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World Championship Wrestling is long dead, a sentence as superfluous as any you may read on the internet. Its flagship show was WCW Monday Nitro, a television show that made a mockery of Monday Night Raw's dominance - but one whose desperation for ratings supremacy ultimately contributed to the promotion's decline.

Most of the great WCW moments happened on this free television show. The biggest names in the history of WCW and Jim Crockett Promotions turned up on Nitro at some point or another - legends like Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Sting, and Lex Luger were integral parts of the show during the Monday Night Wars.

Others, such as Terry Funk, Barry Windham, Road Warrior Animal, and Harley Race, only made late appearances on the show. In the case of Race, his showing was fleeting at best.

All of the greats of WCW history appeared on the show - well, almost all of them.

Some left the company on the eve of the show's debut, others decided against remaining in the industry altogether. One man was even featured the show's initial title video, only to never appear on the show itself. They all won championships in the company, but never on Nitro.