Who owns the rights to wcw

So, neither really lost a lot back then. But, it was the competition that made these two companies do crazy things. While the NWO was great at the time, even those internally thought it lasted 6 months too long.

Bischoff then saw contract after contract expiring. So, he kept asking for money to re-sign these men and women. People such as Hogan, Nash and Hall ran the company from the inside, with Nash even being in charge of booking at one point, which curiously was around the time he ended Goldberg's winning streak.

But obviously he wouldn't kill the streak to get himself over, right? Then we saw the Finger Poke of Doom, one of the biggest mistakes ever developed by a creative team.

Ted Turner needed another show to help out his new network TBS. TNT was doing great, and Nitro was one of the reasons. It was a rough time and WCW was suffering. But, that wasn't killing them yet. A final nail in the coffin was needed. They didn't know what they had and it was a billion dollar business.

Turner knew it, the fans knew it, it seemed everyone knew it but AOL. Who would be a buyer? Well Vince McMahon.

The only thing he wouldn't own was the wrestlers themselves. Vince didn't have to pay tribute, because in his eyes, he did it already during the Invasion storyline. Nowadays, we see nothing WCW related.

Wrestlemania 27 is in Atlanta, so one would think it could have a WCW theme, but, of course, Vince decides against it. Once again keeping WCW buried, and never heard from again. In his mind he doesn't have to, despite it's success and place in history. His hatred for the promotion is probably why. But sooner or later, one has to get over grudges. You can hate someone who ran it, the people who jumped ship to it, or the people who ended it.

The purchase of WCW creates a tag team partnership with the WWE brand that is expected to propel the sports entertainment genre to new heights. The binding agreement provides WWE Entertainment with the global rights to the WCW brand, tape library, and other intellectual property rights.

The incendiary mix of WWE and WCW personalities potentially creates intriguing storylines that will attract a larger fan base to the benefit of our advertisers and business partners, and propel sports entertainment to new heights.

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