The September 9, 1996 Edition of WCW Monday Nitro was held in the Columbus Civic Center in Columbus, Georgia.
Results[]
- Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
- (c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match.
- Super Calo defeated Pat Tanaka (2:23)
- The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs & Jerry Sags) defeated The Amazing French Canadians (Carl Ouellet & Jacques Rougeau) (3:27)
- Scott Norton defeated Sgt. Craig Pittman (w/Teddy Long) in a Submission Match (3:00)
- Juventud Guerrera defeated Joe Gomez (2:12)
- Rick Steiner defeated Lex Luger by Count Out (6:58)
- Rey Misterio Jr. (c) defeated Billy Kidman to retain the WCW World Cruiserweight Championship (1:38)
- The Faces of Fear (Meng & The Barbarian) (w/Jimmy Hart) defeated The Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge & Rocco Rock) by DQ (10:42)
- John Tenta defeated Randy Savage by Count Out (3:00)
Other Segments[]
- Featured clips from the previous week of The Giant joining the New World Order.
- Included Gene Okerlund conducting a backstage interview with Rick Steiner regarding his rematch later in the show against Lex Luger
- Moments later, Luger walked in and the two talked about the controversial decision the previous week, with Luger noting he would be part of Wargames the coming weekend
- Featured an ad promoting the nWo T-shirt, with Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, and The Giant
- Included footage from WCW Pro during the weekend of Glacier's debut
- Featured Okerlund conducting a backstage interview with Luger, WCW US Champion Ric Flair, & Arn Anderson regarding their participation Sunday in Wargames, during which Flair repeatedly questioned Luger about where Sting was
- Moments later, Steve McMichael & Chris Benoit walked in, with McMichael saying Flair & Anderson couldn't trust Sting & Luger and the fact Sting wasn't around proved that
- Anderson then said he's got himself a hospital room booked in Winston-Salem because he expects to get hurt and the nWo should expect the same
- Included footage from the Clash of the Champions of Diamond Dallas Page attacking Eddie Guerrero and Chavo Guerrero Jr. beating Page weeks earlier on Nitro, during which it was announced Page would face Chavo at Fall Brawl
- Featured footage from outside the arena of WCW World Champion Hulk Hogan, the Giant, Scott Hall & Kevin Nash putting fliers on cars in the rain
- Nearby, Ted Dibiase was shown speaking to someone in a black limo
- Included the announcement that WCW Saturday Night would feature Diamond Dallas Page vs. Jim Duggan, Rick Steiner vs. Kurasawa, plus Lex Luger, Scott Norton, Chris Benoit, and the Nasty Boys would be in action
- Featured an extended look at the previous week's episode regarding the nWo, alongside exclusive footage of Kevin Sullivan, the Barbarian, & Meng helping Randy Savage backstage after Savage was attacked by the nWo.
- Included a nWo vignette with Hogan, Dibiase, Hall & Nash regarding Wargames, during which Dibiase said the nWo gets their own segment, their own tag team tournament, and it would be on WCW's tab if they won Wargames
- Featured closing footage of the 'Sting' attack on Luger earlier in the show
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