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00:00:00What?
00:00:01The police told Doug you need to move your car.
00:00:03Oh, yeah?
00:00:04Yeah.
00:00:05I'll tell you what.
00:00:06You moved my car.
00:00:08And you.
00:00:13Living rooms and dens and college dorms all across the country will be tuned in to Halloween Havoc on Sunday, October 24th.
00:00:20You fans in the Las Vegas area, get your tickets at the MGM Grand Garden Area Box Office at all Ticketmaster locations.
00:00:26They are now on sale.
00:00:28All the reminders, Thunder is coming your way on the 14th of October in Baton Rouge at the Riverside Centriflex.
00:00:34That's on a Thursday night.
00:00:35Tickets are available at the Box Office at Ticketmaster on Thursday, October 28th.
00:00:40It's Thunder on TBS, originating from San Diego, California, the Cats Arena.
00:00:46Tickets at the Aztec Box Office at all Ticketmaster outlets.
00:00:49And then Thunder, Wednesday, November 10th in Fort Wayne, Indiana at the Fort Wayne Coliseum.
00:00:55Tickets at the Box Office at all Ticketmaster locations.
00:00:58Another reminder, Friday, October 22nd, we're in Oakland, California at the Oakland Coliseum.
00:01:03Tickets available at the Box Office at all Bass ticket outlets.
00:01:06And coming up, some big information, gonna save it later on in the telecast brain, about you and a big opening day ticket sale in Indianapolis, Indiana this week.
00:01:19This coming Friday.
00:01:21With the Nitro Girl.
00:01:23Wait till I tell you about that.
00:01:27Well, I'm glad to see Billy Kidman get out of the shower and finally came to the ring, aren't you?
00:01:33I'd rather be in the shower with that Tory than Jill Tory.
00:01:36Well, anyway, before the match gets underway, Kidman, another amount of filthy animals, finally making it into the building.
00:01:43Well, he's not filthy. He's pretty clean now. He's been in the shower.
00:01:46He's really clean, I would say, right now.
00:01:48Do you want to go on with this, or can I go to my god?
00:01:52Oh, please go.
00:01:53Okay. I got to read this, all right? Go.
00:01:55Internet.
00:01:56No, you want to read, read.
00:01:57Internet.
00:01:58Can I read this here?
00:01:59Go ahead, read.
00:02:00I'm going to read right now.
00:02:01Want me to read it?
00:02:02No, before the match, before the match gets underway.
00:02:05Internet fans, log on to WCW.com for WCW Live with Bob Ryder and Jeremy Borish.
00:02:12This week's guests are Gene Oberlin tomorrow night, Disco Inferno, and you Bobby Heaton on Wednesday.
00:02:17The champ of the chump that day, and Brad Armstrong on Thursday.
00:02:21That's on WCW Live weeknights on WCW.com.
00:02:26Every time I'm on with Ryder, he insults me. He does it again. You know what I'm going to do to him?
00:02:30What?
00:02:31I can't tell you, I'm on air right now.
00:02:34Okay, the match is underway. It's Kidman.
00:02:37And it's Juventud Carrera, two former champions.
00:02:40Whoa.
00:02:41Going at it here. These are two of the greats in our sport.
00:02:44They've gone at it before. They've had great matches.
00:02:46Here's another one for you here tonight on TNT.
00:02:49Kidman holds his own, sending Juventud in.
00:02:52You know what Kidman thinks of what happened to Ray Jr. earlier at the hands of Perry Saturn, believe it or not,
00:02:59and Shane Douglas.
00:03:02Is that unbelievable or won't bring?
00:03:05I don't think I'd be worried more about where my car's soap is right now.
00:03:11A little Hoobie driver action that time from Kidman.
00:03:15You're just not going to let that go, are you?
00:03:18You see Kidman in the shower with Tori, and you're going to talk about it.
00:03:21I didn't see him in the shower.
00:03:22We all did. You're going to talk about it all night, aren't you?
00:03:24No, I'm not.
00:03:25Yes, you are.
00:03:26Well, I'm going to think about it for a long time, so go ahead and talk about it.
00:03:29Let me draw you a picture.
00:03:30The only thing I can say is Kidman's our man, isn't he?
00:03:33What a dirty, filthy animal. I love him.
00:03:36Up on the top.
00:03:39And Juventud. Nice.
00:03:42A little over that time. Over the top.
00:03:44Leap all the way to Kidman. Caught him with his feet.
00:03:47And put him down hard.
00:03:50He's got some moves.
00:03:53Boy, he's got a lot of them in this match, as a matter of fact.
00:03:56And the fans boo Hoobintu.
00:04:01I noticed there was only one towel.
00:04:04Never mind.
00:04:05Yes, I did notice there was only one towel.
00:04:08I hate to say this, fans, but Brain, I'm with you on this, okay?
00:04:11Kidman's our man now.
00:04:13In the back of the head, Hoobintu.
00:04:15Kidman's got to focus on this match, doesn't he?
00:04:18Huh?
00:04:22Kidman held his own. Pick up.
00:04:26Hoobintu.
00:04:27Kidman may be a little weak.
00:04:28One, two.
00:04:31Bridge up by Guerrera that time.
00:04:35Trying to backslide him down to Hoobintu.
00:04:40Kidman a good standings. Oh, watch out. Hold on.
00:04:42Oh!
00:04:43Hoobintu that time.
00:04:45Grabbed the ropes on the way down, but Kidman made sure.
00:04:47He got to the floor anyway.
00:04:53And now Billy Kidman.
00:04:55Giving chase to his opponent after sending him down with a drum kick to the floor.
00:04:59You know what the good thing about this match is?
00:05:01And what's that?
00:05:02When it's over, you can go take a shower.
00:05:04Yes.
00:05:05Yes.
00:05:08Head first to the safety rail again.
00:05:10This time it's ahead of Hoobintu Guerrera.
00:05:14Kidman keeps his focus on his opponent as he sends him back in.
00:05:18Kidman pound for pound, the young man out of Allentown, Pennsylvania.
00:05:23Came away with a big win last week over Psychosis.
00:05:26But pound for pound truly is one of the toughest fighters in our sport.
00:05:29Yeah, the women love him.
00:05:31He's a good looking young man.
00:05:33But be that as it may, he is one of the top cruiserweights in the entire world.
00:05:38Look at the Spiderman's carry pickup after the handshake.
00:05:42Oh!
00:05:43And Hoobintu comes away with a great counter move out of that pickup.
00:05:46You can't get smart with Hoobie.
00:05:49It can backfire on you.
00:05:51You see what's happened here.
00:05:52These two men have faced each other many times.
00:05:54You've seen it on Thunder.
00:05:55You've seen it here on WCW Saturday night.
00:05:58They know each other so well.
00:05:59They just now want to show each other up.
00:06:02They want to prove a point.
00:06:03Of course, Hoobintu is a very close friend of Psychosis,
00:06:06the former Cruiserweight champion.
00:06:08So he has a little payback from the unmasking.
00:06:10That went down a week ago.
00:06:12Ah, don't worry about it, Hoobie.
00:06:16He lost his mask.
00:06:18You lost your mask.
00:06:23As Hoobintu poses, we're told we've got to take a brief commercial break.
00:06:27We're coming right back.
00:06:29This has developed into quite a battle between these two cruiserweights here
00:06:33on WCW Monday night.
00:06:35There's a lot of posing, a lot of trying to show the other man up.
00:06:38But now it's gotten down to a pretty darn good cruiserweight battle here.
00:06:41Well, they're taking it to each other back and forth.
00:06:44And they know each other so well.
00:06:46So the winner of this match is going to be the lucky one.
00:06:49Power slam by Kidman.
00:06:51Hoobintu hit the near side ropes.
00:06:52Belize Roman down for the one.
00:06:53The twos couldn't hold him down for a three count that time.
00:06:56So Kidman tries to remap the strategy here in this one-on-one matchup here on TNT.
00:07:04Red Flair tonight for Hoobintu.
00:07:07How about that?
00:07:08Against Sting in the total package.
00:07:10And how's Hogan's knee?
00:07:11Will it hold out?
00:07:12We're going to find out.
00:07:13Kidman tried to put the brakes on that time but could not.
00:07:16What's Hoobintu doing?
00:07:18Hoobintu waving someone down.
00:07:20There's Psychosis.
00:07:21The man Kidman had missed a week ago.
00:07:24He got whacked by Kidman.
00:07:26Oh, and then Kidman sent on the outside by Hoobintu.
00:07:30And Psychosis a little payback from a week ago here, Brian.
00:07:34No doubt about that.
00:07:35Watch this.
00:07:36Oh!
00:07:37Uh-uh.
00:07:38Hit the wrong man.
00:07:40Missed.
00:07:41That's what happens when you do those high-risk aerial moves.
00:07:46It can work for you and it can work against you.
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00:08:40Hooking Hoovitude, who's got him and drags him down
00:08:42with a spectacular countermove.
00:08:44And he covers him.
00:08:45One, two.
00:08:46No.
00:08:46But he cannot hold him down.
00:08:56Hoovitude trying to get up.
00:08:58And as it gets up, I want to remind you
00:08:59to vote for your favor of the two Nitro Girls
00:09:03from Kansas City in our Nitro Girls search.
00:09:07One of the two ladies you saw earlier.
00:09:08You can do it right now.
00:09:09All right, log it on to WCW.com until 2 AM.
00:09:13Hoovitude's up top.
00:09:14Kidman kicks him on the way down.
00:09:18Going for the cover.
00:09:19One, two.
00:09:21He's got it.
00:09:22No.
00:09:22No, he couldn't kick him down.
00:09:24And Kidman thought he had won it.
00:09:26Oh, he's just an eyelash away.
00:09:27That was pretty good count, too, by the referee that time.
00:09:31By the way, those two Nitro Girls are Lovina or Nicole.
00:09:34Remember that.
00:09:35I know.
00:09:36I have it written down.
00:09:36I know you did.
00:09:38All right.
00:09:39Kidman trying to end this thing.
00:09:40It's been very tough for either man to get much of an advantage here.
00:09:47The way it is in the Cruiserweight division.
00:09:54Kidman is in trouble now.
00:09:56And Hoovitude's going to try to end this.
00:09:58Hoovitude's going upstairs.
00:10:03The 450 coming here.
00:10:06That's what he says.
00:10:10Hoovitude, a long walk to get there, though.
00:10:13Now, Kidman is dazed.
00:10:14Let's see if he can get away here.
00:10:16Yeah, he took too much time.
00:10:27I could tell when Kidman moved his leg.
00:10:29He wasn't out.
00:10:29He was just setting him up.
00:10:30Oh, Psychosis is still around.
00:10:32And he goes down again.
00:10:37Kidman has had to fight off a couple of men.
00:10:44Who is this?
00:10:45This is Rey Mysterio.
00:10:47Rey Mysterio has come down.
00:10:49He is heading up in this double teaming.
00:10:50The referee's trying to hold him back.
00:10:53And Billy Kidman's going to the shooting star press.
00:10:55Oh, Psychosis is up.
00:10:58He and Kidman with a fight on the turnbuckles.
00:11:00Kidman's going to do it, though.
00:11:01He's still going to do it.
00:11:03Oh, no, he's not.
00:11:05He was caught.
00:11:06And he put in a Hoovy driver.
00:11:08He's got him.
00:11:08He's not going to get up from this.
00:11:09One, two.
00:11:11It's over.
00:11:11I knew it.
00:11:12I knew it.
00:11:16And Rey Mysterio has come in.
00:11:17Mysterio now fist of fire on Psychosis and Juventud.
00:11:25After the fact.
00:11:27Whoa.
00:11:32Little filthy animal.
00:11:34Rough rider action right there.
00:11:37And Rey, even though he tried to help his partner,
00:11:40his filthy animal member out,
00:11:42he really had the attention of the referee
00:11:44enabling Psychosis to attack Kidman on the other side.
00:11:47So, Juventud Guerrero picks up the win
00:11:50here on WCW Monday Nitro.
00:11:52And we're coming right back with more on TNT.
00:11:55It's a big night.
00:11:57A lot of great action still to come.
00:11:58Stay at the showers.
00:11:59You have to park my car, Moses.
00:12:18Do this.
00:12:19Get me shirts.
00:12:20Get me passes.
00:12:21Good Lord.
00:12:22Ladies and gentlemen, we're back.
00:12:43We're honored to have with us the special ring announcer for this one on one matchup.
00:12:48The greatest wrestler in the history of Kansas City Wrestling.
00:12:51The former eight-time world heavyweight champion, ladies and gentlemen, the one and only Harley
00:12:56Race.
00:12:57You know, it gives me great pleasure to be out here in front of you people again for two
00:13:02reasons.
00:13:03First off, because the greatest fans in the world are right here in Kansas City.
00:13:13And secondly, I'm introducing a match that of all the accolades I've had thrown at me
00:13:21in my career, this right here probably means more to me than 99.9% of them.
00:13:30Being able to call out to this ring, and coming in first, from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, at
00:13:37220 pounds, Chris Benoit.
00:13:42As Harley Race brings in Chris Benoit from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, we also welcome to our broadcast
00:13:59location the one and only Professor Mike today.
00:14:03Welcome, and this is really a special Mike for all of us.
00:14:07As I said earlier, we're going to call this one not as announcers, but as wrestling fans.
00:14:10It really is, Tony.
00:14:11A very special evening.
00:14:12Very emotional for everyone in the locker room area as we see the Canadian Crippler himself.
00:14:18The reigning World TV title holder, Chris Benoit, make his way to the ring.
00:14:21You see the t-shirt that he's wearing there with the picture of Owen Hart right on the front
00:14:26of it in tribute as this entire evening, and specifically this matchup against Brent Hart,
00:14:32all dedicated to the memory of Owen Hart.
00:14:34And secondly, coming to the ring, his family I have known for over well over 30 years.
00:15:02One of the nicest families anywhere in the world today, the Hart family.
00:15:12Coming to the ring now from Calgary, Alberta, Canada at 230 pounds, Brett the Hitman Hart.
00:15:32You can only wonder what has to be going through this man's mind as he walks into the Kemper
00:15:50arena, into the wrestling ring.
00:15:54You know, you can see the emotion on Benoit's face from his close friend Owen Hart and the memories.
00:16:01And now Owen's brother, Brett, has come in and he's a businessman.
00:16:06He's got that wrestling face on, but you know that it has to be just an ocean full of emotions
00:16:11running through him right now as he and the Crippler will go at it in memory of Owen Hart.
00:16:19No title on the line, just one on one, two of the greatest wrestlers in our sport here.
00:16:24You know, I don't think it takes a wrestling expert or a historian to appreciate the importance
00:16:28of tonight's match.
00:16:29To put things in their proper perspective, think of the many high pressure, high profile matches
00:16:34that Brett Hart has been involved in in a two decade plus career, and then reflect on this
00:16:39direct quote from Brett himself.
00:16:41He said prior to tonight's match that by far this will be the single most important time
00:16:46that I've ever stepped into the ring. I'll try to do my brother proud.
00:16:50I hope my best is good enough. I dedicate this match to Owen Hart and to those who loved him.
00:17:00It's great to have Harley Race, and that was a great introduction by the former World Heavyweight Champion,
00:17:04so it's wonderful to see him. Looking great too, Brain.
00:17:07I thought that was Buffer.
00:17:08And now, here we go. Benoit and Muck.
00:17:14Let's work, let's work.
00:17:15And you know you're going to see moves here that they learned and were taught and felt down in the dungeon in Calgary.
00:17:25The famous dungeon of Stu Harvest where he trained many great wrestlers.
00:17:30I've been there.
00:17:31Yeah, you have, and for years I think so many of the commentators have talked about that dungeon down in the basement
00:17:36of Stu Hart's house in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
00:17:39I think many of the fans recently, through the Wrestling With Shadows biography of Bret Hart,
00:17:43had the opportunity to see firsthand just what that dungeon is all about.
00:17:48Well, I was never in there wrestling. He just showed me where he trained guys.
00:17:51And I don't mean to make light of things, but I've been through their whole home,
00:17:54and the whole home is a dungeon.
00:17:56It's a wrestling family. Running right over Benoit.
00:17:59Bret Hart.
00:18:01Great maneuver.
00:18:03And Benoit quickly got out of the way on that one.
00:18:08I think there's a lot of people that wonder why Chris Benoit was chosen for this tribute match,
00:18:13and maybe a history lesson is in order.
00:18:15We know about all of the great accomplishments of Chris Benoit here in WCW,
00:18:20but so many parallels to Owen Hart, starting right from square one.
00:18:24Benoit training with that Hart family, as we mentioned.
00:18:26Traveling extensively with Owen throughout the world.
00:18:29Canada, Japan, Europe, and Mexico. Tag team partners on many occasions.
00:18:33When you factor in age, size, experience, many similarities between Chris Benoit and Owen Hart.
00:18:42Benoit just trying to bridge out of this knuckle lock here as he pulls back up Sean's power.
00:18:49You know, when the accident happened to Owen Hart, of course, Gret was with his family, but Benoit was with us, and he was devastated.
00:18:57Many, many, obviously, wrestlers were more than just Chris Benoit, but you talked about how he traveled with Owen, and we had a chance to talk to Benoit that following Monday when we were at Nitro.
00:19:09He was obviously shaking, and you could see the emotion as he walked to the ring.
00:19:14And now the combatants give it their all.
00:19:16And we're seeing wrestling holds.
00:19:18Not a lot of finesse here, just straight wrestling holds, great maneuvers.
00:19:22There's a hammerlock takedown.
00:19:24Dungeon wrestling.
00:19:25Dungeon.
00:19:26That's what it is.
00:19:27It is back to the basics.
00:19:28That's right.
00:19:29Back to the basics.
00:19:30The winner of this will be Dungeon Master.
00:19:32For the time being.
00:19:34For the time being.
00:19:35Notice how X-rated leverage, he puts the head between the shoulder blades.
00:19:41Does Benoit.
00:19:42And that really cracks back on that shoulder.
00:19:45Both shoulders.
00:19:46I think Bret Hart's father trained both these men you're seeing right now.
00:19:54Spectacular reversal by Bret Hart.
00:19:56I think in many ways this has to be considered also among the most important bouts in the career of Chris Benoit.
00:20:08He talked earlier in that interview as we see him jump backwards and catch Hart with that drop kick to the midsection.
00:20:14Growing up in Edmonton, Canada.
00:20:15Watching Stampede wrestling out of Calgary every week on TV.
00:20:18He idolized the dynamite kid and he idolized Bret Hart.
00:20:22And at the age of 11 Chris Benoit decided that he wanted to be a pro wrestler.
00:20:27And since that time Benoit has emulated his heroes.
00:20:30Whether it's training style or wrestling technique.
00:20:32Nice move by the hitman there as he hits that side Russian leg sweep.
00:20:37And now being 13 you can see how he's a pro.
00:20:40To the side of the head.
00:20:41You know but also.
00:20:42As Snapmare takes Benoit down.
00:20:45There's a lot of fans of wrestling who watch their wrestlers each and every week.
00:20:49And try to emulate their wrestlers.
00:20:51And have the aspirations of becoming a pro wrestler.
00:20:54But not many of them have the ability of a Chris Benoit.
00:20:58He truly is.
00:20:59And he's a fine champion.
00:21:00I don't think there's any question that he's a well deserving television champion.
00:21:04But he had the ability to.
00:21:07To gut it out.
00:21:08To train up in Calgary.
00:21:09And it's all come to the spotlight here.
00:21:12And as you said Mike.
00:21:13One of his biggest matches ever.
00:21:14Maybe his most important match.
00:21:15Even though his title is not on the line.
00:21:18He nails Bret Hart.
00:21:20Try to get in the back.
00:21:21And he's from Bret Hart.
00:21:22Comes away with a knee.
00:21:24Off of the ropes.
00:21:25And the fans.
00:21:26Are with Bret each and every move.
00:21:28I think the fans.
00:21:29They respect both men.
00:21:31They.
00:21:32They cheer on both men.
00:21:33But I really think the favorite in this.
00:21:35Obviously.
00:21:36Because of it.
00:21:37Being his brother.
00:21:38Is Bret Hart.
00:21:39He's got the fans behind him.
00:21:42I'm not sure if anybody's really for anyone.
00:21:44I think they're just sitting back.
00:21:45And they're watching.
00:21:46A great wrestling match.
00:21:47A great wrestling move.
00:21:48But I.
00:21:49I don't know.
00:21:50I.
00:21:51I kind of like to go for the eye myself.
00:21:53You know we talked about it earlier.
00:21:55Going for the eye?
00:21:56Well.
00:21:57In a way we did.
00:21:58About two men.
00:21:59Regardless if they're enemies.
00:22:00Or they're friends.
00:22:01A lot of times.
00:22:02Mike you'll agree with this.
00:22:03To get caught up in a.
00:22:04In a matchup.
00:22:05It gets very physical.
00:22:06And all of a sudden.
00:22:07Temperatures starting to flare.
00:22:08Now you see.
00:22:09A little bit different.
00:22:10We had wrestling holds.
00:22:11There was.
00:22:12There was a clenched fist.
00:22:13To the head that time.
00:22:14Whoa.
00:22:15By Bret Hart.
00:22:16And now they're starting to smack the leather.
00:22:17So yeah.
00:22:18The temples are starting to flare.
00:22:19All of a sudden.
00:22:20Regardless of.
00:22:21The reasons.
00:22:22In the ring.
00:22:23If it comes.
00:22:24A wrestling match.
00:22:25A pro wrestling match.
00:22:26They're still athletes.
00:22:27They're still professionals.
00:22:28Sure.
00:22:29And they still want to win this match.
00:22:30They take pride in what they do.
00:22:31He comes off.
00:22:32He drives it home.
00:22:33Bret Hart makes it count.
00:22:35But Cushman Law escapes.
00:22:37I think you both make great points.
00:22:38It's all about the heat of the battle.
00:22:40As we saw those high impact moves.
00:22:42The chop from Benoit.
00:22:43The DDT.
00:22:44And then the follow up.
00:22:45As Bret Hart came off the middle rope.
00:22:47Dropping down with all of his weight.
00:22:48And getting a near fall on Benoit.
00:22:50The time Bret walked a circle that time.
00:22:54As Benoit was caught underneath the ropes.
00:22:56He goes back to get his opponent.
00:22:57Benoit hits the ropes.
00:22:58Benoit hooked the leg that time.
00:23:00Rolls through.
00:23:01And almost pending.
00:23:03And look at this.
00:23:04You can have him here.
00:23:05Submission on almost a Boston Crab here.
00:23:09Although he's not really sitting down on it.
00:23:12As Bret Hart's trying to keep Benoit from going down towards the mat.
00:23:17The referee in a good position here.
00:23:19To see if Hart works to give up or not.
00:23:22Wait a minute.
00:23:23They're in the ropes.
00:23:24Nicky J seeing the left arm made it to the ropes.
00:23:26Oh, you can see the pressure that was put on the lower back that time of the Hitman.
00:23:30Well, he had them had he not made those ropes.
00:23:33If he'd have had them in the middle of the ring.
00:23:35He'd have heard the Hartman there.
00:23:36The Hitman screaming for help.
00:23:38The ropes again they go.
00:23:42This time it's Bret Hart going down.
00:23:44With a back body drop.
00:23:45Here's Benoit.
00:23:46Lateral press.
00:23:47We got only a one count.
00:23:48And Hart quickly kicks away.
00:23:52Benoit again.
00:23:55In a back break.
00:23:56Here's a count.
00:23:57One, two.
00:23:58Two count only.
00:23:59Fans, I'm told we've got to take a short commercial break.
00:24:01The tape machines are rolling.
00:24:02Should the match end during the break?
00:24:04We'll show you what happened.
00:24:05But if not, the tribute match for Owen Hart comes back only on TNT.
00:24:09Tony Schiavone, Bobby the Brain Heenan, and the Professor Mike today back with you at ringside Kemper Arena.
00:24:16Where Bret Hart and Chris Benoit are pushing it to the limit here.
00:24:20In this match, in memory of Owen Hart.
00:24:24And you can see it's gotten very, very physical right now, guys.
00:24:28It's heating up.
00:24:30Bret Hart.
00:24:31You know, your competitive juices only last so long.
00:24:35And then they start to boil.
00:24:37Hart with a headbutt in the lower abdomen that time of Benoit.
00:24:43Back to the attack once again.
00:24:45I think this is going to be a test, a true test for Bret Hart.
00:24:48If you think about the past five months of his career, as he goes now for the cover.
00:24:52And, oh, two count that time on Benoit.
00:24:55Just a handful of singles matches for Bret.
00:24:57A couple of tag bouts here on Nitro.
00:24:59But one-on-one against someone with the intensity level,
00:25:02and with the wrestling skill of a Chris Benoit,
00:25:04I think that's going to tell us what we need to know
00:25:07in terms of Bret Hart's comeback.
00:25:10We talked about the tragedy occurring in May,
00:25:12and then in July, July 5th.
00:25:15On this program in the Georgia Dome, Bret Hart came back,
00:25:18and we really thought we'd never see him wrestle again.
00:25:21I didn't think so.
00:25:22Think about where he is now.
00:25:25What has to be going through his mind right now,
00:25:28and has to shut all that out,
00:25:29because you've got to try to win the match.
00:25:32Bret Hart is now focusing on the back here of the crippler Chris Benoit.
00:25:37He's going out after him.
00:25:47Maybe to throw him back in.
00:25:48Maybe to put the boots to him.
00:25:51On the outside.
00:25:54A very tough place for anyone to be, and...
00:25:58Ha-ha! Again!
00:26:00That's a tough place to be.
00:26:02The focus now has been the back, the lower back here,
00:26:04of the crippler Chris Benoit for Bret Hart.
00:26:07And that certainly makes sense
00:26:08when you think of the finishing move
00:26:09that Bret loves to employ,
00:26:10that sharpshooter submission hold.
00:26:12Obviously one that works on the lower back.
00:26:20Now very methodically, Hart...
00:26:24is taking apart the crippler Chris Benoit.
00:26:29You can better believe that Benoit's been here before.
00:26:32On the receiving end of...
00:26:34blows from the great champions in our sport.
00:26:37Spoke to Benoit prior to this matchup,
00:26:39and we saw part of that interview earlier this evening on Nitro.
00:26:42He compared tonight's match with Bret Hart
00:26:45to a National Hockey League player stepping onto the ice
00:26:48against someone like the now retired great Wayne Gretzky.
00:26:51That kind of a level, that kind of a class.
00:26:54Good counter by the crippler, picks him up.
00:26:56Could drive him down with a tombstone piledriver,
00:26:59hooking the lower back firmly again,
00:27:01and drives him down.
00:27:03He's got him.
00:27:04He doesn't have enough to cover.
00:27:05One, two, three.
00:27:07Didn't really lay across the shoulders that time.
00:27:11In fact, the only way Mickie J had any count that time
00:27:14was the fact that Bret was on his back,
00:27:16and Benoit was on top of him.
00:27:19I don't think desperation move, but it worked,
00:27:25at least to keep the assault off the bat momentarily of Benoit.
00:27:29It was a last-ditch effort by Benoit.
00:27:32Didn't gain the three count,
00:27:33but certainly turned the tide in this matchup.
00:27:35Bridge suplex.
00:27:36Two, no sir.
00:27:38Just rolled out of the way, did Bret Hart.
00:27:40You know, the emotion of this kind of a match,
00:27:43thinking about Owen, can affect you.
00:27:45More so Bret Hart than Benoit,
00:27:47because Bret Hart naturally has his brother,
00:27:49and he has this on his mind the whole evening.
00:27:52He's not going to do well in that ring.
00:27:58He's got to be wrestling for himself.
00:28:02Hard to do though.
00:28:03Well, maybe he uses that as inspiration
00:28:06in this matchup against Benoit,
00:28:07and takes it to another level,
00:28:09and he's going to need to
00:28:10because Benoit just caught him in the midsection
00:28:12with that knee.
00:28:13Benoit, another comeback,
00:28:14and a two count as Bret Hart escapes once again.
00:28:19To get back into this, you're right,
00:28:20Bret Hart's going to have to reach down deep
00:28:22and draw a motion from somewhere,
00:28:24and let's see if it can help him
00:28:26thwart off this advance here
00:28:28by the world television champion.
00:28:30You think Stu's watching this in Calgary?
00:28:39Not missing a second.
00:28:41Only got two more payments on that TV,
00:28:43and it's his.
00:28:44A headbutt by the Crippler.
00:28:47Into the ropes goes the Hitman.
00:28:49Held off.
00:28:50One step ahead.
00:28:51That time Benoit hit the back of his head.
00:28:53Very hard on the map.
00:28:55Bret Hart with an elbow
00:28:57to punctuate that maneuver,
00:28:59and now drives down the elbow once again.
00:29:07You can see how this matchup
00:29:09has taken its toll on both men.
00:29:11It could come down to a mistake.
00:29:16When you talk about mistakes,
00:29:17you think about the wrestling styles of these two men.
00:29:19Very similar with one primary exception
00:29:22as we see the belly, the back executed perfectly by Hart.
00:29:26Goes for another cover.
00:29:28Oh!
00:29:29Close!
00:29:30And another two count.
00:29:31That one exception,
00:29:32when you think about their styles,
00:29:33Chris Benoit loves to combine high-risk moves
00:29:36with his mat technique.
00:29:39You think back,
00:29:40both of these men competing in amateur wrestling,
00:29:42both exposed to a wide variety of styles
00:29:44because of their extensive international travels.
00:29:53Literally on the ropes is Benoit,
00:29:54and right now Bret Hart just laying him in.
00:29:57Benoit barely can get back up,
00:29:59pulling him up by the head.
00:30:01That time to the side of the head again.
00:30:02Head of steam left side!
00:30:04Oh!
00:30:05Benoit, great defensive maneuver,
00:30:06just dropped down,
00:30:07and that caught Bret Hart on the ropes.
00:30:09He barely got out of the way on that one.
00:30:11Did you notice the whiplash effect
00:30:12as Bret Hart went springing back
00:30:14off the ring ropes down to the mat?
00:30:17Bret Hart on the floor.
00:30:18Watch this, guys.
00:30:19And here comes the kicker!
00:30:22Suicide dive through the ropes that time!
00:30:24Headbutt!
00:30:25And both men fall beyond the mats!
00:30:27Down the entranceway,
00:30:28here at the Kemp Arena.
00:30:30Bret's 15 feet up the aisle.
00:30:32Yeah, we talked earlier about Benoit
00:30:33integrating those high-risk moves.
00:30:35There was a perfect example.
00:30:36Emotion!
00:30:37Determination!
00:30:39It's all here tonight!
00:30:40Bret Hart and the Crippler will continue.
00:30:44All right, fans.
00:30:45During the commercial break,
00:30:46the match took a very,
00:30:47I guess I should say,
00:30:48maybe a very rough and rugged turn.
00:30:50Ugly is not the word here,
00:30:51because these two men are giving it their all.
00:30:53But Bret Hart has picked up the intensity.
00:30:56He had Benoit, Mike, up against the apron,
00:30:59and he just wasted the man.
00:31:01And he's really turned it up another notch.
00:31:03He's taken it to another level,
00:31:04and now with Benoit out on the ring apron,
00:31:06Bret Hart's gonna try and bring him back into the ring,
00:31:08and does, but a great reversal.
00:31:10Brows him up!
00:31:11Two!
00:31:12Bret caught him!
00:31:13One!
00:31:14Two!
00:31:15The other way!
00:31:16And a near fall on both sides!
00:31:17Mike, have these two ever wrestled each other before?
00:31:18Well, they have wrestled before,
00:31:19but nothing really when you think of a high-profile match
00:31:22like this evening's bout here on Nitro
00:31:24dedicated to the memory of Owen Hart.
00:31:26That was a long, years ago, wasn't it?
00:31:28They have wrestled in the past,
00:31:30even as recently as just a couple of months ago
00:31:32in World Championship wrestling.
00:31:34Headbutt all the way back now to the turnbuckle.
00:31:37I knew that.
00:31:39Push it in.
00:31:40Meanwhile,
00:31:42trying to get out of the way of Bret the Hitman Hart.
00:31:45There you go, stomping on the throat.
00:31:48That's an illegal hold that time, but hey,
00:31:51like it or not, and I know you like it, Green,
00:31:53those illegal holds are part of pro wrestling.
00:31:57Everybody uses them.
00:31:59Tries to stretch the rules to their advantage.
00:32:02In every aspect of life, people use them.
00:32:04A wild swing, ends up in the backslide,
00:32:07and only a two-pinch.
00:32:09Look how Benoit just tries to pull himself back to his feet
00:32:16as the Hitman hovers behind and once again goes to the back.
00:32:20That back's taken a beating.
00:32:21Yeah, it sure has.
00:32:22And that was the focus of the pounding during the commercial break
00:32:25that Benoit took on the outside.
00:32:27All the greats in our sport.
00:32:29Hogan, Flair, Sting, the total package.
00:32:32DDP, Bret Hart have one focus when they go to the ring.
00:32:38A lot of times they are not able to follow through with it,
00:32:41but they have a mindset of what they want to do.
00:32:42Inside cradle that time, and Benoit almost pulled off a win that time
00:32:45with an inside cradle maneuver, but no.
00:32:47Pulling himself up on the far ropes.
00:32:49Here comes the Hitman again.
00:32:51Hart is just relentless on the offensive assault here against Benoit.
00:32:55And you notice something, Mike?
00:32:56He doesn't seem to be getting frustrated at the fact
00:32:58he's not pinning Benoit or beating the man.
00:33:00He's just taking his time.
00:33:02The reason he's not is because he knows the man.
00:33:04He knows what he's up against.
00:33:05One, two, the swinging neckbreaker, two count only.
00:33:09See, what Benoit should do right now
00:33:11is extend his hand to Bret Hart,
00:33:13his hand of friendship,
00:33:15and then reach into his trunks
00:33:17and pull out something that weighs about 45 pounds,
00:33:20and tape it to his fist
00:33:21and hit him right between the running lights,
00:33:23and knock him cold.
00:33:25Into the corner once again.
00:33:26He hears a pick-up,
00:33:28and then what an Atomics left that time.
00:33:30The excellence of execution
00:33:32when I think about this offensive flurry
00:33:34you're seeing here
00:33:35and thinking about the man that knows every move in the sport.
00:33:39To the side of the head!
00:33:41Benoit met in another comeback!
00:33:43Repeated headbutts!
00:33:44Put Bret Hart on the mat!
00:33:46Benoit, you talked about the high,
00:33:48climbing over to use it!
00:33:49Can he use it now?
00:33:50Oh!
00:33:51An uppercut!
00:33:52That's the other thing you have to realize,
00:33:55just how familiar both of these men are
00:33:57with each other's offensive moves,
00:33:59and that time Bret Hart just beat Benoit
00:34:02out of the punch,
00:34:03and now up to the top,
00:34:04gonna try and superplex him back into the ring.
00:34:06Ah!
00:34:08That'll hurt for days, believe me.
00:34:10Many of the fans come to their feet here
00:34:12thinking it could be it,
00:34:13but can he make a cover?
00:34:15Two!
00:34:16Oh, look at both men!
00:34:17Three!
00:34:18Look at the agony on their faces
00:34:20that they have been through in this battle.
00:34:21One!
00:34:22Three!
00:34:23Three!
00:34:24And the fans are right with...
00:34:25They're counting with Mickey J,
00:34:27the mandatory ten count for both men,
00:34:30which stops when Bret Hart stands to his feet,
00:34:33steps through over the sharpshooter!
00:34:35No, no, no!
00:34:36He's going through a crippler crossface
00:34:38out of the sharpshooter!
00:34:39Look at him!
00:34:40He counted it!
00:34:41He's got him!
00:34:42Magnificently!
00:34:43Can he reach the ropes?
00:34:45But he's pulling to the middle
00:34:46so he can't get to the ropes!
00:34:48What are you saying there?
00:34:49What a great reversal by Benoit!
00:34:51And you're right, Brain,
00:34:52he drags Bret Hart back out to the middle of the ring!
00:34:55That's a professional,
00:34:56that's a man who knows where he's at
00:34:57every minute he's in that ring!
00:34:59Look how close he is!
00:35:00Just that close,
00:35:01and finally he reaches out!
00:35:02Come on!
00:35:07The fans cheer on the moves,
00:35:08they cheer on the counter moves,
00:35:10and he escapes the brakes.
00:35:12They're with him on each and every move here!
00:35:17Out of the sharpshooter,
00:35:18the crippler put on the crippler crossface!
00:35:21Amazing!
00:35:23Reversal that time!
00:35:24Holding on!
00:35:25Yep!
00:35:26One suplex!
00:35:27He'll try it again!
00:35:28Snapped him again!
00:35:29Still holding on!
00:35:30Still hooking on!
00:35:31Gonna try it a third time!
00:35:33Three suplexes!
00:35:34And that means he's going up top!
00:35:43This is what we talked about earlier,
00:35:44combining the high-risk moves with the dangerous mat technique,
00:35:47and Benoit mounts the top rope!
00:35:49But he's going to the furthest corner!
00:35:51Oh!
00:35:52More elevation!
00:35:54More impact from the furthest corner!
00:35:56He drives!
00:35:58The head into the shoulder!
00:36:03He makes a cover!
00:36:04We've got a...
00:36:05He's won!
00:36:06Two only!
00:36:07Two!
00:36:08Two!
00:36:09Two!
00:36:10Two!
00:36:11Two!
00:36:12Two!
00:36:13Two!
00:36:14Neither of the men want to lose this one!
00:36:15Still strength in the legs of Bret Hart as he was able to kick out,
00:36:20just after the two-count from referee Mickey J,
00:36:23and Benoit back to the attack!
00:36:26Before Benoit grabbed the hair, though,
00:36:28he looked down at Bret Hart that time.
00:36:30Maybe he was checking to see if his condition,
00:36:32if he was out, or what!
00:36:37Belly-to-back suplex as Benoit just pushes himself up on his elbows,
00:36:41on his forearms.
00:36:42Look how slowly he gets to his feet!
00:36:44What a grueling match for both these men!
00:36:46How spinny he is, but he tries a hard elbow once again,
00:36:49in the thick part of the chest of Bret Hart.
00:36:54And now the cannon lets go Bret from the capacity crowd here tonight!
00:37:00And Benoit's letting it get to him!
00:37:01Yes, he is!
00:37:02He shouldn't do that!
00:37:03You gotta concentrate on the man in those big tights laying on that mat!
00:37:06That's who you have to be!
00:37:07Forget the humanoids!
00:37:08Bret Hart holds his own!
00:37:11And he comes away with the back elbow!
00:37:17Benoit face down!
00:37:19And Hart again!
00:37:21Back to his feet, hovering over the Crippler!
00:37:25Hooks in!
00:37:26And a pile driver!
00:37:29He'll try to win it here!
00:37:30Too!
00:37:31Too close to the ropes!
00:37:32Benoit rolled to the ropes!
00:37:33He knew he was in trouble!
00:37:34Sure is!
00:37:35He's smart enough to know, I don't think I can kick out of this!
00:37:36I'm gonna get myself some protection!
00:37:37Some insurance!
00:37:38And that's what he did!
00:37:39That's the professional this man is!
00:37:40Yeah, and it's amazing that he was able to do that after being just nailed with that
00:37:41pile driver by Bret Hart!
00:37:42Oh, he was dropped on his head!
00:37:43It's called ring awareness!
00:37:44All the greats in our sport have it!
00:37:45He hit the top turnbuckle pad very hard!
00:37:47There's Ben Watkins!
00:37:48He chops away at the hitman!
00:37:49They can hear those all the way to Edmonton!
00:37:50And he piled it up with a four-ounce!
00:37:51And he piled it up with a four-ounce!
00:37:52That's what the hitman is!
00:37:53That's what the hitman is!
00:37:54Yeah, and it's amazing that he was able to do that after being just nailed with that
00:37:55pile driver by Bret Hart!
00:37:56Oh, he was dropped on his head!
00:37:57It's called ring awareness!
00:37:58All the greats in our sport have it!
00:38:01He hit the top turnbuckle pad very hard!
00:38:04There's Ben Watkins!
00:38:05Chops away at the hitman!
00:38:08They can hear those all the way to Edmonton!
00:38:17Followed it up with a forearm shot to the side of the head!
00:38:19He's not done!
00:38:20The crippler where he gets his reserve from, I'll never know!
00:38:23Foot to the face!
00:38:26Into a full Nelson!
00:38:28German suplex!
00:38:29And he's hooked it on!
00:38:31Rolling through with it again!
00:38:33There's two!
00:38:34Another one of his specialties gonna try it a third time!
00:38:36Great block by Hart!
00:38:38He's not out of it yet!
00:38:40Back of the head and a decked Hart!
00:38:43Probably the best thing could have happened to Hart
00:38:45was him to drop down all fours that time!
00:38:47To get away from the German suplex!
00:38:49Benoit tried it again!
00:38:50Front chancery!
00:38:51And now pounding!
00:38:52In the lower back again!
00:38:54Focusing once again to that lower back of Chris Benoit!
00:38:57That's the professional he is!
00:38:58He goes for what he wounded!
00:39:00The lower back and he stays on it!
00:39:04Uh-oh!
00:39:05Trying the cross face again!
00:39:06Look how Bret Hart puts the leg between the legs of Benoit!
00:39:09He realizes he's in the middle of that ring!
00:39:11There's no place to go!
00:39:12Yeah, he blocked it!
00:39:13That was a very effective block that time, Mike!
00:39:14Again, the familiarity of these two wrestlers with each other's offensive!
00:39:18You know something how it evolved from a wrestling match?
00:39:22To a physical battle now, back to holds and moves on the mat?
00:39:25And he maneuvers him around!
00:39:29He forces him into a time to cross the legs!
00:39:32He's gonna try to put him in the sharp jitter!
00:39:34He got it!
00:39:35He got it!
00:39:36He got it!
00:39:37He got it!
00:39:38Look at that ring positioning!
00:39:39In the middle of the ring!
00:39:40But he's not giving up!
00:39:41Benoit's not giving up!
00:39:42Yes, he is!
00:39:43He can only take so much!
00:39:45It's over!
00:39:47There is also a great one out there!
00:39:48Go Mustard!
00:39:49You're sitting here!
00:39:50He's doing that off where you can go!
00:39:51Yeah!
00:39:52Do you do that?
00:39:53Go still and talk!
00:39:54It's over!
00:39:56Go, volte!
00:39:58Go, volte!
00:40:08Go, but-
00:40:10Go, quit!
00:40:11You're sitting here!
00:40:12You're sitting here!
00:40:14Come, ma, ma!
00:41:45A truly unforgettable moment in this great program, Monday Nitro, and I'm very, very
00:41:52proud to have been a part of this.
00:41:55Makes me feel good about what we do in our sport.
00:41:57Just a great piece of Nitro history.
00:42:02I think I'll take a shot.
00:42:05Bret Hart.
00:42:09And here it is again.
00:42:10Hit it, Mike.
00:42:11There you see it.
00:42:12Bret Hart applying the sharpshooter.
00:42:15Perfect ring positioning.
00:42:16Referee Mickey J calls for the bell as Chris Benoit taps out.
00:42:21And Bret Hart, triumphant.
00:42:25Bret, Chris, you made everybody proud.
00:42:28And a look up to the heavens to Owen Hart.
00:42:35In a truly unforgettable moment.
00:42:38And a great match.
00:42:39Mike Deney, you the man.
00:42:42Proud to be here.
00:42:43We all are.
00:42:44We're not done yet on an unforgettable Monday Nitro.
00:42:47Can you get us some popcorn while you're up?
00:42:56All right, ladies and gentlemen, we are back on TNT in a packed crowd at Kemper Arena here
00:43:02in Kansas City.
00:43:03And ladies and gentlemen, with the big main event coming up tonight, it is time to hold
00:43:10court, please join me as I welcome the former 14-time WCW heavyweight champion of the world,
00:43:21ladies and gentlemen, the nature boy, Rick Blair.
00:43:34Continuing now with more great wrestling action.
00:43:38Just look at the great wrestlers that have walked through the entryway to the ring,
00:43:44to the top, or to wrestle here tonight, Bray.
00:43:47There's nothing like Monday Nitro.
00:43:49No, you're right about that.
00:43:51If you're not watching this, you're out camping.
00:43:53This is the best.
00:43:55Ric Flair, Harley Race, Bret Hart, Paul Colgan, Paul, Nash, Sid Mitchell, Goldberg, DDP,
00:44:02all in the same sting, the Total Bags, all in the same building, all in the same program
00:44:08here tonight.
00:44:09Gene, take it away.
00:44:09And we're not yet done yet.
00:44:11And he is joined tonight, ladies and gentlemen, by our number all-time great, please welcome
00:44:19Hulk Hogan.
00:44:21I'm so happy to be on the right first side.
00:44:31The red and yellow.
00:44:35Runs wild in Kansas City.
00:44:40You think Hulkamania's not bad?
00:44:43Everywhere we go, we feel it.
00:44:46Look at that knee brace he's got on that left leg.
00:44:48That's the burning question here tonight.
00:44:52He hobbled in.
00:44:55Last week, and he hobbled back out.
00:44:58All right, we got it fired up here.
00:45:00We got a little money in the ring tonight here, gentlemen.
00:45:03Ric Flair, I know for a fact you've got a big match coming up at Halloween Havoc.
00:45:07You're going to be facing Diamond Dallas Page.
00:45:10And you, Hulk Hogan, in a return, a chance to get back the gold as you meet Sting in Las Vegas
00:45:17on the 24th.
00:45:19Well, you know, first things first, brother.
00:45:21All respect intended as a commentator, Mean Gene.
00:45:25But you got this backwards.
00:45:27He's the man, brother.
00:45:29Woo!
00:45:30I don't think I have ever disagreed with that.
00:45:33And coming from the big man, Ric Flair, what an honor.
00:45:35Think about it, Mean Gene.
00:45:37Right here, Kansas City.
00:45:39You got Harley Race, Hulk Hogan, and the Nature Boy on the same team for the first time.
00:45:48Woo!
00:45:49That's the mystery in the making.
00:45:53Now, Paige, at Halloween Havoc, my friend, whatever level of food chain I'm at,
00:46:00in your eyes, you're still at the bottom, in my eyes, because I am, and always will be,
00:46:07Ric Flair, and you're not.
00:46:10Woo!
00:46:13And as far as Hulk Hogan goes, for the first time in my life, Gene, I'm going to take my vitamins,
00:46:21I'm going to say my prayers, and I'm not going in one bar, to Halloween Havoc.
00:46:28Hulk's there tonight.
00:46:30Sting and Luger become part of history, because tonight, brother, I'm joining Hulkamania.
00:46:38Hulkamania.
00:46:39Want to stay out of the pandemic?
00:46:41I'm riding your tail, brother.
00:46:43Well, 13 times World Heavyweight Champion, training, saying a prayer, and not going through the bar,
00:46:49that's a damn lie.
00:46:51We know he's going to be styling, profiling, brother, and tonight is just a little sample
00:46:57of what's going to be going down, brother, in a couple weeks, man.
00:47:00You know, I feel sorry for those three, brother.
00:47:03We got their number.
00:47:05We're in Kansas City, brother.
00:47:07This is Ric Flair country, brother.
00:47:10Woo!
00:47:14And in the back, I've been schooled, I've been retooled, because Mr. Flair has showed Hulk Hogan
00:47:21how to put that figure four on and showed me how to break bones, brother.
00:47:27Is that something that Sting and the total package should be, well, I guess, expecting tonight?
00:47:33Well, they better be damn worried about it, brother, because first time history made in
00:47:38the ring with the great Ric Flair, Hulk Hogan is going to follow his lead, and when it's
00:47:44all said and done, brother, we're going to train, say a prayer, and then we're going to kick
00:47:50your ass.
00:47:50Hulk Hogan, Hulk Hogan, Hulk Hogan, Hulk Hogan, do it, mama, do it, mama, do it, mama, yeah!
00:47:56Woo!
00:47:58Thank you, look at this.
00:47:59Woo!
00:48:00Listen to these two men, go to it.
00:48:04They're just cranking up, getting ready for a big lead event tonight here on Nitro with
00:48:09Sting and the total package.
00:48:12We're at Hulk Hogan together as a team.
00:48:15First time ever.
00:48:17We're going to be right back.
00:48:18Hulk Hogan win.
00:48:19Wow.
00:48:24Woo!
00:48:24Figure four leg lock time!
00:48:37Yeah.
00:48:38I got him now.
00:48:39Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
00:48:43Yeah.
00:48:49BDP, this is his bride, Kimberly of the Nitro Girls, before he comes out for his match against
00:48:58Buff Bagwell.
00:48:58Well, nevertheless, what you wanted to say, was Friday out till the 8th, he's going to go on
00:49:03the tickets for on sale for Monday, Monday Nitro, the brand new Consenco Fieldhouse in
00:49:09Indianapolis.
00:49:10Tickets will go on sale this Friday, the Market Square Arena box office and Ticketmaster, plus
00:49:14you can meet Bobby the Great Heenan and many of the Nitro Girls at Broker at 5025 West 71st
00:49:21Rocks 3.
00:49:27Killing it!
00:49:27Funky Boy!
00:49:28Killing it!
00:49:29They love me!
00:49:30KILL IT!
00:49:41Monkey Boy, KILL IT!
00:49:44They love me!
00:49:46They hate me!
00:49:49Nah, KC, they love me.
00:49:51And they'll never forget me!
00:49:55Why?
00:49:56Because DDP delivers the goods.
00:49:59That's why!
00:50:01And it's the greatest two-time, two-time, two-time heavyweight champion of the world!
00:50:14I had a girlfriend that used to call that, too, all the time.
00:50:16Two-time.
00:50:18I bet you did.
00:50:19Diamond Dallas Page will face Hump Bag Bowl fans.
00:50:22We've been talking about what a night this has been.
00:50:24Certainly glad you could be a part of tonight's proceedings on Monday night.
00:50:28It's time to camp on an exciting weekend for WCW.
00:50:33Now side two, newest members of our creative team.
00:50:36Two leading creative minds in the industry and part of WCW.
00:50:40And the great news is that you can chat with them in a special chat room discussion only on WCW.com and Yahoo! Chat tomorrow evening from 8 to 10.
00:50:51That's Vince Russo and Ed Ferrara.
00:50:52Now part of the WCW creative team is going to chat with them.
00:50:56I mean, they're a couple of great guys.
00:50:58That's the way for every night!
00:51:00The ratings!
00:51:01Chat with them tomorrow between 8 and 10 p.m.
00:51:04How about that for Buff fans?
00:51:07So we don't have the Buff physique, but I guess it'll do, right?
00:51:10They're there and they're homeless.
00:51:14Not many have that physique.
00:51:16The one and only, Buff Bagwell.
00:51:17The ladies love it.
00:51:21Buff is the stuff.
00:51:23The next matchup here on TNT leading into Hogan and Flair as a team.
00:51:29You know, Dallas, as I was sitting backstage watching the monitor, I realized you messed up your whole interview.
00:51:38You see, you love you, Buff hates you, and Kansas City has already forgotten you.
00:51:47So tonight, what I'm going to do for you is I'm not going to one time, I'm going to two times, two times, two times, whip your ass!
00:52:03He loaded him into Bagwell, both sounds, and we're off and running!
00:52:10Boy, Buff Bagwell got what he wanted.
00:52:12Nick Cage ran in and his rickless abandon that time.
00:52:15And Buff Bagwell has taken the measure of Diamond down his cage.
00:52:18Seconds, and he's a swim-on-one matchup.
00:52:20The already brain goes on the outside.
00:52:22Well, you didn't think it would stay in the ring long, did you?
00:52:24You know both these men would go off the floor.
00:52:25Both men very familiar with each other, know each other quite well.
00:52:32At one time, very, very friendly with each other, very closely.
00:52:36DDP certainly has burned a lot of bridges.
00:52:39A lot of former friends in this sport.
00:52:42Friends are a dime a dozen.
00:52:44One man's opinion here.
00:52:45Pick up.
00:52:46DDP trying a powerbomb.
00:52:48The Buff slipped away and drives Page's head into the center of the net.
00:52:53Well, he thinks he's a stuff, that Buff.
00:53:00And the fans do also.
00:53:04As we were counting with Buff, the one big one from DDP stopped the momentum.
00:53:11That's a very physical matchup.
00:53:13Just moments into it.
00:53:14They've all been very physical tonight.
00:53:16Yeah, it's been quite a night.
00:53:20Diamond down his page.
00:53:21Elbow drop and a low blow at that.
00:53:25You know, warning here from Billy Silverman.
00:53:27That one may have been in the lower abdomen, but I thought it was awfully close to a low blow.
00:53:35But heck, if it was, it was only the second one in the last really five seconds.
00:53:40It's amazing the road that Page has taken.
00:53:47The former two-time world heavyweight champion.
00:53:53Well, had he not taken that road, he wouldn't have become the world champion twice.
00:53:56He had to do what he had to do.
00:53:58And he did good at what he did.
00:54:01Not a two-pound.
00:54:02Doesn't ask anybody for any favors.
00:54:06Well, you're not kidding.
00:54:08Puts a sleeper hold on here on Bagwell now.
00:54:10And Bagwell is in trouble.
00:54:12He's in the center of the ring.
00:54:15And there is no place for Bagwell to go here.
00:54:17And the more he fights sometimes, the worse it is.
00:54:21Look out, he has the right hand up, trying to pull off the forearm of Page.
00:54:27And there's one from Billy Silverman.
00:54:30Two, one more, and this one's over in a hurry.
00:54:33Not yet.
00:54:35The buffer's back.
00:54:39Couldn't hold him in it.
00:54:44Spins him around.
00:54:46Duck.
00:54:48And a close line from Bagwell.
00:54:50He don't know where he's at, DDP.
00:54:53Bagwell certainly does.
00:54:54Converted atomic drop.
00:54:56Gut shot.
00:54:58Hit a steam in the rope.
00:54:59Swing a netbreaker.
00:55:00Well, he dropped him down with that one.
00:55:02He's going for the blockbuster, Brain.
00:55:04He's going for the blockbuster maneuver to try to end this thing right now.
00:55:08Page in position.
00:55:09He caught him with it.
00:55:11No, he did not.
00:55:11Not good, no.
00:55:12No, Page held the ropes.
00:55:14He's going to go for the diamond cutter.
00:55:15Page held the ropes and Bagwell hurt himself.
00:55:18He pushes the diamond cutter off.
00:55:20Page got it though.
00:55:22He's got him.
00:55:22Oh, boy.
00:55:23It's over.
00:55:29It is over.
00:55:31Wow.
00:55:33Once he nails you with that, it's over.
00:55:35Head of the job by Bagwell to escape the first attempt.
00:55:39But the key right there, Brain, was the fact that Page held the ropes on the attempt to the blockbuster.
00:55:45It's time for the 1-800-collect replay.
00:55:48See, he goes for it here, but he can't connect.
00:55:50He doesn't get it good.
00:55:51He doesn't hook that head to the net to take him over backwards.
00:55:54DDP turns around.
00:55:56He's going for the diamond cutter.
00:55:58Misses come back around.
00:55:59So many different ways this man can beat you.
00:56:02There's your winner.
00:56:03He gets the one, two, three.
00:56:04The two-time, two-time, two-time, former heavyweight champion of the world, Diamond Dallas Page.
00:56:10Brought to you by 1-800-collect, the easy way to save on Monday Nitro.
00:56:45Who won the match of the week each week?
00:56:47You remember who won it this week?
00:56:48Here's a hint.
00:56:49It was a disco inferno.
00:56:52That's a freebie.
00:56:53It's your chance to win a trip or two to New Year's Evil Nitro and celebrate the millennium with WCW.
00:56:58And don't forget, fans, the WCW Mayhem video game.
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00:57:13I know.
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00:57:16We're in Nintendo 64 and for PlayStation stores everywhere.
00:57:19Tony, why don't you come with me Friday at Indianapolis to the Kroger store.
00:57:22I'll put you in the cart and I'll take you to the store.
00:57:24Really?
00:57:25Yeah, I'll put you up in the seat.
00:57:26Is Spice going to be with you?
00:57:27Well, you never know what Nitro girls show up.
00:57:29If she's going to be there, I'll be there.
00:57:32Got to do it.
00:57:32Time now for the main event.
00:57:38And as Elizabeth brings out the total package and the first team has introduced Brain, I want to get your reaction on something before we go to this match.
00:57:48Yeah, I think she's beautiful.
00:57:49I agree with that.
00:57:52But before the commercial break, second week in a row, we have seen this very eerie, very mysterious, scary almost promo about some sort of wrestler who's arriving.
00:58:04I mean, he's talked about darkness, remember last week he talked about darkness, this week he's talked about pain and suffering, how WCW will feel it, but will not be able to stop it.
00:58:15This is very, very mysterious, very eerie, very eerie.
00:58:18It's scary.
00:58:19It really is.
00:58:20Do you know any more about it?
00:58:21I mean, what is this?
00:58:22No, all I know is that what I see, what I hear, just like you, but there's something going on here.
00:58:30Just the excitement of Nitro and Thunder.
00:58:34It's Saturday night.
00:58:38The magnificent body, that is the total package, and I think there's usually an eye now.
00:58:41And Luger's really built also.
00:58:44Don't say Luger.
00:58:45I'm sorry.
00:58:46Say the total package, total package.
00:58:48Because if you do, then he's going to send Elizabeth down here to get us.
00:58:54Might not be a bad idea.
00:58:55Luger, Luger, Luger.
00:59:01I don't want a problem on a hand, I'm wrong.
00:59:04I'll call him Meatloaf if he wants.
00:59:05Okay, his partner is the current heavyweight champion of the world.
00:59:17And here he comes.
00:59:18The one and only Sting, it's very odd, very different to see Sting, to hear his name announced, and to not hear a very definite ovation for the fans.
00:59:35Yeah, some of the fans still love Sting.
00:59:40You can't deny that, but.
00:59:44Well, you think he's turned his back on everyone.
00:59:46Well, I think what he did, destroy everything he always said he stood for.
00:59:55Now, you can like it, or not.
00:59:57But the fact remains, what Sting did at Fall Brawl, is not what Sting always preached.
01:00:04Well, while Sting was always preaching, he didn't have the world championship belt.
01:00:09Now he's got the world championship belt, so he can just about do and say whatever he wants.
01:00:14That gold right there makes you authoritative.
01:00:17Believe me, believe me.
01:00:18The total package and Sting are out.
01:00:25Two very close friends for many, many years in the wrestling business, and now their opponents are too many.
01:00:32Truly have not seen eye to eye over the past many years.
01:00:36They have been adversaries.
01:00:37They have great battles.
01:00:40In many venues across the country, many of them against each other.
01:00:44But tonight, when Ric Flair came to the ring, it's very apparent that he and Hogan have formed a bond and are ready to battle Sting in the total package here tonight.
01:00:55But what they've got to do tonight is walk each other's back.
01:00:58Forget about getting in there and trying to apply all these moves or kicking some tail.
01:01:02They've got to walk each other's back because Elizabeth's out here.
01:01:05And where Elizabeth is, you've got to find Luger.
01:01:07And where Luger is, and Elizabeth, you've got to find a ball back.
01:01:11I would agree with that.
01:01:12And if we await the arrival now of the man who will face Sting coming up at Slim Jim,
01:01:19Halloween Hammock will try to bring the gold back to Hulkamania.
01:01:24Hulk Hogan is back in the arena.
01:01:26He had signed the last American hero.
01:01:42Well, I know he's one of the two great American heroes as Hogan slides in and let the tail kick in the hand.
01:01:48Bell sounds and we're off and running here on TNT with our main event immediately hugging at Sting.
01:01:54Herald has flared the total package to battle on the near side.
01:01:58I think the thing we have to watch right now, Tony, is how long that leg's going to last.
01:02:03I don't care what kind of a brace you have, I don't care if you've seen Dr. Andrews every day of the week.
01:02:08You're in there with Luger and Sting.
01:02:09Something, something bad can happen.
01:02:18To the top.
01:02:20Hogan's on the floor already.
01:02:23Fans, as this action is as we anticipated, fast and furious.
01:02:27Hold on here.
01:02:28Oh!
01:02:28Oh, Sting!
01:02:36And Hogan, right at the broadcast location, please!
01:02:39Oh, this fight!
01:02:41This arena's not big enough to contain the animal, the animosity between these two men as Flair fights with Luger on the other side.
01:02:49I have just been handed a very important program note, and I need to tell you this, because it's very important.
01:03:01And as the fight goes back in the ring, maybe it'll settle down into some semblance of a tag team match.
01:03:07Okay.
01:03:08I've been told that immediately following that great, unforgettable match that occurred tonight between Bret Hart and Chris Benoit,
01:03:16that Mike Tenet conducted an interview with Bret Hart in the backstage area.
01:03:20That interview, that exclusive interview on his feelings on this match for Owen Hart's memory will air this coming Thursday on TBS on Thunder 805.
01:03:32So fans, you'll want to tune in for that and get his reaction to what went down and his emotions from Bret Hart.
01:03:37Well, you know, and this Thursday, Mike Tenet was where he's at this point.
01:03:40No doubt Tenet's been talking to Bret Hart and Benoit.
01:03:43So he'll have a lot of inside information this Thursday at 805.
01:03:48Plus great wrestling action on our sister network TBS.
01:03:50And meanwhile, this great wrestling action continues with the real move that time by Sting.
01:03:55Fuddled up by a dropkick.
01:03:56Sting and Flair, two familiar foes.
01:04:00But Flair held out of the ropes that time.
01:04:03Look at Rick Flair maneuver.
01:04:05Drives the knee in to the groin area, the back of the leg that time.
01:04:09The total package complaining of a low blow.
01:04:14You're going to see some low blows in this one, believe you me.
01:04:17I'm surprised you see anything but that.
01:04:20Sting grabs Flair as he goes to the top.
01:04:23Turn by Flair.
01:04:24Long way down that time.
01:04:26The total package will come in.
01:04:29I've never seen him in better shape.
01:04:31He's magnificent is what he is.
01:04:32Suffered through an arm injury, a bicep injury through most of 1999.
01:04:41And look how he's battled back.
01:04:42That comes from conditioning.
01:04:44That comes from what ethic break.
01:04:47Fans may not like what the total package has become.
01:04:50But you can't deny that he has worked very hard on becoming one of the true greats in pro wrestling.
01:04:55Well, you know, like a lot of people are probably sitting at home saying, oh, he's not so tough.
01:04:58That's that 400-pound guy that never leaves the sofa, five feet, eight inches tall, and has a job where he put his name on one pocket and his name on the other.
01:05:06And still lives with his mom.
01:05:07Yeah, and he's got a brown sock and a white sock on.
01:05:09He thinks he's got a pair at home just like him.
01:05:12I'm with you on that, Brian.
01:05:13Back in the corner now.
01:05:14Hogan has issued back or ushered back, that is, by Nick Patrick.
01:05:18And meanwhile, Ric Flair, the recipient of a double-team and now Sting.
01:05:26Flair's been there before, though.
01:05:28Holds his ground.
01:05:30Sting hits, and it's Sting with an advantage.
01:05:35Upside down goes Ric Flair.
01:05:40On to the turnbuckle.
01:05:41Will Sting absorb that?
01:05:47Will Sting, I don't think anyone can take a punch like Sting.
01:05:51Maybe the man who passed the ring, Hogan can.
01:05:54In Goldberg, but Sting is one of the true greats in absorbing all that you can.
01:05:58How about a Ric Steiner?
01:05:59Hogan! Hogan! Hogan!
01:06:03The chain of Hogan.
01:06:05Fans want to see Flair make the tag.
01:06:07Flair needs to make the tag here.
01:06:11Another warning by Nick Patrick as Sting grinds in the side headline.
01:06:15They hit the rope.
01:06:16Hogan looks on.
01:06:17Sting ducks low.
01:06:18Sting runs over Ric Flair again.
01:06:21Good tag of Luger.
01:06:23They're in and out.
01:06:23That's the total package.
01:06:24Flair's been in there too long.
01:06:25That's right.
01:06:26Total package.
01:06:27Excuse me.
01:06:28Never happen again.
01:06:30I'm keeping my word on that.
01:06:32Wow.
01:06:33Whoa!
01:06:37Flair tried to go to the eyes to get out of it.
01:06:39As Luger turned him around, he'll say Flair or they're so close.
01:06:44Total package.
01:06:45Did I say Luger?
01:06:46I didn't hear anything.
01:06:48They know nothing.
01:06:49Sorry.
01:06:52Here comes the tag, or is it?
01:06:53No.
01:06:54The total package holds on to the foot of Ric Flair preventing the tag.
01:06:59Sting will come in after the tag by the package.
01:07:02The total package.
01:07:03Up.
01:07:04Oh!
01:07:04Gigantic Goldberg Puss Slam.
01:07:08Put him where exactly he wants him.
01:07:11Sting with that great leaping ability.
01:07:13Jumped in the air and that spectacular hang time he has.
01:07:16Proof fatal for him that time.
01:07:18As Flair got the knees up in time.
01:07:21Now Flair, a long way to go to the big guy.
01:07:24And Hogan begging to get in.
01:07:26He wants him back.
01:07:30Make him wait, Flair.
01:07:31Here he comes.
01:07:37Hulk.
01:07:37Hogan has arrived.
01:07:39Break out the ball back.
01:07:42He now Sting and nails the package as well.
01:07:46Taking care of both men.
01:07:50Elizabeth at ringside pulling her hair out as Hogan is in command.
01:07:53Oh, boy.
01:08:00Just so much Hogan can do against two men.
01:08:02They got to go for that leg though, Tony.
01:08:08Hogan runs over.
01:08:11Flair's back to his feet.
01:08:12All four in there now.
01:08:16Flair on the total package.
01:08:18Who is this?
01:08:18That's Diamond Dallas Page.
01:08:21Page sneaking in.
01:08:22It's Miss Elizabeth at the referee.
01:08:24He tries to put the diamond cutter on Flair.
01:08:28The package thinks he's got Flair, but he's got DD P.
01:08:32He's got the right, he, he don't know who he has.
01:08:35He kicked him between the legs.
01:08:37He's got Diamond Dallas Page.
01:08:40And look at the referee that Peders is running.
01:08:42The world is going on here.
01:08:46Foot, down goes Sting.
01:08:49Leg drop.
01:08:50One, two, three.
01:08:55Hogan and Flair win it.
01:08:59Critical mistake by Luger.
01:09:02Luger, a total package that is, now realizes what happened.
01:09:10Well, this place is erupting.
01:09:12There you see it, Hogan and Flair.
01:09:16Say it, press, take your breath.
01:09:18It's crushed, D.
01:09:18You got a three-brain.
01:09:20That was a big win for momentum for Hogan.
01:09:24Threw it in.
01:09:26I'm going to find out where today is.
01:09:30Right now, he's going to get an interview.
01:09:32He's not going to scoop me in this one.
01:09:36Hey, Moses, where's my car, man?
01:09:38All right, space 22, man.
01:09:3922.
01:09:4022!
01:09:41Oh, man!
01:09:42Oh, man!
01:09:44Oh, man!
01:09:44Oh, man!
01:09:47Go, man!
01:09:48Where are you?
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