Monday Nitro - Definition and Overview

Monday Nitro was the weekly Monday night television program, put on by the now defunct Atlanta-based World Championship Wrestling (WCW), from 1995 until 2001. It ran head to head with the WWF (now WWE) show "Monday Night Raw." The creation was a brainchild of then WCW owner Ted Turner and WCW's Vice President, Eric Bischoff. From 1996 until March of 1998 "Nitro" was the top rated wrestling program.