WCW Nitro #56: October 7th, 1996. (Rewatched 22 May 2020).

Today, we're going to be talking about WCW Nitro #56!  This episode of Nitro happened on October 7th, 1996.  It occured at the Savannah Civic Center in Savannah, Georgia.  This was a pretty fun little episode.  There was lots of WCW/nWo tension, and of course - the debut of Jeff Jarrett, who recently left the WWF.  Macho Man has also been getting a lot of air time, which I love, because he's one of my all time favorite wrestlers.  Top to bottom, a great Nitro.  So, without further ado, let's dive into the action!

The Show:

WCW World Tag Team Champions Harlem Heat (w/ Col. Rob Parker & Sister Sherri) defeated Public Enemy in a non-title match
- That was a fun match - classic tag team wrestling, something WCW excelled in.

Diamond Dallas Page defeated Jim Powers
- They played a promo during this match in which DDP called Eddie Guerrero "burrito boy".  I don't think that would fly nowadays.

Macho Man Promo
- Macho Man did a promo talking about how awful the nWo NASCAR performed in its recent race.

The Faces of Fear defeated High Voltage
- Short and sweet match. 

Glacier defeated Mike Wenner
- I'm guessing Mike Wenner was just a jobber, because I can't find anything on him. 

Jeff Jarrett defeated Hugh Morrus
- Prior to this, Jeff Jarrett was in WWF (1992-1996).  This looks like it's his debut, because I haven't seen him yet.  He's looking good in the ring! 

Arn Anderson (w /Woman) defeated The Renegade at 7:07
- That was a fun little match.  Arn Anderson, as always, put on a clinic.

Lex Luger defeated Dave Taylor at 2:36
- The match started out with Dave Taylor coming to the ring with Jeeves, until he knocked him out for some reason and called him a "stupid person".

Rick Steiner (w/ Scott Steiner defeated Chris Benoit (w/ Steve McMichael & Debra McMichael) at 10:30
- I'll always cheer against Chris Benoit.  They don't make them like the Seiners anymore!

A scheduled WCW United States Championship match between Ric Flair & Randy Savage never took place after the nWo attack Flair backstage and then Savage in the ring
- The show ended in a nice big melee between WCW and the nWo.  Not only that, the show ended with the nWo Hollywood Hogan Monster Truck coming out.  That was rad.