badnewzxl wrote:1. two factions battling one another can def qualify as a war IF YOU PUSH IT AS SO. Everyone was fair game to the nWo too, but it was still a war.
2. Yea; it may not be as good as the CZW v. ROH feud (esp not to the ppl who experienced it). But most of WWE's fanbase HAS NOT; so the comparison won't be there for non ROH/CZW fans. You say yourself all the time that you can't book for smarks; so how would the ROH/CZW feud effect this proposed FCW/WWE feud? Most of the WWE universe is completely oblivious to ROH and CZW in general.
And remember: This is a What if; a hypothetical situation. It's "If FCW____, then ____" not "Why____? Because___" We're trying to use our imaginations here, not sell WWE a storyline
1. which is what I'm saying. Nexus didn't feel like a war because it was two factions fighting each other. It felt like a war because they would go after absolutely anyone (as opposed to a feud like Fortune vs. Immortal, where they just went after the guys they were feuding with, and it didn't really feel like a war at all).
2. You are misunderstanding what I am saying. I am saying that a feud like that needs special circumstances in order to work. As YCW has been saying, if you get a bunch of guys showing up on WWE TV saying "we're from FCW and we are better than the WWE!" or "we are here to take your spots!" everyone will go "who the f*ck are these guys and what the f*ck is FCW?" Then, when they find out, they will laugh it off. In order to do a feud like this, the promotions need to be of comparable size, or one the smaller one has to be presented as something very different and something that is threatening because of that difference. The best example I can give would be something like CZW guys showing up in WWE and just being presented as being dangerous. Not ultra-violent (although that can be a component of it); Dangerous. Guys who use moves or do things that will put people out of action. Things like piledrivers, head-drops, and going for the eyes. This would force the WWE guys to adapt in order to fight off these vicious invaders, because if they don't adapt, the CZW guys will put them out of action. The smaller promotion needs to be seen as something different enough and threatening enough that it overcomes the "who the hell are these guys?" factor.
The ROH-CZW feud had those special factors. The promotions were about the same size (ROH had a larger territory, but CZW was older, so they got some points for seniority), and were so different from each other in a way that made the conflict into a war. The fans were different, the management styles of the companies were different, the wrestling styles were different, and, aside from Claudio, the rosters were very different. A WWE vs. FCW feud won't have any of these factors, and FCW is so small that there is almost no way they will be able to presented as different enough to be a threat.
