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00:00Welcome to WCW,
00:05Nitro on Juice.
00:10Hello everybody and
00:15welcome to WCW Nitro on Juice.
00:21Hello everybody and
00:26welcome to WCW Nitro on TNT.
00:32And this is where the action is on this special edition of Nitro.
00:37Following Nitro here on TNT, it is the NBA.
00:42But tonight, the WCW World Heavyweight Title on the line,
00:47the Nature Boy, Ric Flair, defending against the Giant.
00:51Mongo, how do you see it?
00:52Well, I think Ric Flair has made a mistake tonight, my friends.
00:56The Giant, the last time they met, splattered him.
00:59I'm looking for the same thing tonight.
01:01How about it, Heenan?
01:02Well, I'm gonna have to agree with you.
01:03You know, Ric Flair's had a very tough career.
01:05He's had some very tough matches.
01:07This Giant is bigger, he's faster, he's younger, and he is hungry.
01:11We are going to see it here tonight, unprecedented.
01:14The Giant going after the Nature Boy's heavyweight title.
01:17Also, the World Tag Team titles on the line.
01:20Sting, Luger, just how tight are they going into Slavery?
01:24Taking on Harlem Heat.
01:26You're not going to want to miss that one.
01:27And what about the, it's taking place out of the parking lot.
01:30Look at the, the Lord Regal and the Belfast Bruiser.
01:33If you were watching last time these guys met,
01:35I mean, it looked like a watermelon hitting the street and exploding.
01:38This thing could go in the bathrooms, in the concession stands,
01:42and I promise you, it will go out in the street
01:44if these guys get to go at it all night.
01:45Let's get down to the ring.
01:46The World Tag Team titles at the ground.
01:49This is for the WCW World Tag Team Championship.
01:53We have also got a tremendous tag team matchup.
01:56A lot of your people have been talking about Fire and Ice.
02:00Scott Norton, Scott Flasher, and Ice Train.
02:04Two guys physically capable of dominating tag team action,
02:09not only here at WCW, but anywhere in the world.
02:12But they're stepping in there with the Steiner Brothers.
02:15That, a very exciting matchup.
02:19Oh, and look at these two guys.
02:21You talk about some power.
02:23You talk about athletic ability.
02:26Harlem Heat is bringing it all to the ring.
02:28Well, what you're talking about here,
02:29Heenan, is a rematch from last Saturday night on TBS.
02:33And there we see the lovely Messenger Jungle over the shoulder there,
02:36smiling as always.
02:38Well, I'll tell you something about Harlem Heat.
02:40They're ready.
02:41They've been ready.
02:42They've been there before.
02:43They wanted those title belts back.
02:45They've had a taste of it.
02:46Let's see if they can put it all together.
02:48Third place of the WCW World Tag Team Championship
02:52for Phoenix Beach, California,
02:54is the tag team champion.
02:59His home, Chicago,
03:01is Phoenix Beach.
03:05Let's talk about coming up,
03:07as we prepare for this World Tag Team title matchup,
03:10coming up, of course,
03:11is Slammory.
03:13You're going to see Lex Luger teamed up with Road Warrior Hawk
03:17to take on Road Warrior Animal and Booker T.
03:21So the chemistry that you see here in this matchup
03:24could have serious implications heading into Slammory.
03:28Well, look at Slammory.
03:29Who would want to miss that?
03:31That's unprecedented.
03:32Animal and Hawk going against each other.
03:34That's never happened before in history.
03:35I don't know what's going to happen.
03:37But look at this match here.
03:38Last Saturday night, baby,
03:40if you were watching,
03:41there was a mysterious towel thrown over the top of the ropes
03:44and into the ring.
03:45What was that all about?
03:47Well, I'm not really sure what that was about.
03:48Jimmy Hart obviously had a reason for what he did,
03:51but I think they have to concentrate right here, right now,
03:54on working together as a tag team,
03:55and I'm talking about Sting and Luger,
03:57because Harlem Heat,
03:58they can take those titles away from you real quick.
04:01Well, this is going to be exciting indeed,
04:03and exciting is one word that epitomizes Slammory,
04:08coming up May 19th exclusively on pay-per-view.
04:13It is coming to you live.
04:14You are going to see...
04:16You are going to see a tremendous,
04:19tremendous card indeed.
04:2216 teams, compromise of 32 names,
04:26drawn at random,
04:28creating a tag team tournament, if you will,
04:30until the final eight men face each other
04:32in a battle royal that will determine the Lord of the Ring.
04:36The Lord of the Ring will get a shot
04:37at the WCW World Heavyweight title coming up in June.
04:41But what's really unique about this
04:43are the individuals that are going to be facing each other.
04:46As we mentioned just a few moments ago,
04:48Rogue Warriors, Hawk and Animal on opposite teams.
04:52What is going to happen there?
04:53The Taskmaster, Kevin Sullivan, Chris Benoit,
04:56to take a public enemy.
04:57Well, that gives them an automatic OK right there, my friend,
05:01because these guys are going to be battling each other
05:04as well as the other team, I promise you that.
05:07And not only that, McMichael,
05:08you know the Steiners are going to be wrestling each other too
05:11in the way that match is going to go.
05:14More on that later on,
05:15but right now we have the match underway.
05:17The World Tag Team title back for grabs
05:19here on Nitro as we get ready for NBA action
05:23here on TNT.
05:25And without question, WCW, Nitro, the NBA,
05:29it's all happening.
05:30This is the most exciting place to be
05:32each and every Monday night.
05:34Make no mistake about it.
05:40Well, I'll tell you what Sting's got to do
05:41and the Luger's got to do.
05:42They've got to keep Harlem Heat grounded.
05:44They're very agile.
05:45They do a lot of high risk moves and just like...
05:48Oh, did you see?
05:50Oh, hook kick right behind the ear.
05:53Set the Stinger on his hands and knees.
05:57Booker T, very fast feet.
05:59You've got to watch out for his hands, his feet,
06:02his wrestling ability, his aerial attack.
06:05These guys know how to put it all together.
06:07But right now, did you see that?
06:09He just took Booker T off his feet,
06:12spun him around 180 degrees
06:14and follows it up with a devastating power strike.
06:16Oh, he looked like a helicopter flying up in the air.
06:19Hey, look at that elbow.
06:21Beautiful by Stinger.
06:22Cover.
06:23You're not going to get Harlem Heat that fast, my friend.
06:26I'll tell you what.
06:27I don't know about this Lex Luger,
06:29which just hasn't in my mind
06:30that Harlem Heat has a chance to steal these belts tonight.
06:34You know, Harlem Heat has been tearing up stuff in the house
06:37since their mother was changing their diapers together.
06:40But I'll tell you what.
06:43That's a pretty picture.
06:44I'll tell you what's not going to be a pretty picture.
06:46Right now, Lex Luger getting double teamed here
06:48by Harlem Heat.
06:49What is not going to be a pretty picture
06:51is the Macho Man, Randy Savage,
06:53and the Nature Boy, Ric Flair.
06:55That announcement last week here on Nitro.
06:58These two individuals will be teaming up.
07:02Thank you very much.
07:04Random drawing.
07:05And I got to tell you,
07:06I don't know who's happier about this,
07:08Flair or Savage.
07:09I'll take a few Savages out of his mind.
07:11I know he's not happy.
07:13He's beside himself.
07:14And you can't tell about Flair.
07:15I know he don't want this man as a partner.
07:17And they have to take on Arn Anderson,
07:19a member of the Horsemen,
07:20as Ric Flair is,
07:21and Eddie Guerrero.
07:22But is the Macho Man going to be in a straight jacket?
07:25Are they going to have canine dogs here?
07:27How are you going to control this man?
07:29And will he ever accept Flair as a partner?
07:31Hey, what I want to know is
07:32when are they going to take the handcuffs off Savage?
07:34Before the bell rings?
07:35Or are they going to wait until after the bell rings?
07:37Because this guy has spent more time
07:38in cuffs and squad cars lately
07:40than he has anywhere else.
07:41Double team here going on.
07:42Oh, Sting and Lex Luger,
07:44the World Tag Team Champions,
07:45looking good.
07:46Well, I'll tell you something about Harlem Heat.
07:47They've been together a lot longer.
07:49It's up to Luger and Sting
07:50to work together as a tag team.
07:51Let's see if there's any animosity.
07:53Let's see if Luger is going to develop
07:55into the partner that Sting hopes he can have.
07:58Well, I don't think Luger has any aspirations
08:01of throwing this match.
08:02He wants to hold on to that belt, my friend.
08:04But if there's anything in the future
08:06where he can stab Sting in the back,
08:08you listen to me,
08:09it's going to happen.
08:10Mario, you know, we talked about this, Bobby.
08:12I don't mean to interrupt you.
08:13We talked about this a couple weeks ago.
08:14I disagree with you.
08:15I think Lex Luger,
08:17despite what we've seen out of him,
08:19at the end of the day, the bottom line,
08:21he's a stand-up guy.
08:22He'll stick next to Sting.
08:23He better do it pretty quick here
08:25because Sting's in trouble.
08:26I got a bridge you can buy, too.
08:27It's just over the other side of Brooklyn there.
08:29I'll give you a real good price on it.
08:30No, thank you.
08:31Luger told me about it.
08:32No, thank you.
08:33It's the Heenan Bridge, right over the edge.
08:35Shoulder tackle takedown, Sting.
08:38Leap frog kick,
08:40and I'll tell you what.
08:42Show me somebody that can deliver
08:46a drop kick that is better timed
08:48and more perfectly executed than that.
08:50I want to know who they are.
08:51Double Slash!
08:53Now they're taking care of business like a tag team.
08:56That's why they're the champions, my friend.
08:58And that's why we need to take a break.
08:59We will bring you more exciting action
09:01here on Nitro right after this.
09:04He didn't make the tag yet.
09:05He's going tagging right now.
09:07We'll be back.
09:13The world tag team titles still up for grabs
09:17as Booker T hammers away at Sting.
09:20Welcome back to WCW Nitro
09:23as we get ready for some great WCW action.
09:27And following WCW,
09:29the NBA on TNT.
09:32And look at that.
09:33I'll tell you what.
09:34Oh!
09:35Jump wheel kick!
09:36Jump wheel kick!
09:37Sets Stinger down!
09:38He's got it here.
09:39He put it right on the chin.
09:40No, no, no, no!
09:41Waste of time!
09:42Cover him!
09:43Look at him.
09:44He did.
09:45Stinger is out.
09:46He's coming to, but he was out.
09:48Cover is made.
09:49Precious seconds lost.
09:50One, two.
09:51And those are seconds you can never get back.
09:53Boy, he had him.
09:54He had him dead to rights.
09:55All he had to do was drop on him for the cover.
09:57He could have laid out to the count of eight.
09:59Jump front kick to the chest.
10:01Sets Stinger down.
10:02Here he goes.
10:03Well, if I could break dance like he just did,
10:05I would stand up and take a bow, too.
10:08He took a bow at the wrong time.
10:10You take a bow when you win the match.
10:12You take a bow when you've defeated Sting and Lex Luger,
10:15two of the most dynamic, prolific tag-team partners
10:18in the history of this sport.
10:20You do not take a bow while the match continues.
10:23Ask Carlam Heat when this one's over.
10:25If they don't win, they'll be the first to tell you,
10:27big right hand sends Stinger to the mat.
10:29Well, I can't see why they wouldn't be overconfident
10:31during this match,
10:32because they've handed it to Luger and Sting, period.
10:34Thus far, they have control of the pace of the matchup.
10:37Make no mistake about it, Snapmare Takeover.
10:39But you have to remember one thing.
10:41Luger and Sting are the tag-team champions of the world,
10:44recognized by WCW.
10:45You don't turn your back on them.
10:47You don't waste a second in the ring with them.
10:49You go out there, and you take it to them.
10:51Don't waste a second.
10:52Call your local cable company.
10:54Order Slamboree, live from Baton Rouge, Sunday, May 19th.
11:00Some of the most exciting action you will see anywhere.
11:03Tag is made.
11:04Booker T and their Sting needs to make a tag.
11:07The Booty Man and Rick Steiner
11:09to take on Craig Pittman and Scott Steiner.
11:12You heard me right.
11:13The Steiner brothers on opposite teams.
11:16What is this strategy?
11:17What will the chemistry be like?
11:19What will the eight men look like
11:21that battle it out to become lord of the ring
11:24for a shot at the world heavyweight title?
11:26Can you imagine that one pay-per-view
11:27where you're gonna see 16 teams?
11:29Tag is made. Tag is made.
11:30Oh, my goodness. Nail him. Nail him.
11:32You're gonna see 16 teams go at it.
11:34They're gonna be all made up
11:36of different people, never been teamed before.
11:38Then you're gonna see a battle royal
11:40for the lord of the ring.
11:41This is worth the price of anything.
11:43Oh! Lex Luger made the much-needed tag.
11:46And, Bobby, he didn't, for once, you and I agree,
11:49that is going to be an exciting pay-per-view.
11:51Sting interfered.
11:52He should not have come in there.
11:53He is still fatigued.
11:54Lex Luger, the freshman in the ring,
11:56and now he is double teamed.
11:58Luger in there alone.
12:00He is in trouble.
12:01Referee is gonna try to get some control here.
12:04Take advantage of the crowd.
12:05And Luger gets driven into the mat.
12:08No! No! Cover him!
12:10Look at Jimmy!
12:11What is that?
12:12He threw in the towel again.
12:13He threw the towel in again.
12:14But he caught it.
12:15Booker T caught the towel.
12:16He caught it before it hit the ground.
12:17Booker T said, no way.
12:19Not today.
12:20Maybe last Saturday.
12:21Not today.
12:22Oh, no, no.
12:23Look out.
12:24They dumped the maggot back into the ring.
12:26Oh, they're gonna give that weasel some just dessert.
12:29Oh, look at this.
12:30Oh!
12:31Sting did not see him.
12:32Sting did not see him.
12:33Oh, man.
12:34Jimmy Hart and Luger get the win.
12:37Sting and Luger get the win.
12:39And Booker T and Stevie Ray are gonna get their hands
12:43on Jimmy Hart.
12:44Jimmy Hart has won the world tag team title.
12:49What do you say about that?
12:50Was that a master stroke by the weasel
12:53to get the Harlem Heat to look at him
12:55instead of the other guys?
12:56I don't know.
12:57Well, I'll tell you what.
12:58Let's take a look.
12:59Brought to you by The Great White Hype,
13:01this WCW Slam of the Week.
13:03Brought to you by The Great White Hype,
13:05the new comedy from 20th Century Fox.
13:07Hey, get sucked in.
13:08Friday at theaters everywhere.
13:10Take a look, Peter.
13:11I don't know what Jimmy Hart's doing in the ring here,
13:13but look at this.
13:14Sting takes advantage of a good situation
13:16for the one, two, three count.
13:18Jimmy Hart distracted.
13:19He caused it all.
13:20My hat goes off to you, Jimmy.
13:22And I'll tell you what.
13:23The Great White Hype looking good.
13:26And the WCW World Tag Team Champions
13:29looking good here on Nitro.
13:31We'll be back with more action right after this.
13:35Distracted, pure and simple.
13:41All right, welcome back.
13:43WCW Nitro on TNT.
13:46And TNT, where all of the action is,
13:48you've got Nitro.
13:49And following Nitro, you've got the NBA on TNT.
13:54And best of luck to everybody playing feetball tonight.
13:59All I've got to say to everybody,
14:00go get a couple of six-packs and a couple of bags of popcorn
14:04and stick around for the night.
14:05You've got action galore.
14:07There is no place, Spider, no place better to be
14:11than the action here on TNT.
14:14And I understand the referees in the NBA are watching Nitro
14:17so they can learn how to protect themselves
14:19during the basketball game.
14:20And watch out for this team here.
14:22Fire and Ice.
14:24And I want to tell you,
14:26when you look at two athletes physically so well matched up,
14:32I mean, take a look at these guys.
14:34They're like three feet thick, six feet in diameter,
14:38a whole lot of power here in Fire and Ice.
14:42And I'll tell you what, they complement each other
14:44very, very well indeed.
14:46Look at these two guys.
14:47I can't believe some pro football team
14:49ain't got a hold of these two pulling guards
14:51and made them all pros.
14:54It's going to be a great matchup.
14:56The Steiner brothers, without question,
14:58technically, physically, experience-wise,
15:03certainly have the advantage.
15:06But Fire and Ice, don't sell a shot.
15:09You can have an upset here.
15:10A lot of the scouts, a lot of the wrestling writers
15:13around the world, particularly in Japan,
15:15have a tremendous amount of respect for Fire and Ice.
15:18And I'm sure the Steiners do as well.
15:20And there's a bunch of Japanese writers and photographers
15:22I saw in the back.
15:23There had to be 50 of them.
15:25And I'll tell you something,
15:26you can have all the strength and power like Fire and Ice.
15:29The ability and the years in the ring
15:32with the Steiners together,
15:34I got to go with them.
15:36I still can't get over it.
15:37It's in the back of my mind.
15:38Slamboree, Scottie and Rick against each other.
15:41Will Scottie put the Frankensteiner
15:42on his own brother?
15:43You have to understand something about the Steiners.
15:45When that bell rings,
15:46they're going to forget who each other are.
15:47They don't even know each other's first names, I doubt it.
15:49I don't know.
15:50It's going to be interesting indeed.
15:52The Steiner brothers on opposite teams
15:54coming up at Slamboree
15:56live Sunday, May 19th
15:58from the Centralplex in Baton Rouge.
16:00Now, if you live in the Baton Rouge area,
16:02get your tickets because they are going fast.
16:04And we have got action here.
16:07Ice Train, the first man in
16:10for Fire and Ice.
16:12Rick Steiner backing off.
16:14And I'll tell you what, Rick Steiner,
16:15I believe he's going to take his time here.
16:17Collar and elbow hook up into a side headlock.
16:19I don't believe that Rick Steiner
16:21has dealt with this kind of power in a long time.
16:24Shoulder tackle takedown.
16:25And you talk about power.
16:27Whoa, did you see that leap?
16:29Power body slam.
16:31Ice Train.
16:33Boy, did you see that acceleration
16:35how he took Steiner over?
16:36Wow, and I do believe
16:38Rick Steiner is in shock.
16:41In your living room.
16:43At the back door.
16:44Hits him like an Amtrak.
16:47Look at the upper body on that kid.
16:49He's got thighs for arms.
16:51Uh-oh, can he get him over?
16:53And he does.
16:55He didn't get him good enough.
16:57He does, though.
16:58Ice Train, and I gotta say it,
17:00I don't think Ice Train has ever been dumped like that
17:02in a belly-to-back suplex.
17:03This is incredible tag team action
17:07at its finest here on Nitro.
17:11And Scott Norton, Flash Norton,
17:13the world heavyweight arm wrestling champion
17:15in there against Scott Steiner,
17:18and he got dumped.
17:19Irish grip coming off the robes.
17:21Belly-to-belly, can he get him?
17:23Oh, my!
17:24I don't believe it.
17:26I don't believe it.
17:27This is incredible.
17:28I don't think Scott Norton believed it.
17:30No, I believe the Steiners believe it.
17:31They're used to this.
17:32They've tossed people around their whole career,
17:34and I never thought I saw Scott Norton
17:36thrown around like that.
17:37There's a reason for that.
17:38It has never happened.
17:39Scott Norton has never been manhandled
17:42like he is getting manhandled here,
17:44but that is exactly what is going to
17:48traumatize this match-up,
17:49and Scott Norton trying out for the NBA here
17:52as he tries to dribble Scott Steiner across the ring,
17:55and he's doing a pretty bang-up job right now.
17:59Oh!
18:00Oh!
18:02This is not indicative of the way the Steiners wrestle.
18:05I think they're going in there and making a mistake
18:07trying to match power with power with these guys.
18:10They should wrestle them and take them.
18:12Irish whip.
18:13Rick Steiner coming up through him.
18:15Stucks him to the clothesline.
18:16Tries a spinning elbow to the top of the chest.
18:18He misses.
18:19Scott Flash Norton makes a tag.
18:20Fire nice here.
18:21Working.
18:22Oh!
18:23Wow.
18:24Is his head still on his body?
18:25I don't know.
18:26He's going to be coughing up ribcage here.
18:27Hip toss takedown.
18:29Ice cream looking really good here.
18:31Very confident young athlete in there
18:33with two of the finest in the sport tonight.
18:35Oh, my gosh!
18:36He just about took his torso off.
18:39When's the last time you saw the Steiners manhandled
18:41like this by a team?
18:42Never.
18:43They have been.
18:44This is tag team action at its finest.
18:47This is where the big boys fight.
18:50Absolutely.
18:51And you can bet the Rogue Warriors sitting back right now,
18:53they cannot wait to get a little thick in this bit of action.
18:56Uh-oh.
18:57He can't lie his arm.
18:58Wow.
18:59That was a nice tag team there, baby.
19:01He didn't let him get it done.
19:04Cover.
19:05One, two.
19:07That's it, baby.
19:09He got him.
19:10He got him.
19:14Experience and body.
19:16That one happened very fast.
19:19The winner, the Steiner brothers,
19:23and they have got to be very happy that this one is over.
19:26This one could have gone either way.
19:28I'm sure coming in that hand, it went real fast.
19:30Because of the strength of this man.
19:32Ice train.
19:33The strength of the Steiners.
19:34Steiner line all the way.
19:35him for the one, two, three.
19:37The styling line.
19:40We have got more action, the World Heavyweight title up for
19:43grabs we'll be hearing from the champ right after this.
19:47Whatever you do, don't leave us now.
19:49Try one here.
19:51Yeah, what's he gonna say now?
19:58We are back on TNT and WCW Monday Night Raw.
20:01They are literally hanging from the rafters here tonight.
20:04Getting ready to welcome the WCW Heavyweight Champion of the world,
20:10the Nature Boy, Ric Flair.
20:12Ric Flair.
20:13Nature Boy taking his time.
20:43Perhaps having second thoughts here.
20:45It all was very interesting, comments from Yuri Mishov.
20:53I couldn't help but hear.
20:54He said you may have some reservations about your top offense here tonight
20:58against the Giant.
20:59Is that true?
21:00Me, Gene, and the wrestling world.
21:04As usual, when I'm in your presence, stand at attention.
21:13Now, me, Gene, I want you to look at woman and ask yourself,
21:22am I worried about a seven foot four ignoramus by the name of the Giant?
21:29Nah.
21:31If that doesn't do it for you, me and Gene, ease on over here.
21:36Take a look at the former Mrs. Macho Man.
21:40Now, Miss Elizabeth in love with Nature Boy.
21:43This guy.
21:44And ask yourself, are we worried about a real live, walking, talking,
21:50fire-breathing Giant?
21:52Or do we say, oh, won't you marry me now?
21:58Or do we say, ooh.
22:01You are cold, Flair.
22:02You are cold.
22:03Do we have the soft caress of the former Mrs. Macho Man in hand?
22:12Yes.
22:13So me, Gene, viewers worldwide, I love to do this more than anything
22:20else in life today.
22:22Woman is the Giant.
22:25Half the man the Nature Boy is.
22:28He's a small man in comparison to the Giant.
22:31You heard it.
22:32He's a small man next to the Nature Boy.
22:35Now, Miss Elizabeth, we're not snapping in the Slim Jims
22:42when we're walking with the Nature Boy.
22:46Is the Giant anywhere near the man that the Nature Boy is?
22:54Absolutely not.
22:56Me and Gene, question answered.
22:58Giant, come and get it.
23:00That will happen a little bit later on here at the Nitro.
23:02Stay tuned.
23:03It's going to be the Bruiser and his lordship coming up next
23:06as we continue with more Monday Nitro on TNT.
23:09Don't go away.
23:11Flair is a certifiable lunatic, but coming up next,
23:14you're going to see the Belfast Bruiser, Lord Stephen Regal,
23:18in a parking lot the old-fashioned way.
23:21Oh, man.
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24:16All right.
24:17Welcome back.
24:18We are, you got it right, you're watching Nitro,
24:21but you're watching Nitro out in the parking lot.
24:24The Belfast Bruiser and Lord Stephen Regal
24:28outside in a parking lot.
24:30This is the way they wanted it.
24:32These two athletes who pounded it,
24:35pounded it, pounded it, pounded it, pounded it, pounded it,
24:38pounded it, pounded it, pounded it, pounded it.
24:41This is the way they wanted it.
24:43These two athletes who pounded each other almost unmercifully.
24:47Oh, my goodness gracious, right through a windshield.
24:51Oh, get him out of there.
24:54We're gonna have some massive contusions
24:57after this match, folks.
24:58Oh, man, I'll tell you what, these two guys.
25:01Lord Stephen Regal, the last time these two met,
25:04I'll tell you what, it ended up,
25:06Regal had a broken nose and stitches in the eyes.
25:10He's got a brick.
25:12It's a cinder block.
25:13He's got some concrete.
25:14That's the way these two wanted it.
25:16They didn't want a wrestling match to slam each other on.
25:19They wanted some hard pavement.
25:21They wanted some metal, some glass, some concrete.
25:26This one is going to be wild.
25:28The people you see standing around here,
25:30the Metal Barricades,
25:31trying to get inside to see the World Heavyweight Title Match
25:34coming up later on following this matchup.
25:38Oh!
25:39Did you hear that?
25:40That sounded like a shot.
25:43This is like a commercial for Ford Trucks.
25:46They're tough and they keep running.
25:47I'll tell you what, I never thought I'd see the day
25:50or hear the day when, during my wrestling commentary,
25:53I would have to say,
25:55Lord Stephen Regal takes a tire to the stomach
25:59and a bumper to the back.
26:01You know, I've seen a lot of fights like this
26:03in used car parking lots.
26:05Well, there's the bumper.
26:07He just pulled a bumper off the truck.
26:12There's the bumper to the back.
26:14Listen to this, sports fans.
26:17You're getting this live, baby.
26:20A body slam on, what is that, a Hyundai?
26:23It used to be.
26:26Oh!
26:27Car and Driver Magazine not here tonight.
26:30I wish they were.
26:32Back leg round kicks to the back,
26:34Lord Stephen Regal by the Belfast Cruiser.
26:36And now these guys utilizing the...
26:42You know, that's the way they settle things over there.
26:45I mean, Princess Elizabeth took Diode back
26:49and they had a big fight in the parking lot one day.
26:51They do that all the time.
26:52Regal trying to break the nose now with the Belfast...
26:55Now, safety strap.
26:57Okay, so far they haven't used a turn signal or a gear shift,
27:01but the night's not over yet.
27:03Stay with us.
27:05I hope there's not a standard in one of those.
27:07That's a long pole to use on somebody.
27:09Want to notify our sponsors right now,
27:11Pep Boys, to stay with us.
27:13I hear they've got car parts for sale here.
27:16We may need to buy a couple of those
27:18before this thing's over with.
27:19But what can we send away for human parts?
27:21That's what we're gonna need.
27:22Can't do that.
27:24Where's the nearest body shop?
27:26We're gonna have some work for them after tonight.
27:28May have a broken hand here.
27:30And, hey, let me remind all of you,
27:32these two guys are gonna be tag team partners
27:35at Slamboree.
27:36You heard it.
27:37And it looks to me like it's getting a little messy in there.
27:41If you get my best trust,
27:43see me over the top turnbuckle.
27:45Excuse me, the guardrail.
27:46I wish it was a top turnbuckle.
27:48I wish this was taking place inside of a ring.
27:52It is not.
27:53It is wild.
27:54And into the bed of the truck
27:57goes the Bruiser.
27:59I've never seen anything like this in my life.
28:01I'm not sure I want to see anything.
28:03We're getting a little too close to comfort.
28:05I want the camera guys to pull wide.
28:07I'm telling you now.
28:10Well, this has gone past mere wrestling.
28:12These guys don't want to hurt each other.
28:14They want to put each other out of wrestling for good.
28:20The Bruiser putting on the brakes, no pun intended.
28:23But the roof caving in on Steve Regal here.
28:26Well, it's time for him to switch gears now
28:30and start pounding on this Bruiser a little.
28:33Outside of the ring, we have got glass.
28:35We've got bumpers.
28:37We've got caved-in hoods.
28:39Roofs.
28:41Busting up athletes.
28:43Okay, this is getting a little out of hand.
28:46This is getting out of hand.
28:48Glass, metal, body parts are flying.
28:54All right, this is getting out of hand.
28:55I want to stay wide here.
28:57If this gets too much, for our viewers,
28:59I'm going to demand that we pull so far wide,
29:02all you see is the skyline here tonight
29:05because this thing is out of control.
29:09It is out of control.
29:11I've seen wrestlers pick up chairs.
29:14Now we've seen public enemy use tables.
29:16I've never seen anybody beat up a guy with four trucks.
29:23Well, that's a nice commercial for shattered glass.
29:27And another window bites the dust.
29:34And this one, like I said, I'll tell you what,
29:36I personally am going to petition the WCW Executive Committee
29:40and put a stop to this kind of thing
29:42because I know the feeling between these two athletes,
29:45but they can settle it on their own time, in their own way.
29:48Elbow drop right across the head of the truck.
29:52Wider, please.
29:55Pull wider, please.
29:57It gives a whole new meaning to the term hauling a load, baby.
30:01I know a couple of used car salesmen this should be done to.
30:05And you can see Regal now.
30:08Regal doing everything he can.
30:10These guys, should they fall off one of these trucks,
30:13end up over it.
30:15Body drop on the roof.
30:17What is that, a Yugo?
30:18Used to be.
30:19It's a car.
30:21It's a car.
30:22This guy's getting pounded on a car.
30:30Well, these guys could...
30:31He file drives it.
30:33Yeah, but look, the flashers are on, he's okay.
30:36I know what these guys can do after this wrestling match,
30:39they're going to get him a job down at the scrap yard.
30:41He pinned him on a hell of a car for crying out loud.
30:45He's on a gas.
30:46I thought I've seen it all.
30:48Regal, the winner on the hood of a car.
30:52Well, I guess he's the winner in the hood, huh?
30:55I'll tell you what, you talk about a brawl in the hood,
30:58you hit it right, Eden.
30:59That's right.
31:01Now they should start the cars up, blindfold them,
31:04and put them on the interstate.
31:06Windows, bumpers, rear view mirrors, hoods, rooftops.
31:10Wait a minute, wait a minute.
31:11That's my car.
31:13That's my rental car.
31:14It's on you, coming up next,
31:16the WCW World Heavyweight Title up for grabs.
31:20Oh, my goodness.
31:21That's my rental car.
31:22Don't worry, Bobby, I'll float you alone.
31:26Wow.
31:30The WCW World Heavyweight Title on the line.
31:35So many of us anticipated a title change last week
31:39here on Nitro, perhaps tonight.
31:43The Giant gets his shot,
31:47his opportunity to become the champion of champions
31:52in this great sport.
31:54The WCW World Heavyweight Champion, without question,
31:58the most sought-after world title of all.
32:02This is where the big boys play.
32:04This is the biggest boy that has ever played the game.
32:08And calling him a boy doesn't do him justice.
32:11He is a 440-some-odd-pound man
32:15who is determined to become the new
32:17World Heavyweight Champion.
32:19He's a giant.
32:20And I'll tell you something,
32:22if he takes his time and wears Flair down,
32:26he will walk out of that ring
32:28the heavyweight champion of the world.
32:30Flair's taken a beating.
32:32He's gone through it.
32:33Mongo, last week, we saw it.
32:36Ric Flair first begged
32:37after throwing the coffee in his eyes
32:39and then issued the challenge.
32:41This guy is a certifiable nut.
32:43Well, baby, he's done stuck his foot in his mouth now,
32:47and the Giant's probably gonna
32:48ram it out the other end for him.
32:50I can't wait for this.
32:51You know, the last time these two guys met,
32:54I don't care how the match turned out,
32:56Flair was the one with his back on the mat, baby.
32:59And I can't wait to see his head
33:01sticking to the mat this time.
33:03Well, that's not where he's been
33:05because it wasn't long ago
33:06that the Giant and Flair got into it
33:08and the Giant left Flair laying.
33:11The Giant, as many of you know,
33:13is scheduled to meet Sting
33:15in a guards match at Slammory.
33:19Could that match end up being
33:21a world title defense?
33:22You can bet Sting watching this match very closely.
33:26He has got a lot at stake here as well.
33:28Slammory coming away exclusively on pay-per-view,
33:31shaping up to be a very interesting pay-per-view indeed.
33:3516 tag teams brought together,
33:38not by choice, but by random drawing.
33:41Uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh.
33:43There she is again, Mrs. Steel
33:46with Michael at ringside.
33:47She's a wrestling fan,
33:48and she shows up to watch the match,
33:50and she gets, she gets,
33:52what is this going on here?
33:54You know, there's two things you don't do
33:56to a country boy.
33:57You don't mess with his dog or his wife.
34:00That boy's walking the fence.
34:02He better not jump over into my alley
34:04or I'm gonna shoot a trash can down his face.
34:07Now, now, now, Mongo.
34:08Settle down, buddy.
34:09You got your hands full here at the broadcast booth.
34:12Oh-ho.
34:14A world title on the line.
34:15A lot of anticipation here, the crowd on their feet.
34:19This is what it's all about.
34:22Now, look at him.
34:24Mr. Arrogance himself.
34:25Somebody go get me a barf bag.
34:27I think I'm getting sick.
34:29I think you're getting a little worked up
34:31over the attention being paid
34:32to your wife by the world champion.
34:35He can't help it.
34:36He's just a lunatic.
34:37Well, this ain't the first time he's done it.
34:39Or maybe he shouldn't be eating out of the same dish as Pepe.
34:43The Giant looking rather calm here
34:46compared to what we saw on his face,
34:49in his eyes last week here on Nitro.
34:53You know, Eric, I know this man, Ric Flair.
34:55He's a master at what he's doing right now.
34:57He's taking his time.
34:58He's folding his robe.
35:00He's making this Giant,
35:01who doesn't have the same experience of Ric Flair.
35:05Look at that.
35:06You see that on the front of the belt?
35:07The Macho Man plate.
35:08He left it on.
35:09We talked to him about that several weeks ago.
35:11He says, I do it just to remind him
35:14that this used to be his belt.
35:17And I'll tell you what.
35:18You hear the interviews.
35:19You hear him constantly taunting the Macho Man, Randy Savage.
35:23Somebody better wake him up tomorrow morning
35:25and remind him that he has to team up
35:27with this psychopath we call Randy Macho Man Savage
35:32at Slammory.
35:33Well, I think his arrogance
35:34is pushing him a little too far there.
35:37He might be messing with me,
35:38but he's pushing Macho too far, baby.
35:41And Macho just doesn't want to beat this guy.
35:43He wants to put him out of wrestling for good.
35:46Look at him.
35:47You can see the eyes.
35:48I believe they are still swollen
35:49from that scalded coffee last week here on Nitro.
35:53And I'll tell you what.
35:54You look at the Giant today.
35:55You are looking at an athlete only 24 years old,
35:59without a doubt,
36:00a man who is being courted now,
36:02as I mentioned last week,
36:04by the Detroit Lions and Wayne Foster.
36:06This guy, he's a rookie by a lot of people's standards,
36:10but each and every week, more mature, more seasoned,
36:14more comfortable with himself inside of that ring.
36:17That could spell disaster
36:19for the current World Heavyweight Champion.
36:21Well, this kid,
36:22he's not one of those gangly basketball players
36:24you see that looks like a stork running around.
36:27This kid's got feet.
36:28He's got strength.
36:29He's an athlete.
36:30And it'd be crazy not to try to get him
36:32to play NFL football.
36:34Look at this.
36:35Why would you want to play
36:36with a bunch of other guys
36:37that can't remember which way to run up and down the field
36:40when you can make a lot more money being an individual
36:43here at WCW?
36:44Oh, that's a good point.
36:45You've got a valid point there, my friend.
36:47Look at this.
36:48Now, you talk about the power.
36:49You talk about the strength, the size,
36:52and now the cool, calm, and collected offense
36:57of a man who is unquestionably
37:00the largest athlete in sport today.
37:03Irish grip now as he takes the Nature Boy, Ric Flair,
37:06across the ring, over the top rope,
37:08and the Nature Boy not sure what to do with this monster.
37:12There isn't much you can do.
37:13Give up during instructions
37:15or just let him have his way with you.
37:17There's not much you can do with this man
37:19unless you get him off his feet.
37:20I don't think he can get the figure four on this man.
37:23And I'll tell you what, off the top of my head,
37:26I can't recall how long ago it was
37:27that the Nature Boy, Ric Flair, tied up with the giant,
37:30but I can guarantee you one thing.
37:31In his mind right now, the Nature Boy is saying,
37:34ah, this cannot possibly be the same man.
37:36The confidence, the assuredness,
37:39and the fact that he is pacing himself.
37:42He is stalking. He's a hunter now.
37:44He's not the hunted. He is the hunter.
37:46And Flair wants to make him make a mistake.
37:48That's why Flair's in and out of the ring.
37:49He has slowed the pace down to almost nothing.
37:51He wants the giant to pick the pace up.
37:53That's when Flair can capitalize
37:55on this young man's mistake.
37:56But Jimmy Hart's done his homework, and he knows...
37:58Why did you see that? A thumb to the eyes.
38:00Could be a turning point here
38:01in the opening moments of this contest.
38:03The Nature Boy, Ric Flair, with a thumb to the eyes,
38:05backs the giant up into the corner.
38:06The giant not overreacting.
38:08The key to the contest here
38:10is for him to maintain control.
38:12Do not let the dirtiest player in the game
38:15control your emotions.
38:17If he can control his emotions,
38:19he can walk out of here the new World Heavyweight Champion.
38:21If he loses it, he's gonna walk out of here
38:24like so many others before him,
38:26a guy who came real close.
38:28Well, this should be the ultimate cat-and-mouse game.
38:31The giant should take it easy,
38:33paw that little mouse Flair around a little bit,
38:35and then finally go for the kill.
38:37And the giant again having his way
38:40with the Nature Boy, Ric Flair,
38:42who is looking a lot like the ball
38:44coming up later on tonight
38:46here on TNT in the playoffs here on NXT.
38:50He's getting driven around that ring
38:52by a man who could probably palm a Volkswagen
38:56should he decide that's what he wanted to do.
38:58And a Buick in the other hand.
38:59Absolutely.
39:00Look, he's got Flair right around the neck.
39:02Now, there's the chokeslam.
39:03We saw this last week.
39:04This man put a chokeslam on Luger,
39:07and it took almost a hand grenade to get off of him.
39:10Flair knows that he's holding onto the ropes for dear life.
39:13He's holding on the limb, and now he's taking
39:16excessive cheap shottage here on Nitro.
39:20I believe that was a muscle reflection or a reflex.
39:23I believe his arm just had a spasm that way.
39:26That can happen.
39:27Oh, you have one giant
39:30who is in a serious amount of pain.
39:33Well, the giant's got a soft spot,
39:35and I think Flair found it.
39:37Oh, did you see that?
39:39He dumped Flair on his backside
39:42like he's a 12-year-old.
39:44And Flair's a big man.
39:46He's a powerful athlete.
39:47What's he got here?
39:49Uh-oh.
39:50Uh-oh.
39:51I'll tell you what.
39:52Unfortunately, the giant may have made the error
39:55that we referred to earlier.
39:57He's lost his composure.
39:59What's he putting?
40:01What did he do?
40:02Did he put something back in his shorts?
40:04What'd you do to him?
40:05He dropped him.
40:06He drilled him like he's looking for oil in Texas.
40:09And he stuck it right back in his shorts.
40:11Referee Randy Anderson did not see it.
40:13It was quick and clean,
40:15as a dirty tactic goes.
40:19The giant appears to be out here.
40:21The giant appears to be out.
40:22It's the Nature Boy, Ric Flair.
40:24And this crowd is stunned.
40:25I don't think anybody expected the Nature Boy, Ric Flair,
40:28to have his way with the giant like this.
40:30Ric's got to go for the pin.
40:32That's his arrogance, though.
40:34He had him mad down on the floor,
40:36picked up his arm and dropped.
40:38He should have fell on him for the three count.
40:40Nature Boy, Ric Flair, to an unconscious giant.
40:44He's going to try and cripple the man.
40:46And it's stayed on.
40:47Look at this.
40:48He wakes up.
40:49Oh.
40:51Oh.
40:53Never, ever in our years at WCW
40:57has anybody sprung up out of the figure four.
41:01We got a new champion.
41:02There's a new champion.
41:03One, two, three.
41:06He counted out the champion.
41:08The giant is a new champion.
41:10We got a new world heavyweight champion
41:14straight out of the figure four.
41:16He popped up like he was shot out of a rocket.
41:20Choke slam.
41:21But Choke Flair got up and took it from him.
41:24He took the world title here on Nitro.
41:26This is my belt.
41:28Aspirin.
41:29And Jimmy Hart had a lot to do with it.
41:32And Flair is still out cold.
41:34But the giant paced himself.
41:36He let Flair get that figure four on him.
41:38Then he just rose up off that mat,
41:40put those big, huge hands around his neck,
41:43and squeezed the championship right away from Ric Flair.
41:47This crowd is stunned as are we.
41:49The pace of this match, I thought it would take a lot longer.
41:52I'll tell you what.
41:53Let's go to Gene with the new world heavyweight champion.
41:55Oh, I love it so much.
41:56All right, ladies and gentlemen, here on WCW Monday Nitro on TNT,
42:00we present a brand new WCW heavyweight champion of the world.
42:05He is the giant, Jimmy Hart.
42:08This crowd, and I know millions around the world,
42:10have been looking for this minute.
42:12You know what I mean, Gene?
42:13Tonight, Ric Flair gets to go home with the women.
42:16And Jimmy Hart gets to go home with a WCW heavyweight champion of the world.
42:21The giant, baby.
42:23Don't be too sure about that, Jimmy Hart.
42:25Giant, no question about it.
42:27After what happened last week here on Mike Nitro,
42:30this one had to come down.
42:31I didn't think it would end up this way, however.
42:34I know in my own heart this belt's been mine since Halloween happened.
42:39And I don't care if any of you like it or not,
42:43I am the world heavyweight champion.
42:46I am the champion, a fighting champion.
42:49Hulk Hogan, Sting, Macho Man,
42:53come one, come all, at the hands of the giant.
42:57You doggones are gonna fall.
43:02All right, ladies and gentlemen,
43:03the history books have been rewritten tonight here on WCW Monday Nitro.
43:07And I'm certain he addressed the number of individuals
43:10Hulk Hogan is at home watching this tonight.
43:13Eric Bischoff, Bobby Heenan, Mongo,
43:15why don't you assess it for us if you would.
43:18Well, I'll tell you what, Gino.
43:19Well, Gino, a shocker here tonight.
43:21And given the size of the giant,
43:24I'll tell you what, it's hard to say that it was a shock.
43:26But the nature boy, Ric Flair, 13 times the world heavyweight champion,
43:30the seasoned veteran that he is.
43:32Did he underestimate the giant?
43:36Well, I can't say he underestimated the giant.
43:39I can say he's got Randy Savage on the back of his mind and Slamboree.
43:43But for the giant to come out of the figure four
43:45and take his hands and choke the championship.
43:48And guess what?
43:49It is Sting and it is the giant,
43:52the world heavyweight title on the line,
43:55coming up at Slamboree.
43:57That, a big development here tonight.
44:00Well, Luger, but Sting is, I don't know.
44:05Well, Sting gets his shot at the giant
44:07in the WCW world heavyweight title, Mongo.
44:10Slamboree shaping up to be a big one.
44:12I love what happened to Flair tonight.
44:14And that must have been over so fast,
44:16those girls couldn't do anything about it.
44:18Usually a woman's got some coffee,
44:20they're throwing a high heel in there,
44:22getting the thing disqualified.
44:23That was great.
44:24They were standing there stupefied.
44:26Well, you wait to Slamboree.
44:28You wait and see what happens.
44:29You wait and see who's going to be the lord of the ring.
44:31I bet you it's going to be Ric Flair.
44:33All right, we're going to be back next week, seven o'clock.
44:35We'll be talking about Slamboree.
44:37We'll be talking about the road warriors facing each other,
44:39the Steiners facing each other.
44:41Flair, Savage, hooked up as tag team partners.
44:44See you next week.