WCW Monday Nitro (April 27, 1998)
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00:00Later on here tonight in this program hopefully we'll have answers to the
00:05burning question. The burning question around the world is why did Bret Hart do
00:08what he did and whose side is Bret Hart on when me and Gene will talk to Bret
00:12Hart later on in this program. Tony I was flashing back on when Bret Hart first
00:15arrived on the scene here and the questions whether he was associated with
00:19World Championship Wrestling or the NWO and and Bret promised to everyone that
00:24he stood for tradition. The second-generation wrestler he was going
00:27to be there to back up everyone associated with WCW until obviously he
00:32stabbed the macho man Randy Savage in the back. We'll see when we hear from
00:35Bret Hart later on this program. Now I'm going to show you some of the footage we
00:38saw once again for this past Wednesday on Thunder the injury to Buff Bagwell.
00:42Here's the update that we have. Now once again you need to take a very close look
00:45at this because certainly these young men come out each and every night and
00:49put their lives on the line and Buff Bagwell when he hit at that time could
00:54not move. Basically he was paralyzed at that time. He underwent surgery this
00:58evening in Atlanta Georgia neck surgery and we do not have an update on his
01:04condition out of the surgery. Do you understand he pulled okay through the
01:07surgery? We do understand though that tomorrow night when we take there in a
01:11special edition of WCW Monday Nitro at 6 p.m. Eastern Time right here on TNT that
01:17will have an update on his condition and I bring we both have had neck surgeries.
01:20That was a scary thing to happen to Buff Bagwell even though he's a member of the
01:23NWO. Our thoughts and our prayers are with him and his family. Well it's hard
01:27to imagine what he went through. I know the surgery I went through and you went
01:30through and the pain we had but we had no paralysis. We didn't think we were
01:34going to lose our use of our legs or our arms or or anything like that. I don't
01:39know what could be going through that young man's mind right now. It's got to
01:42be pure terror. Well to be very honest with you we have been told during the
01:46course of the program on Wednesday that Buff Bagwell could not move. He could not
01:50move his legs but I didn't want to bring that to you the fans nor to his
01:53family watching our program until we had a further update. But the good news
01:57was that during the course of the evening after the injury he started to
02:01get some movement back and he started to move and he was okay. But obviously a
02:04severe neck injury to Buff Bagwell. He had surgery today in Atlanta and we'll
02:09have an update on the condition of Buff Bagwell post-surgery tomorrow night
02:14beginning at 6 o'clock right here on WCW Monday Nitro. Take a special look at a
02:18very angry macho man Randy Savage from last week. Back on the special edition of
02:24WCW Monday Nitro following the NBA playoff right here on TNT and don't
02:32forget two hours tomorrow night 6 to 8 p.m. of WCW Monday Nitro. This is the
02:38first of our Nitro doubleheader of the week and here comes Hollywood Hogan and Eric
02:45Richoff. Wielding the world title belt that he disgraced once again one week ago.
02:57You know we saw earlier the other power, the other facts of the WBO heavyweight champion of the world.
03:04It is all because of him. I love this man.
03:09I had an idea but all of a sudden I'm sick.
03:23Well I can't wait to hear what Hollywood Hogan has to say about the surprise that Kevin Nash and the macho man Randy Savage
03:30delivered to open this evening's program. The first of what they promised as many
03:35defections from the New World Order as Conan joins the Wolfpack.
03:41Well I'd want Conan on my side if I was in the fight. The man's capable of anything.
03:46A lot's going to happen here. A lot's going to go down. It's going to go a lot of different ways.
03:54Well you know we came out here and Kevin Nash came out. His faction of the New World Order.
04:00They did their survey. Who likes WCW? Who likes NWO?
04:04There's another big survey taken here today in the Virginia waterfront.
04:08What's that Tony? You can just see it in the fans here.
04:10We've been sold out for months. It's 30 miles up the road. They can't give tickets away.
04:16And now as you look and they look on.
04:23Hollywood Hogan and Eric Richoff.
04:28And Hollywood one question. What is left for you?
04:34I mean you have done it all my friend.
04:37Well you know let me put the cart in front of the horse since you led me that way.
04:44Because everybody out there that worships me, that worships the ground I walk on
04:51know that Hollywood has done it all. I have been it all.
04:57And from now on until the rest of eternity I will be it all.
05:03You heard him and he's right.
05:08You know as I look at all my NWOites.
05:13As I see all the black and white. The sea around the world of NWOites.
05:19All my disciples who worship Hollywood.
05:24Now finally realize what a joke big Kevin Nash is.
05:30What a joke the macho man is.
05:34Because the way it stands now.
05:37Kevin Nash is down and out brother.
05:41With the Louisville Slugger he'll never get in Hollywood's face again.
05:46And the macho man in that broken down slow ride of his Miss Elizabeth.
05:52They both already got one foot in the glue factory.
05:58And as far as the world of professional wrestling goes.
06:06There's not one wrestler left for me to conquer.
06:10There's not one promoter for Hollywood to break in half.
06:15And make them drop to their knees.
06:18And there's not one title match that I can't cake walk through and beat my opponent.
06:24Because when you've made the world of wrestling like Hollywood has.
06:29When you put Hollywood Hogan on one side.
06:33And the whole world of wrestling on the other.
06:36The scale goes like this.
06:39Whether it's a WCW.
06:42Whether it's NWO.
06:44Or whether it's all the promoters in the world.
06:47Hollywood is where the power lies.
06:52And as far as Kevin Nash goes.
06:56In K-Dog.
07:00If that's the best you got.
07:03I'm gonna have the number one disciple.
07:07Call my maintenance man in Beverly Hills.
07:10To take my pickup truck down to Bad Eyes.
07:13In the valley.
07:15And there's about 40 hobos like K-Dog.
07:19On every corner.
07:21Ready to jump in the back of the pickup truck.
07:23To pick my orange groves.
07:26Now that the stage is set.
07:29And we know for an eternity.
07:32That you can worship me.
07:35All the people that wanna know.
07:38Why Bret? Why?
07:40Everybody wants to know.
07:42Why Bret Hart? Why'd you do it?
07:46Well the simple answer to your question is.
07:50It's Bret Hart.
07:52He knows where the power lies brother.
07:56From day one he's known.
07:58And when you're with Hollywood.
08:00And my NWO.
08:02You're with me for life.
08:05Because we're just too strong.
08:09Give it up for the heavyweight champion of your world.
08:16Not only why did Bret Hart.
08:19Literally hand the belt to Hollywood.
08:22But why did Bret Hart do this?
08:24To Rowdy Roddy Piper.
08:26As we take you back one week ago on this program.