WCW Monday Nitro: May 20, 1996

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00:00:00Once again, we are coming to you live as live.

00:00:29Can get here on TNT WCW Monday Night Show on the heels of Slamboree.

00:00:42And what a night we had last night.

00:00:45What a night we're going to have tonight.

00:00:48Hello everybody.

00:00:48I'm Eric Bischoff along with Bobby the Brain Heaton.

00:00:52As you can see, no, Steve McMichael.

00:00:56And for very good reason, as we speak, Mongo teaming up with Kevin Green.

00:01:02His number one draft choice, as he put it, in serious training as they prepare

00:01:08to meet the challenge put out by Ric Flair and Arn Anderson.

00:01:12We're going to talk about it more in just a minute, Bobby Heaton.

00:01:15Right now, let's take a quick look.

00:01:17Last night at Slamboree.

00:01:20Can you hear me?

00:01:22Anybody you want.

00:01:26Well, let me tell you something, my friend.

00:01:28It just so happens.

00:01:30I thought this might happen tonight.

00:01:32Let me tell you.

00:01:33I've got my first round draft choice here tonight.

00:01:36What do you got out there, Lawrence Taylor?

00:01:38I want to bring him out and show him to you right now.

00:01:40Mr. Kevin Green.

00:01:42My goodness, Kevin Green, former All Pro.

00:01:46He was in the Super Bowl last year.

00:01:47I said retired players.

00:01:50You never said retired.

00:01:51You're not winning.

00:01:53Let's go, right now.

00:01:55Kevin Green of the Carolina Panthers.

00:01:58What the hell is going on?

00:01:59You want some of this?

00:02:01Yeah, they want to get going.

00:02:06Four months ago, I had the opportunity to go to the Super Bowl.

00:02:10I sat there on the 40-yard line.

00:02:12Watch that man in the Super Bowl.

00:02:14You're going to see him.

00:02:15The match has been signed.

00:02:17It's 11-15 this morning.

00:02:19It is official.

00:02:20McMichael, Kevin Green to take on Arn Anderson, Ric Flair,

00:02:23coming up in Baltimore.

00:02:25The Great American Bash.

00:02:26Your thoughts.

00:02:26Well, my thoughts are Kevin Green and Mongo over here,

00:02:30maybe have stepped over the line.

00:02:31Maybe the only bowl they're going to see

00:02:33is the Bemis when they're hurling their lunch when

00:02:35Flair's done with them.

00:02:36That's the only bowl they're going to see again.

00:02:37We'll talk more about that.

00:02:38We'll bring you up to speed on everything

00:02:40that took place last night.

00:02:41Right now, let's get to the ring.

00:02:45And we had a very interesting evening, indeed.

00:02:49You talk about the lethal lottery.

00:02:52You've got to talk about the macho man, Randy Savage.

00:02:56This time, I mean, every week, we

00:02:59think he's gone a little too far,

00:03:02a little farther over the line.

00:03:04He is a bona fide, certifiable fruitcake.

00:03:07He went after Flair, not without just cause, mind you,

00:03:10but he went after Flair.

00:03:12And once again, he ended up in the back of a squad car.

00:03:15Well, he's got more frequent traveler

00:03:17miles in the back of a squad car.

00:03:18He'll be able to win a free trip to San Quentin eventually.

00:03:21He's got to maintain his sanity.

00:03:23He's lost it.

00:03:23I don't know what's going to happen

00:03:25or what's going to be done.

00:03:26But somebody, somebody better rule on this man

00:03:28before somebody gets hurt real bad.

00:03:30Well, let me take it a step further, bring you up to speed.

00:03:32WCW officials knowing that the Nature Boy, Ric Flair,

00:03:36signed, sealed, and delivered to wrestle here tonight

00:03:39against Eddie Guerrero, have banned the macho man, Randy

00:03:44Savage, from the building.

00:03:46And we understand Savage is in the Monroe area.

00:03:50And who knows?

00:03:51I heard.

00:03:52They will not let him in the building.

00:03:53I heard last night.

00:03:54They were talking about taking him out of the state.

00:03:56They didn't even want him in the state.

00:03:58And as long as there's an air conditioning unit or something,

00:04:00Savage could be in the building hiding.

00:04:02You don't know.

00:04:03But like I said, WCW officials looking very closely

00:04:07at the actions of the macho man, Randy Savage,

00:04:10over the last couple of weeks.

00:04:11I don't know what's going to happen.

00:04:13But we do know the Nature Boy, Ric Flair, is here.

00:04:15He'll be taking on Eddie Guerrero.

00:04:16Guerrero, very motivated indeed.

00:04:19We'll talk more about that in a little bit.

00:04:21Sting and Luger here tonight.

00:04:22You'll see them in action.

00:04:24Faces of fear, their opponents.

00:04:27And you're also going to see Brad Armstrong take

00:04:30on Diamond Dallas Page.

00:04:31He won it, Lord of the Ring.

00:04:32He won it, not without controversy.

00:04:35We'll catch you up to speed on that.

00:04:36But right now, let's get to the ring.

00:04:38You have got the Steiner brothers, who

00:04:40held it together last night.

00:04:42They faced each other on opposite teams.

00:04:44A lot of competition between the two of them individually.

00:04:47But he didn't.

00:04:47They stuck together.

00:04:48That's right.

00:04:49They stuck together.

00:04:50A lot better than Savage's mind is staying together.

00:04:53You know, the Savage situation is totally out of hand

00:04:55right now.

00:04:56I don't know what's going to happen.

00:04:57I feel fear here myself at the announced position.

00:05:00You don't know what this man's going to do.

00:05:02Well, you're right.

00:05:04You don't know.

00:05:05I don't think Randy knows.

00:05:06I mean, Nitro, just a while back, he slapped a referee,

00:05:09picked up a referee, and slammed him.

00:05:11He's out of control.

00:05:12He is out of control.

00:05:14Cullen elbow hook up into center of the ring,

00:05:16into a side headlock.

00:05:17I got to go with the Steiners on this one,

00:05:19just because they're brothers.

00:05:20They've been together longer as a team.

00:05:21They've been together all their life.

00:05:23But this is a very powerful team.

00:05:24Yeah, you're talking about Ice Train.

00:05:26You're talking about Scott Flash Short.

00:05:27You're talking about two monsters in there.

00:05:30These guys are, each of them, about three foot thick.

00:05:33They are powerful.

00:05:34They are aggressive.

00:05:37But I'll tell you something.

00:05:38If they don't win this match, fire and ice,

00:05:40the next time you see them wrestle,

00:05:42they'll be a lot better for just being in there

00:05:44with the Steiner brothers.

00:05:45They've learned so much.

00:05:46And they could knock the Steiners off.

00:05:48This Ice Train, I'll tell you what.

00:05:49Every time he comes out, he's more impressive.

00:05:52A man who has spent a tremendous amount of time in company.

00:05:56Cover, one, two.

00:05:58And I'll tell you what.

00:05:58When that big monster wraps those arms around you

00:06:01and hooks them, it takes one heck of a man to kick out of it.

00:06:04And that's exactly what Scott Steiner did.

00:06:06Belly to belly.

00:06:07This is incredible.

00:06:08This is why the Steiner brothers dominate tag team action

00:06:13anywhere and everywhere they go.

00:06:16Well, I don't even know if Luger and Sting, the world tag team

00:06:18champions, are going to throw around ice and Scott

00:06:21Norton like that.

00:06:22Absolutely.

00:06:23And here he comes.

00:06:24An interesting interview last night.

00:06:26For those of you that did not see Slamboree,

00:06:29you missed one half of a pay-per-view.

00:06:31And I encourage you to check out the replay,

00:06:34because it was indeed good.

00:06:36One of the things I liked was that interview

00:06:38when Scott Steiner said, hey, I'm

00:06:40not going to be the older brother, but I'm a bigger

00:06:42brother.

00:06:43Rick took exception to that and made

00:06:45for one interesting match-up.

00:06:47But blood definitely thicker than water

00:06:48when it comes to the Steiner brothers.

00:06:49Well, neither of them are how, they're

00:06:51not real sure how old they are.

00:06:52You know they were adopted.

00:06:53They were left on the back door step.

00:06:55For about six months, they were out there in the cold.

00:06:56So they don't know how old they are.

00:06:58Oh!

00:07:01That's the word I get.

00:07:02And Norton coming off the ropes with a major splash.

00:07:08Now, will he cover him here?

00:07:10Don't waste any time with the Steiner.

00:07:12Twice he had him down, didn't cover him.

00:07:13Norton, very methodical.

00:07:15Oh!

00:07:16Oh!

00:07:17Looking for weakness in his opponent.

00:07:19And where he sees no weakness, he tries to create it.

00:07:22Oh, look at this!

00:07:23Belly drop suplex!

00:07:24Did you see how high he got Norton in the air?

00:07:27Man alive!

00:07:29He showed up on radar.

00:07:32Ooh.

00:07:33Running, clothesline, sends Norton down.

00:07:36One, two, and a roll to the shoulder.

00:07:39And now a tag is made.

00:07:40Scott Steiner checking in.

00:07:42Rick Steiner backs off into the corner.

00:07:44And Scott Norton takes a vicious boot to the head.

00:07:46The Steiner brothers, a team who has been together so long.

00:07:49Like I said moments ago, they have

00:07:51dominated tag team competition around the globe.

00:07:54And it appears as though they're going

00:07:55to do it again here tonight.

00:07:57Oh, Nelson into a suplex.

00:07:59And Scott Flash Norton has got to rally here, even.

00:08:02Well, you know, I seriously doubt

00:08:06if the Steiners can get that Frankensteiner on either

00:08:08one of these men.

00:08:09They're too big, too powerful.

00:08:10250 pound, 60 pound, 80 pound guy, you can't.

00:08:13These men are well over 300 pounds.

00:08:15Uh-oh!

00:08:16And it looked to me like Scott might have lost his footing

00:08:19just a little bit on the ropes.

00:08:21He's lost his mind.

00:08:22Why shouldn't his feet go?

00:08:24Scott Norton took a hard one outside of the ring.

00:08:29Scott quick to move back inside of the ring

00:08:31now wants to get it done officially.

00:08:33Looking for that three count against this giant of a man.

00:08:35Scott Flash Norton ducks under the clothesline.

00:08:37Hey!

00:08:38Oh, man, he landed way on his side.

00:08:40He's got him.

00:08:41Cover, one, two.

00:08:43Oh, Norton was not paying attention.

00:08:46He could have had him.

00:08:47He could have had him.

00:08:50Reverse knifehand chop to the top of the chest.

00:08:52This thing has shifted now, the momentum

00:08:54into the corner of fire and ice.

00:08:57A devastating new tag team.

00:09:00Oh, look at that.

00:09:01I mean, Steiner, Scott Steiner, they had him down.

00:09:03They were pounding on him and pounding on him.

00:09:05And he still had enough strength and endurance

00:09:07to pick this big man up, ice rain,

00:09:09and then make the tag to his brother.

00:09:12The giant still the World Heavyweight

00:09:15Champion in his match against Sting last night.

00:09:17We'll be talking more about that.

00:09:19A very, very classic competitive matchup between those two.

00:09:26Again, we'll talk more about that match

00:09:27later on in the broadcast.

00:09:28Sting is here tonight.

00:09:29But the giant still the World Heavyweight Champion.

00:09:34The title is up for grabs tonight.

00:09:37It is the giant in Arn Anderson.

00:09:39A lot of great action coming to you on this special 90-minute

00:09:42broadcast.

00:09:43Body slam outside of the ring.

00:09:45Ice train on Rick Steiner.

00:09:47And Arn Anderson is here, right?

00:09:49He's got a title match.

00:09:49Ric Flair is here.

00:09:50And wherever you see Flair and Arn,

00:09:52you're going to find horsemen.

00:09:53Anything could happen.

00:09:54Probably going to happen to Steiner here.

00:09:56Look at Norton.

00:09:58He's attacking the shoulder here.

00:10:01Well, they got to do that, because the Steiners

00:10:03will do that.

00:10:05And this one is out of control.

00:10:09These guys have been here before.

00:10:11The competition between these two.

00:10:12Deep defense.

00:10:14And a belly to back outside of the ring

00:10:15onto the concrete floor.

00:10:16In the meantime, ice rain and Rick Steiner

00:10:19going at it, fighting all the way back to the entry area.

00:10:23They are on the steel grate now.

00:10:29This is it.

00:10:29Can't count.

00:10:32They've thrown it out.

00:10:33This match is over.

00:10:34A lot of great action.

00:10:3590 minutes of WCW Monday Nitro on TNT.

00:10:39And coming up next, Eddie Guerrero gets his shot

00:10:43at the Nature Boy, Ric Flair.

00:10:46Repays really bite, Ric Flair.

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00:11:19All right.

00:11:19Welcome back.

00:11:20We are live.

00:11:21Eric Bischoff along with Bobby the Brain

00:11:23Heenan without Steve McMichael, as we mentioned

00:11:26in the opening moments of the program.

00:11:27He is in training along with Kevin Green,

00:11:30now of the Carolina Panthers, a man who

00:11:32was playing in a Super Bowl just four months ago,

00:11:36now going to be competing in WCW.

00:11:40And this is where the big boys play.

00:11:44Well, they're not going to have it easy.

00:11:47That's right.

00:11:47But they're not going to have nine other guys

00:11:49out there to help them.

00:11:50They're on their own.

00:11:51They just have to look at each other.

00:11:53I wonder what their training is going to be like.

00:11:55Do they just sit on wooden benches

00:11:56and wait for water to come by?

00:11:57We're going to try and check in to the camp

00:12:01of Steve McMichael and Kevin Green in the weeks to come.

00:12:05But this is going to be an extremely interesting tag

00:12:09team matchup indeed.

00:12:10It's coming to you exclusively on pay-per-view,

00:12:13the Great American Bash, live from Baltimore

00:12:15on Sunday, June 16.

00:12:18And here is the dirtiest player in the camp today,

00:12:25Vance Lech.

00:12:27Oh, he's something.

00:12:29He's my idol.

00:12:30He's a snake.

00:12:31And it's people in suits.

00:12:34Oh, look at the beautiful outfit on woman.

00:12:36Eric, think about this.

00:12:37What's going to happen when Savage's money runs out?

00:12:40A woman and her still going to get along?

00:12:42You know, two women with one man never works.

00:12:44From what I understand, Miss Elizabeth

00:12:47got enough of Macho Man's money that it's

00:12:50going to be a long time before it runs out.

00:12:53Eddie Guerrero in the ring.

00:12:55Eddie Guerrero focused, intent on repaying

00:13:00the Nature Boy, Ric Flair.

00:13:01Oh, my goodness.

00:13:02Last night, he did.

00:13:03You saw it at Slammory.

00:13:05You saw it.

00:13:06He got DDT'd by Arn Anderson and then

00:13:10covered by the Nature Boy, Ric Flair.

00:13:12Eddie Guerrero was a victim.

00:13:14He was a victim of the Four Horsemen.

00:13:16He was a victim of a conspiracy between Ric Flair

00:13:20and Arn Anderson that knows no bounds.

00:13:22He was also a victim of his own partner.

00:13:24Macho Man, Macho Man, where are you now?

00:13:28And here, again, he is pushing.

00:13:30Macho Man, Macho Man, where are you now?

00:13:34Again, he is pushing.

00:13:36Look at those diamonds on her wrist.

00:13:38Look at that.

00:13:39Now, those are real.

00:13:40I'll tell you why they're real.

00:13:41Because if they weren't, Savage would find out about it

00:13:43and it'd be the laughing stock of this sport.

00:13:45She has purposely spent probably hundreds of thousands

00:13:48of dollars on those diamonds just to stick it in his ear.

00:13:52The Nature Boy, Ric Flair, has found every button

00:13:56that he could possibly push on Randy Savage

00:13:59to drive him over the edge.

00:14:01Wow.

00:14:02He's pushed him once.

00:14:03He's pushed him twice.

00:14:04And last night, the Coup de Grace,

00:14:06he pushed him a third time.

00:14:08And Savage is nuts.

00:14:10Now, he's hanging on a very, very thin rope right now.

00:14:13It's about ready to snap.

00:14:15I think the man should be institutionalized

00:14:16for at least a year and a half, two years.

00:14:18He needs help.

00:14:21Eddie Guerrero.

00:14:22You know, with Guerrero last night,

00:14:23it was a no-win situation for him.

00:14:25He had Arn Anderson as his tag team partner.

00:14:27He was wrestling Flair and Savage.

00:14:29Flair and Savage weren't going to get along.

00:14:30You knew Arn was going to do something.

00:14:32Eddie Guerrero was just in the way,

00:14:33and he took a beating for it.

00:14:35Well, Eddie Guerrero did everything he could

00:14:37for the Macho Man, Randy Savage,

00:14:38when he saw what was transpiring inside of the ring.

00:14:41One, two.

00:14:42And Eddie Guerrero, as I said,

00:14:43I mean, he stuck a thumb to the eye.

00:14:45He did everything he possibly could for the Macho Man.

00:14:47But Eddie Guerrero's effort was to no avail

00:14:53because the Macho Man, Randy Savage,

00:14:55took a severe beating last night at Slamboree.

00:15:00Well, like I said, he ended up escorted

00:15:02out of the building once again in handcuffs.

00:15:05Eddie Guerrero on a receiving end of a Ric Flair

00:15:07shoulder tackle takedown.

00:15:0813-time world heavyweight champion

00:15:09ducks under the leap.

00:15:10Right out, and he's adopted.

00:15:12Right in the center of the ring.

00:15:13Eddie Guerrero so quick, so fast.

00:15:15Knows where he is in the ring at all times.

00:15:17Side headlock takeover.

00:15:18Today, it's your boy Ric Flair

00:15:19on a receiving end of a takedown.

00:15:20I'll tell you something about Eddie Guerrero.

00:15:21Over in Japan, in the Orient there,

00:15:23over in Europe, every place this man wrestles,

00:15:25I mean, he has a tremendous one-loss record.

00:15:27And here at WCW, Eddie Guerrero

00:15:29is probably one of the fastest,

00:15:30most skilled athletes we have here.

00:15:32And he can knock off Flair.

00:15:33It can happen.

00:15:35Flair's gotta keep him grounded.

00:15:37Keep him on that map.

00:15:38Don't let Eddie Guerrero start flying around here.

00:15:40Wanna let our viewers know, right off the bat,

00:15:43June 16th in Baltimore,

00:15:44if you plan on being a part of the Great American Bash,

00:15:46get your tickets early.

00:15:47They're available at the box office.

00:15:49We had a capacity crowd last night.

00:15:52If you wait too long,

00:15:53you won't be able to get a ticket.

00:15:55This is gonna be a hot one.

00:15:56The Great American Bash,

00:15:57the NFL in the ring in WCW

00:16:00as Kevin Green and Steve McMichael

00:16:02take on Arn Anderson and the Nature Boy, Ric Flair.

00:16:04We'll be giving you more details

00:16:06on Great American Bash in the weeks to come.

00:16:09Suffice it to say,

00:16:10it is going to be an exciting event indeed.

00:16:13Side headlock there on Ric Flair.

00:16:15I don't know what Green's bugging McMichael's about.

00:16:17Flair has an eye for a pretty lady.

00:16:19I guess he made a gesture

00:16:20or did something back in the hallway

00:16:21that Michaels didn't like to his wife, Debra.

00:16:23No, no, no, let's call it the way it really is.

00:16:25Okay, you tell me.

00:16:26You know it, I know it,

00:16:27and our viewers know it.

00:16:28Week after week after week,

00:16:30Ric Flair has come out here.

00:16:31He has said things.

00:16:32He's made passes at Debra McMichael,

00:16:34and I guess last week back in the locker room,

00:16:37he stepped way over the line

00:16:38and got a little physical with Debra.

00:16:40I don't know.

00:16:41Oh, but he just a hand?

00:16:42I don't know.

00:16:43I wasn't there,

00:16:44but it was enough to push Steve McMichael over the edge.

00:16:46And when Flair came out last night

00:16:47and issued a chance to go get anybody he wanted,

00:16:49he did.

00:16:50He got Kevin Green.

00:16:52Well, he knew this was going down.

00:16:54He knew Flair's M.O.,

00:16:55bringing his wife around a beautiful woman like that.

00:16:57What's Flair supposed to do?

00:16:58He's a human being.

00:16:59Flair figured it.

00:17:00Worked on the macho man, Randy Savage.

00:17:02He drove Savage nuts to get him out of the way.

00:17:05Cost Randy Savage a shot at the World Heavyweight title last night,

00:17:09and he figures the same thing will work

00:17:11with Steve McMichael and Kevin Green.

00:17:13It's not working right now with Eddie Guerrero.

00:17:15Oh, my goodness.

00:17:16Look who's backing up.

00:17:17Imagine this, Eric.

00:17:19If Michaels goes nuts and they put him away

00:17:21and Debra goes with Flair,

00:17:23who gets custody of the Hounds?

00:17:25You do.

00:17:26No, I want my shoes clean.

00:17:29And this is what makes Eddie Guerrero

00:17:31such a competitor here in WCW.

00:17:33Flair can try, as he will,

00:17:35to distract him, to confuse him

00:17:37with Miss Elizabeth and woman outside of the ring.

00:17:40Guerrero is zeroed in.

00:17:43He is looking right between the eyes of the Nature Boy.

00:17:45He will not be distracted by anything outside of the ring.

00:17:48Reverse knife hand chop by Eddie Guerrero

00:17:50as he is going after the Nature Boy,

00:17:52the man who has worn the crown 13 times.

00:17:55That's right.

00:17:56It wouldn't surprise me if Guerrero

00:17:58don't capture that crown a few times.

00:18:00Nice drop kick by Eddie Guerrero.

00:18:02Combination wrestling.

00:18:03Stand over the top rope,

00:18:04throws the Nature Boy with Flair.

00:18:07And this is where Guerrero's at his best,

00:18:09when a man's on the floor.

00:18:10Watch him.

00:18:11I bet he's up on top someplace.

00:18:12He's got to be.

00:18:13See, there he goes.

00:18:14Eddie Guerrero is poised.

00:18:17He is ready to pounce.

00:18:18He is quick as a cat.

00:18:19He is aggressive.

00:18:20And right now, he has got the Nature Boy,

00:18:23Ric Flair, heading for a chair.

00:18:27Look at that bottle of bubbly while you're there.

00:18:29I'll tell you, Flair never looks better.

00:18:31Those chops are crisp and sharp.

00:18:33Hey, what are you doing, referee?

00:18:36Referees have been at a receiving end

00:18:38of some physical abuse,

00:18:40and they are standing up for themselves here.

00:18:42Referee Randy Anderson not backing down.

00:18:45Right over by Flair's personal VIP section.

00:18:48Champagne, caviar,

00:18:50only the finest of silver,

00:18:53and china, crystal.

00:18:56The man goes first class.

00:18:58Yeah, he can afford to.

00:18:59Savage is paying for it.

00:19:00Look at that, McMichael.

00:19:01She could be sipping champagne with this man,

00:19:03not wolfing down a six-pack in some car in Austin, Texas.

00:19:06You know what Ric Flair said

00:19:07after the match's last event?

00:19:09Rumor has it he was bragging to everyone.

00:19:11All he really wanted to do

00:19:12was cost Savage a shot at the world title.

00:19:14That was his goal last night at Slamboree,

00:19:16and he achieved it.

00:19:18He pushed the button.

00:19:19Savage lost his mind,

00:19:20taken out of the Lord of the Ring competition,

00:19:25escorted out of the building.

00:19:28But I wouldn't touch that clicker.

00:19:29I wouldn't touch that dial.

00:19:31Savage is around.

00:19:32He's in the state.

00:19:33The man's not gonna go home tonight,

00:19:35watch this, and watch some basketball.

00:19:37Ah, he's got plans.

00:19:38Nice shoulder tackle there by Eddie Guerrero.

00:19:40Uh-oh.

00:19:41And Eddie Guerrero

00:19:42venting the frustration of less than 24 hours ago

00:19:46goes after the Nature Boy.

00:19:47And the Nature Boy now taking Guerrero

00:19:49outside of the ring,

00:19:50and this is where Guerrero

00:19:51could be making a mistake.

00:19:52Eddie Guerrero needs to stay into the ring,

00:19:54but no, he is taunting the best of the best

00:19:58when it comes to mental mind games.

00:20:00He wants Flair out there on the floor.

00:20:02He's got something in mind.

00:20:04Believe me, this Guerrero

00:20:05comes from a wrestling family,

00:20:06all top-notch athletes.

00:20:08He knows what to do in that ring.

00:20:09He's learned from his father since he was a child.

00:20:11But this man has held the belt, Ric Flair,

00:20:1413 times.

00:20:1513 times, humanoids.

00:20:17No man on Earth has done that.

00:20:19And this crowd definitely getting behind

00:20:23Eddie Guerrero

00:20:24as Guerrero reaches back

00:20:26way out into center field,

00:20:28comes back with a reverse knife,

00:20:30and chop it down

00:20:31goes the Nature Boy, Ric Flair.

00:20:34This is turning out to be one heck of a matchup

00:20:37here on this special 90-minute edition

00:20:40of Nitro, live on TNT.

00:20:43And a thumb to the eyes.

00:20:44We have got to take a quick break.

00:20:45We'll be right back.

00:20:46That was a Greco Roman thumb to the eyes.

00:20:48A Greco Roman thumb to the eyes.

00:20:50You were out of your mind.

00:20:51Thank you.

00:20:53You and Savage,

00:20:54you should be roommates somewhere.

00:20:56No.

00:20:58All right, we are back.

00:20:59We have got action in the ring.

00:21:01We are live here on TNT,

00:21:03Monday Nitro, WCW,

00:21:06where the big boys play.

00:21:07And I'll tell you what,

00:21:08you have got a couple of guys

00:21:09in there in the ring right now

00:21:10that are fighting.

00:21:11They are fighting hard.

00:21:13And Eddie Guerrero,

00:21:14probably the more inspired of the two

00:21:16after what happened last night.

00:21:17We have been talking about it here tonight.

00:21:19Eddie Guerrero on the receiving end

00:21:21of a full horseman conspiracy.

00:21:24Oh, his bell rung big time

00:21:27by Arne Anderson.

00:21:29And Guerrero all over the Nature Boy.

00:21:32Ric Flair, Flair down three times.

00:21:34Three clotheslines, take him down.

00:21:35And Eddie Guerrero now going up top,

00:21:37making his way into the top turnbuckle.

00:21:39Pulls the trigger.

00:21:40Does he get him?

00:21:43Uh-oh.

00:21:44Again, a little bit more of a look there.

00:21:46Ric Flair that we wanted to cover.

00:21:47One, two.

00:21:48Flair able to scissor his way out of that one.

00:21:53I'll tell you, this has been 50-50, this match.

00:21:56Eddie Guerrero has held his own here.

00:21:58But the Nature Boy is setting him up for something.

00:22:00That's the way he operates.

00:22:02It's all heart.

00:22:03Now, what's he going to do

00:22:04as a great American baseman?

00:22:05He's got George Hallis and Bronco Nagurski

00:22:07across the ring to take on.

00:22:08No, no, no, no, no, no.

00:22:10You know, one of the things that Ric Flair was banking on,

00:22:13I think, is that Steve McMichael might come out

00:22:17with somebody who's been retired

00:22:18from professional sports for a number of years.

00:22:21Somebody who's been sitting back on the sidelines

00:22:23playing golf.

00:22:24Not that there's anything against golf.

00:22:26What's wrong with golf?

00:22:27He did not anticipate.

00:22:29Cover here.

00:22:30Eddie Guerrero rolls the shoulder.

00:22:32And again, one.

00:22:33Two count.

00:22:34He was not anticipating that an active NFL player,

00:22:38a man who, one of the most intimidating defenses

00:22:41in the NFL last year, he did not count on the fact

00:22:45that Kevin Green would step up to the plate

00:22:48and take the challenge.

00:22:49No way, no how, not in his wildest dreams

00:22:52did he anticipate that.

00:22:53Well, Kevin Green was all pro.

00:22:54Flair probably thought he'd pick himself

00:22:56a retired football player,

00:22:57somebody that he played with with the Bears.

00:22:59He didn't think he'd be the man

00:23:00that was on the cover of Sports Illustrated,

00:23:02People Magazine, everything you wanna talk about

00:23:04in sports last year.

00:23:05Kevin Green was it, that blonde hair

00:23:07hanging out of the helmet.

00:23:08Everybody talked about him.

00:23:09He's a wild man.

00:23:10He is a wild man.

00:23:12And Eddie Guerrero now, the wild man

00:23:14trying to fight his way out of the corner,

00:23:15but he is on the receiving end of some vicious attacks

00:23:18by The Nature Boy.

00:23:19Ric Flair nears him.

00:23:20Big right hand.

00:23:21Fist to the side of the head.

00:23:22Chop to the top of the chest.

00:23:24Kip up.

00:23:26Well, see, the difference at the bash

00:23:28is going to be this.

00:23:31Those football players wanted to do anything else

00:23:33but wrestle.

00:23:34They may be able to do it,

00:23:35but not in the ring with Flair and Aaron Anderson.

00:23:37But believe me, Flair could put the pads on,

00:23:40Aaron could put the helmet on,

00:23:41and they could lead in sacks and rushing in the NFL.

00:23:44Believe me.

00:23:45Well, you bring up a good point.

00:23:46No doubt about it.

00:23:47Steve McMichael, one of the most intimidating men

00:23:49in the NFL in his playing days.

00:23:51And here you go.

00:23:52One, two.

00:23:53He got him.

00:23:54No.

00:23:55There's a lot of ex-NFL,

00:23:59and probably a few current NFL players

00:24:01that have some scary stories about Steve Mongo McMichael.

00:24:05We heard a few of them a couple months back

00:24:08from Mike Ditka.

00:24:10But Kevin Green, another very intimidating individual indeed.

00:24:15And you're right.

00:24:16Football, they know.

00:24:17Wrestling is going to be tough for them.

00:24:19If they get out there and they're not careful,

00:24:21a guy like Aaron Anderson, the enforcer.

00:24:24You see, they're used to a coach telling them what to do.

00:24:26They got offensive coaches, defensive coaches,

00:24:28coaches that wipe their noses, coaches that show them

00:24:31where to hang their helmets.

00:24:32They are helped all the time.

00:24:33When that bell rings, pal, in Baltimore,

00:24:35it's a great American match.

00:24:36Number 76 and number zero are going

00:24:39to be in a world of trouble.

00:24:40And he's got him again.

00:24:41Got him again.

00:24:42Ric Flair was too close to the ring.

00:24:43If he would have been able to roll the shoulder,

00:24:45he would have been able to drape the boot out

00:24:46over the bottom rope.

00:24:47But the nature boy, Ric Flair, escape,

00:24:49comes up with a reverse knife hand chop.

00:24:51And Eddie Guerrero has been pouring his heart and soul

00:24:53into this contest.

00:24:54The nature boy, Ric Flair, goes to punt.

00:24:58And Eddie saw it coming.

00:25:00Oh, figure four.

00:25:01He's going to beat him with his own hold.

00:25:04Don't waste your time, Guerrero, if you want it.

00:25:07He's got it.

00:25:08He don't have a lock, though.

00:25:09Look at the pressure on the ankle, though.

00:25:11He's locking it now.

00:25:12He's getting it.

00:25:13Roll, Ric, roll.

00:25:15Flair has only got two choices.

00:25:17Three, roll over, get to the ropes, or give up.

00:25:20He's close to the ropes.

00:25:21He made it.

00:25:22He's got it.

00:25:23He's got it.

00:25:25June 16, the Great American Bash, exclusively on pay-per-view,

00:25:30live from Baltimore, a city that's going

00:25:32to get its own NFL franchise.

00:25:34Whoa.

00:25:35And Eddie Guerrero goes airborne and crash lands.

00:25:40Misses the runway altogether, and he's in trouble.

00:25:43He's in trouble.

00:25:44You know, those two football players,

00:25:46Mongo and Kevin Green, are used to a guy throwing a flag.

00:25:49They're used to holding a guy's jersey.

00:25:51They're used to clipping a guy, cheap-shotting a guy.

00:25:54It's not going to be like that.

00:25:55You're going to be in that ring, whatever you want to wear.

00:25:57I don't think you'll be able to wear a helmet.

00:25:58Look at that.

00:25:59Oh, man.

00:26:00Did you hear that?

00:26:01He bounced off that mat.

00:26:03No give in that concrete floor, I assure you.

00:26:05That mat only about a half inch thick, not much there.

00:26:09Eddie Guerrero knows what it's like now

00:26:12to be in there with a 13-time world heavyweight champion.

00:26:15And anybody that knows Ric Flair knows,

00:26:17don't ever sell this man short.

00:26:19He is at the top of his game.

00:26:20And you say whatever you want about Ric Flair.

00:26:23You may not like him.

00:26:25You may not need to like him.

00:26:27The man is a professional, and he knows how to win.

00:26:31He's done it.

00:26:32He's been there 13 times.

00:26:34Well, 15 if you're counting.

00:26:37We're not talking about those two championships.

00:26:40Those were not wrestling championships.

00:26:43Oh, God.

00:26:44You know, Liz has got all that money.

00:26:46Now, she can use a good financial consultant.

00:26:48Oh, really?

00:26:49Yes, I can invest in some great land deals.

00:26:51I got options on stocks.

00:26:53I'll take credit cards, jewelry, silver, anything.

00:26:55Just another individual lined up to spend the Macho Man's money.

00:26:59I've been out with him on occasion with Flair and Elizabeth.

00:27:01And I'll tell you something, they go top drawer, first cabin.

00:27:05Eddie Guerrero in trouble here.

00:27:07Drop him.

00:27:11Guerrero looks to me like he is out.

00:27:13And the Nature Boy Ric Flair with the cover.

00:27:15One, two.

00:27:16And Guerrero, I'll tell you what, you've got to love Eddie Guerrero.

00:27:20He's giving up some weight here.

00:27:22He's giving up experience.

00:27:23He's one of the young lions at WCW.

00:27:25But the man has a heart the size of a mountain.

00:27:28He will not give up.

00:27:29And look at Elizabeth and Woman.

00:27:31There's concern on their face.

00:27:33They're concerned with this man, Eddie Guerrero.

00:27:35And listen to the crowd.

00:27:37They're calling for Macho.

00:27:38They want Savage.

00:27:39Uh-oh, break out the hard hats.

00:27:40They're not going to get him.

00:27:41Come on, Eddie.

00:27:42Eddie just about has the Nature Boy Ric Flair.

00:27:45Could that mean they spotted him in the building?

00:27:47That could be.

00:27:48Could that be that?

00:27:49No.

00:27:50After last night, after every week, they've been beefing up security.

00:27:53I don't think the Macho Man, Randy Savage, can get a cover.

00:27:58Not enough on it.

00:27:59Still to come, the World Heavyweight Champion, The Giant,

00:28:02steps in with Arn Anderson.

00:28:04The title on the line here tonight.

00:28:06This special 90-minute edition of WCW Monday Nitro Live.

00:28:10You're also going to see Sting and Lex Luger.

00:28:13The World Tag Team Champions, they're going to be here.

00:28:16Diamond Dallas Page, the winner of the ring.

00:28:18And there goes the Nature Boy Ric Flair.

00:28:21And this is a seesaw battle between two of the best in WCW.

00:28:26Well, you talk about your combo, your surf and turf.

00:28:28Eddie got him right there.

00:28:29Gave him a turnbuckle.

00:28:30He went upside down over the top rope.

00:28:32And as he landed, Eddie landed with his two feet

00:28:34right on the big beak of Ric Flair.

00:28:36I don't mean big beak.

00:28:37I mean on the cheek.

00:28:38Whoa.

00:28:39I didn't say big beak.

00:28:40I said cheek.

00:28:42So it's that flip up over the top rope

00:28:44and a face full of knuckles.

00:28:47Put the boots to him, Nature Boy.

00:28:51Now Ric Flair here.

00:28:53Flair trying to get his dignity back

00:28:55after Eddie Guerrero tried to taunt him

00:28:57with that Ric Flair strut outside of the ring

00:29:00earlier on in the contest.

00:29:03Flair's taking him to school.

00:29:05Eddie Guerrero will be a lot better competitor after this.

00:29:07He'll remember he's been in there with the best.

00:29:10Every time you step into the ring in WCW.

00:29:13Oh, did you see that?

00:29:14He's got him here.

00:29:15He's got him here.

00:29:16Eddie Guerrero favoring the right leg.

00:29:18But Nevertheless moves in.

00:29:19One, two, three.

00:29:20Two and a half.

00:29:21No way.

00:29:22That was close.

00:29:23That was close.

00:29:26Eddie Guerrero, you step into the ring with the Nature Boy

00:29:29Ric Flair.

00:29:30You come out with a victory.

00:29:34You come out with something to brag about.

00:29:36If you come out with a loss, you come out a lot smarter

00:29:39The Nature Boy Ric Flair, a seasoned veteran.

00:29:43Boy, if Guerrero would have got him good there,

00:29:45it would have been night and night for the Nature Boy.

00:29:49Eddie Guerrero with a body slam on the Nature Boy Ric Flair.

00:29:53Where is he going now?

00:29:55Guerrero doing what he has done so well in his young career,

00:29:59goes up to the top rope.

00:30:01He's got him here.

00:30:02Oh, he hurt his leg.

00:30:04He's still favoring.

00:30:05Now he's holding the left knee.

00:30:07Earlier it was the right.

00:30:10That saved Nature Boy right there.

00:30:12He came off that top rope.

00:30:14He accelerated.

00:30:15He jackknifed himself.

00:30:16He had to be a good seven, eight, ten feet over Ric Flair

00:30:19and landed on him.

00:30:20That knee blew.

00:30:21He banged that knee hard, and Flair's taking advantage of it right now.

00:30:24The master he is.

00:30:27Oh.

00:30:29Ric Flair not only trying to soften that leg up,

00:30:33it looked to me like he was trying to pull it out of the socket.

00:30:36He moves in.

00:30:37Eddie Guerrero blocks.

00:30:38Eddie Guerrero with the block.

00:30:41Now look at this.

00:30:42This is where Flair is so smart.

00:30:43This is why he moves so quick to put that figure four on right there,

00:30:46because Eddie Guerrero cannot get to the ropes.

00:30:49And Flair can also reach woman or Elizabeth or the ropes if he has to.

00:30:53The man is a master.

00:30:54Ric Flair essentially took away one of the three options.

00:30:57We talked about it earlier.

00:30:59Either get to the ropes, give up, or reverse it.

00:31:02Well, Eddie Guerrero cannot get to the ropes.

00:31:04He got him.

00:31:05He got stuck.

00:31:06He got stuck.

00:31:07Ric Flair was using the ropes.

00:31:09But the referee didn't see it.

00:31:12He used the women.

00:31:13He used the ropes.

00:31:15And he used his brains to beat Eddie Guerrero.

00:31:19Eddie Guerrero gave him a fight, no doubt about it.

00:31:22Well, I'll tell you what.

00:31:23Eddie Guerrero put up one heck of a fight here tonight.

00:31:26Eddie Guerrero, one of the young stars in WCW who, make no mistake about it,

00:31:31has got a bright future ahead of him.

00:31:34Tonight, the Nature Boy, Ric Flair, just a little too dirty.

00:31:41You notice he landed.

00:31:42Bang that knee.

00:31:43Good.

00:31:45The win.

00:31:46The figure four.

00:31:47The ropes.

00:31:48The women.

00:31:49It all goes in one package.

00:31:51Lex Luger's package.

00:31:53Uh-uh.

00:31:54Ric Flair's package.

00:31:55The Nature Boy.

00:31:57Brought to you by 1-800-COLLECT, the way to save on collect calls.

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00:32:07Now, let's take it to Mean Gene Okerlund.

00:32:13All right, I thank you very much, gentlemen.

00:32:15I'm joined right now at this VIP table here.

00:32:18You've got some very, very nice treats, if you will.

00:32:22Great food.

00:32:23A little Dom Perignon, woman, Miss Elizabeth, and the Nature Boy, Ric Flair.

00:32:27I should point out, for the record, I have heard that somewhere in this building is Randy Savage.

00:32:35Listen, listen.

00:32:36These people know it, too.

00:32:40I'm just telling you the way it is.

00:32:42Well, I've been told that he's in town, but he's locked up in jail

00:32:48because he tried to break up another evening with me.

00:32:58And the girls.

00:33:01Macho man, I'm teaching your wife a new way of life, brother.

00:33:09Please, that's a little heavy.

00:33:11Try to stay away from that subject.

00:33:13We could talk about some other things.

00:33:15You know, you stuck your foot in your mouth last night at Slamboree.

00:33:18Oh, I did, huh?

00:33:19Yes, you did.

00:33:20I knew, I knew, Mean Gene, you'd seize the opportunity

00:33:25to try and humiliate the Nature Boy

00:33:28with the all-pro defensive tackle, Steve McMichael,

00:33:34whose wife follows me around like I owe her money.

00:33:39McMichael, the reason you're not here tonight

00:33:43is because I had the Enforcer out here, and you ran scared.

00:33:49Ain't nobody gonna say something?

00:33:52McMichael, Kevin Green, Green, you made two mistakes already.

00:34:01The first was coming into North Carolina without asking my permission.

00:34:07The second was thinking you could cross-train football and wrestling

00:34:14like I cross-train the girls.

00:34:17It don't work that way.

00:34:19I happen to have the Enforcer by my side.

00:34:24And in Baltimore, there's gonna be two former NFL stars

00:34:32because Green, you ain't gonna make minicam, buddy.

00:34:37Put it in the bank, it's as good as gold.

00:34:39All right, I thank you very much.

00:34:40That match is gonna be coming up, yes, June the 16th

00:34:43at the Great American Bash.

00:34:45And you heard, wait a minute.

00:34:47Wait a minute.

00:34:48You invited me to a party.

00:34:49I'm doing it.

00:34:50Come on, John.

00:34:52Come on.

00:34:58All right, coming up next.

00:35:01Where the heck did she go?

00:35:02Coming up next, the Faces of Mirror

00:35:04take on the World Tag Team Champions,

00:35:06Lex Luger and The Stinger.

00:35:12As you can see-

00:35:13More pumped than ever before.

00:35:15McMichaels used to sit here.

00:35:18Now the Nature Boy does.

00:35:20And look at the trimmings.

00:35:22Bobby, you can touch the girls.

00:35:25Fish off.

00:35:26Keep your hands off them.

00:35:27What a night this is going to be.

00:35:29We saw the Nature Boy, Ric Flair,

00:35:31leaving the ring with the champagne

00:35:33and, of course, the women.

00:35:35And he ends up here.

00:35:36You've been here before, uninvited.

00:35:38This time, you are an invited guest.

00:35:41Ted Turner saw me up here twice.

00:35:43He said I was a must.

00:35:44I was a must on the set.

00:35:46And that's why I'm here.

00:35:47Jane loves the Nature Boy.

00:35:49Oh, really?

00:35:50Woo!

00:35:51Oh, really.

00:35:52I work around Atlanta.

00:35:53I want to talk to you as long as we've got you here.

00:35:55I want to talk to you about the Macho Man, Randy Savage.

00:35:58We understand he is here in Monroe.

00:36:00Locked up.

00:36:01Tonight.

00:36:02I want to talk to you about the big match coming up

00:36:04on pay-per-view June 16th.

00:36:06Heenan, stay out of the champagne.

00:36:08We've got work to do.

00:36:091947, April.

00:36:10Yeah, I know.

00:36:11I know.

00:36:12Let's get to the ring.

00:36:13You look great.

00:36:14You look fine.

00:36:15You look fine, Nature Boy.

00:36:16I look great.

00:36:17Coming up next, tag team action.

00:36:20Sting and Lex Luger, the world tag team champions,

00:36:25taking on the Faces of Fear.

00:36:27And guys, I've got to ask you.

00:36:29Heenan, you first.

00:36:31Sting took one heck of a pounding last night

00:36:34at the hands of the giant.

00:36:36He got the side of his head caved in with that megaphone.

00:36:41How could he possibly be wrestling here tonight?

00:36:44Well, the giant is an extraordinary man.

00:36:47A very extraordinary man.

00:36:48And he took it to Sting.

00:36:50I don't know how Sting, where he reaches down and gets it from,

00:36:53but Luger waffled him with that.

00:36:55No, Luger didn't waffle him with it.

00:36:57You know, I thought about it last night as I laid in my hotel room

00:36:59and I said it was an accident.

00:37:00Where's our waiter?

00:37:01His hands were slippery.

00:37:02Oh, you have to clap your hands or ring a bell.

00:37:04I'll get it for you.

00:37:05Where's our waiter?

00:37:06No waiters here.

00:37:07And what happened was-

00:37:08Let me summarize this for you.

00:37:09Yeah.

00:37:11The human vegematic, brother.

00:37:13Sting and Luger better watch out.

00:37:15The human vegematic.

00:37:16Hey, I got a question for you.

00:37:18Hey, where you been?

00:37:19Get this stuff poured out here.

00:37:21Rick, Rick.

00:37:22I wonder if Mrs. Green, if there's a Mrs. Green.

00:37:25Watch yourself.

00:37:27I mean, why not add one more to the family?

00:37:29There is.

00:37:30I'm sure she's glued to the TV right now, just like Debbie.

00:37:33It used to be Deborah and Dallas, now it's Debbie and an Inchy Boy.

00:37:37Get it?

00:37:38Easy, man.

00:37:39Easy.

00:37:40Easy.

00:37:41I'll tell you what.

00:37:42You've driven the Macho Man nuts.

00:37:44You've pushed McMichael into the ring.

00:37:47He's like the suicide mission you're on.

00:37:50Kevin Green better have a full team of security when he comes into Charlotte against the Nature Boy, brother.

00:37:57Well, we talked a little bit earlier.

00:37:59Rick, I want to ask you.

00:38:00We talked about Sting.

00:38:01We talked about that tremendous contest he had last night with the Giant.

00:38:06In your opinion, your professional opinion, can he possibly be 100% here tonight?

00:38:11My professional opinion is this.

00:38:13Sting could very possibly be the greatest athlete in all of professional sports,

00:38:18but last night he took a pounding from a 450-pound Giant.

00:38:24The question speaks for itself.

00:38:26No, he can't be 100%.

00:38:28The greatest athlete maybe, but 100% tonight?

00:38:31No way.

00:38:32But look at Luger.

00:38:33You know, I caught Liz looking at Luger the other day.

00:38:35She thinks he's pretty cute the way he can do that little thing where he moves his chest up and down.

00:38:39Right, Liz?

00:38:40Yeah, I saw you looking at him.

00:38:43Doesn't seem to bother you much.

00:38:44Nah.

00:38:46Lex Luger, one half of the World Tag Team Champions, in there with Ming.

00:38:49Luger, a physical specimen.

00:38:52Unparalleled.

00:38:53And I'll tell you, you're talking about the beating Sting took last night and what kind of a shape he's in.

00:38:57He's lucky he's got a tag match, because if this was single competition, he'd really be in trouble.

00:39:01Whoa!

00:39:02Whoa!

00:39:03Did you hear that chop from the Human Vegematic, as Double A.R. Anderson calls him.

00:39:07Ooh, brother.

00:39:08Man, nice shoulder tackle takedown.

00:39:09Drop toehold takedown.

00:39:10See?

00:39:11A 300-pound Vegematic can do a drop toehold.

00:39:13That's a man.

00:39:15King of the Samoan Islands, brother, right there.

00:39:17The baddest of them all.

00:39:18Whoo!

00:39:20Tell me about it, Flair.

00:39:21Have you ever been in there with an NFL great like Kevin Green, like Steve McBride?

00:39:25Have I?

00:39:26Are you kidding me?

00:39:27I'm the man to tame Wahoo McDaniels.

00:39:28Cover, Flaun.

00:39:29I'm the man to be tired of the Big Cat Ernie lad.

00:39:32I was too fast, too smart, and way too ahead of my time.

00:39:36Whoo!

00:39:37And none all too humble either, I might add.

00:39:41Wahoo McDaniels was the toughest man that ever put on a pair of wrestling tights when he wasn't playing football.

00:39:47And you know something?

00:39:48He played for like seven or 18, right?

00:39:50He sure did.

00:39:51If he was any good, they wouldn't have traded him.

00:39:54Unbelievable.

00:39:55We'll be back with this matchup.

00:39:57Oh, where, oh, where is McMichael now?

00:40:00Whoo!

00:40:01This is better than that twist.

00:40:02This is better than that twist, Bob.

00:40:04Debbie, Debbie does it, ain't she, boy?

00:40:06Stop it.

00:40:09All right, welcome back.

00:40:10I am here with Bobby the Brain Heaton, the 13-time World Heavyweight Champion, Ric Flair.

00:40:15Whoo, do a little dance, make a little love, get down tonight.

00:40:18Good to see you down here.

00:40:19Stinger getting down in the ring.

00:40:21Tag team action at its best.

00:40:23The World Tag Team Champions in the ring now.

00:40:25Sting, if he's not 100%, is doing a great impersonation of an athlete who is,

00:40:30because he is all over the faces of fear.

00:40:34You forgot to introduce Eric, the vivacious woman and the lovely Miss Elizabeth.

00:40:39I didn't forget.

00:40:40I didn't forget.

00:40:41Believe me.

00:40:42He may not have introduced him, but he can feel the heat and the tension, brother.

00:40:45Whoo, they're alive, aren't they?

00:40:46Getting a little interesting in the broadcast booth.

00:40:48Hey, this used to stand for the four horsemen, Bobby.

00:40:50You know what it stands for now?

00:40:51No.

00:40:52Take a look over Eric's shoulder.

00:40:53Stay away from it.

00:40:54Don't go there.

00:40:56Ming going for submission here on Sting.

00:41:00And you know, a lot of people wondering,

00:41:02people that I've talked to that watched the pay-per-view last night,

00:41:06wondering, at the end of that match, it was Lex Luger and Jimmy Hart

00:41:10who were handcuffed fighting over Hart's megaphone.

00:41:14Both men had their hands on it.

00:41:15That megaphone ended up alongside of Sting's head.

00:41:18You've got to wonder.

00:41:19In fact, if you have a chance, check out the replay of Slamboree.

00:41:23Look up your local cable operator.

00:41:25Find out when it's playing in your area, because I'll tell you what,

00:41:28a lot of people are talking about it,

00:41:30and a lot of people will continue to talk about it.

00:41:32There's a big question mark there.

00:41:33Well, the more I think about it, think about this now.

00:41:36If Sting had defeated the Giant,

00:41:38Sting would have become the champion of the world.

00:41:40Exactly.

00:41:41He's also won half the tag team championship with Luger.

00:41:43So that means he probably would have had to relinquish the tag title.

00:41:46Luger would have had to find another partner or relinquish his belt.

00:41:49Luger hit him with that microphone, that megaphone,

00:41:52to save his title.

00:41:53That's what I believe.

00:41:54He sacrificed Sting.

00:41:55Worse than that, Bobby, Sting would have had to wrestle me.

00:41:58And I defeated him.

00:41:59For the 14th time.

00:42:00Hey, just the fact that he had the Giant on his stomach,

00:42:03ready to put the Scorpion on him, made him a hero in my book.

00:42:07Did you see the boot to the side of the head that Sting took there?

00:42:10Jarred him big time.

00:42:12He's trying to-

00:42:13Looks to me like he's trying to move his jaw around.

00:42:15He may have broken a jaw.

00:42:16He may have broken a jaw.

00:42:18That caught him right on the side of the face.

00:42:20Luger probably saved the tag title, making that save right there for Sting.

00:42:24Do you mind, Ric Flair?

00:42:26Do you mind?

00:42:27I'm engrossed in the moment.

00:42:29Do you mind?

00:42:30You're engrossed in your champagne and your women.

00:42:31We've got a match going on.

00:42:32I've already wrestled.

00:42:33I've done sweat for the night.

00:42:34Eric, stop it.

00:42:35We've got more important things to do.

00:42:36Ric, could you hand me one of those little fingers?

00:42:37Belly to belly on the top rope.

00:42:39Get that champagne out of my face.

00:42:41Oh, my gosh.

00:42:42Could I have some of that-

00:42:43Good shoot.

00:42:44Brother, the franchise just about went through the ring,

00:42:46all the way to the floor.

00:42:47Two.

00:42:48Give me some of those little dark fish eggs there in a cracker.

00:42:51There you go.

00:42:52That's caviar, right?

00:42:53Oh, man.

00:42:54Off the top rope, Sting got launched.

00:42:57He got catapulted through midair, and he is in trouble.

00:43:02He's like a wet rag out there.

00:43:04He can't move.

00:43:06I think I'll have a warm meal.

00:43:08Oh, man.

00:43:09This could be really ugly.

00:43:11Here he goes.

00:43:12Look at this.

00:43:13Oh, man.

00:43:14Double your pleasure.

00:43:15Sting.

00:43:17Oh, brother.

00:43:18It is over.

00:43:19It is over.

00:43:20Sting should have stayed in Baton Rouge.

00:43:22We have new tag team champions.

00:43:24Come on, referee.

00:43:26Two.

00:43:27Come on, referee.

00:43:28Referee.

00:43:29Three occupied.

00:43:30One, two.

00:43:31Stinger.

00:43:32Sting's down deep and rolls the shoulder.

00:43:36And Luger really got in that ring to help him, didn't he?

00:43:38I just told you he's the greatest athlete in sports.

00:43:40But where was Luger?

00:43:41Did he come in the ring to help him?

00:43:43No, he hung him out to dry.

00:43:45Sting is getting mauled by these two monsters.

00:43:50He's getting stung.

00:43:52He is in pain.

00:43:53Rick, this is great stuff.

00:43:55It's not bad.

00:43:56How can you two sit here and drink champagne in the middle of a match like this?

00:44:02How can I sit here with a limo out there, the air conditioning on,

00:44:05a party waiting for us around every corner?

00:44:07What am I doing here to begin with?

00:44:08A party?

00:44:09A party.

00:44:10I'm just waiting on Double A.

00:44:11I've got nothing to do tonight.

00:44:12Arne Anderson's going to win the world title tonight.

00:44:14We're leaving town.

00:44:15On the Learjet.

00:44:16Oh, is that what this is about?

00:44:18A little pre-celebration for having a world title in the future?

00:44:21No doubt about it.

00:44:22The Enforcers going to be the first-

00:44:23Oh, look at that.

00:44:24Look at that.

00:44:25Sting going after the tag.

00:44:26Now, Luger could have made that tag.

00:44:28He could have reached out.

00:44:29He could have lunged in the air.

00:44:30But no, he didn't.

00:44:31He is hanging his partner out to dry.

00:44:32He's sacrificing the Stinger to help himself.

00:44:35No way.

00:44:36No how.

00:44:37Nothing wrong with that.

00:44:38No way.

00:44:39That's what he's doing.

00:44:40Luger, you're beating a dead horse here, Heenan.

00:44:41He has proved himself time and time again.

00:44:43Flair, how do you see it?

00:44:44Do you know what I see?

00:44:45I see us putting Green and McMichael in a warm-up match.

00:44:50Cover.

00:44:51Two.

00:44:52To the face of the fear.

00:44:53What do you think?

00:44:54Ha!

00:44:55Just a little warm-up match.

00:44:56I can just see you walking into Sabatini's.

00:44:57What's being in the Barbarian, huh?

00:44:58I can just see you walking into Sabatini's with the two lovely ladies and your two new

00:45:01ones, Mrs. McMichael and Mrs. Green.

00:45:03Oh, wow.

00:45:04What an entourage.

00:45:05I know that you'll have the head table again.

00:45:08I'll have to be the 120-minute man from that point on.

00:45:11I got faith in you.

00:45:12This is incredible.

00:45:13Oh!

00:45:14You are too much.

00:45:15You are too much.

00:45:16That's what they all say.

00:45:18You may be digging your own grave here, and I guarantee you, when training is over tonight,

00:45:23McMichael and Kevin Green are checking out Nitro, and they're hearing every word you

00:45:27say.

00:45:28I hope they are.

00:45:29Kevin Green, if you've made the mistake across the North Carolina state line without signing

00:45:33off with me, brother, it could be the end before you know it.

00:45:37And here's the total package.

00:45:39Lex Luger, he is on fire.

00:45:42He is fresh, and he is digging in.

00:45:45Sting is on his knees in a corner.

00:45:47He's still feeling that beating he took.

00:45:48Luger hit him with that loaded forearm.

00:45:50One, two.

00:45:52No, no, no.

00:45:54Only on WCW.

00:45:57Nitro.

00:45:59Luger's taking a hike.

00:46:01Luger outside of the ring.

00:46:03Sting, not the legal man, but he is half unconscious, perched up on that top turnbuckle

00:46:09nevertheless, and he may be going for another ride.

00:46:11I don't think he can- He can't take that one again.

00:46:13He can't take another one.

00:46:14He can't take that one again.

00:46:15What's Luger doing here?

00:46:16There's Luger trying to get him off that top rope.

00:46:19Luger holding on, and down he goes.

00:46:22And Stinger now.

00:46:24Top rope.

00:46:25He's dropped to the spring in the legs.

00:46:27Did you see the height Luger rolls in?

00:46:29One, two, three.

00:46:30He got him.

00:46:31He got him.

00:46:32He got him.

00:46:33The World United Team Champion.

00:46:35Some of the greatest tag work, some of the greatest teamwork I've ever seen, but it just

00:46:38don't figure to me.

00:46:39It just does not figure.

00:46:41Hey, wait a minute.

00:46:42Hold on.

00:46:43Hey, Flair.

00:46:44Guess what?

00:46:45I just got the word.

00:46:46Savage is here.

00:46:47He is here.

00:46:48He is outside the building.

00:46:49No, he's not.

00:46:50He better not be here.

00:46:51We're gonna hear from the Macho Man, Randy Savage.

00:46:53He is trying to chew his way into this building.

00:46:56We need some protection up here right now.

00:46:57We need security.

00:46:58There's the Barbarian coming off that top rope, but no Sting.

00:47:01He lands there.

00:47:02Sting nails the Barbarian again, and again he nails him.

00:47:05Luger on the apron pushes him, pulls the leg, and Sting.

00:47:09Watch this elevation.

00:47:10Look at that.

00:47:11There's your winner, the Stinger.

00:47:13Hey, Ric Flair, you're getting a little nervous.

00:47:16You got a good reason.

00:47:17I'm not nervous.

00:47:18I've already checked with security.

00:47:20He can't get in here.

00:47:21There's your winner, Lex Luger.

00:47:22They both win.

00:47:23He's not supposed to be in the city limits.

00:47:24He is outside, and we've got a commotion.

00:47:27Take it away, Mean Gene Okerlund.

00:47:29Oh, no.

00:47:30All right, I thank you very much, Eric Bischoff.

00:47:32Yes, there is some commotion back here as the Macho Man, Randy Savage,

00:47:36is being prevented from entering the building here tonight on WCW Monday Night Raw.

00:47:41And Randy Savage, for the record, these-

00:47:43Hey, Randy Savage, settle down.

00:47:46That's just the problem that we have been experiencing.

00:47:49WCW officials right now-

00:47:52If I want to go in there, I can get in.

00:47:54Let me point out.

00:47:55Please, let me tell you what I have just heard on the telephone.

00:47:59As we sit here, stand here, speaking right now,

00:48:02you're not going to get in this building,

00:48:04but WCW officials are meeting on your future.

00:48:07They're meeting on your fate.

00:48:09Forget the fines to Magic Johnson, Albert Bell, to Dennis Rodman.

00:48:12They pale by comparison of what you had to take out of your hip pocket.

00:48:16And as far as I'm concerned right now,

00:48:18I'm not so certain you're going to be allowed to wrestle anymore

00:48:21in World Championship Wrestling.

00:48:22Who was that?

00:48:23Right.

00:48:24Well, I say that I am going to.

00:48:25What do you mean?

00:48:26There's a meeting about me?

00:48:27There's a high-level meeting going on right now.

00:48:29Nick Lambros, Nick Bockwinkle, other members of the championship-

00:48:32Lots of suit and ties, am I right?

00:48:34Absolutely.

00:48:35Okay, let me tell you to give them a message.

00:48:37I want you to be the messenger right now.

00:48:39You tell them to be real careful about what they do with my future.

00:48:44You understand that?

00:48:45Randy said-

00:48:46No, no, no.

00:48:47You listen to me.

00:48:48You tell them to be real careful.

00:48:50Make the right decision, because they need to make the right decision.

00:48:53You understand about the right decision?

00:48:55Decision needs to be made.

00:48:56Ready.

00:48:57Like I could go in that door right now and take Flair apart.

00:49:00Oh, yeah.

00:49:01You're not going to get through these, Ben.

00:49:02How do you know?

00:49:03Is that a challenge?

00:49:04Are you setting me up?

00:49:05No, I didn't say that.

00:49:06If there's a decision being made right now about my future,

00:49:09and I try to go through that door right now, you're setting me up.

00:49:13Wait a minute.

00:49:14No, you're setting me up.

00:49:15No, I'm not setting you up.

00:49:16You know, Ric Flair has done this to you.

00:49:17Oh, yeah, you are.

00:49:18He's a little paranoid, Flair.

00:49:19He's taught you with Elizabeth and with everything else.

00:49:21Are you talking to me?

00:49:22I'm sorry.

00:49:23I got one more thing to say.

00:49:24Oh, no.

00:49:25Wait a minute.

00:49:26Sam, he's trying to get in.

00:49:27It's not going to happen tonight.

00:49:30Let's get back to you, Eric.

00:49:31All right.

00:49:32Me and Gene Auckland and this guy, Ric Flair,

00:49:34has lost his mind thanks to you.

00:49:36We've got a match coming up.

00:49:38Diamond Dallas Page takes out Brad Armstrong.

00:49:41Ring and all.

00:49:42Some guys just can't.

00:49:44It's just not right.

00:49:45It's not right.

00:49:46It's not right.

00:49:47It's not right.

00:49:48It's not right.

00:49:49It's not right.

00:49:50It's not right.

00:49:51It's not right.

00:49:52It's not right.

00:49:53It's not right.

00:49:54It's not right.

00:49:55It's not right.

00:49:56It's not right.

00:49:57It's not right.

00:49:58It's not right.

00:49:59It's not right.

00:50:00It's not right.

00:50:01It's not right.

00:50:02It's not right.

00:50:03It's not right.

00:50:04It's not right.

00:50:05It's not right.

00:50:06It's not right.

00:50:07It's not right.

00:50:08It's not right.

00:50:09It's not right.

00:50:10It's not right.

00:50:11It's not right.

00:50:12It's not right.

00:50:13It's not right.

00:50:14It's not right.

00:50:15It's not right.

00:50:16It's not right.

00:50:17It's not right.

00:50:18We are back lav on Nitro 90-Thou.

00:50:18With the nature of Ric Flair.

00:50:22As we saw before the break.

00:50:25The macho man Randy Savage in.

00:50:30WCW evidently in jeopardy going on as we speak.

00:50:36He's not making any friends.

00:50:38Trying to push over six or seven.

00:50:40He should be at the meeting meeting his case.

00:50:42He's being a gentleman, not what he's doing.

00:50:45Ha, Macho, if you have an opportunity to watch the replay tonight,

00:50:52take a look at who is standing right behind me.

00:50:56The former Mrs. Macho Man, now with the Nature Boy.

00:51:04And brother, is Diamond Dallas riding high or what?

00:51:08He is riding high.

00:51:08He was in a bar last night with a fistful of herring on a billboard.

00:51:11Everybody, the Nature Boy, everybody drinks all night long.

00:51:15Had the big ring on his hand.

00:51:18He was styling and profiling.

00:51:20He was styling and profiling indeed.

00:51:23This guy came out of nowhere from virtual obscurity,

00:51:26from the gutter, if you will.

00:51:29Washing windshields for tips.

00:51:31The guy found a benefactor to buy him out of all of his problems.

00:51:35He sneaks into Slamboree.

00:51:37Technically speaking, ends up winning the right

00:51:41to face the World Heavyweight Champion in a feud.

00:51:44And I'll tell you what, he was expecting that.

00:51:46Cliff, you're not the benefactor, are you?

00:51:49No, she says no, I'm not.

00:51:50And you see the ring.

00:51:52She's got one of the savages' money to be the benefactor.

00:51:57Hey, hey, stop, stop, stop right now.

00:52:00Flair, Flair, Flair.

00:52:01Has anyone ever seen Liz's penthouse in Fort Lauderdale?

00:52:04Let's look at the match.

00:52:05It covers an entire city block.

00:52:06She's got two Porsches, a Lincoln limousine.

00:52:10I mean, the whole nine yards.

00:52:12Rick, consider this.

00:52:14Kevin Green just signed a huge contract, right?

00:52:17Yes, he did.

00:52:17Do you know how much money Mrs. Green is going to have?

00:52:20And it's green.

00:52:22Oh, brother.

00:52:23Diamond Dallas Page last night wins the right

00:52:26to face the World Champion in June.

00:52:28And I'll tell you what, it's not without its fair share

00:52:30of controversy.

00:52:31The encore presentation of Slamboree 96

00:52:34can be seen tomorrow night only on Pay-Per-View.

00:52:36Contact your local cable company.

00:52:38You decide for yourself if you think he deserves it.

00:52:42A lot of people not so sure he does.

00:52:44Brad Armstrong in there right now.

00:52:45Brad Armstrong, by the way, had a tremendous match

00:52:47with Dean Malenko, the new Cruiserweight Champion.

00:52:50Malenko retains the title.

00:52:52And I'll tell you what, this Cruiserweight division

00:52:54attracting top talent from around the world.

00:52:58Brad Armstrong, just one of them.

00:53:01You know, it was a busy weekend for Malenko.

00:53:03He defeated Ohtani just to get the Slamboree.

00:53:06I'll tell you, and Dallas, being on the shelf

00:53:08for the last six months, being out in the cold on the street,

00:53:11has this man come back?

00:53:12Does he ever impress me?

00:53:14And Diamond Dallas Page in there with a cover.

00:53:15Diamond Dallas Page, again, one of those athletes

00:53:18you either like him or you don't.

00:53:19Most people don't, but he's looking good.

00:53:21Back bridge there by Brad Armstrong.

00:53:24And hey, this programming now.

00:53:26Thanks to you viewers for making WCW Nitro

00:53:29such an unprecedented success.

00:53:32And thanks to all the people over at TNT.

00:53:34Beginning next week, each and every week, WCW Nitro,

00:53:38two hours long.

00:53:40We're kicking off prime time at 8 PM Eastern.

00:53:42And we're going to 10 o'clock each and every night.

00:53:45And we will be live.

00:53:47And we want to thank you again for having us.

00:53:51We better have a cardiologist here,

00:53:52because you know what happens in one hour.

00:53:54What do you think is going to happen here in two hours

00:53:56on Nitro?

00:53:57All right, I understand.

00:53:58We've got to take a quick break.

00:54:00As Arne would say, if they're going to run me out here

00:54:02for two hours every night, they better put another zero

00:54:04on my contract.

00:54:05Ha ha ha ha ha.

00:54:07We'll be back.

00:54:08I'm going to put you no time flat.

00:54:09I need another zero.

00:54:11Give me another drink.

00:54:15And we are back.

00:54:16We are back live with a 13 time world heavyweight champion,

00:54:18the Nature Boy, Ric Flair, Bobby Heenan.

00:54:21I'm Eric Bischoff.

00:54:22And of course, we have Miss Elizabeth and Woman joining us.

00:54:25Mr. Bischoff, I'm starting to like this.

00:54:27What kind of job?

00:54:27I'm starting to like it too, as a matter of fact.

00:54:30Anyway, I'm going to take you home

00:54:32on the plane with us tonight.

00:54:33I don't think so.

00:54:35Diamond Dallas Page in here with Brad Armstrong.

00:54:37Diamond Dallas Page, as I mentioned earlier,

00:54:39won the right to face the world heavyweight champion

00:54:43in June, the Great American Bash.

00:54:45June 16th, it's Father's Day, and it's on pay-per-view.

00:54:49And I'll tell you what though, as I mentioned,

00:54:51that match last night with Page,

00:54:53not without its fair share of controversy.

00:54:56A lot of people talking about it.

00:54:58I understand there's even been some meetings about it

00:55:01with the WCW executive committee.

00:55:03They are busy here tonight.

00:55:04Between the Savage situation and now Diamond Dallas Page.

00:55:07Well, I hear they sent somebody special down from Atlanta

00:55:09to take a look at the tape, to take it back to Atlanta.

00:55:12And you know, they start putting their heads together,

00:55:15things can happen.

00:55:17We'll find out as the weeks progress.

00:55:19But right now it is official, Page won it all.

00:55:21He won the ring, he won the right.

00:55:23And right now he is in there with Brad Armstrong.

00:55:27Irish all the way across the ring.

00:55:28Brad Armstrong moves out of the way

00:55:30and Page ricochets off that ring post.

00:55:32You notice something, Brett,

00:55:33that ring post doesn't move a lot.

00:55:36Well, it doesn't.

00:55:37I'm gonna tell you right now,

00:55:38you get the position he's in right now

00:55:39with a guy like Brad Armstrong,

00:55:41you're fighting for every breath.

00:55:43Brad Armstrong, one of the best wrestlers

00:55:45in our sport today.

00:55:48Armstrong now taking down Dallas Page

00:55:50into that top turnbuckle.

00:55:51Oh, the crowd getting into it here.

00:55:54And he takes him from the top to the middle

00:55:57to the bottom to the floor.

00:55:58I used to do that to Savage back

00:55:59when he could get in the building to wrestle.

00:56:00No.

00:56:01No.

00:56:02No.

00:56:03No.

00:56:04Cover, Brad Armstrong, one, two.

00:56:07You know, he's worse than the humanoids.

00:56:09He can't even get in the building.

00:56:13Flying cross body block, Brad Armstrong

00:56:15with a cover and again a two count.

00:56:16Diamond Dallas Page in trouble here.

00:56:18Diamond Dallas Page is up,

00:56:19but he is on the receiving end of an Irish rip.

00:56:21Reverse into a spinning elbow.

00:56:24Page, diamond cutter.

00:56:25That's it.

00:56:29That is it.

00:56:30He looks good.

00:56:31Real good.

00:56:32He's on top of his game and he's got the confidence.

00:56:35After winning last night,

00:56:38this guy has never looked better.

00:56:42And of course, goes for the jewelry, including the ring.

00:56:50He high fives himself.

00:56:51Looks like something you would do, Clarence.

00:56:53I kind of like this style, you know that?

00:56:56He's got some style.

00:56:57He's got some class.

00:56:58He's got it going on.

00:56:58He high fives himself.

00:57:00He's got it going on.

00:57:01He's cool.

00:57:03He's neato.

00:57:05There it is, the diamond cutter.

00:57:06Your winner, the man with the ring,

00:57:08Diamond Dallas Page.

00:57:09And up next, Double A,

00:57:11soon to be the WCW World Heavyweight Champion.

00:57:15How'd that sound, Eric?

00:57:16Sounds good.

00:57:17Let's see if it'll happen.

00:57:18Up next, the Enforcer, Double A.

00:57:20I'll tell you what.

00:57:21Don't go away.

00:57:22Up next is Bean Sheen-Oakerman.

00:57:24He's gonna have some comments from Diamond Dallas Page.

00:57:27You hear this.

00:57:28Excuse me.

00:57:30Thank you very much, gentlemen.

00:57:31And hopefully, yes, we will get some comments.

00:57:33Very impressive here tonight.

00:57:35And of course, it's-

00:57:36Hey, snap her head.

00:57:37Zip it.

00:57:38Last night, Diamond Dallas Page, bang!

00:57:42Shocked the world.

00:57:44Good God!

00:57:47In the Lethal Lottery Contest,

00:57:49the best of the best, Flair, Macho, Luger,

00:57:52Steiners, Road Warriors, Sullivan, Double A,

00:57:56Fire and Ice, Barbarian, Ming.

00:57:58Need I go on?

00:58:00But when it was all said and done,

00:58:03there can only be one.

00:58:04Yeah!

00:58:06And that was DDP, standing in the middle with the ring,

00:58:11the new Lord of the Rings.

00:58:12And I got one person to thank.

00:58:15My self!

00:58:18Self!

00:58:19High five!

00:58:20All right.

00:58:21Shut up, you jerks!

00:58:22Which brings me to my next agenda.

00:58:25The G-Man.

00:58:27Wow!

00:58:28Wait a minute.

00:58:29The seven footer.

00:58:30Giant boy, you're mine.

00:58:32You're wearing something that's mine.

00:58:33Oh, give me a break.

00:58:34Come on, Page.

00:58:35I want you to listen to what I have to say.

00:58:38Uh-oh.

00:58:39Diamond, please, come over here.

00:58:41I just got off the telephone.

00:58:43I just got off the telephone

00:58:44with the Championship Committee of WCW.

00:58:48They have informed me.

00:58:50They have viewed the videotaped footage.

00:58:52I want you to take a look now

00:58:53to our national television audience,

00:58:55because, yes, there's the diamond cutter.

00:58:58We're taking a look at that.

00:59:00And then, Diamond Dallas Page,

00:59:02the Executive Committee, the Championship Committee,

00:59:04noticed that you got the pin with your foot on the floor.

00:59:09Now, here's the story.

00:59:12Here's the story, my friend.

00:59:14They cannot take the Lord of the Ring away from you.

00:59:17They will not reverse the decision of the referee.

00:59:19However-

00:59:20What are you talking about?

00:59:21That wasn't up in front.

00:59:22I went over, skipped my foot off, right on the apron.

00:59:24That is footage.

00:59:25That is foul footage.

00:59:26That, boom.

00:59:27No, no, no, no, wait a minute.

00:59:29They will not grant you the championship shot

00:59:31at the giant at the Great American Badge.

00:59:33Are you kidding me?

00:59:34Hey, keep your hands off me.

00:59:35Are you kidding me?

00:59:36I'll walk out of here if you ever touch me again.

00:59:39They have awarded the shot to Lex Luger,

00:59:42ladies and gentlemen.

00:59:43He will be-

00:59:44You take care of this.

00:59:45Wow.

00:59:46I never want that man to put his hands on me.

00:59:47Get me an officer up here.

00:59:50Lex Luger will get the shot on June the 16th

00:59:53in Baltimore, Maryland.

00:59:54This guy is going bold here.

00:59:57Well, that is not my decision.

00:59:58Again, here I have to play the part.

01:00:00I'm only the messenger.

01:00:02Diamond Dallas Page, very, very upset indeed.

01:00:05Lex Luger, the recipient of a title shot

01:00:07at the Great American Badge.

01:00:09Wow.

01:00:10Eric, Bobby Heenan, Ric Flair,

01:00:12you may even have some comments on this one.

01:00:13Please, gentlemen.

01:00:15That's big news here.

01:00:17The question now is who will be the world heavyweight

01:00:19champion of June?

01:00:20Let's replay that.

01:00:21Sting's about to put the Scorpion on a giant.

01:00:23Luger knocks out Sting.

01:00:25Wow.

01:00:26Page loses the title.

01:00:27Hey, stay with us here on TNT.

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01:00:53We got it all here.

01:00:54And Ric, I'd like to-

01:00:54And you've got at your side,

01:00:57the lovely Miss Elizabeth, that woman, oh woman.

01:01:00Would you like her to marry you now?

01:01:03No comment.

01:01:04My wife's home watching.

01:01:07Arn Anderson coming-

01:01:08Wait a minute.

01:01:10Wait a minute.

01:01:11What's the Taskmaster doing there?

01:01:13I told you.

01:01:15Tonight, there's going to be a title switch.

01:01:18Tonight, the Huskies ride high again.

01:01:23The Taskmaster, you think I'd be sitting here

01:01:26if I didn't have things under control?

01:01:29We're partying already.

01:01:30Double A is going to be the first man to DDT

01:01:33a seven foot five giant.

01:01:35Now, wait a minute, Ric.

01:01:36I want to ask you specifically about Arn Anderson,

01:01:39the Taskmaster and Chris Benoit.

01:01:42There's a little bit of a problem

01:01:44with the Four Horsemen.

01:01:45I mean, Kevin Sullivan, he's like a homewrecker.

01:01:47I mean, he's like, he's the Miss Elizabeth

01:01:49of the Four Horsemen, if you will.

01:01:51Wow, that's pretty strong.

01:01:54The Taskmaster looks nothing like Miss Elizabeth.

01:01:56You've been out here saying it for weeks.

01:01:57I'm just reiterating it.

01:01:58No, no, I'm just telling you the way it is.

01:02:00Tonight, we may have pulled off

01:02:03the coup de grace of all time.

01:02:07What is it?

01:02:09Well, watch, have a glass of champagne,

01:02:12sit back, bring your feet up on the table,

01:02:14let me and Debray do the talking.

01:02:16I can't like drink on the job like some people.

01:02:19Everything henceforth will be self-explanatory.

01:02:22The giant, 450 plus pounds.

01:02:27Got that glazed over look, Kevin.

01:02:29Seven foot four inches tall.

01:02:32The biggest, the fattest of them all.

01:02:39Look at Jimmy Hart, he looks a little nervous.

01:02:43He should be.

01:02:45The giant, though.

01:02:48You don't see the enforcer backing up here.

01:02:51Listen, listen.

01:02:52I'm in the dungeon, the only thing is,

01:02:55this guy has kept his word to me

01:02:58through the Pillman situation,

01:03:00now through the Benoit situation.

01:03:02Last night, Sting took him to the limit.

01:03:05All I want to make sure is that this man

01:03:09gets a fair chance, because after all,

01:03:11right over there, there's more horsemen.

01:03:13And you know, Jimmy, it's horseman style.

01:03:17I get it, I get it.

01:03:18Oh yeah, right.

01:03:20Truth and justice, certainly Kevin Sullivan's middle name.

01:03:26He's just here to make sure

01:03:28that Arne Anderson gets a fair shot.

01:03:31Tonight, Arne Anderson destroys the giant.

01:03:34In one month, we take over the NFL.

01:03:37What's the plan?

01:03:38What are you gonna do when I'm playing for the Panthers

01:03:40and you can't get me to make this show on Monday nights?

01:03:43Because I'm sure they'll want me to play

01:03:44once we knock Kevin Green out.

01:03:46I'll be the outside linebacker for the Carolina Panthers.

01:03:49They'll say, here he comes, number 51,

01:03:52the Nature Boy, down the tunnel.

01:03:55Cheerleader jumping up and down,

01:03:57lizard woman in the stands on the 50 yard line,

01:03:59cheering every time I run down to make a tackle.

01:04:01Boy, you're pretty relaxed in here,

01:04:03given that your closest friend, Arne Anderson,

01:04:07is in there with a man killer, a monster.

01:04:10The biggest man in this sport today, bar none.

01:04:15Bishop, he may be the biggest man in any sport.

01:04:20And he's a heavyweight champion of the world.

01:04:23But don't ever count out Arne Anderson.

01:04:25He's the enforcer.

01:04:26Thank you, Robert.

01:04:27Thank you.

01:04:28Well, if I could finish, if I could finish.

01:04:30A politically correct comment, if I've ever heard one.

01:04:33Yeah, you two talk then.

01:04:35No, go ahead.

01:04:35No, no.

01:04:37I was having a good time.

01:04:38I enjoyed myself.

01:04:40Arne Anderson now going after the giant,

01:04:42just standing there, taking those shots from Double A.

01:04:48Look at that.

01:04:51Uh-oh, put the brakes on.

01:04:53Smarter than that, aren't you, Arne?

01:04:54But he's behind you.

01:04:55Whoa.

01:04:57Going up.

01:04:58Look at this.

01:04:59Arne Anderson, a big, powerful man himself,

01:05:02but he's looking up into the chest

01:05:05of the giant who has not even cracked a sweat yet.

01:05:09Well, he's hurt his back on this

01:05:11in the lower kidney area.

01:05:14No comment.

01:05:15You know, he's gone about seven or eight feet

01:05:17up there after that slam.

01:05:18I've been there.

01:05:19You're still smiling, Flair.

01:05:20What's up?

01:05:21I'm smiling because I never, ever take a step backwards

01:05:25when Arne Anderson's in front of me.

01:05:26And right now, he's in front of me on the screen.

01:05:28Wait a minute.

01:05:29Things are gonna happen our way shortly.

01:05:31Just keep watching.

01:05:31You look to me like you were stepping backwards

01:05:33last night when Kevin Green hit me in the ear.

01:05:36You know what I was doing?

01:05:37I was making sure the girls didn't get bumped over

01:05:39by the cops.

01:05:40A gentleman, a true gentleman.

01:05:42You know, these policemen down here in Louisiana,

01:05:44they don't have any respect for a beautiful woman.

01:05:46I had to back them up to keep them from getting knocked over.

01:05:48Double A Arne Anderson now in there with the giant,

01:05:50the WCW World Heavyweight Champion.

01:05:53A tremendous match with Sting.

01:05:56Sting, undoubtedly one of the top contenders

01:05:58for that world title.

01:05:59But Sting had his hands full last night.

01:06:02And he ended up getting chokeslammed

01:06:05like so many before him.

01:06:09And look at Jimmy Hart.

01:06:10Double A.

01:06:12All right, Flair.

01:06:13I'll tell you what.

01:06:14Things are not going Arne Anderson's way here.

01:06:18Well, let me just make one thing very clear to you.

01:06:21If I wasn't assigned the task of being here tonight

01:06:23to cover my end here at the desk,

01:06:25I'd be out there myself.

01:06:27But I've got responsibilities.

01:06:28Arne understands that.

01:06:30The giant's taking his time getting back in that ring.

01:06:33Fee-fi-fo-fum.

01:06:35And Arne Anderson now doing what he does best.

01:06:38I've said it before many times.

01:06:40I'll say it again.

01:06:41Come on, Arne.

01:06:42Go to work on it, brother.

01:06:43Arne Anderson knows more ways to break more bones

01:06:45than anybody in this sport today.

01:06:47But he is going to be tested here.

01:06:49He has never had to wrestle a man like the giant.

01:06:54Watch this.

01:06:55Come on, Arne.

01:06:56I can see it.

01:06:57Wait a minute.

01:06:58Come on.

01:07:00The giant down on one knee,

01:07:01but he is taking everything Arne Anderson has to dish out.

01:07:04And he is up.

01:07:06DDT.

01:07:08Break out the bubbly.

01:07:10I don't think so.

01:07:12Oh, look at that.

01:07:13And he's got it.

01:07:14He's got the-

01:07:15Look at that.

01:07:16He's-

01:07:17Oh.

01:07:18Spikes him into the mat.

01:07:21Plants him like a tree.

01:07:23Oh, no.

01:07:23And covers him.

01:07:24One.

01:07:25Hey, Flair, where are you going?

01:07:26Ric Flair.

01:07:29Ric Flair.

01:07:34Ric Flair has just left the broadcast booth,

01:07:37the World Heavyweight Champion.

01:07:40I am the World Heavyweight Champion.

01:07:42And I always will be.

01:07:44If they had a plan.

01:07:45And nobody.

01:07:46I need nobody.

01:07:47It didn't work tonight.

01:07:51This man, bigger than the Four Horsemen,

01:07:54bigger than the Dungeon of Doom,

01:07:56bigger than Hogan, bigger than Sting,

01:07:58bigger than the Macho Man,

01:07:59bigger than Ric Flair.

01:08:01I'll tell you what.

01:08:02It may be a long time before anybody

01:08:06unthrones, dethrones this World Heavyweight Champion.

01:08:10I don't see it happening.

01:08:11I see that man holding the title as long as he wants.

01:08:14There he is, seven foot four,

01:08:16over 450 pounds, the Heavyweight Champion, the Giant.

01:08:20All right.

01:08:21Where's Flair?

01:08:22Flair left.

01:08:23Flair a little disturbed.

01:08:24I really believe that the Four Horsemen had a plan

01:08:28with the Taskmaster outside of the ring.

01:08:30That is surprise.

01:08:31I really thought I smelled something a little fishy,

01:08:34but whatever their plan was, it didn't work here tonight.

01:08:37Well, I'm not sure what their plan was,

01:08:38but the Giant was just overpowering.

01:08:41The way he got to the Enforcer on Aronson,

01:08:43picked him up in his hands,

01:08:44got out of the DDT and stood up with him,

01:08:46then picked him up another four or five feet

01:08:48and just drilled him.

01:08:49Well, I've got things to do.

01:08:50I'm going to the party.

01:08:51Hey, wait a minute.

01:08:52You're gonna leave me too?

01:08:53Well, you do what you want.

01:08:53All right.

01:08:54What I want to do is remind you.

01:08:55Oh, you can't take him anywhere.

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