WCW Clash of the Champions 18: January 21, 1992

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00:00:00And the way to bankrupt this whole company is to take away your heroes.

00:00:07And I'm starting right at the top with Sting.

00:00:10To achieve his goal, he assembled a team of the best of the worst in WCW.

00:00:15And tonight, the evil empire of the Dangerous Alliance meets his match

00:00:20against wrestling's powerhouse.

00:00:24And tonight, the evil empire of the Dangerous Alliance meets his match

00:00:28against wrestling's power elite, led by Sting.

00:00:32I tell you right now that my blood is boiling!

00:00:36When World Championship Wrestling presents

00:00:39Clash of the Champions.

00:00:47And now, from the Kansas Expo Center in Topeka,

00:00:50here are your ringside hosts, J. Ross and Tony Giovanni.

00:00:57And welcome everyone, you are looking live indeed at the Kansas Expo Center

00:01:01for It's the Clash of the Champions.

00:01:03A tremendous crowd has assembled for nine tremendous matches

00:01:07that you will see today.

00:01:09And fans, it's going to be a tremendous night,

00:01:11and the Dangerous Alliance certainly had the opportunity

00:01:14to make their statement and their intentions known here in WCW.

00:01:17And Tony, in addition to the great wrestling action,

00:01:19we've got some big surprises for all the fans watching here today.

00:01:23It's our first big event of 1992,

00:01:26and what a way to start it out with a Clash of the Champions here on TBS.

00:01:29I will have some blockbuster announcements

00:01:31concerning World Championship Wrestling later on in the telecast, Jim.

00:01:35We think this is going to be the best Clash of the Champions ever.

00:01:38And our colleagues Eric Bischoff and Missy Hyatt are standing by.

00:01:42Let's go to them now.

00:01:45All right. Thanks, Jim and Tony.

00:01:48And welcome to the Clash of Champions,

00:01:50where once again, WCW brings you the very best this sport has to offer.

00:01:55And Missy, there is so much excitement surrounding the Clash of Champions.

00:01:59Well, like always, Eric, I'm going to be where the action is.

00:02:02And I'll have interviews throughout the broadcast

00:02:05with some of the biggest and brightest superstars of WCW.

00:02:08But right now, it's time to kick off the Clash of Champions.

00:02:11Let's get down to Gary Michael Cappella.

00:02:15Ladies and gentlemen, this first contest on the Clash of the Champions.

00:02:20Tag team action.

00:02:22It is set for one fall with a 30-minute time limit.

00:02:27Introducing team number one,

00:02:30accompanied by former heavyweight champion Harley Race.

00:02:34He's from the Rocky Mountains.

00:02:36He weighs 445 pounds.

00:02:40Big Ben Bader!

00:02:46His tag team partner from Kansas City,

00:02:49375 pounds.

00:02:52The bodyguard, Mr. Hughes!

00:02:57Fans, I'd like to remind you that Ricky the Dragon Steamboat

00:03:00is live on the wrestling hotline now until 25 past the hour.

00:03:05He's with Lance Russell and Gordon Soley,

00:03:07covering this event live on the hotline.

00:03:09So call now or talk perhaps to Ricky the Dragon Steamboat

00:03:12until 25 past the hour.

00:03:25What a challenge this will be for the Steiner brothers.

00:03:27Let's go back up to Gary Cappella.

00:03:29And ladies and gentlemen, their opponents.

00:03:32From Detroit, Michigan,

00:03:34total combined weight, 525 pounds,

00:03:38Rick Steiner, Scott Steiner,

00:03:41the Steiner brothers!

00:03:45The Steiner brothers,

00:03:47the WCW Magazine Tag Team of the Year.

00:03:53They are looking to get back in the title hunt.

00:03:56New World Tag Team Champions,

00:03:58Arn Anderson and Beautiful Bobby,

00:04:00they won those titles this past Thursday

00:04:02in Jacksonville, Florida, Tony.

00:04:04But this is a must-win situation for both teams

00:04:07as far as the tag team standings are concerned.

00:04:10Well, you know, right now,

00:04:11the furthest thing from the mind of the Steiner brothers

00:04:14have to be Arn Anderson and Beautiful Bobby.

00:04:16They have to be focused on Big Van Vader and Mr. Hughes.

00:04:19The Steiner's certainly one of the most powerful teams ever

00:04:22in the history of WCW,

00:04:23but I think this is, without a doubt,

00:04:25the biggest team they've ever met.

00:04:27And I mean, Big Van Vader is not only big,

00:04:30he is rough and rugged,

00:04:31and he wants to begin things.

00:04:33Two great former footballers

00:04:35against two great former amateur wrestlers.

00:04:39Mr. Hughes, who played at Kansas State

00:04:41not too far from Topeka, Manhattan,

00:04:44against Scotty Steiner,

00:04:45who is a great amateur at the University of Michigan.

00:04:49Scotty Steiner, single-leg pick-up,

00:04:51taking the big man off his feet.

00:04:53But Hughes quickly in the ropes, and we have a break.

00:04:55You know, I had a chance to talk to Scotty

00:04:57before I telecasted

00:04:58the year of last year of 1991.

00:05:00Started out with a bang for the Steiner's

00:05:02World Tag Team Champions,

00:05:03IWGP International Tag Team Champions.

00:05:06But you know, with that injury,

00:05:07he feels now this may be his biggest match

00:05:10since the injury right here on TBS.

00:05:13Good fireman carry takeover by Scott Steiner.

00:05:16And they are wrestling very sound thus far

00:05:18in attempting to get the 375-pound Mr. Hughes off his feet.

00:05:22There's Big Van Vader.

00:05:24Vader, two-time football All-American

00:05:26at Colorado, number-one draft choice of the Rams.

00:05:30Big right hand by Mr. Hughes.

00:05:32Found his mark in the jaw of Scott Steiner.

00:05:36Scotty and Rick cannot allow Hughes and Vader

00:05:39to dictate the pace and control the offense, Tony,

00:05:43in the early going of this one.

00:05:44Well, Jim, they got to keep him off their feet

00:05:47from establishing that vertical base.

00:05:48That's what Scotty tried to do with a single-leg pick-up

00:05:51early on.

00:05:54Mr. Hughes now letting his guard down.

00:05:58He's got him waist-high, two-punch.

00:06:02And quickly, Mr. Hughes leaves the ring.

00:06:08Harley Race, who will be in Kansas City tomorrow night

00:06:12for a big WCW event at the Municipal Auditorium.

00:06:16Ironically, Race won his first world title,

00:06:19that meant, in Kansas City

00:06:21in May of 1973.

00:06:23I guess Dory Funk Jr. Race will be involved

00:06:25in that big event in Kansas City

00:06:27at the Municipal Auditorium.

00:06:28Starts tomorrow night at 7 o'clock.

00:06:31Mr. Hughes made a critical error,

00:06:33and what it was was obvious,

00:06:34turning his back to Scotty Steiner,

00:06:36enabling Scotty Steiner to even think about

00:06:38what he wanted to do next.

00:06:41Scotty now trapped in the corner of Vader and Hughes,

00:06:45and Rick comes across to help his brother.

00:06:47Oh, right!

00:06:48That right hand floored Rick Steiner.

00:06:50Steiner thrown outside.

00:06:53And now, Vader is in.

00:06:55He throws Scott Steiner outside,

00:06:56both the Steiner brothers being manhandled

00:06:59by Vader and Hughes.

00:07:00But here they come!

00:07:01They're both up on top!

00:07:02Rick and Scott standing on the top rope!

00:07:05Steiner line!

00:07:06In tandem!

00:07:09What an explosion!

00:07:12For this crowd here at the Expo Center

00:07:15in Topeka, Kansas,

00:07:16and you're watching it live here on TBS.

00:07:19And the Steiners draw so much emotion from the fans,

00:07:22as long as they can execute those moves,

00:07:25as long as Big Fan Vader

00:07:26and Mr. Hughes continue to turn their back on the Steiners,

00:07:31and the Steiners will be able to do things like that,

00:07:33and they'll get even stronger as this match goes on.

00:07:39Mr. Hughes back in.

00:07:40There's Harley Race giving his men some instructions,

00:07:44and Race is a real master at strategy

00:07:46and in-ring technique.

00:07:48And here is Big Fan Vader.

00:07:50445 pounds!

00:07:55As I mentioned, a two-time All-American

00:07:57at the University of Colorado,

00:07:58in the Big 8 Conference.

00:08:00Number one draft choice in the Los Angeles Rams.

00:08:03He was a phenomenal offensive lineman.

00:08:05Good belly-to-back suplex,

00:08:06dropping Rick Steiner on his back.

00:08:09But what he needs to do right here

00:08:10is to maybe come up with something else.

00:08:13He dropped him. He looked at him.

00:08:14He's wasting a lot of time between point A and point B.

00:08:18Another suplex,

00:08:19taking a page out of the Steiners' playbook.

00:08:24Rick Steiner, high school,

00:08:26All-Stater in football and in wrestling.

00:08:30Bay City, Michigan.

00:08:32Vader now slowing it down,

00:08:34using that power and that tremendous mass

00:08:37with a great strength

00:08:39extending the arms in the military press,

00:08:42slamming Rick Steiner.

00:08:45But Jim, notice how Rick is getting to his feet

00:08:48by himself.

00:08:49Therefore, that tells me that Rick Steiner

00:08:51is not completely out of this,

00:08:52even though he's taking a lot of big blows.

00:08:56Vader, all 445,

00:08:58planting Rick Steiner in the corner.

00:09:02This Saturday on WCW,

00:09:03the Steiners will take on

00:09:05two members of the Dangerous Alliance,

00:09:07and I know they hope it will be

00:09:08beautiful Bobby and Arne Anderson,

00:09:10but they will wrestle the Dangerous Alliance

00:09:12this Saturday.

00:09:13Steiner line.

00:09:15Right out of the corner,

00:09:16that explosive Steiner line

00:09:17that flattened the 445-pounder

00:09:20in a suplex.

00:09:24The second Steiner line

00:09:25takes Vader over the top.

00:09:29Once again, Rick Steiner showing

00:09:31he has a lot of resiliency.

00:09:33Those big slams,

00:09:34Gorilla presses by,

00:09:35then, oh, my!

00:09:37Vader caught him.

00:09:38He caught him

00:09:39and rammed Steiner's back

00:09:41into the ring post.

00:09:42It shook the ring.

00:09:44Great strength, Tony,

00:09:45by Van Vader catching Rick Steiner

00:09:47in midair.

00:09:48That resiliency I was talking about

00:09:50may not come into play here

00:09:51because he hit flesh in that ring post,

00:09:53and now I'm not so sure

00:09:54if he can get back to his feet or not.

00:09:55Look, though.

00:09:56Steiner still attempts

00:09:57to get to his feet by himself.

00:10:03Van Vader with a clothesline of his own

00:10:06showing that he, too,

00:10:07can deliver the high-impact maneuvers.

00:10:10These athletes represent

00:10:11great institutions like Colorado,

00:10:14Michigan, and Kansas State.

00:10:19Vader now going for the first

00:10:22high-risk move of his duo

00:10:26in this matchup,

00:10:27but he's caught by Rick Steiner

00:10:28with those right hands,

00:10:29and now what can Rick Steiner do

00:10:32to the 445-pounder?

00:10:35He got him up and got him over.

00:10:37What power, what strength

00:10:39by Rick Steiner,

00:10:40belly-to-belly suplexing Vader

00:10:42off the top rope.

00:10:46Scotty in.

00:10:48Going for the cover.

00:10:49He's got him.

00:10:50One, two to near fall.

00:10:51He got two that time.

00:10:53One of the keys here for the Steiners

00:10:54was Scotty pulling on that rope,

00:10:55preventing Vader from getting up top.

00:10:57That's enabled the Steiners

00:10:58to get the advantage.

00:11:00Scotty trying to belly-to-back suplex,

00:11:01but Vader widening his base

00:11:03and setting out an assist

00:11:06from brother Rick with those right hands,

00:11:08and Vader up and down.

00:11:10And if you like high-impact wrestling,

00:11:14this is WCW at its best here.

00:11:17Scotty high-risk move,

00:11:19and Vader caught him

00:11:20and turned it into a power slam.

00:11:22Well, that time, Scotty,

00:11:23when he saw that Vader was up

00:11:25standing waiting on him,

00:11:26he should have climbed down,

00:11:28but he took the risk,

00:11:29and he's paid for it.

00:11:31Vader missed with a clothesline.

00:11:33Scotty up and over.

00:11:35And Vader!

00:11:36Oh, my!

00:11:37445 right down in the chest.

00:11:40Got to knock the breath out of Scott Steiner

00:11:42in that move,

00:11:43and Vader makes a tag to Mr. Hughes.

00:11:48Yeah, you knew Hughes

00:11:49would kick him while he's down.

00:11:50This is where Mr. Hughes is so effective

00:11:53when the other person is injured.

00:11:55Oh, power slam!

00:11:57What power moves we're seeing here.

00:11:59He may have him.

00:12:002 1⁄2!

00:12:01Near fall situation

00:12:03secured by Mr. Hughes

00:12:04in this tag team war.

00:12:07Another clothesline.

00:12:09You know, Jim,

00:12:10I haven't seen the Steiners

00:12:11in this kind of trouble,

00:12:12really, since they wrestled in Japan

00:12:15about a year ago

00:12:17as a team.

00:12:19Irish whip.

00:12:21And Hughes

00:12:23took a chance.

00:12:24Took a chance.

00:12:25Didn't got to pay off, obviously.

00:12:30What a broadcast we have.

00:12:32And there's a tag.

00:12:34Rick Steiner in.

00:12:37Hughes up and over!

00:12:40That low center of gravity

00:12:42working so well for Rick Steiner.

00:12:43He elevated him!

00:12:45What a back body drop

00:12:47executed by Rick Steiner

00:12:48on Mr. Hughes.

00:12:51Now Van Vader wants to come in.

00:12:53I think Harley Race has told him

00:12:54get in there.

00:12:56Vader, a cheap shot from behind.

00:12:59Here comes Scott Steiner.

00:13:01Vader throwing Rick outside,

00:13:03who's the legal man.

00:13:04And now they'll double team Scotty.

00:13:07Hughes holding Scott.

00:13:09Scott dropped out of sight.

00:13:11And Hughes was kneeled

00:13:13by his own partner.

00:13:15Race up.

00:13:16Race knocked off the apron.

00:13:18Steiner and Vader fighting outside

00:13:20as Rick Steiner climbs up top.

00:13:22Mr. Hughes is dazed.

00:13:24And there's a bulldog!

00:13:28Bulldog!

00:13:29And a three!

00:13:30The Steiners win it!

00:13:31Ladies and gentlemen,

00:13:32the winners of the match,

00:13:34Rick Scott,

00:13:35the Steiner Brothers!

00:13:39What a victory for the Steiner Brothers.

00:13:42Tony, as we take another look

00:13:44at some of the high impact moves

00:13:47we just witnessed.

00:13:48I tell you what, Jim,

00:13:49one of the keys of this match

00:13:50was the time between point to point

00:13:53and execution.

00:13:54The Steiners wasted no time.

00:13:56Moves like it's belly to belly.

00:13:57Then they would come back

00:13:58with something else immediately.

00:14:00And then this.

00:14:01When Vader and Scott

00:14:02were on the outside,

00:14:03Rick, tremendous elevation

00:14:05from the corner.

00:14:06And the Steiners deserve it.

00:14:07They continue to move up the ladder

00:14:09in tag team rankings.

00:14:10Steiner Brothers looking

00:14:11for the World Tag Team Championship.

00:14:13And we'll have more

00:14:14on the clash of the champions

00:14:15after this time out.

00:14:17♪♪

00:14:28♪♪

00:14:33Ladies and gentlemen,

00:14:34the following tag team event,

00:14:36it is set for one fall

00:14:38with a 20 minute time limit.

00:14:41Introducing first,

00:14:43from Wyoming,

00:14:44weighing 230 pounds,

00:14:47Young Pistol Tracy.

00:14:50His tag team partner

00:14:51from Vero Beach, Florida,

00:14:53240 pounds,

00:14:56the Taylor Made Man.

00:14:59Fans, don't forget WCW

00:15:00this Thursday night

00:15:01in Springfield, Missouri

00:15:02at the Shrine Lost.

00:15:03Mike Peltz got a big card there

00:15:04for this Friday night

00:15:05in Joplin, Missouri

00:15:06at the Memorial Hall

00:15:08promoter Barry Jackson

00:15:09got a big line up there.

00:15:11That's Thursday in Springfield

00:15:12and Friday in Joplin.

00:15:17And ladies and gentlemen,

00:15:18their opponents,

00:15:19from Cincinnati, Ohio,

00:15:21225 pounds,

00:15:23Flyin' Brian.

00:15:26And from Marietta, Georgia,

00:15:28235 pounds,

00:15:30Marcus Alexander-Bagwell.

00:15:35The rookie,

00:15:36Marcus Alexander-Bagwell

00:15:38and High Flyin' Brian Pillman.

00:15:41Gonna be two veterans here

00:15:43in the Taylor Made Man

00:15:44and Young Pistol Tracy.

00:15:46And Tony, to the best

00:15:47of my knowledge,

00:15:48neither of these four

00:15:49have been tag team partners

00:15:51on any regular basis.

00:15:53So it's gonna be,

00:15:54perhaps the advantage

00:15:55will be to the men

00:15:56with the most experience.

00:15:58That meaning the Taylor Made Man

00:15:59and Smothers.

00:16:00But you know that Smothers

00:16:02is used to Steve Armstrong

00:16:03as his partner.

00:16:04So his timing with Taylor

00:16:06may be a little bit off

00:16:07more than Bagwell

00:16:09and Flyin' Brian.

00:16:13Taylor Made Man,

00:16:14who left the York Foundation

00:16:15about three weeks ago

00:16:16to go on his own.

00:16:18Flyin' Brian,

00:16:19the very first

00:16:20WCW Light Heavyweight Champion.

00:16:25We'll be talking more

00:16:26about Jushin Thunder Liger

00:16:27in the WCW Light Heavyweight

00:16:29Championship later

00:16:30in this broadcast.

00:16:31As Taylor forces

00:16:32Pillman into the corner

00:16:33with a collar elbow tie up.

00:16:35And Taylor with a shoulder block

00:16:36to the midsection.

00:16:37Follows it with a judo chop.

00:16:43And Pillman retaliated

00:16:44as you can hear.

00:16:47Great quickness

00:16:48by Flyin' Brian.

00:16:49Taking down the Taylor Made Man.

00:16:53And Bagwell with a right hand.

00:16:55And Bagwell.

00:16:57Finally, scoring on Taylor again.

00:16:59Here comes Smothers.

00:17:00He's knocked down.

00:17:03Taylor went face first

00:17:04right there, Jim.

00:17:05And I think he went

00:17:06face first on purpose.

00:17:07Because it was better

00:17:08to hit the mat

00:17:09than get hit by Flyin' Brian

00:17:10in that right hand.

00:17:13Pillman's so quick.

00:17:15He's like a fast-breaking

00:17:16basketball team.

00:17:17But that's how

00:17:18you slow it down.

00:17:19High impact move

00:17:21by the Taylor Made Man.

00:17:22Back breaker,

00:17:23leg hooked.

00:17:24He got two out of it.

00:17:25Referee Mike Atkins

00:17:26signals that to this

00:17:27tremendous crowd here

00:17:28in the Kansas Expo Center.

00:17:32Gotta give Taylor

00:17:33a lot of credit.

00:17:34Of course, you know,

00:17:35I've always thought

00:17:36he was maybe the most

00:17:37underrated superstar

00:17:38we have in WCW.

00:17:39He did not let

00:17:40Flyin' Brian's barrage

00:17:41at the beginning

00:17:42keep him away from doing

00:17:43what he wants to do.

00:17:44What a move!

00:17:46Great counter-movement

00:17:47to the head scissors.

00:17:48Crossbody press.

00:17:49Flyin' Brian reaches back.

00:17:50Hooked the leg

00:17:51and got two.

00:17:52Tags in the rookie

00:17:53Marcus Alexander Bagwell.

00:17:54And Bagwell brings Taylor

00:17:55with both feet

00:17:56as he does Smothers.

00:17:58Hip-blocking Taylor over.

00:17:59Hip-blocking Smothers over.

00:18:00The rookie for Marietta Taylor.

00:18:01The rookie for Marietta Georgia

00:18:02is on fire in the early going.

00:18:04Pillman.

00:18:06Aaron Pillman.

00:18:08Over the top.

00:18:09Drop kicks.

00:18:10And Pillman and Bagwell

00:18:11take to the air

00:18:12and are very effective

00:18:13in the early going

00:18:14of this tag team event.

00:18:17You know that slingshot,

00:18:18but watch out!

00:18:19Here they come!

00:18:21Over the top.

00:18:22Crossbody presses

00:18:23in tandem.

00:18:26Pillman is so competitive.

00:18:28He was a second team

00:18:29All-American

00:18:30nose guard

00:18:31at Miami of Ohio

00:18:32at 225.

00:18:33And that year,

00:18:34the first team

00:18:35All-American nose tackle

00:18:36was a man

00:18:37by the name of

00:18:38William the Refrigerator Perry.

00:18:40So that's the kind of athlete

00:18:41Flyin' Brian has been

00:18:42his entire sports career.

00:18:45Right now,

00:18:46he has done some

00:18:47great communication

00:18:48with the youngster

00:18:49Marcus Alexander Bagwell.

00:18:50Those series of moves, Jim,

00:18:51were indicative of a team

00:18:52which has worked together

00:18:53for quite a while.

00:18:54And like you said,

00:18:55it's the first time

00:18:56Flyin' Brian and Bagwell

00:18:57have been together.

00:18:59Bagwell,

00:19:00the side headlock,

00:19:01needs to keep it basic.

00:19:02He's still learning his craft

00:19:03thanks to his buddy Sting.

00:19:05But right there,

00:19:07the extracurricular move

00:19:09on Taylor may have cost him.

00:19:11Well, once again,

00:19:12it gets down to inexperience.

00:19:13Turning your attention

00:19:14away from your opponent

00:19:15is always deadly.

00:19:17Flying elbow well placed

00:19:19by young pistol Tracy.

00:19:23Now catches the rookie

00:19:24with a clothesline.

00:19:26Couldn't get the leg hooked

00:19:27and Bagwell able to kick out.

00:19:30We said Sting,

00:19:31among others,

00:19:32including Mike Graham,

00:19:33Dustin Rhodes,

00:19:34and Flyin' Brian

00:19:35have spent their own time

00:19:39to help Bagwell

00:19:40in workout sessions.

00:19:41But now,

00:19:42the Taylor made man is in.

00:19:45And Jim,

00:19:46I've said so many times

00:19:47that because he is so close

00:19:48to Sting,

00:19:49Bagwell has become

00:19:50wrapped up in Sting's

00:19:51bitter war with Flyin' Brian.

00:19:53Wrapped up in Sting's

00:19:54bitter war against

00:19:55the Dangerous Alliance.

00:19:56Lateral press

00:19:57and got two out of it.

00:19:58And that may be a mistake.

00:19:59He needs to focus his attention

00:20:01on developing his own career

00:20:03and leave any bad blood

00:20:04that any other people

00:20:05would have alone.

00:20:10Smothers with a scoop slam.

00:20:13Gains some momentum

00:20:14from the ropes.

00:20:15And strategically,

00:20:16a sound maneuver

00:20:18by Bagwell

00:20:19and even sounder

00:20:20to make the tag

00:20:21to the red hot

00:20:22Flyin' Brian Pillman.

00:20:24The Cincinnati Kid

00:20:25elevating Smothers.

00:20:27He dropkicks Taylor

00:20:28right off the apron.

00:20:34Spinning karate kick

00:20:35by Flyin' Brian.

00:20:37The leg is hooked

00:20:38and Taylor interrupts the count.

00:20:41Good move by Taylor.

00:20:42Only thing he could do

00:20:43right there.

00:20:46And now Taylor

00:20:47and Smothers

00:20:48double teaming

00:20:49Flyin' Brian.

00:20:50Bagwell trying to help

00:20:51his partner.

00:20:52Referee's putting him out.

00:20:55And Taylor

00:20:56suplexes

00:20:57Pillman outside.

00:20:58He suplexed him

00:20:59from the apron

00:21:00all the way to the floor.

00:21:01And Pillman

00:21:02may not be able

00:21:03to continue.

00:21:04That is a tough suplex

00:21:05because usually

00:21:06when you execute

00:21:07a suplex,

00:21:08you fall back as well.

00:21:09Taylor had to hold

00:21:10his ground on the apron

00:21:11and let Flyin' go down.

00:21:14Indeed,

00:21:15a gut check time

00:21:17for the former

00:21:18Cincinnati Bengal.

00:21:22Pillman now

00:21:23tossed back inside.

00:21:24Let's see if Smothers

00:21:25can finish him off.

00:21:27He's going for the cover

00:21:28right away.

00:21:30Again, Pillman

00:21:31just will not quit.

00:21:33Tony, this kid

00:21:34has got as much

00:21:35intestinal fortitude

00:21:36as any athlete

00:21:37I've ever seen

00:21:38in any athletic field.

00:21:43He needs it now, Jim.

00:21:44He got into a situation

00:21:45where he was pinned

00:21:46in that corner

00:21:47trying to fight two men.

00:21:48You know

00:21:49by hitting hard

00:21:50on that mat,

00:21:51he's not 100% here.

00:21:54WCW's version

00:21:55of Charlie Hustle,

00:21:56Flyin' Bryant,

00:21:58must now reach down

00:21:59try to hold on

00:22:01and execute a tag

00:22:02to his partner.

00:22:03He reverses

00:22:04the Irish whip

00:22:05but it's Taylor

00:22:06with the advantage.

00:22:07Gut wrench

00:22:08into a powerbomb.

00:22:10And a near fall.

00:22:11That was a long two.

00:22:13Pillman barely able

00:22:15to get a shoulder up.

00:22:17You know,

00:22:18Bryant is so courageous.

00:22:19You know he won't do this

00:22:20but he has to stay away now

00:22:22from Terence Taylor.

00:22:23Get away from him.

00:22:26Taylor has Pillman

00:22:27down in the corner

00:22:28right about

00:22:29hammering with right

00:22:30sand with left.

00:22:31The Taylor main man.

00:22:33Looking very, very

00:22:34impressive in this contest.

00:22:37Now makes the exchange

00:22:38with his tag team partner

00:22:39for this event,

00:22:40Young Crystal,

00:22:41Tracy Smith.

00:22:44Tracy.

00:22:46With the elbow.

00:22:47And again, Pillman

00:22:48with the steel.

00:22:51Tracy has the attention

00:22:52of the referee.

00:22:53I was thinking maybe

00:22:54Taylor would jump down

00:22:55and try to

00:22:56jump on Bryant some more

00:22:57but Bryant got back

00:22:58to his feet.

00:23:00Eric Pillman scores.

00:23:03That's how quickly

00:23:04the momentum can turn.

00:23:06Will it give him the opportunity

00:23:07for the tag?

00:23:08Indeed it does.

00:23:10Bagwell and

00:23:11with a full head of steel

00:23:13and those right hands

00:23:14finding their mark.

00:23:19Elevating Smothers.

00:23:21Eric Pillman in.

00:23:22All four men now.

00:23:23In there.

00:23:24Taylor takes Pillman

00:23:25straight outside again.

00:23:28And Taylor with a double

00:23:29axe handle.

00:23:30Mid-back area.

00:23:31And now Taylor

00:23:32and Smothers

00:23:33double teaming the rookie.

00:23:36Bagwell

00:23:37trying to sunset flip.

00:23:38Taylor trying to

00:23:39hold him up.

00:23:40Pillman.

00:23:41Look out.

00:23:42Pillman from behind.

00:23:43Bagwell held him.

00:23:44Ladies and gentlemen,

00:23:45here are your winners.

00:23:47The team of Marcus

00:23:48Alexander Bagwell

00:23:49and

00:23:50Brian

00:23:51Bryant.

00:23:54The rookie

00:23:55Marcus Alexander Bagwell

00:23:57in his first

00:23:58Clash of the Champions

00:23:59appearance.

00:24:00Scores a pinfall

00:24:01for his team.

00:24:02And what a fast-paced

00:24:03offensive match it was.

00:24:05And like we said

00:24:06early on,

00:24:07even though they had

00:24:08never teamed together,

00:24:09their teamwork

00:24:10was really brisk.

00:24:11They looked great

00:24:12as a team

00:24:13and then at the end

00:24:14you saw Brian

00:24:15flying Brian

00:24:16over he goes.

00:24:17Certainly the biggest

00:24:18moment in the young

00:24:19career of Marcus

00:24:20Alexander Bagwell

00:24:21to get the three count.

00:24:22Fans,

00:24:23when we come back,

00:24:24we'll take a look at

00:24:25Jushin Thunder Liger

00:24:26and see light heavyweights

00:24:27in action.

00:24:38Welcome back,

00:24:39ladies and gentlemen,

00:24:40to the Clash of the Champions.

00:24:41In just a few moments,

00:24:42we're going to see

00:24:43light heavyweights

00:24:44in action.

00:24:45Richard Morton

00:24:46and Johnny B. Badd.

00:24:47But, Tony,

00:24:48the greatest light heavyweight

00:24:49in the world today

00:24:50is the champion

00:24:51Jushin Thunder Liger.

00:24:52Jushin Thunder Liger

00:24:53came to the United States,

00:24:54of course,

00:24:55at Christmas time.

00:24:56Won the light heavyweight

00:24:57title from flying Brian

00:24:58in a great match

00:24:59at the Omni Gym.

00:25:00And it was one of the

00:25:01greatest matches

00:25:02we'd ever seen.

00:25:03He certainly has

00:25:04great aerial skills.

00:25:05Then he went back

00:25:06to Japan

00:25:07in front of 65,000 fans

00:25:08as the light heavyweight

00:25:09champion of the world.

00:25:10He is quite a hero

00:25:11over there.

00:25:12We know that

00:25:13Jushin Liger

00:25:14will be in our next

00:25:15pay-per-view event

00:25:16on Saturday,

00:25:17February 29,

00:25:18Super Brawl 2

00:25:19to defend his championship.

00:25:20His opponent

00:25:21has yet to be named.

00:25:22And perhaps this match

00:25:23will go a long way

00:25:24in determining

00:25:25that opponent.

00:25:26Let's go right now

00:25:27back up to our ring announcer,

00:25:28Gary Michael Cappetta.

00:25:29Ladies and gentlemen,

00:25:30the following contest

00:25:31on TBS.

00:25:32It is set for one fall

00:25:33with a 20 minute

00:25:34time limit.

00:25:35Introducing first

00:25:36from Nashville, Tennessee,

00:25:37Gary Michael Cappetta.

00:25:39Richard Morton,

00:25:40who has really made

00:25:41a tremendous reputation

00:25:42for himself

00:25:43in the sport

00:25:44as a tag team wrestler,

00:25:45four times

00:25:46world tag team champion,

00:25:47but he's a phenomenal

00:25:48one-on-one athlete

00:25:49as well.

00:25:50Proud to be a great

00:25:51tag team wrestler.

00:25:52You've got to

00:25:53give him

00:25:54a big round of applause.

00:25:55He's a great

00:25:56one-on-one athlete.

00:25:57He's a great

00:25:58one-on-one athlete.

00:25:59He's a great

00:26:00one-on-one athlete.

00:26:01He's a great

00:26:02one-on-one athlete.

00:26:03He's a great

00:26:04one-on-one athlete.

00:26:05He's a great

00:26:06one-on-one athlete.

00:26:07He's a great

00:26:08one-on-one athlete.

00:26:09He's a great

00:26:10one-on-one athlete.

00:26:11He's a great

00:26:12Tag Team wrestler.

00:26:13You've got

00:26:14to be tortured

00:26:15to great

00:26:16one-on-one

00:26:17Tag Team wrestlers.

00:26:18No question.

00:26:19Ladies and gentlemen,

00:26:20his opponent.

00:26:21He's from

00:26:22Macon, Georgia.

00:26:23He weighs 235 pounds

00:26:24and said he's the

00:26:25prettiest in World

00:26:26Championship wrestling,

00:26:27Johnny B. Max.

00:26:28Johnny B.

00:26:29Bnap weighing

00:26:30in at 235 and that

00:26:32is the maximum

00:26:33potential of

00:26:34what you can

00:26:35do.

00:26:36and that is the maximum an athlete can weigh

00:26:39to qualify to compete in the light heavyweight division

00:26:42in WCW.

00:26:46Test your color at home by that ring attire.

00:26:50Very flamboyant to say the least.

00:26:53There's only one man like Johnny B. Badd

00:26:55and he is letting the confetti rip to our fans

00:26:59along the walkway there.

00:27:02He has become a very popular competitor here in WCW.

00:27:10But his opponent Richard Morton is all business.

00:27:13As we glance up at Morton,

00:27:14he has got very much a game face on.

00:27:19That little lady wants to put a dollar

00:27:22in the garter of Johnny B. Badd.

00:27:24Oops, he dropped her dollar.

00:27:29Johnny B. Badd, who as an amateur boxer

00:27:32had a 58 and two record.

00:27:38And Morton getting very impatient.

00:27:40He knows this match has a direct bearing

00:27:45on the WCW light heavyweight rankings.

00:27:52Somebody's gonna take a shower here

00:27:53with some confetti and whatever, Jim.

00:27:55Look at this thing.

00:28:03I'm sorry, Jim, Nick Patrick doing a great job right now

00:28:06of staying between Morton and Johnny B. Badd

00:28:08because you're right, Richard wants to get right in there.

00:28:10But every time Morton would move towards Johnny B. Badd,

00:28:13Nick Patrick will be right there.

00:28:16And the bell sounds and now we are ready for action.

00:28:20Johnny B. Badd, we documented many times,

00:28:22he's got a tremendous left hook.

00:28:25But Morton is a phenomenal wrestler.

00:28:27And he's got a tremendous left hook.

00:28:29But Morton is a phenomenal wrestler.

00:28:32His father was a professional wrestling referee.

00:28:36Richard Morton, certainly around the sport

00:28:39all his life, literally.

00:28:42Good counter move to the head,

00:28:44serves both men up very quickly.

00:28:47And Morton wisely going to the ropes

00:28:50to avoid those left hands.

00:28:53He doesn't want to get into a boxing environment here

00:28:56with Johnny B. Badd.

00:28:58But he would love to get Johnny B. Badd rattled

00:28:59and he may be able to accomplish that.

00:29:01Richard Morton may be one of the smartest wrestlers

00:29:04ever in WCW.

00:29:05He's faced them all, Jim, flamboyant,

00:29:07big, small, it doesn't matter.

00:29:08And this is nothing new to him,

00:29:09this little parade that Johnny B. Badd

00:29:11had at the beginning.

00:29:14Johnny B. Badd, off the second turnbuckle,

00:29:19has a 23 pound weight advantage

00:29:22over Morton in this contest.

00:29:25And that may be a deciding factor

00:29:27unless Morton can somehow use his quickness

00:29:30and Matt Russell, the bigger man.

00:29:32Well, Richard Morton has had to do his entire career

00:29:34coming from beneath.

00:29:35Uh-oh, he's got him rolled up in a cradle

00:29:37and he got two and a half.

00:29:39And Morton up quickly, up quicker than Johnny B. Badd.

00:29:45Most men in this sport have been bigger

00:29:47than Richard Morton, but he's been a champion,

00:29:48as you said, for four straight times.

00:29:53Been a member of the Six Man Championship,

00:29:56World Tag Team Championship, so he knows the prestige

00:29:58and the income that goes along with being a champion.

00:30:00He wants to wrestle Jushin Thunder Liger

00:30:03for the Light Heavyweight title,

00:30:04but of course, that list is long,

00:30:07perhaps headed by Flyin' Brian.

00:30:09And right there, Morton taking Johnny B. Badd

00:30:12literally to the post, and it was the right move.

00:30:17I mean, when you're on TBS and the Clash of the Champions,

00:30:20and you're wrestling to try to get into that shot

00:30:23and to get a chance at Jushin Thunder Liger,

00:30:25you gotta take all the advantages you can, and he did.

00:30:29Johnny B. Badd up and over, sunset flip,

00:30:32and Morton able to kick out at two.

00:30:35Used his legs.

00:30:38Morton has a vast experience advantage in this contest.

00:30:42And he certainly told me before he went on the air,

00:30:45he was gonna try to cap flies on any air.

00:30:47There's another near fall,

00:30:49or a lateral press into a near fall situation.

00:30:53And now, a power slam.

00:30:57Johnny B. Badd executed it quite well,

00:30:59and this time, Morton able to kick out.

00:31:02Morton up the thumb to the eye.

00:31:05And now, Morton using his fist.

00:31:08Morton trying in this match not to let

00:31:10Johnny B. Badd get any confidence at all.

00:31:15Gonna get some of those blows, I can tell you that.

00:31:19Johnny B. Badd now

00:31:20has regained the advantage here, it would seem,

00:31:22but here comes Morton.

00:31:24Quickly, as we say that, Morton's right back on the attack.

00:31:27Morton really trying to keep Johnny B. Badd off balance.

00:31:32Doing a good job of it.

00:31:33Cross-body press, Johnny B. Badd rolls right through,

00:31:37and he got it!

00:31:3823-pound weight advantage proved a difference there.

00:31:41Ladies and gentlemen, here's your winner,

00:31:44Johnny B. Badd!

00:31:47I tell you what, it was so close, Johnny.

00:31:49I tell you what, it was so close, Jim,

00:31:50and you're right, it was the weight advantage.

00:31:52I'm not so sure Morton might not have been

00:31:53in the ropes there, but in any event,

00:31:55it'll go down as a victory for Johnny B. Badd,

00:31:59and as we said, you've gotta think

00:32:00that the weight advantage was a deciding factor.

00:32:03Here it comes again, this time it was just momentum.

00:32:05Johnny, look at the feet.

00:32:07That was great wrestling right there by Johnny B. Badd.

00:32:09No, or was he under the ropes?

00:32:11He was not, and it was a good call and a good win.

00:32:13Fans, when we come back, Eric Bischoff and Missy Hyatt

00:32:15will have a very special interview

00:32:17as the Clash of the Champions continues.

00:32:19♪♪

00:32:29Welcome back to World Championship Wrestling's

00:32:32Clash of the Champions,

00:32:33live from the Kansas Expo Center in Topeka.

00:32:36And now, Eric Bischoff.

00:32:41Welcome back to the Clash of Champions on TBS.

00:32:44Eric Bischoff, along with Johnny B. Badd,

00:32:46who just before the break scored an impressive victory

00:32:49over Richard Morton and Flyin' Brian.

00:32:52And Flyin' Brian, we saw you in impressive six-man action

00:32:54a little earlier on.

00:32:56Not too long ago, we saw some footage

00:32:57featuring Jushin Thunder Liger in Tokyo, Japan.

00:33:04And certainly, given the amount of international prestige

00:33:06associated with that title,

00:33:08you've really gotta be focused on that rematch.

00:33:10Well, I'll tell you what, it goes much further than focus.

00:33:12In a very short time, Thunder Liger and myself

00:33:17have developed a very bitter rivalry.

00:33:19But it goes much deeper than arm drags and hip tosses for me.

00:33:23And I say that with the utmost respect

00:33:26for the Japanese people.

00:33:28But all I can remember, since I was this high,

00:33:30a little kid growing up,

00:33:32all I've watched, Japanese industries,

00:33:34buying up neighborhood communities,

00:33:36turn them into high-rise office towers.

00:33:39Seeing close friends of mine, former classmates,

00:33:42looking them in the eyes,

00:33:44seeing them despair.

00:33:46Because they've lost their jobs at the auto plant

00:33:49thanks to a rebate, courtesy of a Japanese automaker.

00:33:53Well, I can assure you of one thing,

00:33:56Thunder Liger, there's one thing I'm not gonna watch,

00:33:59and that's you take that belt back to Japan.

00:34:03Because January 29th, 1992, Super Bowl,

00:34:08I'm bringing that belt back where it belongs,

00:34:11to the United States of America!

00:34:14Yeah!

00:34:19Kiss that!

00:34:27Let's get back down to the ring.

00:34:33Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest

00:34:35on the Clash of the Champions.

00:34:38It is set for one fall, with a 15-minute time limit.

00:34:43Introducing first, from the Diamond Mines,

00:34:47weighing 258 pounds,

00:34:51Diamond Dallas Page!

00:34:55Well, some fireworks there with our colleague Eric Bischoff.

00:34:58Brian Bryan desperately wants that rematch.

00:35:00It has yet to be signed.

00:35:02Johnny B. Badd obviously thinks that he would love

00:35:05to have the opportunity as well,

00:35:07but he didn't get a chance to verbally express himself.

00:35:10Well, two contrasting styles there.

00:35:12Johnny B. Badd thinks he's gonna get the title shot.

00:35:15Brian Bryan wants it, so does Richard Morton.

00:35:17We'll find out.

00:35:19And ladies and gentlemen, his opponent,

00:35:22from Motown, weighing 403 pounds,

00:35:28the Wreckmaster,

00:35:29P.N. News!

00:35:32P.N. News, the WCW Magazine Rookie of the Year.

00:35:37And the new edition of the WCW Magazine,

00:35:39with the world's champion, Lex Luger, on the cover,

00:35:42is now on sale at newsstands nationwide.

00:35:48It's the first Clash in 92,

00:35:52and have I got a surprise for you!

00:35:57Come on, Page, let's see what you've got!

00:36:00I know you'll fight fair!

00:36:04Not!

00:36:07Yo, baby, yo, baby, yo!

00:36:09Yo, baby, yo, baby, yo!

00:36:12And he didn't get his yo babies out

00:36:14before Diamond Dallas Page took over.

00:36:16Fans, while we have a moment,

00:36:18the Wrestling Hotline poll question of the night.

00:36:21You can vote yes or no by calling 1-900-909-9900.

00:36:26Should Paul E. Dangerously be allowed at ringside

00:36:29for ravishing Rick Rude's U.S. title defenses?

00:36:32If you'd like to participate and vote yes or no,

00:36:35call the Wrestling Hotline.

00:36:37Should Paul E. be allowed at ringside

00:36:39for Rude's U.S. title defenses?

00:36:41You can cast your vote right now,

00:36:43and we'll try to have the results tabulated

00:36:45before we go off the air.

00:36:47There had been much speculation one time

00:36:49whether Diamond Dallas Page should be allowed at ringside

00:36:51when he was the manager.

00:36:52So he took matters into his own hands

00:36:54and became a wrestler.

00:36:55And he's been very, very effective, Jim,

00:36:57in his brief career in the ring.

00:36:59For Diamond Dallas to be effective here,

00:37:01he's gotta try to get this huge 403 1⁄2 pounder

00:37:04off his feet, and thus far,

00:37:06that game plan has not materialized,

00:37:08as P.E. in News rolls that 400 plus over DDP twice.

00:37:15Page, very intelligent and very calculated,

00:37:18but he's gotta be given the opportunity

00:37:20to execute his game plan,

00:37:22and thus far, the big man from Motown

00:37:24is not giving him any, as a Gordon Sully-ism, any surcease.

00:37:29What he needs to do is roll out of the ring right now.

00:37:32Now, I think he was trying to at least roll out of the way,

00:37:35get away from P.E. in News,

00:37:36buy himself some time on the outside.

00:37:38We're crying out loud.

00:37:39Fans, we told you about some big surprises

00:37:41and major announcements in this broadcast,

00:37:44and we'll have them, some of them, in our next segment.

00:37:49Be sure and stay tuned for that.

00:37:51Good move by Diamond Dallas Page.

00:37:53He may have the big man here.

00:37:54Good two count there.

00:37:57Page with that power elbow.

00:37:59Again, on the chest of P.E. in News,

00:38:03making a trifecta there.

00:38:06Great series of moves by DDP.

00:38:08He's not letting the big man get up.

00:38:10Neutralize the weight, keep him off his feet.

00:38:14Page, perhaps, wanting to rewrite the lyrics

00:38:16into, go baby, go baby, go.

00:38:18Good side Russian leg sweep by Diamond Dallas Page,

00:38:22who has turned the momentum now into his corner.

00:38:27And he's doing everything he can

00:38:28to keep the big man from getting up.

00:38:31Now he's gonna try to bring him down again.

00:38:33Oh my, oh, too much weight.

00:38:36P.E. in News at 400 plus.

00:38:40He's at least 403.

00:38:42Yeah, at least.

00:38:43We said he was 403 when he first came into WCW, Jim.

00:38:45I think it's changed since then.

00:38:48Diamond Dallas Page taking a chance.

00:38:50Take him.

00:38:53News is next.

00:38:55News is neck and snapping it off the top rope.

00:39:01Now, but you can tell he's still feeling the effects

00:39:03of all that weight being splashed on him early on.

00:39:07Crossbody over the top and a near fall.

00:39:09He almost had it.

00:39:10Closest one yet.

00:39:12P.E. in News, basically a one-dimensional athlete.

00:39:17He's a power wrestler.

00:39:18And at 403, why not?

00:39:21Uh-oh, he slowed it down.

00:39:24Bella DiBelle suplex, Page got caught

00:39:27in a position he did not want to be in.

00:39:29And now P.E. in News climbing the ladder right above us.

00:39:33The Rap Master Splash shakes the rafters

00:39:36in the Kansas Expo Center.

00:39:38And that is all.

00:39:39Ladies and gentlemen, here's your winner,

00:39:42the Rap Master, P.E. in News.

00:39:45P.E. in News executed the Rap Master Splash

00:39:48to perfection here.

00:39:50One fatal mistake by Diamond Dallas Page

00:39:53proved to be the difference.

00:39:55At this point, DDP was very, very frustrated.

00:39:58He thought he had the three count.

00:39:59It came very close to doing so.

00:40:01But when P.E. in got up top, Jim, right above us,

00:40:03I was glad he fell that way.

00:40:05But Diamond Dallas Page was not.

00:40:07And a great win here on TBS for the Rap Master.

00:40:09And the winner is P.E. in News.

00:40:12And a great win here on TBS for the Rap Master.

00:40:15Fans, when we come back, Tony Schiavone

00:40:16has some very special guests.

00:40:18But now, here's this week's WCW Top 10.

00:40:21In the number 10 spot, the cruncher from Pittsburgh,

00:40:30Larry Zubisko.

00:40:31In at number nine, seven feet, seven inches tall,

00:40:34El Higate.

00:40:36The number eight man, Big Van Vader

00:40:38of the Rocky Mountains.

00:40:39In at number seven, the natural Dustin Rhodes.

00:40:42The number six man, the wild man

00:40:44for truth or consequences, New Mexico, Cactus Jack.

00:40:47The number five ranked man,

00:40:48the dog-faced gremlin, Rick Steiner.

00:40:50Ricky the dragon steamboat checks in at number four.

00:40:53The number three man, the world television champion,

00:40:56stunning Steve Austin.

00:40:58One notch above him in at number two.

00:41:00From Venice Beach, The Stinger.

00:41:02The U.S. heavyweight champion,

00:41:03ravishing Rick Rude is the number one ranked contender.

00:41:07And the world heavyweight champion,

00:41:08the total package Lex Luger.

00:41:10And that's the top 10.

00:41:11♪♪

00:41:32Welcome back to TBS and the Clash of Champions.

00:41:35We're coming to you live from the

00:41:37Kansas Expo Center here in Topeka.

00:41:41And you know fans, I said during our last

00:41:42pay-per-view of 1991's Starcade,

00:41:44that 1992 would be WCW's biggest year ever.

00:41:49We have some very important announcements for you.

00:41:51First of all, I'd like to introduce

00:41:53all the great fans here in Topeka

00:41:54and all of our fans nationwide.

00:41:56The new man in charge of WCW,

00:41:59our new executive vice president.

00:42:01Please welcome with me, Mr. K. Allen Frye.

00:42:03Mr. Frye, great working with you here in 1992.

00:42:06Thanks very much, Tony.

00:42:07It's great to see you and great to be a part

00:42:10of World Championship Wrestling.

00:42:12You know, 1992 is going to be a year

00:42:13full of surprises for us.

00:42:15And I have the first surprise right here.

00:42:18This is the contract for the next

00:42:19world heavyweight title match.

00:42:22It's going to be February 29th,

00:42:24Super Brawl II, only on pay-per-view.

00:42:27And the signature on this contract, Tony,

00:42:30is none other than the total package,

00:42:33Lex Luger, the world heavyweight champion.

00:42:35I tell you what, world title match during Super Brawl,

00:42:38it is going to be tremendous.

00:42:40And that's not all, Tony, we've got more.

00:42:42Because with an event of this magnitude,

00:42:45I knew I had to go out and find the one person,

00:42:47the one personality, who would do this event justice.

00:42:51And I found him, he's here tonight.

00:42:53That person is his honor, the man who tells it like it is,

00:42:58Jesse, the Body Ventura.

00:43:32Tell you what, Jesse, great having you with us here at WCW.

00:43:36Well, let me tell you what, Tony Schiavone,

00:43:38it's been a year and a half.

00:43:40And I am pumped up, because as far as I'm concerned,

00:43:43WCW is the wrestling of the future.

00:43:46And Jesse, the Body, Jesse, the Body,

00:43:49the man who tells it like it is,

00:43:51will be the man at Super Brawl to broadcast it

00:43:55from start to finish.

00:43:57I'm pumped up, I've been out of wrestling far too long,

00:44:01and I'm back where I belong.

00:44:03Tony, thank you, Jesse.

00:44:07Tony, you take it over from here for the introduction.

00:44:10Okay, Mr. Fry, the main event,

00:44:12World Heavyweight Title coming up at Super Brawl,

00:44:15Saturday, February 29th.

00:44:16Lex Luger, the champion,

00:44:18will defend against this man right here.

00:44:19Let's welcome Steve!

00:44:21Steve!

00:44:22Yeah!

00:44:23Okay.

00:44:33It will be Sting and Lex Luger for the WCW World Heavyweight Title.

00:45:00Mr. Fry has the contract.

00:45:01I know you're anxious to sign the contract, but before you sign this contract, we have

00:45:05the WCW World Heavyweight Champion, Lex Luger, standing by with some comments for you.

00:45:10Let's go to Lex Luger at this time.

00:45:13You know, a lot's been said about the seclusion of Lex Luger as of late.

00:45:20I call it the champion's prerogative.

00:45:23I call it preparation.

00:45:26Both mentally, I'm getting in tune for the biggest event, the biggest match of my career,

00:45:32like I never have before.

00:45:34It's called concentration.

00:45:35It's called focusing on one thing and one thing only, and that's victory.

00:45:41Physically, I am in the finest condition of my life.

00:45:45My training regimen has never been more severe.

00:45:49I am totally and absolutely prepared like I never have before in my lifetime for this

00:45:56match coming up.

00:45:58A lot's been said about friendship.

00:46:01Friendship is put aside when you step through those ropes and the bell sounds.

00:46:06It's all business, and Lex Luger takes care of business.

00:46:09That's why I'm the world's heavyweight champion.

00:46:13That's why when it's all written.

00:46:16The storybook career of a Total Package Lex Luger, I just don't want to be the greatest

00:46:21wrestling champion of all time.

00:46:23I want to be known as the greatest athlete of all time.

00:46:27So when it's all said and done, Sting, after that match, you will just be another chapter

00:46:33in the storybook career of the greatest wrestler and the greatest athlete who ever lived, the

00:46:39Total Package Lex Luger.

00:46:42Okay, there it is.

00:46:43The comments from the heavyweight champion of the world, Lex Luger, Sting, and now it's

00:46:47time for you to make that signing in preparation for this big matchup.

00:46:59I wish I could grab him right out of the screen now and do it right now.

00:47:04All right, there he is, the Stinger and Jeff Lee, Super Pro Luger and Sting for the world

00:47:08title.

00:47:09Well, I love it.

00:47:10I came back here because this is what I said, the wrestling of the future.

00:47:14You got Sting, you got the Total Package Lex Luger, the champion, and you got Jesse, the

00:47:20Body Ventura, who will be there from start to finish to broadcast this match.

00:47:26I'm fired up.

00:47:27WCW all the way.

00:47:29Jesse, the Body Ventura, Sting, and the Total Package, February the 29th, Super Brawl.

00:47:37Be there.

00:47:38We'll be back after this word.

00:47:40Yeah.

00:48:00Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest, it is set for one fall.

00:48:06The special stipulation falls can count anywhere.

00:48:11Introducing first, from Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, he weighs 297 pounds, Cactus Jack.

00:48:23Fans, while Cactus Jack makes his way to the ring, I'd like to remind you all that tickets

00:48:27for Super Brawl II go on sale this Monday, January 27th at the Mecca box office.

00:48:33And all Ticketmaster outlets in Milwaukee, you can charge by phone beginning at 10 o'clock

00:48:38Central time with a Visa or MasterCard by calling 414-276-4545.

00:48:45That's this Monday.

00:48:47That number will be effective this Monday beginning at 10 o'clock Central, 11 o'clock

00:48:52Eastern time.

00:48:53Get your tickets early for that big, big pay-per-view event.

00:48:57Sting and Luger headlining for the world's heavyweight title.

00:49:04And ladies and gentlemen, his opponent in this Falls Count Anywhere match.

00:49:10He's from New York City.

00:49:12He weighs 290 pounds.

00:49:15Heavy metal, Ben Hammer.

00:49:22These two men have had a bitter feud in WCW and the very interesting stipulation that

00:49:27falls count anywhere in the building, out of the building, or anywhere in the state

00:49:32of Kansas.

00:49:35I tell you, for heavy metal man Hammer to agree to this match, to me, I don't know.

00:49:41I think you're really playing into the hands of Cactus Jack.

00:49:44Because if you go outside, he can use a chair or a ring post.

00:49:48And they're not going to wait.

00:49:49Cactus Jack's going to meet him here.

00:49:53Well, that time, some pitch flew out of the end of his guitar, and he nailed Cactus Jack

00:49:58right in the eyes with him.

00:50:00This is right down Cactus Alley.

00:50:02Hammer, crossbody over the top.

00:50:04One, two, in the ring.

00:50:06I've got to think that Hammer has the advantage.

00:50:08But out of the ring, this is Cactus Jack's domain.

00:50:12Hammer trying to end it early here in this contest.

00:50:18Cactus Jack, ranked number six in the WCW top ten.

00:50:22And it's Hammer with a leg drop right in the back of the head.

00:50:25Going for the cover here.

00:50:27297-pounder from Truth or Consequences, able to kick out.

00:50:32Jim, you're right.

00:50:33You said that Cactus...

00:50:34Oh, my.

00:50:37High-risk maneuver.

00:50:38You can't do it too many times against Cactus Jack.

00:50:40Cactus going for the cover here, and he got two.

00:50:44He said that Hammer's going to try to end this one early,

00:50:46and that's exactly what he was trying to do.

00:50:48But no, Cactus Jack is real back into this one.

00:50:51Cactus with a clothesline.

00:50:53They both go up and over and disappear.

00:50:56All the way to the floor.

00:50:59And remember, the falls count anywhere.

00:51:03Literally anywhere.

00:51:06Senior referee Nick Patrick has signed this contest.

00:51:12Cactus Jack with a very evil gleam in his eye earlier today

00:51:16when I attempted to converse with him about this matchup.

00:51:19He's moving the mats, those thin mats.

00:51:24And so it has exposed the concrete floor here.

00:51:33Charlie Manson's favorite wrestler, Cactus Jack.

00:51:38A double handful of hair.

00:51:40Picking Hammer face-first to the concrete.

00:51:44Uh-oh.

00:51:45You can see this one coming, Jim.

00:51:47He's up on that second turnbuckle.

00:51:51Taking a chance here.

00:51:52Hammer making his way up to his feet.

00:51:54But Cactus with a sunset flip finally got him over.

00:52:00Wow.

00:52:01He hurt himself.

00:52:02He landed on the concrete.

00:52:03I think so.

00:52:04I think the man that got the brunt of that was Cactus Jack.

00:52:06He's the one getting up slower.

00:52:08Goodness.

00:52:09I can't imagine this match going very long.

00:52:13They're putting their bodies obviously on the line.

00:52:20No regard for their own welfare.

00:52:23Cactus with a side headlock bringing Hammer up the stairs,

00:52:26up on the rampway now.

00:52:30Has a sleeper hold on heavy metal.

00:52:33And Hammer able to drive his head up into the face of Cactus Jack.

00:52:40Hammer with a right hand.

00:52:43Irish whip.

00:52:44And oh, my God.

00:52:46A power slam on the ramp.

00:52:48And he got it.

00:52:49No, he did not have it.

00:52:50I thought he had it right there.

00:52:52Yeah, and so did Van Hammer.

00:52:53Van Hammer needs now to get the man back in the ring

00:52:56and stay away from the ramp, stay away from the floor,

00:52:59and stay in the ring.

00:53:01Clothesline on that ramp.

00:53:04Cactus Jack has got to be hurting.

00:53:06And Hammer, too, for that matter.

00:53:09And these type matches take a tremendous amount out of an individual.

00:53:14Right hand by Hammer.

00:53:15Another right hand finds his mark.

00:53:17Cactus wrecked the eyes.

00:53:18He has control now.

00:53:24Cactus with that face lock.

00:53:25Hammer inside cradle out here on the ramp.

00:53:28And he got another near fall.

00:53:30Several near falls, only two in the ring thus far in the contest.

00:53:35Most near falls, too, by Van Hammer have been off of wrestling moves.

00:53:40And how do you execute a wrestling move in a match like this?

00:53:43It's very difficult to.

00:53:46These men risking tremendous injury in this type of event.

00:53:50Oh, no.

00:53:52Cactus trying to throw Hammer off the ramp.

00:53:54Three or four feet down to the concrete.

00:53:58Maybe farther.

00:53:59And Cactus.

00:54:00Oh, my.

00:54:02What a splat.

00:54:03The human anatomy meeting the concrete.

00:54:06And Cactus Jack may never be the same.

00:54:09He is having trouble getting up.

00:54:14Hammer with a close eye off the ramp into the concrete.

00:54:19Going for another cover here.

00:54:23Referee Nick Patrick got a two count out of it.

00:54:32We're going to keep our cameras with us as best we can.

00:54:37Any move such as that attempted atomic drop that time even met with more force

00:54:42because there's no give obviously on a concrete floor.

00:54:48They're locking it up.

00:54:50Fans are fighting.

00:54:51We need to get a camera back there.

00:54:53We're going to take a real quick break until we get a camera back there,

00:54:56and we'll be back in a moment.

00:55:04As you can see, ladies and gentlemen, you're looking live out in the back

00:55:07of the Kansas Expo Center.

00:55:09That's where this battle has gone.

00:55:11Cactus Jack was rammed through that barricade moments ago,

00:55:15and now he's got that big two by four right in the face of Heavy Metal Van Hammer.

00:55:22This fight all the way out in the back.

00:55:26Wow, this is nuts.

00:55:28I think Missy Hyatt's out there also to try to help us out in covering this.

00:55:32There's a bunch of bulls for a big rodeo they're going to have here

00:55:36and those holding pins over there.

00:55:39Look at these guys go.

00:55:40Can the referee do something?

00:55:42Come on, Nick.

00:55:44That's Missy Hyatt trying to go where the action is, but there you see Hammer.

00:55:53Hammer may be bleeding from under the arm in the rib cage.

00:55:59You know, this is Cactus Jack's domain.

00:56:00Anytime he can use an object, and there's a lot of objects out there to use.

00:56:03There's Missy.

00:56:05She's not going to get too close to that, I can tell you that.

00:56:08Hammer's got a rope now around Cactus's neck.

00:56:13Trying to hang him, and Cactus is going over those holding pins.

00:56:20Tell you what, a lot of abrasions you can see from that asphalt on the outside.

00:56:25They're rodeo animals.

00:56:27Horses and bulls.

00:56:30Now they're over in the holding pin where the bull-

00:56:35Wait a minute, that big cowboy there is Abdullah the Butcher.

00:56:40Hammer, and now Abdullah out in that arena area.

00:56:47He hit him with a shovel.

00:56:49I think he meant it for Cactus.

00:56:51Cactus Jack was the object of that shovel.

00:56:55Hammer got it, and Cactus pins him in the rodeo arena.

00:56:59Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the match is Cactus Jack.

00:57:05Well, Cactus Jack is the winner of this match.

00:57:07And Abdullah the Butcher, I don't know where they're going or what they're doing.

00:57:11Oh my gosh.

00:57:12Abdullah and Cactus, oh my gosh.

00:57:15Abdullah and Cactus Jack now.

00:57:18That shovel shot was meant for Cactus because these two men form our partners.

00:57:23And now he sticks his head into that watering trough.

00:57:26It's cold outside here in Topeka.

00:57:31Abdullah now and Cactus with Missy Hyatt.

00:57:35Right in the thick of things.

00:57:37Abdullah's got Missy.

00:57:39And Abdullah's got Missy by the waist.

00:57:42And he throws Missy into the- Oh my.

00:57:46Incredible, Jim.

00:57:48Missy Hyatt thrown into the watering trough.

00:57:52She's going to freeze out there.

00:57:54Cactus and Abdullah continue to fight.

00:57:58These two men will meet in the Omni on Sunday, February the 9th.

00:58:03Fans, let's get this back together.

00:58:05We'll be back with the new Freebirds in a moment.

00:58:08Hey, James.

00:58:09Hey, James.

00:58:25And I tell you, we talk so much about great tag teams in WCW

00:58:28and certainly we all think of the Snyders.

00:58:30But you know, the past 12 months have been good to the Freebirds too.

00:58:33World Tag Team, U.S. Tag Team Champions,

00:58:35and members of the Six-Man Tag Team Champions.

00:58:38Not many teams in this sport can say that.

00:58:41Great accomplishments for a 12-month period.

00:58:43No doubt about it as Hayes starts out with Brad Armstrong,

00:58:46another of the great light heavyweights.

00:58:49Good move there by Armstrong.

00:58:52He's so quick.

00:58:53Armstrong, a second-generation wrestler.

00:58:56Father Bullet Bob Armstrong,

00:58:59tremendous competitor in the southeastern part of the United States

00:59:02for many years.

00:59:05Hayes up and over.

00:59:07Good agility by the veteran Michael P.S. Hayes now.

00:59:10Trying to roll up Brad Armstrong.

00:59:12Could not execute the pin and didn't make the exchange with Garvin

00:59:16who comes in with a lot of velocity in that clothesline.

00:59:19We have seen some incredible things right here on the Clash of the Champions

00:59:22in the last couple of minutes.

00:59:23Of course, the big announcement of the main event of Super Brawl

00:59:26and of Jesse, the body mentor, joining us at our broadcast team.

00:59:30And then we saw the most unusual situation outside.

00:59:33And now the Freebirds singing as they come in.

00:59:36What else is next?

00:59:37Watch out here.

00:59:38Crossbody, and Garvin got a near fallout of the situation.

00:59:42You know, the original Freebirds were formed in 1978.

00:59:45First team to really use a lot of music in their ring entrances.

00:59:49You wonder where that came from.

00:59:51And Big Josh, 270-pound powerhouse from the Pacific Northwest up in Oregon.

00:59:59And he calls that his long roll.

01:00:03Big Josh arrived on the scene, Jim, just about a year ago.

01:00:06And what a name he's made for himself in a short period of time.

01:00:09I talked to the Freebirds this past Sunday on my radio program

01:00:13on News Talk Radio AM 750 WSB in Atlanta.

01:00:17They hinted about this change in ring attire,

01:00:20but they were very silent on their ring strategy.

01:00:25But thus far, it's been a great scientific event.

01:00:27And that's how they've wrestled in the past several months.

01:00:31Sunset flip.

01:00:32Big Josh in a near fall situation.

01:00:34Arm drag takeover takes Hayes down.

01:00:36Well, it may be scientific now, but I know Michael Hayes and Jimmy Jam quite well.

01:00:41And they certainly will turn this thing around

01:00:44and change strategy at a moment's notice.

01:00:48Hayes and Garvin make the exchange.

01:00:52Garvin reversed, though.

01:00:53The Irish whip right above us here.

01:00:55Big Josh with those clubbing forearms.

01:01:01And he hammers away at Jimmy Jam Garvin.

01:01:06Garvin with a foot right to the midsection.

01:01:10Another Irish whip.

01:01:12Oh.

01:01:13And Big Josh and Garvin's heads may have cracked together.

01:01:17Garvin had enough left to tag in Hayes.

01:01:20And here comes the lightning quick Brad Armstrong,

01:01:22who will soon be returning to Japan to challenge Jushin Liger

01:01:25for the light heavyweight title.

01:01:28Great extension of the legs and the dropkick.

01:01:30And another on Jimmy Jam Garvin.

01:01:32Quite possibly the greatest dropkick in WCW with Brad Armstrong.

01:01:35No question about it.

01:01:39Garvin tossed outside by Garvin and Hayes.

01:01:42And Big Josh meets them both with a double clothesline.

01:01:47Armstrong up on top.

01:01:49He comes down on Hayes.

01:01:51Big Josh being put out.

01:01:54Trying to go for a suplex.

01:01:55And Garvin with a cheap shot.

01:01:57And the Byrds with a double DDT.

01:02:00They double teamed illegally.

01:02:02Armstrong and the DDT wins it.

01:02:06Ladies and gentlemen, here are your winners, the fabulous Freebirds.

01:02:15Garvin and Hayes with new ring attire.

01:02:19But perhaps the old Freebirds and the double team tactics.

01:02:22Both men executing the DDT.

01:02:25You talked about them executing quite well wrestling maneuvers.

01:02:28But then the double DDT and illegal advantage turned into a pin.

01:02:32Welcome back to the Clash of Champions.

01:02:50And wrestling fans, the Steiner Brothers have made their mark on world championship wrestling

01:02:55as one of the toughest, most technically gifted combinations in WCW history.

01:03:00Now before we bring Rick and Scott out,

01:03:02let's take a look at some footage of these two exceptional athletes.

01:03:09In the hard-hitting world of WCW,

01:03:12no tag team commands the respect that has been earned by the awesome Steiner Brothers.

01:03:17Rick and Scott have dominated all competition from their high school all-state days in Bay City, Michigan,

01:03:22through their successful amateur career at the University of Michigan.

01:03:26Professionally, this incomparable combination has worn every major tag team belt

01:03:31by defeating wrestling's best teams.

01:03:33Their list of beaten opponents include the Rogue Warriors.

01:03:37Jim, I don't believe it.

01:03:39That's the first time that I have ever seen the Rogue Warriors pin.

01:03:43The Samoan Swat Team.

01:03:46There it is.

01:03:47Rick and Steiner.

01:03:49The Nasty Boys.

01:03:52They're standing.

01:03:55Rick and Steiner.

01:03:56He got him with a Rick and Steiner.

01:03:58One, two, three.

01:03:59The Steiner Brothers.

01:04:01Mr. Saito and the Great Mura for the Battle Conner Memorial Tag Team Tournament Championship.

01:04:07Hase and Sasaki for the IWGP Championship.

01:04:11And Hase and Chono from Japan.

01:04:13It was after this match that Scott's massive bicep was torn and had to be surgically reattached.

01:04:23Rick carried on alone and challenged Lex Luger for the World Heavyweight Title

01:04:28after an unwarranted altercation backfired on the champion.

01:04:31With Scott at ringside, Rick came within seconds of the World Championship.

01:04:36But now, with both brothers healthy,

01:04:39Rick and Scott are focused on wrestling's most coveted tag team title,

01:04:43the WCW World Tag Team Championship.

01:04:47The Brothers.

01:04:52The WCW World Tag Team Championship.

01:04:57Impressive indeed.

01:04:59Hello, everybody.

01:05:00I'm joined now by Rick and Scott Steiner.

01:05:03You're looking at a team here that started wrestling at the age of 14 years old.

01:05:07And you two really got the taste of championships early.

01:05:09State high school champions.

01:05:11Two times All-American at Michigan.

01:05:13And you're the only tag team in history to ever hold the WCW US Tag Team titles,

01:05:19the IWGP titles, and the WCW World Tag Team titles.

01:05:23Now that you're back together again, the bicep is healed.

01:05:26You've got to be looking at those WCW World Tag Team titles.

01:05:29Well, you see, Eric, it goes like this.

01:05:32Someone came into my brother's house and stole something very precious,

01:05:37very something that meant very much to us.

01:05:40Some people would go to the police and get law and order.

01:05:43Me and my brother have our own way to take care of justice.

01:05:47You guys took something from us.

01:05:50Nobody ever beat us for them.

01:05:52And we're coming after you two, Arn Anderson and Bobby Eaton.

01:05:56How about it, Scott?

01:05:57You know, Eric Bischoff, they say patience is a virtue.

01:06:01Well, me and my brother are not patient anymore.

01:06:04We're ready to come back and reclaim something we never lost.

01:06:08Beautiful Bobby, Arn Anderson, put your name on the down line,

01:06:12and we'll prove to you who's the best tag team in wrestling.

01:06:16And just like Alice Cooper used to sing about,

01:06:20that is now our motto.

01:06:22When we step in the ring, it's no more Mr. Nice Guy.

01:06:26We're coming at you with bad intentions.

01:06:30You heard it from the Steiner Brothers.

01:06:33Fans, we'll be back with more action from the Clash of Champions

01:06:36right after this break.

01:06:39Welcome back to World Championship Wrestling's

01:06:41Clash of the Champions, where the evil power of the Dangerous Alliance

01:06:44will be tested by the best and the brightest of WCW

01:06:48in two titanic tag team match-ups.

01:06:51But first, let's get to it.

01:06:54Welcome back to World Championship Wrestling's

01:06:56Clash of the Champions, where the evil power of the Dangerous Alliance

01:06:59will be tested by the best and the brightest of WCW

01:07:02in two titanic tag team match-ups.

01:07:05But first, our re-announcer, Gary Michael Cappetta.

01:07:09Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest

01:07:11on the Clash of the Champions.

01:07:13It is set for one fall with a 15-minute time limit.

01:07:18Introducing first, from Atlanta, Georgia,

01:07:22he weighs 239 pounds,

01:07:26ladies and gentlemen, Thomas Rich.

01:07:30Thomas Rich, formerly of the York Foundation,

01:07:33world champion in 1981, a rugged veteran.

01:07:37But Tony, you talked to his opponent,

01:07:39who seems to be perhaps even more rugged

01:07:41and more nasty than Rich.

01:07:43He's very big, and it's going to be his first appearance

01:07:45ever in WCW, and I'm surprised by the confidence

01:07:49exhibited by his opponent.

01:07:55And ladies and gentlemen, his opponent.

01:07:59He is from Nevada.

01:08:01He weighs 300 pounds,

01:08:05Benny Vegas.

01:08:09300 pounds from Nevada,

01:08:12a high roller indeed.

01:08:16I understand you talked with him a little bit

01:08:18about some of his favorite offensive maneuvers

01:08:21and what's something called a snake-eyes.

01:08:25Got my curiosity around.

01:08:27Well, he says his favorite maneuver

01:08:29is what is called snake-eyes.

01:08:32And I asked him to explain what snake-eyes was,

01:08:35and he said, hey, like, just wait and see, okay?

01:08:38So, who am I talking to?

01:08:41Hey, like, just wait and see, okay?

01:08:43So, who am I to talk to a 7-foot guy

01:08:46and try to prod him into telling me what's going on?

01:08:50Got a lot of charisma, doesn't he, Jim?

01:08:52Very brash man.

01:08:54Oh, yeah?

01:08:56Tommy, Tommy.

01:08:58Tommy, come here.

01:09:00Tommy, come here.

01:09:02What's he want Tommy for?

01:09:04Tommy, come here.

01:09:06This guy over here.

01:09:09What you got to say now, huh?

01:09:11What you got to say now?

01:09:13Well, Thomas Rich should have known better.

01:09:16The veteran from Atlanta,

01:09:18where WCW returns on Sunday, February the 9th.

01:09:22Benny Vegas was taunting the fans,

01:09:24and you're right,

01:09:26Benny looks like a maître d' from the Riviera.

01:09:29Ha, ha, ha.

01:09:33Or a bouncer. I tell you what, he's a big one.

01:09:39Started off very dubiously against Rich.

01:09:44And short clothesline there,

01:09:46putting Thomas Rich on his back.

01:09:49Eric Bischoff's going to be talking to Paulie Dangerously

01:09:53a little bit later in the broadcast.

01:09:55And wait just a minute.

01:09:56This may be it, Jim.

01:09:58Well, he's...

01:09:59Could this be the snake eyes,

01:10:01the roll of the dice here?

01:10:03Oh, my gosh!

01:10:06He dropped Rich right across the top turnbuckle

01:10:10from seven feet, and that's all.

01:10:12Ladies and gentlemen, here's your winner,

01:10:15Benny Vegas!

01:10:18Who's that against Benny Vegas, baby?

01:10:24Certainly doesn't have any lack of confidence.

01:10:27You talked about him being very brash.

01:10:29He kind of rolled the dice that time.

01:10:32You could see it with the left hand.

01:10:34The move he calls snake eyes.

01:10:36And I mean, Rich hit hard on that top turnbuckle.

01:10:38And what a debut.

01:10:39Very impressive for this big guy

01:10:41we're going to be hearing a lot more about in WCW, Jim.

01:10:44Fans, Eric Bischoff is standing by

01:10:46with a man that has a tremendous amount to gain tonight.

01:10:48Eric, we don't look forward to this

01:10:51as far as you're concerned. Here you are.

01:10:53All right, thank you, Jim Ross.

01:10:55Excuse me, Paulie Dangerously.

01:10:58Coming up in just a few moments,

01:11:00six-man tag action.

01:11:02Beautiful Bobby, Art Anderson, and Larry Zabiska

01:11:05to face The Natural, Dustin Rhodes,

01:11:08Ron Simmons, and Barry Whittem.

01:11:09And then the match that everybody's waiting for,

01:11:11the tag team action.

01:11:12As stunning Steve Austin and ravishing Rick Rude

01:11:15face Sting and Ricky the Dragon,

01:11:17Steve, you've got a lot to lose.

01:11:19Every single prediction that I have made

01:11:22since I returned on October 27th

01:11:25has come true.

01:11:27Changes on the board of directors,

01:11:29the demise of Sting,

01:11:31the loss of the world tag team titles

01:11:34to Anderson and Eaton.

01:11:35Tonight, yet another prediction of Paulie Dangerously's

01:11:39will come true.

01:11:41I am promising you right here on national TV tonight,

01:11:45one of your top five heroes

01:11:47is out, finished for good.

01:11:50Injured main cripple.

01:11:52Will it be Barry Whittem with the crunched hand

01:11:56who couldn't hold up his end of another organization?

01:11:59Will it be Dustin The Natural Rhodes,

01:12:02son of a putrid plumber,

01:12:04horse thief from Austin, Texas,

01:12:06the American dream, Dustin Rhodes?

01:12:08And speaking of dreams,

01:12:10will it be Ron Simmons the day after

01:12:12a glorious national holiday

01:12:14that sees all his dreams crushed

01:12:17and ends up right back in the ghetto?

01:12:20What happens if Ricky the Dragon Steamboat

01:12:23goes home and causes his little son

01:12:26psychological damage

01:12:28because the little boy has to watch daddy

01:12:31suffer permanent disfigurement

01:12:33at the hands of the Dangerous Alliance?

01:12:36Or will tonight be the night that we put

01:12:38the final nail in Sting's coffin?

01:12:41Win, lose, or draw.

01:12:45Tonight, the Dangerous Alliance

01:12:49promises you one thing.

01:12:52One or more of your top heroes

01:12:55will wind up in the Magnum TA

01:12:58Wrestling Retirement Home.

01:13:01Now, you want to guess who it is?

01:13:03You got two matches left.

01:13:05I give you one clue.

01:13:07He'll never wrestle here again.

01:13:10Fans, stay with us.

01:13:11The Clash of Champions continues

01:13:13after this time out.

01:13:16♪♪

01:13:29Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest

01:13:31on The Clash of the Champions.

01:13:34Six-man tag team action.

01:13:37Set for one fall with a 30-minute time limit.

01:13:40Introducing team number one,

01:13:43all members of the Dangerous Alliance.

01:13:47Introducing first,

01:13:49the newly crowned World Tag Team Champions.

01:13:52They won them just days ago in Jacksonville, Florida.

01:13:56First, from Minnesota, weighing 260 pounds,

01:14:01Arne Anderson.

01:14:05From Huntsville, Alabama, 238 pounds,

01:14:09beautiful Bobby.

01:14:14And their partner from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,

01:14:17245 pounds, Larry, the Quencher, Zabisco.

01:14:23And they are accompanied by the chief executive officer

01:14:26of the Dangerous Alliance, Paul E. Dangerously.

01:14:35What a six-man this should be.

01:14:37Back up to Gary Capana.

01:14:39And ladies and gentlemen, their opponents.

01:14:42Introducing first, from Austin, Texas,

01:14:45weighing 260 pounds,

01:14:48the natural Dustin Rhodes.

01:14:54His partner from Warner Robins, Georgia,

01:14:57275 pounds, the All-American, Ron Simmons.

01:15:06And their partner from Sweetwater, Texas,

01:15:09278 pounds, Barry Windham.

01:15:14And Windham with that hand heavily taped.

01:15:16And, man, he means business.

01:15:18That wild-eyed look from that tall Texan from Sweetwater.

01:15:21And he is a deranged human being.

01:15:24He has one hell of a score to settle

01:15:26with the Dangerous Alliance,

01:15:28especially Larry, the Quencher, Zabisco.

01:15:30I tell you, you can see it, Jim,

01:15:32of the three men coming up the aisle towards the ring.

01:15:35It was Barry Windham who was more focused.

01:15:37Barry Windham had more purpose.

01:15:39And there was no question in my mind,

01:15:41when he hit the ring, he went clear house,

01:15:43and that's exactly what he did.

01:15:45This past Thursday in Jacksonville, Florida,

01:15:49Anderson and Beautiful Bobby

01:15:52defeated Dustin Rhodes and Ricky the Dragon Steamboat

01:15:56in a very close, hard-fought event

01:15:58to win the WCW World Tag Team titles.

01:16:02What an elite group of six athletes.

01:16:05It's like an all-star game here.

01:16:07It's Beautiful Bobby starting out,

01:16:09and it was Windham who demanded to be the first man

01:16:11in this contest for his trio.

01:16:14And Beautiful Bobby with the first high-impact move

01:16:17of the contest.

01:16:18Windham said a little early,

01:16:19he's a little over-anxious, Tony,

01:16:21and he paid for it that time.

01:16:22Yeah, and you can better believe that Bobby,

01:16:24Iron, and the Cruncher are gonna work on that arm.

01:16:26If they don't, I'd be very surprised.

01:16:28Work on it immediately, almost.

01:16:30Two big right hands by Beautiful Bobby.

01:16:32They're right above us here.

01:16:33You're looking live in the Kansas Expo Center.

01:16:36This is the Clash of the Champions

01:16:38live on TBS in a superplex

01:16:40right off the second turnbuckle

01:16:42in Windhamville, up quickly.

01:16:44It's like he doesn't even feel the impact of that,

01:16:48but what a larry.

01:16:50He's like a man possessed.

01:16:52His eyes are, I mean,

01:16:54just glazed over.

01:16:56Another larry,

01:16:57and then Beautiful Bobby being pummeled here.

01:17:05Anderson and Eaton as Obispo

01:17:08have one thing, obviously, on their mind.

01:17:11That's to injure one of their opponents,

01:17:13and it's Windham who retaliates

01:17:15in time to the superplex,

01:17:17going for the cover.

01:17:18He got two, and that's all.

01:17:19It was Anderson who broke up the count,

01:17:22and now all six men in there.

01:17:24Three, figure fours,

01:17:27and the Dangerous Alliance,

01:17:29and Jeopardy! Anderson rakes the eyes

01:17:32to start a chain reaction.

01:17:37The case here, Jim,

01:17:38if you watch my back,

01:17:40and I'll watch yours,

01:17:41immediately Dustin and Ron Simmons

01:17:43came in to help out.

01:17:44Simmons, who finished ninth

01:17:46in the Heisman Trophy balloting

01:17:48his senior year at Florida State,

01:17:50has phenomenal power,

01:17:51but Larry, the crunch of Obispo,

01:17:52the veteran from Pittsburgh,

01:17:54had the leverage advantage,

01:17:55but there's too much power,

01:17:57too much strength from big Ron Simmons

01:17:59for Obispo to contend with,

01:18:00and now Anderson in.

01:18:01They're trying a double team.

01:18:03Can both men put Simmons down?

01:18:05Simmons showing good agility

01:18:07and takes them both over.

01:18:12Double shoulder blocks.

01:18:16The former All-American nose tackle

01:18:18from Florida State exploding

01:18:20out of the blocks.

01:18:21Now he's got a bear hug

01:18:22on beautiful Bobby.

01:18:24Anderson in with a knee

01:18:26to the lower back.

01:18:28Jim, it's so difficult

01:18:29for one referee to control things,

01:18:30especially with all the animosity

01:18:31going on in this one.

01:18:32Oh!

01:18:35Anderson thinks he's avoided Simmons.

01:18:37No such luck.

01:18:38What streak!

01:18:41Catches Obispo coming in.

01:18:44Simmons going for the cover,

01:18:45but Obispo's well under the ropes.

01:18:49Obispo had been outside

01:18:50for a long time,

01:18:51and he's the legal man.

01:18:53The deal is here.

01:18:54You gotta keep members

01:18:56of the Dangerous Alliance

01:18:57away from their corner

01:18:58into yours.

01:18:59It's very obvious.

01:19:02Obispo very quickly

01:19:03makes the tag.

01:19:05Not saying a great deal

01:19:06for his courage

01:19:07at this point in time in the match.

01:19:09Beautiful Bobby has been tagged in.

01:19:12And the natural.

01:19:15Fascinating youngster

01:19:16from Austin, Texas.

01:19:20And Eden raked the eyes.

01:19:23Trust me!

01:19:26Well, I don't know

01:19:27how good advice that would be.

01:19:28Yeah, right.

01:19:30You know, I asked Dustin,

01:19:31I said, are you gonna be

01:19:32thinking about those

01:19:33World Tag Team titles

01:19:34wrestling this match?

01:19:35He said, no, not at all.

01:19:36I'm thinking about winning

01:19:37this match.

01:19:38What a right hand!

01:19:40The natural.

01:19:41Takes beautiful Bobby

01:19:42over the top.

01:19:43The referee did not see that,

01:19:45or he'd be disqualified.

01:19:46Dustin!

01:19:47Oh my!

01:19:49Shades of Bob Beeman

01:19:50in the long jump.

01:19:51He met Eden with that lariat.

01:19:53And now he's thrown back

01:19:54inside the ring viciously.

01:19:56And Eden desperately

01:19:57needs to make the tag.

01:19:58He does tag Zabisco.

01:19:59And Zabisco has got to face

01:20:02Barry Windham.

01:20:04Immediately, Dustin saw

01:20:05that Zabisco had gotten the tag.

01:20:08And here came Windham.

01:20:11And I think you're finding

01:20:12Zabisco very cautious here.

01:20:16It was Zabisco who led

01:20:18the charge on October 27th

01:20:20at Halloween Havoc

01:20:21in breaking Windham's hand.

01:20:23He went for the lariat.

01:20:25And Zabisco was pulled

01:20:26out of the way by his teammate.

01:20:28Once again, it's a case

01:20:29of sending the Dangerous

01:20:30Alliance member into his quarter.

01:20:32And that is always dangerous,

01:20:33if I can use that term.

01:20:35Zabisco trying for a

01:20:36piledriver, but it's

01:20:37countered with a back body

01:20:38drop by Barry Windham.

01:20:42Zabisco rolling to the outside.

01:20:45He's hitting everything

01:20:46that moves in a different

01:20:48color jersey.

01:20:49And there's a drop kick

01:20:50by the Big Texan.

01:20:51And oh my gosh, he dropped

01:20:54south about seven feet.

01:20:57And it's Anderson face first

01:20:58to the canvas.

01:21:00Windham has, I've never

01:21:01seen Windham with as much

01:21:02aggression, with much tenacity

01:21:04as we're seeing here.

01:21:05And he wants Zabisco.

01:21:07That is so obvious.

01:21:08Paulie was poised with

01:21:09that phone, he was gonna

01:21:10nail Barry, but Barry

01:21:11got inside.

01:21:12It was a great move too.

01:21:13Windham is tagged.

01:21:15Dustin Rhodes.

01:21:16And now Larry is aware

01:21:18of that.

01:21:23So far this match

01:21:24with Dangerous Alliance

01:21:25has seemed very disjointed.

01:21:27Anderson, or Zabisco

01:21:29rather, made sure Eden

01:21:31avoided Rhodes who went

01:21:34sailing over the top rope.

01:21:36And what's dangerously,

01:21:38and a telephone right

01:21:40in the gut, and it may

01:21:42have even been low

01:21:43below the belt.

01:21:46Trying to get on

01:21:47the offensive.

01:21:48That's what the

01:21:49Dangerous Alliance

01:21:50has attempted to do here.

01:21:51Oh my goodness.

01:21:52Swinging neckbreaker

01:21:53on the inside, and

01:21:54Dustin's in major trouble.

01:21:58Barry Windham had

01:21:59to be restrained.

01:22:00He's now back in this corner.

01:22:03But the youngest man

01:22:04in this contest,

01:22:06Dustin Rhodes now,

01:22:08being separated from

01:22:09the pack so to speak.

01:22:10Anderson missed with

01:22:11his left hand.

01:22:12But he caught him!

01:22:13Waist lock!

01:22:14And a spinebuster!

01:22:15Will it be over here?

01:22:16He's on top!

01:22:17Lateral press!

01:22:18Two and a three-quarter!

01:22:20And Anderson can't

01:22:21believe it.

01:22:22Well, Anderson did not

01:22:23hook the leg.

01:22:27And that's only

01:22:28the first mistake.

01:22:29The spinebuster's effective

01:22:30only if you wear the man

01:22:32down much more than

01:22:33Dustin's been worn down.

01:22:36Snap in the air.

01:22:38And then Rhodes

01:22:39pulled the knees up.

01:22:42The son of the legendary

01:22:43American dream,

01:22:44Dusty Rhodes,

01:22:46pulled those knees up

01:22:47in veteran-like fashion.

01:22:49But right there's a DDT!

01:22:51Actually,

01:22:52it was a DDT,

01:22:54but it had an effect

01:22:55of even greater than

01:22:56the DDT.

01:22:57Because he landed

01:22:58on the top of his head

01:22:59instead of face first.

01:23:02Anderson now

01:23:03finally gets an arm

01:23:04across Rhodes,

01:23:05and he got it off!

01:23:07The right shoulder

01:23:08barely came up,

01:23:09and Anderson's so frustrated

01:23:11at this point in the matchup.

01:23:13I think at the time,

01:23:14Dustin, very fortunate

01:23:15he landed in his corner

01:23:16because he could hear

01:23:17Barry Wyndham

01:23:18and his encouragement,

01:23:19and it helped him get up

01:23:20before the three count.

01:23:22Beautiful, Bobby.

01:23:25Now,

01:23:26going up top

01:23:28is an Alabama jam time.

01:23:31Going for the elbow,

01:23:32and it found its mark.

01:23:36You realize

01:23:37that the last three

01:23:38TV champions

01:23:39at WCW

01:23:40are all now

01:23:41in the Dangerous Alliance.

01:23:42One of them on top

01:23:43right there,

01:23:44and again, the kid

01:23:45barely got his shoulder up.

01:23:51Dangerously has

01:23:52put together

01:23:53a real team

01:23:54of all-stars.

01:23:57And Dustin Irish

01:23:58whipped into the corner.

01:24:00And beautiful, Bobby!

01:24:01Oh, we got a bird's-eye

01:24:02view of that!

01:24:08Found himself

01:24:09in a very uncomfortable position

01:24:11on the second turnbuckle,

01:24:13but he makes a tag.

01:24:16You know, the comments

01:24:17that Paulie made

01:24:18with Eric earlier on

01:24:19makes you wonder

01:24:20if they are out

01:24:21to win a match

01:24:22or out to put somebody

01:24:23completely out of WCW,

01:24:24like Paulie said

01:24:25before the night is over.

01:24:26Oh!

01:24:30Dustin Rhodes

01:24:31in his big-size

01:24:3213-cowboy boots

01:24:33right in the face

01:24:34of Arn Anderson.

01:24:35And now both men

01:24:36in a very precarious

01:24:37position.

01:24:38Who will be able

01:24:39to execute the tag?

01:24:41Jim, you cannot

01:24:42waste a second

01:24:43when attacking

01:24:44Dustin Rhodes.

01:24:45Arn Anderson

01:24:46wasted a second.

01:24:47He paid for it.

01:24:48He has too much

01:24:49resiliency,

01:24:50too many guts.

01:24:51Oh, Windham is

01:24:52tagged in.

01:24:53Barry Windham

01:24:54with that heavily

01:24:55wrapped hand

01:24:56catches Eden Valerian.

01:24:57The doctors have

01:24:58told Barry,

01:24:59we're not sure

01:25:00you should be wrestling.

01:25:01He has thrown

01:25:03caution to the wind

01:25:04as the Oakley

01:25:05goes

01:25:06risking his own

01:25:07welfare

01:25:08to compete

01:25:09here at the

01:25:10Clash of the Champions.

01:25:11Back body drop

01:25:12and a lateral press

01:25:13and in comes

01:25:14a cruncher.

01:25:15He's met with that

01:25:16right hand

01:25:17that has had to be

01:25:18reconstructed

01:25:19and Anderson

01:25:20with a cheap shot.

01:25:21Well, it may be

01:25:22a cheap shot,

01:25:23but it's good

01:25:24six-man wrestling,

01:25:25I can tell you that.

01:25:26Anderson and Rhodes

01:25:27fighting on the outside.

01:25:28The cruncher.

01:25:29Oh, Windham

01:25:30caught.

01:25:31Beautiful Bobby

01:25:32coming off the top

01:25:33with that right hand.

01:25:34He got it right

01:25:35in the jaw

01:25:36and it's over.

01:25:37Ladies and gentlemen,

01:25:38the winners of the match,

01:25:39the team of the natural,

01:25:40Dustin Rhodes,

01:25:41Barry Windham,

01:25:42and Ron Simmons.

01:25:43Windham's hand

01:25:44heavily taped

01:25:45and that

01:25:46protective covering

01:25:47may have been

01:25:48the deciding factor

01:25:49in that, Tony.

01:25:50When Eden came off

01:25:51the top,

01:25:52he got caught.

01:25:53Early on in the match,

01:25:54though,

01:25:55it was throw caution

01:25:56to the wind

01:25:57because

01:25:58Dustin came

01:25:59flying out

01:26:00and this is

01:26:01a very close

01:26:02fight.

01:26:03And this is a

01:26:04very dangerous maneuver.

01:26:05He gave it everything.

01:26:06But I tell you what,

01:26:07Barry Windham

01:26:08really worked hard

01:26:09in this match.

01:26:10He sacrificed that hand

01:26:11that they did not

01:26:12work on during the match

01:26:13and came away

01:26:14with the victory.

01:26:15Jim, I'm gonna try

01:26:16to talk in the locker room

01:26:17to Barry Windham

01:26:18a little bit later on.

01:26:19And still to come

01:26:20it's Sting

01:26:21and Steamboat

01:26:22versus Rude and Austin.

01:26:23We'll be back

01:26:24on TBS

01:26:25after this.

01:26:27Welcome back,

01:26:28ladies and gentlemen,

01:26:29to the Clash of the Champions.

01:26:30In just a few moments,

01:26:31I'll be joined

01:26:32by Jesse,

01:26:33the body of Ventura

01:26:34here at ringside.

01:26:35But right now,

01:26:36my colleague,

01:26:37Tony Schiavone,

01:26:38is standing by

01:26:39in the locker room.

01:26:40Okay, Jim,

01:26:41thanks very much.

01:26:42A tremendous

01:26:43six-man win

01:26:44for this combination

01:26:45of Simmons,

01:26:46Dustin Rhodes,

01:26:47and Barry Windham.

01:26:48Paulie made the statement

01:26:49early on,

01:26:50another man

01:26:51would go down

01:26:52in the locker room

01:26:53in this match.

01:26:54Paulie made the statement

01:26:55early on,

01:26:56another man

01:26:57would go down

01:26:58at the hands

01:26:59of the Dangerous Alliance.

01:27:00It was not you

01:27:01because you felt it before.

01:27:02I'll tell you what,

01:27:03Schiavone,

01:27:04you know me well

01:27:05and I'm not the kind of person

01:27:06to exactly do

01:27:07what I'm told.

01:27:08I don't give a damn

01:27:09what WCW says.

01:27:10I don't give a damn

01:27:11what my Dr. Drew Naney says.

01:27:12I'm back

01:27:13and I'm gonna get

01:27:14in that ring.

01:27:15I've got the braces

01:27:16and I've got the men

01:27:17behind me.

01:27:18I've got a short list

01:27:19of names

01:27:20and I'm gonna start

01:27:21kicking tail

01:27:22and forgetting

01:27:23about taking the names.

01:27:24Larry Zbysko,

01:27:25you're number one.

01:27:26The pain that I felt

01:27:27in this hand

01:27:28right here

01:27:29is nothing compared

01:27:30to what you're gonna feel.

01:27:31You're gonna suffer

01:27:3210,000 times

01:27:33what I did.

01:27:34I laid in the bed

01:27:35and stared at the ceiling

01:27:36and thought I was never

01:27:37gonna wrestle again

01:27:38because I thought

01:27:39I was through.

01:27:40It's not everybody

01:27:41that gets their hand

01:27:42slammed in a car door

01:27:43and then comes back

01:27:44and does what they do best.

01:27:45Larry Zbysko,

01:27:46you mark my words.

01:27:47You're number one.

01:27:48You're number one.

01:27:49You're number one.

01:27:50You're number one.

01:27:51You're number one.

01:27:52You mark my words.

01:27:53The pain I felt

01:27:54is only a fraction

01:27:55because I guarantee you

01:27:56just as Paul Lee

01:27:57dangerously

01:27:58made the prediction

01:27:59that one man

01:28:00would fall tonight

01:28:01and he hasn't as of yet.

01:28:02I predict

01:28:03that you

01:28:04and anyone involved

01:28:05with you

01:28:06is gonna fall

01:28:07and be crippled

01:28:08and be out

01:28:09of this sport

01:28:10forever.

01:28:11Tell you what,

01:28:12Paul Lee wanted a war

01:28:13and he got one.

01:28:14Let's go back

01:28:15to ringside.

01:28:16Thanks very much,

01:28:17Tony.

01:28:18I'm here with Jesse

01:28:19the Bodybuilder

01:28:20and I'm gonna start

01:28:21right here with Jesse

01:28:22the Bodyventurer

01:28:23who will join our broadcast

01:28:24crew at Super Brawl,

01:28:25the big main event

01:28:26just coming up

01:28:27in just a few moments.

01:28:28What do you see

01:28:29in this big tag team war?

01:28:30Well, first of all,

01:28:31I'm excited

01:28:32because this is my first

01:28:33official broadcast

01:28:34in WCW,

01:28:35the main event.

01:28:36What do I see?

01:28:37Any time

01:28:38you got ravishing

01:28:39Rick Rude,

01:28:40you got trouble,

01:28:41Jim Ross.

01:28:42Dangerously said

01:28:43that he was gonna put

01:28:44someone out of action.

01:28:45It did not occur

01:28:46in the last match.

01:28:47Will that be his focus

01:28:48in this one?

01:28:49It well might be

01:28:50but if I was a steamboat,

01:28:51I'd be real careful.

01:28:52If I was Sting,

01:28:53I'd be even more careful

01:28:54because he has

01:28:55a championship match

01:28:56down the line.

01:28:57Fans,

01:28:58we're gonna call the action

01:28:59in just a few moments.

01:29:00Our main event

01:29:01is still to come.

01:29:02We'll be back

01:29:03in just a moment

01:29:04right here

01:29:05live on TBS.

01:29:06Ladies and gentlemen,

01:29:07the following tag team

01:29:08event

01:29:09on the Flash

01:29:10of the Champions,

01:29:11it is at one fall

01:29:12with TV time remaining.

01:29:13Introducing first,

01:29:14members of the WCW

01:29:15tag team,

01:29:16the WCW tag team,

01:29:17the WCW tag team,

01:29:18the WCW tag team,

01:29:19the WCW tag team,

01:29:20the WCW tag team,

01:29:21the WCW tag team,

01:29:22the WCW tag team,

01:29:23the WCW tag team,

01:29:24the WCW tag team,

01:29:25the WCW tag team,

01:29:26the WCW tag team,

01:29:27the WCW tag team,

01:29:28the WCW tag team,

01:29:29the WCW tag team,

01:29:30the WCW tag team,

01:29:31the WCW tag team,

01:29:32the WCW tag team,

01:29:33the WCW tag team,

01:29:34Introducing first,

01:29:35members of the

01:29:36Dangerous Alliance,

01:29:37first from Hollywood,

01:29:38California,

01:29:39he weighs 258 pounds,

01:29:40he weighs 258 pounds,

01:29:41he weighs 258 pounds,

01:29:42the World Television

01:29:43Champion,

01:29:44the World Television

01:29:45Champion,

01:29:46Stunning Steve Austin.

01:29:47Stunning Steve Austin.

01:29:48His tag team partner,

01:29:49Robbinsdale,

01:29:50Robbinsdale,

01:29:51Robbinsdale,

01:29:52Minnesota,

01:29:53255 pounds,

01:29:54255 pounds,

01:29:55255 pounds,

01:29:56the United States

01:29:57Heavyweight Champion,

01:29:58the United States

01:29:59Heavyweight Champion,

01:30:00Ravishing Wig

01:30:01Ravishing Wig

01:30:02Ravishing Wig

01:30:03Fród!

01:30:04They are accompanied

01:30:05They are accompanied

01:30:06They are accompanied

01:30:07by Paul E Dangerously!

01:30:08by Paul E Dangerously!

01:30:09by Paul E Dangerously!

01:30:10Cut to music.

01:30:11by Paul E Dangerously!

01:30:12what I'd like to have right now

01:30:13what I'd like to have right now

01:30:21what I'd like to have right now

01:30:24is for all you fat,

01:30:26out of shape,

01:30:29cable watching couch potatoes,

01:30:32Sit back and shut up while I take my robe off and

01:30:39show you what a real sexy man is supposed to look like.

01:30:47Hit the music.

01:30:49The United States

01:30:54heavyweight champion

01:31:00currently ranked number one on WCW top ten.

01:31:04In phenomenal shape, his partner Stunning Steve ranked number three.

01:31:09You know what I like about this, Jim Ross?

01:31:11What's that, Jess?

01:31:12You know, if I was 20 years older, these two guys could be my sons.

01:31:16They remind me of me.

01:31:19And ladies and gentlemen, their opponents.

01:31:23Introducing first, from Charlotte, North Carolina,

01:31:28255 pounds, Ricky, the Dragon, Steamboat.

01:31:33His partner from Venice Beach, California, 255 pounds, this is Steam.

01:31:43Steam, who will meet Lex Luger exclusively on pay-per-view on Saturday,

01:31:50February 29th, is currently ranked number two in the WCW world top ten.

01:31:56Steamboat is number four.

01:31:57So wrestlers one, two, three, and four, all involved in this tag team matchup

01:32:03with Nick Patrick, the senior referee assigned this contest.

01:32:06This is pretty remarkable, you know, Jim Ross.

01:32:08It's a very rare occasion when you get the top four contenders in the ring at one

01:32:13time, and I'll tell you what, Sting better be careful because he's got a shot at

01:32:18the champ, so how much can he possibly turn loose here tonight?

01:32:23Steamboat and Austin starting it out for their respective duos here.

01:32:27Yes, Austin, with the advantage on the ropes, we had a clean break, surprisingly.

01:32:30Now, why do you say that?

01:32:32Because he doesn't do it very often.

01:32:33Well, let's see if Steamboat does.

01:32:35It'll be interesting to see what kind of break the Dragon gives out there.

01:32:39Shoulder lock by the Dragon.

01:32:41Austin down.

01:32:42Austin from a great athletic family.

01:32:44His father played in the Cotton Bowl for Rice University.

01:32:48Great Southwest Conference football player, so he comes from good stock.

01:32:52Well, that must have been years ago,

01:32:53because I can't even remember when Rice was in a bowl.

01:32:58Right hand by the television champion, Steamboat in trouble.

01:33:01Three right hands find their mark.

01:33:03They're right above us by Steamboat with the martial arts,

01:33:05trying to fight back, and another blow.

01:33:06Steamboat fighting out of the corner.

01:33:08Austin in trouble now.

01:33:10Steamboat with the martial arts, and very effective with it.

01:33:13Well, I'll tell you, stunning Steve Austin made a major mistake.

01:33:17When he had Steamboat in the corner, he paused, he hesitated, and

01:33:21he gave the Dragon the opening.

01:33:23And you cannot give Ricky the Dragon, Steamboat,

01:33:26any opening whatsoever in the ring.

01:33:29Austin and Steamboat have both been Pro Wrestling Illustrated Rookies of the Year.

01:33:34Certainly wanna thank Dennis Brann and

01:33:35Craig Peters for their assistance in preparing this broadcast tonight.

01:33:40Good move there by Steamboat.

01:33:42Both arms are hooked.

01:33:43Pretty predicament.

01:33:43He may have it.

01:33:44He got a two count.

01:33:46Well, it was very close right there to Dragon going for it again.

01:33:48He's going for it again, and he almost had it.

01:33:51Steamboat inside cradle.

01:33:52He's got it locked up.

01:33:53He may have it here, but Austin too strong.

01:33:55You know, this could be very interesting.

01:33:57We could have a pinfall before Sting or Roode even hit the ring.

01:34:02Steamboat with a karate kick, and Roode in.

01:34:05And a Roode awakening for him in the form of a foot to the midsection.

01:34:12And now Dangerously must attempt to regroup his team.

01:34:15Don't worry about Dangerously.

01:34:17He's got a plan.

01:34:18He will definitely regroup out there.

01:34:22That's the important thing about having a manager.

01:34:25A manager can see what goes on inside that ring, where you as a participant

01:34:29cannot always be aware of everything happening in the ring.

01:34:33That's why you got a man like Paul Lee outside the ring.

01:34:38Sting and Steamboat obviously wanna wrestle this match at their pace,

01:34:42which is quick, and a tag has been made.

01:34:44The exchange, and Steamboat, a veteran move, moves away from the corner.

01:34:49Well, that's Ricky Steamboat does not wanna get caught in the corner.

01:34:52He does not want Roode or Austin to get him, cut the ring off, and

01:34:56tough it out in the corner two on one.

01:34:59See, this is tag team wrestling.

01:35:01And if you can get away with it, you do it.

01:35:03If you can get a two on one situation, you take advantage of it.

01:35:07Wow.

01:35:08Roode just walked over and slapped Sting right in the face.

01:35:12And Sting demands a tag, and the Steamer is ready to let him have it.

01:35:18Look at Roode back away.

01:35:19A smart move by Roode.

01:35:21How do you figure that?

01:35:22How do I figure that?

01:35:23He's trying to entice Sting into the corner.

01:35:26If he gets him in the corner,

01:35:27they got the two on one situation they're looking for.

01:35:32Fans, we asked you to vote on the poll on our 900 number about Paul Lee

01:35:36dangerously being allowed at ringside for a Roode's US title defenses.

01:35:41And we'll have the results of that this Saturday on WCW when the Steiners

01:35:45meet two members of the Dangerous Alliance.

01:35:48Well, I voted already and I voted that Paul Lee should be on the sidelines.

01:35:52For some reason, that doesn't surprise me as Roode opens up an advantage

01:35:55offensively on the Stinger.

01:35:58And now Sting's getting dangerous.

01:36:00He's getting over towards that corner.

01:36:03Sting with a great leapfrog, waist lock, atomic drop.

01:36:07Whoa, and believe me, Jim Ross, you wanna see what that feels like.

01:36:12I'll pass, I'll take your word for it.

01:36:15Look at poor Rick Roode.

01:36:16Sting with a clothesline, has the advantage now on Roode.

01:36:19Austin in, and he goes down from the right hand.

01:36:23They need to bail out.

01:36:24They need to get out of the ring and regroup with Paul Lee.

01:36:27Now, what kind of a move is that on a sting?

01:36:30It's a move out of aggression, out of anger.

01:36:33Scratching with the fingernails.

01:36:35Come on, this guy's supposed to be a hero.

01:36:39Sting with the Irish whip, takes him with a lot of velocity to the corner,

01:36:43on the far side of the ring.

01:36:45Boy, all four of these men are in magnificent physical condition.

01:36:49Gut wrench.

01:36:52Is he gonna get it?

01:36:54Roode had it blocked, but he came down abdomen first.

01:36:59Sting, single leg pick up.

01:37:02Now the modified version of the camel clutch.

01:37:04You know this move.

01:37:06Well, he needs to sit back with it.

01:37:08He's gotta get back and lock the fingers.

01:37:10We could get a submission.

01:37:12I'd say on any normal human being, you'd get a submission.

01:37:16But that is ravishing Rick Roode in the ring.

01:37:18He is not a normal human being.

01:37:20And the Stinger,

01:37:24emulating the ravishing one, right in Paul E.

01:37:29Dangerously's face.

01:37:31And the brash manager, the psycho yuppie from Scarsdale.

01:37:35And Sting and Roode, or Sting and Steamboat make an exchange.

01:37:38Wait a minute.

01:37:39Did they tag?

01:37:40I didn't see a tag.

01:37:41I didn't see no tag on a Sting and Steamboat.

01:37:43Come on referee, do your job.

01:37:46You did not see a tag, switch them back.

01:37:50This phenomenal crowd, they're in Topeka.

01:37:55Not wanting Steamboat to leave.

01:37:58And now Steamboat, bumping and grinding.

01:38:03Look at that, another illegal tag, Jim Ross.

01:38:06But he's a legal man, right?

01:38:08You wanted him to make the exchange.

01:38:09Yeah, don't give me that.

01:38:11That's an illegal tag.

01:38:12These guys are cheating.

01:38:13I can't believe it.

01:38:16And you think that Dangerous Elias will not cheat or

01:38:18maim someone if they're given the opportunity, Jim?

01:38:21Yeah, but the problem is Steamboat and Sting are cheating first.

01:38:26They're supposed to be-

01:38:27Whoa.

01:38:30Whoa.

01:38:32I think Sting's a soprano.

01:38:35The next time he does Roxanne, it's gonna be at soprano level.

01:38:39Rude, lower back being punished.

01:38:43Perhaps he should make the tag here.

01:38:45He buries a knee and now does make the tag to the television champion.

01:38:50And now the Stinger's in trouble because he's caught in the wrong corner.

01:38:56Listen to this crowd.

01:38:58Here at the Kansas Expo Center.

01:39:01They're right above us here.

01:39:02And Stunning Steve trying to get him to eat the buckle, but Sting blocks it.

01:39:07Austin takes the turnbuckle.

01:39:09This crowd here coming alive.

01:39:12And Austin with a knee strategically placed in the abdomen.

01:39:15Sting in trouble.

01:39:17Austin with the Irish whip to the center.

01:39:19And the elbow.

01:39:20Beautiful elbow right there.

01:39:22The Stinger's in big trouble.

01:39:23We could get a pin.

01:39:24Right there, he got two.

01:39:26Austin went for the cover and got two out of it.

01:39:30Another tag.

01:39:31They're tagging in and out now.

01:39:32Now, you notice Austin and Rude are making legal tags.

01:39:36And they're making it with a great deal of regularity.

01:39:41Of course, Austin's staying in there.

01:39:42He's got a five count to get out of the ring.

01:39:45He's using that to his advantage to double team the Stinger.

01:39:49Front face lock applied by Ravishing Rick Rude.

01:39:52As Sting tries to make his way to his corner to tag Ricky Steamboat.

01:39:55Well, if they tag, it'll be the first legal one of the match.

01:40:00They're close.

01:40:02And Rude knocking Steamboat down before Sting can make the tag.

01:40:08Now, it goes to the lateral press.

01:40:09He may have him here.

01:40:10Is Sting able to kick out?

01:40:12Well, Rude made a mistake there.

01:40:13He got a little bit overconfident, Jim Ross.

01:40:16He should have hooked the leg.

01:40:17He did not hook the leg.

01:40:18You gotta do that.

01:40:19Jess, even though Sting has had major problems with the Dangerous Alliance,

01:40:23will the signing of that world title match affect his concentration in this contest?

01:40:28Well, it'll be a major setback for him if he gets pinned here.

01:40:32The Clash of Champions, if he goes down to defeat.

01:40:37Austin again with a cheap shot on Steamboat, precluding a tag.

01:40:42Irish whips Sting in again.

01:40:44Sting, this time, trying to go for the Sunset Flip.

01:40:47Austin with a wide base, and went for a right hand, but Sting avoided it.

01:40:50And Sting makes the tag.

01:40:53And here comes the dragon.

01:40:55Steamboat is well rested, and he's nailing Austin.

01:40:59And Rude, the Martial Arts blows the dragon down.

01:41:02He's in control, offensively, of this tag team battle.

01:41:06Well, I'll tell you one thing that's gotta happen.

01:41:08The referee, the referee better get some control in there.

01:41:12He's got three men in the ring.

01:41:13There's only supposed to be two.

01:41:17Martial Arts to the abdomen, a forearm to the kidneys.

01:41:21And Steamboat up on the shoulders of the Television Champion.

01:41:25Takes him over in a victory roll.

01:41:26He's got him, but he had him pinned, and Rude now interferes.

01:41:31Rude came in illegally.

01:41:33And so did Sting, so it's all fair in love and war, Jim Ross.

01:41:37And indeed, this is a war.

01:41:40Jim Ross and Jesse The Body Ventura ringside.

01:41:43Live here on TBS, and what an elbow.

01:41:45He caught him flush on the chops with that one.

01:41:48And Ricky the Dragon is now gonna eat Rick Rude's knee.

01:41:52The Dragon in major, major trouble here.

01:41:55Gonna get double teamed in the corner.

01:41:57And the classic tag team strategy,

01:41:59they are keeping Steamboat in their half of the ring.

01:42:02That's right, that's important.

01:42:03In any tag team confrontation, you wanna cut the ring off and

01:42:07do it on your side of that 50-yard marker.

01:42:12Again, the tag made, and look at Steamboat's positioning.

01:42:14Near the corner of the Dangerous Alliance.

01:42:18Steamboat has such great cardiovascular conditioning.

01:42:23And great resiliency, but it's reversed by Austin.

01:42:28Great agility by Steamboat, trying to roll him up, but Austin held onto the rope.

01:42:33Austin at 258, Steamboat 235, but Steamboat with a quick inside cradle.

01:42:37And again, Rude in, and Sting in.

01:42:39We got all four in there now.

01:42:41Referee's losing control of it.

01:42:47Sting being tossed on the rampway by Ravishing Rick Rude.

01:42:51I think Austin and Steamboat are the legal men in this match right now.

01:42:55You're correct at that.

01:42:56Austin and Steamboat are the legal men.

01:42:59And Sting's taking it to outside the ring.

01:43:02Sting and Austin battling out here in the rampway.

01:43:05Austin better watch out.

01:43:06He could get counted out.

01:43:07He's not the legal man.

01:43:10Sting thrown off the ramp.

01:43:12Rude and Steamboat hammering away, back in the ring.

01:43:15Now Rude goes back to the apron.

01:43:16And Austin continues with a back breaker on Ricky the Dragon Steamboat.

01:43:22Trying to injure Steamboat's back.

01:43:24Sting up on top.

01:43:25Sting the crossbody.

01:43:28What?

01:43:29He can't count back.

01:43:30He got it.

01:43:31And ladies and gentlemen, the winners of the match,

01:43:36the team of Ricky the Dragon Steamboat and Sting.

01:43:41Hey.

01:43:42Sting and Steamboat have won it.

01:43:45How can they have won it?

01:43:46Two guys pin one guy.

01:43:48You've got to give the assist to Sting, but there's a Rude Awakening.

01:43:51Rude Awakening on a already weakened Ricky the Dragon Steamboat.

01:43:55Sting went for the Stinger Splash, but he missed.

01:43:57And now's when Paulie and the boys are gonna do the damage.

01:44:01Oh, no, not another one.

01:44:04There's no reason for this.

01:44:05The second Rude Awakening.

01:44:07I think the dragon's been awakened.

01:44:09The human anatomy cannot sustain this, and now he's got that belt.

01:44:15My God.

01:44:17He's giving him a good old fashioned country whipper.

01:44:20The security men are being lashed as well.

01:44:24Sting trying to come back in and protect his partner.

01:44:28And we got all hell breaking loose in there now.

01:44:31Everybody's in there.

01:44:33Security men, the dangerous alliance.

01:44:35Look at Rude now, trying to whip Steamboat, but Sting covering on his partner.

01:44:40Well, what the heck?

01:44:41They double teamed for the win.

01:44:42They might as well double team now in their whipping.

01:44:45Austin and Rude continuing this onslaught.

01:44:53Look at Rude lashing away.

01:44:55Sting protecting his partner.

01:44:58Sting here.

01:45:10Absolutely no reason to Rude Awakenings.

01:45:15And Jesse, what?

01:45:16Why two?

01:45:17Why did he do that?

01:45:18I'll tell you why.

01:45:18There was a reason.

01:45:19It was an illegal pinfall.

01:45:21You saw it, Jim Ross, right in the center of that ring.

01:45:24It took two guys to pin Steve Austin.

01:45:27I don't blame them at all for what they did.

01:45:29Well, Steamboat is gonna need some medical attention as we gaze right here in

01:45:33the ring to Rude Awakenings by the US champion.

01:45:35But what about, we just have a few more moments.

01:45:38You'll be at Super Brawl on the 29th.

01:45:40I will be at Super Brawl.

01:45:41I will be broadcasting it from beginning to end for the championship of WCW.

01:45:47Sting faces the total package, Lex Luger.

01:45:51Fans, don't forget, we'll have a complete report on this this Saturday on WCW.

01:45:55Good night, everybody.

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