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00:00:00One, two, three, NWO's gonna win it.
00:00:09Before we go to the next match, fans,
00:00:11let's go back to this past Thursday on Thunder.
00:00:14Remember Perry Saturn?
00:00:16He's gotta wear a dress in the arena, and he's gotta wrestle with one.
00:00:20And Mike today, there he was in there against Al Green and
00:00:24using the dress to his advantage.
00:00:26There were a lot of people that came to me and said that they were surprised
00:00:29to see Perry Saturn wrestling in this dress.
00:00:33Didn't surprise me in the least.
00:00:34The one thing that we know about Perry Saturn is that he is a man of his words.
00:00:38That was a pre-match stipulation with Chris Jericho, and
00:00:41he's living up to his end of the bargain.
00:00:43All right, Bobby the Brain Heenan has joined us.
00:00:46Saturn's gotta wrestle in the dress.
00:00:48And looked pretty good in that match, didn't it?
00:00:52I mean, as far as wrestling is concerned.
00:00:55You mean his ability in the ring, or you like his-
00:00:57I meant his ability in the ring.
00:01:01You know what I meant.
00:01:02So we're gonna have Perry Saturn come out, and I'm sure he's gonna have this dress on again.
00:01:08As part of that loss that he suffered, it's sold out.
00:01:11And that stipulation, his opponents, Norman Smiley, has turned a lot of heads.
00:01:15Made a lot of headway in our sport.
00:01:19Norman Smiley.
00:01:21How was that again?
00:01:22Norman Smiley.
00:01:23Did you get that, Tony?
00:01:25Norman Smiley will come out here to face Perry Saturn.
00:01:29As it comes out here on Monday Nitro, we do understand.
00:01:46We saw the Nitro Girls.
00:01:48Diamond Dallas Page is not here tonight because of it.
00:01:50We understand that security has been posted outside of the Nitro Girls locker room.
00:01:55Let's listen in.
00:01:59All right.
00:02:01No need to listen in.
00:02:02Just our security officers going over with a look at security here about.
00:02:06And I think it's pretty apparent when he was gesturing towards the arms there that
00:02:12he's talking about Scott Steiner.
00:02:14Notifying security to watch out for Big Papa Pump.
00:02:18I mean, come on, Scott Steiner.
00:02:19You know that the Nitro Girls locker room is off limits.
00:02:22You're not new around here.
00:02:24That goes without saying.
00:02:26Big Papa Pump will go through that security they got watching the door.
00:02:29Like a flamethrower through a pound of butter.
00:02:33Well, nonetheless.
00:02:34Wait a minute.
00:02:39Hey, sweetheart.
00:02:42Smiley.
00:02:43You're not getting jiggy with me.
00:02:45What's that, Brian?
00:02:45I understand it.
00:02:46The longer you wear it dress, the more he's gonna start liking it.
00:02:51And once again, if you notice, he's brawless.
00:02:58Many of those remarks do not need a comment from either me nor Mike today.
00:03:06But there he is, Barry Shatter, trims it all to face Norman Smiley in this next matchup.
00:03:11Uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh.
00:03:13What do you mean, uh-uh, uh-uh?
00:03:14Norman S. Smiley.
00:03:16Yeah, you got it right, Mike.
00:03:20Anything for accuracy?
00:03:21That's you.
00:03:25That's you, Mike.
00:03:26Ditto, ditto.
00:03:29You want me to step out here to let the Liars Club keep on going?
00:03:32Without our president, Tony?
00:03:34Uh-uh.
00:03:38Perry Shatter holds on to Smiley.
00:03:40Into the ropes he goes.
00:03:42Runs right over him.
00:03:43You know, put a dress on him all you want.
00:03:45Make fun of him like you like to do great.
00:03:47You can't deny the ability of one Perry Shatter.
00:03:51Toughest man I've ever seen in a dress.
00:03:52Oh, stop it.
00:03:56Grinding in the side, headlock still to come.
00:03:58We're gonna see Goldberg and Scott Norton.
00:04:02Whoa.
00:04:04Great double underhook that time by Perry Saturn and an overhead release suplex.
00:04:10You can see that Normana Smiley took that one on the back of the head as he came crashing to the mat.
00:04:15Please.
00:04:16But man, he came to us and asked us to pronounce his name correctly.
00:04:20Oh.
00:04:22We're in, never mind.
00:04:25Side headlock applied here by Perry Shatter.
00:04:29Johnny Boone the referee.
00:04:32Smiley trying to, well, trying to pick him up that time.
00:04:35Belly to back suplex and likes to lead on.
00:04:40Say his name as you will.
00:04:42Well, you can't deny that Norman Smiley got it.
00:04:47I think he's got it.
00:04:47Is a fine, technical wrestler, well-schooled in submission wrestling.
00:04:54And that's the interesting part of this matchup.
00:04:56Both of these men known for their submission background.
00:05:00Saturn telegraphing the back body clock.
00:05:02That was the opening that Norman needed.
00:05:06Is it big wiggle time?
00:05:07I think he's winding it up.
00:05:09Not yet, he's teasing us tonight.
00:05:15You two guys are into this big wiggle by Norman Smiley.
00:05:18I like the guy.
00:05:19Isn't everybody?
00:05:20No, I don't think so.
00:05:25There goes Perry Shattern with a double axe handle blow.
00:05:28Only a matter of time, Tony, until you're doing the big wiggle.
00:05:30Yeah, you'll be jumping on the bandwagon any time now, Tony.
00:05:33Yep, ducking low now, leapfrog, nicely done by Saturn, telegraphed into Norman Smiley.
00:05:40Saturn is power slammed by Smiley out of the left side ropes.
00:05:47Here's a cover.
00:05:48Only a two count that time, but now rear chin lock applied.
00:05:54Almost as if that dress is a hindrance to Perry Shattern in this match.
00:05:59If I was with WCW on the board that made decisions, I'd put him on those big burn dance dresses.
00:06:05Back live on Monday Nitro, the sleeper hold is on by Perry Shattern here.
00:06:14And he's got Smiley in trouble, but oh boy, Norman Smiley with a great counter move.
00:06:20And a belly to back out of that sleeper hold by Perry Shattern.
00:06:24That was his last ditch effort.
00:06:25I can see his panties.
00:06:26That's his trunk, you lame brain.
00:06:29When you wear a dress, they're there, okay, whatever.
00:06:32He's trying to get over there is Saturn, but it's Norman Smiley, the first man up.
00:06:41Into the corner he goes.
00:06:44Boy, Norman knows how to attack you, don't you, Mike? Look at that.
00:06:47He knows every little trick in the book, every shortcut, doesn't he?
00:06:49Boy, he's been all over the world.
00:06:51He's wrestled in almost every country.
00:06:53Oh, I like that.
00:06:57That shows a lot of power.
00:06:59The Smiley Slam, now I think he may start wiggling.
00:07:03Well, the fans want to see it.
00:07:05You can hear him respond when Norman looks around here.
00:07:09A double underhook.
00:07:14Picks him up.
00:07:14Boy, he's showing a lot of power.
00:07:17Oh, boy.
00:07:19Put him down.
00:07:20One, two.
00:07:21I tell you, that would have been an upset, guys.
00:07:24A win right there.
00:07:26I know Norman is, uh...
00:07:28He's been on a roll as of late, Tony.
00:07:30He has been on a roll.
00:07:31But, Steve Perry, Saturn, one, two, and Saturn rolled him up.
00:07:34We almost got rolled up right there.
00:07:37Left-hander Larry at that time put Saturn down.
00:07:39As the referee checks in.
00:07:45Fans, as you know, we're getting close to the month of February.
00:07:50It's only a week away now.
00:07:52And that means Super Brawl number nine to another corner.
00:07:55A very determined Ric Flair.
00:07:57One, two.
00:07:58Oh, come on.
00:07:58Who in the front office has been making the right moves.
00:08:01He will try to make the right moves in the ring.
00:08:05As he will face Hollywood Hogan for the world title.
00:08:08Putting himself in that world title bout, though, I tell you, Brandon,
00:08:11it was too much of active passion, determination, of focus of Ric Flair,
00:08:16that it was an act of just trying to get the world title back.
00:08:19You know, that was the last man I managed, Ric Flair.
00:08:21And I knew Ric Flair before he got in this field when he was training in Minnesota.
00:08:25And I know the determination in this man.
00:08:27And don't think he won that title 13 times just because he was that good or that lucky.
00:08:31A lot of both took over there.
00:08:33You don't beat somebody 13 times.
00:08:35Sometimes luck prevails.
00:08:36And I just have that funny feeling.
00:08:38You know when you got it in your stomach, you got the butterflies?
00:08:41I got that feeling that Flair is gonna beat Hogan and become
00:08:45heavyweight champion of the world for the 14th time.
00:08:47Beating Hogan and taking the title will destroy the man.
00:08:51Smiley now.
00:08:52Starts to rev up the engines here.
00:08:55Could be big wiggle time.
00:08:56Yes. There it is.
00:08:58We're going to Wiggle City.
00:09:02We're going to Wiggle City.
00:09:05I know how you feel, Tony.
00:09:06Me too. Okay.
00:09:07Here we go.
00:09:08Send he chattered into the rough.
00:09:10Oh.
00:09:11Great elevation on the back body drop that time.
00:09:13Here's a cover.
00:09:15No chair, only got a two count.
00:09:17Last time I saw a woman fly through the air that high, it was the end of the month sale at Lucky
00:09:20Pierre's.
00:09:21Let me stop it.
00:09:25Now Smiley.
00:09:27Picking him up.
00:09:28Look at this.
00:09:29Another show of strength here.
00:09:32Got him.
00:09:32Great vertical suplex at time.
00:09:35As a matter of fact, textbook vertical suplex.
00:09:37Cover one, two, no, a two count.
00:09:42And Saturn escape.
00:09:45This is a great contest.
00:09:47Norman's getting a little frustrated here.
00:09:49Well, you would be too.
00:09:50Saturn.
00:09:52Look, his eyebrows hanging on.
00:09:54No, that's a, forget it.
00:09:56One, two, no, a two count.
00:09:59Got his forehead tape runner.
00:10:04From an earlier injury.
00:10:06This is just about embarrassment and humiliation to Perry Saturn.
00:10:11The Mad Dog's gonna come out in him right now.
00:10:14That lit a fire under Saturn.
00:10:16You're right, Brain.
00:10:17Better than that red dress.
00:10:18That's a wake up call for Perry Saturn is what that was.
00:10:22Take it to him, Perry.
00:10:26Perry Saturn has rebounded from that.
00:10:30One big wiggle too many meters.
00:10:32With the wrong guy, in the wrong dress.
00:10:36On the wrong night.
00:10:40He tried to cover up that time, but that kick went right through that hand.
00:10:43Maybe he gave his job next year, kicking for the Vikings.
00:10:47Into the side of the head.
00:10:51Into the corner.
00:10:53Perry Saturn.
00:10:56What a comeback this has been.
00:10:58You know, it's almost as if he's using that dress as an incentive.
00:11:02He's trying to turn this negative into a positive.
00:11:04He's doing a good job of it, and that's the case.
00:11:06Oh.
00:11:06Then he ties the knee down along the head of Norman Smiley.
00:11:16Oh, now he's doing the big wiggle.
00:11:18I told you that was gonna catch on, Tony.
00:11:24So is the DVD gonna catch on to the head of Norman Smiley is out.
00:11:32Wait till he goes home and tells everybody, a man in a dress beat me up in Dallas.
00:11:38He doesn't have to tell everybody.
00:11:40Everybody saw it.
00:11:41Millions of fans around the world saw it live on Monday Nitro.
00:11:45And once again, Scott Dickinson, not even really looking at the match.
00:11:54And he was instrumental, as we'll recall, instead of even wearing the dress.
00:11:58Point the finger of blame of that man, Scott Dickinson.
00:12:01In that matchup between Jericho and Perry Saturn, he rolled Perry Saturn over so
00:12:06that Jericho scored the win.
00:12:08And quick count, Scott Dickinson struck again.
00:12:10Well, the man in the red dress looks like he's in a little trouble right here.
00:12:14You would think he is.
00:12:15He gets kicked in the back of the head.
00:12:16I don't think Norman Smiley had any idea where that one was coming from.
00:12:21He's got Norman Smiley up in the air, drops him on his back,
00:12:25goes for the cover.
00:12:27And the man in the red dress gets the one, two, three from Norman Smiley.
00:12:32And I don't think that's Scott Dickinson in the front row.
00:12:35I think that's Dave.
00:12:37That's Lip Sweaterman.
00:12:39Let's go to Gene Okerlund.
00:12:41Well, we're going to find out who it is.
00:12:42I couldn't help but notice on camera the presence of this man,
00:12:46a referee suspended by the great J.J. Dillon when he was reinstated by Ric Flair.
00:12:50One of the very first things that Mr. James Dillon did was to,
00:12:55excuse me, the other young man, suspend Scott Dickinson for 30 days.
00:12:59Some rough officiating, I guess, kind of the general feeling about it.
00:13:03But officials have been under scrutiny this year in basketball, in baseball, in football.
00:13:10And you didn't duck the bullet in this particular case, Scott.
00:13:14No, what, is it okay to me to be here?
00:13:16I have a ticket.
00:13:17I can be here.
00:13:19I'm just kind of curious.
00:13:20What are you doing here?
00:13:21I know you had a busy holiday season, maybe too much stress.
00:13:24You don't look good.
00:13:25Hey, J.J. Dillon, that was a bogus suspension.
00:13:29I got to tell you, that was bogus.
00:13:31I had no due process.
00:13:33I had no appeal.
00:13:35What is the problem with J.J. Dillon?
00:13:36It was a double standard here in world championship.
00:13:38Wait a minute.
00:13:39This is not a court of law, Mr. Dickinson.
00:13:41This is world championship wrestling.
00:13:43And people like Flair and Dillon are going to call the shots on you referees.
00:13:47Dillon just wants to get over with Ric Flair and all the wrestlers.
00:13:50A wrestler does something to a referee, nothing ever happens.
00:13:53Don't you usually wear glasses?
00:13:54When a referee does something to a wrestler, 30 days, just like that.
00:14:0030 days of money out of my pocket.
00:14:02All right.
00:14:0330 days of pay, but justly deserved in the eyes of Mr. Dillon.
00:14:07Well, he's wrong.
00:14:08That was a bogus suspension.
00:14:10I don't know if it was a bogus suspension, but I'll tell you what.
00:14:13Some of the things that have been done to referees like Scott Steiner breaking the leg of Nick
00:14:18Patrick, I'm gonna do you a favor.
00:14:21I'm gonna look into it.
00:14:21I'll talk to Dillon.
00:14:22I'll talk to Flair.
00:14:24There he goes.
00:14:24Apparently, apparently something has snapped on this guy.
00:14:28He's just not right.
00:14:29Tony, back to you.
00:14:30Yeah, tell me about it.
00:14:31Not right, shouldn't even be involved in the match, Gene.
00:14:35I know how he can make some money.
00:14:36He can sell that hat, pick up a quarter, get himself a newspaper, and try to find a job.
00:14:40Herschel Walker, legendary, running back, and not only from the University of Georgia,
00:14:51but in the NFL with us tonight.
00:14:53And he was at ringside when we heard Ric Flair lay down the wall to Bret Hart earlier tonight.
00:14:59Now, let's go to the best there ever was.
00:15:06The best there is, and the best there ever will be.
00:15:11Yeah, you're right.
00:15:13You're right.
00:15:14Woo!
00:15:15I gotta take off my coat on that too.
00:15:18Bret Hart, you think you got the same kind of itinerary that Hogan does.
00:15:25Show up when you wanna show up.
00:15:27Wrestle when you wanna wrestle.
00:15:29Decide who you're gonna wrestle.
00:15:31Wrong!
00:15:33Hitman at Super Brawl.
00:15:35You're defending the world title against someone that world championship wrestling picks.
00:15:43And on top of that, there's a lot of fans right here at Dallas,
00:15:47gonna watch your ass wrestle here tonight.
00:15:50Whoa, against who?
00:15:52Against.
00:15:54Against who?
00:15:55Against Booker T right here.
00:15:59So he's gotta wrestle and defend the US title at Super Brawl.
00:16:07He's gotta wrestle Booker T here tonight.
00:16:10All this and Bret Hart says, hey, I've got a groin injury.
00:16:14I've not been able to perform.
00:16:15And Ric Flair says, bull, get in there and do it.
00:16:18And here we go.
00:16:19Come on, Bret the Hitman Hart has been favoring this groin injury now for,
00:16:24what has it been, three, four, five weeks?
00:16:27I mean, come on, people wrestle with injuries with groin holes.
00:16:30Well, you're right about that, Mike.
00:16:32But then again, you hate to risk re-injuring it and coming back too soon.
00:16:36Only you yourself know how you heal.
00:16:40You gotta give him that.
00:16:41I mean, he is the champion, United States champion.
00:16:46I'm not taking sides.
00:16:47Oh, yes, you are taking sides too.
00:16:49You're taking Bret Hart's side.
00:16:51Because I don't always agree with you, I'm taking somebody's side.
00:16:53I have a right to my opinion, I'm a broadcast journalist.
00:16:56I go by the 14th Amendment on this one.
00:17:00Okay, well, here we go.
00:17:03Don't know what that means, do you?
00:17:05No, I don't care what it means.
00:17:06It means you can say anything you want as long as you're in Texas.
00:17:10You might be right about that one.
00:17:15Nevertheless, this matchup, Goldberg, Scott Norton,
00:17:18and the Horseman and Ric Flair making a six-man challenge.
00:17:23Big drop!
00:17:24Hollywood holding a look back for later on here tonight.
00:17:28Don't touch that clicker.
00:17:30Bad blood between Booker T and Bret the Hitman Hart actually goes back to last year.
00:17:38Remember Bash at the Beach pay-per-view when Bret Hart repeatedly took the leg of Booker T,
00:17:44wrapped it around that steel ring post,
00:17:47sidelined Booker T for several months.
00:17:49Bret Hart called Booker T a loser earlier tonight.
00:17:52I think not former world television champion, seven-time world tag team champion,
00:17:57with revenge on his mind against the Hitman.
00:18:01Well, he's anything but a loser. I think we all know that.
00:18:04And Bret Hart is anything but a loser, too.
00:18:06I think Bret's got the edge on experience.
00:18:14I think Booker T may have the edge on strength and speed,
00:18:17but there's no excuse for experience.
00:18:24Especially in terms of singles competition, when you think about
00:18:27so many years that Booker T was involved in tag team wrestling,
00:18:30Bret has a huge experience edge.
00:18:32You know, a lot of people like to always talk about second generation.
00:18:37As far as I'm concerned, by the time second generation gets around to first generation,
00:18:40tells the second generation what they should do in the ring, they forgot half the stuff.
00:18:44They're better off watching the match themselves than learning from someone that's still in the ring.
00:18:48Let's go, let's go.
00:18:50From some single old man.
00:18:51On the back portion, reading back editions of Wrestling Review.
00:18:57Breaking here with the call of some action into the head of Bret Hart, and Bret Hart goes out of the ring.
00:19:06Boy Bret Hart, what a story.
00:19:13What a turnaround.
00:19:15He's done it all.
00:19:16He really has done it all, and as of late, angered the fans in the process.
00:19:22I can't believe a guy this talented, with this much ability, behind him and all the years
00:19:29he's put in this sport, all the success he's had, has to take this road.
00:19:34It's incredible.
00:19:35You're gonna wrestle my match, I'm gonna set the pace, not you.
00:19:45That's what's going through Bret Hart's mind right now.
00:19:47Well, and you're right about that.
00:19:49Of course I'm right about that.
00:19:52I was wrong once, and I think it was 61.
00:19:57But that was the weatherman's fault, not mine.
00:19:59Booker T sends Bret Hart down with the leverage and power advantage here.
00:20:06All the way down to the mat.
00:20:08No piano playing tonight.
00:20:16Into the other corner now.
00:20:17Boy, Bret Hart one step ahead, Mike.
00:20:20Caught him coming in that time.
00:20:22I thought that Bret Hart from the opening bell had underestimated Booker T.
00:20:26But he has certainly turned the tie, momentum switches back to the Hitman.
00:20:30Top athletes in the sport can do that.
00:20:33They can take what seemingly is inches from the feet and turn the offense back the other way.
00:20:41Double arm DDT by the Hitman, moves him out to the middle of the ring.
00:20:45Well, we've seen this before, haven't we, Tony?
00:20:52He said Tony, didn't he, Brain?
00:20:53Well, you weren't saying nothing, I thought you blacked out.
00:20:55Go ahead.
00:20:58Drake's the man's head across the top rope, has Randy Anderson.
00:21:02Instrumental Randy Anderson and Eric Bischoff's new haircut.
00:21:11Randy Anderson, the referee looks in ahead, first goes Booker T.
00:21:13One, two, three, one, two, three, one.
00:21:19Back into the corner.
00:21:20Just a blatant choke hold that time by Bret Hart right in front of the official.
00:21:23Watch Bret Hart. Watch it from the time the bell rings.
00:21:26And as the match picks up, he can turn it on when he has to.
00:21:29He can turn up the heat. He can turn down your flame.
00:21:32He can really control what's, what the action that's going on in that ring.
00:21:35Really controls the tempo with no wasted motion at all.
00:21:38See how he got off the ring apron there?
00:21:40Lowered himself down.
00:21:41Wasn't gonna hurt one of his knees jumping to the floor.
00:21:43Interesting to see who Ric Flair puts in the match for the U.S. title at Super Brawl.
00:21:48He talked about some of the great cruiserweights, but he didn't refer in any of the great heavyweights.
00:21:55Oh, that's just Bret Hart trying to hand pick his own opponent.
00:21:59We know that's not gonna fly at Super Brawl.
00:22:01Ric Flair is gonna decide who gets the U.S. title shot.
00:22:04And apparently, it's gonna be someone from World Championship Wrestling.
00:22:10Booker T all tied up at the camera cable as Bret Hart.
00:22:16Almost just waits for Booker T to extend his own energy.
00:22:18Whoa.
00:22:19He's putting himself up there on the court.
00:22:23You can't beat him out here.
00:22:24Get him inside.
00:22:30Now he's being attacked again.
00:22:34Just so talented.
00:22:36What a wrestler.
00:22:37And that, once again, that's so amazing about this whole story.
00:22:42Inside Cradle, one, two.
00:22:45I can understand a man of much less talents using the shortcuts
00:22:51the way the Bret Hart can use them.
00:22:52One, two, one, three, four.
00:22:53Not a guy like Bret Hart.
00:22:54You understand something, Tony?
00:22:56That's not always shortcuts.
00:22:57That's his personality.
00:22:58That's the way he is.
00:23:01He's just a mean person.
00:23:02And it's coming out.
00:23:03You're right.
00:23:04I gotta give it to you.
00:23:06That's the way he is, and it's coming out.
00:23:08One, two, three.
00:23:10And to the rest.
00:23:15And look, a Harlem sidekick and a good one.
00:23:21Kind of a spin wheel kick.
00:23:22Spin on one leg.
00:23:23Two, three.
00:23:24Gets a two count.
00:23:26Close.
00:23:26And almost got a win.
00:23:27Boy, that was close.
00:23:29Textbook execution on the kick by Booker T, and then the quick follow-up,
00:23:33and he almost had the surprising pinfall win.
00:23:36There's that personality you're talking about, Brain.
00:23:42That's a mean man that'll do that.
00:23:44That's right, Russian leg sweep.
00:23:46We see a lot of that, probably way too much of it in this sport.
00:23:52But professional wrestling, like it or not, in many ways has changed over the years.
00:23:58The wrestlers more than ever before.
00:24:01And first in line for all of that is Bret the Hitman Hart.
00:24:04We talked about Bret Hart injuring the knee of Booker T,
00:24:09putting him on the sideline for several months.
00:24:12Looks like he's got that focus back on that knee of Booker T.
00:24:15And notice this, he doesn't seem to be in any big hurry to beat Booker T,
00:24:19or try to go for a pinfall, or try to go for a submission.
00:24:22He's just having fun hurting the man right now.
00:24:24Familiar pattern of offense from Bret the Hitman Hart.
00:24:28You may call it methodical, you have to call it effective.
00:24:31Into the corner now, Booker T.
00:24:36Does that hurt?
00:24:37Cannot even fight Bret Hart off here in the neutral corner, pulling up on the ankle,
00:24:42on the knee, wrapped around here on the middle rope.
00:24:45One, two, one, two.
00:24:46And Randy Anderson's gonna physically try to pull him off.
00:24:52He is vicious.
00:24:53Very confident, man.
00:25:00I'm sure he feels quite sure that Booker T's just about had it.
00:25:05He's his for the waiting.
00:25:09Goes to the leg again.
00:25:10Oh.
00:25:11Could be.
00:25:12And obviously it is a figure four leg lock.
00:25:17And he's right in the middle of the ring.
00:25:19I think he's sending a statement to the President Ric Flair with Flair's own famous finishing move.
00:25:24Look at Booker T's face.
00:25:26That man is in pain, excruciating pain.
00:25:30He's not gonna be pinned and he's not giving up.
00:25:32It's pain that many great wrestlers have felt.
00:25:38Diamond Dallas Page for one, Sting for another.
00:25:42Look how long he's been in the figure for now.
00:25:48Almost got pinned that time.
00:25:49He's gotta turn over.
00:25:50He's gotta roll and make it to the ropes.
00:25:54But can he?
00:25:59Here he comes.
00:26:02I can't believe he's not giving up.
00:26:06Tries to turn it over.
00:26:08Turn him.
00:26:09Can he get out of it?
00:26:10Turn him.
00:26:10We're coming right back.
00:26:11He's got him.
00:26:13So good.
00:26:14Turn him, turn him.
00:26:16Now lock it, put it on him again.
00:26:18Thank you very much, coach.
00:26:19We're back live and he's gonna do it.
00:26:22Figure four is back on.
00:26:26Once again, Bret Hart goes right back to the move.
00:26:29And this is great strategy, guys.
00:26:31You gotta give him that.
00:26:33You gotta also give it to Booker T.
00:26:36He's been in that figure four and out of it a long time.
00:26:40You can just sense the excruciating pain that Booker T's in.
00:26:42He's gonna try and turn him again.
00:26:44Trying to roll to get the momentum his way.
00:26:46But if he should get out and get to the ropes, how strong are his legs gonna be to stand after that and to continue in the match?
00:26:56Finally, he gets out once again.
00:26:58And now you watch Bret Hart go to the legs.
00:27:00There you go.
00:27:02Well, these young wrestlers have to learn.
00:27:04They have to watch a man like this.
00:27:06He's not wasting his time on his back, neck, arms, his shoulders.
00:27:09He knows his legs are hurt.
00:27:10And that's the point he's gonna go after.
00:27:12Drives him down with a backbreaker to keep him down.
00:27:16Enabling him to go after the legs with no defense at all from Booker T.
00:27:20He'll try a lateral press just to show Booker T he's still trying to win the match here.
00:27:24And who knows?
00:27:26You could cover a man, he could be falling asleep.
00:27:28Sure.
00:27:28Not paying attention, you got yourself a win.
00:27:30Blackout from the pain?
00:27:31Sure.
00:27:31Hart's offensive game plan is so sound.
00:27:35Backbreaker, figure four leg lock.
00:27:36You know he wants to stop him enough for the sharpshooter.
00:27:39But Booker T comes back, catches him with a flying forearm.
00:27:43The great athlete that is Booker T shining through right there.
00:27:47Out of desperation, out of nowhere.
00:27:49Coming off with a grand move in the near side ropes.
00:27:52Here he goes.
00:27:53Could be, it is.
00:27:54He's kicking the back of the head.
00:27:56He's yours if you want him, Booker T, go get him.
00:28:00Try a pin, well you got him, just try that.
00:28:02Amazing, the man can even stand.
00:28:06But there he is.
00:28:08Up and down.
00:28:12Oh, great dance to get back up.
00:28:18He's waiting for Hart to get up here, look at that.
00:28:19He's measuring him.
00:28:22Another Harlem sidekick.
00:28:24He's gonna raise the roof.
00:28:31Didn't go up yet.
00:28:32He's got a foot of Bret Hart exactly where he wants it.
00:28:35Could be the Harlem Hangover.
00:28:38Penthouse man up top.
00:28:42Oh, my goodness.
00:28:46Oh, my.
00:28:47Well, if he had anything left, he might have lost it on that move.
00:28:51Boy, he hit with such force.
00:28:53Bret Hart saved himself that time when he moved out of the way.
00:28:59I don't like the looks of this, he's gonna do something with that belt.
00:29:01Well, obviously he's gonna threaten the referee, and Randy Anderson just bailed out of the way.
00:29:08One, two, three, two.
00:29:12Warning Bret Hart.
00:29:13The foot from Booker T.
00:29:18Tried to use that belt as a weapon.
00:29:20Booker T able to extend the leg and connected with Bret Hart as he came off the middle rope.
00:29:25The belt is still on the apron as Hart goes in for the attack.
00:29:28Booker T, great extension on the standing sidekick.
00:29:32Look at the instinct.
00:29:33Roll on that ring.
00:29:34Get out of where you can be beat.
00:29:35Go home.
00:29:36Hart on the floor trying to clear the cobwebs.
00:29:43Booker T out there.
00:29:44Oh, dropped him throat first across the steel guard rail.
00:29:47What a matchup this has been, and now a little bit of payback.
00:29:51But earlier in this matchup, when Bret Hart used the camera cable around the throat of Booker T.
00:30:03And Booker T gives Chase again.
00:30:04Guys, we've seen a great matchup here.
00:30:08We have seen two fine athletes, not only with the ability to dish it out,
00:30:13but the ability to take it and keep coming back.
00:30:17Bookman, he's still got that camera cable.
00:30:20He brought it into the ring with him.
00:30:23I don't think we've ever seen Booker T like this.
00:30:27Well, sometimes you have to do what you have to do.
00:30:29Oh.
00:30:30Like take the belt and walk Booker T in the head with it.
00:30:34Looks like he did what he had to do.
00:30:36If he can get him.
00:30:37One, two, three.
00:30:38Bret Hart wins.
00:30:39Just took the belt in both hands.
00:30:48Raised it over his head and walked Booker T in the head.
00:30:52Coming away with a win.
00:30:54Well, they both did something illegal.
00:30:56Booker T had him on the apron, wouldn't let him in.
00:30:59Jon Claude Van Damme is with us as well.
00:31:03A lot of stars are here tonight.
00:31:05Let's show you once again what's happened last week with Scott Steiner and Kimberman.
00:31:10Cut the music.
00:31:12I want you girls to stop dancing.
00:31:20Cuz Big Papa Pump is looking for a little romancing.
00:31:24Now how about you, baby?
00:31:26You wanna know what it's like to touch a real man?
00:31:30That's Jay, he needs to leave her alone.
00:31:32You wanna be with a real man?
00:31:34Come on, cut.
00:31:35Come on, cut.
00:31:37Come on, cut.
00:31:38Come on, cut.
00:31:39Come on, cut.
00:31:40Come on, cut.
00:31:41How about you?
00:31:42You wanna be with a real man?
00:31:43I see your man and I beat your man like a dog.
00:31:48You can't follow me.
00:31:49I've got a great body.
00:31:50You've got to be together.
00:31:51Whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:31:52Give me a second, man.
00:31:53What are you doing here?
00:31:54Get out, Scott.
00:31:55You're all right.
00:31:56You're right here.
00:31:57I wrestled your husband so I can be with you.
00:31:59What's going on in here?
00:32:00You need to be treated like a man.
00:32:01Jay, Jay, help me with charity.
00:32:02Get him out of here.
00:32:03I got a great body and she needs me.
00:32:05You need to leave.
00:32:06Jay, see your husband.
00:32:07Nobody needs your husband.
00:32:08You need your husband.
00:32:09I got a great body.
00:32:10The way I see it, Steiner, if you even get close enough to Kimberly that you're breathing
00:32:21in the same air, she's breathing.
00:32:24Well, it's on.
00:32:28And you know what's on.
00:32:30Because sometimes in this business, it gets real, real, real fast.
00:32:38And that ain't no warning, Steiner.
00:32:42That's a fact.
00:32:44And so far, with DDP not here-
00:32:51Oh, no.
00:32:52Security has kept Scott Steiner away from the Nitro Girls locker room.
00:32:57Back with more on TNT.
00:32:59You're looking up live in Reunion Arena, Eric Bischoff is selling a merchandise.
00:33:12You got any money?
00:33:15You got any money?
00:33:16You got any money?
00:33:18What's up?
00:33:20Can we do a close up?
00:33:22Is that a toupee under that hat?
00:33:25Bischoff's wearing a rug?
00:33:29Well, it looks like some black hair hanging down in front.
00:33:33And last week, he had none.
00:33:35Looks like he ran over a cat and hit him.
00:33:37He didn't have any black hair last week, that's for sure.
00:33:40Yeah, I know how to get Eric's attention.
00:33:42Hey, Beer Boss!
00:33:44Three right here.
00:33:49Eric's got a good seat up there.
00:33:51He can see everything from the upper deck.
00:33:52It's not a bad game.
00:33:53It's not a bad job at all.
00:33:55Here's a tough guy.
00:33:58Goober threw it down!
00:34:00Threw it down!
00:34:01It is a tough, tough man.
00:34:06It's gonna have to be tough right here.
00:34:10For life.
00:34:11He got a shot in on Goldberg.
00:34:13The cheap shot it was earlier tonight, Tony.
00:34:17Well, it's all about being a member of the NWO.
00:34:20They weren't too quick to come out when all of WCW had surrounded the ring for the world tag team tournament match.
00:34:29The man is on his way.
00:34:34What a clash this is going to be.
00:34:44Every place we go, we hear that chant.
00:34:49Sometimes they do it in the parking lot for hours, for hours before the matches even start.
00:34:57That's how this man is perceived by the people.
00:35:01The most phenomenal last week.
00:35:16Any professional wrestling today, bar none.
00:35:20I don't think one on one, fair, no involvement, man against man.
00:35:27No one can beat this man in the sport today.
00:35:31Goldberg, who will be going to Miami this weekend for the Super Bowl.
00:35:37His former teammate, the Atlanta Falcons, in the first Super Bowl in franchise history against the Broncos.
00:35:45You can better believe Goldberg's appearance is a big motivational factor for the Falcons as well.
00:35:52And judging by that mark on his forehead, there's a dent in a locker here at Reunion Arena.
00:35:59Going back to his football roots, getting fired up, putting the game face on for Scott Norton.
00:36:06This is gonna be a good one.
00:36:10Two men will not give an edge.
00:36:12Two of the biggest, most powerful Brahma Bulls you'll find in pro wrestling, nose to nose.
00:36:19Goldberg just daring Norton.
00:36:23And Norton went far, didn't he?
00:36:26Look at this, look at this.
00:36:28That's Scott Norton, that's 340 pounds.
00:36:32What have you ever seen Norton manhandle like that?
00:36:36You were the 225 pound athlete.
00:36:39Did you see how quickly Norton went for the ropes off of the cross arm breaker that time?
00:36:43Goldberg went for the early submission victory.
00:36:47Smart move by Scott Norton, knew where he was at all times as far as the ring goes,
00:36:51and made it to the ropes for the break.
00:36:52And they're getting louder with their chance of Goldberg.
00:36:57Goldberg, Goldberg, Goldberg!
00:37:01Goldberg, Goldberg!
00:37:02Goldberg, Goldberg!
00:37:03Goldberg!
00:37:04Goldberg!
00:37:05Goldberg!
00:37:06Goldberg!
00:37:07Goldberg!
00:37:08Goldberg!
00:37:09Goldberg!
00:37:10Goldberg!
00:37:11Goldberg!
00:37:13Well, the people of Dallas finally have something to cheer about.
00:37:16Superhuman strength.
00:37:18Come on, come on, come on!
00:37:21Come on, come on!
00:37:22Come on, come on!
00:37:23Come on, come on!
00:37:24Come on, come on!
00:37:25Come on!
00:37:26Come on, come on!
00:37:27Come on!
00:37:28Come on!
00:37:29You know, most guys are so intimidated by both Goldberg and by Norton.
00:37:30Look at the strength of Norton there, but these two guys aren't afraid of each other at all.
00:37:34He came out of a power slam, did Goldberg, and just kicked the man out of the ring.
00:37:40See how quickly Goldberg got to his feet after the power slam by Norton.
00:37:44Caught him with the kick.
00:37:45Norton rolls out to the floor.
00:37:47Did you notice the look of shock on the face of Scott Norton when he got up to that power slam?
00:37:52Oh!
00:37:53Norton catches the man with one arm and sends him into the ring.
00:37:59Well, we don't see that often.
00:38:01Goldberg committed himself when he came off the ring apron.
00:38:04Norton was ready for him.
00:38:05Just kicks the stairs out of the way.
00:38:10He is pounding Goldberg now here on the floor.
00:38:16Seems like Goldberg must owe him money.
00:38:19Yeah, he wrestles everybody like that.
00:38:21What?
00:38:22Uh-oh.
00:38:23Move the stairs away.
00:38:26That's the steel ring post.
00:38:27It's Norton who goes to the steel ring post.
00:38:33Head first.
00:38:35He just moves.
00:38:38That very heavy steel step out of the way.
00:38:42Get out of here!
00:38:47Goldberg.
00:38:48Broke the count.
00:38:50Broke the count, you're right.
00:38:51But really, if you think about it, especially in a match like a-
00:38:56In an opponent like a tough guy like Scott Norton.
00:39:00This is what our sport's all about.
00:39:02This very physical, one-on-one match you can pretend.
00:39:06But the break's on, did Norton?
00:39:16Also broke it down to one take of a fight.
00:39:20Mamermen better get out of the way or he's gonna be in it.
00:39:22Yeah, he had better run.
00:39:23My goodness.
00:39:27Short arm clothesline from in tight by Norton.
00:39:29And Goldberg is down.
00:39:31How often have we seen that?
00:39:32Both of them are down.
00:39:35Yeah, they both just get coming back up.
00:39:38This isn't a match.
00:39:39This is one good, good fight.
00:39:41This really is.
00:39:42This is combat.
00:39:43Exactly what we anticipated.
00:39:46What happened when these two men, spectacular athletes.
00:39:52What a shoulder block.
00:39:54One.
00:39:55Only came out, only got a one count that time, I do believe.
00:39:58You know, a lot of the wrestlers will take a two count.
00:40:00They want that extra second they feel on the mat helps them.
00:40:03Notice Goldberg always tries to kick out.
00:40:05One.
00:40:06He don't wanna be down there any longer and he has to.
00:40:08Scott Norton coming up back nicely done.
00:40:11Two.
00:40:12You're right.
00:40:13Once again, he gets his arm up just about the time the two count hit the mat.
00:40:18Yeah, if you train yourself like that, it'll become instant.
00:40:25You'll definitely do it your whole career.
00:40:27Well, we knew, we knew this would be, if nothing else, a test for Goldberg.
00:40:33Because, hey, and we brought up this point before.
00:40:37Norton certainly has the advantage.
00:40:40It's incredible to think that Goldberg is only in his second year in this sport.
00:40:45It's like chopping wood.
00:40:50Couple of backhand shots into the other cap, side down.
00:40:54Goldberg stays on his feet amazingly enough.
00:41:00And Norton's gonna go for it here.
00:41:04Gonna pick him up.
00:41:07He tried to power bomb him, but Goldberg fights back.
00:41:12He scores him.
00:41:14Look at the speed of this man.
00:41:16He's loose now.
00:41:18The man is loose.
00:41:20Incredibly with the spear out of that attempt of a power bomb.
00:41:27Can he get him up with a jack hammer?
00:41:30Yes, he can.
00:41:31Here we go.
00:41:33And yes, he does.
00:41:35Can you hold him?
00:41:37Yes, he did.
00:41:38He's done.
00:41:39The man has done it again.
00:41:44Here comes.
00:41:46NWO.
00:41:47NWO black and white.
00:41:49Big Bryan Adams, the first man to hit the ring, and out he goes.
00:41:53Stevie Ray in.
00:41:55Stevie Ray down.
00:41:57Horst Mogan gets there.
00:42:00He has clean house on the NWO and on Big Scott Norton.
00:42:08They say here in Texas, one Ranger, one man.
00:42:13One Gilbert.
00:42:16One match.
00:42:18One man.
00:42:19And now, look at this.
00:42:24Herschel Walker.
00:42:25Herschel Walker, Jean-Claude Van Damme.
00:42:29Chuck Norris and Brett Hull of the Dallas Stars NHL team in to celebrate.
00:42:35Only on WCW Monday Nitro can something like this take place.
00:42:42All in to congratulate Goldberg.
00:42:45The Stars are out tonight.
00:42:47Nitro is the place to be in Dallas.
00:42:49And every Monday from coast to coast, Nitro is the place to be.
00:42:54Well, I'll be Van Damme.
00:42:57This is quite a scene.
00:43:03They let it win, they beat.
00:43:07And we're not done yet.
00:43:11There's Chuck Norris, Brett Hull, Jean-Claude Van Damme.
00:43:18And of course, Herschel Walker.
00:43:20Major stars in sports and movies and TV.
00:43:24And big fans of Goldberg and WCW.
00:43:28Still to count, six man.
00:43:30Horseman against the Wolfpack.
00:43:32I love Fulton Morris.
00:43:34What an effort.
00:43:39All right, fans, we welcome you back to WCW Monday Nitro Live.
00:43:42Our six man is on the horizon.
00:43:44Horseman against members of the Wolfpack, including Hollywood Hogan.
00:43:48And here the Nitro girls remind you this Saturday, January 3rd.
00:43:51Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
00:43:52I have no problem here, Big Papa Punk.
00:43:54I know what kind of a guy you're.
00:43:56You're a great guy.
00:44:02I don't want to get involved in this Big Papa Pump.
00:44:04You stay right.
00:44:05You're more than welcome to stay right here and watch.
00:44:10I'm not going to get into that.
00:44:12Why don't you sit down and really enjoy yourself?
00:44:14Please enjoy yourself.
00:44:15Big Papa Pump, Scott Steiner, is sitting right here and watching.
00:44:24The Nitro Girls.
00:44:26Watching Kimberly.
00:44:27So even though the efforts to keep him out of the dressing room have kind of been
00:44:32successful, he is still around everywhere she is.
00:44:35And of course, as we mentioned earlier, DDP not here tonight.
00:44:39This transcends pro wrestling, guys.
00:44:44You heard what DDP said.
00:44:49Brain when we could go.
00:44:51Don't do it.
00:44:52Don't start anything.
00:44:53I don't think he's paying any attention to us, to be honest with you.
00:44:56I noticed something.
00:44:59When she went by, yeah.
00:45:01Lucky he's left.
00:45:04Lucky he's out of here.
00:45:05What a scary man.
00:45:06Tell him anything.
00:45:07Tell him anything he wants to hear.
00:45:08Lie.
00:45:09Just lie.
00:45:10You ever got the guts to do one thing by yourself today?
00:45:20Always got the boys with you.
00:45:22What they did to our boss, Eric Bischoff, puts this thing over the top.
00:45:27Hogan at Super Brawl, you are gonna wrestle my ass for the world title.
00:45:36I accept your challenge for the NWO heavyweight title belts.
00:45:41Two guys walk in, one guy walks out.
00:45:46Ladies and gentlemen, from deep in the heart of the Lone Star State, Dallas, Texas.
00:46:03It's time for the WCW Monday Nitro Main Event of the evening.
00:46:12Tonight, the struggle continues for power and glory between WCW and NWO.
00:46:22Tonight, the main event is a six man tag team match.
00:46:28Are you ready?
00:46:30Big D, are you ready?
00:46:38For the thousands in attendance and the millions watching around the world.
00:46:56Ladies and gentlemen, let's get ready to rumble.
00:47:04We have had a house full of excitement here tonight.
00:47:13And in the weeks to come, we're gonna be telling you how this great show, Nitro,
00:47:18is gonna be coming to the Dean Dome in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
00:47:22Coming to the ring, six times.
00:47:24The Dean of New World Order.
00:47:27First, six feet, two inches, 274.
00:47:31340 pounds.
00:47:33From the Motor City into North Michigan.
00:47:35He's for the Stine Reckliners.
00:47:38The man with the largest arms in the world.
00:47:41Big Pop the Pop, Scott Norris.
00:47:46And at seven feet, 317 pounds.
00:47:56From Phoenix, Arizona.
00:47:58Considered by number two, the best,
00:48:01the professional wrestling ring.
00:48:04The master of the power bomb, Jack Knight.
00:48:07Former World Heavyweight Champion.
00:48:10Big Sexy Kevin Knight.
00:48:17And six feet, seven inches tall.
00:48:20275 and one half pounds.
00:48:23From Hollywood, USA.
00:48:25The most famous face and name in professional wrestling history.
00:48:29He is the leader and driving force behind the New World Order.
00:48:34Both black and white, and Wolfpack.
00:48:38Ladies and gentlemen, here is United States presidential candidate,
00:48:42and the reigning, undisputed WCW, NWO,
00:48:48Heavyweight Champion of the World, Hollywood, Hogan.
00:48:57You know, guys, I kind of take issue with that.
00:49:00I think it is a disputed title.
00:49:02The fact he was handed the belt by one Kevin Nash makes it a very disputed title.
00:49:08But nonetheless, the excitement of, and that's quite a team right there,
00:49:12of Hogan Nash and Steiner to face the Horseman.
00:49:15But the excitement of Nitro coming soon to the Dean Dome at Chapel Hill,
00:49:19in Toronto at the brand new Air Canada Center.
00:49:22We're gonna have more information on those events in the weeks to come.
00:49:27Dallas, Texas!
00:49:30.
00:49:36Wolfpack in the...
00:49:38.
00:49:46Diamond Dallas Page.
00:49:48Wow.
00:49:49As you're out in LA, California, I want you to know that out back,
00:49:55your wife is flirting with the big papa.
00:49:59.
00:50:03Now, DDP, if your wife wants to tease me, she better be ready to please me.
00:50:10.
00:50:17I can say that.
00:50:18But Diamond Dallas Page, as I look at you physically, I know you can't satisfy your hooch.
00:50:26So I'm just a man to get the job done.
00:50:30.
00:50:31So this goes to all my freaks out there.
00:50:34Big papa pup is your hookup.
00:50:36Holler, if you hear me.
00:50:39.
00:50:40.
00:50:46The Golden Girls.
00:50:49And now, with the Wolfpack in the house, I'm glad that I don't see any stinking
00:50:57WCW or Ric Flair fans out here because they stink real bad.
00:51:07.
00:51:09.
00:51:10A few weeks down the road, Hollywood said it.
00:51:14It'll be etched in stone, and it shall be done.
00:51:18Because it's Super Bowl, Ric Flair better hope that he has nine lives.
00:51:26Because just like I beat his child in the center of the ring, just like Eric Bischoff kissed his wife,
00:51:35I'm gonna take Ric Flair into our world of the NWO, black, white, and red.
00:51:43And not only am I gonna beat him a thousand times worse than I beat his child,
00:51:49I'm gonna kiss him off right out of the wrestling business, just like Bischoff did his ugly stinking wife.
00:51:57Now, everybody out there knows what happens when you're not running with a pack.
00:52:07The big man set the standard, and if you're not running with a pack, you're hunted by the pack.
00:52:15So from this point on, anybody in the WCW is gonna be hunted.
00:52:23And Ric Flair, with God as my witness, you're the first one that's gonna get hunted down and torn apart by the pack.
00:52:32And at the hands of Hollywood, in Super Bowl Flair, as I strap you over and over, you will say,
00:52:41yes, Mr. Hollywood, you are the man.
00:52:43And yes, Mr. Hollywood, you are the master.
00:52:47And at the end, brother, when I retain the NWO Heavyweight Championship,
00:52:53everybody in the world of wrestling today will say the pack that was started by Big Sexy and
00:53:02Scott Hall is here for life.
00:53:06I think that pretty much summed up Hogan's feelings going into Super Brawl.
00:53:14If you think he's overcome it, you better think again.
00:53:18He feels that he's gonna have a fight at Super Brawl,
00:53:22and we're gonna have a six-man fight coming up next.
00:53:26NWO.
00:53:29And now, ladies and gentlemen, making their entrance to the ring,
00:53:35representing WCW three of the legendary Four Horsemen.
00:53:41At 6'3", 286 pounds from Austin, Texas.
00:53:46An NFL All-Pro and Super Bowl champion known for the Mongo Spike,
00:53:52Steve Mongo McMichael.
00:53:55And at 6'3", 223 pounds from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
00:54:01The master of the Triple Cross race, Chris Benoit.
00:54:06Yeah, and we know the elements Rick Flair, so here we go.
00:54:12The man who needs no introduction from Michael Buffer or anyone else.
00:54:15And Flair and Hogan have gone right after each other.
00:54:18So has Benoit.
00:54:19It's gonna be more like a six-man battle royal than a six-man tag match.
00:54:23And Flair goes right for Hollywood Hogan as predicted.
00:54:29Referee Charles Robinson, you have your work cut out for you, young man.
00:54:32I would just stay out of the way and let him go.
00:54:35Hogan and Flair.
00:54:39Benoit and Papa Pomp.
00:54:43And Kevin Nash and Mongo all pairing off here.
00:54:48Uh-oh.
00:54:49Flair's gotta contend with two men now.
00:54:51And here comes Benoit to help out Nature Boy.
00:54:56And now, Steiner.
00:54:59And now look at this.
00:55:04Three against one.
00:55:05Three against one.
00:55:06No!
00:55:07Papa shouldn't have thrown him out.
00:55:09They could have really done some damage to Flair.
00:55:12And missed a good opportunity right there.
00:55:14Well, nothing else.
00:55:15They wanted to keep the Horsemen off of them.
00:55:17No semblance of order at all from the opening bell.
00:55:20Now the Horsemen have a chance to regroup.
00:55:27You know, I look at the Wolf Pack and I wonder sometime,
00:55:29there's one member of the Wolf Pack that we haven't seen in a long, long time.
00:55:33And what he thinks about all this, and that is Sting.
00:55:36Many times in many arenas, the fans will chant his name.
00:55:39But still, nothing from Sting.
00:55:42Very mysterious.
00:55:43Conspicuous by his absence, you might say.
00:55:45But Tony, you also know he could appear at any time.
00:55:48That's the way the man operates.
00:55:50Yeah, you never know what he's gonna show.
00:55:52Unlike guys like an Alex Ride who will ask to be at a TV event and never show up.
00:55:58And what's the deal with that? He just no-showed tonight.
00:56:01Even after he says, hey, I wanna be on Nitro, and they book him here.
00:56:04Sting, you never know where he's gonna show up or what's gonna happen with him.
00:56:08But this whole thing about the Wolf Pack brain is just crazy.
00:56:13It's, you can't really put your finger on what's going on.
00:56:16I know Kurt Hennig didn't think that he would be beaten up like he was at the top of the program tonight.
00:56:22There's more to this story than we're just seeing.
00:56:25Of course there is.
00:56:26There's an awful lot of internal problems.
00:56:28And I really wonder what it boils down to.
00:56:30You know who's behind it all?
00:56:31It's gotta be Bischoff and Hogan. You know that.
00:56:33Look at the power in this man.
00:56:35Oh, yeah. I can do this all day.
00:56:39Gorilla Press Slam, Big Papa Pump, just deposits Benoit in the middle of the ring.
00:56:45You think Kimberly's watching this in the back of the month?
00:56:47No, no, I don't.
00:56:48I just ask.
00:56:49Don't start that.
00:56:50I have to cover all sides of the street.
00:56:52She did not even wink at him as he was walking, as she was walking out.
00:56:55You don't, Tanae knows it.
00:56:56When I tell you when Paige gets back, you may have to answer to some of this stuff.
00:57:00Well, I haven't answered for that because I tell him that my mother winked at him just to get him out of here.
00:57:05My mother wouldn't wink at him.
00:57:07See what?
00:57:08Benoit.
00:57:09One, two, three.
00:57:11Hammering the side of the head of Big Papa Pump.
00:57:14He's getting back to his feet.
00:57:19Boy, and Steiner got up in a hurry, didn't he?
00:57:25He ducked.
00:57:26But Benoit got him down.
00:57:28Well, you can knock him off his feet, Steiner, but I doubt if he really hurt the guy in such great physical condition.
00:57:35What an offensive flurry from Mr. Intensity.
00:57:45Chris Benoit, Scott Steiner out to the floor, slowly gets back into the ring and tags into Big Sexy.
00:57:52You know, you can say big size difference here, but there's always a size difference when you're the opponent of Big Sexy.
00:58:05Get the ladder out again.
00:58:10Yeah, Big Sexy slowed down the pace of this one.
00:58:15That's what he likes.
00:58:16And as a result of it, Kevin Nash back in charge.
00:58:20Nash swerved Benoit that time.
00:58:23Put his hands up like he was gonna measure his chest of strength.
00:58:28And then repeatedly in the corner.
00:58:31You know, you look at this town, this historic town, and you think back to what, back on the 4th of January, what Kevin Nash, Hollywood Hogan, and the Wolfpack did to the world title.
00:58:44It's a black eye on this sport that I don't think could ever be erased.
00:58:49And all the years in this town where the world title was developed successfully.
00:58:57By the Nature Boy, man.
00:58:59By the rights of the Nature Boy, by the Von Erich family, Kerry Von Erich, late Kerry Von Erich.
00:59:04When you think about where it's come and what the Wolfpack's done, you can understand the animosity that Ric Flair has on a professional level.
00:59:12Didn't you see what happened, sold out?
00:59:14Didn't know what the animosity is all about in the personal level as well.
00:59:19The big boy from Texas is pretty strong, isn't he?
00:59:22The old Longhorn is.
00:59:23One, two, and he almost pinned the man.
00:59:29How about that?
00:59:30A little bit of Horseman teamwork here as well.
00:59:36Benoit.
00:59:42Mongo with the strategy, softened up Kevin Nash, quick tag into Benoit with a diving headbutt, but Hogan in to make the save.
00:59:49Had to make it, or that would have been over, I do believe.
00:59:51Always, always, always, Hogan knows what's happening in all four corners of that ring.
00:59:57Always aware of what's going on.
01:00:02Benoit turned around as Big Papa Puppet hit him, but he can't fend off two men.
01:00:07Now that Benoit's laid down on his back, now Hogan wants a piece of him.
01:00:11Sure he does.
01:00:12Always knows what's happening in that ring, in command.
01:00:17An opportunist is what he is.
01:00:19Yes!
01:00:24Will go down not only as one of the greatest ever, but one of the smartest wrestlers ever as well.
01:00:29Whoa!
01:00:30And a new flair would come in, didn't it?
01:00:33Told you, he knows what's going on at all times, like him or not.
01:00:36The biggest star there's ever been in this sport, him and Ric Flair are the biggest stars in the history of this sport.
01:00:42Going at it at Super Brawl for the world title, with a personal vendetta, here I say of epic proportions.
01:00:50One, two, no sir.
01:00:57Tony, you said it best, it's a personal and a professional vendetta between Flair and Hogan.
01:01:02Remember, Flair said that it's Hogan's ego, fame, and notoriety against his in-ring reputation.
01:01:08See how Papa Pump reacted to the referee?
01:01:13That's why I wanted him out of here.
01:01:15Tell him anything, just get him out of here.
01:01:18How about doing this?
01:01:19Say nothing to the man.
01:01:21The more you say to him, the more you can incite him, the more you...
01:01:25Here's a cover.
01:01:26One, two...
01:01:27And the less you say to him, he's gonna think that you're ignoring him.
01:01:30Make friends with the enemy.
01:01:31No, don't make friends, stay away from the enemy, all right?
01:01:34We can't go anyplace, we're up here with headsets on.
01:01:36Take your headset off and leave.
01:01:38That'd be the act of a coward.
01:01:40Huh, wouldn't be the first time.
01:01:42Into the ropes.
01:01:45Big, sexy, drives Benoit down on the mat.
01:01:48And covers.
01:01:50Mm-mm, not yet.
01:01:52Mungo had come in for a save.
01:01:54But I believe Benoit had kicked out anyway that time.
01:01:57Look at Flair.
01:01:59You think he wants in there?
01:02:03You bet he wants in there.
01:02:05He's thinking about what's happened to his son.
01:02:08He's thinking about what happened to his wife.
01:02:10What's happened to the title.
01:02:12What's happened to this sport.
01:02:13Flair wants a piece.
01:02:15We've gotta take a short commercial break.
01:02:17Back with the remainder of this.
01:02:19After we come back, watch it.
01:02:20Break, Scott.
01:02:21Break, break, break.
01:02:22All right, we're back live, fans, staying with it.
01:02:27Good you can stay with us here on WCW Monday Nitro.
01:02:31As we are right at the 11 o'clock Eastern Time Hour and going into overtime here
01:02:37during the six-man tag war with the Wolfpack and the Horsemen.
01:02:42The Wolfpack remembers a little bit of Flair Justice Thursday night when the Horsemen attacked
01:02:50Horace Hogan as he went to that limousine thinking the Wolfpack had arrived.
01:02:57We've talked about Flair's motivation and the Horsemen motivation in this match as well.
01:03:02It was more of the same during the commercial break.
01:03:05NWO triple teaming on the Canadian Crippler Chris Benoit.
01:03:09It was imperative at this point for Benoit to get to the corner
01:03:12and get one of the fresh Horsemen into the ring.
01:03:14One, two, three.
01:03:17The arrogant show by Big Papa Pop realizing, knowing,
01:03:22that he would not be able to make a cover.
01:03:24But notice how he covered him, standing, looking at Flair and Mongo
01:03:29as he was putting the one leg, one foot on Benoit's chest.
01:03:33And they're pretty much keeping them on their side of the ring.
01:03:36Sure they are.
01:03:37Back into the corner.
01:03:42Scoops left.
01:03:44And a hard put down by Big Sexy.
01:03:48A lot of trash talk going on as you can imagine.
01:03:52See, gonna get Flair in here again.
01:03:56And Big Sexy went right at it.
01:03:59And now it's broken down.
01:04:03Hogan with a choke hold on the inside.
01:04:09Hogan just nailed Nash.
01:04:11Flair pounding on Nash.
01:04:16Hogan tried the choke.
01:04:18And Big Bubba Pump as Charles Robinson does his best to restore.
01:04:23He's in a bad part of town now.
01:04:28Boy is he ever.
01:04:32Benoit upside down.
01:04:33So deep, that neck just explodes, just explodes.
01:04:38You know, the good thing is he could be 6'8 in the morning.
01:04:42There's nothing good about that at all.
01:04:44Flair has been wanting to get in.
01:04:56But every instant has been thwarted here by the Wolf Pack.
01:05:01Uh-oh, Hogan taking that belt off.
01:05:03Here it comes.
01:05:04Did you hear that, guys?
01:05:06Reminding, I'm sure, Ric Flair of what happened to his son.
01:05:10Look at the red mark there on his back.
01:05:12Look at that.
01:05:13And you know they were able to move Flair in.
01:05:21And look at Paul Flair.
01:05:23He's livid, understandably so, on many fronts.
01:05:29Well, I hope Flair gets in there.
01:05:34I wanna see the Nature Boy snap.
01:05:37Yeah.
01:05:38But he has to be in control.
01:05:43He's not.
01:05:44It's one thing to snap when it's one-on-one, but you gotta be in control,
01:05:48especially if there's three Wolf Pack members in the other corner.
01:05:51But he's thinking about his kids.
01:05:53He's thinking about his life.
01:05:54He's thinking about what happened.
01:05:55Can't be in control.
01:05:56One, two.
01:05:58Oh, he's thinking about revenge.
01:06:01And believe you me, at Superbrawl, he's gonna be thinking about anything but the World Tournament,
01:06:07even though he can win it for 14th time.
01:06:11Hogan, Nash, and Steiner have thrown everything at Benoit, and they have not been able to put him away.
01:06:19The time's starting to run out on him.
01:06:21He's been in that ring a long time.
01:06:22Yeah, it's a tribute to the phenomenal athlete Chris Benoit is.
01:06:25And they've cut the ring in half, they're not allowing him to even get close to making that tag to Mongo or Flair.
01:06:30One, two, three.
01:06:32Chris Benoit, who rightfully should get many title shots.
01:06:37But because he's become a professional horseman, he has stepped those title shots aside for the good of the team.
01:06:47And now he needs, with all his will, with all his might, with all his effort, to get to the corner.
01:06:55He's cut off by Scott Steiner.
01:06:56He's not gonna make it.
01:06:57Massive bear hug.
01:07:06One of Scott Steiner's trademark moves down through the years.
01:07:10Imagine those arms tied around your waist, Tony.
01:07:14How much does Benoit have left in this match?
01:07:17There's a good shot of the arms on the lower back, around the lower part of the rib cage.
01:07:21And he's digging in.
01:07:22Around the floating ribs, at the back.
01:07:25Well, he's gonna have Titanic ribs in the morning, cuz they'll sink if he keeps squeezing.
01:07:29And when you're in a hole like this, you try to hold, you try not to breathe.
01:07:39Every time you take that breath in, he squeezes a little more until all the air is out of your body.
01:07:44He knows what he's doing, this man.
01:07:46Overhead suplex out of the bear hug.
01:07:49Benoit is out.
01:07:51Look, they're bringing him back home.
01:07:53They're gonna set him up for what, Hogan's leg drop?
01:07:55Hogan just wants to make a cover.
01:07:56No, just a cover.
01:07:57One, two.
01:07:59He got it.
01:08:00He got the shoulder.
01:08:01An amazing sense of perseverance.
01:08:06Well, that's the fighter and the man.
01:08:08That's that horseman mentality.
01:08:10The attributes that Benoit brings to the ring are attributes everyone and
01:08:17every walk of life should have.
01:08:19Every job, here's a cover.
01:08:22One, two.
01:08:23Two.
01:08:24No.
01:08:25Just like that man is proving to us tonight.
01:08:28Flair wants in.
01:08:29He can taste it.
01:08:30He can smell it.
01:08:32He wants to get his hands on Hollywood.
01:08:34And Benoit's a long way from making that exchange.
01:08:37Half the ring.
01:08:38Paid brush by Hogan.
01:08:41I think this is a last resort move by Hollywood Hogan.
01:08:44Snoop Slam.
01:08:45He's gotta be getting a little frustrated.
01:08:48Here comes his leg drop.
01:08:50He missed it.
01:08:51Get to the corner.
01:08:52Draw, roll, pull yourself by the ropes.
01:08:55Get to your feet.
01:08:56Guys, do whatever you have to do.
01:08:58The tag to nature bar.
01:08:59He fell down.
01:09:00Can he make it?
01:09:01It's quick.
01:09:02Flair.
01:09:03Woo!
01:09:04Here we go.
01:09:05Flair going in.
01:09:06Hogan.
01:09:07Steiner.
01:09:08Nash.
01:09:09They're all in there.
01:09:10And now all six men are in.
01:09:12The low blow on Scott Steiner.
01:09:13Way overdue.
01:09:14And I'm sure DDP would agree on that.
01:09:16What a fight for the title this is gonna be in Oakland.
01:09:20Leaving Hogan and Flair alone in the ring.
01:09:22One on one.
01:09:23Here Bischoff.
01:09:24Bischoff.
01:09:25Bischoff handed one of those fuzzy fingers.
01:09:28But it's not a two by four.
01:09:29You're right.
01:09:30Something's underneath of it.
01:09:31Bischoff.
01:09:32Came right by ringside.
01:09:33Nash has that in his hand.
01:09:35Oh, my goodness.
01:09:39He wiped Flair off the ring.
01:09:40He wiped Flair off the ring.
01:09:42He wiped Flair off the ring.
01:09:45He wiped Flair off the ring.
01:09:47He wiped Flair off the ring.
01:09:49He wiped Flair out with that weapon.
01:09:51From the hands of Bischoff.
01:09:54Left that board in half.
01:09:56That could be some serious injury to Ric Flair's back.
01:10:00Ric Flair.
01:10:03Wait a minute.
01:10:04Bischoff's not done yet.
01:10:05He's got.
01:10:07They're gonna shave the hair with the nature boy.
01:10:09Can you imagine what he looks like bald?
01:10:12Come on.
01:10:13Mongo.
01:10:16There we go.
01:10:17Trying to thwart him off.
01:10:21Here comes WCW to the President's aid.
01:10:24Lucha Libras and everybody's in it now.
01:10:26WCW against they will back and Flair's back up.
01:10:31This is the show of unity we've been waiting for from World Championship Wrestling.
01:10:36And you got it here right now.
01:10:40What a wild ending to Nitro.
01:10:45One of the darndest fights we've seen in many weeks.
01:10:48This is better than the Alamo.
01:10:52Here comes the other members of WCW.
01:10:55The entire locker room's empty.
01:10:57Standing tall next to Ric Flair.
01:11:00There's gotta be 40, 45 guys in the ring.
01:11:03All throwing punches.
01:11:04And by the sheer numbers, WCW's gonna prevail on this one.
01:11:09Only here on Nitro are you gonna see something like this.
01:11:13Look at him go at it.
01:11:22The Wolf Pack has turned tail.
01:11:26WCW together.
01:11:31An effort, a show, that we've been demanding,
01:11:36wanting for so long, finally took the right hand.
01:11:39He's trying to break my leg.
01:11:40I saw him.
01:11:41He's trying to break my leg.
01:11:42I saw him.
01:11:43You okay?
01:11:44I don't think so.
01:11:45And there's one man left.
01:11:48It's Goldberg.
01:11:50At the point, Goldberg.
01:11:52Guys, it's gonna spin over here.
01:11:55I got a feeling.
01:11:56He's fighting him off one by one.
01:11:58Staying up.
01:11:59I'm getting out of here.
01:12:00Taking them all on, Goldberg.
01:12:01Mike, come on.
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