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Nitro was cut to two hours beginning with the edition of January 3, 2000 (with the first hour running unopposed and the second hour competing against Raw Is War) in an effort to bolster the aggregate ratings score, [12] but the elimination of the third hour did not mean higher ratings for Nitro, which by April averaged around a 2.5 (while Raw ...
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]
Hogan was a top talent in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), which Bischoff was an executive of, when the company debuted a program in 1995, Nitro, to compete with Raw in a ratings battle called the Monday Night War. [13] WWE countered by announcing the return of Bret Hart, who had not appeared in WWE since the Montreal Screwjob in 1997. [14]
WCW Nitro (video game) ... WCW SuperBrawl Wrestling; WCW vs. nWo: World Tour; WCW vs. the World; WCW Wrestling; WCW: The Main Event ... at 18:14 (UTC).
This was the first direct competition between two major promotions since Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA, later Impact Wrestling), briefly moved their flagship series, Impact!, to Monday nights opposite WWE Raw in 2010, [2] and over 20 years following the original Monday Night War that lasted from 1995 to 2001.
[14] GamePro argued that the gameplay lacks the depth of WCW vs. the World, but still recommended the game to wrestling fans. [15] During the inaugural Interactive Achievement Awards, the PlayStation version of WCW Nitro received a nomination for "Console Fighting Game of the Year" by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. [16]
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 ...