10 Things WWE Wants You To Forget About Shane McMahon

2. He Was Going To Run WCW And ECW At Different Points In His Career

When WWE legitimately bought WCW in March of 2001, the storyline explanation was that Shane bought it from under his father, without Vince knowing about the deal. This was all part of their storyline at the time. In reality, WWE as a company bought it and there were plans in place for Shane to run WCW in real-life, too. There were discussions involving WWE running WCW live events, a television slot that was likely going to be on Saturday nights and a whole roster full of wrestlers that would be WCW talent. It would have been a mix of WCW guys as well as younger WWE performers. All the plans were in place and then it was pulled after that awful Booker T vs. Buff Bagwell match on Raw. In 2005, after the ECW One Night Stand was so successful, there was talking of bringing back ECW in 2006 with Shane McMahon putting the show on the internet. When executives found out the plan, they ended up changing it and putting it on television, which was the Sci-Fi channel (and we all know that WWEECW really didn't work that well). Considering Shane was supposed to be in charge of two different promotions and WWE took both of them away from him, it's easy to see why he was frustrated. It's also easy to understand why he left, too.