Raw vs Nitro - Reliving The War

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This episode features WWF Raw and WCW Nitro from the 9th October 1995. WCW would present a steel cage match featuring Ric Flair and Arn Anderson while the WWF would showcase a huge 6 man tag match featuring the likes of Yokozuna, Diesel and The Undertaker. What’s curious here though is that Raw only put on 2 matches while WCW broadcasted 4 matches.

In the mid 90s, the WWF had it's popularity tested when WCW went head to head with Vince McMahon's flagship weekly wrestling television show. Airing on TNT, WCW Nitro aired at the same time as WWF Raw on the USA Network. The two companies would square off in a weekly ratings battle with each wrestling organization trying to outdo eachother to deliver the better wrestling show. As fans, we were treated to a once in a lifetime era of pro wrestling known as "The Monday Night Wars". This series compares WCW Nitro to WWF Raw (and vice versa) on a particular week. This episode takes a look at what the WWF and WCW put on their Monday Night shows on October 2nd 1995. WCW gave us superstars such as Randy Savage, Arn Anderson and Ric Flair while the WWF would present the likes of Bret Hart, Hunter Hearst Helmsley and the 1-2-3 Kid.

This episode takes at look at both Raw and Nitro shows from 25 September 1995. This was the first ever time that both Raw and Nitro went live at the same time on Monday nights (Raw had been taped in the weeks prior). The WWF had just finished their In Your House 3 pay per view show while WCW were starting their promotional work for Halloween Havoc 1995. Nitro featured stars such as Disco Inferno, Arn Anderson and Lex Luger while the WWF presented guys like The Undertaker, Marty Jannetty and The British Bulldog.

This episode takes a look at what Nitro and Raw presented on the week September 18th 1995. This Nitro show was one night removed from Fall Brawl 1995 while the WWF were about to broadcast In Your House 3 live on pay per view this same week. Nitro featured stars such as Ric Flair, Harlem Heat and Macho Man Randy Savage while the WWF gave us Owen Hart, Yokozuna and Razor Ramon.

The WWF had been the most popular weekly wrestling television show in America since it's debut in 1993. In 1995, World Championship Wrestling and Eric Bischoff brought a new Monday Night wrestling show to television screens that would compete directly with Vince McMahon, The WWF and Monday Night Raw. This show was named WCW Monday Nitro, and it made it's debut on September 4th 1995. On that same evening, Raw did not air on TV, so WCW and the Nitro show was able to deliver a wrestling television show completely unopposed and unchallenged.

The next week though, on September 11th 1995, both WCW Nitro and WWF Raw would air their Monday night television shows. WWF Raw was taped while WCW Nitro was live, and this would be the very first time both Raw and Nitro went head to head in the Monday Night War television ratings battle. This mini documentary from Wrestling Bios looks at both of these wrestling shows while comparing all the matches and all the promos.

In this episode, we take a look at the very first episodes of WWF Raw and WCW Nitro. We look at why both shows were created, the matches and promos that both shows featured, and much more.