What Did You Say? Shane McMahon And A WCW Personality Remember Things A Little Bit Differently

That’s one way of telling it. For all of the good and bad things that it did during its existence, WCW holds a very special and interesting place in wrestling history. Some remember is as the last time there was real competition to WWE and all of the insanity caused by the Monday Night Wars, while others remember it as a disaster in its dying years and the wasted opportunities of the Invasion. However, people still talk about it nearly nineteen years after the company went out of business and that means it certainly has some value. That was the case this week, though it shows how memories are a little different.

This week’s edition of Table For 3 featured Shane McMahon discussing the day he went to Panama City, Florida for the final episode of Monday Nitro. Shane talked about how he understood that some people would not be happy with the whole situation and the WWE (WWF at the time) respected that, though what mattered was a new direction. Shane would appear on the show in a storyline, showing that he had purchased the company from under his father Vince McMahon due to Vince waiting too long to sign the contract.

Shane is a storyteller. Check out how he described the big night:

However, there is a little more to it than that. The following day, former WCW ring announcer Dave Penzer said that Shane’s version of the story is inaccurate. According to Shane, the WCW roster first found out about the purchase when Shane came backstage that night and told them. Penzer however says that the news was known the previous week with an announcement made online. He made it clear that he was not claiming Shane or WWE were lying, but rather that they were just remembering the events incorrectly.

This is inaccurate. There was an announcement made online the WCW website, a few days before Nitro, that WWE had purchased the company. We had no details of our future when Shane addressed us but we did know that the company had been sold. https://t.co/xC3GGO8R44

— David Penzer (@davidpenzer) November 11, 2019

Wow! This took me aback. I remember turning on the computer 18 years ago and this is how I found out my world was about to change. Since then, I've seen it in my head when describing it but to see it again has the memories flooding back. https://t.co/BUoSYHEkAk

— David Penzer (@davidpenzer) November 12, 2019

Memories fade after 20 years. I'm sure it was not that they concocted a story all these years later. Shane did have said talent meeting so, if that's the way he remembers it, no worries, just telling my memories.

— David Penzer (@davidpenzer) November 11, 2019

I was not trying to throw WWE under the bus. It was a long time ago and memories fade.

— David Penzer (@davidpenzer) November 11, 2019

This was a moment. Check out Shane on Monday Nitro as the Monday Night Wars officially end:

Opinion: As Penzer said, this isn’t something that WWE has any reason to lie about and I don’t think they are. Shane may very well not have even known about the announcement the previous week and it’s not like it matters one way or another. It was over eighteen years ago and a detail like that really does not make a difference. It’s nice to see someone just pointing out a discrepancy without losing their minds as it is hardly worth getting angry about.

Do you remember Shane on Monday Nitro? How big could the event have been? Let us know in the comments below.

Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen over 50,000 wrestling matches. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since 2009 with over 5,000 full shows covered. You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his- Amazon author page with 30 wrestling books. His latest book is KB’s Complete 2004 Monday Night Raw Reviews.

Get the latest and greatest in professional wrestling news by signing up for our daily email newsletter. Just look below for “GET EXCLUSIVE UPDATES” to sign up. We are proud to offer our popular Wrestling Rumors app and encourage you to download it for an optimized user experience. It is available for Android and also on iOS. Thank you for reading!