#2 “That’s gonna put some butts in the seats.” – Tony Schiavone
While this isn’t even the biggest miscue WCW made on the January 4, 1999, edition of Monday Nitro, that honour goes to the Fingerpoke of Doom later that evening; this quote is directly attributed to ending WCW’s 84-week reign of ratings dominance in the Monday Night War.
Under orders from WCW executive Eric Bischoff to use those exact words, Schiavone, gave the results of the previously recorded Raw, in the hopes that the idea of Foley being WWE Champion, would make viewers laugh or at least keep them from flipping the channel over to Raw since they already knew who won.
As wrestling fans know this move backfired on them, as the rating for Raw increased after the announcement, as viewers flocked over to watch Mankind triumph over The Rock.
