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The Death of WCW

By: R.D. Reynolds, Bryan Alvarez
Narrated by: Bryan Alvarez
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Summary

What went wrong with WCW?

In 1997, World Championship Wrestling was on top. It was the number-one pro wrestling company in the world, and the highest-rated show on cable television. Each week, fans tuned in to Monday Nitro, flocked to sold-out arenas, and carried home truckloads of WCW merchandise. Sting, Bill Goldberg, and the New World Order were household names. Superstars like Dennis Rodman and KISS jumped on the WCW bandwagon. It seemed the company could do no wrong.

But by 2001, however, everything had bottomed out. The company - having lost a whopping 95% of its audience - was sold for next to nothing to Vince McMahon and World Wrestling Entertainment. WCW was laid to rest.

How could the company lose its audience so quickly? Who was responsible for shows so horrible that fans fled in horror? What the hell happened to cause the death of one of the largest wrestling companies in the world? The Death of World Championship Wrestling is the first book to take listeners through a detailed dissection of WCW's downfall.

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a true retelling of the rise and fall of WCW this is a must read for all fans of the Monday night wars

loved it

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Definitive story on how the company rose, declined and failed. Brilliantly read by the narrator.

Great~!

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Bryan is great. you can actually visualize how bad every segment was. nice little bonus ending as well

superb story telling

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If you have any interest in Pro Wrestling history this book is a must. The book expertly documents this rise and fall and even for a non pro wrestling fan the laughs at how comically inept it gets are worth it.

Couldnt recommend it more.

fantastic read - couldnt press stop.

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this book is such a fascinating story about a company that could do no wrong, only to have it completely destroyed by ego, Bryan Alvarez really makes this audiobook a really fun listen with his performance, generally made me laugh out loud and just think, WTF? on multiple occasions, highly recommend it! i do think some of the references are dated but that's how wrestling is, the mentions of TNA is going to die! ring hollow in todays world where they're doing well ish, but are also not learning from WCWs mistakes lmao

Bryan Alvarez reading is great

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