Eric Bischoff was aware that WCW had to hit a home run in their first episode of Nitro to make fans realize this was more important than the previous WCW shows. Lex Luger’s WWE contract expired ...

March 26, 2001 is a date forever instilled in the minds of wrestling fans: it was the final broadcast date for WCW Monday Nitro, the company having gone out of business and into the hands of Vince ...

And I do think that over the years of Nitro, some of the most exciting moments and memories in pro wrestling happened on the show. So, tons of positive memories of WCW Nitro from growing up," he said.

"AEW Dynamite" surpassed "WCW Nitro" as the longest-running primetime wrestling show on the Turner networks on Wednesday, a fact that's had the wrestling world buzzing all week.