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PeteF3	May 06^th, 2024 16:11 GMT

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Quoted from: PeteF3, May 06^th, 2024 03:43 GMT

Worldwide and Pro were arguably more important because syndicated TV was how you sold house shows. I would guess they had more "big" matches than TBS did, except for the occasional episodes of the TBS show that came from an arena.

You weren't going to see Flair and Windham go 60 minutes in the Techwood studio.

I see the question was more about late '80s/early '90s. Yes, by the time of the Turner buyout, WCWSN was the A-show and syndication mattered less because of how incompetent WCW was at house show promotion.

The Avenger	May 13^th, 2024 09:09 GMT

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This message was edited by The Avenger on May 13^th, 2024 09:12 GMT

Quoted from: Dan Shocket's Ghost, April 28^th, 2024 01:42 GMT

I don't think I ever really watched it to be honest.

Me neither. And I didn't keep up with the Monday Night Wars regularly either. That shows you the state of the pro wrestling business as far as I'm concerned. It was much different from the 80's era where you still had a strong old school feel to everything. By 1993, there wasn't much left of old school pro wrestling.

But for someone looking at it with fresh eyes, I can see how that kind of competition would be appealing. Especially, if it were someone who had not been exposed to the 80's era. And those later, de-emphasized Saturday Night shows would probably be interesting to the hardcore WCW fan. I may not understand it, but I can see it.

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