On September the 4th, 1995 the first episode of World Championship Wrestling's Nitro went on air. An extremely risky gamble by what was at the time the number 2 wrestling promotion in the United States, this was to become the opening salvo of the "Monday Night Wars"
With the backing of Ted Turner's nearly limitless funds, Producer Eric Bischoff proposed the idea to run a Monday night show opposite the World Wrestling Federation's Raw. It ramped up in popularity and propelled WCW to the top of the wrestling ratings for several golden years before an over-emphasis on creative control from former WWF stars like Hulk Hogan, increased competition from WWF stars like The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin eventually drove WCW back into second place. Corporate mergers between Turner and companies that didn't want anything to do with wrestling would be the death of WCW entirely in 2001.
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