WCW Nitro 1995.10.23
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00:00You
00:31We are coming to you live from the home of the NASA Space Center
00:35Huntsville, Alabama.
00:37We are T-6 days and counting from Halloween Havoc.
00:42Welcome to the number one wrestling show anywhere in the world.
00:46WCW Monday night show on TNT.
00:54And we are wasting no time tonight.
00:57Mongo, Bobby, Eden, we are going to get right into the thick of things here.
01:02Where the big boys play.
01:04But let me tell you what baby.
01:07We're in the heart of Dixie waiting to see some whoppin' and a stompin'.
01:13And the Muscle Man better keep waving both those arms.
01:16Because if he remembers, Pura Sora is the man that broke the arm of Rogue Warrior Hawk.
01:22Tale of the Tape has it that the Muscle Man Randy Savage does have an injured arm.
01:27I don't know the details of that injury.
01:29However, if that indeed is the case, he is at a decided disadvantage.
01:33Going up against this vicious athlete from Tokyo, Japan.
01:38A man who has made his way here at WCW.
01:41Breaking bones everywhere he goes.
01:45A submission style wrestler.
01:48And you always got to remember, the Colonel is in his corner.
01:53Go ahead, give him a slap, Macho.
01:56Oh yeah, the Macho Man Randy Savage.
01:59He said no smoking in the building.
02:01Yanked that cigar right out of the Colonel's mouth.
02:04And Pura Sora going after the Macho Man Randy Savage.
02:07Weaver slaps him on top of the chest.
02:09What a maniac, Mongo.
02:11A little reverse psychology by the Colonel there.
02:14And it paid off, Pura Sora got the opening advantage here.
02:17Back leg round kick to the top of the chest, Bobby.
02:19Doubles it up with another.
02:20I'll tell you, a man like Pura Sora, totally dedicated.
02:23He's totally focused at all times.
02:24That's the way the Japanese prepare.
02:26But then again, so is the Macho Man Randy Savage.
02:29He is 110% in camp, so he made no mistake about it.
02:32There goes back leg round kick.
02:34Right where Kurosawa's going to place him.
02:36On the hamstring.
02:37He's going to cramp up the back of the leg.
02:39Quell him up with blood.
02:40And Mongo, you know what that'll do to it.
02:42It'll stop you in your tracks.
02:44As any other athlete, a call in the replacement.
02:47I'm going home.
02:48I need a four-month sabbatical.
02:50But let me tell you something about Macho Man Savage, baby.
02:53He's never said stop.
02:55Well, he's got that bad wing.
02:57And it's only a matter of time before Pura Sora notices it
03:00and starts taking him apart.
03:02Wing by wing.
03:04Back leg round kick to the top of the chest.
03:06He might have doubled up in the solar plexus.
03:08That one went right to the back.
03:10And he is just launching those kicks.
03:13And in the meantime, the Macho Man, Randy Savage,
03:16desperation move, I might point out,
03:18grabs his trunks and throws Kurosawa to the concrete.
03:22No effect.
03:23None whatsoever.
03:25Look out, Randy.
03:26And he gets nailed from behind.
03:29You know, Savage usually starts off real strong.
03:31He usually dictates the pace of the match.
03:33But not now.
03:34It seems this man from the Orient has taken Savage to a new level.
03:39Yeah, I don't think I've ever seen Macho Man Savage
03:42dominated quite like this before.
03:44Absolutely not.
03:46This is the man.
03:47And we got a cover.
03:48This could be it for the Macho Man, Randy Savage.
03:51Bad arm and all.
03:52And I'll tell you what, this is the guy that broke the arm
03:55of Rome Warrior Hawk.
03:57This is the guy that they fear in Japan.
04:00We are talking about Kurosawa.
04:02And now it is the Macho Man, Randy Savage, stealing the rap.
04:07Ha-ha.
04:08And look at him, he's smiling.
04:11And Bobby, you hit it right on the head, man.
04:13Savage is the guy that dictates the pace.
04:15He has had that completely taken away from him
04:18during this contest thus far.
04:20And look at Kurosawa working on that body part.
04:23And if you remember back, this man right there, Kurosawa,
04:25is the man that defeated the undefeated at the time,
04:28the pit bull, Sergeant Craig Pittman.
04:31Oh, Savage just grabbed that guy up across the ring
04:34and broke a few arms of his own.
04:36He's getting a mud hole kicked in him.
04:39And if he doesn't get it in gear here,
04:41this could be a very, very disappointing night
04:44for the Macho Man, Randy Savage.
04:47And he gets a reverse right to the windpipe.
04:50You know, you're going to realize something here.
04:52Savage is fighting this man with one arm.
04:57And the last thing you want to do is fight this man
04:59even with two arms, two real good arms.
05:01Savage is at a total disadvantage.
05:03Kurosawa slides through those ropes.
05:05Manny Ramirez of the Cleveland Indians
05:06would love to be able to slide like that.
05:08Javier Lopez would have been able to throw him out last night.
05:11Our Braves are going to take those boys.
05:13They're part of Turner, you know.
05:15Absolutely. Home of the Braves.
05:18Two games in a World Series, but I'll tell you what,
05:20the Macho Man, he is not up at all here.
05:23Oh, no. Oh, no.
05:25This is a devastating, painful, painful move.
05:32Oh, I'll tell you what.
05:33Directors tell us we've got to take a break.
05:35We'll be back with the action or whatever's left
05:37of Randy Savage right after this.
05:39That man's one of the incursions.
05:40Oh, man, he is in trouble bad.
05:43Well, that's his fault.
05:45It's the horror of Halloween.
05:49This portion of WCW Monday Nitro
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06:00We are back. We are live.
06:02We are coming to you from Huntsville.
06:04And this match continues to be dominated by Kurosawa,
06:08who continues to just lay in back-leg ground kicks
06:12to the upper body, to the hamstring area,
06:14and he continues to hammer away,
06:17to bend, stretch, and try to break
06:19that already injured 11-hundred-pounder,
06:21the Macho Man, Randy Savage,
06:22who, by the way, has to face Kamala
06:24for an opportunity to get to Lex Luger
06:27at Halloween Havoc.
06:29And that chop went right across the solar plexus, Bobby.
06:31This may be the toughest week
06:32for the Macho Man, Randy Savage.
06:34You know, you're talking about
06:35him not putting up much of a fight,
06:37how he's at a disadvantage.
06:38Just to stay in the ring this long
06:40and take the beating he's taken is really tempting.
06:44I cannot believe the kind of beating he's taken.
06:47This is like a keelhauling.
06:49A what?
06:51You know, when they drag a sailor up under their boat.
06:54The Macho Man, Randy Savage, now, again, desperation,
06:57attempted a right to the eyes,
06:59and what's interesting here, guys,
07:01is nothing that Savage is doing
07:03is having any impact at all.
07:05On Kirosav, Kirosavlidov,
07:07attempting that slide maneuver
07:09under the top rope, ends up,
07:11excuse me, under the bottom rope,
07:12ends up out on the concrete floor.
07:14That may have taken some steam
07:17out of this Asian assassin.
07:19Oh!
07:20And a backfling around, kicked to the ring post.
07:23He could have broke his shin right there.
07:26That hurts.
07:29But he's still coming after Savage.
07:31He's still coming right after him.
07:33There's something wrong with that arm.
07:35Savage has never grabbed on something this long before.
07:38The Macho Man, Randy Savage, in trouble here
07:40as Kirosavlidov going for the submission.
07:43Oh, and a ring rope right across the throat.
07:47Kirosavlidov down.
07:48Savage in control for the first time in this contest.
07:52Go ahead, Randy, take care of business right now.
07:54Don't wait.
07:55The Macho Man, Randy Savage,
07:57throws the gun, pulls the trigger,
07:59and delivers the elbow to the top of the chest,
08:02hooks the leg, and he got him.
08:04Oh, I don't believe that.
08:06He pulled that one from out of nowhere.
08:11The Macho Man, Randy Savage, big question, Mongo,
08:15how much did this take out of Randy Savage
08:18as we're only six days away from Halloween Havoc?
08:22Yeah.
08:23I don't know how much treatment
08:25and maybe a corner zone shot in that elbow is going to do.
08:29You just don't get over something that fast.
08:31And not only that, Savage, now in his mind,
08:33he's got to think about getting Mike Kamala.
08:35He's got to think about the Zodiac in the corner.
08:38Right now, he's coming off that top rope,
08:40and he's thinking about getting a one, two, three here.
08:43The Macho Man perched up high.
08:44That man's got a lot, a lot of fight left in him.
08:47Oh, Mr. Kirosavlidov's got to worry about
08:50the broken bones himself there.
08:55Tremendous way to kick off the action
08:57here on WCW Monday Nitro Live.
09:01And let me tell you something, in case you just joined us,
09:04the WCW World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan
09:06is here live in the building.
09:09So is the Giant.
09:10So is the Dungeon of Doom.
09:12There are no restraining orders.
09:15This thing could be trouble.
09:17We've seen what's happened in the last several weeks, Mongo.
09:19I hope they can restrain themselves
09:21and wait for Halloween Havoc.
09:22When these guys get together, all hell breaks loose.
09:25I know coming in today on the plane,
09:26the pilot left the cabin, came up to me.
09:28He said, tell me about the match tonight.
09:30Do you think Sting can trust Luger?
09:32I said, hey, Sky King, get back up there and fly this bird.
09:35Don't concern yourself with that.
09:36Let Sting worry about Luger.
09:38That's the main event.
09:39Sting teaming up with the total package, Lex Luger.
09:42Coming your way as they face Harlem Heat in...
09:45Wait, wait.
09:46What the hell?
09:47What, did they blow a fuse or something?
09:49What's going on?
09:50Sullivan, my son!
09:55The insurance package has been delivered
10:01from north of Kathmandu,
10:06from the Himalayas and the north face
10:12of Mount Everest.
10:14The Serpa guys have dug out
10:19a 13 ton of ice.
10:26Sullivan!
10:30In Chicago!
10:32What in the world is that?
10:35When you clip the whiskers
10:42of the rare white-fingered tiger,
10:48he wonders now.
10:52He is unsurrendered in colors.
10:57He wonders in darkness.
11:02You see, my son?
11:05The eye of the demon
11:10will come calling on Hulk Hogan
11:16and power in heaven.
11:22Oh, man, forget about Nightmare on Elm Street.
11:25We've got Nightmare live right here in Huntsville.
11:28Me, Gene Okerlund, is standing by.
11:30Take it, Geno.
11:31I thank you very much, Gary Fischhoff.
11:33Ladies and gentlemen, I have the giant,
11:35the man that's going to be facing Hulk Hogan,
11:37man versus man, the machine versus machine,
11:40this Sunday in Detroit.
11:41Taskmaster Kevin Sullivan,
11:43what's the meaning of this man being here
11:45and what is this iceberg all about?
11:47This is the insurance policy.
11:50My father went with the Serpa guys
11:54to get the Yeti, to bring it back.
11:58We thought he surrendered the colors of yellow and red,
12:02but now he wears black
12:05because he walks in the land of madness.
12:09You see, I was right.
12:11Evil does dwell in Hulk Hogan's heart,
12:15and I myself don't think there is
12:18one bit of goodness left.
12:21You see, this is the only insurance
12:26this big man needs.
12:29All right, I thank you, Kevin Sullivan.
12:31I don't know what's in there, giant, but I'm nervous.
12:34Hogan, the rare white Bengal tiger,
12:38the biggest cat in the jungle,
12:40you're running out of lives, Hogan.
12:43When I get you in the ring, Halloween havoc,
12:46I will take your last life from you
12:49and the WCW Heavyweight Championship belt.
12:53You will find the one true immortal is not you,
12:58but me, the giant, the immortal giant.
13:02Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
13:05This guy is ready to enter Halloween havoc.
13:07I don't know what you've done with the Fast Fast for Kevin Sullivan,
13:10but he is ready.
13:12He's ready, but what I saw sent shivers down my spine
13:16when we put the whiskers on the rare white Bengal tiger
13:21and snap something inside of him.
13:23And as my father said,
13:26this has to be stopped.
13:29In Detroit, Hogan,
13:31the insurance policy is there.
13:34The WCW World Heavyweight belt
13:38will be the Giants.
13:40More! More!
13:41He is a very confident taskmaster,
13:43Kevin Sullivan of the Giants.
13:45Yuri Fischhoff, a little bit later on,
13:46I'm gonna be talking to Hulk Hogan.
13:48Right now, let's get back to you.
13:50Oh, my.
13:51All right, thank you, Mean Gene Okerlund.
13:55And it is coming your way in just six days.
13:59Halloween Havoc.
14:00Will Hulk Hogan be able to exercise
14:03the demons bouncing around in his mind?
14:06It's machine versus machine
14:08as two monster sumo trucks hook up grill to grill
14:10on the top of Cobble Hall
14:12and try to push each other
14:14out of a 100-foot-diameter circle.
14:16First time ever on pay-per-view.
14:19Sunday, October 29th, from the Joe Louis Arena.
14:22Call your local cable company and tell them,
14:25you want to be a part of history.
14:26You want to be a part of Halloween Havoc.
14:33Promotional considerations paid for by the following.
14:40All right, ladies and gentlemen,
14:41welcome back to WCW's Monday Night Raw Live
14:45here on TNT.
14:46Right now, join me in welcoming
14:49the star of Thunder in Paradise,
14:52the WCW heavyweight champion of the world,
14:55ladies and gentlemen, Hulk Hogan!
15:17Hey!
15:25My, my, my, Jimmy Hart.
15:29Hulk Hogan, six days in county
15:31to the showdown in the Motor City.
15:33Man versus man, machine versus machine.
15:36You and the Giants.
15:38Well, you know something, me and Gene,
15:40I know it's the 11th Hour, brother,
15:42and a lot of people around the world,
15:44around the WCW, think that Hulk Hogan is boxed in, brother.
15:49You got Kevin Sullivan,
15:51you got the master creeping up behind me,
15:53and even the Yeti as insurance policy, brother.
15:57But even though I walk through the valley
16:00of the Dungeon of Doom, brother,
16:02I fear no evil, dude,
16:04because the only thing to fear is evil itself, brother.
16:08And even though I walk through that dark valley,
16:11there's only one set of footprints, brother.
16:14I don't fear no man,
16:16because on my back,
16:18I carry all those little Hulkamaniacs
16:21that believe in the prayers,
16:23the training, and the vitamins, brother.
16:26Whoa, me, Gene.
16:27You know, my concerns this week
16:29have been a lot of things
16:31about what to do with the black gloves,
16:33the black bandana,
16:34about what to do with the Giants' carcass.
16:37Well, number one, after Detroit, brother,
16:41after everybody sees what I do in this nasty Giant,
16:44I just might hang on to the black gloves, brother,
16:48because everybody knows
16:50what a man with a pair of black gloves on
16:53and a black rag on his head
16:55is capable of doing, dude.
16:58That's why in the Motor City,
17:00I'm not gonna lick my wounds anymore.
17:03That's why in the Motor City,
17:05I called my main man, Tony Carlini,
17:08at the California Connection,
17:10because I'm gonna get me a big, fat Harley,
17:12and after I bust that Giant up,
17:14I'm gonna drag him around until he disintegrates,
17:17because ash to ash, dust to dust,
17:20once I drag that Giant around my bike in my Hulkster,
17:23they'll still trust.
17:25You know, you got a lot of guys
17:26kind of bailing out here at the 11th Hour.
17:29Can I mention the names of Sting,
17:31of the Macho Man Randy Savage, Lex Luger?
17:34Oh, my so-called friends, brother.
17:37The Sting, the Macho Man of Lex Luger.
17:40Look at the Stinger.
17:41He's got the Hulkster's red yawn.
17:43He's growing a Fu Man, too,
17:44just like Kevin Salmon Man.
17:46Sting, Luger, Macho Man,
17:49as you're hovering my carcass while I was injured,
17:52just waiting to pick my bones, brother.
17:55You better all get in line.
17:57You little dogs better get on the porch
18:00and decide who's got the biggest bark, brother,
18:03because the big dog right here,
18:05the bad guy Hulk Hogan,
18:08is gonna be waiting on you, brother.
18:10So when you decide who's man enough,
18:13come on down, and I'll beat Sting,
18:15I'll beat Luger, and I'll beat the Macho Man
18:18one at a time.
18:19In Detroit, brother, it's machine versus machine,
18:23and then me and the Giant will go to war.
18:26And what you gonna do
18:28when the Man in Black destroys you?
18:31How about that, ladies and gentlemen?
18:33Oh, yeah!
18:34I hate him, indeed.
18:36Hulk Hogan, ready for Halloween havoc,
18:39and here's Tyler with the Giant.
18:40Eric, let's get back to you.
18:42Thank you, Mean Gene, and you heard it, guys.
18:45In Hollister, they will trust,
18:48I don't know, but you can trust this.
18:49Coming up, WCW Saturday night,
18:51this Saturday night on TBS.
18:53We'll tag-team titles on the line
18:54as the American Males face Harlem Heat.
18:56You're gonna see Lex Luger and The Shark
18:59and the WCW World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan
19:03will be on hand as well.
19:04TBS, the most watched wrestling show
19:07each and every weekend anywhere.
19:15Wow, did you hear Hogan?
19:17Bobby, you've been around him a long time.
19:19Well, let me tell you something about Hogan.
19:20He's not talking like a rational man.
19:23He's got a bad neck.
19:24He has been injured by the hands of this Giant.
19:27Now they're playing tricks with his mind.
19:28Sure, he can talk about what he's gonna do,
19:30but believe me, he is wounded.
19:32He's still gotta get in the truck.
19:34He's gotta defend the title.
19:35It doesn't look good for Hulkamania.
19:38Hey, get easy over there, kid.
19:39You're getting lead in the face.
19:40You sit over there and have a heart attack,
19:42I might jump on your chest a little bit,
19:44but I sure ain't giving your mouth a mop.
19:46Ain't no telling where that mouth's been.
19:48Talking to me?
19:50Coming up next, tag-team action.
19:54Chris Benoit from Canada, the Canadian Crippler.
19:58Dean Malenko, the Man of a Thousand Holes.
20:01This is going to be fast-paced, exciting, high-flying action.
20:08And some of the best athletes from all over the world
20:11are converging to WCW to become a part of the action
20:16where the big boys play.
20:18And the rumor surrounding the new Cruiserweight Tournament.
20:22But as we see here, their opponents
20:26scheduled to be Eddie Guerrero and Alex Wright.
20:30Alex Wright on ganaches.
20:33Evidently could not get, I'm hearing now in the headset,
20:37could not get a doctor's release for this match.
20:40Injured his knee.
20:42Aw, the Wonder Punk hurt his wheel.
20:46I feel sorry for him.
20:50This is going to be interesting.
20:53Let me tell you, every wrestling fan should tune into this,
20:56because you're going to see more action.
20:58These athletes are going to be moving around
21:00like no other sport you can witness.
21:03Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero having words
21:06in the center of the ring.
21:08And get ready.
21:10Mr. JL, a man that we do not know a lot about.
21:14What is that?
21:14That's like E-T-J-L.
21:15What's that about?
21:17But right now, we're going to kick things off.
21:19Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero.
21:21Guerrero attempts to go behind.
21:23And it's Benoit.
21:25Barring the arm, single leg pickup by Eddie Guerrero.
21:28Eddie Guerrero, the faster the two,
21:29Benoit probably the stronger of the two.
21:32Maybe it means junior league.
21:35I don't think so.
21:35Not the way he flies around.
21:37You're going to have to have an air traffic controller here
21:39with people that work the space program when these guys start
21:42flying through the air.
21:43Talk about Dean Malenko, a man of 1,000 holds.
21:45Every man in this ring right now probably
21:47knows close to 1,000 holds, 1,000 counters,
21:49and 1,000 moves.
21:50This is great tag team action.
21:52Eddie Guerrero with an armbar, twisting both the wrist
21:56and the elbow, converts it into a side headlock.
22:01Alex Wright, we're trying to get some word in the back
22:04on that injured knee.
22:05Evidently, it is cartilage.
22:07Oh, look at that.
22:08Nice hip toss takedown.
22:11And you talk about tag team work here.
22:13Dean Malenko coming across and up and over that top rope,
22:18180 degree, right across the top of the chest.
22:22And he is holding Guerrero.
22:24Oh, and that backfires.
22:27Take that one right in the chops, my friend.
22:30I told you, they're going to be flying around.
22:32You can't keep this team or any of the team in that match
22:34grounded.
22:36Oh, did you see that?
22:38Did you see that?
22:40Eddie Guerrero with the assist.
22:42Juster JR with a full court, high flying, double press.
22:47But how do you say that?
22:48I'll tell you what.
22:48He took these guys both down.
22:50And you've got to get some velocity on that frame.
22:53That would have been a double fine in professional football.
22:56Body block like I've never seen with an assist.
22:59Coming off the scoreboard.
23:03Just listen to him landing these hits.
23:06Just smacking.
23:07Irish whipping in a reversal.
23:09Malenko stands his ground in the center of the ring.
23:13And look at this.
23:15Guerrero holds on.
23:17Malenko down with an arm drag.
23:18Drops down, step over.
23:19Malenko up, drop kick.
23:21Guerrero down.
23:22Guerrero's in trouble.
23:24And we understand there is all kinds of chaos going on.
23:31Spinning 360 backbreaker by Eddie Guerrero nails Malenko.
23:38Malenko in trouble.
23:39JR checking in.
23:41That's another one for the highlight films
23:43of how did he do that.
23:45Watch this.
23:49Malenko in a lot of trouble here as he
23:51is getting double teamed by two guys who
23:52have not worked very long together,
23:54but are working very well together.
23:56Wait a minute.
23:56Hold on, guys.
23:57Now, we got a fight in the back.
23:59We have got a fight in the back.
24:00We've got cameras back there.
24:01Let's go now.
24:03What's going on?
24:03We need some help in here.
24:06That's Scott Norton.
24:08That's the Shark.
24:09Scott Norton and Shark evidently having words of Ming there.
24:16If you want to talk, you ain't my boy.
24:19Come on.
24:20Evidently, this left over from September 11th
24:24when Shark inadvertently cost Norton a match.
24:30Oh, man.
24:31We've got action in the locker room.
24:32We've got action in the ring.
24:34We've got action anywhere you want it.
24:37Nice reversal.
24:38Ducked by JL.
24:39JL going up top.
24:42Standing switch by JL.
24:44Benoit goes to the ropes.
24:46JL uses the elbow, but he is hurt.
24:49Eddie Guerrero wanting to check in.
24:50Benoit, he is going to start chipping away at JL.
24:54You know, if you think there's action in the ring, Bischoff,
24:56you think there's action in the back,
24:58what do you think Halloween Havoc's going to be like?
25:00This is just a small sample.
25:02But what happened?
25:02I found out what happened to the knee of the Wonder Punk.
25:05He was trying to do some of the dance moves of Disco Inferno,
25:09and that's how he threw his knee out.
25:11Dean Malenko in control of the action here.
25:14Man of a thousand holes, standing grapevine.
25:17He is trying to get a submission here,
25:19but we have got to go to the break.
25:20We'll bring you back to the action.
25:22Don't go away.
25:22We'll be back right after this.
25:24Fire.
25:25Ah!
25:29We are back.
25:29Tag team action coming your way.
25:31Eddie Guerrero and Mr. JL taking on Chris Benoit
25:36and Dean Malenko.
25:37JL in there for the injured Alex Wright.
25:40Chris Benoit bleeding from the mouth.
25:42This has been a very, very rugged match.
25:44Fast paced, the kind of action.
25:46Belly to belly suplex, up and over.
25:48Dean Malenko, JL in trouble here.
25:49JL rolls the shoulder.
25:52These guys have been flying around like a stirred up
25:54nest of killer bees, baby.
25:56All right, now in case you just joined us,
25:57we heard some words out of Hulk Hogan
25:59that were not exactly words of praise for Sting, Mike
26:02Pfluger, and Randy Savage.
26:03This is a side of Hulk Hogan I have never seen,
26:06quite frankly, am not comfortable with,
26:08and scares me.
26:10We've seen this big block of ice.
26:12Did you see that?
26:14This giant block of ice behind us.
26:16And Chris Benoit covers.
26:17Eddie Guerrero makes the save.
26:22And the father of the Taskmaster,
26:25the creator of the Dungeon of Doom, if you will,
26:28hovering above all of us like some kind of an evil spirit.
26:32And all of it coming your way live.
26:35Cover, one, two.
26:38Wow!
26:40You know, this iceberg sitting over here,
26:41it could sink the Titanic.
26:43And I'll tell you something, the Taskmaster's up there.
26:45It may sink more than that.
26:46It's going to sink Hulkamania is exactly what's going to happen.
26:49And Hulk, he's got everything to lose and nothing to gain.
26:52The giant's got everything to gain but nothing to lose.
26:54The giant knows everything there is to know about Hulk Hogan.
26:57He can look at field, he can look at other matches,
26:59he can look at Hulk Hogan's whole history.
27:01Hogan can't do a thing with the giant
27:03except wish he'd never heard that name.
27:06Come on now, get your short turn out of your neck again.
27:09What I want to ask you is why the giant
27:11would need a backup like that.
27:13He's talking about he's the immortal.
27:15Well, he's going to find out if he's immortal.
27:17He's going to have Hulkamania
27:20for the rest of his immortal life to worry about.
27:22We will find out coming your way October 29th
27:24only on pay-per-view.
27:26Tag has been made.
27:27Benoit checks in.
27:28Gene Malenko has been in charge of the contest
27:31with JL for quite some time.
27:33And now Benoit, and watch the pace of Benoit.
27:37His style is really quite a bit different than Malenko.
27:39Malenko will use every square inch of that ring
27:42to his benefit.
27:43He's going to come off the middle rope with a leg drop.
27:46And here you see Benoit doing really the same thing.
27:50Contradicting me here, using the ring to his advantage.
27:53Forearm along the side of the head.
27:55Benoit definitely in control of the action.
27:57But guys, I've got to tell you,
27:59this thing with Hulk Hogan,
28:00I talked about it a few moments ago,
28:02demon bouncing around inside of his head.
28:04He is caged.
28:05He is not the same Hulk Hogan
28:07that we have known for so long.
28:10You've heard mind over matter?
28:11Well, I'm not sure Hulk Hogan
28:14is focusing on what should matter.
28:16His mind is not right.
28:19Well, the taskmaster has done his job then.
28:22He has done exactly what he wanted to do.
28:24He has mentally stripped Hulk Hogan.
28:28Hogan don't know the difference
28:29between right and wrong anymore.
28:31Well, let me tell you what, my friend.
28:33You've got to fight fire with fire.
28:36And you can't go out there
28:37and think you're going to fight fair
28:39because these guys are coming at you
28:40from all different directions.
28:42And you see here, DeMilico trying for the backslide.
28:45J.L. reverses at one, two.
28:47No, he did not get him.
28:48Very close, very close indeed.
28:50Side headlock now by J.L.
28:52J.L. comes off the ropes.
28:53Leapfrog over.
28:55Elbow, skinny 180 elbow to the top of the chest.
28:58And both men are down.
28:59DeMilico down as a result of the elbow.
29:02And I think J.L. is down by sheer fatigue.
29:05He has been getting hammered.
29:08Well, I don't know how they can keep up this pace
29:10as long as they've had.
29:11They've been tagging in, tagging out.
29:12They've been coming off the top rope to the floor.
29:14They've been sliding.
29:15Tag is made.
29:16Eddie Guerrero, fresh man in.
29:18DeMilico waiting for him.
29:19Sorry, Bobby.
29:20That's okay.
29:21That's what I'm doing here.
29:23Right on the butt.
29:25Yes!
29:27Guerrero caught Benoit with his back.
29:30And did you see that?
29:31A jump back leg drop kick to his shoulder.
29:33Play that tape.
29:34DeMilico over.
29:35Guerrero in control.
29:36He's got it on his feet.
29:37Eddie Guerrero.
29:38He may not be the biggest man in this sport,
29:40but he is one of the most exciting
29:41as he works his way up to that top rope.
29:44Cat-like agility.
29:45Takeover.
29:46And another great combination.
29:47Both men down.
29:49How can you even call this action?
29:50I can't even keep up with it.
29:51I'm watching it.
29:52This is like a wrestling highlight film.
29:57Oh, yeah.
29:58Couple mixed signals here.
30:00Guerrero, Benoit end up out on the concrete.
30:03Meanwhile, DeMilico's got J.L. right in the center of the ring.
30:06Referee's got his back turned to the action.
30:08He's counting the men out.
30:10But who's legal?
30:11Do you have any idea who's legal?
30:12No, I do not.
30:13And it looked to me like Alex Wright tripped up DeMilico.
30:17J.L. takes advantage of it.
30:18One, two, three.
30:20J.L.
30:21He gives it with an assist.
30:23You gotta call it like you see it from Alex Wright.
30:27That cripple out there did interfere with the match.
30:31I'm not so sure he got a bad knee after all.
30:34Hey, it's not like there wasn't a little bit of
30:37extracurricular tag team effort
30:40on the part of DeMilico and Benoit.
30:44Oh, that was an excellent match.
30:46If you're a wrestling fan,
30:48you've got to be happy with that, baby.
30:50You ain't gonna see that anywhere else.
30:52Andy Guerrero a very, very happy.
30:55Andy Guerrero making his way to the back of the locker room
30:57when Brian Pillman comes out and hands him his lunch.
31:01Oh, DDT on the concrete.
31:05That's assault and battering.
31:11He is out cold.
31:14What in the world precipitated that?
31:17Get your lawyer and file charges after that.
31:20No, get a blotter. Get him up.
31:22That's what you're gonna have to do.
31:23Yeah, I'm sure Nick Bockwinkle's gonna be taking a look at it.
31:25And we'll have more action.
31:26We'll be talking more about Hulk Hogan,
31:28the giant Halloween havoc,
31:29at our main event.
31:30Lex Luger is staying right after this.
31:33Lord have mercy.
31:46It's the Hulk Luger.
31:47The man becomes the monster
31:49when the immortal Hulk is in the mysterious
31:51giant lock-up in a sumo monster truck match.
31:54Then the monster becomes the man
31:56when these two colossal forces
31:58bring it to the ring for the world heavyweight title.
32:01WCW presents Halloween Havoc.
32:14Promotional consideration paid for by the following.
32:17It is absolutely no holds barred
32:21as WCW zooms onto the information highway
32:25at Halloween Havoc,
32:26partnering with CompuServe,
32:28the world's leading online information service.
32:31Call CompuServe at Halloween Havoc.
32:40What in the world is going on
32:43with the block of ice?
32:45I don't get it.
32:47There's something in that thing.
32:49There's got to be.
32:50Well, it's not the world's biggest martini,
32:52I'll guarantee you.
32:53Who said get that thing out of here?
32:54I'm getting a chill.
32:55Yeah, I'm getting more than a chill.
32:58Hey, and just a reminder,
32:59you don't have to wait until Halloween Havoc
33:01to zoom onto the information highway.
33:02Call Mike Tenet on the WCW hotline,
33:061-900-909-9900.
33:09Kids, get your parents' permission.
33:11I understand he's got everything you want to know
33:14about wrestling all over the world,
33:16including at the, what was it called,
33:17In Your House last night?
33:19I heard about that.
33:20What do you mean, In Your Out House?
33:22They need to dig another hole
33:23and move that thing.
33:24It's starting to stink.
33:25That's like my friend John Cougar says,
33:28when the walls come tumbling down.
33:34Sherri making her way to the ring.
33:37Look at that.
33:38The faces say it all.
33:40TNT, WCW.
33:43This is where the big boys play.
33:46This is where the action is,
33:48live each and every week.
33:51Harlem Heat.
33:53They look a little determined.
33:55They always look determined, very determined.
33:58And Sherri has never looked more beautiful.
34:00Bobby, you're a sick, twisted, demented individual
34:04if you think that is lovely.
34:06No, it's not lovely.
34:07It's beautiful.
34:08She's fascinating.
34:10She's alluring.
34:12She's glamorous.
34:14She's a psycho like you.
34:16No way.
34:17We got a little bit going on in California.
34:18What's going on over there?
34:19Are you in heat or something?
34:20No, I just happened to have a night later at the hotel.
34:23And here they come.
34:25The singer, Lex Luger.
34:27So much controversy.
34:29So many questions.
34:32Singer, the U.S. heavyweight champion,
34:35the man that brought Lex Luger to WCW.
34:40The man who has evidently not exactly ended up
34:44on the good side of Hulk Hogan
34:47based on the comments that I heard earlier on.
34:50I'll tell you what, guys.
34:51I think Detroit is going to be full of subscribers.
34:55I really, really do.
34:57Did you hear him?
34:58He was calling them all out.
35:00Lex Luger and Luger.
35:02That was unbelievable.
35:04Macho man.
35:05He's calling everybody out.
35:07Well, the trouble with Hogan,
35:08he's got to stay focused on the Dungeon of Doom.
35:10He can't concern himself with Luger.
35:12He can't concern himself with Savage or Singh.
35:14He's not focused right now.
35:16And that could mean the end of Hulkamania.
35:18I mean, the man's got to get in a truck on a roof.
35:20He's got to defend his title against a man
35:22he's never seen wrestle before, who's 7'4".
35:25Talk about the wildest pay-per-view you've ever seen.
35:27Halloween Havoc is going to be it.
35:29Yeah, I got to tell you what.
35:30Mongo, we've seen it over the past couple weeks.
35:32This is a guy that is over 7'4",
35:34that has picked up and planted
35:36some of the top athletes in this sport today
35:39like they're trees, like they're saplings.
35:41He's over 400 pounds.
35:43He's got a hand like a car door.
35:45Let me tell you.
35:46I don't agree with the brain much,
35:48but I have to agree with him on the facts
35:50he made, the point he made a while ago.
35:52I was talking to a friend of mine
35:54who plays for the Detroit Tigers, Cecil Fielder,
35:56and he said the Giant's hands are bigger
35:58than his first baseman's hands.
36:00Look at that one.
36:01Harlem, he's now going after Singh.
36:06Singh in trouble, and Hogan call it, man.
36:08He's wearing red and yellow.
36:12And you can bet Harlem Heats,
36:14Stevie Ray and Booker T
36:16looking to make a big impression
36:18here on Monday Nitro.
36:19This is where they lost the world tag team titles.
36:22Reverse hip toss over the top rope.
36:24No way, it wasn't intentional.
36:27What do you mean it wasn't intentional?
36:28It was not intentional.
36:29You heard exactly what I said.
36:31What the hell's the matter with your eyes?
36:32You blind?
36:33Here, take mine.
36:34Take mine.
36:35I don't need yours.
36:36You don't have to yell at me.
36:37I'm not blind.
36:38Put them both on.
36:39He may need them both.
36:40The stinger.
36:41Back in.
36:43Booker T steps over Booker T.
36:45Back drop.
36:46Holy smokes, he almost ended up in another area code.
36:50Tag is made.
36:52Last looker.
36:53We've got to go.
36:54We'll be back with more action.
36:56Go away, whatever you do.
36:58Man, this is going to be good.
36:59This is going to be good.
37:01Standing like a piece of paper.
37:06This portion of WCW Monday Nitro is brought to you by Slim Jim.
37:11When you need a little excitement, snap into a beefy, spicy Slim Jim.
37:19Coming to you right after Nitro, Burt Reynolds and Lonnie Anderson.
37:22Yeah, you heard me right.
37:23Lonnie Anderson.
37:24They're back together again in a film about fast cars, fast women, and fried chicken?
37:28Hey, watch Stroker Ace, or you'll be driving into slowness.
37:33And we are back with you in the ring.
37:36It is Sting and Lex Luger taking on Harlem Heat.
37:41Stevie Ray, the man in control of the total package.
37:47Lex Luger, is he or isn't he?
37:50Will he or won't he?
37:52Some of the questions surrounding Lex Luger since he debuted back in WCW.
37:58To come and play with a big boy's play, like so many of the other top stars in the sport today.
38:05Well, you know, Harlem Heat's a better team because they've been together longer.
38:08They have better teamwork.
38:09There's something going on with Luger and Sting right now.
38:13They're just not working as a team.
38:16Sting isn't coming to help him as much as he should, and Luger didn't come to help Sting.
38:20So, two individuals in a tag match.
38:23Are you just looking at the short picture here?
38:26Harlem Heat's motivated, you're right.
38:28But they're challenging two of the finest athletes in the world today, baby.
38:33I'll tell you what, the gatekeeper of the Dungeon of Doom, still sitting perched up above us,
38:39hasn't moved, hasn't said a word.
38:42This giant block of ice, or whatever the heck it is, is giving me the creeps.
38:49And I didn't think anything could give me the creeps more than the Dungeon of Doom.
38:53Well, let me tell you one thing.
38:54The only thing that used to scare me in my life was my wife's charge card bills.
38:58But that guy sitting up there, yes, I am scared of that.
39:01He is a freak of nature, to be sure.
39:04Well, we don't even know if he's human.
39:05We don't even know where he's from, what rock he came out of, or what he'll do.
39:09Obviously, he will do anything.
39:11What the heck is a yeti anyway?
39:13A yeti, you know, a yeti is like Bigfoot.
39:15An animal that walks through the woods that people can't capture.
39:19That has a scent, and fur, and just a horrible looking thing.
39:23Like that girl I saw McMichael with the other day.
39:26Earring missing.
39:27Oh, the earring.
39:29I think he's finally gone off the deep end, my friends.
39:31He's gone off the deep end, and so is Harlem Heat right now,
39:33because they are working over Lex Luger in the corner.
39:36Double teaming Luger, having a hard time making his way out of the corner to make the tag.
39:40Sting, in the meantime, certainly would be the freshest of the four men if he doesn't get a tag.
39:47Harlem Heat is doing a very good job controlling the turf, so to speak.
39:52Making sure that they control Luger, keep Luger from making the tag.
39:56That is the key in this contest.
39:58And what a feather in the cap for Harlem Heat.
40:01I'll tell you what, talk about making a comeback.
40:03To lose your titles on night one,
40:05and then to defeat a very highly rated team of Sting and Lex Luger.
40:10What does Sherry got down there?
40:12A picture.
40:13Is that a picture of you and her in the dressing room?
40:15And the colonel.
40:16Parker, that's disgusting.
40:18That's disgusting, it's a Polaroid.
40:20I wonder how many Polaroids they have all together.
40:22I think she has that thing stuck, for God's sake.
40:25Don't even want to talk about it.
40:27It's shiny.
40:30Don't even want to talk about it.
40:32It's a Polaroid.
40:34Sting.
40:36He is trying as hard as he can.
40:39To stay on the apron.
40:40To inspire the total package.
40:43Lex Luger.
40:44The nucleus of the controversy that has surrounded WCW since September 4th.
40:50Possibly the nucleus that has broken down the team that once was called the Hulkamaniacs.
40:56Back at War Games.
40:59Is he the source?
41:00Is he the reason?
41:02Or is it just ego, pride, and the WCW World Heavyweight Title?
41:08One thing we know.
41:09Luger in trouble here.
41:11Three strikes, you're out, man.
41:13You've got to hand it to Harlem Heat.
41:15They've been putting the move on Luger.
41:17Well, this is going to be a Halloween like you've never seen before.
41:20Forget about trick-or-treating.
41:22Forget about candy apples and gum and everything.
41:24It's going to be a fight.
41:25It's going to be a fight.
41:26What?
41:27Somebody's got to tell me about this ice.
41:29This yete.
41:32This break.
41:34We can have some fun.
41:3530 feet over the top.
41:37There you get a look at it.
41:40Sitting there.
41:41This is weird, man.
41:43You've got enough gumption.
41:44Why don't you go over there and shave some of it off and make you a frozen margarita.
41:47Smart guy.
41:48I'm not going near him.
41:49Booker T, that's what I thought.
41:52He's up top.
41:53Nobody home.
41:55Nobody home.
41:56As Lex Luger bails out of the way.
41:59Booker T comes off the top rope.
42:02Somersaults down to nothing but plywood, steel support.
42:09And three-quarter inches of canvas.
42:12And I'll tell you what.
42:13This singer in now.
42:14This singer.
42:15He's been waiting.
42:16Right, left, chops, right, forearms, elbows.
42:22He is definitely in control.
42:24And this is what happens when you pull a man out of the ring.
42:27This is how tag team action can backfire, man.
42:30Yeah, you kept Luger from making a tag.
42:32But now you've got a guy in there.
42:35And that's what this thing is right now.
42:38You know, you're 100% right about that because they used a lot of effort.
42:41They used a lot of energy working over Lex Luger.
42:44Now they've got Sting in there.
42:45A fresh thing that's going in to the Scorpion Deadlock.
42:48It could be all over.
42:49Standing sidekick takes Sting off balance.
42:52And here comes Lex Luger.
42:54Luger fires away.
42:55Right hands to the side of the head.
42:57He's got his back turned.
42:58He's in trouble.
42:59Booker T comes up from behind him.
43:02They're making a mistake here.
43:04They're forgetting who the man in the ring is.
43:06The legal man is Sting.
43:08Double teaming going on here.
43:10Come on, Sherry. Get him, Booker.
43:14Cover. One, two.
43:16That's right.
43:17He got him.
43:18He got him.
43:20Oh, wait a minute.
43:22Wait a minute.
43:24It is hitting the fan here.
43:27It is hitting the fan.
43:29The cuckoo is definitely in the Concardi, baby.
43:32But you notice something?
43:33They got Sting out of the ring.
43:36They got rid of Sting.
43:43Not wrong, they didn't.
43:45Not wrong.
43:48This guy is a man killer.
43:51The Macho Man, Randy Savage.
43:53I'll tell you what.
43:55Discretion would be the better part of our here.
43:57Don't do it, Savage.
43:58And Hogan is coming out.
44:00We've got it going on.
44:02We've got it going on.
44:04We've got it going on.
44:06As a WCW World Heavyweight Champion.
44:09Oh, yeah.
44:10I told you.
44:11All hell is going to break loose now, baby.
44:13No, no, no, no, no.
44:15And he's got the neck brace off.
44:17He's got the wrist brace off.
44:18No.
44:19Big time mistake here.
44:21Break out the monster trucks.
44:23We're going to go at it right now.
44:24Here comes the Hulk dungeon to do.
44:27Well, they are coming out of the woodwork.
44:31Oh, you better hit a 9-11 number right over there, Bishop.
44:34Here we go.
44:35Oh, did you see that?
44:36Nothing, nothing.
44:37Nothing.
44:38Hogan in shock.
44:40Hogan in shock as he lands two rights.
44:44The third is blocked.
44:45And he's thundering, thumping.
44:48And Hogan's got that bad neck.
44:50I know about necks.
44:51And you don't survive anything like that real soon.
44:54He is in bad, bad shape.
44:57But that red and yellow still comes through the veins, don't it?
45:01The giant turns back at the WCW world heavyweight champion.
45:05He's staggered him.
45:06He's got him.
45:07He's got him going.
45:09At home, Hogan is sending this monster into the turnbuckle.
45:16That's the first time I've ever seen him die in vain.
45:20Oh, we've got the whole dungeon of doom out here.
45:25Hogan is a man possessed.
45:27He don't need the red and yellow anymore.
45:29He's got that black on.
45:31His soul is black.
45:32His heart is black.
45:33And I'll tell you, Hogan, you're going to be black and blue when that
45:36mixed man gets done with you.
45:38Oh, head of security Doug Dillinger in the ring.
45:41And he is trying to stop Hulk Hogan.
45:43He's got a billy club in his hand.
45:45He's got a club in his hand.
45:46He's going to need more than a club.
45:48He's, oh, my goodness.
45:52What's this?
45:55Wait a minute, what is this sound?
45:57What is this sound?
45:58What the hell is this?
45:59This floor is shaking.
46:00I'm getting out of here.
46:01The floor is shaking.
46:03Good night.
46:04He didn't just come off.
46:05He didn't just left the broadcast booth.
46:09Get back here.
46:11This, what is that?