Nitro-Glycerin - Monday Nitro recap for February 10, 1997

Before the next match, Dean Malenko calls out Syxx, telling him he knows that he stole the WCW Cruiserweight Championship from him, and that he extends to him an open invitation to a wrestling lesson and a lesson in respect.

Dean Malenko beats Eddie Guerrero by count-out. During the match, Syxx shows up with the WCW Cruiserweight Championship around his waist, hitting Dave Penzer while trying to take away Eddie Guerrero's United States title. Eddie Guerrero goes after Syxx and gets it back, but Syxx escapes into the stands and Eddie Guerrero can't get back in the ring in time. Eddie offers his hand, but Dean Malenko slaps it away.

Diamond Dallas Page shows immediately after the opening bout with a chair. He takes the chair with him on the way to the ring and sits down. He says it's obvious he has a target in the middle of his forehead. He's never been accused to being the smartest guy, and says he might be doing the stupidest thing he's ever done. He says he is tired of running and if something is going to happen, then it might as well happen right now. Sting and "Macho Man" Randy Savage are suddenly spotted coming out from the stands and heading to the ring. Sting tosses his bat to Savage, and Savage taps Page's bat with the chair as he and Sting circle page. Page gets out of the chair after a few taps, and Sting pushes Page back with the bat after Savage tosses it back to him before teasing attacking him with the bat. Sting then hands the bat to Page and turns his back, as does Savage, and the two of them dare Page to attack them. Page does nothing, and Savage takes the bat from him before as he and Sting leave.

Konnan quickly beats Bobby Eaton.

Before Lex Luger can take on Ron Powers, Eric Bischoff gets in his way and keeps him from competing tonight due to Luger's hand being broken and in a cast from last week's attack from The Outsiders (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall). Bischoff tells him to give him a doctor's release before he leaves the country, or else Luger will be out of action for four to six weeks - and miss SuperBrawl VII - and that Bischoff could fire him. Lex Luger leaves angry, and The Giant shows up as Eric Bischoff talks about how he has to protect the wrestles from themselves. Eric Bischoff runs to the back as soon as he notices him, then The Giant takes Lex Luger's place in the match.

The Giant beats Ron Powers. Mike Tenay interviews The Giant after the match, who says that The Outsiders are dealing with a true, fire-breathing, walking 7'4", 475 lb. giant, not a regular man. He is not concerned about having a partner for the World Tag Team Championship match, as he has a partner in Lex Luger as he opened the door for him when nobody else would, as everyone else was scared and intimidated and considered him untrustworthy. He says Luger has the heart and intensity, and he has to ask Luger one question, and when he gets his answer, "we'll see." Luger shows up, and The Giant asks him if he would let anything stop him from championship gold after all they have both been through. Luger says no. The Giant then says that at SuperBrawl VII, when it's him alone vs. Hall and Nash and he beats him like he owns them, he will walk out of San Francisco with the WCW World Tag Team Championships, and one of them will go to Luger when he does.

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This Saturday on WCW Saturday Night: "The Crippler" Chris Benoit! Konnan vs. Eddie Guerrero for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship! Jeff Jarrett!

The New World Order has arrived to the arena in a limo. Big Bubba wants to beat Diamond Dallas Page up at SuperBrawl VII.

We hear pre-recorded comments from The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner), who tell The Outsiders (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) that they are ready and willing to fight their way back to the tag team titles, starting with a Four Corners match to determine new #1 contenders for the tag belts.

The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner) beat High Voltage (Rage and Kaos). Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) and Sister Sherri are seen watching the match from the entrance ramp soon after the bell rings, as do The Faces of Fear (Meng and The Barbarian) and Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge and "Flyboy" Rocco Rock).

Eric Bischoff shows up with Syxx, The Outsiders (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) and Nick Patrick and kick Tony Schiavone and "The Living Legend" Larry Zbyszko off commentary. Bischoff brings out Randy Anderson, who shows up with his wife Christy and his kids Chase and Montana to hear what he has to say. He has brought them here to show them the pain Bischoff has put them through, and asks Bischoff to give him his job back. Bischoff says he should have given this more thought, and asks his children to tell his dad that he's still fired and to get on with his life as Nash and Hall make fun of him. Bischoff tells him to deal with adversity, but decides to give him a taste of adversity and prove that he has a heart and the ability to play on a level playing field by putting Anderson in the ring in a match with Nick Patrick. His wife Christy tells him not to do this after what the doctors have told him, but Randy says that he's wrestled cancer and that he will wrestle Nick Patrick. Eric Bischoff gives Nash and Hall an opportunity to wrestle tonight, and they pretend to leave as The Extreme (Devon Storm and Ace Darling) show up for another match. Syxx distracts The Extreme while Nash and Hall attack them from behind. "The Living Legend" Larry Zbyszko returns to commentary.

The Outsiders (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) beat The Extreme (Devon Storm and Ace Darling) with a Torture Rack on Storm. Syxx interviews Nash and Hall after the match, and Nash tells The Giant to keep being a giant if he wants, as they'll keep being too sweet. Hall says that Nash is also seven feet tall, except he stopped at the cool stage while The Giant slipped at "the dork-meter." He says that The Giant and Lex Luger can't run with them. Kevin Nash then makes fun of Lex Luger's injury, telling him he shouldn't be spending so much time backstage warming up.

Pyrotechnics signal the start of the second hour.

Rey Mysterio Jr. and "Lord" Steven Regal fight to a 10-minute time limit draw. "Lord" Steven Regal retains the WCW World Television Championship.

Lee Marshall calls from Tampa, Florida - the site of next week's Nitro - for the 1-800-COLLECT Road Report.

The Taskmaster beats Maverick Wild after Jacqueline beats Maverick Wild outside of the ring not once, but twice as The Taskmaster distracts the referee. Jacqueline hits Maverick Wild in the face with a forearm after the match. The Taskmaster, Jacqueline and Jimmy Hart are interviewed after the match by Mike Tenay, and The Taskmaster tells Woman and "The Crippler" Chris Benoit about a phone call from a man named "Paul E." who told him to "do his job." He tells Woman that she only thinks she's tough as she comes from a community and he and Jacqueline come from a neighborhood, and that Jacqueline is the closest person in his life now. Jacqueline tells Woman that she wouldn't be anything in her neighborhood, and that Benoit won't be able to rescue her at SuperBrawl VII.

Members of the Jacksonville Jaguars football team are seen in the crowd.

Hugh Morrus beats "Das Wunderkind" Alex Wright.

"The Crippler" Chris Benoit and Steve "Mongo" McMichael beat Jeff Jarrett and Chavo Guerrero, Jr. when Debra McMichael keeps Jeff Jarrett out of the ring. It becoms apparent that Debra has feeling for Jarrett as "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair and "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson show up as Mike Tenay is about to interview The Four Horsemen. When Mike Tenay calls him the voice of reason in The Horsemen, Anderson says that he is the most unreasonable man you will ever meet. He says that everyone is preparing for war in WCW, and that while Jarrett may have caught Debra's eye, the last guy to do so woke up in six weeks with a flea collar around his neck and sandbags holding his feet up as he asks "How many of them were there?" He tells The Taskmaster that he has lost his soul and his will to win, and that it's time to bury the body. Flair states that today, The Horsemen are in town, and whether you like it or you don't, learn to love it as The Four Horsemen are the best thing going today. Benoit tells The Taskmaster that they have the same personalities and ideologies, and if he wants to play his head games, they'll play them and play them to win. Mongo makes fun of the Jacksonville Jaguars, calling them "expansion wimps," before confronting Debra about what she was doing with Jarrett. Debra says she wants to see Jarrett as a Horseman, and that she wouldn't do anything to hurt Mongo as he still loves him. She also says that she was so devastated about what happen last week as she couldn't go shopping that week and that it was like she couldn't focus. Mongo tells Jarrett she has a one-in-a-million chance of beating him, and that if he does, he's a Horseman. Debra calls The Taskmaster and Jacquelion a "fastidious" couple, as she's fast and he's hideous.

"Rowdy" Roddy Piper shows up, and "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan watches via satellite from the nWo Studios in Hollywood, California. He says he did not come here to talk to Hogan via satellite while he hides in Hollywood, and that he is here because Hogan said he wanted to fight. He made a promise to his son Colt that he was going to quit wrestling and be the father to Colt that he never had as he missed watching half of his kids grow up, but then "that bald headed geek" Hogan had to go and ruin it. He told Colt he was sorry for what he was going to do, and Colt simply told him "Go get him, Dad." That gave him a license to kill, and Hogan is the target. Hogan says he's more pathetic than he realized, and insists that he beat Piper at Starrcade as he accuses Piper of cowardice for his action last week. Hogan says he has no time to drop his schedule as he has multi-million dollar contracts and people waiting in line to get in the ring with him. He tells Piper that he won't be able to hide behind his children at SuperBrawl VII. Piper tells Hogan to shut up, as he is going to murder him at San Francisco and that the difference between him and Dennis Rodman when he is done with him is that Hogan won't jump.