Nitro-Glycerin - Monday Nitro recap for September 2, 1996

Diamond Dallas Page beats "Das Wunderkind" Alex Wright. "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews referee Nick Patrick, and once again Patrick accuses Okerlund of stirring the pot. He says that everything people have said about him are a lie, and he insists that he will be impartial regardless of whoever is in the ring.

Marcus Bagwell models the brand-new stonewashed denim blue Nitro shirt! Only $39.95 plus $7.95 shipping and handling!

"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Col. Robert Parker and Sister Sherri. As he says that Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) are on their own tonight, Parker has brought Sherri some presents: a black leather vest and black leather riding pants, as Sherri is going to spend some time down South with him at his place.

Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) beat Greg "The Hammer" Valentine and Buddy Valentino. Soon after it is announced that this match is the debut of new WCW referee Mark Curtis, "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase shows up and walks to an empty seat in the front row. During the match, it is announced that Mike Tenay will join Eric Bischoff and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan at the commentary table during the second hour of Nitro each and every week starting tonight. "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Harlem Heat after the match, and they are ready for The Nasty Boys (Jerry Sags and Brian Knobbs), saying they finished them a long time ago and that they have no idea what caused them to want to face them again. They are suddenly attacked by The Nasty Boys, and Booker T is hit with a double-team spike piledriver.

Chris Jericho beats Dean Malenko. During the match, "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase leaves, a departure from last week where he stayed in the front row for the whole show.

We take a closer look at Rey Mysterio Jr. and Super Calo prior to their Cruiserweight title match at Fall Brawl.

This Saturday on WCW Saturday Night: Steve "Mongo" McMichael vs. John Tenta! "Squire" David Taylor takes on "Earl" Robert Eaton! Chris Jericho! "Macho Man" Randy Savage!

The Giant beats Brad Armstrong. During the match, a limousine is shown parking outside of the arena.

We see another announcement paid for by The New World Order. "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan brags about how he, Nash and Hall no longer have to hide in the shadows to do anything they want, and says WCW will fall at their feet. He says that they will be victorious in War Games at Fall Brawl, and calls Sting and Lex Luger's partnering up with "The Nature Boy" and "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson "weak" and says times have changed.

Pyrotechnics signal the start of the second hour.

"Macho Man" Randy Savage beats Big Ron Studd. During the match, Hall, Nash and "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan are seen coming out of the limousine outside of the arena, and they quickly get the cameraman out of their sight after telling an unknown person to stay in the limo. After the match, "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Savage, who wishes Halloween Havoc was tonight as he guarantees to Okerlund and the fans that he is going to beat "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan and take everything he wants as that makes him happy. He's living on the edge, and if anyone else isn't, they're "takin' up too much room." He tells The Giant they made a deal and he broke his promise, and now he takes over. He guarantees victory against The Giant and against Hogan, and says both men will melt when the heat of the Macho Man brings them all the way down.

The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner) beat Sting and Lex Luger when Rick Steiner accidentally pushes Luger into referee Nick Patrick, who takes it as Luger "striking a WCW official" and calls for the disqualification. All four men are absolutely livid, and Sting and Luger chase Nick Patrick to the back. During the match, The Four Horsemen surround the limousine, but find out that Hall, Nash and "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan are in the arena as soon as they discover the limousine is empty.

The Four Horsemen ("The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson, "The Crippler" Chris Benoit, Steve "Mongo" McMichael) beats The Dungeon of Doom (The Taskmaster, Meng, The Barbarian, Big Bubba) with a Figure Four Leg Lock on The Taskmaster after Woman gives Flair the assist. During the match, Sting and Lex Luger continue to chase Nick Patrick all the way to the limo. Patrick takes a right, but Sting and Luger see "The Million Dollar Man" inside the limo, outing him as "the fourth man." Sting throws a cement block into a back window and tries to get him out with help from Luger, but the limousine speeds off, leading Sting and Luger to steal a nearby police car and chase after the speeding limo with it. The nearby police officer (who gives no effort to keep them from stealing the car, by the way) puts out an APB on the limo. After the match, The New World Order (Hall, Nash, "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan) show up and attack everyone. The Giant shows up, but instead of making the save for The Dungeon of Doom, he hits Meng and The Barbarian with the choke slam, revealing The Giant as the other mystery man The New World Order has mentioned and causing him to turn heel as a result. "Macho Man" Randy Savage tries to attack everyone in the nWo with a steel chair, but he quickly falls to the numbers game. Hogan spray paints a yellow streak down Savage's back after the beatdown. The New World Order then take over the broadcast booth again, and Hogan says there are more than five men. The Giant says that Ted DiBiase gave him a ton of money to join The New World Order after he saw multiple Harley-Davidson motorcyles and Mercedes-Benz automobiles in DiBiase's mansion as he and the rest of the nWo spit on the Monday Nitro logo that hung on the broadcast table. Before The Giant can finish, the WCW locker room goes after the nWo, but the nWo finish them off. The show ends with the nWo completely destroying the broadcast booth and a shot of The Dungeon of Doom helping Savage to the back.