WCW Monday Nitro April 14, 1997

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00:00:00If the rules haven't changed, the family's still a family.
00:00:09And by looking in your eyes right now,
00:00:12I can see you're burning a hole through me, my friend.
00:00:15So that means one of two things.
00:00:19Either you and your partner and your new compadres here are in this thing for
00:00:26life just like you taught me, or those x-rays, brother,
00:00:34that you're laying on me right now means you and I need to do the thing right now.
00:00:39We can have something here.
00:00:45We're not going around these arenas saying we're NWO for
00:00:47life as some kind of catchphrase.
00:00:50Because when you are in NWO, it is for life.
00:00:56I know you're hurt low life.
00:01:07Well, so am I.
00:01:10And I say you got any guts?
00:01:13You get out of here right now.
00:01:15And let's do it again now.
00:01:19Sting,
00:01:24it's
00:01:30the real
00:01:36sting.
00:01:42Sting coming down from the heavens again.
00:01:46Standing, better than Batman, better than Superman, it's Sting.
00:01:54Coming down,
00:01:59standing between D-O-P, and the entire N-W-O.
00:02:05A face to face showdown between Sting and the New World Order.
00:02:11He's giving the belt to D-O-P.
00:02:45Welcome to another edition of
00:02:49Professional Wrestling's number one program.
00:02:57Welcome to WCW Monday Night Raw exclusively on TNT.
00:03:04You are looking live at a sold out WCW
00:03:10capacity crowd at the Core State Spectrum
00:03:16in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
00:03:21Where tonight, two hours of the superstars of WCW will appear.
00:03:25And hi everyone, along with the living legend, Larry Zabisco, I am Tony Schiavone.
00:03:32What a wild way to end the program.
00:03:35Last week when you talked about the N-W-O, Diamond Dallas Page,
00:03:40the Macho Man Randy Savage, and Sting.
00:03:42Larry, in this program later on tonight,
00:03:45Chris Benoit will face a member of the Dungeon of Doom.
00:03:49You know how explosive that is.
00:03:51But also, let me say this, that as you know, Lex Luger and
00:03:56Spring Stampede won the four corner tag match,
00:03:59won the right to face Hollywood Hulk Hogan for the world title.
00:04:04Luger has said here tonight, he wants the shot tonight.
00:04:08He cannot wait, he wants Hulk Hogan here tonight live on Nitro.
00:04:12He's not the only one, I want to see Lex Luger.
00:04:17So what are we gonna have already?
00:04:19Maybe the N-W-O, they are coming here.
00:04:23Holy Moses, you can stand in front of me if you want.
00:04:27I'm just sending them.
00:04:30Take it, man.
00:04:32What the heck?
00:04:57Yo,
00:05:03yo.
00:05:09Yo,
00:05:15listen up.
00:05:24Yo, listen up.
00:05:32One thing clear to me tonight.
00:05:37Philadelphia is definitely N-W-O country.
00:05:44We got Luger in the back right now,
00:05:50saying he wants to throw down with Hollywood.
00:05:58He says he can't wait.
00:06:01Well, Hollywood's kind of the godfather to us.
00:06:06So Luger, tonight, you gotta go through me to get your shot.
00:06:14Everybody in this building and
00:06:20everybody across the country knows one thing.
00:06:27Kevin Nash, N-W-O is just too sweet.
00:06:34Mm.
00:07:05Okay, we're back on here and the N-W-O has left this broadcast location and
00:07:10Kevin Nash has come out here, Larry.
00:07:13Here, sit down here.
00:07:14Wait, where do they go?
00:07:16I think they're going.
00:07:17Kevin Nash said, Lex Luger, you gotta go through me.
00:07:21So tonight.
00:07:22So what do we have?
00:07:23We got Hollywood Hulk Hogan copping out on the Lex Luger or what?
00:07:26I can't answer for the N-W-O, I don't know.
00:07:28But we saw the top of the program, the solidarity with the members of the N-W-O.
00:07:34And Kevin Nash came right out here and said, you gotta go through me.
00:07:38So later on tonight, Luger to face Kevin Nash live on this program.
00:07:43Let's kick it off by going to the ring.
00:07:46The opening bout here on WCW Monday Nitro.
00:07:49You're talking about a rabid crowd that we have.
00:07:52It's like this everywhere we go in World Championship Wrestling.
00:07:56It's great to have you at home with us wherever you are.
00:07:59Well, you can forget about the brotherly love here tonight.
00:08:03Jimmy Hart's bringing out the Barbarian.
00:08:09We're talking about one of the members of the Dungeon of Doom going up against Benoit.
00:08:14You can imagine what Kevin Sultan and Jimmy Hart have planted in the brain of the Barbarian.
00:08:20What they want him to do to Chris Benoit.
00:08:23Chris Benoit to come out here to face the Barbarian.
00:08:26Look at the fans standing.
00:08:28Look at this crowd, if you will, at the Spectrum in Philadelphia here on this 14th day of April in 1997.
00:08:37And these fans are hot and rabid for WCW Monday Nitro as they stand for Chris Benoit.
00:08:47Right hand heavily taped.
00:08:50Making his way to the ring here.
00:08:52You know, I don't see a woman here.
00:08:54She's not behind him.
00:08:56I don't believe she's usually right on his side here.
00:08:59I have to agree with you.
00:09:00I don't see her either.
00:09:01But you know, Benoit may be thinking straight now.
00:09:04I mean, keep the women out of the picture here.
00:09:07They're too much of a distraction.
00:09:09And he's got a big mannequin on the other side of that ring.
00:09:12Oh, so I'm coming.
00:09:13The Barbarian zeros in on Benoit who sidesteps him.
00:09:17And now Chris Benoit begins things quickly.
00:09:20Look at those kicks.
00:09:21Kicking the Barbarian all the way down the mat.
00:09:25Yeah, Benoit explosive guy.
00:09:27But look what he's doing here, Tony.
00:09:28He turned to run.
00:09:29Barbarian 300 plus pounds.
00:09:31You've got to stay on him.
00:09:32I don't know what Benoit's thinking.
00:09:34Benoit tries to escape a powerbomb and does.
00:09:36But they are in the ropes.
00:09:38And that causes the break.
00:09:39Mickey J, the referee, in the opening bout.
00:09:42Barbarian ducking.
00:09:44Benoit ducking, that is.
00:09:46There's a bridge suplex one, two.
00:09:48And a two count that time to get out of it.
00:09:50Yeah, nice bridge.
00:09:51Weight not over the shoulders.
00:09:52Barbarian strong.
00:09:53And Jimmy Hart, he tripped Benoit, but he don't see him.
00:09:57He sees him now.
00:09:59The problem didn't exist.
00:10:01Takes care of that suit.
00:10:02Between the Horseman and between the Dungeon of Doom.
00:10:05Oh, my.
00:10:08Don't take a lap around the ring.
00:10:10That's a cardinal mistake.
00:10:11And he gets nailed with the right hand.
00:10:13Oh, boy.
00:10:14He shouldn't have turned away now.
00:10:16As you can see from his opponent, that was a deadly mistake.
00:10:19Well, it was a self-sacrifice on the part of Jimmy Hart.
00:10:22Benoit, though, he got caught off guard.
00:10:25Look at this.
00:10:27Wouldn't make a very good pitcher, but it has affected him.
00:10:31It is great to be here in the state of Pennsylvania.
00:10:35Made welcome by the wonderful fans in attendance here.
00:10:38This is a great sports city.
00:10:40It is great to be a part of the scene here live on Nitro.
00:10:43In the corner now.
00:10:44You know, also, we saw Eric Bischoff out here with the NWO.
00:10:48We want to talk about that.
00:10:50And we have a lot to talk about as it relates to the NWO
00:10:54and to Eric Bischoff that we've been talking about all day here.
00:10:59And let's get to that here in just a second
00:11:01as Benoit makes his way up top.
00:11:03Dangerous place to be.
00:11:04It took too long.
00:11:05He sure did.
00:11:06The Barbarian has a lot of reserve, a lot of perseverance.
00:11:09He is one of the most powerful and respected men in our sport, Larry.
00:11:12Well, I don't know about respected, but definitely is feared.
00:11:15This man is a-
00:11:17Look, he threw Benoit across the ring.
00:11:19Needless to say, when you fear someone, you pretty much respect them.
00:11:22Well, it's a different kind of respect.
00:11:24It's a respect of your own body.
00:11:26There you go.
00:11:27And now the Barbarian.
00:11:28Look how far now Benoit is.
00:11:30He's all the way across the ring.
00:11:32That's 20 feet.
00:11:33The Barbarian wasting a lot of time as well
00:11:37and enabling Benoit to get back to his feet.
00:11:39One more.
00:11:40Here we go again.
00:11:41To the top.
00:11:42This time, neutral corner nearside.
00:11:44Yeah, but this is more of Benoit.
00:11:46A beautiful swan.
00:11:47Two and three.
00:11:49Everybody.
00:11:50And we've got a crowd.
00:11:52Here comes the Dungeon.
00:11:53Kevin Sullivan.
00:11:54Benoit's not getting out of there in one piece.
00:11:57Conan is out.
00:11:58Hugh Morris.
00:11:59Jimmy Hart.
00:12:00And there you see Miss Jacqueline pounding away as well.
00:12:05Right now, the opening match.
00:12:10They got him set up in a tree of wool.
00:12:12This is for Sullivan's benefit.
00:12:15Into the tree of wool.
00:12:16Kevin Sullivan directing traffic.
00:12:18Here comes Miss Jacqueline.
00:12:20Let it go.
00:12:22They're all taking shots at Benoit.
00:12:24There's no place, nowhere for Benoit to go.
00:12:28They're all stomping away.
00:12:30He needs help.
00:12:31An eruption.
00:12:32Here at the Spectrum, here come the Horsemen.
00:12:35Jeff Garrett, Steve Mongo McMichael out.
00:12:39And there you see the remnants of that.
00:12:41Finally, the Dungeon of Doom leaves.
00:12:45It's about time McMichael's in them.
00:12:47I don't even know if McMichael's and Jarrett, they can't coexist either.
00:12:52We are seeing another standoff here with the Dungeon of Doom and the Horsemen
00:12:57in the opening bout.
00:12:58Now, McMichael.
00:13:00Look at this.
00:13:01They're holding back Miss Jacqueline.
00:13:03She wants to get in there against McMichael and the Haliburton.
00:13:06McMichael's was ready for her, and I don't think he would have held back,
00:13:08woman or no woman.
00:13:10Where was woman?
00:13:12And could she have helped matters at all?
00:13:14I really think no.
00:13:16As the Horsemen are in the ring, Benoit, Jarrett,
00:13:20along with our own mean Gene Okerlund.
00:13:23Go ahead, Gene.
00:13:24All right, Tony.
00:13:25I could barely hear myself here in this great building tonight.
00:13:28In Philadelphia, PA, the Delaware Valley, up and down, Chris Benoit.
00:13:33Obviously, you have not heard the last of this man, Kevin Sullivan,
00:13:38and members of the Dungeon of Doom.
00:13:41Sullivan, I've been listening to your interviews lately.
00:13:46You go on and on about retribution, karma, doing the right thing.
00:13:54You come out here week after week and try to justify yourself,
00:13:58trying to make all your wrongs into rights.
00:14:02There's no sin in that.
00:14:04Maybe I haven't always done the right thing myself.
00:14:09I'm starting to believe that you are my karma coming back on me, Kevin.
00:14:17Sullivan, you're like the plague.
00:14:20Or perhaps some other communicable disease.
00:14:25I'm going to destroy you.
00:14:28I know that if I don't destroy you, you're going to destroy me.
00:14:34Every time we step into this ring, there's a little more hatred behind every punch,
00:14:42a little more hatred behind every kick.
00:14:47Settle, Sullivan.
00:14:49The end all and cure all is right here.
00:14:56The time is coming, Sullivan.
00:14:58The sun will soon set on your career.
00:15:03I don't know if this thing could go any further, but quite clearly,
00:15:07at least in the mind of Chris Benoit, and for that matter,
00:15:10Kevin Sullivan, still some business to be done.
00:15:13It's Nitro, it's Monday night.
00:15:15We're in Philadelphia, ladies and gentlemen.
00:15:17It is hot.
00:15:19Instant karma's going to get you.
00:15:21You're not kidding.
00:15:22Back with more after this.
00:15:24Welcome back, fans, to Philadelphia.
00:15:26Welcome back to WCW Monday Nitro Live.
00:15:29And you know, Larry, during the course of that first match,
00:15:32and even before the match, we were discussing the NWO.
00:15:35Later on, fans, Kevin Nash, Lex Luger, live in this telecast, second hour, one-on-one.
00:15:43That is still to come.
00:15:44But we discussed Eric Bischoff.
00:15:46He walked out here with the NWO.
00:15:49And as you know, fans, Eric Bischoff suspended by Dr. Harvey Schiller,
00:15:54the head of Turner Sports, back at the beginning of the month of March,
00:15:58right here on this program live when we were at the Omni in Atlanta.
00:16:01But as we announced, a few weeks after that, Eric had hired this law firm,
00:16:05and there's been a lot of, I guess, legal maneuvering going on.
00:16:09Well, you know what it is.
00:16:10It's a lot of inter-corporate depositions.
00:16:12Mr. Bischoff's in trouble,
00:16:14but he also created a lot of legal entanglements involving numerous contracts.
00:16:19Maybe we'll find out more about it.
00:16:21In other words, Mr. Bischoff made a big mess upstairs.
00:16:25Well, you know, we did announce that the WCW Executive Committee,
00:16:28that they were taking all the files of all the deals and the documents
00:16:32that he had done when he was in charge of this company,
00:16:35and we're looking through that.
00:16:36We do understand next week on this program,
00:16:40there will be a big announcement concerning that,
00:16:43concerning his status,
00:16:45and that there's a lot going on behind the scenes
00:16:48that you fans do not know about,
00:16:50and maybe that will come to light here next week.
00:16:52And I can't wait for that.
00:16:53That's a big announcement.
00:16:54Well, is he going to get completely squashed here?
00:16:57I don't know.
00:16:58I don't know what's going on as a result of this law firm that he's hired.
00:17:02There's a lot going on that we've not been able to talk about legally,
00:17:06but next week we will be able to discuss this,
00:17:09and there will be a big announcement made concerning his status.
00:17:12Why has he been out here?
00:17:14Why is he continuing to be a part of the NWO
00:17:17when not too long ago he basically was told,
00:17:20get away from our sport?
00:17:21Yeah.
00:17:24That remains to be seen.
00:17:26Next week, fans, join us for that,
00:17:28a part of our big program live next week.
00:17:30But we're in the second match here, only in the second match,
00:17:33and already, literally, fireworks in the ring.
00:17:35This match is for the U.S. title,
00:17:37and oddly enough,
00:17:38Dean Malenko is facing the older brother of the man he despises,
00:17:43Hector Guerrero, his opponent, the brother of Eddie.
00:17:46Yeah, we talked about the Guerreros before over the past few months.
00:17:49You just can't get rid of them.
00:17:50There's one after another after another.
00:17:52Now we're getting up to the veteran, the part of the Guerrero family.
00:17:55Hector, very good.
00:17:56You can see right here, this guy's no dummy.
00:17:59Malenko doesn't have the mileage Hector does,
00:18:03but if you make a mistake, Hector Guerrero, he'll snatch you.
00:18:06Malenko's tried a variety of things,
00:18:08but Hector's been up to the task here.
00:18:10There's a drop toehold and a crossface by the man of a thousand holds,
00:18:13the United States heavyweight champion, Dean Malenko.
00:18:16What a champion he has become.
00:18:18But you talking about a bitter rivalry that has existed,
00:18:22it really intensified when you go back now
00:18:24and talk about what happened at Spring Stampede
00:18:27when Eddie came out and walked back with that U.S. title belt.
00:18:31I really don't think Eddie wanted to have the belt,
00:18:34but it seemed as if the Dungeon of Doom,
00:18:36that they were there almost killing him.
00:18:39Here, walk back, take this belt.
00:18:41We'll talk to you later.
00:18:42Are they recruiting Eddie Guerrero?
00:18:44I don't know. I don't know the answer to that.
00:18:46But where's Today when you need him?
00:18:48Mike Today will join us later on in this telecast.
00:18:51There is no question about that.
00:18:53Meanwhile, this match continues for the U.S. title.
00:18:56Malenko tried a standing switch that time,
00:18:58and that time a pivot move by Hector sent him outside the ring.
00:19:02What a great maneuver.
00:19:04From the apron down to the floor.
00:19:06Going for that abdominal stretch, and Hector slipped it through nice.
00:19:10Can he maintain the offense here?
00:19:13That's the question. What's he doing?
00:19:16Hector trying a sunset flip outside in,
00:19:19and one, two, Hector got it over.
00:19:22Rolling through that time was D Malenko.
00:19:24One, two, but could not hook the legs,
00:19:26could not keep the shoulders down here.
00:19:29Into the ropes near side.
00:19:31Back slide, who's going to get...
00:19:33That time, Hector tried to go an arm drag takedown of Malenko
00:19:36out of the back slide.
00:19:38Malenko comes through, picks up to a short powerbomb.
00:19:41The fans erupt on that one,
00:19:43and now the Texas Coverleaf coming here.
00:19:45He's going! He's going! He's sitting down on it!
00:19:48He's got Hector in trouble!
00:19:50He's got the Texas Coverleaf on.
00:19:53Scott Dickinson calls the bell.
00:19:55You saw the little shake of the head that time.
00:19:57Malenko's not going to break this hold.
00:19:59No, Hector couldn't do it. I mean, here comes Eddie.
00:20:02I'm telling you, there's more Guerreros out there than anybody.
00:20:05Yeah, but you've got to look at the eyes of Eddie Guerrero here.
00:20:08I'm trying to hurt your blood.
00:20:10You've got to bring out a side of me that you're not going to like.
00:20:13I know it's your blood.
00:20:19Eddie told him, he said, if you try to hurt my brother,
00:20:21you're going to bring out a side of me that you don't like.
00:20:23But what side is that of Eddie Guerrero,
00:20:25a very complex man right now in the ring?
00:20:28Well, a lot of emotion, too, and all the Guerreros, I mean,
00:20:31could be emotionally distraught enough
00:20:34to fall for the tactics of the Dungeon of Doom.
00:20:43The action continues here on WCW Monday Nitro,
00:20:46and would you look who we have at ringside?
00:20:48Number 92, the world champion Green Bay Packers,
00:20:51the one and only Reggie White.
00:20:53Now, I tell you, you may have seen the reports.
00:20:56It was released, the Associated Press released today
00:20:59that Reggie White has signed to wrestle
00:21:02for World Championship Wrestling,
00:21:04and has signed, he's put his name on a contract
00:21:07to go one-on-one against Steve Mungo McMichael.
00:21:11Why would he do that?
00:21:13Steve McMichael has not signed this contract yet,
00:21:17but boy, would that be something to see those two men,
00:21:21two men, former All-Pros, or one a former All-Pro,
00:21:25one a current All-Pro with the Green Bay Packers.
00:21:28Both have Super Bowl rings to collide one-on-one
00:21:31in the wrestling ring together with WCW.
00:21:33Well, Mungo's got one thing old Reggie doesn't,
00:21:35and that's the experience of Flair and Anderson
00:21:38and the association with the Horsemen.
00:21:40Mungo would wipe up the mat with Reggie White.
00:21:43You think so?
00:21:44I bet the Pope got it.
00:21:46Well, you know, I'm not gonna take one side or the other here,
00:21:49but I can tell you right now,
00:21:51you are seeing some of the greatest athletes
00:21:54in the world, the greatest athletes in the sports world
00:21:57become a part of WCW, become a part of Nitro.
00:22:01Kevin Green just a week ago, All-Pro Carolina Panthers.
00:22:05You know Steve Mungo McMichael,
00:22:07former All-Pro with the Chicago Bears
00:22:09and with the Green Bay Packers,
00:22:11and now we're seeing Reggie White here.
00:22:13It's great to have Reggie with us.
00:22:15It's great to have you with us.
00:22:17WCW is on fire,
00:22:18and we have two of the superstars from Mexico
00:22:21who have really made a name for themselves
00:22:23in the Cruiserweight division,
00:22:25Juventud Guerrero and Rey Mysterio Jr. here, Larry.
00:22:27Yeah, and this is a big, big adversaries of each other.
00:22:32These guys have been combating
00:22:34for almost like the top star billing in Mexico
00:22:39and now all over the world,
00:22:41Rey Mysterio Jr. and Juventud Guerrero.
00:22:45Interesting toss-of-the-coin matchup here, Tony.
00:22:48Don't want to correct you, Beth, Guerrero, not Guerrero.
00:22:51There's too many Guerreros here.
00:22:53That's a Guerrero.
00:22:54Juventud Guerrero means young warrior.
00:22:56Well, the young warrior just nailed Mysterio right in the face.
00:22:59A lot of confidence in the youngster, Juventud Guerrero,
00:23:03sending Rey Mysterio Jr.,
00:23:04and this will be a big win for Juventud.
00:23:07Mysterio, full-arm drag intent, twist.
00:23:09And what?
00:23:10And twist into a crucifix-type maneuver there,
00:23:13up on his back,
00:23:15and you see Mark Curtis check in.
00:23:17Good maneuver that time once again by Guerrero.
00:23:20Juventud found an opening, and Rey Mysterio...
00:23:23Oh, he got it.
00:23:24Standing switch applied and a back elbow.
00:23:27Oh, that staggered him, and there's a big forearm shot.
00:23:29Guerrero can barely stand.
00:23:32Rey Mysterio ducks through.
00:23:34Oh, my goodness!
00:23:35Got him!
00:23:36He tried a head scissor takeover,
00:23:38and I really think that time that he lost the momentum,
00:23:40but still, Guerrero came over the top to the floor.
00:23:43Yeah, Guerrero was trying to hold on to that rope,
00:23:45but it didn't work.
00:23:46He hit the small of his back on the apron
00:23:48and then bounced up, almost hit the rail.
00:23:51On the outside.
00:23:52Oh!
00:23:53That time he hit the rail very, very hard.
00:23:56Mysterio giving away a lot of size and weight,
00:23:59even to Juventud here.
00:24:02Trying to get back to the ring now.
00:24:04You saw that time that Mysterio took one step
00:24:06toward the ring apron,
00:24:08but Guerrero would not let him back in until he was ready,
00:24:11and apparently he is ready right now.
00:24:14And what's he gonna do, though?
00:24:16What's he gonna do, though?
00:24:17He's taking some time.
00:24:18He's on the floor!
00:24:19Oh, my goodness!
00:24:20Powerbomb from the apron all the way down to the pad,
00:24:23right up ringside, right on the floor.
00:24:26He comes to a point, you know,
00:24:28how much can a human anatomy take?
00:24:31That's right.
00:24:32We've been wondering that for a long time.
00:24:34Fans also want to let you know that here tonight,
00:24:36the Nature Boy, Ric Flair, he'll be here tonight.
00:24:40We do understand that Rowdy Roddy Piper
00:24:42is here as well tonight.
00:24:44That's all live on this program,
00:24:46plus Lex Luger, one-on-one,
00:24:48against Kevin Nash in our main event
00:24:52here in hour number two.
00:24:54Whoa!
00:24:55Pick up.
00:24:56Too far.
00:24:57Over the top, landing on his feet
00:24:58as Guerrero to the midsection.
00:25:02Little indecisive maneuver by Juventud that time.
00:25:05Tries to follow him around.
00:25:07Up on top ring, Mysterio, backflip that missed.
00:25:10Guerrero's gonna try one of his own.
00:25:12Nobody home!
00:25:13That time, Rey Mysterio tried a dropkick,
00:25:17but he did not really connect.
00:25:19Juventud holding his gut
00:25:20because he hit the mat very hard.
00:25:22Yeah, these guys are both trying to pull off
00:25:24some real fancy Dan maneuvers.
00:25:26He got one in!
00:25:27One, two, three.
00:25:29It paid off for Mysterio!
00:25:31When he goes up top,
00:25:33and when he gets it to work his way,
00:25:35that is one of the premier moves in our sport.
00:25:38It's Rey Mysterio Jr. with the win,
00:25:41and it's gonna be our Castro Torture Test of the Week
00:25:45live here on WCW Monday Nitro.
00:25:48Mysterio got off the floor.
00:25:51Juventud, Guerrero.
00:25:53Just slammed him right on the cement.
00:25:58Tell you what, this youngster will never quit.
00:26:00The masked man, a sensation.
00:26:02Barely 20 years of age, and here it is again.
00:26:04It's amazing how much he can take.
00:26:06Talk about a torture test.
00:26:07Look at this.
00:26:08Guerrero just slammed Rey Mysterio down.
00:26:10I thought that was it,
00:26:11but this guy rebounds, catches him right here,
00:26:13brings him over and makes up for his size, Tony.
00:26:16Hooks those angles and just bends the man over forward.
00:26:19Castro, the motor oil that stands up
00:26:21to the most torturous conditions.
00:26:23With our Castro Torture Test of the Week,
00:26:25it's Rey Mysterio Jr. with the win,
00:26:27and we go to Gene Okerlund.
00:26:29Tony, I thank you very much.
00:26:31We are here in front of a capacity crowd tonight.
00:26:33I want to bring in a young lady.
00:26:35The first time I met her was at,
00:26:38I believe, Plato's Retreat in New York City.
00:26:40No, just kidding.
00:26:41We've been here before.
00:26:43Luna Vachon, you've arrived in world championship wrestling.
00:26:46And what I've seen over the past couple of weeks
00:26:48with one thing in mind, and that's Medusa.
00:26:51Listen, I am the woman that lacks the restraint
00:26:57that holds an ordinary chameleon together.
00:27:01And I am the woman that is the number one contender
00:27:10for the WCW Women's World Title.
00:27:16Medusa Michelli, I am the woman
00:27:21that will take that belt from around your waist.
00:27:27You bumped up WCW beauty queen.
00:27:30Beware!
00:27:32Thank you very much, Luna.
00:27:33You haven't changed a lot, sweetheart.
00:27:35Got anything going after the show?
00:27:37Apparently, she's going to be busy.
00:27:39I would assume, yeah.
00:27:40Stay tuned.
00:27:41More Nitro, live from Philadelphia,
00:27:43here on TNT.
00:27:44Don't go away.
00:27:49Back live on Nitro, the Spectrum in Philadelphia.
00:27:52Tony Schiavone and Larry Zbysko here in our number one,
00:27:55number two.
00:27:56Later on in this telecast, it's Kevin Nash of the NWO
00:27:59against the total package Lex Luger.
00:28:01And earlier, Luger had told us that he wanted Hulk Hogan.
00:28:05He wanted the match that he has the rights to
00:28:07by winning the four-corner tag match at Spring Stampede.
00:28:11But you saw the show of unity from the NWO coming out
00:28:15as Kevin Nash, still no Scott Hall coming out here with him.
00:28:20Kevin Nash came out and said,
00:28:22you got to go through me to get to Hollywood Hulk Hogan,
00:28:25the World Heavyweight Champion.
00:28:27I know a lot of critics talking about all the problems
00:28:29within the New World Disorder.
00:28:31And there may be.
00:28:32You have a lot of egos.
00:28:33You have a lot of different personalities.
00:28:35But it looks to me like Kevin Nash is in there solid
00:28:38and like Hulk Hogan is hiding behind him, maybe.
00:28:41Lane Carlson, the opponent for the new WCW television champion,
00:28:45a man who won the belt a week ago,
00:28:47the Ultimate Dragon, here on WCW Monday Night Show.
00:28:51As we look over the New World Order,
00:28:53we discuss the things that's going on within this group.
00:28:56You know, we've often wondered privately
00:28:58how long this group will continue to coexist
00:29:01before really there's another major explosion within the group.
00:29:05You know, they have the explosive personalities
00:29:07like the Macho Man Randy Savage.
00:29:09And Savage needs to really, I would think,
00:29:12turn his attention away from any problems he has
00:29:15with Eric Bischoff within the NWO
00:29:17and watch for one man who we now know
00:29:19will do anything it takes to get that one blow in
00:29:22behind the head, and that is Diamond Dallas Page.
00:29:25Diamond Dallas Page, definitely one of the big factors,
00:29:29I think, in creating the tensions in the New World Order,
00:29:32along with, of course, Sting,
00:29:35who may be over our heads right now.
00:29:37I'm looking.
00:29:38Dropped down from the rafters a week ago
00:29:40to stand side by side,
00:29:42to fend off the NWO, to stand with DDP.
00:29:45It's dark up there.
00:29:46It's always dark up there,
00:29:47especially in a gigantic arena
00:29:50such as the Spectrum here in Philadelphia.
00:29:52Look at this, repeated kicks, front kicks,
00:29:55back leg front kicks,
00:29:56and a spin kick that time took the man down.
00:29:58Yeah, nice combinations,
00:29:59and that's one of the big rules of wrestling,
00:30:01all one-on-one competitions.
00:30:03Keep the combinations flowing.
00:30:05Ultimo Dragon is an expert at it.
00:30:07Round kicks, back kicks,
00:30:08right in the solar plex, down goes...
00:30:11What's this kid's name?
00:30:12Lane Carlson's his name.
00:30:14More Lane Carlson.
00:30:15Lane's in there against one of the top superstars.
00:30:18Would you look at the elevation of that drop kick that time.
00:30:21One, two, the Ultimo Dragon,
00:30:23not only one of the fine champions,
00:30:24but one of the finest athletes we have in our sport.
00:30:27Yeah, right there.
00:30:28He caught him right in the button.
00:30:29You can see him pulling up on the nose.
00:30:31A lot of nerve endings in the bridge of the nose.
00:30:33Very painful area.
00:30:35Ultimo Dragon with a martial arts background.
00:30:37You know all the pressure points,
00:30:39how to hurt people,
00:30:40and Sonny Ono's got a big background in that, too.
00:30:43Excellent teacher.
00:30:44We've seen him throw some good kicks.
00:30:48Carlson trying to get the...
00:30:49Oh, boy.
00:30:50That time, instead of trying to hip toss,
00:30:52just dropped on the back of the head.
00:30:53That was a great move,
00:30:54and he got a two-count out of it.
00:30:55Well, the Dragon felt it coming,
00:30:56went the other way,
00:30:57and Lane dropped on him.
00:30:58So, uh, see if he can keep it going.
00:31:01I don't know.
00:31:02In his debut here,
00:31:03Lane Carlson up to the task
00:31:04against the television champ.
00:31:05Oh, and he bulldogs him down out of the corner.
00:31:08A great move and a cover.
00:31:09One, two...
00:31:11Whoa.
00:31:12And you don't want to make a press,
00:31:13a lateral press like that, Larry,
00:31:14against the TV champ.
00:31:16Now, right there,
00:31:17caught the ropes.
00:31:18That might have saved him.
00:31:19No, he didn't.
00:31:20The rope went over.
00:31:21A running lariat sending both men
00:31:23all the way on the outside.
00:31:25And now this is where Carlson
00:31:27maybe will try to get the advantage.
00:31:28There you see in the foreground,
00:31:30Sonny Ono warning the Dragon.
00:31:32Carlson...
00:31:33Oh!
00:31:34Oh, my goodness.
00:31:35Hurt himself coming up.
00:31:37What a high-risk maneuver that was.
00:31:38At least Evil Knievel
00:31:40used a motorcycle.
00:31:41These guys used nothing.
00:31:43You're not kidding.
00:31:44This was not even the Snake River Canyon either.
00:31:46But it was a big jump.
00:31:47And down goes both men.
00:31:49Both men...
00:31:50Oh, my goodness.
00:31:51Slow to get up.
00:31:52You don't want to do that.
00:31:53Slow to turn your back away
00:31:54from a man like the Ultimate Dragon.
00:31:56And now this guy, look at him.
00:31:57He's got him right...
00:31:58Whoa.
00:32:01Something wrong with Carlson's face?
00:32:04Cross body there may be right now.
00:32:07The Dragon on the inside.
00:32:08The referee admonishing the Dragon.
00:32:10Uh-oh.
00:32:11Oh, my goodness.
00:32:12Sonny Ono well-schooled the martial arts.
00:32:15Wow.
00:32:18Right in the back of the head.
00:32:19Oh, no.
00:32:20He's wearing those hard heels.
00:32:22It was a spin hook kick.
00:32:23Got him with the heel on the back of the head.
00:32:24Very good.
00:32:25You liked that, didn't you?
00:32:26You were right.
00:32:27And now the Ultimate Dragon
00:32:29is going to climb up top.
00:32:32This is where he lives,
00:32:33much like we saw earlier.
00:32:34Oh, my goodness.
00:32:35A Frankensteiner-type maneuver
00:32:37from the top turnbuckle.
00:32:39Well, it's Carlson, kid.
00:32:40He's in trouble, and he's bridged.
00:32:431, 2, 3 with a suplex over the top.
00:32:45The Dragon suplex,
00:32:49and your winner is the Ultimate Dragon,
00:32:52the world television champion.
00:32:56What a happy Sonny Ono.
00:32:58He should be.
00:32:59It was quite a contest.
00:33:00Hey, what?
00:33:01Lane Carlson up to the task here,
00:33:02but once again,
00:33:03you can't really deny the abilities of this man,
00:33:06nor the man on the outside.
00:33:07Well, Ono led a helping hand,
00:33:09and I don't think the Ultimate Dragon needed it.
00:33:11Ultimate Dragon,
00:33:12a lot of experience all over the world,
00:33:15something Carlson couldn't compete with.
00:33:17And right there, the coup de grace.
00:33:19This kid, he's talking to Rod Serling.
00:33:21Beautiful back suplex high bridge,
00:33:24and that puts all the weight on his shoulders, Tony.
00:33:27Still to come in this telecast tonight live,
00:33:29it's Kevin Nash of the NWO against Lex Luger.
00:33:32You will see their match.
00:33:33Plus, Ric Flair is here.
00:33:35Roddy Piper is here.
00:33:36Come on back with us live from the Spectrum in Philadelphia.
00:33:40♪♪
00:33:48Get ready for two hours of WCW Saturday night,
00:33:526 o'clock Eastern time,
00:33:54and only on TBS, the Super Station.
00:33:56This coming Saturday,
00:33:57public entertainment,
00:33:58the Ultimate Dragon will be in action,
00:34:00the return of the Steiner brothers,
00:34:02Glacier, Lex Luger, and the Giant.
00:34:05What a lineup we have for you
00:34:06coming this Saturday to Super Station TBS.
00:34:10It's WCW Saturday night,
00:34:12the weekend's most watched TV program
00:34:15in professional wrestling.
00:34:17Now it's time for our WCW Cruiserweight Championship.
00:34:21The fans are up because the Cruiserweight champion
00:34:24is a member of the NWO, Larry Zbyszko.
00:34:27We're never going to get an opportunity here
00:34:29to see how Six can handle himself.
00:34:33Is he going to walk in there like a man,
00:34:35like a champion,
00:34:36or is he going to walk in the ring
00:34:38like a typical New World Order ref
00:34:41with all kind of other refs hanging up in the rafters?
00:34:46Speaking of rafters, I'm looking for Sting.
00:34:48Sting, there you see, NWO in Philadelphia.
00:34:53I haven't seen Sting drop,
00:34:56but that doesn't mean anything.
00:34:57I mean, we've got a lot of program to go.
00:35:00A whole other hour still to go.
00:35:01A friend in need is a pest indeed,
00:35:04but Diamond Dallas Page, a man with few friends,
00:35:07I think he was befriended by the right guy.
00:35:10Yeah, he really was,
00:35:11and with a major enemy, one,
00:35:13the Macho Man Randy Savage.
00:35:15Of course, as you know,
00:35:16Savage out here on crutches,
00:35:18an injury sustained in one of the most brutal matches
00:35:21we've ever had on a pay-per-view telecast
00:35:23when DDP met the Macho Man Randy Savage,
00:35:26and when Savage grabbed the hair of Kimberly,
00:35:30that really started or continued
00:35:32more friction within the NWO,
00:35:34but ignited a fire under DDP
00:35:36that we have never seen in this athlete.
00:35:38You can only humiliate somebody so much
00:35:40before they're going to throw all the rules
00:35:43into the garbage,
00:35:44and Macho Man crossed that line
00:35:46with Diamond Dallas Page,
00:35:47and Page put him on a commission.
00:35:51Prince Iakea will vie for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship
00:35:56here on WCW Monday Nitro.
00:35:59Speaking of the NWO,
00:36:00we have not seen Nick Patrick since you joined us, fans,
00:36:04for Spring Stampede a couple of weeks back,
00:36:07the last time we saw Nick Patrick powerbombed
00:36:10by Kevin Nash.
00:36:12We do understand.
00:36:14We did receive word today
00:36:15that Nick Patrick has petitioned to be assigned,
00:36:19or I guess the word would be here,
00:36:20reassigned as a full-time referee
00:36:23back in World Championship Wrestling,
00:36:26so if that's the case,
00:36:28and if he gets that,
00:36:29then really the NWO has lost a man
00:36:31I think had a lot of stroke,
00:36:32because if you're the referee,
00:36:34you have a lot of power in that ring.
00:36:36Well, yeah, that would be true,
00:36:37but then again, I don't know
00:36:38if I would buy a used car off Nick Patrick.
00:36:41Here's a man that was with the New World Order
00:36:43but disguised himself, Tony,
00:36:45so no one would know what was going on.
00:36:48Now all of a sudden, he gets, you know,
00:36:50backstabbed by the New World Order,
00:36:52and now he wants to come back to WCW.
00:36:54That's a great point, Larry.
00:36:55Do we trust him?
00:36:56So why should we say,
00:36:59sure, Nick, come on back?
00:37:01I think it's a great point.
00:37:02Six now, and Prince Iokia going at it.
00:37:04Great head scissor takeover.
00:37:06Arm drag takedown.
00:37:08Drop kick, down goes six,
00:37:09and outside goes the Cruiserweight champ
00:37:11down to the floor.
00:37:13Well, let's see what this sleazeball has here.
00:37:15So far, he's smart enough to roll out
00:37:17and stop the momentum,
00:37:18but obviously low-classed individual.
00:37:22Don't forget, a week ago,
00:37:23Prince Iokia gamely came out
00:37:25to defend the TV belt against the Ultimate Dragon.
00:37:28Moments after, he was stretched,
00:37:30and that Regal stretch by Lord Steven Regal
00:37:33hurt the ribs.
00:37:34Apparently, they're okay this week,
00:37:35but that led to the Dragon winning the TV belt a week ago.
00:37:39So you can't deny the intensity,
00:37:41the desire to win the fight in Prince Iokia.
00:37:44Now the kid's full of fight.
00:37:46Question is, can you finish off your opponent here?
00:37:49Oh, six telegrammed one.
00:37:51He sure did.
00:37:52Oh, my goodness, a hair takedown now.
00:37:54Keep going, Prince.
00:37:55Don't cut him a break.
00:37:56Kick him.
00:37:58Prince Iokia.
00:38:00Took too long.
00:38:01Oh, boy.
00:38:02Boy, that was a nice move, six or not.
00:38:06Iokia had a chance, Tony,
00:38:08and he let about three seconds go by,
00:38:11and that's too long.
00:38:15Snapmare takeover.
00:38:16When you talk about the championships of WCW
00:38:18held by the members of the NWO,
00:38:20you're seeing the Cruiserweight champ.
00:38:22You know Hall and Nash, the Outsiders,
00:38:24have the World Tag Team Championship.
00:38:26Here's a cut of one-two,
00:38:27although we have not seen Scott Hall in a long, long time.
00:38:32Reggie White, world champion,
00:38:34Green Bay Packers in attendance here.
00:38:36The open contract to Steve Mongo McMichael,
00:38:40like we talked about earlier.
00:38:41Will he sign it?
00:38:42Will he face Reggie White?
00:38:44What's Reggie White got to be thinking?
00:38:45He wants to come on worldwide television
00:38:47and get his face rubbed in the mat.
00:38:49Be happy he's got ten other guys full of pads to hide behind.
00:38:53Well, I don't think, and that really sounds nice,
00:38:56but I think fans who have followed his career
00:38:58here in Philadelphia when he played for the Eagles
00:39:00and for the Packers realizes that Reggie White is a leader.
00:39:04He does not hide behind pads nor ten other men.
00:39:07He leads the charge on the defense
00:39:09and was one of the mainstays
00:39:10in the Packers' win in the Super Bowl this year.
00:39:14Whatever. Who cares?
00:39:16Well, a lot of fans do.
00:39:18And now he wants to get in the ring.
00:39:21And you are seeing what it's like to be in the ring.
00:39:24Six caught him right in the face.
00:39:26Again, that one stupid mistake of inexperience
00:39:29has led Prince Aya Kay into a world of trouble.
00:39:34Yeah, we talked so much week in, week out
00:39:36after he won the TV belt
00:39:38as Six has just taken him for a ride here.
00:39:41After he won the TV belt,
00:39:42about the inexperience of Prince Aya Kay,
00:39:44how it will come back to haunt him,
00:39:46and it really did not,
00:39:47unless you think that going in the ring
00:39:50after an injury is inexperienced,
00:39:51but you've been in the ring after an injury.
00:39:53You just gotta suck it up sometime thereafter.
00:39:55Payne is part of the game.
00:39:57Maybe Reggie White will find out what it feels like
00:40:00to go man-on-man with up pads someday,
00:40:03but if you can't wrestle in pain, get a job.
00:40:07Up on the top and down is Six.
00:40:09Oh, Six missed!
00:40:10Get up, Prince!
00:40:11This is the chance!
00:40:12Prince rolling out.
00:40:13That's all he can do right now.
00:40:15Can the former TV champ get up
00:40:17and win the Cruiserweight belt here live on Nitro?
00:40:20Scott Dickinson counting both men.
00:40:22They're at a five count here.
00:40:25Come on, Prince.
00:40:26This is where you gotta pull it out.
00:40:27This is what separates the men from the New World Order.
00:40:30It's Six, the first man to his feet.
00:40:32Six misses.
00:40:34Blocked.
00:40:35Right hand, Prince.
00:40:36Blocked.
00:40:37Right hand, Prince again.
00:40:38Backhand chop.
00:40:39And again.
00:40:40He's got the champion reeling.
00:40:42Sends him in and sends him down.
00:40:45Come on, he's got a follow-up with combinations.
00:40:47You can't delay.
00:40:48You've got to be positive.
00:40:49Up and down with a back body drop.
00:40:52Get on him, kid!
00:40:54You hear Coach Zabisko in the background,
00:40:56and the kid hits the apron.
00:40:59He may be ready for it.
00:41:00He's perched.
00:41:01He's got it!
00:41:02Larry for the top!
00:41:04One, two, and no!
00:41:06Oh, not enough weight on the shoulders!
00:41:08No!
00:41:09No, and I even thought maybe I heard a bell in the bell ringer.
00:41:12Thought it was over as well, but that's not the case.
00:41:14That's the point I'm talking about, combination.
00:41:16But you've got to know how to finish your opponent.
00:41:18The match continues, and Six with a desperation move
00:41:22hits Paydirt that time.
00:41:24Prince, are you okay?
00:41:25You had him.
00:41:26He just didn't finish him right.
00:41:28And now Six up top.
00:41:29The Cruiserweight champ looking out here.
00:41:33He's gonna try to send him down.
00:41:34A headbutt!
00:41:36He's down!
00:41:37Great countermaneuver from the Prince.
00:41:41Prince up top!
00:41:43Over the top!
00:41:45Oh, he fell off of him!
00:41:47Did not get the show.
00:41:48One, two, and Six got out of it.
00:41:50Tried really a sunset flip, but did not have the shoulder down.
00:41:54It was a long one.
00:41:55He lost his balance.
00:41:56He should have regained it right away.
00:41:57Instead, he made another mistake, and he's in trouble here!
00:42:01Six has got his combination chicken wing crossface
00:42:04that he calls the Buzz Killer.
00:42:06And he's got it on.
00:42:07It's a painful submission combination.
00:42:09Then you scissor that body and extend that leg
00:42:11and just yank the shoulder and neck out.
00:42:15He's got it on, and he's not letting go.
00:42:17The match is over.
00:42:18You heard the bell.
00:42:19The Prince has given up.
00:42:20And now a week removed from being stretched by Regal.
00:42:23He's in this thing called the Buzz Killer,
00:42:25and Six is not letting go.
00:42:27See, again, big, hard, but just not enough experience.
00:42:30Aya Kaye had made a couple mistakes,
00:42:32and he's paying for it.
00:42:33But what the referee fine him.
00:42:35Break it already.
00:42:36So Six retains the Cruiserweight Championship
00:42:40against a young man.
00:42:42You talked about the inexperience really came into play here.
00:42:45Six, the NWO, wins on Nitro.
00:42:49I mean, you got to watch Six.
00:42:50Look at him.
00:42:51He had a nice spinning back kick high up in the air,
00:42:54but Prince Aya Kaye had made a move, Tony.
00:42:57He had Six.
00:42:58He had him on the ropes, made a couple of elementary mistakes.
00:43:02But you can't make elementary mistakes
00:43:05and survive where the big boys play.
00:43:08And Aya Kaye got stretched again.
00:43:11Talking about bringing the house down,
00:43:13we're going to go to Mean Gene Oakland fans.
00:43:16Get ready for this one.
00:43:18Indeed, we're going to bring the house down, ladies
00:43:20and gentlemen across the country.
00:43:22Please welcome 13-time WCW heavyweight champion of the world,
00:43:29the Nature Boy, Ric Flair.
00:43:35They are standing everywhere.
00:43:38Tony, he's going to be joined by perennial all-pro
00:43:42from the Carolina Panthers.
00:43:45Get ready, number 91, Kevin Green.
00:43:50Ric Flair and Kevin Green,
00:43:52the third deck here of the Spectrum in Philadelphia,
00:43:56jammed with fans everywhere, standing at every level.
00:44:02Look at Kevin Green.
00:44:03This guy's a goof, too.
00:44:05Oh, wow.
00:44:06How about this guy is intense.
00:44:08He brought some intensity last week.
00:44:10It's not intensity.
00:44:11He's just a nervous wreck or something.
00:44:13Well, whatever.
00:44:15It looked pretty darn good last week
00:44:17when he and Flair Piper were out here
00:44:19and there he shakes the hand of Reggie White of the Packers.
00:44:24Show of respect there.
00:44:26Gene, it is all yours.
00:44:29Ric Flair, Kevin Green joined by the icon.
00:44:33All right.
00:44:34Rowdy, Rowdy Piper.
00:44:42You know, we say WCW is where the big boys play.
00:44:46Can you hear yourself in here?
00:44:48The icon is here.
00:44:50What?
00:44:59Nitro is number one.
00:45:02The superstars in this sport live right here each and every Monday.
00:45:08Oh, they love him here in Philadelphia, don't they?
00:45:11I can't hear you.
00:45:17This place is going berserk.
00:45:21What a trio.
00:45:26Well, at least Kevin Green's in the ring with a couple of real men.
00:45:30Yeah, he's a real man, too.
00:45:34All right, Gene.
00:45:37Rowdy, Rowdy Piper.
00:45:39We have got some business to conduct in Charlotte, North Carolina
00:45:43on Sunday night, May the 18th,
00:45:45three of you, Ric, Kevin Green, and yourself face the NWO,
00:45:49and I can hardly wait.
00:46:00Isn't it funny?
00:46:04Isn't it funny that every time I'm here,
00:46:08the big bald guy happens to stay at home?
00:46:14I don't think that's a coincidence.
00:46:17And all as I see is instead of the big bald guy,
00:46:22I see all these NWO gorillas, as in Congo.
00:46:29You don't have anything against bald guys, do you?
00:46:33No, most guys are nice that are bald.
00:46:36But these guys, at least in Congo,
00:46:39the gorillas pick the lice off each other.
00:46:43These particular people,
00:46:47they haven't got the brains of a titsy fly
00:46:51between the whole batch of them.
00:47:02The NWO, which I'm up to here with,
00:47:06and I'm telling them all to come on,
00:47:12come on down to Charlotte, the next pay-per-view,
00:47:15we'll take on the whole batch of you.
00:47:22They come out, they're in spandex, right?
00:47:27They got Eric Bischoff with Rodman T-shirt on,
00:47:31going, I'm too sexy for Dennis Rodman,
00:47:35too sexy for Pee-wee Herman.
00:47:40While the rest of the NWO are in spandex,
00:47:43just jumping out of the closet.
00:47:47Heck, I'm gonna go back in the closet
00:47:49and see what's so afraid in there, man.
00:47:52They call him the Godfather, Old Baldy.
00:47:56I'll tell you what, if I'm in bed
00:47:58and there's a dead horse's head in it,
00:48:01I have a barbecue.
00:48:05Hang on, hang on.
00:48:08I'll tell you something,
00:48:10I'll tell you something, NWO, you big tough guys,
00:48:14as you're riding your skateboards
00:48:16and trying to be so cool on the asphalt,
00:48:20there's a couple of guys, one from the East Coast,
00:48:24one from the West Coast,
00:48:26who was down when there was 300 people in the garage,
00:48:30fighting each other, taking axes, beating down trees,
00:48:34pouring that asphalt, beating down trees,
00:48:37pouring that asphalt, beating down trees,
00:48:40starting Starrcade, starting WrestleMania,
00:48:44starting Paper's Pit.
00:48:46And it wasn't for us paving this smooth road,
00:48:56you might not be so damn cool.
00:48:59I'll tell you something else, NWO,
00:49:02we got a guy that runs through seven 320-pound guys
00:49:07every day of his life to get the ball and save the day,
00:49:12and his name is Kevin Green.
00:49:15Kevin Green.
00:49:17Mean G, I'll keep this short.
00:49:24Hogan, I did what you said.
00:49:28I worked out.
00:49:30I took my vitamins, and I said my prayers,
00:49:33and it worked, it worked.
00:49:36And you stabbed everybody in the back.
00:49:39You stabbed all the little hulksters in the back,
00:49:41and you stabbed me in the back.
00:49:43And then what do you do, Hogan?
00:49:45You surround yourself with a bunch of idiots they call NWO.
00:49:51These idiots are nothing but a bunch of rookies,
00:49:55just like the rookies that are coming in the NFL now.
00:49:57They get that big money, they get that signing bonus,
00:50:00all that money in the bank, and they don't stay late,
00:50:03they don't come early, they don't work out hard,
00:50:05they don't watch any extra game film,
00:50:07and they're nonproductive, and they're out of the league.
00:50:11But I want you to know something.
00:50:13Flair and Piper made wrestling.
00:50:21They indeed did.
00:50:23Flair and Icon were chopping tons and tons of wood
00:50:29and laying asphalt from now till kingdom come
00:50:32while you guys were still sucking mother's milk,
00:50:35and that's why I'm here.
00:50:36It's called respect.
00:50:38Respect.
00:50:39We know about respect, Ric Flair.
00:50:42Me, Gene, being the elder statesman,
00:50:56I would like to be historical for a moment.
00:51:00In 1973, after quitting a wrestling camp twice
00:51:07because it was too tough,
00:51:09I looked Vern Gagne in the eye.
00:51:12I said, thank you for allowing me to get
00:51:16in the greatest sport in the world.
00:51:19In 1983, I walked into St. Louis Arena,
00:51:30sold out at the age of 35
00:51:33to wrestle a 56-year-old man
00:51:37named Dick the Bruiser.
00:51:41And you know what I said?
00:51:43I said, thank you, God.
00:51:46I have made it to the big time.
00:51:49Now, one step further in 1993,
00:51:54after being written off,
00:51:56I walked into the Hoosier Dome
00:51:59versus Macho Man Randy Savage,
00:52:02and Macho Angelo Poffo
00:52:05would not like where you're at now.
00:52:08The end of this historic lesson is that
00:52:1173 to 83 to 93 to 2003,
00:52:19if I win the Hot Rod,
00:52:22if I win Kevin Green,
00:52:24we will rock.
00:52:27Ladies and gentlemen,
00:52:28they are alive and well,
00:52:29and they're going to be meeting
00:52:30the NWO on Sunday.
00:52:32All night long.
00:52:35On Sunday, the 18th at Slammory.
00:52:37We're going to be right back.
00:52:38Oh, my goodness.
00:52:51Ladies and gentlemen,
00:52:52we welcome you back to WCW.
00:52:56And welcome you to the second hour
00:52:58of this live contest
00:53:00from the Sticks of Philadelphia.
00:53:02And with our number two as always,
00:53:04we welcome my good friend,
00:53:06Iron Mike today,
00:53:07and of course, the brain,
00:53:10Bobby Heenan.
00:53:12Gentlemen, how about the second hour
00:53:15we have of the fans?
00:53:16We're going to start out with a street fight
00:53:18that was talked about and discussed
00:53:21a week ago,
00:53:22but also Mike today
00:53:25is going to be Kevin Nash
00:53:27and Lex Luger one-on-one.
00:53:29Tony, there is an electric atmosphere
00:53:32inside the spectrum this evening,
00:53:33and it seems to me like the NWO
00:53:36is making their own rules once again.
00:53:38Kevin Nash insists that Lex Luger
00:53:41has to go through him tonight
00:53:43before that world title shot
00:53:45with Hollywood Hulk Hogan,
00:53:46and that is yet to come
00:53:48in this second hour.
00:53:49I'll say one thing.
00:53:50When Kevin Nash gets in the ring
00:53:52and looks across at Luger,
00:53:53and that bell rings,
00:53:54he's going to realize where he's at,
00:53:56the city of brotherly love.
00:53:58And this is a street fight,
00:54:00high voltage, two straight wins
00:54:04over a public enemy.
00:54:05But the public enemy,
00:54:06they said, next week in Philadelphia.
00:54:09And next week is here.
00:54:11They're going to take it to the street.
00:54:13Here they come.
00:54:15Kevin Nash,
00:54:17Rock the Rock.
00:54:19Would you look at what they have on.
00:54:22The Platinum Uniform
00:54:24of the Philadelphia Flyers.
00:54:26The Flyers in the NHL playoffs
00:54:29taking on the Pittsburgh Penguins
00:54:31in the opening round this week.
00:54:33And here they come.
00:54:35And they're bringing their lunch pails to the ring.
00:54:40You think that's lunch pails?
00:54:41For those two morons,
00:54:43it's their lunch pails.
00:54:44I wouldn't call them morons.
00:54:45They're tough.
00:54:46Oh, there's no doubt about that.
00:54:47They're street people.
00:54:48They're tough.
00:54:49They're morons.
00:54:50Rage and chaos, high voltage.
00:54:52They may be 2-0 in head-to-head competition
00:54:55against the public enemy,
00:54:56but for Rock the Rock and Johnny Grunge,
00:54:58they have the home turf advantage tonight.
00:55:01Oh, my God.
00:55:02They have two tables.
00:55:03Would you look at this?
00:55:04Double your pleasure.
00:55:05I guess if you call it your pleasure,
00:55:07you're right.
00:55:08But it's their fun.
00:55:09Believe me on that.
00:55:10Smart thing right now for high voltage.
00:55:12High voltage staying in the ring.
00:55:14Remember, a street fight means
00:55:16basically anything goes.
00:55:17You can pin the guys anywhere,
00:55:19use anything.
00:55:20We've got garbage in the ring,
00:55:22and here we go.
00:55:25Oh.
00:55:26Boy, oh, boy, for Mark Curtis.
00:55:28It's gonna be a tough one.
00:55:29He just got to come out right,
00:55:30run out of the way,
00:55:31because we got Trish Candlitz everywhere here.
00:55:33Outside and inside here, Mike, today.
00:55:35I don't think we have to worry about
00:55:37calling many wrestling holds in this one.
00:55:39No, there's not gonna be any holds.
00:55:40Total brawl from the opening bell.
00:55:42And there you see now Rage.
00:55:44Ho, ho, ho.
00:55:45And chaos, they're taking the fight right back to him,
00:55:48and these two young men not backing down at all here.
00:55:52I'll tell you, public enemies got the advantage here
00:55:55because they've been in more of these fights.
00:55:57This is how they live.
00:55:58This is how they survive.
00:55:59And this team of high energy here,
00:56:01they better be very careful.
00:56:02They better really work as a team.
00:56:06Rocco likes it.
00:56:07Apparently he does.
00:56:08Thank you.
00:56:09And so does chaos.
00:56:10Using the Trish Candlitz as the primary weapons
00:56:13in the opening moments of this street fight here.
00:56:17They're gonna continue this till one man or one team
00:56:20cannot continue.
00:56:21But you're right, they're smart.
00:56:22They're staying in the ring.
00:56:23They're not getting on the floor where the tables are
00:56:25or the furniture where public enemies
00:56:27can get their hands on that stuff.
00:56:29It's bad enough that they get their hands on now.
00:56:31We are at the spectrum.
00:56:32Used to be the home of the Flyers.
00:56:34Now the home of the Philadelphia Phantoms.
00:56:37Of the...
00:56:38Look at this.
00:56:39There is a commode lid around the neck
00:56:44of chaos
00:56:46and a couple of Trish Candlitz to boot.
00:56:48Now where did they get that toilet seat?
00:56:51It was in the Trish Candlitz.
00:56:53I don't ask where they get toilet seats.
00:56:55Outside and all the way to the floor.
00:57:00That familiar refrain we heard,
00:57:02let's go Flyers,
00:57:03has been heard many times in this building
00:57:05and the hometown favorites Grunge and Rocco Rock
00:57:09have now turned the tables on high voltage.
00:57:12Look at that Trish Candlitz Rocco Rock has.
00:57:14You know what I'd use instead of a trash can?
00:57:16Get one of those big iron dumpsters.
00:57:18Just drop it on him from the ceiling.
00:57:20Drop it on him from the ceiling.
00:57:21Now you agree with me.
00:57:22No, now who...
00:57:23I don't want to get into how you pick the thing up
00:57:25but you're looking the left of your screen
00:57:27at Grunge and Chaos are on the outside.
00:57:29Rocco Rock is down on the inside here.
00:57:32And that enables a double team here, Mike,
00:57:34and that's what they want.
00:57:35Well, that's their specialty,
00:57:36this tag team competition,
00:57:37and that's really what put high voltage
00:57:39on the winning track in recent weeks.
00:57:41A match that's been building
00:57:42for the last three weeks or so
00:57:43right here on this program.
00:57:45Into the gut they go, double team,
00:57:47and right now high voltage in this street fight.
00:57:51Oh, looking pretty darn good.
00:57:53Look at the power of Chaos
00:57:54picking up Rocco Rock,
00:57:55but he turns around and he gets the first blow in.
00:57:58Well, they beat him to the punch that time.
00:58:00And they hold two victories over them already,
00:58:03so three could happen.
00:58:05Could happen.
00:58:06Well, you can hear the fans.
00:58:07You know who the hometown favorites are here.
00:58:10He's hiding.
00:58:11Oh!
00:58:12Oh!
00:58:16And he rolls him over.
00:58:17We got, we had a wrestling move.
00:58:19Maybe.
00:58:20In a street fight.
00:58:21Maybe.
00:58:22The fans are up.
00:58:24Rocco Rock runs through Chaos.
00:58:26Rage is down.
00:58:29Bodies are everywhere.
00:58:30And trash cans and trash.
00:58:32Uh-oh.
00:58:33Oh, boy.
00:58:34Time to set the table.
00:58:35If they're forte,
00:58:36they've got one table now stretched out here,
00:58:38and you see that Rage is still down.
00:58:40Oh, my goodness!
00:58:41A pile driver on that trash can.
00:58:43And now both members of High Voltage are down.
00:58:47Things don't look good for High Voltage.
00:58:50These rabid fans, fans of WCW Monday Nitro
00:58:55are out here screaming for the table.
00:58:58We've got to stack them on top.
00:59:00A double table coming here.
00:59:01A double-decker.
00:59:02Oh, this is not going to be pretty.
00:59:05You're talking about injuring someone here.
00:59:10This is very dangerous.
00:59:12And I know if High Voltage could get to their feet,
00:59:15they'd try to combat this,
00:59:17but they both basically are out here.
00:59:19Well, Public Enemy just drove Rage
00:59:21headfirst into the steel guardrail.
00:59:23He's unconscious.
00:59:24He is unconscious,
00:59:25and they're going to lay him up on this table here.
00:59:28Oh, my goodness.
00:59:29Rage is unconscious and still in the ring.
00:59:33The recipient of a pile driver.
00:59:36Oh, here we go.
00:59:37We're going to see some, really,
00:59:39how high Rock O'Rock can really fly here.
00:59:42Oh, my goodness.
00:59:43You think he'll go through both tables?
00:59:45Kids, do not try this in your kitchen at home, please.
00:59:48A book.
00:59:49Oh!
00:59:50Double stack drive-by.
00:59:52The double stack table.
00:59:54He can pin him there,
00:59:55and he's going to pin him there.
00:59:57And Rock O'Rock and Johnny Grimes
00:59:59rebound in their type of match
01:00:01with a spectacular round
01:00:03using the table here in Philadelphia on Nitro.
01:00:07Remember, I said tables.
01:00:09That's right.
01:00:10Two big tables.
01:00:12Look at them pulling out their fans here.
01:00:15These fans here in Philadelphia,
01:00:17they boo the Easter Bunny.
01:00:18Yes, they do.
01:00:20And the many of them,
01:00:22as some of them are clapping for you, Green.
01:00:24And they're going to erupt and lose their faces.
01:00:28Kevin Nash, still to come live tonight.
01:00:31Stay with us.
01:00:32He went through two tables.
01:00:34Did you see that?
01:00:35We were watching that.
01:00:39I don't think ever in the history of our sport
01:00:42or in sports has the two words
01:00:44Philadelphia and hospitality
01:00:45been used in the same sentence.
01:00:47But that's what's happened here.
01:00:49I mean, the fans here have received WCW,
01:00:52WCW Monday Nitro.
01:00:54NWO fans here, no doubt.
01:00:57And they erupt once again as this mammoth man,
01:01:00the biggest man in pro wrestling,
01:01:03makes his way to the ring with purpose.
01:01:06You know, he is an intimidating sight, Mike, tonight.
01:01:08Well, the largest athlete in all of pro sports
01:01:11at 7'4", 450 pounds.
01:01:13And the giant finally explained to us
01:01:16that at Spring Stampede,
01:01:17he was repaying a favor to Lex Luger.
01:01:20Luger, the first WCW star
01:01:22to welcome the giant back from the NWO.
01:01:25As a result, he allowed Luger
01:01:27to gain that world's title shot
01:01:28because he knows that at age 25,
01:01:31he has many world's title shots in his future.
01:01:34Yeah, but he's right.
01:01:35Well, he's right to a degree,
01:01:36but what happens if he breaks his leg?
01:01:38What happens if he does permanent damage
01:01:40to his neck or his back
01:01:41and can't wrestle again?
01:01:43He's blown his opportunity.
01:01:45It's a business.
01:01:46You take your shots when you can get them.
01:01:48Big Al is the opponent,
01:01:49and Big Al is a big guy,
01:01:51but there is a big foot in his face.
01:01:53And he got the dander up, so to speak,
01:01:56for the giant.
01:01:57Look at the giant at 450 pounds.
01:02:01What power he's got.
01:02:02Looks like Big Al's doing too well out there.
01:02:04And later on tonight, his partner,
01:02:06the man that he repaid a favor to,
01:02:09will face Kevin Nash of the NWO.
01:02:12He's gonna chokeslam him.
01:02:14He's going for it, Tony.
01:02:15And that's Mike.
01:02:16I tell you, Big Al is over 300 pounds.
01:02:18Yeah, no small man.
01:02:19Big Al has to be 325, 350,
01:02:22and probably 6'6".
01:02:24And look at the arms on him.
01:02:25He's a big guy.
01:02:26There it is.
01:02:27The fans are standing at the spectrum.
01:02:30Is he gonna get Big Al up?
01:02:31That's the question.
01:02:33Yes, he is.
01:02:36Got him up and got him down.
01:02:38One, two, three.
01:02:43The giant completely run through Big Al
01:02:47here on Monday Nitro.
01:02:51Well, he's a big man.
01:02:52There's no doubt about it.
01:02:53Like you said, Mike,
01:02:54he's the biggest man in pro sports.
01:02:56There's your winner right there, the giant.
01:02:58When we come back,
01:02:59Diamond Dallas Page in action.
01:03:01Stay with us.
01:03:02Kimberly, you with him?
01:03:03I hope.
01:03:04I do.
01:03:09So many terms, so many adjectives to describe tonight.
01:03:12Explosive comes to mind,
01:03:14and we continue Red Hot on Nitro
01:03:17as we open up the telecast
01:03:19with an explosion by the Dungeon of Doom
01:03:22on Chris Benoit.
01:03:24And here comes Cody in,
01:03:25in this matchup he and I on Nitro.
01:03:28Tonight's a huge, huge weekend,
01:03:31and we have the hottest ticket in the United States.
01:03:34Cody, we want to acknowledge a record-setting
01:03:36first day ticket sale for World Championship Wrestling
01:03:39last week in Boston, Massachusetts.
01:03:4212,000 seats were sold
01:03:44for a June edition of Monday Nitro
01:03:46at the Police Center.
01:03:48You're right.
01:03:49This is the hottest pro wrestling program
01:03:51in the history of the business,
01:03:53and we want to remind you
01:03:54that we will be bringing Nitro
01:03:56to Norfolk, Virginia, on April the 28th.
01:03:59I don't want to break your train of thought,
01:04:01but I think that sight
01:04:02is going to break your train of thought.
01:04:04That would do it.
01:04:06It's Kimberly leading in the man
01:04:09who has led the charge against the NWA
01:04:12and who had standing his side a week ago.
01:04:15DDP has arrived to Nitro.
01:04:20And there's no doubt about it.
01:04:22This man, DDP, has really come a long way.
01:04:25A lot of other people gave him credit for anything,
01:04:27and you're one of them, Shabani.
01:04:28But all he said,
01:04:29this man never asked for anybody's help.
01:04:31He didn't beg for anybody's help.
01:04:33Everything he's gotten, he's deserved,
01:04:35and he's done it on his own.
01:04:36And he's a major, major star here right now
01:04:38at WCW.
01:04:39All right, Mike,
01:04:40quickly tell us about Nitro
01:04:41coming in later this month,
01:04:43on into the month of May.
01:04:44April the 28th, Norfolk, Virginia.
01:04:46Tickets available at the Skull Box office
01:04:48and Ticketmaster.
01:04:49May 5th, we will be in Lakeland, Florida.
01:04:51The Lakeland Center Arena Box Office and Ticketmaster.
01:04:54Then to Baltimore, Maryland on May the 12th.
01:04:56Tickets available at the Arena Box Office
01:04:58and Ticketmaster.
01:04:59This weekend, an Ohio and Michigan swing.
01:05:02Friday at Dayton at the Hera.
01:05:04And we will be Saturday in Grand Rapids, Michigan
01:05:06at the Van Andel Arena.
01:05:07Sunday in Kalamazoo at Wing Stadium.
01:05:10You know something, Mike?
01:05:11You said that a record amount of tickets
01:05:13were sold in Boston, right?
01:05:14It was also done in a record amount of time.
01:05:17Yes, it was.
01:05:18How about that?
01:05:19You hear the chant of DDP,
01:05:21and I wonder if there's one man out there
01:05:23who is thinking about DDP,
01:05:27and that is one macho man, Randy Savage.
01:05:31Oh, he's thinking about DDP, all right.
01:05:33Every time he looks down at his legs,
01:05:35every time he has to walk on those crutches,
01:05:36he's thinking about DDP.
01:05:37Oh, boy. DDP, he is.
01:05:39I want to tell you something.
01:05:40Look at his back.
01:05:41DDP, did you see those patches on it?
01:05:42No question.
01:05:43The man went through like 45 for an hour today
01:05:45of acupuncture.
01:05:47That's how bad he got beat up
01:05:48in that match with Savage.
01:05:49That was a tremendous fight they had.
01:05:51Oh, that was one of the biggest fights,
01:05:52the wildest fights we've ever seen
01:05:54in a pay-per-view telecast.
01:05:55Speaking of pay-per-view telecast,
01:05:57as you know,
01:05:58Slammory, Sunday the 18th of May
01:06:00in Charlotte Independence Arena.
01:06:01You now know Flair, Piper,
01:06:04and Kevin Green will be together
01:06:06against members of the NWO.
01:06:09And when are we going to find out
01:06:10about Steve Mongo McMichael?
01:06:12The offer is there from Reggie White.
01:06:14He has signed that open contract.
01:06:15Boy, oh, boy.
01:06:16I tell you now, right now,
01:06:18Conan realizing he is up against a man
01:06:21who is red hot.
01:06:22A lot of momentum.
01:06:23And he is not backing down at all.
01:06:25But, of course,
01:06:26that's the Dungeon of Doom way, guys.
01:06:27But you know something about Conan?
01:06:29He's become more off the wall lately.
01:06:31His personality's coming out.
01:06:34I mean, he's a very, very dangerous man.
01:06:37And DDP's got to be very careful of this man.
01:06:39He'll do anything to win a match.
01:06:41That Dungeon of Doom mentality.
01:06:42Yep.
01:06:43Nothing wrong with it.
01:06:44We classify Diamond Dallas Page as a loner.
01:06:47And also Sting,
01:06:48another man that's been flying solo for many months.
01:06:51What a great sight it was last Monday on Nitro
01:06:53when they joined forces.
01:06:54And I think we all know what that means.
01:06:58DDP calling out of the fans here.
01:07:00Conan, though, gets the blow in
01:07:02as DDP goes on the attack,
01:07:03maybe moments away from the Diamond Cutter.
01:07:06He's got it!
01:07:07Yes!
01:07:08Good night, Mr. Conan.
01:07:10It's over.
01:07:11It's over.
01:07:12It's over.
01:07:13They don't get up from that one, gang.
01:07:14It is over.
01:07:15You're right.
01:07:16A big, big impressive win
01:07:17to go along with the rest of them
01:07:19for Diamond Dallas.
01:07:20We talked about how brutal that match was
01:07:25against the Macho Man Randy Savage.
01:07:27We hope to show you a little bit of that
01:07:29this weekend on our programs on TBS,
01:07:32how Savage suffered the injury to his ankle.
01:07:35Brother, brother, brother, brother!
01:07:41Look, honey.
01:07:42Oh, yeah!
01:07:43If you will understand.
01:07:44Over here!
01:07:46Hey, stupid!
01:07:49You got a problem with me?
01:07:51I got a problem with you, DDP.
01:07:55And tell your old lady something.
01:07:57Oh, no.
01:07:58Tell her to quit fantasizing about the Macho Man
01:08:01and tell her to quit calling me.
01:08:03Here we go.
01:08:04You got it, punk.
01:08:05I tell you, a man on crutches should not say that.
01:08:08Savage won't be able to get away, either.
01:08:10He's not fast enough.
01:08:11He's only got one good leg.
01:08:12But don't forget, there could be members of the NWO
01:08:14lurking around the corner.
01:08:15But I can tell you this, Mike.
01:08:17That does not deter DDP, as we know.
01:08:19Well, look at Diamond Dallas Page
01:08:20go right through the crowd
01:08:21in an effort to find Savage.
01:08:23But I think the Macho Man is long gone.
01:08:25He's not even going up the steps.
01:08:26He's walking up people.
01:08:27We'll be back live from the Core State Spectrum
01:08:30in Philadelphia.
01:08:31Stay with us on Nitro.
01:08:33If he catches him in the hallway,
01:08:34they hear the slow metal.
01:08:37Good to have the head coach
01:08:38of the Philadelphia Eagles,
01:08:39Ray Rhodes, here with us as well.
01:08:41Eagles expecting another great year.
01:08:43And good to have Ray Rhodes with us here
01:08:45on WCW Monday Nitro Live.
01:08:47You know how important Monday Nitro is.
01:08:49Ray Rhodes has been taking time
01:08:50from his mock NFL draft upcoming this weekend
01:08:53just to be here at Nitro.
01:08:54Oh, let's hear what Big Mouth Marshall has to say.
01:08:56Okay, Lee Marshall.
01:08:57Let's go to Lee Marshall, who is up in Michigan.
01:09:00Hello there, Lee Marshall.
01:09:01Hey, Tony.
01:09:02While you guys are rocking in the cradle of independence,
01:09:05I jumped in my trusty rental car,
01:09:07drove up Interstate 75 from Detroit
01:09:09to a red-hot Nitro party here in Saginaw.
01:09:12The weather's starting to turn.
01:09:13The Bin Sapple Mountain Ski Resort's closing.
01:09:15The Anderson Water Park is opening.
01:09:17Now, WCW fans are getting ready for a week from tonight.
01:09:20That's when Monday Nitro comes from the Saginaw Civic Center.
01:09:24Like all Monday Nitro's,
01:09:25tickets for next Monday are going faster
01:09:27than cars off the GM line.
01:09:28And that means fans all over the Wolverine State,
01:09:30you gotta get your tickets now.
01:09:31Go to the box office or your nearest ticket outlet.
01:09:34Now, I want you to know,
01:09:35I did go see the Cadillac Division Executives in Bobby.
01:09:39Despite my very, very best efforts,
01:09:41there's absolutely no way they're gonna put out a Cadillac
01:09:44called the Elderweasel.
01:09:45And that's your 1-800-COLLECT road report
01:09:47from Saginaw, Michigan.
01:09:48I'm Lee Marshall for 1-800-COLLECT.
01:09:51Well, if they did, I'd buy it and put you in the trunk
01:09:53and drive you right to the Detroit River.
01:09:55It probably gets you two miles to the gallon.
01:09:57Wouldn't you think?
01:09:58Who knows?
01:09:59Boy, oh, boy.
01:10:00We have a return match now
01:10:01from what transpired on this program a week ago.
01:10:05Ireland Heat against the Horsemen.
01:10:08You know, guys, I wanna talk a little bit here
01:10:10of the participants for this next matchup
01:10:13make their way to the ring.
01:10:14Sherri Lee's in the World Tag Team Champs.
01:10:19Talk about what we saw earlier in this telecast
01:10:22and went off the bat.
01:10:23When the NWO came out, Mike,
01:10:25we noticed that Eric Bischoff was with them.
01:10:28Eric has been coming out here
01:10:30trying to jam again,
01:10:31even though on this program,
01:10:32at the beginning of March, he was suspended.
01:10:35Next week on this program,
01:10:37we're gonna have an announcement
01:10:39about what has been going on behind the scenes
01:10:43during his suspension.
01:10:45We know that he has attorneys working on this.
01:10:49We know he's trying to get back in here, I know,
01:10:51but there's been a lot going on
01:10:52that we have not been able really to talk about.
01:10:55Next week, we'll be able to do just that.
01:10:57Well, we're certainly anticipating that.
01:10:59We know that Bischoff has a law firm.
01:11:01It's an ongoing legal battle against Turner Sports.
01:11:04We do expect some kind of a major announcement
01:11:07regarding that suspicion.
01:11:08I just wonder what kind of authority
01:11:11Eric Bischoff was under
01:11:12when he was signing all these men to contracts.
01:11:15Well, you got me on that.
01:11:16I know, uh, I know he cuts some big deals,
01:11:19and I know a lot of people say
01:11:20he got some big shots in the head.
01:11:22It's a fight!
01:11:23Hall of Heat, you're going down tonight!
01:11:26Oh, yeah.
01:11:27Well, one thing we did find out
01:11:28immediately the very next day when he was suspended
01:11:31was that his files were confiscated,
01:11:34and there was a long process
01:11:36of the WCW Executive Committee
01:11:38and the WCW legal staff
01:11:39going over the files, going over the contracts,
01:11:43going over the phone calls he made.
01:11:45It's been a long process.
01:11:46We haven't really been able to talk about it,
01:11:48but next week, we'll be able to
01:11:49maybe shed some light on this.
01:11:51Well, as far as the public is concerned,
01:11:53everything's peachy in the camp of the New World Order,
01:11:56but we've seen some problems mount and surface
01:11:58in recent weeks that makes me question
01:12:00whether everyone in the NWO is actually on the same page.
01:12:03Well, I believe everyone at WCW
01:12:05has grown closer together now,
01:12:07with Piper being here, with Flair coming back,
01:12:10and the NWO is shaky about that.
01:12:12And how about the news that Nick Patrick
01:12:14has petitioned to be reassigned
01:12:16as a referee within World Championship Wrestling?
01:12:18I'll tell you what.
01:12:19Let me step in here and say that Larry Zbysko
01:12:21in the first hour brought up a great point.
01:12:23Can you trust him?
01:12:25Just because all of a sudden he gets powerbombed,
01:12:28and I know it was horrible to see that happen to anyone,
01:12:31can you say, okay, come on back in?
01:12:33I really think we need to step back as a company
01:12:36and take a long look at his request.
01:12:39Well, you know, like you said,
01:12:41they've confiscated all of Eric's files,
01:12:43and they're going over.
01:12:44Looks to me like they mean business.
01:12:45It's not just gonna be a slap in the wrist.
01:12:47No, no, there's gonna be something going down
01:12:49as the old cliche goes,
01:12:51and we just will wait and see.
01:12:53Join us next week.
01:12:54As Lee Marshall said, we'll be in Saginaw, Michigan,
01:12:56live for that one.
01:12:57And look at Jeff Jarrett.
01:12:58You know, a week now removed here
01:13:00from the problems they had
01:13:01when a week ago,
01:13:03Mongo McMichael did not come out.
01:13:05They seem right now to have things patched.
01:13:07Mongo leading the cheers on the outside here.
01:13:10Well, we'll see how long McMichael and Jarrett
01:13:13can remain focused and remain together as a team.
01:13:16You know, if I'm Steve Mongo McMichael,
01:13:18I have to question Ric Flair's association
01:13:20with Kevin Green of the Carolina Panthers.
01:13:23Michael and Green had a breakup
01:13:25back at the Great American Bash last year,
01:13:27as I recall.
01:13:29Well, what I think people should do
01:13:30is concentrate on what they're doing at the time.
01:13:32Don't worry about Kevin Green or anybody else, Mongo.
01:13:35You got two big men in there.
01:13:37Harlem Heat.
01:13:38Worry about your partner.
01:13:39Worry about getting along.
01:13:41Concentrate on what's going on in that ring.
01:13:43Don't look down that road.
01:13:44And how in the world can you concentrate
01:13:47when a guy, as we got a little shoving contest,
01:13:50like Reggie White of the world champion
01:13:52Green Bay Packers is out here?
01:13:54How can you focus on that?
01:13:55I mean, it's got to be almost impossible.
01:13:57And right now, the big guy of Harlem Heat,
01:13:59that's Stevie Ray, taking the measure
01:14:01of Steve Mongo McMichael.
01:14:03We got to step out for a commercial break.
01:14:06The match continues.
01:14:07If it ends during the break,
01:14:08we will show you what happened.
01:14:10But if not, as the slams continue here,
01:14:13we will have more WCW Monday Nitro live
01:14:18after this timeout.
01:14:19Stay with us.
01:14:20That hurt my back.
01:14:23Here's Reggie.
01:14:31We are back, and the match continues live
01:14:33here on Nitro from the Spectrum in Philadelphia.
01:14:35And I mean, it's been a hard-hitting match.
01:14:37And right now, we are seeing Harlem Heat
01:14:39take charge here, Bobby Heenan.
01:14:41Well, they have to take charge.
01:14:43You know what the horsemen are capable of doing?
01:14:45And you know Flair's in the building.
01:14:47You know Piper's around.
01:14:48And they're all hanging together now.
01:14:50So Ben Law, he took a heck of a beating earlier.
01:14:54But you've got to watch Harlem Heat.
01:14:56You've got to watch him.
01:14:57You've got to watch Sherry.
01:14:58You know, they are certainly men
01:15:01who did not intimidate easily.
01:15:03And there, Mongo wants to get back in it.
01:15:05Once again, we are seeing a team now gel
01:15:08after the problems they had a week ago.
01:15:10And if you go back and you think about
01:15:12what Mongo did a week ago,
01:15:14here's a cover one, two.
01:15:15Mongo really, and not that I'm really backing Mongo up,
01:15:19he makes his own decisions.
01:15:20I don't care one way or the other.
01:15:21But he really stood up for himself.
01:15:23I mean, to me, there's just so much a man can take
01:15:26when things are happening with his wife.
01:15:29Well, it seems like week after week,
01:15:31there were problems involving Debra McMichael,
01:15:33Jeff Jarrett, that Halliburton briefcase
01:15:35ending up in the wrong hands very suspiciously.
01:15:38Well, they've got to work these things out between them
01:15:41before they can get in this ring and be professional.
01:15:43No question about that.
01:15:44Too many things around the line here.
01:15:46Too many people getting hurt.
01:15:47Too much money to be made.
01:15:48And the superstars from around the world
01:15:51becoming a part of world championship wrestling,
01:15:54Reggie White here tonight.
01:15:56Do you have a Super Bowl ring yet?
01:15:58I'm sure he'll get his Super Bowl ring
01:16:00at the beginning of the year.
01:16:01And here's a man who has a Super Bowl ring
01:16:03from a wonderful year with the Chicago Bears
01:16:07when they won the Super Bowl,
01:16:09defeated the New England Patriots that year.
01:16:11Of course, that was one of the,
01:16:12really one of the greatest teams in NFL history,
01:16:14the Chicago Bears.
01:16:15And should Steve Mongo McMichael
01:16:16accept the challenge of Reggie White,
01:16:18that would be the first time ever
01:16:20that two Super Bowl champions would meet head-to-head
01:16:23inside the wrestling ring.
01:16:24How about that?
01:16:25It'd be better than a Super Bowl.
01:16:27In many ways, you're right.
01:16:28One, two, and a two count.
01:16:30Ray Rhodes here, of course, a capacity crowd on hand.
01:16:33You know, we talk about the top superstars
01:16:35from the sports world becoming a part,
01:16:37being seen here on Nitro each and every week.
01:16:39You know, the NWO with their newest member,
01:16:41Dennis Rodman.
01:16:42And, of course, Dennis Rodman, Hollywood Hulk Hogan,
01:16:46the heavyweight champion of the world.
01:16:47You're talking about one of the highest profile
01:16:49athletes in the world when you talk about Rodman
01:16:51and, of course, Hulk Hogan.
01:16:52Rodman's movie double team out in the theaters right now.
01:16:55And a lot going on here.
01:16:57Well, that shows you, Tony, how powerful the NWO is
01:17:00and how powerful Hogan is.
01:17:01And he makes demands and he gets them.
01:17:03He wanted Rodman.
01:17:04They went out and got him.
01:17:06Yeah, they sure did.
01:17:07All the high-profile athletes want to be associated
01:17:09with world championship wrestling, Monday Nitro.
01:17:12That's how hot this program is.
01:17:13That's how hot this entire organization is.
01:17:15Well, I'll tell you something.
01:17:16I'm going to go nuts.
01:17:17I'm going to quit my job if I find out
01:17:18that Tiger Woods is going to the NWO.
01:17:21After what he did yesterday,
01:17:22he can probably do anything he wants.
01:17:24The back of the neck.
01:17:25And win.
01:17:26Oh, boy.
01:17:28Right hand.
01:17:29It's a great moment in sports.
01:17:31Yesterday at the Masters, a right hand.
01:17:33He's lucky he took those little tips from me
01:17:35about cutting back.
01:17:36Would you stop?
01:17:37A backhand chop now.
01:17:38And Booker T sending the man in.
01:17:39No!
01:17:40The Harlem sidekick.
01:17:41And that knee was right in the nose of Jeff Jarrett.
01:17:46Well, his nose is flat on his face.
01:17:49Yeah!
01:17:50Yeah!
01:17:51Tell you what, they appreciate this.
01:17:53You know, that man can vote, probably.
01:17:55Yes, I'm sure many of them here can.
01:17:56Here's a cover.
01:17:57One, two.
01:17:59A two-count.
01:18:00Terrifying.
01:18:01And, hey, once again, teamwork here
01:18:03because Steve McMichael makes a save.
01:18:06Well, McMichael and Jarrett, at least momentarily,
01:18:08seem to be refocused as a team roll-up.
01:18:11Jarrett almost got a win that time,
01:18:13but quickly Booker T is out.
01:18:14A good duck that time by Jarrett.
01:18:16Catches the leg.
01:18:17Ducks the attempt at the kick.
01:18:19Pulls the man towards his corner.
01:18:21Now he spins the other way.
01:18:23He's gonna go with a figure-four,
01:18:24and I think the mistake here was made
01:18:26that he put his back towards Harlow Meats' corner here.
01:18:29That enables Stevie Ray to come in,
01:18:31and now we got all four men at it.
01:18:33Well, that's exactly right.
01:18:34Stevie Ray, he wanted to put that figure-four on
01:18:36a little too close to the other person's corner,
01:18:38and you can't do that.
01:18:39But I know something about him and Mongo.
01:18:41They're really not working that well as a team,
01:18:43like you think they may be,
01:18:44because they're not fighting.
01:18:45That's one good thing,
01:18:46but they're not conversing with each other.
01:18:47They're not doing teamwork in the corner.
01:18:49They're not guzzling down Harlem Heat.
01:18:51Wait a second.
01:18:52We have a Halliburton sighting here.
01:18:54It's down low.
01:18:55Steve McMichael has the Halliburton,
01:18:58and Sherry's got the Halliburton.
01:19:00Sherry, oh, watch out.
01:19:02She tries to hit Steve with it,
01:19:03and they both have Sherry in the corner.
01:19:06Debra, get out of there.
01:19:07Oh, no.
01:19:08Sherry's got Debra.
01:19:09Oh, no.
01:19:10That's not beautiful.
01:19:11Debra, no, no, no.
01:19:12Look at her.
01:19:13The queen of WCW is scared to death.
01:19:16She's just holding her back,
01:19:17keeping her at bay,
01:19:18keeping her away from the action.
01:19:20You realize Debra has never been in a physical encounter,
01:19:23probably in her life.
01:19:24Well, right now,
01:19:25and there Mark Curtis looking over,
01:19:26seeing the women are involved in the ring.
01:19:28She's gonna hit her with a Halliburton.
01:19:30She's gonna hit Debra with the Halliburton.
01:19:33Oh, for crying out loud.
01:19:36Oh, my goodness.
01:19:37We...
01:19:39That was horrible.
01:19:40What happened?
01:19:41She tried to hit Debra with a Halliburton,
01:19:43and the only thing Debra did was just drop down.
01:19:46She's breaking down in tears right before our eyes.
01:19:49Well, of course.
01:19:50And ladies and gentlemen,
01:19:52the winners of the match,
01:19:53as a result of a disqualification,
01:19:56Mongo Stephen Michael and Jeff Jarrett.
01:20:00And Debra scared to death here.
01:20:05Oh, my goodness.
01:20:06She almost got plastered with a Halliburton case.
01:20:10It was close.
01:20:11It really was.
01:20:12It was very dangerous for her in that ring.
01:20:14All right, Gene Okerlund,
01:20:15what a place to be.
01:20:16Go ahead.
01:20:17I don't mind telling you,
01:20:18quite a place to be here.
01:20:19I just about got in the middle of it all.
01:20:21And Debra,
01:20:22you just about got yourself in hot water.
01:20:24Double date Jeff Jarrett.
01:20:25The match is signed.
01:20:27The match is signed.
01:20:28Mongo,
01:20:29tell them about Slamboree.
01:20:30All right, let me point out for the record,
01:20:32I just happened to be in the back room here.
01:20:34It just came over the Associated Press,
01:20:36the AP.
01:20:38The match has been signed
01:20:39for the 18th of May.
01:20:41It's gonna be a big one,
01:20:42and you're gonna be all part of it.
01:20:44Steve, Mongo McMichael,
01:20:45a lot of football talent in this building tonight.
01:20:48I guess you people here in Philadelphia have heard.
01:20:55Reggie White
01:20:57wants to come into the ring
01:20:59in the WCW
01:21:01with Mongo.
01:21:03Now, how about that?
01:21:06Well, let me tell you what, brother.
01:21:09It's an honor
01:21:11that he wants me.
01:21:13Look at him over there.
01:21:1513-time All-Pro.
01:21:19Super Bowl champion last year.
01:21:23Man's gonna be in the Hall of Fame,
01:21:26no doubt.
01:21:29But let me tell you something else,
01:21:32you bunch of losers.
01:21:36Losers?
01:21:39What did he do here in Philly?
01:21:42He sold y'all out.
01:21:46What did he win that Super Bowl?
01:21:48It's Green Bay, baby.
01:21:51For the money.
01:21:53For the money.
01:21:56You guys ain't got no Super Bowl.
01:21:59And let me tell you another thing.
01:22:03Not too many people
01:22:05know this man over here like I do.
01:22:08Uh-oh.
01:22:10You want some of me?
01:22:13Hey, wait a minute.
01:22:15Gentlemen, please.
01:22:17Reggie White's ready to go right now.
01:22:20Reggie, hey, wait a minute.
01:22:22You just spit in his face.
01:22:24Oh, my goodness.
01:22:25I can't believe that.
01:22:27He spit in her face.
01:22:29Hey, oh, no.
01:22:31Oh, my goodness.
01:22:32Reggie White.
01:22:34Steve McMichael.
01:22:36An issue that they're going to settle
01:22:38at Slamboree in Charlotte, North Carolina.
01:22:43On May 18th, look how many security guys
01:22:47have Reggie White back,
01:22:49and they're standing chanting the name
01:22:51of the All-Pro.
01:22:54Fans, I tell you what.
01:22:56It's an old cliché,
01:22:58but I tell you what applies here.
01:23:00These two men will go at it
01:23:02at Slamboree in Charlotte, North Carolina.
01:23:05At Slamboree when no one will hold them back,
01:23:09and we're back after this.
01:23:11♪♪
01:23:23It is time for the main event
01:23:25here on WCW Monday Nitro,
01:23:27and these fans are ready for this one,
01:23:29and we're ready for it as well.
01:23:31At the very top of the program,
01:23:34You heard the announcement that Luger
01:23:36wanted his shot at Hulk Hogan tonight,
01:23:38but in a show of solidarity,
01:23:40in a show of unity,
01:23:42like him or not,
01:23:43big Kevin Nash came in,
01:23:44said, you got to go through me first.
01:23:46Tony, you still cannot convince me
01:23:49that there isn't tension,
01:23:50that there isn't friction within the MWO,
01:23:53especially involving Hulk Hogan and Kevin Nash.
01:23:56The New World Order is a ticking time bomb
01:23:59with some awfully huge egos involved.
01:24:02And Hogan is very, very lucky
01:24:05that Kevin Nash stepped up,
01:24:07because he doesn't want any part
01:24:09of the total package Lex Luger.
01:24:10But he's going to have to get a part
01:24:12of the total package Lex Luger.
01:24:14Luger wins the match,
01:24:15and let me also say this,
01:24:17Luger wins it during a time
01:24:20when the WCW championship committee
01:24:23is running things,
01:24:25not during a time
01:24:26when Eric Bischoff is running things.
01:24:28Therefore, that match will have to happen
01:24:31sooner or later,
01:24:32and right now, later.
01:24:33But my question is here,
01:24:35what will be left of Lex Luger
01:24:37to compete after this match is over?
01:24:40Because you know,
01:24:41he's not going to go in to try to win.
01:24:43Brain, he's going to try to go in to hurt.
01:24:46Because he's been told to
01:24:47by Hollywood and Hulk Hogan.
01:24:49The World Heavyweight Champion.
01:24:50You bet.
01:24:51Nash, you go out there and break him up.
01:24:53Get six, get as many of the guys
01:24:55in the goons as you can.
01:24:56Here come the reinforcements.
01:24:58You knew it was going to happen.
01:25:01Six, already winning his match earlier tonight,
01:25:05retaining the Cruiserweight Championship.
01:25:07Let's count.
01:25:08Let's see how many are out here.
01:25:12What we have here is Intimidation Plus,
01:25:14but what we also have in the ring
01:25:17is Intimidation,
01:25:18a man who will not be intimidated.
01:25:20You may see in the background there,
01:25:22Scott Norton, Buff Bagwell,
01:25:24Vincent is out here,
01:25:26Ted DiBiase, Mr. Wallstreet.
01:25:30You know, this is a group that has,
01:25:33well, you see the DDP fans here.
01:25:35This is a group that has far-reaching influence.
01:25:39We talked about Dennis Rodman.
01:25:41Let's not forget, internationally,
01:25:43you got Masahiro Tono,
01:25:45part of the NWO as well.
01:25:47You're right, they're taking over the world.
01:25:49First the U.S.,
01:25:50then a part of the New Japan Pro Wrestling Organization,
01:25:53Europe upcoming,
01:25:55and then what's next for the NWO.
01:25:57Let me also say to the fans,
01:25:58and I don't think the fans are fooled anymore,
01:26:01the guy with the white paint on his face
01:26:03is not Sting.
01:26:05I think we really know the difference now,
01:26:08and the charade has really gone by us.
01:26:13Now Luger looks around
01:26:15to the surrounding members of the NWO,
01:26:17realizing that his demands
01:26:21have really come to this.
01:26:23And look what Luger's got to face here.
01:26:25The ring is surrounded.
01:26:26By all members of the NWO.
01:26:28He can't go outside that ring.
01:26:30He goes outside that ring,
01:26:31he's in real trouble.
01:26:32Almost looks like a lumberjack match.
01:26:34It really does.
01:26:35It's like a gang war.
01:26:36This is much the same way
01:26:37that Prince Sayakae a few weeks ago
01:26:39against the Macho Man Randy Savage,
01:26:41what he had to face,
01:26:42the intimidation there.
01:26:43Better remember, Luger is a former world champ,
01:26:46and one of the strongest,
01:26:47if not the strongest,
01:26:48single individual this sport has ever seen
01:26:51with that torture rack.
01:26:52He can pick a match.
01:26:53He can get him across those shoulders.
01:26:54Yes, he can.
01:26:55He moved that away.
01:26:56Luger showing his quickness.
01:26:58A hard-hitting matchup we have.
01:27:01Luger to the gut now.
01:27:04Luger may be in the best shape of his life.
01:27:06Here they come, Luger.
01:27:08Nailed butt back.
01:27:09Oh!
01:27:10Once again, the NWO gets your attention away
01:27:14from the point at hand,
01:27:16and there, Mike, today,
01:27:17you see the results.
01:27:18That's the specialty of the NWO.
01:27:22Sure is.
01:27:23Teamwork.
01:27:24Any way you cut it, that's what it is.
01:27:27And we talked earlier about the time bomb.
01:27:30That's the NWO having their problems,
01:27:33friction that exists.
01:27:35But when they are together,
01:27:36one, two,
01:27:37almost got a win.
01:27:38Wow.
01:27:39Together, they are the toughest force in the sport.
01:27:43Well, remember how the Yankees used to fight,
01:27:45Oakland A's used to fight,
01:27:47Chicago Bears used to fight.
01:27:48Sure.
01:27:49They all got on that field and played.
01:27:50No question about that.
01:27:51But I'll tell you,
01:27:52what's holding the NWO together
01:27:53is Hogan being the heavyweight champion of the world.
01:27:55As soon as a guy like Lex Luger
01:27:57knocks him off and beats him,
01:27:58they're gonna start crumbling real quick,
01:28:00and Hogan's gonna start running for places to hide.
01:28:04Well, you know, let me also say this.
01:28:06As Nash stalks Lex Luger,
01:28:10here's a scoop slam.
01:28:11Hogan mentioned a week ago
01:28:13that this world title means nothing
01:28:15unless we, being the NWO,
01:28:17unless we, our unit, are together.
01:28:20And as the referee now, Randy Anderson,
01:28:22checks in, he's right.
01:28:23That world title means nothing to him
01:28:25unless he has the troops 100% backing him up.
01:28:29What's DiBiase looking for?
01:28:31Yeah, what do you think he's looking for?
01:28:33Stinger.
01:28:34He's looking for Sting.
01:28:35He's looking for the man who's up there.
01:28:38Standing Larry at that time.
01:28:40Have you seen him?
01:28:41I haven't. I haven't.
01:28:42I have not.
01:28:43Well, that doesn't mean he could be under the ring.
01:28:44He could have been here since Thursday.
01:28:45Who knows?
01:28:46Strange bird he is.
01:28:48We haven't seen Hogan,
01:28:50and remember, Sting's focus
01:28:52has been, obviously,
01:28:54the world champion.
01:28:57The man that controls it all.
01:28:59Like him or him, he's the man in our sport.
01:29:03You'll have to say this about Nash.
01:29:04He hasn't backed up from Luger.
01:29:06He's taking the fight to him.
01:29:07A little cocky here.
01:29:09Guess we have to give Lex Luger
01:29:11all the credit in the world
01:29:12for taking this matchup with Kevin Nash.
01:29:14That's not Sting.
01:29:15With just how smart he's gonna be
01:29:17taking this kind of physical punishment.
01:29:20Luger kicks out in a two count.
01:29:25Well, Luger is surrounded.
01:29:27There's no doubt about that.
01:29:29He may be in the city of brotherly love,
01:29:31but no one around that ring
01:29:32cares for Lex Luger.
01:29:33That's true.
01:29:35This is one of his primary weapons.
01:29:38The man is right at 7 feet tall.
01:29:41He can do this.
01:29:42Stand on one foot,
01:29:44just raise a leg up
01:29:45and get you right in the throat.
01:29:48The momentum, the whole face of this matchup
01:29:50turned with the New World Order's interference,
01:29:53the illegal interference
01:29:54from all of their members surrounding ringside.
01:29:57Luger, the forearm.
01:29:59Luger's back in it.
01:30:00Oh, here we go.
01:30:02He's gonna clothesline everybody.
01:30:05Yeah, there's too many of them.
01:30:06There's way too many.
01:30:07Too many of them.
01:30:10Six on one and seven if you count Nash now.
01:30:13It's a gang attack.
01:30:15A gang attack going on here.
01:30:17Luger needs some help.
01:30:19Oh, what's this?
01:30:20Diamond Dallas Page.
01:30:21Yes!
01:30:22One down, two down, three down.
01:30:24You know a fight, everybody,
01:30:26and Savage is not even in the ring.
01:30:30Down goes DDP.
01:30:32Once again, the number's too great.
01:30:38And DDP now at the mercy of the NWO.
01:30:41And he's hurt.
01:30:42He was originally hurt.
01:30:46Someone else on their way.
01:30:48The Giant.
01:30:49The Giant.
01:30:52The Giant.
01:30:53What does Kevin Nash have in his hand?
01:30:55A hockey stick, it looks like.
01:30:56A hockey stick or a lead pipe or something.
01:30:58Giant was on his way down, but the Giant now...
01:31:01It's a lead pipe.
01:31:02Now, look how cocky and confident he is
01:31:04when he's got that lead pipe in his hand.
01:31:06You would be, too.
01:31:07Smart maneuver by the Giant.
01:31:08He assesses the situation,
01:31:10sees the lead pipe, and now stalks the ring.
01:31:16Not only is there a lead pipe,
01:31:18there are many men.
01:31:21Another eruption.
01:31:23Who is...
01:31:24Here he is!
01:31:25Here he is!
01:31:27Sting!
01:31:29And he's brought three of his best friends with him.
01:31:31Look at Sting's hands.
01:31:34Sting.
01:31:36Black.
01:31:37Aluminum or wooden, whatever you want.
01:31:40Ball bats in his hand.
01:31:41Luger!
01:31:43Batter up!
01:31:44Diddy P!
01:31:47Giant!
01:31:49Talk about a season opener.
01:31:52There'll be no seventh inning stretch here.
01:31:54And they're going to the ring!
01:31:56Oh, yeah.
01:31:57Come on, NWO.
01:31:58Let's see what you got.
01:32:00That man right there has more hatred in him right now
01:32:03than you could have ever believed Sting would have hated anything.
01:32:06He's torn apart inside,
01:32:08and he blames it all on Hogan
01:32:10and those goons there in the NWO.
01:32:12Look at him back up now, would you?
01:32:15A little bit different numbers now.
01:32:18He doesn't care, that man right there.
01:32:19Sting does not care.
01:32:21A swing!
01:32:22Sting!
01:32:24Here they come!
01:32:25And there they go!
01:32:27Look at him bail!
01:32:30Sting!
01:32:31Diddy P!
01:32:32Luger!
01:32:33Giant!
01:32:34We're out of time!
01:32:35Good night from Philadelphia!
01:32:38Use the bat! Use the bat!
01:32:40I would, I...