Year 1995

by Mark Long

Text about the year 1995

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1995
Dan Severn Becomes the NWA Champion
Dan Severn - historyofwrestling.com

Dan "The Beast" Severn defeats Chris Candido in Erlanger, KY. to become the NWA World Heavyweight champion.  During a time when the promotion was considered nothing more than a glorified independent group, Severn, also an early U.F.C. champion, was the most credible NWA champion since the 1980s and would go…
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WCW Monday Night Nitro Debuts
WCW Nitro Debut - historyofwrestling.com

[caption id="attachment_3139" align="alignleft" width="300"] WCW Nitro Debut - Mall of America[/caption] The debut episode of Monday Night Nitro was broadcast from the Mall of America in Minneapolis, Minnesota on September 4, 1995. The show was launched as a response to the ongoing success of WCW rival, the WWF's Monday Night Raw show. Nitro featured matches between…
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