WCW Monday Nitro: Dec 23, 1996

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00:00:00and season's beatings from World of Warcraft.

00:00:03We'll be right back.

00:00:30Welcome to the Championship Wrestling.

00:00:32We are live for WCW Monday Nitro.

00:00:37Two hours of professional wrestling's

00:00:40number one television program.

00:00:42Tonight's arena, a capacity crowd,

00:00:45not a seat to be found,

00:00:47because we are where the big boys play

00:00:49World Championship Wrestling.

00:00:51Tony Schiavone along with Larry Zabisco,

00:00:53the living legend for our number one.

00:00:55We're going to open up with a semifinal match

00:00:59between Chris Benoit and Eddie Guerrero.

00:01:01They met five weeks ago on this very same program.

00:01:05Let's show you the outcome at that time.

00:01:14Larry, we're going to take a look.

00:01:16This is what happened between these two great athletes,

00:01:18Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit.

00:01:20Look at this ending right here.

00:01:22And look at what a beautiful move it was by Benoit.

00:01:25Claude Guerrero off guard.

00:01:27That's the type of balance and snap to all his movements.

00:01:30Benoit, of course, Tony and Maizuk and everybody else

00:01:33is the favorite to win tonight.

00:01:36He is up two to none on Eddie Guerrero.

00:01:38The last couple of Nitro programs,

00:01:40that was the last match.

00:01:42Oddly enough, the last vision we have

00:01:44is Woman helping Chris Benoit out.

00:01:47Benoit and Woman are back here tonight

00:01:50from the tour of Germany.

00:01:52A lot has gone on, a lot has gone down.

00:01:55Here comes Chris Benoit out now.

00:01:57And apparently, he is out here by himself.

00:02:01The winner of this match goes on to Starrcade

00:02:04to meet Diamond Dallas Page.

00:02:08Now, where's Woman?

00:02:10She's not walking out with Benoit.

00:02:12I have no idea.

00:02:13Benoit out already.

00:02:15Eddie Guerrero wasting no time.

00:02:17He is out as well.

00:02:19So much riding on this matchup.

00:02:22Diamond Dallas, with help of the NWO a few weeks back,

00:02:25advanced to Starrcade in the championship

00:02:29of this prestigious tournament.

00:02:36All right, here we go.

00:02:37The bell sounds, and we are off and underway.

00:02:39Randy Anderson, the referee, Benoit, and Eddie Guerrero

00:02:43will hook it up.

00:02:44And we are off and running.

00:02:45This is our number one.

00:02:48Whoa, whoa.

00:02:49Let's go, boys!

00:02:50Yeah!

00:02:51Back and forth, slap and kicking.

00:02:53Starting things out, Snapmare Takeover.

00:02:55And Benoit starting things out hot on the right foot.

00:02:59Into a side headlock.

00:03:03Shoulder tackle.

00:03:07Look at Benoit, Tony.

00:03:09This guy is always in balance, always in control of his body.

00:03:13And that's why Guerrero's going to have a problem with him.

00:03:16Benoit just got to maintain the offense.

00:03:19Don't let Eddie Guerrero use his speed.

00:03:22Boy, they are really weighing it in early on.

00:03:25The fans are with them here.

00:03:27Backhand chop!

00:03:29You know, Benoit, so much bitterness

00:03:33between he and Taskmaster.

00:03:35As a matter of fact, he is now back from Germany.

00:03:38We have seen the videos over the past couple of weeks.

00:03:40And we do have the Taskmaster standing

00:03:42by in the locker room area with these comments directed

00:03:46Chris Benoit, let's hear it for the Taskmaster.

00:03:48You were an assassin.

00:03:50You were an errand boy.

00:03:52I thought you were a horseman.

00:03:54You said you've beat the ultimate chess player in chess.

00:03:58You've just awoken something in me, Benoit.

00:04:01You took my queen?

00:04:03No.

00:04:04You just fell into the ultimate trap, Benoit.

00:04:08As great Genghis Khan said to his brother

00:04:11as he cut off his head.

00:04:13You have awoken something that should have been left alone.

00:04:17Benoit, you and I, checkmate.

00:04:21You know, and Sullivan is right in that game of human chess,

00:04:24Tony.

00:04:25Taking the queen is nothing compared to capturing the king.

00:04:30And that's what Sullivan is a master at.

00:04:33Side headlock takeover.

00:04:35We have an eruption here at Four Cross.

00:04:37Diamond Dallas is-

00:04:39Wait, this isn't-

00:04:42I got my fighting shirt on tonight.

00:04:44He's making his way over here, Diamond Dallas Page.

00:04:47Just sit down here.

00:04:49The man is out here with us and you're already-

00:04:52That's not a New World Order shirt.

00:04:54Hey, that's a little Three Stooges.

00:04:55I figured I'd make it a threesome over here.

00:04:57I see it right now.

00:04:58Hogan, Bischoff, and DiBiase.

00:05:00Whatever.

00:05:01Bottom line is I just buzzed down here from Hotlanta

00:05:04in the long black super stretch because I got to see this live.

00:05:08See, I'm already in the playoffs

00:05:10and I want to see who's going to be facing me

00:05:13in the playoffs for the U.S. Strap.

00:05:16So much running on the line.

00:05:17Diamond Dallas Page here with us now.

00:05:19As you can hear, Eddie Guerrero wants to get there

00:05:21for many reasons, Dallas.

00:05:23Not only to get a shot at the U.S. Strap,

00:05:25but he'd like another match with you, I know.

00:05:27I'm sure he would.

00:05:28He wants to feel that diamond cutter one more time

00:05:31so it puts him out of commission permanently.

00:05:34A pickup at Chris Benoit.

00:05:35But hey, we've said it before and I think you would agree,

00:05:38the favorite here is-

00:05:39One, two!

00:05:40Got a two count.

00:05:41The favorite here is Chris Benoit.

00:05:43I don't care who comes on the top here,

00:05:45whether it's Benoit or Guerrero.

00:05:47And as far as I'm concerned, I'd love to take on Benoit

00:05:50because I like the buzzsaw that he is.

00:05:52He just keeps coming and coming.

00:05:55He's really been a buzzsaw as of late, Larry.

00:05:57And I tell you right now, they're receiving in

00:05:59of a side headlock from Eddie Guerrero.

00:06:01But a lot of times, regardless of how good you can be

00:06:03and how hot you can be, perseverance, determination

00:06:07kind of takes over there.

00:06:09Well, at least you left out sportsmanship.

00:06:11Sportsmanship.

00:06:12The aggressor wins.

00:06:13The most offense wins.

00:06:14Right here, I think Benoit's got Guerrero where he wants him.

00:06:18I mean, Guerrero's got a lot of nice snap to his movement

00:06:21very quick, but emotional control is something

00:06:23that all the Guerreros, and I think Diamond Dallas

00:06:25could verify me out on this, they lose emotional control.

00:06:29And once you lose your head, you can't use it.

00:06:32Without a doubt, that's called Guerreroism.

00:06:34It's in all of them.

00:06:35From Chavo, Mondo, Zeppo, Harpo, all of them.

00:06:39Oh, so those are the Guerreros, huh?

00:06:41Boy, we learn something every week.

00:06:43We are six days away, fans, from the granddaddy of them all

00:06:47and truly the biggest night in the history of our sport,

00:06:50Piper and Hogan at Starrcade.

00:06:52The man on my right, Diamond Dallas,

00:06:54who has had a successful career as lateral press

00:06:57in this sport, awaits the winner of this matchup

00:07:00for the United States Heavyweight Championship

00:07:03Tournament Final.

00:07:04We have to step back for a commercial break.

00:07:06Back with more of the Holiday Edition

00:07:08of WCW Monday Nitro Live continues after this.

00:07:11Oh, one, two, he's going, oh!

00:07:14He kicked out!

00:07:15♪♪

00:07:21We are back live on Nitro.

00:07:23Tony Schiavone, Larry Zabisco joined by Diamond Dallas.

00:07:26And I must say, the match is hot and heavy here.

00:07:29Shoulder block takedown, Dallas, you are looking lean

00:07:32and trim heading into one of the biggest matches

00:07:34of your career.

00:07:36Look at that move.

00:07:39Boy, Ben, wow, he's got him, he's got to get up.

00:07:42Talk about that intestinal fortitude

00:07:44combined with endurance.

00:07:46Both these guys have tremendous endurance.

00:07:50Well, the endurance, I look at Eddie,

00:07:52he looks leaner than I've ever seen.

00:07:54Tony, you just mentioned that I have,

00:07:56I got a personal trainer, she's had me in the gym

00:07:58nine stops.

00:07:59She?

00:08:00Yeah, she's been working me real hard.

00:08:01Hey, a good female personal trainer,

00:08:03they'll keep you lean.

00:08:05Lean and mean.

00:08:06Keep nagging me.

00:08:08I told you, I told you.

00:08:10I'm not going to follow up with that one at all.

00:08:14It's a rake to the eyes.

00:08:16I'll tell you, this match has been as vicious

00:08:18as any match I've seen.

00:08:19You know, you talk about the hatred between me and Guerrero,

00:08:22the history between DDP and the Guerreros.

00:08:25Well, there has been a ton of history

00:08:27across the country and around the globe

00:08:29between Benoit and this Guerrero right here.

00:08:34Eddie Guerrero.

00:08:36Oh, he just slammed him through the mat again.

00:08:39Combination of determination, endurance,

00:08:43great balance, and Diamond, you're looking great.

00:08:46You're a lead machine.

00:08:47One, two.

00:08:48Oh.

00:08:49Couldn't get him.

00:08:50See, but now Diamond, you're six foot five.

00:08:52You can dwarf Eddie Guerrero and these guys.

00:08:55You're ready for him, baby.

00:08:56Brother, DDP is all there is.

00:08:58But when I look at them going at it like this,

00:09:00Benoit, he's in total control right now.

00:09:02But there's got to be something going on in his mind

00:09:05between the Sullivan deal, the thing with Nancy.

00:09:08He should have had him right there.

00:09:10Well, you know what?

00:09:11That's probably why woman isn't around here.

00:09:14Maybe Benoit just said, don't worry, stay home.

00:09:17I'll take care of business.

00:09:18And that's probably where she's good now,

00:09:20doing the dishes, folding the laundry.

00:09:23Do you ever listen to yourself talk sometime?

00:09:25Listen to the replay of this later on.

00:09:27Certainly I do.

00:09:28I like it.

00:09:29You got a problem with it, Point Dexter?

00:09:31No.

00:09:32One, two.

00:09:33Hey, just because you don't wear the pants in your family

00:09:37doesn't mean everybody else doesn't.

00:09:39Look at the pressure.

00:09:40Benoit here, knee right in the back of the neck,

00:09:42yanking up on that chin.

00:09:44Diamond, you don't have to worry about Guerrero's neck.

00:09:47I'm just pulling that knife out of, what's his name here?

00:09:51Tony Schiavone's back.

00:09:52It's been there before.

00:09:54Reverse chin lock apply.

00:09:55I want to let the fans know very briefly,

00:09:57Lex Luger is here tonight.

00:09:58He will take on the big man called Tombstone

00:10:01that we saw on Saturday night,

00:10:03who said he is out to take out Lex Luger.

00:10:05Many people have said that before.

00:10:07We're also going to see Rick Steiner in action.

00:10:09We are going to see many other superstars,

00:10:11including Dean Malenko, Clark Steven Riggs.

00:10:14Oh!

00:10:16Six days before Starrcade,

00:10:18six days before Piper and Hogan,

00:10:21the match of the decade.

00:10:22And right now, Andy Guerrero is going for it.

00:10:24I know. Benoit might have broke about six vertebrae.

00:10:28But he's getting up! He's getting up!

00:10:32They are standing everywhere here.

00:10:34But Benoit's one step ahead.

00:10:36Oh!

00:10:38And Benoit hit the back of his head that time.

00:10:42That was a high-risk maneuver,

00:10:44and a calculated miss that time

00:10:46because he got hurt as well.

00:10:48Couldn't make a lateral press in time.

00:10:50One, two, and Andy's going to get out of it.

00:10:52Oh, come on, ref.

00:10:53You want to know what makes these two guys great,

00:10:55and I ain't putting them over.

00:10:56What makes them great is they got heart,

00:10:59and they want it.

00:11:00But nobody wants it more than Diamond Dallas Page.

00:11:03Are they going to wear themselves out

00:11:05between now and Starrcade?

00:11:08Small package. One, two.

00:11:10Oh, whoa.

00:11:11Didn't get him. Oh, my.

00:11:13See, look at it again.

00:11:14Look at how Benoit gets back to his feet,

00:11:16in command of balance, using his endurance,

00:11:18getting the offense going, pulling ahead on points.

00:11:21He's got Guerrero in trouble.

00:11:23Once again, the winner of this match goes on Sunday night.

00:11:26Live pay-per-view.

00:11:28Starrcade to meet Diamond Dallas

00:11:30for the championship of the U.S. title tournament.

00:11:33And Guerrero has caught his second win now.

00:11:36This is the Guerrero-ism I was talking about.

00:11:39I've seen it before. I've faced it before.

00:11:42Gut shot that time

00:11:44as he wanted to whip him into the ropes.

00:11:46Beautiful.

00:11:48Just hanging him up like a piñata.

00:11:50Or whatever. One, two.

00:11:52He's got the ropes, and Randy Anderson saw it.

00:11:55It could have been a three count,

00:11:57but Randy Anderson, senior official,

00:12:00one step ahead of the game here.

00:12:03Well, bad break for Benoit.

00:12:06Guerrero's down.

00:12:07Look at how Benoit's always on the attack.

00:12:10Back to the top again.

00:12:12What will happen here?

00:12:13The last time, it was a superplex,

00:12:15but both men hold.

00:12:16The referee goes down.

00:12:18Benoit gets drugged off.

00:12:20Eddie up on top.

00:12:22Frog splash to face.

00:12:24One, two, three.

00:12:26He beat him.

00:12:28He beat him.

00:12:30That was a fluke.

00:12:33A major upset.

00:12:35Eddie Guerrero and Diamond Dallas Page at Starrcade.

00:12:41Diamond Dallas.

00:12:43This is personal.

00:12:46Burrito boy, I got two words for you.

00:12:49Diamond cutter.

00:12:51Bang.

00:12:53Look at right there, Benoit.

00:12:55He was gonna go finish off Guerrero,

00:12:58but the referee, he jumped on the ropes.

00:13:00That's not legal.

00:13:01They got no business up there.

00:13:03Guerrero took advantage of it.

00:13:05This is a fluke with Eddie Guerrero.

00:13:08This is a fluke with Diamond.

00:13:10You're gonna have to put up with the emotional confusion

00:13:13of the Guerrero.

00:13:15It don't matter who it is.

00:13:16They make one mistake.

00:13:18That's all it takes.

00:13:20Diamond cutter.

00:13:21Diamond Dallas is ready for Sunday night.

00:13:23Right now, we go to mean Gene Ogerlin.

00:13:25It's been your privilege.

00:13:26All right, I thank you very much, Tony Schiavone.

00:13:28They're gonna be hanging from the rafters all night long

00:13:30tonight on Nitro.

00:13:31Let's welcome, ladies and gentlemen,

00:13:34the four horsemen.

00:13:37Steve Monk with McMichael.

00:13:40The enforcer, Arne Anderson.

00:13:43The tragic queen, Debra McMichael.

00:13:47And the 13-time WCW heavyweight champion of the world,

00:13:53the Nature Boy, Ric Flair.

00:13:57Gentlemen, gentlemen.

00:14:00Chris Benoit coming off a very, very difficult match

00:14:03here during this holiday season tonight on Nitro.

00:14:06That had to be an unanticipated, non-suspecting

00:14:10loss for him tonight.

00:14:12I want to talk to Chris Benoit in a moment or two,

00:14:14but Arne Anderson, we vividly recall last week

00:14:17you taking a real shellacking at the hands of Kevin Sullivan,

00:14:21the champion of the world,

00:14:23a real shellacking at the hands of Kevin Sullivan,

00:14:26the taskmaster, going one-on-one.

00:14:28Many say that this should have been Benoit's match,

00:14:31but you were there instead of Benoit.

00:14:34Right now, your thoughts regarding that subject.

00:14:37A focused Chris Benoit would have never lost that match,

00:14:41but that's another story.

00:14:43You ask any man in this audience what his worst nightmare is,

00:14:48he'll tell you it's coming home from a hard day's work,

00:14:51opening his front door, walking in and seeing

00:14:54some other man sitting on the couch with his woman.

00:14:58But there's one that goes worse than that.

00:15:01It's being the man sitting on that couch

00:15:04when that door gets kicked open

00:15:06and that husband or boyfriend comes flying in the door

00:15:10and you see that rage in his eyes

00:15:12because you know no matter what that man does to you,

00:15:16no matter how severe, you deserve it.

00:15:19Well, last week I saw that rage in a man's eyes

00:15:23and I smelled it on his breath.

00:15:25And every time Sullivan pumped one of those fists into my face,

00:15:29I knew somebody deserved it.

00:15:32And Chris Benoit, that somebody is you.

00:15:36I took that beating for you last week

00:15:39because I'm a horseman and you're a horseman.

00:15:42Flair's a horseman.

00:15:44Benoit, Debra, yeah, they're all horsemen

00:15:47and we made a pact.

00:15:49But just like she wasn't here last week

00:15:52to witness that beating that I feel like is her fault,

00:15:55by God, why wasn't she here this week?

00:15:58Whoa, whoa.

00:15:59Enough about that little creature.

00:16:01I mean, we are sick and tired of hearing

00:16:03about woman this and woman that.

00:16:06And let me tell you, I am the beautiful one here

00:16:09and people only want to hear and look at me.

00:16:12And you know, Chris, honey, you know,

00:16:14the next time that you want to have an affair,

00:16:16you need to let me know

00:16:18because I have plenty of beautiful girlfriends

00:16:21that have met this Crimson Tide pageant

00:16:23that would just love to go out with you.

00:16:25I mean, well, they're not as pretty as I am

00:16:28because I did win the pageant anyway.

00:16:30But Chris, honey, you are a full horseman

00:16:33and you do not deserve damaged goods.

00:16:36Chris Benoit.

00:16:37One second here.

00:16:38Iron Anderson, first of all,

00:16:41woman is tending to horseman business

00:16:44right at this moment.

00:16:46Second of all, I don't appreciate

00:16:48all the unjust allegations of all this partying

00:16:52and infidelities and that.

00:16:55Woman and I were over in Germany for a purpose.

00:16:59We spent days, 18-hour days,

00:17:03having meetings, talking about the horsemen

00:17:07and how they're uncoming at the seams.

00:17:10We devised a plan to reunite the horsemen

00:17:13and bring them to what they're supposed to be.

00:17:16As for you, Debra...

00:17:18Uh-oh.

00:17:19Talk to the hand!

00:17:21Talk to the hand!

00:17:23Because the man don't understand.

00:17:26First of all, Debra...

00:17:28Take two steps back, my friend.

00:17:31Just take two steps back.

00:17:32What she call you, her stallion?

00:17:34Well, you need to put the bit back in those teeth

00:17:37and get that mouth shut

00:17:38when you're addressing this woman here

00:17:40because that's my woman, son.

00:17:42And when you're talking to her like that,

00:17:44you're walking on the fighting side of me.

00:17:47Whoa!

00:17:53Me, Gene...

00:17:57Horsemen!

00:17:59It is two days before the Yuletide!

00:18:04I've come to town to reunite

00:18:09and to party all night long!

00:18:14And God only knows

00:18:18that after living with the devil for ten years,

00:18:23woman, oh, woman, won't you marry me now?

00:18:27Deserved a weekend with Benoit!

00:18:32Oh, that is a little heavy.

00:18:35Nature Boy going through one of his...

00:18:38Me, Gene, the horsemen are alive!

00:18:43Whoo!

00:18:45And well.

00:18:46And, Debra, I've never seen you.

00:18:51And you, brother, you just dream about it.

00:18:56Whoo!

00:18:58Thank you, the Nature Boy, Ric Flair.

00:19:00There seems to be a lot of turmoil,

00:19:02but I've covered the horsemen for a long, long time,

00:19:05and it sometimes seems to be like they react to the better

00:19:09in these kind of situations.

00:19:11Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen.

00:19:13Stay tuned. We've got more Nitro live.

00:19:16It's here hanging from the rafters here tonight

00:19:18in the Harne-Dixie.

00:19:20Whoo!

00:19:26Back live on Nitro,

00:19:29our number one continues.

00:19:31Tony Schiavone, Larry Zabisco,

00:19:33and that music, Larry,

00:19:35we've come to know that music very, very well.

00:19:38I got my fighting shirt on this week.

00:19:41If they come near the set this week, I'm ready.

00:19:45It's Hulk Hogan.

00:19:47Hollywood Hulk Hogan.

00:19:50Ted DiBiase.

00:19:53And they got Miss Elizabeth with them.

00:19:55And, of course, Vince is out here as well.

00:20:00Can you feel the electricity in the fans here?

00:20:04Yeah, let me just turn around

00:20:06so I don't feel anything in my back.

00:20:08It looks as if they're going to the ring.

00:20:10Good.

00:20:12Hulk Hogan here this week,

00:20:14as he was last week.

00:20:17They are going to the ring.

00:20:19He and Piper.

00:20:22To collide, finally.

00:20:26The match the world has wanted to see

00:20:28coming up this Sunday.

00:20:32Time is running out for the immortal Hulk Hogan, Tony.

00:20:36I don't care what he says.

00:20:37I saw the look of fear in his eye.

00:20:40And if Piper doesn't lose his head,

00:20:42he can keep Hogan's pulsating pythons pumping irony.

00:20:49Put those spotlights on Hollywood Hogan.

00:20:53And give the true icon of professional wrestling

00:20:57the respect that he deserves.

00:21:00And then shut up and listen.

00:21:03Because Hollywood has got something to say.

00:21:07He deserves no respect.

00:21:10No respect.

00:21:13He's got something to say.

00:21:15He deserves no respect.

00:21:18None.

00:21:20Because he doesn't respect our sport.

00:21:26Hey, he can rip up a t-shirt.

00:21:28Well, he is looking great.

00:21:31I can tell you that physically.

00:21:33He looks good, but ripping up a t-shirt

00:21:35and getting in the ring with Piper is two different things.

00:21:38I can't wait till Sunday.

00:21:40Get that spot.

00:21:41That's right.

00:21:42All those spotlights.

00:21:43Put them on him.

00:21:54I think the spotlights are on.

00:21:55He doesn't have enough.

00:21:57Yo, dudes.

00:21:59It's time for Hollywood, guys.

00:22:02Hey, I can smell Piper Mania running ragged.

00:22:08Where's Piper at?

00:22:10Hey, I'll tell you where Piper's at.

00:22:14He's hiding in the deepest, darkest hole he can find.

00:22:20You know, I tell you, man.

00:22:24I thought Piper might be the last one,

00:22:28the last of the men's men to come out here

00:22:32and take a whooping like he should.

00:22:39Is that Piper?

00:22:41Is that Piper out there?

00:22:44Yo.

00:22:45Ronnie!

00:22:47Piper.

00:22:49No, no, no, no, no.

00:22:50You don't get it.

00:22:52You don't get it.

00:22:54You just don't get it.

00:22:58Piper is afraid of Hollywood.

00:23:03I think we can put that to rest for crying out loud.

00:23:06He's not afraid of Hollywood.

00:23:08Oh, my.

00:23:09You see, everything's going my way.

00:23:13I was out in L.A. the other day, man.

00:23:16Kathy Malatesta, the head of Warner Brothers International,

00:23:21she said, you're the star of the whole network.

00:23:23I said, wrong.

00:23:25I'm the star of the NWO.

00:23:29Piper, you won't see him anymore, brother,

00:23:32because the only way I can say it

00:23:35is when you're the greatest wrestler

00:23:38in the history of this sport.

00:23:42You don't get it, do you?

00:23:44100 years from now, in the history books,

00:23:48when your kids look at Abe Lincoln,

00:23:50when they look at George Washington,

00:23:53when they look at wrestling,

00:23:56they're going to see Roddy, Roddy Piper.

00:24:00Not, not.

00:24:02When they look at wrestling,

00:24:04they're going to see Hollywood Hulk Hogan,

00:24:07the man that made wrestling what it is today,

00:24:10the man that took over the Turner Empire,

00:24:13the man that founded the NWO,

00:24:15the man that scared the skirt right off Roddy, Roddy Piper.

00:24:22Now, let me say this, Piper is not here,

00:24:25and it's easy for two weeks in a row

00:24:27to come out here and say this.

00:24:29No, I don't think so,

00:24:31because all you kids out there,

00:24:34all you people that aren't with the NWO for life,

00:24:39Roddy Piper is already hiding.

00:24:44Roddy Piper doesn't have enough guts

00:24:46to come out here and take a beating like he should.

00:24:49So you know something,

00:24:51as we go into this next millennium,

00:24:54as we go into this next world

00:24:57with the NWO skyrocketing towards the clouds,

00:25:01you finally have to take it, swallow it,

00:25:05and eat it and believe it,

00:25:07that there is a packing order

00:25:10in the world of professional wrestling,

00:25:13and people like the Macho Man

00:25:16and people like the Macho Man in his wheelchair.

00:25:21I got your wife, Macho Man.

00:25:23Hey, people like Flair, the stupid little man,

00:25:27and especially cowards like Roddy, Roddy Piper

00:25:33that wear a skirt are way down the packing order

00:25:37because Hollywood Hogan

00:25:41is the man that made you people

00:25:45believe in wrestling, watch wrestling,

00:25:48and put the NWO on top of the world.

00:25:51Piper, you're the biggest coward I've ever seen.

00:25:56You make me sick.

00:25:57Oh, I'm getting sick.

00:25:58He knows Piper's mad here.

00:25:59You're not even mad enough to wear that skirt.

00:26:03Obviously, it's easy being a big man and talking big.

00:26:06We entertain him, trillionaire Ted,

00:26:09and I don't mean with her.

00:26:10When you know that Piper is not even in the building here.

00:26:14Go ahead, Hollywood.

00:26:16It's another new world, older scam.

00:26:19They know Roddy's not here.

00:26:21Easy to shoot off your big mouth

00:26:24when the opposition is not close by.

00:26:27I can tell you fans right now,

00:26:29if you are as disgusted as we are,

00:26:30you know Piper will be there in Nashville

00:26:34when, as the old cliche goes,

00:26:36the talking is over,

00:26:39and it'll be time to ring the bell

00:26:41and finally hook it up with Hulk Hogan and Roddy Piper.

00:26:45I apologize for the disgusting scene.

00:26:48Is there an airline bag around here?

00:26:50We're coming back with action next on Nitro.

00:26:55Get on your feet.

00:26:57Join us for a very special WCW Saturday night

00:27:00at 6.05 Eastern Time.

00:27:02Dusty Rhodes and I will be taking a look

00:27:05at the year in review,

00:27:06including the story of the incursion

00:27:08of the new world order.

00:27:10Piper Hogan, the lead-up to the biggest smash

00:27:13in the history of our sport,

00:27:14and much, much more the year in review

00:27:17this Saturday at 6.05 Eastern Time

00:27:20and only on TBS.

00:27:23♪

00:27:48You saw Tombstone make his way out,

00:27:50a big man who had a mouthful to say

00:27:52about the Turtle Package Lex Luger,

00:27:54but as they stand here for this capacity crowd,

00:27:57here he comes, one of the hottest athletes

00:28:01in WCW in the world,

00:28:03the Turtle Package Lex Luger!

00:28:06Well, take a look.

00:28:07Here comes a genetic blunder right here.

00:28:10Lex Luger training fanatic.

00:28:13This guy's got, like, no body fat whatsoever,

00:28:17just a pure endurance-packed fighting machine

00:28:21right there, Tony!

00:28:24Grabbing the hands of the fans.

00:28:27We have fans all over the world that watch Nitro

00:28:31each and every Monday as we come to you live.

00:28:34What a 1996 it's been,

00:28:36and what a 1997 it's gonna be.

00:28:38Hello to our great fans wherever you are

00:28:40watching our program,

00:28:41including a big fan in Billings, Montana,

00:28:44Eric Alexander,

00:28:45watching our program and with us each and every week,

00:28:49watching TNT.

00:28:53You know, we have a tremendous event coming up,

00:28:55Star King.

00:28:56We've been talking a lot about Piper and Hogan,

00:28:58the match of the decade,

00:28:59but if you look at the card, top to bottom, Larry,

00:29:02you've got Luger against the Giant 101.

00:29:05What a great matchup that's gonna be.

00:29:06We now know Eddie Guerrero will face Diamond Dallas

00:29:10in the tournament finals,

00:29:11U.S. heavyweight title in addition.

00:29:15We have Medusa, Akira Hokuto

00:29:18to square off for the championship

00:29:20of the WCW Women's Tournament as well.

00:29:23Yeah, we got Dean Malenko

00:29:24could have a possibility to unify

00:29:26nine cruiserweight belts,

00:29:27and of course, the other big crack

00:29:30in the foundation of the New World Order,

00:29:33Hall and Nash going up against the faces of fear

00:29:36managed by a mental giant, Jimmy Hart.

00:29:39Starrcade could be the beginning

00:29:41and the end of the New World Order, Tony.

00:29:44The only way you could see the event,

00:29:45the only way is by pay-per-view.

00:29:47Nashville has been sold out for weeks now.

00:29:50It is the hottest ticket going in Music City, USA.

00:29:58From the collar and elbow,

00:30:00the big guy, Tombstone

00:30:01of the total package, Lex Luger.

00:30:03See, even though he's giving up weight,

00:30:05Luger just kind of powers Tombstone into the corner.

00:30:09Luger not only has power, he's explosive.

00:30:12He can explode into you.

00:30:15Luger wants to muscle him down.

00:30:18He ducks low, does Luger.

00:30:20He sends Tombstone to the other side.

00:30:22Here he goes!

00:30:23Oh, oh!

00:30:25All the way out to the floor.

00:30:26See, again, that's what happens

00:30:27when you have movement and explosive ability

00:30:30with muscle.

00:30:32Luger is just a genetic wonder man,

00:30:34and he can just level these big guys.

00:30:36We saw him put the giant in the torture rack.

00:30:40You know, every time we see Luger, though,

00:30:42you gotta think of a man

00:30:43that used to be his close personal friend

00:30:45by the name of Sting.

00:30:47Are you trying to wreck my Christmas?

00:30:48Well, a week ago, I think it was pretty obvious

00:30:51that Sting, finally,

00:30:52after weeks and months of speculation,

00:30:55showed us that he, in effect,

00:30:57was a part and is a part

00:30:59of the New World Order

00:31:00when he attacked WCW members

00:31:03at the end of our program.

00:31:04Well, sad but true, no doubt about it.

00:31:06Sting is with the New World Order,

00:31:09and what a rotten Christmas gift

00:31:11for the years of loyal Stingers out there.

00:31:15You know, we talked about the balance of power

00:31:17in W.O. or WCW.

00:31:19I think maybe Sting's turn,

00:31:21if I can use that phrase,

00:31:23has basically turned it their way.

00:31:26Tombstone makes a lateral press,

00:31:27and Luger kicks out in a two this time.

00:31:30Yeah, Luger, powerful man,

00:31:32hard to hold those shoulders down.

00:31:34This guy's gotta have a back four feet across.

00:31:38Tombstone trying to get him, you know,

00:31:40cornered in that corner,

00:31:42but Luger gotta use his power,

00:31:44gotta get out of there.

00:31:45Yeah, Tombstone's showing us something here.

00:31:48Fearless, powerful,

00:31:50taking the fight right to the total package

00:31:52Lex Luger, oh,

00:31:54and then taking the boot right in the mouth.

00:32:00Forearm shot, and again,

00:32:02you know, I haven't had a chance

00:32:03to talk to Luger about Sting's

00:32:05definite turn to the N.W.O.,

00:32:07but you know, he has to really put this behind him

00:32:10and focus on not only this match,

00:32:12but the match against the Giant next Sunday.

00:32:16Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,

00:32:17he nailed right smack in the face.

00:32:19Tombstone may need one.

00:32:22Look at him standing when they know

00:32:24he's gonna rack him.

00:32:26Can he rack this big guy?

00:32:28Yes, he can.

00:32:31Got him.

00:32:32Looking like a piece of paper.

00:32:34Lex Luger puts him up.

00:32:36We've seen him torture rack the Giant, Tony.

00:32:39He can torture rack anybody.

00:32:42We've got a Giant.

00:32:44He's in the ring.

00:32:47The Giant.

00:32:52Sends Luger.

00:32:55Luger moves.

00:32:58He's trying to knock him down.

00:33:00Hey, Luger can outmaneuver the Giant.

00:33:02He's got the floor.

00:33:04Boy.

00:33:05The Giant almost went down.

00:33:07Saved by the ropes.

00:33:08You're not kidding.

00:33:09The turnbuckle saved him.

00:33:13He's wobbly.

00:33:15In a show of force for WCW,

00:33:17he's gonna rack the Giant.

00:33:20He's gonna rack the Giant.

00:33:22He's got him up.

00:33:23He's got him up.

00:33:25Sure, the New World Order.

00:33:27Like a bunch of rats circling around a piece of cheese.

00:33:31They're always coming up proud

00:33:33because they're a bunch of cowards.

00:33:35It's easy when it's three on one,

00:33:37but we've got the videotape to prove it.

00:33:39Luger putting him up,

00:33:40and on Sunday, he's gonna rack him.

00:33:43I guarantee it.

00:33:45I'm having a rack attack.

00:33:53Well, the old adage of a footage speaks for itself.

00:33:56Never more apparent than from what we're going to show you

00:33:59here on Nitro.

00:34:01We're gonna take you back to a week ago

00:34:03when Sting came out.

00:34:05Actually, there were two Stings, if you'll recall.

00:34:07Let's roll the videotape right now

00:34:09and show you what we mean, Larry.

00:34:11A week ago here on WCW Monday Nitro,

00:34:15first of all, the man that I've been calling

00:34:17the bogus Sting came out.

00:34:19The real Sting came out.

00:34:21Now, this time,

00:34:24the NWO, of course,

00:34:26D'Biase and Bischoff had taken over the first hour

00:34:29promising that Sting would come out.

00:34:31Then look what happens.

00:34:32At this moment, we weren't sure,

00:34:34and after you see what happens here,

00:34:36we still weren't sure about his allegiance.

00:34:38Well, I'm sure look at the giveaway.

00:34:40The bogus Sting has the baseball bat.

00:34:43So would Sting walk...

00:34:44Oh, no, he's got a baseball bat.

00:34:48Look at him.

00:34:50What a game of human chess

00:34:53is being played here.

00:34:55It's sad, but it's true.

00:34:57There is no more Sting.

00:34:59Sting tapped the shoulder of this bogus Sting,

00:35:03this imposter,

00:35:05and then he jacked him is what he did.

00:35:09Fans were standing everywhere

00:35:11thinking that Sting

00:35:14had obviously turned what we consider the right way.

00:35:18But then when it all broke down,

00:35:20WCW against the NWO at the end of the program,

00:35:24Sting goes through everyone.

00:35:27And look, fist to cuffs,

00:35:29first of all, with Arn Anderson.

00:35:31Nailing Arn Anderson.

00:35:33And then Steve McMichael.

00:35:37Everyone stopped at this point.

00:35:39Sting was assaulting WCW members.

00:35:43Rey Mysterio jumps on his back

00:35:46to try to calm him down.

00:35:48That's a dead giveaway.

00:35:49No New World Order guys jump Sting.

00:35:53So there it was.

00:35:54If I can use the term in black and white.

00:35:57Prove positive.

00:35:58In living color, if you will.

00:36:00A videotape is worth a million words, Tony.

00:36:07And the masked man, JL,

00:36:10one of the top cruiserweights in the world, comes out.

00:36:14Speaking of top cruiserweights,

00:36:16Dean Malenko, the WCW cruiserweight champion,

00:36:19puts his belt on the line against the Ultimo Dragon.

00:36:22And, of course, Sonny Ono to accompany Ultimo Dragon

00:36:26in his eight belts.

00:36:27Nine titles could be unified at Starrcade

00:36:31this coming Sunday, the 29th.

00:36:33I'm gonna go with Malenko.

00:36:35I just think the guy is a great mech technician.

00:36:38And no matter how many high-risk maneuvers,

00:36:40how a guy like Rey Mysterio or the Ultimo Dragon

00:36:43can fly through the air,

00:36:44sooner or later, you're gonna wind up on that canvas.

00:36:48And that's where Malenko's gonna be.

00:36:52What an ovation for Rey Mysterio Jr.,

00:36:56former cruiserweight champion,

00:36:58young man who has made such an impact

00:37:01on the young fans here.

00:37:04Because, no, he is not the biggest,

00:37:07but many people feel that down for down,

00:37:10along with Dean Malenko, the most talented in our sport.

00:37:14And no one can fly like Rey Mysterio Jr., Larry.

00:37:17Well, he's sort of the human evil Knievel.

00:37:19I mean, this guy has no fear

00:37:21when it comes to taking high-risk maneuvers.

00:37:24I'm surprised the guy's still able to walk.

00:37:27This guy's a phenomenon when it comes to movement.

00:37:31Basically, he just makes Sir Isaac Newton

00:37:33look like a moron.

00:37:34We have great tag-team action

00:37:36still to come in this telecast,

00:37:37including the amazing French-Canadians

00:37:39and Public Enemy.

00:37:40Konnan will be here

00:37:42against the newest member of the NWO.

00:37:45We understand Big Bubba,

00:37:47Dean Malenko, Lord Steven Regal,

00:37:50Rick Steiner against Jeff Jarrett.

00:37:52Much more in the two hours right before Christmas

00:37:56of WCW, Monday Nitro,

00:37:59right before Starrcade.

00:38:01Can you believe the gall of Hulk Hogan?

00:38:03I guess, by now, we can't believe the gall of Hulk Hogan.

00:38:06Obviously, after the months of seeing

00:38:08how the entire New World Order operates,

00:38:11people don't like it, but don't underestimate them.

00:38:14They're great chess players.

00:38:15They know Piper's not here.

00:38:17They come out and shoot off their mouths.

00:38:19It's intimidation.

00:38:21It's well-planned.

00:38:22It's organized.

00:38:23They have leadership,

00:38:26something still lacking in WCW.

00:38:29I think our leader,

00:38:30we may have just seen our leader in the ring

00:38:32in Lex Luger,

00:38:33who racked the giant,

00:38:35put him up, almost had him hooked all the way

00:38:37until two other guys showed up.

00:38:39Well, Piper's made it clear he's here for himself,

00:38:42and I wish him the best.

00:38:43I can't wait till Starrcade.

00:38:45Luger, with the sad coincidence of Sting

00:38:49joining the New World Order,

00:38:51Luger may be the last hope

00:38:54of world championship wrestling.

00:38:58Rey Mysterio Jr.

00:38:59will be a part of Starrcade as well

00:39:01to face the sensational Jushin Thunder Liger

00:39:05from Japan.

00:39:06That's gonna be a memorable match in itself.

00:39:08Top to bottom.

00:39:09Boom!

00:39:10Boom!

00:39:12It is the greatest pod ever assembled

00:39:14in a wrestling pay-per-view,

00:39:16and it's all for you this coming Sunday.

00:39:21Look over right here.

00:39:22JL's about 10 feet from the ring,

00:39:24but he's still not safe.

00:39:25I'm surprised Rey Mysterio is still in the ring.

00:39:28You're 20, 30 feet away from the ring,

00:39:30and you're not safe with this guy.

00:39:31He'll just fly right out there at you.

00:39:34JL trying to shoulder block through the ropes,

00:39:37and Rey Mysterio just showing his quickness.

00:39:39Look at the leap up on top.

00:39:40Oh!

00:39:41A leg drop using a springboard

00:39:43from the top rope.

00:39:44Absolutely incredible.

00:39:46And covers him.

00:39:47One, two.

00:39:48Got a two count.

00:39:49Yeah, sometimes, you know,

00:39:50he has a hard time holding the guys down.

00:39:52He gives up a lot of weight.

00:39:54But, boy, in a wink of an eye,

00:39:55he hits the top rope.

00:39:56He comes down on the back of the neck.

00:39:58This guy is hard to handle

00:40:00because he...

00:40:01Oh, JL dumped him.

00:40:02What a powerbomb can he net?

00:40:04It almost did

00:40:05as Mysterio just rolls out of that.

00:40:08Oh, my.

00:40:09What action we have had tonight.

00:40:11It's too fast to call.

00:40:12I mean, you talk about Benoit

00:40:14and Guerrero opening the program,

00:40:16Guerrero advancing in a high-impact match,

00:40:19friction with the Horseman,

00:40:21Luger making a stand against the NWO,

00:40:23the lies from Hogan,

00:40:24knowing that Piper is not here in the building.

00:40:27There's a lot going on,

00:40:28and we still got more than an hour to go here live.

00:40:32This is where it's at, Larry.

00:40:33That's where the big boys play here,

00:40:35and there is no room for a New World odor.

00:40:40Mysterio up.

00:40:41Oh!

00:40:42One, two, almost beat him with that.

00:40:45Moonsault from a springboard.

00:40:47Missed the right hand.

00:40:49JL, belly-back suplex.

00:40:51Boy, picked him up, dropped him.

00:40:52Nice, right in the back of Mysterio Jr.'s head.

00:40:55This could be it.

00:40:56JL's got an upset.

00:40:58Oh, come on.

00:41:00Even JL knows that count was a little slow there.

00:41:03Well, you may think it's slow,

00:41:05but one thing you can say...

00:41:06I may think.

00:41:07I've been here 20 glorious years.

00:41:08All right.

00:41:09One thing you can say about Mark Carter

00:41:10is he's consistent.

00:41:12Consistently slow.

00:41:13So?

00:41:15Well, JL, don't waste time.

00:41:16You know you got a slow referee.

00:41:18Cover that man.

00:41:19Well, then give me the right cadence.

00:41:20Give me what is correct.

00:41:22About what?

00:41:23The one, two, three.

00:41:25That's it, one, two, three.

00:41:26You just said it.

00:41:27That's kind of fast.

00:41:28No, that's normal.

00:41:30JL.

00:41:32One, two, three.

00:41:35Now, illegally using the top rope,

00:41:37and there's Mark Curtis.

00:41:40You know, as we said on WCW Saturday night,

00:41:43and as I'll say here tonight,

00:41:45later on, Big Bubba, the New World Order,

00:41:47will be wrestling,

00:41:48and it's really kind of out of our hands.

00:41:50Uh-oh.

00:41:54Up on toe.

00:41:56Boy, those are the kind of moves

00:41:58that make Rey Mysterio Jr.

00:42:00A crowd-

00:42:03My goodness.

00:42:04That looks like an F-14.

00:42:06That crash-landed.

00:42:08Yeah, on JL.

00:42:10Right on top of the runway.

00:42:13Unbelievable, the high risk these guys take.

00:42:17I want to see if Rey Mysterio's still around in 10 years.

00:42:20Nevertheless, Larry, let's let the fans know

00:42:22that an NWO member will be coming out here

00:42:25in a WCW ring and wrestling,

00:42:27and that's because Eric Bischoff

00:42:29has sent down the order through his memos

00:42:31that they must be able to wrestle

00:42:32on our television programs.

00:42:34We saw a couple of them wrestle this past Saturday.

00:42:37Uh-oh, he moved.

00:42:38Another memo from Bischoff, huh?

00:42:40Well, we get a lot of them as of late.

00:42:42Oh, down goes Rey Mysterio.

00:42:44From behind.

00:42:45Uh-oh.

00:42:46JL.

00:42:47He's got it.

00:42:48One, two, and he almost beat Mysterio.

00:42:51Boy, he had a nice try.

00:42:52Couldn't lock those hands all the way.

00:42:54Your bodies get sweaty and slippery.

00:42:56Hard to cradle up in sometimes.

00:42:58And Mysterio, small guy,

00:43:00he can really wiggle and squirm out of some situations

00:43:03where a big man can.

00:43:04He's trapped in by his own size.

00:43:06JL going up top.

00:43:07Matt has given Rey Mysterio...

00:43:12the chance up.

00:43:13Oh, look at this.

00:43:14Over the top.

00:43:15Sends him down.

00:43:16Mysterio will cover him.

00:43:17One, two, and he'll pin him.

00:43:20Mysterio pinning.

00:43:24Phenomenal move.

00:43:28I mean, it's hard to wrestle a guy you can't catch.

00:43:33I think the best way to wrestle Rey Mysterio Jr.,

00:43:36who just about knocks himself cold with his style,

00:43:39is just to lay in the middle of the ring and don't move.

00:43:43Let him come to you.

00:43:44You can't keep up with this guy.

00:43:46Truly the man.

00:43:49Right now, the top superstar from Mexico

00:43:52wrestling in this country,

00:43:54along with Conan.

00:43:56We have seen a great influx of these Mexican wrestlers here.

00:43:59They are the greatest from Mexico.

00:44:01And here's some evidence here, Larry.

00:44:03Oh, look at this.

00:44:04I mean, right here,

00:44:05out in the cement,

00:44:06he flips over JL.

00:44:08He lands in cables and barriers.

00:44:10Again, Rey Mysterio Jr.,

00:44:12no fear of what happens to his own body.

00:44:15That is the key.

00:44:16That is the eye of the tiger coming in.

00:44:19Rey, he locked his hands right there.

00:44:21Wait a second.

00:44:22We got to take a commercial break,

00:44:23but we got somebody here at the set with us.

00:44:25Rey Mysterio Jr.

00:44:27has walked over to us here.

00:44:29He's kind of limping over.

00:44:33That was a tremendous match, my man.

00:44:34Congratulations.

00:44:35Here.

00:44:36Here, let's...

00:44:37Is this mic okay?

00:44:38Can we use this for him?

00:44:39Okay, what's up?

00:44:40Tony, there's one thing.

00:44:43Everybody's saying that Sting is going to join the NWO.

00:44:47That he has joined the NWO.

00:44:49That's a rumor started from NWO.

00:44:52That's not true.

00:44:54Last week, I jumped on Sting's back.

00:44:57We saw that, yeah.

00:44:58What he did, his reaction,

00:45:00his reaction was normal.

00:45:02Not like what Kevin Nash did

00:45:04when he threw me into the trailer.

00:45:07Right.

00:45:09Back this past summer, I remember that.

00:45:11Or when the Giant picked me up with one hand

00:45:13and he threw me out of the ring

00:45:15trying to end my career.

00:45:17Okay.

00:45:18World War III.

00:45:19Sting, if you're listening,

00:45:22I know you're not going to betray us

00:45:24just like Hogan did.

00:45:27Tony, one thing.

00:45:29Can you please replay that tape one more time

00:45:32so the people and so you could see

00:45:34that Sting did not try to hurt me.

00:45:37He wasn't trying to hurt me.

00:45:39Sting reacted normal.

00:45:41Sting is WCW!

00:45:44You talking about Sting hero videotape?

00:45:47That's right.

00:45:48That's right.

00:45:49Could you please replay that tape?

00:45:51Can we do it?

00:45:52I would like to see it.

00:45:53I'm sure we are looking for it right now, Ray,

00:45:55but certainly...

00:45:56You know, I hate to tell you, Ray,

00:45:57but the dreams of youth are the nightmares

00:46:00of when someone gets older.

00:46:02You've got to face the facts

00:46:03and realize exactly what Sting did.

00:46:06He turned his back on everybody.

00:46:08He did not turn his back on everybody.

00:46:10He was in backup.

00:46:12I jumped on his back,

00:46:13and he reacted like any other person would do.

00:46:16He didn't know it was me.

00:46:18When he knew it was me,

00:46:19that's when he just decided to let me go.

00:46:22Ray, we do have that videotape.

00:46:23Please play it.

00:46:24Okay, let's play it for you,

00:46:25for everyone here who's been chanting Sting's name.

00:46:27Let's take a look at it a couple weeks ago.

00:46:30¶¶

00:47:00More Nitro Live on TNT.

00:47:02Don't you dare go away, fans.

00:47:05¶¶

00:47:06We are off and running with our number two,

00:47:10a WCW Monday Nitro,

00:47:13live and coming at you this holiday season.

00:47:17It's the eve of Christmas Eve.

00:47:20A capacity crowd on him.

00:47:22It's the WCW Monday Nitro.

00:47:25It's the eve of Christmas Eve.

00:47:28A capacity crowd on him.

00:47:30We welcome here to our number two,

00:47:32our broadcast team of Iron Mike today to my right,

00:47:36and Bobby the Brain here to my left.

00:47:39I just got word, it's from the NWO,

00:47:42that they say that Roddy Piper is in the building.

00:47:46But I don't believe it.

00:47:47None of us believe it.

00:47:48We haven't seen him here tonight.

00:47:49And let's go back and think about

00:47:51what Hulk Hogan said earlier, Brain,

00:47:53calling him out.

00:47:54Calling him a coward.

00:47:55They can do these things when he's not around.

00:47:57Hogan is a liar.

00:47:59I've told you that.

00:48:00I've told the people out there that for years.

00:48:02If you want to believe him, go ahead.

00:48:04It's all propaganda.

00:48:05That's what the NWO stands for is propaganda.

00:48:08Don't turn your back to me.

00:48:09I'm talking to you.

00:48:10If you think Piper's in the building,

00:48:11you're mistaken.

00:48:12This is all propaganda courtesy of the NWO

00:48:14and that liar Hogan.

00:48:15Well, the NWO said he's here,

00:48:17but we know better than that.

00:48:18We haven't seen him.

00:48:19Once again, it's NWO fluff.

00:48:21It's NWO lies, if you will,

00:48:23to get us to believe that Piper will back down from Hogan.

00:48:26But Mike, we know Sunday that will not be the case.

00:48:28Well, it's been the NWO's MO from the absolute outset.

00:48:32But what happens this Sunday

00:48:34when Hogan must face Piper face-to-face at Starrcade?

00:48:38You want to see a pack of lies?

00:48:39We're going to take you back to segment number three.

00:48:41As you said, Hogan is a liar.

00:48:43Hogan came out here calling Piper out once again,

00:48:46knowing full well Roddy Piper was not here

00:48:49and is not here tonight.

00:48:52Bet your wife wants him there.

00:48:54Hey, people like Flair, the stupid little man,

00:48:58and especially cowards like Roddy Roddy Piper

00:49:04that wear a skirt are way down the pecking order

00:49:08because Hollywood Hogan is the man

00:49:14that made you people believe in wrestling,

00:49:18watched wrestling, and put the NWO on top of the world.

00:49:22Piper, you're the biggest coward I've ever seen.

00:49:27You make me sick.

00:49:28Oh, I'm getting sick.

00:49:29He knows Piper's not here.

00:49:30You're not even mad enough to wear that skirt.

00:49:34Obviously, it's easy being a big man and talking big.

00:49:37I mean, it's time we entertain him,

00:49:39truly, there, Ted, and I don't mean with her.

00:49:41When you know that Piper is not even in the building here.

00:49:45Go ahead, Hollywood.

00:49:47It's another new world, older scam.

00:49:50They know Roddy's not here.

00:49:52Easy to shoot off your big mouth

00:49:55when the opposition is not close by.

00:49:58I can tell you, fans, right now,

00:50:00if you are as disgusted as we are,

00:50:01you know Piper will be there in Nashville

00:50:05when, as the old cliche goes,

00:50:07the talking is over and it'll be time to ring the bell

00:50:12and finally hook it up with Hulk Hogan and Roddy Piper.

00:50:17I apologize.

00:50:19Well, that happened earlier in this telecast

00:50:22here in hour number one.

00:50:23Here in hour number two now, we received this message.

00:50:26It was from the New World Order that, yes, Piper is here.

00:50:29They have seen him.

00:50:31Full.

00:50:32Let's put it this way.

00:50:33Hogan's got to hire a guy now to call his dog.

00:50:36His dogs don't even believe him.

00:50:37He's that kind of a liar.

00:50:40All right.

00:50:41Here on the second hour,

00:50:42we're going to start out with a dandy, Mike Tenet,

00:50:45the man named Glacier,

00:50:46who burst on the scene here in 1996

00:50:50with a unique style, a unique combination of styles

00:50:53in our sport and a rich background.

00:50:56Glacier is here, and you can better believe

00:50:59he's going to be a force in the upcoming 1997 year.

00:51:03Of course, Glacier has that rare combination,

00:51:06the professional wrestling skills

00:51:08and the martial arts skills.

00:51:09The name Glacier was given to him by his master instructor.

00:51:13It symbolizes rather the awesome power of all the elements.

00:51:17That helmet that you see him carry to the ring

00:51:19is several hundred years old.

00:51:21It was passed down from master to his top student.

00:51:24It's priceless to Glacier

00:51:25because of the historical value behind it.

00:51:30Get a good look at Glacier here.

00:51:32This man will amaze you with the things he can do.

00:51:36He's a big man.

00:51:37He's a skilled man.

00:51:38He's a very, very dangerous man.

00:51:40That's a great point.

00:51:41He's a very, very dangerous man.

00:51:47First case of dandruff I've ever seen.

00:51:51Can you believe that, Mike?

00:51:53Well, Glacier is a wrestler

00:51:54who has very, very strong family ties.

00:51:57For many years, it was thought

00:51:58that he would be a part of the law enforcement scene.

00:52:01His family, his father, a sergeant

00:52:03with the Georgia State Troopers for some 28 years.

00:52:06He retired a couple years back,

00:52:08and one month before he retired,

00:52:10Glacier's twin brother became a state trooper.

00:52:13His dad passed along his badge to him.

00:52:15If you look real closely at Glacier,

00:52:17you'll see that his father's badge number,

00:52:19number 126, is actually embedded into his armor.

00:52:22You know what that means, 126?

00:52:24That means he ate 126 donuts in a half hour.

00:52:28Yeah, you tell him that.

00:52:29Sergeant Parker is the opponent, Buddy Lee Parker.

00:52:34Look at that leg sweep.

00:52:35Put him down, covers him.

00:52:37The key to Glacier, not only is his ability,

00:52:41but his quickness.

00:52:42I mean, you can know martial arts,

00:52:43but if you can't execute it with quickness,

00:52:46it's not gonna do you any good.

00:52:48He is one step ahead every time.

00:52:50I think there's a lot of wrestlers here at WCW

00:52:52that are baffled by this man.

00:52:53They can't figure out his style or what to do

00:52:56or how to combat him.

00:52:57He's just so quick and so fast.

00:52:59It's the big advantage that he has

00:53:00because there's not been a wrestler like Glacier before

00:53:03that the opponents can pattern themselves after.

00:53:06Had a thrust kick to kick him down that time,

00:53:08and now Glacier with a full-arm drag and twist.

00:53:11Showing the combination.

00:53:12There's karate blow right on the shoulder.

00:53:15Combination of the martial arts skill

00:53:17and wrestling skills and will.

00:53:19And he's only gonna get better.

00:53:21Oh!

00:53:22Thrust to the midsection.

00:53:24Sending Buddy Lee back.

00:53:25Look at this.

00:53:26Puts him up on top.

00:53:30Yeah!

00:53:32And kicks him right off to the apron of the ring.

00:53:35You know, the matches I've seen that Glacier's been in,

00:53:38he's dominated the match over 95%.

00:53:42He does.

00:53:43Once again, showing the quickness.

00:53:47Kick Buddy Lee right behind the head.

00:53:50And stays on the offense as well.

00:53:52We've said so many times, and of course,

00:53:55you've heard it from us,

00:53:56you've heard it from Larry Zabisco,

00:53:57many of our programs,

00:53:58the aggressive wrestler will usually win.

00:54:01Back kick.

00:54:04And...

00:54:05Snap Marity Malbert, basically.

00:54:07Inverted snap.

00:54:08Oh!

00:54:09Oh, my goodness.

00:54:10Enziguri-style kick to the back of the head.

00:54:13Buddy Lee stays with it, though.

00:54:16He hooks Glacier away handy for a moment.

00:54:19Oh!

00:54:21Buddy Lee doesn't have an idea what to do with this man.

00:54:24No, he's just too quick for him.

00:54:25He was lost when the bell rang.

00:54:28Kick to the side of the head.

00:54:31Kicks him up.

00:54:32Oh!

00:54:34That'll rattle your Thanksgiving dinner.

00:54:36Variation of the tilt-a-whirl slam there.

00:54:39That's the cryonic kick,

00:54:40that one-and-a-half spinning round kick.

00:54:43And Buddy got out of the cryonic kick that time.

00:54:45But Buddy doesn't know where he's at.

00:54:48He went back to it again.

00:54:49Got the hard one inside.

00:54:51Well, you're not kidding.

00:54:52One, two, three, and there's no getting up

00:54:54for Buddy Lee.

00:54:57Glacier is your winner,

00:54:59and a very determined win.

00:55:02Fundamentally sound in the martial arts.

00:55:05The combination of the skills

00:55:07showing some professional wrestling prowess as well.

00:55:10Glacier is your winner here on Nitro.

00:55:14He's only gonna get better, too.

00:55:18He's got that one goofy eye.

00:55:22Is that all you can say, a goofy eye?

00:55:25No, you just said it, too, so what?

00:55:28This man is a force to be reckoned with here at WCW.

00:55:33And like you said, Shivani, he can only get better.

00:55:38Still to come in the Silicast Tag Team Action.

00:55:40Coming up next, the amazing French-Canadians

00:55:42and Public Enemy.

00:55:44Big Bubba against Conan DiMalenko,

00:55:47Lord Steven Regal, and much more.

00:55:50And this holiday edition of Nitro

00:55:52will be back after this time-out.

00:55:54The following announcement

00:55:55has been paid for by the New World Order.

00:55:58You wanna know what the outsiders are wearing this year?

00:56:01Outsider official T-shirts.

00:56:03Wear the shirt backwards.

00:56:0520 bucks each or two for 40.

00:56:07If you buy a million of them, it's only $20 million.

00:56:10Buy the shirt.

00:56:11The preceding announcement

00:56:12has been paid for by the New World Order.

00:56:17We welcome you back to this holiday-ish edition

00:56:21of WCW Monday Nitro.

00:56:23What are you saying?

00:56:24Stand.

00:56:25Stand for what?

00:56:27The amazing French-Canadians asked me

00:56:28if I would show them respect and stand,

00:56:30so I'm standing, along with Mr. Tannay.

00:56:32Why don't you stand?

00:56:34Well, I will stand...

00:56:35Vive le Québec!

00:56:36C'est au Québec que ça se passe!

00:56:37Montréal, c'est le boulot!

00:56:39C'est le boulot!

00:56:41I will stand in respect of the Canadian National Anthem,

00:56:45but not for...

00:56:46C'est ma père Tannay!

00:56:48Vive le Québec!

00:56:49Not for these two guys

00:56:51who butchered the National Anthem,

00:56:53nor will I stand for this sideshow colonel

00:56:55coming out here butchering the French language.

00:56:57Yeah, they taught him one sentence.

00:56:59J'aime ma père Colonel Parker.

00:57:01My name is Colonel Parker. Big deal.

00:57:03Your name's not Colonel Parker.

00:57:06Here we go!

00:57:09Mike, he's a hopeless case.

00:57:10Don't even try to argue with the brain.

00:57:15All right, here they come, public enemy,

00:57:18with their table.

00:57:22This should be a real hard-hitting,

00:57:26high-impact tag team match.

00:57:28They bring a whole new meaning to that term,

00:57:30bringing something to the table.

00:57:34Well, they bring the action right to the table.

00:57:36And Nitro brings the action right to you

00:57:38each and every Monday live.

00:57:44Public enemy motto has been

00:57:46violent by design and naughty by nature.

00:57:49I think we can now add intimidation

00:57:51via furniture as well.

00:58:00We invite fans. As you see,

00:58:02there is not a seat to be found

00:58:04in the arena this week.

00:58:05Would you take a look? It is everywhere.

00:58:08Fans jamming into this arena.

00:58:12Tony, I didn't know you could dance like this.

00:58:14I'm not dancing.

00:58:16Not dancing brave.

00:58:19And then you stumbled.

00:58:20Now, we would appreciate

00:58:22if you bunch of hillbillies

00:58:24would stand up

00:58:26and sing the national anthem

00:58:28of the best country in the world.

00:58:31Well, he is our guest.

00:58:33Then let him sing.

00:58:35O Canada!

00:58:40Canada!

00:58:44They don't know the words.

00:58:47They're ad-libbing.

00:58:50How many people do?

00:58:53A lot of us.

00:59:03Here we go.

00:59:04Oh, my goodness.

00:59:05Public enemy is gonna take the advantage

00:59:07to turn on him.

00:59:09Sing.

00:59:11O Canada!

00:59:15Yeah, all right!

00:59:18Here we go.

00:59:22Well, that turns the lights out.

00:59:24Boy, you're not kidding.

00:59:25We're off and running here

00:59:26with tag team action.

00:59:27Public enemy wasting no time.

00:59:29They were decked by those flags,

00:59:31but now they're back into it.

00:59:33Carl Willett, the stocking cap

00:59:35over his noggin here.

00:59:37He doesn't know who to fight.

00:59:40Into the ropes.

00:59:42Clothesline that time for public enemy.

00:59:46You know, the World Tag Team Championship

00:59:48to be decided at Starrcade this Sunday

00:59:51with the New World Order.

00:59:52It's outsiders.

00:59:53We saw them out here earlier

00:59:54helping out the Giant

00:59:56to go up against the Faces of Fear.

01:00:00Therefore, this match so important

01:00:02for both teams here, Mike Tenet,

01:00:04to get back up the ladder

01:00:05in tag team rankings.

01:00:06Well, Tony, we've been so impressed

01:00:08as of late with Ming and the Barbarian.

01:00:10The Faces of Fear

01:00:11on an incredible winning streak

01:00:13that's catapulted them

01:00:14to the number one contender's position.

01:00:16And you're right.

01:00:17We're now inside of a week.

01:00:18And this Sunday in Nashville at Starrcade,

01:00:20they get the shot at the Outsiders

01:00:22for the World Tag Team belts.

01:00:24And you know something, Mike?

01:00:25When they got that match,

01:00:26it seems like they got

01:00:27a new bit of adrenaline.

01:00:28It's a different team now.

01:00:30It's a tougher team.

01:00:31It's a more violent team.

01:00:32It's a more vicious team.

01:00:33And just knowing they're going

01:00:35to be in there with the Outsiders

01:00:36for the Tag Team Championship,

01:00:38I look for the Faces of Fear

01:00:39to win this one.

01:00:40Plus, add in the Jimmy Hart factor

01:00:42as well in that matchup.

01:00:43Very important.

01:00:44Colonel Parker getting his stomps

01:00:46in on the outside.

01:00:47Also, let's add in the NWO factor.

01:00:49A bunch of lies that we have heard

01:00:52from the opening of this program

01:00:54when Hogan came out

01:00:55calling Piper out,

01:00:56knowing Hogan and the NWO,

01:00:59knowing that Piper was not here

01:01:01in the arena.

01:01:02Since that time,

01:01:03we have received word

01:01:05from the New World Order

01:01:06that, yes, Piper was here.

01:01:08Oh!

01:01:09And as we said earlier,

01:01:10we know that's not the case.

01:01:11Here's a cover!

01:01:12Got a one count.

01:01:13We have not seen Piper.

01:01:15It's nothing but a pack of lies

01:01:17from the New World Order.

01:01:18I don't know what they're up to,

01:01:20but they insist

01:01:21that Piper is here this week.

01:01:23We know he wasn't scheduled

01:01:24to be here.

01:01:25We know better than that.

01:01:26Well, first of all,

01:01:27we should ignore their lies.

01:01:28Don't even comment about them lying.

01:01:30That gives them recognition.

01:01:32Don't say a word about it.

01:01:33You want to tell a lie,

01:01:34go tell a lie to yourself.

01:01:35If you don't say

01:01:36what they tell you to say...

01:01:37I know.

01:01:38...let me keep in mind

01:01:39that Eric Bischoff is in charge.

01:01:40I know.

01:01:41He runs us.

01:01:42He runs them.

01:01:43He'll come out here

01:01:44and he'll take over this hour.

01:01:45Again.

01:01:52Tag team competition here

01:01:54is so strong.

01:01:55I would say

01:01:56there are more tag teams here

01:01:58that can become

01:01:59world tag team champions

01:02:00than I've ever seen

01:02:01in my whole career.

01:02:02Well, now look,

01:02:03the amazing French Canadians

01:02:04are going to try

01:02:05and turn the table,

01:02:06so to speak,

01:02:07on the Public Enemy.

01:02:08Turn the table.

01:02:09They got the table up.

01:02:11Now, remember,

01:02:12this is a table

01:02:13Public Enemy brought out

01:02:14being used against them.

01:02:16Karl Ouellette is up high.

01:02:19They are going to try

01:02:20to end it right now.

01:02:24The table hit the back

01:02:26of Jacques Rougeau.

01:02:29A knee in the back

01:02:30of Rougeau from Johnny Grunge.

01:02:32The table is broken already.

01:02:35Well, that means

01:02:36they each have a table

01:02:37then to use.

01:02:38That makes two tables.

01:02:41The side of the head

01:02:42on the left.

01:02:44The referee is going

01:02:45to throw this one out

01:02:46and rightfully so.

01:02:47But that doesn't mean

01:02:48this war is over.

01:02:52Ring the bell all you want.

01:02:53It doesn't mean nothing

01:02:54to these four.

01:03:00Rocco up on top.

01:03:04Oh, and an assist

01:03:05from Johnny Grunge

01:03:06into that splash.

01:03:07Merry Christmas.

01:03:13Well, the match thrown out.

01:03:17And I guess,

01:03:18okay, they're going

01:03:19to give the match

01:03:20to the Canadians here.

01:03:21As a result

01:03:22of a disqualification,

01:03:23the amazing

01:03:24French Canadians.

01:03:27Are they going

01:03:28to sing again?

01:03:29I hope not.

01:03:30We are told we've got

01:03:31to take a commercial break.

01:03:32Once again,

01:03:33the NWO has told us

01:03:35that Piper is here.

01:03:37They say they're going

01:03:38to get to him.

01:03:39They're going to beat him

01:03:40up here tonight.

01:03:41But there's no one here

01:03:43listening to me,

01:03:44sitting with me,

01:03:46surrounding me

01:03:47that believes that

01:03:48for a minute.

01:03:50And we'll have more

01:03:51Nitro live on TNT

01:03:53after this time out.

01:03:54Night.

01:03:55Night.

01:03:56Night.

01:03:57Night.

01:03:59A week ago,

01:04:00the NWO added

01:04:01yet another member

01:04:02to its roster.

01:04:03It was a shock to us,

01:04:05and certainly a shock

01:04:06to the Dungeon of Doom.

01:04:08Big Bubba joined

01:04:09the ranks of the

01:04:10New World Order.

01:04:11Eric Bischoff said

01:04:12three weeks prior,

01:04:13you're either with us

01:04:14or against us.

01:04:15We show the footage.

01:04:17Big Bubba,

01:04:18a week ago,

01:04:19obviously says,

01:04:20I'm going to be with him.

01:04:21And here was last week.

01:04:25He comes out.

01:04:27And he attacks me.

01:04:31Right hands.

01:04:32Helping the outsiders

01:04:34against the face of fear.

01:04:37Big Bubba spike slam.

01:04:40And of course,

01:04:41then turning on

01:04:42the Taskmaster

01:04:43Kevin Sullivan ring.

01:04:44Well, he's a member

01:04:45of the NWO now.

01:04:46He has no friends.

01:04:47He has no allegiance

01:04:48to anybody

01:04:49except the NWO.

01:04:50He's another man now

01:04:51that can't be trusted.

01:04:53Then pounding away

01:04:54on Conan.

01:04:55Hugh Morris came in.

01:04:57The entire Dungeon of Doom.

01:05:00Attacking Big Bubba.

01:05:02And that of course

01:05:03prompted the all out war

01:05:05between WCW

01:05:07and the NWO

01:05:09that ended

01:05:10as we saw earlier

01:05:11when Sting came out.

01:05:15There must have been

01:05:1635 or 40 superstars

01:05:17in that ring.

01:05:19It was an incredible way

01:05:20to end a program.

01:05:21But that's going to lead us

01:05:22into one of our

01:05:23feature bouts here tonight.

01:05:28The New World Order.

01:05:33Bringing in

01:05:35Big Bubba.

01:05:37Among the factions

01:05:38in world championship wrestling,

01:05:40the Dungeon of Doom

01:05:41was always considered

01:05:42the strongest.

01:05:43That is until last Monday

01:05:45when Big Bubba

01:05:46became the first defector

01:05:48from the DoD.

01:05:51NWO Sting.

01:05:52I just love my new shirt.

01:05:55That's the only reason

01:05:56he joins.

01:05:57To get a new shirt.

01:05:58To get a clean shirt.

01:06:00You know, it was odd

01:06:02in many ways to see

01:06:03when Taskmaster went up

01:06:05against Vaughn Anderson

01:06:06earlier in the night,

01:06:07Bubba helping the Taskmaster

01:06:09then to turn on him

01:06:11later on.

01:06:13I think Big Bubba

01:06:14was always considered

01:06:15the Taskmaster's lieutenant.

01:06:17We see Conan

01:06:18headed to the ring

01:06:19and Conan has that

01:06:20gang mentality.

01:06:22Loyalty must be proven

01:06:24in his mind

01:06:25and he plans on

01:06:26making an example

01:06:27out of Big Bubba

01:06:28and I think

01:06:29that Conan

01:06:30would love to take the slot

01:06:32as Kevin Sullivan's

01:06:33first lieutenant

01:06:34that's now open

01:06:35to the Dungeon of Doom.

01:06:37Nobody double crosses

01:06:39the dungeon.

01:06:40This is for you,

01:06:41Kevin Sullivan.

01:06:42This is for you,

01:06:43Taskmaster.

01:06:45They may have

01:06:46a lot of confidence.

01:06:47They may have

01:06:48a lot of perseverance.

01:06:50But I think we need to

01:06:51take a very close look

01:06:52if we can with our cameras

01:06:54to the man who is

01:06:55refereeing this match.

01:06:57For the first time

01:06:58that we have seen him

01:06:59referee a match

01:07:00since he was beat up

01:07:01by Chris Jericho,

01:07:03Nick Patrick

01:07:04without a ski mask

01:07:06is refereeing here.

01:07:08Or a neck brace.

01:07:09Or a neck brace.

01:07:10Now, I've seen him

01:07:11with a neck brace

01:07:12but I've never seen him

01:07:13with a ski mask.

01:07:14Did you watch WCW

01:07:15Saturday night

01:07:16this past weekend

01:07:17on CBS?

01:07:18Did you see the referee

01:07:19with a ski mask on?

01:07:20Uh, yes.

01:07:21Who do you think that was?

01:07:22That was a referee

01:07:23in a ski mask.

01:07:24Oh, my goodness.

01:07:25I have no proof

01:07:26it was this gentleman.

01:07:27You know, Leslie,

01:07:28you know what to do.

01:07:29You should have

01:07:30you should have

01:07:31you should have

01:07:32made a sign

01:07:33that Patrick

01:07:34is in the ring

01:07:35and fallen in.

01:07:36Becoming airborne.

01:07:38Attacking Big Bubba.

01:07:40There's one thing

01:07:41you gotta be very careful

01:07:42about here now.

01:07:43You can't turn your back

01:07:44for a minute.

01:07:45You can't turn your attention

01:07:46away from anyone.

01:07:47Because you never know

01:07:48when a man like Conan

01:07:49is gonna come out of nowhere

01:07:50over the top rope

01:07:51through the second rope

01:07:52and nail you.

01:07:53Whoa!

01:07:54Whoa!

01:07:55Talk about taking up

01:07:56the garbage.

01:07:57Oh!

01:07:58Drop kicks him.

01:07:59What about that, Mike, today?

01:08:00The back of Big Bubba's head.

01:08:02Almost a whiplash effect

01:08:04catching the back

01:08:05of those steel steps.

01:08:06And Bubba,

01:08:09one thing you gotta realize

01:08:12when you face

01:08:13the New World Order,

01:08:15they are here.

01:08:16We have seen Hall and Nash.

01:08:18We have seen the Giant.

01:08:19We've seen Hogan.

01:08:20We've seen DiBiase.

01:08:21They will not let this go

01:08:23on long.

01:08:25And look at the slow count.

01:08:27Oh, now, Big Bubba,

01:08:29ample opportunity

01:08:30to get back in the ring.

01:08:32Conan, don't touch him.

01:08:34Uh-oh!

01:08:35Conan right hand.

01:08:37Patrick holds Conan.

01:08:39This is a handicap match.

01:08:41Of course it is.

01:08:42Oh!

01:08:43Why do we let this happen?

01:08:44Why do we let this happen?

01:08:46Why can WCW let this happen

01:08:48on a WCW program?

01:08:50Eric Bischoff has dictated it.

01:08:52What's he doing now?

01:08:53Bubba's getting something.

01:08:54Our hands are tied.

01:08:57Throws that bandana

01:08:58around Conan's neck.

01:09:00It's a Hollywood Hulk Hogan bandana.

01:09:02You heard him?

01:09:03Got it around the throat of Conan.

01:09:06And look at Nick Patrick

01:09:08turning his back

01:09:10at the right time.

01:09:12Or, if you're Conan,

01:09:13the wrong time.

01:09:14Very conveniently,

01:09:15Nick Patrick turns his back

01:09:17on that while he argues

01:09:18with Jimmy Hart.

01:09:19Well, I don't want to tell you,

01:09:20I don't mean you're kind of

01:09:21the guy to take sides here,

01:09:22but it's a hard job in there

01:09:24that Nick Patrick has.

01:09:25You got to give him

01:09:26a little slack.

01:09:27You lame brain.

01:09:29You talking to me?

01:09:30Yes, I'm talking to you.

01:09:32Down goes Conan.

01:09:34And I'm sure you believe

01:09:36what the NWO told us.

01:09:38You believe the NWO,

01:09:40when it says,

01:09:41as it said earlier,

01:09:42that Piper's in the building.

01:09:43No, I don't believe

01:09:44a thing they say.

01:09:45And you believe when you say

01:09:46they say he's in the building

01:09:47and they're going to get to him

01:09:48in this program.

01:09:49I didn't say that.

01:09:50I'm saying I never saw

01:09:51the referee with the ski mask

01:09:53turn out to be Nick Patrick.

01:09:55You want to have a sidebar

01:09:56about this?

01:09:57No, I don't.

01:10:00Conan, you...

01:10:02Unless there's proof,

01:10:03I don't want to judge

01:10:04another man.

01:10:05I'm not like that.

01:10:08Conan continues...

01:10:09Oh, that was a gouge

01:10:10to the eyes.

01:10:11You could play...

01:10:12I don't even need to...

01:10:13I don't even need

01:10:14to say it anymore.

01:10:15You know it.

01:10:16I know it.

01:10:17The NWO growing

01:10:19in leaps and bounds.

01:10:20Sting becoming a member.

01:10:22We saw a week ago,

01:10:24Eric Bischoff,

01:10:25and I guess this is a deadline.

01:10:27He said,

01:10:28you're either with us

01:10:29or against us.

01:10:30This is for the weeks.

01:10:32What are you going to do?

01:10:33Well, I'm against him.

01:10:34I'm not going to have

01:10:35anything to do with anything

01:10:36he's a member of.

01:10:37So you're with WCW?

01:10:38Yes.

01:10:39Mike?

01:10:40Absolutely.

01:10:41110% behind...

01:10:42We're with WCW.

01:10:43All of us around

01:10:44are with

01:10:45World Championship Wrestling.

01:10:46So we're against him.

01:10:48But you know,

01:10:49things are negotiable, though.

01:10:50Oh, my.

01:10:52You've got a price

01:10:53for everybody.

01:10:54Don't you?

01:10:55No, I don't.

01:10:56You wouldn't join them

01:10:57for $50 million?

01:10:59Well, now we've established

01:11:00you will take money.

01:11:01Now we've just got to

01:11:02come up with a price.

01:11:04Reversal?

01:11:05About $35.

01:11:06No.

01:11:08But Bubba had a price.

01:11:10Mark Bagwell had a price.

01:11:12Everyone has a price.

01:11:14Mr. Wallstreet had one.

01:11:15Scott Norton had one.

01:11:17Sting apparently

01:11:18had one all along.

01:11:21And it all goes to this,

01:11:23I think, Mike, today.

01:11:24That I think the reason

01:11:26that Eric gave his

01:11:27four-week deadline

01:11:28and the four weeks would end

01:11:30the week before Starcade

01:11:33is so Hogan

01:11:34could surround himself

01:11:36with people to help him out

01:11:38against Piper

01:11:39at Starcade this Sunday.

01:11:41Just another aspect

01:11:42of this long-term

01:11:43calculated plan

01:11:44on the part

01:11:45of the New World Order.

01:11:46Bubba has absolutely

01:11:48throttled Ponan.

01:11:49And referee Nick Patrick

01:11:51has not only looked the other way,

01:11:52he's now throwing Jimmy Hart

01:11:54from ringside

01:11:55and sending him back

01:11:56to the locker room.

01:11:57And he's claiming

01:11:58that Hart hit him.

01:11:59He's running him.

01:12:00He's gone.

01:12:01He's gone.

01:12:02I didn't touch him!

01:12:03I didn't touch him!

01:12:04I didn't touch him!

01:12:05I didn't touch him!

01:12:06This is unbelievable!

01:12:07I can't believe

01:12:08I'm thrown out of here!

01:12:09This is ridiculous!

01:12:10I think the videotape

01:12:11will show he did not

01:12:12touch Nick Patrick.

01:12:13Doesn't matter.

01:12:14Jimmy Hart's history.

01:12:15He's gone.

01:12:19NWO, in this match,

01:12:21rules.

01:12:22But that is not

01:12:23deterring Ponan.

01:12:24The Mexican heavyweight champion,

01:12:26the superb athlete he is

01:12:28from Mexico,

01:12:29is giving this man his all

01:12:31against very tough odds here.

01:12:35That's it.

01:12:36Over the top rope.

01:12:39Right in front of the referee.

01:12:40What do you expect?

01:12:42Ponan's been disqualified.

01:12:45He had to do his job.

01:12:46Nick Patrick had to do his job.

01:12:48Get him.

01:12:49I think Ponan's getting ready

01:12:50to do his.

01:12:52And Ponan's a no-nonsense

01:12:53kind of guy.

01:12:54He's a street person.

01:12:56He's fought all his life.

01:12:59Uh-oh.

01:13:00Here we go.

01:13:01Yeah.

01:13:02Bubba's got Nick Patrick.

01:13:03Bubba's...

01:13:04He grabbed me.

01:13:05He grabbed me.

01:13:06Let's get out of here, man.

01:13:08Yeah, let's do it.

01:13:09He's fine, too.

01:13:10Him and the club manager.

01:13:12That's right.

01:13:13This ain't over.

01:13:14We'll get Big Bubba.

01:13:16You're not kidding.

01:13:18We gotta take a break.

01:13:19Back with more action after this.

01:13:20He means it.

01:13:27All right, we're back on Nitro.

01:13:29This week, Lee Marshall

01:13:30calls in his road report

01:13:31live here on Nitro.

01:13:33Only one way.

01:13:34By dialing 1-800-CL-L-L-E-C-T

01:13:37with a 1-800-COLLECT-ROAD-REPORT.

01:13:39We go to Lee Marshall.

01:13:40Hello there, Lee.

01:13:41Hey, Tony.

01:13:42A little earlier today,

01:13:43I was in Nashville,

01:13:44of course, the site of Sunday's Starcade.

01:13:46I've since made the quick trip

01:13:47to Knoxville for a Nitro party.

01:13:49Not at all far from Dollywood.

01:13:51I've talked to people

01:13:52with tickets to Starcade

01:13:53and Nashville Sunday tickets

01:13:54for a week from tonight

01:13:55when Monday Nitro comes

01:13:57to the Civic Center here

01:13:58in Knoxville.

01:13:59While Starcade is a sellout,

01:14:00I gotta tell you,

01:14:01we've still got Nitro tickets

01:14:02available at the Knoxville

01:14:03Civic Center box office

01:14:05or just about, I guess,

01:14:06any ticket master between here

01:14:07and the Great Smoky Mountains.

01:14:09By the way, right down

01:14:10from Dollywood,

01:14:11we got a vacant lot.

01:14:12I think it'd be a perfect location

01:14:13for Bobby's new

01:14:14Weasel World theme park.

01:14:16That's your 1-800-COLLECT-ROAD-REPORT

01:14:17from Knoxville, Tennessee.

01:14:19I'm Lee Marshall

01:14:20for 1-800-COLLECT.

01:14:22Thanks a lot, Lee.

01:14:23When are you gonna open up

01:14:24that theme park for me?

01:14:25As soon as he wants to be

01:14:26my main attraction.

01:14:27For a half a buck,

01:14:28you can ride him

01:14:29in a wheelbarrow.

01:14:30Well, whatever.

01:14:32We welcome you.

01:14:33We certainly hope

01:14:35that you will have

01:14:36a great Christmas.

01:14:38And if you believe the NWO,

01:14:40if you believe it

01:14:41when they say Piper is here,

01:14:43then you'll believe that

01:14:44Brain has a Christmas present

01:14:46for me and Mike today.

01:14:48No, I don't.

01:14:49See?

01:14:50I won't hold my breath.

01:14:52Also in the sale

01:14:53of our great fans in Chicago,

01:14:55United Center on Monday the 20th.

01:14:57We're gonna be in Chicago

01:14:59with WCW Monday Nitro

01:15:00the 20th of January.

01:15:02The next night on TBS Live,

01:15:04the Clash of the Champions

01:15:06for the Wisconsin Center, Milwaukee.

01:15:08Formerly known, of course,

01:15:09as the Mecca.

01:15:10That's on Tuesday the 21st.

01:15:12And tickets available

01:15:13at the Wisconsin Center box office

01:15:15on Ticketmaster locations

01:15:16Wednesday the 22nd.

01:15:18A taping of WCW Saturday night

01:15:21at the Brown County Arena

01:15:23in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

01:15:26And because we are told to do so

01:15:29by Eric Bischoff,

01:15:30because he is still my boss,

01:15:33I have to devote equal time

01:15:35to the New World Order

01:15:36because Saturday the 25th,

01:15:38Cedar Rapids, Iowa,

01:15:40the Five Seasons Center,

01:15:42the NWO's gonna have

01:15:43its very first pay-per-view.

01:15:45Five o'clock local time there

01:15:47for you NWO fans.

01:15:49Tickets will be available

01:15:51at the Five Seasons Center

01:15:53box office

01:15:54in all Ticketmaster locations.

01:15:56That should be a very,

01:15:57very interesting pay-per-view.

01:15:59Oh, you think so, huh?

01:16:01Well, knowing the NWO,

01:16:02it'll be nothing but pipes

01:16:03and chains and ball bats.

01:16:05I hope after this Sunday

01:16:07they are in no shape to make it

01:16:09to Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

01:16:11That's what I hope.

01:16:13Piper and Hogan at the forefront

01:16:15on the minds of wrestling fans

01:16:17everywhere.

01:16:18If you have loved this sport

01:16:19like we have for so many years,

01:16:21you know this match

01:16:23means it all.

01:16:24It is not WCW against the NWO

01:16:26like we saw at the end

01:16:27of the program last week.

01:16:29It's one man against another.

01:16:30It's icon against icon.

01:16:32And it is the main event

01:16:34of the super card of the decade.

01:16:36The 1990s are gonna be remembered

01:16:38in pro wrestling

01:16:39for one thing,

01:16:40Starrcade.

01:16:41And it's coming up in six days.

01:16:42And Starrcade will go into

01:16:43the year 2000

01:16:45knowing history was made

01:16:46in Nashville, Tennessee.

01:16:48Because I tell you,

01:16:49Rowdy Roddy Piper is the only man

01:16:51in this sport that Hogan

01:16:52has never defeated.

01:16:53The only man Hogan's never beaten.

01:16:55Like Tanae said earlier,

01:16:56Hogan's getting the Bubba's,

01:16:57he's getting the Wall Street's,

01:16:59he's getting the Chono's,

01:17:00he's getting all these guys.

01:17:01Why?

01:17:02Right before Starrcade

01:17:03so he can surround himself.

01:17:05Hulk Hogan is a terrified,

01:17:07scared, yellow man right now.

01:17:10And that's why he's

01:17:11surrounding himself, Mike.

01:17:12And that's why he's lying

01:17:13the way he is.

01:17:14What a unique situation

01:17:15we have here in this matchup, Tony.

01:17:17The cruiserweight champion

01:17:18of the world, Dean Malenko,

01:17:20challenging for the

01:17:21world's television title

01:17:23less than a week before

01:17:24he has to face Ultimo Dragon

01:17:26at Starrcade.

01:17:27And when I say he,

01:17:28I mean Dean Malenko.

01:17:29Malenko and the Dragon

01:17:30in a unification of all

01:17:32the cruiserweight championships

01:17:33from around the world

01:17:34at Starrcade.

01:17:35And tonight,

01:17:36if Malenko's successful,

01:17:37he actually could have

01:17:3810 championship belts

01:17:39come this Sunday.

01:17:41Would not surprise me at all.

01:17:43This is one of the most

01:17:44dedicated wrestlers

01:17:45I've ever seen in my life.

01:17:46The way this man trains,

01:17:47the physical appearance he has,

01:17:49the mental outlook.

01:17:50I mean, he'd wrestle you

01:17:5210 times a day

01:17:53if there was a chance

01:17:54to win in a title.

01:17:55He is dedicated.

01:17:56I think that holds true

01:17:57for both of these men.

01:17:58Oh, yes, exactly.

01:17:59Wrestling is their life,

01:18:00and I think sometimes

01:18:01we overuse a term

01:18:02like Matt Classic,

01:18:03but this certainly should be one

01:18:05because these are two

01:18:06of the greatest Matt technicians

01:18:07in our sport.

01:18:08And spring up by Malenko.

01:18:10And Malenko

01:18:11with a leapfrog.

01:18:12Look at this.

01:18:13Cartwheel out of it.

01:18:14Great wrestling.

01:18:15These are the attributes

01:18:16on which WCW was built.

01:18:19And I know both you guys

01:18:20would agree on that.

01:18:21Wait a minute.

01:18:22Smile.

01:18:23I'm not smiling.

01:18:24It's Sonny Ono out.

01:18:25Sonny Ono probably has

01:18:26no film in that camera.

01:18:27He just wants to come out here

01:18:28and intimidate Dean Malenko.

01:18:29Forget about it.

01:18:30I don't think he's

01:18:31gonna intimidate him.

01:18:32I think he may be out here

01:18:33to distract him.

01:18:34Okay.

01:18:35Point well taken.

01:18:36But Malenko is as focused

01:18:38as athlete as you'll find.

01:18:39And I think Malenko may have,

01:18:41he has something to prove tonight.

01:18:43Granted, he's the world's

01:18:44cruiserweight champion.

01:18:45But I think against Regal,

01:18:46he wants to prove that he can

01:18:47compete with the heavyweights

01:18:48as well.

01:18:49No doubt about it.

01:18:50The man can't compete

01:18:51with the heavyweights.

01:18:52You know, it's the sport

01:18:53of wrestling.

01:18:54Sure, a man can be 300 pounds.

01:18:55Sure, Malenko's not 300 pounds.

01:18:56But Malenko gets you down.

01:18:58He can hurt you

01:18:59a lot of different ways.

01:19:00You know, you have bones,

01:19:01flesh, and muscle.

01:19:02So all he needs to do

01:19:03is jump on you

01:19:04and watch him grow.

01:19:06Grow?

01:19:07He gets as big as he wants to be.

01:19:10As often as he wants.

01:19:13Got a one count that time.

01:19:14Regal, he is so punishing

01:19:17when he gets a man on the ring.

01:19:19Down on the ring,

01:19:20he can drive that forearm

01:19:21into the side of the head.

01:19:22Not only does he execute

01:19:23a lateral press,

01:19:24you've seen him many times, Mike.

01:19:25He'll grind an elbow

01:19:26or grind a fist

01:19:27or a forearm

01:19:28into the side of the head.

01:19:29Try to cauliflower a man's ear.

01:19:31Look at this, pick up

01:19:32and he doesn't let go.

01:19:33Knows every little trick

01:19:34in the ring.

01:19:35You're right,

01:19:36to add that extra bit

01:19:37of punishment

01:19:38onto the hold.

01:19:39There you go.

01:19:40Throwing out Sunnyona.

01:19:42Should have been done

01:19:43a long time ago.

01:19:48Sunnyona will never forget

01:19:49Starrcade of a year ago.

01:19:51Neither will you, Brain.

01:19:53Starrcade has been

01:19:54year after year

01:19:56the premier event

01:19:57in our sport.

01:19:58This year.

01:19:59This Sunday.

01:20:00Only one way to see it.

01:20:01If you live in Nashville,

01:20:02we're sorry,

01:20:03we're sold out.

01:20:04However,

01:20:05call your local cable operator.

01:20:07If you've got the mini disc,

01:20:08if you've got direct TV,

01:20:10you can join us there.

01:20:12Turner Premier

01:20:13Satellite Dish owners,

01:20:14you can join us there.

01:20:15What a great Christmas present

01:20:16Starrcade would make

01:20:17for the entire family.

01:20:19You know,

01:20:20and that's a good point.

01:20:22And I think as we head

01:20:23into the Christmas season

01:20:24and we're thankful

01:20:25for so many things

01:20:26in a great year that we have,

01:20:28even though

01:20:29that we've been looking

01:20:30for this leader.

01:20:31WCW has remained strong.

01:20:33WCW Monday Nitro

01:20:34has become.

01:20:35Here's a cover.

01:20:36No,

01:20:37didn't get his shoulders down

01:20:38and there's a good move.

01:20:39A good bridge by Malenko

01:20:41to keep out of the penny

01:20:42predicament here.

01:20:43Using the neck muscles

01:20:44in the head.

01:20:45WCW Monday Nitro

01:20:46has become in 1996.

01:20:48The most watched

01:20:49television wrestling program ever.

01:20:52And it's because of the action

01:20:53and the athletes

01:20:54that you're seeing in the ring.

01:20:58And we're going to throw

01:20:59that all down the drain

01:21:00because Hulk Hogan

01:21:01wants the NWO

01:21:02to rule everything.

01:21:03No.

01:21:04Good luck.

01:21:06Rowdy Roddy Piper

01:21:07has claimed from the start

01:21:09that he has nothing to do

01:21:10with world championship wrestling.

01:21:12No association with WCW.

01:21:14But what I've noticed

01:21:15ever since Piper

01:21:16has arrived on the scene,

01:21:17almost a sense of unity

01:21:19among the stars

01:21:20of world championship wrestling

01:21:22in their backing

01:21:23of Roddy Piper.

01:21:24They were showing that

01:21:25last week, weren't they Mike?

01:21:26We finally saw it

01:21:27for the first time.

01:21:28We finally saw it last week.

01:21:29And you know,

01:21:30Flair giving his stamp

01:21:31of approval to Piper.

01:21:32I mean, it's like

01:21:33they're reaching out

01:21:34They need him.

01:21:35They need somebody.

01:21:36In the face of the fear,

01:21:37they picked up a lot of steam.

01:21:39They're taking over

01:21:40the tag team division.

01:21:41They're going to win

01:21:42the title for WCW.

01:21:43A lot of action

01:21:45is going to happen.

01:21:46History is going to be made.

01:21:47You can't miss it, Piper.

01:21:48It's a turning point card

01:21:49for professional wrestling

01:21:50this Sunday.

01:21:51It really is.

01:21:52And it's the biggest one.

01:21:54We are going to be so proud

01:21:55to be able to bring it to you.

01:21:57And we certainly hope

01:21:58that you will have

01:21:59a great Christmas

01:22:00and then a mere

01:22:02four days later

01:22:03Starcade explodes

01:22:04onto your TV screen.

01:22:06I can't wait to hear

01:22:07David Pinser

01:22:08and his squeaky little

01:22:09mouse voice of his

01:22:10announcing the winner.

01:22:12The winner of the match

01:22:13at Starcade,

01:22:14Rowdy Roddy Piper.

01:22:17I do it a lot better than him,

01:22:18but you know what I mean.

01:22:19I know what you mean.

01:22:22Regal waiting on Malenko

01:22:24to hit the ropes

01:22:25and bounce off.

01:22:26But Malenko held his ground.

01:22:27Regal one step ahead.

01:22:28European uppercut

01:22:29right along the ropes there.

01:22:31But Regal's having

01:22:32a hard time with Malenko.

01:22:33Very hard time.

01:22:37He's so fluid, Regal.

01:22:38He moves around

01:22:39from arm to leg

01:22:40to other arm to leg

01:22:41to a headlock.

01:22:42Gets behind you,

01:22:43takes you down

01:22:44in like one or two

01:22:45fluid movements.

01:22:47Tremendous athlete.

01:22:48Studied since he was a child

01:22:49at Wiggins,

01:22:50all those institutions

01:22:51over there in Europe

01:22:53that have wrestling.

01:22:54Man studied all the styles,

01:22:55all the arts.

01:23:00Trying to get up now.

01:23:01Malenko,

01:23:02the Cruiserweight champion,

01:23:03he has taken quite a beating.

01:23:05You know,

01:23:06if you go back

01:23:07and you think about

01:23:08what has transpired here tonight

01:23:09and the lies

01:23:10and the propaganda

01:23:11from the NWO,

01:23:12great move.

01:23:13Caught him.

01:23:14Took a little out of Malenko too.

01:23:15Sure did.

01:23:16But I really think

01:23:17it's a great move

01:23:18for Piper.

01:23:19Piper's a brave man.

01:23:20He has more courage

01:23:21than any man we've ever seen.

01:23:23More guts than sense.

01:23:24That's,

01:23:25well,

01:23:26he has a lot of guts.

01:23:27There's no doubt about it.

01:23:28But stay away from him.

01:23:29Stay away from these

01:23:30gang of thugs

01:23:31six days removed

01:23:32from Starrcade.

01:23:33Mike,

01:23:34it's the best thing to do.

01:23:35Wait until your moment.

01:23:36He's promised

01:23:37that he doesn't need

01:23:38any support

01:23:39from the Four Horsemen

01:23:40or anyone in

01:23:41world championship wrestling.

01:23:42And remember,

01:23:43he said

01:23:44that if he does not

01:23:45defeat Hulk Hogan

01:23:46by himself,

01:23:47that he will not be able

01:23:48to live with himself.

01:23:49And he also said

01:23:50if he's knocked out,

01:23:51just wake me up

01:23:52and I will start again.

01:23:53He's focused

01:23:54and he's going to do it.

01:23:55He is going to beat Hulk Hogan

01:23:56first time out of the chute,

01:23:58first time out of the ring.

01:23:59First time out of the chute.

01:24:00Hogan knows it.

01:24:01N.W.A.

01:24:02N.W.O. knows it.

01:24:03Everybody knows it.

01:24:04Let me say this too,

01:24:05as Malenko and Regal

01:24:07are just battling

01:24:08tooth and nail here.

01:24:10There's a,

01:24:11look like a headbutt

01:24:12to the midsection.

01:24:13Regal's going to try

01:24:15to maybe put him over

01:24:16a Boston Crab.

01:24:17So many times

01:24:18we have seen bitter rivalries

01:24:20turn into all-out brawls

01:24:22and fights.

01:24:23And you're not going to get

01:24:24a rival,

01:24:25uh-oh,

01:24:26trying for the

01:24:27Texas Cloverleaf.

01:24:28Got to make that

01:24:29one long step

01:24:30to key the hold.

01:24:31That's what he needs.

01:24:32Too close to the ropes.

01:24:33Too close to the ropes.

01:24:34I'm going to bring up

01:24:35this point next match

01:24:36because it's a point

01:24:37we need to all think about

01:24:38when we go into Starrcade.

01:24:40Coming up

01:24:42this coming Sunday.

01:24:44Boy, Malenko is just

01:24:46giving it everything

01:24:47he got here.

01:24:48And you know,

01:24:49in the midst

01:24:50of him having to think about

01:24:51defending his title

01:24:52against the Ultimo Dragon.

01:24:54I think Malenko

01:24:55has to give it everything.

01:24:56This is a 10-minute

01:24:57time limit matchup.

01:24:59Up on top.

01:25:01Drop kick.

01:25:03In the back of the head.

01:25:05Actually right along

01:25:06the shoulder.

01:25:07Butterfly suplex.

01:25:09Over the top.

01:25:10He brings him

01:25:11and covers him.

01:25:12One, two,

01:25:13but didn't get the three count.

01:25:15This is just one great match.

01:25:18Great wrestling moves

01:25:19and counter moves.

01:25:21Up on the top.

01:25:24Waist lock over the top.

01:25:26Great German suplex

01:25:27by Malenko.

01:25:28Release did not bridge.

01:25:31Malenko back to the attack

01:25:32once again.

01:25:33Malenko picks him up.

01:25:36Oh!

01:25:38Dropped him on his head.

01:25:39He's got him here.

01:25:40He's got him.

01:25:41Brainbuster one.

01:25:42He had him.

01:25:43He had him.

01:25:44Just seconds away

01:25:46from the world's

01:25:47television title.

01:25:48I believe we've run out

01:25:49of time for this

01:25:50time limit.

01:25:51There is a certain

01:25:52TV time limit.

01:25:5310 minutes

01:25:54for every television

01:25:55title match on TV.

01:25:56Ladies and gentlemen,

01:25:57Lord Steven Regal

01:25:58retains

01:25:59the WCW

01:26:00World Television

01:26:01Championship.

01:26:02How did he do that?

01:26:04Time limit?

01:26:05He earned it.

01:26:06The time limit

01:26:07saved him,

01:26:08but I think that

01:26:09Dean Malenko

01:26:10proved something tonight

01:26:11and that is that

01:26:12he can't compete

01:26:13with the heavyweights

01:26:14in WCW.

01:26:15And not only that, Mike,

01:26:16he proved it

01:26:17to the whole world.

01:26:18He's a lot tougher

01:26:19than you think he is.

01:26:20He's got to put this

01:26:21behind him,

01:26:22go on to Starrcade

01:26:23against the Ultimo Dragon

01:26:24to unify nine titles.

01:26:25When we come back,

01:26:26more action,

01:26:27live on Nitro.

01:26:28Don't you dare go away.

01:26:33It's the match

01:26:34of a decade.

01:26:35The only man

01:26:36Hollywood Hogan

01:26:37has never beat.

01:26:38Rowdy Roddy Piper

01:26:39challenges Hogan

01:26:40to an all-out war.

01:26:42No warm and fuzzy

01:26:43holiday here

01:26:44when the faces of fear

01:26:45look to strip the belts

01:26:46from the outsiders.

01:26:48No creature will be

01:26:49stirring when the total

01:26:50package retaliates

01:26:51against the giant.

01:26:53It's WCW Starrcade

01:26:54Sunday, December 29th.

01:26:56Live and only on

01:26:57pay-per-view.

01:26:58Call your cable

01:26:59or satellite company

01:27:00to order now.

01:27:04You're back with

01:27:05Professional Wrestling's

01:27:06number one.

01:27:07Undeniably.

01:27:10Wrestling program

01:27:11worldwide.

01:27:12It's Nitro.

01:27:13We're live on TNT.

01:27:15Should be a great matchup.

01:27:17Rick Steiner

01:27:18along with Scott Steiner

01:27:19going up against Jeff Garrett.

01:27:22Here on Nitro.

01:27:24And you know,

01:27:25we have a match

01:27:27that has just been signed

01:27:31for Starrcade.

01:27:33And it's gonna be

01:27:36Chris Benoit,

01:27:37the man who had problems

01:27:38earlier with members

01:27:39of the Four Horsemen.

01:27:42To face Jeff Garrett.

01:27:45Benoit and Garrett

01:27:46to go one-on-one

01:27:47and what is now being

01:27:48signed is a no

01:27:49disqualification match.

01:27:50That now adds

01:27:51an eighth match

01:27:52to the Starrcade card, Mike.

01:27:53Well, I think it's

01:27:54a very interesting situation

01:27:55because of the history

01:27:56regarding the Four Horsemen.

01:27:58Obviously,

01:27:59Ric Flair

01:28:00hand-picked Jeff Garrett.

01:28:02Steve Mongo,

01:28:03McMichael,

01:28:04Chris Benoit

01:28:05both gave thumbs down

01:28:06to that choice.

01:28:07And this Sunday

01:28:08at Starrcade,

01:28:09Garrett and Benoit

01:28:10have a chance to settle

01:28:11their differences.

01:28:13Here comes Jeff Garrett.

01:28:18Quite an entrance

01:28:19for the young man

01:28:20who will be going

01:28:21to his hometown

01:28:22of Nashville

01:28:23this coming Sunday.

01:28:25And that brings me

01:28:26to this point

01:28:27that I wanted to make earlier.

01:28:29In the scheme of

01:28:30we see so many

01:28:31bitter rivalries

01:28:32and we see

01:28:33for instance,

01:28:34Benoit and Kevin Sullivan,

01:28:35the rivalry that went

01:28:36into the bathroom

01:28:37where they didn't really

01:28:39worry about winning

01:28:40or losing a match.

01:28:41They just worried about

01:28:42pummeling each other.

01:28:43Usually in the case

01:28:44of a bitter rivalry,

01:28:45that would happen.

01:28:46But in the case of

01:28:47Hogan and Piper, Mike,

01:28:48and Brain,

01:28:49you're going to see

01:28:50two bitter rivals

01:28:51go at it.

01:28:52But you're going to see

01:28:53a match take place

01:28:54in the ring.

01:28:55Why?

01:28:56Because, yeah,

01:28:57we're going to see a fight

01:28:58and we're going to see

01:28:59tempers flare.

01:29:00But we're going to see

01:29:01two men want to pin

01:29:02the other man.

01:29:03We're going to see

01:29:04two men finally try

01:29:05to put the rest

01:29:06who's the bitter man

01:29:07by pinning the other man

01:29:08one, two, three

01:29:09in the ring.

01:29:10So it's got every

01:29:11way you turn,

01:29:12the match is destined

01:29:13to be a classic.

01:29:14But of course,

01:29:15Rowdy Roddy Piper

01:29:16is the man

01:29:17who always refers to it

01:29:18as just that,

01:29:19a fight.

01:29:20And I think he's

01:29:21going to get his

01:29:22money's worth

01:29:23this Sunday

01:29:24and take it out

01:29:25of Hulk Hogan's hide.

01:29:26No doubt about it.

01:29:27Well, we've got all

01:29:28kinds of tempers

01:29:29flaring here.

01:29:30Look at Rick Steiner

01:29:31there now.

01:29:32The Dog Face Gremlin

01:29:33had tempers flaring

01:29:34last week.

01:29:35Chono,

01:29:36yet another member

01:29:37of the NWO.

01:29:38He had a match

01:29:39with Chris Jericho.

01:29:40Jericho wins

01:29:41by disqualification,

01:29:42but Jericho,

01:29:43a very angry man

01:29:44based on what happened

01:29:45a week ago.

01:29:46So as they continue

01:29:47their propaganda,

01:29:48as they continue

01:29:49their attacks,

01:29:50as they continue

01:29:51their lies,

01:29:52hopefully,

01:29:53next Sunday,

01:29:54Starrcade

01:29:55will put an end

01:29:56to this for the NWO.

01:29:57You hear the chant

01:29:58maybe ringing out

01:29:59from the fans

01:30:00saying,

01:30:01we want Sting.

01:30:02Oh.

01:30:03Well, Rick Steiner

01:30:04and Jeff Jarrett

01:30:05have one thing in common.

01:30:06They've both felt

01:30:07the wrath

01:30:08of Sting's

01:30:09inverted DDT.

01:30:10No question

01:30:11about that.

01:30:12The NWO

01:30:13is going to

01:30:14have to

01:30:15do it.

01:30:16No question

01:30:17about that.

01:30:18And I see

01:30:19Rick Steiner

01:30:20has Brother Scott

01:30:21out here

01:30:22just to watch

01:30:23his back.

01:30:24And Jeff Jarrett's

01:30:25kind of a la carte.

01:30:26I don't think

01:30:27there's any question

01:30:28about that.

01:30:29Snapmare

01:30:30takeover.

01:30:31Steiner

01:30:32having a good time.

01:30:33Listen to it.

01:30:34Big elbow drop.

01:30:35Using the ropes

01:30:36from either side.

01:30:37What a privilege

01:30:38that's going to be

01:30:39to be the color

01:30:40commentator

01:30:41on the greatest

01:30:42pay-per-view

01:30:43in the history

01:30:44of this sport.

01:30:45Probably watched

01:30:46by millions

01:30:47and millions

01:30:48of people

01:30:49all over the world.

01:30:50Probably the biggest

01:30:51buy rate

01:30:52in the history

01:30:53of our sport.

01:30:54It's just an honor

01:30:55to be involved

01:30:56watching Hogan

01:30:57get his butt kicked.

01:30:58We don't agree

01:30:59with you many times,

01:31:00Brain,

01:31:01but we got

01:31:02belly to belly

01:31:03over the top,

01:31:04but we got to

01:31:05agree with you

01:31:06there,

01:31:07don't we,

01:31:08Mike?

01:31:09Absolutely.

01:31:10Wait a minute.

01:31:11This crowd

01:31:12is going to

01:31:13go crazy.

01:31:14Yes.

01:31:15Well,

01:31:16at first glance

01:31:17it looked like it,

01:31:18but based on

01:31:19what happened

01:31:20last week.

01:31:21That sting.

01:31:22Down he goes.

01:31:23What a close one.

01:31:24One,

01:31:25two,

01:31:26three.

01:31:27Pin

01:31:28by Jeff Jarrett.

01:31:29He pinned the-

01:31:30Which sting

01:31:31is that,

01:31:32anyway?

01:31:33He pinned the-

01:31:34Can we get

01:31:35a close look

01:31:36at him

01:31:37to see?

01:31:38I don't think

01:31:39the fans buy it

01:31:40at all.

01:31:41They're still chanting

01:31:42we want sting.

01:31:43As they scream

01:31:44we want sting,

01:31:45there's a man

01:31:46who looks like him

01:31:47down on the mat.

01:31:48I'm not so sure

01:31:49it is him.

01:31:50Do not touch

01:31:51your dial.

01:31:52What will happen

01:31:53next?

01:31:54Come on back

01:31:55with us.

01:31:56Who knows?

01:31:57We'll be right

01:31:58back.

01:31:59We'll be right

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01:35:39Can you believe it just when you thought you knew all the answers

01:35:45I changed the question.

01:35:47This is sad.

01:35:48He's not even a good

01:35:51imitation.

01:35:52You know, I did about a hundred

01:35:55and eighty miles an hour down

01:35:59that can't wait, cannot wait until the 29th.

01:36:04Hogan, I had no right to be in the ring with you at WrestleMania.

01:36:14And there's no way in the world that I can beat you.

01:36:21I know that.

01:36:23And I also know that I have a family.

01:36:26Six, count them, six kids and a ranch I can barely afford.

01:36:34And if you do to me what you do to everybody,

01:36:38I'll never be able to earn another dollar to feed that family.

01:36:43So I'm gonna make it easy on you, Hollywood.

01:36:47Get me a referee down here, we're gonna do it right now, right here.

01:36:52No more, no more.

01:36:54Whoa, Roddy Piper, no, no, no, you forget to do that cute little sissy thing with

01:36:59your finger whenever you talk.

01:37:00We asked for a referee, we got Nick Patrick.

01:37:02We're trying to be a man's man.

01:37:03All right, we're gonna do this right here, right now, for this crowd.

01:37:08Referee, are you ready?

01:37:11Are you ready?

01:37:12Wait a minute, Piper.

01:37:17Our sport has reached a new low.

01:37:19Right here, right now.

01:37:20Our sport has reached a new low.

01:37:23You know something, for all you Piper fans?

01:37:25I'm not even calling this stuff.

01:37:27That is the end of Roddy Roddy Piper.

01:37:32Sorry.

01:37:33And Hogan, I have always been a Hulkamaniac.

01:37:41You are the man.

01:37:44Who bought your house for you?

01:37:46You did.

01:37:47Who fed your kids?

01:37:48You did.

01:37:49Whose coattails did you hang on to?

01:37:51Yours.

01:37:53Yes, who is the great-

01:37:54Uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh, it's right.

01:38:00You know, it's right in front of us, would you-

01:38:13Look at the expressions on their faces.

01:38:16It can only mean one thing.

01:38:18Yeah, you two guys have a chance to run.

01:38:21Is he here?

01:38:24I don't know.

01:38:27Knowing Piper, you just don't know.

01:38:31They know something.

01:38:33They're worried.

01:38:34Bagpipes, snare drum, bass drum.

01:38:41Six days before Starrcade.

01:38:52Kenny, you know, we got here earlier.

01:38:56He wasn't scheduled to be here.

01:39:03But he is an unpredictable man.

01:39:05I like the look of this.

01:39:07There he is.

01:39:08Roddy Piper.

01:39:09There's the Roddy one.

01:39:10There is Roddy, Roddy Piper, live here on Nitro.

01:39:17He's going to the ring.

01:39:18Look at his eyes.

01:39:19Look at his eyes.

01:39:20No fear at all.

01:39:22We don't have to wait until Sunday.

01:39:25Here we go.

01:39:26We're going to have it right now on Nitro.

01:39:29Oh, yeah.

01:39:30Oh, yeah.

01:39:30Oh.

01:39:33Now what you going to do?

01:39:40Look, he's chucked it on.

01:39:44They're having no effect on Piper.

01:39:46Hold on.

01:39:47Here we go.

01:39:48Yeah.

01:39:49The NWOs hit the ring.

01:39:52And they're holding Piper.

01:39:56And more reinforcements heading from the back.

01:39:58Here they are.

01:39:59Look.

01:40:00Look at the balcony.

01:40:00Sting is in the rafters.

01:40:02Sting is once again in the rafters.

01:40:05Just watch it calmly.

01:40:07What can be going through his mind?

01:40:08Is he NWO or what?

01:40:11As they look at him strapping Piper on the belt.

01:40:14You've got basically a six and seven on one.

01:40:18Security troops are headed into the ring.

01:40:20The security into the ring, trying to part these two.

01:40:29We have to go.

01:40:31No, no, don't go now.

01:40:32By God, we're going to see at Starrcade

01:40:34where they get a chance to meet.

01:40:36Look at the giant.

01:40:37Hulk is hiding behind the giant.

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