Joseph Dorgan

Joseph Dorgan

Born: July 3, 1975
in Niagara Falls, New York, USA
American professional wrestler . He is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as Johnny Swinger (or simply Swinger) and with World Wrestling Entertainment as Johnny Parisi Dorgan signed a developmental deal with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 2005, and began training at Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) in May 2005. He made his WWE debut on the July 31, 2005 episode of Sunday Night Heat as "Johnny Parisi" winning his debut match for the company. He was a main stay on Heat. His ring name was derived from his great uncle Tony Parisi.

In September 2005 Parisi was sent to Deep South Wrestling wrestling there for two months while also wrestling on Sunday Night Heat, until being taken off of television in November due to an injury. He came back in December 2005 but was sent back to DSW. He worked two more Heat matches for WWE in February, 2006, losing competitively to Chavo Guerrero and Kane. He was released on June 29, 2006.

Return to the independent circuit (2006-present)

After being released from the WWE he went back to wrestling on the independent circuit mainly wrestling for Great Championship Wrestling (GCW). He has great title success there winning the GCW Heavyweight title on 2 occasions and the GCW Tag Titles twice, once with Glenn Gilberti and once with Bull Buchanan. Raven came to GCW to help Swinger with his feud against Michaels Inc. in December 2006. After winning the GCW title from Chris Stevens, Swinger turned on Raven and joined Michaels Inc. In January 2007, Swinger began challenging TNA wrestlers to try to come to challenge him in GCW. In response to this, TNA Director of Authority, Jim Cornette came to a GCW show to confront Swinger. Swinger and Bull Buchanan were defeated by Raven and David Young on January 31. Afterwards, David Young challenged Swinger for the GCW title. He later lost the title to Scotty Beach in a steel cage match via submission. On September 15, he defeated Scotty Beach for the GCW title once again. On September 29 he faced Bull Buchanan in a losing effort within a steel cage at the fourth-annual Fred Ward Memorial Show.

In 2011, Johnny Swinger continued success for Peachstate Wrestling Alliance in Georgia, feuding with Bill the Butcher, Ultimate Dragon, and others. Swinger continues to be one of the most popular babyfaces in the organization, despite spending the majority of his career as a heel. He is also currently training pro wrestlers and hopefuls with Rick Steiner at Hard Knocks Gym in Kennesaw, Georgia.

In 2017, Johnny Swinger started to co-host "The Raven Effect" podcast on Podcast One with fellow pro wrestler Raven, however after a couple of weeks, he was replaced by comedian and former WCW employee Busby Berkeley due to poor ratings.

Personal life

Dorgan is the nephew of legendary wrestler Tony Parisi, who died from a heart attack on August 19, 2000 at the age of 59.

Dorgan and his wife Susan have one daughter and one son

Movies for Joseph Dorgan...

IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory
Title: IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory
Character: Johnny Swinger
Released: October 21, 2023
Type: Movie
IMPACT Wrestling presents its biggest pay-per-view of the year, Bound For Glory, LIVE October 21st from Cicero Stadium in Chicago.
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Impact Wrestling: Emergence 2023
Title: Impact Wrestling: Emergence 2023
Character: Johnny Swinger
Released: August 27, 2023
Type: Movie
The 2023 Emergence is an upcoming professional wrestling event produced by Impact Wrestling. It will take place on August 27, 2023, at the Rebel Entertainment Complex in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and air on Impact Plus and YouTube. It will be the fourth event under the Emergence chronology.
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IMPACT Wrestling: Throwback Throwdown III
Title: IMPACT Wrestling: Throwback Throwdown III
Character: Johnny Swinger
Released: December 2, 2022
Type: Movie
Step out of the time machine and into the retro world of IPWF at Throwback Throwdown III featuring a Rival Survival match for control of the company, plus more!
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IMPACT Wrestling: Rebellion
Title: IMPACT Wrestling: Rebellion
Character: Johnny Swinger
Released: April 23, 2022
Type: Movie
On April 23rd, Impact Wrestling presents Rebellion 2022 live on FITE straight from Poughkeepsie, New York. The event features pro wrestling stars such as Impact World Champion Moose, Knockouts Champion Mickie James, Tag Team Champions The Good Brothers, X-Division Champion Trey Miguel, plus Josh Alexander, Jonah, Matt Cardona, Deonna Purrazzo, Rich Swann, Eric Young, Chris Sabin, Eddie Edwards, W. Morrissey, Rhino, Heath, Brian Myers and more.
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IMPACT Wrestling: Throwback Throwdown II
Title: IMPACT Wrestling: Throwback Throwdown II
Character: Johnny Swinger
Released: December 18, 2021
Type: Movie
IMPACT Wrestling time traveled back to 1984 as Pabst Blue Ribbon presents Throwback Throwdown II - a retro night with unpredictable action from the Davis Arena in Louisville, Kentucky. The event features the North Pole Street Fight for the IPWF International Commonwealth Television Championship where Sex Ferguson (Doc Gallows) takes on Santa Claus (Willie Mack).
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WrestleCade Supershow 2021
Title: WrestleCade Supershow 2021
Character: Johnny Swinger
Released: November 27, 2021
Type: Movie
WrestleCade presented its 2021 Supershow from the Benton Convention Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, featuring Malakai Black facing Buddy Mathews in the main event. Plus, Jay Lethal takes on Matt Cardona, Thunder Rosa battles Deonna Purrazzo and Mercedes Martinez in a Three-Way match, and much more!
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IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory
Title: IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory
Character: Johnny Swinger
Released: October 23, 2021
Type: Movie
Bound for Glory was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Impact Wrestling. It took place on October 23, 2021 at Sam's Town Live in Sunrise Manor, Nevada. This was Impact Wrestling's first event to take place outside of Nashville, Tennessee since Sacrifice in February 2020. It was the 17th event under the Bound for Glory chronology and featured wrestlers from Impact's partner promotions All Elite Wrestling (AEW), Mexico's Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), and Japan's New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).
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Impact Wrestling: Hardcore Justice
Title: Impact Wrestling: Hardcore Justice
Released: April 10, 2021
Type: Movie
live Saturday April 10
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Title: Before the Impact
Character: Johnny Swinger
Released: February 16, 2021
Type: TV
PreShow to Impact Wrestling
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IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary
Title: IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary
Character: Johnny Swinger
Released: July 18, 2020
Type: Movie
Taking place at Skyway Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, the sixteenth annual Slammiversary event will be crowning a new IMPACT World Champion as Ace Austin, Eddie Edwards, Trey, and a yet to be announced competitor fight it out in a four-way match for the vacant title. Also, Jordynne Grace defends the IMPACT Knockouts Championship against Deonna Purazzo, and Moose takes on hardcore legend Tommy Dreamer in an Old School Rules match for the "Self-Proclaimed" TNA World Heavyweight Championship.
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IMPACT Wrestling: Sacrifice
Title: IMPACT Wrestling: Sacrifice
Character: Johnny Swinger
Released: February 22, 2020
Type: Movie
After the conclusion of the Hard to Kill pay-per-view event, Impact Wrestling announced that it was forming a partnership with Ohio Valley Wrestling to revive their former pay-per-view event Sacrifice as a monthly special for Impact Plus, with the event taking place on February 22, 2020 at the Davis Arena in Louisville, Kentucky.[1] Sacrifice was previously held as a pay-per-view event by the promotion then known as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) from 2005 and 2014 and then it was discontinued in favor of the monthly pre-taped One Night Only events.[2] TNA once held Sacrifice as a special episode of Impact Wrestling in 2016.[3]
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IMPACT Wrestling: Bound for Glory
Title: IMPACT Wrestling: Bound for Glory
Character: Johnny Swinger
Released: October 20, 2019
Type: Movie
Bound for Glory (2019) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Impact Wrestling. It took place on October 20, 2019, in Villa Park, Illinois. It was the 15th event under the Bound for Glory chronology. Wrestlers from Mexico's Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) and Japan's Pro Wrestling Noah (NOAH), which Impact Wrestling has partnerships, appeared on the card.
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TNA: Best of the Asylum Years, Vol 2
Title: TNA: Best of the Asylum Years, Vol 2
Character: Johnny Swinger
Released: May 1, 2016
Type: Movie
TNA Wrestling takes you back to where it all started with this collection featuring 25 complete matches! Relive some of the best of TNA's early days from the Asylum years from 2002 through 2004, including AJ Styles, CM Punk, Jeff Hardy, Jerry Lynn, Raven, Sting, Jeff Jarrett, Eric Young, Abyss and many more!
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TNA: 10 Reunion
Title: TNA: 10 Reunion
Character: Johnny Swinger
Released: August 2, 2013
Type: Movie
Stars from the early years of TNA and the six-sided ring return with cable ropes blue. It took place on March 17, 2013 from the Impact Wrestling Zone in Orlando, Florida and airs on PPV on August 2, 2013
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TNA One Night Only Hardcore Justice 2
Title: TNA One Night Only Hardcore Justice 2
Character: Johnny Swinger
Released: July 5, 2013
Type: Movie
Hardcore rules for the stars of Hardcore wrestling. The matches are more brutal, the moves are more desperate, the action is more intense. They bring “HARDCORE” to a whole new level with ladders, tables and the infamous Monsters Ball. Join Jeff Hardy, Brother Runt, James Storm, Magnus, Gen Me, Kazarian, Daniels, Sam Shaw, Gunner, Crimson, Shark Boy, Messias, Joseph Park, Bully Ray, Devon, the members of Aces and 8s and more for this unforgettable display of hardcore wrestling. TNA WRESTLING presents ONE NIGHT ONLY: HARDCORE JUSTICE 2. It took place on March 19, 2013 from the Impact Wrestling Zone in Orlando, Florida and aired on PPV on July 5, 2013.
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The Wronged Man
Title: The Wronged Man
Released: October 7, 2010
Type: Movie
Janet Gregory, a single mother with a haunting past, is a paralegal struggling to overcome doubts about Calvin Willis, an African-American husband and father wrongfully accused of raping a neighborhood girl. Eventually convinced of his innocence, Janet takes Calvin's pro bono case and wages a dramatic and stormy 22-year battle with the justice system that ultimately redeems an unjustly accused man and cements a life-long friendship.
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TNA Hardcore Justice 2010
Title: TNA Hardcore Justice 2010
Character: Swinger
Released: August 8, 2010
Type: Movie
Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling President Dixie Carter and “The Extreme Original” Tommy Dreamer announced that “Hard Justice,” TNA’s pay-per-view event will transform to “HardCORE Justice,” a one-night-only celebration of extreme, hardcore wrestling featuring a one last stand. This is it for an event like this, and it’s the perfect send off we never thought we’d receive. It’s funny, because there had never been a wrestling company that the fans would chant for by name since our time… until TNA began.” – Tommy Dreamer
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TNA Bound for Glory 2007
Title: TNA Bound for Glory 2007
Character: Johnny Swinger
Released: October 14, 2007
Type: Movie
There's "total nonstop action" in this behemoth pay-per-view event filmed in 2007 in the suburbs of Atlanta, an all-star, high-octane contest featuring some of the biggest TNA wrestling stars on the circuit. Highlights include a spirited matchup between Samoa Joe and Christian Cage (with Matt Morgan serving as "special enforcer") and a Monster's Ball brawl involving Abyss, Raven, Rhino and Black Reign.
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ECW One Night Stand 2005
Title: ECW One Night Stand 2005
Character: Johnny Swinger
Released: June 12, 2005
Type: Movie
ECW One Night Stand (2005) was a professional wrestling PPV event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was held on June 12, 2005 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York, New York.The main event was a tag team match between The Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray and D-Von) and the team of Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman. Two of the matches on the undercard were Chris Benoit versus Eddie Guerrero, and Mike Awesome versus Masato Tanaka. Rob Van dam, who had proposed the idea to Vince McMahon, could not compete due to injury but would go on to headline the 2006 event against John Cena.
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TNA Turning Point 2004
Title: TNA Turning Point 2004
Character: Johnny Swinger
Released: December 5, 2004
Type: Movie
Triple X and America's Most Wanted settle their two year blood feud inside the dangerous and sadistic Six Sides of Steel where the losing team must disband. Features AJ Styles, Jeff Hardy, and Randy Savage vs. The Kings of Wrestling, plus Diamond Dallas Page vs. Raven from Orlando, FL.
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TNA Victory Road 2004
Title: TNA Victory Road 2004
Character: Johnny Swinger (Ringside)
Released: November 7, 2004
Type: Movie
TNA debuts on monthly PPV with a three hour supercard from Orlando, FL. that features Jeff Jarrett vs. Jeff Hardy in a ladder match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, AJ Styles challenges Petey Williams for the X-Division championship while Abyss, Monty Brown and Raven go to war in the inaugural Monsters Ball match.
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Title: TNA iMPACT!
Released: June 4, 2004
Type: TV
IMPACT WRESTLING offers a unique style of wrestling that features a blend of the traditional with high flying athleticism and cutting edge action. IMPACT's roster includes the biggest names in wrestling today, and the hottest new stars in the sport.
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Title: TNA iMPACT!
Character: Johnny Swinger
Released: June 4, 2004
Type: TV
IMPACT WRESTLING offers a unique style of wrestling that features a blend of the traditional with high flying athleticism and cutting edge action. IMPACT's roster includes the biggest names in wrestling today, and the hottest new stars in the sport.
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WWA The Reckoning
Title: WWA The Reckoning
Character: Johnny Swinger
Released: May 25, 2003
Type: Movie
WWA Heavyweight Champion, Sting faces NWA Heavyweight Champion, Jeff Jarrett, in a unification bout! Winner takes all; who will be the survivor of this epic battle?
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WWA The Retribution
Title: WWA The Retribution
Character: Johnny Swinger
Released: December 6, 2002
Type: Movie
Witness the return of 6 time WCW Champion, Sting, former WCW Champion, Lex Luger, where the two face off for the vacant World Wrestling Allstars Heavyweight title!
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Title: TNA Xplosion
Character: Johnny Swinger
Released: October 5, 2002
Type: TV
TNA Xplosion is a television program produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, featuring both highlights from Impact Wrestling and exclusive taped matches. It is now produced only for international markets, no longer airing in the United States. It currently airs in Canada on The Fight Network, in Asia and the Middle East on ESPN Star Sports, the Arab World on MBC Action, and is available on Challenge in the UK. On March 14, 2013 Impact Wrestling and Xplosion will be film permanently from the road .
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ECW Guilty as Charged 2001
Title: ECW Guilty as Charged 2001
Character: Swinger
Released: January 7, 2001
Type: Movie
Guilty as Charged (2001) took place on January 7, 2001 from the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York, New York. This was the final nationally and globally broadcast event held by the original and independent ECW before it filed for bankruptcy two months later. The main event was the first and only Tables, Ladders, Chairs and Canes match in ECW history for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship, in which Steve Corino defended the title against The Sandman and Justin Credible. Rhino issued an open challenge which was answered by Rob Van Dam, but Van Dam was attacked by Jerry Lynn, leading to an immediate contest between the duo, and much more.
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ECW Fan Cam: December 15, 2000
Title: ECW Fan Cam: December 15, 2000
Character: Johnny Swinger
Released: December 15, 2000
Type: Movie
December 15, 2000 from The Madhouse of The Extreme in Queens, New York
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ECW Massacre on 34th Street
Title: ECW Massacre on 34th Street
Character: Johnny Swinger
Released: December 3, 2000
Type: Movie
ECW Massacre on 34th Street was a professional wrestling pay-per-view from Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), and was the second to last pay-per-view from ECW before the promotion ceased. It took place on December 3, 2000, from the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. Steve Corino defends the ECW Championship against Jerry Lynn and Justin Credible in a Three-Way Dance. Tajiri & Mikey Whipwreck collide with the team of Super Crazy & Kid Kash. Rhino defends the ECW Television Championship against Spike Dudley. The FBI defend the ECW Tag Team Championship against Danny Doring & Roadkill. Tommy Dreamer and more.
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ECW Fan Cam: November 11, 2000
Title: ECW Fan Cam: November 11, 2000
Character: Johnny Swinger
Released: November 11, 2000
Type: Movie
November 11, 2000 from The Mid-Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie, New York
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ECW November to Remember 2000
Title: ECW November to Remember 2000
Character: Johnny Swinger
Released: November 5, 2000
Type: Movie
November to Remember 2000 took place on November 5, 2000 from the Odeum Expo Center in Villa Park, Illinois. Justin Credible defends the ECW World Heavyweight Championship against Steve Corino. The FBI take on Tajiri & Mikey Whipwreck with the ECW Tag Team Championship on the line. Rhino defends the ECW Television Championship against New Jack. Plus, Balls Mahoney, Spike Dudley, and more.
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ECW Fan Cam: September 9, 2000
Title: ECW Fan Cam: September 9, 2000
Character: Johnny Swinger
Released: September 9, 2000
Type: Movie
September 9, 2000 from The Hershey Center in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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ECW Fan Cam: August 25, 2000
Title: ECW Fan Cam: August 25, 2000
Character: Johnny Swinger
Released: August 25, 2000
Type: Movie
August 25, 2000 from The Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, New York
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ECW Heat Wave 2000
Title: ECW Heat Wave 2000
Character: Johnny Swinger
Released: July 16, 2000
Type: Movie
Justin Credible takes on Tommy Dreamer in the main event in a Stairway to Hell Match. Rhino defends the ECW Television Championship against The Sandman. Tajiri, Little Guido, Super Crazy, and Psicosis collide in an Extreme 4-Way Match. Jerry Lynn battles Steve Corino and more.
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ECW Fan Cam: June 3, 2000
Title: ECW Fan Cam: June 3, 2000
Character: Johnny Swinger
Released: June 3, 2000
Type: Movie
June 3, 2000 from The Bayfront Auditorium in Pensacola, Florida
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ECW Wrestlepalooza 2000
Title: ECW Wrestlepalooza 2000
Character: Johnny Swinger
Released: April 16, 2000
Type: Movie
From the ECW Extreme Fancam series of live events, ECW WrestlePalooza 2000 eminated from St Charles, Missouri, USA, and featured the following matches; HC Loc vsSimon Diamond (with Mitch, Prodigy, Prodigette, and The Musketeer). Chilly Willy vsJohnny Swinger (with Judge Jeff Jones). Nova and Chris Chetti vsThe New Dangerous Alliance (C.W. Anderson and Bill Wiles) (with Lou E. Dangerously and Elektra). Super Crazy vsKid Kash. Danny Doring and Roadkill vsThe Full Blooded Italians (Little Guido and Big Sal). The Impact Players (Justin Credible and Lance Storm) (with Dawn Marie) vsRaven and Mikey Whipwreck (with Francine) for the ECW World Tag Team Championships. Rhino vs Scotty Anton
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ECW Fan Cam: April 13, 2000
Title: ECW Fan Cam: April 13, 2000
Character: Johnny Swinger
Released: April 13, 2000
Type: Movie
April 13, 2000 from The Murat Center in Indianapolis, Indiana
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Title: ECW on TNN
Released: August 27, 1999
Type: TV
The Superstars of Extreme Championship Wrestling show off their hardcore skills and in-ring technical wizardry in this one-hour weekly television series.
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WCW World War 3 1998
Title: WCW World War 3 1998
Character: Johnny Swinger
Released: November 22, 1998
Type: Movie
Sixty Men compete in a Three Ring Battle Royale with the winner gaining an opportunity at the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Competitors include Booker T, Eddy Guerrero, Kevin Nash, and more. "Diamond" Dallas Page defends the WCW United States Championship against "The Hitman" Bret Hart. Rick Steiner faces his brother "Big Poppa Pump" Scott Steiner and much more!
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WCW Slamboree 1998
Title: WCW Slamboree 1998
Character: Johnny Swinger
Released: May 17, 1998
Type: Movie
Sting & The Giant join forces to take on The Outsiders with the WCW Tag Team Championship on the line. "Macho Man" Randy Savage faces Bret "The Hitman" Hart with "Rowdy" Roddy Piper serving as special guest referee. Eric Bischoff issues a challenge to Vince McMahon. Goldberg defends the WCW United States Championship. Plus, Eddy Guerrero and more!
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Title: WCW Monday Nitro
Released: September 4, 1995
Type: TV
WCW Monday Nitro was a weekly professional wrestling telecast produced by World Championship Wrestling, created by Ted Turner and Eric Bischoff. The show aired Monday nights on TNT, going head-to-head with the World Wrestling Federation's Monday Night Raw from September 4, 1995 to March 26, 2001. Production ceased shortly after WCW was purchased by the WWF. The debut of Nitro began the Monday Night Wars, a ratings battle between the WWF and WCW that lasted for almost six years and saw each company resort to cutthroat tactics to try to compete with the competition. In mid-1996, Nitro began to draw better ratings than Raw based on the strength of the nWo storyline, an anarchist wrestling stable that wanted to take over WCW. Nitro continued to beat Raw for 84 consecutive weeks, forcing WWE owner Vince McMahon to change the way he did business. As the nWo storyline grew stagnant, fan interest in the storyline waned, and Raw began to edge out Nitro in the ratings. The turning point for the organizations came during the January 4, 1999 broadcast of Nitro, during which lead commentator Tony Schiavone gave away the results of matches for that night's Raw broadcast. As Raw was taped and Nitro was live, Bischoff believed that knowing the outcome would dissuade viewers from watching the program. Excited by the prospect of seeing perennial WWF underdog Mick Foley win the WWF Championship, a large number of Nitro viewers changed channels to watch Raw, switching back to Nitro after Foley won the title. From that week forward, Raw beat Nitro in the ratings by a significant amount, and WCW was never able to regain the success it once had.
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Title: ECW Hardcore TV
Released: April 6, 1993
Type: TV
ECW Hardcore TV is a hard-hitting, edgy alternative to more mainstream sports entertainment programming.
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Title: WWE Raw
Character: Joe Dorgan
Released: January 11, 1993
Type: TV
A regularly scheduled, live, year-round program featuring some of the biggest WWE Superstars.
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Title: WWE Raw
Character: Johnny Swinger
Released: January 11, 1993
Type: TV
A regularly scheduled, live, year-round program featuring some of the biggest WWE Superstars.