 He was ultimately the one who made the decision to cancel World Championship Wrestling (WCW) programming on Turner's networks in 2001.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) head to head on Monday Nights for 83 consecutive weeks.By 2001, it was declining, and lost roughly $80 million the previous year.