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00:00:00We're coming right back.
00:00:06And I understand that we're going to call him back, but when you find out something, let us know.
00:00:10Fans, I'm sorry. We're still trying to check on Ric Flair.
00:00:15And he is on his way to the hospital.
00:00:21Once again, trainer Danny Young said that as we take a look at some of the fans, of course the Nitro girls are out.
00:00:28And Danny Young, our trainer, says he left here with some tightness in his chest.
00:00:34His arm was going numb.
00:00:36Don't want to speculate on what that could mean.
00:00:38It could be an injury.
00:00:39It could be something a lot more.
00:00:41He was very animated and very intense as he's been the last couple of weeks.
00:00:46So we'll just keep it at that.
00:00:49It's taking a little bit of wind out of our sails as far as being able to call the excitement.
00:00:55But let's, as announcers, gentlemen, try to forge ahead here and let you know as the gorgeous Nitro girls are out.
00:01:03And we go from Beauty to the Beast.
00:01:06Could I see that move one more time from the Nitro girls?
00:01:10I guess maybe I'll watch the replay.
00:01:12Speaking of the Beast, Bobby the Brain Heenan, as we were alluding to, has made his way out.
00:01:16You must be talking about Bam Bam Bigelow.
00:01:19You're not talking about me, Mr. Cervantes.
00:01:20I'm talking about Bam Bam and I'm talking about you.
00:01:23Bam Bam Bigelow.
00:01:25Big Sexy Kevin Nash.
00:01:26And Goldberg.
00:01:28Later on in this program.
00:01:30Later on here tonight in our triangle match.
00:01:33That is our feature bout here.
00:01:35And also lost in all this excitement of what's going down.
00:01:39The uncertainty of Ric Flair.
00:01:42The emotion that obviously we're going through right now.
00:01:47The fact that, and I apologize, but we have on this list here, we've overlooked it.
00:01:53You ready for this?
00:01:54DDP and Bret the Hitman Hart in a return bout to the U.S. fight.
00:01:57Wow.
00:01:58How about that?
00:01:58That's still to come tonight.
00:01:59That's still to come tonight.
00:02:01Scott Hall, who was unmercifully beaten by Bam Bam Bigelow when he walked in the arena.
00:02:05Now, Scott Hall has a match here later on tonight.
00:02:10He'll be here in action.
00:02:11And as we said, and certainly our job as announcers is to bring you the excitement,
00:02:18to inform you that Starrcade is on its way, to talk about it, to promote it.
00:02:24But I'm going to tell you right now, as a friend of Ric Flair, that to me,
00:02:27that's all going to pale in comparison of my job to bring you the condition on Ric Flair
00:02:32that I will attempt to do.
00:02:34I'm talking to people during the commercial break in the back.
00:02:37Anybody that has any information I have demanded come to us immediately, we need to know.
00:02:41I need to know.
00:02:42I was standing in the back when the ambulance pulled up, and I didn't know what was going on.
00:02:46I was peeking.
00:02:46I mean, I was looking into a dressing room area there, and all of a sudden I saw the ambulance
00:02:50and the doctors and the technicians run by, and I didn't know it was Flair.
00:02:55But when he came back, you should have seen the look on Aaron Anderson's face.
00:02:58It's just a very difficult situation when all we really have to go on is the shortness
00:03:03of breath, and wild chest pains that the Nature Boy Ric Flair was experiencing.
00:03:08Again, that we really can't speculate any further than that, and we'll have to wait for an update.
00:03:12Well, let's take up all the things that Flair's had to endure at the hands of Fishoff.
00:03:16The loss of income, the endless hours with lawyers, the legal fees, obviously.
00:03:23Who's the man?
00:03:24That would go into any finance you would have away.
00:03:26And then how about this?
00:03:27This man, Barry Windham, his close friend, and one of the first, not really the first
00:03:34of the four horsemen, but one of the first ones after that.
00:03:37It wasn't too far after the horsemen were formed.
00:03:40That was when Barry Windham became a member.
00:03:42Closeness of Windham's father, Blackjack Mulligan and Ric Flair over the years, and
00:03:46that's certainly as stressful as that can be.
00:03:50You can understand why Ric Flair, in many ways, would be in the midst of a high-stress
00:03:58environment, trying to turn up a notch like we've never seen.
00:04:02Well, you know, Turner, he's been that way since when was it, April?
00:04:04He's always been a high-tech athlete.
00:04:06I mean, since April when he was let go and all that trouble with his son and everything,
00:04:11the way Bischoff has talked about him and insulted the man.
00:04:14And you can just see the stress working out of him.
00:04:17You can see in his eyes.
00:04:19Well, I don't think there's any question, as Windham shows us, that he is not.
00:04:24I'm doing it!
00:04:25In his short absence, he's been away from pro wrestling, and WCW has not lost a bit.
00:04:29Barry Windham is still through and through one of the finest wrestlers, performers in our sport.
00:04:35And Emery Hale, who has given us a good showing here on this program in the past,
00:04:40and on Thunder, certainly is suffering at the hands of Barry Windham right now.
00:04:46But as you get closer, and you anticipate as an athlete, one of your biggest nights,
00:04:52obviously, the pressure mounts even more.
00:04:54Ric Flair has been through the biggest matches of anyone.
00:04:59He has faced Hollywood Hogan, he has been the headliner of many big events,
00:05:03sellout crowds from the Egg Dome in Tokyo, and to many Starcade events.
00:05:09But I think in his mind, all of those world title bouts, all of those big events,
00:05:14paled in comparison to personally what he had in store for Eric Bischoff.
00:05:19And I say had, I'm not writing this match off, but I'm saying has in store in his mind for Eric Bischoff.
00:05:25My goodness, what a massive superplex that was, and that was awesome.
00:05:30And notice how he floated over, that's an athlete.
00:05:33That was the key, beautifully executed off the top rope by Barry Windham, the superplex.
00:05:37But then that float over, that one fluid motion that leads to the pinfall win.
00:05:42Hopefully another update on Ric Flair and more.
00:05:50Welcome back, fans, to WCW Monday Nitro.
00:05:53A couple of issues to bring up, January 11th, Monday, January 11th, WCW Monday Nitro will
00:05:59originate from Knoxville, Tennessee, the Thompson Bowling Arena.
00:06:02Get your tickets to the box office and all Ticketmaster locations.
00:06:05This coming Thursday, Charlotte, North Carolina for Thunder.
00:06:09Live from the Independence Arena, tickets to the box office and Ticketmaster.
00:06:12And then we're gonna be in Indianapolis for WCW's Thunder after the first of the year.
00:06:18That's the Market Square Arena, tickets to the box office and all Ticketmaster locations.
00:06:24And that's in Indianapolis.
00:06:26And I'll have that date in a moment, it was not on the sheet provided to me.
00:06:3021st of January.
00:06:31By also promotion.
00:06:3221st of January?
00:06:33Yep.
00:06:34Thank you very much.
00:06:35And that is, I gotta do it all.
00:06:38Well, you sure do.
00:06:41That is Thunder on TBS.
00:06:44It'll be live this coming Thursday from Charlotte, North Carolina.
00:06:47It's, again, an update to come, hopefully any time, the condition, and I'm obviously concerned.
00:06:56Actually, to be honest, we're pretty much speechless about Ric Flair.
00:07:02But as Terry Satter comes out to face Norman Smiley, we wanna let you know that we have
00:07:07for you what we anticipate to be one of the most explosive main events ever in the history
00:07:13of Monday Nitro.
00:07:14Goldberg, Bam Bam Bigelow, and Kevin Nash in a triangle match, all three men.
00:07:19Michael, we were discussing what Terry Taylor of the Championship Committee said in the back
00:07:23about no run-ins, no outside appearance.
00:07:26And we take it to mean that security's gonna let them go at it, right?
00:07:30Well, Tony, if you think back to last Monday in Houston, Goldberg went before the WCW Executive
00:07:36Committee.
00:07:37He spent hours in the afternoon lobbying and, bottom line, just demanding a shot at Bam Bam
00:07:42Bigelow.
00:07:43They gave him that match last Monday, but Kevin Nash guaranteed that it wouldn't go down,
00:07:47that he would get involved.
00:07:49There was problems.
00:07:50The three of them hit the ring.
00:07:51Security was there, pulled them apart.
00:07:53We never got to see the match.
00:07:55Well, the way that I hear it, the way that I understand this, with no run-ins, Terry Taylor
00:08:00said while he was making the match, I think they're gonna do everything within their power
00:08:02to let these three guys go at it tonight, and let's keep security away from the ring.
00:08:07Let's get it settled.
00:08:09That's the only way to do it.
00:08:10Let them go at it.
00:08:11Ring the bell and stand back.
00:08:13That's what the wrestlers want.
00:08:15That's what we'd love to see, and that's what the fans want, want too.
00:08:18But you can understand security get involved last week because it was scheduled.
00:08:22And they were just attempting to get Kevin Nash away and let this match happen.
00:08:30Well, it went completely out of control last week.
00:08:32But this week, once again, the out of control atmosphere is gonna go in the ring
00:08:37with all three men this time in a triangle match coming up later tonight
00:08:42here on Monday Nitro Live from Tampa.
00:08:44You're wrong, Tony.
00:08:45It's not going to be a triangle match.
00:08:47It's gonna be like an alley fight.
00:08:49There's gonna be three big guys going at each other using anything they can.
00:08:53Sure.
00:08:54That's what it's gonna be.
00:08:55It's gonna be one great, like a rumble.
00:08:57It's gonna be a three-way war is what it's gonna be.
00:08:59Yeah, yeah, like a blackboard jungle.
00:09:02It's gonna be great.
00:09:07Saturn, certainly a man who to say he's had problems with Sonny Ohno
00:09:12and the catalyst Miller would be an understatement.
00:09:16He's a very proud man, and certainly, here's a cover,
00:09:20for him to have his shoulders pinned by Sonny Ohno
00:09:25and what was a farce, as we have seen in the past,
00:09:29certainly bothers Saturn to the point to where Saturn has picked up the intensity,
00:09:32the anger, understandably so.
00:09:34Had a pretty tough match here against a fine submission wrestler in Norman Smiley,
00:09:38but Saturn just muscled him down to the mat.
00:09:41Norman Smiley runs over Saturn with a right-handed lariat.
00:09:45Smiley, who is in the midst of a kind of a hot streak of his own,
00:09:49who has had some wins on the Thunder on WCW Saturday night,
00:09:53and a win here against Saturn would even move Norman closer up near the top of the rankings, guys.
00:09:59It's interesting, both of these men have so
00:10:02many different styles that they can bring to the ring.
00:10:05They can beat you in so many different fashions,
00:10:07and we've talked about that with Perry Saturn,
00:10:09almost from the start of his WCW career.
00:10:12In terms of Norman Smiley,
00:10:13we've really seen that evolve over the course of the past couple of weeks.
00:10:17I think the Mad Dog's coming out in this man right now.
00:10:20I believe you're right.
00:10:21He is shivering, and he just almost frothing at the mouth,
00:10:25and he just mad at us.
00:10:27Norman Smiley in the corner, Saturn has snapped.
00:10:31It won't be long before he's frothing.
00:10:33Stomping on the Smiley,
00:10:36not listening all as swinging wildly.
00:10:38I have to ask you to please keep your hands off of me.
00:10:43Good move by Charles Robinson,
00:10:47and that was controlled anger that time from Perry Saturn.
00:10:53Saturn's on the borderline.
00:10:54He's about ready to lose it.
00:10:56And understandably so.
00:10:57Look at this.
00:10:58Oh!
00:10:59That was like a chicken wing pickup that time
00:11:01into over-the-top suplex.
00:11:04D-D-D.
00:11:05Maybe so.
00:11:06Arms up in the air.
00:11:07That's the signal of Mike today.
00:11:09Yeah, but all of a sudden, Norman Smiley
00:11:11rolls out to the floor.
00:11:12Both men out here on the arena floor.
00:11:15He just warned our official Charles Robinson,
00:11:19but I'm thinking back to last Monday
00:11:21when he took referee Scott Dickinson,
00:11:23put him up on his shoulders,
00:11:24and caught him in that Death Valley driver.
00:11:26Yeah, a little bit more straight from center,
00:11:30but that time, Norman Smiley won a body slam.
00:11:35Smiley is just a powerful athlete.
00:11:39And he can dance.
00:11:41Come on, you need it.
00:11:44On the knee.
00:11:47Norman Smiley has him waist lock and pick up.
00:11:54What a move.
00:11:56Come on, Norman.
00:11:58I don't have to tell you who that is.
00:12:04That's the cat.
00:12:05The cat and Fernando and the appearance of the cat.
00:12:09Look what's happened now to Saturn.
00:12:13He's snapped.
00:12:14He's gone ballistic.
00:12:15The time.
00:12:17Norman backpedaled and inadvertently hit the referee.
00:12:21Charles Robinson goes down in a heap.
00:12:23And look at the cat sneaking from behind.
00:12:26He picks up Norman for that DVD.
00:12:29Right in the face.
00:12:32Kicked him in the face.
00:12:34Scott Dickinson has come out.
00:12:36Scott Dickinson wants to.
00:12:38What a fast count.
00:12:40Not only that, Dickinson saw the cat kick Saturn in the face.
00:12:46That's what we just talked about.
00:12:48That's what we just talked about.
00:12:49Sure.
00:12:50What happened last week.
00:12:51That's a personal vendetta from Scott Dickinson.
00:12:55Payback on Saturn.
00:12:56He should not let that happen.
00:12:58He should not let personal feelings come into that.
00:13:00He's your friend Mike today.
00:13:02And I tell you this right now.
00:13:03That needs to be studied.
00:13:04Tell him Tony.
00:13:05Tell him.
00:13:06A referee to come in and make a fast count and run like a coward.
00:13:09Tell him Tony.
00:13:10Equally as much a coward is the cat who Saturn needs to get in the ring one-on-one.
00:13:17It's our 1-800 collect replay.
00:13:19Take it away, brain.
00:13:20Well, get a load of this.
00:13:21The Mad Dog snaps.
00:13:22Knocks Sonny Ono down.
00:13:23The cat's up there in his best duds.
00:13:25He gets knocked down.
00:13:26Referee takes one out of the blue.
00:13:29Norman doesn't know where he's at.
00:13:31Saturn gets him in a penny predicament.
00:13:33Right in the middle of the ring.
00:13:35Cat sneaking around.
00:13:38Just waiting for the opportune moment.
00:13:40Look at this kick.
00:13:41Right to the face of Saturn.
00:13:43He goes down.
00:13:45Smiley disappears.
00:13:47Smiley's still in there.
00:13:48The cat disappears.
00:13:49He's hanging on the outside a bit.
00:13:51Referee Scott Dickens jumps in for the one, two, three count.
00:13:54Took him one second to count to three.
00:13:56There's your winner.
00:13:58Norman.
00:13:59Smiley.
00:14:00And what do you mean my friend Scott Dickens?
00:14:02Don't try and put this guilt by association thing on me.
00:14:05He is your friend.
00:14:06He needs to be fined.
00:14:07We need to review this.
00:14:08This is absurd.
00:14:09Tell him Tony.
00:14:10Absolutely absurd.
00:14:11We'll take that from the mic.
00:14:12We'll be back.
00:14:13You tell.
00:14:14Absurd.
00:14:15All right.
00:14:16We have a capacity crowd on hand.
00:14:19We are in the shank of the evening at this time.
00:14:22I just happen to be back in the locker room area.
00:14:25And this gentleman requested some more television time this week.
00:14:29Please join us as we welcome United States Heavyweight Champion, Rip the Hitman Hart.
00:14:41Understandably, unmercilous moves from the fans.
00:14:46All right.
00:14:47I've been given a bit of information we need to pass along to you for starting Ric Flair.
00:14:52WCW officials right now on the phone with the hospital.
00:14:56So information forthcoming.
00:14:59We should know something pretty soon maybe.
00:15:00Yep.
00:15:01All right.
00:15:02Uh, Bret Hart, before we talk about some things that you and I need to discuss.
00:15:19We saw earlier on this crowd actually silenced by what happened to the Nature Boy, Ric Flair.
00:15:26And you as a champion, you have been virtually all of your life.
00:15:30I'm very curious what your thoughts are on what happened to Ric Flair here tonight.
00:15:34You know, they're dropping like flies around here, Gene.
00:15:37You know, it kind of reminds me of myself.
00:15:40All these guys I wiped out.
00:15:42Look at Randy Savage and you look at Sting somewhere in some convalescent home somewhere.
00:15:47You got Booker T coming back from an injury.
00:15:50I'm the one that put him out.
00:15:52I crippled and made more wrestlers than anybody.
00:15:55And then look at me, injured.
00:16:00Look at the bad wheel.
00:16:02I got a pulled groin of the lice you people have never seen before.
00:16:06But you don't see me hiding anywhere back in the dressing room, trembling,
00:16:11biting my nails, cuz I don't need to.
00:16:14I am the United States Heavyweight Champion for a third time.
00:16:19I am the best there is, the best there was, and the best that there ever will be.
00:16:29And I am plain and simply the greatest of all time, whether you people like it or not.
00:16:35So I wanna say one small thing, cuz I don't want you people to think that I'm not fair.
00:16:43Cuz I am fair.
00:16:45And I am a true champion.
00:16:48And as much as it takes for me to suck up all that courage and come out here one more time,
00:16:55I'm gonna put the United States Heavyweight Championship on the line as beat up and injured as I am right now.
00:17:05So Dallas Page, I know you're back there hiding somewhere.
00:17:10Hold on guys.
00:17:11Under a table or something, maybe hiding behind Kimberly's skirt.
00:17:14Just come out here and you can have a shot at the United States Heavyweight Championship belt.
00:17:20There's the challenge to Diamond Dallas Page, I can't believe this gentleman.
00:17:25He actually said, come on out, he'll give him a shot at the title tonight, even though you're injured.
00:17:30I'm injured, but you know what? He's afraid.
00:17:33Here's Wade Boggs, he played injured.
00:17:36Wait a minute, you may have spoken too soon.
00:17:39This is it.
00:17:40This is it.
00:17:41I'm not gonna be a nice guy this time, Chief.
00:17:43I'm gonna take somebody's butt for the last time.
00:17:47Oh!
00:17:49Oh!
00:17:50It was all a setup.
00:17:52An underhanded, Bret Hart, NWO type, black and white type, underhanded, good for nothing, low-life setup.
00:18:02It's another Bret Hart swerve is all it is.
00:18:05What's he gonna do now?
00:18:08Oh no!
00:18:10Gentlemen, look out.
00:18:12Just stand up and be ready to run.
00:18:15The giant is ripping off.
00:18:17Look out!
00:18:18He's dismantling the sack!
00:18:20You're gonna have to bring the dogs out now.
00:18:24My God.
00:18:30No, no, no, no.
00:18:35No, he can't take this.
00:18:36Out on the steel.
00:18:37No man can take-
00:18:39God!
00:18:40My God!
00:18:41My God!
00:18:42My God!
00:18:43No!
00:18:44No!
00:18:45No!
00:18:46No!
00:18:47No!
00:18:48You better bring that ambulance back.
00:18:53My God.
00:18:55My God.
00:18:59It doesn't matter if you're a security or a medical person or not.
00:19:02Somebody would have been rearing in there right now.
00:19:04Tony, look at the smirk on the face of Bret the Hitman Hart.
00:19:07And help out Paige.
00:19:08What the heck with him?
00:19:09He's a jerk from day one.
00:19:12And as Hart walks out.
00:19:24This is sick.
00:19:25This is sick.
00:19:26This is sick.
00:19:27This is sick business room.
00:19:28We're gonna show some of that again, I understand.
00:19:33I guess we need to.
00:19:38Here it is again.
00:19:43Look how high he's got him up.
00:19:45That is a landing.
00:19:46That is a, that's two by four supporting plywood that I know is a half inch.
00:19:53Look at this angle.
00:19:55Over a quarter of an inch thick.
00:19:56Look at that elevation.
00:19:57Over eight feet in the air.
00:19:59And he hit on his side.
00:20:00He just chokeslammed him right through the stage.
00:20:03And there's not only wood and lumber under there.
00:20:07There's wires, there's metal bars, there's rigging.
00:20:10They have pulled the man up and Paige can barely, come on back.
00:20:21I can't see what's going on in so many people.
00:20:27There's Wade Box, third baseman of the Devil Rays and a future Hall of Famer in baseball.
00:20:37Mike Allstock, Tampa Bay fullback is here as well.
00:20:41There's Mike.
00:20:42NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back.
00:20:44It's just like last week in Houston with Roger Clemens.
00:20:47This week in Tampa.
00:20:48Where else would you want to be besides Nitro?
00:20:52That's Monday Bullringer.
00:20:54Humdinger.
00:20:55In St. Louis.
00:20:57Here's Jackie Wright.
00:20:58Here we go.
00:20:59With our number three of Monday Nitro.
00:21:03It's been an emotional roller coaster tonight.
00:21:09More like the wild mouth.
00:21:11We're gonna go back, I understand, and show you again what happened a minute ago.
00:21:19In the face of all that's gone down, Rich Flair is sent to the hospital with a three-man full apart.
00:21:24Triangle match being made for later on tonight.
00:21:27We're not done yet.
00:21:28No, it's gonna be Bam Bam and Nash.
00:21:31Look at this.
00:21:32This happened moments ago.
00:21:34You know, it takes about 20 guys to put that together.
00:21:37Yes, it does.
00:21:38And only one man or only one giant to tear it apart.
00:21:42What we thought was gonna be a U.S. title match.
00:21:45Page just helpless.
00:21:49Look at this.
00:21:50Oh, my.
00:21:51Oh, that's so horrible to watch.
00:21:54Well, we better find out the condition of Dallas Page also.
00:22:00He's been a man who has certainly wrestled with injuries throughout his career, but-
00:22:07He's got more now.
00:22:08Yeah, there's gonna become a time in every man's career where there'll be that one injury
00:22:13that you can't come back from.
00:22:15Eventually, they're all going to come together one time.
00:22:20He's gonna be one massive pain.
00:22:22Snowman's been beating around like this man has.
00:22:25He's gotta come back to get him someday.
00:22:27Hold on, something is going on.
00:22:30Now we're gonna send a cameraman back.
00:22:31You see him sprinting back right now.
00:22:33That's our Steadicam.
00:22:34Hurry up, hurry up.
00:22:35Going back.
00:22:36What's going on?
00:22:37Let's see if we can find out.
00:22:39In the darkness back there.
00:22:41Here you go, man.
00:22:42Nash says I'm in, baby.
00:22:44Woo!
00:22:45You know, man, you're soft.
00:22:46You know nothing about the hard knock.
00:22:47Take care of him, boys.
00:22:48Man, homeboy wants to get in my face.
00:22:51It's a disco inferno again.
00:22:53Once again, lobbying to become a member of the Wolfpack.
00:22:57Always brings up Kevin Nash's name.
00:22:59Says that Kevin Nash wants him to join the NWO Red and Black.
00:23:02And so far, Conan has no idea what he's talking about.
00:23:06Now here comes K-Dawg.
00:23:09K-Dawg is out to his left.
00:23:11Restless Distrata, former principal member of his coach,
00:23:14Cardamorland team.
00:23:15He's showing up, man.
00:23:16I remember him.
00:23:18Back in the minor leagues many years ago.
00:23:20Fine baseball player.
00:23:21And an all-star sack name from the 10 of 8 bucks to his left.
00:23:25To your right.
00:23:26That TD.
00:23:27Aha, not to.
00:23:28Aha, not to.
00:23:29That's who it is.
00:23:30Good pronunciation there, Mike.
00:23:32They're coming out here with Conan, the world television champion.
00:23:35Week 35.
00:23:36Yeah, Tampa.
00:23:37You never know who's gonna show up on this show.
00:23:40You know?
00:23:41First, I gotta give some props to some of my Bahamian peoples.
00:23:46Roberto Duran over here.
00:23:48Chiri Ohana too.
00:23:50Tampa Bay Bucks.
00:23:52Oresa de Asterde from the Ozone.
00:23:55And yo, yo, let me speak on this.
00:23:57Orale!
00:23:58Orale!
00:23:59Arriba la raza!
00:24:01Arriba la raza!
00:24:02Arriba la raza!
00:24:03You know the black and white be talking about that for life.
00:24:05But who's back?
00:24:06Somos unos, batos locos, forever.
00:24:10But more poorly than all that, we body-bottied it.
00:24:14We body-bottied it!
00:24:16Aw, yeah.
00:24:18Conan has become, even before he became the television stamp,
00:24:24quite a sensation.
00:24:26Once again, we told you, and I wanna talk about this right now, and then hopefully we'll get the announcement here.
00:24:33WCW officials were just getting off the phone with the hospital here in Tampa.
00:24:41And we're gonna have an update on Ric Flair's condition at any moment now.
00:24:46Stevie Ray brings Booker T on the-
00:24:48I just need you to watch my back with that punk rock that dude.
00:24:51Punk rock down down here, and I need you to watch my back, guys.
00:24:56And I'm gonna show you how to do it.
00:25:00Can you do that?
00:25:01He's gonna do it.
00:25:06He's gonna watch his brother's back, and that's what being a brother's all about.
00:25:11I guess, in the face of all this adversity, where Stevie Ray has literally caused Booker T some matches.
00:25:18Caused him to lose some matches.
00:25:20Booker T has agreed to come in here and have his brother's back.
00:25:23His brother, a member of the NWO, black and white.
00:25:26Stevie Ray has a chance to become television champion to face Conan here on Monday Nitro.
00:25:32Booker T accompanies him to the ring.
00:25:36Stevie Ray said, watch my back.
00:25:38Guys, I'm not sure, just judging from the body language of Booker T coming out to the ring,
00:25:42I'm not sure he has his heart in this.
00:25:44Thought he's going to do it.
00:25:45Yeah.
00:25:46And there he is at ringside is Stevie Ray.
00:25:48I guess Stevie, there's a couple of reasons.
00:25:51Obviously, he wants him to watch his back, but he wants to show his younger brother how it's done, right?
00:25:56Is that the design here?
00:25:59Stevie Ray thinks that his brother's gone soft.
00:26:03He wants his brother to be like they were when they were kids growing up in the streets.
00:26:06That's baloney brain.
00:26:07Well, that's what he wants.
00:26:08That's the impression I get.
00:26:09He wants him to be tougher.
00:26:11He wants him to be like his big brother.
00:26:13I don't know if he's got that in him.
00:26:15They both approach their craft, their profession in different ways.
00:26:20Well, Conan approaches it in one way, straight on.
00:26:25K-Dawg.
00:26:26Just full speed ahead.
00:26:28And that ignites the fans here at the ice.
00:26:31Oh, yeah.
00:26:32Down goes Stevie Ray.
00:26:34He's rowdy rowdy.
00:26:37Snap, there's him over.
00:26:41Seated drop kick from K-Dawg.
00:26:44Wow.
00:26:49Shut up, you son.
00:26:51There's Wade Dawg.
00:26:53He'll be on the DL if you miss with him.
00:26:57Probably get traded.
00:27:02Back in goes Stevie Ray.
00:27:04Kind of hard to bet with no arms.
00:27:06Shut up.
00:27:07And hit the ropes.
00:27:08Down goes K-Dawg and Stevie Ray kicked him off of the far side.
00:27:14Oops.
00:27:15Scoop slammed him down.
00:27:16Vince, 13 days out from Stark.
00:27:1913 days out from Stark, Abe.
00:27:21And we've got Nash Goldberg and Bam Bam in a triangle match tonight.
00:27:27Holy smokes.
00:27:28Can you believe that one?
00:27:29It's gonna be a war.
00:27:30War, yes it is.
00:27:32War's an easy word for that.
00:27:34You know how big these guys are going at each other?
00:27:37They don't care.
00:27:39They're just gonna tear each other apart.
00:27:42No interference as well.
00:27:43You're gonna have the match tonight.
00:27:46Here in this program.
00:27:47Back kick.
00:27:48Stevie Ray caught him.
00:27:49Nicely done by the big guy.
00:27:50And Conan's face, mouth, his nose met the knee of Stevie Ray that time.
00:27:57And once again, a little lesson going down to Booker T here.
00:28:00Yeah, again, he's having contact with Booker T.
00:28:04High contact as well as verbally telling him that this is the way to do it.
00:28:08Yeah, well, you know.
00:28:09Hey, Mike.
00:28:10Uh-oh.
00:28:11You and I never wrestled.
00:28:12I don't wanna even pretend I know anything.
00:28:13I'm gonna show you.
00:28:14Five deep points like this.
00:28:17See this?
00:28:18Look, man.
00:28:19What?
00:28:20One two three is too fast.
00:28:21One two three is too fast.
00:28:22What?
00:28:23What you doing?
00:28:24Three, one, two, three.
00:28:25I don't need this.
00:28:29Said he didn't need that slap jack.
00:28:32Well, I think Booker T was right.
00:28:34If you can beat the man, Penny.
00:28:36Ducking.
00:28:40K-Dog.
00:28:41Hit first.
00:28:42You can't waste any time with K-Dog.
00:28:44One, two, three.
00:28:46He got him.
00:28:47Big time.
00:28:48Conan retains the television belt with a win here on Nitro over Stevie Ray.
00:28:57As always, Monday night, there's a star-studded gala.
00:29:01There's Mr. George Steinbrenner, owner of the Yankees, and Warren Sapp,
00:29:05one of the premier defensive linemen in the NFL of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
00:29:10From George's own private box, Bobby the Brain.
00:29:13Well, George, a good friend of mine, owner of the world champion, New York Yankees.
00:29:17Yes, the most dominant team in the history of baseball this past year with 125 wins.
00:29:22Never looked back after going 0-3 in the West Coast for the beginning of the year.
00:29:27And you never let us forget that, did you, Tony?
00:29:29You knew.
00:29:30Not for a minute.
00:29:31Well, the boss is up in the luxury box.
00:29:33But our boss is right in front of us.
00:29:35You're not kidding.
00:29:36Here comes the boss on the way to the ring.
00:29:38This is the only boss that matters right now.
00:29:40Yeah, but I knew we were gonna get an announcement about Flair.
00:29:47What's this about?
00:29:53What's this about?
00:30:16Hmm.
00:30:17Can I just have your attention, please?
00:30:33Earlier tonight, we do what we do to entertain fans around the world.
00:31:00And different people that I talk to in the course of my business ask me about how real our business is and how real what they see is.
00:31:15And we talk a lot about injuries and we talk a lot about situations.
00:31:20And sometimes it's a little difficult to explain.
00:31:25But injuries are real and sometimes they're serious.
00:31:31And Ric Flair, who has been in this business a long time and who has done more in so many ways in this industry than perhaps even I have given him credit for in and out of the ring.
00:31:53Suffered what appears to be we hope a mild heart attack.
00:32:02What?
00:32:03And I just want to say to the friends, particularly to the family of Ric Flair, that I'm sorry.
00:32:14I ask for your forgiveness and for the forgiveness of the fans of Ric Flair around the country.
00:32:39Ric Flair does deserve a tremendous amount of credit and respect.
00:33:00I am profoundly sorry for any pain that I've caused to Ric Flair's family.
00:33:10And hopefully I'll get a chance to look your children in the eye and apologize.
00:33:20To look your beautiful wife Beth in the eye and say I'm sorry.
00:33:27And hopefully we'll see you back in action again, doing what you do so well.
00:33:35Well, ladies and gentlemen, it cooled down a little bit in the sunshine state today, but I don't mind telling you it is heated up here on Nitro in Tampa, Florida tonight in front of a capacity crowd.
00:33:58Would you please join me as we welcome to this coast to coast television program, ladies and gentlemen, one of the all time greats Booker P.
00:34:23All right, Booker T, I don't know how I can put this, I guess, discreetly or diplomatically correct.
00:34:35But you take a look at what happened earlier on.
00:34:37I'm very curious, where is Booker T coming from these days?
00:34:42What's going through your head?
00:34:43You know, Gene, that's very important.
00:34:45But the first thing I want to say, I was sitting in the back watching the monitor early.
00:34:49And the first thing I want to say is Ric Flair, my prayers go out to you and your family.
00:34:54I hope you get well real soon and return back to World Championship Wrestling.
00:34:58Now, these fans like that, Booker T. But what about you and your brother?
00:35:03You know, as far as my brother go, you know, when I was hurt, I went down from a knee injury.
00:35:08He made his choice.
00:35:09His choice was to join the NWO black and white.
00:35:12That's all good.
00:35:13If he want to do that, go ahead and do it, bro.
00:35:16But I'm going to do my thing.
00:35:18Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, just a second.
00:35:20Hey, man, let me tell you something.
00:35:21Since you're out here preaching about prayers, you better start praying them for yourself.
00:35:26Do you understand where I'm coming from?
00:35:29You don't get it.
00:35:31These stupid people don't give a darn about you.
00:35:35The people in the North Tower, they don't give a darn about you.
00:35:41That's what we talked about before we ever got to WCW.
00:35:47We made promises to ourselves.
00:35:50Did you forget them?
00:35:51Yeah, you made one to me, too, and you wouldn't join the NWO.
00:35:55I joined the NWO because you made me join the NWO.
00:36:00You say that.
00:36:01If it wasn't for you, we'd still be the best tag team this sport has ever seen,
00:36:08regardless what people like Mike Tenet and Tony Schiafone preach to these idiotic imbeciles
00:36:15that watch television every Monday night.
00:36:18Wait a minute.
00:36:19You have offended a lot of people here tonight.
00:36:21I don't care.
00:36:22Look at me, man.
00:36:25You're looking at the person that when you used to come home from the store with a bottle of milk and the guys jump you.
00:36:32I'm the guy that took care of them.
00:36:34I'm the guy that got you in this business.
00:36:37I'm the guy that's got you all the cars you got, that big house you got.
00:36:41I'm the guy.
00:36:42And you forgot about that.
00:36:45Harlem Heat was right here.
00:36:48And you know that.
00:36:50We made every punk in his business shake in his boots when we came out and these people know it.
00:36:56But no, you wanna work for people like this and stuff like this.
00:37:03Take a look at this.
00:37:07That's where you need to be.
00:37:10Are you kidding me?
00:37:15Booker T, what do you make of your brother here tonight?
00:37:19I don't know, man.
00:37:27Tony Schiavone, back to you.
00:37:28Thanks, thanks, Gina.
00:37:29This has been an unbelievable night.
00:37:31Fans, something is going on backstage again.
00:37:36I had no idea what we're going to, but we're going.
00:37:39What's this?
00:37:40Inside and see my son, Scott.
00:37:43Scott here?
00:37:44Raven, he goes by Raven, I need to see my son now.
00:37:47You're a pass.
00:37:48I don't have a pass.
00:37:49I need to get inside now and see my son.
00:37:51Look, I did not warm up my Learjet and fly all the way here.
00:37:54No problem.
00:37:55She's saying this is Raven's mom.
00:37:58Raven's mom.
00:37:59Yes, it's Raven's mom.
00:38:02It's Raven's mom.
00:38:03What do you want?
00:38:04I have to see Raven.
00:38:05I have to see Raven.
00:38:06He's not even here.
00:38:07He's not here.
00:38:08I'll take her.
00:38:09I'll take her.
00:38:10Go take her.
00:38:12It's gonna cost you $50, though.
00:38:14I need to look.
00:38:15Because I am not paying you to take me to see my son.
00:38:18Now, come on, take me to him.
00:38:20Where is he?
00:38:21Where is he?
00:38:22Where is he?
00:38:23Where is he?
00:38:24Chris, why did you call me?
00:38:26Why did you call me?
00:38:27I can't take you.
00:38:29I count on you.
00:38:30I count on you.
00:38:32Raven's mom has shown up.
00:38:35What's next?
00:38:36I don't know.
00:38:37We'll be back.
00:38:39This is Nitro.
00:38:41To say that we are drained is a gross understatement.
00:38:47And it's, we've had a chance for it to sink in.
00:38:52A few segments ago, Eric Bischoff came out and announced that Ric Flair had suffered a mild heart attack from the reports that we have.
00:38:59And it seems to be doing okay, I guess.
00:39:02And fans, we're gonna obviously have more on this.
00:39:08I don't know tonight, but obviously Thunder.
00:39:12We'll just, all of our hotlines, I guess.
00:39:15Just think about this Thursday's Thunder.
00:39:17It's in Charlotte.
00:39:18Charlotte, North Carolina, Ric Flair's hometown of all things.
00:39:21Well, it's, it's, it's just, it's like someone kicking you in the midsection is what it is.
00:39:27Just taking the wind.
00:39:28And I guess if I want to be an optimist and say that there's good news was it was mild.
00:39:32And to have Eric Bischoff walk out and do what he did is.
00:39:37It shows you that there's a lot that goes on in this sport.
00:39:46Yeah, I know.
00:39:47You can say what you want to about the things that go on in this sport.
00:39:50But when it comes right down to it, we're all humans.
00:39:59Okay.
00:40:02I, I'm being told something as I'm speaking that, yes, it doesn't seem to be a mild or hard attack.
00:40:07And we're not sure, we haven't had an official word on that.
00:40:10But, you know, Eric was very definitely shaken up.
00:40:13He's the boss.
00:40:14Obviously, if a, of a call of this magnitude would come in to us, he would be the one to take it.
00:40:20Regardless of the, the, I guess, the matchup that he was going to have with Flair.
00:40:25There's no way he can have that.
00:40:27I mean, I, I don't know.
00:40:30There's just, there's no way, there's really no way you would, we, we can try and make conclusions, jump to conclusions on this.
00:40:38We're just going to have to see how it plays out.
00:40:40Stunning.
00:40:41We have had a lot of bizarre things happen here and in this program and through the course of the years.
00:40:47But nothing like this.
00:40:48Nothing like this.
00:40:49I knew Ric Flair before he started when he was training to become a wrestler.
00:40:53Yeah.
00:40:54I said to myself, this guy's going to be good.
00:40:56I didn't know how good.
00:40:57I don't like to hear news like this.
00:40:59Well, Ric Flair's the one that started me.
00:41:02All right, but I know Ric Flair would want me as an announcer, wants us as announcers to get into this, to call this.
00:41:10It's our sport that we love, that he taught us to love, taught me to love, and so we're gonna do it.
00:41:18And we see Scott Hall here against Horace Hogan.
00:41:22I wanna let you know that still to come, we're gonna pick up the intensity level.
00:41:26We're gonna pick up the excitement.
00:41:28We're gonna get right down into this thing in a triangle match featuring Bam Bam Bigelow,
00:41:34world champion Goldberg and Kevin Nash, that is imminent.
00:41:38That is coming up here on this program.
00:41:40Stay with us.
00:41:42What a vicious clothesline by Horace to Scott Hall.
00:41:46And guys, I'm amazed to see Scott Hall and the condition that he's in after that brutal altercation that he had earlier this evening
00:41:54back in the locker room area with Bam Bam Bigelow.
00:41:57You know, Scott Hall is a very, very tough individual.
00:42:01We talked so much about the emotional strain that he went through in his life,
00:42:06and it led to obviously some problems in the ring.
00:42:12But when you cut right down to it, Mike, and you too, Brain, Scott Hall truly is tough.
00:42:17And I can see Scott Hall enduring the blows from Bam Bam Bigelow and still coming back in the ring like he did.
00:42:23He's a tough guy.
00:42:24Whoa!
00:42:25And he went airborne that time.
00:42:27Oh, but the top down to the floor.
00:42:29Now, we've seen him come back from some awfully difficult situations in the ring, out of the ring.
00:42:35Tonight, no exception for Scott Hall.
00:42:37Well, he's just one tough guy.
00:42:39He always has been that way since he started in this sport.
00:42:42Very, very—oh!
00:42:44Oh, my goodness!
00:42:45What a move by Horace!
00:42:47I mean, you can believe that kind of a suicide dive coming from one of the Luchadores or one of the Cruiserweights, but from Horace?
00:42:57Big, big man, Horace.
00:42:59Horace!
00:43:00Horace!
00:43:01Hogan's nephew.
00:43:02And a very, very talented individual as well, obviously.
00:43:05He's getting better all the time.
00:43:06Yes, he is.
00:43:07Obviously, very confident in what he can do as far as flying from the outside.
00:43:12I guess if you get whacked and hit by your uncle causing 11 stitches, what's jumping through the ropes to the floor, huh?
00:43:18Good point.
00:43:19But what this has done now, that combined with a throw over the top, has given Horace Hogan here the advantage.
00:43:26The dominant advantage here in this matchup.
00:43:29Really showing when the referee looks in.
00:43:31It's gonna be literally uncontrollable, you can better believe, when Bigelow, Nash, and Goldberg go at it later on in our triangle main event here tonight, live on TNT.
00:43:46A massive backbreaker that time.
00:43:55Cover, one, two.
00:43:57I wonder what the condition is on DDP after the Giant dismantled the steel stager and picked him up in the air and threw him about 15, 20 feet down through the stage.
00:44:07I wanna give a lot of credit to our stagehands here, our extras, our grips who were right there on the spot.
00:44:13Immediately.
00:44:14And pulled him out of there because, well, a good point, Mike, that a lot of electrical wires back into something very serious could happen to DDP.
00:44:20They pulled him out.
00:44:21He couldn't help himself.
00:44:22He couldn't get out of there himself.
00:44:23One, two.
00:44:24And, you know, it's obviously important when you take a serious nasty fall like that, or be thrown like that, that you help someone up very gingerly, making sure that he's okay.
00:44:35But knowing how urgent the situation was with the wires and everything, they had to get him out of there.
00:44:40It was a great job by our extras here, our grips, our stagehands.
00:44:44Well, here's another thing you had to take into consideration.
00:44:46You didn't know if the Giant was gonna jump into that hole.
00:44:49You didn't know what he's gonna do.
00:44:52I don't know.
00:44:53It's like the Giant or Bret Hart, the hit, throw the man and then run.
00:44:57Or pick up one of those big steel letters and throw it right on him, yeah.
00:45:01Man, I'm never gonna forget this night.
00:45:04As long as I live, I'm never gonna forget this night, December 14, 1998.
00:45:12All right.
00:45:17We talk about Scott Hall fighting back from adversity.
00:45:20Yeah, can he fight back from a sleeper, right?
00:45:22Perfect application of the sleeper hold by Horace.
00:45:25Great ring positioning.
00:45:26Has him right in the middle of the ring with the sleeper hold applied.
00:45:29The referee checking to see if there's the possibility of a choke, but no choke.
00:45:34But the beauty about what Horace is doing here, you're right, Mike.
00:45:37He has him in the middle of the ring, but he has him down.
00:45:40See, Hall's a big man.
00:45:41You don't want him standing up.
00:45:42He can get behind you.
00:45:43That's the key for Scott Hall if he can recover enough to get to his feet,
00:45:46just like this.
00:45:47Here he comes.
00:45:49Look at that man fight.
00:45:51My goodness, what a catch.
00:45:53What a move it was by Scott Hall.
00:45:56He cannot even roll over to try to get a cover, but he had the presence,
00:46:00the ability to just fight out of a sleeper hold and send Horace crashing back of the head first to the center of the ring.
00:46:08I don't know if either are gonna get up.
00:46:14Referee puts in the count, he's at what, seven now?
00:46:18Roll over it, and Horace won't harm.
00:46:20No.
00:46:21No, couldn't get him down.
00:46:22Couldn't keep him down.
00:46:23Another good presence of mind by Scott Hall.
00:46:25One of the many things that has made Scott Hall one of the sensational performers.
00:46:30Well, it's been a stiff right hand, and you can see it right now.
00:46:33But also his ability, his ring presence, always knowing where the match is, where he is.
00:46:39It's one of the things that's made him a phenomenal tag team wrestler as well.
00:46:42And the fans are behind Scott Hall.
00:46:44Scott Hall on the attack.
00:46:46Pick up.
00:46:47Could be.
00:46:48It is.
00:46:49High by Horace.
00:46:50Strength.
00:46:51300 pounds in the fall away slam, overhead.
00:46:54Guess what?
00:46:56That's it.
00:47:01Maybe not.
00:47:02Maybe not.
00:47:03NWO has arrived.
00:47:05The black and the white.
00:47:06Ryan Adams.
00:47:07Hall better get out of there.
00:47:09Vincent, Stevie Ray.
00:47:10Too late.
00:47:11The big Scott Norton.
00:47:12Four men pounding on one.
00:47:15Remember the NWO black and white, and Scott Steiner have talked about taking this man out.
00:47:22Scott Hall, and they've turned the troops loose on him.
00:47:24That's been Big Papa Pum's first order of business since taking over.
00:47:28What's this?
00:47:29The Disco Inferno?
00:47:31The Wolfpack wannabe?
00:47:33They'll tear him apart.
00:47:34Where'd he get that shirt?
00:47:35That's Scott Norton.
00:47:37Oh!
00:47:39Oh, my goodness.
00:47:41Well, so much for Disco Inferno, and give the man credit.
00:47:46He ran right in there trying to help out, but it did no good.
00:47:50Credit, but no great.
00:47:52Mark, we gotta go to a break.
00:47:53Oh, let's, please someone help out.
00:47:55I wanna remind you, the pay-per-view spectacular following Starcade in January will be sold out.
00:48:02This year, the event will originate from Northwest Virginia's Civic Center Coliseum.
00:48:06Sunday, January 17th.
00:48:08Tickets, Civic for Box Office and Ticketmaster.
00:48:11And the following Christmas on Tuesday, Tuesday, December 29th, we're back at the Nassau Coliseum, Long Island, Uniondale, New York, with a big event.
00:48:19It's called a health show.
00:48:20No TV, but all the top stars will be there.
00:48:23On Tuesday, December 29th, tickets to the Nassau Coliseum Box Office and Ticketmaster.
00:48:27The following day, the First Union Spectrum, we're gonna be in Philadelphia, Wednesday, December 30th.
00:48:33Tickets available to the First Union Center box office and all Ticketmaster locations.
00:48:37Far out.
00:48:40Wow.
00:48:41So be sure to get your tickets for the holidays.
00:48:44Wouldn't be a bad idea.
00:48:45That makes a great Christmas present.
00:48:47I know some fans.
00:48:48I know some fans who are gonna go to Washington on the 27th, Baltimore on the 28th for Nitro.
00:48:53We're gonna go on up to Long Island on the 29th, and then back to Philadelphia on the 30th.
00:48:57It's a WCW Grand Slam.
00:48:59This is what you want.
00:49:01Violence is how you get it.
00:49:03The holidays up in the great Northeast.
00:49:06I can't get Ric Flair off my mind.
00:49:08I'm sorry, John.
00:49:09You're right.
00:49:10I'm the kind of guy that likes to make light of everything.
00:49:13Things amuse me in life, whether you like what they do or not.
00:49:16This bothers me.
00:49:17I'm sorry.
00:49:18I wanna echo what Booker T said.
00:49:21I mean, we're gonna, I'm gonna, my whole family, we're gonna be praying for Ric Flair all night, all weekend, all week.
00:49:30And I don't know if, I'm sorry, I don't know what hospital he's in.
00:49:36I don't know if and when he's gonna get to go home.
00:49:41I don't know.
00:49:48Big pop-a-pump.
00:49:50Big pop-a-pump.
00:49:51Big pop-a-pump and Buch Bagel.
00:49:52Van Hammer, the opponent.
00:49:53Big pop-a-pump.
00:49:54Big pop-a-pump.
00:49:55Big pop-a-pump.
00:49:56Here they come to the ring.
00:50:10One thing I want to mention too, obviously there's no official word, but obviously Flair is not going to be able to beat Bishop.
00:50:21Have we heard any word on DDP yet?
00:50:24No, not a thing.
00:50:30And another thing, I guess not really in the same line, but something that took us back was this lady coming to the back and saying that she's Raven's mother.
00:50:40Scottie's mother, she said.
00:50:43Canyon said, Canyon identified her, and obviously we heard from Canyon earlier this evening, he knows a lot about the family background of Raven.
00:50:50You know it, and I got this stuff.
00:50:52He said he was going to take Raven's mother to Raven because Raven had already left the arena for 50 bucks.
00:50:59Look at that.
00:51:03Guess he needed the money.
00:51:06All right, let's get back, let's get back into this time.
00:51:09I mean, it's not easy, I'm sorry.
00:51:13Van Hammer's a big strong guy also.
00:51:16He may give Big Papa Pup a little run here.
00:51:22Who are you trying to fool?
00:51:24With Buff Bagwell on the outside?
00:51:26With this lame-brained referee, he has no chance at all.
00:51:29You're right about that.
00:51:31No chance.
00:51:32I'm not thinking.
00:51:34Yeah, he's big.
00:51:35He has the potential.
00:51:36He has the ability to give Big Papa Pup problems, but he's not under these rules, not under this situation, not at all.
00:51:44Well, Tony, you know no referee with WCW will referee one of his matches.
00:51:48It's a dangerous working environment.
00:51:51This is a three-on-one situation.
00:51:53Bagwell up on the ring apron even before the match started.
00:51:56They've got the referee on their side, Bagwell outside the ring.
00:52:01Cards are stacked in the deck against Van Hammer.
00:52:04Best bet for Van Hammer was to give him instructions.
00:52:07Best thing for Van Hammer was to say, I'm not going to the ring.
00:52:13A complete domination by the leader of the new leader of NWO black and white.
00:52:23And just the strength, the overpowering strength of one Scott Steiner.
00:52:30You know, you can just tell by looking at him.
00:52:32He doesn't know how strong he is.
00:52:33He's pretty good looking, isn't he?
00:52:34No, he's not!
00:52:35Boom!
00:52:39And he's a dangerous individual.
00:52:41Remember a week ago when he attacked the WCW mascot, Wildcat Willie?
00:52:48It's just scary to be around him, isn't it?
00:52:53No doubt about it.
00:52:54I tell you what, the Steiner recliner's on.
00:52:57This one's over.
00:52:58This one was over a long time ago.
00:53:00Not a knock on Van Hammer and his ability, but just the scenario was wrong for him.
00:53:05Now mentally, he was never in it.
00:53:07When you see who the referee is, you see who your opponent is.
00:53:10You see who's circling the ring, it's hard to get into.
00:53:13Scott Steiner is the most dangerous man in pro wrestling.
00:53:17And there's many factors that go into that.
00:53:19He would just as soon come to this set and hit Tanae in the mouth and you in the mouth,
00:53:25Brain, which, why are you giving him thoughts, Tony?
00:53:29Well, it wouldn't always be a bad idea, actually, Brain, when you think about it.
00:53:31But he would hit you in the mouth as soon as anything.
00:53:34He walks here, we're gone.
00:53:36He was gonna beat up Bagwell's mom.
00:53:38Now as you people, look at the greatest body in professional sports.
00:53:44I want you to get on your hands and knees and pay homage to the new leader of the NWO.
00:53:56He loves that title.
00:54:01And by now, everybody at WCW realizes that I was not just coming out here and talking trash.
00:54:14I said the NWO is gonna take on more of my personality, more and more attitude.
00:54:22And every attack on WCW has been for a reason, and it's been calculated.
00:54:34Now I know that the NWO Wolfpack is in the house.
00:54:47And as strong as the NWO black and white is, I'm always looking for an elite athlete.
00:54:55One that can take the NWO into the new millennium and make it greater than it always is.
00:55:03I want to talk to a man who should be wrestling for the world title.
00:55:10I want to talk to the man who should have won World War III.
00:55:16I want to talk to Lex Luger.
00:55:24I don't, what's this about?
00:55:27Come on Lex, this is all about business.
00:55:31There's nothing gonna happen.
00:55:38Luger is a brave man, and we know that.
00:55:42Yeah, I know.
00:55:43I'm stating the obvious here.
00:55:45So what?
00:55:46Look for him to come to the nothing.
00:55:51Luger and Scott Steiner have a long story friendship.
00:55:56That's something I ask you, Lex.
00:55:58It's all business, bro.
00:55:59Come on.
00:56:01For years it was Luger and the Steiner brothers traveling together.
00:56:05Up and up.
00:56:06Inseparable.
00:56:07It's up and up.
00:56:08Nothing's up and up with them.
00:56:13You know, Lex, when I had my neck injury, you were one of the first guys that were at the hospital to see about me.
00:56:20I called you up.
00:56:23I got a lot of training tips from you.
00:56:26And it's because of you that Buff Bagel got back to where he was as fast as he did.
00:56:31What I'm trying to say is, Lex Luger is always giving, but he's never receiving.
00:56:39You know, I've seen that K-Dawg video so many times I could puke.
00:56:50And you know what?
00:56:51I haven't seen your face in it one time.
00:56:54Hey, hey, did K-Dawg ask you to be in his video?
00:57:00Hey, no, no, no.
00:57:01Hear me out, Lex.
00:57:02Hear me out.
00:57:03Let me ask you another question.
00:57:05Did Big Sexy ask you to be in all those commercials about his T-shirt?
00:57:10Huh?
00:57:13And most of all, your best friend, the Stinger, goes out to Cali to be a big movie star and leaves you hanging.
00:57:23Hey, Lex, do you remember who knocked you out of the top rope in World War III?
00:57:32What we do, it was Kevin Nash.
00:57:35Used to have a world title shot, but you haven't got one.
00:57:39Think about it.
00:57:41The bottom line is, Lex, I'm the new king of the world.
00:57:45I know where your career should be at.
00:57:48Do you know where your career should be at?
00:57:50You want title shots?
00:57:52I'll make sure you have title shots, because I know what a great athlete you are.
00:57:59You need to drop the NWO black and red, and you need to think about this.
00:58:04Think about it.
00:58:21So what's it gonna be here?
00:58:24He's thinking.
00:58:27Yeah, by walking away, is he saying no?
00:58:31He's not wearing the shirt.
00:58:33Lex Luger, I'll make you famous, boy.
00:58:35Come on, you need to join us.
00:58:37He's smiling, almost laughing.
00:58:43I don't know if, what does he know?
00:58:45Or what's he thinking?
00:58:46We'll see who the real total package is.
00:58:49The real total package is Lex Luger.
00:58:52Fans, we are back, and wow.
00:58:57The talk is Ric Flair, and that's- And DDP.
00:59:01And DDP, and all that's going on here, and all right.
00:59:05Let's pick it back up here, because this is a unexpected but exciting triangle match that we didn't expect to happen.
00:59:15Bam Bam Bigelow, Goldberg the world champ, and Big Sexy Kevin Nash.
00:59:21One on one on one is what it's gonna be with no interference.
00:59:24You heard what the championship committee said.
00:59:27Here comes Bam Bam.
00:59:28Ladies and gentlemen, this is the main event on WCW Monday Night Show.
00:59:33It is a special triangle match, set for one fall.
00:59:37Introducing first, making his way to the ring, from Asbury Park, New Jersey,
00:59:42the self-proclaimed beast from the east, Bam Bam Bigelow.
00:59:50There's your beast from the east, Shivani.
00:59:52The way it is.
00:59:57Guess we're finally gonna get him to see Bam Bam Bigelow compete in an actual match.
01:00:02Same thing we've seen for the last three weeks.
01:00:04You know, if you think about it, gentlemen, this is a very bad situation for Goldberg.
01:00:08Well, if you think about it, it's not a good situation for either Goldberg or Nash.
01:00:12Yeah, less for Goldberg bringing you right, because he's the world champ.
01:00:15Got more to lose.
01:00:16Got more to lose, but-
01:00:17So this man, he could lose an opportunity.
01:00:19This man could go down, as Wade Boggs gives us that old whoop-pack sign.
01:00:24Big Sexy could go down.
01:00:30He could have something taken out of him heading up to the big event.
01:00:35In under two weeks.
01:00:39This wouldn't make sense.
01:00:40These athletes are so phenomenal.
01:00:42They just put it all on the line.
01:00:44They don't care.
01:00:45They're afraid of nothing.
01:00:46That's why this is the greatest sport in the world.
01:00:48And here comes the man.
01:00:49Here comes the man who's made it so.
01:00:51Ricky Medlock, see that?
01:00:55Leonard Skinner.
01:00:56Lead guitar, right there, rink side, down for Fort Myers.
01:01:00Coming on with Tampa here with us, and he's enjoying the action as well.
01:01:05And oh!
01:01:06The phone!
01:01:07Gilbert's here!
01:01:08What a phenomenal athlete.
01:01:12What a phenomenal athlete.
01:01:17What a phenomenal athlete.
01:01:19What a phenomenal athlete!
01:01:20Oh yeah, that's the champ!
01:01:24Oh yeah, that's the champ, that is the champ, that is the champ, that's the champ.
01:01:51That is the undefeated World Heavyweight Champion.
01:01:55And this man wants him in the ring, doesn't he?
01:01:59Look at that.
01:02:00Doesn't he?
01:02:01And I tell you, to be successful against Goldberg, you gotta really, you gotta wanna get in the ring at him.
01:02:06And I can tell you right now, Kevin Nash, Bam Bam Bigelow all wanting three men.
01:02:13Here we go, turn him loose.
01:02:15Nicky J did a good job to get out of the way.
01:02:21It's a Bam Bam with the first blow.
01:02:24Look at Nash, look at Nash.
01:02:25Look at Nash just sit back and watch Bigelow attack Goldberg.
01:02:28I knew this would happen, this is smart wrestling.
01:02:31That's what he did in World War III.
01:02:33So that's exactly what he, it's a great point Bobby Enoch.
01:02:36And he's doing it here, he's letting him go at it.
01:02:43He rocked Bigelow with a chair, and he took Bigelow down with the boot.
01:02:49And Big Sexy lets the match continue getting the blow in at the right time.
01:02:55The knee from Big Sexy to midsection with force, with power.
01:03:01Sizes the man up for a back elbow that rocked the head of the world champion back.
01:03:06And now, into your picture comes Bigelow.
01:03:08Two on one, and he's trapped in that corner.
01:03:11But he's coming out.
01:03:16He's phenomenal.
01:03:17Look at him fight his way out of the corner.
01:03:20Look at that, a hit by Bigelow, he tried to shake it off but couldn't.
01:03:24There's too much force behind the beach from the east.
01:03:26In the back of the head he goes, he's still fighting back, it's incredible.
01:03:30He's got well over 600 pounds beating on him.
01:03:33Well, he head-butted Bigelow, but then Kevin Nash just poked him in the eyes.
01:03:40He runs right through both men.
01:03:42Oh, yeah.
01:03:43And answers with a double clothesline of his own.
01:03:46He has claimed the ring single-handedly.
01:03:48The man, the champion of the world, Goldberg.
01:03:53Whoa.
01:03:55Nitro's never been better than tonight.
01:03:59This is one for the history books, gentlemen.
01:04:01He's too much.
01:04:02Wow.
01:04:03He's too much.
01:04:04It's like everybody else, everybody else drives a small car and he drives a tank.
01:04:11Listen to the chants.
01:04:13Everybody here in Tampa Bay is standing.
01:04:16Looking Bigelow on the floor now.
01:04:18And they're chanting Goldberg.
01:04:23Good move.
01:04:25Oh, and down goes Goldberg, and Big Sexton got him now.
01:04:28Here you go.
01:04:29One count only.
01:04:31Kevin Nash gonna pick him up.
01:04:35Handle Goldberg.
01:04:37One, two, and Bigelow makes a save.
01:04:41Nobody sitting.
01:04:43Everyone standing here at the ice balance for this.
01:04:46You're not kidding.
01:04:47All the way to the upper deck.
01:04:49A slam by Bigelow.
01:04:50Diving headbutt.
01:04:51One, two.
01:04:54Foot in the back of the head that time.
01:04:58You gotta give all three men credit.
01:05:00They have gone at it 110%, 100 miles an hour.
01:05:05Leg breaker.
01:05:07See how this is better.
01:05:10What happens if Nash's knee is broke?
01:05:12Or his leg?
01:05:13There goes his opportunity.
01:05:14And in the clutches at time,
01:05:17Goldberg could not get away from the headbutt from Bigelow.
01:05:25This is everything we thought it would be.
01:05:28And more.
01:05:29That beast from the east put a shoulder block into Goldberg that,
01:05:34believe it or not, took him off of his feet.
01:05:37But look at Nash.
01:05:38He's favoring that left knee a bit.
01:05:39Goldberg blocks a wide vertical base.
01:05:42He picked him up.
01:05:45He picked him up.
01:05:46He picked him up.
01:05:47Uh-oh, watch this.
01:05:52Bam, bam, went bam, bam.
01:05:54Can he put him in the jackhammer?
01:05:55That's the question.
01:05:56I bet he can.
01:05:57The spear erupted the crowd.
01:06:00He's not gonna get a chance.
01:06:01Not gonna get a chance.
01:06:02The double locks handle.
01:06:04Come on, man.
01:06:06Come on.
01:06:07Come on.
01:06:08Come on.
01:06:09Come on.
01:06:10Goldberg's been fighting for his life since the bell rang.
01:06:17He's not had it easy.
01:06:18I think if there's one man who's not had an easy attempt, Goldberg takes him down and then just mauls him.
01:06:26All three men just fighting with reckless abandon during this match.
01:06:31They've all just turned it loose.
01:06:33And when you think Goldberg's in trouble and looks real, real bad for him, he comes out of it.
01:06:38Thumb to the eye.
01:06:41That's the great equalizer in our sport.
01:06:43The big foot.
01:06:44Nobody hooked.
01:06:45He speared him.
01:06:46He speared Kevin Nash.
01:06:48But Bigelow's had a chance to regain a little bit of composure.
01:06:53Forget about that.
01:06:54His head's in the front row.
01:06:56And what a match that's gonna be.
01:06:58Goldberg and Nash for the title.
01:07:01He's gonna kick Nash up.
01:07:04He's a big, big man.
01:07:05Scott Hall's in.
01:07:06Scott Hall's come in.
01:07:09And hammering away on Goldberg.
01:07:16That signals the bell and the referee's gonna throw it out.
01:07:21But Bigelow is not finished with Scott Hall, something that went on earlier tonight.
01:07:28In the back.
01:07:35Scott Hall sent Bigelow out.
01:07:38He's gonna chase him out.
01:07:40And that leaves, look at these two.
01:07:42Look at them, looking at each other, face to face.
01:07:44Here we go.
01:07:45They're going at it.
01:07:47The same two men who will do it at Star K for the world title.
01:07:51Turn it up. Turn it up.
01:07:52Let's go.
01:07:53Come on.
01:07:54That's what they've done.
01:07:55What a fight.
01:07:56What a battle this has been.
01:07:58In and out of the ring.
01:07:59What a night, and we are out of time.
01:08:02Good night, everybody.
01:08:03Hit him, hit him.
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