Goldberg Vs. Bret Hart (WCW World Heavyweight Championship)
WCW Monday Nitro (December 20, 1999)
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00:00I can't believe what I'm hearing, this is going to happen tonight, the PDB said yes, and he didn't know what to say.
00:06What an emotional speech by Piper.
00:09A tear to my eyes.
00:11The last time I felt that much emotion was when Richard Nixon said goodbye.
00:16Goldberg makes his way to the ring, I want to remind you available on newsstands everywhere today,
00:21the new WCW magazine available right now, Goldberg on the cover,
00:26and inside you are going to see a day in the life of Goldberg,
00:30following Goldberg around with pictures and a great story,
00:34available in the latest edition of WCW, the magazine.
00:38Goldberg makes the long walk.
00:41He is not the champion, you saw this night when one of the fans of Goldberg got screwed.
00:46We now know why.
00:48What we don't know, and what has put us on the edge of our seats,
00:52much like it's put Jeff Jarrett, much like it's put many of you back home,
00:56watching this program, is what?
00:59The powers that be met about something big going down.
01:07There is the man!
01:15We have seen just about, I would venture to say, a little bit of everything tonight,
01:19wouldn't you say Mike?
01:20It would be very difficult to recap the whole night, but it's been a wild one.
01:25It really has been, Tony, a very memorable evening.
01:28Right from the start, Kevin Nash coming out in a very serious tone,
01:33talking about what so many wrestlers have fought through the years,
01:37and now this, the matchup for the world's heavyweight title.
01:41Neither man a champion.
01:43Bret, the Hitman Hart vacated the belt that he worked so hard to attain.
01:47The winner between Bret Hart and Goldberg will be crowned the WCW champion.
01:52I still think that was a bad move, Mike.
01:54You've got that gold, you're the world champion, and you give it back?
01:57No.
01:58You just don't do that.
02:00Well, forget about it now, because that's exactly what he's done,
02:05and Goldberg and Bret Hart, too.
02:07Vacated world title, Billy Shultzman, the referee, signed to this one.
02:11Well, someone's going to walk out of here.
02:14WCW heavyweight champion.
02:16Never before has a wrestler or wrestlers,
02:18including Nash and Teddy Piper,
02:20made a stand and been as vocal as they've been tonight.
02:23There is no question that under the powers that be,
02:26that WCW, the company, has taken a brand new direction.
02:31We have lived it, but never more than we have lived it at the end of last night
02:36and what we witnessed here and so tonight.
02:38But what else is there is the question as they hook up.
02:44Goldberg is just such an imposing physical specimen.
02:47Bret Hart.
02:49And don't forget, they know each other a little better tonight
02:51than they did last night.
02:54Bret Hart's finding out that hooking up with Goldberg
02:56is not a winning proposition,
02:58especially after Goldberg, what all went through his mind last night
03:03and tonight.
03:06This is like a one-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Goldberg.
03:10I mean, to go for the world championship two days in a row.
03:15He's lucky.
03:17And you can tell by the intensity in Goldberg
03:20that he's not only lucky, but he's ready.
03:22He's prepared for this matchup against Bret Hart
03:24just like he was last night at Starrcade
03:26when he got the short end of the stick.
03:29Hart firing back on Goldberg, trying to go to the knees,
03:31but one punch from Goldberg just doubles Bret Hart over
03:35and puts him down to the canvas.
03:40Hart now climbs out of the ring, trying to slow things down,
03:43but Goldberg is right behind him.
03:47Get him back in there.
03:51Goldberg ducked, and Goldberg with those body blows.
03:54Goldberg right now is just dominating Bret Hart, guys.
03:58Goldberg's going to win this one, guys. I can smell it.
04:00I told you it was something in the air I smelled.
04:02And this I smell too, just his demeanor,
04:04just the way he looks, that look in his eye.
04:07Bret Hart went to the eyes, and that got the offense
04:09going his way here.
04:11It gave him an opportunity to nail Goldberg
04:13to the side of the head.
04:14Goldberg tried to take this one off.
04:18Bret Hart hammers him again to the side of the head.
04:23Goldberg just reversed trends on Bret Hart that time
04:29and shot Bret Hart hard to the sinking ring.
04:32The battle continues out on the arena floor,
04:34and referees are going to try and get them back into the ring.
04:40A little bit of leeway from our official here,
04:42recognizing that the World's Heavyweight Championship
04:45is at stake.
04:46Well, I think just like the boys, the official here,
04:48Billy Silverman Assange, realized what went down last night.
04:52He wants to see a clear-cut winner here.
04:54We all do.
04:55Yes, we do.
04:57This could be it, guys.
04:59This could be it.
05:04Put him down with a thwarting.
05:08The ankle-lock submission hold is put on,
05:10and now Bret Hart goes to the ropes.
05:13That's the only thing that saved him right there.
05:15Ring positioning, very lucky for Bret Hart,
05:18able to reach out and grab onto that bottom strand
05:21and get the rope break.
05:23Last night, at the end of that, was a night that stunned
05:26not only the fans, but not only your announce team,
05:30but the wrestlers.
05:32Never before have the wrestlers, as one,
05:36thought, hey, something was wrong,
05:39Goldberg was screwed, why did it happen?
05:41And we found out it was to try to mend old wounds
05:44from about two years ago,
05:46when Bret Hart and Vince Russo were elsewhere.
05:50It's come to this.
05:52Goldberg trying to fight Bret Hart off,
05:54and Bret Hart, seeing right now that he,
05:56obviously, in the opening moments here,
05:58cannot go toe-to-toe physically with a body shot,
06:00starting to work on the legs of Goldberg
06:02to get him down here.
06:03I think that smart strategy on the part of Bret Hart,
06:05and think about down the line,
06:07when he wants to use a submission move on Goldberg,
06:10when he wants to work and set up
06:12for that patented sharpshooter.
06:14Seems to me like those punches aren't doing that much,
06:16though, Goldberg's still on his feet.
06:18He's still taking everything Hart's giving him.
06:20And Hart knows it, so what does he do?
06:22He goes to the legs.
06:23Well, that's what he was doing last night,
06:25setting him up for that sharpshooter.
06:28Yeah, but it's too bold here.
06:30Setting him up for the sharpshooter
06:32and to get him off his feet.
06:34With Goldberg standing at you face-to-face,
06:36going toe-to-toe,
06:37I don't think anybody can out-punch him.
06:39No.
06:40Look at Goldberg. See, he's still standing.
06:42So what does he do?
06:43He takes control.
06:45Back he goes.
06:46The referee goes down.
06:48And Goldberg goes down.
06:50Well...
06:53He's going for the sharpshooter,
06:55but there's no referee.
06:58No.
06:59No, figure-four leg lock applied by Brett
07:01to hit man Hart.
07:02How about that one?
07:05Referee is out.
07:06He's out right away.
07:09Oh, this is...
07:10This is not good for Goldberg.
07:12It's not good for the WCW title.
07:14What do we have here?
07:15What's this?
07:16Who is that?
07:17That's Scott Hall.
07:18That's the Outsider.
07:19It's the Outsider.
07:21And Scott Hall has a baseball bat in his hand.
07:23So does Nash.
07:25Now, what are they doing here?
07:28Both men are tied up in the figure-four.
07:30They are just sitting ducks.
07:32Oh, they're beating Goldberg with the bats.
07:40Nash is handing a ball back to Brett Hart.
07:42What the hell?
07:46Oh, there's a swerve going on here, guys.
07:49Oh, no.
07:50Of all people...
07:52Nash was talking how Goldberg got screwed.
07:55I never thought it would be Brett Hart.
07:58I don't understand this.
08:01I don't understand what's winning.
08:03I don't understand what's going on.
08:04Piper's back.
08:05One of Piper's come out.
08:09And he gets in with a bat.
08:14But look at Piper.
08:15He's covering Goldberg's body with his own body.
08:17He's sacrificing and taking those blows for Goldberg.
08:25Piper...
08:27He's shielding Goldberg's body with his own body.
08:32And the bat sounds.
08:35I think Brett Hart has won the world title.
08:39He got the one, two, three.
08:40You're right, Tony.
08:43And now Jeff Jarrett's in.
08:45Piper keeps going back to protect Goldberg.
08:47Oh, no.
08:49Good night.
08:55Brett...
08:57Is the new champion.
08:59That's the ruling from the official.