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00:00On the eve of the Royal Rumble, it's WWF Wrestling Challenge!
00:06Hello everyone, I'm Roman Sumon with Bobby the Brain Heenan.
00:10Electricity is blowing through the air.
00:13It's this Sunday afternoon, Brain.
00:15Only hours away when we're going to crown a new undisputed WWF Champion.
00:23Only a few hours away and my lifetime dream will have come true.
00:30I will be associated, I'll be the financial advisor of the real world champion.
00:35The WWF Champion, Ric Flair.
00:38Boy, are you going to be disappointed if he doesn't win.
00:41You can't look at it that way.
00:43You know how when you watch your little snot-nosed kid at Little League
00:46or playing ball or doing something, you know he's going to make it.
00:49And you know how when you watch that horse run and you got 50 bucks on him,
00:53you know he's going to make it.
00:55You know when you look across the room and you meet eye-to-eye with that lady,
00:58boom, you know it's going to happen.
01:00I know it's going to happen.
01:01And I got a surprise in just a few short minutes.
01:04Right here on Wrestling Challenge.
01:06What surprise?
01:07The Brain has done it again.
01:09I'm going to shock you, I'm going to shock you,
01:11and I'm going to make myself happier than I've ever been in my life.
01:15Only hours away from the Royal Rumble.
01:18It's this Sunday afternoon.
01:20Let's get things going.
01:29Yeah!
01:32Yeah!
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01:58Another outstanding lineup here this week on Wrestling Challenge.
02:02A special interview with the Hulkster himself.
02:05And Randy Macho Man Savage, this close to the Royal Rumble,
02:08is taking on, get this, the Mighty Hercules.
02:12We're a Wrestling Federation Tag Team Champions.
02:15Animal and Hulk, Legion of Doom joining us this week.
02:19Then we're going to take you back to Brute-Eye in the barbershop last week
02:24and take a look once again at the dastardly display by Shawn Michaels.
02:30Until you hear this, Brain, I don't think you know this,
02:32but this past Friday night in Springfield, Mass,
02:35a new Intercontinental Champion was crowned.
02:39It is the Mountie.
02:41Yeah! Good news!
02:42And the blue-ridden Bret Hart lost the title to that piece of garbage.
02:48Who cares?
02:49I'll tell you who cares, Brain.
02:51A lot of people care, and I think they should know what went down.
02:54Bret the Hitman Hart against the orders of his physician
02:59and with a temperature of 104, went to the ring anyway.
03:04And boy, did he get his clock clean.
03:06And when it was all over, we had a new Intercontinental Champion
03:10who was really doing a number on the Hitman,
03:13beating him mercifully with his own belt.
03:16And then what?
03:18Hot Rod, Rowdy Roddy Piper, went to his aid,
03:21and he got clobbered as well.
03:23Well, I expected something like that.
03:26Piper would have stayed back in the dressing room area.
03:29He would have been worked over.
03:31You mean he had a 104-degree temperature and he wrestled?
03:34Well, that's what kind of man he is.
03:36I was on a cruise once, and I had a temperature of 128,
03:39and I still went skiing.
03:41Will you be serious?
03:43We'll have more about that later in our special report.
03:46But right now, it's the reinstated Macho Man Randy Savage
03:51with his sights set with only hours to go.
03:54I don't know whether this is a wise decision or not, Brain.
03:57Same for Hercules.
03:58To take a match of this magnitude this close to the Royal Rumble,
04:02I don't know, in my book, not a good idea for either of them.
04:10Well, Herc doesn't have a whole lot of gray matter,
04:13but I thought the Macho Man was a little bit smarter than that.
04:17Are you saying Herc isn't bright?
04:19He's a very intelligent man.
04:21He resembles that remark.
04:22He's a very intelligent man.
04:27A lot of scores to be settled in the Royal Rumble,
04:30but the most important fact is that you could walk out of there
04:34the undisputed World Wrestling Federation champion.
04:38And that's the name of the game.
04:40And Savage has tasted that goal before.
04:43He's been there.
04:46Only one way to be part of it now, folks.
04:49It's only hours away.
04:51So pick up that phone.
04:52Call your cable company.
04:54Don't get left out of this one.
04:56Earlier on, we had a chance to talk with one of the odds-on favorites,
05:01The Undertaker.
05:03Oh, the Royal Rumble this Sunday.
05:0629 souls.
05:08For whom the bell tolls, Randy Savage.
05:13Sunday has always been known as a day of rest.
05:18For the 29 others, it will be eternal rest.
05:24Well, he's definitely ready, Bray.
05:26No question about it.
05:27Boy, is he ever.
05:28And he knows what it's all about, too.
05:30He better get a bigger earner.
05:31There might be 29 more.
05:33Oh, nice move by Savage.
05:35How do you say it?
05:36Sets of ashes in it.
05:39You know, to wrestle Savage this close to the Royal Rumble,
05:42and for Savage to wrestle Hercules,
05:44it's going to take something out of you.
05:46I wouldn't have taken a match like this.
05:48Look at that left arm.
05:49It hasn't healed yet.
05:51Something about that wound from that cobra,
05:54it just doesn't heal.
05:56I don't know what it is.
05:58This one is over.
05:59That's not where he burned himself.
06:00Ironing those shoes.
06:02He's been doing housework, I know.
06:08Oh, yeah.
06:11He's ready.
06:12He was ready to meet my son.
06:13A win like this gives a lot of momentum to the Macho Man,
06:16Randy Savage, this close to the Royal Rumble.
06:19He's going to throw him into the top rope.
06:20He is not.
06:23Gee, I would.
06:25I think you better leave.
06:27Special Report coming up.
06:29Don't you dare go away.
06:31He's got a suplex, I'm telling you.
06:40Hello, everyone.
06:41This week's Special Report is brought to you by
06:43Colosseum Home Video,
06:45exclusive distributors of Super Tape 92,
06:48which is available this Thursday.
06:51This exciting edition includes all the great matches
06:54from the pay-per-view blockbuster,
06:56Tuesday in Texas.
06:58Now, this past Friday night in Springfield, Massachusetts,
07:02history was made.
07:03The Mountie is now the new Intercontinental Champion.
07:07Bret Hart, who lost that coveted title,
07:10had entered the ring against his own doctor's advice
07:13with a 104 degree fever.
07:16Then after the Mountie's hand had been raised in victory,
07:19the new champion added insult to injury
07:22by mercilessly pounding Hart with the gold belt.
07:26Suddenly, in an effort to intercede,
07:29Bret Hart's friend, Roddy Piper,
07:31made his way to the ring.
07:32However, he too was subjected to the Mountie's
07:36same brand of international law enforcement.
07:39Now, Bret Hart, for obvious reasons,
07:41has been forced to withdraw from the Royal Rumble
07:44this coming Sunday afternoon.
07:46World Wrestling Federation President Jack Tunney
07:49has decreed that the Mountie will have to defend
07:53his new title at the Royal Rumble
07:55against the rowdy one, Roddy Piper.
07:58Now, this sets up a most intriguing situation,
08:01whereby, for the first time ever
08:04in the history of the WWF,
08:06somebody could actually walk away with two gold belts.
08:11Roddy Piper has the unprecedented opportunity
08:14to become not only the Intercontinental Champion,
08:18but also the WWF Champion.
08:21Standing by with their comments are
08:23both Roddy Piper and the Mountie.
08:26Mountie, you did it!
08:27You are the Intercontinental Champion, baby!
08:29Hitman, I said I was gonna take your pride
08:32and your title away from you, and I did it!
08:35And you, Piper, come Royal Rumble on Sunday,
08:38I'm gonna show you what kind of damage the Mountie can do,
08:43because I am the Intercontinental Champion!
08:52You know, I'm the kind of guy
08:55that's gotta lose it for a while to find myself.
09:00I am the first guy in history
09:02to go after both major titles in one night!
09:06The Mountie, this Sunday!
09:08Mountie says,
09:09you're gonna find out what the Mountie's made out of!
09:12Forget it, Jack.
09:14Everybody knows what RP's made out of,
09:17and I don't wanna find out what you're made out of.
09:20Matter of fact, if I had time to,
09:22I wouldn't wanna be like you.
09:26All that action will take place this Sunday afternoon
09:29at the Royal Rumble.
09:31Don't forget, it can be seen exclusively
09:34on pay-per-view television.
09:36Be a part of all this excitement.
09:38Call your local cable system right now.
09:41A little later on, my colleague, Mean Gene Oakland,
09:44will be here with a full Royal Rumble report.
09:47In the meantime, for the World Wrestling Federation,
09:49this has been Special Report.
09:53Well, there you have it,
09:54another momentous decision given down by President Jack Tunney
09:58of the World Wrestling Federation.
10:01Hot Rod, Rowdy Roddy Piper,
10:03will be the number one challenger.
10:06He'll get a crack at that Intercontinental Belt
10:09at the Royal Rumble,
10:10and what's even more important than that, Ray,
10:12he could be victorious there,
10:14be the Intercontinental Champion,
10:16and walk out winner of the Royal Rumble itself,
10:19and have command of two of the most prestigious belts
10:23in the World Wrestling Federation.
10:25You know, any given time,
10:26you can go to the WWF events
10:28and see a man become Intercontinental Champion,
10:30or see a man become World Wrestling Federation Champion,
10:34but never, never and probably
10:36in the history of the World Wrestling Federation
10:38or ever again will you see a man have the opportunity
10:41to win two titles in the same night.
10:45And remember this,
10:46the last thing you want, humanoids,
10:48is to get to work the next day
10:49and have some guy named Bubba come up to you and say,
10:51boy, you should have seen what happened last night,
10:54or you don't want a bunch of little kids saying,
10:55guess what, Frankie, he won two titles.
10:58Get your change out, call your cable operators,
11:01and watch this on pay-per-view.
11:03It's gonna be the match of a lifetime.
11:06No question about it,
11:07you said a mouthful there, Brain.
11:11I can't believe that you're even entertaining
11:13the idea of Hot Rod becoming the next WWF Champion.
11:17Well, I'm trying to think like the humanoids can,
11:20and I can't do it,
11:21but I'm just trying to express myself.
11:22I'm trying to keep it on your level.
11:23Naturally, Flair's gonna win.
11:26We're looking at, right here,
11:28the British Bulldog,
11:29who could easily walk out of there with some gold.
11:34Easily, very easily.
11:35You know, he won the big Battle Royal in London, England.
11:38You were there.
11:39Absolutely.
11:40But this is gonna be a little bit different ballgame,
11:43a lot more heavy competition
11:45in the Royal Rumble that was in that Battle Royal
11:48with the likes of this former Intercontinental Champion,
11:51Texas Tornado.
11:53British Bulldog, you're my friend,
11:55and I have a lot of respect for you,
11:57but when it comes to the Royal Rumble,
11:59there are no friends.
12:00I will be the next WWF Champion.
12:05Does he know which end is up?
12:07He looks ready.
12:08He looks ready.
12:12I've never seen,
12:13you know, the athletes in the WWF,
12:15they're always in great shape.
12:17They always look great,
12:18they're always training,
12:19but I've never seen them like this.
12:20Everybody's at the peak of their career
12:22because they know, for some people,
12:24it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
12:28Once-in-a-lifetime for sure.
12:31Every belt here in the World Wrestling Federation
12:34will be up for grabs this Sunday afternoon.
12:38Tag team title.
12:39Animal and Hawk put it on the line
12:42against the Natural Disasters.
12:44What a match that's gonna be.
12:46I'll tell you something.
12:47Oh, here it comes again.
12:49Listen to this.
12:50Fight, pal, fight.
12:52That's an eight-pound frog.
12:58And obviously, your fantasy,
13:00which is out of your reach.
13:03Event Center coming at us.
13:04Here we go.
13:07Well, everybody, live action takes place
13:08tonight at the Boston Garden.
13:10I have just received some very interesting news.
13:12Now, you heard the announcement
13:14at the top of the hour.
13:15Bret, the Hitman Hart,
13:16has lost the Intercontinental Belt
13:18to the Mountie.
13:19As a result of the Hitman's present condition,
13:22not only will he miss the Royal Rumble,
13:25he is going to miss the combat
13:27tonight at the Garden.
13:29And we have been informed
13:30that Rowdy Roddy Piper
13:31has now accepted an offer
13:33to join the Legion of Doom
13:35for a six-man tag team battle
13:36with the Natural Disasters
13:37and the Mountie.
13:39Also in the main event,
13:40it's Hulk Hogan
13:41who collides with Ric Flair.
13:43Let's get both sides
13:44of that match-up.
13:46Every airport,
13:48every hotel we walk through,
13:50people point their finger at myself
13:52and Ric Flair and say,
13:54there goes the two greatest athletes
13:56the World Wrestling Federation
13:58has ever produced,
13:59Hulk Hogan.
14:01And likewise, Hogan,
14:03when you walk into a hotel
14:05or an airport, they say,
14:07there goes Hulk Hogan.
14:09He used to be the WWF champ.
14:12He used to be the man.
14:14He used to make Hulkamania run wild.
14:17Now they say,
14:19it's Slick Rick.
14:21It's the real world champion.
14:23And Hogan,
14:24if you want to do something about it,
14:26come on down, big boy.
14:28We're waiting.
14:29Woo!
14:31You know something, Mr. Perfect
14:33and Mr. Ric Flair,
14:34the so-called real world
14:35heavyweight champion brother?
14:37You know, when I go around the country,
14:39when I go to the gyms,
14:41when I go to the movies, brother,
14:42everybody says,
14:43Hulk Hogan, man.
14:45Hulkamania's running wild.
14:47Don't worry about Jack Tunny
14:48and the WWF title.
14:49You'll snatch that back
14:50at the Royal Rumble.
14:51But what we want you to do, brother,
14:53is get rid of the two biggest
14:55big mouths in the WWF,
14:57Mr. Perfect and Ric Flair.
14:59That's why I've got a chance
15:01right now, Hulkamaniacs.
15:02Now that I've got Ric Flair
15:03right where I want him,
15:04one-on-one, brother,
15:06I can sucker Mr. Perfect in, man.
15:08He's got just as much to lose
15:10as Ric Flair does, brother.
15:11And I don't have anything
15:12to lose at all.
15:13The belt's not on the line.
15:15We're not worried about
15:16my reputation anymore
15:17because we've got to
15:18take care of business.
15:19So Ric Flair and Mr. Perfect,
15:21what you gonna do
15:22when the Hulkster
15:23and my little maniacs
15:24wipe out both of you?
15:28Hulk Hogan battles it out
15:29with Ric Flair tonight
15:30at the Boston Garden.
15:33Whoo!
15:35Surprise, surprise.
15:36What is this?
15:37Well, three weeks ago,
15:38this match took place
15:40on Wrestling Challenge.
15:41But by popular demand
15:43from all over the world,
15:45the people want to see
15:47the real world champion.
15:49What kind of popular?
15:50What are you talking about?
15:51Well, I got with the powers to be,
15:53and I got the match,
15:54and you and I
15:55are gonna talk about it.
15:56This was taped three years ago.
15:58What are you talking about?
16:01This was taped three weeks ago.
16:02Popular demand.
16:03Just watch it and enjoy it with me.
16:05Come on.
16:06I saw the mailbag.
16:07There wasn't one piece
16:08of mail in there.
16:09Oh, there was two.
16:10There was two.
16:11I apologize, folks.
16:13He went and did this
16:14behind my back.
16:15I'm the host
16:16of Wrestling Challenge.
16:17I make the calls.
16:18When I snap, they jump.
16:20I'd check the want answer
16:21if I were you.
16:23Look at him.
16:24Is he something?
16:25See, Mr. Perfect
16:27would not allow him
16:29to wrestle this week
16:30on television.
16:32Not like Savage,
16:33not like Hercules,
16:34not like the Bulldog
16:35to make a mistake.
16:36He's ready.
16:37He's primed.
16:38He's gonna walk away
16:39with it all.
16:41One week from this Wednesday night
16:43on January 29th,
16:44the WWF is coming back
16:45to Lowell, Massachusetts,
16:47and the Lowell Memorial Auditorium.
16:49Now, on the card,
16:50you're going to see
16:51such superstars as Hercules,
16:53also hacksaw Jim Duggan,
16:55in addition to the Undertaker.
16:57The Lowell Memorial Auditorium
16:58in Lowell, Mass.,
16:59Wednesday night, January 29th,
17:01the WWF comes to town.
17:06Ooh.
17:08Tremendous condition.
17:09I'll have to give him that.
17:11Best shape of his career.
17:12He'll have to be
17:13if he wants to be successful
17:14this Sunday afternoon.
17:16A lot of guys
17:17gunning for you, Rick.
17:19I still think
17:20he should be given number 30.
17:22I think he should be given number one.
17:24That wouldn't be fair to Flair.
17:25Find out what kind of a man
17:27you really are.
17:28See, by showing this piece of tape there,
17:30I'm being fair to Flair.
17:32Oh, you're going to start with that.
17:37You saw the other night
17:38at Madison Square Garden,
17:39people had banners,
17:41they had posters that said
17:42Be Fair to Flair, didn't they?
17:44Sure, what do they know?
17:47Calling his fans dumb?
17:49All three of them, yes.
17:5127,000 people screaming for him.
17:55These kind of tactics
17:57won't work for you, Rick Flair,
17:59in the Royal Rumble.
18:03You better have eyes
18:04behind your neck
18:05because that's where
18:06you'll meet him.
18:07Oh, you see McGurk eyeing him?
18:14Eyes and ears of the world
18:16will be focused
18:17on the Nick Kebab Arena
18:18this Sunday afternoon
18:20as history will definitely be made.
18:24And maybe your guy
18:25will be part of it, Frank.
18:27Oh, he's part of it already.
18:29He has shocked
18:30the World Wrestling Federation.
18:32There's more talk
18:33about Rick Flair,
18:34the real world champion,
18:36than there ever has been
18:37any other athlete
18:38in the World Wrestling Federation.
18:40More talk than there is
18:41about Hulk Hogan?
18:42Give me a break.
18:43Maybe Hulk Hogan
18:45has had more conversation
18:46about himself.
18:47That's because of
18:48the little humanoid Hulksters.
18:49Look at this.
18:50Yeah, wake him up.
18:51Wake him up, Perfect.
18:53Wake him up.
18:54We saw this match three weeks ago.
18:56We know what the outcome is.
18:58I know, but it's just
18:59so much fun to watch.
19:00Fun for who?
19:01For you?
19:02Oh, this is great.
19:03This is great.
19:04Folks, once again,
19:05I apologize.
19:07This will not happen again.
19:09It'll happen as much
19:10as I want it to happen.
19:11What did this cost you?
19:13How much do you have to go
19:14into your poke for this one?
19:16Cost me exactly zero.
19:19I just threw my weight
19:20around a bit.
19:22Boss.
19:23Slapping on that figure four.
19:25Oh, that's another thing, Tony.
19:27You can distort that bell
19:28all you want.
19:29You can't distort
19:30his credentials,
19:31and you won't be able
19:32to distort him
19:33after the Royal Rumble.
19:35Hand me the headset there.
19:36That one, yeah.
19:37Director.
19:38That's it.
19:39I can't take it anymore.
19:41Stop everything.
19:42Let's go.
19:43Meet Gene Okerlund
19:44with a guy that's going
19:45to win it all,
19:46the Hulkster.
19:47Keep it rolling.
19:48Keep it rolling.
19:49Ladies and gentlemen,
19:50my guest at this time
19:52is going to be one
19:53of 30 participants
19:55this Sunday afternoon
19:57at the Royal Rumble.
19:59Please welcome Hulk Hogan.
20:02Hulk Hogan.
20:33Hulk Hogan.
20:37All right, Hulkster.
20:38It's yourself
20:39and 29 others
20:40this Sunday afternoon.
20:42Undoubtedly,
20:43in the single greatest event
20:45in World Wrestling
20:46Federation history.
20:48Because Hulk,
20:49as you know,
20:50the winner
20:51of this Sunday's
20:52Royal Rumble
20:53will also become
20:55the undisputed
20:56World Wrestling
20:57Federation champion.
20:58What do you think, Hulkster?
21:00Well, you know
21:01me and Gene,
21:02I'm going to make
21:03everybody else around
21:04the WWF
21:05see things
21:06the way me
21:07and my Hulkamaniacs
21:08see things.
21:09You know,
21:10we had a vision, brother,
21:11a long time ago, man.
21:13January 23rd, 1984.
21:15I won the WWF title
21:17and me and my Hulkamaniacs
21:19from that day,
21:20we saw things the same way.
21:22We knew there'd be
21:23tough challenges, man.
21:24Andre the Giant,
21:25the largest man
21:26in the world.
21:27Me and my Hulkamaniacs
21:28bonded together as one.
21:30Saw things the same way.
21:31Got by that challenge.
21:33Then there was a
21:34multi-million dollar man.
21:35Twin referees.
21:36Stole the belt.
21:37Tootie Fruit.
21:38Double Duke.
21:39We got by that challenge,
21:40me and Gene.
21:41And then there was
21:42the macho man, brother.
21:44When the mega powers
21:45exploded in my face,
21:46me and my Hulkamaniacs
21:48bonded together as one.
21:50We didn't explode.
21:51We got by that challenge,
21:52me and Gene.
21:53And then there was
21:54that earthquake, brother.
21:56That no-good earthquake, man.
21:58That single-handedly
21:59tried to crush Hulkamania.
22:01Tried to kill Hulkamania
22:02and wipe out the vision we had.
22:04That didn't work, brother.
22:06But once we got by
22:07the earthquake,
22:08Sgt. Slaughter
22:09turned on his own country
22:11and turned on Hulkamania.
22:13We got by that challenge,
22:14me and Gene.
22:16Yes, sir, brother.
22:17And then there was
22:19the Undertaker, me and Gene.
22:21When the Undertaker
22:23came into our life,
22:24we thought it was
22:25the greatest challenge
22:26we ever had to face.
22:27Me and my Hulkamaniacs
22:28saw things the way
22:29we always saw them.
22:31We got the WWF title back.
22:33But then all of a sudden,
22:35that nearsighted Jack Tunny
22:37didn't see things
22:38the way we saw them.
22:39He couldn't see
22:40the forest or the trees.
22:42That's why this Royal Rumble
22:44is so important, me and Gene.
22:46Because I'm gonna make
22:47the whole world see things
22:49the way me and my Hulkamaniacs
22:50see them, brother.
22:52I don't care if it's
22:53the Macho Man.
22:54I don't care if it's
22:55Sid Justice.
22:56I don't care if it's
22:57the Undertaker, brother.
22:59Never before have I had to face
23:0129 other men
23:03to win the WWF title.
23:05But this is my chance
23:07to make the whole world
23:09see things the Hulkamania way.
23:11And when all is said and done,
23:13the WWF title,
23:15when it's strapped around my waist,
23:17it's a Royal Rumble.
23:18We'll seal the fact
23:20that Hulk Hogan,
23:21the theme of Hulkamania,
23:23will be immortal
23:24and live forever.
23:25And whatcha gonna do
23:27when Hulk Hogan
23:28and all my little maniacs
23:30rumble all over you?
23:47Well, Bray,
23:48if you believe in Hulkamania,
23:50if you believe the Hulkster,
23:52and he does, in fact,
23:53win the Royal Rumble,
23:55he will have set
23:56an unprecedented record
23:58of 5 times
24:00holder of the WWF title.
24:02Nobody ever did that.
24:04Not even
24:05Ric Flair.
24:06I don't know why we have to see
24:07what he's gonna do
24:08if we can see Ric Flair again.
24:09You can forget about that.
24:11I'll tell ya,
24:12that producer and director,
24:13he's gone.
24:14He's history.
24:15He'll be changing
24:16the lightbulbs someplace
24:17at some TV station
24:18in Sioux Falls, South Dakota,
24:20during the Farm and Weather Report
24:21when I'm done with him.
24:22His reputation ruined.
24:25Animal and Hulk
24:26will certainly have
24:27their hands full
24:28this Sunday afternoon
24:30as they will be facing
24:32Earthquake and Typhoon.
24:35Probably the biggest test
24:36for them, Bray.
24:37Well, I think
24:38we're gonna see
24:39that tag team title
24:40change hands
24:41because Legion of Doom
24:42are not gonna muscle
24:44and push around
24:45and pick up
24:46and slam
24:47the natural disasters.
24:48And you know that.
24:49Let me ask you this, Bray.
24:50What kind of a chance
24:51do you think
24:52that the Mounties got
24:53of holding on
24:54to that Intercontinental title
24:56facing the likes of
24:57Hot Rod,
24:58Rowdy Roddy Piper?
24:59Well, I gotta be honest with you.
25:00Piper's gonna be
25:01very, very hard to beat.
25:02You can...
25:03Boy, you said a mouthful.
25:05I gotta go with the Mountie.
25:06Ha!
25:07Why you...
25:08Jimmy Hart!
25:10Jimmy Hart, that's why.
25:14Look at the power display here.
25:15However,
25:16he won't be able
25:17to do that
25:18to either one
25:19of his opponents
25:20this Sunday afternoon.
25:22Wednesday night,
25:23January 29th,
25:24the Lowell Memorial Auditorium
25:25has WWF action aplenty
25:27with stars such as
25:28the Texas Tornado,
25:29the Nasty Boys,
25:30and Sid Justice
25:32in action
25:33in Lowell, Massachusetts.
25:35The WWF live
25:36at the Memorial Auditorium
25:37one week from this Wednesday night,
25:39the 29th of January.
25:50So important,
25:51so many things
25:52hinged on what happens
25:54at the Royal Rumble
25:55this Sunday afternoon.
25:57Earlier on,
25:58we had a chance to talk
25:59to the challengers
26:00for the tag team titles,
26:02the Natural Disasters.
26:04This Sunday,
26:05it's the Royal Rumble, baby!
26:06Legend of Doom,
26:07pull us up those belts
26:09because at the Royal Rumble,
26:10they're not ours!
26:11After you feel
26:12the typhoon splash
26:14and the big earthquake
26:15cave in your chest,
26:16you be history.
26:19Boy, are they ready!
26:21Don't lack any confidence,
26:22do they?
26:23I'm soon.
26:24If I give you 20 bucks
26:26and take you to dinner,
26:27can you talk to the director
26:28and we'll put the flair match
26:29on this?
26:30Will you stop?
26:31Come on, be fair to flair,
26:32will ya?
26:33You never spent $20
26:34for anything in your life.
26:36Okay, 20 bucks,
26:37I'll buy you two meals
26:38and extra fries.
26:40Please.
26:43And you can have
26:44the big shake this time.
26:45Having a good time here
26:47at the expense
26:48of these two youngsters,
26:49Animal and Hawk.
26:51I don't know, once again,
26:52I would seriously consider
26:54taking a match
26:55this close
26:56to a title defense
26:58at the Royal Rumble
26:59by these guys.
27:01Hey, that's a big guy
27:02they're picking up.
27:03Well, that's about
27:04305 pounds in midair.
27:07Whoa!
27:08360 times!
27:10But they're not gonna get
27:11the disasters
27:12up on their shoulders.
27:13I don't think so.
27:18Okay, monster,
27:1950 bucks and dinner.
27:20Are you gonna stop this?
27:22I'll get a couple
27:23of security guards
27:24and you'll be outta here
27:25in a second.
27:26...the recent tag team
27:27champion,
27:28The Legion of Doom!
27:31Well, you better
27:32hold on to that, pal.
27:34You're not gonna have
27:35them after the Royal Rumble.
27:37Legion of Doom
27:38on their way
27:39to the Knickerbocker Arena,
27:41Albany, New York.
27:42What a rush!
27:44Is W. Cole gonna be there?
27:45I don't know.
27:46I'll introduce you
27:47to him, I know he's
27:48Brother Perry.
27:49Will you be serious,
27:50brother?
27:51Here we go
27:52to the event center!
27:54Folks here in Boston,
27:55your chance to once again
27:56experience the excitement
27:57of Live World Wrestling
27:58Federation action
27:59is now just hours away.
28:01It all happens tonight
28:02at 8 p.m.
28:03at the Boston Garden.
28:04The main event will feature
28:05the immortal Hulk Hogan
28:07taking on Ric Flair,
28:09who will be accompanied
28:10by Mr. Perfect.
28:12Also, Repo Man,
28:14he tangles with Virgil,
28:15and right now,
28:16both superstars are standing by
28:17with some last-minute comments.
28:20I went from rags to riches,
28:22but Repo Man,
28:23when you hit me
28:24with that million-dollar belt,
28:25I went from riches
28:26back to rags.
28:27Or, look into my face, man,
28:30when you hit me
28:31with that belt.
28:32Can you hit me now
28:34with that belt
28:35when I'm looking at you
28:36man to man?
28:37That's right,
28:38because you're a thief,
28:39you're a liar,
28:40and you're always
28:41sneaking around,
28:42ducking and dodging.
28:43You're ducking and dodging
28:44so I might jump out
28:45from any place
28:46and just jump on you, man.
28:50Virgil,
28:52first of all,
28:53I want to tell you
28:54I'm not a liar,
28:55I'm not a thief,
28:57and I don't steal from nobody.
28:59I just do my job.
29:01I'm the Repo Man,
29:02and it just so happened
29:05the million-dollar man hired me
29:07to repossess his belt back.
29:10And now, Virgil,
29:11I don't know where
29:12I'm going to put this hook on you,
29:13but I'm going to put it
29:14over my shoulder,
29:15and I'm going to drag you
29:16right to the junkyard.
29:19Repo Man out to silence
29:20Virgil forever.
29:22The two superstars
29:23meet head-on tonight
29:24at the Garden.
29:25Also, in a very interesting
29:26tag-team encounter,
29:27the Warlord and the Barbarian
29:29will join forces
29:30to take on new foundation,
29:31Owen Hart and Jim
29:33the Anvil Neidhart.
29:36Man, oh man, oh man, oh man!
29:38What is it, Owen?
29:40What is it?
29:41Everybody in the
29:42World Wrestling Federation
29:44wants a piece
29:45of the new foundation.
29:46The two biggest guys I know,
29:48Warlord and Barbarian,
29:50are going to tag-team
29:51against the new foundation.
29:53Well, that's okay, Anvil,
29:54because we're going to
29:55vow to take on anybody,
29:56no matter how big they are,
29:57no matter how strong they are,
29:58because we got teamwork,
30:00we got power,
30:01and we got the speed
30:02that'll take us
30:03number one to the top.
30:06Owen Hart and Jim
30:07the Anvil Neidhart
30:08not intimidated
30:09by the two behemoths,
30:10the Barbarian and the Warlord.
30:12Don't miss this tag-team
30:13battle tonight
30:14at the Boston Garden,
30:15and it all starts
30:16at 8 p.m.
30:23...in Oakland,
30:24standing by with our
30:25Royal Rumble Report,
30:26but before we go to that,
30:27let's go back in time
30:29and take a look at that
30:30heinous incident
30:31that went down
30:32on the barbershop
30:33last week.
30:34What a despicable
30:35display it was.
30:36Here we go.
30:39And if you want to go
30:40on your own,
30:41then walk off and leave.
30:43If you want to stick together
30:45and make this thing work,
30:46when I turn around,
30:47we're going to shake hands,
30:49and we're going to go
30:50on a rock and roll
30:51like the rockers can do.
30:54They need each other.
30:55You know that.
30:56Sounds fair to me.
31:03He's not going to walk away.
31:05They need each other.
31:24Ladies and gentlemen,
31:25the Rockers!
31:30Tag-team specialists!
31:32See, one without the other
31:33isn't any good.
31:34Oh!
31:35Oh, I knew he was going
31:36to do that.
31:37I just knew he was
31:38going to do that.
31:39He don't need Gennetti.
31:41I told you that,
31:42off and on.
31:43Are you kidding?
31:45What a despicable act
31:46that was.
31:51Oh, my God.
31:54Right through the glass window
31:56of the barbershop.
31:58Gennetti tried to dive
31:59through the window
32:00to escape.
32:01Did you see that?
32:02What an act of cowardism.
32:06Oh, he's hurt.
32:07A plate-glass window.
32:18All right, everyone,
32:19here we go with your
32:20Royal Rumble report.
32:21You saw what happened
32:22last week.
32:23As a result,
32:25rocker Marty Gennetti
32:26is out of the Royal Rumble.
32:28And standing by right now,
32:30the man that put him out
32:31Shawn Michaels.
32:34Gennetti, you were easier
32:35than I thought you were.
32:36You want some of me
32:37in the Royal Rumble?
32:39Come on,
32:40because you and the whole world
32:42is in for the shock
32:43of a lifetime
32:45when Shawn Michaels
32:46brings home
32:47the World Wrestling Federation
32:48heavyweight title.
32:51That young man,
32:52such a disappointment.
32:53By the way,
32:54we will be finding out
32:55this Sunday afternoon
32:56at 4 p.m. Eastern Time
32:57who's going to be replacing
32:58Marty Gennetti
33:00in the Royal Rumble.
33:01Now then,
33:02more great names include
33:03the immortal Hulk Hogan,
33:05The Undertaker.
33:07As you know,
33:08because of past events,
33:09preferential treatment
33:10for both Hogan
33:11and The Undertaker
33:12as they select
33:13from numbers 20 through 30.
33:15More names in the Royal Rumble.
33:17The Barbarian.
33:19The Repo Man.
33:21The Texas Tornado.
33:23The model Rick Martel.
33:25Sid Justice.
33:26And standing by with comments,
33:28Jake The Snake Roberts.
33:30Let's talk about
33:31the honest to God truth,
33:33Randy Savage.
33:34Let's talk about
33:35the real deal.
33:36I'm talking about
33:37this Sunday,
33:38Royal Rumble,
33:39the gold.
33:40But that's not what
33:41you're there for now,
33:42is it?
33:43You've had the gold before.
33:44I remember a time
33:45in your life
33:46when you were the very best.
33:47Wasn't that long ago.
33:49But see,
33:50you've changed
33:51just like I've changed
33:52or so they say.
33:54I say I've always been a snake.
33:55You say you've always
33:56been a man.
33:57I think I've proven
33:58different on that.
34:00And this Sunday,
34:01I'll show you again
34:02in the Rumble.
34:05Plus IRS.
34:07The Macho Man,
34:08Randy Savage.
34:09The Berserker.
34:11Nasty Boy Sags.
34:13Nasty Boy Knobs.
34:15Superfly,
34:16Jimmy Snuka.
34:17Hacksaw,
34:18Jim Duggan.
34:19Million Dollar Champion,
34:21Ted DiBiase.
34:22Let's hear from him.
34:24Jerry,
34:25what have I ever wanted
34:26that I couldn't have?
34:27Nothing, Ted.
34:28That's right.
34:29And this Sunday,
34:30it's time for the Royal Rumble.
34:31Time for 29 other superstars
34:32of the World Wrestling Federation
34:34and the best,
34:35yours truly,
34:36to climb in the ring
34:37and buy for the
34:38World Wrestling Federation
34:39Championship.
34:41And it's a sure bet
34:43that I'll be walking
34:44down that ring
34:45not only with this,
34:47but with the gold.
34:49Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
34:52The Warlord.
34:54The Matador,
34:55Tito Santana.
34:57Virgil.
34:58Rowdy, Rowdy Piper.
35:00Skinner.
35:01And this man,
35:02Sergeant Slaughter.
35:04Oh, how I love
35:06the sound of
35:07hand-to-hand combat.
35:09How I love ambushes.
35:11I've been trained
35:12that all my life.
35:14Royal Rumble,
35:15this Sunday,
35:16every man for himself.
35:18You've heard them all say
35:19there won't be any friends.
35:21Well, Sergeant Slaughter
35:23is gonna be
35:24the next
35:25World Wrestling Federation
35:26champion
35:27because I've smelt it before.
35:29I've had it in my hands before
35:31and I know what it's like
35:33and I'm gonna do it.
35:34And that's
35:35an order.
35:38A strength to hammer about in time.
35:40Carlo Mustapha.
35:42Hercules.
35:44The British Bulldog.
35:46The Big Boss Man.
35:48And this gentleman,
35:50the self-proclaimed
35:51real world champion,
35:52Ric Flair.
35:54Oh, champ,
35:55this Sunday,
35:56the Royal Rumble.
35:58The confidence is there.
35:59The man is here.
36:00The real world champion.
36:02Thirty of the greatest
36:04wrestlers alive today.
36:06The WWF,
36:07the parade of superstars
36:10with one man
36:12gonna take it all.
36:13One man
36:15gonna be the champ.
36:16One man
36:18gonna say he's number one.
36:20And ladies and gentlemen,
36:21whether you like it or you don't like it,
36:23it's gonna be
36:24the real
36:26world champion.
36:28Woo!
36:30Thirty of the greatest superstars
36:32of the WWF
36:33all involved
36:35in one gigantic match,
36:36the Royal Rumble.
36:38By the way, there is more.
36:39The WWF
36:41tag team champions,
36:42Legion of Doom,
36:43defending against
36:44the natural disasters.
36:46As you know,
36:47there is a new
36:48intercontinental champion,
36:50and the Monty
36:51will be defending
36:52against Rowdy Roddy Piper.
36:54It's conceivable
36:55that Piper could walk away
36:57with the intercontinental belt
36:59and the World Wrestling
37:00Federation championship.
37:02History could be made
37:03this Sunday afternoon.
37:05More tag team action
37:06as the Bushwhackers
37:07with Jameson in their corner
37:09meet the Beverly Brothers
37:11with the Genius in their corner.
37:13And the new foundation
37:15sparring off against
37:16the Orient Express.
37:18Ladies and gentlemen,
37:19it just doesn't get
37:20any better
37:21than the gigantic
37:22Royal Rumble.
37:23Thirty of the greatest
37:24World Wrestling
37:25Federation superstars
37:27in one ring
37:28at one time
37:29in one match.
37:30And you can be part of it all
37:31by picking up the phone
37:32and calling your cable company
37:34right now.
37:35It's the greatest bargain
37:37for your all-family
37:38entertainment dollar.
37:39As you know,
37:40anything can happen
37:41at the Royal Rumble.
37:42But one thing
37:43that is certain,
37:44one thing that is guaranteed,
37:46you will see
37:47a brand new
37:48World Wrestling
37:49Federation champion
37:50crowned this Sunday afternoon
37:52exclusively on pay-per-view.
37:54Don't miss
37:55the Royal Rumble.
37:57It's everywhere right now,
37:58the latest edition
37:59of the WWF magazine
38:01on the cover,
38:02of course,
38:03Ric Flair.
38:04But inside,
38:05in the special
38:06private eye section,
38:07the Team for America
38:09Sergeant Slaughter
38:11And boy,
38:12does he do some great things.
38:13You know,
38:14it's only fair to Flair
38:15to be on the cover.
38:16Oh,
38:17that's not stud.
38:18Boy,
38:19Jannetty's in pretty bad shape,
38:20huh?
38:21Well,
38:22he is out
38:23of the Royal Rumble.
38:24Was he diving through
38:25that window to get out?
38:26Are you blind?
38:27Didn't you see it
38:28the second time?
38:29He was thrown through
38:30that window
38:31by Shawn Michaels.
38:32It's like he pulled
38:33a Clark Kent to me.
38:34Please.
38:35Now,
38:36this is interesting.
38:37Let me ask you this.
38:38What would happen
38:39if Knobs do number one
38:40and Sags do number two?
38:42Are they going to go at it?
38:44Or will they just wait
38:45two minutes
38:46for the third guy
38:47to hit the ring?
38:48I think they would have
38:49to go at it.
38:50I think they'll wait.
38:51I think they'll wait.
38:52I think it's highly unlikely
38:54that they would draw
38:55numbers one and two
38:56to begin with.
38:57It could happen, though, right?
38:58It could happen,
38:59but highly unlikely.
39:00Because Flair's
39:01going to get number one.
39:02No way.
39:03I'll tell you,
39:04when that third guy
39:05hits the ring,
39:06they'll dump him out.
39:07And if they can just keep
39:08dumping him out,
39:09dumping him out,
39:10they stand a good chance
39:11that they're going to have
39:12to go at each other.
39:13Where will Jimmy Hart
39:14go then?
39:15To the bank,
39:16you bet.
39:18Because he'll manage
39:19the Tag Team Champions
39:20of the World
39:21of Natural Disasters,
39:22and he'll also manage,
39:24you guessed it,
39:25the Mountie
39:26Intercontinental Champion.
39:28It's every man for himself
39:31this Sunday afternoon
39:32at the Royal Rumble.
39:34You can forget about
39:35Tag Team partners.
39:37You can forget about friends.
39:39You can forget about allies.
39:41But I'll tell you
39:42one guy you better
39:43not forget about,
39:44and he's coming up
39:45right now,
39:46Sid Justice.
39:49Messy boys,
39:50this Sunday at Royal Rumble,
39:51don't even want to
39:52get in my way
39:53because there is
39:54no one that is going
39:56to stop me from
39:58becoming the
39:59World Wrestling
40:01Federation champion.
40:05Whoa!
40:06A force to be reckoned with
40:08in any kind of event,
40:10and even more so
40:11in this one.
40:12You know,
40:13look at the World Series
40:14this year.
40:15Two teams went
40:16from last to first.
40:17I mean,
40:18unheard of.
40:19So you never know
40:20what's going to happen
40:21at the Royal Rumble
40:22unless you have faith
40:23like I do in Ric Flair.
40:24Huh.
40:26That's only fair, though.
40:28Messy boys
40:29making short work
40:30of this one.
40:31Hey, that's catchy.
40:32Fair to Flair.
40:33That's going to catch on.
40:36What is this?
40:37The match is over.
40:39This is all
40:40extracurricular baloney.
40:42Yeah, but they're just nasty.
40:43They enjoy this.
40:44Yeah.
40:45Picking on guys
40:46that can't defend themselves.
40:47Yes.
40:48Well, they're easier.
40:52Come on.
40:53Knock it off.
40:54Where's the referee?
40:55Referee!
41:02Taking advantage
41:03of a helpless situation here.
41:05Nasty boys.
41:06Well,
41:07this may be the last time
41:08they'll ever
41:09be able to do something
41:10like this, Frank.
41:11Well, they've been doing it
41:12a long time.
41:13Look at this.
41:14Oh, come on.
41:18They're rumble bound.
41:19They're ready.
41:23You know,
41:24there's little time left.
41:25We could run that
41:26Flair match again.
41:27Are you kidding?
41:29You will never,
41:30ever see that match again.
41:32Okay, Monsoon,
41:33you're fired.
41:34Good.
41:35Take a hike.
41:36I can leave?
41:37You're done.
41:38Where's he going now?
41:39Come on.
41:40What are they trying to do?
41:41Nasty as ever.
41:42Here we go
41:43to the event center.
41:45There's no time
41:46left to procrastinate.
41:47Get your tickets
41:48to catch all the action live
41:49when it starts tonight
41:50at 8 p.m.
41:51at the Boston Garden.
41:52Once again,
41:53it is Rowdy Roddy Piper
41:54who's going to replace
41:55the sidelined
41:56Bret the Hitman
41:57Hartz
41:58as the Hot Scott
41:59teams up with
42:00the Legion of Doom
42:01for a six-man
42:02tag team encounter
42:03against the Natural Disasters
42:04and the Mountie.
42:05Also, the Million Dollar Man
42:06Ted DiBiase.
42:07He tangles with
42:08El Matador
42:09Tito Santana.
42:11Everyone has a prize,
42:13so you say,
42:14Million Dollar Man.
42:15Now,
42:16you're going a little bit
42:17too far.
42:18You've insulted
42:19my heritage,
42:20my people,
42:21a lot less fortunate people
42:22than yourself.
42:23It's a big joke
42:24to you.
42:25Well, it's not a joke
42:26to me,
42:27and it's not a joke
42:28to those poor
42:29unfortunate people.
42:30They can't do anything
42:31about it,
42:32but El Matador
42:33will be able
42:34to do something
42:35about it.
42:36DiBiase,
42:37I'm going to put
42:38a stop to it,
42:39so you and Sherry
42:40bring it on.
42:41Ole!
42:42El Matador
42:43Tito Santana.
42:44Well, obviously,
42:45Santana,
42:46it must not take
42:47very much brains
42:48to become
42:49a champion
42:50bullfighter
42:51because you've
42:52illustrated
42:53absolutely
42:54no brains at all
42:55when you stuck
42:56your nose
42:57in my business.
42:58Just take a look
42:59at my track record,
43:00Santana.
43:01Go ask
43:02everybody in the
43:03World Wrestling
43:04Federation
43:05that has made
43:06my business
43:07their business
43:08and ask them
43:09what price
43:10it's cost them.
43:11And price here
43:12is the key word,
43:13Santana,
43:14because when you
43:15climb in the ring
43:16with me,
43:17after you try
43:18to humiliate me,
43:19you will definitely
43:20see you're not
43:21going to wave
43:22a red flag
43:23in front of me
43:24and they come
43:25charging.
43:26I'm live
43:27from the bell.
43:28Sensational Sherry
43:29alongside the Million Dollar Man,
43:30he will not let up
43:31and he may pay
43:32a dear price
43:33tonight at the
43:34Boston Garden
43:35when he faces
43:36El Matador
43:37Tito Santana.
43:38In tag team competition,
43:39the new foundation,
43:40Owen Hart and Jim
43:41the Anvil Nighthearts,
43:42they will collide
43:43with the Warlord
43:44and the Barbarian.
43:45Also,
43:46Virgil,
43:47he's on a collision
43:48course with Repo Man.
43:49We've heard from
43:50both sides
43:51of this encounter.
43:52The Million Dollar Man,
43:53Ted DiBiase,
43:54ready to face
43:55El Matador
43:56Tito Santana.
43:57Roddy Roddy Piper
43:58and the Legion of Doom
43:59will team up
44:00to take on
44:01the Natural Disasters
44:02and the Mountie.
44:03And Hulk Hogan
44:04will collide
44:05with Ric Flair,
44:06Mr. Perfect
44:07at ringside
44:08tonight
44:09at the Boston Garden.
44:18All consideration
44:19paid for by the following.
44:20Well, folks,
44:21we're just about
44:22out of time here,
44:23but it's not too late
44:24for you.
44:25You've still got time
44:26to pick up that phone
44:27or to the pay-per-view
44:28of the Royal Rumble
44:29because by this time
44:30next week,
44:31history will have
44:32been made.
44:33We will have crowned
44:34a new WWF champion.
44:35Reign, perhaps,
44:36will have new
44:37tag team champions
44:38and maybe
44:39the Hot Rod,
44:40Roddy Roddy Piper,
44:41will be the new
44:42Intercontinental Champion.
44:43Well, that all
44:44could happen.
44:45We'll see.
44:46We'll see.
44:47It all could happen.
44:48But I'll tell you what.
44:49There's only going to be
44:50one real world champion.
44:51There's only going to be
44:52one World Wrestling
44:53Federation champion.
44:54And there's only going
44:55to be one human being
44:56who has walked
44:57the face of this earth
44:58as a champion
44:59since he entered
45:00the World Wrestling
45:01Federation
45:02who is going to get
45:03in the Royal Rumble
45:04and kick the butt
45:05of 29 other
45:06big, tough, rugged
45:07superstars
45:08in the history
45:09of the world.
45:10And he's going
45:11to do it
45:12and he's going
45:13to do it
45:14and he's going
45:15to do it
45:16and he's going
45:17to do it
45:18and he's going
45:19to do it
45:20and he's going
45:21to do it
45:22and he's going
45:23to do it
45:24and he's going
45:25to do it
45:26and he's going
45:27to do it
45:28and he's going
45:29to do it
45:30and he's going
45:31to do it
45:32and he's going
45:33to do it
45:34and he's going
45:35to do it
45:36and he's going
45:37to do it
45:38and he's going
45:39to do it
45:40and he's going
45:41to do it
45:42and he's going
45:43to do it
45:44and he's going
45:45to do it
45:46and he's going
45:47to do it
45:48and he's going
45:49to do it
45:50and he's going
45:51to do it
45:52and he's going
45:53to do it
45:54and he's going
45:55to do it
45:56and he's going
45:57to do it
45:58and he's going
45:59to do it
46:00and he's going
46:01to do it
46:02and he's going
46:03to do it
46:04and he's going
46:05to do it
46:06and he's going
46:07to do it
46:08and he's going
46:09to do it
46:10and he's going
46:11to do it
46:12and he's going
46:13to do it