November 11, 1996 Monday Nitro results

The November 11, 1996 Edition of WCW Monday Nitro was held in the Bayfront Arena in St. Petersburg, Florida
==Results==
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*Dark Match: Miguel Perez Jr. defeated La Parka
*Jeff Jarrett defeated Chris Benoit (w/Woman) by DQ (9:00)
*Zero (w/Sonny Onoo) defeated Malia Hosaka in a WCW Women's Championship Tournament First Round Match (1:43)
*Rey Misterio Jr. defeated Ciclope (5:58)
*Lex Luger defeated Scott Norton (8:00)
*Harlem Heat (Booker T & Stevie Ray) (w/Sister Sherri) vs. The Amazing French Canadians (Carl Ouellet & Jacques Rougeau) (w/Col. Robert Parker) ended in a No Contest (3:10)
*Konnan defeated Chris Jericho by DQ (5:18)
*Miguel Perez Jr. defeated Juventud Guerrera (3:55)
*The Faces of Fear (Meng & The Barbarian) (w/Jimmy Hart) defeated The American Males (Marcus Alexander Bagwell & Scotty Riggs) (3:34)
*Dark Match: Hollywood Hogan (c) defeated Lex Luger to retain the WCW World Heavyweight Championship
==Other Segments==
*In the background during the intro segment, security tended to a fan in the crowd who was waving a package in his hand, apparently trying to get the attention of Tony Schiavone & Larry Zbyzsko.
:*The commentary team did not notice the fan
*Featured footage from the previous week of Mike Tenay conducting an interview with Jeff Jarrett, with Chris Benoit and Steve McMichael stepping in when Jarrett claimed to be a Horseman.
:*After Benoit & McMichael left and Jarrett continued his rant on WCW needing a leader to face the New World Order, Sting was shown in the crowd
*Included a segment where the same fan, Ken McDade, from the opening segment jumped the rail and gave the commentary team the package before he was ejected by security.
:*A note the fan left with the commentary team said the video was a hit in Europe in 1992
*Featured footage of Ric Flair going through rehabilitation in Birmingham, AL with Dr. James Andrews
*Included Gene Okerlund conducting an interview in the aisle with Diamond Dallas Page regarding his being recruited by the New World Order
:*Moments later, WCW Tag Team Champions Scott Hall & Kevin Nash appeared, with Page being offended that he would become the eigth member of the group
:*Nash replied they couldn't come to him earlier because Eric Bischoff lives two doors down from Page
*Featured the announcement that Jim Duggan, Chris Benoit, Hugh Morrus, Jacques Rougeau & Carl Ouellet, WCW Cruiserweight Champion Dean Malenko, and WCW TV Champion Lord Steven Regal would be part of WCW Saturday Night
*Included a segment where several men wearing nWo T-shirts and carrying pickett signs led Hall, Nash, & Syxx to the ring, with Hall saying he, Nash, and WCW World Champion Hulk Hogan would be heading to the West Coast Saturday for the Cable Ace Awards
:*Nash then said while the nWo already had a segment on WCW Saturday Night, they had plans to take Nitro in a few weeks
*Featured a segment with Ted Dibiase, with Vincent, in the crowd calling for Sting, who didn't appear, and thanked Sting for laying out Jeff Jarrett earlier in the show and offered him an nWo T-shirt
*Included Roddy Piper's "I'm Your Man" music video, released in 1992 in Europe, in which Piper was shown training as his and Hulk Hogan's name appeared on a marquee
*Featured a closing in-ring segment with WCW World Champion Hulk Hogan, the Giant, with the WCW US title, Dibiase, Vincent, the Giant, and Elizabeth, dressed as an elf, in which Hogan said he would wipe the mat with Piper and that Piper doesn't want any of Hogan
:*Hogan then posed until the show went off the air.
==Commentators==
*Bobby Heenan
*Eric Bischoff
*Larry Zbyszko
*Mike Tenay
*Tony Schiavone
==Ring Announcer==
*David Penzer
==External links==
* WCW Nitro #61 results
* WCW Nitro #61 on WWE Network
Category:1996 television events