The once-powerful WCW was the largest wrestling promotion in the world popularity-wise in the mid-1990s, besting its rival World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now known as the WWE) head-to-head on Monday nights for 83 consecutive weeks.
WCW's dominance in popularity during the mid-1990s, surpassing the WWF (now WWE) in Monday night viewership for 83 consecutive weeks, is a key aspect of this passage.