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00:00:00Problem with that is, he only sends him where he knows I'm not going to be.
00:00:11Welcome back, fans, gonna take you back to one week ago.
00:00:13As we said earlier, it was a shocker.
00:00:15It was Fit Finley and Booker T for the world television title.
00:00:18Out comes Chris Benoit, and we have a new television champ.
00:00:21Here's what happened.
00:00:23Into the rough, Booker T picks up Fit Finley.
00:00:27Sidewalk slam.
00:00:30With authority that time, you could just see Booker T with confidence.
00:00:37Chris Benoit, what is he up to?
00:00:40Slowly, confidently walking towards the ring area.
00:00:45As Booker T did a little break dance to get to his feet.
00:00:48And he was ready for the Harlem sidekick, but he saw now Chris Benoit.
00:00:55Well, Benoit wants that championship, there's no doubt about it.
00:00:58He didn't stay focused on Fit Finley.
00:01:00He's gotta worry about this man, as we said earlier many times,
00:01:06coming up at Slam Marine.
00:01:08Tombstone Piledriver.
00:01:10He's got him, I think.
00:01:11One, two, three.
00:01:13He does have him, and we have a new world TV champion.
00:01:16Is that incredible or what?
00:01:17Ben Finley beat him.
00:01:19Nobody's helping his own.
00:01:21That man went out there and did it.
00:01:23A new champion, yes.
00:01:25I don't know what that was, and Mike, you could tell by what we just heard,
00:01:30you could see that one coming.
00:01:31You knew that that Tombstone Piledriver, the man wasn't gonna get up.
00:01:35Well, just another prime example of how deep the WCW talent roster is.
00:01:41Never underestimate Fit Finley, especially with that world TV title on the line.
00:01:46It's a great opportunity for him last week, and he certainly took advantage of that opening.
00:01:50We welcome to our broadcast location, the one and only Bobby the Brain Hina at the halfway point of Nitro.
00:01:57Rabbit fans here, they're pumped up for WCW Monday Nitro.
00:02:01And we all await the arrival of Hollywood Hogan, who hasn't arrived yet, but once he does, Brain,
00:02:05a lot going on for him.
00:02:07Well, he's got a full plate, there's no doubt about it.
00:02:09Savage wants him.
00:02:11Nash wants to talk to him.
00:02:12The world's eyes are on Hollywood Hogan right now.
00:02:16I wouldn't wanna be in his shoes right now.
00:02:18I wouldn't wanna have that championship and know Savage, the most dangerous man in professional wrestling,
00:02:23professional sports, is looking for me.
00:02:25I wouldn't wanna talk to seven-foot Kevin Nash at all.
00:02:27Hogan, you can find a hole, get in it.
00:02:30This could very well be tonight, fans, before this program ends.
00:02:34Armageddon for the New World Order.
00:02:37It could be the end.
00:02:38We've been saying it for a long time, but we will actually see.
00:02:41Right now, Fit Finley will defend the TV belt against Rage of High Voltage with chaos on the outside.
00:02:46Fit Finley, one thing you can say about him, guys, he's afraid of no man.
00:02:51And he fits any situation.
00:02:53Foot to the face from the Power Man Rage of High Voltage.
00:02:59Young athlete Rage will get his arm here, and he runs right through now.
00:03:02Fit Finley pins him in the corner.
00:03:05Quite a test for Rage, who's been used to tag team competition with his partner,
00:03:09Chaos, in High Voltage, has to step it up a notch here.
00:03:12TV title on the line.
00:03:13Tremendous opportunity, too, for this young man.
00:03:16He knocks off Fit Finley, he becomes television champion.
00:03:21His valuability goes way up.
00:03:22And remember, later tonight, it's Chris Benoit against Booker T, and we understand that the
00:03:27winner of that match is in line for the World's TV title shot.
00:03:31If Finley is successful tonight, that'll be at Slamboree.
00:03:33I'm not sure if Rage can pull the upset here, and you never know.
00:03:36I mean, remember what happened last week.
00:03:39If Rage can pull the upset here, Rage will go on to Slamboree this coming Sunday.
00:03:44And he will face the winner of Benoit Booker T.
00:03:47And how about the challenge laid down by Raven for a Bowery death match in the confines of a complete
00:03:54steel cage where the only way to win is to knock your opponent out to where he cannot answer the 10 count.
00:03:59He and DDP.
00:04:00I'm sure that Diamond Dallas Page, that matchup, seems like it's something that's right up his alley as well.
00:04:06No doubt about that.
00:04:07When he hears the news about this, he's gonna jump at the bit.
00:04:10Yeah, he'll do it.
00:04:10He's gonna go for it.
00:04:12You and I know both, Brain, that Page does not care what type of stipulation or what type of match
00:04:18it takes to get Raven.
00:04:19There's a lot of history.
00:04:21There's a lot of stuff we don't know about.
00:04:24Stuff that goes way back really deep.
00:04:26That's as hard of a lariat as you'll ever find.
00:04:29And it sent chaos down on the outside.
00:04:32Fit Finley is a man's man.
00:04:34He is so tough.
00:04:35A pickup.
00:04:36Look at this.
00:04:36Fireman's carry.
00:04:37Forward roll.
00:04:41And put the man down hard.
00:04:42Now, Rage is strong.
00:04:43There's no doubt about that.
00:04:44You can tell by looking at how big and powerful the man is.
00:04:47But this man, Fit Finley.
00:04:50He had him.
00:04:51He had him and he let him up.
00:04:52You're exactly right.
00:04:53He did.
00:04:53That is the inexperience of youth right there.
00:04:56Hatfield's gonna try it again.
00:04:59Put him down hard again.
00:05:00Man walks away from me.
00:05:01He can't do that with a man like Fit Finley.
00:05:04Parafront slams.
00:05:05Springboard into a big splash.
00:05:07One, two, three.
00:05:09No.
00:05:09Holy smokes.
00:05:10He almost beat him and Rage thought he had it.
00:05:13Don't get mad at the referee, guy.
00:05:15Man handling the referee here.
00:05:16And Chaos going to go up top.
00:05:20Booker T comes down.
00:05:23And he grabs Chaos, who straddles the topper up.
00:05:28Booker T came down to help Fit Finley out, apparently.
00:05:31That's what it looks like.
00:05:33Meanwhile, it's a two-
00:05:35The rage is over right now.
00:05:39And here comes Benoit.
00:05:40Meanwhile, the one, two, three.
00:05:42Finley will retain the belt.
00:05:44Security's come out.
00:05:46Booker T and Benoit have to be pulled apart here.
00:05:50And Finley just watches it off in the ring.
00:05:53And I think it's obvious that Booker T wants to make sure that Fit Finley
00:05:57remains world's TV champion.
00:05:59Wake it up.
00:06:00He wants to gain his revenge on Fit Finley.
00:06:03Well, one would see that in what happened.
00:06:07But you really, really never know the moment.
00:06:10It's Monday night.
00:06:13Hey, we've had enough of this coming out here and interfering in other matches from you and from you.
00:06:19Both of you.
00:06:21Hold on, hold on.
00:06:23It's almost done.
00:06:25Hey, pay attention.
00:06:26Both of you were scheduled for individual matches later tonight.
00:06:30Those matches are canceled.
00:06:32Oh, my.
00:06:33Your match is canceled.
00:06:34The executive committee is ordering you to come back and you to come back.
00:06:39You two are going to face each other tonight.
00:06:43Right here.
00:06:46And listen good.
00:06:49Listen good.
00:06:50Listen good.
00:06:50Hey.
00:06:51Hey, hold up.
00:06:53Hold up.
00:06:54There must be a winner.
00:06:57There must be a winner.
00:06:58And the winner will meet Fit Finley for the title this Sunday in Slamboree.
00:07:05You understand that?
00:07:06All laid down by James J. Dillon.
00:07:14Fans, let's go back moments ago on this program and hear a startling challenge from one Eric Bischoff.
00:07:22So Vince McMahon, this is for you.
00:07:28I'm coming to your backyard this Sunday.
00:07:32That's right, where's some ass?
00:07:33Got a little pay-per-view thing going on.
00:07:37And I got a hell of an idea.
00:07:40Just a hell of an idea.
00:07:44You want me?
00:07:46I'm gonna be in your backyard.
00:07:48Consider this an open invitation, Vince McMahon.
00:07:53You show up at Slamboree.
00:07:58It'll be me and you, McMahon, in the ring.
00:08:04Well, he's got-
00:08:05The Nitro continues to be the one.
00:08:09And of course, the greatest wrestling.
00:08:11And the most gorgeous ladies on cable TV.
00:08:14The Nitro girls are here, fans.
00:08:15And that gives us a chance to remind you that this Friday, May 15th, tickets go on sale for Monday.
00:08:20Nitro coming to the Ice Palace in Tampa on Monday, June 29th.
00:08:23Tickets go on sale this Friday at box office and Ticketmaster and Bobby the Brain.
00:08:27And the Nitro girls will be at Spex Music in Tampa this Friday on North 66th Street.
00:08:32St. Pete from 3 to 5 with tickets go on sale for Nitro returning to the Tampa Bay Area, Brain.
00:08:39No doubt about it, the hottest chicken count.
00:08:41I may have Steinbrenner and Wade Box with me, I don't know yet.
00:08:46Have them both with you, huh?
00:08:48Well, they don't get along.
00:08:49So, as we see the Nitro girls, we'd like to congratulate this week's Nitro Party Pack winner.
00:08:55And we take a look at his winning video right now.
00:09:00Twitty Scott from Dyersburg, Tennessee and the YMCA.
00:09:02Are you here to sing WWE?
00:09:11Or?
00:09:13Yeah!
00:09:15Exactly what do you think of the NWO?
00:09:21They are crazy.
00:09:23NWO4 Live!
00:09:25Woo!
00:09:27Keep sending in the tapes, we'll still qualify for the Nitro Party Pack winner for
00:09:35the second grand prize.
00:09:36Nitro Party Giveaway very, very soon.
00:09:39And our Nitro Parties all across the world, all across the country are glued in tonight.
00:09:43Because tonight, not only a challenge laid out by Randy Savage to wrestle, but
00:09:48Hollywood Hogan once he arrives.
00:09:51Kevin Nash said we are going to have a face-to-face meeting between both factions of
00:09:56the New World Order.
00:09:58And it will happen here tonight.
00:10:00Well, that power struggle in the NWO has certainly reached new heights.
00:10:05And no one knows what it's like to be World's Heavyweight Champion and
00:10:09have everyone gunning for you.
00:10:11Like Hollywood Hogan, he should be used to this.
00:10:13Yeah, but he's used to challenges hitting the ring, but he's got more than just that tonight.
00:10:18But while the Rump Pack here in Forge, we still, as you take a very, very
00:10:22expect a look at the one, the only Diamond Dallas Page, who, as we said earlier, will
00:10:28be up to the task for that Bowery Deathmatch with Raven coming up this Sunday at Slamboree.
00:10:34As you look at the roster, the rank and file of the New World Order,
00:10:39still a lot of question marks about who's on whose side.
00:10:43Even though they have split at the top, they've not split completely down the middle.
00:10:47Still a lot of unanswered questions here, Michael McBride.
00:10:50Now we're just waiting to see where they choose sides and who lines up with who.
00:10:54Who's gonna be with Hogan?
00:10:55Who's gonna be with the Team Nash and Savage?
00:11:00Lenny Lane to face Diamond.
00:11:01Dallas Page still heavily taped around the rib cage.
00:11:04Lenny Lane looks like he's in pretty good shape.
00:11:07I guess he hasn't been hitting the chip beef lately, has he?
00:11:10I don't think he has.
00:11:14You like that, don't you?
00:11:15Well, yeah, it's one of my dishes, as you can take a look at me.
00:11:18You can see I grew up on arm drag takedown by Lenny Lane.
00:11:21SOS, right, Brain?
00:11:23Yeah, Shivani on the shingle.
00:11:24And Lenny Lane doing a lot of dancing here.
00:11:26And Diamond Dallas Page, one of the finest fighters.
00:11:29You know, we've heard some comments throughout the evening from Eric Bischoff.
00:11:32And we know Eric Bischoff's allegiance.
00:11:36But the arrogance, the cockiness that Eric Bischoff just exudes here on this
00:11:41program has gone to great lengths here.
00:11:45We're gonna take a look a little bit later on some of the more.
00:11:48Some more of the comments by Bischoff as Paige put Lenny Lane down.
00:11:53And there's a man, Diamond Dallas, who has never backed down from a challenge
00:11:56from anybody.
00:11:57Any situation, he'll fight you tooth and nail.
00:12:00Like you said, Tony, he's all wrapped up.
00:12:02The man's had a beating.
00:12:04He's been beaten.
00:12:05He hasn't gotten well for a long time.
00:12:07But does he back off?
00:12:08No, he keeps showing up and competing.
00:12:11And how about that Bowery death match at Slamboree?
00:12:14That means he can beat you with a bum, huh?
00:12:16Fully enclosed cage is the way I understood it.
00:12:19Fine bottle door.
00:12:22You understood it because that's the way he said it.
00:12:24And he said the only way to lose is if you can't answer the bell in a ten count.
00:12:29So it's literally a fight to a finish.
00:12:32And I think the fact that there is a cage with a roof and a top of the cage will keep
00:12:38the flock out and maybe this riot squad that Ravens demanded.
00:12:42Lenny Lane getting some offense going here.
00:12:44Bulldogs, Paige down to the ring.
00:12:46Slow to take advantage, however.
00:12:51Boy, has he ever only got a one count out of it.
00:12:54Wrong guy and wrong tactic to use.
00:12:58Paige rolls him over and gets a two count.
00:13:00See, there's a difference right there.
00:13:01Lane walked around a little bit.
00:13:02Paige took advantage of the situation from his knees, took the man over.
00:13:06That's the professionalism this man has.
00:13:08That's the fight this man has.
00:13:10That's Diamond Dallas Paige.
00:13:14Impressive moves, but too much showboating.
00:13:16From Lenny Lane, and DDP takes control.
00:13:20Reversal into the corner, and no.
00:13:23Knee, found it smart.
00:13:24Paige, Hoyts, Lane up.
00:13:27What a fighter.
00:13:28Whoa.
00:13:31I smell Diamond Cutter.
00:13:33You're not kidding, and so do the thousands.
00:13:35So that's the Diamond Cutter.
00:13:39Boy, Lenny Lane's about had it.
00:13:41One, two, three.
00:13:46One, two, three.
00:13:47And then he wants to be with Wallace Lane.
00:13:49You may think he is right now.
00:13:53Kick him, kick him like a dog.
00:13:55He's completely out of it.
00:13:56There's your winner.
00:13:58You're not kidding.
00:14:00Mr. Bowie.
00:14:01Bombs on us.
00:14:03Diamond Dallas Paige is prepared for the cage.
00:14:10He's prepared for the match against a man who's, uh-oh.
00:14:13Yo.
00:14:14And a bike.
00:14:14Killer music.
00:14:16Hey, lawyer boy, Raven, not only will I bang you at Slamboree,
00:14:30come on out now and let you get banged right now.
00:14:34Yeah, let's do it.
00:14:37Let's do it now.
00:14:38No need to wait until Sunday.
00:14:39Not for me.
00:14:40Do it again on Sunday.
00:14:41Now you're talking about a man surrounded by the flock.
00:14:44Look at this man.
00:14:45Look at this man here.
00:14:46And now surrounded by a riot squad as well.
00:14:50Paige does not care, guys.
00:14:53He's not coming in the ring.
00:14:56Of course he's not.
00:14:57But Diamond Dallas's mentality, he'll go right back after them.
00:15:02Watch this man.
00:15:03He's not wrapped real tight.
00:15:06What a night this has been.
00:15:08Still to come face to face, both factions of the NWO.
00:15:11And early in the program, can you believe Bischoff said this?
00:15:22There goes the Diamond Man.
00:15:27Bischoff said this.
00:15:28But I want to warn you people right now.
00:15:36If you think Vince McMahon has got the guts to show up,
00:15:43don't buy this pay-per-view because I guarantee you,
00:15:46he is not man enough to step into the ring with what?
00:15:52But I'll be there, Vinnie Mac.
00:15:57I'll be waiting for you, and I'm gonna knock you out.
00:16:07It's been one of the most incredible hours in Nitro.
00:16:10Challenge is laid down as never before heard.
00:16:13The promise of a face-to-face showdown with the top from both factions of the New
00:16:19World Order, and we still have another hour to go.
00:16:22Will Hollywood Hogan answer the call, the challenges?
00:16:26You know we're gonna get our answer right now.
00:16:28Don't think we're gonna have to wait too long, Tony.
00:16:30Well, let's get with it.
00:16:32The world heavyweight champion is Hollywood Hogan.
00:16:40Member of the New World Order, and here comes Bischoff.
00:16:49Bischoff's had a lot to say here tonight.
00:16:52You know, I've never seen Bischoff in the four and a half years I've known this man.
00:16:56I've never seen him more confident than he is right now.
00:17:01And with all the trouble stirring here with the NWO and WCW and the challenges,
00:17:06have you ever seen him more, more confident than ever before?
00:17:13There you see that Vinson has arrived, so Vinson marked him down as a part of NWO Hollywood.
00:17:25We've seen him come to ringside many times with No Man.
00:17:29And of course, we just see the disciple as well as Brian Adams, who made it very clear a week ago that he
00:17:35was part of Team Hogan.
00:17:39There are many members who have not taken their side, who have not chosen a path to go down
00:17:45as members of the New World Order.
00:17:49Hollywood Hogan, challenge laid forth by Randy Savage to wrestle for the world belt here tonight.
00:17:55Look at the talent, look at Bischoff.
00:17:59And to meet Big Sexy Kevin Nash face to face here tonight on this program.
00:18:08For what, to settle the score?
00:18:11Maybe so, to come together as a unit?
00:18:15One would think maybe, but something makes me think that they have gone now down the path of no return, Mike.
00:18:22I really don't think these factions can ever patch it up.
00:18:27No.
00:18:27Sure seems that way, Tony.
00:18:29But you can't touch, nobody can touch Hollywood Hogan.
00:18:40But Hollywood, I know you've been busy making movies, making Hollywood your own.
00:18:43I know you've got some stuff on your mind, my friend.
00:18:53Well, you know something, NWO-ites?
00:18:56It's really glad to see the black and white on all those NWO-ites that worship Hollywood.
00:19:06Now, I'm gonna set the record straight for everybody out there that's been wondering where Hollywood's at.
00:19:18Well, number one, Hollywood is on top of the mountain, brother.
00:19:24My brand new movie, The Three Ninjas, is at a theater near you.
00:19:28I'm the NWO World Heavyweight Champion, and yeah, I'm spending a lot of Ted Turner's money right now
00:19:39in Vancouver, Canada, making a brand new Assault on Devil's Island Death Merchant.
00:19:45Now, to address the situations at hand, everybody out here knows that when you're a disciple,
00:20:01when you're with the lead disciple, Mr. Bischoff, in the black and white of the NWO,
00:20:08everybody knows that you're here for life.
00:20:13Okay, that includes you, Kevin Nash, that includes K-Dawg and Mr. Henning, brother.
00:20:24So the way things really went, a couple years ago, when Hollywood was ruling your world,
00:20:35Kevin Nash and Mr. Scott Hall were looking for direction.
00:20:40They were looking for the rub.
00:20:43They were trying to slide into one of those top spots, either as friend or foe with Hollywood,
00:20:52simply because they didn't have enough on their own to get there.
00:20:57They didn't have enough talent.
00:21:00They didn't put in the time.
00:21:03And basically, when I was selling out the world, brother, they were at home,
00:21:09shaking in their boots, thinking about going to wrestling school.
00:21:13So now, I'm gonna put the cart before the horse.
00:21:20I heard Macho Man.
00:21:24I heard what he said out here.
00:21:27And yes, Macho Man, all these NWOites are gonna see a world title match tonight.
00:21:34They're gonna see Hollywood Hogan beat Macho Man one more time with a clean cut victory.
00:21:50They're gonna see Hollywood Hogan leave this arena with NWO belts.
00:21:56And I'm doing it for one reason, because in about five hours,
00:22:00I'm gonna be back in Vancouver, fresh off my Learjet, tearing up the big screen.
00:22:06And I'm gonna beat you, Macho Man, for the people that wash my feet
00:22:11and do my makeup and hair on the movie set.
00:22:14Now, to the horse, seeing how I put the cart first, Mr. Kevin Nash.
00:22:29When the big cat's away, I guess the scared, skinny little mice will play.
00:22:35I heard what you said last week, Kevin Nash.
00:22:38I heard you popping out this week.
00:22:42So I guess the best thing to do, Kevin Nash, is to get your old,
00:22:47burnt out, gray haired, skinny leg, wannabe rear end out here and face the music.
00:22:55Get your butt out here, Kevin Nash.
00:22:58He's calling for it right now, guys.
00:23:00This may be a song he don't wanna hear.
00:23:02The summit meeting that we talked about, the size of the NWO is gonna happen, and here he comes.
00:23:09It's getting better.
00:23:11Time for the face-to-face confrontation.
00:23:13One foot in front of the other, even though your knees are shaking, come on down.
00:23:20Nash is the kind of a guy who will not back down from anyone.
00:23:23They're all standing here tonight.
00:23:34You know, Nash very, very cocky, very, very confident to walk into this ring
00:23:39with all these members of Hollywood's NWO in there.
00:23:43Hogan's surrounded by all his bookends.
00:23:45How you doing, big man?
00:23:54First off, before you open your mouth, why don't you take your wife's sunglasses off?
00:24:06Right after you take your sister's tee back off, I saw you putting on a couple
00:24:11weeks ago in the dressing room.
00:24:12What are you checking me out for, big man?
00:24:17You're just too sweet.
00:24:18I am sexy.
00:24:22Oh boy.
00:24:25Okay, here's the deal with you and me.
00:24:29A couple things.
00:24:31Number one, all the people, all the NWites with the black and white on,
00:24:38you need to apologize to them because black and red just don't get it.
00:24:47Number two, I'm gonna give you one chance to let everybody in here know
00:24:54that when I was away, you got a little bit carried away.
00:24:58And you confused Kurt Henning, you confused K-Dawg, and yes, I am your champion.
00:25:08Yes, I am your leader.
00:25:11And yes, Mr. Hollywood Hogan, I wanna get back on your good side.
00:25:17This is your last chance to tell them.
00:25:27First off, I ain't apologizing for nothing.
00:25:31Second off, if you don't think I can't go through your three stooges to get to you,
00:25:44you got another thing coming.
00:25:45Wait a minute, brother.
00:25:48Wait, hold on now.
00:25:48You don't think I would come to a gunfight without a big gun, do you, brother?
00:25:54A real big gun.
00:25:56What you got?
00:25:58What I got, what I got is a big gun that you can't handle, brother.
00:26:04That's what I got.
00:26:07I guarantee I got enough to kick everybody's ass in this.
00:26:09My God.
00:26:11I don't believe it.
00:26:13Well, you better, because this is happening right now.
00:26:17He's trying to fight them all off, and he's doing a pretty good job until the giant hit the ring.
00:26:22The giant wearing the black and the white.
00:26:25How did this happen?
00:26:30Maybe it's the hatred the giant has for Kevin Nash.
00:26:35We've talked about it, it's well documented.
00:26:37Maybe that's blinded his judgment.
00:26:40But to see the giant out here.
00:26:42We're gonna humiliate him.
00:26:43We're gonna teach him who the master is, but then we're gonna show up.
00:26:47This is the first in the history of the NWO, one faction attacks and spray paints another.
00:26:57Unbelievable.
00:27:03Beyond description, fans, what we have seen and what we've been shocked with here.
00:27:08The NWO balance of power just swung to the black and white in Team Hogan.
00:27:15Now here comes K-Dawg, the Macho Man, Dusty Rhodes out.
00:27:23But the giant has taken his side.
00:27:26And we have been so shocked, so stunned by what's been happening.
00:27:32Let's not forget who the giant's supposed to team with, Sunday.
00:27:36But Tony, why would the giant do that?
00:27:38Somebody answer me, why, why, why would the giant do that?
00:27:43What could they have offered him?
00:27:44What could they have promised him?
00:27:46Why?
00:27:46I gave to everybody what I thought was why his hatred of Kevin Nash.
00:27:51But is that the answer?
00:27:52And what about Sting?
00:27:54We're gonna try to sort it out, don't you dare go away.
00:27:57Why, guys?
00:27:58The disciple Vince and the rest of the NWO, because we're just too sweet, so does your mom.
00:28:07Welcome back, and fans, guys, man, this is crazy.
00:28:14This is absolutely baffling.
00:28:16The giant has stepped in, has cited now.
00:28:19You saw it with Hollywood Hogan in the black and white.
00:28:23And we've been asking why.
00:28:24We've been asking so many questions.
00:28:26Here's the big question.
00:28:27What about the tag team match this Sunday?
00:28:30The giant and Sting together against Hall and Nash of the Wolfpack.
00:28:37Sting and the giant together.
00:28:39Can that really happen now?
00:28:40You're asking me?
00:28:42I should ask you.
00:28:43No one seems to know anything.
00:28:44I can't get an answer from anybody.
00:28:46Don't ask me.
00:28:47I don't know what's going on there.
00:28:48The NWO is gone.
00:28:50They're snapped.
00:28:51There's something.
00:28:53I don't know.
00:28:54Millions of wrestling fans coast to coast.
00:28:57Whoa.
00:28:57I think we just witnessed everyone's jaw dropped with that shocking announcement of the giant
00:29:02joining Hollywood Hogan in the NWO.
00:29:04How are Sting and the giant going to be able to coexist as a team?
00:29:07First of all, Mike, what could they have offered him?
00:29:09What could they have offered him to make him join the NWO?
00:29:12What possible amount of money?
00:29:13What promises?
00:29:14What could they offer this man?
00:29:16Why would you do something like that?
00:29:19It's a stunner.
00:29:20He's been there.
00:29:22He's been a part of the NWO once.
00:29:24He knows what they're about.
00:29:26You know, we talked about the dividing lines, who would go with whom, but never in our wildest
00:29:30dreams that we think the giant would do this.
00:29:32What about the tag match?
00:29:33What about Sting?
00:29:34Hopefully we can answer those questions during the course of the telecam.
00:29:38All right.
00:29:39Take a deep breath here.
00:29:40We need to talk now about another jerk, Chris Jericho.
00:29:46And here's what happened one week ago on this program.
00:29:48Take a look.
00:29:50Once again, I would like to dedicate my performance tonight to this man right here,
00:29:56Dean Malenko.
00:29:58When I think of how you dedicated to your career, to your late father, one thing pops in my head.
00:30:04Your father must be rolling in his grave.
00:30:09You're a disgrace to your family, Malenko.
00:30:11You're a failure.
00:30:13You could never wrestle.
00:30:14Your brother sure can't wrestle.
00:30:16And your father certainly can't wrestle.
00:30:18And you call your mediocre career a tribute?
00:30:22You call it a dedication?
00:30:24I call it an immense joke.
00:30:26I too have someone I'm dedicating my career to.
00:30:29He's a man who knows one more hold than you do, Dean.
00:30:34He knows one hold.
00:30:35He's a much better ring technician than you.
00:30:38That's not saying much.
00:30:39And he's a lot more exciting than you, which also isn't saying much.
00:30:43Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to introduce to you, Mr. Boris Malenko coming down the aisle.
00:30:49Let's hear it for Boris.
00:30:52Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Boris.
00:30:57Let's have a big round of applause for the Boar Man himself, Mr. Boris Malenko.
00:31:04Right here, Jericho's putting on some heavy-duty pressure.
00:31:08Sidewalk slam into the lion's chamber, and Chris Jericho gets the win over this opponent,
00:31:15who I refuse to redeem.
00:31:16It's obvious this young man goes in on the ploy from the start, but now even
00:31:21Jericho used him and went to the lion's chamber.
00:31:25All right, ladies and gentlemen, joining me at this time, the cruiserweight champion of the world,
00:31:29Mr. Chris Jericho.
00:31:31This man has really been on a roll, a tear, if you will, in recent weeks.
00:31:36And your latest issue, I believe, Chris Jericho, is there's nobody to challenge you for the cruiserweight title.
00:31:43Well, you know, Mean Gene, first of all, I would like to meet everybody here.
00:31:48Welcome to Monday Night Jericho!
00:31:54Second of all, Gene, I'd like you to refer to me by my proper name,
00:31:58Lionheart Chris Jericho, man of a thousand and four holds, the Ayatollah of rock and rolla,
00:32:06and true paragon of virtue for the entire free world.
00:32:09You can do me a favor, if you could get that to me in a memo, I'll be more than happy to do so.
00:32:14You know, Gene, I'm the greatest cruiserweight champion of all time.
00:32:19I've acquired masks, I've acquired mahi-mahis, I've acquired the knee of Rey Mysterio Jr.,
00:32:28which I feel very, very bad about.
00:32:31And Gene, the bottom line is this, there's no one else for me to face, I've done all I can do,
00:32:38so after tonight's performance, I'm gonna take this belt, I'm gonna retire it,
00:32:43because nobody can ever, ever beat me for this belt!
00:32:49All right, Chris Jericho, I think you may have
00:32:55counted on some things that are not going to come to pass.
00:32:58Please, this tie is mine if you want it, I'll buy you one.
00:33:01Gene, first of all...
00:33:05Wait a minute, once again on the scene, chairman of the executive committee, J.J. Dillon,
00:33:10I'm certain you've overheard this very interesting conversation.
00:33:13I apologize for the interruption, but Mr. Jericho, I think any announcement about retiring the title
00:33:20might be a little bit premature. Now, granted, you have taken on all of the top contenders,
00:33:26and you have defeated all of them. However, what you're not aware of is that the executive
00:33:34committee has already signed for Slamboree, this Sunday, 15 of the top cruiserweights in the world
00:33:43to meet in a battle royal at Slamboree. Wait a minute, that's news to me, J.J. When did you like
00:33:48to count this it, this the announcement? It was just signed, and the prize to the winner is that they
00:33:55will then challenge you for the cruiserweight title at Slamboree.
00:34:01On the very same night, I can't believe it.
00:34:03Wow. What are you talking about?
00:34:05The table is set for that one. Wait a minute, Gene, you're telling me
00:34:10that 14 men are gonna be, after this one man has been beaten by 14 men, he's been pummeled,
00:34:17he's been destroyed, then I get to face him? The man that survives the battle royal is the man
00:34:22that will challenge you. Those are good odds, I'll take it. Before I leave,
00:34:25Bean Gene, I'd just like to say I want to dedicate the rest of my career to this man,
00:34:31a true man of respect, a man of virtue. What have you done? Somebody has defaced
00:34:37this picture of Dean Malenko. I got a sneaking suspicion it was you. I left this thing alone for
00:34:43five seconds in the dressing room. Who did this to my picture of Dean Dean? Well, I've seen what
00:34:50you've done in the weeks before this, and certainly whoever is a lousy artist, I must say that.
00:34:58That's horrible. You know what this does to me? Who did this? I want names. I'm gonna get to the
00:35:03bottom of this. This is a disgrace. This is a fallacy. Wait a minute, Chris Jericho, you did this,
00:35:08did you not? That's Dean Malenko's brother, isn't it? Wait a minute. That is his brother. Hey,
00:35:13that's Joe Malenko. Ladies and gentlemen, this is Dean Malenko's brother, Joe Malenko.
00:35:21They teamed at one time. Wait a minute. Take it easy, Joe. This has nothing to do with you. This is
00:35:27between me and your little bro. I got no problems with you, Shooter. I got no problems at all. Coming
00:35:33from the great wrestling Malenko family, certainly you have got to take exception to this
00:35:38picture and what he said about your brother. Jericho, you're the Energizer Bunny, a poor taste
00:35:44little man. I'll go along with that. You came on here last week and you disrespected my dad,
00:35:51my brother, and me. When I was in the game, when I was in the game, we understood that when people
00:36:00retired from this business, after putting in their time and paying their dues, that they got respect from
00:36:05the younger boys. And you are. You're missing the point, Joe. I have no disrespect towards you at all.
00:36:12I love your brother. I have the utmost respect for him and for you and for your family. Everything's
00:36:16been misconstrued. What about what you said about his late father, the great Boris Malenko? It was all
00:36:22a misconstru... The truth was... Joe, I have nothing against you, nothing against your family. As a matter of
00:36:28fact, you want to end this now? You want to take the picture and walk out of here? I'll let it lie. I'll leave it. It
00:36:33will never, ever happen again, I promise. Why don't you take it and just go, Joe? We can leave it at that.
00:36:40Huh? He'll take it. That's it? Okay, fine. Get away from this. I don't care if I'm like that.
00:36:48Hey, Gordo, get out of here! Hey, stop it!
00:36:52Boy, didn't you know, didn't you know this was coming? Disgraces the picture.
00:36:57Hey, hey, you got it! Disgraces the entire Malenko family.
00:37:02Joe had been watching these programs along with millions of fans.
00:37:06He knew what was going down and he was sick of it and so are we.
00:37:09We're gonna step out on Jericho and come back with more on Nitro.
00:37:12All right, before we go to our next match featuring Glacier, let's hear some comments
00:37:20comments recorded from Glacier earlier this afternoon. And take a close listen to what he
00:37:26has to say. Here they go. When I came to WCW, there was a lot of fanfare and a lot of hype,
00:37:33but I lived up to it. And what I brought was the most awesome move in pro wrestling ever,
00:37:37the cryonic kick. And when you bring a move like that, you're gonna have imitators,
00:37:41but I do it best. So since I created it, I can destroy as well. If you use my move,
00:37:47I'm taking you out. That cryonic kick that he calls the standing sidekick has certainly been a
00:37:54primary weapon of his, but that move was in this sport long before that man got here.
00:38:00What a jealous streak we've seen all of a sudden from Glacier. Yes, he may have
00:38:03tagged it, the cryonic kick, but in terms of using a move like the super kick, you're right,
00:38:08Tony, it's been around for decades. I think we even saw Saturn maybe use a super kick earlier this
00:38:12evening. Sick Boyd makes his way out as he does. We'll remind you this Friday,
00:38:16May 15th. Tickets go on sale for a big event coming to the A.J. Palumbo Center in Pittsburgh.
00:38:21That date is Saturday, June 13th. Tickets go on sale this Friday at the box office at all usual Palumbo
00:38:29ticket outlets. As we return to Pittsburgh in the month of June, Glacier makes his way to the ring.
00:38:34Certainly an entirely different man that we saw
00:38:40when he first arrived and when he first arrived here in the sport.
00:38:43You know, we're still reeling fans to be very honest with you about what we have seen here
00:38:48tonight.
00:38:49Now keep in mind that Hollywood Hogan has answered that challenge to face the Macho
00:38:54Man Randy Savage, and we'll have that for you later on in this program.
00:38:57But the fact that the giant has crossed over into the camp of NWO Hollywood, now we're in the black
00:39:04and the white. Has stunned us enough. But what does that do to the world tag team title match coming up this
00:39:11Sunday at Slammery where Sting and the giant are supposed to face the Wolfpack, the Outsiders, Hall and Nash.
00:39:19Well it tells me that the three top organizations in professional wrestling are going to be represented in one match.
00:39:25Sting representing world championship wrestling. The giant in the camp obviously of Hollywood Hogan and
00:39:32the white and black attack and the Wolfpack with Kevin Nash and Scott Hall. And we heard Dusty Rhodes
00:39:38mentioned earlier that he promises that Scott Hall will be at Slammery.
00:39:41I'll tell you what it tells me. It tells me it's gonna be one heck of a pay-per-view.
00:39:46Who knows what's gonna happen? I wanna see this.
00:39:48Well, I need to know. I mean, we still right now do not have an official word. I mean,
00:39:53you know, Sting is very quiet. Sting is on any matter, but much less what's gonna happen now.
00:40:03What if? I can't fathom this. Sick boy in Glacier to go out of here. And it's shocking to say the least.
00:40:14And add to that the ugly, distasteful, horrible display of Chris Jericho. It really brings you down.
00:40:20I still wanna know though, Tony. I still wanna know. What could they have offered the giant?
00:40:25What kind of a deal could they have cut? Why would he join them?
00:40:28You know, I keep thinking it has to be the hatred he has for Kevin Nash.
00:40:35It's very well documented. What happened? Do you guys remember what happened? It sold out.
00:40:43Meanwhile, what happened here? Glacier kicked him in the back of the head.
00:40:47Referee Nick Patrick is down. There's the cryonic kick. After the fact, but there's no referee.
00:40:58No referee in. Saturn's here.
00:41:01Saturn, he has. Saturn with a super kick.
00:41:06That was a ten.
00:41:09That was a real cryonic kick. They're gonna send Nick Patrick over
00:41:15to, now he's gonna make a count. One, two, very gingerly.
00:41:18No, he's not.
00:41:19Did he make it?
00:41:21Two count, he says.
00:41:25Only a two count.
00:41:29The match, is the match gonna continue here?
00:41:32Referee says yes.
00:41:33Yes.
00:41:34But not for long.
00:41:35They only get a two count.
00:41:36There's one by Glacier.
00:41:37One, two, three.
00:41:40Now you can sound the bell.
00:41:41This one's over.
00:41:42And Saturn's back.
00:41:44He's not finishing up, Glacier with the top.
00:41:56Saturn with Glacier up top.
00:41:58The Death Valley Driver.
00:42:01The Death Valley Driver and Glacier's not gonna get up from Matt.
00:42:04Glacier will get the win officially.
00:42:06But he has crossed the line, I do believe, as far as the flock's concerned, gentlemen.
00:42:13Still to come tonight, world title.
00:42:15Hollywood, Hogan, the Montreal Man, Randy Savage, stay with us.
00:42:22You know, when brother turns on brother, it's sick enough.
00:42:25But to get even sicker, to get more degrading, we're gonna take you back one week ago,
00:42:30to see what Scott Steiner, Big Papa Pup, if you will, did to his brother Rick, take a look.
00:42:36I want my brother to come out here and tell me to my face whether he and I are gonna get back together
00:42:46or he and I, one of us, is gonna be left laying.
00:42:49I want my brother to come out here and end this thing once and for all.
00:42:54There ain't no reason for us to fight.
00:42:56I don't think there is either.
00:42:57I don't think there ever was initially.
00:42:59I don't know how this thing got so far out of whack.
00:43:01You made a choice.
00:43:02You joined the NWO, not me.
00:43:05I want to finish it right now.
00:43:09Well, you're not gonna do anything with this guy.
00:43:11You either, you either, we either fight it out right now or we walk back together.
00:43:17I want to be the Steiner brother again.
00:43:19Forget the NWO.
00:43:20That's it, Rick. He just said it. He wants to get back together with you.
00:43:27The Steiner brothers are back.
00:43:31I don't know if I can trust him, Gene.
00:43:33It's your brother. If you can't trust him, who can you trust?
00:43:39Look at his face.
00:43:41Rick, look at this guy. Look at him. Tears coming down.
00:43:44I can't trust him, Gene.
00:43:46Look at the, look at the visage of this man right here.
00:43:49Come on, have a little compassion, Rick.
00:43:52He couldn't believe it.
00:43:55Scotty. Scotty.
00:43:59You're my brother.
00:44:02I'll give you a chance.
00:44:05If you want to make this work, we'll make it work.
00:44:09If you want to be my partner again, you can be my partner.
00:44:13You stab me in the back and she'll help me.
00:44:15I'll hunt you. I'll hunt you till you die.
00:44:19That's very strong.
00:44:23I just want, you know, the same, the way it was before.
00:44:28Oh, how about that?
00:44:30I wanted to see this for a long time.
00:44:32That's a great moment.
00:44:33Hey, hey, hey, hold on.
00:44:35Oh, my word.
00:44:38Bryan Adams.
00:44:39With a ball bat.
00:44:40With a baseball bat.
00:44:43And look at Scott.
00:44:44He's gone, my goodness.
00:44:46A shutter breaker.
00:44:47He didn't mean a word he said.
00:44:50And you know what this tells me?
00:44:52Stop him again.
00:44:53Watch for him.
00:44:55I mean, he's wearing the white and the black.
00:44:58Scott Steiner has made his decision, I believe, with the NWO and made his decision with his brother.
00:45:04Well, ladies and gentlemen, I know one man that was back watching this in the monitor as we replayed it.
00:45:10He was also on hand last week to watch it live.
00:45:13Please welcome my guest, here on Nitro, the total package, Lex Luger.
00:45:29All right, Lex, I'm not gonna mince words.
00:45:31You have been very close with both of the Steiner brothers through the years.
00:45:35What do you make of this match?
00:45:36I'm gonna try to keep it as short as possible.
00:45:41I've heard enough talking tonight.
00:45:43Guys jockeying for position.
00:45:45Who's the NWO Wolfpack?
00:45:47Who's the NWO?
00:45:48Who's popular?
00:45:50Who's unpopular?
00:45:51Who's in a position of power?
00:45:53Who's not in the position of power in the sport of professional wrestling?
00:45:57Let's take a little reality check right now.
00:45:59Because about 12 hours ago, I flew out of Atlanta and left a good friend of mine,
00:46:05who had his shoulders sliced open and three hours of surgery done,
00:46:08who's on the shelf for three or four months.
00:46:11That videotape you just saw is self-explanatory of who did it.
00:46:14We're gonna go into that any further.
00:46:17It's one of the most disgusting scenes I've witnessed in my 12 years in this sport that I love.
00:46:23Now, I just come out here week in and week out.
00:46:26I don't run my mouth.
00:46:27I wrestle top guys.
00:46:29I wrestle beginning guys.
00:46:30I wrestle everybody in between.
00:46:33And I don't ask for much, but JJ Dillon, when you're out here setting up matches for titles,
00:46:38and you're setting up Slamboree, I'm telling you, I'm not asking you for the first time in my career.
00:46:46I'm gonna be at Slamboree.
00:46:47I want you to get on that cell phone first thing in the morning.
00:46:51I want you to get a contract with Bryan Adams, Scott Steiner, or both of them.
00:46:57I don't care, because I'm gonna wrestle Warner Botham and Slamboree.
00:47:01And that's it.
00:47:02That's all I gotta say.
00:47:04Hey, short and sweet, but he got the point over.
00:47:06Lex Luger wants Bryan Adams.
00:47:08He wants him at Slamboree.
00:47:10This is Monday Nitro on TNT.
00:47:12We are live from Kansas City, and we're gonna be right back.
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00:48:00Thank you very much, and good to hear from you.
00:48:02Mike, you have another big announcement about some fans overseas of ours.
00:48:06How about this, Tony?
00:48:07We received a fax from the Pentagon, and they inform us that several thousand men and women
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00:48:21well, it's Monday Nitro, and WCW salutes the fighting warriors of the U.S. Air Force Station
00:48:26at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia.
00:48:29The popularity of Nitro knows no bounds.
00:48:32Are you right about that?
00:48:37Saudi Arabia.
00:48:38Booker T and Chris Benoit one-on-one must be a winner, Brain, in this one.
00:48:43The winner to go on to face.
00:48:45And they're going right now.
00:48:46Yes, go on to face.
00:48:48Fit Finley, the world television champ, coming up at Slamboree this coming Sunday.
00:48:53And they're wasting no time at all.
00:48:55And the key is there must be a winner.
00:48:56We're gonna get it decided.
00:48:57Remember the two time when it draws?
00:48:59Remember the controversy at Spring Stampede?
00:49:02Let's get this settled between the two.
00:49:04Well, I like what Benoit did.
00:49:05He won't waste time for an introduction or nothing.
00:49:07Everyone knows who he is.
00:49:08He wants that title.
00:49:09He wants that shot.
00:49:10He wants an opportunity.
00:49:12And to do it, he's gonna have to beat this man.
00:49:14And he knows it.
00:49:14You can see it, hear it, and feel it here on WCW Monday Night Raw.
00:49:20And after we go here, we have got Hollywood Hogan, the Macho Man, Randy Savage.
00:49:24And many, many questions to be answered about the New World Order and about now WCW as well.
00:49:32On the attack has Benoit.
00:49:34It's been all Benoit so far on offense.
00:49:36Full arm drank and touched in a back kick.
00:49:39That time by Booker T, sent Benoit hard to the mat.
00:49:46Forearm shiver, and that caught him up against the ropes.
00:49:49Into the near side, back body drop.
00:49:53Do you see how high Benoit was elevated with that back body drop by Booker T?
00:49:57Incredible, guys.
00:50:00To the attack once again goes the former television champ.
00:50:03Picks Benoit up, puts Benoit down.
00:50:06This is a match.
00:50:08This is a war that's been really more than one week in the making, as you know.
00:50:12Not only did Benoit certainly help Fit Finley get the win last week,
00:50:17but we have seen various time limit draws between these two.
00:50:21Classic matchup they had on our last spectacular for the TV belt.
00:50:25But this time it's a chance to move back up the ladder and get the shot against Fit Finley.
00:50:29Tony, I don't know if really Benoit had anything to do with it.
00:50:31He just walked the ringside.
00:50:33Booker T is the one that turned his attention to Benoit.
00:50:36It wasn't Fit Finley's fault, give the man credit.
00:50:38He won the match.
00:50:39I'm not taking anything away from Fit Finley.
00:50:41He proved his worth many, many times here.
00:50:44But certainly, if anybody blames anybody, Booker T has the score to settle with Benoit.
00:50:50And a German suplex released the man as he was hitting the mat that time.
00:50:53And you will like it.
00:50:54Get up, Benoit.
00:50:56Both men hit very, very hard.
00:50:59You will not like it.
00:51:00Then which end you're on.
00:51:02Benoit showing the after effects as well of delivering that suplex.
00:51:06Snap suplex from the Canadian Crippler.
00:51:09One of the things about Benoit is he's so resilient.
00:51:11Here's a one, two, and he got a two count.
00:51:14I mean, sometimes it looks as if Chris Benoit cannot even stand.
00:51:17And they don't execute a snap suplex like that.
00:51:19What I like is his explosiveness.
00:51:21When you think the man's down, all of a sudden, when he nails you or he kicks you or he does something,
00:51:26it's with explosive power.
00:51:28Just watch this man.
00:51:29He really reaches down.
00:51:30Benoit with a knife-edge chop.
00:51:34Trots the chest and now kicks the man right at the quadricep that time.
00:51:37Right above the knee, he goes Benoit.
00:51:39It would be to his benefit to ground Booker T because he's so agile on his feet.
00:51:43That will ground you.
00:51:44You're not kidding, Benoit, both feet to the face.
00:51:46He runs right into a power slam by Booker T and a great counter move it was.
00:51:50The Booker T's not following it up.
00:51:52What a seesaw battle this has been.
00:51:55Must be a winner.
00:51:57Winner goes on to face Fit Finley with a TV belt at Slamboree.
00:52:03Back they go, both men standing again, amazing.
00:52:06The caliber of athletes that we have right here.
00:52:09And we still got Hogan and the Macho Man.
00:52:13For the world title still to come in this program.
00:52:16Back elbow, a cover.
00:52:18One.
00:52:20Nope, only a one count.
00:52:21Benoit underneath the ropes, hooks the bottom rope with his hand.
00:52:24So Booker T back to the attack once again.
00:52:26You know, knowing Savage like I know him, I'm telling you guys something.
00:52:29He's gonna walk out of here tonight, world champion.
00:52:31Well, you know, there's more than meets the eye to that one.
00:52:34And that more than meets the eye is the fact that Hogan now has another man on his unit.
00:52:40A big man.
00:52:40The biggest man, the giant.
00:52:43How will he come into play?
00:52:44Not only later on, but what will happen when he and Sting is scheduled to be a tag team
00:52:49against the Outsiders?
00:52:52You know, we've been boasting they can bring the belts back to WCW.
00:52:54That's not the case anymore.
00:52:56Backbreaker Benoit, no, didn't get him.
00:53:00Notice how Benoit, after giving the backbreaker, went right on top of him for the cover.
00:53:04Wasted no time.
00:53:05That's what these athletes have to learn here.
00:53:07Take advantage of the situation at hand.
00:53:10Again, Chris Benoit.
00:53:17Not letting Booker T stand.
00:53:19Hooks him again, could be another German suplex.
00:53:21No, Booker T trying to get out.
00:53:23Two back elbows.
00:53:24Benoit ducked it, belly to back suplex.
00:53:27Beautiful move.
00:53:28Boy, oh boy, with force.
00:53:30Booker T just tried to fight that off.
00:53:33Benoit was not gonna take no for an answer.
00:53:35He's going upstairs.
00:53:39Is he ever, but the question is, did he put him down hard enough to keep him down?
00:53:43He's up, so fans, he connected.
00:53:47Caught him with the diving headbutt.
00:53:50And what a move that is.
00:53:52What a high-risk move it is for both men.
00:53:55Covers, one, two, no, didn't get it.
00:53:58And the time he spent trying to regain his focus, trying to crawl over,
00:54:03was time that enabled Booker T to kick away.
00:54:07Just a matter of seconds.
00:54:08You need three or four seconds of time.
00:54:10And you don't think about it, but it passes real quick.
00:54:12You're feeling it here on Nitro.
00:54:17Another open hand, backhand slap.
00:54:21Elbow miss, gut shot, Booker T, here comes the ax kick.
00:54:24How can he follow it up?
00:54:29I think he hurt his knee that time, guys, holding his right knee.
00:54:33He's all right.
00:54:36But he certainly did take his time getting over there.
00:54:38Certainly, you can see why.
00:54:40Into the rubs, picks him up, sidewalk slam.
00:54:45Follow through, follow through if you want him.
00:54:48He may be trying to set him up for his missile dropkick.
00:54:54Stands the man back up, brings him up and down.
00:54:58My.
00:54:58That'll ruin your outlook.
00:55:00What a physical rivalry this has been.
00:55:02Last man standing is gonna win.
00:55:05They're both standing.
00:55:06Wow, the referee got pushed in and then ducked out of the way.
00:55:10And as he grabs the referee, he's trying to put on, he's got the Crippler cross face on.
00:55:15Watch him, he taps out.
00:55:16Watch his hands.
00:55:17Watch his hands, very close.
00:55:19He's in the middle of the ring.
00:55:20He can't reach the ropes, he can't get any place.
00:55:23He's gotta give it up or he's gonna tap out or he's gotta get out of it.
00:55:25He gave it up, there's the thing.
00:55:28Benoit beat him, Benoit's the winner, Benoit beat him.
00:55:32He'll raise the hand of Benoit.
00:55:35Chris Benoit will face Finn Finlay and Slamberine for the television belt.
00:55:40What a match it was.
00:55:41Coming up next, the world title, Hogan and Savage.
00:55:44Ladies and gentlemen, tonight, here in Kansas City,
00:55:56you have been witness to what might go down in history as the greatest WCW Monday night ever.
00:56:06And tonight, it continues.
00:56:09It's time for the WCW Monday Nitro main event, Savage versus Hogan.
00:56:19In the rematch the world has been waiting for, for the heavyweight championship of the world.
00:56:28Are you ready?
00:56:30Yeah.
00:56:33For the thousands in attendance, and the millions watching around the world.
00:56:54Ladies and gentlemen, let's get ready to rumble.
00:57:03N-W-O.
00:57:11This is gonna be great.
00:57:15It always is, it's Nitro.
00:57:17Electric atmosphere in anticipation of the world's title match.
00:57:22Savage Hogan says it all.
00:57:26Ladies and gentlemen, coming to the ring at this time.
00:57:31Wearing the black and red colors of the wolf hat.
00:57:34Yeah.
00:57:35He weighs 238 and one half pounds, and comes to us from Sarasota, Florida.
00:57:44He is known for his over the top, anything goes style.
00:57:49And his reckless, no pain, no gain commitment to victory.
00:57:54Tonight, he has one goal in mind.
00:57:59Tonight, he has one thing to achieve.
00:58:05Tonight, he plans to take back the championship belt that he feels is rightfully his.
00:58:13Ladies and gentlemen, here is the challenger, Macho Man, Randy Savage.
00:58:27It's the battleground that's been much in the making from both factions of the N-W-O.
00:58:33We'll pack out, Hollywood yet to come.
00:58:38The red and the black against the white and the black.
00:58:42It's come to this for the world title.
00:58:44I wonder how many people Hogan will bring out with him.
00:59:00You know, Bistroff will be with him.
00:59:02Well, Bistroff in the midst of challenges, major challenges of his own.
00:59:08And now, making his entrance for the ring in the company of the disciple of the N-W-O-Roll.
00:59:22Wearing black with white.
00:59:25His weight, 274 and three-quarter of high.
00:59:30He comes to us from Hollywood.
00:59:32He is the man known the world over in professional wrestling.
00:59:39The man who is the leader of the new world order.
00:59:48He is the man who claims, when you belong to the N-W-O, you belong forever.
00:59:56Ladies and gentlemen, he is the man who is the reigning and defending heavyweight champion
01:00:05of the world, Hollywood, Hogan.
01:00:17My, you can feel it, you can see it.
01:00:19The fans, not only here in the Kemper Arena, but around the world know all about it.
01:00:26They've met before, but not with as much intensity as we're feeling right now.
01:00:31I'm telling you, the most dangerous man in this sport, the Macho Man.
01:00:38I just had that feeling he's gonna walk away heavyweight champion of the world.
01:00:43People have counted him out before, and you can't, you can't count Savage out ever.
01:00:48Remember what Savage said earlier, Hogan, you have my title.
01:00:52I'm not leaving Kansas City until I take it back.
01:00:56Well, he is the most dangerous man in our sport, I agree with that.
01:00:59But let's keep in mind this, that he's facing the man who's in charge of being
01:01:04the most dangerous faction of the New World Order.
01:01:07Hollywood, Hogan, Bell, South, Jumpstart, Savage on the attack.
01:01:11Don't turn your back on the madness, that's rule number one.
01:01:14Notice this, Mike, he didn't go for any hold.
01:01:16He just punched him in the face about ten times, and then went right for the knee.
01:01:21Head first, and now using Hogan's shirt to choke the man down.
01:01:27And Charles Robinson, a lot of leeway here.
01:01:30Let it go, let it go.
01:01:32He's doing the right thing, fans wanna see this.
01:01:35Sure.
01:01:35Throw the rules out, we wanna see a clear cut winner.
01:01:39Now look at this, Savage, as busted up as this man is.
01:01:42Knee brace on.
01:01:44Championship match.
01:01:45I'm telling you, he's taking the offense right to the man, Hogan.
01:01:49He's led so far this whole match.
01:01:52That's what you gotta do when you're not 100%.
01:01:55When you have a bad wheel or a bad leg, you gotta be on the offense.
01:01:59Because if you let the man get on you, he's gonna focus on your weaker parts of the body.
01:02:03He's gonna be on you all night.
01:02:05Sure, so Savage using the right tactic, using the right strategy here, and the fans are behind him here.
01:02:10And knowing Savage, he's blocked that pain from his mind, full speed ahead.
01:02:14Both world champions at one time.
01:02:17This is great.
01:02:17Hogan though, thumb to the eyes, that stops that momentum.
01:02:21And now Hogan, once again, gouging, scratching, clawing his way now, back towards the top of this one.
01:02:28Amazing, what Hogan laid on the wrestling world moments ago, when the giant walked out with the
01:02:36black and the white of NWO Hollywood, in the attacks against the Wolfpack.
01:02:42Into the counter, Hogan.
01:02:43Savage looked in a lot of trouble that time, Mikey.
01:02:49His head was rocked back against that top turnbuckle pad, and he slid down to the middle turnbuckle,
01:02:55almost as if he was out cold that time.
01:02:57The Lariat rocked him in the corner, and Hogan immediately follows up.
01:03:02Savage tries to escape, down near the front row now, along the safety rail.
01:03:06Very dangerous place for everyone involved, and there he goes Savage.
01:03:09Chess first, shoulder first to the safety rail.
01:03:13Remember how dangerous Savage could be on the floor.
01:03:18This is his territory.
01:03:19There's chairs, bells, hammers, pipes, posts.
01:03:24But he's out manned here.
01:03:25You see the Disciple, Savage walked out by himself.
01:03:29But we've always said the NWO has a plan.
01:03:32Well, this time, there's NWO members on both sides.
01:03:37And Charles Robinson just following the action out.
01:03:43Allowing the match to continue on the outside, which once again is a good tactic
01:03:47for the referee we feel.
01:03:49Back inside they go, fans are hammering away at Hogan.
01:03:54Screaming at Hogan, as Hogan goes for the low blow that time.
01:04:00But Savage bounces back up.
01:04:03Here we go, over the ride.
01:04:06Boy, did he ever catch him that time.
01:04:07He got him flush that time.
01:04:12Hogan may be able to make a cover.
01:04:13No, he didn't go for the cover.
01:04:14Look at this.
01:04:15He went for the choco.
01:04:17And he goes back to the old addict.
01:04:18He's the champ.
01:04:19He doesn't have to pin Savage.
01:04:21And not only that, it shows you the hatred between these two.
01:04:23He didn't care about win, lose, or anything.
01:04:25He just wants to hurt Savage.
01:04:27And Hogan been the challenger may have been much different that time.
01:04:30Oh, the catapult to the bottom rope.
01:04:33The throat of Savage, the windpipe making contact with that bottom rope,
01:04:36which is actually a steel cable.
01:04:38I'll tell you, the more they pound on Savage, look at him.
01:04:41He's trying to get back to his feet.
01:04:43Not trying to tap out, not telling him to back him up.
01:04:46He's still gonna fight.
01:04:49Hogan knows this, so Hogan will push to the max.
01:04:51He knows what Savage is made of.
01:04:54He realizes that Savage will not give up.
01:04:57So for Hogan, that means that he can do anything and will try to do anything
01:05:01to injure the man further.
01:05:02Yes.
01:05:04What he's gonna do here in a minute, he's gonna wait Savage up.
01:05:06Tell him who the man is.
01:05:07They'll try to put him away real quick.
01:05:08Tell him who the man is.
01:05:10This isn't gonna work with Savage.
01:05:13Hogan's screaming, tell him who the man is.
01:05:16So it's a battle not only for the world title, it's a battle of egos.
01:05:19Oh, you know that.
01:05:20And that's what the NWO's always been about.
01:05:27Savage with a little back kick, so to speak.
01:05:30That tricked me.
01:05:31Well, you're not kidding, it floors Hollywood.
01:05:35Look at him, look at him, he's alive.
01:05:37Savage is coming alive.
01:05:39Can he shut out the pain is the question.
01:05:41He feels no pain.
01:05:43Yeah, but I tell you, too slow to follow that up.
01:05:47And enabled Hogan to go to the gut and a double accent over his own.
01:05:52All right, here we go again, into the ropes.
01:05:54Hogan, that's the big foot.
01:05:57That's one of his main weapons right there.
01:06:01Hogan thinks he's got him beat.
01:06:03You never have this man beaten, so they carry him away.
01:06:06As long as there's a breath from this man, he's not beaten.
01:06:09Scoop and a slam, that familiar offensive pattern of Hollywood
01:06:13Hogan, and here it comes.
01:06:14If anybody knows that, it's Savage.
01:06:18And Savage is on his feet.
01:06:20Savage, the right jab, I saw bottom of the screen,
01:06:29the Disciple circling the ring.
01:06:31He's there.
01:06:32Here he comes, here you see bottom of your screen.
01:06:34Savage up, just pushed him off, he landed on his knee very hard.
01:06:40But he bounces back up.
01:06:42Look at Savage, I can't believe this man.
01:06:44How does he do it?
01:06:45Bret Hart.
01:06:46Holy smokes, Bret Hart has come out.
01:06:48The Hitman.
01:06:50The man that Savage will face on Sunday.
01:06:51He's got the world title belt in his hands.
01:06:55And while the Disciple distracts referee Charles Robinson,
01:06:58Bret Hart just nailed him with that championship belt.
01:07:02And spit right on him.
01:07:03And then spit on the busting up carcass of the Macho Man.
01:07:08The count, it's over.
01:07:10Hollywood Hogan is your winner.
01:07:12No, Bret Hart's your winner.
01:07:14Well, they're gonna raise the hand of Hollywood as Bret Hart laid him out.
01:07:19And they scurry away now.
01:07:34Rowdy, Rowdy Piper.
01:07:38What's he doing here?
01:07:40I didn't come here to fight you.
01:07:45This ain't happening.
01:07:47By disqualification, Randy Savage is a winner.
01:07:55Hang on.
01:07:56Hang on.
01:08:03Last time I saw you, you sucker punched me.
01:08:09Last time I remember you, you used my head as a punching bag while I was chained to a cage.
01:08:16Everybody's afraid to get in between you two at this Sunday pay-per-view.
01:08:21Well, guess what?
01:08:22I'm gonna be your special referee.
01:08:30That way folks know that I'm gonna call it straight down the middle,
01:08:35wherever that might be.
01:08:37I might feel like Sister Teresa that night.
01:08:40I might feel like a Marine drill sergeant.
01:08:42I don't know what I'm gonna feel like.
01:08:44You, you've been coming down for weeks saying,
01:08:48nobody knows what it's like to get screwed by a referee like I do.
01:08:52There's a new sheriff in town.
01:08:59What happened to that bunch of baloney?
01:09:01Let me tell you something.
01:09:03In Worcester on Sunday, if you get the sharpshooter on Macho Man,
01:09:08and you go down and you use those ropes for leverage,
01:09:12I'll step back five and I'll kick a field goal with you like a Kansas City Chief.
01:09:17And you, Sunday you Macho Man.
01:09:24If Bret Hart bites you in the throat, don't come complaining to me.
01:09:31Bite him back.
01:09:32You guys are gonna fight.
01:09:39If one guy gets a low blow, don't come complaining to me.
01:09:45Give thy partner, thy opponent, a low blow back.
01:09:49I'll have the doctor write a prescription for the Viagra,
01:09:53and you can all go home happy.
01:09:55But you're going to fight.
01:09:58No, no, he's gonna get you.
01:10:02That's no problem.
01:10:03Uh-oh.
01:10:03I'll tell you folks something right here and now.
01:10:09This ain't no A&E special.
01:10:13I come up the hard way.
01:10:15I am the real deal.
01:10:16And Worcester, they're gonna fight.
01:10:19The Giant has arrived.
01:10:21Standing beside of Hollywood.
01:10:24Piper in the ring.
01:10:25Hold on.
01:10:25Why?
01:10:26Why is the question?
01:10:32Intensity.
01:10:32Come on, boys.
01:10:36What is Logan saying to the Giant?
01:10:38He's in his ear.
01:10:40And look up above.
01:10:42What's this man thinking?
01:10:43Let's go.
01:10:45He had agreed to team with the Giant.
01:10:47Bring the bell.
01:10:48To go after the World Tag Team title.
01:10:50Where does Sting stand?
01:10:52No, you got something to worry about.
01:10:57We're gonna have some fun.
01:11:01As Sting looks down.
01:11:02Wow.
01:11:03Many questions to be answered.
01:11:05We will see you Thursday on Thunder, live on TBS.
01:11:09This is crazy.
01:11:12I'm a patient witness.
01:11:25Today I have ready to measure it.
01:11:27I have a patient witness.
01:11:29This is a crazy witness.
01:11:31Aband who came up with the Beast Team.
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