re: Spinoff thread: Was the Montreal Screwjob a work?

This thread reminds me of how awesome the Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows documentary is.

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the WCW fall was an inside job. Even Eric bischoff said he they let him buy WCW it would have been for a lot more than what Vince bought it for.

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Bischoff talks a lot of shite. Some of it is factual, some of it not.


The Fuscient offer that Bischoff put together may have been for more total money than Vince paid, but it was being done in installments rather than a lump sum and would have required Turner Broadcasting to keep Nitro and Thunder on the air while they were getting money from the sale.

Considering that Time-Warner wanted to get WCW off its books completely, selling to Vince for pennies on the dollar in a cash sale was a better option than selling to Fuscient on an installment plan.



You can debate the merits of Turner Broadcasting executive Jamie Kellner canceling Nitro and Thunder during the middle of all this, but him doing so ensured that Vince McMahon was the only person who would be seriously interested in purchasing WCW.

Kellner's decision wasn't tied to Vince or any conspiracy, as he'd had a history of canceling successful shows in other programming jobs because he didn't like that show and wanted to push his own pet projects instead.

I agree with that. Was it him and bulldog that were both tagging sunny as well as hbk and Chris candido? When Jericho found out how much Vince bought wow for he was pretty upset because he could have bought it as well. Btw does anyone think Russo was a great writer and booker?

Good points. I bet Ron Simmons gave sunny the bbc

I've heard that rumor too just couldn't remember if it was Ron or Ahmed. Ahmed got fat when he was in wcw

Based on my conversations with people inside the business, as well as with His father Stu and two of his brothers.

Say what you want about sunny.

In the 90's she helped sell more lotion than dry skin.

Always put her >>> sable as far as looks went. If I were Shawn I wouldn't have hesitated either. I don't think Hart was hitting it, Shawn seemed high, insecure and jealous a lot back then over more than just sunny.

I think his story was a few marines roughed him up, I've heard other accounts say it was a 1 on 1 fight which Shawn lost.

The truth of the matter (which I've heard from some very reliable sources) was that Shawn was high on pills and booze, as were the others who were there. Shawn was making advances towards one of the marine's girlfriend/wife and was called out. The marines proceeded to beat his bitch arse and his buddies were so fricked up that there was really nothing they could do about it.

Shawn is without question one of the all-time greatest showmen and in-ring workers, but he's also undoubtedly the biggest douchebag in the history of the business.