WCW tried to utilize their time to tell ... Wrestling fans were shocked when Rick Rude appeared on Nitro in 1997 on the same night of a taped Raw appearance. Rude made his last date for WWE ...

In a desperate attempt to sell Nitro as an unpredictable ... until it was unified with the WCW World Heavyweight Championship less than a year later. Rick Rude was champion, with Sting beating ...

A few months later, Rude defected from both WWE's DX and ECW to another rebellious faction, WCW’s New World Order. Ravishing Rick Rude was brash because he could back it up in the ring.

As Monday Nitro reached ten episodes, the shortest match in the show's history was broadcast as The Giant was successful in a ...