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

The New World Order arrive to start the show, flying Canadian flags. Eric Bischoff "re-debuts" "the real giant in this industry today," Kevin Nash, who shows up for the first time in weeks. Kevin is wheeled out in a wheelchair by Syxx and, like Scott hall did last week as well as right now, carries a WCW World Tag Team Championship belt around him. Nash mockingly says he feels like the luckiest guy in the world, and as he was sitting at home for the last four or five weeks listening to The Giant talk, there's nothing he'd like to do more - besides win Ben Stein's money - than give The Giant the beating of his life. He doesn't work for free, however, and if The Giant wants to go toe-to-toe with him, he'll have to do it on his terms: in the World War 3 match, which takes place this year in his hometown of Detroit, Michigan. Bischoff says that not only is Kevin Nash the luckiest man in the world, so is he, because he spends time with guys like "Hollywood' Hulk Hogan and spends a billionaire's money to surround himself with some of the most impressive men in the business today. He then announces that he has a special gift for Bret "The Hit Man" Hart, who is fresh out of the World Wrestling Federation: a nWo rendition of O Canada and the announcement that Bret Hart is the newest member of the New World Order.

"Mean" Gene Okerlund shows disappointment in The New World Order's announcement concerning Bret "The Hit Man" Hart, and plus the WCW Hotline, saying there was alleged confrontation between Bret Hart and an opposing promoter, and this inside story is only available on the WCW Hotline.

Steven Regal and David Taylor get an upset win on Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray).

We see a performance by The Nitro Girls.

Chris Jericho beats Disco Inferno with the Lion Tamer. During the match, Raven and his men, regularly referred to as "Raven's Flock" (Raven, Perry Saturn, Billy Kidman, Sick Boy) are seen heading to seats in the front row. After the match, Billy Kidman tosses water into Disco's face, and Disco tosses Kidman over the guardrail before pummeling him. Sick Boy then jumps the guardrail, almost slips on the ringside mat due to the water that was tossed at Disco and immediately goes to work on Disco. Scotty Riggs shows up and fights off both Kidman and Sick Boy, and it is noted that Scotty Riggs is wearing an eyepatch. Raven confronts Riggs, then almost immediately moves away, and the rest of Raven's men immediately leave Riggs alone upon seeing him.

This Saturday on WCW Saturday Night: Alex Wright! Glacier! Mortis!

Glacier beats The Barbarian. During the match, Jimmy Hart, who has not been seen on Nitro in weeks, shows back up in his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee to much applause and stands in The Barbarian's corner. He distracts the referee long enough to ask for Glacier to knock him off the apron with a Cryonic Kick, but Glacier is able to beat The Barbarian nevertheless. After the match, Glacier is attacked from behind by Meng, who applies the Tongan Death Grip on Glacier.

Raven suddenly gets in the ring with his Flock (Perry Saturn, Billy Kidman, Sick Boy). Raven apologizes to Scotty Riggs for all the damage he did to his eye, saying it was an accident and that he feels his pain. He then tells those not intelligent, able-minded or coherent enough to understand the message he has given in the last few months, he tells them he had an abusive childhood where he was teased, taunted, tormented, picked on, bullied and beaten, but that was then and this is now. Now, all the freaks, misfits, mutants, the disenfranchised, the hopeless, the unwanted, the dregs of society have come forth from out of the shadows to stand beside him and help him gain his vengeance against those who treated him poorly. He says not to blame him, but to blame themselves as they made him what he is. All of a sudden, he is jonited by another man in a black mesh tanktop with holes in them, blue lipstick, blue eyeshadow, a nipple piercing and short blond hair shows up, and Mike Tenay somehow recognizes him as former WCW wrestler Van Hammer - or some guy who looks a lot like him - and it is obvious by his appearance that he is the newest member of Raven's Flock.

Yuji Nagata beats Alex Wright with the Nagata Lock. During the match, it is announced that Ultimo Dragon will face Yuji Nagata at World War 3, and if Ultimo Dragon wins, he gets five minutes in the ring with Sonny Onoo. Also, Sonny Onoo hands Debra McMichael some yen and kisses her only to get slapped. This is enough to distract Alex Wright, and Yuji Nagata is able to put Wright in the Nagata Lock. Despite confronting Sonny Onoo for kissing her, she keeps the money that Onoo placed in her hands.

Pyrotechnics signal the start of the second hour.

Eric Bischoff and "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan show up again, and this time they are not in a good mood. Bischoff is seen holding a piece of paper that somebody decided to slip into their locker room: a poster of a movie called The Real Reason Men Commit Crimes, which noticeably features Sting as one of the stars. Bischoff says the crime here is that Sting is trying to break into Hogan's industry, and that only Hogan deserves to be in Hollywood. Hogan says Sting is getting this "bogus movie" on the market because he is a "Hollywood wanna-be," and that his movie Assault On Devil Island will body slam Sting's movie just like he will body slam Sting at Starrcade. He says he isn't waiting until December, and calls Sting out, saying if he wants to be him so badly, then all he has to do is face him. Bischoff tries to egg Sting on and tell Sting to come get some, asking what the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia is, anyway. Bischoff says he and Hogan know Sting is in the building, and that Hogan wants Sting tonight. It is announced that The Real Reason Men Commit Crimes, starring Sting, debuts this Friday night at the historic Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia as part of the Peachtree Film Festival on Friday night at 8:30 PM local time.

"The Crippler" Chris Benoit beats Perry Saturn by disqualification after Billy Kidman and Sick Boy try to interfere. Benoit puts Saturn in the Crippler Crossface, then Van Hammer - or a guy who looks like him - distracts Benoit, allowing Fit Finlay to show up and hit Benoit with a tombstone piledriver. Raven shows up, and watches Kidman and Sick Boy continue to attack Benoit. Perry Saturn retains the WCW World Television Championship.

We see another performance by The Nitro Girls.

"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair. Flair makes three things very clear: he will win World War 3, he's going to disable Curt Hennig, and that Lex Luger is number three behind him and Elvis Presley. If the Memphis, Tennessee doesn't believe he's number one, all they have to do is watch him dismantle Lex Luger in twenty minutes. He says that World War 3 will be more than a blowout, saying that Curt Hennig wants to be the greatest performer in the world. However, the countdown starts tonight as he plans to take Hennig apart as he is part of the New World Order. When Okerlund asks if he should expect a victory party after Flair wins the World War 3 match, Flair tells him they will have an all-night party with The Nitro Girls.

Eddie Guerrero beats Rey Mysterio Jr. to win the WCW Cruiserweight Championship! After the match, Dean Malenko shows up and stares down with Guerrero, then heads to the back.

Brandow Lowry of the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga is the winner of a WCW Nitro Prize Pack, and we see footage of his Nitro party in Lambda Alpha Chi house during rush week.

"Macho Man" Randy Savage beats Ray Traylor after Miss Elizabeth yanks Ray Traylor off the top rope, despite being smacked in the head with a steel chair early in the match. As Savage goes for another top rope elbow drop, Miss Elizabeth heads to the back and brings back a can of black spray paint. Savage knocks out referee Billy Silverman and tosses him out of the ring, then Miss Elizabeth gets the the honors of spray painting Traylor. Savage hits the top rope elbow again, then says "This is how it's gonna be from now one...for lie!" After the replay of the match, it is announced that Ray Traylor is declared the winner by reverse decision due to the post-match attack.

We see another performance by The Nitro Girls.

Diamond Dallas Page beats Curt Hennig by disqualification after Hennig hits Page in the ribs with the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship. Hennig and Page brawl, and Page fights back. Hennig is seen with blood coming out of his nose after the match. as he walks out. Curt Hennig retains the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship.

Lex Luger beats "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair after Curt Hennig interferes and Lex Luger fights him off. During the match, it is announced that nobody has heard from Sting yet, and that "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan will issue another statement after the next commercial break. After the bell rings, Lex Luger press slams Ric Flair onto Hennig, allowing Flair to go after Hennig.

"Hollywood" Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff show up again. Hogan says that Sting is a coward, and that the rest of the nWo agrees with him. He asks that Sting be brought out to the ring, and Bischoff says that even he can't make Sting appear as Sting is more fear than anything else. Hogan gets his wish, as Sting - and not a man in a mask - rappels down from the rafters adnd heads to the ring. Sting throws the bat away and takes off the gloves, and when "Macho Man" Randy Savage shows up along with the rest of the nWo, Hogan nails Sting from behind, knocking Sting down and leaving him to the rest of the nWo, who gang up on Sting before holding him up so that Hogan can get a few shots in on him. The show ends with Eric Bischoff mocking what's going on as Hogan continues to hit Sting with leg drops.