The differences are as follows: WWF merged with WCW and changed it to WWE! There are two alliances under WWE: one is SD and the other is RAW. I have to mention the history of American wrestling here. American Wrestling = NWA. NWA was indeed the largest wrestling group in the United States more than 20 years ago, but NWA is now "in name only". As for NWA's former competitor AWA, it cannot escape the fate of disintegration. The NWA heavyweight championship belt, which originally symbolized the highest honor in the wrestling world, finally became a symbol of spirit and tradition due to constant "overseas leakage" and "style changes". To put it simply, with the decline of NWA, NWA The value of the heavyweight king's belt also gradually disappeared. In the mid-1980s, three groups emerged to replace NWA and AWA. These three groups were WWF, WCW, and ECW. Vince McMahon, the boss of WWF, is a genius. He introduced corporate management concepts into WWF and entered into "mutual non-aggression pacts" with other wrestling groups. After several years of hard work, coupled with McMahan's discerning talent and the recruitment of many wrestling superstars, WWF finally transformed from a small group into one of the top large-scale wrestling alliances in the United States. The territory of the American wrestling industry was shaken by this, resulting in a tripartite situation of WWF, WCW, and ECW. Strictly speaking, WWF and WCW are highly homogeneous groups. According to economic theory, one of such highly homogeneous but competing individuals will be eliminated in the end. You may ask, what is the difference between ECW and WWF and WCW? The answer is simple, because ECW is a "weapon wrestling" alliance (the same as Japan's FMW). It is precisely because ECW takes a more heretical route that ECW can compete with WWF and WCW. For every professional sport, television broadcasts are a very important part. In addition to the income from broadcast rights, the most important thing is the increase in popularity. Especially in the United States, because the United States is a vast country, touring competitions alone will not only have limited effects, but will also be a heavy burden on the physical and mental strength of its wrestlers. Therefore, matching tour matches with television broadcasts is the current method adopted by American wrestling (however, WWF is quite active in local tour matches, which is where Vince McMahon's strategy is successful). Because of this, television broadcasts are more important to American wrestling than Japanese wrestling. In the United States, "poor ratings" and "group disintegration" are almost synonymous. The larger the wrestling group, the more so. Therefore, there are all kinds of tricks between WWF and WCW, the purpose is to stimulate ratings. High ratings = more people watching = more people liking it = more people willing to buy tickets to attend local tournaments = more income. This "equation" is the "law" that WWF boss Vince McMahon firmly believes in. During the period from 1985 to 1995, WWF was undoubtedly the most prosperous group in the United States. From 1985 to 1990, relying on the activities of Hawken, Randy Sabidge, UNDERTAER, Bret Hart, Mr. Perfect, LOD and others, WWF became very popular and its ratings were always higher than those of WCW. From 1990 to 1995, WWF reached its peak. Almost all of WCW's first-level players were poached by WWF. These WCW players include: Rex Luger, Diesel (Kevin Nash), Razor Ramone (Scott Hall), Crazy Sid, The Steiner Brothers, Jeff Jarrett and more. WWF has reached unprecedented heights. However, WCW, unwilling to admit defeat, secretly actively raised funds to prepare for a counterattack. In mid-1995, WCW launched a financial offensive against WWF with abundant funds. In addition to the original WCW team who had quit before, this time even the first-line players of WWF were poached. Relying on the nWo whirlwind set off by Hawken and Kevin Nash, WCW established a golden period that lasted nearly three years. Looking back at the WWF, star players were poached, star writers were poached (the main writers who wrote plots for WWF), and even star announcers (the one with a bald head and a mustache) were poached. The WWF instantly fell into an unprecedented situation. crisis. Not only did the ratings plummet, but the number of spectators at the tour games also began to decline. Vince McMahon launched the "Star Building Project" at this time. 1. In terms of new star players, McMahan took a fancy to 3H, Locke, and Austin.
McMahon, who believes that these three people have unlimited potential, continues to increase their playing opportunities, and all the plots almost revolve around them. On the other hand, WWF also extended its tentacles to Japan. WAR's Jericho, New Japan's Pegasus, and Mutsu Wrestling's Eagle King Mutsu and Funaki also joined the WWF. As a result of McMahan recruiting a large number of newcomers, although the WWF lineup is not strong in the short term, it can still meet the needs of the league in terms of quantity. 2. In terms of new announcers, the new announcers Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler are quite competent. The two have successfully filled the vacancy. So far, the positions of Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler have not been changed. 3. Introduction of new competition formats Since the WWF's lineup is all newcomers, McMahon realized that if "new things" were not introduced, WWF would not be able to attract audiences. Therefore, after McMahan inspected the ECW competition, the WWF also introduced the elements of "weapon wrestling" into the WWF. Although the degree was not as intense as that of ECW, such attempts gave the audience a refreshing feeling. In addition, WWF also plays "sound and light effects card", "beauty card", "women's wrestling card" and so on. Overall, McMahan's strategy is - "WWF can give you a full range of enjoyment, and you can see many things when you come to WWF." 4. Create a topic. To become a superstar in the American wrestling world, the most important thing is "topic". Vince McMahon knows this very well, so in addition to the orthodox "Legion Resistance", Vince McMahon also stepped down and joined the battle as the boss of the league. Later, even the entire McMahan family was involved, and the explosive gossip and topicality immediately attracted the attention of the American audience. In particular, the news that Austin and boxing champion Tyson had a fight in the ring in 1998 became the focus of the global sports world. The momentum of WWF has skyrocketed since then, and no one can stop it anymore. Undertaker biked into boss Vince McMahon. This kind of series-like plot is the essence of WWF. The decline of WCW and ECW. The first "victim" of WWF's comeback is ECW. Since WWF has also introduced the elements of "weapon wrestling", the funds and scale are relatively small. ECW was unable to compete with WWF, and as a result, ECW, the third largest alliance in the United States, finally collapsed first. As for WCW, things weren't much better. After about three years of glory, WCW's popularity began to decline. Why did WCW's popularity decline so quickly? The reasons are as follows: 1. Strategic mistakes. WCW executives believe that the actual benefits of tour games to the league are not as good as television broadcasts, so WCW gradually focuses on television broadcasts in its business strategy. However, the average number of TV broadcast hours of WCW is only half of that of WWF (some games will have the same number of broadcast hours as WWF). As a result, except for some big-name players, other relatively small-name players were "allocated" to only 5 minutes of TV time. How to make a game that is only 5 minutes exciting? However, WCW didn't like to hold tours. These players had no chance to perform, so they all asked to go. Hawken, Bret, Randy and other members of the old WWF team also left because they were dissatisfied with WCW's policies (of course, there were other factors.) 2. Personnel costs are too high and there are so many powerful generals = high salaries, but... WCW made the wrong business strategy again and again. As a result, a large portion of WCW's revenue was spent on personnel costs. Naturally, if you have insufficient income, you will not be able to come up with new tricks. If you are unable to come up with new tricks, you will not be able to attract audiences. The most obvious example is that WCW is obviously inferior to WWF in terms of lighting, ring and other special effects. 3. Imitating WWF The biggest fatal flaw of WCW is that due to strategic errors and high personnel costs, every penny of WCW must be spent wisely. Therefore, WCW executives did not dare to try new tricks casually. The safest way was to imitate WWF. WWF played the beauty card, and WCW also began to arrange beautiful managers for its players. WWF boss Vince McMahon joined the fray, and WCW's Rick Freya also started shouting at the players. WWF's scheduler Mick Foley was popular, and WCW also made CAT the scheduler, and then started the next game, and also followed the WWF's lead in staging a "fired drama". However, the result of completely following the WWF and imitating it made the audience feel that WCW had no distinctive features.
With the sharp decrease in WCW's ratings and audience, the American TBS TV station has recently announced that it will stop broadcasting WCW games, which is tantamount to pronouncing WCW's death sentence. Now WWF has decided to acquire WCW. Although the WCW name will continue to be retained, in fact, the 11-year-old WCW has collapsed. The two superstars of the WWF - The Rock and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin How popular is the WWF? How popular is WWF? Regarding this, we can analyze this from the number of spectators attending WWF local tour matches, the ratings of TV broadcasts, and the number of times WWF players participate in other activities outside of matches. The first is the number of spectators entering the WWF local tour. It may be difficult to imagine that the current smallest local tour of WWF has at least 8,000 to 10,000 spectators. And all tickets will be sold out on the day they open for sale. As for the high-quality products on sale on the day of the game, they will definitely be sold out. Even New Japan, which is said to have the best box office in Japan, has no way to match this grand occasion. Next is the ratings of WWF TV broadcasts, taking the games in which Rock appeared as an example. As long as Locke appears, the ratings for this period will generally exceed 6% on average. In a country like the United States, there are as many wireless channels as there are stars in the sky. A ratings of 6% is equivalent to 20% in Japan and 30% in Taiwan. The ratings are amazing. Finally, there are WWF players, such as Austin and Rock. Currently, Rock and Austin have become figures that everyone in the United States knows and knows. Some artists are not as well-known as Rock. Locke once filmed the TV version of "Star Trek", and Locke also participated in the movie "Tales of Gods and Ghosts". Microsoft's Bill Gates also invited Rock to endorse XBOX at the launch of its new video game console, XBOX. Even during this year's U.S. presidential election, the Democratic and Democratic presidential candidates also asked Locke to help with the campaign. The popularity of WWF has become part of American culture.