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Post by 3Lephant (Naptown Icon) on Aug 27, 2008 14:18:56 GMT -5
I am watching some old Raw and Nitro tapes, and I was wondering when exactly the two hour switch was made for Nitro, and then when did they run 3 hour Nitros?
Thanks in advance
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Post by MRR on Aug 27, 2008 16:06:20 GMT -5
Nitro went to 2 hours in May of 1996.... I actually believe the famous episode where Scott Hall first appeared was the first 2 hour episode.
The first 3 hour episode was the 100th episode where Luger beat Hogan for the title. After that, the 3 hours were sporadic for the rest of 1997. Usually there was a 3 hour episode after every PPV. I'm thinking it was January 1998 when they made all of them 3 hours.... not 100% sure on the month, but it was around that time frame.
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Post by DTP. on Aug 27, 2008 16:15:55 GMT -5
I saw an edition of Nitro from May 1997 and it lasted an hour.
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Post by catsarefunny on Aug 27, 2008 17:49:00 GMT -5
Wouldn't it have made more sense to have the 3 hour shows BEFORE the PPV, y'know, in preparation?
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Post by cawshbykid on Aug 27, 2008 18:06:36 GMT -5
^ remember this is wcw were talking about
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Post by 3Lephant (Naptown Icon) on Aug 28, 2008 0:41:45 GMT -5
Since when is Gerald Brisco part of the Kliq? lol. Thanks for the answers
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Post by doink317 on Aug 28, 2008 15:16:57 GMT -5
I saw an edition of Nitro from May 1997 and it lasted an hour. That would be because of the NBA Play Offs, they'd usually push Nitro back because TNT was showing those NBA Play Off games... Nitro also had a 90 minute episode the week before the went two hours every week, which was in May of 1996, they also had a couple of three hour Nitro's in 1997. I think they officially went three hours around April or May of 1998, and stayed 3 hours until the last Nitro of 1999, but starting with the first week of 2000 it returned to only being two hours until WCW died. |
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