10 Wrestling Moments That Changed Everything

8. Nitro Launches Opposite Raw

If you're wondering where the launch of Monday Night Raw is, it's not here. Confused? Well, chip away the WWE narrative and you'll realise that Raw wasn't quite the sweeping innovation the hype claims. In 1993, it was a squash match laden hour that didn't come into its own without competition.

WCW's Monday Nitro, on the other hand, was something truly special, and it forced the WWF to make Raw more than just another sixty minutes on the weekly schedule.

Following the template of that first Nitro on 4 September 1995, WCW introduced competitive matches as a general rule on free television, promised big stars every week without fail and provided major shocks like Lex Luger crashing the scene. This, unlike the saccharine WWF product, was a revolution.

Overnight, the Monday Night Wars were born. They'd rage on until WCW bit the dust in 2001, and would eventually jolt the slumbering, cartoonish WWF into massive change. Without pressure from Nitro, would the Attitude Era have been necessary?

Probably not.