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Originally Posted by Xero Limit 126
I've heard that someone from ECW (I think Joey Styles) still owns, or owned after they debuted in WWE, the ECW library... Obviously, WWE would have to own the library now with all the ECW stuff on the DVDs... Although I could be getting mixed up w/ styles not giving up the rights to resell stuff with his voice...
When was ECW officially bought out by WWE, and what was ECW's last show?
Also, when was WCW OFFCIALLY bought out? How long before the infoumous last Nitro/RAW simulcast? Because there were rumors a few days before saying that they werent bought out, that WWE had bought them out, that someone else bought them out, etc... And, when did WCW announce, on air, that they would be going under? Because I'm wondering if they had advertised the last Nitro as being the last, or it was just announced THAT DAY that they were bought out...
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It was announced long in advance that they were going through management/ownership issues on the air, but they just kept making it seem like WCW would simply take a break then return to the air with its new owner. It wasn't until Vince McMahon opened up Nitro that night that it was confirmed on-air that WCW would be sold to someone like Vince McMahon.
Prior to this, both on TV and off, it was widely speculated that Eric Bischoff and a group of investors would buy it.