Monday Warfare: RAW vs. NITRO - Episode 01 (9/4 & 9/11/95)

Monday Warfare: RAW VS. NITRO Podcast

It's the DEBUT edition of Monday Warfare: The Battles Within. Join us weekly as we break down the entire Monday Night War era as we talk TV reviews, backstage news, and those pesky Ratings.

In the debut episode of Monday Warfare, we discuss...

Ted Turner's decision to compete with Vince McMahon, and the letter that started it all...

The DEBUT edition of WCW Monday Nitro 9/4/95

• The Mall of America
• Pasta Mania... Brother!
• Flyin' Brian Pillman vs. Jushin Liger
• Sting vs. "Nature Boy" Ric Flair
• WCW Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan vs. Big Bubba
• The Dungeon of Doom characters running through a public mall
• Scott Norton returns looking to pick a fight, challenge accepted by the Macho Man!
• The IRS is closely watching Mr. Wallstreet
• Sabu is headed in!
• And... IS THAT LEX LUGER???? On Nitro?????

And the first head to head meeting between Nitro and Raw!!!

WCW Monday Nitro 9/11/95

• Ding-Dong, Vader is gone. Who will replace him at War Games?
• Sabu makes his Nitro debut vs. Alex Wright. A table will be broken!
• Sting vs. V.K. Wallstreet... Yes, I said V.K., cummon Pal
• Macho Man vs. Scott Norton, watch out for the SHARK ATTACK!
• Ric Flair has some choice words for Arn Anderson
• WCW Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan vs. Lex Luger!!!
• Plus, EVIL Eric gives away the finishes to WWF Raw!!! What an arse!

WWF Monday Night Raw 9/11/95

• Razor Ramon battles the newly heel British Bulldog
• The 1-2-3 Kid comes looking for respect from his "Bad Guy" buddy
• The Smoking Gunns vs. Rad Radford & The Brooklyn Brawl
• Isaac Yankem, DDS vs. The future Scotty Too Hotty
• Interim President Uncle Gorilla issues an addendum to the Triple Header match at IYH
• Another fun vignette with, whhhhhhp, Gooooldust!
• IC Champion Shawn Michaels defends against former bodyboard SID in the main event!

Overall, it's a fun two weeks as the Monday Night War just gets going. We'll talk all of the above, plus show ratings, our favorite segments, and which show we picked as the winner this week. It all starts here with Episode 1, but stay tuned... the party is just getting started on Monday Warfare... The Battles Within!