Goldberg Vs. Bret Hart (WCW World Heavyweight Championship)

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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.

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