WCW Nitro #59: October 28th, 1996. (Rewatched 13 June 2020).

We are 24 hours removed from the last WCW PPV:  WCW Halloween Havoc 1996!  This episode took place on October 28th, 1996, and was held at the America West Arena in Phoenix, Arizona. Or, as it's called now, the Talking Stick Resort Arena.  There were also some members of the Suns in attendance, of course wearing nWo gear.  Because honestly, who wasn't wearing nWo gear back then?  The show was pretty solid from top to bottom, so let's get into it and talk about Nitro!

The Show:

WCW World Television Title Match: Lord Steven Regal (c) defeated Juventud Guerrera (3:20)
- During this match, they showed Crow Sting sitting up in the rafters.  This is when the Sting storyline gets interesting.  Back to the match though, man, Regal looks very young here.  That was an easy win, though.

Singles Match: Diamond Dallas Page defeated Mike Enos (4:37)
- It doesn't get any better than DDP in the 90's.

WCW World Cruiserweight Title Match: Dean Malenko (c) defeated Jim Powers (w/ Teddy Long) (5:04)
- Dean Malenko is one of the greatest of all time.  It's been such a joy watching him again.  Jim Powers reminds me a lot of a more jacked up Chad Gable from WWE.  Spoiler alert, it looks like he's getting. Push, but this guy will never win a championship in WCW.  Psychosis came out during the match to watch.  I used to love playing as him in the WCW video games back in the day.

Singles Match: Jeff Jarrett defeated Ricky Morton (4:34)
- Jeff Jarrett and 1/2 of the Rock N' Roll Express.  It doesn't get any better.  Jeff Jarrett has a lot of passion for sure.

Tag Team Match: High Voltage (Kenny Kaos & Robbie Rage) vs. The Amazing French Canadians (Carl Ouellet & Jacques Rougeau) - No Contest (3:43)
- The Nasty Boys came out and interfered and cut a promo at the end.  Looking back on this, I don't see why they didn't have them join the nWo.  It would have made sense.  They would have fit well.

Singles Match: Rey Mysterio Jr. defeated Jimmy Graffiti (3:24)
- Short and sweet.

Singles Match: Chris Benoit (w/ Woman) defeated Eddie Guerrero (8:23)
- I can't get excited about matches with Benoit in them.

Nick Patrick Segment
- There was a segment with Nick Patrick and his "lawyer" after the last match.  You don't see a ref getting this much attention as he has the past several weeks.  Chris Jericho came out and I was waiting on him to call Nick Patrick a "stupid idiot".  Then, Teddy Long came out and called Patrick a "scam artist".

Singles Match: Booker T (w/ Sister Sherri) defeated Lex Luger by Count Out
- I could watch these two legends all day.  You can't beat a main event like this!  During the match, they were talking about Piper and Bischoff said "Last time we saw Piper he was the acting president of the WW....I don't know."  I guess he's scared to say "WWF" on TV.  This match ended with a count out after Luger ran off to chase Sting when he saw him in the crowd.

Hogan/Piper Segment
- They re-ran some of the segment with Piper from Halloween Havoc again.  It was a long, awkward promo.  After that, Hogan came out to the ring to issue his response.  Hogan bragged about how awesome the nWo is.  About how awesome he is.  Then ended the show with some poses.