March 26, 2001, changed the world of professional wrestling forever, as World Championship Wrestling presented the last episode of Monday Nitro, live from Club La Vela in Panama City Beach, Florida.

Pro wrestling’s “Monday Night Wars” didn’t officially end until WWE (then-WWF) purchased WCW in March 2001. Bet for all intents and purposes, the years-long weekly ratings battle between professional ...

Professional wrestling may never reach the dizzy, ridiculous heights of the Monday Night War, when the then-WWF and WCW pushed each other to the limit in their ratings battle every week. Nitro edged ...

“Oh no,” WCW play-by-play announcer Tony Schiavone groaned as soon as “Big Poppa Pump” Scott Steiner grabbed the mic. Steiner, a former amateur standout at the University of Michigan, was in the ring ...

When WCW closed its doors in March 2001, the free agency pool in professional wrestling was filled to the brim with many top stars as WWE was the only major company left standing. Rey Mysterio was one ...