WCW Clash of the Champions 15: Knocksville USA:  June 14, 1991 - video Dailymotion

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00:00:00We'll be back in just a moment.

00:00:31Welcome to the Clash of Champions XV, live from Knoxville, USA.

00:00:40And on TBS, I'm Missy Hyatt, and it's going to be a great show.

00:00:46What is the problem?

00:00:48Why didn't you tell me we're about to come on live?

00:00:51We're live.

00:00:53We're live, we're live, and hi!

00:00:55My name is Paul E. Dangerously, and where are we going?

00:00:58We're going now?

00:00:59We're going to ringside with Jim Ross and Tony Schiavone,

00:01:02and I just got started talking.

00:01:03Why?

00:01:04Take it away.

00:01:05And they've already started.

00:01:06Tony, hello again, ladies and gentlemen.

00:01:08Jim Ross and Tony Schiavone at ringside.

00:01:10It's sold out to the Raptors here in Knoxville, Tennessee,

00:01:13and we have got a tremendous amount of excitement for you live here on TBS.

00:01:17Ric Flair, beautiful Bobby.

00:01:19Two of the greatest wrestlers in the world today.

00:01:21Tony will settle a championship in two out of three falls.

00:01:24Two out of three falls, kind of a throwback to the old days

00:01:26when they decided the world title in two out of three falls.

00:01:29Should be a tremendous match,

00:01:30and you can talk to beautiful Bobby right now on the Wrestling Hotline.

00:01:33Call him and talk to him live.

00:01:35Without a doubt, fans,

00:01:36it's going to be one of the greatest clashes of all time.

00:01:38Clash of Champions 15 is ready to start.

00:01:40Let's go up to Gary, Michael Cappetta.

00:01:46Ladies and gentlemen, this first contest on the Clash of Champions,

00:01:51Knoxville, USA, six-man tag team action.

00:01:57Introducing first, accompanied by the chairman of the board

00:02:01of the Diamond Exchange, Diamond Dallas Page,

00:02:05and one of his diamond dolls,

00:02:07along with the road boss, Big Daddy Dick,

00:02:10from Bat Street, USA, in Atlanta, Georgia,

00:02:14the greatest rock and roll fan of all time,

00:02:19the fabulous Freebirds.

00:02:25The greatest rock and wrestling band in the land.

00:02:35We're going to start it off here with six-man tag team competition.

00:02:45And ladies and gentlemen, their opponents.

00:02:50First from Wyoming, total combined weight, 474 pounds,

00:02:56Steve Tracy, the Young Pistos.

00:03:02Their tag team partner, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 244 pounds,

00:03:08the Z-Man.

00:03:11Again, ladies and gentlemen, let us remind you

00:03:13that you can talk live to beautiful Bobby between now and 8.30

00:03:17on the Wrestling Hotline.

00:03:18Gordon Soley and Lance Russell will be calling the action.

00:03:25All right, Jim, let's take a look at the matchup.

00:03:27The Freebirds, the U.S. tag team champions,

00:03:29of course, they've been together quite a while.

00:03:31The new man is Bad Street, and he is the man who helped them

00:03:34win that U.S. tag team title, of course, at Super Brawl.

00:03:38At Super Brawl, they took on the same, the Young Pistos.

00:03:41Young Pistos and the Z-Man, relatively six-man,

00:03:43a new team together.

00:03:44Z-Man, of course, a fine athlete who is coming back

00:03:47from an injury to where he separated a bicep.

00:03:52And that was quite an injury.

00:03:53I talked to him about it.

00:03:54It really was.

00:03:56It will be the Z-Man starting out against Jimmy Jim Garvin.

00:04:01Collar and elbow tie-up.

00:04:04And Z-Man, with the advantage, pushes Garvin back in the corner.

00:04:07The referee for this six-man event here at the Clash of Champions

00:04:10is Bill Alfonso.

00:04:13Jim, we need to look early on for the Z-Man and the Young Pistos

00:04:16to try to get a quick advantage.

00:04:18They are a very young, excitable team,

00:04:20and they like to get it on early.

00:04:21Let's see what happens.

00:04:24Nice shoulder block by the Z-Man.

00:04:27And a reversal.

00:04:28Good counter move with a hip lock.

00:04:29Hayes in.

00:04:30He's hip locked for his trouble.

00:04:32A drop kick on Garvin.

00:04:33A drop kick on Hayes.

00:04:34Tracy Smothers on the top rope.

00:04:37Smothers and Armstrong high off the top rope.

00:04:42And indeed, the Young Pistos and Z-Man

00:04:45starting out very quickly offensively.

00:04:49They are as strong as you'll ever see them.

00:04:51The Young Pistos now are on a roll, and look here.

00:04:54The Freebirds got a regroup down on the floor.

00:04:58As we mentioned, the fabulous Freebirds, Hayes, and Garvin

00:05:01are the United States Tag Team Champions.

00:05:07Tag made, it will be Michael Hayes with the exchange,

00:05:10and they're with the Z-Man.

00:05:12You may look, as we take a look at our great crowd,

00:05:14you may look for Michael Hayes, who's a great seasoned veteran,

00:05:16to go after that left arm where the bicep was torn on the Z-Man,

00:05:20but he's not going to get a chance right now.

00:05:23It's Tracy of the Young Pistos with a tag.

00:05:27As we mentioned, that super brawl in St. Petersburg on May 19th,

00:05:31the Freebirds, with the help of their new partner Bad Street,

00:05:34defeated the Young Pistos for the United States Tag Team Championship.

00:05:38Great quickness by Tracy, up and over,

00:05:42taking Hayes down to the canvas,

00:05:44nails him with a right hand and another right.

00:05:51Garvin slammed off the top for his trouble.

00:05:54Action all over the ring in this six-man event,

00:05:56and Tony, oh, great move there.

00:05:59I'm certainly not envious of referee Bill Alfonso's responsibilities in this one.

00:06:04Right now, you're taking a look at three young men,

00:06:08obviously, the Freebirds trying to recruit.

00:06:10Three men who are riding on an adrenaline high right now.

00:06:13The question is, you know, the Freebirds are such great veterans,

00:06:16how long will this last?

00:06:18They're trying to slow it down deliberately and doing a pretty good job of it.

00:06:21Fans, in this broadcast, the World's Heavyweight Championship will be decided.

00:06:25The IWGP Tag Team Titles featuring the Steiners against Hase and Chono

00:06:30will be decided as well.

00:06:32Sting and Nikita Kulov in that big grudge match.

00:06:37Great moves there by the Freebirds.

00:06:42And Hase with the left hand, putting Tracy down.

00:06:45They completely crossed Tracy up that time.

00:06:48Smothers caught with that clothesline.

00:06:50Over the top rope he goes.

00:06:54PN News has the world-renowned rap brute Salt-N-Pepa here tonight.

00:06:59Bad street.

00:07:02With a little help from his friends.

00:07:04And now the Freebirds have control of the situation.

00:07:10Oh, what a move.

00:07:13Double elevation right over the security railing.

00:07:16And Tracy is in a lot of trouble quite obviously here in the early going

00:07:20at the Clash of Champions.

00:07:22We are watching a classic situation of a team of Freebirds

00:07:25who have been together quite a while.

00:07:27And Jimmy Jam celebrates on the outside.

00:07:29Bad street is going to work, and he looks like an exceptional athlete.

00:07:32Tracy, small of his back,

00:07:34rammed right into the security railing again.

00:07:38And the Freebirds certainly have one distinct advantage here, Tony,

00:07:41and that is their vast experience.

00:07:44Their vast experience and the fact that they have been teaming together

00:07:47many more times than the Young Pistols and the Z-Men.

00:07:50And now they're going to try to get things going again.

00:07:52And by golly, we've got a pure six.

00:07:54All six men back in the ring.

00:07:59As far as regarding the rules,

00:08:03the popular trio of Smothers, Armstrong, and Z-Men outside,

00:08:08but they're quickly right back in.

00:08:10The Pistols and Z-Men want to get some sort of a semblance of a wrestling match.

00:08:13They can't continue to do this with the Freebirds

00:08:15and expect to win the match.

00:08:17Well, the Freebirds showing a great deal of confidence here.

00:08:20They have their backs turned to their opponents,

00:08:23which may cost them the long run.

00:08:28Up and over.

00:08:30A trio says they're ripped, and they got it.

00:08:33Ladies and gentlemen, the winners of the match,

00:08:36the team of the Young Pistols and the Z-Men.

00:08:42They love it here in Knoxville.

00:08:46The gym is a case of getting their own medicine.

00:08:49Earlier on, by using the catapult,

00:08:51the Z-Men came flying across the top rope.

00:08:54And then with all three men on the outside,

00:08:56here's what you call taste of your own medicine.

00:08:58The Freebirds had everything going their way except the three cat.

00:09:02And there it was.

00:09:03And it was a tremendous win to start out the clash.

00:09:06Fans, Oz is coming up next, but first listen to this

00:09:09on the Great American Bash Sweepstakes.

00:09:14Meet nature boy Ric Flair, WCW heavyweight champion,

00:09:17truly a legend in his own time.

00:09:19Now you can live the life of legend, Ric Flair,

00:09:22when you enter the Flash and Bash Sweepstakes.

00:09:24You could win a trip for four to the Great American Bash,

00:09:27accommodations at the luxurious Omni Inner Harbor Hotel in Baltimore,

00:09:30$700 of spending money,

00:09:32plus Ric's own personal diamond studded Rolex watch,

00:09:35or win one of 200 Ric Flair signature shirts

00:09:38to enter complete this famous quote.

00:09:40To be the legend and to be the best,

00:09:43it takes more than cash.

00:09:45I'm going to walk that aisle.

00:09:49Watch any World Championship Wrestling TV show

00:09:52from June 1st through 23rd to hear the complete quote.

00:09:55Then send your name, address, age, phone number,

00:09:57and complete the quote to Flash and Bash Sweepstakes,

00:09:59Post Office Box 7888, Atlanta, Georgia 30357.

00:10:03Enter today for your chance to be a legend.

00:10:05If you don't win the trip, you can still see

00:10:07the Great American Bash 91 live only on pay-per-view

00:10:11Sunday, July 14th.

00:10:14We are back, ladies and gentlemen,

00:10:28live at the Civic Auditorium in Knoxville, Tennessee.

00:10:31We are about to see the appearance,

00:10:33the second appearance,

00:10:35the first appearance on TBS of Oz.

00:10:43Tony, we saw this man.

00:10:44He's over 7 feet tall, well over 300 pounds.

00:10:47His first appearance was on the 19th of May

00:10:50in St. Petersburg.

00:10:51What an awesome appearance that was,

00:10:53and the fans are standing here.

00:10:54They're in awe of what they're seeing so far,

00:10:56and wait till they get a look at this guy.

00:11:12Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest,

00:11:14it is for one fall.

00:11:16Introducing first, at over 7 feet tall,

00:11:22he weighs 325 pounds, Oz!

00:11:38And of course, Oz has the Great Wizard at his side.

00:11:45A huge man.

00:11:46A huge man, and that is about as impressive

00:11:48as you can get.

00:11:49You know, in this sport, Tim,

00:11:50there's a lot of psyching out of your opponents,

00:11:53and if that isn't psyching out your opponent,

00:11:54I don't know what you think it does.

00:11:57It would certainly give me second thoughts

00:11:58about ever signing a contract with an athlete this size.

00:12:07First time ever on TBS,

00:12:09and you're singing live here at the Clash of Champions.

00:12:17Whoa.

00:12:19The silver hair and the 7-foot-plus,

00:12:22325-pounder steps easily over the top rope.

00:12:35And ladies and gentlemen,

00:12:36the opponent of Oz from Montgomery, Alabama,

00:12:40225 pounds, Johnny Rich.

00:12:46Popular young Johnny Rich

00:12:47will challenge the massive Oz here on TBS.

00:12:52You know, Jim, we don't know that much

00:12:53about the background of Oz,

00:12:54with the exception of we've seen now

00:12:55two very impressive entrances

00:12:57within the last month or so.

00:12:59We know a lot about Johnny Rich, though.

00:13:00He is a fine athlete.

00:13:01He is a former champion in regional competition

00:13:04as far as tag team wrestling is concerned,

00:13:06and he may get manhandled here.

00:13:08Well, Oz is certainly a devastating force

00:13:10as he takes Rich,

00:13:12hip blocks him high and with authority

00:13:14right out of the corner.

00:13:15This is a huge man.

00:13:18A man that as 1991 goes along

00:13:21is certainly going to be one to be reckoned with.

00:13:24He left his feet with tremendous velocity

00:13:26in that shoulder block.

00:13:28And he is wrestling with a lot of confidence

00:13:31And there's a clothesline.

00:13:32We see so many clotheslines

00:13:33in world championship wrestling,

00:13:34but that one knocked him right out, I think.

00:13:36Going for the cover,

00:13:37and he could have pinned him right there

00:13:38without a doubt.

00:13:39Big Oz could have pinned him right there

00:13:41if he had chosen to do so.

00:13:44Oz sending Rich for the ride.

00:13:46He kicked him right in the face.

00:13:48Great flexibility by this giant athlete.

00:13:52Clubbing forearm blow

00:13:53right to the upper back area.

00:13:57And now he picks Johnny Rich up.

00:13:59Black Rich with a small child.

00:14:01Side slam with authority.

00:14:05And he has him up.

00:14:09And Rich is helpless.

00:14:13Drops him down like a sack of yesterday's news

00:14:20and it's over.

00:14:22Ladies and gentlemen,

00:14:23here's your winner, Oz.

00:14:28Jim, this entire match was a psych-out job

00:14:31until he hit him with the clothesline

00:14:33and then it was all physical.

00:14:35And this clothesline was right on target.

00:14:37Let's take a look again.

00:14:38Wow.

00:14:39And that knocked him out, I think.

00:14:40Look at that.

00:14:41Look how he landed on the back of his neck.

00:14:42Then he didn't want to pin him that way.

00:14:44He wanted to do the big spin.

00:14:46And then he lands on his side.

00:14:48A lot of punishment

00:14:49in a very short period of time.

00:14:51Fans, the next big event in the Omni

00:14:53is Sunday, June 23rd.

00:14:54More on that when we come back.

00:14:57But first, take a look at this.

00:15:03And three pounds,

00:15:05the Rap Master,

00:15:06P.N. News.

00:15:13My name is News

00:15:14and I'm on the attack.

00:15:17Let the sucker in.

00:15:18Let me put him on his back.

00:15:21Yo baby, yo baby, yo!

00:15:26Yo baby, yo baby, yo!

00:15:29He stands six feet, eight inches.

00:15:51He weighs 312 pounds, Dangerous Dan Spivey.

00:16:02Tony, we know that Dangerous Dan Spivey has signed to be on the magnificent kickoff of

00:16:06the Great American Bash.

00:16:07Of course, that on July 3rd.

00:16:08And that, of course, is at the Meadowlands.

00:16:09And we take a look at Dangerous Dan Spivey, who left the NFL and the New York Jets, by

00:16:10the way, to become one of WCW's most powerful stars, and I shouldn't say ever.

00:16:11He is the master of the powerbomb.

00:16:35And ladies and gentlemen, his opponent, from the Northwoods, weighing 272 pounds, Big Josh!

00:16:49Big Josh, the likeable big guy from the Northwoods, making his way to the ring.

00:16:54He has gone from relatively an obscure situation to one of becoming a very crowd favorite.

00:17:04As you see now, having an outdoorsman, and a good point there that he's only wrestled

00:17:09in World Championship Wrestling Gym for only five months, and talking to Big Josh before

00:17:13the match started tonight, he points to this match right here because of the impact on

00:17:18TBS and the nationwide audience being his biggest match in his short career ever.

00:17:24Collar-nail bow tie-up, two very powerful men squaring off here on TBS at the Clash

00:17:29of Champions.

00:17:30As you saw, Spivey's 6'8", just over 300 pounds, and he is a southpaw.

00:17:35Big Josh is also a southpaw.

00:17:37They'll be throwing the heavy lumber, no pun intended, as far as Big Josh is concerned

00:17:42in this one.

00:17:43What a left hand by Spivey, and another left.

00:17:47Big Josh caught him.

00:17:49Spivey rakes the eyes, trying to gain the advantage.

00:17:56Spivey, former All-Southeast Conference defensive end at the University of Georgia, follows

00:18:02Big Josh in with a tremendous clothesline.

00:18:06Well Josh finds himself in trouble early here, Jim, and I tell you, this has got to be the

00:18:10biggest guy that Big Josh has faced in his only five months in World Championship Wrestling.

00:18:14Good waist-lock takedown.

00:18:15He's going right the way they did it in the Northwoods, in the logging camps.

00:18:21He's going fist and fire here with Dangerous Dan.

00:18:26You notice the boots that Big Josh is wearing, they are not the traditional wrestling boots.

00:18:32Spivey, nice Japanese arm drag takeover.

00:18:37He is an international star, a main event competitor throughout the Orient.

00:18:46And the 6'8", former NFL footballer, catches Big Josh with a foot right to the head and

00:18:52kicks him again.

00:18:53Not too scientific, yet very, very ruggedly effective for Dangerous Dan.

00:18:58Well the one scientific type move has been that arm drag, and that is what's given Dangerous

00:19:02Dan Spivey this advantage.

00:19:03It always comes back, it seems, to a great wrestling move like that one right there.

00:19:08Big Josh countered Dangerous Dan and executed the snap suplex.

00:19:13Spivey, the veteran, caught him with that clothesline from the left side.

00:19:24Big Josh backing away, he's in the corner now, got no clean break there, shouldn't surprise

00:19:29any of us.

00:19:30And Spivey into the corner, Big Josh with a suplex!

00:19:34The big man, the big logger with a suplex.

00:19:39I always thought this would be a good test of the endurance.

00:19:42What's going on here, Jim?

00:19:43Well that's Kevin Sullivan.

00:19:44We know Sullivan is the manager of Black Blood.

00:19:48And Sullivan's down there with a crutch, a crutch!

00:19:54Sullivan with a crutch.

00:19:55He broke that crutch right on the back of Big Josh.

00:20:01Sullivan, the manager of Black Blood, now Spivey taking advantage.

00:20:06Spivey has got him with a suplex, and he's gonna pin him!

00:20:11Ladies and gentlemen, here's your winner, Dangerous Dan Spivey!

00:20:17Kevin Sullivan with a distraction, and the inexperienced Big Josh was caught unaware.

00:20:23Caught unaware, but really, look at this.

00:20:25The crutch really didn't faze him.

00:20:27It hurt him, it stunned him, and it turned him around.

00:20:30It was the fact that Sullivan was there and got his attention that led to this over-the-top suplex.

00:20:36Dangerous Dan Spivey, very opportunistic right here, and got the win.

00:20:40Paulie Dangerously will talk to Jason Hervey of ABC's Wonder Years.

00:20:44That in the Danger Zone next, but first, here's the WCW Top 10.

00:20:52Here's a look at the World Championship Wrestling Top 10 rankings and singles competition as

00:20:56compiled by promoters and the members of the board of directors of World Championship Wrestling.

00:21:01In the number 10 slot, one of the newest men in World Championship Wrestling, stunning

00:21:06Steve Austin out of Hollywood, California.

00:21:08The number 9 man, the maniacal one-man gang, 6'10", 420 pounds.

00:21:14Checking in at number 8, Barry Windham.

00:21:17Number 7, the former World Television Champion, The Enforcer, Arn Anderson.

00:21:22Former World Champion Sting checks in at number 6.

00:21:24The number 5 man, the Russian Nightmare, Nikita Kolov.

00:21:27The World Television Champion, Beautiful Bobby, is number 4 in the latest rankings.

00:21:317'7", Elegante checks in at number 3 from Japan.

00:21:35The number 2 man, the Great Buddha, the number 1 contender, the US Champion, the Total Package,

00:21:42Lex Luger from Chicago, and of course, the WCW World Champion is Nature Boy, Ric Flair.

00:22:04We are back here on TBS.

00:22:07My name is Paul E. Dangerously, and this is the Danger Zone.

00:22:14My guest this evening, as all the papers across the country have reported to you, is the wise-cracking

00:22:22older brother of Brett Savage on the hit TV show, The One New Year.

00:22:27Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, and whatever else is watching this live television show,

00:22:33this is Jason Herve!

00:22:41Thank you very much, Mr. TV Star, for coming out here tonight on the Danger Zone.

00:22:46You have shown a lot of guts for answering my challenge.

00:22:50First of all, wasn't The Wonder Years last year one of the top 2 or 3 shows on TV?

00:22:56Yeah.

00:22:56You know, I've been wondering about that because if The Wonder Years was one of the 2 or 3 top shows,

00:23:04then you and Brett Savage must be 2 of the biggest stars on TV.

00:23:08You know, I've been thinking about that myself.

00:23:11If you and Brett Savage are 2 of the biggest stars on TV, let's be honest, between you and me,

00:23:16TV Star to TV Star, you're making a lot of money, right?

00:23:20You know, if you're making a lot of money...

00:23:26If you're making... You're dating Missy Hyatt, right?

00:23:29Yeah.

00:23:30Yeah, you're dating Missy Hyatt and you gotta share a lot of...

00:23:33I'm good with this kind of thing.

00:23:36Do you have a new car?

00:23:38Well, yeah, I do.

00:23:41Have a new car, big TV star.

00:23:45You have a new house?

00:23:46Yeah, so what does that have to do with anything?

00:23:48You have a new car, you have a new house.

00:23:50My dad's a lawyer.

00:23:51I'm good with prenuptial agreements.

00:23:54You and Missy Hyatt, are the 2 of you in love with each other, Mr. TV Star?

00:24:05Well, Pauline, let me tell you something.

00:24:08I just want to know, and I think all the people actually in Knoxville want to know,

00:24:12how did it feel to get your butt kicked by a woman?

00:24:18Okay, I see where this is leading.

00:24:28Let's go over what we've accomplished here, Mr. Hervey.

00:24:33You got a new house.

00:24:34Yeah.

00:24:35You got a new car.

00:24:37Yeah, so what?

00:24:38If everything in your life is new, how come your girlfriend is used merchandise?

00:24:49Let me tell you something, Paulie, dangerously.

00:24:52I didn't come out here to get slandered by you.

00:24:54I didn't come out here to get insulted.

00:24:56If you want to talk about Lex Luger, Ric Flair, Sting, yeah,

00:25:00I'll talk to you about that.

00:25:01But as far as I'm concerned, this interview is over.

00:25:07I don't blame you for that.

00:25:10Not at all.

00:25:13Good grief.

00:25:14He just, he hit the kid right in the back of the head.

00:25:16That phone is, his telephone is, here comes Missy.

00:25:21He burst that phone right over Jason Hervey's head.

00:25:26Can you believe the audacity of Paulie Dangerously?

00:25:30This kid had his back to it.

00:25:32And Jason is out cold.

00:25:34He is out cold.

00:25:36And Missy hovering over him.

00:25:37Missy Hyatt is beside herself and rightfully so.

00:25:41He hit this kid right in the back of the head.

00:25:47That telephone has just went into a million pieces.

00:25:50What a cheap shot by Paulie Dangerously.

00:25:55Tony, I'll tell you something.

00:25:57We were told that Jason had consented to do an interview to talk about tonight's

00:26:01Clash of Champions event.

00:26:03Quite obviously, Paulie's hatred and his jealousy for Missy Hyatt.

00:26:07I think it took the better of his common sense.

00:26:09He's gonna get into a lot of trouble for this.

00:26:11He really is, and of course, you co-host the show with him.

00:26:13We're gonna take a look, I understand, once again, at him getting bopped on the head.

00:26:17And I guess bop is kind of a minor thing to say,

00:26:20because he really was nailed with that phone.

00:26:22And Paulie has to be the master of the cheap shot.

00:26:25Here it is again, Jim.

00:26:27Well, I'm gonna tell you something.

00:26:28There's right there, look at the phone exploding to a million pieces.

00:26:31He hit this kid right in the back of the head.

00:26:34Jason Hervey, I think, is 19 years old.

00:26:36He's a massive fan of World Championship Wrestling.

00:26:39What an unfortunate situation here that we have seen with Paulie Dangerously.

00:26:45I wanna tell you something.

00:26:45I think Paulie, for once, has stepped over the line.

00:26:50We had not planned for this to, it was just to be an interview,

00:26:53just a regular interview.

00:26:55He took advantage here on this live broadcast.

00:26:58We'll be talking more about this throughout the broadcast.

00:27:00But right now, let's go up to Gary Capetta.

00:27:02Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest, it is set for one fall.

00:27:07Introducing first, from Austin, Texas,

00:27:12he weighs 261 pounds, the Natural Dustin Rhodes.

00:27:21Tony, this is a big rematch from our last pay-per-view on May 19th,

00:27:25Super Brawl 91, when this young man forged a very hard-fought victory over

00:27:29Terrence Taylor of the York Foundation.

00:27:32The Natural Dustin Rhodes possesses all the skills in the world.

00:27:38We've said it so many times, but he knows all about the York Foundation.

00:27:41Ladies and gentlemen, his opponent,

00:27:45accompanied by the Executive Director of the York Foundation,

00:27:52Alexander Yorke, and head of security, Mr.

00:27:57Hughes, from Vero Beach, Florida, weighing 238 pounds,

00:28:04the computerized man of the 1990s, Terrence Taylor.

00:28:11Well, fans, before this one gets underway, let's take a look at our Knoxville Notes.

00:28:19Of course, the son of a legendary American dream, Dusty Rhodes, and

00:28:22he has remained undefeated in World Championship Wrestling in his five months

00:28:27here, and his latest victory that we saw at Super Brawl was over Terrence Taylor.

00:28:33But right now, this big rematch, the computerized man, of course,

00:28:36is the mainstay, as the Knoxville Notes will show us, in the York Foundation.

00:28:41And later on in this telecast, they're going to announce its newest member.

00:28:46They certainly are.

00:28:46We look forward to that announcement by Alexander Yorke.

00:28:50A little bit later tonight, her newest man has been signed, and

00:28:53we'll find out exactly who it is a little bit later here on TBS.

00:28:57Terrence Taylor.

00:28:58Problem?

00:28:59What, is there a problem, huh?

00:29:02And there is a problem.

00:29:04He's about 6'6", that's the problem.

00:29:07Taylor with a good veteran move there, taking a cheap shot, but

00:29:10Dustin reverses the Irish whip.

00:29:11He follows Taylor into the clothesline, and Taylor goes down.

00:29:14He hooks the leg, he may have him, and he got two and a half.

00:29:18That was so close, now Taylor on the outside.

00:29:21And Jim, what makes this so intriguing, this matchup,

00:29:23is that the very first man approached to be the newest member of

00:29:26the York Foundation was Dustin Rhodes,

00:29:28who basically threw the contract back in the face of Alexandra.

00:29:31That young man, Dustin Rhodes, had a big meeting on May 19th,

00:29:34the morning of Super Brawl, and politely turned down Miss York.

00:29:39Didn't wanna be a member of the York Foundation.

00:29:44Mike Atkins, the referee.

00:29:45Taylor goes for another cheap shot, but Dustin caught the foot this time.

00:29:50And Taylor in a very precarious position.

00:29:52Turned around and nailed the right hand.

00:29:54Atomic drop by Terrence Taylor.

00:29:59The Irish whip, and the kid follows him in.

00:30:07My God, he's right out here beside us.

00:30:10He just grazed that ring post, Jim, and

00:30:11then hit head first right on the outside.

00:30:14Came very close to hitting the safety rail.

00:30:16Unfortunate, because Dustin was really hot early on in this match.

00:30:21They're right behind us here at ringside.

00:30:23And Taylor using the security railing as a weapon,

00:30:26ramming Dustin sternum first into that structure.

00:30:30Well, you see, that's the case right there of a youngster

00:30:33against a veteran like Terrence Taylor.

00:30:35He has so many tools, does Dustin Rhodes.

00:30:37But as he had the advantage, he went blindly into the corner.

00:30:40Now he's paying for it.

00:30:42Taylor stepping on the bottom rope, got more leverage.

00:30:45Brought Dustin in with a suplex.

00:30:47And now the veteran from Vero Beach, Florida,

00:30:49has the advantage here as Alexander York and the giant head of security, Mr.

00:30:53Hughes, look on.

00:30:54He's got lateral press.

00:30:55He neglected to hook the leg, and Dustin kicked out at two.

00:30:58We don't know what the computer program says, but

00:31:00you can better believe there's a line in there that says,

00:31:02take advantage of mistakes, and that's what Taylor is doing right now.

00:31:06And stay away from the bulldog headlock.

00:31:08That's Dustin's coup de grace.

00:31:11Taylor looking very, very crisp in the early going of this contest,

00:31:15as he is controlling the action offensively.

00:31:18A gut wrench into a modified powerbomb by Terrence Taylor.

00:31:22He's got him wrapped up, and Dustin freed himself.

00:31:25Another near fall situation here on TBS.

00:31:29Still to come, Ric Flair and beautiful Bobby for the World's Championship Sting,

00:31:33and Nikita Kulov, Luger, and Muta, and more.

00:31:36Sunset flip, he got two again.

00:31:39Boy, I tell you, you talk about great conditioning.

00:31:40What spring in the legs that time from Dustin to get over on that sunset flip.

00:31:44Tremendous.

00:31:45Test of strength here, and Dustin has the advantage.

00:31:49The 21-year-old going for the pin and got two again.

00:31:55Very intense competition, much like the fans in St.

00:31:58Louis will see at the arena Friday night.

00:32:01And Dustin caught Taylor coming in, that big size 14 right to the face.

00:32:06Just fighting on instinct right now.

00:32:07He's taking a great deal of punishment, and

00:32:09he still has to feel the effects of what happened on the outside.

00:32:11Shades of Dan there.

00:32:17Everybody knew it here in Knoxville and

00:32:19across the nation, knew that was shades of the old flip flop fly.

00:32:26Dustin now has asserted himself quite dramatically here offensively.

00:32:31He's beating Taylor up and down the turnbuckles.

00:32:35Right now, he's letting his temper carry the best of him right now, but

00:32:38he's still staying on the offensive.

00:32:39And by God, he almost got it again, Jim.

00:32:41Almost got another one.

00:32:42He's going for the pin.

00:32:43This kid is, he's advanced beyond his years.

00:32:45Inverted atomic drop, and Taylor is in a lot of trouble.

00:32:50And there's the giant Mr. Hughes, and there's a bulldog.

00:32:54Dustin got him, Mr. Hughes up on the apron.

00:32:56Dustin's got Taylor pinned right here.

00:32:58Trying to get, that'll get him down.

00:33:03Right hands, Mr. Hughes taking it all.

00:33:06The elbow, got the big man down on one knee only.

00:33:09And there's Ricky Morton.

00:33:10What's Ricky Morton out here to help Dustin?

00:33:11Apparently he is.

00:33:15Hughes is gonna be, he hit him right in the kidneys with that black glove.

00:33:19And Ricky Morton just kicked Dustin right in the face.

00:33:22I think he caught him right in the nose.

00:33:24What in the world is going on here, Jim?

00:33:27Well, we may not have to wait to find out who the newest member of

00:33:30the York Foundation is.

00:33:34Here comes Big Josh with that axe handle.

00:33:38Big Josh with the axe handle.

00:33:42Dustin Rose has won it by disqualification.

00:33:47The great equalizer right here.

00:33:48It's a standoff in the ring.

00:33:50Look at this.

00:33:52Big Josh using the axe handle to his advantage.

00:33:56Fans, we'll be back.

00:33:58We're staying, and Nikita Koloff right after this.

00:34:02The two pounds, Johnny B. Badd.

00:34:07Come on.

00:34:08Come on, now.

00:34:09We're gonna leave it up to you.

00:34:11Come on, baby.

00:34:30Ladies and gentlemen, here's your

00:34:32winner, Johnny B. Badd.

00:34:50Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen.

00:34:51Jim Ross and Tony Schiavone back here on TBS

00:34:53at the Clash of Champions.

00:34:54Momentarily, we'll be going to the ring to see Sting and

00:34:57Nikita Koloff one-on-one.

00:34:58But Tony, this one got started at Super Brawl.

00:35:01It was a tag team match, Sting and Lex Luger against

00:35:03the Snyder Brothers for the world tag title.

00:35:05Nikita Koloff comes in.

00:35:07Sting pushes Luger out of the way.

00:35:08And Sting gets hit with the Russian chain.

00:35:11But the fight did not stop there.

00:35:13It went on through the back.

00:35:14And I think we're gonna show the fans exactly what happened

00:35:17on May 19th at Super Brawl.

00:35:18Let's take a look.

00:35:23Who is this?

00:35:25That shadow looked like Nikita Koloff.

00:35:27I'm telling you, that looked like Nikita Koloff.

00:35:31Sting pushes his own partner out of the way.

00:35:34Koloff had that chain, that Russian,

00:35:36that chain around his arm.

00:35:37Sting saved Luger from getting nailed,

00:35:40but Sting just got popped right in the face.

00:35:45Tony Schiavone is in the locker room area.

00:35:48I hope that Tony will be able to get an interview

00:35:51with Nikita Koloff.

00:35:53I want Tony to talk to him right now.

00:35:55I wanna see him.

00:35:57Tony's back, let's go back to Tony Schiavone.

00:36:01Sting's hurt badly.

00:36:05He's going after him right here, that's Tony.

00:36:07Okay, here we are, Jim and Dusty with the Russian.

00:36:09What in the world is going on out there, Nikita?

00:36:13Sting was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

00:36:17That's what's going on.

00:36:20Oh my God.

00:36:22Sting and Nikita Koloff.

00:36:23Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest

00:36:26on Clash of Champions, it is set for one fall.

00:36:31Introducing first, from Lithuania,

00:36:34weighing 123 kilos,

00:36:38the Russian Nightmare, Nikita Koloff.

00:36:45Nikita Koloff has signed to be in the big event

00:36:47in Atlantis Omni, that is Sunday, June 23rd.

00:36:52And as the Knoxville Notes will show you,

00:36:54tremendously intense individual.

00:36:56Sting does not want to get into a very rough match,

00:36:59although you know he will, because Nikita Koloff,

00:37:02like a guy on the Suicide Squad on a football team,

00:37:04he just doesn't care.

00:37:05And ladies and gentlemen, his opponent,

00:37:08from Venice Beach, California.

00:37:11He weighs 254 pounds.

00:37:15This is Sting.

00:37:21Oh, what an ovation, and he is ready to fight.

00:37:23He is sprinting to the ring.

00:37:26They're starting it right now, Sting and Nikita Koloff.

00:37:29And Koloff, the intense Russian Nightmare,

00:37:31has the early advantage.

00:37:32As he hooks Sting in, he caught him with an elbow.

00:37:36Oh, we knew this one would be intense.

00:37:38These two men, with a total disdain for the other,

00:37:42scooped him up.

00:37:45Sting tried to cross him up, Jim.

00:37:46He tried to show the fans that he was gonna take his time

00:37:49approaching the ring, and then he ran right into it.

00:37:51And once again, the Russian Nightmare's on a roll.

00:37:55Koloff, with that shoulder block,

00:37:58the powerful competitor from Lithuania,

00:38:02the perfectionist of the Russian Sickle,

00:38:08his version of a clothesline

00:38:10that is certainly one of the most devastating

00:38:13finishing maneuvers in the sport.

00:38:15Koloff tossing Sting outside.

00:38:19Well, that's a good point.

00:38:19You know, the Russian Sickle may very well be

00:38:22the most awesome clothesline in the sport.

00:38:25You got the Steiner line,

00:38:26you've got the Lariat from Stan Hansen,

00:38:28but it's the Russian Sickle that really does the damage.

00:38:32Sting rammed his ribs exposed

00:38:35right into the security railing again.

00:38:39That steel security railing,

00:38:41not a very comfortable landing pad for the Stinger.

00:38:47You know, Sting won the World Championship wrestling.

00:38:50That's what has made him one of the top athletes

00:38:53in the world championship wrestling.

00:38:54I know it seems like a long way right now,

00:38:55but he's got to get out of this

00:38:56and got to try to get back to wrestling.

00:38:58Forget about the emotion.

00:39:00He wants to win this match.

00:39:01The only way he's going to do it

00:39:02is by out-wrestling Nikita Koloff.

00:39:05It doesn't matter.

00:39:06I don't think, Tony, the outcome of this one,

00:39:08because I don't think it can be settled in one match.

00:39:12The hatred between these two runs deeply.

00:39:15It is a sincere hatred.

00:39:16Sting has him out.

00:39:17There's a piledriver.

00:39:19But Koloff, oh, what neck muscles.

00:39:21Koloff back on his feet.

00:39:23Hammer Sting again.

00:39:25Right hand to the abdomen area,

00:39:28and Sting in a great deal of pain and trouble.

00:39:31Because of the pressure that he had taken

00:39:33early on in the match,

00:39:34I don't think he executed that piledriver

00:39:35like he thought he should have.

00:39:37Therefore, Koloff was able to bounce back,

00:39:39and you can see Sting is still in a world of trouble.

00:39:42We have talked about Koloff's intensity.

00:39:45He is one of the most focused athletes in WCW

00:39:49when he has his sights set on one person or one goal.

00:39:53This is humiliating.

00:39:54This is a very insulting gesture by Nikita Koloff.

00:40:00He wants to do that.

00:40:02We have thousands and thousands of little Stingers out there.

00:40:04There you see them right there.

00:40:06And we're gonna be talking to the winner

00:40:08of the Sting lookalike contest

00:40:10that went on here during the week here in Knoxville

00:40:13a little bit later in the broadcast.

00:40:14But there are literally, I mean, hundreds of kids here

00:40:18in the sold-out Coliseum with their faces painted,

00:40:21with their posters, Tombstone Piledriver.

00:40:26He's got him waist-locked.

00:40:28Right there, that should be all.

00:40:31A Tombstone Piledriver by the Russian Nightmare,

00:40:35and this should be all.

00:40:36Sting in a great deal of trouble being checked

00:40:38by referee Bill Alfonso.

00:40:40Koloff feels he has him here.

00:40:42And Sting kicks out.

00:40:44Almost an arrogant cover, Tony, by Nikita Koloff.

00:40:47An arrogant cover, and I really don't think

00:40:49Nikita wants to pin him here, Jim.

00:40:50As a matter of fact, I know he doesn't.

00:40:52He wants to continue now to keep the pressure on,

00:40:55maybe to even more humiliate Sting.

00:40:57And there's a kick right to the ribcage.

00:40:59And Sting is in bad shape.

00:41:01We can see his face looking right at us.

00:41:03Look how much pain he's in.

00:41:05The Stinger will not quit.

00:41:06We can assure the fans that.

00:41:08And all the little Stingers watching this broadcast.

00:41:11He is a winner.

00:41:12He is a champion.

00:41:14And he has come to beat Nikita Koloff.

00:41:16Sunset Flip.

00:41:17Can he get him over?

00:41:18Koloff's got a wide base.

00:41:20Will he go down?

00:41:21And he does not.

00:41:22What a right hand by Koloff.

00:41:25Sting in a weakened state.

00:41:27Could not get the Russian Nightmare,

00:41:28but he's got him now.

00:41:30He hooked him at one, two and a half.

00:41:33Arrogance almost cost him right there,

00:41:35but notice how Koloff continues to just jump

00:41:39right up and keep the pressure on.

00:41:40He knows the type of athlete he's dealing with.

00:41:43If you give Sting any chance to get up,

00:41:46he's gonna come right at you.

00:41:47And he's not allowing him to do that.

00:41:48Tony, I often overuse the cliche,

00:41:51high impact moves, high impact wrestlers.

00:41:54But Nikita Koloff certainly fits that bill.

00:41:56He is a high impact,

00:41:58smack you right in the face kind of guy.

00:42:05Again, Koloff showing his strength.

00:42:07Again, Koloff showing his strength with a back break.

00:42:11He had it twisted there and really caved in

00:42:13the ribs of the Stinger.

00:42:17Again, Koloff with a lateral press.

00:42:20And Sting again kicks out.

00:42:22The Stinger refuses to be pinned at this point

00:42:25in the match by Nikita Koloff.

00:42:28Stinger has all the attributes of a great champion

00:42:30in world championship wrestling.

00:42:32Courage, determination, great execution.

00:42:35Now he's got a call within himself to pull back up

00:42:39and come up and here he comes again, Jim.

00:42:41Sting back up to a vertical base,

00:42:42but Koloff catches him in the solar plexus

00:42:46with a right and another right hand.

00:42:50I'll be talking to Sting this Sunday night on AM 750 WSB,

00:42:54America's leading radio station

00:42:56at nine o'clock Eastern time.

00:43:00Koloff again stomps away.

00:43:02Sting may have suffered either cracked or broken ribs

00:43:06from that blow into the security railing.

00:43:08Koloff has continued to work

00:43:11on that particular part of the anatomy

00:43:13throughout the contest.

00:43:14Sting is in trouble.

00:43:16And I can't help but think as Bill Alfonso

00:43:17tries to get in there and you see Koloff using the rope,

00:43:20I can't help but think it all goes back

00:43:22to the start of the match

00:43:23when Sting ran in with Reckless Abandon.

00:43:25I always felt that the first guy in the ring

00:43:27always has the advantage in that he can wait

00:43:30for his opponent to get in.

00:43:31Sting came in blindly

00:43:32and it set the tone for this match so far.

00:43:34His emotion from what happened at Super Brawl

00:43:36has, I think at the beginning of the contest,

00:43:39really had overcome Sting.

00:43:41As you said, he sprinted to the ring.

00:43:43Koloff took advantage of that emotional lapse,

00:43:47shall we say, by the Stinger.

00:43:49And the Russian nightmare has yet to let up

00:43:52on WCW's most popular athlete,

00:43:54the youngster from Venice Beach, California.

00:43:57Mark of a good athlete in World Championship Wrestling

00:44:00will be to always try to stay on your feet.

00:44:04He's doing all he can from those blows

00:44:06to keep his balance and to stay up

00:44:07and he's doing a good job of it.

00:44:09Both these men ranked in the top 10 world rankings.

00:44:11Koloff, one notch higher than the Stinger.

00:44:14But that could change drastically

00:44:16based on the outcome of this match.

00:44:18The Stinger fights back.

00:44:20He will not quit as we said.

00:44:21But Koloff, the intense competitor

00:44:26that we have grown to know.

00:44:29When he has an opponent down,

00:44:31he is at his most dangerous best.

00:44:33But he is, it seems like, I don't know, Jim,

00:44:35it seems like he's being more deliberate and more deliberate.

00:44:37I guess he's very confident, and once again,

00:44:39Sting trying to get to his feet again.

00:44:45Koloff again, as you can see,

00:44:46kicking Sting in those ribs, punishing the Stinger.

00:44:51Snapmare, take Sting over.

00:44:53Tell you what, Jim, I don't know,

00:44:54I think he's getting the second win.

00:44:56He may be down right now,

00:44:57but something in his eyes that time

00:44:59That Sting is getting the second win,

00:45:01and Koloff, look at him.

00:45:04He knows these kids are here.

00:45:05He sees the posters.

00:45:07He sees these kids with their faces painted.

00:45:10Look, some of them are even carrying the Galoob dolls.

00:45:12That's right, and he's getting up

00:45:14with a little bit more confidence each and every time.

00:45:18Koloff with a clubbing blow to the lower back.

00:45:23Nikita Koloff during the 80s,

00:45:25when he was one of the most dominant

00:45:26U.S. champions of all time.

00:45:29Sting turned the table.

00:45:30This time, it's Koloff's ribs into the steel.

00:45:35Well, he can only fault himself.

00:45:38He brought him down on the floor,

00:45:39did Koloff, and he paid for it.

00:45:41Look at this capacity crowd.

00:45:43Sting trying to fight his way back in the ring.

00:45:45Koloff back up.

00:45:47Sting, the worst for wear

00:45:51in this very intense one-on-one battle here on TBS.

00:45:58Got him up again, going for another.

00:46:01No, what a move!

00:46:02Oh, what great move, what great strength!

00:46:05He got him!

00:46:06There's his Tombstone Piledriver!

00:46:09And this time, Koloff doesn't jump up.

00:46:12This time, he doesn't jump up

00:46:13because Sting had great execution on that one.

00:46:16And I told you, Sting's got his second win right now.

00:46:19Sting with a kick to the midsection.

00:46:21And a chop to the back of the head.

00:46:24A chop to the pectoral region.

00:46:28Now Sting is stomping away.

00:46:30And this crowd loves it here in Knoxville, Tennessee.

00:46:36Tremendous power reserve.

00:46:38That right hand put him all the way in the neutral corner.

00:46:42He went for the Stinger Splash,

00:46:45but Koloff had it well scouted.

00:46:46Koloff's got his arm cocked for the Russian Sickle.

00:46:49He better duck or he better turn around.

00:46:51Oh, he's a dead, oh, he turned.

00:46:54Sting caught him.

00:46:55He's got him rolled up, and yes, he held him!

00:46:59Ladies and gentlemen, here's your winner, Sting!

00:47:04What a wrestling move by the Stinger,

00:47:06capitalizing on the first major mistake

00:47:10that Koloff made in the match.

00:47:13Like we said, it was a fight,

00:47:15but it came down to a great wrestling move.

00:47:18Stinger with great balance right here, reversing.

00:47:21And as you so aptly said, Jim, the Tombstone Piledriver.

00:47:26It was right there we knew he had his second win,

00:47:29and it was great execution that really turned things around.

00:47:32Sting was still weary, though,

00:47:34but he may have suckered him in,

00:47:35and then it came down to the wrestling move

00:47:38from the Stinger, and what a tremendous win.

00:47:40Fans, when we come back,

00:47:41PN News will be joined by Salt-N-Pepa

00:47:44as the Clash of Champions continues on TBS.

00:47:47♪♪

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00:49:18Yo, baby, yo, baby, yo!

00:49:21I said, yo, baby, yo, baby, yo!

00:49:26Yo, Knoxville!

00:49:30All right, the Rap Master, P.N. News.

00:49:33What about this guy?

00:49:34You talk about red-hotted world championship wrestling

00:49:37around the world, you've got to be feeling great

00:49:39not only being here on TBS, nationwide audience,

00:49:42but two of the hottest ladies in the world

00:49:44right with you, big guy.

00:49:46Wait a minute.

00:49:48Hey, wait a minute, P.N., this is not me.

00:49:52We have the appearance of Theodore Arlong

00:49:56and Johnny B. Bennett.

00:49:57Hey, I'm sorry about this.

00:49:58I didn't know this was happening.

00:50:01♪♪

00:50:08Apparently coming down here to the ring area,

00:50:11I guess they have something to say.

00:50:14♪♪

00:50:26I guess this is what you call crashing a party.

00:50:29Well, I don't want to know what you call it,

00:50:31but I call it this right here,

00:50:33the Godfather of the Godfather.

00:50:36Well, I don't want to know what you call it,

00:50:38but I call it this right here,

00:50:40the Godfather, Johnny B. Bennett,

00:50:42live Clash of the Champions, Knoxville, Tennessee.

00:50:45Now, I'm not here to tell P.N. News what up

00:50:49because I know what's up,

00:50:50and P.N. News needs to know what up.

00:50:53But first thing I want to do,

00:50:54I want to say a little something to your posse over here.

00:50:57Both of y'all can't be next,

00:50:59but one of y'all sure can be first.

00:51:01How about that?

00:51:04P.N. News, let me tell you something right now.

00:51:07I am the Godfather of World Championship Wrestling.

00:51:10Johnny B. Bennett is the original rap master,

00:51:13and don't you go around brainwashing,

00:51:15trying to fool all my people,

00:51:17talking about you're a rap master.

00:51:19Oh, hush, Johnny.

00:51:21Let me tell you one thing.

00:51:22I'm the prettiest man in World Championship Wrestling.

00:51:26And let me tell you one other thing.

00:51:29Knoxville and the world, P.N. News,

00:51:32you're nothing but a big old ugly bear.

00:51:35You're ugly.

00:51:36Oh, hush, Johnny. Oh, hush, Johnny.

00:51:39Yo, first of all, little man, back off.

00:51:43Hey, don't put your hand up.

00:51:45You know, what's up with you, man?

00:51:46Why you dissing me, huh?

00:51:48I ain't no big ugly bear, boy.

00:51:51If you want some of me, I'm right here.

00:51:55Uh-oh.

00:51:57You want some of this?

00:51:59Hey, what's your problem?

00:52:01You want right here.

00:52:02I'm right here. You want some of this?

00:52:04Oh, barely. He doesn't want any of that.

00:52:07The rap master, P.N. News, Peppa, and Spinderella,

00:52:11and more on TBS still to come.

00:52:21At 298 pounds,

00:52:25the Diamond Stud.

00:52:32Good God!

00:52:49Ladies and gentlemen, here's your winner,

00:52:51the Diamond Stud!

00:53:02The following tag team event,

00:53:05it is set for one fall,

00:53:07and it has a special stipulation.

00:53:10The individual loser of the fall

00:53:13must leave WCW.

00:53:16Introducing team number one,

00:53:18first, from Sweetwater, Texas,

00:53:21he weighs 278 pounds,

00:53:25Barry Wyndham!

00:53:30His tag team partner from Minnesota,

00:53:33255 pounds,

00:53:36the enforcer,

00:53:38Arn Anderson!

00:53:42I think that Knoxville Note says it all, Jim.

00:53:44This duo has tremendous success in tag team competition.

00:53:47That may be the big key here.

00:53:49I think you're exactly right.

00:53:50It could be the deciding factor.

00:53:52But they have to contend with a man 7 feet 7 inches tall.

00:53:55He's coming up.

00:53:58And ladies and gentlemen, their opponents.

00:54:02First, from Cincinnati, Ohio,

00:54:05weighing 227 pounds,

00:54:08Brian Bryan!

00:54:12His tag team partner from Argentina,

00:54:16at 7 feet 7 inches,

00:54:18he weighs 454 pounds,

00:54:22the largest athlete in the world,

00:54:25El Gigante!

00:54:31Well, you take a look at the former Cincinnati Bengals

00:54:34and the world's largest athletes,

00:54:36and yes, they are risking their careers,

00:54:38and Knoxville Note will tell you.

00:54:40But, you know, I think they have a very close friendship,

00:54:43and that may propel them to a win.

00:54:45It all started back, you know, in February at WrestleWar,

00:54:48when the big guy came and helped

00:54:50flying Bryan out of the war games.

00:54:55It will be Arn Anderson starting out against flying Bryan.

00:54:58Collar-and-elbow tie-up.

00:55:01Anderson trying to go for the leg.

00:55:03Flying Bryan, catching the chop.

00:55:05Those Ric Flair-like chops from flying Bryan

00:55:08are really something else.

00:55:10He's going for the pin early.

00:55:12He's got both arms hooked there.

00:55:15Anderson up.

00:55:17Good veteran move.

00:55:19The leg hooked again, and not wasting any time

00:55:21going for the pinning predicament.

00:55:23Was not a good strategy move by Arn Anderson

00:55:26to try to duke it out with flying Bryan.

00:55:28As we know, he can hit you, and wants to hit you, too.

00:55:35What impact here on TBS and WCW.

00:55:39Windham is hilarious.

00:55:40Spinning karate kick by flying Bryan.

00:55:43Trying to pin his arch-rival Barry Windham.

00:55:48Windham, the great second-generation wrestler.

00:55:50278 from Sweetwater, Texas.

00:55:52Oh, what a right hand!

00:55:55Big-time right by Barry Windham.

00:55:58And another one.

00:55:59And flying Bryan at 227 is the smallest man in the match.

00:56:04And there's a modified DDT by Barry Windham.

00:56:08Pillman may be pinned here.

00:56:09And he got kicked out.

00:56:11Got a shoulder up.

00:56:12Interesting strategy from flying Bryan

00:56:14and from El Gigante to start out with flying Bryan.

00:56:17Because that's exactly what Arn and Barry want.

00:56:19They want the smaller of the two men in there

00:56:21to try to do as much damage as possible.

00:56:24I think flying Bryan, once again,

00:56:25as we have seen earlier on with Sting,

00:56:27is letting his emotions carry him away here.

00:56:30Flying Bryan caught the knee right to the solar plexus.

00:56:33And Arn Anderson, a real ground specialist,

00:56:35going up to the top rope.

00:56:37And he's drop-kicked!

00:56:38Oh!

00:56:39Anderson drop-kicked right off the top!

00:56:42Flying Bryan.

00:56:43Eric Pillman just flew into Knoxville.

00:56:46Up and over!

00:56:48Oh, what a high-risk move!

00:56:55Flying Bryan wearing those tall, wrong-corner arms.

00:56:59What a huge hand!

00:57:01Completely engulfing the massive neck of Arn Anderson.

00:57:06Anderson almost choked out there.

00:57:08Well, Bryan letting his emotions now get with him.

00:57:11And he-oh, look at this!

00:57:13Flying Bryan with a power slam.

00:57:17Well, there's some teamwork here.

00:57:19Up on the giant's shoulders!

00:57:21What a move!

00:57:23Oh, my!

00:57:24He's got him!

00:57:25Oh, and Anderson stopped the count!

00:57:26He had him pinned right there!

00:57:28Pillman had him pinned!

00:57:29What a spectacular move!

00:57:32We were a second away from seeing the end of the career

00:57:35of Barry Windham in world championship wrestling.

00:57:37There's a power slam by Flying Bryan on Arn Anderson.

00:57:41Referee Randy Anderson, no relation,

00:57:43having trouble keeping him restrained.

00:57:46Windham tripped him!

00:57:47Windham grabbed the ankle of Flying Bryan,

00:57:49who was on the top rope.

00:57:51Windham-oh!

00:57:52He kicked him right in the face!

00:57:54Windham just kicked Flying Bryan in the face!

00:57:56He-he's got him!

00:57:57Oh, Pillman's lost!

00:57:59Ladies and gentlemen, here are your winners,

00:58:02Barry Windham and the Enforcer Arn Anderson!

00:58:06Flying Bryan must leave WCW!

00:58:11Only moments ago, we thought it was the end

00:58:13for Barry Windham.

00:58:14What a tremendous double-team maneuver,

00:58:16and Arn Anderson came right in.

00:58:18Actually, he was into the time, and he saved it.

00:58:20But with the action going on, and this was a mistake

00:58:23for Eli Gandhi to get on the floor,

00:58:25boy, that hit him, didn't it, Jim?

00:58:26Right in the face.

00:58:27Windham kicked him right in the face.

00:58:29Flying Bryan must leave WCW.

00:58:32And fans, here's Paul E. Dangerously

00:58:34with a very special Great American Bash report.

00:58:38Paul E. Dangerously,

00:58:40and this is a Great American Bash update.

00:58:42The Great American Bash will start on July the 3rd

00:58:45in East Rutherford, New Jersey, in the Meadowlands.

00:58:47Then it will cover the entire nation,

00:58:49such cities as Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Louis,

00:58:52and Los Angeles, just to name a few.

00:58:54It will tour the entire nation and end up

00:58:56in the Omni in Atlanta on Sunday night, August 25th.

00:59:00Every single year, the Great American Bash

00:59:02has an annual paper.

00:59:04Every single year, the Great American Bash

00:59:06has an annual pay-per-view.

00:59:07Once again this year, it will take place

00:59:09on Sunday night, July the 14th, in Baltimore, Maryland.

00:59:13Let's take a look at some of last year's excitement

00:59:15from the Baltimore Arena during the Great American Bash.

00:59:20Introducing first the challenger,

00:59:24from Tennessee, California,

00:59:28weighing 216 and 51 pounds,

00:59:33this is the world heavyweight champion,

00:59:42nature boy, Ric Flair!

00:59:49Belly to belly by Ricky Steiner,

00:59:51puts his brother on top.

00:59:53He's still out from the Frankensteiner.

00:59:56And the Steiners have won the victory.

00:59:59Ladies and gentlemen, the winners of the match,

01:00:03Ric and Scott, the Steiner Brothers!

01:00:10♪♪

01:00:18♪♪

01:00:24♪♪

01:00:34We are back live, ladies and gentlemen,

01:00:36to the Civic Auditorium in Knoxville, Tennessee.

01:00:38Jim Ross and Tony Schiavone here at ringside.

01:00:40And for the first time on live American television,

01:00:43the IWGP Tag Team Championship will be decided.

01:00:46The Steiners won it in March before 65,000 fans

01:00:50in the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.

01:00:52It was a historic moment for the Steiners.

01:00:54It's gonna be a historic moment here tonight on TBS.

01:00:57The Steiners, what a tremendous win.

01:00:59It was one of the greatest tag team wrestling events

01:01:01we had ever seen.

01:01:02And the Steiners went to Tokyo.

01:01:04The 15-hour plane ride.

01:01:05They were tired, but they came back

01:01:07with the IWGP Tag Team titles.

01:01:09Let's take a look at how the Steiners won it all.

01:01:12♪♪

01:01:17They have Sasaki up!

01:01:19Hase on the outside!

01:01:21There's the Bulldog.

01:01:23Oh, Sasaki's in big trouble.

01:01:25He looks like he's gonna try to set him up

01:01:28for the Frankensteiner.

01:01:29This crowd and these athletes know

01:01:31the Frankensteiner is the coup de grace.

01:01:35Listen to him!

01:01:36Here it is!

01:01:37He got him!

01:01:39The Frankensteiner!

01:01:41And he did it!

01:01:43The Steiners have won it here with that Frankensteiner.

01:01:47They have just made history.

01:01:49Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest,

01:01:52it is for the IWGP Tag Team Championship.

01:01:58It is set for one fall.

01:02:00Introducing first, the challengers.

01:02:02First, from Yokohama, Japan, weighing 230 pounds,

01:02:08Hiroshi Hase.

01:02:10His tag team partner from Tokyo, Japan,

01:02:14235 pounds,

01:02:16Nasahiro Shono.

01:02:19Hase in the yellow T-shirt, Shono in white.

01:02:22Two of the most phenomenal wrestlers

01:02:24in the world today.

01:02:26Well, as the Knoxville Notes will tell you,

01:02:29these two men mean business.

01:02:30And Hase, a former Olympian,

01:02:32Shono, interesting enough, was trained by Luthez,

01:02:35a man he wrestled not too long ago.

01:02:38And together, they have become quickly

01:02:40one of the greatest tag teams in the world.

01:02:46And ladies and gentlemen, their opponents.

01:02:49From Detroit, Michigan,

01:02:51total combined weight, 505 pounds,

01:02:55they are the IWGP Tag Team Champions,

01:03:00Rick Steiner, Scott Steiner,

01:03:03the Steiner Brothers.

01:03:07What an ovation for the Steiners,

01:03:09the most honored team in WCW wrestling history.

01:03:14Well, this is their first title defense

01:03:17of the IWGP title in the USA.

01:03:19But actually, Jim, this is their second IWGP title defense.

01:03:23Back on May 31st, they went to Osaka,

01:03:26and they went there for one night.

01:03:28They took that long plane ride over,

01:03:30successfully defended the titles in Japan

01:03:32in front of a capacity crowd,

01:03:34and they got them again.

01:03:36This time, the difference in the Japanese duo

01:03:40is that Shono has replaced Sasaki.

01:03:43They feel like the Shono style,

01:03:45he's really been on a roll in recent weeks

01:03:48throughout the Orient.

01:03:50Hase is the leader of this team.

01:03:52The man in yellow, the man in the long tights,

01:03:55as we take a look at the Steiner Brothers,

01:03:57is Shono, and it will be Hiroshi Hase

01:04:00starting out against Scott Steiner.

01:04:03We look forward to this because I really think

01:04:05of the evenly matched athletes we have.

01:04:07These two are as evenly matched as you'll find in the world,

01:04:09Hase and Scotty Steiner.

01:04:11Scotty Steiner, waist lock, go behind.

01:04:13And Hase in the ropes.

01:04:15We got a clean break there.

01:04:17As you saw in our Knoxville note,

01:04:19Hase represented Japan in the 1984 Olympics.

01:04:23He was also a two-time world freestyle champion,

01:04:26so he has got tremendous amateur skills.

01:04:29Single leg pickup.

01:04:31Nice counter move there by Scott Steiner

01:04:33coming up to the leg of his own.

01:04:35And a flat on the foot is a legal maneuver.

01:04:37The forearm, a legal blow to the back.

01:04:40Hase reverses the Irish whip.

01:04:42Nice leapfrog.

01:04:43Another single leg pickup.

01:04:45Oh, what a great karate kick.

01:04:47He caught Scott Steiner right in the face,

01:04:49and Steiner landed face first out here on the concrete floor.

01:04:52The first big offensive move of this contest,

01:04:55and it belongs to Hiroshi Hase.

01:04:58And it really crossed Scotty Steiner up

01:05:00because Hase is so quick.

01:05:03Hase was going to be a college professor

01:05:06working on his Ph.D.

01:05:09before he decided to make professional wrestling his career.

01:05:14And there's a hot shot maneuver

01:05:16right across the top rope.

01:05:19Big offensive move there.

01:05:21There's a lateral press,

01:05:23and he only got one out of it.

01:05:25That time, he got two.

01:05:27Scott trying to use his power there, Tony,

01:05:29to hold Hase down.

01:05:30I don't think that's going to be successful.

01:05:33No, Hase is too good of an athlete for that.

01:05:35Look at this bridge maneuver.

01:05:36You talking about power?

01:05:38Look at this, Jim.

01:05:41Oh, what a kick.

01:05:42What a karate kick.

01:05:44Oh, dynamic offensive move.

01:05:47He caught Scott Steiner right in the face.

01:05:51And the fans here in Knoxville

01:05:52and all around the world watching on TBS

01:05:55can only just ooh and ah in amazement

01:05:57of that offensive move.

01:05:58Oh, great move.

01:05:59Fireman carry takedown,

01:06:01and it caught Hase unaware,

01:06:03completely unprepared for that move.

01:06:05Scotty tags in big brother Rick Steiner,

01:06:08and they're barking in the pound here in Knoxville.

01:06:11One thing we need to look for here

01:06:13is the fact that as the match gets longer,

01:06:15it may wear down the Japanese team.

01:06:18Did you know right now, Jim,

01:06:19it's just after around, I guess, 10 o'clock in the morning.

01:06:23Tomorrow morning in Japan,

01:06:24they're on a different time clock than we are.

01:06:27It certainly has its effect.

01:06:29Rick Steiner hammers away with right hands.

01:06:31Those are all American rights, no doubt about that.

01:06:34Chono, great move.

01:06:36He held onto the ropes,

01:06:37and he kicked Rick Steiner so hard

01:06:40that it broke his headgear.

01:06:41Kicked him in the head so hard,

01:06:43it has shattered his headgear.

01:06:45Another karate kick to the head,

01:06:47and Rick Steiner comes back for more.

01:06:50He's leading with his chin.

01:06:52You know, that's a good point,

01:06:54leading with his chin in the Japanese.

01:06:56Oh! Steiner line!

01:06:58That could be sayonara for Chono here.

01:07:01When he go for the pin, he picks him up.

01:07:04Tags in his brother.

01:07:08Fore blow, clubbing blow.

01:07:10Clubbing blow to the back.

01:07:13Got him up on his shoulders now.

01:07:16There's the tag.

01:07:17Rick Steiner, the legal man.

01:07:20Elbow right off the top.

01:07:23They are standing here as this capacity crowd

01:07:27dearly loves the Steiners.

01:07:29What has been so tremendous about this exchange?

01:07:32Those blows by the foot by Chono,

01:07:34apparently absorbed by Rick Steiner.

01:07:37To come back with a great Steiner line

01:07:39to get this offense,

01:07:40but Chono is as resilient as Rick Steiner.

01:07:43Steiner's eyes are a little bit glazed,

01:07:47even more so than normal.

01:07:49There's a waist lock.

01:07:52Nice exchange there.

01:07:53A switch and a belly to back suplex.

01:07:56He planted it.

01:07:57The former heavyweight All-American

01:07:59from the University of Michigan

01:08:00with a great amateur move.

01:08:02Yeah, in so many years of World Championship Wrestling,

01:08:04we've talked about how eccentric,

01:08:06how goofy Rick Steiner is.

01:08:08That was a great wrestling move,

01:08:09and it was well thought out

01:08:10by the Dog Face Gremlin.

01:08:12Hase has Rick Steiner up on his shoulders.

01:08:15What's he gonna do with him here?

01:08:18Another fireman carry slam

01:08:21and a quick tag.

01:08:23Masa Chono now climbs to the top.

01:08:27There was a tag mate.

01:08:28He's holding him up.

01:08:32Chono on top.

01:08:34Shoulder block from the top rope.

01:08:37It was Hase with a waist lock.

01:08:39Chono with a shoulder block from the top.

01:08:42Chono wasted a lot of time here, Jim.

01:08:45He is the lesser experienced on his team.

01:08:53He's got him up.

01:08:54We'll get an airplane spin here.

01:08:56Now we got a fallaway slam.

01:08:59Rick Steiner in trouble.

01:09:00Hase off the top of the knee,

01:09:02right on the clavicle.

01:09:06He needs to get out of there.

01:09:08Rick Steiner being punished

01:09:09while senior referee Nick Patrick

01:09:11having his hands full.

01:09:13And this is Chono's favorite maneuver,

01:09:15the step over toe hold death lock.

01:09:18He calls it the STF.

01:09:20It's a submission maneuver,

01:09:21cross face lock.

01:09:24Outside, the referee is watching

01:09:27the action on the outside.

01:09:28Scotty suplexing Hase,

01:09:31but how much more pain can Rick Steiner take

01:09:34in this submission move?

01:09:36Scotty slipped off the top rope.

01:09:39Well, he was a little too anxious right there.

01:09:41He knew his brother was on the verge

01:09:43of being out cold,

01:09:44but he got in there as best he could,

01:09:46and it was effective.

01:09:47Rick Steiner's headgear completely mangled

01:09:50from those awesome kicks to the face.

01:09:52Double clothesline.

01:09:54A Steiner line, and I guess a,

01:09:57I don't know, a Chono line.

01:09:59I don't know what it's called,

01:10:00but it was effective.

01:10:01It was effective.

01:10:02It was effective.

01:10:03Both men are down.

01:10:04The fans here are standing.

01:10:05They have never seen a tag team encounter like this,

01:10:08and neither have I.

01:10:11Hase and Chono make the exchange,

01:10:14and so does Rick and Scott Steiner.

01:10:16Hase and Scotty, the legal man.

01:10:18Oh, what a Steiner line.

01:10:20Oh, my.

01:10:22Another Irish whip.

01:10:28Up and tilt-a-whirl.

01:10:32Hase on a Steiner line state fair ride

01:10:36with a tilt-a-whirl.

01:10:40High impact moves by the Steiners,

01:10:43but a great counter by Hase.

01:10:45Scotty, Scotty, double arm suplex position

01:10:48takes him down in a modified powerbomb.

01:10:53Incredible turn of events here.

01:10:55Steiner really has the adrenaline pumping

01:10:57right now, don't they?

01:11:00They've got the momentum.

01:11:05Chono almost out of it.

01:11:06His running lights are crossed.

01:11:08Belly-to-belly on the top.

01:11:11Oh, belly-to-belly.

01:11:13Hase to the pin, but Chono stopped the count.

01:11:15Hase, you could see with his right arm,

01:11:17was waving his partner in.

01:11:19Chono saw it, and he made the save.

01:11:21That's great communication between team members

01:11:23right there.

01:11:24He needed help.

01:11:25He knew it.

01:11:26Hase signals for his partner.

01:11:27Quick move there by Hase.

01:11:29Full Nelson.

01:11:30Full Nelson suplex.

01:11:31Oh, what a move.

01:11:32He may pin him.

01:11:33One, two.

01:11:34And Rick Steiner interrupted the count.

01:11:36Chono in.

01:11:37Kick to the back of the head, and Rick Steiner

01:11:39on the outside.

01:11:40And now, this dynamic team from Japan

01:11:44double-teaming Scott Steiner.

01:11:46The Irish whip.

01:11:47They double-teamed forearms right to his face.

01:11:52Steiner, who was an All-American at 191.

01:11:55At the University of Michigan.

01:11:59He got all Frankensteiners.

01:12:01He got the Frankensteiners.

01:12:02Run off the ropes.

01:12:04Yeah.

01:12:06And ladies and gentlemen, the winners,

01:12:08and still IWGP champions, the Steiner Brothers.

01:12:12Wait a minute.

01:12:13There's Dick Murdoch and Dick Slater.

01:12:17They're wrestling as a hard line.

01:12:19A tag team known as the Hardliners.

01:12:21Well, what in the world are they doing here?

01:12:23They're beating up everybody in the ring.

01:12:25Their fists are taped.

01:12:27Slater and Murdoch are in.

01:12:29And they're beating the Steiners up

01:12:31after this tremendous match.

01:12:33Knickbreaker by Slater.

01:12:35The Hardliners hitting the ring.

01:12:38They're hitting anything that moves.

01:12:40But we know why they're here.

01:12:42They're here.

01:12:44To take apart the Steiners.

01:12:48There has been talk that they wanted

01:12:50the World Tag Team Championship.

01:12:53Oh, man.

01:12:54They're trying to break Rick Steiner's arm.

01:12:57Stomping away.

01:12:59A vicious, unprovoked attack

01:13:01by Murdoch and Slater, the Hardliners.

01:13:05Too bold here, Jim.

01:13:06They're trying to take away the weapon,

01:13:08the Steiner line.

01:13:09We've got to get out of here.

01:13:11Oh, my goodness.

01:13:12We need help here in the ring.

01:13:13Fans, we'll be back in just a moment.

01:13:17Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest

01:13:19on Clash of the Champions.

01:13:21It is set for one fall.

01:13:23Introducing first, ladies and gentlemen,

01:13:26accompanied by the chairman of the board

01:13:29of the Diamond Exchange, Diamond Dallas Page

01:13:34from Florida.

01:13:36He weighs 298 pounds.

01:13:42His opponent from Atlanta, Georgia,

01:13:44Wildfire, Tummy Rich.

01:13:52Diamond Dallas Page.

01:13:54That's right.

01:13:55Diamond Dallas Page here

01:13:57with my latest acquisition, the Diamond Stud.

01:14:00Where's that come from?

01:14:01Where's that come from?

01:14:02The Diamond Stud.

01:14:04The Diamond Stud.

01:14:06The Diamond Stud.

01:14:08The Diamond Stud.

01:14:10Where's that girl?

01:14:11Where's that girl who applied for the job?

01:14:13Come on up here, toots.

01:14:15You might notice I don't have one of my Diamond Dolls

01:14:18here tonight.

01:14:19Well, there's a reason for that.

01:14:21We're searching across the country

01:14:23and around the world looking for a studette,

01:14:26and this babe here thinks she's got what it takes.

01:14:29Are you ready to peel the real deal, baby?

01:14:32Well, let's see what you got.

01:14:36Good God, blew her away.

01:14:38Another one bites the dust.

01:14:40You were wonderful.

01:14:41You were marvelous, baby, but see ya.

01:14:46Well, Diamond Dallas Page

01:14:49with a Diamond Stud, and the Diamond Stud,

01:14:526'7", 298, attacking Tommy Wildfire.

01:14:55Rich fans, we have just been informed

01:14:57that Murdoch and Slater, the Hardliners,

01:14:59have been fined $5,000

01:15:02for accosting the official,

01:15:04and that tragic altercation with Rick Steiner

01:15:07Steiner's arm severely injured.

01:15:10We'll hope to have a report on Rick Steiner's injury

01:15:12before we go off the air here on TBS.

01:15:16Tommy Rich with a great move to counter,

01:15:18but the Diamond Stud just too big and too powerful.

01:15:22Good point, Jim, and back very briefly

01:15:24about the Hardliners.

01:15:25It's good that WCW board of directors

01:15:27would do that so quickly to make a stand,

01:15:29but if you're Murdoch and you're Slater,

01:15:31you're probably saying-

01:15:32A twisted steel and sex appeal.

01:15:33Good God.

01:15:34You're probably saying, so what?

01:15:36They made their mark.

01:15:37They tried to take out one of the primary weapons

01:15:40of the Steiners,

01:15:41and I think they were very successful doing it.

01:15:42Many of our board of directors

01:15:43in attendance here this evening

01:15:44made that very quick decision,

01:15:46and bravo to them.

01:15:48The Diamond Stud, as we mentioned,

01:15:50weighs 298,

01:15:52and he's not carrying any excess baggage.

01:15:55He's quite a find for Diamond Dallas Page

01:15:58to go along with the United States Tag Team Champions,

01:16:01the Fabulous Freebirds,

01:16:03and their masked partner, Bad Street.

01:16:05Quite an entourage.

01:16:08The big man showing great agility.

01:16:11And Tommy Rich, the veteran

01:16:13and former world's heavyweight champion,

01:16:16pulled up his knees,

01:16:18and now Tommy showing his fire.

01:16:22He's got it.

01:16:23That's why they call him Wildfire.

01:16:26Tommy went for a cross-body press.

01:16:28The Diamond Stud too quick and moved out of the way.

01:16:31A lot of quickness for that big guy.

01:16:34Now, Diamond Dallas Page is saying D-D-D,

01:16:36which is the Diamond Death Drop,

01:16:37and it is awesome if he executes it right here.

01:16:41On his shoulders and drives him down.

01:16:43The Diamond Death Drop and the Diamond Stud

01:16:47remains undefeated.

01:16:49Ladies and gentlemen, here's your winner,

01:16:51the Diamond Stud!

01:16:54All right, fans, Jim Ross making his way over.

01:16:56He's gonna talk to the winner

01:16:57of our Sting look-alike contest.

01:16:59Meanwhile, in the ring,

01:17:00you gotta be impressed with this big guy,

01:17:03the Diamond Stud.

01:17:04Here's the D-D-D, Diamond Death Drop,

01:17:07and look at the execution.

01:17:08He keeps his head forward and his eyes straight out

01:17:11and drives the shoulders and the neck right down.

01:17:15Wow, the Diamond Stud is awesome.

01:17:21Right now, let's go to Jim Ross.

01:17:23Jim?

01:17:24Well, thank you very much, Tony.

01:17:25As we said, ladies and gentlemen,

01:17:26we have thousands of youngsters here this evening

01:17:29here in Knoxville,

01:17:30and in just a few moments,

01:17:31I'm going to be introducing you

01:17:33to the winner of the Sting look-alike contest.

01:17:36This week, here in Knoxville,

01:17:38we had a contest, and here is our winner,

01:17:41and I want to congratulate you.

01:17:43What's your name?

01:17:44Ben.

01:17:45Ben, where do you live?

01:17:46Knoxville, Tennessee.

01:17:47Knoxville, Tennessee!

01:17:48We got a winner here!

01:17:50I know that your favorite wrestler is the Stinger.

01:17:53Tell us why you love the Stinger.

01:17:54I love his face paint,

01:17:56and I think he's the best wrestler in the world.

01:17:59He's the coolest guy, and he's awesome.

01:18:01He's a cool guy.

01:18:02He's awesome, says Ben.

01:18:03Well, Ben, we've got a big surprise for you.

01:18:06For all your hard work,

01:18:07we're going to bring out right now,

01:18:09ladies and gentlemen,

01:18:10the Stinger from Venice Beach, California,

01:18:12and he's going to see one of his greatest,

01:18:15one of his young fans here.

01:18:17Here, Ben.

01:18:18Here he comes.

01:18:24Kids around the nation love this guy.

01:18:27From Venice Beach, California.

01:18:31And here he is.

01:18:34I know that kids, there's thousands of kids

01:18:36that paint their faces.

01:18:37You see them night after night.

01:18:39I know it's something special to you

01:18:41to see the kids that go to this much trouble

01:18:43to support you.

01:18:44Well, just look.

01:18:45Just look at his face.

01:18:46Look at mine.

01:18:47I'm only human.

01:18:49I mean, this would make anybody feel good.

01:18:51Let me just pick him up like that.

01:18:53I mean, you know,

01:18:54this right here gets me excited.

01:18:57It makes me feel good.

01:18:59High five, man.

01:19:00Yeah.

01:19:01I'll tell you.

01:19:02Hey, wait a minute.

01:19:03Wait.

01:19:04Oh, it's free.

01:19:05Come on.

01:19:07Koloff.

01:19:11What in the world is going on here

01:19:13as Koloff sneaking in

01:19:15and attacking the Stinger?

01:19:17Jim Ross close to the situation

01:19:19and the Stinger helpless.

01:19:22Somebody's got to get in here

01:19:23and control this maniac.

01:19:28With the team.

01:19:36There's the winner.

01:19:37Wait a second.

01:19:41Koloff is going after that youngster.

01:19:44He's going after...

01:19:45There's the youngster's mother in there.

01:19:48Oh, thank goodness for this.

01:19:51Oh, my God.

01:19:57Can you believe it?

01:20:01The youngster being sheltered by his mother

01:20:03and Jim Ross in to help it.

01:20:08And now the youngster

01:20:10checking over his fallen hero.

01:20:14What a scene

01:20:15at World Championship Wrestling.

01:20:17And we'll have more on TBS Fantasy

01:20:18right where you are.

01:20:22Join Nature Boy Ric Flair,

01:20:23the Total Package Lex Luger,

01:20:24Sting, and many other superstars

01:20:26of World Championship Wrestling

01:20:27for a once in a lifetime experience

01:20:29on the Bruise Cruise.

01:20:31Sail on the MS New Amsterdam

01:20:32from Tampa November 30th.

01:20:34And not only will you visit

01:20:35the exotic beaches off Key West,

01:20:37Cozumel, Grand Cayman,

01:20:38and Ocho Rios, Jamaica,

01:20:40but you can be part of special WCW events

01:20:42including beach parties,

01:20:43wrestling events,

01:20:44and photo and autograph sessions.

01:20:46Make your Bruise Cruise reservations now.

01:20:48At the time of your life

01:20:49on the Bruise Cruise.

01:20:51Woo!

01:21:06Ladies and gentlemen,

01:21:07the following contest,

01:21:08it is set for one fall.

01:21:10And the winner of this contest

01:21:12to wrestle for the WCW

01:21:15World Heavyweight Championship

01:21:18at the Great American Bash.

01:21:20Introducing first,

01:21:22from Tokyo, Japan,

01:21:24he weighs 237 pounds,

01:21:28The Great Muta!

01:21:34The Great Muta,

01:21:35ranked number two in the world.

01:21:40Jimmy moved up in the rankings,

01:21:41of course,

01:21:42and his primary weapon

01:21:44is the moonsault.

01:21:46And he really wants

01:21:48to propel himself

01:21:49to be able to take that world title

01:21:51ultimately back to Japan.

01:21:59At one time,

01:22:00he won over 50 matches in a row

01:22:02in WCW.

01:22:03What an outstanding competitor he is.

01:22:07And ladies and gentlemen,

01:22:09his opponent,

01:22:11from Chicago, Illinois,

01:22:14weighing 292 pounds,

01:22:17he is the WCW

01:22:19United States

01:22:21Heavyweight Champion,

01:22:23the Total Package,

01:22:25Max Luger!

01:22:30The Total Package,

01:22:32Max Luger!

01:22:36Six feet five, 292.

01:22:40The United States Heavyweight Champion

01:22:42and the number one contender

01:22:44for the WCW World Heavyweight Title.

01:22:46There's Bill Kazmaier.

01:22:48Bill Kazmaier,

01:22:49legitimately the world's strongest man.

01:22:51He holds over 50 world strength records.

01:22:54And nobody else holds that many.

01:22:57Bill Kazmaier with a Lex Luger shirt.

01:23:00Of course,

01:23:01his goal is to become the WCW World title holder.

01:23:04He told us

01:23:05that this is the beginning of the road for him.

01:23:08He feels right now,

01:23:09Bill Kazmaier shows that he's a Lex Luger fan.

01:23:12Luger tells us that this is the beginning of the road.

01:23:15He feels right now that he is at his best.

01:23:18And Jim, I would agree.

01:23:19He's in magnificent condition up to 292

01:23:23from 275.

01:23:26Take an eye on Muda.

01:23:27Keep an eye on him.

01:23:28His ritual.

01:23:30The Green Mist.

01:23:32The mysterious Green Mist.

01:23:37Muda, the former WCW World Television Champion.

01:23:42As Tony mentioned,

01:23:44in front of 65,000 fans,

01:23:46by using the Green Mist,

01:23:48he upset Sting in the Tokyo Dome back in March.

01:23:51Luger with a great power advantage here.

01:23:54Forcing Muda back into the turnbuckle.

01:23:56Jim, you mentioned the Green Mist,

01:23:57and that's a good point,

01:23:58as you take a look at Muda trying to get a quick advantage.

01:24:01I know Luger and Sting are very close.

01:24:03We've known that for a long time,

01:24:04and I hope that Luger looks at the tape from Japan

01:24:08and stays away from the Green Mist,

01:24:09because if he did it to Sting,

01:24:11he'll try to do it to Luger.

01:24:13I visited Lex and Sting

01:24:14at the Men Event Fitness Center in Atlanta

01:24:16not too long ago,

01:24:17and you wouldn't believe what they were doing.

01:24:19After they finished their workout,

01:24:20they were looking at tape over and over

01:24:22of the Muda-Sting match from the Tokyo Dome.

01:24:26Nice takedown by Luger,

01:24:28but a quick counter by the great Muda.

01:24:30Muda has tremendous martial arts skills.

01:24:33His feet are just as deadly as his hands.

01:24:36He's got great quickness,

01:24:38and that's one thing I think

01:24:39that's gonna give Luger a little trouble in this match,

01:24:42is Muda's quickness.

01:24:43And that's why this is a difficult match for Luger.

01:24:45The reason is, to be successful,

01:24:47he's gotta wrestle power moves,

01:24:49and that means getting close to Muda,

01:24:50but he's gotta stay away from him

01:24:51at the same time in those martial arts skills.

01:24:55Big chop by Muda

01:24:56on the huge chest of Lex Luger.

01:24:59Went for a roundhouse karate kick.

01:25:02Luger countered with a belly-to-back suplex.

01:25:05He's got the leg hooked.

01:25:06He's going for a pin and got two.

01:25:15Luger with a scoop slam,

01:25:16or Luger rather, on Muda.

01:25:18Luger got a lot of elevation,

01:25:20but the quickness of Muda again,

01:25:22coming to the front.

01:25:23He moved out of the way.

01:25:24Luger found nothing but air.

01:25:26Yeah, he got nice elevation.

01:25:27Actually, he got too much elevation that time,

01:25:29and it was just easy for the guy

01:25:31with the quickness of the Muda

01:25:32to roll out of the way that time.

01:25:35Great chop there by Muda.

01:25:38Sending Luger for the ride.

01:25:41Back drop as he elevates the 292-pounder.

01:25:46Muda, a world-class athlete,

01:25:49as evidenced by his number two ranking

01:25:51in the WCW top ten.

01:25:54And Luger has that strength.

01:25:56Extending the arms.

01:26:00A military slam.

01:26:026'5", 292, as we mentioned.

01:26:06And the winner of this match

01:26:07will wrestle for the world title

01:26:09on July 14th's Great American Bash.

01:26:11Pay-per-view.

01:26:12Nobody there.

01:26:14Spinning karate kick caught Luger

01:26:16right, I think, in the throat or the face.

01:26:19I couldn't see.

01:26:21A mistake from Luger,

01:26:22and this one could have cost him,

01:26:23because as we all know what Muda can do

01:26:26once he gets a definite advantage,

01:26:27which he has right now.

01:26:31Muda has spring elbow.

01:26:33Oh, my gosh!

01:26:34Up and over.

01:26:36Nobody there.

01:26:38Muda went up and over.

01:26:42Luger now has the opportunity

01:26:44to regroup and get back in that power mode.

01:26:48He's got him face locked.

01:26:51Luger, awesomely strong,

01:26:53but Muda came off.

01:26:55Oh, he went to spray him.

01:26:57Luger had his eyes up.

01:26:59He had his hand up on his eyes.

01:27:00He blocked it.

01:27:01Oh, and he caught him in a power slam

01:27:03with authority.

01:27:04That's it.

01:27:05Ladies and gentlemen,

01:27:06here's your winner,

01:27:07the total package,

01:27:09Lance Luger!

01:27:11Luger got his arm up just in time.

01:27:13Luger has won it,

01:27:14and we'll be back on The Clash

01:27:16right after this.

01:27:19Hollywood, California,

01:27:21weighing 254 pounds,

01:27:25stunning Steve Austin!

01:27:31Oh, my gosh!

01:27:33Oh, my gosh!

01:27:35Oh, my gosh!

01:27:37Oh, my gosh!

01:27:39Oh, my gosh!

01:27:41Oh, my gosh!

01:27:43Oh, my gosh!

01:27:45Oh, my gosh!

01:27:47Oh, my gosh!

01:27:49Oh, my gosh!

01:27:51Ladies and gentlemen,

01:27:52here's your winner,

01:27:53stunning Steve Austin!

01:28:00Ladies and gentlemen,

01:28:01the following contest,

01:28:02it is set for one fall.

01:28:04Introducing first,

01:28:05accompanied by Lady Blossom

01:28:07from Hollywood, California,

01:28:09weighing 258 pounds,

01:28:12stunning Steve Austin!

01:28:16His opponent from Baltimore, Maryland,

01:28:18227 pounds,

01:28:20jumping Joey Maggs!

01:28:24Ladies and gentlemen,

01:28:25the following contest,

01:28:26it is set for one fall.

01:28:28Joey Maggs!

01:28:30Of course, Steve Austin

01:28:31has accompanied with him

01:28:33at ringside Lady Blossom.

01:28:38Steve Austin,

01:28:39who is a tremendous athlete,

01:28:40he has only been wrestling professionally

01:28:42for about two years,

01:28:44but he's been one of the quickest starters

01:28:46ever in this sport.

01:28:47Certainly has, already number ten

01:28:48in the top ten rankings.

01:28:49Stunning Steve!

01:28:50He caught Joey Maggs

01:28:52right on the top rope

01:28:53and just drove him down

01:28:54on that steel ring cable.

01:28:56That's what he calls his stun gun.

01:28:58And then he threw him face first down.

01:29:00Stunning Steve with a stun gun.

01:29:02And he is here,

01:29:03and he means business.

01:29:04Ladies and gentlemen,

01:29:05the winner of the match,

01:29:07stunning Steve Austin!

01:29:11Fans will find out

01:29:12who the newest member is

01:29:13if it's a surprise

01:29:14of the York Foundation

01:29:15when we come back

01:29:17on the Clash of Champions.

01:29:20♪♪

01:29:29♪♪

01:29:39♪♪

01:29:49♪♪

01:29:57Ladies and gentlemen,

01:29:58here's your winner,

01:30:00Vlad Slug!

01:30:03♪♪

01:30:17Welcome back

01:30:18to the Clash of Champions

01:30:19and a big announcement

01:30:20from the York Foundation.

01:30:21Alexandra?

01:30:22This is a very big announcement.

01:30:24Ladies and gentlemen,

01:30:25in this building

01:30:26and all around the world,

01:30:28may I present to you

01:30:30the newest York Foundation member,

01:30:33Richard Morton.

01:30:35♪♪

01:30:37Well, it certainly was, uh,

01:30:39comes as no surprise

01:30:40after his actions earlier,

01:30:42Richard Morton.

01:30:45Certainly looking corporate.

01:30:49I can't believe

01:30:50he's gonna turn his back

01:30:51on all the millions of fans

01:30:54that have followed him

01:30:55when he was a member

01:30:56of the Rock and Roll Express.

01:30:57He's so faithful.

01:30:58He's so loyal.

01:30:59Hi, Jim.

01:31:00That's a good point.

01:31:01And here he is,

01:31:02the newest member,

01:31:03Richard Morton.

01:31:04Well, you know, Tony,

01:31:06this is the greatest

01:31:07day of my life

01:31:08and the greatest opportunity

01:31:09because, you know,

01:31:10when I signed the contract,

01:31:12that means I never have to sign

01:31:14another autograph.

01:31:16I'll tell you what.

01:31:17Now, that's a pretty bold

01:31:18statement coming.

01:31:19Wait a second.

01:31:20Robert Gibson.

01:31:21Hey, what are you doing

01:31:22out here, man?

01:31:23Hey, I called you.

01:31:24You never returned

01:31:25my phone call.

01:31:26Hey, the doctor released me.

01:31:27I'm ready to rock and roll.

01:31:29Hey, you've been four times

01:31:30World Tag Team Champions, man.

01:31:32What's the deal?

01:31:33What is the deal?

01:31:34The deal is money

01:31:35and big money at that.

01:31:37Hold it.

01:31:38That's not in the contract.

01:31:40That's not in the contract.

01:31:41No, that is not in the contract.

01:31:45You know, Robert,

01:31:46I've been waiting

01:31:4710 years to do this.

01:31:48Oh, my God.

01:31:49No, Ricky,

01:31:50don't hit Robert.

01:31:52Ricky Morton

01:31:53on his partner.

01:31:54They were like brothers.

01:31:56Morton to the pile driver

01:31:57on Robert Gibson.

01:31:59This is appalling.

01:32:00There's Dustin Rhodes.

01:32:03Oh.

01:32:05Oh, my gosh.

01:32:07I don't know what to say.

01:32:08We'll be back.

01:32:09I can't believe it.

01:32:11Come on!

01:32:14Ladies and gentlemen,

01:32:15we've finally got this.

01:32:16It is for the WTW

01:32:18World Heavyweight Championship.

01:32:22It is set for the first

01:32:23two or three days

01:32:25with TV time is in the law

01:32:27and 30-second press periods

01:32:29between fights.

01:32:31Each of this is worth

01:32:32a challenge,

01:32:33and that's what's

01:32:34going to decide

01:32:35the winner of this

01:32:36World Heavyweight Championship.

01:32:40Each of this is worth

01:32:41a challenge,

01:32:42and that's what's

01:32:43from Alabama,

01:32:44weighing 235 pounds,

01:32:48the world heavyweight.

01:32:54There is the challenger,

01:32:56ranked number four

01:32:57in the world.

01:33:05And, ladies and gentlemen,

01:33:07his opponent,

01:33:08he is from Charlotte,

01:33:09North Carolina.

01:33:11He weighs 242 pounds,

01:33:15and he is the WCW

01:33:18World Heavyweight Champion,

01:33:21Nature Boy,

01:33:23Ric Flair!

01:33:31Tremendous crowd,

01:33:32as you have seen.

01:33:34Every seat has been sold

01:33:36for this event.

01:33:39Beautiful Bobby,

01:33:40of course,

01:33:41the man with the

01:33:42high-flying Alabama jam.

01:33:44And, of course,

01:33:45you know,

01:33:46we've said it so many times

01:33:47about his tag team wrestling

01:33:48in the past,

01:33:49but that's all in the past.

01:33:50The future for Beautiful Bobby

01:33:51has been singles competition,

01:33:52and he has been one of the

01:33:53most tremendous athletes

01:33:54over the past

01:33:55three or four months.

01:33:56I think we should say, Jim,

01:33:57as we take a look

01:33:58at the Nature Boy,

01:33:59Ric Flair,

01:34:00in our Knoxville notes,

01:34:01you know,

01:34:02he is a legend

01:34:03in world championship wrestling.

01:34:04And this match

01:34:05right here is something

01:34:06that you and I

01:34:07have been wanting to see

01:34:08for, I know,

01:34:09a good six years.

01:34:10You know,

01:34:11one of the great things

01:34:12about our job

01:34:13is that we are wrestling fans.

01:34:14I'm not embarrassed

01:34:15to say I'm a wrestling fan.

01:34:16I love the fans.

01:34:17I love WCW wrestling,

01:34:18but this is what

01:34:19it's all about.

01:34:20This,

01:34:21there is nothing

01:34:22in the world

01:34:23that can compare

01:34:24with a matchup

01:34:25we are about to see.

01:34:26Nature Boy,

01:34:27Ric Flair,

01:34:28the heavyweight champion

01:34:29in Beautiful Bobby.

01:34:30This is two out of three falls

01:34:31with television

01:34:32time remaining.

01:34:33This is WCW.

01:34:34This is our kickoff

01:34:35of the summer.

01:34:36It's going to be

01:34:37a tremendous summer,

01:34:38and you can't get

01:34:39any better than this

01:34:40right on TVX.

01:34:41What a night it's been.

01:34:42You know,

01:34:43we have mentioned

01:34:44about returning

01:34:45to Atlanta's Omni

01:34:46on June 23rd.

01:34:47The kickoff

01:34:48of the Great American Bash

01:34:49is on July the 3rd

01:34:50in the Meadowlands

01:34:51in East Rutherford,

01:34:52New Jersey.

01:34:53But this is really

01:34:54a kickoff.

01:34:55Flair trying to intimidate

01:34:56Beautiful Bobby

01:34:57at the after party

01:34:58with a kickoff

01:34:59of the Great American Bash.

01:35:00Flair trying to intimidate

01:35:01Beautiful Bobby

01:35:02at the outset here,

01:35:03and the quiet man

01:35:04from Huntsville, Alabama,

01:35:05just slapped the taste

01:35:06out of the Nature Boy's mouth.

01:35:07Flair knows he cannot

01:35:08intimidate Beautiful Bobby.

01:35:09I mean, he's a veteran also,

01:35:10and a veteran,

01:35:11a champion veteran.

01:35:12Flair knows that.

01:35:13Flair's just gonna test him

01:35:14out a little bit right here,

01:35:15because two out of three falls,

01:35:16you know,

01:35:17there's a long time

01:35:18to go in this match.

01:35:19Another collar and elbow tie,

01:35:20both men feeling

01:35:21each other out,

01:35:22basically here

01:35:23in the early going,

01:35:24but they know

01:35:25each other very well.

01:35:26Beautiful Bobby

01:35:27dropped down

01:35:28to the mat

01:35:29Beautiful Bobby

01:35:30dropped down,

01:35:31but Flair

01:35:32thought one move

01:35:33would hit.

01:35:34Oh, what a chop!

01:35:35Beautiful Bobby

01:35:36with a ride.

01:35:37Nice football block

01:35:38by Beautiful Bobby.

01:35:39This time,

01:35:40Flair dropped down,

01:35:41and Beautiful Bobby

01:35:42had that move

01:35:43well scouted.

01:35:44Dropped a couple

01:35:45of elbows.

01:35:46He caught Flair

01:35:47up and over

01:35:48from that clothesline,

01:35:49and the heavyweight

01:35:50champion of the world,

01:35:51Nathan Flair,

01:35:52is the champion

01:35:53of the world.

01:35:54Flair,

01:35:55the champion

01:35:56of the world,

01:35:57and the heavyweight

01:35:58champion of the world,

01:35:59Nature Boy,

01:36:00Ric Flair,

01:36:01being severely tested

01:36:02in the early going

01:36:03by Beautiful Bobby.

01:36:04From the moment

01:36:05Flair tried to get Bobby

01:36:06to the neutral corner

01:36:07and chop him

01:36:08in the chest,

01:36:09you could see

01:36:10that Bobby

01:36:11was well prepared.

01:36:12He fought his way

01:36:13out of the corner,

01:36:14fought his way

01:36:15into the next corner,

01:36:16prepared for Flair

01:36:17to drop down,

01:36:18and took him

01:36:19right outside.

01:36:20Great wrestling

01:36:21from Bobby.

01:36:22Flair has been

01:36:23to the big dance

01:36:24before.

01:36:25Legendary status

01:36:26to get impatient.

01:36:27He's got to wrestle

01:36:28his match

01:36:29as he can wrestle.

01:36:30That's right,

01:36:31and that's a great point.

01:36:32He has to make Flair

01:36:33come to him,

01:36:34and that's a tough

01:36:35thing to do.

01:36:36Not many people

01:36:37have been able

01:36:38to do that.

01:36:39Flair's a master

01:36:40of dictating the pace.

01:36:41Forearm right to the ear,

01:36:42jaw,

01:36:43Beautiful Bobby.

01:36:44Flair,

01:36:45those chops

01:36:46are just legendary.

01:36:47Oh, man.

01:36:48Right above us,

01:36:49and it's echoing

01:36:50throughout the

01:36:51Civic Coliseum.

01:36:52Flair's got

01:36:53to make Flair

01:36:54come to him.

01:36:55Right above us,

01:36:56and it's echoing

01:36:57throughout the

01:36:58Civic Coliseum

01:36:59here in Knoxville.

01:37:00Straight right hand

01:37:01from the heavyweight

01:37:02champion of the world.

01:37:03Tremendous impact

01:37:04here in WCW.

01:37:05And even with a right.

01:37:06Beautiful Bobby

01:37:07from Huntsville,

01:37:08Alabama.

01:37:09A succession

01:37:10of right hands.

01:37:11Flair in trouble.

01:37:12Bobby was going

01:37:13to go for the

01:37:14cover right there.

01:37:15Irish hip to Flair.

01:37:16There's the backdrop.

01:37:17High elevation.

01:37:18Flair's got

01:37:19to make Flair

01:37:20come to him.

01:37:21Oh, man.

01:37:22Flair's got to

01:37:23make Flair come to him.

01:37:24High elevation.

01:37:25Flair landing on his

01:37:26lower back.

01:37:27He's got him.

01:37:28He may have him.

01:37:29Hook the leg,

01:37:30and he got out

01:37:31of four of the three.

01:37:32I thought he did.

01:37:33When Flair went

01:37:34face first moments ago,

01:37:35notice how Bobby squared

01:37:36himself in front of

01:37:37Ric Flair,

01:37:38making sure that he had

01:37:39his eyes right on

01:37:40the world champion

01:37:41because a lot of times

01:37:42Flair will lull you

01:37:43into the sense

01:37:44that you have it,

01:37:45and then you'll come

01:37:46back with an offensive move.

01:37:47Bobby did not allow him

01:37:48to do that.

01:37:49Good move, Bobby.

01:37:50Flair somewhat cautious

01:37:51at this juncture

01:37:52in the contest.

01:37:53Flair's backing off

01:37:54a little bit here.

01:37:55At least I thought.

01:37:56This match has a television

01:37:57time remaining.

01:37:58That would certainly be

01:37:59in Flair's favor.

01:38:00Nice hip-lock takeover

01:38:01by beautiful Bobby.

01:38:02Going for a short-arm

01:38:03scissors there.

01:38:04That's a submission maneuver.

01:38:05He's got him.

01:38:06He's got him.

01:38:07He's got him.

01:38:08He's got him.

01:38:09He's got him.

01:38:10He's got him.

01:38:11He's got him.

01:38:12He's got him.

01:38:13He's got him.

01:38:14He's got him.

01:38:15He's got him.

01:38:16He's got him.

01:38:17He's got him.

01:38:18He's got him.

01:38:19That's a painful takeover

01:38:20of Senior Referee Nick Patrick,

01:38:21though exercising the count.

01:38:22His shoulders are down.

01:38:25Beautiful Bobby,

01:38:26at least temporarily,

01:38:27has grounded

01:38:28the World's Champion.

01:38:29And I've never seen

01:38:30Ric Flair give up or submit.

01:38:33And I don't think Bobby

01:38:34expects him to here.

01:38:36But he certainly wants

01:38:37to send a message

01:38:38to Ric Flair

01:38:39and maybe do some damage

01:38:40that may help

01:38:41to wear him down later on.

01:38:43Beautiful Bobby holding on

01:38:44to that short-arm scissors.

01:38:46Putting a tremendous

01:38:47amount of power

01:38:48a tremendous amount of pressure on the elbow of Nature Boy, Ric Flair.

01:38:55Flair is legendary, his cardiovascular conditioning is renowned in the sport.

01:39:02But Bobby Eaton has dropped to 235, seven pounds lighter than Flair.

01:39:08And that could be a factor also in this two out of three fall event.

01:39:12It could be a factor as Bobby has dropped some weight.

01:39:15Could it affect his stamina in this match?

01:39:17It's a big question.

01:39:18Right now, though, if he keeps him on the mat, he'll have plenty of stamina.

01:39:22As we're getting into the weenie moments of this match.

01:39:24Flair to the ropes, right hand.

01:39:27Beautiful, Bobby, bringing the oohs and aahs in the crowd with that right.

01:39:31And now he's working on the arm, continuing to work on the arm.

01:39:35The sign of a great veteran staying focused on the one body part that he's

01:39:40singled out, that he's worked on, hammerlock.

01:39:43Flair trying to find a way out, nice drop toehold from the Nature Boy.

01:39:48Wow, what a move, and that's why he's the champion.

01:39:50That was tremendous.

01:39:51Boom, boom, top, and a right hand.

01:39:55How many of those right hands will Ric Flair be able to take from beautiful Bobby?

01:40:02Right behind us, a little close for comfort here.

01:40:06Flair stalling for time now on the outside.

01:40:09I don't know what he's expecting to do here, but

01:40:12what he was expecting to do is what he wanted to do.

01:40:14And that was get the advantage by having Bobby come in after him.

01:40:17Bobby made a mistake there, Tony.

01:40:18This is two out of three falls.

01:40:20He should have stayed in the ring.

01:40:22If Flair's counted out, he's down one fall to none.

01:40:25That's right.

01:40:29Fans are chanting Bobby's name, Jim.

01:40:31What's it doing?

01:40:33They love this guy.

01:40:34I'll tell you something, what a humble kid.

01:40:37Huntsville, Alabama.

01:40:40Got in the sport when he was 17 years of age, but

01:40:43it got into it sooner than Atlantic.

01:40:45Another chop.

01:40:48Man, Flair's hitting beautiful Bobby with a heavy artillery.

01:40:52It's dynamite chops, and Eden rammed his head, I think, hit the ring post.

01:40:59Either hit the ring post or

01:41:01hit that piece of steel that hooks the turnbuckle to the ring post.

01:41:05Regardless of what happened, it's giving Flair the advantage.

01:41:11Lex Luger will have his opportunity to wrestle.

01:41:15For this very championship at our pay-per-view on July 14th.

01:41:20What a great crowd.

01:41:21These people are having a great time tonight.

01:41:23If you have the opportunity to see live WCW action,

01:41:27then don't miss it, bring the entire family.

01:41:32Bobby's gotta get out of this corner immediately.

01:41:35Those chops will break down your pectoral muscles.

01:41:39They will affect your punching power.

01:41:41For those contusions on the chest and on the arms.

01:41:46It will also affect your balance if you like to go on the top rope like Bobby does.

01:41:50Flair drops a knee across the head.

01:41:53He's got an impending predicament.

01:41:54Half Nelson, leg hooked.

01:41:57Try to go for it again.

01:41:59And beautiful Bobby got the right shoulder up.

01:42:01Right up now, baby.

01:42:05What a broadcast we have had, and we certainly hope you fans will join us.

01:42:10This weekend on TBS, each and every weekend.

01:42:15For the very finest in wrestling action.

01:42:18And we're gonna have some comments from many of the competitors on our Saturday

01:42:21broadcast.

01:42:21Flair's feet are on the ropes.

01:42:23Trying to get a cheap one here.

01:42:25He'll take it any way he can.

01:42:27Two out of three falls.

01:42:28You've gotta take any fall in any manner that presents itself.

01:42:33Well, that's true.

01:42:33That's not the most honorable thing to do.

01:42:36But it gets the result done, which is win the match.

01:42:39Or at least win the pinfall in this case.

01:42:43Another tremendous shot by Flair.

01:42:46Eaton's chest becoming very bruised, very discolored, but he fights back.

01:42:51Stinging jabs by Flair.

01:42:53Right hand by beautiful Bobby.

01:42:56Eaton fighting back with all he's got.

01:42:58And Flair now reeling back in the corner.

01:43:02Can you believe the perseverance of beautiful Bobby?

01:43:04He is such an athlete.

01:43:06Flair going up top.

01:43:09This move is well scouted.

01:43:11And beautiful Bobby slams him right off the top rope.

01:43:14And it's almost as if you can feel the momentum switching and changing.

01:43:17Flair upside down.

01:43:19He's on the apron.

01:43:20And a right hand knocks him to the floor.

01:43:22You could feel the momentum changing before he went up top.

01:43:26So it was a mistake for Ric Flair to try that move when Bobby was coming back.

01:43:29And here's your end result right here.

01:43:31Beautiful Bobby now has the opportunity to put Flair away.

01:43:35There's a backbreaker.

01:43:37Tremendous move by beautiful Bobby.

01:43:39That backbreaker.

01:43:42Flair trying to navigate his way back up.

01:43:45And it's beautiful.

01:43:46Bobby with a neckbreaker.

01:43:48He caught him with that neckbreaker.

01:43:51Flair, if he has one weakness, it could be his neck.

01:43:56You're right, and that goes back to the back injury he suffered many years ago.

01:44:00In the airplane crash, where it was broken.

01:44:02And beautiful Bobby now, he's gonna try the Alabama Jam.

01:44:06If he hits it, yeah, he did.

01:44:09He's got it.

01:44:10He hooks the leg.

01:44:13Beautiful Bobby with the first fall.

01:44:15Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the first fall, Beautiful Bobby.

01:44:21There will now be a 30 second rest period between falls.

01:44:27And I'm not so sure the 30 seconds will be enough for Ric Flair to recuperate.

01:44:32What a high risk move.

01:44:33He went for his ace in the first fall.

01:44:36He went for his ace, the Alabama Jam, but

01:44:38what set it up was a swinging neckbreaker.

01:44:40Double trouble on the neck of Nature Boy Ric Flair,

01:44:43who is still down as we're talking and showing you the replay of the first fall.

01:44:47I think Beautiful Bobby may have this match won in two falls, Jim.

01:44:50Beautiful Bobby is standing.

01:44:53Flair having trouble.

01:44:55He's back on his back now, trying to get on his hands and knees there.

01:44:59Flair's neck in tremendous, obviously tremendous pain, his neck injured.

01:45:06As we said, I think it was 75 when Flair went down in a plane crash.

01:45:10That neck is his Achilles heel, so to speak.

01:45:13What a, what rights and lefts by Beautiful Bobby.

01:45:19Flair stood up, can you believe that?

01:45:21Flair came right up and instinctively buried the foot right to the abdomen.

01:45:27Another tremendous chop, and a right hand.

01:45:30Beautiful Bobby has retaliated each and every time, and

01:45:34the World's Heavyweight Championship is in dire straits here.

01:45:39It was a tremendous job, but Flair doesn't have the effects he once had with

01:45:44those jobs because of the neckbreaker.

01:45:46He's got it in a penny for, not close, not close.

01:45:50Six inches away from a new heavyweight champion in two straight falls.

01:45:54Flair can't hold him.

01:45:55Beautiful Bobby again on top, a lateral press, and

01:45:57Flair got the shoulder up, and I mean just barely, ladies and gentlemen.

01:46:01Flair has lost a lot of his upper body strength thanks to the assault by

01:46:04Beautiful Bobby on the neck.

01:46:05Got a neckbreaker again.

01:46:07That's it, this should be all, that is it.

01:46:10Beautiful Bobby, now going for the top, Flair trying to get back up.

01:46:16Beautiful Bobby sees Flair, smart move by Bobby Eaton.

01:46:20Catches Flair with a right hand.

01:46:22He wants to put on the Alabama Jam once again, Jim, it's obvious.

01:46:26But Flair will not stay down.

01:46:29Flair, he got the ropes, and beautiful, my gosh.

01:46:34Eaton went off, his knee hit the floor.

01:46:37Beautiful Bobby's knee hit the concrete floor.

01:46:40Flair shook the ropes, and Bobby Eaton lost his balance standing on the top rope.

01:46:46Jim, that was just like a knee drop, but he hits the concrete floor that time.

01:46:50There's no give right there with the exception of that very thin mat.

01:46:54Referee's counting, he's got ten to get back in here, that's it.

01:46:58Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the second fall as a result of a count out,

01:47:03meet your boy, Ric Flair.

01:47:06Well, Flair still smarting from that neck breaker, but

01:47:10the story right now is right there.

01:47:13Beautiful, Bobby holding his knee.

01:47:18We're about halfway through the rest period.

01:47:23Beautiful, Bobby may not be able to continue here.

01:47:25I don't think he can.

01:47:26I think what's gonna happen is Nick Patrick may just turn around and

01:47:29count ten again, the match will be over with.

01:47:32Flair's neck has been injured.

01:47:36The bell sounds, now we are beginning the third fall.

01:47:39Eaton won the first fall of the Alabama Jam.

01:47:41Flair has just won the second fall via count out, and Eaton holding his leg.

01:47:45He can, I don't know if he can even stand, Tony.

01:47:47He better worry about his career as much as he can the world title.

01:47:51Beautiful Bobby, Flair stood him up.

01:47:53He has to be going through tremendous pain.

01:47:57Beautiful Bobby's, right hand.

01:47:58His mobility has severely, gotta be severely lessened, but

01:48:02he will not quit.

01:48:04The youngster from Huntsville, Alabama, setting the world's champion on the top.

01:48:09Catching him with the right hand.

01:48:11What's he going for here, a superplex?

01:48:13I don't know, I don't know if he can hold him with a superplex.

01:48:17On top, he got it, he got it, and he twisted that neck.

01:48:24He may have him right here, if Beautiful Bobby could get to Flair and

01:48:27cover him here, we may have a new world champion.

01:48:31Now he's crawling there, but that knee is still hurting him.

01:48:33I think the knee prevented him from getting as much effect as he could on

01:48:36the suplex, let's see.

01:48:38Lateral press, we're inches, that was three or four inches.

01:48:44I promise you, three or four inches away from a new world's heavyweight champion.

01:48:49Flair's neck has been battered.

01:48:50Uh-oh, no.

01:48:52And he goes, he tried to bring his knee right across Flair's own leg.

01:48:59And now Flair, with his bonded figure four leg lock,

01:49:02there's none other like it in WCW.

01:49:06He's using the rope for leverage, my God, his leg could be snapped.

01:49:10The referee caught it, good officiating by Nick Patrick.

01:49:14That could have been it right there.

01:49:16I can't see how much more pressure Bobby can take on this knee.

01:49:19What a gutsy performance, just to stay in there.

01:49:22What courage, he's got him, he's got him, he's got him right there, one, two.

01:49:26And hey, man, great instinct by Beautiful Bobby and

01:49:30Flair with a shoulder block right to the knee.

01:49:33Boy, this is everything you tuned in to see, fans, look at it.

01:49:36Flair now, with a figure four, will he get him here?

01:49:43Eden has gotta give it up, his leg will be broken.

01:49:47His leg will be snapped like a twig, cuz nobody in the world can execute

01:49:51the figure four leg lock like Nature Boy Ric Flair.

01:49:56Flair's trying to drive it right in now.

01:49:58Eden is in tremendous pain.

01:50:03Beautiful Bobby Eden, almost white from pain.

01:50:08And Flair's got it locked in as well as he can, he's using the ropes again.

01:50:13For more leverage, look at Eden's ankle, twisted severely against the grain.

01:50:19That's it.

01:50:24Man, Flair used the ropes for additional leverage, but

01:50:27I think at this point, it was academic.

01:50:31What a courageous effort.

01:50:34Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the third and

01:50:39deciding fall and still WCW World Heavyweight Champion,

01:50:44Nature Boy Ric Flair.

01:50:46Tremendous matchup, great courage by Beautiful Bobby Eden and

01:50:53Nature Boy Ric Flair as it stands right now.

01:50:58We'll be facing Lex Luger on July 14th in Baltimore for

01:51:03the World's Heavyweight Championship.

01:51:05But Tony, I think we must, we'd be very remiss if we didn't say that we've seen

01:51:09a tremendously courageous effort by Beautiful Bobby Eden.

01:51:14It would have been very easy for Beautiful Bobby to stay on the outside and

01:51:18not worry about further damage to the knee, but he wouldn't do that.

01:51:21He wanted to get back inside and go for it.

01:51:23He even was able to get Flair up on the top for a superplex,

01:51:27although the effect was not there because of his loss of balance.

01:51:30But Flair really took it home when he drove him in with a figure four leg lock.

01:51:35It has been a tremendous, tremendous night here on TBS, ladies and gentlemen.

01:51:39Tony, we have seen Lex Luger advance to that match we mentioned with a great

01:51:45But what about the situation, an appalling situation with Nikita Koloff and Sting?

01:51:52Nikita Koloff has shown us that he is a man that will not stop until he gets what

01:51:56he wants.

01:51:56What that is, Jim, I don't know.

01:51:58Apparently he wants Sting out of World Championship Wrestling.

01:52:00Someone has to do something.

01:52:02I don't know about the severity of Sting's injury, but you were right there.

01:52:05The Hardliners, Dick Murdoch, Dick Slater, fined $5,000 for accosting the referee.

01:52:10We understand Rick Steiner's arm is being x-rayed.

01:52:13They tried to take him out.

01:52:15They tried to take him out, but they got it done.

01:52:17$5,000 or not, the Hardliners are moving right up quickly.

01:52:20Ladies and gentlemen, for our entire crew, I want to thank Missy Hyatt,

01:52:24Paul E. Danvers, I don't know why Paul E., my colleague Tony Schiavone.

01:52:27Ladies and gentlemen, for our entire crew, I'm Jim Ross.

01:52:30We'll see you Saturday morning on the Power Hour.

01:53:02We'll see you Saturday morning on the Power Hour.

01:53:07We'll see you Saturday morning on the Power Hour.

01:53:12We'll see you Saturday morning on the Power Hour.

01:53:17We'll see you Saturday morning on the Power Hour.

01:53:22We'll see you Saturday morning on the Power Hour.

01:53:27We'll see you Saturday morning on the Power Hour.

01:53:32We'll see you Saturday morning on the Power Hour.

WCW Clash of the Champions 15: Knocksville USA: June 14, 1991

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