#8 The Birth of WCW Nitro

When Eric Bischoff got the green light to produce a Monday night wrestling show for WCW, it was the beginning of the Monday night wars. This war which raged between Nitro and RAW was a personal one, and it captivated wrestling fans, who now had two strong wrestling shows to watch every week.
Bischoff fired the first shot when on September 4, 1995 - the debut Nitro from Mall of America - saw the arrival of Lex Luger, who had given his word to re-sign a contract with the WWF, only to swerve them and go to WCW. Numerous other big-name talents, notably Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, and Randy Savage defected.
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During this time, wrestling was not the 'in' thing, and it's this competition provided by Ted Turner's World Championship Wrestling, that caused Vince to re-think his strategy. It would lead to many big changes in the Federation, as we went from the New Generation - headed up by Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels - to the M-rated Attitude era.
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