Starrcade (2000) - Aftermath

Aftermath

The feud between Scott Steiner and Sid Vicious continued after the event. The following night, Ric Flair, the on-screen president of WCW, announced that Steiner would defend the WCW World Heavyweight Championship in a Three Way match at Sin. Jeff Jarrett won a four-man tournament to become one of the challengers in the match as Flair kept the identity of the other challenger a mystery. As Jarrett and Steiner planned to work together in the match, Flair added Vicious to the match. Road Warrior Animal was revealed to be the mystery challenger, and Steiner retained the title in the match. During the match, Vicious snapped his leg, and was forced to leave professional wrestling, ending his feud with Steiner. Steiner remained the champion until WCW was purchased by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF).

WCW and the WWF were the top two promotions in the industry, and were in direct competition since 1995, when WCW created Nitro to air directly against WWF Raw is War. After reaching its peak at the end of 1997, WCW was outperformed by the WWF, and was losing money. WCW was put up for sale, and was purchased by the WWF on March 23. On March 26, the final episode of WCW Monday Nitro, Steiner lost the title to Booker T. Soon after, the WWF began the "Invasion" storyline, where WCW became a group of wrestlers led by Shane McMahon with the intention of taking over the WWF. Booker T was made the champion as the contract of Steiner and other top stars of WCW were not acquired by the WWF at the time of the purchase. However, it did not necessarily mean that those stars would not join the company at all, as beginning in November 2001 the WWF added various former WCW employees over the course of the following eighteen months; Steiner eventually joined the company in the fall of 2002.