Ted DiBiase, Vincent and Eric Bischoff of The New World Order, and tell Tony Schiavone and Larry Zbyszko to leave the commentary table. Schiavone leaves, but Larry argues with DiBiase, telling him he'll need more guys to push him off commentary. Nevertheless, Zbyszko is removed from commentary, and Eric Bischoff and Ted DiBiase take over on commentary at the start of the show. Bischoff says he tried to protect "Rowdy" Roddy Piper from himself, then says that Piper is a coward. DiBiase then says Bischoff is a man who uses his brain and that Piper is scared. Bischoff then announces "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan is in the building, and asks Piper where he is.
"Lord" Steven Regal retains the WCW World Television Championship against Psychosis by submission.
Big Bubba beats Chavo Guerrero, Jr.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Sonny Onoo and a slightly taller man in all black. Onoo says he has been helping him secure a contract with New Japan Pro Wrestling. After Sonny Onoo reveals he is wearing a New Japan shirt, the man in black then opens his jacket and reveals a New World Order shirt before physically harassing Onoo. The man's name? Masahiro Chono.
Chris Jericho beats Masahiro Chono by disqualification after Chono refuses to get Jericho out of the ropes at the direction of the referee.
This Saturday on WCW Saturday Night: The Outsiders (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall)in a special handicap match! Jeff Jarrett! Diamond Dallas Page! Scott "Flash" Norton! Eddie Guerrero! Lex Luger! Michael Wallstreet!
The aftermath of last week's ending is shown.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, Steve "Mongo" McMichael, Debra McMichael and "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson. Anderson says that the kiss of a beautiful woman has poisoned a lot of great man. He says The Taskmaster has put him in the crosshairs, and he plans to mend his broken heart with a broken body. Flair says that he has a bad arm, Chris Benoit is a good man, and that Benoit should travel through Germany at the speed of light. Debra doesn't care about Woman, and says she goes for real men and not "little boys" like Benoit before bragging about becoming Miss Texas. Mongo tells Anderson that The Taskmaster is going for his throat, and tells Anderson to take him Horsemen style. Flair then closes it out by saying "Rowdy" Roddy Piper will walk down the aisle and that "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan will pay the price as his voice gets a tad hoarse.
Dean Malenko retains the WCW Cruiserweight Championship against Bruno Sammartino with a surprise roll-up pin. (This is Sammartino's only televised match in WCW and only one of two matches in the promotion, with the other being a dark match win against Rex King. After this, he is never seen in WCW again.)
Eric Bischoff and Ted DiBiase give control of commentary to Tony Schiavone, Mike Tenay and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan for the second hour.
Ice Train beats Jerry Flynn with an ankle lock. During the match, it is announced that tickets are available for the January 25th New World Order pay-per-view Souled Out. After the match, Syxx shows up and introduces The Outsiders (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall). Syxx then conducts an nWo interview, and asks what they have in store for Starrcade. Hall says he's going to watch "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan take care of "that punk" "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, and that he and Nash will put the tag team titles on the line against The Faces of Fear (Meng and The Barbarian). Nash says they shouldn't wait until Starrcade, and says they'll take on The Faces of Fear tonight. Hall wants an answer to their challenge before the end of the night.
We see a video package on the recent events regarding Sting.
Rey Mysterio Jr. beats Bobby Eaton.
Lee Marshall calls from Macon, Georgia - the site of next week's Nitro - for the 1-800-COLLECT Road Report.
We see another video from Woman and "The Crippler" Chris Benoit. Benoit and Woman continue to mock The Taskmaster, and Benoit asks him what it's like to lose the greatest thing he's ever had before telling him that it feels good getting it.
The Taskmaster beats "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson after referee Randy Anderson is knocked down and the Dungeon of Doom interferes. After the match, Jimmy Hart says that the video from earlier should never have been played, and The Taskmaster warns "The Crippler" Chris Benoit that he is next.
Sting is seen in the rafters before the next match. A short time later, Sting is then seen approaching the ring from the stands with a baseball bat in his hands. However, the fake Sting is seen first (with updated face paint to match that of the real Sting), and the real Sting in then shown also coming out of the stands. The fake Sting allows the real one into the ring, and makes it look like the real Sting is in cahoots with the fake one. The real Sting then reveals his bat, uses it to knock the bat from the hands of the fake Sting, and both bats end up in the hands of Rick and Scott Steiner after Scott picks up the fake Sting's bat and the real Sting tosses his bat to Rick. Both Stings turn their back on the Steiners, then the real Sting hits the fake Sting with the reverse DDT. The real Sting then leaves through the stands.
"Hollywood" Hulk Hogan shows up with The Giant, Miss Elizabeth, Ted DiBiase and Vincent. Hogan says he knows "Rowdy" Roddy Piper is here, and tells him to come out to the ring so they can settle the score. Hogan then talks about how he started in Pensacola, Florida and says that the difference between himself and Piper is that Piper had to tell Charlotte, North Carolina that he started there while Hogan says Pensacola already knows. Hogan then tells Vincent to drag Piper out of the back before he starts to talk about "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, saying that Flair is a great guy but has lost everything and now has a shoulder injury. He then says he can beat Piper and Flair up at the same time, and also calls Flair out. He then orders Miss Elizabeth to kiss him on the cheek to prove how much the people still love him, and the kiss looks less than reluctant. Hogan then makes fun of "Macho Man" Randy Savage before he calls Piper out again, but DiBiase tells him Piper isn't even in the building. Hogan then says that Piper "ran out the back door while I went through the front door." He then tells Piper that when he gets in the ring with him at Starrcade, he will tear him limb from limb to the point that he will be in a long list of old, broken down ex-challengers. He then poses for the crowd.
The Outsiders (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) vs. The Faces of Fear (Meng and The Barbarian) takes a strange turn when Big Bubba shows up and attacks Meng, revealing him to be a member of The New World Order. The Dungeon of Doom show up to fight Big Bubba and The Outsiders, and The Giant also shows up. A few more members of the nWo as well as the WCW locker room then shows up, and it soon becomes all out war. Ice Train shows up with Scott "Flash" Norton, but Norton beats Ice Train and then attacks other members of WCW, revealing himself as yet another member of The New World Order. Sting - the real Sting - shows up again, this time through the backstage entrance, and when "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson confronts him, he is immediately leveled along with Steve "Mongo" McMichael and Rey Mysterio, Jr. Sting then heads back to the back without hitting a single member of The New World Order as the impromptu battle royal continues as the show ends.
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