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The Death of WCW

By: R.D. Reynolds, Bryan Alvarez
Narrated by: Bryan Alvarez
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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 very good Insight for wrestling fans on how truly terrible the WCW became .

very good

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Bryan Alvarez is awesome. The narration brilliantly matched the story, compelling listen. A wonderful experience.

Amazing

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A really interesting story and must read for any business person, slightly spoiled by the use of terms like Buy Rating which even google didn’t know and a bit jumbled at the beginning. If only they had explained what all the numbers meant it would have had a bit more meaning but apart from that a well executed performance

Good Business Story

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Very in depth and jaw dropping in places with just how stupid some of the decisions made were. Occasionally feels a little disjointed, by referencing events that haven't yet been explained, then skipping back, but otherwise a solid piece.

The narrator talks very fast and unclear at times - coupled with somehow adding an extra syllable each time he says "W", it makes all references of WCW quite garbled and the speed of talking meant that some skipping back was needed to follow the flow of the stories.

Solid researching, sometimes hard to follow

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Alvarez has a great voice for radio and the story of the rise and fall of WCW is fascinating

A great audiobook

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