Nitro-Glycerin - Monday Nitro recap for July 29, 1996

"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan beats Mike Enos. During the match, it is noticed that there are four empty chairs in the front row opposite the hard camera, and it is assumed that they are meant for the New World Order (Hall, Nash, Hulk Hogan). "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Duggan after the match, and says Hulk Hogan turned his back on everyone and everything, including himself, and wants to know why he turned his back on it all. He admits Hogan is a great technical wrestler, but he doesn't want to wrestle him. Instead, he wants to beat him up.

This Saturday on WCW Saturday Night: Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair! The Giant vs. Brian Knobbs! "The Crippler" Chris Benoit vs. "Macho Man" Randy Savage!

During the next match, Jimmy Hart runs to a cameraman, telling him to head to the back because The Outsiders (Hall and Nash) are in the back. When we finally see the backstage camera footage, we see Hall and Nash attack "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson, The American Males (Marcus Alexander Bagwell and Scotty Riggs) and Rey Mysterio Jr. All six men in the current match - "Macho Man" Randy Savage, Sting, Lex Luger, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, "The Crippler" Chris Benoit and Steve "Mongo" McMichael - leave the ring and rush straight to the back. Savage jumps onto the roof of Hall and Nash's limousine in an attempt to get to them. Wrestlers and medical staff alike check on all those hurt. Rey Mysterio Jr. tells his Cruiserweight Division contemporaries that there were four men involved and not three, and Woman finds out that The Enforcer was attacked with a baseball bat. Rey Mysterio Jr.'s mask is removed after he is placed on a stretcher, and Rey puts his hands over his face as he is placed in the ambulance. Everyone else is placed on a stretcher. Meng nearly picks a fight with Chris Benoit, but Jimmy Hart defuses the situation. Bobby "The Brain" Heenan refuses to do the broadcast unless he can be guaranteed he cannot be hurt due to his previous neck surgery and nerve ending damage. Eric Bischoff tells Heenan to do what he feels is right, as he refuses to argue with him on this point, and Heenan leaves. Tony Schiavone and "The Living Legend" Larry Zbyszko stay with Bischoff for the commentary for the second hour. The American Males are supposed to be out for the next match, but due to The Outsiders, they are incapacitated. The crowd chants "boring" briefly, and "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson is placed in an ambulance. Ric Flair and Woman tag along with Anderson. Bagwell is placed in the same ambulance as Anderson, and Sting tags along with him.

The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner) beat High Voltage (Robbie Rage and Kenny Kaos), who substitute for The American Males (Marcus Alexander Bagwell and Scotty Riggs). Before and during the match, Rick is seen watching his own back and is shaken by what happened backstage, paying attention to the outside of the ring in case of a sneak attack.

Eddie Guerrero beats Big Bubba, who replaces Rey Mysterio Jr. in what was supposed to be a match for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship when Jimmy Hart tossing his microphone to Big Bubba to use as a weapon backfires.

We see an announcement from The New World Order (Hulk Hogan, Hall, Nash). They say that the New World Order is invitation-only, and that there's no stopping their takeover of World Championship Wrestling. If anyone has any problems with them, they can fight them, but they are going down. As for who's the next to join the New World Order, there's no telling. They also say that WCW guys like Sting and Lex Luger are soft from living in "Billionaire Ted's country club" while they have had to fight, scratch and claw for everything they've got, and now they want WCW. Hulk Hogan then reminds everyone that he's facing The Giant for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship on August 10th, and that he finds it ironic that the WCW would be so weak to beg and plead to The Giant that he's their only chance of survival. At Hog Wild, The Outsiders become the insiders. Hall then says he and Nash will take care of a little grudge match, and tells Sting and Lex Luger to bring it at Hog Wild. Hulk then says that The Giant will crumble and fall at his feet while Hall and Nash crush the top guys in WCW.

It is announced that Eric Bischoff has left the commentary table for the remainder of the hour, having taken off for the hospital to check on those injured by The Outsiders (Hall and Nash).

The Giant retains the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Greg "The Hammer" Valentine. "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews The Giant, who mocks Hogan to explain how he conned a nation. He says he got everyone to believe him, but he didn't believe himself, and he started the New World Order because he couldn't be the big fish in WCW. As he defended the title with honor, Hulk was out making movies. He says if WCW doesn't hang together, we will all hang separately, and he tells Hogan he has a chokeslam noose that will fight around his neck. Jimmy Hart promises that The Giant will take him out at Hog Wild.