Monday Night Wars History
From September 1995 to March 2001, WWF Monday Night Raw and WCW Monday Nitro went head to head every Monday night. It was the most competitive period in American wrestling history: stars jumped companies, results were given away on air and ratings were treated like a scoreboard. These articles cover what really happened and the dream matches fans still argue about. Facts are from the public record; opinions about matches that never happened are clearly marked as opinion.
The 2001 Invasion: how the biggest angle in wrestling was fumbledHow WWF bought WCW in 2001, what the Invasion angle was meant to be, and the decisions that left it feeling small.Hollywood Hogan vs The Rock in 1999: the dream match debateThe Rock and Hogan met at WrestleMania X8 in 2002. What if they had met in 1999, at the height of both men's runs? A look at the facts and our opinion.Stone Cold vs Goldberg: the match that never happenedSteve Austin and Goldberg defined their companies in 1998 but never wrestled one-on-one. The real history and our opinion on how it would have gone.Ric Flair vs Shawn Michaels in 1996: the classic that came twelve years lateFlair and Shawn Michaels finally met at WrestleMania XXIV in 2008. What would a 1996 match between WCW's and WWF's champions have looked like?Monday Nitro vs Monday Night Raw: a timeline of the war, 1995 to 2001The key dates of the Monday Night Wars, from Nitro's debut at the Mall of America to the final simulcast in 2001.
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