Since we're discussing post 1993 WWF, here's a couple of things I think were important towards WCW's dominance of WWF(1995-early 1998).  WCW basically hit a home run with the nwo angle(at least in 1996 before it became lame later).  When Scott Hall and Kevin Nash first appeared on WCW in spring 1996, it was implied that WWF was invading WCW. (note: it was eventually clarified that neither man was working for WWF at that time)  The booking was absolutely brilliant as this kinda became a mystery as to who would be the third guy as everyone was being mentioned--Bret Hart, Sting etc.   No one suspected it would be Hogan as he was a babyface for the majority of his career.  That was a giant SWERVE that was perfectly booked since Hogan was getting stale at the time.  FYI, Bobby Heenan almost blew the surprise with his commentary after Hogan starts running out.

Isn't WWF attitude greatly infleunced by classic ECW?  So in that regard some credit must be given to Paul Heyman's wrestling organization.  I mean the classic Hart-Austin WM XIII I Quit Match has ECW written all over it.  Plus the Austin's fuck it all attitude originated in 1995 with an ECW promo where he wears a bandana and starts shooting on a whole bunch of people--Bischoff and Hogan included.  Remember the hardcore title, and the increase of blood on WWE tv, those were all ECW style things in which they incorporated into their product.

While WCW made a lot of boneheaded personnel moves as outlined by AxlinO8, you can't omit the stupidity of their booking decisions.  David Arquette as WCW champion, Dennis Rodman wrestling (and clearly in it for the money), and that bad Megadeth/Curt Hennig angle are some examples.  On top of that giving Kevin Nash the booking responsibilities in the late 90s led to their decline as well.  Fingerpoke of doom anyone remember that bad angle--hyped main event only to end in a disappointing swerve.  The misuse of Bret Hart also counts as a strike against WCW creative.

I think Vince kinda got lucky when the "Mr. McMahon" character took off.  Lucky in the sense that most of the fans still sided with Bret Hart in the Montreal screwjob dispute.  It gave Vince instant heat with the fans and he just played off being an arrogant jerk which he probably is in real life.

You win in the postseason by running the ball and stopping the run.  The Colts in their Superbowl winning year did exactly that.  They rushed 22 times for 64yds and allowed 167yds on 34 carries in the SD loss.  I always  thought that the Colts wining streak was a function of playing bad teams.  The divisonal round should be more smash mouth fun with TEN, CAR, PIT, NYG playing games next week.  If you like smash mouth football root for a BAL win because it will set up a bloodbath rivalry game with TEN.

For those who are wondering, a DVDSCR has already leaked onto the internet.

I disagree with SOD resembling NR.  If I were to guess, I'd say the one song faldors female friend hated would be either Scraped or This I Love.  Although If the World could be another choice.  I too am interested in what his friend's review.

I think people are complaining about album sales because of the amount and spent making the album.  It's simple business really.  Unfortunately, the "this album cost 13 million dollar to make" thing will always hamstring this album to some extent.

It's not my fault you set the standard at the wrong level for this album release.

This is actually a pretty interesting question.  What should the standard have been?  I remember reading a RS article in 2000 where CD is being compared to Physical Graffiti. 

http://www.gnrevolution.com/viewtopic.php?id=2939  (link to RS article).

I never had those expectations though, to me all I wanted was a simple album made by one of my favorite bands while growing up.  Full disclosure:  I lost interest in the project probably in 2004-2006.  I found the leaks (the 2006 ones) in 2007 and was interested in the band again.  Most of the fans of this band aren't rooting for Axl to fail.  I feel a lot of sympathy for Axl and what he has been through.  However, some of these have been self-inflicted though and as a fan you really can't ignore some of the stuff. 
My disappointments are twofold:  I don't particularly care for the amount of overproduction on the final product.  I prefer the basic structures of the songs on the demos.  The clusterfuck style in which the band is run and how information is released would be the other reason.  I think you and I are in agreement here.  The official website is a joke. (FWIW, I never understood why Gnr didn't give fans the opportunity to order CD online from the website.)  Flimsy excuses are given as to why things happen or don't happen.  Anybody remember Axl cancelling a tour in 2001 because he only just read about it over the internet.  I think the lack of professionalism is what irks people the most.  For example, if you release an album shouldn't you expect a video to go with that?  I don't think its holding to band to a superhigh standard to expect these basic things.