In 1995, Ted Turner — founder, chairman, and CEO of Turner Broadcasting System (TBS), which owned the TBS and TNT networks — asked WCW executive Eric Bischoff what it would take for WCW to compete ...

Growing up, WCW’s Monday Nitro was one of the best parts of my week. For a couple of hours every Monday night, my brothers and I would crowd around our parents’ living room TV and watch the likes of ...

When WCW debuted Monday Nitro live on TNT in 1995 the opening shots of the infamous Monday Night War were officially launched. Fans tuned in each week to see WCW Nitro and its impressive roster of ...

Professional wrestling may never reach the dizzy, ridiculous heights of the Monday Night War, when the then-WWF and WCW pushed each other to the limit in their ratings battle every week. Nitro edged ...

The May 3, 2000, episode of WCW “Monday Nitro” was a train wreck of street fights with no referees and nonsensical run-ins. Somehow, WCW went on for nearly another year before Vince McMahon finally ...

The debut episode of "WCW Monday Nitro" is most remembered for the surprising appearance of Lex Luger, who after wrestling for WWE at a house show the previous night, showed up on the live broadcast ...