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 | | With WWF RAW ending the War in the middle of a massive winning streak, it's easy to forget that WCW Nitro dominated a near two-year-long stretch of the ratings battle themselves, and that other periods of the Monday Night War were intensely competitive. |
 | | The Monday night slot captured Bischoff's attention because of the remarkable success the WWF had after converting their Monday night program from a studio-based highlights and recap show to a "live" in-arena program each week. |
 | | RAW was vulnerable, and Eric Bischoff, who had already taken big chances on hiring high price performers away from the WWF, decided to take one more chance: he asked Turner executives about going head-to-head with the WWF on Monday nights. |
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