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(upbeat rock music) It is Monday night,

and you are looking live in Hartford,

Connecticut as on this Monday, the 17th of August,

the only live professional wrestling program on the air

tonight come to you from the Insurance capitol of the World

where a sell out crowd is on hand, Nitro is on the air,

and we come up abruptly,

because undeniably Hollywood Hogan is making his way

up as the music wrings out here in Hartford, Connecticut.

Tony Schiavone, the living legend, Larry Zbyszko,

and Mike Tenay.

Here he is, and would you listen to the boos

in Connecticut for Hogan?

Not a very popular guy in Hartford and Cars,

He's coming out in force, Giant right behind him

along with The Disciple.

Look at this disgusting display of pseudo-affection.

Almost a unanimous decision from the capacity crowd

on hand for this live Mundane Nitro

from Hartford, Connecticut.

No video tape here.

No, we can forget the survey too.

Hollywood Hogan, Big Job, The Giant, The Disciple,

NWO-Hollywood making its way up.

They're gonna come out here, look at this.

He's carrying Eric Bischoff.

It's a big load even for a giant.

Did I see that sign correctly?

Did that say fish off for president?

We might find out later.

(laughs) Nice. I wouldn't go there,

but obviously Bischoff has somebody making signs for him

here in Hartford, Connecticut.

As you look at a venue that was sold out almost a handful

of days after the tickets went on sale,

and it's Nitro's first visit to Connecticut, to Hartford,

and we're darn glad to be in the house.

Wow. We gotta back out now.

Hollywood, this town really, really loves you, man.

Well, you know, brother, what would you expect

from all these black and white NWO whites that still live

in the house that Hollywood built, bro.

Many years ago, when these people were little, teeny weeny,

NWO-ites, they used to worship the ground I walk on,

they used to pave the way, they used to kiss my feet,

and there isn't one thing that's changed, brother.

They love Hollywood, because I made their life

what it is today.

Now that everybody knows that Hollywood is immortal,

that everybody knows that black and white Hollywood

is the power of the wrestling world today.

Enough of that crap.

Enough of that gaga.

No more games with the media.

No more games with those preliminary punks in the back.

I'm calling Goldberg out.

Hollywood Hogan is gonna get his belt back tonight,

and I'm gonna get it back right in the middle of the ring,

because there's not one man I haven't beat.

There's not one man I can't beat.

(crowd chants) Will Goldberg

lead the lambs to slaughter?

Goldberg, The Giant, The Giant will do the dirty work.

The giant will beat you tonight and hand me my belt back

and just so Goldberg's buddies don't stick their nose

in my business, brother, your back is covered tonight,

because when you win black and white, you're a winner.

You're my disciples for life.

(upbeat rock music) How about that?

Already tonight, we have discovered the--

Tell Hollywood just exactly

how much you love him one more time.

Yeah, go ahead and do it.

Doesn't sound like love to me.

I think we all know what it is.

Tonight, The Giant will face Goldberg

New World Order. in our feature main event

The brother on this program live.

will show me his love and dedication

when he hands me my world title NWO belt back.

Goldberg, you're gonna crawl like a dog at my feet.

Lace up your boots, Goldberg, 'cause tonight,

you're gonna fly.

What a mega night this is going to be where,

tonight, Goldberg and The Giant will collide

in our feature band and Hollywood Hogan said,

"Your back is covered."

Can that be trouble with the world champ?

We'll find out and come back after this.

This portion of WCW Monday Nitro is brought

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(electricity zaps) (intense rock music)

(light explodes)

(fire explodes)

And that's the way we like it,

off with an explosion.

Nitro continues, this capacity crowd downtown Hartford,

Connecticut at the Civic Center pumped already,

and then moments ago, as you look at this capacity crowd

on hand, we discover that it will be Goldberg

and The Giant one-on-one live here tonight on TNT

as we are on the air for three solid hours

for professional wrestling's leader.

This is not a paid program.

This is live as it happens,

and you're gonna see it all tonight on TNT,

and needless to say, the state capital of Connecticut,

all the major stars of all factions, WCW, NWO Hollywood,

and the Wolfpac are in the house here tonight,

and this crowd lining around the building tonight

now settled in for some great professional wrestling action.

Also here tonight, Steve Mongo McMichael, Disco Inferno,

and Alex Rike, Eddie Guerrero.

We understand Raven is here.

Skat Norton of the New World Order Hollywood,

and right now, though, we're gonna take you

to our colleague, the one and only mean Gene Okerlund.

Well, that is very nice of you Tony Schiavone.

We are back in an area very familiar to both myself

and the chairman of the WCW executive committee,

the great state of Connecticut, and as you said, Hartford.

JJ Dillon, right around the corner is gonna be Fall Brawl

and The War Games.

The date, by the way, circle it on your calendar, is Sunday,

September the 13th and available exclusively

on pay-per-view.

There is a lot of talk right now about what's going down

in The War Games, three teams of three men,

two rings covered by a cage and only one door.

That's right.

I was very interested by the comments that I just heard

from Hollywood Hulk Hogan.

I thought I heard him say

that there's no one he hasn't beaten,

that he has nothing left to prove,

and this is the reason

that he's got The Giant doing his dirty work for him.

That's something I'd have to think about for a little while,

but we want to do this thing right, like you said,

at Fall Braw for The War Games.

You're right, two rings together surrounded by a cage,

there's a cage on the top and only one door,

and I can announce the captains for the three teams

of which each team will have three men.

Let's hear those captains.

Now this is very important.

Hollywood Hulk Hogan will be the captain of one team.

That's gonna be the NWO Hollywood, black and white.

That's correct.

Diamond Dallas Page will be a captain.

Representing world championship wrestling,

favorable reaction here.

And Kevin Nash will be a captain of the third team.

Kevin Nash from the Wolfpac.

You've got Hogan, you've got PDP, Kevin Nash,

and that's just for starters.

One man from each team, which means there'll be three men

in there to start.

Every two minutes, there will be a toss of the coin

and there will be a new contestant enter the ring.

The match cannot conclude until all nine men are

in the ring, and the winner will get a shot

at the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.

That's Goldberg at Halloween Havoc.

Oh, this is absolutely deafening.

Obviously this crowd, yes, agrees with that decision,

and I compliment you and the executive committee, JJ.

So the mind gene is already starting to go.

I mean, I know that Diamond Dallas Page

and Goldberg been very close friends,

but there's a possibility for a championship match.

Big Kevin Nash and Goldberg,

and this might be the opportunity for Hollywood Hogan

to get back in the ring with Goldberg.

Well, Hogan-- That's a possibility.

Hogan's gotta work his way back into contention here.

That's correct.

All right, War Games coming up.

(upbeat rock music) It's right around the corner.

James Dillon, I thank you very much.

Cody, they are literally hanging from the rafters.

More Nitro on TNT when we come back.

Talk about you and Arn, Anderson,

and watching that video, I hope you got one thing

out of that, that you are a big part of the Four Horsemen

but in the founding fathers of an excellent group

and more than that, that you can still be part

of the elite Four Horsemen.

(upbeat hip hop music) We welcome you back fans

to WCW Monday Nitro, and there they are, the most gorgeous,

slick, oh my.

I'd like to see a replay of that like right now,

the most gorgeous ladies of cable TV.

It's the Nitro girls, and they're all out in,

and there's Fyre.

Hello, Fyre.

She's always on fire.

You're not kidding.

She is.

Spice, Whisper, Kimberly, Tygress, they're all here tonight

for this capacity crowd having a grand old time

here on WCW Monday Nitro, and as you know,

the Nitro party has become a phenomenon.

Our winner this week from New Iberia Jaycees

and New Iberia, Louisiana, the Nitro party back brought

to you by Mug Root Beer.

The foam goes straight to your brain.

Here's this week's winner.

A Monday Nitro party

with the New Iberia Jaycees.

(party cheers) (upbeat rock music)

And so from the black and white NWO,

Eric Bischoff, (inaudible).

The WCW Heavyweight Champion of the World, Goldberg.

Oh yeah.

Yes, those are your future leaders of New Iberia,

Louisiana, our Jaycees with our Nitro party pack winner,

and I tell you, remember fans,

we've got a grand prize Nitro party coming up

in a couple of weeks.

On August 31st, you'll see live cut ends of Mean Gene

and the Nitro girls direct from party headquarters

at Wapakoneta High School in Wapakoneta, Ohio.

Send in those tapes and maybe you

will be our next Nitro party winner.

Wapa-what? (inaudible)

That's party headquarters.

Party headquarters is what it is.

There's nothing else to do in Ohio.

That may be your opinion, but.

I've been there. (inaudible)

Steve Mongo McMichael coming in

with the Bears jacket on in the first match here this week

on WCW Monday Nitro.

What excitement that we have here with the announcement

as you see the opponent for Mongo, Sick Boy,

with the announcement that Goldberg

and The Giant will collide here tonight.

It'll be live here on WCW Monday Nitro.

Well, Hogan also made a statement along with that.

He talked to The Giants, said, look it,

we'll be watching your back.

That's gotta be a warning, a direct warning,

to the heavyweight champion of the world.

And it's pretty obvious

that Hogan has nominated the Giant

(bell rings) to do his dirty work,

telling the giant that after he beats Goldberg tonight,

that's his world's heavyweight title,

speaking of Hollywood Hogan.

Well, regardless of what Hogan may think

or what the NWO Hollywood may do, herein lies the fact

that WCW will give you a big time world title bout

here tonight live, but our competitors are gonna be

on the air, and it's a program that was taped

on another cable outlet a few weeks in advance,

and I can promise you that we know this,

that all their hype for their world title match

and the only only thing is gonna happen tonight,

that thing will last about 10 seconds.

In other words, when WCW promotes a world's

heavyweight title matchup, we are going

to deliver this evening on Nitro.

Absolutely, Mike, you and I go in the ring

for 10 seconds, and that's what you're gonna get over there.

Sick Boy goes down.

You really wanna say something, don't you,

about Mike and I in the ring.

I know.

Boy, I tell you the things that went

through my head, they'd bleep me in a heartbeat.

Larry lit up on that one, but Sick Boy--

They already grabbed that bleep button.

Can we get JJ Dillon out here to sign it?

No, we can't. Okay.

Stomping on the the chest and neck, Sick Boy,

really homing in on Mongo.

Not many people can say they get Mongo down

within the first 30 seconds of a match,

but Sick Boy has delivered here tonight.

Well, we've always been impressed by Sick Boy.

It's just been that lack of correction

because of his association with The Flock.

In the back of the head, Mongo comes back,

and Sick Boy went to the eyes.

But Mongo's only weakness, I mean,

you keep hitting Mongo in the upper body,

you're gonna run outta steam.

Big strong guy, tough to hurt,

and the more you punch him around the head and stuff,

the more mad you make the guy.

Mongo just made of stone.

Mongo's been one of the men

on the front line trying to rekindle The Horsemen

to get them back together, but as far as Arn Anderson

is concerned, to no avail,

and what about what happened on WCW Raw Saturday night

this weekend?

Lateral press, one, two, in that interview conducted

by Raven where Saturn came out,

challenged Raven for a one-on-one match coming up

at Fall Brawl, and said, "If I win,

"you must set The Flock free."

And Raven agreed to it.

And then the other stipulation of that matchup

is if Raven wins the match, now Saturn has to return

to The Flock and be subservient to the boss, Raven.

How about that?

Watch it, drop kick by Sick Boy just grazing,

but enough force on the leg extension to get them in

off his feet, and he got a two count.

It's hard to hold Mongo down, big strong guy,

just bench press you right off of him.

Good strategy by Sick Boy here.

I mean, he's unorthodox, but he is aggressive.

He's all over Mongo.

In the face of Referee Charles Robinson, Sick Boy.

I know Saturn, this past Saturday, was right.

He talked about how talented Sick Boy was

and how if he would go out from underneath the guidance

of Raven or the the power of Raven,

that he would be a top contender to a title.

We've often said that.

We said that about several members of The Flock,

Sick Boy especially.

Running lariat took Mongo off of his feet

and that is quite an accomplishment.

Tell you, Sick Boy, big man, good athlete,

like you said, break away from The Flock.

You've gotta have soul.

When it gets down to the bottom line,

it separates the men from the weekend armchair champions.

Sick Boy, after driving that point home,

tries to cover, hooks a far leg, and gets a two count,

and arguing now with the referee.

We have fans from all over, not only Connecticut,

but all over the New England area,

and look at these two men fighting on their knees here,

giving it their all.

This is what it's all about when we're live here on Nitro.

Trying to pick it up again here.

Look at trying to pick this big man up,

and he could barely get him up that time

but did a darn good job,

at least executing something that time.

Sick Boy, nobody home for that one.

Mongo rises to his feet now.

Yeah, Sick Boy's in trouble,

knocked the wind out of himself.

Mongo, he's eyeing him up like a hawk.

Man, nailed him right in the knee.

Mongo capitalizes, shoulder block out

of the three point stance, gonna take Sick Boy up

into the air.

Oh, look at this.

Oh, Sick Boy escaped, Mongo ducks a close line,

Mongo to the gut, picks him up.

Oh, just overpowered him,

sets him up for the tombstone, spiked him.

Right in the end zone, he did, one, two, three.

(bell rings) Nice, like a touchdown.

And that's the Mongo spike.

What it is.

There you go, and that came from Zbyszko,

who's never watched a football game in his life.

No, sometimes I watch the Super Bowl.

Oh, well, good.

You're getting better. That's The Four Horsemen.

We're coming back. They sure want

The Horsemen back.

I don't blame him.

I mean, take a look here.

Mongo, explosive, big man, Sick Boy just hit him

in the wrong place, the upper body with Mongo is strong,

but Mongo, he went smart, he went low, took the wheels out,

hoisted them up here with power,

but dropped them picture perfect, bang, right there.

And your winner?

Mongo. Very good.

Steve Mongo McMichael, living legend on Target here tonight

before this capacity crowd, and needless to say,

they have been chanting the name of Larry, Larry

since we took our position moments before we went

on the air.

I gotta go. I'm sure you do,

and as he goes to take his kudos, we wanna go to you,

Mike Tenay, to talk about the back live here tonight.

It's one of our biggest ever in terms of size

and in terms of importance, undefeated, the world champ,

Goldberg against the biggest man in the sport, The Giant.

What a blockbuster announcement to open Nitro,

the news that the world's heavyweight title is going

to be on the line as well as the undefeated streak

of Goldberg 131 and oh.

Tonight he faces The Giant.

Hogan says, "Win my title backed for me."

Gonna change the rules around for War Games as well

on September 13th.

There will be three teams, Wolfpac,

the Hollywood team, and the WCW team captained

by Diamond Dallas Page.

Well, it makes it even more dangerous.

You know we're in the insurance capital here, Hartford.

Look at the insurance game.

They take your money and bet you're not going to get sick

and you give them your money and you say, haha,

I bet I am going to get sick.

All the members of War Games better have big

insurance policies.

Only one man's gonna survive and make it to Goldberg.

That one man will go on a Halloween Havoc when we go down

to Las Vegas at the end of October and face Goldberg

for the world heavyweight title.

With all that in mind, let's take you in the ring.

Once again, here's Mean Gene.

I'm gonna be out in Las Vegas.

I'm gonna be rolling those bones, Tony.

You're gonna come down to the crap tables with me.

Ladies and gentlemen, speaking of Fall Brawl

and the War Games, welcome Captain Diamond Dallas Page.

(groovy rock music) (crowd cheers)

What a reaction to the captain of the WCW trio.

Now there was announced that Hogan will be a captain,

that Nash will be the captain of Wolfpac,

that Page will be the captain of WCW,

but there's six other men involved,

and I'm sure as the time goes by during this program

and during the week, we'll find out who is on whose team.

Well, it's gonna be interesting to fill

in the blanks, because there's so much at stake

in this matchup at Fall Brawl, the War Games

with the winner gaining the world's heavyweight title shot.

Different spin to the War Games this year,

three teams comprised of three men each

as the people's champion, Diamond Dallas Page is welcome

to Hartford, Connecticut.

It may be a different format,

but same danger lies for any man who gets in the ring.

Watch out, boom. (pyrotechnics explode)

Guys, you want to talk about somebody who is jacked?

This man is absolutely jacked,

and we're just about three weeks away from Fall Brawl

of the War Games,

some very interesting scenarios set up earlier tonight

by the chairman of the WCW executive committee, JJ Dillon.

You are captaining a team of three,

three teams of three men inside two rings,

a big steel cage and only one door,

but I guess the question that people are asking right now,

DDP, who are your two partners gonna be three weeks

from now?

You know, Tino, when the committee for World Championship

Wrestling came to me and asked me to be the captain,

it didn't take me nothing to say I'm in it.

Now you got one.

So back up for a minute, let me get number two.

So I got on my Rolodex, and I got this guy's number,

and I thought to myself, I ain't gonna talk to him

on the phone.

This is something I want to do face to face.

So I flew out West, and when I told him about my plan

to mess with the man, the immortal, almighty,

professional wrestling god, Hollywood scum,

Hogan!

he got real jacked.

Now Hogan, I heard yourself right out here in the middle,

basically talking to yourself, how you're the immortal one.

How you've never been beaten.

Well, this cat I'm talking about,

if you look into record books, brother,

you're oh and one.

That'll jog you're noggin.

And you're gonna get your shot against him

when we get there at Fall Brawl, but that's in September,

and right now, we're in August,

and I can't stop thinking about something I have not been

able to lay down in my mind,

and that's what happened in Utah when you, Hogan,

and your band of hoodlums beat me down right

before my match with the hit man, Brett Hart,

for the US title.

You knew I want.

Speak of the devil.

What the devil.

What is this?

Things are out of control.

Guys are just walking in here.

I can't believe it, uninvited.

Gentlemen, this time, Mr. Hart, has been allocated to DDP.

I'd appreciate it.

Maybe you and I could talk later.

Not tonight.

Gene, the details of my life are quite inconsequential.

You come out here with your sorry ass excuses.

You talk about slipping on a banana peel back

in the dressing room.

Let me say one thing.

When you show up to fight me, whether it's a US championship

or any kind of a match, you better show up to fight.

If you got some kind of excuse, don't blame me

and don't blame Hollywood Hogan.

Suck it up and learn like the rest of us.

You either win or lose, and that's the price you pay

in the WCW.

Back up, Jack!

First of all, I ain't crying about nothing.

I never got out what I was about to say,

but since you're out here running your mouth,

you forgot to tell everybody you're the best there is,

the best there was, and the best there ever will be.

So why don't you prove it tonight?

Whoa, whoa, wait a minute.

Brett Hart, the offer is on the table.

It sounds to me like it's one you cannot refuse.

See this US Championship title?

Of course I do.

This title means the world to me,

because I've proved two times

that I'm gonna be the greatest US champion of all time,

and I want you to think real hard real long.

You talk about Roddy Piper.

He's injured at home 'cause of me.

Randy Savage, he's injured 'cause of me,

and the only reason Lex Luger's not dead somewhere

is 'cause he was Sting's friend, but you?

You are the scum of the earth,

and I look forward to any kind of match you want,

and if you want a shot at this tonight, you got it.

How about that, ladies and gentlemen.

That's what Nitro is all about.

I think we have just signed a match

between Diamond Dallas Page and Brett Hart tonight live here

(intense rock music) on TNT at Nitro

for the United States title.

Hartford, Connecticut is on fire, and so are you.

All right, we are back in New England getting a little

airtime here on WCW Monday Nitro.

We're a couple of months away from the fall foliage,

but let's bring out the leader of The Flock.

Please welcome to Connecticut, Raven.

(intense rock music)

Oh, that's gonna be good.

This Okerlund's first time talking to Raven?

Well, a couple of times before, but.

Well, make no mistake, he's the one

with the tattoos and the body piercings.

You're not.

After this, it may be nevermore.

Raven, before we go any further,

I've gotta confront you regarding

what I saw this past Saturday on WCW Saturday night

on our sister station TBS.

Hey, hey, wait a second, Horace.

Hey, Raven, you make me sick to my stomach.

What is this all about?

For the last four months, I have done nothing

but watch your back and help you win matches.

You haven't done nothing for me or anybody in The Flock.

Now for the last two weeks,

I have beat the living dog outta you into this ring,

and apparently, it hasn't gotten through to you.

So tonight, I want you one more time

so I can beat some sense into that cry baby head of yours.

Hey, I didn't even get the the first question out,

but apparently you can respond to this.

If you'd like a match with me, that's fine.

Except we'll do it under Raven's rules,

which means it'll be a tag match this time,

and I'll pick the partners, and for your partner,

I'll give you Kanyon, and for my partner,

since he might as well get used to being subservient

to me again, I'll pick Saturn.

Wait a minute, that doesn't jive.

Come on, Raven.

Who you trying to pull my leg?

These people know better than that, or do they?

You're outta your mind.

There's no way I'm teaming with you.

Forget it.

What are you scared to face Kanyon and Horace?

Whoa, whoa, wait a second.

Fine, I'll team with you.

I'll stand in your corner, and the second you reach

for a tag, I'll knock your head off.

Wait a minute, James Dillon.

Kanyon, you're here.

Maybe you can shed some light on all of this.

Saturn, come on back.

All right, what I'm hearing is a verbal commitment

from you, a verbal commitment from you,

you're shaking your head yes,

and I've heard a verbal commitment from you.

So we have, as far as I'm concerned,

an official tag team match that is gonna take place tonight.

We're gonna see it, but hold on a minute.

This talk about slapping your own partner.

We've had enough of that.

If any of you causes your own partner to lose in this match,

you're gonna be suspended from WCW for 90 days.

Get outta here, JJ, 90 days?

That's gonna-- And furthermore,

I'm going to instruct the referee assigned

to this match tonight that it can only end by a submission

or a pinfall.

We're tired of this.

We want to see a winner.

How about that.

Tonight, JJ Dillon, yes, tonight, Raven, Saturn, Horace,

Kanyon, that's coming up here on TNT.

Don't go away, big night,

Monday nights on WCW Monday Nitro, Tony.

(Intense rock music) Well, Gene, guys.

I mean, it is coming at us literally right

and left here tonight, the big announcements,

the big things that are going down for this program.

Let us catalog them right now.

Raven and Saturn, in a few moments,

will face Kanyon and Horace.

Brett Hart has already agreed

to defend the US title live tonight

against Diamond Dallas Page.

We already knew about Goldberg going up against The Giant

here tonight live.

We also, listen to this guy, Eddie Guerrero will meet Conan

and the Wolfpac one-on-one later on in this program,

(upbeat pop music) and then, not to be outdone,

there is some major surprise that Diamond Dallas Page

has for Hollywood Hogan, a man that he's contact,

a man that, apparently, if I heard him right,

is here tonight, and we're gonna have that later

on here tonight on this program.

Wow, we have some ground to cover this evening,

don't we? (upbeat electronic music)

What a lineup this evening on Nitro,

and what about DDP's plan to mess with the man,

Hollywood Hogan.

But what about his surprise?

That's the key ingredient.

That's the mystique, the common denominator,

and there he go.

I'd much rather watch AC Jazz do this.

I bet you would.

Well, here it's Alex Wright.

Let's get loose. Blue-eyed little goddess.

Let's go, Alex.

Oh, look at it. Not him.

Yeah, let's clarify that, Larry.

Yeah, please, Larry.

I just did. Okay.

I mean, I know they've been chanting your name all

evening, and we've seen Hartford, Connecticut evolve

into Larryland, but-- They can chant

all they want.

No one cares about Dusty Rhodes

and his stupid threatening gag order.

Well, that's fair.

No one here does.

Now here is Alex Wright.

He and The Disco Inferno to meet High Voltage

in this tag team match here, and what could this be?

Well, fans, the only thing I can tell you, it's live.

We're in Hartford.

(bell rings) Anything can happen,

and according to DDP, according to going through

that Rolodex, Hollywood Hogan's gonna be in for the shock

of his life, and it's all gonna come down here tonight,

live on this program along with Goldberg and The Giant.

And I tell you again, warning to Goldberg,

I want that man to stay the heavyweight champion forever,

as far as I'm concerned, but Hogan made it clear.

They will be watching The Giant's back.

hat's a threat.

Now I'm still trying to put the pieces

of the puzzle together as far as Diamond Dallas Page

and that big surprise.

He flew out west.

He talked about the record between Hogan

and this man being, well, what did he say?

Hogan was oh and one against this individual.

That's a pretty select group right there.

But I tell you, Diamond Dallas has shocked us all.

He pulled Karl Malone out, his team with Jay Leno.

He could have anybody.

This is like can you top this?

He will.

And it's all on WCW Monday Nitro,

because tonight, as we said at the top of the program

and as we talked about earlier,

we are the only live wrestling program here tonight,

and we're gonna deliver.

We are not going to have a ten second main event

like you're gonna see elsewhere tonight in a program

that was taped earlier.

When we promote something, we're gonna deliver

and give you the match that you wanted to see

and give you action that you wanted to see,

not 10 seconds worth or 12 seconds worth

like you're gonna get later on tonight on another network.

Into the ropes.

He nailed him.

Dan Disco, he better focus, 'cause all that movement he has

is gonna get crushed here by High Voltage.

Well, High Voltage, as we expected,

going to the power game with quick tags.

First, it was Rage taking advantage of Disco Inferno.

Now the tag into Chaos.

Ooh, but he telegraphed that back body drop.

That's the opening for Disco and Alex Wright.

There's a nice movement there.

Chaos just pushed him over to his corner.

Hold him down.

Up on top of the-- Great move.

He made the tag to Rage, I thought.

Yeah, that's the legal man.

Uh-oh. Wait, wait!

The monster is back.

And he's hungry!

Tongan death grip applied to Alex Wright,

You'll never know when this crazy man's gonna hit,

and the other three men, I don't think, realize

what's about to happen to them.

Now they do.

Rage down, Chaos, chopped down like a big turn rope

from Hartford.

Come on.

Who's gonna stop him?

That's the question. (bell rings)

Well, we've seen this pattern develop before.

When Ming hits the ring,

there are soon to be bodies laying everywhere.

Tongan death grip applied to Chaos.

He eliminated the security for us last week.

I don't see them running in.

The referee just trying to count,

and rage came back in.

He's gonna get the Tongan death grip as well.

Who's gonna control this guy?

It's random attack that we've seen,

and we're seeing it here, a man.

Get outta his face.

I wouldn't stand there.

He doesn't know the guy is insane.

I think he knows now.

That's the universal language,

that Tongan death grip, applied to our official,

Billy Silverman, who goes down.

More security have hit the ring.

Good luck.

Ouch, the Tongan death grip on a member of WCW security.

Here comes Morgan.

They've got mace.

It's like pepper spray or mace right into the eyes.

It's like eye drops to Ming.

He thinks it's allergy relief.

I believe he does.

It had no effect.

Almost challenging him to spray it in his eyes.

He uses that for the deodorant.

Can you believe what we're witnessing here?

Nothing, no man, no object, nothing can stop him.

We'll be back.

Before we go to the next match,

gonna remind you next Monday,

we're gonna be at the United Center

in Chicago for WCW Monday Nitro.

Tickets available at the box office or Ticketmaster.

On Monday, August 31st, we return to Miami

in the Miami Arena.

Tickets at the box office or Ticketmaster,

and then on Monday, September 14th,

the Milo Center in Greenville, South Carolina.

Tickets at all Buy-low stores,

select Buy-low stores locations

and at the Greenville Municipal Stadium

and a chance this Saturday to be in Greenville,

the opening of ticket sales, meeting a lot of the fans,

being there with Fyre and Tygress and the Nitro Girls,

had a great time, and I tell you,

Greenville, South Carolina is ready for WCW Monday Nitro.

Wait a minute, Eddie Guerrero is scheduled

for a matchup here against Conan.

We talked about that.

We talked about that match happening twice tonight.

We said Eddie against Conan twice tonight, and now--

He's not dressed to wrestle.

Yeah, that's right, unscheduled interview.

Hey, production, don't even think about going

to a commercial.

If not, I might go say my piece at some other show.

Yeah, that's right, Eric, do I got your attention now,

Eric Bischoff?

I can't get it in the back, huh?

I try and go in there and talk to you about business,

and I get screamed at and kicked out.

Well, if this is what I gotta do to get your attention,

Eric Bischoff, then this is what I'm gonna do.

Fire me, do whatever it takes,

I could give a you-know-what, Eric.

Eric Bischoff, time in and time out, for one whole year,

I have been coming here to work just to be mistreated by you

and very much unappreciated, Eric.

On the road, on TV, I give you my hundred percent.

I give all these people my hundred percent,

whether they like me or whether they don't.

I give you the best show there is and you know it,

and you cannot give me the time of day in the back

to listen to what I have to say to you, Eric.

Well, I could give a damn, 'cause you know what?

I don't care anymore, Eric Bischoff.

You got a lot of young talent here in WCW

and all you do is hold us down for people

that you pay a lot of money to

and that you have way up here.

Well, I don't care, Bischoff, anymore.

I don't care about these people.

I don't care about nothing anymore, Eric.

You have driven me to that.

Eric Bischoff, this has nothing to do with you people.

This is personal between me and you, Eric.

I come to work with my heart, and all you do is step on it,

and I'm tired of it.

You hold me down, you've held me down,

and from now on in, Eric, see, I don't know what it is.

I don't know if it's something personal you got against me.

Whatever it is, Eric, I don't know.

I mean, what is it about me that you have against me

that you keep me from stepping up the ladder

in this profession?

What is it about me?

I mean, you got me tied down, Eric, in my contract,

and I could give.

I'm telling you this right now, okay?

And I'm saying this for any other guy that wants

to come out here and speak his mind that's being held down.

If you got the you-know-what, come out here

and say it like I am.

Eric Bischoff, I'm telling you this face to face, boy,

'cause I can't get your attention other way,

not face to face.

Let me say on national TV in front of all these people,

I'm coming out, and the only reason I haven't come out any

sooner is for two reasons.

Chavo Junior, I love you, man.

You're my blood, and I'll never let that go.

You're one of the reasons I haven't said anything about

what I'm doing tonight, and the other reason is

because I have two kids and a wife that I have to support.

Well, you know what?

If losing my dignity means having to put up with WCW,

NWO red, black, or white, whatever the hell it is,

I don't care.

So Eric Bischoff, I'm telling you this right now.

I want outta my contract no matter what it takes,

who I gotta speak to or what it is, okay?

And here, let me save you some time, Eric Bischoff.

I'm throwing coffee on myself.

As far as I'm concerned, Eric Bischoff,

you can take this job and shove it up your you-know-what.

Don't look at me.

Obviously, we're not gonna have a match.

He's got his bag, and we have never witnessed anything such

as that in the history of this program.

I mean, I can sympathize with Eddie's animosity

towards Eric Bischoff, but I don't know

what he's talking about.

Well, it's just personal issues obviously

that have become public.

You can just sense the level of frustration in the voice

of Eddie Guerrero. (upbeat rock music)

There's obviously gonna be no match here, but fans,

still to come tonight, Goldberg, The Giant one-on-one,

and what big surprise is in store for Hollywood.

Come on back.

We'll find out anytime.

Arn, this is the last time, the last plea I'll ever make.

Please do not let The Horseman die.

(pyrotechnics explode) This is shaping up to be one

of the biggest nights we've had in many, many months,

many years, in pro wrestling.

Still to come in the remaining two hours

of this live telecast, Diamond Dallas Page will go out

with Brett "The Hitman" Hart for the United States title.

We're also gonna see Goldberg and The Giant collide

for the world title.

In a DDP forecast, through his Rolodex,

he has found the man, and that shocker, that surprise,

whoever it may be, (intense rock music)

will come out to confront Hollywood Hogan

here on this program live tonight, Mike, today.

Well, Tony, I can tell you

that the internet has been absolutely rife

with speculation over the course of the past couple

of days about a major player, a major surprise,

tonight at Nitro.

If that is the case, if that is the man,

that Diamond Dallas Page is talking about his plan to mess

with Hollywood Hogan this could be the biggest Nitro ever.

Well, I tell you what.

Whatever Diamond Dallas said in the past, he's made happen.

No reason he's gonna let us down tonight.

I can't wait to see what Diamond Dallas has up his sleeve.

(groovy rock music)

And through all of that, we still have this weird,

bizarre tag team match that Raven and Saturn,

you heard me right, Raven and Saturn will be a team in

against Kanyon and Horace.

Yeah, Saturn made his feelings clear.

JJ came in and threw a whole wrench in the cogs of Saturn.

I mean, Saturn has to tag Raven if Raven comes

to make the tag.

Yeah, this is a case of Raven's rules,

and as JJ Dillon mentioned, if you cause your partner

to lose in this matchup, you'll be hit

with a 90 day suspension by the WCW executive committee.

One other factor to keep in mind,

the winner of this matchup will be determined

by either submission or pinfall.

We're going to have a winner in this tag team matchup.

They're already at each other's throats out there.

Mike, going back to,

before this match gets underway,

going back to what we've heard throughout the week about

on the internet, on the hotlines,

and all the reports we've heard about

who this person may be certainly piques our interest,

(bell rings) and we don't wanna speculate,

much like the internet does all the time,

but we certainly wanna say that, anytime now,

we may be in for the biggest announcements ever.

Here we go, match underway and quickly, how about that?

We almost had a three count.

I'll tell you, the tensions between Saturn

and Raven almost boiled over right there.

Saturn pushed Raven over.

Now, see, he's gotta come in the ring here.

It's Raven rules with a pinch of JJ Dillon.

Here, we got the despair today.

Just about to get out, and I'm in here now!

We talked about you want me here,

and we knew what happened. and I'm in!

Now get out!

I mean, you could just see the hatred

and hear it from the voice of Saturn

in the facial expressions there.

I know, it was like a married couple.

Speak for yourself.

Side headlock. I'm not speaking for me.

Into the ropes, ducky low, watch out.

He caught him.

Kanyon has been the innovator of many great new moves,

but oh my.

There's an old standard.

Man, that was picture perfect.

Belly to belly, overhead release suplex by Saturn.

Immediately Horace comes into the ring,

and he's T-boned back into the corner.

Now Horace is the man that began all of this,

Caught him sleeping.

because he wanted Raven in the ring one more time.

Remember, it was on WCW Saturday night where Raven came out.

Remember, he came out and he browbeat every member The Flock

where Horace didn't come out for his next match.

So you can, good move, great teamwork, as a matter of fact,

by Horace and Kanyon.

Here's a cover. One, two.

Well, good, no, I'll tell you.

So far, excellent teamwork.

That's the problem Saturn and Raven, they're gonna have.

Tag teams have to make a lot of tags,

have to use ring positioning,

have to trust each other one hundred percent,

and that does not exist in the team of Raven and Saturn.

Well, that's absolutely impossible.

The way these two have been rivals for so long,

how are they gonna be able to trust each other?

One, two.

Kanyon basic straight ahead kicks to the gut

that time will send him in, caught him in midair.

That's a lot of power right there, guys,

and great anticipation.

Well, look at this, running back breaker by Kanyon,

and Kanyon will make the cover.

One, two, two.

Could only get a two count,

enabled the right shoulder to get up.

So far, no effort from Raven even to extend an arm

for a tag, and he knew this would happen.

It would be basically two singles men wrestling

as a tag team.

Well, look at this.

There's one way to help out his partner.

Just as soon as I said that,

Raven comes through with a great move.

Yeah, you'd be good for about 10 seconds,

Just about like our opponents tonight.

Can you imagine, two top stars going in the ring

and only giving them 10 seconds?

Don't blink.

Oh, well that's them.

Oh boy, full of hype, nothing inside.

Here is a can, Russian leg sweep.

A series, this is number three.

How about it?

I tell you, Raven's going to town,

good aggressive moves right there, one after the other.

Nice combinations, but he's not pinning the man.

He could have him here.

There's a method to his madness, though, Larry.

Ah, I think he's just plain madness.

Obviously, did not wanna get a win,

walked coldly towards Horace,

stared into the eyes of Horace,

and now as Kanyon expends all the energy

to pull himself back up, he tries to kick him down again.

Makes a tag, and we get our first exchange

without bickering going on between Raven and Saturn,

(men grunt)

and now Saturn following up with lethal blows

and a back hand chop.

Oh my goodness, you could feel and hear that one.

Right in the side of the head.

So many ways that Saturn can take a man apart.

Very brutal individual, Tony.

He stares at Raven, who refuses to look at him.

Looks down as the tag is made.

In the back of the head, snapmare takeover, Raven.

He's got Kanyon down.

Where is he?

Getting that chair.

Ravens rules, remember, as he said,

must be pinfall or submission,

a pick up.

Oh my goodness, is he gonna?

Look at this.

He's holding on, holding on for dear life.

Gonna try really kinda like, what, bulldog him

or DDP on the chair,

and Raven got the chair head first first.

Great counter that time by Kanyon taking Raven

by the back of the head, driving him face first

into the steel chair.

Look at the difference.

Horace is jumping up and down.

He's dying to get in, and Saturn's on the other side

almost looking disgusted.

Not excited to get in it all here.

Come on, Raven! There you go.

Amazing that these athletes--

Well, I know down deep inside,

Saturn does not want to lose.

Certainly he doesn't, and here comes Horace.

He wants Raven.

That's all he's ever wanted.

He didn't even really wanna go into this tag team match.

Nailed him in the corner right there.

So he is taking in all these anguish on Raven,

send him in hard, Horace with a great move, power slam,

a one, two, but could not hold him down for three.

Horace finally gets his shot at the man who,

in his own words, makes me sick.

That's the leader of The Flock, Raven.

I think he's not the only one that feels that way

as Horace goes up.

Horace up on top, big splash, cover one, two,

and Saturn makes a save.

Yeah, Kanyon didn't like it,

but the save was made.

You're not kidding, and they're pairing off here,

functioning as a team, although they despise each other,

and Raven and Kanyon thrown very hard together.

And functioning as a team,

even though they're going to go head to head at Fall Brawl

in a one-on-one matchup, those two men.

Raven and Saturn again thrown together.

Oh, inadvertent as it may have been that one hurt.

Inadvertent, but effective. One, two!

Saturn makes the save again.

Every time we see Raven, Kanyon, Saturn,

members of The Flock in the match becomes more bizarre

and unpredictable.

More and look at this double team.

Oh, what a double team move.

One, two, he kicked out. It's two and a half.

He's out.

He kicked out!

Horace and Kanyon's got

to be getting frustrated here.

They hit him with everything, great tag teaming

and still can't hold Saturn down.

I'm telling you, this guy will die before he loses.

Look at that.

He could barely stand up, but he had enough fortitude

to kick out.

Tag exchange, Kanyon and Horace.

Look, he can't even stand.

They try to double whip him to the left side, Larry.

Nothing left.

Got nothing left.

He's crawling.

This is their opportunity here.

They can get their tag team together in this right here.

Kanyon's got him up.

Where is Horace going?

Oh, he's going out as, from way up top,

he dropped him face first from over the shoulders.

Stop sign is in.

Hey, Saturn's in trouble.

Kanyon hit the Flapjack,

and now Horace with the stop sign.

Wrong man, wrong time,

into the death valley driver!

Right in the back of the neck!

(bell rings) It's over.

Wow, what a tag team match that was.

(upbeat rock music)

Four men really giving it everything, and in the end

of a misdirected stop sign, the Death Valley driver,

believe it or not, you can say it,

Saturn and Raven together with a win.

Oh no. Now wait a minute,

wait a minute. Wait a second.

The man can barely stand up a moment ago,

and now the even flow?

Tell you, the best thing in the world,

just let the two of them at each other and be done with it.

Directing The Flock to continue the carnage.

Now look at this. Kidman steps in,

and he gets an even flow for his trouble.

Kidman tried to stop it.

[Tony] He's the only one with any sense here now,

but look at Riggs and Sick Boy, and now Horace.

Horace pulled him off. I want him!

Horace pulled him off,

and Horace does a full Nelson slam-on,

and now in comes Horace.

I don't know.

I don't know.

I'm a legend and I don't know.

They all deserve each other is all I can say,

each and every one of them.

The only one standing besides Raven was Sick Boy.

I think Riggs kind of just got outta the way.

Well, Saturn and Raven will meet as we take a look

at our Bengay Ultra Bengay replay.

Ill tell you, they're all gonna need it.

There was bodies everywhere.

Started here with Horace with the stop sign,

then Saturn came in.

Look at, picked up Horace, dumped him right on the back

of his neck.

That's gonna need some heat, and right there,

pulls up the leg, one, two, and finally it ends,

but carnage continues.

Bizarre as it may sound, Horace stepped in,

and then, I guess, the mind power of Raven took over.

Ultra strength Bengay, it's the strongest Bengay ever.

Back with more live from Hartford.

We got a lot going on.

Come on back with us.

(upbeat hip hop music) And we're back, and oh my.

This place is rocking now.

Wolfpac in the house, and not by coincidence, though,

Bobby "The Brain" Heenan is as well.

I'm in the house is right.

As the Wolfpac makes its way to the ring,

we never know what to expect.

There is K-dog.

Wanna give you a program note that tomorrow night,

eight o'clock, TNT will offer an all-star action event

with the network premieres Masters

of the Martial Arts presented by this looks like.

It's a two hour special that honors the grandmaster

in the field of martial arts,

as well as featured guest stars of film and competitions,

unparalleled in the world.

Of course, Wesley Snipes will star

in the upcoming Uline feature Blade,

and that'll all be tomorrow night, right here on TNT,

the only network to bring you live Monday wrestling

every Monday.

Well, they love the Wolfpac and you know why.

They have the athletes that perform, such as Luger, Sting,

Nash, K-dog, Machoman, even though he is on the shelf

and mean what they say, say what they mean.

Whatever cliche you want to use.

These men have performed over the years, Brain.

That is why the fans cheer them on.

No doubt about it.

Kevin Nash is one big man, big sexy, the giant killer.

Everyone here in Hartford, they're behind the Wolfpac.

Don't forget, three Men.

Hartford, Connecticut,

right here, the Wolfpac is most definitely in the

House!

But only three men will go to War Games

on the Wolfpac team.

We know one of them is the captain, Kevin Nash.

(Kevin cheers)

War games is coming up with three teams,

and I've been there, done that,

and loving the idea of doing it again.

The only thing different this time that makes it much,

much sweeter is I'm running with the pack and I'm red

and black for life.

Yo, yo, yo, let me speak on this.

(everyone speaks in a foreign language)

Yo, you know the black and white be talking

about they're for life, but I want everybody to know

(speaks in a foreign language) forever,

but more importantly than that, Harper and the Wolfpac is.

(everyone speaks in a foreign language)

Take it to it, papo.

Sweet to be back in Connecticut!

Short and sweet, War Games,

I'm gonna make a little prediction.

War Games will be the end of the black

and white as we know it.

So Hulk Hogan, if you got what it takes,

I'll tell you right now, if you don't run with the pack,

be prepared to be hunted by the pack,

and since this has been plagiarized so many times,

but you know what?

When I say it, it means so much more.

The Wolfpac is just too.

Sweet!

(upbeat hip hop music)

The Wolfpac always having a great time,

always enjoying the fan support,

and you can put any combination of those three men,

and they are gonna be a force.

One of those three men could win War Games,

could go on to face Goldberg for the world title

at Halloween Havoc.

The one man remaining will get that shot coming up

on September 13th at Fall Brawl.

That's truly gonna be a representative group upcoming

at the War Games no matter who the Wolfpac chooses.

And no matter tonight on this program,

Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, the word is out.

It's Goldberg, it's The Giant one-on-one.

Obviously the biggest challenge for Goldberg on this program

to date.

And what did Hulk Hogan say?

He was gonna be watching The Giant's back?

Watching The Giant's back is what Hollywood had said.

Well, Goldberg better realize what he's dealing with here.

He's just not getting in the ring with a man seven foot,

four, well over 500 pounds.

He's fighting probably the whole black and white,

because you know the mentality of Bischoff and Hogan,

they will win at anyone's expense.

But who is the element, the surprise element?

Who is the man that Diamond Dallas Page is talking about?

Apparently any time now, we're gonna find out.

Diamond Dallas page, the leader of the WCW team,

has a shocker for Hollywood Hogan, Mike, today.

Tony, everywhere you turn in the past couple of days,

there's been rumors, there's been innuendo,

there's been speculation.

I think we're gonna find out this evening DDP's big surprise

for Hollywood Hogan.

Let's see what materializes.

Don't forget DDP and Brett "The Hitman" Hart as well

to go one on one for the US title,

Dean Malenko and Kurt Hennig in a rematch

from WCW Saturday Night, a whole lot more,

but right now, we go back to action as we continue

with wrestling as you have come to expect

and come to know here on WCW Monday Nitro.

(suspenseful country music)

It's amazing.

Either side of the spectrum, we hear the Wolfpac music,

and the fans are up.

We hear the black and white theme music and the fans boo,

and I'll tell you, when you look at these stout men,

these strong men, the most feared men in our sport,

NWO Hollywood, black and white,

really have a pride right here in the man with the demeanor,

the man with the ability of Scott Flash Norton.

(upbeat rock music) What a force he is,

a powerful force, and Scott Flash Norton,

who has been well running up quite a winning streak,

as of late, using, of all things, the power bomb

to destroy his opponent, has Scott Putski in his sights

this evening on Nitro.

Now, as you know, Scott Flash Norton

is a mercenary.

He'll do anything for money.

He'll beat up anybody for money.

Probably the one of the toughest, well,

probably the 10 toughest men ever in this sport.

Takes a lot of punishment, that man.

(bell rings) Yeah, and just the type

of athlete that Hollywood Hogan likes.

Oh yeah. You know, a thug

that'll protect him, that'll back him up,

that has the ability to run right through him.

Now, the opponent, Scott Putski,

there's a second generation star.

He was trying his best to keep Scott Norton down.

Great move, but look at Norton pop right back up.

No effect with that neck breaker from Scott Putski,

and then Putski walks right into a Norton power slam.

He's just so powerful, like you say, Mike,

and so awesome, the size of this man.

Ducking low, Scott Putski, good move,

but look at him come back up,

and he just shrugged that drop kick off.

Nothing.

and Putski is a stout man himself, guys.

Ain't nobody else in. And like you said,

second generation, tremendous physique, but this man,

Norton, is just so awesome, so powerful.

Look at the force and the intensity

that he wrestles with, and he picked him up with ease.

One, two, three. (bell rings)

He has destroyed Scott Putski

in record time here. With me!

You're going down! (upbeat country music)

My goodness, the man is almost unstoppable.

New World Order. He's constantly mean,

always got a chip on his shoulder.

Look at the power of this man, picks up Putski,

drives him to that mat.

Scott Norton is so powerful, so strong, and just so mean.

Look at those eyes.

Your winner, Scott flash Norton,

member of the black and white NWO.

Dismantles Scott Putski, and yes, another thug,

another man, to help out a Hollywood Hogan.

Will he be in War Games?

And what's the surprise from DDP?

Come on back with us.

Now you wanna reunite The Horseman.

Let me tell you something, you little sawed-off punk.

You wanna be a man?

Thousand in one holds, second generation wrestler,

you think you got what it takes to be a Horseman?

I don't.

So much is happening so quickly here.

I wanna remind you very quickly this week, of course,

Thunder on a Thursday night, 8:05 on CBS.

Thunder will come your way in two weeks on a Wednesday night

on August 26th NWO.

from the Civic Center in Peoria, Illinois.

Tickets available all usual locations, and then Thursday,

September 10th, Thunder from the Rupp Arena,

Lexington, Kentucky, home of the Wild Cats,

tickets available at the arena box office

and all usual ticket locations

for Thunder in the next couple weeks,

New World Order. and here they come again.

I think they come out to answer the call from DDP,

He's the man with the power. maybe to have something

to say about what Scott Norton just did, but I tell you,

if it's me, and I know how Hollywood think, kind of,

I want Scott Norton beside me everywhere I go.

The man is amazing. He don't cheat

on his friends. He's incredible.

I wonder if Bischoff is gonna respond

to what Eddie Guerrero said. New World Order.

You never know what Bischoff's gonna do.

And what about the surprise

from Diamond Dallas Page?

Haven't seen it yet.

Well, he hasn't let us down yet when it's come

to a surprise. No he hasn't.

All right, very interesting to see exactly

what is said here,

NWO. how they approach all

that's gone down tonight, and as you said--

Hey, hey, hey, Now hold on.

and to my brother down here, I already am the president.

(Eric laughs)

I love me.

Well, I guess everybody realizes

by now NWO Hollywood don't play no more stinking games.

As far as JJ Dillon coming out here trying

to put a wrinkle in our plans with War Games.

Well, brother, it would be an honor to get in the ring,

take care of the red and black NWO, the WCW all at one time,

all of yesterday's garbage like Kevin Nash

and Diamond Dallas Page,

but let me tell you something, boys.

Hollywood's gonna be your champion

whether you like it or not.

I'm gonna be the man that takes wrestling

into the new millennium with a gold around my waist,

because it's mine, and Diamond Dallas page,

you beat up ugly looking creep, well, I guess I'm gonna have

to etch the lesson on your forehead, brother,

because you don't make no stinking rules around here.

You don't bring no opponents to the table, brother.

Mr. Bischoff is the boss.

He's the master.

He signs all the documents, and Diamond Dallas Page,

you couldn't get it done.

You couldn't bring anybody even if you had to, brother,

and by the way, who is out there

that Hollywood can't handle, brother?

Who is out there that Hollywood can't put under his thumb,

the God of wrestling or something?

Well, sorry that you didn't recognize me

without my sandals on, Page, but I'm the man.

I always will be.

There's not a wrestler I can't beat to win my belt back.

There's not a war that I can't win to get my belt back,

and there's not a warrior in the world that I can't beat

to get my belt back because I'd be.

(intense rock music) Uh-oh.

We having a power surge here?

Who knows?

I don't like this.

Fans, I'm sorry.

I don't-- The dark is scope

and lacked for destruction.

Take the target out.

What is this?

I don't know.

Just a silhouette of man that we see right now,

but would you listen to the fans and look at the face of,

his bottom lip is quivering.

Oh my goodness.

Oh yeah, the fans recognize him and so does Hogan.

Oh. And so do we.

In all my years, I never believed I would ever see this.

I can't believe it.

Unmistakable, it's the warrior.

There's only one, and that's him.

Talk to me, warriors!

Look at Hogan.

Feel the real power, Hogan!

I thought you were dead.

(crowd chants)

Who holds the absolute power now, Hollywood Hogan?

Unleash that raging voice, warriors!

This is the last thing in the entire universe

that Hogan ever expected, and you can see it.

I never saw him shake before, but Hogan was shaking.

Seems as if no formal introduction is going

to be necessary!

Actually, it even seems as if there are those

who anticipated my arrival!

Well, they're glad he's here. Hogan. Hogan.

I think he's scared to death.

I think he wants to make amends.

He's doing everything.

Look at this.

He took off.

He wants him to join him.

He wants him to join him.

There's the act of a coward right there.

What is that smell?

You might want to use that

to clean up the mess you just made all over yourself!

You need to open your eyes and ears,

take control of the limited ability you have

to understand the words I am about to say!

For years, I have watched while this industry,

with you as its figurehead, has tried to recreate

what is simply unrecreatable!

I have heard, listen to all the innuendos

and speculation that something ultimate

or warrior may soon reappear!

Welcome to the reappearance!

Those things, Hogan, which are irreplaceable,

whether they be peoples, places, or things,

are never forgotten.

You are witnessing that right now.

Hogan is visibly shaken.

He is speechless, has no idea where to go,

what to say, what to do next, and the fans here are into it.

He's at a loss for words.

Bischoff looks sick. History tells us, Hogan.

Hogan sucks, Hogan sucks, Hogan sucks, Hogan sucks

Hogan sucks, Hogan sucks, Hogan sucks, Hogan sucks,

Hogan sucks, Hogan sucks, Hogan sucks!

Let's talk about something he doesn't know.

Bingo.

History tells us, Hogan, that a man's legacy

is built from the premise that within his life,

the moments live, once lived, become a piece of his history.

Somehow you have conveniently, even eloquently,

misplaced pieces of your history.

In the one time epical battle between us, Hogan,

you were the quintessential influence of what was good,

great, and heroic,

but different than you may remember and, albeit,

you may have beaten myths, legends, giants,

and other great men, you never,

never beat a warrior.

He's right up in his face.

Right in his soul is what he is.

And certainly not the ultimate one!

As the victor of that one time battle,

I defeated what was, until then, undefeatable.

I conquered what was then unconquerable.

I dominated what was, until then, indomitable.

On that day, you were great.

I was ultimate!

Let me introduce myself

to those two fools that stand behind you.

Let's see.

This dude must be your barber.

And who are you, little man?

Who are you?

Introduce yourself here.

You know who I am.

My name is Eric Bischoff, and I run this company

and who invited you.

(Warrior laughs)

Different than you wanna make people believe,

I never received an invitation.

I showed up on my own accord, and let me tell you,

Mr. Eric Bischoff.

If you stick your nose in my business,

you only very quickly prepare for your own demise.

Furthermore, when I get done with my business here,

I'm gonna be sending you a bill.

I suggest you pay it.

I have waited patiently.

The warriors have waited all too patiently.

Now, now the virtue of justice unties my hands

so that I can continue to fulfill a destiny set in motion

upon that memorable day years ago,

a destiny at the next level,

a destiny beckoning the next superhero.

There really is no sadder sight

than when a grown man fears the challenges in his life

so much that he rationalizes adolescent behavior

to the point where he carries out heinous

and self-indulgent actions!

Your evilness, the evilness you embody and portray,

is intolerable.

I am the one that has the power to destroy you.

It's source, Hogan, the truth is inexhaustible.

I come here not to beat you up tonight, Hogan.

Beating you means nothing anymore.

Everybody already has.

Now to hogan, that hurts.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, that's too easy,

because you felt guilty for being who you were.

Your mind became weak, and Hulkamania became boring.

I come here, Hogan, to tell you, next week, I intend

to launch a revolution not even you can control.

I ask you to find the courage.

Check it out.

Next week, same warrior time, same warrior place,

same warrior channel. (growls)

(white noise hisses)

(smoke hisses)

He has vanished.

Ladies and gentlemen, in one of the most mind-boggling

and incredible displays that we've ever witnessed

on this program, The Warrior has literally vaporized

before our eyes.

Never seen anything like this in my life.

There's never been anything like this in our sport.

Look at the sign.

Don't you dare touch that dial.

Uh-uh.

(smoke hisses)

Fans, we welcome you back, and moments ago,

this was the ending to what I consider a defining moment

in the history of professional wrestling.

The Warrior came out, and in a flurry, literally evaporated,

and with it, I am sure he grabbed some

of the soul of Hollywood.

It was the last thing that we expected,

(upbeat pop music)

obviously, the last thing Hollywood Hogan expected,

Well, you heard what he said.

He said, "I thought you were dead."

He never expected to see The Warrior in the ring,

let alone in the building, let alone look at him eye to eye.

Well, fans, Diamond Dallas came out,

and he said he had a shocker for Hollywood Hogan,

and I can only assume that was the shocker.

It got me. Yeah, DDP told us

that he had a plan to mess with the man,

and he didn't let us down, did he?

There was a lot of messes going on out there,

many of which came on behalf of Hollywood Hogan,

but yes, if that is the man he's talking about,

and we can only put two and two together, say,

that is it, then it seems as if WCW has yet another team

member for War Games.

Oh, is it gonna be something.

Hogan, sell your trunks and get some depends.

And take a deep breath.

What a night.

We got more to come.

(upbeat rock music) Now, Monday, August 17th,

1998 will go down as one of the most memorable nights

New World Order. in the history

of professional wrestling,

because it was on this night a mere moments ago

that The Warrior came out of literally nowhere,

walk out of the past of Hollywood Hogan,

walked into the ring, NWO.

confronted Hogan, and then vanished into thin air,

and I'm sure Hogan, I'm sure the entire NWO black

and white quivering right now,

wondering if this was a figment of their imagination

or if it really happened, (militant orchestra music)

and I could tell you it really happened.

The warrior has arrived and mentioned

that next week begins the revolution,

and you can dub this one NWO Hollywood under siege.

That was no fantasy, Tony.

That was reality.

Ho, oh brink.

Hogan was at a loss for words.

He was quivering, his mouth jaw dropped wide open.

Bischoff, you could see his knees

through his pants there shaking.

I've never seen anything like that.

What an entrance and what a departure wherever he went.

Startling is what it was, and once again,

we're putting two and two together here

and thinking about War Games, thinking about the WCW team

on the 13th of September. (bell rings)

Warrior teaming with DDP to be a part of team WCW?

Against the two NWO factions,

first time ever that the War Games event is going

to have three separate teams.

With one man left standing,

and that one man will go on to face Goldberg

for the world title the following month at Halloween Havoc

in Las Vegas.

Well, here we go.

This is a return bout from WCW Saturday Night

with Kurt Hennig of NWO Hollywood and Dean Malenko

and as Kurt Hennig goes out and stalls,

we're gonna take our next commercial break

and have the match in its entirety after this time out.

Stay with us.

Hennig's still on the outside, and well, we're back live

and Dean Malenko's had enough.

We've talked a lot about Fall Brawl and about War Games.

Remember, it was almost a year ago when Hennig

and his big charade dismantled The Horsemen

as all part of what happened at War Games.

Just more proof that Kurt Hennig

and Rick Rude are absolute mercenaries.

At that point in time, they were members

of The Four Horsemen.

From there, they went to the NWO Wolfpac,

now part of NWO Hollywood, the black and white.

Woof, Malenko wanted to get in there,

and Hennig's gonna oblige here.

He's taking the man apart on the outside.

Well, fans, take a breath here.

I know you're stunned, you're shocked,

none as much as Hollywood Hogan, and I wonder,

I just wonder, what the talk is

in the NWO Hollywood locker room area right now,

if there's any talk at all.

They may all be sitting around a circle looking

One, two, three. down at the floor.

Either that or they're trying to talk Hogan down

off the roof.

Well, I'm sure they're momentarily stunned,

but you know the NWO black and white,

not gonna take long for them to get a game plan.

Cover by Malenko, two, only two.

What could have been going on in Hogan's mind

when he saw The Warrior appear?

That had to be the biggest shock in that man's life.

And then thinking about next week here on Nitro,

when The Warrior promises that he's going

to launch a revolution.

And it'll be no average revolution.

I'll guarantee you that.

A revolution would be mild compared to what

that man is capable of doing.

And I tell you my apologies to Malenko

and to Kurt Hennig.

We need to do justice to this match.

These are two of the top caliber athletes in WCW,

but it's really hard to even focus and concentrate

on anything else that's gone down here.

And this place is abuzz.

Everyone's talking to each other,

jam packed here in Hartford,

and they're talking about the man, The Warrior.

Of course, warrior promised that he was going

to unleash the absolute power as we see Rick Rude interfere

from outside the ring.

This is a return bout from Saturday night,

as you mentioned, Tony, when Dean Malenko had

that Texas cloverleaf applied on Kurt Hennig

before Rick Rude interfered.

Oh, spinning the force of all of that on the neck

of Dean Malenko. (Kurt grunts)

This has been a night for the ages.

This has been a night to remember.

This is what this has been.

Back body drop.

Up here in Connecticut, we've seen things

that have been literally unbelievable,

and we all have talked about the excitement

of Fall Brawl as we're heading to War Games.

Nothing like it's been turned up right now, fans.

(Bobby chuckles)

Tony, and we still have Brett Hart

against Diamond Dallas Page for the US title,

as well as The Giant and Goldberg

for the world's heavyweight title yet to come tonight.

And what did Hogan say?

Hogan said that they were gonna have plenty

of backup in terms of The Giant.

They were gonna cover his back.

But that's before Hogan saw The Warrior.

Now what's going through their minds in there?

That they may lock themselves in the locker room,

in their own locker room, let The Giant come out

against Goldberg by himself.

Regardless of what happens. it's gonna be very interesting

to see the reaction of NWO Hollywood

and what happened with Goldberg and The Giant.

Here's the cover, one, two, for the world title later on.

One thing, though, of all the weird things

and unpredictable events that have occurred tonight.

One thing you can be sure of, foot to the face here

by Hennig and Hennig rocks the back of the neck.

One thing you can be sure of, watch, oh, midsection.

He's gonna get headache here, yes.

Is that our main event is live.

It will go longer than the ten second main event

you would see if you watch their taped program

later here tonight.

Belly to back, Malenko's gonna go forward again here.

Man from Minnesota is going to Texas.

Putting on that Texas cloverleaf with a smart move

by Hennig to get to the ropes.

And look at that, Rick Rude back up

on the ring apron.

Boy, Rude is a master, and he knows exactly

what to do and when to do it.

First blood, oh my goodness, on the neck to Rude.

Double ax handle staggered Malenko as Hennig checks

with his longtime close friend, Rude.

Oh, Rude got the knee.

Did you notice how Kurt signaled Rude?

Eye contact.

Yeah, and they're working as a team.

They've worked as a team their whole life.

And Rick Rude from the apron!

Pin, the Hennig-plex, this one's over.

He's got him.

(bell rings) It took two men.

It took NWO Hollywood.

It took the team.

It took the unit in the face of the incredible appearance

by The Warrior to rebound and defeat Dean Malenko.

Still to come tonight live,

NWO. Goldberg defends

against The Giant all on TNT.

It's the third hour.

I knew that. You're not kidding,

and how can you top (intense rock music)

(pyrotechnics explode) what we've done already?

Stay tuned.

Yeah, just stick around.

Because we got the two biggest titles in the world

still up for grabs, the US heavyweight title.

Diamond Dallas and the champ, Brett "The Hitman" Hart,

and then Goldberg and The Giant for the world title all

here tonight Live.

Man, and in the face of the startling shocking appearance

of The Warrior, we're gonna,

NWO.

NWO Hollywood has the courage,

this black and white unit, has approached to come out again.

Let's see which members are coming out.

Who's granny?

Never trust a guy who looks like that

with a rubber glove.

Oh my God, look at that. NWO.

That is unbelievable!

It's amazing how this injury to Big Poppa Pump

has moved around his body.

I think the biggest injury is between the ears.

It's a miracle of modern medical science, isn't it?

Yes, it is, and obviously,

we've got one of New England's finest surgeons out

with him as well

Cut the music. to give us the low down.

Sit down and shut up.

Buff, as I look out in this crowd,

I see a lot of sad faces, because they can see

that Big poppa Pump is hurt.

Plus also, when I look out in that crowd,

I see a bunch of idiots, because they don't understand

why I'm taped from my elbow to my knee.

Tell 'em why you're taped like that.

Well, you see, Buff, two weeks ago

in an unprovoked attack, my brother hit me in the elbow,

and everybody knows that your elbow bone is connected

to your shoulder bone, which is connected to your neck bone,

which is connected to your hip bone is why my knee hurts,

(Buff laughs)

but you see, you don't have to believe me.

That's why I brought my doctor.

Dr. Cecil Schwartz, this injury is serious, isn't it?

Right on.

You heard it from the greatest doctor

in the United States.

And as good as I look, wait a second.

Matter of fact, there's nobody that looks as good as I do.

I could beat my brother with a half a body, but I will not,

and I cannot go against my doctor's orders.

Exactly, and not only that, Scotty, I want you

to show the people out here,

and I want you to try real hard, okay?

I want you, for me and the people, to hold your arm up

when I let it go.

Come on now, you ready?

Hold it up.

See what I'm saying?

Do you see what I'm saying?

And do you, sit down and shut up, fat boy.

Look, here's the whole point.

Dr. Cecil Schwartz, the greatest doctor in the United States

of America, everybody's got him trying to be ready

by September 13th at Fall Brawl.

Now you know like we know, since you're the greatest doctor

in the world, that there's absolutely no way

to determine whether or not Poppa Pump is going

to be ready September the 13th.

Am I right?

Of this year?

Yeah, this year, doc.

Right on.

See, that's what I'm saying.

You just don't know about the human body.

(man barks in the distance) Man, you gotta rest.

This match is not gonna happen.

Somebody's barking.

Wait a second, wait a second.

Get outta here.

Scotty, I'm so sick of you

and your girlfriend talking trash out here.

I'm going back to Detroit.

I'm getting ready for this match on the 13th,

and if you two can show up in a neck brace, a wheelchair,

a gurney, whatever you can find,

because when you show up at Fall Brawl,

I'm gonna beat the hell outta you.

Hey, you wanna do this right now, chump?

Come here! (man barks in the distance)

No, no, no, I ain't from, bro.

I'm gonna show who is the better Steiner brother,

Come on! and it's me!

I'm the strongest Steiner brother.

I made the Steiner Brothers famous.

NWO. Ricky, you're gonna

feel the power of me.

Yeah, and you've torn him apart as well.

Ladies and gentlemen, it's on September 13th.

Finally, Rick Steiner gets his hands hopefully

around the neck of Scott Big Poppa Pump.

A doctor of what?

(upbeat pop music) The Nitro Girls are

back out.

Don't forget for our fans who wish the sale of tickets

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is not a bashing brawler.

That's Pepe.

Who was, I guess, it's been all taped up, ready to ride now.

Would someone else say something here besides me?

(intense rock music) Happy trails to you.

Thank you very much.

Time for a triangle match.

Hey, there's Pepe's dad, and I don't mean Jericho.

Welcome to Monday night.

Saw Chavo Jr. come out, Jericho and Stevie Ray.

Now here's the low down.

Now we've talked about it this past Thursday

farther North Dakota on Thunder.

Jericho is the TV champ.

It's now official.

Official from what I can understand.

That 30 day clause, remember, with Booker T,

did not defend the title within 30 days.

(upbeat hip hop music) Now he's got the belt.

Supposed to have been Chavo Jr. and Stevie Ray

with the TV belt.

Chavo Jr. attacked before he went to the ring by.

Chris Jericho,

which set up Chris Jericho against Stevie Ray,

which I guess in the eyes of the WCW executive committee,

would almost have to be treated as, well,

like a number one contenders match.

Thanks for talking, Mike.

You're exactly right.

So Jericho moves in, Jericho wins the world television belt.

He's the champ, and now we've got a triangle match.

They just said what I was gonna say.

What can I do now?

I'll go get the car.

No, we want you to talk.

We'll point to you, okay?

Thank you.

(bell rings)

This will be interesting.

Stevie Ray, Chavo Jr., Chris Jericho,

three key figures.

What's gone down with the world television bout,

it's very obvious that both of 'em want a piece of Jericho

early in this matchup here.

Can't blame 'em for that.

The world's TV title at stake in this triangle match?

Yes it is.

Looks like two against one here.

I know we can, you ready? So the man who gets the pin,

One, two, three. who gets one to submit

will walk away the television championship.

And the loser gets Pepe.

You're gonna have a fight on these hands.

Come on.

You're timing is off.

Let's go. Oh, it's a lot

of bickering going on. Next time, a clothesline.

Come on, come on. More more bickering

than wrestling here.

Whoa, but Chavo--

You see that?

Jericho has thrown him to the wolves.

Yeah, Chavo got wiped out.

But why would Chavo side with Jericho

in the first place?

He's nuts.

That's a good point.

Stevie Ray.

He's about to be airborne.

Look at that.

Chavo down on Jericho.

We are still reeling, and during every commercial break,

we've kind of taken our headsets off,

talked amongst each other.

No one on our staff can believe what we have seen tonight

from The Warrior, and hey, it's for real.

He's here.

And it seems like this was just chapter one.

He talked about launching the revolution starting next week

on Nitro.

And we can only assume that he is that shocker

that surprise, that DDP said he will be a part of War Games

on the 13th of September. One, two.

One, two, we got a two count

and almost got a three.

We could get him together, take him out,

take him out.

Go for him. Why would anyone side

with Jericho on anything, believe anything?

Yeah.

Now Stevie Ray, he should just lay back,

let those two go at it, and just pick up what's left.

That's what he's doing.

Into the corner, whoa, nailed him, right cross.

The cover, boy, I tell you, you can see what has transpired

between these three men.

Fans, if you were listening moments ago

when we told the story of this match, you know it yourself.

Well, look at that.

Jericho in for the save, throws him off,

goes right back to the pin, and I think.

One, two, two. Now wait a second.

Who would've got the pin that time?

Would it have been the man on top

or the man with the shoulder press?

They both go down.

Doesn't matter now.

No it doesn't.

Well, with Jericho, has to be concerned,

because what if Stevie Ray beat Chavo

or Chavo beat Stevie Ray?

They would win the world's TV title.

One of those matches like we've seen triangle

matching before where the champion could not even get

involved in the pin and lose his belt tonight.

The winner will be the champion.

One, two, three.

They're both going off the top.

Oh, double missile drop kick.

A little bit of teamwork, Chavo quick, first man up

to try to make it one, two! One, two.

It's Jericho ended all of that.

Well, very smart on Jericho's part.

He doesn't wanna lose the world's TV title that way.

Getting hammered by Stevie Ray first

from behind, and now it's blatant choke hold.

Break the choke, stop.

Jericho screamed at the referee

to break the choke hold.

I think he was just screaming.

Good leap frog.

Referee went down hard.

Referee in the wrong place at the wrong time,

and Jericho, what was that?

Well, if it's anything like that object

that he took out on Saturday night, he has a blackjack,

and he just KO'd Jericho with it.

It's what he's got, and a sleeper hold.

Uh-oh. The Giant has come out.

Remember it was the giant who choke slammed Stevie Ray

that gave Jericho the belt on Thunder.

Gonna do it again.

Whoa, What power!

What a display of strength by The Giant!

The choke slam on Stevie Ray, bodies everywhere.

Now whoever could cover Stevie Ray

is gonna be the television champion of this match.

(crowd chants)

Listen to them chant Goldberg.

That's to come tonight live on this program,

but right now, bodies are down, and Mickey J. is doing a--

Mickey J. is putting in a count.

If he can get the numbers straight.

He got waffled pretty good there.

Five!

Up to five now. Who's gonna be the first man

to get to their feet?

Seven.

It looks like it's gonna be Chavo.

Chavo is up.

Well, it was Chavo

Jericho pulled down Mickey J. and Chavo was up,

and he's over it.

He's out.

Chavo staggered up to his feet but then fell out the ring.

Seven! Stevie Ray hasn't moved.

Eight! Hurry!

And Jericho is up. Nine!

Up to nine. Ten, ring it!

Ten, ring the bell, (bell rings)

is what mickey J. Says, and he's gonna raise the hand

of Jericho.

It was Chavo that got to his feet.

(upbeat rock music) Well, the king

of all loopholes strikes again.

What a cowardly way to pull out the win.

Chavo Junior was to his feet and Jericho,

he pulls Mickey J. down on top of him, Heenan, Brain,

Bobby, whatever you are.

I wasn't in the match.

Look here, Stevie ray just pulls something out

of his pipe there, boom.

Looks like a black scepter.

Boom, right between the eyes.

Jericho is not going anyplace.

From outta nowhere, The Giant game comes into the ring,

picks Stevie Ray up with one hand.

Look at the power of this man and drives him into that mat.

Referee Mickey J., he's down.

He don't know what's going on.

Chavo did make it to his feet, rolled out the ring,

but Jericho pulled the referee.

Now the referee couldn't see.

As he turned around, there's no Chavo.

Stevie Ray is out, Jericho is on his feet.

He can only do what he has to do,

and that's award the match.

The winner is Chris Jericho.

Fans, tomorrow night, Eight o'clock TNT presents

Masters of the Martial Arts presented by Wesley Snipes.

It's all on TNT here tomorrow night.

Stay with us.

(smoke hisses) Earlier tonight,

we all witnessed the arrival

and then the spectacular departure

as The Warrior evaporated, disappeared.

Vanished.

It was a moment that pro wrestling fans will never

forget, much less the man in the ring eye to eye with him,

Hollywood Hogan and members of NWO Hollywood.

Where'd he go?

I don't know, but isn't it great

to see someone one-up Hollywood Hogan

with those mind games, that disappearing, that vanishing act

right before his very eyes?

Oh that man, The Warrior,

will play some mind games with you, believe me,

and he'll come out on top.

(intense rock music)

Fans, the winner of Fall Brawl, and we're,

right now, putting two and two together

that The Warrior has entered his name in to be on team WCW.

The winner will face Goldberg in Halloween Havoc

for the world title.

Halloween havoc is Sunday, October 25th at the MGM Grand.

Tickets available at the box office

and all usual ticket outlets.

This coming Friday, tickets go on sale for Monday,

September 21st when we're back in New England

at the Fleet Center in Boston for Monday nitro.

Tickets available this Friday, August 21st, the box office

and Ticketmaster location drop.

You can meet the man you're seeing in the ring,

Brett "The Hitman" Hart, Bobby Heenan, and Miss Elizabeth

at the Tower Records in Burlington that Friday,

this coming Friday, from two to 4:00 PM.

As Brett Hart makes his way in, ladies and gentlemen,

coming up next, DDP, Diamond Dallas Page, as live,

great wrestling continues only on Nitro.

(groovy rock music)

Still to come tonight, Goldberg and The Giant

for the World Heavyweight Championship.

(pyrotechnics explode)

Yikes.

And what a matchup this promises to be

as Diamond Dallas Page makes the rounds here

at the Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut on his way

to the ring to challenge Brett Hart

for the United States heavyweight title.

Brett Hart coming off two very grueling matches

with Lex Luger in the course of the past week.

He lost the United States heavyweight title

to Luger one week ago tonight, then regained the belt back

on Thunder, but this is a return match from what a little

over a month ago in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The WCW executive committee decided at that time

that the two top contenders would fight for the US title,

Brett Hart, Diamond Dallas page,

(bell rings) and the NWO black

and white attack brutally Diamond Dallas Page

before the matchup that allowed Brett Hart to beat a man

that was merely a shell of himself

that evening in Salt Lake City.

Bret Hart, as a result, won the United States heavyweight

title over DDP.

This is the return bout.

And Diamond Dallas Page wasting no time.

Can you imagine putting Page and The Warrior

on the same team?

Oh, I like it. What a W, and who else?

Who's gonna be the third man?

It's not gonna beat Goldberg.

I mean, he's the man laying in wait.

right now, though, only thing Page is thinking about

is winning the United States Championship here.

Belly to belly on Hart.

One, two. Well, you're right.

He's thinking about winning here 'cause he went

after him as soon as that bell rang.

From the start, it's been all Diamond Dallas Page here,

tries to go for the diamond cutter but didn't make it.

Brett Hart too smart, rolled out of the ring,

but he shouldn't have turned his back.

On the outside, you could see why DDP is angry

from the story that you just told Mike today.

Oh, it's payback time here in Hartford.

This has been all Diamond Dallas,

but get him in that ring.

That's where you have to beat him, Diamond Dallas.

Rolls him in below, DDP giving chase.

This is what it's all about on a Nitro live vying

for a major championship.

Back it up, one.

Get him outta there.

Back it up, one, two Already, the in-throws

of this match are longer than their entire main event match.

A very cocky, very confident Brett Hart, though,

now being bludgeoned by DDP.

Up, down, great vertical suplex, Page making a cover.

One, two, no sir, two.

We know the diamond cutter is his forte,

but Page showing us that he'll try to win a match, oh,

anyway at all, and that may be a long way away now

from that low blow.

Oh, what a break counter move to that low blow,

follow up move, I should say from that low blow

by Brett Hart.

And did you see the whiplash effect

when Diamond Dallas Page's head made contact

with that top turn buckle?

just snapped back.

Well, that's why they call this man the excellence

of execution.

He's been there before.

He knows what to do. (Dallas yells)

The rope, oh, get off the rope.

Break it, one, two, three.

Takes every bit of that five count all the way

to four and a half.

Doing a good job, ref.

Yeah, right.

Amazing, Page had hit Brett with a variety of maneuvers

and holds and everything legit, everything by the book,

and then Brett Hart takes the advantage this way.

Well, to each his own, but I think we have really unwrapped

Brett Hart here in WCW showing what type

of man he really is.

Yeah, we know what he's all about,

the manipulator,

Let him outta there. the master manipulator,

You back it up. Brett "The Hitman" Hart.

Let him outta that corner.

Well, he's in control right now.

You notice early on in this match, Diamond Dallas went for

that diamond cutter real early.

Brett got all that ring quick.

He had to.

Inside crane, and he almost beat him with it.

Almost. Wow, what a great recovery

by Diamond Dallas Page.

That showed you the tenacity of DDP,

the never-say-die attitude that he brings to the ring.

The fans draw to him, the fans love.

Hart picks him up, Russian leg sweep time got him down.

How would you like to see an x-ray of his body?

One, two.

Oh, we got a two,

and now Brett Hart getting a little bit sideways,

a little bit upset, a little bit unglued, if you will.

Well, you'll notice that about Brett Hart.

He's a skilled technician in that ring,

but when he can't get the one, two, three in a man

after a couple tries, that's his fault.

That's the biggest fault he has.

He loses his attention.

In other words, when things aren't going his way,

you'll see that level of frustration rise up as we just did.

Well, that's what you just said.

Back breaker.

He won't give up, though.

That man, Diamond Dallas, will not give up.

He's too dumb.

Oh, Brain, it's not that.

One, two! One, two,

you think giving up while you're vying

for a major title is smart?

No, but the beating this man has taken,

he won't take time off.

He throws out challenges.

He'll accept any kind of a match.

He'll fight you all night long.

I mean, he's gotta rest himself in it.

Eventually he's gonna have to rest himself.

Don't compare Page to yourself.

He's a man's man, and you, you're

The brain. something else.

Notice the DDP doesn't have the ribs taped tonight.

Nope. Break it up, break it up!

Let him off of the ropes here.

Probably will in the morning.

One, two, three. and other things.

Look how Brett Hart is stretching the ropes

going to a five count, and not only that,

a little disqualification here, why not, right?

The idea of a Brett Hart, as he said so vividly earlier

in this program, was to beat him down.

Looking at him pull himself up.

There's still a lot of fight left in Diamond Dallas.

How much, though, is the burning question here?

Hart, as we've talked about many times in all

of our programs, just draws from the hatred

of the fans, it seems.

He wants them to boo.

Red alert, red alert

break it, one, two. He really eggs them on.

Three, four. He just loves

for them to get on him.

He seems that he gets stronger the more harsh

Get off his throat. or the harsher the fans are.

He has no respect at all for the other wrestlers

and especially for the fans, Tony, as you mentioned.

Never has.

Paige barely can stand so.

Fighting to get up, though.

Look at that. Look at this,

and Brett Hart's gonna just pull him up by what remains

of him here.

Brett Heart picks him up.

Oh, the piledriver. Oh, did you see

that neck bend sideways?

That's gotta be at a one, two.

There's your win.

He kicked out.

Now there's the frustration level

in Brett Hart's right there.

It's more the frustration.

Right now, he's livid.

He's ticked off.

I think he's also shocked that DDP was able

to kick out on a a piledriver.

I don't put nothing past DDP.

Nothing surprises me he does.

One sec, Dallas Page.

The referee checking in,

Page not even giving an answer.

I think his answer is the way he's pulling himself up.

Where did that come from?

My God.

He's got it in him.

What an amazing burst of energy by DDP,

series of rights and lefts and then unleashes one big knee

to the midsection of Hart.

Now grab him, Dallas, and put that diamond cutter

on him right now.

You got him in the middle.

The ability to shut out the pain, the ability

to have a surge of energy to take you back from the depths.

It's all in the makeup of Diamond Dallas Page,

and here he goes.

Look at this leap up on the top.

Oh, cat quick agility to the top in the close line.

He hooks a far leg lateral press for only a two.

That's a two.

Brett Hart's taking his time to get up now too.

Up.

Oh. He pancaked him.

Lot of times, that's a setup for the diamond cutter.

He will try to pin him hear.

One, two, no.

Diamond cut him right now.

All right, coach.

Well, don't be jawing with the referee.

That won't do you any good. Well, no, I agree with that,

but if anybody knows when to diamond cut him,

it's DDP, the master.

He's getting some out of his tights.

An illegal object that we've seen so many times

as the referee inadvertently smashed in the corner.

Just nailed Page with it right between the eyes.

That's it.

Paige not gonna get up. Did he just put that

in Paige's trunks?

He just pulled Page over on top of himself.

This is unbelievable.

One, two,

Oh, this is bizarre.

and he kicked out.

You're right, he did put in in Page's trucks.

Can you believe that?

The man could have won the match, apparently,

I'm baffling.

but has decided not to.

Wants to win it another way.

Sharp shooter.

I mean, Page can get out of this one.

(Bobby yells)

Why was that needed?

He was one turn away from the sharp shutter

and now, oh-- Now he's got him hooked.

There he is. Did he give up?

No, he won't.

He's gonna make it to that bottom rope.

He's gotta make it to the bottom rope.

He's just inches away,

and there is still fight left in DDP.

Dig, dig, dig, reach.

Yes. Oh, he made it.

Another burst of character, of determination.

And he just won't break the hold.

More fight in that man than I've ever seen

in any man.

That's incredible.

That's nothing less than spectacular.

We draped so many accolades on these athletes,

deservedly so, but a lot of times,

there's not enough you can say about the determination

of one Diamond Dallas Page.

He's a man's man, a gutsy fighter like never before.

It's a thing champions are made of.

It's not above him to do something illegal, also.

Diamond cutter! Got him,

but does he have enough to cover him?

That's the question here.

But he's very close to the ropes is Brett Hart.

Roll over.

He's gotta move him out.

One, two, foot's under the rope.

That's the only thing that saved him.

Breaking the plane of the ropes, the only thing,

as you said, Brain, to save Brett Hart

from the diamond cutter.

Paige pushing himself, standing up,

calling for the diamond cutter again,

Ditto.

but he's gotta put it on center of the ring.

Hart covering up in the corner,

and now Nick Patrick trying to keep Page back.

You gonna stop?

He's hit me with something.

Get up here, jackoff.

He's telling the referee he hit me with something.

That's what he said. yeah, he hit you

with a diamond cutter.

That's what he did.

I don't think Diamond knows he's got that thing

in his tights.

How would he?

He was unconscious at that point.

Page took,

(bell rings) and Nick Patrick's gonna

throw this thing out.

Page was willing to let him look down in there,

because he didn't think it was there.

Throw it out.

He's gonna a disqualify DDP.

As a result of disqualification, it is still.

(upbeat rock music)

Brett HarT has stooped to another low, a new low,

in retaining the United States scrap.

He tells me right there that he's telling us

he couldn't beat Diamond Dallas.

Page was framed.

We'll be back with Goldberg and The Giant live.

The man next.

We have a reminder.

Thunder comes to Norfolk Thursday, September 24th

at the Norfolk sculpt.

Tickets go on sale at the box office and Ticketmaster.

This Friday, August 21st Larry Zbyszko and many

of those gorgeous Nitro Girls are dancing

with the fresh bashing brawlers

will be at Bars Pharmacy this Friday,

201 Virginia Beach Boulevard from 10:00 AM to noon

at Berlin Music at 957 Proper Square from three to 5:00 PM.

You know those bashing brawlers,

make over 30 wrestling sounds and sayings, and Brain,

(bell rings) the more you bend them,

the more they're gonna yell.

Nitro? No.

Ladies and gentlemen, it's time

for the WCW Monday Nitro main event.

Tonight, a night of history for WCW Monday Nitro

and now two of the most powerful forces

in professional wrestling today will meet right now

for the heavyweight championship of the world.

Are you ready?

Hartford, Connecticut, are you ready?

For the thousands intendance and the millions watching

around the world, ladies and gentlemen,

let's get ready rumble!

(groovy rock music)

You ever want a stark difference between us

and our competitors, we're gonna give you what we promoted

and their match didn't last past buffer's introduction.

About sums that up.

Here comes the big man.

Ladies and gentlemen, making their entrance

New World Order. to the ring at this time,

being escorted by the Disciple of the NWO,

Hogan, I'm bringing it home the ultimate big man

in the professional wrestling. For you, baby.

I know this is for us, NWO. Seven foot four, 541

and three quarter pounds

New World Order. of power and strength.

(pyrotechnics explode) Tonight, he has vowed

for the belt for the black and white of NWO Hollywood.

He has vowed to, not only defeat the champion he is about

to face, but to destroy him with his vicious trademark

the choke slam.

Ladies and gentlemen,

introducing the challenger, Need I say more?

Do I have to say more?

the man known as Giant. New World Order.

Well, it wasn't too long ago Hogan said,

we'll be watching your back,

but I don't see Hogan anywhere at all.

After the incredible appeared by The Warrior,

Hogan is nowhere to be found out here.

Think that's a coincidence?

No. (militant orchestra music)

Here he comes.

And they're ready for him here in Hartford.

They've been ready for him all day long.

The champion of champions,

the man that means pro wrestling, undefeated, unblemished.

What number, Tenay?

131 and counting.

Whoa, man.

He has captured an entire nation, an entire world,

and destroyed everyone in his path,

Goldberg, Goldberg, Goldberg.

and one of the great things about him,

he comes out when he's ready.

They chant his name.

They call for him, but Goldberg is on his own time.

Pretty much does what he wants to do.

He gets himself ready to champion the world.

When defend his title, he's gonna be ready.

Goldberg has come into pro wrestling,

has done things on his own terms,

and talking about on his own time.

He's ready. the eruption as the fans

on the giant screen share see that Goldberg has walked out

of his private locker room.

Wonder if there's, I wonder, I'm sure there's a locker

back there that has a big dent in it.

See the story in the Atlanta Newspaper

about the hottest selling souvenir at the University

of Georgia in Athens?

The number 95 jersey. Goldberg, Goldberg

Goldberg, Goldberg. How about that?

Worn by this man when he played for the Georgia Bulldogs.

Well, just last week,

Tenay and I were in Minneapolis

Waiting this time, I'll tell you later.

Six feet, four, 291 pounds,

the man who has captured a cult following like no other,

(pyrotechnics explode) the man whose power is steel,

who inverted lift and slam,

has demolished 131 consecutive opponents,

the man the world has been waiting for,

he is the man who is the undisputed, undefeated,

unified WCW NWO heavyweight champion of the world,

the man is Goldberg.

There's Mr. Goldberg and there is the gold.

Yeah, they may have to retire that number at UGA,

I guess next to.

So we were at the Mall of America.

Every place we went, what do we see?

Goldberg t-shirt. (bell rings)

See it everywhere.

Just next to Terrell Davis Herschel Walker,

he's the most famous bulldog ever.

Here we go.

Goldberg, I mean, he absorbed those big slaps The Giant,

Giant with a headbutt.

Giants gonna pick him up, oh my, whoa.

Nobody's manhandled Goldberg like this before.

He's never faced-- Oh, look how quickly he gets

to his feet.

Standing there, can he do it?

Oh my God! Oh, yes, he can do it.

Big scoop.

The one slam.

He's not afraid of anyone,

and The Giant knows it right now.

He may be big, but you're in there with a man.

The Giant wanted to see what he was made of.

He's found out. (crowd chants)

They respect this man.

The chant of Goldberg is deafening.

Great move by The Giant outta the neutral position

just to pound him down,

in the rib cage now.

Goldberg won't stay down, though.

He keeps coming up like Diamond Dallas.

Boy, though, he is smashed in that quarter there, guys,

with a man over 541.

Oh my.

How about that Russian Lake sweep from The Giant.

Should have covered him there.

And a massive headbutt,

and that rocked the champion back to the quarter,

but look at him fight out, kick out, another headbutt,

and this one slumped Goldberg over the top rope.

Throws him through the ropes.

At the feet of The Disciple.

Yeah, you're right, Brain, watching his back.

So much for watching his back.

Goldberg's gotta fight two men here.

Into the side of the head.

The Giant, look at with ease.

No one's picked up Goldberg like, and he throws The Giant.

He slipped off the back of The Giant,

threw him head first to the ring post.

Goldberg's gotta get back in that ring.

It's too dangerous out there with The Giant

and The Disciple on the floor.

Plus Giant knows that he has to beat Goldberg

in the ring to win the world's heavyweight title.

Not only that, he wants to beat him in the ring.

Every man that faces Goldberg wants to be the one

to finally beat him.

Will it happen tonight?

And what if it does?

Goldberg's getting to his feet.

Look at this man.

Shakes it off, tombstone!

But can he put the man up?

Can he get The Giant up?

Let's see what he's all about now.

The Disciple attacks Goldberg.

(bell rings)

That's a disqualification.

Goldberg will win again.

Gonna take the disciple up in the air

with a jackhammer.

Do it, do it.

(bell rings)

Oh yeah.

Giant is down.

Scott Hall's in.

Scott Hall outta nowhere.

(bell ring)

and now three members of NWO Hollywood in with Goldberg.

Big, sassy Kevin Nash the giant killer.

And Hall don't know he's in there.

Oh, he speared Nash!

Again.

He was going for Hall, and he spear Nash!

He didn't mean to spear Nash, though.

And Nash is up in his face,

and ladies and gentlemen, we are out of time on Nitro!