World Championship Wrestling (WCW) was an American professional wrestling promotion founded by Ted Turner in 1988, after Turner Broadcasting System, through a subsidiary named Universal Wrestling Corporation, purchased the assets of National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) territory Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) (which had aired its programming on TBS).

The Monday Night War[1][2][3][4] or the Monday Night Wars, was an era of mainstream televised American professional wrestling, from September 4, 1995 to March 26, 2001, in which the World Wrestling Federation 's (WWF; now WWE) Monday Night Raw (later Raw Is War) and World Championship Wrestling 's (WCW) Monday Nitro were broadcast opposite each ...

The list of WCW World Heavyweight Champions is a chronological list of wrestlers that have held the WCW World Heavyweight Championship by ring name.

Dec 23, 2024 · In a move that sent shockwaves through the professional wrestling world, Vince McMahon, chairman of the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), purchased his longtime rival, World...

Sep 5, 2022 · In the '90s, wrestling fans received their fill by choosing between the big two: WWE (then-WWF) and WCW. While these two promotions had similar letters, primetime shows on Monday nights, and even...

Jul 31, 2019 · On this episode, Sting defeated Ric Flair in their longstanding rivalry, and Booker T defeated Scott Steiner to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.

World Championship Wrestling (WCW) was an American professional wrestling promotion which, in its proper form, existed from 1988 to 2001.

Nov 8, 2013 · In a lot of ways, the Monday Night Wars allowed for the very best of the WWF and WCW including memorable feuds, angles, and matches.

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In the 1990s, World Championship Wrestling, along with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), was considered one of the top two wrestling promotions in the United States. Its flagship show WCW Monday Nitro went head-to-head with WWF Raw …