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00:00:00Welcome fans to WCW Monday Night Raw.
00:00:16We're back on the air.
00:00:18You're looking live outside of the five season center.
00:00:21Cedar Rapids, Iowa as the limousine has pulled up.
00:00:24We have no idea who this is.
00:00:28Now we do, that's Asia.
00:00:30That means that's Rick Clarence.
00:00:32And would you look at this.
00:00:38What?
00:00:39In the limousine.
00:00:44Charles Robinson, the Little Nature Boy, all coming in together.
00:00:49The last time we talked to you, we had no idea what was going on as far as Rick Clarence.
00:00:56But he's here tonight and hopefully we can answer some questions.
00:01:00Welcome to Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
00:01:03Welcome to three hours of WCW Monday Nitro.
00:01:08In the great Iowa tradition, if you feel it, they will come.
00:01:14And they have built the Rapids here tonight at the five season center awaiting the arrival of World Championship Wrestling.
00:01:22It's Monday Nitro.
00:01:26I understand we're going to go backstage once again.
00:01:29And what's happening here now?
00:01:31All right, let's take a look.
00:01:34Our cameras are back there.
00:01:36In the world, this is the way it should be, right there.
00:01:44Excellent.
00:01:45Charles Robinson has replaced Roddy Piper's name with Ric Flair's.
00:01:52Oh, yeah, let's take a look.
00:02:18All right, ladies and gentlemen, here we go.
00:02:27Let's kick it off big time.
00:02:28We are in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to a packed house.
00:02:32Let's not guess anymore.
00:02:34We know he is in the building.
00:02:36Ladies and gentlemen, the 14-time former WCW Heavyweight Champion of the world.
00:02:43And is this guy, Prez, or not?
00:02:46Please welcome, the Nature Boy, Rick Flair.
00:02:51Woo, he's here.
00:02:54Well, Bobby the Marine, he did the last thing we saw back at Slammery on the ninth of this month.
00:03:01Eric Bischoff had come in, had given Piper the win, and we thought Piper was in charge.
00:03:07But you saw what Charles Robinson did, took Piper's name off the president's door in the back,
00:03:11and put Rick Flair's name up there.
00:03:13What's going on?
00:03:14Well, you could switch the men's room from the ladies' room's names, too.
00:03:17That don't mean they have to go in those doors.
00:03:19I don't understand what is going on right now.
00:03:23One thing we do know, if anybody can uncover what's going on, get to the bottom of the ladder.
00:03:28It's our own me, Gene Oglin, who's got the stick, as Ric Flair and Unkaraj make their way to the ring.
00:03:37All right, joined by Asia Arn Anderson, Charles Robinson, Ric Flair, here we are kicking off another WCW Monday Nitro program with you, sir.
00:03:56I've got to make a statement tonight, but before I go off, the enforcer has some words of wisdom for Raven and Saturn.
00:04:17Well, I'm not nuts, never been nuts.
00:04:23My problem is, over the years, I tell it like it is.
00:04:26I've never made guarantees, and I've never made promises.
00:04:30But the fact is, the horsemen worked real hard to win three world titles just a short time back.
00:04:38And all the powers that be tried to squash it.
00:04:42So we're going to take the president at his most powerful, and I'm going to make a guarantee tonight.
00:04:49The finest team in the world, Maliko and Benoit, are bringing the world titles where they belong to the Horsemen tonight on Nitro.
00:05:00You know, that's not being received in a great fashion here.
00:05:04Gene, wrestling fans, worldwide, let's get one thing straight, I am the president.
00:05:17We're gonna keep our clothes on.
00:05:19I am the president.
00:05:24And Eric Bischoff, you have no right walking into a building that I'm running.
00:05:32You certainly have no right making decisions, calls,
00:05:37judgments pertaining to my company.
00:05:42I am the president.
00:05:45Well, there's another guy who might dispute that by the name of Rowdy Roddy Piper.
00:05:52Ted Turner, if you don't move Bischoff out, I'm coming to get Fonda.
00:06:02And if Fonda, ride Space Mountain, I'll run the entire Tiger Empire.
00:06:10You got it.
00:06:11Learn to love it.
00:06:13I am your president.
00:06:16Now, first you shut up over there.
00:06:19And there is nothing wrong with you, right?
00:06:21Nothing.
00:06:22You're okay.
00:06:23Tonight, the first time ever, the first time ever, WCW, Ric Flair, Charles,
00:06:32mixed tag team against Macho Man and Gorgeous George.
00:06:38Wait a minute.
00:06:39What are you saying?
00:06:40What are you saying?
00:06:42I'm saying the greatest wrestler of all time.
00:06:47And the president is gonna take his protege.
00:06:51And tonight on Nitro Savage, you and Gorgeous George are going down.
00:06:59Woo!
00:07:04Okay.
00:07:07Now, one other piece of business.
00:07:11Bischoff, you jumped on the world title match.
00:07:15You made another call.
00:07:16It ain't gonna stand.
00:07:18Tonight, Nash is defending the world title against Diamond Dallas Page.
00:07:25And Page, Page is here tonight.
00:07:29DDP, come on down, pal.
00:07:32We're helping you take the title back home.
00:07:36All right, Diamond Dallas Page showing up, as you know, Tony and Bobby,
00:07:40in the limousine of the Nature Boy, Ric Flair.
00:07:43And I don't know what his assumption is.
00:07:44Are you gonna play Page's music, or do you wanna get fired?
00:07:48Okay.
00:07:52There is definitely something up here.
00:07:55Something is going on.
00:07:57Now, all of a sudden, Flair is ordering a match between Kevin Nash and Diamond Dallas Page.
00:08:05Looks like you got the support.
00:08:07That's exactly why, even though we've never gotten along, Nature Boy,
00:08:15that's exactly why you should be the president of this company.
00:08:22Decisions like that.
00:08:27Now, everybody knows that DDP has never cried over a finish.
00:08:36If I got beat, I got beat.
00:08:40But you're right, Nature Boy.
00:08:42At the last pay-per-view, DDP got screwed.
00:08:47Boy, I get the impression.
00:08:50I better get beat.
00:08:51And I'm telling you right now, Mashed, since you got Bischoff obviously in your pocket,
00:08:59the self high five guy has decided to bring some of his own boys on.
00:09:06Let's bring out.
00:09:08I don't think so.
00:09:13Bam Bam Bigelow.
00:09:16Come on out here, Beast.
00:09:18All of a sudden, this has turned into quite a forum.
00:09:22The Nature Boy kicking it off, bringing out Diamond Dallas Page.
00:09:26And our page brings out Bam Bam Bigelow.
00:09:29What is this all about?
00:09:33The greatest big man of our time.
00:09:36And right now, I got someone.
00:09:39What you gonna do, Bam Bam?
00:09:41Bam Bam.
00:09:43I got your back, bro.
00:09:46You know what that means, Nash?
00:09:49That tonight, I will be DDP, the three-time, three-time, three-time heavyweight champion of the world.
00:10:00We will find out.
00:10:01Mr. President, have you concluded your speech this evening?
00:10:05I would say this could be one of the all-time greatest natures because I am the boss.
00:10:15You're gonna see the world tag titles.
00:10:18You're gonna see the first mixed tag match with me.
00:10:22Then you're gonna see DDP drop.
00:10:26Big, sexy, diamond cut, drop, take your title, diamond cut, drop.
00:10:33You know why?
00:10:34Because I say so, whoo, and I am the boss.
00:10:39Thank you very much, Ric Flair.
00:10:40I might have the other side of that, Tony, but you have to admit,
00:10:44it is gonna be a very eventful Nitro here from Cedar Rapids.
00:10:48Back to you.
00:10:49Gene, it really is.
00:10:50It's gonna be something to behold.
00:10:52Ric Flair, is he still the president?
00:10:54I mean, we've got to answer that question still to come on this program.
00:10:59And this portion of WCW Monday Nitro is brought to you by Valvoline.
00:11:03You can always tell the guys who use Valvoline.
00:11:06Back live from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and at this time out on TNT.
00:11:11And tonight, live on this program, the first time ever, Mixed Tag Team Match.
00:11:20Macho Man Randy Savage goes in charge with their entourage against
00:11:24nature boy Ric Flair, Little Lake Child Robinson, along with Asia.
00:11:29And before we talk some more, we're gonna hopefully have some questions answered.
00:11:33The big question mark was Eric Bischoff's involvement at Slammery back on May 9th.
00:11:38Here's a special one-on-one interview with Eric Bischoff.
00:11:41I meant exactly what I said when I came out during Piper and Flair's match
00:11:45and reversed the decision.
00:11:47And when I looked at Roddy Piper and I said,
00:11:49Look, I've screwed a lot of things up, but I'm not gonna screw this up.
00:11:52I meant exactly what I said.
00:11:54I mean, it's no secret.
00:11:56You know, I worked hard and everybody in WCW worked hard for a long time
00:12:00to become the number one wrestling organization anywhere in the world.
00:12:04And we were number one for a long time.
00:12:0788 straight weeks we dominated this industry.
00:12:11And now it's a little more competitive than I'd like it to be.
00:12:14And maybe I got a little complacent.
00:12:16Maybe I wasn't paying as close attention as I should have.
00:12:19Yeah, maybe I got a little full of myself.
00:12:21There's no question about that.
00:12:23But I think the important thing is that I learned from that.
00:12:27And I learned from the mistakes that I've made.
00:12:29I've learned what it's going to take to make this company number one.
00:12:33There's no doubt in my mind that we will be again.
00:12:36Because I believe that we have the best talent.
00:12:39I believe that we have the most committed employees.
00:12:42I believe that this organization deserves to be number one.
00:12:45And I'm gonna do everything in my power to make sure that we reach number one again.
00:12:50Eric Bischoff with some thoughts about the future of WCW.
00:12:56Obviously still a main player.
00:12:58But here comes Ric Flair still in charge.
00:13:02And he has made some big matches for tonight.
00:13:04Like we talked about the mixed tag team match.
00:13:07Kevin Nash and Diamond Dallas Page for the world title.
00:13:09Kevin Nash the new world heavyweight champion.
00:13:11He won his slamboree.
00:13:12And how about one of the biggest shockers ever to see Rick Steiner.
00:13:15Rick Steiner, the dog-faced gremlin,
00:13:17the man who we've enjoyed and cheered for so many years,
00:13:21side with his brother and turn his back on all the fans.
00:13:24He's the television champion.
00:13:25But the way he did it was incredible, Brain.
00:13:27Well, blood is thicker than water.
00:13:29And it had to happen eventually.
00:13:31Rick Steiner, who I always thought was the,
00:13:33not the real smart one of the group,
00:13:35he finally thought to himself,
00:13:37maybe I should go along with my brother.
00:13:39Maybe I should listen to my brother.
00:13:40Maybe I should do something to help myself.
00:13:42Well, it worked out great.
00:13:44Hats off to the Steiners.
00:13:45I'm all behind them.
00:13:46Sorry if you don't like it.
00:13:47Well, it's not that I don't like it.
00:13:49I'm just calling it like I see it.
00:13:50Rick Steiner has turned his back on the fans.
00:13:52And Rick Steiner, believe it or not,
00:13:54has sided with a man who brutally attacked him not too long ago.
00:13:57His own brother, Big Papa Pump, Scott Steiner.
00:14:00Apparently, the Steiners are back together.
00:14:02And Rick Steiner, the world television champion,
00:14:04is here tonight on this program defending his television belt.
00:14:08Ladies and gentlemen also, Bret the Hitman Hart came out at Slamboree and brutally attacked Goldberg.
00:14:15And then recently, on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno this past Friday,
00:14:20Big Sexy Kevin Nash had something to say about what happened to Goldberg,
00:14:24and something to say about Bret the Hitman Hart.
00:14:27Let's take a look.
00:14:29I came to the WCW to earn a reputation not to lose it.
00:14:34Bret Hart.
00:14:35I don't get any respect and I'm frankly a little sick and tired of it.
00:14:39When you show your face, I'm gonna knock it off.
00:14:42William Goldberg, the franchise player.
00:14:45He's never had to step in the ring with a real technical wrestler.
00:14:49He thinks because he's built like a tank that he can run over top of me.
00:14:52All the muscles, all that brawn, that's not gonna help him if he ever steps in the ring with me.
00:14:58Five minutes, I could beat you and you'll be sorry that you ever stepped in the ring with me.
00:15:03Me, the excellence of execution.
00:15:05The best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be.
00:15:08Hey, he quit this company.
00:15:10I quit.
00:15:11What's he doing here?
00:15:12He has no business here and now he's using the steel chair.
00:15:15I respect that.
00:15:17Bret Hart's action is inexcusable here.
00:15:21The challenge laid down by Big Sexy Jeff Nash, but tonight the world champion himself, Kevin Nash.
00:15:27Defends the world title against the man he won it from.
00:15:30Back at Flamboree, BDP, Diamond Dallas Payne.
00:15:33This is a whole lot more tonight, Lars.
00:15:36Promotional consideration paid for by the following.
00:15:39It's Nash and Goldberg, Bash and Brawlers.
00:15:41Oh, my aching heart.
00:15:42When you wrestle with Bash and Brawlers, they tell you what you're bashing.
00:15:45You smashed my head.
00:15:46Get off my nose.
00:15:47It's like they're alive.
00:15:49Need a little excitement?
00:15:54Snap into a slip jam.
00:15:56Yeah!
00:15:58Welcome you back once again to Monday Nitro.
00:16:08You heard not too long ago some very pointed, very serious comments from Eric Bischoff about his feelings about the direction of world championship wrestling.
00:16:17And so before we go back to the ring and an opening bout here tonight, we're gonna take you back to more of some of those comments from Eric Bischoff.
00:16:26Ladies and gentlemen, as you know, you know that Eric Bischoff's actions at Slamboree were very questionable to us.
00:16:36We didn't understand exactly what he was doing.
00:16:39But obviously he made some very profound decisions.
00:16:42And then he has some more to say.
00:16:44Here's what he had to say earlier on.
00:16:48Interference?
00:16:49Well, you can call it interference if you want to call it that.
00:16:53I simply did what I felt was right during the Piper Flair match.
00:16:57I did what I felt was right.
00:16:59Roddy Piper deserved to win that match.
00:17:01There is no doubt in my mind.
00:17:03And I did what I felt I had to do.
00:17:05And as far as the world heavyweight title match between Kevin Nash and Diamond Dallas Page,
00:17:10anybody that saw that match, whether you were there live, whether you saw it on pay-per-view,
00:17:14whether you've seen it on the replay afterwards, it really doesn't matter.
00:17:18Anybody that saw that match knows that Kevin Nash clearly had Diamond Dallas Page beat before Randy Savage interfered.
00:17:26Now, I did what I felt was right.
00:17:29Was it official?
00:17:31Was I operating in an official capacity?
00:17:33I don't think at that point I really gave that much consideration.
00:17:36Quite frankly, I did what I thought I needed to do.
00:17:39And don't blame Nick Patrick.
00:17:42Clearly, Nick Patrick did what Nick thought was the right thing to do.
00:17:48Whether Randy Savage is getting involved in the match from the outside, or Eric Bischoff, or anybody else,
00:17:54the referee has the option of making the decision.
00:17:58And in this case, that decision is final.
00:18:01Kevin Nash is and deserves to be the WCW World Heavyweight Champion.
00:18:08There is no mistake about that in my mind, and there should be no mistake about that in anybody's mind.
00:18:15And just as I said that night, if Ted Turner's got a problem with it, if Harvey Schiller's got a problem with it, it really doesn't matter.
00:18:24If the board of directors of Time Warner has a problem with it, it really doesn't matter.
00:18:30Because the referee's decision is final.
00:18:33And that's all that matters.
00:18:36Well, I think that kind of shed some light on his capacity at Slamboree.
00:18:40No, not official capacity.
00:18:42Therefore, he could not reverse the decision of Ric Flair and Roddy Piper.
00:18:48As a matter of fact, I do understand, speaking of Roddy Piper, where are we going to go to now?
00:18:52We are going to go to some more from Eric Bischoff.
00:18:55Well, a lot of things are going to change.
00:19:02I've had a lot of time to look at the way I've conducted myself, the way I've conducted my business,
00:19:08the way I've treated people, some of the decisions that I've made along the way.
00:19:13And, you know, I'm going to be honest with myself.
00:19:16I've made a lot of good decisions, and I've made some bad decisions.
00:19:19I think the key with any person, whether it's professionally or personally,
00:19:23is to be able to be honest with yourself, to look at yourself in the mirror
00:19:27and realize that you've made mistakes, and then do something about it.
00:19:32Do I expect that people are going to welcome me back into WCW with open arms?
00:19:37Absolutely not.
00:19:38I'm sure that I've made some enemies that will be lifelong enemies, and that's unfortunate.
00:19:42And for that, I really do feel bad.
00:19:45But there's not a lot I can do to change that other than to change the way I conduct myself
00:19:52and to try to rebuild this company into what I think it can be.
00:19:56I'm going to do everything in my power to achieve that.
00:20:00I'm going to do everything in my power to not only build this company to be number one again,
00:20:07but if I don't get the opportunity to be, quote, unquote, the president of WCW,
00:20:12then I'm going to do everything I can to contribute in whatever way that I can
00:20:18because I love this company.
00:20:19I love the opportunity that it's provided for me personally.
00:20:24I think everybody that knows me and that knows my history knows that I got a tremendous break back in 1993
00:20:31when a guy by the name of Bill Shaw gave me the opportunity to really lead WCW to where I thought it could be and should be.
00:20:41I got a tremendous break, and I owe a lot to Bill Shaw, and I owe a lot to this company,
00:20:45and I owe a lot to the employees, the guys behind the camera, the people in the offices,
00:20:51the people that really are working 10, 12, 14, 15 hours a day.
00:20:56Those are the people that I owe a lot to, and I'm going to do everything I can, like I say, to contribute.
00:21:03And those that give me the opportunity to take another run at this thing, I'm grateful.
00:21:09Those that can't find it in their hearts to forgive me, I understand.
00:21:16A very sincere Eric Bischoff and some statements he made earlier, and well, fans, what about that?
00:21:23Eric Bischoff did what he thought was right back on the 9th of May.
00:21:27Of course, he could not reverse the decision himself, and therefore Ric Flair, I guess, is still the president,
00:21:33but it was Nick Patrick's call that said, yes, let's keep the match going.
00:21:37And therefore, Kevin Nash is the world champion, and there's Bischoff arriving here live
00:21:44at the five-season center with Rowdy Roddy Piper.
00:21:48After me? After you. I'm not sure.
00:21:51Think about the six years under Eric Bischoff before this very rocky year,
00:21:56and certainly WCW did make a lot of strides, and it sounds to me the man is very sincere
00:22:01about putting WCW back on the map once again.
00:22:05As you can see that we are joined by Mike today.
00:22:08A lot to talk about tonight. We've been talking about Bret Hart.
00:22:11Now, since the challenge was made on the Tonight Show on Friday night by Kevin Nash,
00:22:16we have not heard from Bret Hart.
00:22:18We have tried to call him. He has not answered our phone calls.
00:22:21With that in mind, Mike, give an update on that for us.
00:22:23Well, Tony, it has been a night of breaking stories, and we have another one for you.
00:22:27All weekend long, I was on the telephone trying to get a hold of Bret Hart,
00:22:31trying to get a response to Kevin Nash's appearance on the Tonight Show on Friday evening.
00:22:36And obviously, we all know the legal situation involving Bret Hart.
00:22:40The Nitro in Toronto where he quit the organization, and as a result,
00:22:43Bret Hart is not going to appear on a WCW television program.
00:22:47However, I did have a chance finally to speak with Bret Hart on the telephone just this evening,
00:22:53and Bret Hart wanted me to pass along a couple of things.
00:22:56Number one, yes, he is aware of Kevin Nash's challenge.
00:22:59Number two, he said he was quite amused that Jay Leno and NBC and the people with the Tonight Show
00:23:05all of a sudden consider themselves wrestling promoters.
00:23:08And most importantly, number three, Bret Hart told me that he will be on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno
00:23:15tomorrow night, Tuesday night, and he will respond to Kevin Nash's quarter of a million dollar challenge.
00:23:21That's big news. Good work.
00:23:22Thank you very much.
00:23:23All right.
00:23:24Done it again.
00:23:25So Bret Hart is going to respond to Kevin Nash on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno tomorrow night on NBC.
00:23:34Here's Bret.
00:23:37Ladies and gentlemen, still to come tonight, we have that mixed tag team match.
00:23:41Charles Robinson.
00:23:42Little Nate's Charles Robinson, who was in Slamboree, and we all thought, hey, the guy really showed us something.
00:23:48Let's take a look at some of the footage of Charles Robinson at Slamboree in that match against Gorgeous Jones.
00:23:54Gorgeous Jones coming away on Charles Robinson.
00:23:57Little Nature Boy?
00:23:58I think so.
00:23:59Look at that.
00:24:00Up and over the top, he went.
00:24:03And later on tonight, Charles Robinson and Ric Flair in a mixed tag for the first time ever.
00:24:10They will go up against the duo of the Macho Man Randy Savage and Gorgeous Jones.
00:24:16Well, as you saw, it's time for our Cruiserweight title match here on WCW Monday Nitro.
00:24:23Well, Brain, there's just so much to talk about.
00:24:26You got to kind of keep a scorecard with you as Evan Courageous is out here for the Cruiserweight title match.
00:24:33You got Kevin Nash, the world champ.
00:24:38You got Ric Flair still the president.
00:24:41You got the involvement of Eric Fischoff.
00:24:43Eric Fischoff tried to reverse the decision of Flair and Piper.
00:24:49Obviously, he was not in official capacity.
00:24:51You heard what he said.
00:24:52He could not do that.
00:24:53But when he came out and told Nick Patrick to keep the match going to restart the match,
00:24:58Nick Patrick made the call.
00:25:00Nick Patrick has the authority, the referee to do so.
00:25:03Therefore, that's why the match could restart between Nash and EDP.
00:25:08And that's why Kevin Nash is now the World Heavyweight Champion.
00:25:11Well, just like you said, Tony, you can rehash everything along with Mike Tanay and everybody else.
00:25:17The bottom line, the heavyweight champion of the world.
00:25:20It's big, big man, Kevin Nash.
00:25:24He's the man.
00:25:25And he'll defend the world title on a return back tonight against Diamond the Dallas Patriots.
00:25:31How about Dave, who's got somebody watching his back.
00:25:36Bam Bam Bigelow is gonna be watching your back tonight against Kevin Nash.
00:25:42Well, if I was in a bad situation and I wanted somebody to watch my back,
00:25:46it'd probably be Bam Bam Bigelow.
00:25:48Who do you know that's tougher?
00:25:49Who do you know that would sacrifice himself?
00:25:51Who do you know that would go in there and do more to watch a guy when he gives his word than Bam Bam Bigelow?
00:25:58It's time for the WCW Cruiserweight title.
00:26:01Ric Flair made that mixed tag team match for the first time ever.
00:26:04It'll happen here tonight, live on Monday Nitro.
00:26:07Also, the world tag team belts signed that tonight.
00:26:10Standard and Raven, the new champions, winning in that very brutal three-way for the world tag team title at Slamboree.
00:26:20And, of course, they'll defend the belts against the horsemen here tonight.
00:26:23Right now, Courageous showing us some moves here.
00:26:29He kind of lured Rey Mysterio Jr. into the corner and then nailed him with the right hand.
00:26:35Boy, is this guy Courageous put together.
00:26:37He's quite an athlete.
00:26:38I don't think there's any question about that.
00:26:40But then there's Rey Mysterio Jr.
00:26:45Who exemplifies being a champion.
00:26:47One, two.
00:26:48He's been there, like you say, Tony.
00:26:51He knows what it's all about.
00:26:53Cruiserweight champion over and over again.
00:26:56Also, good move by Courageous.
00:26:59Also, one half of the world tag team champions up until Slamboree back last weekend.
00:27:05With a top rope, Courageous.
00:27:08Spotty big splash.
00:27:09One, two.
00:27:10You know, you can say all you want about a guy being there.
00:27:13He's been there.
00:27:14He knows what it is all about.
00:27:16But nowadays, there are so many young athletes coming up.
00:27:19So many young athletes in such great condition like this man, Courageous, that can knock you off at any given time.
00:27:26You never know what's gonna happen here.
00:27:28Rey Jr. with his Bronco Buster.
00:27:31And you know, I can understand guys coming up, making their way up through the ranks.
00:27:35Great athletes getting a chance to perform, wrestle, win on TV.
00:27:40But how do you explain an apparent turn of attitude, change of attitude,
00:27:46overnight seemingly, but maybe not, from Rick Steiner and what he did at Slamboree?
00:27:51That was incredible.
00:27:52That's one of the most incredible stories ever coming out of a WCW pay-per-view,
00:27:57was Rick Steiner.
00:27:58And I know coming to the aid of his brother is not that uncommon.
00:28:02But the fact that he and Scott had separated their ways.
00:28:06Tony, they were brothers long before they were tag team partners.
00:28:10One, two, three.
00:28:11There's your winner.
00:28:13And that's the difference.
00:28:14Maybe it is the difference.
00:28:18Rey Mysterio Jr.
00:28:20Speaking of the Steiners and the Frankensteiner off the top.
00:28:24Gets the win.
00:28:25And retains the WCW Cruiserweight title of Time for Babelene Replay.
00:28:33And Bobby Bray.
00:28:34Rey Mysterio, no doubt about it, took him right off that top rope with his Frankensteiner.
00:28:39Gets the one, two, three.
00:28:41And there's your winner.
00:28:42Very popular athlete here at WCW.
00:28:45Rey Mysterio Jr.
00:28:47Still the Cruiserweight champ.
00:28:48Brought to you by Babelene.
00:28:49You can always tell the guys who use Babelene.
00:28:52Ladies and gentlemen, stay right where you are tonight in just a few moments.
00:28:56Here, live on WCW Monday Nitro.
00:28:58The first time ever.
00:28:59Mixed tag team match.
00:29:00It'll be the Macho Man and Gorgeous George.
00:29:03Tag team action against the Nature Boy, Ric Flair, and Little H, Charles Robinson, along with Asia.
00:29:09That's all it's like.
00:29:10A whole lot more on Nitro.
00:29:11Woo!
00:29:19Hey, you got it?
00:29:20Yeah.
00:29:21Good work, Charles.
00:29:22Whatever you are, man.
00:29:23All right.
00:29:24How's that highway been to you?
00:29:25Good, good.
00:29:26You ready to come home?
00:29:27Yeah.
00:29:28Ready to go to work in the office?
00:29:29Ready to have a blonde secretary?
00:29:30Yeah.
00:29:31Ready to be the man?
00:29:32Yeah.
00:29:33You know, they tried getting cute with me, but I'm still the, what?
00:29:35The person.
00:29:36That's right.
00:29:37The powerful man in professional sport today.
00:29:39The president of WCW.
00:29:40And today, brother, I'm going to show you what power is.
00:29:43Yeah.
00:29:44I'm taking you off the road.
00:29:45I'm putting you in an office.
00:29:47I'm getting you a secretary.
00:29:48You're going to live like the Cripper here.
00:29:50You're going to live like Dean Malenko.
00:29:51You're going to be like the enforcer.
00:29:52You're going to be one of the main men in this industry.
00:29:54Yeah.
00:29:55You're going to have a little leisure now.
00:29:56Here's the deal.
00:29:57You know, over the years, every wrestling promoter has pushed their kid.
00:30:01Kanye pushed his kid.
00:30:03Honorik pushed his kid.
00:30:04Watts pushed his kid.
00:30:05Well, I'm Ric Flair.
00:30:06I'm the best wrestler of all time.
00:30:09I'm going to push my kid right down their throats.
00:30:11They're going to learn to love my kid starting tonight.
00:30:15I need a favor from you.
00:30:16Okay.
00:30:17What are you going to do?
00:30:18I need you to go out there and walk down that aisle just like you're going to tear them up.
00:30:21That's right.
00:30:22That's right.
00:30:23But when AA gives you, yeah.
00:30:24There's only one difference.
00:30:25Not like down there at the camp.
00:30:27When AA gives you the signal, you go down.
00:30:30I go down?
00:30:31You go down, yeah.
00:30:32Down.
00:30:33Down.
00:30:34In the tank.
00:30:35I'm going to take care of you.
00:30:37You're going to take care of me?
00:30:38Yeah, yeah.
00:30:39Your family.
00:30:40Your career.
00:30:41If AA gives you the office, you go down.
00:30:44David puts the figure four on you.
00:30:45You holler, I give up as long as you can.
00:30:47Charles will be the referee.
00:30:48Everything is in the can.
00:30:49Deal?
00:30:50Come on, man.
00:30:52Think about it.
00:30:53Hey, look at your options.
00:30:54You've got the crippler, man of a thousand holds, the enforcer.
00:30:58That's right.
00:30:59In the tank.
00:31:00Yeah.
00:31:01Or?
00:31:02You're going to take care of me.
00:31:03Oh, yeah, I am.
00:31:04If you do your part, I'll take care of you.
00:31:05Otherwise, you know, deal with the situation.
00:31:07Yeah.
00:31:08You got it?
00:31:09Yeah.
00:31:10Hey, can I depend on you?
00:31:11Yeah.
00:31:12God bless you, brother.
00:31:13God bless you.
00:31:14You're around long enough.
00:31:15You know the difference between right and wrong.
00:31:16That's right.
00:31:17We all know how tough you are.
00:31:18Then you show us how versatile you are.
00:31:20Yeah.
00:31:21All right.
00:31:22Be a thinking man's champion.
00:31:23Be a thinking man's champion.
00:31:24Okay.
00:31:25Stop.
00:31:26Stop.
00:31:27Hey, Dave.
00:31:28Dave.
00:31:29Come here.
00:31:30Come here.
00:31:31Tori.
00:31:32Come here.
00:31:33Hey.
00:31:34Two weeks ago, you made me proud, brother.
00:31:36You went out there.
00:31:37You wrestled Ming.
00:31:38You made the whole world stand up and pay attention to you.
00:31:40You showed you were a flare.
00:31:42Tonight, brother, I'm going to set you sail on a different course.
00:31:45A course that will never, ever turn back.
00:31:48You're going forward all the way to the world championship starting tonight.
00:31:51Who am I wrestling?
00:31:53Buddy Lee Parker.
00:31:54Yeah.
00:31:55Buddy Lee Parker.
00:31:56It's in the bank.
00:31:57Great.
00:31:58It's a done deal.
00:31:59Great.
00:32:00Chris is going to be there.
00:32:01Dean's going to be there.
00:32:02And Forrest is going to be there.
00:32:03Charles is refereeing the thing.
00:32:04You're going to go out there.
00:32:05Tussle around a little bit.
00:32:06Aaron's going to give him a signal.
00:32:07He's going down.
00:32:08Figure four.
00:32:09Great.
00:32:10Great.
00:32:11Great.
00:32:12Great.
00:32:13I'm going to make you proud, brother.
00:32:14Great.
00:32:15I'm going to show you that I'm a father that is true to his son.
00:32:17You got it?
00:32:18Sir.
00:32:19Hey, baby.
00:32:20You better keep your promise.
00:32:21You promise.
00:32:22Honey, I'm a man of my word.
00:32:23I'm an integral.
00:32:24I'm the prisoner.
00:32:25I'm going to be your hero.
00:32:26I promise you.
00:32:27I'm going to be your hero.
00:32:28I promise you.
00:32:29I'm going to be your hero.
00:32:30I promise you.
00:32:31All right.
00:32:32All right, ladies and gentlemen, we've had some wild weather here in the Cedar Rapids
00:32:49area over the past couple of days.
00:32:51It's befitting.
00:32:52We had this kind of a wild Monday night, and I guarantee it's going to get wilder here
00:32:57on Nitro.
00:32:58And join me as I welcome to this great city and this great television program, Booker
00:33:04T.
00:33:28team.
00:33:29I want to remind some of our friends here, some of these folks and refresh your memory,
00:33:47what happened between you and one Rick Steiner and why he is the world television champ tonight.
00:33:52It cannot sit well with you.
00:33:53You know, Gene, everybody in this building in Cedar Rapids knows what went down.
00:33:59Can you dig it?
00:34:03They don't.
00:34:04You know, but I ain't crying over spilt milk.
00:34:07You know, I ain't coming out here asking for no rematch.
00:34:10I'm calling this sucker out.
00:34:11Rick Steiner, if you mad enough, get your gear on, because I got mine on.
00:34:16Lace him up tight, because I feel a Harlem hangover tonight, if you understand what I'm saying.
00:34:23You know, we should point out for the record that Rick Steiner got a little help from a friend of his, actually his brother, Scott Steiner.
00:34:32And I didn't see your brother around helping you.
00:34:35You know, Gene, I'm a man on my own.
00:34:37I ain't worried about my brother.
00:34:39My brother got his own agenda as well as I, and that is getting that television title around my waist just one more time,
00:34:47because everybody know I am the true people champion.
00:34:51Can I hear you?
00:34:52I am the true people champion.
00:34:55So Rick Steiner, like I say, get ready.
00:34:59We ain't playing.
00:35:00We ain't driving.
00:35:01We just business.
00:35:03Understand?
00:35:04You know, it seems like you gotta have some stroke around here.
00:35:06You gotta know somebody.
00:35:08I like a Ric Flair, perhaps now, and Eric Bischoff.
00:35:11But you gotta know somebody to get that match put on paper for you, Booker T.
00:35:15Well, let me tell you something.
00:35:16I started at the bottom.
00:35:17You know, I worked my way all the way to seven world's tag team titles.
00:35:23Six world's television titles.
00:35:25And tonight, we will make it seven times.
00:35:28So, J.J. Dillon, you do what you gotta do.
00:35:31Ric Flair, you do what you gotta do.
00:35:33And B.T., he will do what he have to do.
00:35:36And he will leave and see the rappers.
00:35:39No doubt.
00:35:40No diggity.
00:35:41No diggity doubt.
00:35:43The seven time world's television champ.
00:35:46Can you dig it, baby?
00:35:48I think we can dig it.
00:35:50Now, the powers to be can put that one together.
00:35:54Hopefully, we'll see Rick Steiner meet this man, Booker T, tonight here on Nitro.
00:35:59Ladies and gentlemen, we are live from the heart of America.
00:36:02And stay tuned for Nitro when we return here on TNT.
00:36:07Oh, my.
00:36:08Oh, my.
00:36:09Oh, my God, Ben.
00:36:10Back on Monday, Nitro Live.
00:36:16Booker T wants the shot at the television belt.
00:36:20We said that Rick Steiner was here.
00:36:22He'll be defending the belt.
00:36:23I'm sure WCW officials right now are in the process of signing that more tight here on this program.
00:36:30Out walks David Flair.
00:36:34Wow, does he look great.
00:36:36And with Tori, does she look great?
00:36:42Oh, and here comes Ric Flair and Asia and Tom.
00:36:46Buddy Lee Parker's in the ring.
00:36:49Cameras are eavesdropping before the break.
00:36:51Amazing set of circumstances that you probably heard, that we all heard.
00:36:56I don't know if we need to talk much about it, Brain, but it just goes to show you the power and the influence that Ric Flair has.
00:37:04It shows you how some people don't understand power.
00:37:07Some people abuse power.
00:37:09And that happens in every walk of life.
00:37:12Charles Robinson.
00:37:13And he should.
00:37:15Becomes the first referee in history without pants.
00:37:18Would you take a look at Little Nate?
00:37:21I like his look.
00:37:23Well, he's dressed that way because later on, he is coming up in a mixed tag match.
00:37:28First time ever.
00:37:29As Gorgeous George the Macho Man will wrestle Ric Flair and Little Nate on this program in just a few moments here tonight live on D&D.
00:37:38As well as tonight, how about this?
00:37:40Diamond Dallas Page gets a chance to get the title back from Kevin Nash for the world title tonight here.
00:37:45And Kevin Nash is coming off The Tonight Show.
00:37:47This is a big one.
00:37:48How about that?
00:37:49Kevin Nash put up $250,000 of his own money.
00:37:53He said he'll do it right on NBC, right on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
00:37:57We'll hear Bret Hart's response if Mike Denae told us.
00:38:00Coming up tomorrow night on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on NBC.
00:38:06But this is an interesting match.
00:38:10Let's just see how good a flair this flair is.
00:38:13Obviously, he's no match for a seasoned veteran like Buddy Lee Parker.
00:38:19Buddy Lee makes a one count cover that time.
00:38:22Look at Charles Robinson.
00:38:23Charles Robinson had an incredible look.
00:38:26Buddy Lee Parker apparently is not heeding the words of Ric Flair.
00:38:29Lisa doesn't seem that way.
00:38:32Good move by David Flair.
00:38:34Side hitlock takeover.
00:38:39Buddy Lee.
00:38:40Hold on to him with both hands.
00:38:41Did he agree that things are not in the back?
00:38:43I'm not sure.
00:38:44I'm not sure of anything that happens here on Monday nights anymore.
00:38:47You just have to sit and wait it out.
00:38:49Have to wait it out and call it like you see it.
00:38:51It all goes with power gone awry.
00:38:56Buddy Lee Parker is mauling David Flair.
00:39:01Parker's a veteran.
00:39:02He's a tough man.
00:39:03He's trained a lot of the greatest athletes in our sport.
00:39:06Look at the intensity in his face.
00:39:08And now the horsemen come up on the apron.
00:39:10They've had enough of this.
00:39:11This was not according to plan.
00:39:13Obviously.
00:39:18Oh.
00:39:20David Flair.
00:39:21All right.
00:39:30And a hip toss.
00:39:31And an elbow drop.
00:39:38Oh.
00:39:39Into the midsection.
00:39:40Buddy Lee wants to win this match.
00:39:43And the people.
00:39:44Namely the horsemen and flares around in the ring.
00:39:46Cannot believe what they're seeing.
00:39:50This was not part of the agreement.
00:39:52But the heck with us.
00:39:53And Buddy Lee.
00:39:54Oh, he missed.
00:39:55David Flair took some quickness that time.
00:39:58A single leg pick up.
00:40:00He's gonna try his best.
00:40:02He came to put on the bigger bone.
00:40:04He got it on.
00:40:05And immediately Charles Ryman talked about.
00:40:07I don't know.
00:40:11Well, I know.
00:40:13Well, I know.
00:40:14Well, I know.
00:40:15We all know what went down there.
00:40:17But I don't know.
00:40:19I know nothing.
00:40:21I guess that's the best way to approach it.
00:40:24We just call it like we see it.
00:40:26Not necessarily the way we hear it sometimes, right?
00:40:28Beautiful blonde hair.
00:40:30Oh, she's gorgeous.
00:40:31I meant Flair.
00:40:32You did?
00:40:33No.
00:40:34Well, coming up next.
00:40:35That's right.
00:40:36There's the word for you.
00:40:37Next.
00:40:38It's gonna be more gorgeous ladies.
00:40:39Pretty gorgeous George.
00:40:40And the Macho Man Randy Savage.
00:40:41Against Ric Flair and Little May.
00:40:42Mixed hands team that.
00:40:43First time ever.
00:40:44Next on Mike's Row.
00:40:45What will we see?
00:40:46Closed captioning.
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00:40:49Ladies and gentlemen, we're back from a sold out five season center in Cedar Rabbits, Iowa.
00:41:05Time for the mixed tag team match.
00:41:07And before the match gets underway, a couple of reminders for you.
00:41:10Next Monday, Monday night, we originate from the Milo Center in Greenville, South Carolina.
00:41:15That's Monday, May 24th.
00:41:16Tickets available at the Box Office and all usual outlets.
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00:41:22Monday, May 31st.
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00:41:40That's all Monday Nitro.
00:41:41Monday Nitro, some other big Monday Nitro dates running away.
00:41:44Also, make sure to call me up using your hotline tonight.
00:41:47Here by Kenesha.
00:41:48Here's the top two.
00:41:50Here are a new roster over the interview.
00:41:52Booker T.
00:41:53Answer more questions about the Cycler brothers.
00:41:56Well, there's the front of the new frame.
00:41:58On the hotline tonight.
00:42:01Ric Flair, Little H in Asia in a mixed-hand team match for the first time ever.
00:42:13This is great.
00:42:14This is great.
00:42:15And what a beautiful woman Asia is.
00:42:18Oh, yeah?
00:42:20You don't think so?
00:42:22I think in her own way, she's attractive.
00:42:25She could beat you up.
00:42:26I bet she could.
00:42:27Medusa could beat you up.
00:42:29I bet she could.
00:42:31I bet you're looking for something here, and I'm not going to go with it.
00:42:36But there's the Nature Boy, still the president of WCW.
00:42:40Now, like him or hate him, you gotta admit that Ric Flair has been making things happen.
00:42:45Good or bad, he made a lot of things happen for his son, David, the last segment.
00:42:49But think about the matches he assigned for this program here tonight.
00:42:53Well, you know, the good thing about Ric is that he's president.
00:42:56The bad thing is, he's out of control.
00:42:59Maybe that's the good thing, too.
00:43:02Woo!
00:43:03Have you seen a president of this company ever in control?
00:43:08Savage.
00:43:09No.
00:43:10I want no excuses.
00:43:12I want you, Gorgeous George, Medusa, the whole package rings on right now.
00:43:22What Gorgeous George has, what Gorgeous George has is just a sample of what you and
00:43:30Medusa are gonna get.
00:43:32So Savage, get out here front and center right now.
00:43:36I don't know what he's talking about.
00:43:38We were told it was Savage and Gorgeous George, and now he's talking about Medusa.
00:43:43I've learned a long time ago not to go by what they say.
00:43:50Just let's wait and see what happens.
00:43:52The things change here, every minute on Nitro.
00:43:55Camacho Man arrives.
00:43:59And look at him, he never looked better.
00:44:01Look at the size of this man.
00:44:02Look at his shoulders.
00:44:03Look at the arm.
00:44:04Look at the intensity.
00:44:05This man is a wrestler since he was born.
00:44:09And look behind him, Gorgeous George is on the referee.
00:44:16And we've now been told the cause of this, Medusa's gonna take her place.
00:44:21Hey, what a great tag team partner, Medusa, for anyone.
00:44:25Over and over, ladies champion.
00:44:28And now, she's gonna go into the ring with Randy Savage in this mixed tag.
00:44:34Gorgeous George and Miss Madness 1999 on the outside.
00:44:38I'll tell you something, Medusa would be a great partner to have anytime.
00:44:42She can beat up most men.
00:44:44Yes, she can.
00:44:45She can beat up a lot of guys.
00:44:50I'm agreeing with you.
00:44:54She can beat up everybody in the ring.
00:44:57And everybody down here at the broadcast table she wants.
00:45:00Not me.
00:45:01I'd be history.
00:45:02I'm out of here.
00:45:03You wouldn't hang around for that, would you?
00:45:05No, sir.
00:45:06Does Savage look good?
00:45:08Does he look good?
00:45:09Do they look good?
00:45:12Crutches and all.
00:45:13Prisoner Ric Flair, get ready.
00:45:18And you, Charles Robinson, either one of you Nature Boys,
00:45:22we're gonna take you all the way down because we won the match.
00:45:26You think we lost the war, but right now, you're gonna pay the madness.
00:45:31It ain't gonna feel good at all.
00:45:33Yeah.
00:45:34Ooh, yeah.
00:45:36The Macho Man referring to Slammery where, yes, they won the match,
00:45:42but as you can see, thanks to Charles Robinson and his tactics and injury,
00:45:47befell the gorgeous George on the outside.
00:45:51The beautiful lady on the outside there you see still in crutches.
00:45:54And thus by winning the match over Little Nature at Slammery, the Macho Man gets reinstated.
00:46:03That's why he can wrestle.
00:46:04That's why he's in there.
00:46:05He's got Medusa as his tag team partner.
00:46:07Look at her.
00:46:08She's ready to go.
00:46:09And she's gonna go against Little Nature.
00:46:11Here we go.
00:46:12Here we go.
00:46:13Here we go.
00:46:14That's right, Tony.
00:46:16You know, we were very impressed.
00:46:18You gotta admit, Green, back at Slammery, how fundamentally sound Charles Robinson was.
00:46:23He executed some great moves.
00:46:24We saw it.
00:46:25Well, you have to understand, his teacher, the man he proved himself after is Ric Flair.
00:46:31Yeah, but listen, you either can do it or you can't.
00:46:34You can coach a kid all day.
00:46:36He can either perform or he can't.
00:46:38I mean, you gotta have it in you.
00:46:39And then you get that lucky one that does everything you want.
00:46:42Just the way you want it and exceeds that much further.
00:46:45That's Charles Robinson.
00:46:49That must be Charles Robinson.
00:46:51And there's a little skull session going on with the gorgeous, lethal Medusa.
00:46:57And Little Nate's Charles Robinson is, lack of a better term here, full of himself here tonight.
00:47:03Watch out, there you go, an arm drag takeover.
00:47:07Nicely done.
00:47:08Medusa hit on the small of her back.
00:47:15I don't think there is one.
00:47:17I think there is.
00:47:18And that's enough of that commentary right there.
00:47:23They're gonna hook up once again.
00:47:24Medusa, she's gonna hurt him.
00:47:29Yes, she is.
00:47:30Full arm drag and trick.
00:47:31How about that little leg trip?
00:47:33Flair tried to get in the face of Medusa, and here comes the Macho Man.
00:47:37Oh, yeah.
00:47:41Two things we wanna see, and I can tell you this right now.
00:47:44Not only as commentators, but as wrestling fans.
00:47:46I wanna see the Macho Man back in the ring performing once again.
00:47:50But I also would love to see Medusa get in there with Ric Flair and hook it up.
00:47:54Wouldn't you?
00:47:55You're right about that.
00:47:56I also wanna see Savage back in the ring.
00:47:58I just said that.
00:47:59This man, no, I mean, at a competitive level.
00:48:02That's what I was talking about.
00:48:03Well, then I didn't have to say anything about it.
00:48:05Full arm drag and twist.
00:48:06The other way, Medusa.
00:48:08Talking about fundamentally sound, Charles Robinson.
00:48:11Good move to escape and a great move using the middle rope.
00:48:15Great ball.
00:48:16You can catch Charles Robinson's head somewhere in Iowa City, Iowa.
00:48:23Or maybe Nebraska.
00:48:25She rocked him that time.
00:48:29And the fans erupt here in Cedar Rapids.
00:48:32She's not done.
00:48:36My goodness.
00:48:41This don't look good.
00:48:42She landed, I believe, right above the knees.
00:48:51Well, the Macho Man is in.
00:48:54Here he comes.
00:48:56Yeah.
00:48:58He's back.
00:48:59Listen to the fans standing.
00:49:01One of the great, all time stars in our sport.
00:49:05The man has done it all.
00:49:07He's on the same level as Hogan and Flair and all the great stars in this sport.
00:49:12And a Piper.
00:49:13You're right about that.
00:49:15And a Kevin Knack, the world champ.
00:49:21And a Diamond Dallas fan.
00:49:24Man should pay for the world title.
00:49:26Tonight, return that line on this program.
00:49:29But right now, you feel it.
00:49:31The effects of the punch and flare edge of Randy Savage.
00:49:35Right and left combination.
00:49:37Flared up.
00:49:38Flared back to the corner.
00:49:39And it gives Savage the corner, the former world champion and president of our company.
00:49:44One, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
00:49:51It's last call for Ric Flair.
00:49:55You aren't kidding, Tony.
00:49:57But you know, when you think you got Flair, he's got you.
00:50:02Well, that comment was apropos, I would say.
00:50:07It was just right on time there.
00:50:09Because he got Savage.
00:50:11Big time.
00:50:12And now, Little H comes in.
00:50:14Isn't it amazing?
00:50:15I mean, if there was anybody who was a Little H who looks exactly like a smaller
00:50:20version of Ric Flair, it's Charles Robinson.
00:50:23Him and Mickey Rooney.
00:50:24Savage.
00:50:25Rises up from the dead.
00:50:29Grabs Robinson, and how about a hair build?
00:50:34And how about Medusa?
00:50:38The band was bent.
00:50:40Snap me over.
00:50:43Medusa.
00:50:45That's three now.
00:50:46This is three.
00:50:47He's not done.
00:50:52I lost my words for a moment there.
00:50:55Goodbye, Charles.
00:50:57Charles is now in charge.
00:51:01Not anymore.
00:51:02Kaboom.
00:51:04Tombstone Piledriver.
00:51:07Little mates could be done here.
00:51:10One, two, foot is on the rope.
00:51:13Lucky, very lucky.
00:51:17That saved him.
00:51:18And he goes to the eyes.
00:51:21Not a bad counter move out of that.
00:51:24Here we go.
00:51:25Flair and Medusa in a drug toehold.
00:51:29Take it.
00:51:30She's fighting with Flair.
00:51:32My lord.
00:51:34Come on, come on.
00:51:36Get out of here.
00:51:37Get out.
00:51:38Get out, get out of here!
00:51:39Get out, get out of here.
00:51:40Get out, get out.
00:51:41Get out.
00:51:42Get out, get out, get out.
00:51:43Get out of here.
00:51:44What a moment that was.
00:51:45Into the.
00:51:46بد.
00:51:47Belly to back.
00:51:55And Medusa hits very hard.
00:51:58Flair had to do something, but she was all over him.
00:52:03All over him like a cheap suit.
00:52:05Boy, hell, boy.
00:52:06And the last thing Flair wanted to do was be embarrassed.
00:52:12That stopped her cold that time if you look momentarily.
00:52:17And Randy Savage and now Ric Flair.
00:52:21My goodness, elbow drop on Medusa.
00:52:25Look at his temper going.
00:52:30Well, it was all a plan there, luring Savage in.
00:52:33You know what, he's going to put the figure four on Medusa.
00:52:38At least that's what he's setting up for right now.
00:52:42And hey, why not?
00:52:43I mean, you gotta go to win, right, Brandon?
00:52:45Hey, you're in that ring, you step inside that squirt circle between those ropes,
00:52:49anything can happen, anything goes.
00:52:51Inside, Guido, one, go!
00:52:53She almost beat Flair.
00:53:05Would that have been wrestling history or what?
00:53:07Same move, belly to back, now the figure four put on Medusa who's fighting him off.
00:53:15He's got it on.
00:53:21She's done, she's done now.
00:53:23Ring the bell, referee.
00:53:25Ric Flair Medusa, we never thought we'd see this.
00:53:28But they're in the ring, and she's in trouble.
00:53:33Randy Savage sneaking behind.
00:53:36Randy Savage has seen enough.
00:53:37He had to do this, or it would have been over.
00:53:40The Macho Man's alive.
00:53:43She's in the corner to make a tag, but he couldn't reach in.
00:53:46Whoa, downtown.
00:53:50That one was with authority.
00:53:54And the tag was made to Savage.
00:53:57This amazing player could even stand up.
00:53:59And he comes right back.
00:54:00Savage get in.
00:54:05Goes, takes them both down.
00:54:08Like a bulldozer, just takes them down.
00:54:10Come to the eye.
00:54:13Flair goes up, Savage goes to get it.
00:54:17And there, and we're back.
00:54:19How about both of them?
00:54:21Hits till you win.
00:54:24Come on, Josh.
00:54:25Flair upside down.
00:54:30He goes down to the floor.
00:54:32Kyle Robinson, upside down, and he goes down on the edge.
00:54:39As Asia looks on.
00:54:41The Macho Man is cleaning house.
00:54:43And meanwhile, Ric Flair is getting his clock cleaned by Medusa.
00:54:48She's hammering away on the outside.
00:54:54Savage up.
00:54:55Up to the top, as only he can do it.
00:54:59That's it, that's it.
00:55:02One, two, three.
00:55:04The Macho Man's back.
00:55:06What up, Mach?
00:55:09Yeah.
00:55:11What a match that was.
00:55:14As Medusa and the Macho Man Randy Savage defeat Ric Flair and little name Charles Robinson.
00:55:27Here on Nitro, but still to come tonight.
00:55:30Kevin Nash, remember the powerbomb and slamboree.
00:55:35This won him the world title.
00:55:37He'll defend the world title against Diamond Dallas Page here tonight.
00:55:43The world champion Kevin Nash.
00:55:45And this portion of Monday Nitro, brought to you by 3D FX TC Accelerator.
00:55:52So powerful.
00:55:53It's kind of ridiculous.
00:55:55We're back with more wrestling action.
00:55:57There's only Nitro to bring you live on TNT.
00:56:01All right, ladies and gentlemen, we got to get some things straight here.
00:56:13And I think I've got an individual standing by, back in the locker room area.
00:56:18We're going to bring him out.
00:56:19And maybe this band could clear the air here tonight.
00:56:22Ladies and gentlemen, please join me as we welcome Rowdy, Rowdy Piper.
00:56:30Oh, we're going to have it happen now.
00:56:32Eric Biggsoff said he did what he thought was right at Slamboree.
00:56:43And I haven't agreed with Eric much over the past couple of years,
00:56:47but I agree with what he said and what he did that night.
00:56:52Trying to be the right man.
00:56:54Nothing wrong with that.
00:56:57And Piper obviously got an agenda because he got a clipboard.
00:57:01In his hand.
00:57:08And a mini skirt.
00:57:10That's a kilt.
00:57:11And you know that.
00:57:16Mr. Piper, I hope you can shed a little light on some of the things
00:57:20that are happening right now in World Championship Wrestling.
00:57:22Earlier tonight, we have Ric Flair come on out.
00:57:25In light of what happened at Slamboree,
00:57:27he still contends that he is the president of World Championship Wrestling.
00:57:30Your thoughts.
00:57:33My name is Rowdy Roddy Piper and I am the president of the WCW.
00:57:39Period.
00:57:41And if you wanna fly, you gotta be a Hawkeye.
00:57:45That's true.
00:57:57I've been listening to Flair.
00:58:00Flair has gone way over the edge, baby.
00:58:04I got ten reasons why Ric Flair shouldn't be able to run a gas station, let alone run the WCW.
00:58:13Number one reason.
00:58:14He's broke.
00:58:15He's broke.
00:58:16He don't have a dime.
00:58:17If he can't run his own finances, how is he gonna run a billion dollar company?
00:58:28Number two.
00:58:30Number two.
00:58:31Now this is something I've never told anybody.
00:58:34Fifteen years ago in Raleigh, North Carolina, I'm sitting in a bar at the Hilton.
00:58:42I'm sipping on some skim milk.
00:58:45In comes Ric Flair in drag.
00:58:49It's a true story.
00:58:51Get outta here.
00:58:52In drag with a Dolly Parton wig on, big bazoombos.
00:58:57He comes in and he starts dancing all night, dance a little longer, dance all night, dance
00:59:02a little stronger.
00:59:03That's where he got that from.
00:59:05But he didn't tell you who he was dancing with.
00:59:09With the schnoz on him, they thought he was Barbra Streisand.
00:59:12So what you're saying, he's had a history of being somewhat unbalanced?
00:59:16Unbalanced.
00:59:17Number three, he's got that Charles stalking RuPaul.
00:59:21Figure that one out.
00:59:22I don't make them up.
00:59:24I just read them.
00:59:25I know.
00:59:26I'm sure you didn't make that one.
00:59:28I don't, hey.
00:59:29What's he got with?
00:59:30In the office, number four, when he was in the office, Oval Office, they asked him about
00:59:37the Y2K problem.
00:59:38He says, that's no problem.
00:59:40Charles has got two tubes of jelly in his bag.
00:59:44Not KY.
00:59:45Y2K.
00:59:46Tell you what, you'll set your teeth out and put them on a dresser in a glass jar.
00:59:50Is that kind of talk?
00:59:53There's more.
00:59:54I can't remember nothing no more, man.
00:59:57I've had so many fights.
00:59:58He was at a press conference.
01:00:00They asked him about the Phantom Menace.
01:00:03He thought they were talking about Hillary Clinton.
01:00:06Well, that Phantom Menace.
01:00:09I don't make them up.
01:00:10I read them.
01:00:11I know.
01:00:12You've made them.
01:00:13Nah.
01:00:14They hear a commotion in his office.
01:00:18He's in the Oval Office.
01:00:20I don't know what it is about Rick.
01:00:22They open the door.
01:00:24He's naked.
01:00:25He's chasing himself around the desk.
01:00:28What if he had caught himself?
01:00:32What was he going to do?
01:00:33I have no idea.
01:00:38Reality check.
01:00:39You're just reading these now.
01:00:41Am I correct?
01:00:42I'm just reading them.
01:00:43I'm just reading them.
01:00:44I am the president of the committee.
01:00:45He's also Dennis Rodman's best friend.
01:00:48He's also his marriage counselor.
01:00:50He's also his sports advisor.
01:00:52Great job there, Rick.
01:00:54Guy's out of a job.
01:00:55Out of a wife.
01:00:56Yeah.
01:00:57For Dennis Rodman.
01:00:58He did all of that.
01:00:59I put him in the nut house.
01:01:01In the nut house he meets Dr. Kevorkian.
01:01:0510 minutes with Kevorkian.
01:01:08Kevorkian's going like this.
01:01:10Trying to put the IV in his own arm.
01:01:14We can stand flair for 10 minutes.
01:01:17This does not bode well for players.
01:01:19Number nine.
01:01:20Space Martin has been dead for 15 years.
01:01:27He thinks Viagra is the world's biggest waterfalls.
01:01:33I talked to one of his dates long ago.
01:01:36She said I would rather be naked on an anthill
01:01:41than have to go to Ric Flair's room for an hour
01:01:44and listen to him talk about his world championships.
01:01:47That's what he did in the room?
01:01:49That's what he does in the room.
01:01:51To himself.
01:01:53What's that?
01:01:54Number 10.
01:01:55The Nitro Girls tell me he's gone from the 60 minute man
01:02:00to the 60 second scam.
01:02:02Get out of here.
01:02:03Get out of here.
01:02:05Get out of here.
01:02:06You're just reading them.
01:02:08I'm just reading them.
01:02:09Now I'm gonna quit reading and do some reality checking.
01:02:14I've been listening and talking to a guy named Eric Bischoff.
01:02:19Too much.
01:02:20Too much.
01:02:21Guy's got it right there.
01:02:22Too much he says.
01:02:23Well then let's find out.
01:02:25He's telling me all kinds of things.
01:02:28Let's bring Bischoff out.
01:02:30Have him tell me in front of everybody.
01:02:32All right, Tony, Bobby, Roddy Piper has called for the presence of Eric Bischoff out here.
01:02:41Please would the executive of the WCW, Mr. Eric Bischoff, enter the arena.
01:02:47Probably has got to be very tough for some of these fans, not necessarily forgiving people.
01:02:54But they recall what this man has done in the past, Roddy Piper.
01:02:58Well, let's give him a chance to get in here because I like to insult him to their face.
01:03:04All right.
01:03:05His fans still, by the way, holding a very prominent executive position with World Championship Wrestling.
01:03:10Mr. Piper, you wanted to confront him face to face.
01:03:13You've got him tonight here on Nitro.
01:03:15Mr. Bischoff, three years I've been putting up with you.
01:03:21Oh, you don't know how many nights I wanted to knock your teeth down, grab you by your family pride,
01:03:28and drag you around the arena until there was nothing left of you.
01:03:34You invented the red and black.
01:03:37You invented the, what is it, black and white.
01:03:42Yeah.
01:03:43And now we got the black and gray.
01:03:45That's what's happened to you from the things you've done.
01:03:48Do you know, you took a referee that had cancer, Randy, and fired him and his whole family.
01:03:58And now you're trying to say, oh, I'm so sorry for that.
01:04:01I just made a mistake.
01:04:03I apologize to everybody.
01:04:05I don't buy it.
01:04:06I don't buy it.
01:04:09Randy, you and I have had this conversation privately, and if I have to have it here in front of everybody, I will.
01:04:15I've screwed up.
01:04:18I've made mistakes.
01:04:20And I apologize to you.
01:04:23And I apologize to everybody out here for it.
01:04:26I don't care if you believe me, quite frankly.
01:04:29I don't blame you for not believing me.
01:04:31Hopefully.
01:04:32Give him a chance.
01:04:33Hold on, folks.
01:04:35I want to hear this bunch of stuff.
01:04:37Judge me by what I do, not by what I say.
01:04:41That's all I ask.
01:04:42So you're telling me that you are going to take this company and you are going to change it around from the goodness of your heart?
01:04:51You're telling me you're going to do a 180.
01:04:53Is that what you're saying to me?
01:04:55I'm not promising you anything other than I'm committed to this company.
01:04:58I'm committed to not making the same mistakes I've made in the past.
01:05:03What is this?
01:05:06Who in the devil?
01:05:09I'm sorry, Gene.
01:05:11What does this mean?
01:05:14Who is the March Roman who saw him?
01:05:18He's not done yet.
01:05:23War of the Madness.
01:05:26Is there something going on here between you and Randy Savage?
01:05:30Not at all.
01:05:31I've got no problem with Randy.
01:05:34All right, Randy Savage accompanied by Madusa, Miss Madness, and Gorgeous George on a pair of crutches.
01:05:41Roddy, did you arrange for this?
01:05:43Hey, I'm ready for everything.
01:05:44Improv.
01:05:45I say let the WCW spread its wings.
01:05:49You want to come in?
01:05:50Come on in.
01:05:53All right.
01:05:54Randy Savage.
01:05:56Apparently we're going to hold court here again.
01:06:06It's real simple.
01:06:07It's real simple.
01:06:08By hooker boy Crook.
01:06:10Before the end of the evening.
01:06:12Mr. Big Shot, I never liked you and I really don't like you now.
01:06:16I want a title shot with big sexy Kevin Nash.
01:06:19Because you messed me up, brother.
01:06:21I had somebody that owed me something.
01:06:23And now Nash is the world champion.
01:06:26But not for long.
01:06:28As soon as you put your presidential signature on them.
01:06:34Whoa, whoa, whoa.
01:06:35We don't have to get physical here.
01:06:37We come out on a platform of what Eric Bischoff is doing.
01:06:41And what the presidential platform is doing, Mr. Savage.
01:06:44You'll get your title shot.
01:06:46I'm the commissioner.
01:06:47You just gotta wait your time like everybody else does.
01:06:50Oh, no, I don't.
01:06:52Anything I do, I do because I want to.
01:06:57Mr. Commissioner, I'm not leaving this ring until you give me a title shot with big sexy.
01:07:04You understand?
01:07:05Hey, what the?
01:07:07Get out of here.
01:07:11Here we go.
01:07:14Savage means business, Tony.
01:07:16You're not kidding me, Josh, and he's taking it.
01:07:19He's got Bischoff.
01:07:22He wants his title match.
01:07:24He's gonna show everybody, I need my title match, and I'm gonna get it.
01:07:29The Macho Man way.
01:07:32Here's the World Championship.
01:07:34Bischoff was kicked in the back of the head by Medusa and then slammed by Savage.
01:07:44As they all attack.
01:07:46All right, hot shot.
01:07:47And Bischoff.
01:07:48Big sexy's in the house.
01:07:50Macho Man's in the house.
01:07:52If you got one, you'll give me a title shot tonight because I think you're nothing but an ass.
01:07:58You understand that?
01:07:59No guts.
01:08:11Come on, Bischoff.
01:08:13Come on, Piper.
01:08:14Give me a title shot with that geek.
01:08:16He's got one tonight against Diamond Dallas Page signed by Bischoff.
01:08:21Hey, I got an idea.
01:08:23Why don't you hand it over to me like you did in the Georgia Dome to another guy in the past.
01:08:30Just go get the belt and hand it to me.
01:08:33Let me tell you something, Macho.
01:08:46I see you've used your American Express card already tonight with your dates.
01:08:51Let me tell you something.
01:08:59You want the belt from me?
01:09:01You know and I know the first time around it was a political move.
01:09:04This time, you want the belt from me?
01:09:07You pry it out of my dead hands.
01:09:14That could be arranged because I'd rather take it from you that way.
01:09:20You got no choice.
01:09:22You got no choice.
01:09:25You got no choice.
01:09:26And Savage would.
01:09:28Come on, just wait.
01:09:30Just wait.
01:09:31Just wait.
01:09:32What's up, man?
01:09:36Talking about lines being drawn in the sand.
01:09:38Kevin Nash, the world champ.
01:09:43So Savage, you're wondering how to take it from you.
01:09:46There he is.
01:09:48The heavyweight champion of the world.
01:09:52Piper and Bischoff.
01:09:55Sincerity?
01:09:56I believe so from Eric Bischoff.
01:09:58I don't know.
01:10:00He said, listen to my actions.
01:10:04What I did, not what I've done in the past.
01:10:08Well, fans, that all happened in the ring.
01:10:18Savage wants a world title shot.
01:10:21And moments ago, Gorgeous Georgia we thought was on crutches.
01:10:25She was no more hobbling than anyone.
01:10:27She walked out with a purpose to whack Piper.
01:10:32And notice how Bischoff gonna get kicked as well.
01:10:35As she got hit, or she hit Piper right there.
01:10:39Pitch off those galvanic hits from Medusa.
01:10:42And that prompted the world champion, Kevin Nash, to come in the ring.
01:10:47And the confrontation with one macho man, Randy Savage.
01:10:51Well, coming up here on the program tonight, Kevin Nash will have to put the world title on the line against former two-time champion, Diamond Dallas Kane.
01:11:01That's all live on TNT tonight on the one and only Monday Nitro.
01:11:06Don't go away.
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