WWE Raw Gallery: 25 Years Of Iconic Monday Nights

17. 2001 - War Is Over

The Rock CM Punk
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Dateline: 26th March, 2001

Vince McMahon could barely hide his glee when he got one over the Government in 1994. Mr McMahon was positively beaming with evil pride as he celebrated the demise of his fiercest rival.

In truth, the rivalry hadn't been a rivalry for around three years apart from the odd Vince Russo smoke-and-mirrors reboot here and there that simultaneously changed everything and nothing at all.

The historic edition of Raw ended by the reduction of the WCW purchase into McMahon family drama, but little compares with Vince's show-opening monologue. Pointedly shadowed by 'WWF' and 'Raw Is War' logos in equal focus, to the victor went the spoils.

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