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  • 5/19/2025
WCW Power Hour 8/31/91
Young Pistols vs. Rip Rogers & Sam Cody
TV Champ Steve Austin vs. Robert Gibson
Ron Simmons vs. Jobber
~ Ron Simmons Interview (Lex Luger attacks)
Lex Luger vs. Tommy Rich (JIP, from Clash)
Enforcers vs. Patriots (JIP)
The Enforcers (Arn & Larry) vs. Bobby Eaton & Big Josh

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00:00athlete in the history of world championship wrestling finds his career in grave jeopardy
00:04on tbs this morning you see the stinger has been receiving some mysterious gifts and we
00:09don't know who the benefactor is we do know who wants ron simmons and barry windham out of action
00:14it's lex luger on his entourage we'll tell you about it on the power out
00:30so
00:49ladies and gentlemen the following tag team event it is set for one fall introducing first
00:56from wyoming steve tracy the young pistols and good morning everyone jim ross along with pauline
01:06dangerously thanks very much for being with us this morning on tbs from seymour i want to remind
01:11you that this thursday night after the clash of champions from huntsville texas there'll be a big
01:1615 man over the top rope battle royal and the young pistols have entered that as we take a look
01:22at yosemite sam there sam cody being introduced with uh rip rogers bill alfonso the referee but
01:30this thursday night live here on tbs the young pistols will be involved in that 15 man over the
01:36top rope battle royal should be exciting oh it should be more than exciting it should be a very
01:42interesting situation because for tracy to win the money he has to eliminate 14 other people
01:48including steve and for steve to win the money he has to eliminate tracy
01:53and 13 other people so you can't split the prize money ain't gonna happen that way arm drag takedown
02:01by tracy tag made here comes steve of the young pistols great double team offense by these two
02:09very popular youngsters the fans go with us on the bruise cruise you'll have the opportunity to meet
02:14stars like the young pistols photo opportunities autograph parties
02:22great food and a lot of fun on the bruise cruise and it has been confirmed for you lovers of the
02:29yosemite sam cartoon series sam cody will not be on the bruise oh no why not lateral press
02:39and uh rip rogers
02:42leo there rogers a veteran competitor
02:49cody waist lock here's a high risk move by
02:53steve of the young pistols he dropped kicks him halfway across the ring
02:58ladies and gentlemen here are your winners the young we'll be telling you more about the bruise
03:05cruise momentarily as we take another look well i think it's a grave injustice that yosemite sam
03:10cody does not get to go on the bruise cruise i think we need to start a letter writing campaign
03:15to bring him onto the bruise cruise he's halfway in the middle of the ring off the top rope comes
03:21in the middle of the ring off the top rope comes deep
03:25right into the bush wham one two three bring sam on the bruise cruise
03:34spend your dream vacation with lex luger steam and many other great wcws lyrics on the bruise
03:41cruise sail away on your passage to exotic beaches on a luxurious ms new amsterdam for a trip you'll
03:47never forget visit the exotic ports of key west florida ocho rios jamaica grand cayman and the
03:53beautiful beaches of cozumel mexico there'll be special autograph sessions and beach parties
03:57with your favorite wcw wrestlers don't miss this once in a lifetime dream vacation on the bruise
04:03cruise
04:15well ladies and gentlemen the following contest it is for the wcw world television championship
04:23it is set for one fall with a 10 minute time limit introducing first the challenger
04:30from pensacola florida weighing 234 pounds robert gibson welcome back everyone to tbs
04:40robert gibson tomorrow night on the main event will join forces with dustin rhodes to take on
04:45stunning steve austin and the diamond stud and ladies and gentlemen his opponent that's tomorrow
04:51night here on tbs on the main event one of our feature events from hollywood california weighing
04:57253 pounds the wcw world television champion ladies and gentlemen stunning steve
05:13not only is stunning steve scheduled to be at the clash this thursday night he'll be wrestling twice
05:19because he'll be in the big 15 men over the top rope battle royal and he's also scheduled and i
05:26emphasize scheduled to defend his tv title against the z-man thursday night live here on tbs but
05:33of course he's got to get to thursday with a title before he can defend it oh no doubt about it and
05:39what will the battle royal do to the world television champion if and only if he keeps
05:44the title and if and only if he survives the battle royal then he has to get into the ring
05:49with the z-man i wouldn't want to go against the z-man unless i'm at a hundred percent and
05:54studying steve can't be well there's a theodore long and
06:02johnny be bad
06:07but i know your leg has been injured i know your legs hurt
06:10you may not be able to make it through this match so how about letting johnny be bad
06:14wrestle steve austin he embarrassed us on national tv what about it robert
06:19i understand robert i just don't want your leg all right tv title match uh boz gibson i
06:26wouldn't be talked out of this opportunity it just shows you everybody wants to be the world's
06:31television champion yeah because i know that austin and johnny be bad both even though very
06:38competitive they don't have uh real hard feelings if there's any hard feelings that may come from
06:44peanut head there so uh gibson not giving his opportunity yet
06:55stunning steve needs to concentrate on robert gibson gibson from behind rolled him up
07:00he can't be distracted that way if he allows johnny be bad and northeaster are
07:05longer distracted he's going to lose the title this morning to robert gibson gibson again with
07:10a roll-up he's got an independent predicament and he got two out of it and robert gibson who
07:15does indeed have a bad knee uh he had major reconstructive surgery he's been out of
07:21rehabilitation oh two maybe three months i think we saw robert for the first time back about in
07:29june at the clash of champions in june if i'm not mistaken and he got leveled by richard morton
07:33there and then he had his leg re-injured at the great american bash on july 14th by morton
07:39so now gibson coming off that injury still not at a hundred percent but he wants to be the world
07:44tv champion and he won't give up this opportunity johnny bad even clapping for stunning steve there
07:51ringside inside cradle gibson who has really yeah he's really favoring that leg right now
07:58he's really amassed a tremendous reputation what a sour puss looking face good lord here on
08:07beautiful saturday morning it's not beautiful for robert gibson right now
08:14goes right back to work on the legs stunning steve's game plan very simplistic but very
08:20effective he knows where gibson's injured and he's taking it to the past trying to go for the
08:26figure four gibson shot him off with that free leg inside cradle can he hold him down he modified it
08:33a little bit still got a two count out of it stunning steve on two good legs back up quicker
08:38than gibson gibson's quickness has really been lessened here and there's a karate kick
08:50and now this ought to be very interesting
08:53and stunning steve perhaps dazed nail johnny be bad
09:04and the lady blossom trying to get humorous now what's going on here
09:12johnny be bad and stunning steve are having their tippers are flaring here obviously
09:17oh
09:19well now this isn't doing anybody any good
09:26peanut head they're not doing a lot to restore order
09:31there goes stunning steve on the left i don't know what the heck's going on here
09:36the referee called for the bell what's up there's a decision
09:41well i give it to stunning steve for outside interference
09:48well i fans i apologize i don't know who's won the match well i'm waiting
09:55and i'm not a very patient person
09:59ladies and gentlemen the winner of the match as a result of a count out robert
10:04gibson now how could that be a controversial call indeed fans still to come a look at ron
10:14a look at ron simmons challenge for the world's title
10:18but he's had his problems we'll show you what happened recently after this
10:32eastern forum nla simple tip number eight just check out world jumping in legs
10:38seven foot seven
10:41will be on the card at the kaiser convention center in oakland saturday night september 7th
10:47this friday september 6 oz will be in action at the memorial coliseum in phoenix arizona
10:53eight o'clock bell time the patriots are part of the clash of champions scheduled for the
10:58civic center at augusta ga district september 5th be at the reese arena in perry georgia this
11:03tuesday september 3rd to check out the russian nightmare nakita call off dustin rose headlines
11:10a huge part of action at the scope in norfolk virginia tomorrow afternoon remember the special
11:16time of three o'clock in the afternoon the arena in baltimore is supposed to be tonight
11:2157 c boston and the rest of the wcw superstars our jim ross and paulie dangerously back with
11:28you in this particular segment we want to focus on the undisputed wcw world's heavyweight
11:33champion the total package lex luger ron simmons wants to be the champion for that matter so does
11:39barry windham but recently on one of our broadcasts after a very resounding victory by simmons he
11:46wanted to have a conference so to speak with the champ oh well he got one but here's the thing lex
11:51luger does not travel alone he always has his entourage even come out to the ring with him and
11:57if mr simmons wanted to discuss his career aspirations with the total package mr luger
12:03was more than accommodating this is a very interesting situation you're going to be seeing
12:07here in the next few moments and as a matter of fact in just a few moments we'll be going to the
12:12ring we'll show you that match that ron simmons competed in and then ron would get on the house
12:19public address system and issue a challenge here's what happened
12:23ladies and gentlemen the following contest it is set for one fall introducing first from warner
12:33robbins georgia he weighs 278 pounds the all-american
12:44ron simmons who is looking forward to appearing on tbs at the clash of champions
12:49that'll be live on national television thursday night september the 5th on that event
12:57ron will be signing a contract with the undisputed world's heavyweight champion
13:02lex luger for a two out of three fall match that will be a pay-per-view event
13:08on october 27th at halloween havoc so i'm afraid to make a call in that match because two out of
13:15three falls whose advantage is that going to be to simmons or lugers well the best man will surely
13:21win in that environment but the official contracts will be signed the match has been agreed to in
13:28principle and the official contracts will be signed on live television what do you think
13:34can happen there thursday night september the 5th only a few days away at 8 0 5 eastern time
13:427 0 5 central simmons has been as dominating as any athlete that i have been around in the
13:51last several weeks he has uh fascinating uh physical abilities his accomplishments on the
14:01gridiron are legendary in college football and now his accomplishments in world championship
14:09wrestling are starting to equal those in college football he's already been a world tag team
14:14champion and now he wants to go for all the gold he wants to be the world's heavyweight champion
14:21spine buster slam by simmons and he has just been dominant ladies and gentlemen the winner of the
14:28match the all-american i get a lot of calls about that big guy my radio program on am 750
14:35wsb on sunday night his football background i'm not surprised simmons absolutely annihilating yet
14:43another what's he saying
14:46keep talking let's listen like a man like the man i thought he was
14:54i'm sick and tired of him sending out his cronies i don't want the man who carries the belt i want
15:01the man who has the belt get out here and face me face to face well here comes harley race the
15:09advisor to the undisputed world champion lex luger and of course the ominous figure of mr
15:15hughes the bodyguard i told you if i told you once i've told you a hundred times
15:23you don't talk to the man unless the man wants to talk to you
15:28okay maybe you misunderstood me i said i didn't want the man who cares about
15:37oh here we go i think you're gonna get your opportunity
15:41right now well there he is mr pompousness himself
15:48got him oh i got him from behind hughes from behind luger leading his entourage
15:57in this attack luger has really turned into an arrogant son of a gun i'll tell you that
16:07six five 292 and this is not called for
16:18well it's quite obvious that lex luger and ron simmons have developed a tremendous rivalry
16:25i think it's very obvious also that lex luger i don't want to say he fears ron simmons but i
16:31think he respects him ultimately but the mystery in this whole situation as far as i was concerned
16:36at the time paul was barry windham's involvement in this whole situation see lex luger took a john
16:43goddy approach he eliminated ron simmons before the challenge was ever presented to the total
16:47package but what was barry windham doing i mean here's a man that held the world tag team title
16:52with lex luger here's a man that had a long-standing feud with the all-american ron simmons
16:58why would barry windham come out to the ring and seemingly protect ron simmons or was it just a
17:03setup to get simmons alone in the ring for himself we all had many questions after that situation
17:09occurred but later in that very same broadcast barry windham returned to the ring and he made
17:15his intentions quite clear here's what happened
17:26ladies and gentlemen at this time barry windham has what luger this thing is far from over
17:32now i know what you're capable of and too many times you've run over people
17:37you've got these other people helping you doing your dirty work and i tell you what
17:42you're not gonna do it to me i turn my back on you one time and it'll never happen again
17:48because i know exactly what you're capable of come here well windham who came out earlier to
17:54help ron simmons now having a face-to-face debate with the total package lex luger
18:01and again from behind it's race and hughes under the leadership of the
18:08well i don't want to say what's on my mind but luger again taking his liberties
18:15and there's nobody to say barry windham now he has no friend here comes simmons with a chair
18:23and the world's champion in his entourage leaving the scene here
18:29luger
18:34simmons who will meet luger at halloween havoc
18:40this will be the first and the last time that you'll ever do this to ron simmons i now know
18:45who my enemies are and of course you and who started you on there where you coming from
18:53i don't know who you are but then who started you on
18:59it looks to me pal like you and me got the very same enemies but if that's the way it is put it
19:04there a partnership has been formed here
19:14you know paul it goes without saying that both barry windham and
19:18ron simmons would love to be the undisputed world's heavyweight champion the belt that
19:22lex luger holds but i think it's quite obvious now that they've also formed a partnership oh
19:27yeah they united against the heavyweight champion of the world lex luger and his entourage the
19:32question is will that unity bring them to the top or will it be their downfall lex luger has
19:39always been a on tbs i'm missy hyatt and this is missy does the mail and a lot of fans have
19:44been wanting to know the situation with the world tag team title tournament where the champions will
19:50be crowned this thursday night live on the clash of champions it will be rick steiner and bill
19:56kasmeyer to take on my favorite team the enforcers larry zibisco and arn anderson now this videotape
20:03you're about to see is how the enforcers advance to the final like i've told you they're the
20:08dirtiest players in the game anderson and zibisco will do anything anything at all
20:16zibisco with a kick right off the second rope to the back of the head and now zibisco gets rid of
20:21chip anderson the arm across and the enforcers win it and they'll advance to the finals ladies
20:29and gentlemen here's your winning team double arn anderson the living legend larry zibisco the
20:36enforcers i think you just saw the next world tag team champions and we'll find out this thursday
20:46night live on the clash of champions now if you would like to write missy does the mail do so at
20:52the address on your screen and i will see you this sunday night with jim ross on the main event
21:00and now fans here's a look at the latest wcw top 10 rankings and singles competition as compiled
21:05by promoters and members of the wcw board of directors and at the number 10 spot breaking
21:11the top 10 this week the diamond stud from tampa florida remaining at number nine this week the
21:17former world television champion beatiful bobby dropping down one spot into number eight this week
21:22the one-man gang from hallstatt treated chicago illinois the number seven man this week moving
21:28up a notch the natural dustin rose seven foot seven inch ali gande checks in at number six
21:33the number five man for the second week in a row the world television champion stunning steve
21:39the number four man the russian nightmare nakita call off checking in at number three
21:43ron simmons the number two man this week from sweetwater texas barry windham and the number
21:49one ranked contender the new u.s heavyweight champion sting and of course the world heavyweight
21:55the total package lex luger that's a look at the top 10
22:11johnny v bad for the first time ever wild styles combined clash of the champions
22:17fall brawl 91 live thursday night september 5th on gbs
22:27ladies and gentlemen the following tag team contest a special event it is set for one fall
22:34introducing team number one total combined weight 492 pounds double a r and anderson
22:42the living legend larry sabisco the enforcer and they will be meeting rick steiner and
22:50bill kasmeyer this thursday night live here on tbs at the clash the winner will be the new
22:58world tag team champions new tag team champions of the world will be crowned here on tbs this
23:06thursday night and ladies and gentlemen their opponents first from the north woods weighing 200
23:1275 pounds big josh his tag team partner from huntsville alabama 233 pounds beautiful
23:27big josh dustin rhodes and the z man are the new six-man tag team champions of the world
23:34and beautiful bobby and big josh will both be involved in the 15 man over the top rope
23:42battle royal on live national television here on tbs at the clash this thursday night so
23:50we really got a big week ahead of us there'll be no wcw tonight through the southeast conference
23:55football and the braves versus the phillies here on tbs but we will be back with you tomorrow on
24:01the main event and then thursday two and a half hours live at the class of champions
24:08headlined by the enforcers double a r and anderson and the living legend larry zabisco
24:13against rick steiner and bill kasmeyer in the finals for the world tag team title and right
24:19now i want you to tell everybody your predictions on who's going to win that match i've got it
24:24already done a lot of behind the scenes stuff too i got some stuff on pre-game meals even
24:28but it's on the wrestling hotline for midnight tonight so in other words i have to pick up my
24:33cellular telephone and dial 1-900-909-9900 to hear your prediction you got it perry mason
24:42i figure all these things out you start you're very analytical wrestling hotline's got some
24:46stuff you'll never hear on television until midnight tonight and big josh using that left
24:52hand very effectively on larry zabisco anderson got involved but only momentarily reversal by
24:59big josh takes him back into the turnbuckle with authority but uh zabisco quickly moves
25:05out of the way catches josh with the right hand and now tags in the enforcer arn anderson
25:13scoops him up makes up an authoritative slam
25:18fans will be showing you what's up surprise came sting's way if you haven't seen that
25:24more on that situation in this hour here on tbs there's a tag boy this is a well-oiled machine
25:32to uh overuse another cliche well they've already gone through gibson and the z-man they've gone
25:38through the patriots and now the enforcers on their way to steiner and kasmeyer this thursday
25:45night live right here on tbs at the clash of the champions but to get there they right now have to
25:50concentrate on big josh and beautiful bobby
25:57your beautiful bobby there in the background wanting to tag anderson got the tag makes the
26:01exchange prevents big josh from making a tag let's see if anderson takes big josh back into the
26:07enforcer's side of the ring he's trying he would like to i'm sure drop toe hold
26:12and makes the tag again big josh unable to execute a needed tag to beautiful bobby
26:19and notice how anderson prevented big josh from crawling his way over to his corner
26:26we'll be talking about the clash tomorrow night on wrestling with jim ross on am 750 wsb as we'll
26:33take your calls for one hour tomorrow night beginning at nine o'clock and we're going to
26:40on the clash of champions
26:43anderson with the blatant choke on big josh
26:48and josh is desperate to make the tag but anderson prevents it by bringing in beautiful bobby
26:54which enables the enforcers to utilize double team tactics and they didn't make the tag there
27:02referee a little uh befuddled shall we say
27:09left hands by big josh
27:13and once again they prevent them from getting over to his corner the enforcers utilizing the
27:18quick tag in comes double a arn anderson and keeps big josh at bay reverse chin lock by double a arn
27:27anderson i've said it before and i really believe it i think anderson is the most outstanding tag
27:38team wrestler i've ever seen in my career that man there dynamic left hand spine buster ddt but he
27:48is a strategist supreme and right now the strategy is very very sick whoa but it ain't working i'll
27:58tell you that right now they need to prevent big josh from making that tag because they have him
28:03worn down to be tagged in beautiful bobby the fresh man is in
28:11the legend larry zibisco the snap mayor they are very basic very fundamental
28:19great wrestling and i i think that we could uh
28:26certainly enjoy seeing more great competitive wrestling like we're seeing right here
28:32nowhere else but wcw and beautiful bobby makes the tag got that right hand in he knew what he
28:39was going to use when he made the tag nothing but right hand so far from the man from huntsville
28:44alabama oh they got him down double leg pickup in the wrong corner and zibisco and anderson
28:54double teaming and here come the freebirds so what are they doing here
29:00the freebirds pull down the rope and down came
29:03well the freebirds attacking the enforcers what in the world and there's big daddy deke i thought
29:08they got rid of him man there's a you talk about a competitive situation
29:15several weeks ago the enforcers came out and challenged the freebirds on wcw
29:21you hey ref you're gonna ring the bell what's going on here it's out of control
29:29and we'll we're gonna take a break
29:40the clash of champions on thursday september the 5th on tbs
29:45hey
29:48well open it already come on not even his birthday or anything my birthday's coming up
29:53maybe you can get me a big box like that thing taking off the gift wrapping here
30:00and gee oh my gosh there's abdul the butcher the butcher 460 pounds abdul the butcher
30:09driving his fingers into the throat of sting and now runs him face first
30:13into the steel abdul the butcher exploding out of that gift box
30:22and sting may suffer internal injuries here at the hands of abdul of the butcher he's gasping for air
30:31the butcher sadistically hammering away at the stinger
30:36oh
30:42several questions have arisen over this situation for example will there be other
30:47people coming out of other gift boxes number two paul man who is the person or persons
30:55behind this entire episode well if abdul the butcher was first who could be second i mean
31:00what would be second what would you send out after you send out abdul the butcher and who
31:05has this kind of money takes a lot of money to put something like this together a lot of forethought
31:10a lot of planning a lot of premeditation who has this kind of thinking in or out of world
31:17championship wrestling you know i have a sneaking feeling that this thursday night live here on tbs
31:22at the clash of champions 805 eastern time that sting will be in line for another surprise what
31:28better forum than to present box number two than a live hey i have nothing to do with it i'm telling
31:34you i don't want to have anything to do with it don't forget tonight our broadcast is preempted
31:38here but we'll see you again tomorrow night on the main event