I just started to watch my tape of Nitro done late Tuesday, so I still can't really comment on it... but there is some WCW-related stuff that came to my thoughts from recent newsbits:

1. Is Terry Bollea/Hulk Hogan poison to the fed, or what?

   
   His latest call in to the Bubba the Love Sponge radio show must have caused a few suits to grit their teeth... if Mandalay definitely is planning to buy the promotion, and not making any public announcements about it yet, what right does Terry have to tell a national radio audience that "it's a lock"?




2. Speaking of theories about Mandalay purchasing WCW, if the theories about it ring true, and Eric Bischoff does have plans to rebuild with the 'old guard' (Hogan, Piper, Savage, DDP)... well, if that happens, the current $80 million deficit will seem like small potatos, as it runs into the ground.

   
   I dislike a lot of Vince Russo's ideas so far... but the fed is getting up to that 4-point share in ratings, something it hasn't done in years. Ratings have shown that the superstars of the 1980s like Hogan don't do that anymore; it's the new faces and talent that'll make the future. If Eric ignores that fact, he's in for a disaster.