Raw vs Nitro - Reliving The War

Another special episode! It's 3.4.96, this time it's the WWF's turn to air an unopposed episode of WWF Raw (Nitro was replaced by a civil war movie over on TNT this week). Matches include Shawn Michaels vs 1-2-3 Kid, Hakushi vs Justin Hawk Bradshaw, and Bret Hart vs Triple H!

It's Raw vs Nitro! The date is 2.26.96, WWF Raw is on the USA Network while Nitro is airing live on TNT. It's time to once again relive another monday night ratings battle! WCW Monday Nitro and WWF Monday Night Raw went head to head in a television ratings battle beginning in 1995. With Nitro being a live show and the WWF presenting taped matches on Raw, Eric Bischoff would sometimes give away the...

The date is 2.19.1996. One night after WWF In Your House 6, we now have confirmation of a few WrestleMania XII matches; Shawn Michaels vs Bret Hart and Diesel vs The Undertaker. The mind games between Big Daddy Cool and The Phenom officially begin on this weeks episode of Raw when Diesel goes after The Undertaker's casket.  Over on WCW Nitro, we are 2 weeks removed from SuperBrawl VI and Hulk Hoga...

Reliving The War is a weekly show where we take a look at each Monday Night TV ratings battle that took place between WCW Nitro and WWF Raw. Each week, every Raw and Nitro is compared head to head to see which show was really the best.  This is a special episode where we take a look at an unopposed episode of WCW Nitro from the 12th of February 1996. On this episode, Hulk Hogan takes on Arn Anders...

The TV ratings battle between WWF Raw and WCW Nitro continues! Reliving The War takes a look at each episode of WWF Raw and WCW Nitro that occurred during the fabled "Monday Night Wars" era of professional wrestling.  The date is 5.12.1996, we are one week away from WCW Superbrawl VI and two weeks away from the WWF's In Your House 6 pay per view. WCW are promoting Ric Flair vs Randy Savage inside...

Its 1.29.96, the WWF are showing taped matches while Nitro, as always, is live. WCW just wrapped up their Clash of the Champions special on TBS while the WWF have been building towards In Your House 6 and WrestleMania XII. Superstars included in this episode of Reliving The War include Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, Hulk Hogan, The Giant, Ric Flair, Diesel and many more. 

The date is 1.22.1996, One night after the 1996 Royal Rumble, the WWF presents a live show from Stockton, California while Nitro is live from Las Vegas, Nevada. WCW is going to produce 2 nights of television, an episode of Nitro and Clash of The Champions.  Shawn Michaels just won the Royal Rumble and he's on his way to WrestleMania XII, however a certain Louisville Slugger wants to take HBK's tit...

The Monday Night TV ratings battle between the WWF and WCW continues in the Wrestling Bios "Reliving The War" series. WCW Monday Nitro and WWF Monday Night Raw are going head to head on the 15th of January 1996, Vince McMahon and the WWF are heading towards the 1996 Royal Rumble while Eric Bischoff and WCW are promoting a Clash of The Champions special airing 2 days after the rumble. The Royal Rum...

The January 8th 1996 edition of WWF Raw features the debut of Steve Austin. Austin came into the WWF as "The Ringmaster", the latest addition to The Million Dollar corporation. Austin would go on to become a key player in the Monday Night Wars, so this broadcast of Raw is quite noteworthy. Also on the WWF side, we see another Billionaire Ted skit while Shawn Michaels reveals his status for the 199...

We have reached the very beginning of 1996 on "Reliving The War". WCW Monday Nitro and WWF Monday Night Raw are about to start an important year and right off the bat, both companies are taking note of eachother. Eric Bischoff begins 1996 by giving away the Raw results while Vince McMahon decides to air the Billionaire Ted skits. 1996 is going to be interesting. This episode features the WWF Raw B...

This episode of Reliving The War marks the final ratings battle between Raw and Nitro in 1995. Also, this is a landmark episode thats to the reintroduction of Madusa in WCW. Many fans know that the former Alundra Blayze showed up on Nitro on 18.12.95 to dump the WWF Women's Championship on a live WCW show. This is covered in today's upload.  Also included: In Your House 5 Results Madusa dumps the...

Its 12.11.1995. We are 1 week away from WWF In Your House 5 where Bret Hart will defend the WWF Championship against The British Bulldog. Along with this match, the WWF have been building up a tag team bout featuring Razor Ramon and Marty Jannetty vs Sycho Sid and The 1-2-3 Kid. Over on the WCW side, the company is heading towards their annual Starrcade event that will see Randy Savage defend the...

We have arrived at episode 13, it's the 4th of December 1995, Raw is showing taped matches while Nitro is live on TNT. The WWF will present an intercontinental title match on Raw this week while WCW plans to grab viewers attention with a WCW Heavyweight Championship match. Superstars featured on Raw and Nitro include Razor Ramon, The Giant, Ric Flair, Sid, Fatu, Lex Luger and The British Bulldog. 

This series takes a look at each week of the iconic Monday Night Wars. We have arrived at episode 12, it’s the 27th of November 1995. WCW have just finished up with their November Pay Per View where Macho Man Randy Savage became the WCW World Heavyweight Champion. Over on the WWF side, another new champion was beginning his third reign, Bret “The Hitman” Hart had defeated Diesel at the Survivor Se...

This weeks shows would prove to be landmark episodes of both Monday Night Raw and Monday Nitro. On the WCW side, the very first Sting vs Hulk Hogan match would air for free in the Nitro main event. Sting and Hulk Hogan would later break WCW PPV records, but here on Nitro we got to see the Hogan vs Sting match for the very first time. Over on WWF Raw, Shawn Michaels' push to the WWF championship wo...

This time we will look at the 13.11.95 editions of WWF Monday Night Raw and WCW Nitro. As the WWF gets ready for the 1995 Survivor Series and the Bret Hart vs Diesel WWF championship match, WCW are still going along with the "darkside" Hulk Hogan storyline. This week, Hogan completely loses the plot while Sting wrestles Dean Malenko in the main event. WWF Raw presents an excellent interview with B...

As the WWF begins the march to the 1995 Survivor Series, WCW is STILL trying to get over what happened at Halloween Havoc 1995. This episode of Reliving the War features The Giant vs Cobra, Rhyno's first WWF appearance, Hulk Hogan hanging out with some homeless dudes, and Eric Bischoff allowing fans to decide on the Nitro main event.

With WCW gaining an early lead in the Raw vs Nitro "Reliving The War" series, can the WWF get the win this week? Raw features the WWF debut of Goldust while Nitro trys to explain what happened at the Halloween Havoc 1995 pay per view.

This episode of Reliving The War looks at the WWF In Your House 4 fallout show along with WCW's Halloween Havoc 1995 go-home show. WWF gives us a 20 man battle royal featuring the likes of Sid, Bam Bam Bigelow, Owen Hart and the 1-2-3 Kid while WCW presents guys like Eddie Guerrero, Kurosawa, Dean Malenko and Harlem Heat on their weekly Nitro broadcast. Who had the better show?

Raw vs Nitro from October 16th 1995. This time, the WWF presents matches such as Hunter Hearst Helmsley vs Doink, PG-13 vs The Smoking Gunns and Bret Hart vs Isaac Yankem while WCW Nitro broadcasts DDP vs Johnny B. Badd, Ric Flair & Sting vs Brian Pillman & Arn Anderson, and we also get to see the WCW Nitro debut of Chris Benoit. Who will win this episode of Reliving The War?

PODCAST EXCLUSIVE - More Reliving The War #1 The first exclusive show that can only be found via the "Reliving The War" podcast. This show is not available on YouTube. "More Reliving The War" looks at WWF Raw and WCW Nitro during the respective shows first few weeks. There's also discussion regarding the podcast format, how the show will likely continue, who the WWF and WCW MVPs have been up to th...

This episode features WWF Raw and WCW Nitro from the 9th October 1995. WCW would present a steel cage match featuring Ric Flair and Arn Anderson while the WWF would showcase a huge 6 man tag match featuring the likes of Yokozuna, Diesel and The Undertaker. What’s curious here though is that Raw only put on 2 matches while WCW broadcasted 4 matches.

In the mid 90s, the WWF had it's popularity tested when WCW went head to head with Vince McMahon's flagship weekly wrestling television show. Airing on TNT, WCW Nitro aired at the same time as WWF Raw on the USA Network. The two companies would square off in a weekly ratings battle with each wrestling organization trying to outdo eachother to deliver the better wrestling show. As fans, we were tre...

This episode takes at look at both Raw and Nitro shows from 25 September 1995. This was the first ever time that both Raw and Nitro went live at the same time on Monday nights (Raw had been taped in the weeks prior). The WWF had just finished their In Your House 3 pay per view show while WCW were starting their promotional work for Halloween Havoc 1995. Nitro featured stars such as Disco Inferno,...

This episode takes a look at what Nitro and Raw presented on the week September 18th 1995. This Nitro show was one night removed from Fall Brawl 1995 while the WWF were about to broadcast In Your House 3 live on pay per view this same week. Nitro featured stars such as Ric Flair, Harlem Heat and Macho Man Randy Savage while the WWF gave us Owen Hart, Yokozuna and Razor Ramon.