WCW Saturday Night
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| WCW Saturday Night | ||
 The WCW Saturday Night logo (1994-1999) | ||
| Format | Professional wrestling | |
| Created by | Jim Crockett Promotions / World Championship Wrestling | |
| Starring | See World Championship Wrestling alumni | |
| Opening theme | "Dynamics" (1982-1987) | |
| Country of origin | USA | |
| No. of episodes | Unknown | |
| Production | ||
| Location(s) | WTBS' studios at 1050 Techwood Drive Center Stage Theater in Atlanta | |
| Camera setup | Multicamera setup | |
| Running time | 60 to 120 minutes per episode | |
| Broadcast | ||
| Original channel | TBS | |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) | |
| Original run | November 23, 1991 – June 24, 2000 | |
WCW Saturday Night was a weekly Saturday night TV show on TBS produced by World Championship Wrestling. The program existed through various incarnations under different names before becoming WCW Saturday Night in 1992. Although initially the anchor show of the Ted Turner-backed wrestling company, the September 1995 premiere of WCW Monday Nitro airing on sister station Turner Network Television usurped the show's once preeminent position in the company, as the primary source of storyline development and Pay-Per-View buildup.
The show's place in the company was further devalued by the advent of WCW Thunder in 1998, airing on TBS and providing the secondary wrestling and storyline development that WCW Saturday Night had produced in the wake of Nitro's burgeoning three-hour long format. Once the cornerstone of the WCW wrestling empire, WCW Saturday Night ended its run in 2000 as the company struggled creatively to meet the demands of producing over six hours of new broadcast material on a weekly basis. The rights to WCW Saturday Night now belong to IWE as a result of that company's 2001 purchase of WCW.
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[edit] History
[edit] Georgia Championship Wrestling
[edit] World Championship Wrestling TV series
[edit] Black Saturday
- Main article: Black Saturday (wrestling)
