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Nitro would be reduced to two hours in January 2000, returning the program to an 8-10 p.m. timeslot, with the first hour running unopposed and the second hour competing with the first hour of Raw. Eric Bischoff would be brought back to Nitro and was paired with Russo to "reboot" WCW on April 10, 2000.
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.
On October 5, 1999, Vince Russo and Ed Ferrara, the head writers of WWF television programs, ... This was a direct parallel to the very first Nitro.
Russo's second book Rope Opera: How WCW Killed Vince Russo was released on March 1, 2010 and chronicles his tenure with WCW and TNA Wrestling. The title Rope Opera stems from the title of a television series idea that he pitched to networks at the time of his WWF tenure.
The September 14, 1998 episode of Nitro would also drew strong ratings due to Ric Flair's return to WCW to reform the Four Horsemen; Flair had been absent for a brief period prior to this due to legitimate conflicts with Eric Bischoff. Nitro ended the night with a 4.5 rating, as opposed to the 4.0 rating attained by Raw.
Vince Russo: September 25, 2000: Nitro: Uniondale, New York: 1 7 This was a steel cage match; Russo 'escaped' the cage before Booker T by getting speared through the cage by Goldberg. [80] [3] — Vacated: October 2, 2000: Nitro: Daly City, California — — Vince Russo decided he was not a wrestler and he did not want the title. [80] [3] 55 ...
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, there were 108 reigns shared among 56 wrestlers, with 11 vacancies.
Monday Nitro: Denver ,CO — — — The championship was vacated by Eric Bischoff and Vince Russo, along with all other WCW titles. [1] [33] 36 Chris Candido: April 16, 2000: Spring Stampede: Chicago, IL: 1 29: 28 Candido defeated The Artist, Juventud Guerrera, Shannon Moore, Lash LeRoux and Crowbar in a six-way match to win the vacant ...