“Oh no,” WCW play-by-play announcer Tony Schiavone groaned as soon as “Big Poppa Pump” Scott Steiner grabbed the mic. Steiner, a former amateur standout at the University of Michigan, was in the ring ...
Growing up, WCW’s Monday Nitro was one of the best parts of my week. For a couple of hours every Monday night, my brothers and I would crowd around our parents’ living room TV and watch the likes of ...
Some moments in professional wrestling completely change the industry forever. Then there are moments so shocking that fans still talk about them decades later. One of those moments happened on May 27 ...
Determined to capture the same success as sports-entertainment's national leader Vince McMahon, media mogul Ted Turner launches WCW Monday Nitro in direct competition with WWE's Monday Night Raw. With ...