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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 was released on August 11, 2015. [3] As of 2016, all 288 episodes of Nitro (September 4, 1995 – March 26, 2001) are available on demand on the WWE Network. [18]
The list is dominated by WCW's flagship Monday Nitro television program, which aired from various arenas and locations across the world during its 5-year run. Only seven of the attendances listed are exclusively WCW/JCP events, with JCP's Great American Bash '85 , Great American Bash '86 and Great American Bash '87 being the only house show ...
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 ...
Vince McMahon, Ken Shamrock, Test, Kane, Chyna and Big Boss Man vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin in a 6-on-1 handicap elimination match [107] WCW: Monday Nitro July 6, 1998: Atlanta, Georgia: Georgia Dome: 39,000 Hollywood Hogan (c) vs. Goldberg for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship [Note 8] [108] [109] TVC: Médico Asesino vs. Tonina Jackson ...
Duggan later found the championship belt in a dumpster on the February 16, 2000, episode of another of WCW's television programs, WCW Saturday Night and named himself champion. [3] The championship was later retired on the April 10, 2000, episode of Nitro, after a storyline reboot by WCW authority figures Eric Bischoff and Vince Russo. Overall ...
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.
Starrcade drew a buy rate of 1.9, the best WCW ever achieved. In 1998, WCW expanded with the creation of another television show, WCW Thunder. However, Thunder could not gain the success of WCW Monday Nitro, WCW's main weekly program. Nitro was also extended from two to three hours, and more house shows were run. [17]
Won the Junkyard Invitational to win the WCW Hardcore Championship, represented by a trophy. Unrecognized by WCW, however WWE recognizes the trophy as a reign. — Vacated: August 9, 1999: Nitro: Boise, ID — — WCW President Eric Bischoff vacated the title due to a leg injury sustained by Fit Finlay. Finlay’s reign would not be recognized ...