The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW
| The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Documentary |
| Narrated by | Keith David |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | WWE |
| Release | |
| Original network | WWE Network |
| Original release | August 22, 2014 – January 13, 2015 |
The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW is a television series produced by WWE, which airs on the WWE Network. It follows the Monday Night Wars between the World Wrestling Federation (now WWE)'s Monday Night Raw and World Championship Wrestling's WCW Monday Nitro between 1995 and 2001.
The Monday Night War (sometimes subtitled WWE Raw vs. WCW Nitro) is also the name of a 2004 DVD from WWE Home Video.
Episodes
| No. in series |
Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The War Begins" | August 22, 2014 |
| Media mogul Ted Turner launches WCW Monday Nitro in direct competition against Vince McMahon and WWE's Monday Night Raw. | ||
| 2 | "The Rise of the nWo" | August 26, 2014 |
| An industry icon's transformation propels Nitro to prominence, and forever changes sports entertainment history. | ||
| 3 | "Embracing Attitude" | August 27, 2014 |
| Vince McMahon leads a company-wide change in a direction that nets the company its greatest ratings to date. | ||
| 4 | "A New D-Generation" | September 2, 2014 |
| Shawn Michaels and Triple H help usher in WWE's 'Attitude Era', bringing an edgier element to Monday Night Raw. | ||
| 5 | "Have A Nice Day" | September 9, 2014 |
| Mick Foley's unorthodox style makes him an unlikely success story and a unique weapon for WWE in their war with WCW. | ||
| 6 | "The Hart Of War" | September 16, 2014 |
| A controversial end to Bret Hart's WWE career forever changes the fate of Monday Night Raw and Monday Nitro. | ||
| 7 | "The War Gets Extreme" | September 23, 2014 |
| Extreme Championship Wrestling leaves an indelible mark on the Monday Night War as a hardcore alternative. | ||
| 8 | "The Austin Era Has Begun" | September 29, 2014 |
| Stone Cold Steve Austin's drive and determination spurs WWE's 'Attitude Era' to insurmountable heights. | ||
| 9 | "Flight Of The Cruiserweights" | October 14, 2014 |
| WCW signs international superstars to bring an innovative, high-flying brand of excitement to Monday Nitro. | ||
| 10 | "Who's Next?" | October 21, 2014 |
| Bill Goldberg rises from relative obscurity to become WCW's most dominant homegrown talent. | ||
| 11 | "Monday Night Jericho" | October 28, 2014 |
| Chris Jericho shed his cruiserweight stigmas to make his mark on both WWE and WCW throughout the Monday Night War. | ||
| 12 | "The War Gets Electrified" | November 4, 2014 |
| Follow The Rock's meteoric rise as he becomes one of the biggest names in entertainment in and out of the ring. | ||
| 13 | "Divas Gone Wild" | November 18, 2014 |
| Monday night innovations allow female talents to redefine a woman's place at the forefront of sports entertainment. | ||
| 14 | "The War Goes Mainstream" | November 25, 2014 |
| WWE and WCW each work celebrities into their product, as The Monday Night War becomes water cooler conversation. | ||
| 15 | "Foundations Of War" | December 2, 2014 |
| Sting and The Undertaker were anchors for their respective companies. | ||
| 16 | "Building An Army" | December 9, 2014 |
| It takes an army to win a war, and both WCW and WWE were developing a deep roster in order to emerge victorious. | ||
| 17 | "The Kliq" | December 16, 2014 |
| A controversial group of superstars set out to better sports entertainment and would rely on one another to do so. | ||
| 18 | "Mistakes On The Battlefield" | December 23, 2014 |
| The strategies that helped Eric Bischoff build WCW would hasten the decline of both him and his company. | ||
| 19 | "The Fall Of WCW" | January 6, 2015 |
| Backstage politics, corporate mergers, and questionable decisions would doom sports entertainment's former powerhouse. | ||
| 20 | "Life After Wartime" | January 13, 2015 |
| The war comes to a shocking conclusion, upstaged only by the talents that cross enemy lines in the years that follow.. | ||
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