FULL EPISODE: Sting helps The Giant in fight against nWo: WCW Monday Nitro, Jan. 6, 1997

The nWo’s reign of terror continues, but Sting gives The Giant something to
help him even the odds. Plus, Lex Luger takes on Meng, Eddie Guerrero
faces Alex Wright, action featuring Rey Mysterio, Lord Steven Regal and
much more
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>> [MUSIC] >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> IT’S A BRAND NEW YEAR ON NITRO. 1997 IS HERE, AND AS WE HEAD TOWARDS THE MILLENNIUM, WE ARE STILL THE NUMBER ONE WRESTLING PROGRAM IN THE WORLD. HI, EVERYONE. YOU ARE LOOKING LIVE AT A CAPACITY CROWD AS WE COME TO YOU FOR WCW MONDAY NITRO. TONY SCHIAVONE, “THE LIVING LEGEND” LARRY ZBYSZKO, GET READY FOR A JAMMED PACKED HOUR NUMBER ONE. WE ARE WASTING NO TIME IN THIS NEW YEAR BY GOING RIGHT TO THE RING. AND, LARRY ZBYSZKO, I’LL TELL YOU, WE HAVE AN EXCITING ENTRANCE TO BEGIN 1997 AS THE LIGHT DIED OUT HERE, AND THE LASER SPARKLE OUT, THAT MEANS ONLY ONE THING, THE UNDEFEATED SUPERSTAR THAT WE’VE COME TO KNOW IN 1996, GLACIER OPENS UP OUR PROGRAM. >> VERY MYSTERIOUS INDIVIDUAL, TONY. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> GLACIER, A MAN LOST IN A WORLD OF DISCIPLINE, AND YOU’VE GOT TO BE DISCIPLINED TO GO THROUGH ALL THE CARNAGE TO COMBINE THE STYLES, THE SOFT AND HARD TECHNIQUES, AND OF COURSE, A LOT OF HISTORY BEHIND THAT HELMET HE’S CARRYING DOWN TO THE RING. >> NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. YOU KNOW, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE DISCIPLINE THAT GLACIER HAS KNOWN, THE DISCIPLE AT HOME, HIS FATHER, A MEMBER OF THE GEORGIA STATE PATROL, HIS BROTHER AS WELL, BUT HE MADE THAT DECISION NOT TO GO INTO POLICE WORK, BUT TO GO TO THE ORIENT TO DEVELOP HIS SKILLS, AND NOW BACK HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, AND, OH, WHAT A COMPLETE WRESTLER HE HAS BECOME AS WELL. >> WELL, WE’LL FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW OUR COLLEAGUE, DUSTY RHODES THOUGHT THE DALLAS COWBOYS WERE A COMPLETE FOOTBALL TEAM, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU’LL NEVER KNOW WHAT HAPPENS IN PROFESSIONAL ATHLETICS. BOBBY EATON, GREAT VETERAN, AND THIS IS A TRUE TEST FOR GLACIER. >> GLACIER TO FACE BOBBY EATON ONE-ON-ONE. FANS, WE WANT TO REMIND YOU, WE HAVE A GREAT PROGRAM TO KICK OFF OUR 1997 SEASON HERE IN WCW. WE’RE GONNA HAVE LATER ON IN THIS FIRST HOUR, LORD STEVEN REGAL DEFEND THE WORLD TELEVISION TITLE AGAINST DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE, PLUS, IN A RETURN MATCH FROM STARRCADE, JEFF JARRETT AGAINST CHRIS BENOIT. YOU KNOW, BENOIT WILL NOT FORGET HOW HE LOST THAT. WE’LL BE SHOWING YOU THAT AS WELL. PLUS, IN THIS TELECAST, WE ARE GONNA HAVE SOME OF THE GREATEST WRESTLING ACTION YOU’LL FIND, SECOND HOUR, UNITED STATES HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION, EDDIE GUERRERO, IS HERE, THE TASKMASTER AS WELL, MENG AND LEX LUGER WILL HOOK IT UP, AND A WHOLE LOT MORE AS WE BEGIN 1997. SO GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US, NITRO IS OFF AND RUNNING AND BOBBY EATON BETTER BE PREPARED AND BETTER BE READY FOR THE STYLE THAT HE’S GONNA ENCOUNTER HERE, LARRY. >> [BELL RINGING] >> WELL, BOBBY EATON MAY HAVE A HARD TIME WITH HIM, BECAUSE GREAT TAG TEAM PARTNER, BUT THAT DEVELOPS BAD HABITS IN TERMS OF SINGLE COMPETITION. THE LEG SWEEP THERE BY GLACIER, CAUGHT EATON OFF GUARD. EATON IS GREAT AS A TAG TEAM PARTNER, BUT HE’S SOMETIMES NOT REALLY MAKES IT TO THE TOP WHEN IT COMES TO SINGLE COMPETITION. >> INTO THE MIDSECTION, A SIDE HEADLOCK, AND BOBBY EATON, BEAUTIFUL BOBBY, HE’S BEEN KNOWN AS. OF COURSE, ROBERT EATON AT ONE TIME, BUT HE HAS TO BE KNOWN AS ONE OF THE HARDEST PUNCHERS AND HARDEST HITTERS THIS SPORT HAS EVER SEEN. LOOK AT GLACIER, GREAT TEXTBOOK HIPTOSS THAT TIME RIGHT ON HIS FEET, AND AN ARMDRAG TAKEDOWN. >> YEAH, NICE ARMDRAG, NICE MOVEMENT OF BODY, AND THAT’S WHAT’S GONNA USE THE MOMENTUM TO TAKE EATON OVER. SEE, EATON THOUGH, HE SCRAMBLES INTO POSITION, GLACIER SHOULD BE YANKING UP ON THAT ARM. DON’T LET EATON GET TO HIS FEET SO QUICK. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> AS WE LOOK BACK ON 1996, SO MANY THINGS OCCURRED IN OUR SPORT, BUT ONE THING THAT DID HAPPEN THAT WILL LEAVE A LASTING IMPRESSION IN OUR MIND FOR YEARS AND YEARS, PROBABLY THE REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR AND MAYBE THROUGHOUT HISTORY IS THE FACT THAT PIPER, “ROWDY” RODDY PIPER DEFEATED HULK HOGAN AT STARRCADE MIDDLE OF THE RING. MILLIONS SAW IT, THE FOLLOWING NIGHT, WE SAW LAST WEEK ON THIS PROGRAM, BRUTALLY ATTACKED AT THE HANDS OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER. WE WILL SHOW YOU SOME OF THE FOOTAGE FROM WHAT YOU SAW LAST WEEK. AND LATER ON IN THIS SECOND HOUR, SOME OF THE FOOTAGE THAT YOU DID NOT SEE AS PIPER WAS LOADED INTO THE AMBULANCE AFTER THE ATTACK LAST WEEK. >> WELL, THAT SHOWS YOU THE FRUSTRATION IN THE NEW WORLD ORDER, THE DISSENSION THAT RODDY PIPER HAS STARTED WHEN HE PUT THAT CRACK IN THE FOUNDATION, WHEN HE BEAT HULK HOGAN. AND AGAIN, WE HAVE MORE FOOTAGE IN THE AMBULANCE. PIPER WAS A MESS. >> HE REALLY WAS A MESS, AND THERE’S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO PIPER IN ADDITION ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE GIANT AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM. LATERAL PRESS, ONE, TWO, THREE. THAT GOT HIM. >> HE GOT HIM. >> [BELL RINGING] >> GLACIER’S GOT HIM. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> AND… >> I’LL TELL YOU, HE TOOK A VETERAN LIKE BOBBY EATON, AND MADE IT LOOK EASY, AND THAT IS NOT AN EASY THING TO DO. GLACIER IS A MAN TO RECKON WITH. >> [MUSIC] >> GLACIER, CENTER OF THE RING, IS YOUR WINNER, DEFEATING BOBBY EATON WITH A VARIETY OF KICKS AND WRESTLING HOLDS AND MOVES AS WELL. SO CONTINUING WHERE HE LEFT OFF LAST YEAR, 1997, GLACIER, STILL UNDEFEATED HERE IN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING, LIVING LEGEND. >> WELL, HAPPY NEW YEAR TO GLACIER. >> YEAH, WHY NOT? >> BUT AGAIN, WHEN YOU GET THE ABILITY AND THE TRAINING, IT’S BECAUSE YOU HAVE DISCIPLINE. NO DISCIPLINE, NO PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE. >> [MUSIC] >> AND, OF COURSE, THE GREATEST PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES ARE HERE EACH AND EVERY WEEK ON WCW MONDAY NITRO. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WHEN WE COME BACK, MEXICAN STRAP MATCH, BIG BUBBA AND KONNAN PLUS MORE ACTION ON NITRO LIVE. >> [MUSIC] >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> WE WELCOME YOU BACK TO WCW MONDAY NITRO. HI, EVERYONE, TONY SCHIAVONE, “THE LIVING LEGEND” LARRY ZBYSZKO OFF AND RUNNING IN 1997. STILL IN THIS TELECAST, JEFF JARRETT AND CHRIS BENOIT, A RETURN MATCH FROM STARRCADE, PLUS, DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE, HIS SHOT AT THE WORLD TELEVISION TITLE, LORD STEVEN REGAL, EDDIE GUERRERO IS HERE, PSICOSIS AGAINST REY MYSTERIO JR. WE HAVE A LOT TO GO IN THIS TWO-HOUR PROGRAM. AND WE’RE GONNA SHOW SOME FOOTAGE OF BUBBA AND KONNAN IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS. BEFORE WE GET THERE THOUGH, LARRY, A LITTLE COMMENT FROM YOU ABOUT “ROWDY” RODDY PIPER. WE’LL SHOW THE FANS SOME FOOTAGE MAYBE, AND WE KNOW THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE LAST WEEK. PIPER, THE MAN WHO DEFEATED HOLLYWOOD HULK HOGAN. YOU KNOW, WE KEEP THINKING, WANTED A LEADER IN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING, WOULDN’T IT BE GREAT IF PIPER WAS A PART OF WCW, AND WAS THAT LEADER WE WERE ALL LOOKING FOR? >> WELL, LOOK WHAT PIPER DID WITH THE VICTORY WITHOUT BEING ASSOCIATED WITH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING. HE STILL PUT A CRACK IN THE FOUNDATION. IT WOULD BE PERFECT FOR RODDY PIPER TO COMMAND THE LEADERSHIP. >> ALL RIGHT. LET’S TAKE A LOOK NOW AT SOME FOOTAGE THAT OCCURRED THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS BETWEEN TWO MEN, BIG BUBBA AND KONNAN. AS YOU KNOW, KONNAN WAS TRYING TO FIGHT OFF BIG BUBBA, THIS WAS WHEN BIG BUBBA TURNED AND BECAME PART OF THE NWO, TURNED HIS BACK ON THE DUNGEON OF DOOM. AND THEN TWO WEEKS AGO HERE ON NITRO, WHAT A HARD HITTING MATCH THESE TWO MEN HAD, AND THEN LAST WEEK, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A STRAP MATCH. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> AND BIG BUBBA CHOKING THE NECK AND THE THROAT OF KONNAN A WEEK AGO. AND THIS WEEK HERE ON WCW MONDAY NITRO, EVEN THOUGH MR. WALLSTREET WAS THE MAN WHO SHOWED UP TO COMPETE IN THIS STRAP MATCH, BIG BUBBA… >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> [MUSIC] >> THAT’S WALLSTREET. >> BIG BUBBA–THAT’S LAST WEEK, BIG BUBBA WILL SHOW UP THIS WEEK TO GO ONE-ON-ONE AGAINST HIM, LARRY. >> WELL, YOU KNOW, FORGIVENESS IS NOT IN THE FRAME OF MIND OF KEVIN SULLIVAN, AND EVER SINCE THE NEW WORLD ORDER HAS TAKEN AWAY BIG BUBBA, THEY WANT KONNAN TO GO IN, AND DESTROY HIM. KONNAN HAS THE ABILITY, HE’S A GOOD ONE. >> MEXICAN STRAP MATCH, IT MEANS YOU MUST TOUCH ALL THE FOUR CORNERS IN SUCCESSION WITH YOUR MAN HELD AT BAY. LET’S GO TO THE RING. OUR NEXT MATCH LIVE ON NITRO HERE IN FRONT OF THE CAPACITY CROWD. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS CROWD, YOU KNOW, WCW MONDAY NITRO, EACH AND EVERY WEEK, CAPACITY CROWDS EVERYWHERE. IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY, LARRY, NEXT WEEK, WE ARE GOING TO BE AT THE SUPERDOME. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY, THE THREE BIGGEST SPORTING EVENTS, THE SUGAR BOWL, COMING UP ON THE 26TH, THE SUPER BOWL, AND COMING UP NEXT MONDAY, WCW MONDAY NITRO ALL IN THE SUPERDOME IN NEW ORLEANS. >> [MUSIC] >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> LOOK AT RIGHT THERE, BIG BUBBA WEARING THE COLORS OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER, TURNED HIS BACK ON THE DUNGEON OF DOOM, TONY. AND THIS IS WHAT THE TASKMASTER WANTS WITH KONNAN. HE WANTS REVENGE. HE’S SENDING KONNAN OUT THERE WITH THE STRAP, AND NO DOUBT WITH THE GUIDANCE OF JIMMY HART. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> SPEAKING OF THE SUGAR BOWL, OUR CONGRATULATIONS GO OUT TO THE FLORIDA GATORS, NATIONAL CHAMPIONS OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL, AND WHAT A WIN IT WAS AGAINST FLORIDA STATE, BIG WIN. >> [MUSIC] >> CONGRATULATIONS TO STEVE SPURRIER, COACH JIM COLLINS, THE ENTIRE GATOR FOOTBALL TEAM. MANY OF THEM WATCHING NITRO, YOU KNOW, EACH AND EVERY WEEK. OUR HATS OFF GO TO YOU, FLORIDA GATORS, NATIONAL CHAMPIONS. AND HERE WE GO AS JIMMY HART BRINGS IN THE MEMBER OF THE DUNGEON OF DOOM. HE’S GOT THAT STRAP, KONNAN. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> WELL, I DON’T KNOW WHAT HE’S SAYING, BUT I THINK BIG BUBBA MAY HAVE A TOUGH TIME HERE. KONNAN, A STRAP MATCH RIGHT UP HIS ALLEY. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> AND RIGHT THERE, SMALL MEN IN PHYSICAL STATURE, BUT A BIG MAN MENTALLY WHEN IT COMES TO PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING AND GUIDANCE OF TALENT, JIMMY HART. >> [MUSIC] >> WELL, FANS, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, YOU HEARD IT ANNOUNCED THIS WEEKEND ON OUR TELEVISION PROGRAMS ON TBS ON THE MAIN EVENT, OF COURSE, ON–HELLO THERE–OF WCW SATURDAY NIGHT AND ON SUNDAY NIGHT ON THE PROBE ON THAT THE NWO WILL HAVE ITS VERY FIRST PAY-PER-VIEW TELECAST COMING UP AT CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA AT THE FIVE SEASONS CENTER, THAT’S ON SATURDAY, THE 25TH OF JANUARY, THE NIGHT BEFORE THE SUPER BOWL, IT’S CALLED NWO SOULED OUT. AND OF COURSE, TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THAT AT THE FIVE SEASONS CENTER BOX OFFICE AND ALL TICKETMASTER LOCATIONS. THE GIANT AND HULK HOGAN ONE-ON-ONE… >> [BELL RINGING] >> …AND THAT IS GOING TO BE ELECTRIC, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK ON THIS TELEVISION PROGRAM. >> CAN YOU IMAGINE? AGAIN, SOULED OUT, I MEAN, A LOT OF THEM SOLD THEIR SOULS TO MR. DIBIASE, BUT LOOKS LIKE THE GIANT TOOK HIS BACK THE HARD WAY. LOOK AT RIGHT HERE, KONNAN STALKING BUBBA, BUBBA TRYING TO USE HIS SIZE TO PULL THE LEVERAGE IN ON KONNAN, LET ME SEE IF HE CAN DO IT. >> KONNAN ALREADY HAS AN ADVANTAGE. AS YOU SAW LAST WEEK, HE DEFEATED MR. WALLSTREET WHEN WALLSTREET THOUGHT HE HAD HIM. KONNAN, HE’S FIGHTING FOR THE ENTIRE DUNGEON OF DOOM RIGHT HERE AGAINST THE NEW WORLD ORDER’S BIG BUBBA. >> AND THAT’S HOW THE DUNGEON OF DOOM WORKS. WALLSTREET COULDN’T GET THE JOB DONE LAST WEEK. THIS WEEK, THEY GOT BIG BUBBA UP THERE. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> AND NOW, BUBBA–UH-OH. >> UH-OH. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> THAT’S WHAT IT’S USED FOR, MANY PURPOSES OF COURSE AS WE SAID AT THE TOP OF THE PROGRAM, TYING YOUR OPPONENT UP, DRAG HIM AROUND THE RING, TOUCHING ALL FOUR CORNERS IN SUCCESSION TO WIN THE MATCH, BUT BEYOND THAT, LARRY, NOT ONLY WANTING TO WIN THE MATCH, THEY WANNA TORTURE AND HURT EACH OTHER, AND THAT’S WHAT’S HAPPENING RIGHT HERE. >> WELL, IT’S ALMOST A NECESSITY, BECAUSE YOU’RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO PULL THE MAN AROUND AND TAG FOUR CORNERS VIRTUALLY, TONY, UNLESS THE MAN IS HELPLESS. AND SO, TO GET HIM HELPLESS, YOU’VE GOT TO BEAT HIM TO WITHIN AN INCH OF UNCONSCIOUSNESS. OTHERWISE, YOU’LL NEVER GONNA MAKE–TOUCHING FOUR CORNERS. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> BUBBA WITH SUPREME CONFIDENCE, AND OF COURSE THAT IS A CHARACTERISTIC THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT IF YOU’RE A PART OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER, THAT’S PROBABLY WHY HE BECAME SUCH A INTEGRAL PART OF THIS NEW WORLD ORDER BECAUSE OF HIS CONFIDENCE. MANY PEOPLE WOULD SAY VERY COCKY, AND YES, THAT IS CERTAINLY THE CASE. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> OH, KONNAN’S WHIPPING HIM LIKE A DOG. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> KONNAN USING THE BELT NOW, THE LEATHER STRAP. THE REFEREE ALMOST GOT CAUGHT IN THERE AS WELL, BUT BUBBA FIRES BACK, SO RESILIENT, THIS MAMMOTH MAN. LOOK AT THIS, USING THE STRAP, BALLING IT UP AROUND THE FIST, AND THAT JUST MAKES THE PUNCH EVEN HARDER, LARRY. >> WELL, IT’S LIKE HITTING SOMEBODY WITH A BOWLING BOWL, BUT BUBBA’S A BIG MAN, MOVES LIKE A LIGHTWEIGHT. THAT’S WHY, THEY SEND HIM IN AGAINST KONNAN RIGHT HERE. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> KONNAN’S IN TROUBLE. >> BACK TO THE ATTACK, A HEAD BUTT BY BIG BUBBA. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> AND THE FANS BOOING BUBBA. BUBBA, THERE HE GOES, HE TOUCHES ONE CORNER AND MARK CURTIS, THE REFEREE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT. HERE HE GOES FOR TWO. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> IF HE CAN KEEP KONNAN DOWN, IT’LL BE VERY SIMPLE FOR HIM. HE HAS THREE QUARTERS OF THE WAY THERE. ONE MORE TOUCH, IT’S OVER, BUT NOW, THAT’S GOING TO STOP THAT MOMENTUM. >> WELL, HE CAN’T SEE WHERE HE’S GOING. NOW, KONNAN’S GOT HIS EYES COVERED. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> TRYING TO ALMOST HOOK ON A SLEEPER OR A CHOKEHOLD IF HE’S GOT THAT FOREARM UNDERNEATH THE CHIN, AND IT LOOKS LIKE BUBBA’S GOING DOWN. >> I’M SURE THE NEW–I’M SURE THE NEW WORLD ORDER WILL NEVER FORGET A SLEEPER HOLD. HE’S GOING FOR THAT FOURTH CORNER NOW. AND KONNAN PULLING NOW TO TRY TO PREVENT HIM FROM DOING THAT. >> BUT HIS HEAD IS GETTING RED AS A BEAT. >> AND THEN GOES BACK TO THE OTHER CORNER AND THAT’S STOPS THE MOMENTUM. YOU SEE MARK CURTIS SAID, “WE GOT TO START OVER AGAIN,” AS THEY TOUCHED CORNER NUMBER ONE. SO, THAT BREAKS THE THREE NOW, THEY HAVE TO START AGAIN HERE IN THIS MEXICAN STRAP MATCH >> SEE, LIKE A SAID, IT’S A BRUTAL MATCH, BECAUSE YOUR OPPONENT VIRTUALLY HAS TO BE UNCONSCIOUS. OTHERWISE, YOU’RE NOT GONNA MAKE THE FOUR CORNERS. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> BUBBA TO THE ATTACK ONE MORE TIME. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, DO NOT FORGET, DIAMOND DALLAS, LORD STEVEN REGAL, THE WORLD TELEVISION CHAMPIONSHIP ON THE LINE. CHRIS BENOIT AND JEFF JARRETT, A RETURN MATCH FROM STARRCADE, HUGH MORRUS IS HERE, PSICOSIS, REY MYSTERIO JR. TASKMASTER WILL BE HERE IN ACTION AS WELL, EDDIE GUERRERO, THE AMAZING FRENCH-CANADIANS AND HARLEM HEAT AND THE EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE FROM LAST WEEK, FOOTAGE YOU DID NOT SEE THAT YOU WILL SEE WHEN ROWDY RODDY PIPER WAS ATTACKED BY THE NEW WORLD ORDER, AND WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT. >> YOU KNOW, AGAIN, A LOT OF TALK GOING AROUND ABOUT WHAT WAS PIPER MUMBLING IN BATTERED CONDITION, HE WAS BABBLING ON ABOUT SOMETHING. I COULDN’T MAKE ANY SENSE OUT OF IT. HE WAS–I DON’T KNOW IF HE KNOWS HE WAS CONSCIOUS AT THE TIME BUT A LOT OF THINGS BEING SAID. DO YOU KNOW WHAT HE SAID? >> YEAH, TO ME, IT WAS JUST INCOHERENT BABBLING, I’M NOT SURE, BUT MAYBE, THE FOOTAGE THAT WE’LL SEE, WE CAN LISTEN, GIVE A CLOSE LISTEN AS WELL TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT PIPER WAS SAYING AS HE WAS BEING CARRIED OUT. OF COURSE, THE MEDICS HAD TO COME, HAD TO GIVE HIM OXYGEN, HE WAS CHOKED. THE GIANT REFUSED TO CHOKESLAM HIM, THAT LED TO ANOTHER INCIDENT… >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> WHOA. >> …AS WELL. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> USING THE STRAP AGAIN, IS THAT TWO? THAT’S TWO. KONNAN WAS GOING FOR TWO AND THEN BUBBA DECKS HIM WITH A RIGHT HAND. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> YOU CAN HEAR JIMMY HART IN THE BACKGROUND TRYING TO CHEER KONNAN ON, BUT BUBBA’S A TOUGH CUSTOMER. THERE YOU GO, SLIDE THROUGH, THE YANK ON THAT. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> THAT’S WHAT HE DID, LARRY. GOOD COACHING RIGHT THERE. >> THAT’S WHAT I WOULD’VE DID. >> ONE, KONNAN GETS ONE, HERE’S A TWO. AND BUBBA IS REALLY TIED UP HERE. THREE. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> AND CAN HE GET IT? NO. >> OH. >> BUBBA PULLS HIM BACK. HE STILL THOUGH CAN MAKE THE TAG TO THE CORNER POSSIBLE. >> KONNAN HAD BUBBA IN WHERE YOU WANT HIM, BUT, AGAIN, THIS IS A LOT HARDER THAN IT LOOKS, YOU CANNOT GET FOUR CORNERS DOWN WHILE YOUR OPPONENT–LOOK AT BUBBA, HE NAILED HIM. >> HE GOT IT. >> HE FELL IN THE CORNER. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> [BELL RINGING] >> HE HIT KONNAN, THE MOMENTUM SENT HIM BACK TO THE CORNER AND KONNAN WINS, YOU’RE RIGHT. >> THAT WAS THE FOURTH CORNER. >> AND THAT’S WHAT MARK CURTIS IS TELLING BIG BUBBA, BUT THAT’S GONNA GIVE BUBBA NOW THE CHANCE TO DO SOME MORE DAMAGE TO KONNAN HERE. >> [BELL RINGING] >> KONNAN MAY HAVE WON THE MATCH, BUT I DON’T THINK THE WAR IS OVER. OF COURSE, WHEN YOU’RE IN THERE AGAINST A MEMBER OF THE NWO, SEEMINGLY, IT’S NEVER OVER. >> YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU… >> LOOK OUT. WHAT A SPIKE. >> WHEN THE NEW WORLD ORDER GUYS–WHEN THEY DROP THE BALL, YOU’VE SEEN WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM. A LOT OF DISSENSION IN THE NEW WORLD ORDER. >> THAT’S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE EGOS RUNNING THE MUTT, LARRY. HERE IT IS AGAIN. >> YEAH, AND AGAIN, EVER SINCE PIPER PUT HOGAN TO SLEEP, THAT PUT A CRACK IN THE FOUNDATION. BIG BUBBA RIGHT HERE FELL DOWN TO A MEMBER OF THE DUNGEON OF DOOM, KONNAN, NOT A GOOD NEW YEAR FOR THE NEW WORLD ORDER, IS IT? I KNOW MY VOICE SOUNDS HORRIBLE, I BLEW IT OUT YELLING FOR PIPER. >> I THINK WE ALL DID. HERE YOU GO AGAIN, TRYING TO MAKE THE FOURTH CORNER. BUBBA HIT HIM WITH AN UPPERCUT, AND THAT PUT HIM RIGHT BACK INTO THE CORNER. AND YOUR WINNER IS KONNAN. ALL RIGHT. “MEAN” GENE OKERLUND, I HOPE YOU HAD A GREAT NEW YEAR, AND WE WELCOME YOU BACK HERE AS WE GO TO GENE IN THE LOCKER ROOM. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, TONY. YES, INDEED, WE HAD A GREAT 1997. WE BROUGHT IT IN FINE STYLE. KEVIN SULLIVAN, I WANTED TO BRING YOU IN AS THIS THING HAS MANIFESTED ITSELF HERE IN RECENT WEEKS BETWEEN YOU AND CHRIS BENOIT AND WOMAN… >> WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO, DRIVE ME CRAZY? >> WHAT? >> WHAT ARE YOU… >> I’M NOT… >> HEY, EVERYBODY HAD A GOOD YEAR, HUH? WELL, I THINK I HAVE THAT GOOD A YEAR. >> I’M NOT TRYING TO DRIVE YOU CRAZY. I DO HAVE SOME VIDEOTAPE FOOTAGE AS… >> I TOLD YOU ABOUT SEEING A VIDEOTAPE WITH BENOIT AND NANCY. I DON’T WANNA SEE ANY MORE OF THOSE TAPES. THAT’S PERSONAL. >> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU AND BENOIT OR WHOEVER IN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING GET YOUR COLLECTIVE ACTS TOGETHER AND ATTACK THE REAL ENEMY, THE NWO. >> WELL, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, ME AND BENOIT ARE GETTING OUR ACTS TOGETHER. THERE’S SOMETHING THAT SEPARATES ME AND BENOIT. BENOIT, YOU THINK YOU’VE WON THIS GAME OF CHESS, YOU SAID TO ME CHECKMATE? BENOIT, THIS MATCH HAS JUST STARTED. I’VE PUT YOU IN POSITION TO GET CHECKMATED. >> BY THE WAY, KEVIN SULLIVAN, IF I CAN POINT OUT THIS, THIS VIDEOTAPE THAT I HAVE, THIS, THIS FOOTAGE IS NOT OF WOMAN. NANCY, AS YOU KNOW HER, AND BENOIT. IT’S OF SOMEBODY ELSE. >> WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? >> I THINK YOU KNOW WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT, DON’T YOU? >> IT BETTER NOT BE THAT. >> THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT. YOU CARE TO PURSUE IT? WELL, APPARENTLY NOT, THAT’S THE ANSWER. TONY AND LARRY, YOU GUYS, IF YOU CAN FIGURE IT OUT, A VERY, VERY COMPLEX SITUATION INVOLVING THE TASKMASTER AND OTHERS. STAY TUNED, MORE NITRO COMING UP HERE ON TNT. DON’T GO AWAY. >> [MUSIC] >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> WE ARE BACK LIVE HERE ON WCW MONDAY NITRO. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE JOIN ME HERE AS A NATION, AN ENTIRE WORLD, WELCOMES THE FOUR HORSEMEN. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> [MUSIC] >> WELL, IT’LL BE THE FIRST TIME WE’LL SEE THEM TOGETHER QUITE A WHILE HERE. >> AND HERE COMES RIC FLAIR, THERE’S MCMICHAELS, “DOUBLE A” ARN ANDERSON. RIC FLAIR IS STILL STRUTTING HIS STUFF. >> [MUSIC] >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> AND APPARENTLY, WE’VE GOT THE FOUR HORSEMEN HERE SANS WOMAN AND CHRIS BENOIT. ON THAT SUBJECT, ARN ANDERSON, YOU WERE CONSPICUOUS LAST WEEK BY YOUR ABSENCE AND THIS WEEK APPARENTLY, NO BENOIT AND WOMAN. >> YOU KNOW, GENE OKERLUND, I’M A MAN WHO PICKS MY WORDS VERY CAREFULLY. I SAY WHAT I MEAN, AND I MEAN WHAT I SAY, AND I WASN’T OUT HERE LAST WEEK BECAUSE UNTIL I CAN GET THIS THING FIGURED OUT WITH WOMAN AND BENOIT, I DON’T WANNA STEP ON ANY TOES UNNECESSARILY. JUST WHEN I THINK I’VE GOT ALL THE ANSWERS, THEY CHANGED ALL THE QUESTIONS. THEY’RE NOT HERE THIS WEEK, NATE, YOU’VE GOT AN IDEA WHERE THEY’RE AT? >> RIC FLAIR? >> MEAN, WOO, GENE. >> SIR. >> IN ALL FAIRNESS, TO WOMAN, OH, WOMAN, WON’T YOU MARRY ME NOW? I’VE MADE IT CLEAR THAT BEING MARRIED TO THE DEVIL FOR 10 YEARS, THE WOMAN DESERVES A NIGHT OUT WITH BENOIT. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> THAT’S PRETTY HEAVY. >> AND I’M SURE THAT BENOIT IS WORKING HER OUT AS WE SPEAK, WOO. >> THAT… >> WHOA, IN TRUE HORSEMAN FASHION, WOO. >> GOING INTO ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE FITS? >> COME AGAIN? >> NEVER MIND. >> DEBRA, YOU WERE TRYING TO PAT ME ON THE SHOULDER. >> YOU KNOW, I’M SICK AND TIRED OF THIS CHRIS AND NANCY STUFF. I HATE IT. I MEAN, I DON’T KNOW WHAT CHRIS SEES IN THAT GIRL, BECAUSE YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, I SEE HER BACK IN THE DRESSING ROOM WITHOUT ANY MAKEUP ON. SHE IS AS UGLY AS GRANDPA’S TOENAILS, AND THEY’RE ALIKE. AND I HOPE THAT CHRIS IS TAKING IT TO HER FAT FORM, BECAUSE WE–I SEE HER FOR WHAT, A COUPLE OF YEARS? AND SOMETHING SERIOUS I WANNA SAY THOUGH, IT’S RIC, HE’S ALWAYS BEEN HERE FOR US, ALWAYS. YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNOW HE LOVES TO PARTY, BUT HE’S ALWAYS HERE. HE SEPARATES WORK AND PLEASURE. AND DOUBLE A, I MEAN HE HAS SO MANY HOURS IN THE FIRE, BUT HE’S ALWAYS HERE FOR WORK. AND THEN OF COURSE, MY STEVEN, HE HAS NOT NEVER MISSED A FOOTBALL GAME, HE WAS ALWAYS ON TIME. AND THEN OF COURSE, MYSELF, I HAVE NEVER MISSED A BEAUTY PAGEANT, NO MATTER IF I HAD A BROKEN NAIL OR MY HAIRDRESSER DIDN’T SHOW UP, I WAS THERE. SO CONCLUSION IS JEFF IS A WONDERFUL GUY, AND HE IS THE MOST PROFESSIONAL FOUR HORSEMAN AND WE BOTH LOVE HIM. HE IS A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO THE FOUR HORSEMEN. >> HAS ANYBODY TOLD YOU YOU’VE GOT A LOVELY VOICE? >> MONGO, SHE’S ALWAYS BRINGING UP DOUBLE J. >> HEY, JEFF JARRETT. >> I DIDN’T CAUSE THAT–COME OUT HERE TO CAUSE ANY PROBLEMS, BECAUSE LORD KNOWS THE HORSEMEN HAS TROUBLE. >> THEY DO. >> BUT, RIC, I CAME OUT HERE TO ASK YOU A QUESTION POINT BLANK, YOU ARE THE MAN WHO INVENTED STYLING AND PROFILING, YOU ARE THE MAN. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> SO I’VE GOT A QUESTION TO ASK YOU, DO YOU OWN A PART-TIME HORSEMAN AS IN CHRIS BENOIT WHO’S NOT HERE TONIGHT OR DO YOU WANT A FULL-TIME HORSEMAN WHO CAN DO IT ALL NIGHT? >> I’M GONNA ANSWER THAT QUESTION. NUMBER ONE, PAL, YOU’RE NOT A HORSEMAN. NUMBER TWO, IF YOU ASPIRE TO BE A HORSEMAN, YOU’RE GONNA QUIT CRY BABYING, YOU’RE GONNA QUIT BEING A VICTIM. HORSEMEN AREN’T VICTIMS, HORSEMEN ARE PERPETRATORS. DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I’M SAYING? >> WAIT, GENE, RIC, I KNOW AS WELL AS ANYBODY, YOU GUYS AT STARRCADE, YOU AND BENOIT, THAT WAS CLASSIC HORSEMEN. YOU TWO BOYS PLAYED ME LIKE A CHEAP VIOLIN, BUT YOU KNOW IT, I KNOW IT, BENOIT KNOWS IT, YOU ALL GAVE ME YOUR BEST SHOT. AND I STILL CAME OUT THE WINNER, BUT I WANNA GET BACK TO MY QUESTION BECAUSE, ARN, YOU PLAYED SECOND FIDDLE YOUR WHOLE CAREER TO–YES, EXACTLY, TO OLE, TO TULLY AND TO THIS MAN, SO I DIDN’T COME TO TALK TO THE HORSE’S REAR, I CAME TO TALK TO THE LEAD HORSE. >> OH. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> NOW, RIC… >> THAT’S NOT SMART. YOU DO NOT UPSET ARN ANDERSON WITH TALK LIKE THAT. >> MY GOODNESS, I’LL TELL YOU, CHRIS BENOIT AND NANCY ARE NOT HERE. WHO KNOWS WHERE THEY ARE, BUT ARN ANDERSON IS HERE AND MY GOODNESS, IS JEFF JARRETT GETTING A TAIL WHIPPING? >> WELL, HE OPENED HIS MOUTH AND TO THE WRONG MAN, I MEAN, THIS GUY’S THE ENFORCER, HE’S ONE OF THE TRUE HORSEMEN. AND I KNOW JEFF JARRETT IS TRYING TO CAMPAIGN… >> [BELL RINGING] >> …TO BECOME A HORSEMAN, BUT YOU’VE GOT TO GET THE APPROVAL OF ARN ANDERSON. >> NOW, FLAIR AND MONGO AND THE LOVELY DEBRA ALL WENT TO RINGSIDE WITH HIM. AND IT SEEMED AS IF DEBRA LIKES JEFF JARRETT. >> IT SEEMS LIKE DEBRA LIKES EVERYBODY. >> AND LET’S SEE. >> WELL, NOBODY’S STOPPING ARN ANDERSON EITHER SO YOU COULD SEE WHERE THEIR LOYALTIES LIE. >> WELL, THE HORSEMEN NEEDS TO BE A TIGHT KNIT GROUP. AND JEFF JARRETT FIRING BACK. LOOK AT JEFF JARRETT IF YOU WILL, NOT BACKING AT ALL–OUTSIDE. ARN ANDERSON SENDS JARRETT IN THE FEET OF MONGO WITH THAT HALLIBURTON, AND HEAD FIRST NOW TO OUR CAMERA LOCATION RIGHT NEAR THE APRON OF THE RING. >> NOW, LOOK AT FLAIR. I DON’T KNOW IF HE’S APPROVING OF THE–HE’S LIKING THIS. >> HE’S LIKING THE SPIKE AND I… >> OH. >> TREMENDOUS MOVE BY JARRETT, A SWINGING NECKBREAKER. AND HE COVERS ANDERSON, ONE, TWO, THREE, HE BEAT HIM. >> [BELL RINGING] >> HE USED THE ROPES, HE BEAT HIM. >> WELL, YOU CAN’T BEAT HIM, THERE WASN’T A MATCH. >> HIS HAND GETS RAISED. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> UH-OH. >> WELL, WE GOT A BIG BREAKDOWN HERE, WE GOT A BREAKDOWN. >> WE GOT A BIG ONE WITH MEMBERS OF THE HORSEMEN AND DEBRA PUTS HERSELF IN FRONT OF JEFF JARRETT. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> IT APPEARS AS IF SHE IS IN THE CAMP OF JEFF JARRETT, MONGO IS NOT SO SURE, BUT HE’S PROTECTING HIS WIFE. AND THE ARGUMENT ENSUES WITH FLAIR AND DEBRA AS WELL AS ARN ANDERSON AND JEFF JARRETT. WE’VE GOT HORSEMAN PROBLEMS HERE. >> WELL, WE GOT–YOU KNOW, FLAIR IS THE LEADER OF THE HORSEMEN BUT MONGO MCMICHAEL SEEMS TO BE DOING WHAT HIS WIFE SAYS. WELL, WE GOT A BREAKDOWN, TONY. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> HE MAY NOT BE A HORSEMAN, BUT DEBRA CERTAINLY DOES LIKE HIM, DOESN’T SHE? >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> WHAT AMAZES ME, THERE’S NOT SOME JEALOUSY WITH MCMICHAEL AND JARRETT. >> I WAS GONNA SAY, IF I WAS–IF I WAS MCMICHAEL, I’D BE ALL OVER JARRETT. >> UH-OH, THE HALLIBURTON IS IN DIFFERENT HANDS NOW. >> WRONG HANDS, ARN WOULD LOVE TO FLATTEN THAT THING. >> FLAIR IS GONNA TRY TO PATCH THINGS UP HERE. AND THEY NEED TO PATCH THINGS UP IF THE HORSEMEN ARE GONNA STAY A STRONG FORCE IN 1997. >> MONGO SAYS IT’S OKAY, HE’S OKAY WITH ME. >> AND HE’S DEFINITELY OKAY. >> WELL, I GUESS WE KNOW WHO WEARS THE PANTS IN THE MCMICHAEL FAMILY. >> APPARENTLY SO. AND IT WAS A WEEK AGO THAT–IT WAS A WEEK AGO, MONGO WAS SAYING HOW THAT BENOIT WAS LETTING WOMAN RUN HIS LIFE. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> BIGGEST MISTAKE A MAN CAN MAKE. >> YOU KNOW, THIS IS AMAZING. AND ARN ANDERSON STILL DOESN’T LIKE IT. JEFF JARRETT JUST PINNED ARN ANDERSON. YES, HE USED THE ROPES AND HE’S STRUTTING WITH RIC FLAIR. I DON’T THINK I’VE EVER SEEN THAT BEFORE IN MY LIFE. AND ARN ANDERSON–LOOK. >> HERE’S THE PERFECT EXAMPLE. >> ARN ANDERSON JUST SAID, “THE HELL WITH THIS.” AND HE WALKED AWAY. >> YEAH, YOU NEED ONE LEADER. ARN ANDERSON, HE’S BEEN AROUND TOO LONG AND TOO FULL-FLEDGED OF A HORSEMAN, I THINK TOO PROUD. >> WE ARE SEEING THE HORSEMEN BREAK APART… >> AND FLAIR CAN’T CONTROL THIS ANYMORE. >> …DURING OUR VERY EYES, RIGHT BEFORE OUR VERY EYES, THEY’RE BREAKING APART AND IT’S BECAUSE OF WOMEN. CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT? AS STRONG AS THE HORSEMEN HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE YEARS, IT HAS TAKEN WOMEN TO BREAK THEM APART. >> HEY, IT WAS A FACE THAT LAUNCHED A THOUSAND SHIPS. >> I GUESS SO. ALL RIGHT. WE’RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK HERE AND WE’LL TRY TO SORT THIS ONE OUT. >> [MUSIC] >> COMING BACK WITH DIAMOND DALLAS AND LORD STEVEN REGAL FOR THE TELEVISION TITLE ON A VERY BIZARRE FIRST NITRO OF 1997. >> ALL SHE NEEDS TO DO IS GARGLE WITH WD-40. >> THE FOLLOWING ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN PAID FOR BY THE NEW WORLD ORDER. >> [MUSIC] >> OH, WHO WOULD’VE THOUGHT? >> OUR OWN PAY-PER-VIEW. >> WE TOLD YOU SO. >> THE FIRST 100 BUYERS TO SIGN POSTER FROM THE OUTSIDERS, 25 BUCKS FOR A BARGAIN. >> BUY THE POSTER, BUY THE SHIRT, BUY IT NOW. >> BUY, BUY, BUY, BUY, BUY. >> THE PRECEDING ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN PAID FOR BY THE NEW WORLD ORDER. >> GET SET FOR TWO HOURS OF WCW SATURDAY NIGHT THIS COMING SATURDAY AT 6:05 EASTERN TIME. ON THE CARD, THE AMAZING FRENCH-CANADIANS, REY MYSTERIO JR., PLUS PSICOSIS, LORD STEVEN REGAL, DIAMOND DALLAS, AND MANY OTHERS. I’LL BE JOINED BY “THE AMERICAN DREAM” DUSTY RHODES AT 6:05 EASTERN TIME, TWO HOURS OF WCW SATURDAY NIGHT AND ONLY ON TBS, THE SUPERSTATION. HERE WE GO TO THE RING. >> [MUSIC] >> IS DUSTY STILL WITH US? >> I BELIEVE HE IS. >> I THINK AFTER THE DALLAS GAME, HE WAS GONNA THROW HIMSELF OFF THE ROOF PUTTING THIS. >> HEY, CONGRATULATIONS TO KEVIN GREENE AND THE CAROLINA PANTHERS. >> SEE, KEVIN GREENE STEPPED INSIDE A WRESTLING RING, MADE HIM A REAL MAN. >> PANTHERS GOING TO FACE THE GREEN BAY PACKERS NEXT WEEKEND. WE’LL SEE THEM BOTH IN THE SUPER BOWL. AND CONGRATULATION TO THE JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS, MY GOODNESS. WHAT AN ODD YEAR IN PRO FOOTBALL, BUT WHAT AN EXCITING ONE. THEY’RE UP AGAINST THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS, AND FOR ALL OUR NFL… >> YOU KNOW, I HEAR DIAMOND DALLAS’S MUSIC, BUT I DON’T SEE HIM. >> NOW, YOU’RE RIGHT. DIAMOND DALLAS… >> I’M ALWAYS RIGHT. >> YOU KNOW, DIAMOND DALLAS DENIED THAT CHANCE OF BECOMING THE US CHAMP, BECAUSE HE WAS ATTACKED BY THE NEW WORLD ORDER. THERE’S NO WAY HE WOULD MISS THIS SHOT AT THE TV TITLE, LARRY. >> NO. DIAMOND IS LIVING TO WIN A TITLE, AND I DON’T SEE HIM. I DON’T SEE HIM. >> [MUSIC] >> IS THIS REGAL’S MUSIC? >> IT SOUNDS LIKE MASTERPIECE THEATRE TO ME. >> IT DOESN’T SOUND LIKE THE REGAL MUSIC I HEARD WHEN I BEAT HIM. >> THE WORLD TELEVISION CHAMPION, LORD STEVEN REGAL, AND BRAND NEW MUSIC TO BRING HIM OUT. AND–BUT, YOU KNOW, STILL LET US NOT TAKE AWAY FROM THE FACT THAT WE ARE MISSING ONE DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE. THERE’S NO WAY HE WOULD MISS THIS. >> NOT UNLESS THERE WAS FOUL PLAY. I KNOW DIAMOND DALLAS, HE WANTS A BELT. I THINK IT WAS A FLUKE, HE DIDN’T–HE DOESN’T HAVE THE US BELT NOW, BUT WE ALL KNOW WHY. >> HE HAS WORKED TOO DARN HARD IN HIS CAREER. THINK ABOUT WHERE HE WAS LAST YEAR, AND HOW FAR HE’S COME. >> FROM THE GUTTER TO THE PENTHOUSE. >> YES, HE HAS, AND A CHANCE AT THE WORLD TELEVISION TITLE, I DON’T THINK SO. BUT ARE WE GONNA GET AN OPPONENT FOR HIM? >> OH, NO. >> YEAH. >> NO, NOT DUGGAN. >> APPARENTLY, WE ARE. TAKING UP THE BANNER, WAVING THE CAUSE, BRINGING IN OLD GLORY. THAT MUSIC MEAN “HACKSAW” JIM DUGGAN. AND YOU’RE THINKING OF WALKING HERE. THEY LOVE HIM. >> [MUSIC] >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> YOU KNOW, I DON’T KNOW–I DON’T KNOW IF STEVEN REGAL’S PREPARED FOR THIS. >> YOU KNOW, I’VE–NOW, WAIT A MINUTE. I’VE HEARD THAT EXCUSE A LOT. AND YOU KNOW AS WELL AS–AS WELL AS ANYONE, IF YOU’RE A GREAT ATHLETE IN THIS SPORT, YOU BETTER BE PREPARED FOR ANYTHING. >> WELL, YEAH, BUT YOU GET YOURSELF AND YOUR MIND SET. I MEAN, LORD REGAL HAD HIS MIND SET ON WRESTLING DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE. IT’S A COMPLETE DIFFERENT STRATEGY THAN YOU HAVE TO USE AGAINST THE NEANDERTHAL-LIKE HUMAN BEING LIKE “HACKSAW” JIM DUGGAN. >> OKAY. WE’RE GONNA SEND OUT SOME FILLERS HERE TO FIND OUT IN THE BACK WHAT IN THE WORLD HAS HAPPENED TO DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE WHO HAS NO-SHOWED. >> IT’S INCREDIBLE. >> ALL RIGHT. THIS IS FOR THE WORLD TELEVISION TITLE AND IT’S ON WCW MONDAY NITRO. “HACKSAW” JIM DUGGAN, A FORMER UNITED STATES HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION. >> WELL, GET THE STICK AWAY FROM HIM. >> NO, DON’T TAKE IT AWAY FROM HIM. >> I MEAN, I DON’T LIKE REGAL EITHER, BUT THAT’S NOT FAIR. >> THAT’S NOT FAIR. >> A BIG STICK. >> HAS HE HIT ANYBODY WITH THE BIG STICK YET? >> NO. HE’S NOT SMART ENOUGH. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> [BELL RINGING] >> HERE WE GO. REGAL AND DUGGAN IN THIS ONE-ON-ONE MATCHUP. GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US ON NITRO. WE’RE OFF AND RUNNING. SO FAR, WE’VE BEEN VERY SHOCKED TO SEE THAT BENOIT WAS NOT HERE. DIAMOND DALLAS MISSED A TITLE SHOT WHICH IS INCREDIBLE. >> THERE’S GOT TO BE FOUL PLAY. DIAMOND WOULDN’T MISS IT. >> STILL TO COME, FANS, WE WANNA REMIND YOU, FOOTAGE… >> OH, COME ON. >> WHAT ARE THEY GONNA DO? >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> I REALLY DON’T CARE WHAT THEY DO. >> OH. >> THEY’RE COMING OVER HERE AGAIN. GREAT. ARE YOU GONNA RUN OFF AGAIN? >> I’M GONNA WALK… >> FRANKLY… >> …RIGHT BEHIND YOU. >> …I DON’T CARE ANYMORE. HEY, DO YOU WANT THE HEADSETS? HERE, TAKE THEM. COME HERE–NO. I GIVE UP. LET’S JUST GIVE IT TO… >> WELL, I’M NOT GONNA CAUSE ANY FRICTION. >> HEY, FRICTION? YOU’RE ONLY GONNA MAKE FOOLS OUT OF YOURSELVES. HERE YOU GO. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> WHAT ARE YOU GUARDING, ZBYSZKO? >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> LOOKIE, LOOKIE, LOOKIE WHO’S HERE. >> FIRST OF ALL, I’D LIKE TO THANK MRS. EPSTEIN, MY THIRD GRADE TEACHER FOR ALL OF THE QUALITIES THAT HAVE MADE ME WHAT I AM TODAY. MRS. EPSTEIN, WHEREVER YOU ARE, I REALLY LOVE YOU. HELLO, EVERYBODY, AND WELCOME TO NWO MONDAY NITRO. GREAT TO BE HERE WITH YOU. LOOK AT THOSE ATHLETES GO, HUH? HEY, GUYS, THE BIG NEWS, DDP, FINALLY, THEY SAY HE WAS SLOW, HE EVEN SAID HE WAS SLOW, BUT HE GOT IT. >> HE’S NOT AS DUMB AS HE LOOKS, HUH? >> NO, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS IT, I NEVER SAID HE WAS STUPID. I MEAN, I KNEW THE GUY WOULD TAKE SOME TIME TO COME AROUND. AND HIM AND SCOTT HALL HAD A LITTLE DINNER OUT ON BARBARY COAST, WORKING OUT… >> WORKING OUT–WORKING OUT THE DETAILS. THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE NWO, DDP. >> WELCOME ABOARD, BUDDY. >> IT IS GREAT. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT, DDP, I’LL TELL YOU WHAT, NOW, THAT YOU FINALLY GOT WITH THE PROGRAM, YOU CAN EVEN COME–YOU CAN COME OVER FOR AN ADULT BEVERAGE ON THE WEEKENDS. >> OUTSTANDING, NOTHING LIKE A COLD DRINK. >> I MISSED HIM. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> LORD STEVEN REGAL. >> PLEASE SOMEBODY HIT DUGGAN IN THE FACE. >> REGAL’S A GUY THAT CAN DO IT. HE HAS LIKE A JOHN L SULLIVAN STANCE BUT HE CAN LAY HIM IN THERE. THE HALF–OH. HEY, WHAT A–OH, NICE SHOT FROM… >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> ALL RIGHT. THIS GUY DOES–HE HAS A FIST THE SIZE OF A SAMSONITE SUITCASE. >> YEAH, BUT LET’S TALK ABOUT MORE IMPORTANT THINGS LIKE OUR PAY-PER-VIEW COMING UP. YOU KNOW, IF I’M NOT MISTAKEN, THIS IS GONNA BE SOMETHING UNBELIEVABLE. >> UNBELIEVABLE. ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN. >> LET’S TALK ABOUT ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS. I MEAN, YEAH, WE’RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF GREAT NWO MATCH ACTION. BUT THE MS. NWO CONTEST? >> ABSOLUTELY. >> UNBELIEVABLE. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK, SYXX? DO YOU WANNA BE A JUDGE, MAN? >> I’D LOVE TO. HEY, WHERE ARE WE GONNA–WHERE–THE GIRLS ARE GONNA BE LINING UP ALL OVER TO GET INTO THIS THING. IT’S UNBELIEVABLE. >> WELL, HERE’S THE DEAL. ALL OF YOU WOMEN OUT THERE, IF YOU WANNA BE THE NEW, THE FIRST MS. NWO, SEND US A PICTURE. WE’RE GONNA BE PUTTING UP AN ADDRESS HERE AND TALKING ABOUT IT ON THE WEEKS TO COME. GET A PICTURE, YOUR BEST PICTURE, TELL US WHY YOU SHOULD BE MS. NWO. YOU’RE GONNA WANT TO SEND IT TO THE CNN CENTER, ONE CNN CENTER, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> AND DON’T BE AFRAID TO SEND IN A POLAROID, BECAUSE IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE A PROFESSIONAL SHOT. I LOVE LOOKING AT A POLAROID. >> ABSOLUTELY. JUST SEND IT–SEND IT TO ERIC BISCHOFF, CARE OF NWO, ONE CNN CENTER, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. AND IT WILL FIND ITS WAY TO ME. I ASSURE YOU, BECAUSE I STILL DO HAVE AN OFFICE. >> AND PLEASE, I’M BEGGING YOU, NO FAT CHICKS. >> YEAH, NO FAT CHICKS. COME ON. >> NO HEINOUS BRODS. >> SIDE HEADLOCK BY “HACKSAW” JIM DUGGAN. AND THEY LOVE HIM HERE IN LOUISIANA. THE GUY’S GOT A HISTORY HERE. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> NOW, HE’S AS… >> WHAT A… >> HE’S AS SICK AS A HOUSE. >> THIS GUY’S PUT TOGETHER. >> YEAH, BUT WE’RE IN LOUISIANA, SO TO MAKE SURE THE PEOPLE IN LOUISIANA KNOW WHAT IS, HE NEEDS A STICK AS A DOUBLE WIDE. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> I’LL TELL YOU WHAT, A HEADLOCK FROM “HACKSAW” DUGGAN COULD SQUEEZE YOUR HEAD OFF, POP IT LIKE A GRAPE. THIS GUY’S POWERFUL, MAN. >> GETTING YOUR HEAD SLAM TO THE CONCRETE–OH. STOMP TO THE BACK IN THE WORLD TELEVISION CHAMPION, THE MAN WHO WOULD HAVE LOST THAT TITLE TONIGHT TO OUR OWN DDP, HAD DDP NOT HAD SOME IMPORTANT BUSINESS WITH SCOTT HALL. YOU KNOW THAT–YOU USED TO–YOU USED TO WORK WITH DDP. I MEAN, YOU GUYS GOT HISTORY, BUT SCOTT AND DDP, THEY REALLY… >> RIGHT, THEY REALLY GOT THIS. >> …GOT THIS. >> BUT THE THING IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE IRONY OF THE WHOLE THING, DALLAS PAGE HAD A–HAD A CHANCE TONIGHT TO GO AHEAD AND WIN THE BELT FROM REGAL, BUT IT WAS A LOT MORE IMPORTANT FOR HIM TO GO AHEAD AND HOOK UP WITH SCOTT TONIGHT, HAVE A LITTLE DINE, THEN TALK ABOUT IT. >> AND HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT, DOES ANYBODY GOT A TAPE OF THE STARRCADE PAY-PER-VIEW? KID, WERE YOU ABLE TO FIND IT? I CAN’T FIND IT. >> I HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO. I’VE BEEN CHECKING THE BLACK MARKET, AND I’VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND IT, THE TAPE OF THAT, YEAH. I’VE BEEN DYING TO SEE IT BECAUSE I WANNA SEE HULK BEAT UP PIPER AGAIN. >> OH, IT’S UNBELIEVABLE. JUST LIKE HE SAID THAT NIGHT, SYXX MAN, HE DIG IT THE MOST. >> I LOVE WHAT YOU SAID THERE. I LOVE WHAT YOU SAID THERE. >> NOW, REGAL’S STARTING TO MOUNT AN OFFENSE HERE. >> SPITS OUT A TOOTH. >> LOOKS LIKE TWO DRUNK GUYS GETTING A FIGHT IN A LABOR DAY SOFTBALL GAME TO ME. >> NOW, REGAL’S GOOD. REGAL’S GOOD, SO IS “HACKSAW” IN HIS OWN LOVABLE WAY. HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT, THERE’S SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE GOT TO TOUCH ON. YOU KNOW, WE GAVE EVERYBODY IN WCW A DEADLINE. WE SAID, “LOOK, CONVERT YOUR WCW CONTRACTS TO NWO CONTRACTS, BECAUSE WE’RE BUILDING THIS ORGANIZATION. WE ARE GOING TO BECOME AMERICA’S WRESTLING ORGANIZATION.” >> ABSOLUTELY. >> AND YOU KNOW WHAT, THE DATE HAS COME AND GONE. WE HAD SOME SMART GUYS JOIN. A COUPLE OF GUYS DIDN’T. TOO MANY DIDN’T, BUT THE ODDS ARE STILL A LITTLE–A LITTLE UNEVEN, SO YOU KNOW WHAT I WENT OUT AND DID, GUYS? >> WHAT’S THAT? >> I SIGNED A MAN WHO IS THE IDEAL CANDIDATE… >> NO. >> …IDEAL CANDIDATE… >> NO. >> …TO BE THE NEWEST NWO MEMBER AND WE ARE GOING TO SEE HIM VERY, VERY SOON. MORE DETAILS AS THEY SAY TOOK UP. AND WHAT ABOUT–NOW, YOU WCW GUYS, IT’S OVER BECAUSE I AM THE HIGHEST RANKING OFFICIAL IN WCW. THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN SIGN IN ANY MORE NEW GUYS IS IF I SIGN THEM. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> I GUESS I’M GOING TO HAVE SAY I’LL GET SOME MORE NEW GUYS. >> WELL, LET’S SEE. YOU KNOW, TO ME, I GREW UP IN DETROIT. IT’S KIND OF LIKE THE SAME THING WHEN YOU HAD AMERICAN MOTORS, DODGE, WHEN YOU HAD A CHANCE TO GET THE CHRYSLER STOCKS AND IF YOU DIDN’T DO IT, THEN TOO BAD. >> TWO. AND REGAL GETS A TWO-COUNT. AND, YOU KNOW, RANDY SAVAGE, IF YOU’RE LISTENING, QUIT CALLING, ENJOY YOUR RETIREMENT OR GO TO WHATEVER RINKY-DINK ORGANIZATION YOU NEED TO FIND WORK WITH, BECAUSE BUDDY, IT AIN’T HAPPENING HERE. IT’S OVER. IT’S OVER, BROTHER. OH, YEAH. WE STILL HAVE TO DELIVER YOUR COMMERCIALS, BUT IT’S OVER FOR YOU, BROTHER. YOU KNOW WHAT THOUGH, LIZ KEEP CALLING HIM EVERY NOW AND THEN AND TELL HIM WHAT’S LIKE TO STILL BE THE FOREFATHER OF OUR INDUSTRY. REGAL MISSES A BIG ONE HERE, HACKSAW IS DOING HIS BEST HERE. I’LL TELL YOU WHAT, HE CAN WALK–HE CAME HERE TONIGHT HOPING HE COULD GET A MATCH. HE CAN WALK OUT HERE THE NEW WORLD TELEVISION CHAMPION., KIND OF LIKE CAROLINA. >> THOSE ARE SOUP BONES THERE, BOY. >> CAROLINA PANTHERS FACING THE DALLAS COWBOYS. NOBODY THOUGHT THEY’D BEAT THEM EXCEPT FOR CAROLINA. HACKSAW THINKS HE CAN WIN THIS THING AND HE JUST MIGHT. OH. I SAW ONE OF THOSE OUT ON A HIGHWAY ONCE. >> YEAH, I SAW IT TOO. THEY’RE PUTTING BAGS OVER PEOPLE. >> THE PROVERBIAL DOUBLE NOGGIN KNOCKER. >> UNBELIEVABLE. UH-OH. >> HERE COMES THE TAPE. >> I LIKE THIS. THAT’S WHAT–I LIKE A GUY THAT CAN TAKE A SHORTCUT. ATTABOY. >> OH, YEAH. GO, HACKSAW. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> OH, AND HE WENT. >> [BELL RINGING] >> LISTEN TO THIS. >> SEE, THAT’S THE WHOLE PROBLEM IN WCW, YOU GOT TOO MANY RULES. >> WHERE’S NICK PATRICK? HE CAN CLARIFY THIS. TIME LIMIT DRAW. >> THE TIME LIMIT FOR THIS MATCH HAS EXPIRED. THE REFEREE RULES THE MATCH A DRAW. LORD STEVEN REGAL REMAINS THE WCW TELEVISION CHAMPION. >> I’LL TELL YOU WHAT, REGAL EVERY WEEK JUST SEEMS TO BE GETTING GETTING OUT OF THIS RING ANY WAY POSSIBLE WITH THIS BELT. THERE IS A LOVELY SHOT OF THE WINNER THERE. >> YOU KNOW WHAT, EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT I DO HOLD A VICTORY OVER “HACKSAW” JIM DUGGAN. >> I DID NOT KNOW THAT. >> YOU DO? >> WELL OF COURSE, YOU DON’T REMEMBER? >> NO. >> I’LL TELL YOU WHAT, THERE’S A NEW STANDARD IN AMERICA, THERE’S A NEW STANDARD IN WCW AND WE’RE NOT SITTING BACK. I’M STANDING UP. >> ALL RIGHTY. >> OH, NO. TELL ME ABOUT THIS ONE, MY FRIEND. >> NOTHING LIKE JUMPING ON A LOOSER. HE SHOULD PUT A BAD BOYS JERSEY ON WHILE HE TAKE THAT AROUND, BIG BOY. >> ALL RIGHT. LET SCHIAVONE, ZBYSZKO AND ALL JOIN THE PARTY. WE’LL BE BACK AND WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU. >> [MUSIC] >> I WOULD LIKE TO PERSONALLY THANK THE MAN IN CHARGE, ERIC BISCHOFF, FOR ALLOWING US TO MAKE OUR WAY BACK HERE ON WCW MONDAY NITRO. TONY SCHIAVONE ALONG WITH “THE LIVING LEGEND” LARRY ZBYSZKO. >> YOU MEAN, THEY DIDN’T WANNA MAKE FOOLS OUT OF THEMSELVES ANYMORE? >> YOU KNOW, VERY ODD, LARRY, FACT, AS HUGH MORRUS MAKES HIS WAY OUT, VERY ODD IS THAT THEY WOULD COME OUT HERE, APPARENTLY DIAMOND DALLAS IS STILL BEING COURTED BY THIS NEW WORLD ORDER, HAVING DINNER WITH SCOTT HALL. AS HUGH MORRUS MAKES HIS WAY TO THE RING, AND VERY ODD AS WELL AS WE AWAIT THE ARRIVAL OF JIM POWERS THAT THEY WOULD NOT TALK AT ALL ABOUT THE GIANT. >> WELL, ISN’T THAT AMAZING? I WONDER WHY YOU THINK–DO YOU THINK THEY’RE AFRAID, TONY, AFTER WHAT HAPPENED AT STARRCADE? >> SPEAKING OF STARRCADE, COMING OUT HERE AND SAYING THAT THEY HAVEN’T SEEN THE FOOTAGE, I GUESS WHEN YOU’RE THE BOSS, YOU CAN CONFISCATE ALL THE FOOTAGE OF STARRCADE, BUT WE DON’T NEED FOOTAGE ANYMORE. MILLIONS OF HOUSEHOLDS, MILLIONS OF FANS, THE IMAGE OF PIPER PUTTING THE SLEEPER ON HOGAN. HOGAN’S ALREADY GOING DOWN FOR THE THIRD TIME. >> YOU KNOW WHAT, TONY, YEARS AGO, A MAN NAMED NIXON TOOK OFF WITH SOME FOOTAGE AND HE WAS STILL IMPEACHED. >> THAT’S RIGHT. THAT’S A GREAT POINT, LARRY. >> YEAH, THINK ABOUT THAT, MR. BISCHOFF. >> ALL RIGHT. JIM POWERS AND HUGH MORRUS… >> [BELL RINGING] >> …ONE-ON-ONE IN THIS MATCHUP HERE ON WCW MONDAY NITRO. WE STILL HAVE HOUR NUMBER TWO, AND SOME GREAT WCW WRESTLING ACTION. AND ALSO, I WANNA SAY SOMETHING ABOUT “HACKSAW” JIM DUGGAN, CARRYING THE COLORS OF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING IN THE CENTER OF THE RING. YOU MAY NOT LIKE DUGGAN BUT YOU HAVE TO APPRECIATE WHAT HE DID OUT HERE A FEW MOMENTS AGO. >> WELL, ANY DUMMY CAN PICK UP A FLAG AND CARRY IT AROUND BUT THE POINT IS CAN YOU DEFEND THE HONOR OF THE FLAG YOU’RE CARRYING? HACKSAW JUST DOESN’T HAVE THE BRAIN TO DO IT. HE’S NOT THE MAN, PIPER IS THE MAN THAT SHOULD BE OUT HERE LEADING WCW. >> WELL, I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT. STING, OBVIOUSLY, WE WANTED HIM AS A LEADER, THAT WAS NOT THE CASE. LUGER’S GOT HIS BATTLES THAT HE’S GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW, THE CLOSEST THING WE HAVE TO A LEADER, BUT WHAT IF PIPER COULD BE THAT LEADER? PIPER, THOUGH NOT A PART OF WCW AND RECOVERING FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED LAST WEEK AT THE HANDS OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER. HERE’S A LATERAL PRESS, ONE, TWO BY JIM POWERS. WE’LL SHOW YOU SOME EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE NOT SHOWN LAST WEEK AND TRY TO ANALYZE WHAT HAPPENED TO “ROWDY” RODDY PIPER AT THE HANDS OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER AND WHAT IN THE WORLD HE WAS SAYING AS HE WAS BEING CARRIED OFF AS WELL. >> WELL, THAT’S WHAT I WANNA HEAR, I WANNA HEAR WHAT HE WAS SAYING BECAUSE I COULDN’T MAKE IT OUT. A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK IT HAS MEANING AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK IT WAS JUST INSANE BABBLING. WELL, WE’LL FIND OUT LATER. >> FANS, THE NWO TALKING ABOUT THEIR PAY-PER-VIEW, NWO SOULED OUT, ON SATURDAY THE 25TH OF JANUARY. LOOK AT THE POWER OF THIS BIG HUGH MORRUS. >> YEAH, HUGH MORRUS, A PHENOMENAL ATHLETE. LOOK AT THIS, OVER 300 POUNDS, HE’S GOING. >> UP, DOWN, MOONSAULT, HUGH MORRUS. ONE, TWO, THREE. >> OH, HE GOT HIM. >> [BELL RINGING] >> I’LL TELL YOU, HUGH MORRUS, MEMBER OF THE DUNGEON OF THE DOOM, JUST A FEW STEPS AWAY FROM BEING A MAJOR SUPERSTAR IN THIS SPORT. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> HE WHO LAUGHS FIRST WINS. >> YOU KNOW THAT MAKES SENSE. >> HE DOESN’T. >> OF COURSE YOU’D LAUGH IF YOU WON. >> HE DOESN’T LAUGH TOO MUCH ANYMORE, BUT IT IS TIME FOR OUR PEP BOYS REPLAY, LARRY ZBYSZKO. >> WELL, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. THIS IS OVER 300 POUNDS OF HORSEPOWER COMING DOWN ON JIM POWERS, A BEFUDDLED TEDDY LONG WALKING ALONG THE APRON, BUT IT’S TOO LATE, HUGH MORRUS WITH A NICE VICTORY. >> THE PEP BOYS POWER PIN OF THE WEEK BROUGHT TO YOU BY PEP BOYS, AMERICA’S AUTOMOTIVE SUPER CENTER. OUR THANKS TO LARRY ZBYSZKO. HOUR NUMBER TWO AFTER THIS ON TNT. >> [MUSIC] >> THIS IS “THE TOTAL PACKAGE” LEX LUGER AND DON’T YOU DARE MOVE OUT OF THAT CHAIR. DON’T YOU DARE TOUCH THAT REMOTE BECAUSE I’M COMING UP IN THE NEXT HOUR AGAINST MENG, THE FACES OF FEAR. AND IF YOU WANNA SEE THIS, DON’T YOU MOVE. >> [MUSIC] >> WELCOME TO HOUR NUMBER TWO OF WCW MONDAY NITRO. IN 1996, THIS WAS THE HOUR THAT CLIMBED THE MOUNTAIN AND STAYED RIGHT ON TOP. AND NOW, IN 1997, MUCH OF THE SAME, BECAUSE WE ARE WHERE THE SUPERSTARS ARE IN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING. NOW, JOINED BY “IRON” MIKE TENAY, BOBBY “THE BRAIN” HEENAN. I’M TONY SCHIAVONE. WELCOME BACK, SECOND HOUR AS YOU HEARD, TOTAL PACKAGE LEX LUGER WILL BE IN ACTION. REY MYSTERIO JR., A LOT GOING ON, AND I’LL TELL YOU, THE EXCITEMENT OF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING IN 1997 IS CONTAGIOUS, MIKE, BUT WHAT ALSO HAS TO BE CONTAGIOUS IS THE PROBLEMS WITHIN THE FOUR HORSEMEN THAT WE SAW IN HOUR NUMBER ONE. >> WELL, I GUESS IT’S A CASE WHERE THERE’S SOME ACCUSATIONS THAT POSSIBLY CHRIS BENOIT IS NOT A FULL-TIME HORSEMAN AND JEFF JARRETT SAYS THAT HE’S WILLING TO STEP IN AND TAKE THAT ROLE. >> BOBBY, AND IT ALL SEEMS TO BREAK DOWN WHEN THERE IS A WOMAN INVOLVED. >> WELL, A WOMAN OR WOMEN INVOLVED. >> WOMEN INVOLVED. >> THERE’S A LOT OF WOMEN HERE INVOLVED. FLAIR’S GOT TO GET THE HORSEMEN TOGETHER. HE’S GOT TO LINE THEM UP AND TELL THEM EXACTLY WHAT HE WANTS. HE’S GOT TO LEAVE THE WOMEN OUTSIDE THE DRESSING ROOM. THEY WANNA WALK TO THE RING, THAT’S FINE. THEY WANNA GET INVOLVED, THAT’S FINE. BUT HE’S GOT TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL WHAT HE’S DOING OR ELSE THE HORSEMEN ARE GONNA DISINTEGRATE. >> HERE’S WHAT HAPPENED IN HOUR NUMBER ONE IN CASE YOU MISSED IT. IT ALL REALLY BROKE DOWN FOR THE HORSEMEN. LET’S LISTEN IN HOUR ONE. >> ARN, YOU PLAYED SECOND FIDDLE YOUR WHOLE CAREER TO–YES, EXACTLY, TO OLE, TO TULLY, AND TO THIS MAN, SO I DIDN’T COME TO TALK TO THE HORSE’S REAR, I CAME TO TALK TO THE LEAD HORSE. >> THAT STARTED THE FIGHT WAS ARN ANDERSON IN THE RING WITH JEFF JARRETT, A FIGHT THAT WOULD GO ALL THE WAY TO THE RING WHERE JEFF JARRETT WOULD PREVAIL, BUT THE QUESTION HERE IS THAT OBVIOUSLY DEBRA MCMICHAEL WAS TAKING THE SIDE OF JEFF JARRETT. STEVE MCMICHAEL STEPPED IN BETWEEN RIC FLAIR AND DEBRA. AND THEN IT SEEMED THAT RIC FLAIR TOOK THE SIDE OF JEFF JARRETT. AND THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH FLAIR AND ARN. >> WELL, I EXPECTED RIC FLAIR OR ARN ANDERSON TO STEP IN AND BE THE VOICE OF REASON. BUT IT JUST LOOKS LIKE THE FOUR HORSEMEN, THEY SPLIT INTO ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT FACTIONS. >> WELL, A WOMAN’S INVOLVED, IT’S VERY SIMPLE. WHEN A WOMAN’S INVOLVED, YOU’RE GONNA HAVE TROUBLE. YOU’VE HAD A LOT OF TROUBLE WITH WOMEN YOUR WHOLE LIFE. >> TO THE RING WE GO. >> SHOULD’VE A LONG TIME AGO. >> [MUSIC] >> GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US ON NITRO. WAY TO START IT OUT, BRAIN, THANKS A LOT. >> DON’T MENTION IT, MY PLEASURE. >> YOU WON’T GET A MEAL NOW FOR ANOTHER THREE MONTHS. >> YOU’RE NOT MISSING NOTHING. >> WE HAVE GREAT ACTION, INCLUDING TWO OF THE GREATEST, YOU KNOW, 1996 ALL SUPERSTARS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD COME TO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING, THE CRUISERWEIGHT TITLE CERTAINLY WAS AT THE FOREFRONT THERE. AND HERE IS PSICOSIS, MIKE TENAY. PSICOSIS, A TREMENDOUS COMPETITOR, A MAN WHO HAS PUSH LORD STEVEN REGAL TO THE LIMIT, ALMOST BECAME A TELEVISION CHAMPION, CONTINUES TO BE A TOUGH CONTENDER WORLDWIDE IN THE CRUISERWEIGHT DIVISION. >> WELL, TONY, THIS GONNA BE ONE–A CASE FOR ONE OF THE MOST HEATED FEUDS IN THE HISTORY OF MEXICAN WRESTLING COMES TO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING AND I THINK TO JUST REFER TO IT IS A FEUD REALLY DOESN’T DO IT JUSTICE. IT’S A NATURAL RIVALRY THAT DATES BACK ALMOST EIGHT YEARS WHEN BOTH OF THESE MEN, PSICOSIS AND REY MYSTERIO JR., THEY ATTENDED THE SAME WRESTLING TRAINING CAMP TOGETHER IN MEXICO. IT’S A RIVALRY THAT HAS DOMINATED BOTH WRESTLERS’ PROFESSIONAL CAREERS EVER SINCE. >> AND SOMETHING THAT’S DOMINATED THE LAST YEAR IN OUR SPORT HAS BEEN THE FACT THAT REY MYSTERIO JR., CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPION, A YOUNG MAN WHO REALLY SET THE STANDARDS FOR HIGH FLYING IN THIS SPORT. YES, HE IS ONE OF THE LIGHTEST, SO HE CAN FLIP AND HE CAN FLY, BUT HE CERTAINLY HAS GREAT PERSEVERANCE… >> [BELL RINGING] >> …A GREAT HEART, DETERMINATION, AND HAS DEFEATED MANY TIMES OVER MEN MUCH BIGGER THAN HIM, AND OF COURSE, HE’S GOING UP AGAINST A MAN THAT’S MUCH BIGGER AS WELL IN PSICOSIS. ALL RIGHT, GREAT MATCHUP, GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US. HOUR NUMBER TWO NITRO OF AND RUNNING. STILL, THE TASKMASTER AND CHAVO JR. TO COME. EDDIE GUERRERO, THE NEW US CHAMP, ALEX WRIGHT, THE AMAZING FRENCH-CANADIANS, HARLEM HEAT, LEX LUGER, AND MENG, AND WHO KNOWS WHAT THE NEW WORLD ORDER IS GONNA COME UP WITH NEXT, GENTLEMEN. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> TONY. >> TONY. >> GO AHEAD. >> GO AHEAD, MIKE. >> TONY, WHAT DO YOU KNOW… >> WHAT DO YOU KNOW… >> GO AHEAD, MIKE. MIKE, GO AHEAD. >> GO AHEAD, MIKE. >> I THINK IT’S A CASE, TONY, WHERE THE NEW WORLD ORDER, THE QUESTIONS JUST SEEM TO COME UP EVERY WEEK, THERE’S JUST NO WAY TO ANSWER THEM. WE’LL JUST HAVE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS HOUR, PSICOSIS, INCREDIBLE HIGH-RISK MOVES AT EVERY TURN. >> WHOA. >> OH, PSICOSIS HURT HIMSELF THAT TIME. >> HE CAME UP SHORT. SURE DID, CAME UP SHORT. WELL, WE’VE TALKED ABOUT HIGH-RISK MOVES AND HOW THEY CAN BACKFIRE AND THAT CERTAINLY WAS THE CASE. LET’S UPDATE EVERYONE ON THE CHAMPIONSHIP PICTURE THIS PAST SATURDAY NIGHT AT A SOULED OUT TOKYO DOME IN TOKYO, JAPAN. SIXTY TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FANS WITNESSED JUSHIN THUNDER LIGER DEFEAT ULTIMO DRAGON. AND LIGER WON EIGHT UNIFIED CRUISERWEIGHT TITLE BELTS. HOWEVER, THAT MATCHUP WAS SIGNED PRIOR TO STARRCADE. THE WCW CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP WAS NOT AT STAKE, SO DRAGON REMAINS THE WCW CHAMPION. >> HOW ABOUT THAT? DRAGON’S STILL THE CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPION, SO ONCE WE HAD ALL NINE TITLES UNIFIED AND NOW THEY’RE SPLIT ONCE AGAIN. >> AND I KNOW THAT BOTH REY MYSTERIO JR. AS WELL AS DEAN MALENKO BOTH HAVE THEIR SIGHTS SET ON THE ULTIMO DRAGON AND A CHANCE TO REGAIN THAT CRUISERWEIGHT BELT. >> WELL, THE ULTIMO DRAGON IS KIND OF A MARKED MAN, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY’S LOOKING FOR HIM RIGHT NOW. HE’S GOT ALL THE GOLD THAT HE COULD POSSIBLY HAVE EXCEPT THAT ONE THING HE REALLY WANTS AND REALLY NEEDS, SO TAKE IT FROM THERE. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> PSICOSIS, GREAT HIGH-RISK MANEUVER ON THE TOP AND A LATERAL PRESS, HE GOT A TWO-COUNT THAT TIME. PSICOSIS, A LITTLE BIT OF ARGUING WITH MARK CURTIS. LET ME SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE OFFICIATING IN WCW. IT HAS REALLY STEPPED UP A NOTCH SINCE NICK PATRICK DID WHAT HE DID, DON’T YOU GUYS AGREE? THANK YOU, NO ONE AGREES WITH ME. AM I TALKING TO MYSELF HERE? >> YOU DIDN’T GIVE ME A CHANCE TO AGREE. DO YOU WANT ME TO AGREE WITH YOU? I’LL AGREE WITH YOU IF I FEEL LIKE I’M AGREEING WITH YOU. I MEAN, I AGREE WITH YOU. IF HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO AGREE, IF I DON’T WANNA AGREE, I DON’T PARTICULARLY CARE TO AGREE WITH YOU. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> DO YOU AGREE WITH ME? >> NO. BACK TO THE SIDE NOW. HERE COMES PSICOSIS UP TOP, ONE MORE TIME. >> AND WHERE IS HE GOING NOW? >> HE’S GOING DOWN–OH, LOST HIS BALANCE THERE, BUT LOOK HOW HE GOES BACK UP. OH MY GOODNESS. I THINK LOSING HIS BALANCE MAY HAVE BEEN THE THING TO DO THERE. >> WELL, HE WENT FOR A CROSSBODY BLOCK, A PLANCHA OFF THE TOP AND HE ENDED UP GOING HEAD FIRST INTO THAT STEEL GUARDRAIL. >> I BELIEVE HE BENT ONE OF HIS HORNS. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> I BELIEVE SO. AND MYSTERIO GOES BACK INTO THE RING. THESE MATCHES, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE RIVALRY THAT EXIST, MIKE, BETWEEN THIS TWO MEN, BUT OF COURSE IT’S SO IMPORTANT NOW THAT NEITHER MAN HAS THE CRUISERWEIGHT TITLE AROUND THEIR WAIST RIGHT NOW. IT’S IMPORTANT TO GET A WIN, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD WATCHING THIS, THE NUMBER ONE WRESTLING PROGRAM IN THE WORLD. >> YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY’S LOOKING FOR A POSITION, EVERYONE WANTS TO CLIMB UP THAT LADDER IN THE CRUISERWEIGHT DIVISION. AND THERE’S A LOT OF TALENTED, TALENTED SUPERSTARS HERE IN WCW THAT’S JUST WAITING FOR THE CHANCE TO GET THAT TITLE SHOT. >> SENSATIONAL SOMERSAULT FLIP PLANCHA BY MYSTERIO THERE. PSICOSIS HAS PRETTY MUCH BEEN IN REY MYSTERIO JR.’S SHADOW FROM THE BEGINNING TRYING TO SPOIL HIS SHOT AT STARDOM, WHETHER IT’D BE IN MEXICO, JAPAN, OR HERE IN WCW. >> HERE’S A COVER, ONE, TWO, TWO-COUNT. MIKE, IN ADDITION, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT JUSHIN THUNDER LIGER WINNING THE EIGHT BELTS FROM THE ULTIMO DRAGON. WE HAVE A GREAT ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE AS FANS KNOW ON THE 22ND OR MAKE IT THE 21ST OF THIS MONTH ON A TUESDAY NIGHT–HERE COMES A COVER, ONE, TWO, GOT A TWO-COUNT. WE WILL BE IN MILWAUKEE ON TBS FOR THE CLASH OF THE CHAMPIONS FROM THE WISCONSIN CENTER, LIVE ON TBS. ULTIMO DRAGON WILL DEFEND THE CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP AGAINST JUSHIN THUNDER LIGER THAT NIGHT. SO, IT’S A CHANCE FOR LIGER TO GET THAT TITLE, TO ADD TO THE EIGHT TITLES HE WON THE OTHER NIGHT IN TOKYO. >> WELL, THAT WOULD BE REALLY THE THING, BECAUSE AS WE THINK BACK, IT’S BEEN LIGER’S BRAINCHILD ALL ALONG TO UNIFY ALL THE CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIPS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> REY MYSTERIO JR., HEADSCISSORS APPLIED. AND THERE’S A CASE OF A HIGH FLIER GROUNDING HIS OPPONENT, SHOWING THAT HE CAN DO EITHER UP TOP, BRAIN, OR DOWN LOW. >> YOU KNOW, ONE THING ABOUT REY MYSTERIO JR., YOU’RE GONNA HAVE TO AGREE WITH ME… >> NO, I’M NOT. >> …HE SAID THAT–YOU’RE NOT? >> BUT GO AHEAD. NO, I DON’T HAVE TO AGREE WITH YOU, BUT GO AHEAD. >> WELL, THEN I’M NOT GONNA TALK TO YOU. HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT? >> THAT’S GOOD, MIKE, A SCOOP SLAM. >> I WAS GONNA SAY SOME… >> YOU GOT TO–YOU GOT TO PICK IT UP HERE OR HE’LL TALK ALL NIGHT. >> WE’RE REALLY IN TROUBLE TO START OFF THE NEW YEAR, AREN’T WE? >> HELLO, AM I ON? >> UNFORTUNATELY, YOU ARE. UP ON TOP AND HERE COMES PSICOSIS. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> HE’S WASTING A LOT OF TIME, BUT HE CONNECTED WITH A LEGDROP. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> WOW, NAILED HIM WITH THAT GUILLOTINE OFF THE TOP. >> ONE, TWO, HOW ABOUT THAT? COVER THOUGH, HE WAS VERY, VERY CONFIDENT OR IS HE CONFIDENT ON THE COVER, AND YOU CAN’T BE, MIKE, AGAINST REY MYSTERIO JR. >> WELL, HE’S BEEN OVERCONFIDENT, HE’S BEEN ALMOST NONCHALANT IN HIS PINFALL ATTEMPTS ON REY MYSTERIO JR. AND THAT’S JUST NOT GONNA GET THE JOB DONE. >> USING THE TOP ROPE THAT TIME TO HIS ADVANTAGE, PSICOSIS ON THE ATTACK ONCE AGAIN. WE TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER, YOU HEARD THE MEMBERS LED BY ERIC BISCHOFF OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER TALKING ABOUT THEIR PAY-PER-VIEW SPECTACULAR, AND YES, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT, AND THE REASON WE CAN, FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE TOO SINCE… >> OH. >> …BUT ALSO BECAUSE MANY WCW ATHLETES HAVE A CHANCE TO GO INTO THE NWO PAY-PER-VIEW ON THE 25TH AND GET A WIN–HERE’S A COVER, ONE, TWO, TWO-COUNT–INCLUDING THE STEINER BROTHERS BACK TOGETHER AFTER SCOTT’S INJURY AGAINST THE OUTSIDERS, HALL AND NASH, THAT SHOULD BE A TREMENDOUS TAG TEAM MATCH, MIKE. >> WELL, THE WORLD TAG TEAM TITLES WILL BE AT STAKE. WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR RICK AND SCOTT STEINER COMING BACK TO THE RING TO GET THE TAG BELTS AND BRING THEM BACK TO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING. >> PLUS, EDDIE GUERRERO WITH A BIG MATCH AS WELL, WE’LL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT DURING THE COURSE OF HIS MATCH LATER ON IN THE TELECAST. ONE, TWO, AND HE GOT… >> NO. >> GREAT COUNTER BY REY MYSTERIO, THAT POWERBOMB ATTEMPT BY PSICOSIS ALMOST TURNED INTO A PINFALL WIN. >> THE GUY IS LIKE FLEE, HE JUST CLIMBS ALL OVER YOU. YOU DON’T KNOW WHERE HE IS ALL THE TIME, YOU CAN’T CATCH HIM. >> MISSING A CLOTHESLINE AND A BACK ELBOW THAT TIME. LOOK AT THE HANDSPRING OVER THE TOP, WAITING, HE LURED… >> OH. >> HE LURED HIM IN THAT TIME. >> BOY, DID HE HIT… >> AND NOW REY MYSTERIO JR. WITH A TREMENDOUS SECOND WIND, WAITING ON PSICOSIS TO GET TO HIS FEET, UP AND DOWN. OH, MY. >> HE’S GOT HIM. >> ONE, TWO, THREE. >> [BELL RINGING] >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> HE HAD HIM, HE’S NOT GOING ANYWHERE. >> SENSATIONAL SPRINGBOARD INTO THAT HURRICANRANA VICTORY ROLL FOR REY MYSTERIO JR. >> [MUSIC] >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> SAME THING COULD HAPPEN TO YOU, DEAN OR ULTIMATE DRAGON, I WANT THAT BELT BACK, AND YOU KNOW I’M GONNA FIGHT FOR IT. >> AND CERTAINLY A MAN WHO HAS ALL THE TOOLS TO GET THE BELT BACK, BUT ODDLY ENOUGH, MAYBE NOT ODDLY ENOUGH, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, HE WOULD SAY DEAN MALENKO’S NAME AT THE FOREFRONT, THAT RIVALRY BETWEEN THOSE TWO MEN WILL NEVER STOP, BRAIN. >> WHY DON’T YOU JUST SHUT UP SO I CAN TALK? LOOK AT MYSTERIO OVER THE TOP ROPE, NAILS PSICOSIS, JUMPS UP, LANDS ON THE TOP ROPE, CATCHES HIM, GOES UNDERNEATH, HOOKS THE LEG, HE’S NOT GOING ANYWHERE. FOR THE ONE, TWO, THREE, PSICOSIS IS LUNCH MEAT, YOUR WINNER, REY MYSTERIO JR. TALK, SCHIAVONE. >> ARE YOU FINISHED? >> NO. >> YOU ARE RIGHT NOW. COMING BACK WITH THE TASKMASTER. AND WE HEARD FROM HIM EARLIER, I WONDER WHAT TYPE OF MENTALITY HE’S GONNA BRING TO THE RING. >> IF I WANNA TALK, I CAN TALK, YOU KNOW. NOBODY CAN SHUT ME UP. >> LET’S GO TO BREAK. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> I KNOW. >> [MUSIC] >> WE WELCOME YOU BACK TO PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING’S NUMBER ONE TELEVISION PROGRAM, IT IS NITRO. IT IS SO GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US, AS THE TASKMASTER MAKES HIS WAY TO THE RING, GENTLEMEN, MY BROADCAST COLLEAGUES, AND FANS ALL OVER THE WORLD, WE WANNA TAKE YOU BACK TO STARRCADE. CHRIS BENOIT LOST TO JEFF JARRETT, BECAUSE OF THIS. >> [MUSIC] >> AS YOU TAKE A LOOK, EDDIE GUERRERO GETTING POUNDED. >> [BELL RINGING] >> THAT’S THE NWO AT THEIR BEST. >> BOY, YOU’RE NOT KIDDING. >> [MUSIC] >> EDDIE GUERRERO GOES DOWN. I GUESS WE’RE GONNA SHOW YOU THAT FOOTAGE A LITTLE BIT LATER ON FROM STARRCADE. >> [MUSIC] >> AND NOW, WHAT HAPPENED TO EDDIE GUERRERO? WE’LL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT DURING EDDIE’S MATCH HERE ON WCW MONDAY NITRO. >> OF COURSE, AT STARRCADE, IT WAS THE SITUATION WHERE THE TASKMASTER, KEVIN SULLIVAN NAILED CHRIS BENOIT WITH THAT CHAIR, JUST AS ARN ANDERSON HIT THE DDT ON JEFF JARRETT. HE ROLLED JARRETT INTO THE RING AND JARRETT GOT THE PIN, THANKS TO SULLIVAN HITTING BENOIT OVER THE HEAD WITH THE CHAIR. >> YEAH, BUT FOR THE PEOPLE THAT DIDN’T SEE IT, IT WASN’T JUST A CHAIR, IT WAS A WOODEN CHAIR, THAT WASN’T LIKE 800,000 TOOTHPICKS JUST DISINTEGRATED. >> SPLINTERED. >> [MUSIC] >> WELL, THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS MAN IN KEVIN SULLIVAN, THE TASKMASTER. YOU KNOW, AN AVERAGE DAY, WHEN HE HAS NICE THOUGHTS, HE’S VERY DANGEROUS, HE’S JUST A VERY VIOLENT MAN. >> AND CHAVO GUERRERO JR., A YOUNG MAN WHO HAVE MADE SUCH AN IMPACT IN OUR SPORT IN 1996, REALLY A TREMENDOUS ROOKIE, NOW HAS THE TASK GOING IN AGAINST, NOT ONLY THE TASKMASTER, BUT A VERY ANGRY TASKMASTER AS WELL. >> WELL, I THINK IN MOST SITUATIONS, YOU’D QUESTION HOW A WRESTLER COULD REMAIN FOCUSED WHILE HIS PERSONAL LIFE SEEMS TO CRUMBLE AROUND HIM, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO KEVIN SULLIVAN, THE TASKMASTER SEEMS TO HAVE TURNED UP THAT INTENSITY TO ANOTHER LEVEL IF THAT’S POSSIBLE. WHAT A DROPKICK BY CHAVO JR. >> ALL RIGHT, WE UNDERSTAND THE FOOTAGE IS NOW READY FOR WHAT WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. LET’S TAKE YOU BACK TO STARRCADE ONE MORE TIME AND WE’LL SHOW THE FOOTAGE. HERE COMES TASKMASTER, HANDED A CHAIR BY KONNAN. THAT’S THE HEAD OF CHRIS BENOIT AND THAT LED TO JEFF JARRETT GETTING A WIN. I’M SURE BENOIT WILL NEVER FORGET THAT. NOW, THESE TWO MEN, TASKMASTER AND BENOIT IN A RETURN MATCH, PINFALLS COUNT ANYWHERE AT THE CLASH OF THE CHAMPIONS, TUESDAY… >> OH. >> …THE 21ST OF THIS MONTH, WISCONSIN CENTER IN MILWAUKEE LIVE AND ON TBS, THE SUPERSTATION. >> AND WHO CAN EVER FORGET THE BRAWL THAT THEY HAD BACK AT THE GREAT AMERICAN BASH IN BALTIMORE, THEY WENT ALL OVER THE BUILDING, EVEN ENDING UP IN THE… >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> WELL, IT WASN’T A PLACE TO REST, I’LL GUARANTEE YOU THAT, THEY TORE EVERYTHING OFF, THE WALL, THERE WAS NO SILK PAPER LEFT, NO MIRRORS, NO LIGHTS, NOTHING. AND THE SAME THING IS GONNA HAPPEN IN MILWAUKEE, BECAUSE FALLS COUNT ANY PLACE, RIGHT? THEY CAN GO OVER TO THE BEACH, LAKE MICHIGAN, THEY CAN EVEN GO TO CRUSHER’S HOUSE AND WORK OVER THE FRONT LAWN, ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN IN MILWAUKEE. HANGING OUT IN SOME BOWLING ALLEY AND HOOKING UP WITH THOSE BIG 300 POUND LADIES WITH THE BOWLING SHIRTS ON AND WORK ONE OF THEM OVER. ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN WITH THE TASKMASTER IN THERE. >> IT’S GONNA BE A BIG PART OF A BIG WEEK FOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING AND REALLY FOR THE NWO. IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE 20TH ON MONDAY, WE’LL BE AT THE UNITED CENTER, TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE THERE FOR WCW MONDAY NITRO, THE NEXT NIGHT, TUESDAY, THE 21ST, THE WISCONSIN CENTER FOR THE CLASH OF THE CHAMPIONS. >> WATCH THIS. >> UH-OH. TREE OF WOE. THE VERY NEXT NIGHT, WE’RE GONNA BE IN GREEN BAY, THE BROWN COUNTY ARENA… >> OH. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> …FOR A BIG NIGHT OF WCW ACTION, A BIG NIGHT OF TELEVISION TAPNG. AND JUST THINK, IF THE PACKERS MAKE IT TO THE SUPER BOWL, WE’LL BE THERE THE WEDNESDAY BEFORE THE SUPER BOWL. >> THE PACKERS ARE IN IT? >> NOT YET, BUT IF THEY… >> I MEAN, THEY STILL PLAY FOOTBALL? >> OH, JEEZ, THERE’S… >> ISN’T THAT… >> ONE, TWO, THREE, IT’S OVER. >> [BELL RINGING] >> NOW, THEY BOWL THERE. >> WHERE ARE YOU TONIGHT? I WANNA KNOW WHERE YOU GUYS ARE. >> WHERE IS BENOIT? THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION. THEY’RE NOT HERE, HE AND WALTMAN WERE SUPPOSED TO BE HERE, MIKE TENAY, DID A NO-SHOW AGAINST JEFF JARRETT, AND THAT LED TO JUST A COMPLETE BREAKDOWN WITHIN THE FOUR HORSEMEN, BUT THERE’S MORE ON THE MIND OF CHRIS BENOIT THAN JUST THE HORSEMEN, IT’S THAT MAN RIGHT THERE. WE ARE BACK WITH MORE NITRO LIVE. STAY WITH US. >> [MUSIC] >> ONE SICK PUPPY. >> [MUSIC] >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> LAST WEEK HERE LIVE ON THIS TELEVISION PROGRAM, ONLY ONE DAY AWAY REMOVED FROM PIPER DEFEATING HULK HOGAN AT STARRCADE. THE NWO ATTACKED PIPER AND HOGAN, HAD A LITTLE BRUTAL BATTLE, THIS COMES MOMENTS AFTER PIPER WENT OUT AND TOLD THE WORLD THAT WAS HIS LAST MATCH. WE ALL KNEW WHAT WAS UP WITH THE NWO, MIKE TENAY. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> THEN THIS WAS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE NWO, ANOTHER ONE OF THEIR CALCULATED ATTACKS, THEY TOTALLY OUTNUMBERED PIPER AND THEN THE SICKENING THUD WHEN THAT CHAIR WENT DOWN OVER THE HIP, THAT HIP REPLACEMENT SURGERY OF “ROWDY” RODDY PIPER. >> AND, BRAIN, LET ME SAY THIS, THE LITTLE FRICTION ENSUED AND REALLY HAD BEGAN THE NIGHT BEFORE WITH THE GIANT, HULK HOGAN AND MEMBERS OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER. BECAUSE THE GIANT WAS TOLD TO CHOKESLAM HIM, HE DID NOT. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> NOW, THE QUESTION IS, WE’VE TALKED ABOUT IT. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> AS WE LISTEN IN THERE, WHAT IN THE WORLD WAS PIPER SAYING? >> WHAT LANGUAGE WAS THAT? >> BE QUIET. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> I CAN’T MAKE IT OUT. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> WATCH YOUR FEET. >> KIND OF LIKE THE EXORCIST. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> GOT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, THIS WE SAW LAST WEEK. WE’RE GOING TO SHOW YOU NOW SOME EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE AS WE FOLLOWED PIPER BACK. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> AT FIRST, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LISTEN TO THAT, YOU THINK IT’S JUST MINDLESS BABBLING AS A RESULT OF THE PAIN HE INCURRED AND THE CONSTANT CHOKING, BUT I’M NOT SO SURE IF THAT’S THE CASE OR NOT. NOW, AS THE SCENE WAS CONTINUING IN THE RING AND OF COURSE THE GIANT AND HOGAN HAVING THEIR PROBLEMS, THIS IS EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE THAT YOU DID NOT SEE LAST WEEK. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> BOY, THEY’RE GONNA HAVE FUN IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM WITH HIM. >> FINALLY GETTING CALMED DOWN WITH OXYGEN, PIPER ALMOST SEEMINGLY SPEAKING IN TONGUES THERE AS HE WAS CARTED OUT FROM KNOXVILLE AND THE CIVIC COLISEUM ONE WEEK AGO. SINCE THAT TIME, WE HAVE CHECKED IN WITH “ROWDY” RODDY PIPER, HE IS RECOVERING FROM THE INJURIES SUSTAINED. HE SAID IT WOULD BE THE LAST NIGHT OF HIS CAREER. >> [MUSIC] >> AND, OH, MY GOODNESS. DON’T WE WISH THAT PIPER WOULD COME BACK, PIPER WOULD CARRY THE FLAG OF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING AND BATTLE OFF THE NEVER SEEMINGLY, NEVER ENDING ASSAULTS BY THE NEW WORLD ORDER. >> WELL, I THINK THERE’S NO DOUBT THAT WE NEED “ROWDY” RODDY PIPER. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> AND AS FAR AS ANY KIND OF A PLEA FROM ANY ANNOUNCER, THAT’S CERTAINLY NOT GONNA GET THE JOB DONE. >> RIGHT, MIKE. >> BUT I DON’T THINK THAT “ROWDY” RODDY PIPER LIKE TO MAKE HIS EXIT FROM PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING UNDER THOSE KIND OF TERMS. >> [MUSCI] >> KNOWING “ROWDY” RODDY PIPER THE WAY I DO, WATCHING HIM STRAPPED DOWN IN THAT GURNEY, IN THAT AMBULANCE, WHATEVER HE’S SPILLING OUT OF HIS MOUTH OR SCREAMING AND YELLING ABOUT, HE’S A POSSESSED MAN. YOU’RE GONNA HEAR A LOT MORE FROM “ROWDY” RODDY PIPER. >> [MUSIC] >> CERTAINLY IT WAS NOT A LANGUAGE THAT I’M FAMILIAR WITH. >> ME NEITHER. >> AND YOU’VE BEEN CURSED BY THE BEST OF THEM. >> OKAY. EARLIER, WE SHOWED YOU SOME FOOTAGE. AND NOW, LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE FOOTAGE ONE MORE TIME THAT OCCURRED AT STARRCADE. EDDIE GUERRERO WINS THE UNITED STATES HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP. >> [BELL RINGING] >> AND THEN AFTER IT’S OVER, THE NWO HAD HELPED HIM WIN, THEN… >> [BELL RINGING] >> …AS HALL AND NASH WERE HOLDING EDDIE, SYXX COMES IN, POUNDS AWAY. >> OH. >> AND THEN SYXX WALKS AWAY WITH THE UNITED STATES HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP BELT. >> [BELL RINGING] >> IT’S BEEN A TOUGH ROAD FOR EDDIE GUERRERO. TWICE, HE HAS WON CHAMPIONSHIPS. TWICE, HE HAS NOT LEFT WITH THEM. SYXX LEAVES WITH THE BELT AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT–WE TALKED ABOUT IT THIS WEEKEND ON WCW SATURDAY NIGHT THAT AT THE NWO SOULED OUT PAY-PER-VIEW, EDDIE AND SYXX WILL DO BATTLE IN A LADDER MATCH, AND I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE THAT ONE, TWO REALLY PHENOMENAL ATHLETES. YOU GOT TO GIVE SYXX HIS CREDIT AS WELL AND EDDIE GUERRERO, THE US TITLE BELT WILL BE HIGH ABOVE THE RING, THEY GOT TO FIGHT, TAKE THE LADDER TO CAPTURE THE BELT, MIKE. >> WELL, THAT QUESTION OF TITLE OWNERSHIP WILL CERTAINLY BE ANSWERED AT NWO SOULED OUT IN THAT LADDER MATCH. AND YOU’RE RIGHT, IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE AT EVERY TURN, EDDIE GUERRERO WINNING THE BATTLE BOWL RING, HAVING THAT STOLEN BACK BY DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE. NOW, HIS FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP BELT VICTORY IN WCW SPOILED BY THAT THEFT OF THE US TITLE BY SYXX, BUT IT WILL ALL GET SETTLED AT SOULED OUT. >> WELL, WE HOPE IT WILL. SYXX HAD THE BELT TONIGHT WHEN HE CAME HERE TO THE SET WITH ERIC BISCHOFF AND KEVIN NASH AND RAN US OFF EARLIER. AND EDDIE GUERRERO WANT TO–REALLY A CONSUMMATE ATHLETE AND A GREAT YOUNG MAN AS WELL. HE DESERVES EVERY GOOD THING THAT’S HAPPENED TO HIM IN THE SPORT, AND DOESN’T DESERVE THE BAD THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED TO HIM. >> OH. >> AND HE IS STILL THE US HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION, BUT IT’S AN NWO PAY-PER-VIEW, SO HE HAS TO GO INTO IT TO TRY TO GET THE BELT BACK. >> NOW, MORE OR LESS UNDER THE TERMS, I GUESS OF THE NWO, BUT I THINK THIS LADDER MATCHUP IS RIGHT UP EDDIE GUERRERO’S ALLEY. >> YOU KNOW, I THINK WHAT’S GONNA BE VERY INTERESTING ABOUT THIS SOULED OUT, THIS NWO PAY-PER-VIEW IS THEIR RULES, THEIR OFFICIATING. ARE THEY GONNA HAVE A DISQUALIFICATION, ARE THEY GONNA LET YOU USE CHAIRS, BOARDS, TABLES? I MEAN, WHO KNOWS WHAT THESE GUYS ARE GONNA DO. THIS IS GONNA BE A VERY, VERY INTERESTING PIECE OF TELEVISION TO SEE. >> WELL, IT–I THINK IT’S OBVIOUS IF NICK PATRICK ENDS UP REFEREEING ALL THE MATCHES THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE, IT’LL BE ONE SIDED. SO GUYS LIKE EDDIE GUERRERO, LIKE THE STEINER BROTHERS, LIKE CHRIS JERICHO WHO’S GONNA FACE MASAHIRO CHONO, REALLY AS THE OLD CLICHé GOES, HAVE THEIR BACKS UP AGAINST THE WALL. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> BUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN HOGAN AND THE GIANT STEP IN THE RING? AND THE GIANT GETS THE SHOT THAT HE RIGHTFULLY DESERVES BY WINNING WORLD WAR 3 BACK IN NOVEMBER. >> I’LL TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT THIS GIANT, HE’S HUNGRY RIGHT NOW. AND HE’S BEEN EMBARRASSED, HE’S BEEN TOLD HE DROPPED THE BALL, HE DOESN’T WANNA BE TOLD THAT. THIS MAN IS SEVEN-FEET-FOUR, FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY SOME POUNDS, YOU JUST DON’T TELL HIM HE DROPPED THE BALL. NOW, HOGAN’S COMING OFF A LOSS TO “ROWDY” RODDY PIPER. THE GIANT KNOWS THAT. THIS IS REALLY–EVERYTHING’S REALLY GOING IN THE GIANT’S DIRECTION. HOGAN COULD BE IN SOME SERIOUS PROBLEMS HERE. >> I THINK IT CERTAINLY ISN’T ANY COINCIDENCE THAT THE HUGE EGO OF “HOLLYWOOD” HULK HOGAN CAUSED THE FIRST CRACK IN THE ARMOR OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER. THOSE ACCUSATIONS, THAT FINGER POINTING AT THE GIANT BLAMING HIM FOR THE LOSS TO PIPER AT STARRCADE, I THINK THAT WAS BEHIND THE FIRST EVER DEFECTION FROM THE NWO. AND THE GIANT HAS TASTED THAT SUCCESS AS WORLD’S CHAMPION, AND LET’S FACE IT, HE GETS THE TITLE SHOT THAT HE DESERVES UPCOMING AT SOULED OUT. >> WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HOGAN IS DOING, HOGAN’S BEEN HIDING BEHIND THIS GUY. THIS–THE GIANT’S BEEN HOGAN’S POLICEMAN. HE’S BEEN DOING ALL THE DIRTY WORK FOR HOGAN. SO HOGAN’S STANDS BACK THERE WITH THE TITLE, WITH THE MONEY, WITH THE BELT, EVERYTHING GOING IN HIS DIRECTION. AND HE’S USING THIS POOR FEE-FI-FO-FUM DUMMY TO STAND BEHIND. >> OVER THE TOP OF ALEX WRIGHT, EDDIE CONNECTS. EDDIE DID NOT WASTE ANY TIME. HE CAUGHT ALEX WRIGHT JUST AS WRIGHT WAS COMING OFF OF THE NEARSIDE ROPES AND SCOOP SLAMS, SENDS HIM DOWN. EDDIE GUERRERO, MR. DETERMINATION, OVER THE TOP, AND LANDS ON ALEX WRIGHT. >> DON’T THINK FOR A MINUTE HOGAN IS NOT AWARE OF WHAT THE GIANT CAN DO, THE GIANT CAN BEAT HIM, AND HOGAN IS AWARE OF THAT. HE’S GONNA HAVE EVERY NWO GUY OUT THERE–NWO GUY IN THE WORLD OUT THERE AROUND THAT RING. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> EXACTLY. HE IS GOING TO HAVE A PLAN TO THWART THE EFFORTS OF THE GIANT, BUT LET’S NOT FORGET, EVERY TIME THEY HOLD UP THAT BELT, IT HAS THE GIANT’S NAME ON IT. I MEAN, YOU CAN GO BACK, AND YOU CAN SHOW THE GIANT THAT IT WAS HOGAN WHO KNOCKED HIM OUT AT HOG WILD WITH THE BELT AND LITERALLY STOLE THE BELT, SPRAY PAINTED IT. YOU KNOW, I COULD NEVER BELIEVE FOR A MINUTE THAT THE GIANT WAS EVER A PART OF THE NWO’S–WELL, IT JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU HOW INFLUENTIAL “HOLLYWOOD” HULK HOGAN CAN BE. >> WELL, HE GOT THE GUY MOVIE DEALS, HE GOT HIM A BUNCH OF BIG CONTRACTS, HE BLEW A LOT OF SMOKE UP HIS EARS, AND ALSO… >> YEAH. BUT LET’S GO BACK TO WHEN THE GIANT FIRST CAME ON THE SCENE, YOU RECALL THAT? WHEN WE WERE IN HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA, BASH AT THE BEACH OVER A YEAR AGO, ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO, HE CAME HERE TO GET HULK HOGAN. HERE’S A COVER, ONE, TWO. GOT A TWO-COUNT, AND EDDIE GUERRERO’S OUT OF IT IN TWO. >> I THINK IT WAS A CASE WHERE THE GIANT WAS BLINDED BY THE LIGHT, THE CHANCE TO RUB SHOULDERS WITH HOGAN AND HIS FRIENDS FROM HOLLYWOOD, I THINK MAYBE OVERCAME ANY POSSIBILITIES OF REGAINING THAT TITLE, BUT NOW, HE’S REFOCUSED TOWARDS THAT WCW WORLD’S HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP BELT. >> AND DON’T FORGET, HE’S A RELATIVE ROOKIE WHEN HE FIRST CAME ON THE SCENE HERE, SO HOGAN TOLD HIM A LOT OF THINGS, A LOT OF PROPAGANDA. HE SNOWED THE POOR GUY. >> YEAH. AND THAT’S A GOOD POINT. BASICALLY, EVEN THOUGH HE IS SEVEN-FOOT-FOUR, FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY POUNDS, SOMETIMES WE FORGET THAT HE IS STILL A YOUNGSTER, AND HE IS STILL VERY, VERY YOUNG IN THIS SPORT, COMPARED TO THE YEARS THAT HOGAN HAVE PUT IN–HAS PUT IN AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER, BUT ON THE 25TH OF JANUARY, AT THE NWO SOULED OUT PAY-PER-VIEW, THE GIANT GETS RETRIBUTION, GETS HIS SHOT AT THAT WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP. >> I MEAN, JUST LOOK AT ERIC BISCHOFF, ALL HIS POWER HE HAS. LOOK AT THE MONEY DIBIASE HAS, LOOK AT THE FRIENDS HOGAN HAS IN HOLLYWOOD, I MEAN HE’S GOT PRETTY GOOD CREDENTIAL. >> YES. >> AND YOU CAN BE PERSUADED PRETTY EASILY, WHEN YOU’RE A YOUNG, GREEN, NAïVE PERSON THAT WANTS TO BECOME A BIG STAR. >> NOT ONLY THAT, THE NWO IS BRAND NEW, IT’S CUTTING EDGE. IT’S KIND OF THE COOL THING TO DO FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE AS YOU CAN SEE. >> IT’S NOT COOL. >> WELL, FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, IT IS. FOR YOU, YOU LIKE LAWRENCE WELK, IT’S NOT TOO COOL. AND HERE COMES SYXX. >> WELL, HE’S NOT HERE TO FIX THE LIGHT. >> SYXX HAS THE LADDER, AND THIS IS A LITTLE SHOW TO EDDIE GUERRERO. >> AND HE’S GOT THE BELT ON, HE’S GOT THE BELT AROUND HIS WAIST. >> YES. NOW, HERE’S A THING TO DO, FIRST THING I’M THINKING OF, EDDIE STORMED THE LADDER, AND KNOCKED HIM OFF THE LADDER. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> HE’S FINALLY NOTICED IT NOW. >> SYXX GOT THE BELT, HE’S UP ON TOP OF THE LADDER. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> THAT IS EDDIE’S BELT, HE IS THE UNITED STATES HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION. >> EDDIE IS RECOGNIZED AS THE UNITED STATES CHAMPION, WHETHER HE HAS THE BELT OR NOT IS IMMATERIAL. AND THAT MAN IS THE UNITED STATES CHAMPION. >> DROPKICK, AND HE ALMOST GOT BEAT DID EDDIE. TURNING HIS ATTENTION AWAY FROM ALEX WRIGHT TO SYXX. ALEX WRIGHT, TOP CONTENDER… >> HE CAN BEAT YOU. >> …ALL TITLES, ONE, TWO. CONSISTENTLY IN THE TOP 10 RANKINGS FOR WORLD TELEVISION TITLE AS WELL, AND THE TOP 15 FOR THE US HEAVYWEIGHT STRAP AS WELL. AND A BACKBREAKER, ALEX WRIGHT, ONE, TWO, ALMOST BEAT HIM AGAIN THAT TIME. >> IS SYXX STILL OUT THERE? YEAH. THERE HE IS. >> OF COURSE HE IS. AND ALSO, AND EDDIE HAVE TO REALIZE THAT. IF EDDIE STARTS SOME CONFRONTATION HERE WITH SYXX, YOU’RE GONNA HAVE HALL, OR YOU’RE GONNA HAVE NASH. HALL, OF COURSE WE FOUND OUT NOT HERE. YOU’RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE–WHO KNOWS, ERIC BISCHOFF, TED DIBIASE, VINCENT. >> WHO KNOWS? >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> AND MANY MORE. >> ANYONE ELSE THAT THEY’VE RECRUITED RECENTLY. >> MARC BAGWELL MAYBE IF HE’S HERE. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> NORTON. >> TONY, TAKING A LOOK ALEX WRIGHT AND EDDIE GUERRERO, AS WE ALEX HEAD TO THE TOP–SUNSET FLIP. >> FROM THE TOP, ONE, TWO, AND ALEX ALMOST BEAT HIM ONE MORE TIME. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> THE NAME WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING NEVER BEEN MORE APPROPRIATE. WE TALKED ABOUT THE WCW STARS TOURING JAPAN RECENTLY. ALEX WRIGHT JUST BACK FROM HIS HOMELAND, WCW BIG TOUR IN GERMANY. >> TWO, AND A TWO-COUNT. GOT A TWO-COUNT ONE MORE TIME. 1997 AS IT UNFOLDS, ROLL TO OUR GREATS FANS, SOME BRAND NEW EVENTS TO BE BROUGHT YOUR WAY, COURTESY OF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING, MONDAY NITRO AS WE COME INTO DES MOINES, IOWA AS WELL NEAR THE END OF THE MONTH, ON THE 27TH, THE DAY AFTER THE SUPER BOWL, WE’LL BE IN DES MOINES. IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, WE’RE COMING BACK TO DISNEY, WE’RE GOING TO TAMPA, WE’RE GONNA BE IN SAN FRANCISCO FOR SUPERBRAWL, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA FOR NITRO. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING IS TRULY WORLD NATIONWIDE. AND ALEX WRIGHT NOT GIVING UP HERE. I’LL TELL YOU, HE HAS TAKEN THE FIGHT RIGHT TO EDDIE EVER SINCE THE APPEARANCE OF SYXX HERE. >> SPINNING LEG LARIAT CONNECTED, AND NOW WRIGHT HEADS INTO THE TOP ROPE. >> UP AND DOWN, DOUBLE AX HANDLE, AND THAT WAS ON TARGET. >> YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND THIS IS A VERY HAD MATCH. SEE, YOU GUYS HAVE NEVER BEEN IN THE RING. >> YEAH. BUT WE UNDERSTAND IT’S A HARD MATCH. >> IT IS, BECAUSE EDDIE GUERRERO HAS TO WORRY ABOUT SYXX OUT THERE WITH THE LADDER, AND HE’S WEARING HIS BELT. YOU CAN SAY YOU KNOW ALL YOU WANT ABOUT WHAT YOU KNOW–ALL YOU’LL KNOW ABOUT, BUT YOU DON’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ANYTHING, BECAUSE YOU’VE NEVER BEEN IN THAT RING, SCHIAVONE. SO, HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT? >> WELL… >> SO PUT THAT IN YOUR LETTER AND SMOKE IT. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> GUESS HE PUT US IN LINE, DIDN’T HE? >> I KNOW YOU CAN BE AND IDIOT. UP ON TOP. >> ARE YOU TALKING TO TENAY OR ME? >> BUT–YES. UP AND DOWN. >> TENAY, THAT’S MY GUESS. >> EDDIE’S GOING UP TOP AGAIN, FROM THE SUPERPLEX TO THE OTHER CORNER, EDDIE POINTED TO SYXX, CONNECTING FROG SPLASH, ONE, TWO, THREE, IT’S OVER. >> [BELL RINGING] >> AND YOU NOTICED HOW HE–HERE HE GOES. >> THAT’S RIGHT. >> WELL, IT WASN’T ENOUGH OF A DISTRACTION TO CAUSE HIM FROM WINNING THE MATCHUP. AND SYXX HIGHTAILS IT, AS GUERRERO MEETS HIM FOR THE SHOWDOWN. >> AND EDDIE TAKES A LONG LOOK AT THE LADDER. THAT WILL BE AN INSTRUMENTAL POINT OF THE MATCH. THEY GOT TO PUT IT UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RING, CAPTURE THE US TITLE BELT AS PART OF NWO SOULED OUT ON THE 25TH. BACK WITH MORE NITRO LIVE AFTER THIS. >> [MUSIC] >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> TONIGHT, WE COME TO YOU LIVE FROM MONROE, LOUISIANA. GREAT LOUISIANA FANS LOVE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING. AND EARLIER TODAY, WE SENT OUR COLLEAGUE, LEE MARSHALL DOWN TO THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE, DOWN AROUND THE DELTA, OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN NEW ORLEANS. AND LEE MARSHALL JOINS US LIVE ON THE ROAD WITH 1-800-COLLECT. HELLO THERE, LEE MARSHALL. >> HELLO, TONY, JUST OF THE SOUTHEAST OF YOU, THE BEAUTIFUL CRESTON CITY, AND I GOT TO TELL YOU, FANS ARE EXCITED OF COURSE ABOUT THE SUPER BOWL XXXI COMING HERE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. BUT TREMENDOUS EXCITEMENT ABOUT WCW MONDAY NITRO COMING TO THE NEW ORLEANS SUPERDOME ARENA, ONE WEEK FROM TONIGHT. I’M ACTUALLY IN A FLOATING RIVERBOAT NITRO PARTY IN [INDISTINCT] FANS FROM AS FAR AWAY AS [INDISTINCT] AND BILOXI, THEY’VE GOT THEIR TICKETS FOR NITRO IN THE BIG EASY, AND YOU BETTER DO THE SAME, BECAUSE AT THE SUPERDOME ARENA BOX OFFICE OR YOUR NEAREST TICKETMASTER, BOBBY, I’M GONNA TAKE YOU TO SEE CHEF HARRY HEADS OF BOURBON STREETS HOTEL GIG MARK, WE’RE GONNA GET SOME OF HIS WORLD FAMOUS BAYOU-BLACKENED WEASEL, YUM. THAT IS YOUR 1-800-COLLECT ROAD REPORT FROM NEW ORLEANS. I’M LEE MARSHALL FOR 1-800-COLLECT. >> NO DOUBT, YOU’LL SEE HIM FACE SOME COPS ON BOURBON STREETS, SOMETIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE. >> HE’S FLOATING ALL READY. >> BAYOU-BLACKENED WEASEL? >> WE MIGHT WANT TO HAVE TO TRY THAT. >> INTERESTING CREATION, I GUESS. >> ALL THANKS TO LEE MARSHALL. WE LOOK FORWARD TO GOING… >> GET THE SWEET AND SOUR TAIL. IT’S ALWAYS BETTER. >> I’M NOT TOUCHING THAT ONE. >> WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? >> ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE SOME GREAT ACTION STILL TO COME. >> I HOPE THEY SING. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> AND GUESS WHAT WE’VE JUST FOUND OUT. >> WHAT? >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> HERE TONIGHT, STILL TO COME IN THIS TELECAST, “HOLLYWOOD” HULK HOGAN IS HERE TONIGHT. >> HE’S HERE LIVE? >> HE’S HERE LIVE. >> I WISH PIPER WAS HERE. DO WE–DO WE KNOW IF THE GIANT IS IN THE BUILDING? >> I HAVEN’T SEEN THE GIANT, DON’T KNOW. >> I HAVEN’T EITHER. >> [MUSIC] >> WELL, MAYBE WE’LL GET THAT INFORMATION AS WELL. OF COURSE, YOU KNOW HOW NWO WORKS. ERIC’S THE BOSS, HE RUNS THINGS ON A BIG POWER TRIP, HE LETS US KNOW WHAT HE WANTS US TO KNOW ONLY. I MEAN… >> YOU’RE GONNA WATCH WHAT YOU SAY, SCHIAVONE, OR YOU’LL BE CHANGING THE PAPER TOWEL IN THE MEN’S ROOM IF YOU’RE TALKING LIKE THAT. >> LET’S STAND UP AND SING THE REAL FRENCH NATIONAL ANTHEM. >> THE REAL FRENCH NATIONAL ANTHEM AS OPPOSED TO WHAT, THE BOGUS FRENCH NATIONAL ANTHEM? >> HEY, YOU MIGHT LEARN SOMETHING IF YOU KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT. >> [MUSIC] >> [SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] >> YES, WE HAVE LEARNED SOMETHING, BRAIN. YEAH, WE HAVE LEARNED SOMETHING. LAST WEEK–LAST WEEK, WE THOUGHT THEY COULDN’T SING. THIS WEEK, WE KNOW THEY CAN’T SING. >> THAT CONFIRMS IT. >> SO THERE YOU GO, WE LEARNED A LOT. >> WELL, THEY’RE NOT THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS, BUT THEY’RE NOT BAD. >> BRAIN, THEY’RE HORRIBLE. >> THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS? NO. >> NO. I’M TALKING ABOUT THE FRENCH-CANADIANS. THEY’RE TERRIBLE. >> OH, THEY’RE VERY GOOD. >> THEY’RE HORRIBLE. HARLEM HEAT. >> I LIKE [INDISTINCT] DON’T HE? >> [MUSIC] >> I GUESS HE DOES. >> HIT IT. >> HARLEM HEAT TO FACE THE AMAZING FRENCH-CANADIANS. AND EVEN THOUGH THE NEW WORLD ORDER DOMINATES THE TAG TEAM SCENE WITH HALL AND NASH, THE OUTSIDERS, THE CHAMPS, YOU CANNOT JUST STOP THE GREAT ATHLETES THAT COMPRISE THE TAG TEAMS IN OUR SPORT, HARLEM HEAT, THE FACES OF FEAR, PUBLIC ENEMY, THE AMAZING FRENCH-CANADIANS, THEY’RE ALL HERE, THE NASTY BOYS, WHO WE’RE GONNA SEE THIS WEEK ON THE PRO ON TBS, ON SUNDAY NIGHT. AND HERE WE ARE FIGHTING ALREADY. REMEMBER LAST WEEK, THE BLACK POWDER THROWN IN THE FACE OF HARLEM HEAT IN THEIR MATCHUP. AND THEY’VE GOT SOME PURPOSE HERE, MIKE, AGAINST THE CANADIANS. >> THEY CERTAINLY DO. WE REMEMBER THAT FROM LAST WEEK’S NITRO, THE APPEARANCE BY THE AMAZING FRENCH-CANADIANS, WHAT ABOUT THE HISTORY BETWEEN THE RIVAL MANAGERS OF THESE TWO TEAMS FROM THE VERGE OF WEDDING BELLS, TO THE FACT WHERE THEY’RE NOW BITTER ENEMIES? >> BOY, THAT’S PUTTING IT MILDLY. BITTER ENEMIES BETWEEN COLONEL PARKER AND SISTER SHERRI. PICKUP–THEY HAD A LITTLE EXCHANGE LAST WEEK AS WELL. LOOK AT THE POWER. AND I REALLY THINK WHEN YOU BREAK IT DOWN, HARLEM HEAT AS GOOD AS ANYBODY IN THE SPORT, AND AS GOOD AS THEY WANT TO BE. THEY ARE TRULY TWO BAD GUYS, AND THEY KNOW HOW TO WRESTLE IN TAG TEAMS, OF COURSE THEY ARE BROTHERS, AND THEY TRUST EACH OTHER. >> AND THEY KNOW HOW TO–AND THEY KNOW HOW TO FIGHT. AND THEY’VE BEEN THERE BEFORE, THEY’VE BEEN TO THE WELL, THEY’VE HAD THOSE TAG TEAM BELTS ON OCCASIONS. THEY’RE THE TEAM TO BEAT, BUT WITH THE COLONEL IN THE CORNER OF THE FRENCH-CANADIANS, I MEAN, THE COLONEL’S A GENIUS. >> HE’S WHAT? >> HE’S A GENIUS. HE’S LED MORE PEOPLE AS WELL AS ANYBODY I KNOW. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> ANOTHER CASE OF THE SUPERB TEAMWORK ON THE PART OF HARLEM HEAT AS WE SAW BOOKER T STORMING OFF WITH THAT ELBOW. >> UP, AND HARLEM SIDEKICK. AND COLONEL PARKER IS UP. COLONEL PARKER’S DOWN. >> HARLEM HEAT HAS THAT COMBINATION. WHOA. THE POWER GAME OF STEVIE RAY, AND THE AMAZING ACROBATICS OF BOOKER T. >> BUT COLONEL PARKER HAVING A LITTLE MISDIRECTION PLAY THAT TIME, AND PARKER’S STOMPING AWAY. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> ALLOWING JACQUES ROUGEAU TO PICK UP THE REMNANTS HERE. OH, BOY, THAT WAS A MIDSECTION RIGHT TO THE CORNER OF THE STEEL STEPS THERE. AND SHERRI, BOY, SHE’S AS BRAVE AS THEY COME. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> SHE CAN KNOCK OUT ANYBODY IN THIS BUILDING. >> SHE’S TOUGH. >> SHE IS TOUGH. >> VERY TOUGH. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> AT LEAST ROUGEAU WAITED UNTIL HE GOT UP ON THE APRON, BEFORE HE HAD SOME WORDS FOR SHERRI. >> YEAH. BLOCKED HER ONCE, YEAH. MAYBE BLOCKED HER TWICE, MAYBE THAT TAKES US HERE. INTO THE MIDSECTION, HERE COME THE AMAZING FRENCH-CANADIANS. WHAT A ROLL THEY’VE BEEN ON SINCE ARRIVING HERE IN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING. NOW, TALK ABOUT THE GREAT TAG TEAMS, LET’S NOT FORGET THE TWO MEN, BROTHERS WILL BE BACK TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME AT SOULED OUT, THE STEINER BROTHERS. AND WHAT A GREAT TAG TEAM MATCH IT WILL BE AGAINST THE OUTSIDERS. >> I’LL TELL YOU SOMETHING, THE STEINERS HAVE BEEN THERE BEFORE TOO. THEY’RE FORMER TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS. NOW, THEY’RE BACK TOGETHER. AND THEY COULD–THEY COULD THROW A BIG, BIG CLOG INTO THE NWO BY KNOCKING OFF HALL AND NASH. >> THEY JUST MAY BE THE COMBINATION TO NEUTRALIZE THE NEW WORLD ORDER. THE OUTSIDERS WILL LOOK AT THOSE GREAT SUPLEX MOVES OF THE STEINERS, THEY’RE A GREAT POWER GAME AS WELL. OH, A PILEDRIVER. WHAT AN EVEN MATCHUP THAT’S GONNA BE BETWEEN THE STEINERS AND THE OUTSIDERS. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> JACQUES ROUGEAU TAKING HIS TIME NOW. SPEAKING OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER AS WE’VE SAID MOMENTS AGO, “HOLLYWOOD” HULK HOGAN HAS ARRIVED IN THIS ARENA HERE IN MONROE, LOUISIANA. HE IS HERE. WE UNDERSTAND WE’RE GONNA HEAR FROM HIM LIVE AND I’M SURE SINCE… >> OH. >> WOW, WHAT A BIG GUILLOTINE LEGDROP FROM THE TOP. HERE’S A COVER FROM CARL OUELLET AND A SAVE ON THE OTHER END FROM HARLEM HEAT. SINCE ERIC BISCHOFF HAS CONFISCATED THE STARRCADE TAPE, I’M SURE THEY’RE GONNA BE LYING ONCE AGAIN. >> HOGAN LIES? YOU MEAN HOGAN WOULD COME OUT HERE AND SAY SOMETHING THAT WASN’T TRUE? >> YEAH, YOU HEARD HIM… >> OH. >> HAD TO PLAY BALL TO THE MACHO EXPOSED WITH THAT BASE HIT. HE NAILED HIS PARTNER, ROUGEAU JUST STUNNED. HE CANNOT EVEN DEFEND HIMSELF. >> THIS DON’T LOOK GOOD, NOT FOR ROUGEAU. >> IT MAYBE THE HEAT BOMB. COVERS HIM. >> HE GOT HIM. >> [BELL RINGING] >> WOW. ONCE AGAIN, HARLEM HEAT HAVING A WIN AND A TWO… >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> AS I WAS GONNA SAY, MIKE, A TEAM–ANY TEAM UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF COLONEL PARKER HAVING SOME PROBLEMS. >> WELL, THAT SORT OF EVENS THE SCORE FROM LAST WEEK ON NITRO WHEN THE CANADIANS INTERFERED IN THEIR MATCHUP, IMPRESSIVE WIN FOR THE HARLEM HEAT. >> THE COLONEL IS BESIDE HIMSELF. >> YOU KNOW IT’S THE DEVIL’S TEAM. THEY’RE GONNA PAY FOR THIS, THEY’RE GONNA PAY FOR IT. >> COLONEL HATES TO LOSE, HATES TO LOSE. >> WITH THAT PENCIL THIN MUSTACHE, COLONEL ROBERT PARKER IRATE. AND THE AMAZING FRENCH-CANADIANS. HERE IT IS AGAIN, BRAIN. >> GET A SHOT AT THIS. I MEAN HE HITS ROUGEAU WITH THAT FLAG. KNOCKED HIM FLAT TO THAT MAT. AND IT’S JUST ACADEMIC RIGHT NOW. HE GETS HIM OFF THAT TOP ROPE FOR THE ONE, TWO, THREE. AND THERE’S YOUR WINNER, HARLEM HEAT ALONG WITH SISTER SHERRI. >> STILL TO COME, HOLLYWOOD HULK HOGAN, LEX LUGER AGAINST MENG. PLUS, WE’LL TAKE YOU BACK TO FOOTAGE FROM STARRCADE. LUGER WINS, STING HELPS OUT OR DOES HE? WAS THAT EVEN HIS INTENTION? WE’LL FIND OUT WHEN WE COME BACK LIVE ON NITRO FROM MONROE. >> [MUSIC] >> THE DEMANDS BY THE NWO ARE GONNA BE MET. >> THE BALANCE OF POWER HAS SHIFTED. >> THE NEW WORLD ORDER PROUDLY PRESENTS SOULED OUT. >> LIKE OR NOT, WE ARE TAKING OVER. >> THIS IS OUR SHOW. WE’RE DOING IT OUR WAY. >> YOU WANTED IT, YOU GOT IT. THE — FROM THE NWO BRING YOU SOULED OUT. SATURDAY, JANUARY 25TH, LIVE AND ONLY ON PAY-PER-VIEW. >> WELL, IF YOU’LL RECALL THIS PAST WEEKEND ON WCW SATURDAY NIGHT AND WCW MAIN EVENT, WE SHOWED YOU LUGER RACKING THE GIANT NUMEROUS TIMES, BUT ATTACKED BY THE NEW WORLD ORDER. AFTER THAT HAPPENED, STING HIT THE RING. LET’S TAKE YOU TO THE FOOTAGE FROM STARRCADE. STING COMES TO THE RING FROM AN UNKNOWN LOCATION. >> WHO KNOWS WHERE? >> RIGHT. AND THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST MYSTERIOUS THING THAT HAPPENED ALL NIGHT. HE WALKS RIGHT BY THE GIANT, LOOKS AT THE GIANT. NOW, HE’S THINKING HERE. FIRST OF ALL, HE LOOKS AT NICK PATRICK, OF COURSE EVERYBODY IN AMERICA WANTS HIM TO HIT HIM UPSIDE THE HEAD, INCLUDING US THREE RIGHT HERE. THAT WORKED, BUT WHAT IN THE WORLD WAS STING DOING? HE PUT THE BAT, MIKE TENAY, RIGHT BETWEEN BOTH MEN AND WHISPERED SOMETHING IN THEIR EAR. >> WHAT WAS IT THAT STING SAID TO LUGER AND THE GIANT? IT’S A SITUATION REGARDING STING SIMPLY GETS MORE CONFUSING BY THE WEEK. >> WE HAVEN’T HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO LUGER ABOUT THAT, NOR DO WE KNOW IF WHAT’S STING SAID TO THE GIANT LED IN ANY WAY TO WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH THE GIANT AND HOGAN SINCE THAT TIME. WE DO KNOW THOUGH WHAT WE SAW, THAT LUGER GOT TO THE BAT. LUGER, I DON’T KNOW IF HE SAW THE BAT OR IF STING SAID, “THE BAT IS HERE, HIT HIM WITH IT.” BUT THIS BAT HELPED LEX LUGER IN THE BIGGEST WIN OF HIS CAREER, BOBBY “THE BRAIN” HEENAN. >> NOW, LOOK AT LUGER HERE. HE’S GONNA GET UP ON HIS KNEES AND PICK THE BAT UP. HE THOUGHT, “UH-UH, NOT TODAY.” THERE’S THE GIANT. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> AND THERE’S LUGER, AND THERE’S THE BAT. LEX LUGER ON HIS WAY TO A BIG VICTORY AGAINST THE BIGGEST MAN IN OUR SPORT AT STARRCADE 1996. AND FOR “THE TOTAL PACKAGE” LEX LUGER, YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT RED HOT, WE SAY IT EACH AND EVERY TIME WE SEE HIM, BUT NOW, A COUPLE OF WEEKS REMOVED FROM HIS WIN AGAINST THE GIANT, “THE TOTAL PACKAGE” LEX LUGER HAS ANOTHER MONUMENTAL TASK AHEAD OF HIM. ONE OF THE TOUGHEST MEN IN THE SPORT, A MAN MIND YOU, WHO IF HE’S HIT IN THE BACK, HE’D PROBABLY BOUNCE BACK UP AND SAY, “HIT ME AGAIN.” AND THAT’S MENG. >> WELL, THIS IS A COLLISION COURSE MATCHUP THAT DOCUMENTED THAT INCREDIBLE WINNING STREAK OF LEX LUGER AND HIS TORTURE RACK, BUT HOW ABOUT THE MOMENTUM OF THE FACES OF FEAR? I THINK LUGER’S LONE ADVANTAGE MIGHT BE HIS STIFF COMPETITION IN SINGLES BOUTS RECENTLY WHILE MENG HAS BEEN TEAMING ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY WITH THE BARBARIAN IN TAGS. >> WELL, THEY’RE BOTH ON A RUN HERE IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT. >> [MUSIC] >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> MENG AND THE BARBARIAN, WHAT A RUN THEY’RE ON. AND THIS MAN, “THE TOTAL PACKAGE” LEX LUGER GOT THE GIANT UP IN THE TORTURE RACK, 450 POUNDS [INDISTINCT] THIS IS DEFINITELY A NEW MAN, THIS IS A NEW TOTAL PACKAGE. AND THERE, YOU’RE LOOKING AT IT RIGHT THERE, NOT AN OUNCE OF FAT ON HIM, BEST SHAPE OF HIS LIFE. TALK ABOUT GETTING ON A ROLL, “THE TOTAL PACKAGE” LEX LUGER. >> WELL, WE’VE BEEN LOOKING FOR A SAVIOR IN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS. AND THE WAY THAT LUGER IS ON A ROLL, HE JUST MAY BE THE GUY. >> AND ALSO, THERE’S A DIFFERENT LEX LUGER, NOT ONLY IN THE RING, BUT OUT IN THE RING AS WELL. WHEN YOU TALK TO LEX LUGER NOW, MIKE, YOU WOULD AGREE WITH THIS… >> [BELL RINGING] >> …IN THE LOCKER ROOM AREA BEFORE A BIG NIGHT OR BEFORE A BIG MATCH, HE IS MORE FOCUSED AND MORE DETERMINED THAN EVER BEFORE. I’VE NEVER SEEN LUGER AND THIS IS A BIG PART OF BEING SUCCESS AS AN ATHLETE. YOU GOT TO BE MENTALLY PREPARED AS WELL AS PHYSICALLY PREPARED. YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE RING, PHYSICALLY, HE IS THERE BUT MENTALLY, LEX LUGER AS NEVER BEFORE. >> AND HE’S TAKEN THAT DIRECTION, TONY. AND HE’S USED IT IN THE RING TO HIS ADVANTAGE. THAT TORTURE RACK RIGHT NOW IS JUST–GOT HIM ON AN INCREDIBLE WINNING STREAK. >> AND YOU SAW HIM WITH THE BAT, SAW HIM USE THE BAT. IF ALBERT BELLE COULD SWING A BAT LIKE LUGER, HE’D MAKE A HUNDRED MILLION. >> BACK OF THE NECK, MENG, OF COURSE NOT INTIMIDATED. AND THE WAY MENG IS, MENG PROBABLY DIDN’T EVEN WATCH LUGER AND THE GIANT. HE’S PROBABLY UNAWARE OF HOW HOT LEX LUGER IS. HE JUST HAS HIS OWN MINDSET, HIS OWN GAME PLAN AND HE GOES RIGHT STRAIGHT AHEAD, DOES HIS OWN BUSINESS. HERE HE GOES INTO THE CORNER. MENG HITS HARD, BUT LOOK AT THIS. NO EFFECT AT ALL. >> I THINK HE DOES THE BUSINESS OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT JIMMY HART REALLY WANTS HIM TO DO IN THE RING. >> I TOLD JIMMY, “DON’T FEED HIM, STARVE HIM. MAKE HIM AND THE BARBARIAN HUNGRY. WHEN THEY’RE HUNGRY FEED THEM WHEN THEY WIN. IF YOU WIN, I’LL FEED YOU.” THAT’S WHAT YOU HAVE TO TELL THEM. FEED THEM WITH MONEY, FEED THEM WITH FOOD, FEED THEM WHATEVER YOU WANT, BUT DON’T TELL THEM UNTIL THEY WIN. THAT’S HOW TO HANDLE THEM. >> OF COURSE, MENG AND THE BARBARIAN RIGHT ON THE EDGE, CAME VERY CLOSE OF CAPTURE THE WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP IN STARRCADE, THAT CHANCE NOW RESIDES WITHIN SCOTT AND RICK STEINER AT SOULED OUT AS THEY GO INTO NWO TERRITORY ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 25TH, 8:00 EASTERN TIME ON PAY-PER-VIEW AGAINST HALL AND NASH, THE OUTSIDERS. >> YOU KNOW, I HAVE A HUNCH THIS IS GONNA GET–OH. THIS IS GONNA BE ONE PAY-PER-VIEW THAT YOU’VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. THERE’LL PROBABLY BE NO RULES, WHO KNOW WHAT’S GONNA GO ON. >> AND YOU TALKED ABOUT THAT CLASH OF THE CHAMPIONS ON THE 21ST. THAT’S GONNA BE OUR FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO SEE RICK AND SCOTT BACK TOGETHER AS A TAG TEAM. WE’LL HAVE TA CHANCE TO SCOUT THEM IN MILWAUKEE PRIOR TO THAT SOULED OUT TAG TITLE MATCHUP. >> AND THAT’S A GOOD POINT. SCOTT STEINER SUFFERING THE NECK INJURY AS HE DID. AND SCOTT, IT WILL BE HIS FIRST TIME TO STEP IN THE RING ON THE 21ST AT THE WISCONSIN CENTER, FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE MECCA, FOR THE CLASH OF THE CHAMPIONS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU WITH US. >> MENG HAS KIND OF TAKING IT HERE TO LUGER, HASN’T HE? >> HE’S TOTALLY DOMINATED THIS MATCHUP, BOBBY. THIS MAY BE THE END OF THAT WINNING STREAK. >> SCOOPS HIM UP WITH EASE. >> WITH EASE. I DON’T THINK–YOU KNOW, LUGER IS STRONG. HE PICKED THE GIANT UP ACROSS HIS SHOULDERS, BUT I DON’T KNOW ABOUT MENG IF HE’S GONNA GET THIS GUY ACROSS HIS SHOULDERS. YOU’RE GONNA GET HIM IN A POSITION TO GET HIM LIKE THAT. I DON’T THINK HE CAN GET HIM INTO POSITION LIKE THAT. >> HE IS SO THICK. LOOK AT THE LEGS AND THE ARMS OF MENG AND THE NECK. PICKS HIM UP, HE’S GONNA–OH, THAT WAS A PILEDRIVER TO PERFECTION THERE. ONE, TWO–WE ALMOST HAD A BIG ONE THERE FROM MENG. >> WELL, HE WAS CLOSE. >> OH, MY GOODNESS. LOOK AT THE EYES OF LUGER, THEY’RE DAZED. >> TAKE LUGER’S SUPERIOR NECK STRENGTH, THE MUSCLES REALLY SAVED HIM ON THAT ONE. >> THAT’S A GOOD POINT. YOU CAN SEE THE TRAPS ON HIM SO BIG, HIS NECK SO WELL DEFINED, BUT LEX LUGER STILL INTO THIS THING. HE DUCKED THE CLOTHESLINE, LUGER CAN’T GET HIM DOWN. >> MENG STILL ON HIS FEET. >> INCREDIBLE. THIS IS WHAT WCW IS ALL ABOUT, GUYS, HARD HITTING MATCHUP BETWEEN TWO TOP ATHLETES WORLDWIDE. >> OH, THEY LOVE HIM. AND HE HIT HIM WITH THAT FOREARM. WHEN YOU’RE IN THAT FOREARM, HE’S HAD AN OPERATION. THAT THING IS LOADED WITH STEEL OR METAL OR… >> STEEL PLATE. >> PROBABLY GOT IRON IN THERE, LED, WHO KNOWS. >> LED, OKAY. PICK UP AND DOWN HE GOES. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> THAT’S THE LUGER LIKE YOU HAVEN’T SEEN BEFORE. >> THAT’S RIGHT. >> THAT’S THE DIRECTION, THAT’S THAT FOCUS. >> EXACTLY. JUST LATELY HE’S BEEN LIKE THIS. >> LUGER SCOOP SLAMS HIM. COVERS HIM, ONE, TWO, AND MENG KICKS OUT AT TWO. LUGER THOUGHT HE HAD HIM. >> COME ON, LUGER, LET’S SEE WHAT YOU GOT. >> LOOK AT THE FANS ON THE FAR SIDE. THEY’RE CALLING FOR THE RACK. >> BOTH MEN HAVE KICKED OUT FROM INCREDIBLE FINISHING MOVES. >> AND MENG BACK IN THE CORNER OF LUGER ONCE AGAIN, OTHER SIDE, NOBODY HOME THERE. CAN LUGER RACK HIM? HE’S GOT HIM IN POSITION. >> HE’S GOT HIM UP. >> HE’S GOT HIM UP. >> HE’S GOT HIM IN THE RACK. >> CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS? >> LEX LUGER HAS MENG IN THE RACK. >> AND DOWN GOES THE REFEREE. THE LEG OF MENG HIT THE REFEREE IN THE HEAD. >> HERE’S THE BARBARIAN. >> THE BARBARIAN. HE HAD MENG RACKED. AND NOW, THE BARBARIAN HELPING HIS PARTNER. THE BARBARIAN GETS POWERSLAMMED. >> NOW, LOOK AT THIS. LUGER HAS JUST TAKEN CARE OF MENG. A FRESH BARBARIAN GOT IN THE RING AND LOOK AT WHAT LUGER IS DOING TO HIM. HE’S GONNA RACK HIM. HE’S GONNA PICK HIM UP IN THE RACK. >> HE’S GOT HIM UP. >> BOTH MEMBERS OF THE FACES OF FEAR UP IN THE TORTURE RACK. >> HE’S RACKED THEM BOTH IN ONE NIGHT. >> THE REFEREE DOESN’T EVEN NOTICE THAT’S THE BARBARIAN IN THE RING, BUT DOES IT MATTER? >> THAT REFEREE DON’T KNOW ANYTHING. THAT DOESN’T REALLY MATTER. >> YOU’RE RIGHT, MIKE. IT DOES NOT MATTER. >> BRING IN ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE FACES OF FEAR [INDISTINCT] >> BRING IN ANYBODY. LUGER’S GONNA RACK THEM. YOUR WINNER, “THE TOTAL PACKAGE” LEX LUGER. BUT HOLLYWOOD HULK HOGAN IS HERE. DON’T YOU DARE GO AWAY. >> LOOK OUT. >> [MUSIC] >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> THE ENTOURAGE OF POWER, MUSCLE, INFLUENCE HAS ARRIVED. >> THERE’S DIBIASE WITH HIS BACK TO YOU, MARC BAGWELL, MR. WALLSTREET, SCOTT NORTON, BUBBA, VINCENT. >> GOONS FOR HULK HOGAN. >> AND HERE COMES KEVIN NASH. >> THEY’RE TRYING TO RECRUIT DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE, AT LEAST ACCORDING TO THEM. >> APPARENTLY HAVING DINNER TONIGHT WITH… >> SCOTT HALL. >> …SCOTT HALL SOMEWHERE. >> AND THERE’S ELIZABETH AND THE BOSS. >> SHE DOES NOT LOOK HAPPY. I DON’T CARE WHAT ANYBODY SAYS. >> WOULD YOU BE HAPPY WALKING WITH HIM? >> NOPE. >> [MUSIC] >> TALK ABOUT A BLIND DATE, THEY BOTH LOSE. >> HOLLYWOOD HULK HOGAN, THAT TRIVIA BY THE WAY OF BOBBY “THE BRAIN” HEENAN. >> YOU TOLD ME TO SAY IT. YOU NEVER LIKED HIM. >> NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. THAT’S YOU, BUD. HOLLYWOOD HULK HOGAN. >> OH, LOOK AT THIS. >> NICK PATRICK. HELLO, THERE’S NICK PATRICK OUT THERE, BRAIN. THE SHOW OF COURSE FOR THE NEW WORLD ORDER, 19 DAYS AWAY FROM THEIR PAY-PER-VIEW TELECAST, THEIR FIRST. AND I DON’T NEED TO REMIND THEM. IF NOT FOR WCW AND THE INFLUENCE THAT WE’VE HAD… >> YEAH, WHERE WOULD THEY BE? >> WHERE WOULD THEY BE, IN TELEVISION, IN PAPER, IN PAY-PER-VIEW TV? >> THEY’RE RIDING OUR COATTAILS, LET’S FACE IT. >> AN UPSTART ORGANIZATION CANNOT JUST ALL OF A SUDDEN GET A PAY-PER-VIEW. >> THEY DID. >> A LOT OF–A LOT HAVE FOUND THAT OUT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. >> WELL, THEY DID. THEY GOT POWER, THEY GOT MONEY, THEY GOT CLASS, AND THEY GOT THE BOSS, ERIC BISCHOFF. THEY GOT HOLLYWOOD HULK HOGAN. >> AND I’M SO GLAD YOU’RE THERE. LET’S GIVE THE–LET’S GIVE THE MICROPHONE TO ERIC. >> LOOK AT THAT. LOOK AT THAT MAN. IS HE TOO MUCH OR WHAT? >> YEAH. >> HULKSTER, MY MAN, HULKSTER, MY MAN OR SHOULD I SAY HOLLYWOOD? LAST WEEK, MAN, YOU WERE TOO MUCH. YOU BEAT PIPER TWICE IN ONE WEEK, STARRCADE, YOU STUCK HIM LIKE A TACK. >> THAT’S UNBELIEVABLE. >> AND THEN ON MONDAY NITRO, SINGLEHANDEDLY YOU LAID HIM TO WASTE, BUT HULKSTER, LET ME TELL YOU WHAT, I NEVER THOUGHT I’D SEE ANYTHING LIKE YOU TAKING ON THE GIANT SINGLEHANDEDLY. WHAT WAS THAT LIKE, MAN? >> WELL, YOU KNOW, MR. BISCHOFF, BUDDY FRIEND INDEED, I HAD A LITTLE TALK THE OTHER DAY WITH THE OUTSIDERS WHEN WE WERE LAYING ON VENICE BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AND WHETHER IT’S ONE OF THE OUTSIDERS OR THE OTHER OUTSIDER OR HOLLYWOOD BY HIMSELF, WE FIGURED IF WE WEREN’T WORRIED ABOUT OUR FANS, WE’RE WORRIED ABOUT ENTERTAINING ALL THE NWO-ITES THAT EITHER ONE OF THE OUTSIDERS OR HULK HOGAN COULD SINGLEHANDEDLY HAVE AN NWO INVITATIONAL BATTLE ROYAL AND DESTROY THE WHOLE WCW. IN OTHER WORDS, MR. BISCHOFF, IT WAS REALLY EASY. AND IT WAS A LOT OF FUN TO PUNK OUT PIPER AND THEN TO TAKE DOWN THAT NO GOOD, STINKY GIANT. >> WELL, MAN, I KNOW YOU DUG TAKING HIM UP, BUT THE WAY YOU DID IT. I MEAN, YOU HIT HIM WITH A RIGHT HOOK THEN A LEFT UPPERCUT AND THEN A FOREARM AND HE WENT DOWN LIKE A SACK OF MUD. BUT, HOLLYWOOD, DID YOU HEAR HIM? DID YOU HEAR HIM WHEN HE SAID–I MEAN, IT WAS A 500 POUND MAN AND SAID, “PLEASE, HOLLYWOOD, DON’T HURT ME ANYMORE.” I NEVER THOUGHT I’D SEE THE DAY. >> WELL, YOU KNOW, THE BEGGING, SAYING, “PLEASE, MISTER HOGAN” IS ONE THING. >> OH, MY GOODNESS. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> SEE YOU. >> THERE’S NO WAY WE CAN LOSE. HOLD ON. >> OH, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA. THIS–I’LL TELL YOU THIS… >> WELL, I GUESS THAT ANSWERS OUR QUESTION. THE GIANT IS IN THE BUILDING. >> AND LOOK AT HULK HOGAN RETREAT. LOOK AT HOGAN RETREAT. >> YEAH, GET BEHIND HIM. >> HOGAN, THEY GET BEHIND YOU. NOW, IT’S YOUR TURN TO GET BEHIND THEM. >> WE’VE GOT A FIGHT GOING ON HERE. >> HE’S GOT NASH UP FOR THAT CHOKESLAM. >> NASH IS OUT. BUBBA DOWN. SCOTT NORTON WALKS INTO IT. LOOK AT THE GIANT. NOTHING THERE. THERE’S THE BOGUS STING. OH, THE TWO MEN ARE HOLDING HIM. OH, MY GOODNESS. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> HE CAN’T FIGHT THEM OFF ALL THE TIME OR CAN HE? >> HERE WE GO. >> YEAH. >> GET NICK PATRICK. >> THROW HIM TO THE TOP OF THE BUILDING. YEAH, THROW HIM. >> HE’S GOT HIM OVER EIGHT FEET IN THE AIR. >> LOOK AT THIS, YEAH. >> BISCHOFF COWERING IN THE CORNER. >> HOLLYWOOD HULK HOGAN. COME ON, THUNDER LIPS, LET’S SEE WHAT YOU’RE MADE OF. >> SINGLEHANDEDLY DISPOSED OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER. >> THAT MAY BE THE MAN WE’RE LOOKING FOR RIGHT THERE, THAT MAY BE THE MAN TO SAVE WCW. SOMEONE’S GONNA TALK TO HIM. >> NOTHING… >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> THAT’S WHAT I’M SAYING. YOU SAW HOGAN DROPPED WITH ONE HAND. WITH ONE HAND, THE GIANT TOOK HIM DOWN. >> LOOK AT THIS. >> OH, THAT’S GOOD. >> KNOCK, KNOCK. WHO’S THERE? >> OH, MY. >> TROUBLE. >> I THINK THERE IS A CONTRACT RENEGOTIATION TIME GETTING READY TO HAPPEN RIGHT NOW. >> NOW, THAT WOULD BE THE EXCLAMATION POINT ON IT. >> OH. >> LOOK OUT. >> TOO MANY… >> OH, LISTEN TO THAT. >> WELL, MIKE, TOO MANY–THE NUMBERS ARE… >> BRUTAL… >> …TOO MUCH FOR THE GIANT. >> BRUTAL SHOTS TO THE BACK WITH THAT STEEL CHAIR. >> ARE WE EVER GONNA FORGET WHAT WE’VE JUST SEEN THOUGH, HOW HE CAME IN AND DISPOSED OF EVERYONE? AND NOW LIKE A BUNCH OF LOCUSTS. >> GUYS, IT’S THEIR SPECIAL DAY. LAST WEEK WITH PIPE AND THIS WEEK, THEY’RE OUT TO DESTROY THE GIANT. >> HE’S HIT HIM ON THE HEAD AGAIN. LOOK AT–LOOK AT THE DENT MARKS IN THAT CHAIR. >> BUT HE’S NOT DOWN, HE’S JUST ON HIS KNEES. HE’S STILL ON HIS KNEES. >> TRYING TO FIGHT BACK. >> REMEMBER, THE NWO REALIZES WHAT’S GOING ON HERE. HERE IS A GIANT WHO HAS NO FRIENDS, A GIANT WHO TURNED HIS BACK ON THE NWO >> LOOK AT THIS. LOOK AT THIS. >> NO ONE WILL SAVE HIM. AND HERE’S A GIANT WHO MAY NOT MAKE IT TO SOULED OUT. THEY MAY HAVE PERMANENTLY INJURED THE BACK OF THE GIANT HERE. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> …WHILE HOGAN WAS PLANTING IT ACROSS THE BACK. >> DON’T WAIT FOR A SLEEPING GIANT. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> NO. >> YEAH. THAT’S A BIG MAN RIGHT THERE. ERIC BISCHOFF HAS HAD AN EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND IN MARTIAL ARTS. >> YOU KNOW, EVEN MR. BISCHOFF COULD BE THE NWO CHAMPION. IT’S ALL IN THE FAMILY. >> I LOVE THIS GAME. I DO. I LOVE YOU. >> COME ON, CHAMP. COME ON, CHAMP. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> WILL THE GIANT GET A FAIR SHAKE AT SOULED OUT? WILL HE EVEN MAKE IT TO SOULED OUT? WE ARE NOT SURE. >> THEY MADE A MISTAKE RIGHT NOW. THEY’VE LEFT HIM LYING. DON’T LEAVE HIM LYING. FINISH HIM OFF RIGHT NOW. MAKE SURE… >> I THINK THEY’VE FINISHED HIM OFF. LOOK AT THIS. >> NO MOVEMENT AT ALL. >> THEY’LL NEVER GET HIM ON A STRETCHER. >> [MUSIC] >> THERE’S THE NWO AT ITS BEST. THE BOSS, ERIC BISCHOFF, HULK HOGAN, THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP BELT. >> HEY, WHOA, WHOA, WAIT A MINUTE. >> [MUSIC] >> WAIT A MINUTE. I’M OUT OF HERE. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> WELL, CHAMP, RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER, WE’VE GOT THE NWO PAY-PER-VIEW. WHO ARE YOU GOING TO DESTROY NEXT? >> ANYBODY WHO GETS IN YOUR WAY. >> OH, STING, WE GOT STING OUT HERE. >> HERE’S OUR MAN. >> STINGER. >> OH, YEAH. >> THE MAN, THE MAN, AND HE’S GONNA FINISH HIM OFF. >> I JUST WANT TO SAY I GOT A CHRISTMAS CARD FROM STING. I KNOW HE’S NWO. >> BATTER UP. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> KIND OF LIKE TEE BALL FOR A TWO-YEAR OLD. >> OH, THIS IS BEAUTIFUL. HE’S HUMILIATING THAT… >> HE’S TELLING HIM WHAT A LOSER HE IS. >> HE’S ROLLING THE FAT WHALE OUT OF THE RING, I THINK. >> HUH? >> YOU TELL HIM, STINGER. >> HE’S TRYING TO RESUSCITATE HIM FOR ANOTHER BEATING. >> HE’LL GET UP. >> I THINK JUST SAID STING, “YOU’VE GOT TERRIBLE HAIR, TRY CONDITIONER.” >> YOU KNOW, I THINK WE OWE STING AN APOLOGY FOR NOT LEAVING HIM NOTHING, MAN. >> WHO IS HE POINTING AT? >> DUDE. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> FOR LIFE. >> THAT’S A–THAT’S A POINT OF APPROVAL FROM THE BIG MAN. YOU KNOW, STING IS A HECK–I MEAN, WE ALL GOT A CHANCE TO KNOW HIM. HE’S KIND OF AN ELUSIVE CHAP, BUT HE’S A HECK OF A YOUNG MAN. >> HEY, HE LEFT THE BAT IN THERE, MAN. >> YOU KNOW WHAT, HE LEFT ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE MESSAGES ON MY MACHINE YESTERDAY. HE PROBABLY WANTED A RIDE HERE. >> WHAT’S THE BAT NOW FOR HIM? >> WELL, GO USE IT. VINCENT, YOU’RE THE MAN. >> YO, VINCE. >> VINCE, VINCE, GO GET THE BAT. GO GET THE BAT. GIVE GIANT ONE IN THE HEAD FOR ME. >> THIS IS GONNA BE BEAUTIFUL. DON’T TOUCH THAT DIAL. >> THIS IS BEAUTIFUL. YOU KNOW, IN HULKAMANIA’S HEYDAY, MAN, I SAW A LOT OF PEOPLE JUMPING ON THE BANDWAGON, BUT WITH THIS NWO SOULED OUT, BROTHER, I’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS, MAN. >> THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE. >> THE TICKETS, THE T-SHIRT SALES, THE PREDICTIONS OF VICTORY ARE READY EVEN BEFORE WE GET IN THE RING. >> NOW, VINCE IS GONNA FINISHED THE FINAL BIT OF FAMILY BUSINESS FOR US. >> DON’T FORGET THE BEAUTY CONTEST. >> COME ON. THIS IS–THIS IS WHAT THEY SAY “LE COUP DE GRÂCE.” LE COUP DE GRÂCE. >> YEAH, HE’S CHECKING HIM THOUGH. >> YOU KNOW, HE REMINDS ME OF PIPER AND THE MACHO MAN AND THE GIANT THERE, YOU KNOW. >> WHAT IS IT WITH EVERYBODY THAT CROSSES NWO LAYS THAT SAME WAY? WHAT IS WITH THAT? >> GO AHEAD, HE’S OUT. HE’S OUT. NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA. >> WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOAA. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> OKAY, GUYS. WE GOT TO GO. >> WE HAVE TO GO. WE GOT TO GO. >> LET’S GO, GO, GO, GO. >> WE GOT TO GO. WE GOT TO GO. >> LET’S GO, BUDDY, LET’S GO. >> OH, NO. >> LET’S GO. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> [CROWD CHATTER]