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00:00Championship set for one fall, introducing first the challengers, Marcus Bagwell, Scotty
00:12Riggs, the American Males.
00:13American Males making their way to the ring, and I'll tell you what, the big question remains
00:14here tonight.
00:15Can Lightning strike twice, let's not forget this was the third night for a show ever,
00:31surprise match up, the American Males came out and defeated Harlem Heat.
00:38Will history repeat itself again, will the American Males become the World Tag Team Champions
00:44Let me tell you, just like Dallas yesterday, baby, they come into that game overconfident,
00:49just like Harlem Heat did on that Nitro show.
00:51They overlooked these kids and they got beat.
00:53Will it happen again? I don't know.
00:55Well, they did it on September 18th.
00:57It's almost three months to the day.
00:59Can they do it again? I don't think so.
01:01Ladies and gentlemen, their opponents are coming into the ring.
01:04They're going to have their opportunity as we kick things off.
01:07Like I said, Tag Team Action is coming your way to open things up.
01:11But don't forget, the WCW heavyweight title on the line tonight.
01:15Randy Savage, and it was just a week ago,
01:18he was on the receiving end of a vicious choke slam to the concrete floor.
01:22I've got to ask Randy Savage the next time I see him,
01:24what is going through his mind, why he would agree to put his title up tonight
01:28against a competitor like Lex Luger is beyond me.
01:31I'm telling you, baby, I don't understand why we don't have these things on paper here.
01:35Macho man against Lex Luger in a title match?
01:38We should be doing that thing.
01:39But no, we're giving it to our fans live, baby.
01:43That's it.
01:44As live as live can get from the American West Arena home in the Phoenix Suns.
01:48Glad to be with you.
01:49Glad to be with you live.
01:51And this is not only where the big boys play,
01:53but where the only action each and every Monday night is.
01:57Well, everybody in this town, they say, yep.
01:59They say, darn.
02:01They go out back and hanker a bit.
02:02I mean, we're in the Wild West here, big show.
02:06We are indeed.
02:07You talk about the Wild West, Bungo.
02:08Wild.
02:09You got Sting and Kurosawa coming up later on in the broadcast.
02:12Scott Norton, a freight train of a human being,
02:15stepping into the ring with the Giant.
02:18And, of course, Lex Luger, the Macho Man, Randy Savage,
02:21Hulk Hogan is in the building, Ric Flair is here.
02:24I mean, who knows?
02:25Who knows?
02:26The Giant against Scott Norton?
02:27That's like going to Pamplona and getting in the way of the Bulls, baby.
02:31Well, like you say, everybody's here in the building.
02:33Who knows what's going to happen?
02:34Who knows what kind of surprises you see right here on Nitro?
02:38All right.
02:39We are off.
02:40We are running.
02:41And we are underway live from Phoenix, Arizona.
02:46Harlem Heat.
02:49Into the corner.
02:51Scotty Riggs in trouble.
02:54Scotty Riggs getting pummeled in the corner.
02:58Good job.
02:59To the throat.
03:00Oh.
03:02You know, Harlem Heat knows what this team's all about.
03:05They don't want to make the same mistake twice.
03:07They're very conscious about staying WCW Tag Team Champions of the World,
03:12and they're not going to let these two little punks push them around.
03:14Nice move by Scotty Riggs.
03:16Scotty Riggs went between the legs.
03:17Stevie Ray, a much bigger man, but Riggs taking advantage of the size differential.
03:21He got a count.
03:22But I'll tell you what, Stevie Ray is awful strong.
03:24Now, keep a close eye on Stevie Ray because he is nursing a bad ankle.
03:27If that ankle goes out any time during this match,
03:30you could have a real upset victory.
03:32I don't know if it's fair to call it an upset victory.
03:33The American males ought to be working on it.
03:36If he's got a bad one, that's the first thing I would go after.
03:39You know, you talk about injury.
03:40Savage has got a bad arm.
03:41We all know that.
03:42Plus, he's got a bad back.
03:44He's got a bad hip.
03:45He's got a bad neck.
03:46From where the Giant picked him up and Giant slammed him on the cement.
03:50Savage is not 100% either.
03:54Jump wheel kick attempt.
03:55And Scotty Riggs again.
03:57Nice defense there.
04:00There you go, boys.
04:02Take it to him.
04:03Take it to him.
04:05Well, what they've got to do, and every good tag team has to do this,
04:08you've got to keep your opponent in your corner.
04:13You've got to cut that ring down in half,
04:15and that's what the American males are doing.
04:19Oh, no.
04:20What's the fist?
04:21Hammering away.
04:23Hammering away.
04:24And as you can hear the referee say, watch the fist.
04:26Bagwell hesitated for just a moment.
04:28He got in need of the solar plexus.
04:29Oh, and look at this.
04:30He rolls around.
04:31He's got him too.
04:32Oh, no.
04:36Hey, wait a minute.
04:38What's this maniac doing out here?
04:39Well, he's got a gift.
04:40He's got a present.
04:41Too early for Christmas.
04:43What, has he got a scorpion wrapped up in there from the desert?
04:45I bet he's got a rock, a big rock, if you know what I mean.
04:50What do you know that we don't know?
04:53I think everybody knows Parker's got something going for Sherry.
04:57Nice leapfrog.
04:59Scotty Riggs, it's the second or third time we've seen him do that.
05:02Leapfrog dropkick combination.
05:04He really knows how to work that dropkick into the last move of a combination.
05:08It's working very effectively for him, but I'll tell you what.
05:10Well, he's out there again, Colonel Parker.
05:12I hope Sherry doesn't get distracted and calls her team.
05:18Scotty Riggs in there now with Stevie Ray.
05:20Stevie Ray, as I said earlier, a much bigger, more powerful man.
05:23Scotty Riggs has got him.
05:25Oh, look at this.
05:28It's an early Christmas present for Sherry.
05:33Is it ticking?
05:36This is taking it just a little too far.
05:38I don't think it's talking.
05:39Keep your love life and your personal time.
05:42What is it? What is it?
05:43What's he got in there, a rattlesnake?
05:45No, no.
05:46It's probably something very expensive.
05:48If he could beat either one of them, it wouldn't matter anyway.
05:51This is making me sick.
05:54Oh, no.
05:56I should have brought one of those airstrike bags off the plane.
05:59A match made in heaven.
06:01Not really what I was thinking.
06:03When he calls it a pinhouse to the outhouse,
06:05I think the latter one would pertain there.
06:08Well, the American males don't look like they're in control here, do they?
06:11Definitely not in control.
06:16Look out.
06:17Jump wheel kick right alongside of the head.
06:19Hooks the leg.
06:20One, two.
06:22And Scotty Riggs able to grab the rope.
06:24But Riggs does not know.
06:25But Riggs isn't real sure where he's at.
06:27He barely got up before, and he didn't know what corner to go to
06:30or where his partner was.
06:31His bell's been rung.
06:32Yeah, it's been rung a couple times.
06:34And I'll tell you what, you've got to watch Booker T.
06:35Booker T is using those kicks very, very effectively.
06:38We've seen him do jump spin wheel kicks, hook kicks, side kicks.
06:41He's leaving with him.
06:43Stay focused.
06:44It's a race.
06:45She's got a ring on her finger.
06:47And they're leaning together.
06:50Oh, Harlem, he's going to be real happy about this.
06:53Oh, you've got to eat a lot of breakfast cereal to get one of them.
06:57Money's no object when it comes to Sherry with the colonel.
07:00I just can't see her being a June bride.
07:03In case you just joined us, we jumped the gun.
07:05We had to start it early.
07:06We had so much action for you.
07:08And you can see right now, Booker T,
07:11noticing that Sherry has literally left the building with Colonel Parker.
07:16I told you her team was going to get distracted.
07:18Now's the time for the American males to strike.
07:21And you can't take it easy with the American males.
07:24If you're going to be in your man's corner, you've got to be there, Sherry,
07:27because this team can knock you off.
07:28They've done it before.
07:29You can't mix business with pleasure.
07:32And that's what she's doing right now.
07:34Well, she's off pleasure right now.
07:37In the meantime, her team is in here fighting one heck of a fight
07:42against a team that they've lost to recently.
07:44I mean, this is close competition here.
07:46This is not the time to take some kind of an emotional vacation.
07:50I certainly wouldn't leave the ringside of my team for a beautiful woman.
07:54Look at that spinning kick.
07:55Unbelievable.
07:57He might be out.
07:58He is out.
07:59He is out.
08:00He's hung up.
08:01He's on the ropes, and he doesn't even know it.
08:03It looks like yesterday's laundry.
08:05Well, don't waste any time with him.
08:09Oh, yeah.
08:10Now they're going to get into it with a clap.
08:12Now, this never ceases to amaze me.
08:14The interim manager would help him stay focused right there.
08:19A.C. Green had a few words to say there with Booker T.
08:24They see Green still playing for a buddy, Ryan.
08:30No, that's hockey.
08:35Watch it.
08:36Watch it.
08:37Oh, look what we got here.
08:38One, two.
08:40Booker T's in trouble, and I'll tell you what.
08:42He took too much time.
08:43He was mouthing off to A.C. Green.
08:45He should have been focusing on the match because he had Riggs unconscious.
08:48Riggs was hung up on the ropes.
08:49He didn't even know where he was.
08:50Now they're both in the ring.
08:51The other American male should be in there.
08:53Oh, man.
08:55Face first.
08:56Good night, Mr. Riggs.
08:58Bagwell, man, he's going to try and chew his way through the ropes to get into this thing.
09:03He wants this thing bad.
09:05But they can't waste the time they're wasting right now.
09:075, 6, 10, 12 seconds have gone by, and when a team like the American males,
09:11you better take advantage of them when you have them in trouble.
09:14Take advantage of them.
09:15They're too cocky.
09:16They're too cocky, and it cost Dallas against Rogerson yesterday.
09:21Booker T.
09:25He got it in the solar plexus.
09:27Riggs has got to make the tag, and now he's crawling over to the corner.
09:30Does he do it?
09:31The crowd.
09:32Yes, he makes the tag.
09:34He does.
09:35Bagwell, he is fresh.
09:36We've got a Donnie Brooke.
09:38He is unloading right hands.
09:41Bagwell, who looks to me like he's put on some upper body weight,
09:45he has really hit the gym hard, and he hit.
09:49But you notice what he's doing.
09:50He's staying stationary in the middle of the ring.
09:52He's making them come to him.
09:54That's a smart move on Bagwell's part.
09:57He nailed Booker T. and Stevie Ray.
09:59Now, Scottie Riggs, he hasn't had too much of a rest, but he came in there.
10:02Oh, look at this.
10:04Oh, no.
10:05He missed it.
10:06He missed it.
10:08Oh, they're so powerful.
10:12Bagwell in trouble, man.
10:13He is in the wrong side of town right now.
10:15He is in no man's land.
10:16He is laid out.
10:17Oh.
10:19Harlem hangover.
10:20Harlem hangover, baby.
10:24Take two aspirin, and hope tomorrow goes away,
10:26because it's going to be a long, painful one.
10:34Harlem Heat, your winner is here.
10:37You're not going to see action like that anywhere else.
10:42We got a lot of great action still to come.
10:45The WCW world title on the line.
10:47Lex Luger and Savage, and you're going to see Sting and Kurosawa.
10:53We got to go.
11:06Arizona, great crowd on hand, and Sting, you have axed the total package.
11:11Lex Luger to join the two of us this evening as we talk a little turkey.
11:16The Holiday Spectacular Star Game coming up on December the 27th from Nashville, Tennessee.
11:21You, the total package, and the Nature Boy, Ric Flair,
11:25are going to be involved in a triangle match,
11:27and I know recently you got the Nature Boy to say uncle,
11:31but what about this man?
11:32What's the story?
11:33Well, let me give it to you, Mean Gene.
11:35I called Lex Luger out here tonight on national TV
11:38and in front of this unbelievable Phoenix crowd.
11:42They are.
11:43All right.
11:44Yeah, because I wanted him without Jimmy Hart by his side.
11:50Friendship is friendship, and you've been my best friend for ten years.
11:53Jimmy Hart is the business part of it.
11:55I don't agree with that part of your life right now.
11:58But the other thing that I wanted to say is I think you stand a good chance of winning tonight
12:03and becoming the new world heavyweight champion.
12:06But one more but in this whole thing right here.
12:10That doesn't mean, Lex, that there's a big pot of gold waiting for you at the end of that rainbow
12:16because coming up at Starrcade, I'm involved in a triangle match,
12:20and momentum seems to be going my way,
12:22and I think that at this triangle match, I'm going to pull off the win,
12:26which means I'm going to face you for the world heavyweight title, possibly.
12:32Let's not put the cart before the horse thing.
12:34Hey, Lex is my best friend, but, Lex, I've got to tell you,
12:38just because you're my best friend doesn't mean that I'm going to be twinkle-toeing out there around you.
12:43I'm going to be coming at you just the same way I would be coming at the Nature Boy or anybody else here at WCW.
12:49That's all I wanted to say.
12:50What's your sense of all of this, Lex?
12:52Well, I agree with this prediction because tonight I will become the next WCW world heavyweight champion.
13:01So you're right on the money there, old buddy, old pal.
13:05You are right on the money.
13:07But when we talk about triangle matches in Starrcade, let me tell you,
13:12when you get in the ring and I go get in the ring, friend or foe, the same thing goes for me.
13:18No holds barred, that's the way it goes.
13:21All right.
13:22Thank you.
13:23Turn up.
13:24Only time will tell.
13:25That's the bottom line.
13:26Woo!
13:27All right, let's get up to the ring.
13:30Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest is set for one fall.
13:33Introducing first, from Venice Beach, California, weighing 251 pounds, the Stinger!
13:42All right, the Stinger on his way to the ring.
13:45And you heard Stinger talking to Lex Luger without that maggot, Jimmy Hart.
13:51Well, you know, Jimmy Hart has an investment in Lex Luger, and he's not going to let Sting brainwash him.
13:58He knows what he has to do.
14:00Luger knows what he has to do.
14:02Sting knows what he has to do, and so does Savage.
14:04It's going to be a heck of a fight.
14:06Well, all Sting's got to do is show up, and Jimmy Hart won't be anywhere to be found.
14:10You saw he wasn't standing there then, didn't you?
14:13It's going to be an interesting night indeed.
14:15Who is going to end up being the WCW World Heavyweight Champion at the end of this evening?
14:20We're going to find out.
14:22Randy Savage, the man who was on that vicious chokeslam, the long end of a vicious chokeslam,
14:28on a concrete floor just a week ago tonight, putting his world title on the line against Lex Luger.
14:36And that makes it separate.
14:38Very, very interesting indeed, the triangle match.
14:42The World Heavyweight Title on the line at Stargate.
14:45You know, I don't know where Colonel Parker is.
14:47Yeah, isn't Colonel Parker supposed to be behind it?
14:50He's always with this man.
14:52Well, you saw him leave earlier with Sherry.
14:54We may never see him again.
14:56He'll be around, believe me. He'll be around.
14:59All right, we are in action while everybody else is paying bills,
15:03and we are bringing you the best action you can find anywhere, each and every week, right here on Nitro.
15:09And we've been talking about it.
15:10The WCW World Heavyweight Title is on the line here tonight.
15:14Lex Luger, Randy Savage, Hogan.
15:18He is on probation.
15:20Ric Flair is on probation.
15:23The Giant is on probation.
15:25All of that occurred just about an hour and a half ago.
15:27Members of the executive committee flew in and said,
15:29look, this thing is getting out of hand.
15:31One wrong move and you can all be staying home.
15:34And this is going to be a battle of the submissions here.
15:37Singer, you heard him talking about momentum,
15:39and he has definitely got momentum in his corner over the last couple of months.
15:43Kurosawa, a guy that breaks bones, he's turned that into an art form.
15:47You see him get up off the mat with that drop kick.
15:50Let me tell you, he's got the strongest legs in the WCW, bar none.
15:55He needs the colonel.
15:57He needs the colonel just so he can understand the instructions, understand the referee's count.
16:01He needs the colonel there to interpret for him.
16:03And where's the colonel now? I do not know.
16:05He's interpreting.
16:06Cherry is what he's doing.
16:09He's in love. That's where he is.
16:10We saw Kurosawa out on the ring floor with a back leg round kick.
16:15What's going on inside of the ring right now, which is Kurosawa,
16:18he is starting to pick Sting apart.
16:21And Sting had better be careful going for the submission here.
16:24He broke Hawk's arm.
16:28You remember in his debut, he wrestled Hawk from the Legion of Doom and broke his arm.
16:33Absolutely. This man is dangerous.
16:35He's as dangerous as anybody can be.
16:37And Sting has got to be careful.
16:39Sting, you know, he lets Luger out here talking,
16:41and he talks about pressure, and he talks about sport, and he talks about competition.
16:45One thing he neglected to talk about is the last time Lex Luger had a world title,
16:49it was that man, Sting, that took it off of him.
16:51So there's a lot more intensity, there's a lot more competitiveness between these two athletes than meets the eye.
16:57In your place, your brain, how much pounds of pressure does it take to break an elbow?
17:03Well, I'd have to go back and look at my briefcase.
17:06I can tell you in a moment.
17:07Fourteen pounds of pressure, my friend.
17:09Exactly.
17:10Now, in Bobby's case, it's about a $5,000 payoff.
17:13Are you suggesting I'd be on the tape?
17:15I'm not suggesting it at all. I'm saying it.
17:17You know he's got the money?
17:20I'm sure you do.
17:21Sting in control. Sting!
17:23Uh-oh.
17:24He's going for it.
17:25Parker, where's Parker?
17:27This is going to be over quick.
17:28He's got it. He's got it.
17:30He's got it.
17:31He's got it.
17:32He's got it.
17:33He's got it.
17:34He's got it.
17:35He's got it.
17:36He's got it.
17:37He's got it.
17:38Let me tell you, he's got that thing perfected, baby.
17:41Sting is on a roll.
17:47He said it, and I'll tell you what, it was an understatement.
17:50When Singer came out and said, I've got momentum going for me,
17:53I'll tell you what, that was the understatement of the night.
17:55This guy is on a major roll.
17:57Let me tell you, he put Hulk Hogan in that thing the other day on Nitro,
18:01and you heard Hulk saying, he's breaking my legs.
18:04He's breaking my legs.
18:06What kind of pressure is he putting on people?
18:08Well, that man can do it.
18:10Here he's got the Scorpion Death Lock hooked on Corsara,
18:12and he's not going anyplace.
18:14Sayonara for the gentleman from Japan.
18:17The Singer's on his way to Sarkate and that trifecta.
18:22Triangle mat.
18:23Triangle mat.
18:24For a shot at the WCW World Heavyweight title.
18:26Here's a look at Sarkate coming your way exclusively on pay-per-view.
18:30What action.
18:34It's an invasion from the land of the rising sun.
18:38At WCW Sarkate 95.
18:43As the high flyers of New Japan square off against the
18:48mat-pounding pros of WCW at Sarkate 95.
18:53Wednesday, December 27th, live on pay-per-view.
19:03Here we go.
19:08This is going to be big.
19:10This is going to be real big.
19:16This guy, I have known him since 1986.
19:20I used to watch him bounce at a place called Grandma's Under River in Minneapolis.
19:26They'd pick him up, one in each hand, and throw him through the door without opening the door.
19:31He was a bouncer at an old age home?
19:33No, no, no.
19:35Then he went on to become the World Heavyweight arm-wrestling champion.
19:40Well, this man here could become the World Heavyweight champion.
19:43Anything he wanted to if he puts his mind to it.
19:45The man is that focused, that powerful, and that much of a competitor.
19:49He better be focused because this monster coming out is even bigger than he is.
19:55I got to say it, as much as I respect Scott Norton and everything he's accomplished over the years,
20:01not only here in the United States but in Japan,
20:04you can take that 500-pound bench press, you can take that World Arm-Wrestling Championship,
20:10and you can put it all together.
20:12You are still facing one of the biggest, most powerful men ever to step inside of a wrestling ring
20:21in any organization in the history of our sport.
20:26This guy has got the power of a freight train.
20:31He's taken Andre the Giant's strength and times it by two, my friend.
20:36Well, Mr. Norton is going to have his hands full, and so is the Giant.
20:42I got to go with the Giant.
20:44Well, I'll tell you what.
20:46Scott Norton is one heck of a competitor, so don't take anything for granted.
20:49I want to make everybody aware right now, write it down, make your plans,
20:54because next week, right here on WCW Nitro Live, you are going to see Hulk Hogan and Sting,
21:03you heard me right, Hulk Hogan and Sting teaming up to take on Arn Anderson and Ric Flair.
21:11That is a match you are not going to want to miss,
21:14particularly given all the comes and goes and the emotions and the intensity amongst all these athletes.
21:20I mean, you don't know what's going to happen.
21:22Well, another thing you've got to consider, too, don't forget, when you've got Flair and Anderson there,
21:26you're also going to have Pillman and Benoit, two other members of the Horsemen.
21:29And look at the Giant. He is just manhandling.
21:32I mean, Scott Norton is a behemoth.
21:34Look at the power.
21:36Look at this.
21:37Did you see him come off the ropes while he bounced off the Giant like Pepe off the rocking chair?
21:42Didn't even faze him.
21:44This guy is a freak of nature.
21:47He is so incredibly powerful and so athletic.
21:52And look at that clubbing.
21:54You know what?
21:56Until you stood next to Scott Norton, until you stick in his hand,
21:59until you know how powerful Scott Norton is,
22:02you cannot appreciate what this monster of a human being is doing to him right now.
22:06He's manhandling one of the most powerful...
22:09Look at this.
22:10Look at this, people.
22:11Oh, my God.
22:12Now drop him on his face.
22:14There you go.
22:16But he couldn't.
22:17Oh, my gosh.
22:19But the Giant's still on his feet.
22:21He is still on his feet.
22:23Out of the way, Scott.
22:24Take it to him.
22:25Don't let him relax.
22:26Well, I'll tell you what.
22:27We say it all the time.
22:29This is where the big boys play.
22:31There's the big boys.
22:32But the personification of that statement is right in the center of the ring,
22:36and they are hammering on each other.
22:38This is where the action is.
22:40This is where the WCW World Heavyweight Title will be on the line tonight
22:45in the main event.
22:47And, hey, if we go over the hour, we go over the hour.
22:51Stick with us.
22:52WCW is committed.
22:54That's what the C stands for in WCW.
22:56We are committed to bringing you the action.
22:58We're not going to go off the air, that 10 o'clock chart.
23:00If we need to stay, we'll stay.
23:02Stay right here.
23:03This is where the action is.
23:05And who knows what's going to happen.
23:07They could go all night, these two.
23:09They could go right up into the mountains, into the desert.
23:11Rattlesnakes, tarantulas, everything.
23:15They might be back in the dressing room fighting when this ends.
23:18Oh, look at this.
23:19Did you see the giant?
23:20He caught Scott Norton.
23:21Don't let him get the choke.
23:23Oh, my gosh.
23:25No one's ever done that to Scott Norton.
23:27Scott Norton has just been on the worst ride of his life.
23:30It's over.
23:31Scott Norton has got to be in shock.
23:34I am impressed.
23:36Nobody's gotten up from that choke slam.
23:38That's unbelievable.
23:39Scott Norton has got to be in shock, Bobby.
23:42Boy, when he wakes up and gets back to his dressing room and finds out what has happened,
23:50he's going to be beside himself.
23:52That man right there, that 500-pound huge monster of a man, the giant,
23:57picked up Scott Flash Norton with one hand, picked him up high over his head.
24:02Look at this.
24:03Catched him coming off that top rope by the windpipe.
24:06No place to go for Mr. Norton.
24:08He might as well be Ed Norton right here.
24:10He goes up.
24:11He goes down.
24:12Unbelievable.
24:13That's a giant of a man he's picking up.
24:15Look how he caught him.
24:17By the throat.
24:18He caught him like a football.
24:21And then he picks him up and plants him like a tree in the center of the ring.
24:25This guy, I said it before, he's a freak of nature.
24:29He is a freak of nature.
24:31He is so powerful.
24:32I wish I could have learned that pass rush move when I was playing football.
24:35You were stuck on what the ball was.
24:37This guy is incredibly dangerous.
24:40Coming up next, the WCW World Heavyweight Title on the line,
24:45Lex Luger, the Macho Man, Randy Savage.
24:48Don't go away.
24:49Don't go away.
24:50Oh.
24:55Mr. Charles.
24:57Charles Barkley, my friend.
25:00Wait a minute.
25:01Didn't he used to play for the Globetrotters?
25:03No.
25:04That's why you should tune into Nitro, baby.
25:06You just don't know who's going to show up or what's going to happen.
25:10Sir Charles.
25:12Whether you like it or you don't like it.
25:14Charles Barkley, the Phoenix Suns, and I'll tell you what,
25:17Nitro's so hot, you don't ever know who's going to show up.
25:21This is, like I said, where the big boys play.
25:25Well, like Charles Barkley said a long time ago,
25:28he don't have to be a role model.
25:30But I'll guarantee you, as big as he is,
25:32he looks up to the Nature Boy, Ric Flair.
25:35What are you talking about?
25:37Wait a minute.
25:38I'll tell you.
25:40Ladies and gentlemen, this place is absolutely coming on glued.
25:44Sir Charles, does this mean anything?
25:47Do we see in the future a new tag team partner for the Nature Boy?
25:52I'll tell you what.
25:55Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
26:03And he's home.
26:04Are you the new tag team partner for the Nature Boy?
26:07I could never, I could never mess up to the Nature Boy,
26:11but he is my man no matter what any of these people say.
26:14Wow.
26:15But I'll tell you what, Sir Charles, I don't want you to go away
26:18because Nate, Ric Flair,
26:21this is not the first time the two of you have run the streets of Phoenix.
26:25What we've done is Nitro has pulled up in Phoenix.
26:31Sir Charles and the Nature Boy are going to tear the town down.
26:36And right now on Monday, Nitro, the greatest basketball player alive,
26:43is standing.
26:46How about that, Phoenix?
26:48They're standing next to the Nature Boy.
26:52I'm going to ask you, Sir Charles, Charles Barkley,
26:54what do you think of the reception for World Championship Wrestling
26:58here on the Valley of the Sun?
27:00Well, we have the best basketball fans in the world in Phoenix.
27:07And, and, we've got the best wrestling fans,
27:12and y'all better appreciate the Nature Boy.
27:15All right, very quickly, before I get you out of here, Ric Flair,
27:18triangle match of Starr Cage, Sting, Luger, and yourself.
27:21All I can tell you from now on, Hogan, Sting, Luger, Savage,
27:26you better not jump out of there tomorrow anymore
27:29because Charles Barkley may just walk away from the NBA
27:33and become a horseman full time.
27:36All right, I thank you, Charles Barkley from Phoenix.
27:38Come on, Ric Flair.
27:40Eric Bischoff, let's get back to you.
27:42Wow!
27:43Let me tell you, as a horse trainer, Sir Charles is back in a lame bunch there.
27:47Wow, I've got to tell you what.
27:49You've got to respect Sir Charles as a basketball player,
27:52but his choice at Fred's, you've got to wonder, Bobby.
27:55Well, the man's a class act, and he's hanging with the Nature Boy,
27:58but if he was to be, easy, easy spot,
28:00but if he was to become a horseman,
28:02he would put a whole new meaning to the word slam dunk, I guarantee you.
28:06He absolutely would.
28:07Let me tell you, that weasel's been in that bag of chips for a while.
28:10You better take him out.
28:11I'm starting to get a foul odor over here.
28:13Let me tell you what, you talk about foul orders,
28:16listening to Ric Flair sounded to me like he was looking a little bit beyond next week.
28:21He's got to remember, he and Arne Anderson have got to step into the ring
28:24with Hulk Hogan and Sting.
28:26That's going to be a hot one.
28:28Flair's got his eyes on a World Heavyweight title.
28:31Make sure you check it out next week.
28:33Right now, let's go to the ring.
28:36Here we go.
28:38Here we go.
28:40WCW World Heavyweight title on the line.
28:44It don't get no hotter than this.
28:46It doesn't get any hotter, and you can never put anything past Ric Flair.
28:52I mean, this guy, he will stoop as low as he needs to stoop,
28:56and talk about as low as you need to stoop.
28:58Here's a perfect living example of what you don't want your kids to grow up to be.
29:04The mouth of the south Jimmy Hart.
29:07He's a businessman, that's what he's done.
29:09He's a maggot.
29:10No.
29:11He's a backstabbing maggot.
29:12Success is about the journey, not the destination,
29:15and that man has taken the wrong road.
29:18Well, I'll tell you something.
29:19I just got word a minute ago from my good friend Sonny Odo,
29:22my good friend, the Japanese businessman.
29:25He has all the Japanese contingent already in Tennessee.
29:28They're outside of Nashville.
29:29They're training in the Smoky Mountains.
29:31They are getting ready for this event,
29:33and they're going to be in shape.
29:35There's going to be no jet lag, no excuses.
29:38America's in big trouble here at the World Cup.
29:40Oh, shut up over there.
29:42We also understand that this weekend, WCW Saturday night on TBS 605 Eastern,
29:46we are going to announce the team from New Japan Pro Wrestling
29:49that is going to be taking on the team from WCW.
29:53And, of course, the triangle match for a shot at the title that this man,
29:58the Macho Man Randy Savage, currently holds.
30:01The Macho Man, the man who was on the receiving end of that vicious choke slam
30:08on the concrete floor, the man who shocked the wrestling world
30:12in a 60-man battle royal, who defeated the best of the best
30:16to become the most prolific, most respected world heavyweight champion,
30:24the WCW world heavyweight champion.
30:27But you've got to understand this.
30:29The man is wrestling wounded.
30:31His back is bad. His arm is bad.
30:34He's done it before.
30:35But he's gone through this battle royal.
30:37Nothing but tough matches this man has had.
30:39Luger has been taking it easy.
30:41He's been training. He's been picking his spots.
30:43And he's 100% Jimmy Hardin told me he's going to be a new champion of the world tonight.
30:48Well, he's going to have to work at it, my friend,
30:51because you've got to admit something about the Macho.
30:54A two-word world champion, Mr. Weasel.
30:58The WCW world heavyweight title up for grabs right here tonight.
31:03The triangle match taking place at Starrcade.
31:08Only on pay-per-view.
31:11Oh, man.
31:12Now, there will still be a triangle match,
31:14because in the event Luger beats Savage tonight,
31:17then Savage goes into the triangle match.
31:19Yeah, he's been taking place.
31:20That's right.
31:21And Luger sits back and waits to see who he's going to wrestle.
31:24It is going to be a war in more ways than one.
31:27And I'll tell you what.
31:28You talk about the injury to the Macho Man Randy Savage,
31:30forget about that.
31:31It doesn't mean squat in my book.
31:33What's dangerous here is that maggot Jimmy Hart.
31:37That's what the Macho Man Randy Savage has got to watch out for.
31:41Because Luger, we've seen it. We know it.
31:44There's no secret.
31:45Oh, look at this sports fan.
31:47Get to the bathroom and flush that remote.
31:50You do not want to miss this.
31:53The Macho Man, look at the eyes.
31:54Look at the eyes of the Macho Man.
31:55He is in the center of the ring.
31:56Say, come and get it.
31:57I'm the World Heavyweight Champion.
31:59You want to take it, come to me.
32:01You can tell a lot about a man's eyes.
32:02When Savage looks at you, he's looking through you.
32:06I've been a world champion before,
32:08and no matter if you're hurt or not,
32:10it takes you to another level.
32:12I promise you, he's feeling no pain.
32:14Now, look at those eyes.
32:15This guy, I don't care what you say.
32:17He's unpredictable.
32:18He's a little off the wall.
32:19I'm talking about Randy Savage.
32:22Sometimes, in my opinion, he's one a little too tight.
32:25But when you talk about competitors,
32:27you're talking about one of the best.
32:29And now you're talking about a man
32:31who as World Heavyweight Champion
32:32is going after the competition.
32:34He's not going to wrestle a defensive match.
32:36He's going after Flex Luger.
32:38That's what I don't understand about Savage.
32:40He doesn't have to beat Luger.
32:41Luger has to beat him to become champion.
32:43All Savage has to do is go to the time limit.
32:46All he's going to do is lay back.
32:47Take it easy.
32:48Rest his body.
32:49Which is hard to do in a match with Luger.
32:51But if he's smart, there's ways to do it.
32:53But no, Savage goes right at you.
32:55Head first, full throttle.
32:56He doesn't make any sense to me.
32:58Haven't you been watching the WCW, my friend?
33:00If you don't attack, you're going to get attacked.
33:03Absolutely.
33:04Yeah, but then you have to put the wagons in a circle.
33:06That's what you do.
33:07Yeah.
33:08That's the mentality, all right.
33:10Randy Savage, of course, a big right hand.
33:11Flex Luger, Irish whip, reverse.
33:13And now it's Randy Savage in the corner.
33:15He backs out.
33:16Nobody there.
33:17Luger guesses himself.
33:18Running clothesline.
33:19Takes Savage right off his feet.
33:21Oh, Randy, you made a mistake.
33:23Hey, Bongo, take a look at him, man.
33:25He's already favoring head arm.
33:26He's hurt early on.
33:27And I warn you, stay with us.
33:29We're not leaving.
33:31Hey, at 10 o'clock straight up, this isn't any kind of kid
33:33movie show like that other stuff.
33:35If we go long, we go long.
33:37Stay with us.
33:38We're going to bring you all the action.
33:40The C stands for counter drive frontier,
33:44just like any other sport in the world today.
33:49The Macho Man Randy Savage now taking
33:51Flex Luger into the ring.
33:52Flex Luger now looks to me like he's hurt.
33:56The Macho Man.
33:57He's up top.
33:58He falls.
33:59Luger comes down hard.
34:00Flex Luger down.
34:01Referee's in position.
34:02One, two.
34:03See, with Savage, you're going to have to pin him.
34:06The man will never quit.
34:07He's not going to give up on you.
34:09You're not going to make him say uncle.
34:10You're going to have to slide one by.
34:12You're going to have to outsmart him.
34:13You want to go toe-to-toe with him,
34:14he'll go toe-to-toe with you.
34:15But you're going to have to outsmart Savage to beat him.
34:18In case you just joined us and you happen to be anywhere else,
34:20the WCW World Heavyweight title up for grabs right now.
34:24Flex Luger against Randy Savage.
34:25And next week, right here on Nitro, live,
34:28you are going to see Hulk Hogan and Tony
34:31teaming up to take on Ric Flair and Arn Anderson.
34:35The horsemen ride again.
34:37And make sure you ride your pony, the Nitro.
34:41Big elbow.
34:42Big elbow cover.
34:43One, two.
34:44Referee's in position.
34:45Savage came real close to putting this one in the bank.
34:49Savage doesn't waste a lot of time with you.
34:51When he gets into position to pin you, he goes for it.
34:53That's why he's packing the gold right now.
34:55He takes advantage of situations.
35:00Nice move by Flex Luger.
35:02If I was Luger, I'd go right for the arm right now.
35:04We all know he's got a bad arm.
35:06The world knows it.
35:07And it's not getting any better wrestling.
35:09He's got to take advantage of it.
35:11And it's exactly what Luger was trying to do.
35:14But Savage saw it coming.
35:16And I'll tell you what.
35:17If you're anywhere in the Charlotte area,
35:19get your tickets.
35:20Get your tickets early for next week.
35:22Because they are going to blow the roof off in Charlotte
35:25as Nitro comes to town.
35:27And I'll tell you what.
35:28They're telling me to talk.
35:29We've got to take a break.
35:30But don't worry.
35:31Hey, we'll bring the action back to you right after this.
35:33Don't go away.
35:34Come on, Jimmy.
35:35What action?
35:36Savage going after him now.
35:37Savage taking control of this thing.
35:38Jimmy, get him going.
35:39I'll tell you what.
35:40To the action.
35:41The Macho Man Randy Savage, while you were away,
35:43decided he was going to fight fire with fire.
35:45He's been going after the arm of Lex Luger.
35:48As I look at him, he's going to pull him over
35:50into those rails again.
35:51He's been using him like a sledgehammer on metal.
35:53Unbelievable.
35:54I'll tell you, the way things are going here
35:56with the WCW Championship Committee,
35:58people are getting put on probation.
36:00Savage is very close, very close to being
36:02put on probation too.
36:04And everybody from the WCW Executive Committee
36:07is here, half of the legal department,
36:09as I mentioned earlier.
36:11Oh, look at this.
36:12Jimmy Harlan here.
36:14Oh, he's talking to his man.
36:15He has an investment.
36:16Hogan is on probation.
36:19The Giant on probation.
36:20And Ric Flair, all of them on probation
36:22because of what happened here on Nitro last week.
36:24Hulk Hogan for whacking a referee.
36:26There's no other way to put it.
36:28The Giant for that vicious choke slam on the concrete floor.
36:31And Ric Flair, he just holed up and popped the referee.
36:34Look at this.
36:35That's it, Macho.
36:36You got to even the odds.
36:37Take care of that elbow.
36:38He won't be worried about yours.
36:41I'll tell you, if Hartley keeps hanging around with Flair,
36:43the NBA is going to put him on suspension.
36:45Absolutely.
36:46I'm sure he didn't endear himself to anybody in the NBA
36:49or here in Phoenix, for that matter.
36:50Are you kidding?
36:51This sports world looks up to Ric Flair.
36:54It's a free country.
36:55You can hang out with who you want to.
36:57The Macho Man Randy Savage now.
36:59Come on, come on, Lex.
37:01With a chicken wing armbar.
37:03His knee on the side of the face.
37:05You can hear Lex Luger, man.
37:06He's in a lot of pain.
37:08Well, Savage is doing the smart thing here.
37:10He's not going toe-to-toe strength-to-strength with this man.
37:13He's taking him off his feet.
37:15He's got him on the mat, and he's working on one part of his body.
37:18Very smart wrestling on Savage's part.
37:20It's not very often I agree with you,
37:22but I agree with you on that count, my friend.
37:25Look at this.
37:26He's wearing him down, wearing him down.
37:30Well, I mean, if a man the size of Luger with all those big muscles,
37:33all that power, and those arms were after me,
37:35I'd want to take one arm away from him, if not both arms,
37:38and that's what Savage is doing.
37:40You better take that weasel and go running hot is what you ought to do
37:43if a man that size gets after you, fat boy.
37:46A WCW World Heavyweight title on the line right now, right here,
37:50live in Phoenix.
37:52And a lot of implications here,
37:54because on Wednesday, December 27th at Stargate,
37:56only on pay-per-view,
37:59somebody is going to get a shot at the World Heavyweight Championship.
38:04Right now, Flair, Sting, and Lex Luger are a member of that triangle match.
38:08And here you go.
38:09Here you go.
38:10One, two.
38:12But should Lex Luger defeat Randy Savage here tonight,
38:16then Lex Luger would have to defend the World Heavyweight title,
38:19and it would be Randy Savage, Flair, and Sting in a triangle match.
38:24Either way, Flair and, excuse me,
38:26either way, Lex Luger and Sting are going to hook up.
38:29They are going to have to do battle.
38:31That is inevitable.
38:33And Flair has the advantage here,
38:34because Flair does not have to wrestle earlier in the evening
38:37against a Japanese athlete.
38:38Absolutely.
38:39Now, Luger would have to,
38:42Savage would have to,
38:44and Sting would have to,
38:46but Flair's got the buy.
38:47Plus, 11 times world champion, he's got the experience.
38:50You've got to go with Ric Flair on this one.
38:52The macho man, Randy Savage,
38:53Michael, he doesn't seem to me like he's favoring that arm as much now.
38:56Is it the emotion?
38:57Is it the adrenaline?
38:58You get out of here world champion, baby.
39:00You get on that field.
39:01It might hurt at first,
39:02but when the adrenaline starts flowing,
39:04that pain is gone.
39:05You don't feel anything until the next day.
39:09Well, Savage felt that one, I'll guarantee you.
39:12Right in the chops.
39:15He'll have to get some new bridge work done after that.
39:17Well, Luger knew what he was doing.
39:18He was walking along the rail.
39:20He knew Savage would come off that apron eventually.
39:22All he did was bait him, sucker him in,
39:24moved at the right time.
39:27I'll tell you what.
39:28Stay with us.
39:29This match is so important.
39:31The people over at TNT said,
39:32Hey, look, we're going to stick with you no matter what happens
39:35because we know anything can happen on Monday Night Pro on TNT.
39:39So hang with us.
39:40The WCW World Heavyweight Title is up for grabs
39:44and there is nothing more important in our sport tonight
39:47than what is going on inside of the ring right now.
39:51You got that right, baby.
39:52This is a world championship match here.
39:54But look at Luger.
39:55He's favoring that arm.
39:56His arm may be in worse shape than Savage's is right now.
40:00This is where the big boys play and they are playing for keeps
40:03and they are playing for the most coveted title in sport.
40:06And as I said, next week, live from Charlotte.
40:10What is that?
40:11What is that?
40:12Well, he couldn't see.
40:13He just swung.
40:14He didn't know Randy Anderson was there.
40:17He could be on probation real quick.
40:19This is a bad night to make a bad mistake like that.
40:22That will get him put on probation.
40:24He touched that official.
40:25Period.
40:26Hey, I tell you what, it could be worse.
40:27It could be worse.
40:29The executive committee, they came here, they flew here to Phoenix
40:32to lay down the law to try to get some control
40:34of what's going on inside of the ring.
40:36This is a horrible night for Randy Savage to make a mistake like that.
40:39And I have to say, it looked like it was a mistake to me.
40:42One, two.
40:43Oh, and Randy Savage, he is up.
40:45That's instinct, man.
40:46Smuggle, you know it.
40:47That is pure instinct.
40:48He was out on his feet there.
40:50He was out.
40:51You know what you're doing instinctively.
40:53Well, Luger has to keep him down now.
40:55Don't let him get up.
40:56Don't let him get the momentum going.
40:58Keep him grounded.
40:59Oh, look at Luger holding that arm.
41:01Turnabout is fair play, my friend, for what Luger did to Savage's arm
41:05on that last night.
41:06One, two.
41:07Do we have a new world heavyweight champion?
41:08No.
41:09A heartbeat away.
41:11So close.
41:12We just about have a new world heavyweight champion.
41:18Somebody shut that guy up.
41:19Yeah, I'd like to see somebody shove that.
41:21Get that megaphone somewhere.
41:24For what you almost said.
41:26I didn't know, Bob.
41:27I know you didn't.
41:28By golly.
41:30What action.
41:31Look at these two guys just pummeling each other.
41:33They are digging.
41:34I love this show.
41:36Hey, you want to watch wrestling or you want to watch people talk about wrestling?
41:41If you like to watch action, you're watching Nitro.
41:44The rest of it's on Gaga.
41:46And right now the world heavyweight title up for grabs.
41:49Two of the biggest names.
41:51Two of the most popular athletes in our sport.
41:54Recognized the world over.
41:56Digging down deep and competing for that championship.
42:00Oh, man.
42:03That's so close.
42:04Sometimes I just can't believe Macho Man.
42:07Where does he get that?
42:08I don't understand it.
42:09Well, I've known him for years, and he's been like this.
42:12He gets worse every day, every week, every month.
42:14He gets more intense.
42:15He realizes the money at stake.
42:18The Macho Man Randy Savage.
42:20They're both out.
42:21I'll tell you what.
42:22At WCW, our wrestlers work through pain.
42:25They work through injury.
42:26Just like in the NFL, Mongo.
42:27You know it better than anybody here.
42:29The top players, they don't care.
42:32You're wrong there, my friend.
42:33I've never seen anything like this before.
42:35The NFL players, they go take a knee.
42:38They'll get out and get healthy again.
42:40These guys work hurt or not.
42:44The Macho Man Randy Savage covers.
42:48Luger's so strong, and you've got to hand it to him
42:50whether you like him or not.
42:51This guy is a physical specimen.
42:53I don't think Savage can put him away.
42:55Savage did the best he could for a man with one arm,
42:58but he can't put Luger away.
43:00This is a fight.
43:02This is a brawl.
43:04This is what makes WCW.
43:08They've been on the floor more than they've been in the ring.
43:10What's Starrcade going to be like?
43:13Starrcade, you've got the World Heavyweight Title on the line.
43:17The winner of a Triangle Match is going to get a shot
43:20at whoever the World Heavyweight Champion is.
43:22Too close to call that one right now.
43:24You've got WCW versus New Japan.
43:26Two of the biggest wrestling organizations in the world collide.
43:33What happened to the turnbuckles?
43:34Look out behind the corner.
43:36Jimmy Hart took that turnbuckle off.
43:38Oh, man, watch out.
43:41Look at him, Macho, use it against his own man.
43:43Look at that, it's off.
43:45That is just a bolt there and steel.
43:47That is dangerous.
43:49Oh!
43:51Savage saw it out of the corner of his eye and he reversed it.
43:54And now, the Macho Man Randy Savage.
43:56The referee is out.
43:58The Macho Man.
44:00He loads the gun.
44:01He pulls the trigger.
44:02Oh, he's got him with it.
44:04It's over.
44:05It's over.
44:06No referee.
44:07There's no referee to curse.
44:09No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
44:11Don't ignore Lex Luger here, Macho.
44:13It's a mistake.
44:14His emotion is getting the better of him.
44:16This is a mistake.
44:17All right, Flair, what is this?
44:19Flair, get him the heck out of there.
44:21Oh!
44:22Sucker punch.
44:23Sucker punch is worse than that.
44:24He has something in his hand.
44:26Woo!
44:31I've bleached stuff out of a garbage can with more plastic than Ric Flair.
44:36Did you see this?
44:37Did you see this?
44:38We have a new champion.
44:39We're going to have a new world champion right here.
44:41Look at this.
44:42We're out of there.
44:43Wolfman, Doc Flair.
44:45Where's the referee?
44:47I'm sorry.
44:48Look at him.
44:49Oh, yeah.
44:50Oh, yeah.
44:51Behind you, Rick.
44:52Hogan, be careful.
44:53You are on probation for this.
44:55Be careful.
44:56Go ahead.
44:57Go ahead, Hogan.
44:58Oh, Flair worked here in December.
45:02This crowd is erupting.
45:05Knock him into next week, Hulkster.
45:08Hulk Hogan in the ring with Ric Flair.
45:11Savage and Luger are both down.
45:13The referee is down.
45:14This crowd, each and every one of them on their feet.
45:18Go ahead, Hulkster.
45:19Knock that poor rock star right off his head.
45:22Look at Hogan.
45:23He stopped the referee from coming.
45:24No, he's going after the referee.
45:26And he's on probation.
45:27Look at that.
45:28Hogan, be careful.
45:29That might have cost him.
45:30That might have cost him.
45:31Just throwing this one out.
45:32Thanks for throwing this one out.
45:33But Hulk Hogan is walking a fine line here.
45:37Oh, knocker time.
45:39Hello.
45:40Oh.
45:44That man is on probation.
45:46He should be seen.
45:47Oh, no, he is seen.
45:48He is seen.
45:49He is seen.
45:50Right between the eyes.
45:51It was an accident.
45:52It was an accident.
45:54Did you see that?
45:55No, he meant to do it.
45:56He meant to do it.
45:57Oh, Anderson Ford.
45:58Luger wins this match by disqualification.
46:01That's a final decision.
46:02Hulk Hogan just pasted the stinger.
46:05He's in Hogan's face.
46:07He's in Hogan's face.
46:08We got a war going on here.
46:10We got to take it.
46:11Phoenix and America, West Arena.
46:12Hulk Hogan.
46:13Hulk Hogan, you come on in here.
46:15You know, you were on probation.
46:18You were on probation, and you touched another referee tonight.
46:21Well, you know something, brother?
46:24We're not worried about no stinking probation, man.
46:27All I want to know is next week, brother,
46:30you and I, who are friends, are supposed to team up
46:34to kick Ric Flair and Arnold Anderson from here and there and back again.
46:38I just want to know what's the deal with Luger,
46:41and do you know what side you're on?
46:43What about that jaw, Sting?
46:50Take it straight up for me.
46:52Okay, macho.
46:53Macho man wants me to say it straight up, and so do you, Hulkster.
46:57I am on your side.
47:03Well, then what's going on with Lex Luger?
47:07Lex Luger is my best friend.
47:09I don't agree with the Jimmy Hart thing going on.
47:12He's mixed up right now.
47:14I'm trying to straighten him out, and I don't have a problem with that,
47:17and neither should you.
47:19Would you run out on a friend?
47:20Would you run out on a macho man?
47:22Let me ask you another question.
47:25Sometimes I question this man right here.
47:27He's a heck of a guy, but I question him and some of his motives.
47:31But I am not going to down the macho man.
47:34So why do you, every single week, have to down the total package?
47:40Well, let me tell you.
47:41If we're going to backtrack, brother, digress,
47:44as some idiots may say,
47:46macho man is the one that warned us all about Luger in the first place.
47:51That's right.
47:52Straight up, brother.
47:53And I called it like I saw it, and I believe that, yeah,
47:57I think that I called it right up.
47:59Okay, you think you called it like it was right straight up,
48:02but maybe Luger's fuse is just about that long,
48:07this much shorter than yours, mine, or yours.
48:10Maybe you just didn't give him the opportunity that he felt he wanted.
48:14Oh, really?
48:15Or deserved.
48:16Or was that right?
48:17Possibly.
48:18All right, what do you got to say?
48:19I'm not pointing fingers.
48:20I'm just pointing out a possible effect.
48:22Make your point, Toby.
48:23Wait a minute.
48:24Have we got a little friction?
48:25Were we more friction than we had before?
48:28All I can say is, Hulkster,
48:31we are going up against the nature boy, Ric Flair,
48:35a person who I despise.
48:38And Arn Anderson, I can't stand him either.
48:42And if you and me don't get our stuff straight once and for all,
48:47we may lose the whole deal here.
48:49Well, let me tell you something, brother.
48:52You're my friend, dude.
48:54I'm going to climb in that ring next Monday Nitro.
48:57We're going to kick Ric Flair and Arn Anderson out of the building.
49:01Do me one favor.
49:03What?
49:04Keep Luger out of my face.
49:08Seems like a reasonable request for a tag team partner.
49:12I'm here to make one last statement,
49:18and that is I will do everything in my power
49:23to keep Luger out of your face, Macho Man,
49:26and God knows I want to keep him out of your face, Hulkster, and I'll do it.
49:31I think that is good enough, gentlemen.
49:33We're taking a look at these two men collaborating next Monday night
49:37right here on WCW's Monday Nitro
49:40when they face Flair and Anderson.
49:43It is up in the air here in Phoenix, Eric Bischoff.
49:46We'll be right back to you, Mongo and the Brain.
49:48All right, thanks, Me and Gene.
49:50And I'll tell you what, let's sort it out here for just a moment.
49:53You've got a triangle match coming up at Starrcade.
49:55You've got Ric Flair, Sting, and Lex Luger.
49:58Although he got the DQ win here, the title did not change hands.
50:01The Macho Man, Randy Savage, still the WCW World Heavyweight Champion.
50:05But next week, you've got Sting and you've got Hulk Hogan teaming up,
50:09and I don't care what they just said.
50:10It doesn't matter.
50:12There's a lot of dissension going on there.
50:13There's a lot of undercurrent, if you know what I mean.
50:15Did you see the handshake?
50:16It was kind of a...
50:18It wasn't a big handshake.
50:20You're right. There's a lot going on.
50:22Hogan does not trust Sting, and Sting doesn't trust Hogan,
50:25and Savage doesn't trust Sting or Hogan.
50:27They're never all going to get along.
50:28And next Monday night, who knows what's going to happen?
50:31Flair comes out here with Charles Barkley.
50:33Next Monday night, he may bring the whole Sherlock Hornets out with him.
50:36Who knows what Flair's going to do?
50:38You're hyperventilating. Stick your face in that bag for a minute.
50:41Get that thing out of here.
50:42The four horsemen got their act together,
50:44so Hulk Hogan and Sting, you better get your act together
50:48or something might happen you don't want to happen.
50:51Do you own a male cat?
50:53No.
50:54Listen, I'll tell you what.
50:55Make your plans now.
50:56Live, WCW, Monday night.
50:59You're coming your way from String.