On October 12, 1998 WCW Monday Nitro aired on TNT from the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. In yet another nail in the coffin moment for WCW, Chucky (the killer doll from the “Child’s Play” film series) interrupts “Mean” Gene Okerlund’s interview with Rick Steiner. Chucky (voiced by Brad Dourif) calls Steiner a, “genetic throwback who barks at the moon,” and drops the line, “I’m doing love scenes with Jennifer Tilly, and you’re callin’ me a dummy?” Steiner was cutting a promo for his upcoming

nWo Hollywood squared off with the Wolfpac on WCW Thunder on this day in 1998! | WWE Network

On August 17, 1998 the Ultimate Warrior made his World Championship Wrestling debut on WCW Monday Nitro that aired on TNT from the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut. WCW signed Warrior to a $500,000 contract in May of 1998. He formed a stable opposing Hollywood Hulk Hogan's New World Order (nWo) called the "One Warrior Nation" using the initialism oWn as a play on the name nWo. The storyline included Warrior kidnapping and "converting" The Disciple and frequent instances of "magic s