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00:00:42We have seen and we've witnessed a little bit of everything on this program tonight.
00:00:47And we're only at the halfway part.
00:00:49And usually at the halfway mark, Bobby the Brain Heenan joins us.
00:00:53And we relieve the living legend.
00:00:55But legend, we're going to ask you to stay here.
00:00:57Because for the first time that I can ever remember, he may be a very odd person, Bobby the Brain.
00:01:03But he's never done a no-show.
00:01:05And Bobby Heenan is nowhere to be seen.
00:01:07I was ready to go.
00:01:08I've got some things to do.
00:01:10But I don't see Bobby anywhere.
00:01:12I'll hang out.
00:01:13He's not like Bob to miss this.
00:01:14He loves this.
00:01:15Don't look at me.
00:01:16He didn't come to the building with me today.
00:01:18I'm not looking at you to do my eyes a favor.
00:01:20He didn't come to the building with you today?
00:01:23Well, there's a first.
00:01:25He's here somewhere.
00:01:26I saw him earlier.
00:01:28Oh, you saw him?
00:01:28He borrowed money again.
00:01:30Well, let's get Wendy.
00:01:32Wendy's turnbuckle.
00:01:33Would you go and try to find Bobby Heenan?
00:01:37Don't stick your head at me like that.
00:01:39I guess you won't go.
00:01:40Well, Heenan, if you're listening, come on out here.
00:01:43It's your turn, and you're going to miss a good one if you don't get out of here
00:01:46because Kidman will face young Lash LaRue for the Cruiserweight title here.
00:01:52I tell you, Kidman has been very impressive lately.
00:01:55I really enjoy watching this young guy.
00:01:58He's come a long way, and you look at the look on his face.
00:02:01He's full of confidence.
00:02:02That's what makes you a champion.
00:02:05The reigning WCW World Cruiserweight Champion, Kidman,
00:02:09to put the title on the line against a young man from Louisiana
00:02:12that we've been awfully impressed with on our WCW Saturday Night TV program,
00:02:17the Raging Cajun, 22-year-old Lash LaRue in the role of the challenger.
00:02:23This kid could eat more crawdads than anybody.
00:02:27He's got to keep it up, but Kidman comes away with a great snapmare takeover
00:02:30and ducks low.
00:02:33Oh, great move by Kidman.
00:02:35A Cruiserweight champ puts him down.
00:02:37I tell you, when a guy can grab you upside down in midair,
00:02:39it's tough to handle him.
00:02:42I wonder how cold that water is out there by now.
00:02:44Would you like to sit in there?
00:02:45I'll throw a ball at him.
00:02:46No, thank you very much.
00:02:48I'd just like to see if Bischoff is shivering,
00:02:51as you said earlier.
00:02:53Oh, goodness.
00:02:54He's got some big circles on his brow.
00:02:56His hair was gray and his face is blue.
00:02:58That should tell you something.
00:02:59I think so.
00:02:59Bischoff is shivering.
00:03:00Do you see the breath?
00:03:02By damn steel steps, LaRue's putting him in position for something.
00:03:06It's so heavy, he can hardly move him.
00:03:09Well, you have seen.
00:03:10We've gone out there numerous times live out of the Target Center,
00:03:13and our camera's abruptly going out.
00:03:17We understand, but called the water splashing.
00:03:19It's so cold and the water freezing on the camera cables.
00:03:23That's why the camera keeps going out out there.
00:03:24That's how cold it is.
00:03:30And that's why that's gone down.
00:03:31Meanwhile, the fans here at the front row of the Target Center
00:03:34get a little bit more than they bargained for
00:03:36because they got some great cruiserweight action
00:03:39right in their lap.
00:03:40Well, this young man, Lash LaRue, is out to prove a point,
00:03:43trying to make a name for himself,
00:03:44but he set up the steel steps, and it backfired on him.
00:03:47Kidman off the top.
00:03:49One, two.
00:03:50Oh, couldn't hold him.
00:03:52Still don't.
00:03:52Where's he in it?
00:03:53Somebody tell me where he in it is.
00:03:56I will worry about it later.
00:03:57Maybe somebody locked him in our locker,
00:04:00our own dressing room back there.
00:04:02A pickup.
00:04:03What a great move by Lash LaRue.
00:04:05Pushing him up high.
00:04:07A form of the power bomb to take him down to the mat.
00:04:09And I tell you, for LaRue,
00:04:10this is the chance of a lifetime.
00:04:13This is a golden opportunity for this kid.
00:04:15By far the biggest opportunity of his career
00:04:18to come into Nitro and get a shot at the cruiserweight champ.
00:04:21And he's got him in trouble.
00:04:24Come on.
00:04:25Straight jump, boy.
00:04:26Two.
00:04:27Johnny Boone, the referee, wanting LaRue,
00:04:29as LaRue tries to take a shortcut to keep the wind supply down
00:04:33for Kidman, the cruiserweight champ.
00:04:36LaRue back on the attack.
00:04:37Boy, I tell you, win or lose, a good showing here
00:04:40would mean a lot of this young man's career.
00:04:41As you said, Mike, 22 years of age,
00:04:43but he gets thrown up by the champ.
00:04:44Kidman rolls him up, ducked the clothesline.
00:04:48Kidman goes to the side of the head on LaRue,
00:04:51and now fist of fire, pounding the young man down.
00:04:54Talk about the great young talent in world championship wrestling.
00:04:57I think we often forget that Kidman is just 24 years of age.
00:05:01You're right, I forgot.
00:05:03Kidman, the real young superstar of the sport.
00:05:06LaRue with a little split.
00:05:08Bounds back up and sends Kidman down.
00:05:15What a phenomenal move.
00:05:20That's one way ground.
00:05:21Kidman, I tell you, Kidman's very good on his feet.
00:05:23You can see he's catching on to his opponent's body movement.
00:05:27He ducks before LaRue has a chance to hit him,
00:05:30and it's a good idea here.
00:05:31Try to ground Mr. Kidman.
00:05:34Hey, Heenan's missing a good match.
00:05:35Anybody check the bathroom?
00:05:37Don't go in there, if he's in there.
00:05:39Free day shot! Free day shot!
00:05:43Free day shot!
00:05:44Neck fight supplied here by Lash LaRue.
00:05:47LaRue, I think you guys would agree,
00:05:49wrestles with an abundance of confidence.
00:05:52Especially surprising for a rookie.
00:05:59Sent him into the corner, he tripped as he went in.
00:06:02Kidman splashed him in the corner,
00:06:03and LaRue takes a nose dive in the center of the ring.
00:06:07The Kidman's on him, and Kidman's going up!
00:06:10Top floor!
00:06:12Cruiserweight champ!
00:06:13Oh, nobody home!
00:06:15Attempt at a frog splash, goes awry, does not connect.
00:06:18LaRue was able to roll out of the way.
00:06:20And Lash LaRue has pushed the Cruiserweight champ to the limit in this one.
00:06:27Still to come tonight, as you heard what Ric Flair said,
00:06:30Chris Benoit's going to get back in the ring for the second time tonight,
00:06:33as he's going to wrestle Scott Hall.
00:06:35Paul says that he, Scott Hall,
00:06:38should get the shot for the U.S. title at Super Brawl against Bret Hart.
00:06:41And I guess he'll have a chance to prove that point later on tonight
00:06:44in one of our feature bouts, still to come, here live on TNT.
00:06:48Well, Scott Hall says a lot, remembers nothing.
00:06:54Lash LaRue back to basics.
00:06:57You talked about grounding Kidman,
00:06:59and he's really done an excellent job of that.
00:07:01Yeah, well, when you can't keep up with an opponent on his feet,
00:07:03take him to the mat.
00:07:04That's the safe place.
00:07:06That's where the wrestling comes in.
00:07:09See how much LaRue knows.
00:07:10Kidman's on his feet.
00:07:11He's dangerous.
00:07:12Good point, Larry.
00:07:13Shouldn't have done that.
00:07:14Now Kidman gets moving,
00:07:15but Lash LaRue comes away
00:07:17with a great combination of power slam suplex,
00:07:20and he almost got the win.
00:07:21Look how close that was.
00:07:23One second from the gold.
00:07:28Come on, Lash.
00:07:29Come on.
00:07:29Let's see if Flash LaRue can come up
00:07:37with a high-risk move of his own.
00:07:41Power bombed off the top by Kidman.
00:07:43LaRue waited too long when he was up there,
00:07:46committed himself,
00:07:47did not follow through a critical error by the rookie.
00:07:50Yeah, one braggadocious moment,
00:07:52and that cost LaRue a golden opportunity here.
00:07:57They're both up.
00:07:58Kidman comes away, out of the ropes, out of the turnbuckle.
00:08:12Sending LaRue down.
00:08:13Great maneuver.
00:08:13One, two, in position, but could not hold him down.
00:08:19Kidman just couldn't put him away.
00:08:21The Kid is resilient.
00:08:27Nice one.
00:08:28Rolled out of it.
00:08:29Kidman tumble the other way.
00:08:31One, two, couldn't hold him down.
00:08:34This is fine competition.
00:08:36LaRue's got him up.
00:08:38Oh, put him down nicely.
00:08:39Slam out of the fireman's carry.
00:08:41And one and two.
00:08:42Close to a change into the guard in the Cruiserweight division.
00:08:49I tell you, LaRue's still going.
00:08:50You've got to keep going.
00:08:51And so far, he's looking impressive here.
00:08:53Look at Kidman.
00:08:57Oh, my.
00:08:58Kidman.
00:09:00Can't count Kidman out.
00:09:02Good pinning combination there,
00:09:03but LaRue still escapes.
00:09:05Now, he escaped that time
00:09:06from a great pinning combination,
00:09:08hooking the shoulders,
00:09:11hooking the far leg,
00:09:12but still the young man escaped.
00:09:14That looks like Kidman's not at full strength there.
00:09:16He didn't lock it out tight enough.
00:09:20In the small of the back,
00:09:22LaRue joins the power,
00:09:24hoisted the man high above his head
00:09:25and drove him down once again.
00:09:29That's it.
00:09:34Wasted a lot of time that time.
00:09:44Kidman held on to the back of the head that time
00:09:46on the way down.
00:09:47Yeah, one scream too many here from LaRue.
00:09:50Celebrated a little early.
00:09:52Kidman pulls him to the corner.
00:09:54Like he bit into some Cajun sauce or something.
00:10:00Can he do it?
00:10:02It's the shooting star, Chris.
00:10:04It's over.
00:10:07Again, Kidman retains the gold.
00:10:10Still the Cruiserweight champion of the world.
00:10:15Against a young man who had come to fight
00:10:17and pushed him to the limit on many fronts.
00:10:20But in the end,
00:10:22Kidman continues his stellar winning ways
00:10:25in World Championship Wrestling.
00:10:27And the more you win,
00:10:28the more confident you amass.
00:10:30Kidman did okay today.
00:10:32Hey, we have found Bobby Heenan,
00:10:34I do believe.
00:10:35Let's go out back.
00:10:36Don't tell him you here.
00:10:39Don't throw the ball.
00:10:41Throw the ball.
00:10:46Where's the brain?
00:10:47Come on.
00:10:48Come on.
00:10:49Come on.
00:10:49Come on.
00:10:50Come on.
00:10:51Come on.
00:10:51Come on.
00:10:51Come on.
00:10:52Come on.
00:10:52Come on.
00:10:53I want to tell you something.
00:10:54I have no problem with you.
00:10:56I'm not involved in this corporate war
00:10:58with you and Flair.
00:10:59I'm not involved with anything.
00:11:01I figure I'm going to show you
00:11:03that I'm a decent person.
00:11:05You can have the balls
00:11:06so no one can throw them at you.
00:11:07I don't want to be involved in this.
00:11:09Craig Leather sent me out here
00:11:10because you know how much he hates you.
00:11:12Well, I'm going to hand you the ball
00:11:13and I'll have to dig it.
00:11:14You're mine, Hedon.
00:11:28I will remember you, Hedon.
00:11:33Easy.
00:11:34You said this was going to be easy.
00:11:35I didn't realize.
00:11:36This is just too much.
00:11:39Easy is too easy.
00:11:41First time I've ever heard Scott Hall go,
00:11:43this is too sweet.
00:11:44No, I know what it means.
00:11:45This is sweet.
00:11:47Yo, yo, yo.
00:11:48My gosh.
00:11:49This guy has no clue
00:11:50what's going on with this guy.
00:11:52That's true.
00:11:52You know what?
00:11:53For a reaction,
00:11:54there's a reaction
00:11:54and now I understand
00:11:56that whole thing
00:11:57because the harder we,
00:11:59you know,
00:11:59have fun with this kid,
00:12:01may I say,
00:12:01let's just say,
00:12:02the more we,
00:12:03you're proud to share
00:12:03Golden Globes routine on him,
00:12:05the more it's going to hurt Riff.
00:12:06You know what I mean?
00:12:07Every time you whack this kid,
00:12:09it hurts his father.
00:12:11Oh, man.
00:12:11Hey, Mel.
00:12:13Mel from Chicago
00:12:14with the camera.
00:12:16It's a little jiggly, man.
00:12:17Jiggly, jiggly, ju.
00:12:18Well, you know those guys
00:12:19from Chicago?
00:12:20They can't handle a camera.
00:12:21You got to stay back
00:12:22a little bit
00:12:22with the gas station
00:12:23who's filling up, man.
00:12:24Yeah, it's filling up.
00:12:25I mean,
00:12:25how can you follow
00:12:26somebody this close
00:12:27and I know you're following?
00:12:27It's unbelievable.
00:12:28I should go give him a hand
00:12:29with that pump.
00:12:30It's a little heavy.
00:12:32Did you see him
00:12:33with his shirt off this guy?
00:12:34Yeah, yeah, I know.
00:12:35I know.
00:12:35I've heard that joke
00:12:36five times.
00:12:37Oh, man.
00:12:38The gasoline hose
00:12:39is bigger than his arm.
00:12:40He can't tell the difference.
00:12:47We are back
00:12:48on WCW Monday Nitro fans
00:12:51and we do understand
00:12:52we're going to take you
00:12:53right now to meet Gene Okerlund
00:12:54who's got a special interview
00:12:56with one of the true
00:12:57greats in our sport,
00:12:59former world television champ
00:13:00and more times over
00:13:01tag team champ
00:13:03with the team.
00:13:04Well, Tony,
00:13:05I'm strolling back here
00:13:06in the hallway
00:13:06near the locker room area
00:13:07of the Target Center
00:13:08having a cup of coffee
00:13:09and I couldn't help
00:13:10but notice the man
00:13:11on my immediate left
00:13:12enjoying a cup of coffee
00:13:13but it looks to me
00:13:14like Booker T.
00:13:16You're in some
00:13:17very deep thought.
00:13:18First of all,
00:13:18what's happening, Gene?
00:13:20Not a lot happening
00:13:20except for Nitro
00:13:21and it's so explosive
00:13:23I don't know
00:13:23what's happening.
00:13:24You know,
00:13:25you come up here
00:13:25asking me these questions
00:13:26you know,
00:13:26I know what you're thinking.
00:13:27You're thinking the same thing
00:13:29that people out of TV
00:13:29land are thinking.
00:13:30Let's go back to 1998.
00:13:32That year did not end
00:13:33on a note that I think
00:13:35you wanted it to end on.
00:13:36No, with a torn ACL
00:13:37you know,
00:13:38received by Bret Hart
00:13:39you know,
00:13:40you know,
00:13:40the doctors,
00:13:41you know,
00:13:41they told me to take
00:13:42six months off
00:13:43you know,
00:13:43me being,
00:13:44you know,
00:13:44the stubborn mule
00:13:45you know,
00:13:45and the fan mail coming in
00:13:46I took three and a half
00:13:47months off
00:13:48and I came back
00:13:49you know,
00:13:49ready to raise the roof
00:13:50if you know what I'm saying.
00:13:51I know exactly
00:13:52what you're saying.
00:13:52Any man worth his salt
00:13:54would want to prove it
00:13:54to himself
00:13:55and his fans
00:13:56and prove it
00:13:57as soon as possible
00:13:58and apparently
00:13:58that's what you've done.
00:13:59You know,
00:14:00that's what I've done
00:14:00you know,
00:14:01but you know,
00:14:02after that match
00:14:02last week with Bret Hart
00:14:03you know,
00:14:04I kind of had to rethink
00:14:05this whole process
00:14:06you know,
00:14:06you know,
00:14:07the guy
00:14:08In all due respect
00:14:09anybody that saw
00:14:10that match
00:14:11there were extenuating
00:14:12circumstances
00:14:13you know,
00:14:14that it may be
00:14:15a loss in the column
00:14:16but it was a moral
00:14:17victory for you.
00:14:18Well Gene,
00:14:18where I'm from
00:14:19when you get
00:14:20caught slipping
00:14:20you get gank
00:14:21you dig
00:14:22and that's just
00:14:24the way it is
00:14:24but you know,
00:14:25a guy told me
00:14:26Booker T
00:14:27you need to refocus
00:14:28you need to rethink
00:14:29this thing
00:14:29you need to turn
00:14:30a negative
00:14:31into a positive
00:14:31and that's what
00:14:32I'm going to do.
00:14:33You know,
00:14:33the committee told me
00:14:34tonight
00:14:34at Super Brawl
00:14:35I got the Disco Inferno
00:14:37a NWO
00:14:38Wolfpack
00:14:39wannabe
00:14:39and you know,
00:14:40right now
00:14:40he's on track
00:14:41he's on a roll
00:14:42he's on fire
00:14:43you know,
00:14:43but the BT Express
00:14:45is coming hard
00:14:46and he's coming correct
00:14:47and Disco Inferno
00:14:48I want to let you know
00:14:49you're on the track
00:14:50and you're going to get
00:14:51derailed sucker
00:14:52Booker T
00:14:52at Super Brawl
00:14:54I promise you
00:14:55he will raise
00:14:56the roof
00:14:56Emotionality
00:14:58running very high
00:14:59with one Booker T
00:15:00back in the locker room
00:15:01area
00:15:01Tony,
00:15:02back to you
00:15:03very good
00:15:05Gino Carlino
00:15:05okay
00:15:06the Wolfpack
00:15:07theme
00:15:07howls out
00:15:08here at the Target Center
00:15:09and Bobby Heenan
00:15:10has joined us
00:15:11at the broadcast location
00:15:13guess what big guy
00:15:14what
00:15:15you're in a lot of trouble
00:15:16with who
00:15:18you dunked Eric
00:15:19pretty darn good
00:15:20this is Minneapolis
00:15:21there's ice all over the
00:15:22I lost my footing
00:15:24you got heat
00:15:25with this off
00:15:26you didn't hear that
00:15:29but as you're
00:15:30stumbling away
00:15:31he pointed to you
00:15:32he said I'll get back
00:15:33at you Heenan
00:15:34you're lying
00:15:34he said I'll never
00:15:36forget this
00:15:37it wasn't my fault
00:15:39I was going to give him
00:15:39the ball
00:15:40and show him
00:15:40that I didn't want
00:15:41to be involved
00:15:42in anything like this
00:15:43I'm a broadcast journalist
00:15:44I'm not a right-handed
00:15:45reliever
00:15:45it's all Craig Leather's
00:15:48fault
00:15:48yeah you know
00:15:49he sent me out there
00:15:50he said go take a couple
00:15:51shots Sam
00:15:51you know why
00:15:52he hates big shots
00:15:52Scott Steiner
00:15:56Big Pop Pop
00:15:57who has been
00:15:58very involved
00:16:00in this program tonight
00:16:03but in a way that
00:16:05has been nothing less
00:16:08than totally disgusting
00:16:10the world television
00:16:14champion comes out
00:16:15and we saw earlier
00:16:19how DDP is
00:16:20I hope Diamond Dallas
00:16:21when he left
00:16:21has gone to check
00:16:23on Kimberly
00:16:23in her condition
00:16:25as you people
00:16:39are mesmermized
00:16:41by the greatest body
00:16:43in the world
00:16:44you can see why
00:16:47I am
00:16:48a champion
00:16:49and being a champion
00:16:52means you gotta
00:16:53take on all comers
00:16:55that means even
00:16:57white trash
00:16:58now Diamond Dallas Page
00:17:03last time we wrestled
00:17:05there was one stipulation
00:17:07and if I beat you
00:17:09I got to show your wife
00:17:11what it was like
00:17:12to be with a real man
00:17:14you heard it
00:17:17the whole world
00:17:18heard it
00:17:19and now you got
00:17:20a problem with it
00:17:21but there was one other
00:17:23person that heard it
00:17:25and she seems to like
00:17:26that stipulation
00:17:27and that's your wife
00:17:29because she's in the back
00:17:32flirting with me
00:17:34asking questions
00:17:35why all my hoochies
00:17:37say there's nothing finer
00:17:39than Scott Steiner
00:17:41so Diamond Dallas Page
00:17:47you need to step aside
00:17:49and let nature
00:17:51take its course
00:17:52and let this body
00:17:54rock your wife's body
00:17:56until she tells me
00:17:58who's her daddy
00:18:00because in one night
00:18:05I will fulfill
00:18:07all her fantasies
00:18:09because as you can see
00:18:11this body is not built
00:18:13just for pleasure
00:18:15and you don't need
00:18:17no tape measure
00:18:18because that is
00:18:21the largest arms
00:18:22in the world
00:18:23and this body can go
00:18:25so this goes to all
00:18:27my freaks out there
00:18:28Big Papa Pump
00:18:29is your hookup
00:18:31holler if you hear me
00:18:33Tony he's got them
00:18:39all mesmerized
00:18:40boy does he ever
00:18:43I've never seen so much
00:18:47arrogance
00:18:48I don't know
00:18:50I don't know what to say
00:18:51but he'll be wrestling
00:18:53when we come back
00:18:55on Nitro Live
00:18:56back on Monday Nitro
00:19:01I want to remind you
00:19:02this coming Saturday
00:19:03the 6th of February
00:19:06tickets go on sale
00:19:07for Thunder
00:19:07in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
00:19:09Thursday March 4th
00:19:10at the All-JVM Coliseum
00:19:12tickets on sale
00:19:13this Saturday morning
00:19:14the Bank College
00:19:14ticketmaster
00:19:15and Jimmy Hart
00:19:16will be at the Coliseum
00:19:17in Winston-Salem Saturday morning
00:19:1910 a.m. till noon
00:19:19when tickets go on sale
00:19:21uh-oh
00:19:22Ralph Lassenger's
00:19:23Derrick go around
00:19:24well it's going to be
00:19:25a good one
00:19:26against Scott Steiner
00:19:27also this Saturday
00:19:28February 6th
00:19:29tickets go on sale
00:19:30for the next WCW event
00:19:32in Greenville, South Carolina
00:19:33at the Bylo Center
00:19:35that dates Sunday
00:19:35February 28th
00:19:37tickets available
00:19:38at the box office
00:19:38by credit cards
00:19:39and ETM ticket machines
00:19:40and select Bylo stores
00:19:42in the Greenville, South Carolina area
00:19:44or at www.etm.com
00:19:47Buff Bankwell
00:19:49and many of the Nitro girls
00:19:50are going to be
00:19:50at the Bylo Center
00:19:51box office
00:19:52Saturday at 9 a.m.
00:19:53when tickets go on sale
00:19:55notice how
00:19:57Ralph's Gums
00:20:00takes charge
00:20:00look at this
00:20:02a man in command
00:20:03he should say
00:20:04serve and protect
00:20:05on his shirt
00:20:06he's the master
00:20:06of crowd control
00:20:07you can see that
00:20:08one riot
00:20:09one Ralph's
00:20:11former world's
00:20:13television champion
00:20:14Ralph's?
00:20:15Chris Jericho
00:20:15no not Ralph's
00:20:17Chris Jericho
00:20:17on his way to the ring
00:20:20and what
00:20:21what is he doing?
00:20:23probably going out
00:20:23to get a pizza
00:20:24sending Ralph's
00:20:24to the back
00:20:25that's not like Jericho
00:20:26well if you got
00:20:27a body like
00:20:28Buff Bagwell
00:20:29and you got Ralph's
00:20:30you're going to see
00:20:31see either side
00:20:32of the spectrum
00:20:33here so to speak
00:20:34Chris Jericho
00:20:37former television champ
00:20:39and Buff Bagwell
00:20:41down on the floor
00:20:43along with
00:20:43Big Papa Pump
00:20:44Scott Steiner
00:20:45well Jericho
00:20:48is going to have
00:20:49to pull out
00:20:49every bit of
00:20:50wrestling knowledge
00:20:51he knows
00:20:51because he's not
00:20:52going to match
00:20:52this man
00:20:53Big Papa Pump
00:20:54Scott Steiner
00:20:55strength for strength
00:20:56and Scott Steiner
00:20:57has got that
00:20:57tremendous amateur
00:20:58background
00:20:58world tag team
00:21:00champions on many
00:21:01occasions
00:21:01Jericho's got his
00:21:02hands full
00:21:02gentlemen
00:21:03just another great
00:21:06matchup
00:21:07and Scott Hall
00:21:09still to come
00:21:10against Chris
00:21:10Benoit
00:21:11Boyd Jericho
00:21:16not backing down
00:21:17at all
00:21:17now is he
00:21:18not intimidated
00:21:20by the size
00:21:22and the demeanor
00:21:23and the track record
00:21:24of Scott Steiner
00:21:25are you sure
00:21:26he's not intimidated
00:21:27take one look
00:21:28at his face
00:21:28yeah I don't know
00:21:29I think he was
00:21:29really mocking
00:21:30Scott Steiner
00:21:31there and here
00:21:31they go
00:21:32just overpowering
00:21:35strength
00:21:35hooking up
00:21:38so to speak
00:21:40the Big Papa Pump
00:21:41is not a good idea
00:21:42if you're Chris Jericho
00:21:42that's what Bobby
00:21:43Heenan just mentioned
00:21:44in terms of pure power
00:21:45and pure strength
00:21:46there's no way
00:21:47that Jericho
00:21:48can compete
00:21:49with Scott Steiner
00:21:50he's going to have
00:21:51to go to a different
00:21:52offense
00:21:52he's going to have
00:21:53to hit and run
00:21:53and use some
00:21:54high risk moves
00:21:55if he's going
00:21:56to be successful
00:21:56ditto
00:21:57you're right
00:21:57about that pal
00:21:58once again
00:22:02look at the quickness
00:22:02of Scott Steiner
00:22:03showing his amateur
00:22:05skills
00:22:05and then
00:22:06a little combination
00:22:07of that brawling
00:22:08tactic
00:22:09that
00:22:09you are witnessing
00:22:11right now
00:22:11Jericho being mugged
00:22:12oh
00:22:14Scott Steiner
00:22:17very prolific
00:22:18at using
00:22:18his greatest assets
00:22:20and those
00:22:21apparent
00:22:22those are the arms
00:22:22see those
00:22:23forearms
00:22:24that be just
00:22:24drilled
00:22:25right across
00:22:25the face
00:22:26of Jericho
00:22:26oh
00:22:27the gorilla
00:22:28press slam
00:22:28and just
00:22:31dumps Jericho
00:22:32Jericho
00:22:32has had
00:22:33no offense
00:22:34they don't
00:22:35got me
00:22:35foot in
00:22:43the side
00:22:43of the face
00:22:44as
00:22:44the world
00:22:45television
00:22:45champ
00:22:46legs
00:22:49the midsection
00:22:49look at Jericho
00:22:53fire back
00:22:53Scott Steiner
00:22:55goes down
00:22:55but don't walk
00:22:57away from him
00:22:57Jericho
00:22:58keep that leather
00:22:59snapping
00:22:59kick him
00:23:00kick him
00:23:00well you got to
00:23:01give Jericho
00:23:02a little credit
00:23:02missile
00:23:03missile
00:23:03drop kick
00:23:04one of the high
00:23:05risk moves
00:23:06that we talked
00:23:07about
00:23:07it's exactly
00:23:08what he needs
00:23:08if he's going
00:23:09to win this
00:23:09match
00:23:09and don't let
00:23:10up on him
00:23:11stay on him
00:23:11Jericho
00:23:12easier said
00:23:14than done
00:23:15after Jericho
00:23:16taking the
00:23:16assault
00:23:16he's taking
00:23:17and watch out
00:23:18buff
00:23:18oh my
00:23:19good
00:23:19oh they
00:23:20just sandwiched
00:23:21him that time
00:23:22first Bagwell
00:23:23from behind
00:23:24and then the
00:23:24momentum
00:23:25knocked him
00:23:25right into
00:23:26Scott Steiner
00:23:26well he's in
00:23:28trouble now
00:23:28he's in a bad
00:23:29neighborhood
00:23:29they're just
00:23:32going to work
00:23:32him over
00:23:32they're just
00:23:33going to go
00:23:33over that rail
00:23:34and get him
00:23:34front of him
00:23:36ringside
00:23:36amongst the
00:23:37fans
00:23:37the chairs
00:23:38oh big
00:23:39pump
00:23:39pump
00:23:40with the
00:23:42chairs
00:23:42sends him
00:23:44back
00:23:44what a
00:23:45beat
00:23:45oh
00:23:51ear to the
00:23:52ring
00:23:52pump
00:23:52I guess
00:23:57I'm guilty
00:23:57you know
00:23:58buff's got a
00:23:59style though
00:23:59you have to
00:24:00like
00:24:00I said
00:24:04buff's got a
00:24:04style that
00:24:05you kind of
00:24:06have to
00:24:07like
00:24:07I understand
00:24:08what you said
00:24:08but nothing's
00:24:09going to make
00:24:09up for what
00:24:09you did to
00:24:10Bischoff
00:24:10earlier on
00:24:11tonight
00:24:11but at least
00:24:11he's in the
00:24:12water
00:24:12I got him
00:24:12in the
00:24:13drink
00:24:13yeah
00:24:13there you
00:24:13go
00:24:14up
00:24:14on
00:24:14top
00:24:15and
00:24:15no
00:24:16back
00:24:16elbow
00:24:16come on
00:24:18the accident
00:24:18has happened
00:24:19he went
00:24:20for that
00:24:20arrogant
00:24:22but stayed
00:24:24for none
00:24:24of it
00:24:25went back
00:24:25to the
00:24:26amateur
00:24:26background
00:24:27the single
00:24:27leg
00:24:27takedown
00:24:28drops
00:24:28the big
00:24:29elbow
00:24:29and
00:24:29big
00:24:30just
00:24:31leveled
00:24:32in with
00:24:32that
00:24:32lariat
00:24:32now
00:24:35almost
00:24:39the form
00:24:40of the
00:24:40Steiner
00:24:40recliner
00:24:41pulling back
00:24:41on the
00:24:42head
00:24:42the
00:24:42chin
00:24:43single
00:24:45armed
00:24:46him
00:24:46up
00:24:46that
00:24:46time
00:24:47and
00:24:49now
00:24:50Scott
00:24:51Steiner
00:24:51again
00:24:52using
00:24:53those
00:24:53massive
00:24:54arms
00:24:54and
00:24:54overpowering
00:24:55strength
00:24:55in the
00:24:56upper
00:24:56body
00:24:56just
00:24:57mauling
00:24:57Chris Jericho
00:24:58in the
00:24:59corner
00:24:59Jericho
00:25:01just tries
00:25:01to cover
00:25:02up
00:25:02from the
00:25:02assault
00:25:03and
00:25:03immediately
00:25:04it's
00:25:04breaking
00:25:04the
00:25:06eyes
00:25:06very
00:25:10fortunate
00:25:11based on
00:25:12what's
00:25:12gone
00:25:12down
00:25:12that
00:25:13Diamond
00:25:13Dallas
00:25:13Page
00:25:14had
00:25:14left
00:25:14I
00:25:15would
00:25:15say
00:25:16that's
00:25:18not a
00:25:18pretty
00:25:19situation
00:25:19no
00:25:19it's
00:25:20not
00:25:20Page
00:25:20gonna
00:25:20have
00:25:21his
00:25:21day
00:25:21I've
00:25:22never
00:25:22seen
00:25:23Diamond
00:25:23Dallas
00:25:23that
00:25:25visually
00:25:25shaken
00:25:26before
00:25:26my
00:25:26life
00:25:27well
00:25:29it's
00:25:29not like
00:25:30the
00:25:30first
00:25:30time
00:25:30guys
00:25:30have
00:25:31probably
00:25:31made
00:25:31moves
00:25:31on
00:25:32her
00:25:32she
00:25:37was
00:25:38knocked
00:25:39unconscious
00:25:39earlier
00:25:40tonight
00:25:40I
00:25:41understand
00:25:41it was
00:25:42an accident
00:25:42I
00:25:42didn't
00:25:42really
00:25:42see
00:25:43it
00:25:43I
00:25:43was
00:25:43out
00:25:43you
00:25:44understand
00:25:45who
00:25:45told
00:25:46you
00:25:46it
00:25:46was
00:25:46an
00:25:46accident
00:25:46who
00:25:47told
00:25:47you
00:25:48that
00:25:48Buffer
00:25:50there's
00:25:51no
00:25:51more
00:25:51an
00:25:51accident
00:25:52than
00:25:52your
00:25:52accident
00:25:53with
00:25:53Bischoff
00:25:54out
00:25:54there
00:25:54by
00:25:55deliberately
00:25:55hitting
00:25:56the device
00:25:56to put him
00:25:57in the water
00:25:57and taking
00:25:58that from you
00:25:58Shivani
00:25:59is a personal
00:25:59insult
00:26:00good
00:26:01because it was meant
00:26:02that way
00:26:02Jericho firing back now
00:26:05I wonder if Bischoff's frozen in a complete block right now out there
00:26:12one, two, rolling him up and a good move that time by Scott Steiner
00:26:18easier said than done
00:26:33Jericho's got to really get to his feet that's what Jericho's got to do
00:26:39easier said than done gentlemen
00:26:432, 3, 4, 4 , get off them man get on me
00:26:47Joe Game
00:26:47Joe Game
00:26:52Forearm shot in the face
00:26:55Chris Jericho's in a big pop of
00:26:58He's got him now
00:27:001, 2
00:27:01Best offensive move of the match at that point for Jericho getting a near two count
00:27:11goes back to the surfboard-type hold.
00:27:14Yeah, but this man's so strong, Mike.
00:27:16He can power his way out,
00:27:17but what Jericho should do is put the boots between his eyes.
00:27:20This is just temporary.
00:27:21Just trying to slow down Scott Steiner.
00:27:23Drop kick sends Bagwell to the floor.
00:27:28Look at the power of this man.
00:27:30Ben Oliver!
00:27:32Just toying with him as he took him over with that suplex.
00:27:38Now look at this.
00:27:40A little out of the Jericho textbook, if you will.
00:27:44Jericho easily comes out of it,
00:27:46and I'm sure that Steiner expected that.
00:27:49But the assault continues.
00:27:50Jericho undaunted.
00:27:52Oh!
00:27:53Jawbreaker!
00:27:54Chris Jericho!
00:27:56Oh!
00:27:57Oh, did you hear that?
00:27:58Oh, boy, did I ever.
00:27:59The lion saw it.
00:28:00One, two, no!
00:28:06In the chest.
00:28:08In the ropes.
00:28:09Oh!
00:28:10Down goes Jericho!
00:28:11And he doesn't look like he's gonna be getting up too soon.
00:28:15Ah!
00:28:16Well, when two men collide and one Scott Steiner,
00:28:18more than likely the other's going down in a heap.
00:28:21He's going someplace right now.
00:28:23Oh, my goodness.
00:28:24Pump handle.
00:28:25Picks him up.
00:28:26Drives him down.
00:28:27This has been an assault.
00:28:28The lights are on.
00:28:29But nobody's at home right now.
00:28:30The count on the inside.
00:28:31He pulled him up by the hair.
00:28:32He had him beat.
00:28:33It's a remarkable tribute to Chris Jericho that he could even stay in here.
00:28:43He's lucky to be alive.
00:28:44The Steiners hit him with everything, but he's not done yet.
00:28:47Just push Jericho.
00:28:48Kicks him in the face.
00:28:50He's got fight.
00:28:51No doubt about that, Tony.
00:28:52Standing sidekick by Jericho.
00:28:54He brushed him off.
00:28:55He walked away.
00:28:57He walks out of the ring in a way when he's just had enough.
00:29:05What?
00:29:06Harry, Saturn, dress and all, has arrived.
00:29:13And he's behind Jericho.
00:29:18Jericho's going to take another tail kicking.
00:29:25This one by a guy in a dress.
00:29:27Well, it's February 1st.
00:29:28It's obvious.
00:29:29It's not Jericho's lucky day.
00:29:31Life's a drag.
00:29:33Right here, buddy.
00:29:35Roll him in for Big Papa Pop.
00:29:38To attack him again.
00:29:41Time for relaxation.
00:29:43In the Steiner Recliner.
00:29:45He's not gone anyplace.
00:29:49He's had it.
00:29:50He wakes him off.
00:29:51Charles Robinson calls him back.
00:29:54So Jericho had decided to walk out.
00:30:00Harry Saturn in the dress and all that Jericho had forced him to wear.
00:30:07Comes in since Jericho back in the ring enabling.
00:30:10Big Papa Pop to retain the television belt.
00:30:14Bob is the stuff and he is the freak.
00:30:19He's the freak.
00:30:21We welcome you back to the Target Center.
00:30:24This is WCW Monday Nitro.
00:30:26Scott Hall coming out to face Chris Benoit still to come in this program.
00:30:32And we have seen Bret Hart.
00:30:37We understand Bret Hart is officially confirmed to be a part of the Bruce Cruise as well.
00:30:41I was told that earlier tonight.
00:30:43And we'll pack back in the house.
00:30:50Bret Hart will probably be knocking people overboard with deck chairs.
00:30:54I don't think so.
00:30:55Here comes the gorgeous Miss Elizabeth along with Lex Luger and Kevin Nash.
00:31:02And I would imagine that some sort of answer is going to be given to the challenge thrown out there at the beginning of the program by Conan and Ray Jr.
00:31:13You'll recall by today at the beginning of the show.
00:31:16The challenge was made for a tag team match coming up in Superbrawl on February the 21st.
00:31:22They said we can do it several different ways.
00:31:25Rey Mysterio Jr. said he's going to put his mask at stake.
00:31:28In terms of the opposition, it could be Lex Luger's hair, Kevin Nash's hair, or possibly even the hair of Miss Elizabeth.
00:31:38So we expect to hear an answer from the Wolfpack.
00:31:41N-W-O.
00:31:46N-W-O.
00:31:51Minneapolis, Wolfpack in the house!
00:31:56And you know Big Sexy and Liz, I just gotta chuckle a little bit.
00:32:08When I hear Big Brother K-Dawg and Little Rey Mysterio come out here challenging two of the boys.
00:32:15Two of the biggest stars this sport has ever seen.
00:32:19I mean, Big Sexy, Liz, what's up with that?
00:32:24Well, you know, Lex.
00:32:28From my understanding, old K-Dawg and Rey Mysterio, and if I may speak on this,
00:32:41have decided that they want to match with the total package and Big Sexy?
00:32:48And my understanding is that these guys actually had the nerve to have some stipulations.
00:33:00They said they'll put Rey's mask on the line against-
00:33:07Against our hair!
00:33:32Now, as I think about that and I ponder it, there was actually one point that I kinda liked that was kinda valid.
00:33:44And I think we're gonna accept the match on the pretense that if you pin either the total package or Big Sexy, we'll put Liz's hair on the line.
00:33:58Wait a minute, guys.
00:34:04Don't worry, baby.
00:34:05Have we ever let you down, Big Sexy and I?
00:34:08We got you covered.
00:34:10Anyway, remember that one Star Trek movie when the girl was bald?
00:34:14Maybe you can bring that thing back.
00:34:16So guys, in Super Brawl, it looks like Rey, your mask against the lovely Miss Elizabeth's hair.
00:34:26Thank you very much.
00:34:28She could wind up looking like Saturn.
00:34:34She didn't go for it at first, but she is confident in her men.
00:34:48It's gonna be K-Dog and Rey Jr. The Mask against the hair of Miss Elizabeth with their two men.
00:35:00Luger and Nash go in the ring at Super Brawl on the 21st of February.
00:35:04We're back in the camp.
00:35:20Simeono to a chorus of well-deserved boos come out here.
00:35:24It's been a lively crowd and they see a lot happen here tonight.
00:35:29We're gonna see Scott Hall, Chris Benoit go at it.
00:35:33Three times!
00:35:34Three times!
00:35:35Three Karate Champions!
00:35:37Let me guess.
00:35:39He is three-time Karate Champion, right, Mike?
00:35:42That's what he claims.
00:35:43And you know, if you look it up in the record book, it's a fact.
00:35:49I'm sure you have many times.
00:35:51He wrote it.
00:35:54Anything for accuracy, Tony, you know that.
00:35:56Yes.
00:35:57He just barked at Pinzer.
00:36:02Kick him.
00:36:04Kick it at Pinzer.
00:36:05Everyone does.
00:36:07Threatening everyone, pointing at everybody.
00:36:13The cat, Sonny Ono.
00:36:16Now what's going on?
00:36:18Wait, hold on now, wait a minute.
00:36:20Go ahead.
00:36:21What's your cat?
00:36:22What's your cat?
00:36:23What's your cat?
00:36:24What's your cat?
00:36:25What's your cat?
00:36:26What's your cat?
00:36:27Go ahead.
00:36:28What's your cat?
00:36:30Ladies and gentlemen, the cat, Ernest Miller, would like to be referred to and known from this point forward as the greatest of all time.
00:36:41Right now, I want you people to do one thing.
00:36:58Shut up and sit down.
00:37:05You know.
00:37:11Hey, you can yell all you want to, but I bet you won't come in my ring.
00:37:35Get in here.
00:37:37I need to have a match tonight.
00:37:39Get in here.
00:37:40I need somebody to fight right now.
00:37:43Anybody.
00:37:48So once again, I come out here prepared to fight anybody.
00:37:56And there's no one with the guts to get in here and challenge the greatest.
00:38:04You people make me sick in the wind.
00:38:06Mike, you want me to hold your coat?
00:38:17I'm not headed to the ring.
00:38:18Today he's going nowhere.
00:38:19We're going nowhere.
00:38:20He's made a kind of a blanket challenge here.
00:38:23And the cat is killing the microphone.
00:38:25He's ready to fight.
00:38:26Anybody.
00:38:27Anybody.
00:38:27Anybody.
00:38:28Anybody.
00:38:28Everybody snarking.
00:38:29No one, no one.
00:38:31Cat just called you out.
00:38:33Yeah.
00:38:34Seriously man.
00:38:34Cat just called you out.
00:38:35I'm not going to send that to you.
00:38:37Cat just said that you ain't got to splatter.
00:38:40Did he say that?
00:38:41He said, tell me.
00:38:42He's looking for it.
00:38:43He's going to get him.
00:38:45He's calling you out.
00:38:46He's calling me out.
00:38:48He called you.
00:38:49What?
00:38:50Get him.
00:38:50What come on in here, I'm the greatest, this is my house, and I do what I want to here.
00:39:12I'll fight anybody.
00:39:14Give me somebody, I'm sick and tired of this.
00:39:24Jump Sunny.
00:39:25You're too old, so sit down.
00:39:27She didn't look that old.
00:39:29Hey, big girl, I love a lady with no front teeth.
00:39:36Ralph's sister made it.
00:39:39That's your husband, come on in here.
00:39:41He just may get his wish.
00:39:46I believe we may have a ticker.
00:39:47NWO, they were stirring things up back in the locker room.
00:39:54They sent out the brains of the outfit.
00:39:56Big Scott Norton has come out.
00:39:59And the cat said, bring me out somebody, well, he's got somebody all right.
00:40:04What a reputation this man has in the Twin Cities here, Tony.
00:40:08What an arm wrestler, what a bouncer this man was in all the clubs here.
00:40:12What a tough human being.
00:40:13Hey, big man.
00:40:17I was not calling you out here.
00:40:22I know you're a big, mean, and tough man, but I'm mean too.
00:40:27Didn't he say anybody?
00:40:28So if you want to get in this ring with me tonight, I'm gonna have to whoop you too.
00:40:34Uh-oh.
00:40:35Look at the eyes of Scott Norton.
00:40:44That's not hair in his head, those are nerve ends.
00:40:49Truly one of the toughest men we've ever witnessed to step into a wrestling ring.
00:40:55And now the cat is taking the robe off.
00:40:58Boy, this is certainly a definite contrast in Styles, wouldn't you say, Mike?
00:41:02Two polar opposites, Tony, when it comes to Styles.
00:41:05The martial arts background of the cat, the greatest of all time, in his words,
00:41:10against the pure power of the man that's built like a mountain named Scott Flash Norton,
00:41:17and one clothesline sets the cat down.
00:41:20I wonder how many lives that kitty has.
00:41:23They don't have him anymore after this.
00:41:24Let's see.
00:41:25Oh!
00:41:26We're gonna see how far this three-time World Karate Championship's gonna take him
00:41:32against a guy like...
00:41:33Whoa!
00:41:34Whoa!
00:41:39Yeah, the cat's in trouble.
00:41:44Oh!
00:41:47Meow!
00:41:49That shot not only rocked him, it picked him up off the mat and slung him on the floor.
00:41:55What a jump.
00:41:56I think it knocked off his flea collar.
00:41:58I felt that last one all the way here, the set short arm clothesline.
00:42:02The cat goes down.
00:42:03There's a cat named Angel in Alabama, felt it.
00:42:07Look at this.
00:42:12The cat, not a bad move with a drop kick on the knee.
00:42:18You want Norton down.
00:42:19You don't wanna stand up and let him throw you around.
00:42:21Absolutely.
00:42:22But he's just as tough on his back.
00:42:24Heck of a rebound here by the cat, using what he knows.
00:42:28It's really his best offense, and you can see he's totally focused on that knee of Norton.
00:42:33Using his kicks and his blows, and that one found its mark in the jaw of Scott Norton.
00:42:39Oh, he's gonna have to be.
00:42:40He's gonna have to be.
00:42:41He's gonna have to be.
00:42:42He's gonna have to be.
00:42:43He's gonna have to be.
00:42:44Lines him up.
00:42:45He measures him for a kick in.
00:42:46Oh, caught it.
00:42:47Oh.
00:42:48What Norton ought to do is take those little bedroom slippers he's wearing, and just stomp the
00:42:52paws of that cat.
00:42:53the cat. He caught that attempt at a spin wheel kick in midair, thrust the man down
00:43:00to a mat, pick him back up to chop him down again. The cat keeps on coming and keeps on
00:43:09going down. This has been an awesome display by one of the true power men in our sport.
00:43:19Just challenging the cat. The cat went to the eyes and he said, give me some, and he just
00:43:24went, it got him even madder. Well, the great equalizer is used, and it's not that we agree
00:43:34with it, but seeing what's been going on, it may have been his only recourse there, guys.
00:43:40That and all from cash. It had no effect. No effect. No effect.
00:43:45I think he hit him even harder that time.
00:43:52Oh, that one was on target. Full extension of the leg, and the cat tries to fight back.
00:43:56Look at this. Look at Norton.
00:43:58He just shook it off. He didn't go down. He just kind of rocked back and forth, stood up
00:44:05and chopped him again. Look at the chest of the cat.
00:44:07What a fight. The broken blood vessels on the chest
00:44:11of the cat after those series of chops that picked Scott Norton.
00:44:15And Norton just mauling him again in the ropes.
00:44:21Jawbreaker. Great maneuver. Norton goes down.
00:44:27Norton went down to the jawbreaker of the cat.
00:44:29Now tries to go in to follow up with something here.
00:44:33He can't let Norton get to his feet.
00:44:38Those are heavy chops on that very wide back of Scott Norton.
00:44:42Norton comes up, and the cat goes, boy, Norton has taken everything.
00:44:49I think his back is bigger than the scoreboard here at the Target Center.
00:44:53Norton has endured, has absorbed everything this cat has given him.
00:45:00Every, look, he catches the foot thrust in midair.
00:45:03Unbelievable.
00:45:06I like to watch him wrestle.
00:45:09He just mauls you, he just- You did it now.
00:45:12You watched some of these.
00:45:15There's no wrestling here at all.
00:45:17Imagine some guy about 2 in the morning here with about a 12 pack of old
00:45:24duels in him, doesn't wanna leave the bar, and Norton's gonna put him out on the street.
00:45:28Can you imagine that?
00:45:28I imagine that's happened before in this city, back in these days prior
00:45:33to getting in the ring, back in these days prior to being an arm wrestling champion.
00:45:37The cat just slinged him over, not a bad attempt that time by the cat.
00:45:43The cat, I'm just saying this guy, the cat's not afraid.
00:45:47No.
00:45:48He's not run from the man at all, and he's endured quite a thrashing here.
00:45:52But the cat, showing us that time as he tried to move him over, now he is, once again, not
00:45:58afraid at all of Scott Norton.
00:46:00Trying to fight back against Scott Norton.
00:46:03But you talk about an uphill struggle, Norton just nailed him that time with a fist right
00:46:06between the eyes.
00:46:07You know, you may not like the way the cat operates.
00:46:09He does have a big mouth, and he shoots it off a lot.
00:46:11That's his personality.
00:46:12But like you said, he hasn't backed up.
00:46:15He's been in this match the whole time.
00:46:17He's been going at Norton.
00:46:18He really believes it.
00:46:19He believes he's the greatest of all time.
00:46:21Gonna send Sonny Ono to the Wolves.
00:46:24Sonny Ono gets shoved down.
00:46:25Little diversionary tactic that time, it enabled him to get the foot, and once again, the full
00:46:30extension.
00:46:31On to Scott Norton.
00:46:32On the jaw.
00:46:33Oh.
00:46:34Side kick, follows up with a front kick.
00:46:36Oh.
00:46:37Uh-oh.
00:46:38It's just a wake-up call for Norton.
00:46:40Those round kicks having no effect.
00:46:42It's just that cat makes, it's out of town.
00:46:46Oh.
00:46:47Tried for, I guess what that was gonna be was a spinning roundhouse kick, and Norton flattened
00:46:52him.
00:46:53Power ball time.
00:46:54Oh.
00:46:55Yeah, maybe more than that.
00:46:59Just broke him in half.
00:47:03What a clinic that was.
00:47:07What a display.
00:47:08What a lesson in pain.
00:47:10What a, one of the most decisive things I've ever witnessed.
00:47:13Calls me out.
00:47:14What a homecoming for Scott Norton, and he just said, nobody calls me out.
00:47:20There's a lesson to be learned there.
00:47:23The cat.
00:47:24See when he had his hands on Sonny.
00:47:27Oh.
00:47:28Norton's had bigger egg rolls in his hand.
00:47:31Sonny, you're lucky to be alive.
00:47:37Sonny.
00:47:38How about this?
00:47:39Look at this.
00:47:40Look at the power of this man, Norton.
00:47:42Big, tough man.
00:47:44Big, big, tough.
00:47:45He can take it all.
00:47:46Kicks him right in the head.
00:47:47Comes right back with those massive arms and that chest.
00:47:50Just drives the cat to the max.
00:47:52Look at the eyes on him.
00:47:53He's gonna take the cat for a ride.
00:47:55Up the tree, kitty.
00:47:56And down.
00:47:57Wow.
00:47:58Bring out the kitty litter.
00:47:59So much for that cat.
00:48:00Your winner.
00:48:01The big, tough man.
00:48:03Scott Norton.
00:48:07Maybe one of the biggest and toughest we've ever witnessed.
00:48:09And that was just a raw display of power here on WCW Monday Nitro.
00:48:14Where should it come?
00:48:16Scott Hall of the Wolfpack.
00:48:17Chris Benoit of the Horsemen will collide.
00:48:20And here come the gorgeous Nitro girls.
00:48:23Gives us a moment to tell you.
00:48:24That's Friday, February 19th.
00:48:26We're gonna be back in San Francisco at the Cow Palace.
00:48:29For a big event of World Championship wrestling.
00:48:31Get your tickets on Bass Ticket Outlets.
00:48:33And the Cow Palace Box Office on Friday, February 26th.
00:48:37We're back in the Alamo Dome in San Antonio, Texas.
00:48:40Tickets at the Dome Box Office of Ticketmaster.
00:48:43Next week, stay tuned for details on Nitro coming to Worcester, Mass.
00:48:47on the 8th of March in Toronto.
00:48:50In Canada on the 29th of March.
00:48:54So big information coming your way.
00:48:56Fans, who knows what's gonna happen next in this great sport,
00:49:01in this unpredictable night of professional wrestling.
00:49:04We do know Scott Hall against Chris Benoit still to come,
00:49:07but we do understand when we come back.
00:49:10Oakland, Gene Oakland's gonna talk to Goldberg.
00:49:13You're gonna go, pal.
00:49:15All right, things are starting to heat up here on WCW Monday Nitro
00:49:19in the Twin Cities tonight.
00:49:21Downtown is on fire.
00:49:23And get ready, because this arena, the Target Center,
00:49:27is gonna be on fire when I mention the name of one of the most popular men
00:49:32I have ever seen.
00:49:34Please welcome, Goldberg!
00:49:42The man!
00:49:50Goldberg!
00:49:52Goldberg!
00:49:54Goldberg!
00:49:56Goldberg!
00:49:58Goldberg!
00:50:00Goldberg!
00:50:02Goldberg!
00:50:03Goldberg!
00:50:04Goldberg!
00:50:05Goldberg!
00:50:06Goldberg!
00:50:07Goldberg!
00:50:08Goldberg!
00:50:09Goldberg!
00:50:10Goldberg!
00:50:11Goldberg!
00:50:13Goldberg!
00:50:14Goldberg!
00:50:15Goldberg!
00:50:16Goldberg!
00:50:17Goldberg!
00:50:18Goldberg!
00:50:19Goldberg!
00:50:20Goldberg!
00:50:21Goldberg!
00:50:22Goldberg!
00:50:23Goldberg!
00:50:24Goldberg!
00:50:25Goldberg!
00:50:26Goldberg!
00:50:27Goldberg!
00:50:28Goldberg!
00:50:29Tony, Mike, Bobby, fans here tonight, fans around the world,
00:50:53this young man has had the most phenomenal run I have ever seen in such a short, condensed period of time in professional wrestling.
00:51:05174-0, Bill Goldberg running it to the limit.
00:51:11And Goldberg, in my eyes, you are still undefeated, my friend,
00:51:16especially in light of all of this adversity you've faced over the past few weeks.
00:51:20You know what, Gene, what's in the past is in the past, so forget about it, because I have.
00:51:30All right, I'm going to take it at that, face value.
00:51:33One name I've got to mention is a guy that showed up here, a gentleman by the name of Bam Bam Bigelow.
00:51:39He came totally unauthorized.
00:51:41We know about his portfolio.
00:51:43He's an extremist, as they say.
00:51:45He never had a license for world championship wrestling, yet he hounded you in parking lots.
00:51:51Goldberg, he hounded you in locker rooms, in the crowd, in this ring.
00:51:56Bam Bam Bigelow came here with one express purpose, to get to Goldberg.
00:52:02You know what, Bigelow?
00:52:03You know, I want you to look into these eyes, and I want you to tell me if you see just a little bit of hint of fear,
00:52:13because you ain't going to find it.
00:52:17You know, you may talk the talk, but I walk the walk.
00:52:21You call yourself an extremist.
00:52:30You call yourself the beast from the east.
00:52:36But to me, Bigelow, you're only one thing.
00:52:43You're next!
00:52:45I wonder, Tony, we've got Super Pro right around the corner.
00:52:54J.J. Dillon would ink that puppy right away.
00:52:58Nitro, we're hot.
00:52:59We're going to be back after this.
00:53:01Don't go away.
00:53:01I'm going to have the last slap today.
00:53:31No, no, no, no.
00:53:32No, no.
00:53:33Yeah, I will.
00:53:34You win.
00:53:35This was worth it.
00:53:37Hey, Flair, where's your kid?
00:53:43Where's your kid, Flair?
00:53:45Yeah.
00:53:47This wouldn't hurt, maybe, to throw a nice toaster in there.
00:53:55Those four sliced ones.
00:54:07Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the WCW Monday Nitro Main Event.
00:54:17Tonight, here in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, a special heavyweight eliminator match.
00:54:27The winner of this match will go on to Super Brawl on Sunday, February 21st,
00:54:34to face the reigning United States heavyweight champion, Bret Hitman Clark.
00:54:41Are you ready?
00:54:46For the thousands in attendance, and the millions watching around the world.
00:55:07Ladies and gentlemen, let's get ready to rumble!
00:55:17You heard the stipulations from Michael Buffer that the winner of this match will now go on to face Bret the Hitman Hart at the upcoming Super Brawl for the United States Heavyweight Championship.
00:55:32Ladies and gentlemen, making his entrance to the ring at this time.
00:55:38Standing six feet, six inches tall, and weighing 272 and one quarter pounds.
00:55:45He comes to us from Chuliotta, Florida.
00:55:48He is the founding father of the original New World Order, and a former Tag Team World Champion.
00:55:56He makes his entrance to the ring tonight in the company of Disco Inferno.
00:56:02This superstar is known to all for his disdain for formal rules.
00:56:08His only concern is the final result.
00:56:12Ladies and gentlemen, representing the NWO, presenting the master of the Outsider's Edge, Scott Hall!
00:56:24Oh!
00:56:30Chris Benoit will come out here after wrestling in the opening bout here tonight in the Tag Team Tournament,
00:56:38with Ric Flair and Dean Malenko out back, dipping Eric Bischoff in the dunk tank repeatedly.
00:56:45Here he comes, and if he wins, he goes on to face Bret Hart at Super Brawl.
00:56:55And now, making his entrance to the ring, he stands six feet tall, and he weighs 222 and one half pounds.
00:57:05He is a native of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and brings to the ring one of the great legacies of professional wrestling.
00:57:14A family tree filled with history.
00:57:18Tonight, he has one goal to become the number one challenger for the U.S. Championship.
00:57:23Ladies and gentlemen, representing the legendary Four Horsemen and the WCW,
00:57:30here is the master of the Cripple Crossface, Chris Benoit!
00:57:40This is going to be good, gentlemen.
00:57:46Yes, it is.
00:57:47This is the matchup that the Wolfpack demanded.
00:57:51Ric Flair earlier tonight put Benoit into a title match against Bret the Hitman Hart
00:57:56for the United States Heavyweight Championship belt upcoming at Super Brawl.
00:58:00The Wolfpack came out at...
00:58:02Hold on.
00:58:03We have someone at the broadcast location who is demanding your headset, Mike, today.
00:58:09And, Mike, I'll tell you what I would do if I were you.
00:58:11I would get out of here.
00:58:13It's Bret Hart.
00:58:14All right, Bret, the Hitman, please put the headset on.
00:58:18All right.
00:58:19There you are.
00:58:23You are right, Tony.
00:58:24Thank you very much.
00:58:27Well, you're looking on now at what Ric Flair said.
00:58:30You first said it would be Benoit to face you coming up at Super Brawl,
00:58:33but now it's either, as you take a look at Bret Hart here with us,
00:58:36it's now either Scott Hall or it is Chris Benoit the winner of this matchup.
00:58:41Does it really matter?
00:58:43Because, you know, I am the best there is, the best there was, the best there ever will be.
00:58:47And even with a really severe groin injury, I'm still the best.
00:58:51And I'm not afraid of just Benoit, and I'm not afraid of Scott Hall.
00:58:56You know, and I just want to say one other thing.
00:58:57I want to say hi to my cat, Smokey.
00:59:01I can screw leg whip, take down that time.
00:59:03You know, Bret, those groin pulls, you've got to really be careful.
00:59:06Take your time.
00:59:07Oh, tell me about it, Bobby.
00:59:08Don't rush it coming back.
00:59:09Tell me about it.
00:59:10You can't rush that.
00:59:11Ric Flair, like, you know, this is a guy who's carrying on some kind of deep grudge
00:59:14that he's held against me, you know, just because I beat him every time I ever fought him.
00:59:20But, you know, if he wants to push me way too early, that's fine.
00:59:23You know, I've fought uphill battles my whole life, Bobby, and you know that.
00:59:27Just don't rush things, secretly, healing yourself.
00:59:31Bobby, would you like to sit over here beside Bret?
00:59:35Just wondered, I mean.
00:59:36I can hear him fine from here.
00:59:38I want to make sure.
00:59:42From the neutral position, a side headlock.
00:59:44You know Chris Benoit quite well.
00:59:48There's a shot by the Disco Inferno.
00:59:50And, of course, the Wolfpack certainly have made their presence known in this sport.
00:59:54So I can tell you right now, any man, Benoit or Scott Hall,
00:59:58it was gonna make for a phenomenal matchup coming up at Super Brawl against
01:00:02the United States Champion Bret Hart.
01:00:04Well, I'll tell you right now, I know a lot about Chris Benoit.
01:00:08He's from up where I came.
01:00:11He started up there.
01:00:12He's from the dungeon.
01:00:13Uh-oh, here we go.
01:00:14And I got a great respect for Chris Benoit.
01:00:16I really do.
01:00:17He had the crippled crossface.
01:00:18You know, he's a gutsy little guy, and he's, you know.
01:00:22Mongo from The Horseman is out.
01:00:25How about this, guys?
01:00:27And he's going after the Disco Idiot.
01:00:31You wanna see this?
01:00:33Yeah!
01:00:35What you gotta be concerned about on both ends here, Bret Hart.
01:00:40The Horseman, they watch out for each other.
01:00:42And, obviously, members of the Wolfpack do as well.
01:00:46Yeah, which leaves me all by myself.
01:00:49I guess that's what Ric Flair wants.
01:00:52You know, he wants me to do all the things in an individual sense.
01:00:59Mongo is not done.
01:01:01Take him to the dunk tank.
01:01:03Oh!
01:01:04Take him to the trash can.
01:01:06Meanwhile in the ring, and now it's one-on-one.
01:01:09Come on, Hall!
01:01:11Come on, Hall!
01:01:13We'll say one thing for Chris Benoit.
01:01:15He doesn't look afraid of Scott Hall or the Wolfpack.
01:01:19Oh, now we are.
01:01:21We're not done.
01:01:22Who do you think you're messing with?
01:01:24Get off off that floor!
01:01:25Come here.
01:01:26Come here, baby.
01:01:27I got somebody who wants to talk to you.
01:01:30Hey!
01:01:31Double A, look what I got for you, baby.
01:01:34He's got a tire on it.
01:01:36We're back live on Monday Night Trouble.
01:01:43The winner goes on to thanks Bret the Hitman Hart at Superbrawl for the US title.
01:01:47And the US champ has joined us.
01:01:48And let me give an opinion here.
01:01:50And of course, I cannot make an observation one way or the other about your injury.
01:01:55But by Ric Flair wanting you in the ring, it seems to me that Flair thinks the injury is not legit.
01:02:01And that's what it seems to me that Flair thinks by saying that.
01:02:03You know, there's doctors.
01:02:05I got professional doctors, people that have worked years and years and years to get their degrees that'll tell him that I'm hurt.
01:02:11And if that's not good enough for Ric Flair, what am I supposed to do?
01:02:15Meanwhile, Sleeper Hold is put on.
01:02:19Certainly the animosity between Ric Flair and Bret Hart runs very deep.
01:02:23Oh, he's got a huge grudge against me.
01:02:25Oh!
01:02:26That's fine, because in a way there's a part of me that hopes it's Benoit.
01:02:29I hope it's back to the dungeon.
01:02:31I hope it's back when we used to kick him around with the rest of my brothers and stuff like that.
01:02:35I hope, in a way, that it is Chris Benoit, because I'd love to destroy him.
01:02:39I'd love to beat him, even with a groin injury.
01:02:41And as far as Scott Hall goes, you know, I don't have a problem taking Scott Hall,
01:02:45putting him in a sharpshooter, and seeing if the back of his feet touched the back of his head.
01:02:49That's fine with me, because you know what?
01:02:51I'm the excellence of execution, and I don't care who it is in the super brawl.
01:02:55I will excellently execute him.
01:02:57Thank you very much.
01:02:58I'm out of here.
01:02:59Thanks for stopping by, Bret.
01:03:00Yes, sir.
01:03:02I'm sorry.
01:03:04I thought he'd never leave.
01:03:07Bret Hart abruptly leaves, meanwhile in the ring.
01:03:10No.
01:03:11Very confident Bret Hart, and I don't know if he's as hurt as he says he is, then why, I don't know.
01:03:19I'll tell you, those things take a long time to heal, Tom.
01:03:21Then why does he still get in the ring?
01:03:23I mean, it seems like it's an injury that comes and goes, this groin injury.
01:03:27But let me say this, as we've seen here tonight, here's a lateral press put on the rope that time.
01:03:33I think there is no question that Ric Flair's influence, Ric Flair's stroke, if you will, has been well thought out,
01:03:41has been a prevalent part of what's going on here.
01:03:44Ric Flair has forced Bret Hart to get in the ring.
01:03:47Now, if it's a legit injury, then maybe we need to reassess it.
01:03:52But Ric Flair knows, Ric Flair knows in this sport that you can't hide an injury.
01:03:58You can't feign an injury that we have, there's too many doctors.
01:04:02There's a trainer on staff, Danny Young, and he's right on top of everything.
01:04:05So you can't really get, and Flair would not let him get in the ring if he thought the injury was legit.
01:04:11Well, he says he's got letters from doctors, doctors in Canada.
01:04:15I mean, you gotta take their word for it.
01:04:17These are men that, like he said, studied medicine all their lives.
01:04:19If Ric Flair would have seen those letters, he would have made a different decision.
01:04:22Nevertheless, Ric Flair's still got to be out with Eric and Malenko.
01:04:26And you saw what Mongo did, making sure now that this was a one-on-one contest and a good move here by...
01:04:33And he missed an elbow drop.
01:04:35This shot's still outside. I'm sure he is. It's getting colder. Shivering.
01:04:46Meanwhile, inside, it's warming up between these two.
01:04:49The winner to go to Super Brawl. The winner to face Bret the Hitman Hart.
01:04:54Either way, I think you fans would agree it's gonna be a great U.S. title bout.
01:04:59Bret Hart has faced been a while before.
01:05:04Both from Calgary, trained in the dungeon, as Bret Hart talked about, under his father, the legendary Stu Hart.
01:05:13Scott Hall, of course, a member of that Wolf Pack, and they're going at it now.
01:05:19Look at that second win here, Heenan of Benoit.
01:05:22Well, there's no doubt the man's in great condition.
01:05:24He don't care if a guy's taller than him, bigger than him.
01:05:27He's a big, tough man, this Benoit, and he's got that wrestling knowledge.
01:05:30He's got what they call him, the Crippler.
01:05:32He's hurt so many people.
01:05:34He has an acceleration when he puts on a move.
01:05:38Let's see what he can.
01:05:39See a little extra whippers at the corner?
01:05:41Yes, I did.
01:05:42Let's see what he can do.
01:05:43Yes.
01:05:44Takes more than a whip to the corner to get a guy like Scott Hall down.
01:05:47I think our fans know that.
01:05:48That'll soften him up a little.
01:05:50Of course it will.
01:05:51Of course, the Crippler cross faces his move.
01:05:53He's attempted to move one time.
01:05:55And the Disco Inferno put him away.
01:05:58He knows when the moment's right.
01:06:01Chris Benoit.
01:06:03And look at the hang time he gets.
01:06:04Watch the hang time if he makes it.
01:06:07Come on.
01:06:09It's Big Sexy Kevin Nash.
01:06:11Whoa, right in cowboy.
01:06:13And he's met by Benoit before he can get in the ring.
01:06:16The match is gonna continue.
01:06:20Benoit's, oh my goodness.
01:06:22He was going up top.
01:06:25And Scott Hall.
01:06:28He's in trouble now.
01:06:30Put him down with his move.
01:06:36One, two, three.
01:06:38He got it.
01:06:39He got it.
01:06:43So there it is.
01:06:45As Benoit goes down here on WCW Monday Nitro.
01:06:50And as Big Sexy Kevin Nash comes in for celebration.
01:06:57That's gonna make for a great matchup coming up at Super Brawl.
01:07:01Give Benoit a lot of credit.
01:07:04It was that horseman fighting spirit, that ability that we've come to know from Chris Benoit
01:07:11that took him through not one but two big matches.
01:07:14And now, Scott Hall goes on to face with the Hitman Hark on February 21st at Super Brawl 9.
01:07:22Can you imagine when he finally shows up here and sees you and me when we get our hands on him?
01:07:32Hey, Mel, keep the camera on Hollywood more than Zejo, man.
01:07:36I mean, come on, buddy.
01:07:37Yo, yo, yo.
01:07:38Come on, Hollywood.
01:07:39Hey, yo, yo.
01:07:40Who's this sound like?
01:07:41Your thunder lips.
01:07:42Do you wanna get that bullet right now or what?
01:07:44Oh, yeah, sure, Rock.
01:07:46Sure, Rock.
01:07:47He's gonna be screaming like that bullet when we get our hands on him.
01:07:50He's gonna be screaming worse.
01:07:51Hey, Mel.
01:07:52He's gonna be screaming like Adrian.
01:07:53Mel.
01:07:54Because you've been so good with the camera today, you're gonna have just as much fun as
01:07:58we're gonna have.
01:07:59Easy.
01:08:00He told us, man, let's rock when we get here to Charlotte.
01:08:02Hey, Rick's in, Rick Flair's in Minneapolis tonight trying to run the WCW and we're coming
01:08:08here to ruin this kid's life.
01:08:11His life, too.
01:08:12Hey.
01:08:13Comet, Comet, Comet, Comet, Comet, Comet down.
01:08:16He's coming and hiding.
01:08:17I don't know what's with this kid, man.
01:08:19He's always embarrassing his father.
01:08:21He keeps taking his shirt off in public.
01:08:23It's unbelievable, man.
01:08:24When he got in the ring the other night, he stood in the corner.
01:08:27He was so skinny.
01:08:28It was like a tag rope that you'd hang onto when you're waiting for a tag.
01:08:31I thought he was the ring post.
01:08:33You know what?
01:08:34My...
01:08:35Very funny.
01:08:36My joke was funnier than yours.
01:08:38Hey, my timing's off.
01:08:39It's one minute.
01:08:40Oh.
01:08:41Look!
01:08:42Look!
01:08:43His father's parking spot.
01:08:44Check it out.
01:08:45That's him.
01:08:46Look at this.
01:08:47I told you, man.
01:08:48Fancy old car.
01:08:49The only time he works out is when his dad's out of town.
01:08:50He's so embarrassed to work out.
01:08:52But now, EZ said, brother, we get to have some fun with this guy, man.
01:08:56Look at this guy, got a couple of strings hanging.
01:08:58Oh, no, that's his arms, man.
01:09:00You didn't say that, did you?
01:09:03Boy, oh boy, Nash is gonna love this, man.
01:09:06He's gonna have a good time watching this.
01:09:08He got like a little skull pack on.
01:09:10Look, look, look, let's go, let's go.
01:09:11Let's follow him in.
01:09:12He'll be quiet, though, man, because all those people upstairs,
01:09:15we start screaming for his life.
01:09:20Hey, Mel, make sure when we get down in this thing,
01:09:23you keep that camera real tight.
01:09:24You know what?
01:09:25What he said?
01:09:26It's easy.
01:09:27He's not here, man.
01:09:28I know Kevin Nash is in the Hollywood-type spirit.
01:09:30What is this?
01:09:31What do I say?
01:09:32What is this?
01:09:33Look at this.
01:09:34What is this?
01:09:35I mean, let's really have some fun.
01:09:38It's really rock and roll, right?
01:09:39You got it, man.
01:09:40Yeah, but you know what?
01:09:41Maybe we shouldn't shoot this, man.
01:09:42We don't want this on camera.
01:09:43So, hey, Mel, you know what?
01:09:44Shut that thing off, man.
01:09:45Shut that thing off, man.
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