The WCW SHOW that aired AFTER the FINAL WCW MONDAY NITRO

NOTE - this was actually recorded in March of 2022 but got abandoned because I was moving. Didn't seem right to leave it incomplete.
March 31, 2001 - less than two weeks after WWE purchased it's competition, only FIVE DAYS after the very last WCW Monday Nitro - WCW actually aired one more show - WCW Worldwide - and said their goodbyes.. so why don't people remember it?
The best WCW Farewell Tribute ever (RIP Tri.Moon) - • WCW Desire - Lonely Ro...
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Chapters
0:00 - Intro
0:25 - WCW's Final Days
2:45 - WCW Worldwide Backstory
5:38 - The Final Worldwide
11:59 - Conclusion and Thoughts
#WCW #wrestling #WWE #Worldwide

[@leximille6801]

Who else misses WCW?

[@JOBdOut]

I feel like AEW has done a good job filling that gap - at least 2019-1st half 2022. If that stuff was on demand id be rewatching old Dynamites about now

[@leximille6801]

@@JOBdOut me too

[@cville991]

Same here. Even watching DEADLOCK’s review of the Final Nitro, WCW was not supposed to die. And it’s true because after WrestleMania X-Seven, things weren’t the same anymore. But the was past, and now we have AEW and independent wrestling, I think things are looking good for the industry. But that’s not saying much when it comes to their flaws.

[@Danimal1177]

To be honest, not really. At least nothing from 1998 on.

[@Danielson1818]

@@JOBdOut I actually wish AEW would lean into the WCW style more. Remember all those cool sets, like Halloween Havock, Road Wild, etc.? It would be really cool if AEW put more energy into those types of shows.

[@joekuvorkian]

I miss when wrestling was popular enough to be in normal commercials

[@chozahfearless7524]

Me Too

[@dankelly5150]

@@chozahfearless7524 I liked World Wide ! I thought it was a lot of fun and a cool studio to do live matches in !!

[@joshellison85]

Yeah, like the Slim Jim commercials with Macho Man

[@joekuvorkian]

@@joshellison85 yeah and that deal was with Macho Man directly. That's why I was able to get a Macho Man Slim Jim holder in 2021 lmfaoooo

[@joshellison85]

@@joekuvorkian Lol, heck yeah 👍

[@markshepherd9153]

The sad thing is WCW ratings even in the end were massive compared to any promotion today!

[@SpidaMonkE92]

Yeah, if Time Warner didn't resent wrestling, WCW could still be arounf today even through all of the mismanagement

[@MJForever1999]

Yet McMahon still bought it for basically nothing... That's crazy to think about

[@codiwebb6145]

Do you have proof of this?

[@calebdoss4590]

@@codiwebb6145 yeah it’s true, wow averaged around 2 million per show and the raw after mania had just around 1.5 the other day so yeah it’s pretty true, wrestling was at its peak in popularity about 20 years ago that’s why, not that the product was good it’s just that wrestling was popular as a whole, cause wcw was horrible to watch in 2001

[@AndrewVera23]

@@calebdoss4590 number of tvs in home is completely different.

[@Marc_Araujo]

I miss WCW Saturday Night and WCW WorldWide as I would always watch them as a kid (before they turned them into weekly recap shows).

[@PistNRods]

Same, always watched Saturday Night as a kid.

[@hezekiahramirez6965]

I of course watched the main shows but yeah, I loved watching wrestling on weekends. Of course there were the PPVs but I religiously watched WCW Saturday Night, Sunday Night HeAT, WCW Worldwide, Jakked/Metal, and Superstars and Livewire Saturday mornings. I've always associated weekends with watching wrestling

[@timothyl8237]

Saturday night was actually good sometimes. Remember the Giant and Luger vs the Faces of Fear. Meng put the giant in the death grip and brought him to his knees.

[@dankelly5150]

@@timothyl8237 Ya the WWE should bring that show back !!

[@jerry85g7]

Loved those shows growing up.

[@chrisratcliff7466]

Bro....may I just say, the WCW related commercials are just SO appreciated.

[@kidgrebo1]

I just ordered a WCW Master card. The balance is negative because Paul Heyman used the cards to cover his bounced ECW checks.

[@AxeManGaming]

I loved the B and C shows. WCW Saturday Night, WWE Velocity, and I vaguely remember some WWE (then WWF) recap shows that aired on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Man I miss WCW. Wrestling just isn't the same anymore.

[@JOBdOut]

End of an Era seemed like a buzzterm but it really was never the same afterwards

[@AbbasKhan9364]

WWE Bottomline and After Burn! They still air too.

[@abyzmul]

The WWF weekly recap show you're thinking about was called WWF Mania. It aired Saturdays at 10am.

[@thetopcrusader]

Recap show I remember was WWF Livewire on Saturday mornings.

[@CashusFknLong]

Who remembers how sweet ppv night was watching Sunday night heat

[@viceyvice]

Great job putting in the wrestling themed commercials where the breaks went. Fantastic work!

[@JOBdOut]

Much appreciated. There was a Dusty vignette i wanted to use but it kept getting claimed and blocked regardless of how much I trimmed from it - look up "dusty rhodes pizza man" when you're bored

[@jagtaggart936]

The last days of WCW were so weird for me at the time. I took it for granted WCW was going to be around for awhile. They just had a major motion picture and had Turner money behind it, how could it fail? I mean there were rumors of it going under, but I didn't believe it. That is until Vince appeared on Nitro... even then I couldn't believe WCW was going to be gone.

[@ThatDoesntWorkForMeBrother]

I didn’t know it was all over until I was looking for Thunder on Wednesday night.

[@SherdogCreep]

Ask Vince Russo 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@jamesstewart8377]

So true dude I had so much WCW merchandise. VHS tapes like crazy. Video games. Ready To Rumble was actually a good movie. God maybe I’m just nostalgic but I miss Turner as competition.

[@Cb88x]

@@jamesstewart8377 I’m not ashamed in saying I was a huge “mark” for wcw circa 96-99ish. I was still watching when wwf took over I was watching both but for a while I was only watching wcw and every now and then peaking at wwf. 97-98 wcw was BONKERS. i miss wcw just like you and I’ll never forget it. I still watch nitro and some thunder replays on peacock. I’ll even flick it on on mondays sometimes during raw if it’s wack. Still has that feeling that was just a better product and presentation. It still hits even today. If you put that wcw on tv today? It would prob blow aew and wwe out the water combined. Folks like Roman and mjf would be wanting to go to wcw to be apart of those storylines with Nwo and wcw. Imagine those guys and Cody Rhodes and Randy orton and ect on wcw nitro with the booker ts, and Gilbert’s and hogans and stings Nash savage and halls, ddp, raven, lex Lugers of the world. Imagine usos vs Harlem heat or the outsiders. Or LOD. Ect. Man dream matches. Imagine roman reigns vs sting or Hollywood hogan. Or the Giant. Or Scott Steiner. Wcw would blow everyone out the water if they popped up on tv today with those rosters. Of those guys in their primes. It break the world let alone the internet. Lol imo Wwe should resurect wcw as another show like nxt and use the name for the development stars. Use the old logo and set up. The presentation alone would bring hella ratings.

[@josephD32]

That "Turner" money was the board of AOL Time Warner, history's worst corporate merger, that put Turner way the hell down toward the end of the table. People talk about how much money WCW lost in it's last year, but it wasn't just WCW. AOL Time Warner, and everything they owned, came crashing down, and was sold off for (relatively) cheap.

[@stlfatman]

As a kid, I watched all the wrestling I could, and my favourite was WCW. I watched the B and C shows, but Worldwide was never on where I lived. Seeing these old clips give me a great nostalgic trip, though that final sign-off still breaks my heart to this day.

[@Loudandclearpic]

WCW deserved a better send off. I agree that the final WCW Nitro was rushed and you can't blame them really. There was no future to WCW unless you think TNA was the future of WCW.

[@JOBdOut]

And even then it wasn't a thing yet. Some thought WWA was the future of WCW but it was really more of a TNA-beta

[@secondbest2877]

It was very rushed....at the same time I'm sure Vince and his ego were riding high and he enjoyed nothing more than to shut WCW down. He'd probably do it the same way again...

[@richardcrew417]

It was so rushed and unemotive like "see you later" no tribute to the last several decades of NWA/WCW

[@djdarq6311]

Tna was not wcw

[@davezanko9051]

@@djdarq6311 No, it wasn't. It did take the WCW elements that Vince didn't keep, and felt like a small-scale version of late WCW, though. Heck, TNA's first ring was a surplus WCW ring, and looked it.

[@Spooky_515]

I relished in WWF winning the Monday Night Wars but had no idea how quickly WWF would also go down the tube because of it. From that moment forward it’s been “this is the product your getting we don’t care if it sucks!” And the industry has never been the same. WCW had become a shell of itself but looking back it was far better than anything WWE has done in 10 years

[@jasontodd1896]

Agree

[@dcoldestjenkins5868]

WWE went downhill after it had no legitimate competition.

[@dankelly5150]

@@dcoldestjenkins5868 Indeed, and also when it went "family friendly" !

[@dcoldestjenkins5868]

@Dan Kelly Well, there's AEW I guess...

[@dankelly5150]

@@dcoldestjenkins5868 Imagine going back to WWE from AEW thinking that Vince is not in control of creative anymore, then finding out he is again! AEW might be a dogs breakfast for storylines but I'm guessing that a lot who were thinking of going back might have changed their mind now because of Vince?

[@alexandru5369]

That Sting commercial beating up a "sick" kid ( I assume the dream foundation is like Make a Wish) is hilarious. Also Dusty would've been an amazing pitchman if he wasn't in wrestling

[@PETEYTHECLOWN]

I remember this Episode... Here in the UK it aired on a week later on Friday after Nitro. I remember watching it already knowing wcw was gone... It was a sad show . Can't recall any matches but I do remember Mike Tennay wishing everyone well and fairwell and goodbye.

[@genericfootyfan]

Yeah, on channel 5, and they started it by saying " the rumours are true" I wish I recorded that.

[@lfc200506]

Question for you , I was watching all 3 promotions back in 2000/2001, I can’t recall if bravo showed the final episodes of nitro can you remember at all ? Or did it stop on uk tv a month or so before?

[@PETEYTHECLOWN]

@@lfc200506 I definitely had a VHS tape of that final nitro ... So I'm thinking I did Indeed get it tapped off bravo.. but I recall seeing the RAW/ last nitro way beforehand... Yeh wcw had definitely folded and yet it was being aired afterwards on various channels here. I'm still sad... Aew is great... But it's not that same feeling I had as a teen. I feel like I'm never gonna be able to recapture that fandom.

[@JoseJoseC626]

22 years later and Tony's shot at William Regal is still the most brutally hilarious thing I've ever heard.

[@JOBdOut]

"Weve had to do a lot of crazy things Steve like putting your ass on tv" - savage.

[@allencollins5666]

​@@JOBdOutRegal Was Overrated. Smarks Kissed His @$$

[@IAPD3000]

I had regular TV. Sadly I had never seen this show in March 2001 because I was stuck in a mental hospital for days. I think those programs aired on UPN 9 Sundays. Plus I didn't get to see the end of the Chinese/Twainese fanasty drama since WNYE 25 cut off ties with the network. I wish that I should have not go to that hospital and finish high school, but high school wanted to finish me. Thanks for posting this!

[@jonwoodmass2849]

Then who would have thought in 2020 that the world would turn into an opened air mental hospital. I bet you're more sane than you think brother

[@poyodiablo26]

Man, let me tell you. One of the best memories I have with my late father is watching WCW on Saturday Mornings. The nostalgia is real with this content. Thanx man

[@bpolovich9398]

Great video, very informative and nostalgic! Thanks for the unique content! 🙏

[@xChris_Kentx]

Thank you for sharing this man! I remember this show coming up but I didn't that it had a last episode.

[@julianfoster88]

I remember watching the last episode of WCW Worldwide on a Saturday Night. Something told me to watch it, this vid unlocked that memory great vid

[@MrManfly]

I loved WCW World Wide when it was in the studio !!

[@matthewhutchinson1167]

I'm glad at least Mike Tenay was able to be on screen for the final send off. I liked his commentary in WCW and TNA but wished he went to WWE.

[@jasonmccrank4981]

I'm glad that he didn't go to WWF/WWE. He went to NWA/TNA and ended his career with dignity as opposed to being shouted at by a deranged wannabe wrestler billionaire on the headset.

[@JOBdOut]

Totally could see Tenay get the Joey Styles treatment "youre here to tell stories, not call matches"

[@Thor-Orion]

Vince doesn’t even allow Michael Cole to call matches himself and he’s worked there for like 25 years. Mike Tenay wouldn’t have been allowed to be Mike Tenay.

[@danielmccaughey2861]

I do wonder why they didn't take ANY announcers

[@dmanentertament125]

What! Mike tenay was terrible, his voice was squeaky and was annoying. Not his fault. He is very smart and know what he is talking about but I couldn't listen to his voice.

[@ColorsBright]

Worldwide in the mid 90s was my first taste of WCW. Seeing all the 80s WWF guys on it was like some magical gateway. Like, "oh so that's where they went". I always liked these extra shows and my favorite was WWF shotgun Saturday night when it was actually held in bars.. that was something really unexpected

[@ObriMensah]

great work man! I really enjoyed this, it brought back a lot of memories.

[@DWtechfan]

I was such a diehard WCW fan that me and my brother watched every show and even this final WCW Worldwide. If I'm not mistaken, I think this final episode was in a very late timeslot on TV. It was like 1 or 2 am in our area. And both me and my brother were extremely sad at the end sign off knowing it was the final WCW show of the Turner era. We had hope that WCW was going to be launched as a separate brand once WWE bought them but we all know how that turned out. Each time my brother and I watch a WWE pay-per-view, we always reminisce and bring up how we wished WCW had won the Monday Night Wars. Because as bad as WCW was from '99-'01, they always put effort into their shows. WWF/WWE lost their competitive drive once both ECW and WCW went out of business and anything they made fun of WCW for doing, they did the same and even much worse. WCW always attempted to somewhat listen to its fans while WWE almost never does and even taunts is too. A big part of me as an avid pro wrestling fan died in 2001 and even moreso beyond that too. I still check out weekly KZbin clips for WWE and AEW but never full shows because it simply isn't the same and not worth that time investment. Great video!

[@allencollins5666]

✋ 😊

[@arostwocents]

WCW was much better than WWF by 01. I was so sad when it closed and quickly realised why I had stopped watching wwf in the first place. TNA was worth watching for years though, it was so much better than modern wrestling and used Nitro as its show template

[@DWtechfan]

@@arostwocents WCW in ‘01 was better than WWF because they had begun pushing younger talents. WWF still had guys like Austin, Taker, Triple H, and many other vets on top. WCW had all of the cruiserweights, the Natural Born Thrillers, and a good mix of vets like Sting, DDP, Goldberg, Jarrett, Booker, Nash, and Steiner. I even enjoyed Dustin Rhodes as himself which I hadn’t previously in his earlier WCW singles run. Don’t get me wrong, I still enjoyed WWF in 2001 but WCW was my favorite pro wrestling. And like you, I really enjoyed TNA. I actually went to like 3 or 4 TNA PPVs and live events too. TNA had everything just like WCW did except WCW had Ted Turner. If TNA had a Turner type investor and had Jarrett alone been running it, I believe TNA as it was around 2005 would still exist in that form. Sadly, Dixie Carter was involved and so were Hogan and Bischoff who had a big hand in ruining WCW. Once the dynamic duo of doom came to TNA, it instantly changed into entertainment where Jarrett had more wrestling. It’s so sad that TNA had it all and then lost it all before it truly had a chance to shine. I often wonder if WCW had sold to Bischoff, if we’d have gotten the same outcome eventually? Bischoff had great ideas but often let Hogan and others influence him. Had he been in total control of WCW and not let the Hulkster have control, the new WCW in 2001 could’ve been amazing. Sadly, we’ll only be relegated to what if scenarios and stuck with WWE.

[@allencollins5666]

@@arostwocents Yes. And TNA With WCW Wrestlers And Kurt AngleWas Better Than Wrestling Sports Entertainment Today much. TNA Didn't Have A Lot Of Stars Homegrown Casual Fans Talk About. Only Bobby Roode & James Storm That If They Were Stars. 👁 Appreciate They Knowing WCW Wrestlers Value.

[@allencollins5666]

@@arostwocents Yeh. Had Eric Bischoff Been Able To Buy WCW, WCW Were Going To Put WWE Out Of Business. He Were Going To Bring Back All Absent Top Stars And Make New Stars.

[@mnmfreak502]

I went to Souled out 2000 in Cincinnati. Had no idea I was witnessing history. Chris Benoits last match before going to wwf. Wcw reminds me of my childhood. So nostalgic to see this. Time goes by way too fast.

[@farrel13sw]

As a South African I only discovered WCW exist in October 1998. This was pre internet era in South Africa and saw all the stars that went missing from WWF. I enjoyed it but 2001 it got weird

[@ThunderSummersPro]

Worldwide introduced me to guys like Muta, Chono, and all the Luchas when I was a kid. It was a great show had it stuck to actually promoting international match ups. I think the last episode to air any kind of original matches was in 2000 the week before the infamous reboot with Great Muta vs. Brian Adams.

[@johnnyz7178]

Thanks for putting this together.

[@DanSpadafora]

heck yeah! Love these deep dives. Loved the old commercials too. Thanks for helping keep history alive.

[@bensonrad]

I do remember watching the final WCW Worldwide on Channel 5 in the UK, I watched it before heading off down to the student union. I knew that it had ended so was surprised that the end of the credits the Channel 5 announcer said that is the last in the current series of WCW. I scoffed "current series" as I finished my beer and headed out to drown my sorrows of its demise. I thought I had the final episode on one of my hard drives, looking at it, it does seem to be the same black and white, wavy picture version you have, I never even realised it was like that until today. Hopefully it exists somewhere out there. Very interesting video by the way. Thanks :)

[@MrBeezyb88]

I was a fan of the b shows. I didn’t get cable until 1998 so all I had until then was world wide and shotgun Saturday night to keep me up to date on what was going on in wrestling when I wasn’t at my grandparents house for summer vacation. As a matter of fact world wide would come on Sunday mornings at like 11.

[@deadmansgulf911]

I was the same with Shotgun Saturday Night watching it at 11:30 pm with commercials that had 1-900 with them. LOL

[@AntLox]

WCW WorldWide was my only way to watch WCW for a while.

[@17thNO]

Same here.

[@mrbransformer4184]

Yeah I miss WCW, who doesn’t, it’s why so much of the new games have so much of WCW in it. These commercials were amazing also. Thanks.

[@ironman2326]

I remember watching this last episode of worldwide. I was surprised it was on because they had just been bought out the previous Monday.

[@kingoffarts8352]

Bc it was recorded before hand. Plus the local stations that carried it had to honor the contract. If it was on TBS or TNT then they could of just said screw it,but when it's local affiliates not owned by turner it gets more complicated

[@nightswell]

OMG!!! I remember watching this last episode ever of worldwide when it aired. Always had it in my memory. 22 years later it is amazing to see again.

[@InvaderBrandon]

Was convinced I did not remember this at all, but as soon as Tony answered his question, I realized I had, in fact, watched this in real time.

[@chadhoganlive]

When I first got into wrestling in 1999, I started watching everything within the first few months of my fandom. Monday was RAW, Tues midnight was Nitro (I would tape and then watch after school on Wed), Wed was Thunder, Thurs was Smackdown, Fri was ECW, then the magazine shows came. Saturday morning was WWF Metal, then Sat afternoon I watched WCW Saturday Night (6:05pm). Sunday was usually Sunday Night Heat before The Simpsons. When older people say how great television used to be, they ain't kidding. I would go to the library to surf the internet in between school and these wrestling programs, and play video games, as well as go outside, to pass my childhood time. Now I am 39 and holy shit. WCW Saturday Night was more fun than RAW and AEW sometimes, but that's the jaded side of me. I still watch pro wrestling and I love WWE, AEW and nWa on You Tube. Throw in some MLW and GCW, and it's almost like the old days again. Almost.

[@noyb12345]

It felt like I was watching WCW'S funeral 😞

[@AndrewPopeMusic]

great video. i recently had scott hudson on my podcast and we discussed all of this as well. i miss wcw, even now

[@JOBdOut]

Much love. Great get landing Scott Hudson too - it wasn't the most popular show at the end but wrestling as a whole was better with it than without it

[@phoenixright5487]

I still watched WCW Saturday Night even after Nitro started airing. I miss that show

[@cha94]

Love the background music. "Down on me" by Jackyl who are based out of Georgia not too far from WCW headquarters back in the day. Love that easter egg in the video!!

[@collectingonthecheap56353]

I remember World Wide as both a one time A show, and as the syndicated recap show. I remember trying to watch that final episode after I saw the SmackDown episode showing what happened on Monday night of that week, but my local station never aired the March 31st episode instead some infomercial was shown.

[@user-pc6zn1vy9d]

Funny thing about WorldWide, it would air on Saturday mornings in Boston. I used to watch it every weekend and then WCW Saturday Night on TBS would air later on. Even though it was all canned programming, I associated it with the weekend as a kid, so in a weird way, I looked forward to it almost as much as Nitro/Thunder because those shows always were on school nights. Watching WorldWide meant my weekend was just getting started. Great memories and great video man, job well done!

[@thekingofoldskool2]

Great video. WCW Worldwide was so different in the UK. The show was still being shown till the May of 2001. UK Worldwide didnt have the studio format as seen here, and instead had random clips from recent (often months out) Nitro & Thunder's. The storylines were never followed up on either. I do remember seeing the final WCW Nitro though - it was shown on the Friday in the UK on a long standing digital channel called Bravo.(they did show some ECW in the day as well), and was broadcast around the same time Sky Sports were showing WWF Raw that evening. I remember being gobsmacked this happened (internet was in a different place in 2001) as I only caught Sting & Flair then the Shane promo. Some great childhood memories though!

[@kryptoniankaiju]

This final episode of WCW World Wide is how I found out WCW had been bought by WWF. I didn't have cable.

[@ericwollam5532]

Something about the random fan asking what size shoe the Kat wore makes it feel more real. Like, these are the real questions I feel like people would be asking lol.

[@JOBdOut]

There was one where a fan asked daffney if she gets sore throats from screaming. Daff said no and then asked "do you like chickens?" back to them. Surreal

[@gabeguzman9478]

His response to the question was hilarious to 😂

[@joebaumgart1146]

@@JOBdOut I miss her. I was there in her final moments.

[@Thor-Orion]

Those ring rats have no dignity.

[@comedycuration]

Cool video, never knew this episode existed. Watched Worldwide b4 my parents got Cable TV, much different times.

[@hardysa5257]

Great and sad footage at the same time. The fact that they have prepared two separate endings shows that the possibility of wcw being sold to bischoff was still alive up until the eventual sale to mcmahon.

[@thetopcrusader]

I had bailed on the syndicated shows by the end, but there was definitely a time when I was such a WCW enthusiast that I went out of my way to watch Worldwide and Pro (sticks in my mind maybe there was one more syndicated show that just wasn’t in my area, but maybe I’m wrong on that… it HAS been a couple years after all).

[@cville991]

1:13 What could’ve been for the Invasion.

[@Peanutgames2013]

Been a Wwe fan since 1980, but also liked NWA, AWA, WCCW, and any other federation I could get on cable when it was new. I miss all of them, was great to turn on the tv and watch any of these promotions.

[@davidslaughterii1401]

Great video. I especially love the song choice, Jackyl's "Down on Me".

[@nick56677]

No matter if u liked WCW or WWF more, the industry has never recovered since its closure. 2 major companies was great for wrestlers, fans, the product, and storylines. The only person competition wasn't good for was Vinny Mac. He was the only winner

[@momdude5661]

Love that Jackyl instrumental throughout the vid

[@JOBdOut]

Jason Jett was the only wrestler to really get any spotlight during the worldwide episode so I went with his ECW theme. There sadly aren't any good versions of his WCW one since he was only on tv for like a month

[@RyCoke27]

I never saw this Worldwide episode, so this was a real treat to watch! #Jimmy4Life

[@nexusprime2006]

This is a great video I loved watching the old wcw commercials

[@iDeathMaximuMII]

Vince literally used the Final Nitro to piss all over WCW. Filled multiple segments with himself walking around, talking shit, having Wrestlers talk shit & then making out with Trish. Like you really think WCW fans were going to stick around after watching a WWF heavy Nitro? WCW Nitro still had a loyal fan base of roughly 2.5 - 3 million people left. That's why you never saw WWF go higher than a 5.5 rating. Hell their ratings actually declined after Summerslam 2000. They stopped getting 6's & went back to 4's & 5's anyways. Nitro even came close on a few occasions during it's decline where it actually "almost" beat RAW 8/30/99 Nitro: 4.0 RAW: 4.2 9/6/99 Nitro: 4.1 RAW: 4.4 2/14/00 Nitro: 3.6 RAW: 4.4 9/4/00 Nitro: 3.6 RAW: 4.2 There was move for recovery I feel But TNT pulled the plug on their most popular show because they didn't like Wrestling

[@hitfan2000]

I too, have wondered why WCW’s audience didn’t significantly switch over to WWF after it folded. One possible explanation could be that a lot of the ratings numbers for both shows were the same fans switching back and forth between RAW and Nitro.

[@Lord_Bibulous]

The same would've happened in reverse. Some people were loyal to WWF/E. They wouldn't have switched to see Eric Bischoff gloat about beating Vince. And you know he would've.

[@JoseJimenez-uv2eb]

The pulled the plugged because WCW was trash

[@360whiplash]

I can't believe it's already been 22 years since WCW ended.

[@17thNO]

I know hunh.

[@Eastsid3]

This was some great footage. Sad the transition went down like this and the result the next few years

[@DevonRucker]

The commercials are fucking incredible and are bringing me back to being 10 and watching wrestling. This video is incredible 👏🏾.

[@goodreverend2k1]

Nitro always got around a 3.0 in rating. Not sure why they went crazy when Raw was doing 4's and 5's. It was going to come back down. It always does. All they had to do was keep running their race.

[@JOBdOut]

Everything wrong with WCW comes down to "spreading too thin" - from too many nwo members to too many hours of weekly tv to too many pointless mainstream cameos

[@dickflair4538]

Too many pointless matches with no backstory. El Dandy vs Super Calo, Steve Doll vs Mike Enos type of matches would make ppl change the channel

[@Michiganfan105]

The final episode of Nitro got a 3. Excluding that episode, which had a higher than average rating because of WWF fans switching over to due to the simulcast and the notoriety of it being the final Nitro ever, the very highest rating Nitro received in it's final 5 months was a 2.6, with a large majority of them being in the low 2's. With WWF more than doubling their ratings each and every week, and the ridiculously bloated contracts they were still paying out that had been signed off on in 1997 and 1998 when they were still winning the war, WCW was an absolute money pit by 2000 and early 2001 and there was literally no justification to keep them around any longer. Granted, WCW going down was probably the worst thing that's ever happened in the history of the wrestling business, but facts are facts.

[@KentKaliber]

This is absolutely FASCINATING to see! In the pre-Nitro era, Worldwide was actually a great show! I would catch it on local syndication every Saturday night at 11:30 PM. The show gave considerable TV time to stars like Sting, Steven Austin, Lord Steven Regal, Johnny B Badd, Brian Pillman, Ric Flair, and even HOGAN / Macho Man on occasion! While never as big as WCW Saturday Night or Nitro, Worldwide aired original matches that showcased a new generation of non-WWF talents --- it was exciting to stay up and watch!

[@GeoGuy388]

Worldwide technically even went back to when WCW wasn't even known as WCW yet. In the Jim Crockett days, they had some really fantastic matches here and there. Flair vs Windham from '87 was an all-time great match.

[@sauermusicDE]

Very interesting. Thanks for the upload. 🙂

[@DrKnow323]

I enjoyed Saturday night and world wide… 2 great shows to summarize current events in the WCW… good undercard matches too

[@kevin2400]

I’ve got monster truck madness

[@JOBdOut]

I gotta find a way to do more vids just about the commercials. Nash did some wild ones himself

[@defAngel]

There was nothing like the Monday Night Wars back when both promotions were on their A game.

[@C-Thunder]

I remember watching this show every Saturday morning. Just watching this last few seconds of the ending of this episode leaves a sour taste in my mouth.

[@NBFaded2497]

So much nostalgia. I miss this time in my life. I still watch wrestling but something feels like it's missing. Every character back then had a good story going. It seems like now it's all about the top guys and everything else is just filler.

[@msoileau83]

Didn't they already do a segment with Bron Breakker and Rick Steiner. Ok. You lost me.

[@orangemaniabrother2232]

He was trying to be edgy lol

[@JOBdOut]

Pointed out in the description this vid was originally written in spring 2022 before WWE could admit to them being related - my bad for not adding a disclaimer to the video itself

[@mattb6369]

@@JOBdOut Damn it took a year to upload this after originally writing it? That's insane.

[@ryco87e]

I remember watching it. RIP WCW

[@Jerry-zc5qt]

I used to watch wcw Saturday night every week. The Saturday morning show I don't remember what it was called and I would watch world wide when I was lucky enough to find it on the air. Wcw did deserve a better send off.

[@misterelom]

As bad as WCW had gotten toward the end (mainly the Russo era), I was still sad to see it go. I remember buying the Greed PPV and it felt like they might potentially turn things around especially with word of the Fusient Media deal that almost happened at the time. I was a product of the Crockett era and I always attached WCW history to that era so it was a big part of my childhood disappearing. If I could trade AEW and probably even Impact Wrestling for a stable WCW still going in 2023 I'd absolutely do it.

[@darkstar1360]

WCW was actually starting to improve at the end. They had completely ditch Russo's "What's a work and what's a shot, Bro!?" shit in favour of better in ring stuff. Like focusing on the cruiserweights more. It was sadly just too little too late...

[@Daoloth]

Wow how much do those Mello Yello WCW Wrestling Cans go for these days :)? That Sprite commercial should be "Don't Try this AT HOme" really hehe. I thought STing was going to use the BAt. WCW really got shafted as even Corgan would have bought the company. There was something else at work to prevent it from getting bought and revived. I think World Wide cam on around 1 AM Saturday or Sunday. Madusa should be doing this Monster Truck Commercial with Nash :). I'm a size 12 but have a pair of 13 Jordans ;). I got lots of old WCW stuff on tape though think I only did Nitro and Thunder. Clash of Champions or WWF Main Event. Those Popup Window things was a big thing then :). Mike Teney was always cool :). I want the other ending too :).

[@JOBdOut]

Gotta imagine the mello yello cans would get good coin at this point. I still have Arizona Shaq cream soda cans and people are paying a couple hundred online for those. Theres gotta be extended cut that never went public where Sting did more damage. Corgan couldn't save ECW - I imagine WCW woulda ended him but he'd kill for that chance today.

[@Daoloth]

@@JOBdOut He had a chance to buy ECW if ever heard that story too :)? Eh even if he had the tape library he could have made something. There were better options it could have rebounded. So when are we getting the Mello Yello video about how much those cans are worth or related stuff :)? I admit my brother worked for Circus Man so I'd get the Ice Cream bars. They were really great the Cookie with the Chocolate backing. Perhaps the Greatest thing WWF ever did in that Era anyways. I started to get into Physical Media Collectors on here. These people buying VHS for like 50 bucks? I'm really tempted to sell almost all mine. They buy bootlegs not even quality for newer movies hehe. If I got a 4K TV I would never go back to that ;). Shaq is worth a lot though. I have Chris Benoit action figure I often think it might be worth something. Its the one he has IV or 4 Horsemen shirt. I might have more but I dunno. STill got my AWA wooden ring with REmco figures.

[@The.Retro.Corner]

I caught the talk shows every now and then when I could. My main wrestling was WWF in the 80's, and I would watch WCW Saturday Night with my grandpa as well. I loved that time of wrestling and in my opinion, the early 80's to the early 2000's were the golden age of wrestling for me.

[@mkleck]

I loved me some Saturday Morning Slam. Back when I used to watch WCW primarily, my friend and I would switch over just for commercials breaks with WCW to WWF. Unfortunately, we never really saw a match start to finish. In comes Saturday Morning Slam where we got a recap of all of WWF’s doings the previous week. Eventually we switched over to WWF, longer and longer until we never tuned into WCW again…I would say this was summer 1998.

[@lastdayonearthmysteryman4849]

March 31, 2001 was my mom 32 birthday! Cool Fact For Me! Sicne my mom birthday is March 31 which is also the birth of WrestleMania and the final ever WCW show ever!

[@redroversk]

it was one of many shows they would play on the weekends on local access back then along with XPW, NWA Wildside, and it was mostly filler, but I'd watch it anyways, we didn't have nearly as much weekly content as we do now

[@mikehunt8247]

I miss you wcw. I would kill to be able to have the tape library and re experience it. They really were a special promotion. When you really think about it wcw was to thank for the attitude era and the ruthless agression era. Had it not been for turner broadcasting and bischoff wrestling would have been very different in a bad way

[@AndyGamezoldschool]

loved wcw saturday shows.Never heard of recap till now.They actually showed re-runs of shows on Turner.

[@TheWHIPShowPodcast]

Awesome video! I truly had no idea about this!

[@JOBdOut]

Much appreciated. There's a lot of gems out there, nearly forgotten, because they never ended up on the WWE Network. I'll do my best to keep bringing to light the ones I find.

[@joekuvorkian]

Good shit brother. Subbed

[@martezberry3164]

Thanks for this....i never knew or just didnt remember

[@philaman1972]

I recorded the final 'WCW Worldwide' and have it somewhere in my wrestling video tape collection in the garage. It was bittersweet to say the least because I remember when 'NWA Worldwide Wrestling' first started airing here in Philly in late 1984 on channel 17 every Saturday at 2pm. Jim Crockett Promotions was the antithesis of WWF at the time: believable, hard-hitting action, superb interviews, terrific angles, and those wildly passionate fans.

[@holdthat7610]

This could help jobbdout

[@comic_food_guy]

Great job. Loved the B shows. Rock turned the corner in his career on shotgun Saturday

[@nicktaylor2657]

You what you needed on this final WCW episode Terry Funk saying Forever over and over again 😉

[@gezeo750]

As a WWE fan back then I didn't really watch too much Nitro or Thunder, but when they tried the WCW segment on Raw I was actually really looking forward to it! I was disappointed when it didn't last...

[@pens87668]

I was a massive fan of Sunday Night Heat back then. I was like 7 or 8 at the time in 2000 and 2001, but I always made sure to watch it.

[@TheCambias]

I remember watching this on channel 9 UPN network which aired at 12pm and I always looked forward to seeing these syndicated shows

[@TeamRocketHQR]

This still hurts and I still miss WCW to this day. I know there was a lot of bad with the money spending/etc. But so much good as well.

[@cargoman7045]

There were one or two episodes of a WCW classics show hosted by Dusty airing old 6:05 matches on Turner South(?) after this aired. I believe there were some shows in Europe that aired into April. Nitro was technically the end yet they had more shows in the can.

[@Gweb52]

I remember being 9 years old and watching WWF SUPERSTARS on Saturday at noon and there Sunday morning studio show with Todd petengil. As I grew older I watched WCW Saturday night as well . I was always a WWF fan first , but there was something so delightfully cheesy and comforting about WCW’s product and production. The “construction “ 90’s cgi graphics and dramatic rip off rock and roll intros . There was a lot of stuff I had to deal with growing up but these Saturday and Sunday morning shows where just treasured parts of my childhood . You watch wrestling today and it’s such a spectacle and “business “ these old WCW shows , where truly the last time we had that cheesy sugar cereal wrestling . After WCW died and WWF was full on into the edgy era , there was no way they could go back to stuff like this and it’s really sad cause a entire generation is missing out on these shows that really made a lot of people life long fans !

[@TheSSUltimateGoku]

When I was younger as a kid, I used to watch bottomline and afterburn they used to air literally right after Saturday morning cartoons, so was very easy to find where they are. That being said I think it was around 2008 where the show was taken off of the local station in my area didn’t realize that the show was actually still going on.

[@douggreen639]

Hello. I really enjoyed this video. I didn’t even know this show existed. You said that you are working on restoring the original video and you showed what you’ve done. Great work! I was interested in your process in restoring poor quality video. I too have a project that utilizes old, poor quality video and would really like to learn how you did this. Thank you for your time.

[@zcasper1985]

Who watched WCW World Wide? I did, and it was what really got me into wrestling back in the day. I didn't have cable at the time. WW really caught my attention and kept me up to date on all the happenings in WCW until I was fortunate enough to finally have cable. I don't think I would be the fan I am today without shows like World Wide and WWF Shotgun Saturday Night.

[@dead_cruiser_4713]

I really enjoyed WcW worldwide and looked forward to it every Sunday Morning. The matches the last year of it were (generally) fairly good the last year or two. There was also a period of matches that only aired there of Rey Mysterio vs Ultimo Dragon. But I did like Barry Darsow's terrible gimmics and 'worldwide' push the last few months with the (again terrible) Golfer gimmick. That being said, the 'mid card' wrestlers were getting matches regularly and who would win was uncertain (such as in the case of Rey vs Ultimo) and I appreciated that. I have very fond memories of the show that syndicated on UPN (in NYC). I remember the closing too. Thanks for covering the final episode.

[@MONKeEeYboi]

That sprite ad 😂 (subbed) 👊

[@jry3270]

I like how you have the song “Down on Me” by Jackyl playing in the background . Great song

[@JOBdOut]

When Jason Jett was EZ Money in ECW he used Down on Me as his themesong - so since this episode of Worldwide was a big rub for him it felt appropriate.

[@marknicholasdavis]

As a kid who grew up without cable, this show was the only WCW TV show I saw.

[@BeardofBeesPool]

Man, I watched Worlwide, and WWF Shotgun on Saturdays... They'd play promos or sometimes recaps of the previous shows in case you didn't know what was going on. It was the wrestling you'd watch when you didn't have cable. haha

[@kleptrep94]

I wasn't a WCW kid growing up but I loved the B shows and C Shows when it came time to WWF/WWE. Mainly because I couldn't stay up until 4AM to watch RAW live so having these recap shows and like Heat and Velocity was dope because it allowed me to follow the product at a time that was suitable for me. I also watched the edited versions of RAW and SD and growing up I once got super sad when JBL and Kurt Angle beat up The Big Show and nobody came to save them. So as an Englishman growing up B Shows and C Shows was king.