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Discussion

I was wondering if it would be possible if I could write something to elaborate more on the first four years of the Monday Night Wars. I'm pretty new to Wikipedia, so I'm sorry if I'm not following Wikiethic. (vanhagar3000)

I don't see the neutrality problems. I plan to remove the tag, and no one should put it back on unless you can give me a good reason on this talk page.--Desmond Hobson 18:08, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Inaccurate

"Monday Night RAW was launched on USA Network in January 1993. The previous WWE program on USA, Prime Time Wrestling (which was edited from syndicated programming), was losing its audience. The WWE decided that it should use its cable time as a showcase for original matches and storylines that would serve as the major build-up to the monthly pay-per-view."

Umm there were no monthly pay per views in 93. Only 4 at the time...

Prime Time Wrestling was never cancelled. The week before RAW debuted they had a final episode of PTW where they hyped the new revolutionary program. RAW was just an upwards progression from PTW.

The list on the right shows the final Nitro as having a 2.6 rating but the article says it was in fact a 3.0 rating.

Tone of the article

While editors are to be commended for the amount of work some of them have clearly put into this article, there are some problems with it. Firstly, there are no reliable sources cited. The only link currently in the article goes to a fan run site, which isn't a reliable source. There's huge amounts of POV as well. One Night In Hackney 14:50, 30 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WWE .vs. WWF

Should all references be changed to WWE, or is WWF appropo considering the historical context? Currently the article switched between the two, and I believe the switch between WWF/WWE will be confusing to anyone reading who is not familiar with the subject. 68.74.164.178 20:23, 2 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'd rather keep it as the WWF, as that was in fact the name prior to 2002. --Raderick 02:28, 22 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Truly in need of sources, one of the more important wrestling articles

I know not everything can be sourced, as most wrestling fans know these facts by heart, but it would be good if the article had some more, just to fully verify, it would also be great if this was cleaned of some POV as well. I re-worded a few sections to remove some bias.

This article is extremely important for pro wrestling, as arguably the biggest names and some of the most important moments happened at this point in wrestling history during the Monday Night Wars. The boom period was a major result of the heated competition of the MNW. Theseven7 12:16, 26 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Head-to-Head

"The final ratings tally in 253 head-to-head showdowns was: 158 wins for RAW (including 122 straight wins from November 1998 until the war ended), 110 for Nitro, and three ties."


253? 158 + 110 + 3 = 271...--Tyman 101 22:21, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]


Just wondering, but..

Why was the Ratings Listing deleted? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zack Shadow (talk • contribs) 05:05, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Huckster

It was stated in the article that the Hogan character in the Billionaire Ted sketches was named the "Hulkster." That is inaccurate. His name was "The Huckster." I made the appropriate changes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by SChaos1701 (talk • contribs) 17:56, 30 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

M.N.W.2

I think the WWE/TNA war should be mention in here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Preparationh (talk • contribs) 01:47, 30 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Seeing as how "the war" lasted less than a few months, I say it should be removed from this article. The very brief "mnw 2" had almost nothing to do with the monday night wars (except in name only) and mentioning it here seems unnecessary. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.134.69.10 (talk) 00:03, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. The TNA attempt to compete was so short lived and unsuccessful, it doesn't merit mention in this article. Adding TNA related content to unrelated articles is a common tactic of TNA fans to promote the product. (The NWO article being a prime example.) This type of topic hijacking is bordering on article vandalism. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.90.14.7 (talk) 22:05, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

And you don't get to revert vandalism fixes. Cheers indeed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.90.14.7 (talk) 02:40, 26 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  • You haven't fixed any vandalism. You've simply deleted sourced content because of your theory that TNA fans are out to promote their product. You've offered no proof of this whatsoever, possibly because it's not true. I'd urge you not to continue in this vein. ŞůṜīΣĻ¹98¹Speak 02:53, 26 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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