Classic Vault · 1988–2001
Turner's company after buying Crockett in 1988; Nitro, the nWo and the Monday Night Wars.
The company
World Championship Wrestling was born when Ted Turner bought Jim Crockett Promotions in 1988. Under Eric Bischoff it launched Monday Nitro in 1995 and, with the nWo, beat the WWF in the ratings for 83 straight weeks. Creative chaos and mounting losses followed, and the WWF bought WCW in March 2001; the final Nitro closed with Ric Flair against Sting.
Standout stars
On the site
Mid-South / UWF · JCP / NWA · WCW
WWF · WCW · Memphis / USWA
AWA · WWF · WCW
AWA · WWF · WCW
JCP / NWA · WWF · WCW
WWF · WCW
JCP / NWA · WCW
WWF · WCW · ECW
JCP / NWA · WCW · WWF
WCW · WWF · WWE · AEW
Memphis / USWA · Mid-South / UWF · JCP / NWA · WCW
WCW · WWF · WWE · TNA
Reviewed
Clash of the Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun · NWA World Heavyweight Championship
The two-out-of-three-falls classic that went nearly an hour on free TV.
WrestleWar '89 · NWA World Heavyweight Championship
The third match of the 1989 trilogy, and the one many fans rank first.