This Day in History: Shane “Buys” WCW + Final Monday Night War (Videos)

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Mar 26, 2017

16 years ago today, on March 26, 2001, the final “Monday night war” between WWE Raw and WCW Nitro took place, with WWE doing a simulcasted angle where Shane McMahon showed up on Nitro to announce that he had “bought” WCW, while Vince McMahon was simultaneously cutting a promo about owning and burying WCW on Raw.

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