JMike Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 World Heavyweight Championship: Goldberg vs. The Unnatural {©} World Tag Team Championship: Jung Dragons vs. True Heroes {©} United States Heavyweight Championship: King Corino vs. Rob Van Dam {©} World Television Championship: Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. Brian Kendrick {©} Ultimate Fan Series Semifinal Round: Eddie Guerrero vs. Matt Hardy Ultimate Fan Series Semifinal Round: AJ Styles vs. Sean O’Haire Bryan Danielson vs. Colt Cabana Steenerico vs. Calgary Bulldogs What will be match of the night? The main event How many championships will change hands? 2 TIEBREAKER: How long was the main event? 16:51 General diary comments/questions/critiques: we back boys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasrangers13 Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Fan Scorecard: World Heavyweight Championship: Goldberg vs. The Unnatural {©} World Tag Team Championship: Jung Dragons vs. True Heroes {©} United States Heavyweight Championship: King Corino vs. Rob Van Dam {©} World Television Championship: Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. Brian Kendrick {©} Ultimate Fan Series Semifinal Round: Eddie Guerrero vs. Matt Hardy Ultimate Fan Series Semifinal Round: AJ Styles vs. Sean O’Haire Bryan Danielson vs. Colt Cabana Steenerico vs. Calgary Bulldogs What will be match of the night? Goldberg/Unnatural How many championships will change hands? Two TIEBREAKER: How long was the main event? (minutes and seconds): 21:32 General diary comments/questions/critiques: Glad to see this back, always been a fan of the way you write and really enjoy that I can picture these things happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHK1989 Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 World Heavyweight Championship: Goldberg vs. The Unnatural {©} World Tag Team Championship: Jung Dragons vs. True Heroes {©} United States Heavyweight Championship: King Corino vs. Rob Van Dam {©} World Television Championship: Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. Brian Kendrick {©} Ultimate Fan Series Semifinal Round: Eddie Guerrero vs. Matt Hardy Ultimate Fan Series Semifinal Round: AJ Styles vs. Sean O’Haire Bryan Danielson vs. Colt Cabana Steenerico vs. Calgary Bulldogs What will be match of the night? World Title Match How many championships will change hands? One TIEBREAKER: How long was the main event? (minutes and seconds) 16:20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead_Jester Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 World Heavyweight Championship: Goldberg vs. The Unnatural {©} World Tag Team Championship: Jung Dragons vs. True Heroes {©} United States Heavyweight Championship: King Corino vs. Rob Van Dam {©} World Television Championship: Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. Brian Kendrick {©} Ultimate Fan Series Semifinal Round: Eddie Guerrero vs. Matt Hardy Ultimate Fan Series Semifinal Round: AJ Styles vs. Sean O’Haire Bryan Danielson vs. Colt Cabana Steenerico vs. Calgary Bulldogs What will be match of the night? Goldberg vs. Unnatural How many championships will change hands? 1 TIEBREAKER: How long was the main event? 20:05 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy0wns Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Fan Scorecard: World Heavyweight Championship: Goldberg vs. The Unnatural {©} it'll be like, DQ or something though World Tag Team Championship: Jung Dragons vs. True Heroes {©} United States Heavyweight Championship: King Corino vs. Rob Van Dam {©} World Television Championship: Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. Brian Kendrick {©} Ultimate Fan Series Semifinal Round: Eddie Guerrero vs. Matt Hardy Ultimate Fan Series Semifinal Round: AJ Styles vs. Sean O’Haire Bryan Danielson vs. Colt Cabana Steenerico vs. Calgary Bulldogs What will be match of the night? Goldberg v Unnatural How many championships will change hands? 0 TIEBREAKER: How long was the main event? (minutes and seconds) 17:43 General diary comments/questions/critiques: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odan Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 World Heavyweight Championship: Goldberg vs. The Unnatural {©} World Tag Team Championship: Jung Dragons vs. True Heroes {©} United States Heavyweight Championship: King Corino vs. Rob Van Dam {©} World Television Championship: Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. Brian Kendrick {©} Ultimate Fan Series Semifinal Round: Eddie Guerrero vs. Matt Hardy Ultimate Fan Series Semifinal Round: AJ Styles vs. Sean O’Haire Bryan Danielson vs. Colt Cabana Steenerico vs. Calgary Bulldogs What will be match of the night? King Corino vs. Rob Van Dam {©} How many championships will change hands? Zero TIEBREAKER: How long was the main event? 14:27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evileddie10 Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 World Heavyweight Championship: Goldberg vs. The Unnatural {©} World Tag Team Championship: Jung Dragons vs. True Heroes {©} United States Heavyweight Championship: King Corino vs. Rob Van Dam {©} World Television Championship: Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. Brian Kendrick {©} Ultimate Fan Series Semifinal Round: Eddie Guerrero vs. Matt Hardy Ultimate Fan Series Semifinal Round: AJ Styles vs. Sean O’Haire Bryan Danielson vs. Colt Cabana Steenerico vs. Calgary Bulldogs What will be match of the night? Jung/Heroes How many championships will change hands? 2 TIEBREAKER: How long was the main event? (minutes and seconds) 15:15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satyr24 Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 World Heavyweight Championship: Goldberg vs. The Unnatural {©} World Tag Team Championship: Jung Dragons vs. True Heroes {©} United States Heavyweight Championship: King Corino vs. Rob Van Dam {©} you have this as Shane Douglas in the write up World Television Championship: Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. Brian Kendrick {©} Ultimate Fan Series Semifinal Round: Eddie Guerrero vs. Matt Hardy Ultimate Fan Series Semifinal Round: AJ Styles vs. Sean O’Haire Bryan Danielson vs. Colt Cabana Steenerico vs. Calgary Bulldogs What will be match of the night? Goldberg vs Unnatural How many championships will change hands? 2 TIEBREAKER: How long was the main event? (minutes and seconds) 18min Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lloyd Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 World Heavyweight Championship: Goldberg vs. The Unnatural {©} World Tag Team Championship: Jung Dragons vs. True Heroes {©} United States Heavyweight Championship: King Corino vs. Rob Van Dam {©} World Television Championship: Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. Brian Kendrick {©} Ultimate Fan Series Semifinal Round: Eddie Guerrero vs. Matt Hardy Ultimate Fan Series Semifinal Round: AJ Styles vs. Sean O’Haire Bryan Danielson vs. Colt Cabana Steenerico vs. Calgary Bulldogs What will be match of the night? Goldberg vs Natural, naturally How many championships will change hands? I make it ONE TIEBREAKER: How long was the main event? (minutes and seconds) 17:12... Can't have Goldberg going too long General diary comments/questions/critiques: Great to have you back, and continuing this excellent diary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kijar Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Quick Picks, here we go The Unnatural True Heroes RVD Kendrick EG Styles Danielson Steenerico MOTN: Goldberg vs Unnatural Title Changes: 0 16 mins Glad to see this one still kickin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagins Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 World Heavyweight Championship: Goldberg vs. The Unnatural {©} World Tag Team Championship: Jung Dragons vs. True Heroes {©} United States Heavyweight Championship: King Corino vs. Rob Van Dam {©} World Television Championship: Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. Brian Kendrick {©} Ultimate Fan Series Semifinal Round: Eddie Guerrero vs. Matt Hardy Ultimate Fan Series Semifinal Round: AJ Styles vs. Sean O’Haire Bryan Danielson vs. Colt Cabana Steenerico vs. Calgary Bulldogs What will be match of the night? Goldberg vs The Unnatural How many championships will change hands? 1 TIEBREAKER: How long was the main event? (minutes and seconds) 23mins 17 sec Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingeyOne Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Fan Scorecard: World Heavyweight Championship: Goldberg vs. The Unnatural {©} World Tag Team Championship: Jung Dragons vs. True Heroes {©} United States Heavyweight Championship: King Corino vs. Rob Van Dam {©} World Television Championship: Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. Brian Kendrick {©} Ultimate Fan Series Semifinal Round: Eddie Guerrero vs. Matt Hardy Ultimate Fan Series Semifinal Round: AJ Styles vs. Sean O’Haire Bryan Danielson vs. Colt Cabana Steenerico vs. Calgary Bulldogs What will be match of the night? Goldberg vs The Unnatural How many championships will change hands? 2 TIEBREAKER: How long was the main event? 14:32 General diary comments/questions/critiques: Had a good feeling about doing my weekly check of this thread! So glad you are back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Final Countdown Posted April 2, 2020 Author Share Posted April 2, 2020 Pre-Slamboree News and Notes Part I “It’s not about the money, Bret. Vince wants to bring me in to work, and Triple H seems really excited about it. You know that’s what I want to do.” “I do.” Everyone knew that about Ric Flair. 55 years old and he still wanted to put on the tights. Personally I found him overrated, but even his biggest supporters would have to admit that he’s a shell of what he used to be. He could still talk with the best of them, but he just doesn’t fit with the work rate of the modern WCW. That’s why I had him lose War Games with the retirement stipulation and turned him into a manager. “I’d be happy to stay in WCW, but I want to wrestle,” Ric said on the other end of the phone. “I’m just not sure that’s the best idea anymore,” I said, trying to be diplomatic. “Are you really going to jump? I thought you were excited about eventually reuniting the Horsemen.” “It’s not the Horsemen without the Nature Boy in the ring,” he said. “I’m a wrestler, Hitman. It’s what I do, and when I stop I want it to be on my terms. If you’re not going to let me do it, I’ll do it with Vince.” “Just do me a favor and don’t sign anything yet, alright?” I said. “Give me some time to think about this.” “Sure thing,” he said. “My contract’s not up for almost a month; I’m willing to wait a week or two if you want to think it over. But you know what I want.” “Yes, I do. I’ll talk to you later, Ric.” I hung up the phone and sighed. I’ve never been the biggest Ric Flair fan, but I’d never deny that he’s as synonymous with WCW as anyone except for maybe Sting. Could I really afford to let him walk away and go back to Vince in the middle of the war? But on the other hand, he’s not the guy he used to be. We saw what it looked like when he tried to keep up with the current generation of guys and work our modern style, and he struggled to keep up. What was the right answer here? My computer’s email notification went off, breaking me out of my thoughts. I put the phone down and clicked on the inbox, seeing that it was from Sean O’Haire. Your initial offer isn’t bad,, but WWE and New Japan have both reached out to me too. You’ll have to up your bid if you want me to stay. When I saw the number he quoted at me, I relaxed. We’d definitely have to up our offer, but neither Vince or Inoki were exactly breaking the bank here. I was confident we could win this bidding war. <hr noshade size=3> The next day on Nitro I ran into Goldberg, who asked to speak with me privately. “What’s up, Bill?” I asked. “You have a chance to look over our contract yet?” “I did,” he said. “Vince has made an offer too though.” “Okay.” I nodded, having fully expected that. Of course Vince was going to make a run at stealing Bill from us, especially right on the heels of Austin jumping to WCW. This was a chance for him to deal a major blow to us. “What kind of terms are we looking at here?” I exhaled when he quoted a number at me. It was more than our initial offer, but it was far from outrageous. Maybe this wouldn’t be so bad after all. “I’m confident we can beat that,” I said. “Just give me some time to talk to the financial department, and then—“ “I got an offer from New Japan too,” he said, cutting me off. “Oh?” That was a little surprising to me, especially after the massive commitment they made to Austin and the offer they made to O’Haire as well. I figured Inoki would be tightening the purse strings for the foreseeable future. It couldn’t be too bad though, right, especially given the WWF number? “What’re we looking at here?” He showed me the rough draft of the contract New Japan was offering him, and my jaw hit the floor. We signed Tony Mamaluke to a 2 year contract extension. Elsewhere in the wrestling world: I’m sure everyone in New Japan (as well as Antonio Inoki’s accountant) was holding their breath when Steve Austin noticeably limped to the back after one of his first matches in the company. It wasn’t anything serious though, which is lucky for them after the massive amount of money they invested in him. Speaking of New Japan, their 32nd Anniversary show was a success. Steve Austin’s PPV debut saw him beat Takeshi Ono in a 92 rated opening match. Riki Choshu had a disappointed IWGP Heavyweight title defense against Yoshihiro Takayama that only received a 77 score from the experts, but at least they were smart enough to put it in the semi main. They let Koji Kanemoto close the show, and he delivered in a 93-rated Junior Heavyweight title defense over Hiroshi Tanahashi that was match of the night. Kanemoto has been tearing the house down, and at this point most agree that the Junior title feels like a bigger deal than the Heavyweight belt. If NJPW is smart, they’ll move into a Kanemoto/Austin feud for the big belt. Keiji Mutoh signed a contract extension with AJPW. No surprise there. <hr noshade size=3> This was already a pretty big news story, but I just simmed forward one day and another HUGE story happened. I can't just tack that one on at the end like a footnote, so there'll be a second piece of news before Slamboree. Thanks for the warm welcome back, guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny_H22 Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 World Heavyweight Championship: Goldberg vs. The Unnatural {©} World Tag Team Championship: Jung Dragons vs. True Heroes {©} United States Heavyweight Championship: King Corino vs. Rob Van Dam {©} World Television Championship: Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. Brian Kendrick {©} Ultimate Fan Series Semifinal Round: Eddie Guerrero vs. Matt Hardy Ultimate Fan Series Semifinal Round: AJ Styles vs. Sean O’Haire Bryan Danielson vs. Colt Cabana Steenerico vs. Calgary Bulldogs What will be match of the night? Unnatural v Goldberg How many championships will change hands? 1 TIEBREAKER: How long was the main event? (minutes and seconds) 14.32 General diary comments/questions/critiques: welcome back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElectricX Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Fan Scorecard: World Heavyweight Championship: Goldberg vs. The Unnatural {©} World Tag Team Championship: Jung Dragons vs. True Heroes {©} United States Heavyweight Championship: King Corino vs. Rob Van Dam {©} World Television Championship: Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. Brian Kendrick {©} Ultimate Fan Series Semifinal Round: Eddie Guerrero vs. Matt Hardy Ultimate Fan Series Semifinal Round: AJ Styles vs. Sean O’Haire Bryan Danielson vs. Colt Cabana Steenerico vs. Calgary Bulldogs What will be match of the night? Goldberg vs The Unnatural How many championships will change hands? 1 TIEBREAKER: How long was the main event? 13:13 General diary comments/questions/critiques:Welcome back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hashasheen Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 In the wrestling world: Wow, losing Bill Goldberg, Ric Flair and Sean O'Haire in one go would definitely feel very strange. The past, present and future of a much different WCW gone in one fell swoop... I suppose the question is who do you have or can bring in and built that has the starpower of Goldberg, or the charisma of Ric Flair? I love me Sean O'Haire, but I have to admit he's easily third of the three in terms of importance. Also, where the heck is NJPW coming up with all this money? But hey, at least you re-signed Tony Mamaluke. You and 20Legend, I swear... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshspicer Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Sean O'Haire is definitely a guy to keep. Honestly, letting Flair wouldn't be a bad thing. The money from there could be used for Bill. And hey! If all else fails, you have Tony Mamaluke to lead your promotion in this war! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHK1989 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Damn, New Japan is desperate to make it a 3-way war, it seems... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franticloser Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 World Heavyweight Championship: Goldberg vs. The Unnatural {©} World Tag Team Championship: Jung Dragons vs. True Heroes {©} United States Heavyweight Championship: King Corino vs. Rob Van Dam {©} World Television Championship: Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. Brian Kendrick {©} Ultimate Fan Series Semifinal Round: Eddie Guerrero vs. Matt Hardy Ultimate Fan Series Semifinal Round: AJ Styles vs. Sean O’Haire Bryan Danielson vs. Colt Cabana Steenerico vs. Calgary Bulldogs What will be match of the night? Goldberg vs Unnatural How many championships will change hands? 1 TIEBREAKER: How long was the main event? (minutes and seconds) 17 minutes 30 seconds General diary comments/questions/critiques: Welcome back, sad to hear you won't be buying 2020 or planning another diary, but I think I know what some of your reasons are and can't say I don't get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScubaSteve83 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 I think my favorite part of this diary is the parts where Bret Hart is an owner, the Bret's perspective segments are awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lariat Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 <p>World Heavyweight Championship: Goldberg vs. <strong>The Unnatural</strong> {©}</p><p> </p><p> World Tag Team Championship: <strong>Jung Dragons</strong> vs. True Heroes {©}</p><p> </p><p> United States Heavyweight Championship: King Corino vs. <strong>Rob Van Dam {©}</strong></p><p> </p><p> World Television Championship: Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. <strong>Brian Kendrick</strong> {©}</p><p> </p><p> Ultimate Fan Series Semifinal Round: <strong>Eddie Guerrero</strong> vs. Matt Hardy</p><p> </p><p> Ultimate Fan Series Semifinal Round: <strong>AJ Styles</strong> vs. Sean O’Haire</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Bryan Danielson</strong> vs. Colt Cabana</p><p> </p><p> Steenerico vs. <strong>Calgary Bulldogs</strong></p><p> </p><p> What will be match of the night? <strong>AJ vs. O'Haire</strong></p><p> </p><p> How many championships will change hands? <strong>1</strong></p><p> </p><p> TIEBREAKER: How long was the main event? (minutes and seconds) <strong>18 minutes 8 seconds</strong></p><p> </p><p> General diary comments/questions/critiques: I'll echo others' statements and say I always love the preshow segments with Bret. Glad to see this back up and running.</p> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigelow Cartwheel Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 <p>World Heavyweight Championship: Goldberg vs. <strong>The Unnatural</strong> {©}</p><p> Really want there to be a swerve and Goldberg wins only to lose it somehow, but... no.</p><p> </p><p> World Tag Team Championship: <strong>Jung Dragons</strong> vs. True Heroes {©}</p><p> </p><p> United States Heavyweight Championship: King Corino vs. <strong>Rob Van Dam</strong> {©}</p><p> </p><p> World Television Championship: Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. <strong>Brian Kendrick </strong>{©}</p><p> Champ retains.</p><p> </p><p> Ultimate Fan Series Semifinal Round: <strong>Eddie Guerrero </strong>vs. Matt Hardy</p><p> </p><p> Ultimate Fan Series Semifinal Round: <strong>AJ Styles</strong> vs. Sean O’Haire</p><p> Yeah, has to be really.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Bryan Danielson</strong> vs. Colt Cabana</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Steenerico </strong>vs. Calgary Bulldogs</p><p> </p><p> What will be match of the night? Goldberg vs The Unnatural</p><p> </p><p> How many championships will change hands? 1</p><p> </p><p> TIEBREAKER: How long was the main event? (minutes and seconds) 13:13</p> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rateddc Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 World Heavyweight Championship: Goldberg vs. The Unnatural {©} World Tag Team Championship: Jung Dragons vs. True Heroes {©} United States Heavyweight Championship: King Corino vs. Rob Van Dam {©} World Television Championship: Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. Brian Kendrick {©} Ultimate Fan Series Semifinal Round: Eddie Guerrero vs. Matt Hardy Ultimate Fan Series Semifinal Round: AJ Styles vs. Sean O’Haire Bryan Danielson vs. Colt Cabana Steenerico vs. Calgary Bulldogs What will be match of the night? Goldberg / Unnatural How many championships will change hands? 1 TIEBREAKER: How long was the main event? (minutes and seconds) 20:26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Final Countdown Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 Pre-Slamboree News and Notes Part II “Bret.” I smirked when I heard the voice on the other end of the phone. “Vince, how are you? Feels like it’s been a long time. Did you call to wish me luck on Slamboree tonight?” “Good one pal,” he said, though he definitely wasn’t laughing. “No, I just wanted to thank you on not seeing the value in one of the greatest of all time. Your loss is our gain, because now Ric Flair is coming home to a company that appreciates him and will allow him to be the Nature Boy again.” I just nodded silently, knowing he couldn’t see me over the phone. I was already leaning towards not re-signing Ric, knowing that he wanted to keep wrestling and also knowing that he just can’t physically keep up with our more athletic ring style in modern WCW. My decision was made for me when the bidding wars for Goldberg and Sean O’Haire started. The money that would have gone to keep Flair can now go to trying to keep Goldberg and O’Haire. Ric informed me of his decision earlier today, and I shook his hand and wished him luck. Maybe he’ll be a better fit in WWE, where he can get by on his charisma and his reputation. “Ric will be missed in WCW,” I said. “We did hold onto Sean O’Haire though, and all due respect to Ric, I think he’s the more important signing. While you’re focused on the past, I’ll worry about building the future.” O’Haire had put pen to paper just this afternoon on a new four year contract that now makes him the fourth highest paid person in the company, at least for the moment. “O’Haire’s a big, talented kid, and I could’ve made him a star,” Vince said. “He’s not Ric Flair though. He’s not the Nature Boy.” “No he’s not,” I agreed. “But neither is Ric Flair, not anymore. Not in 2004. There’s another guy who thinks he’s Ric Flair circa 1985, but I’m guessing he won’t be sticking around your company too much longer, not with the recent news.” “How dare you!” Vince snarled. “That’s a low blow, even for you! Business is business, but that’s personal!” “Maybe so, but I have a feeling it’s going to affect business too,” I said. “Unless you’re actually going to tell me that you’re going to keep pushing your daughter’s ex?” Yes, amidst all the bidding wars, the Observer broke the major story of a split between Hunter and Stephanie. Not sure what happened there, and honestly I don’t really care. I have no problem with Stephanie, but I have no love lost for that piece of trash Helmsley. If Vince doesn’t keep him around after this he’s going to have to go to Japan or something, because there’s no way in hell I’ll ever sign him. “Forget about private lives that are none of your business,” Vince said. “Forget about your second rate PPV tonight too. What you should be worried about is holding onto the biggest star you have left, especially since tonight will be the last PPV you’ll ever have him for if I have anything to say about it.” “Yeah, Bill told me about your new offer,” I said neutrally. New Japan had come in strong and blown us both out of the water at first, but Vince hadn’t taken it lying down. While I stopped to think about what to do, the WWE had come back with a much-improved offer to Bill. It sounded like Inoki was preparing a response already as well, so I knew I needed to act fast. “Inoki already swooped in and stole Austin from me with money he doesn’t have and a contract he can’t afford. He’s not doing it again this time,” Vince said confidently. “Goldberg is coming to the biggest wrestling company in the world, whether you or Inoki like it or not. I’ll make him a bigger star than he’s ever been, and just like you used ‘Stone Cold’ against me, I’ll use WCW’s biggest star ever to crush WCW once and for all!” “We’ll see about that,” I said. “Don’t start penciling him into your plans yet; you haven’t heard the last of me, and I’m guessing Inoki’s not out of the fight yet either. Now I really have to go; I’ve got a PPV to prepare for. Give my best to Stephanie.” I hung up before he could respond, happy to get the last word in. I still didn’t know what the right move with Goldberg was. Keeping him was going to require a massive, massive payraise. What if the younger generation sees that contract and expects something similar when their own deals are due? We’ve been really profitable, but a contract of this size could screw up our entire pay scale. And let’s face it; Bill isn’t exactly a top notch worker. This would be all about his name value. Maybe we could go all-out and keep Goldberg, but would it be worth it? The Beautiful Nightmare and referee Nick Patrick have re-signed, and Mary Apache will be sticking around for at least a few more months as enhancement talent on Renaissance. Elsewhere in the wrestling world: All Japan has re-signed Hiroshi Hase, their reigning Triple Crown champion. Paul Bearer is staying in WWE. <hr noshade size=3> Wow, losing Bill Goldberg, Ric Flair and Sean O'Haire in one go would definitely feel very strange. The past, present and future of a much different WCW gone in one fell swoop... I suppose the question is who do you have or can bring in and built that has the starpower of Goldberg, or the charisma of Ric Flair? I love me Sean O'Haire, but I have to admit he's easily third of the three in terms of importance. Also, where the heck is NJPW coming up with all this money? But hey, at least you re-signed Tony Mamaluke. You and 20Legend, I swear... I think O'Haire is more important than Flair at this stage, especially with my product. Ric is a great promo, but I've got plenty of guys who can do that well enough. His star quality is dwindling with age, so he's not really going to be a factor in the battle. NJPW would be paying well over $200K a month to Austin and Goldberg if they land both of them. It would immediately propel them into probably beating both me and WWE in National battles once they get back up to that level, but I don't think they'll be able to maintain it financially. Mamaluke is here pretty much solely because of his chemistry with Johnny Parisi, who might wind up being a big star eventually. General diary comments/questions/critiques: Welcome back, sad to hear you won't be buying 2020 or planning another diary, but I think I know what some of your reasons are and can't say I don't get it. There are a bunch of factors behind it, and yeah, you probably know at least part of it. That said, I didn’t think I’d be buying 2016 either and, well, here we are. So never say never I guess! I think my favorite part of this diary is the parts where Bret Hart is an owner, the Bret's perspective segments are awesome. They're my favorite too. I think you'll be seeing greater emphasis on those going forward as opposed to writing up shows and storylines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHK1989 Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Come on, Bill...don't go up north... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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