Nitro-Glycerin - Monday Nitro recap for August 26, 1996

Juventud Guerrera beats Billy Kidman in his Nitro debut. "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Guerrera after the match, and he unintentionally receives the ire of the fans as soon as he starts speaking Spanish.

Jim Powers and Marcus Bagwell - the former now being managed by Theodore Long - almost beat The Dungeon of Doom (The Taskmaster and Big Bubba), but Big Bubba gets the shoulder up very close to the three count that it is too close to call. Taskmaster and Bubba take advantage of the fact that Powers and Bagwell are celebrating after the match is restarted, and Teddy Long berates Nick Patrick for his officiating of the match afterwards. "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Bubba, Taskmaster and Jimmy Hart. Bubba says he should be getting the gold and all of the title shots after how he kicked out. He also asks when Glacier is showing up, as vignettes are still airing yet Glacier has yet to appear, as he wants a piece of him. Jimmy Hart says that Glacier may be saying blood runs cold, but the only thing running will be Glacier. The Taskmaster accuses Okerlund of hanging out with "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan a week ago, and says The Four Horsemen have another thing coming if they think they're the last line of defense against The New World Order (Nash, Hall, Hogan). As for whether or not Taskmaster is greasing the palm of Nick Patrick, The Taskmaster says that everyone is entitled to a mistake, including Okerlund and Hogan.

"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Sting and Lex Luger. "The Crippler" Chris Benoit and Steve "Mongo" McMichael have challenged them, and they've accepted the challenge, and Luger dares them to come and get it. Sting says this is just to test them, and Sting has the feeling they don't trust them. He says Benoit and Mongo have made a mistake questioning their intestinal fortitude. As for The New World Order (Hall, Nash, Hogan), Luger says they don't back down from a challenge and have based their careers on that face.

Chavo Guerrero Jr. beats Mike Enos after Enos thumbs referee Randy Anderson in the eye as Chavo goes for a Figure Four Leg Lock and "Dirty" Dick Slater tries to take advantage only to be rolled up by Chavo with an inside cradle. The ref, still blinded, is unable to tell the difference between Enos and Slater and Chavo gets the win, much to Enos' dismay. "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Chavo after the match, and Chavo calls out Diamond Dallas Page, saying Page fired him up when he whipped him last week with a belt, and says it's to teach Page how to lose with respect. He cannot wait to face Page at Fall Brawl, and says when you mess with one Guerrero, you mess with them all.

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This Saturday on WCW Saturday Night: Lex Luger defends the WCW Television Championship against "Lord" Steven Regal! The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner) face The Nasty Boys (Jerry Sags and Brian Knobbs)!

Rey Mysterio Jr. beats Mr J.L. During the match, "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan is outside of the arena with Hall and Nash, and they head to the video truck and spray paint "NWO 4 LIFE" on it. Dean Malenko also shows up to watch the match from afar during the match, and pyrotechnics signal the start of the second hour.

"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews "The Crippler" Chris Benoit and Steve "Mongo" McMichael. Mongo says he and Benoit should be backing "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair and "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson. Benoit says tonight is about vengeance or envy, but about security for The Horsemen and for WCW. Benoit believes Sting and Lex Luger doesn't have the hunger of a beast, and he gets to find out if they do tonight.

"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews "Macho Man" Randy Savage. Savage has the title shot against "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan at Halloween Havoc, and he says it's going to be the scariest match of the century as he plans to take Hogan apart piece by piece. As for Fall Brawl, he plans to blow through The Giant.

The Giant beats "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan after Duggan tries to wrestle his 2x4 away from Jimmy Hart after a taped first has no effect on The Giant. During the match, "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase shows up in the audience, two months after leaving WWF. He sits in a front row seat for the remained for the match. After the match, DiBiase looks at the camera, shows three fingers, then four fingers, then five. "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews The Giant and Jimmy Hart, and asks "Macho Man" Randy Savage where his guts were when he lost the World title. He says he will fight Hogan and not Savage, as he will beat Hogan for the belt again, and if he has to beat Savage in the cage at Fall Brawl to do it, so be it.

The Four Horsemen ("The Nature Boy" Ric Flair and "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson) beat The Rock 'n Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson). After the match, "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Woman, Miss Elizabeth, Anderson and Flair. Anderson says that the hourglass has been turned over and the sand is running out on the New World Order (Hall, Nash, "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan). This time, the nWo won't be able to pick their spot and find out how much of a man they are. Flair tells The New World Order to get ready because War Games are not in New York, Chicago or Los Angeles, but in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, home of the Horsemen.

Chris Jericho's WCW debut against "Das Wunderkind" Alex Wright is declared a no-contest after Wright hits his head on the metal guardrail and Jericho tells the referee he does not want to continue the match in this fashion. "Mean" Gene Okerlund shows up and calls Jericho's debut a breath of fresh air. Jericho says he came to WCW to fight to the best of his ability, and winning by count-out as Wright is lying on the floor holding his head is not the best of his ability. He has a lot of respect for Wright, and says that someone from The New World Order like "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan - someone he used to admire - would win in such a fashion. He says that he and Alex will fight their hearts out for WCW.

The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner) beat The Blue Bloods ("Squire" David Taylor and "Earl" Robert Eaton) after constant arguing and miscommunication from the latter team as Rick Steiner lands on his head after a double team and pins Eaton. Taylor attacks Eaton after the match, but Eaton fires back. The Steiners and "Mean" Gene Okerlund cant' believe it as referee Nick Patrick tries to break them up. The Steiners tell Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) that they're going down at Fall Brawl.

"Hollywood" Hulk Hogan shows up as Steve "Mongo" McMichael and "The Crippler" Chris Benoit face Sting and Lex Luger. Mongo slowly approaches Hogan around the ring only to be ambushed by Hall and Nash. Bobby "The Brain" Heenan flees the commentary area as Hall, Nash and Hogan beat up everyone and spray paint "NWO" on the back of everyone they beat up. "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair and "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson rush in and attack The New World Order (Nash, Hall, Hogan), but Hogan spray paints Flair in the face before spraying a black streak through his hair. Fans throw trash into the ring as The New World Order celebrate before they take over the commentary area.