March 19, 2001 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: The questionable future of WCW

There are many questions, and few answers, as it regards the future of World Championship Wrestling.

At press time, eerily similar to ECW just two plus months ago, there are only three shows remaining on the books, the Greed PPV show on 3/18 in Jacksonville, Nitro the next night in Gainesville, FL and the annual Spring Breakout Nitro on 3/26 in Panama City, FL.

Everything else is speculation. There are no shows scheduled for April and nobody seems to have an answer as to what will air in the wrestling time slots on Monday and Wednesday night on TNT and TBS. While there were plans for a 5/6 PPV show from Las Vegas and at one point Eric Bischoff was targeting that show as a major spectacular bringing in a lot of new talent, all previous target dates have been changed because the sale hasn’t gone through and Bischoff doesn’t have the full power to execute his plans and make his changes.

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