WWF WCW and ECW 2001 - Tri Branded
At the end of 2000 the World Wrestling Federation was looking forward to 2001 as the top promotion in the world and the strongest the company had ever been. They had demolished World Championship Wrestling in the ratings for a few years and had taken alot of WCW's star workers. WCW were in bad times the ratings drop was huge compared to the glory days of the N.W.O and backstage politics made it increidbly hard to move up the corporate ladder and the company were closer and closer to going bankrupt. Extreme Championship Wrestling was also in financial difficaulty and were losing money and there top stars to the top 2 companies. WWF Owner Vince McMahon saw an opportunity, to own all 3 major promotions and have them all under 3 seperate brands. This way McMahon would be able to continue the success of the WWF but be able to keep WCW and ECW in business under the WWF name. It would increase profits and would give fans a huge variety without having to turn to other shows. McMahon first met with ECW Owner Paul Heyman, Heyman knew that ECW wouldnt last longer without backing and accepted his offer and was giving the job role as the owner of ECW. Next was WCW Owner Ted Turner,this would end up harder then the purchase of ECW because current WCW workers Ric Flair and Eric Bischoff both wanted to put money together to keep the company from going under. McMahon didnt want to ruffle any feathers and asked both Flair and Bischoff to sit down and discuss the possibility of joining the WWF. After weeks of talks between the two Flair and Bischoff agreed to backdown and McMahon purchased WCW from Ted Turner. McMahon had done it he had control of all 3 promotions and could form them into 3 seperate brands. The plan was then scheduled for January 1st 2001 on the first Raw of the year. McMahon told Bischoff and Heyman to book the remaining WCW and ECW shows before the 3 companies merge to help see which superstars are the right fit to the new regime and help get rid of the dead wood.
WWF
1. Vince McMahon
2. Shane McMahon
3. Shawn Michaels
4. Stephanie McMahon
5. Lita
6. Trish Stratus
7. Steve Austin
8. The Rock
9. Undertaker
10. Kurt Angle
11. Triple H
12. Chris Jericho
13. Chris Benoit
14. William Regal
15. Big Show
16. Kane
17. Bradshaw
18. Chyna
19. Faarooq
20. Jeff Hardy
21. Matt Hardy
22. Christian
23. Eddie Guerrero
24. Edge
25. Albert
26. Rikishi
27. Test
28. Billy Gunn
29. Grand Masta Sexay
30. Road Dogg
31. Scotty 2 Hotty
32. K Kwik
33. Goodfarther
34. X Pac
35. Val Venis
WWF Championship
1. Kurt Angle
WWF Intercontinental Championship
1. Chris Benoit
WWF Tag Championship
1. Edge and Christian
WWF Women's Championship
1. Ivory
WWF European Championship
1. William Regal
WCW
1. Eric Bischoff
2. Stacy Keibler
3. Booker T
4. Goldberg
5. Sid
6. Sting
7. Ric Flair
8. Scott Steiner
9. DDP
10. Dustin Rhodes
11. Kevin Nash
12. Jeff Jarrett
13. Lex Luger
14. Mike Sanders
15. Rick Steiner
16. Billy Kidman
17. General Rection
18. Jim Duggan
19. Konnan
20. Rey Mysterio
21. Alex Wright
22. Bryan Adams
23. Bryan Clarke
24. Chris Kanyon
25. Chuck Palumbo
26. David Flair
27. Sean O'Haire
28. Shawn Stasiak
29. Shane Helms
30. Terry Funk
31. Chavo Guerrero
32. Mark Jindrak
33. Dean Malenko
WCW Championship
1. Scott Steiner
WCW United States Championship
1. General Rection
WCW Tag Championship
1. DDP and Kevin Nash (The Insiders)
WCW Cruiserweight Championship
1. Chavo Guerrero
WWF Lightheavyweight Championship
1. Dean Malenko
WCW Hardcore Championship
1. Terry Funk
ECW
1. Paul Heyman
2. Sandman
3. Bill Alfonso
4. Dawn Marie
5. Francine
6. Tajiri
7. Rhino
8. Justin Credible
9. Steve Corino
10. Rob Van Dam
11. Tommy Dreamer
12. CW Anderson
13. Jerry Lynn
14. Danny Doring
15. Kid Kash
16. Super Crazy
17. Spike Dudley
18. Roadkill
19. Tony Mamaluke
20. Balls Mahoney
21. Jazz
22. Mikey Whipwreck
23. Perry Saturn
24. Raven
ECW Championship
1. Steve Corino
ECW Television Championship
1. Rhino
WWF Hardcore Championship
1. Raven
ECW Tag Championship
1. Danny Doring and Roadkill