10 Historic Wrestling Moments You've Probably Never Seen
3. The Last WCW Broadcast
Everyone remembers the final Nitro—Shane McMahon appearing in Panama City, Vince cutting a promo on his competition’s grave, and a symbolic handshake between Sting and Ric Flair. But that wasn’t actually WCW’s last show.
The true final WCW broadcast was an unassuming episode of WCW Worldwide, taped weeks earlier but aired after Nitro, on 31 March 2001. Just another 30-minute syndicated show with B-roll matches and generic commentary, featuring the likes of Jason Jett and Kwee-Wee.
What makes it so strangely significant is that it represents WCW's true final breath—a whimper, not a bang. The Worldwide format had been running since the '70s and survived countless rebrands, yet it ended without even a curtain call. No Vince, no Shane, no Flair—just a few taped matches airing quietly in syndication while WWE prepared to cherry-pick WCW’s remains.
Because it aired inconsistently on local stations and was never released on home media or the WWE Network, you've never been able to watch it... although you didn't miss anything. It exists only in bootlegs and YouTube uploads. While Nitro got the eulogy, Worldwide was the silent funeral—broadcast wrestling’s version of a forgotten tombstone.