
Raw Is War aired in the first hour, in December 1998 until April 1999, and Juntil presentĪt the start of the ratings war in 1995 through to mid-1996, Raw and Nitro exchanged victories over each other in a closely contested rivalry. Some fans also looked at Raw taping results on the steadily growing Internet this caused the ratings of the taped Raw episodes to decrease. Due to Raw still being pre-recorded on certain weeks, Nitro play-by-play voice Eric Bischoff, who also was WCW's Vice President at the time, would frequently give away the results of WWF's taped Raw shows on the live WCW show. On September 4, 1995, the WWF's chief competitor World Championship Wrestling (WCW) began airing its new wrestling show, Monday Nitro, live each week on TNT.Raw and Nitro went head-to-head for the first time on September 11, 1995.
