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00:00:00Imagine that, me, Vince McMahon, imagine that, here I am on WCW television.
00:00:30How can that happen?
00:00:32Well, there's only one way.
00:00:34You see, it was just a matter of time before I, Vince McMahon, bought my competition.
00:00:42That's right.
00:00:43I own WCW.
00:00:47So therefore, in its final broadcast tonight on TNT, I have the opportunity to address
00:00:54you, the WCW fans.
00:00:58I have an opportunity to address you, the WCW superstars.
00:01:03What is the fate of WCW?
00:01:07Well, tonight, in a special simulcast, you'll all find out.
00:01:11Because the fate, the very fate of WCW is in my hands.
00:01:28Go!
00:01:29Go!
00:01:29Go!
00:01:29Go!
00:01:38Go!
00:01:43Go!
00:01:44Welcome to a landmark night in the industry of sports entertainment.
00:02:14I have seen it, and I still cannot believe it.
00:02:19What's he going to say?
00:02:21What does he want?
00:02:22He's brought the company.
00:02:23What does Mr. McMahon have to say to us?
00:02:25Needless to say, as you overlook Panama City Beach, Florida, we are stunned.
00:02:30We are floored.
00:02:31We are going to be addressed by Mr. McMahon here tonight on the very last telecast of WCW's
00:02:38Wendy Nitro on TNT.
00:02:42It has been an emotional four or five days for all of us involved in World Championship Wrestling.
00:02:49This is the night of champions.
00:02:52Tonight on our final telecast, all five titles in World Championship Wrestling will be decided.
00:02:58Hi, everybody.
00:03:00Tony Ciamatti and Scott Hudson are customary places here at Rinkside bringing you WCWX.
00:03:04Tony, you've been following this sport longer than I, and I've been around for 30 years.
00:03:09Can you believe it?
00:03:10Mr. McMahon opening up Nitro.
00:03:13He's going to address the troops in a simulcast.
00:03:16When is that going to happen?
00:03:17What does he have to say to us?
00:03:19What's next?
00:03:21What's in store for us?
00:03:22He said that the fate of WCW is in his hands, and we'll be hearing from Mr. McMahon on this
00:03:31what has been a very surreal day for all of us in World Championship Wrestling, a historic
00:03:37day in sports entertainment, and it goes down on our very last telecast.
00:03:41Let's not lose sight of the fact this is the last Nitro on the Turner Network, and we're
00:03:45going out with the bang.
00:03:46All the titles on the line, including a unification match, U.S. versus World title, Scott Steiner
00:03:53and Booker T later.
00:03:54That's still to come right here tonight from Panama City Beach.
00:03:58Did we mention this is Spring Breakout 2001?
00:04:02Listen to that, would you?
00:04:04That could only mean one thing.
00:04:06Who means more to WCW?
00:04:10Who means WCW anymore than the man you're watching take that long walk?
00:04:17Here on Monday Nitro, it is the nature of Boyd Ric Flair.
00:04:23Who represented World Championship Wrestling above all others?
00:04:28Whose face was identified with WCW more than any other, the man stepping into the ring.
00:04:35The 14-time World Heavyweight Champion, the one and only, The Nature Boy, Ric Flair.
00:04:42What are his opinions of the statements from Mr. McMahon earlier?
00:04:46Maybe we're gonna find out right now.
00:04:49What's going through his mind?
00:05:00You know, Scott, for so long, we talked about new ownership of WCW.
00:05:04We never thought this would happen.
00:05:09Neither did he.
00:05:13Did I?
00:05:15Did I?
00:05:17Woo!
00:05:17Did I happen to hear Vince McMahon say he was going to hold WCW in the palms of his hands?
00:05:33Is that what he said?
00:05:40Does that mean that you are going to hold Jack Briscoe, Dory Funk, Harley Race, the Road Warriors, Stig, Luger, the Stiers,
00:05:56Bagwell, Ric Flair, Steamboat.
00:06:00Does that mean you're going to hold us all in the palm of your hands?
00:06:06To coin a phrase?
00:06:08I don't think so.
00:06:10You know, at 12 o'clock today, someone very special to me said,
00:06:22Do not go on to that show tonight knowing it's the last time that you'll ever be on TNT or TBS.
00:06:33Knowing it's the last time she said to me, don't go out there and cry.
00:06:39Don't go out there and say you're sorry.
00:06:41Because I'm not, I've been 14 times the world champion, in my eyes, for the greatest, you got it!
00:06:56The greatest wrestling organization in the world, WCW.
00:07:05We, we, I'm talking about the Stings, the Lugers, the Steiners, the Road Warriors.
00:07:14I'm talking about my best friend, Arne Anderson, and the Four Horsemen.
00:07:22We have been on a par, and we have been equal to any wrestling organization in the world.
00:07:31As a matter of fact, we have run neck and neck with you, Vince McMahon, for years, for years.
00:07:41And just for trivia, Vince McMahon, do you know that in 1981 when you were trying to become an announcer,
00:07:54your dad was on the board of directors and voted for me to be the world champion, woo!
00:08:04How about that?
00:08:08And ever since that day, I have been
00:08:15a limousine riding, checked flying, kissed dealing, wheeling dealing, son of a gun,
00:08:27that along with the whole WCW, damn it all, have kissed the girls worldwide,
00:08:36and made them cry.
00:08:38Did you see, we were every bit the force, we were WCW, we lived, we breathed, we sweat,
00:08:51we paid the price to be the best.
00:08:55It's never been about the boys, it's always been WWF versus WCW.
00:09:02In the office, the boys that have gone out there, night in and night out,
00:09:10doing everything they could to be the very best at what they chose to do in their life.
00:09:17Those boys are here tonight.
00:09:20We are.
00:09:22We're not going anywhere.
00:09:24You can't hold us in your hands and predict our life.
00:09:28We're WCW, we bled and we sweat.
00:09:34When was the last time you wrestled for an hour, cut yourself five times,
00:09:40bled for 45 minutes?
00:09:41When were you there?
00:09:44You weren't.
00:09:47You weren't.
00:09:48You never were in a dressing room, on the road, 40 days and 40 nights,
00:09:54bleeding, sweating, going to the next town?
00:09:59You weren't there.
00:10:00You can't hold people's lives in your hands.
00:10:05We're the greatest wrestling company of all time.
00:10:10I want to say it again.
00:10:12You can't control us or our future.
00:10:16And in closing, let me say this, in all my years in this sport,
00:10:24my greatest opponent with this company has been Sting.
00:10:29So tonight, if we're going out, if we're going out of the high note,
00:10:34Stinger, the Nature Boy, wants you right here.
00:10:39Sting, Sting, my greatest opponent.
00:10:50Sting, it's your last chance, your last chance to be.
00:10:56Sting, Sting, Sting, Sting.
00:11:01Sting, Sting, Sting.
00:11:02Sting!
00:11:03To be the man, you gotta be the man, and Sting, I'm the man, whoo.
00:11:15We have not seen Sting since November.
00:11:17How about that?
00:11:18Whoo.
00:11:19And Ric Flair is challenging Sting to wrestle on the Night of the Champions
00:11:24here tonight on Monday Nitro Live, but coming up next on the Night of the Champions.
00:11:32Title versus title, world champion Scott Steiner, US champ Booker T, it's next.
00:11:40Promotional consideration paid for by the following.
00:11:43Beef.
00:11:44Spice.
00:11:45Beef.
00:11:46Spice.
00:11:50Need a little excitement?
00:11:52Snap into a Slim Jam!
00:11:58It's WCW Spring Breakout 2001.
00:12:01Brought to you by 1-800-COLLECT, the easy way to save.
00:12:04And America Online version 6.0.
00:12:07Never been a better time to sign up.
00:12:09And this Spring Breakout 2001 is the final telecast of Monday Nitro on TNT.
00:12:18It's the Night of Champions.
00:12:20We are going to begin the action right at the top of the list.
00:12:25The US title on the line, the WCW world title on the line.
00:12:32It is title versus title here tonight for our great fans of world championship wrestling.
00:12:39What does this night hold in store?
00:12:45Right now, it holds that man.
00:12:47The world heavyweight champion, the American from the University of Michigan.
00:12:52He is big pop-up hop, Scott Steiner.
00:12:54And Scott Steiner steps into the ring, Tony.
00:12:57He wants to go out on top.
00:13:00He wants to leave the last Nitro with the 25 pounds of gold.
00:13:06Very apropos that Steiner would go into the very last Monday Nitro against his arch enemy,
00:13:11his nemesis, if you will, the former world champion himself.
00:13:15The man he defeated back in Mayhem, the man he took out of WCW for many, many months.
00:13:23Booker T, who recently won the United States Championship over Scott's own brother.
00:13:29And you know Booker T, this is his first reign as United States heavyweight champion.
00:13:35He would like nothing better than to unite the US and world title.
00:13:40But Tony, more importantly than that, he wants the ultimate shot at revenge
00:13:45over the man that put him on the shelf for three and a half months and more than that.
00:13:49Bragged about it.
00:13:50Night after night, Scott Steiner running off his list of men he put out of the sport.
00:13:55Always started off with Booker T.
00:13:57And tonight, it might be sweet revenge.
00:14:00Look at this crown on hand at the Boardwalk Beach Resort.
00:14:03Panama City Beach, Florida.
00:14:05This is what it's all about.
00:14:07It's a very emotional night for all of us who have been a part of WCW for many, many years.
00:14:12Bringing you these telecasts.
00:14:14We heard about the sale of WCW this past Friday.
00:14:20And we talked about it, but it really didn't sink in until we saw just a few moments ago
00:14:26Mr. McMahon open up our program, Scott.
00:14:29And he has told us there will be a simulcast at some point during this edition of Nitro where he's going to address the troops.
00:14:39And that's all we know.
00:14:40That's right, the fate of WCW in Mr. McMahon's hands.
00:14:43The bell sounds.
00:14:44There he is.
00:14:45The magnificent world heavyweight champion.
00:14:48But Booker T brings him to this match as he said Scott.
00:14:51An eye for revenge.
00:14:53Determination.
00:14:54A never say die attitude.
00:14:56Hard and athleticism.
00:14:57Here we go.
00:14:58On the left side of the hat.
00:14:59Scott holds his ground.
00:15:01Ducking the Steiner line.
00:15:02And a hold up side kick.
00:15:04But Steiner down hard.
00:15:05Here's a cuff.
00:15:06And a two.
00:15:07And only a two count says Nick Patrick the referee.
00:15:12The US heavyweight champion is the number one contender.
00:15:15But how long has it been since that champion has faced the world champion.
00:15:21Which by right he should do every night.
00:15:23It hasn't happened until tonight.
00:15:26One of the most monumental matches in these two men's recent careers.
00:15:30One of these guys is walking out with two belts.
00:15:33One's walking home empty handed.
00:15:35Back elbow from Booker T and the cover.
00:15:37Down goes the world champion.
00:15:38Here's a cover again.
00:15:40A chance to win it.
00:15:41Two count.
00:15:42And how good did that feel for Booker T to knock the powder right out of Scott Steiner.
00:15:47It'll feel much better Scott if he can do it for the one, two, and three.
00:15:51But can he?
00:15:52Can he on this final night of WCW Monday Nitro on TNT?
00:15:56Can he rest the world title away from a man who's filled with rage?
00:16:00And a man who's got even his punches right now.
00:16:02Power bonding down.
00:16:04Pitting combination.
00:16:05No.
00:16:06Couldn't keep him down.
00:16:07Booker T using all the power of the lower body.
00:16:10The legs.
00:16:11The quadriceps.
00:16:12Pushing out that time.
00:16:14And now Madeja.
00:16:15Madeja with a slap right across the face.
00:16:18Booker should just get it off.
00:16:20Booker trying to get back to the ring.
00:16:23Scott, now the leg pipe.
00:16:24The leg pipe.
00:16:25The referee in the face.
00:16:27Madeja, oh my God.
00:16:29No.
00:16:30He tried to kill him.
00:16:32Can you believe what we just did?
00:16:34He was aiming towards his head.
00:16:36Good night, he almost split the post with that pipe.
00:16:39Booker just barely, how did he avoid that?
00:16:44That's how personal it is between these two.
00:16:47It's man against man.
00:16:49It's champion against champion, but it's more than that.
00:16:52It's two men who have hated each other for years.
00:16:57And Steiner in the midst of a title offense against his hated enemy.
00:17:02Always has time for his signature workout.
00:17:06As he'll send Booker T now back to the corner again.
00:17:09Three times Booker T has been world heavyweight champion.
00:17:13Can he make it a four time run tonight?
00:17:17And here he comes now.
00:17:18His current US title, his only US title reign.
00:17:22He could be a double champion by the end of the night of the champions.
00:17:25From the belly to belly, it could be you.
00:17:27And it's not, it's only two.
00:17:28It's almost Scott Steiner unifying the world in US titles.
00:17:33We're talking 31 title reigns between these two superb athletes in World Championship Wrestling.
00:17:40TV, US, Tag, World, they've held them all.
00:17:44They've run the table.
00:17:45Somebody's walking out with two of them right now.
00:17:48Normally when a man steps in the ring against Scott Steiner,
00:17:51he's intimidated.
00:17:53He knows what he's going in there against.
00:17:55There was no sign of intimidation on the face in the demeanor of Booker T as he walked to the ring tonight.
00:18:00And now a sense of comeback, no.
00:18:03Honey thwarted that.
00:18:05Put the brakes on.
00:18:06Booker T on the roof back again.
00:18:08Right hands.
00:18:09Sending to the ride.
00:18:10Duck slow.
00:18:11He telegraphed it.
00:18:12Steiner put the brakes on.
00:18:14And Steiner's got him in his punches.
00:18:16Momentarily that is.
00:18:18Drop kick as Steiner ran towards him.
00:18:22For every bit of revenge Booker T has flowing through his system right now,
00:18:26Scott Steiner has the same amount of fear that he's going to go down to Booker.
00:18:30Scott Steiner ain't going out like that.
00:18:32Not without a fight.
00:18:34Booker T blocked two of them.
00:18:36Steiner tries to send him in.
00:18:38Booker T.
00:18:39Got him doubled over.
00:18:41Call him an offense.
00:18:43Is he going for the ghetto blaster?
00:18:44Yes, he is.
00:18:45And he nailed it.
00:18:47On the back of the neck of Steiner, Booker T.
00:18:51Look at him.
00:18:52Fire, finger, power, picks him up.
00:18:56Pancaked it.
00:18:58Here he comes.
00:19:00The spin-a-rody back to the vertical base.
00:19:03The US champion.
00:19:04Climbed and ready.
00:19:05Scott Steiner doesn't see it.
00:19:07He feels it.
00:19:08And he felt it right then.
00:19:09And a trip down 110th Street with the Harlem sidekick.
00:19:14And it could be.
00:19:17Or could it be?
00:19:18Yes.
00:19:19Oh, yeah.
00:19:20Can he get him in a bucket?
00:19:21Steiner reversed it.
00:19:22Northern Lights suplex.
00:19:23One, two.
00:19:24No, no, no, no.
00:19:26It's not over yet.
00:19:27A Northern Lights suplex from a man almost 300 pounds of solid muscle.
00:19:32Scott Steiner is such a tremendous athlete.
00:19:35Always a surprise in that ring.
00:19:37Picks him up.
00:19:38Booker T.
00:19:39Lanes on his feet.
00:19:40He's got it.
00:19:41Here it is.
00:19:42One, two.
00:19:43Could it be it?
00:19:44Yes, it is.
00:19:45Booker T.
00:19:46Booker T.
00:19:47Booker T.
00:19:48Booker T is WCW World Champion.
00:19:53He's got two titles.
00:19:54Give him all the hardware.
00:19:56He's the man.
00:19:58And he is just that.
00:19:59What a great way to put it.
00:20:01Booker T has added another run as World Heavyweight Champion.
00:20:07Make it four times.
00:20:09He's the U.S. King and the World King.
00:20:12He is Booker T.
00:20:14Don't hate the player.
00:20:15Love the game.
00:20:16And we do.
00:20:17All a part of this emotion.
00:20:19That is the last Monday Nitro.
00:20:22He conquered the monster.
00:20:23He got his revenge.
00:20:25What a knife for Booker T.
00:20:27Scott Hudson.
00:20:28Watch this maneuver going for the power bomb.
00:20:31The agility of the spectacular athlete Booker T set him and nailed it.
00:20:35The book end.
00:20:36Scott Steiner stunned.
00:20:38And the one, two, three.
00:20:39We've got a new World Heavyweight Champion.
00:20:43On the night where the fate of WCW lies in the hands of Mr. McMahon.
00:20:48Booker T celebrates another world title reign.
00:20:52He conquered the monster.
00:20:54And the night of the champions continues on this very last Monday Nitro.
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00:21:54It's gonna come on the night of campus, the nature boy Ric Flair and Sting will hook it up one more time here, live from Panama City Beach, Florida.
00:22:10Now you just listen.
00:22:11You listen to me, all right?
00:22:14You're the attorney.
00:22:15No, no, no.
00:22:16Believe me.
00:22:17Of all the locations they could choose, okay?
00:22:19They choose their final broadcast to be some, you know, redneck beer joint down at, you know, someplace in the panhandle of Florida.
00:22:27Now, how appropriate is that?
00:22:31The fate of WCW, Mr. McMahon's hands, but Booker T is the reigning champion.
00:22:37I'm talking about the bookend on Scott Steiner.
00:22:41Can you believe it?
00:22:42Booker T emerges from the last Nitro on TNT with world heavyweight and U.S. heavyweight gold.
00:22:50Did you see the reaction of the fans as he walked around after we went to a commercial break, acknowledging the fans?
00:22:58He said so many times the fans are what he's all about.
00:23:02Certainly, that's been the driving force behind WCW Money Nitro here each and every Monday.
00:23:08We are gonna now find out what team is gonna get a WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship shot later on tonight.
00:23:16We've got a three-way qualifying match here, Scott.
00:23:19Specially requested by the Cruiserweight Tag Team Champions, Kid Romeo and Primetime.
00:23:26They said these three teams are gonna have to fight it out in their altruism.
00:23:31Oh, but what's the permanent number one contending team when in fact, Pony, you know as well as I?
00:23:37That means Primetime and Kid Romeo come in fresh.
00:23:40The opposing team will have already worked the match on the last Nitro.
00:23:45So the teams, the young dragons who you just saw three count, Courageous Moore and then Ray Jr. and Kidman, here they come.
00:23:54They'll build the animals.
00:23:56No denying what Kidman and obviously Ray Jr. have meant to WCW Money Nitro, meant to the fans.
00:24:05Here they come for the World Tag Team champ.
00:24:08The winning team goes on to face Romeo in Primetime later tonight here on the Night of the Champions Live.
00:24:14Let's not forget also at WCW Green on Pay-Per-View.
00:24:18Ray Mysterio Jr. and Kidman, Primetime and Kid Romeo.
00:24:22They tore down the house in Jacksonville.
00:24:24It might happen again.
00:24:25They've got to get past three countin' the dragons.
00:24:27Heads under Tinkover and now Kidman comes in.
00:24:29Sending him down with a Frankensteiner.
00:24:32One, two, no!
00:24:34Back leg, front kick in the back of the neck of Shannon Moore.
00:24:38And here goes Evan Courageous.
00:24:40Oh! Nice game!
00:24:41Down goes Kaz Hayashi.
00:24:43In the midst of all this, Courageous a chance to drive the Cadillac while talking on that.
00:24:50Oh!
00:24:51Throw him away that time.
00:24:52And Yang, oh, mimicking.
00:24:55Oh!
00:24:56Man!
00:24:57Ray Jr. with the springboard drop kick in the back on Yang.
00:25:01Sent him sprawlin' almost to Destin.
00:25:03Ray!
00:25:04The dangers of a three-way dance.
00:25:10You can't turn your back for a second.
00:25:12Once again, you're taking a look at what went down moments ago here.
00:25:16Up.
00:25:17Oh!
00:25:18On the top.
00:25:19All the bodies are flying right in front of that broadcast position.
00:25:23Three-way Cruiserweight tag team dance.
00:25:26Watch Shannon from up top.
00:25:27No!
00:25:28No!
00:25:29Spinning, twisting from the top.
00:25:32Sending both members of the Young Dragons down.
00:25:35The last man in the ring is gonna come downstairs.
00:25:39Hits!
00:25:40Oh!
00:25:41Kid Mikazi from Kidman on the top.
00:25:45He picked up the 7-10 split on the floor.
00:25:48Boy, did he ever.
00:25:50Now Ray holding on.
00:25:52Sending Yang down.
00:25:53Ray head of steam.
00:25:54He's up top.
00:25:55Yang's got him in his grasp.
00:25:56Oh, Joel, first top turnbuckle fan.
00:25:59Stopped him short.
00:26:00And now, Yang may be going for Yang time here.
00:26:04If he connects, Scott, then Drake is gonna go into the championship match.
00:26:07Later on tonight, that is the champion.
00:26:09It is!
00:26:10It is!
00:26:11It's got him!
00:26:12One, two, no!
00:26:13Kidman made the save.
00:26:15Not many cruiserweights in fit.
00:26:17Wait a minute, Kidman.
00:26:18It's not some Kid Crusher knowing Shannon.
00:26:20Shannon thwarted the Kid Crusher.
00:26:22Shannon with the bottoms up.
00:26:24He's going for his move.
00:26:25Oh, and he connected.
00:26:26Shannon Moore could put three count.
00:26:28One, two and a save.
00:26:30Can't sign up with one of his stiff kicks in the side of the head.
00:26:34One of these three teams will go on to face Romeo in primetime.
00:26:37What team is it gonna be?
00:26:39Look at this double teaming.
00:26:40Shannon Moore double team.
00:26:41One, two, and a save on the inside.
00:26:44Remember, it may not be your own partner making the save for the other team.
00:26:49Doesn't want this thing to end either.
00:26:51Reverse neck breaker inside.
00:26:54This is one false sudden death.
00:26:56The winning team gets a shot at primetime and Kid Romeo later in this broadcast.
00:27:01Could be the 450.
00:27:03And that's what it is.
00:27:08He connected one, two, and another save by Kidman.
00:27:13So many finishing maneuvers.
00:27:15Still, the match rages on.
00:27:17There was Kidman saving Kaz.
00:27:19Just because he didn't want the night to end with three count getting the pin.
00:27:23Uh-oh, Ray has Shannon set up in the corner.
00:27:26Here he goes.
00:27:27That's what's happened when you telegraph it.
00:27:32Many, many times, and Ray paid for it.
00:27:35Shannon Moore with the upper hand.
00:27:37Ray through the ropes.
00:27:40Shannon lands.
00:27:41Short punch that time.
00:27:43Ray trying to get back to his feet.
00:27:45Shoulder blocked by Shannon Moore.
00:27:47As battles rage on on the outside.
00:27:49Bodies everywhere.
00:27:50Shannon from the top.
00:27:51Tried.
00:27:52Great balance.
00:27:53No!
00:27:54Guaranteed leg drop.
00:27:55One, two.
00:27:56Could it be it?
00:27:57Yes! Yes!
00:27:58It's Kidman and Ray against Romeo.
00:28:00At primetime, they get another shot tonight at the Cruiserweight Tag Team Champs.
00:28:05The inaugural Cruiserweight Tag Champs.
00:28:07Primetime and Kid Romeo are gonna do it one more time against the Booty Animals.
00:28:13We are leaving nothing to be denied tonight.
00:28:16Later on, Ric Flair and Sting one more time as this final telecast of Monday Nitro continues live on TNT.
00:28:29This is the night of champions.
00:28:35Sting and Ric Flair will go one on one a little bit later on, plus three other titles on the line.
00:28:42Well, he's not a bad talent.
00:28:44Come in.
00:28:45But when you talk about talent, you have to, I'm gonna have to call you back here in just a minute.
00:28:51The talent is just about this.
00:28:52Chris, how are you?
00:28:54Have a seat.
00:28:55I thought a celebration toast would be in order.
00:28:58Well, aren't you the...
00:29:00Look at the pair of glasses you have here.
00:29:03And you know, if we really want to celebrate, though, I mean, this is a very special occasion.
00:29:09Uh-huh.
00:29:10So if we want to celebrate the real way to celebrate, Trish, it's this, baby.
00:29:16As the celebration goes on, Mr. McMahon are gonna take you back to sin, Scott.
00:29:28What a night it was.
00:29:30Charbo Guerrero Jr.
00:29:32And Sugar Shane Helms.
00:29:34People are calling Shane Helms the evolution of the Cruiserweight division.
00:29:39And when WCW Green went down, Sugar Shane Helms emerged with the Cruiserweight division.
00:29:45And now tonight, he'll put the title on the line.
00:29:48And this is the night of champions in the final telecast of Monday Nitro on TNT.
00:29:55It's been a long time since we introduced this man, Tony, as a challenger to the Cruiserweight title.
00:30:02Quite a night.
00:30:03It's very difficult for us to react to what we are seeing from Mr. McMahon and obviously his celebration.
00:30:09Where is he tonight?
00:30:10In Cleveland?
00:30:11I think so.
00:30:12But we do know that the fate of WCW rested his hands and he will address the purchase, the sale of WCW in a simulcast here tonight on our broadcast.
00:30:27Look at the fans.
00:30:28What it's all about.
00:30:30Here comes the WCW's Cruiserweight champion of the world.
00:30:37Here comes the WCW's Cruiserweight champion of the world.
00:30:42Here comes the YouTube Alright.
00:30:54The new kind of vibratoine Hamilton?
00:30:57Cheers.
00:30:58Cheers.
00:30:59Cheers.
00:31:00Cheers.
00:31:01Cheers.
00:31:02Cheers.
00:31:03Cheers.
00:31:12The man who dominated the Cruiserweight division for many months,
00:31:29Chavo Jr., and the one man that can get it from was Shane Helms.
00:31:33And he'll try to hang on to it in this, the night of campus,
00:31:37in a landmark night in sports entertainment.
00:31:39I don't think there's any question about that.
00:31:41Our fans everywhere would agree with that statement.
00:31:44Up top, to the machine, sends Chavo, face first to the knee, he's not gone.
00:31:49Caught him with a neck breaker, over the near side ropes.
00:31:52He'll make the lateral press, the pinning combination only.
00:31:54Profits with a two.
00:31:56We talk about wrestling history and its impact on this broadcast,
00:32:01the last Nitro on TNT.
00:32:03Chavo Guerrero Jr. certainly brings wrestling history with him to the ring.
00:32:07Every time he steps in, third-generation competitor wants to keep the Guerrero name alive and kicking.
00:32:14Against a man who, in a real testament of putting it back by Chavo to the heart of Shane,
00:32:21he tried a number of times to get the title away from Chavo, unsuccessfully, but did not deter.
00:32:28He never gave up, did not stop, and this is what WCW has been about the last year,
00:32:34the last couple of years, really last year and a half.
00:32:36The youth of WCW, the young men will come out and leave nothing to be denied.
00:32:42Who let it all hang out, so to speak.
00:32:44Shane battling off, sending Chavo down, Chavo.
00:32:49Shane over the top of the monumental one, two, sunset flip, and only got a two.
00:32:54Did you see the height he hit on that top rope sunset flip?
00:32:58I can't believe Shane got up from that.
00:33:01Shane in, Chavo down, and Chavo back up.
00:33:04Grand anticipation by the former champ, Chavo.
00:33:07One, two, and only a two.
00:33:10Not really a good cover at all by Chavo.
00:33:11Chavo, a little frustration looking towards referee Scott James.
00:33:15Already Booker T has become the world champion on this night of the champions.
00:33:22And Ric Flair will face Sting tonight one more time here on TNT.
00:33:29That's coming up later on.
00:33:30And hey, Tony, Booker T is still the United States heavyweight champion.
00:33:35He goes out on TNT's last Nitro with two belts.
00:33:39Got double threat from the top, Ray.
00:33:41Hang time one, two, only a two count.
00:33:44Now those out, double saw it coming, duck low.
00:33:47Couldn't block that one though in the gut.
00:33:50Chavo, now he'll pick him up.
00:33:54T-boned him over the top.
00:33:56Chavo Jr. now, can he get the win?
00:33:58One, two, but only a two.
00:34:02Shane Helms is out at two.
00:34:03Shane Helms knows he's in there with his arch rival, his nemesis.
00:34:08The only man that he, in the back of his mind, knows he has to beat again to prove his legitimacy
00:34:15as Cruiserweight champion.
00:34:16Can he do it?
00:34:17Or will Chavo emerge with the belt on TNT's last Nitro?
00:34:21Had him hooked, possibly for DDT, and now on the top, Northern Lights, two, flex, one, two.
00:34:25Shane's trying to get out, and he does get out.
00:34:27Two, barely, two and a half.
00:34:29Chavo Guerrero almost taking the Cruiserweight title.
00:34:32You can see Shane Scott fighting that time, kicking, doing everything he could to get back up, and he finally did.
00:34:38And the battle goes on for the WCW World Championship, Wesley Cruiserweight title.
00:34:43Through the legs, over the top, trying to sense that flip.
00:34:45Shane's got it, beating, countenation.
00:34:47Still didn't keep him down, only a two.
00:34:49Leg strength of Chavo Guerrero Jr. saved in there.
00:34:52Shane Helms waits on him.
00:34:53So much mutual respect, although I don't think they like each other very much.
00:34:57Took the World Backbreaker by Sugar Shane.
00:35:00And now Sugar Shane Helms.
00:35:03Chavo standing back to that vertical base, so he can whack him in the side of the head, and he's not done.
00:35:09Shoots him in, chest first, missed the Sugar Smack.
00:35:13Chavo ducks low, Chavo holds on, he's got him hooked.
00:35:17What's he gonna do?
00:35:19Shane reversed it.
00:35:21Once again, it was stopped, Sugar Smack.
00:35:23Nailed it, right the jaw, clean as a whistle with the Sugar Smack.
00:35:27Mars aside, the Vertebraker.
00:35:30No one's gotten out of this one yet, Tony.
00:35:32Can he do it?
00:35:36Chavo trying to fight it, and he did fight it.
00:35:38Wow. Chavo got out of the Vertebraker.
00:35:41And now Chavo, he could win this thing, no sir.
00:35:44Landed on his feet, he's got him again, he's got him hugged.
00:35:47He's got him in the position for the Vertebraker.
00:35:50If he can hit it, Chavo's fighting, but no.
00:35:53His head snapped, one, two, three.
00:35:56He's got it.
00:35:57Champion.
00:35:58Sugar Shane Helms has proven it, not only to the world, but to himself.
00:36:04He is the best of Cruiserweights have.
00:36:07Coming up next on the Night of Champions, our final telecast, right here on TNT.
00:36:12Team Canada, a chance to become World Tag Team Champions.
00:36:16And then, batting down the hatches, Rick Clarence staying live tonight.
00:36:27Coming up next on the Night of Champions, here on TNT, the battle for
00:36:31the World Tag Team title, but let's go backstage and hear from the new World
00:36:35Heavyweight Champion himself.
00:36:37How do I feel right now?
00:36:39Because I've got a lot of mixed emotions going through me right now.
00:36:42But now being the World Heavyweight Champion, the US Champion,
00:36:47all in the same night, closing WCW, I would like to say this may be the end of a chapter.
00:36:54But let me tell you, there are many, many more pages left in this book.
00:36:58So let me tell you this, from this point on, I will prove that I am the best this
00:37:04business has to offer.
00:37:06And if anybody want to test me, step to me like a man.
00:37:12But I tell you this, I will prove that I'm the best to each and every sucker.
00:37:18And like I'll always say, like I say each and every time, don't hate the player,
00:37:25hate the game.
00:37:27That is a warrior, and that is the WCW champion.
00:37:34The landscape of our industry is changing, and it's changing here tonight,
00:37:41right before our eyes, because the man who now owns WCW, Mr. McMahon,
00:37:48will talk about that purchase coming up here tonight on this telecast.
00:37:53He will address the talent, he will address the workers,
00:37:56he will address the fans of WCW.
00:38:00It was last week at the UF campus on Nitro, Palumbo went down to defeat
00:38:06to the Austin Bomb in an on-title matchup.
00:38:09Team Canada feels they deserve the shot they're going to get tonight.
00:38:13They think they're the uncrowned champions.
00:38:16If I can be serious for a minute.
00:38:20Last week, we started our road to the tag team titles.
00:38:25Well, that road ends tonight.
00:38:28All rise for the new tag team champions and our Canadian national anthem.
00:38:34We're going to await the arrival of the world tag team champions.
00:38:49Palumbo and O'Hara come out next, and the Battle of Olymps Zoo, stay with us.
00:38:52Oh, you got some hair on my chest on that button.
00:38:59I'm looking better.
00:39:00Excuse me, Mr. McMahon.
00:39:01Mr. McMahon.
00:39:02Will you, you interrupt me at a time like this?
00:39:05I'm sorry, sir, but I just wanted to get your reaction.
00:39:08Quite frankly, many people, WCW fans are concerned that they may never see their brand of sports
00:39:13entertainment again.
00:39:14And WCW wrestlers are concerned that they may never compete again.
00:39:18Is that right?
00:39:21How do you feel about your job security?
00:39:27Get the hell out of here.
00:39:32I just love it when you're so forceful like that.
00:39:35Well, I'll toast to that.
00:39:40Here's to being forceful.
00:39:46How do we all feel?
00:39:48How do we all feel about our own job security?
00:39:50Now, where does WCW go from here?
00:39:52What's in the cards?
00:39:53What's going to happen tonight on this telecast?
00:39:56When's it gonna happen?
00:39:57Is this it?
00:39:58I mean, it's, fans, we're reacting and we can only react to what you see as well.
00:40:04We don't know.
00:40:05Mr. McMahon has said there's gonna be a simulcast tonight.
00:40:08What's he gonna say?
00:40:09When's he gonna say it?
00:40:12The wrestlers, the fans are concerned.
00:40:17The people who've worked with WCW who have swept and fled for this company for years.
00:40:25We are all very, very concerned about the future of WCW, about the future of,
00:40:31WCW.
00:40:32Well, that's what's supposed to say right there, our brand of wrestling.
00:40:36That's right.
00:40:37Everybody's got questions.
00:40:38And right now the question is who's gonna emerge with the World Tag Team Champion?
00:40:43All right, fans, we're bringing you the Night of Champions because we know this is what you tune in
00:40:49to Nitro for each and every Monday.
00:40:51And it's just, it's a privilege to have you with us in the face of uncertainty in WCW,
00:40:59the future of WCW, the uncertainty of it.
00:41:03Columbo and O'Hare will go after now to try to hold on to the WCW Tag Team Championship.
00:41:11It's kind of tough to focus on what we're doing, to be very honest with you.
00:41:17Scott Steiner has already lost the World Heavyweight Championship to Booker T, who now holds two straps.
00:41:24Sugar Shane Helms has retained their Cruiserweight title.
00:41:27Columbo and O'Hare putting up Tag Team Gold against a deserving team in Team 10.
00:41:33Yeah, and I know that, Scotty, what should be, here's a cover, one, two, no, it's two games.
00:41:37What should be a grand night of celebration, and I'm sure is for the men who are still the
00:41:43champions or the champion, it's a night of uncertainty.
00:41:46We don't know what's gonna happen after tonight, we have no idea.
00:41:49We got people here, families, who have no idea what they're gonna do next when we leave Panama City.
00:41:56So fans, I hope you can understand where we're coming from here.
00:42:00Well, Mr. McMahon said, we're in his hands, our future, our family's future.
00:42:06But my darling wife, my beautiful daughter, the mortgage payments, we're all in his hands.
00:42:11But right now, Tony, I can't worry about that.
00:42:13We're not guaranteed tomorrow, we're not guaranteed to wake up.
00:42:16I'm gonna worry about the World Tag Team Championship.
00:42:19Scott, it's a good call, and let's go with this action here.
00:42:24Jaw first to the turnbuckle pad goes Lance Storm.
00:42:29Seated dropkick that time as Palumbo was down, and he got him in the face with both feet.
00:42:33Did Lance Storm.
00:42:34Canada, what a dominant course they have been in a short period of time, less than a year in WCW.
00:42:41And here comes the maniac itself, the big man Sean O'Hare, into the gut, boom.
00:42:46Standing sidekick put Lance Storm down, and now the Canadian killer ducks low.
00:42:51He's across the broad shelter from Sean O'Hare.
00:42:55Sean O'Hare's got to drop him down hard.
00:42:58One, two, and a save by Lance Storm, and now Chuck Palumbo in.
00:43:02Well, Palumbo with that vicious right hand, one of the best in the sport right now,
00:43:06tagging off on Lance Storm.
00:43:09O'Hare with Awesome.
00:43:10Ducking low, good maneuvering.
00:43:14Turning around, Palumbo, standing sidekick.
00:43:17Palumbo goes down, could this be it?
00:43:20O'Hare's on the outside.
00:43:22Both of the champions are down one, he's outside of the ring.
00:43:25It could be all for Palumbo and O'Hare.
00:43:27O'Hare with a leg trip, he caught him down to the midsection.
00:43:31Watch out on the inside, he could be an awesome bomb.
00:43:34And if it connects, it might be over.
00:43:36This is what he wanted with last Monday, Palumbo escaped.
00:43:39He broke free, Palumbo jumped off.
00:43:42Did he nail it?
00:43:43Awesome is off.
00:43:47In position now for the Sean Tom Bob.
00:43:50Here it comes.
00:43:52Nailed it, picture perfect.
00:43:54Here's the cover, a two and a three.
00:43:57Still the world tag team champions, the young men.
00:44:03Palumbo and O'Hare here on this very last Monday Nitro on TNT.
00:44:09And still to come tonight, Ric Flair and Sting will go at it one on one.
00:44:14Come on back.
00:44:16Next Monday night, if I beat you,
00:44:21I want to tattoo that Princey little thing in the ring.
00:44:26Famer, we have absolutely no problem with that.
00:44:29Stacey will do anything for me.
00:44:31I wasn't talking about her.
00:44:34I was talking about you.
00:44:36I'll see you.
00:44:37Next Monday night, you made the match.
00:44:40That's it.
00:44:45So tonight, we have a tattoo match.
00:44:49Where if Stacey Aga loses, he's going to get tattooed.
00:44:53And in the light of what's gone down over the past four days in our industry,
00:44:59I'm sure a tattoo is weighing heavy on the mind of Stacey Aga.
00:45:05But compared to what, what could this announcement by McMahon be?
00:45:10How many of you young, tanned, college hunks want to see me dance right now?
00:45:17You want to see me take it off?
00:45:27Well, sorry, I'm not here to dance tonight.
00:45:31I'm here to once again introduce you to the Sean and Stacey show.
00:45:38And now, I want to introduce you to the man that rocks my world, the Mecca of manhood,
00:45:49Sean, the star, Stacey Ag.
00:45:52Do it now!
00:45:56Do it now!
00:45:57Not a bad intro there.
00:45:59Yeah, I guess not.
00:46:01Unfortunately, it's bringing out a guy who may end up getting tattooed.
00:46:06That chiseled physique may have some ink on it before we finish up TNT's last Nitro.
00:46:12On a night that wrestling fans are never going to forget.
00:46:19To be etched in our memory for eternity.
00:46:21Shut up, listen and learn.
00:46:27And shut up the sound guy.
00:46:35Here comes the beast.
00:46:36What on Earth?
00:46:37What?
00:46:38Is that the tattoo stuff?
00:46:40He's got the tattoo, can we get a big case?
00:46:43Yeah, he can use a two-fold here.
00:46:45He's gonna tattoo him with it.
00:46:46Hang on.
00:46:47That's exactly what he's gonna do.
00:46:48He was holding, Stacey Ag was holding Stacey in front of him.
00:46:53What a coward he is.
00:46:55Stacey Ag now tries to prevent from being tattooed.
00:46:58And he just got tattooed from the Lariat.
00:47:01And down he goes again.
00:47:02The beast from the East is come in with all the emotion just driving him forward.
00:47:09Stacey Ag wiped him out.
00:47:12Stacey Ag is fighting for his life out there, Tony.
00:47:15He does not want to feel that needle pierce that tan blondes Adonis and
00:47:20put that ink in for all eternity.
00:47:23He went airborne.
00:47:26Somebody's gonna get some ink tonight.
00:47:27It could be.
00:47:28Stacey Ag, he's got him up and down.
00:47:32340 pounds taking flight.
00:47:36There may not be anything left to tattoo.
00:47:39Wait a minute, Stacey on the apron.
00:47:42She's got the referee building something.
00:47:43Look at this.
00:47:44Two, three, four, five, six.
00:47:48Come on.
00:47:49They should be tattooing him right now.
00:47:51Oh, Stacey knew what she was doing.
00:47:53She knew Stacey Ag was fit to be had.
00:47:56Meanwhile, a duck low, pick up.
00:47:58Oh, it could be.
00:47:59It could be the greetings from Asbury Park.
00:48:02Stacey, Stacey from the apron.
00:48:04She's holding on, just enough.
00:48:08And now, the hangman's deuce.
00:48:10Reverse neck breaker, one, two.
00:48:13And Stacey Ag wins the darn thing.
00:48:15Oh, that.
00:48:17Stacey Ag was supposed to get tattooed.
00:48:19He lost the match.
00:48:20There was a seven count out there.
00:48:22But he won't get tattooed on Nitro.
00:48:26What do you think?
00:48:27WrestleMania 17.
00:48:28It's the commissioner ordered shirt.
00:48:30It's wonderful.
00:48:30Look on the back.
00:48:31This Sunday on pay-per-view, WrestleMania 17.
00:48:35A very, very nice shirt.
00:48:37It's wonderful.
00:48:37I get it, but you wanted to see me?
00:48:40Yes.
00:48:41Now, I've heard you're buying WCW.
00:48:44I mean, are you sure you want to do that?
00:48:46I mean, I know quite a lot about that place.
00:48:48It's a bloody awful place.
00:48:50Nonsense that goes on there is unbelievable.
00:48:52I mean, I don't want to second guess you, but are you really sure?
00:48:55I mean, it leaves rather a stench in the air.
00:48:58And I wouldn't want to cause, you know, as much as I think of you,
00:49:00I wouldn't want you to get in any trouble above yourself or anything.
00:49:04Thank you very much, Commissioner.
00:49:05I'm on the case though.
00:49:06I'm sure you are.
00:49:07I know you would be, but thank you.
00:49:10No, no, thank you.
00:49:13In the words of the Grateful Dead, what a long, strange trip it's been.
00:49:18But I got to tell you, I've loved every second of it.
00:49:23I wouldn't trade it for nothing.
00:49:24And tonight on this historic eve, I thought I needed to thank all the wrestling fans from
00:49:32around the world for letting a kid from the Jersey Shore, Paige Joseph Falkenberg,
00:49:38become Diamond Dallas Page, the guy they said would never make it, but did.
00:49:47And that only proves one thing, that if you want it bad enough and you're willing to work for it,
00:49:55anything's possible.
00:49:56And it's not really the promoters who decide who's over.
00:49:59It's the fans.
00:50:03So not just to thank the fans in general, I want to especially thank the WCW wrestling fans
00:50:10and my wife Kimberly for believing in me and helping me live my dream.
00:50:18Is that dream over?
00:50:21I don't think so.
00:50:22I think now it's time to take it to another level.
00:50:29Boom, boom, bang.
00:50:39Read what you want to read.
00:50:41Believe what you want to believe.
00:50:43But to meet the man, you gotta meet the man.
00:50:52See you next week.
00:51:13Bye.
00:51:14Bye.
00:51:20Bye.
00:51:21champions never die coming up next we'll hook it up for the wcw cruiserweight tag team title
00:51:39right here on nitro
00:51:40and as we close the books on wcw monday nitro on tnt here tonight still to come rick flair and
00:51:50sting one-on-one whatever you say no i'm with you on that no i know what time it is yeah all right
00:52:01hey it's just about that time i'm gonna get ready bye oh yeah
00:52:06just about that time says mr mcmahon and here you go scott earlier tonight ray mysterio jr
00:52:15and kidman won the three-way tag team dance to get a shot at the cruiserweight tag team titles it's a
00:52:22rematch for cruiserweight tag gold here come the champion what did mr mcmahon mean by it's about
00:52:29time he's gotta mean it's about time for him to address the truth that's what it's gotta be to do
00:52:36the simulcast that he's promised at the head of the show and tell us what exactly our future holds
00:52:42now that he owns wcw needless to say as we take a look at the cruiserweight tag team champs
00:52:49we're very nervous and the first ever cruiserweight tag team champs come out and
00:52:54i don't want to sit here and and as the person who's been on monday night for many years
00:53:00issue with anything anyone says mr mcmahon it's it's his money he can do whatever he wants
00:53:07i don't know what he's gonna do tonight but let me say this to sit here and listen to their commissioner
00:53:15come on i mean we've had to do some crazy things steve rigo including put your ass over on tv
00:53:25hang on tony let's stay with the cruiserweight tag team matchup yeah let's do it come on we got
00:53:31four guys we're gonna build the future of wrestling around in the ring right now
00:53:34give them their just due yeah this is an example of what we do better than anybody in the world
00:53:39and that is the cruiserweight division for the best and brightest in the world
00:53:45and a chance now for ray and kidman to get the cruiserweight tag team champion in a save
00:53:52championship a save by kid romeo for a team that was thrown together at the very last possible minute
00:53:59and the cruiserweight tag team tournament prime time and kid romeo ended up with the gold and
00:54:04something else they ended up being a pretty darn good tag team belly to belly from prime time tag
00:54:09kid romeo kid romeo pushed on top of the turnbuckle pad down he goes great double team
00:54:14but he doesn't make a cover look at this he wants to nail ray mysterio what kind of strategy is that
00:54:20was to distract the fiery latino ray mysterio jr and distract the referees so they can double team
00:54:27billy kidman tony you talked about closing the book on tnt's nitro forever in that book the very
00:54:35first cruiserweight tag team champions will be prime time and kid romeo that's right the first ever and
00:54:43there'll be many champions cruiserweight divisions around the world whether it's wcw or not i don't know
00:54:49but you can't take that away from romeo prime time here's the double team of kidman the fans now
00:54:54here at spring breakout 2001 panamata city beach getting with it down low the kid man cross body
00:55:02from the left side rubs no how about the matrix to get out of it and great balance by prime time
00:55:09and that's the heel kick on target on kidman and now kid romeo
00:55:14come on baby kidman's down
00:55:19romeo took too much time scott get into the map he's gonna have a lot of time to nurse batman
00:55:25kidman hit him with a drop kick right in the bread basket on the way down
00:55:29and now rake jr trying to get the fans to encourage kidman to get on and make the tag it's almost 30
00:55:34here we go here comes ray jr here comes prime time raise up top
00:55:38there's press from up top rope springboard and now into the rubs goes romeo into the gut
00:55:45goes ray ray ddt tornado style ddt and a one and a two and a scene prime time
00:55:54that's a veteran tag team maneuver watching your partner's back knowing your ring positioning
00:56:00for a team that's only been thrown together deserving tag team champions but look at
00:56:06that over the top kidman kidman came in prime time down outside is romeo now we've got a two on
00:56:15one and the fifth animals take advantage of it up top go gray taking flight and that means it's bronco
00:56:22buster time short stop on that remember he came up short last time on the bronco buster this time
00:56:32he nailed it
00:56:34kidman and ray mysterio jr primetime and romeo cruiserweight tag team titles at stake
00:56:43turning their backs on their opponent double underhook take up oh planted in face first face down
00:56:52could be at one two in the nick of time ray mysterio jr out of nowhere exposed to the ring
00:57:01and keep the match going on this is what a cruiserweight tag team champion he got him up
00:57:05to the top one and two but prime time is in for the saves don't forget pitman and ray mysterio jr
00:57:23have already wrestled once tonight prime time again romeo first one out of the dressing room that was by design
00:57:29what a suplex one two arms crossed dropped him over and kidman make a save
00:57:40kind of an x-plex from the top from shoulder high
00:57:47and the innovation and professional wrestling comes from the cruiserweight let there be no mistake
00:57:53here we go tony no he escaped the play of the day
00:57:57we've got new cruiserweight tag team champions you gotta mark them down now there's two
00:58:11and when we go out the cruiserweight tag team belts are around the waist of the belt the animals
00:58:17billy kidman and ray mysterio jr it's due to come as we continue this last telecast on tnt
00:58:24sting sting and rick flair here's sting surprise surprise the stinger is back of course did you
00:58:32think i would miss this night not for nothing would i miss this night this is an historic night
00:58:37one more dance with the nature boy rick flair we started it years ago rick and tonight we're gonna
00:58:44end it once and for all and for all you fans out there who are wondering what the future holds for
00:58:49sting well the only thing for sure about sting
00:58:53is nothing's for sure it's showtime folks
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01:00:06how you doing pal i'm fine thank you
01:00:10mr mcmahon makes the walk and that
01:00:15i don't know if i can read into that or not that means the we're gonna hear from him
01:00:20in just a few moments we can't wait what holds what does the future hold for wcw
01:00:26where are our paychecks coming from oh my god we're gonna have paychecks i mean i got a lot of
01:00:33questions for mr mcmahon something telling me he's not taking my calls as mr mcmahon makes his walk
01:00:39you are looking at a man who may be making his final walk to the ring ever
01:00:44what a career and that is a gross understatement i know that very few men in any walk of life
01:00:50in any sports entertainment adventure can say they have had the career of a rick flair
01:00:55he has literally done it all 14 times the world champ for me personally a close friend for a long long time
01:01:03or what he means for wcw he is the embodiment of world championship wrestling the gold belt that booker t now holds
01:01:14was made for rick flair he was the first man to hold it and is he now saying goodbye to the fans who will follow his career scott for the very last time what must be going through the mind of rick flair
01:01:26rick flair rick flair i guarantee you tony what's going through his mind is his opponent like it always was
01:01:32who's going to step through those ropes it's going to be sting his opponent is sting we're going to have the match next on nitro
01:01:41this is segment 11 and yet we have no idea that we will ever be bringing you world championship wrestling again the last night here on tnt and here comes a man who has meant everything to many fans around the world sting arrives back and you heard what he said i wouldn't miss it for the world we will hear from mr mcmahon we understand sometime very short
01:02:09sometimes very short but right now this is one for all the fans who's loved world championship wrestling throughout the year
01:02:18when it was in vogue to jump from world championship wrestling to the world wrestling federation even rick flair made the jump but this man from bill watch universal wrestling federation to world championship wrestling was loyal
01:02:38he fled wcw he slept wcw a seven-time world heavyweight champion this man proved night after night what royalty meant and tonight he and rick flair are gonna finish off nitro they started it in minneapolis in 1995 they blow it out of water at pcb in 2001
01:03:07forever their names will be linked to greatness in wcw stings first championship wcw championship 1990
01:03:16baltimore at the great american bash he defeated rick flair sting became a household word for wcw fans march 27 1988 for the very first place for the champions on tbs when he and rick flair for 45 minutes wrestled to what is considered by many one of the greatest
01:03:36wcw title bouts ever a 45-minute draw and mr mcmahon they did it against wrestlemania 4
01:03:43running into sting look at sting just letting flair bounce off there is respect the respect came from flair when he came out here at segment one and said sting it's you and me at the last nitro on tnt
01:03:59sting was a horseman for so many years rick flair
01:04:06the leader of the four horsemen recruited sting into that organization and stabbed him right in the back
01:04:11like rick flair has been known to do this history we could talk for hours and hours about the history between these two men but they're gonna finish up tnt's nitro
01:04:22and that may say it all flair as we've seen so many times and sting has felt so many times
01:04:29as he's been in this corner and is really working him up sting
01:04:36right enough sting fires back sting the intensity that has made him what he is look at him go he'll send flair with a feel
01:04:44out of the left corner and a drop kick look at sting get up and flair takes the low road
01:04:48he hadn't missed a step sting recovering from all of his injuries is back for one last shot
01:04:55against the nature boy flair trying to buy some time down on the floor you get that old feeling again
01:05:02you can feel it with sting you can feel it with flair the fans erupted we've seen many of these moves
01:05:09a hundred plus thousands of times but we marvel at what they do each and every time they come out here
01:05:15they can have 20 000 people literally eating out of the palm of their hand hanging on every move
01:05:25hanging on every word they're professional wrestlers and they're putting on a show in panama city beach
01:05:31shoulder block by flair takes down sting flair over the top sting try the leapfrog flair for the break
01:05:36so on actually done by the nature boy the nature boy now goes back down a corner big it off sting just smiles
01:05:42at his long time adversary and flair smiles back at him how about that he had seen it before
01:05:50all the mind games they work against some but then of course if you've seen them all you know when they're coming
01:05:56into the ropes flair hits hodgstein's got him up gorilla press slam and putting down to the mat
01:06:02still has the power that took him to the mountaintop seven times in world championship wrestling there's no scouting
01:06:10there's no watching videotapes to prepare for this one they know each other like they know their own family
01:06:16sting knows flair flair knows sting the championship matches flair goes face first yeah
01:06:24nothing like seeing flair go face first sting would agree
01:06:32sting would agree yeah a chop but sting's holding on by the throat
01:06:36oh too close to comfort that time flair with the uppercut and that is the great equalizer no question about it
01:06:46rick flair from way down deep underneath with the wicked on sting
01:06:52on the right side ropes the nature boy now in command
01:06:56you can hear the chant of stinger again
01:07:00what will the future hold for world championship wrestling
01:07:04will there be a future
01:07:06we're gonna find out in this broadcast
01:07:10the fact that you see mr mcmahon on nitro is it
01:07:16the incredible feat in itself
01:07:20something i never thought i would see
01:07:22the room never thought they'd see
01:07:24the simulcast
01:07:26still to come in this broadcast
01:07:28i guess with raw and
01:07:30mr mcmahon to tell us
01:07:32what's going on what's our future
01:07:34what's the future of sting
01:07:36what's the future of rick flair
01:07:38you can't imagine mr mcmahon with the future of rick flair
01:07:42right in the palm of his hand
01:07:44the future of the industry
01:07:46in a few moments
01:07:48snap narrow rick flair
01:07:50now puts sting down he'll try to climb up
01:07:52but he didn't keep him down hard enough
01:07:54sting will take rick flair
01:07:56top to bottom
01:07:58go
01:08:00the 14th time world champ comes up
01:08:02to get run over again
01:08:04and again
01:08:06sting
01:08:08could be moments away from winning this thing
01:08:10no
01:08:12flair holds onto the ropes from the far side
01:08:14sting at the back of his head very hard
01:08:16referee charles robinson checking
01:08:18rick flair may have one more trick up his sleeve here
01:08:22and that trick could be the big thaw
01:08:24that's it rick flair
01:08:26figure four on sting
01:08:28is that going to be it
01:08:30look at sting say no
01:08:32say no
01:08:34shutting out the pain
01:08:36flair holding on
01:08:38added leverage on the rope
01:08:40one two
01:08:42so close
01:08:44but still sting
01:08:46will not give up
01:08:4814 times rick flair has been the world heavyweight champion
01:08:52maybe as many as 20
01:08:54if you count out of it
01:08:56sting down for a two count
01:08:58flair that figure four has brought him so much gold
01:09:02is he gonna send sting out on the final tnt nitro with this signature maneuver
01:09:06flair wearing the colors of monday nitro on tnt on his shirt and sting dragging flair to the middle of the ring sting
01:09:14fire
01:09:16here we go
01:09:18trying to turn the figure four around
01:09:20and the fans are with him on every step
01:09:22yeah
01:09:24he reverses the pressure
01:09:26flair quickly escapes sting
01:09:28hobbling back to his feet
01:09:30up but he's hurt
01:09:32knife edge chop
01:09:34no effect at all
01:09:36sting
01:09:38almost wanting flair
01:09:40to hit him again
01:09:42look at flair big off one more time
01:09:44sting back to the corner
01:09:46going to work
01:09:48we've seen it so many times
01:09:49god we love it
01:09:50each and every moment
01:09:51flair upside down
01:09:52sting on the attack
01:09:55who's gonna win
01:09:57this
01:09:58final match
01:10:00here on monday nitro on tnt
01:10:02oh super blarks
01:10:03is it sting with a super blitz
01:10:05yes
01:10:06he got him down
01:10:07what's sting gonna do now
01:10:10scorpion deadlock
01:10:11he's got it on
01:10:13he's got it on
01:10:14center of the ring
01:10:15it's over
01:10:16it's over
01:10:17and sting
01:10:18sting wins
01:10:19sting defeats
01:10:21rick flair
01:10:22here on the final telecast
01:10:24of wcw monday nitro
01:10:26on tnt and look at that
01:10:28my god he's gonna help him up
01:10:30and embrace
01:10:31this is what we're all about
01:10:34sting knows that rick flair made him at that clash of the champions that's ultimate respect
01:10:40it really is
01:10:42for two men i have to say that i am huge fans of they make me continue to be fan of professional wrestling thank you steve borton thank you rick flair for everything you've meant to this sport it's been an emotional rollercoaster for all of us fans the uncertainty of our jobs our future of what we love and what we breathe and what we live we don't just work for wcw we live wcw
01:11:08and i know flair and i know flair and i know flair and the fans would agree
01:11:13you know why he's doing this
01:11:15not really because he can
01:11:17well mr mcman who has fought wcw and here to address publicly for the first time
01:11:28gentlemen please welcome the chairman of the world wrestling federation mr mcman the chairman of the world wrestling federation the owner of wcw the man that will fight his own son this sunday at wrestlemania live on pay per view the winner of the monday night wars ladies and gentlemen the man himself the czar of sports entertainment vincent k mcman
01:11:35wasn't that a great intro what are you looking for a raise
01:12:00mr mcman to publicly address his acquisition of wcw for the first time to the world here for the first time ever for the first time ever in sports entertainment history this broadcast is not only being seen here on tnn and cleveland ohio
01:12:22there's also being seen across tnn turner network television
01:12:34now there's only one way that that can happen there's only one way and one man that can make history like this happen
01:12:46obviously you all know i have acquired wcw
01:12:58that's right i bought my competition
01:13:05now then
01:13:07that's not exactly
01:13:10final well it is and it isn't you see
01:13:13the only thing is time warner can't sell this property to anybody else because nobody really knows what to do with it so therefore this is what's gonna happen
01:13:25time warner is practically begging me
01:13:29they're practically begging me to buy wcw and i have agreed
01:13:35there's only one small caveat that they're hearing for the first time
01:13:39and that is this time warner they've signed the contract and i will sign the contract but i'll sign it this sunday on pay-per-view at wrestlemania
01:13:55and i'll sign it when ted turner himself walks down the aisle at wrestlemania and delivers the contract in front of me
01:14:11now then some would say
01:14:15jeez vince
01:14:17how did you do it
01:14:19how did you do it vince
01:14:21i mean
01:14:23you were up against
01:14:25this media conglomerate time warner
01:14:27you're up against
01:14:28you're up against
01:14:29you're up against a billionaire
01:14:30i mean how could you possibly do this
01:14:32well
01:14:33some might say i
01:14:35had a little help along the way with
01:14:37certain ww superstars and
01:14:40things of that nature but quite frankly
01:14:42the truth is
01:14:44i did it
01:14:45all
01:14:46on
01:14:47my
01:14:48own
01:14:49it was my effort
01:14:56it was my money
01:14:59and it's like okay vince
01:15:02how can you possibly beat a billionaire
01:15:05well
01:15:06there's only one answer to that
01:15:08and that's become one yourself
01:15:12so now
01:15:16you have to understand when
01:15:19ted turner walks down the aisle at wrestlemania
01:15:22and practically begs me to sign the contract
01:15:25i'm gonna do it and then i'm gonna reserve a seat for ted
01:15:28i'm gonna put him right over here
01:15:30right in the corner
01:15:31because i want ted turner
01:15:33to watch what i do
01:15:35to my very own son shane
01:15:39some would say
01:15:42come on now vince don't boo me
01:15:44some would say vince you can't do that to your own son
01:15:47he's your flesh and blood
01:15:49but you gotta understand what it means to be a competitor
01:15:52nobody understands that better than i do
01:15:56because you have to grab your competition by the throat
01:16:00and you've gotta squeeze the life out of your competition
01:16:04just like i did to wcw
01:16:07and just like
01:16:11just like i'm gonna do
01:16:13to my son shane
01:16:15this sunday
01:16:16and by the way
01:16:17may i add in my corner
01:16:19will be my charming and lovely daughter stephanie
01:16:23will also be
01:16:27my companion trish
01:16:29and trish
01:16:32and trish will wheel down
01:16:35in the wheelchair
01:16:37trish will wheel my very own wife
01:16:39linda
01:16:40and we're gonna park linda right over here
01:16:43in this corner
01:16:44and linda's gonna watch what i do
01:16:47to shane mcmahon this sunday at wrestlemania
01:16:53now then
01:16:55what should i do
01:16:57with wcw
01:16:59well there are a lot of things i could do with it
01:17:01i might like to have some input from some of you here in a moment
01:17:05i mean i could take wcw and just kind of like put it on the shelf
01:17:15i could do that
01:17:17i mean i could sit back and watch those videotapes of hogan doing that ridiculous
01:17:23whatever you call that
01:17:25i can watch that over and over
01:17:28them talking about how they're gonna bury the ww
01:17:31oh i'd get a great deal of pleasure
01:17:33just sitting there watching night after night
01:17:35sitting there watching the videotapes
01:17:37backers and folks
01:17:38because you see
01:17:40there's an old expression
01:17:42they used to laugh
01:17:45at ww
01:17:46there's an old expression about
01:17:49he who laughs
01:17:51last
01:17:52laughs
01:17:53best
01:17:54and you can see
01:17:57i'm not exactly laughing
01:17:59but i've got a real big smile on my face
01:18:02then again
01:18:03if we don't take wcw and put it on the shelf
01:18:06we could do something else with it
01:18:08we could take wcw and perhaps turn it into this
01:18:15huge media conglomerate much like world wrestling federation entertainment is today
01:18:20we know how to do that
01:18:23but if we do that i'm wondering uh well who should be a part of this wcw and maybe you can help me out here
01:18:35um
01:18:38when i give you a thumbs up
01:18:41or a thumbs down
01:18:43i want you to react maybe you can help me out a little bit
01:18:46assuming we'd want to acquire some of those stars
01:18:50let's start with hulk hogan up
01:18:57hogan down
01:19:03all right
01:19:05let's go to uh
01:19:07lex luger up
01:19:11lex luger down
01:19:13lex luger down
01:19:14how about uh buff bagwell up
01:19:20bagwell down
01:19:26how about uh let's see booker t up
01:19:30how about uh let's see booker t up
01:19:37booker t down
01:19:41you guys are a mixed group out here how about uh big papa pump up
01:19:47pop a bump down
01:19:57oh wow well i i don't know that you've necessarily helped me except that let me just say this
01:20:04there are a few others all right sting you want sting
01:20:22all right uh goldberg
01:20:24well this is very interesting you see i had a choice to make tonight that choice was coming
01:20:40here before you in cleveland and and quite frankly gloating which i think i'm doing a very good job
01:20:48up at the moment or or i could do this instead of gloating what i could have done was get in my
01:21:00plane and assuming they have an airport there fly down to the redneck riviera panama city beach florida
01:21:08and walk out there and give every wcw star a piece of my mind
01:21:19because that's what i really want to do but how appropriate is it that wcw's last broadcast
01:21:26is in a beer hall
01:21:30how appropriate is that surrounded by a bunch of beer drinking rednecks
01:21:38you're obviously a few here tonight but nonetheless i've opted to come before you here
01:21:46as opposed to walking in the ring and lining each and every one of those stars up every single one of
01:21:54them so i can look right in their face and say goldberg booker t and all the rest of them
01:22:04to look them right in the face and say you're fired
01:22:14and that's exactly what's gonna happen because wcw is going on the shelf it's going nowhere wcw is buried
01:22:23wcw will remain buried
01:22:33just like anybody here in this arena or anyone in the world that gets in my way
01:22:41every single one of you when you attempt to compete with me and that includes my son shane
01:22:48and i'm not too proud to say it every single one of you will be buried
01:22:58just like wcw is buried
01:23:01don't start with that
01:23:12i deserve more respect than that
01:23:19damn it i'm vince mcmahon
01:23:20damn it i own wcw i own the ww and you will treat me with respect
01:23:37or i'll walk out of this arena
01:23:39oh my shane mcmahon must be here and cleaning them across and mr mcmahon's running for a fight with his own son
01:23:55it's officially gonna happen at wrestlemania but
01:23:57apparently it's gonna happen here tonight
01:24:10he's not in cleveland he's not in cleveland he's in patama city
01:24:27shane mcmahon is on nitro what in the hell is he doing
01:24:40hey where are you what's up vence
01:24:46surprise dad you're in cleveland ohio
01:25:01and i'm here in penama city beach florida
01:25:04standing in a wcw ring
01:25:17and as usual dad your ego has gotten the best of you
01:25:21your ego has gotten the best of you i mean that you wanted to finalize this deal
01:25:36at wcw at wrestlemania
01:25:41you wanted you have the audacity to ask ted turner himself to come down and finalize that deal
01:25:51well dad that's just the opportunity that i was looking for
01:25:58because dad the deal is finalized
01:26:03with wcw and the name on the contract does say mcmahon
01:26:15however the contract reads shane mcmahon
01:26:22i don't believe it that's right i now own wcw
01:26:35and dad just like wcw did in the past how it kicked your ass in the past and it will again
01:26:43that's exactly what's going to happen to you this sunday at wrestlemania
01:26:55i do not believe what we've heard shane mcmahon has fought wcw and mr mcmahon is an absolute shock
01:27:07of the battle of this
01:27:09of this
01:27:11mr mcmahon is he cannot believe this and quite frankly neither cannot
01:27:17shane mcmahon has fought wcw right from under his father and this body had the deal
01:27:26shane mcmahon has screwed his old man and now now the fight at wrestlemania is for so much more
01:27:36because shane mcmahon has won up the star of sports entertainment it's mcmahon
01:27:43well folks still to come here tonight on tnn tonight live on tnn awesome the rock
01:27:49against the under 10 great cane it's gonna be live raw here tonight on tnn gonna be a slobber knocker
01:27:59so
01:28:13you