Nitro-Glycerin - Monday Nitro recap for September 14, 1998

The show starts with a performance by The Nitro Girls.

Mike Tenay is at the downtown airport in Greenville, South Carolina, and as a white limousine pulling away from an airplane, it is reported that "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair is returning to WCW for the first time in months. Tenay tries to interview the limo driver as well as one of the crew of the nearby plain, but to no avail.

Van Hammer vs. Alex Wright ends in a no-contest after Ernest "The Cat" Miller enters the ring after kicking Van Hammer in the back. After the match, The Cat brags once again that he is the baddest in the world and that there is not one person in the world who can beat him. WCW security and local police immediately arrest The Cat after this as Miller shouts "Somebody call my mama! I am the greatest!" The Cat is then escorted to and placed into the back of a squad car.

"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Bret "The Hit Man" Hart, who hobbles his way to the ring. Bret says that for the longest time, he has made a complete jackass out of himself, and that Hollywood Hogan is full of crap. He says Hogan ran from him and made promises to him, but he is scum, and what he and Stevie Ray did to him last night - which has now taken him out action for some time and cost him the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship, which he says he never earned in the first place - has made it clear that when he comes back, he will come back stronger and make Hogan's life a living hell. Bret does not blame the fans for losing their respect for him as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, and says he is not here to beg for forgiveness. Piper gets in the ring and tells Bret that he told everybody about how much of a jerk Bret was two weeks ago, and now that he hears him talking like this, he tells Bret that he is not the first to be conned by Hollywood Hogan, whom he calls "a piece of slime." He goes on to say that if Bret's dad were to hear him right now, he would be proud, as his father was a fighter and so is Bret. Piper tells Bret not to bury himself in his own pity, and to soar like the eagles and prove who he is and what he is made of, and to never let the fans down again. He says that the wrestling business is harsh, and if America can find it in their hearts to forgive President Bill Clinton, they can forgive Bret. After Piper leaves, Bret says he needs to see what happens next, but he asks for the fans to give him another chance.

Saturn beats Kendell Windham. After the match, Riggs, Sick Boy, Horace, Lodi and Kidman head to the ring while Raven - with Kanyon in tow - tells them from the crowd that their 24 hours of freedom are over and to re-join them. Saturn tells them that they are all free for good. Saturn tells Riggs he is a tag team champ and to do something with himself. He tells Horace to lose the stop sign and to get a pair of trunks and be a star. He asks Lodi how his neck is doing, he tells Sick Boy he is a hot young star in the making, and tells Kidman to win the Cruiserweight title. He then tells them all to leave, because they are free. Raven tells them to go back over the railing, but the Flock walks out on him and Kanyon. Saturn then tells Raven that it's "mind over matter" and that The Flock doesn't mind and that Raven doesn't matter. Lodi is noticed to still be hesitant about leaving Raven, but he leaves regardless.

Wrath beats The Renegade.

Eric Bischoff, Miss Elizabeth, The Disciple and Hollywood Hogan show up. Hogn says the two things that the nWo-ites cannot stand are cowards and sissies, and calls Bret "The Hit Man" Hart a sissy before telling him to sit on the porch with "Rowdy" Roddy Piper for they weren't in his league. He goes on to call The Warrior a coward who does not want to face him and who robbed him of his plan to take the World title back from Goldberg. Now Hogan says The Warrior is in his world, and that he will send him back to where no man ever came from. He tehn tells The Warrior that if he wants to get a piece of him and live forever, he can take his chance, because he challenges him to a match. When he wipes the paint off his face and defeats him, he will go after Goldberg and the World title. Suddenly, fog envelops the ring, and when it clears, The Disciple is gone, much to Hogan's shock and dismay.

Pyrotechnics signal the start of the second hour.

It is announced that Kaz Hayashi is injured tonight and will not be able to wrestle. Kidman will be taking his place in Hayashi's match.

Kidman, fresh out of Raven's Flock, beats Juventud Guerrera to win the WCW Cruiserweight Championship! Juventud Guerrera claps for Kidman and gives him kudos after the match, and Saturn shows up at ringside to give him a standing ovation.

"Mean" Gene Okerlund gets in an interview with WCW Executive Committee Chairman J.J. Dillon, who is dressed in a tuxedo and says that what is going on now is one of the most exciting moments he has witnessed in a long time. Dillon keeps the reason behind his closed-door meeting under wraps, wanting to keep Okerlund surprised too. Head of WCW Security denies Okerlund entry to this secret meeting.

We see Jackie Chan, who tells us to stay tuned to get a sneak peak at his new movie Rush Hour, opening this weekend in theaters.

Eddie Guerrero argues with Eric Bischoff backstage. Bischoff refuses to release Eddie Guerrero, and sends him on a tour with New Japan Pro Wrestling in Japan in retaliation.

The British Bulldog beats The Barbarian after knocking Jimmy Hart off the apron.

"Mean" Gene Okerlund interview WCW Executive Committee Chairman J.J. Dillon. Dillon states that Scott Steiner and Buff Bagwell's behavior from last night was unacceptable and an embarrassment to themselves. The Executive Committee has declared that Scott Steiner must face Rick Steiner again at Halloween Havoc. Suddenly, the lights go in and out, and laughter can be heard.

We see another performance by The Nitro Girls.

Don Portucci, Jr. from Buffalo, New York is the winner of this week's Nitro Party pack winner. We see some footage of his Nitro Party.

Fog envelops the ring before the next match, and The Warrior shows up. He has The Disciple next to him on his knees, and he is grabbing him by the back of his leather vest. nWo Hollywood shows up, and Warrior asks Hogan if he is missing something. He tells the rest of the black-and-white to stand their ground, and tells Hogan that they can live as either warriors or ordinary men, and that his actions as an ordinary man has only engraved the purpose of the One Warrior Nation revolution upon the minds of those warriors who will find the courage. Warrior then says a disciple who stands behind a mindless dictator cowers in fear at the face of a leader. As for Hogan's challenge at Halloween Havoc, he accepts, but tells Hogan to remember that the graveyard are full of cowardly, trembling, conquerable men. Fog envelops the ring again, but The Warrior has disappeared once more along with The Disciple.

Scott Steiner beats Silver King and Norman Smiley with a double Steiner Recliner. Buff Bagwell attacks Silver King and Norman Smiley after the match.

We see another performance by The Nitro Girls.

Pyrotechnics signal the start of the third hour.

The Giant beats Meng with the choke slam, which stops Meng from being able to reach him with the Tongan Death Grip.

Scott Hall comes to the ring tipsy before the next match, with Vincent carrying a bottle in a brown paper bag.

Eric Bischoff shows up during Scott Hall's match with Lex Luger, and tells Hall "I can't save you forever." He asks Hall to come with him to the back, and assures him that he is not fired. Kevin Nash and Konnan show up, and Nash tries to talk with Hall, who says that his life is falling apart. Hall takes another drink, then spits it into Bischoff. The match ends, and Bischoff calls for a commercial break.

WCW Executive Committee Chairman J.J. Dillon enters the ring, and asks "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson to come to the ring. Anderson shows upand Dillon says that he owes it to him and to the fans to say what he said to him privately. Dillon apologizes to what he has said to him in the past few weeks, and even though he meant well, he put him in a bad position and hopes that he can earn his forgiveness. Arn then takes the microphone and says that when 15,000 blow the roof off a place, that's what a pop smells like. He says that what Dillon said to is what the fans have been telling him for the last year-and-a-half, and that is to be the man that he has always been. He could hear those words,, as something was in the way. He starts at the beginning, as this is a new beginning for The Four Horsemen. When he has a boy, he always knew he wanted to be a professional wrestler, and when it happened, it was the greatest day of his life. When he started going across American in 1986, he did it as a Horsemen, and his life changed forever. He opened doors he never dreamed he would open, and everyone across the nation showed him who he was. Since then, he has upheld the standards that he and everyone else set for themselves. Last year, he woke up on an operating table, and Arn Anderson the wrestler was dead. He felt that he could not be a Horeseman if he could not be a wrestler, and when he felt that way, "The Crippler" Chris Benoit said it can still happen. He brings out Benoit, Steve "Mongo" McMichael and Dean Malenko. Anderson tells Benoit that he got this rolling and if there is a finer wrestler than him, he doesn't know who it is. He says Benoit's intensity got his attention and that it will help him uphold the Horseman standard. He tells Mongo that he may be stubborn, but he is all-an and all-pro, and that he will mean to wrestling what he meant to football. As for Malenko, he calls Malenko a paragon of respect as and exemplified what a Horseman has always meant: over-achievement, and tells Malenko that he did get it after all. He then says that through the year 2000, The Horsemen will do what the fans have asked, but he feels it fair to state that he will not be responsible for what happens next as they are not nice guys and that heads will roll. He then says to be careful what you wish for, as you will get it. He then brings out "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, who hasn't been seen since early in the year. Flair tears up at the immense positive reaction from the crowd and thanks them. He says he is almost embarrassed by the reaction, but when he looks back at the last 25 years, he says this is all worth it. He then says he heard that the Horsemen are having a party tonight, and that the most elite group that Eric Bischoff declared dead is alive and well. He tells Bischoff this may be his last shot, but he will make it his best. He then says that this moment makes for good television, as it was a real-life situation just like how Anderson passed the torch in Columbia, South Carolina. He goes on to say that Anderson is one of the greatest performers to ever live, and that Bischoff squashed him in one night and told him to disband the Horsemen for they are dead. When he looked in the mirror the next mirror, he saw a man who gave up and quit, and for that, he owes the fans and The Horsemen an apology, and says it won't happen again. Bischoff shows up, and Flair calls him "an obnoxious, overbearing asshole" who abuses his own power and dares him to cut him off. He calls Bischoff a liar, a cheat, a scam and "a no-good son-of-a-bitch" before daring Bischoff to fire him.

Diamond Dallas Page guests on commentary for the next match, and talks about the War Games match, saying that as soon as the opportunity arose in the match, he took it and earned his World Heavyweight title shot at Halloween Havoc. He also provides some insight on his upcoming match at Halloween Havoc against Goldberg.

Goldberg retains the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Sting after Hollywood Hogan kicks Sting in the back of the head during a Scorpion Death Lock attempt, out of the view of referee Billy Silverman. This allows Goldberg to hit the Spear and the Jackhammer on Sting, and disgusts Diamond Dallas Page to the point that he leaves commentary. Hogan immediately attacks Goldberg after the match ends, and Bret "The Hit Man" Hart rushes into the ring and goes after Hogan. Goldberg, Bret and referee Billy Silverman check on Sting after the match, and Goldberg helps Sting up to end the show.