5 wrestling promotions purchased by Vince McMahon

#2 WCW

The only promotion to beat Vince McMahon, week after week

Even today, the name WCW touches a sore spot in the WWE top brass. Based in Atlanta, Georgia; the company, owned by Billionaire Ted Turner would decide to go up against Monday Night Raw, with their own show - Nitro.

By acquiring talent that had gotten over in the WWE such as Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Hulk Hogan and Bret Hart, they would take the fight to Vince McMahon. Some of the biggest names from the promotion included Goldberg, Sting, DDP, Booker T, etc. all of whom eventually made WWE appearances after the sale.

The company was purchased by Vince McMahon, who cut a very passionate, borderline-shoot promo to celebrate the occasion. In fact, WCW’s nWo storyline is said to have brought about the ‘Attitude Era’ of WWE, that we love so dearly.