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Some of the WCW wrestlers joined the WWE immediately and participated in The Invasion storyline as part of The Alliance which lasted until the end of 2001, however many of WCW's top stars had contracts with AOL Time Warner rather than WCW itself that the WWF did not acquire, and most choose to sit out the length of their contracts rather than ...
McMahon opened the last-ever episode of WCW Monday Nitro with a simulcast with WWF Raw is War, which aired from Cleveland, Ohio. [109] The final WCW World Heavyweight Championship match for the show and the company saw WCW United States Heavyweight Champion Booker T defeat Scott Steiner to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.
The WCW World Heavyweight Championship is the original world title of WCW and it remained as such until March 2001, when WCW was purchased by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now known as WWE) and the championship was defended as the WCW Championship as part of the Invasion storyline, with the WCW initials being dropped from the title's ...
The WWF also utilized the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship, WCW Cruiserweight Championship, and the WCW Tag Team Championship. After the "Invasion" concluded at Survivor Series in 2001, the title was rebranded as the "World Championship", making The Rock the last person to hold the title while it was named as the WCW Championship.
During Luger's reign in 1991, World Championship Wrestling (WCW) split from the NWA and the title was renamed as the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship. [33] World Championship Wrestling (WCW) — Vacated: July 14, 1991: The Great American Bash: Baltimore, MD — — — Vacated when Lex Luger won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship ...
WCW Monday Nitro, also known as WCW Nitro or simply Nitro, is an American professional wrestling television program that was produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and broadcast weekly every Monday night on TNT in the United States from September 4, 1995 to March 26, 2001.
One of the last deals Bischoff structured was a deal with the members of the rock band Kiss to have their own wrestling character known as The Kiss Demon. By late 1999, WCW began losing around $5 million a month. Attendance, PPV buys and ratings were down significantly. On September 10, 1999, the decision was made to relieve Bischoff of power.
WCW withdrew from the NWA on September 1, 1993. Dropping any mentions of the NWA name, WCW retained the physical title belt, which continued to be defended as the WCW International World Heavyweight Championship. The NWA declared their championship vacant. [21] [22] National Wrestling Alliance/Pro Wrestling Organization LLC: 45 Shane Douglas