Nitro-Glycerin - Monday Nitro recap for July 5, 1999

The show starts with a performance by The Nitro Girls.

Chavo Guerrero Jr. trips and falls on his rear end on the ramp before the next match. He is unhurt.

Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. Juventud Guerrera ends after "Macho Man" Randy Savage and Sid Vicious show up and decimate both men. Sid then gets on the microphone and says he knows Kevin Nash can hear him and that he knows the world can see what they just did. He wants everyone to take a closer look and remember, as what they he and Savage did were examples to follow. Sid tells Nash his dad told him one time that suffering builds character, and he and Savage agree that Nash has a lot of suffering to do, as Nash has messed with Savage's mind. He says that one must not be responsible for another's sanity, for when that happens, things go wrong. He says Nash is on a bed of coals and that nobody is there to piss on him, because nobody cares. Suddenly, Kevin Nash shows up on the video screen with Torrie Wilson. Savage wants to know where Gorgeous George is. Since Sid is wearing the World title, he decides that they might as well have a match for it. Savage tells Nash that he is a dead man and that Sid can do whatever he wants. Nash gets tired of Savage's cursing as Savage tells Nash that he is the end for him. Nash tells Savage that Gorgeous George is getting dressed right now. Nash and Torrie laugh, then Nash brings out Torrie, who is wearing a Kevin Nash shirt with the mid-riff cut off. Savage tells Nash to come out to the ring, but Nash proceeds to mock Savage from backstage. Sid tells Nash the deal is done. Nash will meet him in the ring, he will finish him off, they take Gorgeous George back and that will be that.

"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews WCW President "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, who is accompanied by his son David Flair. Ric talks about how he spent the Fourth of July in Atlanta, Georgia and has tried to find his mojo ever since. Tonight, as a result of him being President of World Championship Wrestling, he will make something happen. He announces that Scott Steiner has been traveling the world with the women and has no time to defend the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship right now. (In reality, Scott Steiner is out with a back injury.) Because of this, and because he is President, he is hereby placing the United States title around the waist of the man who rightfully deserves it: his son, David Flair. Flair asks Charles Robinson to bring the title as he announces that due to David Flair's recent victory against Kevin Nash, he is #1 contender for the United States title. With Scott Steiner gone, however, he has no champion to fight; therefore he is stripping Scott Steiner of the title and awarding it to David Flair. He says he is handing him the United States title because he can and because it is one leg of the Triple Crown. He says that David will soon become one-half of the WCW World Tag Team Champions and soon the youngest WCW World Heavyweight Champion ever. Charles Robinson heads to the ring with the United States Heavyweight Championship and a bevy of women, one of whom is Asya. Flair says that when he was World champion in Atlanta, he sometimes traveled with two or three women at one time. He hands David the United States title, lets all the women have their way with David, then takes off his jacket and says that he's going downtown with all of them. Suddenly, Buff Bagwell shows up, and red, white and blue balloons drop down from the top of the Georgia Dome. Ric Flair tells Buff Bagwell he can't have him, he can't have David and he can't have the girls. Buff says that as he was backstage, he couldn't help but see that "the triple-D's" were everywhere, with "the triple-D's" standing for "dumb, dumber and dumbest." He also couldn't help but notice the difference of the sound when Flair entered "Buff country." He tells Ric Flair this isn't Charlotte, North Carolina or The Four Horsemen anymore. Flair tells him he's right, and says he's now The President of WCW, and that he works for him. Buff says he likes to party, and to keep this party going, if his son David has any guts - because he has no body - and Ric is the President of WCW, then he, not David, should be the United States champion. All he needs is a shot tonight and everyone will find out he's buff and David's not the stuff. Flair says Buff will find out David is John Elway and everyone with him is the Denver Broncos. Ric tells David to stay by him and not get tired, and tells him he's got the match. Nevertheless, Buff asks the crowd if they want to see him whip David's butt.

We see a short video package for Kevin Nash.

Before the next match, Rick Steiner says that when you run with the bgi dog, the view never changes. When you run with him and Scott Steiner, you can take whatever you want. They are running around like a pack of wild dogs, and if anyone wants some, they can get some. If anyone doesn't like him, they can bite him.

Rick Steiner retains the WCW World Television Championship against El Vamiro by submission.

Lodi and Lenny Lane walk out of the locker room, with Lenny Lane carrying an pink-and-purple pair of shorts - Lenny's favorite colors - matching what Lodi has on right now. Lenny says he doesn't have to try them on, as Lodi knows all his measurements. Lodi responds by saying "I know every inch of you." Lodi says he knows Lenny is still nervous, but say WCW won't mind when they find out, saying they're open-minded. Lenny says that if Lodi wants him to trust him, then trust him he will. The camera then focuses on the double doors they just came out of, which have the word "closet" on them.

We see a narrated video package of Bret "The Hit Man" Hart, who has not been on WCW television since the death of his brother Owen Hart, showing just how much Bret means to World Championship Wrestling.

Bret "The Hit Man" Hart appears for the first time on WCW programming since the death of his brother Owen Hart. Bret says he has all the time he wants to speak, and he will try not to rush himself. On behalf of his family and everyone back in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, he thanks the fans who has sent their love, support and condolences, as it has meant a lot to himself and to his family, and it was very much appreciated. World Championship Wrestling has been kind to him in the last few weeks, and allowed him all the time in the world to collect himself. He says a few words about his brother Owen, saying he was not your average wrestler and that he was a wonderful human being. He knows many people watched him on TV, but never got close to him sometimes. Some fans did, and some of the wrestlers go to know him, too. He says there is not a bad thing that could be said about Owen anywhere. He said that Owen was his closest brother, as they had never had an argument or shouted at each other once, and they were the best of friends. They were close from the time that Owen was a baby, and he takes a lot of pride in knowing how well he had turned out. Bret says Eric Bischoff talked to him, and asked him to come back tonight to explain how he felt about things, and felt he would be ready to talk about things when he got here. The reality, however, is that he is having a hard time deciding what to do with his life and his career. He has lived for wrestling, and his family has lived and died for wrestling. He is at a crossroads where he looks at wrestling and wonders what there is left for him to do, and that maybe it is time to move on and accomplish something in another field. He thinks of Wayne Gretzky and John Elway and all the other athletes retiring in 1999, and when he thinks of those people, they all got to hang it up and be happy with what they accomplished, but when he looks at himself, it sucks. He tells himself that on one hand, it is not fair to end his career on a tragedy or a bad note, but at the same time, nobody wants to prove more in wrestling than he does. He admits he does not know what to do next, and even though he always give his best and is happy despite how everything has turned out, but he will take some time and think about everything and put things in perspective. If he never gets the chance to say it again, he wants to thank all the fans everywhere that he ever had and still have, as he would not be anything without them, having had fans since the very start. In case he never gets another chance to talk to the fans, he thanks the fans all around the world that he has ever met, as well as wrestlers all over the world that he has ever worked with, and hopes that he wasn't too stiff. He then thanks the crowd for their time and leaves.

Backstage, Eddie Guerrero asks WCW Head of Security Doug Dellinger for help, saying that someone has stolen his wallet, and he knows that one of the masked wrestlers did it. He demands Dellinger round them up andline them up so he can identify who it is.

Jerry Flynn beats Ernest "The Cat" Miller by disqualification in a kickboxing match with 14 seconds left in the second round after The Cat hits Flynn - who is on his knee - with a punch to the back of the head. Flynn hits The Cat with a double leg takedown after the match.

WCW bobbleheads are now available at toy stores everywhere!

Tomorrow night on QVC at 9 PM Eastern/8 PM Central, WCW products, both new and autographed, will be sold. "Macho Man" Randy Savage will also appear on QVC.

Van Hammer beats Lodi after stopping an interference attempt from Lenny Lane cold.

WCW Head of Security talks to Villano V, La Parka, Ciclope and Psychosis, telling them that Eddie Guerrero ahs lost his wallet and has accused the masked wrestlers of stealing it, and wants them to line up so that he can identify who did it. Blitzkrieg and The Cheetah Kid is brought out.

Rapper Black Rob is seen in the crowd.

"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews WCW Vice President "Rowdy" Roddy Piper. Piper shows up after over a minute. He says that six reality check points go to Curt Hennig and Bobby Duncum for saving the youth of America, because rap is crap. He also calls out Sting, and brings him out to the ring. Instead of the real Sting, a man in a Sting mask shows up. So big is the jacket that the fake Sting is wearing that his hands are still in the sleeves and that he is shorter than Piper. Piper smells a rat, and wants to know if he is part of "Team Madness." "Sting" shakes his head no. When he asks if this Sting has never been in the back Hummer, "Sting" shakes his head no. When asked if there is no coalition between him and Savage to take the World title, "Sting" shakes his head no. Piper says that if he was the real Sting, he would take his mask off and show everyone who he is. He says the real Sting is a world class fighter who is afraid of nothing. "Sting" refuses to take his mask off. Piper then punches this guy in the face, then rips the mask and wig off, revealing that this is indeed a bogus Sting. The bogus Sting hides his head on the way out, and Piper says the fans want the real Sting and he doesn't blame them. He then addresses Buff Bagwell, saying he has seen him talk the talk but not walk the walk. As Vice President and Commissioner of WCW, he makes a match between himself and Buff at Bash at the Beach where they tape their hands up and box each other in ten three-minute rounds. Suddenly, WCW Executive Committee Chairman J.J. Dillon shows up with Judge Mills Lane, saying that the match is indeed official but that the match needs an impartial referee. That referee is host of Judge Mills Lane and retired boxing referee of over 100 championship boxing bouts, Mills Lane. Miller says he will be there, having heard a lot of crap from Piper, and if Piper wants to get it on, so be it. He has had a lot of crazy fights and crazy cases, and he will oversee this one, too. Piper tells Mills Lane that if he had problems with Mike Tyson, then he hasn't seen him, and he will make Mike Tyson bark by comparison.

Fit Finley and Lord Steven Regal vs. Konnan and Rey Mysterio Jr. ends when The West Texas Rednecks (Curt Hennig, Barry Windham, Kendall Windham, Bobby Duncum Jr.) - formerly The West Texas Outlaws - attack Konnan and Rey before The No Limit Soldiers rush in to attack the Outlwas.

David Flair retains the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship against Buff Bagwell. During the match, Buff Bagwell hits David Flair with the Buff Blockbuster. Referee Charles Robinson makes the count, but pretends to hurt his shoulder before he can count to three. Bagwell confronts Ronbinson for this, then mocks WCW President "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair and goes for the Figure Four Leg Lock. Ric Flair goes after him, but Buff gets him in an inside cradle. This allows "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson to put the boots to Bagwell, and allows Ric Flair to join in. Dean Malenko gets in the ring and fights both Ric Flair and Arn Anderson, and Asya gets in the ring only to be slammed by Bagwell. WCW Vice President "Rowdy" Roddy Piper gets in the rign and punches Buff in the face with an illegal object in his hand amidst the confusion, and David Flair crawls to Bagwell to make the pinfall and retain.

We see another performance by The Nitro Girls.

WCW Head of Security Doug Dellinger lines up the masked luchadors of World Championship Wrestling so that Eddie Guerrero can figure out who stole his wallet, so he can identify who stole his wallet. As each luchador unmasks with the back of their heads towards the camera, Eddie is surprised by how some of them look. We also find out that The Cheetah Kid is Prince Iaukea, and that none of the men lined up stole his wallet.

The signal for the show is taken over by Hak and Chastity. Hak says he was born hardcore and extreme, and had to fight since his first breath and that fighting is all he knows how to do. He says that he gave WCW a call so that he could get paid for fighting and not go to jail every Saturday night, and says the number of people he has fought and hurt is steadily climbing. If "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair wants to treat him like a dog and take his living away from him by not sanctioning his matches, he will take his matches outside and do it in a junkyard at Bash at the Beach. He calls out every single tough man on the planet to come to the junkyard and face him.

The West Texas Rednecks (Curt Hennig, Barry Windham, Kendall Windham, Bobby Duncum Jr.) lip-sync "Rap Is Crap" live. (Barry Windham isn't even playing the drums.)

We see a video package for Team Madness ("Macho Man" Randy Savage, Sid Vicious, Gorgeous George, Madusa, Miss Madness).

Before the next match, Diamond Dallas Page says the fans may love him or hate him, but they will never forget him. Kanyon says "Me either!"

"The Crippler" Chris Benoit, Perry Saturn, Dean Malenko beat The Triad (Diamond Dallas Page, Bam Bam Bigelow, Kanyon)

Megadeth perform their newest single "Crush." At the end of the performance, Goldberg shows up and says he is back. (This performance is omitted from the episode on the WWE Network.)

Before the next match, Kevin Nash tells "Macho Man" Randy Savage to take Madusa and Miss Madness and leave if he wants to see Gorgeous George again.

Sid Vicious vs. Kevin Nash for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship ends in a no-contest. During the match, "Macho Man" Randy Savage also gets involved in the match. As Nash fights both Savage and Sid off, Nash inadvertently hits the referee with an avalanche splash in the corner. Suddenly, Sting shows up and attacks Kevin Nash from behind. It is then reveled that this is a fake Sting. Savage hits Nash from behind with the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, then the real Sting shows up, takes out Savage, then takes out the fake Sting. Sting helps Nash up, but Nash, not knowing this is the real Sting, knees him in the gut and hits him with a Jackknife Power Bomb. After the match, Nash tells Savage that if he wants Gorgeous George back, he will find what is left of her in his dressing room. Savage runs to the back, and the real Sting walks back to the back. We then see Savage running to the back, where he topples a table and eventually finds Gorgeous George standing next to Torrie Wilson. Savage checks on George in a fit of rage, then chews out Torrie Wilson for laughing. (This scene of Torrie Wilson corpsing is the basis for Botchamania's "Send For The Man" meme years later.) Savage then rips out the entire front of George's Kevin Nash shirt, then threatens to beat up Torrie Wilson before kicking the crap out of Gorgeous George to end the show.

Nitro-Glycerin - Monday Nitro recap for June 28, 1999

A black limousine parks outside of the arena, and WCW President "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair and his son David Flair show up, along with the owner of the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, where tonight's episode takes place. Tonight, Ric tells David that the United Center was built for him, and that he wants David to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship and become the most powerful athlete in sports today. The owner tells David that he and Ric have been looking forward to this moment since David was a boy, and when he becomes champion, he will have a statue of him in front of the arena that is ten times bigger than the statue of Michael Jordan that is already there. Ric says that everyone will want to "be like Dave," not like Mike.

We see a performance by The Nitro Girls.

"The Crippler" Chris Benoit and Perry Saturn beat "Lord" Steven Regal and Fit Finley despite Regal hitting Saturn with the Union Jack when the referee is not looking.

As WCW President "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair and WCW Vice President "Rowdy" Roddy Piper are talking about David Flair's World title match tonight when Van Hammer shows up and asks for a title shot. Piper puts him in a match against Rick Steiner for the WCW World Television Championship at Bash at the Beach.

"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews WCW President "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, WCW Vice President "Rowdy" Roddy Piper and "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson. Charles Robinson and Asya also accompany them. Flair says that Chicago, Illinois should be thankful that a champion like him has decided to blow through this town, and brings out Piper last, as he and Piper have a big reality check happening tonight. Piper shows up, and says it is reality check. The first one goes to radio shock jock Howard Stern for daring to diss him and saying he wants to get in the ring with him, saying that if he messes with him, he will mess him up so much that it will make Keith Richards look like Fabio. He complains about the younger wrestlers in the locker room whining for opportunities, and announces that in a tough town like Chicago, Illinois, they will have a tough fight by putting a young up-and-comer against Kevin Nash in a Lumberjack Match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Flair says the political structure will not along him to ever be champion again, but tonight, his own son, David Flair, will walk the aisle looking as only he can look and take down Kevin Nash. He says that Charles Robinson will be the referee and that the WCW World Heavyweight Championship will be on the line, then addresses "Macho Man" Randy Savage, saying he would like to apologize, shake his hand and make him a deal tonight. Savage shows up with Gorgeous George, Madusa, Miss Madness and Sid Vicious. Flair tells Savage that the wrestling business is making history tonight, and despite the history between them, they have to bond one time as they both hate Nash and David Flair is going to wrestle him for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. He asks Savage and Sid to join up with him, Piper and Anderson tonight, and if Savage leaps over to his side, he will re-legalize the elbow drop. Robinson tells Flair that he has a scar on him and had to wear a chest tube for two weeks because of the elbow drop, and Piper has to calm Robinson down. Savage says he is a player, and for him, the ends justify the means. He does not care if he, Sid, David Flair or even Sting is WCW World Heavyweight Championship as long as the title is not on Kevin Nash. Savage asks for Sid's input, and Sid simply announces "Let the madness run free!" Flair and Savage have a deal, and Flair says that soon, everyone will say they want to "be like Dave." Savage says tonight will be Kevin Nash's worst nightmare ever. Piper says tonight, we will have a fight, for even though the young kids can swing from vine to vine, he and Flair own the jungle.

We see Lenny Lane applying blue fingernail polish to his fingernails as Lodi - whose fingernails are already blue - watches. Lenny Lane is worried about what World Championship Wrestling will think when "they find out about [them]." Lodi tells Lenny to relax, as it is not like they are the only ones in the company. Lenny knows WCW is a little open-minded, but Lodi tells him "You got me...and I got you, babe."

Tony Schiavone plus the WCW Hotline.

Eddie Guerrero beats Lodi. During the match, Eddie throws Lodi into referee Scott Dickinson, and Lenny Lane gets involved in the match. Eddie manages to fend both men off as Dickinson recovers, and Lenny gets back in the ring and gets on top of Lodi to protect him. Eddie frog splashes both men simultaneously to get the win.

WCW President "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair and WCW Vice President "Rowdy" Roddy Piper go over all their plans for tonight's main event. Piper proposes bringing three strong men in: Bam Bam Bigelow, Diamond Dallas Page and Kanyon. Flair loves the idea, and says that David Flair will be winning the WCW World Heavyweight Championship tonight.

We see another performance by The Nitro Girls.

Before the next match, Hak asks the crowd if they want to see him get hardcore and extreme, and says there is a nut who doesn't like his kind of matches, and calls out WCW President "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, telling him to walk down that aisle and to be the man, he will have to beat this man. All of a sudden, Bam Bam Bigelow shows up, and Hak dares him to get in the ring. Bigelow gets in and attacks Hak from behind, starting a match.

Bam Bam Bigelow beats Hak. During the match, Diamond Dallas Page and Kanyon show up. Hak fends DDP and Kanyon off with a Kendo stick, but Kanyon distracts referee Scott Dickinson from the apron so that DDP can hit Hak with a Diamond Cutter.

Kevin Nash shows up. He says that he has been an outsider in WCW since day one, and he knows that WCW President "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair and everyone else in WCW wants to see him lose the WCW World Heavyweight Championship tonight. He knows that the only ally he has, Scott Hall, is sitting at home in Orlando, Florida right now, and without him, he is here on his own facing David Flair in a Lumberjack Match with everyone who wants to see him lose the World title. Since he is putting the gold up tonight, he has a stipulation for David: if David wins, he gets the gold. If Nash wins, he gets Torrie Wilson for 72 hours. He then says a lot of guys have had stipulations where they get the girl for much longer, but he says Torrie will be ruing the 72 hours. He says that if the World title is enough to make him fight for his life tonight, that little incentive should bring it over the top. He dares everybody to bring it on, and guarantees that he will be leaving World champion tonight.

Curt Hennig, Barry Windham, Kendall Windham and Bobby Duncum Jr. beat Stevie Ray, Horace Hogan, Vincent and Brian Adams.

Ernest "The Cat" Miller and Disco Inferno show up for their dance contest. The Cat takes the microphone from referee Nick Patrick and says that if the crowd does not vote for him, he will go to his car, get his karate gi and "whup every redneck in here" just like he did Jerry Flynn. The Cat then puts his red shoes on and does his usual dance, and does not get much of a crowd reaction. Disco Inferno is up, and he gets a much better response from the crowd. The Cat then attacks Disco Inferno as he has the contest won, and this starts a match between the two men.

Ernest "The Cat" Miller beats Disco Inferno by disqualification. During the match, Disco Inferno hits the Chartbuster only for Sonny Onoo to get in the match to break the pin only to accidentally kick The Cat. The Cat then puts on one of his red shoes and superkicks Disco as Onoo distracts referee Nick Patrick from the apron, but as he has the match won, Jerry Flynn - who has not been seen in months - shows up and kicks Miller in the head, knocking him out of the ring and ending the match. After the match, Flynn tells Onoo to tell The Cat when he wakes up that next week, he and The Cat will see who the better kickboxer is in a Kickboxing Match. All Miller has to do is sign the contract.

Before the next match, WCW President "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair and "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson are at the commentary table. Flair says he will make sure there are no mistakes during the World title match, while "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson reminds Nash of the parody he did of him after he was forced to retire, and says he will respond to it and that his response will be ringing in Nash's ears.

Diamond Dallas Page and Kanyon retain the WCW World Tag Team Championships against Dean Malenko and Buff Bagwell. During the match, DDP pushes Malenko into referee Scott Dickinson in a pinfall attempt. Buff hits the Buff Blockbuster on DDP, but Malenko goes for the Texas Cloverleaf on Kanyon only to fall victim to a double-team Diamond Cutter. Referee Scott Dickinson comes to and counts the pinfall.

The music video for "Rap Is Crap" by Curt Hennig, Barry Windham, Kendall Windham and Bobby Duncum Jr. makes its world premiere to kick off the "Rap Is Crap Tour '99."

Sid Vicious beats Scott Putski. At the beginning of the match, "Macho Man" Randy Savage grabs a commentary headset and tells Tony Schiavone and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan that Sid is the best big man in wrestling today, and to get on the bandwagon before it is too late. After the match, Savage repeats those claims, and says it will be official in a little when Kevin Nash loses the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Sid tells Nash that the carnage he sees and the madness that is about to happen will soon happen to him. Savage then hits Scott Putski with a top rope elbow drop. Savage says that is the way it is, and if anybody likes it, they had better stay out of their way for they are "the bomb."

We see another performance by The Nitro Girls.

David Flair vs. Kevin Nash for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship in a Lumberjack Match almost ends as soon as it begins when David Flair runs out of the ring and all of the lumberjacks attacks Nash. Savage wraps a chain around his hand and punches Nash in the face. (It should be noted that even though Charles Robinson is supposed to be the ref, it is "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson who ends up donning the stripes.) David Flair goes for a Figure Four Leg Lock and Anderson goes for a super-slow count as Kevin Nash lays down on the mat during the hold, but Nash still kicks out and manages to fight back. Anderson attacks Nash, but he gets punched, and the lumberjacks go after Nash again. David Flair is given a taser by WCW President "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, but Nash manages to take it away from him and shocks a couple of people before taking Gorgeous George hostage and shocking "Macho Man" Randy Savage with the taser as he starts walking backwards. Torrie Wilson is seen smiling and walking out with Kevin Nash as he heads to the back with Gorgeous George. We then see Torrie Wilson and Gorgeous George get into a black limousine, and it is revealed that Sting is the one driving the black Hummer when we see his face in the rear view mirror. Nash, upon discovering this, quickly gets into the limo as Savage and Sid Vicious go after Nash.

Nitro-Glycerin - Monday Nitro recap for December 8, 1997

Bobby "The Brain" Heenan replaces "The Living Legend" Larry Zbyszko on commentary for the first hour as Zbyszko wants to focus on his match at Starrcade.

Ray Traylor beats Konnan when the lights go out. When they come back on, Konnan is mysteriously knocked out in the middle of the ring.

Steve "Mongo" McMichael beats The Barbarian. Raven's Flock (Perry Saturn, Billy Kidman, Van Hammer, Sick Boy, Scotty Riggs, the unnamed member) is seen in the front row during the match, and it is noted here - and throughout the episode - that Raven is not here tonight. After the match, Jimmy Hart calls for Meng as Mongo knocks him off the apron, and Meng catches Mongo with the Tongan Death Grip.

"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Disco Inferno. He says that his match against Jacqueline at World War 3 was a no-win situation. He says that the locker room has no respect towards him, and if they want to say something about him, they should say it to his face.

"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Buff Bagwell. For years, he has heard about Lex Luger, who didn't show him anything last week. He says that WCW has kept him down for six, and says it's time to step up to the plate. He knows Luger is in the building, and if he's 1/100th of the man he is, he will accept his challenge. He says Luger can't beat him because he's buff and he's in Buffalo, New York.

Eddie Guerrero guests on commentary for the next match.

Dean Malenko beats Prince Iaukea with the Texas Cloverleaf.

We see a performance by The Nitro Girls at the commentary table.

The New World Order brag about injuring The Giant in their newest paid announcement.

This Saturday on WCW Saturday Night: "The Crippler" Chris Benoit! Dean Malenko! Diamond Dallas Page! Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray)!

Jim Kelly and Bruce Smith of Buffalo Bills fame are in the crowd tonight. A portion of the proceeds from tonight's show will go to Jim Kelly's son's charity Hunter's Hope.

We see recorded footage from Kevin Nash, who tells The Giant that he's the true giant of professional wrestling. The Giant may be bigger, but he's the best big man wrestling has ever seen. He says The Giant wanted none of him after he knocked him out with a baseball bat, and calls out The Giant for calling him out while he was injured, knowing he could beat him then. He challenges The Giant to a match at Starrcade, and this time, The Giant is injured and can't used his choke slam. He says The Giant is a giant lamb going to slaughter while he is at the top of his game.

"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews The Giant. The Giant agrees with Kevin Nash, saying he is one-dimensional. But that dimension is all he needs, and despite all that's been done to him, he's coming for Kevin Nash at Starrcade He says that there's only one giant, and it's him, and when he comes to Starrcade, he's bringing the choke slam with him.

We see another performance by The Nitro Girls.

Raven is scheduled to take on "The Crippler" Chris Benoit, but instead, the as-of-yet-unnamed newest member of his Flock fights him instead. We soon find out that his name is Lodi.

"The Crippler" Chris Benoit beats Lodi with the Crippler Crossface. After the match, Benoit grabs the microphone and says "Quoth the Crippler...nevermore," before calling Raven out, telling him to get in the ring so he can find out what being abused and victimized is all about.

Pyrotechnics signal the start of the second hour.

"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair. Flair says that Starrcade is coming soon, and he is betting on Sting to beat "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan. He knows that Scott Hall and Kevin Nash are not invinicible, and that The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner) will take them down. He tells Curt Hennig he wants him in a cage, where two men enter and one man walks out, and that one man walking out will be The Nature Boy. On the subject of Bret "The Hit Man" Hart supposedly joining the nWo, Flair says he would be remiss to say that Bret calling himself the greatest of all time only works when he has his own newspaper column in his own hometown, and tells him to come to Charlotte, North Carolina so he can show him real life. He says that Bret has joined the nWo to duck him, but he wants to show Bret that the best there is, was or ever will be is The Nature Boy, and comparing Bret to him is like comparing John Elway to Jim Kelly.

Hugh Morrus vs. "Macho Man" Randy Savage ends with the lights going out. When they come back on, both men and the referee are down, and Savage is seen wearing a Sting mask.

Rick Rude and Eric Bischoff show up and approach the commentary table. Rick Rude calls Mike Tenay, Tony Schiavone and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan "the three monkeys," "See No Evil, Hear No Evil, and Speak No Evil." He tells Schiavone that the fans might buy his "crap," but the nWo knows better. Rude says WCW pays them, the production crew and the power bill. He says that if they know what's going on with the lights, they had better pray that it doesn't happen again because they will be back if it does and they will take out the entire commentary team. Rude then forces Tenay and Schiavone's hands on their eyes and mouth, respectively, and Bobby Heenan gets what is going on and places his hands on the speakers of his headset to avoid having Rude put his hands on him. Rude and Bischoff leave, and the commentary team have to take a commercial break to regroup as they are amazed, horrified and fearing for their lives at Rick Rude's behavior.

Disco Inferno beats Perry Saturn to take back the WCW World Television Championship and snap a losing streak that started when Disco lost the title. During the match, he sends Perry Saturn into the rest of Raven's Flock (Billy Kidman, Van Hammer, Lodi, Sick Boy, Scotty Riggs).

Bryan Rudick of the Zeta Beta Tau chapter of the University of Illinois-Champagne is the winner of this week's Nitro prize pack. We see some footage from his Nitro party.

We see another performance by The Nitro Pack.

Buff Bagwell beats Lex Luger by count-out after Luger is distracted by both Scott Norton - who shows up near the end of the match - and Vincent. Condolences and prayers are sent out before the match to executive producer and director Craig Leathers, whose mother Sarah passed away over the weekend.

The nWo make fun of "Rowdy" Roddy Piper in their newest paid announcement.

We see a video package of Sting.

Diamond Dallas Page beats Scott Hall by disqualification after the nWo runs in and attacks Page. Eric Bischoff and "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan show up before Hall puts Page in The Outsider's Edge. Another Sting dummy drops down and crashes through the ring, and the nWo get a good laugh out of it. Hogan says that when you're with the nWo, you're with the nWo for life, and that everyone knows that Sting is a coward and that he scares him off. He says that Scott Hall is the clear-cut winner tonight just like everyone in the nWo. The nWo then pull the dummy out of the ring, and Hogan says this is the best thing that can happen as he continues to make fun of Sting, saying he and Scott Hall should be tying up as Sting is just a big disappointment. Hogan then unmasks the dummy only to find out that the dummy is the real, genuine Sting. Sting is still attached to his harness as he fights off the New World Order to end the show.