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In the meantime, the WWF flourished thanks to the [[Attitude Era]] and WCW's missteps - wrestlers like [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]], [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]], [[Mick Foley]], [[Triple H]], [[The Undertaker]], and [[Wrestler/Kane|Kane]] practically became household names, and the company's success positioned them as the most powerful wrestling promotion on the planet. On the flip side, WCW kept pushing the nWo angle for far longer than it should have, and it failed to build new stars who could ultimately replace the older stars on the roster (mainly because those older stars were often members of the company's booking team), leading its product to become stale and boring to many, which led to the company beginning to lose viewers at an astonishing rate.
From 1999 to 2001, WCW tried - and failed miserably - to mirror the WWF's successful changeover to the [[Attitude Era]], doing everything from hiring [[Vince Russo]] to instituting a Hardcore Title to trying to cross-promote the company with music and movie stars (including its infamous decision [[So Bad
The [[Monday Night Wars]] ended on March 26, 2001, when WCW held the final ''Monday Nitro''; in a surreal sight, [[Vince McMahon]] appeared live on both ''Raw'' and ''Nitro'' as part of a special simulcast (Vince was in the arena where ''Raw'' was being held), and then it was revealed that [[Shane McMahon]] - who was at ''Nitro'' - had (kayfabe) bought WCW instead of his father. This led into the InVasion angle, which would eventually put WCW to rest for good.
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