5 Things to love-hate that WWE stole from other promotions.

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#5: Extreme Expose
You probably remember the Nitro Girls, but the likelihood of you remembering Extreme Expose is probably not that good. First of all they were on WWECW mostly and second they weren't around that long. However I remember them just fine...? I love Layla.

#4: Monthly PPVs
What is a surprise to many is that WWE didn't begin doing PPVs every month until the In Your House series began in 1995.

#3: The B-Show
There had always been programming other than RAW from Superstars to the Action Zone but those programs rarely continued the storylines that began on RAW and they were syndicated programs. After WCW introduced Thunder, a B-show that supplemented the story lines of Nitro, WWE replied with Smackdown.

#2: Attitude: Taking it to the Extreme
The WWE had always been slower paced with a focus on bigger guys, cartoonish gimmicks and basic good vs evil story telling. However while being trounced by WCW Vince decided to rip off Paul Heyman and ECW to create a product that was faster paced, more aggressive and realistic. He took ECW and mixed it with classic WWF styles to create the Attitude Era.

#1: The Granddaddy of em All
Super cards have always existed in pro-wrestling but rarely were they a culmination of the year's biggest storylines. However when Starrcade came along it was not only a super card but the year was built around it and it was broadcast on PPV, this began the concept behind the very first Wrestlemania.
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#5: Light-heavyweights
ECW & WCW were featuring smaller guys to great success, however Vince's light-heavyweight division was not so. Basically the division consisted of about 4-5 guys in short matches with no storylines. Most of the time it featured Taka Mitchinoku wrestling a ringer brought in merely to job. It did get better later on after It was rebranded the WWE Cruiserweight Division

#4: Demolition
Story goes that Vince for years tried to lure the Roadwarriors to the WWF to no success. So he decided to make his own Roadwarriors, original in some ways but mostly a ripoff Demolition was wiped out after the real Roadwarriors finally signed.

#3: Shotgun Saturday Night
Sure WWF had programming that came on Saturday nights (Saturday Nights Main Event) but those weren't weekly programs and by the mid-90s it had been phased out. WCW however had WCW Saturday Night as a flagship show before Nitro came to be. WWF decided to do a weekly Saturday night show (Shotgun) and at first it was great! Shotgun started off edgier an gritty, it was filmed in exotic locations and features up and coming stars then it went all downhill later as it became mostly a show occupied by jobbers and low card talent in regular arenas.

#2: cross-promotions
It seems WWE is the only wrestling promotion that can't make cross-promotion with other organizations work. They managed not to screw up their "ECW Takeover" on RAW but the cross-promotion with AAA? Horrible. Cross-promotion with USWA? Equally bad, if not worse as it lasted more than 1 night.

#1: The Invasion
WCW struck paydirt with their Invasion storyline which lead to the creation of the nWo and the upswing of their product. The Outsiders were convincing in their ability to make viewers believe that an invasion was really in place. WWF's invasion failed chiefly because there was no legitimate belief that anyone was "invading". It can't be an "invasion" if it's public knowledge that you own both companies!
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