WCW Monday Nitro: May 27, 1996

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00:00:33Welcome to WCW Monday Nitro

00:00:37on TNT.

00:00:41It's Memorial Day 1996

00:00:44and beginning tonight,

00:00:46each and every Monday

00:00:47we'll be bringing you

00:00:48not one, but two hours

00:00:51of WCW action.

00:00:54Hi, everyone.

00:00:55I'm Tony Schiavone

00:00:56along with the living legend

00:00:57Larry Zabiska.

00:00:58We are going to be your co-host

00:01:00for the very first hour

00:01:02of WCW Monday Nitro this week.

00:01:04And right before nine o'clock,

00:01:06our regular broadcast team

00:01:07of Eric Bischoff

00:01:08and Bobby the Brain Heaton

00:01:10will be with you.

00:01:11And Larry, what a way

00:01:12to be bringing our fans

00:01:13our first two-hour program

00:01:14because tonight, later on,

00:01:16in the second hour,

00:01:17Sting and Scott Steiner

00:01:19will collide for, I think,

00:01:20the very first time ever

00:01:21on television.

00:01:22Golden opportunity

00:01:23for Scott Steiner

00:01:24here to capture

00:01:25a major reputation of Sting.

00:01:28You know, Sting,

00:01:29emotionally befuddled

00:01:30over the trustworthiness

00:01:31of his partner

00:01:32and friend Lex Luger

00:01:33caused only by the rumors

00:01:35of these armchair champions.

00:01:37But good match tonight.

00:01:39Speaking of champions,

00:01:40later on, the giant

00:01:41in this telecast

00:01:42will defend the WCW

00:01:43World Heavyweight title.

00:01:44Certainly his biggest opponent ever

00:01:46at over 500 pounds,

00:01:48The Shark.

00:01:49Well, you know,

00:01:50The Shark has been shooting

00:01:51his big mouth off

00:01:52saying when he got chokeslammed

00:01:53by The Giant,

00:01:54he wasn't ready for it.

00:01:55He says he'll be ready

00:01:56for it tonight,

00:01:57but I don't think

00:01:58that's gonna stop The Giant.

00:02:00He's gonna chokeslam

00:02:01The Shark again.

00:02:02Mark my words.

00:02:03Plus, in this program,

00:02:04The Nature Boy,

00:02:05Ric Flair, and Arne Anderson

00:02:06will be together

00:02:07as a tag team

00:02:08as they prepare

00:02:09for the Great American Bash.

00:02:11Plus, Colonel Rob Parker

00:02:12says he has a brand-new man

00:02:14he'll introduce later on

00:02:15in this television program.

00:02:17The program you already love

00:02:18is now getting bigger

00:02:19as we go to the ring

00:02:20on Nitro.

00:02:21Ladies and gentlemen,

00:02:22the first match live

00:02:23on Monday Nitro

00:02:24is set for one fall.

00:02:26Introducing first,

00:02:27from Atlanta, Georgia,

00:02:28Marcus Bagwell and Scotty Riggs,

00:02:31The American Males.

00:02:36And we begin, Larry,

00:02:37with tag team action.

00:02:38I tell you,

00:02:39these two young men,

00:02:40Mark Bagwell and Scotty Riggs,

00:02:42The American Males,

00:02:43if you go back and take a look

00:02:45at the great programs

00:02:46we've had live

00:02:47each and every Monday

00:02:48here on Nitro.

00:02:50These two men,

00:02:51really out of the box,

00:02:52back in the month of September,

00:02:54sensational,

00:02:55capturing the world tag team title.

00:02:57And they've captured

00:02:58and garnered a lot of fans

00:02:59since that time.

00:03:00Well, you got a couple

00:03:01of dreamers here.

00:03:02Perfect example

00:03:03of the young and the useless

00:03:04that are gonna get

00:03:05a wrestling education

00:03:07at the hands of

00:03:08two masters,

00:03:09Arne Anderson,

00:03:10The Enforcer,

00:03:11and of course,

00:03:12one of the greatest players

00:03:13of human chess,

00:03:14Ric Flair.

00:03:16With that in mind,

00:03:17back we go

00:03:18to David Pinzer.

00:03:19Their opponents,

00:03:20representing the Horsemen,

00:03:21and accompanied to the ring

00:03:22by Woman and Miss Elizabeth.

00:03:24First,

00:03:25from Charlotte, North Carolina,

00:03:27Nature Boy,

00:03:28Ric Flair!

00:03:32His partner

00:03:33from the state of Minnesota,

00:03:34The Enforcer,

00:03:35Arne Anderson!

00:03:40All right, here they come.

00:03:42Arne Anderson

00:03:43and the Nature Boy,

00:03:44Ric Flair,

00:03:45flanked by Woman

00:03:46looking radiant.

00:03:48Well, how could you miss them?

00:03:49Look it,

00:03:50Flair, he's done up again.

00:03:51Look at the American males

00:03:52in the ring.

00:03:53They're gonna be staring

00:03:54down there.

00:03:55This is what these two punks

00:03:56are dreaming of.

00:03:57They wanna come out

00:03:58with women.

00:03:59They wanna come out

00:04:00with the fame

00:04:01and the fortune.

00:04:02They wanna live

00:04:03happily ever after

00:04:04with beautiful deaf mutes.

00:04:05The way they can do that,

00:04:06Tony,

00:04:07is to beat these guys,

00:04:08but I don't think

00:04:09it's gonna happen.

00:04:10Well, you know,

00:04:11the great American bash,

00:04:12the pay-per-view spectacular

00:04:13we've all been waiting for

00:04:15is coming your way

00:04:17in the month of June

00:04:18on Sunday, June 16th

00:04:19from Baltimore

00:04:20in the Baltimore Arena.

00:04:21And you're talking

00:04:22about a shocker.

00:04:23Ric Flair,

00:04:24for the past couple of months,

00:04:25right here on this program,

00:04:26has been saying

00:04:27a few unkind,

00:04:28unsavory comments

00:04:29toward Steve McMichael,

00:04:31Mongo McMichael's wife,

00:04:32Debra.

00:04:33And wait a minute,

00:04:34it's come back to haunting now,

00:04:35Larry,

00:04:36because Mongo

00:04:37has gotten Kevin Green

00:04:38of the Carolina Panthers

00:04:39to team

00:04:40against Ric Flair

00:04:41and Arne Anderson

00:04:42coming up

00:04:43at the great American bash.

00:04:44Look,

00:04:45let's put things

00:04:46in perspective.

00:04:47Just because

00:04:48McMichael's wife

00:04:49likes Flair

00:04:50is not a reason

00:04:51for this big dummy

00:04:52to ruin his life.

00:04:53Get rid of her.

00:04:54I'm sure he signed

00:04:55a prenuptial,

00:04:56but don't make

00:04:57a mistake

00:04:58in getting the ring.

00:04:59Get a big head.

00:05:00Look at football players,

00:05:01Tony.

00:05:02They're good

00:05:03for 10 seconds.

00:05:04They rush back

00:05:05in the huddle

00:05:06because none of them

00:05:07know what to do.

00:05:08They're getting

00:05:09in the ring

00:05:10with two masters.

00:05:11Arne Anderson,

00:05:12endomorphic human being,

00:05:13is trying to force her

00:05:14because that's

00:05:15what he does.

00:05:16The Nature Boy

00:05:17has beaten

00:05:18men you could name

00:05:19that are legendary wrestlers.

00:05:20They know what

00:05:21they're doing.

00:05:22It's a different

00:05:23ballgame.

00:05:24Kevin Green,

00:05:25Steve McMichaels,

00:05:26they're out

00:05:27of their league.

00:05:28Well,

00:05:29I would agree

00:05:30that Ric Flair

00:05:31and Arne Anderson

00:05:32have more ring experience,

00:05:33but can you imagine?

00:05:34I mean,

00:05:35he has gotten

00:05:36Mongo angry,

00:05:37and we have heard

00:05:38from Mike Ditka

00:05:39on our television programs.

00:05:40He's the last man

00:05:41in the world

00:05:42to have a matchup

00:05:43with Ric Flair.

00:05:44You don't think,

00:05:45and before you know it,

00:05:46Flair is going to have

00:05:47Dumbo in the figure four.

00:05:48They're down on the floor.

00:05:49You know,

00:05:50the entire country

00:05:51getting excited

00:05:52about this tag team matchup

00:05:53and the Great American Bash.

00:05:54We understand

00:05:55Kevin Green is going to be

00:05:56on Jay Leno

00:05:57on the Tonight Show

00:05:58on NBC tomorrow night,

00:05:59and he'll be talking,

00:06:00of course,

00:06:01about his upcoming matchup,

00:06:02and Kevin Green,

00:06:03as we saw

00:06:04at Slamboree

00:06:05just over a week ago,

00:06:06he wanted to get it

00:06:07on right there.

00:06:08That man is ready

00:06:09to wrestle.

00:06:10He's trying to save face.

00:06:11He went over to Steelers,

00:06:12lost the Super Bowl for him.

00:06:13The Steelers

00:06:14threw him off the team

00:06:15and sent him down

00:06:16to some po-dunk team,

00:06:17but North Carolina's

00:06:18got a football team now.

00:06:19He's a loser.

00:06:20He's the only one

00:06:21McMichael could get.

00:06:22He is one of the premier

00:06:23athletes in the NFL,

00:06:24and he and Steve Mongo

00:06:25McMichael will hook it up

00:06:26together as a tag team

00:06:27against Ric Flair

00:06:28and Arne Anderson,

00:06:29and here's what they've

00:06:30got to be cautious of,

00:06:31because when you're

00:06:32on the floor

00:06:33against Flair and Anderson,

00:06:34that is in the bag.

00:06:35You've got to be

00:06:36careful.

00:06:37You've got to be

00:06:38careful.

00:06:39You've got to be

00:06:40careful.

00:06:41That is in their domain.

00:06:42Look here.

00:06:43Well, it's in their domain.

00:06:44Look at this.

00:06:45Oh, he got him.

00:06:46Hey, hey.

00:06:47Watch out the American males,

00:06:48former tag team champions

00:06:49on the rebound here now.

00:06:50Mark Bankwell sending

00:06:51Ric Flair and up

00:06:52and down he goes.

00:06:53And on the other side,

00:06:54there's a drop kick.

00:06:55Scott Riggs,

00:06:56Arne Anderson.

00:06:57Hey, we may have

00:06:58a major upset here.

00:06:59There's a clothesline.

00:07:00Hey, he's out of the ring here.

00:07:01Hey, he's out of the ring

00:07:02here.

00:07:03Hey, he's out of the ring

00:07:04here.

00:07:05Hey, he's out of the ring

00:07:06here.

00:07:07Hey, he's out of the ring

00:07:08here.

00:07:09Hey, he's out of the ring

00:07:10here.

00:07:11Hey, he's out of the ring

00:07:12here.

00:07:13Hey, he's out of the ring

00:07:14here.

00:07:15Hey, he's out of the ring

00:07:16here.

00:07:17That ain't your boy Ric Flair

00:07:18crawling around the ring

00:07:19area.

00:07:20He's not crawling.

00:07:21He's just looking for a

00:07:22better position to strike up

00:07:23the offense.

00:07:24Look at Arne Anderson.

00:07:25He got out.

00:07:26These guys are going to

00:07:27slow down the momentum.

00:07:28American males,

00:07:29fast guys.

00:07:30They get some chances

00:07:31here, but again,

00:07:32they're not going to be

00:07:33able to compete on the

00:07:34level of human chest weight

00:07:35by Arne Anderson and

00:07:36Ric Flair.

00:07:37Look at this.

00:07:38He's in the VIP section.

00:07:39He has a bottle of

00:07:40champagne.

00:07:41And I can tell you,

00:07:42you can better believe

00:07:43that Kevin Green and

00:07:44Steve McMichael are

00:07:45watching this.

00:07:46Of course, Steve

00:07:47McMichael, one of our

00:07:48regulars on the WCW

00:07:49Nitro broadcast team,

00:07:50but he is in training

00:07:51right now preparing for

00:07:52this upcoming tag team

00:07:53match that the entire

00:07:54world is talking about.

00:07:55NFL greats against two of

00:07:56the best in WCW.

00:07:57Whoa, now Arne

00:07:58Anderson's making his

00:07:59move.

00:08:00He's got Bagwell just

00:08:01where he wants him here.

00:08:02He's got him.

00:08:03He's got him.

00:08:04He's got him.

00:08:05He's got him.

00:08:06He's got him.

00:08:08He hit the pole.

00:08:09There's a close line.

00:08:11Hit the pole on the

00:08:12outside.

00:08:13Ladies and gentlemen,

00:08:14we had to take a

00:08:15commercial break and

00:08:16we'll have more WCW

00:08:17Monday Night Raw,

00:08:18the first hour coming

00:08:19your way live when we

00:08:20come back right after

00:08:21this timeout.

00:08:25Welcome back live on

00:08:26TNT.

00:08:27The first hour of WCW

00:08:28Monday Night Raw.

00:08:29And it's been a fever

00:08:30pitch since the opening

00:08:31bout.

00:08:32Look at Mark Bagwell

00:08:33Larry Zobysku trying to

00:08:34fight it out of the

00:08:35corner against two of

00:08:36in our sport, Flair goes down.

00:08:38He nailed Flair Bagwell, but fighting for his life.

00:08:41He was in the wrong corner.

00:08:42He's gotta get out of there and tag Scotty Riggs.

00:08:46Uh-oh, uh-oh, Flair's up.

00:08:47Up and down, Flair goes once again.

00:08:50It's Bagwell, Flair trying to make a tag.

00:08:52Scott Riggs will come in.

00:08:53Fans, in the second hour tonight, the Giant, the World Heavyweight Champion,

00:08:57must face one of the biggest challenge, maybe the biggest challenge he's ever

00:09:00faced at over 500 pounds in the Shark of the World.

00:09:03Well, let me give you a factoid.

00:09:05This is the first time the Giant's gonna wrestle a man that weighs more than he

00:09:09does.

00:09:09How about that?

00:09:10Hey, look at that, look at Flair.

00:09:12What a nice move, caught him in the ankle.

00:09:13Arn Anderson came in from behind.

00:09:15That's the kind of teamwork the American males are not going to be able to

00:09:20compete with.

00:09:21You know, it's teamwork and it's experience.

00:09:24And many people feel that coming up with the Great American Bash,

00:09:26it will be the experience factor of Arn Anderson and Ric Flair that will outweigh

00:09:30and thus come into play and defeat Kevin Green and Steve McMichael.

00:09:35Come on, it won't even be a problem.

00:09:37I'll bet you right now, any money, Ric Flair's gonna have McMichael's crying like

00:09:41a baby in that figure four and then party with his wife afterwards.

00:09:45What are you talking about?

00:09:46You're talking about two of the greatest athletes ever.

00:09:48Thank you very much.

00:09:49In our, well, we have been poured champagne by the nature of-

00:09:54See now, that's the kind of guy Flair is, along with Arn Anderson.

00:09:57These guys can teach the American males how to wrestle while they serve

00:10:02champagne at the same time.

00:10:05Wait a minute.

00:10:06That is a class outfit.

00:10:09Is that what that is?

00:10:10But did American males bring anything over?

00:10:13Certainly not.

00:10:15Well, fans- This is a class outfit.

00:10:18This is a first, actually, in our sport.

00:10:20But nevertheless, in the ring, the American males getting a dose of why

00:10:25the horsemen are who they are, the enforcer, Arn Anderson, and

00:10:29the nature boy, Ric Flair.

00:10:32See right there, Scotty Riggs almost out of instinct,

00:10:34trying to punch his way out of a situation.

00:10:36But not through the midsection of Arn Anderson, who easily cuts him off.

00:10:39Tony, again, when someone starts punching their way out of frustration,

00:10:43you know they've lost emotional control.

00:10:45This is the same thing Anderson and Flair are going to do

00:10:49when they get their hands on Kevin Green and Steve McMichaels.

00:10:52And of course, Memorial Day, the day we remember our debts.

00:10:56I think we should bow our heads for a moment of silent laughter for

00:10:58Kevin Green and Dumbo.

00:11:00Well, I tell you, and I disagree with that because you are taking a look at

00:11:04two men when you take a look at Kevin Green and Steve Mongo McMichael,

00:11:08who are superior athletes, two of the greatest in the history of the NFL.

00:11:12And a lot of times, athletic ability, perseverance, wins out.

00:11:16Don Perignon, 57.

00:11:18Is that what that was?

00:11:19Well, that's what it was.

00:11:21Working on the leg now, Arn Anderson.

00:11:23This is a different sport.

00:11:25Football players don't have a clue.

00:11:26They spend their lives hitting dummies that can't fight back.

00:11:30Right there.

00:11:31They don't do that on Sundays, they don't.

00:11:33Stop it.

00:11:34On the knee, Arn Anderson stomping away.

00:11:37Also fans, in our second hour tonight, you'll want to keep it right on TNT.

00:11:41Keep it locked on because Scott Steiner and Sting will collide one on one.

00:11:46A match that, personally, I've always wanted to see.

00:11:48And we're bringing it to you live and only on WCW Monday Nitro.

00:11:52A pick up in Ric Flair.

00:11:54The implant right here, pretty obvious.

00:11:56Focusing on the leg now of Scotty Riggs, and

00:11:58now also trying to set him up for the figure four.

00:12:01Yeah, well, they got Scotty Riggs suffering right here, but

00:12:03look at the position they keep him in.

00:12:05Ric Flair puts him right in the corner by Arn Anderson.

00:12:08Arn Anderson keeps him on that side of the ring.

00:12:10These guys are expert in ring positioning, in psychological warfare.

00:12:15I mean, these stupid football players don't have the chance.

00:12:19That was lucky.

00:12:21That was lucky.

00:12:23It was lucky Arn Anderson was by the ropes right there.

00:12:26Yeah, or he could have hit the ring post and knocked himself out.

00:12:28That was quite a kick in the back of the head.

00:12:31And it's changed the complexion of this match.

00:12:32Ric Flair being restrained by Randy Anderson there.

00:12:35Look at this.

00:12:36Flair knows it was a lucky move.

00:12:38He's trying, hey, don't, hey.

00:12:41We've got a shoving match going on between the referee and Ric Flair.

00:12:45Meanwhile, Scott Riggs desperately needs to make the corner, but he cannot.

00:12:49Or can he?

00:12:50He's close.

00:12:51He's there.

00:12:54He got it.

00:12:55Mark Bagwell, fist on fire.

00:12:57Right hand, decking both Flair and Arn Anderson in a nice swoop swing.

00:13:02There's a drop kick.

00:13:03Anderson rolls to the corner.

00:13:05And now Ric Flair and now Anderson, I believe, still the legal man here.

00:13:09Right there, Anderson's the legal man along with Bagwell.

00:13:12Bagwell fought off two of them, but he can't keep this up for long.

00:13:14Hey, look it.

00:13:15Flair, he got him right smack in the head.

00:13:19The cover, no, and a save by Arn Anderson.

00:13:22Flair may be out.

00:13:23That hit him hard, but Flair trying to get to his feet.

00:13:25Well, look it, Riggs is getting frustrated, but he's got to maintain his cool.

00:13:28Get out of the ring.

00:13:29Small package, Arn Anderson in.

00:13:31They're rolling the other way.

00:13:33Come on, ref.

00:13:34Come on, ref.

00:13:35One, two, and a save.

00:13:37Riggs pulls him back the other way.

00:13:40One, two.

00:13:42Flair kicked away.

00:13:43Wow, what action we have in only the opening bout of this first

00:13:48two-hour edition of TNT Monday Nitro.

00:13:50Bagwell got Flair in the cradle.

00:13:54It's the bridge suplex.

00:13:55It's his move, and Anderson punts him like a football.

00:13:58See again, but that's the frustration of Scotty Riggs,

00:14:01is keep pulling the referee out of position.

00:14:04Riggs is losing his cool, and it's gonna cost him.

00:14:07A drop kick, Flair is down, making his way over in front of Elizabeth and Woman.

00:14:13And there's Woman getting involved.

00:14:14She gouged the eyes.

00:14:16She gouged the eyes of Art Bagwell.

00:14:18I didn't see that.

00:14:19Of course you didn't, neither did he.

00:14:21And there's the DDT from the Enforcer, Arn Anderson, and I believe Bagwell's out.

00:14:26He's out like a mackerel.

00:14:28Arn Anderson, expert at, put that back.

00:14:32It's over.

00:14:33Here are your winners, the Enforcer, Arn Anderson, and Nature Boy.

00:14:37Once again, something that Kevin Green and

00:14:40Steve McMichael have to contend with, and that is the ladies on the outside.

00:14:44They may be beautiful, but they are very, very lethal.

00:14:47Well, you know, Steve McMichael is having a hard time with his wife.

00:14:50His eye may be wandering.

00:14:52Again, master of deception by Ric Flair.

00:14:55He'll go to any lengths to win, but

00:14:58he won't have to go that far to run over two football players.

00:15:02This is gonna be a laugh.

00:15:04Little celebration now for Arn Anderson, Ric Flair, Woman, and

00:15:06Miss Elizabeth, making their way over to their VIP section,

00:15:10where they'll be talking with Nene Jean-Augure.

00:15:12But yes, once again, the experience pays off with diabolical Ric Flair.

00:15:18Arn Anderson, as we go to Nene Jean-Augure, Nene.

00:15:20All right, I thank you very much, Tony Schiavone.

00:15:22Ladies, Arn Anderson, Elizabeth Woman, Ric Flair.

00:15:26Come on in, if you would, please, very quickly.

00:15:29I think maybe you and Mr.

00:15:30Anderson here have dug a bit of a hole for yourself, because at the Great American

00:15:35Bash, June the 16th, in Baltimore, Maryland, live on pay-per-view, yes,

00:15:39you're gonna be facing none other than Steve McMichael,

00:15:43his partner, Kevin Green, what a bombshell.

00:15:44Let me tell Green and McMichaels, like it is,

00:15:49that I never met a football player that I couldn't walk over the top of

00:15:55to get to a better fight.

00:15:57I never saw a woman that Ric Flair couldn't have, just like that.

00:16:02It just so happens, McMichaels, it's your old lady.

00:16:05Now, we don't respect anybody that has to wear protective gear,

00:16:10cuz when you come into our house, it's man-to-man, hand-to-hand.

00:16:16Keep that in mind when you come and see the horseman.

00:16:19You eyeballed Debra McMichael for a long time.

00:16:22Come in here, girls.

00:16:23Ladies.

00:16:24We got a new saying, Liz Woman Myself AA.

00:16:31We've been to the Keys all weekend.

00:16:33We got a new saying, sky rockets at night.

00:16:38Afternoon light.

00:16:40McMichael, Green, wherever you are,

00:16:44and I don't care how many times I'll throw,

00:16:49you've been here a lifetime.

00:16:52Commissioner Pete Roselle better step in now.

00:16:57You know why?

00:16:58You wanna know why?

00:16:59Hey, hey, hey, come on, Flair, don't make up.

00:17:05That's why, McMichael, while you've been playing football,

00:17:12I've been making up a lost time down Austin way.

00:17:17Debra belongs to the Nature Boy.

00:17:22Well, I don't know about that.

00:17:23Elizabeth, what are your feelings about, is this too timing in your estimation?

00:17:27No, the champ can have anything he wants.

00:17:30Please.

00:17:30You know what, another little secret.

00:17:33You know, Savage, everybody thought that I was Liz and

00:17:38Woman's sugar daddy, wrong with your bankroll, brother.

00:17:44She's me.

00:17:45Thank you very much.

00:17:46I'm sorry.

00:17:47Stay tuned.

00:17:48More Nitro continues.

00:17:49Tony, let's get back to you, pal.

00:17:52Thanks a lot, Mean Gene.

00:17:53We will have more WCW Monday Nitro.

00:17:56He wanted to know what McMichael and Green were doing.

00:17:58Did Ric Flair, when we come back, they are in training,

00:18:01preparing for the great American Badge.

00:18:04Stay with us.

00:18:06Welcome back live on TNT to Monday Nitro.

00:18:08The very first hour of this two hour edition.

00:18:10We saw Ric Flair and Arne Anderson earlier on in the ring.

00:18:14They'll be facing Kevin Green and Steve Mongo McMichael coming up

00:18:17at the Great American Badge as the two former All Pros, warm former All Pro and

00:18:22Kevin Green of the Carolina Panthers get their workout in.

00:18:24Let's take a look.

00:18:41Ready?

00:18:42Yeah.

00:18:43Let's keep going.

00:18:44Let's work out.

00:18:45Well, the big boys playing.

00:18:46They play.

00:18:47They've got the power to stand a win with us, baby.

00:18:49Too big, too strong.

00:18:59You ready to play?

00:18:59Well, let's go big.

00:19:00Get on in there.

00:19:01Come on, I'm coming.

00:19:02Yeah, pump it up.

00:19:03Yeah, that's right, that's right.

00:19:05Flair, Flair, Flair, Flair, Flair.

00:19:10Keep going, keep going, keep pumping it, baby.

00:19:15I'm going to teach you something, baby.

00:19:16Anderson, you should have never stuck your nose in my face when it comes to Flair.

00:19:21He's my enforcer.

00:19:23Yeah, yeah, we're coming hard all day long, baby.

00:19:26I feel tired, bro.

00:19:28Me and you.

00:19:30I don't even got ass, baby.

00:19:32Don't stop.

00:19:32You're going to have to be on one foot, Bobby,

00:19:35because we're going to go a long, big jump.

00:19:37He's pulling that thing up.

00:19:38He's going to move your head off and throw it up in the top row.

00:19:41Anderson.

00:19:42I got it.

00:19:43Whoa.

00:19:46Get some muscle.

00:19:47Let's go, baby.

00:19:48Pull it in there, baby.

00:19:49Let's go.

00:19:50Let's get Flair's head.

00:19:52Rip and ride.

00:19:55Ah, what?

00:19:57What's wrong?

00:19:57What are you going to do?

00:19:58Michael runs over you.

00:20:02No question about it.

00:20:04Steve Mongo McMichael and Kevin Green, two of the most powerful men Ric Flair and

00:20:08Arne Anderson will ever face.

00:20:10Stop it.

00:20:10They're going about it all wrong.

00:20:12They're lifting weights like a couple of overgrown dumbbells,

00:20:15thinking power is going to solve the puzzle.

00:20:18Power, strength has nothing to do with it.

00:20:21This is a science.

00:20:22This is an art.

00:20:23And they're getting in the ring against two of the best artists in the world.

00:20:27These guys are dead meat.

00:20:28Steve's all making his way in for the next match.

00:20:30There's another factor we want to talk about,

00:20:33and that is the mind games of Nature Boy Ric Flair.

00:20:35How successful has he been against the Macho Man Randy Savage?

00:20:38As we saw just last week on WCW Saturday night, the Macho Man has been taken off.

00:20:44He has been banned from any WCW televised events because of what Ric Flair has

00:20:49done to the Macho Man Randy Savage.

00:20:50He has pushed all the right buttons.

00:20:52He's nutso.

00:20:53He's out of it.

00:20:53And Savage is an accomplished wrestler.

00:20:56Look what Flair did to him.

00:20:57I hear Savage is living out in the bushes with Margo Kidder,

00:21:00to drive McMichaels and Green crazy.

00:21:02It's no problem for Ric Flair.

00:21:04Macho Man went absolutely insane.

00:21:06Shouldn't be allowed public anywhere.

00:21:10Well, he may be more dangerous now than he's ever been.

00:21:12I'm talking about the Macho Man Randy Savage.

00:21:14And speaking of dangerous, we've heard a lot in recent weeks from Colonel Rob Parker

00:21:18about his new addition.

00:21:20And here he is, the first time on television, the Mauler.

00:21:23And this big strong guy should be quite an addition to the Parker camp.

00:21:27Well, Colonel Parker looks awful happy sitting down there.

00:21:31Look at the big smile on his face.

00:21:32He's not even waving his hanky.

00:21:34You're looking at our capacity crowd on hand in the arena this week.

00:21:37WCW Monday Nitro is live and only on TNT in the second hour.

00:21:42The Giant and the Shark for the world title, plus Sting and

00:21:44Scott Steiner and a whole lot more.

00:21:46And the Mauler wasting no time.

00:21:48This is where impressions are made.

00:21:50This is where the big boys play.

00:21:51Look at that power sending Steve all over.

00:21:53Yeah, nice snap there.

00:21:54Mauler's got some good balance.

00:21:56Colonel Parker seems to be happy with his investment.

00:21:59Even at the beginning, Steve Dahl tried to get offensive, got an upper hand.

00:22:03But the Mauler quickly turned it around, and you can watch him walk.

00:22:06The guy's got some self-confidence, knows what he's doing in there.

00:22:09And he's got a fine manager, no denying the ability of Colonel Rob Parker,

00:22:13a scoop slam.

00:22:14You know, since the Macho Man was taken away from all television events,

00:22:19there have been security people at all the doors and

00:22:22all the exits, the entrances in World Championship Wrestling,

00:22:25making sure that he stays out.

00:22:26Because you never know what he's going to do.

00:22:28Look at this, my goodness.

00:22:29Steve Dahl throwing all the way across the ring.

00:22:37And the Mauler staying on top of him here.

00:22:39Take a look at the Mauler's eyes.

00:22:41I always look at a man's eyes, cuz that tells you what's inside the soul.

00:22:45Yeah. Mauler here.

00:22:46Did you take a look at the eyes of McMichael and

00:22:48Kevin Green during that workout video?

00:22:50They're confused.

00:22:51No, they're not.

00:22:52They're thinking like football players.

00:22:54Let's lift weights and wait for a quarterback to tell us what to do.

00:22:57It ain't gonna happen at the Great American Bash.

00:23:00No quarterbacks, no one telling them what to do.

00:23:03They're on their own, they're in big trouble.

00:23:05It is June 16th and only on pay-per-view.

00:23:07It's a Sunday, it's from the Baltimore Arena.

00:23:09This is the one you wanna see.

00:23:10Over the top, Mauler goes.

00:23:12They both went.

00:23:13They both went.

00:23:14That is no disqualification, because both men's momentum took them over the top.

00:23:18The match continues, but on the floor.

00:23:20But we may have a count out if they don't get back in.

00:23:22But then I tell these kids to get a haircut, and he hit the pole.

00:23:25Hair's the perfect handle.

00:23:27Mauler grabbed it, used it great.

00:23:30The Mauler and Steve Dahl going at it here on WCW Monday Nitro,

00:23:35live in the very first hour of our two-hour edition,

00:23:39beginning this Memorial Day in 1996, and live each and every Monday here on TNT.

00:23:45The Mauler working over the youngster Steve Dahl,

00:23:48who was in the recent Cruiserweight tournament.

00:23:51And fans, we're told we have to take a commercial break.

00:23:53And we'll be back with more live on TNT, the first hour.

00:23:57Right after this, time out, stay with us.

00:23:59Welcome back live to the first hour of this edition of WCW Monday Nitro on TNT.

00:24:13Tony Schiavone, Larry Zbysko.

00:24:15And we are taking a look at the Mauler completely maul his opponent, Steve Dahl.

00:24:21Well, you know, Steve Dahl was trying to get an offensive going.

00:24:24Wait a minute.

00:24:25But- What the hell is going on here?

00:24:27But the Mauler, well, he just got reversed right there.

00:24:30The Mauler runs him down.

00:24:32What are you talking about?

00:24:33Look here.

00:24:36Well, what the hell?

00:24:37Wait a minute.

00:24:38Somebody give me a mic.

00:24:39Give me a mic.

00:24:40What's with this?

00:24:41Wait, we need security.

00:24:46I have no idea.

00:24:47Hey.

00:24:48Wait a minute.

00:24:51I can't believe it.

00:24:52I can't believe what I'm seeing.

00:24:54You people, you know who I am.

00:25:00But you don't know why I'm here.

00:25:06Are we going to get security here?

00:25:07Where is Billionaire Ted?

00:25:11Where is the Nacho Man?

00:25:17That punk can't even get in the building.

00:25:22Me, I go wherever I want, whenever I want.

00:25:33And where, oh, where is Scheme Gene?

00:25:41Because I got a scoop for you.

00:25:48When that Kindle lookalike, when that weatherman wannabe comes out here later tonight,

00:25:59I got a challenge for him, for Billionaire Ted, for the Nacho Man.

00:26:10And for anybody else in WCW,

00:26:18hey, you want to go to war?

00:26:22You want a war?

00:26:25You're going to get one.

00:26:31Fans, what about the match?

00:26:33I don't know what to say.

00:26:34Randy Anderson's coming.

00:26:35Randy?

00:26:38Randy, what's going on here?

00:26:41What about the match?

00:26:42Randy?

00:26:43What, what, what's going?

00:26:46The match is, match, fans, we got to go to a break.

00:26:48There's a match left.

00:26:49I have no idea what to say.

00:26:50Stay with us.

00:27:01WCW Monday Nitro on TNT.

00:27:04The first hour continues here live.

00:27:06Tony Schiavone.

00:27:07And the living legend, Larry Zbysko.

00:27:08Don't forget, the second hour still to come.

00:27:09And during the second hour, the Giant and the Shark.

00:27:10For the WCW World Heavyweight title and Scott Steiner and Sting.

00:27:11I know, good matches.

00:27:12I can't wait to see the heavyweight champion of the world.

00:27:13This is where the big boys play.

00:27:14Tony and the Giant is the biggest of them all.

00:27:15You always said we have surprises on this program.

00:27:16Some expected and sometimes.

00:27:17Yeah, well, I'll give some to you.

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00:28:39What?

00:28:40He achieved the American Dream from the gutter to the penthouse without hitting the lottery.

00:28:46You know, a lot of rumors spreading about this mysterious benefactor he has.

00:28:50The fact of the matter is Diamond Dallas Page went in the ring, went through seven other

00:28:55men all by himself.

00:28:56I say, hail the new American Dream.

00:29:02Well, that remains to be seen.

00:29:03Diamond Dallas and the Pit Bull Sergeant Craig Pittman to go one-on-one here.

00:29:07And don't forget, fans, we still have some tremendous action.

00:29:10Eric Bischoff, Bobby the Brain Heenan, and Steve Mongo McMichael, of course, will not

00:29:15be with him again this week, as you saw earlier.

00:29:17He is in training preparing for the Great American Bash.

00:29:21He's training all wrong, I'm telling you again.

00:29:23Well, you never lifted weights before?

00:29:25Yes.

00:29:26Of course you did.

00:29:27He should be going over wrestling moves, wrestling holds, working out with wrestling

00:29:30masters.

00:29:31He should have asked me.

00:29:32Whoa, Diamond went for one.

00:29:34He sure did.

00:29:36And the Pit Bull showing his tenacity and his quickness.

00:29:40Shoulder block takedown.

00:29:42Here's a lateral press.

00:29:44That's one place Diamond doesn't want to be, on the mat with the Sarge.

00:29:47This guy, he is a mad expert.

00:29:49Big holly flowered ears.

00:29:51The wrestling mad at this guy's home.

00:29:53McMichael should have went to Sergeant Pittman if he wanted to learn wrestling moves.

00:29:57That's what's gonna help the big dummy.

00:29:59What the hell was that?

00:30:03Diamond Dallas asking the referee.

00:30:05Yeah, but look at this.

00:30:06Look at the breathing room Pittman's giving Diamond Dallas Paige.

00:30:10Again, he is softened up.

00:30:12He's not hard to the core anymore.

00:30:14And Teddy Long is the man that's ruined him, I'm telling you.

00:30:19From the neutral position, back they go into a corner.

00:30:21There you see Randy Anderson.

00:30:23And I really appreciate Randy Anderson coming out here moments ago to help us out here.

00:30:27Well, he's a fine referee and he's a good man.

00:30:31And how about that headbutt?

00:30:33Whoa, outside goes Diamond Dallas.

00:30:36A diamond hit the floor.

00:30:38But again, hey, wait a minute.

00:30:41Wait a minute, he's tangled up in the ropes there.

00:30:43Yeah, too bad.

00:30:44It's actually the camera cable.

00:30:49The Pitbull sending Diamond Dallas crashing through to the ring now.

00:30:54The Pitbull is Mr. Intensity.

00:30:56Paige trying to go outside again, I guess.

00:30:59Well, he is outside.

00:31:00The referee should break this.

00:31:02Diamond knows what he's doing.

00:31:04Know how to make the ring your friend.

00:31:06Make the ring your ally.

00:31:08That's a big secret.

00:31:09Diamond Dallas has accomplished that.

00:31:12He walked out the Battle Bull Champion.

00:31:15Yeah, he sure did.

00:31:17But you have to wonder who this benefactor is.

00:31:20I hear a lot of rumors.

00:31:22Personally, I think it's Kimberly.

00:31:24You know how women idols dump one man and another one just to keep graduating?

00:31:29I've been around the world ten times.

00:31:32The Pitbull going for the Code Red.

00:31:35He's going for it, but it's upside down.

00:31:37You're right.

00:31:38He's got a turn on the front side.

00:31:39I'm always right.

00:31:40Teddy Long, you see, checking in.

00:31:42What's Teddy Long doing?

00:31:43Get that busy body out of there.

00:31:45Let's get him out with me.

00:31:46Diamond Dallas pulling on Teddy Long and shoving Teddy Long down.

00:31:50Long, he hit the retaining rail here.

00:31:53The Pitbull checking on his manager.

00:31:56Diamond Cutter.

00:31:57Oh, my.

00:31:58He got it on.

00:32:01One, two, three.

00:32:03He got him.

00:32:06What a win that was.

00:32:07I tell you, one thing about Diamond Dallas you got to agree with.

00:32:10Here's the man that takes advantage of all the situations.

00:32:14He takes advantage of it.

00:32:15He knows what he's doing.

00:32:16Again, Pitbull made a mistake.

00:32:17Took his eyes off his opponent to check out his manager.

00:32:21The Macho Man Randy Savage has been suspended indefinitely from all WCW

00:32:25televised events because of actions over the past couple of months.

00:32:29Here's a look at one nutty Macho Man Randy Savage.

00:32:37Or crazy man Randy Savage.

00:32:40Quite simply, he can no longer control himself.

00:32:43Mental anguish is his diagnosis.

00:32:46Other wrestlers can't stop him.

00:32:50He jumps over.

00:32:51Oh, and they all ducked out of the way.

00:32:55Trying to hold the Macho Man down.

00:32:59The referees are defenseless.

00:33:03Look at this.

00:33:04Look at this.

00:33:05The Macho Man Randy Savage.

00:33:07WCW officials are out.

00:33:10Mr. Savage, you cannot control your behavior.

00:33:15Perhaps you should seek professional help.

00:33:18Randy, you're telling me I need a psychiatrist.

00:33:20Well, I think that you need a psychiatrist.

00:33:23The police are tired.

00:33:26We're talking about getting the people the Macho Man Randy Savage.

00:33:29He's shot out of that bathroom area like a rocket.

00:33:33Come on, boys, let him go.

00:33:34Let him get at him.

00:33:35It is beyond belief.

00:33:37He's had his bank account.

00:33:40His money has been thrown to the trash.

00:33:42Throwing away the Macho Man's hard-earned money.

00:33:46He's been forced to pay for lavish meals

00:33:48at tables he'll never sit at.

00:33:50The Macho Man is crazy.

00:33:52He's dangerous to others and to himself.

00:33:55The Macho Man is lost.

00:33:58I will keep on keeping on

00:34:01until I get what I want in this.

00:34:05Yeah.

00:34:06Dig it.

00:34:07Yeah.

00:34:08I am the world heavyweight champion.

00:34:11I always have been.

00:34:14I dare you, Slumber Man.

00:34:16Come and take it from me.

00:34:17I dare you!

00:34:20All right, ladies and gentlemen,

00:34:21welcome back to more exciting action

00:34:23on Monday Nitro Live for two solid hours.

00:34:26We're back in the locker room area.

00:34:28I'm with Shark.

00:34:29Now, I thought you've been with the Dungeon of Doom,

00:34:31but apparently you're not sharing a locker room

00:34:33with these gentlemen any longer.

00:34:34Yeah.

00:34:35All of a sudden, Jimmy Hart and the Taskmaster,

00:34:38real buddy-buddy, huh?

00:34:40Jimmy Hart brings a man in,

00:34:42Slumbery, and makes me lose a match.

00:34:45I'm not supposed to be upset.

00:34:48On Jimmy Hart's face,

00:34:50the giant comes, chokeslams me.

00:34:54All of a sudden, Taskmaster says,

00:34:56I'm not in the dungeon anymore.

00:34:58Wait a minute.

00:34:59Has he officially thrown you out of the dungeon?

00:35:01He threw me out!

00:35:02And Sullivan,

00:35:04tonight, I'm gonna hurt you.

00:35:07I am gonna win the world championship wrestling

00:35:11heavyweight championship.

00:35:13Tonight, I'm beating the giant,

00:35:16and then I might eat Jimmy Hart off for dessert.

00:35:20All right, I've seen you upset before, Shark,

00:35:23but this is a little atypical, I have to say,

00:35:26because all of a sudden now,

00:35:28it's the giant, the WCW heavyweight title,

00:35:30and you're gonna take a crack at Jimmy Hart.

00:35:32All of a sudden, the giant's the big man on campus.

00:35:35I'm the one that almost ended Hulkamania.

00:35:38Now, I'm gonna end the giant!

00:35:40And speaking of Hulkamania,

00:35:42he has been hobnobbing with some of the tops

00:35:45in sports and entertainment.

00:35:46We've missed him here at world championship wrestling,

00:35:48but I want you to take a look at some of the celebrities

00:35:51Hulk Hogan's been spending time with lately.

00:35:56He's American made!

00:36:05Hulk Hogan is more than just

00:36:07the greatest champion in history.

00:36:09He's one of the most popular

00:36:10and recognized athletes in the world.

00:36:13Through the years, many from other walks of life

00:36:15have become his fans.

00:36:17When the Hulkster first arrived at WCW,

00:36:20he called on his longtime friend,

00:36:22boxer and TV star, George Foreman,

00:36:24to help him train.

00:36:26You got that, you can take my shots,

00:36:28you can take anybody's shots.

00:36:29The man is ready.

00:36:30And it was NBA superstar Shaquille O'Neal

00:36:34who was with him as he first won the WCW world title.

00:36:38At the bash at the beach last July,

00:36:41Dennis Rodman of the Chicago Bulls

00:36:43stood by Hogan during the fierce cage match.

00:36:46And Kevin Green, right before heading to the Super Bowl

00:36:49to meet the Cowboys,

00:36:51helped Hogan and Savage

00:36:52at the Clash of the Champions in Las Vegas.

00:36:55Oh yeah!

00:36:57Oh yeah!

00:36:59Oh yeah!

00:37:01He devotes much of his free time to charities,

00:37:03recently, he and boxing great Sugar Ray Leonard

00:37:06helped Shaquille O'Neal raise money for a worthy cause

00:37:09at Universal Studios Florida.

00:37:12Hulkamania is back, and don't forget it.

00:37:14Yo, Hulkamaniacs, Hulk Hogan's back on a roll in the WCW,

00:37:17and all I got to say is Sugar Ray's the best there ever was.

00:37:21And listen to this, Hulk is back to stay.

00:37:23Listen.

00:37:24Not only does Hulkamania run wild

00:37:27in world championship wrestling,

00:37:29but in the entire sports and entertainment world as well.

00:37:33♪♪♪

00:37:39Hello, everybody, and welcome to the second half,

00:37:43round two of WCW Nitro,

00:37:48live on TNT.

00:37:52♪♪♪

00:37:55We are locked, cocked, and ready to roll

00:37:59with the hottest two, cut of two hours,

00:38:03on television today.

00:38:05Hello, everybody, I'm Eric Bischoff,

00:38:07along with Bobby, the brain,

00:38:09heathen, no, Steve Mongo McMichael.

00:38:12Steve McMichael, as I'm sure you heard

00:38:14earlier on in the broadcast,

00:38:15our colleagues Tony Schiavone, Larry Zabisko,

00:38:17want to thank them for bringing you round one of Nitro.

00:38:20He alluded to the fact that these guys are in serious,

00:38:23and I mean serious, training.

00:38:25They're not in training.

00:38:26You know where they are, Bischoff?

00:38:28They're in some cheap motel room right now

00:38:30with a dresser in front of the door.

00:38:32They're both under the beds

00:38:33with that miserable little chihuahua,

00:38:35and they're looking at each other,

00:38:36wondering, is Flair or Aaron Anderson

00:38:39gonna get their hands on us?

00:38:40Are they gonna pull us out from under the bed?

00:38:42Are they gonna spank us in the hallway?

00:38:44Yes, yes, that very well could happen.

00:38:47We'll find out at Great American Bash.

00:38:48By the way, we have decided we are not even going to

00:38:51dignify the interruption that occurred here earlier.

00:38:55He wants to come out and say something to me.

00:38:57Can thou look like I'm ready, willing, and able?

00:39:00But right now, we're gonna bring the action,

00:39:02and we're gonna kick it off.

00:39:03Second hour with the WCW World Heavyweight Champion,

00:39:08The Giant.

00:39:10And this is where the big boys play.

00:39:12I don't care what they say.

00:39:13Let's go to the ring.

00:39:14Ladies and gentlemen, the next contest on Nitro

00:39:17is for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.

00:39:21Set for one fall.

00:39:22Introducing first, The Challenger from Tsunami,

00:39:26weighing over 500 pounds.

00:39:29This guy has got his work cut out for him.

00:39:31He is The Shark.

00:39:32The Shark, a big man, but The Giant, so powerful,

00:39:37not only possesses the weight, 450-plus pounds,

00:39:42he has got the height, the leverage,

00:39:45the athletic ability to make him

00:39:48not only a mountain among men,

00:39:51but quite possibly the most superior athlete of his size

00:39:56in the history of our sport.

00:39:59I suggest you get on the floor right now

00:40:01and call anybody you know and tell them

00:40:03that this may be the first time in history

00:40:06you're ever gonna see The Giant defend his title

00:40:09against a man that outweighs him.

00:40:11Shark outweighs this man, but this man packs the gold.

00:40:15He's a heavyweight champion of the world.

00:40:17He's WCW champion.

00:40:18Shark's gonna have his work cut out for him.

00:40:20Well, another man who is gonna have his work cut out for him

00:40:23is Lex Luger, a man who backed in, so to speak,

00:40:26to a shot at the world heavyweight title

00:40:28thanks to the conspicuous antics of one Diamond Dallas Page

00:40:34who won the Lord of the Ring contest,

00:40:36however will not, I repeat,

00:40:37will not get a shot at the title.

00:40:39That title shot awarded to one Lex Luger,

00:40:41but, you know, that brings up an interesting proposition here.

00:40:44What about Jimmy Hart?

00:40:45That puts him, he's the man in the middle.

00:40:47He's got Luger. He's got The Giant.

00:40:50Well, I don't know if he really does have Luger.

00:40:52If you remember, they were handcuffed to each other,

00:40:54and something happened with that megaphone

00:40:56with the Stinger last time there.

00:40:58Luger gets the shot.

00:40:59I don't think Luger wanted Sting to win that match.

00:41:02I think he wanted to go in the back door like he did.

00:41:04Smart move on his part.

00:41:06Well, we are into it here, and a lot of, uh,

00:41:09well, we won't call it hate.

00:41:11We'll just call it resentment, a grudge match, if you will.

00:41:14The Shark, a man who thought that he was,

00:41:16well, he resided comfortably in the Dungeon of Doom,

00:41:19found out that the depths of their dirty work

00:41:23can go real deep.

00:41:25And the Shark on the receiving end

00:41:27of a chokeslam from that man, and he's hot.

00:41:29You heard the interview.

00:41:31Boy, there's almost a ton,

00:41:32there's almost a ton of human being in that ring right there.

00:41:35Well over 1,000 pounds.

00:41:37That man's over 500 pounds.

00:41:39The Giant, the champion, close to 500 pounds,

00:41:42and they don't like each other.

00:41:44No, they don't at all.

00:41:45Of course, we've seen the Shark and Big Bubba together

00:41:49in more places than one recently,

00:41:51but obviously no love lost between these two,

00:41:53and the big man is off his feet.

00:41:55500 pounds, goes off his feet like a 180-pound man.

00:41:59This is incredible.

00:42:01Look, he's standing on the Shark like he's standing on a curb.

00:42:04I'll tell you what can happen here.

00:42:06A couple things can happen.

00:42:07Shark can come out of this

00:42:08as the WCW heavyweight champion of the world,

00:42:10or he can be mounted over the mantelpiece

00:42:13of the Giant's house like a big fish,

00:42:15or he can go to Mrs. Paul's and be fish sticks.

00:42:18And you see that boot right across the throat.

00:42:22That's one heck of a lot of fish sticks, by the way, Eden.

00:42:25That's a few packages you have to put in the deep fryer.

00:42:27The Shark now pulling after the Giant.

00:42:29Double sledge behind the head.

00:42:31The Giant weathers the storm,

00:42:33takes two big clubbing forearms,

00:42:35three forearms from this 500-pound monster,

00:42:38and now the Giant probably only one of the only men in WCW

00:42:43that can try to manhandle these men.

00:42:45He can't do it.

00:42:46Look at this.

00:42:47Oh, my goodness.

00:42:49Power.

00:42:50That man is well over 500 pounds, Big Shot.

00:42:53He's gonna tip the Toledos at a good 525, 530,

00:42:56and the Giant picked him up like he was picking up a grain of...

00:43:00I'll tell you what, Eden.

00:43:02I was just about to say I'll eat this desk

00:43:04if the Giant can pick him up and body slam him.

00:43:07He not only picked him up and slammed him,

00:43:09he didn't even break a sweat in the process.

00:43:12And he turned him.

00:43:13He didn't get him up there.

00:43:14He didn't bend his knees.

00:43:15He didn't have any trouble.

00:43:16He muscled him up from the waist up,

00:43:18which is sheer power.

00:43:19That is why this man right there, the Giant,

00:43:22is the WCW heavyweight champion.

00:43:24Lex Luger, what are you going to do with the Great American Punch?

00:43:28What kind of strategy could you possibly employ

00:43:32to try to defeat this man?

00:43:34Well, if you remember, Big Shot,

00:43:35just a couple weeks back,

00:43:36the Giant took Lex Luger by the throat,

00:43:39knocked over the candelabras,

00:43:40the champagne, the ice buckets,

00:43:42and picked Lex Luger up

00:43:43and jammed him right through a table.

00:43:45And Luger swore that would never happen again.

00:43:48He said, the next time I get in the ring with that man,

00:43:51I'm walking out the champion.

00:43:52And now, the shark gouging the eyes,

00:43:56digging into the face of the world heavyweight champion,

00:43:59the Giant, a man who you can be sure

00:44:03The Great Hulk Hogan is watching closely.

00:44:05Hulk Hogan, we saw a quick look at him a little earlier.

00:44:09You can bet the Hulkster looking on

00:44:11at everything that's going on here tonight

00:44:13in this inaugural two-hour broadcast

00:44:16of WCW Monday Nitro Live on TNT.

00:44:19And we'll be coming to you each and every week

00:44:21from this point forward,

00:44:22the first hour at 8 o'clock,

00:44:24the second hour starting approximately at 8.50,

00:44:27each and every week here on TNT.

00:44:30And it gets hotter.

00:44:31The second hour, you have to wear asbestos.

00:44:35Look at this.

00:44:36Look at that!

00:44:37Oh!

00:44:38Big Boot comes up, 500 pounds,

00:44:40ready to launch off the middle turnbuckle.

00:44:42Will he take him off his feet?

00:44:44He does, but barely.

00:44:45And now, the shark redeeming himself,

00:44:48getting his just dessert.

00:44:50And I mean dessert.

00:44:52Jimmy knows what he's doing here.

00:44:54Jimmy sacrificed himself for the Giant.

00:44:57What a great combination there.

00:44:59Shark slam!

00:45:01He not only body slammed him,

00:45:04he picked him up with one hand,

00:45:06stuck him like a thumbtack,

00:45:08and got the three count.

00:45:10Boy, did he ever.

00:45:11There he is, the WCW heavyweight champion of the world.

00:45:15Picked that man up.

00:45:17What's Bubba doing in here?

00:45:19What's he doing?

00:45:23They're gonna cut his hair!

00:45:25Oh, no.

00:45:26They're cutting his hair off!

00:45:28The Dungeon of Doom is tattooing this man.

00:45:30The Dungeon of Doom are leaving his mark.

00:45:32Kevin Sullivan, the taskmaster, believe me,

00:45:34has sent Bubba in there, the new Bubba in there,

00:45:37to disgrace and dishonor the man shark,

00:45:40the man he fired.

00:45:41Look at this!

00:45:42They're shaving his head!

00:45:43And it looks to me like they're not even shaving.

00:45:46They're shaving half his head.

00:45:47Well, it doesn't really matter with that head.

00:45:49You just shave as much as you can.

00:45:51Things like a Brunswick bowling ball.

00:45:54Things like a Brunswick bowling ball.

00:45:57They are shaving his head!

00:45:59This is a disgrace!

00:46:01This is the most disgraceful thing

00:46:04that one wrestler can do to another.

00:46:08What they should do is not shave his head.

00:46:10That's a disgrace.

00:46:11They should just pull the hair out in lumps.

00:46:13That's what I'd do if I was in the position

00:46:15that they have to be in.

00:46:16They're sending a message.

00:46:17Look at that.

00:46:18Half his hair cut.

00:46:19Only half his head.

00:46:21Max taking on Lex Luger

00:46:23for the WCW World Television Title

00:46:26coming up next.

00:46:27What is going to happen next?

00:46:31All right, welcome back.

00:46:32We are live, coming to you on TNT.

00:46:35I want to let you know that before the end of the hour,

00:46:38we were pretty rudely interrupted here.

00:46:40He wants to call me a Ken doll or a weatherman.

00:46:42He can do that, I guess.

00:46:43He wants to have his piece.

00:46:44He'll have it right here tonight.

00:46:46Let's see what kind of challenge

00:46:47this goof has got to issue to WCW.

00:46:50But right now, the World Television Title

00:46:52up for grabs.

00:46:53Max, the step into the ring with a man

00:46:56who is going to get a shot

00:46:57at the giant and great American Bash.

00:47:00We are talking about Lex Luger.

00:47:02In case you just joined us,

00:47:04the giant defeats the shark.

00:47:07Big Bubba comes in and shaves half his head

00:47:11live on national television.

00:47:14We have got one heck of a broadcast here tonight.

00:47:17The Macho Man, Randy Savage.

00:47:18Ric Flair has driven this guy

00:47:20absolutely out of his mind.

00:47:22He is barred from any television appearances

00:47:25in WCW.

00:47:26He can, however,

00:47:27take up any argument he wants to

00:47:30in any arena around the country.

00:47:32And you can bet the Macho Man

00:47:34is going to take advantage

00:47:36of any opportunity

00:47:38that comes his way to do that, Enid.

00:47:40Well, I think it's only a matter of time

00:47:41till they have to stop him completely,

00:47:43get him out of WCW,

00:47:45put him in a straight jacket,

00:47:46give him some shock treatments,

00:47:47put him in the pad itself,

00:47:49and lock him in the Enchanted Cottage

00:47:51and just leave him there.

00:47:52The man is crazy,

00:47:53and I don't think he can be brought back.

00:47:56Well, absolutely nobody questioning

00:47:58whether or not the Macho Man, Randy Savage,

00:48:01is nuts.

00:48:02A lot of people, on the other hand,

00:48:03have questioned whether or not Lex Luger

00:48:05is everything he appears to be,

00:48:07and he has proven

00:48:09his most ardent detractors wrong.

00:48:11This man is one of Sting's best friends.

00:48:16And the man is also the television champion.

00:48:19The man is also one half,

00:48:21along with Sting,

00:48:22WCW Tag Team Champions.

00:48:24And there's Big Max

00:48:26with two X's.

00:48:27This man could knock off Sting.

00:48:29Look at the size of him.

00:48:30He is hungry,

00:48:31he's young,

00:48:32and he needs,

00:48:33he needs a victory over a guy like this

00:48:35to propel himself up that ladder.

00:48:37No doubt about that.

00:48:39Lex Luger,

00:48:40one of the premier athletes in WCW,

00:48:43indeed,

00:48:44where,

00:48:45yes, thank you very much,

00:48:46the big boys do play.

00:48:48And Max.

00:48:51Nice haircut, Max.

00:48:53Yeah, if you're going to the chair.

00:48:57Say whatever you want about him.

00:48:58He is one tough, powerful individual.

00:49:01But say it to him on the phone.

00:49:03And could score an upset here,

00:49:05an upset victory,

00:49:06over the world television champion.

00:49:08Not a loss that Lex Luger would want to have

00:49:10hovering over his head

00:49:12this close to the Great American Bash.

00:49:14Coming to you,

00:49:16live from Baltimore,

00:49:17and exclusively on pay-per-view,

00:49:19June 16th.

00:49:20Luger versus the Giant,

00:49:21the world title match.

00:49:23We've been talking a lot about

00:49:25Steve McMichael and Kevin Green,

00:49:27and yes,

00:49:28Kevin Green is scheduled to appear

00:49:29on the Jay Leno Show tomorrow night.

00:49:30You can bet that he and Jay Leno

00:49:32will be talking a lot about

00:49:33the Great American Bash.

00:49:34They're going to be taking on

00:49:35Ric Flair and Arne Anderson.

00:49:37The cruiserweight title on the line.

00:49:39Ray Mysterio Jr.

00:49:40breaking his way into WCW

00:49:42to challenge for the cruiserweight title

00:49:44in Malenko's championship.

00:49:46But right now,

00:49:47it is Lex Luger and Max.

00:49:48A lot of power in there, Heenan.

00:49:50Well, there's a lot of power.

00:49:51You know something?

00:49:52And Luger can't take this guy easy.

00:49:54Because a guy like this,

00:49:55as big as he is,

00:49:56look at that,

00:49:57just takes Luger down.

00:49:58And Luger knows the strength of this man.

00:50:00That's why he backed up.

00:50:01He's taking his time now.

00:50:02Now, does he want Max

00:50:03to think he's stronger than he is?

00:50:05Is he giving him some false confidence?

00:50:07Or is he just luring him in

00:50:08to eat him up?

00:50:09Luger can do that.

00:50:13And this man could walk out

00:50:15the new heavyweight champion of the world

00:50:17when he gets in there with the Giant.

00:50:18He has to beat the Giant.

00:50:19The Giant don't have to beat him.

00:50:21He's got a big task.

00:50:22But you know as well as I,

00:50:23he's a very, very proud man.

00:50:25Owns two titles already.

00:50:27And he could do it.

00:50:30Lex Luger circling to his right.

00:50:32Max taking his time.

00:50:33And that's one thing that he has to do.

00:50:34He can't let the more experienced,

00:50:36more confident Lex Luger

00:50:38control the pace of this contest.

00:50:40If he does, Luger will eat him up

00:50:42like this afternoon's lunch.

00:50:45Real quick.

00:50:47Cutting Cole's line.

00:50:48And down goes Max.

00:50:49Lex Luger now at the top of his game.

00:50:52A physical specimen coming off the ropes.

00:50:54Hands up.

00:50:55And a power body slam.

00:50:56And Max drops him hard.

00:50:59Covers him.

00:51:00But Lex Luger, too much stamina.

00:51:03Too much power.

00:51:05Too much endurance.

00:51:06But he better get the heck off the floor

00:51:08or he's gonna be too much of a floor mat.

00:51:10Well, Max wasted a little time there.

00:51:12He covered him.

00:51:13He caught him in that scoop slam.

00:51:15He should have really hooked that leg and gone for it.

00:51:17There he had Luger.

00:51:18He had the air out of him.

00:51:19But the great conditioning that Luger's in,

00:51:21he came back.

00:51:22He just wasted a little too much time.

00:51:24And there could be a three-pointer.

00:51:26No, no.

00:51:27He wants to come out here.

00:51:28He can wait till the end of the hour.

00:51:31He can wait till the end of the hour.

00:51:33Get him the heck out of here.

00:51:36Get him the heck out.

00:51:37All right, back with you.

00:51:38Apologize for the interruption.

00:51:40I don't know what's going on.

00:51:41We have got a wrestling program to bring to you.

00:51:44No more interruptions.

00:51:45I'll let him speak at the end of the hour.

00:51:46Right now, you have got Max hammering away at the back

00:51:51of the total package, Lex Luger.

00:51:53He can't do cute things with Luger.

00:51:56He's gotta use all his strength.

00:51:58Luger's in great, great,

00:51:59probably the best condition in this sport.

00:52:01And that's what Max has to do.

00:52:02He's got him by about 30, 40 pounds.

00:52:04He's gotta use that weight.

00:52:05Luger's got the experience.

00:52:07He's been there.

00:52:08He's a champion.

00:52:09He's been the heavyweight champion of the world before.

00:52:11He almost had him there.

00:52:13And Max now hooks the leg.

00:52:15He should have gone over the top with a reverse half.

00:52:17Nelson controlled the head and neck area, but he didn't.

00:52:20He gave Luger too much room to move,

00:52:23and that's exactly what Luger did.

00:52:25And again, rather than going around the back of the head

00:52:27into a reverse half, he covers the arm.

00:52:30Too much latitude there for Luger to roll a shoulder drop.

00:52:34Oh!

00:52:35Man, and that'll slow you down.

00:52:37Too nonchalant, though.

00:52:38Too.

00:52:39Uh-uh, you're not gonna beat Luger with a move like that.

00:52:41You can drop an elbow on Luger, but if you wanna pin him,

00:52:44you better hook that leg.

00:52:45You better get Luger where he can't move.

00:52:47This reminder again, coming up with the Great American Bash,

00:52:49exclusively on pay-per-view,

00:52:51in addition to the NFL taking on WCW

00:52:54with Kevin Green and Steve McMichael

00:52:56taking on Arne Anderson and Ric Flair,

00:52:58you are also going to see Chris Benoit

00:53:00facing the Taskmaster in a match where falls count anywhere.

00:53:03Cover, one, two.

00:53:04There's been too many times that Lex Luger's been

00:53:06on the receiving end of a cover here,

00:53:08and a count by Max.

00:53:10And listen, Benoit looking at the Taskmaster

00:53:12like a home wrecker for the Four Horsemen.

00:53:15This guy caused a little bit of trouble

00:53:17on the team of the Four Horsemen.

00:53:20Still the comedy hour.

00:53:22Sting and Scott Steiner,

00:53:24a match a lot of people didn't think would happen.

00:53:27Well, you know, Steiner is so, so powerful.

00:53:31One thing's been bugging me in my mind for the last week.

00:53:33Eric, you seem to think that that microphone

00:53:36got out of the hands of Jimmy Hart and Luger.

00:53:38I still think Luger nailed Sting with it, deliberately.

00:53:43Oh, man. Perfect timing on the boot.

00:53:46You're gonna stop the train with that one.

00:53:48And that's a count, as you see. Nice camera work.

00:53:50That loaded forearm.

00:53:52That loaded forearm that has defeated so many people,

00:53:55including Yokozuna.

00:53:58Dropped him like a sack of rocks.

00:54:01That one put right on the chin.

00:54:03Had to hit him between the eyes, either taking him out or good.

00:54:06Oh! Body slam.

00:54:08Boy, he barely got him. He almost lost him.

00:54:10That's a lot of weight coming off that rope.

00:54:12This maxes well, well over 325 pounds.

00:54:15And Luger's pretty much having his way with him.

00:54:17Luger knows he's in there with a big, big man,

00:54:19but nothing like he's gonna be in.

00:54:21Is he gonna get it? Is he gonna get him?

00:54:24No, never, never. No, no, he's too tired.

00:54:26No, he's not. Oh, my goodness.

00:54:28No, he's not.

00:54:30Anytime you doubt the total package,

00:54:32Lex Luger, be prepared to be surprised,

00:54:36because this man is still the world television champion

00:54:41and, along with Sting,

00:54:43one half of the world tag team champion.

00:54:46What Luger did right there is he sent a message to the giant.

00:54:49He went down and got something extra.

00:54:51He showed the world, I can pick this man up,

00:54:53this man at well over 300-and-some pounds,

00:54:55put him on my back.

00:54:57Get a good look, giant.

00:54:58You could be in the torture rack,

00:55:00and I could become champion of the world.

00:55:02Well, Gene Ogle is standing by.

00:55:04Let's go to him now.

00:55:06All right, very impressive here tonight

00:55:08on WCW Monday Night Raw for the total package.

00:55:11Lex Luger, as you probably no doubt know,

00:55:13on June the 16th in Baltimore, Maryland,

00:55:16at the Great American Bash,

00:55:17Lex Luger, the total package,

00:55:19is the man who's gonna be getting the shot

00:55:21at the giant for the WCW heavyweight title.

00:55:24But Lex Luger, I want to go back in time.

00:55:27I don't know if you want to speculate

00:55:29on your chances against the giant,

00:55:31but this is a very unique opportunity,

00:55:33and especially the way you got it.

00:55:34What do you mean the way I got it?

00:55:36Well, all of a sudden, Diamond Dallas Page

00:55:38was denied the title shot,

00:55:40and obviously the championship committee

00:55:42put you in the driver's seat, so to speak.

00:55:44Gene, I don't make the matches.

00:55:46WCW officials make the matches,

00:55:49and nobody, I mean nobody,

00:55:52wants the giant more than the total package,

00:55:55because we know what happened to me

00:55:57last time we wrestled.

00:55:58As a matter of fact, I want to just, for the record,

00:56:01go back and take a look.

00:56:02This has got to be one of the most awesome things

00:56:05I have ever seen.

00:56:06You talk about his display of strength,

00:56:09but to choke Miami into that table,

00:56:12it's unbelievable.

00:56:13Unbelievable isn't the word.

00:56:16We're all out here wrestling,

00:56:18trying to make a living,

00:56:20put food on the table, giant.

00:56:25I cannot believe

00:56:28that you did that to the total package.

00:56:31What do you mean you can't believe it?

00:56:33He didn't try to win a match, giant.

00:56:36You tried to take me out,

00:56:38but the mistake that's come about

00:56:40from all this is I'm still standing here,

00:56:43and this guy here was a big man.

00:56:45I just put him in the rack.

00:56:47I want every big man WWE's got

00:56:50before I wrestle the giant,

00:56:52because the giant paybacks are a you-know-what,

00:56:56and it's coming their way.

00:56:57All right, thank you very much, Lex Luger.

00:56:59Please, ladies and gentlemen,

00:57:01do not mistake the size of the giant

00:57:04for the size of this man we just saw in the ring.

00:57:07For Luger to put him in the rack

00:57:09would almost be an impossible mission.

00:57:12That is gonna be June the 16th,

00:57:14Baltimore, Maryland,

00:57:15head-to-head at the Great American Bash.

00:57:17Eric Bischoff, let's get back to you with the brain.

00:57:20Thanks, Gino.

00:57:21And that again, exclusively on Pay-Per-View,

00:57:23but right here, coming up next,

00:57:24hard work Bobby Walker, Brad Armstrong,

00:57:26Cruiserweight contenders,

00:57:28and Sting faces his buddy, Scott Steiner.

00:57:32You got it right here on Nitro Live.

00:57:42All right, welcome back.

00:57:43We are live.

00:57:45We are coming to you on TNT,

00:57:48this inaugural two-hour broadcast,

00:57:50and coming up next,

00:57:51very interesting matchup,

00:57:52hard work Bobby Walker,

00:57:53a prodigy, if you will, of The Power Plant.

00:57:56The WCW Power Plant is featured in Life magazine

00:57:59on ABC's Good Morning America.

00:58:01A man who has been training hard,

00:58:04probably harder than anybody else,

00:58:06thereby the handle, hard work Bobby Walker,

00:58:08but he is stepping in there today

00:58:10against a man who is, without question,

00:58:12one of the most recognized of the Cruiserweight contenders,

00:58:15Brad Armstrong,

00:58:16a man who has made a name for himself all over the world.

00:58:20A very likable young man

00:58:22with an impressive record here and abroad.

00:58:28Bobby Heenan, how do you see the matchup?

00:58:30You know, and Armstrong here

00:58:32went all the way to the championship.

00:58:33He went all the way to the top

00:58:35of that Cruiserweight tournament.

00:58:37And I'll tell you something,

00:58:38hard work Bobby Walker is gonna learn a lot more

00:58:40being in the ring with Armstrong.

00:58:42He's gonna learn a lot more

00:58:43when Armstrong starts rubbing his nose in that mat

00:58:46than he would if he beat this man.

00:58:48He will do his homework and learn from this match.

00:58:50Armstrong's had too much experience.

00:58:52Yes, he does.

00:58:53But you gotta give him credit.

00:58:54He's in there and he is going to

00:58:55try to impress the WCW Executive Committee best he can.

00:58:59And in case you just joined us,

00:59:01you may have heard that we were rudely interrupted here

00:59:05earlier on in the broadcast.

00:59:06Not only am I not going to dignify the interruption

00:59:08by mentioning the individual involved,

00:59:10I certainly don't want to incur the wrath

00:59:12of any legal teams that are hovering around

00:59:15like vultures anywhere.

00:59:16So we won't name names.

00:59:18Everybody knows who he is.

00:59:19He wants to say his piece, he can do so,

00:59:21but he can do it at the end of this broadcast, not now.

00:59:25And you have got Brad Armstrong

00:59:27in there backing hard work Bobby Walker

00:59:30into the corner.

00:59:31And one of the things that we hear

00:59:33from some of the other athletes training

00:59:35down at the power plant is this guy studies tape.

00:59:38He studies film.

00:59:39He not only spends a tremendous amount of time

00:59:41conditioning, wrestling, getting to know

00:59:43every square inch of that mat, Bobby,

00:59:46he studies film like he's preparing for a thesis.

00:59:52You know what that is?

00:59:53Yes, I know what film is.

00:59:54No, a thesis.

00:59:55A thesis.

00:59:56She used to.

00:59:57No, no, it's not a thesis.

00:59:59Didn't dance with the monkey.

01:00:00Nevermind.

01:00:01No, that was the one in Cleveland.

01:00:02No, no, no, no.

01:00:03Anyway, I'll tell you this, Bobby Walker,

01:00:04he gets to the power plant about hour, half hour,

01:00:0745 minutes before it even opens

01:00:09and stays until 2, 3 in the morning.

01:00:11He works out constantly.

01:00:12Obviously, he's got nothing else to do.

01:00:15Referee now trying to break it up,

01:00:16these two cruiserweights in the corner.

01:00:18Two cruiserweight contenders,

01:00:19one of which is a serious seasoned veteran.

01:00:22The other, a rookie.

01:00:24The rookie now, hard work Bobby Walker in the corner.

01:00:26Both men, you can bet, will be watching

01:00:29at the Great American Bank.

01:00:31He's watching at the Great American Bash.

01:00:34Hard work now, trying to land on his feet.

01:00:36Goes up to the top rope.

01:00:37High risk maneuver.

01:00:39Cross body block.

01:00:41One, two, and no.

01:00:43Brad Armstrong too quick for him.

01:00:45Half Nelson attempt here.

01:00:46Half Nelson.

01:00:47He lost it though.

01:00:48Cover.

01:00:49And hard work Bobby Walker able to bench press him.

01:00:50Look at that arm drag takeover into an arm bar.

01:00:53I was about to say both of these men, you bet,

01:00:55will be watching Ray Mysterio Jr., the challenger,

01:00:58at the Great American Bash.

01:00:59Second generation wrestler stepping in

01:01:01with another second generation wrestler.

01:01:03The man of a thousand holds,

01:01:05and a lot of people call him the Iceman

01:01:07because he is one cold calculating individual.

01:01:10We're talking about Dean Malenko.

01:01:12I'm wondering about those two football players

01:01:14and what's going through their mind right now.

01:01:17I mean, they realize there's no football pads.

01:01:19There's no helmet.

01:01:20There's no 75-year-old official with a striped shirt on

01:01:23and a little whistle and a handkerchief in his back pocket.

01:01:26Uh-uh.

01:01:27You're going to be in there.

01:01:28Michael's in green.

01:01:29They're going to be in there without the chihuahua,

01:01:30without pads, with Ric Flair.

01:01:3213 times this man has been to the mouth.

01:01:35Arn Anderson, they don't come any tougher.

01:01:37I mean, what are these two gridiron greats going to do?

01:01:41Come on.

01:01:42Give me a...

01:01:43They're going to dig in,

01:01:45and they're going to fight for their lives.

01:01:47And it's even Michael's case.

01:01:48He's going to fight for his wife's honor.

01:01:51This guy, Flair, has really been running off at the mouth.

01:01:54In the meantime, hard work Bobby Walker

01:01:56knows what it's like to be in there with some of WCW's best,

01:01:59Brad Armstrong.

01:02:01Now, you know how Flair is spending all the money

01:02:03Miss Elizabeth has from Randy Macho Man Savage.

01:02:06Now, think about this.

01:02:08McMichael's is due to have a pension pretty soon from the NFL.

01:02:11Now, with Brenda and Flair, when she gets all that money,

01:02:14can you imagine a good time Flair's going to have

01:02:16on the NFL's pension plan?

01:02:18It would be great.

01:02:19Now, maybe Flair's agenda here

01:02:22is to try to distract and drive McMichael's nuts

01:02:25the way he's done so successfully

01:02:27with the Macho Man Randy Savage,

01:02:29a man who couldn't even buy a ticket

01:02:31to get in this building tonight and wrestle anybody.

01:02:34This guy is barred from television appearances.

01:02:37And you can bet that's going to even drive him

01:02:39out of your cover.

01:02:40One, two.

01:02:41No.

01:02:42Brad Armstrong just too quick for him.

01:02:44And you got to hand it to Brad Armstrong.

01:02:46He wants a shot at Dean Malenko,

01:02:48and he's going to make sure he gets it here tonight.

01:02:50Backslide here.

01:02:51Hard work Bobby Walker.

01:02:52One, two.

01:02:53Rolled out by Brad Armstrong.

01:02:54Armstrong up again.

01:02:55His balance, superb.

01:02:56His timing, excellent.

01:02:58His experience, undeniable.

01:03:00This man, Armstrong, is going to have

01:03:03to add endurance to that list because he's got hard work.

01:03:05Look at the agility.

01:03:06Ooh, and hard work.

01:03:07It's the only bad thing about a high-risk maneuver

01:03:09is it can come back to haunt you.

01:03:11He won't be dancing up the wall with Fred Astaire either.

01:03:13One, two, three.

01:03:15He got him.

01:03:16No, no, he didn't.

01:03:18He got him.

01:03:19No, that was two.

01:03:20He got him.

01:03:21He caught him.

01:03:24I'll tell you what.

01:03:25He may have been a little off balance off the top rope.

01:03:27Did you see how quick he was getting up there?

01:03:30And I thought for sure Brad Armstrong

01:03:31must have been thinking, no man, this guy

01:03:33doesn't have his balance.

01:03:34He can't possibly launch with any kind of impact,

01:03:37and that is exactly what Walker did.

01:03:39Just when you thought he was on shaky footing

01:03:41and on shaky ground and was going nowhere, he launched it.

01:03:44He landed it, and he got an upset victory

01:03:47right here on Nitro.

01:03:48Congratulations to the prodigy from the power plant,

01:03:52and we got to go to a break.

01:03:54His shoulder was up, though.

01:03:55No, it wasn't, man.

01:03:56He was down.

01:03:57Sure.

01:03:58Sure.

01:04:01Wow.

01:04:02This WCW magazine is really cool.

01:04:06In the June issue, get inside the demented mind of a giant.

01:04:11This is murder.

01:04:13Find out what the mistress of dirty tricks is up to now.

01:04:16Plus, exclusive photos of the chaos at Uncensored.

01:04:21Man, where do they get this stuff?

01:04:24Get your copy now on newsstands everywhere.

01:04:30All right, we are back.

01:04:31We are back live, and what a broadcast we have had so far.

01:04:35The inaugural two-hour edition of WCW Monday Nitro Live on TNT.

01:04:39Each and every week, we will bring you

01:04:41two hours of the finest here in WCW.

01:04:46And I'll tell you what.

01:04:47This shark had his head shaved by Big Bubba.

01:04:51Half his head.

01:04:52Half his head.

01:04:53Half his head.

01:04:54Shaving half his head is better than none.

01:04:56That's the way to look at it.

01:04:57We have had an interruption here that has all of us quite taken aback,

01:05:01and he wants to talk.

01:05:02He'll get his shot at the end of the broadcast,

01:05:06depending on whether or not he can do it.

01:05:09I don't know.

01:05:10I mean, I don't know how to handle this one.

01:05:12The Macho Man Randy Savage.

01:05:15You know what's so dangerous about him?

01:05:17Not so conspicuous by his absence, I might add.

01:05:19But I'll tell you what's so really, really dangerous about this man.

01:05:22Instead of WCW pulling him in the office and saying,

01:05:25look, you're done for six months.

01:05:27You have to go for medical help and drop it at his desk.

01:05:30They darted from the television building.

01:05:32They darted from television.

01:05:34He's outside pacing like a caged animal.

01:05:37Like a loose, not a caged animal.

01:05:39Like an animal in the wild.

01:05:40Like a tiger.

01:05:41Like a lion.

01:05:42Like a panther.

01:05:43He's out walking up and down, up and down.

01:05:45And he's just seething inside.

01:05:46He's just getting madder.

01:05:48He is going to explode.

01:05:49And I don't want to be around when that happens.

01:05:51Nobody does.

01:05:52And in a way, he is a caged animal.

01:05:53The problem is he's outside of the cage.

01:05:55He can't get in.

01:05:56Well, he's caged himself.

01:05:58He's living inside of himself and he wants to burst out.

01:06:00And he wants to put his hands, his claws,

01:06:02his paws around the neck of the Nature Boy Ric Flair.

01:06:05But Flair's busy right now spending his money.

01:06:09Lord Steven Riegel now and Alex Wright.

01:06:11Our next contest here on Nitro.

01:06:14And, you know, you look at what's going on here tonight.

01:06:16You look at the devastation created by the giant.

01:06:20You've got to wonder.

01:06:21Hulk Hogan, he may be traveling around the world.

01:06:23He may be doing a lot of things for charities and hanging out with guys

01:06:28like Sugar Ray Leonard and Shaquille O'Neal.

01:06:31But you can bet the great Hulk Hogan watching closely at everything that is

01:06:37going on here on Nitro and in WCW.

01:06:41Well, one good thing,

01:06:42at least him and his buddy Shaquille can watch the finals on the NBA in a

01:06:45couple of weeks because Shaquille won't be in it.

01:06:47Yeah.

01:06:48I'll tell you another guy that's getting real close to the NBA is two of

01:06:52them.

01:06:53That nasty boy hanging out with Dennis Rodman.

01:06:55That should just about ruin Dennis Rodman.

01:06:57That's left of him.

01:06:58I'll tell you what.

01:06:59I talked to Brian Nobbs last night.

01:07:00He says, man, this guy's a ghoul.

01:07:02He stays out all night long.

01:07:03I can't even keep up with him.

01:07:05That says a lot coming out of Brian Nobbs.

01:07:07You know why he stays out all night?

01:07:08He's not a lot out in the daylight.

01:07:10Steve Regal.

01:07:12Alex Wright.

01:07:14Alex Wright, tremendous young prospect here in WCW.

01:07:18Very young athlete.

01:07:20A man who shows a lot of promise.

01:07:23And you look at Steven Regal.

01:07:25You know, you talk about experience.

01:07:27Here is a guy that has wrestled all over the world in all kinds of

01:07:30conditions.

01:07:31He actually wrestled in the tar pits of India when he was 17 years old.

01:07:37He's wrestled for food.

01:07:39You see the guy standing in the street corner.

01:07:41This is their work for food.

01:07:43This guy's got to wrestle for it.

01:07:45And look at that.

01:07:46Tremendous takeovers by Alex Wright.

01:07:48You talk about speed.

01:07:49You talk about agility.

01:07:50You talk about young, up-and-coming stars.

01:07:53This is where it's all going on right here in WCW.

01:07:57And they're coming from all over the world, from England,

01:07:59from Germany.

01:08:00You name them, they got them coming from Mexico.

01:08:02Invited and uninvited, I might add.

01:08:05And speaking of uninvited, we got to do it anyway.

01:08:08There's a break coming up, but we'll be right back.

01:08:10Hang in there.

01:08:11Oh, look.

01:08:12You can't pin him there, you idiot.

01:08:17Pin him back in the ring if you want him.

01:08:20You know, what's going to happen with this other guy?

01:08:31Enter the realm.

01:08:34Blood runs cold.

01:08:38And each of us will burn to the fury of the warrior.

01:08:53And welcome back.

01:08:54We are in the match, the middle of the match.

01:08:57That's right, Lord Stephen Riggle coming your way.

01:09:01And, hey, I want to take this opportunity to say a good hello

01:09:04to a good fan, a regular viewer of WCW, Dave Rettikop,

01:09:08out in Washington, watching each and every week like so many people do

01:09:12from coast to coast.

01:09:13Thanks for watching, Dave, and look forward to seeing you

01:09:15next time you happen to be in.

01:09:17He's a Rettikop.

01:09:18No, Rettikop.

01:09:19I thought you said he's a Rettikop.

01:09:20No, not a Rettikop.

01:09:21Not one of those guys that stand out the Barry Queens

01:09:23and keep the traffic moving.

01:09:24You are, indeed, impossible.

01:09:26No, I don't know.

01:09:27It's just a stab in the dark.

01:09:29Lord Stephen Riggle now with a European uppercut.

01:09:32Alex Wright from Germany.

01:09:34Easy for him to fire back with one of his own.

01:09:37Fires back with two.

01:09:38Inverted drop toe hold to suplex.

01:09:40Excuse me, drop toe hold takedown.

01:09:42And into a cross face and an open palm.

01:09:45Come on.

01:09:46And now intimidation for the more seasoned veteran.

01:09:50You know, you talk about the respect everybody,

01:09:52and we all have for our great cruiser champion, Dean Malenko.

01:09:55But this man knows a lot of ways to take you down

01:09:57to his lordship, Stephen Riggle.

01:09:59Take a look.

01:10:00I don't mean to interrupt you, Bobby,

01:10:01but take a look how he rotates that forearm

01:10:03along the inside of the cheekbone in that headlock.

01:10:06He's not only holding on to the head.

01:10:08He's trying to punish that outside cheekbone.

01:10:10And it fires away with an uppercut forearm.

01:10:12Well, what that does is that'll swell both your eyes up.

01:10:15And if you can't hurt a man, if you can't see him.

01:10:17Ooh, belly to belly suplex.

01:10:19He got him.

01:10:20No, he didn't.

01:10:21No, he didn't.

01:10:22Still to come, the Stinger.

01:10:23One half of the world tag team champion

01:10:25stepping into the ring with Scott Steiner, his good friend.

01:10:29Kick to the side of the head here.

01:10:30And this, the intrusion that took place earlier.

01:10:34Cover one.

01:10:35He'll have his opportunity to say whatever is on his mind.

01:10:39I do take exception and want to apologize

01:10:41to any of the fans that heard some of the comments earlier.

01:10:44You know, to come out here and make fun

01:10:46or refer to billionaire Ted

01:10:49and the nacho man in Scheme Gene is one thing.

01:10:52But no need to insult the fans.

01:10:53But anyway, he'll have his opportunity

01:10:56in just a little bit here on Nitro.

01:10:58In the meantime, Lord Steven Rigo working over

01:11:01the younger, greener, if you will, Alex Wright.

01:11:05Alex Wright in the corner.

01:11:06He needs to fight out of the corner

01:11:08if he stands any chance here to defeat Lord Steven Rigo.

01:11:11And everybody's been talking about the match

01:11:13coming up with Scott Steiner and Sting.

01:11:15I don't know if they've ever met,

01:11:16but a lot of the wrestlers in the back,

01:11:18they're not leaving.

01:11:19They're sticking around.

01:11:20They want to watch this one.

01:11:21I don't know if these men have ever been

01:11:22in the ring against each other

01:11:24or if they've been in a tag together.

01:11:26What's going on?

01:11:27Oh!

01:11:28Bobby, did you see that?

01:11:30He reached back into the cheap seats,

01:11:32unloaded a European uppercut

01:11:33that just about took Rigo out of his boots.

01:11:35Hit him right in his tee and crumpets.

01:11:37It's a good thing he tied those boots on tight.

01:11:39Look out! Here he comes!

01:11:41Nice move!

01:11:42Rigo in trouble!

01:11:44He barely made it.

01:11:45Had he hung on, had he got him good,

01:11:47he could have scored the 1, 2, 3, or he had him.

01:11:49Just a little bit off on his dive.

01:11:52Top wrist lock here with the cover.

01:11:55Rigo, so smart.

01:11:57So intelligent in the way he approaches a match.

01:12:00And he knows now what he needs to do is fatigue

01:12:03the younger Alex Wright.

01:12:05You know, I get a hold of Kevin Green.

01:12:09I think you can find him down in the power plant.

01:12:12Okay, I'd like to leave him a phone book.

01:12:14Why? What do you mean, a phone book?

01:12:16Well, not to call anybody.

01:12:17He can put it in the seat of his trunks,

01:12:19so when Flair starts spanking him,

01:12:21it won't hurt that much.

01:12:22Get out of town.

01:12:23Let me tell you something.

01:12:24You're selling him way too short, partner.

01:12:26Kevin Green, Steve McMichael, intense.

01:12:28Well, when they're done with Kevin Green

01:12:31and his football career,

01:12:32he'll be able to sit nude on lumber

01:12:34and tell you if it's pine, birch, or wood.

01:12:36Yeah, we'll find out.

01:12:37Do you succeed the Great American Bash

01:12:39exclusively on pay-per-view?

01:12:41And this one is getting exciting.

01:12:43Alex Wright perfectly executed

01:12:45well-timed right on the button.

01:12:47A dropkick that sent Regal to the deck

01:12:49and set him to the deck hard.

01:12:51Regal trying to get up,

01:12:52but he is stunned and dazed.

01:12:54Alex Wright is fatigued.

01:12:55That's what Regal has been trying to do,

01:12:57fatigue the younger athlete,

01:12:59win the battle of attrition,

01:13:01and so far, it hasn't worked.

01:13:02It's not working now, Heenan.

01:13:04But that did take a lot out of Alex Wright

01:13:05because he did not get in for the cover.

01:13:07Hits him with a big backdrop here,

01:13:09but doesn't cover him.

01:13:10Timing is everything, Heenan.

01:13:12He wants to make sure he's down.

01:13:13Yeah, don't waste your time, Sauerkraut Breath.

01:13:15Go get him.

01:13:16Oh!

01:13:17Running elbow, and Alex Wright

01:13:19in control of the contest this far.

01:13:21Don't forget.

01:13:22Oh, jump spin!

01:13:23Now, excuse me, jump wheel kick.

01:13:24Standing wheel kick.

01:13:25Cover one, two,

01:13:26and didn't get the three count.

01:13:28The Stinger, Scott Steiner, on deck.

01:13:30We have got a loaded Nitro coming your way.

01:13:33And this just isn't two hours tonight.

01:13:35It's gonna be every Monday night.

01:13:38And back bridge with a hug, two, three.

01:13:43He got him.

01:13:45He's hurt.

01:13:46Alex Wright was hurt.

01:13:49Holding the back of his head.

01:13:51Well, he made a valiant try.

01:13:53He gave his best.

01:13:54He did the best he could.

01:13:56He worked his tail off.

01:13:58But sorry, sucker, it wasn't good enough.

01:14:00Just when I thought you had an ounce of respect,

01:14:03running through those veins of yours.

01:14:05I thought you were gonna say something decent about Alex Wright.

01:14:07Nah, uh-uh, not me.

01:14:09Well, let's see if we can get another look at this.

01:14:11Brought to you by Sony PlayStation.

01:14:13Okay.

01:14:14Killer of hopes.

01:14:15Smasher of egos.

01:14:16Not unlike Bobby Heenan, I might add.

01:14:18Okay, I'll show you how kind I can be.

01:14:19Alex Wright, what a great move.

01:14:21Backfired.

01:14:22He didn't get to put it the way he wanted it.

01:14:24The one, two, three.

01:14:25He goes down to feet.

01:14:26Such a sad, sad shame for Alex Wright.

01:14:28Poor competitor.

01:14:29But his whole family is uglier than him.

01:14:31How's that?

01:14:32See, I didn't make the guy that bad.

01:14:33You almost had it, didn't you?

01:14:35You almost had me.

01:14:36Let's go now to Mean Gene Okerlund.

01:14:41Thank you, Eric.

01:14:42With me, Lord Steven Regal.

01:14:43Most impressive, I must say, against this youngster,

01:14:45just barely 20 years old.

01:14:47But the one thing that the fans bring out to me

01:14:50as I travel around the country, Lord Steven Regal,

01:14:52is the way you feel about Americans.

01:14:54Apparently, you have some adverse feelings toward us.

01:14:59Listen to me, you miserable little toad.

01:15:01You telling me how to whack my life

01:15:04is like Quasimodo telling somebody

01:15:06how to bloody walk straight.

01:15:08Let me point out, now I have your attention.

01:15:11It's Memorial Day.

01:15:13My father will be so pleased I beat Junior Adolph there.

01:15:18We have got a world champion here in WCW

01:15:23that's a bloody escapee from Barnum & Bailey's.

01:15:26We've got bloody Savage running around

01:15:28thinking he's some kind of hard man.

01:15:30If you didn't notice, two weeks ago,

01:15:33I put the toughest man in wrestling

01:15:35out of the bloody game.

01:15:37Then, we've got somebody from another wrestling organization

01:15:41wanting to take on war.

01:15:43Don't forget who's in within, Sunshine,

01:15:46because I'm going nowhere,

01:15:48and it's time I had my bloody say

01:15:51in what goes on around here.

01:15:53You know, I should point out, just for the record,

01:15:55the affection that these fans have for you,

01:15:58I couldn't help but notice the one youngster here

01:16:00giving you half a peace sign.

01:16:01I don't think they think that highly of your personality,

01:16:04your wrestling skills notwithstanding.

01:16:06When you are a significant grappler as myself,

01:16:09you are not bothered by such meager peasants,

01:16:12and that means you, Sunshine.

01:16:14Now, to prove myself,

01:16:16I am going to make a statement, a challenge, if you wish,

01:16:19to the man they call The Franchise.

01:16:21If I beat this man and you, Mr. Sting,

01:16:25I hope you're listening,

01:16:27I will then be held within some esteem here

01:16:30and maybe get a shot at this bloody circus freak

01:16:32that we have as a champion.

01:16:34I want that painted-face bloody clown

01:16:36right in this ring as soon as possible.

01:16:38Take it to the championship committee, please.

01:16:41I can't stand the heat.

01:16:42Yurik, let's get back to you.

01:16:44All right, thanks, me and Gina.

01:16:46Coming up next,

01:16:47The Stinger steps into the ring with his good buddy,

01:16:50Scott Steiner.

01:16:52Will it be the not tonight?

01:16:54This is gonna be a good one.

01:16:55Stay with us. We'll be right back.

01:16:58All right, welcome back.

01:16:59We are live.

01:17:00The main event coming your way.

01:17:02Scott Steiner, The Stinger.

01:17:05Two friends, two athletes.

01:17:08Two men who have been champions here before.

01:17:12And this one, Heenan, is gonna be interesting.

01:17:15And I'll tell you, there's a lot of importance here in this match

01:17:17because Sting is up there for a lot of titles.

01:17:19One half of the world's tag team champions.

01:17:21A win by Scott Steiner.

01:17:23Gonna elevate him and his brother

01:17:24right up into that number one position.

01:17:26And it's just gonna do nothing but elevate him

01:17:28if he beats a man like Stinger.

01:17:29And plus, it helps Sting a lot

01:17:31if he can knock off a guy like Rick Steiner,

01:17:33or Scott Steiner.

01:17:34A lot of importance here in this match.

01:17:36Well, I'll tell you what,

01:17:37and you can bet The Stinger just heard the comments

01:17:40from Steven Riegel.

01:17:42What'd he call him?

01:17:43A painted-face circus geek?

01:17:46Something like that.

01:17:47Something like that.

01:17:48He wants a match with The Stinger.

01:17:49I'm sure The Stinger very happy to oblige.

01:17:51Check in to WCW Saturday night.

01:17:55This Saturday night, and we'll find out

01:17:57just what The Stinger has to say.

01:17:58Listen to this crowd react!

01:18:01Well, like his lordship says,

01:18:03it's a paint-fresh spirit.

01:18:10And The Stinger...

01:18:12Oh, he just hit Rick Flay's VIP section

01:18:14and waxed two pieces of cheese.

01:18:17The Stinger makes his way to the ring,

01:18:19and the little Stinger's standing around reacting.

01:18:24You betcha, buddy.

01:18:26The Stinger is in the house.

01:18:29And you talk about a physical contest.

01:18:32You talk about wrestling at its best.

01:18:35You're gonna see it right here in the main event,

01:18:37and yes, indeed, part two of what we will call

01:18:41the interruption.

01:18:42What kind of challenge could this group have here?

01:18:45Hey, you're on your own.

01:18:47Let me tell you something about Scott Steiner

01:18:49right here and Sting.

01:18:51Something very, very important right here.

01:18:53Scott Steiner has been in tag matches

01:18:55with his brother for years.

01:18:56I'm not sure how many single matches he's had.

01:18:59Stinger's had a lot of single matches.

01:19:01But lately, he's been teamed with Lex Luger,

01:19:04his partner, a lot.

01:19:05So now this is pretty even.

01:19:06You gotta give the power to Scott Steiner,

01:19:09but you gotta give the experience to Stinger.

01:19:11I would say the experience and right now

01:19:13the self-confidence.

01:19:14In a singles contest, I'd have to agree with you.

01:19:16The self-confidence would have to go

01:19:18in the Stinger's corner.

01:19:19Man, don't sell Stinger short when it comes to power.

01:19:22And don't forget, Scott Steiner is one half

01:19:25of the Steiner brothers.

01:19:26So that means he's only got half a mind.

01:19:29So they're both half-wits.

01:19:30So they're really not thinking 100%

01:19:32at any given time without each other there.

01:19:34You know, Rick's gonna be out here in just a little bit.

01:19:36My buddy Rick Steiner, one of the greatest halfies

01:19:38I've ever seen in my life.

01:19:39You are so incredibly predictable.

01:19:41I wasn't talking about Rick Steiner.

01:19:43I'm talking about Rick Murphy.

01:19:44The other guy, you don't know him.

01:19:46Yeah.

01:19:48Scott Steiner.

01:19:50Very impressive.

01:19:51Very powerful.

01:19:54Steiner been around the world.

01:19:56Rick Steiner, Scott Steiner,

01:19:58have made a name for themselves in Japan

01:20:01where they are probably the number one tag team in Japan

01:20:05and quite possibly the number two tag team here,

01:20:09second only to, of course, the World Tag Team Champions.

01:20:12And they could become the World Tag Team Champions.

01:20:15Just give them the opportunity.

01:20:17They've been there before.

01:20:19Oh!

01:20:20And that's the kind of power,

01:20:22that's the kind of explosive power

01:20:25that Sting represents and brings to the ring.

01:20:28He has got so much strength in his legs,

01:20:30and it's so quick.

01:20:32He'll never win a bodybuilding contest.

01:20:35But I'll tell you what,

01:20:37he can really launch when he needs to.

01:20:40Sting can stand there, look you right in the eye,

01:20:42jump up and part your hair with both feet at the same time.

01:20:46The man's that agile, that much in shape.

01:20:48Look at this, look at this.

01:20:50Right down on the concrete floor.

01:20:52Look, his knee could have hit that bottom rail.

01:20:54He could be out of it.

01:20:56He could be on the shelf.

01:20:57He could be crippled.

01:20:58He could be done.

01:20:59Those kind of moves are too dangerous.

01:21:01You're gonna see him here.

01:21:02You know what's interesting, Bobby,

01:21:04is these guys, really,

01:21:05they're putting their friendship to the side.

01:21:07They've approached this match

01:21:08from the beginning of the match,

01:21:09as soon as that bell rang.

01:21:10They didn't play around here.

01:21:12They didn't high-five each other.

01:21:14I mean, no sign.

01:21:15You really wouldn't know

01:21:17if you didn't know them outside of the ring.

01:21:19I think they have that mutual respect for each other.

01:21:21They may be friends and say hi and shake hands,

01:21:23but, pal, when you're in here right now,

01:21:25everybody wants the biggest share of that purse.

01:21:27You want to go on the win.

01:21:28That's what you're in this thing for.

01:21:30You're not in any buddy system

01:21:31or anything like football players do.

01:21:34Uh-uh.

01:21:35This is where men play, big time.

01:21:39Belly-to-belly suplex.

01:21:40And Sting moving a little slow.

01:21:42This is where those high-impact takeovers, takedowns,

01:21:46we're talking about the belly-to-backs,

01:21:48the back-to-back suplexes,

01:21:49the gut-wrench suplexes,

01:21:51the Frankensteiners,

01:21:52those are the kind of moves that the Steiners employ

01:21:56that can really hurt you.

01:21:59I thought Sting was going to set him up

01:22:01and then move out of the way.

01:22:02Sting's had his bell rung.

01:22:04No doubt about it.

01:22:06And Steiner's just minutes away from beating him if he wants.

01:22:09He's all yours for the taking,

01:22:10but you got to get him in that ring.

01:22:11How many times have you said that and been wrong?

01:22:14Well, Sting...

01:22:15Cover!

01:22:16One, and you may be right.

01:22:18He sometimes...

01:22:21Well, he's not...

01:22:22Sometimes he cheats.

01:22:23Something wrong with your mic?

01:22:24No, no.

01:22:25I did bring a backup, by the way.

01:22:27We always bring backups at WCW.

01:22:30Hey!

01:22:31Shover into the chest.

01:22:33Knee into the midsection.

01:22:34Oh, if your mic goes out,

01:22:35we've got an extra one right under the table.

01:22:37No problem.

01:22:38Oh, man!

01:22:40He took him right off his feet.

01:22:44And he'll be spitting teeth for the rest of the evening.

01:22:49I'm talking about Scott Steiner.

01:22:51He got hammered with that foot.

01:22:55Uh-oh.

01:22:56Payback.

01:22:57And believe me, his lordship, Stephen Regal,

01:23:00is watching this very, very closely.

01:23:02He threw out a challenge to the Stinger.

01:23:04Hasn't been answered yet, and I doubt it will be,

01:23:06but he's watching.

01:23:07Believe me, he is watching.

01:23:08Scotty Steiner moves in.

01:23:10Hooks a leg.

01:23:11Yeah!

01:23:12Oh, man.

01:23:14McPatrick looked like he hurt his hand on that count.

01:23:17Come on, referee.

01:23:18Didn't your father ever teach you to count to three?

01:23:20Well, maybe not that family.

01:23:25Uh-oh.

01:23:26Steiner now going for the STF.

01:23:28Steps over.

01:23:30He's got the leg.

01:23:31He's got the cross face.

01:23:32This is a punishing submission hold.

01:23:34What Steiner's trying to do now is get Sting's head

01:23:36pointing in the other direction.

01:23:38Look at Sting.

01:23:39He's going to be like a Great Dane.

01:23:41He's going to be able to scratch behind his ear

01:23:43with his back foot pretty soon.

01:23:45See what he's got here.

01:23:46Steiner has really got the pressure

01:23:47on the left side of Sting's face.

01:23:48What he needs to do is work that cross face

01:23:50across the right side of the face,

01:23:52get his head turned,

01:23:53and pull the neck up as he's putting the pressure on.

01:23:55Sting, of course, trying to block it.

01:23:57He wants to keep his head right where it is.

01:23:59It's the only defensive position that Sting has at this point.

01:24:02See, that'll get to the ropes in a hurry.

01:24:04And there's a lot of pressure being put on that leg right now.

01:24:06He released it.

01:24:07See, there's still friendship here.

01:24:09If it had been anybody else, Luger wouldn't have,

01:24:11I mean, Steiner would not have released that hold.

01:24:14Submission attempt again.

01:24:18And believe me, Lex Luger's watching this too

01:24:20because his partner,

01:24:21one half of the Tag Team Championship with him,

01:24:23is in there with one of the Steiners.

01:24:27Look, he's trying to dislocate that shoulder.

01:24:29Look at the muscular power in that.

01:24:31He's trying to take out the shoulder and the elbow.

01:24:34It's going against the grain here.

01:24:36And now,

01:24:38he's got the cover.

01:24:39He's got it locked.

01:24:40Stinger's in trouble here.

01:24:42He's got to roll up on that shoulder.

01:24:44Don't let that shoulder get pinned.

01:24:45The farther shoulder away from him,

01:24:47keep that shoulder up.

01:24:48Little things you learn and you know.

01:24:52Scott Steiner.

01:24:53Both men now showing a little bit of fatigue.

01:24:55Scoop, slam.

01:24:56Stinger has got to get it going.

01:24:58He's got to get it going.

01:25:00Notice Scott Steiner is not going in for the kill.

01:25:02He's not going in for the pin.

01:25:03Why?

01:25:04Is that mutual respect?

01:25:05Or is he just stupid?

01:25:08I mean, he's not going to get nothing from Stinger.

01:25:10Stinger don't give him.

01:25:11Take what you want, pal.

01:25:12If you want him, beat him.

01:25:13Oh, oh, oh!

01:25:15Yes!

01:25:18And the Stinger.

01:25:22Referee now beginning to count both men.

01:25:24Interesting.

01:25:25No Lex Luger.

01:25:26No Rick Steiner.

01:25:30And that, I might add, is probably the validity of this contest

01:25:35because it's just two athletes, two individuals

01:25:38with no outside interference.

01:25:41And nobody there.

01:25:43Nobody there.

01:25:44He's got him here.

01:25:45Uh-oh.

01:25:47Dragging Superplex up and over.

01:25:49Didn't lock.

01:25:50He folded him like a chair.

01:25:53Oh, wait a minute.

01:25:55Stinger is hurt.

01:25:56Now, wait a minute.

01:25:57The crowd reacting here.

01:25:58Oh, it's Luger.

01:25:59And Luger is up.

01:26:00You never know who it's going to be.

01:26:01Just when we thought.

01:26:05Luger's up to something.

01:26:07No doubt in my mind.

01:26:09Lex Luger.

01:26:10Uh-oh, uh-oh.

01:26:11Here comes the bright one of the team.

01:26:12We could have a free-for-all here.

01:26:15Now, hopefully, we can maintain some decorum, some control here.

01:26:20Let these two athletes fight it out in the ring.

01:26:23Luger engineered this, though.

01:26:24He made the first step out.

01:26:26I'll give you you're doing that when you're absolutely right.

01:26:29But he's not doing nothing yet.

01:26:30He's just standing there.

01:26:32Sting's going for a ride.

01:26:35Sting is in trouble here.

01:26:36And there's nowhere for him to go but down.

01:26:39Right on the small of his back.

01:26:41And he went down hard.

01:26:45And Scott Steiner feeling like he's got control of this thing.

01:26:48Rick Steiner out.

01:26:49Lex Luger out.

01:26:50So far, they appear to be content to watch from the outside

01:26:55and not interfere.

01:26:57Let's hope it stays that way.

01:26:59Because so far, this has been a clean match.

01:27:02No controversy.

01:27:03Just two tremendous athletes.

01:27:05Frankensteiner.

01:27:06He missed it.

01:27:07He missed it.

01:27:08You don't see that very often.

01:27:09And here comes the Scorpion Death Lock.

01:27:11The Stinger.

01:27:12Uh-oh.

01:27:13He's in the ropes.

01:27:14He's in the ropes.

01:27:16And a clean break.

01:27:19Now is when Sting's going to put the boots to him.

01:27:21He's going to start ripping at his eyes, tearing at an ear,

01:27:24pulling his hair.

01:27:25Keep him down.

01:27:26Keep stomping him.

01:27:27Don't let him loose.

01:27:32Uh-oh.

01:27:33Scott Steiner.

01:27:34And it gets reversed.

01:27:36Stinger.

01:27:37Oh!

01:27:39Piledriver.

01:27:41Unfortunately, he dropped it on his head.

01:27:42It probably didn't hurt him.

01:27:43One, two.

01:27:44He got him.

01:27:45Nope.

01:27:46Nope.

01:27:49Boy, this could have gone either way.

01:27:51Oh!

01:27:52And it may still.

01:27:54It isn't over yet.

01:27:56Luger's still out there on the floor, pacing back and forth.

01:28:02Stinger hurting here.

01:28:05He took two knees right to the midsection.

01:28:10Boy, they're in great shape.

01:28:11There's no doubt about that.

01:28:12But this match has taken its toll.

01:28:14They have been at each other since the beginning.

01:28:17Stinger now trying to block.

01:28:18Scott Steiner trying to get him up over the top rope.

01:28:20And it gets reversed.

01:28:22Oh!

01:28:23And Stinger holds on to the rope,

01:28:24keeping himself from going out onto the concrete.

01:28:26Now, both men outside of the ring.

01:28:28Oh, man.

01:28:29Hey, no, no, no, no!

01:28:30We thought we were going to keep it clean here.

01:28:32And Lex Luger.

01:28:33Uh-oh.

01:28:34An insurance policy to that effect,

01:28:35but Rick Steiner taking exception to it.

01:28:39Uh-oh.

01:28:41He's hitting the fan here.

01:28:43And he's hitting the fan here.

01:28:45Now, you don't want to get on the floor

01:28:46and start fighting Rick Steiner.

01:28:48Run for your life.

01:28:49It's going to break loose right now.

01:28:51That's not what we wanted here.

01:28:53And now!

01:28:54Whoa!

01:28:55Wait a minute.

01:28:56Well, Luger instituted this.

01:28:57I mean, he engineered all this.

01:28:59He started it.

01:29:00He got up in everybody's face.

01:29:02And Sting isn't going to be happy.

01:29:04No, no, no, no.

01:29:05This is not what we wanted to see here.

01:29:07The crowd reacting.

01:29:08But we had hoped we were going to have a clean match

01:29:11between two athletes.

01:29:12And this thing has really broken down

01:29:15and deteriorated into a free for all

01:29:17between four men who not hours ago

01:29:19had to be considered the closest of friends.

01:29:22Now, everybody's out there

01:29:23to separate the Steiners from Sting and Luger.

01:29:28Let him go.

01:29:29Let him fight.

01:29:30What the heck?

01:29:31This is nitro.

01:29:36Luger!

01:29:37That was a cheap shot.

01:29:38You can say whatever you want.

01:29:40Emotion may have taken over a little bit earlier.

01:29:42No, no, no.

01:29:43The Steiner made a gesture.

01:29:44That's why he charged him.

01:29:45All right.

01:29:46This one is thrown out.

01:29:51I tell you what.

01:29:53Mayhem here at the end of the night.

01:29:56And like I said, hours ago,

01:29:58these guys had to be considered

01:30:00some of the closest friends around.

01:30:02And tonight, it just breaks down here.

01:30:04He and I don't know what to make of it.

01:30:06Well, there is no friendship, like I said.

01:30:07They're both in that ring.

01:30:08They both went with each other half.

01:30:10They both want that position.

01:30:12They both want to be on top here at WCW.

01:30:14And the only way to do that is,

01:30:15you got to kick people's butts.

01:30:17You got to make enemies.

01:30:18All right, all right, all right.

01:30:19Hey, looky here.

01:30:21You wanted to say...

01:30:22Kendall, you got such a big mouth.

01:30:26And we, we are sick of it.

01:30:30What do you mean?

01:30:31Who's we?

01:30:32You know who.

01:30:33Hey, this is where the big boys play.

01:30:38This is where the big boys play.

01:30:43What a joke.

01:30:46I tell you what.

01:30:48You go tell Billionaire Ted,

01:30:51you tell him get three of his very, very best.

01:30:58Maybe, uh, maybe the Nacho Man.

01:31:03Oh, no.

01:31:07Hey, maybe, maybe he get the Stinger.

01:31:12Ooh, I so scared.

01:31:17You go get anybody you want,

01:31:21because we, we are taking over.

01:31:27You want to go to war?

01:31:30You want a war?

01:31:32You got one.

01:31:34Only, only let's do it right.

01:31:38In the ring where it matters.

01:31:42Not on no microphones.

01:31:46Not in no newspapers or dirt sheets.

01:31:51Let's do it in the ring where it matters.

01:31:55If, uh, if Billionaire Ted and his big boys,

01:32:00if they got any, uh, any guts,

01:32:04because we are coming down here and like it or not,

01:32:10we are taking over.

01:32:16You're out of here.

01:32:18You're out of here.

01:32:21I don't know what to say.

01:32:23We'll see you next week.

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