That moment when you realized the Monday Night Wars was over.

[HipHopStan]

I'll never forget it. I was a freshman in high school. I remember reading that WCW's deal with Fusient had fell through and I was like "Well, what's gonna happen now?" Then that Friday I go to WWF's page and I see the splash page:

And I was like " VINCE! You won! You bought your competition! Hail King Vince!"

Then shortly after WrestleMania 17 I got my copy of the last WCW magazine. Which had this:

And I was like "This shyt is sad. "

Stories? Thoughts?

 

[SAJ!!]

The moment Vince appeared on Nitro the following Monday announcing that he bought WCW, I knew the war was over.

 

[Nintendough]

Mid way through 1999

 

[R=G]

In 1999, you heard Rocky chants on WCW PPVs. It was dead. There was nothing left and 2000 confirmed it. You had Steiner having this kind of Cripple H type run where he ran over most of the roster and Booker was FULL BLOWN copying the Rock It was sad.

 

[MushroomX]

WCW Stans knew this company was fukked ​

 

[Tommy Fits]

WCW Stans knew this company was fukked ​

Yeah I would have to say it was this moment.

 

[Ed MOTHEREFFING G]

For me it was went the best talent from wcw and ecw started jumping over, like the dudley boys, jericho, the radicalz, etc. They were both really bleeding talent and wwf was getting better and better.

Welcome to Raw is Jericho = game over for Nitro

 

[dh86]

When Nitro got a new set and darkened out the crowd hiding the empty seats

 

[Silkk]

Flipping to TNT the following monday and seeing Law & Order or some shyt

 

[The Electric Lady]

Around 1999. I think Jericho and other talent moving to WWF confirmed it and I stopped watching WCW entirely in early 2000. Was way into WWF going into 2001. When they announced Vince bought WCW I wasn't surprised.

 

[Ed MOTHEREFFING G]

Around 1999. I think Jericho and other talent moving to WWF confirmed it and I stopped watching WCW entirely in early 2000. Was way into WWF going into 2001. When they announced Vince bought WCW I wasn't surprised.

there was something really special about jericho arriving, because as much as we talk about y2j being buried in wwf, they AT LEAST made him seem like a big deal right away after wcw just jobbed him out...because HE was a bigger deal, it made THEM look like a bigger deal. When jericho bounced (i'm not saying it ENDED or was the REASON for the wars ending) it was clear wwf was the fed to watch and the place to be.

 

[I-Hate-You]

When Van Venis showed up and said..."Ladieeeeessssss, I'm hereeeeeeee"

 

[The Electric Lady]

there was something really special about jericho arriving, because as much as we talk about y2j being buried in wwf, they AT LEAST made him seem like a big deal right away after wcw just jobbed him out...because HE was a bigger deal, it made THEM look like a bigger deal. When jericho bounced (i'm not saying it ENDED or was the REASON for the wars ending) it was clear wwf was the fed to watch and the place to be.

They made a huge deal out of Jericho way more than when he was in WCW. I'd love to see those promos they aired to hype his arrival again.

 

[Brad Piff]

i wanna say 1999 but really is was more like the fall of 98

 

[The Electric Lady]

Thinking of it, it was a combination of Big Show AND Jericho jumping to WWF where I saw a major shift.