
WCW Monday Nitro

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\nThe debut of Nitro began the Monday Night Wars, a ratings battle between the WWF and WCW that lasted for almost six years and saw each company resort to cutthroat tactics to try to compete with the competition. In mid-1996, Nitro began to draw better ratings than Raw based on the strength of the nWo storyline, an anarchist wrestling stable that wanted to take over WCW. Nitro continued to beat Raw for 84 consecutive weeks, forcing WWE owner Vince McMahon to change the way he did business. As the nWo storyline grew stagnant, fan interest in the storyline waned, and Raw began to edge out Nitro in the ratings.
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\nThe turning point for the organizations came during the January 4, 1999 broadcast of Nitro, during which lead commentator Tony Schiavone gave away the results of matches for that night's Raw broadcast. As Raw was taped and Nitro was live, Bischoff believed that knowing the outcome would dissuade viewers from watching the program. Excited by the prospect of seeing perennial WWF underdog Mick Foley win the WWF Championship, a large number of Nitro viewers changed channels to watch Raw, switching back to Nitro after Foley won the title. From that week forward, Raw beat Nitro in the ratings by a significant amount, and WCW was never able to regain the success it once had.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sport
Actor: Page Falkinburg Jr., Ric Flair, Randy Poffo, Marcus Alexander Bagwell, Steve Borden, Larry Pfohl, Ron Reis, Joseph Dorgan, Gertrude Elizabeth Vachon, Jeep Swenson
Directors: Ted Turner, Eric Bischoff, Craig Leathers
Countries: USA
Languages: en, English,
Produced By: World Championship Wrestling (WCW), World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), WWE Home Video, WWE Network
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Runtime: 120 min
Date Published: 1995-09-04
Year Released: 1995
Rating: 9 out of 10
Content Rating: TV-PG
Seasons: 6
Episodes: 330
Views: 1775
Quality: HD
Also known as: Monday Nitro, Nitro, WCW Head-To-Head, WCW Monday Nitro Live!, WCW Nitro, World Championship Wrestling: Monday Nitro
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