4 WCW blunders which were also done by the WWE

#4 Airing dirty laundry on TV: Scott Hall and Hawk

Road Warrior Hawk had a drinking problem that was made part of an angle

WCW was heavily criticized in its final years for trying to use anything it could come up with to get an audience. Particularly alarming was the company's decision to build an angle around Scott Hall's real-life drinking problems. He was booked to come to the ring like a drunken mess and even puked on Eric Bischoff.

A match with longtime partner Kevin Nash ended with Nash getting out of the ring to spare Hall more embarrassment. It was a tasteless angle which insulted someone who was a big part of the success of the company. Noble WWE would never do something like this, right?

Well - about the same time, WWE used a similar angle with Road Warrior Hawk. Hawk was also struggling with drinking and drugs problems, and against the wishes of both Hawk and his partner Animal, WWE incorporated it into a storyline.

Hawk was portrayed as having suicidal tendencies, with a segment airing that had new Road Warriors member Droz pushing a confused Hawk off the titantron to his apparent death. Both Hawk and Animal left WWE immediately after the angle.