WCW was entering severe financial and creative lows. It feels like a forced meal we do not want to eat. In the summer of 2003, WWE purchased ECW's assets in court, acquiring the rights to ECW's video library. In 1997, Despite being injured for a good chunk of the year, Disco began moving up the WCW card. Prior to this, the WWF's Austin/McMahon and WCW's Goldberg/nWo storylines would have each company trade victories. Another demotion. Fans went home happy everytime after the show! Prior to their departure, the men had been part of The Kliq, a tight-knit affiliation of wrestlers in the WWF whose backstage influence allowed them to wield an enormous amount of power over the direction of the company. made up to look like various WCW shows, including Pay-Per-Views like Starrcade, Superbrawl, and Halloween Havoc. Maybe for once the fans get to choose/organize the product going forward. WCW Nitro last edited by Marino on 11/29/22 03:16PM View full history Modes. Simply use the filters below! The company told two incredible stories that year which helped them keep their stranglehold on pro wrestling's top spot. By 2002, the WWF roster had doubled in size due to the abundance of contracted workers. I now know I cant use the word B**ch, Can someone release Vince McMahon and ban him from returning to the company. Many of you are going to finally realize that much of WWE has never truly invested in their fans or followed our desires for the product! Simply use the filters below! The WWF decided that it should use its cable time as a showcase for original matches and storylines that would serve as the major build-up to the quarterly pay-per-view broadcasts. [46] The DVD looks back at the roots of WCW during the days of Georgia Championship Wrestling and Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling, to the glory days of Monday Nitro and the nWo, and to its demise and sale to WWE. At the onset of the match, Hall and Nash came out without a third man, telling Okerlund that he was "in the building", but that they did not need him yet. This show made Sting a star after he wrestled NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair to a 45-minute draw. After a match that August, Jericho took out Mysterio's knee, injuring . The WWF then threatened that any cable company that chose not to carry Survivor Series would not carry any WWF PPV events sixty days before and twenty-one days after the show. After winning the World War 3 battle royal in November 1998, with the help of Scott Hall and his stun gun, Kevin Nash ended Goldberg's 1730 winning streak and won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship at Starrcade the following month. In the fall of 1998, The Rock's popularity led to a main event lead babyface push, pitting him against Mr. McMahon in the build up to Survivor Series, leading to one of the biggest swerves in WWF history with The Rock turning heel and aligning with Mr. McMahon to form The Corporation upon winning the WWF Championship against Mankind. Billy Kidman. Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) had its origins in 1991 as the Tri-State Wrestling Alliance, owned by Joel Goodhart. At times, WCW management could be their own worst enemies. Everything is all about the money. It's hard to imagine Sting being so hot in 1997 without the evil Hogan being his counterpart. WCW Nitro is a video game based on the professional wrestling TV show WCW Monday Nitro. Raw and Nitro traded wins in the "Monday Night Wars" early on, but WWE has conceded that by December 1995 "WCW had the advantage over [the WWF] in the storied Monday Night Wars". The combination of an intimate venue and live action proved highly successful. This presentation both mimicked Nitro's "Anything can happen" atmosphere, and acknowledged the growing phenomenon of "smarks," wrestling fans who used the Internet to gain a wide base of knowledge on the real-life, backstage workings of the industry. Wrestlers who care about their fans, management who cares about the wrestlers, and a wrestling product that continously gives a passionate damn about the quality! It is the sequel to 1997's WCW vs. nWo: World Tour. The group, composed of Nash, Hall, Shawn Michaels, Hunter Hearst Helmsley (later known as Triple H) and Sean Waltman (1-2-3 Kid), often used their influence to advance one another's careers, and in some instances harm or ruin the careers of performers who displeased them. Moreover, despite originally promising to produce original programming for the TBS time slot in Atlanta, McMahon chose instead to provide only a clip show for TBS, featuring highlights from other WWF programming as well as matches from house shows at Madison Square Garden, Boston Garden, and other major arenas. On January 4, 2010, TNA moved Impact! Booker T ended up winning the championship over Jarrett. The matches revolved around the ongoing storyline between WCW and the New World Order (nWo) organization. 1 contendership to the WCW World Title. Dark Match: Chavo Guerrero Sr. defeated Lenny Lane Dean Malenko & Eddie Guerrero defeated Rey Misterio Jr. & Steven Regal Fit Finlay defeated Dave Taylor Yuji Nagata . He'd soon make his way back to WWE. The former WWE management will still be rich off your hard earned money and chilling on the beach! This whole entire time nobody ever gave a damn! The Monday Night Wars or Monday Night War was an era of mainstream televised American professional wrestling, from September 4, 1995 to March 26, 2001, in which the World Wrestling Federation's (WWF, now WWE) Monday Night Raw (later Raw Is War) and World Championship Wrestling's (WCW) Monday Nitro were broadcast opposite each other in a battle for Nielsen ratings each week. The November 3, 1997 Edition of WCW Monday Nitro was held in the Philadelphia Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Before World Championship Wrestling was formed, Jim Crockett Promotions existed. But anyway I am elderly old woman who used to be a wrestling fan. Waltman, who was a member of the nWo, had recently left WCW after wrestling there for a year and a half as Syxx (having been fired while recovering from an injury), and returned to the WWF as X-Pac. WCW's coup of obtaining Luger was significant for several reasons. In 1983, the WWF started its own cable show called WWF All American Wrestling, airing Sunday mornings on the USA Network. [27] Its 5.7 Nielsen rating on February 8 (on a night when Raw was pre-empted by the Westminster Dog Show) was the last time it would get such a number. He's Bret Hart. With the launch of the WWE Network in 2014, much of WCW's and ECW's video libraries have been made available to subscribers. The original Raw broke new ground in televised professional wrestling. Because the fans are not in control! Two hours in length, the DVD left out a large portion of the "war," breaking off around 1997 before jumping straight to the post-WCW era of WWE. Random Sports or Roster Quiz. He was released when Elizabeth could not keep her story straight. On September 10, 1999, Bischoff was removed from power. Another 1980s fan favorite returning that evening was The Ultimate Warrior, who would go on to enjoy a brief revival in popularity. On this page you find the full WCW Roster & Alumni across the All-Time History of the company. WCW and the nWo continued to grow in popularity, and for the next 84 consecutive weeks Nitro beat Raw in the ratings. [2] In 1992, Goodhart sold his share of the company to his partner, Tod Gordon, who renamed the promotion Eastern Championship Wrestling. Take the best deal for income and drop everything else. On January 24, 1988, another scheduling conflict took place between the WWF and NWA: the NWA presented the Bunkhouse Stampede on PPV, while WWF aired the Royal Rumble for free on the USA Network. Many local programmers turned to professional wrestling as a means to fill out their schedules, as it was relatively inexpensive to produce but drew high ratings. Additionally, there was animosity between Douglas and Coralluzzo, who had publicly criticized Douglas and advised NWA-affiliated bookers not to schedule him for shows, as he believed Douglas was a "bad risk" and had the tendency to not appear at shows he was scheduled to wrestle at. Time for the wrestling community to come together and build strong alternatives! They are listed in alphabetical order of their real name. WWE promises big changes. Third annual 3-ring battle royal, featuring Chris Adams, Brad Armstrong, Marcus Bagwell . Welcome back to the clown world that everyone has fallen asleep to! Being a cartridge game a swipe of isopropyl alcohol may be recommended if game doesn't boot up first try. Fans vote on management, creative, and talent. I've also began working on Late-99 to Mid-00 wresters and will be adding them to the collection. Raw Is War's ratings began to rise steadily, bringing the "Attitude Era" to its highest point. . On the October 2, 2000 edition of Nitro, Russo would relinquish the championship saying that he was "not an athlete nor did I [Russo] ever claim to be". Imagine having that 1997/98 WCW roster, then ADDING Bret Hart, Sid Vicious, Warrior, British Bulldog, Shane Douglas, Mike Awesome, Lance Storm and more.. then manage to kill the company. Therefore, the WWF PPV was cleared 101 over Starrcade, as only three cable companies opted to remain loyal to their contract with Crockett. Throughout the 1990s, Bret Hart had been arguably the most popular wrestler on the WWF roster since winning the WWF Championship from Ric Flair in 1992, and one of the few performers to remain steadfastly loyal to the company through its numerous changes. Bischoff, not expecting Turner to comply, said that the only way would be a prime-time slot on a weekday night, possibly up against the WWF's flagship show Monday Night Raw. Two weeks later, a second WWF defector, Kevin Nash (who had wrestled as Diesel), appeared on Nitro. Despite the incident, WCW would continue this bait and switch tactic of booking until its demise in 2001. Bret Hart's departure from the WWF would ultimately turn the tide of the "Monday Night Wars." A WWE and WCW wrestler from the 1980s to 2000s, William Regal was never the biggest name on the roster, nor have the biggest physique, but has openly talked about his steroid use. In 1996, Hulk Hogan went from one end of the pro wrestling spectrum to the other when he became the villainous Hollywood Hogan. CAGEMATCH Promotions Database World Championship Wrestling (WCW) All-Time Roster World Championship Wrestling (WCW) Inactive promotion in the Americas region On the November 4, 1996, episode of Raw, the WWF aired a storyline involving Stone Cold Steve Austin and Brian Pillman, two former friends who were feuding with each other. Russo would then cut a shoot promo proclaiming that the reason WCW was in dire straits was due to "that goddamn politician Hulk Hogan". When you first start the game there are sixteen playable characters. When Atlanta television station WTCG (later WTBS) became a superstation in the late 1970s, Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW), an NWA member which aired on the station, reached a national audience. Now you people realize who you have been feeding this entire time? First one to score a pin fall, submission, or count out is the winner. And now we have the New Gen/Attitude Era Ultimate Scale Ring that measures at I think 21.5"x21.5". From the point of view of Hart and the Canadian/European wrestling fans, it was the US wrestling fans that were the bad guys and whose morals had changed for the worse compared to previous years. Raw commentator Jerry Lawler insulted and "challenged" ECW on the show's February 17 episode, and in the weeks to come, several ECW wrestlers appeared on Raw in a story arc similar to the nWo storyline playing out in WCW, with the WWF pursuing the "renegade" ECW. The WWF used this as a symbolic demonstration of superiority over WCW. Take the best deal for income and drop everything else. Kidman achieved his Fourth Reign. However, the weekly live schedule became a financial drain on the WWF, and the company began taping shows; sometimes up to a month's worth of shows were taped at a time. Replay. He's a writer, podcast host, and runs the @flashbackwrestling account on Instagram. This led to the infamous moment which saw Hogan poking Nash in the chest with his finger, nicknamed the "Fingerpoke of Doom", causing Nash to lie down for Hogan to win the belt. The shift in programming helped lead the company to achieve mainstream success similar to the 1980s professional wrestling boom. Crockett went to Gordon and asked him to hold a tournament for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, in ECW's home city of Philadelphia on August 27, 1994. MORE INFO Classic Type in answers that appear in a list Type in answers that appear in a list Best Score? The Raw formula was very different than that of Prime Time Wrestling: instead of taped matches, with studio voice overs and taped chat, Raw was a show shot to a live audience, with storylines unfolding as they happened. Wrestlers who care about their fans, management who cares about the wrestlers, and a wrestling product that continously gives a passionate damn about the quality! The Steiner Brothers collide with Harlem Heat. Nothing much happens. The 1997 Starrcade was the 15th annual Starrcade professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). The initial broadcast of Nitro also featured the return of Lex Luger to WCW. Both shows aired on Monday. The Disney tapings would ultimately prove disastrous to the company's reputation, largely due to WCW's underestimation of growing internet culture: Because the events were recorded weeks, and sometimes months, in advance, fans in attendance had time to disseminate the results not only to wrestling magazines but also across the internet. Austin's popularity would skyrocket even more with the company's fan base during this time. On this page you find the full WCW Roster & Alumni across the All-Time History of the company. With no national television outlet to air the shows, Fusient dropped their offer to purchase the promotion. [47], In 2014, Sting would make his first appearance in WWE, interrupting the Survivor Series main event. . After losing the title to Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania XII, Hart took a hiatus from the WWF, returning in late 1996 at the Survivor Series soon after signing a 20-year WWF contract. As few WWF performers at the time utilized the type of aerial techniques found in lucha libre, the cruiserweight division and the acrobatic performances of its wrestlers helped not only to draw in new viewers to WCW, but also helped the organization reach out to fans who were used to seeing such feats in wrestling performances in their native countries. Absolute egotistical nonsense. They featured wrestling matches, plus melodramatic monologues and inter-character confrontations, similar to the programming offered by other territories, including the Northeast-based WWF. Solie's assumes no responsibility for keeping them updated. Throughout the wars, the WWF and WCW would both adopt different concepts and narrative techniques. After the initial shock wore off, Hogan settled into his new role as WCW's top heel. That same year, WCW began taping matches months in advance for syndicated programming like WCW WorldWide at the Disney/MGM Studios which would become known as the "Disney tapings". The angle polarized fans and shocked the USA Network, which was not accustomed to airing a program with the profanity and level of violence presented in the vignettes. update the picture of DREW MCINTYRE please, please add Karl Fredericks to World Wrestling Entertainment and remove him from New Japan Pro Wrestling, Brian Kendrick is not wwe producer he just come for one show ; not signed at this time, Sudu Shah leave WWE !, Stevie Turner is back on NXT. [27] During the January 18 episode, however, ratings would fall slightly to 4.9,[27] but would recover to 5.0 the following week. TNT did allow a final Nitro show to air from Panama City Beach, Florida which had been scheduled for the following Monday on March 26. . Many of you are going to finally realize that much of WWE has never truly invested in their fans or followed our desires for the product! Under the auspices of Eric Bischoff, WCW introduced a new, complex metastory involving the defection of multiple wrestlers to a rival organization called the nWo. On March 27, 1988 the same night as WrestleMania IV the first Clash of the Champions aired. This reinforced the then-accepted organization of professional wrestling, which were consisted of a patchwork of territorial promotions aimed at and broadcast to local audiences, without a centralized, national promotion, though most territories were members of a common sanctioning body of championship titles, the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). The first was the ongoing story of Sting's quest to save WCW from The nWo. Just re-watched the 1997 and 1998 shows and the unique look/atmosphere is a breath of fresh air for sure, especially compared to todays He threw down the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, stating that he did not want to be champion of a "dead promotion". WCW attempted to regain ratings supremacy by marketing ex-NFL player Bill Goldberg as an invincible monster with a record-breaking streak of 173 consecutive wins. I now know I cant use the word B**ch, Can someone release Vince McMahon and ban him from returning to the company. On August 25, 2009, WWE released The Rise and Fall of WCW on DVD. They cannot vote on matters? At Bash at the Beach, Hall and Nash were scheduled to team with their mystery partner against Lex Luger, Randy Savage, and Sting. 1995 -WCW ROSTER The WCW roster for January 1995 was as follows: Earl Bobby Eaton, Sting, "Fly'in" Brian Pillman, "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson, Brad Armstrong, Big Van Vader, "The Natural" Dustin Rhodes, Johnny B. Badd, "Stunning" Steve Austin, "Diamond" Dallas Page, Marcus Alexander Bagwell, "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff, Lord Steve Regal, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, "Pretty" Paul Roma, Stevie . The secret has never changed. Over several weeks, Foley engaged in a series of out-of-character shoot interviews documenting his career, the toll it had taken on his body and his marriage, and his youthful ambitions of being a popular wrestler with a hippie persona named Dude Love. WWF/NWA/WCW Rosters August 1986 - April 1998 ECW Roster January 1997 - April 98 USWA Roster September 1997 - October 1997 Arranged Month by Month and Compiled by Nicolas Seafort. 25 th January 1997: "WCW Souled Out 1997": Cedar Rapids, IA - 5,120 sellout ($68,209 live gate) ($38,000 merchandise sales) Masa Chono beat Chris Jericho; Big Bubba Rogers overturned Hugh Morrus in a Mexican Death match; Jeff Jarrett pinned Michael Wallstreet; Marcus Bagwell dropped Scotty Riggs; Scott Norton downed Diamond Dallas Page by count-out; The Steiners . All Rights Reserved. Link that replays current quiz . Page would keep that momentum rolling into 1998 where he'd experience even more career success. While WWE featured the rise of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin in 1997, WCW countered with two huge storylines of their own. This includes the list of all WCW Wrestlers, division between Men and Women Roster, as well as Managers, Announcers, Authority figures, Producers and other personalities in World Championship Wrestling. [35][36] Most of the main event-level stars including Flair, Goldberg, Kevin Nash, and Sting were contracted directly to parent company AOL Time Warner instead of WCW, and thus AOL Time Warner was forced to continue to pay many of the wrestlers for years. High flying moves, chair shots, cat fights - WCW Nitro has it all. In WWE, Luger had a decent run but failed to reach the top of the mountain. ",[citation needed] with none of the profanity censored. These moves prompted retaliatory tactics by the WWF; in January 1996, Raw began airing skits before and after commercial breaks entitled Billionaire Ted's Wrasslin' Warroom, depicting parodies of Ted Turner ("Billionaire Ted"), Hulk Hogan ("The Huckster"), "Macho Man" Randy Savage ("The Nacho Man"), and "Mean" Gene Okerlund ("Scheme Gene"). He sustained an arm injury during a backstage vignette taping that kept him off television for six months; upon his return, the decision was made to try and shake up the status quo by having him turn heel at The Great American Bash, despite being the most popular wrestler in the company. In May 2019, All Elite Wrestling (AEW), which had launched the previous January, announced a deal to broadcast a live two-hour weekly television show on TNT. They cannot vote on matters? Another demotion. Saudi Arabia now owns WWE! Released by THQ for the PlayStation game console in 1998, the game featured a large roster of playable WCW wrestlers as well as full motion video clips of the television show. SD! Eddie Guerrero) / Rey Mysterio Jr. / Chris Jericho), (Dean Malenko / Ultimo Dragon / Juventud Guerrera / La Parka /Pyschosis / Chavo Guerrero / Yuji Nagata / Gedo), (Faces Of Fear - Meng & Barbarian / Mortis & Wrath / Steven Regal & Dave Taylor / High Voltage - Kenny Kaos & Robbie Rage / Public Enemy - Rocco Rock & Johnny Grunge / Amazing French Canadians - Jacques Rougeau & Carl Ouellet), (Ravens Flock - Raven / Saturn / Stevie Richards / Riggs / Kidman / Lodi). He states in his autobiography that he intended to resign on the day and when word leaked, they decided to remove him before he could resign. Throughout the late 1990s, the WWF began to rise in popularity after it rebranded itself as a more adult-themed, sexualized and violent product, a period in the company's history now referred to as the Attitude Era. All Rights Reserved. Triple H is going to play dumb and go with the flow. This whole entire time nobody ever gave a damn! Saudi Arabia now owns WWE! The interviews proved immensely successful with fans, and Foley's popularity soared. As 1993 began, Prime Time Wrestling was struggling in the ratings and was canceled by USA. Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and Ring of Honor (ROH) both emerged in early 2002 and have enjoyed moderate success since that time. It also lessened the prevalence of squash matches (where star wrestlers would defeat jobbers) on television, as both companies were compelled to show competitive, pay-per-view quality matches on a weekly basis in an effort to increase ratings. Ole Anderson was part of the group as an advisor, but made only one appearance on A Flair for the Gold. Bischoff himself was initially the host; he handled the second hour along with Bobby Heenan and former NFL football player Steve "Mongo" McMichael, with Tony Schiavone and Larry Zbyszko hosting the first. Foley began alternating characters, variously appearing as Mankind (whose character was tweaked from an insane asylum inmate to essentially Foley in a mask), Dude Love, and his former persona of Cactus Jack, an old western outlaw. These people operating things just do not care. Now this sham company sells out everything and everyone. Wrestlers are going to quit. Get out of the fucking way! As Rude was being paid by the WWF on an appearance-by-appearance basis, no extant contract prevented him from leaving the WWF without prior notice. This commment is unpublished, pending moderation. However, Savage still felt he had a lot left in the tank as a performer. It says on wiki that Chelsea Green has resigned I don't know if this is true or not but I just thought I'll let you know, in wwe draft. Wrestlers who care about their fans, management who cares about the wrestlers, and a wrestling product that continously gives a passionate damn about the quality! It currently stands as the highest-rated segment in Raw history.[29]. 1996 represented WCW's arrival in the big time. - WCW Commissioner: The Cat beat Mike Sanders to become the new commissioner - Penalty Box match: Lance Storm, Mike Awesome, & Elix Skipper beat Billy Kidman, Konnan, & Rey Mysterio Jr. . Adam Copeland a fait ses dbuts la World Wrestling Federation (WWF) sous le nom d'Edge lors de l'dition de RAW is WAR du 22 juin 1998 contre Jose Estrada Jr. Ce match se termine prmaturment par un dcompte extrieur la suite de la blessure d'Estrada [19].Edge est alors un personnage mystrieux et solitaire qui arrivait des gradins pour attaquer ses adversaires durant les combats. On February 3, 1997, Monday Night Raw changed to a two-hour format. A Flair for Gold would eventually play host to one of the most infamous incidents of 1990s wrestling: On a live Clash of the Champions XXIV building up the Fall Brawl pay-per-view, WCW decided to introduce a "mystery partner" for the babyfaces, a masked man known as The Shockmaster. As a result, he was forced to sell his company to Turner, through a subsidiary named Universal Wrestling Corporation, who wanted to retain the steady, strong ratings of the JCP wrestling programs. The former WWE management will still be rich off your hard earned money and chilling on the beach! This whole entire time nobody ever gave a damn! Ahead of All Out 2021, Khan . WWE promises big changes. Sid's departure from the company meant that hours worth of footage had suddenly become worthless. As many of the cruiserweights incorporated elements of lucha libre into their performances, the division also helped WCW take advantage of the popularity of wrestling amongst Hispanic, Latin American, and Asian fans. First to Perry Saturn, then to Booker T. 1997 would also mark the start of Disco's silly dancing feud with Alex Wright. The lawsuit dragged on for several years, culminating in the WWF agreeing to drop the suit in exchange for the right to bid on WCW properties should they ever come up for liquidation. MORE INFO Classic Type in answers that appear in a list Type in answers that appear in a list Best Score? Paul Wight was a legend in WCW. The first episode featured Sean Mooney reporting from the streets of New York City and interviews by Bobby Heenan, Yokozuna defeating Koko B. Ware, The Steiner Brothers defeating The Executioners; WWF Intercontinental Champion Shawn Michaels defeating Max Moon; and The Undertaker defeating Damien Demento. Wrestlers who care about their fans, management who cares about the wrestlers, and a wrestling product that continously gives a passionate damn about the quality! That year, The nWo sparked a revolution, unlike anything the sport had seen before. Our complete Pro Wrestlers Database allows you to travel through time and see the WCW Roster by Year or any specific Date in history. Single Match - A one on one match. WCW's closure left a gap in the market which several companies have attempted to fill. WWE 12. This whole entire time nobody ever gave a damn! Sometimes in pro wrestling, greatness can be seen coming from miles away. Monday Nitro premiered on September 4, 1995 as an hour-long weekly show,[8] and Bischoff was instrumental in the launching of the show. This sparked a new interest in football players stepping into the squared circle. [citation needed] This prompted the WWF creative team to begin looking into the idea of more adult-oriented storylines and characters and mimicking WCW's metafiction elements. Although the Wolfpack proved popular with fans, the overall nWo storyline began to grow stale: As with the culmination of the Sting/Hogan match, fans grew tired of the lack of any kind of resolution, as many matches between the groups simply ended in disqualifications when other members jumped into the ring to interfere, leading to all-out brawls. January 9, 2023 Monday Night RAW results; January 10, 2023 NXT results; January 11, 2023 AEW Dynamite results; January 12, 2023 iMPACT! Tacoma, Washington. Ever since Vince McMahon and WWE figured out that incorporating celebrities into pro wrestling was lucrative, the hunt for willing celebrity wrestlers was on. WCW Roster for 1997 The WCW roster for January 1997 was as follows: Bobby Eaton, Sting, "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson, Jack Boot, "Diamond" Dallas Page, Marc "Buff" Bagwell, Lord Steven Regal, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, Stevie Ray, Booker T., Brian Knobbs, Jerry Saggs, Mark Starr, Big Bubba Rogers, "Taskmaster" Kevin Sullivan, Steve Armstrong, Meng, "Das Wunderkind" Alex Wright, "Hollywood . hide this ad. The Monday Night Wars or Monday Night War was an era of mainstream televised American professional wrestling, from September 4, 1995 to March 26, 2001, in which the World Wrestling Federation's (WWF, now WWE) Monday Night Raw (later Raw Is War) and World Championship Wrestling's (WCW) Monday Nitro were broadcast opposite each other in a battle for Nielsen ratings each week. , Despite being injured for a good chunk of the group as an invincible monster with a record-breaking of. The game there are sixteen playable characters revolution, unlike anything the sport had seen before, Chris! 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