The Monday Night Wars may have started on Sept. 4, 1995 when WCW started airing Nitro on TNT opposite WWF's Monday Night Raw on USA but it kicked into overdrive once Scott Hall switched sides and invaded Nitro on this date in WCW history.
The Hardcore Championship was defended 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. As a result, a very unlikely person became champion at one point. In addition to that, this date in history was FULL of interesting things occurring, come see what else went down!
Brian Hildebrand -- aka Referee Mark Curtis -- stood 5'6" and weighed a buck-fifty soaking wet. But he had moves. Like, serious moves, as one dopey fan discovered on WCW Monday Nitro.
Hulk Hogan is known for a lot of things, but throwing Billy Kidman into a dumpster on this date in WCW history isn't one of them. But it should be. Here's why --
On March 26, 2001, Shane McMahon shows up on World Championship Wrestling's (WCW) Monday Nitro to announce himself as the new owner.
One title, three champions. Say what? Enter the "Freebird rule."
Raven's Flock? Hardly. This kid was raised in a million-dollar home with a silver spoon in his mouth -- and WCW has the video to prove it.
By February 9, 1998, the Goldberg formula was pretty easy to figure out. Not for Steven Regal, though, which is why this date in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) history was one to recall.
In the final days of WCW, Scott Steiner unloads on Ric Flair in this infamous shoot promo from the February 7, 2000, episode of Monday Nitro.
The Radicalz made their debut in the WWF on Monday Night Raw on this date in history, taking out the New Age Outlaws and introducing the world to Perry Saturn, Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko, and Eddie Guerrero.
