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The first episode of the weekly professional wrestling television series WCW Monday Nitro premiered on September 4, 1995 [1] [2] The show aired live on TNT and emanated from inside the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, USA. [3]
The set is narrated by former three time WCW champion Diamond Dallas Page and highlights some of the biggest matches and moments in the history of WCW Monday Nitro. The sequel, The Best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol. 2 was released on DVD and Blu-ray February 12, 2013. Followed by the final set titled, The Very best of WCW Monday Nitro Vol. 3, which ...
WWE has since released various WCW documentaries, anthologies, and compilations, including The Rise and Fall of WCW, [71] and a three volume series hosted by Diamond Dallas Page called The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro. [72] WCW's library content would be made available with the launch of WWE Network in 2014.
Lex Luger made his WCW return on the first episode of Nitro. Monday Nitro premiered on September 4, 1995 as an hour-long weekly show, [12] and Bischoff was instrumental in the launching of the show. During their mid-1995 meeting, Turner asked Bischoff how WCW could compete with the WWF.
Upon the WWF's acquisition of WCW in March 2001, [12] Borden and rival Ric Flair were chosen for the main event of the final episode of WCW Monday Nitro. [6] Borden would later face Hogan and Flair in their last televised matches, which occurred in TNA, defeating both, [13] [14] although Flair would later have one final match in 2022.
In 2001, the World Wrestling Federation (now known as WWE) purchased the assets of WCW, including the video libraries of all previous NWA and WCW pay-per-views, and the ownership rights of the names of these events. To date WWE has only promoted one pay-per-view event using the name of a former WCW PPV, The Great American Bash, from 2004 until ...
WCW's pay-per-view events and Nitro ' s live television episodes during this period would surpass almost all of the previous records set by JCP during the 1970s and 80s. Outside the U.S., WCW partnered with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) to promote the Japan Supershows (also known as Starrcade in Tokyo Dome) between 1991 and 1994, which set a ...
The show took place on October 2, 2019, and was broadcast live on TNT from the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. [1] [2] The event marked the first time a professional wrestling event aired on TNT since the final episode of WCW Monday Nitro aired on March 26, 2001. [2]