WCW Clash of the Champions 35: August 21, 1997

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00:00:00of the champions live from Nashville, Tennessee.
00:00:04DDP and Lex Luger team up to form a united front against Scott Hall and
00:00:09Randy Savage of the NWO.
00:00:11Kurt Hennig still claiming to be a free agent will hook up with Ric Flair of
00:00:17the Four Horsemen to battle NWO Bad Boy Six in Conan.
00:00:21The first of three NWO champions to win the NWO title,
00:00:25the first of three titles go on the line.
00:00:28United States title is up for grabs as Jeff Jarrett,
00:00:31former horseman takes on ex football sensation Steve Mongol McMichaels.
00:00:36Debra McMichael standing by her new man, Jeff Jarrett.
00:00:40In wild eight man tag action, Supercalo, Buffon to Guerrera,
00:00:45Liz Mark Jr. at Hector Garza, square off against Psychosis,
00:00:50Viano Four, Viano Five, and Silver King, Lucha Libre rules.
00:00:56Raven takes revenge on longtime friend and
00:00:59associate Stevie Richards in a grudge match to set the record straight.
00:01:04Newly crowned champion, the young lion Chris Jericho defends his
00:01:08cruiserweight title against the bitter Eddie Guerrero.
00:01:12Former cruiserweight champion Alex Wright goes for the gold again as
00:01:17Ultimate Dragon puts his TV championship belt on the line.
00:01:21All of this next on Flash of the Champions.
00:01:26And World Championship is played where the big boys play.
00:01:30And Super Station TBS welcome you to the Clinch of the Champions.
00:01:37We come to you live from Music City, USA.
00:01:42Nashville, Tennessee, where a capacity crowd is on hand tonight.
00:01:47And where tonight, maybe as it was Monday night,
00:01:52war will break out again between WCW and the NWO.
00:01:56And along with Dusty Rhodes, the American Dream, and Bobby the Brain Heenan.
00:02:02I am Tony Schiavone and Brain as we left the fans on TNT on Monday night show.
00:02:08It was WCW against the NWO.
00:02:10And tonight in two tag team matches, Scott Hall, the Macho Man Randy Savage,
00:02:15Will Face, Diamond Dallas Page, and Lex Luger.
00:02:18What about that one?
00:02:19Well, they better call up General Schwarzkopf.
00:02:21They better get him out here in some reconnaissance planes in Napalm.
00:02:24Cuz this war could go all over.
00:02:26It could go all over Tennessee, all the way to Kentucky, who knows?
00:02:29Plus, Ric Flair and, as you know, fans,
00:02:31his tag team partner Kurt Henning against Konnan and Sixx.
00:02:34But also, Monday night, James J Dillon gave Sting until tonight to say yes.
00:02:39And I think we all know, even James J Dillon realizes what Sting wants to getting back in the ring.
00:02:44I'll tell you what, Tony, the most anticipated answer to a question,
00:02:49hopefully tonight, right here on TBS Clash of the Champions.
00:02:53Sting's gotta step up to the plate right here.
00:02:56Tell us what he wants.
00:02:57Ultimatums have been thrown out there.
00:02:59Everybody's talking about it.
00:03:01Let's start talking about it and start doing it right here tonight.
00:03:05It happened Monday night on Nitro Live on TNT.
00:03:09James J Dillon was in the ring.
00:03:10You hear me?
00:03:11You have between right now and this Thursday, August 21st,
00:03:17the night of the Clash of the Champions on TBS from Nashville,
00:03:21to come forward and to talk to me and tell me what it is you want.
00:03:26It won't go on any longer.
00:03:57Wait a minute, don't touch J.J. Dillon.
00:04:02He's pointing to a side.
00:04:04You can see the sign.
00:04:06He's pointing to the other side.
00:04:09He's pointing to the other side.
00:04:12He's pointing to the other side.
00:04:16He's pointing to a side.
00:04:18You can see the sign.
00:04:21He's pointing to the other side.
00:04:36Well, the chant of Hogan, it's very apparent what Sting wants.
00:04:40And I think by this time, James J Dillon knows as well, guys.
00:04:44Tonight is the deadline for Sting.
00:04:46I think he's already entered that deadline.
00:04:48I'm looking forward to seeing if tonight, that match that Sting wants,
00:04:53that the world wants, can finally be signed, Bray.
00:04:56Well, my thinking is something's going to happen tonight.
00:04:59Something's going to be said.
00:05:01We'll know one way or the other.
00:05:03And I can only hope and pray that Sting gets what he wants,
00:05:07because I want to see Hogan get hit.
00:05:09Yeah, the handwriting's on the wall.
00:05:11Well, it's Hogan right here, and I guarantee you,
00:05:14some answer has to come from Sting tonight.
00:05:17Take a look.
00:05:18You talk about a matchup right here off the get-go.
00:05:20Here tonight, Tony, we're getting ready to see one right here.
00:05:23Lovely Debra McMichael.
00:05:24I mean, running with a bad man, another man.
00:05:27Running with a man from right here in Nashville, Tennessee,
00:05:30Jeff Jarrett, the United States champ.
00:05:32Jeff Jarrett will open up the Clash of the Champions,
00:05:34one of three title matches we have for you live here tonight.
00:05:38And he'll defend that U.S. heavyweight title
00:05:40against a man who, in the short span, guys,
00:05:42has become one of the baddest of them all,
00:05:44member of the Horsemen, Mongo.
00:05:47You know what, Bray?
00:05:48It's always a proven fact.
00:05:50When you're fighting or battling with emotion,
00:05:52sometimes it's costly and it makes you make mistakes.
00:05:55But let me tell you something about Mongo McMichael.
00:05:57He understands the situation.
00:05:59He sees his wife in there with another man.
00:06:02This has taken on a real different twist of fate,
00:06:06if you know what I'm talking about.
00:06:07Well, I wonder if he can stay focused.
00:06:09You know, Jarrett's no pushover.
00:06:11That man can beat you any time of the day.
00:06:13So if he wants to beat Jarrett, out-wrestle him
00:06:16and become United States champion,
00:06:17he's got to concentrate and forget about his wife.
00:06:20Yeah!
00:06:21Gentlemen, let's not forget that over the course of the last week,
00:06:25the last weekend, and even Monday on Nitro,
00:06:27the NWO mentioned that tonight would be their birthday party.
00:06:31One year for the NWO, and they would celebrate tonight.
00:06:34What does that mean for WCW?
00:06:36What does that mean for the athletes?
00:06:38What does that mean for James J. Dillon?
00:06:40We can only wait and find out
00:06:41during the course of this live program
00:06:44here on Superstation TBS.
00:06:46And down low goes Jeff Jarrett.
00:06:48He does not want Mongo to get an early advantage,
00:06:50but Mongo's got the belt now in his hand.
00:06:53I want to tell you something else.
00:06:54I'll make a quick note of this right here.
00:06:56That belt is like a Super Bowl ring to him.
00:06:59It's very important.
00:07:00All I'm saying, Bray, and you answered this question,
00:07:03was can he emotionally be involved
00:07:05in a contest right here tonight
00:07:07without thinking about his wife?
00:07:09Well, he's done it in football,
00:07:10but then again, his wife wasn't sitting on the bench.
00:07:13Yeah, she didn't run away with Troy Aikman or nobody.
00:07:16She was standing out there with Jeff Jarrett
00:07:18live right here in public tonight.
00:07:20This is a gala night.
00:07:21We have a capacity crowd on hand.
00:07:23We have the best of WCW, the best of the NWO.
00:07:26Three title matches also here with us tonight,
00:07:29and we'll be hearing from them, we understand, later on
00:07:32Coach Paul Gilmartin and Chef Claude Mann
00:07:34of dinner and a movie that you see
00:07:36each and every Friday night
00:07:37here on Superstation TBS.
00:07:38So a lot going on here live from Nashville,
00:07:41and here we go.
00:07:42Jeff Jarrett trying to use the quickness rolling on.
00:07:45Look at this.
00:07:46How about that?
00:07:47A pickup of the big man in a hard slam.
00:07:49Out of the playbook right there.
00:07:51Big man slam by Jeff Jarrett.
00:07:53Bray, and I'll tell you what,
00:07:54Jeff Jarrett, traditionalist that he is,
00:07:57knows what to do inside that square circle.
00:08:00Well, like I said, he's no rookie,
00:08:01and he's a man that can beat you any time of the day.
00:08:03Second generation.
00:08:04He's been down the road.
00:08:05He's had some battles.
00:08:08He's prepared.
00:08:09Look at the determination, if you will, on his face.
00:08:12In addition, as you heard,
00:08:13at the top of the program,
00:08:15a big eight-man tag, Lucha Libre.
00:08:17Mike Tenney will be with us to call that one.
00:08:19That certainly is going to get out of hand.
00:08:21It always does.
00:08:22Now, Mungo.
00:08:24Jarrett put the briefs on,
00:08:25but he's in the clutches of McMichael.
00:08:27Standing switch.
00:08:28Double leg pickup,
00:08:29and he's going into the three-point stance.
00:08:31What about this?
00:08:32That's trying to add insult to injury right here.
00:08:34Turn around right here.
00:08:36He got him, too.
00:08:37Took him off his feet.
00:08:39And he's going to showboat a little bit,
00:08:41and I'm not so sure that that's a good thing to do.
00:08:44I know he's in his hometown, Bray,
00:08:46but he's going up against Steve McMichael here.
00:08:48The only advantage he has doing this in his hometown
00:08:51is they can bury him here.
00:08:53That's about right.
00:08:54Got to do a little strutting now,
00:08:56and that really got the big man mad,
00:08:58but, you know, maybe, Dream,
00:08:59that's the strategy here,
00:09:01to get Mungo upset, to get him angry.
00:09:03I don't think it's going to take much to get him upset.
00:09:05You see Pearl Harbor turning back on him.
00:09:07Got him from behind now.
00:09:08Look at what the boot's doing.
00:09:10Yeah, I don't think it's going to take a whole lot
00:09:12to get Mungo McMichael angry at anybody.
00:09:15I think he was mad before the bell rang.
00:09:17You know what, Tony,
00:09:18though, Jeff Jarrett went in with a good game plan.
00:09:20When you take a look at it and see what I got to do,
00:09:22take the big man down, stay away from his power,
00:09:24and don't get hit with one of them.
00:09:27Uh-uh.
00:09:28Not tonight.
00:09:30That rocked the U.S. champion here,
00:09:33and Jarrett now sent to the left side.
00:09:36Irich Swiffin, Jarrett now takes the low road
00:09:39and tries to slow things down here, but here we go.
00:09:41Mungo was going to go out after him,
00:09:43and now Randy Anderson moved him back.
00:09:45Well, Mungo's got to realize to beat Jarrett,
00:09:48and to become United States champion,
00:09:50he's got to do it in the ring.
00:09:52Jeff Jarrett slowly trying to take advantage here,
00:09:56trying to slow down the momentum of Steve Mungo McMichael,
00:09:58and as he goes back into the ring,
00:10:00we're going to have to step out for a commercial break.
00:10:02Wow.
00:10:03Back with more live of the Clash of the Champions
00:10:05U.S. title bout after this timeout.
00:10:07You know, that's a good move to slow McMichael down.
00:10:09You're right.
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00:10:24Welcome back.
00:10:25Live to the Clash of the Champions,
00:10:27and the action is outside.
00:10:30And this is the first time during the course
00:10:32of this commercial break it's been a case
00:10:34of Jeff Jarrett trying to stall.
00:10:36He finally pulled Mungo out,
00:10:38and Mungo was sent to the steps,
00:10:40now twice head first to those steel steps.
00:10:42Yeah, whatever game plan he had,
00:10:44it's worked to perfection,
00:10:45if you know what I'm talking about,
00:10:47because the big man, Mungo McMichael,
00:10:49now has been the real game plan
00:10:52of one Jeff Jarrett,
00:10:54trying to stomp a mud hole in him right here.
00:10:56And it seems to be working
00:10:57because he's got him where he wants him.
00:10:58He's got him down.
00:10:59He's had advantage of the match
00:11:01for more than half the match,
00:11:02so it's working for Jarrett.
00:11:04Now, the old strategy is
00:11:05to take the bigger man down off his feet.
00:11:07He did much more than that.
00:11:08He's almost polarized.
00:11:10The man on the outside head first,
00:11:12and many times...
00:11:14Look at this!
00:11:15Hey!
00:11:16Would you look at this?
00:11:17Wow!
00:11:18That's a first.
00:11:20I mean, we have seen her be a distraction
00:11:22on the outside ring,
00:11:23but never grab anyone,
00:11:25and she grabbed her own husband that time.
00:11:27Yeah, I can understand her doing that
00:11:28with anybody else.
00:11:29I can see that.
00:11:30I can even understand that.
00:11:31This, I don't understand at all.
00:11:34Of course, women do a lot of things
00:11:35I don't understand.
00:11:37You and me both, man.
00:11:38Down goes Mungo once again.
00:11:40Mostly me.
00:11:41Mostly you.
00:11:42Yeah, she physically put her hands on him.
00:11:45I'm telling you.
00:11:46She might have been waiting to do that
00:11:47a long time.
00:11:48Ah!
00:11:49Ah!
00:11:50Yes!
00:11:51Sleeper hold is on.
00:11:54Mungo fighting.
00:11:55A lot of times, the more you fight,
00:11:57the worse it is for you.
00:11:58And I doubt if Mungo's ever been in a sleeper hold
00:12:00and knows how to combat it
00:12:01or what to do.
00:12:03I'll tell you what,
00:12:04Jarrett's got it hooked real good, too.
00:12:06You've got to get him down
00:12:07where both their knees hit the canvas,
00:12:08and then your bottom side hits,
00:12:11and once you've got him down there,
00:12:12you've got to really put the pressure
00:12:14on that carotid artery right there.
00:12:15You know?
00:12:16The best way to get out of that thing
00:12:18is pull that hand down around the neck
00:12:20so the referee has to break it.
00:12:21Make it into a choke.
00:12:23Make it into a choke.
00:12:25Yeah.
00:12:26He's out right here, Tony.
00:12:27He could be.
00:12:28Arm is up.
00:12:29No, it does not go down on the third one,
00:12:31and Randy Anderson, both hands out in front.
00:12:33He said, no, this match is still going on.
00:12:36Mungo is okay,
00:12:37and he's starting to come back here.
00:12:39That's right.
00:12:40He thinks it's the fourth quarter or something,
00:12:41and it's a tie game,
00:12:42and he's got the ball.
00:12:44These people have powered their way
00:12:45out of a sleeper like this.
00:12:47He's got a sleeper of his own on.
00:12:49There you go.
00:12:50Reverse it right there.
00:12:51Jumped on it, and he's got it on good.
00:12:53And Debra wants the attention of Randy Anderson.
00:12:56Well, she's got it, too,
00:12:57and she's up there on the ring,
00:12:58and there's people all moving around.
00:12:59Who is this right here?
00:13:00Eddie Guerrero.
00:13:01Eddie Guerrero.
00:13:02Eddie Guerrero has a belt in his hand.
00:13:04That belt, I believe, is a U.S. title belt.
00:13:07Oh!
00:13:08He nailed Jeff Jarrett with it.
00:13:09Well, that was the wrong guy, obviously,
00:13:11by the look on his face.
00:13:12Oh, man!
00:13:13Get him covered.
00:13:14Cover this guy right here.
00:13:15Come on, Mongo.
00:13:16Be smart now.
00:13:17Be smart.
00:13:18He covers Jeff.
00:13:19He's got him.
00:13:201, 2, 3!
00:13:21Yes!
00:13:22Yes!
00:13:23A new United States champion.
00:13:25The first title of this man's career.
00:13:29How about that?
00:13:31Probably in the shortest space of time
00:13:33in this professional sport of WCW pro wrestling,
00:13:38this man has become United States heavyweight champion.
00:13:42This is what I'm talking about!
00:13:44This is the first start of a horseman run, baby!
00:13:48Had to fight through adversity.
00:13:49Seen it all coming.
00:13:50Kept the play in front of him.
00:13:52Went ahead and executed what needed to be done.
00:13:54Ma'am.
00:13:55Oh, look at this.
00:13:56I know you can do it all around the world.
00:13:58You know, I have my heart all the way back there.
00:14:02It ain't gonna be that easy!
00:14:05Yeah!
00:14:06Oh, yeah!
00:14:07Whoa!
00:14:08Walk away from that woman.
00:14:10She was telling him, I knew you could do it
00:14:11all the time.
00:14:12She was like, I knew you could do it.
00:14:13He started batting those eyes.
00:14:14He almost melted.
00:14:16Let's take you down to Gene Okerlund.
00:14:18All right, Tony.
00:14:19Apparently, we're in the middle of a little domestic spat
00:14:22here on the Clash of the Champions on PBS.
00:14:25A guy that I've talked to on numerous occasions
00:14:28in recent weeks.
00:14:29My guest at this time, please, Nashville, welcome Alex Wright!
00:14:35Alex Wright!
00:14:45As Lawrence Welk would say years ago,
00:14:47thank you, thank you, Bobby and Sissy.
00:14:50Alex Wright.
00:14:52Alex Wright.
00:14:53You got the mic.
00:14:54Con, you loser.
00:14:55Shut up!
00:14:58We are in America.
00:15:00Please speak English.
00:15:01I don't want to have to remind you again.
00:15:04First of all, I'm going to win this belt tonight
00:15:07for all my German fans.
00:15:09Hey, hey, hey.
00:15:10English, my friend.
00:15:11I'll cut the interview.
00:15:13I got something for you, Gene.
00:15:15You know why they call him Dragon?
00:15:17Because I'm going to carry and drag his butt
00:15:21from one corner of Nashville to the other.
00:15:26Wait a minute.
00:15:27You get it?
00:15:29You're going to drag the dragon from one end of Nashville
00:15:32to the other.
00:15:33That's why Henny Youngman is still working today, young man.
00:15:36Because I'm the true champion, and everybody out here knows it.
00:15:40You know what I got in common out here, all those people,
00:15:43was the ultimate loser?
00:15:45All you people are losers.
00:15:48Thank you very much.
00:15:49I'm not going to continue this any longer.
00:15:51Ladies and gentlemen, later on this show,
00:15:53Alex Wright to meet the ultimate dragon.
00:15:55And stay tuned for more of The Clash here on TBS,
00:15:58live from Nashville.
00:15:59We're going to be right back.
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00:16:42It's the weekend's number one wrestling program, WCW Saturday Night,
00:16:45and I'll be joined by Dusty Rhodes, the American Dream,
00:16:48and Mean Gene Oakland in only two days,
00:16:50where we have a double main event.
00:16:52Ranth and Mortis will meet the Faces of Fear
00:16:54and Eddie Guerrero against Dee Malenko.
00:16:57How about that?
00:16:59Two hours this Saturday on Superstation TBS,
00:17:02and now we take you back to Mean Gene Oakland.
00:17:05Gene.
00:17:06Oh, Tony, I'm proud as punch to be here with a couple of my very good friends,
00:17:10of course, from TBS to Superstation,
00:17:12the purveyor of the culinary arts,
00:17:14and, of course, the chef for dinner and a movie on TBS,
00:17:18my good friend, Claude Mann,
00:17:20and the host of Dinner and a Movie, joining us tonight, Paul Gilmartin.
00:17:24Paul, I understand you're cooking a little something up.
00:17:26We're going to enjoy it later on.
00:17:27That's right, Gene.
00:17:28We're very excited to be out here celebrating Dinner and a Movie's third season.
00:17:32We're getting ready to start it,
00:17:33and we're all a part of the Big Turner, Time Warner family,
00:17:36and we're very excited to be out here.
00:17:37All right.
00:17:38Now, Paul, you're excited about tomorrow night.
00:17:40We've got The Jerk with Steve Martin.
00:17:43Anything in particular that might tie in with the cuisine here tonight?
00:17:47We're making big jerk chicken, Gene.
00:17:49You don't want to miss it.
00:17:50It's going to be quite an event.
00:17:51I know about jerk chicken.
00:17:52I thank you very much.
00:17:53Tony, let's get back to you.
00:17:54All right, Gene.
00:17:55Thanks a lot.
00:17:56I know Gene is enjoying over there with Dinner and a Movie.
00:17:59I know you want to say something, Brain.
00:18:01We're going to go back to some great action here.
00:18:02Go ahead.
00:18:03We just heard The Jerk talk.
00:18:05I had a feeling.
00:18:06I knew he was right here.
00:18:07I had to.
00:18:08He'll be beginning their third year tomorrow night.
00:18:10I'll give it a show.
00:18:11You're not kidding.
00:18:12On Superstation TVX.
00:18:14Well, here we go.
00:18:15It's going to be quite a match in itself.
00:18:17Stevie Richards, who made his wrestling debut just this past weekend
00:18:21on WCW Saturday night,
00:18:23will now face a man that he has considered a long-time associate,
00:18:26tag team partner and friend,
00:18:28and a man who will be wrestling for the first time,
00:18:31Raven.
00:18:32Now, let's also remember that Raven has not signed a contract with WCW,
00:18:37but he has agreed to go into this match here on the Clash of Champions
00:18:42in wrestle.
00:18:43So it should be very interesting, their drink.
00:18:45Yeah.
00:18:46Let me tell you something about this situation, too.
00:18:48When you talk about impact ballplayers,
00:18:50impact men that come to WCW right here,
00:18:53where the big bars play,
00:18:54as you take a look here on CBS Superstation.
00:18:56Raven is one of them guys.
00:18:58And the bottom line with this situation here,
00:19:00there's been a falling out.
00:19:02There's been a falling out as Raven is coming from wherever he came from.
00:19:06He came right from the audience there.
00:19:08Well, like we said, no music, no entrance.
00:19:11He does not wrestle for WCW.
00:19:13You know, he's really, and this is to put it mildly,
00:19:17a very odd person.
00:19:19He's an oddball.
00:19:20He's an outcast, a misfit.
00:19:22It's like something happened in his childhood or his life.
00:19:25And he's got the microphone from David Penzer.
00:19:27Referee, if I'm going to wrestle for this company tonight,
00:19:33it's going to be on my terms.
00:19:36No disqualification.
00:19:40I can buy that.
00:19:41He's demanding a no disqualification match.
00:19:43And right now, Mickey J is asking Stevie Richards if that's okay with him.
00:19:48And Richards says, bring it on.
00:19:50I never understood what kind of relationship they had.
00:19:53So he's telling David Penzer now.
00:19:55Honestly, no disqualification.
00:19:57Anything goes.
00:19:59All right, all right.
00:20:00There you go.
00:20:01And those verbal binding contracts, both men have agreed to it,
00:20:03and here we go.
00:20:04Yeah, let me jump in with this thing.
00:20:05Y'all were talking about him being a loose, easy wheel,
00:20:07not being all oddballs and all them things.
00:20:10Bottom line, athletic-wise, he is the sound of anybody here at WCW.
00:20:14He moves it this way, and we're getting it right here.
00:20:18You know, we don't know that much about him,
00:20:20but I did find out, as he is going right after Stevie.
00:20:23Oh, Stevie Richards hits hard on the floor on the far side.
00:20:26That Raven- Watch out.
00:20:28He's going to hit the ropes here.
00:20:30Oh, to the top and down to the floor.
00:20:32That time Richards' head, the back of his head,
00:20:34hit on the other side of the mat on the concrete floor there, Brain.
00:20:37Where there is no mat.
00:20:38That's just a cement floor.
00:20:40We do understand that Raven, over the course of time,
00:20:43during his pro wrestling career,
00:20:45has had six major surgeries on his ankle.
00:20:48Consequently, we understand that one foot is shorter than the other.
00:20:52You don't say.
00:20:53And as a matter of fact, if you look closely,
00:20:55you'll notice that the right shoe is built up on Raven.
00:20:58There, you see it there.
00:21:01That's a good shot there by our camera crew.
00:21:03Sure was.
00:21:04Right in the middle of it.
00:21:05Jumped in there.
00:21:06Backslide.
00:21:07Backslide.
00:21:08Stevie Richards won.
00:21:09Got a one count only that time.
00:21:12And he has, we understand, and we've known this.
00:21:15He has gathered up pretty much a large following of fans who follow him.
00:21:20Kind of like a cult, the fans who follow Raven and are behind him.
00:21:24And he certainly is a very odd personality.
00:21:27And this match is on his terms.
00:21:29And he's using that foot now right up against the face here of Stevie Richards.
00:21:35Yeah, Brain, he's counted him pretty good.
00:21:37It went right back to throwing him outside
00:21:39and dominating this situation right here.
00:21:41His type of match, what I call it, let anything go.
00:21:43Here he goes again.
00:21:44High risk maneuver.
00:21:45Bumped him right off.
00:21:46Well, Stevie Richards accepted it on Raven's terms.
00:21:48Notice qualification.
00:21:50I'm not sure I would have done that, but he hasn't launched any offense yet.
00:21:54This has been all Raven.
00:21:55All Raven.
00:21:57And Raven is not finished yet.
00:21:58He's up on the apron.
00:22:00And he drives Elbow once again into the face here of Stevie Richards.
00:22:04Coming up later on tonight, Lex Luger and Diamond Dallas Page
00:22:08against the Macho Man Randy Savage and Scott Hall of the New World Order.
00:22:13Will we see Hall and Savage up in the rack?
00:22:15Or will we see them diamond cut?
00:22:17There's a chair in the ring.
00:22:18And what about Sting?
00:22:20We know what he wants.
00:22:21James J. Dillon said he wanted to hear it.
00:22:23Let's see what happens tonight.
00:22:25And is Sting here?
00:22:26That's another question we never know.
00:22:28The chair, as you can see, is open now.
00:22:32And what does he have in store for Stevie Richards?
00:22:36Richards tried to block it that time, but I don't think he could.
00:22:39I'm not sure he knew where he was going at that time.
00:22:42Now, when you get thrown in like that and you're coming out just full bore,
00:22:46went ahead and dropped him right on top of that thing.
00:22:48Chair's in there.
00:22:50These terms dictated by Raven.
00:22:53And Raven really seems to be on top of his ballgame, guys.
00:22:56No disqualification.
00:22:59Well, that's what I said.
00:23:00It was on his terms, man.
00:23:02No disqualification.
00:23:04Simple drop toehold that time, and Raven to the outfits again.
00:23:06This time he bulldogs him across the chair.
00:23:09And that time, really, the midsection, his arm hit the chair,
00:23:12and Raven slumps in the corner.
00:23:16It's like an animal with its prey.
00:23:18You know, he has his prey caught.
00:23:20He knows what he's going to do with them.
00:23:22He's taking his time.
00:23:24The man is an enigma.
00:23:25You know, you can see the tattoos all over his body.
00:23:28And we do understand, I don't know this for a fact,
00:23:30that he also has his tongue pierced as well.
00:23:34There's some things I don't want to know.
00:23:35Yeah, what would drive a man to that?
00:23:37Take a look at this right here.
00:23:39Whoa!
00:23:40Come on!
00:23:41Stevie Richards with his first big offensive move of the night.
00:23:44But as you can see, that's all he had.
00:23:46Richards is face first in the center of the ring.
00:23:50He's getting up slowly.
00:23:52Very slowly.
00:23:54Raven stalks to the center to pound away on Stevie Richards.
00:23:58Well, now you know why James J. Dillon
00:24:00went to some great lengths to sign Raven to a WCW contract
00:24:04because the man is multi-talented.
00:24:06Left and right combination blows,
00:24:08and Stevie Richards gets a second win here.
00:24:10And that was a look like a flying headbutt, kind of.
00:24:13And now he'll shoot him to the right side,
00:24:15pick him up, and drop him down to the side.
00:24:18Got him!
00:24:19One, two!
00:24:20And Stevie Richards almost won the match with that maneuver.
00:24:22Yeah, sooner or later, you get tired of people fighting
00:24:24and beating on you, and you got to fight back.
00:24:26Stevie Richards really come back strong right here.
00:24:28Now then, he's, uh, he's cranked up for something.
00:24:32Trying to Stevie kick.
00:24:34That standing side kick.
00:24:35Picks him up, one, two, and he almost won it with a roll-up.
00:24:39Oh!
00:24:40One, two, the other way, and two count only for Raven.
00:24:44Well, Richards has put up a fight.
00:24:46He's taken a heck of a beating this whole match.
00:24:48I'm surprised he had anything left in him.
00:24:50Ooh!
00:24:51Gut shot.
00:24:54Now, hooks it.
00:24:56Could be a DDT.
00:24:57That's what it is.
00:24:59One that we saw recently on Nitro
00:25:02when he came out of the stands and put him out.
00:25:04One, two, three.
00:25:06Won't get up from that.
00:25:08Guys, Raven was impressive.
00:25:11Very impressive.
00:25:12Raven is a big-time player.
00:25:15No doubt about it.
00:25:18Well, we know that he's been a champion
00:25:21in many places,
00:25:23but for Raven,
00:25:25coming in here on his own terms,
00:25:28what he wanted in no disqualification match,
00:25:30he got it,
00:25:32and he is the winner here on the Clash of the Champions.
00:25:36Still to come, the Ultimate Dragon defends the TV title.
00:25:39That is later on tonight,
00:25:41the Ultimate Dragon and Alex Wright.
00:25:51♪♪
00:26:22And welcome back, everyone,
00:26:24to the Clash of the Champions.
00:26:26Recently, while in Mexico to film a documentary
00:26:29on Mexican professional wrestling, Lucha Libre,
00:26:32I had a chance to talk with the reigning
00:26:34World's TV champion, the Ultimate Dragon.
00:26:37Now, later tonight at the Clash,
00:26:39the Dragon will defend that World's TV title
00:26:42against Alex Wright.
00:26:44But first, let's take a video look
00:26:46at the long, rough road
00:26:48that the Dragon had to survive
00:26:50to arrive in WCW as a champion.
00:26:54Rejected in his homeland by New Japan Pro Wrestling,
00:26:57he traveled halfway around the world to pursue his dream.
00:27:00In Mexico, he was given the opportunity to prove himself.
00:27:03Along his journey, he capitalized
00:27:05by taking the eight championship belts of the J-Crown,
00:27:08unifying titles from Japan, Great Britain, and Mexico.
00:27:11Since his arrival in WCW,
00:27:13he captured the Cruiserweight title,
00:27:15and after splitting from Sonny Ono,
00:27:17he has claimed the World's TV championship.
00:27:20His association with Japan, Mexico, and the U.S.
00:27:23caused a translation problem in his ring name.
00:27:30Yes, we've called him the Ultimate Dragon,
00:27:33the Maximum, the Greatest Extreme.
00:27:46The last student of Bruce Lee,
00:27:48one of the greatest martial artists ever.
00:27:50Lee's movie fame and fortune put him in superhero status.
00:27:53Emulating Lee, Dragon's lethal kicks and perfect balance
00:27:57have put him on the verge of stardom.
00:27:59He is truly the Ultimo Dragon.
00:28:04All right, Mike, today, thank you very much,
00:28:06and Mike will settle in here
00:28:08and join us for the call of this matchup,
00:28:11now to be known as the Ultimo Dragon.
00:28:15And he will have a big title event,
00:28:17World TV title, and I think we all can agree
00:28:19is a very competent, cocky...
00:28:21Alex Wright makes his way to the ring,
00:28:23a man who recently was the Cruiserweight champion.
00:28:26I think we can all agree that the Ultimo Dragon
00:28:29is certainly one of the most talented champions
00:28:31we've ever had, right, Dream?
00:28:33Without a doubt, Tony, he brings all the aspects
00:28:36from the Bruce Lee syndrome
00:28:38and also what he's learned on the mat
00:28:40into this world here at WCW.
00:28:43And this young man, Alex Wright,
00:28:45we heard him earlier out here sprouting off,
00:28:47if you know what I'm talking about.
00:28:49But he is really multiple, talented himself.
00:28:53And one thing, he's hungry.
00:28:55Did I get that out of frame?
00:28:57Is that even a word?
00:28:58No, it's not.
00:28:59Yes, it is.
00:29:00It's not.
00:29:01Just look at me when I'm...
00:29:02Okay.
00:29:03Alex Wright is hungry,
00:29:04and that probably would be the deciding factor here.
00:29:07How bad does he want it?
00:29:08He's gotta beat the Dragon.
00:29:09The Dragon don't have to beat him.
00:29:11That's always the case in the title match.
00:29:13Mike Tenay has now joined us up here
00:29:15at the broadcast location.
00:29:16The Ultimo Dragon will make his way to the ring.
00:29:20He is quite a story,
00:29:21and he is quite a champion.
00:29:23And, Mike, I think you'll agree
00:29:24that since the Ultimate Dragon, or Ultimo Dragon,
00:29:28stopped having Sonny Ono as his advisor,
00:29:31I think he's gotten a lot better.
00:29:32Well, I think he has gained a lot more success
00:29:34without Sonny Ono.
00:29:36Of course, he was the holder of the nine belts,
00:29:39the eight belt J-crown.
00:29:40When Sonny Ono was his manager,
00:29:42but he has decided to go it alone.
00:29:43And I think he's also received a lot more respect
00:29:45from the fans of world championship wrestling.
00:29:48You talked about Alex Wright
00:29:49and that change of attitude that he has taken
00:29:52in the last couple of months.
00:29:53It surely has been successful for him.
00:29:55Alex Wright, the former Cruiserweight champion,
00:29:58just losing that belt to the Lionheart,
00:30:00Chris Jericho, last Saturday night on TBS.
00:30:03Well, how can you make such a stupid statement like that?
00:30:05When he was with Sonny Ono, he had nine titles.
00:30:07Now he isn't with Sonny Ono, and he's got one.
00:30:09Well, I'm going to tell you why,
00:30:10because the most prestigious title of all
00:30:12is right here at WCW.
00:30:13Oh, that's right.
00:30:14And that is the title that we are getting ready
00:30:16to see this match and contest, if you will,
00:30:19bring focused on.
00:30:21That's why.
00:30:22Nine titles, you know.
00:30:23Well, especially prestigious is the WCW
00:30:26World's Television Championship
00:30:27when you take into account that this is a belt
00:30:30that has to be defended on a regular basis,
00:30:32always in a high-profile matchup,
00:30:34be it at a pay-per-view, a Monday Nitro,
00:30:36or as we see tonight, the Clash of the Champions
00:30:38against Alex Ride.
00:30:40Alex Ride looks in tip-top shape.
00:30:42You can tell that even though he lost
00:30:44recently the Cruiserweight Championship,
00:30:46like you said, Mike, to Lionheart Chris Jericho,
00:30:49that his confidence is back,
00:30:50and he has not let that one loss
00:30:51deter him of his efforts.
00:30:53Tried to pull Nelson,
00:30:54snapmared him over that time,
00:30:56and right now, he's having fun
00:30:57at the expense of Iktimo Dragon.
00:31:00I also think in terms of success
00:31:01for the Dragon without Sonny Ono,
00:31:03the WCW fans realize that he is accomplishing
00:31:06this championship reign on his own.
00:31:09A lot of people felt that when he had
00:31:10Sonny Ono in his corner,
00:31:11he would rely on Ono's illegal outside interference
00:31:14to win matches or championships.
00:31:16Exactly, good point.
00:31:17Side headlock to a top wrist lock now.
00:31:19The Iktimo Dragon.
00:31:24As you can see, maneuver that time by Alex Ride.
00:31:27Not only a change of attitude,
00:31:28but Alex Ride has come of age, wrestling-wise,
00:31:32into a hammerlock.
00:31:33Yeah, sometimes you get mean,
00:31:34and you get an attitude,
00:31:35and you go ahead and bust out on your own,
00:31:37and I really believe that's what Alex Ride has done.
00:31:40But you're so right, Iron Mike.
00:31:42The Ultimo Dragon, Ultimo, Ultimo Dragon,
00:31:45whatever you want to call it,
00:31:46that is really pound for pound.
00:31:48We use that old thing a lot.
00:31:49He's as good as you're gonna see anyway.
00:31:51Well, he certainly is because
00:31:52he combines the various styles.
00:31:54Adept at the lucha libre wrestling from Mexico.
00:31:57Of course, a master of the martial arts,
00:31:59the lethal kicks from Japan.
00:32:01And really, when it comes to mat wrestling,
00:32:03we've seen in the past how he's gone hold for hold
00:32:06with the likes of Dean Malenko,
00:32:07and I think Dean Malenko has to be considered
00:32:09about the best mat technician in the world today.
00:32:12And if he wants to climb those top ropes
00:32:14and dive to the floor, he can do that too.
00:32:16Sure, that's another element to his overall offense.
00:32:19Yeah, but how you gonna train for a thumb in the eye?
00:32:21And that's just what he had.
00:32:22He's gonna have to go ahead and understand
00:32:24that Alex Ride is after something,
00:32:27and he wants it bad,
00:32:28and he's gonna do anything in his power
00:32:30to go ahead and take it from him.
00:32:32We've seen it there.
00:32:33That was no fancy move.
00:32:34That was no lucha libre move.
00:32:35That was the old-fashioned thumb right in the eyeball
00:32:38that took him down.
00:32:40Side headlock by Ride now.
00:32:42He's sent to the ropes.
00:32:43Dragon was set up for something that time,
00:32:45but Ride pulled him with an attempted shoulder tackle,
00:32:48but Dragon didn't go down.
00:32:49He's showing up, Alex Ride, right now.
00:32:52Ride's almost daring to send him to the corner again
00:32:55or to hit the ropes,
00:32:56and that's what he did.
00:32:57He knocked him right out of the tree.
00:32:59And the other thing that's amazing
00:33:00is since Ono had cut his ties with the Dragon
00:33:04or vice versa,
00:33:05the fans have really adopted Ultimo Dragon.
00:33:09One step ahead of the quickness, Alex Ride.
00:33:12He's in the corner now.
00:33:13He will get none from Ultimo Dragon.
00:33:16Knife edge, backhand chop, and here he goes again,
00:33:19measuring Alex Ride with those.
00:33:21Alex held his ground to the corner now.
00:33:24Look at the balance he has.
00:33:25Up on top again.
00:33:26Well, good kill with him, Alex.
00:33:29That's showing the perfect balance
00:33:30that we talked about earlier in that video package.
00:33:33Here he goes.
00:33:34Rapid-fire kicks.
00:33:35Down goes Alex Ride.
00:33:39Oh, his feet are faster than Jose Greco.
00:33:42You know, we've seen that balance maneuver
00:33:44in the corner so many times, Mike.
00:33:46It's really when you talk to the wrestlers,
00:33:48they really don't know what to do.
00:33:49It really stops them in their tracks.
00:33:51They don't know what to do,
00:33:52and consequently, he gets them off their toes.
00:33:55Oh, man.
00:33:56Mind game's on the part of the Dragon.
00:33:58It's his way to disorient his opponent.
00:34:00What you do there is you hold your back and yell,
00:34:02yikes!
00:34:03I guess you do, Brain.
00:34:04And the Dragon will snap him over,
00:34:07and now reverse chin lock applied.
00:34:09Quickly, looks like Alex Ride came out of that
00:34:11and turned it into a jawbreaker.
00:34:13Great maneuver by Alex Ride.
00:34:16Excellent counter, but Dragon quick to get to his feet
00:34:19and back on the offense.
00:34:20Oh!
00:34:21Double leg into a powerbomb by Alex,
00:34:22but he does not go for the pin.
00:34:24Don't walk away from him!
00:34:26What is wrong with you?
00:34:27Alex did, but now he keeps the offense going,
00:34:29and he rapid-fire stomps to the chest and head region
00:34:33here at the Dragon.
00:34:34He's lost his concentration, Tony.
00:34:36That's what happened there.
00:34:38Don't forget that Alex Ride's still very, very young.
00:34:42We've seen him here for a number of years.
00:34:44Cover him now.
00:34:45Come on, Alex.
00:34:46He's been making some cardinal mistakes here.
00:34:49Cover the man.
00:34:50I don't mean with a blanket.
00:34:51And even, there's a one-two.
00:34:53Even that time Mark Curtis told him,
00:34:55he said, what, you gonna cover the guy or not?
00:34:56This is a title match, and already here tonight,
00:34:59we've seen the crowning of a new U.S. champ
00:35:02in Steve Mungo McMichael,
00:35:04defeating Jeff Jarrett in Jarrett's hometown
00:35:07in the corner with force.
00:35:08Goes to Dragon.
00:35:09He comes, Kareem, out into a backbreaker.
00:35:12Well, we talked about the cocky attitude
00:35:14on the part of Alex Ride with the cover,
00:35:16two count before the kickout by Dragon,
00:35:18and that cocky attitude leading to success,
00:35:20but he seems to have lost his focus in this title matchup.
00:35:23Yeah, I tell you what,
00:35:24this will definitely come back to haunt you
00:35:26in a situation like this,
00:35:28and losing focus anytime you're here at WCW
00:35:32is gonna put you back.
00:35:34This is the match for the television title.
00:35:36Should the match end during the commercial break?
00:35:38A cover, one-two.
00:35:39We'll show you what happened on Instant Replay.
00:35:41If not, back with more live on the Clanks of the Champions.
00:35:45See John with the referee, too, Mike.
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00:36:17All right, fans, welcome back,
00:36:19and, you know, we've been talking a lot about Alex Wright
00:36:21not making covers when he should,
00:36:23but what he has done here effectively
00:36:25has grounded the high-flying Ultimo Dragon.
00:36:28Yeah, during the break, Alex Wright remained in control.
00:36:31I noticed that Alex may have a case of the Ravideers
00:36:34listening to the WCW fans at ringside.
00:36:36That may take him out of his game also,
00:36:38but he's still in control.
00:36:40Yeah, it's not been like total domination,
00:36:42you know what I mean?
00:36:43Iron Mike, it's not been a situation
00:36:45where he's just really took this man to task.
00:36:48What he's done is slowly but really, truly
00:36:51went ahead and stayed with his game plan,
00:36:53and that's why I really believe he could have had him pinned
00:36:55maybe during the break.
00:36:56He made some great shots.
00:36:57Wow, great elevation by Alex Wright,
00:36:59and he was on target.
00:37:00But he's wasting time again.
00:37:03Doesn't seem to care at all, Brain.
00:37:05Well, that's gonna cost him.
00:37:06It could.
00:37:07I've seen it happen to the best of them.
00:37:09Yeah, we've seen it happen a lot,
00:37:10but, oh, boy, fist in the back of the head that time.
00:37:13But we have also seen guys waste a lot of time,
00:37:15and that doesn't seem to bother him.
00:37:17Right now, though, Alex Wright is in command.
00:37:20The Dragon tried to get up,
00:37:22and Alex Wright planted him right in the back of the head.
00:37:28You look and you see how close the Dragon is to the ropes,
00:37:30but Alex now starting to pull.
00:37:32Dragon reaches out for the ropes here.
00:37:34This is almost like a sleeper hold here.
00:37:36Variation of the sleeper, and Alex Wright has,
00:37:38you talked about grounding the Dragon,
00:37:40certainly neutralizing now in the middle of the ring.
00:37:42Oh, here you go.
00:37:43And using a shortcut.
00:37:44Yeah.
00:37:45Yeah, but look at the way he's got the Dragon's head bent.
00:37:48When he had him laying on his back and his head bent forward,
00:37:50that's when he had him.
00:37:52He had him.
00:37:54Back elbow.
00:37:55And again, Dragon breaking free.
00:37:59Here he goes.
00:38:03Through the legs.
00:38:04He is so quick.
00:38:05Alex will slam into the ropes.
00:38:07He landed on his feet.
00:38:08He hooked him.
00:38:09He's got a sleeper out of his own.
00:38:11Now, this is not the Dragon sleeper,
00:38:13but it is a sleeper hold,
00:38:14and down goes Alex in the center of the ring.
00:38:16And the Dragon's got the advantage right now
00:38:18because he's got Alex on his knees.
00:38:19Shouldn't have let him get up.
00:38:21Yeah, that sleeper can be used as the great equalizer
00:38:23against a large opponent.
00:38:25Back drop suplex.
00:38:27And I think that took its toll on both guys right there.
00:38:30You know, Ultimate Dragon had fought his way back
00:38:33into a situation where he came back,
00:38:35reversed that sleeper hold, Iron Mike,
00:38:37and what really needs to be done here
00:38:39when you're looking at Holmes,
00:38:40say, well, how can Ultimate Dragon come back?
00:38:42He's got to reach way down right now,
00:38:44beat the guy to his feet,
00:38:45go ahead and counter with some kicks,
00:38:47and go ahead and put him away.
00:38:50The Ultimo Dragon and Alex Wright toe-to-toe.
00:38:54Wow.
00:38:55What an exchange.
00:38:56Uppercut, European style.
00:38:58And Ultimo Dragon goes off his feet on that one.
00:39:00He rattled his gourd right there, boss.
00:39:03Pick up, belly to back.
00:39:06And Alex Wright did not take a back step.
00:39:08He stood right there
00:39:09and took everything Ultimo had to give him.
00:39:12Now he's going up top,
00:39:13taking his eyes away from his opponent.
00:39:16Oh, right in the mush.
00:39:18How's that for a springboard into a dropkick?
00:39:21Here he goes.
00:39:23This is where he lives.
00:39:25Puts the brakes on as Alex walked away.
00:39:27And a big crossbody that Alex defended nicely
00:39:31and just kept the momentum going straight down to the mat.
00:39:34Alex, get him, roll him in that ring and cover him.
00:39:37He knocked out Alex Wright at first,
00:39:38then went for the slingshot crossbody block,
00:39:40and Alex Wright moved out of the way.
00:39:44Could get a count out here,
00:39:45and this is something Alex Wright does not want.
00:39:47Oh.
00:39:48Because if that happens,
00:39:49the Dragon will still be the champ.
00:39:54Mark Curtis telling the Dragon to get in the ring.
00:39:58Trademark move.
00:39:59To the Asahi moonsault.
00:40:01Both men land outside of the match on the floor.
00:40:06Now, what purpose does this serve?
00:40:08Because there you see Mark Curtis,
00:40:09okay, you got till ten, and here I go.
00:40:12Curtis is in the ring.
00:40:13And he'll count, no doubt about it.
00:40:17Up to three now.
00:40:19Ultimo Dragon trying to stand.
00:40:22Now bringing Alex in,
00:40:23realizing that he has to win it in the ring here.
00:40:27I believe one good suplex here, and he's got him.
00:40:30Both men slow to recover,
00:40:31but it looks like the Dragon is the first
00:40:33to get that rush of adrenaline.
00:40:35Back chop.
00:40:36That's just to keep him there.
00:40:38You got to be real careful here, too.
00:40:39I guarantee you, bad things can happen
00:40:42when you're up here on top.
00:40:43Real bad things.
00:40:44High up top.
00:40:45Back elbow, Alex Wright,
00:40:46maybe a superplex here.
00:40:48No, the Dragon shrugged him off.
00:40:50Face first goes Alex.
00:40:52Dragon counters with a front suplex.
00:40:54Mamahi straw cradle, and he'll throw up.
00:40:56Two.
00:40:57No.
00:40:58Boy, how did he get out of that thing?
00:41:00I thought he had him.
00:41:01Man.
00:41:03Had him.
00:41:04As you said, Mike, cradled up,
00:41:05but Alex escaped.
00:41:07Handspring, back elbow,
00:41:08and Alex, great defensive maneuver.
00:41:11Elbow in the back of the head.
00:41:12Two.
00:41:13No, no.
00:41:14Two counts.
00:41:15Obvious that Alex Wright
00:41:16has been scouting the Dragon.
00:41:17He saw that handspring elbow coming.
00:41:21Dragon trying to stand.
00:41:22He's switching.
00:41:23He got it.
00:41:25Tempted the Tiger suplex
00:41:26after it looked like Alex
00:41:27was going to catch him with the German.
00:41:28Here's a roll-up.
00:41:29One.
00:41:30Back the other way.
00:41:31One, two.
00:41:32Alex Wright rolled out.
00:41:33German suplex.
00:41:35One, two, three.
00:41:37Yes.
00:41:38Oh, man.
00:41:39Oh, yes.
00:41:40How about that?
00:41:41What do you mean, oh, yes?
00:41:42I mean, what a win for Alex Wright.
00:41:44What a great win.
00:41:45I would agree.
00:41:46Two title matches,
00:41:47two new champions.
00:41:48He lost the Cruiserweight belt
00:41:50not too long ago,
00:41:51but Alex Wright rebounded
00:41:53and is the new
00:41:54World Television Champion.
00:41:56And we ain't done yet.
00:41:58Coming up next,
00:41:59another title matchup
00:42:00on the Clash of the Champions.
00:42:01Chris Jericho,
00:42:02the Lionheart Cruiserweight Champ,
00:42:04will face Eddie Guerrero.
00:42:07Stay with us live on TBS.
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00:42:40Welcome back live
00:42:41to the Clash of the Champions
00:42:42where a lot is going on.
00:42:44Two title matches,
00:42:45two brand new champions
00:42:47here on TBS.
00:42:48And as our third title match
00:42:50gets ready to go,
00:42:51I want to remind you that
00:42:52on Saturday, September 6th,
00:42:53World Championship Wrestling
00:42:55comes to the Market Square Arena
00:42:57in Indianapolis.
00:42:58Tickets available at the
00:42:59Box Office and Ticketmaster.
00:43:01And the very next night,
00:43:02Sunday, September 7th,
00:43:03we're going to be at
00:43:04the United Center in Chicago,
00:43:05home of the Chicago Bulls,
00:43:07for a big Sunday night event.
00:43:09Tickets at the Box Office
00:43:10and Ticketmaster.
00:43:11We do understand,
00:43:12from the NWO,
00:43:13that Hollywood Hulk Hogan
00:43:14will be on both cards.
00:43:16No doubt about that.
00:43:17And I'll be in Indianapolis
00:43:18on the 6th.
00:43:19I'm going to invite down
00:43:20a friend of mine, Reggie Miller,
00:43:21if he wants to come on down.
00:43:22To where?
00:43:23Where you got a friend
00:43:24at Market Square Arena?
00:43:26What about Larry Bird?
00:43:27There you go.
00:43:28He thinks I want his job,
00:43:29but I don't.
00:43:31Speaking of somebody,
00:43:32guys that's had
00:43:33a bad change of attitude,
00:43:35and that's one,
00:43:36Eddie Guerrero.
00:43:37You know what I'm talking about.
00:43:38Come on!
00:43:39No doubt about that.
00:43:40Come on!
00:43:46Are you ready?
00:43:47Come on, baby!
00:43:48Well, I think we're
00:43:49a little bit too close
00:43:50to the pyro tonight.
00:43:51Wouldn't you guys agree?
00:43:52I mean, it's going off
00:43:53everywhere here.
00:43:54I'm glad I wore
00:43:55a silk shirt,
00:43:56because half my arms
00:43:57have been burned off.
00:43:58I won't have to shave
00:43:59till March.
00:44:00Well, here he comes,
00:44:01the Lionheart, Chris Jericho,
00:44:02the Cruiserweight champ
00:44:03who's in the ring,
00:44:04and even though
00:44:05Eddie Guerrero has had,
00:44:06I guess, the most drastic
00:44:08change of attitude of anyone
00:44:09over the past couple of years
00:44:11in our sport,
00:44:12and that's Alex Wright included,
00:44:13you can't deny that Guerrero
00:44:15has all the ability
00:44:16in the world.
00:44:17I am the new
00:44:18Cruiserweight champion!
00:44:19Whether you like it or not,
00:44:20so get used to it!
00:44:21You got a chance
00:44:22to prove it here, amigo,
00:44:23so there we go.
00:44:24As Mark Curtis calls the bell,
00:44:26the third of three title matches,
00:44:28don't forget,
00:44:29Ric Flair, Curt Hennig,
00:44:30against Conan and Six,
00:44:31still to come,
00:44:32Scott Hall and the Macho Man
00:44:34against Lex Luger
00:44:35and Diamond Dallas Page,
00:44:36plus an eight-man
00:44:37lucha libre match
00:44:38still here tonight
00:44:39on The Clash.
00:44:40Well, it's not gonna be easy
00:44:42for Eddie Guerrero
00:44:43to beat this man, Jericho.
00:44:45Well, I tell you what,
00:44:46when you take a look
00:44:47at the Guerrero family
00:44:48and the tradition
00:44:49that went along with this thing,
00:44:50and to listen to him
00:44:51talk now,
00:44:52I guarantee you,
00:44:53he's got to be
00:44:55in the family home,
00:44:56if you will,
00:44:57of the Guerreros.
00:44:58This young man's
00:44:59such a fine athlete,
00:45:00as you said,
00:45:01but, man,
00:45:02bad attitudes
00:45:03need to change sometimes.
00:45:05Jericho might be the man
00:45:06to change that
00:45:07right here tonight.
00:45:08Well, the whole Guerrero family
00:45:09ought to get over it.
00:45:10He's a man.
00:45:11He can do whatever he wants.
00:45:12Why do you want to get over it
00:45:13when this kid might be misguided
00:45:15by somebody
00:45:16we don't even know about yet?
00:45:17Why would you want to get over it
00:45:19when you're a great athlete
00:45:20and everybody looked up to you?
00:45:21Well, he's a grown man.
00:45:22He can make those decisions.
00:45:23Well, he's made the wrong one.
00:45:24That's my opinion,
00:45:25and opinions are,
00:45:26you know.
00:45:27Yeah, I know what they are.
00:45:28As a matter of fact,
00:45:29I know that it's pretty
00:45:30well-documented
00:45:31that the brain likes
00:45:32misguided people.
00:45:33Arm drag kickdown,
00:45:34and how about that one
00:45:35by Jericho?
00:45:36Kick.
00:45:37And Guerrero claiming
00:45:39of a hair pull here.
00:45:40No way.
00:45:41Two deep arm drags
00:45:42in with a drop kick.
00:45:44That'll take any man
00:45:45that wanted to go ahead
00:45:46and explain something
00:45:47to the referee.
00:45:48Well, it is the referee's
00:45:50job to explain
00:45:51and it is the referee's job,
00:45:53duty,
00:45:54to ask.
00:45:55Ask what?
00:45:56Oh, he's asking the fans now.
00:45:58Oh, yeah.
00:45:59You're going to get
00:46:00different opinions.
00:46:01So what if Jericho says,
00:46:02yeah, I did?
00:46:03Yeah, then what happens?
00:46:04What's he going to do?
00:46:05That's right.
00:46:06He's got to catch him.
00:46:07He's got to see him doing it.
00:46:08And if you're Chris Jericho,
00:46:09I know he likes to
00:46:10play by the rules,
00:46:11so to speak.
00:46:12Pull the hair.
00:46:13I mean, it's a title match.
00:46:14Let's go.
00:46:15Pull it up.
00:46:16There's a running tackle
00:46:17that time.
00:46:18Jericho over the top.
00:46:19It's the far side ropes.
00:46:20Eddie upstairs.
00:46:21Now way upstairs.
00:46:23Jericho turned that
00:46:24into a gorilla press slam.
00:46:26Yeah.
00:46:27Nicely done.
00:46:28A lot of power.
00:46:29A lot of power right there
00:46:30by Jericho.
00:46:31Now some more.
00:46:33Oh!
00:46:35What's he pointing out here?
00:46:37Well, he's a beggar,
00:46:38you know what I mean?
00:46:39I mean, it's pretty apparent
00:46:40that he got you.
00:46:44Well, he's going
00:46:45the wrong way there.
00:46:46I'll tell you,
00:46:47them old boys out there
00:46:48come to find out.
00:46:49Come on, Eddie.
00:46:50You can do better than that.
00:46:51He's right now
00:46:52roaming his way
00:46:53to the stupid hat section
00:46:54of the building.
00:46:55What do you mean
00:46:56by stupid hat?
00:46:57You're talking about
00:46:58cowboy hats?
00:46:59I don't even want to
00:47:00get into that with you.
00:47:01Obviously, the Clampetts
00:47:02made it tonight.
00:47:03Well, Mark Curtis
00:47:04trying to push the man back,
00:47:06the champion Jericho.
00:47:08Jericho being very calm
00:47:09in the ring.
00:47:10He better turn around.
00:47:11Watch out.
00:47:12Oh, boy.
00:47:13Oh, my goodness.
00:47:14Eddie saw that one coming,
00:47:15used his speed to get around,
00:47:16and before Jericho
00:47:17could even react,
00:47:18here's Eddie Guerrero.
00:47:19Oh, my.
00:47:20Oh!
00:47:21Ah!
00:47:22All the way to
00:47:23Murfreesboro on that one.
00:47:24You can hear it
00:47:25all the way down
00:47:26the valley here.
00:47:27A back elbow.
00:47:28So quick.
00:47:29Eddie Guerrero
00:47:30has so much talent.
00:47:31I keep saying it, guys.
00:47:32He is so quick.
00:47:33Watch these moves
00:47:34right here.
00:47:35Everything
00:47:36is right on the mark.
00:47:37He makes no mistakes.
00:47:39He's in a situation
00:47:40at all times
00:47:41to get a victory
00:47:42whenever it might come.
00:47:43This is a guy
00:47:44that really has to be reckoned with
00:47:46bad attitude
00:47:47or not.
00:47:48Eddie Guerrero.
00:47:49And every one of his movements
00:47:50is fluid.
00:47:51There's no wasted...
00:47:52There's no wasted...
00:47:53I'm telling you.
00:47:54...motion there.
00:47:55This is the way it's done!
00:47:57Eddie up.
00:47:59How about that?
00:48:00Frankenstein here
00:48:01from the top
00:48:02from Eddie Guerrero,
00:48:03and Eddie makes a cover.
00:48:041, 2.
00:48:05Easily, Jericho gets that.
00:48:06I don't really think...
00:48:07Eddie didn't really have
00:48:08the shoulders pressed that time.
00:48:09I think Eddie wants to inflict
00:48:11some more damage
00:48:12here on Jericho.
00:48:13A nonchalant cover.
00:48:16Walking the rubs.
00:48:17Up.
00:48:18Oh!
00:48:19Bombed out of that!
00:48:20Oh!
00:48:21Well, he really telegraphed
00:48:22that one.
00:48:23That'll change your thinking.
00:48:24And it changed
00:48:25Eddie's thinking
00:48:26as he tried to scoot out
00:48:27and now pulled back in
00:48:28by the champ.
00:48:29Jericho,
00:48:30who on WCW
00:48:31Saturday night,
00:48:32regained the Cruiserweight
00:48:33Championship
00:48:34just last week.
00:48:35And now...
00:48:36The giant swing.
00:48:37Here you go.
00:48:38Oh, this makes you dizzy.
00:48:40Both men be dizzy here.
00:48:42I'm dizzy looking at it.
00:48:43But even more so,
00:48:44with Eddie knowing
00:48:45that his head is pointed
00:48:46to the ground
00:48:47and all the blood
00:48:48rushing to the head,
00:48:49combine that with
00:48:50the giant swing,
00:48:51and Eddie can barely
00:48:52even get to his side
00:48:54in a seated position here.
00:48:57Well, you see,
00:48:58that's the deal,
00:48:59both guys.
00:49:00Now, if you're gonna do
00:49:01something like that,
00:49:02you gotta be able
00:49:03to capitalize Jericho
00:49:04before you can get over
00:49:05and put a pin on him
00:49:06because you got him drowsy
00:49:07right from the get-go.
00:49:08Spinwheel kick,
00:49:09caught him in the midsection,
00:49:10actually in the chest.
00:49:11And he wants Eddie
00:49:12on the outside.
00:49:13Jericho's a little woozy, too.
00:49:14He sure is.
00:49:17Jericho's gonna go up top.
00:49:19Oh!
00:49:20Boy, oh, boy.
00:49:21Jericho tried
00:49:22to go up top
00:49:23with maybe a crossbody block,
00:49:25and he caught his top foot
00:49:27on the turnbuckle pad,
00:49:29and he went tumbling
00:49:30now outside,
00:49:31and that's gonna change
00:49:32things around here, guys.
00:49:33What ever happens
00:49:34when you take those high risks?
00:49:35Oh, no!
00:49:36Oh!
00:49:37He brought him from the top
00:49:39all the way to the floor.
00:49:40Them knees took
00:49:41some bad punishment.
00:49:42Oh, man,
00:49:43and here you go up top now.
00:49:45Eddie landed on his feet,
00:49:47and now Eddie
00:49:48climbing the top turnbuckle.
00:49:50Uh-oh.
00:49:51Uh-oh.
00:49:52Jericho's gonna take him
00:49:53the other way.
00:49:54Superplex!
00:49:56Oh, boy.
00:49:57They both went
00:49:58crashing down,
00:49:59and now Eddie,
00:50:01now there's
00:50:02a lateral press
00:50:03across the shoulders,
00:50:04but it only got
00:50:05the two-count that time.
00:50:06Eddie climbed up on him.
00:50:07He was going for that pin,
00:50:08no doubt about it.
00:50:11Jericho held his ground.
00:50:13Eddie slips behind Jericho.
00:50:15Jericho picks him up.
00:50:18Powerbomb, no.
00:50:19Eddie got away from that.
00:50:21Tried to drop toehold.
00:50:22Then Jericho stepped over.
00:50:25So a German-released suplex.
00:50:27Yeah, one counter
00:50:28after another
00:50:29paid off for Jericho
00:50:31in this situation.
00:50:32But he's not taking
00:50:33advantage of it, Dusty.
00:50:34Well, he's a little drowsy,
00:50:35as I said earlier.
00:50:36Got him covered.
00:50:37But he's in the ropes.
00:50:38Not only did he
00:50:39break the shoulder,
00:50:40but the foot was on
00:50:41the bottom rope there.
00:50:42As you can see,
00:50:43Mark Curtis did not have
00:50:44a good vantage point of that,
00:50:45but nonetheless,
00:50:46the man kicked out.
00:50:47So the match continues now.
00:50:49Cruiserweight belt on the line.
00:50:50Jericho, leapfrog.
00:50:52Eddie holds his own.
00:50:54And he turns that
00:50:55into a sunset flip.
00:50:56But Jericho now
00:50:57counters the other way.
00:51:00He's got him covered.
00:51:01One, two.
00:51:02And Eddie just
00:51:03rolled out of that one.
00:51:04One, two, three.
00:51:06He got him.
00:51:07Chris Jericho
00:51:09holds on to the title.
00:51:10Wow.
00:51:11He's right.
00:51:12It was one countermaneuver
00:51:14after the other.
00:51:15Exactly, but one counter
00:51:16too many.
00:51:17Eddie Guerrero.
00:51:18Yes.
00:51:19And Jericho will get
00:51:21the Cruiserweight belt again.
00:51:23The Lionheart.
00:51:24Chris Jericho wins.
00:51:26A disgruntled and a man
00:51:27not finished.
00:51:28Eddie Guerrero
00:51:29with a dropkick.
00:51:31He cracked him, too.
00:51:32He's not done yet.
00:51:34Brainbuster.
00:51:40Jericho is out.
00:51:41Boy, he laid him out.
00:51:43Out cold.
00:51:44And Eddie Guerrero.
00:51:45Going up top.
00:51:46He's not done yet.
00:51:47The man is out.
00:51:48And a frog splash.
00:51:51Where is Eddie Guerrero
00:51:53coming from?
00:51:54The top rope,
00:51:55it looks like to me.
00:51:56For goodness sake.
00:51:57He lost.
00:51:58You got lucky.
00:51:59Well, maybe so.
00:52:00Look at what happens
00:52:01when you get lucky.
00:52:02He brainbustered.
00:52:03He's out.
00:52:04And then the frog splash.
00:52:06My goodness, the man's hurt.
00:52:08But he is still the champion
00:52:10here on the Clash of the Champions.
00:52:12It's our Babylon replay.
00:52:14Well, get a shot of this.
00:52:16Chris Jericho goes for the pin.
00:52:19Goes again for the bridge.
00:52:21Referee in position.
00:52:22One, two.
00:52:23Almost.
00:52:24Not good enough.
00:52:25They're working their tails off here.
00:52:26They got a one, two, three.
00:52:28And Jericho does.
00:52:29Gets a win over Eddie Guerrero.
00:52:30Gets a one, two, three.
00:52:34There's your winner
00:52:35and still champion,
00:52:36Chris Jericho.
00:52:37People who know used Babylon,
00:52:38but the story here
00:52:40was the unprovoked attack
00:52:42by Eddie Guerrero
00:52:43after the fact.
00:52:44We'll be back.
00:52:47What is anger?
00:52:49What is rage?
00:52:51What if we locked it up
00:52:52with Nate Manor?
00:52:54Trapped in a 40 by 20 steel cage.
00:52:59How's gonna break loose?
00:53:04It's time for Rage
00:53:06in the Cage.
00:53:08WCW All Brawl.
00:53:10Sunday, September 14th.
00:53:12Live and only on pay-per-view.
00:53:14Call your cable or satellite company
00:53:15to order now.
00:53:18We are back and we are live
00:53:19and we are ready to go
00:53:21with an eight-man lucha libre tag match
00:53:24here on the Clash of the Champions.
00:53:26And we'll bring in Iron Mike today
00:53:28for this matchup
00:53:29and want to remind the fans here
00:53:30that this coming Monday,
00:53:32WCW Monday Nitro on TNT
00:53:34returns to the air, of course,
00:53:36two hours live,
00:53:37only on TNT.
00:53:38It will originate
00:53:39from the Carolina Coliseum
00:53:40in Columbia, South Carolina.
00:53:42For you fans in the state capital
00:53:44of South Carolina,
00:53:45tickets available
00:53:46at the Capitol Ticket Outlet
00:53:48and the Carolina Coliseum Box Office.
00:53:50And then on September 1st,
00:53:52WCW Monday Nitro
00:53:54returns to Pensacola
00:53:55and the Civic Center.
00:53:57Tickets available at the Civic Center Box Office
00:53:59and ticket national locations.
00:54:01Now, as the Vianos,
00:54:03Psychosis and Silver King
00:54:05make their way to the ring
00:54:07and their opponents
00:54:08make their way to the ring.
00:54:09Here on the Clash of the Champions,
00:54:11Mike, you got some big news
00:54:13about WCW returning
00:54:16to the entertainment capital
00:54:17of the world in October.
00:54:19Huge news, Tony.
00:54:20World Championship Wrestling
00:54:21and Halloween Havoc
00:54:23back for a second year
00:54:24in my hometown,
00:54:25Las Vegas, Nevada.
00:54:26Circle your calendars.
00:54:27The date, October the 26th,
00:54:29the MGM Grand Garden Arena
00:54:31and tickets will go on sale
00:54:32one week from this Saturday.
00:54:34That date is August the 30th
00:54:36at the MGM Grand Garden Box Office
00:54:38and all Ticketmaster outlets.
00:54:40Plus, you have a chance
00:54:41in Vegas to meet
00:54:42Diamond Dallas Page and Kimberly
00:54:44plus the Macho Man Randy Savage
00:54:46and Elizabeth
00:54:47on Saturday, August the 30th,
00:54:4810 a.m.,
00:54:49at the MGM Grand Garden Box Office.
00:54:51So, big news
00:54:52back at the MGM Grand Garden Arena
00:54:54for Halloween Havoc.
00:54:55And do not forget,
00:54:56September 14th is the night
00:54:59for Fall Brawl
00:55:00featuring War Games,
00:55:01the ultimate battleground,
00:55:02two rings,
00:55:03completely enclosed in a cage.
00:55:05And there's a lot of times
00:55:06we think you're gonna need a cage
00:55:07for a Lucha Libre six-man match.
00:55:10What about an eight-man tag
00:55:11here, Mike, today?
00:55:12Well, the six-man tags,
00:55:13which are the staple
00:55:14and the foundation
00:55:15of Lucha Libre Mexican Wrestling
00:55:17have become so popular
00:55:18on the WCW broadcast,
00:55:20both on TBS and TNT,
00:55:22that we've just turned it up a notch
00:55:24and now it's an eight-man tag.
00:55:25Lucha Libre rules.
00:55:27Remember, the referee
00:55:28is gonna be a little more lenient
00:55:29in regards to tags.
00:55:30When your partner goes out
00:55:31to the floor,
00:55:32you can replace him
00:55:33in the ring without a tag.
00:55:36It is Super Calo
00:55:38and one of the Vianos
00:55:39in the ring.
00:55:40Viano four, I believe,
00:55:41side headlock here
00:55:42by Super Calo.
00:55:43And...
00:55:45That time,
00:55:46Calo hit the ropes
00:55:47to get a track one more time.
00:55:48Viano saw that one come in
00:55:50and let that down.
00:55:52Family is such an important aspect
00:55:54of the Mexican wrestling tradition
00:55:56and that is certainly reflected
00:55:57in the fact that
00:55:58six of the eight men
00:55:59involved in this tag
00:56:00are second-generation wrestlers.
00:56:02Only Super Calo,
00:56:03as we see him going up
00:56:05in the top turnbuckle,
00:56:06and Psychosis,
00:56:07did not have fathers
00:56:08in the business,
00:56:09and Psychosis actually
00:56:10has a brother who wrestled.
00:56:14You gotta stay ahold
00:56:15of everything at home
00:56:16watching this thing
00:56:17because it could turn
00:56:18into a real ruckus.
00:56:20Over the top now.
00:56:21Calo gets...
00:56:23a running lariat
00:56:24by Viano number four.
00:56:26Lucha Libre rules
00:56:27means you really don't
00:56:28need to make a tag.
00:56:29If you're on the outside,
00:56:30another man can come in,
00:56:32so we're just gonna call it
00:56:33as we see it.
00:56:34When there's two other men
00:56:35in the ring,
00:56:36I guess they'll be
00:56:37the legal match.
00:56:38Mike, do they have
00:56:39disqualification rules in this?
00:56:40Oh, they certainly do.
00:56:41There are disqualifications.
00:56:42We saw Silver King
00:56:43get drop-kicked
00:56:44off the ring apron
00:56:45while he was just
00:56:46standing there
00:56:47watching the match.
00:56:48You know,
00:56:49almost to a man, Mike,
00:56:50and I know you've spent
00:56:51a lot of time in Mexico
00:56:52with these opponents.
00:56:53Almost to a man.
00:56:54The disappointment
00:56:55runs very deep
00:56:57about the recent
00:56:58turn of events
00:56:59when it centers on
00:57:00Clonan in the NWO.
00:57:01And especially in regards
00:57:02to Ray Mysterio Jr.,
00:57:04who was again injured
00:57:05at the recent
00:57:06Road Wild Page Review event.
00:57:08To give you a quick update
00:57:09on that,
00:57:10it was obvious that
00:57:11Ray went into that matchup
00:57:12not 100%,
00:57:13and this upcoming week,
00:57:15I believe next Tuesday,
00:57:16he's gonna be examined
00:57:17by the famed
00:57:18orthopedic doctor,
00:57:19Dr. James Andrews
00:57:20of Birmingham, Alabama.
00:57:21We will update you
00:57:22as soon as we get
00:57:23further info
00:57:24on Ray Mysterio Jr.'s
00:57:25condition.
00:57:26And look at Hector Garza
00:57:27tipped to his feet
00:57:28in this matchup
00:57:29with Silver King.
00:57:30Yeah, so quick and fast.
00:57:31These guys,
00:57:32I guarantee ya.
00:57:33Wow.
00:57:34Look at that.
00:57:35Got him on a
00:57:36Werner Berg backbreaker.
00:57:37Didn't he?
00:57:38And Hector Garza,
00:57:39Bray, I think you would agree,
00:57:40is really on top
00:57:41of his game here tonight.
00:57:42I've never seen
00:57:43Sky King
00:57:44take a beating like this.
00:57:45Silver King.
00:57:46Silver King.
00:57:47Silver King.
00:57:49There is
00:57:50Juventud Guerrero.
00:57:51Does it matter?
00:57:52Well, yes, it does.
00:57:53It matters to Miss King.
00:57:54You gotta believe it.
00:57:55It matters to Sky King,
00:57:56I guess it does,
00:57:57and Penny.
00:57:58I guarantee it.
00:57:59Look at this now.
00:58:00Psychosis gets the exchange
00:58:01on the other side here
00:58:02of the two masked men
00:58:03of Randy.
00:58:04You're looking at two
00:58:05of the fine luchadors
00:58:06and certainly both men
00:58:07tied contenders
00:58:08to not only the TV title
00:58:09but also Juventud
00:58:10to the Cruiserweight
00:58:11Championship.
00:58:12And that standing sidekick
00:58:13knocked him almost
00:58:14out of his boots
00:58:15that time.
00:58:16Now, Mickey J's gonna have
00:58:17a little trouble in there.
00:58:18I don't know if any of them
00:58:19speak English.
00:58:20I don't know if Mickey J
00:58:21speaks Spanish.
00:58:22Well, you would think
00:58:23if they've been wrestling
00:58:24here long enough now,
00:58:25they should know
00:58:26some English.
00:58:27And here comes
00:58:28one of the honors
00:58:29as Fielo 4 back in,
00:58:30and he goes on the outside.
00:58:32Hector Garza
00:58:33will send him in.
00:58:34Lesmar Jr. comes in,
00:58:35and both men
00:58:36get taken down.
00:58:38And now Silver King is in.
00:58:40Look at this.
00:58:44Great action
00:58:45from these luchadors.
00:58:46Back body drop
00:58:47up and over the top.
00:58:48Now, these two guys
00:58:49are out now, right?
00:58:50They can be replaced.
00:58:51Yeah.
00:58:52They can be replaced.
00:58:53We're gonna see Super Calo
00:58:54instead catch both
00:58:55Silver King and Viano 4
00:58:57on the floor.
00:58:58Here comes...
00:58:59Oh, Lesmar!
00:59:00Suicide dive
00:59:01over the top.
00:59:02Well, here we go.
00:59:03Here we go.
00:59:04Garza now
00:59:05will send
00:59:06Hooventune in.
00:59:07Oh, the spring!
00:59:08He used Garza's back
00:59:09as a springboard.
00:59:10That's called air hoovey.
00:59:11I bet it is.
00:59:12And it had
00:59:13a crash landing as well.
00:59:14There you see
00:59:15bodies everywhere.
00:59:16Here comes
00:59:17a suicide dive
00:59:18from Viano 5.
00:59:19Looks like eight cab drivers
00:59:20in Mexico City
00:59:21fighting for a fare.
00:59:22Garza's headed
00:59:23to the top.
00:59:24This may be the corkscrew.
00:59:25That's what it's gonna be,
00:59:26I'm sure!
00:59:27Oh!
00:59:28He got him out!
00:59:29Oh, dude!
00:59:30He picked up a spare
00:59:31on that one.
00:59:32The only one
00:59:33that's not in there
00:59:34is Psychosis.
00:59:35And Calo's gonna join him
00:59:36in the ring.
00:59:37And now,
00:59:38these two men
00:59:39are your legal men
00:59:40with lucha libre rules.
00:59:41And Santiago's gonna get
00:59:42involved here.
00:59:43Holding.
00:59:44He held his man,
00:59:45and that caused
00:59:46Calo to hit hard
00:59:47on the mat.
00:59:48He went for the inverted
00:59:49head scissors off the top.
00:59:50Did not connect.
00:59:51Oh, but that guillotine
00:59:52leg drop from Psychosis
00:59:53is on target.
00:59:54One, two, three!
00:59:55Oh, he got him
00:59:56with that one.
00:59:57The big burrito.
00:59:58The guillotine leg drop
01:00:00from the top.
01:00:01And I mean,
01:00:02it hit pay dirt.
01:00:04And the winners
01:00:05of the match,
01:00:06Psychosis,
01:00:07Viano 4 and 5,
01:00:08and Silver King.
01:00:09Viano!
01:00:10Viano!
01:00:11Here we go!
01:00:12And only two men
01:00:13remain.
01:00:14Sonny Ono
01:00:15became a factor
01:00:16in the matchup.
01:00:17What a spectacular
01:00:19eight-man lucha libre match
01:00:21here on the Clash
01:00:22of the Champions.
01:00:23And we still have
01:00:24more to come.
01:00:25But right now,
01:00:26we take you back
01:00:27to Mean Gene
01:00:28Okerlin.
01:00:29Gene?
01:00:30Well, Tony,
01:00:31it's great to have
01:00:32our friends from TBS,
01:00:33of course,
01:00:34from Dinner at a Movie
01:00:35tomorrow night.
01:00:36The jerk right after
01:00:37Braves baseball
01:00:38here on the Superstation,
01:00:39Chef Claude Mann.
01:00:41How are you?
01:00:42Oh, that looks fantastic.
01:00:43And host of
01:00:44Dinner at a Movie,
01:00:45my very dear,
01:00:46close personal,
01:00:47longtime friend,
01:00:48Paul Gilmartin.
01:00:49Gentlemen,
01:00:50do I dare ask
01:00:51what we've got
01:00:52cooked up here tonight?
01:00:53Oh, we got a lot of stuff.
01:00:54Claude, why don't you
01:00:55tell them what we got made?
01:00:56What is it?
01:00:57What is it, Claude?
01:00:58We got a few things here, Gene.
01:00:59We have macho nachos.
01:01:01Macho nachos?
01:01:02Macho nachos.
01:01:03We've got macho mayonnaise.
01:01:06We've got...
01:01:07Macho...
01:01:08Macho...
01:01:09We've got savage
01:01:10garden salad.
01:01:12Wait a minute here.
01:01:13We've got
01:01:14macho gazpacho.
01:01:17And we have
01:01:18N.W. Okra.
01:01:21Guys, what...
01:01:22What is going on here?
01:01:23Gene, Gene,
01:01:24we got a little something here
01:01:25for Diamond Dallas page,
01:01:26WCW Cream Puffs.
01:01:28Just for Diamond Dallas.
01:01:30What are we...
01:01:31Gentlemen here,
01:01:32in all due respect,
01:01:33your guests on this program,
01:01:35and we represent
01:01:36World Championship Wrestling.
01:01:38It's a great organization,
01:01:39and this is kind of
01:01:40a slap in the face.
01:01:41Well, Gene, I guess you've guessed
01:01:42there's a little theme here,
01:01:44and that might be
01:01:45N.W.
01:01:46W-O!
01:01:47You've got to be kidding me!
01:01:49Where do these clowns come off?
01:01:52Coming out here
01:01:53and insulting us!
01:01:56Hey!
01:01:57You're looking for trouble?
01:02:01You guys can finish.
01:02:03You know, I was gonna make
01:02:04a little something for you, Gene,
01:02:05but we couldn't find
01:02:06any fresh weasel.
01:02:07I'm out of here.
01:02:08That's it for me.
01:02:09You're not going anywhere!
01:02:14This is a big time
01:02:17N.W.O. birthday party!
01:02:21Hollywood style!
01:02:24This brother and that brother
01:02:27have already passed the test
01:02:30in their N.W.O.
01:02:32through and through
01:02:33for life.
01:02:36Got it?
01:02:38Now here's the deal.
01:02:40We catered this birthday party
01:02:43for the N.W.O.,
01:02:44me and Gene Oakland,
01:02:45and I know you're glad of that,
01:02:47aren't you, brother?
01:02:48I couldn't be any happier.
01:02:49Hollywood hoagie
01:02:50couldn't be here tonight
01:02:51because he's in Montreal
01:02:54doing a Hollywood movie!
01:02:57In Montreal.
01:02:58So I brought my brothers
01:03:00from dinner and a movie
01:03:01over here to grace our presence
01:03:05with some beautiful,
01:03:06original dishes
01:03:09to put the sizzle
01:03:10on the party!
01:03:12Happy birthday, N.W.O., yeah!
01:03:16I understand that you were
01:03:17a guest on dinner and a movie.
01:03:19Roll it, brother!
01:03:20It's documented!
01:03:21Check it out!
01:03:23Show the clip, yeah!
01:03:25All right, we are seeing it.
01:03:27Macho Man Randy Savage,
01:03:29I do not feel good
01:03:30about this at all.
01:03:32Scott Hall is my tag team partner.
01:03:36Tonight, we're gonna get rid
01:03:38of Diamond Dallas Page
01:03:41and Lex Luger.
01:03:42Happy birthday, N.W.O.,
01:03:44Madness N.W.O. style!
01:03:47All right, gentlemen,
01:03:50I'm gonna speak on behalf of myself
01:03:52and these thousands of fans
01:03:54and millions across the country
01:03:56who are watching
01:03:57this television program tonight.
01:03:59I think you are totally
01:04:00insulting all of us
01:04:02to have the guts
01:04:03to come on this program
01:04:04and do this to me
01:04:05and do this to Bob.
01:04:07Oh, I'm insulted, Gene.
01:04:08You've hurt my feelings.
01:04:10Jerk your own chicken.
01:04:11I'm terribly, terribly upset.
01:04:13I'm incredibly upset.
01:04:14I've had enough of this.
01:04:15Happy birthday.
01:04:17Where is Diamond Dallas?
01:04:19Is he afraid to show his face?
01:04:21Dinner and a movie cook-off.
01:04:23Yeah.
01:04:24I don't see him around here.
01:04:26I don't think he's around anywhere.
01:04:27I don't think he's afraid.
01:04:28They didn't call him a creep-up.
01:04:29I don't think he's afraid
01:04:30to come out.
01:04:31Where is he?
01:04:32Oh, man, I'm gonna tell you what.
01:04:33I don't think he's gonna come out.
01:04:34No, he's afraid.
01:04:35I don't know why.
01:04:36I don't think he's gonna come out.
01:04:37Because he's Diamond Dallas
01:04:3840 ways.
01:04:39Yeah.
01:04:45Yeah.
01:04:58You're gonna show me your cookie cutter?
01:05:01No.
01:05:07Hey, no, it's cool, man.
01:05:08You wouldn't hear the guy with class, you wouldn't hear the man with class either.
01:05:14Yes, I like it.
01:05:17I don't think Paul Gilmartin's gonna make the third season of
01:05:22Dinner at a Movie like that.
01:05:25Welcome to madness in a movie.
01:05:27Have a little cake.
01:05:28And this is why the big boys play here.
01:05:31I like it.
01:05:32Back with more, live on The Clash.
01:05:35It's party time.
01:05:36What a mess, huh?
01:05:38Awful.
01:05:42Still to come in this broadcast, Ric Flair, Kurt Hennig,
01:05:47in tag team action.
01:05:49Stay with us on The Clash.
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01:06:27Welcome back to The Clash of the Champions.
01:06:29And now let's take you on the road and our good friend,
01:06:31Stagger Lee Marshall, on behalf of 1-800-COLLECT,
01:06:35and this week's road report.
01:06:37Hello, Lee.
01:06:40Hey, guys, while you have turned Nashville into Clashville,
01:06:43you know Columbia, South Carolina, is also a great wrestling city.
01:06:46And we are just days away from Monday Nitro.
01:06:48It's coming live from the Carolina Coliseum.
01:06:51I've enjoyed the hospitality of the fans in Columbia's Five Points area.
01:06:55In fact, the fans here at the Dance Factory
01:06:57tell me that people throughout the Palm Meadow State
01:06:59are going to pour into Columbia for our upcoming Monday Nitro.
01:07:02Now, make sure you are part of our next Nitro.
01:07:04Just drop by the Carolina Coliseum box office or your nearest ticket agency.
01:07:09And guys, when you get to Columbia,
01:07:11make sure you stop by Columbia's beautiful botanical gardens.
01:07:15It's been named one of the top 15 gardens in the entire country.
01:07:18And I hear they got that award when the gardeners are finally able to get rid
01:07:21of that annoying foul-smelling weasel weed.
01:07:24And that's your 1-800-COLLECT road report from Columbia, South Carolina.
01:07:27I'm Lee Marshall for 1-800-COLLECT.
01:07:31He should be in the ground.
01:07:33Six feet.
01:07:35I'll tell you what, the party's already started, guys.
01:07:38Tonight.
01:07:38Wow.
01:07:39It really has.
01:07:40And I guess they were going to celebrate over at Dinner in a Movie
01:07:43the NWO's birthday.
01:07:47I guess it will forever be known as Dinner in a Diamond Cutter from now on.
01:07:53But as they're trying to clean up the mess there,
01:07:55as we said earlier at the top of this program,
01:07:58we're off the air on WCW Monday Nitro.
01:08:01This past Monday, Brain, we saw an all-out battle war, WCW against the NWO.
01:08:08And now we've got two tag matches to go on this program, WCW
01:08:13against the NWO in both cases.
01:08:15Well, when we went off the air last Monday night,
01:08:17they were all in the ring fighting.
01:08:18And you know as well as I do, Tony, it went on for quite some time afterwards.
01:08:22It could go on again.
01:08:23It could go all the way to Nitro.
01:08:25It's coming Monday.
01:08:26Who knows?
01:08:27NWO.
01:08:27But later.
01:08:28We'll be in Columbia, South Carolina, as you heard in our thanks to Lee Marshall.
01:08:32Well, Six and Conant together in this tag team match.
01:08:37And they will face Ric Flair and Curt Hennig.
01:08:39Now, Flair, of course, solidly with the Horseman, the lead of the Horseman.
01:08:44Curt Hennig still undecided, still the free agent.
01:08:47But despite that dream, they have made quite a tag team over the past few weeks.
01:08:52Well, you take two guys that are really, when you take a look at them,
01:08:56so much alike.
01:08:58And if they can't coexist right here tonight,
01:09:01it's going to be a bad party time for the NWO, Ric Flair, Curt Hennig.
01:09:08What a talented group of guys we've got in this matchup right here.
01:09:14And like Curt Hennig says, he's the number one free agent in this sport.
01:09:19You want him to work for you, you've got to dig deep.
01:09:22You come up with a lot of green money.
01:09:24Fight for pay.
01:09:25Fight for pay.
01:09:26Absolutely.
01:09:27It's going to be a tough match, a tough test for Randy Anderson, the referee.
01:09:32And we're going to have to work that out for him here,
01:09:34because you know the animosity between Six and Flair, the NWO and WCW.
01:09:40And I can tell you that this match is going to be wild.
01:09:43It's one of our feature bouts here tonight
01:09:45on the Clash of the Champions.
01:09:47In addition, fans, the deadline is tonight.
01:09:50James J. Dillon, will he sign it?
01:09:52We know what Sting wants.
01:09:54The fans know what Sting wants.
01:09:56Is Sting here?
01:09:58Will he come out and maybe say something?
01:10:00I don't think so.
01:10:02But it's pretty apparent what's going on.
01:10:04And hopefully we'll hear from James J. Dillon later on in this program,
01:10:08as well as Paul and Savage against a very pumped up Diamond Nails page,
01:10:13as we've seen, as Paul Gilmartin of Dinner the Movie knows firsthand
01:10:17in the total package Lex Luger.
01:10:20Well, I think it's safe to say don't invite Diamond Dallas to your house
01:10:23for Dinner the Movie.
01:10:26Good matchup right here.
01:10:27No intimidation.
01:10:28I don't believe that's an intimidating factor going on here
01:10:31as far as Flair and Curt Hennon are concerned.
01:10:35Good matchup.
01:10:36Curt Hennon knows what needs to be done.
01:10:40Going back to that old thing.
01:10:41Can he coexist with the Nature Bar, Ric Flair?
01:10:44We're getting ready to find out here on the Clash.
01:10:48Hennig is a classic wrestler, guys.
01:10:50And I know you agree with that too, Brink.
01:10:52And he pulled right out of that.
01:10:54I would say he's in the best shape of his life right now.
01:10:57I've managed the man before.
01:10:59I know his father.
01:11:00I know the whole family.
01:11:01And he's not been in better shape his whole life than he is right now.
01:11:06Conant comes off and down goes Hennig hard.
01:11:08Drop toehold nicely done.
01:11:09Hennig floats over the top to a side headlock.
01:11:12But out of that quickly is Conant.
01:11:14And a great counter move by the Mexican heavyweight champion.
01:11:17Yeah, he showed you a lot right there
01:11:18when he come back and countered that thing.
01:11:19I'm talking about Conant.
01:11:20Come right back up into that arm.
01:11:22Both of them now jerk away.
01:11:23You don't need to be holding each other's hands right here.
01:11:25Go ahead and get yourself in a situation
01:11:27where you can start to punish and break down
01:11:29the guy that you want to break down.
01:11:31Whatever one you'll fall right here,
01:11:33you've got to go ahead and get your offense going.
01:11:38Back into the corner.
01:11:39This was no man's land for Hennig.
01:11:41And notice how Conant only made the tag.
01:11:43Wow.
01:11:44Nailed him as well.
01:11:45And here comes Sixx.
01:11:46Yeah, he's so quick, too.
01:11:47I'm talking about Sixx.
01:11:48Athletic-wise, he's so sound.
01:11:51Hennig won't back up from me.
01:11:52He'll fight you.
01:11:53Look at Sixx trying to get away
01:11:55as Flair gets a tag in.
01:11:58But look at Sixx.
01:11:59He's not backing up.
01:12:00Now, there's no disregard here.
01:12:02Sixx does not respect the nature of Rorick Flair
01:12:05and all the accolades that have been laid on him.
01:12:07But right here, he might get a lesson in humility
01:12:10right here on the Clash of Champions.
01:12:12Headlock hits him into the near side
01:12:13and Sixx goes down, drops him down
01:12:15and pounds away on the forehead of Flair.
01:12:17Into the corner.
01:12:18Flair caught in the corner
01:12:19and Sixx eating him alive here.
01:12:21But here comes Flair.
01:12:22Oh, laid him out.
01:12:24One back chop.
01:12:25Stop that.
01:12:26Flair goes in again.
01:12:27Back body drop.
01:12:32Wild swing on that one.
01:12:35Flair's seen that one coming.
01:12:36He telegraphed that thing.
01:12:37Them knife-edge chops can take its toll on you.
01:12:41Believe me.
01:12:42I know what I'm saying.
01:12:43You don't outsmart Ric Flair too many times.
01:12:46Snap here, takeover.
01:12:47Drives the knee to the forehead.
01:12:49Gonna cover him.
01:12:50One, two.
01:12:52That time only a two-count.
01:12:54Flair went to the eyes,
01:12:55but Sixx beat him to the punch that time.
01:13:00Flair sends Sixx neutral corner.
01:13:02Back body.
01:13:03The other way.
01:13:04Not only down, but almost
01:13:06to the other corner with that one.
01:13:08Well, he went halfway across the ring.
01:13:11Nice tag in and out.
01:13:13This is what they need.
01:13:15Good tags in and outs.
01:13:16They'll top the ball game right here.
01:13:18And keep them in the burn.
01:13:19Yes, sir.
01:13:22Hinnick measured him.
01:13:23The fist to the gut.
01:13:24Here comes the running knee.
01:13:25And that picked him up.
01:13:27And he meets Conan in quickly.
01:13:29Here comes Conan and Hinnick,
01:13:31wasting no time to the attack on Conan.
01:13:34This is good wrestling, guys.
01:13:35He met him coming through the door.
01:13:37Yeah, he gave him unceremoniously.
01:13:40Right now.
01:13:41In public, if you will.
01:13:42Well, combine this with Diamond Dallas Page
01:13:45wrecking the NWO's birthday party.
01:13:47So far, their first birthday bash, so to speak,
01:13:50has not gone according to plan.
01:13:52But we got a long way to go yet.
01:13:56Both men go down.
01:13:57And that time, I think maybe
01:13:59heads collided there.
01:14:01Conan wobbly to his feet.
01:14:03Can barely stand.
01:14:04Hinnick back up.
01:14:06Now a corner.
01:14:07Being held by six.
01:14:09Double team going here.
01:14:11You notice Conan, when he got to his feet,
01:14:13made it back to the corner.
01:14:15He had enough presence to know where he was at.
01:14:17Flair trying to cut this one off.
01:14:19And Randy Anderson trying to move Flair out of the way.
01:14:22And Hinnick fighting for his life.
01:14:24Finally, they get paired off.
01:14:26The double teaming stopped.
01:14:28Flair holds on.
01:14:30Flair's gonna try to hook him into figure four
01:14:32right over here.
01:14:33Oh, no.
01:14:34Clipped him right in the leg, too.
01:14:35Really took that knee out.
01:14:37Oh, it went the other way.
01:14:39Inadvertently, that time,
01:14:40Hinnick shot six across the ring.
01:14:43One, two.
01:14:45And Hinnick makes a save.
01:14:46And six went right into the knee of Ric Flair.
01:14:49Well, Hinnick did not know
01:14:50Flair was standing behind him.
01:14:53Well, obviously not.
01:14:55Hinnick is still the legal man.
01:14:57Fisherman supine.
01:14:58Got him.
01:14:59One, two, three.
01:15:01There it is.
01:15:04Oh, yeah.
01:15:06No doubt about it.
01:15:09Kurt Hinnick,
01:15:11with his fisherman suplex,
01:15:13scores a win
01:15:16as he and Ric Flair dispose of
01:15:18Conan and six of the NWO.
01:15:21And don't forget,
01:15:22earlier in the evening,
01:15:23Mongo became United States champion
01:15:26for the Horseman.
01:15:27So it's a big Horseman night, right?
01:15:29Hey, guys, are we looking at a new Horseman?
01:15:31You know, go back.
01:15:32Kurt Hinnick, is he the new Horseman?
01:15:35I don't know.
01:15:36Maybe Gene Ogerlin can answer a few questions.
01:15:38Gene?
01:15:39Well, hopefully I can, Tony,
01:15:40because I am here in the ring,
01:15:42and with me, the Nature Boy, Ric Flair,
01:15:45and Kurt Hinnick.
01:15:46They have just come off a big win
01:15:47here on the Clash of the Champions.
01:15:49Kurt Hinnick,
01:15:50Kurt Hinnick,
01:15:51if I may have your attention,
01:15:53you promised me on Monday night,
01:15:55this past Monday night on Nitro,
01:15:57that you would give us an answer.
01:15:59Are you a Horseman or not?
01:16:03No.
01:16:05What do you mean, no?
01:16:07No, you're not gonna tell me you're a...
01:16:09No, no, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
01:16:10Tell him, are you a Horseman?
01:16:13Whoo!
01:16:14Or not?
01:16:16What about it?
01:16:18No.
01:16:19No, you're not gonna tell us?
01:16:20Or no, you're not a Horseman?
01:16:22That's right.
01:16:23Well, wait a minute.
01:16:24That's right.
01:16:25What is this?
01:16:26We're not...
01:16:27Apparently, we're not gonna get anything.
01:16:29As Kurt Hinnick leaves,
01:16:31he's followed by the Nature Boy, Ric Flair,
01:16:33and we go another Thursday night, Tony,
01:16:35with no answer regarding the future of Kurt Hinnick.
01:16:39Come on, man.
01:16:40It was a great match.
01:16:41Thanks a lot, genius.
01:16:42Flair said, yeah, great match.
01:16:43They win.
01:16:44But he is still not a Horseman.
01:16:46Fans back with more live
01:16:47on the Clash from National Exhibits.
01:16:49You didn't know that.
01:16:50This portion of WCW's Clash of the Champions
01:16:55is brought to you by
01:16:56Winterfresh gum from Wrigley
01:16:58for icy cool breath that lasts.
01:17:05Fans, we welcome you back,
01:17:06and we are just about set to go
01:17:08with our feature bout here on Superstation TBS.
01:17:11You see Michael Buffer in the ring,
01:17:12and this has been quite a night.
01:17:14Two new champions.
01:17:17The dinner and the movie set completely destroyed.
01:17:19And now, ladies and gentlemen,
01:17:21this is the Clash of Champions.
01:17:24Main event.
01:17:25A tag team match like no other
01:17:28in the history of professional wrestling.
01:17:32The WCW takes on NWO
01:17:36as their continuing saga continues.
01:17:39Are you ready?
01:17:44Nashville, Tennessee.
01:17:46Are you ready?
01:17:54For the thousands in attendance
01:17:56and the millions watching around the world,
01:17:59ladies and gentlemen,
01:18:02let's get ready to rumble!
01:18:10You know what that means.
01:18:13The music.
01:18:16Michael Buffer has set the stage
01:18:17for the feature bout on this,
01:18:20the Clash of the Champions.
01:18:23And on this, what is supposed to be
01:18:25the birthday party for the New World Order.
01:18:27And now, making their entrance to the ring,
01:18:31two men with a no-holds-barred bad attitude.
01:18:36Uh-oh.
01:18:37Two men with a sense of recklessness and power
01:18:42that represents the philosophy of the New World Order.
01:18:49Two men coming to the ring
01:18:50in the company of the New World Order.
01:18:57The first member of the tag team,
01:18:59weighing 272 pounds.
01:19:03From Sulaota, Florida,
01:19:05he's a member of the world champion tag team, Outsiders.
01:19:10His name, Scott Hall.
01:19:14And his partner for this tag team match,
01:19:17coming to the ring in the company
01:19:19of the lovely Miss Elizabeth.
01:19:21He weighs 238 pounds.
01:19:24From Sarasota, Florida,
01:19:27a professional wrestler known the world over.
01:19:31One of the main forces of the New World Order.
01:19:35He is Randy Macho Max.
01:19:40He is Randy Macho Max Savage.
01:19:48Has a party going on here, guys.
01:19:50Boy, Dream, you're not kidding me.
01:19:53Happy birthday, NWO.
01:19:56Would it be safe to say that
01:19:58unless some other guys come out,
01:20:00the WCW troops are gonna be outmanned?
01:20:02Outnumbered, outmanned, and outbelieved.
01:20:04We got some big news.
01:20:09This is great.
01:20:12Hey, Scotty, this is gonna happen the same time next year.
01:20:17Hey, big man.
01:20:19You got something real, real, real, real, real important to say.
01:20:24Why don't you lay it on him right now?
01:20:28Yeah, real quick.
01:20:29Since this is NWO's birthday party,
01:20:32a little something back to you.
01:20:34Tonight, Macho Man is gonna defend the belt.
01:20:37This is now a world tag title match.
01:20:42I can't believe you did that.
01:20:45What confidence.
01:20:46I love it.
01:20:47I won't back down.
01:20:51Well, how about that big announcement?
01:20:53Because the NWO's just too strong.
01:20:58A lot of confidence in that camp.
01:21:00So we've got four title matches.
01:21:03One unexpected.
01:21:05One of those verbal binding contracts that we saw earlier
01:21:09with Raven and Stevie Richards.
01:21:11So DDP and Lex Luger have a chance to become tag team champs.
01:21:16They'll be coming out next.
01:21:17Don't you dare go away.
01:21:19What a party.
01:21:20But nice.
01:21:22And now, coming to the ring at this time...
01:21:36...Lex Luger.
01:21:50Two men who feel they've been ripped off by the tactics
01:21:53and actions of their opponents from the New World Order.
01:21:58Together for the first time,
01:22:00combining the Diamond Cutter and the Torture Rack.
01:22:04Representing the honor of World Championship Wrestling.
01:22:07First, from the Jersey Shore, weighing 251 pounds,
01:22:12the master of the Diamond Cutter,
01:22:14Double D, Dermond Gallus Page.
01:22:24And his partner, from the windy city of Chicago, Illinois,
01:22:28weighing 260 pounds,
01:22:31the master of the Torture Rack,
01:22:33and former heavyweight champion of the world,
01:22:38the total package,
01:22:40Lex Luger.
01:22:48This is really in the face of adversity here
01:22:50if you think about looking in the ring and see what's going on.
01:22:53But you know how brave and willing DDP is
01:22:57and has been over the past year.
01:22:59The same thing with the total package Lex Luger.
01:23:02You know what a thorn in the side Luger has been to the NWO.
01:23:06So I would venture to say that this group of men
01:23:10who have banded together so closely,
01:23:12who have watched each other's back,
01:23:14coming out to celebrate this birthday,
01:23:16it's much, much more than that, guys.
01:23:19Yeah.
01:23:20It's okay to go into a fight sometimes
01:23:23where there are a few guys that you're going against.
01:23:26But in this case right here,
01:23:27the odds are so heavily stacked against DDP and Lex Luger.
01:23:33Let me tell you, the referee's got to do something
01:23:35to get some of this back.
01:23:36And when they were introducing Lex Luger and DDP,
01:23:39you didn't see it, but in the ring,
01:23:41huddled with all the members of the NWO.
01:23:43Oh, yeah.
01:23:44And they weren't huddled making out a football play
01:23:46where you run around this end, I'll give you the ball.
01:23:48They were talking about the total package
01:23:51and the diamond cutter, DDP.
01:23:53They have noticed that Buck Bagwell,
01:23:56Scott North, Coleman Six,
01:23:58and Vincent are making their way back
01:24:00towards the locker room area.
01:24:02But it appears the big man, Kevin Nash,
01:24:05is remaining on the outside.
01:24:08They know, and WCW realizes that they are here.
01:24:12And the referee will only allow one man out
01:24:14at ringside as well.
01:24:15Make no mistake about it, Tony.
01:24:17They're here.
01:24:18Luger and Dallas know they're here.
01:24:21They just gotta remain focused.
01:24:22They went ahead and got in the ring
01:24:24and got ready for this fight.
01:24:25So if it's here, they gotta understand
01:24:27that bad things can happen.
01:24:29So make bad things happen to the other guy's brain first.
01:24:32You know what I'm talking about?
01:24:33And I guess it's gonna be a title match.
01:24:36Well, that was laid out here.
01:24:38Well, if that's what they say,
01:24:39that's the way it goes, I guess.
01:24:40Well, knowing what I've heard
01:24:43from the members of the NWO in their interviews,
01:24:47that they feel they are a wolf pack.
01:24:49Therefore, if Savage wants to defend the title,
01:24:52if Six wants to defend the title
01:24:54with Hall or Nash, then so be it.
01:24:57It doesn't matter, whatever combination.
01:24:59They're the champs.
01:25:00They can come up with it.
01:25:02And that's what they've done here.
01:25:05So here we go, fans.
01:25:08WCW versus NWO,
01:25:11the most prestigious tag team title in the world on the line.
01:25:16Look at this.
01:25:17Hall going right after Luger.
01:25:20From the neutral position.
01:25:22And losing the hair, forcing Luger back.
01:25:24Luger will have none of it.
01:25:26Hall turns it around.
01:25:27Nick Patrick trying to get right in there.
01:25:32Yeah, Nick Patrick, no stranger to controversy either.
01:25:34And I guarantee you one thing.
01:25:36You see this, a pushing and a shoving
01:25:38and trying to feel each other out.
01:25:39Oh, man, the adrenaline gotta really be flowing.
01:25:42Oh, right back to it now.
01:25:45Luger gets too powerful.
01:25:47Yeah, take a seat, buddy.
01:25:52Find this guy's head.
01:25:54Yeah.
01:25:55Oh!
01:25:57Oh, he lured him in and out.
01:25:59Sends him on the outside
01:26:01as Liz runs around away from him.
01:26:04Watch out.
01:26:05Oh!
01:26:06Did he get waffled?
01:26:08Well, you said the NWO started to go back
01:26:11and you named all the guys.
01:26:12One guy was left there.
01:26:13Right there is the reason why he was left out.
01:26:20Kevin Nash is the most lethal athlete here at WCW.
01:26:25Or NWO.
01:26:26I don't care what it is, Tony.
01:26:28Nick Patrick doing that exchange,
01:26:30I believe, has just given Kevin Nash the boot.
01:26:33I heard him say, you're out of here.
01:26:36Forcing Nash to leave.
01:26:38And the big move,
01:26:39Forcing Nash to leave.
01:26:40And the big man is walking away.
01:26:42Yeah, but damage already done.
01:26:44Damage has been done.
01:26:45I know.
01:26:48But you know, the longer he's there,
01:26:49the more damage he'd do.
01:26:51So they ran him.
01:26:52He's gone.
01:26:53For now, he's gone.
01:26:54Don't forget what they can do as a unit, as a team.
01:26:58Here's the macho man with a double ax handle blow.
01:27:01And Lex Luger,
01:27:02as a result of what happened on the floor,
01:27:04has to make a tag and dash.
01:27:06Deal on it, baby.
01:27:07Go ahead.
01:27:08Strut your stuff.
01:27:09Go ahead, deal on it.
01:27:10Here comes your fighter, fans.
01:27:12Diamond Dallas Page
01:27:14picks up Scott Hall.
01:27:16Inverted atomic drop.
01:27:18It hauls off and knocks him out of the ring.
01:27:20Catches the foot of the macho man.
01:27:21Yes.
01:27:22And down he goes.
01:27:23Don't wait on it.
01:27:24Go ahead and diamond cut him right now.
01:27:26Get this thing over with
01:27:27before the rest of them get out of here.
01:27:29Good call, Dream.
01:27:30Into the ropes.
01:27:31And there you go.
01:27:33A trip up,
01:27:34in that time,
01:27:35to Larry at the back of the head.
01:27:36And, Dream,
01:27:37that really rocked the head of DDP.
01:27:38Well, he didn't see it coming.
01:27:39He was concentrating on Hall,
01:27:41and he took one from the blind side
01:27:43by the madman Randy Savage.
01:27:46Now the double team for the New World Order.
01:27:49Savage and Hall.
01:27:51Double teaming DDP.
01:27:52And notice what they worked on.
01:27:54And notice what they're working on here.
01:27:56The rib cage.
01:27:57Diamond Dallas Page.
01:27:59Here's the cover.
01:28:00One, two.
01:28:02A rib cage that has twice been injured this year
01:28:05in confrontations,
01:28:06in matches,
01:28:07with the man coming back in,
01:28:08the macho man Randy Savage.
01:28:09But you notice,
01:28:10that's good tag team wrestling
01:28:12because when Hall made the tag,
01:28:13he never let go of DDP.
01:28:15He held on to him,
01:28:16made sure he wasn't gonna make that tag.
01:28:18It's called great execution,
01:28:19and they're right back on top of it.
01:28:20Going right about their business,
01:28:22back working on them ribs,
01:28:23as Tony had talked about.
01:28:25Execution is the name of the game right here.
01:28:28Keeping this guy away from his partner
01:28:30so he can't tag.
01:28:31Go ahead and rag tag him,
01:28:33just like you're doing right now.
01:28:35Yeah, the more shots they can get in at him
01:28:37while they keep him in that corner,
01:28:38the better that is for them.
01:28:40That's what they gotta do.
01:28:41Keep that man grounded.
01:28:43Keep kicking him.
01:28:44Keep stepping on him.
01:28:45Keep fast tags in and out.
01:28:47Use everything you have to,
01:28:48because believe me,
01:28:49DDP and the total package will do the same.
01:28:55In new men's land,
01:28:56Diamond Dallas Page,
01:28:57double teamed here.
01:28:59And those are some lethal right hands.
01:29:01There you go.
01:29:02Trying to fight out.
01:29:03Trying to fire back.
01:29:05He doesn't ask for any help.
01:29:06He'll fight his way out of a lot of jams.
01:29:11Tag.
01:29:12Cut off by Hall.
01:29:14And once again,
01:29:15great teamwork,
01:29:16great execution.
01:29:17Here's a cover, one, two.
01:29:19Diamond Dallas Page,
01:29:20who has shown us countless times
01:29:22what he's made of,
01:29:23how much heart and determination he has,
01:29:26comes back again.
01:29:28And listen to this.
01:29:29Everyone sold this guy out.
01:29:31Everybody said he was a loser.
01:29:33He was nothing but a bum.
01:29:34He was a gigolo.
01:29:35Nothing but trash.
01:29:37But look at this man.
01:29:38He didn't ask for help from anybody.
01:29:39And he's come back,
01:29:40and now he's got a championship match
01:29:42along with Luger here on The Clash.
01:29:44You tell me he hasn't earned his stripes.
01:29:46I'll tell you what,
01:29:47he's out in a bad spot right here.
01:29:48Everybody knows that.
01:29:49Say, well, how does he keep himself out there?
01:29:51The bottom line is,
01:29:52we're keeping him there.
01:29:53Luger can do nothing about this thing.
01:29:56Every time he steps in to the playing field,
01:29:59Nick Patrick is there to push him back.
01:30:01That's causing full pain, blues, and agony
01:30:04in the household, if you will,
01:30:06of Diamond Dallas Page.
01:30:07Well, don't forget this, Dusty.
01:30:08Neither Luger or Diamond Dallas
01:30:10are tag-team wrestlers.
01:30:11They don't have that much tag-team wrestling ability.
01:30:14They're both single wrestlers.
01:30:15So you put them in a tag-team situation,
01:30:17they're gonna make mistakes.
01:30:19Let's keep in mind as well,
01:30:20the last time Nick Patrick refereed
01:30:22a tag-team title bout was road-wide.
01:30:25And that time, Paul and Nash
01:30:27basically had themselves disqualified
01:30:30to hold onto the title.
01:30:31You saw the reaction of the wrestling program
01:30:34of Nick Patrick at that time.
01:30:36I don't think Nick Patrick
01:30:37is gonna let that happen again.
01:30:39He's gonna let him go
01:30:40until maybe, hopefully,
01:30:42we have a clear-cut champion.
01:30:44Well, right here, they have him
01:30:46in the middle of the ring
01:30:47in a situation now
01:30:48to where they have got him beat down
01:30:50and at any moment could go ahead and strike
01:30:54to get that victory right here.
01:30:55So much at stake,
01:30:56trying to make the crawl,
01:30:57trying to make the tag over.
01:30:59Lex Luger, hand out,
01:31:01and nobody home.
01:31:02Well, like you said, Tony,
01:31:03Nick Patrick's gonna let it go a bit.
01:31:05But with these four men in the ring,
01:31:07it could go too far.
01:31:10Crossing up the legs,
01:31:12slapping the back of DDP,
01:31:13realizing that Paige is helpless here.
01:31:16This is classic NWO execution.
01:31:19And they take him back
01:31:20to their side of the ring.
01:31:21Good tag-team wrestling.
01:31:22It goes back to what we had talked about
01:31:24for so long, the NWO.
01:31:27The reason they're successful
01:31:28not only is because they stay together,
01:31:31but because they are top athletes.
01:31:34Top wrestlers.
01:31:35Some of the greatest,
01:31:36if not the greatest wrestlers in the world
01:31:38are in the NWO.
01:31:40And here comes the double tag-team.
01:31:42Once again, that one really caught him.
01:31:44You heard Paige scream out in pain that time
01:31:47to the ribcage.
01:31:48They went again to the ropes.
01:31:50Paige.
01:31:52Hall.
01:31:54Paige.
01:31:55Can he make the tag, Tony?
01:31:56That's what needs to be done.
01:31:58Just crawl over.
01:31:59Crawl over Hall and make that tag.
01:32:02Get that fresh guy in there.
01:32:03Well, Dusty, I'm not sure he knows
01:32:05where he's at right now,
01:32:06which corner Luger's in,
01:32:08and then he has to tag.
01:32:12Both men, as you can see,
01:32:14dazed, hurt, winded.
01:32:16But these are the top athletes in the world.
01:32:19He's got his bearings now.
01:32:20He knows which direction to go.
01:32:21He's almost there.
01:32:22Both men getting up.
01:32:23Who's the first man to make a tag?
01:32:25It's Paige.
01:32:26And here comes the total package.
01:32:30Ooh.
01:32:31Ooh.
01:32:32Hitting everything and moves.
01:32:34Both men are down.
01:32:36Oh.
01:32:37Some are up.
01:32:38Some are up.
01:32:39But he goes right back at him again.
01:32:41Both men thrown together.
01:32:43Luger.
01:32:45Rekt time.
01:32:46Go ahead.
01:32:47Stop this fight.
01:32:49Stop this party before it starts, baby.
01:32:52I wouldn't doubt it if he could wreck them both right now.
01:32:54Referee did not see the over-the-top rope that time.
01:32:57And he's gonna wreck Scott Hall.
01:32:59Oh, yeah.
01:33:00Luger.
01:33:01He's gonna wreck Scott Hall.
01:33:03This could be it.
01:33:04This.
01:33:05No.
01:33:06Savage made a save.
01:33:07Oh, look at that.
01:33:09Tony.
01:33:10Down right in the eyes.
01:33:12Well, I'll tell you, Savage had been 5 seconds late.
01:33:14Oh, man.
01:33:15Oh, no.
01:33:16Rekted, too.
01:33:18Right into DDP.
01:33:19No.
01:33:20He don't know what he got.
01:33:22He don't know what happened there.
01:33:24He backed into Luger, Tony.
01:33:28Luger has been the recipient of a diamond cutter inadvertently.
01:33:33And I don't think he's gonna get up.
01:33:35Oh, no.
01:33:36He's not moving.
01:33:38Nobody gets up from the diamond cutter.
01:33:40Backed right into it, Tony.
01:33:42But four men are down here.
01:33:44They're all sprawled out.
01:33:45Scott Hall trying to make a tag here.
01:33:47Trying to crawl over.
01:33:48If he can make a cover, they're gonna win it.
01:33:50Just put a hand on him.
01:33:51All he's got to do is put a hand on him.
01:33:52Oh, no.
01:33:531, 2, 3.
01:33:55That's it.
01:33:58Thrown into DDP.
01:34:01And as he staggered back, he grabbed Luger for the diamond cutter,
01:34:06not realizing who he had a hold of.
01:34:12So the NWO holds on to the belts.
01:34:18Here on the Clash of the Champions.
01:34:21And as you see from the top of the Minnesota Auditorium,
01:34:25something is falling.
01:34:26It looks like pamphlets.
01:34:28Propaganda.
01:34:29Flyers, leaflets, something.
01:34:31But I'll tell you, he had Hall up in the rack.
01:34:35He had him.
01:34:37He had him.
01:34:38He had him.
01:34:39Great.
01:34:40He thrust into it after getting the thumb in the eye and just eaves into it.
01:34:43And Diamond Cutting right there.
01:34:46You see the propaganda.
01:34:47Their birthday party, as far as they are concerned, are successful.
01:34:52Fans, we are past the 10 o'clock hour, but we still have more to come.
01:34:58Hopefully we're gonna hear from James J. Dillard.
01:35:01I don't know, but I'm looking forward to a lot more remaining
01:35:04live on the Clash of the Champions.
01:35:06Don't go away.
01:35:08as the NWO continues it's celebration, as a matter of fact, even though the members
01:35:20have left the ring, they apparently are on their way back here and they are now being
01:35:25led by Eric Bischoff.
01:35:26So the celebration, the birthday they talked about, even though it looked as if WCW was
01:35:27getting the upper hand earlier in this telecast, they have a lot to be happy about right now.
01:35:28This party's not over.
01:35:29Everybody's on their feet too, guys, watching this thing.
01:35:30At a birthday party, don't someone usually get spanked?
01:35:31Well, I think someone did.
01:35:32But it's not over yet.
01:35:33No, it's not.
01:35:34As the NWO continues it's celebration, as a matter of fact, even though the members
01:35:35have left the ring, they apparently are on their way back here and they are now being
01:35:36led by Eric Bischoff.
01:35:37So the celebration, the birthday they talked about, even though it looked as if WCW was
01:35:38getting the upper hand earlier in this telecast, they have a lot to be happy about right now.
01:35:39This party's not over.
01:35:40Everybody's on their feet too, guys, watching this thing.
01:35:41At a birthday party, don't someone usually get spanked?
01:35:42Well, I think someone did.
01:35:43But it's not over yet.
01:35:44No, it's not.
01:35:45As the members of the NWO were walking out of the arena after they won and we were in
01:35:46a commercial break, you could hear the chant, the chant here in the Minnesota Tournament
01:35:47Nashville of We Want Sting.
01:35:48We Want Sting.
01:35:49We Want Sting.
01:35:50We Want Sting.
01:35:51We Want Sting.
01:35:52We Want Sting.
01:35:53We Want Sting.
01:35:54We Want Sting.
01:35:55We Want Sting.
01:35:56We Want Sting.
01:35:57We Want Sting.
01:35:58We Want Sting.
01:35:59We Want Sting.
01:36:00We Want Sting.
01:36:01We Want Sting.
01:36:02We Want Sting.
01:36:03We Want Sting.
01:36:04We Want Sting.
01:36:05We Want Sting.
01:36:06We Want Sting.
01:36:07We Want Sting.
01:36:08We Want Sting.
01:36:09We Want Sting.
01:36:10We Want Sting.
01:36:11We Want Sting.
01:36:12We Want Sting.
01:36:13We Want Sting.
01:36:14We Want Sting.
01:36:15We Want Sting.
01:36:16We Want Sting.
01:36:17We Want Sting.
01:36:18We Want Sting.
01:36:19We Want Sting.
01:36:20We Want Sting.
01:36:21We Want Sting.
01:36:22We Want Sting.
01:36:23We Want Sting.
01:36:24We Want Sting.
01:36:25We Want Sting.
01:36:26We Want Sting.
01:36:27We Want Sting.
01:36:28We Want Sting.
01:36:29We Want Sting.
01:36:30We Want Sting.
01:36:31We Want Sting.
01:36:32We Want Sting.
01:36:33We Want Sting.
01:36:34We Want Sting.
01:36:35We Want Sting.
01:36:36We Want Sting.
01:36:37We Want Sting.
01:36:38We Want Sting.
01:36:39We Want Sting.
01:36:40We Want Sting.
01:36:41We Want Sting.
01:36:42We Want Sting.
01:36:43We Want Sting.
01:36:44We Want Sting.
01:36:45We Want Sting.
01:36:46We Want Sting.
01:36:47We Want Sting.
01:36:48We Want Sting.
01:36:49We Want Sting.
01:36:50We Want Sting.
01:36:51We Want Sting.
01:36:52We Want Sting.
01:36:53We Want Sting.
01:36:54We Want Sting.
01:36:55We Want Sting.
01:36:56We Want Sting.
01:36:57We Want Sting.
01:36:58We Want Sting.
01:36:59We Want Sting.
01:37:00We Want Sting.
01:37:01We Want Sting.
01:37:02We Want Sting.
01:37:03We Want Sting.
01:37:04We Want Sting.
01:37:05We Want Sting.
01:37:06We Want Sting.
01:37:07We Want Sting.
01:37:08We Want Sting.
01:37:10Alright, on three, everybody wish the NWO happy birthday.
01:37:16Ready?
01:37:181, 2, 3!
01:37:25Oh, we love you.
01:37:28Greatest night of my life!
01:37:33Mr. Hall, you are, without a doubt,
01:37:37one of the greatest athletes ever to step in to this sport.
01:37:43And I do wanna say on our birthday, our anniversary, it is an honor just to know
01:37:47you.
01:37:48Shucks, I think you're great too.
01:37:50Mr. Nash, what I've learned from you,
01:37:56you couldn't put in a volume of encyclopedias.
01:38:02I wanna thank you on our anniversary.
01:38:04I just wanna say it's been sweet for
01:38:08the last year to be shagging in the WCW, rotten, baby.
01:38:13But now we've got a little business we have to take care of.
01:38:19Because in our one year anniversary, our birthday party,
01:38:22we didn't get the surprise we wanted.
01:38:25We didn't get what we deserve, which is A, our own show.
01:38:32Because if it wasn't for the NWO and moi,
01:38:35none of you people would be here tonight.
01:38:39Would be.
01:38:43Hollywood Hogan sends his love.
01:38:52But he also sends a message.
01:38:55He needs bigger limos and newer Learjets.
01:39:00Do you hear me, Mr. Ted Turner?
01:39:04It is time for you to pay up.
01:39:30It is time for you to pay up.
01:39:40It is time for you to pay up.
01:39:50It is time for you to pay up.
01:40:00When a man's heart is full of deceit, it burns up,
01:40:05dies, and a dark shadow falls over his soul.
01:40:09From the ashes of a once great man has risen a curse,
01:40:14a wrong that must be righted.
01:40:17We look to the skies for a vindicator, someone to strike fear into
01:40:22the black hearts of the same man who created him.
01:40:25The battle between good and evil has begun.
01:40:30Against an army of shadows comes a dark warrior,
01:40:35a purveyor of good with a voice of silence and a mission of justice.
01:40:43This is Stay.
01:40:46This is Stay.
01:41:16This is Stay.
01:41:46This is Stay.
01:41:49This is Stay.
01:41:52This is Stay.
01:41:55This is Stay.
01:41:58This is Stay.
01:42:01This is Stay.
01:42:04This is Stay.
01:42:07This is Stay.
01:42:10This is Stay.
01:42:13This is Stay.
01:42:16This is Stay.
01:42:19This is Stay.
01:42:22This is Stay.
01:42:25This is Stay.
01:42:28This is Stay.
01:42:31This is Stay.
01:42:34This is Stay.
01:42:37This is Stay.
01:42:40This is Stay.
01:42:43This is Stay.
01:42:46This is Stay.
01:42:49This is Stay.
01:42:52This is Stay.
01:42:55This is Stay.
01:42:58This is Stay.
01:43:01This is Stay.
01:43:04This is Stay.
01:43:07This is Stay.
01:43:10This is Stay.
01:43:13This is Stay.
01:43:16This is Stay.
01:43:19This is Stay.
01:43:22This is Stay.

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