WCW Monday Nitro

1995

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Released: 04 September 1995 Ended
Producted By: World Championship Wrestling (WCW)
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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Synopsis

WCW Monday Nitro was a weekly professional wrestling telecast produced by World Championship Wrestling, created by Ted Turner and Eric Bischoff. The show aired Monday nights on TNT, going head-to-head with the World Wrestling Federation's Monday Night Raw from September 4, 1995 to March 26, 2001. Production ceased shortly after WCW was purchased by the WWF. The debut of Nitro began the Monday Night Wars, a ratings battle between the WWF and WCW that lasted for almost six years and saw each company resort to cutthroat tactics to try to compete with the competition. In mid-1996, Nitro began to draw better ratings than Raw based on the strength of the nWo storyline, an anarchist wrestling stable that wanted to take over WCW. Nitro continued to beat Raw for 84 consecutive weeks, forcing WWE owner Vince McMahon to change the way he did business. As the nWo storyline grew stagnant, fan interest in the storyline waned, and Raw began to edge out Nitro in the ratings. The turning point for the organizations came during the January 4, 1999 broadcast of Nitro, during which lead commentator Tony Schiavone gave away the results of matches for that night's Raw broadcast. As Raw was taped and Nitro was live, Bischoff believed that knowing the outcome would dissuade viewers from watching the program. Excited by the prospect of seeing perennial WWF underdog Mick Foley win the WWF Championship, a large number of Nitro viewers changed channels to watch Raw, switching back to Nitro after Foley won the title. From that week forward, Raw beat Nitro in the ratings by a significant amount, and WCW was never able to regain the success it once had.

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Mjeteconer Just perfect...
FeistyUpper If you don't like this, we can't be friends.
Megamind To all those who have watched it: I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.
Jonah Abbott There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.
Brian Washington In 1995 Vince McMahon and his company, the WWF/WWE, pretty much ruled the world of professional wrestling, at least until Ted Turner decided to launch this show in direct competition with "Monday Night Raw". At first it was a pretty bland show and Eric Bischoff had to resort to doing things like giving away the results of what happened on Raw, which was taped while Raw was live. However things changed when Bischoff introduced the concept of the NWO, a group of renegades who were lead by one time hero Hulk Hogan. After that Raw was being trounced in the ratings by Nitro and WCW almost put the WWF out of business. However, once McMahon decided to move away from the cartoon like storylines that made him so successful in the past to a more adult direction, it was the beginning of the end of Nitro. Other events that began to spell doom for WCW were the defection of younger stars that felt they were being ignored. Stars such as Eddie Guerrero, Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho and others began to leave the company in droves and soon all that was left were all the older wrestlers that Bischoff had signed away from McMahon.Nitro was a great program, but the product grew stale and no one cared for it anymore. Nothing that they tried could save it, even signing Vince Russo, who helped start the WWF's more adult oriented phase.This pretty much showed that like any other television program, that once you create a product you should try to find ways to keep it fresh. Too bad this lesson was learned to late to save Nitro.
Movie Nuttball Being a huge wrestling fan for over a decade I always loved WCW.I never missed a Nitro.I liked them even more than the WWF(WWE).I loved their special events and yes even the gimmicks some of the wrestlers had over the decade.Through out the years WCW really put on a show especially the early 90s and in 1995.When Vince Russo came along in 2000 I believe it changed but then it was back on track a while later.My favorite era was in 1995 when the Dungeon of Doom was around.I don't know I just loved WCW and I could go on and on. I am really sad that WCW is no more.I loved the WWF but over last few years its been so disappointing to Me and I am so sad that I can't watch a live WCW show any more.If you love wrestling and never got to see WCW at their best during 1985 thru 1996 and are able to watch Nitros and other wrestling matches on tapes then please do so because I think you'll like it better than today's WWE.
Hack-Man If it hadn't been for Nitro, we'd still be watching midcarders winning squash matches on WWF/WWE television (taped four weeks in advance).In the last couple of years it was on TV, the critics were quick to pan Nitro, but if you look at tapes of that era (arguably its worst) and compare it to the fare dished out be the McMahon clan, you'll be wishing it was the other of the "Big Two" that folded.
dootuss God did this pitiful 2 hour excuse of a wrestling program ever suck! The storylines were lame, and why would people watch this show when it had all of the old timer wrestlers like Hulk Hogan, Rick Flair, and so many others! These guys are WAY past their prime, they should've retired long ago. I'm glad this show, and WCW itself is dead. It was a disgrace to sports entertainment, and always will be.Besides "RAW IS WAR" is better.

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