The 10 Moments That Helped Kill WCW: #10 -- Vince McMahon vs Eric Bischoff at Slamboree 1998

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After tossing around a few ideas, I thought I would give my own spin on the well worn topic that is WCW's fall from grace. I'm sure most of you will know what will lie ahead, but I have a few personal items that I rarely see mentioned, and hopefully I'll give it enough of my own spin to make it seem fresh.

With that in mind, let's start the countdown with one of WCW's worst attempts at a bait and switch.

It's May 1998 (damn I feel old just typing that) and the Monday Night War is at its peak. In April 1998, Monday Night Raw finally bested Nitro in the ratings for the first time in over a year and a half. However, the ratings would go back and forth throughout the summer and fall until Raw would take the lead spot for good in Nov. 1998.

Both sides came out swinging during this time in an effort to get people watching. One of the more infamous moments was when the DX Army (HHH, Chyna, X-Pac, and The New Age Outlaws) "invaded" Nitro on April 27 1998.

Following that, DX do a similar "invasion" outside of WCW's headquarters in Atlanta and another Nitro.

All of this prompted Eric Bischoff to issue a challenge for Vince McMahon, which was for the two of them to have a match at Slamboree 1998 to settle the score.

Now, anyone with half a brain knew there was no way Vinny Mac was going to show up on a WCW pay-per-view (PPV) to help out their buyrate, but WCW kept promoting it like there was a legitimate chance of it happening. Instead, what paying fans got was Michael Buffer saying "Vincent K. McMahon" a few times before Bischoff ordered a 10 count and to be declared the winner.

All of this would become the hallmark of WCW's dying days. Promising the world while before delivering cheap stunts to the increasingly smaller paying crowds. In addition, you only have to take a look at the rest of the Slamboree '98 card to realize what will be another common thread in this series: WCW treating its PPVs as secondary to the Monday Night ratings battle.

On a side note, when this "match" was on WWE Classics, it featured one of the more eyebrow raising and unnecessary of WWE's white washings. In the original broadcast, there was no music when McMahon was announced. However, in the WWE version, McMahon's "No Chance in Hell" is inserted.