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#8 The Birth of WCW Nitro
When Eric Bischoff got the green light to produce a Monday night wrestling show for WCW, it was the beginning of the Monday night wars. This war which raged between Nitro and RAW was a personal one, and it captivated wrestling fans, who now had two strong wrestling shows to watch every week.
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Bischoff fired the first shot when on September 4, 1995 - the debut Nitro from Mall of America - saw the arrival of Lex Luger, who had given his word to re-sign a contract with the WWF, only to swerve them and go to WCW. Numerous other big-name talents, notably Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, and Randy Savage defected.
During this time, wrestling was not the 'in' thing, and it's this competition provided by Ted Turner's World Championship Wrestling, that caused Vince to re-think his strategy. It would lead to many big changes in the Federation, as we went from the New Generation - headed up by Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels - to the M-rated Attitude era.
