Nitro-Glycerin - Monday Nitro recap for June 24, 1996

Eric Bischoff is still recuperating and is not on commentary for the second week in a row.

"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Sting, Lex Luger and "Macho Man" Randy Savage. Savage and Luger are wearing facepaint matching Sting's. Savage admits the three of them are focused in different directions, but they're still united and they plan to divide and conquer. Savage leaves, then Sting says he doesn't mind anyone walking into WCW to make a statement, but a grown man does not come to make a statement to a commentator. Sting wants to know why Razor Ramon says he has three guys yet only produces two. Luger says that they are unified as a team, and that WCW stands tall and strong, and that Razor and Diesel are about to find out what a war is all about. The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner) show up and tell Sting and Luger that if they need someone to have their back, they'll be there down the line...but tonight, however, the tag team titles are on the line. Suddenly, Harlem Heat (booker T and Stevie Ray) show up with a score to settle with Lex Luger from weeks ago. This leads to a shouting match between the three teams.

We see pre-recorded comments from Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge and "Flyboy" Rocco Rock), where the duo challenge The Nasty Boys (Jerry Sags and Brian Knobbs) to a double dog collars match with tag team tornado rules at Bash at the Beach. When they come to the ring, they come with a pair of dog collars connected to each other with a steel chain.

Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge and "Flyboy" Rocco Rock") beat The Blue Bloods ("Lord" Steven Regal and "Squire" David Taylor) after Johnny Grunge hits David Taylor with the cast on his right hand. During the match, it is announced that Razor Ramon and Diesel are in the parking lot and have made their way to the arena.

The Taskmaster fights Kip Abee in the audience, the concession stand and in front of the nearby Subway. Thankfully, the match-turned-brawl does not go into the ladies' restroom. After the match, "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Jimmy Hart, who says that he and The Taskmaster came to Charlotte, North Carolina, and walked in and out alive. Taskmaster joins Jimmy Hart soon after, and he tells "The Crippler" Chris Benoit that he and "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson are coming to his turf at Bash at the Beach. Okerlund reminds The Taskmaster that if he or The Giant loses the night after on Nitro, the WCW World Heavyweight Championship will be on the line. The Taskmaster knows that everybody wants "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair to face The Giant for the World title, but it's not going to happen. Jimmy Hart says that if he hears "Woman, oh woman, won't you marry me now" or "I'm going to Space Mountain" one more time, he'll choke himself to death.

Dean Malenko beats "Hardwork" Bobby Walker. During the match, Disco Inferno shows up to show off his gold record for selling one million copies of his "Shake Your Booty" CD, then his music hits and he dances on the turnbuckle. This distracts Walker after he comes out of a monkey flip in the corner from Malenko, and Malenko drop kicks Walker from behind into Disco, knocking Disco out of the ring. After the match, "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Dean Malenko, who tells Disco to back off. Disco says this show is about television ratings, and that he just hit gold and everybody wants to see him dance. He says Malenko and Walker were not having a good night, and that Malenko was "stinkin' up the joint." He figured it was the perfect time to get down, and if Malenko has a problem, then excuse him. He celebrates his gold record again, saying that Malenko is the man of a thousand holds, but he just sold a million CD's before walking out. Malenko tells him he's the man of a thousand holds, but it's only going to take one to finish him off.

This Saturday on WCW Saturday Night: Sting, Lex Luger and Macho Man in six-man tag action! Rey Mysterio Jr.! "Earl" Robert Eaton vs. John Tenta!

Eddie Guerrero beats The Barbarian after The Barbarian slips off the top rope during a vertical suplex and Eddie manages to pin him. After the match, "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Eddie, who says he wants another shot at the United States Heavyweight Championship. As for "the invasion," he says Razor Ramon and Diesel are coming here with disrespect towards WCW, and wishes he was one of the three men facing them. He wishes Sting, Lex Luger and "Macho Man" Randy Savage his best.

Fireworks go off to signal the second hour.

The Four Horsemen ("The Enforcer" Arn Anderson and "The Crippler" Chris Benoit) beat The Rock 'n Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) after Steve "Mongo" McMichael hits Robert Gibson with his briefcase. After the match, Joe Gomez rushes in and attacks The Horsemen in revenge for postponing his debut, but McMichael smacks him with the briefcase, too. "Macho Man" Randy Savage and Kevin Greene show up and chase The Horsemen out.

"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair along with Debra McMichael, Miss Elizabeth and Woman. Flair is glad that the Four Horsemen are back and in full force, and tells both "Macho Man" Randy Savage and Kevin Greene that he and the women are secured and under guard, and tonight business will be mixed with pleasure. "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson, "The Crippler" Chris Benoit and Steve "Mongo" McMichael - who has a new ring - show up. McMichael says that nobody can stop the Horsemen at this rate.

Diamond Dallas Page beats "Das Wunderkind" Alex Wright, then gets interviewed by "Mean" Gene Okerlund. It is announced that DDP will be facing "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan in a Taped Fist Match at Bash at the Beach. He considers him being put in the match a conspiracy theory to hold him down, as nobdoy has beaten Duggan in a taped fist match. He dares Duggan to tape his entire body, as Duggan won't take his "Lord of the Ring" title from him.

"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Kevin Greene, who has some unfinished business with Steve "Mongo" McMichael for his turning on him at The Great American Bash. Greene says Mongo sold him out for the money, and thought that they were partners. He has a game plan: kick ass with the Carolina Panthers, and that he'll remember Mongo's "backstabbing slimy face" with everything he does. In the offseason, he's going on a Mongo hunt, and when that's done, him, "Macho Man" Randy Savage and two more superpowers from WCW are going to get some payback in a big way.

"Macho Man" Randy Savage beats V.K. Wallstreet when Kevin Greene sends Wallstreet into the post outside of the ring.

Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) beat The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner) and the team of Sting and Lex Luger to become the WCW World Tag Team Championships...and the win almost goes unnoticed. During the match, Razor Ramon and Diesel show up with aluminum baseball bats in their hand, and as policemen surround the ring to keep them from entering, Booker T gets Lex Luger in a schoolboy pin while Stevie Ray holds his legs during the chaos. (The pinfall can be seen on the left side of the screen.) The policemen stay in the ring, keeping Razor and Diesel from entering the ring, and Razor and Diesel slowly back away.