10 Most Important Episodes Of WWE Raw In History

2. March 26, 2001

Thanks in part to moments like Tyson shoving Austin, WWE won the Monday Night Wars.

Vince McMahon’s victory was cemented on March 26, 2001 when Raw was broadcast simultaneously alongside the final episode of Monday Nitro. 

On the WCW side of things, Booker T won the world title and Ric Flair and Sting had one final match, whilst over in Federation-land, it was mostly just Vince gloating. 

The big shocker came at the end of the night, when Shane McMahon rocked up and revealed he had bought WCW from under his father’s nose. This laid the groundwork for the Invasion angle later that year. 

Wrestling was never the same again after this dual broadcast. WWE had almost two decades without viable competition which led to a massive drop in the quality of their programming, although it has since picked up again in recent years following the end of Vince McMahon’s creative involvement.