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..

Friday, August 05, 2005

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The Owen Hart Tragedy: By far the most tragic story in the history of wrestling. It's been covered a million times on a million websites, but the bottom line is that someone screwed up. Owen Hart was looking forward to years of blissful retirement with his wife and children in a freshly built house in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Literally weeks before Owen's family was scheduled to move into their new house, Owen was asked to perform a stunt on a live pay per view which went horribly wrong. He was to be lowered from the ceiling in superhero fashion, something he had done several times before. Owen was a reluctant participant in the stunt, but went along with it because he had nixed a few other ideas beforehand and feared his job would be in jeopardy. During a pre-taped interview by the "Blue Blazer", Owen was preparing to be lowered when the equipment he was using malfunctioned and he was sent falling 40 feet to the floor, landing head first on the corner of the ring and flopping horrifically into the center of the ring. The pay per view audience was then informed that something had gone horribly wrong and it wasn't a part of the show. For what seemed like a lifetime, paramedics worked on Owen's body, but it was useless as he was soon declared deceased. Later in the pay per view, which continued with a sub-par performance rate, Jim Ross made the following shocking statement "Ladies & gentleman, uh, earlier tonight, here at Kansas City, uh, tragedy befell the World Westling Federation, and all of us, Owen Hart was set to make an entrance from the ceiling, and he fell from the ceiling, and I have the unfortunate responsibility to let everybody know that Owen Hart has died, Owen Hart has tragically died from that accident here tonight".

Thursday, August 04, 2005

What went down in WWE/WWF Raw Past....

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