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00:00:00WCW Monday Metro is on the air.
00:00:08Ladies and gentlemen, we welcome you to three hours of pro wrestling and
00:00:13it's very, very best as we are live at the Nessah Coliseum,
00:00:18Uniondale, Long Island, New York.
00:00:21Come back in and we're off and wrestling already.
00:00:28You see that we have garbage cans in the ring, a lot of items, and we are up and running
00:00:35for this edition of Monday Nitro.
00:00:38Tony Schiavone, Living Legend Larry Zubisco, Iron Mike today and they're waiting away gentlemen.
00:00:42They're gonna need heads of iron here.
00:00:44Look at them potatoes, look like potato chips already.
00:00:47This is right up the alley of all four of these men.
00:00:51Of course, Hugh Morris and the Barbarian, there you go.
00:00:54This isn't the first time that we've seen this kind of street fight action.
00:00:58I guess we could call this one a Big Apple street fight and obviously the public enemy
00:01:03are representing the home team.
00:01:06Representing the New York Islanders.
00:01:08A little skillet justice from Flyboy Rocco Rock on both Hugh Morris and the Barbarian.
00:01:14The Island's a pretty big puck.
00:01:15Oh.
00:01:17And on himself, certainly an unabinched draw to begin these proceedings here tonight.
00:01:24You can see Jimmy Hart crawling out of the way.
00:01:26He'll lay his life on the line for his men, but I don't know how far he'll go here.
00:01:32Look at this, look at this.
00:01:33He's gonna dump him in the dumpster.
00:01:34Oh, head first.
00:01:36And then a shoulder tackle into the dumpster.
00:01:45As Hugh Morris and the Barbarian try to get things going their way.
00:01:50So difficult to even try to make any semblance out of a match like this.
00:01:54Very difficult also for the fifth man in the ring, referee Nick Patrick, to maintain any order.
00:02:00It's almost as if Patrick has just sat back in the corner and turned loose.
00:02:04There goes Johnny Grunge, shoulder first into the steel steps.
00:02:08Look at this, Jimmy Hart.
00:02:09He'll get in there.
00:02:10He knows no fear until they catch him.
00:02:14During the course of this program, we're gonna take you back many, many times
00:02:19to the Great American Bash that occurred last night in Baltimore and discuss what went down.
00:02:25What a night it was.
00:02:27And we're gonna have the pictures here later on tonight during the course of this three-hour telecast.
00:02:32A lot of surprising developments.
00:02:35And of course, some great wrestling action.
00:02:38And a couple of men who certainly made historic knee for themselves.
00:02:42Oh, last night at the Great American Bash.
00:02:45How about that jackknife powerbomb right on that trash can?
00:02:50What trash can?
00:02:52It's been obliterated.
00:02:53That's what this match has been about, obliteration.
00:03:00It's Nitro's first trip to the Big Apple outside of the city in Long Island.
00:03:06And a sellout crowd is on hand here tonight.
00:03:09And they are enjoying what they're seeing so far.
00:03:13Does he, is that barbecue tongs he has?
00:03:15That's what he's got.
00:03:16He's throttling Flyboy Rocco Rock with those tongs.
00:03:20Barbarian might think these guys are dinner.
00:03:22He may, oh my goodness.
00:03:24Using the trash can lid.
00:03:27There's Patrick back in the corner.
00:03:30He knows the safe spot.
00:03:32And Hugh Morris, Hugh Morris, by golly, he's got his own table.
00:03:37There you see the Public Enemy table right next to Hugh Morris,
00:03:41who's trying to set the table up here.
00:03:44Public Enemy has been known to use furniture to intimidate their opponents.
00:03:49But now it looks like the Barbarian and Hugh Morris, they brought tables of their own.
00:03:54The Barbarian just being beaten.
00:03:56I tell you, that shades of Jimmy Hart right there.
00:03:59That psychological mind game.
00:04:01Have his own men bring out their own table.
00:04:04Shove it right back in the face of the Public Enemy.
00:04:12Johnny Grunge with, uh, looks like a frying pan once again.
00:04:16And he cooked him with that.
00:04:18Did he ever.
00:04:21And the Barbarian with a headbutt.
00:04:23Well, it's been low blow city since the opening bell here.
00:04:27But in the confines of a street fight is street fight rules.
00:04:30Anything goes here, guys.
00:04:31The only rules, I guess, are that there are no rules.
00:04:36Now Jimmy Hart's gonna take a free shot.
00:04:39Wow.
00:04:42Right in the face of Rocco.
00:04:44And Rocco's in trouble.
00:04:46It's amazing.
00:04:47We haven't seen more injuries than we've seen when these two teams have gone at it.
00:04:52And here comes Hugh Morris.
00:04:54And he sends Rocco down.
00:04:56Over 300 pounds.
00:04:57Solid pounds of Hugh Morris.
00:04:59Upwards around 330 right now.
00:05:01Uh-oh.
00:05:06Uh-oh.
00:05:07Jimmy having no effect.
00:05:08Jimmy having no effect.
00:05:08Rocco Rocknett.
00:05:10Puts it.
00:05:13Trying to suplex him into the ring.
00:05:14Jimmy Hart trying to fight it off but to no effect up in the air.
00:05:17Yeah, Jimmy Hart be like picking up a flea to Rocco.
00:05:23Suplex sitting.
00:05:28Up.
00:05:29Up.
00:05:30Look at this double team.
00:05:31Both men, both members, that time, a public enemy.
00:05:38Rocco Rock trying to get them both over.
00:05:41And they're holding on here.
00:05:42Wait, Rocco's holding on here, using harnesses.
00:05:44Two tables, three bodies.
00:05:52Equals one miss.
00:05:53And Nick Patrick's gonna count somebody out here on the floor.
00:05:58I don't know who was down here.
00:06:00I don't know who's gonna get the win.
00:06:01There are bodies everywhere.
00:06:03It's gonna be public enemy.
00:06:04It's the Barbarian, apparently, had his shoulders down on either the table or the, uh,
00:06:10or the match here.
00:06:16I think Patrick just wanted to get this over with.
00:06:18He was scared to death.
00:06:19Tough job for a referee to be caught in the middle of all that pandemonium.
00:06:23You got four giant guys wailing everything but the kitchen sink.
00:06:29Now you're looking at the entire Nassau Coliseum.
00:06:33Welcome to Uniondale once again, everybody.
00:06:35It's WCW Monday Nitro's off and running.
00:06:38We just began now three hours of WCW action here tonight.
00:06:44The fans are pumped.
00:06:45Nitro girls came out a little bit early for the fans, entertaining the fans to get them ready for what we're gonna see here tonight.
00:06:52And there's a lot to talk about, a lot going on in pro wrestling and, uh, many things that we want to address right now.
00:06:58But it's our first trip to the tri-state area, our first trip to New York.
00:07:05And, of course, we are not too far from Shea Stadium.
00:07:09And, of course, in 1980 at Shea Stadium, one of the biggest wrestling matches ever featuring the man in my left ear,
00:07:15the living legend Larry Zabisco.
00:07:16It was the place he got the moniker, the legend, that night.
00:07:20Now, living legend Larry Zabisco, last night at the great-
00:07:24Excuse me.
00:07:25I gotta go.
00:07:26Mike, I'll talk to you.
00:07:28Can you blame him?
00:07:28Last night, the great American badge, as he takes his kudos,
00:07:33we saw Sting get the World Tag Team Championship for NWO Wolfpack.
00:07:38Certainly did, Tony.
00:07:39He defeated the Giant.
00:07:41And there has been so much speculation about who Sting will choose as his tag team partner.
00:07:47We understand that that decision is going to be made tonight.
00:07:50You can see and you can hear the fans are pumped.
00:07:52And, Mike, as we've seen before, you had a chance earlier to go out and talk to some of the fans
00:07:57in line, getting ready to come in here at the Nassau Coliseum.
00:08:00Certainly did, Tony.
00:08:01Just another example of that electric atmosphere that we see each and every Monday,
00:08:06no matter where we go across this country for Nitro.
00:08:09I love this town.
00:08:10Here was Mike Tanay earlier today.
00:08:13On the heels of last night's Great American Bash pay-per-view,
00:08:17World Championship Wrestling invades the Big Apple.
00:08:21And we are outside the Nassau County Coliseum on Long Island, New York.
00:08:26The party atmosphere in the air.
00:08:28Are you ready?
00:08:29Is New York ready for Nitro?
00:08:31Yes, we're ready for Nitro!
00:08:33Last night at the Great American Bash, Sting defeated the Giant.
00:08:38And as a result, Sting will pick a tag team partner.
00:08:41Who do you think Sting is going to pick tonight?
00:08:43Lex Luger.
00:08:44He's the king.
00:08:46He's the great one.
00:08:47He's the great one.
00:08:48He's the great one.
00:08:49He's the great one.
00:08:50He thinks Lex Luger.
00:08:51What do you think?
00:08:52Wait a minute.
00:08:53Let's find out.
00:08:53Wait a minute.
00:08:54Here.
00:08:55Is New York ready for Nitro?
00:08:57New York is ready for Nitro!
00:08:58The random black attack, baby!
00:09:00DDP is going to be Sting's partner!
00:09:02Bang!
00:09:03Billy, baby!
00:09:04Bang!
00:09:04Okay, the party atmosphere continues outside the Nassau County Coliseum.
00:09:09Is New York ready for Nitro?
00:09:12Well, there's no question New York's ready for WCW Monday Nitro.
00:09:15You can hear it inside here.
00:09:16Now, living legend, the question is who will Sting pick as his tag team partner here tonight?
00:09:21He's got many ways to go.
00:09:22Most people feel it will be his close friend Lex Luger.
00:09:25Well, if Sting is a smart man, he's going to have to go with the man he trusts the most.
00:09:30And history tells us that obvious choice would be Lex Luger.
00:09:34Last week, fans, right here on this program, NWO Wolfpack out once again recruiting.
00:09:40And their target one week ago was Diamond Dallas Page.
00:09:45Diamond Dallas Page, if you'll remember a couple of weeks back, helped Lex Luger defeat
00:09:49the Giant and Bryan Adams.
00:09:50But last week, the plea was made for DDP to don the red and the black.
00:09:54And here's what happened.
00:09:55Now, tonight, DDP, you've got to make a choice.
00:10:04We had a vote and the vote was almost unanimous.
00:10:09Almost unanimous.
00:10:20But Diamond, we got a home for you in the Wolfpack, brother.
00:10:25And later on tonight, we do understand, ladies and gentlemen,
00:10:33we talked about staying.
00:10:34Whoever his partner will be, they'll team up to face the reunited Harlem Heat.
00:10:39Booker T and Stevie Ray and more yet to come.
00:10:42Mike.
00:10:56Yeah!
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00:11:16back in uniondale the nassau coliseum where a capacity sellout crowd is on hand and here they
00:11:28are living legend of nitro girls look at them move they got a new one now we got the tigress here
00:11:36yeah we're gonna see tigress i understand here very very soon a brand new nitro girl the nitro
00:11:41girls of course part of the phenomenon that is wcw monday nitro right here on tnt and fans as you
00:11:47know well into the summer now we're gonna be giving you some of the hot spots where you can
00:11:50see nitro where you can see thunder pay-per-views and you can plan your summer vacation but also
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00:12:38very very soon with mean gene and the nitro girls speaking of me gene he's in the ring right now take
00:12:43it away gene all right tony i thank you very much so great to be back in new york city let's make a
00:12:48night of it please join me coming off the great american bash one of the great superstars in all
00:12:55of professional wrestling back in the big apple the macho man randy pevey
00:13:02what about that ovation living legend they're standing all over the coliseum awaiting macho man's
00:13:17appearance to see what he has to say after last night isn't it amazing the popularity of the nwo
00:13:25wolf pack seems to be growing by the week you can see the difference the people definitely like the red
00:13:31and black they have no love for team hollywood it's growing along with the roster of the new
00:13:39world order i can tell you that and the macho man randy savage makes his way to our own mean gene
00:13:46oakland new york loves wcw nitro and certainly some of the most vocal the most passionate wrestling
00:13:53fans anywhere in the world are right here and you found it out firsthand mike really glad they sent you
00:13:58outside instead of me well that feeling is mutual about nitro and the fans here in the big apple
00:14:04what a reaction what a great atmosphere each and every week but i think it's a little bit special
00:14:10tonight here in new york you know tony i think i should point out for the record that this man randy
00:14:16savage is really grounded out here at this historic building for him the nassau county coliseum
00:14:23on a long island what a reception macho man for you summer's here you could tell that
00:14:31randy savage you are the wild card so to speak of the new world order these people out here each and
00:14:41every one of them know you the bash last night that brutal battle involving yourself and rowdy
00:14:47roddy piper is now history now it's on to other things feel the power because the wolf pack's in
00:14:55the house randy savage so many rumors are circulating right now in professional wrestling
00:15:06and you are at the root you are at the very center the epicenter of many of those rumors maybe you can
00:15:13give us a very quick update you know what i miss this place i miss new york i miss the big apple
00:15:27let's do it right tonight i got a message for the commissioner rowdy roddy piper
00:15:40he's listening ddp diamond dallas page all my bros in the red and black they want you in but the
00:15:53dealia's us in the red and black we're a bunch of individuals we're like the hole in the wall gang
00:16:00billy the kid doc holliday wyatt herb and the macho man randy savage and i want you to prove yourself to
00:16:08me let me point out to the record i know for a fact that diamond dallas page is scheduled by private
00:16:14jet to arrive into the new york city area from salt lake city where he attended the finals last night
00:16:20between utah and chicago you know why well that's great because i'm feeling a really big rush right now
00:16:27in the red and black we don't eat at the same restaurants we don't go after the same women
00:16:34diamond dallas page i'm gonna give you the litmus test if the commissioner's got the guts to get it on
00:16:48he's listening right now here's the deal new york city steel cage match top on it
00:16:59the madness the madness and diamond dallas page in the cage if you can get past me you can wear all the
00:17:10red and black you want because brother the macho man steal the bomb oh yeah all right
00:17:18tony as you probably well know macho man randy savage was the one single person in the wolf pack
00:17:25that blackball diamond dallas page from entering that particular group so a lot to be settled whether
00:17:31or not it's going to be done here tonight in a steel cage that still remains to be seen we've only
00:17:36heard one side of the story tony my friend let's get back to you well the challenge is made for the
00:17:41steel cage tonight here in the nassau coliseum and last night fans we want to talk about randy savage
00:17:47and his knee let's take it back to the great american bash really piper savage we were surprised
00:17:52worked quite well as a team as they were hammering rowdy rowdy piper the macho man randy savage came in
00:17:57with a chair and helped his partner out but they focused on the knee of the macho man randy savage and it
00:18:04was the sharpshooter by brett the hitman hart that got the win piper came in to help out his man at
00:18:09the end hogan and hart won the match with the sharpshooter and then he didn't want to wrestle
00:18:15savage did piper because the bad knee but savage was up to the task and he hammered away at rowdy
00:18:21roddy piper only to see piper work on the knee with the figure four and win the singles matchup
00:18:26fans as you know last night at the great american bash booker t and chris benoit had to wrestle the
00:18:37seventh match once again booker t prevailed in the opening match that night of the great american bash
00:18:42and went on to face fit finley later last night here's what went down here comes booker t in for
00:18:48his second match of the night fit finley went right to the knee the knee that had been weakened by the
00:18:53seven matches a weekend earlier in the night he was relentless on the knee but fit finley was really
00:18:59showboating a lot about booker t being down and then booker t comes back with a vengeance with the
00:19:04axe kick and then turns the tables on fit finley with his own tombstone piledriver and booker t
00:19:11gets the world television championship right back this is one phenomenal athlete booker t
00:19:16he and his brother stevie ray will be in a tag team match against sting and whoever sting picks
00:19:21has one half of the world tag team chance but we talk about things that legends are made of larry
00:19:25zabisco for booker t last night that was a moment yeah that's what i mentioned not only did booker t
00:19:31go through chris benoit just a wrestling machine also took on the same night fit finley a tough down
00:19:38to earth grappler from ireland and booker t proved to the world he is truly made of the stuff that legends
00:19:46armado it was an incredible athletic performance by booker t last night at the great american bash and
00:19:53it's going to be real interesting tonight to see him rejoin his brother and return to the world of
00:19:59tag team wrestling after so much success as a single larry well it's going to be interesting to see who
00:20:04they wind up wrestling you know stevie ray and booker t they can't come up with a game plan against sting
00:20:10and partner x no one knows who's it's going to be well based on what's gone down over the past couple
00:20:16of months this should be a fine matchup here on wcw monday night to remember fans the challenge has been
00:20:21laid out as you see fit finley make his way to the ring challenge has been made out now laid at the feet
00:20:27of one ddp diamond gallus page to wrestle in a cage tonight against the macho man randy savage and savage
00:20:35see this as a test if he accepts to see if he can don the red and the black yeah it's almost like
00:20:41macho man is laying out that opportunity for diamond dallas to sustain the test of fire to prove himself
00:20:49worthy of the red and black new world order well remember last monday on nitro when the wolf pack
00:20:56offered that t-shirt to diamond dallas page to try and get him to join the nwo red and black kevin nash
00:21:03mentioned that it was a near unanimous decision well obviously we thought at the time that it
00:21:09was probably the macho man randy savage but now we know for sure savage was the dissenting vote tonight
00:21:16ddp in the words of savage has a chance to prove himself inside the steel cage that is if diamond
00:21:23dallas page accepts that challenge it's going to be a physical matchup you can better believe and you
00:21:29know that fit finley is still smarting based on what happened last night we saw the stills from
00:21:34the great american bash and of course fans will be talking here the course of this about the
00:21:39encore presentation of the great american bash and how you can see it all this week on request
00:21:45viewer's choice and direct ticket with direct tv
00:21:50if you saw it people in new york are telling finley what they think of him last night it's sort of
00:21:55strange we've seen finley in the past several weeks defending that world's television title
00:22:00and we've always talked about how focused he is how he's able to not let the crowd reaction affect him
00:22:06good feeling he's got that he's hanging on for dear life here but benoit well there's one way to
00:22:14counter it well i'm not sure how the wcw executive committee is looking at this but when i look at fit
00:22:20finley and chris benoit squaring off i almost have to consider this a number one contenders match for
00:22:25that world's tv title that is now around the waist of booker t that's very wise of you mike side headlock
00:22:33take over now by fit finley and charles robinson is the referee well fans last night the great
00:22:38american bash in baltimore another sellout crowd for wcw and they were pumped and ready and booker t
00:22:45and benoit really in the opening match set the tone for what would come down and we're going to go back
00:22:50to the great american bash many times burning question is we tried to to speculate who sting will
00:22:55choose as his tag team partner to go on and be world tag team chance but make no mistake about it
00:23:02nwo wolfpack they own the world tag team championship right now we hate to jump to
00:23:07conclusions but on the surface it would look like sting probably is going to take the total
00:23:12lex luger you think back to their long-term friendship the fact that luger has been put
00:23:17in charge of recruiting for the wolf pack and was so successful in bringing sting into that
00:23:21organization it seems like the perfect fit sometimes things aren't what they seem
00:23:26fit finley who's content with driving chris benoit down and you know i guess fit finley can approach
00:23:34this match in much the same way he approached last night's match chris benoit got the chance to rest
00:23:40about 24 hours but that's the only difference between he and booker t they both wrestled eight
00:23:45grueling matches leading into last night and to tonight so fit finley who had i thought tremendous
00:23:51a masterful strategy plan for last night trying to do the same thing here what he tried to do last
00:23:57night fit finley was let booker t take the opening moments of the match and wear himself down then he
00:24:03went in for the knee but it was the personal the first event for booker t and the never say die
00:24:09attitude that prevailed yeah but you can't wait around forever and i would a guy like ben law look at
00:24:13that movie in on finley and a snap to the lower back and he stayed right on it finley trying to get
00:24:19out of there he knows he's in trouble and ben was right after him and how about that a tilt to a
00:24:25world backbreaker from benoit we haven't seen him unleash that move in quite a long time now out to the
00:24:31floor more of this physical brutal battle that we expected much the same way as booker t
00:24:39benoit man seemingly you could just not you cannot injure we've seen him take some wild blows crazy
00:24:47things moves that normal men would not get up from but he continues to come back and finley's the type
00:24:54of guy who loves it and we talked about it last night finley draws from the pain of his opponent
00:24:59and the boos of the fans one two look at this bone against bone the forearm to the jaw as he made the
00:25:06lateral press that time yeah all the tricks of the trade on how to torch you are in the repertoire
00:25:11fed finley a little too close to the ropes that time but he's all over benoit well finley has
00:25:17certainly turned the momentum of this matchup that short arm clothesline just rocked benoit
00:25:23follows it up with the big scoop and a slam and now sets out with that mid-ring chin lock
00:25:28neutralizing the canadian crippler charles robinson checking in but the crippler does not give up
00:25:33his matter like christopher trying to combat some of that leverage by putting his arms and pushing
00:25:39up here and now he's doing more than just that he's trying to stand out with fit finley on his shoulders
00:25:46the fall away that time rocked the head of fit finley and the lower back to the mat well i'm told
00:25:52now we're gonna have to take a commercial break as always should the match end during the break we'll
00:25:57show you what happened on the replay but if not benoit finley new york nitro nassau and more to come live on tnt
00:26:09we're back and as you can plainly see they are still wrestling here in the ring and it's been
00:26:13fit finley attempting in very successfully here larry to drive benoit right to the match that's been
00:26:18tooth and nail but so far finley's way ahead in the teeth department all over benoit but like you said
00:26:24benoit has had a tough month battling booker t and it's taken its toll on the machine here just
00:26:31the physical battle that we expected between these two and you know that finley deep down inside feels
00:26:36like he has something to prove chance to turn things around after that loss last night at the great
00:26:42american bash when the world tv title was regained by booker t yeah finley here he wants the reputation
00:26:49back he wants the victory he wants to become the number one contender and get back the gold he just
00:26:55wore he may feel he has something to prove but you can take it from all the athletes in wcw he's proved
00:27:01enough they know how tough he is and here comes benoit and when he mounts a comeback is it vicious or what
00:27:09he keeps control though i mean benoit has great endurance he does not get tired finley right there
00:27:16had to take a shortcut only way to put the brakes on chris benoit well one of the things that these
00:27:22two men have in common is locker room respect and we are seeing it in terms of the brutal punishment
00:27:29being dished out by both men in this one-on-one matchup let me give you a clue there's no such
00:27:34thing as locker room respect well okay well that's i can understand there may be a lot of locker room
00:27:40lies being told but forget the respect up on top following benoit to the top rope that time will
00:27:47fence still to come tonight sting will name his tag team partner as they will come out the new world
00:27:54tag team champions who will it be it'll be later on as they'll face booker t the world television champ
00:28:00and his brother stevie ray back together again for the first time in many many months cover one two
00:28:06the macho man said hey i want a cage match i won it against diamond gallus page here tonight and
00:28:12page if you can beat me then you're gonna prove to me that you are red and black material
00:28:20shoulder first into the steel
00:28:24here we go german suplex that's one he's been wrong he does he maintains contact he maintains the grip and a
00:28:31second german suplex released you know that's not a good sign of benoit likes to go in threes and he
00:28:37couldn't hold on for the third one and after that pile driver that tombstone pile driver fit finley
00:28:44suffered only last night those uh german suplexes on the back of the head certainly hurting even more
00:28:50he's shaking under the ropes and runs over him with a lariat
00:28:56hey benoit does not get tired endurance is much more important than power
00:29:03i don't care how strong you are no endurance your power is worth nothing that's why benoit is still
00:29:08walking and he's going to the top benoit motions to the crowd that he's headed to the top possibly
00:29:13for that diving head but look how far finley's out
00:29:16that was too far that time especially as finley rolls out of the way at the last split second
00:29:22benoit contact head first with the canvas i'll tell you what guys finley knew exactly what was going
00:29:27on he lured him into that move and milked it all the way to the end and it was great timing
00:29:34anticipation for finley standing scoop slam now could have been a little bit of luck too sometimes you
00:29:41just look at the right place at the right time finley gets the cover and a two count even drives that
00:29:49kneecap into the eyeball socket does not miss a trick does he every little trick to torture you
00:29:55is in finley's book and look at that just walk right across the midsection of benoit but benoit
00:30:00was ready with the drop kick from behind finley out to the floor finley didn't know what hit him there
00:30:06way behind finley that drop kick that time he goes hit first on the outside as he tries to get
00:30:12back in here comes the crippler now the crippler that had some steam on it that snapped suplex from
00:30:17the outside in from the apron he's back to his feet the first man and stalking fit finley
00:30:23two going out of here from the nassau coliseum knee to the face fit finley defensive movement it was a
00:30:30good one another pick up what's he going to do he's going to roll slam but that knocked the wind
00:30:36out of benoit whatever he had left then was in great shape he could knock the wind out of somebody
00:30:41but they'll get it back quick if they got great endurance that's why finley's got oh wow he switched
00:30:46it around he caught finley off guard he's got him hooked oh does he ever finley tried for the
00:30:52creamstone mile driver benoit reversed it in mid move slapped on the crippler cross face and finley
00:30:59taps out immediately he submits benoit gets the win that caught me off guard imagine how finley
00:31:05feels he didn't even think that was going to come benoit what a slick little move i want to see that
00:31:10one again we are going to see it again and like mike pointed out the mind reader well go ahead but
00:31:16watch this right here benoit likes to do this in a number of three but couldn't hold on for the third
00:31:21one finley hit his head but he still had fight in him here's the second one couldn't keep those hands
00:31:26lock and the fight continues right here look at the snap benoit does not know the meaning of the
00:31:33word tired he's psyching himself out and even though finley thought he had him look at this that's a nice
00:31:39smooth as self moving tied it up bring that leg around hook that arm don't let it get away there you
00:31:45go swing there yank back underneath the chin and finley is tapping oh we're fired up tonight why not
00:31:54it's new york mean gene's back in the ring go ahead gene all right tony i don't mind telling you a lot
00:32:00of action here already tonight on wcw monday nitro we've got a great crowd new york loves world
00:32:06championship wrestling and obviously they love this band chris benoit the crippler by the way chris benoit
00:32:13you have just concluded what's got to be the dream of the dream match series of dream matches with
00:32:20one booker t you came away from that best of seven or best of eight series and out of that you've got
00:32:26to have tremendous respect for the man who now holds the world television title respect respect respect you
00:32:33the crippler needs no business at unsaid or undone saying that booker t i know you're back there watching
00:32:46there's something i want to do to you that i should have done at the beginning of this series
00:32:51i invite you to come out here and face me man to man nose to nose i've got some business to clear up
00:33:04you know i think in all due respect uh mr ben law booker t and you had your go around the opportunity
00:33:11meeting finley a man that you defeated here tonight and i don't mind well tony gentleman
00:33:19he asked for it he's got it now all of a sudden here comes booker t along with brother stevie ray
00:33:26collectively of course they're known as the harlem heat you don't want to rethink this do you chris
00:33:32apparently not
00:33:33check the expression on the face right now booker t gentlemen please let's not get into it here
00:33:44you heard the challenge you want me yeah i am
00:33:53look at this shaking his hand and raising it i didn't expect that in all due respect
00:34:00how about that booker t it's the best thing in the world i got more respect for benoit than i got
00:34:07for any man in this business and i can't say you're the best man i ever been in the ring with benoit
00:34:13booker t you are without a doubt the toughest opponent i've ever faced in my career you are without a doubt
00:34:24one of the wrestlers that i've got the most respect for booker t you ever need anyone to back you up
00:34:35you ever need anyone hey hey wait wait a minute boy wait a minute hey man he got a partner you're
00:34:41looking at his partner right here and you'll know that tonight because we've been eight time tag team
00:34:47champion and tonight you're gonna see booker t and stevie ray do it all over again booker t you ever
00:34:53need a good man in your corner hold on excuse me you ever need a good man in your corner booker t
00:35:02i'm there for you look man i just told you he got a partner and tonight we got a match we don't need
00:35:08you coming out here you know your pips squeak you wouldn't have never lasted 10 seconds with him if you
00:35:14gotta deal what i told him to do but tonight he got a partner i think he said if you ever needed a
00:35:21good man for a partner here i didn't mean to have him excuse me maybe you misunderstood what i said
00:35:29you ever need a man in your corner that you can count on and rely on through thick and thin i'm there for
00:35:36you well apparently hey hey come on get out of here oh what's that all about what's that all about
00:35:48is stevie ray goes berserk on benoit buber t tries to pull him off he pushed away but obviously frustrated
00:35:55that's mongo steve mcmichael steve mcmichael out
00:36:05to help the crippler and booker t holding stevie ray back i haven't seen mongo for months the former all
00:36:13pro out of literally nowhere comes in you think the way to do it get them come on man
00:36:22you're talking about emotions spilling everywhere here we've got it
00:36:26here on nitro and the fans are standing they're into this one as
00:36:30as as mongo buzzes the ear of chris benoit and i tell you passions emotions running very very deep
00:36:43i think it's great to see mongo back out here well it was a mutual admiration society between chris
00:36:50benoit and booker t that didn't last long in terms of stevie ray getting right in the most physical mix
00:36:55been here for nwo red i'm not here for nwo white what i'm here for
00:37:06oh my what does that tell you it's one of the symbols that says it all you don't even have to
00:37:16tell anybody what that means more to come live on monday nitro
00:37:25all right we are back here at wcw monday nitro big night on tnt you heard the challenge
00:37:34earlier on from the macho man randy savage i know he's in the house let's get the response from diamond
00:37:42dallas payne oh yeah
00:37:49alamander cruise cross country tonight you're not kidding
00:37:57was in utah last night for the finals and here he is tonight in new york
00:38:02bang he is in town coming all the way across the country from salt lake city where he attended the
00:38:16finals last night diamond dallas page i'm certain if you didn't hear it cut the music he's saying
00:38:22if you didn't hear it from him personally i'm here to tell you the macho man randy savage challenged you
00:38:28here tonight inside a steel cage
00:38:37it ain't about red and black to me it's about savage from what i hear saying i gotta prove myself to him
00:38:48well i've been proving things to people all my life savage and if these people in here want to see me
00:38:55and you and you in a cage tonight tonight you got it now i don't want to think anybody to think
00:39:07that i'm looking past savage but when i'm done with you savage i'm coming after hollywood scum hogan
00:39:16and dennis the worm rodman
00:39:30see i despise people like you too
00:39:34to me you're both somewhere in between a cockroach and that white stuff that accumulates in the corner
00:39:43in your mouth when you're really really thirsty so while i was out on my trip i got myself a partner
00:39:56and the buzz on the street is a lot of people know who he is but in case you don't know
00:40:02i'll give you a clue he's gonna help me deliver the the diamond cutter boy that's an inside track that
00:40:13we're going to be talking about tony larry mike gentlemen back to you wow all right he has accepted
00:40:20the challenge for the cage match has won diamond at dallas page and he has said yes i will get in the cage
00:40:27tonight tonight here against the macho man randy savage how about that as he goes out in the crowd
00:40:35here one ddp diamond at dallas page up to the task and tonight here on nitro live there will be a cage
00:40:45match all right we need to show you and talk about exactly what diamond dallas page is referring to when
00:40:52he talks about hollywood hogan and dennis the worm rodman what happened last week at the end of nitro
00:40:58larry well you can see why diamond dallas despises them it was because of the attack that rodman and
00:41:04hollywood hogan did on diamond dallas page hitting him from behind with chairs that's the fear they have
00:41:11they do not want opposition in the form of the diamond cutter here's what happened
00:41:16i can't believe i'm gonna do this
00:41:25there's nothing more important
00:41:46well i was way too close to that one week ago and fans we need to address
00:41:56a rumor that you may have heard during the past week or so as you know last night if you watch the
00:42:03finals between chicago and utah there's been rumors that the mailman carl malone would don the tights
00:42:09and become a part of wcw and wrestle for wcw very very soon we even heard last night bob costas
00:42:17make reference to that rumor as we sit here right now we cannot confirm that as we said but we do
00:42:22understand mike that later on tonight some major announcements going to be made here live on wcw
00:42:28monday nitro whether that has an impact on what we've just seen and talked about we don't know but we
00:42:33really can't confirm that rumor right now tony there has been rampant speculation in both the
00:42:37electronic as well as the print media about carl malone and wcw we have no confirmation at this
00:42:43point we do understand there is a major announcement yet to come tonight that will affect the sports
00:42:49world stay tuned as we keep on plugging right along with uh late breaking announcements big matches and a
00:42:56whole lot more we understand the nitro girls out here with us as well here on wcw monday
00:43:02nitro and yet there's going to be a cage match and it's going to be tonight between ddp and the
00:43:07macho man randy savage we'll let you know that next week nitro will be in jacksonville florida at
00:43:13the jacksonville conosseum tickets at the box office and all ticket masters that's next monday june 22nd
00:43:19in two weeks ice palace we're going to be in tampa florida for wcw monday nitro that's monday
00:43:25june 29 tickets at the ice palace box office at ticketmaster and then what well may be
00:43:31the biggest nitro ever at the georgia dome on monday july 6th at the georgia dome in atlanta monday
00:43:39nitro tickets to the box office and all ticketmaster locations
00:43:46look at the move out there mike
00:43:48nitro girls rocking the big apple larry oh there's the smoothest of them all acj
00:43:56we'll be back live on monday nitro
00:44:08all right america we are back in action we are back in uniondale long island new york at the nassau county
00:44:14coliseum first time in a long time so many memories for me in this great building as a matter of fact i was
00:44:21here and watched a lot of hockey about 10 years ago when the islanders were playing
00:44:27some great great hockey what kind of a reception there another gentleman i spent a lot of time in
00:44:32this building is now the acting commissioner of world championship wrestling new york welcome back
00:44:42rowdy ronnie piper
00:44:48a rousing standing all for the rowdy one roddy piper
00:44:54oakland talking about the the great hockey tradition of the islanders four straight years winning the
00:45:00stanley cup 80 through 83 and uh as the fans enjoy the islanders they also enjoy and love wcw
00:45:10offense as piper makes his way in the ring we still don't know who stinks tag team piper will be
00:45:16who will be one half of the world tag team champ we'll hopefully answer that but let's go to gene right
00:45:21now all right what can i say but roddy welcome back to the big apple start spreading the news
00:45:28nitro's nitro's hot god bless frank sinatra
00:45:38you know i heard savage i want to tell you i come here as a commissioner tonight
00:45:47i heard what that lunatic's got to say i want you to know something savage i also lived in new york and
00:45:54fought here when i was here the statue of liberty was wearing a kilt when i was here
00:46:06i'm tough enough i'm tough enough to make rush limbaugh lose weight and put howard stern on the disney
00:46:15channel you want to play with me that was a very interesting scenario savage has got trouble with the
00:46:29black and red with diamond dallas page
00:46:42i'm gonna make you give me a chance i'm gonna make you real happy
00:46:47now savage you basket case you're the only guy as crazy as i am and i gotta respect that but you say
00:47:00that you won't let diamond dallas page into the red and black until he proves himself red and black black
00:47:09black and white new world order my name's roddy piper my life is a new world disorder my colors are black and blue
00:47:21you give me a chance give me a chance give me a chance you want to play you want a cage match
00:47:32nassau deserves it tonight we got a cage whoa it is official commissioner
00:47:40that ain't all i got people in this building here
00:47:44deserting it like rats off a ship mean gene and you know why because i can't find a referee that'll get
00:47:53in that cage with you you lunatic savage no ref but you know something may i i'm not doing a damn thing
00:48:06so i will referee the match holy smokes brody you gotta be killed grandma bring the refrigerator
00:48:17into the living room and get set to sweat with that i think it can pop a call cool one tonight
00:48:24because we have got action still to come tony i can't believe it it's gonna be the macho man randy
00:48:30savage diamond dallas page in a cage right here on tnt back to you and rowdy
00:48:36roddy piper has agreed to be the referee that in itself makes for nitro an explosion that we're
00:48:45going to have later on here live for the nassau county coliseum well the music of nwo nwo hollywood
00:48:53makes its way out and we are looking for the first time in a long time that tono attends on here mike today
00:48:59the nwo's international presence is represented by two of the top wrestlers ever to come out of the
00:49:06orient masahiro chono he's on the left of your screen on the right hiroyoshi tenzan both men
00:49:14bringing to the ring the iwgp world tag team championship belt you know you can see the
00:49:20influence the new world order has had all the way over to japan but that's the colors of black and white
00:49:27team hollywood does the red and black have they infiltrated the international rank we'll let you
00:49:34know fans if you want to watch the great american bash once again you saw last night or want to see
00:49:39the replay it is available on request to your choice of this network and direct tv with direct ticket
00:49:45tomorrow wednesday and thursday of this week so keep that in mind if you want to see it one more time
00:49:52maybe videotape it maybe watch it again maybe you didn't get a chance to see it because of a work
00:49:57schedule you can watch the great american bash you're going to be you're going to be entertained
00:50:01from some of the really we talked about it mike some of the hardest hitting action from opening bell
00:50:06to ending bell that we'd seen in a long time certainly was coney and how many times last night
00:50:11did we turn to each other and say during the course of the broadcast we've never seen that before right
00:50:17many many firsts you'll want to catch the replay of the great american back all right fans this young
00:50:23team of high voltage they have had their share of great wins over the past four or five months
00:50:28but to come in here here in new york and face the iwgp champions the nwo and get a win would
00:50:35certainly be the biggest win for them but you're seeing right now what these japanese stars are made
00:50:40of they are on the offense from the opening bell the opposition to chono intends on provided by high
00:50:46voltage rage and chaos and these two young men certainly opened up the eyes of the wcw executive
00:50:52committee earlier this year when they had a very successful tour of japan so they're no strangers
00:50:59to chono and tenzan and vice versa yeah no stranger but still maybe no match i don't know i know chono
00:51:05this guy is a tough man he knows how to make you suffer he he thrives on hurting people tenzan
00:51:13just a bull of a man too i mean whoa he ran through they've got to keep moving these guys have got to
00:51:19be the sharpest tag team unit they ever have to beat chono and tenzan here well that's one way to upset
00:51:25the double team tactics of chono and tenzan high voltage is going to try and turn it around now that's
00:51:31rage belly to belly overhead suplex release on hiroyoshi tenzan and chono and tenzan hit the floor
00:51:39all right there just cutting cutting it off right there they're gonna try to confuse high voltage take
00:51:47advantage of the lack of experience here and slow them down these guys high voltage they love to get
00:51:53psyched up almost to the point of maybe getting too psyched up you've got to think good factor larry
00:52:00absolutely no comparison between these two teams when it comes to experience huge edge for chono and
00:52:07tenzan against the youngsters high voltage doing a lot of posting and that's a big mistake i'm told
00:52:12once again that we do have to break away for a timeout here commercial timeout tape machines and rolling
00:52:18fans will show you what happened if it ends during the break if not back with his tag team bout live
00:52:24on nitro nitro continues from the nassau coliseum in long island uniondale and uh right now this young
00:52:32duo starting to get the advantage here it's been a give and take matchup back and forth right now high
00:52:39voltage and the person of rage has the edge over tenzan goes to the chin lock well that's exactly what
00:52:45they have to control their rage they can't lose emotional control over this they got a good situation
00:52:51should be back a little farther in their own corner got to keep good ring positioning with tenzan and chono
00:52:57and a lot of things went down last night of course goldberg's uh win streak uh remains intact
00:53:04unblemished mark not only that we saw kurt hennick go from the red and the black to the white in the
00:53:10black in one fell swoop last night one two we'll be talking more about that during the course of this
00:53:15program that shocked us all got me what sure did is team hollywood fortified the ranks last night at the
00:53:23great american bash and goldberg reached a milestone he did reach a milestone and we talked last night
00:53:31the fact that uh his mother was in surgery last night uh had a broken hip and was at the hospital
00:53:38and goldberg fans is back with his mom here tonight and that's why goldberg the u.s champ is not with us
00:53:45here live on wcw monday nitro
00:53:55back to the attack once again
00:54:01well we want to wish her the best we do understand that she didn't want her son really to come
00:54:05she wanted him to come and wrestle here tonight and not be with her but uh certainly moms prevail
00:54:11end of the attack once again see right here you make a mistake leave an opening and right there
00:54:19chono tens on they're going to take over and right there chono had great ring positioning reached out
00:54:24tagged tens on all these little things that the high voltage maybe don't see but they all add up to
00:54:30victory oh wait a minute he's got a nice one there in the arm look at chono's right there part of the
00:54:34experience as we saw of high voltage we saw rage drop down with the arm bar but now all four men in the
00:54:40battle and it is a battle here fans there you see chaos on the outside with chono
00:54:49massive larry at that time left-handed larry at meanwhile rage in the ring with tens on
00:54:57could become a win for high voltage here they're looking okay but they gotta depend on each other
00:55:03gotta make some tags they go turn around tag in well if this does become a win for high voltage
00:55:09it would be the biggest one of their young careers no question about that well everybody has their big
00:55:15one one day or the other you just can never give up into the ropes foot found its mark that time by
00:55:22tens on great exchange and masa hero chono a man who not only is a many time tag team champ but a world
00:55:30heavyweight champion he's own right many times he decks rage goes after chaos now and you can see that when
00:55:36this japanese team gets it going they are methodical they can really take you apart but the brute strength
00:55:42here trying to prevail for high voltage well he blocked it a few times lacing that leg tenzan saw it
00:55:50tried to stop it ray just shoved him but the referee's got to take him out hold him up great move that time by
00:55:58chaos but uh chono trying to shake it off he's standing back up puts him in here comes rage great
00:56:07double t move that time this is what they got to do they've got to work as a unit they've got to just
00:56:11keep tagging in and out the advantage that high voltage has in this matchup is power and strength
00:56:18and that's what they've used here to turn this thing around now power and strength won't beat
00:56:25the mental game this could though he's setting him up chaos is in the corner look at this
00:56:32look at this double guillotine leg drop delivered to the back of the head of tenzan
00:56:38while he was being held in the boston crab by rage
00:56:43they're going far and up on top
00:56:46up hit his own partner that time
00:56:51mistakes you can't make against these two guys
00:56:59into the corner here comes the double team by the iwgp champs
00:57:04tenzan sent in kick to the midsection
00:57:10big russian leg sweep tenzan climbs the turnbuckles here he loves to deliver that headbutt
00:57:17there it is off the top and a cover by cheno this one is not over yet he kicked away
00:57:24hey they're fighting for their lives they want this reputation right here and what a blow against
00:57:30the black and white at the new world order beat and mafia kick of his putting that
00:57:34and that's all chono got him in japan they call that the yakuza kick and masa chono he just
00:57:42flattened chaos that led to the easy three count nwo japan what's it called in japan the yakuza kick
00:57:51over here it's called take a snooze nwo japan represented by this duo tanzan and chono
00:57:59can you say it's nwo hollywood slash japan as if you win one flag the explosion means we are done with
00:58:07an hour actually done with an hour plus we're going to go on to uh the remainder of our number two here
00:58:13on wcw monday nitro and of course as we await tonight's gigantic cage match where the macho
00:58:19man randy savage and ddp will collide at the steel cage here in the ring of the nassau coliseum
00:58:24with rowdy roddy piper the special referee we also wait and wonder about sting's partner we understand
00:58:31we're going to see sting here in a few moments but who's his partner going to be we've asked that
00:58:35question many many times the logical choice will be lex luger but you know how the wolf pack works
00:58:40they work in mysterious ways larry well i don't know how the wolf packs works that's why we're
00:58:45going to find out what sting does if it was me i would go with the man i trusted the most obviously
00:58:50that's lex luger but sometimes the obvious is not the smartest thing to do all right mike get your
00:58:56comments in a moment let's take you back now to last night great american bash sting to the giant
00:59:00winner will get both tag team belts and it was a fight shockingly enough the giant came to the ring
00:59:05with a cigarette in his mouth and uh what a cigarette in his mouth and sting came out in a hurry
00:59:10and it was a physical matchup sting hit the giant literally with everything and i tell you
00:59:16the giant went for a big choke slam later in the match but sting not only got him in a scorpion death
00:59:22drop once twice but had to come up on the top rope with the third one to prevail and sting goes on as
00:59:30one of the world tag team champions nwo wolfpack donning the red and the black who will his partner
00:59:38be well you may find out right now unmistakable the theme song for nwo wolfpack iron mike did i tell you
00:59:49if you go back and you analyze what we saw last night the giant powered out of the scorpion death block the
00:59:55giant came away from one scorpion death drop from two sting put the third one on him from the top
01:00:01rope and then finally got the big man down it was a was a quite a physical matchup and there was a
01:00:07survivor in that match and it was sting well it certainly was a battle last night at the great
01:00:11american bash and the third time was the charm for sting that third scorpion death drop which he used with a
01:00:19little help from the ropes on his way to the victory over the giant and we're expecting some
01:00:25kind of word from sting tonight about who is going to be his tag team partner who's going to be one
01:00:31half of the world tag team champions all signs would point to that man the total package lex luger
01:00:38we hate to jump to conclusions we're going to await confirmation from the stinger
01:00:41we're going to see a hole at the sign there nash could be anybody it's just this will be the moment
01:00:50of truth many questions and a lot of speculation but the one truism here is that the wolfpack
01:00:57have the gold the red
01:01:01the black big sexy he's got the stick
01:01:09he might winds up in a body bag
01:01:14well luger cut it out there don't see it stings
01:01:20surely we talked about kurt hennick jumping ship last night becoming the white and the black
01:01:24long island new york
01:01:41wolfpack in the high
01:01:43wolfpack
01:01:50yo let me speak on this
01:01:59yo long island and the wolfpack we bowdy bowdy and rowdy rowdy
01:02:08you know
01:02:15life is full of ironies
01:02:20how ironic
01:02:22that the last member to join the wolfpack would be the first one to bring home some gold
01:02:31so without any further ado
01:02:43long island and the nation
01:02:46we welcome to you the man called
01:02:50sting
01:02:53oh yeah what an ovation for the world of tag team champ
01:03:04sting has found guys when he stepped over to the nw wolfpack i think and i think he proved it when i
01:03:11interviewed him in the ring a week ago in detroit that he has found the fire
01:03:16that drove sting to be the major superstar he always was well if nothing else his smile is certainly
01:03:22back isn't it yes it is hey he hung up all by himself all alone in the rafters so long i think sting
01:03:28finally found a home
01:03:33there's the gold
01:03:47so what's it going to be here
01:03:49decision time i would think
01:03:55well i'm all ears
01:03:58probably flowered ears anyway
01:04:05pick me sting wow this
01:04:09is a red and black crowd if i've ever seen one
01:04:19that was a wolfpack reception thank you very much new york
01:04:29now as far as my tag team partner goes
01:04:37big sexy kevin nash the giant killer now that right there is credentials
01:04:49total package he's had every belt known to mankind that is your credentials
01:05:01k-dog now this is for real comes from some of the toughest barrios in cali
01:05:07champion from mexico that's credentials
01:05:13i mean i can't lose with any choice that i could possibly make tonight you'll find out what choice
01:05:25i'll make later tonight around match time and the only other thing i can say is any choice i do make
01:05:32you're gonna wait and see fans you're gonna make that choice when they walk to the ring later on
01:05:46tonight against booker t and stevie ray we know it's smart thinking they're not showing their hand
01:05:52before the match let's booker t and stevie ray wonder what they have to do
01:05:57back from nash on the coliseum live on nitro
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