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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 ...
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]
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 ...
In 1995, WCW debuted their live flagship television program Monday Nitro, and subsequently developed a ratings competition against the flagship program of the WWF, Monday Night Raw, in a period now known as the Monday Night War. From 1996 to 1998, WCW surpassed their rival program in the ratings for 83 consecutive weeks. [7]
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 ...
Turner granted him a live hour on TNT every Monday night. The new weekly show, WCW Monday Nitro, debuted on September 4, 1995, live from the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, [47] [48] in a timeslot that specifically overlapped with Raw. [49] Bischoff himself was initially the host, alongside Bobby Heenan and ex-NFL star Steve "Mongo ...
Saturday Nitro [5] Inglewood, CA: 1 30: 29 Jericho won the match at a house show that was broadcast over the Internet as Saturday Nitro. [4] [5] 9 Alex Wright: July 28, 1997: Monday Nitro: Charleston, WV: 1 15: 18 WWE recognizes Wright's reign as ending on August 16, 1997, when the episode aired on tape delay. [4] [11] 10 Chris Jericho: August ...
On March 10, 1997, the WWF officially debuted its Raw Is War moniker to signify it was waging "war" with WCW's Monday Nitro. One week later, on the March 17 episode , after losing a steel cage match against Sycho Sid in an attempt to win back the WWF Championship , Bret Hart angrily shoved Vince McMahon to the mat during a post-match interview ...