When was the last Monday Night Nitro?
March 26th, 2001
On March 23rd of that year, it was announced that WWF had purchased WCW for a reported $4.2 million, killing the ‘Monday Night Wars’ once and for all. On March 26th, 2001, twenty years ago today, WCW aired their last ever broadcast – ‘WCW Nitro: Night of Champions’.
What happened to WCW Monday Nitro?
WCW Monday Nitro is the last professional wrestling program to air on TNT until the first episode of AEW Dynamite on October 2, 2019.
What was the best episode of WCW Nitro?
25 Greatest Nitro Episodes
- Nitro 72 (January 27, 1997)
- Nitro 51 (September 2, 1996)
- Nitro 16 (December 18, 1995)
- Nitro 33 (April 29, 1996)
- Nitro 38 (June 3, 1996)
- Nitro 124 (January 26, 1998)
- Nitro 100 (August 11, 1997)
- Nitro 284 (February 26, 2001) A diamond in the rough of WCW’s dying days.
When did WCW Nitro get good?
1998 was the most profitable year for Nitro and WCW. It was certainly the most competitive year in the history of Monday Night Wars because both RAW and Nitro were drawing big numbers every single week.
What killed WCW?
The merger of AOL/Time Warner was the biggest factor in killing WCW. When the AOL merger happened, Ted Turner was no longer in charge of his TV companies anymore. Eric Bischoff admits that he thought he would always have Ted Turner as his back-up.
When did Raw beat Nitro?
On April 13, 1998, an advertised Austin vs. McMahon main event was enough for Raw Is War to finally beat Nitro in the ratings for the first time in nearly two years.
Who shut down WCW?
World Championship Wrestling
| (Top) The original WCW logo, (Bottom) The logo used from 1999 to 2001 | |
|---|---|
| Trade name | World Championship Wrestling |
| Fate | Deactivated and renamed by AOL Time Warner, later merged with Turner Broadcasting System; selected assets purchased by the WWF |
| Successor | WCW Inc. Turner Broadcasting System |
What caused WCW downfall?
The incident was named “The Fingerpoke of Doom” both for Nash’s deliberately over-selling the finger poke, and for the negative ramifications the incident had for the company as a whole, with some wrestling journalists crediting it as the beginning of WCW’s ultimate downfall and loss of the Monday Night Wars.
What is the best WCW PPV?
The 10 Best WCW PPV Events In History, According To Cagematch.net
- 1 Spring Stampede (4/17/1994) – 8.77.
- 2 Bash at the Beach (7/7/1996) – 8.41.
- 3 The Great American Bash (7/23/1989) – 8.31.
- 4 Fall Brawl (9/15/1996) – 8.24.
- 5 SuperBrawl III (2/21/1993) – 7.97.
- 6 Starrcade ’96 (12/29/1996) – 7.48.
Who was the owner of WCW?
WWE
Turner Broadcasting SystemWarnerMediaWWE Libraries
World Championship Wrestling/Parent organizations
When was WCW at its peak?
WCW dominated pro wrestling’s television ratings from mid-1996 to 1998 in the U.S. (i.e., for 84 straight weeks) mainly due to its incredibly popular New World Order storyline; but thereafter, began to lose heavy ground to the WWF, which had successfully rebounded from the WCW threat with its edgy, antihero-driven …