Nitro-Glycerin - Monday Nitro recap for October 21, 1996

Syxx and "Sting" of The New World Order are seen in the crowd before the first match, and Syxx is carrying a handheld camcorder for some scouting work for the nWo.

Chris Jericho beats Bobby Eaton. Eaton raises Jericho's hand in victory after the match. Tony Schiavone then interviews Jericho, who says it is a coincidence that Syxx is watching because Halloween Havoc is in six days and that he's going to give The New World Order their first loss when Jericho beats Syxx on Sunday night.

We see a video package of Rey Mysterio, Jr.

Dean Malenko beats the debuting Jimmy Graffiti with the Texas Cloverleaf. (Jimmy Graffiti is better known as Jimmy Del Rey of the 1990s incarnation of The Heavenly Bodies from Smoky Mountain Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation.)

This Saturday on WCW Saturday Night: Dean Malenko! Jeff Jarrett! Big Ron Studd! "The Crippler" Chris Benoit! The Faces of Fear (Meng and The Barbarian)! Eddie Guerrero! Another segment from The New World Order featuring The Outsiders (Scott Hall and Kevin Nash)!

Diamond Dallas Page beats Sgt. Craig "Pitbull" Pittman after Theodore Long accidentally distracts referee Nick Patrick as Pittman has the Code Red locked on Page. Patrick tells Long he's the reason Pittman lost the match. When Tony Schiavone interviews Patrick, he says that he would have been better able to pay attention if Long wasn't on the rope and insists that Randy Anderson is the man behind the mask as The New World Order's referee.

"The Nature Boy" Ric Flair makes his way to the ring in street clothes, and Randy Anderson helps Flair into the ring. Flair asks Jarrett to do the strut, and he does. Flair has Randy take his jacket off, then Flair does a strut of his own. Jarrett does his strut again, then Flair does his again. Both men stare down, then Anderson stares down Jarrett before shaking his hand and leaving.

Jeff Jarrett beats Big Ron Studd with the Figure Four Leg Lock after putting the seven-foot-tall Studd in a vertical suplex. Tony Schiavone interviews Jarrett after the match, and Jarrett says it's time to put up or shut up and that it's time for WCW to start playing some offense and start being the hunters instead of the hunted. He tells The Giant he's got a big bullseye right on his leg, and says that while The Giant has choke slammed them all, he hasn't choke slammed Jarrett. "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair tells The New World Order that he sat at home last night and talk good about him, and in this business, men don't cry or ask for forgiveness and just keep on keepin' on. He also says that the best wrestlers get so good at what they do in life that they take everything for granted, and tips his hat off to The New World Order for outsmarting the Four Horsemen and played the game dirtier. He tells the nWo they've won for now, but on Sunday, he will be in Jarrett's corner and that he can't wait for the day to share the ring with Jarrett and kick the nWo's ass. As Flair speaks, The Giant is seen in the crowd.

Pyrotechnics signal the start of the second hour.

Lex Luger beats Road Block with the Torture Rack after three attempts. During the match, we see some pre-recorded comments from "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson, who tells Lex Luger that time is running out on him and that Luger will tell him "I quit" at Halloween Havoc.

Lee Marshal calls from Phoenix, Arizona, where next week's Nitro will take place as part of the 1-800-COLLECT Road Report.

Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) barely beats The American Males (Marcus Bagwell and Scotty Riggs) after Booker T hits a Harlem Side Kick on Riggs after Riggs punches Col. Robert Parker. Bagwell tries to break up the pinfall, but he is too late. During the match, Eric Bischoff apologizes to "Macho Man" Randy Savage and his family for showing Savage the video of Miss Elizabeth as he did last week, telling Savage that his intentions were good and that he did not mean to hurt him. Also, The Outsiders (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) are spotted in the crowd, recording the match with a handheld camcorder while wearing Breathe-Right strips to mock Harlem Heat. After the match, it is announced that "Sting" has been spotted in the building.

The Faces of Fear (Meng and The Barbarian) beat The Fantastics (Tommy Rodgers and Bobby Fulton). During the match, Eric Bischoff claims to have video footage of "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan that shows what kind of manipulative person he is, and if "Macho Man" Randy Savage wants to see it, he'll show it to him. It is also announced that "Sting" is indeed in the building and that The New World Order have bought some airtime, but Bischoff says that the New World Order is going to get a surprise.

The New World Order - minus "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan - shows up and jumps the guardrail before the beginning of the next match.

"Sting" almost beats Mr. J.L. with the Scorpion Death Lock...but the real sting shows up in all black clothes and an all-white mask with black lines running down the center of his eyes. Sting puts the faker in a reverse DDT before hitting several elbow drops and a Stinger Splash to the back before putting the faker in a Scorpion Death Lock. The New World Order get in the ring, but Sting sees them coming and the real Sting takes the fake Sting out of the Scorpion Death Lock. The New World Order welcome him to their ranks, saying they could use a man like him and that if he joins them, he will be like family to them. Scott Hall asks Sting what he has to show for carrying the WCW banner for nine years, and tell him that if WCW wants him to "stick it," and that with him, there is no stopping the nWo. Sting takes the microphone, mocks the fake Sting, then tells them that he may or may not be in their price range and that the only sure thing about Sting is that nothing's for sure. He then leaves, putting his future further into question. Before the commercial break, Eric Bischoff finds out that "Macho Man" Randy Savage is in the building and immediately starts looking for him.

"Macho Man" Randy shows up for his match against "The Crippler" Chris Benoit in all-black street clothes. Eric Bischoff shows up and immediately apologizes for showing him the video of Miss Elizabeth last week, and shows him the footage of "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan that he claims to have. We see Hogan on the set of the new 3 Ninjas movie, where The New World Order takes over the set with The Giant as director. We see Hulk Hogan try to get Miss Elizabeth to get Savage to believe that she still loves him. Elizabeth is taken to Hogan's trailer, and Hulk tells Elizabeth she has one more chance to do as he wants. We all find out that The New World Order have a plan to destroy the Macho Man. Savage is stone-faced, and he almost heads back to the back but walks back to Bischoff and says it just occurred to him how fragile friendships and relationship can be, and that he and Bischoff both know how fragile business can be. He says that even marriage is fragile, then he tells Hogan life is also fragile. He walks to the back, and the show is over.