Nitro-Glycerin - Monday Nitro recap for August 12, 1996

The Dungeon of Doom (The Taskmaster, Meng, Barbarian, Hugh Morrus) beats High Voltage (Ronnie Rage and Kenny Kaos) and Rough and Ready (Mike Enos and Dick Slater). Rough and Ready turn on High Voltage and attack Ronnie Rage after the match.

Clash of the Champions is this Thursday at 8:05 PM Eastern on TBS.

Sting and Lex Luger show up. Luger says he's not spending another sleepless night after what happened at Hog Wild, and Sting wants to clear up the air right now. They then get in the ring and issue an open challenge for The New World Order (Hall, Nash, Hulk Hogan), saying they'll show up in the ring if they have any guts. Not surprisingly, they fail to show, and Sting gives them another chance, telling them they can bring the baseball bats if they want.

Diamond Dallas Page beats The Renegade to retain the BattleBowl ring and title. During the match, it is announced that The New World Order (Hall, Nash, Hulk Hogan) will respond to Sting and Lex Luger's challenge later tonight.

The New World Order (Hall, Nash and Hulk Hogan) say they'll accept Sting and Lex Luger's challenge on their times as they brag about taking the World Heavyweight Championship and the Nick Patrick controversy. Hulk Hogan - now with the stubble around his face dyed black - says they've given WCW all the hints on who the fourth and fifth men are. The fourth man almost reveals himself, but Hogan tells him to stay off-screen. Hall and Nash then decide to accept Sting and Luger's challenge for tonight after all. They call The Giant, Sting and Lex Luger losers and ask what WCW will do when Sting and Luger lose again.

This Saturday on WCW Saturday Night: The Four Horsemen ("The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson, "The Crippler" Chris Benoit, Steve "Mongo" McMichael) in an eight-man tag match! The Giant in action!

Konnan puts his feet on the ropes to beat Jim Powers. "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Konnan after the match. Konnan tells Okerlund to shut up about his win, and says that ever since The New World Order (Hall, Nash, Hogan) have showed up, they've beaten people up left and right. He says whoever fails to plan plans to fail, and says he's sticking with WCW in the war against the nWo.

"The Crippler" Chris Benoit beats Big Ron Studd. "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Woman, Miss Elizabeth and Chris Benoit after the match. Benoit calls Dean Malenko one of the greatest technical wrestler today and respects his talents, but says that he was in the ring with a man on an agenda. The Four Horsemen have an agenda, and until that agenda is fulfilled, they have a few obstacles. He tells The Giant he is big and strong by stature, but he will knock him down to size at Clash of the Champions.

Pyrotechnics signal the start of the second hour.

The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner) beat Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) by disqualification - and Harlem Heat retain the WCW World Tag Team Championships - after Rick Steiner chases Col. Robert Parker into the ring as Sister Sherri grabs Scott Steiner's foot during a vertical suplex.

Rey Mysterio Jr. retains the WCW Cruiserweight Championship against The Ultimate Dragon.

"The Nature Boy" Ric Flair retains the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship against "Macho Man" Randy Savage after Flair accidentally clotheslines the referee and Savage is struck with a steel chair by "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan. Nick Patrick calls for a member of medical staff to check on the original referee for the match, and has to make the three-count when Flair makes the pinfall with Woman holding his feet on the rope.

"Mean" Gene Okerlund is speaking when "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan shows up. Okerlund interviews Hogan, and wants to know what's going on. Hogan says there is no stopping The New World Worder (Hall, Nash, Hogan). He says this is all business, and that they attacked WCW for a reason. He also wanted to make sure "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair survived until Clash of the Champions so he would have no excuses for not wiping him out then. He says that when Hall and Nash are done with Sting and Lex Luger, everyone is getting a name change, with Ric Flair being known as "the stupid little man," saying if he can attack The Booty Man, then one can only imagine what he's going to do to Ric Flair.

Eric Bischoff and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan are currently pondering the wheareabouts of The Outsiders (Hall and Nash) from the commentary table with help from the production team. They are suddenly spotted coming out from the crowd and entering the ring. Lex Luger shows up, but instead of Sting with him, it's referee Nick Patrick. Luger fights off both Hall and Nash anyway, and Sting shows up not long afterwards. As the fight goes on, it becomes apparent to commentary that Nick Patrick is giving liberties to Hall and Nash, which looks even more suspicious when Nick Patrick moves Hall out of the way of a Stinger Splash. The Four Horsemen ("The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson, "The Crippler" Chris Benoit, Steve "Mongo" McMichael) and chase Hall, Nash and Nick Patrick out of the ring. "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews THe Horsemen, and Flair tells Luger and Sting that while he doesn't like them, he'll play ball with them because they're part of WCW. He tells "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan that he doesn't know the first thing about being a bad guy, and that he and Hogan will style and profile Horsemen Style at Clash of the Champions.