WCW Blog Question

By Scott Keith on 17 June 2012

Scott,
I came across the very lame Bret Hart Nitro debut on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYW0KPhcNbM
And it got me thinking how badly WCW botched this and how the WWF spun the Montreal screw job into Mr. Mcmahon vs. Austin Gold while WCW did nothing with the momentum Bret had on his side.
Hindsight being 20-20 how would you have booked Bret's WCW debut? Even knowing how unmotivated Bret was and how whatever program you got him in would have ultimately been side tracked by politics and his unhappiness but the debut on Nitro should have been as big as when Hall and Nash showed up. I think an apology to the American fans after a year of trashing them would have been where I go and then have him be the savior to WCW against the NWO. In the ecosystem of Raw and Nitro it would make sense as the NWO were supposed to be "invading" and sent by the company that just tried to destroy Bret's legacy. Thoughts?

There were SOOOOO many better ways to book Bret than what they came up with. The first thing he should have done is come out and say "I'm still the real World champion because I never lost it!" and suddenly you've got a feud with the winner of the Sting-Hogan program. You could then run shows in Canada with that on top to giant heat. Bret could align himself with Bischoff for a REASON, because Vince screwed him over and he knows Bischoff won't. Whatever, there's so much money that Vince left on the table for WCW with the screwjob and they just ignored it ALL.