We see an ad The New World Order put in today's issue of USA Today, where the Nitro has "nWo" pasted over the WCW logo and the message "When WCW's away, the nWo will play!" next to it.
We see footage from earlier today where fans tear up New World Order flyers in protest of The New World Order's attempt at taking WCW over.
Mike Tenay guests on commentary for the next match.
The Taskmaster and Konnan beat Brad Armstrong and Juventud Guerrera, with Konnan doing all the work and Taskmaster getting the pinfall. The Taskmaster and Big Bubba beat up Konnan after the match, but it is soon revealed that this is a gang-style initiation into The Dungeon of Doom for Konnan. At the end of the match, the nWo street team shows up in the audience carrying nWo signs again.
Mike Tenay interviews "Macho Man" Randy Savage backstage. Savage tells "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan that nothing he does will change the fact that he will take him down at Halloween Havoc. He says he was booked for Japan, too, but he got out of the tour to Japan to be at Nitro as it is not set in stone if Hogan will beat him up or if he will take down everyone in The New World Order tonight. He plans to wipe Hogan out at Halloween Havoc.
Chris Jericho reverses a power slam to beat Mike Enos.
Glacier quickly beats Pat Tanaka after taking all the fight out of Tanaka in an instant with a spinning roundhouse kick.
This Saturday on WCW Saturday Night: Brad Armstrong vs. Dean Malenko! Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge and "Flyboy" Rocco Rock) vs High Voltage (Rage and Khaos)! "Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. Big Bubba!
Olympic Greco-Roman Wrestling Silver Medalist Matt Ghaffari of the United States is seen in the audience.
The New World Order ("Hollywood" Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, "Sting," Syxx, The Giant, Ted DiBiase) is seen outside of the arena.
In a surprise twist, Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge and "Flyboy" Rocco Rock) beat Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) with a small package turned onto its side to win the WCW World Tag Team Championships, much to the chagrin of both Col. Robert Parker and Sister Sherri.
Pyrotechnics signal the start of the second hour.
"Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. Greg "The Hammer" Valentine ends when Savage hits Valentine with a steel chair and tosses the referee out of the ring just before The New World show up and attack Savage. Miss Elizabeth shows up from backstage, but runs back to the back. The Giant then introduces "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan, who then attacks Savage himself before Kevin Nash mockingly whips Savage with a Slim Jim thrown into the ring. Hogan says he's used to Hollywood, but says the lights beaming off Savage's bald head are too much to bear and spray paints Savage's head black. Scott Hall and Kevin Nash run to the broadcast table and chase off Mike Tenay and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan before telling Eric Bischoff to do his job. The rest of The New World Order minus "Sting" and Hogan join in, and Scott Hall then introduces Ted DiBiase's head of security, Vincent - the man formerly known as Virgil in the World Wrestling Federation. Bischoff tries to get out of the booth, but The New World Order won't let him as they take over on commentary. It is announced during the match that Super Calo has dislocated his shoulder in a match that took place before the show and is headed to the hospital.
A new announcement for the New World Order shirt - paid for by The New World Order - is shown.
Scott Hall says The New World Order has taken over everything they've come across and says that they could take over the NBA, NFL or NASCAR if they could. A New World Order racing car shows up, and the driver is announced to be none other than Kyle Petty.
The Giant takes over as ring announcer for the rest of the show as well as the next match - Jim Powers vs. Michael Wallstreet - which doesn't happen with Scott Hall, Kevin Nash and Syxx decide to get a closer look at the match. By "get a closer look," they obviously mean beat up Jim Powers. Referee Randy Anderson decides he wants no part of this, and leaves the ring while referee Nick Patrick - who does referee duties for the rest of the show - takes his place. :Hollywood" Hulk Hogan tags the backstage area as The Giant hits Jim Powers with a choke slam. As The Giant ends up "the winner of the match," Hogan meets up with The Nasty Boys (Jerry Sags and Brian Knobbs) and tells them he wants to "talk business" with them and ask them to head to his hotel suite, even going so far as to hand them the room key and ask them to wait for him there as well as take the World Heavyweight Championship to the suite with them.
Before the next match, "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan and Kevin Nash get Ron Studd's attention before his match against "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, but instead of potential membership, he gets beat up by Hogan and Nash. Syxx ends up being "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan's opponent instead.
Syxx beats "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan after The Giant hits a choke slam on Duggan outside of the ring while referee Nick Patrick is tending to Syxx. "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan, when asked what The New World Order wants, Hogan simply says "We want it all."
On the October issue of WCW Magazine: Randy Savage speaks out about "Hollywood' Hulk Hogan! The inside story on The New World Order, The Four Horsemen and The Dungeon of Doom! An exclusive interview with Glacier!
"Sting" (called "nWo Sting" on the broadcast) beats Beau LeDoux with the Scorpion Deathlock...and refuses to let go of the hold for some time. Hollywood Hogan says he will beat "Macho Man" Randy Savage up really bad at Halloween Havoc as he sneezes and tears up a Macho Man bandanna.
Before the next match - High Voltage (Ronnie Rage and Kenny Khaos) vs. The Amazing French Canadians (Jacques Rougeau and Carl Ouellet) - can begin, The Outsiders (Scott Hall and Kevin Nash) show up and take The Amazing French Canadians' place.
The Outsiders (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) beat High Voltage (Ronnie Rage and Kenny Khaos) in what Ted DiBiase deems "the first match of the nWo tag team title tournament."
Showing posts with label 9/23/96. Show all posts
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Monday, September 23, 1996
Raw Deal - Raw recap for September 23, 1996
We see screenshots of the footage of Razor Ramon and Diesel's return from last night.
Mr. Perfect guests on commentary for the next match, while Pat Patterson acts as special guest referee. We then see a tombstone in the middle of the aisle advertising the next In Your House.
Marc Mero beats Faarooq Asaad to become the WWF Intercontinental Championship after hitting Faarooq with Sunny's purse behind the referee's back - which is revealed by Sunny to contain a brick - and hitting the Wild Thing (the Shooting Star Press he debuted at SummerSlam). During the match, Kevin Kelly interviews Ahmed Johnson via telephone, and Ahmed says he's feeling a lot better and that he'll be back before we know it. He says Marc Mero is tough, but he's got to get tougher to beat Faarooq. When Jerry "The King" Lawler makes another Jake "The Snake" Roberts joke at Ahmed's expense, Ahmed tells him that he'll put him on his back when he comes back. Sunny is also tossed out of the match, having tried to interfere only to be caught by Sable. Also, Jim Ross announces that "Double J" Jeff Jarrett will be "exposed" tonight. Jim Ross then interviews Marc Mero, who thanks Jesus Christ, all his fans, Sable and Mr. Perfect for the victory. When Jim Ross asks "What about me?" Mero says "Jim, you're a great guy."
Razor Ramon and Diesel have their own locker room, signifying that they're here tonight...
"Wildman" Marc Mero, celebrates his Intercontinental Championship victory with all of the good guys in the locker room.
It is revealed that not only did Jeff Jarrett lip-sync "With My Baby Tonight" when he performed it at In Your House last summer, he didn't even record it. Next week, we learn about "The Real 'Double J'" who really sang on the record.
Clarence Mason guests on commentary for the next match amid accusations that Mason may have taken advantage of Jim Cornette and had him sign a contract at In Your House: Mind Games under duress.
Owen Hart and The British Bulldog beat The Bodydonnas (Skip and Zip) with the Sharpshooter. During the match, Taz from Extreme Championship Wrestling shows up holding an orange sign saying "Sabu Fears Taz" with the ECW logo on the bottom as Jim Ross makes fun of the company, stating that they wrestle in bingo halls. Jim Cornette is seen in the back, saying that the contract he signed was supposedly for him to represent him against Jose Lothario when he sues him for assault and battery, but instead it helped Clarence Mason hornswoggle him out of a tag team. He plans to get Mason disbarred before he gets revenge on Lothario himself. It is announced that Vader and Jim Cornette will take on "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels and Jose Lothario in a tag match, while Savio Vega will take on the returning Razor Ramon.
In a dark graveyard, The Undertaker says the wounds that he suffered at SummerSlam have just begun to heal, but there is one scar that he shall carry for all of eternity: the scar of betrayal. He tells Paul Bearer and Mankind that last night, they witnessed who truly is the master of the mind game. He tells Mankind he has condemned him to eternal damnation and that he is going to bury him alive, and that he will never rest in peace.
Dok Hendrix is standing outside the locker room of Razor Ramon and Diesel, attempting to get an interview, but they simply slam the door on him without even looking back and without even so much as a glimpse of their faces.
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin guests on commentary for the next match, as Jerry "The King" Lawler mentions that his artwork is on the cover of the upcoming Comedy magazine. .
On Option 6 of the WWF Superstar Line: Why did Diesel and Razor Ramon attack Savio Vega at In Your House: Mind Games?
The Stalker beats Hunter Hearst Helmsley after Mr. Perfect walks out with Helmsley's escort.
As Jim Ross gets in the ring, Paul Bearer tells Mankind that The Undertaker was the reason Mankind lost the WWF Championship, but they still have the power of his urn. Mankind tells The Undertaker will come to view last week as his greatest mistake, as he took something from him and made it personal. Mankind then plans to take something from The Undertaker in exchange: his last breath.
Jim Ross is still in the ring. Before he brings out Diesel and Razor Ramon, he tells the fans something he's wanted to tell them for a long time. He has no loyalty to the World Wrestling Federation and only loyalty to himself, as in 1993 he left the Atlanta Falcons for the WWF to be the primary play-by-play man of the company. He says he is "the best play-by-play man in the whole damn business." He jabs at the toga he has to wear at WrestleMania 9, and says he carried the broadcast from ringside at King of the Ring 1993. Unfortunately, he's no longer doing play-by-play because the "egotistical owner" of the WWF, Vince McMahon, couldn't stand the competition, and he disappeared. Then, on Super Bowl Sunday of 1994, he woke up with an affliction called Bell's palsy, which made the left side of his face look like he had a stroke and kept him from opening his eye on that side completely up, and Vince McMahon fired him over it on February 11th of that year. He was then called up to call Raw when McMahon was on trial for allegedly giving WWF Superstars steroids, and then was let go again. He was hired back again to work "fifty cents on the dollar" in the front office, and says the guys leaving the WWF as well as the guys entering the WWF is no accident. He then finally brings back Razor Ramon, but it becomes very quickly apparent that this is not Scott Hall. The show end with Savio Vega rushing into the ring and fighting the fake Razor.
Mr. Perfect guests on commentary for the next match, while Pat Patterson acts as special guest referee. We then see a tombstone in the middle of the aisle advertising the next In Your House.
Marc Mero beats Faarooq Asaad to become the WWF Intercontinental Championship after hitting Faarooq with Sunny's purse behind the referee's back - which is revealed by Sunny to contain a brick - and hitting the Wild Thing (the Shooting Star Press he debuted at SummerSlam). During the match, Kevin Kelly interviews Ahmed Johnson via telephone, and Ahmed says he's feeling a lot better and that he'll be back before we know it. He says Marc Mero is tough, but he's got to get tougher to beat Faarooq. When Jerry "The King" Lawler makes another Jake "The Snake" Roberts joke at Ahmed's expense, Ahmed tells him that he'll put him on his back when he comes back. Sunny is also tossed out of the match, having tried to interfere only to be caught by Sable. Also, Jim Ross announces that "Double J" Jeff Jarrett will be "exposed" tonight. Jim Ross then interviews Marc Mero, who thanks Jesus Christ, all his fans, Sable and Mr. Perfect for the victory. When Jim Ross asks "What about me?" Mero says "Jim, you're a great guy."
Razor Ramon and Diesel have their own locker room, signifying that they're here tonight...
"Wildman" Marc Mero, celebrates his Intercontinental Championship victory with all of the good guys in the locker room.
It is revealed that not only did Jeff Jarrett lip-sync "With My Baby Tonight" when he performed it at In Your House last summer, he didn't even record it. Next week, we learn about "The Real 'Double J'" who really sang on the record.
Clarence Mason guests on commentary for the next match amid accusations that Mason may have taken advantage of Jim Cornette and had him sign a contract at In Your House: Mind Games under duress.
Owen Hart and The British Bulldog beat The Bodydonnas (Skip and Zip) with the Sharpshooter. During the match, Taz from Extreme Championship Wrestling shows up holding an orange sign saying "Sabu Fears Taz" with the ECW logo on the bottom as Jim Ross makes fun of the company, stating that they wrestle in bingo halls. Jim Cornette is seen in the back, saying that the contract he signed was supposedly for him to represent him against Jose Lothario when he sues him for assault and battery, but instead it helped Clarence Mason hornswoggle him out of a tag team. He plans to get Mason disbarred before he gets revenge on Lothario himself. It is announced that Vader and Jim Cornette will take on "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels and Jose Lothario in a tag match, while Savio Vega will take on the returning Razor Ramon.
In a dark graveyard, The Undertaker says the wounds that he suffered at SummerSlam have just begun to heal, but there is one scar that he shall carry for all of eternity: the scar of betrayal. He tells Paul Bearer and Mankind that last night, they witnessed who truly is the master of the mind game. He tells Mankind he has condemned him to eternal damnation and that he is going to bury him alive, and that he will never rest in peace.
Dok Hendrix is standing outside the locker room of Razor Ramon and Diesel, attempting to get an interview, but they simply slam the door on him without even looking back and without even so much as a glimpse of their faces.
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin guests on commentary for the next match, as Jerry "The King" Lawler mentions that his artwork is on the cover of the upcoming Comedy magazine. .
On Option 6 of the WWF Superstar Line: Why did Diesel and Razor Ramon attack Savio Vega at In Your House: Mind Games?
The Stalker beats Hunter Hearst Helmsley after Mr. Perfect walks out with Helmsley's escort.
As Jim Ross gets in the ring, Paul Bearer tells Mankind that The Undertaker was the reason Mankind lost the WWF Championship, but they still have the power of his urn. Mankind tells The Undertaker will come to view last week as his greatest mistake, as he took something from him and made it personal. Mankind then plans to take something from The Undertaker in exchange: his last breath.
Jim Ross is still in the ring. Before he brings out Diesel and Razor Ramon, he tells the fans something he's wanted to tell them for a long time. He has no loyalty to the World Wrestling Federation and only loyalty to himself, as in 1993 he left the Atlanta Falcons for the WWF to be the primary play-by-play man of the company. He says he is "the best play-by-play man in the whole damn business." He jabs at the toga he has to wear at WrestleMania 9, and says he carried the broadcast from ringside at King of the Ring 1993. Unfortunately, he's no longer doing play-by-play because the "egotistical owner" of the WWF, Vince McMahon, couldn't stand the competition, and he disappeared. Then, on Super Bowl Sunday of 1994, he woke up with an affliction called Bell's palsy, which made the left side of his face look like he had a stroke and kept him from opening his eye on that side completely up, and Vince McMahon fired him over it on February 11th of that year. He was then called up to call Raw when McMahon was on trial for allegedly giving WWF Superstars steroids, and then was let go again. He was hired back again to work "fifty cents on the dollar" in the front office, and says the guys leaving the WWF as well as the guys entering the WWF is no accident. He then finally brings back Razor Ramon, but it becomes very quickly apparent that this is not Scott Hall. The show end with Savio Vega rushing into the ring and fighting the fake Razor.
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