VICE TV’s “Who Killed WCW?” docuseries revealed some new particulars about the deceased wrestling promotion. Nevertheless, the collection additionally appears to have made individuals nostalgic for it as effectively.
With WWE proudly owning WCW and its mental property, may the model be revived on Netflix as soon as WWE’s broadcasting take care of the streamer begins in 2025? Jeff Jarrett, a former four-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion and WWE Corridor of Famer, mentioned the chance on his “My World” podcast.
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“It might be achieved,” Jarrett stated. “[But] the truth is that we’re 23 years faraway from the model being on tv. The NWO nonetheless sells a boatload of merchandise, however WCW hasn’t bought, to my data, a lot of something. A few retro shirts right here and there or one thing to that impact. I simply do not see an incredible worth there. However with that being stated, you personal the IP, you personal the library, and you’ve got the power to have a number of connective tissue… so may it work with a targeted effort? I believe you can hit it out of the park.”
WWE equally absorbed ECW in 2001 and launched its personal model of it starting with the profitable one-off One Night time Stand pay-per-view in 2006. The distinction is that the occasion occurred only some years after the unique ECW’s closure. Lots of its performers had been both energetic in WWE already, or had been at the very least obtainable and bodily capable of carry the banner. WCW folded over 20 years in the past, and moreover Jeff Jarrett, there aren’t many from that period that would nonetheless credibly symbolize WCW.
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Jarrett added that he is glad AEW supplies followers with that much-desired totally different choice. “There’s some people on the market, regardless of how good Coca Cola style, they nonetheless wish to drink Pepsi. It doesn’t matter what, individuals need different manufacturers.”
