WCW Monday Nitro (1995–2001) User Reviews

WCW Nitro

[Terryfan · 7/10 · 27 July 2015]

WCW World Championship Wrestling and their show Monday Nitro took on the WWF World Wrestling Federation and their show Monday Night Raw.

The battle that was later would become known as The Monday Night War. Where WCW Monday Nitro and WWF Monday Night Raw went head to head on Monday nights to see would reign supreme in the world of Wrestling.

Without question this was the greatest era of pro wrestling when you had two companies going head to head and given you the best they could to keep you watching.

While I'll be honest I was loyal to the WWF during the war but I did see WCW Nitro from time to time.

Nitro feature some of the best matches in the history of pro wrestling and also feature moments that has left a impact on Wrestling fans.

Nitro was the kind of wrestling show where you had to tune in to see what would happen because what Nitro did was go live every week to compete with WWF.

During the war both sides would bring everything and everyone they could to try and win the night. WCW feature many great wrestlers like Diamond Dallas Page, Goldberg, Booker T, Sting, the NWO, Ric Flair, many more that help made WCW a champion in the ratings

Whenever you tune into Nitro it was going to be something you'll never forget because even today fans will talk about all the matches from Nitro that WCW gave to the fans matches that are rank as some of the best in pro wrestling history.

When you can find a collection of WCW Nitro footage and watch to see how well WCW did to take on the WWF .

Back in the day classic wrestling!

[mm-39 · 8/10 · 23 April 2018]

Back in the day classic wrestling! Back during the WCW/WWE (WWF) wrestling wars. The two companies battled for Professional wrestling supremacy. Big bucks, and big scripts! Nitro lead the way with a new wave of wrestling! Creative scripts with the N W O, Ravens Flock, Sting and company set a new tone! Nitro always had a major turning point or revenge match. I loved the spray point body imprint on the mat for the rest of the show after each N W O match! PURE CLASSIC. Hulk turned evil, Raven wined, and Sting became a new character. Tori the evil women tried to manipulate the wrestling world along with the Outsiders. Add the innovation of Raven's hard core matches, and Raven rules with folding metal chair in the middle of the ring made me laugh. The interviews, with Bishop, and other commentators just added the perfect spice. Loved how Big Kev would jump into the commentator desk and put that huge arm around the commentators an intimidate the booth. Pure Wrestling gold. Eight out of ten stars.

Nitro By Name, Nitro By Nature

[Big Movie Fan · 26 June 2002]

WCW Monday Nitro made it's debut in September 1995 and ran until March 2001-that's almost six years of top notch action. Along with the WWF's Monday Night Raw, Nitro was a brilliant programme.

Along the way we had the big guns such as Hulk Hogan, Sting and Ric Flair but the great thing about Nitro was the way it highlighted some of the undercard wrestlers such as Billy Kidman and Rey Mysterio Jr.

Nitro was a very unpredictable programme for a long while. In one edition Lex Luger made a surprise return to WCW after wrestling in the WWF 24 hours earlier. You never knew what would happen on Nitro-anybody could show up, friendships could be broken up and throughout the series there were some wild brawls.

I strongly recommend tracking down old WCW Nitro tapes particularly from the 1996-1998 era.

UnderRated

[joefino69 · 10/10 · 23 August 2003]

I am sick of some of the stupid kids on here that say 'nWo was a RIPOFF of The DX'... If you were to make a valid point, make sure you look at the facts.

nWo was created in 1996... while DX was created in 1998 (I think), the matter of the fact is... nWo was atleast a year before the DX was made.

And for people that saw RAW is better, look at the crap the WWE Shovels at us now. I rather watch Nitro.

I bet all the people who said 'Watch RAW, Its the greatest Wrestling Show' dont even watch the show anymore. And dont blame it on the WCW part of the roster, cause its the WWE Writers, including Vince Mcmahon, who writes this stuff.

So, give WCW a break... It was run by AOL Time Warner, a huge conglomorate, while WWE was run by one man.

The WCW was great, as so was WWE. WCW was just the first one to have bad programming, but it wasn't as bad as the WWE crap today.

WCW, where the big boys play!

[reddragonhero17 · 10/10 · 2 August 2019]

I hate to admit it, but I'm a fan of this brand of professional wrestling and proud of it! Forget about WWE's all showmanship and theatrics over wrestling ability, this one gets it all right. Plenty of high fliers, technical, and powerhouses to rock your nights. My all-time favorite wreslters are Lex Luger, Sting, DDP, Jushin Thunder Liger, Chris Jericho, and Goldberg. Special mention to some comedic wrestlers Disco Inferno and La Parka, my favorite tag team Harlem Heat, and my favorite jobber Evan Karagias. All with great finishers and submissions. And who could forget the villainous NWO faction? I was sad when WCW ended, but thankfully I managed to receive a DVD of this show with all the best moments. My favorite matches include Lex Luger vs Bret Hart 98 for US Title, Sting vs. DDP, Chris Jericho vs. Juvetund Guerrera, and Booker T vs Bret Hart. When it comes to Pro Wrestling this is/was the best. It doesn't get any better than this.

Can You Dig It Sucka?

[FilmMan47 · 10/10 · 13 September 2019]

Yes i can dig that and so many others who have seen this its the place where wrestling legend Booker T was 5 Time Champ this is why when he was in Wwf/Wwe he used to say it as the catchphrase 5 time 5 time 5 time Wcw champion,and Spinaroonie and all that it started from here,guys like Scott Stiener and Eric Bischoff this show was amazing its sad that this got closed it was a better show then Wwe anyday giving it tough competition sadly this became defunct and all the WCW stars went and shifted to the Wwe even the audio video library now Wwe owns every copyright to this,still this deserves a proper DVD release,the fight and matches in this show are even better than Wwe .except for attitude era hell Stone Cold Steven Austin was in this too right,this deserves more respect and proper digital or Blu Ray releases,for fans to enjoy,and anyone notice Booker T style in this he looked like Wesley Snipes from Blade film series with his long pants and glasses on it was even before those blade movies were made,i don't think Booker T took inspiration from the comics,it was just his own style.but although the Similarity and resemblance is uncanny,maybe he did maybe he didn't only Booker knows and god knows this was a fun show.something like this will never be done again but never say never it can and it must be done because WWE no longer cuts like like Attitude Era ,we need the R Rated Extreme adult fun back to the wrestling,WCW became controversial too because of a famous incident between Hulk Hogan and Booker T even though they both laugh at it even this day,WCW Money Nitro was something unique and special in every way the set design and music and everything best part was they didn't do over acting or show stupidity like Wwe shows these days,Wcw was balanced and one of its kind.a must see show my rating is 10/10 do not miss.

Raw is bore

[morganalexw · 10/10 · 2 May 2021]

Nitro isn't perfect but compared to wwf it was gold. Outside of rock and austin what else is there in wwf? I don't like the Jerry Springer storywriting and outside of the main event the rest of the card aren't even talented wrestlers. People that prefer raw seem to not even like wrestling i.e. All the comments dissing wcw usually call it fake and call the guys actors.

Wwf has good main eventers yeah but the undercard and mid card stunk until towards the end of 1999 and early 00. One bozo on the comment section said he hated diamond dallas page... dude diamond dallas could get a good match out of a broom if he wanted. Don't tell me broken neck crippled stone cold was working better matches than ddp after 1997.

Or that despite the rocks athleticism are his matches any less phoney looking than hogans? Name ONE wwf guy that can do what booker t does IN THE RING...

Better than the Attitude era, Raw and wwf

[ThunderKing6 · 10/10 · 10 November 2021]

Tldr: Wcw, Nitro was better.

Wcw had better wrasslers, matches, stories, attitude, quality, promos, ring, top stars, mid card, stables, cruiser weights, jobbers, gimmicks, ppvs names.

Only thing that was better but not by a long margin was entrance music.

Lets be honest when we watched Wwf during the Attitude era we only watched for the Rock. Everything else was filler. No offense to the legendary mid carders or jobbers of the wwf but we only cared for when the Rock spoke. Even the rocks matches were repetitive.

Wwf midcards will always be important just not as important as Wcw midcards and jobbers.

Wcw made Their midcards and jobbers matter.

Unlike wwf they were used in squash matches.

Wcw wrasslers looked like Gods. Wwf was just the Rock.

Even the cruiser weight division was awesome. Wwf didn't even have one.

Wwf matches were all the same example: good guy beats up bad guy for a bit. Bad guy beats up good guy for 70% then good comes back and wins or bad guy cheats and wins.

Wcw matches were even, explosive and fun. Wcw didn't stop for boring choke holds. In wwf fanboys paid big bucks to see a choke hold for 10 minutes. It's unbelievable.

Despite Wcw Nitro being dead its still better than wwf yesterday and today.

I've watched shoot Vids and I'm aware Wcw backstage was horrible. Still Wcw was the better show from a watcher perspective.

If it were possible I would binge Nitro from 1996 to 2000.

Today I can't even last 1 second watch wwf.

Yea Wcw was the better show. It had so much variety. Wwf only had the great one despite being on not a great show.

Yoke level: -60

Last words: still to this day I do accept that the wwf buying Wcw was an inside job. Vince and Turner slept together. Even Stevie Wonder could see that if he's really blind.

EXTREMELY OVER RATED

[ZaidKarimSlopek · 5/10 · 1 March 2020]

Wwe today is still better than this. 8/10 REALLY?? A big reason I was interested in nitro was the Goldberg streak but it ended not honourably no it ended by interference with a taser. The man who beat the streak didn't even get pushed up on the show as a bigger star. His FIRST title defence after beating the longest weekly streak in wrestling was that he laid down for hulk hogan so the ref could count the 123 and win the belt. Stings revamp was ruined because he lost to hogan and no doesn't matter if hart restarting the match hogan still beat sting and they just kept burring him afterwards .A writer for nitro actually won their world title, no not a mid card title their world title. In the end hogan was the one who ran nitro. But the positives are one the cruiserweight division, their probably wouldn't be a 205 live if it wasn't for them .Two Hogan's heel turn and the first nwo formation which in my opinion they were the greatest group in pro wrestling history. Nitro over sold the nwo but at the beginning their was no doubt they were the biggest stable in the world. All because of Hogan's heel turn. Should've been called Monday night nwo though after awhile. I thought the group was great though but their was no competition for them, I get that they wanted to win the war with wwe but they had their chance with Goldberg to do a 1 vs all type story where he single handedly beats the nwo or even with sting but in the long run the nwo would always win. Nitro is below average in the end sure some moments were amazing but most of the time you were angry you couldn't get your money back and the only reason you kept coming back was the hope that it would lead to an amazing story or match but sadly that never really happened. Also it is still fun to look back and watch an episode of nitro it isn't new Japan level entertainment more like the three stooges entertainment but honestly it is still verry entertaining because you always think you know what's gonna happen but you always end up getting shocked on what just happened.

Sucks that it is gone

[AWATT19 · 27 March 2002]

March 26, 2001 was one of the saddest days in my life when I saw WCW for the last time. In the past year since that Wrestling has gone to hell. Every week I am subject to some of the most god-awful wrestling on WWF Raw. The only reason I still watch is because there is nothing else on TV that is better. What makes me sad about the situation is that they were so close to selling WCW to Eric Bichoff and he would have brought WCW back to prominence. I miss seeing Goldberg, Sting, Bret Hart, and some of others who are not around.

Glad its gone!

[jjjmaxwell · 1/10 · 26 January 2021]

This show is a perfect example for how not to make a wrestling show, terrible announcers terrible booking over the hill wrestlers just completely awful!

Classic Wrestling At It's Best...

[Patera · 4 July 2001]

This show was the last version of classic professional wrestling at a national level before Sports Entertainment ended. During the Eric Bischoff regime, the show was great and consistent, until the management at Time Warner decided to screw things around (what a surprise!), and try to bring in some guys from the WWF. When WCW Monday Nitro died in 2001, so did a great era in professional wrestling.

it was great when the NWO was there

[jaws! · 29 September 1999]

the NWO was by far my favorite angle in the history of wrestling. they were so funny,and so cool. now that the

original NWO isn't there,wcw is often a bore. the show

hardly ever starts off with a bang. it almost always starts out with some boring match with wrestlers you could

less about. however wcw has the best wrestlers in the world,it's just a shame that over half of them are wasted.

hulk hogan returning back to his red,and yellow gimmick

was a fun idea at first,but quickly got old. they need to

turn him back into a heel once again. he's funny as a heel. i still watch the show in hopes that it can be as

good as it was when the original NWO was there,but it never happens. but some shows are still good. only once in

a great while now does nitro have a better show than raw,and i really,truly mean once in a great while. when

the NWO was there this show got a 9 1/2 usually,now the

show gets a 5,but shows few and far between are as good as

a 6 or a 7.

This show had its moments.

[capthowdy350 · 12 March 2001]

The past six years that this program has been on the air, I would have to say has been both on the plus and negative sides. There has been some very memorable moments on this program such as The N.W.O.'s hostile takeovers, the breaking of young stars like Chris Jericho and Billy Kidman, Arn Anderson's retirement, and the recent emergence of the cruiserweight tag-team division. The down moments have been watching Hulk Hogan trying to make his comeback (over and over again) and some very bad gimmicks like "The Dog" and The "No Limit Soldiers". I am a very big fan of pro wrestling and don't like to just glorify the W.W.F. for being more popular. I like to judge the product itself and in my book W.C.W. Monday Nitro has definitely aired some great moments.

The best there is, was, and ever will be

[Sting-22 · 15 May 1999]

WCW Monday Nitro is the best wrestling program on television. Unlike some shows, the main event changes from week to week and everyone (except Ric Flair) keeps their clothes on. The only problem is that sometimes they insult the viewers' intelligence by showing the same thing over and over again and following things a little longer than they have to. For the most part, Nitro is something the whole family can watch and enjoy.

Reply To Above Comment

[EJO10488 · 7 November 2005]

In response to The Flaming Pig's or whatever the stupid name is comments. I would first like to say he/she has no idea what they are talking about and their comments just show how blind they are. The idea that wrestling (pro) is fake isn't because of WCW. It is because of the fact that some attacks/moves are pulled and/or not done with a lot of force and because everything is predetermined. Hulk Hogan went to WCW because he left the WWF with plans to retire, but the fact that WCW was offering so much money, more than the WWF could afford, made him return to the ring. WCW had some of the best talents on their roster and actually used their cruiser weight division correctly, something the WWF/E still fails to do. Why would Mysterio leave WCW to join the WWF when WCW had the better cruiser weight division and could actually use it? Now, how can the NWO be a rip off of DX if the NWO came first? It cant. If anything DX is an NWO rip off since the NWO was the first to use the whole degenerate attitude. So next time do some research before you decide to bash something, buddy. It isn't that hard to look stuff up, unless you are just one of those blind fans who hates WCW for no reason and makes crap up to make your argument look good.

The best TV show in the history of our sport.

[Hack-Man · 27 August 2002]

If it hadn't been for Nitro, we'd still be watching midcarders winning squash matches on WWF/WWE television (taped four weeks in advance).

In the last couple of years it was on TV, the critics were quick to pan Nitro, but if you look at tapes of that era (arguably its worst) and compare it to the fare dished out be the McMahon clan, you'll be wishing it was the other of the "Big Two" that folded.

The greasest WRESTLING Show Ever

[walkmangwf-1 · 20 February 2003]

I Don't Care what Anyone will say about Nitro This Show Rule Monday Night Wrestling from the Started to when WWF Got it act Toughter

i Enjoy this Show From the Wrestling to the Announcers Tony Schiavone (he along with Gold old JR is one is the Best Play by Play Men in the Game) Bobby The Brain Heannen to the Storys they Tell

it a Sham that the Terkey Vince McMahon Byes WCW and it just a one Man Show cuse the Bishoff and the Group got WCW and Stay on TNT the WWE Wrold be Gone and they Wrold of just been too Sweet.

WCW Monday Nitro is one of the best shows around

[Atragon · 16 May 1999]

WCW Monday Nitro is certainly one of the best shows you'll find. Bill Goldberg is Nitro's leading man and puts on an excellent performance. WCW Monday Nitro also boasts an awesome supporting cast featuring Kevin Nash as himself, James Fullington as the ever-maniacal Hardcore Hak, and Chris Irvine in the role he was born to play as "Lion Heart" Chris Jericho. WCW Monday Nitro provides three hours of great entertainment and has something for everyone.

Not what it could be

[klay · 7 October 1999]

WCW nitro is very poorly written. many of the stories end with out reason. The lines the actors say are second rate at best. One who is looking for sports entertainment should check out Raw is War on usa or (tsn in Canada). It is a much better wrestling action show.

This is a good show that should be rated on its own basis

[slealos · 27 December 2000]

WCW Monday Nitro is a good WRESTLING show. Old School Wrestling fans would like the wrestling action by such performers as Sting, Booker T, Lance Storm, Jeff Jarrett and others.

It is not as risk taking as it's rival WWF, but the story lines are much better than they used to be. The federation is struggeling to keep it's intensity with troubles within the company costing them many performers to the WWF. WCW Nitro is necessary to keep the intensity level high in both this show as well as it's rival RAW is War.

Don't compare WCW with WWF. Take WCW Nitro for what it is - it's own show with it's own brand of story telling that may not be as controversial as WWF, but is exciting in it's own right.

If WWF Raw is a 10 out of 10 then WCW Nitro is a 8 out of 10. Don't listen to everyone else's opinion of it, judge for yourself.

Awesome, so good the WWF had to buy the competition.

[MovieCriticMarvelfan · 4 September 2002]

First I have to say that the first idiot who wrote a comment about the show, probably never watched a show in his life!!!

"I watch it between Ally Mcbeal". lol. No.

If you were watching Nitro chances are, you werent watching anything else.

Eric Bishoff , the genius, got all the ex wrestlers that were screwed by Vince McMahon in the WWF: Hulk Hogan, Bret "Hitman" Hart, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Roddy Piper, "Macho Man" Randy Savage, and breathed new life into these Legendary wrestlers.

WCW in fact beat WWF in the ratings from 1999-2000, after that fiasco with Owen Hart, in which he died live on Pay Per View. Bret Hit lifted Nitro into new realms.

Eventually, McMahon gave in and bought WCW and the company in 2001, which was bad because we would never see wrestlers like Sting wrestle in the WWF, we would never rerun matches from WCW from guys like Bret Hart. Thankfully, though I myself have the last matches of these great wrestlers.

Again, the first idiot probably never watched the show. It was great 10 out 10.

Greatest Wrestling program

[AlexGrey · 23 February 1999]

WCW nitro is the best, lots of humor and high-flying wrestling moves. All the great stars of wrestling I remember as a kid as well as some great new ones. Also check out WCW Thunder on Thursdays.

'The Immortal' Hulk Hogan (1995-1996, 1999-)

[Flame Ghost · 20 August 1999]

As of Monday August 9, 1999 'The Immortal' Hulk Hogan is back!!!!! I have been waiting 4 Monday August 9 "4 life" or "4 ever" to quote Tony Schiavone, " This is wonderful"...AMEN!! I was very happy 2 c 'The Immortal' Hulk Hogan (yellow + red) Hulkamaina LIVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!