WCW Nitro #58: October 21st, 1996. (Rewatched 26 May 2020).

Today, we're rewatching WCW Nitro #58, from October 21st, 1996! This episode happened at the Civic Center in Mankato, Minnesota. This is the go-home show before Halloween Havoc 1996, set to occur on October 27th, 1996.  This episode was packed with great talent - DDP, Lex Luger, Macho Man, Chris Jericho, Dean Malenko, and more.  It was also full of great tag team action, something WCW absolutely excelled at.  So, let's get into the show and talk about Nitro #58!

The Show:

Chris Jericho defeated Bobby Eaton (7:05)
- Cool to see Bobby Eaton in action.  If you don't know, he's one half of The Midnight Express.  A fun little match though, I love watching Chris Jericho's character development.

Dean Malenko defeated Jimmy Graffiti (6:38)
- Jimmy Graffiti may not sound familiar, but he was part of The Heavenly Bodies tag team, which was active in WWF for quite a while, also in WCW as part of Raven's Nest.  But wow, Dean Malenko is one of the all time greats.

Diamond Dallas Page defeated Sgt Craig Pittman (w/ Teddy Long) (2:54)
Man, 90's DDP had some personality on him.

Jeff Jarrett defeated Ron Studd (1:28)
- Man this show is so money.  Jarrett, DDP, Malenko, Chris Jericho - just top to bottom, you can't beat who's on this show.  But then again, I'm ready for Slap Nutz Jarrett.  The match started by Ric Flair coming down to the ring and having a strut-off with Ric Flair.  It was awesome.

Lex Luger defeated Road Block (3:47)
- Road Block had to be the dumbest gimmick in WCW at the time.  It was a guy, who came to the ring....wait for it....with a road block.  Lex made quick work of him.

Harlem Heat (Booker T & Stevie Ray) (w/ Col. Robert Parker & Sister Sherri) defeated The American Males (Marcus Alexander Bagwell & Scotty Riggs) (9:33)
- I'm ready for nWo Buff Bagwell.  That's when I think he did his best work.

The Faces of Fear (Meng & The Barbarian) (w/ Jimmy Hart) defeated The 
Fantastics (Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers) (5:18)
- Two great tag team matches, back to back.  That's one thing WCW nailed back in the 90's, was the tag team division.

Mr. JL vs. nWo Sting ended in a no contest (1:40)
- Now, Mr. JL is going by JL.  JL is basically El Generico before El Generico.  This match ended with the Crow sting showing up.  Black trench coat, white face paint, it's about to get awesome.

Chris Benoit v Macho Man (Match didn't start)
- Mach came out in his street clothes, wearing all black.  This match never started, Macho did a promo and that was that.