WCW Power Hour – March 16, 1991
Dan Spivey vs. David Isley
Tommy Rich vs. Buddy Lee Parker
Big Josh vs. Rip Rogers
Brian Pillman vs. Buddy Landell
Tom Zenk vs. Terry Taylor
Sting/Zbyszko feud recap
Ric Flair & Barry Windham vs. Sting & El Gigante
Tim Horner vs. Ron Cumberledge
Dan Spivey vs. David Isley
Tommy Rich vs. Buddy Lee Parker
Big Josh vs. Rip Rogers
Brian Pillman vs. Buddy Landell
Tom Zenk vs. Terry Taylor
Sting/Zbyszko feud recap
Ric Flair & Barry Windham vs. Sting & El Gigante
Tim Horner vs. Ron Cumberledge
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00:00This morning on TBS, the most dynamic power hour of all time as the Z-Man steps in a ring against Terry Taylor.
00:07Not only that, but Flyin' Brian goes against Nature Boy Buddy Landell and Ric Flair teams with Barry Windham, their opponents.
00:13The Stinger himself and Eligante, fasten your seatbelts, man. This is gonna be a bumpy ride.
00:30From Tampa, Florida, weighing in at 312 pounds, Stinger of Stan Bybee!
01:00And in the ring is the pull-up from Charlotte Markkiller, David Eisley!
01:06Big Dan Spivey, 6'8", 300 pounds plus to take on David Eisley.
01:11Good morning, everyone, and welcome to TBS and the Power Hour.
01:16I'm Jim Ross, and all the Paulie Dangerous fans, we're gonna bring you an outstanding program.
01:20As you heard from Paul just moments ago, this is a tremendous broadcast.
01:25And Dan Spivey talking about Lex Luger.
01:27And Paul, tonight on World Championship Wrestling, Dan Spivey will get his chance to go face-to-face with Lex Luger.
01:34Oh, he most certainly will because at 6.05 right here on TBS, Dangerous Dan Spivey teams with Barry Windham and Larry Zabisco
01:42against the three-man tag team of the total package Lex Luger, Sting, and Eligante.
01:48That one of our great men events tonight on what should prove to be one of the most electrifying two hours in World Championship Wrestling history.
01:58It's tonight, right here on TBS, as Spivey drops the leg across David Eisley.
02:03Could have pinned him right there if he had chosen to do so.
02:07We'll remind our fans throughout the Atlanta area, we'll be in Gainesville, Georgia, at the Georgia Mountain Center for the National Television Taping.
02:14That will be on Monday, March 25th.
02:17And then there's another one the very next night, Tuesday night, March 26th, in Anderson, South Carolina, at the Civic Center.
02:24From what I understand, big bet.
02:27Dan, the left-hand man, has a big match in Anderson that night.
02:30So we have that event coming up in Gainesville on the 25th, in Anderson, South Carolina, on the 26th of March.
02:40And we'll be back in Atlanta's Omni on Sunday, April the 14th.
02:45We'll talk more about those big events throughout the broadcast here this morning.
02:49You hear the fans saying, we want Luger.
02:55David Eisley wants medical help.
02:58And Spivey wants the clock to move ahead to 6.05 tonight as rapidly as possible.
03:06And I want a new broadcast partner.
03:07Lex Luger, you're mine!
03:10Tonight, Lex Luger could be his at 6.05.
03:12You can get Missy in here to help you.
03:14Oh, that'd be great.
03:15Oh, look!
03:15Dan Spivey has a new haircut.
03:17Tonight at 6.05 right here on PBS on World Championship Wrestling.
03:20Don't knock, Missy.
03:21She's going through her wonder years, for goodness sakes.
03:24With that midget?
03:33Thanks for being with us here this morning, everyone.
03:35Dangerous Dan Spivey's certainly looking very impressive.
03:38He's a man that really had a war with Lex Luger back at Wrestle War on February the 24th.
03:42Of course, that was the situation where Nikita Koloff got involved.
03:45But Dangerous Dan Spivey is a man to be reckoned with.
03:48Oh, Big Bad Dan, the left-hand man, is certainly a giant here in World Championship Wrestling.
03:526'8", 312 pounds.
03:54And now it's not only Dan Spivey going after Lex Luger, but it's Nikita Koloff as well.
04:00Also in this program, as we have been mentioning, it will be Elegante and Sting taking on Nature Boy Ric Flair and Barry Windham.
04:07Sting and Elegante both want the belt.
04:09Oh, they certainly do want the belt, and both of them also have a score to settle with Barry Windham,
04:13because it's been Barry Windham that has been Ric Flair's main buffer.
04:16It's been Barry Windham standing in front of Ric Flair, protecting the heavyweight champion of the world.
04:21Today, if Sting and Elegante want to get the flare, they've got to go through Barry Windham first.
04:25And that matchup will come just a little bit later in the broadcast,
04:28and we'll have more on the Power Hour right after this time out.
04:31We won the TBS in the Power Hour.
04:44Jim Ross and Pauly Danielsley back with you.
04:46Don't forget tonight, 605, right here on TBS.
04:48That's an Eastern Time start, of course.
04:50It'll be two big hours of World Championship Wrestling action.
04:53Now, recently on one of our national broadcasts,
04:55Tommy Wildfire Rich was taking on one of the members of the State Patrol.
04:58It was Sergeant Buddy Lee Parker.
05:00Lieutenant James Earl Wright was at ringside.
05:03They double-teamed Tommy Wildfire Rich, and then guess who arrived?
05:06Oh, Big Josh, of course.
05:08Just like when Tommy Rich had a problem with the royal family,
05:10Big Josh came out of nowhere and saved his hunting buddy from the great white north.
05:16Well, Big Josh was almost arrested, and he broke out of the handcuffs.
05:19Once again, Tommy Rich gets himself in trouble with the State Patrol.
05:22And who saves him?
05:24Big Josh.
05:24Big Josh.
05:25What is it you don't like about Big Josh?
05:27He's a real man's man.
05:28He hunts.
05:29He fishes.
05:29A lot of people can identify with that.
05:31You might not be able to, though.
05:32I can't.
05:33You don't hunt?
05:33You don't fish?
05:34Uh-uh.
05:34I eat fish.
05:36Well, that's very healthy, isn't it?
05:37Well, thank you very much.
05:38Ladies and gentlemen, we'll see Big Josh in action in a few moments.
05:40But first, let's go back to the videotape.
05:42Of course they heard Jimmy Tamp-Garvin.
05:44He didn't fit with you saying things like that.
05:48He didn't even want you to think nice stuff.
05:50Handful of hair.
05:53Tommy Rich not going to take any stuff from anybody that he's in there with.
05:57Oh!
05:58And Buddy Lee took him up and all the way over.
06:03All right.
06:04Do we see it?
06:05You've got to be looking for it now.
06:07Uh-oh.
06:07Yeah, here comes James Earl.
06:09Come on, Frank.
06:10Right him up.
06:11Right him up.
06:12He's going to get a ticket after this man.
06:14He didn't get an officer.
06:15The whip.
06:17There is that new thing.
06:18Crash.
06:19One, two.
06:19Oh, yeah.
06:20Yeah.
06:21Let him go.
06:22Right him up.
06:23Wait a minute.
06:23Hey, who's this goof?
06:24Coming down the right side.
06:26Comes up there and cleans it out.
06:29What the heck?
06:31Who in the world is that idiot?
06:33Get the idiot out of the ring.
06:36That's.
06:36That's.
06:37This guy was in the audience.
06:41From the great Northwoods.
06:43Weighing at 200 and 70 pounds.
06:46Big job.
06:48Come as a stump.
06:50From Seymour, Indiana at 222 and a half pounds.
06:54Graham Roger.
06:57Rip Rogers.
06:58Looks like he came off some type of activist parade in San Francisco with all that pink on.
07:04Get that camera out of my face, fat boy.
07:06Please do.
07:07Get that camera out of my face.
07:08Do you have relatives that are operating our cameras this week?
07:11No, I thought your cousin, Sylvia, was working camera this week.
07:14Yeah.
07:15My cousin, Sylvia.
07:17Is that the one you used to date?
07:20Rip Rogers.
07:22Don't adjust your sets.
07:23He's really wearing pink.
07:25But he looks macho, doesn't he?
07:26Oh, yeah.
07:27He's macho and pink.
07:29Big Josh needs to take his hat off as well.
07:33Look.
07:34That was Jason Hervey taking the ring jacket.
07:37That little short guy?
07:39No, he was not.
07:40That guy was too tall.
07:43Big Josh powering Rip Rogers back into the ropes.
07:46Boy, we've got a great broadcast, everyone.
07:48Thanks very much for being with us here this morning.
07:50You're welcome.
07:51Not you.
07:51We're going to see Flyin' Brian and Nature Boy, Buddy Landell.
07:54We're going to see the Z-Man and Terry Taylor.
07:56Sting and Eligante meet Ric Flair and Barry Windham.
07:59That and more on this broadcast here on TBS.
08:02And then tonight, the big one at 6.05 Eastern Time right here on TBS during World Championship Wrestling.
08:08The big six-man tag.
08:10Uh-oh.
08:11Rip Rogers just tossed away by the just awesomely strong Big Josh.
08:17Grabbing a handful of that peroxide hair.
08:22He does not dye his hair.
08:24He dyes his beard.
08:26He's a natural blonde.
08:28With dark roots.
08:29He pays extra to get the roots dyed black.
08:32I think he goes to Mr. Bruce, the fuckhead.
08:35I'm not sure.
08:37No, no, no, no, no, no.
08:40Sexy Sammy of Soho.
08:42How many times will I have to tell you that?
08:43Rodgers are the need to the solar plexus.
08:50Chops there on the chest of Big Josh.
08:52Nails him three times.
08:54Big Josh turning the tables on the very bizarre Rip Rogers.
09:00Pulls his hair.
09:02Kicks him in the chest.
09:03He's just not orthodox.
09:05There's the shoulder block.
09:06Big Josh now.
09:11Ripper better not stay down too long.
09:14Or else what?
09:15The Big Bad Josh is going to come out and get him?
09:18That's pretty much the idea.
09:19I don't think so.
09:21Hey, guys.
09:21Hey.
09:22Well, there he is.
09:24He's rather impatient also.
09:27Tommy Rich hunting and fishing buddy, Big Josh.
09:32Will be the first to tell you he's not a wrestler.
09:34He's a scuffler.
09:36Yeah, but he's in there with a wild...
09:37Hey, he needs to put the stick down now.
09:40He'll get himself disqualified here by losing his composure.
09:43And his back is to Rodgers.
09:46Fans, don't forget tonight.
09:48We'll be talking about some very interesting situations on the Ross Report and the Wrestling Hotline.
09:55That's all day today and tonight.
09:56And, of course, tomorrow, beginning at 7 o'clock Eastern, I'm sure that you'll be the second person to call
10:02because Paul will be the first to call Missy Hyatt live and say anything you'd like to say to Missy.
10:07Ask her any question.
10:08Make any kind of statement.
10:10Good taste, of course.
10:12That'll be tomorrow night on the Hotline at 7 Eastern for an hour and a half.
10:17Can you imagine for...
10:18Husbands, be sure your wives know you're calling.
10:21Oh, yeah.
10:23Oh!
10:24You know, he uses them big claws to climb up trees in the Pacific Northwest.
10:29He could hurt a guy doing that.
10:34Well, that's not too pretty.
10:36Pretty effective.
10:40Not aesthetically pleasing for the pure wrestling aficionado.
10:43There he goes, setting him up.
10:48Double axe down to Paul.
10:50And here comes the big butt drop.
10:51Here comes that Paul E move.
10:53What?
10:55What's that supposed to mean?
10:56Well, it was a big butt drop.
10:58All right, that's it.
11:00Hold your composure.
11:01I know you're on a strict training regiment.
11:05Playing chest and so forth.
11:06Your wrists are very strong.
11:07But try to hold your composure.
11:09I apologize.
11:10You're not a big butt drop.
11:12I'm sure you're sorry.
11:13Do the play.
11:13Yeah, I'm very sorry.
11:15Well, since you said you're sorry, I'll handle the replay.
11:18Very nice of you.
11:19Here you see Big Josh chopping down yet another tree in the name of Rip Rogers.
11:23He then runs close.
11:24Knee him into the rope.
11:26Comes off at full speed.
11:28And wham!
11:29The big butt drop out of Oregon or Washington.
11:32A remnant big jerk is from big jerk over Rip Rogers.
11:36It's one of our finest power hours ever.
11:39Still to come, Flying Brian and Nature Boy, Buddy Landell.
11:42That and much more this morning on TVS.
11:45Thanks for being sorry.
11:46Rolling Thunder Tour, 91 rolling all over America.
12:03Monday, March 25th, Gainesville.
12:04The Georgia Mountain Center at 7.
12:06Lex Luger, Ellie Gondi, and Sting.
12:07Next Sunday, March 24th, Brainsville, Alabama, the Civic Center at 7.30.
12:12Lion Brian, Seaman, and the Young Pistols.
12:14Next Saturday, March 23rd, Kingsport, Tennessee.
12:17Dobbins Bennett High School at 8.
12:18Dustin Rhodes, Ricky Morton, and Big Josh.
12:21This Friday, March 22nd, Bluefield, the Auditorium in West Virginia.
12:248 o'clock, Sid Vicious, Black Park, Terry Taylor.
12:28This Thursday, March 21st, Bassett, Virginia High School, 7.30.
12:32Owen Hart, Beautiful Bobby, the Chuck Yard Dog.
12:34This Wednesday, March 20th, Wilmington, Rockton Hall, 7.30.
12:38Dutch Mantell, the State Patrol, Michael P.S. Hayes.
12:41This Tuesday, March 19th, Myrtle Beach Convention Center, 7.30.
12:45Lex Luger, Brad Armstrong, Tommy Rich.
12:47This Monday, March 18th, Columbia, the Township, 7.30.
12:50And tonight, the Keel in St. Louis, 7.30.
12:53Yes, Rolling Thunder Tour, 91, all over America.
13:00240 pounds, the Nature Boy, Buddy Landa.
13:06Welcome back, everyone, this morning here to TBS.
13:09I wish he had a haircut like this.
13:12What'd he say, Paul?
13:13I couldn't understand him.
13:15See, the camera was too close to his face.
13:17You gotta teach these cameramen, back up a little when these guys wanna talk.
13:21How does Buddy sound when he gets up in the morning?
13:22Hi, baby, good morning.
13:24His opponent from Cincinnati, Ohio, at 2A, 29 pounds, Brian Bryan.
13:30Brian Bryan still has one thing on mind.
13:33And that is to get even with Sid Vicious and Barry Windham, Rick Blair, Larry Zabisco, Arn Anderson.
13:40The men that were involved at the war games.
13:43Because they really tried to incapacitate this kid.
13:46And he is not at 100% right now, I can tell you.
13:48Oh, he most certainly is not.
13:50And I tell you what, it's a gutsy move for flying.
13:53Brian is stepping to the ring with a wily veteran-like Nature Boy, Buddy Landale.
13:56Whoa, beautiful move by Pillman, but is it guts or stupidity?
14:01Well, I think the kid's got just an overwhelming amount of intestinal fortitude.
14:08There's a big chop there by Landale and another one.
14:12He's being pounded now by Pillman.
14:14But both men exchanging the right hand, Brian Bryan, to get him the better of the situation.
14:24Brian Bryan has always been an overachiever his entire athletic career.
14:29But one thing he's always had is great tenacity and fighting spirit.
14:33Over goes Landale.
14:35Boy, Brian Bryan, Paul, is like a man possessed here.
14:38Oh, yeah, he's starting out real quick, but he has to because the longer the match goes,
14:43the more that injury is going to tell the story.
14:46Landale, the veteran from Jacksonville, Florida, brings him out, but he missed that clothesline.
14:51Brian Bryan slamming Landale hard right out here on the floor.
14:57And this could have a big effect on tomorrow night on the main event at 6.05 right here on TBS
15:02because Buddy Landale is going to settle the score tomorrow night with beautiful Bobby Eaton.
15:07But before he gets the beautiful Bobby, he has to eliminate Fly and Brian this morning.
15:12That's a tall order.
15:13Head scissor.
15:14Great move there by Fly and Brian.
15:16Well, I want to tell you something.
15:18There's no doubt that when he goes into the match with Sid Vicious or any of those gentlemen I mentioned,
15:23I use that term loosely, including Anderson and Vicious, Windham, Flair.
15:29He's going to be the underdog.
15:30But he's been the underdog so much of his career that that doesn't intimidate him any longer.
15:35Yeah, but you see, sooner or later, the odds catch up with you.
15:38And right now, Pillman is not at 100%.
15:41He's injured, and he's going against four very vicious competitors.
15:46Look at Landale taking advantage of Fly and Brian's injury.
15:50If Vicious was in the ring with him now, he'd try to eliminate him permanently.
15:53Another big shot by Landale.
15:56Retaliation by Fly and Brian.
15:59Boy, it's turned into a real brawl here.
16:02And Pillman's in a lot of pain.
16:03I mean, you can see it on his face.
16:05This kid, there's no way he can withstand the torture that Windham, Anderson, Vicious, and Flair want to put him through.
16:13Landale's got a good hold there.
16:14Work on the injury.
16:15Oh, yeah, he's looks like Dudley Do-Right, that profile.
16:22I like it.
16:23I like the fact that he has Pillman so incapacitated that he can pose like that for our cameras.
16:29Fly and Brian hopes to be at 100% at the next Omni event on Sunday, April 14th.
16:35That's Sunday, April 14th.
16:37WCW returns live to the Omni.
16:39Another shot by Fly and Brian, but Landale, who senses a victory here, continues to work on the shoulder of Fly and Brian.
16:48Oh, and he very well might get that victory.
16:50I mean, look how he's working Pillman over, and he's doing it the right way.
16:54He's taking advantage of that injury.
16:57Landale certainly would like to be a member of the York Foundation.
17:00He's on top now for the lateral press.
17:02A victory over Fly and Brian here on the Power Hour would certainly, I would think, enhance his opportunity.
17:08He's got a sleeper.
17:11But Fly and Brian very quickly freeze himself.
17:16Hear that impact, those chops.
17:20Again, Landale being a little bigger, came back, but it was Fly and Brian who hip-blocked him right out of there.
17:27Oh, right in the eye.
17:29He stopped him there.
17:30The thumb to the eye.
17:33We'll see now if Fly and Brian can come back in this situation against these odds.
17:41He's up.
17:42Quick move.
17:43That's a pinning move right here.
17:44The crucifix, and he's going to hold him down.
17:49Landale made one mistake to allow Pillman to go airborne, and when he did, Fly and Brian capitalized on it.
17:55Oh, he most certainly did, but the question remains, what damage was done to the arm in this match with Nature Boy Buddy Landale?
18:03Because whatever damage was done, Sid Vicious, Barry Wyndham, Arne Anderson, and Ric Flair will most certainly take advantage of it.
18:10Now, fans, don't forget, tomorrow night, right here on TBS in the main event, a big grudge match.
18:19You have seen it transpire and develop over the last few weeks.
18:22It will be beautiful Bobby Eaton taking on Nature Boy Buddy Landale.
18:26What's your analogy of this one?
18:27Well, my analogy of this one is that let's give Nature Boy Buddy Landale credit.
18:30I mean, everybody's sitting at home right now saying, oh, hey, Fly and Brian got by Buddy Landale, but hey, don't sell him short.
18:37Landale's not looking at a match with Fly and Brian.
18:39He's looking toward tomorrow night at 6.05 right here on TBS on the main event.
18:42He wants a match with beautiful Bobby Eaton because, after all, and you know this just as well as I do,
18:47it was Bobby Eaton last week right here on TBS who cheap-shotted Nature Boy Buddy Landale.
18:52It wasn't a cheap shot. He nailed him all right, but it wasn't a cheap shot.
18:54Hey, you're his tag-team partner. You don't punch out your tag-team partner.
18:57No, you sit there and say, hey, Butch Reed jumped on Ron Simmons.
19:00I don't ever say anything like that. I don't talk that way. You may talk that way.
19:04Here we go again. How come you can never agree with me on this show?
19:06Because you're a blithering idiot. That's why. You're a blithering idiot.
19:09That says it. Come on.
19:10Oh, get out of here. Fans of the school of the ring see Terry Taylor in action.
19:13Alexander York presents the newest member of the York Foundation.
19:17He weighs in at 234 pounds from Mero Beach, Florida, Terry Taylor.
19:26Go ahead. You want to correct Tony Gillum? Is it Terrence Taylor?
19:30I'm the blithering idiot, yet the ring announcer announces this guy is Terry Taylor,
19:34and his name is Terrence Taylor.
19:37His opponents from Minneapolis, Minnesota, at 241 pounds, the Z-Man.
19:43The Z-Man and Terrence Taylor.
19:46Thank you very much.
19:49Certainly no strangers to each other.
19:51They've developed a great rivalry here in WCW.
19:54Of course they have.
19:56I mean, everybody's shooting for Terrence Taylor.
19:58Everybody wants a piece of the computerized man for the 1990s.
20:04I'm going to be talking to Ms. York tonight and ask her about her negotiations,
20:09if they ever existed, between the Z-Man and Beautiful Bobby.
20:13We'll be talking about that tonight and see if she has any information she would like to divulge
20:18as to new members of the York Foundation.
20:19Well, you better bring a big bottle of champagne when you go and interview her tonight.
20:24Oh, I can't drink on the job, Paul.
20:25Well, you can drink afterwards, but she's going to be in a celebrating mood,
20:28because tonight at 6.05 on World Championship Wrestling, Terrence Taylor is going to eliminate Beautiful Bobby.
20:35That's one of our feature main events tonight.
20:37In addition to Elie Gonte, Sting, and Lex Luger taking on Barry Windham, Larry Zbysko, and Dan Spivey,
20:43another main event, Paul just mentioned, of course, is Beautiful Bobby and Terrence Taylor.
20:48Mentioned the other one.
20:49Oh, yeah.
20:49Of course, Missy Hyatt will be interviewing Sid Vicious.
20:52Not that.
20:52Go ahead.
20:53You have a big thing.
20:54One-man gang and Kevin Sullivan.
20:56Yeah, that's big.
20:56Go ahead.
20:57Owen Hart's debut.
20:58What else?
20:59Well, there's also going to be a danger zone.
21:01A danger zone with Big Daddy Dink, the road boss for the fabulous three birds,
21:06as only I could get Big Daddy Dink to talk tonight on TBS.
21:11Taylor now has asserted himself against the Z-Man.
21:15Z-Man up and over, though.
21:16Nice counter move, trying to go for the sunset flip.
21:18Taylor smashed the canvas with his fist.
21:23Whoa, that was close.
21:24Really a near fault there.
21:27Terrence Taylor rather upset that things aren't going as well as he had projected,
21:32or more specifically, that the computer had projected.
21:35Little Leona's out there on the sideline marching around like she was six feet tall.
21:40Yeah, but she's ten feet tall with that computer in her hands
21:43because the computer will beat the human mind every single time.
21:48We're excited about our trip.
21:55We're leaving Monday for Tokyo.
21:57I'm not.
21:57You know why?
21:59Yeah, you weren't invited.
22:00I'm not going.
22:00That's why I'm not excited about it.
22:03If you'd invite me, I'd be excited.
22:04Over 50,000 fans have already bought tickets, making it the biggest WCW event ever.
22:11The highest attendance of any WCW event will be this Thursday in Tokyo.
22:17High elevation there by Terrence, or on Terrence Taylor.
22:22Whoa, that's close again.
22:24Z-Man enters away from defeating Mr. Taylor here.
22:28Reverse chin lock by Z-Man.
22:30But still to come, Ric Flair and Barry Wyndham take on Sting and El Gigante.
22:35Tag team action.
22:38That and more here today on the broadcast.
22:42Did you say Owen Hart's going to make his World Championship Wrestling debut tonight?
22:46He certainly is.
22:47And there's Biz York.
22:48He's a very impressive athlete.
22:50I can't wait to see that.
22:51You think he might be in consideration for the York Foundation?
22:57Might be.
22:57We'll find out tonight.
22:58I think he's going to have to prove himself first.
23:01It's very prestigious to be in the York Foundation.
23:03Great right hand by Terry Taylor.
23:05Terrence Taylor.
23:06Excuse me again.
23:07Please get that right.
23:08Another right.
23:12Irish whip by Taylor.
23:13And he follows it in with a clothesline.
23:16A lot of authority there.
23:17And the popular young Z-Man has just been thrown to the canvas.
23:22He may be pinned right here.
23:24But Taylor did not neutralize the legs.
23:27Nor the left shoulder.
23:28Very lax in his pinning habit there.
23:30Boy, what a coup this could be for Terrence Taylor.
23:33Eliminate the Z-Man this morning.
23:35Wham!
23:36By the Z-Man.
23:36Maybe even eliminate beautiful Bobby tonight at 6.05.
23:40I know both these men have signed to appear on the big national television taping.
23:44Monday night, March 25th in Gainesville.
23:46Well, after the power slam, he's right behind the leg.
23:51Almost got the pin out of him.
23:53Yeah, but Taylor wants to make sure that neither the Z-Man nor...
23:56Now, what's beautiful Bobby doing out there?
23:59Beautiful Bobby will take on Terrence Taylor tonight.
24:03Z-Man almost had the pin right there.
24:05Well, this might be Bobby's chance right now to slap the Z-Man and end the whole thing.
24:12Wham!
24:13He got him!
24:13Terry Taylor dropped him right over the top rope.
24:18Beautiful Bobby out watching this one.
24:22He is minding his own business.
24:23Now, what was the reason for that?
24:25But he doesn't like beautiful.
24:26Whoa!
24:27Oh, man!
24:28What a right hand by beautiful Bobby.
24:30Z-Man's gonna pin Terrence Taylor.
24:32Can you believe that?
24:39No, I can't.
24:40Terrence is irate.
24:41He should be.
24:42I don't believe it.
24:43Well, he'll have his chance to settle the score tonight on World Championship Wrestling.
24:49Now, what is Bobby Eaton thinking?
24:53He's thinking, I'm gonna do it again tonight at 6.05, and we'll be back.
25:13Welcome to the Wrestling News Network.
25:15As we showed you last week, a situation has arisen now between Larry Zbysko and Sting, the former World Heavyweight Champion.
25:23Let's go back once again and take a look at the situation when Sting was being interviewed by Paul E. Dangerously on the Danger Zone.
25:32Larry Zbysko wasted no time in Pearl harboring Sting.
25:36That led to a match that we'll see in a moment.
25:38But now, let's go back to the original incident.
25:40I'm very interested in talking to my guest this week on the Danger Zone, because he seems to have quite a few problems.
25:48Please move and throw an out of an object at my guest right now.
25:52This is Sting!
25:55It appears to me, sir, you have quite a problem with Larry Zbysko.
26:05Hey, shut up!
26:07I've never been a hard guy to get a hold of, ever!
26:11Zbysko, all I have to say is, you jumped on the wrong guy, you got the...
26:16From behind is Larry Zbysko.
26:21Now, there's just no reason for this.
26:23Larry Zbysko, from behind, what a cheap attack by the self-proclaimed living legend for Pittsburgh.
26:32Sting landed to the post.
26:35There's going to be hell to pay when they meet.
26:37There is your number one contender!
26:42And so, indeed, later on in last week's program, a match did take place between Sting and Larry Zbysko.
26:50Well, Sting finally got the Scorpion Death Lock on Zbysko, and then refused to relinquish the hold.
26:58Sting was subsequently disqualified for his refusal to break the Scorpion Death Lock.
27:04Well, Zbysko's a lucky man.
27:05The match was stopped, because he could have been seriously injured.
27:08And I'll tell you what, they will meet again.
27:10Zbysko now taking over on Sting, tosses him outside.
27:18This has been a tremendous contest.
27:20Zbysko wants to be recognized by the WCW Championship Committee.
27:24Sting rams shoulder first into the steal.
27:27Zbysko, and we saw it, on the danger zone, from behind, trying to attack Sting before this contest.
27:42Sting now rams Zbysko, shoulder first into the steal.
27:46Drops him over the security barricade.
27:49The Stinger, who is on a vendetta to regain the WCW World's Heavyweight Champion.
27:54The championship, I should say.
27:57He's explosive here.
27:59He's dominating Larry Zbysko.
28:01The Stinger splash in the corner.
28:04The Stinger has exploded on the self-proclaimed living legend.
28:09There's the Scorpion Death Lock, but Zbysko's in the ropes.
28:12Sting will have to break this hold.
28:16Zbysko's screaming.
28:18He's hurting bad.
28:21Sting, you heard him, he said, I'm not going to let go.
28:24He's going to be disqualified.
28:27Ladies and gentlemen, the official decision.
28:30Oh, no, he's popped to Nick Patrick outside.
28:33The winner of the match, Larry Zbysko.
28:36And there goes Randy Anderson.
28:40Sting, like a man possessed here.
28:42He's not going to stand for the sneak attack of Larry Zbysko.
28:49This may be a message loud and clear from nature boy Ric Flair that Sting is back on the trail to regain the WCW Heavyweight Championship.
28:59You can bet you'll hear from Zbysko and Sting again.
29:04Wow, he is angry.
29:05And so a return match will take place tomorrow night, 6.05 on the main event.
29:26Larry Zbysko taking on former world champion Sting.
29:30And in another match that came out of a six-man tag team match, it will be beautiful Bobby Eaton taking on the nature boy Buddy Landell.
29:38Now, this came about as a result of last week's six-man tag team match.
29:43Let's go back in time and take a look at this six-man tag and find out why Landell and Eaton, who are partners, will meet.
29:50Front face lock by beautiful Bobby on the junkyard dog.
29:55Ricky Morton, referee, did not see the tag.
29:58Now Eaton and Taylor are double-teaming the junkyard dog.
30:06Terrence Taylor of the York Foundation on top for the lateral press.
30:11Been an interesting contest.
30:13Seems as if Taylor and Landell have gotten along quite well.
30:18But beautiful Bobby, after what happened last week when he accidentally fell on the computer, he didn't seem too welcome here.
30:25JYD with all that power.
30:28But can't fend off two men.
30:30It was Landell from behind.
30:32Beautiful Bobby accepting the tag quite readily.
30:35Stomping away at the big dog.
30:37This match with a six-man tag team championship of the world.
30:41Great right hand by JYD.
30:43He makes the tag to beautiful Bobby.
30:45Or to Tommy Rich on beautiful Bobby.
30:50There's a dropkick by Wildfire.
30:56Beautiful Bobby.
30:58Backdrop from Wildfire.
31:01He's on top for the lateral press.
31:03Landell in.
31:04He stopped eating right in the face.
31:05I think he got Eaton there.
31:10I guess it was an accident.
31:11Anyway.
31:14Rich fires up on Terrence Taylor.
31:17Irish Ripsy, man.
31:19The computerized man of the 90s.
31:21That kick to the face.
31:23And again, they bring in their workhorse.
31:25This event.
31:26Beautiful Bobby Eaton.
31:30Beautiful Bobby.
31:31There's the best press.
31:32There'll be a pin right here.
31:34And again, Landell stops on Eaton's face.
31:37Richman's out of the way.
31:38He drops the elbow on him.
31:40Now beautiful Bobby kicks out.
31:41I think he's had all this he wants.
31:43Oh, there's a right hand.
31:45Beautiful Bobby.
31:46Just tagged Landell.
31:48Landell will be pinned.
31:51Beautiful Bobby.
31:52And all he can stand.
31:54A buddy Landell and Terrence Taylor.
31:56I would have to classify these two matches upcoming tomorrow night on the main event as indeed the main events.
32:06But there will be a host of great matches.
32:09Make your plans to tune in.
32:10Main event tomorrow night, 6.05.
32:12We'll be back in just a moment.
32:13Ladies and gentlemen, the following podcast is set for one call.
32:31It is a special challenge tag team event.
32:34Introducing to team number one, the four horsemen.
32:38There you see Rick Flair and Barry Windham making their way to the ring.
32:41Jim Ross and Pauly Dennis will be back with you this morning.
32:44Fans on TBS.
32:45This is the power hour tonight on WCW.
32:48That's at 6.05.
32:49Our normal time.
32:506.05 Eastern tonight.
32:52Two big hours.
32:53And in it, one of the great main events will be a six-man tag.
32:59Barry Windham.
33:00Larry Zabisco.
33:02And Dangerous Dan Spivey.
33:04We'll take on Sting.
33:06Eligante.
33:07And Lex Luger.
33:08This is almost like an appetizer.
33:10That main course tonight, Paul.
33:11Yeah, and that's even an appetizer for tomorrow night on the main event because Sting and
33:15Larry Zabisco go one-on-one in a big return match.
33:19And this thing with Sting and Larry Zabisco is really out of control.
33:23But I'm going to advise Sting, if he could hear me right now, don't be thinking of Larry
33:28Zabisco when you're in the ring with Rick Flair and or Barry Windham.
33:34Sting still has a cage match with the world's heavyweight champion sign, Nature Boy Rick Flair.
33:39And today, Flair and Windham have a chance to eliminate that threat to Flair's belt.
33:46Well, I'm sure they'd love to eliminate either or, or both for that matter.
33:50Sting and Flair, uh, Sting and Eligante.
33:52Wow.
33:53Oh, downtown.
33:54That's a wake-up call.
33:56I want the belt.
33:57I am so sick and tired of how badly this big freak of nature wants the belt.
34:03And today, Flair and Windham have a chance to eliminate that threat to Flair's title ring.
34:09Well, I'm sure they'd love to eliminate either or, or both for that matter.
34:14Sting and Eligante.
34:16Wow.
34:17Oh, downtown.
34:18That's a wake-up call.
34:20Sting's got him up.
34:23Military press.
34:26Closed line by the Stinger.
34:28He nails Barry Windham.
34:29The Stinger is on fire.
34:30I want to tell you something.
34:31He has not looked any better, any more aggressive in his entire career than we have seen in recent
34:43weeks.
34:44I'm talking about Sting.
34:45Oh, he's really on a tear and he wants to beat Eligante to the heavyweight championship
34:50of the world held by that man, nature boy, Rick Flair.
34:54But he has Larry Zbysko breathing down his throat.
34:57And to get to Flair today, he's going to probably have to go through Barry Windham.
35:01We've got a great weekend for all of our Sting fans.
35:04He'll be involved tonight with the Giant and Lex Luger and the six-man tag we mentioned
35:08against Windham, Zbysko, and Spivey.
35:10Tomorrow at 6.05, he's in a big return grudge match with Larry Zbysko.
35:15It's going to be a great weekend.
35:16We're happy you're here with us.
35:17Nice football block there by big Barry Windham, who looks to be getting bigger and bigger
35:22by the day.
35:23Oh, and better and rougher too.
35:25Clothesline on the 6'6", 275 or 80-pound native of Sweetwater, Texas.
35:32We talk about big men.
35:34The 412-pound one-man gang, now managed by Kevin Sullivan, will be with us tonight on
35:40our broadcast.
35:42And that is an awesome individual.
35:45The one-man gang back in the World Championship.
35:48Oh!
35:49Clothesline by Sting.
35:50He nailed both of them.
35:51He took them out of their boots.
35:53And Flair is just, he's irate.
35:55He's obsessed.
35:56I think he's intimidated that Sting has come out here so aggressively in this contest.
36:02But that will take it out of you.
36:03Inverted atomic drop.
36:04Inverted atomic drop.
36:05He doesn't look so intimidated right now, does he?
36:08Uh-oh.
36:09Yes, he does.
36:10How quickly things can change.
36:13Especially when your partner is seven feet seven inches tall and weighs 450 pounds.
36:18Yeah, but Flair's not backing up.
36:20He's taking it to the Giants.
36:21Over 50,000 fans in Tokyo have bought tickets.
36:25And Eligante will be making his debut there this Thursday night.
36:29It's one of the most talked about appearances of any sports personality in decades.
36:35Wyndham wants Flair to tag, but the Nature Boy won't.
36:39He wants to take out Eligante all by himself.
36:42You talk about gut.
36:45This is a mismatch right here.
36:46If you use both hands, he couldn't take care of Eligante's one.
36:50The Giant tagging in Sting again.
36:53Apparently this is their game plan for Sting to try to wear down either Wyndham or Flair.
36:58Wyndham's been tagged in.
37:00He's legal in.
37:01What hilarious.
37:02There's the lateral press.
37:03And for y'all, he's got great action here on the Power Hour.
37:07This is going to be a dynamic weekend.
37:09There's a DDT by Barry Wyndham.
37:11And notice it was a different form of a DDT than we're used to seeing from, say, the fabulous rebirth.
37:17He drops Sting on the top of his head.
37:19He's trying to work on the neck.
37:21Sting tags in Eligante.
37:23Oh, man.
37:24Here we go again.
37:25Sting seems a little dazed in that DDT.
37:27No doubt about that.
37:28Eligante.
37:29I mean, so dominant.
37:30It's like a man with small children.
37:31Sting, still hurt from that DDT.
37:32Was cheap shot by Wyndham.
37:33Sting is down.
37:34Flair is down.
37:35Wyndham can't find any offense that's going to affect the Giant.
37:36Can you imagine the impact of those blows coming from a man?
37:39Seven foot.
37:40He got it.
37:41There's the claw.
37:42Oh, there it is.
37:43Eligante has a claw on Barry Wyndham.
37:45Rick Flair on his back, trying to break the hole.
37:47Flair looks like a small man.
37:48He's got it.
37:49He's got it.
37:50He's got it.
37:51He's got it.
37:52He's got it.
37:53He's got it.
37:54He's got it.
37:55He's got it.
37:56He's got it.
37:57Eligante has a claw on Barry Wyndham.
38:00Rick Flair on his back, trying to break the hole.
38:03Flair looks like a small man.
38:05The champion of the world, riding the back of Eligante.
38:12Oh, there's Sid Vicious.
38:14Vicious, a stomping thing from behind.
38:17He nails Eligante.
38:18It's a trap.
38:19They got him trapped, and now they got the Giant down.
38:23They're going to try to hurt Eligante.
38:28Wyndham.
38:29Doesn't want to have to face him tonight in that six-man tag.
38:34The force is there.
38:38Arn Anderson, the television champion, helping orchestrate this situation.
38:43Flair wants to eliminate Eligante.
38:46Oh, man, they're going to drop him now.
38:48They're going to try to hurt his neck or shoulder, it would seem.
38:51He's measuring.
38:54Right on the head.
38:56Right on the head.
38:57Not once, but twice.
38:59Flair drops it all on the head and neck of Eligante.
39:03Sting is back up.
39:06But the Giant is down, and I have never seen Eligante laid out flat on his face.
39:12How this will affect tonight's big six-man tag remains to be seen, but we'll talk about it when we take this short timeout.
39:19Rolling Thunder Tour 91 rolling all over America fans.
39:20Monday, March 25th, Gainesville, the Georgia Mountain Center at 7.
39:22Barry Windham, Arn Anderson, Rick Flair.
39:23Next Sunday, March 24th, Birmingham.
39:24Boutful Auditorium, 7-30.
39:25Scott Steiner, Rick Steiner, Eligante.
39:26Next Saturday, March 23rd, Kingsport.
39:27Dawoods克.
39:28CORE.
39:30Green Voice.
39:32COREete LIME.
39:33Here you right.
39:34We'll maybe go.
39:35Boutful Auditorium.
39:36Thanks.
39:37Now we're going to be playing team.
39:38Well we'll be playing team.
39:42Superficт.
39:43Tane is just like this one.
39:45For all the who are experts for that.
39:47It's Mandalorian and Terry.
39:48Brother puts, Kew.
39:49We now have a connect to you know what we do.
39:52We'll be watching.
39:53Houston.
39:54This Friday, Bluefield, The Auditorium, 8 o'clock, Owen Hart, Beautiful Bobby, Tommy Rich.
40:00This Thursday, Bassett, The High School at 7.30, Sid Vicious, Terrence Taylor, The Fabulous Freebirds.
40:07This Wednesday, the 20th, Wilmington, Brockton Hall, 7.30, Dustin Rhodes, The Young Pistols, Big Chai.
40:13This Tuesday, the 19th, Myrtle Beach Convention Center at 7.30, The Freebirds, Dutch Man's Health, The Snake Patrol.
40:19This Monday, the 18th, Columbia, The Township at 7.30, Lex Pfluger, The Junkyard Dog, Ricky Morton, and tonight, The Keel in St. Louis at 7.30, Rick Flair, Stan Hansen, Larry Zabisco, World Championship Wrestling.
40:32Set for one ball, introducing first from Morristown, Tennessee, at 223 pass, White Lightning, Tim Horner.
40:41Across the ring, his opponent from Cleveland, Ohio, Ron Cumberland.
40:44I figured it out.
40:46What, Paul?
40:47What that whole attack was all about, you know, next week right here on the Power Hour on TBS, there's a big eight-man tag team match featuring all four big, bad dudes.
40:58Rick Flair, Barry Wyndham, Double A.R.N. Anderson, and Sid Vicious, and they didn't want Elie Godde sticking his big Sasquatch nose where it doesn't belong next week.
41:07I understand he's going to be a little irate in the locker room area.
41:12He's had some medical attention, but he refuses to leave the facility.
41:15Well, he ought to. That's stupid of him.
41:18And tonight, I'm sure that Elie Godde, Sting, and Lex Luger will indeed be a trio to take on Barry Wyndham, Larry Zabisco, and Dangerous Dan Spivey.
41:28I want to invite Rick Flair to join me for that match as well.
41:34I'd like to get his opinion on all this stuff that's been going on.
41:37And I'd gladly step aside from the color analyst position to let nature boy Rick Flair sit down and educate you on the fine wrestling.
41:47I want to educate some fans on the wrestling hotline on the Ross Report today.
41:51I think some things need to be said about this entire double team, triple team junk.
41:55I don't think you have the guts to say it.
41:56Well, why don't you call then?
41:58What's the number?
41:591-900-909-9900.
42:01You call today, and you'll hear it all, baby, because I'm tired of what's going on.
42:05Yeah, I'm upset, and that wasn't a term of endearment.
42:08I've never heard you call anybody, baby.
42:10You're right in the face.
42:12You're really ticked off.
42:15I've never seen you like this.
42:17Not since the drought hit Oklahoma.
42:20The ground hit Oklahoma.
42:21The drought.
42:23C-R.
42:24Yeah, I don't know what it is.
42:25I think you're, no, you're, again, you're a blithering idiot.
42:29A blithering idiot.
42:30It's a pair of times you've been called out today.
42:31You call me that one more time on this program, and I'm going to take my jacket off on the
42:36air and beat you up.
42:37Yeah, well, I'm sure that's going to happen.
42:40Just try me.
42:41As soon as they start serving ice cubes in heck.
42:42See, it's a test.
42:45Hey, wait a minute.
42:46Coming down the aisle.
42:47What is he doing here?
42:50What is his problem?
42:51He wants flair or the title.
42:53He doesn't care.
42:54There's a match going on.
42:55I understand that, but Eligante is taking over the ring.
43:00Well, he can't do that.
43:01There's a wrestling match happening here.
43:06Eligante.
43:06Sting is trying to explain to Eligante that there's already a match in progress here.
43:12I mean, Tim Horner's there to fight Ron Cumberland.
43:14He'll have to wait until tonight.
43:17Ric Flair will be at ringside tonight as he'll be broadcasting that event.
43:20Eligante, Sting, and Luger tonight on WCW against Wyndham, Zabisco, and Big Dan Spivey.
43:28This guy needs to just go to the hospital.
43:31Well, wait just a second.
43:34Here comes flair and Wyndham back.
43:35Boy, this is a bad situation.
43:39Ric Flair and Barry Wyndham right here at ringside.
43:43And here comes Sid Vicious.
43:46Of course, they want to make it three or four on two if they can.
43:52Sting and the Giants don't want to mess with Wyndham, Flair, and Vicious.
43:56Well, the thing about it is that Flair can...
43:58He would love to eliminate Eligante and Sting, perhaps his top two contenders.
44:06Eligante says, I'm ready to fight.
44:10Boy, this is a bad situation we got here.
44:13Oh, that makes tonight's broadcast here that much more volatile.
44:18They're like a pack of dogs trying to surround their prey.
44:22Here are their fans chanting Luger.
44:25They'll be together tonight.
44:26As we said, a great program tonight.
44:336.05, two big hours here on World Championship Wrestling.
44:36But, Paul, I'm really excited about tomorrow night's broadcast as well.
44:39We're going to see the rematch between Sting and Larry Zbysko.
44:42I mean, here's the thing.
44:44Sting, the head of all the little stingers,
44:46has really gotten up in Larry Zbysko's face.
44:48But Zbysko, by his own admission, is a legend slayer.
44:52Tomorrow night right here on TBS,
44:53the legend of Sting might just go down
44:55to the legend of Larry Zbysko.
44:58Well, that remains to be seen.
45:00And plus, tomorrow night, we're going to see a grudge match.
45:03Beautiful Bobby Eaton will take on Nature Boy Buddy Landell.
45:06I'm glad that you brought that up,
45:07because I'm going to give you just one more chance to apologize,
45:09not only to me, but to Nature Boy Buddy Landell,
45:12because you know as well as I do
45:13that Bobby Eaton cheap-shotted his tag team partner.
45:15He did not cheap-shotted him.
45:16He nailed him.
45:17No, he did not nail him.
45:18He cheap-shotted him.
45:19Buddy Landell was his tag team partner.
45:21Why can't you ever agree with me?
45:22Because, again, you're a blithering idiot.
45:25That's done.
45:25Call your mommy.
45:27She's a shame of you, too.
45:28We'll see you tonight at 6.05.
45:29Shut up.