Nitro-Glycerin - Monday Nitro recap for August 4, 1997

Tonight's episode is three hours long as it is the 100th episode of Nitro. (When the episode is uploaded to the WWE Network years later, however, it is labeled as the 99th Episode.)

We see a performance from The Nitro Girls.

Eric Bischoff and "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan show up. Bischoff says Lex Luger is dumb as a brick, and Hogan says that when you mess with him, you mess with the entire nWo and you had better be ready to pay dues. Hogan then says he's got the whole world watching Road Wild, and that he will slaughter Luger like a lamb in Sturgis, South Dakota. Hogan isn't too thrilled with the fact that the WCW World Heavyweight Championship is on the line tonight, and he tells Luger that he will pay for this mistake as he drags him through the mud to prove that he is the god that made professional wrestling what it is today. After he wipes the mat with Luger, the title will stay in the family, and the #1 contender at Road Wild will be none other than Scott Hall.

Curt Hennig beats Mortis.

We see a video package summarizing what has happened with Sting in the last year.

Jeff Jarrett and Dean Malenko beat Chavo Guerrero, Jr. and Hector Guerrero with a Texas Cloverleaf to Hector Guerrero.

"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Raven at ringside. Stevie Richards shows up with paperwork, which happens to be another contract that he has worked on in the past two weeks at WCW Headuqarters. Richards wants Raven to follow him in the trail he paved into WCW, and hands him the contract and a pen. Raven skims through the contract, then spits in Stevie's face and punches him. He tries to punch him again, but Stevie blocks it. Raven tells Stevie he will not abuse him anymore, and walks away.

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The Giant quickly beats Lenny Lane, Scott D'Amore and Joey Maggs in a 3-on-1 handicap match. After the match, "Macho Man" Randy Savage and Miss Elizabeth show up, saying a giant out of control is good for him because that means he will be in control at Road Wild. He tells The Giant to stay in the ring as he doesn't want any of this, but The Giant leaves the ring and marches towards Savage.

This Saturday on WCW Saturday Night: Curt Hennig! Diamond Dallas Page! Alex Wright! "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair!

We see a video package of Lex Luger.

Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge and "Flyboy" Rocco Rock) beat High Voltage (Rage and Kaos) after Rocco Rock accidentally puts himself through a table after Kaos saves Rage from going through it and a double-team attempt from High Voltage backfires.

We see another performance from The Nitro Girls...and Alex Wright joins in. "Mean" Gene Okerlund then interviews Wright, who speaks in German before saying that he speaks first to the people that matter before he speaks to the people he could care less about. He tells Chris Jericho that if he wants to be embarrassed again like he was last week, he'll do it at Road Wild. He then calls himself the world's greatest wrestler. He then calls the Americans stupid.

Alex Wright beats Scotty Riggs with a top rope drop kick - one of Jericho's signature moves.

Pyrotechnics signal the start of the second hour.

"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Lex Luger. Luger says he's been focusing on one thing and one thing only: the match at Road Wild. However, sometimes opportunity knocks when you least expect it, and it has knocked tonight. He calls this a defining moment from himself, WCW and the nWo tonight. He has heard what Hogan said at the top of the show, but they will soon get in the ring, and he will give the devil his due by saying he made professional wrestling what it is today, but he will take the WCW World Heavyweight Championship from him tonight.

Syxx beats "The Crippler" Chris Benoit by disqualification after Jeff Jarrett shows up and attacks Benoit. Steve "Mongo" McMichael rushes in and makes the save for Benoit, then Dean Malenko runs in and attacks Benoit. Mongo and Benoit end up standing tall in the ring.

We see another performance from The Nitro Girls.

Booker T quickly beats Vincent after a clothesline to Vincent from Stevie Ray, then Booker and Stevie Ray beat up Vincent again before tossing him out of the ring.

"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Diamond Dallas Page. DDP says that most of his life, people thought he was conceited, but after what's recently happened, he's not conceited, he's convinced. He knows where to go and how to get there, and he's given 120% in the ring. He says that there is another guy who has 120% in the ring that he has respected as a wrestler than he'd ever believe. He says he's never had a personal issue with Flair, as they both hate "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan and "Macho Man" Randy Savage, but he's recently courted Curt Hennig, and he hates Curt Hennig. Now that he believes Flair is making him a Horseman, he won't let Hennig feed him to Flair to keep him from making it to Road Wild. He then tells Flair that Flair may have his respect, but he has his number.

Wrath beats The Barbarian. Meng arrives after the match and confronts Wrath. They stare down, but James Vandenberg tells Wrath "not now."

"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner) in the ring. They suddenly introduce Ted DiBiase, who hasn't been seen in months. Rick tells Okerlund "We got him!" DiBiase announces that he has been on the inside looking out, and now he's on the outside looking in. He said that he grew up in the business and vowed to uphold his dad's name when his father died, but he lost his way after he became The Million Dollar Man. He says that a man pays the price for the decision of his choices, and that he has made bad choices as of late. He doesn't expect The Steiners to accept him on blind faith, and at Road Wild, he promises to help tear down what he built in the New World Order by taking the tag team titles away from The Outsiders (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall). Suddenly, The Outsiders show up. They know The Steiners are good, but they're better and the tag titles prove it. Kevin Nash tells DiBiase that when they said they were nWo for life, they meant it, and DiBiase didn't seem to understand. He calls him a dead man for joining the Steiners, but DiBiase reminds them he knows them more than anyone else. Nash says they only have DiBiase because they need somebody to read the menus while they're out there on the road. DiBiase promises he will lead The Steiners to victory at Road Wild and bring in new WCW World Tag Team Champions.

We see another performance from The Nitro Girls.

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

Konnan beats Psychosis with the Tequila Sunrise. After the match, Rey Mysterio, Jr. - still on crutches - shows up and gets in the ring, but when Konnan kicks one of Rey's crutches away, Rey smashes the other one across Konnan's back to reveal he's no longer injured. Rey then helps Psychosis out of the ring.

Glacier and "The Cat" Earnest Miller beat Damien and Silver King.

Eric Bischoff shows up. Bischoff says he has no love for The Giant and "The Living Legend" Larry Zbyszko for what they did to him last week, and brings out "the man who still has not figured how to fill my shoes," James J. Dillon. Dillon shows up, and tells Dillon to tell The Giant that if he ever lays another hand on him, he'll sue him for everything he and his children and grandchildren will ever as per his attorneys. As for Zbyszko, if he ever lays another finger on him, he will take his left foot and kick him right between his eyes. Dillon says he won't have to deliver any messages to Zbyszko, as he heard him loud and clear. Dillon laughs as he leaves.

Pyrotechnics signal the start of the third hour. The Nitro Girls dance around the commentary table.

Before the next match, Curt Hennig shows up during "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair's entrance and shakes his hand before heading back to the back. Not long after the match, Curt Hennig then rushes to Flair's corner before the commercial break.

Diamond Dallas Page beats "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair by disqualification when Curt Hennig tries to interfere with a foreign object. Page stops Hennig and teases using it, but then tosses it to the referee and fights off Flair and Hennig at the same time.

Villano IV and Villano V beat Hector Garza and Lizmark Jr. with a small package on Lizmark Jr. after the Villanos switch places, unbeknownst to the ref who is being warned of this by Garza.

"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews James J. Dillon in the ring. He says it has been a year since anyone in WCW has talked to Sting, as Sting's loyalties have been questioned by WCW management. Dillon says that he can sympathize with Sting, but it has become clear that Sting is willing to stand behind WCW and that it is a matter of what Sting wants. He has tried every means of communicating with Sting, but nothing has worked and he has not talked to Sting or met with anybody who has. Dillon wishes that Sting would show up and meet him eye-to-eye, as he has an opponent for him. He holds in his hand signed by a free agent, and all it needs is Sting's signature, and he hopes that it has what he wants. All of a sudden, Sting rappels down from the rafters to the aisle and approaches the ring. Dillon pledges to use his power from this point forward to restore the trust between WCW and Sting, and asks him to sign the contract for a match against Curt Hennig. Sting tears the contract up and leaves, and Dillon touches him, which causes Sting to look at him for a second before he heads back to the back.

We see The Nitro Girls interact with the crowd.

Lex Luger fights off Kevin Nash, Socott Hall and "Macho Man" Randy Savage to beat "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan with the Torture Rack and wn the WCW World Heavyweight Championship! Lex Luger celebrates in the ring with numerous WCW superstars. The celebration heads backstage, where champagne bottles are popped and The Giant tries to clean the nWo letters spray painted on the belt off with paint thinner. Meanwhile, a furious Hogan plans his revenge for Road Wild and asks the nWo - who consider the victory a fluke - to watch his back in Sturgis, South Dakota.