3 overlooked mistakes which led to the demise of WCW

#2 The WCW world title changed hands 25 times in 2000

Booker T was the last champion under Turner

WCW was squarely against the wall when the new millennium came about. WWE had better storylines, more popular stars, and an overall better product, whereas WCW fans had just gotten tired of the booking decisions. As a last ditch effort to steady the ship, former WWE head writer, Vince Russo, was brought in by WCW. Things only got worse.

Russo had a lot of absurd ideas - which was named 'Crash TV' - which did nothing to help the longterm future of WCW. Having swerves just for the sake of swerves infuriated the WCW viewers, especially when Russo started switching around the WCW World Heavyweight title for apparently no reason.

In the last full year of its existence (2000), the world title changed hands a whopping 25 times if you include the number of times the title was vacated. It started when Bret Hart vacated the title in January due to a legitimate injury which would later end his career. WCW placed the title on an unwilling Chris Benoit who promptly left for the WWE a day after winning the belt.

Further title changes would include booker Kevin Nash booking himself to win the title, and on another occasion simply giving the title to Ric Flair. Even Vince Russo himself and actor David Arquette won the title that year, undermining the credibility of the title. Sid Vicious, DDP, Jeff Jarrett, Scott Steiner, and Booker T all won the title during this period before WCW inevitably shut its doors.