10 Things You Learn Binge Watching Every WCW Nitro

Surviving all 288 episodes...

by Jamie Kennedy
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What kind of sado-masochistic fool would willingly sit through all 288 episodes of WCW's Monday Nitro in 2022? The answer is, of course: THIS GUY. Being locked up by the government during a global pandemic does strange things to people, apparently, including revisiting some of the worst wrestling ever with a smile.

Weirdo.

The thing is, this writer loves World Championship Wrestling. He always has, and anybody who reads enough WhatCulture will have been battered over the head at some point by subtle (and not-so-subtle) nods towards the fallen giant. Nitro was the lightning bolt wrestling needed in the mid-90s, and its legacy should never be forgotten.

WCW's flagship debuted on 4 September 1995 and waved goodbye to the world on 26 March 2001. During that 2,030 day span, the broadcast pioneered many of the tropes one can see on wrestling telly today. It also ripped up the rulebook and delivered some content so awkwardly comedic you'd swear Ricky Gervais wrote it.

Here's everything you can learn from watching madness unfold across five and a half years of beautiful, tragic and occasionally horrible WCW history...

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Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.