WCW Monday Nitro: June 23, 1997

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00:00:00He's got him.

00:00:08And the giant trying to get him up, he's got him, look at this, he's got Rodman up.

00:00:16Does he ever.

00:00:17And down hard goes Rodman as Hogan attacked the giant from behind.

00:00:26Uh-oh, here we go.

00:00:27Well, you see fear and hope in there, don't you?

00:00:33Rodman's got the belt, Luger's been wiped out and Rodman.

00:00:38Now the giant with the world title belt, the giant is down as well.

00:00:44Luger's down.

00:00:45Goes down hard.

00:00:49And now Luger gets down with the belt.

00:00:52And now the Wolfpack has come out.

00:00:55The belt littering the ring.

00:00:58Look at that.

00:00:59The NWO in a massive assault on Luger and the giant.

00:01:03Rodman's good.

00:01:06The giant and Luger both are out.

00:01:08Once again, we have seen a master plan by the NWO.

00:01:15Look at that, Tony, Rodman doesn't, he's not afraid of anyone.

00:01:18He's got the giant laid out.

00:01:20And there he is, a member of the NWO, Dennis Rodman.

00:01:23In the clutches, Rodman's got the world title belt.

00:01:28And he's gonna get the spray can out.

00:01:32We saw this not too long ago.

00:01:36Luger remembers this at Uncensored.

00:01:40When he had him down.

00:01:42And now the Wolfpack lays him out for Rodman.

00:01:45For the NWO, spray painting.

00:01:55They lured him into the ring, not on the premise of having a match,

00:02:00but on the premise of taking him out.

00:02:15On the heels of the Great American Bash.

00:02:20And the bash at the beach just around the corner.

00:02:25Ladies and gentlemen, from Macon, Georgia.

00:02:30We are in the heart of wrestling country.

00:02:35And World Championship Wrestling.

00:02:41Making the home of the Allman Brothers, Little Richard,

00:02:46and a ton of other things.

00:02:49And we are on fire tonight, as we are every Monday night.

00:02:54I'm B.G. Laughlin, joined by Tony Schiavone,

00:02:58the living legend, Larry Zabisco, Bobby the Brain Heen, and Mike Today.

00:03:03We are all here tonight for the hottest show on television.

00:03:08Get ready, as I introduce to you a man who's making a lot of noise these days.

00:03:14Along with Kimberly, Devin, to the Diamond Cutter, Diamond Dallas A.

00:03:20Hello.

00:03:44Kimberly, GDP, you know, last week you did not make a single move.

00:03:49You did not make a secret out of the fact that you're going to be facing Brandy Savage.

00:03:54His partner, of course, is going to be Scott Hall.

00:03:57You told me, you told everybody, that you're going to have a surprise partner.

00:04:01Any clues for us tonight?

00:04:04Well, there was a reason why I wasn't real clear about that.

00:04:09And the reason is this.

00:04:12I love surprises.

00:04:17You can ask Kimberly, come Christmas time, since I was a little kid, till right now.

00:04:23Come the 25th, I go running down them stairs, I rip through those presents,

00:04:26because I love surprises.

00:04:29Come my birthday, after I blow out them candles,

00:04:33I rip through those presents again, because I love surprises.

00:04:37And come the bash at the beach, Hall and Savage,

00:04:42I got a surprise for you.

00:04:44I can't wait to see your face.

00:04:48Kimberly, do you like surprises?

00:04:52I hate surprises, Gene.

00:04:54That's why I wanted to know exactly what Paige was getting into.

00:05:00So I made a call.

00:05:03J.J. Dillon and the executive committee of WCW.

00:05:07And I got a match between Paige and Hall tonight.

00:05:13Hey, tonight?

00:05:15Tonight?

00:05:16Hey, Hall, surprise, surprise, surprise.

00:05:19Bang!

00:05:21Thank you, Diamond Dallas Paige.

00:05:23Tony, hold on to your socks.

00:05:25Oh, my.

00:05:26Well, how about that?

00:05:28Already, we have announced, later on tonight,

00:05:32Diamond Dallas Paige and Scott Hall, one-on-one,

00:05:36later on here in Fight Today.

00:05:38Let me say this.

00:05:40We all know that Kevin Nash is not here tonight.

00:05:44So Scott Hall will go in the ring later on in this telecast

00:05:48against Diamond Dallas Paige,

00:05:50without one half of the outsiders at his side.

00:05:53Yeah, let me tell you something.

00:05:55I'd like to see the look on Hall's face when he heard that,

00:05:58except for the fact that he's such an ugly-looking guy.

00:06:01Well, we finally have a chance for a one-on-one matchup

00:06:05involving the NWO.

00:06:07Kevin Nash is not in the building,

00:06:09and Diamond Dallas Paige is certainly out for revenge.

00:06:12Remember back at the Great American Bag,

00:06:14Scott Hall denies any involvement,

00:06:16but it was his outsider's edge that did in DDP,

00:06:20allowing the Macho Man Randy Savage to get the win.

00:06:23We welcome you to hour number one of the two-hour live telecast.

00:06:27It is WCW Monday Nitro.

00:06:31Public enemy will begin things

00:06:33against Damien LaPonta here on Nitro.

00:06:37And let me also say this.

00:06:39We saw at the top of the telecast

00:06:41how Dennis Rodman, Hulk Hogan, and the NWO

00:06:45dominated the end of Nitro last week.

00:06:48Never before in the history of this sport by today

00:06:51have we had so much focus, so much media attention

00:06:55on one tag team match,

00:06:57as we have coming up on July 13th

00:07:00when Dennis Rodman and Hollywood Hulk Hogan

00:07:03face the Giant and Lex Luger at Bash at the Beach.

00:07:06Tony, it's the biggest story in sports.

00:07:09Everywhere that you turn after Monday night,

00:07:11whether it was the play of the day on CNN, ESPN,

00:07:15the Tonight Show with Jay Leno,

00:07:17everyone is talking about Hogan and Rodman

00:07:20at the big Bash, upcoming Bash at the Beach.

00:07:26All right, here we go.

00:07:28Let me say something about Rodman.

00:07:29I heard Bobby Heenan say he's not afraid of anybody,

00:07:32but it seems to me Rodman's not afraid of anybody

00:07:35when they're down.

00:07:37I want to see what he does

00:07:38when the Giant and Lex Luger are standing up.

00:07:40Well, then he fits in with the NWO mold,

00:07:42wouldn't you say?

00:07:43Sure, he's part of the Worm Pack.

00:07:45The Wolf Pack is what they call themselves,

00:07:47and you talk about Hall, Nash, and Six

00:07:49who get the dirty deeds done.

00:07:51Fans, we have a bunch of firsts here tonight.

00:07:53For the first time since his injury,

00:07:55Eddie Guerrero will wrestle.

00:07:57Tonight, he goes one-on-one

00:07:59against the Cruiserweight Champion Six.

00:08:01That is later on in this telecast.

00:08:03And also, we're going to have a special look.

00:08:05Mike Tenay will bring it to you

00:08:06later on in hour number one at Ernest Miller.

00:08:09And then Ernest Miller makes his debut

00:08:11in a tag team match in hour two, Mike,

00:08:13with Glacier as his partner.

00:08:14Well, it's going to be very interesting

00:08:16to see if he can make the transition.

00:08:18He's a star in the world of martial arts.

00:08:20Does that translate into professional wrestling?

00:08:22We will find out tonight in hour number two.

00:08:25Bless the Nature Boy.

00:08:26Ric Flair is here tonight.

00:08:28Rowdy, Roddy Piper is here.

00:08:30And you heard what DDP said.

00:08:32Diamonddale is talking about the mystery partner

00:08:35that he'll have with him for Bash at the Beach.

00:08:37And next week, we're going to be in Las Vegas

00:08:40and the whole world talking about

00:08:42who the Impact Player will be.

00:08:44And making his debut that night,

00:08:45will he be one in the same?

00:08:47That's a question we hope to have answered

00:08:49maybe during this telecast.

00:08:51Okay, all right.

00:08:52The match is underway,

00:08:53and La Park and Damian get in a quick start here.

00:08:55Oh, Public Enemy just evened it up.

00:08:57Well, Public Enemy,

00:08:58they certainly have their game faces on.

00:09:00They've talked about getting real serious,

00:09:02asking for tag title shots.

00:09:04Remember that they actually have

00:09:06held the World Tag Team Championships.

00:09:08It was a short-lived title reign for the Public Enemy,

00:09:10but nonetheless, they are former tag champs.

00:09:15You see Rocko Rock and Damian in there right now.

00:09:17Sent him in.

00:09:18There's a great double team maneuver.

00:09:19The knee to the back by La Parka in a cover.

00:09:22And, you know, you're right, Mike,

00:09:24talking about getting serious in there.

00:09:26Former tag team champs.

00:09:27We heard the interview a few weeks ago

00:09:29at the Great American Bash.

00:09:31And certainly, later on tonight,

00:09:33they'll be watching closely

00:09:34the rematch with the Steiners and Harlem Heat,

00:09:37the number one contender to be decided

00:09:39later on in this telecast.

00:09:40That's going to be,

00:09:41I hope this building's strong enough,

00:09:43because, boy, what an animosity.

00:09:44Steiners, Harlem Heat, evenly matched.

00:09:47That's a toss of a coin,

00:09:48and both teams want this match more than anything.

00:09:51He missed him.

00:09:53Rocko Rock trying to get to make a tag

00:09:56with Johnny Grunch here.

00:09:57And Grunch calling for the fan response here.

00:10:00He made the exchange on both ends there.

00:10:02And here comes the big man, Grunch.

00:10:04I see La Parka in the ring,

00:10:05and I'm reminded of last Monday Nitro

00:10:08when he brutally nailed Super Calo

00:10:11with a vicious chair shot.

00:10:12It sent Super Calo to the hospital at UIC in Chicago.

00:10:16He almost landed in Chicago.

00:10:18He almost went to the hospital as well,

00:10:20thanks to the refs,

00:10:21as we come to you from Macon,

00:10:23the home of the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame.

00:10:26Capacity crowd on hand.

00:10:28The hottest ticket in town, of course.

00:10:30That's the rule of thumb everywhere we go

00:10:32across the nation.

00:10:33And the sacrificial table has the lamb on it.

00:10:37It's Damian.

00:10:38Oh, my.

00:10:39He disappeared.

00:10:40What a landing.

00:10:42Wow, seeing Damian on the table.

00:10:44Watch out in the ring.

00:10:45Well, La Parka, he loves that chair, doesn't he?

00:10:48How about it?

00:10:49He put Calo in the hospital last week.

00:10:51Oh, and he just nailed it.

00:10:52One, two, three.

00:10:53La Parka and Damian with a major upset win.

00:10:57This could be the biggest win of their career,

00:11:00no doubt about it.

00:11:01And they use the furniture

00:11:03against the masters of the furniture here.

00:11:06Public enemy brought the table,

00:11:08and that's playing backfire.

00:11:09They got the chair.

00:11:11Fans, we will take a break.

00:11:14Back with more live on Nitro after this timeout.

00:11:21WCW Saturday night continues to be

00:11:24the weekend's number one wrestling program.

00:11:26One hour this week, including two title matches.

00:11:29Jeff Garrett defends the US title against Scotty Riggs,

00:11:32and Steve Regal defends the TV title

00:11:34against Bobby Eaton plus Chris Benoit,

00:11:37Raph, and many other top superstars.

00:11:40This Saturday, it's WCW Saturday night

00:11:43only on Superstation PBS.

00:11:45Let's take you now to mean Gene Okerlund.

00:11:49Tony, I thank you very much.

00:11:50I'm joined by Eddie Guerrero.

00:11:52As you recall,

00:11:53Eddie Guerrero knocked out of action recently

00:11:55by Dean Malenko.

00:11:56You blame him for a torn pectoral muscle

00:11:59that has kept you out of action,

00:12:00some say for a little longer than normally

00:12:03would be the case.

00:12:04Also, I've got a couple of things

00:12:06on my mind tonight, Eddie.

00:12:07You sent, just last week,

00:12:09you sent your nephew into the ring

00:12:11for a match that I thought you were signed for.

00:12:13Plus, later tonight, I think you've got...

00:12:15Wait a minute, let's get...

00:12:16What's going on?

00:12:17Let's get things straightened out, okay?

00:12:19First of all, you know I'm a stand-up kind of guy, okay?

00:12:22I would never do anything like that to my nephew, okay?

00:12:26Now, the point is that I had not been released

00:12:30medically to wrestle.

00:12:32Chavo was there.

00:12:33He offered.

00:12:34I gave him the opportunity.

00:12:36He offered?

00:12:37Yes, I tell you what.

00:12:38Let's bring him out here.

00:12:39Come on, Chavo.

00:12:40Come out here and let's clear up the air with everybody

00:12:44and let's just get these things

00:12:45straightened out once and for all.

00:12:47You seem very defensive tonight, Eddie.

00:12:49I ain't defensive.

00:12:50Come on, you know me, Gene.

00:12:51Where is Chavo?

00:12:52Maybe I can get something from him.

00:12:54Chavo, for the record,

00:12:55I don't know if you heard what Uncle Eddie just said here,

00:12:57but he said that you offered to go into the ring last week.

00:13:00Is that true?

00:13:02Well, I wouldn't exactly say I offered.

00:13:04Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

00:13:05Look, look, look, look.

00:13:06Let's just let bygones be bygones.

00:13:09Wait a minute.

00:13:10Are you backpedaling?

00:13:11Man, look, I love you, man.

00:13:12You're my blood, my sangre.

00:13:14I want to give you the opportunity of a lifetime.

00:13:17I have a match tonight with Six.

00:13:20And to get things straightened out between me and you,

00:13:23I want you to have this opportunity to become champion.

00:13:27How about that?

00:13:28Wow.

00:13:29What about that, Chavo?

00:13:30Wow.

00:13:31I've cleared it up with J.J. Dillon already.

00:13:32It's all yours.

00:13:33What do you mean you cleared it up with J.J. Dillon already?

00:13:35Wait a minute.

00:13:36You don't even know anything about it.

00:13:37How could you have cleared it?

00:13:38Details you don't need to know.

00:13:39Do you want the shot or not?

00:13:41Well, of course I want the shot.

00:13:43All right.

00:13:44All right.

00:13:45That's my bro.

00:13:46You're going to be champ.

00:13:47Come on.

00:13:48You're going to be champ, man.

00:13:49Come on.

00:13:50That's right.

00:13:51That's right.

00:13:52All right.

00:13:53I'm going to watch your back every step of the way.

00:13:54He's going to watch your back every step of the way.

00:13:58Tony, back to you.

00:13:59Well, there you have it.

00:14:00Eddie Guerrero has given his nephew Chavo his title shot

00:14:04tonight against Six for the Cruiserweight Championship.

00:14:07You guys got to understand, that's an honor.

00:14:09To give somebody your title shot is a big honor.

00:14:14Well, I believe that, and everyone wants to be a champion

00:14:17or you would not go into pro wrestling, Larry,

00:14:19but it seemed to me to be a little bit of friction

00:14:22between members of the Guerrero family as Alex Rice makes his way.

00:14:25I just came back from my beautiful home country of Germany

00:14:29where the fans really appreciate me.

00:14:31Nobody appreciates me here.

00:14:33I can care less about Americans.

00:14:37So that's what it's all about, huh?

00:14:38The change of attitude.

00:14:39Recently in Germany, Mike Tanay, a successful tour,

00:14:42the stars of WCW, Alex right among them.

00:14:45We were in Frankfurt, Oberhausen,

00:14:48and we really had a successful run there.

00:14:51It was great for the fans in Germany to see top-notch WCW action.

00:14:55Well, Tony, there's a reason that this organization

00:14:57is called World Championship Wrestling,

00:15:00and that's because as we take a look at this action

00:15:02from two weeks ago on Monday night

00:15:04with Nitro involving these two competitors,

00:15:06Jericho and Alex Wright.

00:15:07Jericho, the roll-up, Alex Wright, feet on the ropes,

00:15:10one, two, three, got the win.

00:15:12We all saw what happened.

00:15:14The fans knew it as well, pointed at Alex Wright,

00:15:17and because of that now, we have tonight a return match,

00:15:20Alex Wright and Chris Jericho here on WCW Monday Nitro.

00:15:25Here he comes.

00:15:27Let's see if Jericho now gets smart here,

00:15:29learns how to start off aggressive.

00:15:31Alex Wright this time.

00:15:33Alex Wright, and he breaks.

00:15:34Let's see what happens here.

00:15:35He'll fool somebody once, it's okay.

00:15:37If you fool him twice, that's pretty stupid of him.

00:15:39Yeah, but you know, Larry, I mean, when you are in that...

00:15:41No, there's no excuse. Don't make excuses.

00:15:43Yes, I am going to make an excuse.

00:15:44You're in that position.

00:15:46You have your back on the mat.

00:15:48See, look it. He turned again.

00:15:50And your opponent has his feet on the ropes.

00:15:52There's nothing you can do.

00:15:53It's not being fooled.

00:15:54It's just wrong place at the wrong time for Chris Jericho.

00:15:57It could happen again, regardless of how Jericho is.

00:16:00Jericho has to realize Alex Wright's going to do anything,

00:16:03and what did he do?

00:16:04He turned his back on the guy, and he got nailed.

00:16:09Well, Alex Wright just back from that tour of his homeland.

00:16:11I think he's gained some confidence

00:16:13since coming back from that tour of Germany,

00:16:15and we'll see if he can get another win over Jericho this evening.

00:16:18Yeah, Mike, I don't know if it's confidence or arrogance,

00:16:20whatever it is, Alex Wright's been winning a lot of matches as of late.

00:16:23Yeah, it could be frustration.

00:16:25Here's Alex Wright, comes from Germany after a couple of hard years,

00:16:28realizes he's basically at the same spot he was when he came two years ago,

00:16:33and could be getting frustrated.

00:16:34Not easy to get on a top level where the big boys play.

00:16:38That time, a great maneuver,

00:16:39but it was really blocked that time by Alex Wright,

00:16:41even though he didn't go down, and now he's on the outside.

00:16:44Jericho is going up to the top turnbuckle here.

00:16:47Possible high-risk move upcoming by Jericho,

00:16:50and he decides against it now.

00:16:52He saw Alex Wright looking at him, and the man sees you.

00:16:55Don't jump off the top.

00:16:58Jericho's so reminiscent of the Lucha Libre stars from Mexico

00:17:01for one simple reason.

00:17:03He trained down in Mexico for several years,

00:17:05learning that style as well as the physical style in Japan,

00:17:09and that really makes him a strong competitor in world championship wrestling

00:17:12because of all the international talent.

00:17:15Ladies and gentlemen, still to come in this telecast with us tonight,

00:17:19Diamond Dallas Page one-on-one against Scott Hall of the NWO,

00:17:23and as we said, Kevin Nash is not here.

00:17:26Rick Blair is here.

00:17:27Rowdy Roddy Pfeiffer.

00:17:28The Steiners against Harlem Heat,

00:17:30a sensational two hours of live WCW action.

00:17:34Good maneuver that time, full-arm dragon twist,

00:17:36fireman's carry takeover, and a good maneuver that time.

00:17:39Is Rodman going to have the guts to show up

00:17:41after what he did to the giant Luger, or is he hiding now?

00:17:44Well, when it comes to the NWO, we just never know.

00:17:47We do know, though, that next week,

00:17:49that Hollywood Hulk Hogan, when we come live to you from Las Vegas,

00:17:53and the MGM Grand will be on hand.

00:17:55It's going to be a star-studded night of Nitro in one week,

00:17:59including the major impact player who will be making his debut next week.

00:18:04Now, that guy might be Diamond Dallas' mystery partner.

00:18:07Who knows?

00:18:08Well, if you don't know today, no one knows.

00:18:10This one's a real mystery.

00:18:11But you know what?

00:18:12It's smart move on the part of Diamond.

00:18:14Don't let the new world order know what you're planning.

00:18:18It's a good chess strategy.

00:18:19Yes, sir.

00:18:20Keep them guessing.

00:18:21You're right, Larry.

00:18:22Now we're seeing on the floor,

00:18:23Jericho's going to send Alex to the safety rail.

00:18:25That was not a long whip that time.

00:18:27That was a short one.

00:18:28But the ribs hit hard against the safety rail.

00:18:31And here we go back to the ring.

00:18:33Hey, Jericho's wasting a lot of time here.

00:18:35What's he looking at?

00:18:37Go.

00:18:38Go.

00:18:39Larry, you're exactly right here.

00:18:40He needs to really kick it up a notch.

00:18:42Up on top.

00:18:43And that cost him.

00:18:44And Alex Wright, great anticipation.

00:18:46And the star from Germany was on target.

00:18:49Do I know what I'm talking about or not?

00:18:51I called it from the beginning.

00:18:52Key to this match is getting aggressive on Alex Wright.

00:18:54And so far, Jericho has not done that.

00:18:57How about that maneuver, Mike, today?

00:18:59Head scissor takeover.

00:19:00And it was interesting to see as he catches him with the leg lariat

00:19:03that Alex Wright caught Jericho with Jericho's anticipated move off the top rope.

00:19:08It looked like he was going for the missile drop kick.

00:19:10And Wright countered with a drop kick of his own

00:19:12and a relentless attack by Alex Wright.

00:19:14That time he wanted to send him on the outside, but he hit the ropes.

00:19:18And maybe it would have been best for Jericho

00:19:20to take that tumble on the outside,

00:19:22because now you see this assault from Das Wunderkind.

00:19:25Snap suplex over.

00:19:27And Alex Wright climbing the turnbuckle.

00:19:29And this is completely different than what we saw.

00:19:31He goes right to the top, wasting no time.

00:19:34Wasting a little bit of time.

00:19:35Right now!

00:19:36And comes off and connects.

00:19:37How about that one?

00:19:38Stomping the man.

00:19:40What did he look like on the quadricep that time?

00:19:42Quadricep.

00:19:43Yeah, that's a good part.

00:19:45Yes, it is.

00:19:46You're right, Larry.

00:19:47Thank you.

00:19:48He's now doing a little dancing with the fans here

00:19:50and making this capacity crowd not appreciative

00:19:53of what Alex Wright can do.

00:19:55Or at least not his style right now.

00:19:57Obviously a frustrated young man.

00:19:59Oh, he got caught!

00:20:01He calls that the Lion Salt.

00:20:04And it's a two-count, almost the form of the Hasaii Moon Salt

00:20:07by the Ultimate Dragon, with the exception it's on the inside.

00:20:11And now the kick in the backhand chop in Jericho.

00:20:14He's almost going through the moves too fast, Tony,

00:20:16and not getting enough weight behind him and things.

00:20:18Now that's an experience right there, Larry.

00:20:20Up on top is Alex Wright.

00:20:22Jericho's got him!

00:20:23Send him over!

00:20:24Jericho's got him hooked!

00:20:26No!

00:20:27Boston Crab!

00:20:28He's going for the Boston Crab!

00:20:29Center of the ring!

00:20:30He tapped!

00:20:31He tapped out!

00:20:32Now you see him tapping on the ring.

00:20:33Three taps!

00:20:34And Alex Wright has given up!

00:20:35And Chris Jericho!

00:20:37On WCW Monday Nitro!

00:20:39That was a surprise one right there!

00:20:41Alex Wright, I think he was a head-on point.

00:20:43Jericho slipped one in.

00:20:45And Alex Wright, he's not dancing now.

00:20:47He's kicking those bottom ropes.

00:20:54Welcome back, everyone.

00:20:55There is no question, as we head to Bashas' Beach on July 13th,

00:20:58and we'll be back with more WCW.

00:21:01Welcome back, everyone.

00:21:02There is no question, as we head to Bashas' Beach on July 13th,

00:21:05and we have seen Rodman's involvement a week ago.

00:21:08How many implications we have going into that big tag team match.

00:21:12Hollywood, Hulk Hogan and his partner.

00:21:14And then later on tonight, Diamond Dallas Page and Scott Hall one-on-one, Larry.

00:21:18Well, I can't wait to see the Diamond Dallas-Scott Hall match.

00:21:20That's gonna be a good one.

00:21:21Best of luck to Diamond Dallas.

00:21:23Talking about Rodman, though, I mean, here's a man that goes out of his way

00:21:26to paint up his head to look like Bozo the Clown.

00:21:29That tells you, very insecure man.

00:21:32Gonna be hiding behind Hollywood Hulk Hogan,

00:21:34probably armed with brass knuckles and lead pipes

00:21:37and anything else he can get his hands on.

00:21:39And, Mike, today we know the NWO likes to have its influence

00:21:42all the way to any possible contenders to the World Tag Team title.

00:21:45Well, the NWO obviously has a lot of power.

00:21:48They thought they could pick their own opponents

00:21:50by the interference of Vincent at the Great American Bash.

00:21:53J.J. Dillon ruled otherwise.

00:21:55Take a look.

00:21:56Got him.

00:21:57Somebody's coming.

00:21:58Somebody is in.

00:21:59Who is that?

00:22:00Vincent.

00:22:01That's Vincent at ringside.

00:22:03Vincent at ringside.

00:22:05What is he doing there?

00:22:06An elbow drop.

00:22:08Oh, look, it's got Steiner.

00:22:10He's beside himself.

00:22:13The executive committee has decided to order one week from tonight

00:22:17right here on Nitro.

00:22:18One week from tonight.

00:22:19A rematch between the Steiner brothers and Harlem Heat,

00:22:23and I guarantee you this time, Gene,

00:22:25we will not have a tainted victory.

00:22:28Or outside interference.

00:22:29Wait a minute.

00:22:30What is the deal right here, J.J.?

00:22:31Wait a minute.

00:22:32What you want, man?

00:22:34Wait a second.

00:22:35Vincent from the NWO.

00:22:37That was an early Christmas gift from the real bad boys,

00:22:40the Outsiders, and the NWO.

00:22:44You trying to say that the Outsiders might have had a better chance with us?

00:22:48It's the Steiners?

00:22:50I'm just saying you got the opportunity.

00:22:52Tell you something, man.

00:22:54We will beat the NWO.

00:22:56We already beat the Steiners.

00:22:58And guess what?

00:22:59We finna whoop you.

00:23:02Oh, they suckered him in.

00:23:04♪♪

00:23:12So there you've seen what has happened leading up to tonight's tag team

00:23:17return bout.

00:23:18And I say return bout because the winner of tonight's match

00:23:22will be the number one contender for World Tag Team Championship.

00:23:27I don't know what the New World Order was trying to accomplish.

00:23:30Obviously they had some plan to pick their own opponents.

00:23:34But Steiner Brothers or Harlem Heat, either way, you lose.

00:23:40Well, they know about the Steiner Brothers.

00:23:43A lot of people consider them the uncrowned champions.

00:23:46Remember back a few months ago when they defeated the Outsiders

00:23:50and won the World Tag Team title only to have that title changed over,

00:23:53turned by Eric Bischoff.

00:23:56So Rick and Scott are in the ring.

00:23:58There you see, not a seat to be found.

00:24:00The hottest ticket in Macon, Georgia is WCW Monday Night Drill.

00:24:05And here comes Sister Cherry, Booker T, and Stevie Ray.

00:24:09You know, you gotta admit, guys, you're looking at two of the most dominant

00:24:13tag teams over the last five to six years in our sport.

00:24:18No doubt about it.

00:24:19Internationally, World Championship Wrestling,

00:24:21and around the world from the Steiner Brothers

00:24:23weren't competing in WCW.

00:24:25They were top stars with New Japan Pro Wrestling as well, Tony.

00:24:28We will have the number one contender match live on Nitro.

00:24:31The Steiners and Harlem Heat are next.

00:24:33Don't you dare go away.

00:24:35♪♪

00:24:42Back live at at stake here on Nitro,

00:24:44the number one contender for the World Tag Team Championship.

00:24:49And Mike Tenet, Larry Zabisco, and yours truly, Tony Schiavone,

00:24:52still to come here tonight, Diamond Dallas Page and Scott Hall one-on-one.

00:24:57Kevin Nash is not here, and that should be a great match in itself.

00:25:02All right, what do you expect here early on in this match, Larry Zabisco?

00:25:05Well, right here, I expect the Steiner Brothers to get aggressive.

00:25:08These guys actually better mat wrestlers than the Heat.

00:25:12Heat right there, Booker T, great athlete, great movement.

00:25:15I think the Steiner boys will be better off getting the Harlem Heat on the mat

00:25:18and controlling them in their corner.

00:25:20Don't go for that, you know, a lot of high movement,

00:25:23because Booker T will beat you at that game.

00:25:25Now, Larry, the Steiners are known as the human suplex machines,

00:25:28but I'm wondering if the size and the power of the Harlem Heat

00:25:31may neutralize their efforts to try those suplexes.

00:25:34Steiners could suplex Dumbbell.

00:25:37Okay, forearm shots in the corner, and Nick Patrick, the referee,

00:25:41who's, I guess, through his probationary period right now.

00:25:44It's over with.

00:25:45Back in, full reinstatement.

00:25:46I'm not sure about that as of yet.

00:25:48However, Scott Steiner being double teamed here, and down he goes hard,

00:25:52and Rick Steiner getting into it with Stevie Ray on the outside.

00:25:55See, lookit.

00:25:56They didn't go with the wrestling game plan.

00:25:58They didn't do what they were good at in the Harlem Heat at pulling ahead.

00:26:03Scott Steiner goes down.

00:26:04You know, characteristically, the Steiners always begin with Scott

00:26:08trying to set the tone, and then here comes Rick Steiner,

00:26:11reckless abandon, as always.

00:26:13Right now, though, Scotty on the receiving end of this.

00:26:15Moved out of the way, and Nick, Stevie Ray, and look at this!

00:26:21Let's throw him!

00:26:22How about this for power?

00:26:26I guess that answers our questions.

00:26:28Yes, it sure does.

00:26:29Almost doing that in the ring as Jerry consoles Stevie Ray

00:26:34to try to get him back up.

00:26:35We saw moments ago that we have a big weekend planned

00:26:38for World Championship Wrestling, and Mike, we're looking forward,

00:26:41all of our great fans at the Great Western Forum,

00:26:43this coming Saturday night, for a very special,

00:26:46what we're calling Saturday Nitro.

00:26:48It is Saturday Nitro at the Great Western Forum in Los Angeles,

00:26:52and Eric Bischoff and the New World Order have managed to keep

00:26:55all the press, the television, and the pay-per-view cameras

00:26:58away from the event for fear that something embarrassing

00:27:02to the NWO might happen.

00:27:04The only way that you can follow the historic match-ups

00:27:07this Saturday night at the Forum is at the WCW website,

00:27:11wcwwrestling.com.

00:27:13We'll have exclusive audio play-by-play, instant match results,

00:27:17and exclusive interviews as well.

00:27:19All right, the big foot that time from Stevie Ray as he is in.

00:27:22Boy, they love to taunt, don't they?

00:27:24Looking at the fans here.

00:27:26Well, taunting wastes time, but again, they got the Steiner Boys

00:27:28in their game plan, the guys who are the great suplex masters

00:27:32and the wrestling artists.

00:27:34They let the Harlem Heat slip through their fingers.

00:27:36That'll reverse it and get them down.

00:27:38So much on the line over the back suplex,

00:27:41putting out hard, hit the back of his neck,

00:27:43and there you see the Dogface Gremlin in action.

00:27:47Gonna try for a lateral press, hooked a near leg,

00:27:50and got a two.

00:27:52Harlem Heat go into this match-up thinking that they already

00:27:56gained that tag title shot.

00:27:58They wanted it at the Great American Bash before being overruled

00:28:01by J.J. Dillon calling it a tainted victory.

00:28:04So in essence, they have to win a second match to prove themselves

00:28:07and gain that shot at the Outsiders.

00:28:09Yeah, but the Steiners have a better claim.

00:28:11They actually had the belts in their possession

00:28:13until Bischoff took them away.

00:28:15You're both right, and I tell you, really, the Steiners,

00:28:17you gotta give them a lot of credit.

00:28:19They have put that behind them, and they have continued to be

00:28:21one of the most dominant forces in tag team wrestling,

00:28:24even though that was a horrible night in January.

00:28:27Fans, you remember that night.

00:28:30Right here on WCW Monday Nitro.

00:28:32Right now, you're seeing the seven-time tag team champs in command.

00:28:36Rick Steiner blocks that attempted suplex.

00:28:39Steiner blocked it for a second time,

00:28:41and Rick Steiner's gonna send him over.

00:28:45Now, you don't wanna match suplexes with the Steiners.

00:28:49Just like Mike today said moments ago,

00:28:51the suplex machines, that's what they are.

00:28:54Great maneuver that time for Booker T to gouge the man in the eyes

00:28:58on the way back to a vertical base.

00:29:00He caught him!

00:29:01Come on!

00:29:05Got him, quit barking.

00:29:07Now, the cover, one, two.

00:29:10I believe the cover came a little bit slow that time,

00:29:13but, well, Steiner hit hard as well, Mike, today.

00:29:16Certainly did.

00:29:17Now, the tag into the Freshman.

00:29:19Important Scott Steiner, and big advantage for the Steiners

00:29:22with the Freshman, Scott, in against Booker T,

00:29:24and plants him in the middle of the ring with the belly-to-belly.

00:29:27Here's the cover, one, two.

00:29:28Got a two-cap.

00:29:32And now the tag.

00:29:38Double-teaming the Steiners, working great as a tag team.

00:29:41Consummate tag team strategy.

00:29:43The Steiners cutting off the ring.

00:29:45Now, the advantage switches over with the side headlock by Booker T.

00:29:48Oh, threw him too hard!

00:29:51Tell you how, he's pulling way ahead

00:29:53with the tag team cooperation right there.

00:29:56Steiner Brothers almost getting confused here.

00:30:00Again, not flowing smooth.

00:30:03And now Scott Steiner arguing now.

00:30:05You know, a lot of times the tag team coordination,

00:30:08or double-teaming, if you will,

00:30:10will take when two great teams collide.

00:30:12Here's the cover again.

00:30:13We'll put one team ahead, Larry.

00:30:15A lot of times, it doesn't matter how good you are,

00:30:17it's how good you can double-team on one particular night.

00:30:20Well, that's what tag team's all about.

00:30:22I mean, right here, Harlem Heat, great ring positioning.

00:30:24Stevie Ray within arm's reach of a tag to Booker T.

00:30:28That's the ideal.

00:30:29That's what you want to achieve.

00:30:31That's the position you want to control.

00:30:33Steiners unable to do that to the Harlem Heat tonight.

00:30:37Compare what we're seeing here.

00:30:39Two teams who've been together a long time

00:30:41to one of the tag teams we're going to see at the Great American Bag.

00:30:45Two of the finest athletes.

00:30:46Two world champions in their own right.

00:30:48Hollywood Hulk Hogan and Dennis Rodman.

00:30:50I mean, these two guys, first time ever as a tag team.

00:30:54But from what we saw last week, they can get the job done, Larry.

00:30:57Well, they can get the job done when the worm pack is with them.

00:31:01But I don't know.

00:31:02Hollywood Hogan's a smart man.

00:31:04He's survived professional wrestling a long time.

00:31:07He knows Rodman's limitations in terms of, you know,

00:31:10being a big tough guy with a pair of brass knuckles from behind.

00:31:14His plan is composed of standing face-to-face with the Giant or Lex Luger.

00:31:18I don't know if it's a smoke screen.

00:31:20I don't know if it's a distraction.

00:31:22But I'm warning the Giant Luger now.

00:31:24Be prepared.

00:31:25The New World Order has a plan up their sleeve.

00:31:29My goodness.

00:31:30That time he almost threw him right through the mat.

00:31:33Look at that.

00:31:34They're rolling back.

00:31:35Booker may be out.

00:31:36Incredible power display by the dog-faced, grumbling Rick Steiner.

00:31:40And now Rick Steiner trying to make a tag.

00:31:43Booker T, look at this, barely can roll over.

00:31:46He only has to reach up.

00:31:48And I don't think he's aware of how close his partner is.

00:31:51And here we go.

00:31:52It's Scott Steiner.

00:31:53Big forearm shots.

00:31:55Now sending Booker T out.

00:31:57Little big, Larry.

00:31:58Another one.

00:31:59Got both of them.

00:32:00Got both of them.

00:32:02Here it is in the ropes again.

00:32:04Touchdown.

00:32:05Scott Steiner hooked it.

00:32:07Go, go.

00:32:08Butterfly down into a side powerbomb.

00:32:10And it's a save that time by Stevie Ray.

00:32:14I got a feeling this is breaking down.

00:32:16Emotions are running too high here.

00:32:18It is breaking down.

00:32:19Now the Steiners, both men are in.

00:32:21They're going to try one of their patented moves here, Mike.

00:32:24Looks like he's headed to the top.

00:32:26Oh, boy.

00:32:27Stevie Ray cut him off.

00:32:28Oh, that time to the midsection.

00:32:30So many times we've seen Rick Steiner go to the top rope for that top rope.

00:32:33Bulldog.

00:32:35That time it looked like it was going to be performed with a Harlem sidekick.

00:32:39That one did connect.

00:32:41Got him right in the muzzle.

00:32:43On the outside, Scott Steiner and Stevie Ray.

00:32:45Booker T.

00:32:47Hold on.

00:32:48Sherry.

00:32:49Talk about being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

00:32:51Wrong place, wrong time.

00:32:52There's the bulldog.

00:32:55This could be.

00:32:57It is on him.

00:32:59The one, two, three.

00:33:03Looked like Booker T's trying to catch Steiner, but he threw his weight up.

00:33:07Grabbed that neck and bulldogged him, Doc.

00:33:09Tough match.

00:33:10Harlem Heat ahead on points with the Steiner boys.

00:33:13Hold it out.

00:33:14Sherry in the wrong place at the wrong time.

00:33:17Up on the apron to help him in.

00:33:20But in offense, the Steiners get the win.

00:33:22Let's now take you to me, Gene Oakerlin.

00:33:25Well, I thank you very much, Tony.

00:33:26I think we finally have established who the number one contenders for the WCW

00:33:30tag team title belts are.

00:33:32Gentlemen, what is this?

00:33:33Wait a minute.

00:33:34No NWO.

00:33:35X.

00:33:36How can you call the Steiner brothers the number one contenders when it looks

00:33:41like Scott Steiner's arms are going through atrophy?

00:33:45Now, let me show you.

00:33:46That is not atrophy, my friend.

00:33:48Let the buff man show you what a set of arms is supposed to look like.

00:33:54Oh, you've been hanging around Hogan too much.

00:33:56Well, that is a set of arms, brother.

00:33:59Let me tell you something.

00:34:00They may be the number one contenders.

00:34:02They've proven that.

00:34:03But you've got a new tag team on the horizon, brother.

00:34:06And it's called Vicious and Delicious.

00:34:10Let me tell you something.

00:34:12There's no doubt the Steiners are one of the great tag teams to step in the ring.

00:34:15But it's time to step out.

00:34:17Because the NWO rocks.

00:34:19Watch your career coming right in front of your face.

00:34:22Because we don't care.

00:34:24And we ain't scared.

00:34:26Gentlemen, you better watch out.

00:34:27I believe we've got company here in Rick and Scott, the Steiner brothers.

00:34:31They rightfully deserve a shot.

00:34:33Well, all of a sudden, they're getting their hats and moving out very quickly.

00:34:37Both Bagwell and Scott Norton, Delicious and Vicious.

00:34:41Scotty, Rick, a very tough one tonight.

00:34:43You are the number one contenders.

00:34:45See?

00:34:46Now that we're the number one contenders, we want Paul and Nash!

00:34:53WCW tag team title holders.

00:34:56Yeah!

00:34:57Next Monday night!

00:34:58Night 2!

00:34:59Las Vegas!

00:35:00Live!

00:35:01My brother and I are going to be there!

00:35:03Paul and Nash will be there!

00:35:05Is it going to be straight up, boys?

00:35:07Or is it going to be a bug out?

00:35:08We come looking for you.

00:35:09Who?

00:35:10Who?

00:35:11Who?

00:35:12Who?

00:35:13The Dog Pound.

00:35:14Scotty.

00:35:15Paul and Nash in Las Vegas.

00:35:18There will be a confrontation.

00:35:20Because you owe us a title shot.

00:35:24All right, the Snyder Brothers, by virtue of their victory tonight,

00:35:27now setting their sights on Scott Hall and Kevin Nash.

00:35:31For the MWO, they are the WCW tag team title holders.

00:35:35Folks, this is Nitro, and we're live from Macon, Georgia.

00:35:39All right, Gene.

00:35:40Very good.

00:35:41Let's now-

00:35:42Thank you very much, Gene Okerlund.

00:35:43Let's go to Mike today.

00:35:45The mystery surrounding Ernest Miller has finally been solved.

00:35:49There have been so many questions about this man's background.

00:35:52On two occasions, he saved Glacier from an outnumbered attack by Rath,

00:35:57Mortis, and James Vandenberg.

00:35:59Well, recently, Ernest Miller invited us to a personal training session

00:36:03in Atlanta, Georgia.

00:36:04Now, let's take a special video look at the man known as the Cat,

00:36:08Ernest Miller.

00:36:12♪♪♪

00:36:26When you look at Ernest Miller

00:36:27and you think about how far this sport has come in the 1990s,

00:36:30here's a guy who brings in all of the skills of a professional football player,

00:36:34brings in all that power, all that finesse, all that speed,

00:36:38and combines it with some of the most explosive punches and kicks

00:36:41that you've ever seen.

00:36:43He would rank right up there with all the very best

00:36:45you've ever been in this sport.

00:36:47♪♪♪

00:36:53He's got some footwork that's just uncanny for a man his size.

00:36:57Ernest Miller jumps and spins and kicks just like he weighed 130 pounds

00:37:01instead of well over 240.

00:37:04Let's see.

00:37:06Well, we're going to get a lot of questions answered this evening

00:37:09because the Cat, Ernest Miller,

00:37:11will be making his pro wrestling Monday Nitro debut this evening

00:37:15in hour number two.

00:37:17Can he make that transition from the world of the martial arts

00:37:20into professional wrestling?

00:37:22We will find out tonight when he teams with Glacier.

00:37:25And we will be back with more exciting Monday Nitro action

00:37:29live on TNT right after this.

00:37:32♪♪♪♪

00:37:39Mike, you were talking earlier about WCWwrestling.com

00:37:43and how you're going to be able to hear exclusive audio play-by-play

00:37:46of a big event coming up this coming Saturday

00:37:49from the Great Western Forum.

00:37:51They call it the show Eric Bischoff doesn't want you to see.

00:37:55Check into the Internet and check into WCWwrestling.com

00:37:59for not only the audio play-by-play with Mean Gene and Mark Madden,

00:38:03but in the chat room, instant match results.

00:38:06Only on WCWwrestling.com this coming Saturday.

00:38:09And as you know, it's seen here, Hector Garza and Biano Four,

00:38:13many of the great superstars from Mexico

00:38:15will be a part of the big event coming up this coming Saturday.

00:38:19One other note on that website,

00:38:21Bischoff and the NWO have managed to keep a lot of the TV cameras away,

00:38:25but we understand that the webmasters at WCWwrestling.com

00:38:29will be recording video of that show,

00:38:32and there will be a special Internet broadcast on Tuesday, July the 1st.

00:38:35More details to come.

00:38:37This is Hector Garza's second match on Nitro,

00:38:39third match that we've seen him in World Championship Wrestling.

00:38:43Well, it may be his last one if he keeps sticking his neck out like that.

00:38:46Biano Four grabbed it.

00:38:48Head is something you must protect at all costs.

00:38:51And remember in his debut, that six-man tag

00:38:53a couple of weeks back on Nitro,

00:38:55we talk about the incredible high-risk moves

00:38:57from many of the wrestlers from Mexico,

00:38:59but Garza has invented that most spectacular of all flying move,

00:39:03the corkscrew plancha.

00:39:05It's a top rope high-risk move.

00:39:07We might get an opportunity to see it tonight against Biano.

00:39:11Oh, oh, oh, oh!

00:39:12Suicide dive!

00:39:13Not only the suicide dive,

00:39:15but his opponent in the right position that time

00:39:17as Garza hit on the outside and all the way to the safety rail.

00:39:22Is this Mexican rules?

00:39:24Why, you're worried about anybody to tag in?

00:39:26It's a singles match, Larry.

00:39:28I know it's a single match today.

00:39:30I'm just worried it's Mexican rules.

00:39:32Anytime you can go on the outside, it's Mexican rules.

00:39:35I guess that means you can just throw him on the outside,

00:39:37maybe not over the top rope. I don't know.

00:39:39It just seems they have so many different traditions.

00:39:41If you pull your mask off, you're disqualified.

00:39:43I can't keep up with all these Mexican rules.

00:39:45If you drink the water, you're disqualified.

00:39:47Oh, there's a knee lift.

00:39:49Give it a rest, Larry.

00:39:51Mike, today, speaking of learning a lot more about the stars from Mexico,

00:39:55is going to be going out to Mexico very soon, Mike.

00:39:58And may you stay there 1,000 years.

00:40:01Going to be educating the fans of World Championship Wrestling

00:40:04about the background, the history of Lucha Libre.

00:40:07And yes, we're headed south of the border very soon,

00:40:09maybe as quickly as this upcoming weekend.

00:40:11How about that? Outside, Garza once again doesn't want to be there.

00:40:15The out of four, though, staying in the ring

00:40:17as Garza tries to walk this one off

00:40:19and tries to make his way on the inside.

00:40:22Garza got a shoulder into Vianna Thor over the top.

00:40:25Tumbled through that time.

00:40:27Oh, that was cute.

00:40:29Oh, boy.

00:40:30He didn't follow it up right.

00:40:32Hector Garza, another one of the second generation stars from Mexico,

00:40:35was trained for the ring by his father, Humberto Garza,

00:40:39who was the number one star in Monterrey, Mexico, back in the 1960s.

00:40:43That's when a time when the wrestling business in Mexico

00:40:45was very similar to the U.S.

00:40:47A lot of regional promotions,

00:40:49and Humberto Garza being the top draw in Monterrey,

00:40:52which is the second largest city in Mexico,

00:40:54quit Parallel City, earned Gana in the Midwest,

00:40:56a Ray Stevens in San Francisco of that era.

00:40:59Great maneuvers. Got the legs.

00:41:01One, two, and he almost got a win that time, did Hector Garza.

00:41:05Still to come, ladies and gentlemen, Diamond Dallas Page and Scott Hall.

00:41:10One-on-one. No Kevin Nash here tonight.

00:41:13And as we've often said,

00:41:15Eddie Guerrero has now given the match to his nephew, Chavo Jr.

00:41:20He will face Sixx for the Cruiserweight Championship later on.

00:41:24I'm shocked about that. Title shots are few and far between.

00:41:27I wonder if Eddie Guerrero doesn't think that he's maybe quite at 100% yet,

00:41:32coming back from that torn pec muscle,

00:41:34to challenge for the Cruiserweight Championship.

00:41:36Well, you know, if you're not ready, if you have an injury,

00:41:39why waste a title shot?

00:41:41At least he kept it in the family and offered it to...

00:41:43I mean, that is an honor to offer it to somebody.

00:41:48Viano Four now looks to climb the ropes one more time here.

00:41:51Garza seems to be hurt. Maybe hurt a shoulder that time.

00:41:55How about this moonsault? That missed.

00:41:57And Garza calmly running away. Dropkick on target.

00:42:01And Viano Four tried to hook the bottom rope to prevent going on the outside.

00:42:05Baseball slide. Dropkick up against the safety rail.

00:42:09Whoa. Nice reactions by Garza.

00:42:13Landing on his feet.

00:42:15And that time a backbreaker. Viano Four hit on the floor. Here we go.

00:42:20Oh, this is a move. This is it.

00:42:24The corkscrew plancha on the way.

00:42:26Can he connect with it?

00:42:30That time he hit the man and then hit the floor very hard.

00:42:33What a daredevil.

00:42:35That's why you call them high-risk maneuvers.

00:42:38No kidding.

00:42:40Was Lloyds of London insure these guys?

00:42:43I don't know about that. This is spectacular.

00:42:45Both men rolling in.

00:42:47And Garza after the corkscrew plancha has the upper hand here.

00:42:52Snap suplex over.

00:42:54He's going up top again.

00:42:56Outstanding moonsault.

00:42:57One, two, and three.

00:42:59Good call, Tone.

00:43:01Looked like he was going to go back up one more time.

00:43:03Of course it did.

00:43:05But with those guys, you never know.

00:43:07Mexican rules and the high-risk bordering to me on a line of insanity.

00:43:11I mean, these guys have a career that lasts five, ten years.

00:43:14I'll be surprised.

00:43:16Well, Larry, we're going to let you call all this again and get some replay.

00:43:20Thank you.

00:43:21Right here, look at this.

00:43:23Evil Knievel used a motorcycle.

00:43:25What did he know?

00:43:26This guy, he just did it all by himself.

00:43:28Right here, as Tony says, went to the top and covered him.

00:43:32That's a drag the leg up.

00:43:33One, two, three.

00:43:36Your winner is Hector Garza.

00:43:38Defeating Bianco Ford.

00:43:40Later on, fans, we have Diamond Dallas Page and Scott Hall.

00:43:45And we have coming up next, Chavo Jr.

00:43:49and Six for the Cruiserweight Championship.

00:43:51Stay right where you are.

00:43:53We are back tonight.

00:43:54We're live here on TNT.

00:43:56This crowd, absolutely, is hanging from the rafters

00:44:00as I introduce to you, here on Nitro,

00:44:03the combination of the Total Package,

00:44:07Lex Luger and his partner,

00:44:13the Giant.

00:44:14You're not going to find, coming up in Bash at the Beach,

00:44:17four greater athletes going at it.

00:44:20Luger, the Giant,

00:44:22dominating World Championship wrestling.

00:44:24Of course, you've got Hollywood Hulk Hogan

00:44:27and Dennis Robin the Worm.

00:44:30We're now joined by Bobby LeBrun

00:44:32and his partner, Lex Luger.

00:44:35Welcome to TNT.

00:44:36We're live here on TNT.

00:44:38This crowd, absolutely, is hanging from the rafters

00:44:41We're now joined by Bobby LeBrun

00:44:43and you are talking about two of the greatest athletes

00:44:45in the world here, LeBrun.

00:44:46Just a couple weeks ago, we saw Hogan stretched out

00:44:49across the massive shoulders of Lex Luger,

00:44:52yelling, Uncle.

00:44:53And just last week in Chicago,

00:44:55we saw Rodman about 10 feet, 12 feet up in the air

00:44:58with his throat nicely in the hands of the Giant.

00:45:04They're making their way to the ring

00:45:05and certainly they have Rodman and Hogan.

00:45:08July 13th, Bash at the Beach on their mind

00:45:11in one of the most anticipated tag team matches

00:45:14in the history of pro wrestling.

00:45:18All right.

00:45:20Lex Giant.

00:45:22These people have heard about it on radio.

00:45:25They've seen it on television.

00:45:26They've read about it in newspapers and magazines.

00:45:29We are inside three weeks.

00:45:31On July the 13th at Daytona Beach,

00:45:34The Bash at the Beach.

00:45:35It's going to be Hollywood Hulk Hogan

00:45:37and The Worm, Dennis Rodman.

00:45:39And I know a lot of things are going through your mind.

00:45:42The match is on. It's official.

00:45:43It will happen.

00:45:47With the exception of Hollywood Hogan,

00:45:53Dennis Rodman,

00:45:55The Wolfpack,

00:45:58and his so-called NWOI fans out there,

00:46:02every family member,

00:46:05every friend,

00:46:07every fellow WCW wrestler,

00:46:10every WCW official,

00:46:12and most of all,

00:46:13The Giant and myself

00:46:16are sickened and disgusted

00:46:19by what happened last week.

00:46:26WCW officials have dared the Giant and I

00:46:29every assurance and every security measure

00:46:32will be taken.

00:46:34I've spoken to every friend I have in WCW.

00:46:37Even if they take it upon their own hands

00:46:40that they will be watching our backs.

00:46:42Bash at the Beach, July 13th,

00:46:45will be done on equal footing

00:46:48between The Giant and myself

00:46:51and you, Hollywood Hogan,

00:46:53and Dennis Rodman.

00:46:56And out of every low point in your life,

00:46:59and there's not much of a lower point

00:47:01than to be spray-painted and knocked unconscious

00:47:04in front of millions of viewers on national TV

00:47:07comes a bright, sunny day.

00:47:10I use it as fuel.

00:47:12The Giant uses it as fuel.

00:47:14I use it as incentive

00:47:16for revenge.

00:47:18And revenge will be sweet

00:47:21because, Hollywood Hogan,

00:47:22I've looked in your eye

00:47:25and there is nothing there.

00:47:28I've had you in the rack

00:47:30and I've heard you say,

00:47:32I quit, I give.

00:47:35That means that you're a quitter

00:47:38and there's not one bit of quit in my heart

00:47:41and there's not one bit of quit in The Giant's heart.

00:47:46And come July 13th,

00:47:49The Giant and I will have our day of reckoning.

00:47:54All right, of course,

00:47:56Lex Luger introduced Hollywood Hulk Hogan

00:47:59to the torture rack,

00:48:00but you, Giant, introduced The Worm

00:48:03to The Big One, The Chokeslam.

00:48:06Maybe I should just start off by saying

00:48:09how lucky I am.

00:48:11How everybody thinks I'm lucky.

00:48:13I'm lucky to be 7'4", 470 pounds.

00:48:17I'm lucky to even be in WCW.

00:48:20But you know why I'm the most luckiest person of all?

00:48:26Because I am the only one

00:48:30that's gonna stick a big, giant hook

00:48:34in The Worm hole!

00:48:37-♪♪♪♪

00:48:43Giant, another thing, too,

00:48:45you have felt the wrath of Hulk Hogan in the past,

00:48:47but he has also felt your wrath.

00:48:50This time, Hogan,

00:48:52I've got a little game I want to play.

00:48:55I want to see how many times I can slap you

00:48:58and how many times I can slap Robin

00:49:01and see whose hair dye comes out first.

00:49:04Ooh, ooh, Lex Luger,

00:49:06one thing I've got to tell you here at the 11th hour,

00:49:09as I said, we are inside three weeks

00:49:11from the Bash at the Beach.

00:49:12You have got a lot of fan support across the country.

00:49:15There's a lot of excitement here in Macon,

00:49:19and it goes from coast to coast.

00:49:22But, Gene, no words can express

00:49:25what the Giant and I feel from last week.

00:49:28Our talking will be done.

00:49:30It's an old cliche, but it's never held truer

00:49:33in the ring July 13th at Bash at the Beach.

00:49:36Gentlemen, I thank you very much.

00:49:37It is something truly to look forward to.

00:49:40Lex and the Giant against Hollywood.

00:49:42Hogan and the Worm inside three weeks.

00:49:45My word. Tony, back to you.

00:49:47Gene, thank you very much, and here we go.

00:49:51It is time for hour number two

00:49:54of WCW Monday Nitro.

00:49:56It is the hour that two years ago

00:49:59set the standard for our sport on Monday night.

00:50:02It's so good to have you with us.

00:50:04Tony Schiavone, Iron Mike Tone,

00:50:08and Bobby the Brain Heenan,

00:50:10and we're gonna start out with a title match.

00:50:13WCW Cruiserweight Championship Match

00:50:16coming up here, and Brain, were you surprised?

00:50:20You know, we all said, yeah,

00:50:22Schiavone should take the Cruiserweight title match,

00:50:24but it seemed to me that Schiavone was a little reluctant

00:50:27to offer or to accept anything

00:50:29his Uncle Eddie had to offer him.

00:50:31Well, it seems to be a lot of turmoil

00:50:33and a lot of trouble in the Guerrero family.

00:50:35You know, they're a fighting family.

00:50:37They've never backed up since the morning,

00:50:39but still, they probably fight amongst each other a lot.

00:50:42Not a good family. They just don't get along.

00:50:46And there you see the NWO fans here with us,

00:50:48and here comes Six, the Cruiserweight champ,

00:50:52member of the Wolfpack, and Mike,

00:50:54one thing we did hear from Eddie as they were walking away

00:50:57when they conducted an interview a couple of seconds ago,

00:51:00Eddie said, I'll be watching your back,

00:51:03and as you can see, when there's one, there's another one,

00:51:06you gotta watch each other's backs

00:51:09when you're going up against the NWO.

00:51:11That is the one constant of the New World Order.

00:51:14They always make sure that they have the numbers game

00:51:17on their side, and again, it's another chance for the NWO,

00:51:21and Scott Hall comes to the ring with Six.

00:51:23They make sure that their back is covered at all times.

00:51:26Well, there's nothing wrong with that.

00:51:28It seems to work for the NWO.

00:51:30Why don't people here at WCW adapt that philosophy?

00:51:33What works for them...

00:51:35So you're an advocate of that?

00:51:37Why don't you stand up for them?

00:51:39Why don't you put on a black and white shirt for a change?

00:51:41Why don't you open your ears and listen to me?

00:51:43When I'm saying they get away with it and it works for them,

00:51:45we ought to do it instead of sitting here crying about them.

00:51:48I'm not crying about them, but certainly I don't advocate

00:51:50what they stand for or what they mean in our sport,

00:51:54but you cannot deny the influence and the impact they have had.

00:51:58Fans also, and Mike, I want to get your reaction

00:52:00and bring your reaction to what we just heard from Lex Luger.

00:52:03I don't think I've ever seen Luger,

00:52:05and I'm talking about he's had big matches in his career,

00:52:08title matches before, but he's never been as focused

00:52:11as he is right now, and of course, we relived moments ago

00:52:16at the top of the program that horrible scene

00:52:18at the end of Nitro a week ago.

00:52:20Luger is ready, and the Giant, they are ready

00:52:22for Dennis Rodman and Hollywood Hulk Hogan on July 13th.

00:52:26In simple terms for Luger and the Giant,

00:52:28it's an opportunity for payback.

00:52:30They've been embarrassed on several occasions

00:52:32by Rodman and Hogan, and this is their chance

00:52:35to avenge that embarrassment.

00:52:36You must admit this, though.

00:52:38The Giant picked up Rodman, picked him up in the air

00:52:40and choked him.

00:52:41Rodman still maintained in the evening.

00:52:43He was still standing at the end.

00:52:45He still got his can of spray paint out.

00:52:47He still got the belt and whacked the Giant

00:52:49in the back of the head.

00:52:50There's a lot of fight in Rodman.

00:52:51And that's true, and that's exactly right.

00:52:53Rodman is in the right spot and the right man

00:52:56for Hollywood Hulk Hogan, but it all comes back to numbers.

00:52:59It's what you're seeing right now.

00:53:01They work as a pack, as a wolf pack, if you will,

00:53:05and as long as they continue to do this,

00:53:07they're gonna dominate each and every match they're in.

00:53:10Six now back to the apron, and the Cruiserweight champ

00:53:13back in the ring against Chavo Jr.

00:53:15Both would agree with me.

00:53:16Chavo has the tools to become

00:53:18Cruiserweight champ here tonight.

00:53:19And this arguably is the biggest match

00:53:21of this young man's career.

00:53:23He just returned from a second tour

00:53:25with New Japan Pro Wrestling,

00:53:27and we really see Chavo gaining a lot of confidence

00:53:30with these international tours.

00:53:31Now let's see if he can gain that success in WCW.

00:53:34Becoming Cruiserweight champ certainly would do that.

00:53:36It was a great maneuver off of the right side ropes,

00:53:39but he enabled the man to get up.

00:53:41Six, and he'll send him out of the turnbuckle

00:53:44to the far side.

00:53:45Back in the corner, Chavo Jr.

00:53:49Chavo Jr. has some big major wins in the last six months.

00:53:53This man could walk away

00:53:54as the Cruiserweight champion very easily.

00:53:56Think what it means to be Cruiserweight champ.

00:53:58Think of the great Cruiserweights in our sport.

00:54:01And a great maneuver that time by Six.

00:54:04Think about Ray Mysterio Jr.,

00:54:06even the man who used to be the U.S. champ

00:54:09was the former Cruiserweight champ,

00:54:11Dean Malenko, Eddie Guerrero, a top Cruiserweight.

00:54:13Some of the greatest athletes in the world in that division

00:54:16headed up now by Six of the NWO.

00:54:18This side today is where you don't want to be

00:54:20against Six caught in the corner.

00:54:22Well, showing his inexperience,

00:54:24Chavo needs to be on the outlook at all times.

00:54:27We've seen Six run off quite a win streak

00:54:29with that cross-face hold that he calls the buzz killer.

00:54:33There he goes.

00:54:34Independent moves, and that time Scott Hall

00:54:36was holding the man on the corner.

00:54:38And Six riding away.

00:54:40Chavo Jr. here.

00:54:42Scott Hall having fun right now,

00:54:44but later on tonight, he must go in the ring

00:54:47against Diamond Dallas Page one-on-one.

00:54:50And he might know real quick

00:54:52what the Diamond Cutter's all about.

00:54:54And we are also going to see the Nitro debut

00:54:57of Ernest Miller in this hour, teaming with Glacier.

00:55:00Steve Mongo McMichael is here,

00:55:02and a Piper and Flair are also in the building.

00:55:04How about that?

00:55:05We're gonna hear from Ric Flair,

00:55:06from Rowdy Roddy Piper, still to come.

00:55:08So what a sensational second hour we have for you,

00:55:10and it's great to have you with us.

00:55:12Wherever you are, watching the world's

00:55:14number one wrestling program, Nitro.

00:55:16Let me tell you something about Six.

00:55:17This man is the Cruiserweight champion.

00:55:20And I'll tell you something.

00:55:21The people don't like him.

00:55:22It's not because of his ability.

00:55:23The man has tremendous ability.

00:55:25No question.

00:55:26He's got tremendous tools.

00:55:27They don't like him because of his attitude.

00:55:28Big deal, he's got a great attitude.

00:55:30He's got the attitude you need to win, Tony.

00:55:35There's a guillotine leg drop

00:55:37from the ropes on the left side.

00:55:38It just sounds like, I don't know, brain.

00:55:40I don't know where you're coming from here tonight.

00:55:42I mean, it's almost as if you're just pumping up the NWO.

00:55:46No, I'm talking honestly.

00:55:47The man has an enormous amount of talent.

00:55:49No question.

00:55:50It's just his attitude you don't like.

00:55:51Big deal, his attitude.

00:55:52It's not the attitude.

00:55:53It's how he wins the matches.

00:55:55But he wins the matches.

00:55:56That's the important thing, Shivani.

00:55:58Back in the corner now.

00:55:59Here's the whip into the other corner.

00:56:01Chavo hit hard and moved out of the way.

00:56:06That's what you gotta do.

00:56:07You gotta buy yourself some time here.

00:56:09Defensive maneuvers.

00:56:10Chavo exhibiting right there.

00:56:12And Six is still caught in the corner

00:56:15and falls down, but you see Chavo

00:56:17cannot really follow this up with anything at all here, Mike.

00:56:20Well, it looked like there was going to be a tied turning,

00:56:22a switch in momentum there.

00:56:23But you're right, Chavo unable to take advantage.

00:56:27I'll tell you, the Guerrero families

00:56:28have pulled out some major victories over the years.

00:56:30They're a fighting family.

00:56:31And I'll tell you this, this Chavo Guerrero,

00:56:33if he just gets his wits back, shakes off the cobwebs,

00:56:36he can beat this guy, Six.

00:56:39Now both men getting a second win

00:56:41basically at the same time here.

00:56:43Chavo sending the man to the ropes,

00:56:45getting reversed in.

00:56:47Chavo trying to escape.

00:56:48Got him.

00:56:49Got him, cover one.

00:56:50Got him, cover two.

00:56:51Oh, did not get him, and that was very close.

00:56:54And Eddie coming now out to the entranceway.

00:56:57He promised to watch his back.

00:56:59That's what he's doing.

00:57:00Yeah, well, he's standing there.

00:57:02That's exactly what he's doing.

00:57:03As Eddie watches on from the entranceway,

00:57:05Chavo now in command of this Cruiserweight match.

00:57:08Backflip.

00:57:10Buddy Lariat, nicely done.

00:57:12If you want it, Chavo, go for it.

00:57:14Covers him, one, two.

00:57:16Six kicks out again, and Chavo now tries to roll.

00:57:19Just a second away from becoming the champ,

00:57:21and now Six takes a tumble on the near side.

00:57:25What an opportunity this is for Chavo.

00:57:27High-risk move upcoming, headed to the top.

00:57:30Give Chavo a lot of credit.

00:57:31Didn't expect the rest of the world,

00:57:33but he's up to the task.

00:57:35Did you see that elevation?

00:57:36What a cross-body block that Plancha delivered

00:57:39from the top rope.

00:57:41Catches Six on the concrete.

00:57:43Watch out from behind.

00:57:44He's got more of the same.

00:57:46More of the same.

00:57:47This is what we're talking about, Bray.

00:57:49This is how it happens.

00:57:50He's got him up for the outsider hands.

00:57:53Where's Eddie?

00:57:55That's a great...

00:57:56There's Eddie.

00:57:57He's back.

00:57:58He's watching his back.

00:57:59Well, don't look at the camera.

00:58:00Come down here.

00:58:02He's got his arms folded.

00:58:04And he's standing there.

00:58:05How nonchalant can you be?

00:58:07That's his uncle.

00:58:08That's his nephew.

00:58:09This is unbelievable.

00:58:11And Six now can put this maneuver on there.

00:58:14Here's the buzz killer.

00:58:17And there you see Chavo injured.

00:58:19He's helpless.

00:58:20Yeah, he's injured and he's helpless.

00:58:22And the buzz killer is an afterthought now.

00:58:24It is over.

00:58:25I don't get it.

00:58:26And he stands there.

00:58:27I don't get it.

00:58:28He stands there.

00:58:29He's in disgust.

00:58:30He's standing there in disgust.

00:58:31Of course he is.

00:58:32We talk about him being an uncle.

00:58:34This is his nephew.

00:58:35These two guys grew up as brothers.

00:58:37They're so close in age.

00:58:39I'm shocked.

00:58:41It's one thing to not help out your partner,

00:58:44but how about not helping out your family member?

00:58:47Yeah, your blood, as he talked about earlier.

00:58:50And he left him there to take the beating.

00:58:52Once again, Bray, you said they do whatever it takes to win,

00:58:56and you're right.

00:58:58What's he saying?

00:59:00I don't know what it is.

00:59:01Fans, we've got to step away for the break.

00:59:03Scott Hall, you're going to have your moment later on tonight

00:59:05against Diamond Dallas Page.

00:59:07Fans, don't you dare go away.

00:59:09Live on Nitro.

00:59:14Welcome back, fans, to WCW Monday Nitro,

00:59:17where later on tonight Ric Flair will be here,

00:59:20Rowdy Roddy Piper is in the building,

00:59:22Glacier and Ernest Miller in his debut in a tag team match.

00:59:26Diamond Dallas Page and Scott Hall of the NWO.

00:59:29That is all still to come tonight.

00:59:31And here comes Conan.

00:59:34And fans, you can never forget,

00:59:36as a matter of fact, the most unusual experience

00:59:39happened on this program not too long ago.

00:59:41Let's take a look at what happened.

00:59:43Conan was supposed to face Steve and Mongo McMichael.

00:59:47When we turned around, this is what we saw.

00:59:50Well, it was the match that never took place.

00:59:52A couple of weebacks on Monday Nitro.

00:59:54We all figured that Conan was laid out by Hugh Morris.

00:59:57We see the broom handle.

00:59:58That's because the week prior to that,

01:00:00it was a broom that knocked Hugh Morris down

01:00:03that led to Prince Iakea defeating Hugh Morris.

01:00:06And certainly, Hugh Morris and Conan,

01:00:09this bitter rivalry, another bitter rivalry

01:00:12that will just not settle down or simmer down in our sport.

01:00:16And here comes Steve Mongo McMichael.

01:00:19So, two weeks ago, they did not have a chance to have the match.

01:00:23But they will have the chance tonight.

01:00:26Conan was laid out in the ring.

01:00:29And we were all watching what happened to Steve Mongo McMichael.

01:00:33Here's what happened to Steve McMichael at the hands of Kevin Green.

01:00:37Kevin Green with the attack on Mongo.

01:00:40Nailing him, and you're right.

01:00:41That's what prevented this big matchup.

01:00:43And Steve McMichael faces Conan tonight.

01:00:46And then upcoming at Bash at the Beach,

01:00:48he gets an opportunity to challenge for the United States championship.

01:00:52Has this man's career advanced by leaps and bounds?

01:00:55It was just a little over a year ago that he was an announcer on Monday Nitro.

01:00:59You're right about that.

01:01:00And Kevin Green shows you what a cheap shop artist the guy is.

01:01:04Comes out of nowhere, jumps the man from behind.

01:01:07Well, that's the typical kind of a man Kevin Green is.

01:01:10And I'll tell you something, Mongo is on a roll.

01:01:12He's one of those athletes, one of those team players

01:01:15that sometimes you don't give them much of a chance.

01:01:17But they're on a roll.

01:01:18You got to go to them.

01:01:19I'm going with Mongo.

01:01:20You got to go to them.

01:01:21I'm going with Mongo to take out Conan tonight.

01:01:23Well, that's a good choice because Mongo is on a roll.

01:01:26But Kevin Green did come up at the Great American Bash with a big win

01:01:30thanks to interference by Jeff Jarrett.

01:01:32And we do understand, Mike, today that Jeff Jarrett

01:01:35is on some sort of horseman probation since what happened.

01:01:38Yeah, that's the word.

01:01:39Jarrett on probation after his actions at the Great American Bash

01:01:43cost Steve Mongo McMichael the match against Kevin Green.

01:01:47We understand that the horsemen have put Jarrett on probation.

01:01:51They're watching him very carefully.

01:01:53And they have to.

01:01:54There's so much trouble here going around with the NWO, WCW, horsemen.

01:01:59Everybody's got their hatreds.

01:02:01Everybody just can't stand the sight of anybody walking around.

01:02:04Everybody wants to take out everyone.

01:02:06Well, I'll tell you, it's great for the wrestling fans,

01:02:08but it's tough on athletes.

01:02:10You know, a wrestling match is one thing,

01:02:12but a battle, a brawl is another thing

01:02:14when you use chairs like we've seen, tables tonight,

01:02:17or even Halliburton briefcases.

01:02:19Look at this.

01:02:20Conan wants to explode out of a three-point stance.

01:02:22They don't play this in Mexico, do they?

01:02:24It's not the right kind of football, I don't think,

01:02:26that they play in Mexico.

01:02:27And he has little opportunity against Mongo.

01:02:30Yeah, Conan should not feel bad.

01:02:32Many people have felt that from Steve McMichael.

01:02:34How about that one?

01:02:36McMichael out of the three-point stance,

01:02:38exploding out of the scrimmage line,

01:02:41hit a running lariat to send the man on the outside.

01:02:44Well, Conan should make McMichael play his game.

01:02:46He shouldn't play McMichael's game.

01:02:48He don't know anything about football.

01:02:50The Bash at the Beach match that Mike Tenet talked about,

01:02:53Brain, will be Steve McMichael's first title shot in WCW.

01:02:58Debra walking away.

01:02:59She has made her choice.

01:03:01She will stand behind her husband on this one.

01:03:04Well, she better.

01:03:05The credit cards go back.

01:03:07Well, whatever.

01:03:08There's no question that Steve McMichael,

01:03:10member of the Horsemen,

01:03:12one of the greatest athletes in pro football ever,

01:03:15and now in pro wrestling,

01:03:16gets his chance at being a U.S. champ.

01:03:18Think about this.

01:03:19He can come right off the gridiron with a Super Bowl ring,

01:03:22go into the sport of wrestling,

01:03:24and within a year become United States champion.

01:03:26The man can make history.

01:03:27That's right.

01:03:28That says a lot.

01:03:29And it seems as if he again has,

01:03:31I don't know if the word is control over his wife,

01:03:34Debra McMichael,

01:03:35but we understand also that she has decided to cut all ties

01:03:38with Jeff Jarrett.

01:03:40How about that?

01:03:41I guess that's all a part of the Horsemen probation

01:03:44that Jarrett is on.

01:03:45And now,

01:03:46Conan has him hooked

01:03:47and now trying to take the legs out of the big man.

01:03:50This is not a bad strategy here.

01:03:51Mongo loves to stand upright and pound away.

01:03:54And Conan trying to take him down on the mat here.

01:03:57What a weekend upcoming for World Championship Wrestling.

01:04:00This Friday,

01:04:01we are going to be in Fresno, California,

01:04:04at the Seland Arena.

01:04:05Then the big one,

01:04:06Saturday,

01:04:07Nitro in Los Angeles.

01:04:08Tickets are available still at the Great Western Forum box office

01:04:11in Ticketmaster.

01:04:12Next Monday,

01:04:13Las Vegas for Monday Nitro.

01:04:15And tickets there available at the MGM Grand Garden box office

01:04:18and all Ticketmaster outlets.

01:04:20A major impact player next Monday to debut at Nitro.

01:04:24Plus,

01:04:25Diamond Dallas Page's mystery man.

01:04:27Could it be one and the same person?

01:04:29I'll tell you something.

01:04:30As long as I've been in this sport,

01:04:32you've heard rumors.

01:04:33Uh-oh.

01:04:34Speaking of being in this sport.

01:04:35I'll get back to that later.

01:04:36I want to see this.

01:04:37We want to see this.

01:04:38Hugh Morris is stalking to the ring,

01:04:40and he has looked like a stick or maybe a broom handle.

01:04:43And he is being thwarted by WCW security.

01:04:46Meanwhile,

01:04:47in the ring,

01:04:48Mongo.

01:04:49Spiked him with the Tombstone Piledriver.

01:04:51Tombstone Piledriver to Peter.

01:04:54I told you he's on a roll.

01:04:56Mongo is on a roll.

01:05:00And Hugh Morris enjoying what happened

01:05:02as he got the attention of Conan.

01:05:05Mongo from behind with the Tombstone Piledriver.

01:05:09Steve McMichael awaits Jeff Jarrett

01:05:12and awaits his end.

01:05:13High 13th to get the US title.

01:05:16From his former tag team partner.

01:05:18Especially when he's got a matchup like this.

01:05:21He's picked her man.

01:05:22And there it is.

01:05:24Steve Mongo McMichael is your winner.

01:05:26Member of the Four Horsemen.

01:05:27And Hugh Morris is laughing as well.

01:05:30Fans, we've all witnessed Chris Benoit's attempt

01:05:32to get back at Kevin Sullivan.

01:05:34Some of the biggest, most exciting matches

01:05:36that's ever happened on Monday Night Pro.

01:05:46This fight is about facing myself.

01:05:51This fight is about who I am.

01:05:57The Crippler wants to do what he does best

01:05:59to the real Kevin Sullivan.

01:06:01You tell me just exactly what I've got to do

01:06:04to get Sullivan back in the ring.

01:06:06The road to Kevin Sullivan.

01:06:08It's standing right here in front of your face

01:06:10in the Barbarian.

01:06:14I was just wondering how much does Benoit have left.

01:06:16There you see it.

01:06:17He's got something left.

01:06:19He's got a lot left.

01:06:20Because all he's thinking right now

01:06:22is Kevin Sullivan.

01:06:23He's trying to use that left arm

01:06:25to push himself to the ropes.

01:06:28Did he give up?

01:06:29He did.

01:06:30He did give up.

01:06:31Unheard of.

01:06:32Unheard of for that man to give up.

01:06:35Chris Benoit wins.

01:06:41I knew I could beat the Barbarian.

01:06:45Where's Kevin Sullivan?

01:06:47Step number two, Benoit.

01:06:48The Great American Bash.

01:06:50You and me.

01:06:52A rematch.

01:06:53A death match.

01:06:54Wait a minute.

01:06:55He's asking for the bell.

01:06:56He's asking for the bell.

01:06:58Ming has given up.

01:07:00And Chris Benoit has won.

01:07:03Has defeated Ming.

01:07:07This is about something inside of myself.

01:07:09Something that I've got to prove to myself.

01:07:11Now, Benoit, let me introduce to you

01:07:14your third and final step.

01:07:17They called him in and he went for it

01:07:19and now beat Triple T.

01:07:25One week from tonight,

01:07:26all eyes of the wrestling world

01:07:34will be on the entertainment capitalism world,

01:07:37Las Vegas, Nevada.

01:07:40And Lee Marshall is there right now

01:07:43on behalf of 1-800-COLLECT.

01:07:46And let's go to Lee Live.

01:07:47Hello, Lee.

01:07:48Hey, Tony.

01:07:49I know you guys are having a good time in Macon.

01:07:51I want to thank everybody here at the Triple Play

01:07:53here at the Triple Play in Las Vegas for a great Nitro party.

01:07:57Everybody's caught up in tonight's action,

01:07:59but the real excitement in Vegas has

01:08:01to do with next Monday's Nitro.

01:08:03That comes from the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

01:08:05The last time WCW was in Las Vegas,

01:08:07it was the hottest ticket in town.

01:08:09So don't get shut out.

01:08:10Get to the MGM Grand Garden box office.

01:08:13Or if you can't make it to the strip,

01:08:14just stop by your nearest Ticketmaster first thing

01:08:17tomorrow.

01:08:17It's only fitting WCW Monday Nitro comes from Las Vegas.

01:08:21Only the best of the best are asked to appear there.

01:08:24Been some of the greatest fights of all time.

01:08:26Vegas, of course, known as the home of some of the biggest

01:08:28names in show business.

01:08:29And at that point, Bobby Heaton, I've

01:08:31got some good news and some bad news for you.

01:08:33The good news, and you're going to like this, Bobby,

01:08:35Las Vegas is still considered the home of the Rat Pack.

01:08:39But the bad news is I looked all over Vegas,

01:08:41and I could not find a show called Weasels on Ice.

01:08:45And that's your 1-800-COLLECT road report from Las Vegas.

01:08:48I'm Liam Marshall for 1-800-COLLECT.

01:08:51I'd like to push him off the Hoover Dam.

01:08:52Thanks a lot, Liam Marshall.

01:08:54And with that in mind, let's take you to Gene Okerlund.

01:08:59All right, folks, I've been waiting for this moment

01:09:01virtually all night long.

01:09:03A moment of truth, if you will, as I introduce to you tonight.

01:09:08Truly a man that is an icon.

01:09:10Please welcome Rowdy, Rowdy Pumper.

01:09:15They are standing everywhere.

01:09:16Look at this.

01:09:18At the Macon Coliseum, one of the all-time greats

01:09:24in the history of our sport.

01:09:30Piper to the ring now.

01:09:34Something on his mind.

01:09:37And you know, you think back all the way back to Starrcade.

01:09:42And the man has had quite a year.

01:09:45The man has had quite a year so far in this sport.

01:09:49Rowdy, Rowdy Piper has had a heck of a career in this sport.

01:09:53Never backed down from a challenge or a fight.

01:09:58One of the true fighters in the history.

01:10:00Mr. Piper, welcome to out of the world here tonight

01:10:03on WCW Monday Nitro.

01:10:06I've got to go back to the last couple of weeks.

01:10:08And am I incorrect?

01:10:11Am I?

01:10:12Rowdy, Rowdy, Rowdy, Rowdy, Rowdy, Rowdy, Rowdy, Rowdy, Rowdy.

01:10:18Am I incorrect?

01:10:20Or is there something askew between you and the Nature Boy,

01:10:24Ric Flair?

01:10:26I am here tonight to do what I do best.

01:10:30And that is making bacon.

01:10:36Now, for those of you that don't know me.

01:10:40There's nobody that doesn't know you.

01:10:42I'm much closer to Mr. Freeze than I am Batman.

01:10:46Absolutely.

01:10:48See, I think that Rowdy Piper has been just a little bit too

01:10:54goody two shoes for my liking.

01:10:56He's been running on unleaded.

01:10:58And from now on, Rowdy Piper runs on pure nitro.

01:11:04I like that.

01:11:06High test.

01:11:08You know why?

01:11:10Because when I'm good, I'm good.

01:11:12When I'm bad, I'm better.

01:11:14And I like myself when I'm bad.

01:11:16Because where Piper goes from now on, hell is going to follow.

01:11:22Now, I come here.

01:11:24Hang on now.

01:11:26I have come here to clean up some rumors.

01:11:30Last Slamboree in a tag match, Ric Flair left me alone and

01:11:36decided to catch Con Air home.

01:11:40Now, personally, I asked Ric Flair.

01:11:45I said to him, did you betray me?

01:11:49I looked at Pinocchio.

01:11:51His nose didn't grow.

01:11:53He said no.

01:11:55I got no reason to believe that Ric Flair, my longtime friend,

01:12:01would ever betray me.

01:12:03I want to put that to rest.

01:12:05However, Ric Flair does have his quirks.

01:12:09Do you know why Ric Flair dates two girls at the same time?

01:12:15That way when he falls asleep, they got someone to talk to.

01:12:19Oh, my.

01:12:22I thought in a tag team situation.

01:12:26I believe we're going to have a day of reckoning here.

01:12:30I don't know if you called for this.

01:12:32No, I didn't call.

01:12:34There was no invitation extended.

01:12:36But like it or not, Mr. Piper, I believe here to address some of

01:12:40the subject matter of the Nature Boy, Ric Flair.

01:12:44I don't know if you called for this.

01:12:46No, I didn't call for this.

01:12:48But like it or not, Mr. Piper, I believe here to address some of

01:12:50the subject matter of the Nature Boy, Ric Flair.

01:13:00Rod, let me reiterate my comments of last week.

01:13:06You are my friend.

01:13:08I will stand by your side.

01:13:12And the decision that I made at Slamboree to chase Six out the

01:13:18door was in your best interest, my best interest, and in the

01:13:24best interest of that tag match, pal.

01:13:28I don't know about your best interest, but you left me to the

01:13:32wolves.

01:13:34But I'm not dissing you.

01:13:36Millions of other people don't believe you.

01:13:38I believe you.

01:13:41And what do you think millions of people thought about me,

01:13:45wrestling Hall and Six and Nash while you were floating around

01:13:51the Caribbean with Jenny McCarthy, pal?

01:13:53Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

01:13:55Whoa.

01:13:57Hey.

01:13:59That says Icon.

01:14:01This says Ric Flair.

01:14:03And all I'm here tonight is to help you avoid a disaster, pal.

01:14:09Do not make the mistake of questioning me.

01:14:13Do not put me in the wolves.

01:14:15You see?

01:14:17Oh, my.

01:14:19Now look where we're at.

01:14:21What do we got?

01:14:23Dante's Peak?

01:14:25I'm not looking for disaster.

01:14:27I'm not looking for disaster.

01:14:29I'm not looking for disaster.

01:14:31Dante's Peak?

01:14:33I'm not looking for disaster.

01:14:35We got horsemen out here.

01:14:37It looks like the troops are amassing perhaps around the

01:14:39Nature Boy Ric Flair, Chris Benoit.

01:14:41This is what I was trying to help you avoid.

01:14:43Avoid what?

01:14:45What's with the entourage, Ric?

01:14:47Please, please.

01:14:49This is between Ric Flair and Roddy Piper.

01:14:51It's as simple as that.

01:14:53All right.

01:14:55The four horsemen apparently.

01:14:57We've got one missing, Debra McMichael.

01:15:00Hey, Gene, honey.

01:15:02Jeff Durant has definitely lost his scholarship.

01:15:04I mean, I have discarded him like last year's fashion.

01:15:06Here today and gone tomorrow.

01:15:08All right.

01:15:10Gentlemen, apparently I don't know if we're going to get

01:15:12anything out of him.

01:15:14Ric, was this any of your doing?

01:15:16Standing on Piper's side.

01:15:18It's over.

01:15:20Let's go.

01:15:22Apparently they're out the door.

01:15:24I wasn't happy to go.

01:15:26Listen up, pal.

01:15:28Just because Dennis Rodman

01:15:30ain't here tonight

01:15:32don't mean you had to wear a skirt.

01:15:34Oh, no.

01:15:36Mongo, mongo, mongo.

01:15:38Listen, I'm telling you.

01:15:40I didn't come here for this, Ric.

01:15:42And this is the last thing

01:15:44you want to get into, too.

01:15:46I don't need your cronies.

01:15:48And I don't know nothing about Dennis Rodman.

01:15:50And I don't need this big goof

01:15:52insulting me.

01:15:54Do you understand that?

01:15:57Listen up again, pal.

01:15:59That other team I was on

01:16:01didn't win no Super Bowl

01:16:03by letting the likes of you

01:16:05mess with the team.

01:16:07Captain.

01:16:09Mongo, I told you

01:16:11I want to put it to rest.

01:16:13Piper's a good guy.

01:16:15He's going to go home.

01:16:17Now, let's go.

01:16:19Yeah, but you get some control.

01:16:21I'm not letting somebody push me out of the ring.

01:16:23He wasn't pushing you.

01:16:25Let's go. Come on.

01:16:27You're the captain.

01:16:29You're the captain.

01:16:31I'm telling you, we got to go.

01:16:33Mongo, he's my man.

01:16:35I'm going to stand on his side.

01:16:37I'm sorry.

01:16:39Wait a minute, Nature Boy.

01:16:41Don't you know

01:16:43when this guy's patting you on the back,

01:16:45he's looking for that soft spot

01:16:47to stick the knife in.

01:16:51Piper,

01:16:53you've been around way too long.

01:16:55Judging by the size

01:16:57of your spine,

01:16:59by the backbone that you show,

01:17:01you must have one severe case

01:17:03of osteoporosis.

01:17:07I've got to stop with it.

01:17:11Oh, my goodness.

01:17:13You knew this would happen.

01:17:17He did flare, too.

01:17:20Roddy Piper

01:17:22has taken on the Horseman.

01:17:28What is going on here?

01:17:30He didn't stay over

01:17:32the Halliburton.

01:17:34Like the Horseman of old.

01:17:36You know, Mike, you're right.

01:17:38The crippled crossface is on.

01:17:40And flare

01:17:42is now going to join in again.

01:17:46What about this?

01:17:48The Horseman together

01:17:50attacking Roddy Piper.

01:17:52And I'm not so sure at first

01:17:54if Flair wanted it or not.

01:17:56Or did he?

01:17:58There's a lot more to this story

01:18:00than meets the eye right now.

01:18:02We'll be back.

01:18:06We welcome you back.

01:18:08And you know, we're all kind of

01:18:10jill-shocked based on what we've

01:18:12just seen.

01:18:14Piper and Flair, who over the past month,

01:18:16have become lifelong friends.

01:18:18Best friends.

01:18:20And it all seemed to just dissolve

01:18:22Mike and Bobby right before our eyes here.

01:18:24Well, it looked to me like Flair was trying

01:18:26to direct traffic there for a while.

01:18:28But Mongo is kind of a guy you can't control.

01:18:30He wants to say his piece.

01:18:32Piper took exception to it,

01:18:34and then Piper just snapped.

01:18:36There have been rumors of a rift

01:18:38between Flair and Piper, but it almost

01:18:40seemed as if the other Horseman members

01:18:42actually agitated Piper and Flair

01:18:45and the security tried to settle them down

01:18:47and they somehow came out

01:18:49and separated Piper

01:18:51from the Horseman attack.

01:18:53Wow.

01:18:55And I want to tell you, it took every

01:18:57security officer we had to finally

01:18:59pull these men apart.

01:19:01Our next match here on Nitro

01:19:03features Glacier, a man who is

01:19:05still undefeated in ring wars.

01:19:09And Ernest Miller, a man

01:19:11that he obviously can depend on

01:19:13and a man earlier, Mike, on a feature

01:19:15you had, is a man who is one of the most

01:19:17renowned karate martial arts

01:19:19champions in the world.

01:19:21Very well-rounded athlete, played in the

01:19:23National Football League for the Atlanta Falcons,

01:19:25the New York Jets, the New England Patriots,

01:19:27also in the CFL.

01:19:29As far as the martial arts goes, as we see the

01:19:31attack before the opening bell by High Voltage,

01:19:33ISKA,

01:19:35the International Sport Karate Association

01:19:37Super Heavyweight Champion,

01:19:39great kickboxer, perennial winner of the

01:19:41Battle of Atlanta, and now let's see

01:19:43if Ernest Miller can prove himself

01:19:45in a pro wrestling ring.

01:19:47Well, one good thing, he's got a

01:19:49partner I think he thinks he can rely on

01:19:51in Glacier. Should be a very

01:19:53interesting match. And another good thing,

01:19:55based on the wars Glacier's encountered

01:19:57over the past couple of months,

01:19:59here's a man Glacier can count on. How many

01:20:01times, Mike and Brain, have we seen

01:20:03Glacier double-team, even

01:20:05triple-team when you can't bound to Berg

01:20:07by Mortis Earp?

01:20:10Top rope!

01:20:12The trio of terror,

01:20:14James Vandenberg, Mortis,

01:20:16and Rath, almost on every

01:20:18occasion they've came out and they have

01:20:20attacked Glacier in an outnumbered

01:20:22situation. You're right, with Ernest Miller

01:20:24he finally has someone to

01:20:26follow up and to keep an eye on his back.

01:20:28The last time, Great American Bash

01:20:30handcuffed to the top rope.

01:20:32Glacier was. Glacier was, yes.

01:20:34No escape.

01:20:36Certainly a bitter

01:20:38feud that has developed even before

01:20:40their years at WCW, with

01:20:42Glacier, Mortis, and Rath

01:20:44and James Vandenberg. And now, we are

01:20:46seeing Glacier, who has now made

01:20:48the complete circle here, from

01:20:50great martial arts champion to

01:20:52fine pro wrestler, but he runs into a

01:20:54back elbow, and here we go!

01:20:56They are here, Mortis, Rath, and

01:20:58James Vandenberg, but they are not

01:21:00storming the ring as usual.

01:21:02Well, we know that Vandenberg is very

01:21:04calculating, now that they don't have

01:21:06the numbers in their favor. Obviously,

01:21:08they're waiting to see what happens in this matchup.

01:21:10High risk move by Rage, does not connect.

01:21:12Tag is in to Ernest Miller, let's see

01:21:14what he can do. Springboard into that

01:21:16kick. The cat.

01:21:18How about this kick? Ross Miller.

01:21:20He is on the money with everyone.

01:21:22A cover, and we got a save

01:21:24by Chaos. The

01:21:26chaotic kick by Glacier

01:21:28sends Chaos out. And now the cat,

01:21:30Ernest Miller, and Glacier

01:21:32double teaming Rage to the

01:21:34midsection. Leg sweep to take him down.

01:21:36Miller climbing the top rope.

01:21:38Look at the agility in this man. Look at this!

01:21:40Oh! Caught him

01:21:42with a jumping spinning round kick off

01:21:44the top. And covers him with a

01:21:46three, and here they come! It's not over

01:21:48yet. Oh boy,

01:21:50they put the brakes on now.

01:21:52They were running when the backs were turned,

01:21:54and when Miller and Glacier turned

01:21:56around, Rath

01:21:58and Mortis put the brakes on.

01:22:00Fans are going to take a very special

01:22:02look at two of the greatest athletes in the world,

01:22:04Hulk Hogan and Dennis Rodman.

01:22:16Oh my God!

01:22:26This is the real

01:22:28Hulk Rod. I've seen it in action.

01:22:32I've seen it in action.

01:22:52The man, your child,

01:22:54the big son, serious, serious

01:22:56brother.

01:23:02The size of us, we all want to follow

01:23:04the same way. Next, next.

01:23:18The following announcement

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01:23:22Got Hulk, haven't answered the pen set.

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01:23:44The preceding announcement has been

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01:23:48We are back.

01:23:50It's time for our feature bout

01:23:52here on Nitro. They're standing

01:23:54waiting for DDP

01:23:56Diamond Dallas Page.

01:23:58What a big match he has coming up

01:24:00against Scott Hall and Mike

01:24:02Tanae as he makes his way to the ring.

01:24:04We've got some big events of WCW

01:24:06to talk about this weekend.

01:24:08Huge news, Tony. Take note.

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01:24:5427th. Big news from

01:24:56World Championship Wrestling and a

01:24:58big main event matchup. Scott

01:25:00Hall will be coming out next. We'll be back

01:25:02live on Nitro. Stay right with

01:25:04us.

01:25:12Well, it's time for the NWO

01:25:14and that means Scott Hall makes his way

01:25:16out in green. As we head

01:25:18now to Banks of the Beach, we know that

01:25:20DDP has this surprise,

01:25:22this mystery partner. We've all

01:25:24often wondered here tonight many times,

01:25:26will it be the same man

01:25:28who makes his debut, the Impact player

01:25:30next Monday live on Nitro in Las

01:25:32Vegas? The fact is, tonight

01:25:34I think the NWO may

01:25:36try to take DDP down

01:25:38a few more notches. Well, if I was

01:25:40calling the shots for the NWO, that's

01:25:42what I would do. I would make sure

01:25:44that DDP never made

01:25:46it, never made it to the beach.

01:25:48Now we all know the

01:25:50outsiders always want to have a game

01:25:52plan in their favor. Well, upcoming

01:25:54at Bash at the Beach, Diamond

01:25:56Dallas Page has a tag team partner, a

01:25:58mystery man that Savage and Hall

01:26:00don't know anything about. And I'll tell you

01:26:02something, there's been a lot... Wait a minute!

01:26:04What is this all

01:26:06about? Just what you said. They're

01:26:08planning to take DDP out.

01:26:10Just when we anticipated a one-on-one

01:26:12matchup, because we're notified

01:26:14that Kevin Nash is not going

01:26:16to be at Nitro, now the Macho Man has arrived

01:26:18on the scene. We didn't even see him

01:26:20earlier here. Tony, there's a lot of things

01:26:22you might not notice

01:26:24in the next couple of minutes that you didn't see

01:26:26before. You never know with the NWO

01:26:28and madness out there.

01:26:30Well, if Diamond Dallas has

01:26:32a mystery partner and a surprise,

01:26:34then DDP's got a big surprise

01:26:36here. The Macho Man has

01:26:38arrived, and the double teaming

01:26:40you know is going to happen during

01:26:42the course of this one. DDP smartly

01:26:44drops down now to the floor.

01:26:46And just like Hogan and Rodman,

01:26:48you don't think they're going into this match

01:26:50without having someone watch their back.

01:26:52Alright,

01:26:54Kimberly's going to leave.

01:26:56Yeah, go

01:26:58lady. I don't blame you.

01:27:00Get away from this one.

01:27:02Gentlemen, we better get loose here too.

01:27:04You don't know what's going to happen.

01:27:06So the NWO once again...

01:27:08I mean, you know the feeling

01:27:10between DDP and Savage.

01:27:12You know the feeling between DDP

01:27:14and Scott Hall.

01:27:16The fans witnessed it at Spring Stampede

01:27:18between DDP and Savage.

01:27:20Then again at the Great American Bash.

01:27:22And of course, the Great

01:27:24American Bash, Scott Hall

01:27:26instrumental in Savage getting that

01:27:28win. But now, what we thought

01:27:30would be a one-on-one matchup

01:27:32without Kevin Nash has turned

01:27:34into a...

01:27:36Well, there's a history between

01:27:38these two. They certainly know each other

01:27:40very well from several years ago

01:27:42prior to becoming a wrestler.

01:27:44Diamond Dallas Page was a manager

01:27:46and he managed this man, Scott Hall.

01:27:48I'm thinking about next

01:27:50Monday, a major impact

01:27:52player to debut at Nitro.

01:27:54Could it possibly be the

01:27:56same person that Diamond Dallas Page

01:27:58has as his mystery tag team partner?

01:28:00Well, you know there's been all kinds of scandals and scoops

01:28:02and everything going on in this sport since the

01:28:04beginning. And this is the first time I

01:28:06can't get a bite on anything. No one's

01:28:08talking. No one's talking who the partner is.

01:28:10No one's talking who the impact player is,

01:28:12if it is the same.

01:28:14In the world of many unanswered questions,

01:28:16there's one question we know the answer to.

01:28:18How about the ribs to DDP?

01:28:20Obviously, still hurting

01:28:22as a result of that brutal

01:28:24matchup at the Great

01:28:26American Bash. And Scott Hall,

01:28:28as we said, involved in that. But DDP,

01:28:32a lot of hard determination,

01:28:34hooks onto the arm,

01:28:36full-arm drag and twist, and now pulling down

01:28:38on Scott Hall. Remember, the

01:28:40outsider edge is his

01:28:42premier maneuver. And don't forget,

01:28:44DDP is wounded.

01:28:46He hasn't recovered. And with those bad ribs,

01:28:48they're gonna go right for him.

01:28:52Now, Bobby, as a former

01:28:54manager yourself, have you ever

01:28:56seen anyone make the transition

01:28:58as successfully as Diamond Dallas Page

01:29:00has from going from that manager's

01:29:02role to now one of the top stars of

01:29:04professional wrestling? No one. No one.

01:29:06I didn't have the success as a wrestler

01:29:08as Diamond Dallas did.

01:29:10Moving out of the way, DDP

01:29:12showing the quickness. Left hands.

01:29:14Well, you can tell he's

01:29:16not 100%. But that hasn't stopped him at all.

01:29:18Picks him up. And the

01:29:20bad ribs. You're not kidding. Atomic

01:29:22drop. Pulling.

01:29:26Touch all the bases. You just hit a

01:29:28home run, pal.

01:29:32The macho man on the outside.

01:29:34Not involved yet.

01:29:36And that time

01:29:38over the top should have been

01:29:40the DQ. But Randy

01:29:42Anderson looking at the macho man, Randy Savage.

01:29:44And that obviously has

01:29:46to re-injure some ribs here.

01:29:48The back body drop and the momentum

01:29:50taking Page up and over the top rope and down

01:29:52to the floor.

01:29:56Not a good place to be.

01:29:58DDP.

01:30:00Slow to try to get to his feet.

01:30:02And now Scott Hall.

01:30:04You're seeing once again the NWO

01:30:06at it's lethal best.

01:30:08Backhanded chop. And that one

01:30:10sent DDP all the way to the

01:30:12safety rail on the far side.

01:30:14Once again homing in

01:30:16on the ribs.

01:30:18He can't last much longer. Not with those

01:30:20ribs of shape there.

01:30:24That's not a kitchen chair he was

01:30:26just thrown into. Those are steel

01:30:28steps. Very heavy steel steps.

01:30:30And he tumbled him over

01:30:32that time. With his momentum

01:30:34and weight. A cover. One.

01:30:36Two. Using the ropes. But

01:30:38DDP kicking away.

01:30:40There's a lot of fight in this man.

01:30:42There's no doubt about it. He's never asked anybody

01:30:44for help. He took on the whole NWO

01:30:46by himself. I've never seen a man

01:30:48as courageous as this man Diamond Dallas.

01:30:50He doesn't ask for help.

01:30:52Forearm shot. Right between the shoulder

01:30:54blades. Right in the lower back actually. And again.

01:30:56You know you've noticed

01:30:58they've worked everywhere. On every

01:31:00side of the body. Every part of the rib cage.

01:31:02But DDP!

01:31:04All he needs is one opportunity to slap you

01:31:06in that finishing maneuver of his.

01:31:08The Diamond Cutter. That's a good point

01:31:10Brayden. It doesn't take long for him to put it

01:31:12on. And that's what he needs. That

01:31:14one shot to get the Diamond Cutter

01:31:16on. But you know as well as I do

01:31:18if it comes on he'll have to fend

01:31:20off Savage. I mean why

01:31:22else would he be out here but to prevent

01:31:24a DDP win here. And Savage

01:31:26now.

01:31:28Taking advantage of every

01:31:30cheap shot he can get in.

01:31:32And you have to when you're fighting the likes of a man like

01:31:34Diamond Dallas. Because he'll do it too.

01:31:36You know we've talked about

01:31:38DDP being a thorn in the side of the

01:31:40NWO. He's become much more

01:31:42than that. Over the past few weeks.

01:31:44Over the past few months. He has become

01:31:46one of the top superstars.

01:31:48I thought that time he would try

01:31:50the Diamond Cutter but really it was

01:31:52an arm drag takedown.

01:31:54Dropped straight down with the arm bar. The advantage

01:31:56that Page does have is that he can apply

01:31:58that Diamond Cutter from almost any angle.

01:32:00I think Page realizes

01:32:02now he needs a little more air. He needs to take

01:32:04a little more time. He didn't have

01:32:06Scott Hall exactly where he wanted him. He knows what he's

01:32:08doing.

01:32:10Trying to unravel the Ace Bandage.

01:32:12And that time he leveled

01:32:14him. Well when you try to get some

01:32:16air or try to maybe take a break.

01:32:18You usually go on the outside.

01:32:20But here the Macho Man is on

01:32:22the outside. So for Page

01:32:24nowhere to go. Exactly

01:32:26right. There is no place for

01:32:28shelter here tonight.

01:32:30And now the fans

01:32:32stomping their feet clapping.

01:32:34Trying to encourage DDP to get up

01:32:36while Liz on the outside

01:32:38encouraging Scott Hall. He's up!

01:32:40He's showing the Diamond Cutter! And Savage

01:32:42did not waste any time.

01:32:44He saw that one coming.

01:32:46That calls for the bell. Page will

01:32:48win by disqualification. But this one

01:32:50is far from over. Savage knew exactly

01:32:52when he made that motion what was gonna happen.

01:32:54Savage saved this one for Scott

01:32:56Hall. There's no doubt about it.

01:32:58Well this is the NWO

01:33:00at their worst. Taking

01:33:02advantage of Page with the

01:33:04two on one with both Scott Hall and

01:33:06the Macho Man Randy Savage. They set

01:33:08Page up on the top. You're

01:33:10right. They're here to take him out. They're here to break his back.

01:33:12There is no question. And now

01:33:14Diamond Dallas who says

01:33:16he has a mystery partner

01:33:18coming up at Bash at the Beach may never

01:33:20make it there. Well you need

01:33:22him now. You're not kidding. That's where you need him.

01:33:24Backdrop superplex off the

01:33:26top by Scott Hall. And now the Macho

01:33:28Man. Oh my! It's

01:33:30Sting in the... Sting is here!

01:33:32He's in the stands! He's got the

01:33:34bat!

01:33:36It stopped Savage dead in his

01:33:38tracks. Dead in his tracks.

01:33:40Scott Hall pointing.

01:33:42Savage looking. Sting

01:33:44standing in the crowd.

01:33:46But he's too far away.

01:33:48He can't make it to save Page.

01:33:50Savage is almost hypnotized.

01:33:54Savage is standing on that

01:33:56top turnbuckle. Just eye to eye

01:33:58with Sting across the building.

01:34:00Sting has

01:34:02this effect on the NWO. Stopping

01:34:04the NWO and their efforts

01:34:06at least temporarily.

01:34:08Savage...

01:34:10You know

01:34:12Page cannot take many more of these.

01:34:14Sting is making his way to the ring.

01:34:16Sting to the ring!

01:34:18Fighting his way through the crowd.

01:34:20It's Savage again. Is this

01:34:22the mystery partner?

01:34:26That's the question. He'll do.

01:34:28You're not kidding, he'll do.

01:34:30He's coming

01:34:32in the ring now. With his ball

01:34:34bat and all.

01:34:36The single most dominant

01:34:38force in our sport is here.

01:34:42And Savage and Scott Hall

01:34:44taking the low rope.

01:34:50There's a man nobody wants to pull with.

01:34:54As the fans

01:34:56show their disgust

01:34:58at the NWO.

01:35:00The fallen DDP.

01:35:02Sting with the bat.

01:35:04Just trying to get him out of the ring.

01:35:08Diamond Dallas Page is definitely

01:35:10hurting.

01:35:12Well there's no question here guys.

01:35:16He's not moving.

01:35:20The fans in unison

01:35:22chanting Sting at a good point.

01:35:24Savage and Hall applauding

01:35:26at ringside.

01:35:28Page unconscious at the feet of Sting.

01:35:32Sting...

01:35:34They are surrounding Sting now but don't forget

01:35:36he's got the bat.

01:35:38I wouldn't have nothing to do with him. I'd get out of here right now.

01:35:40And we do have to get out of here.

01:35:42Savage...

01:35:44We're out of time.

01:35:48He's gone nuts.

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