From: rusbara2@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Bob Rusbasan)
Subject: Re: [WCW] Flair getting the belt
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 18:55:45 GMT

In article <1993Jan28.012538.11293@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca> jseager@mta.ca writes:
>>If WCW does own the NWA lock, stock, and barrel, they should unify
>>the titles, at least temporarily.  They should also let an American
>>wear the NWA title and have a Japanese wrestler wear the WCW title
>>for a few months.  I think an angle where a Japanese wrestler takes
>>the WCW title back to Japan, followed by another angle where an
>>American wrestler returns triumphantly from Japan with the NWA belt
>>would be very interesting.

>Not a bad idea, but its been tried before without too much success.
>Old man Gagne tried it with Tsruta and then later with Saito, but it never
>seemed to draw that much heat. I'm sure that if they did use that angle
>they'd at least make sure it's a wrestler who has a reasonable work rate.

No, the idea as I presented has not, to my knowledge, been tried before.
The main part of it is that WCW recognizes two major singles titles,
so they could have some fun with that.  It would work something like
this:

A major Japanese superstar comes into WCW for a few shows, possibly
including a PPV, and he gets a shot at the WCW world title.  Nobody
thinks much of it, but then BAM, he shocks everyone by winning the
title.  He finishes his WCW stint, and leaves, as scheduled, for Japan.
All the fans mope about how the title has left the country.

The new champion decides to keep defending the title in Japan, and
several top American WCW wrestlers trek over there every now and then
to try to bring the title back.  None of them succeeds.

A month or so later, an American wrestler returns from Japan holding...
the NWA title!  WCW shows footage of him winning the title from Muta,
and the new NWA champ defends the title on American soil for a few
months.

This would A) be fun, B) add an internation flavor to the Japanese
NWA title and the American WCW title, and C) add prestige to both
titles.  This differs from other Japanese people holding titles
because it would be a long-term thing, instead of having the champ
go to Japan and lose and regain the title in one tour, or have the
Japanese wrestler quickly defend and lose the title in America.  This
is what has been done in the past.  With two titles, WCW can have
someone hold their title for a much longer time because they could
have someone else win the NWA title, so there would still be a major
title to defend here in America.

After that, they could unify the titles, swap them back, or do whatever
they wanted to do, but I think it would be very interesting.  Contrary
to what someone else posted, I don't think the fans and historians
are so dim that they would be very confused by someone losing the WCW
title in America and someone else winning the NWA title in Japan.

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