Nitro-Glycerin - Monday Nitro recap for November 4, 1996

Sting is spotted on the rafters, once again sporting facepain based on The Crow, all back clothing and a white scorpion on his shirt. Also, Ted DiBiase, The Giant, and Vincent are in the crowd looking up towards Sting.

It is announced that tonight is the beginning of a tournament for the WCW Women's Championship.

Marcus Bagwell beats Brad Armstrong. Ted DiBiase, The Giant and Vincent leave during the match.

Diamond Dallas Page beats Ice Train after The Outsiders (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) - who are briefly seen in the crowd during the match - show up and attack Ice Train after referee Nick Patrick is outside of the ring tending to Page, causing Theodore Long to argue with Patrick during the attack.

This Saturday on WCW Saturday Night: "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan vs. "Lord" Steven Regal! The American French-Canadians (Jacques Rougeau and Carl Ouellet) vs Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray)! The winner of tonight's match between Dean Malenko and Scotty Riggs - which is coming up next - meets Rey Mysterio Jr.!

Dean Malenko beats Scotty Riggs after Marcus Bagwell tosses Scotty Riggs back into the ring, and commentary notices that Bagwell looked a bit disgusted when he did it. Syxx is seen in the crowd during the match as the nWo street team carries signs in the crowd.

During the next match, we hear pre-recorded comments from Jimmy Hart, who tells Chris Benoit that his belief that The Taskmaster isn't the man he used to be is unfounded, and that Benoit will find out just what kind of man The Taskmaster is at World War 3. The Taskmaster tells Benoit that he can have it the easy way or the hard way when they square off in Baltimore, Maryland. Pyrotechnics signal the start of the second hour.

"The Crippler" Chris Benoit beats Hector Guerrero after Woman distracts Guerrero. The Giant is seen in the crowd with the United States title across his shoulder.

Mike Tenay interviews Jeff Jarrett, Woman, Debra McMichael, "The Crippler" Chris Benoit and Steve "Mongo" McMichael. Jarrett says that the Horsemen may be down, but not out. He says the nWo will go down. Benoit declares that any business pertaining to the Horsemen will be dealt with accordingly by a Horseman. Mongo tells Jarrett he only has his foot in the door, and that he and Mongo will be keeping watch until "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair and "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson are back and ready to go. Sting is seen in the crowd as Jarrett says that WCW - especially The Dungeon of Doom and The Four Horsemen - have to unite. He tells The Nasty Boys (Jerry Sags and Brian Knobs) that actions speak louder than words. He also tells "Rowdy" Roddy Piper to to wipe the Hollywood make-up off of his face and get in the ring to see if he's still got it. He knows he has it, because Flair told hom he's got it, as he can get the job done every time, compared to Sting, who "isn't even in the game" and that he turned his back on WCW. Jarrett goes on to say that Flair will ride his horse one more time before saying that "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan and The New World Order is going down.

Lee Marshall is in St. Petersburg, Florida - host of some upcoming events including next week's Nitro - for the 1-800-COLLECT Road Report.

Madusa beats Reina Jubuki to continue to the semi-finals of the WCW Women's Championship tournament. Zero - formerly known as Chigusa Nagayo - and Sonny Onoo watch the match from the aisle, and Sonny Onoo mocks Madusa, calling her a literal chemical dumping ground full of peroxide and falling plastic "much like American cars."

Chris Jericho beats Michael Wallstreet.

Mike Tenay interviews referee Nick Patrick and his lawyer Allen Sharp. Jericho, who is on the way to the back, insists there is nothing wrong with Patrick's neck and that Patrick is a paid employee of the nWo. Once again, Mr. Sharp wants to be a jerk and bring up Jericho's father's career as an NHL player as an insult. Theodore Long shows up and confronts Patrick for his performance during Ice Train's match with Diamond Dallas Page earlier tonight, and calls Patrick "a player-hater" and says Patrick is with the nWo as Ted DiBiase and Vincent watch this happen from the crowd and Long puts Jericho on a pedestal. Mr. Sharp brings up Theodore Long's past as a referee in WCW, but Jericho says that this is not about past mistakes and tells him that what Patrick is doing is not a mistake, a pre-meditated plan against WCW.

We hear pre-recorded comments from Lex Luger. He has no idea where Sting is coming from these days, and can get no answers from him. All he can do is hope and pray that the nWo's words are falling on those same deaf ears, and he asks Sting for just one minute of his time so he can sit down with him face-to-face.

Lex Luger beats Booker T with a roll-up in a rematch from last week after Col. Robert Parker shows up, stands on the apron and commands Booker T. Booker T grabs Col. Robert Parker by his coat, and Luger takes advantage. Sting is then seen watching from the rafters again.

Tony Schiavone interviews Eric Bischoff - who is in Portland, Oregon - via telephone. He says things between him and "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, are not going as well as initially hoped due to stonewalling from Piper's management. He will head to Toronto next Tuesday to continue negotiations with Piper.

We see "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan and "Rowdy" Roddy Piper's conversation at the end of Halloween Havoc in its entirety. "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan then shows up with Ted DiBiase, The Giant and Vincent. Hulk mentions the Cable Ace Awards on November 16th, and says that nobody in The New World Order, much less himself, has an invitation to it. He knows that Ted Turner will be sitting up front at the awards, and he tells Turner that if he doesn't get nominated or win an award, he'll crash the party and take his party away from him. He then focuses on wrestling business at hand, saying that when he saw Piper last week, he did everything he could to lead him to slaughter and put on the greatest act of his acting career to get him to make a move. He then boasts that Piper has no heart and not guts, and that he is scared to wrestle him. He states that from this day forward, he is master and champion. Hogan poses in the ring to end the show.