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#3 Vince McMahon buys WCW, effectively ending the Monday Night Wars
Back during the Monday Night Wars, Vince McMahon's WWE and Ted Turner's WCW engaged in a ratings battle that lasted for years. At one point, WCW beat WWE in the Monday Night Wars for more than 80 weeks in a row. Soon, WWE began catching up. The Fingerpoke of Doom incident was an important event that made a major difference when it came to fan perception of both companies. This was the night when Tony Schiavone took a shot at Mankind while giving away WWE's results, and the move backfired heavily.
WWE didn't look back from that point onwards, while WCW kept getting worse with each passing week. By the year 2000, WCW had lost some of its top young stars to WWE, and was a sinking ship. Vince McMahon struck upon sensing what was happening, and bought off his competition in March 2001. This was hands down the biggest victory of Vince McMahon's career. He had finally defeated WCW after competing with the promotion for several years.
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