Disorderly Conduct (Tough Tom and Mean Mike) vs. Steven Regal and David Taylor ends when Sid Vicious shows up and decimates Disorderly Conduct while tossing Regal and Taylor out of the ring. Charles Robinson shows up carrying a sign stating "The Record For The Millenium [sic] 73-0." Mean Mike gets a powerbomb, as does Tough Tom, and both men get pinned before Robinson drops some signs to update the count to 75-0. Sid says that as he stands with Charles Robinson, the tally goes higher and higher, and there is seemingly no end. Now, he will have to pick it up a little bit to bring up the number and the intensity to prove without a doubt that he is "The Millennium Man" and he has no equal. The game he plays is easy: two men enter, and only one man survives. He tells the crowd they can cheer for Goldberg until their eyes pop out of their head, and lets them do it. He says the fans will push him to do something he does not want to do, then he grabs Tough Tom and hits him with another powerbomb. Sid tells Robinson they will stick together and he will keep marching until he is on top of the world, for in the year 2000, only one man's name will be chanted - his - and that will be enough. He then tells us to remember "Sid...enough said." He then tells the crowd to shut up, then puts Mean Mike in another powerbomb.
A taxi cab shows up, and out comes Lenny and Lodi. Lenny and Lodi are not allowed in the building as rabid fans cheer them on.
We see a performance by The Nitro Girls.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Lex Luger. Luger says that in his 13-year friendship with Sting, he has been through United States and World title matches, and that tonight might be the most important night for himself, the fans and for Sting. He says that Hulk Hogan stood for everything good and right for a decade, but he has proven for the last three years that it was an absolute sham. He says he does not say hollow words, and tonight, he will produce irrefutable evidence of what a con man, sham and scammer that Hulk Hogan and Hulkamania are. He says the evidence is on its way to the building, and we will see what it is later.
It is announced that Berlyn has made his way to the arena. A black limousine is then seen pulling up to the arena, and two bodyguards are seen walking with the car to the side. Berlyn climbs out of the back seat of the car, and his translator, Uta Ludendorff, climbs out with him.
Scott Riggs pins Lash LeRoux. During the match, Vampiro and The Insane Clown Posse show up, and Vampiro says to Riggs "You owe me." Vampiro watches from the top rope as Riggs pins LeRoux. Vampiro tells Riggs "You owe me" again, and Riggs says he owes him nothing.
The Revolution ("The Canadian Crippler" Chris Benoit, Perry Saturn, Dean Malenko, Shane Douglas) shows up. Shane Douglas asks the crowd if they are ready for a revolution, and if they agree with The Revolution ("The Canadian Crippler" Chris Benoit, Perry Saturn, Dean Malenko, Shane Douglas) that it is time for a change in WCW. He says that his allies in The Revolution are all the real deal, as is himself. Saturn says that for a decade, the people have been watching Rick Steiner, and says it is about time to watch him lose. He wants to face him for the WCW World Television Championship. Benoit says that if there is anyone out there who thinks the road to the United States title is an easy road, all they have to do is come forward and let themselves be known, as it is all about experience and nothing speaks louder than that. He says The Revolution is an experience you do not want to hear from. Malenko says they will not stop until they get their just due, and they agree with one thing: out with the evolution, in with The Revolution.
We see another performance by The Nitro Girls. It is announced that there will be an 8-day event to find a new Nitro Girl. Each city will have two semi-finalist, and the final winner will be announced on November 8th, receive a $10,000 prize and receive an invitation to become the newest Nitro Girl.
Kaz Hayashi beats Lodi...or rather, Lenny. During the match, it is announced that WCW Mayhem is coming out in 26 days, 3 hours and 17 minutes. Also during the match, Lodi sends Hayashi into referee Billy Silverman leg-first. Lenny tries to get involved, but Hayashi pins Lenny with an inside cradle. Lenny and Lodi protest the win, but Kaz Hayashi still gets the win. Lenny and Lodi respond by hitting Hayashi with a double-team suplex. (At this point, Lenny is seen wearing a pink bow and pink ribbons on the WCW Cruiserweight Championship.)
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Hulk Hogan. Hulk Hogan says Hulkamania is running wilder than it has ever been. When he left this town, he was a champion, and he is more of a champion now that he is back. As he is talking, piano music can be heard briefly. He says that in the wrestling business, a lot of things have changed, but when it came down to the red and yellow and his son telling him to do what was right, he looked the Hulkamaniacs in the eyes. His word is his bond, and he will never stab Sting in the back. He does not know what Lex Luger is on about, and says he will be in the back being cool and eating fruit as he waits for the hard evidence that he is betraying Sting that Luger says that he has. He says he will not pull the trigger on Luger, but if Luger is trying to cause trouble between him and Sting and set him up for something, he'll kick Luger's ass. He told Sting it would be one-on-one between the two of them, and asks Sting what he is going to do when hulkamania runs wild on him.
Next week, "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan and "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair will get VHS tapes in the Superstar Series courtesy of Time Warner Video. As this is announced, piano music can be heard again.
Rey Mysterio Jr. and Eddie Guerrero beat Blitzkrieg and La Parka. During the match, Vampiro and The Insane Clown Possse (Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope) are seen watching the match from the entryway.
We see the video package for Berlyn again. "Mean" Gene Okerlund is in the ring when Berlyn finally arrives. Berlyn shows up with other men clad in black and with his interpreter Uta Ludendorff. One of the men in the ring pats down Okerlund, then everyone else gets in the ring. Okerlund speaks to Berlyn, who then speaks the answers in German, which is then translated by the interpreter, Uta Ludendorff. Berlyn says he has a message for WCW, and a knowledge of wrestling that the American wrestlers do not understand. He says that when American wrestlers wrestle, they are just wrestling, but when he wrestles, it is an art. He says he was built by a consortium of German businessmen and made into a machine, and that nobody builds better machines than the Germans. He is ready, and has chosen the first man he will destroy: Buff Bagwell. He says Bagwell represents everything America is all about: excess, narcissism and self-indulgence, and he will destroy him. When asked why he refuses to speak English, he says that he has been here before and speaks perfect English, but his language disgusts him and he refuses to speak it again. He then asks where Bagwell is, and says that in his country, losing is unacceptable.
A slightly mussed-about Lex Luger shows up from behind "Mean" Gene Okerlund and says that everything is happening exactly as he predicted it, for as he was sitting in the locker room, he was attacked from behind. When he came to, he claims to have seen the red and yellow of Hulk Hogan going through his bags and smashing out all the windows in his vehicle as he knows he has all the evidence to prove he is a phony.
The West Texas Rednecks (Barry and Kendall Windham) beat Kenny Kaos and Prince Iaukea. After the match, Kendall Windham asks if that is all WCW has for tag teams. Barry says that Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) are nothing as they have beaten them once and can beat them any day of the week. Curt Hennig says it took them one night to win the belts. As he speaks, Harlem Heat show up, brawl with the Windhams and quickly get the upper hand. Bobby Duncum Jr. shows up and hogties Booker T while the rest of the Rednecks take the boots to Stevie Ray.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Lex Luger again. Luger shows up with a manila envelope in his hands, and says he has pictures that prove that Hulk Hogan is scamming everyone. He asks Sting to come to the ring, as he says that Sting really needs to see this. Sting shows up, and Luger says he has irrefutable proof that Hogan is pulling the wool over everyone's eyes. He says that the white Hummer that rammed into Kevin Nash's limousine and nearly ended Nash's career was driven by Hogan, and he produces a picture of Hogan standing next to a white Hummer. Sting looks at the picture, and Luger says he has verified it. Hogan shows up, looks at the picture, and says it does not prove anything. He tells Luger that he is out of his mind, and tells Sting that he told him the truth and that he will not stab him in the back, and that he does not know what Luger is up to. Luger says everyone loves Hogan right now, but he had to expose him. As Sting asks Hogan if he was involved in Nash's injury, Hogan is attacked from behind Diamond Dallas Page, who is accompanied by Kanyon and Bam Bam Bigelow. Nevertheless, distrust is sown between Sting, Lex Luger and Hulk Hogan as security have to pull all three men away from each other.
We see a solo performance by AC Jazz of The Nitro Girls.
Buff Bagwell beats Van Hammer. During the match, Berlyn's entourage as well as his interpreter Uta Ludendorff are seen taking notes on Buff Bagwell.
We see the footage of the white Hummer hitting Kevin Nash's limousine, trapping Kevin Nash inside and causing great damage to Nash himself.
Evan Karagias beats Mike Enos. During the match, it is announced that WCW Mayhem will be released for Sony PlayStation and Nintendo 64 in 26 days, 1 hour and 57 minutes. Also during the match, Vampiro and The Insane Clown Posse (Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope) show up, and ICP distracts referee Charles Robinson so that Vampiro can attack Mike Enos behind Robinson's back and allow Karagias the victory. After the match, Vampiro tells Karagias that he owes him. Suddenly, The Demon shows up, and tells Vampiro "Not here...not now...not this time."
Before the next match, Brian Knobbs asks Shane Douglas and Dean Malenko who made them the leaders of the revolution, and tells him to get in the ring with The First Family (Jimmy Hart, Knobbs, Hugh Morrus) so he can give them something to cry about.
The First Family (Hugh Morrus and Brian Knobbs) vs. The Revolution (Shane Douglas and Dean Malenko) ends in a double count-out. During the match, Jimmy Hart tries to strike Dean Malenko, who gets caught by Malenko, Malenko moves out of the way, and Knobbs tackles Hart instead.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Hulk Hogan again. Hogan thanks the fans for sticking with him, and says he had to take a phone call and tell his son Nick that he would never stab him or Sting in the back. He does not know what Luger is up to, but next week, he is going to throw mud in his face and prove him wrong. He then says being WCW World Heavyweight Championship takes a lot, and says he is tired of Diamond Dallas Page calling him out every week. Tonight, he wants to get it on tonight with Diamond Dallas Page, but he knows Goldberg is advertised for the main event tonight, and asks Goldberg to come to the ring. Goldberg shows up, and Hogan says he knows what is up with Luger, but says DDP has crawled so far up inside of him that he cannot even think. He knows Goldberg is advertised, but he asks Goldberg to step aside so he can get a piece of DDP. Goldberg says it's a given that he wants to rip Goldberg's throat out, and since Hogan has a reason to do the same, he one-ups him by proposing that the two of them wipe out The Jersey Triad (Diamond Dallas Page, Kanyon, Bam Bam Bigelow) once and for all. All of a sudden, DDP shows up with Bigelow and Kanyon, and tells them that if they want a piece of the Triad, they've got it. Hogan then predicts that Goldberg and Hulkamania are not only going to rip the heads off the Triad, they will rip the roof off the building. Goldberg simply says to "tune it in and watch the massacre."
Before the next match, Disco Inferno introduces himself, calls himself a superstar, a sex symbol, a certified booty-shaking badass and an icon. He says he is "livin' la vida loca" and "all the girlies say he is pretty fly for a white guy." He then says that there is a guy trying to be just like him, and he is wearing his Television title. He calls Rick Steiner out, and tells him to bring the WCW World Television Championship with him. Rick Steiner shows up, and Disco tells him he may be the Television champ, but he is not an icon and that he needs to show that he is a man of respect. When he tells him to place the Television title on his waist where it belongs, Rick Stiener clubs Disco in the back of the head with a forearm.
Rick Steiner quickly retains the WCW World Television Championship against Disco Inferno, then tosses referee Mickey Jay out of the ring and continues to punch Disco Inferno in the back of his ribs. Perry Saturn runs into the ring and fights Rick Steiner, and manages to superkick Rick Steiner out of the ring.
"The Canadian Crippler" Chris Benoit retains the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship against Jerry Flynn after he is attacked by the rest of The First Family (Brian Knobbs, The Barbarian, Hugh Morrus). The rest of The Revolution (Dean Malenko, Perry Saturn, Shane Douglas) rushes in to save Benoit. Benoit says there is no reason why Jimmy Hart is stepping of the toes of The Revolution, and that there is only way to settle this. Benoit then calls out Sid Vicious for interfering in other people's matching and decimating them, and dares him to get in the ring with him and find out what it is like to be on the losing end. He then tells Sid that he will have to powerbomb him more than once if he wants to be United States Champion.
Hulk Hogan and Goldberg beat The Jersey Triad (Diamond Dallas Page, Kanyon, Bam Bam Bigelow). DDP hits Goldberg in the bat with a steel chair and hits him with a Diamond Cutter, but Hogan hits Bam Bam Bigelow with a leg drop and gets the pinfall under DDP's nose.
Backstage, Sting finds "Macho Man" Randy Savage and Gorgeous George in Hulk Hogan's dressing room.
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Monday, August 30, 1999
Monday, July 5, 1999
Nitro-Glycerin - Monday Nitro recap for July 5, 1999
The show starts with a performance by The Nitro Girls.
Chavo Guerrero Jr. trips and falls on his rear end on the ramp before the next match. He is unhurt.
Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. Juventud Guerrera ends after "Macho Man" Randy Savage and Sid Vicious show up and decimate both men. Sid then gets on the microphone and says he knows Kevin Nash can hear him and that he knows the world can see what they just did. He wants everyone to take a closer look and remember, as what they he and Savage did were examples to follow. Sid tells Nash his dad told him one time that suffering builds character, and he and Savage agree that Nash has a lot of suffering to do, as Nash has messed with Savage's mind. He says that one must not be responsible for another's sanity, for when that happens, things go wrong. He says Nash is on a bed of coals and that nobody is there to piss on him, because nobody cares. Suddenly, Kevin Nash shows up on the video screen with Torrie Wilson. Savage wants to know where Gorgeous George is. Since Sid is wearing the World title, he decides that they might as well have a match for it. Savage tells Nash that he is a dead man and that Sid can do whatever he wants. Nash gets tired of Savage's cursing as Savage tells Nash that he is the end for him. Nash tells Savage that Gorgeous George is getting dressed right now. Nash and Torrie laugh, then Nash brings out Torrie, who is wearing a Kevin Nash shirt with the mid-riff cut off. Savage tells Nash to come out to the ring, but Nash proceeds to mock Savage from backstage. Sid tells Nash the deal is done. Nash will meet him in the ring, he will finish him off, they take Gorgeous George back and that will be that.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews WCW President "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, who is accompanied by his son David Flair. Ric talks about how he spent the Fourth of July in Atlanta, Georgia and has tried to find his mojo ever since. Tonight, as a result of him being President of World Championship Wrestling, he will make something happen. He announces that Scott Steiner has been traveling the world with the women and has no time to defend the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship right now. (In reality, Scott Steiner is out with a back injury.) Because of this, and because he is President, he is hereby placing the United States title around the waist of the man who rightfully deserves it: his son, David Flair. Flair asks Charles Robinson to bring the title as he announces that due to David Flair's recent victory against Kevin Nash, he is #1 contender for the United States title. With Scott Steiner gone, however, he has no champion to fight; therefore he is stripping Scott Steiner of the title and awarding it to David Flair. He says he is handing him the United States title because he can and because it is one leg of the Triple Crown. He says that David will soon become one-half of the WCW World Tag Team Champions and soon the youngest WCW World Heavyweight Champion ever. Charles Robinson heads to the ring with the United States Heavyweight Championship and a bevy of women, one of whom is Asya. Flair says that when he was World champion in Atlanta, he sometimes traveled with two or three women at one time. He hands David the United States title, lets all the women have their way with David, then takes off his jacket and says that he's going downtown with all of them. Suddenly, Buff Bagwell shows up, and red, white and blue balloons drop down from the top of the Georgia Dome. Ric Flair tells Buff Bagwell he can't have him, he can't have David and he can't have the girls. Buff says that as he was backstage, he couldn't help but see that "the triple-D's" were everywhere, with "the triple-D's" standing for "dumb, dumber and dumbest." He also couldn't help but notice the difference of the sound when Flair entered "Buff country." He tells Ric Flair this isn't Charlotte, North Carolina or The Four Horsemen anymore. Flair tells him he's right, and says he's now The President of WCW, and that he works for him. Buff says he likes to party, and to keep this party going, if his son David has any guts - because he has no body - and Ric is the President of WCW, then he, not David, should be the United States champion. All he needs is a shot tonight and everyone will find out he's buff and David's not the stuff. Flair says Buff will find out David is John Elway and everyone with him is the Denver Broncos. Ric tells David to stay by him and not get tired, and tells him he's got the match. Nevertheless, Buff asks the crowd if they want to see him whip David's butt.
We see a short video package for Kevin Nash.
Before the next match, Rick Steiner says that when you run with the bgi dog, the view never changes. When you run with him and Scott Steiner, you can take whatever you want. They are running around like a pack of wild dogs, and if anyone wants some, they can get some. If anyone doesn't like him, they can bite him.
Rick Steiner retains the WCW World Television Championship against El Vamiro by submission.
Lodi and Lenny Lane walk out of the locker room, with Lenny Lane carrying an pink-and-purple pair of shorts - Lenny's favorite colors - matching what Lodi has on right now. Lenny says he doesn't have to try them on, as Lodi knows all his measurements. Lodi responds by saying "I know every inch of you." Lodi says he knows Lenny is still nervous, but say WCW won't mind when they find out, saying they're open-minded. Lenny says that if Lodi wants him to trust him, then trust him he will. The camera then focuses on the double doors they just came out of, which have the word "closet" on them.
We see a narrated video package of Bret "The Hit Man" Hart, who has not been on WCW television since the death of his brother Owen Hart, showing just how much Bret means to World Championship Wrestling.
Bret "The Hit Man" Hart appears for the first time on WCW programming since the death of his brother Owen Hart. Bret says he has all the time he wants to speak, and he will try not to rush himself. On behalf of his family and everyone back in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, he thanks the fans who has sent their love, support and condolences, as it has meant a lot to himself and to his family, and it was very much appreciated. World Championship Wrestling has been kind to him in the last few weeks, and allowed him all the time in the world to collect himself. He says a few words about his brother Owen, saying he was not your average wrestler and that he was a wonderful human being. He knows many people watched him on TV, but never got close to him sometimes. Some fans did, and some of the wrestlers go to know him, too. He says there is not a bad thing that could be said about Owen anywhere. He said that Owen was his closest brother, as they had never had an argument or shouted at each other once, and they were the best of friends. They were close from the time that Owen was a baby, and he takes a lot of pride in knowing how well he had turned out. Bret says Eric Bischoff talked to him, and asked him to come back tonight to explain how he felt about things, and felt he would be ready to talk about things when he got here. The reality, however, is that he is having a hard time deciding what to do with his life and his career. He has lived for wrestling, and his family has lived and died for wrestling. He is at a crossroads where he looks at wrestling and wonders what there is left for him to do, and that maybe it is time to move on and accomplish something in another field. He thinks of Wayne Gretzky and John Elway and all the other athletes retiring in 1999, and when he thinks of those people, they all got to hang it up and be happy with what they accomplished, but when he looks at himself, it sucks. He tells himself that on one hand, it is not fair to end his career on a tragedy or a bad note, but at the same time, nobody wants to prove more in wrestling than he does. He admits he does not know what to do next, and even though he always give his best and is happy despite how everything has turned out, but he will take some time and think about everything and put things in perspective. If he never gets the chance to say it again, he wants to thank all the fans everywhere that he ever had and still have, as he would not be anything without them, having had fans since the very start. In case he never gets another chance to talk to the fans, he thanks the fans all around the world that he has ever met, as well as wrestlers all over the world that he has ever worked with, and hopes that he wasn't too stiff. He then thanks the crowd for their time and leaves.
Backstage, Eddie Guerrero asks WCW Head of Security Doug Dellinger for help, saying that someone has stolen his wallet, and he knows that one of the masked wrestlers did it. He demands Dellinger round them up andline them up so he can identify who it is.
Jerry Flynn beats Ernest "The Cat" Miller by disqualification in a kickboxing match with 14 seconds left in the second round after The Cat hits Flynn - who is on his knee - with a punch to the back of the head. Flynn hits The Cat with a double leg takedown after the match.
WCW bobbleheads are now available at toy stores everywhere!
Tomorrow night on QVC at 9 PM Eastern/8 PM Central, WCW products, both new and autographed, will be sold. "Macho Man" Randy Savage will also appear on QVC.
Van Hammer beats Lodi after stopping an interference attempt from Lenny Lane cold.
WCW Head of Security talks to Villano V, La Parka, Ciclope and Psychosis, telling them that Eddie Guerrero ahs lost his wallet and has accused the masked wrestlers of stealing it, and wants them to line up so that he can identify who did it. Blitzkrieg and The Cheetah Kid is brought out.
Rapper Black Rob is seen in the crowd.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews WCW Vice President "Rowdy" Roddy Piper. Piper shows up after over a minute. He says that six reality check points go to Curt Hennig and Bobby Duncum for saving the youth of America, because rap is crap. He also calls out Sting, and brings him out to the ring. Instead of the real Sting, a man in a Sting mask shows up. So big is the jacket that the fake Sting is wearing that his hands are still in the sleeves and that he is shorter than Piper. Piper smells a rat, and wants to know if he is part of "Team Madness." "Sting" shakes his head no. When he asks if this Sting has never been in the back Hummer, "Sting" shakes his head no. When asked if there is no coalition between him and Savage to take the World title, "Sting" shakes his head no. Piper says that if he was the real Sting, he would take his mask off and show everyone who he is. He says the real Sting is a world class fighter who is afraid of nothing. "Sting" refuses to take his mask off. Piper then punches this guy in the face, then rips the mask and wig off, revealing that this is indeed a bogus Sting. The bogus Sting hides his head on the way out, and Piper says the fans want the real Sting and he doesn't blame them. He then addresses Buff Bagwell, saying he has seen him talk the talk but not walk the walk. As Vice President and Commissioner of WCW, he makes a match between himself and Buff at Bash at the Beach where they tape their hands up and box each other in ten three-minute rounds. Suddenly, WCW Executive Committee Chairman J.J. Dillon shows up with Judge Mills Lane, saying that the match is indeed official but that the match needs an impartial referee. That referee is host of Judge Mills Lane and retired boxing referee of over 100 championship boxing bouts, Mills Lane. Miller says he will be there, having heard a lot of crap from Piper, and if Piper wants to get it on, so be it. He has had a lot of crazy fights and crazy cases, and he will oversee this one, too. Piper tells Mills Lane that if he had problems with Mike Tyson, then he hasn't seen him, and he will make Mike Tyson bark by comparison.
Fit Finley and Lord Steven Regal vs. Konnan and Rey Mysterio Jr. ends when The West Texas Rednecks (Curt Hennig, Barry Windham, Kendall Windham, Bobby Duncum Jr.) - formerly The West Texas Outlaws - attack Konnan and Rey before The No Limit Soldiers rush in to attack the Outlwas.
David Flair retains the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship against Buff Bagwell. During the match, Buff Bagwell hits David Flair with the Buff Blockbuster. Referee Charles Robinson makes the count, but pretends to hurt his shoulder before he can count to three. Bagwell confronts Ronbinson for this, then mocks WCW President "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair and goes for the Figure Four Leg Lock. Ric Flair goes after him, but Buff gets him in an inside cradle. This allows "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson to put the boots to Bagwell, and allows Ric Flair to join in. Dean Malenko gets in the ring and fights both Ric Flair and Arn Anderson, and Asya gets in the ring only to be slammed by Bagwell. WCW Vice President "Rowdy" Roddy Piper gets in the rign and punches Buff in the face with an illegal object in his hand amidst the confusion, and David Flair crawls to Bagwell to make the pinfall and retain.
We see another performance by The Nitro Girls.
WCW Head of Security Doug Dellinger lines up the masked luchadors of World Championship Wrestling so that Eddie Guerrero can figure out who stole his wallet, so he can identify who stole his wallet. As each luchador unmasks with the back of their heads towards the camera, Eddie is surprised by how some of them look. We also find out that The Cheetah Kid is Prince Iaukea, and that none of the men lined up stole his wallet.
The signal for the show is taken over by Hak and Chastity. Hak says he was born hardcore and extreme, and had to fight since his first breath and that fighting is all he knows how to do. He says that he gave WCW a call so that he could get paid for fighting and not go to jail every Saturday night, and says the number of people he has fought and hurt is steadily climbing. If "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair wants to treat him like a dog and take his living away from him by not sanctioning his matches, he will take his matches outside and do it in a junkyard at Bash at the Beach. He calls out every single tough man on the planet to come to the junkyard and face him.
The West Texas Rednecks (Curt Hennig, Barry Windham, Kendall Windham, Bobby Duncum Jr.) lip-sync "Rap Is Crap" live. (Barry Windham isn't even playing the drums.)
We see a video package for Team Madness ("Macho Man" Randy Savage, Sid Vicious, Gorgeous George, Madusa, Miss Madness).
Before the next match, Diamond Dallas Page says the fans may love him or hate him, but they will never forget him. Kanyon says "Me either!"
"The Crippler" Chris Benoit, Perry Saturn, Dean Malenko beat The Triad (Diamond Dallas Page, Bam Bam Bigelow, Kanyon)
Megadeth perform their newest single "Crush." At the end of the performance, Goldberg shows up and says he is back. (This performance is omitted from the episode on the WWE Network.)
Before the next match, Kevin Nash tells "Macho Man" Randy Savage to take Madusa and Miss Madness and leave if he wants to see Gorgeous George again.
Sid Vicious vs. Kevin Nash for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship ends in a no-contest. During the match, "Macho Man" Randy Savage also gets involved in the match. As Nash fights both Savage and Sid off, Nash inadvertently hits the referee with an avalanche splash in the corner. Suddenly, Sting shows up and attacks Kevin Nash from behind. It is then reveled that this is a fake Sting. Savage hits Nash from behind with the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, then the real Sting shows up, takes out Savage, then takes out the fake Sting. Sting helps Nash up, but Nash, not knowing this is the real Sting, knees him in the gut and hits him with a Jackknife Power Bomb. After the match, Nash tells Savage that if he wants Gorgeous George back, he will find what is left of her in his dressing room. Savage runs to the back, and the real Sting walks back to the back. We then see Savage running to the back, where he topples a table and eventually finds Gorgeous George standing next to Torrie Wilson. Savage checks on George in a fit of rage, then chews out Torrie Wilson for laughing. (This scene of Torrie Wilson corpsing is the basis for Botchamania's "Send For The Man" meme years later.) Savage then rips out the entire front of George's Kevin Nash shirt, then threatens to beat up Torrie Wilson before kicking the crap out of Gorgeous George to end the show.
Chavo Guerrero Jr. trips and falls on his rear end on the ramp before the next match. He is unhurt.
Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. Juventud Guerrera ends after "Macho Man" Randy Savage and Sid Vicious show up and decimate both men. Sid then gets on the microphone and says he knows Kevin Nash can hear him and that he knows the world can see what they just did. He wants everyone to take a closer look and remember, as what they he and Savage did were examples to follow. Sid tells Nash his dad told him one time that suffering builds character, and he and Savage agree that Nash has a lot of suffering to do, as Nash has messed with Savage's mind. He says that one must not be responsible for another's sanity, for when that happens, things go wrong. He says Nash is on a bed of coals and that nobody is there to piss on him, because nobody cares. Suddenly, Kevin Nash shows up on the video screen with Torrie Wilson. Savage wants to know where Gorgeous George is. Since Sid is wearing the World title, he decides that they might as well have a match for it. Savage tells Nash that he is a dead man and that Sid can do whatever he wants. Nash gets tired of Savage's cursing as Savage tells Nash that he is the end for him. Nash tells Savage that Gorgeous George is getting dressed right now. Nash and Torrie laugh, then Nash brings out Torrie, who is wearing a Kevin Nash shirt with the mid-riff cut off. Savage tells Nash to come out to the ring, but Nash proceeds to mock Savage from backstage. Sid tells Nash the deal is done. Nash will meet him in the ring, he will finish him off, they take Gorgeous George back and that will be that.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews WCW President "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, who is accompanied by his son David Flair. Ric talks about how he spent the Fourth of July in Atlanta, Georgia and has tried to find his mojo ever since. Tonight, as a result of him being President of World Championship Wrestling, he will make something happen. He announces that Scott Steiner has been traveling the world with the women and has no time to defend the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship right now. (In reality, Scott Steiner is out with a back injury.) Because of this, and because he is President, he is hereby placing the United States title around the waist of the man who rightfully deserves it: his son, David Flair. Flair asks Charles Robinson to bring the title as he announces that due to David Flair's recent victory against Kevin Nash, he is #1 contender for the United States title. With Scott Steiner gone, however, he has no champion to fight; therefore he is stripping Scott Steiner of the title and awarding it to David Flair. He says he is handing him the United States title because he can and because it is one leg of the Triple Crown. He says that David will soon become one-half of the WCW World Tag Team Champions and soon the youngest WCW World Heavyweight Champion ever. Charles Robinson heads to the ring with the United States Heavyweight Championship and a bevy of women, one of whom is Asya. Flair says that when he was World champion in Atlanta, he sometimes traveled with two or three women at one time. He hands David the United States title, lets all the women have their way with David, then takes off his jacket and says that he's going downtown with all of them. Suddenly, Buff Bagwell shows up, and red, white and blue balloons drop down from the top of the Georgia Dome. Ric Flair tells Buff Bagwell he can't have him, he can't have David and he can't have the girls. Buff says that as he was backstage, he couldn't help but see that "the triple-D's" were everywhere, with "the triple-D's" standing for "dumb, dumber and dumbest." He also couldn't help but notice the difference of the sound when Flair entered "Buff country." He tells Ric Flair this isn't Charlotte, North Carolina or The Four Horsemen anymore. Flair tells him he's right, and says he's now The President of WCW, and that he works for him. Buff says he likes to party, and to keep this party going, if his son David has any guts - because he has no body - and Ric is the President of WCW, then he, not David, should be the United States champion. All he needs is a shot tonight and everyone will find out he's buff and David's not the stuff. Flair says Buff will find out David is John Elway and everyone with him is the Denver Broncos. Ric tells David to stay by him and not get tired, and tells him he's got the match. Nevertheless, Buff asks the crowd if they want to see him whip David's butt.
We see a short video package for Kevin Nash.
Before the next match, Rick Steiner says that when you run with the bgi dog, the view never changes. When you run with him and Scott Steiner, you can take whatever you want. They are running around like a pack of wild dogs, and if anyone wants some, they can get some. If anyone doesn't like him, they can bite him.
Rick Steiner retains the WCW World Television Championship against El Vamiro by submission.
Lodi and Lenny Lane walk out of the locker room, with Lenny Lane carrying an pink-and-purple pair of shorts - Lenny's favorite colors - matching what Lodi has on right now. Lenny says he doesn't have to try them on, as Lodi knows all his measurements. Lodi responds by saying "I know every inch of you." Lodi says he knows Lenny is still nervous, but say WCW won't mind when they find out, saying they're open-minded. Lenny says that if Lodi wants him to trust him, then trust him he will. The camera then focuses on the double doors they just came out of, which have the word "closet" on them.
We see a narrated video package of Bret "The Hit Man" Hart, who has not been on WCW television since the death of his brother Owen Hart, showing just how much Bret means to World Championship Wrestling.
Bret "The Hit Man" Hart appears for the first time on WCW programming since the death of his brother Owen Hart. Bret says he has all the time he wants to speak, and he will try not to rush himself. On behalf of his family and everyone back in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, he thanks the fans who has sent their love, support and condolences, as it has meant a lot to himself and to his family, and it was very much appreciated. World Championship Wrestling has been kind to him in the last few weeks, and allowed him all the time in the world to collect himself. He says a few words about his brother Owen, saying he was not your average wrestler and that he was a wonderful human being. He knows many people watched him on TV, but never got close to him sometimes. Some fans did, and some of the wrestlers go to know him, too. He says there is not a bad thing that could be said about Owen anywhere. He said that Owen was his closest brother, as they had never had an argument or shouted at each other once, and they were the best of friends. They were close from the time that Owen was a baby, and he takes a lot of pride in knowing how well he had turned out. Bret says Eric Bischoff talked to him, and asked him to come back tonight to explain how he felt about things, and felt he would be ready to talk about things when he got here. The reality, however, is that he is having a hard time deciding what to do with his life and his career. He has lived for wrestling, and his family has lived and died for wrestling. He is at a crossroads where he looks at wrestling and wonders what there is left for him to do, and that maybe it is time to move on and accomplish something in another field. He thinks of Wayne Gretzky and John Elway and all the other athletes retiring in 1999, and when he thinks of those people, they all got to hang it up and be happy with what they accomplished, but when he looks at himself, it sucks. He tells himself that on one hand, it is not fair to end his career on a tragedy or a bad note, but at the same time, nobody wants to prove more in wrestling than he does. He admits he does not know what to do next, and even though he always give his best and is happy despite how everything has turned out, but he will take some time and think about everything and put things in perspective. If he never gets the chance to say it again, he wants to thank all the fans everywhere that he ever had and still have, as he would not be anything without them, having had fans since the very start. In case he never gets another chance to talk to the fans, he thanks the fans all around the world that he has ever met, as well as wrestlers all over the world that he has ever worked with, and hopes that he wasn't too stiff. He then thanks the crowd for their time and leaves.
Backstage, Eddie Guerrero asks WCW Head of Security Doug Dellinger for help, saying that someone has stolen his wallet, and he knows that one of the masked wrestlers did it. He demands Dellinger round them up andline them up so he can identify who it is.
Jerry Flynn beats Ernest "The Cat" Miller by disqualification in a kickboxing match with 14 seconds left in the second round after The Cat hits Flynn - who is on his knee - with a punch to the back of the head. Flynn hits The Cat with a double leg takedown after the match.
WCW bobbleheads are now available at toy stores everywhere!
Tomorrow night on QVC at 9 PM Eastern/8 PM Central, WCW products, both new and autographed, will be sold. "Macho Man" Randy Savage will also appear on QVC.
Van Hammer beats Lodi after stopping an interference attempt from Lenny Lane cold.
WCW Head of Security talks to Villano V, La Parka, Ciclope and Psychosis, telling them that Eddie Guerrero ahs lost his wallet and has accused the masked wrestlers of stealing it, and wants them to line up so that he can identify who did it. Blitzkrieg and The Cheetah Kid is brought out.
Rapper Black Rob is seen in the crowd.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews WCW Vice President "Rowdy" Roddy Piper. Piper shows up after over a minute. He says that six reality check points go to Curt Hennig and Bobby Duncum for saving the youth of America, because rap is crap. He also calls out Sting, and brings him out to the ring. Instead of the real Sting, a man in a Sting mask shows up. So big is the jacket that the fake Sting is wearing that his hands are still in the sleeves and that he is shorter than Piper. Piper smells a rat, and wants to know if he is part of "Team Madness." "Sting" shakes his head no. When he asks if this Sting has never been in the back Hummer, "Sting" shakes his head no. When asked if there is no coalition between him and Savage to take the World title, "Sting" shakes his head no. Piper says that if he was the real Sting, he would take his mask off and show everyone who he is. He says the real Sting is a world class fighter who is afraid of nothing. "Sting" refuses to take his mask off. Piper then punches this guy in the face, then rips the mask and wig off, revealing that this is indeed a bogus Sting. The bogus Sting hides his head on the way out, and Piper says the fans want the real Sting and he doesn't blame them. He then addresses Buff Bagwell, saying he has seen him talk the talk but not walk the walk. As Vice President and Commissioner of WCW, he makes a match between himself and Buff at Bash at the Beach where they tape their hands up and box each other in ten three-minute rounds. Suddenly, WCW Executive Committee Chairman J.J. Dillon shows up with Judge Mills Lane, saying that the match is indeed official but that the match needs an impartial referee. That referee is host of Judge Mills Lane and retired boxing referee of over 100 championship boxing bouts, Mills Lane. Miller says he will be there, having heard a lot of crap from Piper, and if Piper wants to get it on, so be it. He has had a lot of crazy fights and crazy cases, and he will oversee this one, too. Piper tells Mills Lane that if he had problems with Mike Tyson, then he hasn't seen him, and he will make Mike Tyson bark by comparison.
Fit Finley and Lord Steven Regal vs. Konnan and Rey Mysterio Jr. ends when The West Texas Rednecks (Curt Hennig, Barry Windham, Kendall Windham, Bobby Duncum Jr.) - formerly The West Texas Outlaws - attack Konnan and Rey before The No Limit Soldiers rush in to attack the Outlwas.
David Flair retains the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship against Buff Bagwell. During the match, Buff Bagwell hits David Flair with the Buff Blockbuster. Referee Charles Robinson makes the count, but pretends to hurt his shoulder before he can count to three. Bagwell confronts Ronbinson for this, then mocks WCW President "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair and goes for the Figure Four Leg Lock. Ric Flair goes after him, but Buff gets him in an inside cradle. This allows "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson to put the boots to Bagwell, and allows Ric Flair to join in. Dean Malenko gets in the ring and fights both Ric Flair and Arn Anderson, and Asya gets in the ring only to be slammed by Bagwell. WCW Vice President "Rowdy" Roddy Piper gets in the rign and punches Buff in the face with an illegal object in his hand amidst the confusion, and David Flair crawls to Bagwell to make the pinfall and retain.
We see another performance by The Nitro Girls.
WCW Head of Security Doug Dellinger lines up the masked luchadors of World Championship Wrestling so that Eddie Guerrero can figure out who stole his wallet, so he can identify who stole his wallet. As each luchador unmasks with the back of their heads towards the camera, Eddie is surprised by how some of them look. We also find out that The Cheetah Kid is Prince Iaukea, and that none of the men lined up stole his wallet.
The signal for the show is taken over by Hak and Chastity. Hak says he was born hardcore and extreme, and had to fight since his first breath and that fighting is all he knows how to do. He says that he gave WCW a call so that he could get paid for fighting and not go to jail every Saturday night, and says the number of people he has fought and hurt is steadily climbing. If "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair wants to treat him like a dog and take his living away from him by not sanctioning his matches, he will take his matches outside and do it in a junkyard at Bash at the Beach. He calls out every single tough man on the planet to come to the junkyard and face him.
The West Texas Rednecks (Curt Hennig, Barry Windham, Kendall Windham, Bobby Duncum Jr.) lip-sync "Rap Is Crap" live. (Barry Windham isn't even playing the drums.)
We see a video package for Team Madness ("Macho Man" Randy Savage, Sid Vicious, Gorgeous George, Madusa, Miss Madness).
Before the next match, Diamond Dallas Page says the fans may love him or hate him, but they will never forget him. Kanyon says "Me either!"
"The Crippler" Chris Benoit, Perry Saturn, Dean Malenko beat The Triad (Diamond Dallas Page, Bam Bam Bigelow, Kanyon)
Megadeth perform their newest single "Crush." At the end of the performance, Goldberg shows up and says he is back. (This performance is omitted from the episode on the WWE Network.)
Before the next match, Kevin Nash tells "Macho Man" Randy Savage to take Madusa and Miss Madness and leave if he wants to see Gorgeous George again.
Sid Vicious vs. Kevin Nash for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship ends in a no-contest. During the match, "Macho Man" Randy Savage also gets involved in the match. As Nash fights both Savage and Sid off, Nash inadvertently hits the referee with an avalanche splash in the corner. Suddenly, Sting shows up and attacks Kevin Nash from behind. It is then reveled that this is a fake Sting. Savage hits Nash from behind with the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, then the real Sting shows up, takes out Savage, then takes out the fake Sting. Sting helps Nash up, but Nash, not knowing this is the real Sting, knees him in the gut and hits him with a Jackknife Power Bomb. After the match, Nash tells Savage that if he wants Gorgeous George back, he will find what is left of her in his dressing room. Savage runs to the back, and the real Sting walks back to the back. We then see Savage running to the back, where he topples a table and eventually finds Gorgeous George standing next to Torrie Wilson. Savage checks on George in a fit of rage, then chews out Torrie Wilson for laughing. (This scene of Torrie Wilson corpsing is the basis for Botchamania's "Send For The Man" meme years later.) Savage then rips out the entire front of George's Kevin Nash shirt, then threatens to beat up Torrie Wilson before kicking the crap out of Gorgeous George to end the show.
Monday, March 8, 1999
Nitro-Glycerin - Monday Nitro recap for March 8, 1999
(Author's note: Of all the episodes, this is the absolute worst so far. Thankfully, Wrestlecrap and slashwrestling is here to dull the pain.)
We see welders making a steel cage with barbed wire at the top (a reference to the WCW World Heavyweight Championship match at Uncensored). Someone burns the letters "WCW" into the steel.
We see "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson's conversation with WCW President "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair concerning David Flair from last week's Thunder.
We see The Nitro Girls at the Nitro Party at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.
Riki Rachtman is at the Nitro Party at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Doug Kazarian is the winner of a trip to the Spring Break-Out Nitro at Club La Vela in Panama City, Florida.
We get a closer look at AC Jazz.
We see a black-and-white vignette of Hollywood Hogan talking about his son Nick hating him. Hogan then talks about how everyone hates him now after going from 15 years of taking vitamins and saying prayers to founding the New World Order. Hogan says he is used to the comments, jealously and being viewed as anything other than a good person, and says that when WCW President "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair expresses his love for wrestling and the fans, Flair is worse than he is and "a rotten piece of crap at the bottom of the barrel." He says that Flair did not even react to losing his son David to the New World Order and carrying on like he normally would, and says he is the most rotten human being on the face of the earth. Now that he knows Flair for what he is, the only thing important in Flair's life is the World title, and the total control of the wrestling business that he thinks he created just to feed his ego, control the business from top to bottom and stay on top forever. Hogan wants Flair to quit the wrestling business and never come back. At the same time, he also wants Flair at the best he has ever been. In order to do that, he has to promise Flair total control of WCW as long as he is alive if he wins - something that Eric Bischoff has given him the power to say and do. Flair will not only be fighting for the fans and the title, but for the piece of him that is greedy that desires what he has always wanted. Hogan says he will take him, beat him and bury his soul one last time, and Flair will be fighting him as hard as has ever been as he is fighting for control, but if Flair loses, he will never be seen again. Hogan then goes on about how Flair has a huge ego and wants to be Ric Flair until the day he dies, and how he hated Flair so much that it made him feel invincible again and realize that he is the best wrestler there is in the business.
We go back to the Nitro Party at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Konnan is seen at the party, and then his new music video is played again.
We see another black-and-white nWo vignette where Hollywood Hogan and Kevin Nash are sitting on a couch, watching last week's interview with WCW "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, saying that Ric Flair would rather be Ric Flair than be a father. They also proceed to make fun of Flair any chance they get as Hogan tells Nash that Flair is a bad father. Kevin Nash and Hollywood Hogan then agree that they will have to regroup as far as David Flair being in the nWo is concerned, as Flair shows no reaction to his son David being part of it.
We see a black-and-white vignette for Lex Luger that is simply clips of Luger in the ring devoid of color while the Wolfpac music plays.
Meanwhile, in Boston, Massachusetts, the police pull over a WCW Monday Nitro hummer that is swerving all over the road. Scott Steiner and Buff Bagwell are inside, and they are asked to step out of the vehicle. The two policemen give them ticket books to see if they can give them some quality police work. They bust people for smoking in the mall, not putting money in the parking meter (and shaking a guy by the legs for loose change), and littering (after Scott Steiner pulls the trash can away from a guy trying to use it). They return to the precinct, hand in the ticket books, and are free to go afterwards.
Riki Rachtman plugs Domino's Pizza while the fans dance with Konnan and some of The Nitro Girls. Kidman shows up with the WCW Crusierweight Championship and talks about Rey Mysterio Jr. having brought exposure to the Cruiserweight division with his match against Kevin Nash at SuperBrawl IX.
We see a video package of the recent events that have taken place between Rey Mysterio Jr. and Kevin Nash.
We see another black-and-white nWo vignette where Hollywood Hogan, Kevin Nash and Torrie Wilson are at a shooting range. Torrie Wilson is seen shooting at a target with a pistol with eye and ear protection on, and most of her shot hit the center. Nash and Hogan tell Torrie they need to regroup and come up with a new plan regarding WCW President "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair. Nash tells Torrie that he and Hogan will meet her at dinner.
We see yet another black-and-white nWo vignette where Hollywood Hogan, Kevin Nash and Torrie Wilson are having dinner. Hogan says everything is cool, even if they are all a little upset, as they have the belt, David Flair where they want him, and WCW President "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair. All he needs now is to give Flair another embarrassing beating and nobody will believe a word of what Ric Flair and Flair will be done. Torrie Wilson says that she knows a girl who is hotter than her when it comes to what to do with David Flair, which Nash simply calls "Plan B." The girl - named Deniece - shows up, and Nash and Hogan are impressed. Deniece says she is up to the task, and says her last name is Robinson (as in "Mrs. Robinson" by Simon and Garfunkel). We find out that Deniece will be paid $20,000 to seduce David Flair, and Deniece says she will be able to pull it off.
We finally get to see the Nitro title sequence, and we finally see an arena, a crowd and a wrestling ring. (Not counting commercials, this took 41 minutes and 39 seconds. Otherwise, it takes 59 minutes - barely an hour. As promos fill up the entire first hour of the show, the live crowd was treated to four dark matches, none of which were recorded for television.)
"Mean" Gene Okerlund is about to interview Goldberg when David Flair shows up with Torrie Wilson. David says that WCW President "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair has been dragging out their problems all week, and that he is out here to talk to him like a man. Torrie says that they will wait until Ric shows up, and that she and David will not be undressing in the ring or handcuffing themselves to the ring. Suddenly, Goldberg's music hits.
After the commercial break, Goldberg shows up. Goldberg tells David Flair he has a lot of respect for his family, and because of that, he will not take care of the situation like he normally would. Nevertheless, David has a few lessons to learn, most notable respect for his father "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, who has done more for wrestling than ten people could do. Goldberg tells David he has no respect for him, and that this is his interview time and he has no business anywhere with him. David pokes Goldberg in the chest and mouths off at him, and Goldberg pins him to the corner. Ric Flair rushes into the ring and pulls Goldberg off of him, and chops him to no effect. David Flair and Torrie Wilson run away, and Goldberg gorilla press slams Ric Flair. Ric Flair wants to know who Goldberg thinks he is, and reminds him that he is not only WCW President and the greatest wrestler of all time. Goldberg tells Flair that he is not only a man who has not only lost his family, but also his mind. Flair goes on about how he will become a world champion for the 14th time, and Goldberg tells Flair he has not only lost his mind, but as of tonight, he has stepped over the line. Flair says he is the line, rolls around the ring, and tells Goldberg that he is wrestling him tonight, and that he can make it official since he is WCW President. Goldberg immediately accepts, and tells Flair if this is the last mistake he wants to make, he's got it.
After 50 minutes and 20 seconds (not counting commercials), Nitro has its first televised match of the night: a hardcore match between Raven and Hak. Both men embrace, then start pounding on each other to start the match.
Raven vs. Hak in a hardcore match ends in a no-contest after Bam Bam Bigelow shows up and attacks both Raven and Hak on the stage. However, it is announced that the match is now continuing with Bigelow as a part of the match under Raven's Rules. Even though the match continues, nobody ends up winning, the brawl between the three men from last week is replayed, and the show goes to commercials.
The opening scene of the welders making the barbed wire steel cage is replayed.
Before the next match, Chris Jericho shows up wearing a dog collar connected to another dog collar with a chain. He then pretends to talk about Saturn wearing a dress and challenging him to a Chain Match. He says he is a master of the Chain Match, saying he has trained with the yogis in Nepal in preparation for this day. He also says he is "the swami of the Dog Collar Chain Match," and tells the Jerichoholics in the arena and at home that he will make Lizmark Jr. put the collar on to become the first in his "chain of fools." Lizmark puts his collar on, as does Jericho.
Chris Jericho beats Lizmark Jr. in an impromptu Dog Collar Chain Match with the Lion Tamer.
Before the next match, Scott Steiner calls the crowd "a bunch of genetically deficient scumbags who are a disgrace to the human race" and "pencil-necks that go to the gym and pump a little iron in the hope they look as good as [he does]" who should throw away their gym memberships and watch him do what he does best on the couch. Scott says there is nobody who can duplicate "the greatest peaks in the world" because he is a genetic freak. Buff Bagwell then gets on the microphone and says he has tried to talk sense into Booker T and tell him to cancel his match against Scott Steiner tonight, but Booker T has refused to cancel the match and will therefore get what he deserves.
Scott Steiner retains the WCW World Television Championship against Booker T with the Steiner Recliner after Steiner grabs referee Johnny Boone by the neck, allowing Buff Bagwell to topple Booker T off the top rope. Booker T is sent into unconsciousness with the Steiner Recliner, and the referee calls for the bell. After the match, Scott Steiner smashes a steel chair into the back of a downed Booker T.
We see a performance by The Nitro Girls.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Jerry Flynn backstage. Flynn will be facing Sonny Onoo and Ernest "The Cat" Miller at Uncensored. Onoo shows up, apologizes for last week, and tries to bribe him onto his side. Flynn grabs Onoo and shoves him back only to be kicked in the back of the head by The Cat. Onoo take a pair of scissors and cuts off Flynn's ponytail.
Rey Mysterio Jr. beats Scott Norton by kicking him in the gut after Norton pulls him out of a pinfall twice.
We see another performance by The Nitro Girls.
The footage of the barbed wire steel cage being made is played yet again, this time interspersed with words spoken by WCW President "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair from last week.
Bret "The Hit Man" Hart beats Van Hammer with the Sharpshooter, then proceeds to attack the legs of Van Hammer with a steel chair after the match.
Hollywood Hogan and Kevin Nash show up. Instead of heading to the ring, they head to the commentary table. Mike Tenay and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan immediately leave the table and are replaced by Hogan and Nash.
The footage of the creation of the barbed wire steel cage is shown a fourth time.
"The Nature Boy" Ric Flair vs. Goldberg ends in a no-contest when the nWo come out from the crowd and attack both men.
We see welders making a steel cage with barbed wire at the top (a reference to the WCW World Heavyweight Championship match at Uncensored). Someone burns the letters "WCW" into the steel.
We see "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson's conversation with WCW President "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair concerning David Flair from last week's Thunder.
We see The Nitro Girls at the Nitro Party at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.
Riki Rachtman is at the Nitro Party at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Doug Kazarian is the winner of a trip to the Spring Break-Out Nitro at Club La Vela in Panama City, Florida.
We get a closer look at AC Jazz.
We see a black-and-white vignette of Hollywood Hogan talking about his son Nick hating him. Hogan then talks about how everyone hates him now after going from 15 years of taking vitamins and saying prayers to founding the New World Order. Hogan says he is used to the comments, jealously and being viewed as anything other than a good person, and says that when WCW President "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair expresses his love for wrestling and the fans, Flair is worse than he is and "a rotten piece of crap at the bottom of the barrel." He says that Flair did not even react to losing his son David to the New World Order and carrying on like he normally would, and says he is the most rotten human being on the face of the earth. Now that he knows Flair for what he is, the only thing important in Flair's life is the World title, and the total control of the wrestling business that he thinks he created just to feed his ego, control the business from top to bottom and stay on top forever. Hogan wants Flair to quit the wrestling business and never come back. At the same time, he also wants Flair at the best he has ever been. In order to do that, he has to promise Flair total control of WCW as long as he is alive if he wins - something that Eric Bischoff has given him the power to say and do. Flair will not only be fighting for the fans and the title, but for the piece of him that is greedy that desires what he has always wanted. Hogan says he will take him, beat him and bury his soul one last time, and Flair will be fighting him as hard as has ever been as he is fighting for control, but if Flair loses, he will never be seen again. Hogan then goes on about how Flair has a huge ego and wants to be Ric Flair until the day he dies, and how he hated Flair so much that it made him feel invincible again and realize that he is the best wrestler there is in the business.
We go back to the Nitro Party at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Konnan is seen at the party, and then his new music video is played again.
We see another black-and-white nWo vignette where Hollywood Hogan and Kevin Nash are sitting on a couch, watching last week's interview with WCW "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, saying that Ric Flair would rather be Ric Flair than be a father. They also proceed to make fun of Flair any chance they get as Hogan tells Nash that Flair is a bad father. Kevin Nash and Hollywood Hogan then agree that they will have to regroup as far as David Flair being in the nWo is concerned, as Flair shows no reaction to his son David being part of it.
We see a black-and-white vignette for Lex Luger that is simply clips of Luger in the ring devoid of color while the Wolfpac music plays.
Meanwhile, in Boston, Massachusetts, the police pull over a WCW Monday Nitro hummer that is swerving all over the road. Scott Steiner and Buff Bagwell are inside, and they are asked to step out of the vehicle. The two policemen give them ticket books to see if they can give them some quality police work. They bust people for smoking in the mall, not putting money in the parking meter (and shaking a guy by the legs for loose change), and littering (after Scott Steiner pulls the trash can away from a guy trying to use it). They return to the precinct, hand in the ticket books, and are free to go afterwards.
Riki Rachtman plugs Domino's Pizza while the fans dance with Konnan and some of The Nitro Girls. Kidman shows up with the WCW Crusierweight Championship and talks about Rey Mysterio Jr. having brought exposure to the Cruiserweight division with his match against Kevin Nash at SuperBrawl IX.
We see a video package of the recent events that have taken place between Rey Mysterio Jr. and Kevin Nash.
We see another black-and-white nWo vignette where Hollywood Hogan, Kevin Nash and Torrie Wilson are at a shooting range. Torrie Wilson is seen shooting at a target with a pistol with eye and ear protection on, and most of her shot hit the center. Nash and Hogan tell Torrie they need to regroup and come up with a new plan regarding WCW President "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair. Nash tells Torrie that he and Hogan will meet her at dinner.
We see yet another black-and-white nWo vignette where Hollywood Hogan, Kevin Nash and Torrie Wilson are having dinner. Hogan says everything is cool, even if they are all a little upset, as they have the belt, David Flair where they want him, and WCW President "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair. All he needs now is to give Flair another embarrassing beating and nobody will believe a word of what Ric Flair and Flair will be done. Torrie Wilson says that she knows a girl who is hotter than her when it comes to what to do with David Flair, which Nash simply calls "Plan B." The girl - named Deniece - shows up, and Nash and Hogan are impressed. Deniece says she is up to the task, and says her last name is Robinson (as in "Mrs. Robinson" by Simon and Garfunkel). We find out that Deniece will be paid $20,000 to seduce David Flair, and Deniece says she will be able to pull it off.
We finally get to see the Nitro title sequence, and we finally see an arena, a crowd and a wrestling ring. (Not counting commercials, this took 41 minutes and 39 seconds. Otherwise, it takes 59 minutes - barely an hour. As promos fill up the entire first hour of the show, the live crowd was treated to four dark matches, none of which were recorded for television.)
"Mean" Gene Okerlund is about to interview Goldberg when David Flair shows up with Torrie Wilson. David says that WCW President "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair has been dragging out their problems all week, and that he is out here to talk to him like a man. Torrie says that they will wait until Ric shows up, and that she and David will not be undressing in the ring or handcuffing themselves to the ring. Suddenly, Goldberg's music hits.
After the commercial break, Goldberg shows up. Goldberg tells David Flair he has a lot of respect for his family, and because of that, he will not take care of the situation like he normally would. Nevertheless, David has a few lessons to learn, most notable respect for his father "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, who has done more for wrestling than ten people could do. Goldberg tells David he has no respect for him, and that this is his interview time and he has no business anywhere with him. David pokes Goldberg in the chest and mouths off at him, and Goldberg pins him to the corner. Ric Flair rushes into the ring and pulls Goldberg off of him, and chops him to no effect. David Flair and Torrie Wilson run away, and Goldberg gorilla press slams Ric Flair. Ric Flair wants to know who Goldberg thinks he is, and reminds him that he is not only WCW President and the greatest wrestler of all time. Goldberg tells Flair that he is not only a man who has not only lost his family, but also his mind. Flair goes on about how he will become a world champion for the 14th time, and Goldberg tells Flair he has not only lost his mind, but as of tonight, he has stepped over the line. Flair says he is the line, rolls around the ring, and tells Goldberg that he is wrestling him tonight, and that he can make it official since he is WCW President. Goldberg immediately accepts, and tells Flair if this is the last mistake he wants to make, he's got it.
After 50 minutes and 20 seconds (not counting commercials), Nitro has its first televised match of the night: a hardcore match between Raven and Hak. Both men embrace, then start pounding on each other to start the match.
Raven vs. Hak in a hardcore match ends in a no-contest after Bam Bam Bigelow shows up and attacks both Raven and Hak on the stage. However, it is announced that the match is now continuing with Bigelow as a part of the match under Raven's Rules. Even though the match continues, nobody ends up winning, the brawl between the three men from last week is replayed, and the show goes to commercials.
The opening scene of the welders making the barbed wire steel cage is replayed.
Before the next match, Chris Jericho shows up wearing a dog collar connected to another dog collar with a chain. He then pretends to talk about Saturn wearing a dress and challenging him to a Chain Match. He says he is a master of the Chain Match, saying he has trained with the yogis in Nepal in preparation for this day. He also says he is "the swami of the Dog Collar Chain Match," and tells the Jerichoholics in the arena and at home that he will make Lizmark Jr. put the collar on to become the first in his "chain of fools." Lizmark puts his collar on, as does Jericho.
Chris Jericho beats Lizmark Jr. in an impromptu Dog Collar Chain Match with the Lion Tamer.
Before the next match, Scott Steiner calls the crowd "a bunch of genetically deficient scumbags who are a disgrace to the human race" and "pencil-necks that go to the gym and pump a little iron in the hope they look as good as [he does]" who should throw away their gym memberships and watch him do what he does best on the couch. Scott says there is nobody who can duplicate "the greatest peaks in the world" because he is a genetic freak. Buff Bagwell then gets on the microphone and says he has tried to talk sense into Booker T and tell him to cancel his match against Scott Steiner tonight, but Booker T has refused to cancel the match and will therefore get what he deserves.
Scott Steiner retains the WCW World Television Championship against Booker T with the Steiner Recliner after Steiner grabs referee Johnny Boone by the neck, allowing Buff Bagwell to topple Booker T off the top rope. Booker T is sent into unconsciousness with the Steiner Recliner, and the referee calls for the bell. After the match, Scott Steiner smashes a steel chair into the back of a downed Booker T.
We see a performance by The Nitro Girls.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Jerry Flynn backstage. Flynn will be facing Sonny Onoo and Ernest "The Cat" Miller at Uncensored. Onoo shows up, apologizes for last week, and tries to bribe him onto his side. Flynn grabs Onoo and shoves him back only to be kicked in the back of the head by The Cat. Onoo take a pair of scissors and cuts off Flynn's ponytail.
Rey Mysterio Jr. beats Scott Norton by kicking him in the gut after Norton pulls him out of a pinfall twice.
We see another performance by The Nitro Girls.
The footage of the barbed wire steel cage being made is played yet again, this time interspersed with words spoken by WCW President "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair from last week.
Bret "The Hit Man" Hart beats Van Hammer with the Sharpshooter, then proceeds to attack the legs of Van Hammer with a steel chair after the match.
Hollywood Hogan and Kevin Nash show up. Instead of heading to the ring, they head to the commentary table. Mike Tenay and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan immediately leave the table and are replaced by Hogan and Nash.
The footage of the creation of the barbed wire steel cage is shown a fourth time.
"The Nature Boy" Ric Flair vs. Goldberg ends in a no-contest when the nWo come out from the crowd and attack both men.
Monday, February 22, 1999
Nitro-Glycerin - Monday Nitro recap for February 22, 1999
We see the preparation of the interview room where Tony Schiavone will moderate a face-to-face meeting between "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair and David Flair - the first since last night.
We see the Nitro party at University of California-Berkeley in Berkeley, California, where MTV VJ Riki Rachtman is the emcee. He announces WCW Monday Nitro Spring Breakout 1999, and also introduces us to the The Nitro Girls.
We see footage of The Nitro Girls at the University of California-Berkeley in Berkeley, California.
We see a preview of another music video from Konnan.
We see a performance by some of The Nitro Girls.
Jerry Flynn beats Mike Enos with a Cross Arm Breaker.
The woman from last night congratulates David Flair on joining the nWo last night, and David says he had to do it and that it is his chance to shine. The woman tells him he knows what he has to say and to tell him who is boss.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Booker T backstage. Booker says it was all good last night, and that Disco Inferno is the first - but not the last - recipient of the Harlem Hangover as it will be "on like neckbones" in 1999. As for Bret "The Hit Man" Hart, he knows Bret has no love for him, and he is on the top of his game. Now that his knee is 100%, Bret should get ready to go all night long, as he will not quit until he #1 contender for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship.
Riki Rachtman is still at the Nitro Party at the University of California-Berkeley, and we see some of The Nitro Girls. We meet marco Rinaldi, who has won a huge prize from 1-800-COLLECT and will be at the yearly Spring Break-Out show in Panama City, Florida in a few weeks.
Vincent welcomes Scott Norton - who has just come back from a tour of Japan - back into the black-and-white nWo. He tells Norton that Hollywood Hogan made him "the man" and the leader of the black-and-white nWo while he was gone, and that he has it on recording. Norton tells Vincent he is the man as if to just get it over with.
Bam Bam Bigelow beats Van Hammer.
We see the WCW Nitro Bus on the way to Spring Break-Out '99. Scott Steiner and Buff Bagwell help spot a young woman on a barbell, which earns them the address to her party. Bagwell and Steiner head over there later that night, but when they find out that the place is crawling with some unconventional people, they leave only to find out the Hummer is missing. They get a clue to where it is, and we then see Goldberg having a photoshoot when Scott Steiner shows up, tells the photographer to get some photos of a real man, and asks Goldberg if he saw what he did to Diamond Dallas Page before telling him he's next. Steiner leaves, and Goldberg says Scott has a big mouth and that one of these days, he will shove it right down his throat.
Booker T beats Bret "The Hit Man" Hart to become #1 contender for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship after reversing a Sunset Flip into a pinfall of his own. During the match, Disco Inferno is seen in the satellite truck, wanting the information on the satellite feed so that the nWo can pirate the signal later tonight.
Backstage, final preparations are made for the face-to-face meeting between WCW President "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair and his son David Flair.
Before the next match, Kaz Hayashi is seen wearing Glacier's entrance garb - which he purchased from Glacier over the weekend on WCW Saturday Night - on his way to the ring. Disco Inferno then sings the American national anthem due to the match being "international competition." The microphone is cut off before he can finish, and Disco responds by hitting Hayashi with a cheap shot.
Disco Inferno beats Kaz Hayashi.
Brian Adams is seen talking to Scott Norton. Brian tells Scott that he was leading the black-and-white nWo while he was gone. Scott is skeptical about this, but does not make it known to Brian.
We see a performance by The Nitro Girls.
We go back to the Nitro Party at Berkeley, California, where the Nitro Girls hold a limbo party.
Bobby "The Brain" Heenan is seen holding up his Reader's Award for Announcer of the Year from WCW/nWo Magazine.
Scott Steiner and Buff Bagwell show up. Steiner helps a woman (who is one in a set of twins) into the ring. Scott says Diamond Dallas Page is not coming to the ring, because he put him in the hospital after giving him fair warning that he was not big enough, strong enough or smart enough. DDP had the honor of protecting his wife Kimberly, but now he has the honor of having Kimberly for 30 days and 30 nights. He then says after 30 days and nights of nirvana, she will be calling him "Big Bad Booty Daddy," and while DDP is in the hospital screaming in pain, Kimberly will be on top of him screaming his name. He then focuses on the nWo's goals, saying that he has hurt his brother Rick Steiner and DDP, and if Sting was here, he would hurt him, too. He says that the only person left to go through is Goldberg, and says he is next on his list. He tells Goldberg he's not hard to find, he's just hard, and he will put him in the hospital next to DDP tonight.
Before the next match, Chris Jericho tells Saturn he gave him a chance to redeem himself, but he walked away. He says that Saturn has to be "sick in the head" and demented, and tells him to get out of the dress as neither he, Ralphus or the Jerichoholics like it.
Hugh Morrus beats Chris Jericho. During the match, Ralphus grabs Hugh Morrus' leg as he goes for No Laughing Matter. As the referee is dealing with Ralphus, Saturn shows up as Jericho takes advantage. He rips Ralphus' dress off and tosses him into the ring, and as the ref is distracted with Ralphus, Saturn gets in the ring, hits Jimmy Hart as he is on the apron as he offers him a steel chair to blast Jericho with, and hits Jericho with the Death Valley Driver. Hugh Morrus hits No Laughing Matter and gets the win, and as Saturn leaves, Morrus and Hart confront Saturn for hitting the latter. After Morrus shoves Saturn twice as he tries to leave, Saturn gets in the ring and dares Morrus to get in there with him. Morrus gets in, and both men exchange punches until referees get in the ring to restore order.
We see backstage footage from SuperBrawl IX where Curt Hennig and barry Windham brag about becoming the new WCW World Tag Team Champions. Hennig calls Windham the best tag team partner he ever had as they brag about beating Dean Malenko and "The Crippler" Chris Benoit, who then show up and whip the new tag champs with leather belts.
Before the next match, Kevin Nash - who is wearing Rey Mysterio Jr.'s mask from last night, and says he, Lex Luger and Miss Elizabeth watched footage from last night's match and noticed that Scott Hall showed up and "took a few shortcuts." He says that the nWo represents what is right in professional wrestling as well as for fair play. He knows that Rey went to the WCW Executive Committee and having a match with him tonight, but he declines and offers to hand him his mask back. Rey shows up maskless for the first time in his career, wearing a black and white camouflage hoodie and pants along with black boots, and tells him it's not about the mask anymore. He tells Nash he got what he wanted, and now he wants what he wants: a piece of Nash. Nash tells Rey that if he wants a beating, he will give him one.
Rey Mysterio Jr. beats Kevin Nash after punching his way out of the Jackknife Power Bomb.
We see the world premiere of another music video from Konnan.
Horace Hogan tells Scott Norton and Disco Inferno that he was the leader of the black-and-white nWo while he was gone. Norton hides his skepticism, and shakes his hand.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Curt Hennig and Barry Windham. Curt Hennig says "I told you so," saying that he and Windham would take the tag team titles. He says that Dean Malenko and "The Crippler" Chris Benoit are good, but there is a difference between being good and being great, and he and Windham are great. Windham says that it is a tad early for a rematch against Benoit and Malenko, as The Four Horsemen ("The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson, Benoit, Steve "Mongo" McMichael, Malenko) have things to take care of. Hennig says he and Windham will dictate when the tag team titles are on the line as their names will be on the belt for a long time, and that Benoit and Malenko are not worthy of a rematch.
Scott Norton talks to Hollywood Hogan backstage, telling him that Vincent, Brian Adams and Horace Hogan are all telling him that they are running the black-and-white nWo. Hogan says it is being taken care of and that he has talked to Kevin Nash. He says that the black-and-white nWo needs a leader, and tells Norton that he is the man after the others have dropped the ball. Norton thanks Hogan for the opportunity.
We see another performance by The Nitro Girls.
Before the next match, Ernest "The Cat" Miller comes out to Glacier's entrance set-up, having bought it all from Glacier last over the weekend on WCW Saturday Night. Miller demands his "James Brown music," and does not want to come out to "redneck music." He also demands that the lights be turned back on. He then issues another open challenge, and this time he has someone in mind, Scott Norton, whom he says he whupped two weeks ago. Backstage in the black-and-white nWo locker room, Scott Norton shows up, and Disco Inferno tells Norton that The Cat called him out again. Norton sees him and Onoo start talking about him on the monitor as he is about to tell the rest of the black-and-white nWo that he is the leader, and heads to the ring.
Scott Norton beats Ernest "The Cat" Miller.
Before the next match, Buff Bagwell tells ring announcer Michael Buffer there is room for only one "Buff" in the world, and says that Goldberg is not here. Scott Steiner then issues an open challenge any piece of "white trash" in the building, since he can't beat up Goldberg tonight. Goldberg's music eventually starts playing, and Goldberg shows up.
Goldberg beats Scott Steiner by disqualification. During the match, Buff Bagwell is caught by referee Johnny Boone cutting the cover off a top turnbuckle, and rams Boone's head into it. He removes the cover as Steiner is whipped into the corner, accidentally stunning him. After this, Buff is the recipient of a Spear. As Scott and Buff retreat, Rick Steiner - who has not been seen in some time - shows up and attacks both of them, and joins Goldberg in the ring. The black-and-white nWo show up. Vincent decides to be the leader and sic them on Goldberg, but Vincent is tossed into the ring by the black-and-white nWo and is quickly demolished. The black-and-white nWo retreat.
We see the Nitro Girls Swimsuit Exposé.
Disco Inferno is in the satellite truck. The guy in the truck cannot bring himself to let the nWo pirate the signal, and wants Disco to be the one to press the button.
Tony Schiavone moderates the face-to-face meeting between WCW President "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair and David Flair - the first meeting between the two since SuperBrawl IX. Ric Flair's limousine is seen entering the arena when the satellite feed suddenly cuts out. Kevin Nash and Hollywood Hogan are watching from the back as a black-and-white nWo vignette is played featuring David Flair and his girlfriend. Disco Inferno, disguised as "Mean" Gene Okerlund, interviews David Flair, who says he is "the new-and-improved Space Mountain." Nash shows up, disguised as "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson, bringing a cooler with him as he makes references to the nWo's Four Horsemen parody from 1997 involving the word "spot" before opening a beer with a penknife and falling down. Vincent is seen dressed up as a "Chicago Bear" (a reference to Steve "Mongo" McMichael) while Scott Hall shows up dressed like "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, making fun of "Anderson" and David Flair. Hollywood Hogan shows up dressed like "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, saying that if Hogan didn't have so much money, control pro wrestling and wasn't the greatest wrestler on the planet, he wouldn't have gotten his brains beat in last night. Hogan proceeds to tear his clothes off much like Flair does and sneezes in his shirt, the vignettes de-evolves into total chaos until Hogan fakes a heart attack. We then find out the woman's name is Torrie Wilson from Disco Inferno, who then plugs the WCW Hotline. The feed fades to static, and the show ends.
We see the Nitro party at University of California-Berkeley in Berkeley, California, where MTV VJ Riki Rachtman is the emcee. He announces WCW Monday Nitro Spring Breakout 1999, and also introduces us to the The Nitro Girls.
We see footage of The Nitro Girls at the University of California-Berkeley in Berkeley, California.
We see a preview of another music video from Konnan.
We see a performance by some of The Nitro Girls.
Jerry Flynn beats Mike Enos with a Cross Arm Breaker.
The woman from last night congratulates David Flair on joining the nWo last night, and David says he had to do it and that it is his chance to shine. The woman tells him he knows what he has to say and to tell him who is boss.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Booker T backstage. Booker says it was all good last night, and that Disco Inferno is the first - but not the last - recipient of the Harlem Hangover as it will be "on like neckbones" in 1999. As for Bret "The Hit Man" Hart, he knows Bret has no love for him, and he is on the top of his game. Now that his knee is 100%, Bret should get ready to go all night long, as he will not quit until he #1 contender for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship.
Riki Rachtman is still at the Nitro Party at the University of California-Berkeley, and we see some of The Nitro Girls. We meet marco Rinaldi, who has won a huge prize from 1-800-COLLECT and will be at the yearly Spring Break-Out show in Panama City, Florida in a few weeks.
Vincent welcomes Scott Norton - who has just come back from a tour of Japan - back into the black-and-white nWo. He tells Norton that Hollywood Hogan made him "the man" and the leader of the black-and-white nWo while he was gone, and that he has it on recording. Norton tells Vincent he is the man as if to just get it over with.
Bam Bam Bigelow beats Van Hammer.
We see the WCW Nitro Bus on the way to Spring Break-Out '99. Scott Steiner and Buff Bagwell help spot a young woman on a barbell, which earns them the address to her party. Bagwell and Steiner head over there later that night, but when they find out that the place is crawling with some unconventional people, they leave only to find out the Hummer is missing. They get a clue to where it is, and we then see Goldberg having a photoshoot when Scott Steiner shows up, tells the photographer to get some photos of a real man, and asks Goldberg if he saw what he did to Diamond Dallas Page before telling him he's next. Steiner leaves, and Goldberg says Scott has a big mouth and that one of these days, he will shove it right down his throat.
Booker T beats Bret "The Hit Man" Hart to become #1 contender for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship after reversing a Sunset Flip into a pinfall of his own. During the match, Disco Inferno is seen in the satellite truck, wanting the information on the satellite feed so that the nWo can pirate the signal later tonight.
Backstage, final preparations are made for the face-to-face meeting between WCW President "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair and his son David Flair.
Before the next match, Kaz Hayashi is seen wearing Glacier's entrance garb - which he purchased from Glacier over the weekend on WCW Saturday Night - on his way to the ring. Disco Inferno then sings the American national anthem due to the match being "international competition." The microphone is cut off before he can finish, and Disco responds by hitting Hayashi with a cheap shot.
Disco Inferno beats Kaz Hayashi.
Brian Adams is seen talking to Scott Norton. Brian tells Scott that he was leading the black-and-white nWo while he was gone. Scott is skeptical about this, but does not make it known to Brian.
We see a performance by The Nitro Girls.
We go back to the Nitro Party at Berkeley, California, where the Nitro Girls hold a limbo party.
Bobby "The Brain" Heenan is seen holding up his Reader's Award for Announcer of the Year from WCW/nWo Magazine.
Scott Steiner and Buff Bagwell show up. Steiner helps a woman (who is one in a set of twins) into the ring. Scott says Diamond Dallas Page is not coming to the ring, because he put him in the hospital after giving him fair warning that he was not big enough, strong enough or smart enough. DDP had the honor of protecting his wife Kimberly, but now he has the honor of having Kimberly for 30 days and 30 nights. He then says after 30 days and nights of nirvana, she will be calling him "Big Bad Booty Daddy," and while DDP is in the hospital screaming in pain, Kimberly will be on top of him screaming his name. He then focuses on the nWo's goals, saying that he has hurt his brother Rick Steiner and DDP, and if Sting was here, he would hurt him, too. He says that the only person left to go through is Goldberg, and says he is next on his list. He tells Goldberg he's not hard to find, he's just hard, and he will put him in the hospital next to DDP tonight.
Before the next match, Chris Jericho tells Saturn he gave him a chance to redeem himself, but he walked away. He says that Saturn has to be "sick in the head" and demented, and tells him to get out of the dress as neither he, Ralphus or the Jerichoholics like it.
Hugh Morrus beats Chris Jericho. During the match, Ralphus grabs Hugh Morrus' leg as he goes for No Laughing Matter. As the referee is dealing with Ralphus, Saturn shows up as Jericho takes advantage. He rips Ralphus' dress off and tosses him into the ring, and as the ref is distracted with Ralphus, Saturn gets in the ring, hits Jimmy Hart as he is on the apron as he offers him a steel chair to blast Jericho with, and hits Jericho with the Death Valley Driver. Hugh Morrus hits No Laughing Matter and gets the win, and as Saturn leaves, Morrus and Hart confront Saturn for hitting the latter. After Morrus shoves Saturn twice as he tries to leave, Saturn gets in the ring and dares Morrus to get in there with him. Morrus gets in, and both men exchange punches until referees get in the ring to restore order.
We see backstage footage from SuperBrawl IX where Curt Hennig and barry Windham brag about becoming the new WCW World Tag Team Champions. Hennig calls Windham the best tag team partner he ever had as they brag about beating Dean Malenko and "The Crippler" Chris Benoit, who then show up and whip the new tag champs with leather belts.
Before the next match, Kevin Nash - who is wearing Rey Mysterio Jr.'s mask from last night, and says he, Lex Luger and Miss Elizabeth watched footage from last night's match and noticed that Scott Hall showed up and "took a few shortcuts." He says that the nWo represents what is right in professional wrestling as well as for fair play. He knows that Rey went to the WCW Executive Committee and having a match with him tonight, but he declines and offers to hand him his mask back. Rey shows up maskless for the first time in his career, wearing a black and white camouflage hoodie and pants along with black boots, and tells him it's not about the mask anymore. He tells Nash he got what he wanted, and now he wants what he wants: a piece of Nash. Nash tells Rey that if he wants a beating, he will give him one.
Rey Mysterio Jr. beats Kevin Nash after punching his way out of the Jackknife Power Bomb.
We see the world premiere of another music video from Konnan.
Horace Hogan tells Scott Norton and Disco Inferno that he was the leader of the black-and-white nWo while he was gone. Norton hides his skepticism, and shakes his hand.
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Curt Hennig and Barry Windham. Curt Hennig says "I told you so," saying that he and Windham would take the tag team titles. He says that Dean Malenko and "The Crippler" Chris Benoit are good, but there is a difference between being good and being great, and he and Windham are great. Windham says that it is a tad early for a rematch against Benoit and Malenko, as The Four Horsemen ("The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson, Benoit, Steve "Mongo" McMichael, Malenko) have things to take care of. Hennig says he and Windham will dictate when the tag team titles are on the line as their names will be on the belt for a long time, and that Benoit and Malenko are not worthy of a rematch.
Scott Norton talks to Hollywood Hogan backstage, telling him that Vincent, Brian Adams and Horace Hogan are all telling him that they are running the black-and-white nWo. Hogan says it is being taken care of and that he has talked to Kevin Nash. He says that the black-and-white nWo needs a leader, and tells Norton that he is the man after the others have dropped the ball. Norton thanks Hogan for the opportunity.
We see another performance by The Nitro Girls.
Before the next match, Ernest "The Cat" Miller comes out to Glacier's entrance set-up, having bought it all from Glacier last over the weekend on WCW Saturday Night. Miller demands his "James Brown music," and does not want to come out to "redneck music." He also demands that the lights be turned back on. He then issues another open challenge, and this time he has someone in mind, Scott Norton, whom he says he whupped two weeks ago. Backstage in the black-and-white nWo locker room, Scott Norton shows up, and Disco Inferno tells Norton that The Cat called him out again. Norton sees him and Onoo start talking about him on the monitor as he is about to tell the rest of the black-and-white nWo that he is the leader, and heads to the ring.
Scott Norton beats Ernest "The Cat" Miller.
Before the next match, Buff Bagwell tells ring announcer Michael Buffer there is room for only one "Buff" in the world, and says that Goldberg is not here. Scott Steiner then issues an open challenge any piece of "white trash" in the building, since he can't beat up Goldberg tonight. Goldberg's music eventually starts playing, and Goldberg shows up.
Goldberg beats Scott Steiner by disqualification. During the match, Buff Bagwell is caught by referee Johnny Boone cutting the cover off a top turnbuckle, and rams Boone's head into it. He removes the cover as Steiner is whipped into the corner, accidentally stunning him. After this, Buff is the recipient of a Spear. As Scott and Buff retreat, Rick Steiner - who has not been seen in some time - shows up and attacks both of them, and joins Goldberg in the ring. The black-and-white nWo show up. Vincent decides to be the leader and sic them on Goldberg, but Vincent is tossed into the ring by the black-and-white nWo and is quickly demolished. The black-and-white nWo retreat.
We see the Nitro Girls Swimsuit Exposé.
Disco Inferno is in the satellite truck. The guy in the truck cannot bring himself to let the nWo pirate the signal, and wants Disco to be the one to press the button.
Tony Schiavone moderates the face-to-face meeting between WCW President "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair and David Flair - the first meeting between the two since SuperBrawl IX. Ric Flair's limousine is seen entering the arena when the satellite feed suddenly cuts out. Kevin Nash and Hollywood Hogan are watching from the back as a black-and-white nWo vignette is played featuring David Flair and his girlfriend. Disco Inferno, disguised as "Mean" Gene Okerlund, interviews David Flair, who says he is "the new-and-improved Space Mountain." Nash shows up, disguised as "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson, bringing a cooler with him as he makes references to the nWo's Four Horsemen parody from 1997 involving the word "spot" before opening a beer with a penknife and falling down. Vincent is seen dressed up as a "Chicago Bear" (a reference to Steve "Mongo" McMichael) while Scott Hall shows up dressed like "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, making fun of "Anderson" and David Flair. Hollywood Hogan shows up dressed like "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, saying that if Hogan didn't have so much money, control pro wrestling and wasn't the greatest wrestler on the planet, he wouldn't have gotten his brains beat in last night. Hogan proceeds to tear his clothes off much like Flair does and sneezes in his shirt, the vignettes de-evolves into total chaos until Hogan fakes a heart attack. We then find out the woman's name is Torrie Wilson from Disco Inferno, who then plugs the WCW Hotline. The feed fades to static, and the show ends.
Thursday, May 28, 1998
Thunderstruck - Thunder recap for May 28, 1998
Bret "The Hit Man" Hart shows up to start tonight's show. He says that nobody knows more than he does what it is like to be caught in a tough situation and what emotions runs through his body time in and time out, every time he steps in the ring and gives all that he has. He then mentions there is one man in the dressing room who his heart goes out to, as he is playing tug-of-war with his conscience and the fans are not helping. He asks Sting to understand that he knows where he is coming from as people pull from him on both sides of the nWo and want him to make a decision, and tells him that the red-and-black is not and will never be Sting. Bret also tells Sting that he has the key to his wrestling future, and if Sting hears him out, Bret can take him to the top and he will never need the fans again.
The Barbarian beats Jim Powers following the distraction by Jimmy Hart.
Tony Schiavone interviews Chris Jericho on the ramp. Jericho shows up with a sign saying "Conspiracy Victim," and says he feels pretty bad after he and WCW Executive Committee Chairman J.J. Dillon had a confrontation on Monday night, and apologizes, saying it will never, ever happen again. He asks Dillon to come listen to what he has to say. Schiavone reminds Jericho that Dillon is not here, and asks Schiavone to hold the sign - with the arrow pointing at him - as he calls Dillon a "fat, balding, unethical, hypocritical heathen" for having the gall to insult him in front of his peers, family and Jerichoholics worldwide on national television, and says it is not over. On Monday, he will go to Washington, DC and find the jurisprudence that Dillon is asking for to reinstate him as WCW Cruiserweight Champion, and when that happens, Dillon will never intimidate or screw with him ever again, for this is war.
The British Bulldog and Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart beat High Voltage (Ronnie Rage and Kenny Kaos).
The black-and-red nWo Wolfpac (Kevin Nash, Konnan, Lex Luger, "Macho Man" Randy Savage"), now with new music, shows up. Nash says he has heard Bret "The Hit Man" Hart running his mouth earlier tonight, and Savage says they have something important to say, but there is only one man who can say it, and Lex Luger is the man. Luger says that sometimes in life, you have to go by your gut instinct to do what feels right, and he could go into a thousand reasons why he is the Wolfpac; however, it is bigger than any individual in the ring right now and it is happening right here and all over the country. He says Monday night felt right for him, that he turned his back on nobody despite holding the WCW banner for years, and that he still respects WCW. He says that when the ship is ready to sail and you have to make a decision whether or not to play in the ballgame, he is always a player and that is why he is in the Wolfpac right now. Luger then announces that he is not here just to talk about himself; he is also here to talk about Sting, who he has stuck with through thick and thin for years. He says he has talked to Sting on Monday night, and that everybody - he, the fans and even Sting himself - felt it that night, and he asks Sting to "take that step" and cross over to the Wolfpac and became part of the greatest force assembled in professional wrestling right now, as the Wolfpac is just too sweet.
Van Hammer beats Glacier by disqualification after Saturn shows up and hits Glacier with a standing side kick after Glacier puts Van Hammer in the Rings of Saturn. After the match, Saturn attacks both men, then Raven runs into the ring and hits Hammer with the Evenflow DDT while Saturn hits Glacier with the Death Valley Driver. Afterwards, Raven pleads with Saturn to re-join him and become a team again, as they have been friends since childhood and he has always been there for him. Saturn joins Raven's side again, then the two of them attack random people - first a concession stands worker, then a ring crew member - when Raven thinks those people are Mortis. Suddenly, a man dressed as a technician hits Raven in the head with a cookie sheets, then removes his headgear and runs away from Raven's riot squad after throwing the Mortis mask at Raven. Saturn and the riot squad then help Raven to the back.
Booker T beats "The Canadian Crippler" Chris Benoit in the second match of their Best of Seven Series. Both men have now won one match apiece. After the match, Tony Schiavone interviews Benoit on the ramp. Benoit admits Booker T has undeniable talent, but he questions his heart, as this is a best of seven series and Booker T will find out what he is made of. He also says Booker T will find out why they call him "The Crippler."
Fit Finley retains the WCW World Television Championship against Brad Armstrong.
Saturn beats Barry Darsow after Darsow argues with referee Mickey Jay.
Goldberg retains the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship against Barry Horowitz.
Eric Bischoff and Bret "The Hit Man" Hart show up with the black-and-white nWo. Bret says the wrestling world is full of broken heroes and Sting is just another one like him, and he is the only person that Sting can trust as he has always had his back and that Sting would still be World Heavyweight Champion if he had his way. Bret tells Sting that unlike the fans, he respects him, and that they both have plenty in common. He also claims that nobody in the Wolfpac is trustworthy following past events, and says that even he doesn't trust Lex Luger. As he wants to know where Sting stands, Bret says he knows Sting's true colors: black-and-white. As Bret tells Sting to make up his mind, the nWo Wolfpac (Kevin Nash, Lex Luger, "Macho Man" Randy Savage, Miss Elizabeth, Konnan) shows up, and Nash tells Bret that he can run his mouth all night long, as everybody all over the country knows that Sting needs to be with them. Bret says he begs to differ, and that Sting belongs to him as he calls the Wolfpac "scum." Nash says they could sit here all night long and discuss this, but Sting has made up his mind and will make the right decision: black-and-red. The Giant then gets out of the ring and brawl with Nash, and both factions of the nWo brawl as the show ends.
The Barbarian beats Jim Powers following the distraction by Jimmy Hart.
Tony Schiavone interviews Chris Jericho on the ramp. Jericho shows up with a sign saying "Conspiracy Victim," and says he feels pretty bad after he and WCW Executive Committee Chairman J.J. Dillon had a confrontation on Monday night, and apologizes, saying it will never, ever happen again. He asks Dillon to come listen to what he has to say. Schiavone reminds Jericho that Dillon is not here, and asks Schiavone to hold the sign - with the arrow pointing at him - as he calls Dillon a "fat, balding, unethical, hypocritical heathen" for having the gall to insult him in front of his peers, family and Jerichoholics worldwide on national television, and says it is not over. On Monday, he will go to Washington, DC and find the jurisprudence that Dillon is asking for to reinstate him as WCW Cruiserweight Champion, and when that happens, Dillon will never intimidate or screw with him ever again, for this is war.
The British Bulldog and Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart beat High Voltage (Ronnie Rage and Kenny Kaos).
The black-and-red nWo Wolfpac (Kevin Nash, Konnan, Lex Luger, "Macho Man" Randy Savage"), now with new music, shows up. Nash says he has heard Bret "The Hit Man" Hart running his mouth earlier tonight, and Savage says they have something important to say, but there is only one man who can say it, and Lex Luger is the man. Luger says that sometimes in life, you have to go by your gut instinct to do what feels right, and he could go into a thousand reasons why he is the Wolfpac; however, it is bigger than any individual in the ring right now and it is happening right here and all over the country. He says Monday night felt right for him, that he turned his back on nobody despite holding the WCW banner for years, and that he still respects WCW. He says that when the ship is ready to sail and you have to make a decision whether or not to play in the ballgame, he is always a player and that is why he is in the Wolfpac right now. Luger then announces that he is not here just to talk about himself; he is also here to talk about Sting, who he has stuck with through thick and thin for years. He says he has talked to Sting on Monday night, and that everybody - he, the fans and even Sting himself - felt it that night, and he asks Sting to "take that step" and cross over to the Wolfpac and became part of the greatest force assembled in professional wrestling right now, as the Wolfpac is just too sweet.
Van Hammer beats Glacier by disqualification after Saturn shows up and hits Glacier with a standing side kick after Glacier puts Van Hammer in the Rings of Saturn. After the match, Saturn attacks both men, then Raven runs into the ring and hits Hammer with the Evenflow DDT while Saturn hits Glacier with the Death Valley Driver. Afterwards, Raven pleads with Saturn to re-join him and become a team again, as they have been friends since childhood and he has always been there for him. Saturn joins Raven's side again, then the two of them attack random people - first a concession stands worker, then a ring crew member - when Raven thinks those people are Mortis. Suddenly, a man dressed as a technician hits Raven in the head with a cookie sheets, then removes his headgear and runs away from Raven's riot squad after throwing the Mortis mask at Raven. Saturn and the riot squad then help Raven to the back.
Booker T beats "The Canadian Crippler" Chris Benoit in the second match of their Best of Seven Series. Both men have now won one match apiece. After the match, Tony Schiavone interviews Benoit on the ramp. Benoit admits Booker T has undeniable talent, but he questions his heart, as this is a best of seven series and Booker T will find out what he is made of. He also says Booker T will find out why they call him "The Crippler."
Fit Finley retains the WCW World Television Championship against Brad Armstrong.
Saturn beats Barry Darsow after Darsow argues with referee Mickey Jay.
Goldberg retains the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship against Barry Horowitz.
Eric Bischoff and Bret "The Hit Man" Hart show up with the black-and-white nWo. Bret says the wrestling world is full of broken heroes and Sting is just another one like him, and he is the only person that Sting can trust as he has always had his back and that Sting would still be World Heavyweight Champion if he had his way. Bret tells Sting that unlike the fans, he respects him, and that they both have plenty in common. He also claims that nobody in the Wolfpac is trustworthy following past events, and says that even he doesn't trust Lex Luger. As he wants to know where Sting stands, Bret says he knows Sting's true colors: black-and-white. As Bret tells Sting to make up his mind, the nWo Wolfpac (Kevin Nash, Lex Luger, "Macho Man" Randy Savage, Miss Elizabeth, Konnan) shows up, and Nash tells Bret that he can run his mouth all night long, as everybody all over the country knows that Sting needs to be with them. Bret says he begs to differ, and that Sting belongs to him as he calls the Wolfpac "scum." Nash says they could sit here all night long and discuss this, but Sting has made up his mind and will make the right decision: black-and-red. The Giant then gets out of the ring and brawl with Nash, and both factions of the nWo brawl as the show ends.
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