Nitro-Glycerin - Monday Nitro recap for May 27, 1996

Tony Schiavone and "The Living Legend" Larry Zbyszko are on commentary for the first hour, while Eric Bischoff and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan are on commentary for the second hour. (This sets up different commentary configurations for different hours, which Nitro would use through most of its broadcast.)

"The Nature Boy" Ric Flair and "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson beat The American Males (Marcus Alexander Bagwell and Scotty Riggs) after Woman gouges Bagwell's eyes and Anderson hits Bagwell with the DDT.

"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson, Woman and Miss Elizabeth at the VIP table. Anderson tells Kevin Greene and Steve "McMongo" McMichael he's never seena football player he couldn't walk over the top of to get to a better fight, and he's never seen a woman that Ric Flair couldn't have - and that includes Debra McMichael. He and Flair don't respect anybody who wears protective gear, because it's man-to-man and hand-to-hand when anyone tangles with them. Flair says that Commissionaer Pete Rossell had better step it in now, and that Debra belongs to him. He also tells "Macho Man" Randy Savage that with Savage's money, Woman and Miss Elizabeth are his and Anderson's "sugah mommas."

We see Steve "Mongo" McMichael and Kevin Greene get ready for The Great American Bash.

Steve Doll vs. The Mauler ends when a man in a denim jacket and jeans walks down the stairs in the crowd, climbs over the guardrail and gets in the ring. Upon closer inspection, we see that this man is Razor Ramon from the WWF. Everyone in the ring leaves. Razor tells everyone they know who he is but not why he's here. In a series of references to WWF's skits making fun of WCW, he asks where "Billionaire Ted" and "The Nacho Man" are, saying that "The Nacho Man" can't get in the building while he can go wherever he wants, whenever he wants. He also asks where "Scheme Gene" is, as "I have a scoop for you." He says that when "that Ken doll look-alike, that weatherman wanna-be" (a reference to Eric Bischoff) comes out to the ring later tonight, he has a challenge for him, for "Billionaire Ted", for "The Nacho Man" and everyone else in WCW. He then says "You wanna go to war? You want a war? You're gonna get one." Tony Schiavone has no idea what's going on.

Diamond Dallas Page beats Sgt. Craig "Pitbull" Pittman after Pittman checks on Theodore Long after DDP grabs him and pushes him into the barricade.

We see a video package of "Macho Man" Randy Savage's behavior as of late as well as what has happened to him, after it is announced that he is suspended from all WCW events.

"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews The Shark backstage. The Shark says that Jimmy Hart and The Taskmaster have thrown him out of The Dungeon of Doom after Hart, The Taskmaster, and The Giant have made him lose his match at the Slamboree pre-show. He plans to hurt The Taskmaster, The Giant and maybe Jimmy Hart tonight and win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. He almost ended Hulkamania, and now he plans to end The Giant.

We see Hulk Hogan, who has been rarely seen on WCW lately, with George Foreman, Dennis Rodman, Kevin Greene, Sugar Ray Leonard, and Shaquille O'Neil.

When Eric Bischoff and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan appear on commentary for the second hour, Bischoff refuses to dignify the interruption by Razor Ramon, but tells Razor he's "ready, willing and able" if he wants to say something to him.

The Giant ertains the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against The Shark. After the match, Big Bubba shows up and cuts The Shark's hair, first with scissors and then with an electric razor.

Lex Luger retains the WCW World Television Championship against Maxx with the Torture Rack. After the match, "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Lex Luger, who isn't questioning how he got his shot at the World title and says that nobody wants The Giant more than him. He can't believe The Giant put him through a table with a choke slam to take him out, but he's still standing and he put Maxx in the Torture Rack. He sends a message to all the big men in WCW, especially The Giant, and tells The Giant that payback is coming his way.

"Hardwork" Bobby Walker beats Brad Armstrong.

We see another, more in-your-face "Blood Runs Cold" promo, and this time "Glacier" is revealed to be coming to WCW.

"Lord" Steven Regal beats "Das Wunderkind" Alex Wright with a jackknife pin. "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Regal after the match, Regal - who has adverse feelings towards Americans - says that his father "would be proud of him for beating 'Junior Adolf' there" and makes fun of the current happenings of WCW, including Razor Ramon and The Giant being WCW World Heavyweight Champion (saying that the World champion is "from Barnum and Bailey"). He makes fun of the fans, then challenges Sting to a match, saying that if he can beat Sting, he might get a shot at The Giant and the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.

Scott Steiner vs. Sting ends when Rick Steiner and Lex Luger, who show up to support Scott Steiner and Sting respectively, fight each other when Lex Luger gets physically involved in the match outside of the ring, leading Rick Steiner to chase Luger around outside of the ring. Both sides brawl, and several wrestlers from the locker room have to hold all four men back.

As Eric Bischoff and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan talk at the end of the show, Razor Ramon shows up and tells Bischoff he has a big mouth, and that "we are sick of it." He thinks WCW being "where the big boys play" is a joke, and tells Bischoff to tell "Billionaire Ted" to get "three of his very best." He makes fun of "Macho Man" Randy Savage and Sting, then says Bischoff can pick anyone he wants, but in the end, "we" are taking over. After saying "You wanna go to war? You want a war? You're gonna get one" again, he tells Bischoff that they should do it right: in the ring, where it matters, not in promos, newspapers or dirtsheets. He then tells Bischoff that "we are taking over."