WCW Monday Nitro: July 28, 1997
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00:00:00Watch out, we're back on Monday night.
00:00:29Ladies and gentlemen, from the state capital of West Virginia,
00:00:33Charleston, and the Civic Center Coliseum, welcome to WCW Monday Nitro.
00:00:39Two hours live and only on TNT.
00:00:45America and the world's number one program.
00:00:48We begin with the Nitro Girls.
00:01:21All right, Kimberly and the Nitro Girls are out, and look at this crowd if you will, fans.
00:01:39That was the Nitro Girls?
00:01:41I thought it was the New World Order.
00:01:44Along with the living legend Larry Zbysko and Iron Mike Tenei,
00:01:48welcome to our number one, and what a program we have for you live here tonight.
00:01:55We are going to begin, gentlemen, with quite a tag team match,
00:01:59but already in this arena, we got here, Mike, earlier today,
00:02:03a lot of talk about some sort of announcement or something coming out about the world heavyweight title.
00:02:10We're not so sure what it's about, but there's a lot of speculation,
00:02:14a lot of excitement in the arena here tonight.
00:02:17It's funny, it's been the talk of the locker room all afternoon.
00:02:20There's a major announcement coming up sometime in Nitro.
00:02:24You're right, it concerns the world heavyweight championship.
00:02:27We don't know if it concerns Hollywood Hogan, the challenge that was accepted from Lex Luger,
00:02:32but we will definitely find out tonight the ramifications of that major announcement.
00:02:37Well, as you look at Buff Bangwell and Scott Norton of the NWO,
00:02:40we do know that on the 9th of August, on a Saturday night,
00:02:44Bikers Dream Ultra Custom Cycles presents Road Wild,
00:02:47the event only on pay-per-view, where, of course,
00:02:49Hogan accepted the challenge from Luger for the world title.
00:02:53What that announcement will be later on this program, we're not sure,
00:02:56but you hear the roar, Larry Zbysko and the fans,
00:02:59and when you look at this duo making their way to the ring.
00:03:04Here we go, Ric Flair, master of that human game of chess.
00:03:08He's going down with Kurt Henninger.
00:03:11Is he recruiting Henning into the Four Horsemen? What's the story on this?
00:03:15Well, let's not forget, one week ago on this program,
00:03:18Flair was going to make the big announcement of the newest member of the Horsemen.
00:03:26I told you I would deliver.
00:03:29Kurt Henninger!
00:03:32But we did spy Ric Flair talking to Kurt Henninger in the back,
00:03:36so we can only assume right now that Kurt Henninger has said yes,
00:03:39and he's a member of the Horsemen by today.
00:03:41Well, remember that Flair said, I don't want to be embarrassed.
00:03:44If I ask you to join the Horsemen the next time in front of the public,
00:03:47I want you to be with me.
00:03:49The way I see Flair and Henninger in the ring, I think it's a done deal.
00:03:53I think Henninger is part of the Horsemen.
00:03:55Well, Henninger's always talking about him being a free agent now,
00:03:58but I haven't heard anything definite whether he's a Horseman or not.
00:04:02Is this a trial?
00:04:03We've not heard anything, but we are seeing a lot here.
00:04:06The bell sounds, and here we go.
00:04:08The Albany Mount live on WCW Monday Nitro.
00:04:12What a program we have.
00:04:14Steve Mungo McMichael and Chris Benoit are here in tag team action.
00:04:18Alex Wright and Chris Jericho for the Cruiserweight Championship.
00:04:22Six is here.
00:04:24Dean Malenko, the Giant, will be wrestling the Great Muta a little bit later on.
00:04:29Like we said, some major announcement to happen during the course of this program
00:04:34here tonight concerning the world title right here live on Nitro Code.
00:04:39Henning will begin things with Scott Norton, and one thing he does not want to do,
00:04:43and you can see the example right there,
00:04:45and that is try to match power for power with Scott Norton.
00:04:48Yeah, man, I'm disappointed.
00:04:50You can see Buffy Bagwell selling his soul
00:04:53and joining the cowards of the New World Order.
00:04:56Scott Norton, however, he was a man I thought was an individualist,
00:04:59someone who had the guts to stand on his two feet.
00:05:02Obviously, he doesn't have it.
00:05:04I guess we can draw one conclusion.
00:05:06Kurt Henning is not going to be associated with the NWO.
00:05:10He's going right into the battle with Ric Flair.
00:05:13What an opening bout, fans.
00:05:15This is big time action where the big boys play,
00:05:20and there's the power you were talking about, Larry.
00:05:22Well, yeah, again, and Henning should know better
00:05:24not to attack Norton in that upper body.
00:05:26It's like hitting an oak tree.
00:05:30Henning now going to buy some time out on the floor here.
00:05:33Be interesting to see how they gel or mesh as a tag team.
00:05:38Henning, he's good with the psychological department here.
00:05:42This has not beat the clock.
00:05:44This has beat the New World Order.
00:05:46Look at the fight out there.
00:05:47Oh, my goodness.
00:05:48Swinging the man around right at the feet of Ric Flair.
00:05:51And a very confident Scott Norton goes right into the corner here
00:05:54with Henning, who tries to move him out.
00:05:57Just another example of the power game on the part of Bagwell and Norton
00:06:00countered by the thinking men's wrestlers, Flair and Henning.
00:06:03He shoved Henning really back to the corner there.
00:06:06There we go.
00:06:08And Flair, he's going to approach it different.
00:06:10He's not going to go head-to-head with Norton here.
00:06:14Right to the eyes.
00:06:15He goes.
00:06:16You're right, Larry.
00:06:17And now Flair gets the big man blinded here.
00:06:19And now to the gut.
00:06:21Reversal sending Flair to the far side.
00:06:24Oh, look at this power by Scott Norton.
00:06:27For a man so big and so strong to sell his soul to the New World Order,
00:06:31it disgusts me.
00:06:34Scott Norton coming off with a flying shoulder block.
00:06:37And now here comes Buff Bagwell.
00:06:41Bagwell loves to really show off opponents here.
00:06:45Trying to run them down.
00:06:46Look at this.
00:06:47Mocking Flair out to the fans.
00:06:49Sending Flair out of the neutral corner.
00:06:51And Flair went up hard that time, Mike.
00:06:54Big back body drop by Buff Bagwell.
00:06:56And he and Scott Norton have been such an impressive tag team
00:06:59since they were aligned in the NWO, unbeaten in the Orient,
00:07:03and in World Championship Wrestling,
00:07:06really making major strides as a tag team.
00:07:09One major stride there by Henning.
00:07:11Flair, he's getting up, but he's getting up slow,
00:07:13and he's at the wrong corner.
00:07:17And Bagwell looked over towards Henning
00:07:19and now goes back to the attack.
00:07:20That gave Flair the opportunity.
00:07:22Opened the door for him that time.
00:07:24The knife edge from Flair resounds out here
00:07:27at the Civic Center Coliseum in Charleston.
00:07:30And Bagwell goes right down on his knees,
00:07:32and Flair not letting up here.
00:07:34Flair self-proclaimed dirtiest player in the game.
00:07:37I think it's time to start using it
00:07:39against the New World Order.
00:07:41Fans, we also want to tell you that in this telecast,
00:07:43we will hear from James J. Dillon,
00:07:46the leader of the Executive Committee,
00:07:47the chairman of the Championship Committee in WCW.
00:07:50He has, we understand, a big announcement concerning Sting.
00:07:55And as you know, it's been almost a year
00:07:57since Sting has wrestled in the ring in WCW.
00:08:01We all really kind of turned our back on him
00:08:03and thought he was a part of the NWO
00:08:05but we'll hear about this time.
00:08:07James J., we do understand, has a big offer to make.
00:08:10And we'll be hearing from James J. Dillon
00:08:12concerning Sting, concerning next week's program
00:08:15from the Palace, right outside of Detroit.
00:08:18Palace in Auburn Hills.
00:08:20And now Ric Flair.
00:08:21He's going for the figure four!
00:08:23Going for it on Bagwell right now.
00:08:25He's got him!
00:08:26He's got the figure four on!
00:08:27He's got it on!
00:08:31And Bagwell!
00:08:33This one may be over right here!
00:08:35Hitting!
00:08:37And Norton going at it!
00:08:39Norton trying to save!
00:08:40Hitting, trying to cut him off!
00:08:42Bagwell got out of it!
00:08:44Fans, we have to take a commercial break.
00:08:46We will be back with more of this match live
00:08:49on Nitro with the Stephanie crowd.
00:08:52Stay with us!
00:08:56Welcome back, fans, to WCW Monday Nitro.
00:08:59And right now, Larry Tobisco, Bagwell,
00:09:01and the NWO have the upper hand.
00:09:03Well, Flair got caught off guard here
00:09:05when we were on break.
00:09:06Bagwell got him in the corner,
00:09:08trying her best to keep Flair away from hitting.
00:09:11And boy, Bagwell just nailed him again.
00:09:13This is gonna be a night of major announcements.
00:09:15The news that Tony just laid on us
00:09:17about J.J. Dillon and a contract offer for Sting,
00:09:20plus the rumors that have been prevalent all afternoon.
00:09:23A major announcement concerning
00:09:24the World Heavyweight Championship
00:09:26later in this broadcast.
00:09:28Remember what Hogan said last week.
00:09:30The NWO title is the most precious thing in my life.
00:09:33A major announcement about the World's title belt tonight.
00:09:36Cover, one, two,
00:09:37and Bagwell almost got a pin on Ric Flair
00:09:40in this opening bout live on Nitro.
00:09:42And Flair rolled out of the way.
00:09:43Oh, that one!
00:09:44Bagwell did not let up.
00:09:46Good maneuver by Bagwell to keep it coming, the offense.
00:09:49And he leveled Flair with a running lariat.
00:09:51Well, fans, as you know, Sting has not uttered a word
00:09:54since, really, the entire WCW last year,
00:09:59right around the time,
00:10:00right around the fall, after the summer,
00:10:02turned his back on this remarkable athlete.
00:10:05What is in store?
00:10:06What does James J. Dillon have in store for us?
00:10:09We're gonna find out later on in this telecast.
00:10:11And what is like today, he said.
00:10:13It's the big announcement concerning
00:10:15the World Heavyweight title.
00:10:16One thing we do know, guys,
00:10:18that coming up at Road Wild,
00:10:20Sturgis, South Dakota,
00:10:21coming up on the 9th of August,
00:10:23on a Saturday night,
00:10:24it's gonna be classic matches featuring
00:10:27the Giant against the Macho Man, Randy Savage,
00:10:30and the Steiners
00:10:32going up against the Outsiders
00:10:34for the World Tag Title.
00:10:35Look at Flair battling back here.
00:10:37Almost made it, too.
00:10:38Bagwell came in, and he was ready to tag Flair
00:10:42just a couple feet short.
00:10:44Tony, you talked about Road Wild.
00:10:46We're less than two weeks away.
00:10:47What could be a turning point event
00:10:49and a nonchalant cover by Bagwell?
00:10:51And I'm shocked that that gets a two-count against Flair.
00:10:53This could be a major turning point event
00:10:55for World Championship Wrestling.
00:10:57The balance of power can shift at Road Wild.
00:11:00The tag team and the singles world titles at stake.
00:11:03And I've never been more confident
00:11:04about all those belts coming home to WCW.
00:11:07And in addition, we talked about
00:11:08the Macho Man and the Giant.
00:11:10Those two have signed to go one-on-one at Road Wild.
00:11:13Let me also say this.
00:11:14Tonight, during the second hour,
00:11:15the feature bout is gonna have Scott Steiner
00:11:18against Randy Savage, the Macho Man.
00:11:21And you're talking about a big event.
00:11:23We're gonna have it for you later on here tonight
00:11:25on WCW Monday Nitro Live.
00:11:28Right now, are you guys surprised that
00:11:30right now it seems as though
00:11:32Scott Norton and Doug Bagwell
00:11:34are dominating the matchup?
00:11:35Yeah, I'm surprised.
00:11:37I mean, between Hattie, between Flair,
00:11:39they approached this match all wrong,
00:11:41as far as I'm concerned,
00:11:42going after Norton, you know,
00:11:43against his strength and power.
00:11:45Get out of the way!
00:11:46Get out of the way!
00:11:47Go! He's got a tag!
00:11:48Well, the big advantage for the team
00:11:49of Norton and Bagwell has to simply be
00:11:51the fact that they have been a team
00:11:53for the past few months,
00:11:54working readily where Flair and Hennig
00:11:56don't have that advantage.
00:11:58We are seeing Flair and Hennig together.
00:12:00Hennig.
00:12:01Yeah, but still, still,
00:12:02Flair chopping Norton against the chest.
00:12:04That's like a brick wall.
00:12:08Flair trying to get to his feet,
00:12:09but Scott Norton, one of the factors,
00:12:11something you preach all the time here,
00:12:13living legend,
00:12:14and that is to be aggressive.
00:12:15And that's what Norton and Bagwell have been.
00:12:17Always be aggressive.
00:12:18Always be on the offense.
00:12:20Get them down and keep them down
00:12:22and kick them when they're down.
00:12:23And Flair makes a desperation tag.
00:12:25Here comes Curt Hennig
00:12:26with a block in the right hand,
00:12:28an uppercut, side of the head,
00:12:30sending Bagwell in,
00:12:31back body, dropping in hard.
00:12:33He ducks that one.
00:12:34Hennig, look at this!
00:12:38Curt Hennig
00:12:39cleaning the house here.
00:12:43To the midsection.
00:12:45Oh, he nailed him!
00:12:46He's got his patented knee left in.
00:12:48But no, down goes Hennig.
00:12:50Hey, that's six!
00:12:52Oh, six!
00:12:53Grabbing Flair!
00:12:54That's disgusting!
00:12:56And a backhand chop!
00:12:57What is his motive?
00:12:59Except I know that he wants Flair
00:13:01before the two collide at Road Wild.
00:13:04Well, again, a New World Order
00:13:06bunch of cowards
00:13:07just can't go man against man.
00:13:11Fisherman suplex!
00:13:12Got him in a one, two, three!
00:13:14They got Bagwell!
00:13:15How about that?
00:13:16For once, the interference of six
00:13:18backfires on the NWO.
00:13:20He started a war with Flair
00:13:22and Flair finished it.
00:13:24And I'm not so sure
00:13:25he wanted to interfere the match.
00:13:27He wanted to get Flair
00:13:28when his back was turned.
00:13:30Flair and Hennig win
00:13:31and we'll be back
00:13:32live on Nitro.
00:13:40♪
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00:14:00♪
00:14:05♪
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00:14:13All right, that's the way
00:14:14I like to spend a Monday night
00:14:16like we're doing here at Nitro
00:14:17in Charleston, West Virginia.
00:14:20For the world,
00:14:21please join me as we welcome
00:14:23to the ring, ladies and gentlemen,
00:14:26the Total Package,
00:14:28Lex Luger!
00:14:30♪
00:14:35Whoo!
00:14:39Buddy, you gotta love that.
00:14:40What an ovation, Gene.
00:14:42They love him.
00:14:43Tell me.
00:14:44We've said it many times,
00:14:45here's a man coming up
00:14:47and Rode Wilder with one
00:14:49or two racks away
00:14:51from getting the gold
00:14:52and becoming the world champ.
00:14:54♪
00:14:59♪
00:15:04All right,
00:15:05a standing room only crowd,
00:15:06Lex Luger,
00:15:08welcome back to center ring.
00:15:10We heard comments
00:15:11from WCW heavyweight champ
00:15:13Hulk Hogan last week
00:15:14on this very program.
00:15:16You were slated to meet him
00:15:17in Sturgis on the 9th of August.
00:15:20However, there have been rumors
00:15:22as Mike today and others alluded to
00:15:24that have been prevalent
00:15:25back to the locker room area
00:15:26regarding the WCW heavyweight title
00:15:29and an announcement you may have.
00:15:31There's been new developments, Gene.
00:15:34You know, most of what
00:15:35Hywood Hogan says to me
00:15:37goes in one ear
00:15:39and out the other,
00:15:40but you know,
00:15:41he likes to affectionately,
00:15:42I'm sure,
00:15:43call me Flexy Lex.
00:15:44He said,
00:15:45Lex Luger,
00:15:46you need to get in the gym
00:15:47and get in shape
00:15:48to wrestle Hywood Hogan.
00:15:50You know, I took your advice,
00:15:51Hywood Hogan,
00:15:53and you know what?
00:15:55At the risk of bragging
00:15:56just a little bit,
00:15:58I guess you could say,
00:15:59excuse me, Gene,
00:16:00I'm peaking for Sturgis.
00:16:04I'd go along with that,
00:16:05Lex Luger.
00:16:08And you know, Hollywood,
00:16:10you've had some other advice
00:16:12about getting prepared
00:16:13for the match in Sturgis.
00:16:15Now, you're supposedly
00:16:16not here tonight
00:16:17because you're so busy
00:16:18filming movies,
00:16:19you're probably out
00:16:20on a set somewhere right now,
00:16:22sitting in your casting
00:16:23director chair,
00:16:25sipping cocktails,
00:16:26smoking your hand-rolled cigars
00:16:28because you're too big a star
00:16:30to be here in Charleston
00:16:32tonight.
00:16:33But I am here,
00:16:34and I got a little surprise
00:16:35for you.
00:16:37Me being just a plain,
00:16:39ordinary wrestler
00:16:40you like to refer to me as,
00:16:42my plain, simple-minded
00:16:44attorneys got together
00:16:45with WCW,
00:16:47and you're over Claus
00:16:49in the fine print of your contract
00:16:51if you and your high dollar attorneys
00:16:52will bother to read it.
00:16:54That means mandatory title defenses
00:16:56every 30 days.
00:16:59Now, Hogan,
00:17:00I've met with WCW officials
00:17:02with my simple-minded attorneys,
00:17:05and next Monday night
00:17:07on Nitro Live
00:17:09in front of millions of viewers,
00:17:11you and I are gonna wrestle
00:17:13for the world's heavyweight title.
00:17:16Oh, my!
00:17:17You gotta be kidding me.
00:17:18One week from tonight
00:17:19in Detroit at the Palace,
00:17:20you and Hogan for the title.
00:17:22Life, as NWO like to say,
00:17:24is getting pretty sweet
00:17:26for the total package
00:17:27Lex Luger.
00:17:28I've had everyone
00:17:29in the NWO in the rack.
00:17:31I've had your basketball buddy
00:17:33superstar Rodman in the rack,
00:17:35and I've had you in the rack twice
00:17:38and heard you say,
00:17:39I quit,
00:17:40and I can't wait.
00:17:41You bring your entourage
00:17:43next week on Nitro,
00:17:44and you better bring a masseuse
00:17:46and a chiropractor,
00:17:47because I'm gonna slap you
00:17:48up in the rack.
00:17:50What a bombshell.
00:17:51I cannot believe it.
00:17:52One week from tonight,
00:17:53the promise.
00:17:54Lex Luger has negotiated
00:17:56a title shot
00:17:57with WCW heavyweight champion
00:17:59Hollywood Hulk Hogan.
00:18:01Tony, let's get back to you.
00:18:03Gene, thanks a lot.
00:18:04We alluded to a major announcement
00:18:06concerning the world title,
00:18:07but never did we think
00:18:09that next week on this program live
00:18:12that Luger and Hogan would sign.
00:18:14It is signed, though, Mike, today.
00:18:16Next week, Palace of Auburn Hills,
00:18:19Detroit, Michigan fans,
00:18:20live on Nitro.
00:18:21It's gonna be a special edition
00:18:23of Monday Nitro.
00:18:24Can you imagine the reaction
00:18:25of Hollywood Hogan
00:18:26and the entire NWO?
00:18:28Hogan had talked about Luger
00:18:30being in trouble in Sturgis
00:18:31in front of his people.
00:18:33Well, I think that Luger
00:18:34has the home crowd advantage
00:18:35next week in suburban Detroit.
00:18:37What do you think, Larry?
00:18:38Well, I think why Hollywood Hulk Hogan
00:18:40is sitting on some movie set
00:18:42embarrassing himself again worldwide.
00:18:45Lex Luger has been in the gym,
00:18:47has been training,
00:18:48is on a diet.
00:18:49The man looks great,
00:18:50and he's gonna put him
00:18:51in the torture rack
00:18:52for the third time,
00:18:53and we're gonna hear Hollywood
00:18:54say, I give one more time.
00:18:57And it will be next week
00:18:59live right here on this program,
00:19:01a special edition
00:19:02of WCW Monday Nitro live.
00:19:05But we still have exciting action
00:19:07this week live
00:19:08from Charleston, West Virginia.
00:19:09Let's go back to the ring.
00:19:10Speaking of title matches, guys,
00:19:12we have one coming up right now
00:19:14featuring the ultimate dragon,
00:19:17the television champ
00:19:18and a former television champion,
00:19:20Prince Iakea.
00:19:22Of course, dragon victorious
00:19:23just last week on Nitro,
00:19:25winning the world's television title
00:19:27from Steven Riegel
00:19:29and the opposition this week
00:19:30provided by the prince,
00:19:31Prince Iakea,
00:19:32a former world television champion
00:19:34himself.
00:19:38Iakea on his way.
00:19:40Of course, Iakea defeated
00:19:43Steve Riegel for that belt,
00:19:44if you'll recall,
00:19:45back in February,
00:19:46right here on this program.
00:19:48And Rey Mysterio Jr.
00:19:49was a part of all of that,
00:19:51and he held on to the title
00:19:52for three solid months.
00:19:54Had great title defenses,
00:19:55but he must face a man.
00:19:57I know you guys would agree
00:19:58that he is as hot
00:20:00as anyone in this sport,
00:20:02and that is the ultimate dragon.
00:20:04Now, as the fans erupt
00:20:06and the television champion
00:20:07makes his way to the ring,
00:20:09we want to take you back
00:20:10and show you exactly
00:20:12how the dragon won last week
00:20:14right here on WCW Monday Nitro.
00:20:16The dragon,
00:20:17those rapid-fire picks of his,
00:20:19but then it was
00:20:20his patented maneuver right here,
00:20:22the dragon sleeper, Mike, today.
00:20:24Locked it in,
00:20:25and as we see,
00:20:26Riegel has just one thing to do,
00:20:28the tap-out submission,
00:20:30and we had a new world's TV champion.
00:20:32The man is talented enough,
00:20:34and Larry, I know you would agree,
00:20:35the dragon to hold on to that belt
00:20:37for a long, long time.
00:20:38Yeah, ultimate dragon,
00:20:39great athlete,
00:20:40great competitor,
00:20:41and that's because
00:20:42he's got a combination of styles.
00:20:44This man can fly in the air,
00:20:45great martial arts background,
00:20:47but he is an excellent
00:20:48mat technician.
00:20:50As we've seen last week
00:20:51against Riegel,
00:20:52who is a great mat technician,
00:20:53the dragon beat him
00:20:55in his home territory
00:20:56right smack on the mat.
00:20:58All right,
00:20:59the prince, Ayaka,
00:21:01and the ultimate dragon
00:21:02in this,
00:21:03one of two big title matches
00:21:05we have tonight.
00:21:06The other one's gonna be
00:21:07for the Cruiserweight Championship
00:21:08a little bit later on
00:21:09in this program,
00:21:10and of course,
00:21:11that features Alec Triton,
00:21:12the champ,
00:21:13Chris Jericho.
00:21:14What a quick action here,
00:21:15and a great maneuver that time
00:21:16by the prince.
00:21:18Great elevation
00:21:19on those drop kicks, Mike.
00:21:20Prince Ayaka,
00:21:21born in Hawaii,
00:21:22now lives in Florida,
00:21:23spent much of his childhood
00:21:24on the island of Samoa,
00:21:26speaks German, Spanish,
00:21:27Samoan, and English,
00:21:29and has been so successful
00:21:31using that high cross body block
00:21:32off the top rope,
00:21:33but it's gonna be tough
00:21:34for him to wear dragon down
00:21:36and apply that high top rope
00:21:38aerial maneuver.
00:21:39It's gonna be tough
00:21:40for anybody to wear
00:21:41the dragon down.
00:21:42I think Ayaka came out
00:21:43with that idea
00:21:44of a nice offense,
00:21:45but again,
00:21:46he doesn't have the experience,
00:21:47the dragon does,
00:21:48and it's showing through
00:21:49right here.
00:21:50Once the dragon
00:21:51has you down
00:21:52and has you vulnerable,
00:21:53they can use
00:21:54those rapid fire kicks.
00:21:56As you saw moments ago,
00:21:57that can be the prelude
00:21:58to the dragon sleeper,
00:21:59one of the most talented wrestlers
00:22:01we've ever seen in WCW.
00:22:02He is the television champ,
00:22:04and that is the ultimate dragon.
00:22:05Still to come, fans,
00:22:06there's a one count.
00:22:07Do not forget,
00:22:08we are going to hear
00:22:09from James J. Dillon.
00:22:10It has to concern Sting.
00:22:12It has to concern next week.
00:22:14In addition,
00:22:15we also have the macho man,
00:22:17Randy Savage,
00:22:18and Scott Steiner
00:22:19to go one-on-one.
00:22:21That is later on
00:22:22in this program.
00:22:23Now, this announcement
00:22:24concerning Sting
00:22:25and the contract,
00:22:26does this possibly mean
00:22:27that Sting is returning
00:22:28to the ring?
00:22:30I don't know.
00:22:31I mean, Sting, you know,
00:22:32we haven't been able
00:22:33to talk to him.
00:22:34You know, when you go back
00:22:35and you take a look
00:22:36at what has happened
00:22:37in the one year
00:22:38since Sting has really
00:22:39dropped out of WCW,
00:22:41became the three agent,
00:22:42or there's a one count,
00:22:44or what have you,
00:22:45it's been a very mysterious
00:22:46ride for Sting.
00:22:48And I know he's gone
00:22:49through a very emotional time.
00:22:51He's come out,
00:22:52and as the old cliche goes,
00:22:54actions speak louder than words,
00:22:56but you can only think
00:22:57that WCW is gonna,
00:22:58as we say,
00:22:59step up to the plate.
00:23:01Right?
00:23:02And maybe
00:23:03offer him something concrete
00:23:04to come back and wrestle.
00:23:08WCW in the driver's seat
00:23:10to regain that position of power
00:23:12with the big opportunity
00:23:13next Monday at Nitro.
00:23:15Luger,
00:23:16a chance at the World's
00:23:17Championship against Hogan,
00:23:18and then at Road Wild,
00:23:19the Steiners
00:23:20against the Outsiders.
00:23:24Up on top,
00:23:25and Prince,
00:23:26he talked about the high...
00:23:29impact.
00:23:32The impact maneuvers
00:23:33got him down where he wanted,
00:23:34and now Mickey J
00:23:35administering a 10 count here.
00:23:38I think the Prince
00:23:39hit the back of his head
00:23:40coming off the top
00:23:41with that superplex.
00:23:42This would be the perfect
00:23:43opportunity for him
00:23:44to go to the top
00:23:45and hit that crossbody bop,
00:23:46but he's slow
00:23:47getting to his feet.
00:23:48Well, both of them
00:23:49getting up slow.
00:23:50I'll tell ya,
00:23:51this is a big opportunity
00:23:52for him.
00:23:53He's gotta stay up,
00:23:54and he grabs him.
00:23:55The Dragon dumps him.
00:23:56Great, mad technician.
00:23:57Even the Dragon, though,
00:23:58isn't following up
00:23:59with combinations.
00:24:03What?
00:24:04Translate it for me, Larry.
00:24:05I don't know, Mike.
00:24:06That's your job here.
00:24:07Here's a pickup.
00:24:08And putting down hard.
00:24:09Dragon now.
00:24:10It's your job.
00:24:11Going up top.
00:24:13Maybe a moonsault here, Mike.
00:24:14Oh, boy.
00:24:15Landed on his feet.
00:24:16How about that?
00:24:17Incredible balance.
00:24:18How did he know in midair?
00:24:20Great anticipation.
00:24:22Great ring presence
00:24:23is what it is.
00:24:24Eyes in the back
00:24:25of his mask.
00:24:26Whatever.
00:24:27A pickup here.
00:24:28Maybe a powerbomb.
00:24:29No, sir.
00:24:30Forward roll.
00:24:31All the way through
00:24:32goes the Prince.
00:24:33And he got a sunset
00:24:34flip out of it here.
00:24:351-2 that way.
00:24:37Gotta get up quicker.
00:24:38I.A.K. has gotta get up quicker
00:24:39to have a chance
00:24:40against this guy.
00:24:41This is hour number one
00:24:42of Nitro Live
00:24:43on TNT,
00:24:44and a great dropkick
00:24:45that time
00:24:46by I.A.K. up.
00:24:48You know,
00:24:49a lot of people said
00:24:50that I.A.K.'s title reign
00:24:51would not last a long time.
00:24:52I said that.
00:24:53Yes, you did.
00:24:54But it did.
00:24:551-2.
00:24:56I mean,
00:24:57you're talking about
00:24:58three months
00:24:59as television champ
00:25:00for Basic Unknown,
00:25:01a rookie.
00:25:02And the most impressive
00:25:03thing about that
00:25:04is the world's TV title
00:25:05is defended so frequently.
00:25:06More than any other.
00:25:07You're right, Mike.
00:25:08And now,
00:25:09I think he was trying
00:25:10the Dragon Sleeper there,
00:25:11Mike,
00:25:12and the Prince
00:25:13had a counter move for it.
00:25:14Looked like either
00:25:15the Dragon Sleeper
00:25:16or a Tiger Suplex
00:25:17that he was gonna try
00:25:18and apply,
00:25:19but you're right.
00:25:20The Prince was ready
00:25:21and that one missed.
00:25:23But he didn't stop
00:25:24and he comes with a lariat
00:25:25that time,
00:25:26put him down.
00:25:27This time,
00:25:28he's got the Dragon Sleeper on.
00:25:30He's tapping.
00:25:31He's tapping out.
00:25:32He went right back
00:25:33to the Dragon Sleeper.
00:25:37Your winner,
00:25:39and still
00:25:40the television champ,
00:25:41is the Ultimate Dragon.
00:25:42Back with more
00:25:43live on Nitro
00:25:44after this.
00:25:51WCW
00:25:52Saturday Night.
00:25:53One hour this week
00:25:54beginning at 6.05pm
00:25:55Eastern Time
00:25:56on Super Station TBS.
00:25:58Ming's gonna be in action.
00:25:59The Giant,
00:26:00the Steiners,
00:26:01and we understand
00:26:02Hall and Nash,
00:26:03the Outsiders,
00:26:04the World Tag Team Champs
00:26:05will be in action
00:26:06as well.
00:26:07And I'll be joined
00:26:08by Dusty Rhodes,
00:26:09the American Dream,
00:26:10this Saturday
00:26:11on WCW
00:26:12Saturday Night.
00:26:13Here's me,
00:26:14Gene Okerlund.
00:26:15Tony Schiavone,
00:26:16I thank you very much
00:26:17from the reception
00:26:18we got here
00:26:19just a moment ago.
00:26:20And here's the man
00:26:21who will join us.
00:26:22Please welcome
00:26:2313 time
00:26:25WCW
00:26:26Heavyweight Champion
00:26:27of the World,
00:26:29The Nature Boy,
00:26:30Ric Flair!
00:26:45Flair rules WCW.
00:26:47You can see the signings
00:26:48throughout this
00:26:49magnificent
00:26:52Civic Center here tonight.
00:26:53I see your fans
00:26:54welcoming the Nature Boy.
00:26:55Before we get to business,
00:26:57this is a great party town,
00:26:58Nature Boy.
00:27:01Me!
00:27:04Gee!
00:27:06This is
00:27:08Charleston, West Virginia!
00:27:11Woo!
00:27:13And they party
00:27:15all night long here.
00:27:17I know they do
00:27:18Woo!
00:27:19We will talk about that
00:27:20a little bit later.
00:27:21But on to the subject
00:27:22of business,
00:27:23it seems very clear to me,
00:27:25it becomes apparent
00:27:26that Curt Hennig
00:27:27has got to be
00:27:28the newest member
00:27:29of the Four Horsemen.
00:27:30It's more than apparent!
00:27:32It's a fact of life
00:27:34that Curt Hennig,
00:27:35and let's bring him out
00:27:36right now,
00:27:38is one of the most elite
00:27:41of all time!
00:27:43A horseman!
00:27:44Woo!
00:27:46All right,
00:27:47I saw your band,
00:27:48of course,
00:27:49earlier tonight
00:27:50in the ring with you.
00:27:52Curt Hennig,
00:27:53apparently,
00:27:54welcome to the Four Horsemen
00:27:55and welcome to Charleston.
00:27:56Hold on a second, Gene.
00:27:57I never said I was
00:27:58a Four Horseman.
00:27:59But he said it.
00:28:00Wait a minute,
00:28:01he said it.
00:28:02What's going on here?
00:28:03He doesn't want his wife
00:28:04getting mad!
00:28:05He doesn't want his wife
00:28:06thinking he's out
00:28:07running around all night
00:28:08with the Nature Boy!
00:28:09So he's laying low!
00:28:11You know better!
00:28:12He's a horseman!
00:28:14He's one of the greatest
00:28:15wrestlers of all time!
00:28:16And he's also taken
00:28:17a lot of marriages
00:28:18right down the street.
00:28:19I appreciate the compliment.
00:28:20And there's a handful
00:28:21of wrestlers
00:28:22in the locker room,
00:28:23Curt Hennig wannabes
00:28:24and horseman wannabes.
00:28:27Wait a minute,
00:28:28apparently you are joined
00:28:29by your brethren here.
00:28:31We going to Joey's!
00:28:33There gonna be
00:28:34five women deep!
00:28:35Five with the Crippler!
00:28:37Five with the Nature Boy!
00:28:38Five with Curt Hennig!
00:28:40Five with Michael!
00:28:42And ten with you,
00:28:43Mean Gene!
00:28:44I think that'll probably
00:28:45do it for me.
00:28:46Thank you, sweetheart.
00:28:47I just want to say one thing.
00:28:49Curt Hennig is still
00:28:50a free agent.
00:28:52I appreciate...
00:28:54Well, what is the deal here?
00:28:55Are you or aren't you
00:28:56a member of the Four Horsemen?
00:28:58Oh, don't be shy!
00:28:59You're a horseman!
00:29:00Come on, man!
00:29:02He does throw a good party.
00:29:05Maybe after tonight
00:29:06I will be.
00:29:07Right now I'm a free agent.
00:29:08An unrestricted free agent.
00:29:10Thank you very much.
00:29:12I hope these guys
00:29:13can get this sorted out.
00:29:14Tony, as we take it back to you.
00:29:16Well, you know,
00:29:17we're not sure.
00:29:18And I think
00:29:19we're not the only ones, guys.
00:29:20I think Curt Hennig's not sure.
00:29:22Yeah, you saw that look
00:29:23of doubt in his face.
00:29:24Claims he's still a free agent.
00:29:25But I don't know.
00:29:26It sounds like the Horsemen
00:29:27are out to wine and dine
00:29:28Curt this evening.
00:29:30Well, I think Curt Hennig's
00:29:31positive he's a free agent.
00:29:33This is professional athletics.
00:29:35The most money
00:29:36gets the free agent.
00:29:38So, obviously,
00:29:39according to Curt Hennig,
00:29:40you gotta take him
00:29:41for what he says.
00:29:42He's not a horseman yet.
00:29:44And that worries me.
00:29:46What's Curt Hennig gonna do?
00:29:48You know, really,
00:29:49I think it's more than
00:29:50the most money
00:29:51gets the free agent.
00:29:52If you go back to
00:29:53what happened with
00:29:54Roger Clements in baseball
00:29:55this past year.
00:29:56Who's Roger Clements?
00:29:57Well, the team that
00:29:58offered the most money
00:29:59did not get him.
00:30:00Roger Clements may be stupid,
00:30:02but Curt Hennig's not.
00:30:05But he's not a horseman,
00:30:06at least it doesn't seem to be.
00:30:09Yet.
00:30:11But stand by on that one, fans.
00:30:12And we are set to go
00:30:13as we've seen
00:30:14that Michael and Benoit
00:30:15make their way to the ring.
00:30:17And they're gonna face
00:30:18a brand new team
00:30:19at WCW.
00:30:20Two masked men
00:30:21by the name of
00:30:22the Texas Anglemen
00:30:23making their way to the ring
00:30:24here on Nitro.
00:30:26And we are live
00:30:27from the Civic Center
00:30:28Coliseum.
00:30:30Fans, as you said, Mike,
00:30:31we are counting down
00:30:32the days now
00:30:34as Bikers Dream
00:30:35Ultra Custom Cycles
00:30:36presents
00:30:37Road Wild
00:30:38from Sturgis
00:30:39where Ric Flair,
00:30:40the man we just saw,
00:30:41will go in the ring
00:30:42against Sixx,
00:30:43a man who has attempted
00:30:44to reenter the shoulder
00:30:46and take the Nature Boy out
00:30:47a repeated amount of times.
00:30:49I think one thing
00:30:50we should mention to the fans,
00:30:51Road Wild,
00:30:52a special day
00:30:53for a pay-per-view.
00:30:54It's Saturday night
00:30:55and special start time as well,
00:30:578 p.m. Eastern.
00:30:59Certainly with Benoit
00:31:01who said
00:31:02after the last pay-per-view
00:31:03that it's down
00:31:04to horseman business
00:31:05is solidly a part
00:31:06of the horseman now.
00:31:08And going in against
00:31:09one of the hangmen,
00:31:10Benoit is Mr. Intensity
00:31:11they call him
00:31:12the Wolverine, Larry.
00:31:14That's a perfect description
00:31:15of Wolverine.
00:31:17Not a very big animal
00:31:18but it can beat up
00:31:19a grizzly bear
00:31:20and probably
00:31:21so can Chris Benoit.
00:31:25This Texas hangman team
00:31:26has quite a reputation
00:31:28both domestically
00:31:29and internationally.
00:31:30They've been together
00:31:31for years as a duo
00:31:32in the United States
00:31:33throughout the Midwest
00:31:34on independent promotions
00:31:35even in the now
00:31:36defunct AWA.
00:31:38They wrestle regularly
00:31:39over in the Orient
00:31:40in Japan,
00:31:41in Puerto Rico as well
00:31:42so they come in
00:31:43with quite a reputation
00:31:44but this is a big step
00:31:45joining world championship
00:31:46wrestling
00:31:47and an even bigger step
00:31:48against the horseman.
00:31:49And even on WCW
00:31:50Monday Nitro.
00:31:52The number one program
00:31:53in the world
00:31:54and there's Benoit
00:31:55with a running lariat
00:31:56left side ropes
00:31:57and here comes Mongo.
00:31:59Well I tell you
00:32:00Mongo the more you get
00:32:01to know this guy
00:32:02the more of an animal
00:32:03you realize he is.
00:32:04Big quick guy
00:32:05and he is a mean
00:32:06he's got that
00:32:07that mentality
00:32:08of like
00:32:09Bronco Nagurski
00:32:10I mean this guy
00:32:11is tough.
00:32:14And he's a horseman
00:32:15turning around
00:32:16to the fans here
00:32:17and you can see
00:32:18that we are
00:32:19in horseman territory
00:32:20here in the mountains
00:32:21of West Virginia.
00:32:22There's a forearm shiver
00:32:23and now
00:32:24sending the man in.
00:32:27Mongo showing his quickness.
00:32:28Yeah nice side step
00:32:29here
00:32:30use the momentum
00:32:31look he just picks him up
00:32:32like a piece of paper
00:32:33and
00:32:35where's he going?
00:32:36He's gonna go
00:32:37wherever he wants to go
00:32:38with a slam that time.
00:32:39What a major announcement.
00:32:44Wait a second
00:32:45I've been handed a note
00:32:46by Jason Douglas
00:32:48who works with us
00:32:49right up here.
00:32:50Is this true Jason?
00:32:52What's it say?
00:32:53There's a phone call
00:32:54coming through
00:32:55being patched through
00:32:57to me.
00:33:00Well take it.
00:33:01Well
00:33:02we're right now
00:33:03attempting to patch
00:33:04the phone call through
00:33:05and it's from the
00:33:06Hey yo
00:33:07Hey yo
00:33:08Count Shivani
00:33:09It's from the
00:33:10Hey Count Shivani
00:33:11you accept a collect call
00:33:12from the Outsiders?
00:33:14Well if it's
00:33:151-800-COLLECT
00:33:16I guess I do.
00:33:17You get your plugs in there
00:33:18wherever you can.
00:33:19Well
00:33:20You know we're here at
00:33:21we're here in Michigan
00:33:22we're looking for some
00:33:23Steiner Brother fans
00:33:24and we ain't having
00:33:25any luck
00:33:26it seems like
00:33:27all the people
00:33:28are solidly behind
00:33:29the working man's champion
00:33:31the people's choice
00:33:32the Outsiders.
00:33:34And I want to say
00:33:35one thing before
00:33:36I turn it over
00:33:37to Big Kev
00:33:38and that's Zabisco
00:33:40you listening to me?
00:33:41Yeah listen hold on
00:33:42I really don't wanna hear
00:33:43what you have to say.
00:33:44Yeah you just listen to me
00:33:45you keep running your mouth
00:33:46I'm gonna force you
00:33:47to bring your wrinkled
00:33:48old butt out of retirement.
00:33:49Let me tell you something
00:33:50punk
00:33:51I wiped your face
00:33:52off the mat for years
00:33:53what makes you think
00:33:54I forgot how to do it?
00:33:55Hang up on these
00:33:56two jerks.
00:33:57Yeah whatever
00:33:58actually we're at
00:33:59Shivani's house
00:34:00watching that beautiful
00:34:0113 inch black and white
00:34:02TV right now.
00:34:03That's not
00:34:04that's not funny
00:34:05disconnect these clowns.
00:34:06I'll tell you right now
00:34:07we're looking so forward
00:34:08to watch the Macho Man
00:34:09just completely destroy
00:34:11Steiner
00:34:12there's gonna be
00:34:13nothing left.
00:34:14And to Luger
00:34:15Luger Hollywood's
00:34:16gonna take you out
00:34:17you better not even
00:34:18get in the ring with him
00:34:19cause you ain't in his league.
00:34:21Well guys I'm sorry
00:34:22he's gonna get in the ring
00:34:23with him next week
00:34:24live here on Nitro.
00:34:25Just hang up on him.
00:34:26Nah we'll hang up
00:34:27on you bye.
00:34:29Well the good news is
00:34:30they are not here.
00:34:31Thank goodness.
00:34:33Holy Nash
00:34:35Unmitigated gall
00:34:36to interrupt this program
00:34:37with a phone call.
00:34:38Hey mind games
00:34:39by a couple of cowards
00:34:40that don't have the guts
00:34:41to be here tonight.
00:34:42That's what it is.
00:34:43Thank goodness
00:34:44they are not here
00:34:45and they say
00:34:46they're gonna watch
00:34:47the Macho Man
00:34:48take apart Scott Steiner.
00:34:49Let me also address
00:34:50one other thing.
00:34:51I think we all know
00:34:52how many fans
00:34:53the Steiners have.
00:34:54Yeah can you imagine
00:34:55next Monday
00:34:56at Auburn Hills
00:34:57near Detroit
00:34:58the reaction
00:34:59for Rick and Scott.
00:35:00Oh my you're right.
00:35:01What a homecoming
00:35:02it's gonna be.
00:35:03Here's a driver
00:35:04by Mongo.
00:35:05And meanwhile
00:35:06Benoit.
00:35:09Mongo was not
00:35:10the legal man here
00:35:11and there you see
00:35:12Nick Patrick
00:35:13sending him on the outside.
00:35:14Meanwhile
00:35:15Benoit
00:35:16with the crippler
00:35:17crossface.
00:35:18He's got it on.
00:35:19Look how he
00:35:20It's tapping out.
00:35:21Yes sir and he
00:35:22maneuvered the man
00:35:23out from underneath
00:35:24the ropes
00:35:25and got the win.
00:35:26Nice hook
00:35:27by Benoit.
00:35:30Texas Hangman
00:35:31figured that it's better
00:35:32to wrestle another day
00:35:33than to have
00:35:34a career end
00:35:35at the hands
00:35:36of the crippler crossface.
00:35:38So the horsemen
00:35:39get a big win
00:35:40in the midst of that.
00:35:41It'll be interesting
00:35:42to find out
00:35:43maybe next week
00:35:44if there's three horsemen
00:35:45or if they're back
00:35:46to full strength
00:35:47with current heading.
00:35:49Here it is again Larry.
00:35:50Oh look at Mongo here.
00:35:51Powerful man.
00:35:52Great athlete.
00:35:53Just picked up
00:35:54the hangman
00:35:55tell the world
00:35:56I'm over.
00:35:57Dumped him.
00:35:58Head drove the air
00:35:59out right here.
00:36:00Bam right on top
00:36:01of the head.
00:36:02Easy victim
00:36:03for the crippler
00:36:04to come in and hook him.
00:36:06McMichael and Benoit
00:36:07the horsemen
00:36:08get another win
00:36:09on a big night
00:36:10for the horsemen
00:36:11here on WCW
00:36:12Monday Nitro Live.
00:36:13Still to come
00:36:14in this telecast
00:36:15Scott Steiner
00:36:16goes one on one
00:36:17against the Macho Man
00:36:18Randy Savage.
00:36:19We're going to hear
00:36:20from James J. Dillon
00:36:21plus when we come back
00:36:22Chris Jericho
00:36:23and Alex Wright
00:36:24for the Cruiserweight
00:36:25Championship.
00:36:31Alright that's Nitro Girls.
00:36:32As we continue
00:36:33this live telecast
00:36:34and fans will let
00:36:35you know
00:36:36that next week
00:36:50All right, the Nitro Girls, as we continue this live telecast, fans, want to let you
00:37:01know that next week, in one week, to come to you from Detroit, the Palace in Detroit,
00:37:07we are going to give you the address for you to send in your video cassettes, your pictures
00:37:13of your Nitro Party, and you could get WCW to help you with your Nitro Party, including
00:37:21possibly the Nitro Girls coming to your Nitro Party, and you know, Mike, today, as Alex
00:37:27Ryan, the challenger, makes his way in, Nitro is a phenomenon all over the world, wherever
00:37:32we come.
00:37:33Next week in Detroit, a big event, but WCW, in itself, the superstars, the stars for the
00:37:40big boys play, are red hot all across the world.
00:37:43Tony, it's a night of major announcements, first off, the Luger-Hogan Bombshell, later
00:37:49in this broadcast, we'll hear about Sting, and how about this, this Friday, August the
00:37:531st, all of the following major events will go on sale, Worcester, Massachusetts, at the
00:37:59Centrum, Monday, Nitro on its way, the date's September 29th, tickets go on sale this Friday
00:38:05at 10AM, here's an appearance you might be interested in, Larry, the NWO's Scott Hall,
00:38:13and 6 will be at the Solomon Pond Mall this Friday from 3 to 5, and remember, the last
00:38:19time we were in New England, over 14,000 tickets were sold on the first day, do not be left
00:38:24out.
00:38:25Personally, Mike, I'm not interested in Scott Hall, Larry's gonna be whatsoever.
00:38:30Also available this Friday, Chicago for a major WCW Arena event, the date will be Sunday,
00:38:36September the 7th, we return to the Windy City at the United Center, tickets also go
00:38:40on sale this Friday at noon at the box office in Ticketmaster, and I can tell you that Lex
00:38:45Luger and the Giant will be at Dominick's, the address, 3300 North Belmont, this Friday
00:38:51from noon to 2, and another big blockbuster, Hollywood Hulk Hogan will be wrestling on
00:38:55the card in Chicago, one final news, the Milwaukee Arena, Nitro, September the 8th,
00:39:02Nitro comes to Brewtown, tickets on sale this Friday at the arena box office and at Ticketmaster,
00:39:06yes, Larry.
00:39:07When was the Chicago date again?
00:39:09Chicago date is Sunday, September the 7th.
00:39:11I need 50 tickets for my relatives.
00:39:13I bet you do, we are back into the corner, and here we go in this Cruiserweight title
00:39:18matchup, Alex Wright with the attitude change, or personality change, whatever you want to
00:39:25say.
00:39:26I think he's just a frustrated member of the young and strong squad.
00:39:29I think he always had it in him.
00:39:30Oh, he got one in him.
00:39:31Well, that'll slap your attitude back in to you in a hurry from Cruiserweight champ Chris
00:39:36Jericho.
00:39:37Well, it's tough to argue with success ever since this change in attitude on the part
00:39:41of Alex Wright.
00:39:42Not only has his one loss record definitely taken a turn for the better, but look at this,
00:39:47he's in a matchup now with a world's title at stake, the Cruiserweight championship belt.
00:39:53Jericho's always, though, been a very focused athlete, and not too far into his WCW career,
00:39:59and Jericho not only wins a belt, but beats a member of the new world order.
00:40:04That says a lot about the ability of the Cruiserweight champ, Reinhardt Chris Jericho, Larry.
00:40:08I know.
00:40:09Maybe I'll go out and buy him a new car for that.
00:40:11That was quite a memorable event.
00:40:13It happened at the Great Western Forum in Los Angeles on that special Saturday Nitro,
00:40:18and it was a victory for the Reinhardt Chris Jericho, bringing another championship belt
00:40:24back home to WCW.
00:40:25Elvis Presley always gave cars away.
00:40:26I think anybody beats a new world order guy, I'll buy him a new car.
00:40:31You are getting emotionally involved in this new world order thing.
00:40:35You really are.
00:40:36I think it's after two years, I'm sick of him.
00:40:38Well, so am I, but as a broadcast journalist, as an announcer, you've got to shut that out
00:40:43sometime.
00:40:44I'm not a broadcast journalist.
00:40:45I'm a legend.
00:40:46Heenan's a broadcast journalist.
00:40:48Okay.
00:40:49Sorry, legend.
00:40:50Side headlock by Alex Wright here, and Wright getting the referee's attention the other
00:40:54way, and there's a palm smash to the nose as a result, and to the ropes, shoulder block
00:41:00takedown.
00:41:01Alex Wright with this new found attitude by Wright, ability that we always knew was there,
00:41:09but really just picked it up a notch.
00:41:11Okay, Alex Wright's doing one thing here, whether he knows it or not, every time Jericho
00:41:16gets him in trouble, Alex Wright slips out of the ring, and he's regrouping, he's cutting
00:41:21off the momentum of Jericho.
00:41:23Yeah, where have I seen that strategy before, Larry?
00:41:25I invented it.
00:41:26What?
00:41:27I'm the best wrestler.
00:41:28Well, then get in the ring and prove it, by golly, and Jericho smartly staying in the
00:41:36ring, while Alex Wright on the outside gets the ire of the fans.
00:41:43Hey, if I was Jericho, I'd put pressure on the guy.
00:41:45Don't let him stand there and think.
00:41:47Just jump out.
00:41:48Even if you chase him around, you can't stop him.
00:41:50Fucking nail him.
00:41:51Good maneuver by the champ, Jericho.
00:41:54Waited at the right moment to get the offense going, and now on the outside.
00:42:01The 9th of August, Road Wild, sponsored by Bikers Dream Ultra Custom Cycles, Sturgis,
00:42:07South Dakota.
00:42:08Like you said earlier, Mike, it could be the big turning point for WCW.
00:42:13Do not forget that it was last year at Road Wild in Sturgis that Hulk Hogan became the
00:42:20champ, a belt that he's held on to since then.
00:42:23But we may not have to wait until Road Wild, because next Monday on Nitro, the most prestigious
00:42:29title in our sport goes on the line, Hogan defending against Luger.
00:42:33Can you imagine Hogan?
00:42:35Now-
00:42:36What must he be thinking?
00:42:37What?
00:42:38He must-
00:42:39Oh, boy.
00:42:40Hogan, I know this was completely unexpected.
00:42:42This was done in the boardroom between attorneys and agents.
00:42:46He was probably not even present.
00:42:48They probably talked to him on speakerphone after the fact.
00:42:51And we know how much Hogan loves that control aspect of being the top dog.
00:42:56That's been taken away from him.
00:42:57Well, the New World Order is losing control, and no doubt in my mind that the Steiners
00:43:02can get Holland Nash to lose those championship belts in Sturgis to Steiners.
00:43:07Good, tough wrestlers, and no doubt in my mind, after the Outsiders have thrown everything
00:43:12but the kitchen sink against the Steiners, they still couldn't stop him.
00:43:16Yeah, but let me ask you this.
00:43:17What is going to happen tonight?
00:43:18Scott Steiner's agreed to go up against the Macho Man.
00:43:21You know as well as I do, Larry, the motive here is to take a notch out of Scott Steiner
00:43:26before the 9th of August.
00:43:27Well, Rick Steiner is in the building, too, so-
00:43:30There you go.
00:43:31He's got his back watched.
00:43:32Good answer.
00:43:33Snap suplex by Alex Wright.
00:43:34Content with dancing here during a Cruiserweight title matchup.
00:43:39And he's up.
00:43:40He's taking a long time.
00:43:42He sure is.
00:43:44Long enough for Jericho to move.
00:43:47Look at Jericho's mouth open.
00:43:49You can see guys open like that.
00:43:50They're sucking for wind.
00:43:52That means they got a really good kick down, too.
00:43:54He's following him in.
00:43:55Keep going.
00:43:56Great maneuvers by Jericho.
00:43:58Look at this.
00:43:59Making three of them.
00:44:00Jericho doesn't look like he's too winded.
00:44:01He's got the adrenaline rush now.
00:44:03You're in good shape.
00:44:04You get it back.
00:44:05Get him.
00:44:06He's down.
00:44:07Kick him.
00:44:08Head first he goes.
00:44:09Jericho.
00:44:10Asahi boots off.
00:44:11He got him up.
00:44:12But he doesn't make a cover.
00:44:15See the mistakes.
00:44:16Just amateur mistakes right there.
00:44:19Stomping the man on the back of the head.
00:44:20And now Alex Wright.
00:44:23Grab him by the hair and pull him in.
00:44:25Oh, boy.
00:44:26He got him to the eyes.
00:44:27Looks like really Alex rolled out and lured him into the ropes that time.
00:44:30He was in position.
00:44:31But Jericho wasted a few seconds.
00:44:33And sometimes a few seconds can seem like an hour.
00:44:36To the turnbuckle cover.
00:44:37Sleeper holds on.
00:44:38Pull him in, though.
00:44:39He's got to pull him in.
00:44:40That's right.
00:44:41Mark Curtis saying no.
00:44:42He's on the outside.
00:44:43And it was a great countermaneuver by the young man, Alex Wright.
00:44:47What a smart move on the part of Alex Wright.
00:44:49Dropping down the throat of Jericho across that top steel cable.
00:44:53Whoa, whoa.
00:44:54And Jericho still with the inside cradle.
00:44:56Almost got the one, two, three.
00:44:59Got it.
00:45:00German suplex.
00:45:01Two, three.
00:45:02Oh, my.
00:45:03Alex Wright down.
00:45:04Alex Wright's a champion.
00:45:06Can you believe this?
00:45:10I hate to say it, but that was a beautiful move.
00:45:12Well, it really was.
00:45:14And Alex Wright.
00:45:15I'm the best wrestler in the world.
00:45:20I think the turning point, Jericho had the sleeper applied.
00:45:24But Alex Wright knew where he was at all times.
00:45:26He dropped down.
00:45:27And the throat of Jericho across that top rope.
00:45:30That easily allowed him to follow up with that big German suplex and get the win.
00:45:36All right.
00:45:37Can you believe it?
00:45:38Alex Wright is the Cruiserweight champion.
00:45:40And he saw it live on Nitro.
00:45:42Let's go to me, Gene Oakerland.
00:45:45Tony, you know now why Nitro is the hottest thing on television today.
00:45:49What's happened here tonight.
00:45:50The big announcement.
00:45:51The blockbuster from Lex Luger.
00:45:53Alex Wright becoming another new champion.
00:45:55WCW.
00:45:56It is something else.
00:45:57Please join me, folks, in welcoming a man that I think pound for pound is one of the greatest to come down the pike.
00:46:04Please welcome Dean Malenko.
00:46:09It's going to be a very interesting...
00:46:12Wait a minute.
00:46:13What is that?
00:46:15What's going on back here?
00:46:18What's going on?
00:46:22Dean Malenko, I wanted to get you out.
00:46:25I didn't ask for the presence of these two people.
00:46:27But on the subject, you were propositioned last week by Debra McMichael.
00:46:32She's over there, yes.
00:46:34And Jeff Jarrett.
00:46:35Feeling that if you could collaborate, maybe it would benefit everybody involved.
00:46:39Gene had a week since last Monday to do a lot of thinking, a lot of soul searching.
00:46:43Where Dean Malenko wants to be in WCW.
00:46:46Jarrett, you had a lot of validity in what you said last week about people need to watch each other's backs around here.
00:46:51Because there's a lot of things happening in WCW.
00:46:55My answer is, I'm in.
00:46:58Whoa!
00:46:59But, one stipulation.
00:47:01This past Saturday night, I want to know what's the deal, what went down with you and Eddie Guerrero.
00:47:08What happened there?
00:47:09Wait, wait, Gene.
00:47:10That deserves an explanation.
00:47:11Gene, that's the least of your worries.
00:47:13I can explain it real easy.
00:47:15Everybody loves to be around a winner.
00:47:18I'm the US Heavyweight Champion, and I'm a winner.
00:47:21Just like a year ago when I came around.
00:47:23Ric Flair wanted to be around me, because I'm a winner.
00:47:26Same with Benoit and Mongo.
00:47:28They want to be around me, because I'm a winner.
00:47:30Wait a minute, you are not a member of the Horsemen anymore.
00:47:32Yeah, but I've stepped above them and moved on.
00:47:35The only reason she wants to be around me is I'm a winner.
00:47:38Dean Eddie Guerrero is the least of your worries.
00:47:41But I'm going to make good on my promise, what I said a few weeks ago in Vegas.
00:47:45They loaded the gun, Ric Flair and the full Horsemen.
00:47:48I'm going to be the one to pull the trigger and finally put you boys out to pasture.
00:47:53Debra McMichael.
00:47:54Thank you.
00:47:55Dean, now that the word is out and Jeff Jarrett and Queen Debra are a team,
00:48:00my phone has been ringing off the hook.
00:48:03Everybody wants to work with us.
00:48:06But I tell you, we are just not willing to work with just anybody.
00:48:09And we're not interested in just anyone.
00:48:12And we're not interested in Eddie.
00:48:14What we want would be you, my friend.
00:48:18So, in other words, I think what they're saying is they got a lot of people hounding them,
00:48:22but they want you to come in and join forces.
00:48:24And that's a big yay.
00:48:26Dean Malenko giving us the thumbs up for Jeff Jarrett.
00:48:29Always a pleasure, sir.
00:48:30It's a pleasure all yours, Dean.
00:48:32Thank you.
00:48:33You might want to burn that shirt.
00:48:35I've never seen anything like that.
00:48:36This is Fanko.
00:48:37We are live here on TNT.
00:48:45We are back, ladies and gentlemen.
00:48:47And welcome to the second hour of America and the world's number one professional wrestling program.
00:48:54You are tuned in to WCW Monday Nitro, hour two, here on TNT.
00:49:00Along with Iron Mike today and Bobby the Brain Heenan.
00:49:05I'm Tony Schiavone, and we have a spectacular hour number two.
00:49:09We are still going to hear from James J. Phillips.
00:49:13You also heard Dean Malenko, what he had to say.
00:49:15He'll be wrestling later on.
00:49:17And Scott Steiner to go up against the Macho Man Randy Savage.
00:49:22And Brain, this whole building, and I'm sure the Nitro party's everywhere,
00:49:28a buzz for the fact that next week Luger and Hogan will vie for the world title live here on Nitro.
00:49:35A tremendous news, Schiavone, and I can't wait.
00:49:38Just think, Wes Luger's probably the only man in pro wrestling history
00:49:42that has ever had Hogan up in that rack twice.
00:49:45And he can do it the third time.
00:49:47He's been WCW heavyweight champion before.
00:49:50And with millions and millions of people all over the world watching,
00:49:53I wouldn't doubt that he can't do it again.
00:49:55We know how important home field, home court advantage is in pro sports.
00:50:00Hogan was thinking that he would defend the title in Sturgis
00:50:03in front of his people, as he calls them.
00:50:06Not going to happen.
00:50:07Palace of Auburn Hills in Detroit on Luger's home turf
00:50:11with his hometown crowd behind him.
00:50:13And the WCW fans have an opportunity to cheer Luger on
00:50:17and bring that title belt back home.
00:50:19You know, Mike, today he has no home court advantage.
00:50:22Let's not forget, though, the match is still signed for Road Wild.
00:50:26But it could be Lex Luger going to Sturgis as the world champ
00:50:29and it'd be the first return match against Hollywood Hogan.
00:50:32That, of course, will pan out over the next couple of weeks.
00:50:36Six has made his way to the ring, and Kimberly will lead in
00:50:41DDP Diamond Dallas Page.
00:50:45Master of the Diamond Cutter.
00:50:48You can put that Diamond Cutter up there with the Torture Rack.
00:50:52Figure Four.
00:50:53The Figure Four Leg Lock.
00:50:55Sleeper.
00:50:56The Sleeper Hold.
00:50:57Piledriver.
00:50:58Yes, sir.
00:50:59The Diamond Cutter.
00:51:01And all those holds you're talking about, Shivani,
00:51:03you've got to get them in pretty good shape to take them out.
00:51:07With the Diamond Cutter, you can do it just about any way.
00:51:09As a matter of fact, last week it happened to Curt Hennig.
00:51:12Hennig was in the ring going one-on-one against Mr. Wall Street
00:51:15and then out of the stands comes Diamond Dallas Page.
00:51:19And after he won the match, Hennig was going to put him maybe
00:51:23into a Bulldog or a DDP.
00:51:25It's showing you the Diamond Cutter can come from anywhere.
00:51:28Out of the potential suplex.
00:51:30There it was.
00:51:31The Diamond Cutter.
00:51:33Curt Hennig has felt the Diamond Cutter.
00:51:35And now DDP and Hennig coming up in Rode Wild Mike today one-on-one.
00:51:39Well, if you listen to our TBS program on Saturday night,
00:51:43Curt Hennig claimed that DDP hit him from behind.
00:51:46We just saw it on the video.
00:51:48He had the fisherman suplex applied.
00:51:50He blocked it and nailed him with the Diamond Cutter.
00:51:52And you know, DDP in the ring right now has got his hands on
00:51:55one of the members of the NWO.
00:51:57We all know what he's done to Savage.
00:51:59Watch. He's been playing mind games.
00:52:01And I think he's the only man here at WCW that really knows
00:52:04how to get to the NWO.
00:52:06This is a good opportunity for Diamond Dallas Page.
00:52:09We've received a phone call from the Outsiders
00:52:12Paul and Nash, the other two members of the Wolf Pack.
00:52:14So they are not here in Charleston, West Virginia.
00:52:17So for this man, Six, he must go alone without his other two
00:52:21capabilities with him, so to speak.
00:52:25Look at this. Seeking refuge in the cutter.
00:52:27And Page will chase him in the corner now.
00:52:32You know, momentum is such a big part of our sport, guys.
00:52:35Diamond Dallas, you can see it in his face,
00:52:38the momentum he has in matches.
00:52:40And the hatred he has.
00:52:41That's right. Pick up, look at this.
00:52:44Into the right backbreaker on Six.
00:52:46See, he always does something out of the uninspected.
00:52:48You figured it was just going to be a slam to the mat.
00:52:50But no, he interjected a backbreaker in there.
00:52:53Looked like the pump handle into the slam.
00:52:55You're right. Instead, in midair, he changed it
00:52:58and caught him with the backbreaker.
00:52:59And he would have done that six months to a year ago.
00:53:01But now, this man, DDP, is an established star here at WCW.
00:53:07Trying maybe a B.O. out of the ropes that time.
00:53:09Blocked by DDP and his twinging neckbreaker.
00:53:11And Page calling out to the standing room only crowd
00:53:16at the Civic Center Coliseum.
00:53:18And there's an atomic drop.
00:53:20And a back elbow. And Six goes to the floor.
00:53:27You can just feel the excitement here in the air.
00:53:30Everywhere we go on Nitro.
00:53:32And how is it going to be next week
00:53:34when we are live with Hogan and Luger for the world title?
00:53:39Right now, though, Six rebounding with a move of his own.
00:53:42And as he approaches Page, he's got his man down in the ring.
00:53:49Into the ribcage with repeated kicks.
00:53:51And a back kick that time from Six.
00:53:53Six and the Nature Boy, Ric Flair.
00:53:55Another big event that has been signed for Road Wild.
00:54:00And here comes one of his patented moves here.
00:54:05Catch him with the Bronco Ride, he calls it, in the corner.
00:54:08You know, almost as amazing as DDP's in-ring success
00:54:12has been the way that the WCW fans have adopted him as a fan favorite.
00:54:16We heard the crowd just chanting,
00:54:18DDP trying to get him fired up.
00:54:20I'll tell you, if Six wants to hop on a mechanical bull,
00:54:23he picked the wrong one.
00:54:24Because DDP is alive and well.
00:54:26And he's standing right now.
00:54:28And the reason the fans have adopted him, Mike, today
00:54:31is obvious.
00:54:32In the never-ending fight seemingly against the NWO,
00:54:35Page has been at the front line each and every time.
00:54:38Carrying the banner of WCW.
00:54:41And now he's going to go for the Diamond Cutter.
00:54:43We've got Vincent in the ring.
00:54:46Big forearm to the floor.
00:54:48And the Bunch Killer is trying to put it on.
00:54:50Trying to put his move on.
00:54:52DDP!
00:54:54He's got the rights, he's got them.
00:54:56Incredible, another variation of that Diamond Cutter.
00:55:00Kurt Hennig!
00:55:01Kurt Hennig is at it!
00:55:02Oh, and he hit him in the back of the head!
00:55:05He's got something.
00:55:06What did he hit him with?
00:55:07Something in his hand!
00:55:08Something in his hand or wrapped around his hand.
00:55:10Something big.
00:55:11And he rolls Six over on DDP!
00:55:14One, two, three!
00:55:18Both men are unconscious.
00:55:20I guess Kurt Hennig must consider that payback from last week.
00:55:24I think that it's pretty obvious that Kurt Hennig
00:55:27is not a horseman.
00:55:29He caused the NWO to win.
00:55:32He might be.
00:55:33He might be.
00:55:34It looks like he is a member of the NWO.
00:55:37And it was moments ago we were saying he was a member of the horsemen.
00:55:40But he caused a member of the NWO to win.
00:55:43But the clue here is he not only hit DDP,
00:55:47but he rolled the man on top of him.
00:55:49Well, the only thing I can say, he still claims he's a free agent.
00:55:52It's obvious to me that he's looking for the biggest money offer available.
00:55:55No doubt about it.
00:55:56Here you see DDP with that diamond cutter on Six.
00:55:59He knows he's got him.
00:56:01He doesn't see the Henning behind him.
00:56:03Blasts him right in the back of the head.
00:56:05Oh, boy.
00:56:06And he went out.
00:56:07I like O-Ike.
00:56:08Look what Kurt Hennig has on his hand there.
00:56:10See?
00:56:11He has something on his hand.
00:56:12You're right.
00:56:13And then he rolls Six on top.
00:56:15Gets out of there real, real quick.
00:56:17Referee has only one thing to do, and that's count to three.
00:56:20Your winner, Six of the NWO.
00:56:23Is Hennig horseman?
00:56:24Is he NWO, or does he hate DDP just that much?
00:56:28Yes.
00:56:29Fans, we'll be back live on Nitro.
00:56:31Stay with us.
00:56:32Probably all three.
00:56:33Who knows?
00:56:35Welcome, fans, back to live WCW action.
00:56:39It's Monday Nitro.
00:56:40Along with the Brain, Bobby Heenan, and, of course, Iron Mike today, Tony Schiavone.
00:56:45We still have to come in this broadcast, fans.
00:56:48The Giant against the Great Buddha.
00:56:50Plus, in our feature bound later on in this second hour of this live telecast,
00:56:55Scott Steiner to meet the Macho Man, Randy Savage.
00:56:58And, Tony, you know how Savage gets under people's skin.
00:57:01You know how Savage, the condition he has, the Giant is.
00:57:04And every time you think of Savage, you just snap.
00:57:06You just go off the deep end.
00:57:07Well, Steiner's got a short fuse anyway.
00:57:09So can you imagine what Randy Macho Man will do to trigger Steiner?
00:57:13I can't wait to see this.
00:57:14He'll play on that, Mike.
00:57:15You know good and well he will.
00:57:16Almost seems like the madness is catching.
00:57:19We saw it earlier with Diamond Dallas Page.
00:57:21Most recently with the Giant.
00:57:24And tonight it could be Scott Steiner's turn to catch the madness.
00:57:27And I can't believe what I heard from Dean Malenko moments ago
00:57:30because if you go back to WCW Monday Nitro about seven weeks ago,
00:57:35it was Eddie Guerrero who came out.
00:57:39This was in Boston, fans.
00:57:41You'll recall, sold out Fleet Center.
00:57:43He helped Jeff Jarrett win the U.S. title.
00:57:47And now Dean Malenko has agreed to team.
00:57:50Are we a partner of the man who beat him?
00:57:59Man to man, Jeff Jarrett says he is the man.
00:58:01And now Malenko has made an agreement.
00:58:03Well, especially with all the rumors that had linked Malenko to the four horsemen.
00:58:09That's right.
00:58:10So, you know, it's like we said, we brought this up this past weekend, Bray.
00:58:14It appears that Jarrett is getting himself a group to go up against the horsemen.
00:58:18Well, it looks that way.
00:58:19You know, with Debra McMichael's involved in it,
00:58:21you never know what's going to transpire.
00:58:23There's so many factions here that are going off their own ways because of the NWO.
00:58:26That's it.
00:58:27No one can trust anybody.
00:58:28It's nothing but one complete war here at WCW.
00:58:31You can't miss a Monday night.
00:58:32You can't miss any of WCW programming because everything happens so quick,
00:58:35you don't know what's going to happen.
00:58:36You cannot miss a WCW event when it comes your way.
00:58:39Right, Mike, tonight?
00:58:40Absolutely, Tony.
00:58:41And there are big events going on sale this Friday.
00:58:45Worcester, Mass., the Centrum for Nitro on September the 29th.
00:58:49Chicago for a big arena event at the United Center.
00:58:53The date will be Sunday, September the 7th.
00:58:55And we return to Brewtown, Milwaukee, at the arena for Monday Nitro on September the 8th.
00:59:01All three of those events go on sale this Friday.
00:59:03And in all three instances, you can get your tickets at the arena box offices
00:59:07and at Ticketmaster and at Milwaukee this Friday.
00:59:1010 a.m. to noon.
00:59:12Cover here by Malenko in a two-count.
00:59:14You have a chance to meet Bobby the Brain Heenan at Piggly Wiggly in Oak Creek,
00:59:1910 to noon this Friday.
00:59:21I will be there.
00:59:22You can count on that.
00:59:23You know, I'm the human being that made Milwaukee famous.
00:59:26Boy, there's a story in itself right there, isn't there?
00:59:28Snapmare takeover, and Dean Malenko.
00:59:31Keep it to yourself.
00:59:32Malenko is up.
00:59:33Here's a one-two.
00:59:34He always was a fighting champion, guys.
00:59:36You know that.
00:59:37And he was.
00:59:38Here's a cover again.
00:59:39And you know as well as I do that Malenko has his sights set
00:59:42on becoming the United States heavyweight champion again.
00:59:45He has the ability.
00:59:46And that's why this with Jeff Jarrett is just so odd.
00:59:49And another thing here, you know, there's no love lost
00:59:51between Malenko and the Guerrero family.
00:59:53Boy, you're not kidding.
00:59:54But there's no love lost within the Guerrero family.
00:59:57Let's talk about what has happened there.
00:59:59Let's talk about how it wasn't too long ago.
01:00:02As a matter of fact, a week ago, Malenko came in.
01:00:05Remember this?
01:00:06Texas Cloverleaf put Eddie in the Texas Cloverleaf.
01:00:09After Eddie had pinned his brother, Hector,
01:00:11Hector taught Dean out of it.
01:00:13Then Dean nailed Hector, and Eddie walked away.
01:00:18Turned his back on his family.
01:00:19Yes, stabbing his family in the back.
01:00:21And we've seen that for the past month or so,
01:00:23not only with Hector but also with Chavo Jr.
01:00:27Very bizarre family set of circumstances here
01:00:30in World Championship wrestling as we head right to Sturgis.
01:00:34And Rode Wild.
01:00:35I mean, think of this, Tony.
01:00:36You've got uncles fighting nephews.
01:00:38You've got brothers fighting brothers.
01:00:40You've got wives leaving their husbands.
01:00:42You've got husbands beating up other husbands.
01:00:44You've got women fighting.
01:00:45You've got anything you want.
01:00:47You just about knew.
01:00:49You're exactly right.
01:00:50And in this program, you're going to have
01:00:53NWO slash WCW confrontation
01:00:56as the macho man will meet Scott Steiner
01:00:58later in this telecast.
01:01:00Back to body drop.
01:01:03And here comes Hector.
01:01:05And I would say that the Steiner brothers
01:01:07are as much WCW as anybody,
01:01:11especially Rick Steiner.
01:01:12No question about that.
01:01:13And they have their shot at tag team.
01:01:16The title coming up at Rode Wild.
01:01:18Malenko rolls him up.
01:01:20Gets a two count.
01:01:21And that time Malenko hit the top turnbuckle hard.
01:01:23One, two.
01:01:24And Hector almost got a win out of it.
01:01:26The more I think about it, I'm going to agree with Bobby.
01:01:29I think that Malenko has finally come to the realization
01:01:31that strength in numbers.
01:01:33Roll up by Hector.
01:01:34Just two.
01:01:35Nice counter by Dean.
01:01:38There are strength in numbers.
01:01:39You have to be associated with a group
01:01:42not only to succeed, but just to survive
01:01:44in world championship wrestling.
01:01:45Yeah, but look at Diamond Dallas Page.
01:01:46He's all by himself, and he survives pretty well.
01:01:49Didn't look like it just now
01:01:50with Kurt Hennig nailing him from behind.
01:01:52Oh!
01:01:53We've got company.
01:01:54Right here.
01:01:55Come on, man.
01:01:56United States champ Jeff Jarrett
01:01:58coming out to encourage Dean Malenko
01:02:00on and Queen Deborah in tow.
01:02:03Ooh!
01:02:04I don't know if he needs encouragement or not.
01:02:06Malenko's never needed encouragement before.
01:02:08Now, I can understand in a war
01:02:10when there's maybe a double teaming situation on you,
01:02:13how you as Dean Malenko would need a man,
01:02:15but not now.
01:02:16It, though, got the attention, though, didn't it?
01:02:19He took his eye off Malenko just for a split second.
01:02:21It sure did.
01:02:23And Jarrett is up on the apron.
01:02:25Uh-oh, we're going to Texas.
01:02:26The Texas cloverleaf is on,
01:02:28and Jarrett is out to celebrate here.
01:02:30And you're right.
01:02:31It got the attention of Hector away from his opponent.
01:02:33Give up, Hector.
01:02:34Enabling this to happen.
01:02:35You're not going to get out of it, Hector.
01:02:37Give up.
01:02:38Dean Malenko puts the Texas cloverleaf
01:02:42on Hector Guerrero,
01:02:44and Jarrett and Queen Deborah are out to celebrate
01:02:47with the man who wins yet again, Dean Malenko.
01:02:51She certainly has a sparkle in her eye for him,
01:02:54don't she?
01:02:55Well, here comes Chavo Jr. out.
01:02:58To help his uncle here, Hector,
01:03:00maybe help him out of the ring.
01:03:02He's in a bad neighborhood.
01:03:03He shouldn't have gotten in the ring.
01:03:05Malenko really not anywhere near.
01:03:08Oh!
01:03:10I was saying anywhere near Jarrett,
01:03:11but now, right now, Chavo getting double teamed here.
01:03:16And Jarrett and Malenko seemingly working as a team,
01:03:20pounding the Guerreros here, Mike.
01:03:22Well, this is a side of Dean Malenko
01:03:23that we haven't seen, that's for sure.
01:03:26A post-match attack after beating Hector Guerrero.
01:03:29He and Jarrett double team on Chavo Jr.
01:03:33Well, there's a lot of celebrating going on,
01:03:35and it's really by Jeff Jarrett,
01:03:37but Dean Malenko gets the win here on WCW Monday Night Raw,
01:03:41and Deborah will raise the hand of Dean Malenko.
01:03:45Will Malenko strut, though, with Jarrett?
01:03:47I doubt it.
01:03:48He's not a strutter.
01:03:49He's a fighter.
01:03:50And he's staring right at the duo there.
01:03:53There is your winner, fans,
01:03:54the Iceman, no emotion.
01:03:59Arriba la raza!
01:04:00What do we have here?
01:04:01Wait a minute.
01:04:02Last week, Tony, this man called me an old man.
01:04:04I got carted last night.
01:04:05Conan, you're off base.
01:04:06What, did you get carted off to a rest home?
01:04:09Hey, if your picture's coming in a little bit fuzzy,
01:04:12a little bit faded, a little bit worn out,
01:04:15don't bother adjusting your tracking button.
01:04:17It's only Mean Gene.
01:04:19Arriba la raza!
01:04:23You've been making some strong statements as of late.
01:04:25You're now a member of the NWO.
01:04:27What's the score?
01:04:28Orale, Rey Mysterio.
01:04:30Tú dices que no soy familia, que no soy raza.
01:04:33You're just an establishment puppet.
01:04:35You're just filling that affirmative action billet.
01:04:38You know what, Rey Mysterio?
01:04:39I started you in this business.
01:04:41You and every Mexican luchador that's in WCW
01:04:45are here because of Conan,
01:04:47and I'm gonna take care of everybody individually,
01:04:50and tonight, La Parca.
01:04:52All right, systematically, you're gonna knock off the men
01:04:55that you brought to WCW, including La Parca,
01:04:58later tonight, his big target, of course,
01:05:00Rey Mysterio Jr.
01:05:01Here's a man that you tutored during his young days
01:05:04coming up in this great sport.
01:05:05That's right, Mean Gene, and come September,
01:05:08he's gonna be one of Jerry's kids,
01:05:10and you know what?
01:05:11It's all good,
01:05:12because ain't no party like a Wolfpack party,
01:05:14because a Wolfpack party never stops.
01:05:16Arriba la raza!
01:05:18Thank you, Tony.
01:05:19Back to you very quickly.
01:05:20All right, Gene.
01:05:21Thanks a lot.
01:05:22Still to come, fans.
01:05:23We've got the Macho Man, Scott Steiner,
01:05:26the Giant against the Great Buddha,
01:05:28Conan against La Parca.
01:05:29Stay with us live on Nitro.
01:05:33Welcome back, fans, to WCW Monday Nitro.
01:05:35We're in Charleston, West Virginia,
01:05:37but on behalf of 1-800-COLLECT,
01:05:39we're going to Detroit.
01:05:40Standing by is our good friend Stagger Lee Marshall
01:05:43with another Nitro party.
01:05:44Oh, Tony, I wish you guys were here,
01:05:46because we've really got a traveling Nitro party
01:05:48all up and down Detroit's famous Greek town, Hoopa.
01:05:52As you can imagine,
01:05:53what with that announcement of the Luger-Hogan title match
01:05:56next week,
01:05:57everybody incredibly excited about the Motor City Nitro.
01:06:01That comes from outside Detroit at the Palace,
01:06:03and fans from both sides of the U.S.-Canadian border
01:06:06are gonna be there, so get your tickets.
01:06:07First thing tomorrow, drop by the Palace.
01:06:09Box-offs are your nearest ticket outlet.
01:06:11You know Detroit, best known, of course, for its cars.
01:06:14It was back in 1899 when Henry Ford
01:06:16drove the first gasoline-powered horseless carriage.
01:06:19He originally tried weasels on a treadmill,
01:06:21but all they did was whimper, complain,
01:06:23and sniff each other.
01:06:24That's your 1-800-COLLECT road report
01:06:26from the Motor City, Detroit, Michigan.
01:06:28I'm Lee Marshall for 1-800-COLLECT.
01:06:30He should be like Tiger Stadium.
01:06:31They should tear him down, too.
01:06:33And fans, do not forget that next week,
01:06:35the address where you can send in your videotapes,
01:06:37your pictures of your Nitro party,
01:06:39and we're gonna be picking Nitro parties
01:06:42throughout the year,
01:06:43and we're gonna help you with your Nitro party,
01:06:46possibly the Nitro Girls.
01:06:47So our thanks to Lee Marshall,
01:06:48and ladies and gentlemen,
01:06:49one of our feature bouts set to go here
01:06:52as the Giant makes his way out.
01:06:55The Giant, the biggest athlete in professional sports.
01:07:00The Giant.
01:07:01Not only the biggest brain,
01:07:02but one of the most feared athletes
01:07:04in pro sports as well, the Giant,
01:07:08to go up against the great Muda
01:07:10of the New World Order here live on Nitro.
01:07:14And as we took a look in the eyes of the Giant
01:07:16on his way to the ring,
01:07:17he looked like a man possessed.
01:07:19Remember last week on Nitro,
01:07:21the matchup between the Giant and the great Muda.
01:07:24Muda spewing the green mist in the face of the Giant,
01:07:27and basically, at that point,
01:07:29he chokeslammed the world, almost, Lex Luger.
01:07:31Well, he puts those big hands around Muda's neck.
01:07:34He'll be spitting out a lot of different colors.
01:07:36Ooh, yeah!
01:07:39Ah.
01:07:40It's supposed to be the great Muda,
01:07:42but we hear Savage.
01:07:43Watch how he gets under your skin.
01:07:45Ooh, yeah!
01:07:47For life.
01:07:51Hey, Giant!
01:07:54The Madness...
01:07:57is taking care of the family business.
01:08:03I'm the point man.
01:08:06At Road Wild,
01:08:08I'm gonna take care of you.
01:08:11And tonight, tonight,
01:08:14I'm gonna take care of Scotty Steiner
01:08:17because you guys are punks,
01:08:20and I'm a true rider, yeah.
01:08:24Not just a rider, but a true rider.
01:08:27Ooh, yeah.
01:08:30Man, those are awful fine words you're saying right now.
01:08:34But the best thing that you can do
01:08:36is stay up there and wait for your turn
01:08:39in Sturgis when I come for you.
01:08:41Oh, yeah.
01:08:43That's a serious man right there, fans.
01:08:45So I want you to watch this real close
01:08:49because when I get done with Muda tonight,
01:08:52I'm gonna take care of you.
01:08:55So watch this real close
01:08:58because when I get done with Muda tonight,
01:09:01that's only a little bit of icing on the cake
01:09:03of what's in store for you!
01:09:06No way, brother.
01:09:08I'll make you pay just like Scotty Steiner.
01:09:11Just dig it, yeah.
01:09:14Well, that's typical macho man
01:09:17in the stands, running his mouth,
01:09:19trying to psych out.
01:09:21I don't know anybody
01:09:23but me.
01:09:24I wouldn't. I wouldn't.
01:09:26Like you said, Bray, the biggest man in pro sports.
01:09:28Not only that, one of the most feared men in pro sports.
01:09:31And he'll face now a member of the New World Order here,
01:09:34the international star, Mike, today,
01:09:36in the Great Muda.
01:09:37Well, the NWO knows that for total domination,
01:09:40they must take over WCW.
01:09:43No one bigger than the giant.
01:09:44They have to go through him.
01:09:46And they have set out the Great Muda,
01:09:50associated previously with New Japan Pro Wrestling,
01:09:53now aligned with the NWO.
01:09:55And you know something, Mike?
01:09:58It's gonna be very, very interesting next week
01:10:01to see exactly what kind of an excuse Hogan makes
01:10:05when they strap that belt around the waist
01:10:07of Lex Luger here on Monday Night Show,
01:10:10next Monday night, for Detroit.
01:10:12I don't think there'll be any excuses.
01:10:13I think he'll be too busy with the back in the rack.
01:10:17He'll make excuses, though.
01:10:19Can you imagine the sight of the Palace of Auburn Hills,
01:10:22a capacity crowd, when Luger puts Hogan up
01:10:24in that torture rack and wins the world's title?
01:10:28Go hear the people cheering in Windsor.
01:10:30All right, it'll be Muda
01:10:36and the giant to go one-on-one here.
01:10:39Detroit, get ready.
01:10:43Didn't we just have NWO music?
01:10:47What is this all about?
01:10:48Savage is coming back, maybe.
01:10:49Yeah, Savage is probably coming back.
01:10:52Oh, not Eric Bischoff.
01:10:55What did he expect to do?
01:11:01He's not headed to the ring.
01:11:02Oh, he's coming over here.
01:11:03Oh, no.
01:11:05Who's he got with him?
01:11:11You want this whole thing?
01:11:18What do you want me to?
01:11:21What?
01:11:22Sit, fat boy.
01:11:24What?
01:11:25You and I haven't worked together in a long time, have we?
01:11:27Let's check it out.
01:11:29Good to be back where I belong.
01:11:34Muda.
01:11:35How you doing, Tony?
01:11:37Thank you for asking.
01:11:38I'm fine, especially going to be fine next week
01:11:42with Luger and Hogan.
01:11:43How do you feel about that?
01:11:44First of all, I don't know who Luger
01:11:46thinks he is, and I don't know who he thinks his attorneys are,
01:11:49but if he thinks he's going to get a world title shot
01:11:52against the NWO World Heavyweight Champion, Hollywood Hogan,
01:11:56clearly he spent way too much time here in Charleston.
01:11:59Oh, did you see that beautiful inside wheel kick?
01:12:03Muda is a supreme athlete,
01:12:05and he is going to pick this big goof apart.
01:12:08Look at that.
01:12:09Side kick to the midsection.
01:12:10Nice right to the eyes.
01:12:11Muda now working over this big dummy in the corner.
01:12:13Shoulders into the midsection.
01:12:15Reverse knife head shot.
01:12:16Come on, Tony.
01:12:17Do your job.
01:12:18Well, I can't get a word in here.
01:12:20How can you call a man at 7'4", 450,
01:12:23a big dummy who can hit like that?
01:12:25No, I didn't say big dummy.
01:12:26I said big goof.
01:12:28There's a difference.
01:12:29Oh, there is.
01:12:30Dummies have a modicum of coolness.
01:12:32This guy is a goof.
01:12:34It wasn't too long ago this goof was part of your group,
01:12:38so to speak.
01:12:39The macho man, Randy Savage,
01:12:41will have his way with this fool.
01:12:45Let me tell you another thing.
01:12:46It's a good thing that Hall and Nash aren't out here tonight.
01:12:49They had other things they had to do.
01:12:50Otherwise, Diamond Dallas Page,
01:12:51they'd be fertilizing the fields in and around Charleston,
01:12:55West Virginia with what's left of Diamond Dallas Page.
01:12:59His day will come.
01:13:00Trust me.
01:13:01What do you need me here for this for?
01:13:03Well, that's a good point, Tony.
01:13:04That's a very good point.
01:13:06But I miss you.
01:13:07I really do.
01:13:08Thank you very much.
01:13:09And I know that you miss me.
01:13:10Look at that.
01:13:11Very, very weak forearm there by the Lummox.
01:13:16When I think sometime of what you were and what you've become,
01:13:21it's incredible.
01:13:22Forget about what I've become.
01:13:23What I've become is a part of the strongest,
01:13:26most powerful wrestling organization in the world.
01:13:28And what I've done is I've created Nitro.
01:13:31I've built WCW to the level that it is today,
01:13:35and now I'm building NWO, and you've got a problem with it.
01:13:38It reminds you that you're still getting a paycheck, thanks to me.
01:13:41Well, yeah.
01:13:42And tell that to Zabisko, too, by the way.
01:13:45Zabisko thinks he's going to get anywhere near Scott Hall.
01:13:49If he does, he's going to get hurt, and he's going to get hurt badly.
01:13:52I'll tell you, the legend, as we call him,
01:13:54pretty irate about that phone call interruption that we got not too long ago
01:13:59here on this program.
01:14:00I'm sure it'll screw up his golf game something fierce.
01:14:05The Giant.
01:14:06Can I go ahead and call this, or you want to go ahead and do it?
01:14:08No, go ahead, Tony.
01:14:09You're doing a fine job.
01:14:10Thank you.
01:14:11Between the shoulder blades.
01:14:12And now the eyes.
01:14:13Here's Muda hitting the ropes.
01:14:15Oh, my goodness.
01:14:16The foot to the face.
01:14:17And how about that?
01:14:19How about that?
01:14:20A guy who is supposedly as big and strong as The Giant is
01:14:23puts a boot on his face and can't knock him out.
01:14:26And where is Muda going?
01:14:28Underneath the ring.
01:14:29It's called evasive action, Tony.
01:14:31It's a defensive maneuver.
01:14:32Yeah, okay.
01:14:33Exactly.
01:14:34He comes out on the outside.
01:14:35Remember what I said about Big Goof?
01:14:37It's a great move by Muda.
01:14:39And he kicks him right between the shoulder blades.
01:14:41But The Big Man did not go down.
01:14:43And again.
01:14:44Oh, but he is punishing The Giant.
01:14:46Muda punishing The Giant here.
01:14:49And The Giant misses.
01:14:51Oh, nice shot to the knees.
01:14:55That's good strategy.
01:14:56You've got to get a 7-foot, 4-inch guy 450 off his feet.
01:15:00And that's what he's done here.
01:15:03He's going to take his leg off.
01:15:05That's exactly what he's going to do here, Mr. Bischoff.
01:15:08I like that mystery.
01:15:09That's good.
01:15:10I used to call you.
01:15:11We used to talk on the phone a lot.
01:15:15And now, Nick Patrick.
01:15:18You missed me.
01:15:19You missed me.
01:15:20It's different.
01:15:21I know that.
01:15:22Let me say something also about NWO slash WCW.
01:15:26And I'm speaking on behalf of World Championship Wrestling.
01:15:29Remember a long time ago how we had the conversations,
01:15:31how WCW, where it was going to go?
01:15:34Nick Patrick has become a part of WCW again
01:15:38and a man that is stood for calling it down the middle in fair play.
01:15:45And I think he needs to be patted on the back by everyone associated with him.
01:15:49We'll be happy to pat him on the back.
01:15:51I bet you will.
01:15:52Nick Patrick has sealed his own fate.
01:15:55By the way, are you and J.J. Dillon on the same diet plan?
01:15:58I'm just curious about that.
01:16:00What are you trying to say?
01:16:01I'm not trying to say anything.
01:16:02I'm asking you.
01:16:03I'm asking you.
01:16:04Are you trying to say I'm heavy or something?
01:16:06Well, you two have a lot in common.
01:16:07Oh, thank you.
01:16:10Up on top now.
01:16:12Muda.
01:16:13Muda.
01:16:14Muda's in.
01:16:15How about this one, Eric Bischoff?
01:16:17Oh, he got the mist in the green.
01:16:20He blocked it.
01:16:21It's not going to happen twice in a row.
01:16:24It's chokeslam time.
01:16:26Fluke.
01:16:27One.
01:16:28It's a fluke.
01:16:29Do you want to call that one, two, three?
01:16:30It's a fluke.
01:16:31It may be a fluke, but the match is over.
01:16:34And thank you for joining me.
01:16:36Would you like to call the rest of it?
01:16:38It's a fluke.
01:16:39Maybe call the replay.
01:16:40You can leave now.
01:16:41Can I go?
01:16:42Thank you.
01:16:43You can leave now.
01:16:44I don't need you.
01:16:45You can call the replay.
01:16:46I'll do the rest of the show by myself.
01:16:47And remember, okay, go do a few laps around the building.
01:16:50For all the rest of you, NWO guys in the back, I'm standing right here.
01:16:57What the heck do you want?
01:16:58Right now, in Charleston.
01:17:01What do you want?
01:17:02Begging somebody to come out.
01:17:05I'm sick of all this.
01:17:07And don't you bully me.
01:17:08You have no authority.
01:17:11Shut your big mouth and get off my set.
01:17:15Shut up.
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01:18:26What's up, Nitro haar Dance Club?
01:18:27We're going to be taking you over the head.
01:18:28Take a look at these shoes, cows.
01:18:29And surviving violence in Chestnut Head with the Garment Warriors.
01:18:40We are feeling good on Nitro and the Nitro Girls here with us as well.
01:18:45Hey, Eric Bischoff, met Coach Laszlo.
01:18:47was from all of us, to you.
01:18:50And wouldn't you agree, Brain?
01:18:52Yes, I'm sure you would.
01:18:53Oh, yes, I would agree.
01:18:54I thought you were gonna ask me a question.
01:18:55Wouldn't you agree, Mike?
01:18:56Take that, Eric Bischoff.
01:18:57Take that.
01:18:58Take that, NWO.
01:18:59Yeah.
01:19:00It's great to be a legend, as Larry would tell you.
01:19:01But it's even greater to have a legend
01:19:03on the side of World Championship Wrestling.
01:19:05Boy, you're right about that.
01:19:06And how about out here talking about the virtues
01:19:11of the New World Order and what it's meant to him?
01:19:13Well, Eric Bischoff, we've seen you chokeslam.
01:19:17We have seen you racked.
01:19:19We've seen what happened to you
01:19:21since your turn of events with the NWO.
01:19:24And let me also say that you have deserved
01:19:26each and every one of them.
01:19:28I'd like to see a couple more chokeslams.
01:19:32So would I.
01:19:33And why not tonight?
01:19:34Why not?
01:19:35Have they scraped him out of the ring yet?
01:19:37Well, all the king's horses and all the king's men
01:19:39will never be able to put Bischoff's backpack together again.
01:19:43Well, LaParca comes out with the chair.
01:19:46And I want to talk more about what happened to Eric.
01:19:50You know, that bears showing again.
01:19:52I don't know if we have time on this program
01:19:54to show the chokeslam or not again,
01:19:56but we'd all like to see it.
01:19:58Wouldn't you?
01:19:59Yeah, sign me up for that.
01:20:01But let's right now get to what happened last week
01:20:05when Conan was confronted by his compadres.
01:20:10Reflexes, vato.
01:20:12Orale!
01:20:13How are your reflexes?
01:20:15Wait a minute.
01:20:16Wait a minute.
01:20:17Here they come from Lucha Libre.
01:20:19Hey, Conan.
01:20:20You say you're familia.
01:20:22You say you're raza.
01:20:23You don't know nothing about family, ese.
01:20:26You don't know nothing.
01:20:28No sabes nada de raza.
01:20:30Orale.
01:20:31Mi nueva familia es de NWO.
01:20:33You and these four refugees better have a good game plan
01:20:37because the Wolfpack's got my back.
01:20:39Arriba la raza!
01:20:41Apparently a challenge there.
01:20:44Rey Mysterio Jr.,
01:20:46Conan coming out and kicking those crutches out.
01:20:48I can't believe it.
01:20:49Just my last words.
01:20:50You're gonna pay, man.
01:20:52And then Conan, of course,
01:20:54later, earlier tonight, actually,
01:20:56said he was gonna dispose of all of his amigos,
01:20:59former amigos, one-on-one,
01:21:01beginning with La Parca here.
01:21:03And obviously, La Parca has been sent out
01:21:05as a representative of the luchadors,
01:21:07the Mexican wrestlers.
01:21:09Rey Mysterio Jr. in no shape
01:21:11to go into the ring and battle with Conan.
01:21:13We talk about La Parca as we saw him come to the ring
01:21:15accompanied by Sonny Ono,
01:21:17being known as the chairman of World Championship Wrestling.
01:21:19Tony, I don't know whether you saw it,
01:21:21but that steel chair that he brought to the ring,
01:21:23it literally had Conan's name on it.
01:21:25Well, I wouldn't want to be in the ring
01:21:27knowing a guy's coming to the ring with my name on a chair.
01:21:31This has been an incredible night.
01:21:33Can we show that again?
01:21:35I mean, I want to see him go down again.
01:21:37I tell you what, if he can't show it in this program,
01:21:39Eric going down,
01:21:41then just put it on videocassette for me,
01:21:43a VHS tape, and I'll just take it home
01:21:45or back to the hotel and watch it again and again.
01:21:47Okay?
01:21:49That was great.
01:21:51I think a lot of us are going to watch the Nitro replay this evening.
01:21:53I think we're going to watch the Nitro replay.
01:21:55You bet.
01:21:57As a matter of fact, I'm going to have my own Nitro party.
01:21:59Yes, we will.
01:22:01Yes.
01:22:03And there's a chokeslam involved in this Nitro party.
01:22:05And we'll call room service, and whoever comes to our door
01:22:07will chokeslam.
01:22:09You always take things a little bit too far, don't you?
01:22:11There it is.
01:22:13He's got that steel chair.
01:22:15And he missed it.
01:22:17It sure did.
01:22:19Conan's name was on it, but it was the feet of Conan
01:22:21that hit the chair.
01:22:23Big mistake on the part of La Parca.
01:22:25Looked like he had him set up for the win.
01:22:27Instead he tried to humiliate.
01:22:29What a move.
01:22:31Dropped him on his head, and that's a prelude to this,
01:22:33the Tequila Sunrise.
01:22:35Tequila Sunrise has it on now.
01:22:38This may be the most dangerous man in the NWO.
01:22:40Here comes Psychosis to stop it.
01:22:42And Conan just walks away from Psychosis.
01:22:44Psychosis, the tag team partner of La Parca,
01:22:46out to make sure that his friend and tag partner
01:22:48does not have a leg broken like Conan did to Ray Jr.
01:22:50Well, Conan will get the win,
01:22:52and fans can't wait to see what happens next.
01:22:54We'll be right back.
01:23:08As we leave you,
01:23:10let's take another moment in time.
01:23:12One of our most favorite moments
01:23:14in the history of Nitro.
01:23:16Hello, Eric, and oh, by the way, Eric,
01:23:18good night.
01:23:20What's the wattage on that bulb up there?
01:23:22See ya!
01:23:24Oh, boy!
01:23:26The following announcement
01:23:28has been paid for
01:23:30by the New World Order.
01:23:32Got a hold, Kevin, answer the pen set.
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01:23:44That's right, the limited edition
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01:23:54The preceding announcement
01:23:56has been paid for by the New World Order.
01:23:58You know, fans,
01:24:00as we head to Road Wild
01:24:02in Sturgis on August 9th,
01:24:04we await, of course, Hogan and Luger.
01:24:06The blockbuster announcement made earlier,
01:24:08Luger got it signed because
01:24:10next week on Nitro,
01:24:12live from right outside of Detroit
01:24:14in the Palace of Auburn Hills,
01:24:16Luger gets his shot at Hollywood Hulk Hogan
01:24:18for the world title, regardless of what
01:24:20Eric Bischoff would say, it has been signed
01:24:22and those two will meet next week, Mike.
01:24:24What a blockbuster announcement it was.
01:24:26Luger does not have to wait
01:24:28until August 9th at Road Wild.
01:24:30Next Monday, he gets that world's title shot.
01:24:32And think, Hogan, just an average
01:24:34wrestler. Just an average
01:24:36wrestler who puts his boots on and trunks
01:24:38and crawls through the ropes. That average
01:24:40man, the master of the total package,
01:24:42the master of the torture rack,
01:24:44Lex Luger, is once again going to
01:24:46become heavyweight champion of the world.
01:24:48And what are you going to do about it, Hogan?
01:24:50Nothing. Now let's go
01:24:52to our headquarters at the CNN Center
01:24:54in Atlanta. Standing by on the telephone
01:24:56the executive director of the
01:24:58WCW Executive Committee, Mr. James
01:25:00J. Dillon. J.J., it's good
01:25:02to have you with us. Can you hear me?
01:25:04Yes, Tony. Good evening. Okay, we were talking
01:25:06earlier about Sting. It's been
01:25:08one year now since Sting has been in the ring.
01:25:10We do understand that you have an
01:25:12offer to make Sting. Is that right?
01:25:14Well, Tony, first of all,
01:25:16I've been spending a
01:25:18greater part of the day with
01:25:20the Executive Committee and a group of
01:25:22attorneys representing Luger.
01:25:24The match is official for Mitro next
01:25:26Monday in Auburn Hills. So, Tony,
01:25:28I will definitely see you in person
01:25:30in Auburn Hills, but as you've alluded
01:25:32to, I am committed to another very
01:25:34important project on behalf
01:25:36of the Executive Committee. It has
01:25:38been about a year since we have seen
01:25:40Sting in the ring.
01:25:42And with the emergence of the NWO
01:25:44and their rise to power, supported by one
01:25:46Eric Bischoff, many,
01:25:48including myself, have questioned just where
01:25:50Sting's loyalties have lied.
01:25:52And for a while, we got
01:25:54some mixed signals, but as you gentlemen
01:25:56pointed out, Sting's recent actions
01:25:58have shown me that he is solemnly
01:26:00with WCW.
01:26:02So to get to the point, the Executive Committee
01:26:04is working on putting together an offer
01:26:06to get Sting back
01:26:08in the ring by September.
01:26:10How about that? By September!
01:26:12That's right. And I've heard from some
01:26:14usually reliable sources, Tony, that Sting
01:26:16may be in Auburn Hills next Monday as well.
01:26:18Wow. So I'm not about to miss
01:26:20a potential opportunity to confront him, and
01:26:22if Sting is there, I will confront
01:26:24him with an offer, and again, our goal
01:26:26is to do whatever it takes
01:26:28to get Sting to return to action
01:26:30back in the ring by September.
01:26:32Well, J.J., good work. On behalf of
01:26:34all the fans, on behalf of all of us,
01:26:36this is something we've all wanted to see. It's been
01:26:38long overdue, and hopefully it'll
01:26:40all come together next week. Thanks a lot, J.J.
01:26:42J.J. Dillon,
01:26:44and I'll tell you,
01:26:46by September, he hopes
01:26:48to come up with something to get
01:26:50Sting back in the ring,
01:26:52and he thinks he'll be with us next week
01:26:54in Detroit, live on Nitro.
01:26:56Couple that with Luger and Hogan
01:26:58for the world title. You are going
01:27:00to have fans your biggest
01:27:02Nitro ever next week. No doubt
01:27:04about it. And another thing, Shivani,
01:27:06something very, very important I think you
01:27:08have to consider here.
01:27:10What is Hogan gonna do and the NWO
01:27:12gonna do if Luger becomes champion?
01:27:14Will they crumble? Will they fall
01:27:16apart? Will they dissolve?
01:27:18I know the answer to that.
01:27:20They'll get more dangerous.
01:27:22The sneak attacks will intensify.
01:27:24Things may get out of hand.
01:27:26Because, you know, when you
01:27:28deal with men's mentality like
01:27:30this, Jeff, when you think
01:27:32they're down like today, a lot of times
01:27:34that's when the sneak will bite you, right?
01:27:36Well, that's what we've seen in the past from the NWO.
01:27:38But wouldn't it be great to see
01:27:40world championship wrestling back in that
01:27:42lead position with WCW
01:27:44in possession of the world's title
01:27:46belt. What a Nitro this has been.
01:27:48And you're talking about next week being the biggest
01:27:50Nitro ever.
01:27:52Can you top this?
01:27:54We'll find out next Monday.
01:27:56The Macho Man
01:27:58and Scott Steiner
01:28:00for the feature
01:28:02event here from
01:28:04Charleston, West Virginia.
01:28:06And look at the shape of Scott Steiner.
01:28:08You could strike a match on his body.
01:28:10I don't know.
01:28:12I think it's great
01:28:14to have Rick out here with him
01:28:16because not only is he facing
01:28:18just another great athlete
01:28:20but he's facing a member of the
01:28:22New World Order in the Macho Man
01:28:24Randy Savage. Of course,
01:28:26Miss Elizabeth out here as well.
01:28:28So important for that
01:28:30backup. Make sure that his back
01:28:32is covered. We talked earlier
01:28:34to Kevin Nash and Scott Hall
01:28:36and we were told that Hollywood Hogan is not here.
01:28:38It's a chance for an even up
01:28:40one on one matchup with Scott Steiner
01:28:42against Randy Savage. But you never know
01:28:44what lurks in the buildings
01:28:46as long as the NWO is present.
01:28:48And you never know what a giant is thinking.
01:28:50We heard the Macho Man
01:28:52when the giant was ready to wrestle.
01:28:54Then we heard Eric Bischoff
01:28:56and saw Eric Bischoff.
01:28:58But now the NWO
01:29:00back out once again. The Macho Man
01:29:02of course to face the giant
01:29:04but against Scott Steiner. One of the most
01:29:06remarkable tag team wrestlers
01:29:08ever. If the old adage is true
01:29:10you gotta be a great singles competitor first
01:29:12before you can ever think about tag team wars.
01:29:14They're in the corner here now
01:29:16and Randy Anderson
01:29:18trying to separate things.
01:29:20There's an example. You see on the back brain
01:29:22the word madness.
01:29:24And you touched on it earlier. When you're against
01:29:26Savage there's a certain air
01:29:28of madness about the
01:29:30persona that overtakes you.
01:29:32He brings you to a new level.
01:29:34You don't want to get in the ring with Savage and want to beat him
01:29:36with a hold or something. What you want to do is get
01:29:38your hands on him. You just want to kick him
01:29:40so bad and hurt him so much
01:29:42he just is so irritating to people.
01:29:44And that's what makes him such a great competitor though.
01:29:46You see that slap to the face by Randy Savage
01:29:48just another example.
01:29:50Oh boy. That time Randy Anderson
01:29:52goes down. Inadvertently
01:29:54the Macho Man taking advantage of this
01:29:56a choke hold and a stomp to the head.
01:29:58Sending Scottie
01:30:00Steiner near side ropes.
01:30:02The big man pounding between the shoulder blades.
01:30:04It is so important for Scott Steiner to stay
01:30:06focused and to use this kind
01:30:08of power advantage.
01:30:10That time got him up and dropped him
01:30:12behind him
01:30:14and Savage trying to slow the pace down here.
01:30:16Oh hello.
01:30:18Meet the dog face gremlin if you will.
01:30:22He did.
01:30:24Now you don't want to fight both of Steiner single handedly.
01:30:26That's madness.
01:30:28That's madness right there.
01:30:30That's right Bray.
01:30:32And you're right you don't want to do it.
01:30:34He shoves away David Pinscher
01:30:36He has his chair and he walked away from that.
01:30:38See the wheels are turning
01:30:40right now in his head. You can smell the smoke.
01:30:42He's thinking. Something's going through his mind.
01:30:44Give me something heavy. Give me something sharp.
01:30:46Give me something I can use.
01:30:48Oh boy.
01:30:50I would say that Macho Man has
01:30:52snapped but that happened a long time ago.
01:30:54And Vince you know that.
01:30:56What he
01:30:58plans on doing here
01:31:00I'm not even sure that he knows.
01:31:02Savage at his finest. Savage
01:31:05on edge playing mind games with the Steiners.
01:31:07I'll tell you how dangerous Savage is. Tony you're wrong.
01:31:09He knows exactly what he's doing.
01:31:11That's what makes him so dangerous.
01:31:13But he just doesn't care.
01:31:15Vince
01:31:17We've got to take a break.
01:31:19The match will continue after this.
01:31:21Dare to go away. Live on Nitro.
01:31:23Madness.
01:31:27We're back live and the match continues.
01:31:29The Macho Man tried to change the pace of the match
01:31:31by going on the outside.
01:31:33I think that's exactly what he did.
01:31:35He changes the pace any time he wants.
01:31:37You just can't control yourself in the ring with this guy.
01:31:39This isn't going to be good for him though.
01:31:41Scott Steiner with a mammoth
01:31:43belly to belly suplex.
01:31:45That puts Savage down and now he rolls
01:31:47out of the ring. Scott Steiner.
01:31:49What a remarkable athlete he is.
01:31:51Miss Elizabeth
01:31:53is between.
01:31:55That's the wrong place
01:31:57for her to be but Savage used her
01:31:59to his advantage here Mike.
01:32:01He had that NWO mentality
01:32:03so he thought he would hide behind Elizabeth.
01:32:05Scott Steiner had the perfect counter.
01:32:07Yeah but as a result
01:32:09that took his focus away.
01:32:11From his opponent
01:32:13and meanwhile Scott Steiner
01:32:15head first to the steel steps.
01:32:17No give to those steel steps. None at all.
01:32:19No give to Scott Steiner either.
01:32:21Watch out.
01:32:23They are out now.
01:32:25He threw him right over the safety rail.
01:32:27Right over the safety rail in the front row
01:32:29ringside area. It's out of control now.
01:32:31It's always out of control
01:32:33when Savage is involved.
01:32:35Trademark Randy Savage.
01:32:37Dishing out his own brand of
01:32:39mayhem as only he can.
01:32:41Nicely put Mike.
01:32:43Brand of mayhem.
01:32:45Savage I'm not so sure
01:32:47where he went. There you see he's still out
01:32:49there. He saw Rick.
01:32:51He went all the way around the other side.
01:32:53This is the same side but
01:32:55the other side of that front row ringside
01:32:57to get him from behind.
01:32:59You see Savage is always thinking.
01:33:01He's not as crazy as everyone
01:33:03thinks he is. Sure he's off the wall.
01:33:05Sure he's nuts and sure he's dangerous
01:33:07but he's crazy like a fox. He knows
01:33:09what he's doing at all times. He lives like this
01:33:11all his life. Madness is just part of his
01:33:13day. And you know I can only think
01:33:15that and we touched on this earlier
01:33:17Mike that even though
01:33:19Hall and Nash are not here. We heard from them
01:33:21by telephone that
01:33:23Savage is here for a purpose
01:33:25that is maybe to injure Scott Steiner.
01:33:27Let's not forget he missed some time recently
01:33:29because of a back injury.
01:33:31So if he takes him down and takes him
01:33:33out here then the Steiners
01:33:35will not be able to get their much
01:33:37deserved title shot in Sturgis.
01:33:39It's obvious that the outsider sent
01:33:41Savage as their emissary. He's been
01:33:43working on the back and working on the
01:33:45shoulder of Scott Steiner from the outset.
01:33:47And you know another thing that's very important
01:33:49they know the NWL knows that next
01:33:51Monday on Nitro Hogan
01:33:53could lose the title. Hogan could be
01:33:55going in to
01:33:57Road Wild as a
01:33:59challenger not a champion and they don't
01:34:01want that to happen. And they'll do everything in their
01:34:03power. You know fans next week
01:34:05try to prevent that from happening.
01:34:07The NWL. Scott Steiner
01:34:09where did he get that from? What a
01:34:11counter. Savage's move off the
01:34:13top turned into a belly to belly
01:34:15overhead suplex. That was an incredible
01:34:17show of reserve by Scott
01:34:19Steiner. Incredibly
01:34:21Scott Steiner after being pounded
01:34:23on the outside came back with that
01:34:25as you can see it was out of desperation
01:34:27because he can barely pull himself up
01:34:29and now the dog face gremlin confronting
01:34:31Miss Elizabeth and there goes
01:34:33Savage on the outside.
01:34:35And now it's Steiner's turn.
01:34:37He back body dropped him over the top and what
01:34:39was Miss Elizabeth doing up on the ring
01:34:41apron? Well once again it's a grand
01:34:43scheme.
01:34:45Remember she is not only with Savage
01:34:47she is a part of the new
01:34:49world order.
01:34:51And now Savage is going to go
01:34:53in the same position and he landed
01:34:55look at this on a chair
01:34:57and I think maybe hurt his shoulder that time.
01:35:01Head first to the safety rail
01:35:03behind ringside.
01:35:05Amazingly
01:35:07enough. Oh my goodness.
01:35:09How about that one?
01:35:11Those arms just propelled him up and over the
01:35:13safety rail. Amazingly enough
01:35:15Randy Anderson is letting this
01:35:17match continue.
01:35:19Could easily be a double count out here.
01:35:21I think Randy Anderson knows
01:35:23all about the NWO
01:35:25and what they've done
01:35:27and he wants to see this match
01:35:29continue but I think as a result
01:35:31the man who may lose the most here
01:35:33is Scott Steiner. Desperation
01:35:35move on the part of Savage at that time
01:35:37as Scott Steiner came back over the
01:35:39steel guard rail he was able to throw him
01:35:41shoulder first again working on the back
01:35:43working on the shoulder.
01:35:45Now Scott Steiner sent Savage
01:35:47back to the steel. But you gotta say this
01:35:49Savage is putting up a fight. He's not
01:35:51retreating. He's staying right with him.
01:35:53Savage is here to fight. That's how
01:35:55demented this guy is. The average
01:35:57guy would have been out by now.
01:35:59Kicking the man in the face
01:36:01Scott Steiner. Oh!
01:36:03Savage
01:36:05rebounds with that one and that was a desperation
01:36:07maneuver by the Macho Man.
01:36:09And a warning from Randy Anderson.
01:36:11Well if you don't see it you can't call it.
01:36:13Randy Anderson didn't see it. That's right.
01:36:15That's a good call there Brain.
01:36:17He was able to anticipate it obviously
01:36:19from the look on Scott Steiner's face.
01:36:21He's been lenient earlier so I think he just had to
01:36:23give him that one.
01:36:25Can he pick him up?
01:36:27One, two and almost beat him that time.
01:36:29Scott Steiner runs right through
01:36:31Savage.
01:36:33Scott Steiner is getting
01:36:35a second win late in this match up here fans.
01:36:37He's had enough of Savage.
01:36:39Yeah he wants to end him right here.
01:36:41Here's a pick up.
01:36:43And he nailed it with a powerbomb.
01:36:45Released the powerbomb
01:36:47that time. Wasted too much time though.
01:36:49He's going to
01:36:51go up top now. Usually up top
01:36:53it's a Steiner double team maneuver.
01:36:57But he's going to put him up here now.
01:36:59What is he going to try? Maybe a top rope
01:37:01bulldog. Frankensteiner. Frankensteiner.
01:37:03Superplex.
01:37:05Or just punch his head off.
01:37:07He may be going for the Frankensteiner. Yes!
01:37:09A super Frankensteiner
01:37:11off the top rope.
01:37:13Incredible for a man of his size.
01:37:15Elizabeth took off
01:37:17a shoe to throw it to help her man.
01:37:19And there you see the lateral press.
01:37:21Who is this?
01:37:23Oh it's the Outsiders.
01:37:25The Outsiders are here. They are here.
01:37:29I wouldn't doubt they've been here all along.
01:37:31Well you may be right.
01:37:33And now the Outsiders
01:37:35taking the measure
01:37:37of the Steiners.
01:37:39And remember Scott has already been involved
01:37:41in a grueling matchup.
01:37:43Savage heading to the top.
01:37:45An elbow
01:37:47on Scott Steiner.
01:37:49The bell sounds. We've got a disqualification.
01:37:51But the carnage continues.
01:37:53You're right Tony. They want to take them out.
01:37:55They don't want them to show up to Sturgis.
01:37:57The Outsiders want no part of them fresh.
01:37:59It was trickery
01:38:01on behalf of the NWL.
01:38:03They could have been across the street to Marriott here.
01:38:05Who knows?
01:38:07But we thought they were not here.
01:38:09But as you can see fans, they are here.
01:38:11And boy are they making an impact.
01:38:13Sturgis.
01:38:15Will the Steiners be able to compete 100%?
01:38:19The Macho Man's not finished.
01:38:21Their henchman. Here comes the Giant.
01:38:23Here's coming a chore.
01:38:25The Giant is in.
01:38:29Yeah now watch him bail.
01:38:31After they took advantage of those diversionary
01:38:33tactics and come out.
01:38:35When they're confronted face to face by the Giant
01:38:37they bail.
01:38:39Well it was 3 against 2.
01:38:41Now it's 11 against 2.
01:38:43We have already seen what the Giant
01:38:45can do to the NWO tonight.
01:38:47Right Eric Bischoff?
01:38:49But it's the Outsiders
01:38:51and the Macho Man
01:38:53with another NWO plot.
01:38:55Another plan to take
01:38:57away from would-be
01:38:59contenders.
01:39:02Remember this. If they'll protect Savage
01:39:04in a match like this, what will they
01:39:06do next Monday to protect
01:39:08Hulk Hogan and the title?
01:39:10I want you to stand right there because this isn't with you
01:39:12right now. Right now I'm going to see you and Sturgis
01:39:14later. Big Boy, I know it was you.
01:39:16Why don't we come on down here
01:39:18and give this one for free?
01:39:20Oh yeah. Sure.
01:39:22I'll call the thing. I'm ready for it.
01:39:24He's calling out Kevin Nash.
01:39:26Come up there and give me a little bit.
01:39:28I'm not fighting for all
01:39:30of these guys.
01:39:34How about this?
01:39:36Doug Dillinger's going to open up.
01:39:38We're not done yet.
01:39:40We are not done. Security has
01:39:42stepped aside.
01:39:44He's not calling the Macho Man.
01:39:46He wants Kevin Nash.
01:39:48The battle of the big men.
01:39:52So go to the ring.
01:39:54A girl
01:39:56fashion fight.
01:39:58They're standing
01:40:00here at Nitro.
01:40:04Get ready Detroit.
01:40:06Get ready Sturgis.
01:40:08You're not kidding. Here he goes.
01:40:10Fans, I have been told
01:40:12we are desperately out of time here
01:40:14on Nitro.
01:40:16Kevin Nash.
01:40:22He's going to go to the ring.
01:40:24Kevin Nash is going to the ring.
01:40:26And we're out of time.
01:40:28He's going to get in the ring.
01:40:34Look at that man. Look at those eyes.
01:40:36Look at Bishop.