Sunday, August 14, 2005

Vince McMahon Buys WCW: This was reminiscent of "Black Saturday" when Vince McMahon snuck in and scooped up a territory over night without anybody really knowing it.. Vince McMahon came on his own show and announced that he had "purchased the competition" and gloated enthusiastically as he watched "Nitro" on a monitor and publicly fired Jeff Jarrett & Buff Bagwell. Over the broadcast, Vince made it clear that several WCW wrestlers had no chance of gaining employment, such as Lex Luger, Sting & Goldberg.. Midway through RAW, Vince went out to the ring and ordered Ted Turner to come out personally and "beg" him to sign the papers to finalize the deal.. Vince was also making history because his speech was being broadcast live on Monday Nitro on TNT as well! Shane McMahon shocked the World and walked down a WCW isle and stepped foot inside a WCW ring, making history of his own.. Shane McMahon went on to explain that he had signed his name and purchased WCW out from under Vince's nose! This of course led to the whole Alliance Invasion angle which was a complete and total flop..