The Monday Night War DVD
On 1.11.93, WWE's Monday Night Raw premiered on TV from New York as Vince McMahon looked to take his show to primetime. At the time there was another wrestling business in the picture looking to make its move, World Championship Wrestling (WCW). WCW was airing a show on Saturday Nights. Eric Bischoff moved up the ranks of WCW and took over creative control, then eventually decided to wage a war against WWE.
The war heated up when Bischoff asked Ted Turner to give him the Monday night prime time slot against WWF/WWE's Raw at 8PM on TNT. Turner agreed and Bischoff began to do battle using every trick in the book. Raw used to air taped shows so WCW Nitro would air 3 minutes before 8PM and give away the results of the Raw show. They also were able to lure former WWF/WWE stars such as Hulk Hogan, Macho Man Randy Savage and Lex Luger over and slowly started to dominate the ratings war for a solid 2 years. Eric Bischoff, with control of the WCW, began to finally turn a profit. According to both Vince McMahon and Mick Foley on the DVD, WWE was extremely close to being put out of business.
Raw generated renewed interest in its program with several events/situations that are shown on the DVD, including the "Montreal Screw Job" (Shawn Michaels vs. Bret Hart), Stone Cold Steve Austin's arrival to WWE, as well as the development of The Rock and DX. The culmination of it all was Vince McMahon buying WCW from under Eric Bischoff who had put a bid in for the company.
Other events higlighted on the DVD are the formation of the NWO (including Hogan turning heel), Ric Flair's return to WCW with the 4 Hoursemen, Vince Russo taking over on WCW, and various WCW stars defecting to WWE (Chris Jericho, Big Show, X-Pac). Various superstars comment on their emotions/opinions during the war throughout the DVD such as the late Eddie Guerrero, Shawn Michaels, Ric Flair, Mean Gene Okerlund, Mick Foley and Chris Jericho. McMahon and Bischoff also talk about their thought processes throughout the Monday Night war.
Highly recommended for all wrestling fans, this DVD will give a very interesting perspective and insight on how the two wrestling businesses were fighting for ratings and money throughout the 90's.
The DVD also features several bonus matches and highlights:
- Stone Cold & Shawn Michaels vs. British Bulldog & Owen Hart (5.26.97)
- Stone Cold Stuns Vince (9.22.97)
- Jim Cornette on RAW (10.27.97)
- Vince McMahon Interview "Bret Screwed Bret" (11.17.97)
- Shawn Michaels and Triple H vs. The Legion of Doom (12.15.97)
- DX Invades WCW
- The Last Episode of Nitro
- nWo in the Production Truck (07.22.96)
- Eric Bischoff Challenges Vince (5.11.96)
- Chris Benoit vs. Booker T (Nitro 6.1.98)
- Goldberg vs. Hulk Hogan (7.6.98)
- Ric Flair's Return to WCW (09.14.98)
- Rick Rude Appears on Nitro & Raw on Same Night (11.17.97)
Check out the DVD available at Amazon.com:
The Monday Night War - WWE Raw vs. WCW Nitro
The war heated up when Bischoff asked Ted Turner to give him the Monday night prime time slot against WWF/WWE's Raw at 8PM on TNT. Turner agreed and Bischoff began to do battle using every trick in the book. Raw used to air taped shows so WCW Nitro would air 3 minutes before 8PM and give away the results of the Raw show. They also were able to lure former WWF/WWE stars such as Hulk Hogan, Macho Man Randy Savage and Lex Luger over and slowly started to dominate the ratings war for a solid 2 years. Eric Bischoff, with control of the WCW, began to finally turn a profit. According to both Vince McMahon and Mick Foley on the DVD, WWE was extremely close to being put out of business.
Raw generated renewed interest in its program with several events/situations that are shown on the DVD, including the "Montreal Screw Job" (Shawn Michaels vs. Bret Hart), Stone Cold Steve Austin's arrival to WWE, as well as the development of The Rock and DX. The culmination of it all was Vince McMahon buying WCW from under Eric Bischoff who had put a bid in for the company.
Other events higlighted on the DVD are the formation of the NWO (including Hogan turning heel), Ric Flair's return to WCW with the 4 Hoursemen, Vince Russo taking over on WCW, and various WCW stars defecting to WWE (Chris Jericho, Big Show, X-Pac). Various superstars comment on their emotions/opinions during the war throughout the DVD such as the late Eddie Guerrero, Shawn Michaels, Ric Flair, Mean Gene Okerlund, Mick Foley and Chris Jericho. McMahon and Bischoff also talk about their thought processes throughout the Monday Night war.
Highly recommended for all wrestling fans, this DVD will give a very interesting perspective and insight on how the two wrestling businesses were fighting for ratings and money throughout the 90's.
The DVD also features several bonus matches and highlights:
- Stone Cold & Shawn Michaels vs. British Bulldog & Owen Hart (5.26.97)
- Stone Cold Stuns Vince (9.22.97)
- Jim Cornette on RAW (10.27.97)
- Vince McMahon Interview "Bret Screwed Bret" (11.17.97)
- Shawn Michaels and Triple H vs. The Legion of Doom (12.15.97)
- DX Invades WCW
- The Last Episode of Nitro
- nWo in the Production Truck (07.22.96)
- Eric Bischoff Challenges Vince (5.11.96)
- Chris Benoit vs. Booker T (Nitro 6.1.98)
- Goldberg vs. Hulk Hogan (7.6.98)
- Ric Flair's Return to WCW (09.14.98)
- Rick Rude Appears on Nitro & Raw on Same Night (11.17.97)
Check out the DVD available at Amazon.com:
The Monday Night War - WWE Raw vs. WCW Nitro
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