10 Things You Didn't Know About The Birth Of WCW Nitro

[@edalder2000]

Guy Evan's "Nitro" book is fantastic. It goes into detail about the history and business of WCW.

[@crisdmt5479]

2019 and still missing the WCW

[@sspaay]

I'm amazed at how many people tell me the same thing. There is much love for AEW being on TNT, and Tony Schiavone and good ol' JR calling the matches.

[@Gwolf888]

Nitro was a game-changer for WCW it boosted WCW to compete with the WWF and the history that happened one year later at at WCW bash at the beach 1996 where Hulk Hogan gave the leg drop to the Macho Man and turn heal and became the third member of the new world order of professional wrestling in the rise of WCW for 83 weeks in a row from 1996-1998

[@sebastiensalmon4674]

That last part is a warning to every person who still doesn't think AEW will be competition.

[@marcus813]

I can't believe that the then-WWF was inattentive enough to have Lex Luger work without a contract. He was free to jump to WCW if he wanted. Vince McMahon had Junkyard Dog jump to the WWF without giving Mid-South Wrestling any notice back in the '80s, but McMahon cried foul anyway.

[@DannyKnightmare]

I miss Nitro. I watch it on the network all the time but it's edited with bad music and such. AEW should be great though!

[@Hugh_Morris]

The dubbing on the WWE network makes it so dull

[@MewCast1]

MOA is in Bloomington Minnesota a suburban of Minneapolis and St.Paul. It actually about halfway from the two said cities.

[@Tomthestarhartnell]

And the world's first mall is just a few blocks away

[@notsupposed2583]

The Monday Night Wars still resonates with me to this day. Two tv's side by side.

[@zunfren]

You and me both. Good times.

[@CT45273]

Raw in the living room. Nitro in the den. Miss those days...

[@drewsg3]

I grew up watching WWF and for some reason switched over to WCW, I think when Hulk Hogan did. But my long love for wrestling died when WCW was folded, I tried to give WWE a chance, but when they screwed up the invasion angle, I shut off wrestling for good. I do hope good things for the AEW and will give a look to see if it's any good.

[@DeezNuts-xt3sw]

What will be more shocking punk arriving on aews first tv appearance or lex Luger in wcw

[@RC99_Productions]

...Just gonna wait another 20 years from now for Cultaholic to release a video on "10 things you didn't know about the birth of AEW Wednesday Night Dynamite"

[@MattAustinonYouTube]

The way you said "Controversy" gives me the heebie jeebies haha...

[@vestallies]

I quite enjoyed this video, many points that I didn't know. When the outro popped up, I initially mistook Tom for Sam and I'm not sure if I was more confused that Tom had gone a full 12 minutes in serious mode or more disappointed that he now had an outro, happy to realize I was wrong.

[@jliller]

Another reason to kick off Nitro in the Mall of America: Pastamania!

[@Hitme410]

For a while there, I really loved Nitro And Nitro Parties

[@purplefreak3]

4:28 Mall of America actually in Bloomington, not Minneapolis.

[@MIKELIN8]

...on the former site of Metropolitan Stadium, where the Twins and Vikings played.

[@barkboingfloom]

Mongo McMichael appeared at Wrestlemania 2 as well as 13. He and more his well known teammate, Refrigerator Perry, were in the NFL / WWF battle royal.

[@hunterblacc4336]

My favorite nitro moment is when Booker T fought Buff.

[@smhgaming3259]

Their was numerous of those at least 12 on wwe network alone

[@hunterblacc4336]

Steve Michael Rasheed get’s it.

[@Malboja]

I was always a WcW fan Especially since it was free and wwf was on sky (I didn’t have sky)

[@BijjalyGas]

Me too.WCW Nitro pull strong ratings in the UK.

[@Davidjohnevans89]

cld heat on a Sunday afternoon, WCW worldwide on c5 Friday night wasn’t it?

[@BijjalyGas]

@@Davidjohnevans89 yes WWF heat on channel 4 and WCW worldwide on Channel 5 at the time. I was talking about WCW Nitro airing free on TNT on Satellite dish in UK. WCW Thunder would air too. Regular weekly shows After cartoon network went off at 7pm. I miss WCW because it was edgy and Sports orientated unlike that kiddie WWE and those cheesy indie wrestlers of today.

[@Davidjohnevans89]

kashif ali ah yes I remember when I had to wait for Cartoon Network to change over and then WCW would come on. What year was that? Early 2000’s?

[@BijjalyGas]

@@Davidjohnevans89 it was 1995-2001.

[@RandoChrisYT]

WWE vs. AEW comments? Never mind that shit, here comes Mongo!

[@Ladderthief1]

Mongo like candy.

[@joshuahumes5548]

Flair B's Sting never gets old

[@angelomarasigan4347]

The internet and the multiverse itself will broke if Cena defects to AEW (which we all know will never happen as he is loyal af to WWE)

[@MarioSumDShow]

PLAY! What an adjetive!

[@ajzuniga2090]

I remember back in the day.

[@mattfahringer148]

the last time i was this late i hadn't pulled out yet

[@disposable_hero1725]

Things You Didn't Know About The Birth Of WCW Nitro Number #11 ARMBAR!

[@brandname6]

I LIKE CORN NUTS AND WRASTLEING Cool vid

[@michaelwilliams2231]

The yeti because the pure fuckery and mishaps are hilarious in hindsight

[@Zeitgeist997]

I almost wrecked when I was typing this so I know it’s mean but I’ve been calling Bischoff ‘karate model’ what did he do. Except almost kill wrestling while copying the worst weakness of Vince McMahon , the product. Vibcdjust has balls to go public while the other promoters had an understanding out of weakness cause the only right way to live is being the best and thriving as much as possible. Being satisfied and have wonk and nod agreements will always make bad karmas. Vince doesn’t know what sells bodybuilders can’t beat anyone up and if you see a clown and a hockey player wrestling you’ll stick around for that match but the payoff is it will ruin (and did because they were almost bankrupt with the new generation)laudable and the passion

[@Iconhulk]

"Where Hollywood goes, that's where the power lies."

[@goblin3810]

i could tell by the channel name what accent i was gonna here

[@anastasi2012]

It's crucial that AEW thrives and survives this time around. The last 14-18 years of WWE brand domination has insulted my intelligence, hurt my brain, and hollowed my soul.

[@silverdarlin]

Calling it now; John Cena is gonna join the Elite on the first episode of AEW Television

[@smhgaming3259]

Lmfao oh yeah and break a 10 million dollar a year contract for 3 matches a year for way less for more matches sure.. common sense aint common

[@TheWazperviz]

If John Cena ever joined AEW it would put the wrestling world into shock

[@silverdarlin]

@@smhgaming3259 first off: r/woosh And b: No one thought Hogan would ever leave the WWF; and then no one expected him to turn heel. This is wrestling, expect the unexpected

[@user-gz1wb9zp8k]

I will commit suicide if cena joins aew

[@josephmann8294]

Do battle royals ranked worst to best

[@yousufseedat7736]

I’m glad that AEW is a thing because I wasn’t old enough when the Monday night wars were going on I was just a toddler

[@swaglad9728]

Aew isn't bringing any war back to wrestling If tna didn't cause a second coming of a wrestling war Aew certainly wont

[@yousufseedat7736]

swag lad TNA was 💩 AEW is great and live unlike TNA

[@yousufseedat7736]

Ron Ghoul yes we will

[@swaglad9728]

@@yousufseedat7736 TNA is shit and aew is great? Lmao you think orange Cassidy and sonny kiss is better than TNA having the likes of angle,Samoa Joe Hardy,booker t ,sting ? Lmao TNA at its prime and even a little after its best days was still some real good stuff

[@jahimuddin7380]

@@swaglad9728, TNA had good wrestlers, but at one point they thought they could go head to head with Raw on Monday nights. They also picked up any WWE reject and pushed them. AEW is not going head to head with WWE and they have picked up some WWE guys but they probably will not pick up WWE rejects.

[@dustbusta]

Never mind that shit! 5:26

[@ericadams214]

Unpopular opinion: I actually liked Mongo as an announcer and wrestler

[@superstarreviews9937]

He was totally underrated!

[@jahimuddin7380]

I would love to see some WWE superstar show up to AEW Wednesday Night Dynamite. Before any of you marks talk shit calling me anti-WWE, I am a fan of WWE.

[@tiarnanmagee8338]

Is just me or does ted turner look a bit like victor from still game?

[@simonstillborn4951]

Southern fried wrestling, LoL.

[@neilgoldring4832]

I had no idea Luger was considered an actual Wrestler!!!!!! 😀 LOL

[@alfonsedalessio8244]

The best

[@andrewspidle3689]

WCW rip the most of the wrestlers that appeared on WCW get paid?

[@stevemcc1842]

Everything's better with compatition. The problem now is people change. Wrestling hasn't, they will give put some guy out there with some dumb gimmick and want people to cheer. Wrestling has to adapt and change or it won't be around in 15 to 20 years. Most of the time when I do watch a minute of WWE, I can't believe Vince is ponying this crap out there. ROH is more entertaining, because those guys are hungry.

[@rj28sc]

Getting to the point I can't listen to Sam. Just shouts his way through videos :/

[@Nick94956]

It's almost like he's passionate about the topics he's talking about

[@lawsonj65]

10:22 its pronounced "Orndoff", brother...

[@lawsonj65]

@@glennb6020 Good grief...catch up. His name is Orndorf. That's what he said. Hogan always called him OrndOFF...without the R.

[@lawsonj65]

​@@glennb6020 Hogan was the only one ever said his name wrong... yet no one called him out on it :-D

[@petewhite8075]

I bet you're fun at parties

[@lawsonj65]

@@petewhite8075 I just stand in the back of the room with my friends commenting how on stupid people are 😉

[@petewhite8075]

@@lawsonj65 I masturbate in the toilet

[@TuMalditaMadre]

3:56 there IS no downtown New York.

[@MrGlasspider]

NITRO RULES! RAW SUCKS!

[@agsconnolly]

Bischoff was an absolutely shite play-by-play commentator.

[@juice5435]

Wow you failed to mention perhaps the biggest thing about WCW most people do not know about. That Vince McMahon actually owned WCW back in the 80s and sold the business

[@MrRyan-wu4jx]

Juice no, he briefly owned the time slot of the TBS Saturday night wrestling program. He never owned any promotion other than WWF in the 80s

[@juice5435]

@@MrRyan-wu4jx you could be right but I'm pretty sure that I watched a segment where Vince McMahon actually owned WCW for a brief period before selling it. I'm going to look into it and see if I can find it.

[@MrRyan-wu4jx]

It’s a kinda confusing situation. There’s actually footage of Vince standing in front of a World Championship Wrestling sign from when he first introduced that WWF programming would now be airing on the TBS time slot that GCW and Jim Crockett Promotions always used. The name of the TV show at the time was World Championship Wrestling and Vince kept the name while airing his shows. WCW as a company didn’t even exist as its known until a few years later.

[@StageRight123]

Dude, you need to learn how to pronounce controversy. It's CON-TRO-VER-SEE.

[@AAVVVAAADDAAAKAAADAVRAAA]

Hahah i keep hearing contovosy

[@StageRight123]

@@AAVVVAAADDAAAKAAADAVRAAA Yeah, the first time I hear it, I was like, "Wait, what?". Then he did it again, and I was like, "Dude, you may speak English, but you don't know HOW to speak English."

[@mroptimistprime-bj4lz]

AEW is filled with wannabes

[@michaelcookston7795]

ARE is going to suck even more now

[@djkoolhaze]

I hate how you say Controversy