WCW Clash of the Champions 21: November 18, 1992

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00:00:00♪♪

00:00:05They were friends, but tonight they are bitter enemies in a war for the gold.

00:00:09Ricky the Dragon Steamboat and Shane Douglas challenge Dustin Rhodes and Barry Windham

00:00:13for their Unified World Tag Team Championship.

00:00:16Two of WCW's most powerful personalities collide

00:00:19when Ravishing Rick Rude battles Sting

00:00:22in tonight's semifinal bout in the King of Cable Tournament.

00:00:25Paulie dangerously says he's a man,

00:00:28but what kind of man hits a girl?

00:00:30Medusa will put Paulie to the test in tonight's Clash of the Sexes.

00:00:34And get ready to rumble!

00:00:37It's Johnny B. Bad and Scotty Flamingo in three rounds of boxing.

00:00:40All this excitement and much more are next

00:00:43as World Championship Wrestling presents

00:00:46Clash of the Champions.

00:00:50Jam-packed to the rafters,

00:00:53the Clash of Champions is on the air on TBS.

00:00:56Hello again, everybody. I'm Jim Ross along with Jesse the Body Madura.

00:01:00We are here at ringside, and, Jess,

00:01:02everybody's anticipating a tremendous live broadcast,

00:01:05but one thing that we're all anticipating, the Clash of the Sexes.

00:01:09Absolutely. I'll tell you, it's so loud in here right now, Jim Ross,

00:01:13I can't even hear myself speak.

00:01:15But I'm pumped up, that's right.

00:01:17And if you want to know something, you know,

00:01:19there was a world heavyweight boxing match a couple of days ago

00:01:23that had a weigh-in.

00:01:24That weigh-in was nothing compared to the weigh-in

00:01:27that took place here in World Championship Wrestling.

00:01:30Let's show the fans what happened earlier today.

00:01:32Paulie and Medusa had their weigh-in,

00:01:34and as Jesse the Body Madura said,

00:01:36there was certainly some fireworks at that situation, Jess.

00:01:39Not only that, Jim Ross, I couldn't believe

00:01:42the weight of the two contestants.

00:01:44Very controversial.

00:01:46I'm ready. 188 pounds.

00:01:49Huh? Ready? 188 pounds.

00:01:52Solid, baby. Check it out.

00:01:54There you see Paulie Danderson weighed in at 188 pounds.

00:01:58No, they said 192.

00:02:00Oh, there it is. Oh, look at that body.

00:02:03Well, he's not ever going to be called Paulie the Body.

00:02:06There's only one body, and I'm standing by him.

00:02:08I'm glad he's putting that coat back on.

00:02:10And now we'll see Medusa's two steps on the scales.

00:02:15I think my memory serves me correctly.

00:02:19She weighed at 140.

00:02:21Right there's the fireworks.

00:02:23She was ready to go earlier today.

00:02:25And, ladies and gentlemen, standing by back in our locker room area

00:02:28is Tony Schiavone.

00:02:30He's with the executive vice president of WCW, Cowboy Bill Watts.

00:02:33Let's go back to the locker room.

00:02:35Okay, Jim, thank you very much.

00:02:37Great to be with you here on Clash of the Champions.

00:02:39Bill, the last time we had Clash of the Champions,

00:02:41we celebrated 20 years of wrestling on TBS.

00:02:43And now we start a new era.

00:02:45We're ready for some high-impact action of world championship wrestling tonight.

00:02:48Well, I'm certainly proud to be a part of it,

00:02:50and on behalf of Turner Broadcasting and World Championship Wrestling,

00:02:53we want to thank you for inviting us into your home.

00:02:55We've got some great events tonight, a lot of intensity,

00:02:58a lot of very controversial situations.

00:03:01We really hope you enjoy it.

00:03:02Okay, Bill, thanks very much.

00:03:04Also at the other side of the Lincoln Coliseum

00:03:06in the other locker room area with us

00:03:08is a man you see on WCW Power Hour each and every Saturday,

00:03:11Teddy Long, standing by with a co-host of the main event on Sundays,

00:03:14Michael PSA.

00:03:15Take it away, guys.

00:03:18Well, thanks, Tony.

00:03:19And let me say something to all the fans right now

00:03:21how excited I am to be a part of another big Clash of Champions.

00:03:24And, Michael, I know you are, too.

00:03:26Teddy, Macon, Georgia, is on fire.

00:03:28We got the unified title match.

00:03:29We got Roode against Sting, a boxing match,

00:03:32Paulie and Medusa,

00:03:33but we are fixing to go collect a bounty on Eric Watts.

00:03:36It's been said that the hatred for Bill Watts

00:03:38has been taken out on his son,

00:03:40Eric, I'd hate you if your last name was Hayes.

00:03:43Well, you've heard the comments from Michael Hayes.

00:03:45Now, fans, I have just received some late developing breaking news

00:03:49concerning flying Brian Pillman.

00:03:51Now, Brian Pillman has suffered a knee injury.

00:03:54I do understand that he is here tonight,

00:03:56and he is on crutches.

00:03:57And, by the way, I think they're telling me now

00:03:59that Brian Pillman is at ringside right now

00:04:02with Jesse Ventura.

00:04:03Let's go back to Jesse.

00:04:06Brian Pillman, you're injured.

00:04:09I mean, I recall weeks back

00:04:11that it was the other way around.

00:04:13It was Brad Armstrong who was injured.

00:04:15It was you who was disappointed,

00:04:17who had trained so hard for the matchup

00:04:20and then faced a situation

00:04:22where Brad Armstrong couldn't wrestle.

00:04:24Now, you're in that position, Brian Pillman.

00:04:27Well, Jess, I just hope this whole situation

00:04:29will be a valuable learning experience for me.

00:04:32I was really looking forward to competing

00:04:34against Brad Armstrong here tonight.

00:04:36Unfortunately, due to the injury,

00:04:38that's not going to happen.

00:04:40I guess now that the shoe's on the other foot,

00:04:44I finally realize the kind of pain and aggravation

00:04:51you went through when you didn't get an opportunity

00:04:53to defend your title against me, Brad.

00:04:55And it really hurts me to know how foolish I was

00:04:59in the actions I took and the way I carried on.

00:05:02And what I'd like to say to you right now, Brad,

00:05:04is I'd like to take this time

00:05:06and make a public apology to you

00:05:08right here on national TV,

00:05:10because I admit I was wrong.

00:05:12You've got every right to be upset and mad.

00:05:15I don't blame you one bit.

00:05:17And if it's any consolation, Brad,

00:05:20if it'll make you feel any better,

00:05:23go ahead and slap me.

00:05:25Brad Armstrong, I mean, he's hurt.

00:05:27How do you feel about that?

00:05:30Oh, gosh!

00:05:33What are you doing?

00:05:36He wasn't hurt.

00:05:38You can't disqualify me.

00:05:41The match hasn't started yet.

00:05:43You want to arrest Armstrong?

00:05:45Come on, let's get it on.

00:05:48What an underhanded piece of business this is.

00:05:54There was nothing wrong with Pillman at all.

00:05:58And he's right about one thing.

00:06:00He can't be disqualified because the match hasn't started.

00:06:03I'm not so sure.

00:06:05But Brad Armstrong's trying to climb up on the apron.

00:06:09Referees are trying to hold him back.

00:06:11Armstrong says to ring the bell.

00:06:13He wants the bell to be rung,

00:06:15and it's rung and the match is on.

00:06:18Armstrong attacks at Pillman with those chops.

00:06:22It's Armstrong with the right hand.

00:06:26Armstrong basically trying to fight

00:06:28Armstrong basically trying to fight with one leg.

00:06:34And I'll tell you what, Jim Ross, right now,

00:06:36oh, he got caught!

00:06:38He got caught!

00:06:39Pillman went in and clipped him, caught him on the knee.

00:06:41He chopped him right on the knee!

00:06:43And Pillman's going to win it!

00:06:45Ladies and gentlemen, here's your winner,

00:06:47Lion Ryan!

00:06:51Well, I cannot believe the way this one has gotten started.

00:06:56What a piece of subterfuge for Lion Ryan Pillman,

00:07:00as we'll take another look at the closing moments.

00:07:03There you see Armstrong with a big right hand on Lion Ryan,

00:07:06but he sees the opening boot.

00:07:08There's the clip right there to the already injured knee

00:07:11by the crutch.

00:07:13There he hooks the leg.

00:07:14One, two, three, and I'll tell you what, Jim Ross,

00:07:16you got to give the guy credit.

00:07:18He pulled a fast one.

00:07:19Oh, what a sneaky play.

00:07:20Vance, Paulie, and Meduso, the hotline,

00:07:23live, taking your calls until half past the hour.

00:07:25And we'll be back after this time-out.

00:07:28♪♪

00:07:38Welcome back, everyone, to the Clash of the Champions.

00:07:41We're live in Macon, Georgia.

00:07:43The fireworks have already started here

00:07:45in the flying Brian Brad Armstrong situation.

00:07:48And, Jess, we expect to see a lot of fireworks

00:07:50when Paulie and Meduso have the Clash of the Sexes.

00:07:53Absolutely, Jim Ross.

00:07:54I'll tell you what, this is going to be a battle.

00:07:56It's not really sanctioned.

00:07:57It's not really a competition.

00:07:58It's a fight.

00:07:59Fans, both these people are really wanting to settle this score.

00:08:03We're going to hear from Paulie Dangerously

00:08:05in just a few more moments,

00:08:06but we want to take you back now

00:08:07and show you how this whole situation got started.

00:08:10It really peaked at Halloween Havoc.

00:08:12Here's the story.

00:08:14The conflict between Paulie Dangerously and Meduso

00:08:16had only been a war of words

00:08:18until Halloween Havoc on October 25th.

00:08:20It was then Paulie's tirade was too much for Meduso to take.

00:08:24Man, man!

00:08:25You are a woman, woman, woman!

00:08:28Which means, dammit, you are fired!

00:08:31Fired! Fired!

00:08:33And because you're a woman,

00:08:35and I know that means that you're stupid,

00:08:37I spell it out for you.

00:08:39F-I-R-E-D!

00:08:43Fired! Fired! Fired!

00:08:46Paulie, you bastard!

00:08:50All right!

00:08:52She kicked him right in the face!

00:08:54Paulie, you better get out of there!

00:08:57Meduso is kicking Paulie onto the stage!

00:09:02For tonight's clash of the sexes,

00:09:04Meduso has put in many hours of training.

00:09:07She brings with her an intense martial arts background

00:09:10and a passion to finally settle the score.

00:09:13Paulie, I've had enough of you for the last year!

00:09:16You've demeaned me,

00:09:17and now I'm going to embarrass you!

00:09:19When I get through with you,

00:09:21everyone's going to call you Paulina,

00:09:23and I promise you.

00:09:26Meanwhile, Paulie has gone through a training regimen of his own

00:09:30as he and other members of his dangerous alliance

00:09:32held a public workout this past weekend

00:09:35on WCW Saturday night.

00:09:37Oh, do it!

00:09:43Thank you, Lorimer!

00:09:46Look what you did! Look what you did!

00:09:49Yes! Yes! Paulie, the big one, baby!

00:09:52The big one! The big one! The big one!

00:09:56Boom! Yes!

00:10:04I won! I am a real man!

00:10:09Immediately after the workout, Paulie confronted Meduso,

00:10:12and after berating her again,

00:10:14he found himself in the same position that he will be in tonight,

00:10:18alone.

00:10:20It's not your fault.

00:10:22It's okay. I got her.

00:10:24It's not your fault. It's a little strong.

00:10:26It's not your fault that you're so stupid

00:10:30that you think you can take on a real man like Paulie dangerously.

00:10:33It's not your fault that you're so ignorant

00:10:36you think you can beat up a man.

00:10:38It's not your fault you're that stupid.

00:10:40It's genetics. You were born stupid.

00:10:43You're just a woman.

00:10:45But I am a man.

00:10:48My father's pride and joy.

00:10:51Unlike you.

00:10:53That is disappointment.

00:10:55Because we all know that your father wanted a boy,

00:10:58wanted a man for a son.

00:11:00And he almost got one, didn't he?

00:11:02But not quite.

00:11:04Now, I know what you're thinking, Meduso.

00:11:06You're looking at my face,

00:11:08and you're trying to decide,

00:11:10should I kick him,

00:11:12or should I kiss him?

00:11:14Because you know

00:11:16that you've always wanted a real man

00:11:18like Paulie dangerously.

00:11:20How many nights did you call me

00:11:22from Rick Road's room

00:11:24saying, Paulie, I want to be

00:11:26with a real man like you!

00:11:28But you will never have me!

00:11:30You will never have a real man

00:11:32like Paulie dangerously

00:11:34because I wouldn't lower myself

00:11:36to be with something like you!

00:11:38A woman! Nothing but a woman!

00:11:40And I hate your filthy, stupid,

00:11:42gut! You hear me?

00:11:44What are you going to do? Nothing!

00:11:46But if you take one step towards me,

00:11:48we'll stomp your butt, you got me?

00:11:50We will not tolerate this!

00:11:52That's right! Who? Who, Paulie?

00:11:54Who not you?

00:11:56You! You! You!

00:11:58You! You! You!

00:12:00You! You! You!

00:12:02There's nothing! Here goes Meduso

00:12:04chasing Paulie!

00:12:06Paulie's over the rail!

00:12:08Meduso kneeling down!

00:12:10They're going through the crowd!

00:12:12They're going out on Peachtree!

00:12:14They're going out on Peachtree!

00:12:16All right, that happened just Saturday.

00:12:18She is ready for war, Jess.

00:12:20Absolutely, and I'll tell you what, tonight

00:12:22there's nowhere for Paulie to run and hide.

00:12:24He's going to have to do it, and he's going to do it

00:12:26right in this ring here in Macon, Georgia.

00:12:28They're going to have five minutes to settle their differences,

00:12:30and I understand that Michael Hayes

00:12:32is standing by in the locker room

00:12:34with Paulie dangerously. Let's go there now.

00:12:36Thanks, Jim and Jess.

00:12:38I just want to say I'm standing here with the man

00:12:40who is representing all of mankind.

00:12:42This is bigger than Bobby Riggs,

00:12:44Billie Jean King, bigger than Jimmy Connors,

00:12:46Martina Navatrilova.

00:12:48Paulie, one hand tied behind your back.

00:12:50Is it going to be a problem?

00:12:52No problem. See, this is all about sacrifice.

00:12:54Men always make the sacrifice.

00:12:56Men sacrificed their lives in war

00:12:58to fight for their country.

00:13:00Women do nothing. It was a man

00:13:02that sacrificed everything

00:13:04for all of our sins. Women do nothing.

00:13:06The only sacrifice women ever make

00:13:08is when they're 16 years old

00:13:10in their boyfriend's car.

00:13:12But tonight, Medusa,

00:13:14you will be sacrificed

00:13:16at the altar of the Lord

00:13:18and master of all

00:13:20of manhood.

00:13:22Paulie

00:13:24dangerously. Hey, man.

00:13:26Hey, Michael. I didn't get my money from the workout.

00:13:28He didn't get his money from the workout.

00:13:30You know, when I punched him and knocked him out.

00:13:32Pay the guy.

00:13:34We're busy. We're busy.

00:13:36He's a loser, and Medusa tonight,

00:13:38you'll be a loser, too.

00:13:40Back to you guys.

00:13:42All right, Michael Hayes. Thanks very much.

00:13:44Jeff, what do you think? Can Paulie pull it off with one hand tied behind him?

00:13:46Well, he's handicapped,

00:13:48but I'll tell you what, he's been trained

00:13:50and he believes in himself,

00:13:52but I'll tell you what, Medusa's one heck of an athlete.

00:13:54Indeed she is, and fans, when we come back,

00:13:56our bounty tag team matchup

00:13:58is next. Watson Sasaki

00:14:00meet Anderson and Eaton with Hayes at ringside.

00:14:02That match is next on the Clash of the Champions.

00:14:18Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest

00:14:20on the Clash of the Champions,

00:14:22a special bounty tag team

00:14:24match set for one fall

00:14:26with a 20-minute time limit.

00:14:28Introducing team number one

00:14:30to my left, they are accompanied

00:14:32by fabulous free bird

00:14:34Michael P.S. Hayes

00:14:36at a total

00:14:38combined weight of

00:14:40499 pounds.

00:14:42First, from Minnesota,

00:14:44the enforcer,

00:14:46Arne Anderson.

00:14:50And from Huntsville, Alabama,

00:14:52beautiful

00:14:54Bobbie.

00:14:58And ladies

00:15:00and gentlemen, their opponents,

00:15:02total combined weight,

00:15:04499 pounds.

00:15:06Introducing first

00:15:08from the University of Louisville,

00:15:10Eric Watts.

00:15:14And from Tokyo, Japan,

00:15:16Kensuke Sasaki.

00:15:22All right, fans,

00:15:24as many of you know, Paul E. Dangerously

00:15:26has put a cash bounty on Eric Watts'

00:15:28head for this contest.

00:15:30A cash inducement

00:15:32for Hayes, Anderson, and Eaton

00:15:34to injure this young man during the course

00:15:36of this contest. So it's a high-stakes match

00:15:38for Watts. I'm confused,

00:15:40Jim Ross. It says that Watts is from

00:15:42the University of Louisville. What, he lives

00:15:44on campus all the time?

00:15:46That's where he attended college, obviously.

00:15:48He's from Bixby, Oklahoma. There we go.

00:15:50Then he's from Oklahoma. Collar and elbow tie-up.

00:15:52It's beautiful Bobbie and Eric Watts

00:15:54starting it out here.

00:15:56And

00:15:58Eaton, Anderson, one of the great tag

00:16:00teams in WCW. Quite a great challenge

00:16:02for the young combination of Sasaki and Watts.

00:16:04Side headlock, far side,

00:16:06and, oh, look at the slaps!

00:16:08A beautiful Bobbie

00:16:10waist lock, but a quick go-behind by Eric

00:16:12counters it.

00:16:14And a, oh, oh!

00:16:16Beautiful Bobbie caught one from the young rookie.

00:16:18You know, I'll tell you something.

00:16:20I don't envy Eric Watts.

00:16:22I mean, here's a young guy, his first

00:16:24year as a professional, and he's got

00:16:26a bounty on his head. I mean, that

00:16:28could mean his career, Jim Ross,

00:16:30could end before it even gets started, really.

00:16:32You're right about that.

00:16:34You're exactly right about that.

00:16:36He's certainly been on the hot seat

00:16:38as far as dangerously and his people are concerned.

00:16:40Beautiful Bobbie forcing Eric to the

00:16:42ropes, and Eaton got the elbow in.

00:16:44The experienced veteran from

00:16:46Huntsville, Alabama.

00:16:48Takes Eric to the far side, goes to

00:16:50the abdominal stretch, and he's trying to get it applied.

00:16:52Couldn't get it hooked in, good arm drag count.

00:16:58Whoa, right over the top rope.

00:17:02Eric back up on that second rope.

00:17:06Avoiding.

00:17:08Beautiful Bobbie knocked him down with a shoulder block.

00:17:10Comes at him with a fist.

00:17:14Watts came to fight here

00:17:16as beautiful Bobbie goes to the sanctuary

00:17:18of his corner where Hayes and Anderson are.

00:17:20Now Hayes wants to speak to the

00:17:22referee. Well, you can see

00:17:24right now that the rookie Watts,

00:17:26I think he's overly pumped up.

00:17:28He needs to low-key it a little bit

00:17:30more right here. Uh-oh.

00:17:32Here's a tag to whom I

00:17:34consider one of the most dangerous men in

00:17:36wrestling.

00:17:38Arn Anderson didn't earn

00:17:40the name The Enforcer for

00:17:42nothing. He is a

00:17:44tremendous athlete, and I'm sure he will want

00:17:46to keep this very, this pace

00:17:48very methodical, Jess.

00:17:52Anderson with a wrist lock in control.

00:17:54It's countered by Eric Watts.

00:17:56And Watts makes the tag to the powerhouse

00:17:58in Tokyo, Kintsuki Sasaki.

00:18:06And Sasaki back to the arm.

00:18:10But The Enforcer drives him into the corner.

00:18:12Whoa, Sasaki got out of the corner.

00:18:14Smart move by the young Japanese wrestler.

00:18:16He don't want to get caught in the corner

00:18:18in tag team wrestling. That's where the damage

00:18:20is done. And Anderson makes another tag

00:18:22to Beautiful Bobby.

00:18:24Now it's Eaton and Sasaki.

00:18:26Sasaki, good move

00:18:28into the headlock now. He's a, as we said,

00:18:30a very powerful, strong, compact

00:18:32athlete. Good shoulder lock. Gets the momentum

00:18:34from the ropes. Beautiful Bobby

00:18:36took him up and over, but Sasaki shows

00:18:38great agility. Comes back with that dropkick.

00:18:40And Beautiful Bobby has not been

00:18:42extremely productive here offensively

00:18:44in the early going. Well, Sasaki flipped

00:18:46over and broke that with his feet.

00:18:48Got up immediately. Beautiful Bobby

00:18:50thought he had him down, but Sasaki hits him with

00:18:52the dropkick. And Beautiful Bobby

00:18:54and Aaron Anderson got to regroup a little bit here.

00:19:00Sasaki forcing Eaton back into the

00:19:02corner. Nails him with those chops.

00:19:04Hammering away

00:19:06at Beautiful Bobby.

00:19:08He nails Anderson, who came over to try to get involved.

00:19:10It's Eaton with a reversal. No, it's Sasaki

00:19:12reversing it, taking Eaton back to the corner.

00:19:14But Anderson pulled Eaton out of the corner.

00:19:16And Sasaki found nothing but turnbuckle.

00:19:18And now he's going to find more than turnbuckle.

00:19:20He's going to find the floor.

00:19:24Hayes with that

00:19:26a cheap one on the outside.

00:19:28The referee being detained with Beautiful Bobby.

00:19:30I thought it might be Anderson

00:19:32with a cheap shot, but it was Hayes.

00:19:36Well, Michael Hayes is a tough guy, you know,

00:19:38and sometimes it gets the best of him

00:19:40sitting outside the ring, and he's got to get himself

00:19:42involved. But the main thing when he

00:19:44does that, he doesn't dare let the referee

00:19:46see him. Whoa, and he got another shot in there

00:19:48when the referee was with Aaron Anderson.

00:19:50And walks around.

00:19:52The referee's got to restrain him.

00:19:54And it's Anderson driving Sasaki's

00:19:56head into the top turnbuckle.

00:19:58Now wrecking the youngster's face

00:20:00along the ropes. Anderson and Eaton

00:20:02with some double

00:20:04teaming there.

00:20:08And Anderson with the armbar.

00:20:10Anderson looks to be having a little

00:20:12problem with his left knee.

00:20:14Well, it's heavily taped.

00:20:16Very, very heavily taped.

00:20:18Eaton misses a clothesline.

00:20:20And Sasaki caught him!

00:20:22That took him to around that

00:20:24360, that big power slam.

00:20:26Both men now are down. Sasaki

00:20:28able to make the tag to Watts.

00:20:30And Watts is in.

00:20:32And Watts coming in, firing

00:20:34right hands, fires Beautiful Bobby into

00:20:36the buckle. Catches him.

00:20:38Beautiful monkey flip into a

00:20:40pin. Oh, and he's hammering him with the right hand.

00:20:42I thought he'd go for a pin, but he just

00:20:44wants to punish him. He's got to be careful

00:20:46not to be disqualified here. The referee reaches

00:20:48five. It's a disqualification.

00:20:50Irish whip to the

00:20:52middle of the ropes. High elevation on that

00:20:54back body drop by Eric Watts. Anderson

00:20:56comes in. He's nailed by Watts' right hand.

00:20:58Sasaki in.

00:21:02Watts and Sasaki

00:21:04going for the cover!

00:21:06And he got a near fall.

00:21:08You know, the referee should not

00:21:10be counting anything with four guys

00:21:12in the ring, Jim Ross. He needs to get

00:21:14control.

00:21:16Watts has been training with Hiro Matsuda,

00:21:18the NWA champion.

00:21:20Masahiro, Chono, and Sasaki

00:21:22working on his submission moves.

00:21:24He caught him with

00:21:26the right hand.

00:21:28Eaton came off the top, and he was nailed.

00:21:30And Eric

00:21:32set him up. Could be going for the

00:21:34STF. He's got it.

00:21:36He's got it hooked. He's got

00:21:38a submission.

00:21:40STF, the STF, the submission

00:21:42move, and beautiful Bobby has given it up.

00:21:44Ladies and gentlemen,

00:21:46here are your winners, the team of

00:21:48Eric Watts and Kensuke

00:21:50Sasaki.

00:21:52So the training with all the great

00:21:54Japanese athletes pays off for Eric

00:21:56Watts. The adversaries

00:21:58will not collect the bounty here tonight.

00:22:00A submission victory with the STF.

00:22:02They at least have got three rounds of

00:22:04boxing to come. And standing by

00:22:06with Johnny B. Baird is

00:22:08Tony Shabani back in the locker room.

00:22:12Okay, Jim, thanks very much. You're exactly

00:22:14right. Three rounds of boxing still to come.

00:22:16The second for Johnny B. Baird tonight will be

00:22:18Teddy Long, and this man looks ready.

00:22:20Well, let me say something about Scottie Flamingo.

00:22:22Now, I can't take anything away from this man's

00:22:24wrestling credibility because he has certainly

00:22:26proved to be one of the toughest men in WCW.

00:22:28But Scottie Flamingo, tonight

00:22:30you're going to find out that you made a bad mistake

00:22:32when you signed for three rounds of

00:22:34boxing with Johnny B. Baird. Boxing is

00:22:36right down your alley, Johnny. Oh, hush, Tony.

00:22:38Scottie Flamingo, you knocked me out on national

00:22:40TV with a roll of coins because

00:22:42you weren't man enough to do it with your fist.

00:22:44Well, tonight, we've got three rounds

00:22:46of boxing, and I'll tell you something.

00:22:48Today is my day. Tonight is my night.

00:22:50I'm here to fight, so I'll

00:22:52go to life because I'm a

00:22:54bad man!

00:22:56Okay, there is no doubt about it that Johnny

00:22:58B. Baird is ready. Three rounds of

00:23:00boxing. That match will be coming up next,

00:23:02and fans, when we come back before the match,

00:23:04I'll go to Scottie Flamingo's

00:23:06locker room. Stay with us right here on

00:23:08TBS.

00:23:22Welcome back, everyone, to the Clash of

00:23:24the Champions. Before we see this three rounds

00:23:26of boxing, Tony Schiavone standing by

00:23:28in the locker room with Scottie Flamingo.

00:23:30Okay, thanks

00:23:32very much, Jim. Yes, we are in Scottie Flamingo's

00:23:34locker room. You see he has certainly his

00:23:36entourage with him, including

00:23:38a man who knows a lot about

00:23:40boxing, a lot about the odds, Vinny Vegas.

00:23:42You know, Tony, with all this hype

00:23:44and hysteria right now, hey,

00:23:46I know I'm standing in Macon, Georgia, but

00:23:48it feels like fight night Vegas

00:23:50to the Venman. You know, I just got off

00:23:52the phone, and they're telling me the odds

00:23:54are 75-1. 75-1,

00:23:56my man eats a canvas.

00:23:58Ludicrous. Ludicrous. Ain't gonna

00:24:00happen. The boys in Vegas put up

00:24:02too much time and too much money

00:24:04for my boy to lose.

00:24:06They're in here for the sand. They're in here for the

00:24:08Caesar Palace.

00:24:10They're in here for everywhere.

00:24:12I'm sorry, I'm very excited.

00:24:14The man has got everything going for him.

00:24:16You know, they say Bobbik had it.

00:24:18You know, they say Jerry Cooney

00:24:20had it. You know, they say

00:24:22Tommy Morrison's got it.

00:24:24Hey, this kid's got

00:24:26it all. He's got the jaw, Shavado.

00:24:28He's got the heart of La Mata.

00:24:30Look who's kneeling down next to him.

00:24:32Maybe you've seen this promoter before.

00:24:34He's a personal friend of ours, eh?

00:24:36Hey, he ain't here wishing him well.

00:24:38No, he's talking pay-per-view.

00:24:40Riddick Bowe? Hey, I don't

00:24:42know. Tonight, here in

00:24:44Macon, hey, my man might be

00:24:46outgunned. He might be out

00:24:48boxed, but the Vegas Connection,

00:24:50Scotty Flamingo, never

00:24:52out boxed. We're ready to go

00:24:54with three rounds of boxing. Let's go to the ring.

00:24:56Ladies and

00:24:58gentlemen, the following contest

00:25:00on TBS will

00:25:02consist of three two-minute rounds

00:25:04of boxing with

00:25:06one-minute rest periods between

00:25:08rounds. Introducing

00:25:10first, from

00:25:12Macon, Georgia,

00:25:14weighing 235

00:25:16pounds, accompanied by

00:25:18Teddy Long, is

00:25:20Johnny B.

00:25:22Bad!

00:25:24Teddy Long

00:25:26will second Johnny B. Bad in this

00:25:28contest. Three

00:25:30rounds of boxing, two-minute rounds.

00:25:32There'll be a one-minute rest period

00:25:34between rounds of this matchup.

00:25:36Johnny B. Bad, yes, is

00:25:38flamboyant as ever. Looks like some of your old ropes.

00:25:40Absolutely. Feathered boas.

00:25:42Takes after my own heart.

00:25:44Does that have anything to do with the selection of the ring girl?

00:25:46If you did, you did well.

00:25:56Fans love this

00:25:58man here in his hometown

00:26:00as we go back up

00:26:02to Gary Michael

00:26:04Capetta.

00:26:06And ladies and gentlemen, his

00:26:08opponent, to be accompanied

00:26:10to the ring by the Vegas

00:26:12Connection of Diamond Dallas Page

00:26:14and Vinny Vegas

00:26:16from Palm Beach, Florida.

00:26:18Weighing 235

00:26:20pounds,

00:26:22Scotty

00:26:24Flamingo.

00:26:28So apparently

00:26:30the Vegas Connection

00:26:32with a business arrangement with Scotty

00:26:34Flamingo for this fight, Jess.

00:26:36And I've got to think that 75

00:26:38to 100, that man's the underdog.

00:26:40That might be conservative.

00:26:42Hey, I'll tell you what, at 75

00:26:44to 1 odds, that's the kind of money

00:26:46where I would bet on Flamingo, because if

00:26:48he scores the upset, you're going to go to

00:26:50the bank big time.

00:26:52You know what? I want to know,

00:26:54Jim Roscoe, was that really who I

00:26:56thought it was in the dressing room with that hairdo?

00:27:00Just never know around this place, Jess.

00:27:02You just never know. I mean, there's

00:27:04only one man that got hair like that, Jim

00:27:06Ross. You know who it is, and I know

00:27:08who it is.

00:27:12And it will be round one.

00:27:14Now, now, stick to your

00:27:16announcing, Ross. Get your

00:27:18eyes off of that. Look at the ring card

00:27:20now, not below it.

00:27:22It's round one.

00:27:24Well, I'm human.

00:27:26All right, well,

00:27:28Johnny B. Badd, who was,

00:27:30had a phenomenal record as

00:27:32an amateur boxer, five times

00:27:34Golden Glove champion

00:27:36in the state of New York.

00:27:40Spent a lot of time. And I think

00:27:42the biggest victory he ever got was

00:27:44over Razor Ruddock.

00:27:46And that ain't no slouch.

00:27:48Oh, you're right. You're right about that.

00:27:50So, Johnny B. Badd, the decided favorite

00:27:52in this contest, with his old manager

00:27:54Theodore R. Long, and

00:27:58about ready to go here.

00:28:02And there is

00:28:04the bell for round one, a two-minute

00:28:06round in this particular situation,

00:28:08and we're ready

00:28:10to go here.

00:28:12Johnny B. Badd

00:28:14getting that left jab in, and

00:28:16Flamingo, after that flurry,

00:28:18knocked out of the ring. He was jabbed out of the ring.

00:28:20What a flurry in the early

00:28:22going here by Johnny B. Badd.

00:28:24Well, I'll tell you what, I don't think Scotty Flamingo

00:28:26was totally prepared for the quickness

00:28:28of those left hands.

00:28:30Ooh!

00:28:32He got the right hand, and he knocks him down!

00:28:34Straight right hand

00:28:36to the head, and Flamingo down.

00:28:38And you notice

00:28:40Badd follows it up with a little ollie shuffle

00:28:42in there. Scores with the

00:28:44big right hand, does a little shuffle, and I'll tell you

00:28:46what, Flamingo's in trouble. He's staggered

00:28:48early. This may not get to the second.

00:28:50Hard body shots

00:28:52by Johnny B. Badd, and

00:28:54Flamingo clenches, holds on.

00:28:56Well, that's something you gotta do.

00:28:58Oh, he went to the eyes. He raked them with the

00:29:00glove laces.

00:29:02The referee's

00:29:04gotta get Big Benny

00:29:06Vegas off the apron.

00:29:08Yes!

00:29:10Good grief!

00:29:12It's supposed to be boxing.

00:29:14That's right. I don't know if the referee didn't see that,

00:29:16but I guess he's gonna call that a knockdown.

00:29:18Whoa, there's

00:29:20a rabbit punch with both gloves

00:29:22across the back of the neck.

00:29:24Overhand rights now.

00:29:26Johnny B. Badd in trouble.

00:29:28Flamingo got the right hand in the midsection.

00:29:30Another right hand to the face, and Johnny B. Badd

00:29:32is in trouble here.

00:29:34Straight right hand to the nose.

00:29:40Backed up the jab in.

00:29:42Flamingo missed it to the right.

00:29:44A little sharp jab. A right

00:29:46cross. And now

00:29:48it is Scottie Flamingo in trouble.

00:29:52And look at this. He's hammering him.

00:29:54Flamingo is down.

00:29:56And that's the end of round one.

00:29:58Flamingo

00:30:00could have been saved

00:30:02by the bell there, Jess.

00:30:04Well, here in Georgia, we don't have the count

00:30:06after the bell. You can be saved

00:30:08by the bell here in WCW.

00:30:10He's fine! He's fine!

00:30:12Let's go up and listen to this, Jim Ross.

00:30:14What is this?

00:30:16They're pouring water in his glove.

00:30:18What are they doing?

00:30:20They're pouring water in his glove.

00:30:22They're pouring water in his glove.

00:30:24What are they doing?

00:30:26They're filling his glove with water.

00:30:28Wait a minute. Diamond Dallas Page, don't you understand?

00:30:30He's supposed to give him the water in the mouth,

00:30:32not in the glove.

00:30:34My gosh, they're filling that glove

00:30:36full of water.

00:30:40Page in Vegas.

00:30:42Feberson working over Scottie Flamingo.

00:30:44Johnny B. Badd in full

00:30:46control here.

00:30:48As we get ready to start

00:30:50round number two...

00:30:52You're a bad man!

00:30:54I'm a bad man!

00:30:56I'm a bad man!

00:30:58All right.

00:31:00Well, Johnny B. Badd, while he's

00:31:02being a bad man, they're trying to get...

00:31:04There's the bell for round two.

00:31:06And I'm not so sure that...

00:31:08I don't know if Flamingo can get out of the corner.

00:31:10I don't know if he can get off the stool.

00:31:12He's trying.

00:31:14But what they put...

00:31:16I don't know if he can hold that one hand up.

00:31:18I'm putting all kinds of

00:31:20water in there.

00:31:22Another left by Padd.

00:31:24Another quick left hand. He follows up

00:31:26with a series of jabs. Flamingo's in big trouble.

00:31:28It's a matter of time right now.

00:31:30If Page up there

00:31:32to distract Johnny B. Badd...

00:31:34Oh, gosh!

00:31:36Good Lord! Did you hear that?

00:31:38That glove was full of water!

00:31:42It's like a fuel pump!

00:31:44It's loaded!

00:31:46He has sent Flamingo to an opposite corner.

00:31:48Johnny B. Badd

00:31:50got caught right in the face, Jess,

00:31:52with that loaded glove!

00:31:54I don't know...

00:31:56I don't know if Badd's gonna get up.

00:32:02He's not gonna make it!

00:32:04I don't believe what we're seeing!

00:32:06It's over! Flamingo wins it!

00:32:08He wins the second round knockout!

00:32:10Ladies and gentlemen,

00:32:12the winner of the bout

00:32:14by a technical knockout,

00:32:16Scotty Flamingo!

00:32:20Flamingo, I don't think,

00:32:22even knows he's won it!

00:32:24Let's go back

00:32:26and see what happened.

00:32:28Boom! There's the right hand by Flamingo

00:32:30with the water-filled glove.

00:32:32Probably added another pound or two

00:32:34to that glove. Knocks Johnny B. Badd out.

00:32:36Referee counts him out.

00:32:38Major upset. Ross, did you bet on this?

00:32:40Badd, we'll talk about the lethal lottery

00:32:42of Starrcade next on PBS.

00:33:00Starrcade 92 Battle Boat comes your way

00:33:02on Monday, December 28th on pay-per-view.

00:33:04Before we have the lethal lottery

00:33:06drawing for the first four names,

00:33:08we have a special feature on Starrcade 92.

00:33:12Starrcade 91 was one of the most

00:33:14exciting and unique events in the history

00:33:16of world championship wrestling

00:33:18with the first-ever Battle Bowl and lethal lottery.

00:33:20Battle Bowl is a six-team man battle royal,

00:33:22but to advance there,

00:33:24WCW's top athletes have to compete

00:33:26in tag-team matches based on the lethal lottery.

00:33:28Random drawings are held

00:33:30and partners assigned based on the luck of the draw.

00:33:32Hey!

00:33:34Hey!

00:33:40His tag-team partner,

00:33:42get a hold of this, Abdullah the Butcher!

00:34:00Their opponents are going to be

00:34:02Ryan!

00:34:06His partner is going to be

00:34:08beautiful Bobby Eaton!

00:34:10The athletes have to function as a team

00:34:12to win their match and advance.

00:34:14This made for some unique combinations

00:34:16and exciting match-ups

00:34:18in last year's Starrcade.

00:34:26Got him waist-locked.

00:34:28Tried to go for a tombstone piledriver,

00:34:30but Eaton blocked it.

00:34:32Abdullah comes in from behind,

00:34:34and now Pillman hammering Abdullah.

00:34:36I've never seen anything like this at all.

00:34:38Ever.

00:34:42I'm surprised that

00:34:44Dangerously and Medusa are not out here.

00:34:46High elevation by Sting

00:34:48on beautiful Bobby.

00:34:50That Pillman is a ball of fire.

00:34:52Now Abdullah has his partner again.

00:34:54And Cactus Jack is in!

00:34:56Oh, there's Cactus with that stick.

00:34:58And...

00:35:00He and his partner sting the dropkick

00:35:02on Cactus.

00:35:04Beautiful Bobby.

00:35:06Barely able

00:35:08to stand. Sting off the top!

00:35:10Can he get it? One,

00:35:12two, three, yeah!

00:35:14Sting, and they're the winners!

00:35:16The winners of the match advancing to Battle Bowl,

00:35:18Abdullah the Butcher

00:35:20and Sting!

00:35:22Once all tag matches are completed, as dictated by the random drawing,

00:35:24the winners compete

00:35:26in Battle Bowl, a 16-man battle royal

00:35:28where over the top of the rope

00:35:30to the floor means elimination.

00:35:34At the conclusion of

00:35:36Starrcade 91, Sting battled

00:35:38tremendous odds, survived WCW's

00:35:40bets, and became the first

00:35:42ever Battle Bowl champion.

00:35:44Starrcade 92 Battle Bowl

00:35:46will be held in Atlanta's Omni on

00:35:48pay-per-view Monday, December 28th.

00:35:50But the drama and suspense surrounding

00:35:52Lethal Lottery begins now,

00:35:54with the first drawing to determine the first

00:35:56four names that will make up the

00:35:58initial two teams in Starrcade

00:36:0092.

00:36:04Alright, Missy Hyatt, we have the

00:36:06honor of choosing the first two teams.

00:36:10Open the envelope.

00:36:12And the first man is

00:36:14Cactus Jack. There you

00:36:16got it! The first man is Cactus

00:36:18Jack. Who will Cactus Jack's

00:36:20partner be?

00:36:22Johnny B. Badd.

00:36:24Wow! Cactus

00:36:26Jack and Johnny B. Badd will be the

00:36:28first team at Starrcade.

00:36:32Dangerous Dan

00:36:34Spivey! They will face

00:36:36Dangerous Dan Spivey, and who

00:36:38will Spivey's partner be?

00:36:42Heavy Metal Van

00:36:44Hammer. Wow! There you got

00:36:46it! The first two teams have been

00:36:48named, and at Starrcade

00:36:50the rest of the lineup will

00:36:52happen that night.

00:36:54Thank you, Missy. Job well done.

00:36:56And let's start a couple of blows, and I'mma put you on your ruff. Chop, chop, bam, then a left, right, left, and a kick, and a pin, to the one, two, three, then it's over with. So give that bell a whack, and I'mma put this man on his back.

00:37:18Ladies and gentlemen, the following

00:37:20contest on the Clash of the Champions,

00:37:22the Ghetto Odds Match,

00:37:24three men versus two men.

00:37:26Introducing

00:37:28first, soon to be making their

00:37:30way to the ring,

00:37:32first yet to be identified

00:37:34partner of...

00:37:36Well, you better get out of there,

00:37:38I can identify that you're in trouble, Gary

00:37:40Capeta, Ron Simmons,

00:37:42and some guy that we don't even...

00:37:44Who is that guy, Jess? I got no idea

00:37:46who he is. All I know is the

00:37:48champ brought him in, the champ said he'd have a

00:37:50partner, and there he is. Capetsky

00:37:52didn't tell us who he is, so I don't know what to

00:37:54call him. Cactus Jack, the Barbarian

00:37:56and Atlas having to huddle up out here, three

00:37:58men versus two, it's Ron

00:38:00Simmons and some young man.

00:38:02Well, Simmons, way all the way over!

00:38:06Simmons has

00:38:08assisted his partner with a high-risk

00:38:10move over the top, a crossbody

00:38:12on all three men.

00:38:16And again, Jim Ross, I've never

00:38:18seen this guy before, and

00:38:20I mean, I've traveled pretty much everywhere

00:38:22in wrestling here in the United States, I have no idea

00:38:24who this man is. But

00:38:26the champ, Ron Simmons, found him, and I'll tell

00:38:28you what, he went over the top rope

00:38:30like he's done it many, many times

00:38:32before.

00:38:34Well, as we all know, it was scheduled to be

00:38:36Robbie Walker and Ron Simmons.

00:38:38I do not know the story behind this one.

00:38:40Walker obviously not here,

00:38:42and Simmons in there with the Barbarian, the

00:38:44World's Heavyweight Champion.

00:38:46Now getting caught in the midsection by this big

00:38:48Barbarian, clubbing right hands.

00:38:50Simmons

00:38:52reverses the Irish whip.

00:38:54Hip block, the Barbarian

00:38:56up and over. He dropkicks,

00:38:58Atlas coming in.

00:39:00Cactus Jack, caught a bit

00:39:02right hand, and Simmons

00:39:04takes him down. Ron Simmons,

00:39:06the king of the ring here.

00:39:10Well, I'll tell you what, Simmons and his partner,

00:39:12the nameless man in the corner,

00:39:14we don't know who he is.

00:39:16The champ doing a good job right there,

00:39:18taking on all three of the opponents.

00:39:20And here's the tag.

00:39:22What are you going to call him, Jim?

00:39:24I really don't know. I don't know his name.

00:39:28Ron Simmons' partner

00:39:30again. Sounds good to me. That's what we'll call him.

00:39:32Cactus Jack catches

00:39:34him in the midsection, and a big clubbing

00:39:36right hand. Well, I'll tell you something,

00:39:38this is a situation

00:39:40three men versus two

00:39:42that Simmons wanted.

00:39:44Talked a lot about it.

00:39:48Nice move. Caught him

00:39:50with that forearm. Good move.

00:39:52A lot of explosion there from Ron Simmons'

00:39:54partner. I'll tell you, Simmons' partner,

00:39:56look at this. Whoa!

00:39:58He caught Cactus in the head with his foot.

00:40:00Did a complete flip off the top

00:40:02turnbuckle. Crossbody.

00:40:04Cactus Jack. A half a

00:40:06count away there. A dropkick.

00:40:08And Ron Simmons' unknown

00:40:10partner makes the tag, but we know

00:40:12who this man is. This man's

00:40:14the world champion. You better believe it.

00:40:16I know his buddies

00:40:18from Florida State, all his guys, the Atlanta

00:40:20Falcons watching this one. Big Ron

00:40:22Simmons, he is the man.

00:40:24Coming back with those right hands

00:40:26and lefts. Backing Cactus Jack in the corner.

00:40:28The Irish whip is reversed by Cactus.

00:40:30Simmons catches

00:40:32the bad man from New Mexico.

00:40:34Takes him down.

00:40:36And Cactus is in

00:40:38trouble now. They need to

00:40:40make a move. They got three guys in their

00:40:42court. There's the move.

00:40:44Tony Atlas hooking Cactus Jack. Simmons

00:40:46going for the dropkick. Nobody home.

00:40:48Crashes on the mat. Here comes the big

00:40:50Barbarian to do some damage.

00:40:52Power elbow drive

00:40:54from the 300-pound Barbarian.

00:40:56Goes for it again, and it finds its mark.

00:40:58Lateral press. He's got the leg hook,

00:41:00and he got a near fall on the world's heavyweight champion.

00:41:04Another tag made. You're seeing

00:41:06surprisingly, surprising to me

00:41:08the teamwork from Cactus. Cactus

00:41:10Jack-led trio. The headbutt

00:41:12by big, powerful Tony Atlas

00:41:14hammers away Ron Simmons in the corner.

00:41:18Another tag

00:41:20made. You know, I'm still amazed

00:41:22though, Jim Ross, why the champ would get

00:41:24involved in this type of match, three

00:41:26against two. I mean, it's tough enough to go

00:41:28two against two, not having a third

00:41:30guy in there. Cactus Jack just

00:41:32knocked Simmons' partner right off into the floor.

00:41:34Referee's got to restrain

00:41:36that young man. In the meantime,

00:41:38look at the double team effort

00:41:40by Cactus Jack and the Barbarian

00:41:42on the world's champion.

00:41:44There's three of them. I'd call it

00:41:46a triple team in the corner. Here

00:41:48comes big Tony into the ring. Tony Atlas.

00:41:50Look at the guns on this guy.

00:41:54Ron Simmons

00:41:56being physically challenged

00:41:58here by this trio of

00:42:00big, tough men, all over

00:42:02300 pounds.

00:42:06Simmons' head

00:42:08rammed into the knee

00:42:10of the Barbarian who gets the tag.

00:42:14Simmons elevated there.

00:42:16Barbarian got right under him, Jess,

00:42:18and now the lateral press. He's going for it,

00:42:20and he got two. Well, the one thing

00:42:22in Simmons' favor, this is a tag match

00:42:24so his title is not in jeopardy

00:42:26if the champ gets beat.

00:42:28That mare.

00:42:30And they make the tag. Here comes the leader

00:42:32of this diabolical

00:42:34threesome, Cactus Jack,

00:42:36going for the high-risk move. We know

00:42:38he'll put his whole body on the line.

00:42:40And Simmons caught him.

00:42:42A foot right to the face.

00:42:44Cactus missing some teeth anyway.

00:42:46And Simmons makes the tag.

00:42:48Tony Atlas is in.

00:42:50Spinning martial arts kick.

00:42:52A drop kick. Right up in their face.

00:42:54Another drop kick.

00:42:56Staggers the Barbarian.

00:42:58And Simmons is back in.

00:43:00And look at this. Simmons and his partner

00:43:02are taking on all three of them.

00:43:04The champ's over. Got two of them tied up

00:43:06in the corner if he can hold on.

00:43:08Atlas fires Simmons' partner out to the floor.

00:43:10And the champ's in big trouble now.

00:43:12He's getting triple-teamed in there, Jim Ross.

00:43:14Ron Simmons said it himself.

00:43:16It's a ghetto wads match.

00:43:18The Full Nelson. The kick.

00:43:20But Simmons ducked.

00:43:22Atlas got kicked right in the face

00:43:24by the Barbarian.

00:43:26Simmons takes...

00:43:28Simmons takes...

00:43:30Cactus out. Oh, what a move!

00:43:32Right now! Right now!

00:43:34Right now!

00:43:36This is going to match

00:43:38the team of the

00:43:40WWE World Heavyweight Champion

00:43:42Ron Simmons!

00:43:46What a phenomenal move!

00:43:48And we don't even know his name!

00:43:50One of the most breathtaking maneuvers

00:43:52I have ever seen!

00:43:54And we don't even know his name!

00:43:56We stand by and try to talk to him.

00:43:58Look at this again, man!

00:44:00In slow motion! Unbelievable!

00:44:02Jesse Ventura!

00:44:04Who is this man, Jim?

00:44:06Champ!

00:44:08Champ!

00:44:10Champ!

00:44:12Hey, I'll tell you what.

00:44:14Tremendous victory. Tremendous move.

00:44:16But I gotta ask you something.

00:44:18Jim Ross and I have no idea...

00:44:20Who is this guy, champion?

00:44:22His actions speak for themselves.

00:44:24Oh, my goodness!

00:44:28I told Cactus Jack. I told the Barbarians.

00:44:30I told Tony Anthony.

00:44:32It makes no difference to Ron Simmons

00:44:34what the odds are. The odds have been against Ron Simmons

00:44:36all his life.

00:44:38And I fought my way back to the top.

00:44:40Just like I did tonight.

00:44:42This man here is one of the up-and-coming

00:44:44stars in professional wrestling.

00:44:46This man has what it takes to go

00:44:48all the way to the top.

00:44:50This is what I was speaking of. My secret weapon.

00:44:52Who is this two-cold Scorpio?

00:44:54Tell him, brother. Two-cold Scorpio.

00:44:56That's right. Two-cold Scorpio.

00:44:58First of all, I would like to say

00:45:00thanks for my man Ron Simmons

00:45:02for bringing me out as your tag-team partner.

00:45:04It's a great pleasure

00:45:06to be down here with the heavyweight champion

00:45:08of the world, Ron Simmons.

00:45:10You understand me?

00:45:12I'll tell you what.

00:45:14This goes for all the wrestlers

00:45:16in the WCW.

00:45:18If you guys want to fight,

00:45:20if you want to wrestle,

00:45:22anywhere, anyplace.

00:45:24I'll tell you what.

00:45:26I am here, and I'm here to stay.

00:45:28And I'm going to try to win

00:45:30like we did tonight.

00:45:32Very good. There you see the champ

00:45:34and his new partner.

00:45:36And we'll be back right after these messages.

00:45:50The Clash of Champions continues,

00:45:52and here's a special video look

00:45:54at the new tag-team of the Z-Men

00:45:56and Johnny Gunn.

00:46:20♪♪

00:46:30♪♪

00:46:40♪♪

00:46:50♪♪

00:47:00♪♪

00:47:10♪♪

00:47:20♪♪

00:47:30And now, fans, let's go back

00:47:32to the locker room area.

00:47:34Tony Schiavone standing by

00:47:36with Ravishing Rick Rude.

00:47:38We have so much to the King of Cable competition

00:47:40still to come. The last time we saw you and Sting nose-to-nose,

00:47:42very frankly, he had the last laugh.

00:47:44That's right.

00:47:46Sting's got one up on me verbally.

00:47:48But now it's my time

00:47:50to get a little gratification

00:47:52in a physical fashion.

00:47:54For me, it's going to be one more glorious victory

00:47:56on the way to becoming

00:47:58the King of Cable.

00:48:00To Sting and all the little Stingers,

00:48:02it's going to be a round-trip ticket

00:48:04to Haliback in coach.

00:48:06Sting, get set to sweat.

00:48:08Fans, when we come back

00:48:10on TBS, we will take a look

00:48:12at the strongest-armed competition

00:48:14in world championship wrestling and a final talk

00:48:16with Paulie Dangerously before the Clash of the Sexes.

00:48:18Stay with us.

00:48:20♪♪

00:48:32Welcome back, everyone,

00:48:34to the Clash of the Champions.

00:48:36We're just around the corner from the Clash of the Sexes,

00:48:38involving Paulie Dangerously and Medusa.

00:48:40But, Jess, your strongest-armed contest

00:48:42is in full swing on Worldwide Wrestling.

00:48:44Absolutely.

00:48:46On Worldwide this week, it'll be Vinny Vegas

00:48:48against Van Hammer. We're to the third round.

00:48:50Fans, here's an update

00:48:52on the strongest-armed contest.

00:48:56The Jesse Ventura Invitational

00:48:58Strongest-Armed Tournament in WCW

00:49:00began November 7th

00:49:02on Worldwide Wrestling.

00:49:04Eight top athletes accepted the invitation

00:49:06in this single-elimination tournament.

00:49:08The first match pitted world champion

00:49:10Ron Simmons against stunning

00:49:12Steve Austin.

00:49:20Simmons is getting...

00:49:22He got him!

00:49:24He got him!

00:49:30Ron Simmons!

00:49:32With the win, Simmons moves to the semifinals

00:49:34and would await the winner of the next first-round match

00:49:36between the Awesome Barbarian and the Enforcer

00:49:38Arn Anderson.

00:49:40Take him!

00:49:42Take him!

00:49:48The Barbarian wins him!

00:49:50Take him!

00:49:52Take him!

00:49:54The Barbarian will now face Simmons

00:49:56in the first of two semifinal matches.

00:49:58However, four men still remain in the first round,

00:50:00and the next match will match two of WCW's

00:50:02biggest and strongest,

00:50:04Vinny Vegas against heavy metal Van Hammer.

00:50:06They will go at it this weekend

00:50:08on WCW Worldwide Wrestling.

00:50:12And now, fans, let's go back to the locker room

00:50:14by colleague on the Sunday main event,

00:50:16Michael Hayes, with Paul E. Dangerston.

00:50:18Paul E., we are moments away.

00:50:20Your thoughts, the man.

00:50:22The man who doesn't pay people like Mike for.

00:50:24The man because

00:50:26I don't give a you-know-what

00:50:28about the injury incentive on Eric Watts

00:50:30because we'll get you and your stinking father, too.

00:50:32And I am the man because

00:50:34I was born that way, Medusa.

00:50:36You were born a woman,

00:50:38which means you're a loser.

00:50:40You'll be a loser tonight, and Michael Hayes,

00:50:42will you come to ringside and watch me massacre this woman?

00:50:44I would love to.

00:50:46And I, Medusa, I'm a man.

00:50:48You're a woman.

00:50:50And we'll be right back with the Clashes of the Sexes.

00:50:52Stay tuned.

00:50:54♪♪

00:50:56♪♪

00:50:58♪♪

00:51:00♪♪

00:51:02♪♪

00:51:04♪♪

00:51:06Ladies and gentlemen,

00:51:08the following contest

00:51:10is the Clash of the Sexes.

00:51:12It is set

00:51:14for five minutes in length.

00:51:16Introducing first,

00:51:18accompanied by Fabulous Freebird,

00:51:20Michael P.S. Hayes

00:51:22from Scarsdale,

00:51:24New York.

00:51:26He weighed in this evening

00:51:28at 188 pounds,

00:51:30the Psycho Yuppie,

00:51:32Paul E.

00:51:34Dangerously!

00:51:36The tale of the tape.

00:51:38There's a story there, Jess.

00:51:40There's a story.

00:51:42There's a story there, Jess.

00:51:44Chest 39, waist 38.

00:51:46That means he's, uh,

00:51:48he's very straightforward.

00:51:50Very proportionate.

00:51:52Well, here's a man with one hand tied behind him.

00:51:54He'll take care of Medusa.

00:51:56She's due to be introduced next.

00:51:58Let's go up to Gary Capeta.

00:52:00And ladies and gentlemen,

00:52:02his opponent from

00:52:04Minneapolis, Minnesota.

00:52:06She weighed in at

00:52:08145 pounds,

00:52:10the First Lady

00:52:12of WCW.

00:52:14Oh!

00:52:16Dangerously just hit her!

00:52:18Dangerously just hit Medusa!

00:52:20I mean, dangerously just won it.

00:52:22It's over.

00:52:24He hit her coming in the ring with a daggone phone!

00:52:26Wait a minute!

00:52:28That's it! Kick her!

00:52:30Kick her! Let me have

00:52:32the opportunity, the privilege

00:52:34to introduce to you

00:52:36the premiere

00:52:38winner of the

00:52:40five-minute execution of an

00:52:42exhibition, the man

00:52:44Pauly Dangerously.

00:52:46I'll tell you what, Jim Ross.

00:52:48He whacked her with the phone,

00:52:50knocked her cold, and it must be over right now.

00:52:52The clash of the sexes

00:52:54because I

00:52:56am a man, but

00:52:58Doocy, hey, baby.

00:53:00Kick her! Kick her again!

00:53:02No, I got something else in mind.

00:53:04I want what everybody else in the

00:53:06crowd got, baby.

00:53:08I want a kiss

00:53:10from Medusa.

00:53:12Took it too far.

00:53:14He hit her with that telephone

00:53:16coming in the ring.

00:53:20That's a wig, Ross.

00:53:22I know it's a wig, Jess.

00:53:24Maybe she had a wig on.

00:53:26Who the heck's laying on the mat?

00:53:30That's Mike Thor!

00:53:32That ain't Medusa.

00:53:34What's going on here?

00:53:40Ah, this is a little

00:53:42strange here.

00:53:44Oh, I gotta go.

00:53:46Yeah, you better go. There she is!

00:53:48Dangerously doesn't see her!

00:53:50Oh, Paul!

00:53:52Somebody's gonna be

00:53:54knocking.

00:53:56She kicked him right in the face!

00:54:00Medusa with those kicks,

00:54:02and Dangerous has got his arm untied.

00:54:06Well, this...

00:54:10She swung him!

00:54:12That kicks him in the ribs!

00:54:18He's hammering him with those

00:54:20those knees.

00:54:22She is manhandling

00:54:24and that's another good expression,

00:54:26but she's taking care of business here.

00:54:32I don't know if he wants any more of it or not.

00:54:34And Hayes got kicked!

00:54:36Hayes just got kicked off the apron!

00:54:38And Dangerously's taking a hike!

00:54:40There goes Paul Lee.

00:54:42He's taking a walk and Medusa's going after him,

00:54:44it looks like.

00:54:46Well, Dangerously thinks

00:54:48he thinks it's over.

00:54:50And there they go.

00:54:52And here we are.

00:54:54They've gone back

00:54:56to the locker room area

00:54:58and they've gone back

00:55:00to the locker room area.

00:55:02No cameras can...

00:55:04Well, wait a minute, she's bringing him back!

00:55:06Look at this!

00:55:08She's tearing him out!

00:55:10He weighed 188,

00:55:12but there's some great strength for a female athlete!

00:55:14Yeah, but remember something.

00:55:16They both had 38-inch chests, Ross.

00:55:18I caught that, so they're equal in that.

00:55:22Look at this.

00:55:24Medusa is not going to let Paul Lee get away.

00:55:26And we've got two more minutes.

00:55:28We're at the two-minute mark right now.

00:55:30Two minutes remain, two minutes.

00:55:32Oh, Hayes tripping Medusa.

00:55:34Hayes tripping Medusa coming in.

00:55:36She fell right on her face.

00:55:38And Dangerously now...

00:55:40Oh, he spat on her right there.

00:55:42Look at him posing.

00:55:44Look at that.

00:55:46How disgusting can it be?

00:55:48And what's...

00:55:50Who does he think he is now?

00:55:52Beautiful Bobby Eden.

00:55:54Dangerously's climbing up to the top.

00:55:56And...

00:55:58Comes off right across her back.

00:56:00Wow.

00:56:02I'll tell you what.

00:56:04And she's right back up.

00:56:06She's right back up, Paul.

00:56:08Hayes trying to tell Dangerously.

00:56:10Look at Paul. Paul's trying to...

00:56:12Oh!

00:56:14Harley with a clothesline.

00:56:16Dangerously's in a lot of trouble.

00:56:22Oh!

00:56:24Oh!

00:56:26She drives the knee.

00:56:28Two of them right in the back of the head.

00:56:30We're down to a minute to go.

00:56:32And now Medusa's going up.

00:56:36Medusa up on the second rope.

00:56:38Dangerously is in la-la land.

00:56:40More than normal.

00:56:44He's at a day's stake.

00:56:46And Medusa the dropkick!

00:56:50Caught him right in the chest.

00:56:52Get out of here!

00:56:54Get out of here!

00:56:5630 seconds remain.

00:56:58She's taking his clothes off.

00:57:00Oh, my gosh. Not bad.

00:57:02Hey, this should be in the locker room,

00:57:04not out here.

00:57:06This should be on radio, not television

00:57:08if he's gonna be undressed.

00:57:10Dangerously trying to make his way

00:57:12to the locker room.

00:57:14And look at this.

00:57:16Medusa's going after Michael P.S. Hayes.

00:57:18Now, wait a minute.

00:57:20That's one thing. She better not mess with Michael P.S.

00:57:22Five, four,

00:57:24three, two,

00:57:26one.

00:57:30I don't think she got all of him that she wanted.

00:57:32I don't know if this one was...

00:57:34She wasn't really humiliating.

00:57:36She pulled his pants off.

00:57:38Ladies and gentlemen,

00:57:40the five-minute period has elapsed.

00:57:44Medusa looked very proficient

00:57:46at pulling his pants off.

00:57:48Here's Jim Ross.

00:57:52We're gonna show you how...

00:57:54Let's take another look here.

00:57:56And Medusa's still

00:57:58rabbit here.

00:58:00Mike Thorne, and look at

00:58:02dangerously, we thought it was Medusa.

00:58:04We thought he broke the phone right over her head

00:58:06there, Jess. Absolutely. You know, that's a little

00:58:08bit out of line when Paul Lee does that.

00:58:10Here you see Medusa coming off the second rope,

00:58:12catching Paul Lee with a drop kick

00:58:14right there. Picks him up,

00:58:16tears the mask off him.

00:58:18Now, I know Paul Lee was looking

00:58:20for a kiss, but I don't think he wanted it that way.

00:58:22Fans, when we come back, we'll take a look at

00:58:24the King of Cable. We'll hear from Big Van Vader,

00:58:26Sting and Root, soon to come,

00:58:28after this time-out.

00:58:30♪ You know he's gonna

00:58:32chin to the wind, he doesn't care about

00:58:34himself.

00:58:36You'd really be a fool

00:58:38to think he cares about someone else.

00:58:40He's not really

00:58:42much of a... ♪

00:58:44Welcome back,

00:58:46everyone, to the Clash of the Champions.

00:58:48Here's a special feature, an update

00:58:50on the King of Cable.

00:58:52Honoring

00:58:54the 20 years of wrestling tradition

00:58:56on TBS, it's the

00:58:58King of Cable Tournament.

00:59:00WCW promoters

00:59:02with cooperation from WCW

00:59:04Magazine selected 15

00:59:06of the best athletes.

00:59:08Eight names were randomly drawn

00:59:10to place these four matchups.

00:59:12Barry Windham squared off

00:59:14with Ravishing Rick Roode.

00:59:16Both men matched up move

00:59:18for move. Windham

00:59:20worked his game plan with moves like this.

00:59:22Roode

00:59:24was able to use some illegal leverage

00:59:26from the ring ropes. Ravishing

00:59:28Rick Roode advances.

00:59:30The second match had Sting

00:59:32against Flying Brian.

00:59:34Fillman, with a new attitude, used

00:59:36his refined aerial attack.

00:59:38The long battle ended

00:59:40with Sting moving on to the

00:59:42next bracket. This contest

00:59:44had two of WCW's

00:59:46most powerful men on a collision

00:59:48course. Tony Atlas

00:59:50tested his awesome strength on the

00:59:52mountain-sized man, Big

00:59:54Man Vader. Vader

00:59:56was able to stand rock steady

00:59:58against the strong man.

01:00:00Vader gets a victory.

01:00:02Before his bout with the Barbarian,

01:00:04Dustin Rhodes encountered a major

01:00:06attack from Cactus Jack in his locker

01:00:08room. Officials allowed him

01:00:10time to clear the complex.

01:00:12Dustin battled to the end,

01:00:14keeping his hopes alive to become

01:00:16the King of Cable.

01:00:18The semi-final bouts start here

01:00:20at the Clash with Sting

01:00:22versus Rick Roode.

01:00:24The match with Van Vader and Dustin Rhodes

01:00:26will take place this Saturday night on

01:00:28TV Act. Foley Anderson,

01:00:30Executive Referee, Hiro Matsuda

01:00:32from New Japan Wrestling,

01:00:34and color analyst Larry Sabisco

01:00:36will decide the outcome

01:00:38of the match if a pinfall does not occur

01:00:40in the allotted time.

01:00:42The field has been cut in half.

01:00:44Four men are left. Sting,

01:00:46Rick Roode, Van Vader,

01:00:48and Dustin Rhodes.

01:00:50Sting will be the first to capture this

01:00:52prize trophy and become

01:00:54the King of Cable.

01:00:56Order Star-K

01:00:5892 to see the

01:01:00final bout.

01:01:02Tony Schiavone is standing

01:01:04by with what may be the odds-on

01:01:06favorite to win the King of Cable,

01:01:08Big Van Vader.

01:01:10Thank you very much, Jim. Of course, this

01:01:12Saturday, Big Van Vader and Dustin Rhodes

01:01:14in another of the semi-finals, certainly the most powerful

01:01:16men in our sport. You're looking at the most

01:01:18powerful man in the face of God's green earth.

01:01:20This man's held more international

01:01:22titles, and he's been the

01:01:24world's heavyweight champion,

01:01:26and when he walks into the final

01:01:28match as King of Cable,

01:01:30he'll be the King of Cable.

01:01:32Will you be the King of Cable,

01:01:34Big Van Vader? Ladies and gentlemen,

01:01:36you have the privilege of looking upon

01:01:38the biggest, the baddest,

01:01:40and the most powerful wrestler

01:01:42in the world today. I've held more

01:01:44world titles than any wrestler

01:01:46alive or dead, and if the question

01:01:48is, will I be the next King

01:01:50of Cable champion?

01:01:52The answer is obvious.

01:01:54The only real question

01:01:56is, who do I have to hurt?

01:01:58Who do I have to put in the

01:02:00hospital to become the champion?

01:02:02And let me say this,

01:02:04you heard it here first.

01:02:06No fear and no pain,

01:02:08and that's all you need to know.

01:02:10Fear. The first semi-final

01:02:12match coming up next between Sting and

01:02:14Richie to recruit on TBS.

01:02:40Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest

01:02:42in the Clash of the Champions

01:02:44is the semi-final bout

01:02:46in the King of Cable

01:02:48tournament. It is set for

01:02:50one fall with a

01:02:5220 minute time limit.

01:02:54Now ladies and gentlemen, to ensure

01:02:56there is a winner in this match,

01:02:58we have three judges

01:03:00at ringside to score

01:03:02the bout in the event

01:03:04that the match goes the time

01:03:06limit. Introducing first

01:03:08to my left, he is co-host

01:03:10of TBS' Power Hour,

01:03:12former AWA

01:03:14heavyweight champion,

01:03:16Larry, the living legend,

01:03:18Zabisco.

01:03:22Ladies and gentlemen,

01:03:24he's former light heavyweight

01:03:26champion of the world, now

01:03:28representing New Japan

01:03:30Pro Wrestling, Hiro

01:03:32Matsuda.

01:03:36And senior referee

01:03:38for World Championship

01:03:40Wrestling, Oli

01:03:42Anderson.

01:03:44And now, let's

01:03:46bring the participants to the

01:03:48ring.

01:03:52Introducing

01:03:54first, he is from

01:03:56Robbinsdale, Minnesota.

01:03:58He weighs 249

01:04:00pounds,

01:04:02and he is the United

01:04:04States heavyweight champion

01:04:06in Robbinsdale

01:04:08with

01:04:10Drew.

01:04:20Start the music.

01:04:28What I'd like to have right

01:04:30now

01:04:32is for all you

01:04:34match

01:04:36out of shape.

01:04:40Sting-loving sleazebags.

01:04:46Keep your mouth shut.

01:04:48Stand up

01:04:50and bow to the

01:04:52next king

01:04:54of cable.

01:04:56Hit the music.

01:05:04The winner of this one

01:05:06goes to the finals

01:05:08December 28th at Stargate.

01:05:10And ladies and gentlemen,

01:05:12his opponent, from

01:05:14Venice Beach, California.

01:05:16Weighing 252 pounds,

01:05:18this

01:05:20is

01:05:22Sting!

01:05:28They're shaking the rafters

01:05:30here in Columbus, Georgia.

01:05:32It's packed here for the

01:05:34class of champions.

01:05:36What an ovation

01:05:38for the Stinger.

01:05:40The little ones are here,

01:05:42their faces painted,

01:05:44they've got the signs,

01:05:46the posters,

01:05:48they love this man from

01:05:50Venice Beach, California.

01:05:52I'll tell you what, Jim Ross,

01:05:54there's not a man, there's

01:05:56not a wrestler in the world

01:05:58that gets a bigger ovation

01:06:00than referee Nick Patrick.

01:06:02And what a matchup

01:06:04this is gonna be. There he is,

01:06:06the current U.S. heavyweight champion,

01:06:08the number one contender for the world title,

01:06:10facing the former

01:06:12WCW world heavyweight champion.

01:06:14And as we said this

01:06:16Saturday on WCW Saturday Night,

01:06:18Big Ben Vader and Dustin Rhodes,

01:06:20the two will occupy the other berth

01:06:22in the finals.

01:06:24And the unique thing about this,

01:06:26we have to reiterate it,

01:06:28we have two judges at ringside,

01:06:30Matsuda, Anderson,

01:06:32and Zabisko. In the event

01:06:34that a pinfall is not scored

01:06:36or a submission, it will be their

01:06:38decision who goes on.

01:06:40You know, I don't know how much I trust

01:06:42those three, Jim Ross. I think that's a very

01:06:44valid point, knowing their past

01:06:46histories. Collar-elbow tie-up,

01:06:48and Rhodes breaks the rules first, breaks the eyes,

01:06:50the fist right to the ribs.

01:06:52Ram Stinghead into the

01:06:54top turnbuckle. And again.

01:06:56You know what's unique

01:06:58about this matchup too, Ross, is what do you

01:07:00go for? Of course you try for a pin,

01:07:02but likewise you want to score points

01:07:04in case it does go

01:07:06the 20 minutes.

01:07:08Ravishing Rick Roode already

01:07:10going to work on the back of the neck

01:07:12and the head of Sting. We know Roode, the master

01:07:14of the Roode awakening. He can really put you

01:07:16away with that as he bumps and grinds

01:07:18the U.S. heavyweight champion.

01:07:20He's also the master of that right there.

01:07:22Six girls at ringside

01:07:24just fainted, Ross. I saw them.

01:07:28Roode with the forearm,

01:07:30catches Sting again in the head. He is

01:07:32attacking that one-up part

01:07:34of the anatomy. Sting reverses the Irish whip

01:07:36as they go left to right, and he takes him all the way

01:07:38out and breaks him all the way

01:07:40down with a great deal of velocity.

01:07:42The Stinger now is trying to

01:07:44reassert himself, Jess. Well, Sting

01:07:46definitely scored a point right there with the

01:07:48judges. Irish whip again,

01:07:50far side, and again.

01:07:52A gut buster.

01:07:54Maybe caught him in the ribs as well.

01:07:56I'm not real sure.

01:07:58High impact move by the Stinger

01:08:00as he turns this crowd over.

01:08:04You know what's interesting?

01:08:06He's going after probably the strongest

01:08:08part of Roode's body, and that's

01:08:10the ab area. I mean,

01:08:12nobody's got a set of abs like Ravishing

01:08:14Rick Roode.

01:08:16Sting just punting those ribs.

01:08:18Scott Fullage there.

01:08:20He just kicked him right in the ribs

01:08:22and stomping away there.

01:08:24So Sting

01:08:26coming back with a

01:08:28tremendous amount of

01:08:30aggressiveness,

01:08:32keeping it very basic

01:08:34at this point in the contest.

01:08:38Shoulder block again to the abdomen of

01:08:40Ravishing Rick Roode, and Roode

01:08:42in a lot of trouble here in the very

01:08:44early going.

01:08:46And Sting

01:08:48pulling the page out of Roode's

01:08:50playbook.

01:08:52I don't think he's going to get a

01:08:54point for that, though. He didn't do it

01:08:56as good as Roode does it.

01:08:58He was just

01:09:00trying to make a point, obviously,

01:09:02with Ravishing Rick Roode. That's not

01:09:04really Sting's style. And again,

01:09:06that kick right to the ribs.

01:09:08Sting has his focus on the

01:09:10ribs

01:09:12of Ravishing Rick Roode.

01:09:14Front facelock.

01:09:16Looks like he's going to set up for a suplex here.

01:09:18Got him.

01:09:20Face first, takes him right back down.

01:09:24And there you see Judge Larry

01:09:26Zabisko, the cruncher, scoring a

01:09:28point right there. You've seen him write it down.

01:09:30Sting on top, lateral press.

01:09:32Only got one. Roode able to kick out.

01:09:34Sting unable to neutralize the legs

01:09:36on that particular pending

01:09:38predicament. Again, the front facelock

01:09:40by the nose.

01:09:42Sting, again, takes him. Ribs and abdomen

01:09:44first to the canvas.

01:09:46Well, Roode started off quick

01:09:48for about the first minute and a half

01:09:50of this bout, but it's been all the Stinger

01:09:52there. He drives the foot into the rib

01:09:54area again. Look at that

01:09:56intestinal fortitude of Roode, though,

01:09:58fighting his way back up to his feet.

01:10:00Sting, again,

01:10:02takes him.

01:10:04Sting, again,

01:10:06takes him.

01:10:08Sting, again,

01:10:10drives his way back up to his feet.

01:10:12Roode really went ballistic

01:10:14this past Saturday night

01:10:16on TBS with his confrontation

01:10:18with Sting. They've had a great

01:10:20rivalry since Roode arrived

01:10:22in WCW when he won

01:10:24the U.S. title from the Stinger.

01:10:28Sting with the right hand.

01:10:30Buried it into the midsection.

01:10:32Takes Roode down again.

01:10:34Roode able to kick out before

01:10:36Sting could really get the pending predicament

01:10:38in place there, Jess.

01:10:40You know, interesting situation. Obviously,

01:10:42Sting is ahead right now. There he goes

01:10:44for a reverse chin lock right there, sitting back

01:10:46on the small of Roode's back, but

01:10:48this may be a smart move.

01:10:50If he can stall it out with these

01:10:52type of holds, he's definitely

01:10:54ahead, and I think he'll definitely get the nod

01:10:56from the judges if it goes to 20 minutes.

01:10:58There you see Hiro Matsuda,

01:11:00formerly NWA

01:11:02junior heavyweight champion of the world,

01:11:04and Sting works in the lower back

01:11:06of Ravishing Rick Roode in a move

01:11:08much like a camel clutch we've seen

01:11:10athletes over the years.

01:11:12Like a

01:11:14Skandar Agbarn Iron Sheik that used

01:11:16that particular move for a great deal

01:11:18of success, almost the same principle

01:11:20as the Boston Crab,

01:11:22working on the lower back and the neck in this case.

01:11:24And now the referees

01:11:26got it. Whoa, and look at that. Drives

01:11:28down into the back of Ravishing

01:11:30Rick Roode, and I'll tell you, Roode's in major

01:11:32trouble here. Sting again with that lateral

01:11:34press, and Roode this time

01:11:36got out of the two

01:11:38count, as the referee shows us.

01:11:40Maybe Roode's game plan is off.

01:11:42There's no Medusa here tonight.

01:11:44Sting trying to set

01:11:46the abdominal stretch. Really

01:11:48doesn't have it set in yet, Jess.

01:11:50He's got

01:11:52it hooked, but he doesn't have it hooked well.

01:11:54He needs to get... Oh, but look at that. He drives

01:11:56the forearm back to the abs,

01:11:58back to the ribs again

01:12:00on Ravishing Rick Roode. Roode needs to do

01:12:02something. He needs a major move here

01:12:04to change the tide of this match.

01:12:06Roode's got to be looking for a big counter move here

01:12:08as Sting continues to work

01:12:10on his ribs and his abdomen.

01:12:12Roode, that chiseled

01:12:14frame of his.

01:12:18Roode able

01:12:20to hip lock him over in a counter.

01:12:22Rakes the eyes.

01:12:24Roode has blatantly raked the eyes

01:12:26there, and the referee telling him about it.

01:12:28Well, he had to do it. He had to do something

01:12:30to get Sting off of him.

01:12:32And I don't care how big you are, you get a

01:12:34thumb to the eye, it's going to slow you down.

01:12:36Roode now

01:12:38fires up with those two heavy right hands,

01:12:40trying to reassert

01:12:42himself offensively, and again

01:12:44taking Sting to the top turnbuckle.

01:12:50Hear the impact as Sting's face

01:12:52comes in contact

01:12:54viciously with the top turnbuckle,

01:12:56and now Roode working on the

01:12:58lower back as he hammers

01:13:00him there,

01:13:02executing that forearm right to the kidney

01:13:04area.

01:13:06You know what else is going to be unique about this?

01:13:08What do the judges like?

01:13:10You have no idea. Do they score a point

01:13:12because of a forearm? Do they give more

01:13:14points to a good hold, or a

01:13:16move like a suplex? These guys

01:13:18have no idea what is going to please

01:13:20the three referees, or I

01:13:22should say the three judges, if it does

01:13:24go the 20 minute time limit.

01:13:26Ravishing

01:13:28Rick Roode, the United States heavyweight champion

01:13:30with a front facelock in this semifinal

01:13:32event on the King of Cable Tournament.

01:13:34Sting trying to block it.

01:13:36Again, as Roode

01:13:38tries to set Sting with a little

01:13:40counter there, takes him up

01:13:42and drops him over the top

01:13:44rope, abdomen

01:13:46first, right over the top rope.

01:13:48Well, it looked like it was going to be a slingshot

01:13:50suplex, but instead he just hung him up there

01:13:52and now he's going to take him with it.

01:13:54There's that

01:13:56front facelock again. He drops

01:13:58him over the top rope. Remember

01:14:00there's steel cable inside that

01:14:02rubber casing. And look at

01:14:04Roode, he's suspended there.

01:14:06Sting

01:14:08now, soccer style, from the

01:14:10side. There you see

01:14:12those kicks bearing

01:14:14right into that washboard

01:14:16like abdomen of Ravishing Rick

01:14:18Roode. Roode out here on the outside

01:14:20near the security.

01:14:22Sting took a chance

01:14:24and it did not pay off.

01:14:26He went for the Stinger Splash.

01:14:28Roode able to move out of the way

01:14:30and Sting found nothing but steel.

01:14:32And that is the move,

01:14:34that is the break that Ravishing Rick

01:14:36Roode was looking for. Now

01:14:38the question is, does Roode have

01:14:40enough to come back and take advantage

01:14:42of it? And it looks like he might, Jim

01:14:44Ross. He's going to fire Sting

01:14:46back into the ring and now it's

01:14:48the Stinger who is injured and it's

01:14:50Ravishing Rick Roode going up to

01:14:52the top with a high risk maneuver.

01:14:54Roode up on top.

01:14:56What's he going to do here? Comes off.

01:14:58Thick clubbing, forearm, toss

01:15:00Sting right in the head.

01:15:02Roode may have him right here.

01:15:04He hooks that leg, pulls back

01:15:06on it, and Sting is too close to the ropes.

01:15:08Got that

01:15:10foot over the bottom rope.

01:15:12I'll tell you what, the Stinger was very

01:15:14fortunate right there at where he landed in the

01:15:16ring.

01:15:18Roode having a hard time taking a

01:15:20deep breath after the

01:15:22concussion

01:15:24to those ribs. Slams

01:15:26him and that took a lot out of the U.S. champion.

01:15:28Yeah, but it took more out of the

01:15:30former WCW world champ.

01:15:32It hurts a lot more to

01:15:34get slammed down than it does to be picking

01:15:36up.

01:15:38Lateral press again.

01:15:40A near

01:15:42fall situation.

01:15:44Sting is

01:15:46really

01:15:48ramming into the steel security railing.

01:15:50Has been unable

01:15:52obviously to get on track and now it's

01:15:54ravishing Rick Roode with that modified

01:15:56camel clutch. Well, I think this is a

01:15:58move that Roode had to do at this point

01:16:00in the bout because Roode needs a little more time

01:16:02to recover. You can see he's breathing

01:16:04deep and this is going to give

01:16:06Roode a chance to recover more, put

01:16:08the pressure on Sting and go on the hard

01:16:10offense because right now, in my opinion

01:16:12Jim Ross, Sting is ahead.

01:16:14If it goes to a decision at this point

01:16:16in the match, Sting will win it.

01:16:18But this is a smart, smart move by

01:16:20ravishing Rick Roode. As we said,

01:16:22the winner of this contest advances

01:16:24to the Omni in Atlanta

01:16:26Monday, December 28th.

01:16:28That's where you'll see the finals and Roode

01:16:30Oh, he's scoring big right there.

01:16:32Well, you know, I don't think

01:16:34Matsuda or Anderson or Zabisco

01:16:36really care about that bumping and grinding.

01:16:38He doesn't look too impressed. I don't know.

01:16:40You know, Matsuda hangs out with

01:16:42a bunch of girls. He might have liked it.

01:16:46Roode scoops up Sting and

01:16:48slams him.

01:16:50Sting

01:16:52in a tremendous amount of trouble. Roode just

01:16:54measured him. A clean shot

01:16:56there and Roode drove the forearm.

01:16:58He hooks a leg and this time

01:17:00we see another two count.

01:17:02Another near fall situation and ravishing

01:17:04Rick Roode turns Sting over

01:17:06and goes right back to work. He saw he had him

01:17:08weakened, he got a two count, but he goes right

01:17:10back to work on the lower back. And if I were

01:17:12ravishing Rick Roode, I at some

01:17:14point in this bout would try to hit with

01:17:16a Roode Awakening. That way

01:17:18you take it out of the hands of the judges.

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01:17:32the Champions as Sting is trying to work his way

01:17:34back up. He needs to be vertical,

01:17:36but Roode will have none of that.

01:17:38Well, Roode put him horizontal

01:17:40right there, not vertical. And look at this,

01:17:42Roode's getting his win back now, Jim Ross.

01:17:44Look at him. You can see the confidence

01:17:46is coming back, the endurance is coming

01:17:48back into ravishing Rick Roode.

01:17:50Drives that forearm into the lower back.

01:17:52Really trying to bruise

01:17:54the kidneys, it would seem, and that is a

01:17:56very, very tender

01:17:58area. Right now in this bout

01:18:00I see Roode getting stronger and

01:18:02I see the Stinger getting weaker.

01:18:04Roode front face lock.

01:18:06He tried this earlier. Sting blocked

01:18:08it then.

01:18:10Roode hooks it up.

01:18:12He didn't block it this time.

01:18:14Oh boy. Standing vertical

01:18:16suplex with a tremendous

01:18:18amount of impact. Roode

01:18:20unable to capitalize here, Jess. I'll tell you what

01:18:22though, Jim Ross, every judge marked

01:18:24on that one. I looked around the ring and

01:18:26Roode scored there. No doubt about it.

01:18:28Roode still hurting

01:18:30in his

01:18:32ribs.

01:18:34Unable to capitalize

01:18:36there. That could have been a big

01:18:38big situation this match.

01:18:40He was unable to get a cover after the suplex.

01:18:42Slams him again.

01:18:44He is really attacking the lower back

01:18:46of the Stinger.

01:18:48And back to that reverse chin lock.

01:18:50Sitting back on the lower back and

01:18:52Roode again gaining strength.

01:18:54Sting getting weaker.

01:19:00You see Roode really

01:19:02able to use his

01:19:04obviously leverage here but his

01:19:06great upper body strength really

01:19:08comes to play in this particular situation.

01:19:12We could get a submission here.

01:19:16Roode keeps

01:19:18this on long enough and pulls it back

01:19:20hard enough which he is. Look at those biceps

01:19:22bulging as Roode puts the pressure

01:19:24on. Stinger grasping for

01:19:26air. You can see the crowds coming up with him.

01:19:28Sting has got to reach

01:19:30down here.

01:19:32And Roode again.

01:19:34He missed it that time.

01:19:36Roode trying to put him back down.

01:19:38One step ahead

01:19:40of the ravishing one.

01:19:42And the Stinger now

01:19:44hammering away. What a rush of adrenaline

01:19:46for the Stinger. And now Roode

01:19:48is reeling.

01:19:50He couldn't hold him. He couldn't hold him.

01:19:52Roode could get him. One. Two.

01:19:54Two and a half. Two.

01:19:56Two. I long two.

01:19:58Well obviously the work on the

01:20:00back has taken its toll because under normal

01:20:02circumstances Sting was in perfect

01:20:04position right there for a gorgeous body slam.

01:20:06Lower back wouldn't hold

01:20:08ravishing Rick Roode. Down he goes. Roode

01:20:10at one, two and almost a three count

01:20:12again. Roode

01:20:14with pain. Fatigue got to be setting in

01:20:16too for both these men.

01:20:18He's not going to get him that way.

01:20:20Sting though

01:20:22having to use his upper body strength

01:20:24to keep his shoulders off the canvas

01:20:26again is going to put tremendous torque

01:20:28on his lower back.

01:20:30And that may be

01:20:32taking as much out of him. That may

01:20:34be what Roode's looking for.

01:20:36Ultimately he wants the pin. But to make

01:20:38Sting use that lower back and the strength

01:20:40of his lower back is a big, big factor

01:20:42in this match at this point in time.

01:20:48Roode forces him back into the corner.

01:20:50Irish whip.

01:20:52Sting right above us here.

01:20:54Tremendous impact.

01:20:56Roode is, I mean they are shaking

01:20:58the ring with these tremendous

01:21:00whips into the turnbuckles. And I'll tell you what

01:21:02every one of those turnbuckles are scoring

01:21:04points. I think with all three judges

01:21:06they got to like it.

01:21:08Roode is clearly the aggressor.

01:21:16We're down to under five

01:21:18minutes. There you can see the clock in the lower

01:21:20right corner. Jim Ross in the big bear hug

01:21:22on the lower back.

01:21:24Again, a rest move on the part

01:21:26of Roode. A pain move

01:21:28on the part of the Stinger.

01:21:32As we've documented, Roode has

01:21:34outstanding upper

01:21:36body strength. And look at the position

01:21:38of his hands as they are locked

01:21:40right into the spine

01:21:42in the lower back area

01:21:44of the Stinger. And that has

01:21:46been ravishing Rick Roode's focus

01:21:48since the first couple

01:21:50of minutes of the match. There you see a good look there

01:21:52of how Roode has his hands locked.

01:21:54He's using his forearms and his

01:21:56big wrist there to put the pressure

01:21:58on the lower back.

01:22:02Roode, a five-time national arm wrestling champion

01:22:04has great strength in his forearms

01:22:06and his hands. Roode

01:22:08has great strength everywhere in his body.

01:22:10Again

01:22:12throwing Sting back into the corner.

01:22:14Ravishing Rick Roode.

01:22:16As you see in the lower

01:22:18right part of your screen

01:22:20about coming up soon

01:22:22on three and a half minutes left of time limit.

01:22:24But I'm not so sure Sting can hold

01:22:26up to three and a half. I'll tell you what Jim Ross

01:22:28I had Sting far ahead about

01:22:30seven minutes ago. But I think right

01:22:32now it's getting very close to

01:22:34flip a coin. Because in the last

01:22:36six minutes of this bout, it's been

01:22:38ravishing Rick Roode dominating

01:22:40scoring points. And I'd have to say

01:22:42it's about even Steven right now in my opinion.

01:22:46A look of pain and agony

01:22:48etched on the face of the

01:22:50Stinger. A look of determination

01:22:52on the face of ravishing

01:22:54Rick Roode for one man.

01:22:56The winner will go to the finals

01:22:58at Starrcade. The loser

01:23:00will have to fight another day.

01:23:02Sting fighting

01:23:04back as best

01:23:06he can.

01:23:08Both these men.

01:23:10You know what it is now

01:23:12Jim Ross? It's gut check time.

01:23:14The guy who can pull it out of the fire

01:23:16in the last three minutes will win it.

01:23:18It's even right now. Got to be.

01:23:20Sting reverses

01:23:22the whip to the center of the ropes.

01:23:24He has the swing.

01:23:26On ravishing Rick Roode.

01:23:28Can he lock it in?

01:23:30And get

01:23:32Roode in a somewhat stationary position.

01:23:34Roode is slowing down.

01:23:36And slowing down. And

01:23:38but he counters. He drove his own head

01:23:40right up into the face of the Stinger.

01:23:42Causing right under the jaw.

01:23:44Excellent move by ravishing Rick Roode.

01:23:46About the only move available to him

01:23:48to get out of the sleeper hold.

01:23:54Ravishing Rick Roode

01:23:56with over, just over

01:23:58two minutes remaining in

01:24:00this 20 minute time limit event.

01:24:02Against

01:24:04taking Sting's face right to

01:24:06the canvas with tremendous impact.

01:24:08You know

01:24:10what makes wrestling so great, Jim Ross?

01:24:12When we get to the

01:24:14two minute warning, there ain't no stop

01:24:16and there ain't no time out like football.

01:24:18They got to keep going.

01:24:20That's what I love about it.

01:24:22Me too, Jesse. Got to keep on gutting it out.

01:24:24And now ravishing Rick Roode

01:24:26surprisingly was in control of the

01:24:28ground game. Going up top.

01:24:30High wrist move. The Stinger is there.

01:24:32Oh my!

01:24:34Sting just

01:24:36brought him off the top.

01:24:38Gut first.

01:24:40And Stinger, oh

01:24:42inverted atomic drop.

01:24:46Roode now is in

01:24:48trouble. The Stinger

01:24:50atomic drop.

01:24:52Drives the knee right up into the spine.

01:24:54Depressing the vertebrae.

01:24:56And now the Stinger is building

01:24:58the momentum offensively. He's

01:25:00going for the cover. One, two and a near

01:25:02fall.

01:25:04Well, Stinger as exhausted as he was

01:25:06got the strength to try to hook the leg there

01:25:08and it allowed ravishing Rick Roode to

01:25:10kick out. But here goes Sting up to the top.

01:25:12If he hits it, it could be over.

01:25:14Less than a minute to go.

01:25:16High wrist move. Sting caught him with the crossbody.

01:25:18This should be all. He got the

01:25:20leg hooked. One, two and a half.

01:25:22Roode kicked out. Roode kicked out.

01:25:24Sting now again.

01:25:26Each guy trying

01:25:28to score any way he can.

01:25:30Oh, Roode caught him.

01:25:32Roode sidestepped and caught him with a gut

01:25:34shot. Big fist right into the abdomen.

01:25:42Roode the knee lamp.

01:25:44Both men desperately trying to

01:25:46secure a pin here.

01:25:48Roode needs to go for the Roode Awakening.

01:25:50He's going for it. He must have heard me.

01:25:52Roode trying to set Sting

01:25:54for the Roode Awakening.

01:25:56He's got it hooked. He's got

01:25:58enough.

01:26:00Sting able to counter.

01:26:02Sting going for the Stinger Flyer.

01:26:04He hit it. He hit it. Will he have time?

01:26:06There's a scorpion. Will he have time?

01:26:08He's got it hooked.

01:26:10Oh, no.

01:26:12Time has run out.

01:26:14The 20 minute time limit

01:26:16has expired.

01:26:18And we will get

01:26:20Gary Capetta

01:26:22back up in the ring

01:26:24and collect the score sheets.

01:26:28The referee will collect the

01:26:30score sheets.

01:26:32We have Mr. Matsuda's

01:26:34score sheet. Matsuda's score sheet

01:26:36is already in. There goes Ole

01:26:38Anderson and the referee coming

01:26:40over to the cruncher, Larry Zabisco.

01:26:42Now, ladies and gentlemen, because this match

01:26:44went to the time limit,

01:26:46the decision will be decided

01:26:48by the referee,

01:26:50judges, ballots at ringside.

01:26:56Well, both athletes ready for teams here.

01:26:58Ladies and gentlemen,

01:27:00we have a split decision.

01:27:04Judge Hiro Matsuda

01:27:06has scored this match

01:27:08in favor of

01:27:10Sting.

01:27:16Judge Larry

01:27:18Zabisco

01:27:20has scored this match

01:27:22in favor of

01:27:24Revishing with

01:27:26Blue.

01:27:30And the final and deciding ballot

01:27:32to determine which

01:27:34of these wrestlers advance at

01:27:36Starrcade to the finals

01:27:38of the King of Cable,

01:27:40referee, excuse me, Judge

01:27:42Ole Anderson

01:27:44has scored this

01:27:46for Sting.

01:27:48The winner of the match

01:27:50is Sting.

01:27:52Fans, a heavyweight

01:27:54championship tag team event.

01:27:56Well, it's still breaking down here.

01:27:58Rude tried to attack Sting.

01:28:00Caught him with the atomic drop.

01:28:02Rude tried a cheap shot

01:28:04on the Stinger.

01:28:06Sting advances to the finals

01:28:08of the King of Cable.

01:28:10Well, I'll tell you, I'm not so sure

01:28:12it was kind of a hometown decision

01:28:14as far as I'm concerned.

01:28:16The Unified World Tag Team Championship

01:28:18is next on the Clash of the Champions.

01:28:24And you don't want to make it bad.

01:28:28He's as pretty as the picture.

01:28:30He looks just like

01:28:32Little Richard.

01:28:40Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest

01:28:42on the Clash of the Champions

01:28:44for the Unified

01:28:46World Tag Team Championship.

01:28:48It is at 4-1

01:28:50with TV time

01:28:52remaining.

01:28:54Introducing versus the challengers

01:28:56for the combined weight

01:28:58460 pounds

01:29:00from Charlotte, North Carolina

01:29:02Ricky

01:29:04the Dragon

01:29:06Steve Bowe.

01:29:08His tag team partner

01:29:10from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

01:29:12Shane

01:29:14Douglas.

01:29:16You know, fans, we talk

01:29:18to you every Sunday night on AM 750

01:29:20WSB in Atlanta on the radio

01:29:22and a lot of you think that

01:29:24this team has a great opportunity

01:29:26to upset the champions. Before we talk

01:29:28about that gist, let's go back to Gary Capetto.

01:29:30And ladies and gentlemen, their

01:29:32opponents, they are the

01:29:34Unified World Tag Team Champions

01:29:36at a total combined

01:29:38weight of 535

01:29:40pounds.

01:29:42First, from Sweetwater, Texas

01:29:44Marie

01:29:46Windham.

01:29:48And from

01:29:50Hudson, Texas

01:29:52the natural

01:29:54Dustin Rhodes.

01:30:00Dustin Rhodes still showing those battle scars

01:30:02from his confrontation

01:30:04in the locker room before

01:30:06he met the Barbarian

01:30:08in the King of Cable competition.

01:30:10I can guarantee you his mind

01:30:12is far Jesse Ventura from

01:30:14King of Cable.

01:30:16On the line right here, the Unified World

01:30:18Tag Team title. Well, this is what it's all about

01:30:20right here for tag team wrestling

01:30:22Jim Ross and the natural

01:30:24Dustin Rhodes is going to start off with Shane Douglas

01:30:26should be an interesting bout

01:30:28should be fairly scientific Jim Ross

01:30:30but I'll tell you one thing, when you're going

01:30:32for the gold like this, at some point

01:30:34in time, somebody's going to cheat, I know it.

01:30:36Ha ha.

01:30:38Collar and elbow tie up, Dustin Rhodes

01:30:40getting the better of the situation now.

01:30:42Youngster from Austin, Texas will have a big leverage advantage

01:30:44in this particular matchup.

01:30:46Douglas may be the quicker of the two.

01:30:48Douglas from Pittsburgh, as you heard.

01:30:50Face quickens here.

01:30:52Good move inside cradle.

01:30:54Whoa, we almost had that title

01:30:56change right there.

01:31:00Good counter there.

01:31:02Hooks both arms.

01:31:04Backslide situation. Now they've got a

01:31:06near fall, so both men in the early

01:31:08going, exchanging near falls.

01:31:10Absolutely, that's what you're going to see.

01:31:12A lot of good scientific wrestling

01:31:14right here. You're not going to see a lot of cheap

01:31:16shots, but mark my words, Ross

01:31:18at some point in the bout, it's going to happen.

01:31:20Somebody's going to crack somebody

01:31:22because you've got to. You're going for

01:31:24the world titles.

01:31:26Shot headlocked by Shane Douglas and

01:31:28Dustin Rhodes able to counter

01:31:30to the hammerlock.

01:31:32Douglas, duck under.

01:31:34Counters.

01:31:36Dustin in the ropes.

01:31:38And a clean break

01:31:40right there.

01:31:42Shouldn't surprise anyone. Both these young men like to

01:31:44follow the rules.

01:31:46Jocking for position there. Dustin

01:31:48muscling Douglas into the corner.

01:31:50And good clean break there.

01:31:52Well, it's interesting. Whoa, good

01:31:54arm drag takedown there by Shane Douglas.

01:31:56It's interesting, and a nice clean break

01:31:58after the arm drag.

01:32:00Back up to the standing position again.

01:32:02And Dustin Rhodes

01:32:04with the arm drag, and both men back up quickly.

01:32:06Well, what they're doing now,

01:32:08Jim Ross, is they're earning each other's

01:32:10respect.

01:32:12Saw some verbal

01:32:14fireworks between these two teams

01:32:16on WCW Saturday night

01:32:18this past weekend.

01:32:20Of course, Dustin Rhodes won his first major world

01:32:22title with

01:32:24Ricky Steamboat.

01:32:26And that was at a Clash of the Champions

01:32:28in Savannah, Georgia. Isn't that interesting?

01:32:30And now they're facing each other for the titles.

01:32:38Rhodes controlling the

01:32:40tippo here. Back up.

01:32:42You see the leverage advantage he has

01:32:44when they're both in a vertical

01:32:46situation, Jess. Dustin's about 6'5",

01:32:48maybe 6'6".

01:32:50Nice shoulder block.

01:32:52Gets some added momentum

01:32:54going far side. Douglas missed the

01:32:56clothesline. Nice cradle there by Dustin.

01:32:58And Douglas able to kick out.

01:33:00Douglas

01:33:02with the aggressor there.

01:33:04Oh, beautiful move

01:33:06right there by Shane Douglas.

01:33:10Oh, and they both go for a dropkick

01:33:12and both of them miss. The feet met

01:33:14the air and the heads met the mat.

01:33:16And they both make the tag. Here

01:33:18comes Steamboat and Windham in.

01:33:22Ricky the Dragon, Steamboat.

01:33:26Arm drag takedown by Barry Windham.

01:33:28Steamboat counters into the head scissor.

01:33:30Windham, good counter for the big man.

01:33:32Couldn't get him down.

01:33:34Oh, they both go outside.

01:33:36Windham landed on his feet, but Steamboat did not.

01:33:38And a little shoving going on here.

01:33:40Look at this. Look at this.

01:33:44Come on, mix it up. Mix it up.

01:33:46You're going for the titles.

01:33:50This is for all the marbles, Ross.

01:33:52You got to be aggressive. You got to go for it.

01:33:56Yeah.

01:33:58Indeed,

01:34:00there is no prize in tag team wrestling

01:34:02more valued than

01:34:04the Unified World Tag Team Championship.

01:34:06Dollar and Elbow tie up.

01:34:08Windham with a big size advantage.

01:34:10Manhandling Steamboat into the corner.

01:34:12Caught him with a chop. Steamboat retaliates.

01:34:14I love it.

01:34:16Now they're going for it, Jim Ross.

01:34:18They're pulling it all out now.

01:34:20We're going to find out who the tougher team is.

01:34:24Atomic drop by Steamboat.

01:34:26Steamboat,

01:34:28so quick and so fluid

01:34:30in his offensive movement,

01:34:32takes down Big Barry Windham.

01:34:34Windham's 6'6", I would say about

01:34:36the 280 pound mark.

01:34:38Takes him down. Steamboat

01:34:40holds on and makes a tag.

01:34:42Very timely and a very good

01:34:44tag there.

01:34:46And look at Shane Douglas with a cheap shot

01:34:48kicked to the abdomen area.

01:34:50Double elbow right there. I love it.

01:34:52Now they're starting to go for it.

01:34:54You can hear Steamboat communicating with his partner.

01:34:56Steamboat looking to

01:34:58win a championship with his fourth

01:35:00tag team partner.

01:35:02Another tag, quick tag. Here comes

01:35:04Shane Douglas back in.

01:35:06And Steamboat, obviously

01:35:08the leader of this team, of his team,

01:35:10almost like calling out

01:35:12signals like a quarterback, but Windham

01:35:14just tags Shane Douglas

01:35:16with a right hand. Front face locks

01:35:18him, trying to get him up in that big

01:35:20suplex, but it's Douglas that counters.

01:35:22Good move as Douglas set underneath.

01:35:24Able to counter. Now the lateral

01:35:26press, and Windham able to kick

01:35:28out before the 3. I'll tell you

01:35:30that was a remarkable move right there

01:35:32by Shane Douglas because he's giving up

01:35:34about 35-40 pounds in

01:35:36body weight and about 5 or 6 inches in height.

01:35:38And yet, he was able to

01:35:40block Barry Windham's attempt for a suplex

01:35:42and reverse it and

01:35:44suplex Windham.

01:35:46Windham with

01:35:48those strong

01:35:50forearms to the

01:35:52side of the head of

01:35:54Shane Douglas.

01:35:56And Douglas

01:35:58slipped out of Windham's grasp. The perspiration

01:36:00there, I'm sure, had a factor there.

01:36:02And that allowed Douglas then to be able to move

01:36:04quickly out of the way as Windham came

01:36:06to the corner. It's Ricky Steamboat with the tag.

01:36:08And Steamboat comes off the top

01:36:10with, oh, good martial arts blow. Got him in the

01:36:12ribs. He's going for the cover. And you saw

01:36:14Steamboat reaching back to try to hook the leg

01:36:16and Windham wouldn't have any of that.

01:36:18And Steamboat controlling it here on the mat

01:36:20where he needs to have his bigger opponent.

01:36:22But I'll tell you what makes Windham tough to

01:36:24pin. He stands about 6'7".

01:36:26He's got that leverage

01:36:28to kick out of just about anything you

01:36:30can put on him. And they're going to have to wear

01:36:32him down a lot more than they have

01:36:34to get a three count on Big Barry in there.

01:36:38Young Dustin Rhodes

01:36:40looks on.

01:36:42And Windham

01:36:44with Steamboat

01:36:46holding on pugnaciously.

01:36:48And, I mean,

01:36:50held on right through the

01:36:52attempted counter. Makes the tag.

01:36:54Whips him in.

01:36:56And both men, double

01:36:58team offense. High elevation.

01:37:00And Windham in a lot of trouble

01:37:02as Douglas tried to cinch in on that

01:37:04leg. Couldn't quite do that. And goes

01:37:06back to work on the arm. Exactly what

01:37:08Steamboat was working on. But again,

01:37:10notice how Windham kicked out of that.

01:37:12He got back dropped by both men.

01:37:14High altitude, but yet they couldn't

01:37:16keep Barry Windham's shoulders on the mat.

01:37:22Douglas executing the arm

01:37:24bar. But Windham

01:37:26able to push him back in the ropes.

01:37:28They come out. It's countered by Douglas.

01:37:30And Douglas! Oh! His neck

01:37:32snapped back. I mean, like a whiplash

01:37:34in a car wreck or something.

01:37:36It happened right above us. And now

01:37:38Windham makes a quick

01:37:40tag. And a smart one to Dustin Rhodes.

01:37:42Can Dustin capitalize? Absolutely.

01:37:44Dustin Rhodes is fresh. He's going for it.

01:37:46I thought he had it. I thought he had it right there.

01:37:48Dustin Rhodes

01:37:50a fresh man in the ring. Smart move. Now

01:37:52he tags Windham. I'm not sure about that.

01:37:54Windham took a lot of punishment. Double drop

01:37:56kick. Shane Douglas down right in front

01:37:58of us, Jim Ross. Don't get your head

01:38:00kicked off now.

01:38:02Windham the lateral

01:38:04press. You saw and

01:38:06heard the count. He got two out of him.

01:38:08Barry with that front face

01:38:10knock. And he tags in Dustin.

01:38:12But he suplexes Douglas before he leaves.

01:38:14Look at the teamwork of Rhodes

01:38:16and Windham. The elbow. The referee

01:38:18in position. One, two! And a

01:38:20long two. A long two. And

01:38:22look at Steamboat running in the ring

01:38:24to break the rules and make a save.

01:38:26Very interesting.

01:38:28Flip! Good quick

01:38:30move by the speedy Shane Douglas.

01:38:34As Dustin

01:38:36and Barry make

01:38:38a tag. Windham in with the elbow

01:38:40and the tricep of Shane Douglas.

01:38:42Forces him back in the corner.

01:38:44Catches him with a knife edge chop.

01:38:46Brings him out of the corner.

01:38:48Still working on the arm.

01:38:50Taking that wrist around.

01:38:54And Rhodes

01:38:56measures him with a forearm off the second rope.

01:38:58Drives him down. Look at him hook the hammer lock in there.

01:39:00And believe me,

01:39:02Jim Ross, people think the hammer

01:39:04lock is nothing of a hold. You can get a

01:39:06submission from a hammer lock.

01:39:08You apply it right. You get a guy

01:39:10down like that. Drive him into the mat.

01:39:12He's got nowhere to go. He may have to quit.

01:39:18Hammer lock and a half Nelson

01:39:20into a pinning predicament.

01:39:22A very sound

01:39:24wrestling move

01:39:26executed by Dustin

01:39:28Rhodes.

01:39:32Continuing to focus on the arm.

01:39:36And the tag as you saw made.

01:39:38Windham back in.

01:39:40The champs are doing a good job

01:39:42cutting off the ring.

01:39:44And there's a cover.

01:39:46The champs are doing a good job

01:39:48cutting off the ring on Shane Douglas

01:39:50and tagging in and out.

01:39:52Douglas needs to make a tag pretty soon.

01:39:54He's trying to fight his way out of there.

01:39:56But those punches not having a lot of effect

01:39:58on Barry Windham.

01:40:00Windham makes the tag. Rhodes will be coming in.

01:40:02But again, it's the double team offense

01:40:04and another

01:40:06near fall situation.

01:40:08And Shane Douglas desperately needs to make a tag

01:40:10to Ricky the Dragon Steamboat.

01:40:12As Dustin

01:40:14snaps Douglas over

01:40:16and then applies

01:40:18the reverse chin lock.

01:40:20And Steamboat

01:40:22all the way out of his

01:40:24corner area

01:40:26was just really not allowed

01:40:28quite frankly. That's right.

01:40:30The referee's going to send him back to his corner

01:40:32where he belongs.

01:40:36It's nice that he goes over there

01:40:38for vocal support but the Dragon

01:40:40is not allowed to do that. He's got to stay in a neutral

01:40:42corner.

01:40:48Dustin holding on

01:40:50with the reverse

01:40:52chin lock but

01:40:54Douglas has worked his way back up vertical.

01:40:56Trying to put something together as

01:40:58Douglas. He hit the cross body.

01:41:00And another near fall.

01:41:02And Dustin

01:41:04back up very, very quickly.

01:41:06And makes another tag.

01:41:08Look at the size difference

01:41:10Jess and Windham and Douglas

01:41:12here.

01:41:14Windham got him up.

01:41:16He muscled him up.

01:41:18And took him down with that

01:41:20suplex.

01:41:22Now on top.

01:41:24And Douglas showing great

01:41:26fight and determination.

01:41:28And look at that. Perry Windham shaking a

01:41:30finger at Steamboat saying,

01:41:32Hey, stay out of here.

01:41:40Windham caught him with that lariat.

01:41:44Turned his head around and again

01:41:46Ricky Steamboat comes in.

01:41:48The emotion of this whole situation

01:41:50seems to be affecting

01:41:52Ricky the Dragon Steamboat

01:41:54very negatively as

01:41:56Dustin Rhodes back in. He's keeping

01:41:58it very basic. Side headlock

01:42:00takeover. Nice move.

01:42:02And to pitting predicament. Douglas in so much pain.

01:42:04I'll tell you what the problem is.

01:42:06Steamboat's a veteran. He knows

01:42:08Douglas is in very, very serious

01:42:10trouble right now. So he's gonna

01:42:12jump into the ring any chance he gets

01:42:14to try to make a save because

01:42:16if he don't, Shane Douglas could get the

01:42:18three count at any moment.

01:42:22Dustin drove his knee

01:42:24into the upper arm

01:42:26of Shane Douglas and that

01:42:28has been the focus of the

01:42:30unified champions for the past

01:42:32several minutes. They are

01:42:34really trying to

01:42:36incapacitate the arm of

01:42:38their challenger, Douglas.

01:42:50Douglas showing a lot of competitive

01:42:52spirit here, but

01:42:54the Irish hips reverse. He caught him again

01:42:56with a crossbody. Second time in the

01:42:58second near fall from the crossbody.

01:43:02But again, Douglas cannot get to the

01:43:04corner and make the tag.

01:43:08Dustin went for the dropkick.

01:43:10There he made the tag. Here comes the Dragon.

01:43:12Steamboat

01:43:14with that tackle on his former partner.

01:43:18Another great shoulder block.

01:43:20Another lateral press.

01:43:22Steamboat knows it may be up to him for

01:43:24quite some time.

01:43:26Steamboat really

01:43:28trying to quicken the pace.

01:43:30Good

01:43:32counter move by Dustin. He caught Steamboat

01:43:34with that dropkick and now Dustin

01:43:36goes for the cover. Trying to put his former

01:43:38partner away.

01:43:40Inside cradle. Dustin

01:43:42good. No. Did he get it? No.

01:43:442-2.

01:43:46Another good shoulder

01:43:48block.

01:43:50Nice high impact move by the bigger Dustin Rhodes.

01:43:52Steamboat's got to either get Dustin

01:43:54on the mat or get

01:43:56to control the tempo offensively.

01:43:58He's been unable to do either.

01:44:00Oh, gosh. Oh, wait a minute.

01:44:02That caught him.

01:44:04That was inadvertently, but it caught him in the groin.

01:44:06Yeah, it did. Inadvertently

01:44:08Steamboat went for a leapfrog right there.

01:44:10Dustin Rhodes, 6'7",

01:44:12his head caught the Dragon

01:44:14in the groin area.

01:44:16And Dustin's not going for a pin.

01:44:18Well, Wyndham is livid.

01:44:20He wants Dustin to pin him.

01:44:22Well, Wyndham's right. Hey,

01:44:24you go for it. Things happen.

01:44:26You got to take the pin if you can get

01:44:28the shot. Well,

01:44:30Dustin knows all the miles he traveled

01:44:32with Ricky Steamboat. He knows this man

01:44:34can't win the World Title.

01:44:36That's irrelevant. That is irrelevant.

01:44:38They are the champions.

01:44:40Wyndham makes the tag.

01:44:42He just tagged Dustin. I don't think Dustin

01:44:44can make the tag. Wyndham's got him. No, he doesn't.

01:44:46Steamboat able to get the left shoulder up.

01:44:48And Wyndham

01:44:50is livid of this whole situation.

01:44:52I agree with Wyndham.

01:44:54You go for the win. You can't help it

01:44:56if a man gets hurt in there. This is a tough

01:44:58sport. You go for the win.

01:45:00I understand that. I'm not arguing that point.

01:45:02Oh, inverted

01:45:04atomic drop.

01:45:06But you can't just eliminate

01:45:08the emotion of young Dustin and Ricky Steamboat.

01:45:10Now, there's a lateral press.

01:45:12No, it's not.

01:45:14It should have been all of it.

01:45:16And now Douglas in, having some words

01:45:18with Barry Wyndham, but Steamboat

01:45:20who was inadvertently hit below

01:45:22the belt

01:45:24is writhing in pain.

01:45:26And look at this. The two champions are

01:45:28having words here.

01:45:32Well, it may just be a matter of time

01:45:34now for Ricky Steamboat.

01:45:36Quite frankly, I don't know if he can even defend

01:45:38himself. Look at this.

01:45:40Oh, another inverted

01:45:42atomic drop. Is that really called for?

01:45:44Hey, he hasn't

01:45:46pinned him yet.

01:45:48He will now.

01:45:50Dustin Rhodes coming in.

01:45:52Look at that. I can't

01:45:54believe it. What is going on here?

01:45:56Dustin

01:45:58said he's hurt. Uh-oh.

01:46:00Now Steamboat

01:46:02made the tag. Steamboat made the tag

01:46:04to Shane Douglas.

01:46:06Douglas is the legal man now.

01:46:08And Douglas caught him. Douglas caught him

01:46:10with a belly-to-belly. He got him with a belly-to-belly.

01:46:12Oh, unbelievable. We got two champions.

01:46:14Ladies and gentlemen, the winners

01:46:16and new

01:46:18Unified World

01:46:20Tag Team Champions,

01:46:22the team of Shane Douglas

01:46:24and Ricky the Dragon

01:46:26Steamboat.

01:46:28Well, this

01:46:30crowd here cannot believe

01:46:32the sadness

01:46:34that this

01:46:36one ended. Dustin Rhodes

01:46:38obviously

01:46:40is just

01:46:42so emotionally involved

01:46:44in this situation. Steamboat

01:46:46perhaps now aware

01:46:48that they've won the Unified World

01:46:50Tag Team title. Rhodes got

01:46:52so emotionally involved, Ross,

01:46:54it cost him the title. It

01:46:56cost him the title.

01:46:58Barry Windham went for

01:47:00the win, and his own partner

01:47:02cost him the title.

01:47:04Well, that's your opinion. You're

01:47:06darn right it's my opinion. I don't

01:47:08agree with it. If any competitor

01:47:10gets in the ring, you go into the ring

01:47:12to win matches.

01:47:14Steamboat's going to have to be helped back

01:47:16to the locker room area.

01:47:18We've got new Unified Champions,

01:47:20and we've got a very tense

01:47:22situation here.

01:47:28Dustin Rhodes cannot believe

01:47:30that he and Barry Windham have lost

01:47:32right here live in the Clash of

01:47:34the Champions, the Unified World

01:47:36Tag Team Championship. Well,

01:47:38I don't care what you say, Jim Ross.

01:47:40Dustin Rhodes cost Windham

01:47:42and Rhodes the title.

01:47:44He cost it for him, because

01:47:46he had to be Mr. Nice Guy.

01:47:50Well, Dustin dejectedly walking back

01:47:52to the locker room area.

01:47:54Dustin!

01:47:56Dustin!

01:47:58Dustin!

01:48:00Look at that.

01:48:02Windham yelling for Dustin Rhodes.

01:48:04Uh-oh.

01:48:06We've got a volatile situation

01:48:08here, Jim Ross. He wants his partner

01:48:10back in the ring.

01:48:12They can settle the situation right here.

01:48:14They'll get a rematch,

01:48:16and Dustin's trying to explain

01:48:18to Barry that Ricky Steamboat

01:48:20was hurt. He didn't want to take

01:48:22advantage of him.

01:48:24Well, and this is

01:48:26again

01:48:28so shocking.

01:48:30Hey, sucker! He kicked him in the gut!

01:48:32Uh-oh.

01:48:34Windham with a right hand

01:48:36on his own partner.

01:48:40There's the DDT!

01:48:42He got him with a DDT!

01:48:46Oh, come on!

01:48:48Whoa!

01:48:50Dustin Rhodes now, after that

01:48:52grueling match,

01:48:54he can't defend himself.

01:48:56That's gonna cost Windham some money

01:48:58for selling a ref. He's got him

01:49:00setting up for that superplex.

01:49:04Jesse Ventura's

01:49:06going to the locker room.

01:49:08There's that superplex off the top.

01:49:10This kid can't even defend himself.

01:49:12Here come fans.

01:49:14We've got to get some order here.

01:49:16We'll be back in a moment. Don't go away.

01:49:18We've got more time left, and we'll be back.

01:49:22♪♪

01:49:24♪♪

01:49:26♪♪

01:49:28♪♪

01:49:30♪♪

01:49:32All right, ladies and gentlemen, we just got a few more

01:49:34moments here on the Clash of the Champions.

01:49:36We've got new Unified World Tag Team Champions,

01:49:38and they're back in the locker room

01:49:40with Jesse the Body Ventura.

01:49:42Thank you, Jim Ross.

01:49:44We're back here in the locker room.

01:49:46Ricky the Dragon, Steamboat, tremendous victory

01:49:48out there. You're the new World Tag Team

01:49:50Champions, but I'll tell you what.

01:49:52Some strange circumstances happening

01:49:54in that bout. You got injured in there,

01:49:56and Dustin Rhodes actually came

01:49:58to your defense in the bout.

01:50:00You know something, Jesse? That's right. Shane and I

01:50:02did win the bout. We would have loved to

01:50:04win them under different circumstances, but

01:50:06we got the one, two, three.

01:50:08Douglas, who was in there, fought tooth and nail, and

01:50:10finally got the belly-to-belly on

01:50:12Barry Windham. But I've got to say this about

01:50:14Dustin Rhodes, even though that you were a

01:50:16competitor against us out there, my friend!

01:50:18That's right, my friend.

01:50:20You showed...

01:50:22Good grief!

01:50:24Barry Windham attacking the champions

01:50:26with that... Oh, my gosh!

01:50:28He's wearing them out with that steel chair!

01:50:32Windham ramming Douglas

01:50:34into the lockers.

01:50:36Good grief!

01:50:38He's annihilating

01:50:40the champions!

01:50:42Oh, man. What a situation, fans.

01:50:44Listen, we're going to talk more about that

01:50:46this weekend. For everybody here in

01:50:48Macon, I'm Jim Ross saying so long,

01:50:50everybody, from the Clash of the Champions.

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