Who killed WCW? WWE veteran says "it was a group effort" (Exclusive)

The Vice TV's "Who Killed WCW?" docuseries has kicked off some heated debates online involving veterans from WWE who were once part of the now-defunct company. During the latest episode of Sportskeeda Wrestling's Smack Talk, Dutch Mantell said WCW's demise was on multiple people, not just one individual.

World Championship Wrestling, for a brief period, was the top wrestling promotion in the United States as they had a long TV rating win streak over their rivals. WCW experienced a steep downfall, supposedly due to mismanagement, leading to its eventual sale to Vince McMahon in 2001.

Decades have passed but WCW continues to be a hot topic in wrestling and it came to the fore again, thanks to a recently produced documentary series. Dutch Mantell spent only a couple of years in World Championship Wrestling, but as you can see below, he didn't have a great experience:

"Who killed WCW? I think it was group effort, and hey, I had to almost threaten to sue them to get booked there. And after I was there for about two years, they just let me go." [From 01:10:55 – 01:11:20]

Dutch Mantell has worked in almost every major company since the 1970s, and despite his extensive resume, he admitted that WCW might be the worst place he'd ever worked.

Unlike WWE, where Vince McMahon was the undisputed boss for years, WCW lacked leadership and cohesion backstage for it to survive and thrive.

"But that was the most screwed up, well, I've been in a lot of wrestling companies that were screwed up, that was really screwed up; nobody knew nothing! In WWE, it ended with Vince. In WCW, you didn't know who was the boss." [From 01:11:21 to 01:11:40]

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WCW might have fallen to the WWE juggernaut, but its impact on pro wrestling can still be felt to this day.

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