Scott Hudson temporarily replaces Tony Schiavone on commentary (this goes on from this week until August 2).
Sid Vicious shows up. He says he can tell by the cheers (or in this case, boos) of the fans that they feel the same anticipation that is running through his blood, because Hollywood Hogan has something that belongs to him. When Hogan enters the ring against him tonight, he had better realize that he has open arms for him just like the "miserable pukes" in the crowd does. He says the fans can scream "Hogan" at the top of their lungs, but it will do them no good for when it is over, Hogan will be standing in the middle of the ring, looking at him and telling him he is the master and the ruler of the world.
We see a performance by The Nitro Girls.
Before the next match, Jimmy Hart shows up on the video screen with the Junkyard Harcore Invitational trophy. He tells Finley that if he wants the trophy, all he has to do is come to Road Wild. He then tells him that Jerry Flynn is coming down the aisle.
Jerry Flynn vs. Fit Finley ends in a no-contest after Finley runs to the outside of the arena when he figures out where Jimmy Hart is at. During the match, Jimmy Hart is on the video screen, cheering Flynn on and taunting Finley. Finley has the match won when Finley realizes that Jimmy Hart is outside of the arena. He runs out after him, but he is attacked by The First Family (Flynn, Meng, Hugh Morrus, Brian Knobbs).
WCW Executive Committee Chairman J.J. Dillon is seen talking to Lodi and Lenny Lane, who asks them to sign their contracts - which are about to be renewed in the proper way, as he says that he knows their brothers. Lodi and Lenny Lane's secret that they are gay is safe...for now. Whether or not they are able to get a raise is another matter.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Hollywood Hogan. Last week, when he beat "Macho Man" Randy Savage for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, his life turned around. When he was laid out for 90 days and soul searching, he did not know how he would handle the professional wrestling world, but when he beat Savage, he knew it was time to turn his life around. He says that this is not the first time around the block for him, and he knew that the big dogs would all come after him when he won the World title. He welcomes Sid Vicious' challenge, but says Sid has one part of the equation wrong. He says that Sid will be at his feet, saying he is the man and the champion, and that he rules the world of wrestling. Hogan says he has his focus, his mind, body, spirit and soul ready for Road Wild. He says Kevin Nash has a chip on his shoulder, and after he beats Sid Vicious tonight, he will be aiming his guns at Nash, because he is the man and the champion and this is strictly business.
The WCW Hotline is plugged, with results from tonight's Nitro available on Option 3.
Norman Smiley beats Lodi in his first match in months with a La Magistral Cradle. After the match, Lenny Lane and Lodi do the Big Wiggle together, completely unperturbed by Lodi's loss.
Eric Bischoff guests on commentary for the next match.
Sting hits referee Charles Robinson with the Scorpion Death Drop before the next match can begin. Robinson is replaced by Mickey Jay as he is tossed out - both figuratively and literally - by Sting.
Sting beats "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair to take control of World Championship Wrestling. During the match, "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson drags referee Mickey Jay out of the ring. Sting attacks Anderson at ringside, bu he is soon assaulted from behind by Sid Vicious, who then places Sting back in the ring. After Sid leaves, Flair readies Sting for the Figure Four Leg Lock and locks it in. Sting's shoulders are on the mat in the hold, but he raises the shoulder up and quickly reverses it. Later on, Sting inadvertently takes out Mickey Jay with a Stinger Splash. He knocks Anderson off the apron, then hits Asya with a Stinger Splash when she tries to get involved in the match. Sting then puts Flair in the Scorpion Death Lock, but Mickey Jay is still down. Eric Bischoff leaves the commentary table and replaces Mickey Jay as the referee, and Flair gives up. After the match, Sid Vicious comes back and attacks both Sting and Bischoff from behind before putting Bischoff in a power bomb. Hollywood Hogan then shows up, and Sid Vicious gets out of the ring.
Rick Steiner retains the WCW World Television Championship. During the match, Horace hits Rick Steiner with a steel chair behind the referee's back, then tosses both the chair and Rick Steiner back into the ring. As referee Randy Anderson confronts Rick about the chair, Horace is attacked from behind by Kevin Nash. Rick Steiner then hits the top rope bulldog for the win. After the match, Kevin Nash and Rick Steiner fist bump each other, Hollywood Hogan shows up to check on Horace and wants to know why Kevin Nash is making this personal when he said that their match for the World title is strictly business. Nash says he lied, saying that it is still business, but this time, it is really personal.
We see another performance by The Nitro Girls.
Eddie Guerrero beats Psychosis. After the match, Villano V gets in the ring, followed by La Parka. They both attack Eddie for embarassing them last week by making them take their masks off, then Rey Mysterio Jr. shows up and hits Psychosis with a missle drop kick off the top rope as he clears the ring. Rey and Eddie suddenly run into each other, and Eddie then puts his hand out. Both men shake hands and make amends.
Stevie Ray wants to know what is going on as he talks with Vincent and Brian Adams. He is tired of The Jersey Triad (Diamond Dallas Page, Bam Bam Bigelow, Kanyon) after what they did to Booker T, and asks Vincent and Brian Adams to watch his back. Brian Adam asks if Stevie Ray is still nWo black-and-white or if Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) is back together. Stevie asks them to team up for now, and then he will answer their questions later.
The Jersey Triad (Diamond Dallas Page, Bam Bam Bigelow, Kanyon) show up. Before the next match, Kanyon says nobody is better than him, especially Booker T. DDP says that if Stevie Ray wants to get in their business, then now is the time for him to get his big, fat Cheez Whiz sucking butt out to the ring. Kanyon then says Stevie Ray's mom is so fat that the other day she tried to wear a shirt with a big X on it and a helicopter tried to land on her, and that every time she turns around, it was her birthday. When Stevie Ray shows up, he says that it will only take one of them to beat him.
Stevie Ray beats Kanyon after Diamond Dallas Page and Bam Bam Bigelow's interference fails miserably. After the match, DDP and Bigelow take the boots to Stevie Ray before Kanyon hits Stevie with the Flatliner. DDP is about to duct tape Stevie Ray's wrists to the bottom rope when Booker T rushes into the ring and makes the save for Stevie Ray. The Jersey Traid retreat as Booker T dares them to get in the ring.
We see a video package for Team Madness ("Macho Man" Randy Savage, Sid Vicious, Madusa, Gorgeous, Miss Madness).
Robert Wuhl, the star of HBO original series Arliss, announces that WCW Superstars will be guest starring on Arliss this Sunday night at 9:30 PM Eastern, 8:30 PM Central on HBO. He then guests on commentary for the next match. Before the next match, he stays in character as John Arliss and announces that he will be representing NBA basketball star Dennis Rodman, who has been announced earlier in the night to return to World Championship Wrestling tonight.
Team Madness ("Macho Man" Randy Savage, Sid Vicious, Madusa, Miss Madness, Gorgeous George) shows up. Savage says that last week, Kevin Nash stole his WCW World Heavyweight Championship and that Nash is a dead man. He then says he has only one thing to say to Hollywood Hogan. He says he is a candidate for the President of the United States in the year 2000, and if that is not enough, he wants Kidman to walk the aisle, as he is not ready for the madness.
"Macho Man" Randy Savage beats Kidman. At one point in the match, Savage uses Gorgeous George as a human shield at ringside, and Miss Madness hits a hesitant Kidman in the back with a drop kick. Miss Madness almost does it again - this time in the ring and off the top rope as Gorgeous George distracts referee Johnny Boone from the apron - but Kidman ducks it and Miss Madness hits Savage instead. Nevertheless, Savage is able to hit Kidman with a piledriver before hitting the top rope elbow for the win...almost. Savage pulls Kidman up and goes for another elbow from the top rope, but Johnny Boone confronts him for it and gets knocked out as a result. Savage his the second top rope elbow, then goes for a third. Before that can happen, Dennis Rodamn shows up and hits Savage in the back with a purse. John Arliss leaves the commentary table and talks with Rodman, and says there is so much money in Dennis Rodman in WCW as "Mean" Gene Okerlund shows up to find out what is going on and Arliss tells Rodman not to blow it. Arliss says he will be under contract, and Savage goes after Rodman only to be held back by WCW security. Arliss wants a match between Savage and Rodman at the next pay-per-view, Road Wild. Tony Schiavone and Mike Tenay are also seen approaching the ring, and Savage says he wants Rodman right now. He tells Rodman to pick up his training bra and he will make him a man right now. Rodman says he is up to the challenge. Rodman then shakes his butt towards Madusa, Miss Madness and Gorgeous George, saying he is so mad he is going to make Rodman his bitch. Madusa and Miss Madness then start brawling again, and WCW security have to keep both women apart.
Before the next match, Konnan says there are a lot of wrestlers jockeying for position to get that money and says he is doing the same thing, and says that there are "punk mark busters" like Vampiro trying to show and prove. He dares Vampiro to get in the ring and prove himself one more time. Vampiro shows up, and when he gets in the ring, Konnan says "Show and prove now" before slapping him in the face. Vampiro then kicks Konnan in the side of the ribs. This starts a match.
Konnan beats Vampiro by disqualification when he is suddenly attacked by Insane Clown Posse (Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope). They and Vampiro then triple-team Konnan. Raven - who has not been seen in some time - then appears on the apron and watches things go down, and Rey Mysterio Jr. also gets in the ring to fight the ICP off only to fall victim to the numbers game.
Ernest "The Cat" Miller shows up...almost. Instead, Buff Bagwell shows up dressed like The Cat, while another person shows up wearing a Sonny Onoo mask while accompanied by a beautiful woman. Bagwell mocks The Cat's dancing as he makes his way to the ring. He also makes fun of The Cat's speech as well, from saying he won't leave until he whups somebody to mocking the crowd to issuing an open challenge to anyone in the locker room. He says he has his "main man" Sonny Onoo with him, as well as his "main lady,: "Sonny Oh-Yeah." He says he will whup anybody in The Jacksons, then says he may want to click his red shoes three times and say "There's no place like my crib." He does that, but he is still in Rockford, Illinois. The real Ernest Miller and the real Sonny Onoo show up and fight their impostors. Buff Bagwell gets his hands on Sonny Onoo, and when Buff Bagwell punches Onoo's briefcase into The Cat's face when he tries to attack him with it, The Cat opens the briefcase up and attacks Buff with one of his red dancing shoes. The Cat says Buff may look and sound like him, but he can't dance like him as he puts his red dancing shoes on. The Cat does a little dance, then hits Buff with an elbow before Onoo counts to three.
The Revolution ("The Crippler" Chris Benoit and Perry Saturn) beat The West Texas Rednecks (Curt Hennig and Barry Windham) by disqualification when Bobby Duncum Jr. and Kendall Windham get involved in the match. Dean Malenko runs into the ring and fends off The West Texas Rednecks, but the numbers game catches up to him. All of a sudden, "The Franchise" Shane Douglas of Extreme Championship Wrestling fame - and former tag team partner of Dean Malenko - shows up and fights off the Rednecks. He tells Saturn, Malenko and Benoit that all the fans now what tough S.O.B.'s they are. Starting tonight, things are about to change in World Championship Wrestling. Where he is from, if someone hold you down, you step in front of them, bash their brains out with a stop sign and take your spot back. He says there is a cancer in WCW, and tonight, they take out the trash and the cancer and take WCW back where it rightfully belongs.
We see another performance by The Nitro Girls.
Hollywood Hogan retains the WCW World Heavyweight Championship by disqualification against Sid Vicious when he is attacked by Kevin Nash. Sting gets in the ring and fights Nash before hitting Nash and Sid with Stinger Splashes, then Rick Steiner shows up and attacks Sting. Nash, Sid and Rick Steiner continue to attack Hogan and Sting, then Goldberg comes out to "Crush" by Megadeth and fights them all off. Goldberg, Hogan and Sting all stand tall in the ring to end the show.
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Monday, July 19, 1999
Monday, December 14, 1998
Nitro-Glycerin - Monday Nitro recap for December 14, 1998
We see a performance by The Nitro Girls.
Before the next match, Raven says he has arrived to Hell in a handbasket just like everyone else, met by the welcoming committee of fear, violence and indifference. He is thrust into the light and met by the cold, hard feel of latex, his source of pain is satisfaction for his attacker. He soon found that whatever moron had packed me had left out the instruction manual, and he was forced to rely on the charity that his mother taught him, but he did not realize that his mother's reality checks were all bouncing, and says his mother was never there for him. As Raven continues to talk about the pain he has to suffer and how everyone else has an easy life, Kanyon shows up, asks Scott Putski to leave, and tells him he and everyone else is sick of Raven complaining about his mother. Raven says he had a rough, miserable childhood, but Kanyon says that what nobody else knows is that Raven went to an Ivy League school and has a degree in pre-med, and had a $3.2 million trust fund. He also says that Raven lived in Palm Beach, Florida, had the pick of all the rich, young debutantes in the area and had a Mercedes at age 16. Raven says his mother never loved him, but Kanyon tells Raven his real problem is that he had it too easy. Raven leaves, and Kanyon tries to stop him on the way to the back, but Raven tells Kanyon to leave him alone. The match between Raven and Scott Putski never takes place.
Villano V beats Eddie Guerrero by disqualification when The Latino World Order shows up. Guerrero then tries to recruit Villano V into the LWO, and Villano V joins. Eddie tells Eric Bischoff the LWO is "one more stronger." Rey Mysterio Jr. is on the apron, but he steps off and walks away.
We see another performance by The Nitro Girls at the commentary table.
The Simpsonville Recreational Department of Simpsonville, South Carolina are this week's Nitro Party Pack winners. We see footage of their Nitro Party.
Wrath beats Al Green.
You can enter the Superstar Online Sweepstakes for a chance to win a copy of the Sting and "Macho Man" Randy Savage Superstar Series VHS tapes and a chance to win a trip for four to Starrcade! You have until Thursday night to enter!
We see a video package of The Four Horsemen ("The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson, "The Crippler" Chris Benoit, Steve "Mongo" McMichael, Dean Malenko) and their feud with Eric Bischoff.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Eric Bischoff. Bischoff says he has not bitten off more than he can chew, and even though there are those who think so, there is a difference between him and "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, and that he is deeply rooted into the new millennium coming up and looking towards the future while Ric Flair is rooted in the past and should have been put to pasture a long time ago. He tells Flair that he is a trained killer and a dangerous man, and spent seven years perfecting his craft of knocking people out, breaking their legs and ruining their careers by punching and kicking them in the head at will. He says Flair is a very tired old man, and tells Flair that his right hand hits really hard while his left scares even himself. Suddenly, Flair runs into the ring, and runs Bischoff out of it immediately before chasing him around ringside and to the back, until Bischoff hides around the commentary table while Ric Flair makes his way to the ring. Okerlund then interviews Flair, who does knee drops on the ring and says this is what the audience wants to see. He says Bischoff that they are in Tampa, Florida, where they like wrestling more and where everyone grew up on blood, sweat and Eddie Graham until "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes showed up and blew both for and against him as everyone who was somebody went through the stage. Flair calls Bischoff "an aristocrat," and when he gets him in Washington, DC, he will strangle him half to death, and he will reach down his neck, grab his heart and pull it out to show the world he does not have one. Ric Flair then lays down in the corner, holding his left arm at the shoulder, and "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson runs out to check on Flair. Trainer Danny Young shows up to check on Flair, as does "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes (even though Dusty Rhodes has been fired), referees and medical staff. A stretcher is brought out, and Flair is placed on it before it is wheeled to the back, where Flair is placed in an ambulance. Bam Bam Bigelow is seen heading into the arena, and he beats up Scott Hall for giving him the crotch chop until arena security get a hold of Bigelow. Arena security also have to hold back Kevin Nash, who immediately confronts Bam Bam Bigelow and wants a piece of him. WCW officials, WCW security and even Goldberg - who is also held back - show up, and security is spread thin at this point as Nash, Goldberg and Bigelow want a piece of each other. Terry Taylor of the WCW Executive Committee - who is in the fracas - immediately makes a Triangle Match between all three men tonight where nobody runs in and nobody interferes.
Pyrotechnics signal the start of the second hour.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Kidman, who says that there are a lot of problems between himself, Rey Mysterio Jr. and the Latino World Order, and asks that Rey comes out here as whenever the Latino World Order is around, there has been no new #1 contender for the Cruiserweight Championship. Rey shows up, tosses the 6XL-sized LWO shirt on the ground, and enters the ring. Kidman tells Rey he has respect for everything he has done for the sport, but every time they have a match, the Latino World Order gets involved. Kidman offers him another fair match, and Rey says he's got it. He also guarantees no interference from the LWO. The match then starts immediately. It is then announced that "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair has been taken to a hospital, and that another update will be available later.
Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Kidman for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship ends in a no-contest after the Latino World Order get involved in the match. Kidman retans the WCW Cruiserweight Championship. During the match, it is announced that as per trainer Danny Young, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair was suffering shortness of breath and mild chest pains after hurting himself during his interview. Also, baseball player Wade Boggs is seen in the front row during the match. After Kidman and Rey work together against the LWO, Kidman leaves only for Rey to be ganged up on. Kidman returns back to the ring, but he does not fare much better.
Chris Jericho shows up with Ralphus and a dry erase board. Jericho says that "that Baby Huey look-alike" Konnan robbed him of the WCW World Television Championship, and calls him "the best Latino rapper since Gerardo and Rico Suave." Jericho says he is not exactly "rowdy rowdy and bowdy bowdy," but he is 235 lbs. of twisted steel and sex appeal. He then re-enacts how he lost the Television title, saying that Konnan used a foreign object to steal the title, assassinated his title reign, and might as well have been standing on a grassy knoll. Jericho then brings out "Exhibit A," a man who makes fun of Konnan and carries a shovel in his hand. Jericho then crudely draws what happened, saying he had Konnan in the Lion Tamer when Konnan pulled out a pair of brass knuckles and punched him in the side of the face. He also says that Konnan pulled out a steel chain, wrapped it around his fist and hit him in the side of the head, but Jericho says he still keep fighting until Konnan hit him in the head with a shovel and slammed him face-first into the Television title. Jericho says he grabbed the bottom rope, but the three-count still took place and he was robbed of the championship. Jericho then says you can't stop rock 'n roll or Chris Jericho, and that he is too legit to quit. He challenges Konnan for the Television title at Starrcade, then beats up the guy parodying Konnan before putting him in the Lion Tamer as he says he will prove he is the greatest showman in WCW history.
We see another performance by The Nitro Girls.
Barry Windham beats Emery Hale.
Norman Smiley beats Saturn. During the match, Saturn warns referee Charles Robinson not to put his hands on him, and Robinson slightly backs away. Also during the match, Sonny Onoo and Ernest "The Cat" Miller show up, and Miller makes fun of Norman Smiley's dancing. Saturn forearms both Onoo and Miller off the apron, then hits Norman Smiley so hard with a back elbow that Smiley runs backwards into Robinson, knocking Robinson out. Saturn is about to put Smiley in the Death Valley Driver, but Miller gets in the ring and kicks Saturn in the face before making fun of Smiley's dancing again. Referee Scott Dickinson runs in, makes the fast count, and gives Smiley the win when he goes for the pinfall before running to the back so fast that Robinson has no idea what is going on he is back up.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund Bret "The Hit Man" Hart. Before the interview, it is revealed that WCW officials are on the phone with the local hospital and that more information on "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair is forthcoming. Hart says men are dropping like flies, and that what is going on with Flair reminds him of himself and all the men that he has put on the shelf as of late. He says he is hurt too, but nobody sees him hiding because he is a three-time United States Heavyweight Champion and the best there is, the best there was and the best there ever will be. Bret says he is fair and a true champion, and as much as it takes to suck up a lot of courage and come back into the ring one more time, he will defend the United States Heavyweight Championship. He calls out Diamond Dallas Page, telling him he can have a shot at the United States title. DDP shows up, but he is hit from behind with a steel chair by The Giant almost immediately before dismantling part of the stage set and choke slamming DDP from a steel platform holding the letters "WCW" on it (of which the "C" and one of the "W's" is dismantled) into a nearby wooden landing.
Wade Boggs of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays is seen in the front row again, and Mike Alstott of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers is seen in the crowd.
Pyrotechnics signal the start of the third hour.
Konnan confronts Disco Inferno on the way to the ring, and tells him he is not Wolfpac material. He then brings out Roberto Duran and Chidi Ahonatu.
Konnan retains the WCW World Television Championship against Stevie Ray. During the match, Stevie Ray and Wade Boggs of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays have a brief staredown. Also during the match, Booker T confronts Stevie Ray, and dares him not to finish the match with the slapjack. Konnan ends up retaining the title after that with a facebuster.
New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner and Warren Sapp of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are seen in the luxury box.
Eric Bischoff shows up. In a break of character, Bischoff says that WCW does what they do to entertain fans around the world, and different people that he talks to in the course of his business ask him how real what they do and what is seen is, and injuries are talked about often and a little difficult to explain, but he says they are real and they are serious. He says "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, who has been in the business for a long time and has done more for pro wrestling than even he has given him credit for, has suffered a mild heart attack. He tells Flair's family and friends that he is sorry, and asks them and Flair's fans for their forgiveness, as Flair deserves a tremendous amount of credit and respect. Bischoff says he is profoundly sorry for any pain that he has caused to Flair's family and hopes that he will get a chance to look Flair's wife and children in the eye and apologize, and hopes that Flair will be back in action soon, doing what he does so well.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Booker T. Booker gives "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair his best wishes and hopes he gets well soon. As for Stevie Ray, he has no problems with Stevie Ray joining nWo Hollywood. Stevie Ray shows up and tells Booker that if he wants to talk about prayer, he should start praying for himself. He tells Booker that the crowd does not care about him, and says he joined the nWo because Booker made him. Stevie says if it wasn't for Booker T, they would still be the best tag team today despite what commentary says about them. He then reminds Booker T that he made him, and chews him out for wearing dress clothes and ties and "working for people like [Okerlund]."
A woman is seen trying to enter the arena, looking for Raven. This woman is Raven's mom. Kanyon shows up and tells her he is no longer at the arena, and offers to take her to see Raven. The $50 ride - which is $50 because Kanyon needs the money - ends up being free.
Scott Hall beats Horace Hogan by disqualification after nWo Hollywood attacks Hall. Disco Inferno rushes in with an nWo Wolfpac tanktop on, but he gets torn apart by the black-and-white nWo.
We see another performance by The Nitro Girls.
Scott Steiner beats Van Hammer with the Steiner Recliner. After the match, Scott Steiner tells the crowd that as they look at the greatest body in professional sports to pay homage to the new leader of nWo Hollywood, and says that WCW realizes that he was not talking trash when nWo would take on more of his personality and attitude. He says every attack on WCW has been calculated and done for a reason. After announcing that he knows nWo Wolfpac is in the building, and says that as large as nWo is, he is looking for an elite athlete who can take the nWo to the new millennium and make it greater than it already is. He then calls out Lex Luger, saying he is the man that should have won the World War 3 match. Luger shows up and gets in the ring, and Buff says that when he had his neck injury, Luger was one of the first to see him, and credits him as a big help in his recovery. He says that Luger is always giving, but never receiving, and says he has not even seen Lex Luger in Konnan's music video even once. He asks if Konnan asked him to be in the video, if Kevin Nash asked him to be in the commercials for the new Wolfpac shirt, and says that Sting left him hanging when he went to do movies. He reminds Luger that Kevin Nash sent him over the top rope in the World War 3 match, and that he should have a World title shot but does not. Scott Steiner says he is the new king of the world and knows where Luger's career should be at, and asks if Luger knows, too, as he says that Luger should be getting title shots as he knows what a great athlete he is. He then asks Luger to consider dropping the Wolfpac for nWo Hollywood, and Buff shows him a black-and-white nWo Hollywood shirt. Steiner asks him to think about it, and Luger leaves the ring. Scott tells Luger he can make him famous, but Luger continues to head to the back.
Goldberg vs. Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Kevin Nash in a Triangle Match ends after Scott Hall shows up and attacks Goldberg before going at it with Bigelow. Golberg and Nash then go at it in the ring as the show ends.
Before the next match, Raven says he has arrived to Hell in a handbasket just like everyone else, met by the welcoming committee of fear, violence and indifference. He is thrust into the light and met by the cold, hard feel of latex, his source of pain is satisfaction for his attacker. He soon found that whatever moron had packed me had left out the instruction manual, and he was forced to rely on the charity that his mother taught him, but he did not realize that his mother's reality checks were all bouncing, and says his mother was never there for him. As Raven continues to talk about the pain he has to suffer and how everyone else has an easy life, Kanyon shows up, asks Scott Putski to leave, and tells him he and everyone else is sick of Raven complaining about his mother. Raven says he had a rough, miserable childhood, but Kanyon says that what nobody else knows is that Raven went to an Ivy League school and has a degree in pre-med, and had a $3.2 million trust fund. He also says that Raven lived in Palm Beach, Florida, had the pick of all the rich, young debutantes in the area and had a Mercedes at age 16. Raven says his mother never loved him, but Kanyon tells Raven his real problem is that he had it too easy. Raven leaves, and Kanyon tries to stop him on the way to the back, but Raven tells Kanyon to leave him alone. The match between Raven and Scott Putski never takes place.
Villano V beats Eddie Guerrero by disqualification when The Latino World Order shows up. Guerrero then tries to recruit Villano V into the LWO, and Villano V joins. Eddie tells Eric Bischoff the LWO is "one more stronger." Rey Mysterio Jr. is on the apron, but he steps off and walks away.
We see another performance by The Nitro Girls at the commentary table.
The Simpsonville Recreational Department of Simpsonville, South Carolina are this week's Nitro Party Pack winners. We see footage of their Nitro Party.
Wrath beats Al Green.
You can enter the Superstar Online Sweepstakes for a chance to win a copy of the Sting and "Macho Man" Randy Savage Superstar Series VHS tapes and a chance to win a trip for four to Starrcade! You have until Thursday night to enter!
We see a video package of The Four Horsemen ("The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson, "The Crippler" Chris Benoit, Steve "Mongo" McMichael, Dean Malenko) and their feud with Eric Bischoff.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Eric Bischoff. Bischoff says he has not bitten off more than he can chew, and even though there are those who think so, there is a difference between him and "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, and that he is deeply rooted into the new millennium coming up and looking towards the future while Ric Flair is rooted in the past and should have been put to pasture a long time ago. He tells Flair that he is a trained killer and a dangerous man, and spent seven years perfecting his craft of knocking people out, breaking their legs and ruining their careers by punching and kicking them in the head at will. He says Flair is a very tired old man, and tells Flair that his right hand hits really hard while his left scares even himself. Suddenly, Flair runs into the ring, and runs Bischoff out of it immediately before chasing him around ringside and to the back, until Bischoff hides around the commentary table while Ric Flair makes his way to the ring. Okerlund then interviews Flair, who does knee drops on the ring and says this is what the audience wants to see. He says Bischoff that they are in Tampa, Florida, where they like wrestling more and where everyone grew up on blood, sweat and Eddie Graham until "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes showed up and blew both for and against him as everyone who was somebody went through the stage. Flair calls Bischoff "an aristocrat," and when he gets him in Washington, DC, he will strangle him half to death, and he will reach down his neck, grab his heart and pull it out to show the world he does not have one. Ric Flair then lays down in the corner, holding his left arm at the shoulder, and "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson runs out to check on Flair. Trainer Danny Young shows up to check on Flair, as does "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes (even though Dusty Rhodes has been fired), referees and medical staff. A stretcher is brought out, and Flair is placed on it before it is wheeled to the back, where Flair is placed in an ambulance. Bam Bam Bigelow is seen heading into the arena, and he beats up Scott Hall for giving him the crotch chop until arena security get a hold of Bigelow. Arena security also have to hold back Kevin Nash, who immediately confronts Bam Bam Bigelow and wants a piece of him. WCW officials, WCW security and even Goldberg - who is also held back - show up, and security is spread thin at this point as Nash, Goldberg and Bigelow want a piece of each other. Terry Taylor of the WCW Executive Committee - who is in the fracas - immediately makes a Triangle Match between all three men tonight where nobody runs in and nobody interferes.
Pyrotechnics signal the start of the second hour.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Kidman, who says that there are a lot of problems between himself, Rey Mysterio Jr. and the Latino World Order, and asks that Rey comes out here as whenever the Latino World Order is around, there has been no new #1 contender for the Cruiserweight Championship. Rey shows up, tosses the 6XL-sized LWO shirt on the ground, and enters the ring. Kidman tells Rey he has respect for everything he has done for the sport, but every time they have a match, the Latino World Order gets involved. Kidman offers him another fair match, and Rey says he's got it. He also guarantees no interference from the LWO. The match then starts immediately. It is then announced that "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair has been taken to a hospital, and that another update will be available later.
Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Kidman for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship ends in a no-contest after the Latino World Order get involved in the match. Kidman retans the WCW Cruiserweight Championship. During the match, it is announced that as per trainer Danny Young, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair was suffering shortness of breath and mild chest pains after hurting himself during his interview. Also, baseball player Wade Boggs is seen in the front row during the match. After Kidman and Rey work together against the LWO, Kidman leaves only for Rey to be ganged up on. Kidman returns back to the ring, but he does not fare much better.
Chris Jericho shows up with Ralphus and a dry erase board. Jericho says that "that Baby Huey look-alike" Konnan robbed him of the WCW World Television Championship, and calls him "the best Latino rapper since Gerardo and Rico Suave." Jericho says he is not exactly "rowdy rowdy and bowdy bowdy," but he is 235 lbs. of twisted steel and sex appeal. He then re-enacts how he lost the Television title, saying that Konnan used a foreign object to steal the title, assassinated his title reign, and might as well have been standing on a grassy knoll. Jericho then brings out "Exhibit A," a man who makes fun of Konnan and carries a shovel in his hand. Jericho then crudely draws what happened, saying he had Konnan in the Lion Tamer when Konnan pulled out a pair of brass knuckles and punched him in the side of the face. He also says that Konnan pulled out a steel chain, wrapped it around his fist and hit him in the side of the head, but Jericho says he still keep fighting until Konnan hit him in the head with a shovel and slammed him face-first into the Television title. Jericho says he grabbed the bottom rope, but the three-count still took place and he was robbed of the championship. Jericho then says you can't stop rock 'n roll or Chris Jericho, and that he is too legit to quit. He challenges Konnan for the Television title at Starrcade, then beats up the guy parodying Konnan before putting him in the Lion Tamer as he says he will prove he is the greatest showman in WCW history.
We see another performance by The Nitro Girls.
Barry Windham beats Emery Hale.
Norman Smiley beats Saturn. During the match, Saturn warns referee Charles Robinson not to put his hands on him, and Robinson slightly backs away. Also during the match, Sonny Onoo and Ernest "The Cat" Miller show up, and Miller makes fun of Norman Smiley's dancing. Saturn forearms both Onoo and Miller off the apron, then hits Norman Smiley so hard with a back elbow that Smiley runs backwards into Robinson, knocking Robinson out. Saturn is about to put Smiley in the Death Valley Driver, but Miller gets in the ring and kicks Saturn in the face before making fun of Smiley's dancing again. Referee Scott Dickinson runs in, makes the fast count, and gives Smiley the win when he goes for the pinfall before running to the back so fast that Robinson has no idea what is going on he is back up.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund Bret "The Hit Man" Hart. Before the interview, it is revealed that WCW officials are on the phone with the local hospital and that more information on "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair is forthcoming. Hart says men are dropping like flies, and that what is going on with Flair reminds him of himself and all the men that he has put on the shelf as of late. He says he is hurt too, but nobody sees him hiding because he is a three-time United States Heavyweight Champion and the best there is, the best there was and the best there ever will be. Bret says he is fair and a true champion, and as much as it takes to suck up a lot of courage and come back into the ring one more time, he will defend the United States Heavyweight Championship. He calls out Diamond Dallas Page, telling him he can have a shot at the United States title. DDP shows up, but he is hit from behind with a steel chair by The Giant almost immediately before dismantling part of the stage set and choke slamming DDP from a steel platform holding the letters "WCW" on it (of which the "C" and one of the "W's" is dismantled) into a nearby wooden landing.
Wade Boggs of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays is seen in the front row again, and Mike Alstott of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers is seen in the crowd.
Pyrotechnics signal the start of the third hour.
Konnan confronts Disco Inferno on the way to the ring, and tells him he is not Wolfpac material. He then brings out Roberto Duran and Chidi Ahonatu.
Konnan retains the WCW World Television Championship against Stevie Ray. During the match, Stevie Ray and Wade Boggs of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays have a brief staredown. Also during the match, Booker T confronts Stevie Ray, and dares him not to finish the match with the slapjack. Konnan ends up retaining the title after that with a facebuster.
New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner and Warren Sapp of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are seen in the luxury box.
Eric Bischoff shows up. In a break of character, Bischoff says that WCW does what they do to entertain fans around the world, and different people that he talks to in the course of his business ask him how real what they do and what is seen is, and injuries are talked about often and a little difficult to explain, but he says they are real and they are serious. He says "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, who has been in the business for a long time and has done more for pro wrestling than even he has given him credit for, has suffered a mild heart attack. He tells Flair's family and friends that he is sorry, and asks them and Flair's fans for their forgiveness, as Flair deserves a tremendous amount of credit and respect. Bischoff says he is profoundly sorry for any pain that he has caused to Flair's family and hopes that he will get a chance to look Flair's wife and children in the eye and apologize, and hopes that Flair will be back in action soon, doing what he does so well.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Booker T. Booker gives "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair his best wishes and hopes he gets well soon. As for Stevie Ray, he has no problems with Stevie Ray joining nWo Hollywood. Stevie Ray shows up and tells Booker that if he wants to talk about prayer, he should start praying for himself. He tells Booker that the crowd does not care about him, and says he joined the nWo because Booker made him. Stevie says if it wasn't for Booker T, they would still be the best tag team today despite what commentary says about them. He then reminds Booker T that he made him, and chews him out for wearing dress clothes and ties and "working for people like [Okerlund]."
A woman is seen trying to enter the arena, looking for Raven. This woman is Raven's mom. Kanyon shows up and tells her he is no longer at the arena, and offers to take her to see Raven. The $50 ride - which is $50 because Kanyon needs the money - ends up being free.
Scott Hall beats Horace Hogan by disqualification after nWo Hollywood attacks Hall. Disco Inferno rushes in with an nWo Wolfpac tanktop on, but he gets torn apart by the black-and-white nWo.
We see another performance by The Nitro Girls.
Scott Steiner beats Van Hammer with the Steiner Recliner. After the match, Scott Steiner tells the crowd that as they look at the greatest body in professional sports to pay homage to the new leader of nWo Hollywood, and says that WCW realizes that he was not talking trash when nWo would take on more of his personality and attitude. He says every attack on WCW has been calculated and done for a reason. After announcing that he knows nWo Wolfpac is in the building, and says that as large as nWo is, he is looking for an elite athlete who can take the nWo to the new millennium and make it greater than it already is. He then calls out Lex Luger, saying he is the man that should have won the World War 3 match. Luger shows up and gets in the ring, and Buff says that when he had his neck injury, Luger was one of the first to see him, and credits him as a big help in his recovery. He says that Luger is always giving, but never receiving, and says he has not even seen Lex Luger in Konnan's music video even once. He asks if Konnan asked him to be in the video, if Kevin Nash asked him to be in the commercials for the new Wolfpac shirt, and says that Sting left him hanging when he went to do movies. He reminds Luger that Kevin Nash sent him over the top rope in the World War 3 match, and that he should have a World title shot but does not. Scott Steiner says he is the new king of the world and knows where Luger's career should be at, and asks if Luger knows, too, as he says that Luger should be getting title shots as he knows what a great athlete he is. He then asks Luger to consider dropping the Wolfpac for nWo Hollywood, and Buff shows him a black-and-white nWo Hollywood shirt. Steiner asks him to think about it, and Luger leaves the ring. Scott tells Luger he can make him famous, but Luger continues to head to the back.
Goldberg vs. Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Kevin Nash in a Triangle Match ends after Scott Hall shows up and attacks Goldberg before going at it with Bigelow. Golberg and Nash then go at it in the ring as the show ends.
Monday, October 26, 1998
Nitro-Glycerin - Monday Nitro recap for October 26, 1998
The show starts with a performance by The Nitro Girls.
It is announced by Tony Schiavone that some systems went down prematurely during Halloween Havoc last night, and that 10 to 20% of households watching Halloween Havoc were not able to see the end of Hollywood Hogan vs. The Warrior as well as the entirety of Diamond Dallas Page vs. Goldberg for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Because of this, World Championship Wrestling has decided to air DDP vs. Goldberg for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship at Halloween Havoc in its entirety for free on the second hour of the show. Schiavone says that this was not a ploy by WCW to go off the air early.
Stevie Ray beats Kenny Kaos after Buff Bagwell shows up, distracts the referee and Kenny Kaos, and tosses Stevie Ray a slapjack, which he whacks Kenny Kaos with as soon as he turns around. Bagwell and Stevie Ray attack Kenny Kaos after the match, but Rick Steiner rushes in and makes the save. Rick then checks on Kenny Kaos, and asks him to be his partner to take on the nWo tonight, as nobody gave him a chance when he first started. Kaos says his tag team partner is on the shelf with a bad shoulder, but he has idolized Rick for a decade, and would be honored to defend the WCW World Tag Team Championships with him tonight.
Kanyon beats Prince Iaukea. Before the next match, it is announced that Hollywood Hogan vs. The Warrior will not be shown in its entirety tonight, as the end of the match is considered too graphic to show on cable TV on not suitable for the Turner networks, and because of that, that match can only be shown on pay-per-view. Also, when Kanyon asks who's better than him, the crowd still chants "Everybody!"
We see another performance by The Nitro Girls, this time at the commentary table.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews The Four Horsemen ("The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson, "The Crippler" Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko). Flair says Steve "Mongo" McMichael is missing in action, but he will be here before the night is over. Flair says that Eric Bischoff has come under some hard times while trying to keep Horsemen out of the building and off of television, and tells him the Horsemen are here and here to stay. Suddenly, Bischoff shows up, and says he has underestimated Flair and did not realize how much that he meant to the fans, and that there is no doubt in his mind that everyone wants to see him wrestle again. To show Flair the goodwill in his heart and bridge the gap between himself and Flair, he will give Flair the opportunity to wrestle tonight, as he wants to give the fans what they want. After Bischoff leaves, Flair admits he does not trust Bischoff, but he will be in the ring dressed to kill.
Dave and Karen Mason of Hampton, Virginia are this week's Nitro Party Pack winners. We see some footage from their Nitro Party.
Alex Wright beats Barry Horowitz.
Wrath beats Sick Boy.
Pyrotechnics signal the start of the second hour.
Diamond Dallas Page vs. Goldberg for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship at Halloween Havoc is replayed in its entirety. (Due to this replay, this would be the last episode where Nitro would beat Raw in the ratings; after this, Raw would continue to dominate for the rest of the Monday Night Wars.)
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Kevin Nash in his dressing room. All of a sudden, Scott Hall shows up. Nash tells him it was not about winning or losing, and it was about getting Hall back as a friend. Hall admits he hit a wall last night, and that it is time to change his life. Nash says his walking away from Hall during their match was not about proving a point, and that all he needed to do was to beat some sense into Hall. Hall says that if if maybe he can change his life, maybe he can help Nash out if he wants him. This proves to be a set-up as The Giant shows up and boots Nash in the face, and Hall joins in on the attack, which ends Nash is both figuratively and literally thrown through a wall.
We see a video package of The Nitro Girls, followed by a performance by The Nitro Girls.
nWo Hollywood shows up. Eric Bischoff introduces Horace Hogan as the newest member of nWo Hollywood, and Hollywood Hogan says it is quite obvious to everyone in the wrestling world that he is the god of wrestling and that the nWo is the sole residing power, and if you're blac-and-white, you would die for those colors. This is why Stevie Ray, Scott Hall, Vincent, Scott Steiner, Buff Bagwell and The Giant are watching his back, for anyone who messes with nWo Hollywood is digging their own grave. To join nWo Hollywood, one must spill their blood and stab themselves in the heart to prove their loyalty, and for that, he is proud to introduce Horace Hogan as the newest member of nWo Hollywood and bestows the colors of the black-and-white on him for life, and hopes that he will chop all obstacles with the edge of his hand and prove by the end of the night that he is true to the black-and-white.
Saturn beats Eddie Guerrero by disqualification after he is attacked by Damian and Hector Garza. Eddie tries to attack Saturn after the match, but Saturn ducks and sends Eddie over the top rope before more Latino World Members show up, including a man wearing a red bandanna and a black vest hits him with a brainbuster-like maneuver.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Judy Bagwell. She says that Buff Bagwell has let his family down big time after all that she did for him.She wants to protect him, but he let Scott Steiner talk to her like a dog, and says Buff has degraded the family name and that the family will not tolerate it any longer. Tonight, she is a mother on a mission and tired of being nice, and tells Buff Bagwell that she loves Marcus Bagwell with all her heart, but she has had enough of Buff.
Scott Steiner and Kenny Kaos retain the WCW World Tag Team Championships against Stevie Ray and The Giant.
Pyrotechnics signal the start of the third hour.
Eric Bischoff replaces Mike Tenay on commentary for the next match, and says he will stay true to his word by letting the world see "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair wrestle...by showing footage of Flair taking on Hollywood (then Hulk) Hogan at Bash At The Beach 1994.
Kidman retains the WCW Cruiserweight Championship against Juventud Guerrera.
We see the first two videos in the WCW/nWo Superstar Series: Sting Unmasked! and "Macho Man" Randy Savage: Behind The Madness!", courtesy of Trident Entertainment. Bobby "The Brain" Heenan tries to steal one of the videos, but gets caught.
Scott Steiner and Buff Bagwell show up. He says the only reason why everyone is in the arena right now is to see nWo Hollywood, and where nWo Holywood goes, there is a party. For the last two weeks, he's been going strong and putting girls down, having them tell him who their daddy is. What he wants to know is if the ladies love him for his mind or his body, and says he is their hook-up and to "holla if you hear me." He then tells Buff Bagwell that he is the best set-up man in wrestling today, and not only are they nWo for life, they are friends for life. Buff then has a message for all the mothers in the crowd, and knows that his mother Judy Bagwell was here earlier saying he ruined the Bagwell family name, and tells all the mothers that their place is in the kitchen before telling his father to set Judy straight. Scott then says that he knows two people are in the building: Rick Steiner and WCW Executive Committee Chairman J.J. Dillon. He calls out Dillon, wanting a rematch against his brother Rick Steiner tonight. Dillon shows up, and Scott Steiner says he lied to Dillon, claiming that when he turned his back on WCW, he knew that Dillon liked his brother more than he liked him. Dillon admits he liked Rick, but has nothing against him. He also accuses Dillon of thinking his brother was better than him, but Dillon tells him his track record speaks for itself and both Steiners are pretty good athletes. Scott then accuses Dillon of wanting Rick to beat him last night at Halloween Havoc, and asks him two questions: Why did the referee at the start of the match not finish the match. Dillon tells him to watch the replay tomorrow night, but Scott demands an answer from him, saying Dillon had something to do with that. Dillon says he did not touch the initial referee, and Scott and Buff accuse him of lying. Dillon says that if he were at ringside during the match, he would have sent another referee because it is the right thing to do. Scott Steiner then kicks Dillon in the gut and tells him the right thing to do is to "kick his WCW butt." Security shows up and tries to stop Steiner as he puts Dillon in the Steiner Recliner.
The Warrior shows up. Last night, Hollywood Hogan had the opportunity to face him like a man, and he failed. Last night, he had the opportunity to set a fire with but one match that will now haunt him forever. He tells Hogan there is a difference between beating someone up and genuinely beating a man, and the Warriors know he beat the hell out of him last night, and Hogan's pinfall does not change it. The Warrior tells Hogan he has opened the door to The Warrior's hell, and he is its gatekeeper. He says the time is near, then Hollywood Hogan shows up, but Horace Hogan gets on the apron and gets in the ring for Hollywood's sake only for The Warrior to take him down and out of the ring. The Giant goes in, but he fares no better. Hollywood attacks The Warrior from behind, but The Warrior takes him down and knocks Eric Bischoff off the apron.
Scott Steiner and Scott Hall vs. Lex Luger and Konnan de-evolves into an all-out brawl.
Diamond Dallas Page beats Bret "The Hit Man" Part to win the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship. During the match, Bret kicks both DDP and referee Mickey Jay in the groin at the same time, then pulls out a foreign object and wraps it around his hand. He revives referee Mickey Jay, abut DDP ducks the punch and hits the Diamond Cutter to win the United States title for a second time. Bret attacks Page after the match and punches out referee Mickey Jay, then grabs a steel chair and rams it into DDP's kneecap before putting him in the Sharpshooter. He then lets go and continues to attack DDP with the steel chair, then Goldberg runs in as the show ends.
It is announced by Tony Schiavone that some systems went down prematurely during Halloween Havoc last night, and that 10 to 20% of households watching Halloween Havoc were not able to see the end of Hollywood Hogan vs. The Warrior as well as the entirety of Diamond Dallas Page vs. Goldberg for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Because of this, World Championship Wrestling has decided to air DDP vs. Goldberg for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship at Halloween Havoc in its entirety for free on the second hour of the show. Schiavone says that this was not a ploy by WCW to go off the air early.
Stevie Ray beats Kenny Kaos after Buff Bagwell shows up, distracts the referee and Kenny Kaos, and tosses Stevie Ray a slapjack, which he whacks Kenny Kaos with as soon as he turns around. Bagwell and Stevie Ray attack Kenny Kaos after the match, but Rick Steiner rushes in and makes the save. Rick then checks on Kenny Kaos, and asks him to be his partner to take on the nWo tonight, as nobody gave him a chance when he first started. Kaos says his tag team partner is on the shelf with a bad shoulder, but he has idolized Rick for a decade, and would be honored to defend the WCW World Tag Team Championships with him tonight.
Kanyon beats Prince Iaukea. Before the next match, it is announced that Hollywood Hogan vs. The Warrior will not be shown in its entirety tonight, as the end of the match is considered too graphic to show on cable TV on not suitable for the Turner networks, and because of that, that match can only be shown on pay-per-view. Also, when Kanyon asks who's better than him, the crowd still chants "Everybody!"
We see another performance by The Nitro Girls, this time at the commentary table.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews The Four Horsemen ("The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson, "The Crippler" Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko). Flair says Steve "Mongo" McMichael is missing in action, but he will be here before the night is over. Flair says that Eric Bischoff has come under some hard times while trying to keep Horsemen out of the building and off of television, and tells him the Horsemen are here and here to stay. Suddenly, Bischoff shows up, and says he has underestimated Flair and did not realize how much that he meant to the fans, and that there is no doubt in his mind that everyone wants to see him wrestle again. To show Flair the goodwill in his heart and bridge the gap between himself and Flair, he will give Flair the opportunity to wrestle tonight, as he wants to give the fans what they want. After Bischoff leaves, Flair admits he does not trust Bischoff, but he will be in the ring dressed to kill.
Dave and Karen Mason of Hampton, Virginia are this week's Nitro Party Pack winners. We see some footage from their Nitro Party.
Alex Wright beats Barry Horowitz.
Wrath beats Sick Boy.
Pyrotechnics signal the start of the second hour.
Diamond Dallas Page vs. Goldberg for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship at Halloween Havoc is replayed in its entirety. (Due to this replay, this would be the last episode where Nitro would beat Raw in the ratings; after this, Raw would continue to dominate for the rest of the Monday Night Wars.)
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Kevin Nash in his dressing room. All of a sudden, Scott Hall shows up. Nash tells him it was not about winning or losing, and it was about getting Hall back as a friend. Hall admits he hit a wall last night, and that it is time to change his life. Nash says his walking away from Hall during their match was not about proving a point, and that all he needed to do was to beat some sense into Hall. Hall says that if if maybe he can change his life, maybe he can help Nash out if he wants him. This proves to be a set-up as The Giant shows up and boots Nash in the face, and Hall joins in on the attack, which ends Nash is both figuratively and literally thrown through a wall.
We see a video package of The Nitro Girls, followed by a performance by The Nitro Girls.
nWo Hollywood shows up. Eric Bischoff introduces Horace Hogan as the newest member of nWo Hollywood, and Hollywood Hogan says it is quite obvious to everyone in the wrestling world that he is the god of wrestling and that the nWo is the sole residing power, and if you're blac-and-white, you would die for those colors. This is why Stevie Ray, Scott Hall, Vincent, Scott Steiner, Buff Bagwell and The Giant are watching his back, for anyone who messes with nWo Hollywood is digging their own grave. To join nWo Hollywood, one must spill their blood and stab themselves in the heart to prove their loyalty, and for that, he is proud to introduce Horace Hogan as the newest member of nWo Hollywood and bestows the colors of the black-and-white on him for life, and hopes that he will chop all obstacles with the edge of his hand and prove by the end of the night that he is true to the black-and-white.
Saturn beats Eddie Guerrero by disqualification after he is attacked by Damian and Hector Garza. Eddie tries to attack Saturn after the match, but Saturn ducks and sends Eddie over the top rope before more Latino World Members show up, including a man wearing a red bandanna and a black vest hits him with a brainbuster-like maneuver.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Judy Bagwell. She says that Buff Bagwell has let his family down big time after all that she did for him.She wants to protect him, but he let Scott Steiner talk to her like a dog, and says Buff has degraded the family name and that the family will not tolerate it any longer. Tonight, she is a mother on a mission and tired of being nice, and tells Buff Bagwell that she loves Marcus Bagwell with all her heart, but she has had enough of Buff.
Scott Steiner and Kenny Kaos retain the WCW World Tag Team Championships against Stevie Ray and The Giant.
Pyrotechnics signal the start of the third hour.
Eric Bischoff replaces Mike Tenay on commentary for the next match, and says he will stay true to his word by letting the world see "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair wrestle...by showing footage of Flair taking on Hollywood (then Hulk) Hogan at Bash At The Beach 1994.
Kidman retains the WCW Cruiserweight Championship against Juventud Guerrera.
We see the first two videos in the WCW/nWo Superstar Series: Sting Unmasked! and "Macho Man" Randy Savage: Behind The Madness!", courtesy of Trident Entertainment. Bobby "The Brain" Heenan tries to steal one of the videos, but gets caught.
Scott Steiner and Buff Bagwell show up. He says the only reason why everyone is in the arena right now is to see nWo Hollywood, and where nWo Holywood goes, there is a party. For the last two weeks, he's been going strong and putting girls down, having them tell him who their daddy is. What he wants to know is if the ladies love him for his mind or his body, and says he is their hook-up and to "holla if you hear me." He then tells Buff Bagwell that he is the best set-up man in wrestling today, and not only are they nWo for life, they are friends for life. Buff then has a message for all the mothers in the crowd, and knows that his mother Judy Bagwell was here earlier saying he ruined the Bagwell family name, and tells all the mothers that their place is in the kitchen before telling his father to set Judy straight. Scott then says that he knows two people are in the building: Rick Steiner and WCW Executive Committee Chairman J.J. Dillon. He calls out Dillon, wanting a rematch against his brother Rick Steiner tonight. Dillon shows up, and Scott Steiner says he lied to Dillon, claiming that when he turned his back on WCW, he knew that Dillon liked his brother more than he liked him. Dillon admits he liked Rick, but has nothing against him. He also accuses Dillon of thinking his brother was better than him, but Dillon tells him his track record speaks for itself and both Steiners are pretty good athletes. Scott then accuses Dillon of wanting Rick to beat him last night at Halloween Havoc, and asks him two questions: Why did the referee at the start of the match not finish the match. Dillon tells him to watch the replay tomorrow night, but Scott demands an answer from him, saying Dillon had something to do with that. Dillon says he did not touch the initial referee, and Scott and Buff accuse him of lying. Dillon says that if he were at ringside during the match, he would have sent another referee because it is the right thing to do. Scott Steiner then kicks Dillon in the gut and tells him the right thing to do is to "kick his WCW butt." Security shows up and tries to stop Steiner as he puts Dillon in the Steiner Recliner.
The Warrior shows up. Last night, Hollywood Hogan had the opportunity to face him like a man, and he failed. Last night, he had the opportunity to set a fire with but one match that will now haunt him forever. He tells Hogan there is a difference between beating someone up and genuinely beating a man, and the Warriors know he beat the hell out of him last night, and Hogan's pinfall does not change it. The Warrior tells Hogan he has opened the door to The Warrior's hell, and he is its gatekeeper. He says the time is near, then Hollywood Hogan shows up, but Horace Hogan gets on the apron and gets in the ring for Hollywood's sake only for The Warrior to take him down and out of the ring. The Giant goes in, but he fares no better. Hollywood attacks The Warrior from behind, but The Warrior takes him down and knocks Eric Bischoff off the apron.
Scott Steiner and Scott Hall vs. Lex Luger and Konnan de-evolves into an all-out brawl.
Diamond Dallas Page beats Bret "The Hit Man" Part to win the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship. During the match, Bret kicks both DDP and referee Mickey Jay in the groin at the same time, then pulls out a foreign object and wraps it around his hand. He revives referee Mickey Jay, abut DDP ducks the punch and hits the Diamond Cutter to win the United States title for a second time. Bret attacks Page after the match and punches out referee Mickey Jay, then grabs a steel chair and rams it into DDP's kneecap before putting him in the Sharpshooter. He then lets go and continues to attack DDP with the steel chair, then Goldberg runs in as the show ends.
Monday, August 10, 1998
Nitro-Glycerin - Monday Nitro recap for August 10, 1998
The show starts with a performance by The Nitro Girls. Kimberly is noticeably absent, due to what happened to her and husband Diamond Dallas Page in the last couple of weeks and because DDP is not in the building.
It is announced that according to the WCW Executive Committee, the results of Road Wild's main event cannot be discussed on commentary in any way on tonight's show, and that a WCW official will talk about what happened that night later on in the show.
"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan beats The Barbarian with a schoolboy pin. Before the match, it is announced that the encore for Road Wild is tomorrow night on pay-per-view. After the match, Hacksaw is about to toss Jimmy Hart off the top rope when Hugh Morrus shows up and attacks him. Meng rushes in and boots Hugh Morrus before going after both The Barbarian and Jimmy Hart with the Tongan Death Grip. Head of WCW security Doug Dellinger also gets the Tongan Death Grip when he tries to break it up, as do Hacksaw and a few other members of security when they all try to calm him down.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Lex Luger. Luger says that he is not one to mince words, and says two guys were involved in what happened to him last week. He's already gotten a piece of Scott Hall, and then reveals that the other man involved was who he should have suspected long ago: Bret "The Hit Man" Hart. Luger says he is not leaving until he gets a match with Bret tonight. Bret shows up, calling Luger "a damn liar" as he was nowhere near him when he was attacked, and that he made it all up because he's not good enough to be United States champ. He says that Luger is jealous that he is United States champ, has a working relationship with Hollywood Hogan and that Sting is like a brother to him. Luger says that Bret has nothing he wants except the United States title, and tells Bret to either put the title on the line or have his teeth knocked out right now. Bret accepts Luger's challenge.
Before the next match, Alex Wright chews Tokyo Magnum out, telling him that he has been a disappointment to them and should committee harikiri. Disco Inferno tells him to shape up or ship out if he wants to continue worshiping him, and tells him that he is on his own as his opponent is Eddie Guerrero.
Eddie Guerrero beats Tokyo Magnum.
Before the next match, Saturn calls out Kanyon, saying he was supposed to be his partner twice and never showed up.
Kanyon beats Saturn after Lodi distracts referee Mickey Jay and Raven hits Saturn with an Evenflow DDT.
Meng is seen fighting more members of WCW security backstage, immobilizing them with the Tongan Death Grip.
We see another performance by The Nitro Girls.
Scott Wilson and the students Waupakeneta High School in Wuapakaneta, Ohio are the grand prize winner of the Nitro Party contest. Next week, "Mean" Gene Okerlund and the Nitro Girls will be live at the high school for a live Nitro Party.
Steve "Mongo" McMichael beats Sick Boy.
Pyrotechnics signal the start of the second hour.
Hollywood Hogan, The Disciple and Eric Bischoff show up. "The Living Legend" Larry Zbyszko almost breaks protocol on the Road Wild main event results being verboten. Hogan announces that the wrestling world is in a whole lot of trouble, as Jay Leno is on the shelf and Diamond Dallas Page is about to be swept under the carpet, as nWo Hollywood is back on track and the nWo-ites have been asking about the World title. Hogan then puts WCW and Goldberg on notice, and says the clock is ticking as he has beaten everyone and nobody has beaten him as he demands a World title shot. He tells WCW to bring him Goldberg on a silver platter so that WCW won't have any embarrassments and that he can take the World title back. Hogan then allows Bischoff to give the fans a "public service announcement:" since Meng has decimated WCW security, he and Hogan will provide nWo Hollywood security for the match between Meng and Goldberg tonight so that nothing bad happens to the fans and it can be a fair match.
It is announced that nWo Wolfpac have a response to nWo Hollywood, stating that they will be out in full force during the Meng vs. Goldberg match later tonight.
Before the next match, Chris Jericho shows up with Pepe and tells him he has found him. When Chavo tries to take Pepe back, Chris Jericho lures him backstage so he can beat him up. Jericho shows up and de-constructs Pepe before getting in the ring, replacing Chavo in the match, and tells Stevie Ray that since Chavo is "busy in the back with Pepe" and that he grew up on "the mean streets of Calgary, Alberta, Canada," he'll be glad to take him on. Stevie Ray tells Jericho he didn't come to see him run his mouth, and if Jericho wants a shot at the World Television Championship, they can get it on.
Chris Jericho beats Stevie Ray to become the WCW World Television Champion! During the match, Chris Jericho kicks referee Mark Curtis in the groin as he has Stevie Ray in the corner, allowing The Giant to rush in and headbutt Stevie Ray before hitting him with the choke slam. Jericho wakes up Anderson, then locks the Lion Tamer in on Stevie Ray, who is knocked out, and wins the title.
Eric Bischoff and Miss Elizabeth show up. Bischoff says that as assistant to the president of the company, Elizabeth should understand how it is to make tough executive decisions on a daily basis. He mentions the "gag order" that covers the main event of Road Wild, and says he will violate that order as the fans have the right to see the events of that match. As expected, Bischoff insists he and Hogan beating Diamond Dallas Page and Jay Leno last night, and tells everyone not to watch The Tonight Show, as Leno is a liar and a thief and that any footage he has will be doctored. It is then realized by the commentary team that they were had all along, as the WCW executive in question was Bischoff the whole time.
Rey Mysterio, Jr. beats Lizmark Jr. and Psychosis in a Triple Threat match despite the damage to his left leg.
We see another performance by The Nitro Girls.
Lex Luger beats Bret "The Hit Man" Hart to become the WCW United States Heavyweight Champion! During the match, Lex Luger has Bret in a sleeper when Bret pushes Luger into referee Charles Robinson. bret pulls out a foreign object, but Luger dodges it and puts Bret in the Torture Rack to win the match and the title. The rest of nWo Wolfpac celebrates with Luger in the ring after the match. Pyrotechnics then signal the start of the third hour.
Juventud Guerrera retains the WCW Cruiserweight Championship against Kidman.
Before the next match, Raven says that the Flock has let him down, after they failed to show up for Road Wild. Raven hits Riggs with an Evenflow DDT, calls Lodi "worthless," and slaps Horace for costing him the match before attacking him.
Horace beats Raven. During the match, Kanyon shows up and is confronted by the entire Flock. This allows Saturn to come out through the crowd, hit Raven with a Death Valley Driver into the stop sign, and place Horace on top of Raven.
We see another performance by The Nitro Girls.
Curt Hennig beats Konnan by disqualification. During the match, Hennig pulls out a chain and wraps it around his fist to hit Konnan. Referee Billy Silverman stops the punch, but the chain flies off and Konnan grabs the chain to choke Hennig from behind with it. The referee sees the chain and disqualifies Konnan.
Sting and Kevin Nash beat Scott Hall and The Giant by disqualification after The Giant choke slams the referee. Scott Hall and The Giant retain the WCW World Tag Team Championships.
nWo Hollywood and nWo Wolfpac show up and head to ringside for the next match.
Goldberg retains the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Meng, after Meng lets go of the Tongan Death Grip thinking he has won. Goldberg is attacked by nWo Hollywood, but it has no effect on his ability to win. After the match, Hollywood Hogan hits Goldberg in the back with a steel chair, and Kevin Nash wrestles the chair away from Hogan, who then rolls out of the ring. When Goldberg gets back up from the chair shot, he believes that Kevin Nash hit him with the chair, and breaks him in half with a Spear to end the show.
It is announced that according to the WCW Executive Committee, the results of Road Wild's main event cannot be discussed on commentary in any way on tonight's show, and that a WCW official will talk about what happened that night later on in the show.
"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan beats The Barbarian with a schoolboy pin. Before the match, it is announced that the encore for Road Wild is tomorrow night on pay-per-view. After the match, Hacksaw is about to toss Jimmy Hart off the top rope when Hugh Morrus shows up and attacks him. Meng rushes in and boots Hugh Morrus before going after both The Barbarian and Jimmy Hart with the Tongan Death Grip. Head of WCW security Doug Dellinger also gets the Tongan Death Grip when he tries to break it up, as do Hacksaw and a few other members of security when they all try to calm him down.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Lex Luger. Luger says that he is not one to mince words, and says two guys were involved in what happened to him last week. He's already gotten a piece of Scott Hall, and then reveals that the other man involved was who he should have suspected long ago: Bret "The Hit Man" Hart. Luger says he is not leaving until he gets a match with Bret tonight. Bret shows up, calling Luger "a damn liar" as he was nowhere near him when he was attacked, and that he made it all up because he's not good enough to be United States champ. He says that Luger is jealous that he is United States champ, has a working relationship with Hollywood Hogan and that Sting is like a brother to him. Luger says that Bret has nothing he wants except the United States title, and tells Bret to either put the title on the line or have his teeth knocked out right now. Bret accepts Luger's challenge.
Before the next match, Alex Wright chews Tokyo Magnum out, telling him that he has been a disappointment to them and should committee harikiri. Disco Inferno tells him to shape up or ship out if he wants to continue worshiping him, and tells him that he is on his own as his opponent is Eddie Guerrero.
Eddie Guerrero beats Tokyo Magnum.
Before the next match, Saturn calls out Kanyon, saying he was supposed to be his partner twice and never showed up.
Kanyon beats Saturn after Lodi distracts referee Mickey Jay and Raven hits Saturn with an Evenflow DDT.
Meng is seen fighting more members of WCW security backstage, immobilizing them with the Tongan Death Grip.
We see another performance by The Nitro Girls.
Scott Wilson and the students Waupakeneta High School in Wuapakaneta, Ohio are the grand prize winner of the Nitro Party contest. Next week, "Mean" Gene Okerlund and the Nitro Girls will be live at the high school for a live Nitro Party.
Steve "Mongo" McMichael beats Sick Boy.
Pyrotechnics signal the start of the second hour.
Hollywood Hogan, The Disciple and Eric Bischoff show up. "The Living Legend" Larry Zbyszko almost breaks protocol on the Road Wild main event results being verboten. Hogan announces that the wrestling world is in a whole lot of trouble, as Jay Leno is on the shelf and Diamond Dallas Page is about to be swept under the carpet, as nWo Hollywood is back on track and the nWo-ites have been asking about the World title. Hogan then puts WCW and Goldberg on notice, and says the clock is ticking as he has beaten everyone and nobody has beaten him as he demands a World title shot. He tells WCW to bring him Goldberg on a silver platter so that WCW won't have any embarrassments and that he can take the World title back. Hogan then allows Bischoff to give the fans a "public service announcement:" since Meng has decimated WCW security, he and Hogan will provide nWo Hollywood security for the match between Meng and Goldberg tonight so that nothing bad happens to the fans and it can be a fair match.
It is announced that nWo Wolfpac have a response to nWo Hollywood, stating that they will be out in full force during the Meng vs. Goldberg match later tonight.
Before the next match, Chris Jericho shows up with Pepe and tells him he has found him. When Chavo tries to take Pepe back, Chris Jericho lures him backstage so he can beat him up. Jericho shows up and de-constructs Pepe before getting in the ring, replacing Chavo in the match, and tells Stevie Ray that since Chavo is "busy in the back with Pepe" and that he grew up on "the mean streets of Calgary, Alberta, Canada," he'll be glad to take him on. Stevie Ray tells Jericho he didn't come to see him run his mouth, and if Jericho wants a shot at the World Television Championship, they can get it on.
Chris Jericho beats Stevie Ray to become the WCW World Television Champion! During the match, Chris Jericho kicks referee Mark Curtis in the groin as he has Stevie Ray in the corner, allowing The Giant to rush in and headbutt Stevie Ray before hitting him with the choke slam. Jericho wakes up Anderson, then locks the Lion Tamer in on Stevie Ray, who is knocked out, and wins the title.
Eric Bischoff and Miss Elizabeth show up. Bischoff says that as assistant to the president of the company, Elizabeth should understand how it is to make tough executive decisions on a daily basis. He mentions the "gag order" that covers the main event of Road Wild, and says he will violate that order as the fans have the right to see the events of that match. As expected, Bischoff insists he and Hogan beating Diamond Dallas Page and Jay Leno last night, and tells everyone not to watch The Tonight Show, as Leno is a liar and a thief and that any footage he has will be doctored. It is then realized by the commentary team that they were had all along, as the WCW executive in question was Bischoff the whole time.
Rey Mysterio, Jr. beats Lizmark Jr. and Psychosis in a Triple Threat match despite the damage to his left leg.
We see another performance by The Nitro Girls.
Lex Luger beats Bret "The Hit Man" Hart to become the WCW United States Heavyweight Champion! During the match, Lex Luger has Bret in a sleeper when Bret pushes Luger into referee Charles Robinson. bret pulls out a foreign object, but Luger dodges it and puts Bret in the Torture Rack to win the match and the title. The rest of nWo Wolfpac celebrates with Luger in the ring after the match. Pyrotechnics then signal the start of the third hour.
Juventud Guerrera retains the WCW Cruiserweight Championship against Kidman.
Before the next match, Raven says that the Flock has let him down, after they failed to show up for Road Wild. Raven hits Riggs with an Evenflow DDT, calls Lodi "worthless," and slaps Horace for costing him the match before attacking him.
Horace beats Raven. During the match, Kanyon shows up and is confronted by the entire Flock. This allows Saturn to come out through the crowd, hit Raven with a Death Valley Driver into the stop sign, and place Horace on top of Raven.
We see another performance by The Nitro Girls.
Curt Hennig beats Konnan by disqualification. During the match, Hennig pulls out a chain and wraps it around his fist to hit Konnan. Referee Billy Silverman stops the punch, but the chain flies off and Konnan grabs the chain to choke Hennig from behind with it. The referee sees the chain and disqualifies Konnan.
Sting and Kevin Nash beat Scott Hall and The Giant by disqualification after The Giant choke slams the referee. Scott Hall and The Giant retain the WCW World Tag Team Championships.
nWo Hollywood and nWo Wolfpac show up and head to ringside for the next match.
Goldberg retains the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Meng, after Meng lets go of the Tongan Death Grip thinking he has won. Goldberg is attacked by nWo Hollywood, but it has no effect on his ability to win. After the match, Hollywood Hogan hits Goldberg in the back with a steel chair, and Kevin Nash wrestles the chair away from Hogan, who then rolls out of the ring. When Goldberg gets back up from the chair shot, he believes that Kevin Nash hit him with the chair, and breaks him in half with a Spear to end the show.
Monday, July 13, 1998
Nitro-Glycerin - Monday Nitro recap for July 13, 1998
The show starts with a performance by The Nitro Girls.
"nWo Hollywood shows up. "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan says the propaganda is about to stop, as he proved that black and white are the real colors and true powers of professional wrestling last night. He tells Goldberg his day are numbered and that he is on his trail, and he will prove to the world that he is a flash in the pan. Hogan says he has the family intact, and to stay on track, nWo Hollywood will be bonded for eternity. That, however, comes with bumps in the road. He is all eyes and all ears, and if it wasn't for Scott Hall, he would still be the WCW World Heavyweight Champion. Hogan says he has heard that Scott Hall has said that Hollywood may not be the man and that it's time for him to run the show, and challenges him to a match tonight to see what he is made of. Hall takes the microphone, and confronts his loyalty for the black-and-white, saying he has done everything Hogan has told him to as he needs the money. He then says Goldberg beat him, then took Hogan's title. Hall says that if Hogan wants a piece of him, don't sing it, bring it. Hogan tells him he's got it, and that tonight, they draw the line. Hogan then thinks Bischoff is laughing, and Bischoff says he's not laughing. Hogan says the match with Goldberg should have never taken place, and wants to know where Bischoff is coming from. He makes Bischoff the referee for the match between himself and Scott Hall, though Bischoff says he doesn't know how to referee a match and doesn't want to be in the middle of this. Hall makes it clear he wants Hogan, and Hogan tells Hall he has a decision to make tonight. As for other problems that haven't been taken care of, there is a reason The Disciple is with him. The Disciple takes the microphone and calls out Diamond Dallas Page for hitting him in the back of the head with a steel chair, and not getting the job done as he is still here with 47 stitches in his head. He calls DDP out, saying that if he has guts in his body, he will meet him in the ring one-on-one so they can settle it once and for all, as the Apocalypse from Bash at the Beach was nothing compared to what he will do to him tonight.
The Barbarian beats Horace after kicking a stop sign into Horace's face. Before the match, it is announced that the encore for Bash at the Beach is tomorrow night on pay-per-view. After the match, Raven's Flock goes after The Barbarian, and the numbers game catches up. Suddenly, Meng shows up for the first time since February and helps out his former tag team partner, clearing the Flock out of the ring. After this, Meng puts The Barbarian in the Tongan Death Grip.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Curt Hennig and Rick Rude. Rude says he was forced to be at home during Bash at the Beach, and he and his family were forced to watch in vain as Hennig lost to Goldberg on a bad knee as someone canceled his flight (which he blames on Goldberg). Hennig says that last night at Bash at the Beach, he learned Goldberg's weakness, and challenges Goldberg to another match. He asks Rude to stay in the back during the match so that "Goldberg won't have something to cry about" when he wins. Rude asks Hennig if he is sure about going on his own, but Hennig is sure. As for that weakness, we won't find out what it is until the match is over, and Hennig tells us we are looking at the next WCW World Heavyweight Champion.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews WCW Executive Committee Chairman J.J. Dillon, who brings out Rey Mysterio, Jr. Suddenly, Chris Jericho shows up with a book in his hands, which happens to be the WCW rulebook. He quotes page 257, saying "For the safety of the athletes involved, if the event of a wrestler being suspended, he must not be present at the event from which he is suspended, and if he is present and involved in the outcome of said match, the decision of the aforementioned match is null and void." As per the rule, the match never took place, and Jericho is Cruiserweight Champion once again thanks to the interference from Dean Malenko last night. Rey is forced to give up the Cruiserweight Championship. Suddenly, Dean Malenko show up, and tells Jericho he will not get away with this. Jericho says he is a fair man, and tells the two of them to face each other in a match to decide who will face him for the Cruiserweight title. Both men accept the challenge.
We see another performance by The Nitro Girls.
Andrew Lang from San Diego, California is this week's Nitro Party pack winner. We see footage of his Nitro Party.
"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan beast Rick Fuller.
Pyrotechnics signal the start of the second hour.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Buff Bagwell, who is wheeled out by Dr. Michael Sapella, who has been on top of Bagwell's health situation and is able to confirm that Bagwell is doing well. Bagwell says it's hard to watch Nitro with his injury, and that everything is so confusing that rehabilitation is more important. He wants Rick Steiner, the man who injured him, as he has something to say to him. Rick Steiner, who hasn't been seen in some time, shows up with a cast around his right arm. Before anything can happen, however, "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan and The Disciple show up. Hogan says the only thing he hates more than a couple of cowards is a couple of cripples, and tells him that when he joined the black-and-white nWo, he joined for life, and tells him to start acting like a man. He says all the "babyface crap" has turned him from Buff Bagwell to "Creampuff Bagwell" and that looking at him makes him sick. Hogan then pushes Bagwell down along with the wheelchair, and leaves with The Disciple.
Bret "The Hit Man" Hart beats Fit Finley with the Sharpshooter.
We see another performance by The Nitro Girls.
Stevie Ray shows up with the WCW World Television Championship before the next match.
Stevie Ray beats Rick Martel, who has returned from a knee injury suffered at SuperBrawl VIII, after Bret "The Hit Man" Hart hits Martel in the back of the neck with a steel chair as he has Stevie Ray in the Quebec Crab. (During the match, Martel injures his neck while trying to protect his knee, and the match proves to be his final one before retirement. In an interview on WWE.com years later, Rick Martel said that when he injured his neck, he knew his career was over.) After the match, "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Stevie Ray, who says that Booker T is in the hospital recovering from an injury that he received last night, and that he has the WCW World Television Championship because his brother gave him power of attorney to defend the title against any and all comers like Rick Martel, and says he has the documents to prove it and that he'll have them next week as he was in a hurry to get on the plane to the arena tonight.
Konnan beats Barry Darsow with the Tequila Sunrise.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Diamond Dallas Page. DDP calls The Disciple "'Hollywood' Hulk Hogan's shadow," and makes fun of him for complaining about having his head busted open, and says he's been put through much more and he's not crying. He tells The Disciple that if he wants some, to come get some, as he will feel the bang. The Disciple shows up immediately.
Diamond Dallas Page beats The Disciple by rolling him up after pushing him into Rick Rude, who is on the apron after getting a cheap shot in on DDP. On his way out, DDP is attacked by "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan with a steel chair, and The Disciple, Rude and Vincent hold DDP up while Hogan hits him with the chair again.
Raven beats Saturn and Kanyon in a three-way dance by count-out. Saturn and Kanyon continue to fight to the commentary table before the commercial break. Before the match, it is announced that WCW has been handed a directive by "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan's lawyers not to call him "Hulk Hogan" anymore and that his name is now simply "Hollywood Hogan."
Pyrotechnics signal the start of the third hour.
Rey Mysterio, Jr. beats Dean Malenko to become #1 contender for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship after Chris Jericho shows up and blasts Malenko in the back with the Cruiserweight title following a top rope gutbuster to Rey.
Before the next match, Alex Wright speaks to the fans in German, then Disco Inferno says that he had his match last night won until Lex Luger attacked Alex Wright and Kevin Nash hit him with a Jackknife Power Bomb. He says he and Wright don't play that way, and call out Lex Luger and Kevin Nash so they can pay them back.
Lex Luger and Kevin Nash beat Disco Inferno and Alex Wright.
Eddie Guerrero vs. Steve "Mongo" McMichael ends in a no-contest after a now-completely bald Chavo Guerrero, Jr. shows up wearing a cowboy hat and riding Pepe and dances around Mongo, saying he wants to be one of the Four Horsemen. Eddie dop kicks Chavo into Mongo, who hits Chavo with the Mongo Spike.
Hollywood Hogan vs. Scott Hall ends in a no-contest after Diamond Dallas Pge runs in, attacks The Disciple and hits special guest referee Eric Bischoff with a Diamond Cutter. Hogan and Disciple beat up DDP, then Nash runs in and takes out Hogan and The Disciple before giving the "too sweet" to Hall. Nash grabs Hogan, but Hall repays Nash for his help by turning back on him as he has Hogan ready for the Jackknife Power Bomb. Hogan straddles DDP on the rope while The Disciple punches DDP in the face. Hogan hits DDP with a leg drop and Vincent enters the ring while Hall slaps Nash around.
After the commercial break, we see footage of Hollywood Hogan and Scott Hall embracing after their match.
Goldberg retains the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Curt Hennig in less than a minute.
"nWo Hollywood shows up. "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan says the propaganda is about to stop, as he proved that black and white are the real colors and true powers of professional wrestling last night. He tells Goldberg his day are numbered and that he is on his trail, and he will prove to the world that he is a flash in the pan. Hogan says he has the family intact, and to stay on track, nWo Hollywood will be bonded for eternity. That, however, comes with bumps in the road. He is all eyes and all ears, and if it wasn't for Scott Hall, he would still be the WCW World Heavyweight Champion. Hogan says he has heard that Scott Hall has said that Hollywood may not be the man and that it's time for him to run the show, and challenges him to a match tonight to see what he is made of. Hall takes the microphone, and confronts his loyalty for the black-and-white, saying he has done everything Hogan has told him to as he needs the money. He then says Goldberg beat him, then took Hogan's title. Hall says that if Hogan wants a piece of him, don't sing it, bring it. Hogan tells him he's got it, and that tonight, they draw the line. Hogan then thinks Bischoff is laughing, and Bischoff says he's not laughing. Hogan says the match with Goldberg should have never taken place, and wants to know where Bischoff is coming from. He makes Bischoff the referee for the match between himself and Scott Hall, though Bischoff says he doesn't know how to referee a match and doesn't want to be in the middle of this. Hall makes it clear he wants Hogan, and Hogan tells Hall he has a decision to make tonight. As for other problems that haven't been taken care of, there is a reason The Disciple is with him. The Disciple takes the microphone and calls out Diamond Dallas Page for hitting him in the back of the head with a steel chair, and not getting the job done as he is still here with 47 stitches in his head. He calls DDP out, saying that if he has guts in his body, he will meet him in the ring one-on-one so they can settle it once and for all, as the Apocalypse from Bash at the Beach was nothing compared to what he will do to him tonight.
The Barbarian beats Horace after kicking a stop sign into Horace's face. Before the match, it is announced that the encore for Bash at the Beach is tomorrow night on pay-per-view. After the match, Raven's Flock goes after The Barbarian, and the numbers game catches up. Suddenly, Meng shows up for the first time since February and helps out his former tag team partner, clearing the Flock out of the ring. After this, Meng puts The Barbarian in the Tongan Death Grip.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Curt Hennig and Rick Rude. Rude says he was forced to be at home during Bash at the Beach, and he and his family were forced to watch in vain as Hennig lost to Goldberg on a bad knee as someone canceled his flight (which he blames on Goldberg). Hennig says that last night at Bash at the Beach, he learned Goldberg's weakness, and challenges Goldberg to another match. He asks Rude to stay in the back during the match so that "Goldberg won't have something to cry about" when he wins. Rude asks Hennig if he is sure about going on his own, but Hennig is sure. As for that weakness, we won't find out what it is until the match is over, and Hennig tells us we are looking at the next WCW World Heavyweight Champion.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews WCW Executive Committee Chairman J.J. Dillon, who brings out Rey Mysterio, Jr. Suddenly, Chris Jericho shows up with a book in his hands, which happens to be the WCW rulebook. He quotes page 257, saying "For the safety of the athletes involved, if the event of a wrestler being suspended, he must not be present at the event from which he is suspended, and if he is present and involved in the outcome of said match, the decision of the aforementioned match is null and void." As per the rule, the match never took place, and Jericho is Cruiserweight Champion once again thanks to the interference from Dean Malenko last night. Rey is forced to give up the Cruiserweight Championship. Suddenly, Dean Malenko show up, and tells Jericho he will not get away with this. Jericho says he is a fair man, and tells the two of them to face each other in a match to decide who will face him for the Cruiserweight title. Both men accept the challenge.
We see another performance by The Nitro Girls.
Andrew Lang from San Diego, California is this week's Nitro Party pack winner. We see footage of his Nitro Party.
"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan beast Rick Fuller.
Pyrotechnics signal the start of the second hour.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Buff Bagwell, who is wheeled out by Dr. Michael Sapella, who has been on top of Bagwell's health situation and is able to confirm that Bagwell is doing well. Bagwell says it's hard to watch Nitro with his injury, and that everything is so confusing that rehabilitation is more important. He wants Rick Steiner, the man who injured him, as he has something to say to him. Rick Steiner, who hasn't been seen in some time, shows up with a cast around his right arm. Before anything can happen, however, "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan and The Disciple show up. Hogan says the only thing he hates more than a couple of cowards is a couple of cripples, and tells him that when he joined the black-and-white nWo, he joined for life, and tells him to start acting like a man. He says all the "babyface crap" has turned him from Buff Bagwell to "Creampuff Bagwell" and that looking at him makes him sick. Hogan then pushes Bagwell down along with the wheelchair, and leaves with The Disciple.
Bret "The Hit Man" Hart beats Fit Finley with the Sharpshooter.
We see another performance by The Nitro Girls.
Stevie Ray shows up with the WCW World Television Championship before the next match.
Stevie Ray beats Rick Martel, who has returned from a knee injury suffered at SuperBrawl VIII, after Bret "The Hit Man" Hart hits Martel in the back of the neck with a steel chair as he has Stevie Ray in the Quebec Crab. (During the match, Martel injures his neck while trying to protect his knee, and the match proves to be his final one before retirement. In an interview on WWE.com years later, Rick Martel said that when he injured his neck, he knew his career was over.) After the match, "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Stevie Ray, who says that Booker T is in the hospital recovering from an injury that he received last night, and that he has the WCW World Television Championship because his brother gave him power of attorney to defend the title against any and all comers like Rick Martel, and says he has the documents to prove it and that he'll have them next week as he was in a hurry to get on the plane to the arena tonight.
Konnan beats Barry Darsow with the Tequila Sunrise.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Diamond Dallas Page. DDP calls The Disciple "'Hollywood' Hulk Hogan's shadow," and makes fun of him for complaining about having his head busted open, and says he's been put through much more and he's not crying. He tells The Disciple that if he wants some, to come get some, as he will feel the bang. The Disciple shows up immediately.
Diamond Dallas Page beats The Disciple by rolling him up after pushing him into Rick Rude, who is on the apron after getting a cheap shot in on DDP. On his way out, DDP is attacked by "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan with a steel chair, and The Disciple, Rude and Vincent hold DDP up while Hogan hits him with the chair again.
Raven beats Saturn and Kanyon in a three-way dance by count-out. Saturn and Kanyon continue to fight to the commentary table before the commercial break. Before the match, it is announced that WCW has been handed a directive by "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan's lawyers not to call him "Hulk Hogan" anymore and that his name is now simply "Hollywood Hogan."
Pyrotechnics signal the start of the third hour.
Rey Mysterio, Jr. beats Dean Malenko to become #1 contender for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship after Chris Jericho shows up and blasts Malenko in the back with the Cruiserweight title following a top rope gutbuster to Rey.
Before the next match, Alex Wright speaks to the fans in German, then Disco Inferno says that he had his match last night won until Lex Luger attacked Alex Wright and Kevin Nash hit him with a Jackknife Power Bomb. He says he and Wright don't play that way, and call out Lex Luger and Kevin Nash so they can pay them back.
Lex Luger and Kevin Nash beat Disco Inferno and Alex Wright.
Eddie Guerrero vs. Steve "Mongo" McMichael ends in a no-contest after a now-completely bald Chavo Guerrero, Jr. shows up wearing a cowboy hat and riding Pepe and dances around Mongo, saying he wants to be one of the Four Horsemen. Eddie dop kicks Chavo into Mongo, who hits Chavo with the Mongo Spike.
Hollywood Hogan vs. Scott Hall ends in a no-contest after Diamond Dallas Pge runs in, attacks The Disciple and hits special guest referee Eric Bischoff with a Diamond Cutter. Hogan and Disciple beat up DDP, then Nash runs in and takes out Hogan and The Disciple before giving the "too sweet" to Hall. Nash grabs Hogan, but Hall repays Nash for his help by turning back on him as he has Hogan ready for the Jackknife Power Bomb. Hogan straddles DDP on the rope while The Disciple punches DDP in the face. Hogan hits DDP with a leg drop and Vincent enters the ring while Hall slaps Nash around.
After the commercial break, we see footage of Hollywood Hogan and Scott Hall embracing after their match.
Goldberg retains the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Curt Hennig in less than a minute.
Monday, June 22, 1998
Nitro-Glycerin - Monday Nitro recap for June 22, 1998
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Diamond Dallas Page, who is jacked to be in Jacksonville, Florida. He says it's a dream match come true for him when he and Karl Malone go up against "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan and Dennis Rodman. He says it's personal between him and Hogan, and he hasn't forgotten. He says he is tired of Hogan, saying he worked real hard, and now he does, too, and says Hogan doesn't want it bad anymore like he does. He says he wants it bad, but not as bad as Karl Malone wants Dennis Rodman. He calls Malone one of the hardest working guys he's ever seen, and after he saw him getting attacked last week, he let him know he had his back and that he wanted to get in the ring with him. He says that Rodman and Malone are totally different people, calling Rodman a genius at marketing but a dead man in the ring. At Bash at the Beach, Rodman and Hogan are going out with a bang.
We see a performance by The Nitro Girls.
Rob Slutzer from the University of North Carolina-Raleigh is this week Nitro Party Prize Pack winner. We see footage of his Nitro Party.
br /> Disco Inferno beats Len Denton (whose nameplate is spelled "Lynn Denton" for some reason).
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Kevin Greene, who is back with the Carolina Panthers football team and hasn't been seen on Nitro in months. He says it's an honor to be here, and says the Jacksonville Jaguars are a very competitive teams. He says he's played against a lot of quarterbacks in his career, and says Mark Brunell is a "damn fine quarterback." He also says coming to Jacksonville is difficult, because the crowd is ready to rock 'n roll and are very supportive of the home team. He says the game is a hard business, and he wants to put the contractual difference between himself and Carolina from last year behind him. He feels as strong as ever, and is glad to be in good health. He says the Panthers have a heck of a team, but with four weeks left until training camp, he says he's glad to "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson has come back from surgery, and that "The Crippler" Chris Benoit and Steve "Mongo" Michaels are still in the mix. He also reveals that Goldberg was his teammate in 1991 with the Los Angeles Rams during Goldberg's rookie year in the National Football League, and knew he was going to be something special. Suddenly, Curt Hennig and Rick Rude, and Hennig tells Greene to go back to the football field. As Greene dares Hennig to go at it with him, he is attacked from behind by The Giant. Hennig and Rude also attack him before they and The Giant leave. Greene gets back to his feet after a little while, then calls them out before running to the back.
We see some footage from during the break, where referees, officials, security and even wrestlers and WCW Executive Committee J.J. Dillon have to hold both men back. Dillon makes a match between The Giant and Kevin Greene for later tonight.
Yuji Nagata beats Tokyo Magnum with the Nagata Lock. After the match, we see Stevie Ray beat up "The Crippler" Chris Benoit, and four security guards are barely able to hold Stevie Ray back.
Raven says that people say he walks away from his problems and from responsibility. He's walked away form a broken home and broken dreams. He says his father didn't show much emotion, but if he ever had a bad day at work, he knew he would feel the brunt of it. He says it is better to feel something than nothing. People also say he's cruel, but sometimes, you have to be cruel to be kind.
Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge and "Flyboy" Rocco Rock) beat Sick Boy and Horace.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Bret "The Hit Man" Hart. Bret says he hopes everyone is happy about turning one Canadian against another. He remembers "The Crippler" Chris Benoit when he was a snot-nosed punk running around in Calgary as his family gave him a chance to become what he is today. He hoped Benoit would have a little more respect and faith in his judgement he gave him which got him this far. He says it is the crowd's fault that it doesn't pay to be a hero anymore, and says that they corrupted Benoit's mind after he came to WCW. He says Benoit has crossed a line, and if he wants to be a big dog and go on the hunt, he's got it, and now he's going to be in the ring with the greatest technical wrestler in the history of wrestling. He says the fans Benoit give him hope and assuage his fear, but deep down, he has no hope and nothing but fear in him as he will go down to the excellent of execution tonight.
Pyrotechnics signal the start of the second hour.
Goldberg retains the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship against Rick Fuller.
We hear from a fan, who says that "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan and Dennis Rodman will come out on top against Diamond Dallas Page and Karl Malone.
We see some footage from earlier today where Mike Tenay interviews fans in front of the arena, who sound off on who will win between the team of "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan and Dennis Rodman and the team of Diamond Dallas Page and Karl Malone at Bash at the Beach.
nWo Wolfpac (Kevin Nash, Konnan, Sting) shows up. Nash seems they seem a little distraught, but back in the back, "Goldberg killed Kenny." Sting then speaks to a dummy that looks like "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan, then says Jacksonville, Florida is red-and-black. He says that people are talking about who wants to wrestle who as well as some tag team action, but nobody is talking about them and the tag team titles. Sting issues an open challenge to anybody who wants to take them on for the tag titles.
We see some more fans sound off on who will win between the team of "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan and Dennis Rodman and the team of Diamond Dallas Page and Karl Malone at Bash at the Beach.
We see another performance by The Nitro Girls.
Chavo Guerrero Jr. wishes Eddie Guerrero luck - and drives him nuts - before the next match.
Alex Wright beats Eddie Guerrero after Chavo Guerrero, Jr. distracts him by rooting him on. After the match, Chavo drives Eddie nuts again, and Eddie thinks Chavo is out of his mind.
We see even more fans sound off on who will win between the team of "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan and Dennis Rodman and the team of Diamond Dallas Page and Karl Malone at Bash at the Beach.
Konnan beats Riggs with the Tequila Sunrise.
We see the contract signing for the match between the team of "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan and Dennis Rodman and the team of Diamond Dallas Page and Karl Malone at Planet Hollywood in Los Angeles, California.
We see another performance by The Nitro Girls.
Pyrotechnics signal the start of the third hour.
Steve "Mongo" McMichael beats Stevie Ray by count-out. As Stevie Ray is about to hit Mongo with a chair, "The Crippler" Chris Benoit takes it away. Benoit is about to hit Stevie Ray with the chair when Booker T shows up and takes the chair away from him, then Booker T confronts Stevie Ray, telling him he can beat Mongo without having to use a steel chair. As Stevie Ray walks away with Booker T, Stevie Ray is counted out.
Eric Bischoff, Miss Elizabeth, "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan, The Disciple and Scott Steiner show up. Bischoff and Elizabeth agree that life without "Macho Man" Randy Savage is sweet, then Bischoff calls Hogan the shining light to his path through the industry and the one who has showed him what it means when people in Hollywood say "break a leg." This reminds him of Savage's leg and how nWo Hollywood broke it, and says the only thing Elizabeth only wanted Savage for his pocketbook, and that Elizabeth would rather have him than Savage. He says that Savage has learned like everyone else that he is the one that has made professional wrestling what it is today. He then mentions stage two of his master plan, when he and Dennis Rodman "outclass, outwrestle and outpunk" Diamond Dallas Page and Karl Malone, saying he is only famous for his wife and for taking out the garbage and washing the dishes. He also calls Malone "the biggest loser for getting in the playoffs and having his butt kicked." At Bash at the Beach, he will crush Page and Malone and drag them back to Venice Beach to feed them to the killer whales.
Bret "The Hit Man" beats "The Crippler" Chris Benoit with the Sharpshooter after knocking him out cold with a foreign object to the back of the head.
Kevin Greene vs. The Giant ends with Curt Hennig and Rick Rude attacking Greene. nWo Hollywood send Greene to the ground, but theya re soon decimated by Goldberg, who shows up out of nowhere and nails The Disciple, Vincent and Brian Adams, causing nWo Hollywood to bail out. Greene then challenges Hennig and The Giant to a tag team match against him and Goldberg at Bash at the Beach.
We see a performance by The Nitro Girls.
Rob Slutzer from the University of North Carolina-Raleigh is this week Nitro Party Prize Pack winner. We see footage of his Nitro Party.
br /> Disco Inferno beats Len Denton (whose nameplate is spelled "Lynn Denton" for some reason).
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Kevin Greene, who is back with the Carolina Panthers football team and hasn't been seen on Nitro in months. He says it's an honor to be here, and says the Jacksonville Jaguars are a very competitive teams. He says he's played against a lot of quarterbacks in his career, and says Mark Brunell is a "damn fine quarterback." He also says coming to Jacksonville is difficult, because the crowd is ready to rock 'n roll and are very supportive of the home team. He says the game is a hard business, and he wants to put the contractual difference between himself and Carolina from last year behind him. He feels as strong as ever, and is glad to be in good health. He says the Panthers have a heck of a team, but with four weeks left until training camp, he says he's glad to "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson has come back from surgery, and that "The Crippler" Chris Benoit and Steve "Mongo" Michaels are still in the mix. He also reveals that Goldberg was his teammate in 1991 with the Los Angeles Rams during Goldberg's rookie year in the National Football League, and knew he was going to be something special. Suddenly, Curt Hennig and Rick Rude, and Hennig tells Greene to go back to the football field. As Greene dares Hennig to go at it with him, he is attacked from behind by The Giant. Hennig and Rude also attack him before they and The Giant leave. Greene gets back to his feet after a little while, then calls them out before running to the back.
We see some footage from during the break, where referees, officials, security and even wrestlers and WCW Executive Committee J.J. Dillon have to hold both men back. Dillon makes a match between The Giant and Kevin Greene for later tonight.
Yuji Nagata beats Tokyo Magnum with the Nagata Lock. After the match, we see Stevie Ray beat up "The Crippler" Chris Benoit, and four security guards are barely able to hold Stevie Ray back.
Raven says that people say he walks away from his problems and from responsibility. He's walked away form a broken home and broken dreams. He says his father didn't show much emotion, but if he ever had a bad day at work, he knew he would feel the brunt of it. He says it is better to feel something than nothing. People also say he's cruel, but sometimes, you have to be cruel to be kind.
Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge and "Flyboy" Rocco Rock) beat Sick Boy and Horace.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Bret "The Hit Man" Hart. Bret says he hopes everyone is happy about turning one Canadian against another. He remembers "The Crippler" Chris Benoit when he was a snot-nosed punk running around in Calgary as his family gave him a chance to become what he is today. He hoped Benoit would have a little more respect and faith in his judgement he gave him which got him this far. He says it is the crowd's fault that it doesn't pay to be a hero anymore, and says that they corrupted Benoit's mind after he came to WCW. He says Benoit has crossed a line, and if he wants to be a big dog and go on the hunt, he's got it, and now he's going to be in the ring with the greatest technical wrestler in the history of wrestling. He says the fans Benoit give him hope and assuage his fear, but deep down, he has no hope and nothing but fear in him as he will go down to the excellent of execution tonight.
Pyrotechnics signal the start of the second hour.
Goldberg retains the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship against Rick Fuller.
We hear from a fan, who says that "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan and Dennis Rodman will come out on top against Diamond Dallas Page and Karl Malone.
We see some footage from earlier today where Mike Tenay interviews fans in front of the arena, who sound off on who will win between the team of "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan and Dennis Rodman and the team of Diamond Dallas Page and Karl Malone at Bash at the Beach.
nWo Wolfpac (Kevin Nash, Konnan, Sting) shows up. Nash seems they seem a little distraught, but back in the back, "Goldberg killed Kenny." Sting then speaks to a dummy that looks like "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan, then says Jacksonville, Florida is red-and-black. He says that people are talking about who wants to wrestle who as well as some tag team action, but nobody is talking about them and the tag team titles. Sting issues an open challenge to anybody who wants to take them on for the tag titles.
We see some more fans sound off on who will win between the team of "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan and Dennis Rodman and the team of Diamond Dallas Page and Karl Malone at Bash at the Beach.
We see another performance by The Nitro Girls.
Chavo Guerrero Jr. wishes Eddie Guerrero luck - and drives him nuts - before the next match.
Alex Wright beats Eddie Guerrero after Chavo Guerrero, Jr. distracts him by rooting him on. After the match, Chavo drives Eddie nuts again, and Eddie thinks Chavo is out of his mind.
We see even more fans sound off on who will win between the team of "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan and Dennis Rodman and the team of Diamond Dallas Page and Karl Malone at Bash at the Beach.
Konnan beats Riggs with the Tequila Sunrise.
We see the contract signing for the match between the team of "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan and Dennis Rodman and the team of Diamond Dallas Page and Karl Malone at Planet Hollywood in Los Angeles, California.
We see another performance by The Nitro Girls.
Pyrotechnics signal the start of the third hour.
Steve "Mongo" McMichael beats Stevie Ray by count-out. As Stevie Ray is about to hit Mongo with a chair, "The Crippler" Chris Benoit takes it away. Benoit is about to hit Stevie Ray with the chair when Booker T shows up and takes the chair away from him, then Booker T confronts Stevie Ray, telling him he can beat Mongo without having to use a steel chair. As Stevie Ray walks away with Booker T, Stevie Ray is counted out.
Eric Bischoff, Miss Elizabeth, "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan, The Disciple and Scott Steiner show up. Bischoff and Elizabeth agree that life without "Macho Man" Randy Savage is sweet, then Bischoff calls Hogan the shining light to his path through the industry and the one who has showed him what it means when people in Hollywood say "break a leg." This reminds him of Savage's leg and how nWo Hollywood broke it, and says the only thing Elizabeth only wanted Savage for his pocketbook, and that Elizabeth would rather have him than Savage. He says that Savage has learned like everyone else that he is the one that has made professional wrestling what it is today. He then mentions stage two of his master plan, when he and Dennis Rodman "outclass, outwrestle and outpunk" Diamond Dallas Page and Karl Malone, saying he is only famous for his wife and for taking out the garbage and washing the dishes. He also calls Malone "the biggest loser for getting in the playoffs and having his butt kicked." At Bash at the Beach, he will crush Page and Malone and drag them back to Venice Beach to feed them to the killer whales.
Bret "The Hit Man" beats "The Crippler" Chris Benoit with the Sharpshooter after knocking him out cold with a foreign object to the back of the head.
Kevin Greene vs. The Giant ends with Curt Hennig and Rick Rude attacking Greene. nWo Hollywood send Greene to the ground, but theya re soon decimated by Goldberg, who shows up out of nowhere and nails The Disciple, Vincent and Brian Adams, causing nWo Hollywood to bail out. Greene then challenges Hennig and The Giant to a tag team match against him and Goldberg at Bash at the Beach.
Monday, January 20, 1997
Nitro-Glycerin - Monday Nitro recap for January 20, 1997
The show starts with "Macho Man" Randy Savage - who has not been seen since Halloween Havoc - appearing out of the crowd and sitting in a steel chair in the center of the ring, much to the surprise of everyone, including commentary. Unlike previous appearances, he is wearing all black but is not part of the New World Order. Savage says he has been blackballed, and that he will not leave tonight until he talks to someone "with major stroke." He has no plans for the next two hours, and he plans to stay in the ring all night. He tells Eric Bischoff to kiss his ass before he sits in the chair and waits. Chavo Guerrero, Jr. heads to the ring for the opening bout against Maxx, but is confused by the sight of Savage in the ring. Savage refuses to leave the ring as Chavo tries to reason with him, but as Savage adamantly refuses to budge, Chavo gets irritated with him and this leads to a confrontation between Chavo and Savage where Savage knocks Chavo out and tosses him out of the ring to the delight of the crowd. Maxx shows up as soon as Savage sits back down, and tries to reason with Savage, saying that Chavo is his payday. Savage stands up and beats up Maxx, and this time he teases using the steel chair as a weapon only to sit back down. Maxx crawls out of the ring, then the referee tells him to leave only to be beaten up and tossed out as well. Head of Security Doug Dillinger shows up and tries to reason with Savage, but he gets beat up, too. "Das Wunderkind" Alex Wright shows up and tries to reason with him, but he gets knocked down as well. At this point, Savage brandishes the steel chair as a weapon and gets ready to strike. The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner) and The Amazing French Canadians (Jacques Rougeau and Carl Ouellet) show up ready to get Savage out of there, then Sting - the real Sting - is seen rappelling from the rafters to the commentary table. Sting walks to the ring and pulls out his bat, and referee Randy Anderson gets out of his way as he approaches the ring and points his bat at Savage. Sting then enters the ring, and whacks the bat on Savage's chair a few times as he circles him. He then points the bat at Savage's neck, which causes Savage to stand up and push his steel chair away. Sting then pushes Savage away with the bat, and it is evident that Sting is ready for him to strike back. He then hands Savage his bat and turns his back on him. Savage hands Sting his bat back, refusing to attack him. Sting then leaves, and Savage joins him, and they both leave through the crowd. At this point, Savage's loyalties are questioned as well as Sting's by commentary.
Chris Jericho beats "Das Wunderkind" Alex Wright after a series of rolling pinfalls from both men.
Scotty Riggs beats "Sting" by disqualification after Marcus Bagwell - now known as "Buff Bagwell" - shows up and goes after Riggs as his fellow New World Order comrades storm the ring while Riggs escapes into the crowd. During the match, it is announced that the real Sting and "Macho Man" Randy Savage have both left the arena. After the match, the New World Order surround Dave Penzer, forcing him to state that "Sting" has won by count-out.
This Saturday on WCW Saturday Night: "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson, Steve "Mongo" McMichael and "The Crippler" Chris Benoit in six-man tag team action! Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) vs. Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge and "Flyboy" Rocco Rock)!
"The Nature Boy" Ric Flair interviews Bob Probert of the Chicago Blackhwaks. While he's in Buffalo, New York tonight, he tells The New World Order to keep their heads up as he'll be stylin' and profilin' with Ric Flair the next time they're in town.
Jeff Jarrett and Eddie Guerrero vs. "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson and Steve "Mongo" McMichael ends with Debra McMichael placing her Miss Illinois sash on Anderson to halt the match as Anderson has Jarret in the Boston Crab. Before the end of the match, Eddie Guerrero runs to the back after Syxx shows up on top of a ladder again; however, Syxx's appearance is never caught by the camera crew.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, who shows up as "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson, Steve "Mongo" McMichael and Debra McMichael leave the ring and Woman and "The Crippler" Chris Benoit show up from the back. Flair says he is on the mend and putting his body back together so he can be "a real live fighting Horseman," but as he looks at the rest of the Horsemen every week, he admits that the Horsemen are not the unit they have been in the past. When he was with the old game, he knew that they took care of business before they focused on the women, but the new crew has it switched around. Anderson says this is a man's game in the world of professional sports, and says being a Horsemen is a career pinnacle to be respected and cherished. Anderson states that as long as he and Flair are part of the Horsemen, The Four Horsemen will endure. Mongo tells the crowd that he has finally come home, and says he is proud to be a Horseman. Debra says she knows what it takes to be a winner, and says that what happened to Jarrett tonight is not what winners do. Benoit tells Mongo that he is a winner when it comes to football, and that Debra when it comes to beauty pageants, but they are standing with four other winners in pro wrestling, and says that this is pro wrestling and that everything should be kept in perspective. Mongo tells Benoit they had Jarrett down and out, unlike the last two times Benoit wrestled him. Debra says that Woman is "a big-hearted lady with hips to match."
The Ultimate Dragon retains the WCW Cruiserweight Championship against Dean Malenko.
Pyrotechnics signal the start of the second hour.
"Lord" Steven Regal beats Jacques Rougeau by disqualification to retain the WCW World Television Championship after Col. Robert Parker tries to interfere only for it to backfire miserably after Regal gives him what for.
Lee Marshall calls form Milwaukee, Wisconsin - the site of next week's Nitro - for the 1-800-COLLECT Road Report.
"The Crippler" Chris Benoit attacks The Taskmaster before the next match can take place, and the battle immediately makes it way into the stands - and the concourse, where the two men fight in the men's room yet again. Even Doug Dillinger can't stop either man as the brawl goes back out of the bathroom and back into the ring as both men throw beer from the crowd at each other. After the beer brouhaha, the match begins.
The Taskmaster beats "The Crippler" Chris Benoit after Jimmy Hart gives The Taskmaster the ring bell to counter Benoit's diving headbutt as Woman distracts the referee.
The New World Order show up, minus "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan and Scott Hall. Once again, the commentary table is bum rushed, and Ted DiBiase, Eric Bischoff and Kevin Nash take over on commentary.
"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan beats Carl Ouellet after The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner) show up and distract the referee as Rick attacks Jacquess Rougeau while Scott Steiner helps Duggan by punching Ouellet from the apron. During the match, Eric Bischoff announces that the nWo have changed some matches. "Squire" David Taylor will be taking on Masahiro Chono instead of Psychosis. Also, Scott Hall will be replacing Scott Steiner tonight, and he will be facing Booker T.
Masahiro Chono beats "Squire" David Taylor with an STF. Before the match, Eric Bischoff orders Nick Patrick to replace Randy Anderson as the official referee for the match.
Scott Hall beats Booker T after referee Nick Patrick pulls a slow count on Booker T and allows Buff Bagwell to annoy Sister Sherri.
The nWo Hotline is here! Just call 1-900-454-4004 for all your nWo news! Calls cost $1.59/minute, and kids must get parents' permission before calling...or else.
Lex Luger beats Stevie Ray with the Torture Rack, but it becomes evident that Stevie Ray never submitted, and Stevie Ray chases after Nick Patrick after the match. Lex Luger confronts referee Nick Patrick before the match, and Syxx replaces Ted DiBiase on commentary when Eric Bischoff asks Ted DiBiase to check and see if everything is good for "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan.
"Hollywood" Hulk Hogan shows up with Ted DiBiase and Vincent. Hogan rips his shirt and then poses for the crowd for a few seconds, then says the New World Order came into Chicago, Illinois like a Boeing 747. He boasts that he will bust The Giant up really badly at Souled Out, and if The Giant begs for mercy, he will get no quarter. As Hogan talks further about The Giant, The Giant shows up only to be stopped by security. The Giant eventually overpowers them, however, and the show ends with The Giant rushing into the ring.
Chris Jericho beats "Das Wunderkind" Alex Wright after a series of rolling pinfalls from both men.
Scotty Riggs beats "Sting" by disqualification after Marcus Bagwell - now known as "Buff Bagwell" - shows up and goes after Riggs as his fellow New World Order comrades storm the ring while Riggs escapes into the crowd. During the match, it is announced that the real Sting and "Macho Man" Randy Savage have both left the arena. After the match, the New World Order surround Dave Penzer, forcing him to state that "Sting" has won by count-out.
This Saturday on WCW Saturday Night: "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson, Steve "Mongo" McMichael and "The Crippler" Chris Benoit in six-man tag team action! Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) vs. Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge and "Flyboy" Rocco Rock)!
"The Nature Boy" Ric Flair interviews Bob Probert of the Chicago Blackhwaks. While he's in Buffalo, New York tonight, he tells The New World Order to keep their heads up as he'll be stylin' and profilin' with Ric Flair the next time they're in town.
Jeff Jarrett and Eddie Guerrero vs. "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson and Steve "Mongo" McMichael ends with Debra McMichael placing her Miss Illinois sash on Anderson to halt the match as Anderson has Jarret in the Boston Crab. Before the end of the match, Eddie Guerrero runs to the back after Syxx shows up on top of a ladder again; however, Syxx's appearance is never caught by the camera crew.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, who shows up as "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson, Steve "Mongo" McMichael and Debra McMichael leave the ring and Woman and "The Crippler" Chris Benoit show up from the back. Flair says he is on the mend and putting his body back together so he can be "a real live fighting Horseman," but as he looks at the rest of the Horsemen every week, he admits that the Horsemen are not the unit they have been in the past. When he was with the old game, he knew that they took care of business before they focused on the women, but the new crew has it switched around. Anderson says this is a man's game in the world of professional sports, and says being a Horsemen is a career pinnacle to be respected and cherished. Anderson states that as long as he and Flair are part of the Horsemen, The Four Horsemen will endure. Mongo tells the crowd that he has finally come home, and says he is proud to be a Horseman. Debra says she knows what it takes to be a winner, and says that what happened to Jarrett tonight is not what winners do. Benoit tells Mongo that he is a winner when it comes to football, and that Debra when it comes to beauty pageants, but they are standing with four other winners in pro wrestling, and says that this is pro wrestling and that everything should be kept in perspective. Mongo tells Benoit they had Jarrett down and out, unlike the last two times Benoit wrestled him. Debra says that Woman is "a big-hearted lady with hips to match."
The Ultimate Dragon retains the WCW Cruiserweight Championship against Dean Malenko.
Pyrotechnics signal the start of the second hour.
"Lord" Steven Regal beats Jacques Rougeau by disqualification to retain the WCW World Television Championship after Col. Robert Parker tries to interfere only for it to backfire miserably after Regal gives him what for.
Lee Marshall calls form Milwaukee, Wisconsin - the site of next week's Nitro - for the 1-800-COLLECT Road Report.
"The Crippler" Chris Benoit attacks The Taskmaster before the next match can take place, and the battle immediately makes it way into the stands - and the concourse, where the two men fight in the men's room yet again. Even Doug Dillinger can't stop either man as the brawl goes back out of the bathroom and back into the ring as both men throw beer from the crowd at each other. After the beer brouhaha, the match begins.
The Taskmaster beats "The Crippler" Chris Benoit after Jimmy Hart gives The Taskmaster the ring bell to counter Benoit's diving headbutt as Woman distracts the referee.
The New World Order show up, minus "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan and Scott Hall. Once again, the commentary table is bum rushed, and Ted DiBiase, Eric Bischoff and Kevin Nash take over on commentary.
"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan beats Carl Ouellet after The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner) show up and distract the referee as Rick attacks Jacquess Rougeau while Scott Steiner helps Duggan by punching Ouellet from the apron. During the match, Eric Bischoff announces that the nWo have changed some matches. "Squire" David Taylor will be taking on Masahiro Chono instead of Psychosis. Also, Scott Hall will be replacing Scott Steiner tonight, and he will be facing Booker T.
Masahiro Chono beats "Squire" David Taylor with an STF. Before the match, Eric Bischoff orders Nick Patrick to replace Randy Anderson as the official referee for the match.
Scott Hall beats Booker T after referee Nick Patrick pulls a slow count on Booker T and allows Buff Bagwell to annoy Sister Sherri.
The nWo Hotline is here! Just call 1-900-454-4004 for all your nWo news! Calls cost $1.59/minute, and kids must get parents' permission before calling...or else.
Lex Luger beats Stevie Ray with the Torture Rack, but it becomes evident that Stevie Ray never submitted, and Stevie Ray chases after Nick Patrick after the match. Lex Luger confronts referee Nick Patrick before the match, and Syxx replaces Ted DiBiase on commentary when Eric Bischoff asks Ted DiBiase to check and see if everything is good for "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan.
"Hollywood" Hulk Hogan shows up with Ted DiBiase and Vincent. Hogan rips his shirt and then poses for the crowd for a few seconds, then says the New World Order came into Chicago, Illinois like a Boeing 747. He boasts that he will bust The Giant up really badly at Souled Out, and if The Giant begs for mercy, he will get no quarter. As Hogan talks further about The Giant, The Giant shows up only to be stopped by security. The Giant eventually overpowers them, however, and the show ends with The Giant rushing into the ring.
Monday, June 17, 1996
Nitro-Glycerin - Monday Nitro recap for June 17, 1996
It is announced that Tony Schiavone will be on both hours of the show, due to the beating that Eric Bischoff received last night at the hands of Diesel and Razor Ramon.
Rick Steiner beats Stevie Ray. Immediately after the match, Booker T attacks Rick, and he and Stevie Ray are about to hit the Harlem Hangover on Rick when Scott Steiner shows up and protects Rick.
Before the next match, Disco Inferno says that everyone came to see him dance, and asks everyone if they want to see him dance. He is about to dance, but Joe Gomez' music plays instead.
Joe Gomez beats Disco Inferno in his Nitro debut after reversing a pin attempt from a cocky Disco. During the match, it is mentioned that Hulk Hogan called WCW recently, saying if that there is a war going on, he wants his name in the hat. Also, the encore for The Great American Bash is on June 18th.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair. Debra McMichael says she turned against Kevin Greene because of the great company and for the money. Flair brags about Kevin Greene lying in a hospital bed, and tells "Macho Man" Randy Savage that Miss Elizabeth won't be coming back to him and that he will find out why he's on the top of the world, and that he will get hurt and get hurt bed.
The Four Horsemen ("The Enforcer" Arn Anderson and "The Crippler" Chris Benoit) beat The American Males (Marcus Alexander Bagwell and Scotty Riggs) after Anderson grabs onto Riggs' foot during the pinfall. "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Anderson and Benoit after the match. Anderson says that everyone is in shock, and that everybody likes when somebody says what they're going to do and then does it. The Horsemen are now at full strength, and while he had a deal with The Taskmaster, one man takes a bath and the other gets rich when a deal goes south, and says it must be tough for The Taskmaster down at the bottom of the wading pool and that there is only room for four Horsemen. Benoit tells Taskmaster that every action has a reaction, and his quest to nullify the Horsemen lead to them becoming stronger than ever.
John Tenta stops Jimmy Hart form interfering - and puts his foot on the ropes - to beat Big Bubba. After the match, Tenta chases after Jimmy Hart, who tosses a loaded sock to Big Bubba. Big Bubba nails Tenta with the loaded sock, which is full of nickels. "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Jimmy Hart and Big Bubba, and Jimmy Hart says that he will be getting back at those who turn on The Dungeon of Doom as Big Bubba brags about beating John Tenta up.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews the recently reinstated "Macho Man" Randy Savage. Savage says he plans to take his time and be calculated with Flair, who he says is distracted with all the women at ringside. He says he's not all there, but he's staying in WCW forever for there is no man that can put him down. As for the psychiatric help, everything's going well.
As the second hour begins, "Macho Man' Randy Savage heads to commentary and forces Bobby "The Brain" Heenan to back up to the ring briefly before he can join in on commentary.
Before the net match, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair tells "Macho Man" Randy Savage that every man, at some point in life, experience the agony and pain of defeat, and that in Savage's case, he is experiencing agony, defeat and divorce. Savage simply tells Ric Flair he's going to kick his ass. Savage gets some shots in before the bell can ring or before Flair can remove his robe.
"The Nature Boy" Ric Flair beats "Macho Man" Randy Savage after Savage knees Flair behind and knocking him into the ref, getting a second top rope elbow drop in despite Debra McMichael, Woman and Elizabeth throwing themselves in front of Flair, and fights off both "The Crippler" Chris Benoit and "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson only to get hit twice with a briefcase by Steve "Mongo" McMichael.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews The Taskmaster, Jimmy Hart and The Giant. Jimmy Hart tells Taskmaster that he could not trust anybody in the Four Horsemen after getting rid of Flyin' Brian. Taskmaster says that wars has been declared all over WCW, and that he's been in violent fights his whole life. But last night, "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson made the deal with "The Crippler" Chris Benoit instead of him, and he tells Anderson he has a strange mentality and a fine line between pain and pleasure in his head. The Giant says the problems started when The Four Horsemen called themselves the elite, yet they're incapable of taking the WCW World Heavyweight Championship from him. He declares himself the best to ever come out of The Dungeon of Doom, and anybody in the Dungeon is better than any Horseman can ever dream to be. He dares The Four Horsemen to step in the ring with him, as they will all fall down in the end.
We get our first close-up look at Glacier.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Rey Mysterio, Jr. He's not impressed with Dean Malenko's victory at The Great American Bash, and even though he respects him a lot, he plans to show Malenko what he's made of.
Dean Malenko retains the WCW Cruiserweight Championship against Rey Mysterio, Jr.
In the July issue of WCW Magazine: Lex Luger! Get fit with The Booty Babe! Get a behind-the-scenes look at Nitro!
The Giant beats Scott Steiner when Steiner hits The Giant with a wooden chair to absolutely no effect.
Glacier is coming to WCW in July!
"Mean" Gene Okerlund announces that he has just come back from high-level meeting with WCW officials backstage, and that earlier in the week, six of WCW's top guys have been announced to meat Razor Ramon and Diesel, who are refereed to by Okerlund as "outsiders." The six names were Hulk Hogan, The Giant, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, Lex Luger, Sting and "Macho Man" Randy Savage. The three men picked to represent WCW at Bash at the Beach are Lex Luger, "Macho Man" Randy Savage and Sting, and they will three men at the outside on the night of Sunday, July 7th.
Rick Steiner beats Stevie Ray. Immediately after the match, Booker T attacks Rick, and he and Stevie Ray are about to hit the Harlem Hangover on Rick when Scott Steiner shows up and protects Rick.
Before the next match, Disco Inferno says that everyone came to see him dance, and asks everyone if they want to see him dance. He is about to dance, but Joe Gomez' music plays instead.
Joe Gomez beats Disco Inferno in his Nitro debut after reversing a pin attempt from a cocky Disco. During the match, it is mentioned that Hulk Hogan called WCW recently, saying if that there is a war going on, he wants his name in the hat. Also, the encore for The Great American Bash is on June 18th.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair. Debra McMichael says she turned against Kevin Greene because of the great company and for the money. Flair brags about Kevin Greene lying in a hospital bed, and tells "Macho Man" Randy Savage that Miss Elizabeth won't be coming back to him and that he will find out why he's on the top of the world, and that he will get hurt and get hurt bed.
The Four Horsemen ("The Enforcer" Arn Anderson and "The Crippler" Chris Benoit) beat The American Males (Marcus Alexander Bagwell and Scotty Riggs) after Anderson grabs onto Riggs' foot during the pinfall. "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Anderson and Benoit after the match. Anderson says that everyone is in shock, and that everybody likes when somebody says what they're going to do and then does it. The Horsemen are now at full strength, and while he had a deal with The Taskmaster, one man takes a bath and the other gets rich when a deal goes south, and says it must be tough for The Taskmaster down at the bottom of the wading pool and that there is only room for four Horsemen. Benoit tells Taskmaster that every action has a reaction, and his quest to nullify the Horsemen lead to them becoming stronger than ever.
John Tenta stops Jimmy Hart form interfering - and puts his foot on the ropes - to beat Big Bubba. After the match, Tenta chases after Jimmy Hart, who tosses a loaded sock to Big Bubba. Big Bubba nails Tenta with the loaded sock, which is full of nickels. "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Jimmy Hart and Big Bubba, and Jimmy Hart says that he will be getting back at those who turn on The Dungeon of Doom as Big Bubba brags about beating John Tenta up.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews the recently reinstated "Macho Man" Randy Savage. Savage says he plans to take his time and be calculated with Flair, who he says is distracted with all the women at ringside. He says he's not all there, but he's staying in WCW forever for there is no man that can put him down. As for the psychiatric help, everything's going well.
As the second hour begins, "Macho Man' Randy Savage heads to commentary and forces Bobby "The Brain" Heenan to back up to the ring briefly before he can join in on commentary.
Before the net match, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair tells "Macho Man" Randy Savage that every man, at some point in life, experience the agony and pain of defeat, and that in Savage's case, he is experiencing agony, defeat and divorce. Savage simply tells Ric Flair he's going to kick his ass. Savage gets some shots in before the bell can ring or before Flair can remove his robe.
"The Nature Boy" Ric Flair beats "Macho Man" Randy Savage after Savage knees Flair behind and knocking him into the ref, getting a second top rope elbow drop in despite Debra McMichael, Woman and Elizabeth throwing themselves in front of Flair, and fights off both "The Crippler" Chris Benoit and "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson only to get hit twice with a briefcase by Steve "Mongo" McMichael.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews The Taskmaster, Jimmy Hart and The Giant. Jimmy Hart tells Taskmaster that he could not trust anybody in the Four Horsemen after getting rid of Flyin' Brian. Taskmaster says that wars has been declared all over WCW, and that he's been in violent fights his whole life. But last night, "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson made the deal with "The Crippler" Chris Benoit instead of him, and he tells Anderson he has a strange mentality and a fine line between pain and pleasure in his head. The Giant says the problems started when The Four Horsemen called themselves the elite, yet they're incapable of taking the WCW World Heavyweight Championship from him. He declares himself the best to ever come out of The Dungeon of Doom, and anybody in the Dungeon is better than any Horseman can ever dream to be. He dares The Four Horsemen to step in the ring with him, as they will all fall down in the end.
We get our first close-up look at Glacier.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Rey Mysterio, Jr. He's not impressed with Dean Malenko's victory at The Great American Bash, and even though he respects him a lot, he plans to show Malenko what he's made of.
Dean Malenko retains the WCW Cruiserweight Championship against Rey Mysterio, Jr.
In the July issue of WCW Magazine: Lex Luger! Get fit with The Booty Babe! Get a behind-the-scenes look at Nitro!
The Giant beats Scott Steiner when Steiner hits The Giant with a wooden chair to absolutely no effect.
Glacier is coming to WCW in July!
"Mean" Gene Okerlund announces that he has just come back from high-level meeting with WCW officials backstage, and that earlier in the week, six of WCW's top guys have been announced to meat Razor Ramon and Diesel, who are refereed to by Okerlund as "outsiders." The six names were Hulk Hogan, The Giant, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, Lex Luger, Sting and "Macho Man" Randy Savage. The three men picked to represent WCW at Bash at the Beach are Lex Luger, "Macho Man" Randy Savage and Sting, and they will three men at the outside on the night of Sunday, July 7th.
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