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"The Very Fate Of WCW...Is In My Hands."
- Vince McMahon 3/26/01
The wrestling world had changed since 2001, not only were two of the WWF's rivals were dead but Vince was looking to split the WWF into two different brands. RAW, the flagship monday night show that started in 1993 and the main show to go head to head to WCW with it's Nitro, and Smackdown, created 4 years prior in 1999 based of WWF wrestler The Rock's catchphrase. McMahon would lead the Smackdown brand while "Co-Owner" Nature Boy Ric Flair would lead the RAW brand, but in order to have two different brands they needed a draft...