WCW Monday Nitro (1995)

Action · Sport

WCW's flagship show led to the famous Monday Night War. Featuring the nWo, Lex Luger, Ric Flair, Sting, and the Cruiserweights.

IMDb rating: 7.9 (1,780 votes)
Episode average: 5.9 -2.0 vs IMDb
Seasons: 6
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 6 seasons indexed

Seasons

Season 1 (1995)

6.29 avg 52 episodes 7.4 → 6.6 78 min avg

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Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Monday Night Wars Begin	7.4	111
2	One Man Short	6.5	77
3	Fall Brawl Fallout	6.1	64
4	R-E-S-P-E-C-T	5.9	63
5	Find Out What It Means To Me	6.9	62
6	Sting's Solution	6.3	59
7	Live As Live Can be	6.6	60
8	Insurance Policy	6.4	56
9	Halloween Havoc Hangover	5.3	50
10	WCW Interactive	6.4	51
11	T-R-O-U-B-L-E	6.1	49
12	Countdown to World War 3	6.3	49
13	What a Party!	6.7	52
14	Sir Charles	6.1	51
15	What's Up with Hulk Hogan and Sting?	6.4	49
16	Madusa Trashes the WWF	6.4	51
17	Merry Christmas	6.2	48
18	Happy 1996!	6.3	47
19	The Mega Powers Collide with the Horsemen	6.6	49
20	Who Do You Trust?	6.2	46
21	Vegas, Baby!	6.4	45
22	SuperBrawl Shuffle	6.4	44
23	Countdown To SuperBrawl	6.2	40
24	SuperBrawl Fallout	5.6	42
25	Booty Time	5.7	41
26	Insult To Injury	5.5	42
27	Lumberjack Strap Match	6.2	42
28	Sullivan's Secret Weapons	5.5	42
29	A Whole Lot of Friction	5.6	40
30	April Fools!	6.1	41
31	Dial M For Mongo	6.4	42
32	All Titles on the Line	6.2	41
33	Take a Giant Step	6.2	41
34	Where Have You Been, Luger?	5.9	39
35	A Giant Chokeslam	5.8	40
36	Self High Five	6.2	38
37	You Want a War? You Got a War!	6.9	51
38	Coach Heenan	5.6	44
39	The Outsiders	6.8	46
40	War Has Been Accepted	6.4	42
41	Who Can the Third Man Be?	6.4	40
42	Attica! Attica!	6.4	42
43	New World Order	7.0	48
44	Hollywood Hulk Hogan	7.1	42
45	Out of Control	5.9	40
46	Sneak Attack	7.1	42
47	Who's in the Limo?	6.2	37
48	A Crooked Mile	6.3	38
49	Modern Day Gladiators	6.1	38
50	Spray Paint	6.5	39
51	The Fourth Man Revealed	6.9	37
52	NWO Sting	6.6	38

Season 2 (1996)

6.21 avg 52 episodes 6.4 → 6.4 121 min avg

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Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	And Then There Was Syxx	6.4	37
2	NWO Takeover	6.2	38
3	A Question of Trust	5.4	35
4	Target the Macho Man	6.1	34
5	A Plea For Forgiveness	6.2	34
6	Quiet on the Set	5.6	37
7	Pay the Piper	6.0	34
8	Set It Up	5.7	35
9	I'm Your Man	5.8	35
10	Lies, Secrets and Loyalties	6.3	37
11	Choose a Side	5.8	35
12	The Road To Starrcade Continues	5.5	34
13	Looking For Payback	5.8	33
14	Total Bedlam	5.7	33
15	Happy Holidays and Season's Beatings	6.0	35
16	The Very Last Telecast of 1996	6.0	37
17	A Brand New Year	6.2	35
18	The Big Easy	5.9	34
19	Hostage	6.4	32
20	Abuse of Power	5.7	34
21	A Mission From God	5.9	33
22	He's Still Fired	5.5	30
23	The Scotsman of Alcatraz	6.0	32
24	New Editions	6.5	31
25	Team Piper	5.8	30
26	Spring Breakdown 1997	5.7	31
27	St. Patrick's Day in Savannah	5.7	31
28	On the Hunt	5.5	30
29	The Lady and the Tramp	5.9	29
30	Turmoil in Huntsville	5.8	29
31	Philadelphia Hospitality	6.6	28
32	If I Ever Get To Saginaw	6.0	28
33	One Hour Early	5.9	27
34	Head Games	5.7	27
35	See You at Slamboree	5.5	27
36	Keep Watching the Skies	5.9	28
37	Memorial Day 1997	6.5	26
38	Hold Him Back!	6.2	24
39	The Wildest Night Ever	7.5	28
40	Chicago Bullshit	6.9	27
41	Makin' Bacon	6.3	24
42	Viva Las Vegas	7.1	28
43	Pre Bash at the Beach Night	7.3	26
44	World Premiere of the Nitro Girls	6.9	26
45	Tuesday Nitro	6.4	26
46	The Free Agent	6.8	24
47	The 100th Edition of Nitro	7.9	30
48	Mile High Madness	6.8	27
49	The Clash Before the Bash	7.2	24
50	Carolina On My Mind	6.9	26
51	Tribute To Arn Anderson	7.3	24
52	Chairman Piper	6.4	21

Season 3 (1997)

6.35 avg 53 episodes 6.6 → 5.8 156 min avg

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Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Aerial Warfare	6.6	28
2	The Streak Begins	7.1	28
3	We Love You, Call Collect	6.5	27
4	Laying Down the Law	6.8	28
5	Bay N' Gold	7.5	31
6	Lower the Cage	6.7	25
7	Assault on Hogan's Ego	7.2	25
8	Broad Street Bullies	5.9	27
9	Welcome Back, Big Kev	6.4	27
10	Helpless at the Hands of the New World Order	6.8	28
11	The Shank of the Evening	5.9	26
12	Where is the Real Sting?	6.5	26
13	Buffalo is NWO Country	6.3	26
14	Charlotte is Ric Flair Country	7.1	26
15	NWO Monday Nitro	4.5	27
16	A Brand New Chapter	5.9	28
17	Tension in the Air	6.1	25
18	King of the Wild Frontier	6.4	25
19	A Big Night in the Big Easy	6.5	24
20	Ban the Powerbomb	6.2	27
21	The Road Goes On Forever	6.7	25
22	El Paso City	6.9	24
23	Six Days Until SuperBrawl	6.3	25
24	SuperBrawl VIII Fallout	6.1	25
25	Real Man of the Year	6.1	24
26	The Road To Spring Break	6.3	24
27	Spring Break-Out 1998	6.7	25
28	Louisville Slugfest	7.4	26
29	The Greatest Wrestling on the Planet	6.6	24
30	Miami Connection	5.9	24
31	Six Days Until Spring Stampede	5.7	25
32	Rocky Mountain High	6.9	24
33	Nitro Doubleheader Part One	5.7	25
34	Nitro Doubleheader Part Two	6.2	22
35	Who's On Whose Side?	5.8	23
36	The Rematch the World Has Been Waiting For	6.5	22
37	Trust No One	5.9	21
38	Sting vs. Sting	7.0	22
39	Sting's Decision	6.4	21
40	DDP's Decision	6.4	21
41	Steel Cage Madness	6.8	22
42	Gaga Over Goldberg	6.2	22
43	Eighteen Wheels	5.8	22
44	Goldberg Wins The Gold	8.4	32
45	In the Shadows of the Most Historic Nitro Ever	6.3	22
46	Salt Lake City	5.7	21
47	Goldberg Speaks	5.5	21
48	Mile High City	5.8	22
49	Somewhere in the Black Mountain Hills of Dakota	6.2	22
50	Return Of The Warrior	7.2	23
51	The Revolution Begins	5.9	21
52	Dream Tag Team Match	4.8	22
53	Who Was In the Ambulance?	5.8	23

Season 4 (1998)

6.04 avg 53 episodes 6.7 → 6.0 178 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	We Want Flair!	6.7	28
2	Dirty Water	5.2	21
3	The Revolution Has Just Begun	5.3	22
4	Nothing Could Be Finer	6.2	21
5	A Nitro To Remember	5.8	21
6	A Head Full of Steam	5.9	21
7	Halloween Havoc Aftermath	6.8	24
8	The Excellence of Excuses	6.3	20
9	Hollywood Hogan For President	6.0	20
10	If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Goldberg	6.8	15
11	We Don't Like Wichita	6.3	21
12	The Day After World War 3	6.9	21
14	Contract Signing	6.1	20
15	Three Way Dance	5.7	20
16	Cool Down in the Sunshine State	5.8	21
17	Six Days Before Starrcade	5.9	20
18	The Battle For Control	6.9	22
20	The Fingerpoke of Doom	4.2	27
21	Flair is Boss	5.2	20
22	Hair Versus Hair	6.2	19
23	An Electrifying Moment	6.7	24
24	A Cold Winter Night	6.7	19
25	It's a Dirty Job	6.4	19
26	A Big Night in Tampa	5.3	20
27	SuperBrawl IX Aftermath	6.6	20
28	Carolina Blue	6.8	21
29	The War in Worcester	5.8	19
30	The Ides of March	6.8	20
31	Spring Breakout 1999	6.5	21
32	Oh, Canada!	7.2	23
33	Live in Las Vegas	6.7	20
34	Spring Stampede Aftermath	7.2	21
35	Gator Country	7.4	23
36	Charles in Charge	7.5	21
37	Crunch Time	6.1	19
38	The Battle For Power	5.6	20
39	WCW Mayhem	5.6	20
40	The Eyes of Texas	5.2	19
41	Hello, Cleveland!	5.6	19
42	The Big Black Bat	5.2	19
43	Happy Birthday, Silkk the Shocker	5.1	24
44	Be Like Dave	5.2	19
45	Crush 'Em	5.2	19
46	There's Something About Savage	5.4	20
47	Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely	6.3	21
48	A Big Hunk of Love	6.0	19
49	The Black Mountain Hills of Dakota	5.6	19
50	The Road to Road Wild	6.5	20
51	Tonight Will Be His Battlefield	5.3	18
52	Kiss the Demon	6.2	20
53	Could Luger Be Right About Hogan?	5.7	18
54	Countdown to Fall Brawl '99	4.7	18
55	School is Back in Session	6.0	19

Season 5 (1999)

5.10 avg 52 episodes 6.8 → 4.9 139 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Sinning in Cincinnati	6.8	22
2	Hotlanta Night	5.8	20
3	A Tribute To Owen Hart	7.7	24
4	Biloxi Blues	6.5	19
5	A Nitro Like None You've Ever Seen	6.2	21
6	The Powers That Be	4.8	21
7	At the Mercy of the Revolution	6.2	22
8	One Entertaining Night	6.5	22
9	It's All About the Ratings	5.3	20
10	Mayhem Aftermath	5.3	22
11	Rolling in the Mud	4.3	20
12	The Craziest Program We've Ever Done	5.4	21
13	A Train Wreck Waiting to Happen	4.8	20
14	The Biggest Swerve Ever	4.8	21
15	New Year's Evil	5.5	24
16	WCW 2000 (Slappy New Year)	4.9	26
17	Terry Funk's Master Plan	4.6	22
18	The Day the Music Died	4.6	22
19	Night Of...	5.8	24
20	Snowbound and Frozen	4.8	21
21	Tulsa Spelled Backwards	4.8	22
22	Valentine's Day 2000	5.2	21
23	SuperBrawl 2000 Fallout	4.8	22
24	Night of Champions 2000	5.9	23
25	Unhappy Birthday, David Flair	5.2	21
26	Warm Up For Uncensored 2000	5.0	21
27	On the Heels of Uncensored 2000	5.3	21
28	Spring Breakout 2000	6.8	23
29	The Best of Nitro	3.2	20
30	The Night the World Changed	4.8	24
31	Spring Stampede Fallout	4.8	22
32	First Blood	5.2	22
33	1,000 Miles to Slamboree	4.8	24
34	Wild and Unpredictable	4.9	21
35	The House of Pain	5.2	25
36	Turning Point	4.8	24
37	What's Going On Here?	4.6	22
38	The Return of Goldberg	3.8	23
39	Aftermath of the Great American Bash	3.6	21
40	Drunk with Power	4.5	20
41	Snoochie Boochies	5.2	21
42	Bash at the Beach 2000 Go Home Show	4.6	20
43	The Coronation of Booker T	5.9	21
44	WCW Tuesday Nitro	5.0	21
45	Caged Heat	4.6	20
46	Fighting Champion	5.1	21
47	Torrie Wilson Appreciation Night	4.6	20
48	Bizarro World Nitro	4.3	22
49	Payback Time For Goldberg	4.1	20
50	The Band is Back Together	4.4	20
51	War Games 2000 (Russo's Revenge)	4.7	21
52	Brain Surgery and a Wedding	4.9	21

Season 6 (2000)

4.92 avg 28 episodes 4.4 → 8.7 120 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Lawless and Unpredictable	4.4	21
2	Vince Russo, World Champion?	4.2	23
3	Duck Season	3.7	21
4	From the Land Down Under	5.4	22
5	Australian Lumberjacks	4.7	21
6	Who Let the Dogs Out?	4.6	21
7	Meet the New Boss	4.6	22
8	The House Michael Jordan Built	5.1	21
9	London Lethal Lottery	5.1	22
10	The Road To Mayhem	4.8	21
11	Freaks and Peaks	4.8	21
12	A Hero's Welcome	4.4	21
13	Special Tuesday Edition	4.6	21
14	Monday Night After Starrcade	5.6	22
15	The Best Tag Team Matches of 2000	3.4	15
16	The Best Singles Matches of 2000	3.8	15
17	Six Days Out From Sin	4.8	24
18	In the Aftermath of Sin	4.9	23
19	Very Special Tuesday Edition	4.8	23
20	Super Bowl Victory Party	4.5	23
21	The Boss is All Alone	4.6	21
22	The Most Powerful Man in the World	5.6	20
23	Kevin Nash R.I.P.	4.9	21
24	Party Gras	5.6	21
25	The Return of the American Dream	5.6	21
26	Booker Country	4.9	21
27	DDP R.I.P.	5.7	21
28	Spring Breakout 2001: Night of Champions	8.7	43

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