Post by toshiyatsu on Aug 1, 2023 1:31:16 GMT 1
March 26, 2001
It is a historic night in the history of professional wrestling, WCW is dead, long live the WWF. The Monday Night Wars are over, the victor has been crowned, and Vince McMahon is revelling in the victory. In the middle of the ring, being a sore loser, going through some of the more recognized names in WCW and seeing how the fans react to the idea of these wrestlers keeping their jobs...rubbing salt in the wounds of WCW and the WCW roster.
"How appropriate is it, that WCW's last broadcast...is in a BEER HALL?!"
The smugness is radiating through the screen as Vince gloats how he could line up each of the fans favorite wrestlers and tell each and every one of them that "YOU'RE FIRED!", that "WCW IS BURIED! WCW WILL REMAIN BURIED!"
The fans are starting to turn against Vince now, what started as a possible moment of excitement from the fans to see new faces from WCW come to the WWF, it became rather sickening just how much Vince was using this as an opportunity to completely and utterly degrade the company that not too long ago, had him on the ropes for 83 weeks...
It is a historic night in the history of professional wrestling, WCW is dead, long live the WWF. The Monday Night Wars are over, the victor has been crowned, and Vince McMahon is revelling in the victory. In the middle of the ring, being a sore loser, going through some of the more recognized names in WCW and seeing how the fans react to the idea of these wrestlers keeping their jobs...rubbing salt in the wounds of WCW and the WCW roster.
"How appropriate is it, that WCW's last broadcast...is in a BEER HALL?!"
The smugness is radiating through the screen as Vince gloats how he could line up each of the fans favorite wrestlers and tell each and every one of them that "YOU'RE FIRED!", that "WCW IS BURIED! WCW WILL REMAIN BURIED!"
The fans are starting to turn against Vince now, what started as a possible moment of excitement from the fans to see new faces from WCW come to the WWF, it became rather sickening just how much Vince was using this as an opportunity to completely and utterly degrade the company that not too long ago, had him on the ropes for 83 weeks...
"...DAMN IT I'M VINCE MCMAHON! DAMN IT! I OWN WCW! I OWN THE WWF! AND YOU WILL TREAT ME WITH RESPECT! OR I'LL WALK OUT OF THIS ARENA, MA-..."
Wait a minute? Shane? That's Shane's titantron playing, but no sign of the man himself as of yet...Vince is pumped, waving his hands and calling for Shane to come out to the ring, but his face quickly changes to one of confusion as the titantron suddenly changes...
It soon becomes obvious what the situation actually is, as this historic simulcast cuts from Cleveland where Raw is War is currently situated, and goes to Panama City, where WCW is live for the last time...
Shane McMahon's on Nitro!
"What's up Vince?"
The fans chant for Shane as he grabs the WCW branded microphone, seemingly flipping the script on his dad in real time.
"Surprise dad! You're in Cleveland, Ohio...and I'm here in Panama City Beach, Florida! Standing...in a WCW ring! And as usual dad, your ego...has gotten the best of you!"
The look of confusion and disbelief on Vince's face as Shane speaks to him across the titantron, the relationship between these two had been strained at best as of late and Shane has been known to enjoy getting one up on his dear old dad, especially when it comes to business ventures...
"Your ego has gotten the best of you...I mean dad, you wanted to finalize this deal, with WCW, at Wrestlemania...you had the audacity to ask Ted Turner himself to come down and finalize that deal? Well dad, that's just the opportunity I was looking for..."
Vince's look of disbelief slowly starts to turn to one of shock as he shakes his head, hoping that Shane is not going to be saying what Vince thinks he is...
"Because dad, the deal is finalzied with WCW...and the name on the contract does say McMahon...however the contract reads....SHANE MCMAHON!"
"That's right dad! I NOW OWN WCW!"
WHAT?! No way! Talk about getting one up on the old man! Shane has hit his dad where he knows it hurts him the most! His pride! His ego! His need to be the only game in town! Without WCW, WWF would have a monopoly on the Wrestling world, Vince could claim ULTIMATE Victory and by using his own father's hubris against him, Shane has helped keep competition alive in the wrestling world!
"Now dad I'll be honest...and I'll give you credit where it's due. You've got a good lead right now...After all, after tonight? WCW will no longer be on TNT...WCW will no longer be with Turner broadcasting, heck, WCW won't even have a TV deal to even speak of! Some of the fan favorites this company is known for? I'm going to have to get them to come to the table...and see if they can renegotiate a deal. Some of them might say yes...some of them, I imagine...will be gone for quite some time...I hold my hands up dad and say, right here? Right now? You have the upper hand..."
Vince can't help but form a sleazy, knowing smirk. He enjoys having the upper hand too much, he enjoys knowing that he and his company are on top and to hear Shane say that, despite having just announced his ownership of WCW, was a rejuvenating boost to the old man's ego, but the other shoe must drop...
"If you're expecting all out war from the very get go! If you're expecting me to come out guns blazing? Well dad...as much as I am sure all the fans would LOVE to see that...I've learned something important after watching you conduct business for all these years. See I grew up watching you take down company...after company...after company, that tried to compete with you. WCW? If I hadn't signed the deal? It was just going to be the latest, in a long list of companies you've put out of business. It was going to join that list of each and every one of your competitors that tried to take it to you in the wrestling business, but failed...because they all share the same trait...they tried to be better than you at what YOU did...rather than focusing on what THEY were doing!"
Vince's look of confusion returns, his need for competition and to be BETTER than that competition made him come to expect that same old routine he had managed to come out on top in each and every time. A company tries to beat Vince at what Vince is doing...and inevitably fails...and Vince squashes them.
"Well I'm not gonna be like them Dad. I'm not gonna try and beat you at your game, I'm not entering a battle on YOUR terms. No sir. I'm gonna bide my time...and I'm gonna be patient...and I'm gonna rebuild this company into something new, something different...something BETTER...and all the while you're gonna' be lookin over the numbers, lookin' through the headlines...wonderin' when WCW is gonna try going to war with you once more...when the sad reality for you Vince?"
Shane smirks as he looks directly at the camera that's pointed at him in the WCW ring, he may as well be looking straight into the eyes of his father as he says this though because that is clearly the intention.
"The sad reality for you is...I'm going to win...not by going head to head with you on Monday Nights...not by signing away all your old stars...I'm simply going to present a better show than YOU...and day by day, week by week...we'll crawl our way back to that number one spot...right where we belong!"
The fans rejoice, perhaps this was not the declaration of war they were hoping for and exactly what is going to happen to WCW is up in the air, with no Ted Turner behind the machine, Shane will have to find the company a new TV deal. What does that mean for the Monday Night Wars? And what about the roster? How many of those big stars will fall through the cracks? Hogan, Sting, Luger, Goldberg, DDP? Uncertainty was still in the air but one thing WAS certain...WCW was not dead...Shane McMahon owned it and had full intentions on rebuilding it and making it a competitor in the industry once more...
"Cya soon dad!"
Wait a minute? Shane? That's Shane's titantron playing, but no sign of the man himself as of yet...Vince is pumped, waving his hands and calling for Shane to come out to the ring, but his face quickly changes to one of confusion as the titantron suddenly changes...
It soon becomes obvious what the situation actually is, as this historic simulcast cuts from Cleveland where Raw is War is currently situated, and goes to Panama City, where WCW is live for the last time...
Shane McMahon's on Nitro!
"What's up Vince?"
The fans chant for Shane as he grabs the WCW branded microphone, seemingly flipping the script on his dad in real time.
"Surprise dad! You're in Cleveland, Ohio...and I'm here in Panama City Beach, Florida! Standing...in a WCW ring! And as usual dad, your ego...has gotten the best of you!"
The look of confusion and disbelief on Vince's face as Shane speaks to him across the titantron, the relationship between these two had been strained at best as of late and Shane has been known to enjoy getting one up on his dear old dad, especially when it comes to business ventures...
"Your ego has gotten the best of you...I mean dad, you wanted to finalize this deal, with WCW, at Wrestlemania...you had the audacity to ask Ted Turner himself to come down and finalize that deal? Well dad, that's just the opportunity I was looking for..."
Vince's look of disbelief slowly starts to turn to one of shock as he shakes his head, hoping that Shane is not going to be saying what Vince thinks he is...
"Because dad, the deal is finalzied with WCW...and the name on the contract does say McMahon...however the contract reads....SHANE MCMAHON!"
"That's right dad! I NOW OWN WCW!"
WHAT?! No way! Talk about getting one up on the old man! Shane has hit his dad where he knows it hurts him the most! His pride! His ego! His need to be the only game in town! Without WCW, WWF would have a monopoly on the Wrestling world, Vince could claim ULTIMATE Victory and by using his own father's hubris against him, Shane has helped keep competition alive in the wrestling world!
"Now dad I'll be honest...and I'll give you credit where it's due. You've got a good lead right now...After all, after tonight? WCW will no longer be on TNT...WCW will no longer be with Turner broadcasting, heck, WCW won't even have a TV deal to even speak of! Some of the fan favorites this company is known for? I'm going to have to get them to come to the table...and see if they can renegotiate a deal. Some of them might say yes...some of them, I imagine...will be gone for quite some time...I hold my hands up dad and say, right here? Right now? You have the upper hand..."
Vince can't help but form a sleazy, knowing smirk. He enjoys having the upper hand too much, he enjoys knowing that he and his company are on top and to hear Shane say that, despite having just announced his ownership of WCW, was a rejuvenating boost to the old man's ego, but the other shoe must drop...
"If you're expecting all out war from the very get go! If you're expecting me to come out guns blazing? Well dad...as much as I am sure all the fans would LOVE to see that...I've learned something important after watching you conduct business for all these years. See I grew up watching you take down company...after company...after company, that tried to compete with you. WCW? If I hadn't signed the deal? It was just going to be the latest, in a long list of companies you've put out of business. It was going to join that list of each and every one of your competitors that tried to take it to you in the wrestling business, but failed...because they all share the same trait...they tried to be better than you at what YOU did...rather than focusing on what THEY were doing!"
Vince's look of confusion returns, his need for competition and to be BETTER than that competition made him come to expect that same old routine he had managed to come out on top in each and every time. A company tries to beat Vince at what Vince is doing...and inevitably fails...and Vince squashes them.
"Well I'm not gonna be like them Dad. I'm not gonna try and beat you at your game, I'm not entering a battle on YOUR terms. No sir. I'm gonna bide my time...and I'm gonna be patient...and I'm gonna rebuild this company into something new, something different...something BETTER...and all the while you're gonna' be lookin over the numbers, lookin' through the headlines...wonderin' when WCW is gonna try going to war with you once more...when the sad reality for you Vince?"
Shane smirks as he looks directly at the camera that's pointed at him in the WCW ring, he may as well be looking straight into the eyes of his father as he says this though because that is clearly the intention.
"The sad reality for you is...I'm going to win...not by going head to head with you on Monday Nights...not by signing away all your old stars...I'm simply going to present a better show than YOU...and day by day, week by week...we'll crawl our way back to that number one spot...right where we belong!"
The fans rejoice, perhaps this was not the declaration of war they were hoping for and exactly what is going to happen to WCW is up in the air, with no Ted Turner behind the machine, Shane will have to find the company a new TV deal. What does that mean for the Monday Night Wars? And what about the roster? How many of those big stars will fall through the cracks? Hogan, Sting, Luger, Goldberg, DDP? Uncertainty was still in the air but one thing WAS certain...WCW was not dead...Shane McMahon owned it and had full intentions on rebuilding it and making it a competitor in the industry once more...
"Cya soon dad!"
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