Guest Tony149 Report post Posted April 4, 2002 I was just wondering since I read a rumor a while back that said Turner officials gave Nitro a 3 month trial run thinking the show would bomb. Is that true? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Crasper Report post Posted April 4, 2002 Seem to remember that being true. The show actually started a couple of weeks late, but came out of the blocks with a brilliant first show, which I seem to remember was against a taped raw. Nitro was live most of the time, and had more of a big show feel to it. It really should have been the spur to make WCW the biggest promotion in the world, and by 97/early 98 they may have been. But we all know how that turned out... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest bob_barron Report post Posted April 4, 2002 Nitro actually debuted when RAW was preempted due to tennis Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest dreamer420 Report post Posted April 4, 2002 I actually preferred watch Nitro as opposed to Raw when they were both on. First off I liked the show when it was 3 hours long because for 2 hours we got wrestling. Then for an hour we got Goldberg, and the nWo, and all their crappy feuds. Nitro did always feel like it was a pretty big show, but that would have been do to the constant shilling of the announcers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Tony149 Report post Posted April 4, 2002 I liked Nitro from the start too. The fact that it was live and anything could happen ie. Luger returns, made Nitro better than Raw. Then when WCW got out of control Nitro became painful to watch at times. Seeing how they were screwing up so many things. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest dreamer420 Report post Posted April 4, 2002 I agree that it got too out of control in the end but from the beginning up until about October of 99 I was still a Nitro mark. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
