By Joe De Leon
Hosted by Tony Schiavone,
Larry Zbyszko, Mike Tenay, and Bobby Heenan
Live from Salt Lake City, Utah
• To start of the show, Scott Hall continued his insults
toward Kevin Nash, and basically bragged about how much better
NWO-Hollywood was.
• Tony Schiavone announced that Diamond Dallas Page and Bret
Hart would go one-on-one later in the show with the winner being
declared the WCW United States Champion.
• Stevie Ray vs. Johnny Boone
-Stevie Ray came down without the Television Title, and explained
to the camera that he left the belt with his brother, Booker T.
Chavo Guerrero, Jr. appeared during the match, along with his
horse and the Television Title. A distracted Stevie Ray managed
to obtain the victory with the Slap Jack. Chavo handed the belt
to Ray and headed to the locker room area.
*Winner: Ray by Pinfall
• Rick Steiner came out to the entrance-way to be
interviewed with Gene Okerlund. Rick said he was ready to put his
feud with his brother (Scott Steiner) to a rest. He challenged
his brother to a match for Road Wild, and said that his shoulder
would be at 100 percent. As the interview finished up, Buff
Bagwell - in a wheel-chair and along with WCW trainer, Daniel
Young - appeared. Steiner apologized to Bagwell for injuring his
neck, and Bagwell forgave him. Scott Steiner then appeared, and
nailed his brother with a chair. Bagwell acted as if the attack
was uncalled for, but eventually hit Rick Steiner himself,
revealing he sided-off with NWO-Hollywood.
• Chris Jericho, in an interview conducted by Gene Okerlund,
announced that he would give Dean Malenko a Cruiserweight Title
shot the following week on Nitro. According to Jericho, it would
be Malenko's last chance to attempt to gain the Cruiserweight
Title.
• Scott Hall came to the broadcast booth. He first threw a
toothpick into Larry Zbyszko's face. He basically made fun of
Kevin Nash's sentimental interview he had with Mike Tenay, last
week after Nitro.
• We saw a car smashed up against the side of a wall, where
a sign read "Star of the Show." Schiavone speculated it
was Eric Bischoff's attempt to impersonate Jay Leno, host of the
"Tonight Show."
• Sick Boy (w/Lodi) vs. Steve McMichael
-Before the match, Lodi hit McMichael with one of his signs,
which caused McMichael to choke him, but Sick Boy came to his
aide at that point. Mongo had no trouble in this match, winning
with the Mongo Spike in under 3 minutes.
*Winner: McMichael by Pinfall
• The "NWO Night Cast" show was once again played
out. The band was there, and Eric Bischoff was the host, who was
accompanied by Elizabeth. Bischoff did his best to impersonate
Jay Leno, having an opening monologue, telling jokes about
celebrities, drugs, and Bill Clinton. During this, Schiavone kept
saying how Bischoff was copying Jay Leno's "Tonight
Show" monologue. Bischoff then made fun of Leno's chin, and
continued with other insults.
• WCW attempted to run Nash's interview with Tenay from last
week. However, Hall went into the production truck and cut off
the tape. As Hall was coming out of the truck, Nash met up with
him and they began to fight. Hall and Nash then fought to a
trailer, where NWO-Hollywood members came out and attacked Nash.
Wolfpac members then came out and brawled with the NWO-Hollywood
members.
• Bret Hart came out to the broadcast booth and told the
commentators he wants Diamond Dallas Page's butt right now. In
the back, Page had been attacked, as he was laying on the ground,
in pain. Konnan called for help, which finally came. Bret Hart
then went to the ring, in preparation for the match. J.J. Dillon
then came out and told Bret Hart that the match would not take
place right now, as he was going to give Page time to recuperate.
• Saturn vs. Yuji Nagata (w/Sunny Onoo)
-During the match, Schiavone announced that Dillon had set a
match between NWO and Wolfpac. The match was: Nash and Sting vs.
Hall and Giant. As Sunny Onoo had the referee distracted, Raven
came down and delivered the Even-Flow D.D.T. to Saturn. Nagata
then executed the Nagata Lock on the unconscience Saturn, who was
pinned in the move. The Flock then came down to the ring and
attacked Saturn. At that point, Kanyon came down to the ring and
took out all of the members of The Flock. However, Saturn then
got up and delivered the Death Valley Driver to Kanyon. He then
told Kanyon to stay out of his business.
*Winner: Nagata by Pinfall
• Kevin Nash and Sting vs. Scott Hall and The Giant - *WCW
Tag Team Title Match*
-After Sting had been dominated for several minutes, Kevin Nash
was finally tagged in and took out the Giant. Hall was then
tagged and Nash quickly took him down with the big boot. As Nash
went for the Jackknife on Hall, Giant came in and broke it up,
only to be thrown to the mat by Sting. A bit later, Sting was
tagged in and Stinger splashed Hall twice. He then went for the
Scorpion Death Lock, as Nash distracted the referee by attacking
the Giant. From there, Bret Hart came into the ring and Sting
released the hold. Hart then left the ring and Sting stood on the
second rope. Hall came over to Sting and executed the Outsider's
Edge for the victory and the Tag Team Championships.
Winners: Hall and Giant by Pinfall (NEW WCW Tag Team Champions)
• Disco Inferno and Alex Wright vs. Masahiro Chono and Great
Muta
-After Muta had executed a Dragon Screw Leg Whip on Wright, he
executed a Leg Bar submission, which caused Wright to submit.
Scott Norton then came down and powerbombed both Wright and
Inferno.
*Winner: Chono and Muta by Submission
• Tokyo Magnum vs. Ultimo Dragon
-After Dragon had executed a Brainbuster on Magnum, Dragon
slapped on his Dragon Sleeper, causing Magnum to submit.
*Winner: Dragon by Submission
• Jim Powers vs. Scott Norton (w/Vincent)
-Powers could not do anything to take down Norton. After
attempting three clotheslines in a row on Norton, Norton shook
them off and delivered a Somoan Drop to him. He then defeated him
with a Powerbomb.
*Winner: Norton by Pinfall
• Hollywood Hogan, followed by most of the NWO-Hollywood
members came down to the ring. Hogan said that when he arrived,
himself and The Disciple were surprised to see the amount of
worshipers that greeted him when he arrived at the airport. He
said he loves them all. He said he admires Bagwell and Scott
Steiner's loyalty. He then said Goldberg is the next name on his
list. He said the NWO-Hollywood holds Universal power. He then
told Dallas Page to give Bret Hart the fight of his life, because
either way, Hart will take the U.S. title for the NWO.
• Eddie Guerrero vs. Konnan (w/Antoine Carr)
-Carr is a member of the Utah Jazz NBA Basketball team. Carr
proved to be an intimidating force on the outside, scarring off
Guerrero when he came to the floor. During the match, Chavo
Guerrero came down, dressed like Konnan, saying he's "Bowdy
Bowdy and Rowdy Rowdy." As Chavo had gotten on to the apron,
Eddy took Chavo's horse and attempted to hit Konnan, which DQ'ed
Eddie. At that point, Konnan ducked and took the horse, nailing
Eddie with it. He then threw Eddie over the top rope, onto the
floor.
*Winner: Konnan by Disqualification
• Curt Hennig (w/Rick Rude) vs. Lex Luger
-After Luger had inadvertently whipped Hennig into the referee,
which caused him to be knocked down, Rude came into the ring.
Luger then put him into the Torture Rack. However, Hennig then
came over and attacked Luger from behind. He then executed his
Hennig Plex for the victory, with Rude holding onto Luger's foot.
*Winner: Hennig by Pinfall
• Bret Hart vs. Diamond Dallas Page - *U.S. Title Match*
-After several minutes, Diamond Dallas Page finally came out for
the match. His ribs and right knee were both taped up, and his
eyes were swollen. Bret Hart completely dominated the less than
100 percent Dallas Page. Page fought off the first attempt of
Hart's sharpshooter, but when Hart locked him up in it for the
second time, Page finally submitted and Bret Hart became the new
US Champion. Medical Officials then came out with a stretcher and
put Page on it, as the NWO-Hollywood members came out and
celebrated with Hart. Officials put Page into an ambulance as the
show went off the air.
*Winner: Hart by Pinfall (NEW US Champion)