Category: WCW Monday Nitro (1995-2001)

Any posts and musings regarding episodes of World Championship Wrestling’s flagship Monday Nitro program that aired from 1995 to 2001. Expect more of these in the coming times as more episodes are made available on Youtube and I actually feel like watching these once in a while.

WCW Monday Nitro (Sept. 11th, 1995) – Sabu Debuts

For anyone wondering… I do plan on eventually making a nicer banner for these Nitro musings rather than reusing the old banner that I made for the final Nitro episode musings that I wrote ages ago. Sure would be nice to have something a little more lively for these things.

In any event, this is episode 2 of WCW Monday Nitro and the first episode to go head-to-head with Monday Night RAW. Unlike last episode, which took place at the Mall Of America, this takes place in a proper arena and so we have the classic WCW Nitro set.

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WCW Monday Nitro (Sept. 4th, 1995) – Lighting The Fuse

On this day – thirty years ago, to be precise – the very first episode of WCW Monday Nitro took place at the Mall Of America in Minesota. It was a sixty minute episode where, among other things, a former WCW champion made his return to the company shortly after his run in WWF, another Ric Flair vs. Sting match took place, and Hulk Hogan sold Hulkaroos to the few Hulkamaniacs who weren’t booing his ass at WCW shows.

WWE launched a WCW Youtube channel earlier this year, which featured uploads of WCW Monday Nitro. So we’re gonna watch these as they go up and for the rest, I was provided with some recordings thanks to a buddy of mine. These aren’t full-blow reviews or anything like that – you can get those anywhere – just some mild observations. If you’ve read my 21 Years Ago In TNA project that I did a while back, you’ll have an idea of what this will be about… although unlike those early NWA-TNA runs, I don’t anticipate hating these. In fact, a lot of these I never got to see, so it’ll be a genuinely fresh experience.

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WCW Monday Nitro (March 26th, 2001): The Final Episode Of Monday Nitro

The show opens with the WCW signature with the flying logo and thing. And right after, the first person on screen is Vince McMahon in the backstage area of RAW IS WAR.

“Imagine that,” he says with a smug look on his face, “Me. Vince McMahon, on WCW television. How did that happen? Well, I’ll tell you how . See, it was only a matter of time before I bought my competition. That’s right. I own WCW.”

This is the segment that opened up the final episode of WCW Nitro, eminating from a beer hall in Panama City, Florida. Coincidentally enough, this is the first episode of WCW Nitro that I’ve watched in months since making the decision to stick with RAW for my wrestling viewings, as Nitro had become such an unbearably unwatchable show that it wasn’t worth the headaches. This is the only episode of Nitro that I still have on tape in its entirety.

So it’s one of those Spring Break specials where a bunch of drunk kids show up and enjoy the show… or the booze. From the segment with McMahon, we open up with a somewhat impassioned promo from Ric Flair, who talks about the company in a positive light. Seems almost funny looking back at this after having heard Flair on numerous occasions say that he was happy to see the company put out of its misery. Going back to the promo, he challenges Sting to one last match… in TNA.

Okay, perhaps not.

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