>>13807539WCW killed itself with bad booking. Having Bret early would have just expedited that. Austin more than likely gets over anyway and feuds with Shawn, Rock gets over, product goes more edgy regardless. In the mean time Sting still gets screwed, Fingerpoke of Doom still happens and Bret still has nothing to do because the law is that Hogan runs the show.
It isn't that WWE beat WCW, it is more so that WCW killed itself.