Episode 1 - The War Begins...

The Monday Night Scores swaggers down the ramp with a debut double(ish) bill.

Our quest to find out which of WWF or WCW produced the best-quality programming of The Monday Night Wars begins with an examination of the wrestling equivalent of Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassination – aka the first episode of WCW Nitro – followed by the first Monday night ratings ruckus between Raw and Nitro.

There’ll be pleather shills, shopping bills and dentist drills, but was it any good?

There’s only one way to find out.