WCW Saturday Night - Monday, May 6th, 1996
- WCW Nitro Opening Video
- We are LIVE from Daytona Beach for one hour of WCW Nitro!
- Eric, Steve, and Bobby welcome everyone to tonight's show.
- They hype up Lex Luger's title shot tonight.
- Bobby Heenan's microphone doesn't work, so it is a little hard to hear what he has to say. I'm sure it was brilliant.
- Steve with his usual simple stuff.
- Hugh Morrus Vs Randy Savage
- Bischoff mentions something about a PPV named Hog Wild scheduled for some time in August. Yes, three months away.
- Morrus attacks Savage before the bell sounds, dropping Savage throat first on the guard railing.
- Interesting, a ECW shirt. Usually you see those on the east coast.
- Morrus keeps his offense on the floor, scoop slamming Savage on the floor.
- Morrus puts on Savage's hat, jacket and glasses. Savage attacks Morrus.
- Savage wraps his jacket around Morrus neck and HANGS Morrus over the top rope.
- Morrus took that bump pretty well, it looks like he really is being hung. Savage is disqualified.
- Your Winner: Hugh Morrus via disqualification
- After the match, Savage connects with the flying elbow drop and tosses down the referee.
- Savage with the elbow drop on the referee! Savage has snapped again.
- Savage is escorted out of the ring by police... not arrested, but escorted out.
- Commercials
- Eric mentions the death of Ray Stevens. He mentions the Cauliflower Alley Club.
- Jushin Liger Vs Dean Malenko
- Bischoff mentions that a Japanese wrestler Ontai won the WCW Cruiserweight Title and is scheduled to defend the title at Slamboree.
- Liger with a kick to the back of Malenko's head early on.
- Ric Flair makes his way down the aisle during the match.
- Liger nails Malenko with a nice brain buster. At this point in time, Flair is literally drinking wine with Elizabeth and Women at a fancy table near the aisle way.
- Malenko is working on the left leg of Liger. Liger comes back with a wheel barrow kick in the corner.
- Liger leaps off the top and dives onto Malenko on the floor.
- Malenko with a good middle rope gut buster on Liger. Double under hook sit down power bomb by Malenko to pick up the win.
- Your Winner: Dean Malenko via pinfall
- Commercials
- Of course, Gene is standing with Ric Flair, Women and Elizabeth.
- Flair says the Giant got lucky. After a bit of rambling, Flair finally got on a topic.
- Flair tells Arn Anderson to not make the wrong decision regarding their match at WCW Slamboree.
- Flair hits on Debra McMichael yet again. She grabs the drink and dumps the drink.
- Sexual reference by Flair.
- Another "Blood Runs Cold" promo videos is shown.
- Commercials
- Lord Steven Regal Vs Sting
- Sting goes for the scorpion death lock really early, but Regal gets to the ropes.
- Regal comes back by wrapping Sting's own arms around his neck, like a straight jacket choke. Sting reverses throwing Regal down.
- Sting with a dropkick, two Japanese arm drags, scoop slam, clotheslines and misses a Stinger Splash.
- Sting reverses a double under hook suplex into a pin for the win.
- Your Winner: Sting via pinfall
- The announcers are saying that Luger isn't in attendance so far, just like WCW Saturday Night, and he has a title shot.
- Commercials
- For the WCW World Heavyweight Title: © The Giant w/Jimmy Hart Vs Jim Duggan
- Luger music plays for a second, as Sting's music was still playing. Duggan comes out, so apparently he is getting a shot.
- Luger has not arrived, again.
- Duggan attacks Giant, that has zero effect. Duggan goes for a slam, obviously that doesn't work.
- Giant plants Duggan with the choke slam to win the match.
- Your Winner: And STILL WCW World Heavyweight Champion, The Giant via pinfall
- After the match, Giant choke slams Duggan again.
- Cobra, who I guess is still with the company, gets choke slammed.
- Fidel Sierra comes down, and he gets choke slammed.
- Alex Wright marches down, and gets choke slammed.
- Ric Flair comes in with a wooden chair and hits Giant, to no effect.
- Sting is on the top turnbuckle and leaps on Giant and takes out the knee of Giant.
- Sting with a double axe handle off the top to knock Giant down.
- Scorpion death lock and Sting manages to lock in the hold. Hart hits Sting with the megaphone.
- Lex Luger runs down with a briefcase. Gene walks into the ring.
- Gene asks Luger where has he been. Sting asks again.
- Sting says that Luger caused all of this.
- Drama, drama, drama. Sting is starting to wonder again.
- They argue as WCW Nitro fades to black
- The Good: Liger/Malenko, Regal actually facing people higher up the card.
- The Bad: The repetitive booking by having Luger miss another shot.
- The Ugly: While Flair was at the aisle way drinking some wine, cutting over during the Liger/Malenko match, to see him drink. That took away from the match.