In October 1999 former WWF writer Vince Russo signed with . Within months WCW was in a death spiral that it never recovered from. To this day people argue that when Russo took over WCW it was recoverable. But was it? In this book we will look into the most commonly put forward ideas people give to see if these ideas would have worked in the real world, within the corporate structure of Time Warner and with those in power in WCW at the time.