Thunderstruck - Thunder recap for February 19, 1998

We see footage from earlier today where Chris Jericho is about to interviewed outside of the arena by Mike Tenay only for the New World Order to run out of the building and attack "Macho Man" Randy Savage and Lex Luger.

Bill Goldberg beats Fit Finley.

Psychosis beats Chavo Guerrero Jr.

Eric Bischoff and "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan show up. Bischoff says that in this world, there are people who just do not believe, but tonight, he knows that Hogan will put all of the controversy to rest. Hogan says he hates controversy, and now that everything is copacetic and that "Macho Man" Randy Savage has seen "the nWo light," he hopes that Sting is at his best tonight when Savage drops the elbow from the top rope on him, as Savage has the whole nWo behind him and he is at the top of his game. He hopes Sting fights for his life, as it is just him and Sting this Sunday. He asks Savage to save him a piece of Sting so that when he beats him, it will be etched in stone for eternity. He also wants it to be known that nobody was robbed after what happened at Starrcade, as he and referee Nick Patrick were both robbed and everybody in the nWo wants Nick Patrick to be the referee for the World title match at SuperBrawl VIII. Hogan wants Nick Patrick to count the pinfall on Sting, and he makes it known that with the World title around his waist again, the nWo will be just too sweet.

This week on WCW Saturday Night: The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner) vs. Steven Regal and Dave Taylor! Diamond Dallas Page vs. Sick Boy! Curt Hennig vs. "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair!

Members of Raven's Flock are seen in the front row.

Booker T beats Riggs. After the match, Raven's Flock tries to climb over the guardrail to go after Booker T, but Saturn tells them that Booker T is his.

Mike Tenay tries to interview Lex Luger about the parking lot attack, but Lex Luger gets angry and tries to chase after Tenay as he is being taped up.

Juventud Guerrera beats Kidman. After the match, Chris Jericho runs into the ring and attacks Juventud. He tries to take the man's mask off, but when he does, it is revealed that Juventud is wearing another mask underneath. Juventud then hits Jericho with a missile drop kick before chasing him to the back.

Before the next match, Kevin Nash says that he has not seen The Giant since Souled Out, and he tells him to be at SuperBrawl VIII so that he can announce he has retired from professional wrestling at the hands of "Big Sexy" Kevin Nash. He also gives a shout-out to Syxx.

Mike Enos and Wayne Bloom beat The Outsiders (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) by disqualification after Kevin Nash punches referee Mickey Jay before hitting Wayne Bloom with a Jackknife Power Bomb. After the match, WCW security is waiting for Nash, who plays around with security before allowing himself to be handcuffed and taken to the back.

Rick Rude, Brian Adams and Curt Hennig show up. Rick Rude says that to claim to be the best there was, the best there is and the best there ever will be is to make a very bold statement, and last Monday night, Curt single-handedly eliminated Bret "The Hit Man" Hart from all three categories. He then asks Curt why he would choose Bret to pick on. Hennig says Bret has been walking around talking about how good he is. Suddenly, The British Bulldog and Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart show up, and Neidhart and Bulldog challenge Hennig and Adams to a match. Both teams brawl almost immediately, and this brawl becomes an impromptu match.

Curt Hennig and Brian Adams vs. The British Bulldog and Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart ends in a no-contest when the match gets wildly out of control.

We see footage from during the break where Curt Hennig, Brian Adams, The British Bulldog and Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart all have to be held by back by WCW security.

Mike Tenay interviews The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner). Rick says they have never been as ready for a match in their life and that they have proven it by winning the tag team titles. He knows The Outsiders (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) will do everything they can to take the titles back, but says it will be easier to take a T-bone steak away from a rabid bulldog.

La Parka beats Super Calo despite the interference attempted by Disco Inferno. During the match, it is mentioned by Mike Tenay on commentary that Lex Luger and "Macho Man" Randy Savage were having an intense conversation with each other before they were attacked by the nWo. After the match, La Parka hits Disco Inferno with a steel chair.

We see a video package chronicling the recent events between "The Canadian Crippler" Chris Benoit and Diamond Dallas Page.

Before the next match, Chris Jericho says he stands in the ring as the people's role model, paragon of virtue and hero, but he has a problem: he has Juventud Guerrera in a title vs. mask match at SuperBrawl VIII, and he claims he has seen Juventud without his mask and that he "looks like Quasimodo" without it. Jericho says he does not know if he can handle the responsibility of revealing Juventud's face to the world on Sunday, and says that he will let him keep his mask on because if you see Juventud's face once, you will never want to see it again.

Chris Jericho retains the WCW Cruiserweight Championship against Dean Malenko with the Lion Tamer.

"The Canadian Crippler" Chris Benoit and Diamond Dallas Page beat Raven's Flock (Raven and Saturn) following a Diamond Cutter to Raven and a Crippler Crossface to Saturn.

The New World Order carries "Macho Man" Randy Savage - whose face is covered with a Sting mask and whose chest has "NWO" spray painted on it - to the ring. "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan says that when you are in the nWo, you are in the nWo for life, and nobody knows it more than Savage. He then announces that the match between Savage and Sting is not going to happen as Savage has realized it is much better to run with the pack in nWo and he does not want to destroy Sting tonight, as Sting has been left for him. He then announces that everyone will have to watch SuperBrawl VIII to see him beat Sting. He also says that even though Sting is advertised for tonight and in the building, there is no way he will show his face with the whole nWo in the ring. Sting runs in almost immediately and lays out the rest of the nWo single-handedly. When he goes for Hogan, Hogan runs, but when the nWo gets the upper hand, he gets back in. Lex Luger shows up despite his ribs being taped up and helps Sting out to force the nWo to retreat and end the show.