Flair won the wwe title, they got rid of the belt.

Hogan/Flair was in the works for WM8 and would have been one of the biggest matches of all time but Vince had promised Sid a match with Hogan at Mania, therefore it coldnt happen. Amazing that he actually kept a promise.
 

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Hogan/Flair was in the works for WM8 and would have been one of the biggest matches of all time but Vince had promised Sid a match with Hogan at Mania, therefore it coldnt happen. Amazing that he actually kept a promise.
Think of the money they could have made with Hogan vs Flair! Also (re: Sid vs Hogan), wasn't Hogan 'retiring' again to make more movies etc, and therefore wasn't going to lose to anyone?
 

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Think of the money they could have made with Hogan vs Flair! Also (re: Sid vs Hogan), wasn't Hogan 'retiring' again to make more movies etc, and therefore wasn't going to lose to anyone?
They made good money anyway, but your right, it was the one chance for Flair/Hogan to be given the appropriate spotlight, both not so old,fresh matchup of perhaps the two biggest stars ever. They wanted to give Warrior the Hogan rub and I guess Sid was the obvious opponent until Sid bailed leaving Warrior to get caught up with Savage and Flair.

I guess they didnt want Hogan in the title picture since he was leaving and obviously wouldnt job. Savage was a better choice anyway but you always tend to think what if
 

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jules101 said:
Two questions:

Who do u think was the biggest recruit pre 'merger' from the WCW to the WWE?

I am thinking Jericho, Benoit and Guerrero, who else?

2nd question, who do you think has been the most successful wcw wrestler post merger?

Booker T and Flair are the only two I can think of really, I dont think any of them have been champion.. I might be wrong.
Kevin Nash and Goldberg
 

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Goldberg is/was a dud, only in it for the money.
He was incredibly over and used badly in both wcw and wwe. Should have won the title at summerslam in that elimination chamber.
 
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