WCW Clash of the Champions 23: June 16, 1993

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00:00:00Championship are on the line tonight when Nature Boy Ric Flair and Iron Anderson challenge

00:00:09the Hollywood Blonde for the World Tag Team Titles.

00:00:12KWA Champion Barry Windham is tested by High Flyin' Challenger Too Cold Scorpio and All

00:00:18American Ron Simmons aims to strip the World TV Belt from Mr. Wonderful Paul Orndorff.

00:00:24Then Justin Rhodes, Davey Boy Smith, Van Sting battle Rick Rude, Big Van Vader and Sid Vicious

00:00:31in an incredible six-man explosion as World Championship Wrestling presents Clash of

00:00:38the Champions.

00:00:44It's live in Norfolk.

00:00:46Hi everybody and welcome to Clash of the Champions.

00:00:51From the Stoke Coliseum in downtown Norfolk, Tony Schiavone, Jesse the Body Venturer.

00:00:55We've been waiting for this moment for a long time.

00:00:58Tonight in the ring, the return of Nature Boy Ric Flair.

00:01:01We've waited for the Nature Boy for a long time and tonight the Nature Boy returns but

00:01:05I also got a little sad note Tony Schiavone, the injury to Mr. Wonderful Paul Orndorff.

00:01:12Paul Orndorff will not be able to wrestle but will be at ringside.

00:01:16He will be at ringside as Dirty Dick Slater takes on Ron Simmons in what of course now

00:01:20is a non-title match but you know Simmons will get his shot sooner or later at that

00:01:25World Television title.

00:01:26Let's stop talking and start butting heads as we go to the ring.

00:01:31Ladies and gentlemen, the first contest of the Clash of the Champions.

00:01:37It is set for one fall.

00:01:39Introducing first, from Winter Robbins, Georgia, weighing 278 pounds, the All-American,

00:01:49Ron Simmons!

00:02:01They call him the All-American and certainly you can see the fans that he has here.

00:02:07As Ron comes down to his song that's available on the Slam Jam album,

00:02:12Don't Step to Ron, the former World Heavyweight Champion.

00:02:16Looking great, Jeff.

00:02:18He always looks great.

00:02:20Alright, Ron Simmons to begin things on the Clash of the Champions.

00:02:26Go ahead, Gary.

00:02:27And ladies and gentlemen, his opponent, accompanied by the World Television Champion, Mr. Wonderful

00:02:35Paul Orndorff, from Tampa, Florida, weighing 248 pounds, Dirty Dick Slater!

00:02:47Well, as Orndorff and Dick Slater make their way to the ring, already the fans are into

00:02:54the Paula chant.

00:02:55As you can see, they're not leaving the World Television Champion alone.

00:02:58Now, Orndorff suffered a groin injury, unable to compete here, and the fans are really on it.

00:03:04You know, and I don't understand it, Tony.

00:03:06Why?

00:03:07As hard a wrestler as Mr. Wonderful is, the chances he takes in that ring, of course he's

00:03:13susceptible to injury like any great athlete is.

00:03:17Mr. Wonderful with a groin pull.

00:03:19You'd think these people, I'm thinking for one minute, that Mr. Wonderful would duck Ron

00:03:24Simmons.

00:03:25No.

00:03:28They're just getting on him, and that's a name that Dustin Rhodes shot him.

00:03:33Now, Orndorff and-

00:03:34Dustin Rhodes and Tony Schiavone, you deserve a little credit for that too.

00:03:39I'll take no credit for that.

00:03:41And certainly, Derry Dick Slater, as a veteran, is going to prove to be a very, very rough

00:03:45and rugged match for the All-American Ron Simmons, who, until today, had prepared to

00:03:50go up to that World TV title, something that he's come very close on winning on many occasions.

00:03:55And here we go.

00:03:56Randy Anderson, the referee, back to the corner.

00:03:59Let's see if we get a-

00:04:01Whoa.

00:04:02And look at that.

00:04:03Simmons with a cheap shot out of the corner, Tony.

00:04:05Picks him up.

00:04:07You don't want to get caught in the corner close to Ron Simmons and that power.

00:04:11And now Slater backs away.

00:04:13Well, the referee called for a clean break there, and Simmons popped him.

00:04:17That's not like him.

00:04:20And look at the fans getting on Mr. Wonderful.

00:04:22It's even bothering Slater in the ring.

00:04:24Hey, the fans are pumped up here.

00:04:25Later on, they're going to see two out of three falls for the World Tag Team title.

00:04:29Flair and Orn together against the Hollywood Blondes and that gigantic six-man with Vader

00:04:33Sid Vicious and Ravishing Rick Roode, the Master of the Roode Awakening against Dustin

00:04:38Rhodes, Davey Boyce, Smith, and Sting still to come.

00:04:41But right now, we begin it.

00:04:42And Simmons on his feet.

00:04:48Again, the power of Simmons.

00:04:53Shoulder block, a cover.

00:04:55And out in two is Slater, and he rolls down to the floor.

00:05:00Slater, a smart move by the Wiley veteran.

00:05:02Things weren't going his way inside the ring.

00:05:04It was all going for the Florida State former football star, Ron Simmons.

00:05:09Dick Slater, smart enough to jump out to the floor, talk a little bit with Mr. Wonderful,

00:05:14and take some abuse from the fans here in Norfolk.

00:05:21Basically lost to Simmons on WCW Saturday night, but he lost after the 10-minute time

00:05:27limit ran out for the TV title, and Simmons did not get the World TV Championship.

00:05:31So that means he really didn't lose.

00:05:32Well, since that time, Orndorff has continued to get disqualified to keep that TV belt.

00:05:37That's one of those little clauses in there that really he uses to his advantage.

00:05:42Exactly.

00:05:42And that's the advantage you can use, Tony, when you're the champion.

00:05:46That's the out the champion gets.

00:05:48It's very simple.

00:05:49You're going to beat a champion.

00:05:50In the case of Mr. Wonderful, Paul Orndorff, you got to beat him in the first 10 minutes

00:05:54of the match.

00:05:55If it goes 10 minutes, 3 seconds, you don't get the TV title.

00:06:00It's that simple.

00:06:02And a lot of people are ornery over that.

00:06:04That's the rules.

00:06:05Ornery?

00:06:07Where'd you come up with that word?

00:06:09You've never heard of the word ornery?

00:06:10Not from you.

00:06:11Into the near side.

00:06:13Over the top.

00:06:15Oh, that time, a right hand side of the head.

00:06:18Boy, he slapped him.

00:06:19And that was-

00:06:19He insulted him.

00:06:20Oh, and look at Simmons coming in with the point of the boot and the closed fist.

00:06:26Sends him out of the corner, and Ron Simmons, three-point stance.

00:06:30Orndorff's got the leg.

00:06:31Oh, and there goes Slater on top of the head with a big clothesline.

00:06:35And I love that Orndorff, the veteran he is.

00:06:37Randy Anderson, the referee, saw nothing.

00:06:40He did not see Mr. Wonderful grab Simmons' leg.

00:06:46And that may be just the little edge that Dirty Dick Slater needed here, Tony.

00:06:56Right on the head.

00:07:00Into the midsection.

00:07:01Back of the neck.

00:07:02Boy, they are exchanging blows right and left.

00:07:05Here, clash of the champions.

00:07:06Swinging neckbreaker.

00:07:07Slater got it.

00:07:08Good execution.

00:07:09In the cover.

00:07:11Simmons on the ropes.

00:07:14They think it's over.

00:07:16It's not over.

00:07:16The match is still going on, and they think it's over.

00:07:19They better turn around, especially Slater.

00:07:23And he did.

00:07:24And here we go again.

00:07:24The match still continues.

00:07:27Only a two count now.

00:07:28Simmons taking command with the right hand.

00:07:30Slater drops in behind.

00:07:32Misses a clothesline.

00:07:34And Simmons gets him up and-

00:07:35Whoa!

00:07:35Big slam.

00:07:38He got him!

00:07:39Ladies and gentlemen, here is your winner, the All-American, Ron Simmons!

00:07:48Ron Simmons proving to be up to the task tonight.

00:07:52As we begin Clash of the Champions with a tremendous win over Dick Slater.

00:07:58Subbing for the injured World Television Champion, Paul Lauderdale.

00:08:01Well, right here, you see Simmons backing into the rope,

00:08:04lining up for the big shoulder bucket.

00:08:06There's Mr. Wonderful.

00:08:07Grabs a little ankle right there.

00:08:09Little bit of defensive holding.

00:08:11Boom.

00:08:12And it allows Slater to come in with a big forearm and drop the former champion.

00:08:17But here's Ron Simmons later rebounding.

00:08:20Big power body slam.

00:08:22Drives Dirty Dick Slater into that mat.

00:08:24Hooks the leg.

00:08:25Legal press.

00:08:26One, two, three.

00:08:27Simmons wins it.

00:08:28We have a special guest with us tonight.

00:08:30We'll talk to him and have Marcus Bagwell against Lord Steven after this on TBS.

00:08:48All right.

00:08:49Welcome back to the Clash of the Champions.

00:08:52Beach Blast coming your way exclusively on pay-per-view.

00:08:56And we'll be talking a lot more about Beach Blast this Saturday night on WCW Saturday night.

00:09:01I'm Eric Bischoff along with the living legend, Larry Zabisco.

00:09:05A lot of great action coming up.

00:09:07The big six man.

00:09:08Everybody's talking about it.

00:09:09Two title matches.

00:09:11Of course, you got the NWA title.

00:09:13Barry Windham, Two Cold Scorpio.

00:09:14Larry, how do you see that contest?

00:09:15You know, Two Cold Scorpio is an amazing athlete, Eric.

00:09:20He's got everything it takes.

00:09:22Barry Windham has one attribute this young man does not, and that's experience.

00:09:27Now, that reminds me of an old Polish proverb which translated basically says,

00:09:33as the young and the useless ride that wave of life to destiny,

00:09:37they realize they're merely a first class passenger on a ship of fools.

00:09:42Polish wisdom from Larry Zabisco.

00:09:44Of course, we got the World Tag Team title match.

00:09:46I want to bring in the man that is going to be the guest ring announcer.

00:09:50Good friend of mine, Mr. Michael Buffer.

00:09:53Glad to have you here.

00:09:54Good to be here.

00:09:55Michael, you're fresh off the Morrison-Foreman fight just about a week and a half ago.

00:10:00You've had an opportunity to call some of the biggest fights in professional boxing.

00:10:04How would you compare boxing to the action here in WCW?

00:10:07I think the action here and the fans here, the fans are part of the action.

00:10:12The fans, especially right here at the Scope in Norfolk, Virginia.

00:10:14I've worked here before when Cornell Whitaker was here.

00:10:17They're the best fans in the world.

00:10:19All right, we talked a little bit about the NWA title match.

00:10:21I want to get your opinion on the World Tag Team title contest.

00:10:25You've got Ric Flair, Arn Anderson taking on the Hollywood Blondes.

00:10:27What's your opinion?

00:10:29You've got the Hollywood Blondes.

00:10:30They're young.

00:10:31They've got speed.

00:10:32They've got strength.

00:10:33But I think I'm going to have to go with experience.

00:10:36You've got that wisdom, the power that the two men have.

00:10:39Arn Anderson, a legendary family.

00:10:41And you've got that nine-time world champion in Ric Flair.

00:10:45I've got to go with the veterans.

00:10:46All right, you're on record.

00:10:47Let's get down to the ring to Gary Michael Cappetta.

00:10:51Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest on the Clash of the Champions.

00:10:56It is set for one fall.

00:10:58Introducing first, the WCW Magazine Rookie of the Year, weighing 234 pounds,

00:11:08Marcus Alexander Bagwell.

00:11:24It is good to have Michael Buffer here with us on Clash of the Champions.

00:11:28He'll be in the ring a little bit later on.

00:11:29And I tell you, Marcus Bagwell is looking great.

00:11:33We go back to Gary.

00:11:34And ladies and gentlemen, his opponent, accompanied by Sir William from the Royal

00:11:41Forest of Dean, now residing in his summer home in the Tower of Blackpool, weighing 18

00:11:49stones, 2 pounds, Lord Stephen Regal.

00:11:59I love this guy, Shivani, Lord Stephen.

00:12:01Why?

00:12:01Because he turned his nose up at everyone?

00:12:03No, because he's got clean fingernails.

00:12:05That's hard to find in Virginia.

00:12:08Now, that was really cheap.

00:12:12As you take a look at the great Virginia crowd here on the coast of Virginia, and you

00:12:17take a look at Sir William.

00:12:19Look at those specs Sir William wears.

00:12:22Those are reed glasses.

00:12:27Lord Stephen came here to America, didn't let anybody know that he was

00:12:33blue blood.

00:12:34He wanted to see how the commoners lived.

00:12:36And believe me, he found out, didn't he, Tony?

00:12:39Yes, and we'll have this match right after this time out on TBS.

00:12:52We're back live in the scope of Norfolk.

00:12:54Clash of the Champions just about set to go.

00:12:56There is the bell.

00:12:57And our second matchup of the evening, Lord Stephen makes his first appearance

00:13:02on live TV here in the USA.

00:13:05Well, while we're waiting for him to hook up, Tony, you know,

00:13:07speaking of dirty fingernails in Virginia, I might add,

00:13:11this is your former home state where you were born, isn't it?

00:13:14It sure is.

00:13:15You're from a little town out in the hills.

00:13:17What is it, Podunk, Virginia?

00:13:18Craigsville, Virginia, Jesse, thank you.

00:13:21I thought it was Podunk.

00:13:22No, it's not Podunk.

00:13:24Collar and elbow tie up.

00:13:26Podunk.

00:13:27With Marcus Bagwell and Lord Stephen goes to the arm.

00:13:34Would you call him a bit of a snob?

00:13:37He's an aristocrat.

00:13:38He's a blue blood.

00:13:39They're all that way.

00:13:39They can't help it.

00:13:40They're taught that way.

00:13:42Sir, it certainly has been during the break,

00:13:44looking down his nose at many of the fans here.

00:13:47Well, can you blame him?

00:13:50I mean, you see some of these people.

00:13:52Good reversal by Bagwell.

00:13:54Bagwell certainly up to the task.

00:13:55Bagwell and Too Cold certainly have to be one of the top contenders

00:14:00to the WCW World Tag Team title.

00:14:02Too Cold has been in Japan wrestling as of late,

00:14:05so they've been basically under singles competition.

00:14:08But now that Too Cold's back, got his shot at the NWA title,

00:14:10I know that down the road, there's sure going to be as a team.

00:14:14That depends.

00:14:15If Too Cold wins tonight, Bagwell's on his own.

00:14:18Well, now you're right.

00:14:19Look at that.

00:14:20Basically like a toehold maneuver, not really a drop toehold

00:14:23because he was already down.

00:14:24And Bagwell reverses.

00:14:26Nice reversal there by Marcus Alexander.

00:14:28Bagwell into a hammerlock and drives the knee into the fingers of Lord Steven.

00:14:34That Too Cold-Barry Windham match, one of two title matches later tonight.

00:14:39Ric Flair back in the ring.

00:14:40Two out of three falls, world tag title.

00:14:42He and Art against the Hollywood Blondes still to come in this program,

00:14:45plus that gigantic six man that we've been talking about.

00:14:48So you hang with us here on Clash of the Champions.

00:14:50Back of the neck.

00:14:52And let's not forget about Max Payne and Johnny B. Badd.

00:14:55Exactly.

00:14:56Johnny wants his bad blaster back.

00:14:58They'll get a chance in the ring tonight.

00:15:01Take care of the knee.

00:15:02Good move by Bagwell.

00:15:04Bagwell flipping Lord Steven by the arm.

00:15:07Steps right back in, back to the arm bar.

00:15:10And Lord Steven under the chin drives him back into the ropes.

00:15:17Forearm shot.

00:15:19Oh, there's a European uppercut.

00:15:22One of his primary moves, of course, his favorite move is the Regal Roll.

00:15:26And he's won many matches with the Regal Roll.

00:15:29And right there, you can tell he don't know nothing about American football

00:15:33because that was a clip right there, right on the knee.

00:15:36And Bagwell is in trouble.

00:15:38Regal, now after clipping the knee, going to the leg.

00:15:40But you got to remember something.

00:15:42Over in England, they don't play wimp games like football.

00:15:45They play rugby.

00:15:46That's football with no pads.

00:15:48Snap, snap marriage.

00:15:51You're calling American football a wimp game?

00:15:54Well, they're all, they got more pads on them than who knows what.

00:15:58I'm talking about rugby being rugged.

00:16:01Even Tina Turner said that.

00:16:02Did you hear that?

00:16:04No.

00:16:04She said rugby's a real man's game.

00:16:07Stomp right on the head.

00:16:10Oh, Lord Steven almost snap married him over right on our lap here.

00:16:13Thanks for the ropes.

00:16:14Referee asking Bagwell if he's had enough.

00:16:18Do you want it stopped?

00:16:19And Bagwell says no.

00:16:21But you can see Bagwell, left knee, not faring too well.

00:16:25Lord Steven steps right in.

00:16:27Now he's twisting him over and drives the knee into the canvas.

00:16:32We first saw Lord Steven on WCW Saturday night when the footman came out the week before.

00:16:37Introduced Lord Steven to the contention, so to speak.

00:16:40And what a program we have coming up this Saturday at 6.05.

00:16:44We are going to have the British Bulldog in action.

00:16:47Lord Steven will be back and I'll be talking to he and Sir William as well.

00:16:51And we'll continue our look for Cactus Jack.

00:16:55As you know, Catherine White has not been able to find Cactus Jack,

00:16:57but I understand she'll be going to Cleveland this week to try to find Cactus Jack.

00:17:01Well, she is one determined woman.

00:17:03She really is.

00:17:04Who would go to Cleveland at their own free will?

00:17:07We'll find out if she can locate the missing Cactus Jack this week on WCW Saturday night.

00:17:14What a great move by Bagwell.

00:17:19Tremendous move by Bagwell.

00:17:21But he's still favoring that left leg.

00:17:23Fires Lord Steven in the rope.

00:17:24Whoa, and look at Lord Steven diving in there.

00:17:27Drops down on that knee again.

00:17:29You gotta like this guy's wrestling, even if you don't like his personality, Tony.

00:17:33Well, I would agree.

00:17:34The man can really wrestle.

00:17:35As a matter of fact, he's one of the most accomplished wrestlers you'll find in any country.

00:17:40Lord Steven.

00:17:40And we knew that when he first came over here before he started holding his nose high in the air.

00:17:47Look at that beautiful drop toe hold right there with the legs

00:17:50right back to the knee after throwing in a couple of, as you said, European uppercuts.

00:17:56And you know, in my time to interview Lord Steven,

00:17:59I always have to talk to Sir William first because I've been told

00:18:02that you don't ask royalty questions.

00:18:04You only speak to blue blood and royalty when they speak to you first.

00:18:08Oh, great move by Bagwell.

00:18:12Bagwell still favoring that leg, but he is up to the task.

00:18:18The right leg to the midsection.

00:18:20Whoa, and a little American forearm right there.

00:18:25Into the ropes.

00:18:29Tremendous elevation and Bagwell once again with a forearm.

00:18:32Bagwell back into this one now.

00:18:35He covers it.

00:18:36One, two.

00:18:37Oh, he got a two count that time.

00:18:39But once again, Regal goes for the leg.

00:18:40But this time a backslide coming out of this.

00:18:43One, two.

00:18:45Oh, my.

00:18:45And again, a two count.

00:18:51Big clothesline there by Marcus Alexander Bagwell.

00:18:53Look at Lord Steven begging off a little bit, asking the commoner for a little time.

00:19:01Bagwell, waist lock, trying to roll him up.

00:19:04He's got him.

00:19:05One, two.

00:19:06Well, only got one shoulder down.

00:19:08And now Lord Steven.

00:19:12Yes.

00:19:12Did he get it?

00:19:12Yes.

00:19:13He got it.

00:19:14Ladies and gentlemen, here's your winner, Lord Steven Regal.

00:19:21Bagwell's claiming that he had the tights that time.

00:19:25Tony, you saw the inexperience of Marcus Alexander Bagwell against Lord Steven right there.

00:19:30Bagwell went for a roll up.

00:19:32He made the mistake of not grabbing the tights.

00:19:35When Lord Steven rolled him over, you saw.

00:19:37Lord Steven did grab the tights and got the win.

00:19:40That's ring smarts.

00:19:42Coming back on TBS.

00:19:43Eric Bischoff will be with us with a special interview.

00:19:46Welcome back to WCW's Clash of the Champions,

00:20:06where the NWA Championship and World Tag Team title matches are coming up.

00:20:11But first, here's Eric Bischoff with Mean Max Payne.

00:20:16And we are back at the Clash of the Champions, where in just a few minutes,

00:20:20we're going to see my guest Max Payne in the ring with Johnny B Mad,

00:20:24hopefully to end this controversy surrounding the Bad Blaster.

00:20:28But Max Payne, something you want to say?

00:20:29Hold on a second, Eric.

00:20:31Let's solve this controversy right now.

00:20:35You know, I've been in the lair and I've been thinking about it.

00:20:38And I thought about it a long, hard time.

00:20:41And I said to myself, Max Payne, there's only one thing to do.

00:20:46You know, I tried to teach Johnny B Bad a little respect.

00:20:50And that's all I wanted out of the deal, really, to be honest with you.

00:20:54So Johnny, if you'll come out here right now, I'll give you your Bad Blaster back.

00:21:02Wait a minute.

00:21:03You're saying that before the match, you're going to give Johnny

00:21:07his Bad Blaster, the one that you took from him.

00:21:09Is that what you're saying?

00:21:10I think only a fair man would think that way, right, Eric?

00:21:15All right.

00:21:15Let's see if we can get Johnny B Bad out here.

00:21:17Security.

00:21:18I know Johnny B Bad back in the locker room area.

00:21:21If we could get Johnny B Bad out here, please.

00:21:24You're going to have your opportunity.

00:21:26Here comes the Bad Blaster.

00:21:27Wait a minute.

00:21:28Hold on a minute, Bad.

00:21:29Now look, I know it's yours.

00:21:32Hold on a minute.

00:21:32I thought about it a long time.

00:21:35And Johnny, I sat in the lair and I said to myself, there's only one right thing to do.

00:21:43And that's give you back.

00:21:44What's rightfully yours.

00:21:48My goodness.

00:21:50Max Payne, what have you done?

00:21:53Consider it returned, Bad.

00:21:58Max Payne.

00:21:59Johnny, obviously we got to help him out.

00:22:02Let's take a break.

00:22:03Help him.

00:22:14Ladies and gentlemen, I understand because of the injuries just sustained by Johnny B Bad,

00:22:25he will not be able to compete this evening.

00:22:27And therefore, Max Payne.

00:22:32If Johnny B Bad has forfeited to Max Payne.

00:22:39Hey, Tony, what do you think?

00:22:41I mean, who is this coming out?

00:22:43Well, apparently it's the Z-Man who was in the back and was one of the first men to rush.

00:22:48Get off.

00:22:50Shoot him in the eyes, huh?

00:22:51You almost took his head off, Payne.

00:22:54You almost blew his head off.

00:22:55Where do you get paid, you sick egomaniac?

00:23:00The Z-Man.

00:23:02Well, he's going to take matters into his own hands here against Max Payne.

00:23:07He ducked.

00:23:08Super kick.

00:23:11Drop kick.

00:23:13Z-Man not scheduled to wrestle.

00:23:17And he's going down against Big Max Payne.

00:23:19Well, that's one thing the Z-Man comes out here and catches Max.

00:23:22Totally off guard.

00:23:24Hey, all Max did was literally give Johnny B Bad his bat gun back again, didn't he?

00:23:33Now Z-Man, boy, he is just working on emotion right here, Jess.

00:23:39Max absorbed that blow and Z-Man.

00:23:41This is not a scheduled match.

00:23:43There's no referee out here.

00:23:45Whoa.

00:23:45But there's a-

00:23:46And Max caught him.

00:23:47The painkiller is on.

00:23:49Now, finally, one of the referees comes out of the dressing room.

00:23:55And he's not letting go.

00:23:56He don't have to.

00:23:57It ain't a match.

00:23:58This ain't a sanctioned match, Tony.

00:24:00Well, you're right.

00:24:00He can hold it as long as he wants to.

00:24:02And he's still holding.

00:24:03Nick Patrick has come out with Randy Anderson.

00:24:05We're going to need some help.

00:24:06Well, finally, finally, they get this maniac off of him who has-

00:24:12Well, we are going to go to a break, fans.

00:24:13We're going to come back for the NWA title.

00:24:16Stay with us here on TBS.

00:24:30Back live on TBS, Jody Schiavone, Jesse Damani Ventura.

00:24:33And finally, Max Payne was sent to the back.

00:24:36But we are set to go with our NWA title match.

00:24:39And here comes the challenger, Jess.

00:24:41Here he comes.

00:24:42The cold man.

00:24:42Too cold Scorpio.

00:24:45What about what happened to Johnny B. Badger crying out loud?

00:24:48Hey, Johnny got his bath blaster back.

00:24:50And then what happened-

00:24:51Literally.

00:24:52Then what happened to the Z-Man?

00:24:57Well, that's what you get.

00:24:58In Z-Man's case, he stuck his nose in where it didn't belong.

00:25:02We hope to have an update on the condition of Johnny B.

00:25:06Bad coming up on WCW Saturday night, this Saturday, 6.05 right here on TBS.

00:25:10You know, people may be able to find it out.

00:25:12Call the 900 number right now.

00:25:14That's exactly right.

00:25:15As a matter of fact, Gordon, solely Michael Hayes will be answering your questions during

00:25:20this clash.

00:25:20He's going to be one of the lucky callers to talk live to Gordon and Michael and some

00:25:24of the wrestlers on tonight's card by calling the wrestling hotline.

00:25:28Here comes your NWA champ.

00:25:31Right here on live TV, Barry Windham and Too Cold Scorpio.

00:25:40We may have an update on Johnny B. Bad before the end of the night.

00:25:45And we certainly hope to.

00:25:47With a badger into this one, this is going to be a classic matchup.

00:25:55Well, this is the cold man's chance right now.

00:25:58And guess who we got?

00:25:59He's standing right in the middle of that wins, Tony Giovanni.

00:26:02Yes, sir.

00:26:02He's here with us tonight.

00:26:05Set to go for the NWA title match here on TBS.

00:26:08Let's go to Michael Buffer.

00:26:10And now, ladies and gentlemen, we go to a one fall match sanctioned by the National

00:26:14Wrestling Alliance.

00:26:15So man your battle stations.

00:26:17This is for the NWA heavyweight championship.

00:26:20The referee for this bout is Nick Patrick.

00:26:23Introducing first, wearing the orange and white and weighing 233 and one half pounds.

00:26:29He's ranked number three in the world along with his partner Marcus Bagwell for a shot

00:26:33at the world tag team title.

00:26:35With six years of experience, he's had over 400 professional wrestling matches.

00:26:40And tonight, after just returning from a tour of Japan, he gets a shot at a heavyweight

00:26:45title.

00:26:46Ladies and gentlemen, the disc that don't miss.

00:26:49He's the challenger from Denver, Colorado.

00:26:51The high flyer to Paul Scorpio.

00:27:04And his opponent wearing black and red and weighing 261 pounds.

00:27:09This second generation professional from Sweetwater, Texas has four times been a world tag team

00:27:15championship and twice he's held the United States titles.

00:27:19He won this NWA title by defeating The Great Muta in Super Brawl 3.

00:27:25Ladies and gentlemen, presenting the NWA heavyweight champion, The Lone Wolf, Barry

00:27:33Winder.

00:27:40All right, so we are set to go in our first title match at Clash of the Champions.

00:27:45Don't forget the world tag team title.

00:27:47Flair's first appearance in the ring.

00:27:49He and Arn against the Hollywood Blondes still to come in our big six man, Rude Vader Vicious

00:27:54against Rode, the British Bulldog and Sting.

00:27:56And we are red hot in Norfolk at Clash of the Champions.

00:27:59I'll tell you what, Michael Buffer knows how to set that table, doesn't he, Tony?

00:28:03No doubt about that, Jess.

00:28:04Good to have him with us.

00:28:05Good to have you with us wherever you are.

00:28:07As Michael Buffer told us, Nick Patrick is the referee assigned.

00:28:10Here we go.

00:28:13What do you think about this match, Jess?

00:28:15You got the speed and you got the tall, big NWA champ.

00:28:19Well, it's simple.

00:28:19If you go with experience, you go with Wyndham.

00:28:22But if you go with who's hot here in WCW, you might think Too Cold Scorpio may spring

00:28:29the upset of the year right now.

00:28:30Absolutely.

00:28:31He's coming in off a successful tour of Japan and the guy needs to dictate the pace of the

00:28:36matchup.

00:28:37He can't allow Wyndham.

00:28:39And there he did it.

00:28:40He caught Wyndham with a big drop kick right out of the get go.

00:28:42And that's what the cold man's got to do.

00:28:44He's got to take chances.

00:28:46He doesn't dare wrestle conservative.

00:28:52Wyndham being very deliberate in the opening part of this match against Scorpio.

00:28:58You know, in reality, Scorpio's got nothing to lose here, Tony.

00:29:02He is the challenger, but not many people giving him much of a chance so he can turn

00:29:07it loose.

00:29:08Absolutely.

00:29:08This is his shot and he's having a tremendous audience watching.

00:29:15Good to have you with us.

00:29:16As we said, we are coming live with a Norfolk scope.

00:29:19Tremendous crowd on hand.

00:29:21Barry Wyndham.

00:29:22A little bit too close to Scorpio that time.

00:29:24And that, I think that shocked Wyndham as much as anything else to see a slam.

00:29:27Absolutely.

00:29:28Too Cold showing he's got some power.

00:29:30The Norfolk scope.

00:29:31Why do they call it a scope?

00:29:33It's Norfolk.

00:29:34It's not Norford.

00:29:34It's Norfolk.

00:29:36Whatever.

00:29:36But why do they call this scope?

00:29:38It's an auditorium.

00:29:40It's a civic center, a scope.

00:29:42The scope coliseum.

00:29:44Well, one thing good about it here.

00:29:46You got all Navy.

00:29:47You ain't got any jarheads.

00:29:48You ain't got no army dogfaces in this town.

00:29:51Right hand.

00:29:52You make enemies everywhere you go, don't you?

00:29:53Right hand.

00:29:54And there's a chop from Barry Wyndham in the back.

00:29:57Wyndham, the man who, in the corner, refused to comment on the return of Ric Flair.

00:30:05Walked out on me.

00:30:05Walked out on you on WCW Saturday night.

00:30:08Finally, he made it known that he is no longer a horseman.

00:30:11He is a lone wolf.

00:30:12And therefore, the name, the lone wolf, Barry Wyndham.

00:30:14Scorpio up on top.

00:30:16Taking Wyndham down by the legs.

00:30:17Unorthodox takedown that time by Scorpio.

00:30:20But he turns into maybe a half crab.

00:30:22Well, Wyndham goes to the ropes.

00:30:23Well, he attempted to get it into a half Boston crab.

00:30:25But Barry Wyndham, the veteran, got to the rope.

00:30:28Jumps off to the floor.

00:30:29And there you see the smart wrestler.

00:30:31That's why he's the NWA World Heavyweight Champion.

00:30:36Wyndham has been very vocal about the return of Flair.

00:30:38Take a look at this crowd.

00:30:40And the beautiful Scope Coliseum.

00:30:43Scope.

00:30:44In Nuffin, Virginia.

00:30:45Oh, it's named after the mouthwash.

00:30:47I can see why here in Virginia.

00:30:50Oh my.

00:30:51You never quit.

00:30:52I mean, you never quit.

00:30:55Right hand to the jaw.

00:31:00Back in the corner.

00:31:03And Scorpio sending Wyndham on a great reversal.

00:31:05He ducked the right hand.

00:31:07Wyndham ducked also.

00:31:09Whoa, they both ducked on that one.

00:31:10But Too Cold couldn't duck on the big Barry Wyndham size 14 to the chest.

00:31:16As earlier, when Wyndham was shocked about the slam,

00:31:19Scorpio may have been shocked about Wyndham's quickness right there.

00:31:22Wyndham levels in.

00:31:26Barry Wyndham leveled in from the top.

00:31:28You know, I'll tell you what.

00:31:29Everybody knows how good Too Cold is with his aerial stuff.

00:31:33But Barry Wyndham is no slouch when it comes to taking that

00:31:37six foot seven, 270 pound frame up and doing aerial maneuvers.

00:31:42He's going up again.

00:31:45Wyndham.

00:31:45Maybe not.

00:31:46The lone wolf getting a head start here.

00:31:50I think he thought about it, Jeff,

00:31:52but realized that Scorpio was way too far away to go up top.

00:31:55That was just as bad.

00:31:57Big elevation driving the knee into the side of the ear,

00:32:00the side of the head on Too Cold Scorpio.

00:32:03And the man from Denver's in trouble.

00:32:07I know he's going to be watching the match later on with flair.

00:32:12As everybody in the arena will be.

00:32:16One, two, two count.

00:32:18Wow, Wyndham thought he had him there in a bit of a sloppy cover.

00:32:22He didn't hook a leg.

00:32:23You can see Wyndham glaring at Too Cold.

00:32:25Whoa, and look at that, goes right into the eyes and face.

00:32:29That's the mean streak in Barry Wyndham.

00:32:31That's what I like about him.

00:32:33Even if he don't want to talk to you, Tony.

00:32:35No, he doesn't want to talk to anybody.

00:32:36I don't want to talk to you.

00:32:37And that's his prerogative.

00:32:39This is not the NBA where we find people for not talking to reporters.

00:32:45Right hand.

00:32:47By the way, who's Michael Jordan betting on tonight?

00:32:49I really set you up for that one, didn't I?

00:32:50Into the ropes.

00:32:55Wyndham held onto the ropes on the far side.

00:32:57I heard Jordan's giving two to one on the Hollywood blondes later.

00:33:01They got to go two out of three falls the old way,

00:33:04the old fashioned way.

00:33:05Title match.

00:33:06There is the Leaping DDT for Wyndham.

00:33:09He got it off Scorpio.

00:33:10And this is maybe at one, two, Scorpio went out of the way.

00:33:15You know, I said Leaping DDT.

00:33:17I don't think it was a Leaping DDT.

00:33:18It was just straight down and kind of.

00:33:22Nonetheless, it was a DDT.

00:33:24And I'm amazed that Scorpio was able to kick out right before that three count.

00:33:30Man, oh man.

00:33:31Kind of a nonchalant cover that time.

00:33:33Wouldn't you say, Jess?

00:33:34Well, Wyndham's cocky.

00:33:35You could tell Wyndham thinking, whoa, right side cradle.

00:33:38One, two with a cradle.

00:33:39He almost got the NWA title did Scorpio.

00:33:44You know, Wyndham better not take this kid lightly.

00:33:48He's got everything going his way right now.

00:33:52But as a champion, you can't take any opponent light.

00:33:56Gut wrench.

00:34:03And there was a decent cover, but Scorpio again kicking out.

00:34:08And Wyndham now not looking for a pin here.

00:34:11He is just going to lay in some punishment on Scorpio.

00:34:13If you just joined us, Johnny B.

00:34:14Bad was seriously injured at the hands of Max Fain in the Bad Blaster.

00:34:18He actually shot it right off in his face.

00:34:21The Bad Blaster.

00:34:23If you call the hotline right now, you may be able to hear an update on the condition

00:34:27of Johnny B.

00:34:27Bad.

00:34:28We have not received any communication as of yet.

00:34:31There's a trap kick from Too Cold.

00:34:33I'd give him the condition right now, Tony.

00:34:36Oh, Wyndham to the midsection.

00:34:38What's that, Johnny?

00:34:38He's hurting.

00:34:40Well, you're right.

00:34:41To what extent, we don't know.

00:34:42We know it's in the face.

00:34:44The man who prided himself on being the prettiest in WCW.

00:34:47And now Wyndham, the NWA champion, has Scorpio hurt here.

00:34:52And Wyndham taking his measure of Too Cold.

00:34:54I wonder if the recent tour of Japan maybe has Scorpio a little bit tired here.

00:35:00Too Cold's not flying too well.

00:35:02He may be suffering from jet lag.

00:35:05And that's his own fault.

00:35:06He knew he had this match coming up.

00:35:08Why the heck would he run off to Japan?

00:35:12What do you think?

00:35:12Eating raw fish would make him stronger?

00:35:14I don't know.

00:35:15He has some competition over there.

00:35:16Out he goes.

00:35:18Scorpio hit hard on the outside, and Wyndham's after it.

00:35:24Nick Patrick, the referee, asserting himself here.

00:35:27Yep, Patrick took control there.

00:35:28Wyndham started to go on the floor.

00:35:30Patrick made him think otherwise.

00:35:32Wyndham back in the ring now.

00:35:33He's going to pull Too Cold up on his own.

00:35:36You're right.

00:35:36Too Cold looks lethargic, Tony.

00:35:43Then again, it might just be he's out of his league.

00:35:46Well, I don't think that's the case at all.

00:35:48And I know the fans around the world watching this realize that Scorpio,

00:35:52one of the top contenders for the World Tag Title,

00:35:54has been focusing on tag matches as of late.

00:35:57But he has his shot here, and anything can happen.

00:35:59Scorpio on top, one!

00:36:02Wyndham got out in a two count that time, but that was close, Jess.

00:36:06Close but no cigar.

00:36:08Barry Wyndham's still the champ and still in control.

00:36:10And look at the size 14 into the midsection again.

00:36:16And this, whoa, and look at that drop kick.

00:36:18You talk, I told you about it earlier.

00:36:21Too Cold's the master of aerial, but don't sell Barry Wyndham short on it.

00:36:26Scorpio sent into the ropes.

00:36:29Wyndham hoisting him up.

00:36:30Crucifix, dropped back on it.

00:36:34This is over now, it's gotta be.

00:36:36No, sir, he got the right shoulder up.

00:36:40Barry did not really put all of his weight down across the chest that time, Jess.

00:36:43Unbelievable, I didn't think he had to.

00:36:46Scorpio fighting on instinct right now, I give him credit.

00:36:50The kid's hanging in there, he's being resilient.

00:36:52That goes into the makeup of a great professional wrestler.

00:36:55But look at that, Wyndham just measures that right hand, Tony, look at it.

00:36:58Too Cold's out on his feet.

00:37:00He's cold, all right, he's out cold.

00:37:05After this match, they might call him out cold, Scorpio.

00:37:18Belly to back.

00:37:19Belly to back suplex.

00:37:23Here we go, cover one, two.

00:37:26And once again, he gets that right shoulder up.

00:37:28Notice how Wyndham's cover is not really pressing him.

00:37:32And he's enabling Scorpio just to shoot the right shoulder up here.

00:37:37Wow, what a matchup.

00:37:39We still have that six-man tag, Rude, Vader, and Vicious against Dustin.

00:37:43Oh, look at this, look at this.

00:37:44Wyndham's paintbrushing, whoa.

00:37:46And a two out of three fall World Tag Title match, the return of Ric Flair.

00:37:51But Wyndham right now, Scorpio showing, as you said, Jess, resiliency, tenacity.

00:37:58Never say die attitude here.

00:38:00And he crawls right down the Big Texan's back and covers it.

00:38:06And he almost stole one there.

00:38:08But he walked into the clothesline by Barry Wyndham.

00:38:11Wyndham's dictating the tempo of this match, though, don't you agree, Tony?

00:38:14There's no question about that.

00:38:15And I said at the outset, the two-coat wouldn't be able to win it

00:38:19if he allowed Wyndham to dictate the tempo of the match.

00:38:22Over the top, Scorpio once again fires back on Wyndham.

00:38:27A back suplex, and now both men are down.

00:38:30Scorpio with a tremendous move and a desperation, but

00:38:33not able to follow it up with anything here, Jess.

00:38:35Well, he slowed Wyndham down, that's the one positive thing he got.

00:38:38Wyndham now having trouble getting up.

00:38:40Into the eyes, Barry Wyndham.

00:38:44Now, well, he's gonna set him up for a superflex, one of his premier moves.

00:38:52Scorpio, you can tell he's winded or he wouldn't be able to sit for this one.

00:38:57No, he threw him off.

00:38:58Whoa.

00:39:02One, two.

00:39:02He kicked out.

00:39:03Did he?

00:39:04Two.

00:39:04I thought it was three.

00:39:05My, I thought it was three, so did many of the fans here.

00:39:09Scorpio up on top, Wyndham, Scorpio with like a victory roll.

00:39:13He's got the win.

00:39:16He's got the win.

00:39:18He's got the win.

00:39:19He's got the win.

00:39:20He's got the win.

00:39:21He's got the win.

00:39:22He's got the win.

00:39:25He's got the win.

00:39:27a victory roll, didn't go for the cover there.

00:39:34Instead, the cold man's gonna dish out some more punishment to the NWA champion

00:39:39right hand, whoa, a super kick right to the jaw,

00:39:43staggers Windham against the top rope.

00:39:45Clothes him up, one, two, whoa, Windham snakes his way out of that one.

00:39:53That's the first time I've saw a slide out of a penny predicament.

00:39:58Scorpio, one, two, and

00:40:02Windham's out of it again, he's out of it again, unbelievable.

00:40:11What a matchup, Tony Schiavone, I love it.

00:40:16NWA title and Clash of the Champions, Scorpio on top.

00:40:22He got it with a drop kick.

00:40:25And a cover again, no, he didn't get it again, my, my.

00:40:31It's only in WCW and TBS do you see this kind of wrestling, Tony.

00:40:37Windham said he's Scorpio out, but Scorpio back in.

00:40:42He caught him coming over the top.

00:40:44Right hand, right to jaw.

00:40:45And now Windham after the right hand.

00:40:53Here it comes, hooks him, leafy DDT.

00:40:55He got it that time, he got it, one, two, and now he wants to punch him.

00:41:01Let's get the official word on this match.

00:41:08Ladies and gentlemen, the winner and

00:41:12still NWA Heavyweight Champion, The Lone Wolf, Barry Windham.

00:41:18Wow, Jesse Ventura, he's all about taking your breath away.

00:41:24We saw some spectacular moves, but I think more than anything else,

00:41:27we saw the ability of The Lone Wolf to continue to come back.

00:41:30Well, there you see, Windham caught Too Cold.

00:41:33Too Cold left himself vulnerable, coming over the top rope.

00:41:36Windham was ready for him, caught him with the right hand,

00:41:39which set him up for that.

00:41:40The Leaping DDT, which drove Too Cold into the ring and knocked him out cold.

00:41:46One, two, three, Windham holds the title.

00:41:49Still to come, the gigantic six-man tag.

00:41:51And then two and three for the World Tag Title on TBS.

00:41:55Stay with us.

00:41:56It's Beach Blast, it's the second one, and boy, we had a great time last year.

00:42:09And this year, the event will be on pay-per-view on Sunday, July 18th.

00:42:14Call your local cable operator to order Beach Blast.

00:42:18And I'll tell you what, last Beach Blast,

00:42:19you were surrounded by beautiful women, weren't you?

00:42:21And you can bet this Beach Blast, I'll be surrounded by more.

00:42:24Hey, you want to see a Sylvester Stallone impersonation?

00:42:26Yes.

00:42:28Right there.

00:42:29That's good.

00:42:30Fans, and the Beach Blast will be coming up.

00:42:32We'll have more information on WCW Saturday night in the weeks to come.

00:42:36Right here on TBS, 605 Eastern Time this Saturday,

00:42:39we should have more information.

00:42:41We told you earlier, you saw earlier,

00:42:42that you could order a video cassette of this Clash of the Champions.

00:42:45Here's the information.

00:42:47Call 1-800-732-0700 for credit card orders,

00:42:51or send $19.99 plus $4.50 shipping and handling.

00:42:56Check your money order to this address to order a video cassette

00:42:58of tonight's Clash of the Champions.

00:43:00It's a Clash of the Champions.

00:43:029710 DeSoto Avenue, Chatsworth, California, 91311-4409.

00:43:07Make the checks payable to AIMS Media to order Clash of the Champions.

00:43:12And what a match we have with Barry Windham and 2 Cold Scorpio

00:43:15to have on video cassette.

00:43:15Tremendous matchup.

00:43:16Where's your checkbook?

00:43:17I want to send off with your money.

00:43:20You hid your checkbook, Tony.

00:43:22Standing by in the back right now is Eric Bischoff,

00:43:24getting ready for this tremendous six-man tag match.

00:43:27Talking to Sting, Dustin Rhodes, and the British Bulldog.

00:43:30Let's take it, Eric.

00:43:31Eric?

00:43:33Thanks, guys.

00:43:34And this is definitely the calm before the storm,

00:43:37because in just a few minutes, we've got a colossal six-man coming up.

00:43:41Sting, Dustin Rhodes, Davey Boy Smith to step into the ring

00:43:44with Sid Vicious, Big Van Vader, and of course, Ravishing Rick Roode.

00:43:47Dustin Rhodes, with everything that's happened between you and Roode,

00:43:50this is a tremendous opportunity for you.

00:43:52This is a tremendous opportunity, Eric Bischoff, Ravishing Rick Roode.

00:43:56Your number is up tonight, my man.

00:43:58Your number is up.

00:44:00You and I are going to be face-to-face at some time in that match.

00:44:03And Sid Vicious, Big Van Vader, I want you three to know one thing.

00:44:07You're looking at possibly the greatest three-teamed-up ever

00:44:11in professional wrestling history.

00:44:12So tonight, we are going to take care of business.

00:44:15Well, you know, Eric Bischoff, Big Van Vader, he's a big man.

00:44:20Sid Vicious is a big man.

00:44:22Rick Roode's a big man.

00:44:24But right now, you're looking at the triple threat.

00:44:28The British Bulldog, the Stinger, and Dustin Rhodes.

00:44:31We mean business tonight.

00:44:33Come on, step in the square circle.

00:44:34Let's settle it once and for all, right, Stinger?

00:44:37You got it, British Bulldog.

00:44:39You're all three real intense, aren't you?

00:44:41Masters of the powerbomb.

00:44:44Well, I'll be damned if I let somebody master me.

00:44:48We don't want to talk about it.

00:44:50We don't want to think about it.

00:44:51We just want to do it.

00:44:53So here we go.

00:44:55These guys are ready.

00:44:56The match coming up in just a few minutes.

00:44:59Big, six-man action coming your way right after this.

00:45:01Time out.

00:45:03Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest on the Clash of the Champions,

00:45:10six-man tag team action.

00:45:12Introducing team number one, first, from Robbinsdale, Minnesota,

00:45:19we 200, and the winner of this match, the winner of this match,

00:45:26the winner of this match, the winner of this match,

00:45:31weighing 249 pounds, the man who says he never lost the United States

00:45:39championship, Ravishing, Big Rude.

00:45:48A complete body of rubber should be holding weights

00:45:51from the Rocky Mountains.

00:45:53Weighing 450 pounds, the WCW world heavyweight champion,

00:46:00Spencer Bader.

00:46:06And their partner, accompanied by Colonel Rob Parker,

00:46:11from Memphis, Tennessee, weighing 325 pounds,

00:46:17the man who rules the world, Steve Fischer.

00:46:26Maybe in the history of our sport, you're

00:46:28not going to get three more awesome figures together in one ring.

00:46:31And you notice Rude with the briefcase.

00:46:33I believe Harley Race has it right now.

00:46:35We know what's inside that briefcase, don't we, Tony?

00:46:37The US heavyweight title belt that he was, that he was, he does not have it.

00:46:42And WCW says he has to give it back, but he says, come and get it.

00:46:45He never lost it.

00:46:46It's in the suitcase.

00:46:48And ladies and gentlemen, their opponents in this one-fall contest.

00:46:53Introducing first, from Austin, Texas, he weighs 261 pounds,

00:47:01the natural, Dustin Rude.

00:47:06From Manchester, England, 265 pounds,

00:47:12baby boy Smith, the British Bulldog.

00:47:18And from Venice Beach, California, 221 pounds, this is Steve.

00:47:30Here we go.

00:47:33Now, Sting and baby boy Smith have an offer to retire,

00:47:39that they will answer this Saturday on WCW Saturday night

00:47:43from the master of the powerbomb.

00:47:45Dustin just wants to get his hands on Ravisheen and Rick Rude.

00:47:48And we've talked to Rude.

00:47:51We've talked to Rude many times before this match.

00:47:54And Rude has said, as long as the masters of powerbomb

00:47:59worry about their business, I'll worry about mine.

00:48:01And that is Dustin Rhodes.

00:48:03And this is going to be explosive.

00:48:05And you're seeing it live on TBS.

00:48:07Well, I'll tell you what, Tony, baby boy Smith and Sting

00:48:10may not have a choice.

00:48:11They may have to retire after tonight.

00:48:14They may graciously take plane tickets

00:48:16and go anywhere in the world.

00:48:18Where would you go?

00:48:19I'd pick Tahiti.

00:48:20You'd pick Tahiti?

00:48:21Yeah.

00:48:25I know where.

00:48:26I suppose you're going to say Podunk, Virginia.

00:48:28No.

00:48:29It would be your first choice.

00:48:32There you see Colonel Rob Parker.

00:48:37By the way, Colonel Rob Parker and Sid Vicious

00:48:41do plan, after the night is over,

00:48:43to be on the wrestling hotline in our wrap-up show.

00:48:46You may have a chance to talk to them live,

00:48:48starting at about 1025 tonight in our post-event show.

00:48:52But we are in the event.

00:48:53We've still got the world tag title

00:48:55with Flair's first appearance.

00:48:56Sting starting out with Rick Rude.

00:48:58Two men who are no strangers in the scope

00:49:00and a fever pitch already.

00:49:02Yeah, the Stinger and Ravishing Rick Rude.

00:49:08Omaha.

00:49:10I bet you that's where you can't go.

00:49:12Wrong again.

00:49:13Side headlock.

00:49:14Sting.

00:49:19And we start right off with a little test

00:49:21of strength right here.

00:49:22Sting with a top wrist lock.

00:49:24Ravishing Rick Rude muscling his way out of it.

00:49:31Test of strength there.

00:49:32Notice that Vader did not come in with a world title belt.

00:49:35But Rude came in with a US belt in this Halliburton briefcase.

00:49:40And Sting holding on.

00:49:44Boy, the test is here.

00:49:45Who is going to be able to function as a team?

00:49:47The jury is out with the team of Rude

00:49:50and the Masters of the Powerbomb.

00:49:52Yeah, but remember one thing, Tony.

00:49:54This is a six-man.

00:49:55At some point in the bout, you're going to have mayhem.

00:49:58No doubt.

00:49:59It always happens.

00:50:00Exactly.

00:50:01Reversal by Rude.

00:50:02Rude, one of the quickest athletes

00:50:04that you will find in this sport.

00:50:11Rude backs Stinger into the neutral corner.

00:50:13See if he can get a good looking elbow.

00:50:17Where Sting does not want to be.

00:50:19You hear Harley Race, who had set the US title belt down

00:50:22beside us, encouraging the former US champion on.

00:50:26What do you mean?

00:50:27He is the US champion.

00:50:28He's got the belt.

00:50:29He is not the US champion, Jesse.

00:50:31Oh, up he goes.

00:50:33Who has the belt?

00:50:36The briefcase does right now.

00:50:37Up in the air he goes.

00:50:40Sting giving the Masters of the Powerbomb a present.

00:50:45Boy, they dump Rude down.

00:50:47And Sting taking off both men now.

00:50:52From behind, Rude is the legal man.

00:50:58Rude trying to elevate Sting with a slam.

00:51:00Sting rolls him up.

00:51:01Inside cradle.

00:51:03Two.

00:51:04That's a quick two that time.

00:51:05Here comes Dustin.

00:51:06Boy, does he want Rude.

00:51:08No wrestling holds here.

00:51:10No wrestling holds here.

00:51:11The Colonel and Harley Race wondering what's gone wrong.

00:51:15Oh!

00:51:17There's what's gone wrong.

00:51:19Dustin Rode out of the way.

00:51:21And Big Fan Vader, the world champion,

00:51:24dropped right out ravishing Rick Rude, who I consider

00:51:27the US heavyweight champion.

00:51:30Champion met champion right there.

00:51:32Once again, it gets down to, Jesse,

00:51:36who confronts it as a six-man team.

00:51:38This is not supposed to be happening this way.

00:51:41You can hear Harley Race yelling in my mic,

00:51:43this ain't supposed to be happening like this.

00:51:45Well, of course it isn't.

00:51:47But it is.

00:51:48And there's to the midsection.

00:51:50Big Sid Vicious gets a tag in the British Bulldog,

00:51:52their first time in.

00:51:53Rude took quite a beating, but Rude's a resilient athlete,

00:51:56one of the greatest in our sport.

00:51:58Better believe he'll be back.

00:52:00And Sid's caught in the wrong corner.

00:52:04The British Bulldog picked up Sid Vicious.

00:52:07And Vicious now...

00:52:09Oh!

00:52:10What a cheap shot that was for Rude.

00:52:12Oh, down he goes!

00:52:16And again!

00:52:20But Sid Vicious still comes back with a foot.

00:52:25Vicious sending the baby boy in.

00:52:27The British Bulldog ducks.

00:52:29Tremendous shoulder block that time out of the side.

00:52:32And Dustin back in.

00:52:34Boy, you're talking about a fever pitch.

00:52:37They have really kicked in high gear

00:52:39in the opening moments of the match.

00:52:41And here he comes.

00:52:43And Dustin going to work on the world champ.

00:52:46Not letting up!

00:52:47He's beating the world champion!

00:52:52I'll tell you what, Harley Race is beside himself

00:52:55outside the ring.

00:52:57Dustin Rhodes doing a mall job.

00:53:00On big fan Vader, the world heavyweight champion.

00:53:03Look at the fans standing everywhere.

00:53:06I don't think the big guy expected this at all.

00:53:09Oh, my. Oh, my.

00:53:11Can he do it? Oh, yeah!

00:53:14What about that kid?

00:53:16The man who says he should be the US heavyweight champion as well.

00:53:22Well, right now he's doing a number

00:53:24on the world heavyweight champion.

00:53:26Oh, this is set up for another cheap shot here.

00:53:44Now Dustin.

00:53:47He better not be drawn too long up there.

00:53:49If you're going to the top, do what you're going to do.

00:53:53He missed.

00:53:55He missed and Rude was pulling on the rope that time.

00:54:00Vader.

00:54:01Whoa, big left-handed forearm

00:54:03and it knocked Dustin for a little loop.

00:54:05Gave him a total 360 and put him flat on his back.

00:54:09Now big Vader's going up.

00:54:18It might be over, Tony.

00:54:19You're right, two.

00:54:20Dustin barely got up, but he did.

00:54:22Vader irate.

00:54:23Harley raced right above us.

00:54:25He's screaming.

00:54:26He said he got him.

00:54:27He got him and now Rude is back in.

00:54:29And you know Rude was waiting for this moment.

00:54:31Gentlemen, great count.

00:54:33Race complaining about the count of the referee,

00:54:36but Ravishing Rick Rude stepping in.

00:54:38Now who do you think the real US title holder is here, Tony?

00:54:42Look at who's winning.

00:54:43Nobody is right now, Jess.

00:54:44No one has the US heavyweight title.

00:54:46Hopefully that'll get settled very soon.

00:54:48But right now it's a tremendous grudge going on

00:54:51and Rude asked Dustin where he wants it.

00:54:53It was the logical tag for this team.

00:54:56When Rude was in trouble.

00:54:57When Rude, one, two.

00:54:59Did he get it?

00:55:00No, he got a two.

00:55:03And Race again berating the referee.

00:55:06When Dustin was in trouble,

00:55:08the logical tag was to Rude to get his shots in.

00:55:16Harley Race complaining about the referee, Randy Anderson,

00:55:20and that front face drop that time.

00:55:23And here comes Sid Vicious.

00:55:25Dustin needs a tag desperately,

00:55:27but Sid Vicious goes right between the shoulder blades of the Big Foot.

00:55:32Well, unfortunately for Dustin Rhodes,

00:55:34Ravishing Rick Rude recovered quicker,

00:55:36was able to go over and tag his partner, Sid Vicious,

00:55:40the man who rules the world.

00:55:51One, two, three.

00:55:55And Big Sid firing Dustin Rhodes.

00:55:58Using one of those big monstrous arms,

00:56:00firing Rhodes back into that butthole.

00:56:04Boy, he is a monster.

00:56:05Take a look at Sid Vicious in the fans.

00:56:09Trying to encourage Dustin to get back up.

00:56:11Dustin does get back up.

00:56:16Not much steam in those blows, though.

00:56:18As he's taken quite a beating in Big Sid Vicious.

00:56:21Whoa, takes him oversight.

00:56:22Headlocked Dustin with the head scissors.

00:56:25And Vicious nips him out of that.

00:56:28Tremendous athletic ability by one half of the Masters of the Powerbomb.

00:56:32One, two.

00:56:33Dustin barely got away.

00:56:36And Dustin Rhodes is hurting right now, Tony.

00:56:40That's Sid throwing a right hand in there.

00:56:42Last week on WCW Saturday night,

00:56:44the Masters of the Powerbomb were formed.

00:56:47They said they were going to give the British Bulldog and Sting

00:56:50one week to decide to retire or not and get out of their way.

00:56:54We will have that answer at 6.05 this Saturday night.

00:56:58But right now,

00:57:00same corner that happened moments ago.

00:57:02This time, it's Vader pounding Dustin down.

00:57:06Big fan Vader loves to do that.

00:57:08Take an opponent to the corner and literally box their ears off

00:57:12with that big forearms.

00:57:15And Vader's going up.

00:57:17Oh, my!

00:57:20The hat came off the colonel on that one.

00:57:23And Dustin converted that into a powerslam.

00:57:29Well, that was a classic example

00:57:31of using somebody's own strength and weight against him.

00:57:34But again, a quick tag by Van Vader to Ravishing Rick Roode.

00:57:39And Dustin Rhodes is caught again.

00:57:41Look at this.

00:57:42Oh, wow.

00:57:43Roode's got the power.

00:57:44Dustin Rhodes is caught again.

00:57:45Look at this.

00:57:46Oh, wow.

00:57:47Roode's got him.

00:57:48Dustin trying to fight out of it.

00:57:49Look at Dustin.

00:57:52He reversed Roode.

00:57:55He knocked Roode out.

00:58:01And the referee telling Vader and Vicious to get back in.

00:58:06Tag is made.

00:58:08No tag.

00:58:09Ref didn't see it.

00:58:10There was a tag, but he was tied up with Vader and Vicious.

00:58:14Dustin may have had the match won right there.

00:58:16May have had it won right there.

00:58:19And now all six are going at him.

00:58:23Vader's down on the floor.

00:58:26Sting's there with him.

00:58:30Who's legal?

00:58:31I don't know.

00:58:32I lost track of who's legal.

00:58:37Sting!

00:58:38Oh, no!

00:58:41Sting at the safety rail.

00:58:45Harley Race has the halibut with a U.S. title in it.

00:58:48Oh, and he's caught Dustin Rhodes with it.

00:58:50And Dustin's out.

00:58:52Roode's on top.

00:58:53Here's the count.

00:58:54One, two, three.

00:58:55It's over.

00:58:56It's over.

00:58:58Roode pins Dustin, who was knocked out with the halibut.

00:59:01Ladies and gentlemen, the winners of the match,

00:59:03the team of relishing Winnie Roode,

00:59:06Sting, Vicious, and Big Ben Vader.

00:59:11And look at now.

00:59:12They're going to retire Davey Boy Smith.

00:59:14He's all alone.

00:59:15Davey Boy Smith is all alone because, oh, big powerbomb.

00:59:19Big powerbomb.

00:59:20And now the halibut.

00:59:21Sting's got the U.S. title halibut.

00:59:28Too little, too late, Tony.

00:59:31They laid him out.

00:59:33Roode, Vader, and Vicious winning.

00:59:37The masters of the powerbomb

00:59:39and the one and only Ravishing Rick Roode together.

00:59:42Roode made the cover.

00:59:47What a struggle this was.

00:59:52Davey Boy, Dustin, and Sting.

00:59:54The referee has the halibut.

00:59:57In.

01:00:01For the fight.

01:00:05And this match is over.

01:00:06And this match is over.

01:00:07We have the World Tag Team title two out of three falls coming up next.

01:00:10Oh, it's hard hitting on TBS.

01:00:24Welcome back to WCW's Clash of the Champions.

01:00:28And now, here's Eric Bischoff with the living legend, Larry Zabisko.

01:00:34And we are back live at the Clash of the Champions.

01:00:37Tremendous action here tonight.

01:00:40Larry, this is the one everybody's been waiting for.

01:00:43Flying Brian, Stunning Steve.

01:00:44They've been talking about age being a big factor in this contest.

01:00:48Sum it up. How do you see it?

01:00:49Well, this is the match I've been waiting for.

01:00:52And I'm going to sum this up with one short and sweet witty schism.

01:00:57To be the men, you've got to beat the men.

01:01:01And all four men are ready to get it on.

01:01:04Let's get down to the ring.

01:01:13All right, thanks a lot.

01:01:16Eric Bischoff and Larry Zabisko.

01:01:19As we are just about set to go.

01:01:21And this place is going to erupt when these two men walk through the curtain.

01:01:27And there they are.

01:01:29He is back.

01:01:30The Nature Boy, Ric Flair.

01:01:32And Arn Anderson.

01:01:34Members of the Horsemen.

01:01:36This match is two out of three falls, Jesse.

01:01:39Television time remaining.

01:01:41Now you know they talk about age.

01:01:43And we're caught in a time warp tonight, Tony.

01:01:46Because again, two out of three falls goes back a number of years in the world of professional wrestling.

01:01:53Ric Flair won his first world heavyweight title in 1979.

01:01:58I was there when he won in 1983.

01:02:02Nine times he's been the heavyweight champion of the world.

01:02:06He has been a member of the world tag team champions on many occasions.

01:02:10And now his shot once again with Arn Anderson.

01:02:13But they've got to go through.

01:02:15You see the Flair fans here.

01:02:17They've got to go through the number one team in the entire world.

01:02:20Oh yeah, my favorite tag team personally.

01:02:23The Hollywood Blondes.

01:02:26Stunning Steve and Flying Brian.

01:02:33The world tag team champions.

01:02:35This was billed as the battle of the decades.

01:02:38Meaning the 1990s against the 1980s.

01:02:41It became a world tag team title match.

01:02:45Flair and Arn said, let's make it two out of three falls.

01:02:48We saw on WCW Saturday night a tremendous fight that ensued in the locker room area between these four men.

01:02:56And here we go.

01:02:57It is a plank of no return.

01:03:00We go to Michael Buffer.

01:03:01Ladies and gentlemen, this is the best two out of three falls.

01:03:04Once again, your referee is Nick Patrick.

01:03:07And now the clash of champions continues.

01:03:10This contest is for the tag team heavyweight championship of the world.

01:03:16So from Norfolk, Virginia, let's get ready to rumble!

01:03:26Introducing first, the challengers.

01:03:29Two members of the Horsemen.

01:03:31First from Minneapolis, Minnesota.

01:03:33Weighing in at 261 and one-half pounds and wearing the white colors,

01:03:37he's a four-time tag team champion with four different partners.

01:03:41He's a former world television champion who has ten years of experience as a pro.

01:03:45Ladies and gentlemen, from the legendary Anderson family,

01:03:50introducing the enforcer, Arn Anderson!

01:04:02And his partner, wearing purple and weighing in at 236 pounds,

01:04:06from Charlotte, North Carolina, we have one of the legends of pro wrestling.

01:04:10In almost two decades of competition, he has had over 6,000 matches,

01:04:16making him one of the all-time superstars of the sport.

01:04:19Ladies and gentlemen, presenting a nine-time professional wrestling

01:04:24heavyweight champion of the world, the one, the only,

01:04:28Nitro Boy, Rick Graham!

01:04:34Graham!

01:04:44And their opponents, weighing in at a combined 476 pounds,

01:04:48wearing black and silver, they have over 100 title defenses,

01:04:53and they are the self-proclaimed tag team of the 1990s.

01:04:58Ladies and gentlemen, from Hollywood, California,

01:05:01the undisputed tag team heavyweight champions of the world,

01:05:07Flying Brian and Stunning Steve, the Hollywood Bomb!

01:05:18So here we go.

01:05:22I'll tell you what, Tony, nobody does it any better on ring introductions

01:05:26than the one, the only, Michael Buffer.

01:05:29I want to remind the fans, this is two out of three falls.

01:05:32It is television time for the world tag title.

01:05:34There's a lot of animosity.

01:05:36There is a tremendous amount of bitterness, bad blood,

01:05:40but now, knowing Nature Boy, Ric Flair, the consummate pro,

01:05:43and Arn Anderson, they can put it all behind them

01:05:45and focus on becoming world tag team champions.

01:05:47I think the bad blood lies more with Anderson and Flair,

01:05:51because it was the blondes who insulted them.

01:05:53It was the blondes that called them old.

01:05:55I think they called Arn a statue, didn't they?

01:05:57They've called him everything.

01:05:58Arn Flair for the gold.

01:05:59They've called him everything.

01:06:00And here we go, Flying Brian, one half of the tag champions

01:06:04against the enforcer, Arn Anderson,

01:06:07of the legendary Anderson family and the Four Horsemen.

01:06:12And look at this, Flying Brian doing his mimic of the Nature Boy,

01:06:16and he gets a smile out of the Nature Boy on it.

01:06:19Ric Flair has been through it all, Jesse.

01:06:21He's been in great title matches.

01:06:22I don't think you're going to intimidate him.

01:06:24No, not at all.

01:06:25Back to the corner.

01:06:29Little Hollywood focus there, little lights, camera action.

01:06:33Yeah, he's having fun now.

01:06:34Uh-oh.

01:06:36The fun stops there.

01:06:47Again.

01:06:49Brian got a knee in that time.

01:06:51Oh.

01:06:52Oh.

01:06:53Oh!

01:06:56Anderson had had enough of that, and the Southpaw digs in.

01:07:01And Flying Brian wants a timeout.

01:07:03The only problem is, this is wrestling.

01:07:05You don't get a timeout.

01:07:06But he thumbed him and then went to the eyes.

01:07:10How quickly they do change.

01:07:11There's a backhand chop that time.

01:07:13There's a reversal, Anderson.

01:07:16Flying, oh, and he's got it.

01:07:18And clotheslined him on the top rope and kicked him in the ribs.

01:07:23Anderson is looking sharp, isn't he?

01:07:25And he wants Austin, stunning Steve, on his way in.

01:07:32Oh, making reference to the belly, called a fat boy.

01:07:35Oh, no.

01:07:38You like that, don't you?

01:07:40It's kind of humorous, Tony.

01:07:42You like it when people run into you and say,

01:07:44You like that, don't you?

01:07:46It's kind of humorous, Tony.

01:07:47You like it when people run other people down.

01:07:52Side headlock.

01:07:58And stunning Steve with a quick elbow on the Nature Boy,

01:08:00but a leg sweep by Arn Anderson.

01:08:03There's the tag, and here comes the Nature Boy!

01:08:15Oh!

01:08:18Don't be fooled!

01:08:22He's ready to fight!

01:08:26Oh, big back body drop!

01:08:29And then he brings Brian Bryan in!

01:08:33Nature Boy's taking care of both of the world champions right now.

01:08:37He grabbed him by the mouth!

01:08:40Right by the jaw!

01:08:41Well, that's been the biggest part of the Hollywood Boss lately, their mouth.

01:08:47Flair measures him.

01:08:53He's going after Brian Bryan.

01:08:56Arn Anderson working on stunning Steve in the other corner.

01:08:59It's mayhem in Norfolk.

01:09:01And again, let's remind everyone, Tony, this is two out of three balls.

01:09:06Two out of three balls.

01:09:07This is not a one-fall matchup.

01:09:09Nature Boy back to the face.

01:09:11Bring it, bring it, bring it!

01:09:17And you get a not-so-often look right down the throat of Stunning Steve,

01:09:22but he goes right to the eyes.

01:09:24Well, he had to do something.

01:09:26Nature Boy Ric Flair had everything going his way.

01:09:30Stunning Steve out on the floor.

01:09:32Flair's got him.

01:09:33Ric Flair had everything going his way.

01:09:35Stunning Steve out on the floor.

01:09:37Flair and Bryan staggering around.

01:09:39No, he's back on the apron now.

01:09:46Austin taking his time outside the ring,

01:09:49trying to get his bearings back, Tony.

01:09:52Along with Paul Roma, Flair and Arn make up the horsemen.

01:09:55And look at this.

01:09:57Austin back in, pounding away at Flair,

01:09:59who gets the advantage again on top.

01:10:01Sends Austin back in.

01:10:04The big shot, the big right hand.

01:10:08And now into Anderson's knee in the corner.

01:10:15Stunning Steve trying to take a time-out.

01:10:18It ain't gonna work.

01:10:21This animosity all began on an edition of A Flair for the Gold,

01:10:26when the guest of Ric Flair were the Hollywood Blondes,

01:10:29and he talked about the unkind things they said about Anderson and Flair.

01:10:31And then right here on TBS,

01:10:33their rendition of A Flair for the Old,

01:10:36the mockery of nature boy Ric Flair.

01:10:40And now it has transpired into Flair's first return

01:10:43for the World Tag Team Championship with Anderson now.

01:10:47Let's remember something though, Tony.

01:10:50Flair and Anderson don't have age on their side.

01:10:53The longer the match goes,

01:10:55I think the advantage will shift to the Blondes.

01:10:57But right now, Stunning Steve's gotta make a tag.

01:11:01He's hurting.

01:11:03And see, I would disagree.

01:11:05Ric Flair has been known as probably the most,

01:11:08the finest conditioned athlete this sport has ever seen.

01:11:11The longer it goes, the stronger he gets.

01:11:14That was the old days, Tony.

01:11:16No, it wasn't.

01:11:18That is now.

01:11:20How can you say it's now

01:11:22when it's his first time back in the ring?

01:11:24Because he's in the greatest shape of his life.

01:11:27Got his brand new gym in Charlotte, North Carolina.

01:11:31Always in immaculate condition.

01:11:34And what's that called, Flair for the Golds?

01:11:37That's close.

01:11:40Arn Anderson sent in.

01:11:42And there it is, the towel.

01:11:44Comes into play.

01:11:46Hanged Anderson with the towel.

01:11:49Well, Flying Brian took some heavies there,

01:11:51but he got the damage done on Arn Anderson.

01:11:54The tide has shifted now, Tony.

01:11:57What do you think you're doing?

01:12:01And back to the towel.

01:12:03You can see Flying Brian.

01:12:05He's got it around the neck of Arn Anderson.

01:12:07Nature Boy too late in getting over there.

01:12:12Arn Anderson, who was a world tag team champion with,

01:12:15as Michael Buffer told his four different opponents,

01:12:18one of them here tonight, the living legend Larry Zbysko.

01:12:21But Anderson, a member of the Anderson family,

01:12:23and a cousin of that Anderson family,

01:12:25is the Nature Boy, Ric Flair.

01:12:27So more than just close friends, team partners,

01:12:29they are family.

01:12:31Arn Anderson, the enforcer,

01:12:33getting unloaded on by Flying Brian now.

01:12:37Well, you can see Anderson slowed down a lot, Tony.

01:12:40Maybe the arthritis is bothering him a little.

01:12:43What arthritis?

01:12:45Are you reading some medical report that I'm not?

01:12:47No.

01:12:49You know, don't old people get that?

01:12:51But he's not old, Jesse.

01:12:53A knee.

01:12:56To the back.

01:12:58And you're right inside of the action.

01:12:59Arn Anderson falls live in the Clash of the Champions

01:13:01for the World Tag Team Championship.

01:13:06I guess you'd have to say about Flair and Arn,

01:13:08they're like vintage wine, Tony.

01:13:10Right?

01:13:12They get better with age.

01:13:14Absolutely.

01:13:16But right now, Arn's looking like a bottle of Ripple.

01:13:20Raked across the forehead.

01:13:23Jesse, would you please?

01:13:26What, get you one?

01:13:27No, would you please stay off of this?

01:13:31What do you prefer, pink and pink?

01:13:33Tag is made, and Anderson is in major trouble

01:13:36with the blondes.

01:13:38Oh, yeah.

01:13:40The blondes got Arn where they want him.

01:13:42You're seeing the World Tag Team Champions

01:13:44at their best.

01:13:46This fine-oiled machine.

01:13:52Come on, Arn.

01:13:54Arn continues to get the win.

01:13:56Arn continues to fight back.

01:13:58One of his trademarks.

01:14:00When you talk about endurance,

01:14:02you're taking a look at it right now

01:14:04on Arn Anderson.

01:14:06Sheer guts.

01:14:08Anderson, who's not 100%,

01:14:10who's taken a beating,

01:14:12continues to fire back

01:14:14out of desperation,

01:14:16needs to make a tag,

01:14:18and is close.

01:14:20Whoa!

01:14:22And stunning Steve.

01:14:23Anderson caught him with a DDT.

01:14:29Stunning Steve took a little too much time

01:14:31to do some filming of the Nature Boy,

01:14:33and when he spun around,

01:14:35Arn was waiting for him.

01:14:37Yeah, it was take two time.

01:14:39Very good, Tony.

01:14:41Tag is made, and there's Flair.

01:14:43Oh, they nailed it.

01:14:45They got the knee of Anderson

01:14:47right before the tag,

01:14:49and he's out on the floor,

01:14:51and Flair's in against two men.

01:14:53Cincinnati Bengal knows how to clip somebody,

01:14:55and that's what he did

01:14:57to Arn Anderson on the floor.

01:14:59But right now, it's Nature Boy,

01:15:01Ric Flair with the offense.

01:15:03Whoa!

01:15:05Stunning Steve into the ring.

01:15:07Nature Boy catches him with an elbow,

01:15:09knocks him out to the floor.

01:15:11Anderson still on the floor.

01:15:13That knee is hurting.

01:15:15And Flair flying Bryan down the ring.

01:15:17Well, the problem with Anderson

01:15:19is that a history of knee trouble,

01:15:21and I think...

01:15:24Both men now...

01:15:26It's one man against two here.

01:15:28Look at Anderson trying to get up.

01:15:31Flair!

01:15:33Four!

01:15:35One, two, three!

01:15:37The first fall is won

01:15:39by Nature Boy, Ric Flair

01:15:41over Flair and Bryan.

01:15:44We have to take this TV timeout.

01:15:46Flair's looking at Arn.

01:15:48He's hurt.

01:15:50We'll take a break and be back

01:15:51for the next fall on TBS.

01:15:53Ladies and gentlemen,

01:15:55an unbelievable win

01:15:58and new heavyweight title.

01:16:03The bell sounds.

01:16:05During the entire time

01:16:07during the break,

01:16:09Flair was attending to Arn Anderson

01:16:11who is still trying to walk up.

01:16:13That hurt knee, that was a knee

01:16:15that put him out of action

01:16:17the first part of 1993.

01:16:19Sent him home, and we have to wonder

01:16:21how confident now Hollywood Blondes,

01:16:23even though they're down one to none,

01:16:25what a fix this is going to have

01:16:27on the remainder of the match.

01:16:29Well, all I know is the Blondes

01:16:31got to pick up a fall here.

01:16:33Nature Boy reversing,

01:16:35flying Bryan around,

01:16:37and gives him a chop of his own

01:16:39followed by a big right hand

01:16:41and another chop.

01:16:43Boy, they are slapping leather here, man.

01:16:45Flair over the top.

01:16:47Oh!

01:16:49Oh, boy!

01:16:51Flair got the first pinfall

01:16:53flying Bryan, one more pin,

01:16:55and we're going to have

01:16:57new world tag team champion Flair

01:16:59hit hard that time.

01:17:01I think his head went off of the mat

01:17:03that time and hit the cement, Jess.

01:17:05And Anderson, who is operating

01:17:07with a bad wheel here,

01:17:09meanwhile, down on the floor,

01:17:11Austin picks up Flair

01:17:13and a suplex on the mat.

01:17:15Not that much give out there, Jess.

01:17:17No give out there at all.

01:17:19And Arn Anderson made a mistake there

01:17:21with the referee

01:17:23and allowed Stunning Steve

01:17:25to do that damage

01:17:27on the Nature Boy on the floor.

01:17:29What a fight we have seen.

01:17:31We still have potentially

01:17:33two falls remaining

01:17:35for the world tag team championship.

01:17:37Flair and Arn, one fall, number one.

01:17:39One more, they will be

01:17:41the world tag team champions.

01:17:43But you got to wonder

01:17:45how much of a team is left

01:17:47because Arn Anderson is hurt

01:17:49and Flair's not looking too good here.

01:17:51In trouble.

01:17:53Whoa!

01:17:55And Flying Brian rams Flair

01:17:57head first into the railing.

01:17:59Now Austin.

01:18:02We talked about Flair's resiliency,

01:18:04his ability to come back.

01:18:06It's going to be put to the test

01:18:08right here.

01:18:10Anderson's got a chair

01:18:12and he's going to take the chair over

01:18:14and clean out house here.

01:18:16Now he's taking the chair over

01:18:18to make sure no more damage

01:18:19is done to the Nature Boy.

01:18:22Flair's hurting him.

01:18:24He's in trouble.

01:18:26He really is.

01:18:28And Flying Brian of the Blondes

01:18:30is waiting for him.

01:18:32There's the tag to Stunning Steve.

01:18:35Flair being double teamed.

01:18:43And the tap.

01:18:45And there's the towel.

01:18:47Again.

01:18:49And an eye radar on Anderson

01:18:51and Flair double teamed one more time.

01:18:54It doesn't do Anderson any good

01:18:56to come in the ring.

01:18:58He's better off staying on the apron.

01:19:04Side of the head.

01:19:15A superplex off the top.

01:19:18And Nature Boy withering in pain.

01:19:22Trying to make a tag to Arne Anderson

01:19:24but cut off by Austin.

01:19:26Got a two and Flair got out of that.

01:19:28It wasn't really a lateral press.

01:19:30Come on Tony, pick it up a little bit.

01:19:32Pick it up?

01:19:34Just because the Hollywood Blondes are winning

01:19:36you ain't as excited.

01:19:38Head first.

01:19:41Elbow.

01:19:44Flair hits hard.

01:19:47Into the turnbuckle.

01:19:49Flying Brian wants a tag

01:19:51but Stunning Steve decides to hang in there

01:19:53and throw a few shoulders

01:19:55into the midsection of the Nature Boy.

01:19:57You want to talk about ability?

01:19:59Resiliency?

01:20:02You're looking at Ric Flair

01:20:04who's taken every bit

01:20:06that Austin and Flying Brian

01:20:08have leveled on him

01:20:10and continues to fight back here.

01:20:12He's always said he's the 60 minute man.

01:20:14And he's showing it right here.

01:20:18Oh yeah.

01:20:20The legendary Ric Flair

01:20:22back up again.

01:20:26Trying to make that tag

01:20:28but his legs are like rubber right now.

01:20:30And Stunning Steve

01:20:32one half of the world champions

01:20:35tags Flying Brian

01:20:37the Freshman into the ring.

01:20:45Oh yeah.

01:20:47Flair absorbing those chops.

01:20:52Now sending Brian to the ropes.

01:20:54It's been all Ric Flair

01:20:56in the second fall for his team.

01:20:59Anderson had been hurt

01:21:01during the entire break.

01:21:03Anderson was nursing the hurt knee

01:21:05down on the floor.

01:21:07And now Flair so desperately

01:21:09needs a tag here.

01:21:11But the problem is

01:21:12can Anderson's wheel take it

01:21:14if he gets the tag?

01:21:17Tag.

01:21:19Austin in.

01:21:21Tag on Anderson.

01:21:23And now a double leg.

01:21:25The Freshman.

01:21:27Oh yeah.

01:21:29Big back body drop.

01:21:32Into the ropes.

01:21:34Into the midsection goes Anderson.

01:21:36Back of the neck.

01:21:38Oh what a match we're seeing.

01:21:40The second fall.

01:21:42The second fall here.

01:21:44Here it is.

01:21:46That's it.

01:21:48Oh we got a save.

01:21:50Or we would have had new

01:21:52world tag team champions.

01:21:54Flying Brian in the right place

01:21:56at the right time.

01:21:58The knee again.

01:22:00The clip.

01:22:02He clipped him again.

01:22:04Sam Weiss style of the Cincinnati Bagels.

01:22:06There's the cover.

01:22:08One, two.

01:22:10He got out.

01:22:12Anderson's knee is gone, Tony.

01:22:14You may be right here, Jess.

01:22:18And that's exactly what the

01:22:20Hollywood Blondes are homing in at.

01:22:28Anderson may have to give it up.

01:22:31Kind of like the Tyrannosaurus Rex

01:22:33in Jurassic Park.

01:22:35When they smell blood they get wild.

01:22:37And they sense right now.

01:22:39And Arn Anderson's hurt.

01:22:43Side of the head.

01:22:46Anderson fighting his way out of there.

01:22:48Oh and look at Brian going back to the knee.

01:22:54You know wrestling's tough enough

01:22:56but when you only got one wheel out there

01:22:58it's all, look at that.

01:23:00He can't even go across the ring.

01:23:02Flying Brian tried to Irish whip him.

01:23:04Anderson goes down on his face.

01:23:06He may be incapable of hardly

01:23:08defending himself.

01:23:10But he's not incapable of kicking out.

01:23:13The ability.

01:23:15But as the Rolling Stones say,

01:23:17timing on their side.

01:23:28Grabbing on the knee.

01:23:30And Anderson, the referee checking

01:23:32with Anderson as well as counting.

01:23:34Anderson!

01:23:36Tremendous desperation move that time.

01:23:38And he's trying to get the flare.

01:23:40He can't make it though.

01:23:42He's fighting to get there.

01:23:44You know what's interesting Tony?

01:23:46Who demanded this to be two out of three?

01:23:48Because if it was one fall

01:23:50Flair and Anderson would be the champions.

01:23:52They wanted it.

01:23:54Flair and Anderson wanted the old style.

01:23:56That's how the titles used to be decided.

01:23:58Two out of three falls years ago in this sport.

01:24:00I'll bet you they're second guessing

01:24:02themselves right now.

01:24:04No I wouldn't think so.

01:24:06I would, they'd be the champions.

01:24:08What are you nuts?

01:24:10I'm not nuts.

01:24:12He's got a half crab right on

01:24:14that bad wheel, Jess.

01:24:16An extra push.

01:24:18And look at Stunning Steve helping out

01:24:20and the Nature Boy isn't helping the cause.

01:24:27One fall, the non-Nature Boy,

01:24:29Ric Flair and Iron Anderson

01:24:31leading one to nothing

01:24:33in the two out of three fall matchup.

01:24:38Anderson may have to submit.

01:24:40Look at the referee,

01:24:42Stunning Steve pushing out

01:24:44the head of Flying Brian.

01:24:46And look at Anderson trying to

01:24:48just throw a push up here

01:24:50to get himself up.

01:24:52Oh wow, stomping on the leg again.

01:24:54Anderson just needs to roll over

01:24:56to his left and get Flair.

01:24:58Oh, desperation.

01:25:01Whoa, and he knocked

01:25:03Flying Brian senseless.

01:25:05Anderson.

01:25:07He made the move to the wrong

01:25:09corner though.

01:25:13Tag to Stunning Steve.

01:25:16And Anderson can't make the corner.

01:25:22Driving those knees into the hamstring.

01:25:24And a smart move by the champions

01:25:26right there.

01:25:28Drag Iron Anderson back to the ring.

01:25:30It'll take him all day to reach Flair now.

01:25:39Oh, on the leg again.

01:25:43Back of the neck.

01:25:47Snapmare, Flying Brian in.

01:25:50And the blondes down one fall to none.

01:25:56Oh!

01:25:58Anderson got the leg up to the face.

01:26:01Can he make the tag?

01:26:03Oh!

01:26:05Oh!

01:26:07Oh!

01:26:09Oh!

01:26:10Can he make the tag?

01:26:15If he don't make it this time,

01:26:17Tony, I believe it's over.

01:26:23Tag, Flair!

01:26:25Ric Flair!

01:26:27Maybe on the verge

01:26:29of becoming a world tag team champion

01:26:31again in his career.

01:26:34Sending Austin in.

01:26:40Brian over the top.

01:26:42The referee didn't see it.

01:26:44That's a disqualification.

01:26:46You're right again, but the referee didn't see it,

01:26:48so the match continues.

01:26:50I think he conveniently didn't see it.

01:26:52How could he miss that?

01:26:54Pick it up and trying to dump Austin.

01:26:56Flair could be.

01:26:58He got him.

01:27:00And now,

01:27:02the fan sensing it.

01:27:04Barry Whitten up.

01:27:06He's on his way to the ring.

01:27:08The figure four.

01:27:10The referee's calling for the bell.

01:27:15Now, what happened?

01:27:17Did Austin submit?

01:27:19Or did Barry Whitten get him disqualified?

01:27:23I have no idea what's going on here.

01:27:34Here comes Roma.

01:27:36The other horseman.

01:27:38The newest horseman.

01:27:40Street Clones has jumped into the ring.

01:27:44Incredible.

01:27:46This match is over

01:27:48because of Windham's interference.

01:27:52And Windham is still on Ric Flair.

01:27:55They cannot pull him off.

01:28:00Flair's hurt.

01:28:02The sneak attack by Barry Windham

01:28:04and Ric Flair is hurt.

01:28:07And so is Arn Anderson hurt.

01:28:11Ric Flair down on the mat.

01:28:13Arn Anderson is partner there with him.

01:28:15The Hollywood Blondes retain

01:28:17the World Tag Team title

01:28:19as a result of a disqualification

01:28:21and Barry Windham's interference.

01:28:25Let's go now

01:28:27to Tony Schiavone

01:28:29who's standing by with Barry Windham.

01:28:31Going to the ring.

01:28:33He's got him.

01:28:35He's got him.

01:28:37He's got him.

01:28:38Tony Schiavone

01:28:40who's standing by with Barry Windham.

01:28:42Go ahead, Tony.

01:28:44Well, you didn't have much to say

01:28:46about Ric Flair not too long ago.

01:28:48But I think it's very apparent

01:28:50by what we see in the ring.

01:28:52Right there, that's how much he wants of me.

01:28:54Ric Flair's never wanted any of me.

01:28:56He doesn't want any of me now.

01:28:58And he never will.

01:29:00Ric Flair, I'm the world heavyweight champion.

01:29:02You walked away from it

01:29:04and I took it.

01:29:06Something you don't deserve

01:29:08I certainly will never be the world champion again.

01:29:11Because I am the one that took it away, and we will fight.

01:29:15My goodness.

01:29:20They're battling on the floor, Tony.

01:29:22What a fight we've got going on here with Flair and Barry Windham.

01:29:29And we're just about out of time.

01:29:31People are everywhere.

01:29:32We got Mayhem, Tony.

01:29:34And we are out of time, and the fight's going on.

01:29:50And you know what?

01:29:55you

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