WCW Monday Nitro (1995)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Ted Turner
Creator
Rebecca Curci Hickenbottom
Alex Wright
Tony Schiavone
Tony Schiavone
John Watson
Sione Vailahi
David Penzer
David Penzer - Ring Announcer
Lance Evers
Vito LoGrasso
Jerome Saganovich
Sean Haire
Norman Smiley
Jeffrey Jarrett
Paul Wight
Mickie Henson
Mickie Jay - Referee
Charles Palumbo
Chuck Palumbo
Darren Matthews
Lord Steven Regal
Kazuhiro Hayashi
Kaz Hayashi
Ted Turner
Writer
Page Falkinburg Jr.
Diamond Dallas Page
Stacy Keibler
Ms. Hancock
Marcus Bagwell
Buff Bagwell
Mike Rotunda
VK Wallstreet
Ray Heenan
Bobby Heenan
Steve Borden
Sting
Larry Pfohl
Lex Luger
Charles Spencer
Tony Mamaluke
Randy Poffo
'Macho Man' Randy Savage / Randy Savage
Keiichi Yamada
Jushin Liger
Ray Traylor
Big Bubba Rogers
Ed Leslie
Zodiac
John Tenta Jr.
The Shark
James Harris
Kamala
Tonga Fifita
Meng
Terry Brunk
Sabu
Kevin Nash
Christi Wolf
Michael Sanders
Debra Marshall
Allan Funk
Jon Hugger
Curt Hennig
Jim Neidhart
Ted DiBiase Sr.
Virgil Runnels
Scott Bigelow
Steve McMichael
Eric Bischoff
Creator / Writer / Writers' Production / Writers' Production / Writer
Eduardo Hernández
Ernest Miller
Brian Pillman
Jerry Tuite
Jamie Noble
Rick Fuller
April Hunter
Michael Cariglio
Sharmell Huffman
Mark LeRoux
Tammy Lynn Sytch
Jim Fullington
Jimmy Hart
Eddie Guerrero
Chris Klucsarits
Paul Taylor
Booker Huffman, Jr.
Martin Lunde
Will Sasso
Jean-Claude Van Damme
Gene Okerlund
Peter Gruner Jr.
Ric Flair
Elix Skipper
Shannon Moore
Sean Waltman
Stephanie Bellars
Mike Tenay
Debra Wilson
Shannon McNeill
Sherri Russell
Chae An
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 4, 1995
StatusEnded
Seasons7
Episodes292
Running Time2h
Genres
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This TV Show Is About.
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WCW Monday Nitro, also known as WCW Nitro or simply Nitro, is an American professional wrestling television program that was produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and broadcast weekly every Monday night on TNT in the United States from September 4, 1995 to March 26, 2001.
Created by Eric Bischoff and Ted Turner, the show's premiere was notable for sparking a period of television known as the "Monday Night War". For the entirety of the show's run, Nitro went head-to-head in the ratings with the World Wrestling Federation's (WWF; now WWE) Monday Night Raw. Although comparable to Raw in popularity from the beginning, Nitro began to dominate in ratings, based largely on the strength of the New World Order (nWo), a rebellious group of wrestlers that wanted to take over WCW. Beginning in June 1996, Nitro beat Raw in the ratings for 83 consecutive weeks, forcing WWF owner Vince McMahon to usher in the more adult-oriented "Attitude Era". In April 1998, Raw beat Nitro in the ratings for the first time in almost two years. The shows would continue to trade ratings wins back and forth until November 1998 when Raw pulled ahead of Nitro for good.
Besides broadcasting from various arenas and locations across the United States and Canada, such as Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota (from which the first episode was broadcast), Nitro also organized special broadcasts from the Disney-MGM Studios in Orlando in 1996; aired annual Spring Break-Out episodes from Panama City Beach, Florida or South Padre Island, Texas starting in March 1997; and filmed some episodes in Australia and the United Kingdom during the Fall of 2000.
As of June 30, 2023, all episodes are available for streaming on the WWE Network and Peacock. WWE has also released three Best of WCW Monday Nitro DVD sets.