Monday Night Wars

Marketing presentation on Monday Night Wars

1. 1 Monday Night Wars 1

2. agenda Introduction​ WCW's Monday Nitro went head-to-head with the WWF's Monday Night Raw. Ted Turner VS Vince Mc Mahon The Popularity of Monday Night Wars Biggest Moments OF The Monday Night Wars WCW V/S WWF WWE Winning the Monday Night Wars WCW losing the Monday Night Wars End Of Monday Night Wars 2

3. Introduction Television - a significant part of professional wrestling presentations. Problem - relegated to local stations as the national networks ceased airing it. Local programmers turned to professional wrestling. Shows were taped before a small live audience. In 1982 the television show was renamed World Championship Wrestling (WCW) . In 1983 the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) started its own cable show called WWF All American Wrestling. 3

4. Lasted from September 4, 1995 to March 26, 2001. Era of the Monday Night Wars is the “Golden Age” of wrestling. 4 WCW's Monday Nitro went head-to-head with the WWF's Monday Night Raw.

5. 5 Presentation Title 20XX Ted Turner VS Vince McMahon

6. Historic time for the business of professional wrestling. Audiences, and ratings, grew to incredible size , with fans all over the world. The feud between the two companies bought out their best quality product both in terms of creativity and the performances of their wrestlers. Establish both formal and informal partnerships. 6 The Popularity of Monday Night Wars

7. 7 Biggest Moments OF The Monday Night Wars

8. Montreal Screw job Major Talents Make The Leap D-Generation X Invades Nitro NWO Arrives 8 Biggest Moments OF The Monday Night Wars

9. WCW Solid cruiserweight division Tag team division Heavyweight title matches seemed like a major deal Famous teams (four horsemen, raven’s flock, NWO, LWO, Wolfpac ) More sports-oriented product WWF DX More entertainment-based product WrestleMania, royal rumble, survivor series, summer slam Boss vs wrestler feud (Austin and McMahon) Solid main event (foley, Rock, undertaker, Triple-H) Solid mid-card talent ( godfather, Val veins, goldust , ken shamrock) 9 WCW V/S WWF

10. Formerly family-friendly product to highly sexualized and violent shows geared towards older teens and adults. WWF got creative with bookings. 10 WWE Winning the Monday Night Wars WWF got creative with booking

11. WCW’s demise was primarily brought about by themselves. Due to several WCW storylines that fans rejected and WCW began losing the rating war. WCW ultimately ran into financial difficulties. Ted Turner getting less focused on WCW. 11 Wcw losing the Monday Night Wars

12. March 26th, 2001 Vince McMahon ended up purchasing WCW for 4.2 million dollars 12 End Of Monday Night Wars

13. Professional wrestling became a prime-time tradition on Monday nights in America resulting in the creation of millions of new wrestling viewers. 1980s boom paved the way for the budding industry, with larger-than-life personalities such as Hogan, Savage, and Warrior enjoying mainstream recognition. It cannot be denied that the industry suffered in the long term and will continue to do so as the shadow of monstrous success will continue to loom over. 13 Conclusion

14. THANK YOU! ANY QUESTIONS? 14