By Borg1531@aol.com
7th June, 1999

Hello again wrestling fans, its time for another edition of the Blockbuster. 
Today I'm going to compare WCW and WWF. I'm sure you have read this kind of
comparison before, but keep reading. I'm mainly going to be comparing the way
the big two are ran. I would include ECW, but I know absolutely nothing about
that promotion.
Before I get to the main topic, I just have to comment of the WWF's
"higher power" angle. It is one of the most brilliant and well thought out
angles in wrestling history.
Macmahon, Bischoff, both over the years have impressively been able
to get themselves over as heels. Both have had their companies on top of the
wrestling industry. There is one important difference- experience. Bischoff
has been with the company only for a few years, since the early nineties.
Vince has much more experience. He has been through thick and thin. Bischoff,
for the most part, up until recently, has only experienced having his
promotion be on top. Now that the WWF has gotten itself back on top, Eric has
no ideal what to do. WCW's rating continue to dwindle, and he can't figure
out why. Vince has put to use two things that draw ratings, sex and violence.
Bischoff  won't do this, but it is the only way he can win back the ratings.
Bishoff also needs to get rid of the established names and give the
new, young talent some major pushes. Look at the WWF, Vince got rid of all
the stars of the 80's, Hogan, Piper, Savage, Flair, and pushed the nobodies.
Over the course of a year or so, he got two absolute nobodies, The Ringmaster
Steve Austin, and Rocky Maivia, up to main event status, and look what it has
done. They are now the two most popular stars in wrestling today. Bishoff is
still using people like Piper, Flair, Savage, and Hogan, when he should be
pushing the people like Disco Inferno (who needs a new gimmick), Billy
Kidman, Chavo Guerrero Jr., and Buff Bagwell.
The WWF is also spicing things up by turning long-time allies against
each other. Take the Macmahons. As long as I have watched the WWF, Shane has
been at Vince's side. Now, they are mortal enemies. DX has been broken up.
The New Age Outlaws are against each other. For years now in WCW all its been
is basically WCW versus nWo. I have been hearing that WCW is going to scrap
most of its stables and form all new ones.
WCW also has too many wrestlers on its roster. They have I think
about 70 people. WWF only has about 35 or so. If WCW cut back on its roster,
they could be using Thunder and even Saturday Night to further angles. The
WWF uses almost all of their prime time air time to further angles. Even
Shotgun Saturday Night isn't just a bunch of jabronies that no one has ever
heard of. Usually on shotgun they have some intercontinental title defenses
and some people that you know like Goldust and the Hardy Boyz.
Basically, despite all of their similarities, Vince and Eric have
very different ideas on how to run a wrestling promotion. Unfortunately,
Bischoff's plan doesn't work in the real world anymore, especially if you
want to win ratings. Everyone remember- know your role!