On This Day in 2001, WCW Nitro Aired Its Iconic Final Episode That Changed Wrestling Forever

On This Day in 2001, WCW Nitro Aired Its Iconic Final Episode That Changed Wrestling Forever

Everybody loves a good rivalry. The Red Sox versus the Yankees. The Lakers versus the Celtics. WCW versus WWE (formerly WWF). Okay, so maybe that last one isn’t quite as iconic as the two biggest rivalries in the history of sports. But for those of us who were there the night WCW aired its final episode of Nitro, you can’t tell us that it wasn’t a night filled with very real emotions… even if the matches were scripted. When Nitro first began air…