That's how long it has been since the last episode of WCW Monday Nitro aired on TV.
I was quite bemused, the other day, when it dawned on me how long it had been since the infamous episode of WCW's flagship programme went off the air for good.
That week's instalment aired a few days after Vince McMahon's Titan Sports bought out the WWF's main competitors.
McMahon appeared on Nitro via a live link up from where the WWF was filming WWE Monday Night Raw.
It was quite surreal to see the two shows merged at certain points during the night. Especially in the closing angle which had Vince McMahon brag about owning the competition only for Vince's son - Shane - to appear live from the WCW ring to announce that it was he who had purchased WCW from under his dad's nose.
The simulcast ended with a fuming Vince and a happy Shane mere weeks before the pair would do battle against each other at WrestleMania XVII.
All an angle. Obviously.
I think it's safe to state that the world of professional wrestling has never been the same, good and definitely bad, since those few days in March 2001.
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