 The final broadcast of Nitro aired on Monday, 26 March 2001, which  included a simulcast with _"Raw Is War" (1997)_ (qv), and featured  appearances by Shane McMahon (qv), as his father, WWF owner  Vince McMahon (qv) had just purchased WCW. As a WWF gimmick that  would include a WCW "invasion" of the WWF, Shane commented that he,  and not Vince, had signed the purchasing contract.