July 15, 1996

From Disney/MGM Studios 

Kissimmee, FL

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Opening Credits
Blowing Up a Neighborhood

[The broadcast begins with the familiar setting of a dark, dreary neighborhood that abruptly comes to life: explosions erupt from the building’s windows as a fiery streak splits the street in half. The tune of “Monday Night Nitro/Mean Streets” by Jonathan Elias begins to accompany the explosive scene as video of Hulk Hogan ripping off his t-shirt and dropping the leg on a poor opponent are projected onto the surface of the buildings…

An operating street light EXPLODES as the flame continues wreaking havoc. A manhole cover FLIES into the air after a fiery explosion. We see projections of “The Total Package” Lex Luger flexing to the audience. 

We CUT to a quick projection on a nearby building of Sting nailing the Stinger Splash. Flames then ERUPT from either side of a flat-iron building. The flame continues its trek as we see a quick projection of Randy Savage dropping the elbow. Finally, the flame streak leads to a gigantic, metallic WCW MONDAY NITRO TNT sign. Flames EXPLODE behind the sign as the theme ends and we…]

…CUT to an aerial shot of the Disney MGM Studios as more pyro ERUPTS in front of a gigantic WCW sign perched atop the entranceway of MGM Studios. The fans are going WILD as a metallic “TNT LIVE!” graphic appears on the upper-right hand side of the screen while a lower-third graphic reading “DISNEY/MGM STUDIOS, FLA” briefly fade in and out. We then hear the familiar voice of Tony Schiavone…]

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