WCW Monday Nitro: June 17, 1996

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00:00:00the WWE World Heavyweight Champion,

00:00:05Randy Orton.

00:00:06And now, here is your winner,

00:00:11the WWE World Heavyweight Champion,

00:00:16Randy Orton.

00:00:18And now, here is your winner,

00:00:23the WWE World Heavyweight Champion,

00:00:29Randy Orton.

00:00:31And now, here is your winner,

00:00:36the WWE World Heavyweight Champion,

00:00:41Randy Orton.

00:00:42And now, here is your winner,

00:00:47the WWE World Heavyweight Champion,

00:00:52Randy Orton.

00:00:54I will be with you for the second hour as well.

00:00:57We are one day removed from one of the wildest,

00:01:00one of the most unforgettable events in recent memory,

00:01:04maybe in history, the Great American Bash.

00:01:07If you were not with us,

00:01:08what you missed last night in Baltimore.

00:01:11Later in this telecast, later in this program,

00:01:14during the second hour,

00:01:15we will show you the blatant attack

00:01:17by two gentlemen who have come on this program

00:01:20for the last couple of weeks and disrupted proceedings.

00:01:23You know who they are.

00:01:24They blatantly attacked Eric Bischoff last night.

00:01:27Once war had been accepted,

00:01:29we are under alert here tonight.

00:01:31You never know what's going to happen,

00:01:33and we're gonna show fans

00:01:34what happened to Eric Bischoff last night.

00:01:36I can tell you right now, fans,

00:01:37I've been doing this for many years.

00:01:39It's the worst attack,

00:01:40worst thing I have ever seen in my life, Larry.

00:01:42Well, you know, let me say something about that.

00:01:44I can appreciate playing that human game of chess

00:01:47to its fullest potential.

00:01:49I can appreciate taking advantage of the rules

00:01:53because I invented it.

00:01:54Picking up skinny little Bischoff

00:01:56and throwing him off the stage

00:01:58does not impress me.

00:02:00These two rogues who think they're gonna come in

00:02:03and take over World Championship Wrestling,

00:02:07the biggest wrestling organization in the world,

00:02:12I want you two clowns to realize

00:02:15you're not welcome here and you're not wanted here.

00:02:18You wanted war, buddy, you got war,

00:02:21and we're gonna be telling you

00:02:22later on in this telecast

00:02:23that during Bash of the Beach,

00:02:24what men will participate,

00:02:26and we will have a drawing

00:02:27and we'll be talking a little bit about that.

00:02:29Also last night,

00:02:30in that much-anticipated tag team match,

00:02:33the Nature Boy Ric Flair and Arn Anderson,

00:02:35and what about what happened there?

00:02:37We'll be talking about that,

00:02:37but last night at the Great American Bash,

00:02:39we had some tremendous action.

00:02:41Fire and Ice in the opening bout

00:02:43going up against the Steiner Brothers,

00:02:44one of the hottest tag team matches

00:02:46we ever want to see.

00:02:47Back and forth, there must be a winner,

00:02:49and I tell you, both teams went at it.

00:02:50The Steiners gave them their best move,

00:02:52Fire and Ice gave them their best move,

00:02:54submission holds and everything,

00:02:55but at the end, it was the Steiner Brothers

00:02:57getting the win in the opening bout.

00:02:59Also, we had some other tremendous action.

00:03:01Big Bubba last night at the Great American Bash

00:03:04going up against John Tinta.

00:03:05John Tinta came in with revenge in his mind

00:03:08and he had the 300-pound Bubba at his disposal.

00:03:10As a matter of fact,

00:03:11got a little bit of the beard as well

00:03:13as he defeated Big Bubba last night.

00:03:15And then you talked about electrifying.

00:03:16Last night, it was Dean Malenko,

00:03:18Ray Mysterio Jr. for the Cruiserweight.

00:03:20We saw highlights, we saw moves and holds

00:03:23that we have never seen before.

00:03:25They had a tremendous matchup

00:03:26and they will have a big return match,

00:03:29Ray Mysterio Jr. and Dean Malenko

00:03:31later on in this telecast.

00:03:32Also, we will show the fans

00:03:34how we now have a fourth horseman.

00:03:36Can you believe this?

00:03:37It is Steve Mongo McMichael.

00:03:39We will show the fans how that happened,

00:03:41how he turned his back on his friend, Kevin Green,

00:03:45all for the green, all for money.

00:03:47Wait a minute, Steve Mongo McMichaels.

00:03:50Notice I didn't call him Dumbo this week.

00:03:53This man has proved his worthiness

00:03:55as a professional athlete.

00:03:57You know what he did, Shivani?

00:03:58What he did was he deliberately stopped the match

00:04:01by hitting Green over the head

00:04:03only to protect his knee to stop Ric Flair

00:04:05from injuring Green's career in the figure four

00:04:09and took off with Randy Savage's money at the same time.

00:04:13We will also show you later on one of the wildest matches.

00:04:15It ended up in the bathroom between the Taskmaster

00:04:17and between Chris Benoit.

00:04:19But also, fans, we talked about what happened

00:04:21to Eric Bischoff last night

00:04:23right on the Great American Bash.

00:04:25It all started with this.

00:04:26Take a look at what happened last night.

00:04:28I will tell you, it'll be at Bash at the Beach

00:04:31July 7th in Daytona.

00:04:34I'm free, I'm free.

00:04:35But before we go any further,

00:04:36hold on, hold on, hold on.

00:04:38Before we go any further, let's clear one thing up.

00:04:41Do you work for the WWE?

00:04:45No.

00:04:47How about it?

00:04:47No.

00:04:49Forget about the past, Chico.

00:04:52Let's worry about the future.

00:04:54We wanna know who your three guys are.

00:04:57Is it the Nacho Man?

00:05:02I don't think so.

00:05:03And what about the Immortal Huckster?

00:05:08You know, you tell Billionaire Ted

00:05:11to break out the money and get anybody he can

00:05:15because the big man and the medium-sized man

00:05:20and our surprise buddy are gonna carve them up.

00:05:28I wanna ask you a question right now.

00:05:30He's had his say.

00:05:31Who are they, man?

00:05:32Who are they?

00:05:32I can't tell you.

00:05:33I'll tell you tomorrow night on Nitro.

00:05:35That's the deal.

00:05:36You can't tell us?

00:05:38You don't jack us around.

00:05:39Don't jack us around.

00:05:40Oh, for Christ.

00:05:41Well, what are they doing?

00:05:45Can you believe that happened?

00:05:46There is a further part to this story.

00:05:49Stay tuned.

00:05:49Later on on Nitro, we will show you what happened

00:05:52to Eric Bischoff at the hands of these two thugs.

00:05:54It happened last night at the Great American Bash,

00:05:57and we'll be talking about Bash of the Beats.

00:05:59We are under war.

00:06:01War has been accepted, and we will tell you how.

00:06:03But right now, we're gonna ring the first bell.

00:06:05Two hours live on WCW Monday Night Show.

00:06:08Larry Zubisco, as always, the greatest wrestling action

00:06:11in the world right here.

00:06:13That's why I'm here, Shivani.

00:06:15We open up with a great singles matchup

00:06:17between two great tag team wrestlers

00:06:20here on WCW Monday Night Show.

00:06:22Ladies and gentlemen, we wanna let you know

00:06:24the 4th of July weekend is rapidly approaching,

00:06:27and as it approaches, the very last day

00:06:29of that 4th of July weekend will be Sunday, July 7th.

00:06:33There is only one thing you need to do,

00:06:35and that is to get on the bar

00:06:36and call your local cable company

00:06:38because you wanna be part of the Great American Bash.

00:06:40And why is that?

00:06:41Let me tell you this.

00:06:44War has been accepted.

00:06:44You just heard, those two gentlemen

00:06:46said they have another man.

00:06:47And we will find out who the three men will be

00:06:52who will go up in this titanic battle

00:06:54later on in this telecast at Bash at the Beach.

00:06:57As war has been declared, war has been accepted,

00:07:01WCW is under attack.

00:07:03Well, certainly war has been accepted.

00:07:04No one's gonna come in here and tell

00:07:07the premier wrestling organization of the world what to do.

00:07:10No one's gonna take over anything.

00:07:14I got some scoops on it.

00:07:14We'll get into it later.

00:07:15Right now, we got a good one

00:07:17walking into that squared circle.

00:07:19We have a tremendous one tonight.

00:07:21In addition to the great matches,

00:07:22the giant is here against Rick's brother, Scott.

00:07:24That is in our second hour,

00:07:26plus the reinstatement and the return long awaited

00:07:30of the macho man, Randy Savage.

00:07:32He is back in action here tonight.

00:07:35Here we go already.

00:07:36Going up against the nature boy, Ric Flair.

00:07:40And here we go.

00:07:41Already, it is Stevie Ray and Rick Steiner.

00:07:44You know, we've got two men here

00:07:45not only are in great tag teams,

00:07:47but are on brother combinations.

00:07:49Scott and Rick are brothers.

00:07:50Booker T and Stevie Ray are brothers.

00:07:51Yeah, that's not a very often found combination,

00:07:54but Stevie Ray has got the right idea.

00:07:56Reputation of Rick Steiner precedes him.

00:07:58Stevie Ray has taken no chances.

00:08:01He started off with the offense,

00:08:03and the man who starts off on the offense

00:08:05usually winds up the winner.

00:08:07Caught Rick Steiner off guard,

00:08:09and he's still continuing the onslaught.

00:08:12Bam, what a clothesline!

00:08:13I mean, and knocked him right off his feet that time.

00:08:15As we said, still with us, still to come.

00:08:18We will show you what happened at the hands

00:08:22near the end of the program,

00:08:23and how Steve Mongo McMichael has now sided,

00:08:26believe this or not, with the nature boy,

00:08:28Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, and Chris Benoit.

00:08:31And we will take you where no man has ever gone before

00:08:34in WCW pay-per-view television, to the bathroom.

00:08:37Kevin Sullivan, the Testmaster, and Chris Benoit.

00:08:40I've never seen anything like it.

00:08:42I think that is still to come.

00:08:42Stay right where you are in this telecast.

00:08:44Well, they hit him with everything

00:08:45but the kitchen urinal.

00:08:46They sure did.

00:08:47A shoulder block takedown.

00:08:49Stevie Ray, the big guy of Heilem Heat,

00:08:52looking awesome here.

00:08:53Wiped out.

00:08:55He ran right into the arms of Rick Steiner.

00:08:57Rick Steiner is a notorious suplex artist.

00:09:01Never run headlong into this guy.

00:09:04And right there, Steiner,

00:09:05even being shorter than Stevie Ray,

00:09:06has a great center of gravity and balance

00:09:09to be able to, he's up on the top!

00:09:11He's got his bulldog from the top.

00:09:13Steiner, with all of his power down,

00:09:15one, two, no, two count.

00:09:18Stevie Ray showing his perseverance.

00:09:20He's not getting up very quick either.

00:09:22Oh, he caught him.

00:09:24Big power slam.

00:09:25Stevie Ray one step ahead, showing his quickness here.

00:09:28Hey, he was.

00:09:29He had the eye of the hunter there,

00:09:30saw Rick Steiner coming in,

00:09:32but it may be too early.

00:09:33This guy's taking a high risk and he's far away.

00:09:36Steiner moved out of the way.

00:09:38As I said earlier, we are on alert

00:09:41here on WCW Monday Nitro.

00:09:43If they would attack, it's hard to tell

00:09:45what else they would do.

00:09:46A big clothesline.

00:09:47One, two, three.

00:09:48He got him!

00:09:50Don't worry about a thing, Shebani.

00:09:52Anybody comes near you, I'll take care of it.

00:09:55Hey, Booker T come out of nowhere.

00:09:58It's Booker T of Harlem Heat

00:10:00double teaming Rick Steiner.

00:10:02The Steiners who got the win last night

00:10:04at the Great American Bash.

00:10:06Now, being double teamed here.

00:10:09For the Harlem Heat, one thing they hate to do is lose.

00:10:12Stevie Ray got caught off guard by Rick Steiner.

00:10:14Booker T couldn't take it.

00:10:17They're going for one of their patented moves.

00:10:20Or are they?

00:10:21A big powerbomb.

00:10:23They may be going for the Harlem hangover here.

00:10:26He's going up.

00:10:27He's going for it.

00:10:29Here comes Scotty Steiner.

00:10:31Scott Steiner protecting his brother.

00:10:35Oh my goodness.

00:10:36Scott Steiner, he got nailed right in the ribcage.

00:10:38That wasn't a smart thing to do.

00:10:41Here's the 1-800-COLLECT replay, Larry.

00:10:44Oh, right there.

00:10:45Rick Steiner caught Stevie Ray off guard.

00:10:47Notice how he cradled the man up.

00:10:49That put the weight over the shoulders.

00:10:51That got him the three count.

00:10:52Also got Booker T very upset.

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00:11:01Back with more on Nitro Live after this.

00:11:04Live tonight, Aaron Benoit,

00:11:07the males were coming for the business.

00:11:08Looks like there's been trouble among the four horsemen.

00:11:10Well, guess what?

00:11:11The males are going to solve it.

00:11:12Ha ha ha.

00:11:16You're back in the first hour of WCW Monday Nitro Live

00:11:20coming to you from the Richmond Coliseum.

00:11:22And we are jam-packed and we are hotter than ever.

00:11:24World Championship Wrestling is where the big boys play.

00:11:28And under the declaration of war,

00:11:31under the declaration of war.

00:11:33Later on, we will find out what three men,

00:11:36stay with us, what three men will go to Daytona Beach.

00:11:40What three men on July 7th will participate

00:11:43in the Bash of the Beach as war has been declared.

00:11:46And who is the surprise these two men have?

00:11:48We can only wait and see, Larry Zabisco.

00:11:50You know what I hear?

00:11:52Everybody in World Championship Wrestling

00:11:55wants to get involved.

00:11:56We received a telephone call last night.

00:11:59Cut the music, cut the music.

00:12:00Wait a minute.

00:12:01Cut the music.

00:12:04If you shut up for a second,

00:12:06please, there's something I'd like to say.

00:12:08I know everybody came to see the Disco Inferno dance.

00:12:12Wrong again.

00:12:14Did you come to see him dance?

00:12:15Do you want to see me dance?

00:12:18Do you want me to go break his leg?

00:12:21You want it, you got it, hit the music.

00:12:27I don't think that's the music he wants.

00:12:29He's going to have a hard time discoing a muck to this one.

00:12:32That is the music of Joe Gomez, the Desperado.

00:12:35A man who was going to make his debut last week

00:12:38before he was attacked by the Nature Boy,

00:12:40Ric Flair and Arne Anderson.

00:12:42But he's making his debut here this week

00:12:44on WCW Monday Nitro.

00:12:47Well, Joe Gomez went to stick his nose

00:12:49in someone else's business

00:12:51and he got what he deserved to get.

00:12:54Mind your own business,

00:12:55especially when you're a newcomer like this kid is.

00:12:59I hear a lot of good things about him.

00:13:00Let's see what he's got.

00:13:01Let me say, and I was going to talk about this

00:13:04before I was interrupted by the Disco Inferno.

00:13:06We received a telephone call last night from Hulk Hogan.

00:13:09Hulk Hogan out in Hollywood, California right now.

00:13:11We received a telephone call.

00:13:12He said, listen, if they want to declare war,

00:13:14throw my name in the hat.

00:13:16I want to be there.

00:13:17I want to be a part of it.

00:13:18Hulk Hogan, everyone.

00:13:19We've had telegrams from our promoters in Germany,

00:13:22from New Japan Pro Wrestling,

00:13:23everybody, all the eyes of the wrestling world

00:13:26on World Championship Wrestling right now

00:13:28on the bash at the beach.

00:13:29What is going to transpire?

00:13:31Nothing like it has ever been seen in this sport before

00:13:33and you can see it July 7th.

00:13:35Well, everybody feels insulted.

00:13:36Hogan's insulted.

00:13:38Even Ric Flair's insulted.

00:13:39I'm insulted sitting here.

00:13:41Absolutely.

00:13:42The Disco Inferno and Joe Gomez.

00:13:44Joe Gomez, very vocal about what happened last night

00:13:47with the Four Horsemen.

00:13:48Gomez, a longtime football fan of the Chicago Bears

00:13:52said he couldn't believe what Steve McMichael did

00:13:54and how he turned his back on his friends for money.

00:13:58And Gomez has spoken about that.

00:14:00Don't go putting all the blame on McMichaels.

00:14:02His wife, whatever her name was,

00:14:04she came out with a satchel full of money.

00:14:08I think that's good.

00:14:08I mean, if you wave your gold card at a nightclub,

00:14:11you'll discover the integrity of womanhood.

00:14:15I've heard you say that before, Larry.

00:14:16I said it again.

00:14:17Yes, and you will say it, I'm sure, again.

00:14:19The Disco Inferno having problems with the fans

00:14:21here at ringside.

00:14:23And with David Pinter, the ring announcer.

00:14:26Oh, yeah, look.

00:14:27Now Cena, this has to stop.

00:14:29I mean, everybody wants to beat up on announcers now.

00:14:31Thank goodness we are on a state of alert.

00:14:33Thank goodness for extra security here tonight.

00:14:35I've never been involved in anything in my life

00:14:38like what has transpired here tonight,

00:14:40one day removed from the Great American Bash.

00:14:43Whoa.

00:14:45Gomez got him right smack in the face.

00:14:50Gomez will hit the ropes and miss everything.

00:14:55You may fool Disco once,

00:14:56you're not gonna fool him twice.

00:14:58Disco Inferno, he does have excellent movement.

00:15:01Even though you don't like the way he dances,

00:15:03you've gotta respect the man's ability to move.

00:15:06And right there, Joe Gomez found out the hard way.

00:15:09Don't take high risks against a guy that can move.

00:15:13Into the midsection.

00:15:14Just to let you know, we will show you.

00:15:16We've been talking a lot about Steve Mongo McMichael.

00:15:18He is here tonight, we understand.

00:15:20And we'll show you exactly what transpired last night.

00:15:23It was shocking.

00:15:25And there's no question fans,

00:15:26the Great American Bash was everything and more

00:15:30we anticipated.

00:15:31If you missed it, the encore presentation

00:15:33is on request, Juan, in two days.

00:15:35That's Wednesday, June 19th.

00:15:37And call your local cable operator

00:15:39to see the encore presentation of the Great American Bash.

00:15:42If you missed it, or if you wanna see it again.

00:15:45Well, there's an encore for Disco.

00:15:47He ran into one and he ran into another one.

00:15:50Foot to the face.

00:15:52Right hand on top of the head.

00:15:54Again, back and forth they go.

00:15:56Gomez with a very impressive debut

00:15:58against a Disco Inferno man who has been

00:16:00ready to fight here tonight on Nitro.

00:16:04Back and forth he goes to the corner.

00:16:06Joe Gomez sends him in again.

00:16:08Disco Inferno hits hard.

00:16:09Right hand, down goes Disco.

00:16:12This goes down, but Gomez,

00:16:14he still didn't prove nothing to me yet.

00:16:16He didn't finish the man off.

00:16:18Uh-oh, see right there.

00:16:20Grafted.

00:16:21Swinging neck breaker, Disco Inferno.

00:16:23Maybe one step away from victory.

00:16:26No, no, not that.

00:16:29Pin him, you idiot.

00:16:32Boy, is that a critical mistake or what?

00:16:34Yeah, this guy's got movement.

00:16:35One, two, Joe Gomez rolls him over.

00:16:38One, two, three, it's over.

00:16:43How about that?

00:16:44I think Joe Gomez is lucky.

00:16:46Disco is not a focused individual yet.

00:16:48He's got the movement.

00:16:50He's too worried about his hair.

00:16:51Too worried about the way he looks.

00:16:54Otherwise, he would have had the guy.

00:16:56Joe Gomez is your winner, as we have more

00:17:01live on WCW Monday Nitro after this time out.

00:17:15We are back with more WCW Monday Nitro

00:17:17here on TNT.

00:17:18I feel a little uncomfortable.

00:17:20I gotta be very candid with you, Ric Flair,

00:17:21after all that has transpired in the last 24 hours.

00:17:24Elizabeth, please, woman, don't get involved here.

00:17:28And you, Deborah McMichaels,

00:17:31I have never been disappointed in any one person

00:17:33like I have been disappointed in you

00:17:35last night at the Great American Bash.

00:17:37What made you do that?

00:17:39I had to do it.

00:17:39Well, for one thing, it was great company.

00:17:42And for the money, I hate to say it again,

00:17:44it was for the money.

00:17:45Greed rears its ugly head, and I'll tell you what,

00:17:48the recently reinstated Macho Man, Randy Savage,

00:17:51we saw him last night.

00:17:53You saw him.

00:17:54You got a real good look at him.

00:17:54Look at the monitor, Gene.

00:17:56Look at what the world's looking at.

00:17:58It looks like a Vogue cover.

00:18:00That's what's going on.

00:18:02It's Deborah, woo!

00:18:04It's woman, oh woman, won't you marry me now?

00:18:07And it's Liz and Macho Man,

00:18:11Mongo,

00:18:13now,

00:18:15with that 10-carat diamond Super Bowl ring.

00:18:19Goes like this.

00:18:22We're reunited, brother, woo!

00:18:24And it feels oh so good.

00:18:27Kevin Green lays in a hospital bed in Charlotte.

00:18:32Front page!

00:18:34I'm not gonna tell the story.

00:18:35It was big.

00:18:37But now tonight, Macho's reinstated.

00:18:40He wants his money back, yes.

00:18:43Quality of life, yes.

00:18:45Most of all, he wants, hmm, hmm.

00:18:49I told you before, Flair.

00:18:50Elizabeth's back!

00:18:52She's not gonna cross that line again.

00:18:54Macho, right here, Nitro, firsthand.

00:18:57You're gonna find out why I'm on top of the world.

00:19:02All right, that's gonna be about a half hour.

00:19:03Why, I'm the Nitro boy.

00:19:05Macho, you're mad, you're sick.

00:19:08But tonight, you're gonna get hurt, and hurt bad.

00:19:12You know why?

00:19:14Because I'm on a styling profile.

00:19:16Gee, look at the girls!

00:19:17Smell the excitement, Richmond, Virginia!

00:19:20Next week, we're coming to Charlotte!

00:19:22Woo, bright lights, big cities!

00:19:24Tonight, Macho, you go down.

00:19:27I don't know, I have talked to the Macho Man, Randy Savage.

00:19:29You know, this guy's a little loony.

00:19:31They all think I'm afraid of him.

00:19:32You know, they're all saying

00:19:34when Macho Man gets ahold of Flair,

00:19:36he's gonna tear him up.

00:19:37Not gonna happen!

00:19:38I'm standing my ground, Macho.

00:19:40Tonight, you're mine.

00:19:41Thank you, we are all out of time, Debra.

00:19:44I can't believe it.

00:19:45Right now, let's get you back to more action.

00:19:48All right, we are back in the arena here.

00:19:51Jam-packed capacity crowd.

00:19:53World Championship Wrestling,

00:19:55heading to the bash at the beach.

00:19:57And I tell you, we're gonna be seeing

00:19:58Steve Mongo McMichael a little bit later on.

00:20:01But now, in a show of unity,

00:20:03here they are, two of the Horsemen.

00:20:06Tony, the four Horsemen are now a complete unit.

00:20:10Here's a man, of course, Arn Anderson,

00:20:13endomorphic cyborg enforcement unit that he is.

00:20:17Next to him, Chris Benoit.

00:20:20And what a powerhouse he proved himself to be

00:20:24against one of the most devious, dangerous men

00:20:28professional wrestling has ever seen in Kevin Sullivan.

00:20:31Chris Benoit proved himself worthy

00:20:35to truly be called a Horseman.

00:20:38Every deck full here in Richmond

00:20:40for WCW Monday Nitro.

00:20:42Arn Anderson, you see Chris Benoit in that face.

00:20:45That face, a result of the most brutal match

00:20:49I have ever witnessed in my life.

00:20:51It went everywhere, but especially,

00:20:53well, we'll just show you later on.

00:20:55Stay with us.

00:20:56What happened last night between

00:20:57the Taskmaster and Chris Benoit.

00:21:01And how it all came around for the four Horsemen.

00:21:05Also, fans, I wanna talk about this for a moment.

00:21:09We've been talking a lot about the acceptance of war.

00:21:12You heard Eric accept the war.

00:21:13We'll show you later on what happened to Eric Bischoff

00:21:16in a cowardly act by those two gentlemen.

00:21:20WCW officials, the championship committee

00:21:22has put six names together, we understand,

00:21:25based on win-loss record.

00:21:27The best win-loss record in the sport.

00:21:28The top six names.

00:21:30And there will be a drawing later on tonight

00:21:32here on WCW Monday Nitro of three men

00:21:35who will go into this match at Bashas' Beach.

00:21:37And Gene Oakerlin will have that drawing

00:21:39a little bit later on in this telecast.

00:21:40With all the names that are in there,

00:21:41Lex Luger's in there.

00:21:42Sting hopes he's picked.

00:21:45Mentioned before, even Hulk Hogan is called.

00:21:48He wants his name picked.

00:21:49Well, he's in there.

00:21:50He's in the six.

00:21:51We'll be talking more about that as this telecast goes on.

00:21:56I'm with you, fans, for two solid hours.

00:21:58Eric Bischoff, obviously, if you joined us last night,

00:22:01you know he is not here.

00:22:03We'll show you what happened to him

00:22:04later on in this telecast.

00:22:06We wish Eric the best.

00:22:07He is in a hospital right now.

00:22:10We'll be undergoing some more tests tomorrow.

00:22:11We hope to get him back maybe next week.

00:22:13We are not sure.

00:22:15Down low.

00:22:16And look at Arn Anderson.

00:22:17He caught Bagwell sleeping.

00:22:19Hey, turn, no.

00:22:21He forgot his positioning here.

00:22:23He's turned around.

00:22:24Right hand.

00:22:25Arn Anderson goes down hard

00:22:28and rolls him back into termination.

00:22:31Roll up.

00:22:32One, two.

00:22:33Got a two count.

00:22:34That's a mistake.

00:22:35You don't see Arn Anderson make two often.

00:22:37He forgot his ring positioning.

00:22:39Thought he was on the other side of the ring.

00:22:41Bagwell snuck up like a coward behind him.

00:22:44But this man is not called the enforcer for nothing.

00:22:47He knows what he's,

00:22:48look at the eyes of Arn Anderson.

00:22:50Look at the eyes of Benoit.

00:22:51These guys look like Frank Perdue looking at a chicken.

00:22:54Yeah, I tell you.

00:22:56And with Benoit's case, the chicken struck back.

00:22:59My goodness.

00:23:00I mean, well, you just have to see it to believe it.

00:23:03And we will show you it a little bit later on.

00:23:05There's one thing,

00:23:06well, there's many things

00:23:07that came out of last night's telecast.

00:23:08But one thing is you can never afford to miss WCW

00:23:11or Pay-Per-View because you don't know

00:23:13what's going to happen.

00:23:14Last night, it even took Mia back,

00:23:16some of the things I saw.

00:23:17And I've seen just about everything in this sport.

00:23:20Into the midsection.

00:23:21Arn Anderson with a gut shot.

00:23:22Maybe a power bomb.

00:23:23Maybe a piledriver up.

00:23:25And a kick.

00:23:26And a kick.

00:23:27And a kick.

00:23:28And a kick.

00:23:29And a kick.

00:23:30Lateral press one.

00:23:32Only an Arn Anderson quickly got out of that.

00:23:34Yeah, hard to hold Arn Anderson down for two.

00:23:36This guy is thick chested, strong man.

00:23:39What the American males are gonna have to do

00:23:40is rely on their speed, make a lot of tags,

00:23:43incorporate teamwork just like this.

00:23:45But I don't think they can do it.

00:23:46That's a tall order against two of the horsemen.

00:23:52Look at right there.

00:23:53That's an opening.

00:23:54Arn Anderson can find it.

00:23:55Tags Benoit Bagwell.

00:23:57He did a smart move there.

00:23:58Get out of that corner.

00:24:00Run for your life.

00:24:01One of our big main events later on,

00:24:02not only Ric Flair, the Macho Man Randy Savage,

00:24:04but The Giant and Scott Steiner.

00:24:07Scott Steiner involved in the opening bout,

00:24:08as you saw a few moments ago with his brother.

00:24:12He was brutally attacked.

00:24:13We are unsure of the condition of Scott Steiner.

00:24:15As it relates to that matchup,

00:24:17we will keep you abreast of that as well.

00:24:20Bagwell with a tremendous kick out of nowhere.

00:24:23And he just gets swatted away by Benoit.

00:24:27I did. Thank you, Larry.

00:24:28Into the ropes.

00:24:30Into the midsection.

00:24:31Boy, Benoit is crisp.

00:24:33Look at that.

00:24:34Whoa, Bagwell held on to it.

00:24:37Bagwell over the top.

00:24:42Good hip toss.

00:24:43Here goes Bagwell.

00:24:44Bagwell takes the fight,

00:24:45and Benoit is one step ahead.

00:24:48One step ahead.

00:24:49And the fans respond.

00:24:50Here comes a tag.

00:24:51He was one step ahead last night,

00:24:53the guys on a rope.

00:24:54Benoit is one of the quickest regainers of balance

00:24:58I've ever seen in my career.

00:25:00And balance important.

00:25:01Without balance, you have no power.

00:25:04You know, I've always said throughout this great sport,

00:25:07the years throughout the sport,

00:25:07that I've seen the Four Horsemen in action.

00:25:10Wait a minute now.

00:25:11Bagwell trying to backslide here.

00:25:12He's got to drop down,

00:25:13and Arn's trying to keep him from dropping.

00:25:17Randy Anderson doing all he can.

00:25:18Drop kick.

00:25:20One, two, no sir.

00:25:22And I've seen the Four Horsemen many ways,

00:25:24but you know, I've always said,

00:25:25when you think the Horsemen are in trouble,

00:25:27they always rebound.

00:25:29And they proved it last night again and again.

00:25:31One, they rebounded.

00:25:34They double-teamed the Taskmaster.

00:25:35We will show you some of that.

00:25:37And of course, the addition of Steve McMichael,

00:25:40the man who used to occupy those chairs,

00:25:44the man who bantered with Bobby Heenan,

00:25:46the man who last night, as we will see,

00:25:48shook the hand of Bobby DeBruyne Heenan.

00:25:51So the Horsemen are stronger than ever before.

00:25:53Again, give credit to where it's due.

00:25:56I've always said Ric Flair, master player of human chess,

00:26:00organizer of the Four Horsemen,

00:26:03and he's got a complete unit.

00:26:05Of course, I don't think the Dungeon of Doom

00:26:07is very happy about it.

00:26:11No question about it.

00:26:14Dungeon of Doom, not very happy about it.

00:26:16And you've got to realize that Taskmaster Kevin Sullivan

00:26:20has to be, as well as we're seeing Benoit

00:26:23licking his wounds as well.

00:26:24That was a brutal, high-impact matchup last night.

00:26:27Sullivan doesn't look any better than Benoit.

00:26:29Look at him go!

00:26:31He connected!

00:26:33This one is over.

00:26:34One, two, and the save prevented that.

00:26:37And it was only the save.

00:26:38Boy, Benoit is intense, isn't he?

00:26:40Down he goes!

00:26:41Yes, awesome guy, Arn Anderson's right there

00:26:43to back it up.

00:26:45Again, almost impossible to outdo Arn Anderson

00:26:48and Benoit in terms of teamwork.

00:26:51Look at Bagwell, he's getting up, he's wobbly.

00:26:53Bagwell desperately making a tag.

00:26:58Double fist, down goes Benoit.

00:27:04Double drop kick, that's their move.

00:27:06That's their move, one, two, Arn Anderson makes a save.

00:27:09All right, down goes Double A hard.

00:27:11Yeah, Bagwell's getting frustrated,

00:27:13but he's gotta get out of there.

00:27:15This is where the wrestling action is right here,

00:27:17and you are seeing some of the greats.

00:27:18A back elbow from Arn Anderson.

00:27:20Benoit drops him and hangs him up, so to speak, on the top.

00:27:24Benoit, one, two, three, beats him.

00:27:28Horstman rule again.

00:27:30Horstman rule again.

00:27:32And there's four of them now, Shivani.

00:27:34They're running on full power.

00:27:37No denying, Benoit and Arn Anderson,

00:27:40we're gonna be talking to them in just a few moments.

00:27:45And as we said, we will show you some of the moments

00:27:47if you missed it in the Great American Bash,

00:27:49still to come in this telecast.

00:27:50Plus, Ric Flair, the Macho Man Randy Savage,

00:27:54he has reinstated and he is back with a vengeance.

00:27:57All right, you're talking about a man with a vengeance.

00:27:59Look at Benoit fly three quarters of the way

00:28:02across the ring, connects, ring positioning,

00:28:06excellent, Arn Anderson always is where he needs to be.

00:28:09Benoit, great snap, hung this kid, Scott Riggs, out to dry,

00:28:14put the weight over the shoulders,

00:28:16and again, the four Horstman of the apocalypse

00:28:19are riding across the planet.

00:28:22No question about it.

00:28:23Now let's take you to the ring in this special interview.

00:28:26All right, thank you very much, Tony Shivani.

00:28:27As you alluded to, we are gonna be talking

00:28:30to these two gentlemen.

00:28:31Apparently, once again, the Horstman

00:28:33are a cohesive unit of four,

00:28:36as we saw last night at the Great American Bash.

00:28:40And that couldn't be more evident in your match,

00:28:42Chris Benoit with the Taskmaster Kevin Sullivan,

00:28:45when you, Arn Anderson, came to his aid.

00:28:47Now, all of a sudden, apparently, the Nature Boy,

00:28:50and I can't believe it, Steve Mongo McMichael.

00:28:53Everybody in this building is in shock

00:28:59and all over the world.

00:29:01When they, like Arn Anderson, flare at their worst,

00:29:07what these people are all responding to is

00:29:10they like somebody that says what they're gonna do,

00:29:13and then they do it.

00:29:15Now, McMichael's made the right choice.

00:29:19We're at full strength.

00:29:21Sullivan, you and I had a business deal,

00:29:24but when business deals go south,

00:29:27somebody takes a bath and somebody gets rich.

00:29:32I know it's tough down at the bottom

00:29:33of the wading pool, pal,

00:29:35but there's only room for four Horstman.

00:29:38You know, Arn Anderson, it isn't something

00:29:41you would typically read on a sports page.

00:29:43That sounds to me like it's something out of the business

00:29:46or marketplace section of the Wall Street Journal.

00:29:48Chris Benoit, you, quite candidly,

00:29:51the way I visualized it,

00:29:52you needed a little assistance last night, apparently.

00:29:54Sullivan, every action has a reaction.

00:30:00In your quest, in your goal, in your desire

00:30:05to nullify the Horstman, to separate us.

00:30:09Well, most of America watched the reaction last night.

00:30:15You felt it.

00:30:17The Horstman are about guts,

00:30:22glamor, and glory.

00:30:26All right, the signal or the signal.

00:30:29Here's a guy that's three fingers short.

00:30:31Watch it there, pal.

00:30:33The Horstman apparently together again,

00:30:35and I'm certain we're gonna be talking about this

00:30:36in weeks to come.

00:30:37Benoit and Anderson here with us tonight.

00:30:39Stay tuned on TNT Live.

00:30:42More Nitro continues right after this.

00:30:45Don't go away.

00:30:49Well, Bubba, what goes around comes around.

00:30:52You got me first, but I got some of you.

00:30:55Tonight, let's see who can finish the job.

00:30:58You or me.

00:31:05We are back live on WCW Monday Nitro

00:31:08here on TNT.

00:31:09Tony Schiavone, Larry Zubinsko,

00:31:10as we head to the biggest countdown

00:31:12in sports entertainment.

00:31:13The countdown to the second hour of WCW Monday Nitro,

00:31:16and I'm gonna be joined by Bobby, The Brain,

00:31:19Enon, Big Bubba, along with Jimmy Hart.

00:31:23Little bit of a-

00:31:25Go get him.

00:31:26What a tag in there.

00:31:26That chin last night, as we showed you earlier.

00:31:28There you can see the side of it,

00:31:31and he's feeling that,

00:31:32and he'll be facing John Tentley

00:31:35in a return match.

00:31:36Fans, if you missed the Great American Bash,

00:31:38we will let you know right now

00:31:40that you can call your local cable operator,

00:31:42get the encore presentation.

00:31:44It is tomorrow.

00:31:45Tomorrow, understand, Tuesday, June 18th,

00:31:48the Great American Bash encore presentation.

00:31:50Call for availability.

00:31:52Check your local listings on that,

00:31:53and join us.

00:31:54Larry, it was the most unforgettable night

00:31:56I've ever experienced in my life.

00:31:58I thought it was terrific that the man was so great.

00:32:00They're showing it again tomorrow.

00:32:02Absolutely.

00:32:04Be with us.

00:32:05And we will show you, if you missed it,

00:32:08some of what went down in this telecast.

00:32:11In that telecast, actually,

00:32:13what happened with Eric Bischoff

00:32:16in that blatant, cowardly attack.

00:32:19We'll show you that, what he suffered,

00:32:21and we're gonna show you how Steve McMichael

00:32:24became the latest horseman.

00:32:26Bobby DeBrent Hina will be joining us

00:32:28in just a few moments.

00:32:28He's getting all set up for the second hour

00:32:30of WCW Monday Night Show,

00:32:32where Ric Flair and the Macho Man will literally collide.

00:32:35But here we go.

00:32:36This is why it's where the big boys play.

00:32:38You can't get any bigger than these two guys.

00:32:39No, these two guys collided already.

00:32:41John Tenta, I mean,

00:32:43this guy's about the size of the National Debt.

00:32:45Look at him.

00:32:46After about six or seven weeks of psychotherapy,

00:32:49he finally realized he wasn't a fish.

00:32:51I don't know, he looks more like a whale to me,

00:32:54but he just threw Big Bubba.

00:32:55Look at, half his hair's gone.

00:32:57Oh, he nailed him.

00:32:58Half Bubba's beard's gone.

00:33:00We'll see who does finish the job right here.

00:33:04How about that?

00:33:05500 pound dropkick,

00:33:08and Big Bubba taking the low row.

00:33:10The Macho Man makes a triumphant return

00:33:12to the ring on television,

00:33:14backed by popular demand.

00:33:16The fans demanded it.

00:33:17WCW responded.

00:33:19He has agreed to undergo counseling therapy

00:33:22to get himself back together,

00:33:24but I must say,

00:33:25and we'll be talking more about this,

00:33:27the money in that briefcase

00:33:29that Steve McMichael got last night,

00:33:32I understand, was the Macho Man's money.

00:33:34It came from Elizabeth.

00:33:35Well, of course it was.

00:33:36It was alimony,

00:33:37and let that be a lesson to every living American male.

00:33:40Sign A3 up to all A-Gree-men.

00:33:44Would you stop?

00:33:45Don't be stupid.

00:33:46A little marital advice from the legend himself.

00:33:49I see now who you're messing with.

00:33:51Well, look at John Tenta.

00:33:53This guy, boy, he is a huge individual.

00:33:57One thing Bubba's got going for him is speed,

00:33:59and Jimmy Hart in his corner.

00:34:01Big Bubba just manhandles those steel steps,

00:34:04and Big Bubba now, oh, my goodness.

00:34:09Once a man, always a man.

00:34:13See, you gotta understand the philosophy now

00:34:15instilled in the mind of Big Bubba.

00:34:17It's coming from a mental giant,

00:34:19the manager of champions, Mr. Jimmy Hart right there.

00:34:23Like him or not, the gold follows that man, Tony.

00:34:27It was a collision last night on pay-per-view,

00:34:30and you do not have to be left out.

00:34:32Had a lot of phone calls today, this morning,

00:34:35right before our trip down here to Richmond, Virginia.

00:34:37It was a two-count.

00:34:38Fans said, hey, you know, I really,

00:34:40I got off from work late, or I had to go to work,

00:34:42or I was out doing something.

00:34:44How can I see the Great American Badge?

00:34:46I don't wanna miss it.

00:34:47Well, there's good news for you.

00:34:48Tomorrow night, the Encore presentation on pay-per-view.

00:34:52Call for availability.

00:34:54Call your local cable operator.

00:34:57Right here, Tenza doesn't look very good.

00:34:59Bubba, look at the speed of this man.

00:35:01Over 300 pounds, moves like a lightweight.

00:35:03Slipped under that rope and just nailed this guy.

00:35:07Big Bubba, pulling up and out on the mouth of John Tenta.

00:35:13It has become personal.

00:35:14Tenta is a dedicated man.

00:35:15I mean, he is a man who feels that he was shortchanged

00:35:19by the Dungeon of Doom,

00:35:21feels that he must go through Big Bubba.

00:35:23He says, if I have to, I'll go through the Taskmaster,

00:35:25but he also said that he thought Benoit, last night,

00:35:27did a pretty good number on him,

00:35:29and he wants to end up by shaving the head

00:35:31of the World Heavyweight Champion, The Giant.

00:35:33You know, that also could mean that Tenta

00:35:35You know, that also could mean that this guy's a dreamer.

00:35:38Obviously, Kevin Sullivan, a man who knows what he's doing,

00:35:43you know, gave this man a chance.

00:35:44He didn't make the grade.

00:35:46He couldn't do well in the Dungeon of Doom.

00:35:49He wasn't tough enough.

00:35:51Who told you that, Sullivan?

00:35:54I'm watching it for myself.

00:35:55Why else would the Taskmaster

00:35:57throw him out of the Dungeon of Doom?

00:35:59Tenta's one of the most successful big men in our sport.

00:36:02And look at the force behind those right hand blows.

00:36:06He's so successful, how come he hasn't had his heads gone?

00:36:08Well, those things happen.

00:36:09Oh, of course they do.

00:36:10I mean, think about it.

00:36:11It happens to me every day.

00:36:13I can tell.

00:36:14Stop it.

00:36:15Okay, into the corner.

00:36:18500 pounds on Big Bubba.

00:36:23Tenta, in again.

00:36:25Smashing Bubba in the corner, and the entire field.

00:36:28Oh!

00:36:31Take care of that megaphone.

00:36:33Sure does.

00:36:34Jimmy Hart, he may get a haircut tonight.

00:36:37Oh, he's up!

00:36:40Jimmy Hart, oh, deserved to re-answer that.

00:36:44He catches Big Bubba.

00:36:47He caught him.

00:36:48One.

00:36:50He pulled away from him.

00:36:52See, that's what I mean.

00:36:53That's why Sullivan threw him out.

00:36:55He could have beat Big Bubba right there.

00:36:57What's he doing?

00:36:58What's he thinking?

00:36:59I have no idea, but the megaphone is still in the ring.

00:37:03And is there something else in the ring as well,

00:37:04or did the megaphone fall apart there?

00:37:06Batteries, they're the batteries.

00:37:08One, two, three.

00:37:09He's on the ropes.

00:37:10He had his foot on the rope.

00:37:11He got the win.

00:37:18John Tenta gets a win here on Nitro Live,

00:37:21and he's gonna go after Jimmy Hart here.

00:37:24Yeah, get him.

00:37:25Well, sure, it's easier to go after Jimmy Hart

00:37:27when you're 550 pounds.

00:37:29The man just cheated and had his foot on the rope.

00:37:32He's gonna run, Jimmy.

00:37:34Back in he goes.

00:37:35What's that?

00:37:37I don't know.

00:37:37What am I, Cuskin?

00:37:40It is a loaded sock of some kind.

00:37:42Oh my goodness.

00:37:46He just hit him right in the forehead with, oh.

00:37:48He's beating this guy like a junkyard dog here.

00:37:52Pounding John Tenta is a loaded sock.

00:37:55We were going to talk to John Tenta

00:37:57in an interview at the conclusion here,

00:38:00but I'm not so sure we can do that now

00:38:02because he needs help.

00:38:03Big Bubba relentless.

00:38:06What is in that sock?

00:38:07It sounded, it was jingling.

00:38:09It sounded like coins or something.

00:38:11They probably got coins, maybe nuts and bolts.

00:38:13That's what it is.

00:38:14Look at this.

00:38:16More a macho man's alimony?

00:38:18I don't know.

00:38:20Nevertheless, Tenta wins.

00:38:22Bubba gets the final blow

00:38:25here on WCW's Monday Nitro Live.

00:38:29We have had so much going on.

00:38:31Want to remind you that next by popular demand,

00:38:33the macho man Randy Savage makes his return

00:38:35against Ric Flair.

00:38:37We still have scenes to show you from last night's bash.

00:38:39And here it is again, Larry.

00:38:40Well, look at that.

00:38:41Tenta used all his weight, used it well.

00:38:43This guy's got balance and movement.

00:38:45That whole ring shifted.

00:38:46Bubba got the wind knocked out of him,

00:38:48fell into the referee.

00:38:50Jimmy Hart tried his best to be the good manager that he is.

00:38:53Didn't have a big enough megaphone.

00:38:55And of course, any chicken can pick up

00:38:58a little bitty man like this.

00:38:59Yeah, how about last night?

00:39:01Well, I wasn't very impressed with last night

00:39:03and I'm not very impressed with John Tenta right here.

00:39:07Had an opportunity to beat Big Bubba fair and square,

00:39:11but look at this.

00:39:11He cheats, puts his feet up on the rope.

00:39:15And of course, the aftermath after that

00:39:17with Big Bubba using the loaded sock

00:39:19and the coins on John Tenta.

00:39:21All right, let's go to the ring area

00:39:23in this special interview.

00:39:25Thank you very much, Tony Schiavone.

00:39:27I was supposed to talk to,

00:39:28supposed to talk to John Tenta.

00:39:31However, Jimmy Hart, what in the world?

00:39:33You again getting involved?

00:39:34And what did you hand him?

00:39:35A roll of quarters?

00:39:37Half dollars?

00:39:38The Testmaster, Jimmy Hart, Big Bubba.

00:39:41We're making examples of everybody from our own

00:39:44that turned their back on the Dungeon of Glory.

00:39:46I know you want to talk to John Tenta,

00:39:47but I'll have to do.

00:39:49See this right here?

00:39:50This is jump change.

00:39:51But look at the damage it does

00:39:53to the big fat beached whale in the ring.

00:39:57Hi, John Tenta.

00:39:59Take note, boys.

00:40:01Every single time I step in the ring

00:40:03with that fat piece of trash,

00:40:05I kick his butt from here to kingdom come.

00:40:07Just like I did at the Great American Bash.

00:40:10Just like I did tonight on Monday Night Raw.

00:40:14If you don't believe me about the American Bash,

00:40:16tune in tomorrow night.

00:40:18There's gonna be a replay.

00:40:19I sure as hell gonna be watching.

00:40:22I'll tell you what, he has the facts somewhat twisted

00:40:24as we go back to you, Tony Schiavone.

00:40:26All right, and still to come, as a matter of fact,

00:40:28next we start our second hour

00:40:30with the Macho Man's return to the ring

00:40:33against the Nature Boy, Ric Flair.

00:40:35Stay with us live.

00:40:39We're back live with more WCW Monday Night Raw.

00:40:42We're back in the locker room area.

00:40:44The highly anticipated matchup

00:40:46between this man just recently reinstated.

00:40:48Remember, he has been kept away from Ric Flair

00:40:52for the last five or six weeks,

00:40:54with the exception of last evening.

00:40:56And you only touched on it, however, tonight,

00:40:58in just a minute and a half or so,

00:40:59Macho Man Randy Savage,

00:41:01you and the Nature Boy straight ahead.

00:41:03What's your game plan?

00:41:04Usually my plan is no plan.

00:41:06This time tonight, don't blink,

00:41:09because I'm gonna take my time.

00:41:12I'm gonna be calculated.

00:41:13He is preoccupied with the women around him.

00:41:16Man, is he ever.

00:41:17And he doesn't understand that he's in a lot of trouble

00:41:20because I won't go away.

00:41:22Mean Gene Okerlund, I'm not all there.

00:41:25I admit that, but you know what?

00:41:27I'm staying in the WCW forever and forever and forever

00:41:31because there's no man that can put me down, Nature Boy.

00:41:35I am the Macho Man.

00:41:37Do you understand that?

00:41:38In just a little while,

00:41:40I'm gonna be walking down that aisle.

00:41:42In fact, I can't wait.

00:41:44I'm going now.

00:41:47I have a question for you before you leave, Macho Man.

00:41:49What's your question?

00:41:49Did you seek any kind of treatment,

00:41:51any kind of psychological help, behavioral help?

00:41:54Yes, I did.

00:41:55I saw a woman psychiatrist,

00:41:58and she said it was OCD, one cool dude.

00:42:01And she understands the way I think right now.

00:42:04And everything's cool.

00:42:05Everything's cool, pathetic.

00:42:07Everybody's happy.

00:42:08And I'm happy too,

00:42:09because I'm happy about what I'm gonna do right now.

00:42:12Check it out.

00:42:13I'm going to check it out.

00:42:14I thank you, the Macho Man, Randy Savage.

00:42:16Keep in mind, ladies and gentlemen,

00:42:18he was just reinstated over the weekend

00:42:20by World Championship Wrestling.

00:42:22This is the first opportunity

00:42:24that he officially is gonna have a chance

00:42:26to get his hands on the Nature Boy, Ric Flair.

00:42:29Ric Flair has made a public spectacle

00:42:31out of his relationship with these gals,

00:42:33and especially Miss Elizabeth,

00:42:35the former ex of the Macho Man.

00:42:37Right now, let's get you back up to the ring.

00:42:41All right, thanks a lot.

00:42:42Here we are, ready to go.

00:42:43We'll be joining in just a few moments.

00:42:45As a matter of fact, he's getting set right now

00:42:46to join us, Bobby the Brain,

00:42:48here for the second hour of WCW Monday Nitro.

00:42:51Two hours coming to you each and every Monday live,

00:42:54and only on TNT.

00:42:57And here we go, with one of our feature events.

00:43:01Fans, still to come, we will have this random drawing,

00:43:06random drawing in our second hour

00:43:08to find out who will face the two men,

00:43:10and who this new man, this surprise man will be

00:43:14as fast as he beats, as War has been declared.

00:43:17We are now less than 15 seconds away

00:43:20from WCW Monday Nitro, on TNT.

00:43:24Hour number two begins, and wait a minute.

00:43:27Wait a second, the Macho Man's over here, Russ.

00:43:31Heenan is up here.

00:43:33Get him out of here, get Savage out of here.

00:43:35Bobby Heenan set to join us for the second hour,

00:43:38and he's backing up.

00:43:40Heenan's-

00:43:41No, Heenan's not arrested.

00:43:43Savage should be arrested for this.

00:43:46He's disoriented, Heenan, he doesn't know where he is,

00:43:49he's going to the ring.

00:43:50Savage said he had psychological health,

00:43:53he should be able to control himself.

00:43:55This man is a hazard to public safety.

00:43:58Look at Heenan, he could hurt himself out there.

00:44:02He's not in shape, Savage should be sued.

00:44:05Savage should be sued for this.

00:44:08Well, I think-

00:44:08Psychiatrist.

00:44:09I think what he wanted to do was send a message

00:44:12to Bobby the Brain Heenan.

00:44:14Send a message to Steve McMichael.

00:44:16He's attacking a guy who used to be a manager,

00:44:19that's now a broadcaster.

00:44:20Heenan, this guy needs two shrinks.

00:44:23Welcome to our second hour of live WCW Monday Nitro,

00:44:27and we are starting off with a literal bang.

00:44:31All right, the Brain has now put the headset on.

00:44:34Hey, how you doing?

00:44:36Wait, how's he doing?

00:44:38Roger Man almost killed him, how's he doing?

00:44:40What did you do, take a lap or so,

00:44:41and then decide to have a little workout

00:44:43before the second hour?

00:44:44Why don't you shut up?

00:44:46Really?

00:44:47Hey, now wait, I shouldn't jest

00:44:49because I can tell that you were white, scared,

00:44:52had fear in you, but you know,

00:44:54after what happened last night,

00:44:55he's, look at this, he's almost justified.

00:45:00What do you mean justified?

00:45:01Bobby didn't do anything to him.

00:45:03Wait a minute.

00:45:04There's the three Witches of Eastwick fans right there.

00:45:08Something's gotta be done right now.

00:45:10I think he should be arrested.

00:45:12There's gonna be a restraining order,

00:45:13something's got to be done.

00:45:16Where are you now?

00:45:18Kevin Green.

00:45:20You know what he's doing, Savage?

00:45:22He's stalking people now.

00:45:24The man is out of his mind.

00:45:27The man is reinstated,

00:45:29and the man will face the Nature Boy, Ric Flair.

00:45:31Bray, we've been talking a lot

00:45:33about what went down last night

00:45:35on WCW's Great American Bash,

00:45:36and for our fans, once again,

00:45:38the encore presentation tomorrow night.

00:45:40Check your local listing,

00:45:42call your local cable operator.

00:45:43We'll still show you in this telecast

00:45:45what happened to Eric Bischoff,

00:45:48what happened to Kevin Green,

00:45:50what happened up in the bathroom

00:45:52as that Pinfall's Can Anywhere match took off,

00:45:54literally exploded on the Great American Bash,

00:45:57and you know-

00:45:58Macho!

00:45:58Wait a minute.

00:45:59Macho!

00:46:02Every man in life

00:46:07must, at some point in time,

00:46:10experience the agony

00:46:13and the pain of defeat.

00:46:18In your case,

00:46:20you are experiencing

00:46:23the pain of agony,

00:46:27defeat,

00:46:31and divorce.

00:46:33Oh, no.

00:46:34Tell him, tell him.

00:46:35And look who's in Richmond tonight

00:46:39with all the girls.

00:46:42Keep your mouth shut, punk.

00:46:44Keep your mouth shut, punk.

00:46:46Woo!

00:46:52That ain't your boy, Ric Flair.

00:46:55You know, it brings another thing to point

00:46:56when you were talking about Eric Bischoff.

00:46:58I have no feelings one way or the other for Eric Bischoff,

00:47:01but these things can't-

00:47:02You can kick your ass.

00:47:05What were you saying, Bray?

00:47:07Just a minute.

00:47:08Where's he going now?

00:47:09Well, if he comes back here,

00:47:11oh, he's going after Flair,

00:47:12and I told you,

00:47:13Macho Man is still 100% a fruit tag.

00:47:16He's nuts.

00:47:17He's looting.

00:47:18You're right about that, Larry.

00:47:19There's something definitely wrong with him.

00:47:21And if the people here at WCW can't control him,

00:47:24I'm gonna have to go to the court system

00:47:25and do something about this.

00:47:26I'm not gonna risk my life and win

00:47:28because this man lost his old lady

00:47:30and all his money in the championship.

00:47:33Don't take it out on me and the rest of us.

00:47:36The Macho Man, Randy Savage,

00:47:38and it's your boy, Ric Flair.

00:47:39Going down to the bell's not even really sounded here,

00:47:42and we're already into it here.

00:47:44The robe is still on, the 13-time champ,

00:47:47and the Macho Man goes to the eyes,

00:47:49Flair goes to the eyes,

00:47:50and we're off and running on the second hour

00:47:53of WCW Monday Night Raw.

00:47:55In goes Flair, down goes Flair.

00:47:57I guarantee you one thing, Shivani,

00:47:59the last thing on Savage's mind is winning this match.

00:48:02The last thing he cares about

00:48:04is the winner's share of the money.

00:48:06We have to take a timeout.

00:48:08If something happens during the break,

00:48:10we'll show you that on Instant Replay.

00:48:13If not, back for the second hour live on Nitro.

00:48:17Stay with us.

00:48:18Tony, the guy can't be like that.

00:48:19He can't run out and do whatever he wants to do

00:48:21when he wants to do it.

00:48:22Oh, yes, he can.

00:48:23What makes you think he can?

00:48:23That's not right.

00:48:26Back live on WCW Monday Night Raw,

00:48:28the hottest two-hour program in the history of television.

00:48:32And over the top goes the Macho Man

00:48:34as the referee was coddled in the corner by Woman.

00:48:38Can you believe it?

00:48:39Flair out with now three ladies now.

00:48:41Liz!

00:48:42Slapped him across the chops.

00:48:44How about it?

00:48:45Paintbrushing the Macho Man, Randy Savage.

00:48:49And Savage goes outside.

00:48:52You know, I wanna talk a minute.

00:48:53We will show fans later on the attack on Eric Bischoff.

00:48:57Like I was saying about Eric Bischoff,

00:48:58I have no love lost for him one way or the other.

00:49:01But what happened to that man, I hear it.

00:49:04They don't know if it was one of his legs,

00:49:05his numb mouth, they're not sure about it.

00:49:07This can't go on.

00:49:08This has to stop and it has to be stopped.

00:49:10It's getting too dangerous and too out of hand, Tony.

00:49:13And you know that.

00:49:14Yeah, and I'll tell you what, I'm worried.

00:49:15I really am.

00:49:16You could be next.

00:49:17Anybody could.

00:49:19You think Flair is enjoying his vegetable tray tonight?

00:49:23Oh, what an insult to a man

00:49:25that has been 13 times world champion.

00:49:28Savage, just because he don't have it all, no.

00:49:30Wait a minute.

00:49:31A little bit of the bubbly.

00:49:34A little bit of the bubbly.

00:49:35Oh my goodness.

00:49:37Only on Nitro.

00:49:38Only on TNT.

00:49:41No.

00:49:43That's dangerous.

00:49:44He didn't want to break that bottle

00:49:45because he knew what would happen.

00:49:46He'd be suspended if he did that for good.

00:49:48Yeah, you're right.

00:49:50Flair's still fighting away.

00:49:51We are on the table again.

00:49:53This is Flair's VIP section.

00:49:55And it, must I say, it's never looked better.

00:49:58Yeah, Tony, you keep shooting your mouth off like that,

00:50:00you could have it happen to you too.

00:50:01You could be jammed through a table,

00:50:03thrown down a flight of stairs.

00:50:05I mean, we might as well have Nitro next week,

00:50:07week after and a week after that

00:50:09at Bellevue at the Nuthouse.

00:50:13Savage.

00:50:16Oh!

00:50:16Driving into Ric Flair.

00:50:18There you see the ladies, the three witches, if you will.

00:50:21Flair gets punched.

00:50:22Flair's wobbling.

00:50:24Just like I said, Savage doesn't care

00:50:25about winning this match.

00:50:27That is the last thing on his mind.

00:50:32Savage, pounding away.

00:50:35I'm a nature boy.

00:50:36Okay, later on, we are gonna have this drawing.

00:50:40The two men last night said they had a third man,

00:50:42said they had a surprise for Bash at the Beach.

00:50:45Who could that third man be?

00:50:46We know who these two men were.

00:50:48We'll show you that later on.

00:50:49But who could the third man be?

00:50:51In this hostile takeover attempt?

00:50:53I never thought I'd see those two here,

00:50:55or hanging around or trying to do damage to people.

00:50:58So who knows what could possibly be that third man?

00:51:03You know.

00:51:04But they're not running me over here, Shivani.

00:51:06Nobody's gonna run me over when I do best.

00:51:08And that's my livelihood, my job, my career.

00:51:11And that's here at WCW.

00:51:13You know, very, very few times in this sport

00:51:15does everyone come together for a common goal.

00:51:18The Giants said, hey, if they want a war,

00:51:20I'll be a part of it.

00:51:21Big Bubba said it.

00:51:23John Tenta, the Steiners, Harlem Heat.

00:51:26Hulk Hogan, as we said, the Macho Man, Ric Flair.

00:51:29Oh my goodness!

00:51:30They all want to be in this war.

00:51:32And later on, we're gonna find out who will be in it.

00:51:36You know, there's no draft here.

00:51:38Everyone's volunteering.

00:51:39Absolutely.

00:51:40We are going to take a very short break.

00:51:42The Macho Man and Ric Flair continue their assault

00:51:45here on WCW Monday Nitro, fans.

00:51:47Stay with us.

00:51:48And I'm 4G, by the way.

00:51:504G?

00:51:51I go after women and children, and they're criminally insane.

00:51:52Oh, would you please stop?

00:51:53We'll be back with the brain and more action on Nitro.

00:51:55Stay with us.

00:51:56Somebody's gonna get hurt real bad.

00:51:57This thing's gonna explode.

00:52:01The action continues live on WCW Monday Nitro.

00:52:04Charlie Schvarting, Bobby the Brain,

00:52:05heated here in the second hour.

00:52:07And the fans are into this one, Brain.

00:52:09It is high impact at its best.

00:52:11Well, Savage knows what he has to do.

00:52:13And what he has to do is defend his honor, nobody else's.

00:52:17But we all know what Ric Flair's doing.

00:52:19He's trying to take him out once and for all.

00:52:21No!

00:52:23No face on the Macho Man, Randy Savage.

00:52:27Sending Flair out.

00:52:29Back elbow caught him firmly.

00:52:31I mean, they've been on the floor.

00:52:33They've been through cheese platters, bottles of champagne.

00:52:36You name it, they've been there.

00:52:37This fight will never be over, Tony,

00:52:39until one man is finished for all.

00:52:43Oh, he hurt himself.

00:52:44He may have hurt himself.

00:52:44You're right.

00:52:45I think maybe blew out the knee.

00:52:46Oh, he was feeling his knee on the way down.

00:52:49Oh, Iron, do something.

00:52:50Is Iron out here?

00:52:52He's gonna need some help.

00:52:53I tell you, Savage has him down.

00:52:55Still to come, we will take a look

00:52:56at the sights last night.

00:52:59Of WCW's Great American Bash.

00:53:02And the unprovoked, cowardly attack on Eric Bischoff.

00:53:06Leading to war.

00:53:07And that unforgettable match that went to the bathroom

00:53:11between the Taskmaster, Chris Benoit,

00:53:14plus Steve Mongo McMichael.

00:53:17Now siding with Ric Flair.

00:53:18You know what?

00:53:19Now a member of the Horsemen.

00:53:20You know, I've always liked Mongo.

00:53:22I always thought the man was a gentleman.

00:53:23You shook his hand.

00:53:24Yes, he's a gentleman.

00:53:26You had a hand in this planning, didn't you?

00:53:29Let me put it to you this way, Tony.

00:53:30My won and lost record from returning now is one and O.

00:53:35Turning his back on his close friend,

00:53:37Kevin Green, who trained with him for so long.

00:53:39It's all about money.

00:53:40Uh-oh, uh-oh.

00:53:42Flair has an illegal object.

00:53:45Ric Flair has it.

00:53:46And the Macho Man goes down.

00:53:49I see Zs.

00:53:50Or should we just leave the light on?

00:53:53Ric Flair.

00:53:54Don't waste any time on him, Ric.

00:53:56Doing a lot of strutting.

00:53:58Measures him and plants the elbow in.

00:54:00One, two.

00:54:02Did not go down.

00:54:03And look at the three lovely ladies cheering on.

00:54:11Flair arguing the knee.

00:54:13Referee, referee down.

00:54:15That's a deliberate move on Savage's part.

00:54:17He should be suspended.

00:54:19Uh-oh, uh-oh.

00:54:22The once famous deep voice of Ric Flair may change.

00:54:28And the Macho Man is going for it all.

00:54:31He's going for the elbow.

00:54:34He's going for the big one.

00:54:39You see, he don't wanna beat the man.

00:54:41Of course.

00:54:41He wants to finish him off.

00:54:43And what?

00:54:44The girls are out.

00:54:46They're throwing their bodies in front of the Nature Boy.

00:54:48He'll jump on them too.

00:54:50He better not.

00:54:51He better not.

00:54:53What's the difference at this point in life?

00:54:56He did.

00:54:57He did.

00:55:00He did.

00:55:01The Macho Man.

00:55:03Here comes Benoit.

00:55:05On the horseman.

00:55:08Piledriver.

00:55:09Arn Anderson on his way in.

00:55:13Savage, one man against three men.

00:55:15He's taken on the horseman single-handedly.

00:55:18Mongo, Steve McMichael.

00:55:20With the briefcase.

00:55:21With the briefcase.

00:55:24The briefcase that was loaded with Savage's money.

00:55:27Is that a cannon that went off?

00:55:29Or Savage's head?

00:55:31Steve McMichael putting Ric Flair on top of the front.

00:55:35Arn Anderson pulling the referee in.

00:55:37One, two, three.

00:55:40The horsemen have stolen another one.

00:55:44The horsemen again.

00:55:46When will it stop?

00:55:49Steve McMichael, we knew he was here.

00:55:52He is a definite force in this sport now.

00:55:54Yes, yes, yes.

00:55:55He's a horseman.

00:55:57Number 76, formerly of the Chicago Bears.

00:56:00Eat your heart out, Ditko.

00:56:02Eat your heart out, NFL.

00:56:04Yeah, it's easy to stomp a man while he's down.

00:56:06But it's more fun.

00:56:09And there's gonna be another day for the Macho Man Randy Savage.

00:56:12Come on, wake up, sucker.

00:56:15Well, the horsemen, for the last two days, have been stronger than ever before.

00:56:21Can we get some help and get these guys out of the, here we go again.

00:56:24Savage off that top rope.

00:56:25The women have thrown themselves in front of Flair to stop Savage.

00:56:29But that didn't work.

00:56:30Van Waal hits the ring.

00:56:31He gets piledrived by the Macho Man, who single-handedly now is taking on the horsemen.

00:56:36Arn Anderson's punch.

00:56:38He has thrown over the top rope.

00:56:40Savage is totally lost here.

00:56:42Here comes Mongo, the newest member of the horsemen.

00:56:45Kaboom!

00:56:46It is over for the Macho Man.

00:56:48Give him another one.

00:56:49It don't cost any more.

00:56:50How did he become a member of the horsemen?

00:56:51We will show you later in this telecast, fans, and some more footage from the eye-opening,

00:56:56startling Great American Bash of last night that can be seen in an encore presentation,

00:57:02I understand, tomorrow night as we go back to the locker room area.

00:57:04Whoo!

00:57:05All right, I kind of feel a little comfort back here.

00:57:08This is safe haven, at least for the time being,

00:57:11after what we have just seen out in the arena and up in the ring.

00:57:14Gentlemen, last night at the Great American Bash, it was quite evident to me

00:57:19that there are little cliques that are being established within the ranks

00:57:22of World Championship Wrestling.

00:57:23There are even outsiders coming in and declaring war,

00:57:27challenging other members of our organization.

00:57:30And Jimmy Hart, I really don't know what to make of it,

00:57:32but I know that this man, and certainly this man, are gonna be involved.

00:57:36You know, Kevin, I told you.

00:57:38How many times did I try to tell you that you couldn't trust anybody in the four horsemen?

00:57:41Arn Anderson, Ric Flair, ever since you got rid of Brian Pillman,

00:57:45these guys have been out to get us, man.

00:57:47You know it, and I know it, too.

00:57:48It's a war.

00:57:49There's wars breaking out.

00:57:52You know, they say in the last days that wars will be all over the place.

00:57:58There's a legal war going on.

00:58:00There's a war that when Hogan comes back, he'll be after the dungeon.

00:58:05And there'll be another war now.

00:58:07War has been declared.

00:58:09You say you're the elite group in professional wrestling,

00:58:15Arn Anderson, and you stuck out your hand to me?

00:58:20The only man I may respect in this wrestling business?

00:58:24He stuck something to you.

00:58:26Yeah, and let me tell you what.

00:58:28I've been in violent fights my whole life, but last night,

00:58:34when we fought around that arena, ended up in a men's room, ended downstairs.

00:58:42And then when it was all over, and I was laying down, and Arn Anderson came up,

00:58:49and instead of making the deal, he made the deal with Benoit

00:58:56and kicked me in the ribs.

00:58:58Well, Arn Anderson, I have a strange mentality.

00:59:02There's a fine line in my head between pain and pleasure, my friend,

00:59:08and I like that.

00:59:09This is the elite.

00:59:11The problem started when they claim that the Four Horsemen are the elite.

00:59:18If you're the elite, then how come one of the four of you

00:59:22is not the WCW World Heavyweight Champion?

00:59:25It's plain and simple, Taskmaster.

00:59:28They're jealous, they're envious, and they're

00:59:31incapable and incompetent of taking the World Heavyweight Championship

00:59:35belt away from me.

00:59:37I am the best that ever came out of the Dungeon of Doom.

00:59:42And anybody in the Dungeon of Doom is better

00:59:45than any horseman could ever dream to be.

00:59:48I dare you, I implore you, one horseman, two horsemen, three horsemen,

00:59:53four horsemen, come in the ring with a giant, and they'll all fall down.

00:59:59And all the king's men and all the king's horses

01:00:02won't be able to put them back together again.

01:00:04All right, I thank you.

01:00:05By the way, the giant, a little bit later on in this television program,

01:00:08is going to be locking up and defending against Scott Steiner.

01:00:12We don't know the physical condition of Steiner

01:00:14after what happened earlier on.

01:00:15But gentlemen, I want you to contemplate one other thing.

01:00:18Please, later on on this program, I'm going

01:00:20to make the announcement about the bash at the beach in Daytona

01:00:23on July the 7th.

01:00:24Six of the elite superstars of world championship wrestling

01:00:27have been selected.

01:00:28We're going to take three out of that.

01:00:29That's a different story.

01:00:31I know it is.

01:00:31I'm telling you this.

01:00:33I don't care about the four horsemen.

01:00:35What comes first is WCW.

01:00:38All right, I thank you, Kevin Sullivan, the Taskmaster Giant, Jimmy Hart.

01:00:42Stay tuned.

01:00:42More Monday Nitro right around the corner here on TNT.

01:00:45Stop.

01:00:45Come on.

01:00:48Our world is about to change.

01:00:52Enter the realm.

01:00:59Blood runs cold.

01:01:04And each of us burns a fury of a warrior.

01:01:12Glacier.

01:01:18We are back on WCW Monday Nitro.

01:01:21And we are live Tony Schiavone along with Bobby the Brain Heenan.

01:01:24Right now anchoring the chair that, of course,

01:01:26has been anchored since September of 1995,

01:01:28the inception of WCW Monday Nitro by Eric Bischoff.

01:01:32But that all came to kind of an abrupt end last night

01:01:34when Eric Bischoff was brutally attacked.

01:01:36We're going to take you back now to take a look at some of the sights

01:01:38of what happened at the Great American Bash, guys.

01:01:40Let's go ahead and take a look at what happened last night.

01:01:42Eric was talking to these two gentlemen who have disrupted things, of course,

01:01:46for the last couple of weeks here.

01:01:47And then, can you believe this?

01:01:49These two cowardly men pick Eric up, throw him off of the stage area

01:01:53to where he crashes through a wood standing there

01:01:57and is virtually unconscious.

01:01:58I had to go down there.

01:01:59Meanwhile, I didn't see this.

01:02:00But they were having a good time about it,

01:02:02laughing at what happened to Eric Bischoff.

01:02:05Medical attention sent Eric on to the hospital.

01:02:07He is still in the hospital at this time.

01:02:09And he is undergoing tests.

01:02:11Our best wishes to Eric.

01:02:12We hopefully, hopefully he's listening to this,

01:02:14watching this telecast right now and will be doing OK.

01:02:17And hopefully, we'll be back here next week.

01:02:19Later on in the telecast, or just about the same time,

01:02:22we saw the Nature Boy Ric Flair and Arne Anderson come out

01:02:25against Steve Mungo, McMichael, and Kevin Green.

01:02:27These two men had trained together for the longest period of time.

01:02:30Of course, my cohort here, Bobby the Brain Heenan.

01:02:32But later during the match, Deborah McMichael and Tara Green

01:02:36were chased away by Woman and Miss Elizabeth.

01:02:39Then here comes Deborah McMichael wearing an evening gown

01:02:42with a briefcase full of money, a Halliburton case.

01:02:46We didn't know it at that time.

01:02:47It was the macho man's money.

01:02:49He hit Kevin Green over the head, did Mungo, with the briefcase,

01:02:53and the horsemen celebrate a victory.

01:02:54Can you believe this?

01:02:56Bobby the Brain Heenan shakes hands with Steve Mungo, McMichael.

01:03:01And then one of the wildest events we have ever seen.

01:03:03Pinfalls count anywhere.

01:03:04But we weren't expecting what we would see between the Taskmaster,

01:03:07Kevin Sullivan, and Chris Benoit.

01:03:09They went out of the ring.

01:03:10Not only did they go out on site of the ring,

01:03:12they went all the way up into the stands and into the men's room.

01:03:16And I've never seen anything like this before.

01:03:18Then they battled back down, literally throwing

01:03:20Benoit all the way down the steps.

01:03:23But it was a show of force by the four horsemen.

01:03:25Benoit wins the match.

01:03:27The horsemen, Arne Anderson and Chris Benoit,

01:03:29stomping the Taskmaster.

01:03:32And fans, if you missed any part of this, write this down right now,

01:03:36because we will have the encore presentation tomorrow

01:03:38night of the Great American Bash.

01:03:41And later on, war was declared.

01:03:44Eric said it before.

01:03:45He was brutally attacked.

01:03:46War was accepted.

01:03:47Tonight, we will find out.

01:03:49It's got to be the biggest, I would say the biggest announcement ever

01:03:52in WCW history, what three men will go to the Bash of the Beast

01:03:55to take on those cowards and that surprise,

01:03:58whoever that may be, coming up at Bash of the Beach Bringer.

01:04:01Well, I don't know who that third man could be.

01:04:02I know everybody in the back here and at WCW

01:04:05is jumping at the chance to get involved in this.

01:04:07Bischoff, I don't know how he's going to do.

01:04:09He may never walk again, Tony.

01:04:11War has broken out.

01:04:12And a lot of people, a lot of people are going to get hurt.

01:04:14You could be one of them.

01:04:16Fans, we're going to find out the all-important announcement still

01:04:18to come right now.

01:04:19Let's go down to the arena floor with this interview.

01:04:21It's not over yet.

01:04:22All right, thank you, bud.

01:04:23By the way, I should point out Ray Mysterio Jr.,

01:04:25a great superstar that comes in to this great organization.

01:04:30And of course, he is from south, well,

01:04:31actually from south of the border down in Mexico.

01:04:33We've heard so much about you.

01:04:35Last night, I saw you at the Great American Bash

01:04:38challenging cruiserweight champ Dean Malenko.

01:04:40And Ray Mysterio Jr., I have never

01:04:43seen such tremendous acrobatics in my entire life.

01:04:46And what a sensational match.

01:04:48However, Malenko bending the rules a little bit.

01:04:50He got the pin.

01:04:51But his legs, his feet, were actually on the ropes.

01:04:54That's right.

01:04:55That's right.

01:04:55He was on the ropes.

01:04:56He was holding the ropes.

01:04:58I don't like that.

01:04:59Malenko, he's very professional.

01:05:01And I respect him a lot.

01:05:03But I'm going to show him what I'm made out of.

01:05:05And I'm going to teach him tonight,

01:05:06because I want that cruiserweight title on my waist.

01:05:09All right, Ray Mysterio, perhaps if I can prevail upon you

01:05:12something to our great Latinos that

01:05:15are viewing this television program tonight.

01:05:17Van a ver quién es el mejor campeón del mundo,

01:05:19porque se lo voy a demostrar arriba en el ring.

01:05:22All right, he is Ray Mysterio Jr.

01:05:24You're going to be hearing a lot about this young man.

01:05:26He is absolutely dynamite as we get you back to action.

01:05:31You know, it was one of the most exciting matches

01:05:33I ever witnessed last night.

01:05:34Let me comment on Eric Bischoff thing right off the top here.

01:05:37OK.

01:05:39When that huge, huge man picked him up,

01:05:41he didn't just drive him down on the floor.

01:05:44No, he threw him off the stands.

01:05:46How high would you say, seven, eight feet?

01:05:48Yeah, every bit of it.

01:05:49And he didn't just throw him down.

01:05:51He pitched Eric Bischoff.

01:05:53He pitched him like he'd throw a frisbee,

01:05:55like you would throw a ball, like you'd throw

01:05:58a piece of garbage you didn't want.

01:06:00And he discarded him off that six, seven foot stage

01:06:03right through this petition.

01:06:05I've never seen a human being take a beating

01:06:07or a fall like that in my life.

01:06:10And I doubt if Mr. Bischoff is going to be back for some time.

01:06:13He could be very seriously injured.

01:06:15Well, we certainly send our best wishes out to Eric.

01:06:18Not only, of course, the host of this program,

01:06:20but the man who had the insight to lead WCW into the 90s,

01:06:24and a man who really believes in what he does.

01:06:28And well, I can tell you right now, what happened

01:06:31last night was premeditated.

01:06:34I don't mind a guy beating a guy up.

01:06:35I don't mind 10 guys beating a guy up if the guy asked for it.

01:06:39I, being Bischoff, don't psychologically

01:06:41agree on a lot of things, philosophically.

01:06:44But I would never do that to him.

01:06:45I don't think that should happen to Eric Bischoff.

01:06:47That was uncalled for, but it was planned, Tony.

01:06:50I've seen things like this happen.

01:06:51That was planned.

01:06:52OK, he did tell us that he would have an announcement.

01:06:57And later on, we will have that announcement of the three men.

01:07:00It'll be drawn at random of the six top superstars

01:07:03based on one loss record.

01:07:04The three men who will go on and bash the beach.

01:07:06I want to remind you, if you missed

01:07:08what happened last night, the carnage, the excitement,

01:07:11the unexpected occurrences during the Great American Bash,

01:07:14the encore presentation is available on pay-per-view

01:07:18tomorrow night.

01:07:19Call your local cable operator.

01:07:20Be a part of it.

01:07:21Check your local listings.

01:07:23Bray, you know, I've done a lot of pay-per-view telecast

01:07:25with you.

01:07:25Of course, you were doing other things last night,

01:07:28coming up with how to spend the Macho Man's money, one of them.

01:07:31But I've never been a part of anything like that.

01:07:33That was the greatest one I've ever done.

01:07:35Like you say, I've been involved in almost every wrestling

01:07:39pay-per-view there is going.

01:07:40And I've never seen action like that.

01:07:42I've never seen so many things happen so quick, so fast.

01:07:46Another thing I want to talk about, the horsemen.

01:07:48You know, this all started with Paul Orndorff, too.

01:07:50Aron Anderson and the horsemen pile-drived him

01:07:54on a cement floor.

01:07:54Right here on Nitro Live, that's right.

01:07:56And I've been calling Orndorff for the last couple of weeks,

01:07:58the last couple of months.

01:07:59He's taken his phone out.

01:08:01His phone's disconnected.

01:08:02He won't talk to anybody.

01:08:03And I know what he's all about.

01:08:04He's still seething inside about this.

01:08:07So war started in a lot of different areas.

01:08:09But for everybody to come together here

01:08:10as one to fight this other element

01:08:12is something I've never seen in this sport in all my life.

01:08:17Rey Mysterio Jr., the sensation of Mexico.

01:08:20He is so fast, maybe the fastest man we've ever seen.

01:08:23Look at that.

01:08:25Up over the top, the vertical leaping abilities on the ropes.

01:08:29On to Malenko, Rey Mysterio Jr. with just a little bit

01:08:33of what he gave us last night at the Great American Bash.

01:08:36Very disappointed about Malenko holding the ropes

01:08:39as well to get the 1, 2, 3, 1, 2 hits.

01:08:43My goodness, we almost had a new Cruiserweight champion.

01:08:48And Malenko barely got out of that one.

01:08:53He's got no hair.

01:08:55Yes, you're right.

01:08:57A pick up.

01:08:59Or is that Nerman?

01:09:00Don't know.

01:09:01Into the ropes he goes.

01:09:03To the midsection knee over the acrobatic moves.

01:09:07And he gets clothesline out of his boots.

01:09:10Looks like he broke his neck.

01:09:11He folded him like an envelope.

01:09:13Boy, you're not kidding.

01:09:15Can he continue?

01:09:16Randy Eller looking down.

01:09:17There's the determined man.

01:09:19No expression, nothing changes.

01:09:20Iceman, you're right.

01:09:22He knows what he has to do in there.

01:09:24He comes from a wrestling background.

01:09:25His father, a great, great champion, great competitor.

01:09:30He knows what he has to do.

01:09:32Look at this, honey.

01:09:33Look what's happening here at WCW.

01:09:35Cruiserweight, heavyweight, people

01:09:38from outside the organization.

01:09:40I've never seen more action, more excitement in my life.

01:09:43And I've never been more afraid for my own physical well-being

01:09:48as I am right now.

01:09:49And I said, you know, and you look around here, fans,

01:09:51you cannot see the people that we have surrounding

01:09:54our broadcast position here.

01:09:55We have a lot of cameramen, technicians, of course,

01:09:58around.

01:09:58But we have more security men around us

01:10:00now than we've ever had before.

01:10:01Well, that's because of Savage.

01:10:02You saw he took off after me.

01:10:03That's not because of Savage.

01:10:04It's because of what happened last night.

01:10:05I know.

01:10:05I'm saying because of the likes of Savage.

01:10:07You didn't let me finish there, Big Mouth.

01:10:09And the likes of what happened last night,

01:10:10and the likes of the Horsemen and everybody else.

01:10:13A war could break out at any given time here.

01:10:15A war could break out in the stands, in the alley.

01:10:17Who knows?

01:10:19I know.

01:10:20It's incredible.

01:10:21It is a volatile time to be a part of World Championship

01:10:23Wrestling.

01:10:24But in the same breath, like you said, the most exciting time.

01:10:27I'm thinking of punching you in the mouth.

01:10:28What?

01:10:29You thought of punching me in the mouth.

01:10:30I know it.

01:10:31Never have.

01:10:32Never?

01:10:33Well, cover one, two.

01:10:36You got him.

01:10:37No, did not get him.

01:10:38Did not get him that time.

01:10:39And this action continues.

01:10:40Still to come, the giant Scott Steiner, WCW World Heavyweight

01:10:44title, live on WCW Monday Nitro.

01:10:46What a fever pitch of a crowd we have had here tonight.

01:10:49They love World Championship Wrestling wherever we go.

01:10:52And that match the Giant had with Luger,

01:10:54he's still got to be feeling it.

01:10:55I don't care how big and strong you are.

01:10:57Luger, the total package, took it to him

01:10:59and did everything he could possibly

01:11:00do against that big man.

01:11:02And tonight, Scott Steiner, in the conditionings he's in,

01:11:06who knows what part his brother may play in something like this.

01:11:09If he's still off the gurney, we could

01:11:10have a new heavyweight champion.

01:11:12So don't touch that clicker.

01:11:14The Iceman.

01:11:16Where is he going to take him now?

01:11:18I have no idea.

01:11:19Mysterio.

01:11:21The Iceman, the expressionless Iceman,

01:11:23has an expression now, a backflip.

01:11:25Mysterio anticipating that move.

01:11:27Nicely done.

01:11:28What's Mysterio, oh, Mysterio.

01:11:30He is caught.

01:11:34Now, if that would have happened to Bischoff,

01:11:35he'd have been better off.

01:11:36One, two.

01:11:38Mysterio kicks away in two count.

01:11:40You know, Mysterio said the only thing he wanted

01:11:42was a clean match last night.

01:11:43He respects Dean Malenko, the Iceman, the Cruiserweight

01:11:46champion, but he did not anticipate

01:11:48what happened last night.

01:11:49Now, fans, if you want to see what happened last night,

01:11:51how he won the match, well, tomorrow night's

01:11:53the Encore presentation, only on pay-per-view.

01:11:56So call your local cable operator right now and join us.

01:11:59Or maybe you want to see it for a second time.

01:12:01I'm going to order it.

01:12:02Yes.

01:12:02I'll tell you, I want to see it again.

01:12:03Are you going to order it and see it?

01:12:04Absolutely.

01:12:05I won't have to order it.

01:12:06I'll go to your house.

01:12:07I had a feeling you'd say that.

01:12:08Why don't you order it for me?

01:12:09I'll pay you back.

01:12:11I don't care if it's $1,000 a minute.

01:12:13I'd pay it to see it.

01:12:14I want to see what's going on, because I did not

01:12:16see the whole thing that happened to Eric.

01:12:18Hey, I bet you Steve, Mongo, McMichael, and Debra

01:12:20can pay to see it with the Macho Man's money.

01:12:22Well, we got the, I mean, they got the bread.

01:12:25Yeah.

01:12:25While I was involved last night, I mean,

01:12:29bought Debra McMichaels that $2,800 dress.

01:12:33Really?

01:12:33Really.

01:12:34Can I tell you also something?

01:12:35What?

01:12:36The Macho Man is still in the building.

01:12:37So, and I'm sure he can hear what we're saying.

01:12:39So I would be very careful as to what I say.

01:12:41You are a part of what happened last night.

01:12:45Goodness.

01:12:45That's it.

01:12:46That is a one, two, he got out of it.

01:12:50How did he kick out of that?

01:12:52I'm not worried about the Macho Man

01:12:54now, because I've talked to people

01:12:55when I came back from MG.

01:12:57He could have caught me if he wanted to.

01:12:58He's stalking me now.

01:12:59He's playing mind games with people.

01:13:01I told security, and they're watching him.

01:13:03There's security all around us.

01:13:04I'm not afraid of him anymore.

01:13:05I'm not afraid of him one bit.

01:13:06You'll get everything you deserve.

01:13:07I can tell you that.

01:13:08You're gonna get punched in the mouth.

01:13:09No, I'm not.

01:13:10Watch out, here I go.

01:13:11Malenko trying to get Mysterio up.

01:13:13Oh, my goodness.

01:13:14Right over the top with a tremendous move.

01:13:16One, two.

01:13:18Today at Malenko, not only the man of a thousand holds,

01:13:21but moves as well.

01:13:22And trying to combat the style of Rey Mysterio Jr.

01:13:26Well, after last night, he knows more than a thousand holds.

01:13:28I'll tell you that right now.

01:13:30He did some moves last night.

01:13:31So did this Rey Mysterio Jr.

01:13:33that I've never seen before.

01:13:34I'm glad I wasn't calling the pay-per-view.

01:13:36I wouldn't have known the name of those holds

01:13:37or what to call it.

01:13:38Did you?

01:13:39No.

01:13:39And who were you with?

01:13:40You were with Dusty.

01:13:41Of course you didn't know the name of anything.

01:13:42Well, we are very excited about having Mike Tenay,

01:13:44the Wrestling Insider here with us.

01:13:46Why?

01:13:47Because he helped us out.

01:13:48He's been following the career of Rey Mysterio Jr.

01:13:51and all the other superstars

01:13:52from the AAA promotion down in Mexico.

01:13:56Ooh.

01:13:57On the outside.

01:14:00I tell you, this is where Mysterio does not want to be.

01:14:01He is so acrobatic,

01:14:03but he uses the ropes and uses the ring to his advantage.

01:14:06Oh my goodness, forget about it.

01:14:08How about that?

01:14:09Mysterio's showing a little fire as well.

01:14:12Well, there's no hiding the fact

01:14:14this guy is not eight feet tall.

01:14:15He caught him in practice.

01:14:17But he's a-

01:14:18He's down.

01:14:19He's the quickest human being I've ever seen.

01:14:21I bet when he goes to bed at night

01:14:22and turns the light off,

01:14:23he's in bed before the room's dark.

01:14:25Absolutely.

01:14:31Malenko back in the ring.

01:14:32Mysterio.

01:14:33Mysterio's gotta get him back in the ring.

01:14:34That's the only way he's gonna win this match.

01:14:36He can't beat him on the floor.

01:14:38He's up on top again.

01:14:39Watch out.

01:14:40It's a long way to fall.

01:14:41Mysterio with a sunset flip on the top.

01:14:43One, two.

01:14:44We've got-

01:14:45Oh!

01:14:47I thought he got his hand down.

01:14:47I did too.

01:14:48That was so close.

01:14:49Wow, what action we are having here on Nitro.

01:14:51We are live.

01:14:53Mysterio over the top, slides down.

01:14:55Rolls Malenko up into one, and a two, and a-

01:15:00Did not get it.

01:15:01Did not get it.

01:15:04Well, the fans are into this one.

01:15:05Boy, if you want wrestling action,

01:15:07if you want to see some great, fast, quick moves,

01:15:10watch these two.

01:15:12He's a man of a thousand counters

01:15:14for every thousand holes he ever got in.

01:15:16Falls on top of him.

01:15:17Two and-

01:15:18Did not get it.

01:15:19Malenko, not only the man of a thousand holes,

01:15:22but the man of a thousand escapes.

01:15:24And a thousand rabbit's feet.

01:15:25He's lucky.

01:15:26On the top.

01:15:28Oh, right on his ball cue ball.

01:15:30One, two, three.

01:15:33Adios, amigo.

01:15:35Wow.

01:15:36The Inverted Bulldog wins it for Dean Malenko.

01:15:40He earned it.

01:15:41You can see it.

01:15:42He's still the Cruiserweight Champion,

01:15:43and this will go down as one of the best of Nitro.

01:15:49No chase.

01:15:50That's an expression.

01:15:51Wanna suck?

01:15:52Anybody else see what he said?

01:15:54The man has no reverse gear.

01:15:56He won't back down from anybody.

01:15:58All right.

01:15:59Action abounds here on Nitro,

01:16:01and, Bray, we're gonna take a look

01:16:03at some of this great action once again.

01:16:05Look at this.

01:16:06Mysterio goes to that hip lock.

01:16:07Doesn't work.

01:16:09Counters with a, you got me.

01:16:11Look at that clothesline.

01:16:12Right on the back of his head.

01:16:14Off the top rope, into a Frankensteiner.

01:16:17Takes Malenko over.

01:16:19Drives his head into the floor.

01:16:20I've never seen anything like this.

01:16:23Goes to take him in a, I like, like a mule kick,

01:16:25but he tried to scissor him, but it doesn't do any good.

01:16:28His head right into the net.

01:16:30Your winner, the Cruiserweight Champion,

01:16:32Dean Malenko.

01:16:34Hasta la vista, baby.

01:16:35World title bout is next.

01:16:37We are where the big boys play,

01:16:39and here's one of the reasons, main reasons why.

01:16:43Scott Steiner, don't you realize

01:16:45that the John's invincible?

01:16:46Tonight, Scott Steiner,

01:16:48you've been on the wrong side in the past,

01:16:50but tonight, you're gonna wind up

01:16:51with the wrong end on a very long choke slam.

01:16:59Wow, this WCW magazine is really cool.

01:17:03In the July issue, find out what torture

01:17:06the total package has in store.

01:17:08Get a behind-the-scenes look at Nitro.

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01:17:27This is why WCW is number one in wrestling history.

01:17:32The WCW is number one in wrestling history.

01:17:35This is why WCW is number one in wrestling around the world.

01:17:40Why war has been declared.

01:17:41Everybody wants to knock you off when you're on the top,

01:17:44and we've got quite a match coming up.

01:17:47We have speculated all night about who the third man will be.

01:17:51We are not too far away from finding out

01:17:54who the three men will be for World Championship Wrestling.

01:17:57I mean, are they yellow?

01:17:58Why won't they tell us who it is?

01:18:00I think it's pretty obvious if they attack Eric Bischoff

01:18:04premeditated attack, they're yellow.

01:18:06They're cowards.

01:18:07And I said it, and I mean it.

01:18:09Scott Steiner heavily taped here after what happened earlier

01:18:12at the hands of Harlem Heat in our first hour here.

01:18:14He's got to go up against the Giant.

01:18:17You know, the Giant's going to go for those ribs.

01:18:21You know that, because Jimmy Hart's going to tell him to.

01:18:23Plus, you don't have to be a blind man to know it.

01:18:26When you're showing that you're hurt,

01:18:27you go after those points.

01:18:29Simple.

01:18:30Show you how great Steiner is.

01:18:34By way of the neck, he'll go after those ribs.

01:18:36Here he comes.

01:18:38We mean heavyweight here, boys and girls.

01:18:41The heavyweight champion of the world.

01:18:44460-some-odd pounds.

01:18:47No, he doesn't.

01:18:48Once you're over 450, it doesn't matter.

01:18:49You want to weigh him, go weigh him.

01:18:51Seven foot four.

01:18:54Jimmy Hart, you can hear him say unstoppable, and he is right.

01:18:58He is virtually unstoppable in World Championship Wrestling.

01:19:03Many reasons, his size, but he's quick, his demeanor,

01:19:07and his supreme confidence.

01:19:09Just talking to a guy away from the wrestling ring,

01:19:11everything he does, confidence.

01:19:13And he's hungry.

01:19:14He sees the big bucks that are being made here at WCW.

01:19:18I mean, this man be a millionaire before he's 30 years old.

01:19:20Many, many times over, and he'll still

01:19:22be champion of the world.

01:19:23This is a young man in this sport,

01:19:26and he's already the champion of the world.

01:19:27Where is he?

01:19:28Where do you go to from this?

01:19:29The Giant and the rest of the superstars of WCW

01:19:33will be taking the Northeast by storm on Friday the 28th

01:19:36in Hartford, Connecticut, at the Civic Center.

01:19:38Saturday the 29th of June, the Philadelphia Civic Center.

01:19:40And then a Sunday afternoon, June 30th,

01:19:42we will be at the theater at Madison Square Garden,

01:19:453 o'clock afternoon start.

01:19:47And then on July 1st, on a Monday,

01:19:49WCW Monday Nitro Live from the US Air Arena in Landover.

01:19:55Here we go.

01:19:56And the Giant, of course, will be there

01:19:58for all those great matches.

01:19:59The Giant pushed to the max last night

01:20:02by a determined total package Lex Luger.

01:20:04How did that match turn out?

01:20:05You see the man is still the champion,

01:20:07but you can see exactly how it happened.

01:20:08Because tomorrow night, the encore presentation

01:20:11of the Great American Bash is on pay-per-view.

01:20:14Call your local cable operator, be a part of it,

01:20:16check your local listings tomorrow night.

01:20:19It's something you don't want to miss.

01:20:20You've never seen a pay-per-view like this.

01:20:22You've never seen a wrestling match like this.

01:20:25You've never seen a Super Bowl or a World Series like this,

01:20:28or a Stanley Cup.

01:20:29There were more fights last night than in any hockey game

01:20:32ever in the history of hockey.

01:20:33If you don't believe me, call the hospital

01:20:35and ask Mr. Bishop.

01:20:38One leg, just shrugging off Scott Steiner.

01:20:44But you can't turn your back on Steiner.

01:20:46No, you can't. Never do it.

01:20:47One thing about Scott Steiner,

01:20:48we talk about the attributes of the Giant.

01:20:50Determination, skill level, no fear, confidence.

01:20:54Scott Steiner has the same things.

01:20:56That's why he has been a multi-tag team champion.

01:20:59See, he'll try to pick him up, he doesn't care.

01:21:01He wants to try it.

01:21:03He could do it.

01:21:04And he did.

01:21:06Just for a second, the Giant falls down on him.

01:21:08And that angered the Giant.

01:21:10And he's going right to the ribs,

01:21:11just like you predicted, Brain.

01:21:14I mean, you tell me how smart that can be.

01:21:15You got bad ribs and a bad back.

01:21:18So let me say, yeah, I'm gonna go pick up a guy

01:21:21close to 500 pounds and slam him.

01:21:23Yeah, I think I'll do that with bad ribs.

01:21:25Steiner, you're an idiot.

01:21:28Yeah, it has tempered the Giant.

01:21:32I mean, he's got a lot of weight.

01:21:34Scott, not 100%.

01:21:36That is an understatement,

01:21:37and it's an obvious statement, I know,

01:21:38but the Giant rolls him on the outside,

01:21:42and this is where Scott does not want to be.

01:21:45Because he can't beat the Giant on the floor.

01:21:47He's got to beat him in the ring.

01:21:48There's nothing out there but steel rails,

01:21:50concrete, the ring, steel posts.

01:21:52It's a place Scott Steiner don't want to be.

01:21:54And this Giant can be any place he wants to be,

01:21:57anytime he wants to be there.

01:21:59And you know why he pushes people around, Shivani?

01:22:02Because he can. He can.

01:22:03That's right, I knew the answer to that one.

01:22:05Here he comes, fee-fi-fo-fun.

01:22:08Stalking Scott Steiner, big double axel blow

01:22:11right on the back.

01:22:14Fans, we still have to come in this telecast,

01:22:16the most important announcement that I can ever remember

01:22:19in World Championship Wrestling,

01:22:20about the Bash at the Beach, about war,

01:22:23about the three men who will defend WCW

01:22:27against two cowards and a man still,

01:22:30we still don't know who he is.

01:22:32But we will have more of this world title matchup.

01:22:34Ooh, look, he's on the throat.

01:22:36The Giant and Scott Steiner in the main event.

01:22:39Still to come, here on WCW Monday Nitro.

01:22:43I don't have any idea who's gonna beat you, no.

01:22:46But you know if you think about it.

01:22:49Welcome back to live WCW Monday Nitro action,

01:22:51where the big boys play and stomp and kick and fight,

01:22:55and are more determined and unified than ever before.

01:22:58And for the last couple of minutes,

01:22:59the Giant has done nothing but work on Scott Steiner's ribs.

01:23:04There's no way Steiner can win this match.

01:23:06He's in too much pain.

01:23:08He don't have the power anymore.

01:23:11The Giant has kicked the fight out of Scott Steiner.

01:23:17The Giant's doing what he does best,

01:23:19is run right over people.

01:23:21Still to come, the major announcement,

01:23:23fans everywhere will wanna be tuned for this one,

01:23:25because we will have the biggest announcement

01:23:27that I can ever remember.

01:23:28They're gonna call all their friends,

01:23:30who are home, or out of town, or on vacation,

01:23:33wherever they are, get somebody to a set right now.

01:23:36This is gonna be news like you'll never see before

01:23:39in professional sports.

01:23:41The top six men were decided

01:23:44by the WCW Championship Committee

01:23:46based on win, loss, record.

01:23:47You can better believe one of them

01:23:48is standing in the ring right there.

01:23:50We're talking about the World Heavyweight Champion.

01:23:52Not Jimmy Hart.

01:23:54The man he manages.

01:23:57Who will it be?

01:23:58We'll find out right now.

01:23:59I mean, Tony, nobody said,

01:24:01I don't wanna be involved.

01:24:02Everybody put their name in.

01:24:03Everybody threw their name in.

01:24:04I bet Masterio, Ray Mudd Jr. threw his name in.

01:24:07Everybody threw their name in.

01:24:08Medusa threw her name in.

01:24:10It doesn't matter.

01:24:11Everybody wants a part of this battle.

01:24:14It is more than a battle, it is a war,

01:24:16and it is on pay-per-view Sunday, the 7th of July.

01:24:22The bash at the beach.

01:24:23Someone could drown or be buried in the sand forever.

01:24:29Shoulder block into the midsection.

01:24:31The Giant.

01:24:34It's been all Giant.

01:24:35I mean, he has been devastating here.

01:24:37Well, this dummy, Steiner, comes out taped up.

01:24:41Why didn't he just put the earmuffs on,

01:24:42switch the earmuffs with his brother's

01:24:43and his brother, they look alike.

01:24:46Almost.

01:24:47Not really.

01:24:48No, they're both uglier than each other

01:24:49at different times, so it doesn't really matter.

01:24:53He doesn't stand much of a chance with this big man.

01:24:55Look at that.

01:24:57Standing on his pancreas.

01:24:59Is that where the pancreas is?

01:25:00Now.

01:25:03The Giant, on the attack once again.

01:25:08Boy, he defended last night against Luger.

01:25:10He was a part of our great, and I mean great,

01:25:13not the Great American Bash, the Super American Bash,

01:25:16what it was, Incredible American Bash.

01:25:18And you can join us tomorrow night.

01:25:20And Luger went after him.

01:25:21That's right, for the Encore presentation.

01:25:23Scott Steiner's back on his feet.

01:25:24Oh, one thing I want to.

01:25:25He was.

01:25:27One thing I want to mention.

01:25:28Luger got him up in that torture rack.

01:25:30He sure did.

01:25:31Ladies and gentlemen, Luger had him

01:25:33stretched out across his shoulders like a 747.

01:25:36And you can see it if you join us

01:25:38for the Encore presentation tomorrow night.

01:25:40Check your local listings.

01:25:41Head first.

01:25:43The Giant having his way with Scott Steiner.

01:25:44You know, it seems to me that the Giant,

01:25:47many times, is only a chokeslam away from victory.

01:25:50Why doesn't he go ahead and try it?

01:25:52What is he trying to prove?

01:25:53What's he doing here?

01:25:54He's hunting.

01:25:56Ah, he's a little tired.

01:25:57He's going to rest now.

01:25:59He's going to sit down, maybe.

01:26:00He's got a chair.

01:26:01I don't think so.

01:26:04I think Mr. Steiner's ribs are really going to be sore now.

01:26:08Last week, Scott Steiner blasted the Giant

01:26:11with a wooden chair.

01:26:13The Giant has a trick up his sleeve.

01:26:16And Scott Steiner does, too.

01:26:19Using the ropes and now getting him off his feet.

01:26:23Scott Steiner coming back.

01:26:24I didn't think he had it in him.

01:26:26I didn't think he'd be able to fight back after the beating

01:26:28he's taken for the last 10 or 15 minutes here with bad ribs.

01:26:32Fighting a man 7 foot 4.

01:26:34Look at the size of this Giant.

01:26:36Oh, right into that rib area that is heavily

01:26:39damaged and taped.

01:26:40Oh, my goodness.

01:26:42That chair is still in the ring.

01:26:43And I'm not so sure what the Giant has in mind.

01:26:46But it can't be good.

01:26:48The Giant sending Scott Steiner into the corner.

01:26:51Here he comes.

01:26:53There he goes.

01:26:55Somebody used the chair.

01:26:57Scott's standing on it.

01:26:58Pick it up, Scott.

01:26:59Hit him with it.

01:27:03Scott's going to try to get him up.

01:27:04He got him.

01:27:05He got him.

01:27:06Oh, my goodness.

01:27:07Can you believe it?

01:27:08I've never seen that before.

01:27:10Scott Steiner has just suplexed the Giant, the heavyweight

01:27:14champion of the world.

01:27:15One, two.

01:27:16He kicked out.

01:27:18What power, what endurance to the beating he's taken to reach

01:27:24down and pick this man up.

01:27:27You've got to take your hat off to Scott Steiner on this one.

01:27:30I've never seen anything like that in my life.

01:27:31And the fans erupted.

01:27:33That's conditioning.

01:27:34You're not kidding.

01:27:35And the fans are behind Scottie now.

01:27:37Come on, Scottie.

01:27:38No, it's not conditioning.

01:27:39It's not only conditioning, Tony.

01:27:41It's how bad you want it here at WCW.

01:27:44It's how bad you want to be one of the top dogs.

01:27:47And that's what that man, Steiner, is fighting for right now.

01:27:50There you go.

01:27:51Use the chair.

01:27:53It's time to go to the chair.

01:27:58Jimmy Hart in the ring.

01:28:02Jimmy Hart out of the ring.

01:28:06No effect.

01:28:07Can you- No effect.

01:28:08Oh, my- Bye-bye, Mr. Steiner.

01:28:12The chair literally exploded on the back of the Giant.

01:28:15It's drop-slam time.

01:28:18Go to your room.

01:28:20Again, the World Champ back with our major announcement

01:28:23after this time out live on Nitro.

01:28:27Wow.

01:28:32Ho, ho, ho, Tony.

01:28:34Don't touch your dial.

01:28:36Our world is about to change.

01:28:40Enter the realm.

01:28:46Blood runs cold.

01:28:53And each of us burns a fury of a warrior.

01:28:58Glacier.

01:29:05All right, ladies and gentlemen,

01:29:06we are back on WCW Monday Nitro.

01:29:09Get ready.

01:29:10I've been here at World Championship Wrestling

01:29:12for three years, and this is it.

01:29:14And this is the biggest single announcement

01:29:17I could ever recall.

01:29:18This has been one of the most hectic days

01:29:20in my entire life, of course.

01:29:22We came in from Baltimore,

01:29:23the Great American Bash last night.

01:29:25So much buzz about what's going on right now

01:29:28in this organization.

01:29:29I just came out of high-level meetings

01:29:31with WCW officials backstage.

01:29:34Earlier in the week, six of the top superstars,

01:29:38the criteria, of course, based on the win-loss record

01:29:41and also some other considerations,

01:29:43were taking the six top men

01:29:46in all of World Championship Wrestling

01:29:48to meet these outsiders that have come and challenged

01:29:51the great men and women in this organization.

01:29:54You know who the two men I'm talking about.

01:29:56Last night, they provoked Eric Bischoff

01:30:00and then one of the most despicable acts

01:30:01I've ever eyewitnessed.

01:30:03I have always been a big advocate of these gentlemen

01:30:07going ahead and conducting their business

01:30:08but keeping their hands, their mitts,

01:30:11off any of our broadcast people.

01:30:12That did not happen last night with these two outsiders.

01:30:16Earlier, the list compiled, the six names

01:30:19were the great Hulk Hogan, the giant, a man we've just seen.

01:30:24Also, the nature boy, Ric Flair, Lex Luger, Sting,

01:30:30and last but not least, the macho man, Randy Savage.

01:30:32Those were the six names.

01:30:33They've just drawn the three that are gonna collide

01:30:36head-on with these two outsiders

01:30:38and a yet-to-be-named third man

01:30:40at the Bash at the Beach,

01:30:41July the 7th in Daytona Beach, Florida.

01:30:43Ladies and gentlemen, those three names are none other

01:30:47than Lex Luger, the macho man, Randy Savage, and Sting.

01:30:54Yes, it is final.

01:30:56Those are the three men that will represent WCW

01:30:59as they go head-to-head with three men from the outside

01:31:03that have challenged this great organization.

01:31:05That'll happen July the 7th in Daytona Beach,

01:31:08exclusively on pay-per-view.

01:31:10It's a big one, gentlemen, as I throw it back to Tony Schiavone

01:31:13and Bobby the Brain Heenan.

01:31:14Guys, I can't believe it.

01:31:16Neither can, ladies and gentlemen,

01:31:17you have heard the major announcement.

01:31:19Sting, the macho man, and Lex Luger will defend WCW

01:31:23at the Great American Bash Sunday, July 7th.

01:31:26Can you, this is incredible.

01:31:29Well, everybody's talking about the outsiders, the enemy.

01:31:31Remember, during the Gulf War,

01:31:34we were the outsiders in Kuwait, and we kicked their tails.

01:31:38Don't sell anybody short here.

01:31:40Now, with Sting, the macho man, and Luger, wow.

01:31:44See you next week, fans.

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