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WCW Monday Nitro (1995 – 2001)

WCW Monday Nitro

^{(1995 – 2001)}

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Action, Drama, Sport

September 4th, 1995

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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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Cast

Tony Schiavone
Tony Schiavone
Bobby Heenan
Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan
David Penzer
David Penzer
Gene Okerlund
'Mean' Gene Okerlund
Eric Bischoff
Eric Bischoff
Larry Pfohl
'The Total Package' Lex Luger
Kevin Nash
Kevin Nash
Larry Whistler
'The Living Legend' Larry Zbyszko
Steve Borden
Sting
Ric Flair
'Nature Boy' Ric Flair
Full cast & crew

Directors

Craig Leathers
(17 episodes, 1996-1999)
Full cast & crew

Producers

Sholom Gelt
associate producer
(5 episodes, 2001)
Keith Mitchell
producer
(1 episode, 1996)
Rob Wright
associate producer
(1 episode, 1996)
Full cast & crew

Writers

Vince Russo
(40 episodes, 1999-2000)
Sholom Gelt
(8 episodes, 2001)
Sholom Gelt
staff writer
(5 episodes, 2001)
Full cast & crew

Keywords

wrestling
world championship wrestling

Country of Origin

United States of America

Languages

English

Release Dates

September 4th, 1995 (United States of America)

Alternative Titles

WCW Monday Nitro (original title)
WCWマンデー・ナイトロ (Japan) (Japanese title)
WCW Нитро понедельника (Russian Federation)
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Locations

Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Charlotte Coliseum - 100 Paul Buck Boulevard, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
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Production Companies

World Championship Wrestling (WCW)
WWE Home Video
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)

Distribution Companies

TNT (original airing)

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