Monday Night Wars

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era in professional wrestling history professional wrestling television ratings war

The Monday Night Wars were a pivotal period in professional wrestling history during the 1990s when WCW and WWE fiercely competed for television ratings with rival flagship shows airing head-to-head on Monday nights.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Monday Night War	2
The Monday Night War	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	era in professional wrestling history ⓘ professional wrestling television ratings war ⓘ
cause	direct competition for cable television ratings ⓘ
describedBySource	WWE-produced retrospectives ⓘ wrestling journalism and documentaries ⓘ
effect	escalation of live television stunts ⓘ eventual financial collapse of WCW ⓘ increased production values in wrestling television ⓘ mainstream popularity boom of professional wrestling in the late 1990s ⓘ more adult-oriented storylines in WWF ⓘ talent raids between WWF and WCW ⓘ
endTime	March 26, 2001 ⓘ
followedBy	WWE brand extension era NERFINISHED ⓘ WWE monopoly in major U.S. wrestling ⓘ
genre	professional wrestling ⓘ
hasPart	WCW Monday Nitro NERFINISHED ⓘ WWF Monday Night Raw NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
mainSubject	World Championship Wrestling NERFINISHED ⓘ World Wrestling Federation NERFINISHED ⓘ television ratings ⓘ
network	TNT NERFINISHED ⓘ USA Network NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork	WWE Network documentary series The Monday Night War NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	territory era of professional wrestling ⓘ
significantEvent	Mick Foley WWF Championship title win being spoiled by WCW ⓘ Montreal Screwjob NERFINISHED ⓘ Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Mr. McMahon feud ⓘ WCW’s 83-week ratings streak ⓘ WWF Attitude Era NERFINISHED ⓘ WWF purchasing WCW ⓘ final episode simulcast of Raw and Nitro ⓘ head-to-head Monday night broadcasts ⓘ rise of the New World Order stable ⓘ
significantPerson	Bret Hart NERFINISHED ⓘ Eric Bischoff NERFINISHED ⓘ Goldberg NERFINISHED ⓘ Hulk Hogan NERFINISHED ⓘ Kevin Nash NERFINISHED ⓘ Mick Foley NERFINISHED ⓘ Scott Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ Shawn Michaels NERFINISHED ⓘ Sting NERFINISHED ⓘ Stone Cold Steve Austin NERFINISHED ⓘ Ted Turner NERFINISHED ⓘ The Rock NERFINISHED ⓘ Triple H NERFINISHED ⓘ Vince McMahon NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantPlace	Monday night prime-time slot ⓘ
startTime	September 4, 1995 ⓘ
televisionFormat	weekly live cable television shows ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New World Order → era → Monday Night Wars ⓘ

WCW World Heavyweight Championship → era → Monday Night Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Monday Night War

World Championship Wrestling → era → Monday Night Wars ⓘ

WWE Network → hasOriginalProgram → Monday Night Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Monday Night War

WWE Raw → notableEra → Monday Night Wars ⓘ

WWF Raw Is War (as sole flagship show) → partOf → Monday Night Wars ⓘ

Debra Marshall → participatedIn → Monday Night Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Monday Night War