Sting beats Vampiro in a House Of Pain Match. After shackling Vampiro, Sting attacks Vampiro a few more times before leaving the cage. The lights go out around the ring, and when they come back on, Vampiro has disappeared.
"The Franchise" Shane Douglas attacks Bryan Clark near a production truck outside of the arena. The Goldberg monster truck is seen in the distance.
Backstage, Captain Rection talks with the rest of Misfits In Action (Van Hammer, Lash Leroux, Chavo Guerrero Jr.), saying that Eric Bischoff tried to degrade and fire them, and if Bischoff wants a war face, he will get one. After a showing of war faces, Van Hammer, Leroux and Chavo are renamed Major Stash, Corporal Cajun and Lieutenant Loco respectively, then introduced to Major Gunns before going to war.
Kronik (Bryan Adams and Bryan Clark) show up, and Adams calls out "The Franchise" Shane Douglas for attacking Bryan Clark, saying it did not work and that it made Clark angry. He tells Douglas to either face the music like a man or they will tear the backstage area apart to find him. Douglas shows up and says that if they think he will try to take the tag team titles back without backup, they are stupid, and while they can suspend Buff Bagwell for 30 days for disciplinary action, that will not stop him. He then says that if they look around, they can see hints as to who his new partner - who is part of The New Blood - is, then reveals his new tag team partner: The Wall.
Kronik (Bryan Adams and Bryan Clark) retain the WCW World Tag Team Championships against "The Franchise" Shane Douglas and The Wall after Shane Douglas runs away very early in the match, making the match a 2-on-1 handicap match where Kronik overpowers The Wall. After the match, The Wall has to be taken out on a stretcher, but when the paramedics try to help him, The Wall gets to his feet and attacks them, putting one of them through a table in the process.
Backstage, Disco Inferno talks to Eric Bischoff, who just tells him to do whatever he wants if he does not want to be with The Mamalukes (Big Vito and Johnny The Bull) and join The Filthy Animals (Konnan, Rey Mysterio Jr., Juventud Guerrera). Afterwards, Ernest "The Cat" Miller brings Terry Funk to Bischoff, who tells Funk that he will let him off for last week as he asks him to hand over the WCW Hardcore Championship. Funk says he will not do that as both of them hate each others' guts, and "The Cat" attacks Funk from behind before pummeling him in the corner of the room.
Outside of the arena, "Screamin'" Norman Smiley tells Ralphus he is tired, hungry and in need of a shower. With only some chicken and $1.23 between them, they have no choice but to get jobs. As they head towards the arena, the Goldberg monster truck is seen again.
Before the next match, Konnan tells Terry Funk that he is past his time and tells Rey Mysterio Jr. to find an expiration date on Funk, and says that The Filthy Animals (Rey Mysterio Jr. and Juventud Guerrera) will put him out of his misery as they take the WCW Hardcore Championship from him. When Terry Funk shows, Ernest "The Cat" Miller chokes him with a red sash before bringing him to The Filthy Animals.
Terry Funk retains the WCW Hardcore Championship against The Filthy Animals (Konnan, Rey Mysterio Jr., Juventud Guerrera). During the match, The Misfits In Action (Captain Rection, Major Stash, Corporal Cajun, Lieutenant Loco) attack The Filthy Animals, then Disco Inferno joins in to even the odds for The Filthy Animals. Booker T then shows up and single-handedly takes down The Filthy Animals before placing Funk on top of Juventud to help him retain the title. After the match, Major Gunns shows up to celebrate, then takes off her shirt and gives Terry Funk mouth-to-mouth.
"The Nature Boy" Ric Flair is seen quickly exiting a white limousine. The Goldberg monster truck is seen yet again.
Backstage, Ralphus and "Screamin'" Norman Smiley talk to a popcorn vendor about working for him. He quickly gives them a shirt and only one chance to do the job right.
Backstage, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair confronts Eric Bischoff, who tells him to take his business up with Vince Russo. After Flair leaves, he tells "The Cat" Ernest Miller to give Vince Russo a heads-up concerning Flair.
Next week's Nitro will air one hour earlier from 7 PM to 9 PM Eastern time due to the NBA playoffs.
Before the next match, Chris Candido says he and Tammy Lynn Sytch are "the first couple of wrestling," and says he is in such a good mood that he will put the WCW Cruiserweight Championship on the line against any other wrestling couple. The challenge is answered by Daffney and Crowbar.
Daffney and Crowbar beat Chris Candido and Tammy Lynn Sytch to become the WCW Cruiserweight Champions! During the match, Miss Hancock is seen taking notes on and scouting the match on the ramp, and later in the match, Miss Hancock decides to give Crowbar a show by dancing for him. Despite the distraction, Daffney gets a schoolkid pin on Sunny to win the Cruiserweight Championship. After the match, Daffney and Crowbar argue over who should win the title, then "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair stomps his way to the ring and attacks Crowbar, causing Daffney to retreat. Flair then takes a microphone and calls Vince Russo out. In the production truck, Russo tells a producer to play the video tape when he says so.
After the commercial break, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair continues to call out Vince Russo. The show then cuts to outside of the arena, where Sting is seen in the parking lot noticing that his car is on fire, before returning to the ring, where Flair continues to call out Russo. We then see footage of Vince Russo coming out of a white Corvette with David Flair and Daffney in tow as they approach the Flair estate as part of an "exposé." They enter the house where Vince Russo demonizes David's stepmother, his step-sister Ashley (the future multiple-time WWE women's champion Charlotte Flair) and his younger brother Reid - who is called "Champ" - and it is mentioned that David could never live up to Reid's expectation. The tape then cuts to Ric Flair's bedroom, where Russo and Daffney mess up the bed before Russo and David show off the private swimming pool. David then mentions that there is a creek that can barely be seen off to the side, which he says has been the only place he has been allowed for years. The tape cuts again, this time to Ric Flair's closet, where the threesome rummage through Flair's wardrobe before heading to Reid's bedroom and look through all of the trophies Reid has. They then go to Reid's bedroom, which is an unfinished basement with a blanket and a pillow on the floor. After Russo tells the viewers to hug their children and tell them they love them, they try to leave only to come into contact with the rest of Ric Flair's family, where David reveals what he, Russo and Daffney are doing here before being told to get out before the police are called. David Flair then shows up with Daffney, who now has the NWA World Heavyweight Championship and the WCW World Heavyweight Championship with her, and David tells Ric that "his father" Russo is busy backstage and that he can say whatever he wants to say to Russo to his face. Ric tells David to come to the ring so he can tell him, and tells him they are the biggest steps he will ever take in his life and to make them good, because tonight, he will grow up. Ric says he won an opportunity to face Jeff Jarrett for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, and he is claiming that opportunity tonight so that David can walk out of the building, go back to the hotel room and look in the mirror to see what an asshole he has made himself into. Ric tells David that people would try to manipulate them when he entered this business, and tells David Flair to wrestle Ric Flair the wrestler, not his father, at The Great American Bash. David tells Ric to be ready to wrestle his son that he abandoned for so many years at The Great American Bash. Ric says he loves getting ready, and while he did not want this moment to happen, David kept pushing for it to happen. David says he is ready to kick Ric's ass at The Great American Bash, and Ric tells him to get up and do it if he says he is ready, for nothing he will ever do in life will get him higher than wrestling Ric Flair. Ric tells David he has embarrassed him and his family, and if he were to lose to David, he will retire from the business for the rest of his life. All of a sudden, Jeff Jarrett shows up and hits Ric Flair in the head with a guitar, then David punches Ric in the face as Jarrett puts Ric in the Figure Four Leg Lock.
Backstage, Vince Russo tells "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair to enjoy the guitar shot to the head, then tells someone to fix the House of Pain cage through the headset before forcing Miss Elizabeth out of the room.
Vince Russo shows up with Miss Elizabeth. Russo tells Miss Elizabeth that he is from New York, and that there is always a plan. He tells Elizabeth that she has been embarrassing him, but tonight, she will learn all about "tough love" when she competes in the House Of Pain. He then mentions Miss Elizabeth hitting Madusa with a steel chair when she wasn't looking, and states that Madusa will be Miss Elizabeth's opponent tonight. After Madusa shows up, Russo states that R&B Security is stationed all around the ring, and that "The Main Event" Chuck Palumbo is guarding the door. The bell rings, then Madusa and Russo corner Elizabeth and degrade, daring Elizabeth to slap Russo in the mouth as Russo sates that The Total Package won't be able to save him now. Suddenly, the ring technician drops down into the ring and reveals he is The Total Package. Madus is quickly put in the Torture Rack, but Russo hits The Total Package with a low blow, forcing him to drop Madusa. The low blow has no effect, as The Total Package reveals he is wearing a cup. Elizabeth kicks Russo in the groin, then puts The Total Package's cup on Russo's mouth. R&B security finally get the door open, and The Total Package levels them one by one until he is maced. This allows R&B Security and Chuck Palumbo to attack The Total Package, with Palumbo attacking The Total Package with a chest flexer. Miss Elizabath can only stand back and watch as Palumbo chokes The Total Package with the chest flexer, then Kevin Nash shows up and overpowers R&B Security while Miss Elizabeth, Vince Russo and Chuck Palumbo escape, with R&B Security running away from Nash soon afterwards. Nash then grabs Madusa, but Mike Awesome shows up and attacks Nash from behind, allowing Madusa to escape. Nash then takes a microphone and tells Mike Awesome that he has messed with him for the last time, and if he wants to enter the ring under his own free will, then he will be leaving on a stretcher in an ambulance. Nash challenges Awesome to an Ambulance Match tonight, and Awesome says he will put him in the ambulance and end his career.
Backstage, "Mean" Gene Okerlund is waiting for Scott Steiner when Steiner shows up and tells Vince Russo that he is not wrestling tonight and he will be waiting for his brother Rick Steiner and Tank Abbott in the parking lot, for there are too many rules in wrestling.
"Screamin'" Norman Smiley and Norman are seen selling popcorn to the crowd. Meanwhile, it is announced that the newest issue of WCW Magazine, which documents Goldberg's arm injury from months ago, is now available.
Backstage, Rick Steiner and Tank Abbott have a street fight with Scott Steiner. Two of Scott's women attack Rick from behind with a 2x4, and while Scott has the upper hand against Tank initially, Tank and Rick eventually outnumber Scott. Suddenly, the Goldberg monster truck is seen driving around in the parking lot while crushing cars. Meanwhile, Kevin Nash is seen backing an ambulance up.
Kevin Nash is seen backing an ambulance up next to the stage before the next match.
Kevin Nash beats Mike Awesome in an Ambulance Match by referee stoppage after Diamond Dallas Page shows up, hits Awesome with a Diamond Cutter on the stage and helps Nash put Awesome through a table. Backstage, Eric Bischoff - who has been watching the match on a backstage monitor - says that if you want something done right, you have got to do it yourself.
Hulk Hogan is seen heading to the arena.
Backstage, Ralphus and "Screamin'" Norman Smiley are fired as popcorn vendors after Ralphus puts his own hand down his pants before putting more popcorn in bags.
Eric Bischoff, Kimberly and Ernest "The Cat" Miller show up. Bischoff says there is a time that every man realizes that if you want something done right, you have got to do it yourself. After telling Diamond Dallas Page that he does not get what DDP does not get, he says that he is bored with DDP and calls him out, saying that he wants to kick his teeth in all by himself. He also tells DDP to bring some back-up, because he is going to need it. DDP shows up and says that while some circles consider The Cat "a mean sumbitch," he thinks he is a pussy, and tells him to back up before he'll have to "call his mama." As for Bischoff, he tells him he does not need to call anybody, then punches him before also fending The Cat off. Kimberly grabs a steel chair and decks DDP with it, allowing The Cat to kick DDP in the face. Suddenly, Sid Vicious shows up for the first time since going down with a shoulder injury and makes himself DDP's tag team partner. DDP tags him in, but Sid choke slams him in the center of the ring before shaking hands with Bischoff, cementing Sid as a member of The New Blood. Hulk Hogan then shows up and fights off Sid and The Cat, forcing them to retreat before helping DDP up, and Bischoff tells Hogan that if he wants to play in his house, then he will play it his way if he gets rid of Diamond Dallas Page.
Backstage, Eric Bischoff tells Horace Hogan not to drop the ball tonight and to trust him despite what his uncle Hulk Hogan has been telling him. They and Kidman show up on the stage, and Bischoff tell Hulk Hogan that Horace will kick his ass "all over the stinkin' stage" because he is a member of The New Blood. Eric Bischoff then guests on commentary for the next match.
Horace Hogan beats Hulk Hogan and Kidman in a three-way match. During the match, Horace Hogan refuses to help Hulk Hogan out until Kidman hits Hogan with a low blow in the ring, and when Eric Bischoff gets on the ring apron, Horace knocks him off. The Filthy Animals (Konnan, Rey Mysterio Jr., Juventud Guerrera, Disco Inferno) run to the ring, but Hogan fends them all off with help from Horace, who whacks all of them with steel chairs along with Hulk Hogan. Suddenly, Torrie Wilson shows up, and after Horace nods at Torrie, he whacks Hulk Hogan in the back with a steel chair and pins him to get the win. Afterwards, Bischoff places a New Blood jacket around Horace, cementing him as a member of the group.
Backstage, Kidman confronts Horace Hogan for leaving with Torrie Wilson in a white limousine, and Eric Bischoff holds Kidman back, telling him it is no big deal.
Vince Russo - wearing one of "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair's robes - shows up along with David Flair and Daffney for the next match. Russo and David Flair then guest on commentary
"The Nature Boy" Ric Flair beats Jeff Jarrett with an inside cradle to become the WCW World Heavyweight Champion! After the match, Jeff Jarrett smashes a guitar into the head of referee Charles Robinson, then David Flair smashes a Statue of Liberty statuette into Ric Flair's head, then Vince Russo walks up the stage with the World Heavyweight Championship. Suddenly, Kevin Nash shows up and grabs Russo by the neck, grabs the WCW World Heavyweight Championship and hits Jarrett in the face with it before nearly putting Jarrett through the ring with a Jackknife Powerbomb. Nash then hands the World title to Ric Flair and raises his hand.
Backstage, Eric Bischoff is on the phone, saying he and Vince Russo will be on a jet first thing in the morning. he then turns to "The Franchise" Shane Douglas, tells him that Kevin Nash is a problem that they can fix and that he will be running Thunder while he and Russo have to be on a plane at noon.
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