one of the earliest shows to be broadcast on ted turner's wtbs station was world championship wrestling, airing at 6:05 in the afternoon. wrestling had aired on the channel since 1972. world championship wrestling was taped in atlanta, georgia, at wtbs' studios at 1050 techwood drive until 1989, when the taping location was moved to the center stage theater, in atlanta. in 1988, turner started the company world championship wrestling, named after the show. the show was then called wcw saturday night in 1992. wcw grew bigger with wrestlers such as ric flair, sting, arn anderson, lex luger, the steiner brothers, vader and ron simmons. in 1995, a monday night show was added called wcw monday nitro to compete with the world wrestling federation and it's flagship show raw in what became known as the "monday night wars" winning until 1998.