Monday, September 1, 1997

Nitro-Glycerin - Monday Nitro recap for September 1, 1997

Tonight's special three-hour edition is dedicated to "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson, who retired from in-ring competition last week.

The Four Horsemen ("The Crippler" Chris Benoit and Steve "Mongo" McMichael) beat Jeff Jarrett and Eddie Guerrero after Dean Malenko shows up, pushes Eddie Guerrero off the top rope as the referee is preoccupied with Debra McMichael, and hits a top rope splash on Jarrett to put an end to his Figure Four Leg Lock. During the match, it is announced that Lex Luger, Diamond Dallas Page and "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair are part of WCW's team at War Games at Fall Brawl.

Lex Luger compliments "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson on his talent and career and wishes him a happy retirement on behalf of WCW.

This Saturday on WCW Saturday Night: Diamond Dallas Page! Alex Wright! The Giant! Curt Hennig! Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge and "Flyboy" Rocco Rock) vs. High Voltage (Rage and Kaos) in a no-disqualification match!

Scott Hall, "Macho Man" Randy Savage and Miss Elizabeth show up. They head to the commentary table, wish the fans a happy Labor Day weekend, and says the nWo is everyone is in the stands tonight and watching from home as they are the working man's champion and are doing it for the little people, like "The Living Legend" Larry Zbyszko who have never had anything o on through their life, so they can live through them. Hall talks about people having jobs they hate who want to tell their boss to stick it, but can't, and the nWo comes out time after time to do just that to WCW. Tony Schiavone, Mike Tenay and Larry Zbyszko leave, and Savage says Lex Luger and Diamond Dallas Page won't have a holiday tonight, unless they can't get their unity together, and in that case, he and Hall will give them a permanent holiday. Hall tells the fans not to worry as the nWo will keep being too sweet. They then leave the commentary table.

Mortis beats Silver King. After the match, James Vandenberg calls out The Faces of Fear (Meng and The Barbarian) so he can add their severed heads to his collection. It doesn't take long for them to show up, start an instant brawl and clean house.

We see a performance from The Nitro Girls.

We look back at Bash at the Beach 1994, when Arn Anderson turned on Dustin Rhodes.

Yuji Nagata beats Dean Malenko after Jeff Jarrett and Debra McMichael show up and Debra distracts the referee so that Jarrett can get Malenko's attention and attack him from the apron. Jarrett holds on to one of Malenko's feet to assure Nagata the victory.

Diamond Dallas Page says the first word that comes to mind when he thinks of "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson is respect, because when he got in the ring, he gave it his all.

Pyrotechnics signal the start of the second hour.

We see another performance by The Nitro Girls.

Before the next match, Sonny Onoo carries a framed portrait of himself putting Ultimo Dragon in the Dragon Sleeper next to Psychosis on the way to the ring.

Ultimo Dragon beats La Parka when Sonny Onoo tries to distract the referee so that La Parka can hit Ultima Dragon with a steel chair. Ultimo Dragon ducks the chair shot, however, and drop kicks the chair into La Parka's face for the win. After the match, Sonny Onoo tries to pass the buck and tell the referee that Ultimo Dragon used the chair to get the win and reverse the decision over to La Parka, but the referee sides with Ultimo Dragon. Onoo tries to beg Ultimo Dragon for forgiveness, but Ultimate Dragon turns his back on him, and when Onoo kicks him in the back of the head, Ultimo Dragon turns around and body slams Sonny Onoo in the ring before he runs out of the ring to avoid another potential chair shot from La Parka.

We look back at "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson's promo from Starrcade 1985.

Buff Bagwell beats Glacier after Vincent puts a stop to a superplex from Glacier.

"The Living Legend" Larry Zbyszko says every dog has his day and that "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson's came too soon as he calls Anderson's career "legendary."

We see a video package of "Rowdy" Roddy Piper.

Despite Villano IV and Villano V switching places, Lizmark, Jr. beats Villano IV. During the match, it is announced that Rey Mysterio, Jr. will not need surgery on his knee, and that he will back within in a month with a knee brace. Also, Raven is seen in the crowd during the match. He is very briefly seen sitting in the front row near the aisle as Villano IV and V leave (blink and you'll miss it).



"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Lex Luger, who says that he and Diamond Dallas Page are not seeing eye-to-eye, and admits he did not know he put Page in the rack. He apologizes to Page, and says he feel swhat Page went through when he had to deal with the nWo himself. Luger admits that the nWo has great athlete, but their foundation is built on smokescreens, subterfuge, lies and deceptions, and he does want himself and Page to fall for these things. He asks Page to come to the ring so they can bury the hatchet, but page doesn't show up, and Luger says he's going to get his answer from Page in the ring tonight.

We look back on the April 12, 1993 of WCW Worldwide, as "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson hits a nasty spinebuster on "Beautiful" Bobby Eaton.

We see another performance from The Nitro Girls...and Disco Inferno, who hasn't been seen on Nitro in quite some time, joins in this time around. After The Nitro Girls show up, Alex Wright shows up and Disco watches him dance. This leads to an impromptu dance off between the two men that turns into a brief shoving match and a brief staredown before Disco leaves.

Alex Wright retains the WCW World Television Championship against Hugh Morrus. During the match, Disco Inferno is seen watch ing the match from ringside, and he hits Hugh Morrus in the back of the head only to be dragged into the ring and punched out. This distraction allows Alex Wright to get the win after he puts his feet on the rope for leverage.

Bobby "The Brain" Heenan says 10 seconds is enough to talk about "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson's career, and he thanks Anderson for his career as he wishes that he - and the people - had more time.

The Nitro Girls are seen at the commentary table again as the sweepstakes for the live Nitro Party broadcast contest is re-announced.

We see a video package of Sting, the message from the end of Clash of the Champions XXXV and his actions from last week's Nitro.

Before the next match, Damian sees Raven, stares at him for a few seconds, then walks towards the ring. Raven attacks Damian from behind, then the match starts. Stevie Richards, Damian's opponent, performs CPR on Damian, then asks Raven what happened. Raven slaps him, then Stevie pins Damian for the win.

Dean Malenko puts "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson on the top of his list of some of the greatest competitors he's seen through the years, and wishes him the best of luck on his future endeavors.

Pyrotechnics signal the start of the third hour and another performance by The Nitro Girls.

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

"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Big Bubba, who hasn't been seen in months. Ever since he came to WCW, he showed up in a lot of different names and outfits, and now goes by his real name, Ray Traylor, and says he is a human being just like everyone else in the arena. He talks about how he was attacked from behind when he is in the nWo, and how he was told that his career was over and that he would never wrestle again. He learned that "nWo 4 Lyfe" is a bunch of crap, as he didn't get one letter, phone call or card by the nWo and that all he got was a FedEx from Eric Bischoff saying his services in the nWo were no longer needed. Traylor now has a picture of Eric Bischoff at all times, and every time somebody told him he wouldn't walk or wrestle again, he looked at the picture and took a step. He plans to rip Bischoff's head off, as nobody kicks him when he is down.

Ray Traylor beats Prince Iaukea.

J.J. Dillon proclaims "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson was, is and always will be an icon among The Four Horsemen.

"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews The Four Horsemen...who turns out to be Konnan dressed as Steve "Mongo" McMichael and Syxx dressed as "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair. Syxx brings out "Curt Hennig," who is really Buff Bagwell dressed up much like Curt Hennig in street clothes with a fake blonde ponytail on the back of his hat. "Flair' asks if "Hennig" is in or out, and "Hennig" tells him he can't give him or these people an answer tonight as they make fun of earlier tonight when the real Curt Hennig became a part of the real Four Horsemen. "Flair" brings out "Arn Anderson," who is really Kevin Nash in a bald cap, a wig, a neck brace and a grossly over-exaggerated beer belly. "Arn Anderson" brings a cooler to the ring, and tells them "The beer's on ice" before he mocks the real Arn Anderson, and says that the WCW fans were wondering when he was going into labor before mocking Arn Anderson's injury and retirement by saying the left hand is "the hand I open beer with." Water drips from the Ric Flair wig Syxx is wearing, as if to mock Flair crying over Anderson, as Nash parodies Anderson's retirement speech. The four of them unbutton their shirts to reveal that they are wearing "Four Jackasses" T-shirts underneath.

We look back at "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson's promo from the June 17, 1996 Nitro.

Before Chavo Guerrero, Jr. can face Chris Jericho, Eddie Guerrero shows up and tells Chavo Guerrero Jr. that he gave him the opportunity to be a man and be the Cruiserweight Champion nine months ago, but he couldn't do it. He tells Chavo to step down and let "Uncle Eddie" take care of business. Chavo tells Eddie he was supposed to watch his back, but he didn't. Scotty Riggs shows up and wants a piece of Eddie, but Eddie tells him to go away. Prince Iaukea shows up, as does Damian, Billy Kidman (who hasn't been seen in months on Nitro), Cicploe, and Super Astro. Everybody fights each other in an impromptu battle royal. Silver King, Villano IV, Villano IV, Ultimo Dragon, Alex Wright, Super Calo also show up for this impromptu match. Eddie Guerrero ends up using the Cruiserweight title as a weapon against Jericho.

The Giant congratulates "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson on his retirement, saying he earned it and deserved it.

Eric Bischoff and "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan show up. Hogan says Sting is nobody without his baseball bat, and that he has beaten nobody as of late, and tells him if he wants to be a superstar or god like him, he should look into getting dry cleaning for his trenchcoat. He goes on to say that Sting looks like Columbo in the trenchcoat, and that Sting is a "Hollywood wanna-be," before calling him out and telling him to meet his master so that his fans can see him get Stung. Bischoff says he wants a piece of Sting after Hogan is finished with him. After waiting a few seconds, Bischoff and Hogan give up on waiting on Sting, then call out WCW Executive Committee head James J. Dillon, who shows up. As Hogan says he has an answer for Dillon, he punches him and hits him with a couple of leg drops. Tony Schiavone leaves the commentary table in disgust for a few seconds, refusing to call this, as Bischoff spray paints "Bite me" on Dillon's undershirt. Hogan then says Sting has been stung, as the nWo are just two sweet.

Scott Hall and "Macho Man" Randy Savage beat Lex Luger and Diamond Dallas Page. Luger accidentally lays Page out with the running forearm, but gets Savage in the Torture Rack. Scott Hall, who is the legal man, takes advantage of the situation by pinning Diamond Dallas Page, who is the legal man on the other team, to get the win.

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