by TheChosen1

Created on: March 15, 2010

Back in the day, there were many wrestling territories and Vince McMahon raided the territories in order to be the king of the mountain. He did whatever he could to decimate the competition. This time, it was Vince's turn to be raided of the talent he helped build. With the financial backing of Ted Turner, World Championship Wrestling would become the biggest rival Vince has ever faced in his entire life.

WCW had some good talent in the form of Sting, Ric Flair, Lex Luger, Booker T, Stevie Ray, Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko, Eddie Guerrero, Rey Mysterio Jr., Chris Jericho, Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner. Despite this however, the show did not have the same production value as the World Wrestling Federation. It also lacked edgy storylines. The marketing aspect of the product did not do so well either.

When Eric Bischoff rose to power in 1995 as executive producer,  he decided to up the ante and raided Vince McMahon's company of its established stars. He not on got the midcarders but also main eventers. Among the midcarders he was able to get were Meng, The Barbarian, Earthquake, Typhoon, Brian Knobbs, Jerry Saggs, The Big Boss Man and Virgil. He was also able to ink big names in the industry who were main eventers such as Roddy Piper, Randy Savage, Ted Dibiase, Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash and Scott Hall.

At its peak, WCW has one of the most talented rosters in wrestling history. It had the likes Hulk Hogan, Sting, Randy Savage, Ric Flair, Beill Goldberg, Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero, Lex Luger, The Giant, Rey Mysterio Jr., Syxx, Curt Hennig, Chris Jericho, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash. Diamond Dallas Page, Scott Steiner, Rick Steiner, Booker T, Stevie Ray, Dean Malenko, Raven and Sid Vicious. The company also came out with one of the best angles in wrestling history with the New World Order, a faction who was composed initially of ex WWF wrestlers who were supposedly sent by Vince McMahon to invade WCW. To add to the was the success of the 173-0 win streak of Bill Goldberg. They also had a high flying cruiserweight division. To top it off, WCW was backed up by Ted Turner in terms of television network support and funding.

WCW really took the fight to the WWF. They raided the talent. They announced the results of the Raw shows minutes before the shows air so it would be pointless to watch them. They also were able to get prime television spots on TNT because they were sister companies. They also revolutionized the industry by going live weekly, making all matches

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