>>19695918I didn't say it would have been pain-free but I'd imagine that the finances being sought by the purchasing group Bischoff was putting together probably would have offset anticipated initial problems. There undeniably would have had to be major restructuring but restructuring something that exists is a hell of a lot easier than building from zero when there's an established virtual monopoly in the market.
>>19695941It would have had to restructure, to be sure, and likely would have dropped talent but the biggest differences between a surviving WCW and TNA are holdover fan loyalties (which were strong) and the fact that the entire thing wouldn't have had to be built from scratch. They could have strategically released talents (while retaining a few top guys and solid hands) versus having to scrape the barrel to build with what was available in the lower leagues and that's huge.
WCW had a lot of solid workers, writers, and other backstage staff. Most of those went to WWE and TNA didn't have access to them until they were released from contracts (if at all). Being able to retain what WCW had to any degree would have been huge and, more importantly, wouldn't have been done against a company controlling most the market.
