WCW Monday Nitro - Monday, June 3rd, 1996
- WCW Nitro opening video.
- Tony Schiavone and Larry Zbysko welcome everyone to the show.
- Tony hypes up the tag team title match in the main event.
- Also, Arn Anderson and Ric Flair will face the Rock n' Roll Express.
- Video of Big Bubba shaving Shark's head last week is shown.
- Gene mentions Shark will fight Bubba shortly.
- Shark isn't going to shave his head fully, so that he can be reminded of the embarrassment of what Bubba did to him.
- Shark says he is not a fish, or an Avalanche. He is John Tenta.
- Name Change.
- John Tenta Vs Big Bubba w/ Jimmy Hart
- Tenta tries to cut Bubba's hair after a power slam but Bubba runs away.
- Tony with a cheap shot at Johnny B. Badd and Vader.
- Bubba runs away to get counted-out.
- Your Winner: John Tenta via count-out
- Commercials
- High Voltage Vs Faces of Fear
- Well, this is a squash.
- FOF with a double flying head butt on Robbie Rage. Mafia kick by Meng for the win.
- Your Winners: Faces of Fear via pinfall
- Gene is with Sting and Lex Luger. He hypes up the main event tonight.
- Luger tries to be the man of reason. He says he didn't do anything wrong.
- Eventually Rick and Scott Steiner come over and argue about "cheap shots".
- Scott and Rick are angry at Luger. Not Sting.
- Brief Hulk Hogan video is shown.
- Disco Inferno Vs Sgt. Craig Pittman w/ Teddy Long
- Interesting finish to this one.
- Pittman goes to lock in the Code Red arm bar submission, but Inferno taps out before the move is even applied.
- Inferno believes he is brilliant.
- Your Winner: Sgt. Craig Pittman via submission
- Brief video of Lord Steven Regal slapping Sting is shown.
- Commercials
- Lord Steven Regal Vs "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan
- Back and forth match really. Duggan had the advantage early.
- Eaton and Taylor distract Duggan which allows Regal to roll Duggan up for the win.
- Your Winner: Lord Steven Regal via pinfall
- Gene enters the ring and mentions that Regal had been fined for slapping Sting.
- Regal mentions he has a lot of money.
- Regal challenges Sting, and wants him at his very best.
- Commercials
- Kevin Sullivan Vs Prince Iaukea
- Time for this new kid to get destroyed I take it.
- Tree of woe, running knee and the double stomp for the win.
- Your Winner: Kevin Sullivan via pinfall
- Gene is in the ring with Sullivan and Hart.
- Hart feels that the DoD do not need The Four Horsemen.
- Sullivan feels that Hulkamania is not dead and that Hogan will come for the DoD and Horsemen.
- Sullivan is going to take out Chris Benoit.
- Commercials
- Rock N' Roll Express Vs Arn Anderson/Ric Flair w/Woman and Elizabeth
- Well, this match screams 1980s.
- Express do hold their own throughout the match. Which is expected in Flair matches, heck, the same can be said for Anderson.
- Express hit double dropkicks on both Anderson and Flair but don't get the three.
- Bobby Heenan makes his way down to the ring near the end of the match.
- Woman, being a brilliant manager, rakes Gibson's eyes which allows Anderson to deliver a DDT and Flair to cover for the win.
- Your Winners: Arn Anderson/Ric Flair via pinfall
- Gene enters the ring to interview everyone on the winning team.
- Arn says that they are "bigger and stronger" than Mongo and Greene.
- Flair and Anderson are wearing jerseys for Mongo and Greene which Flair says were gifts from Debra, Mongo's wife.
- Heenan is asked if he will be managing Flair and Anderson at GAB.
- Heenan says he is retired from managing.
- However, he will be coaching Flair and Anderson at the PPV.
- That's some classic Bobby Heenan for you.
- Brief Hogan/Giant video is shown.
- Commercials
- Back from break, Bischoff hypes up Heenan's return to managing.
- OH BROTHER... another video promoting Hogan.
- Do they really believe people have forgotten about him?
- For the WCW World Heavyweight Championship: Ice Train Vs © The Giant w/ Jimmy Hart
- Lets just say that the match was over before that top line was finished.
- Choke slam. Splat. Win.
- Your Winner: And STILL WCW World Heavyweight Champion, The Giant via pinfall
- After the match, Giant choke slams Scott Norton, twice.
- Gene again heads into the ring and interview the champ.
- Giant is upset with all the videos of Hogan being shown. He mentions Hogan isn't the champion (yet.).
- Giant puts over how he has taken out Flair, Savage and Sting.
- Commercials
- Scott Norton is in the ring, still hurt from the attack by The Giant. Hugh Morrus heads down to the ring for his apparent match with Norton.
- Scott Norton Vs Hugh Morrus
- As expected, Morrus controls Norton early on with a leg drop and pulls off of a pin attempt.
- Morrus misses a moonsault from the top. Norton battles back with several blows to pick up the win.
- Your Winner: Scott Norton via pinfall
- To say Morrus looks like a fool after that match would be a understatement.
- Commercials
- Another Greene/Mongo training video.
- They can't get a game plan going.
- They need a coach, so they both agree on Randy Savage.
- For the WCW World Heavyweight Tag Team Titles: Steiner Brothers Vs © Sting/Lex Luger
- A very well-contested match between these two tag teams.
- Every man really hits their key moves, which I won't go into detail.
- All four men are brawling around ringside, and that's when Giant makes his way down to the ring.
- Giant choke slams Rick on the floor. Luger brawls with Giant, and Giant misses a splash.
- Luger, Sting and Scott Steiner attack Giant and Luger clotheslines Giant to the floor.
- Giant is not a happy champion.
- Your Winner: No Contest
- Bischoff and Heenan close the show. Heenan begs for Savage not to show up at the PPV.
- Razor Ramon shows up. He has come back for some more this week.
- Ramon says they got a war and that "we" will finish the war.
- Sting comes down and confronts Ramon. Sting reminds Ramon that he is in WCW. Sting is so smart.
- Ramon wants three of the best in WCW. Sting wants Ramon one on one, right now.
- Ramon declines and tells Sting what to do. Ramon gets in Sting's face, but is slapped by Sting.
- Ramon has a "big surprise" next week for WCW.
- End of show.
- The Good: Main event was good while it lasted. Faces of Fear looked good tonight. Heenan is brilliant.
- The Bad:Morrus made out to be a complete fool.
- The Ugly: People acting like they didn't know who the Rock n' Roll Express were. Shows how badly they have fallen off the radar of fans.