Nitro-Glycerin - Monday Nitro recap for September 22, 1997

Eric Bischoff shows up at the commentary table and tells "The Living Legend" Larry Zbyszko to keep his nose out of other people's business and that if he ever involves himself in another match like he did at Fall Brawl, he will pay a dear price. Zbyszko tells Bischoff he's a fly on the wall who's about to get swatted, responds with the footage of Bischoff being attacked by The Outsiders (Scott Hall and Kevin Nash) at The Great American Bash 1996 to remind him how much of "a gutless, spineless wimp" Bischoff is and that the nWo will throw him in the garbage again when he has no authority in the company again.

Rey Mysterio Jr. beats Silver King. Raven is seen walking down the stairs to a seat in the front row during the match, and Eddie Guerrero is also seen approaching the ring. After the match Eddie Guerrero tries to get in the ring but is stopped at the apron and confronted by Rey. The referee keeps Rey back, but Rey leaps over him and nails Eddie.

The debuting Bill Goldberg beats Hugh Morrus after Goldberg kicks out of No Laughing Matter and puts him away in quick, powerful fashion, much to the surprise of the commentary team. "Mean" Gene Okerlund tries to interview Goldberg, but Goldberg just walks away, and Okerlund is left as shocked as the commentary team at Goldberg's victory.

We see an nWo-ized replay of the Four Horsemen parody.

We see a performance by The Nitro Girls.

Disco Inferno beats Alex Wright after getting an unintentional cover on Wright after a double cross body collision to win the WCW World Television Championship! Raven is seen sitting in the front row during the match. After the match, Jacqueline shows up, brings "Mean" Gene Okerlund with her to the ring, and mentions that she wants to talk to Disco. She mentions that she knows why Disco Inferno has been gone for six months, and Disco says he hasn't got the times. Jacqueline wants to challenge Disco for the title, but Disco says this is too much, especially considering he just won the Television title, and tells her not to push this as he leaves.

We see another nWo-ized replay of the Four Horsemen parody.

Scott Hall and Syxx show up, wanting to know if the people came to see WCW or the nWo. The fans make it clear they were here to see the nWo and that they're nWo "4 life." Scott Hall goes on to say how everyone knows how sweet he and Syxx are, and that it is a fluke that Lex Luger beat him by pinfall as it took the help of "The Living Legend" Larry Zbyszko for him to do it. Hall says he and Syxx are here to fight, and that he wants Luger right now and not at Halloween Havoc. Luger doesn't appear immediately, when convinces Hall that Luger is scared. He then calls out Zbyszko, and Zbyszko heads to the ring. Hall says Zbyszko is "all bluff and no stuff" and tells him to go back to commentary. He then demands another opponent be brought out from the back, and he gets Hector Garza.

Hector Garza gets a surprise schoolboy pin on Scott Hall when Hall gets cocky and messes with referee Mark Curtis, ripping off his shirt pocket, untucking his shirt and slapping him around. After the match, Hall puts both Garza and Curtis in The Outsider's Edge before "pinning" both of them.

Pyrotechnics signal the start of the second hour.

Ultimo Dragon, Ciclope, Lizmark Jr. and Juventud Guerrera beat La Parka, Psychosis, Villano IV and Villano V.

"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Interim WCW Commissioner "Rowdy" Roddy Piper. Piper says that Scott Hall cried so much after War Games that he thought he would have to build an ark, and tells Hall he may have a point as "The Living Legend" Larry Zbyszko was not an official referee during that match. He rectifies this by placing Lex Luger and Scott Hall in a match at Halloween Havoc and makes Zbyszko the special guest referee. He also addresses Curt Hennig's actions at War Games, and says that "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair will be out for a while and that "The Canadian Crippler" Chris Benoit has a concussion. He says that WCW wants to ban cage matches as they are inhuman, brutal, and insane, which is why he is fighting "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan in a cage match at Halloween Havoc for the first time in history and hopefully the last, as Piper is intent on finishing Hogan's career. Piper says he has had more cage matches than Brigham Young has had wives, and that he is the man who spent a week at Alcatraz. He plans to slam the cage door on Hogan's head so many times that Hogan will think he is at Grand Central Stage and make Mike Tyson look like a vegetarian as he chews Hogan up from head to toe.

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

The Faces of Fear (Meng and The Barbarian) beat The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner) after Meng pins Rick Steiner with the Tongan Death Grip.

Eric Bischoff and "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan show up. Hogan is seen wearing "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair's red robe with the sleeves cut off. Hogan wants to know where Sting is, and says Sting is scared when he doesn't show up immediately. He thanks Curt Hennig for his newest trophy in the form of the Ric Flair robe, then says that Flair is the first old man he's putting out to pasture followed by "Rowdy" Roddy Piper. Bischoff calls Piper out for running roughshod as Interim Commissioner of WCW. Hogan tells Piper that if he thinks he'll make Mike Tyson look like a vegetarian, he'll chew him up all over the ring and hurt him really badly in the steel cage as there is no way Piper will beat him in a cage match.

Before the next match, "Macho Man" Randy Savage and Miss Elizabeth say they don't think much of Diamond Dallas Page, saying that DDP is walking in Savage's shadow. Savage says that the nWo is currently on a roll and that he's got a present for Curt Hennig later on tonight.

"Macho Man" Randy Savage beats Stevie Richards. At one point, Savage sends Stevie Richards into the steel guardrail in front of Raven, who is still seated in the front row, and Raven answers by standing up. After the match, Raven jumps the guardrail and gets in the ring to stare down with Savage, who pushes the referee away when he tries to talk them both out of fighting each other. Raven goes after Stevie Richards instead and hits him with the Evenflow DDT once again, much to the disbelief of Savage.

This Saturday on a special one-hour edition at 7:05 PM Eastern/6:05 PM Central on WCW Saturday Night: Wrath and Mortis! Diamond Dallas Page! Dean Malenko!

Booker T and Jacqueline show up without Stevie Ray before the next match. We find out that Stevie Ray pulled his Achilles tendon a few weeks ago, and Booker T tells he and Jacqueline are more man than Konnan, Scott Norton and Vincent, and that he'll face any one of them tonight. Norton says it's not his problem Stevie Ray is injured and that he signed on for a tag match, and tells him to bring it on.

Booker T beats Konnan and Scott Norton after Vincent gets involved.

We see another performance by The Nitro Girls.

Curt Hennig retains the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship against Jeff Jarrett after Miss Elizabeth gets on the apron and distracts the referee, allowing "Macho Man" Randy Savage to run in and hand Hennig the title so that he can use it as a weapon against Jarrett. Hennig does just that, then manages to hit his signature Fisherman's suplex pin to retain the title. After the match, Hennig celebrates with the rest of the New World Order. who also attack Jarrett. The show ends with The Giant heading towards the ring, clearing out the nWo.