Nitro-Glycerin - Monday Nitro recap for January 25, 1999

In footage from last week, Vincent demands he be called "Vince" as he and the nWo celebrate a huge win. He goes to the locker room to drink a glass of egg yolks when he notices a camera in the locker room, filming them. We find out that Hollywood Hogan, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall and Buff Bagwell are watching the footage from their limo. Hogan says "Well, boys...guess we know what time it is."

We see footage from earlier today where Curt Hennig tells Stevie Ray that he has not worn the black-and-white of the nWo for the last three months because he has "seen the storm coming" and that the nWo black-and-red are trying to put them out. The two of them speak with Scott Norton, Brian Adams and Horace Hogan, and Stevie Ray says he is going to give the nWo a piece of his mind, and that he is doing it for the black-and-white nWo. Vincent also joins in on the conversation.

"The Nature Boy" Ric Flair has Eric Bischoff on merchandise table duties tonight. Not surprisingly, Bischoff is not happy to do this job, either. When Flair asks the nearby people if they want to see him sell souvenirs in the crowd tonight, the crowd makes it clear that they want it.

We see a performance by The Nitro Girls.

At the airport, Stevie Ray tells the black-and-white nWo that he will talk to Hollywood Hogan and to let him handle it.

Disco Inferno beats Al Greene.

At the airport, Stevie Ray talks about his resentment about the nWo black-and-red having a limo and a Lear Jet while the black-and-white have two Ford Taurus. The black-and-red show up in a Lear Jet, and rats on his friends to Hollywood Hogan. The black-and-red then attack Curt Hennig, as do the black-and-red. Stevie Ray then begrudgingly gets in one of the Ford Taurus as everyone heads to the arena.

The New World Order are now in the arena, and make their way into a dressing room. Stevie Ray is handed a black-and-white nWo shirt as everyone gives him a hard time about his dress clothes.

Bam Bam Bigelow is seen heading to the ring carrying a ladder. He says that when he first came onto the scene in WCW, he had one mission: defeat Goldberg. He will not stop until that mission is accomplished. Lately, however, there has been some interference in the form of Scott Hall, and he tells Hall that if he thinks that he can zap him with a stun gun and get away with it, he is mistaken. He says Hall may claim to be the king of ladder matches and be hardcore, but he has wrestled in places where Hall would not even show up at, and that he has been both hardcore and extreme. He proposes that he and Scott Hall have a Ladder Match to put this to rest, and says he will show why he is The Beast From The East. The nWo is seen watching Bam Bam Bigelow in the ring from the dressing room, and proceed to make fun of him.

Eric Bischoff is seen arguing with a customer at the merchandise table over the amount of change being given. The customer is given her full money back when head of WCW security Doug Dellinger gets involved.

"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews WCW President "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, who says WCW is here to bring everyone the best wrestling program on the face of the planet. He reiterates that he will be facing Hollywood Hogan at SuperBrawl IX, and tells Hogan that The Four Horsemen ("The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson, "The Crippler" Chris Benoit, Steve "Mongo" McMichael) could have taken Horace Hogan's life, but they brought him back in one piece, and that the Horsemen are kicking ass and taking names again. He then focuses on Bret "The Hit Man" Hart, telling him that he does not have the same itinerary as Hogan, and that he will be defending the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship against an opponent chosen by WCW, and that he will also be wrestling tonight against Booker T tonight. He also announces that there will be a World Tag Team tournament match tonight, and to make sure Kevin Nash or anybody else in the nWo does not interfere tonight, there will be a wall of wrestlers around the ring. He also announces that Hollywood Hogan will be wrestling tonight as part of a six-man tag team match against himself and two of the Horsemen.

Suspended referee Scott Dickinson is seen sitting in front row in plain clothes.

Before the next match, Scott Hall and Disco Inferno show up with both a stun gun and a ladder. Hall says he and Disco were talking in the back, and says that in the nWo, they pride themselves on giving the people exactly what they want. He tells Bam Bam Bigelow that if he wants a Ladder Match, he's got one, and it will be against him. Hall then hooks his stun gun to the hook in the center of the ring, and the stun gun is raised several feet above the ring.

Scott Hall vs. Bam Bam Bigelow in a Ladder Match ends in a no-contest. During the match, Bigelow gets his hand on the stun gun, and Disco Inferno - who is kicked out early in the match, hands a stun gun to Hall. Goldberg shows up and Spears Disco before doing the same to Bigelow and Hall and shocking both of them with the stun guns until Scott Norton makes the save for Hall by attacking Goldberg from behind and taking him down momentarily.

Chuck Norris is seen in the front row.

"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Bret "The Hit Man" Hart, who says he has no idea what "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair's problem is, as he has never ducked anybody. He says Flair has had a grudge against him since he came here, and asks who Booker T is to have a match with him as he calls Booker T a loser and asks if Booker T has the guts to step in the ring with him as his life and career will both be on the line if he does. He says Booker T is not worthy of a United States title shot, and says the one guy who has earned it is El Dandy. Okerlund questions his choice, but Hart says he is a great wrestler and asks Okerlund "Who are you to doubt El Dandy?" He also says Psychosis (whom he calls "Hypnosis") is also worthy of a title shot, even though he is also a cruiserweight like El Dandy. He also says Dean Malenko is worthy despite being injured and sitting at home. He then mentions that he has a groin injury again, and Okerlund reminds him that people compete hurt in other sports all the time. Bret then says that if Flair wants to put him against anybody and wrestle hurt, that is fine, as he says Flair has been jealous of him ever since he showed up.

The wall of wrestlers surrounds the ring before the next match.

The Faces of Fear (Meng and The Barbarian) beat Fit Finlay and Dave Taylor to continue to the next round of the WCW World Tag Team Championship tournament after Jimmy Hart distracts Fit Finlay.

It is announced that security has been posted in front of The Nitro Girls' dressing room.

Saturn beats Norman Smiley.

Suspended referee Scott Dickinson is seen in the front row again. "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Dickinson, who says that he has a ticket and that his suspension was bogus as there was no due process or appeal, and wants to know what the problem is with WCW Executive Committee J.J. Dillon. He says Dillon wants to get over with "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair and all the wrestler, and says that when a wrestle does something to a referee, nothing happens, but when the reverse happens, he gets suspended for 30 days. As soon as Okerlund says that he will get with Dillon, Dickinson immediately leaves.

NFL running back Herschel Walker is seen in the front row.

Bret "The Hit Man" Hart retains the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship against Booker T after Booker T tries to choke Bret with the camera cord in the ring only for Bret to hit him in the head with the United States title as the referee is trying to get the camera cord out of the ring.

Jean-Claude Van Damme is seen in the front row.

Eric Bischoff is seen selling merchandise in the crowd.

Goldberg beats Scott Norton. After the match, the black-and-white nWo shows up, but Goldberg lays them all out. Herschel Walker, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Chuck Norris and Brett Hull of the Dallas Stars hockey team all join Goldberg in the ring afterwards.

We see a performance from The Nitro Girls, but as it goes on, Scott Steiner confronts the commentary team and watches the Nitro Girls from the commentary table.

Before the next match, Scott Steiner sends a message to Diamond Dallas Page that his wife Kimberly is flirting with him, and if she wants to please him, she had better be ready to please him. He then says that as he looks at DDP physically, he knows Page cannot satisfy her and that it is up to him to get the job done. Hollywood Hogan says that with the Wolfpac in the house, he is pleased not to see any WCW fans or fans of "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair as "they stink real bad." At SuperBrawl IX, Flair had better hope he has nine lives, as he will beat Ric Flair worse than he did his son David Flair, and kiss him off and out of the business like Eric Bischoff did to his wife. He then says if you're not hunting with the pack, you're hunted by the pack, and anyone not part of the pack will be hunted starting with Ric Flair. He says that Ric Flair will be beaten so badly that he will admit that he is the man and the master.

The Four Horsemen ("The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, Steve "Mongo" McMichael, "The Crippler' Chris Benoit) beat Hollywood Hogan, Kevin Nash and Scott Steiner by disqualification. During the match, Eric Bischoff, who is selling merchandise in the crowd, shows up and hands Kevin Nash a 2x4 with a foam finger on it. Nash then uses the 2x4 as a weapon in full view of the referee, and the match is over. After the match, Bischoff pulls out a razor and tries to cut Flair's hair, but WCW shows up and fights off Nash, Hogan and Steiner and Flair manages to escape a haircut. The entire locker room empties and a full-fledged brawl between WCW and the nWo takes place, and WCW ends up standing tall. As the nWo tries lo leave, Goldberg shows up and takes on the entire nWo to end the show.