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Greed, the final pay-per-view in the history of World Championship Wrestling, takes place at the Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum in Jacksonville, Florida. Greed replaced the promotion's traditional March PPV event, WCW Uncensored, which was held annually from 1995 to 2000. In the main event of the show, Scott Steiner defeats Diamond…
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In what would turn out to be the biggest news story of the modern era, World Wrestling Federation owner Vince McMahon purchases his longtime competitor World Championship Wrestling. As part of the deal, the WWF gained certain WCW talent contracts (although most of the major, big-name contracts were not included…
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In one of the most pivotal events of modern wrestling history, the final episode of WCW Monday Nitro airs on TNT. The event was made even more historic due to the fact that for the first (and only) time ever a portion of the USA Network's WWF Monday Night Raw,…
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Survivor Series '01 takes place, with match stipulations designed to unify championships and end the WCW/ECW "invasion" angle. Team WWF (The Rock, Chris Jericho, The Undertaker, Kane and The Big Show) defeated The Alliance (Steve Austin, Kurt Angle, Booker T, Rob Van Dam and Shane McMahon) in a "Winner Take…
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