Episode #67

This is Part 4 of a multi-part series chronicling WCW after Hulk Hogan turned evil in 1996 and wreaked havoc on the company as part of the infamous New World Order stable. Here is a link to the entire playlist:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8qvFEEVa_geP5ASCDOn5Zlb2fcEXuKsx&si=7kzFIWwPM3M1mMkB

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On today's show, The Wrestling Expert and The Frozen Asian join the show to review the August 19, 1996 episode of WCW Nitro.

The nWo won the World Heavyweight Title for thier leader, Hollywood Hogan, just 8 days prior at Hog Wild, but Hogan had Ric Flair To contend with 4 days earlier, barely escaping Clash of the Champions with the belt after his nWo stable mates interfered, causing the match to get thrown out. So nWo still reign supreme, and WCW wrestlers are frustrated about not being able to get one over on the heelish trio.

Everyone is well aware that War Games is on the horizon, and the tonight’s main event scheduled between members of the Four Horseman against Sting and Lex Luger gets uphended by a legendaruy summit that sees the historic rivals agree to join forces to take on the common enemy.

Also, Randy Savage is hot! One week after Hollywood Hogan put the Macho Man out of action with a steel chair, Savage is out for revenge. He cuts a classic promo with Mean Gene before main eventing this episode of Nitro with the Giant, in an adrenaline packed superstar showdown. The Macho Man is out to punish the Giant for losing the WCW World Title to Hollywood Hogan, failing WCW.

Plus! Although the nWo members themselves did not feature live at the arena on this day, Senior Referee Nick Patrick is under heavy scrutiny for almost anything at this point, after recent actions have everyone suspecting the nWo might be greasing his palms. Here he fails to stop a post match attack on Chavo Guerrero at the hands of Diamond Dallas Page. Do you agree he could have done more, or is he under excessive scrutiny?

We're focusing on the nWo storyline here, but passing through the episode, we catch glimpses of classic legendary wrestlers such as Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Disco Inferno, Chris Benoit, and for you Jim Cornette fans out there, Bobby Eaton appears as Earl Robert Eaton.

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0:00 Intro

0:48 The Story So Far...

1:22 WCW Nitro August 19, 1996

2:10 Hacksaw Jim Duggan v VK Walstreet

4:14 Macho Man Interrupts Hacksaw's Promo

7:03 Chris & Nancy Benoit Having Problems

8:03 Earl Robert Eaton v Chris Benoit

9:07 Sting & Luger Still At Odds With The Horsemen

9:31 Disco Inferno v Scott Norton

10:54 Dean Malenko v Stephen Regal

11:38 DDP v Chavo Has More Nick Patrick Controversy

15:21 American Males v Harlem Heat

16:09 Legendary Summit: Sting & Lex To Team with Flair & Arn Against NWO at War Games

26:00 Paid Announcement From The nWo

27:14 Macho Man v The Giant

29:36 Closing Thoughts

33:09 Please Subscribe!!