[8.0] "There's not much standing out for me in terms of the matches, but this was still a very good show with a lot of interesting things happening with the roster after last week's chaos. Every heel that represents WCW like The Four Horseman and The Dungeon of Doom are now faces at this point where you have the Faces of Fear as well as Scott Norton at ringside for the duration of the show acting as security guards so that matches can happen. There's a great moment with the Four Horseman as well where Flair has a match with The Booty Man and it's just a big set up for all of them to beat him down badly because of his association with Hogan. They are currently rivals with the Dungeon of Doom as well and none of their members at ringside try to stop them and neither do any of the faces because of growing suspicions all show that there is a fourth nWo member. Flair and Arn Anderson's promo is really intense as well where they feel justified in their actions. Sting and Lex are also great too where they come out for their ally Savage's match with Regal to watch his back and then later they approach a limo that had a gag gift and then later it's revealed they're at a production truck when another 'paid for by the nWo' video is cut off. The Giant does heelish moves like chokeslamming Teddy Long and showing no remorse for his actions whatsoever, but he is still cheered for and presented like a good guy because he is about to fight Hogan. Heenan again refused to stick around because of the poor job WCW officials have done in recent weeks to make him feel safe doing his job and Eric Bischoff is also mysteriously absent. The tension with the nWo makes things feel unpredictable on a weekly basis and it also builds well for the next PPV for that alone."

[8.0] "Everything feels like it's changing in a flash. Dungeon of Doom is now acting like defacto face group despite still being heel. 4 Horseman beat down Booty Man because of his association with Hogan, yet they're still faces. The face wrestlers are fighting among themselves about who is the 4th man and threatening violence against one another. Everyone is fighting everyone and not the person they should be fighting."

[4.0] "Another 'baseline' Nitro episode, with mostly disappointing wrestling but decent storytelling. It was cool seeing the WCW wrestlers guard their fellow wrestlers' matches after the NWO's attack, smartly putting over the depth of the NWO invasion. Harlem Heat vs Rock 'n' Roll Express was fine. Heat showboated and used their physical superiority, while Express used their speed and teamwork. Booker looked pretty good. Shame about the interference. **. Malia vs Madusa was short but fine. A few awkward interactions but still a handful of decent spots. The interference finish sucked. NR. Benoit vs Wright was a decent match with yet another disappointing finish. Benoit was intense and aggressive as usual, while Wright showed decent babyface fire and some nice agile attacks. They had nice energy and speed in all their technical exchanges and spots. Jimmy, Woman, and Malenko bickered on the outside, eventually causing Benoit to get counted-out as he brawled with Malenko. At least a Benoit-vs-Malenko feud should be interesting. **3/4. Regal vs Savage was forgettable. Regal had his usual good, aggressive technical attacks, while Savage responded with equally aggressive but very generic brawling, staging a standard babyface comeback for the win. **. Sting and Luger sat at ringside during the match before going to inspect the NWO limo in the post-match, discovering the NWO's cool mafia-style message for WCW in the process. Sting and Savage then gave fine pro-WCW promos in the post-match with Mean Gene (oh, and Luger was there too). Flair vs Booty had a typically worthless performance from Booty, with Flair just being on autopilot mode. Benoit and Mungo interfered to thankfully end this early. NR. The Four Horsemen's beatdown on Booty (due to him being a friend of Hogan) was cathartic. Arn gave a good, serious promo calling out Hogan, while Flair also gave a good promo in his trademark 'unhinged' style. Benoit and Mungo's promos, naturally, were forgettable. The NWO promotional video was entertainingly arrogant and self-absorbed once again. The video cutting out supposedly due to Sting and Luger's request to the backstage crew was a nice touch and made sense considering their feud. Giant vs Pittman was a pointless squash as expected, as if a win over a nobody like Pittman would in any way make anyone more excited to see Giant vs Hogan at Hog Wild. Giant showed decent 'monstrous' seriousness in this post-match promo without getting melodramatic. Luger & Sting vs Nasty Boys was pretty boring. The Nasties dominated with their messy-brawling for far too long, and then Sting and Luger got a very rushed and very basic comeback for the win, with Rick Steiner illegally assisting them after one of the Nasties accidentally attacked him. *3/4. Luger and Sting did well building anticipation with the crowd to check the NWO limo again, finding another note which this time interestingly teased there may even be 5 NWO members instead of just the speculated 4."

[8.0] "Two brilliant promos from Arn and then Macho Man, mostly decent tv matches and a tension with the NWO that still comes across incredibly high even all these years later. Great stuff"

[9.0] "Not only do you have at least two great short TV matches in a row, first Chris Benoit vs. Alex Wright and then Lord Steven Regal vs. Randy Savage, but you also get a blisteringly good promo from Arn Anderson in conjunction with a great angle where Flair destroys Beefcake because of his association to Hogan. The angle with the mysterious limo was also good, and I loved the final warning from the nWo hinting at more members of the group to come soon. Very great set up for Hog Wild."

[7.0] "A good show before Hog Wild, it has some exciting angles. Sting and Lex Luger stop the NWO video and then try to find the Outsiders. The in-ring quality is higher than usual but it also has some flops as Randy Savage vs Steven Regal and Madusa vs Hosaka. Great work from the Rock 'n Roll Express and the Harlem Heat."