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On the 2004 Monday Night War DVD, Billy Kidman stated that WWE personnel – headed by Shane McMahon – were in charge of the final edition of Nitro on March 26, 2001. The WWF had purchased the trademark of Nitro, meaning they owned the show.
Sting headlined that final program, against Ric Flair. One could argue that it didn't count as a WWF debut because Sting wasn't signed to the WWF at that time, but he wasn't contracted to WCW either: his deal was with AOL/Time Warner. He performed on a show that was owned and booked by the WWF (akin to ECW One Night Stand, I guess). It opened with Vince McMahon giving a promo in front of a huge "WWF Attitude" logo, featured multiple McMahon segments, and closed by airing McMahon's promo in the Raw main event (waterstamped "WWF", no less). Little doubt remained.
In June 2013, a VOC Nation Wrestling interviewer put to Sting that he had technically "wrestled on WWE TV", and Sting said this was "absolutely right". So WrestleMania 31 will mark Sting's second WWE match.
Your thoughts?
Sting headlined that final program, against Ric Flair. One could argue that it didn't count as a WWF debut because Sting wasn't signed to the WWF at that time, but he wasn't contracted to WCW either: his deal was with AOL/Time Warner. He performed on a show that was owned and booked by the WWF (akin to ECW One Night Stand, I guess). It opened with Vince McMahon giving a promo in front of a huge "WWF Attitude" logo, featured multiple McMahon segments, and closed by airing McMahon's promo in the Raw main event (waterstamped "WWF", no less). Little doubt remained.
In June 2013, a VOC Nation Wrestling interviewer put to Sting that he had technically "wrestled on WWE TV", and Sting said this was "absolutely right". So WrestleMania 31 will mark Sting's second WWE match.
Your thoughts?