WCW Monday Nitro

WCW Monday Nitro was the weekly Monday night TV show on TNT, put on by the now defunct Atlanta-based World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Nitro's production started on September 4, 1995 and continued till March 2001, until the WWF (now the WWE) bought the WCW. It ran head to head with the WWF show Monday Night Raw. The creation was a brainchild of then WCW owner Ted Turner and WCW's Vice President, Eric Bischoff.

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Monday - TV show - TNT - Atlanta - World Championship Wrestling - September 4 - 1995 - March 2001 - WWF - Monday Night Raw - Ted Turner - Eric Bischoff

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Though ratings were poor early on, WCW Nitro improved in mid-1996 and went on to draw better ratings than the WWF for 84 continuous weeks, lasting until April 13, 1998, when a heated confrontation between the villainous WWF Chairman Vince McMahon and fan favorite Stone Cold Steve Austin shifted momentum in the WWF's favor.

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1996 - April 13 - 1998 - Villainous - Vince McMahon - Fan favorite - Stone Cold Steve Austin

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Besides broadcasting from various arenas across the country (such as the Mall of America, where the very first episode of Nitro was broadcasted) Nitro also did special broadcasts from the Disney-MGM Studios in Orlando.

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Mall of America - Disney-MGM Studios - Orlando

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On the very first edition of Nitro Lex Luger, whose contract (unbeknowst to most of the general public) with the WWF had just expired, made a surprise appearance during the program's very first match between Ric Flair and Sting.

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Lex Luger - Ric Flair - Sting

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