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00:00:00Hogan stopped the three-count.
00:00:03He pulled Savage off.
00:00:04He's telling Savage,
00:00:08hey, I'm the one that's gonna beat him, not you, and he slapped.
00:00:11Here goes Hogan.
00:00:13Hogan's jealous of Savage.
00:00:15Hollywood Hogan's jealous of Savage.
00:00:17He's now lifting a finger to help Savage.
00:00:19Scott.
00:00:23Scott Hall, you saw him, Conan.
00:00:25Conan.
00:00:26Sting remains in the ring with Hollywood Hogan.
00:00:28I don't think Hogan wants to be in there with him, I know he doesn't.
00:00:58And ladies and gentlemen, we welcome you to Nitro.
00:01:07Get ready for three solid hours of WCW action live from El Paso, Texas.
00:01:15We are at the activity center on the campus of UTEPA for the stars of WCW as
00:01:24we prepare for the biggest February in professional wrestling history.
00:01:31Tony Schiavone, Mike today, and you know what that's all about, don't you, Mike?
00:01:38Well, Tony, I don't think we're gonna have to wait very long to see an appearance by the New World Order as we see Eric Bigtoff lead Hollywood Hogan out in front of this tremendous crowd there at a fever pitch.
00:01:50Have you ever seen this many signs before the Nitro?
00:01:53Never in my life have I seen Nitro with a reception like we are receiving here on the banks of the Rio Grande in Texas.
00:02:02And Hollywood Hogan makes his way out along with Eric Bigtoff to disrupt and begin this three-hour edition live of Monday Nitro.
00:02:13Well, I can't wait to see what Hollywood Hogan has to say about all the dissension problems that are currently threatening the future of the New World Order, and specifically the Macho Man Randy Savage.
00:02:30Well, we saw at the top of the program, you saw a little snip of what happened at the end of the program last week.
00:02:36You see NWO Texas fans here, and you saw that Hogan and Savage literally were nose-to-nose.
00:02:44They have been having their problems, that's no question.
00:02:47And these problems they've been having have disrupted the New World Order, and not a good time for the NWO to have a disruption when Hogan and Sting will buy for the vacated title coming up on the 22nd of this month at Super Brawl 8.
00:03:02The Poison, the showboating, that is all Hollywood Hogan.
00:03:18And of course, they always supplement that with a bunch of lies.
00:03:24Revising history.
00:03:25That's exactly what they've been doing.
00:03:27And we love each and every one of you, too.
00:03:36You know, Hollywood, everywhere I go now, people ask me, they say, Mr. Bischoff, how in the world have you achieved so much in so little time?
00:03:53And you know what my answer is?
00:03:56My answer is because I followed the rules.
00:04:02Not WCW's rules.
00:04:05Not Turner Executive rules.
00:04:09Not even Ted Turner's rules.
00:04:12I followed Hollywood's rules.
00:04:16And I learned a very good lesson from that.
00:04:22But Hollywood, there is someone who hasn't.
00:04:27Well, you know, boss, when you talk about the guidelines, the laws of the NWO, we all live, we all breathe by Hollywood's rules, man.
00:04:40And now that this WCW thing, the word is on the street.
00:04:47It's in the gyms in Venice Beach.
00:04:50It's in all the girly bars.
00:04:52And now that the word is out, the WCW is stirring all this stuff up.
00:04:57I'm sick of the gaga.
00:05:00I'm sick of all these WCW fans talking about the NWO unwinding.
00:05:07And I'm real sick of the WCW fans saying that Macho Man is leading the way.
00:05:15That Macho Man is leading the brigade.
00:05:19Well, we're here tonight to take care of all the simple family business.
00:05:25Number one, this is not a case of spare the rod and spoil the child.
00:05:35Tonight, Hollywood is going to show Macho Man, show all my NWO-ites, why there is a pecking order.
00:05:45Why everybody out there should worship the ground I walk on.
00:05:50Because tonight, I saw Macho Man's Taurus out back with a trunk open.
00:05:58And I know he's in the building.
00:06:01I got my NWO brothers on the hunt.
00:06:03And as soon as we find Macho Man, we're going to lace his boots up, throw him in this ring.
00:06:10And Hollywood is going to give that coward the wrestling lesson of his life.
00:06:15Holy smokes!
00:06:16He asked for it.
00:06:25Ooh, yeah!
00:06:27He's asking again.
00:06:29He might get an answer to his challenge.
00:06:31Somebody say something about a pecking order.
00:06:35I'm number one, and I don't care who's number two.
00:06:43I accept your challenge.
00:06:49I'm going to put on my wrestling clothes.
00:06:52I'm going to put on my fighting clothes.
00:06:55And brother, brother, brother, I'm going to treat you like garbage, boy.
00:07:01I'm going to beat you from El Paso, Texas, all the way to Juarez.
00:07:06And after I embarrass you, and after I expose you,
00:07:15it's Super Brawl, it's going to be the Madness vs. Sting for the world title.
00:07:24Dig it?
00:07:26Let me tell you something, Macho Man.
00:07:29Don't put the cart in front of the horse.
00:07:32The beating I'm going to give you tonight is because you stepped over the line,
00:07:36and the NWO loves you.
00:07:37So take your lumps, get out here, and I'm going to set you straight, Macho Man.
00:07:45Wow, ladies and gentlemen, we can't believe what we just heard.
00:07:53That the Macho Man and Hollywood Hogan will battle later on here tonight live on Nitro.
00:07:59They've agreed to it, and we'll be back with more, live from El Paso after this.
00:08:04Back live on Nitro.
00:08:10The Nitro girls are in the center of the ring as we continue in this program.
00:08:15Already a ton to talk about.
00:08:18We knew going in the signers would get a shot at the World Tag Team title with Holly Nash later on here tonight in this three-hour telecast.
00:08:27But now at on top of that, that Hogan, Hollywood Hogan, challenged the Macho Man Randy Savage.
00:08:33He accepted, and those two men will wrestle here tonight.
00:08:37Mike, today we have the making of our biggest Nitro ever here tonight from El Paso.
00:08:42Tony, can you believe it?
00:08:43It's the NWO versus the NWO.
00:08:48That has to be a first.
00:08:49That's the first time ever.
00:08:50You're exactly right.
00:08:52And it will happen.
00:08:54Verbal contract.
00:08:55It's fine.
00:08:55You may have agreed to it.
00:08:56Hollywood Hogan and the Macho Man Randy Savage will wrestle here tonight.
00:09:01Tony Schiavone in Iron Mike today.
00:09:05No Larry Zabisco.
00:09:07Ladies and gentlemen, I can only say that I have no idea where the man is.
00:09:11I don't know if it's a breakdown in communication, maybe a flight delay or whatever.
00:09:15The fans have intended his name as we walked out.
00:09:18But there is no Larry Zabisco here at this moment.
00:09:21And hopefully before this telecast is up, we'll hear and see the living legend Larry Zabisco.
00:09:27But, you know, Mike, Hollywood Hogan and the Macho Man Randy Savage, one of the biggest main events we've ever had on this program.
00:09:34They have agreed to it.
00:09:35We talked about the problems with the NWO.
00:09:37They have certainly had their problems.
00:09:39It's really coming to a head once and for all here tonight.
00:09:41Tony, I guess it was inevitable with the king-sized egos involved with people like Hollywood Hogan and the madness that is Randy Savage.
00:09:50Can you believe that Hogan said that the NWO was unwinding in the terms of WCW fans?
00:09:56They're just plain falling apart.
00:09:58That's exactly right.
00:09:59And we're going to see those two men collide here tonight later on live.
00:10:02Speaking of a collision, take a look at what's happened the past couple of weeks between Mongo and the British Bulldog.
00:10:09And everybody knows that Bulldog has strong this man is, the power he possesses.
00:10:13That was a good move by Mongo.
00:10:15Wait until he gets in the ring, steps through those ropes, nail him.
00:10:17Mongo is one determined individual and one intense man.
00:10:22And you're right about the difference in experience in the ring.
00:10:26But Mongo, what he likes in experience, makes up for just determination and athletic ability.
00:10:31It's like some guys can play the human game with chess.
00:10:34Mongo just hits you over the head with the board.
00:10:38Davey Boy, look at how he picks up Mongo with these and power slams him down.
00:10:42One, two, and three.
00:10:44He got him.
00:10:45Davey Boy Smith with that running power slam of him, of his, gets a big win here on WCW Monday Nitro.
00:10:54I got to hand it to that pumped up Englishman.
00:10:58Mongo kind of dissed him last week and underestimated him.
00:11:02But we got to say it here in Texas, don't we?
00:11:04Threw me once, shame on you.
00:11:07Threw me twice, shame on me.
00:11:10And I'm here to guarantee you, all you people, all my brother Texans and him, that ain't gonna happen again.
00:11:19That time Mongo was waiting for him, caught him coming in with the big boots, but now the Bulldog counters with a series of forearms.
00:11:27Watch this, watch this.
00:11:29He's taking Mongo right over.
00:11:30Both men almost went head first.
00:11:33They both, though, land on the outside, on the apron, actually on the floor that time.
00:11:39And the British Bulldog, after Mongo caught him out, has come in with a lot of...
00:11:42Oh, man!
00:11:45Oh, my.
00:11:46Oh, my.
00:11:47Oh, ho, ho.
00:11:49What a fight we have going on here between Steve McMichael and the British Bulldog, Davey Boy Smith.
00:11:55And look at the block by the Bulldog.
00:11:58I believe the bell sound.
00:11:59I believe this could be a double count-out.
00:12:01Well, the last thing Mongo wants is to lose this match in his backyard.
00:12:05He came to fight.
00:12:06Talk about fighting with reckless abandon.
00:12:10Boom.
00:12:10He's been brawling up the aisle.
00:12:13What a brawl that occurred just a week ago when we were in the Almodo in San Antonio, Texas.
00:12:20And it has touched off quite a war with Mongo and the British Bulldog, Davey Boy Smith.
00:12:25We are back to action live here in the Activity Center in El Paso, Texas, on the campus of UTEP.
00:12:34And we're going to begin things with a man who has really changed his way over the past few weeks in Glacier, Mike, today.
00:12:42Well, Tony, it's been more than just a change in attitude on the part of Glacier.
00:12:45It's been really a total change in in-ring style as well to go along with that attitude.
00:12:52We've seen him not rely nearly as much on his martial arts techniques and really just let loose using everything from fists and also putting in a lot more wrestling holds than we've seen in the past from Glacier.
00:13:04Glacier, who turned his back on the cat recently on WCW Saturday night on Superstation PBS, will come into the ring to face a man that we have seen.
00:13:18We took a special look at a little video package of what has transpired with Mongo and the British Bulldog.
00:13:24And Mongo's going to come out with a fighting spirit.
00:13:28And, you know, he approaches every match the same way, Mongo.
00:13:31He is determined.
00:13:33He has a lot of intensity.
00:13:35And he's got to be on top of his game here against Glacier in this opening bout live on Nitro.
00:13:39Well, it's always full speed ahead for Steve Mongo McMichael as we continue our Lone Star State Tour.
00:13:47Sort of a homecoming for Mongo.
00:13:48He has the home state advantage in this matchup against Glacier.
00:13:52Native of Austin, Texas.
00:13:54Member of that Longhorn football team, University of Texas, of course.
00:13:58As a great collegiate.
00:13:59And then went on, of course, well-documented his pro career with the Bears and the Packers.
00:14:04But right now, you know, it wasn't that long ago we wanted to talk to Mongo about football.
00:14:09And he said, hey, I want to talk about pro wrestling because that's what I am.
00:14:14I'm a pro wrestler, and he's a great pro wrestler.
00:14:16Former United States heavyweight champion.
00:14:18And he gets a rousing ovation from the Texans here in attendance.
00:14:24Here comes Mongo.
00:14:26Well, Tony, it was just a couple of weeks ago.
00:14:27It was the day after the Super Bowl that we tried to get some comments from Mongo for our nice pro audience.
00:14:33And he refused.
00:14:34He says his total focus, his total concentration is now on his wrestling career.
00:14:39Speaking of focus and concentration, ladies and gentlemen, later on tonight during this three-hour telecast,
00:14:45Hall and Nash will defend the Tag Team Championship against the Steiner Brothers.
00:14:51Plus Hollywood Hogan, if you just tuned in, you missed one of the most revealing, eye-opening interviews we've ever had.
00:14:58And it came a part of the NWO.
00:15:00And Hollywood Hogan will face tonight the Macho Man Randy Savage here live.
00:15:08Billy Silverman has called the bell, and here we go.
00:15:11Can you believe that?
00:15:12Now they have Hollywood rules, I guess, to go along with the Wolfpack rules and everything else that the New World Order.
00:15:18They love to change everything.
00:15:19You know, I think that it's Hogan just insisting on that pecking order that has really gotten under the skin of Randy Savage.
00:15:26I'm very interested to see whose side these NWO lights are going to be on when these two men walk out here.
00:15:33And, Tim, you know, we have a visitor here.
00:15:37What is this?
00:15:38Yeah, you can put them right on your head.
00:15:42Luis Spicola has joined our broadcast location.
00:15:45Jeremy, I got something to say.
00:15:49Larry Zbysko's, have you seen him?
00:15:52No, we haven't.
00:15:54I mean...
00:15:54Listen, listen, what do I know?
00:15:57I am Larry Zbysko's friend, okay?
00:16:00I, hey, we all make mistakes, okay?
00:16:02I am his friend.
00:16:04We made amends, and it's, but I want to know what happened to him.
00:16:07I got his bags, okay?
00:16:09He asked me to bring his bags to the building, which I did, but right here.
00:16:13So you got his bags?
00:16:14I got his bags, but I don't know where he is.
00:16:16You got his bags, but you don't know where he is?
00:16:18No!
00:16:19And I don't appreciate you saying bad things about him either.
00:16:22I know what you were saying up here.
00:16:23You're probably cutting him down, trying to send him up the river already, aren't you, Shivani?
00:16:28You're too much.
00:16:30You are too much.
00:16:31Spicoli, what are you talking about?
00:16:32I can only assume what he was saying and what you were thinking today.
00:16:36So you got the man's bags, huh?
00:16:38I've got them right here.
00:16:39Well, you assume wrong.
00:16:40Do you want to look at the name tag?
00:16:42I know he's bagged.
00:16:43I know he's Halliburton Cates.
00:16:46Yeah, well, it's right here.
00:16:49All right, back to the match here.
00:16:51Let's call this match.
00:16:52Yeah, do your job.
00:16:53Don't you work?
00:16:54Do you work?
00:16:55Well, yeah.
00:16:56Then go ahead.
00:16:57Never mind.
00:16:57Full-on Dragon Twist by Glacier into the ribcage.
00:17:00And a reversal by Mongo.
00:17:03I'm just really worried about my new friend Larry.
00:17:05I don't know what happened to him, where he could be.
00:17:08Tony, do you buy that?
00:17:09Can I finish this match here?
00:17:11No.
00:17:12No.
00:17:12Yeah, go ahead.
00:17:13Reversal into the ropes.
00:17:15And I'm sure he appreciates your concern.
00:17:18Could you get back to the match, please?
00:17:20To the midsection.
00:17:22And the black sandal.
00:17:23Oh, good move by Glacier.
00:17:24Picking up Mongo to the top.
00:17:27Stunned him, dropping him throat first across the top.
00:17:30Gets two.
00:17:31And Mongo rolls the shoulder.
00:17:32Was that one of Larry Zbysco's old boots?
00:17:34All right, he's news just about every one of them.
00:17:37If you're a good friend of his, he'd know.
00:17:38You know, listen, I know full well about the NWO.
00:17:44I know what they could do.
00:17:45I know all about Scott Hall.
00:17:46But when I saw Larry Zbysco high face Eric Bischoff,
00:17:51I knew right then it was very clear to me who I would choose.
00:17:54And I'm just saying that Larry Zbysco is my friend.
00:17:57There's no reason to look at me funny.
00:17:59Are we talking to the same Louis Spicoli?
00:18:02Are we talking to the same man that broke up one of his set of clubs
00:18:05on this television program not too long ago?
00:18:08I don't know.
00:18:09Are we talking to the same guy that has been walking around behind Scott Hall?
00:18:13Wait a minute, wait, wait, wait.
00:18:14President Clinton's in the scandal and the whole nation forgives him,
00:18:17but you are going to hold a pair of golf clubs on me?
00:18:20Well, I'm just asking questions, trying to state facts here if I can.
00:18:24As Glacier is walking.
00:18:26Didn't he get new clubs out of that anyways?
00:18:27I don't know.
00:18:28You should know.
00:18:30Back elbow.
00:18:31Mongo caught him nicely.
00:18:32Well, had him well scouted, was prepared for Glacier's move off the middle rope.
00:18:35I'm so worried about Larry.
00:18:36God.
00:18:39Well, we appreciate your concern for-
00:18:41Could he have crossed the border?
00:18:42He got messed up.
00:18:43He doesn't need to cross the border.
00:18:44You fly it out.
00:18:45Never mind.
00:18:46To the top of the head, Mongo with forearm shots.
00:18:48And Mongo, into a three-point stance,
00:18:51takes him off his sleeve, and does it again.
00:18:54Has Glacier in trouble.
00:18:56Now Mongo motions to the crowd that he's ready for the Mongo spike,
00:19:00and he's got him up.
00:19:02He's got him up.
00:19:03Oh!
00:19:04That's it.
00:19:05Tombstone him for the three-count.
00:19:08How about that?
00:19:10Uh-oh.
00:19:11What is this?
00:19:12It's Mortis.
00:19:14Mortis out of nowhere, pounding Mongo.
00:19:17And James Vandenberg is out.
00:19:19What in the world is this about?
00:19:21Maybe I could ask him about Larry.
00:19:23Oh, obviously a well-orchestrated plan by James Vandenberg.
00:19:28The side-wishing leg sweep by Mortis on Mongo.
00:19:31Mongo, no one expected that.
00:19:34He got blindsided by Mortis after he spiked Glacier and got the win.
00:19:40This is shocking.
00:19:42Mongo has had his problems with the British Bulldog, Davy Boyd Smith.
00:19:45Yeah, well-documented now.
00:19:48Look at this.
00:19:49Look at this.
00:19:51Mongo's up.
00:19:53And Vandenberg's down.
00:19:57Oh, big boot to the midsection of Mortis,
00:19:59and now he's going to find out.
00:20:01Oh, firsthand experience.
00:20:03He's got problems.
00:20:05Thank you, Spicoli.
00:20:06You're right, he does.
00:20:07He got spiked.
00:20:10What a homecoming.
00:20:11The return to Texas for Steve Mongo McMichael, and he's got the mic.
00:20:16Now, that's how we take out the trash in El Paso, Texas, baby.
00:20:22How would he know?
00:20:24I thought he was from Austin, Texas.
00:20:25He, he's from Texas, and when you're from Texas, you're from the whole state.
00:20:28I thought you were watching, Bulldog, because you're going to get trash comp back next.
00:20:34Where are you functioning?
00:20:35That's not important.
00:20:37Your winner is Steve Mongo McMichael.
00:20:39Fans still to come.
00:20:41Hollywood Hogan and the motel man Randy Savage will wrestle here tonight live.
00:20:46Hope they'll find Larry.
00:20:47This portion of WCW Monday Nitro is brought to you by Valvoline, the number one choice of America's top mechanics.
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00:21:00We're back live on Nitro, everybody.
00:21:03Today, Shivani, Spicoli, Spicoli.
00:21:06But that doesn't mean anything.
00:21:08I just want to know where Larry is.
00:21:10That's all I care about.
00:21:10Wasn't it as late as this past Thursday on Thunder that you were still an NWO wannabe?
00:21:16Walking behind Scott Hall, trying to convince Scott Hall that you could be a part of the New World Order.
00:21:22Where did this change of heart come about?
00:21:23Why are you bringing up such old stuff?
00:21:25Well, I only want to bring up the truth here.
00:21:27Wait a minute.
00:21:27First of all, if you want to know the truth, the truth is that I came to the arena today,
00:21:32but before I came here, I was at the hotel, and I saw Larry.
00:21:36And Larry asked me to bring his, are you listening to me?
00:21:39Larry asked me to bring his bags, and that's exactly what I did.
00:21:42Now, I don't know where Larry is, but let me tell you something.
00:21:46I hope the guy is in trouble.
00:21:48He could be in big trouble.
00:21:49I don't know.
00:21:50We're close to the body.
00:21:51Still to come in this program as we go to the ring here on WCW Monday Nitro,
00:21:56we're going to have Hollywood Hogan and the Macho Man Randy Savage.
00:22:00Since you have the mic, since you're a Larry's Abyssal fan, since you're a Larry's Abyssal friend.
00:22:05He's my hero.
00:22:05Okay, you should be very excited that Hollywood Hogan and the Macho Man Randy Savage
00:22:09will be wrestling, and we're going to see the problems that have ripped the NWO
00:22:14come full fold here on this program.
00:22:16Why would I be concerned with problems?
00:22:19Why do problems and my name even go together?
00:22:21They don't.
00:22:22Well, I'm not going to get into that.
00:22:24Why are you asking me about Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage?
00:22:28This is the same Luis McCauley that was dropping elbows recently on Larry's Abyssal.
00:22:33No, it sold out.
00:22:34You guys are too much.
00:22:35You and...
00:22:36I remember a couple of things.
00:22:36I'm just trying to bring up a couple of facts.
00:22:38Yeah.
00:22:40You remember me calling me food in Vegas?
00:22:43You remember that?
00:22:45As Conan and Vincent make their way out,
00:22:49I want to remind you we have some big information coming your way.
00:22:54This coming Friday, February 14th,
00:22:57tickets go on sale for Monday Nitro.
00:23:00That will come Monday, March 30th, at the United Center in Chicago,
00:23:04the home of the Bulls, home of the Blackhawks.
00:23:06Tickets go on sale this Friday at the United Center Ticket Office at all Ticketmaster locations.
00:23:13And we understand the Macho Man Randy Savage will be in town at Dominic's on
00:23:18South Ashland Friday at noon as tickets go on sale for the big event of Nitro.
00:23:23And we've got some big on sale events this Friday coming to Cincinnati,
00:23:28to Auburn Hills, Milwaukee, and Mobile, Alabama,
00:23:32that we'll talk about during the course of this program, the bell sounds.
00:23:36In the same program where the Steiners look to get the World Tag Team fighters back
00:23:42from the Outsiders.
00:23:45Nash and your fan, Scott Hall.
00:23:47Wait a minute.
00:23:48Hold on.
00:23:48See, what you don't realize is that I am an impressionable youth, okay?
00:23:51I can sway off the beaten path time and again because I'm just young.
00:23:56I watch the TV.
00:23:57I like things, you know?
00:23:58But now sitting down, getting a little older, you know, tomorrow's my 27th birthday.
00:24:01Happy birthday to me.
00:24:02You know, now that I'm really sitting down and kind of grinding to WCW here,
00:24:07I really have to focus on a legend.
00:24:09And I focused on Larry Zbysko.
00:24:11I had to reach deep down, Tony.
00:24:14See, as an announcer, you don't know what that's like, and neither do you, Tanae.
00:24:16But as a wrestler, you need to reach deep down.
00:24:19And that's exactly what I did.
00:24:20You've changed your ways in four days.
00:24:22It only takes four seconds to change your ways, Tony.
00:24:26See, if you weren't the same way every day that you have been in 13 years,
00:24:32you would know that.
00:24:32Well, what exactly was it that convinced you, Spicoli?
00:24:35Track record, Mike.
00:24:37Track record.
00:24:38Notice how I called him Mike and not you, Tony.
00:24:39Ha, ha, ha.
00:24:40It's track record.
00:24:42Speaking of track record, the NWO is having a problem with their track record right now.
00:24:48And later on tonight, Hollywood Hogan and the Macho Man Randy Savage will wrestle.
00:24:53Anytime these two athletes have a match on Nitro, it's a big deal.
00:24:57But tonight, two of the biggest stars the sport has ever seen in the history of our sport.
00:25:03The Macho Man and Hollywood Hogan will wrestle, and both men are members of the New World Order.
00:25:07There's Garmin Smiley.
00:25:10Snapmare takes Conan down.
00:25:12Well, wait a minute.
00:25:13I'm wrestling Chris Adams tonight, and both of us are part of WCW.
00:25:17You make it like it's a big deal.
00:25:18We're going to have a wrestling match.
00:25:19Whoop-de-doo.
00:25:20Of course, it's the two biggest names in the history of the sport.
00:25:24When you come out, we'll give you your due.
00:25:26You give me my due all the time.
00:25:28Don't you need to go back now and get ready for it, like right now?
00:25:30Go back and change it.
00:25:31Are you trying to chase me off?
00:25:32No, I was just wondering.
00:25:32I want you to get prepared.
00:25:34Snapmare take over Conan now.
00:25:35Head of steam, heading the...
00:25:37Oh!
00:25:38What a drop kick in the corner by Conan.
00:25:40And what a response here from this crowd in El Paso, Texas, near the Mexico border for
00:25:46the representative of NWO Mexico, Conan.
00:25:49Did you guys know Conan was Mexican?
00:25:51Full arm drag and twist into a hammerlock, and Conan, look at that forward roll out of
00:25:56a hammerlock.
00:25:57He's not Mexican, but he lives in Mexico City.
00:25:59That's what I meant.
00:26:01Look at this move here, Mike.
00:26:02Norman Smiley is a fine Met wrestler.
00:26:05We've seen him on many of our programs, and here on Nitro against Conan, he's all tied
00:26:09up.
00:26:09A couple of very accomplished international wrestlers, both who rely extensively on
00:26:16submission holds, as we see Conan now working on both the head and the arm of Magic Norman
00:26:20Smiley.
00:26:21You guys listen, but you just don't hear it, do you?
00:26:23Oh!
00:26:24From a front face lock into a DDT, dropped him on his head.
00:26:29Conan.
00:26:31Oh, he's having a good time here tonight.
00:26:34Here on the border of the USA and Mexico.
00:26:38It's close to home.
00:26:41It's having a party.
00:26:42As we head to Super Brawl 8, and the spectacular event that will once and for
00:26:51all crown a world heavyweight champion, the vacated title.
00:26:56We await Sting and Hollywood Hogan.
00:26:59But Hogan cannot look ahead, because he has probably the most important NWO match
00:27:04ever tonight against the Macho Man Randy Savage.
00:27:07Here's a hook, and a good move by Smiley.
00:27:09One, two with a Fisherman Suplex.
00:27:10It's not a good move, yeah, okay, Fisherman Suplex, very good.
00:27:14Gosh.
00:27:14Gosh.
00:27:15I didn't know I was gonna get graded out here.
00:27:17Well, I didn't know either until just now.
00:27:19Up on top of the great leapfrog, and a good move by Smiley.
00:27:22Pitting combination, only got two.
00:27:23There's a pinning combination.
00:27:24What a reversal by Conan.
00:27:27And a two count.
00:27:30Near fall on both sides that time, as Vincent looks on.
00:27:33Smiley's tough, tough.
00:27:35That's what athletes are made out of.
00:27:38How about that?
00:27:40It's Conan who gets his shoulder.
00:27:43Smiley tried for the gut wrench.
00:27:44That was reversed by Conan, who rolled through for a two count on the shoulders of Norman Smiley.
00:27:49I'm not so sure.
00:27:50It looked like both men had their shoulders down that time.
00:27:52And a pick up.
00:27:54187.
00:27:55187 is right, Spicoli.
00:27:58Dropped him on his noggin' with that one.
00:28:00Cradle DDT by Conan in mid-ring.
00:28:02Okay, now somebody go back and find out if Zabisco's here.
00:28:04Well, we have people checking on that right now as we speak.
00:28:07We have a pretty accomplished staff here, getting nervous.
00:28:09Seeing as Larry Zabisco.
00:28:10And he's got him in the Tequila Sunrise.
00:28:12Tequila Sunrise.
00:28:13And it's over.
00:28:15Conan is your winner, a big win for the New World Order.
00:28:23It's like today, he's making his way to one of our locations to do a special interview here tonight.
00:28:28I know what happened.
00:28:30Larry Zabisco had too many Tequila Sunrises last night.
00:28:33That's not funny.
00:28:35I think so.
00:28:36All right.
00:28:37Your winner, Conan, here on WCW Monday Night Drug.
00:28:40And now with a very special interview, let's go to our colleague right now, Mike today.
00:28:45Ladies and gentlemen, joining me here in El Paso, Texas, representing General Motors Motorsports is Mr. Brad Dillon.
00:28:54And, Brad, I understand that you have an exciting announcement to make.
00:28:57Yes.
00:28:57Tonight we're happy to announce that WCW is a proud sponsor of our number 23 Bush Grand National Team, driven by Lance Hooper, a driver out of Southern California.
00:29:07Lance is somebody that's been racing in the Winston West Series.
00:29:10He's the driver that Pontiac has had his eye on for the past couple years, somebody that we feel is going to be a champion,
00:29:16following the footsteps of Kyle Petty, Richard Petty, and the likes of Bobby Labonte.
00:29:21Well, what about in the future, the near future, for WCW Motorsports and GM?
00:29:25Well, we have a lot of things on the drawing board in between the two companies,
00:29:28and I think you'll see that we'll have a lot of exciting things going on here in the near future.
00:29:33Now we're taking a look at some footage right now of car number 23.
00:29:37This is the Lance Hooper car.
00:29:38Yeah, it's a Pontiac Grand Prix.
00:29:41The car's been going real quick out on the racetrack here down in Daytona for practice.
00:29:46It's been leading up to this weekend's festivities down at the track.
00:29:49And how about long-term future for WCW Motorsports and GM?
00:29:54We are very excited about the team, about the driver,
00:29:57and we think that there's nothing but great things ahead for this organization.
00:30:02Well, Brad, we want to thank you very much,
00:30:03and we will return with more exciting action right here on TNT's Nitro.
00:30:09Mike, thanks a lot.
00:30:10Car 23 driven by Lance Hooper this year with WCW Motorsports.
00:30:15Still to come tonight, Hollywood Hogan and the Macho Man Randy Savage.
00:30:19The NWO battle and the Steiners in their quest to become World Tag Team Champions again.
00:30:24Welcome back, fans, to WCW Monday Nitro Live, or later on tonight.
00:30:29Hollywood Hogan and the Macho Man Randy Savage will collide one-on-one as the Nitro Girls come out.
00:30:37And as I said, we got some big off-sales coming up this Friday, February 13th.
00:30:42Fans, we'll let you know that on Sunday, March 22nd,
00:30:45a big event coming to the crowd in Cincinnati.
00:30:48That event will start at 1 o'clock in the afternoon,
00:30:50and tickets will go on sale this Friday, February 13th at the crowd box office,
00:30:55and all select-to-seat outlets.
00:30:57And on Saturday, March 28th, a big event in the Palace of Auburn Hills,
00:31:01outside of Metropolitan Detroit.
00:31:03Tickets available at the box office and ticket master there.
00:31:06And we also want to let you know that we want to see your Nitro Party videotapes.
00:31:12You can send your Nitro Party tapes to Nitro Party.
00:31:15One CNN Center, P.O. Box 60 Atlanta, 3-0, 3-0, 3-0, 3-0, 3-0.
00:31:19We're going to be drawing for another grand prize winner
00:31:22for that Nitro Party at your location with Mean Gene and the Nitro Girls
00:31:27to get your tapes in.
00:31:28And later on this telecast, we're going to be seeing another winner
00:31:32in our Nitro Party contest.
00:31:35I thought you were talking about Mean when you said we could see another winner.
00:31:37You'll get your chance to win a little bit later on.
00:31:39Louis Spicoli, who has joined us at our broadcast location.
00:31:42I just don't feel right.
00:31:44What?
00:31:45Nick Patrick's in the ring.
00:31:47Very good, Tony.
00:31:48What is he doing in the ring?
00:31:49I don't know, but there's JJ.
00:31:51Good call, Louis.
00:31:52JJ going in the ring.
00:31:55Has anybody found Larry?
00:31:59Uh-oh, he's got a microphone.
00:32:02Mr. Patrick, you are not the official assigned to this next match,
00:32:07and I have no, I don't know why you're out here,
00:32:11because as far as I'm concerned, you are still under suspension,
00:32:14and I think you should leave the ring.
00:32:16Let me hold this microphone for just one second, please.
00:32:19Uh-oh.
00:32:20I am falsely under suspension because I have never been put on trial.
00:32:26There's never been any formal charges brought up against me.
00:32:28You know why?
00:32:29Because WCW does not want to stand behind you.
00:32:33Now, let me give you a little insight on Nick Patrick.
00:32:35I have been with this company since this company started.
00:32:38In fact, I was with the company that Ted Turner bought
00:32:41and turned into WCW.
00:32:43And unlike you, I've never put myself on the open market
00:32:46to go to the highest bidder.
00:32:48I've stayed with WCW because I believe in WCW.
00:32:52Now, this so-called controversial tape that you've shown
00:32:55has done nothing but show Nick Patrick doing his job
00:32:59and doing it well.
00:33:00Now, you've got nothing against me.
00:33:03You've got nothing on me.
00:33:05And unless this issue gets settled real soon,
00:33:08you're going to have nothing but lawsuits chasing you,
00:33:11and you're going to have to watch your back 24 hours a day, mister,
00:33:14because I have done nothing wrong, and I stand by my word.
00:33:17I stand by my reputation, and I'm going to do this match here tonight.
00:33:22Well, what you don't understand is that if you have some legitimate gripes,
00:33:26this is not the time or the place to air them.
00:33:28I do have the authority to keep you from coming into this ring,
00:33:32and I'm prepared to exercise that authority,
00:33:36and I've got some security people here right now
00:33:38that are prepared to escort you out of here.
00:33:42Out!
00:33:42That's a lie.
00:33:43J.J. Dillon has never exercised a day in his life.
00:33:45He can't exercise nothing.
00:33:46Stop it.
00:33:47Bye-bye.
00:33:47He's not going to hear me.
00:33:49He will hear from me again.
00:33:50I'm not going to be treated like this.
00:33:52I'll make a living for my family.
00:33:54Not that anybody else is going to stop.
00:33:55Nick Patrick told us recently that he would be here on this program,
00:33:59and there you see WCW security.
00:34:03Nick Patrick, you are out of here.
00:34:06See?
00:34:07You guys, that's a perfect example of hearing but not listening.
00:34:11I'm listening right here.
00:34:12He looks like he's looking for a stick, right?
00:34:14I'm not going to be treated.
00:34:16Sounds like the voice of the end of the wall talking to me, Luis Piccoli.
00:34:19Which voice would that be?
00:34:22Yours.
00:34:23I don't think so, Tony.
00:34:26All right.
00:34:26Tonight, the Steiners have a chance to recapture the goal as they will face.
00:34:31The Outsiders, Hall and Nash.
00:34:34And Hollywood Hogan is here against the macho man Randy Savage.
00:34:38That's huge.
00:34:39And if you thought the NWO had problems,
00:34:42if you thought that maybe they were getting ready to implode,
00:34:45then fans tonight may be the night
00:34:48when Hogan and Savage meet live here on this three-hour telecast.
00:34:55I can't believe this show that we're watching right now
00:34:59is going to have Hollywood Hogan and macho man Randy Savage.
00:35:02I can't believe that.
00:35:04Most people would have to pay for it.
00:35:07We get to see it for free.
00:35:08You're exactly right.
00:35:09Good point.
00:35:09I know I'm right.
00:35:10You're telling me you know I'm right?
00:35:12I know I'm right.
00:35:13It's free.
00:35:14Oh, my goodness.
00:35:16You're bucking for a broadcast job now, too?
00:35:18I bet if I asked, I could get one.
00:35:20But no, I just want to see Larry Zabisco okay.
00:35:27You want to see Larry Zabisco okay?
00:35:30Yeah.
00:35:30I just want to make sure he's okay.
00:35:32I didn't want to see Disco Inferno come out just like the village people,
00:35:35but we're going to see it anyways.
00:35:36Disco Inferno and Yuji Nagata.
00:35:38It's going to be a great matchup here as Nitro continues live
00:35:41from El Paso, Texas.
00:35:44What a day we've had.
00:35:45What a week we've had in the state of Texas.
00:35:50Feels like a year.
00:35:51Just about a week.
00:35:52Last week, San Antonio and then Beaumont, the Thunder,
00:35:55and now, of course.
00:35:56And then my whole world turned around
00:35:57because I finally opened my eyes.
00:35:59It happened in the state of Texas.
00:36:00Right.
00:36:01Just while I went home to California first,
00:36:02that's when it really happened.
00:36:04Then I came back.
00:36:05I can't believe it.
00:36:06Just like that.
00:36:07You are unreal.
00:36:08No, no, no.
00:36:09I am very real.
00:36:11That's the truth talking to you, Tony.
00:36:13I'm speaking Greek.
00:36:15Saniono discussing things with Disco Inferno.
00:36:18I don't know what that was about
00:36:19with the exception of getting the attention of Disco.
00:36:21It worked.
00:36:22And now Nagata.
00:36:23Oh, my goodness.
00:36:24You got to yell.
00:36:25Wow, down he goes in a heap.
00:36:30And Nagata, gut-wrench, take off.
00:36:33It's going to leave a mark.
00:36:34Well, you're not kidding, it is.
00:36:36And I ain't using Nagata.
00:36:37It's immediately going for the Nagata lock.
00:36:39He wants to end it right now.
00:36:40Disco Inferno saw it.
00:36:42And put the brakes on by going to the ropes.
00:36:45Tony, the microphone's right at your mouth.
00:36:47You don't got to scream.
00:36:48Are you getting excited?
00:36:49I get excited about this, Louie.
00:36:51Don't you get excited about our sport?
00:36:53Oh, yes.
00:36:54Right in back.
00:36:56Well, I can't run it back
00:36:57because I haven't seen the memory thing.
00:36:59To the back of the head goes Nagata
00:37:02as Mickie J is the referee checking in.
00:37:04I can't believe you're not proud of me.
00:37:06Well, I'm going to be very blunt about this.
00:37:08I don't believe you.
00:37:09Oh, now you don't believe me?
00:37:12Benny Neckbreaker.
00:37:13Me?
00:37:13I've seen too many games played
00:37:15by the New World Order.
00:37:16Oh, you're playing a big game.
00:37:17It's called denial.
00:37:19You can't deny the fact
00:37:20that I'm telling the truth.
00:37:21How long has this been going on
00:37:23with you guys?
00:37:24You want me to count the days?
00:37:26No, forget it.
00:37:29Nagata sends...
00:37:30What do you mean?
00:37:30Who's you guys?
00:37:31The new...
00:37:32Forget it.
00:37:33Hit to the chin,
00:37:35to the chest,
00:37:36to the midsection.
00:37:36One, two...
00:37:38Visco Inferno,
00:37:39as you see at the end of that boot
00:37:41by Nagata here.
00:37:42I wish your face
00:37:43was at the end of that boot.
00:37:44You're getting me mad now.
00:37:45I'm worried about the safety
00:37:46of Larry Zobisco
00:37:47when you're going on
00:37:48about games in the NWO.
00:37:50It doesn't go.
00:37:50It doesn't...
00:37:51They don't mix.
00:37:53I can only say this,
00:37:55and this is my opinion only.
00:37:57The fact that you're out here...
00:37:59And then where's Larry?
00:38:00And where's Larry?
00:38:01You got his bags.
00:38:02I got him.
00:38:03Makes me feel
00:38:04something's not right.
00:38:06You know where I'm coming from?
00:38:07No.
00:38:07A pig up over the top!
00:38:10And Yuji Nagata
00:38:11with a great over-the-top suplex.
00:38:14Something...
00:38:14Yeah, something's not right
00:38:15because Larry's not here.
00:38:16Why isn't Larry here?
00:38:17That's what I want to know,
00:38:18and no one will tell me.
00:38:20I think...
00:38:20I just maybe in a hunch here...
00:38:22Here's a cover now by Nagata!
00:38:23We got a two.
00:38:24What are you, a betting man?
00:38:25You got a hunch?
00:38:25Got a hunch here
00:38:26that you know
00:38:27all about what's going on here.
00:38:30No.
00:38:31I know that...
00:38:31I can't believe
00:38:31that you would tear up his golf clubs,
00:38:34that you would follow Scott Hall...
00:38:35Why are you bringing up old things?
00:38:37Oh my God!
00:38:37Again, goes the Disco Inferno,
00:38:39and again, we are seeing
00:38:41a suplex clinic
00:38:42on behalf of the star from Japan,
00:38:45Yuji Nagata,
00:38:45and now the Nagata lock.
00:38:47Well, Sonny O is telling him no.
00:38:51What's he saying, anyway?
00:38:53Something in Japanese.
00:38:54I think he's trying to tell him
00:38:57you've got to drop him again.
00:38:58I think he wants to hurt
00:38:59the Disco Inferno.
00:39:02That's exactly what it is.
00:39:03It's not uncommon.
00:39:04He wanted to end the match,
00:39:05but no,
00:39:06Ono said you've got to
00:39:07try to finish him off,
00:39:08and Disco moved out of the way.
00:39:10Uh-oh.
00:39:11Ends the chart buster!
00:39:13He put the chart buster on one!
00:39:15No way.
00:39:16Two,
00:39:16and he beat Yuji Nagata!
00:39:18He beat him.
00:39:19I can't believe he beat him!
00:39:21Sonny Ono!
00:39:22Sonny Ono,
00:39:22he screwed up.
00:39:24He messed up.
00:39:25You're exactly right,
00:39:26because he was in the midst
00:39:27of that Nagata lock.
00:39:29He pulled away.
00:39:30Uh-oh.
00:39:31Oh, see here?
00:39:32This is what you've got to worry about.
00:39:34The parka.
00:39:35Has arrived.
00:39:37The chairman of WCW
00:39:39with his own disco dancing.
00:39:43And they know him here in El Paso
00:39:45and across the border in Juarez
00:39:47very, very well.
00:39:47They know him all over the world.
00:39:48Yes, they do.
00:39:50But now,
00:39:51what's his home out, Tony?
00:39:54Well, I can tell you,
00:39:55he will use that chair for anyone.
00:39:56And there it is.
00:39:58I know what happened to Larry.
00:39:59He got hit with a chair from Waparka.
00:40:01I know.
00:40:02I gotta go, Tony.
00:40:03Tony, I'm going to the back.
00:40:04I know.
00:40:05I think I know where Larry is.
00:40:06I'll be back.
00:40:06I don't know.
00:40:08Thank you for dropping that down.
00:40:10And don't come back, okay?
00:40:13Still to come, Hollywood Hogan,
00:40:15the Macho Man, Randy Savage,
00:40:17here tonight, live.
00:40:18We've all just witnessed the footage.
00:40:25Now it's time to meet the man,
00:40:27wrestling's total package.
00:40:29Here is Lex Luger.
00:40:33And as they stand here,
00:40:35awaiting the arrival of the man with the torture rack,
00:40:38let us not forget the match is no disqualification at Super Brawl.
00:40:42Lex, we know that you have Randy Savage at Super Brawl.
00:40:48No disqualification matchup,
00:40:49but you have something that you want to get across.
00:40:51You have some words for the fans tonight.
00:40:54Not for the fans specifically,
00:40:56but more towards the Macho Man and Hollywood Hogan.
00:41:00I'm sitting in the back,
00:41:02getting sick to my stomach,
00:41:05ready to regurgitate,
00:41:06listening to you two out here,
00:41:08making a match with each other.
00:41:10Is that what I'm hearing?
00:41:12I'm so sick and tired of you two,
00:41:15and the whole NWO.
00:41:16You're spewing your garbage,
00:41:19talking about you want me,
00:41:20I want you.
00:41:21Aren't you overlooking something?
00:41:22I'm going to take the liberty right now
00:41:24to speak for my friend Stig.
00:41:26Hollywood,
00:41:27you got the biggest match of your life coming up.
00:41:31In less than two weeks,
00:41:32you should be home getting ready for that.
00:41:35That's taking care of family business,
00:41:37brother.
00:41:38And Macho,
00:41:40you challenged me.
00:41:41I've already beaten you,
00:41:43and now you want a no GQ match,
00:41:44the most dangerous match in professional wrestling,
00:41:47and you want to wrestle Hogan here?
00:41:49Well, I threw my stuff on,
00:41:51and I threw it on for a reason.
00:41:53You two go out,
00:41:54and I don't care what you do to each other.
00:41:56I don't care if you two beat each other
00:41:58to a bloody pulp,
00:42:00but then I'm walking down this aisle,
00:42:02I'm going to stand in the ring,
00:42:03and I'm going to be waiting on you,
00:42:04Marshall Man,
00:42:05and what's left of you.
00:42:07Bring it.
00:42:08Whoa.
00:42:09Those are the words from Lex Luger.
00:42:11He has had it up to here with the NWO.
00:42:14Tony, over to you.
00:42:15Now, Mike,
00:42:15a little added intrigue to that big feature bout
00:42:18coming up tonight.
00:42:19Hollywood Hogan,
00:42:20the Macho Man, Randy Savage.
00:42:22Luger's here,
00:42:23and Luger says he's going to walk down to the ring
00:42:26and pick up the pieces of what's left.
00:42:28We are ready for our second hour
00:42:30when we come back.
00:42:35Back for our second hour,
00:42:37Tony Schiavone and Iron Mike today.
00:42:40The second hour, as you know by now,
00:42:42is underway.
00:42:43And Mike, I want to get your take on this,
00:42:45what Luger had to say in a few moments,
00:42:46as we await the combatant score,
00:42:48what should be a great tag team bout.
00:42:50Eddie Guerrero and Cruiser Lake champ Chris Jericho come out.
00:42:54And we'll be talking about that,
00:42:55but it gives me an opportunity once again to repeat
00:42:58that this coming Friday, February 13,
00:43:01tickets go on sale for WCW at the Palace of Auburn Hills.
00:43:05The event will be Saturday, March 28.
00:43:08Tickets go on sale this Friday at the box office at Ticketmaster.
00:43:11Mean Gene will be at Harmony House at Lake Orion on Friday at 4 p.m.
00:43:17And also, we're gonna be at the Auditorium in Milwaukee Sunday, March 29.
00:43:22Tickets go on sale this coming Friday,
00:43:25February 13th in Milwaukee at the Auditorium box office at Ticketmaster.
00:43:29Plus, you can meet Hacksaw's Jim Duggan at Mainstream Music Exchange
00:43:33in the Port Loomis Shopping Center, Friday from 4 to 6 p.m.
00:43:38We'll have big events to announce about Columbus, Ohio,
00:43:42and Mobile, Alabama, still to come in the course of this telecast.
00:43:46Interesting, brother against brother here.
00:43:48Chavo Jr. on one side, Eddie on the other.
00:43:51Actually, brother against nephew, Dean Malenko.
00:43:54Chavo will be the tag team partner of Chavo Jr.
00:44:02And Mike Lex Luger, the total package.
00:44:06He was more focused, really, on what's gonna happen here tonight
00:44:10than he was his matchup coming up in 13 days
00:44:13against the Macho man Randy Savage.
00:44:16Tony, what a way to conclude a very eventful hour number one of Nitro.
00:44:20I think it's pretty plain and simple.
00:44:22I think that the former World's Heavyweight Champion, Lex Luger,
00:44:27the total package, is just sick and tired of being overlooked.
00:44:31He's just not gonna take it any longer.
00:44:33And I think he took it as a personal affront
00:44:34with this big matchup upcoming with Randy Savage at Super Bowl.
00:44:39Well, I think all of WCW will be watching this match very, very closely
00:44:42to see what happens.
00:44:44And look at this.
00:44:45Eddie.
00:44:46Well, that's uncle versus nephew.
00:44:47That's what he was.
00:44:48It's sending the man on the outside.
00:44:50He attacked Chavo, Jr., right from the opening bell.
00:44:54And Eddie is pounding him with purpose here, Mike.
00:44:56And Tony, in, of all things, the hometown of El Paso, Texas.
00:45:01Kind of a mixed reaction for Eddie and Chavo, Jr.,
00:45:06as they both made their way on opposite teams.
00:45:08And Uncle Eddie is pounding away on Chavo, Jr.
00:45:11This is with purpose.
00:45:12There's a hidden meaning here.
00:45:14I've always thought that there's more that meets the eye
00:45:16in the problems within the Guerrero family,
00:45:19and Chavo is battling back.
00:45:21And Chavo, Jr. has really come into his own
00:45:23in the past couple of months.
00:45:24Nice move there.
00:45:25Avoided the tilt-a-whirl.
00:45:27Oh, and he caught him.
00:45:28He caught Eddie with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker of his own.
00:45:32Leapfrog by Chavo, Jr.
00:45:34Almost sent him out of the ring with a back body drop.
00:45:37And a drop kick from Chavo, Jr.
00:45:40You've talked about what Chavo has accomplished
00:45:42over the past few months.
00:45:44And it's all because of his drive and intensity.
00:45:47He really is a mainstream player in the Cruiserweight division,
00:45:52but he is very intense.
00:45:53And you notice how Jericho still has his Cruiserweight belt on.
00:45:58He's not gonna be allowed to wrestle with a championship belt around his waist.
00:46:01Well, that's what Charles Robinson's saying.
00:46:03I guess he wanted to prove to everybody that he's a champion.
00:46:07Tony, I think you're right.
00:46:08It's that drive, it's that intensity,
00:46:10and add one other huge factor to the turnaround.
00:46:13And Chavo, Guerrero, Jr., that is confidence.
00:46:18He certainly has been wrestling with an abundance of confidence
00:46:21for a short span in the ring.
00:46:22He hasn't been wrestling that long in WCW,
00:46:25but has really stepped up in this Cruiserweight division.
00:46:28Dean Malenko is his partner waiting on the outside
00:46:30as the Cruiserweight champion runs right through Chavo, Jr.
00:46:35Four of the most outstanding Cruiserweight,
00:46:38four just outstanding wrestlers from the world today
00:46:41competing in this tag team matchup.
00:46:44Chris Jericho now a three-time WCW World's Cruiserweight champion.
00:46:48And on the opposite team, Dean Malenko,
00:46:50also another former three-time champ in the Cruiserweight division.
00:46:53Double axe handle hit headfirst to the turnbuckle pad,
00:46:55dropped to a hold by Chavo, Jr.
00:46:57to the middle using a springboard into the DDT.
00:47:01And a great move, it was.
00:47:02Almost a bulldog-type headlock that time by Chavo,
00:47:05and he drove Jericho headfirst, and the tag is into Malenko.
00:47:10And a big foot in the face.
00:47:13Oh, and he goes!
00:47:14Where did he go?
00:47:15He went over the apron,
00:47:16and the back of the head into the safety rail.
00:47:19Talk about a wrestler on fire.
00:47:21What an entrance for Dean Malenko.
00:47:23Dean Malenko in with purpose.
00:47:25There's no question.
00:47:26Dean Malenko, former United States heavyweight champ,
00:47:29certainly has more of an issue with not only Eddie,
00:47:32but with Jericho as well.
00:47:33And look at Jericho work him over.
00:47:35Didn't face him at all.
00:47:37And Dean Malenko's back in the heat of it here.
00:47:38Well, you just know that the opposition team,
00:47:42Malenko and Guerrero, Jr., as well as Eddie Guerrero,
00:47:45they all are gunning for a shot at Jericho.
00:47:47And Malenko catches him in midair.
00:47:49Going for the Texas Cloverly.
00:47:51Almost has the shoulders down, but look at Eddie perched.
00:47:53Eddie's not going to allow this to happen.
00:47:55He's up on top, and in front kicks in
00:47:57with a missile dropkick in the back of the head.
00:48:01And down goes Malenko.
00:48:03That allows Jericho to put in the tag,
00:48:05and he immediately follows up with another dropkick
00:48:08from in tight to the head of Malenko.
00:48:11Well, Eddie's getting his name chanted here,
00:48:13so there's a lot of Eddie Guerrero supporters
00:48:16here in his hometown.
00:48:17Malenko goes over the top,
00:48:18and Eddie drives him down with a back elbow.
00:48:21The home of the Guerrero dynasty,
00:48:23all the way back to the father of Eddie Guerrero,
00:48:26Gory Guerrero.
00:48:29Sends Malenko back up into an abdominal stretch now.
00:48:32Eddie near his corner here,
00:48:33as he's back to Jericho.
00:48:34Oh, and getting a good shot here
00:48:37of the illegal tactics used by the Cruiserweight champ
00:48:40and by Eddie Guerrero.
00:48:42Combination of extra leverage now
00:48:44on the abdominal stretch
00:48:45applied by Eddie Guerrero onto Malenko
00:48:48with the help from Jericho outside on the ring apron.
00:48:51You know, if you think about it
00:48:52and you think about what's coming up in this program
00:48:55and how big this match is,
00:48:58I really think Sting has to really,
00:49:01I know Luger was upset,
00:49:02but maybe Sting in the back of his mind is loving this.
00:49:04Sending Hogan into the ring,
00:49:0613 days away from the big return match
00:49:09for the vacant world title,
00:49:10that he has to go in against a nut
00:49:11like the Macho Man Randy Savage.
00:49:13Something could happen here tonight.
00:49:16Tony, I think everyone associated
00:49:18with world championship wrestling
00:49:19has to be thrilled
00:49:20that first it was the challenge placed
00:49:23by Hollywood Hogan then accepted by Randy Savage.
00:49:27Clothesline by Guerrero.
00:49:29Guerrero, although not the biggest in size,
00:49:32one of the hardest hitters in our sport,
00:49:34and he and Jericho, double shoulder block,
00:49:37taunt to Chavo Jr.
00:49:39and a comeback to Di Malenko,
00:49:41and he got a two count.
00:49:42Total domination now by Jericho and Eddie Guerrero
00:49:46with the quick tags on Di Malenko.
00:49:50Now lifting Malenko high into the air
00:49:52for the particular suplex.
00:49:53Putting down and once again calling out to the fans.
00:49:56The cruiserweight champ, look at this.
00:49:58Talking about a change of attitude,
00:50:00we talked so much about the one by Eddie,
00:50:02and that of course has been well documented,
00:50:05and so has the one by Jericho as well.
00:50:07Guess it's a perfect team then.
00:50:10Slingshot into a diving headbutt
00:50:12by Eddie Guerrero onto Malenko.
00:50:14One of his patented maneuvers,
00:50:17he's gonna bring Jericho back in,
00:50:18and right now, Jericho sends him down.
00:50:22Cover!
00:50:23He got almost a three count.
00:50:25Well, the key to the success of the team
00:50:26of Eddie Guerrero and Chris Jericho
00:50:28has been those quick tags,
00:50:30always having the fresh man in.
00:50:33And meanwhile, we've seen Malenko in
00:50:34for quite a while here,
00:50:35who desperately needs to make that tag
00:50:37over, trying to snap Mary him over here,
00:50:40and Malenko putting the brakes on,
00:50:41gut shot, it's a pair of them.
00:50:43Dean Malenko, a point of the elbow
00:50:45right in the back of the neck,
00:50:47and now knee lifts to the jaw.
00:50:51And now Dean Malenko lifts Jericho up
00:50:54and counters with a vertical suplex of his own.
00:50:56But that's all he's got, Mike,
00:50:57as Eddie comes in with a guillotine leg drop
00:51:00from the top over the top.
00:51:02And drop that leg across the throat
00:51:04and the chest of Dean Malenko.
00:51:06Now the tag is in.
00:51:07The quick tags you talked about,
00:51:08the double-teaming maneuvers.
00:51:10Chavo Jr. not helping matters on the other side,
00:51:12and they push each other down.
00:51:14Oh, my!
00:51:16And the fans even respond to that one.
00:51:19And they both sit back with that double leg drop.
00:51:23And look at this.
00:51:25The uncle gets right in the face of his nephew.
00:51:27Yeah, he did more than that at the beginning of the match.
00:51:30He got right on the top of his head is what he did.
00:51:32And the reverse away to the near side ropes.
00:51:34And he hits.
00:51:35Leapfrog, great agility.
00:51:37Picks him up!
00:51:38Had it not been for the rope,
00:51:39he landed in the front row.
00:51:41What a comeback by Malenko,
00:51:43but it's obvious that he spent.
00:51:45He used all of his energy with that one adrenaline rush.
00:51:48Yeah, those were all desperation moves that time by Malenko.
00:51:50We are seeing a great, great tag team confrontation here.
00:51:57Not to mention a family confrontation.
00:52:00Jericho gets exchanged.
00:52:01Malenko cannot get up to bring in Chavo Jr.
00:52:04And Jericho cuts off Malenko to avoid any chance
00:52:07that he can get to the corner
00:52:08and get the freshman Chavo Guerrero Jr. into the ring.
00:52:12Once again, a little taunting, kicking the head of Malenko.
00:52:15Realizing Malenko right now has no way to come back from this,
00:52:19at least not now,
00:52:20until he maybe can get a second or third wind here.
00:52:23Back to the neutral corner.
00:52:25Knife-edge chops by Jericho.
00:52:27Charles Robinson with a warning.
00:52:29With that, he'll send him into the right side ropes.
00:52:32Gut shot again.
00:52:33Double underhook.
00:52:34And a backbreaker.
00:52:37Conter's falling!
00:52:38Didn't get it.
00:52:40Oh, how did Malenko kick out at two?
00:52:41I think Jericho a little disappointed in that one, Mike.
00:52:43I think Jericho thought he had the victory.
00:52:46Gets a running start.
00:52:50Ryan shot that time, and it missed.
00:52:52Didn't connect, and there's the tag.
00:52:54Here he comes!
00:52:55Chavo Jr.
00:52:57Full speed ahead, running Lariat.
00:52:59He's going after Jericho, and a great dropkick.
00:53:02Perfectly timed.
00:53:03Great execution.
00:53:04Uncle Randy runs into a scoop slam, and a dropkick.
00:53:09That one was swatted away.
00:53:11And that will give him a double-team.
00:53:12Now they both put the boots to Chavo Jr.
00:53:18Chavo Jr.
00:53:19I told you!
00:53:21It's swatware or it's swatware!
00:53:23He's paintbrushed by his uncle here.
00:53:25And Dean Malenko caught!
00:53:27Eddie in the back!
00:53:28Chavo!
00:53:30German suplex by Chavo on Jericho,
00:53:33while Eddie Guerrero and Malenko fighting out on the apron.
00:53:36Chavo's going to go up top!
00:53:38Charles Robinson, it's Eddie, shoved Chavo Jr. down!
00:53:42He hit his knee that time!
00:53:44He's in!
00:53:44Oh, that allows him to set up that Lion Tamer!
00:53:48And he has to tap out!
00:53:50Now I tell you, the young Guerrero had things going his way,
00:53:54but Eddie shoved him down in the grips of the Lion Tamer.
00:53:58Malenko posted by Eddie here,
00:54:00and Eddie Guerrero and the Cruiserweight champ Chris Jericho
00:54:04in a great tag match pull away with a big win.
00:54:08Still to come the night,
00:54:09the Steiners will buy for the World Tag Team Vital,
00:54:12plus Hogan and the Macho Man Randy Savage.
00:54:16Tonight on Nitro Live,
00:54:17the Steiners against Hall and Nasty Outsiders
00:54:20for the World Tag Team Championship.
00:54:22And the question remains,
00:54:23what problems will exist between Scott and Rick, if any,
00:54:27as they battle for the tag team belts tonight?
00:54:30I think it's well known the problems
00:54:34that the Steiners have encountered,
00:54:36Scott and Rick with each other.
00:54:37Look at Scott, he's shoving another ref.
00:54:39This is bizarre.
00:54:42He's grabbing the referee.
00:54:46There's a confrontation, nose to nose.
00:54:49I think he wants to win so bad,
00:54:50he's going over the edge of it.
00:54:52Scott, nothing less than the Glory Hound.
00:54:58Now Rick, what's the word with his brother?
00:55:00He turned his back on his own brother.
00:55:06Scott and Rick Steiner, as you see,
00:55:07members of one of the many fraternities here on campus at UTEP.
00:55:11We also have fraternities from Arizona State here as well.
00:55:15And, well, our first Nitro Party grand prize winner was on campus at UT Chattanooga.
00:55:23We'd like to welcome all the fraternities, all the sororities having their Nitro parties here.
00:55:27We want to see your videotapes.
00:55:29Like we said earlier, we're really big and a smash on campus wherever we go, Mike, today.
00:55:33And, Tony, there's really nothing like having an on-campus arena like we have here tonight at the University of Texas at El Paso.
00:55:41A great college atmosphere, incredible energy in the building.
00:55:46And we certainly appreciate all the nice cards and letters, videotapes from the young men and ladies on campus being a part of the phenomenon that is WCW Monday Nitro.
00:55:59We're going to be giving you our Nitro weekly winner coming up in a few minutes when the Nitro girls come back out.
00:56:06As El Dandy made his way to the ring, a great ovation for Juventud Guerrero, former Cruiserweight champ.
00:56:13We're seeing a lot of the luchadors, and rightfully so, here this week, Mike.
00:56:17Yeah, appropriately enough, in the border town of El Paso, right next to Juarez, Mexico, it's the luchadors one-on-one.
00:56:24Dandy, a very accomplished wrestler in Mexico.
00:56:27Several world's championship reigns recognized in Mexico in the lighter weight classifications to face Juventud Guerrero, the 21-year-old sensation, the youth warrior from Mexico.
00:56:39And as you mentioned, Tony, already won reign as WCW World's Cruiserweight Champion under his belt.
00:56:45The bell sounds, and here we go with our next matchup.
00:56:47And I tell you, when it was announced officially after the interview that Hogan and Savage would wrestle here tonight during a commercial break,
00:56:55there was an eruption like we have never heard here tonight, and we have heard some loud tears and screams from the fans.
00:57:01But tonight, the fans here on campus at UTEP and you fans watching on Nitro will see Hollywood Hogan and the Macho Man, Randy Savage, wrestle here tonight live.
00:57:11Landing on his feet, Juventud Guerrero.
00:57:13El Dandy has enjoyed some success as well in the ranks of WCW, Mike.
00:57:17Well, certainly has, Tony.
00:57:19This would be a big step, however, for Dandy to establish himself as one of the top contenders
00:57:24for the World's Cruiserweight Championship, currently held by Chris Jericho.
00:57:29Dandy working on the outside now, and a knife-edged chop on Juventud.
00:57:33Juventud, though, fires back.
00:57:35And up on top.
00:57:37Oh, my goodness!
00:57:38He back-body-dropped Dandy up and over the top steel ring post.
00:57:43Juventud motioning to the crowd like he's headed for a high-risk move.
00:57:46Perched on the top.
00:57:48Oh, what a plancha!
00:57:50The cross-body block off the top by Juventud Guerrero, crashing onto Dandy on the floor.
00:57:57Down to the floor.
00:57:59This is where they live.
00:58:00This is where they like it.
00:58:01And this is where the fans from south of the border appreciate it.
00:58:05This is where they like their wrestling on the outside.
00:58:09And plenty of those fans on hand from Mexico here in El Paso tonight.
00:58:14Right hand from Dandy.
00:58:16That stunned Juventud.
00:58:17Dandy, very strong individual.
00:58:20He wants to post him here.
00:58:21You can see this coming.
00:58:23And Juventud one step ahead.
00:58:26Sent him into the ring post.
00:58:27What a reversal.
00:58:28And Dandy went face first into the steel.
00:58:32Juventud with a high-risk cup once again.
00:58:35And again, 13 days away from Super Brawl.
00:58:40Super Brawl 8 that you can see only on pay-per-view, where Hollywood, Hogan, and Sting will battle for the vacated world title.
00:58:47You heard at the beginning of the program what the Macho Man said.
00:58:51The Macho Man said, Hogan, I'll take you on tonight, and I'll be the man to face Sting for the vacated title.
00:58:57Coming up at Super Brawl.
00:58:59That tells me that the Macho Man wants to do more than just win a match tonight.
00:59:0413 days away from Super Brawl, but just minutes away from Savage vs. Hogan here on Nitro.
00:59:09And remember, Savage said he was going to embarrass and expose Hogan to count by Juventud.
00:59:14So we'll see what transpires when the N.W.O. meets the N.W.O. here tonight.
00:59:23Great roll-up.
00:59:25And into a sunset flip, and El Dandy almost got the win with that one.
00:59:30Weight advantage that time by Dandy allowed him to roll through.
00:59:33Gets just the two-count.
00:59:34Both men back on their feet.
00:59:35This would be, I would venture to say, this would be one of the biggest wins in El Dandy's career here tonight.
00:59:40Son Nitro here in El Paso against a former Cruiserweight champ.
00:59:44Cover!
00:59:45And!
00:59:47Dandy tried the Mahistral cradle, and Juventud was ready for Dandy's trademark move and blocked it.
00:59:55Nice counter.
00:59:55One, two, one, two, one!
00:59:58Up on Chomp.
00:59:59One, two, one!
01:00:00Missed the dive that time, but rolled through it.
01:00:03One, two, one!
01:00:03Runs into a scoop slam, and Juventud!
01:00:06Combination scoop slam and a pile driver that time, or a brain buster.
01:00:10And the fans know what's coming here!
01:00:11Tony, this crowd reacts like they're ready for that 450 splash.
01:00:17Up on Chomp!
01:00:18Oh, did he nail that one?
01:00:20He really did, and it's over!
01:00:22Juventud, here in El Paso, Texas, comes away the win!
01:00:29Oh, here comes Jericho!
01:00:31Chris, what did, Chris Jericho already wrestled, already took Rey Mysterio Jr. out!
01:00:38But Juventud is ready, the dropkick, and then Kips to his feet, and Jericho takes a powder.
01:00:44Take it easy, Juve, take it easy.
01:00:46I come out here to congratulate you on another excellent performance.
01:00:50And this is how you treat me?
01:00:52Oh my, Speloni.
01:00:53And this is how you treat me?
01:00:53This is how you treat me?
01:00:55What's your problem?
01:00:56What's your problem, amigo?
01:00:59Jericho, solamente te voy a decir una cosa.
01:01:07Aquí estás con la raza.
01:01:09La raza.
01:01:11Ladies and gentlemen, not only am I the greatest Cruiserweight champion.
01:01:17Hold on, espera, no vengas aquí como un marica.
01:01:22Si quieras luchar conmigo.
01:01:24Jericho has wrestled extensively in Mexico, maybe he'll translate.
01:01:27What's I was saying?
01:01:28Not only am I the greatest Cruiserweight champion of all time, but I'm also a multilinguist.
01:01:35I can speak ten languages perfectly.
01:01:37I'm going to translate what Juve just said.
01:01:40Yeah, please.
01:01:41Juve said that he wants a shot at my Cruiserweight belt, but you know what, Juve?
01:01:47You're a flash in the pan, brother.
01:01:49You're a one-hit wonder.
01:01:50You're the same as Dexy's Midnight Runners.
01:01:53What do you got?
01:01:55Why should I give you a title shot?
01:01:57What do you got that I want besides a 68 rusted out El Camino?
01:02:01What do you got?
01:02:02Jericho, ¿sabes qué es lo que tengo?
01:02:08Mucho corazón.
01:02:12Plenty of heart.
01:02:13Y mi corazón, mi vida y toda mi alma está aquí en mi máscara.
01:02:21Y te pongo mi máscara contra tu cinturón.
01:02:25Aki.
01:02:27All right, all right.
01:02:27Ladies and gentlemen, as all the Mexican people here in Del Paso know, and me being the vato
01:02:34loco that I am, everybody, a Mexican luchador's biggest possession is his mask.
01:02:41He wants to put up his mask against my belt?
01:02:45Well, you know what, Juve?
01:02:46I'm a big show player.
01:02:48I'm a big show performer.
01:02:50I'll accept your challenge, but let's do it at Super Bowl in San Francisco.
01:02:55You got your mask on.
01:02:57I want to take it off and show everybody here how ugly you are and exactly why you wear
01:03:01that mask, because you ain't no matinee idol, if you know what I'm saying.
01:03:05Thank you very much.
01:03:09Who in two cents he wants to put the mask on the line?
01:03:12Jericho.
01:03:13You want it?
01:03:14And you want it?
01:03:15Jericho.
01:03:16And apparently the mask will be put off at Super Bowl in 13 days against the Cruiserweight title.
01:03:31Back with more on Nitro Live in a moment.
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