5 Things you didn't know about the first WCW Monday Nitro episode

#2 The first episode of WCW Monday Nitro wasn't aired on schedule

The unscheduled debut of the show did the wonders for the company which eventually started a rating war between WCW and WWF

The first edition of WCW Monday Nitro was scheduled to air at a different time than WWF Raw.

Luckily for WCW, one week Raw failed to make to the weekly television on time, therefore, the broadcasting corporation of US decided to replace Raw with the first ever edition on Monday Nitro that week.

Surprisingly, it turned out to be a huge success for the show since if they had broadcasted their first episode of Nitro on different timing, then they wouldn't have generated the large number of audience that they did on Raw's replacement night.

Therefore, this unscheduled debut of the show did the wonders for the company which eventually started a rating war between WCW and WWF.