10 Best WWE Raw Cliffhanger Endings Ever

by Jamie Kennedy

1. Shane McMahon Buys WCW (26 March 2001)

Shane McMahon, Vince McMahon, Simulcast, Nitro
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Eight months earlier, Raw had its best cliffhanger moment ever.

Shane McMahon appeared on the WCW portion of a Raw-Nitro simulcast in Panama City and shocked his gloating father over on the WWF side by announcing he was now the "sole owner" of World Championship Wrestling. For any longtime WCW fans watching, this was surely the very definition of bizarro world.

Try to block out the fact that WCW's 'Invasion' would soon suck hard for a moment. When Shane showed face to steal his father's thunder, it was one of the most newsworthy moments in Raw history, not to mention one hell of a way to sign off for Nitro. Everything about this was historically significant.

Questions fans had included whether or not Shane would run WCW as a separate entity to the WWF, and what this meant for his ongoing feud against daddio heading into WrestleMania X-Seven. It ended up being a disaster of an angle, albeit one with a stunning starting point.

What other Raw cliffhangers do you recall? Let us know down in the comments section below!

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Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.