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Old 04-09-2008, 01:36 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Re: Face/Heel Changes

It wasn't huge, to me, for several reasons. For one, by that time, the nWo was so worn out. The Latino World order, the black & white, the red & black....who was nWo, who wasn't....who were heels, who were babyfaces........Sting vs nWo had already reached it's peak by that time and was become old and stale (and I think Sting vs nWO was the greatest storyline EVER).

It also seemed recycled. The whole war was started back in 1996 when they started the whole "Is Sting in the nWo or not?" Dressed in black and white....attacked WCW guys...declared himself a "free agent"....didn't speak for 14 months....even stood with the nWo for 3 weeks and was given "the colors."

By 1999, his feud with Hogan was old news, there were 27 different nWo groups and sub-groups. I have the video on my mp3 player where he is in the black & white, raises Hogans hand after they hug, and then clothslines him and struggles to rip off the shirt to show the Wolfpack colors underneath. By that time WWE was taking back the Monday Night crown.

There was no suspense to it and it reeked of a desperate attempt by WCW to recapture the magic they had 2 years prior.



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