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>> THIS MAN, HOGAN AND STING AT SUPERBRAWL, YOU’RE GOING HEAD TO HEAD. I DON’T CARE IF IT TAKES ALL NIGHT LONG. YOU’RE GOING TO FIGHT UNTIL WE FIND OUT WHO THE REAL HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD IS. >> [MUSIC] >> THE HOOSIER STATE WELCOMES NITRO FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME AND WE ARE SOLD OUT IN FORT WAYNE. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE WELCOME YOU TO THREE SOLID HOURS OF WCW WRESTLING ACTION. THIS IS MONDAY NITRO FROM FORT WAYNE IN THE ALLEN COUNTY MEMORIAL COLISEUM. TONY SCHIAVONE, “THE BRAIN” BOBBY HEENAN AND THE ONE AND ONLY LIVING LEGEND LARRY ZBYSZKO AND BOY OH BOY DO WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON TONIGHT. SOME OF THE GREATEST WRESTLING ACTION IN THE WORLD COMBINED WITH SOME STARTLING FOOTAGE OF WHAT WENT DOWN AT SOULED OUT JUST TWO DAYS AGO COMBINED WITH A MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT. AND HI ONCE AGAIN EVERYONE. AND BRAIN, WE SAW AT THE TOP OF THE PROGRAM THE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM ROWDY RODDY PIPER. HOLLYWOOD HOGAN AND STING WILL BATTLE TO DECIDE ONCE AND FOR ALL WHO THE WORLD CHAMPION IS. IT’LL BE ON FEBRUARY 22ND, IT WILL BE AT SUPERBRAWL VIII. >> WELL, YOU KNOW, BISCHOFF AND THE HOLLYWOOD HOGAN CAME TO SOULED OUT THINKING THAT ROWDY RODDY PIPER AND J.J. DILLON WERE JUST GONNA HAND HIM THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ON A GOLD AND SILVER PLATTER. UH-UH. YOU’RE GONNA HAVE TO EARN IT, HOGAN. AND YOU’RE GONNA HAVE TO EARN IT THE HARD WAY IN THAT RING. >> AND YOU KNOW, AS MUCH AS WE WERE EXCITED AND THRILLED ABOUT THAT BIG ANNOUNCEMENT, WE WERE SICKENED AS TO WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN THE GIANT AND KEVIN NASH. FANS, THE GIANT HAS BEEN INJURED. WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO TALK TO THE GIANT, TALK TO HIS DOCTOR TO FIND OUT THE SEVERITY OF HIS INJURY. BUT WE’RE GONNA SHOW YOU LATER ON THE FOOTAGE OF WHAT HAPPENED AT THE HANDS OF KEVIN NASH AND I CAN TELL YOU THIS, WHEN YOU SEE IT, YOU WILL BE SICKENED AT YOUR STOMACH ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. >> MOST VICIOUS, VICIOUS MOVE I’VE EVER SEEN. >> WE’RE GONNA TALK MORE ABOUT THAT AND SHOW YOU THE FOOTAGE. CONGRATULATIONS THE LIVING LEGEND, LARRY ZBYSZKO, IN YOUR WIN AGAINST SCOTT HALL ALTHOUGH I’M SURE IT’S NOT THE WAY YOU WANTED TO WIN THAT MATCH TWO DAYS AGO. >> WELL, ANY VICTORY IS SWEET, BUT IT WAS TAINTED. HAVING SCOTT HALL’S NECK IN MY ARMS WHILE HE WAS SCREAMING UNCLE WAS ONE THING, BUT DUSTY RHODES WHO BECAME A CANCEROUS CELL IN THE BODY OF TRADITION IS SOMETHING I CAN’T EVEN TALK ABOUT. >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU HEARD HIM RIGHT AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT IT DURING THE COURSE OF THIS PROGRAM AND IF YOU SEE THE ENCORE PRESENTATION, YOU’LL KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE’RE DISCUSSING. LET’S GO TO THE RING. LET’S GET THINGS STARTED THIS WEEK ON WCW MONDAY NITRO. LOOK AT THIS CROWD IF YOU WILL, READY FOR THE GREAT ACTION. WE’RE GONNA START OUT WITH TWO FINE CRUISERWEIGHTS, EL DANDY FROM MEXICO TO FACE THE ULTIMO DRAGON ONE ON ONE. AND I TALKED ABOUT YOU CAN SEE FOR YOURSELF WHAT ALL WENT DOWN AT SOULED OUT. THE ENCORE PRESENTATION WILL BE COMING YOUR WAY TOMORROW NIGHT AND ON THURSDAY AS WELL. YOU CAN MAKE THE APPROPRIATE PHONE CALL AND JOIN US IF YOU WANNA SEE IT ONE MORE TIME OR IF YOU JUST MISSED IT. BUT FANS, A LITTLE BIT LATER ON, WE’RE GONNA TAKE YOU BACK TO THE FOOTAGE, SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENED, SHOW YOU WHAT WENT DOWN. IT WAS–IT WAS REALLY, REALLY–WORDS CANNOT DESCRIBE THE FEELING THAT WE FELT WHEN WE SAW THE GIANT HIT THAT MAT. >> ACTUALLY, YOU BETTER GIVE THEM A WARNING WHEN WE SHOW THIS FOOTAGE. IT IS NOT AS–IT IS NOT A PRETTY SIGHT. IT WILL MAKE YOU SICK TO YOUR STOMACH THE WAY THAT THE GIANT WENT DOWN. >> WELL, THE ULTIMO DRAGON, THE FORMER CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMP AGAINST EL DANDY AND RANDY ANDERSON IS THE REFEREE. AND MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT, BRAIN, AS WE–AS WE WENT OFF THE AIR AT SOULED OUT IN DAYTON, OHIO IN FRONT OF THAT SOULED OUT CROWD A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, THERE WAS NO QUESTION THAT THE NWO REMAINS IN DISARRAY. >> OH, NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. IF YOU NOTICED NOW, SCOTT HALL WENT TO THE RING WITH A CHAIR. I DON’T KNOW IF HE WAS GONNA USE IT ON SAVAGE OR WHAT. HOGAN GOT IN THE MIDDLE OF THEM. THERE’S A LOT OF TROUBLE IN THE NWO. >> A LOT OF TROUBLE WITHIN THE NWO AND A LOT OF GREAT ACTION HERE TONIGHT LIVE ON WCW MONDAY NITRO. AND AS WE SAID, WE ARE ON THE AIR, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BEGINNING TONIGHT FOR THREE HOURS EACH AND EVERY WEEK. WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE? WELL, WE LOOK INTO THE ARENA AND… >> THAT’S RAVEN’S FLOCK. >> …A MEMBER OF RAVEN’S FLOCK–WEREN’T THEY TOLD TO STAY AWAY FROM RINGSIDE? HAVEN’T THEY BEEN WARNED ABOUT THAT? BUT THEY’RE APPARENTLY HERE SOMEWHERE. >> OH, WOULD YOU GIVE THEM A DEMERIT? KICK THEM OUT. >> WELL, IF THEY BUY A TICKET, THERE’S NOT MUCH YOU CAN DO. >> WELL, NOW, WE HAVE BEEN HANDED A NOTE HERE THAT THEY HAVE ACTUALLY PAID FOR THESE SEATS. >> THERE YOU GO. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> SO THEY HAVE GONE INTO THE POCKETS AND THAT’S WHY THEY ARE RINGSIDE. ALL RIGHT. EL DANDY SENDING THE ULTIMO DRAGON AND HERE’S THAT BALANCING MANEUVER OF HIS. AND THAT REALLY GETS THE OPPONENT OFF BALANCE HIMSELF. >> WE DON’T KNOW WHICH WAY TO LOOK, UP OR DOWN. AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, THE DRAGON NAILED YOU WITH COMBINATIONS. RIGHT THERE, TWO FRONT KICKS, BACK KICK RIGHT TO THE STERNUM AND FOLLOWS HIM RIGHT IN, DOESN’T GIVE THE MAN TIME TO RECUPERATE. DRAGON, GREAT PHYSICAL CONDITION, BUT HE MISSED ONE. >> HANDSPRING DID NOT CONNECT AND EL DANDY… >> OH. >> …SLAPS HIM DOWN WITH A HARD RIGHT ACROSS IN THE FACE. EL DANDY, SCOOP SLAM, DOWN HE GOES. WE HAVE SEEN EL DANDY IN MANY TAG TEAM MATCHES, SIX-MAN TAGS, EIGHT-MAN TAGS, AND SINGLES COMPETITION. NOT MUCH, BUT LOOKING GOOD HERE. SPRINGING OFF THE METAL TURNBUCKLE TO A BACK ELBOW AND ALMOST GOT THE THREE COUNT. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> INTO THE ROPES GOES ULTIMO DRAGON, LANDS ON HIS FEET, TRYING TO KICK. AND NAILED HIM RIGHT IN THE HEAD WITH THAT ENZUIGIRI KICK THAT TIME. >> EL DANDY GRABBED HIM, BUT THAT WAS A MISTAKE. ULTIMO DRAGON NEVER STOPS MOVING, TREMENDOUS MOVEMENTS. YOU SEE RIGHT HERE EVEN THOUGH HE CAUGHT HIM, KEPT HIS BALANCE, MOVED THE MAN AROUND, CLIMBED UP, NAILED HIM AGAIN, TRYING TO KEEP HIM OFF BALANCE SO HE GETS UP ON TOP AND THIS IS DANGEROUS FOR BOTH MEN. DRAGON WILL GET AROUND. >> IT WOULD BE A BIG WIN FOR THE ULTIMO DRAGON AGAINST EL DANDY. WE SAID EARLIER AS HE CAME TO THE RING THAT HE IS ONE OF THE TOP CRUISERWEIGHTS IN MEXICO. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> AND GREAT TIMING THAT TIME BY THE ULTIMO DRAGON AS EL DANDY CAME OFF WITH AN ATTEMPT TO THE DOUBLE AXE HANDLE UP ON THE–OH BOY. ASAI MOONSAULT THAT TIME FROM THE MIDDLE ROPE AND THE DRAGON SLEEPER PUT ON. >> THAT’S IT. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> THAT IS IT, YOU’RE RIGHT. >> [BELL RINGING] >> RING THE BELL. >> RANDY ANDERSON CALLED FOR THE BELL. THEY DON’T GET OUT OF THE DRAGON SLEEPER. >> OH, THAT WAS DANDY. NOT FOR EL DANDY, BUT FOR THE ULTIMO DRAGON, IT WAS DANDY. >> WELL, FANS, TONIGHT, WE’RE GONNA BE TAKING YOU LIVE TO MEAN GENE OKERLUND. HE IS IN CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE WITH OUR FIRST NITRO PARTY GRAND PRIZE WINNER ALONG WITH THE NITRO GIRLS. AS A MATTER OF FACT, WHEN WE COME BACK, WE’RE GONNA BE GOING LIVE TO MEAN GENE OKERLUND AND WE’RE GONNA BE HAVING SOME OF THE GREATEST WRESTLING MATCH IN THE WORLD WHEN WE CONTINUE LIVE ON MONDAY NITRO. >> AS IF HE’S STILL ALIVE. >> WAS I DISGUSTED BY WHAT NASH DID TO THE GIANT AT SOULED OUT? ABSOLUTELY. BUT WAS I SURPRISED? NOT AT ALL. EVERY TIME THE NWO STEPS IN THE RING, THEY STOOP TO AN ALL-TIME LOW. LET THIS BE A WARNING TO EVERYONE IN WCW, THEY’RE PLAYING FOR KEEPS AND SO ARE WE. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> WELCOME BACK, FANS, TO WCW MONDAY NITRO. WE ARE LIVE IN FORT WAYNE, INDIANA, VERY PROUD TO BE BRINGING YOU THREE SOLID HOURS TONIGHT OF WCW ACTION. AND TONIGHT, OUR FEATURE BOUT’S GONNA FEATURE THE TOTAL PACKAGE, LEX LUGER GOING UP AGAINST SCOTT HALL ONE ON ONE. AND WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THE DISARRAY THAT IS–THAT HAS GRIPPED THE NEW WORLD ORDER. WE SAW IT AT SOULED OUT. WHAT CAN WE EXPECT TONIGHT? >> WELL, NWO IS HAVING A LOT OF INTERNAL PROBLEMS. WHAT KIND OF PROBLEMS ARE THEY GONNA HAVE AT THE END OF THE EVENING IF LUGER GETS SCOTT HALL IN THAT TORTURE RACK? >> IF LUGER GETS SCOTT HALL IN THE TORTURE RACK–AND WCW, YOU HEARD FROM LEX LUGER A FEW MOMENTS AGO, GETTING TIGHTER, BANDING TOGETHER MORE THAN EVER NOW, LARRY. >> YEAH. WCW IS GETTING STRONGER AS THE DISSENSION SPREADS WITHIN THE NEW WORLD ORDER. AND MY ADVICE TO MR. LEX LUGER IS DON’T GIVE UP. SCOTT HALL IS BEATABLE. PUT HIM IN THAT RACK, LEX, AND DON’T YOU EVER LET HIM DOWN. >> OKAY. AND RIGHT BEFORE THE BREAK, WE TALKED ABOUT OUR VERY FIRST GRAND PRIZE WINNER OF A NITRO PARTY FEATURING MEAN GENE OKERLUND AND THE NITRO GIRLS WAS ALL THE WAY IN CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE AT UT CHATTANOOGA? LET’S TAKE YOU LIVE TO MEAN GENE OKERLUND RIGHT NOW AT CHATTANOOGA. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> MAN, OH MAN, OH MY, WE ARE LIVE, YES, HERE ON TNT, WCW MONDAY NITRO. WE’RE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE CHATTANOOGA. I’M GENE OKERLUND WITH OUR GRAND PRIZE WINNERS, OUR VERY FIRST GRAND PRIZE WINNERS OF A NITRO PARTY, THE MEMBERS OF LAMBDA CHI ALPHA AND WE GOT A FULL HOUSE HERE TONIGHT ROCKING AND ROLLING. AND WHAT WOULD A PARTY BE ON NITRO PARTY WITHOUT THE NITRO GIRLS? >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> OH, YEAH. THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE. THE NITRO GIRLS ARE SHAKING, SHAKING THEIR THING. OKAY. LET’S GO INSIDE. WE’VE GOT FULL SCREEN TELEVISION HERE AS EVERYBODY–LOOK AT THIS. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? WHOA. WE’VE ARRIVED. WAIT A MINUTE. HOLD ON. WHERE’S THE CAMERA? JUST A SECOND. COME HERE. YOU MUST BE THE HOUSE MOTHER? >> WHAT? >> YOU MUST BE THE HOUSE MOTHER? OKAY. LET’S GO BACK IN HERE. COME ON, GANG, FOLLOW ME. OFFICER, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? >> SECURITY, SIR. >> OKAY. OH, ARE WE GONNA HAVE A PARTY HERE TONIGHT? YEAH, COME ON IN. WHOA. LISTEN TO THIS. BOBBY HEENAN, TONY SCHIAVONE, AND LARRY ZBYSZKO, YOU GOT TO BE ENVIOUS. ME AND THE NITRO GIRLS HERE AT CHATTANOOGA TONIGHT AT A NITRO PARTY WILL TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER ON BECAUSE YOU MAY BE OUR NEXT NITRO PARTY WINNER. AND WHAT A GRAND SIGHT IT IS TONIGHT. WE’RE GONNA BE PLAYING GAMES HERE TONIGHT, HAVING A GOOD TIME. WE HAVE GOT ACTION. ARE YOU HAVING FUN? >> OH YEAH. >> I CAN’T BLAME YOU. WE ALL ARE. TONY SCHIAVONE, I’M GONNA TAKE IT BACK TO YOU. I HOPE YOU GUYS ARE HAVING A FUN TIME BACK THERE IN FORT WAYNE. IS IT COLD? >> YES, IT IS COLD, GENE. WE MAY NEVER SEE GENE OKERLUND AGAIN. >> AND YOU KNOW, BY THE TIME THAT PARTY’S OVER, HE MAY HAVE A FULL HEAD HAIR. >> WOW. THE FEVER THAT IS NITRO, THAT IS ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES, AS YOU CAN SEE IN CHATTANOOGA WITH OUR GRAND PRIZE NITRO PARTY WINNER. >> BOY, THEY HAD FUN AT THOSE SORORITY HOUSES, DON’T THEY? >> FRATERNITY HOUSES. >> YEAH. I DON’T THINK THEY’LL BE STUDYING MUCH TONIGHT FOR THE FINALS. >> BRAD ARMSTRONG COMES OUT IN THE NEXT BOUT HERE ON WCW MONDAY NITRO. WE’RE GOING BACK TO MEAN GENE PERIODICALLY HERE IN THE COURSE OF THE PROGRAM. >> CHECK OUT THE SHIRT. THE ARMSTRONG CURSE, SOMETHING BRAD’S BEEN TRYING TO BREAK FOR YEARS. AND IF HE CAN BREAK IT AGAINST GOLDBERG, HE’S DONE A HECK OF A NUMBER. >> WELL, AS ARMSTRONG MAKES HIS WAY IN, YOU TALKED ABOUT GOLDBERG. WHAT A FORCE, WHAT AN INTENSE INDIVIDUAL. WHAT A MAN AND WHAT INNOVATION. >> I DON’T KNOW IF MAN’S THE RIGHT WORD. THIS GUY LOOKS MORE LIKE A MACHINE TO ME. >> HE’S A MONSTER. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> WITH A CAPITAL M. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> AND EVERYONE’S REALLY GETTING BEHIND THIS GUY. THEY LIKE HIS STYLE. NO NONSENSE. >> I’M GONNA GO OUT THERE JUST TEAR SOME LIMBS OFF. >> WHERE MEN WERE MEN AND WOMEN DIDN’T VOTE. >> WELL, THE FACT THAT GOLDBERG HAS WON THE MATCHES, CERTAINLY, FANS WOULD SEEM TO GRAVITATE, TO CHEER FOR THIS MAN, BUT LOOK HOW HE’S BEEN WINNING THE MATCHES. >> [BELL RINGING] >> HE’S BEEN DECISIVE EACH AND EVERY ONE. I MEAN, RIGHT NOW, HE GOES–ALMOST GOES DOWN TO ONE KNEE AGAINST BRAD ARMSTRONG. THAT’S REALLY THE CLOSEST ANYONE’S GOTTEN TO HIM. >> WELL, ARMSTRONG THREW THAT SHIRT IN HIS FACE, TRYING TO JUMP THE GUN. HE KNOWS HE NEEDS EVERY CHANCE POSSIBLE AGAINST GOLDBERG. IT DIDN’T HAVE ANY EFFECT WHATSOEVER. >> AND GOLDBERG WILL WASTE NO TIME WITH YOU. >> LOOK AT THE POWER OF THIS MAN. MUSCLES UP BRAD ARMSTRONG. LOOK HOW LONG HE HOLDS HIM UP. OH. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> TURNS IT INTO A SLAM. >> LOOK AT HIM. LOOK AT THE EYES ON THAT MAN. HE’S NOT HERE IN FORT WAYNE, HE’S SOMEPLACE ELSE. >> BRAD ARMSTRONG, ONCE AGAIN, OUT OF FORT WAYNE ON HIS HANDS AND KNEES… >> CRAWL HOME. >> …JUST TO GET AWAY FROM GOLDBERG. AND GOLDBERG JUST STALKING HIS OPPONENT. FOCUS, DETERMINATION, SO MANY ADJECTIVES USED TO DESCRIBE BILL GOLDBERG. AND GOLDBERG COMING IN AND LOOK AT BRAD ARMSTRONG. GREAT BATTERING, GIVING IT HIS ALL, POUNDING AWAY GOLDBERG. >> THAT WAS A SMART MOVE. BRAD TRIED TO CUT HIM OFF, COMING THROUGH THE ROPES WHEN HE–GOLDBERG DIDN’T HAVE THE BALANCE, BUT STILL HAS NO EFFECT ON GOLDBERG. >> NOTHING AT ALL. HOIST UP BRAD ARMSTRONG AND THROWS HIM DOWN WITH EASE. >> HOW WOULD YOU LIKE THIS MAN TO COME LOOKING FOR YOU? >> NO, THANK YOU. AND I KNOW A LOT OF WRESTLERS IN WCW WOULD SAY THE SAME THING. INTO THE CORNER GOLDBERG HEAD OF STEAM, PUT THE BRAKES ON. SHOWING HE HAS GREAT ANTICIPATION AND QUICKNESS AS WELL. AND GOLDBERG… >> OH. >> …SPEARS HIM OUT. >> [INDISTINCT] STERNUM. >> THIS DON’T LOOK GOOD FOR ARMSTRONG. >> GOLDBERG UP, THE JACKHAMMER. HE WINS AGAIN. >> [BELL RINGING] >> [INDISTINCT] >> GOLDBERG DIDN’T EVEN NEED THE ARMSTRONG CURSE FOR THIS ONE. >> WE HAVE NEVER SEEN A MAN QUITE LIKE THIS. BILL GOLDBERG ONCE AGAIN RUNS THROUGH THE COMPETITION IN WCW. LET’S HEAR SOME COMMENTS FROM DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE. >> WHEN I WAS WATCHING THE PAY-PER-VIEW SOULED OUT AND I SAW WHAT NASH DID TO THE GIANT GAVE ME GOOSEPIMPLES, SENT CHILLS UP MY SPINE BECAUSE LIKE THE G-MAN ALWAYS SAYS, YOU CAN’T FOOL GRAVITY. THE WAY YOU DROPPED HIM ON THE BACK OF HIS HEAD, NASH, THAT WASN’T RIGHT, MAN. FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE POUND COMES UP AND THEN COMES DOWN ON HIS HEAD, IT WASN’T RIGHT. >> THIS PORTION OF WCW MONDAY NITRO IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY VALVOLINE. THE NUMBER ONE CHOICE OF AMERICA’S TOP MECHANICS. PEOPLE WHO KNOW USE VALVOLINE. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> AND WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE, TO NITRO. THIS PAST SATURDAY AT SOULED OUT, WE FINALLY SAW THE MATCHUP OF THE TWO BIGGEST ATHLETES IN PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING, THE GIANT VERSUS KEVIN NASH. AND NOW, WE HAVE EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE FROM THIS PAST SATURDAY AT SOULED OUT. LET’S GO TO THE FOOTAGE. THIS WAS ONE OF THE SCARIEST MOMENTS EVER IN PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING. KEVIN NASH AND THE JACKKNIFE POWERBOMB, THE IMPACT OF 500 POUNDS OF THE GIANT AS HE CAME CRASHING DOWN ONTO THE BACK OF HIS HEAD AND TO THE NECK. A VERY [INDISTINCT] SITUATION THIS PAST SATURDAY AT SOULED OUT AS WE SEE THE VARIOUS ANGLES ON THE REPLAY. KEVIN NASH, VICTORIOUS OVER THE GIANT AT SOULED OUT. AND HERE IT IS AGAIN. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> IN SLOW MOTION, WE SEE NASH LIFTING THE GIANT UP INTO THE AIR AND 500 PLUS POUNDS OF IMPACT OF THE GIANT. HE’S HELPLESS AT THIS POINT CRASHING DOWN ON THE BACK OF HIS NECK. AND JOINING ME AT THIS TIME, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WCW EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, J.J. DILLON. AND J.J., I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE A STATEMENT TO MAKE. >> YOU KNOW, MIKE, ONE OF MY CLOSEST FRIENDS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS IS NONE OTHER THAN THE ENFORCER, ARN ANDERSON. AND AS WE ALL KNOW, ARN ANDERSON HAD NECK SURGERY THIS PAST YEAR. AND WHEN THE OPERATION WAS OVER, THE DOCTORS IN EFFECT TOLD HIM THAT HIS CAREER WAS OVER AND THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN AN OPPORTUNE TIME FOR WCW AND WRESTLING IN GENERAL TO LOOK AT OUR PRACTICES AND LOOK AT OUR RULES. BUT IT SEEMS THAT IT ALWAYS TAKES A SINGLE TRAGIC INCIDENT TO REALLY FOCUS ON A PARTICULAR SITUATION. AND ANYONE THAT WAS IN DAYTON OR THAT WATCHED SOULED OUT ON PAY-PER-VIEW KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT. AND THE GIANT IS A PRIME EXAMPLE THAT WITH EACH PASSING YEAR AND WITH EACH GENERATION, ATHLETES IN GENERAL WITH ALL SPORTS, THEY’RE BIGGER, THEY’RE FASTER, THEY’RE STRONGER, THEY’RE MORE POWERFUL. AND OTHER SPORTS I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS IN THEIR RULES TO TRY AND COMPENSATE FOR THE BIGGER, MORE POWERFUL ATHLETE OF THE 90S. WITH HOCKEY, EVERYBODY, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, IS REQUIRED TO WEAR A PROTECTIVE HELMET. WITH FOOTBALL, THEY’VE STOPPED THE SPEARING WITH THE HELMETS AND HERE, WITH ALL THE TECHNOLOGY OF DEVELOPING THE MODERN FOOTBALL HELMET, WHEN THE GIANT OR ANY WRESTLER GOES IN THE RING, THEY DON’T HAVE THE BENEFIT OF PROTECTIVE PADS OR HELMETS. AND I’D REALLY HOPE TO COME OUT HERE TONIGHT AND HAVE SOME KIND OF AN UPDATE ON THE GIANT, BUT SOME TESTS HAVE BEEN PERFORMED AND THE RESULTS AREN’T BACK AND THERE’S MORE TESTS BEING CALLED FOR AND REALLY, THE PEOPLE, MIKE, THAT ARE CLOSEST TO HIM ARE BEING VERY TIGHT-LIPPED ABOUT THE SITUATION. AND I JUST SENSED THAT REALLY, IT DOESN’T LOOK VERY GOOD. BUT THE TIME HAS COME FOR WCW TO TAKE SOME ACTION. SO EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, RIGHT NOW, THE JACKKNIFE POWERBOMB OR ANY VERSION OF IT IS NOW BARRED AT WCW. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> AND THIS IS NOT–THIS IS NOT TO SINGLE OUT KEVIN NASH. I’M TALKING ABOUT ANY WRESTLER THAT ATTEMPTS TO EXECUTE THE JACKKNIFE POWERBOMB OR ANY VERSION OF IT AND ANY WRESTLER THAT USES IT WILL BE DISQUALIFIED, WILL BE FINED AND I’M TALKING ABOUT A SUBSTANTIAL FINE. AND KEVIN NASH IF YOU EVER ATTEMPT TO EXECUTE THAT MOVE AGAIN ON ANOTHER WRESTLER, WCW WILL HAVE YOU NOT ONLY FINED AND DISQUALIFIED TO THE MATCH BUT WE’LL HAVE YOU ESCORTED OUT OF THE BUILDING AND WCW WILL EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITIES OF CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. >> THE MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT SOUND AND CLEAR TO KEVIN NASH AND ALL THE WRESTLERS IN NWO AND WCW. TONY BACK TO YOU. >> WELL, MIKE THAT IS–THAT’S QUITE A STATEMENT. I NEVER THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD HEAR OR SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT BUT I HAVE TO–I HAVE THE JAMES J. DILLON ON THE BACK. FANS, THAT IS–THAT WAS A HARROWING SCENE THAT WE WITNESSED AND IF YOU SAW SOULED OUT YOU EXPERIENCE IT REALLY TOOK OUR BREATH AWAY. WE DIDN’T THINK THAT GIANT WOULD EVEN WALK. AGAIN HE WAS HELPED OUT BY MEDICAL ATTENDANTS THAT NIGHT AND I WOULD SAY TO JAMES J. DILLON, BRAVO. GOOD JOB. THERE HAS TO BE A LINE DRAWN SOMEWHERE LARRY, IT JUST GOT TO BE RIGHT NOW. >> WELL, IT HAS TO DRAW BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID BIGGER, STRONGER ATHLETES AND EVER AND I SEE WRESTLING EVOLVED OVER 25 GLORIOUS YEARS. YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A TIME WHEN COMING OFF THE TOP ROPE WAS ILLEGAL, DIVING FROM THE RING TO THE FLOOR WAS THE ILLEGAL. AND THE RULES HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, SLOWLY OVER THE YEARS BECOMING MORE LENIENT AND AS A RESULT MORE AND MORE NECKS HAVE BEEN BROKEN, CAREERS HAVE BEEN ENDED. I DON’T KNOW WHAT THE STATUS WITH THE GIANT IS. IT DIDN’T LOOK GOOD FROM WHAT J.J. DILLON SAID BUT BANNING AND BARRING THE JACKKNIFE POWERBOMB, GOOD IDEA. IT’S ABOUT TIME. >> WELL, EVERYONE SAID THAT WRESTLING IS GOING TO CHANGE IN ’98 AND YOU CAN SEE ALREADY IT HAS. WE’RE GOING IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. >> THE POWERBOMB HAS BEEN SO MUCH THE PART OF MANY WRESTLERS REPERTOIRE BUT THE FACT THAT IT WAS USED LAST NIGHT AND I SAY THIS BECAUSE OF WHAT WE HAVE KNOWN FROM KEVIN NASH. WHAT WE HAVE KNOWN FROM THE NWO, THE INTENT LAST NIGHT WAS TO TAKE A MAN OUT. >> YEAH. WELL, IF YOU SEE THE REPLAY, YOU’LL SEE KEVIN NASH PICKED HIM UP AND THEN DELIBERATELY OPEN HIS HANDS AND LET THE MAN DROP DELIBERATELY ON HIS NECK I MEAN THAT WAS A DELIBERATE TRYING TO–JUST DESTROY THE MAN AND, YEAH, THIS IS A SPORT. THIS IS NOT AN EXECUTION. SO J.J. DILLON, I–HE DID THE RIGHT THING. >> WELL, YOU KNOW, 25 YEARS AGO, TONY AND LARRY, THE CONDITION OF WRESTLERS AND THE SIZE AND THEN THE SPEED, THE NUTRITION AND EVERYTHING WAS A LOT DIFFERENT. THEY’RE BIGGER NOW, THEY’RE FASTER NOW. THEY’RE A LOT STRONGER NOW. THEY’RE IN BETTER CONDITION AND THERE ARE SO MUCH MORE MONEY INVOLVED. SO I MEAN YOU GOT TO PUT DOWN THE RULES SOME PLACE. SOMEBODY IS GOING TO GET REALLY HURT, REALLY BAD. >AND, YOU KNOW, YOU BROUGHT UP ANOTHER GOOD POINT, THE MONEY IS A LOT DIFFERENT AND THERE’S SO MUCH RIDING DOWN THE LINE FINANCIALLY FOR MANY OF THESE GREAT ATHLETES THAT YOU CAN SEE SOMETIMES. THAT ATHLETES WILL STOOP TO LOWS LIKE WE HAVE SEEN FROM KEVIN NASH TO TRY TO TAKE THE COMPETITION OUT. SO THEY CAN MAKE THE MOST MONEY, THEY CAN BE ON TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN. WE HAVE SEEN ENOUGH OF IT, THAT IS THE WHY THE INSURGENCE OF THE NWO. IF YOU THINK THESE GUYS COME OUT HERE AND TRY TO TAKE OUT SOMETHING FOR FREE, THEY WANT TO CONTROL WRESTLING. THEY WANT TO HAVE ALL THE MONEY, THEY WANT TO BE ON TOP AND WE HAVE SEEN EXAMPLES OF IT PERIODICALLY BUT NO MORE ANYTHING AS SICKENING AND AS FRIGHTENING AS WHAT WE WITNESSED IN THE OTHER NIGHTS AT SOULED OUT. AND FANS WE ARE GOING TO UNDERSTAND BEFORE THE PROGRAM GOES, BEFORE THE SEGMENT’S OVER. WE’RE GOING TO SHOW YOU ONCE AGAIN WITNESS THAT FOR YOURSELF. WELL, THAT’S KONNAN AND JERRY FLYNN. >> WELL, HE’S GOT GOOFY VINCENT OUT THERE JUST LOOK AT FLYNN, HE DOESN’T KNOW WHICH WAY TO LOOK AND AGAIN HE GOT HIM DISTRACTED. >> AND BILLY SILVERMAN WARNING VINCENT TO KEEP HIS HANDS OFF THE OPPONENTS. AND THE WCW HAD REALLY INCREASED… >> OH BAM, HE NAILED IT. >> …THE FINES AND INCREASED THE SECURITY, TRYING TO PREVENT MANY WRESTLERS FROM COMING OUT TRYING TO HURT OTHER WRESTLERS, DOING THE RUN-INS AND TRYING TO ATTACK GUYS FROM BEHIND. AND REALLY WHAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM JAMES J. DILLON THAT THE STUPIDEST LAY DOWN OF THE LAW WE’VE HEARD A LONG, LONG TIME. IT WAS VERY IN DEMAND AND I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY. >> LIKE I SAID LOOK AT THE GREAT WRESTLER AND THEN PAUL ORNDORFF CAN NEVER WRESTLE AGAIN. ARN ANDERSON AND THE MAN AND THEN I AM CAN NEVER WRESTLE AGAIN AND WHEN YOU SAY COULD NEVER WRESTLE AGAIN. YOU COULD TALK ABOUT SOMEONE, A PROFESSIONAL WRESTLER’S LIFE BEING OVER. THAT’S HIS PURPOSE IN LIFE, THAT’S HIS LIVING AND IT’S OVER. AND THAT IS JUST TOO STIFF OF A THING TO GO THROUGH LIFE WITH. J.J. DID THE RIGHT THING. >> GOOD MOVE BY KONAN AS FLYNN HIT THE ROPES ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND NOW KONNAN WILL SEND HIM THAT. AGAIN WE’RE GOING TO HAVE SCOTT HALL AND LEX LUGER TO GO ONE-ON-ONE IN OUR FEATURED BOUT. US CHAMP DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE, WE HAVEN’T SEEN HIM IN ABOUT A WEEK OR SO. >> OH. >> AND IT WAS A TIME… >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> OH KONNAN NAILED HIS HEAD ON THE STEEL STEPS. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> FLYNN WITH THE OVER THE TOP CROSS BODY BLOCK AT KONNAN RIGHT AT THE BACK OF THE HEAD AS YOU SEE RAVEN’S FLOCK, THE SEATS THEY’VE PAID FOR, WATCHING ON. >> BUT EVEN HOW THE RULES HAVE PROGRESSED OVER THE YEARS I MEAN YEARS AGO WHEN I FIRST STARTED. THAT WAS ILLEGAL, YOU COULDN’T DIVE OUT OF THE RING. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> YOU CAN FIND IT WASN’T ENOUGH OR TOO LONG AGO, YOU COULDN’T COME UP THE TOP TURNBUCKLE. >> YOU COULDN’T–THAT WAS ILLEGAL. >> THAT’S RIGHT I REMEMBER THAT THE PILEDRIVER ONE TIME HAS BEEN OUTLAWED. >> IN FACT YEARS AGO TED DIBIASE ABOUT HIS FATHER DYING IN THE RING BECAUSE OF MANEUVERS LIKE THAT. UH-OH. ALMOST GOT HIM. >> I REMEMBER WHEN TWO MEN ON THE FLOOR COULDN’T FIGHT. >> AND CERTAINLY WRESTLING HAS CHANGED AND… >> BUT IT’S GOTTEN BRUTAL BUT IT’S GOTTEN TOO BRUTAL. >> BUT IT’S GOTTEN BETTER. >> WELL, WRESTLING IS BEST THAT’S EVER BEEN. >> BEST THAT’S EVER BEEN. >> BEST THAT’S EVER BEEN AND WE ARE CERTAINLY THRILLED TO BE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT HERE ON NITRO EACH AND EVERY MONDAY, A RUNNING LARIAT AND DOWN GOES KONNAN AND JERRY FLYNN IS STARTING TO PICK UP THE OFFENSE HERE, GUYS. >> BUT JERRY FLYNN HAS MUCH MARTIAL ARTS BACKGROUND AS HE HAS. HAS TO USE MAT TECHNIQUES HERE AGAINST KONNAN. KONNAN, VERY GOOD ON THE MATCH–IN THE MATCH, WHERE HE GOING TO BEAT THE MAN, SEE JERRY WITH A TAKEDOWN BUT KONNAN BLOCKED IT. >> KONNAN, AND A LATERAL PRESS THERE AND ALMOST PINNED JERRY FLYNN. AND I THINK KONNAN IS VERY GROGGY SINCE HE HIT HIS HEAD ON THOSE STEEL STEPS ON THE OUTSIDE. >> THAT WILL MAKE YOU GROGGY, TONY. >> I’M SURE IT WILL. TRYING THE ENZUIGIRI KICK THAT TIME BUT MISSING AND KONNAN TYING UP THE ARM AND THE LEG, AND NOW, HE’S DOING A SUBMISSION, THE TEQUILA SUNRISE AND KONNAN COMES AWAY WITH A WIN HERE ON MONDAY NITRO. >> MARTIAL ARTS IS GREAT IF YOU’RE WATCHING A BRUCE LEE MOVIE BUT IN THE RING, THE MATT MASTER WILL STRETCH YOU EVERY TIME. >> ALL RIGHT FANS, AS WE SAID BEFORE, WE’RE GOING TO GO BACK IN TIME ONCE AGAIN AND YOU MAY–NOW, THIS IS A SICKENING LOOK, I’M GOING TO CAUTION YOU ONCE AGAIN THE SEVERITY OF THIS. HERE’S WHAT HAPPENED AT SOULED OUT IN SUPER SLOW MOTION. >> NOW SEE, WATCH NASH, HE RELEASE HIS HANDS ON PURPOSE, HE WENT TO DESTROY THE GIANT. >> HEAD FIRST. AND THEN HE TRIED TO DRIVE HIS WAY TO THE TOP OF HIM BUT MISSED IT. >> PROMOTIONAL CONSIDERATION PAID FOR BY THE FOLLOWING. >> [MUSIC] >> THE OLD SERPENT [INDISTINCT] SLIM JIM, OH YEAH. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> WE ARE GOING TO BE GOING BACK TO GREAT WRESTLING ACTION IN A FEW MOMENTS HERE ON NITRO BUT RIGHT NOW, WE’D TAKE YOU BACK LIVE TO TRY TO CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE. “MEAN GENE” OKERLUND WITH THE NITRO PARTY GRAND PRIZE WINNERS. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> ALL RIGHT. WE’RE BACK WITH OUR GRAND PRIZE NITRO PARTY WINNERS [INDISTINCT] CHATTANOOGA AND WE ARE HAVING A BALL. BY THE WAY, I’M HERE WITH THE NITRO GIRLS AS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND AND HOW ABOUT OUR SPONSORS, FRESH HOT KRYSTAL BURGERS. AND OF COURSE, IT’S BEEN A SOUTHERN TRADITION FOR SOME 65 YEARS. WHO’S SENDING THE TAPE, OH, BRANDON, BRANDON, COME ON IN, I UNDERSTAND YOU SENT THE TYPE HERE TO WCW OF YOUR NITRO PARTY AND EVERYTHING WE TALKED ABOUT HAD COME TRUE HERE TONIGHT. >> YES, SIR, THAT’S RIGHT. WE HAD A RUSH–LAST RUSH AND WE DECIDED TO HAVE A NITRO PARTY ON MONDAY NIGHT. SO, WE TRIED IT, WE DIDN’T KNOW IF WE’D WIN OR NOT BUT WE SENT IT IN AND WE’RE HERE, BABY, WE WON. >> AN I UNDERSTAND, CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG, THIS IS RUSH WEEK ALSO. >> YES, SIR, THIS IS RUSH WEEK, THIS IS MONDAY NIGHT OF RUSH, IT’S KIND OF IRONIC. WE HAD OUR FIRST NITRO PARTY ON LAST RUSH, THE MONDAY NIGHT AND NOW, WE’VE WON IT ON THIS RUSH ON MONDAY NIGHT, SO IT’S REALLY EXCITING. >> ALL RIGHT. THEY’RE HANG UP TO THE RAFTERS, I THINK I USE THAT EXPRESSION BUT THAT IS TRUE HERE TONIGHT, THIS HOUSE PROBABLY COULD HANDLE 25 TO 30 PEOPLE, TONIGHT, WE’VE GOT 250 IN HERE AND WE ARE HAVING A BALL. BY THE WAY, I SHOULD REMIND YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE NITRO GIRLS ARE GOING TO BE DANCING A LITTLE BIT LATER ON AND IF YOU WANT TO BE A GRAND PRIZE WINNER, YOU GOT TO SEND US YOUR TAPE. I’LL TELL YOU WHAT, IT’S LEADING NOW TO A BIG EVENT. WE’RE GOING TO BE HEADING DOWN SOUTH IN FLORIDA, I’LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER ON. KIMBERLY, ARE WE SHAKING TONIGHT? >> OH, WE ARE COOKING BABY AND IT’S OFF THE HOOK. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THESE FRATERNITY GUYS? >> ALL I GOT TO SAY RIGHT NOW IS, I REALLY HATE MY JOB. >> ALL RIGHT. THIS IS NITRO, WE ARE LIVE FROM CHATTANOOGA, MIKE TODAY, YOU’RE MISSING SOMETHING, BACK TO YOU. >> WELL, GENE, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU’RE HAVING A GREAT TIME IN CHATTANOOGA, WE SURE ARE HERE IN FORT WAYNE, INDIANA. AND I GUESS IT’S APPROPRIATE, FOLLOWING LAST NIGHT’S DENVER BRONCOS’ SUPER BOWL VICTORY THAT WE BRING OUT WCW’S SUPER BOWL CHAMPION, FORMER UNITED STATES HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION, STEVE MONGO MCMICHAEL. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> OF COURSE HERE AT FORT WAYNE, WE ARE NOT THAT FAR FROM THE WINDY CITY. AND THEY KNOWS THIS MAN QUITE WELL NOT ONLY FROM THE GRIDIRON BUT ALSO AS YOU SAID, MIKE, FORMER UNITED STATES HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION, MIKE, GO AHEAD. >> WELL, MONGO, IT WAS QUITE A SUPER BOWL LAST NIGHT, THE DENVER BRONCOS, DEFEATING YOUR FORMER TEAM, THE GREEN BAY PACKERS. >> DO YOU THINK I CARE ABOUT THAT GAME ANYMORE? LISTEN MY FRIENDS, I’M THE IN THE WCW NOW. I’M NOT A PRO-FOOTBALL PLAYER ANYMORE. I’M HERE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT’S BEEN GOING ON IN THE WCW HERE LATELY AND I AM FRANKLY, SICK TO DEATH OF IT. ALL THESE NEW GUYS, WHEREVER THEY’RE COMING FROM, I’VE [INDISTINCT] I’VE DONE THIS, I’VE BEEN ALL OF THAT, YOU AIN’T DONE NOTHING YET UNTIL YOU COME KICK SOME BUTT HERE IN THE WCW BABY. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> NOW, I’VE BEEN CRACKING HEADS, AND I’VE HAD MY HEAD CRACKED, AND I CAN’T WAIT TO KNEE DEEP IN SOME OF THESE BOYS. >> WHO WERE YOU REFERRING TO? >> I DON’T CARE WHO THEY ARE, BRING THEM ON. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> WHO DO WE HAVE THERE? >> WHAT? >> SPEAKING OF BOYS, WE’VE GOT DAVEY BOY SMITH HERE. >> DAVEY BOY SMITH, THE BRITISH BULLDOG, WHAT’S THIS–WHAT’S THIS ALL ABOUT? >> THAT’S RIGHT MIKE, THE BRITISH BULLDOG IS FINALLY IN THE WCW. >> [CROW CHEERING] >> YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT. YOU CAN CLAP ALL YOU WANT. I HAVE HEARD YOUR WRATH BUT THE BRITISH BULLDOG HAS COME HERE AND HE NEEDS A BIG BONE TO CHEW ON AND YOU MY FRIEND COULD BE THAT BONE. >> WHAT DO YOU PEOPLE THINK? WHY DON’T YOU GO BACK STAGE, GET YOUR LITTLE TOPS ON AND YOUR WRESTLING GEAR AND LATER ON TONIGHT, MONGO WILL TEACH THE BULLDOG SOME NEW TRICKS. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> OH, YEAH. >> DAVEY BOY? >> IF YOU THINK YOU CAN TEACH A 20 YEAR OLD VETERAN SOME NEW TRICKS, WE’LL FIND OUT TONIGHT. I’M GOING BACK STAGE, PUTTING MY TIGHTS ON, I’LL SEE YOU ON MONDAY NITRO ON WCW. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> WELL, THERE IT IS, THE CHALLENGE HAS BEEN MADE BY THIS MAN, STEVE MONGO MCMICHAEL, ACCEPTED BY THE BRITISH BULLDOG, DAVEY BOY SMITH AND WE WILL SEE THAT SHOWDOWN LATER THIS EVENING, RIGHT HERE ON NITRO AND WE ARE COMING BACK. WE’RE LIVE FROM FORT WAYNE, INDIANA. THIS IS TNT, THIS IS MONDAY NITRO. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> WELCOME BACK AND I’M GOING TO BE HONEST WITH YOU GUYS, DAVEY BOY SMITH, THE BRITISH BULLDOG FLOORED ME DID YOU KNOW HE WAS HERE TONIGHT? >> I DIDN’T SEE HIM. >> YEAH, I DIDN’T SEE HIM IN YEARS, CAME OUT OF NOWHERE. >> BUT I’LL TELL YOU, HE MADE MONGO, I MEAN, I KNOW MONGO LOVES TO FIGHT, THE MAN IS AN ANIMAL, BUT DAVEY BOY SMITH IS A VETERAN, HE KNOWS WHAT HE’S DOING, HE’S A GOOD WRESTLER, THE GUY, THIS IS GOING TO BE A GOOD ONE. >> AND NOT ONLY THAT, HE’S ONE OF THE STRONGEST MEN IN THE SPORTS. >> AND HE AND MONGO WILL GO ONE-ON-ONE LATER ON HERE TONIGHT LIVE FROM FORT WAYNE, INDIANA ON WCW MONDAY NITRO NOW, AS BUFF BAGWELL MAKES HIS WAY IN, I NEED TO TELL YOU SOMETHING THAT HAPPEN JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO WHEN THE NWO ARRIVED HERE IN FORT WAYNE, WE DIDN’T HAVE OUR CAMERAS OUT BACK BUT WE DID GET A REPORT THAT THEY ARRIVED IN AS ALWAYS, THEY’RE A DIFFERENT FACTION, IN SEPARATE LIMOUSINES. AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT, MS. ELIZABETH WAS SPOTTED IN HOLLYWOOD HOGAN’S LIMOUSINE AND THE MACHO MAN DID NOT ARRIVE. >> WELL, MACHO… >> HE WAS NOT HERE. >> …MACHO MAN OF COURSE, ONE OF THE EGOS ENGULFED IN THE SENSE IN THE NEW WORLD ORDER, SAVAGE IS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT STABLE AS NITROGLYCERINE. I MEAN HE’S OFF THE WALL ANYWAY BUT THAT WAS AN INTERESTING THING I HEARD THE SAME THING EARLIER FROM IXNAY. >> WELL, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT HE IS OFF THE WALL, THE FACT NOBODY HAD ALWAYS HAD REALLY COME IN DURING, YOU KNOW, WITH THE LIMOUSINES AND JUST ONCE AGAIN, MORE EVIDENCE THAT THE NWO’S PROBLEM ARE DEEP ROOTED. >> YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I DO, MS. ELIZABETH ALWAYS TRAVELS WITH THEM. >> I KNOW THAT AND THAT’S WHY I BROUGHT THAT UP. RICK STEINER, THE MAN WITH TED DIBIASE TO TAKE ON BUFF BAGWELL WITH VINCENT AND I DON’T THINK THAT THERE’S ANY QUESTION THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS WHEN THIS HAPPENED OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS, FEW MONTHS, BETWEEN RICK AND SCOTT STEINER, THE MOST COHESIVE UNIT, MICHIGAN WOLVERINES, GREAT AMATEUR BACKGROUNDS, MAYBE ONE OF THE GREATEST TAG TEAMS EVER, HAVING THEIR PROBLEMS, RICK AND SCOTT. AND BUFF BAGWELL OF THE NWO MAKING SURE, HE GETS THE UPPER HAND HERE EARLY. >> TYPICAL M.O. OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER, HIT THEM FROM BEHIND IF YOU CAN, BUNCH A COWARDS. >> YEAH, BUT MY QUESTION, WHAT’S THE M.O. OF SCOTT STEINER? WHAT’S GOING ON THERE? >> I’M NOT EXACTLY SURE, SCOTT STEINER, YOU KNOW, JUST A VERY SHORT FUSE. HE’S GOT A–HE’S GOT A BIG EGO, I MEAN, HE’S A GREAT PHYSIQUE AND HE’S INTO IT, I THINK HE’S GOT SOMETHING PERSONAL THING GOING WITH HIMSELF, SCOTT STEINER IS NOT THINKING IN TERMS OF A TAG TEAM UNIT, HE’S THINKING IN TERMS OF AN INDIVIDUAL. >> BUT I THINK HIS MIND IS ALL MESSED UP NOW BECAUSE OF BUFF BAGWELL HERE IN THE NWO. SEEMS EVERY TIME BUFF BAGWELL FLEXES A MUSCLE, SCOTT STEINER CAN’T TAKE IT, HE’S GOT TO FLEX A BIGGER MUSCLE. >> I THINK THERE’S SO MANY REASONS THAT COULD BE, BROTHERS HAVING PROBLEMS. >> WELL HE’S TURNED INTO A GLORY HOG, NOTHING BUT SHOW OFF. >> THERE’S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT IF YOU CAN BACK IT UP, I GUESS BUT HE CAN, HE CAN. >> OF COURSE HE CAN. RICK STEINER, LOOKING TO–WOULD YOU WANT TO GO IN THE RING AGAINST THIS MAN? >> I WOULDN’T WANT TO GO AGAINST THAT [INDISTINCT] DEFEAT HIM. [INDISTINCT] HIM YOU KNOW. >> NO, THEY DON’T. >> NOBODY WOULD GET IN THE RING WITH THE REFEREE. >> THAT’S RIGHT. AND BAGWELL, WARNING STEINER TO STAY AWAY BUT HOW DO YOU WARN A MAN WHO JUST LOVES TO FIGHT? HE’S GOING TO GRAB YOU. SOONER OR LATER… >> WELL I’LL TELL YOU, BAGWELL ASKED FOR IT, WHEN BAGWELL ASKED FOR IT. MAYBE STEINER WILL GIVE IT TO HIM. IT DOES NOT TAKE MUCH FOR STEINER TO SNAP, HE’S NOT A FULL DECK PLAYER ANYWAY. MAYBE THAT’S WHAT’S BUGGING SCOTTY, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, IT’S HARD TO DEAL WITH SOMEONE DUMB AND RICK STEINER IS NOT A SMART GUY. >> YEAH, BUT HE JUST DIDN’T GET DUMB THIS WEEK, HE’S BEEN DUMB ALL OF HIS LIFE, HE MUST HAVE KNOWN THAT. >> TOOK SCOTT LONGER TO CRACK, I DON’T KNOW. >> MAYBE, HE’S DUMBER, IT TOOK HIM LONGER TO FIND OUT. >> BUT THERE’S PROBLEMS THERE. HERE IT COMES, AND RICK STEINER. >> POWERFUL, POWERFUL MAN. >> NOT ONLY POWERFUL, MASTERS OF THE SUPLEX, NOW LOOK, ANY POSITION YOU GET IN, HE’LL–HE’S GOING TO RAM HIM. >> WELL, I THOUGHT HE’S GOING FOR THAT POWERBOMB. >> BUFF JUST GOT SMASHED. >> HE WAS THAT CLOSE, YOU KNOW, AND INSTINCT WILL DO THAT. THEY DESIRE THIS NEW RULE THAT THE POWERBOMB HAS BEEN BANNED. SOME GUYS MAY NOT HAVE THAT FLAT IN THEIR MIND YET. THIS COULD BE VERY INTERESTING. >> HIT HIM AGAIN. >> POUNDING AWAY ON THE SIDE OF BUFF BAGWELL, BAGWELL, OH. USING THE TOP ROPE, SENDING STEINER IN AND BAGWELL GOES DOWN AS WELL. >> BAGWELL IS VERY PROUD OF HIS PHYSIQUE AND VERY PROUD OF BEING A MEMBER OF THE NWO. >> THAT’S ALL HE DOES. >> FOR SURE, BAGWELL IS A SHEEP, HE’S A FOLLOWER, HE SOLD HIS SOUL AND HE’S JUST–HE THINKS THAT’S JUST GREAT. YOU’LL FIND OUT SOMEBODY FROM THE NEW WORLD ORDER THROWS HIM IN THE GARBAGE. >> NOW, THE NEW WORLD ORDER, EVER SINCE, REALLY, IF YOU GO BACK EVER SINCE STING WON THE MATCH AT STARRCADE, EVER SINCE BRET “THE HITMAN” HART, BECAME A PART OF WCW, THINGS HAVE BEEN FALLING APART. AND NOW, VINCENT TRYING TO GET SOME CHEAP SHOTS, OH. >> THERE’S AN EXPENSIVE SHOT. >> WOW. >> LOOK AT VINCENT’S EYES, HE LOOKS LIKE A PINBALL MACHINE. >> HE KNOCKED HIM FLAT. WHAT A POWERHOUSE RICK STEINER IS. >> YEAH, BUT STILL DON’T MATTER, YOU KNOW, WHAT HE GOTTEN IN VINCENT, IT TAKES AWAY FROM THE MATCH AND BAGWELL CAPITALIZED ON IT. >> VINCENT SHOULDN’T BE OUT THERE. >> WHAT YOU’RE SEEING RIGHT NOW FANS IS, BAGWELL TRYING TO SLOW THINGS DOWN HERE. AS LONG AS YOU’RE STANDING, AS LONG AS THE DOG-FACED GREMLIN IS STANDING, HAS SOME OF THE GREATEST CLOTHESLINE, THE GREATEST LARIATS, THE GREATEST SUPLEX IN THE WORLD, I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD STRATEGY TO KEEP THE MAN OFF HIS FEET. >> BUT TONY, HE CAN BEAT YOU SITTING DOWN. THAT’S THE FUNNY PART ABOUT THE STEINER BROTHERS. >> SCOOP SLAM. INTO THE MIDDLE TURNBUCKLE, AS BUFF BAGWELL. >> GET UP. >> OH, HE WASTED TOO… >> GOOD MOVE. >> …YEAH, HE WASTED TOO MUCH TIME, YOU COULD SEE IT COMING AND THERE’S WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT, WHAT A LARIAT, IT’S CALLED THE STEINER LINE. OH, STEINER SUPLEX. >> OH. >> THAT’S WHY YOU KEEP THE MAN OFF HIS FEET BECAUSE ONCE HE GETS YOU ON THE ROPES, ONCE HE GET YOU GOING BACK AND FORTH, YOU’RE IN TROUBLE, AND NOW, RICK STEINER. >> HE’S GOING TO SUPLEX HIM FROM THERE. >> OH. >> BELLY TO BELLY. >> AIR BUFFY. >> FROM THE MIDDLE TURNBUCKLE, STEINER, NOT TRYING TO MAKE A COVER, PLANTS AN ELBOW, GREAT EXECUTION BY THE DOG-FACED GREMLIN AGAIN. WHAT A MESS, OH, OH. >> COME ON, THAT WAS A TRIP, REF. >> VINCENT TRIPPED HIM AND BUFF BAGWELL ALMOST GOT A WIN. >> I THINK IT’S GOING TO TAKE MORE THAN A TRIP TO BEAT THE… >> SCOTT STEINER IS UP. >> HOW ABOUT THIS. VINCENT IS OUT. BUFF’S OUT. >> SCOTT STEINER, COME OUT, HELPING HIS BROTHER, LAYING OUT VINCENT, SENDING VINCENT INTO THE RING POST. MEANWHILE, UP ON TOP, RICK STEINER WITH THE STEINER BULLDOG. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> AND SCOTT, SENDING VINCENT IN. >> WHAT’S HE DOING? >> [BELL RINGING] >> THERE’S THE BELL, WHAT HAPPENED HERE? >> AND NOW, SCOTTY LOST IT. >> WELL, MICKEY JAMES EXPLAINING THAT… >> HE’S GOING TO LAY HIS HANDS ON THE REF. >> THERE’S A FINE. >> YOU’RE NOT KIDDING. HE’S GRABBING THE REFEREE AND THAT HAS BEEN A $5,000 FINE. NOW, AND THERE’S MICKEY JAMES TELLING HIM THAT. >> BUT EVEN DIBIASE IS NOT GETTING THAT CLOSE TO SCOTTY. >> ANOTHER $5,000 AND I THINK–WE DIDN’T GET THE OFFICIAL WIN BUT I THINK RICK STEINER WAS DISQUALIFIED HERE. AND HE HAD THE PIN ONE, TWO, THREE. >> WELL, SCOTT, HIS BROTHER CAUSED HIM THE DISQUALIFICATION AND HE JUST CAME OUT… >> YEAH, BUT HE CAME DOWN AND HIT VINCENT OUTSIDE. VINCENT TRIPPED HIM. >> YEAH, BUT HE THREW HIM IN THE RING AND FOLLOWED HIM I THINK. >> AND HOW BRAZEN CAN ONE MAN GET? AND TOLD DIBIASE, YOU COULD HEAR FIRMLY THAT HE TOLD DIBIASE, PAY THE MAN. >> ALWAYS GOT THE MONEY. >> I PAID REFEREES, YOU’RE INCOMPETENT, AND YOU’RE STUPID. >> FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS COMING OUT OF HIS POCKET, I’M NOT PAYING THAT. >> [INDISTINCT] >> WE’LL BACK FOR MORE, LIVE ON NITRO. >> [MUSIC] >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> WELCOME BACK AND GET READY FOR HOUR NUMBER TWO ON THREE HOURS. THAT IS RIGHT, THIS IS OUR VERY FIRST THREE HOUR PROGRAM AND BEGINNING RIGHT EACH AND EVERY WEEK, WE’LL GOING TO BE ON THE AIR FOR THREE SOLID HOURS OF THE GREATEST ACTION IN THE WORLD AND STILL TO COME TONIGHT, AS YOU HEARD THE BRITISH BULLDOG, DAVEY BOY SMITH IS HERE, HE WILL FACE STEVE MONGO MCMICHAEL, UNITED STATES HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION, DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE, BACK IN ACTION AFTER A RECENT INJURY AGAINST [INDISTINCT] BOOKER T DEFENDS THE TV TITLE AGAINST SATURN PLUS WE’RE GOING TO HAVE, LATER ON, IN OUR FEATURE BOUT, THE TOTAL PACKAGE, LEX LUGAR AND SCOTT HALL, THEY WILL GO… >> [MUSIC] >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> THEY’LL GO ONE-ON-ONE. >> YOU KNOW THAT MUSIC. >> YEAH WORST [INDISTINCT] EVER. >> WHICH ONE IS IT OR HOW MANY OF THEM OR IS IT ALL OF THEM. AND WHAT [INDISTINCT] >> WELL, IT’S NASH AND RIP-OFF. >> KEVIN NASH AND ERIC–ONLY THING I CAN SAY IS I’M SURE, THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE SOME SORT OF RESPONSE TO WHAT JAMES J. DILLON SAID, REMEMBER, THE WORDS OF JAMES J. DILLON WAS LAID DOWN THE WALL NOT ONLY FOR NASH, FOR EVERYONE IN PRO WRESTLING IN WCW. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> AND IN WHAT NORMALLY WOULD BE A VERY JOYOUS OCCASION FOR THE REAL GIANT IN THIS SPORT HAS TURNED OUT TO BE A VERY, VERY SAD DAY INDEED, BECAUSE–WELL, KEVIN, YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT AND WE CAN FEEL BILL CLINTON’S PAIN. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> BECAUSE WE TOO HAVE BEEN SINGLED OUT AND HAVE BEEN A TARGET OF MEDIA MANIPULATION BUT MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT, WE HAD BEEN A TARGET OF WCW, YOU MY FRIEND HAVE BEEN SINGLED OUT BY J.J. DILLON, YOUR REACTION? >> YOU KNOW, I’VE BEEN SITTING BACK THERE TONIGHT, WATCHING THE SHOW, LEX LUGAR COMES OUT AND HE SAYS THAT WHAT I DID WAS WRONG AND PAGE COMES OUT AND SAYS, WHAT I DID WAS WRONG, AND I’M THINKING, I OWE IT TO MYSELF AND I OWE IT TO YOU TO TELL YOU WHAT REALLY HAPPENED LAST NIGHT. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> DURING THE MATCH, AFTER “THE GIANT” HAD GIVEN ME ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING HE HAD, AND OF COURSE, MY RESILIENCY WAS THERE, I WAS STILL COMING BACK, THERE WAS A POINT WHERE WE LOOKED AT EACH OTHER IN THE EYES AND HE LOOKED AT ME AND SAID, “BIG MAN, I CAN’T GO ANYMORE.” >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> OH. OH LONEY. >> BUT BEING THE SPORTSMAN THAT I AM, I SAID TO MYSELF, “I THINK WHAT THIS BIG MAN NEEDS IS A LITTLE STIMULI, HEY, HOW ABOUT A LITTLE COFFEE TO PICK HIM UP?” >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> OH, YEAH, SO I HIT HIM IN THE COFFEE, THAT DIDN’T SEEM TO HAVE ANY EFFECT, SO I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, MAYBE I’LL GIVE A LITTLE JUMP START. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> I LOOKED INTO HIS EYES, IF ANYBODY OUT HERE IS EVER WATCHED THE DISNEY FILM, OLD YELLER, WAS ALMOST LIKE LOOKING INTO THE CHICKEN COOP AND SEE AN OLD YELLER WITH A FOAM AND I SAID TO MYSELF, “I DON’T WANT TO PULL THE TRIGGER ON THIS BUT, MAN, SOMEBODY HAS GOT TO PUT THIS GUY OUT OF HIS MISERY.” >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> IT’S JUST THAT, I MEAN, I TRIED TO BE A GOOD GUY AND… >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> …I STUCK HIM OUT HIS SKULL. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, “YOU KNOW, BIG MAN, THAT’S GONNA LEAVE A MARK. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> SO, ENCLOSING, FROM NOW ON, I DON’T WANT TO BE CALLED KEVIN NASH, I WANT TO BE CALLED, “BIG SEXY”, “THE GIANT KILLER”, KEVIN NASH. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> AND IF YOU WANT TO SEND ME SOME FAN MAIL, YOU CAN SEND IT TO THE VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> THE REAL GIANT, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. >> [MUSIC] >> WE DO NOT NEED TO VALIDATE THAT WITH A REACT. >> DON’T EVEN WASTE YOUR TIME WITH… >> THAT… >> …THESE TWO JERKS. >> …THAT SAYS IT ALL ABOUT THE MENTALITY OF THESE IDIOTS, AND THAT’S ALL THEY ARE, THEY’RE IDIOTS. THEY’RE LOWER THAN YOU BRAIN, I COULD TELL YOU THAT. >> HEY I DIDN’T SAY NOTHING. DON’T–I’M NOT TAKING THAT FOR THEM, WHY ARE YOU JUMPING ON ME ABOUT? >> I’M NOT. >> YOU HAVE NOBODY ELSE TO PICK ON, RIGHT? >> NO, I’M JUST MAKING A POINT, BUT THAT’S THE WAY THEY WANT. >> [MUSIC] >> ARE YOU SURPRISED? >> NO, I’M NOT SURPRISED, WHATSOEVER, THEY’RE LOWER THAN SCOTT HALL. >> WELL, FOR THE NEW WORLD ORDER AND THEIR FACTIONS, AND THE FIGHTING THEY’RE HAVING WITHIN, SUPERBRAWL IS HEADED TOWARDS THEM VERY, VERY QUICKLY, HOLLYWOOD HOGAN WOULD GET A CHANCE TO GO IN THE RING AGAINST STING TO FIGHT THE VACANT WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP AT SUPERBRAWL AND AS RODDY PIPER SAID, WE’RE GONNA FINISH IT ONCE AND FOR ALL BETWEEN THESE MEN, WE’RE GONNA HAVE A WINNER AND I CAN ONLY IMAGINE IF HOGAN DOES NOT WIN THAT MATCH, HOW MUCH MORE THEY’RE GONNA BE DISARRAY. >> WELL, THAT COULD BE THE END OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER, AT LEAST PIPER CAME OUT LIKE A MAN AND MADE MANLY RULES, A FIGHT TO THE FINISH. TALKING ABOUT A MAN, RIGHT HERE, JIM “THE ANVIL” NEIDHART, THIS GUY CAN REARRANGE AN ANVIL. >> BOY, THIS GUY IS MISSING A FORK AND A SPOON OUT OF THE SET, I’LL TELL YOU THAT RIGHT THERE. >> YOU KNOW, HE’S A VERY ODD PERSONALITY BUT AS YOU SAID, HE IS… >> ODD? >> …HE IS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST AND HE WILL FACE WAYNE BLOOM IN THIS NEXT MATCHUP HERE LIVE ON NITRO. >> AND YOU KNOW WHO IS BROTHER-IN-LAW IS, BRET “THE HITMAN” HART. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> [BELL RINGING] >> SO HERE WE GO, THE NEXT MATCHUP. >> SO THAT MEANS, HE’S GONNA BE NICE TO HIS SISTER? >> I DON’T KNOW IF THAT MEANS THAT OR NOT, LARRY, YOURS… >> FROM THE LATERAL POSITION, WAYNE BLOOM SNATCHES A SIDE HEADLOCK HERE AND NEIDHART, SO STRONG, HE’S ONE OF THE TOUGHEST MAN TO GET ON HIS FEET. >> THAT’ IT, BLOOM IS NO SLOUCH EITHER, YOU KNOW, BACK IN THE MID-80S, BLOOM HERE WAS THE–WAS THE NATIONAL DEAD LIFT CHAMPION, STRONG MAN. >> ANVIL TOOK HIM DOWN, NOW, THE ANVIL AHEAD OF THE STEAM OF THE ROPES, GREAT DROP TOEHOLD AND A GREAT COUNTER MOVE BY WAYNE BLOOM. AND AN ELBOW DROP ON THE BACK OF THE HEAD. IT’S SHOULDN’T SURPRISE ANYONE ABOUT WHAT KEVIN NASH AND ERIC BISCHOFF HAD TO SAY. THERE, LOOK AT THIS, GRABBING THAT GOATEE, THEY’RE ENJOYING THE PLIGHT OF “THE GIANT”. AND THERE’S JUST–THEY’RE–WHEN–ALSO WHAT THEY’RE DOING BASICALLY, I THINK IS KIND OF JUST SPITTING IN THE FACE OF THE LAW LAID DOWN BY WCW. >> WELL, THEY HAVE NO RESPECT FOR THE RULING BY J.J. DILLON. THEY’RE PROBABLY TRY TO TEST HIM, BUT THEY’LL BE HISTORY, THAT WILL HAPPEN… >> HEY, IT’S LIKE I SAID… >> …THEY MEAN BUSINESS. >> YEAH, IT’S LIKE I SAID, EARLIER, WHEN I SAW THE FOOTAGE, NASH RELEASE HIS HANDS, DELIBERATELY WENT TO DESTROY “THE GIANT”, AND NOW HE’S TRYING TO MAKE A JOKE OF IT. J.J. DILLON MADE THE RIGHT DECISION, WE’LL SEE HOW KEVIN NASH FARES WITHOUT THAT JACKKNIFE POWERBOMB OF HIS. >> WELL, YOU CAN JUST TELL BY THE WAY, J.J. DILLON TALKED TO WCW AND J.J. DILLON, THEY MEAN BUSINESS. >> WELL, YOU COULD TELL THE WAY PIPER TALKED THE OTHER NIGHT AT SOULED OUT. >> UH-HMM. >> NOTICE HOW HE WALKED OVER TO HOGAN WITH THE BELT. >> YEAH. >> ALMOST, AS IF HE WAS GOING TO GIVE IT TO HIM AND SAID, “HEY, NOT TODAY.” NOT A CHANCE, GREAT TAKEDOWN BY BLOOM THAT TIME. LATERAL PRESS ON NEIDHART AND NEIDHART GETS TO THE ROPES IN THE NICK OF TIME HERE. DO NOT FORGET, WE HAVE SCOTT HALL AND LEX LUGER TO GO ONE ON ONE PLUS, WE’RE HAVING THIS PROGRAM, “THE BRITISH BULLDOG”, DAVEY BOY SMITH AND HIS WCW DEBUT AGAINST “STEVE MONGO” MCMICHAEL, DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE AND RAVEN–COVER, WE GOT A TWO COUNT AND BOOKER T’S STILL THE TV CHAMP TO FACE SATURN. AND I GUESS, CONGRATULATIONS… >> WE ALSO HAD A NEOPHYTIC DIMWIT NAMED “CRY BABY” SPICOLLI COMING OUT HERE. >> I GUESS WE DO A LITTLE BIT LATER ON, DON’T WE? >> YEAH, A LITTLE PERSONAL VENDETTA THERE, BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY, WE REALLY HAVEN’T TOUCH ON THAT MUCH, WE NEED TO CONGRATULATE… >> OH. >> SPEAKING OF CRYBABIES, CHRIS JERICHO FOR BECOMING THE CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPION AT SOULED OUT. BOY, HAS HE TURNED HIS LIFE INSIDE OUT. >> ANOTHER CONFUSED YOUNG AND THE USELESS. >> AND IN THE PROCESS, WE DO BELIEVE THAT WE’RE NOT GONNA BE SEEING REY MYSTERIO JUNIOR… >> OH. OH. >> OH. GREAT MOVE, ONE, TWO. >> HE GOT HIM. >> [BELL RINGING] >> HE… >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> [MUSIC] >> THE BIG POWERSLAM UP OF THE TURNBUCKLES AND JIM “THE ANVIL” NEIDHART SECURES THE WIN AND A BIG ONE AT THAT HERE LIVE ON WCW MONDAY NITRO. WE’RE GONNA BE BACK, FANS IN A FEW MOMENTS, BUT WE WANNA REMIND YOU THAT WCWWRESTLING.COM IS INVITING YOU TO TAKE PART IN WRESTLING HISTORY ON JANUARY 31ST, LIVE AT THE FLEET CENTER IN BOSTON, WCWWRESTLING.COM PRESENTS BOSTON BRAWL. THIS ONE, AIN’T NO TEA PARTY. PRO WRESTLING’S FIRST EVER INTERNET EXCLUSIVE PAY-PER-LIST EVENT. THE STAKES ARE HIGH FOR BOSTON BRAWL, HISTORY BEGINS HERE ON WCWWRESTLING.COM. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> AND WELCOME BACK EVERYONE TO MONDAY NITRO. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I’D LIKE TO INTRODUCE A MAN WHO HAS CERTAINLY HAD HIS SHARE OF PROBLEMS WITH THE NWO. NOW A MAJOR PART OF WCW’S RESURGENCE AGAINST THE NEW WORLD ORDER, “BIG” RAY TRAYLOR. >> [MUSIC] >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> RESURGENCE MEAN THE OPERATIVE WORD HERE AND MIKE, TONIGHT HIT HIM ON THE HEAD. >> WELL, RAY WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY HERE TO HEAR FROM SOME OF THE OTHER WCW WRESTLERS ABOUT THE SITUATION INVOLVING KEVIN NASH AND THE POWERBOMB, AND NOW WE’D LIKE TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT MATTER. >> YOU KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS WITH KEVIN NASH AND THE NWO? THEY THINK THEY’RE BETTER THAN EVERYBODY ELSE. THEY CALL THEMSELVES THE TRUE POWER OF TELEVISION, BUT WHAT THEY DON’T REALIZE, THESE IN FORT WAYNE, INDIANA, AND A 50 MILLION MORE BACK IN TV LAND. THEY’RE THE TRUE POWER OF TELEVISION, SOME OF THEM TALL, SOME OF THEM SKINNY, SOME OF THEM FAT, TALL, SOME OF THEM GOT SCARS, SOME CAN’T HEAR, SOME CAN’T SEE, BUT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US ARE BETTER THAN ANYBODY IN THE NWO. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> KEVIN NASH, YOU SHOWED YOUR TRUE POWER LAST NIGHT AND HOW DANGEROUS THE POWERBOMB REALLY IS. YOU PUT “THE GIANT” OUT OF WRESTLING. NOBODY KNOWS WHEN OR IF HE’S COMING BACK. I KNOW THERE’S A LOT OF GUYS IN THE BACK THAT ARE AFRAID TO PUT THEIR NAME ON THE DOTTED LINE, THAT ARE AFRAID TO FACE YOU, BUT BUDDY, IN COBB COUNTY, GEORGIA WHERE I COME FROM, IF WE AIN’T GOT NOTHING TO DO, WE LOOK FOR A FIGHT AND HERE IN FORT WAYNE, INDIANA, I KNOW YOU’RE JUST FLESH AND BLOOD A MAN. THEY’RE GONNA SHOVEL THE SAME SIX-FOOT OF DIRT OVER YOUR BODY AS THEY DO MINE. WHEN IT’S ALL SAID AND DONE, WIN, LOSE, OR DRAW, KEVIN NASH, YOU’RE GONNA KNOW YOU’VE BEEN IN A FIGHT RIGHT HERE FORT WAYNE, INDIANA. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> WHOA. NO FEAR ON THE PART OF “BIG” RAY TRAYLOR, LATER THIS EVENING ON NITRO, ONE-ON-ONE AGAINST KEVIN NASH, TONY, BOBBY, AND LARRY, BACK TO YOU. >> HE IS AFRAID OF NO ONE. HE’S “BIG” RAY TRAYLOR, AND ONE OF THE STRONGEST MEN THIS BOARD HAS EVER SEEN. >> YEAH, TRAYLOR’S BEEN AROUND A WHILE, AGAIN, LOVES TO FIGHT, AND TRAYLOR IS A BIG MAN NOT QUITE AS BIG AS NASH, BUT TRAYLOR HAS A LOT MORE MOBILITY. HE CAN OUTMANEUVER KEVIN NASH. >> [MUSIC] >> AND YOU TALK ALL YOU WANT ABOUT RAY TRAYLOR AND KEVIN NASH. I THINK RAY TRAYLOR SHOULD CALL “THE GIANT” IF HE CAN FIND OUT WHERE HE’S AT AND ASK HIM JUST WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE IN THERE WITH KEVIN NASH. IT’S NOT GONNA BE THAT EASY. >> [MUSIC] >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> KEVIN NASH, RAY TRAYLOR, ANOTHER MATCH STILL TO COME TONIGHT LIVE. LOOK AT THE SEA OF FANS EVERYWHERE, SIGNS EVERYWHERE, WCW MONDAY NITRO IS IT, THE NUMBER ONE WRESTLING PROGRAM IN THE WORLD. AND WE’LL LET YOU KNOW THAT WCW WILL BE WAITING FOR THE ENTRANCE OF PSICOSIS TO FACE CHAVO JR. HERE. WCW MONDAY NITRO NEXT MONDAY WILL ORIGINATE FROM THE ALAMODOME IN SAN ANTONIO. THIS MONDAY FEBRUARY 2ND, TICKETS IN THE BOX OFFICE AND TICKETMASTER IN TWO WEEKS, WE’RE GONNA HAVE SOME GREAT WCW MONDAY NITRO ACTION COMING YOUR WAY, BUT WE WANNA TALK ABOUT TAMPA, FLORIDA ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16TH. WE’RE GONNA BE IN THE FLORIDA STATE FAIR GROUNDS FOR THAT BIG EVENT THERE FOR THE FLORIDA STATE FAIR THAT’S BECOME A YEARLY EVENT FOR US, GEORGE STEINBRENNER OF COURSE WILL BE THERE WITH US AS WELL, TICKETS AT THE BOX OFFICE WE–BEFORE THIS, YOU KNOW, OUR GOOD FRIEND AND YOUR GOOD FRIEND BRAIN, GEORGE STEIN BROUGHT THE YANKEES. WE’RE GONNA BE–HAVE WCW MONDAY NITRO, THE ARCO ARENA IN SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD, TICKETS AT THE BOX OFFICE AND ALL BASS TICKET OUTLETS. AND WE HAVE ONE OTHER BIG MONDAY NITRO TO TALK ABOUT. NOW, WE’RE GONNA BE RETURNING TO THE SPECTRUM… >> [BELL RINGING] >> …MONDAY, MARCH 2ND IN PHILADELPHIA. TICKETS WILL GO ON SALE THIS FRIDAY, JANUARY 30TH FOR THAT EVENT AT THE BOX OFFICE AND TICKETMASTER AS WE RETURN TO THE SPECTRUM IN PHILADELPHIA FOR MONDAY NITRO, COMING UP ON MONDAY, MARCH 2ND. RIGHT NOW, PSICOSIS TRYING TO GET A QUICK START HERE ON CHAVO JR. >> OH. >> A GREAT DROPKICK AND NOWHERE FOR CHAVO TO GO AFTER THAT DROPKICK. >> NOW, SENDING YOUR BROTHER-IN-LAW IN ONE OF MY OLD STOMPING GROUNDS AND OF COURSE SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS NEXT WEEK, THAT’S WHEN THE FIRST LUCHADOR IN HISTORY, SANTA ANA ROLLING, CLEAN HOUSE WITH “DAVEY” CROCKETT AND “JIM” BOWIE SEE IF CHAVO JR. HAS ANY LUCK HERE AGAINST PSICOSIS. >> “DAVEY” CROCKETT? >> NOT OUR “DAVEY” CROCKETT, THAT OLD DEAD ONE. >> OH, THEY LOOK THE SAME. >> STOP IT. >> OH. >> OH, HE HIT THE POLE. >> INTO THE RING POST GOES PSICOSIS, AND HERE COMES CHAVO JR. >> OH. >> AND HE RAN RIGHT OVER PSICOSIS THAT TIME. >> NO PLACE TO GO. >> YOU KNOW, CHAVO HAS A LOT OF FIRE AND VIGOR AND DETERMINATION. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> HE GIVES IT A HUNDRED PERCENT IN THE RING. HE’S UP ON TOP OVER THE GREAT ROLLUP, ONE, TWO. >> AND PSICOSIS ESCAPE. YOU’RE LOOKING ONCE AGAIN AT TWO GREAT CRUISERWEIGHTS, TWO OF THE TOP ATHLETES, CHAVO JR. OF COURSE AND THE BROTHER OF FORMER CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMP, FORMER U.S. CHAMP, EDDIE GUERRERO, AND PSICOSIS FROM MEXICO. I MENTIONED THAT WE’RE GONNA BE HAVING MONDAY NITRO ON THE 9TH OF FEBRUARY. THAT IS GONNA BE IN EL PASO, TEXAS BY THE WAY ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9TH, THAT BIG EVENT. >> UH-OH, FELL TOO SOON. >> OH. >> HE SURE DID. >> RIGHT IN THE KIDNEY AREA, HE GOT HIM GOOD. >> HEY, ONE THING WITH THE LUCHADOR IS YOU’VE GOT TO HAVE EXCELLENT TIMING. YOU CANNOT MAKE A MISTAKE AND SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, TWO OR THREE SECONDS IS TOO LONG, BUT WITH GUYS, HALF A SECOND IS TOO LONG. >> DROP TOEHOLD AND OH. >> AND OFF, USING THE MIDDLE ROPE AS A SPRING BOARD INTO A BULLDOG. THAT WAS A GREAT MOVE, ONE, TWO, AND HE DIDN’T GET IT, BUT IT CAME VERY, VERY CLOSE THAT TIME IN GETTING THE ONE, TWO, THREE. >> THIS CHAVO GUERRERO HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS IN HIS FAMILY, RIGHT? BECAUSE OF EDDIE GUERRERO. >> YEAH, WELL, EDDIE HAS CERTAINLY BEEN THE ROOT OF THE EVIL IN THE GUERRERO FAMILY AND IT’S A FAMILY RICH IN WRESTLING TRADITION. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> THEY ALL GOT HOT TEMPERS AND SHORT FUSES, BUT I DON’T KNOW WHAT GOT INTO EDDIE. YEAH, I MEAN, HE HAS NO FUSE AT ALL. HE JUST–HE TURN HIS BACK IN HIS ENTIRE FAMILY. >> I CAN UNDERSTAND HOT TEMPERS AND I CAN UNDERSTAND SHORT FUSES. >> OH SURE, YOU’RE AN ITALIAN. >> WELL, BUT WHEN IT… >> I CAN UNDERSTAND TURNING ON YOUR FAMILY. >> WOULD YOU–WOULD YOU GUYS STOP? >> AND I’M NOT ITALIAN. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> OH. >> BUT I CAN–OH. >> OH. >> MAN. >> TO THE FLOOR FROM THE TOP ON THE STAIRS. >> AND CHAVO NOT FINISHED YET, HERE HE GOES, OTHER SIDE OVER THE TOP. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> OH. >> OH. A SUMMERSAULT OVER THE TOP ROPE, AND I THINK MAYBE WE HAVE AN INJURY ON PSICOSIS, THE RIGHT SHOULDER HIT THE BEYOND THE MAT, HITTING THE CONCRETE FLOOR AND CHAVO IS GONNA TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS, TRYING TO PUT HIM BACK IN THE RING AND MAYBE TRYING TO END THIS MATCH. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> GUERRERO. >> OH. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> I’LL TELL YOU AGAIN, HE GOT TO BE QUICK, ONE SECOND IS TOO LONG IN THERE. >> AND YOU CAN’T TURN YOUR BACK ON ANY OF THEM. >> NO, AND THEY BOTH GOOD POINTS, GUYS. THEY GOT TO BE QUICK AND TURN YOUR BACK. CHAVO MADE TWO CARDINAL… >> OH. >> OVER THE STICKS, BUT HE’S THE ONE THAT FALLS ON TOP AND HE DOES NOT GET THE ONE, TWO, THREE, BUT IT CAME CLOSE. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> WOW. >> SO MUCH ACTION IN THE RING GOING ON HERE TONIGHT, AND STILL TO COME, THE “BRITISH BULLDOG” DAVEY BOY SMITH, AND… >> AND I TELL YOU, WHEN SCOTT HALL COMES OUT LATER, I’M GONNA BE SITTING RIGHT HERE CHATTING AND RELAXED. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> ONE, TWO. >> NO. “THE BRITISH BULLDOG” AND STEVE MCMICHAEL, SCOTT HALL, AS YOU SAID LARRY ZBYSZKO AGAINST LEX LUGER, KEVIN NASH AND RAY TRAYLOR. WATCH DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE DEFENDS THE US TITLE AND BOOKER T., THE TV BELT. THAT’S ALL STILL TO COME TONIGHT. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> WHIPPING OVER THE TOP. >> OH. >> THAT TIME, CHAVO GOT THE HANDS UP, TRYING TO BLOCK THAT KICK–THAT SPINWHEEL KICK, BUT HE COULD NOT. >> YEAH, PSICOSIS IS GOING UP AND CHAVO IS GETTING UP. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> TO THE TOP. [CROWD CHEERING] >> OH. >> THAT WAS A GREAT MOVE. HE JUST KICKED THE LEGS UP FROM UNDERNEATH PSICOSIS, AND YOU SEE THE RESULT THERE, FANS. >> YEAH, CLEVER MOVE. CHAVO STILL HAS TO KEEP GOING. YOU CANNOT SLOW DOWN. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> HE IS UP ON TOP WITH A POSSIBLY A SUPERPLEX HERE. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> BUT, HE… >> MAYBE GOING THE OTHER WAY. >> THREW HIM OFF. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> PSICOSIS ABLE TO BLOCK, HOOKING THE FEET UNDERNEATH THE TURNBUCKLES THERE, AND UP, DOWN HE GOES THE GUILLOTINE LEG DROP. GREAT ELEVATION. >> SO MUCH FOR CHAVO. >> ONE, TWO, THREE. >> [BELL RINGING] >> AND PSICOSIS PICKS UP ON A MISTAKE BY YOUNG CHAVO JR., AND WITH THE GUILLOTINE LEG DROP GETS THE WIN, AND HE’S HURTING AS WELL. >> [MUSIC] >> WHAT A CONTEST THAT WAS. >> HERE LIVE ON NITRO. >> [SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HE’S SAYING, BRAIN, YOU TAKE IT. >> HE SAYS I DRAW HIM MYSELF. SEE, MY ARM? >> NO, STOP IT. AND OUR CASTROL TORTURE TEST OF THE WEEK. >> RIGHT HERE CHAVO JR., HIGH-RISK MANEUVER LANDED PERFECT TO NAIL PSICOSIS, BUT JUST DIDN’T KEEP UP THE MOVEMENT, JUST DELAYED A SECOND. THAT WAS FAR TOO LONG FOR PSICOSIS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE. >> CASTROL GTX STANDS UP TO THE MOST TORTUROUS CONDITIONS WITH OUR TORTURE TEST OF THE WEEK. FANS ALSO TONIGHT, WE’RE GONNA BE HEARING FROM BRET “THE HITMAN” HART, AND SOME OF THE GREATEST WRESTLING ACTION OF THE WORLD WHEN WE COME BACK LIVE FROM FORT WAYNE, INDIANA ON MONDAY NITRO. >> [MUSIC] >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> WELCOME BACK TO WCW MONDAY NITRO, THE THREE-HOUR EDITION BEGINNING TONIGHT AND EACH AND EVERY WEEK, WE’RE ON THE AIR BEGINNING AT 8:00 EASTERN TIME FOR THREE SOLID HOURS ON TNT, THE NETWORK THAT PUT PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING ON THE MAP. >> [MUSIC] >> LOOK AT THIS JIMMY [INDISTINCT] 6048 SPICOLLI, SCOTT HALL, LARRYLAND IS STILL OPEN TO EITHER ONE OF YOU, JERKS. I DON’T CARE IF IT’S MY HOUSE, YOUR HOUSE, ANYBODY’S HOUSE, I STILL TAKE HIM AND RUB HIS FACE WITH A MANNEQUIN. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> [MUSIC] >> SPICOLLI CARRYING OUT THE WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE BELTS, OF COURSE SCOTT HALL, ONE HALF OF THE WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPS. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> YOU CAN SEE THE BANNER THAT IS RAVEN’S FLOCK ON THE RINGSIDE AREA THERE, WELL. >> A BUNCH OF DANGEROUS, BUT MISGUIDED PEOPLE. >> BOY, MISGUIDED IS THE WORD HERE. >> THIS SCOTT HALL ALWAYS IN TREMENDOUS SHAPE, A CHAMPION IN HIS OWN RIGHT, A CHAMPION HERE AT WCW. AND SO THE OLD… >> A CHAMPION THAT NEVER HAS THE GUTS TO COME UP BY HIMSELF. >> NOW, YOU HEARD WHAT LARRY TALKED ABOUT AND WHAT HAPPENED AT SOULED OUT. FANS, YOU’RE GONNA HAVE TO SEE IT FOR YOURSELF, IF YOU SAW IT, AND YOU LIKE TO SEE IT AGAIN, THE ENCORE PRESENTATION IS TOMORROW NIGHT, SO MAKE THE CALL. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> HEY, YO. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> I’M SURE YOU KNOW BY NOW THAT WE’RE TAKING A LITTLE SURVEY. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> IT’S REAL SIMPLE. WE WANNA KNOW IF YOU’RE WITH US OR AGAINST US. >> HOW DO YOU FEEL, LARRY? >> I’M AGAINST HIM. >> SO AS EVERYBODY HERE IN FORT WAYNE, DID ALL YOU PEOPLE COME TO SEE WCW? >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> HE LOST ALREADY. >> LISTEN TO THAT. >> HE [INDISTINCT] EVERY WEEK. >> THIS IS MAYBE THE LOUDEST I’VE HEARD IN ANY PLACE. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> BUT HEY, IT WOULDN’T BE THE NWO WITHOUT A LIE OR TWO, OR THREE. >> OR FOUR. >> OR DID EVERYBODY HERE IN FORT WAYNE COME TO SEE THE… >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> WEAK, WEAK. >> DROP THE W AND YOU GOT A NO. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> ONE MORE FOR THE GOOD GUYS. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> OKAY. I’M SURE YOU HEARD BY NOW THAT WE GOT A NEW MEMBER. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> THAT’S RIGHT. THE ORIGINAL OUTLAW, “THE AMERICAN DREAM” DUSTY RHODES IS PART OF THE BLACK AND WHITE EXPRESS. AND YOUNG LOUIS SPICOLLI HERE, LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, HE WANTS TO BE PART OF THE NWO. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> BECAUSE WHEN YOU’RE IN THE NWO, YOU’RE JUST TOO… >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> LOOK AT HIM. HE LOOK LIKE ABBOTT AND COSTELLO. >> SO LET’S SEE WHAT YOU GOT LOUIE. GOOD LUCK, MAN. >> THANKS, BROTHER. >> SO THIS IS GONNA BE A TEST FOR SPICOLLI? I MEAN… >> WELL, THAT SOUNDS LIKE LOUIS SPICOLLI. HE’S AN — HE WANTS TO BE A DWEEB, OR PLEDGE, OR WHATEVER IT IS TO GET TO A GROUP. >> WELL. >> HE WANTS TO BECOME A SHEEP OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER. >> SCOTT HALL SAID, HEY, WHO WANTS TO BE IN THE NWO? HE DIDN’T SAY WHAT BUT HE’LL FACE, HE BEING SPICOLLI, JUVENTUD GUERRERO IN THIS NEXT MATCHUP LIVE ON NITRO? >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> DON’T EXTEND YOUR HAND. MOVE, HE KEEP MOVING. >> JUVENTUD MAKING HIS WAY TO THE RING AND SCOTT HALL, APPARENTLY MAKING HIS WAY OUT OF THE RING AREA. WELL THERE HE GOES? >> MAN, HE’S ABOUT FOUR INCHES TALLER AFTER I STRETCHED HIM THE OTHER NIGHT. >> SCOTT HALL IS LEAVING LOUIS SPICOLLI IN THERE BY HIMSELF. >> [BELL RINGING] >> AND LET’S SEE IF SPICOLLI MAKES THE GRADE. >> I WOULD THINK THE ONLY–IT WOULD BE VERY SIMPLE TO MAKE THE GRADE AT THE NWO. YOU JUST LIE, AND ATTACK PEOPLE FROM BEHIND, TRY TO PERMANENTLY INJURE THEM, PEOPLE [INDISTINCT] PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING. THAT’S NOT THAT DIFFICULT. >> WHAT YOU DO IS GO TO YOUR CREATOR, HOLLYWOOD HOGAN AND FIND OUT WHERE YOU ARE AND THE PECKING ORDER GET CAUGHT UP IN THE DISSENSION OF THE EGOS. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> SPINWHEEL KICK. >> COME ON JUVENTUD MOVES, THIS SPICOLLI COULD MOVE, HE LOST ABOUT 50 POUNDS. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> THAT BODY DROP LANDING INTO THE SHOULDER BLOCK BY GUERRERO. GUERRERO UP ON TOP. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> DOUBLE DROPKICK… >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> …SENDING SPICOLLI DOWN. >> JUVENTUD DOING A LOT OF CELEBRATING HERE. >> STAY ON HIM, JUVE. >> IN THE BACK OF THE NECK, COUNTING AWAY. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> YOU SEE SOMETIMES LIKE A GUY LIKE SPICOLLI IS GONNA RUN INTO TROUBLE. BASICALLY IS HE’S GONNA THINK HE’S JUST GONNA MOW DOWN JUVENTUD AND HAVE HIS WAY WITH HIM. DOESN’T FORGET SOMETIMES THAT JUVENTUD’S GONNA GET BEHIND HIM, TAKE HIM DOWN, AND MAKE HIM LOOK SILLY. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> VERTIGO SUPLEX. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> I HAD A STEAM AND DRIVING THE KNEE… >> OH. >> …INTO THE MIDSECTION. >> ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE DISPATCHED THE CAMERA CREW BACKSTAGE. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE’S AN ARRIVAL HERE AND WE–THEY WERE TOLD… >> WELL, THAT’S THE “MACHO MAN” RANDY SAVAGE. >> AND THAT’S NOT A LIMO EITHER. HE JUST CAME BY HIMSELF. >> AND HE IS ANGRY. >> WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE? >> VOICE. >> CAN’T OPEN THE TRUNK. >> GET MY BAG OUT OF HERE. >> HE’S NOT USED TO GETTING IN THE TRUNK BY HIMSELF. HE HAS SOMEONE OPEN THE TRUNK FOR HIM. >> JUVENTUD, I’M GONNA GET IN STRAIGHT RIGHT NOW. PROBLEMS I’M GONNA GO DEAL RIGHT NOW. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> YOU SEEN NOTHING YET. >> OH, KITTY-BAR-THE-DOOR, THE “MACHO MAN” RANDY SAVAGE HAS ARRIVED IN THE ARENA HERE. >> IT’S TROUBLE. >> AND HE’S GONNA GET SOME THINGS STRAIGHT AS HE WALKS INSIDE, WE GO BACK INTO THE ARENA HERE. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> NOT IN THE LIMOUSINE, MISS ELIZABETH THAT WE SAID IN HOLLYWOOD HOGAN’S LIMOUSINE AND HE–I DON’T KNOW IF HE WAS LEFT, OR WHAT HAPPENED, BUT HE IS ANGRY. >> IT LOOKS LIKE THEY LEFT HIM STRANDED AND ALONE AT THE AIRPORT, OR SOMETHING. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> WHAT, HE’S COMING ONTO THE RING. >> HE’S COMING TO THE RING, SAVAGE, AND HE CLIPS JUVENTUD. >> ANYBODY, ANYBODY. HE DON’T CARE. >> [BELL RINGING] >> HE’S HERE TO FIGHT TONIGHT. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> WITH THE DOUBLE AXE HANDLE, HE’S GOT GUERRERO–OH. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> HE’S AFTER ANYONE. >> [BELL RINGING] >> HALL CLIMBER. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> HE WANTS ANSWERS FOR SOME REASON. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> OH, THIS WHY–THIS. >> HE’S GOT THE MIC. LISTEN TO THIS. >> LEX LUGER. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> I WANT YOU OUT HERE RIGHT NOW. >> IT’S MISS ELIZABETH IN THE CORNER. >> WHAT HAPPENED AT SOULED OUT, THOSE THREE STOOGES FRIENDS OF MINE IS THE ONLY REASON THAT YOU GOT THE ONE, TWO, THREE WHACK ME. >> [BELL RINGING] >> GOT IT, YOU UNDERSTAND? >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> GET LUGER OUT RIGHT NOW. >> WRING HIM OUT. SPICOLLI WANTS THE MATCH TO CONTINUE. >> HULK HOGAN… >> WHAT A LAME BRAIN. >> …BIG OLD OF THE PECKING ORDER. ERIC BISCHOFF, SCOTT HALL AND “THE GIANT SLAYER” KEVIN NASH. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> I DON’T WANT YOU UP ON ME NO MORE. >> OH. >> NEVER. AND I WANT LEX LUGER OUT HERE RIGHT BY HIMSELF RIGHT NOW, NO DISQUALIFICATION. >> BABY, BABY, BABY. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> OH. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> WRONG MAN ON THE WRONG TIME, SPICOLLI. >> DON’T INTERRUPT HIM. >> YUP. THE LAST MAN YOU WANNA FOOL. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> NOW, THIS MAN IS NUTS. >> LIKE I SAID, I DON’T NEED YOU ALL NOW. LUGE, LEX LUGER GET YOUR. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> NOW, ELIZABETH IS WITH HIM. >> GET HIM OUT OF HERE. >> I’M NOT SO SURE HE HAD SEEN HER YET. >> [MUSIC] >> I DON’T KNOW. HE SEES IS RED. >> OH, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE… >> THEY’RE ALL COMING NOW. >> YES, WE ARE. WE’RE GONNA HAVE A MEETING OF THE MINDS HERE. >> AND LOOK AT HER. LOOK AT THE EXPRESSION ON HER FACE. YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT TO MAKE OF THIS. >> GET “THE TOTAL PACKAGE” OUT HERE. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> NO DISQUALIFICATION. >> IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE MACHO’S MESSING UP THE PECKING ORDER. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> EVERYONE IN THE NWO WHO ARRIVED IN SEPARATE LIMOUSINES EARLIER OUT, SAVAGE CAME UP BY HIMSELF, CAME AND IT LOOKED LIKE A RENTAL CAR. >> YOU ARE NOW HOPE AT ALL AT SOULED OUT. >> AND THEY’RE GONNA TRY TO SETTLE SOMETHING HERE. HEY, I LIKE THIS. I HOPE THEY ALL GET IN A BIG FIGHT AND KNOCK EACH OTHER OUT. >> ME TOO. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> PUT YOUR CLOWNS. >> I WOULD AGREE. >> HOLD ON, “MACHO MAN”. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> COOLER HEADS NEED TO PREVAIL AND MY FRIEND, YOURS IS WOUND JUST A LITTLE TOO TIGHT. >> WELL, THAT’S REALLY GREAT. GLAD YOU CARE ABOUT MY LOSS TO LUGER. GLAD YOU CARE ABOUT IT, BUT GUESS WHAT, I KNOW YOU DON’T. NEITHER DO YOU, NEITHER DO YOU, AND YOU MAKE ME SICK. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> OH. >> WOW. >> OH. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> FOR LIFE SEEMS TO BE IN A SHORT-TERM CONTRACT. >> I THINK THAT’S ENOUGH. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> MACH, YOU GOT A PROBLEM. IT’S A FAMILY. WE’RE ALL HERE TO FIX IT, AND THE MAN HAS GOT SOMETHING HE’D LIKE TO SAY TO YOU. >> DYING TO HEAR IT. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> YOU KNOW, MADNESS, IF YOU’RE PART OF THE TEAM BROTHER, YOU GOT TO REALIZE YOU GOT TO PLAY THE WHOLE GAME. SOMETIMES ME AND THE BIG MAN, SOMETIMES ME AND SCOTT, SOMETIMES WE HAVE A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION, BUT WE ALL LOVE EACH OTHER, K-DOGG, BIG NORTON, BUFF, THE BOSS, VINCE, WE’RE ALL IN THIS THING TOGETHER. AND YOU KNOW, THE PICTURE THAT WE SAW THE OTHER NIGHT WHEN ME AND BIG SCOTT–MR. HALL CAME DOWN TO THE RING, WAS, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU WEREN’T DOING SO GOOD. DIG IT? THE PICTURE THAT WE SAW, MR. MACHO MAN, WAS THAT YOU WEREN’T WINNING NO GOLD MEDALS OUT THERE, AND YOU WEREN’T EXACTLY LEADING THE DANCE WITH FLEXI-LEXI. SO THE WAY THINGS GO BECAUSE WE CARE ABOUT YOU SO MUCH AND BECAUSE WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH, ME AND MR. HALL CAME DOWN WITH THE NWO SPIRIT AT HEART, THINKING THAT JUST OUR PHYSICAL PRESENCE, SEEING AT THE RING–SEEING US AT RINGSIDE WOULD BE ENOUGH ITSELF FOR YOU TO OVERCOME LEX LUGER OUTSHINING YOU. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> SO THAT IS THE WAY IT IS. YOU WERE NOT LOOKING SO GOOD AND WHAT IT IS, IS WHAT IT IS. IF YOU DON’T WANT US CARING FOR YOU AND LEADING THE WAY FOR YOU ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP, ALL THE WAY TO THE VICTORY, MY MAN, YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> AND IT’S THE WAY I WANT IT. THREE THINGS NOW I GOT TO TELL YOU, THAT I GOT TO TELL YOU ALL, NUMBER ONE, THAT MATCH WASN’T OVER YET. I HAD THINGS UNDER CONTROL. BELIEVE ME, OH, YEAH. NUMBER TWO, YOU GUYS WEREN’T EXACTLY UNBELIEVABLY COORDINATED WHEN YOU GOT THERE, SO I DON’T NEED YOU IN MY MATCHES ANYMORE. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> AND NUMBER THREE, AND BELIEVE ME. YOU TALK ABOUT A PICTURE OF CONFIDENCE. YOU TALK ABOUT A PICTURE OF CONTROL. I’M LOOKING AT A MAN THAT LOOKED MUCH BETTER WHEN HE HAD THE GOLD AROUND HIS WAIST. >> ALL RIGHT. THAT’S ENOUGH. COME ON RANDY. >> START IT OFF. >> COME ON. THAT’S ENOUGH. >> START IT OFF. >> THAT’S ENOUGH. >> HOLD ON. EVERYBODY IN THE FAMILY, YOU INCLUDED, KNOWS I BEAT STING TWO TIMES, TWICE, BROTHER. EVERYBODY HERE, ALL THESE NWO HEIGHTS AND ALL THESE OTHER PUKES OUT HERE KNOW THAT I’M RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WHOLE SUCCESS OF WRESTLING AND EVERYBODY KNOWS I SHOULD HAVE THE BELT AROUND MY WAIST RIGHT NOW, AND JUST BECAUSE J.J. DILLON HAS PLANNED POLITICS, EVERYBODY KNOWS IN FEBRUARY, I’LL HAVE THE BELT AND STING WILL BE STUNG AND IF YOU DON’T LIKE THAT, MACHO MAN, IF YOU DON’T LIKE THAT, BROTHER, I GOT A BIG PROBLEM WITH THAT, TRIPLE DIG IT. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> COME ON MAN, RANDY, DON’T DO IT. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> DON’T DO IT. >> HE’S NUTS. >> COME ON, RANDY. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> BISCHOFF TRYING TO KEEP THE PEACE, BISCHOFF ACTUALLY STICKING HIS HEAD TO THE ROPES. >> WELL, HIT BISCHOFF. >> YEAH, WHY NOT. >> MAYBE HE DON’T KNOW SAVAGE. SAVAGE WILL HIT HIM. HE’LL HAVE HIM IN THAT RING. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> OH, YEAH. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> BISCHOFF… >> YOU GOT A PROBLEM BROTHER? YOU BETTER WORK IT OUT. YOU’RE A PART OF THIS FAMILY. HERE, YOU GOT SOMETHING TO SAY? >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> DON’T HELP ME. I’LL TAKE CARE OF LUGER. YOU SEE IF YOU CAN TAKE CARE OF STING AND GET THAT GOLD BACK IN THE FAMILY. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> HEY BROTHER, YOU TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND I’LL TAKE CARE OF MYSELF. YOU’RE COASTING ON YOUR OWN RIGHT NOW, PARTNER. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> JUST TO MAKE IT FOR LIFE OR YOU’LL BE SORRY. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> WELL, HE REALLY STOPPED SHORT OF COMPLETELY THROWING HIM OUT OF THE NWO, BECAUSE THEY REALLY BELIEVE THAT IT IS FOR LIFE. BUT YOU COULD SEE THAT THEY ARE MORE THAN EVER NOW, SHREDDING, FALLING APART, COMING UNGLUED. THIS NEW WORLD ORDER HAVING PROBLEMS THAT WE LOVE. DON’T WE REALLY LIKE THIS? >> YEAH, THE DECISION IS THROWN. I DON’T CARE WHAT THEY SAY, THEY CANNOT DENY THEY ARE CRUMBLING. THEY ARE CRUMBLING BEFORE OUR VERY EYES. >> GOOD NEWS. >> TONIGHT EVERY MONDAY NIGHT, NITRO PARTY IS ALL OVER THE WORLD WITH MEAN GENE STILL IN CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, WITH THE NITRO GIRLS, WITH OUR GRAND PRIZE WINNER. TAKE IT AWAY, GENE. >> [MUSIC] >> ALL RIGHT. WE ARE BACK WITH MORE, WCW MONDAY NITRO, WE ARE LIVE IN CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE AT LAMBDA CHI ALPHA. WE’VE GOT THE NITRO GIRLS STANDING BY, CHECK THEM OUT. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> [MUSIC] >> OH, YES, INDEED. THIS IS WHAT NITRO PARTIES ARE ALL ABOUT. AND I SUGGEST YOU GET YOUR TAPE INTO US AS SOON AS YOU CAN AND BE PART OF OUR NEXT GRAND PRIZE WINNER. NITRO GIRLS ON HAND. HEY, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? A LITTLE PLAY–KIM THE NITRO GIRL, IS THAT IT? I LOVE IT. THIS GENTLEMAN HAS JUST–BUT WHAT IS–WHAT IS YOUR NAME, SIR? >> EXCUSE ME? >> WHAT IS YOUR NAME? >> DANIEL HUNT. >> THAT’S GOOD ENOUGH. NOW, DANIEL, YOU’RE GONNA TRY TO PIN THE NITRO GIRL, I’M NOT GONNA LET YOU DO IT IN PERSON, YOU’RE GONNA HAVE TO PIN THE POSTER. >> ALL RIGHT. >> IF WE CAN GET A SHOT IN HERE, THE POSTER IS OVER THIS WAY. SPIN HIM AROUND, THAT’S IT. SPIN HIM AROUND. HOLD ON. OKAY. GO AHEAD. OH, NOPE. NOPE. HEY, NOT THERE. NOT THE WALL. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> WELL, I GUESS THAT’S GONNA HAVE TO PASS. LOOKS TO ME–I CAN’T. THAT’S IT. DOES THAT LOOK FAMILIAR? >> WHOO. HEY, NOW. >> I THINK WE GOT A LITTLE PLAN IN HAND. HEY, HERE’S A STING KNOCK OFF, COME ON IN. NITRO GIRLS, I’D LIKE TO HAVE YOU–IF YOU WOULD. NOW, WE GOT SOME NUMBERS HERE. JUDGE THIS MAN’S COSTUME. OBVIOUSLY, THIS ISN’T EXACTLY STING. WHAT DO WE HAVE? A TWO? WHAT DO WE HAVE? AND I’VE GOT A NINE. ANYTHING IN BETWEEN, APPARENTLY THAT’S IT. THIS IS NITRO, WE ARE LIVE IN CHATTANOOGA, GET YOUR TAPES IN AND YOU COULD BE PART OF THIS. LET’S GO BACK TO THE RINGSIDE. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> NOT YOUR AVERAGE PHI BETA PHI PARTY, BUT IT’S NOT BAD. >> THEY’RE HAVING A GREAT TIME AND I KNOW NITRO PARTIES BEING HELD–LOOK IN THE RING IF YOU WILL, BEING HELD ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW. >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE NEXT CONTEST… >> RAVEN IS SCHEDULED TO WRESTLE AND AS ALWAYS SLINKS DOWN IT INTO THE CORNER OF THE RING. >> YOU KNOW, RAVEN IS A GUY, HE NEVER HAS FUN ANYWHERE. IF HE WAS AT THE NITRO PARTY, HE WOULDN’T BE HAVING FUN. >> [MUSIC] >> HE… >> THIS GUY IS STRANGE. >> HE’S IN A… >> DID YOU SEE HIM AT SOULED OUT? WHEN BENOIT SNATCHED HIM IN HIS HOLD? HE DIDN’T TAP OUT. YOU CAN SEE A SMILE COME TO HIS FACE… >> LOOK HE ACTUALLY… >> …AND HE WENT UNCONSCIOUS. BEST TIME HE EVER HAD. NOW THE LIGHTS DIM HERE IN THE ARENA AS MORTIS WILL MAKE HIS WAY IN FOR THE NEXT BOUT. FANS, DON’T FORGET WE HAVE–STILL HAVE SOME GREAT TWO TITLE MATCHES TO COME INCLUDING DDP AGAINST WRATH, AND BOOKER T AGAINST SATURN FOR THE TV TITLE. WELL, TO REMIND YOU THAT WCW’S MONDAY NITRO COMES TO PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, MARCH 2ND, AT THE CORESTATES SPECTRUM. TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE BOX OFFICE AND TICKETMASTER, AND MEAN GENE WILL BE ON TOWER RECORDS AT 6TH AND SOUTH STREET I THINK FROM NOON TO 2:00 THIS COMING FRIDAY. AND WE HAVE A BIG EVENT FRIDAY, MARCH 6TH AT THE A.J. PALUMBO CENTER IN PITTSBURGH, TICKETS AVAILABLE AND WILL GO ON SALE THIS FRIDAY, JANUARY 30TH AT THE BOX OFFICE AND ALL USUAL OUTLETS. AND DON’T FORGET AS WE SAID NEXT MONDAY WE’LL BE IN SAN ANTONIO AT THE ALAMODOME FOR MONDAY NITRO, TICKETS AT THE BOX OFFICE AND TICKETMASTER THERE. STILL TO COME TONIGHT, WE’RE GONNA TALK ABOUT WHERE THUNDER IS GOING TO BE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS ON A THURSDAY AND HOW YOU CAN BE PART OF IT LIVE, AND HOW WCW WILL BE COMING TO OUR GREAT FANS IN SIOUX CITY, IOWA AND LINCOLN, NEBRASKA IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY AT THE END OF THE MONTH. >> WELL, WE’VE GOT TWO RARE ODDITIES IN THAT RING NOW, RAVEN AND MORTIS. THE LIGHTS GO BACK ON AND YOU’LL SEE THEM. >> NOTICED HOW RAVEN DIDN’T EVEN MOVE, I MEAN, HE JUST–IT’S ALMOST AS IF HE’S A… >> [BELL RINGING] >> …CATATONIC. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> HE’S MOVING NOW. >> DIDN’T HE SAY NO DISQUALIFICATION AT HIS RULES? >> HE’S GOT HIS OWN SET OF RULES, BUT STILL NO JACKKNIFE POWERBOMBS ALLOWED. >> THANK GOODNESS. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> OUTSIDE RAVEN TAKES HIS SPILL. >> INTO THIS RING, NOW. ONE… >> OH, AND A RIGHT-HAND AND THAT’S DICTY. THAT’S ABSOLUTELY DICTY. MORTIS. >> OH. >> OH. >> SHOULDER FIRST TO THE STEEL STEPS. YOU KNOW, BRAIN, YOU KNOW, YOU TALKED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO RAVEN AGAINST BENOIT, AS MORTIS LOOKS OVER TOWARDS RAVEN’S FLOCK, AND RAVEN IS BEING PUZZLED HERE, BEING POUNDED, BEING BEATEN AND I BELIEVE YOU’RE RIGHT. THE MAN LOVES TO GET HURT. >> WELL, YOU SAW THE WAY BENOIT HAD HIM SATURDAY NIGHT. THE AVERAGE MAN WOULD’VE GIVEN UP IN 25, 30 SECONDS. HE MUST HOLD ON FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES, FOUR OR FIVE MINUTES AND THAT GRIN JUST CAME TO HIS FACE. AND YOU CAN SEE BENOIT PULLING BACK AND PULLING BACK, HE NEVER TAPPED OUT, HE NEVER SAID ANYTHING. YOU CAN SEE THE WHITES OF HIS TEETH AND HIS EYES ROLLED BACK INTO HIS HEAD, SMILE CAME TO HIS FACE, AND HE WENT OUT COLD, THAT’S A SICK BIRD RIGHT THERE. >> OH. >> FACE FIRST, GOES RAVEN. >> WE TALKED ABOUT THE BEGINNING OF THE MATCH IN THIS NO DISQUALIFICATION ATMOSPHERE THAT HE WANTS, RULES OR NO RULES THAT HE WANTS. HE’S GETTING WHAT HE WANTS AND I REALLY THINK WHEN HE SAYS, “HEY, I WANT NO DISQUALIFICATION. I WANT ANYTHING GOES.” HE’S TELLING HIS OPPONENTS, “I WANT YOU TO HURT ME.” >> YEAH. >> AS BIZARRE AS THAT SOUNDS, THAT’S WHAT HE WANTS. >> HE IS BIZARRE. HE IS A SICK INDIVIDUAL AND–BOY, YOU GOT ME CONFUSED. >> BUT HE’S REBOUNDING NOW, AT LEAST HE’S ATTEMPTING TO, HOLDING ON. >> WELL, MORTIS IS NO SCOUT LEADER. HE’S A STRANGE PUPPY TOO. >> MY OUTLOOK ON PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING WAS MAKE A LOT OF MONEY, BUT YOU HAD TO HAVE A LIFE SPAN TO DO IT IN. RAVEN, IF HE’S AROUND IN TWO OR THREE YEARS, I’LL BE SURPRISED. >> THERE’S A KNEE, AS HE CAUGHT MORTIS COMING UP THE LEFT SIDE ROPES IN A FOREARM SHOT, AND RAVEN IS SHOWING US–HE IS SHOWING US THAT HE CAN TAKE A POUNDING BUT HE COMES RIGHT BACK. >> OH. >> MORTIS COUNTERS WITH THE EXACT SAME MOVE BUT TO THE OTHER SIDE. >> BECAUSE MORTIS IS A TOUGH, TOUGH MAN. HMM. RAVEN HOLDS ON. KNEE TO THE–FIRM INTO THE MIDSECTION. >> I HEAR VANDENBERG HAS MEETINGS WITH THIS MAN ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE TIMES A WEEK. THEY RUN TAPE, AND TAPE, AND TAPE, AND THEY WATCH EVERYBODY. HE’S GOT THESE GUYS READY. >> THEY’RE READY. THEY’RE PREPARED. HE’S GONNA HAVE HIS OTHER BIG MAN COME UP TO FACE DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE IN A FEW MOMENTS FOR THE US BELT, BUT NOW RAVEN HAS GOT A SECOND WIN HERE, AND HERE HE GOES THE STEPS AND A–OH. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> THAT IS A VERY HIGH KNEE IN THE FACE USING THE STEPS AND MORTIS GOES DOWN IN A HEAP HERE. >> I WAS WONDERING WHAT HE WAS DOING, HE SPRINGBOARD OFF THOSE STEPS AND NOW HE MOVES IT AGAIN. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> THIS COULD BE INTERESTING. AND ONE MORE TIME UP ON TOP AND AGAIN. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> SAME RESULT. MORTIS CRASHES BACK TO THE HEAD. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> BECAUSE RAVEN IS GONNA BE A LOT OF FUN IN A GOOD WAY. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> AND HE’S NOT ALL THERE. >> UH-HUH. >> BUT HE’S TOUGH. >> COME ON, MORTIS. STICK TO THE GAME PLAN. >> YOU KNOW, AS… >> NOBODY… >> AS WEIRD AND AS ODD AS VANDENBERG IS, HE DOESN’T WANNA GET NEAR RAVEN. >> VANDENBERG SEEMS NORMAL. >> YEAH. COMPARED TO RAVEN. >> MOST EVERYONE DOES. MORTIS CANNOT GET UP AND RAVEN NOW HOVERING OVER MORTIS HERE. >> MORTIS, REVERSAL AGAIN, PICKS HIM UP. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> HEAD FIRST TO THE TOP TURNBUCKLE PAD. >> YEAH, MORTIS GOT ONE IN, BUT HE’S GETTING UP SLOW. >> AND HIS BACK ELBOW. AND THEN HE GET… >> OH, LOOK AT–WELL, RAVEN GOT UP. >> HE WENT DOWN PRETTY QUICK. >> I–RAVEN, HE LIKES THIS. HE ENJOYS IT. HE ENJOYS YOU’RE POUNDING ON HIM. >> NOTICE HOW CALMLY THE RAVEN’S FLOCK IS WATCHING ON ON THE FAR SIDE. VARIATION OF A POWERSLAM BY MORTIS, HOOKING THE NEAR LEG GET TO BEAT HIM, BUT HE CAME DARN CLOSE THAT TIME, GUYS. >> LIKE A BUNCH OF ZOMBIES SITTING OUT THERE. >> CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> COME ON, RAVEN. COME ON, RAVEN. >> THE ONLY ONE THAT’S–THE ONLY ONE THAT’S REALLY INTO THIS IS LODI EVERYONE ELSE IS KIND OF STARING, AND RAVEN, HE GETS ROLLED UP AND HE GETS–HE DOESN’T GET PINNED BUT HE CAME REAL CLOSE THAT TIME. INSIDE CRADLE AND… >> THOUGHT I–WELL, I THOUGHT I SAW A MAN HOOK GOOD. >> AND HE LEVELS HIM ON THE RIGHT HAND. AND I MEAN, LEVEL HIM. I THINK HE KNOCKED HIM OUT WITH THAT ONE. >> WHAT’S HE DOING? WHAT’S HE DOING? >> THROWING HIM A CHAIR, NO DISQUALIFICATION IN RAVEN’S RULES. >> WELL, RAVEN ASKED FOR IT. >> BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR, IT MAY COME TRUE. >> AND HE’S GONNA GET IT. >> I HOPE. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> BETTER UP. >> HE’S WAITING FOR HIM TO GET UP AND TURN AROUND. WHOA, HE DUCKED, RAVEN. RAVEN’S GOT HIM IN THAT DDT. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> THAT WAS SUPERIOR QUICKNESS BY RAVEN, [INDISTINCT] TO DUCK, DDT AND HE WINS. >> [BELL RINGING] >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> OH, WHAT A FIGHT. >> RAVEN. >> RAVEN’S SHOWING US THAT HE TAKES PUNISHMENT AND LIKES IT, AND CAN COME BACK AND WIN A WRESTLING MATCH. >> IT MUST BE AN HONOR AMONGST THE FLOCK, THE MORE–THE MORE BANDAGES, THE MORE SCARS, THE MORE BROKEN BONES, THE HIGHER YOU WORK YOUR WAY UP ON THEIR PACKING ORDER. >> THIS ENIGMA THAT IS RAVEN, GETS HIS HAND RAISED, WINS ANOTHER MATCH WITH RAVEN’S RULES. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> WHICH BASICALLY ARE NONE. HERE IT IS AGAIN. >> LOOK AT THIS. DROPS HIS FACE RIGHT ON THE STEPS. I’VE NEVER SEEN THAT DONE BEFORE. RAVEN, FIXES THE STEPS, ALL HE WANTS, HITS HIM WITH A HIGH KNEE RIGHT IN A MUSH. LOOK AT THIS. IF HE DID HIT HIM WITH THAT CHAIR, HE’D HAVE NEVER FOUND RAVEN AGAIN. REAL QUICK DDT RIGHT HERE AND YOUR WINNER OVER MORTIS, A BIG TOUGH MAN. YOUR WINNER, RAVEN. >> RAVEN IS YOUR WINNER. DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE WILL BE COMING UP DEFENDING THE US TITLE. PLUS, DON’T FORGET BRET “THE HIT MAN” HART IS HERE AND LEX LUGER WILL FACE SCOTT HALL. STAY WITH US ON NITRO. >> [MUSIC] >> WELL, OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS WE HAVE WITNESSED THE NEW WORLD ORDER SEEMINGLY DISSOLVING BEFORE OUR VERY EYES. AND A LOT IS RIDING ON THAT BIG WORLD TITLE BELT COMING UP AT SUPERBRAWL VIII ON FEBRUARY 22ND IN SAN FRANCISCO AT THE COW PALACE. STING AND HOGAN TO BATTLE TO DECIDE WHO WILL BE THE WORLD CHAMPION. THE TITLE HELD UP, THE TITLE VACATED. RANDY “MACHO MAN” SAVAGE WALKED OUT ALONE ONLY MS. ELIZABETH FOLLOWED BEHIND. HE IS STILL WITHIN THE NWO, BUT HE IS A VERY BITTER, VERY DANGEROUS MAN RIGHT NOW. AND AS WE WENT OFF HERE AT SOULED OUT YOU SAW THE DISARRAY, LIVING LEGEND, OF THE NWO, AND WE SAW HOW STING AND LUGER WERE CENTERED IN THE RING, SHOWING THE WORLD AGAIN THAT WCW, HEARD LUGER’S COMMENT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE GIANT AS WCW IS READY TO RISE IN THE OCCASION ANYTIME, ANYWHERE. >> BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS THE STRAW THAT BROKE THE CAMEL’S BACK AND I THINK WE HAVE SEEN NOW THE STRAW THAT PUT THE CAMEL’S BACK BACK TOGETHER, AND THAT WAS THE INJURY OF THE GIANT IN WCW. THE MORE THEY SEE THE NEW WORLD ORDER TO GENERATE, THE STRONGER THEY’RE GONNA GET. THE HOPE IS SHINING BRIGHTER DAY BY DAY, AND HOPEFULLY SOON THERE WILL BE NO NEW WORLD ORDER AT ALL. >> [MUSIC] >> IT WILL BE REAL INTERESTING TO FIND OUT AN UPDATE ON THE CONDITION OF THE GIANT. >> YEAH, YOU KNOW, YOU SAW AS–OH, MY GOODNESS, BACK IN THE RING FIRST TIME IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, DDP, UNITED STATES HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION, DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE MAKES HIS WAY TO THE RING, DETERMINED LOOK IN HIS EYES AND YOU SEE THE LEGIONS OF FANS THAT ARE FOLLOWING THIS MAN IN HIS CAREER. THEY GET IDENTIFIED WITH IT. >> THIS IS ONE MAN THAT REALLY, REALLY HAS A SUCCESS STORY. CAME FROM NOTHING, EVERYONE KNOCKED AND EVERYONE CALLED HIM NAMES, THEY SAID HE SAID HE WAS A LOW-LIFE, NEVER ASKED FOR HELP FROM ANYBODY, BEEN BEAT UP, BEEN WORKED OVER, BROKEN RIBS, EVERYTHING HAS HAPPENED TO THIS MAN, CAME BACK, BEAT CURT HENNIG, BECAME THE UNITED STATES CHAMPION, AND STILL DOESN’T ASK FOR ANY HELP. >> I WANNA TELL YOU IF VANDENBERG MAY HAVE MEN WHO ARE RARE ODDITIES BUT DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE IS DEFINITELY A MAN OF RARE DETERMINATION AND INTEGRITY. >> WELL SAID LIVING LEGEND. HERE WE GO FOR THE US TITLE BATTLE HERE LIVE ON WCW MONDAY NITRO AND THE SECOND OF THREE HOURS HERE TONIGHT. OUR THREE-HOUR PROGRAM BEGINS TONIGHT. EACH AND EVERY WEEK WE’LL BE WITH YOU LIVE FROM ARENAS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH THE GREATEST WRESTLING ACTION IN THE WORLD. SHOULDER BLOCK. I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE–THIS ARRAY OF THE NWO, WELL, STILL TO COME, SCOTT HALL AND LEX LUGER. REMEMBER WHAT SAVAGE SAID ABOUT LUGER, HE CAN TAKE LUGER ALL ON HIS OWN AND NEEDS NO HELP. >> I’M SURPRISED SOMEONE RENTED SAVAGE A CAR. STATE OF MIND THAT GUY’S IN. >> BUT THAT’S NOT A BAD POINT. >> OH, WOULD YOU RENT HIM A CAR? >> IF HE COME TO MY COUNTER, ABSOLUTELY NOT. >> MIDSIZE. >> HE MIGHT HAVE JUST HOOKED THE CAR. >> LOOK AT–LOOK AT PAGE. >> PAGE IS AFRAID OF NO ONE. >> SLAPPING THE FACE AND GRAB THIS ONE BIG POWERFUL MAN WITH THE REPUTATION AND PAGE KNOCKS HIM DOWN. HOW ABOUT THAT? INTO THE MIDSECTION, PAGE. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> HOW ABOUT THAT RUSSIAN LEGSWEEP? >> HE’S GETTING GOOD, DIDN’T HE? >> WHAT A NICE MOVE, HE WAS ALMOST–HE WAS READY FOR THE DIAMOND CUTTER, BUT PAGE REVERSED AND PUT THAT LEG–RUSSIAN LEGSWEEP IN AND THEN REACHED OUT AND TAGGED HIM. >> YOU KNOW, HE’D BRING–YOU SAID GETTING GOOD, HEY, HE IS GOOD, BUT I THINK WHAT YOU–WHAT YOU’RE SEEING THERE, HE’S SHOWING US MORE MOVES. WE TALK ALL THE TIME ABOUT DDP, NOW THE BRAWN OF A BACK BREAKER. WE TALK SO MUCH ABOUT DDP AND THE DIAMOND CUTTER, BUT WE ARE SEEING, THERE’S MORE TO DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE THAN JUST ONE MOVE, DETERMINATION, HEART. AND YOU SAID IT REALLY CORRECTLY, LARRY, WHAT YOU SAID A FEW MINUTES AGO, HERE’S A MAN THAT PUTS HIS EFFORT IN, HIS HEART INTO WHAT HE DOES, AND HAS PAID OFF FOR IT. >> BUT WHEN YOU [INDISTINCT] THE CUTTER AND THEN BACK TO THE PENTHOUSE YOU REALIZE THAT NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU REMAIN YOURSELF NOBODY CAN TAKE THAT AWAY FROM YOU. >> VANDENBERG SNUCK UP BEHIND THERE, A LITTLE EXTRA ADDED HELP THERE. I’LL TELL YOU SOMETHING. SOMEBODY ASKED ME THE OTHER DAY AND HE SAID, IS IT HARDER FOR HIM TO PUT THE DIAMOND CUTTER ON A SMALL MAN OR A BIG MAN. WELL, YOU WOULD THINK A BIGGER MAN BECAUSE HE CAN GET UNDERNEATH THE CHIN AND GRAB HIM. IT DOESN’T MATTER WITH THIS–HE CAN PUT IT ON YOU SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS, AND SO MANY DIFFERENT ANGLES. HE’S REALLY GOT THE ADVANTAGE. >> ONE, TWO, THREE… >> YOU LOOK AT THIS MANEUVER THAT WE HAVE SEEN BEFORE NOW, WE SAW IT ON THE WCW SATURDAY NIGHT FROM [INDISTINCT] WHERE HE PULLS ON THE NECK AND HOLDS THE ABDOMEN REGION AND HOLDING BACK INTO THE CORNER. IT’S ALMOST A VERSION OF THE ABDOMINAL STRETCH, BUT HE USED THE ROPES. AND PAGE PULLING HIMSELF UP. >> OH, YEAH. >> THAT’S IT. >> OH, LOOK AT THE SPIDER. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> OH, WHAT A CHARACTER HE HAS. RIGHT AND LEFT COMBINATIONS, BUT WRATH HELD ON THAT TIME. AND THE COUNTER FOOT TO THE MIDSECTION, WRATH GOT HIM DOUBLED OVER AND THEN KNOCKS HIM OUT WITH THE RIGHT HAND. >> GOT HIM DOWN BUT DIAMOND DALLAS WILL NOT GIVE UP. >> PICK UP. DON’T FORGET WE’RE GONNA HEAR FROM BRET “THE HITMAN” HART PLUS THE BRITISH BULLDOG, DAVEY BOY SMITH MAKES HIS DEBUT AGAINST STEVE MICHAEL–MCMICHAEL STILL TO COME IN THE THIRD HOUR TONIGHT. UP ON TOP AND… >> OH, DID HE GET HIM? >> GREAT EXPLOSION FROM THE TOP ROPES, BUT THAT’S IT. >> WE GOT A NEW CHAMPION HERE. >> AND IT SHOULD BE AND IT–OH. >> OH, THAT WAS CLOSE. TOO CLOSE. >> YOU [INDISTINCT] A PAID JOB BETWEEN HIS SHOULDERS AND THE NECK. WRATH THERE WITH A LONG LOOK AT MICKIE JAY THINKING THAT MAYBE THE COUNT WAS A LITTLE TOO SLOW BUT IT WAS NOT, IT WAS CONSISTENT. A PICK IT UP AND DDP HOLDS ON. DDP ALMOST CAME OUT WITH A DDT THAT TIME, BUT HE IS ROLLING FORWARD ON THAT QUICK COUNTER MOVE. >> WRATH THE FIRST MAN UP, BUT DDP THE FIRST MAN THAT GETS THE OFFENSE GOING. >> I’M TELLING YOU, WHEN A MAN WILL FIGHT ON HIS KNEES AND FIGHT HIS WAY OUT, YOU COULD TELL HE’S A FIGHTER. >> WELL, SOMETIMES IT’S GOOD TO STAY LONG, WATCH FOR AN OPENING, WRATH LEFT IT AND DIAMOND DALLAS FOUND IT. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> OH, NAILED HIM. >> IF I DON’T GET YOU WITH THE RIGHT, I’M GONNA GET YOU WITH THE LEFT. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> HE IS CALLING FOR THE DIAMOND CUTTER AND THAT BRINGS JAMES VANDENBERG UP, AND IT ALSO BRINGS MORTIS UP. MORTIS HAS ARRIVED AT THE RINGSIDE, WE COULD SEE HIM IN THE SIDE AND NOW MORTIS IS UP. MORTIS. HE GETS KNOCKED DOWN WITH DIAMOND… >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> HERE’S THE WINNER [INDISTINCT] DDP. >> [INDISTINCT] COVER AND THERE’S TOO MANY MEN OUT THERE. >> DO IT NOW, GET IT OVER, AND WATCH YOUR BACK. >> …TWO, THREE. >> YES. >> [BELL RINGING] >> [MUSIC] >> DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE, THE DIAMOND CUTTER STILL THE UNITED STATES HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION. EVERY TIME HE PUTS IT ON, IT’S ELECTRIC, AND AS BRAIN HAS SAID, EACH WAY A DIFFERENT WAY, AND AS… >> HE GOES OUT THE ARENA A DIFFERENT WAY EVERY TIME TOO. >> YEAH, BUT HE ALWAYS GOES THROUGH THE FANS. A MAN WHO KNOWS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A CHAMPION, TO WORK HARD, THAT PEOPLE LOVE DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE, AND THEY SHOULD. >> [MUSIC] >> WALK OUT WITH THAT GOLD, DIAMOND DALLAS. KEEP IT AWAY FROM THE NEW WORLD ORDER. >> [INDISTINCT] WE’VE GOT A LOOK IN THE RING. TRYING TO HELP WRATH UP IS MORTIS. >> WRATH DON’T KNOW [INDISTINCT] >> AFTER THAT WAS–HEY, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA. >> HE THINKS THAT’S DIAMOND DALLAS. >> THAT’S RIGHT. IT WAS MORTIS AND HE PUT HIM IN THAT DEATH PENALTY, AND MORTIS IS OUT. HE WAS JUST TRYING TO HELP HIS PARTNER UP. >> YEAH, BUT LOOK AT VANDENBERG, HE’S LAYING DOWN [INDISTINCT] HE’S LOOKING AT THIS DUMMY, YOU’VE GOT THE WRONG GUY. YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO WRESTLE DIAMOND DALLAS NOT YOUR OWN PARTNER. >> BUT MAYBE I MADE A MISTAKE HERE. >> RIGHT, MAYBE WRATH DOESN’T CARE. >> [MUSIC] >> HE’S GONNA CHASE AWAY VANDENBERG AS THE EXPLOSION MEANS THAT WE ARE GOING TO THE THIRD HOUR. >> WE ARE GOING TO THE THIRD HOUR, THAT’S RIGHT, ONE MORE HOUR TO GO WHEN WE COME BACK, BRET “THE HITMAN” HART AND MORE LIVE ON NITRO. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> FORT WAYNE, INDIANA AND A NATIONAL TNT AUDIENCE, PLEASE WELCOME, THE FIVE TIME WORLD’S HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION, BRET “THE HITMAN” HART. >> [MUSIC] >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> BRET HART WHO WAS INVOLVED IN WHAT WILL GO DOWN AS THE WCW PAY-PER-VIEW CLASSIC TWO NIGHTS TO GO AGAINST THE NATURE BOY RIC FLAIR. >> LOOK AT THIS, TONY. SINCE HE CAME HERE TO WCW, HOGAN’S LOST THE TITLE, NOTHING BUT TROUBLE WITH THE NWO, AND HE’S RIGHT IN THE THICK OF IT. >> CALLING HIM A CATALYST, MAYBE? A MAN WHO MAKES THINGS HAPPEN? >> OH, I THOUGHT YOU SAID A CADILLAC. >> A CATALYST. NEVER MIND, LET’S GO BACK TO MIKE TENAY, YOU SEE HOW THE FANS LOVE THIS MAN, MIKE. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> [MUSIC] >> BRET HART, THIS PAST SATURDAY AT SOULED OUT, IT WAS CERTAINLY ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY ANTICIPATED MATCH-UPS OF ALL TIME, WHEN YOU SCORED A VERY IMPRESSIVE VICTORY OVER THE NATURE BOY RIC FLAIR, AND WE’D LIKE TO GET YOUR INSIGHTS ON THAT CLASSIC MATCH-UP. >> WELL, I’LL SAY ONE THING, IT WAS A TOUGH MATCH, AND I DIDN’T COME HERE TO DISRESPECT RIC FLAIR OR GOAD ABOUT THE MATCH, IF ANYTHING, I JUST WANNA THANK HIM FOR A GREAT WRESTLING MATCH WITH A GREAT WRESTLER. AND RIC FLAIR, YOU’RE WRONG ABOUT ONE THING, TO BE THE MAN, YOU HAVE TO BEAT THE MAN. WELL, THAT’S NOT TRUE, BECAUSE RIC FLAIR, YOU’RE ALWAYS GONNA BE THE MAN. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> NOW, I’M GONNA MOVE ON THE OTHER THINGS DOWN THE WCW AND AS FAR AS THIS BIG DECISION BY RODDY PIPER, YOU KNOW, ANY DECISION PIPER MAKES IS COOL WITH ME. AND THE DECISION HE’S MADE ABOUT STAYING, AND HOGAN, AND THE TITLE, AND THE WHOLE THING, THAT’S COOL WITH ME BECAUSE I CAME TO THE WCW TO PROVE ONE THING, TO PROVE THAT I SHOULD BE THE WCW WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION. SO I DON’T CARE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE MATCH WITH HOGAN OR STING BECAUSE I’M GONNA PROVE TO EITHER ONE OF THEM, I’M GONNA PROVE TO EVERYBODY OUT THERE WATCHING ON TV, EVERYBODY OUT THERE IN THE AUDIENCE, I’M GONNA PROVE TO EVERYBODY BACK THERE IN THE DRESSING ROOM, THAT SOONER OR LATER, I’M GONNA BE THE BEST WCW CHAMPION THAT THIS COMPANY HAS EVER HAD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> WELL, IT’S OBVIOUS BRET HART FEELS THAT HE’S IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT WCW WORLD’S HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE PICTURE. TONY, BACK TO YOU. >> MIKE, THANKS A LOT AND I TELL YOU, WE ALL KNEW WHAT HIS PURPOSE WAS TO BECOME THE WORLD CHAMP AND HE’S MADE IT WELL KNOWN TO THE WORLD NOW, BRET HART HAS HIS SET ON BECOMING THE WORLD CHAMP. BACK WITH MORE LIVE ON NITRO. >> [MUSIC] >> THIS PORTION OF WCW MONDAY NITRO BROUGHT TO YOU BY BURGER KING, GET YOUR BURGER’S WORTH AT BURGER KING. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> LIVE ACTION CONTINUES AT FORT WAYNE, INDIANA HERE ON NITRO ON TNT AND ALSO CONTINUES IN CHATTANOOGA WHERE MEAN GENE IS STANDING BY WITH OUR NITRO GRAND PRIZE WINNER. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> [MUSIC] >> IT IS A COOL [INDISTINCT] RIGHT HERE IN THE GREAT STATE OF TENNESSEE. WE ARE HAVING A GIGANTIC NITRO PARTY. HEY, LISTEN UP, I WANNA TAKE THAT LITTLE SURVEY. EVERYBODY TAKES THIS SURVEY. ARE YOU HERE TONIGHT TO WATCH THE NWO? >> NO. >> OR ARE YOU HERE TO SEE… >> WCW. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> I HOPE THEY GET THE MESSAGE. RIGHT NOW BEFORE WE CONDUCT A LITTLE BUSINESS LET’S CHECK OUT THE NITRO GIRLS IN ACTION, OH YEAH. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> [MUSIC] >> AS YOU’RE WATCHING THE NITRO GIRLS, I WANNA REMIND YOU WCW NITRO IS HITTING THE ROAD TO SPRING BREAK OUR FINAL DESTINATION, SPRING BREAKOUT ’98 A GIGANTIC THREE-DAY EVENT IN PANAMA CITY BEACH, FLORIDA FROM MARCH 14TH THROUGH THE 16TH, WE’LL SEE YOU AT BEACHFRONT AT HOLIDAY INN SUNSPREE. I’M GONNA BE THERE WITH MY LOINCLOTH AND COPPERTONE. IT IS ONE OF THE GREATEST COLLEGE HANGOUTS DURING SPRING BREAK. ROAD TO SPRING BREAK BEGINS MONDAY, MARCH THE 2ND IN PHILADELPHIA WHEN WE VISIT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA AND SAINT JOSEPH’S UNIVERSITY. ON MONDAY MARCH THE 9TH, ROAD TO SPRING BREAK VISITS DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA DUKE UNIVERSITY, THE HOME OF THE BLUE DEVILS. A FULL DAY OF ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR EACH CAMPUS FEATURED APPEARANCES BY WRESTLERS, OF COURSE, SOME OF THE GREAT SUPERSTARS OF WCW AS WELL AS THE NITRO GIRLS AND HOPEFULLY, MYSELF. WE’VE HAD A GREAT TIME HERE TONIGHT, I THINK THIS PRETTY MUCH REPRESENTS THE RECEPTION THAT NITRO GETS IN COLLEGE CAMPUSES ACROSS THE LAND. AND TELL ME, TELL ME AS YOU GET READY TO SEND IN YOUR NITRO TAPES, HOW CAN YOU NOT HAVE FUN DOING THIS. WE’VE HAD A GREAT TIME AT CHATTANOOGA AT LAMBDA CHI ALPHA HOUSE, NEXT DOOR THE [INDISTINCT] HOUSE ARE PARTYING AND WE’RE GONNA KEEP THIS PARTY GOING ALL NIGHT LONG. BACK TO NITRO IN FORT WAYNE INDIANA, SO LONG EVERYBODY FROM CHATTANOOGA, OH, YEAH. >> OH, YEAH. >> THANKS A LOT, GENE, JOB WELL DONE AND I KNOW IT WAS A TOUGH ONE. >> GOOD NEWS, TONY. >> WHAT’S THAT, FRANK? >> WE’LL NEVER SEE HIM AGAIN. >> WELL, HE MAY NOT MIND THAT EITHER, I MEAN, HE’S JUST GONNA STAY THERE WITH THE NITRO GIRLS, YOU LIKE THAT TOO, DON’T YOU, LARRY, THAT’S A LOT OF FUN. >> OH, JUST, I DON’T KNOW, THEY THREW ME OUT OF COLLEGE. >> YEAH, THEY DID, HUH? WELL, YOU’VE SEEN LODI STANDING UP BECAUSE SATURN’S GONNA MAKE HIS WAY. AND SATURN WHO WAS THE FORMER TELEVISION CHAMPION [INDISTINCT] HERE AND WE’RE GAINING THAT TV BELT HERE LIVE ON NITRO AGAINST BOOKER T THE MAN WHO WON, DEFEATED RICK MARTEL TO RETAIN THE BELT BUT [INDISTINCT] AT SOULED OUT A FEW NIGHTS AGO. FANS, DON’T FORGET YOU COULD SEE THE ANNUAL PRESENTATION AND IT TAKES THE AIR BEGINNING TOMORROW NIGHT, SO MAKE THE APPROPRIATE PHONE CALL TO YOUR LOCAL CABLE OPERATOR IF YOU HAVE DIRECTV YOU CAN ORDER WITH IT DIRECT TICKET ON THE DISH NETWORK AND SATELLITE DISH NUMBERS, YOU KNOW, YOUR PHONE NUMBER FOR TURNER PREMIER. WELL, BOOKER T… >> A MAN WHO HAS COME FROM TAG TEAM WRESTLING, TO SINGLE WRESTLING, AND NOW HE’S GOT THIS REMATCH HERE AGAINST SATURN. >> I TELL YOU BOOKER T, A VERY IMPRESSIVE MAN, I MEAN I’M NOT AN EASY GUY TO IMPRESS BUT THIS GUY, PHENOMENAL ATHLETE, SOMETIMES FOR A MASCULINE AND [INDISTINCT] JUST SEEMS TO DEFY GRAVITY. SATURN IS GONNA HAVE A TOUGH TIME. WHAT BOOKER T IS GONNA WATCH OUT FOR IS THE FLOCK. >> THEY’RE ALWAYS AROUND… >> ALL RIGHT. >> …FLAPPING THEIR WINGS SOME PLACE. >> THEY’RE ALWAYS A PART OF IT NOW, THEY WERE BANNED FROM RINGSIDE BUT THEY CAME OUT HERE TONIGHT AND PURCHASED THEIR OWN TICKETS. >> NOW, BRAIN, AS YOU KNOW, WCW HAS BEEN LAYING DOWN THE LAW ABOUT OUTSIDE INTERFERENCE, ABOUT ATTACK, WELL, LODI HAS JUMPED ACROSS THE SAFETY RAIL AND HE’LL GET INVOLVED HERE SOME WAY OR THE OTHER HE’S GOT THIS [INDISTINCT] I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THUNDER IN THE EVENT COMING UP THIS THURSDAY ON TBS AND OF THUNDER’S COMING UP DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, I’LL GET THE MAP PROBABLY DURING THE NEXT MATCHUP BECAUSE WE’RE JUST ABOUT SET TO GO, CHARLES ROBINSON, THE REFEREE, THIS IS FOR THE TV TITLE. DO NOT FORGET, WE STILL HAVE THE DEBUT OF THE “BRITISH BULLDOG” DAVEY BOY SMITH WHO IS NOW ON WCW, HE’LL FACE STEVE “MONGO” MCMICHAEL… >> [BELL RINGING] >> WHAT AN OPENING MATCH FOR HIM IN WCW. RAY TRAYLOR AND KEVIN NASH TO GO AND SCOTT HALL AND THE TOTAL PACKAGE LEX LUGER. IT’S ALL STILL TO COME IN THIS THIRD HOUR OF NITRO. >> AND REMEMBER THIS SAVAGE IS HERE AND HE’S GOING NUTS. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> YEAH, HE’S ALWAYS NUTS. >> YES, SAVAGE IS HERE, THAT’S RIGHT. AND HE’S BEEN THERE AND BACKED MANY TIMES. >> WELL, HE HASN’T LET US DOWN. >> NO HE’S NOT. ONE THING ABOUT THERE’S–ONE THING ABOUT YOU CAN SAY ABOUT SAVAGE, HE’S PRETTY CONSISTENT ABOUT BEING A NUT, ISN’T HE? HE NEVER SURPRISES US. >> HE’S WRESTLING’S MOST DANGEROUS MAN. >> YES, HE IS. >> BACK IN THE CORNER NOW AND, YOU KNOW, I WANNA TAKE AWAY ANYTHING FROM THESE TWO GREAT ATHLETES BUT ONE HAS TO BE SET ABOUT RICK MARTEL’S ABILITY. BUT HE DID LAST MONDAY WHEN SATURN THREW HIM RIGHT THROUGH A PLATE GLASS WINDOW AND MARTEL STILL CAME OUT AND WON THE MATCH. >> I TELL YOU MARTEL, A VERY LUCKY MAN, THAT GLASS SHATTERED, HE CAME VERY CLOSE TO BE HAVING GLASS IN HIS EYES AND THAT WAS A VERY, VERY LUCKY BREAK FOR MARTEL. >> HE’S VERY LUCKY. >> YEAH, BUT THAT–YOU KNOW–YOU KNOW, BRAIN, IT SHOWS HOW DETERMINED, HOW VICIOUS SATURN AND RAVEN FLOCK REALLY IS. >> OH, THEY’LL DO ANYTHING THERE’S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. LOOK AT THEM, THEY DON’T CARE ABOUT THEIR BODIES, THEY DON’T CARE ABOUT THEIR CLOTHES, THEY DON’T CARE ABOUT ANYTHING. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> THEY JUST CARE ABOUT WINNING AND OBVIOUSLY… >> THERE’S COVER BY BOOKER T, GOT A TWO-COUNT. >> YOU CAN’T BE IN THE FLOCK UNLESS YOU HAVE MOSS. >> ONE WOULD THINK THAT MAY BE CORRECT. >> BUT THE THING THAT WORKS GOT HOLES IN THEM. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> A VERTICAL BASE BY BOOKER T. BOOKER T HAS CERTAINLY GROWN AS A SINGLES COMPETITOR AND YOU CAN SEE THE CONFIDENCE, AND THEY’RE CERTAINLY VERY CONFIDENT WHEN HE’S BROTHER STEVIE RAY IS OUT THERE WITH HIM, BUT NOW FIRMLY IN [INDISTINCT] SINGLES COMPETITION THE TV CHAMP LOOKING CRISPIER THEN HE SENDS THE MAN DOWN. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> DAMN, BOOKER T ALL THE TRADING ENDURES THIS MAN JUST, OH, SO BLESSED GENETICALLY, I MEAN, HE IS JUST A NATURAL ATHLETE. LOOK AT RIGHT THERE, COULD HAVE THAT RIGHT LEG UP A LITTLE MORE FORWARD, GET MORE PRESSURE OVER THE SHOULDER BUT IT JUST TAKES A FEW YEARS TO POLISH UP THOSE DIAMONDS. >> SATURN’S AT A DISADVANTAGE HERE BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL HE’S GOT TO BEAT BOOKER T, BOOKER T DOESN’T HAVE TO BEAT HIM TO WIN ANYTHING. SO HE’S GOT TO REACH DOWN EXTRA FIRE TO BEAT THIS MAN. >> YOU ALWAYS HAVE THE ADVANTAGE, OH. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> A BACK KICK. >> OH… >> AND YOU ALWAYS HAVE THE ADVANTAGE WHEN YOU ARE THE CHAMP BUT EVEN MORE SO WHEN YOU’RE THE TELEVISION CHAMP BECAUSE OF THE SHORTER TIME LIMITS AND THE TIME CONSTRICTIONS WITHIN TELEVISED MATCHUPS. CERTAINLY, THAT IS NOT STOPPING BOOKER T FROM TAKING THE OFFENSE GO TO THE CHALLENGER HERE, BRAIN. >> YOU SEE THE WAY HE STUMBLED BACKWARDS, FELL THROUGH THE ROPES, FELL ON THE FLOOR, BARELY GOT UP. THAT’S THE WAY OKERLUND IS GONNA BE LEAVING CHATTANOOGA. >> COULD HAVE BEEN THE WAY HE GOT THERE. GOING TO THE HEAD ONCE AGAIN AND SNAPMARE TAKEOVER. HOOKS THE LEG DOWN. >> AND LOOK AT THE FRONT ROW, THE FLOCK SIT THERE, EYES FOCUSED IN THE RING, NO EXPRESSION. >> YOU KNOW, THEY’VE BEEN AWFULLY CALM AND I WONDER IF IT’S BECAUSE OF THE FINES AND SUSPENSIONS THREATENED BY WCW. >> I JUST THINK THEY’RE IN OUTER SPACE. >> YOU COULD BE RIGHT. STANDING SWITCH, FULL NELSON APPLIED SATURN’S GONNA–OH, MAYBE TRY THE FULL NELSON SLAM BUT HE PICKED HIM UP AND SATURN SHOWING HIS BALANCE, AND POWER, AND COVERS, AND TWO, AND ALMOST BECAME THE TV CHAMP. BOOKER T LOOKS… >> DETERMINED. >> LOOK AT THIS. WATCH THIS, SATURN GOT SOME GREAT MAT TECHNIQUES, AND THEN BACKGROUND IN JUDO AND SORT OF THINGS. SATURN, I MEAN HE KNOWS WHAT HE’S DOING ON THAT MAT NOT THE ATHLETE THAT BOOKER T ISN’T. SO HE’S AN ATHLETE OF AGILITY BUT IF SATURN GETS YOU DOWN ON THE MAT HE KNOWS HE COULD TIE YOU UP DOWN THERE. >> THE MAN WAS AN ARMY RANGER, JUMPED OUT OF A PLANE LIKE A HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN TIMES. >> LET’S NOT FORGET THOSE HANDS AND WRISTS ROTATE AND THEN MAKES THOSE FOREARM BLOWS EVEN HARDER AND BOOKER T ROLLS HIM UP AND ALMOST CAME AWAY WITH A WIN OUT OF THAT OFFENSIVE FLURRY. BOOKER T CAME UP AND LOOK LIKE MAYBE HE WAS TRYING TO MEASURE HIM FOR A HARLEM SIDEKICK BUT IT WAS SATURN WHO LEVELED HIM WITH A LARIAT THAT TIME. >> HE CAN WRESTLE… >> YES. >> AND HE EVER. >> COVER AND–NO. >> I JUST DON’T MEAN HE CAN GET IN THAT RING AND MOVE AROUND, HE CAN WRESTLE, HE CAN GET YOU ON THE MAT, HE CAN BEAT YOU WITH SUBMISSION HOLDS, AND HE STOMPS THE MAN RIGHT IN THE RIBCAGE AS WELL. >> THAT RIB IS A GOOD PLACE TO KICK SOMEBODY BECAUSE THERE’S NO MUSCLE TISSUE AROUND THERE SO, THAT’S WHY A LOT OF GUYS ALWAYS AIM FOR THE RIB THAT GETS YOU RIGHT IN THE BONE. >> I LIKED IT BETWEEN THE EYES. >> YOU LIKE TO GET HIT BETWEEN THE EYES? >> NO. >> NO, HE USED TO KICK A GUY BETWEEN THE EYES. >> I’M SURE HE DID. >> YOU WANT TO GET HIT BETWEEN THE EYES? >> NO, THANK YOU. >> WELL, I LIKE TO GET HIT BETWEEN THE EYES. >> WELL, YOU’RE DIFFERENT. >> ALMOST ANYONE [INDISTINCT] AROUND THE EYES. >> WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT? >> HAVE YOU EVER BEEN KICKED BETWEEN THE EYES? >> FORGET IT, PLEASE. >> THAT’S WHAT WE’RE DONE. AND SATURN TO THE ATTACK, AGAIN, HEAD FIRST TO A TURNBUCKLE PAD ONE MORE TIME. SATURN, LOOKS LIKE THAT BOOKER T IS IN TROUBLE HERE GUYS, HE’S VERY WOBBLY. >> WELL… >> HE BLOCKED THAT ONE. >> YEAH, PROVEN ME WRONG, HE BLOCKED IT AND MAYBE PLAYING POSSUM A LITTLE BIT HERE. >> SHEER POWER, HE TOOK HIM OVER. >> A LOT OF ENDURANCE HERE IN THE CORNER OF BOOKER T. THE MAN IN JUST GREAT PHYSICAL SHAPE, IT ONLY TAKES FEW SECONDS TO GET THAT OXYGEN BACK WHEN IT’S KNOCKED OUT, ROLL HIM UP. >> OH. >> TWO, NO, DIDN’T GET IT BUT CAME VERY, VERY CLOSE AND A RUNNING LARIAT ONCE AGAIN. >> SEE NOW, THERE’S AN EXAMPLE SATURN HAD AN OPPORTUNITY… >> COVERS HIM. >> TRY TO BEAT BOOKER T WITH A WRESTLING HOLD ON THE MAT, SMALL PACKAGE INSIDE CRADLE. THE GUY KNOWS HOW TO WRESTLE. >> BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU ALWAYS THINK THOUGH WHEN HE IS THERE JUST AS WE SAW RAVEN EARLIER THAT THERE’S A PLAN, HE DOES NOT WALK ALONE, HE IS IN HERE ARMED WITH HIS COMRADES MEMBERS OF THE FLOCK ALTHOUGH THEY’VE BEEN VERY MYSTERIOUS TONIGHT… >> OH. >> …WE’VE SEEN THEM MORE THAN ONCE COME IN TO HELP THEIR MAN OUT, BUT THEY ALSO REALIZE IF THEY COME IN HERE, GUYS, A DISQUALIFICATION WOULD NOT GIVE SATURN THE TV BELT, AND HE GOT ALMOST AT THREE COUNT THAT TIME. >> WELL, YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT THEM WALKING ALONE AND, YOU KNOW, DDP WALKS ALONE BUT NO ONE HERE AT WCW SHOULD WALK ALONE AS LONG AS THE NWO’S AROUND. >> AND I THINK WE’RE SEEING MORE AND MORE OF THAT, HERE’S THE ROLL UP, ONE, TWO, YOU’VE HEARD IT REALLY FROM LEX LUGER, FROM DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE, YOU’VE SEEN IT FROM LUGER AND STING AT THE END OF THE SOULED OUT, YOU KNOW OF THE CONCERN AMONG THE ATHLETES RUNS DEEP ABOUT THE GIANT AND HIS INJURY, AND HOW SEVERE THAT IS, ONE, TWO, FOR MANY REASONS ONE BECAUSE WE DON’T KNOW HOW SEVERE IT IS AND NUMBER TWO BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW MANY MEGA ATHLETES HAVE ENDED THEIR CAREERS WITH SEVERE NECK INJURIES LIKE, YOU KNOW, REGGIE BROWN OF THE DETROIT LIONS, DARRYL STINGLEY OF THE PATRIOTS, DENNIS BYRD OF THE JETS. >> OH. >> AND THERE DOWN GOES SATURN ONCE AGAIN. >> HE MAY HAVE A BAD NECK, BOOKER NAILED HIM–NO, HE MOVED OUT OF THE WAY AND LOOK AT BOOKER JUST DEFIED GRAVITY IN THE RISE. >> OH. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> CONNECTS WITH THE HARLEM SIDEKICK. >> IT TAKES THE HEAD OFF SATURN. >> THE FANS ERUPT HERE IN FORT WAYNE AND NOW THE SCISSOR KICK… >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> HE’S GONNA RAISE THE ROOF. >> WELL, HE COME A LONG WAY IN SINGLES COMPETITION, HE LOOKS GREAT. >> PICKED HIM UP, PUTS HIM DOWN. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> OH, THERE GOES HAMMER, DIDN’T TAKE HIM LONG DO THE HAMMER UP TOP, HAMMER NAILS HIM, THERE’S THE DISQUALIFICATION CHARLES ROBINSON… >> [BELL RINGING] >> …CALLING FOR THE BELL AND HERE COMES THE FLOCK. >> WEREN’T THEY BANNED FROM RINGSIDE BECAUSE OF THIS. >> YES, BUT THEY BOUGHT A TICKET. >> THAT DOESN’T MEAN THEY CAN DO THIS. >> OF COURSE NOT BUT IT’S THE FLOCK. HOW DO I KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THEM? >> BOOKER T WILL RETAIN THE TELEVISION BELT, THANKS TO THE DISQUALIFICATION RIGGS IN THERE, KIDMAN, LODI, SICK BOY, RICK MARTEL HAS ARRIVED. >> YEAH, BUT HE’S ONLY ONE GUY. >> I DIDN’T COME BY MYSELF. >> AND MARTEL IS GONNA TAKE THEM ALL ON, OUT GOES RIGGS, KIDMAN GETS SHELVED. LODI GOES DOWN, SICK BOY. KIDMAN AGAIN, HE’S FIGHTING EVERY ONE OF THEM OFF. >> AND MARTEL’S CLEANING THE HOUSE IN THERE. >> RICK MARTEL HAS COME TO THE AID OF BOOKER T AND NOW MARTEL EYEING THE MAN WHO THREW HIM TO THE PLATE GLASS WINDOW ONE WEEK AGO. >> SATURN’S NOT BACKING DOWN. >> STANDOFF HERE. >> NO, THERE YOU GO. >> SMART MOVE. >> SATURN ALMOST GIVING HIM A SMILE. >> THERE’LL BE ANOTHER DAY, THIS IS A NO-WIN SITUATION. >> BOOKER T RETAINS THE WCW TELEVISION TITLE AND NOW RIGGS’ GONNA TRY TO SNEAK IN AGAIN BUT THEN THOUGHT BETTER OF IT. >> MARTEL, I TOLD YOU KEEP YOUR BIG NOSE OUT OF MY BUSINESS. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> NOT ONLY WHAT HAPPENED LAST MONDAY OR–ACTUALLY LAST THURSDAY ON THUNDER BUT WHAT HAPPENED AT SOULED OUT AS WELL WHEN SATURN ATTACKED RICK MARTEL AT THE END OF HIS TV TITLE BOUT. FANS WHEN WE COME BACK THE BRITISH BULLDOG DAVEY BOY SMITH MAKES HIS DEBUT ON NITRO. >> [MUSIC] >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> AND WE ARE BACK ON NITRO HERE IS THE NEW WCW WORLD CRUISERWEIGHT TITLE HOLDER FOLLOWING HIS WIN OVER REY MYSTERIO JR. THIS IS CHRIS JERICHO. >> YEAH, MIKE TENAY WATCH YOUR SPORTS COAT, IF HE STARTS WHINING AND THROWING A TANTRUM FOR NO APPARENT REASON. >> HIT THE DOOR. >> HE MAY GO AT YOU. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> [MUSIC] >> WELL, WE HAVE TO GIVE THE DEVIL HIS DUE NOW A THREE-TIME WCW WORLD’S CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPION AND WHAT’S THE STORY BEHIND THE REY MYSTERIO JR. SHIRT? >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, CHILDREN OF ALL AGES I AM YOUR NEW CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPION, LION HEART CHRIS JERICHO, THANK YOU. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> THE GUY HAS BEEN DOING A LOT OF LYING LATELY HASN’T HE? >> YES, YOU SCORED A VICTORY OVER REY MYSTERIO JR. AT SOULED OUT BUT WHAT ABOUT THE POST-MATCH ATTACK WHERE YOU USED THAT UTILITY BOX AT RINGSIDE ON THE KNEE OF REY MYSTERIO JR.? >> I FOUND THAT BOX UNDER THE RING, MIKE, I’M GONNA USE IT TO CARRY MY CRUISERWEIGHT TITLE BELT IN, YOU KNOW, IT’S COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT REY MYSTERIO JR., HE HURT HIS LEG OR SOMETHING. >> A TORN ACL, A TORN MENISCUS, HE’S UNDERGOING FULL-BLOWN KNEE SURGERY THIS WEDNESDAY. >> OH, THAT HURTS, THAT REALLY HURTS, YOU KNOW, REY MYSTERIO JR. YOU’RE ONE OF MY FAVORITE COMPETITORS, I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR YOU, I’D LIKE TO DEDICATE THIS CRUISERWEIGHT BELT TO YOU, WELL, ACTUALLY I’D LIKE TO DEDICATE IT TO MYSELF FIRST, TO ALL MY WONDERFUL FANS SECOND, AND REY MYSTERIO TO YOU THIRDLY, AS FAR AS YOU HURTING YOUR LEG I HOPE THAT IT NEVER EVER HAPPENS AGAIN, YOU KNOW, YOU’D NEVER SEE ME POWERBOMBING SOMEONE ON THEIR HEAD, MIKE TENAY AND I CERTAINLY WOULD NEVER INTENTIONALLY HURT REY MYSTERIO JR. I HOPE TO WAGE MANY SUCCESSFUL BATTLES WITH THIS BELT AROUND MY WAIST AND I’D LIKE TO DEDICATE THIS. I PROMISE MYSELF I WOULDN’T DO THIS, MIKE, TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO STUCK WITH ME THROUGH THIN AND THIN–THICK AND THIN, THROUGH BLACK AND THROUGH WHITE IF IT WASN’T FOR YOU, PEOPLE I WOULDN’T BE HERE WITH THIS BELT AROUND MY NECK–WAIST. I LOVE YOU PEOPLE, AND REY MYSTERIO JR. PLEASE KEEP US ABREAST OF YOUR PROGRESS BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS TO SEE YOU IN THE RING QUICKER AND FASTER THAN I DO, I’M WEARING THIS SHIRT AS A TRIBUTE TO YOU AND A TRIBUTE TO ALL THE CHRIS JERICHO DISCIPLES AROUND THE WORLD AND ALL AROUND AMERICA, I STAND BEFORE YOU, YOUR HERO, YOUR ROLE MODEL, YOUR CHAMPION, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> SICKENING. TONY, TAKE IT AWAY. >> WELL SAID, MIKE. SICKENING IS THE WORD. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> HE’S OUR CHAMPION, HE’S OUR ROLE MODEL? >> [MUSIC] >> WELL… >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> SICKENING IS KIND OF IN THE THEME HERE TONIGHT ON MANY LEVELS, ISN’T IT GUYS? IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT–AND WE SAW THE FOOTAGE OF THE GIANT WITH THE DROP ON THE BACK OF HIS HEAD. >> AND IT’S NOT OVER YET. >> WE’LL YOU’RE NOT KIDDING IT’S NOT OVER YET. ALL RIGHT, STEVE “MONGO” MCMICHAEL COMES IN. IT’D GIVE ME A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THUNDER. THUNDER LIVE ON TBS THIS COMING THURSDAY 8:05 P.M. EASTERN TIME. WE’LL BE ON THE AIR FROM MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE IN THE MID-SOUTH COLISEUM. TICKETS AT THE COLISEUM, BOX OFFICE AND TICKETMASTER. ON FEBRUARY 5TH ON A THURSDAY, THUNDER COMES TO THE CIVIC CENTER IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS. TICKETS AT ALL LOCAL DEALERS. AND BE SURE TO GET YOUR TICKETS ALSO AT THE CIVIC CENTER BOX OFFICE. ON A THURSDAY FEBRUARY 12TH WE’RE GONNA BRING THUNDER AND TBS TO THE MYRIAD IN OKLAHOMA CITY. I’LL BE VERY PROUD TO BE PART OF THAT BROADCAST TEAM, COMING TO THE GREAT STATE OF OKLAHOMA IN MYRIAD. TICKETS AT THE MYRIAD ARENA BOX OFFICE AND ON METRO [INDISTINCT] STORES. DON’T FORGET, SATURDAY, JANUARY 31ST, WE’RE GONNA BE IN BOSTON. THIS COMING SATURDAY AT THE FLEET CENTER, LIMITED NUMBER OF TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE BOX OFFICE AND TICKETMASTER ARE GOING FAST. GET THEM WHILE YOU CAN. AND ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH AT THE MGM GRAND. WCW TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA, BOX OFFICE IN LAS VEGAS AND TICKETMASTER. IT’S GREAT TO SEE THE “BRITISH BULLDOG” DAVEY BOY SMITH, ONE OF THE GREAT POWER MEN IN OUR SPORTS, COME IN TO WCW AND THE CHALLENGE. HE’S GOT QUITE A TASK AHEAD OF HIM IN STEVE “MONGO” MCMICHAEL. YOU KNOW… >> [BELL RINGING] >> …I’VE SAID IT MANY TIMES, LARRY–LOOK AT MONGO GO AT IT PAL. IN 1998 WE’RE GONNA SEE MORE GREAT ATHLETES FROM AROUND THE WORLD COME HERE. AND HERE’S THE EVIDENCE RIGHT HERE IN THE BRITISH BULLDOG. >> YEAH, DAVEY BOY SMITH’S TRYING TO MAKE A SUCCESSFUL DEBUT UNMATCHED AND RAN RIGHT INTO MONGO MONGO. NOT CUTTING HIM ANY SLACK WHATSOEVER. GOOD IDEA [INDISTINCT] DAVEY BOY. HE IS MUCH MORE EXPERIENCED INSIDE THAT RING. THIS ISN’T THE GRIDIRON, THIS IS WRESTLING. >> AND EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT BULLDOG–HOW STRONG THIS MAN IS–THE POWER HE POSSESSES. THAT WAS A GOOD MOVE MY MONGO. WAIT UNTIL HE GETS IN THE RING, SET INTO THOSE ROPE, NAIL HIM. >> MONGO IS ONE DETERMINED INDIVIDUAL AND ONE INTENSE MAN. AND YOU’RE RIGHT ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE IN EXPERIENCE IN THE RING. BUT MONGO, WHAT HE LACKS IN EXPERIENCE MAKES UP FOR JUST DETERMINATION AND ATHLETIC ABILITY. >> LOOKS LIKE SOME GUYS CAN PLAY THE UNION GAME WITH CHESS, MONGO JUST HITS YOU OVER THAT HEAD WITH THE BOARD. >> THAT’S WHAT HE DOES. THAT’S A GOOD ANALOGY THERE AS HE DROPS DAVE BOY SMITH AND SHOWING AN ABUNDANCE OF CONFIDENCE. ONE THING YOU DON’T WANNA DO IS DO A LOT OF TALKING AND ALLOW THE BRITISH BULLDOG BACK TO HIS FEET. >> BECAUSE HE’S A VETERAN AND HE KNOWS WHAT TO DO IN THAT RING. >> SENDING THE BULLDOG, AND PICKS HIM UP, OH. >> OH, AND DRIVES HIM DOWN, AND MONGO, ONCE AGAIN WITH A GREAT MOVE. STEVE MCMICHAEL HOOKS THE–LEG AND GETS A TWO COUNT. >> YEAH, HOOKS THE LEG, DOESN’T LOCK HIS HANDS, DOESN’T CRADLE HIM UP AND THAT’S GIVING DAVEY BOY A BREAK HERE. AGAIN, DAVEY BOY IS SEASONED. HE’LL TRY TO WAIT FOR A MISTAKE ON THE PART OF MONGO. AND WHEN HE MAKES HIM–HE GOT HIM RIGHT IN THE KNEE. >> THERE HAS BEEN NO OFFENSE OUT OF THE BULLDOG. >> HE’S GONNA TRY TO SPIKE HIM RIGHT HERE. >> WHAT A DEBUT. >> OH, BUT THE BULLDOG REBOUNDS. >> HE’S UP. >> HE IS. LOOK AT THAT MASSIVE CHEST AND ARMS ON DAVEY BOY SMITH, SENDING STEVEN MCMICHAEL–AND A BACK ELBOW. >> THE MORE YOU GET TO KNOW MONGO THE MORE YOU REALIZE WHAT AN ANIMAL HE IS. AND HOPEFULLY THE MORE MONGO WRESTLES THE MORE HE’LL REALIZE YOU HAVE TO BE MORE OF A THINKER THAN JUST AN ANIMAL. >> COULDN’T GET HIM UP THE FIRST TIME, GONNA TRY IT AGAIN, OH LOOK AT THIS. THAT’S RAW POWER. >> COVERS–ONE, TWO, MCMICHAEL GOT THE LEFT SHOULDER UP IN THE NICK OF TIME. >> WELL THE INSURGENCE OF GREAT ATHLETES, JIM “THE ANVIL” NEIDHART, ORIGINALLY THE “BRITISH BULLDOG” DAVEY BOY SMITH. THIS IS WHERE THE BIG BOYS PLAY AND IT’S GETTING EVEN BIGGER EACH AND EVERY WEEK. >> AND SO THE PURSES, I MEAN YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, JUST AS ANY SPORT, WENT UP. PROFESSIONAL WRESTLERS 30, 40 YEARS AGO, IF YOU’VE MADE A COUPLE OF HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR IT WAS A BIG YEAR. NOW, YOU’RE MAKING MILLIONS. AND THEY HAD COME HERE FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE. >> BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE THE BIG BOYS PLAY. >> YES, THERE IS. >> AND THE BIG BOYS GET PAID. >> WE’RE GONNA SEE A REAL BIG BOY KEVIN NASH IN A FEW MOMENTS. AND OF COURSE THE BIGGEST ONE, RIGHT NOW [INDISTINCT] WITH THE GIANT. AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE AN UPDATE AND EXACTLY WHAT HIS INJURY IS ALL ABOUT IN THE MINUTES TO COME. DAVEY BOY, LOOK AT HOW HE PICKS UP MONGO WITH EASE AND POWERSLAMS HIM DOWN–ONE, TWO, AND THREE. >> HE GOT HIM. >> AND HE BEAT HIM. >> [BELL RINGING] >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> DAVEY BOY SMITH WITH THAT RUNNING POWERSLAM OF HIM–OF HIS, GETS A BIG WIN HERE ON WCW MONDAY NITRO–DETERMINATION, PERSEVERANCE AND POWER. >> WELL EXPERIENCE ALONG WITH IT ALL, TONY. HHARD TO BEAT A VETERAN WHO KNOWS WHAT HE’S DOING. >> [MUSIC] >> WELL, FANS, AS WE SAID BEFORE, JANUARY 31ST, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS HAS A BIG NIGHT COMING TO THE FLEET CENTER. IT’S WCW ACTION. AND YOU CAN BE A PART OF THIS. THIS MEGA CARD WILL NOT BE TELEVISED ANYWHERE. BUT, FANS, THERE IS A WAY FOR YOU TO FOLLOW ALL THE ACTION ON JANUARY 31ST ON THE FLEET CENTER BY HOOKING IN TO WCWWRESTLING.COM AND BEING PART OF THE BIG EVENT. IT’S PRO WRESTLING’S FIRST EVER INTERNET EXCLUSIVE, PAY-PER-LISTEN. IT’S BOSTON BRAWL COMING UP ON THE 31ST. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> [MUSIC] >> EARLIER IN THIS PROGRAM WE TALKED TO RAY TRAYLOR. AND TRAYLOR IS UP TO THE TASK TO FACE KEVIN NASH OF THE NWO, ONE HALF OF THE WORLD’S TAG TEAM CHAMPS, ONE OF THE OUTSIDERS, ONE OF THE CHARTERED MEMBERS OF THIS GROUP. AND HE’S GOT HIS BEVERAGE WITH HIM AGAIN. >> THEY’RE ALSO ONE OF THE BIG EGOS OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER RIGHT HERE. >> THAT IS HOT COFFEE WITH HIM. >> JOE DIMAGGIO OF PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING. >> IT’S, YOU KNOW, IT’S BAD ENOUGH THAT HE WOULD–THAT HE WOULD ATTEMPT TO INJURE THE GIANT AND SUCCEED, BUT TO LAUGH IN THE FACE OF THE GIANT’S WIFE, OF THE GIANT’S INJURIES, TO MAKE A MOCKERY OUT OF THIS MAN’S CAREER IS BEYOND BELIEF. WHAT IS THAT, DAVID? >> PENZER ISN’T STUPID ENOUGH TO GIVE IT BACK TO HIM. >> WELL, I–WELL, YOU KNOW… >> I WOULD… >> …THE DAMAGE THIS MAN HERE KEVIN NASH DID TO THE GIANT, RAY TRAYLOR BETTER BE READY. HE CAN GET POWERBOMBED. THIS GUY CAN POWERBOMB A TRIPLE WIDE TRAILER. >> THAT IS OUTLAWED. >> I KNOW. BUT YOU THINK THAT MEANS ANYTHING TO HIM OR THE NWO? BUT WE’RE GONNA SEE, AREN’T WE? >> [MUSIC] >> RAY TRAYLOR, FORMERLY OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER, NOW A PART OF WCW. THIS IS WCW COUNTRY AND THIS IS WCW’S NUMBER ONE WRESTLING PROGRAM WORLDWIDE. IT’S NITRO. AND WE’RE HEADED TOWARDS… >> [BELL RINGING] >> …THE COMPLICATION WITH HOGAN AND STING AND THE RETURN BOUT, THE REMATCH FOR THE WORLD TITLE AT SUPERBRAWL ON FEBRUARY 22ND. >> OH. >> OH, COME ON. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> WHY DON’T–THROWING HOT COFFEE THEN A LOW BLOW. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> OH. >> UH-OH. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> WELL, LET’S SEE WHAT’S GONNA HAPPEN HERE. OH,, LOOKS LIKE HE’S GEARING TO FIGHT. >> UH, HE’S… >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> [BELL RINGING] >> THAT’S IT. REFEREE’S DISQUALIFIED HIM. RAY TRAYLOR WILL WIN IT. BUT DO YOU THINK HE CARES? >> PUT THE SMILES INTO THE FACE OF AUTHORITY. THAT’S GONNA BACKFIRE ON YOU SOMEBODY. >> AND IT SAYS THE FINE’S GONNA BE BIG, REAL BIG. >> [BELL RINGING] >> LET’S SEE WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT NOW. >> I TELL YOU WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT, WE GOT REFEREES COMING OUT. AND WHAT THEY’RE DOING HERE, WE GOT OUR, TRAINER COMING OUT. AND THEY ARE JUST CHECKING OVER TRAYLOR HERE. THAT’S THE BEST THING TO DO, JUST LEAVE THE MAN ALONE AND CHECK ON RAY TRAYLOR. IT’S–THIS IS… >> OH YEAH, LOOK AT THIS IF YOU WILL. >> YEAH, BOOYAH. >> NASH IS ON HIS WAY TO THE CEASAR. >> KEVIN NASH IS BEING CUFFED. >> HEY, GET THIS ON TAPE. I GOT A CASE. >> IT’S LIKE JAMES J. DILLON SAID. >> GET THIS ON TAPE. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> HE IS… >> OH, AND LISTEN, HE’S MAKING A MOCKERY OF [INDISTINCT] >> WELL, I’LL TELL YOU, [INDISTINCT] SYSTEMS ARE, HE’LL BE OUT ON BAIL BEFORE THE POLICE FINISH THE PAPERWORK. >> YEAH, BUT THAT’S NOT THE POINT HERE. THE POINT HERE IS THAT JAMES J. DILLON IS SHOWING THE WORLD THAT HE MEANS BUSINESS. KEEP ON GOING. WE HOPE NEVER TO SEE YOU AGAIN, FELLA. GOOD FOR WCW. BUT IN THE RING, IT LOOKS LIKE WE MAY HAVE… >> WELL, TED DIBIASE HAS ARRIVED AS WELL. WE MAY HAVE OUR SECOND STRAIGHT INJURY AT THE HANDS OF KEVIN NASH. >> IT’S BEEN A YEAR AGO. DIDN’T TAYLOR HAVE A BACK INJURY OR A BACK OPERATION? HE’S BEEN HURT BEFORE. >> AND THE JACKKNIFE POWERBOMB TAKES DOWN ANOTHER ONE. FANS, BACK WITH OUR MAIN EVENT ON NITRO. >> HE’S HURTING. >> YES, HE IS. >> [MUSIC] >> THIS PORTION OF WCW MONDAY NITRO IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY TWIX COOKIE BARS, TWIX, TWO FOR ME, NONE FOR YOU. >> [MUSIC] >> WE WELCOME YOU BACK FANS TO WCW MONDAY NITRO, TIME FOR OUR FEATURE BOUT. AND BEFORE THIS MATCH GETS ON THE WAY, TWO MORE ARENA EVENTS I WANNA TALK ABOUT. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27TH, WE WILL GONNA BE AT THE PERSHING AUDITORIUM IN LINCOLN, NEBRASKA. TICKETS WILL GO ON SALE THIS FRIDAY AT THE BOX OFFICE AND TICKETMASTER. AND ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH, WE’RE GONNA AT THE MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM IN SIOUX CITY, IOWA. TICKETS GO ON SALE THIS COMING SATURDAY, JANUARY 31ST AT THE AUDITORIUM BOX OFFICE AND TICKETMASTER FOR SIOUX CITY, IOWA AND WCW. WELL, LARRY ZBYSZKO, SCOTT HALL MAKES HIS WAY OUT. CERTAINLY, IF YOU TALK ABOUT A MAN WHO YOU HAVE GONE ROUND, AND ROUND WITH AND A MAN THAT YOU DISLIKE AND HATE. >> I TELL YOU, I HATE HIS GUTS. AND BELIEVE ME, IT WAS A THRILL OF A LIFETIME WHEN I OUTSMARTED HIM AND STUCK HIS NECK IN MY ARMS AND STRETCHED THEM. OF COURSE, WE’LL TALK ABOUT THE SAD NEWS OF A SOULED OUT [INDISTINCT] SCOTT HALL IS BEATABLE. >> THAT IS SAD NEWS. AND YOU KNOW WHAT, IT AMAZES ME THAT WHEN YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENED TO THE GIANT, WHEN YOU SEE WHAT THEY ARE LITERALLY TRYING TO DO TO PEOPLE, AND THEN YOU STILL SEE THE MEATHEADS IN THE AUDIENCE HOLDING UP THE NWO SIGN. WHAT’S THE WORLD COMING TO? >> HEY, YA’LL. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> I KNOW–I KNOW YOU PEOPLE CAN’T GET ENOUGH OF ME TALKING. SO I CAME OUT HERE TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE. NOW, WE ALREADY ESTABLISHED THAT FORT WAYNE IS NWO COUNTRY. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> WE HAVE. >> AND FOR EVERYBODY WHO SAW SOULED OUT SATURDAY, YOU SAW ME EXPOSE LARRY ZBYSZKO. >> OH, MY >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> LARRY, YOU MUST’VE FELT LIKE A PERVERT IN A RAINCOAT AT A PEEPSHOW BECAUSE YOU’RE EXPOSED, LARRY. YOU GOT ZERO WRESTLING TALENT. >> THEN WHY DO I HAVE VICTORY OVER YOU HALL? >> SO WHY DON’T YOU WANDER OFF TO THE TAR PIT WITH THE REST OF THE DINOSAURS, OKAY? >> HOW ABOUT IF I WONDER OVER TO YOU? >> OH, LARRY, WHERE ARE YOU GOING? >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> FANS. WE GOT–WE GOT TO TAKE A COMMERCIAL BREAK. THE LIVING LEGEND BEING STOP BY SECURITY. WE’LL BE BACK. AND LUGER WILL COME OUT HERE AND NITRO CONTINUES AFTER THIS. >> [MUSIC] >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> WE ARE BACK. WE HAVE TO REPORT YOU THAT THE LIVING LEGEND LARRY ZBYSZKO HAS BEEN ESCORTED OUT OF THE COLISEUM HERE IN FORT WAYNE, INDIANA. THAT’S TRAVESTY OF JUSTICE, IS WHAT THAT IS. NEVERTHELESS, LEX LUGER IS GONNA COME TO THE RING. >> HE’S HERE. >> YOU’RE NOT KIDDING HE’S HERE. AND HE WILL COLLIDE WITH SCOTT HALL. I MEAN, CAN YOU BLAME ZBYSZKO FOR WHAT HE DID? >> A MAN CAN ONLY TAKE SO MUCH. >> YOU’RE EXACTLY RIGHT, BRAIN. >> AND YOU KNOW I’VE ALWAYS SAID THAT. >> I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND–I UNDERSTAND WHERE WCW IS COMING FROM. AND THE AUTHORITY OF J.J. DILLON IS TRYING TO CURTAIL WHAT’S BEEN GOING ON BUT THERE’S A TIME… >> WELL, IF YOU DON’T STOP IT NOW, YOU’RE GONNA HAVE TO STOP IT. >> WELL, YOU’RE RIGHT. BUT THERE’S TIME TO GET EVEN. AND THAT TIME IS IN THE PERSONA OF LEX LUGER RIGHT NOW IN THIS MATCHUP. LUGER AND SCOTT HALL TO GO ONE-ON-ONE IN OUR FEATURED BOUT. >> WHAT? >> IT’S GOING TO HAPPEN HERE. >> AND I HOPE TO SEE MR. HALL ACROSS THE SHOULDERS OF LEX LUGER. >> THE TORTURE RACK. THAT’S THE ONE THEY DON’T ESCAPE FROM. >> LUGER TAKING HIS TIME NOW, GOING AROUND THE RING. HE’S BEING VERY CAUTIOUS, VERY DELIBERATE AS HE GETS IN THE RING. >> [BELL RINGING] >> LUGER CERTAINLY TOOK HIS TIME GETTING IN THE RING. AND NOW, HE GETS IN THE RING AND HE PAYS FOR IT–JUMPSTART. >> IF I WAS LUGER, I WON’T GO UP THE STEPS AND TAKING MY TIME GETTING IN. HE WENT THROUGH AND DUCKED HIS HEAD, GAVE SCOTT HALL A BIG OPENING. >> I’LL TELL YOU, LUGER THOUGH FIGHTING ON ADRENALINE RIGHT NOW. AND I MEAN, HE’S ROCKING THE HEAD OF SCOTT HALL HERE. LEX LUGER POUNDING THE ABDOMEN, STOMPING AWAY. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> AND LUGER WHO HAS BEEN LEADING THE FIGHT FOR WCW, TRYING TO LEAD IN HERE IN THIS FEATURE BOUT. SCOTT HALL, OH, ALMOST PUNCHED LUGER RIGHT OVER THE TOP ROPE. AND ANOTHER KICK GOING FOR THE RIBS. REMEMBER NOW, PRETTY GOOD STRATEGY HERE IF YOU THINK ABOUT WEAKEN THE RIBS, HE CAN’T PICK YOU UP. >> THAT’S RIGHT. NO RIBS, VERY HARD TO GET YOU UP IN THAT TORTURE RACK. >> THAT’S RIGHT, CHEST MUSCLES, RIBS. >> AND SCOTT HALL IS WHAT, 280? HE’S A BIG GUY. >> BIG, POWERFUL. >> BUT DON’T FORGET, LOOK HOW TALL HE IS. LUGER [INDISTINCT] EASY FROM THE BACK. >> FANS, IF YOU JOINED US FOR SOULED OUT, YOU KNOW THAT SCOTT HALL NOT ONLY HAD THAT MATCH AGAINST LARRY ZBYSZKO, BUT DID NOT TAKE TOO CALMLY THE FACT THAT EVEN THOUGH HE WON WORLD WAR III, WILL NOT GET A TITLE SHOT BECAUSE AS ROWDY PIPER SAID, “HEY, YOU WANT IT, YOU DESERVED IT. BUT THERE’S NO WORLD CHAMPION FOR YOU TO GET YOUR TITLE SHOT.” AND THUS, AS DECREED BY PIPER ALONG WITH THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND JAMES J. DILLON, IT WILL BE HOGAN AND STING. HOLLYWOOD HOGAN AND STING FOR THE WORLD TITLE ON FEBRUARY 22ND. >> SCOTT HALL WAS VERY ANGRY ABOUT THAT. HE WALKED AWAY FROM HOLLYWOOD HOGAN. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> WELL, DON’T FORGET HALL WON WORLD WAR III AND HE THINKS HE SHOULD HAVE THAT TITLE SHOT. AND HE DOES DESERVE IT, LIKE HIM OR NOT. HE FEELS LIKE HE WAS SCAMMED. >> YEAH, LISTEN. A MEMBER OF THE NWO DESERVES NOTHING, ZERO. >> I’VE ALWAYS FELT THAT WAY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> AND LEX LUGER HAS SCOTT HALL IN TROUBLE HERE. SCOTT HALL HAS LIED DOWN TO A CORNER. RANDY ANDERSON CHECKING IN. HE MAY… >> LOOK’S LIKE RAVEN. >> HE MAY–HE SURE DOES. HE MAY BE ON THE EDGE OF BEING OUT–TO THE EYES. SCOTT HALL, LUGER, REBOUNDS, ALL IN. HE POWERSLAMS HIM DOWN. IT’S RACK TIME. >> YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> YES. AND THE FANS DO ALSO. >> TORTURE CITY, HE’S SIGNALING FOR THE REF, TONY. OH, HE’S GONNA MAKE IT. >> HERE IT COMES. >> HE’S GOT HIM RACKED. HE’S GOT HIM RACKED GOOD. >> RANDY–OH, RANDY SAVAGE HAS COME IN. >> [BELL RINGING] >> AND RANDY SAVAGE IS GOING AFTER LUGER. >> WHO DOES HE WANTS? >> THAT’S WHO HE WANTS, HE WANT’S LUGER. HE’S GONNA–GET TAKE CARE OF LUGER. HE WANTS HIM AGAIN AND DO IT BY HIMSELF. RANDY ANDERSON, REFEREE THROWS THE CHAIR AWAY AND ALMOST GETS STALKED. AND SAVAGE IS GOING TO GRAB SCOTT HALL. AND SCOTT HALL CAN BARELY GET UP, AND SHOVED HIM ON THE OUTSIDE. HERE’S THE NUT. >> OH, HE’S NOT GONNA FORGET WHAT HAPPEN AT SOULED OUT. >> A MAN POSSESSED. HE WAS IN THE CRUTCHES OF THE TORTURE RACK. AND HE BLAMES THE ENTIRE NEW WORLD ORDER FOR NOT BACKING HIM UP. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> HE’S GONNA GO UP TOP AND TRY TO END THIS RIGHT NOW. >> OH. >> HE’S GONNA DO IT AGAIN. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> WHO CAN STOP… >> THE SECOND TIME HE’S GOING UP. >> …THIS CRAZY MAN? >> THE WORLD’S MOST DANGEROUS WRESTLER RIGHT THERE. >> I’LL TELL YOU WHO CAN STOP HIM. >> STING. >> FROM THE CEILING. >> OH. >> LOOK AT THAT. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> I’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN MY LIFE. ONLY HERE AT WCW AND NITRO. >> STING WITH THE STINGER SPLASH IN THE CORNER. LOOK AT THE INTENSITY OF STING. >> A DROPKICK FROM THE CEILING. THINK OF THAT. >> STING MEANS BUSINESS. HE’S GONNA PUT HIM IN THE SCORPION DEATHLOCK. OH, YEAH. LOOK AT THIS, HOGAN AND SCOTT HALL. >> NOT HELPING, NOT HELPING SAVAGE ONE BIT. >> THEY’RE NOT MAKING A MOVE. THEY’RE TAUNTING RANDY SAVAGE. THEY’RE POINTING AT RANDY SAVAGE. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> IS THIS THE END OF THE NWO. >> I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD EVER SEE THIS AMONGST MEMBERS OF THE NWO. STING DROPS THE SCORPION DEATHLOCK. >> BUT YOU KNOW, STING WANTS HOGAN. >> OF COURSE HE DOES. >> STING WANTS HOGAN. >> AND HE’S GONNA GET HIM ON FEBRUARY 22ND WHEN WE WILL FINALLY DECIDE THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> NOW, YOU GOT A BALL HOGAN THAT THERE’S NO GOAL ABOUT IT, JUST YOUR NAME. >> AND–HE WANTS HIM NOW. SAVAGE CANNOT MOVE. AND THERE WAS NO EFFORT. HOGAN AND HALL CAME OUT TO TAUNT HIM. AND NO ONE ELSE FROM THE NWO BOTHERED TO COME AT RINGSIDE. WHAT A LONG NIGHT IT’S BEEN. FANS, WE’LL SEE YOU ON TVS, THURSDAY [INDISTINCT] AND NEXT WEEK LIVE ON NITRO.
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I can't believe El Dandy buried WCW by demanding oversized contracts and full creative control.
Konnan stood out in that white wife beater top, have no idea why he changed it to black?
Hogan being my age on this exact date is wild to me.
Mean Gene when missing that night😊
Maybe NOT powerbombs the Giant duh
The Nitro Girls OM 🥰
Good job Mean Gene!
Classic!!👍🏻👍🏻
30:36 'That is right, the British Bulldog is finally in WCW, again.' lol!
i forgot nitro came to the fort
What a fucking time jump since last week’s upload.
Boooooooooooooooooooooooooo
How can they take time to edit in Jericho’s WWF entrance music but not spend the time to remove Benoit from episodes so they don’t have to skip so many?!?
Damn shame.
At the nitro party, did Kimberly say, "I really hate my job?"
I remember this will I still love it
Watch the Steiner vs Bagwell match. Bagwell’s neck hits Steiner’s back THE EXACT SAME WAY as it did when Bagwell hurt his neck! Whoa!
Show episodes with benoit
I think this is the last we saw of Bossman in WCW
Wwe vault needa post old raw and Smackdown like this channel
Raven's flock sitting in the front row during certain matches was cool.
Rip Gene
5:52 never seen anyone drop an elbow like that
44 minutes of Ads.😅
Kill the sound system I can't hear the other people's wordsr
Looks like giant didn't put the effort in to push up for the powerbomb but i could be wrong could've been fatigued it is alot of weight
If you can update your wcw see ya😢 20years old 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢🎉
Update your wcw damnit I don't like the sound system this time you are going to be the loser 😢
I spent hours on the road only to get the same rerus with your service you suck
Did Nash really think he could lift the Giant ? Or was this botch part of the story
"The Nitro Girls are shakin'… Their shakin' their thing."
1:09:08 … 😋 🖤 Elizabeth
Y so serious 😈🥃🃏
WCW may have created its own stars like Sting, Vader, Goldberg, The Steiners, Ric Flair, Lex Luger, Eddie Guerrero, Chris Benoit etc(which some of them with WWF stints). However at the later stage beginning 1994, it had to rely on former WWF stars mainly Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash (Diesel), Scott Hall (Razor Ramon), Roddy Piper, Bret Hart etc, especially those who created the NWO. This results in the roster squeezing, imbalance among roster booking and angles, and towards 1999, everything collapsed.
2:15:09 Macho Man got blasted.
(20:29)
Quality tune for a quality wrestler.
Old is gold
It is a companion of young people's fashion trends kisluxs
Nitro party looking like a deleted scene from Old School
0:39 znowu idiota mcmahon na mikrofonie
0:57 co za ogłuszający pożar bramy
3:41 nadchodzi ultimate warrior
9:00 a teraz najwredniejsze pindy w tym programie czyli cheerleaderki (ale… goszczą w uniwersytecie tennessee chattanooga)
12:06 co za pożar
16:40 orędzie JJ dillon
26:21 dziki samiec reklamuje kabanosy slim jim
29:18 orędzie shawna michaelsa
40:30 kolejny pożar bramy
41:51 orędzie vince'a mcmahon
51:41 orędzie big boss man
1:01:49 orędzie scotta halla i mafiosa
1:06:13 nadchodzi dziki samiec
1:07:39 orędzie dzikiego samca , amerykańskiej kanalii i innych debili
1:35:57 znowu pożar bramy
1:36:42 kolejny pożar
1:37:28 orędzie breta harta
1:39:52 a teraz znienawidzone cheerleaderki
1:42:52 nadchodzi smoła
1:54:07 orędzie chris jericho
Please, upload nex time Thunder 03.19.1998 please! Great Channel, muy favourite
I love that suplex that Rick Steiner performed just before the belly-to-belly off the ropes…almost an armdrag-style suplex.
Brad Armstrong should have got a WWE run
Mongo wants to be "knee deep into these boys" and High af British Bulldog wants Mong to be "that bone" he can chew on… What a segment.
1:03:47 Louie would be dead a little over 2 weeks later.
El Dandy 🐐
Ultimo Dragon is a 10/10 wrestler. Best aerial attacks, great mat wrestling and submissions, had great kicks…he could do it all. His back hand spring back elbow and his Asai were so good.
"When men were men, and women didn't vote." Larry, wtf bro lol. 12:20
Rick Martel was in his early 40's here and he looks in better shape than his 93-94 WWF time period. At least he gets to win his WCW TV Title before retiring.