Before the opening bout, it is announced before the match that Disco Inferno vs. Jacqueline will not be for the WCW World Television Championship due to a ruling by the Nevada State Athletic Commission stating that a mixed gender match cannot be for a male-dominated title, therefore making the bout a non-title match.
Eddie Guerrero retains the WCW Cruiserweight Championship against Psychosis, who is no longer accompanied by Sonny Onoo.
Mike Tenay makes another report on lucha libra and the masked luchadores, this time on the Mexico City mask-masking workshop of Victor Martinez, the meaning of the mask in lucha libre, and what it means to lose one's mask in lucha de apuestas, or "bet matches."
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Interim WCW Commissioner "Rowdy" Roddy Piper. Piper says he has two orders of business to take care of right now: telling Eric Bischoff he's the boss and calling what happened to "Macho Man" Randy Savage justice. He then focuses on "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan, saying he doesn't deserve the WCW World Heavyweight Championship after what he did to it, and that he has put it in good hands where he won't find it. He also has one more piece of business that is very important: admitting that he was right about The Outsiders (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) and forcing them to put the tag team titles on the line tonight or they will be stripped of the titles and made "more nakeder than the day they were born."
We see a performance by The Nitro Girls.
Steve "Mongo" McMichael beats Steven Regal. After the match, "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Debra McMichael and addresses rumors that Jeff Jarrett is no longer part of World Championship Wrestling, confirming that Jarrett has left the company and has a new partner. Mongo shows up and says that he warned her about Jarrett and that when two snakes get in to bed together, one bits the other sooner or later. He then tells Debra to go back home and get back in the kitchen where she can really be a star. Okerlund says Mongo has won by default, but Debra says she has a plan and a big surprise for Mongo at Halloween Havoc as she always gets her way, and tells him that a dead snake can still bite.
This Saturday on WCW Saturday Night: Glacier and "The Cat" Ernest Miller! Alex Wright! Rey Mysterio Jr.! Steve "Mongo" McMichael!
We see some pre-recorded from Sonny Onoo, where he says he has been unable to teach Ultimo Dragon some respect with the luchadors, and now he has the real deal in the form of Yuji Nagata. Thanks to "a little friend in the WCW office," Nagata and the Dragon will square off at Halloween Havoc, and he will recollect the debt that he can never pay. We the hear from Yuji Nagata briefly.
Yuji Nagata beats Chris Jericho with the Reverse Figure Four Leg Lock, which Nagata calls the Nagata Lock.
We see Raven near a crib, and he makes the following statement: "My earliest memories are not of anything specific. They're more like memories of feelings as opposed to events. Feelings of abandonment, feelings of loneliness, feelings of sadness. They say our destiny is formed in those earliest moment, that our fate is determined at this critical juncture. The chosen begin their paths toward greatness; the ill-fated are doomed from the beginning. The unfortunate devour themselves in search for annihilation. You see, we are all prisoners of our own nature, locked in a certain pattern of behavior. I could no sooner change the path that I've been placed upon than I could stop a swallow from migrating or a salmon from spawning. So it is written. So it shall pass. Quoth the Raven, nevermore."
Bill Goldberg beats Scotty Riggs. (This is the first match in which Goldberg comes out to the entrance that he will best be known for, which was originally used by other former WCW talents, including former Bad Company member Pat Tanaka.) Raven, Perry Saturn, and an unknown man who is just as grungy-looking as the other two are seen in the front row before the match. We learn that Goldberg's finisher, which he has used to finish off his first three opponents, is known as the Jackhammer.
We see another performance by The Nitro Girls.
Pyrotechnics signal the start of the second hour.
Before the next match, Scott Hall and Syxx show up, the latter wearing Kevin Nash's half of the tag team titles as per "Wolfpack Rules." Scott Hall says WCW is acting real tough with a hand-picked referee in "The Living Legend" Larry Zbyszko and Lex Luger together, saying they couldn't beat him on their best night. He also says that The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner) have challenged them knowing that Kevin Nash is at home from knee surgery, but being the working men they are, they will still defend the tag titles against The Steiners.
The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner) beat The Wolfpack (Scott Hall and Syxx, with the latter replacing Kevin Nash due to "Wolfpack Rules") for the WCW World Tag Team Championships after Scott Hall drags the referee out of the ring and knocks him out only to be distracted by "The Living Legend" Larry Zbyszko. Zbyszko counts the pinfall for The Steiner Brothers to take the tag titles away from the nWo.
We see another performance by The Nitro Girls.
Before the next match, it is announced that "The Living Legend" Larry Zbyszko is an assigned official at World Championship Wrestling and The Steiner Brothers' (Rick and Scott Steiner) tag team title win is official, and that if Eric Bischoff - who no longer has the power to instantly reverse such decisions - wants to challenge the results, he will have to go through Interim WCW Commissioner "Rowdy" Roddy Piper.
Dean Malenko beats Rey Mysterio Jr. after Eddie Guerrero shows up and rips Rey's mask off his face.
Diamond Dallas Page says he doesn't know what success is as he hasn't reached his goals in or out of the ring. He doesn't measure his goals the way other people due, including "the Hogans and the Savages," like how big his house is or how expensive his car is. He and Kimberly live in the same house, he still hangs out with the same guys and he still works out at the Power Plant to keep his edge. He's the same person, only more focused, as he can't afford not to be more focused. He has respect for what Interim WCW Commissioner "Rowdy" Roddy Piper has done as Interim WCW Commissioner, noting he has a lot of his plate and that he appreciates what he did for him last week as it could have gotten ugly. He mentions the rules for his match against "Macho Man" Randy Savage at Halloween Havoc, saying "no rules" makes a man think as he knows what a savage Savage is and how much he hates him. More than anything, he knows how much he's going to be hurting after the match. He would be lying if he wasn't the least bit nervous, but it keeps him coming back to the Power Plant as it keeps him focused and reminded of where he comes from. He is not looking past Halloween Havoc as he cannot afford a negative thought in his head, as negative breeds negative and positive breeds positive. Halloween Havoc is the only thing he can afford to think about.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Interim WCW Commissioner "Rowdy" Roddy Piper again. On the subject of the tag team title match from earlier tonight, "The Living Legend" Larry Zbyszko has been sanctioned as a referee for Halloween Havoc, and the decision for that match stands. He knows that the nWo says tradition bites, and tells them reality bites, too before screaming "Hail the Steiners!" He says that "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan are getting ready for the cage match of the century as Eric Bischoff and "Macho Man" Randy Savage shows up. Bischoff confronts Piper, calling him an "interim junior wanna-be commissioner" and that he will pay for "the felonious assault that he was an accomplice in" to Savage last week as he tells him he couldn't fill his slippers. He also demands that Hogan be given the World title back and The Wolfpack (Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Syxx) be given the tag team titles back. Piper immediately goes into battle mode, wrapping his belt around his fist, but Konnan, Buff Bagwell, Vincent and Scott Norton show up to outnumber him. All of a sudden, a man in a Sting mask and brown wig slowly walks to the ring only to strike Piper with his baseball bat before taking the mask off to reveal it was Hogan in disguise all along. The nWo then gang up on Piper.
We see a video package for "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair vs. Curt Hennig for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship at Halloween Havoc.
Scott Norton beats Ray Traylor after Vincent distracts referee Mickey Jay and Buff Bagwell hands Norton a can of spray paint to use as a weapon. During the match, Billy Kidman shows up with a grungier look and joins Raven, Perry Saturn and the as-of-yet unnamed third man in the front row. After the match, Bagwell, Norton and Vincent stomp on Ray Traylor before Norton spray paints "nWo" on Traylor's back.
Disco Inferno reverses a roll-up and grabs the tights to retain the WCW World Television Championship against Alex Wright despite the distraction from Jacqueline.
We see another performance by The Nitro Girls.
Diamond Dallas Page beats Curt Hennig for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship...or does he? During the match, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair tries to get involved in the match but is stopped by WCW security. He somehow manages to get his hands on Hennig just as referee Randy Anderson counts three and chases him out of the ring.
Interim WCW Commissioner "Rowdy" Roddy Piper and referee Randy Anderson return with the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship, and Diamond Dallas Page is awarded the win. and the nWo rushes in to attack both Page and Piper, with Eric Bischoff joining in on the fun last. "Macho Man' Randy Savage hits Page with a top rope elbow drop, revealing that his neck is not hurt. Sting is also seen in the audience at the end of the show, but it is revealed to be yet another man in a Sting mask, followed by another...and another...and another. Multiple people dressed as Sting approach the ring, and they are all attacked by the nWo, and as they get beat up, more and more men dressed as Sting show up, but one of them is the real one underneath a Sting match, much to the surprise of The New World Order. He hands Piper the WCW WOrld Heavyweight Championship as the nWo runs out of the ring.
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