10 Things You Learn Binge Watching Every WCW Nitro

2. The Final Episode Is Deceptively Emotional

When this fan started reaching the end of 2000, he knew was what around the corner. The end was nigh for Monday Nitro, and a near 300-episode journey was coming to a close. As that final 26 March 2001 edition of Nitro started, a tear almost formed - the whole thing was deceptively affecting.

As much as he'd struggled to keep Mark Madden's insider stuff in check before, Tony Schiavone was the perfect soundtrack for that last Ric Flair vs. Sting bout. His passion shone through during Booker T vs. Scott Steiner too, almost like Tony knew this was the real end of an era for him as well as millions of others who had enjoyed Nitro.

After 287 episodes, the 288th feels like a funeral.

Nitro, a show that has burst onto the scene with so much life, began dying a slow death in 1999 that it never recovered from. In fact, there's an argument to be made that rot began to set in before that, maybe when Thunder debuted on TBS in early-1998.