Pro Wrestling/Sports
The Demise of A Once Most Successful Wrestling Company
Book Review of "Death of WCW" by R.D. Reynolds & Bryan Alvarez
Over 20 years ago, the "Monday Night Wars" occurred between September 4, 1995, and March 26, 2001. During this time, the World Wrestling Federation's (now WWE) flagship show, Monday Night Raw, and World Championship Wrestling's (WCW) flagship show, Monday Nitro, aired simultaneously in a competition to secure higher Nielsen ratings each week. I was born in Bangladesh during that era when professional wrestling was at its peak, garnering millions of fans worldwide.
Growing up in Bangladesh, everyone in my family and neighborhood was a wrestling fan. From stickers to posters and any possible merchandise, wrestlers were on everything. My earliest memories of wrestling are from after the Monday Night Wars, when WCW went out of business and was bought by WWE, making WWE one of the most successful companies in the world. WWE had two major weekly wrestling shows - Monday Night Raw and Friday Night Smackdown - which became hugely popular and are still going. Some people do not like pro wrestling because of the on-screen violence; many call it fake, many used to follow it, and many still do. I still follow pro wrestling. I know it is not legit, like professional boxing and…
