All language subtitles for ECW Hardcore TV _ 08_23_1994

>> [ CROWD CHANTING ]

>> SANDMAN SUCKS!

>> THE SANDMAN IS MAKING HIS WAY

DOWN TO RINGSIDE, ACCOMPANIED BY

WOMAN.

SANDMAN ABOUT TO HAVE HIS DAY IN

COURT, TO FACE TOMMY DREAMER.

AND WOMAN LIGHTS THE FIRE OF THE

SANDMAN.

>> [ CROWD CHEERING ]

>> [CROWD CHANTING]

>> SANDMAN SUCKS, SANDMAN SUCKS,

SANDMAN SUCKS!

>> [ ROCK MUSIC PLAYING ]

>> TOMMY DREAMER WAS HIDING

UNDERNEATH THE RING!

THE SANDMAN HAS NO IDEA WHERE HE

IS.

THAT TOMMY DREAMER HAS CANNED

THE SANDMAN ACROSS THE BACK.

THE SANDMAN HAD NO IDEA WHERE

TOMMY DREAMER WAS.

DREAMER NOW BUSTED OPEN.

THE SANDMAN -- THE SANDMAN'S

FACE IS TURNING BLOOD RED.

TOMMY DREAMER IS HELL-BENT ON

REVENGE.

THERE IS NO STOPPING TOMMY

DREAMER.

WOMAN TRYING TO STOP DREAMER.

WOMAN TRYING TO TAKE A SHOT AT

DREAMER, BUT DREAMER ...

DREAMER IS KISSING WOMAN AGAIN.

DREAMER IS KISSING WOMAN ONCE

AGAIN.

WHAT A KISS HE PLANTED ON

WOMAN'S LIPS.

OH, MY, TOMMY DREAMER!

WOMAN NOW TRYING TO STOP

DREAMER.

DREAMER IS GOING TO CANE WOMAN.

TOMMY DREAMER IS GOING TO CANE

WOMAN.

THE REFEREE IS GETTING

IN-BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM.

THE REFEREE IS INTERJECTING

HIMSELF.

TOMMY DREAMER HAS CANED THE

REFEREE.

TOMMY DREAMER HAS BEEN

DISQUALIFIED.

WE JUST HEARD THE ANNOUNCEMENT

FROM BOB MARTINE.

TOMMY DREAMER CAN'T BELIEVE IT.

TOMMY DREAMER HAS JUST CANED OUR

RING ANNOUNCER, BOB MARTINE .

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

TOMMY DREAMER, SHOWING NO SIGNS,

NO SIGNS OF REMORSE.

TOMMY DREAMER CONTINUES TO CANE

AWAY ON THE SANDMAN.

THE SANDMAN IS NOT MOVING.

TOMMY DREAMER HAS GONE BERSERK.

>> WELL, THE SANDMAN'S NOT

MOVING.

TOMMY DREAMER ...

I MEAN, WORDS JUST CAN'T

DESCRIBE WHAT WE HAVE SEEN.

IT'S AN ALL-NEW TOMMY DREAMER.

WOMAN NOW LIGHTING A CIGARETTE,

WHILE HER MAN, HER PROTéGé, LAYS

AT HER FEET.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS.

WELL, I MEAN, COULD HAVE

SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE KISS

FROM TOMMY.

WAIT A MINUTE!

NO, HE'S NOT MOVING.

WHAT IS SHE DOING?

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

WAIT A MINUTE!

HE'S ALIVE!

HE'S PUFFING AWAY ...

ARE YOU ...

I DON'T BELIEVE THIS!

HE'S MOVING!

I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE

THAT.

ALL HE NEEDED WAS A BREATH OF

FRESH AIR.

HE'S GETTING BACK TO HIS FEET.

AND YOU CAN BET, ALTHOUGH HE'S

NOT 100%, HE MAY NOT BE FULLY

CONSCIOUS, HE'S THINKING "TOMMY

DREAMER."

LOOK AT THE FOREHEAD OF THE

SANDMAN!

THAT IS THE HANDY-WORK OF TOMMY

DREAMER.

AND YOU CAN BET WE HAVE NOT

HEARD THE LAST OF TOMMY DREAMER

VERSUS THE SANDMAN.

>> WHAT'S WRONG, WOMAN?

>> NOTHIN'.

>> WHAT'S WRONG, WOMAN?

>> I SAID, "NOTHING."

>> WHAT'S WRONG, WOMAN?

STOP THIS RIGHT HERE, UNTIL I

FIND OUT WHAT'S WRONG.

WHAT'S WRONG, WOMAN?

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOU WANNA KNOW WHAT'S WRONG?

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S WRONG.

HE KISSED ME AGAIN.

>> HE KISSED 'YA?

>> YEAH, HE KISSED ME.

>> WHO KISSED YA?

>> DREAMER.

AGAIN.

A SECOND TIME.

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RING.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT?

HE WAS COMPARING MY KISS TO

PEACHES'.

PEACHES!

AND YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE?

I THINK THEY WERE IN THE BACK OF

THE BUILDING, KISSING.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE?

I THINK THEY'RE AT YOUR HOUSE,

DRINKING YOUR BEER, WATCHING

YOUR TV, SITTING ON YOUR COUCH!

MAYBE THE THREE OF THEM.

DREAMER, CAIRO AND PEACHES.

>> DREAMER!

YOU'VE MADE YOUR DECISION.

YOU'VE LEFT ME WITH NO DECISION.

YOU SEE WHAT I GOTTA PUT UP

WITH, DREAMER?

>> WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT

IT?

>> IT'S SOMETHING YOU CREATED,

DREAMER.

EVERY -- HAS IT IN HER, DREAMER.

I'M SICK OF TIRED AND TIRED OF

HEARING IT, DREAMER.

>> WELL, YOU'RE NOT GONNA STOP

HEARIN' IT.

I'M GONNA KEEP GOING ON.

YOU UNDERSTAND ME?

>> I'VE GIVEN YOU TOO MANY

CHOICES, DREAMER.

TOO MANY OPTIONS.

I'VE GOT TO LISTEN TO THIS,

DREAMER.

YOU KNOW WHAT, DREAMER?

YOU'VE GOTTA TAKE UP SMOKIN',

BUDDY.

OH MAN, YOU'VE GOT TOO MUCH TIME

ON YOUR HANDS.

>> I'M NOT GONNA STOP HERE.

I'M GONNA KEEP ON -- 'TIL IT'S

ENDED, DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?

COMPARING ME TO PEACHES AND I'LL

TELL YOU SOMETHING RIGHT NOW,

MR. MAN!

>> [ ROCK MUSIC PLAYING ]

>> HELLO, EVERYONE, AND WELCOME

TO NWA EASTERN CHAMPIONSHIP

WRESTLING.

THIS IS JOEY STYLES, IN THE

EAGLES NEST, HIGH ABOVE THE ECW

ARENA, AND THE AIR HAS JUST

BECOME ELECTRIC.

AS WE ARE LESS THAN FOUR DAYS

AWAY FROM CROWNING A NEW

NATIONAL WRESTLING ALLIANCE

WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION,

RIGHT HERE IN PHILADELPHIA.

THAT'S RIGHT, EASTERN

CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING, AS WE

ALL KNOW, HAS BEEN SELECTED AS

THE ORGANIZATION TO HOST THE

TOURNAMENT TO CROWN THE NEW NWA

WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION.

WE HAVE PLENTY OF INFORMATION,

INTERVIEWS FROM THE CONTENDERS

IN THAT TOURNAMENT, ALL OF THAT

AND MUCH, MUCH MORE, THIS WEEK

ON NWA EASTERN CHAMPIONSHIP

WRESTLING.

LET'S NOT WASTE ANYMORE TIME.

HERE'S HOW THE FIELD SHAPES UP

FOR THIS SATURDAY NIGHT'S NWA

WORLD TITLE TOURNAMENT.

THE ECW CHAMPION, "THE

FRANCHISE" SHANE DOUGLAS WILL

FACE THE TAZMANIAC.

DEAN MALENKO, OF THE WORLD

FAMOUS MALENKO FAMILY, WILL FACE

OSAMU NISHIMURA.

THE WINNER OF SHANE DOUGLAS

VERSUS THE TAZMANIAC WILL FACE

THE WINNER OF MALENKO VERSUS

NISHIMURA.

IN BRACKET NO.

2: HIGH-FLYING, 2 COLD SCORPIO

TAKES TO THE SKIES TO COLLIDE

WITH INTERNATIONAL SUPERSTAR,

CHRIS BENOIT.

WOW, WHAT A MATCHUP THAT IS!

911 WILL FACE A WILD CARD

WRESTLER, REMEMBER THERE IS A

WILD CARD SPOT OPEN BECAUSE

TERRY FUNK DROPPED OUT OF THE

TOURNAMENT, TO TEAM WITH CACTUS

JACK TO FACE THE PUBLIC ENEMY.

WINNER OF 2 COLD SCORPIO VERSUS

BENOIT WILL FACE THE WINNER OF

911 VERSUS THE WILD CARD.

THE WINNER OF THAT BRACKET WILL

FACE THE WINNER OF THE FIRST

BRACKET.

AND THERE ARE SO MANY

COMBINATIONS.

WHAT AN EXCITING TOURNAMENT THIS

WILL BE!

THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE ECW

ARENA!

>> FOR THOSE OF YOU, WHO MIGHT

NOT KNOW WHO I AM, LET ME PLEASE

INTRODUCE MYSELF.

MY NAME IS DEAN MALENKO.

AND FOR THE PAST 15 SOME-ODD

YEARS, I HAVE BEEN WRESTLING ON

THE INTERNATIONAL WRESTLING

CIRCUIT, IN SUCH COUNTRIES AS

JAPAN, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND,

MEXICO AND PARTS OF EUROPE.

SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, I WAS

CONTACTED BY THE REPRESENTATIVES

OF ECW CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING

AND, AT THAT TIME, THEY INVITED

ME TO PARTAKE IN, WHAT I FEEL,

IS THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS

WRESTLING TOURNAMENT EVER TO BE

HELD, IN THE HISTORY OF PRO

WRESTLING.

AND THAT IS THE NWA WORLD

HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

TOURNAMENT, TO BE HELD THIS

UPCOMING SATURDAY, IN THE CITY

OF BROTHERLY LOVE, PHILADELPHIA.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK BACK AT

SOME OF THE GREAT, GREAT NWA

CHAMPIONS, WHO, AT ONE TIME OR

ANOTHER, HELD THIS BELT.

FROM THE LIKES OF GENE KINISKI,

DORY FUNK JR, TERRY FUNK, JACK

BRISCO, THE GREAT NEW ZEALAND

CHAMPION, PAT O'CONNOR, AND THE

SEVEN-TIME NWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT

CHAMPION, THE GREAT LOU THESZ.

YOU CAN'T HELP BUT GET EXCITED

TO THINK THAT MAYBE YOUR NAME

COULD BE SAID IN THE SAME BREATH

AS THESE FINE GENTLEMEN.

NOW, FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF

WEEKS, I HAVE BEEN PREPARING

MYSELF, BOTH MENTALLY AND

PHYSICALLY, FOR WHAT I FEEL IS

GOING TO BE A HARD TASK IN FRONT

OF ME, AND TO BE A GENTLEMAN

THAT WILL BE INVOLVED IN THIS

TOURNAMENT, AND I KNOW THE NAMES

OF THE OTHER SEVEN.

AND WHEN I LOOK AT THE TALENT,

THE ARRAY OF TALENT THAT HAS

BEEN PUT TOGETHER FOR THIS SUCH

TOURNAMENT, I CAN'T HELP BUT GET

THE ADRENALINE PUMPING AND MY

MIND FOCUSED ON ONE THING.

AND THAT IS, TO WALK AWAY FROM

THIS TOURNAMENT WITH THE BELT

AROUND MY WAIST.

THEY GOT THE CANADIAN SUPERSTAR,

CHRIS BENOIT, NISHIMURA FROM

JAPAN, TAZMANIAC, THE GENTLEMAN

THEY CALL 911, SHANE DOUGLAS AND

THE GREAT, HIGH-FLYING AERIAL

ATTACK OF 2 COLD SCORPIO.

NOW, WHEN I THINK, AS A YOUNG

BOY, AND THE DREAM I HAD, AND

THE DREAMS THAT I WANTED TO

FULFILL, IN MY WRESTLING CAREER,

I CAN ONLY THINK OF ONE DREAM.

AND THAT IS THE NWA CHAMPIONSHIP

BELT.

YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY HAS DREAMS,

BUT NOT EVERYBODY GETS THE

OPPORTUNITY TO FULFILL A DREAM.

THIS IS MY OPPORTUNITY, THIS IS

MY TIME, MY MOMENT.

WHEN I STEP IN THAT RING,

WHOEVER IT'S GONNA BE IN THE

FIRST ROUND, I WILL GIVE 110% OF

MYSELF.

NOW, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE

IN THE UNITED STATES MIGHT NOT

KNOW MY NAME TOO WELL.

BUT, WHEN I LEAVE PHILADELPHIA

ON SATURDAY NIGHT, WITH OR

WITHOUT THE BELT, I KNOW ONE

THING.

THAT IS, THAT THE NAME DEAN

MALENKO WILL BE IN THE MINDS OF

MANY.

NWA HAS A LONG HISTORY BEHIND IT

AND, LIKE I SAID, THERE'S BEEN

SOME GREAT CHAMPIONS THAT HAVE

HELD THIS BELT.

AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF

EFFORT, A LOT OF TIME.

AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN I THINK OF

PHILADELPHIA, I THINK OF MANY

GREAT SPORTING TEAMS, THE

LIBERTY BELL.

BUT ONE THING I THINK OF IS

ROCKY BALBOA, A GUY WHO HAD A

DREAM.

I'M THE ROCKY BALBOA NOW.

>> [ MUSIC PLAYING ]

>> THERE YOU SEE THE MAN WHO

WILL FACE THE FRANCHISE IN ROUND

1 OF THE NWA WORLD TITLE

TOURNAMENT, THIS SATURDAY NIGHT.

WEIGHING 248 POUNDS, HE HAS BEEN

PASSED THE TORCH, FROM SUPERFLY

JIMMY SNUKA.

HE IS THE TAZMANIAC.

LET'S GO BACK SIX WEEKS, TO SEE

WHAT HAPPENED HERE AT THE ECW

ARENA, WHEN THE TAZMANIAC'S

MYSTERY PARTNER DID NOT SHOW UP,

DUE TO TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS.

THE TAZMANIAC HAS HIT THE RING!

HE ...

WAIT A MINUTE!

>> I KNOW YOU'RE WAITING FOR

MYSTERY TAZ PARTNER TO COME OUT

HERE.

WE'VE HAD TRANSPORTATION

PROBLEMS.

WE'RE GONNA POSTPONE THIS MATCH,

WE'RE GONNA POSTPONE THIS MATCH

...

>> POSTPONE NOTHING!

THE PITBULLS HAVE ATTACKED THE

TAZMANIAC.

WE'RE WAITING FOR A MYSTERY TAZ

PARTNER, MYSTERY TAG TEAM

PARTNER.

HOWEVER, APPARENTLY, WHOEVER IT

WAS HAD TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS.

THE AIRLINES OR A BUS, OR SOME

FORM.

BUT THE PITBULLS ARE WASTING NO

TIME, THEY COULD CARE LESS ABOUT

THE OFFICIAL MATCHUP.

THEY ARE JUST WORKING OVER THE

TAZMANIAC.

AND WHAT A SHOT!

ON THE POINT OF THE JAW BY

PITBULL NO.

1, WHO IS NOW LAYING INTO THE

TAZMANIAC WITH THAT CHAIN.

AND JASON'S TAG TEAM OF THE

PITBULLS LOOK MORE VICIOUS THAN

THEY HAVE EVER BEEN.

PITBULL NO.

2 NOW CHOKING AWAY THE

TAZMANIAC, AS PITBULL 1 JUST

BLATANTLY GOES TO ...

WAIT A MINUTE!

THERE'S SOME NOISE, IT COULD BE

A DISTURBANCE.

SOMEBODY'S COMIN' DOWN THE

AISLE.

TAZMANIAC WHIPPED IN, AND

DROPPED BY THE PITBULLS.

WAIT, CHAD AUSTIN AND THE

ROCKIN' REBEL ARE BLOCKING THE

AISLE.

JASON STABLE, PROTéGéS ...

WHATEVER, HIS FLUNKIES.

BAD CHAD AUSTIN AND THE ROCKIN'

REBEL ARE BLOCKING OFF THE

AISLE WAY, SO NOBODY CAN ...

AND THERE'S MR. HUGHES!

MR. HUGHES HAS COME OUT.

MR. HUGHES, AS WE KNOW, IS THE

OFFENSIVE LINE FOR "THE

FRANCHISE" SHANE DOUGLAS, BUT

APPARENTLY, JASON HAS CALLED IN

A FAVOR AND RELEASED MR. HUGHES

LIKE A BIG U-HAUL TRUCK, TO COME

TO COURT.

DARING PEOPLE TO CALL FROM THE

BACK AND HIT THE RING.

IF THEY'RE DUMB ENOUGH TO DO SO,

THEY'RE GETTING DROPPED ONE BY

ONE.

MR. HUGHES IS WASTING NO TIME IN

LAYING OUT EVERYBODY.

THAT WAS HACK MEYERS, WHO WENT

DOWN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF MR.

HUGHES, AND WHAT A RIGHT HAND IT

WAS.

IT SEEMS THERE IS NOBODY WHO CAN

GET THE TAZMANIAC, 'CAUSE MR.

HUGHES, THE ROCKIN' REBEL AND

CHAD AUSTIN ARE HOLDING

EVERYBODY AT BAY.

AND THE TAZMANIAC IS IN TROUBLE,

HE IS IN DEFINITE TROUBLE.

THE PITBULLS ARE GONNA BE FOUGHT

...

YOU KNOW, THAT THIS IS A

PREMEDITATED ATTACK IS WHAT THIS

WAS.

THIS WAS NO ACCIDENT.

JASON PLANNED THIS WHOLE THING.

YOU CAN BET JASON KNEW THE

TAZMANIAC'S PARTNER WASN'T HERE.

HE'S NOT A STUPID MAN.

WAIT A MINUTE!

PITBULL NO.

2 JUST DROPPED THE ELBOW ACROSS

THE THROAT OF THE TAZMANIAC.

AND WE HAVE A SERIOUS SITUATION

DEVELOPING.

THE TAZMANIAC MAY BE IN DANGER.

IT'S 911!

911 IS COMING DOWN THE AISLE,

TOWARD MR. HUGHES!

HERE WE GO!

911 AND MR. HUGHES TRADING

SHOTS, AND MR. HUGHES GOES

REELING BACKWARDS.

911 GOT HOLD OF ROCKIN' REBEL

AND CHAD AUSTIN.

ARE THEY GOING TO GO OFF?

HE'S THINKING CHOKESLAM.

NO!

JUST AS HE WAS ABOUT TO

CHOKESLAM THEM IN THE CONCRETE,

THE ROUGHNECK BROKE THAT UP WITH

A CHAIR.

AND HE IS NOW TRYING TO LAY OUT

911.

MR. HUGHES, THE ROUGHNECK, STILL

SWINGING AWAY, 911 REFUSING TO

STAY DOWN.

WHAT A MAN IS 911!

THE TAZMANIAC, MEANWHILE, IN THE

RING.

ARE WE GETTING ALL THIS?

ARE WE STILL ON?

HELLO, HELLO!

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE STILL ON THE

AIR.

THINGS ARE GETTING A LITTLE

CRAZY.

THE TAZMANIAC STILL BE WORKED

OVER BY THE PITBULLS, 911 BEING

ASSAULTED BY MR. HUGHES.

JASON IS DIRECTING TRAFFIC, IT

LOOKS LIKE AN AUTO WRECK OUT

HERE.

AND PITBULL NO.

1 HAS PLACED A BOOT TO THE

FOREHEAD OF THE TAZMANIAC.

CAN ANYONE STOP JASON'S TROOP?

PITBULL NO.

2 OFF THE ROPE AND STOMPING THE

TAZMANIAC, RIGHT IN THE CHEST.

AND AGAIN, A WELL-MEASURED SHOT

THIS TIME, TO THE FOREHEAD OF

THE TAZMANIAC.

YEAH, THERE WAS A PAYOFF RIGHT

THERE, THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON

BETWEEN JASON AND MR. HUGHES.

MR. HUGHES IS NOT WANTING

[INDISTINCT]

-- WAIT A MINUTE!

THAT'S PAUL E.

DANGEROUSLY!

PAUL E.

HAS COME OUT TO HELP 911.

JASON JUST ATTACKED PAUL E.

DANGEROUSLY.

I DON'T KNOW IF [INDISTINCT]

.

BUT JASON HAS GONE TO ...

JASON HAS JUST KICKED PAUL E.

DANGEROUSLY.

THE TAZMANIAC BEING WHIPPED IN,

DOUBLE CLOTHESLINE FOR THE

TAZMANIAC.

AND PAUL E.

IS BEING PUMMELED BY JASON, THE

SEXIEST MAN ON EARTH.

AND I THOUGHT ...

I GUESS ALL'S FAIR IN BLOOD AND

WAR.

IN EASTERN CHAMPIONSHIP

WRESTLING, THERE ARE NO FRIENDS.

IT'S SABU, SABU HAS COME OUT!

SABU HAS ATTACKED [INDISTINCT]

.

SABU IS NOW IN THE RING, GOING

TO WORK ON PITBULL NO.

2.

SABU AND THE TAZMANIAC, THE TWO

MOST DANGEROUS WRESTLERS, IN THE

SPORT TODAY HAVE PAIRED OFF WITH

THE PITBULLS.

SABU AND NO.

2, TAZ AND NO.

1.

[INDISTINCT]

.

TAZMANIAC GOES FACE-TO-FACE WITH

SABU AND THEY'RE ABOUT TO SQUARE

OFF.

THE TAZMANIAC ARE GONNA SQUARE

...

NO!

THEY TURN AROUND AND GO BACK TO

WORK ON THE PITBULLS.

THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE!

>> [ CROWD CHEERING ]

>> BELLY-TO-BELLY WITH PITBULL

NO.

2 HE SENDS FLYING OUT OF THE

RING, OVER THE TAZMANIAC.

AND SABU GOES OUT, ON TOP

[INDISTINCT]

.

TAZMANIAC [INDISTINCT]

.

AND A COVER, TWO, AND THREE.

AND THE TAZMANIAC HAS PINNED THE

PITBULLS, WITH THE HELP OF SABU.

>> SABU!

>>[ ROCK MUSIC PLAYING ]

>> HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY!

WASSUP, WASSUP?

2 COLD IN THE HOUSE, IN FULL

EFFECT!

THAT'S RIGHT!

ECW IS THE PLACE TO BE, CHECK IT

OUT!

AUGUST 27TH, SATURDAY NIGHT.

IF Y'ALL MISS THIS ONE, Y'ALL

MISSING SOMETHING Y'ALL WOULD

NEVER FORGET.

THE NWA TOURNAMENT IS IN FULL

EFFECT.

SCORP DOGGIE-DOG IS IN THE

HOUSE, CHECK IT OUT.

I'M TIRED, I'M HUNGRY AND I'M ON

THE PROWL THIS SATURDAY NIGHT,

THE 27TH.

Y'ALL BE THERE, IN THE HOUSE.

THE SCORPIO IS GONNA BE THERE,

THE NWA TITLE IS ON THE LINE.

THE TOURNAMENT IS GOIN' ON, YOU

GOT PEOPLE COMIN' IN FROM

EVERYWHERE.

THEY FLYIN' IN, THEY DRIVIN' IN.

BUT EVERYBODY KNOW, SOMEBODY'S

GOT TO GO DOWN FOR THREE.

AND WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE,

EVERYBODY KNOW, 2 COLD GONNA PUT

YOU INTO DEEP FREEZE, BABY.

THAT'S RIGHT.

CHECK IT OUT!

I BEEN TO JAPAN, BEEN TO MEXICO,

I BEEN DOWN THERE WIT' ALL KIND

OF FOLKS THAT EVERYBODY OUGHTA

KNOW.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYIN'?

BUT CHECK IT OUT!

[CHUCKLES]

NOW, YOU SEE ME, NOW YOU DON'T.

CAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT'S GONNA BE

LIKE WHEN I STEP IN THE RING.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYIN'?

BECAUSE I FLOAT LIKE A

BUTTERFLY, STING LIKE A BEE.

AND WHEN I DROP THE BOMB ON

SOMEBODY, I WILL BE THE NWA

HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION.

DO YOU DOUBT MY WORDS, DO YOU

DOUBT WHAT I'M SAYIN'?

WELL, CHECK IT OUT!

IT'S ECW, WHERE ANYTHING CAN

HAPPEN.

WHERE YOU SOMETIMES GET YOUR

TEETH KICKED OUT.

WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO GET YOUR

TAIL KICKED UP TO YOUR HEAD.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYIN'?

BECAUSE WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND

DONE, HEY!

SCORPIO IS IN THE HOUSE.

CHECK IT OUT!

FIRST ROUND, ME AND BENOIT,

CHRIS BENOIT.

BAM!

RING TECHNICIAN, HELL OF AN

ATHLETE.

BUT I'M ONE OF THE GREATEST

HIGH-FLYERS OF ALL TIME, AND

WHEN I FLY OFF THE TOP ROPE,

CHRIS, YOU GOIN' DOWN FOR THREE.

BECAUSE THE BOTTOM LINE IS, I

WANT TO BE, AND I WILL BE THE

NWA HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION.

SO DON'T BE LATE.

TUNE IN, CHECK IT OUT!

GET DOWN TO ECW ARENA, BECAUSE

YOU KNOW 2 COLD IS IN THE HOUSE,

IN FULL EFFECT.

AND WHEN I STEP TO THE RING, I

MEAN BUSINESS.

BECAUSE IT AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A

THING, LIKE A CHICKEN WING ON A

STRING.

AND HEY, BENOIT, HEY!

WOOT, DER IT IS!

>> HARDCORE HEAVEN CONTINUES!

911 MAKING HIS WAY TOWARD THE

RING WITH MANAGER, PAUL E.

DANGEROUSLY.

AND HE IS SET TO SQUARE OFF WITH

THE OFFENSIVE LINE OF SHANE

DOUGLAS, THE ROUGHNECK MR.

HUGHES.

WHAT A MATCHUP THIS SHOULD BE!

THERE YOU SEE ANGEL, WHO IS IN

THE CORNER OF THE ROUGHNECK FOR

THIS MATCHUP.

SHE'S WEARING A NECK BRACE,

COURTESY OF 911, WHO, FRANKLY,

PICKED HER UP AND CHOKESLAMMED

HER, RIGHT HERE ON ECW

TELEVISION SOME TIME AGO.

IF CHIVALRY WASN'T DEAD, HE SURE

AS HELL BURIED IT.

REFEREE ADMONISHING SHANE

DOUGLAS FOR GETTING A LITTLE TOO

CLOSE TO PAUL E.

AND 911.

HE'S NOT A STUPID MAN, HE WON'T

GET TOO CLOSE.

SHANE DOUGLAS TAUNTING THE

GARGANTUAN 911.

FOR WHAT REASON, I HAVE NO IDEA.

>> MR. PAUL E.

DANGEROUSLY!

>> PSYCHOPATH!

>> [ CROWD BOOING ]

>> AND WITH HIM IS 911!

>> [ CROWD CHEERING ]

>> JUST THINK, THAT MUCH POWER

WAS SUMMONED HERE TO EASTERN

CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING BY THREE

PUSHES OF A TELEPHONE DIAL.

PAUL E.

DANGEROUSLY GOING OVER THE GAME

PLAN WITH 911.

VERY SIMPLE, PICK 'EM UP, SLAM

'EM DOWN, CHOKESLAM,

THREE-COUNT.

THAT'S THE WAY PAUL E.

DANGEROUSLY SEES THIS MATCH.

AND LISTEN TO THESE FANS.

>>[ CROWD CHANTING ]

>> 911, 911, 911!

>> I THINK PAUL E.

MAY BE A LITTLE OVERLY

OPTIMISTIC.

I THINK IT'S GONNA TAKE MORE

THAN ONE CHOKESLAM, UP AND DOWN,

TO PIN MR. HUGHES.

I MEAN, THIS IS THE ROUGHNECK,

THE MAN WHO SLAMMED THE

UNDERTAKER.

THE MAN WHO WENT AFTER LEX

LUGER, THE MAN WHO, QUITE

FRANKLY, AT ONE TIME, PAUL E.

DANGEROUSLY PAID TO TRY TO TAKE

LAWRENCE TAYLOR AND LEX LUGER

OUT OF THE PICTURE, SOME TIME

AGO AT THE MEADOWLAND IN EAST

RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY.

I WAS THERE THAT NIGHT.

PAUL E.

KNOWS MR. HUGHES AS WELL AS

ANYBODY ELSE.

THEY HAVE BEEN BUSINESS

ASSOCIATES.

>>[ CROWD CHANTING ]

>> 911, 911, 911!

>> AND DOES THAT MEAN THAT PAUL

E.

KNOWS THE CHINK IN THE ARMOR OF

MR. HUGHES?

WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN 911

CHOKESLAM MR. HUGHES.

THAT HAD TO HAVE HAD SOME

PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECT ON THE HUGE

OFFENSIVE LINE.

HAS MR. HUGHES FORGOTTEN?

I THINK NOT.

SHANE DOUGLAS AND ANGEL, DOWN IN

THE CORNER OF MR. HUGHES.

QUITE FRANKLY, THE FRANCHISE

LOOKS A LITTLE CONCERNED.

HE PAID A LOT OF MONEY FOR THE

SERVICES OF MR. HUGHES, ACQUIRED

HIM FROM JASON.

AND HIS INVESTMENT MAY BE IN A

LITTLE JEOPARDY TONIGHT, AS 911

IS READY TO DO BUSINESS.

THE FRANCHISE NOW DISCUSSING

BUSINESS WITH MR. HUGHES.

COULDN'T QUITE MAKE WHAT SHANE

DOUGLAS SAID, BUT I BELIEVE IT

WASN'T TOO COMPLIMENTARY OF 911

AND PAUL E.

DANGEROUSLY.

BOTH MEN NOSE-TO-NOSE NOW,

FACE-TO-FACE, TALKING TRASH.

BUT WOULD I LOVE TO HEAR WHAT

THEY'RE SAYIN'!

I'M LIKE, DOUBT WE COULD

BROADCAST, EVEN HERE ON ECW HOME

VIDEO.

THEY'RE GOING TO CHEST-TO-CHEST!

CHEST-TO-CHEST BUMPING, ANOTHER.

REMINISCENT OF BILLY MARTIN.

WOW!

WHAT A COLLISION, BUT NOBODY

MOVED!

THE RING SHIFTED BUT NEITHER ONE

OF THESE TWO MEN MOVED AN INCH.

THEY FACE OFF ONCE AGAIN.

AND 911 AND MR. HUGHES

EXCHANGING RIGHT HANDS.

AND THOSE ARE PUNCHES THAT WOULD

KNOCK OUT ANY ORDINARY MEN, PUT

'EM IN PHILADELPHIA GENERAL

HOSPITAL, BUT NOT THESE TWO.

THEY'RE JUST WARMING UP!

MR. HUGHES GETTING THE BEST OF

THIS EXCHANGE, WITH THAT VAUNTED

RIGHT HAND OF HIS.

THAT'S THE RIGHT HAND THAT LET

THE UNDERTAKER REST IN PEACE,

AND HE WAS NO [INDISTINCT]

AT THAT TIME, I CAN TELL YOU

THAT MUCH.

AND AGAIN!

MR. HUGHES JUST HAMMERING AWAY

ON THE POINT OF THE JAW OF 911.

DOES HE THINK 911 HAS A GLASS

JAW?

MR. HUGHES HAS 911 BY THE

THROAT, CHOKING AWAY ON 911.

PERHAPS THAT'S HIS STRATEGY FOR

WEARING THE BIG MAN DOWN.

WAIT A MINUTE!

OH, MY, CHOKESLAM!

MR. HUGHES HAS CHOKESLAMMED 911!

[INDISTINCT]

TWO, AND NO!

911 GOT THE RIGHT SHOULDER UP.

911 ESCAPED HIS OWN CHOKESLAM!

BUT CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT MR.

HUGHES WAS ABLE TO GET 911 UP?

911 IS BACK TO HIS FEET AND HE

LOOKS A LITTLE PERTURBED, AT

THAT.

CAN ANYTHING STOP THIS MAN?

911 ...

WELL, ASK A STUPID QUESTION, GET

AN OBVIOUS ANSWER.

MR. HUGHES, OUT OF DESPERATION,

PUNCHES FOR THE BOTTOM FLOOR ON

THE ELEVATOR.

AND MR. HUGHES CONTINUING TO USE

THOSE STRAIGHT RIGHT HANDS.

YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T THINK WE WERE

GOING TO SEE FLYING HEADSCISSORS

AND DROP TOE HOLDS.

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE THOUGHT

IT WOULD BE: A STREET FIGHT

BETWEEN THE ROUGHNECK AND A MAN

WHO IS TOO TOUGH FOR EVEN THE

MOST FEARSOME OF MOTORCYCLE

GANGS.

WHIP-IN, GOING FOR THE SIDEWALK

SLAM.

BUT 911 BLOCKS IT, HE'S GOT THE

ROUGHNECK BY THE THROAT.

UP AND DOWN WITH THE CHOKESLAM.

ONE, TWO, AND THREE.

AND 911 HAS PINNED THE

ROUGHNECK, MR. HUGHES!

>> THE WINNER, 911!

>> [ CROWD CHEERING ]

>> AND THE RIPTIDE WAFFLES THE

PSYCHO YUPPIE.

OH, BOY!

AND HE'S GOING TO PAY A PRICE

FOR THAT, AS 911 IS IN THE FACE

OF THE FRANCHISE.

SHANE DOUGLAS HAS PULLED ANGEL

IN THE WAY.

WHAT A GENTLEMAN, WHAT A KNIGHT

IN RUSTING ARMOR!

HE WOULDN'T CHOKESLAM HER AGAIN.

WELL, THANK HEAVEN, PAUL E.

IS PULLING HER OFF.

OH, WHY WOULD SHE DO THAT?

OH, NO!

PAUL E.

NOW GIVING 911 THE GO-AHEAD.

WELL, THIS IS GONNA BE UGLY.

HE'S GOT HER BY THE THROAT, UP

AND DOWN GOES ANGEL.

>> [ CROWD CHEERING ]

>> PAUL E.

NOW TAKING ...

YOU THINK HE MANAGED "RAVISHING"

RICK RUDE FOR A LITTLE TOO LONG?

WELL, "RAVISHING" PAUL E.,

BUMPIN' AND GRINDIN' OVER ANGEL.

APPARENTLY, HE DOESN'T LIKE ...

THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE AIR,

HE'S NOT ENJOYING TOO MUCH.

BUT CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT 911 ...

WAIT A MINUTE!

HE'S GOT THE MICROPHONE.

HEAVEN HELP US ALL!

>> HEY, SHANE!

COME ON BACK HERE AND GET YOUR

DEAD-SMELLING FISH OUT OF THE

RING, MAN.

>> WHAT DID HE SAY?

HE CAN'T SAY THAT!

WE CAN'T LEAVE THAT IN, NOT EVEN

ON VIDEO!

SOMEBODY BETTER EDIT THAT OUT!

HE CAN'T SAY THAT!

PAUL E.

GIVING ANGEL HER LAST RIGHTS.

HE'S JEWISH AND DOESN'T CARE,

TOO LATE FOR HIS SOUL ANYWAY.

OH, NO, NOT AGAIN!

911 IS GRABBING HOLD OF THE

THROAT OF ANGEL, PICKING UP HER

CARCASS ONCE AGAIN.

I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE HER FOR

ANY AMOUNT OF MONEY.

UP AND DOWN GOES ANGEL AGAIN.

AND, I DON'T THINK WE'LL BE

SEEING ANGEL ANYTIME SOON.

>> [ CROWD CHEERING ]

>> WHAT DO YOU TELL THE PEOPLE?

DO YOU EXPLAIN TO THEM THAT THE

NWA WAS THE FIRST ORGANIZATION

TO EVER CROWN A WORLD

HEAVYWEIGHT WRESTLING CHAMPION,

ALL THE WAY BACK IN 1905?

DO YOU EXPLAIN TO THEM THAT IT'S

COMMON KNOWLEDGE THAT THE NWA

WANTS TO HAVE THE THIRD WORLD

HEAVYWEIGHT WRESTLING

CHAMPIONSHIP?

THAT THE WW ...

HAS A WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION

NAMED BRET "THE HITMAN" HART,

WHO DEFENDS HIS TITLE ALL OVER

THE GLOBE?

THAT THE WCW WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT

CHAMPION, HULK HOGAN, NEXT MONTH

WILL BE TRAVELING ALL OVER THE

WORLD TO DEFEND HIS TITLE?

DO YOU THEN EXPLAIN TO THE

PEOPLE THAT THE NWA WANTS TO

STEP UP TO THE PLATE?

WANTS TO COMPETE WITH THE WW

...WANTS TO COMPETE WITH WCW,

AND THE NWA KNOWS THAT AFTER A

YEAR OF POLITICS AND DIPLOMACY,

AND LAW SUITS AND THREATS, AND

BOASTS AND BRAGS, AND

BACKSTABBING AMONG THE

PROMOTERS, THAT THEY FINALLY

HAVE COME TOGETHER TO UNIFY AND

DECLARE ONE MAN THE BEST THAT

WRESTLING HAS TO OFFER?

THE NWA WORLD'S HEAVYWEIGHT

WRESTLING CHAMPION?

DO YOU SIT THERE AND TRY TO

ANALYZE HOW EACH OF THE EIGHT

MEN THAT ARE INVOLVED HAVE

DIFFERENT MOTIVATIONS, HAVE

DIFFERENT REASONS FOR WANTING TO

BE THE WORLD'S HEAVYWEIGHT

CHAMPION?

WHETHER IT BE DEAN MALENKO, WHO

HAS SOMETHING TO PROVE FOR HIS

FAMILY.

WHETHER IT BE 2 COLD SCORPION,

WHO WANTS TO PROVIDE SOMETHING

BETTER FOR HIS FAMILY.

WHETHER IT BE "THE FRANCHISE"

SHANE DOUGLAS, WHO WANTS TO

PROVE SOMETHING TO THE WORLD.

WHETHER IT BE CHRIS BENOIT, A

PROTéGé OF THE DYNAMITE KID, WHO

JUST WANTS IT FOR THAT PERSONAL

SATISFACTION OF KNOWING THAT

HE'S THE BEST WRESTLER IN THE

WORLD TODAY.

DO YOU WANNA THINK ABOUT OSAMU

NISHIMURA, WHO WANTS TO GO BACK

TO JAPAN WITH THE WORLD'S

HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE AND ACHIEVE

THE RECOGNITION, THAT'S ONLY

BEEN ACHIEVED IN NEW JAPAN PRO

WRESTLING BY PEOPLE LIKE ANTONIO

INOKI AND MASA CHONO AND THE

GREAT MUTA?

I MEAN, YOU GO DOWN THE LIST.

HOW ABOUT THE TAZMANIAC?

I MEAN, HERE IS THE GUY ...

IF YOU EVER DOUBTED THE

TAZMANIAC'S AUTHENTICITY, I

GUARANTEE YOU, STEP INTO THE

RING WITH HIM AND TRY TO BLOCK

ONE OF HIS SUPLEXES.

WHEN HE GETS HIS HANDS ON YOU,

HE WILL EARN YOUR RESPECT, I

GUARANTEE YOU.

IS IT THE MYSTERY MAN, THE WILD

CARD DRAWING, THAT NOBODY SEEMS

TO KNOW WHO THIS JOKER IS?

IS IT GONNA BE 911, WHOSE

MOTIVATION SIMPLY IS BECAUSE "I

WANT TO CONTROL THE NWA WORLD'S

HEAVYWEIGHT WRESTLING CHAMPION?"

SO MANY THINGS FOR ME TO SAY TO

YOU PEOPLE, SO LITTLE TIME FOR

ME TO EXPOSTULATE ON THE VIRTUES

OF THE NEXT MAN TO BE CROWNED

THE NWA WORLD'S HEAVYWEIGHT

WRESTLING CHAMPION.

AND I'M SITTING HERE AND I'M

THINKING TO MYSELF, "DO I CALL

SOMEBODY ON THE PHONE AND ASK

THEM THEIR OPINION?"

WHAT DO I DO TO CONVEY TO YOU

PEOPLE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS

SATURDAY NIGHT?

DO I SIT HERE AND SAY, "HEY!

THE PUBLIC ENEMY IS GONNA FIGHT

THE MOST HARDCORE TAG TEAM

THAT'S EVER BEEN PUT TOGETHER IN

THE HISTORY OF PROFESSIONAL

WRESTLING: CACTUS JACK AND TERRY

FUNK?"

DO I SIT HERE AND TELL YOU THAT

TERRY FUNK HATES THE PUBLIC

ENEMY SO MUCH THAT HE BACKED OUT

OF THE NWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT

WRESTLING TITLE TOURNAMENT, JUST

TO GET HIS HANDS ON THE PUBLIC

ENEMY?

TERRY FUNK, WHO HASN'T BEEN THE

NWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION

SINCE FEBRUARY 6, 1977, WHEN HE

SUBMITTED TO HARLEY RACE IN

TORONTO, TO THE INDIAN

DEATHLOCK, WHEN HE ALREADY HAD

TWO KNEE SURGERIES IN THE

PREVIOUS MONTH?

TERRY FUNK, WHO'S WANTED TO BE

THE NWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT

WRESTLING CHAMPION, PULLS OUT OF

THE TOURNAMENT, JUST TO GET HIS

HANDS ON THE PUBLIC ENEMY.

WHICH LEAVES ONE SLOT OPEN AND

THE OTHER SEVEN MEN ARE GRATEFUL

THAT FUNK AREN'T IN IT 'CAUSE

EACH MAN WANTS TO REPRESENT

PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING, GOING

INTO THE FUTURE.

WHAT DO I NEED TO TELL YOU

PEOPLE?

WHAT DO YOU WANNA KNOW?

HOW DO I CONVEY TO YOU THE

IMPORTANCE OF THIS SATURDAY

NIGHT?

HERE'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.

THIS SATURDAY NIGHT,

PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING ALL OVER

THE WORLD, TO HELL WITH YOU!

THIS COMES DOWN TO ME!

I DON'T LIKE WHAT WRESTLING'S

ALL ABOUT ANYMORE.

I DON'T LIKE WHAT THE SPORT HAS

BECOME.

I DON'T LIKE THE SHAPE THAT

WRESTLING IS IN.

SO, WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU'RE

IN TROUBLE?

HUH?

DO YOU SIT DOWN?

DO YOU PRAY?

OR DO YOU CALL SOMEONE FOR HELP?

I'M CALLING SOMEONE FOR HELP.

I'M REACHING OUT TO THE MESSIAH

OF THE WRESTLING WORLD.

THIS SATURDAY NIGHT, I BRING TO

YOU THE SAVIOR OF PROFESSIONAL

WRESTLING.

THE WHOLE WRESTLING WORLD WILL

CALL 911.

>> SATURDAY NIGHT, AUGUST 27TH.

THE NIGHT THAT I'VE WAITED FOR

ALL MY LIFE.

I GREW UP WATCHING PROFESSIONAL

WRESTLING AND THE BEST AT IT.

I GREW UP HEARING STORIES ABOUT

THE FABLED GREAT WRESTLERS OF

THE PAST, THE FRANK GOTCH'S.

I HEARD ABOUT THE HARLEY RACES,

I HEARD ABOUT THE TRUE NATURE

BOY, BUDDY ROGERS.

I WATCHED THE GREAT BRUNO

SAMMARTINO, THE LIVING

LEGEND HIMSELF.

PERSON, LIVE AT THE CIVIC ARENA

IN PITTSBURGH.

I'VE SEEN THE GREATS, I'VE HEARD

ALL THE STORIES ABOUT THE

GREATS.

AND NOW, ON ONE CERTAIN NIGHT,

AUGUST 27TH, IT COULDN'T BE IN

TEDTURNERVILLE, ATLANTA,

GEORGIA.

IT COULDN'T BE IN -- LAND,

STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT.

IT COULD ONLY BE ONE PLACE.

ECW ARENA, LIVE IN PHILADELPHIA.

IT'S THE NIGHT I'VE WAITED FOR

ALL MY LIFE, AS A PROFESSIONAL

WRESTLER.

I'VE SEEN PEOPLE CALLING

THEMSELVES CHAMPION AND RIPPING

SHIRTS OFF THEIR BACK.

GIMMICK SHIRTS.

HOW MANY TIMES I'VE SEEN IT,

IT'S MADE ME SICK.

PEOPLE FROM HOLLYWOOD, STARRING

IN TV SHOWS THAT ARE

BOTTOM-RANKED, SAYING THAT

THEY'RE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT

CHAMPION.

WELL, I AIN'T NEVER BEEN TO

HOLLYWOOD, ALTHOUGH I'M GOOD

ENOUGH LOOKIN' TO BE THERE.

I AIN'T NEVER HAD THE CHANCE, AS

A 50-YEAR-OLD, TO WALK INTO THE

RING AND SAY I'M STILL CHAMPION,

BECAUSE SOME CORPORATION SAYS

I'M CHAMPION.

I HOLD THIS GOLD RIGHT HERE.

AND WHEN I GO TO BED AT NIGHT,

ZOOM IN HERE AND SEE IT AROUND

MY NECK, CLOSE TO MY HEART.

I KNOW THAT I AM THE GREATEST

HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION IN THE

WORLD TODAY.

IT AIN'T HULK HOGAN, IT AIN'T

THE AMERICAN DREAM, DUSTY

RHODES, IF YOU WILL.

IT AIN'T THE MAN WHO BOUNCES

AROUND AS HE GETS IN THE RING,

CALLED WOO RIC FLAIR.

SATURDAY NIGHT, AUGUST 27TH, IN

THE TOURNAMENT TO DECIDE WHO IS

THE TRUE WORLD'S HEAVYWEIGHT

CHAMPION.

YOURS TRULY HAS BEEN SEEDED NO.

1.

THAT GIVES ME THE STEP-UP ON THE

COMPETITION.

AND THAT NIGHT, I TELL YOU IN

FRONT OF THE WHOLE WORLD, THAT

MY HEART WILL HAVE TO STOP

BEATING BEFORE I LEAVE THE RING,

NOT AS CHAMPION.

YOU SEE, IT GOES LIKE THIS.

IT'S CALLED PROFESSIONAL

WRESTLING.

I HAVE THE STEP-UP ON BECOMING

THE NEXT WRESTLING CHAMPION OF

THE WORLD.

I AIN'T NO ENTERTAINER.

WHAT I AM IS EXACTLY WHAT I SAY

I AM.

THE FRANCHISE OF PROFESSIONAL

WRESTLING IN 1994.

NOW, BIG MAN, I MAKE A PROMISE

TO YOU IN FRONT OF THE WORLD

WATCHING TODAY, THAT WHEN I WIN,

THE NWA'S HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE, I'M

GONNA GIVE YOU MORE CHEERLEADERS

THAN YOU HAD, PLAYING FOR THE

WILDCATS AT KANSAS STATE.

MORE CHEERLEADERS THAN YOU EVER

HAD, PLAYING FOR THE DALLAS

COWBOYS.

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE MORE WOMEN

THAN YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH,

BIG MAN.

>> YOU SEE, I DON'T NEED ALL

THAT.

I DON'T NEED NO WOMEN, I DON'T

NEED NO MONEY.

YOU SEE, ALL I NEED IS FOR YOU

TO WIN THAT TITLE.

>> YOU KNOW SOMETHING, BIG MAN.

I GOTTA LITTLE SECRET FOR YA,

EXCUSE US FOR JUST A MINUTE.

YOU KNOW, BIG MAN, SECRETARY

THAT I KNOW A LITTLE BIT DOWN AT

THE ECW ARENA.

SHE TELLS ME ...

AND THIS IS ALL CONFIDENTIAL

NOW, BROTHER.

SHE TELLS ME THAT 911 IS ALSO

SEEDED IN THE TOURNAMENT.

>> WHAT?!

>> THAT'S RIGHT, BIG MAN.

>> WELL, LET ME TELL YOU THIS

AND LET ME TELL YOU STINKIN'

PEOPLE, OUT THERE.

911 [CHUCKLES]

, YOU HAVE NO BUSINESS IN THIS

PROFESSION TODAY.

WHAT YOU JUST DID TO ME AND WHAT

I GOT IN STORE FOR YOU.

YOU BARKED UP THE WRONG TREE

THIS TIME, BOY.

YOU WILL GO DOWN WITH A SIDEWALK

SLAM THIS TIME, I GUARANTEE IT.

>> [CHUCKLES]

AUGUST 27TH, BIG MAN.

TAKE ALL THE MONEY, MORTGAGE THE

HOUSE, AND BET THE HOUSE AND BET

THE BANK THAT THE FRANCHISE IN

1994 PROVES EXACTLY WHAT HE SAID

ALL ALONG.

THAT I AM THE ANOINTED ONE IN

PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING AND THAT

I WILL BECOME HEAVYWEIGHT

CHAMPION OF THE WORLD.

>> [ CHUCKLING ]

>> HEY, I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU A

LITTLE STORY OF A TIME ...

FIRST STORY FROM CACTUS JACK.

IT'S A TRUE STORY, THE ONLY KIND

I TELL.

IT'S ABOUT TERRY FUNK, MY

PARTNER, THIS COMING WEEK

AGAINST THE PUBLIC ENEMY.

IT'S FEBRUARY 1990, MY FIRST

PAY-PER-VIEW WITH WCW.

CACTUS JACK HAD JUST FINISHED

STINKING UP THE BUILDING AGAINST

STORM AND THE LUNATIC.

LATER THAT NIGHT, IN THE HOLIDAY

INN, ABOUT SIX MILES FROM THE

MOTEL 6, WHERE I WAS STAYING,

NATURE BOY RIC FLAIR WAS HAVING

A BIRTHDAY PARTY.

I DON'T KNOW WHY I WAS INVITED,

I DON'T REALLY KNOW RIC THAT

WELL.

I DIDN'T KNOW HIM THEN, STILL

DON'T.

BUT KEVIN SULLIVAN LIKED ME AND

HE'S FRIENDS WITH RIC.

SO HE SAID, HEY CACTUS, COME ON.

AND WHILE I WAS THERE, TERRY

FUNK WAS TALKING TO ME IN THAT

VAGUE WAY OF TELLING PARABLES

THAT ONLY TERRY AND JESUS CAN.

AND SOMEONE CAME UP TO ME, A

FORMER WCW EMPLOYEE, AND SAID,

YOU KNOW WHAT?

TERRY, I THINK YOU LIKE CACTUS

BECAUSE YOU SEE A LITTLE BIT OF

YOURSELF IN HIM.

AND TERRY KIND OF THOUGHT ABOUT

IT.

HE LOOKED AT ME AND IN WORDS I

WILL NEVER FORGET, HE SAID, "I

DON'T -- IN HIM."

BUT HE KIND OF GAVE ME A LITTLE

WINK THAT MADE ME THINK THAT,

"HEY, MAYBE THAT FORMER WCW

EMPLOYEE WAS RIGHT ON THE MARK."

AND TERRY, I TELL YOU SOMETHING,

I THINK HE IS.

YOU SEE THIS PAST WEEK, TWO

WEEKS AGO, TERRY YOU AND I, FOR

THE FIRST TIME, ONE-ON-ONE.

A MATCH THAT ECW FANS WANTED TO

SEE, WANTED TO SEE A CONCLUSION.

AND TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, SO DO

I.

BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN THIS

BUSINESS NINE YEARS AND I DON'T

REALLY KNOW HOW GOOD I AM.

BUT TERRY FUNK IS A LIVING,

BREATHING LEGEND, DOING

MOONSAULTS AT 50.

I ONLY HOPE I CAN GET OUTTA MY

WHEELCHAIR AT THE SAME AGE.

AND I HAD A CHANCE TO TEST

MYSELF.

BUT, HEY, PUBLIC ENEMY THOUGHT

THAT WAS NOT TO BE.

SO, JOHNNY GRUNGE, ROCCO ROCK,

NOW YOU'VE GOTTA DEAL WITH ME.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW IT,

BUT I'VE BEEN LIVIN' THROUGH A

CORPORATE NIGHTMARE FOR THE PAST

FOUR MONTHS.

YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME, YOU DON'T

THINK CACTUS JACK'S BEEN A

LITTLE HARD TO GET ALONG WITH,

THEN ASK MY KIDS, ASK MY WIFE.

ASK THE WCW FRONT OFFICE.

I GOT JUST A LITTLE BIT OF

AGGRESSION BUILT UP.

AND JOHNNY GRUNGE, FLYBOY ROCCO

ROCK, MAYBE YOU'RE NOT

COMPLETELY TO BLAME, BUT YOU'RE

GONNA SUFFER FROM IT, JUST THE

SAME.

THIS COMING WEEK, I'M COMING NOT

JUST FOR REVENGE, BUT FOR YOUR

TITLES.

BANG, BANG!

>> [ ROCK MUSIC PLAYING ]

>> IRISH WHIP-IN ON TERRY FUNK.

FUNK HITS HARD.

FACE-FIRST GOES TERRY FUNK INTO

THE CANVAS.

NO!

THIS IS HOW CACTUS JACK LOST AN

EAR.

CACTUS JACK LOST AN EAR, JUST

THIS WAY.

AND CACTUS GOES FACE-FIRST INTO

THE STEEL SUPPORT.

THIS IS HARDCORE HEAVEN, AND THE

FANS HERE IN THE ECW ARENA ARE

BEING TREATED TO WHAT IS TRULY A

GREAT NIGHT OF WRESTLING.

WAIT A MINUTE!

GOES THE PUBLIC ENEMY.

THE PUBLIC ENEMY HAS ASSAULTED

TERRY FUNK.

WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY DOIN' OUT

HERE?

BUT JACK DOESN'T WANNA COVER

FUNK.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS.

WELL, JACK REFUSING TO HAVE HIS

HANDS RAISED TO VICTORY BY THE

PUBLIC ENEMY.

THEY JUST BEAT THE HELL OUT OF

HIM, TOO.

WELL, CACTUS JACK AND TERRY FUNK

HAVE MADE A STATEMENT AND I

BELIEVE THEY HAVE MADE TWO

ENEMIES FOR LIFE.

OH, MY GOD.

>>[ FANS SCREAMING ]

>> [ CHAIRS CLANGING ]

>> PLEASE DO NOT THROW CHAIRS

INTO THE RING!

PLEASE DO NOT THROW CHAIRS INTO

THE RING!

STOP THE CHAIRS!

STOP THE CHAIRS!

DO NOT THROW CHAIRS INTO THE

RING.

>> TALK ABOUT HARDCORE!

I'VE GOT NOTHING LEFT TO SAY.

THIS HAS BEEN HARDCORE HEAVEN,

AND A NIGHT OF WRESTLING AS ONLY

EASTERN CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING

CAN DO IT.

FANS, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

JOINING US.

THIS IS JOEY STYLES, SIGNING OFF

FROM RINGSIDE IN THE ECW ARENA.

WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME!

>> [ CROWD CHEERING ]

>> HEY, CHAMP!

>> HEY, CHAMP!

>> HEY, CHAMP!

>> HEY, CHAMP!

WHAT TIME IS IT?

>> EAST COAST OR WEST COAST?

>> IT'S PUBLIC ENEMY TIME!

>> AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT TIME

IT'S GONNA BE THIS SATURDAY

NIGHT, WHEN PE STEPS INTO THAT

ECW ARENA ONE MORE TIME, BABY.

FOR TITLE DEFENSE IS SOMETHING

WE'VE BECOME GOOD AT AND THAT'S

DEFENDIN' THESE TITLES.

BECAUSE WE ARE THE ECW CHAMPS,

TAG TEAM CHAMPS, AND THAT IS THE

CHAMPS OF THE MOST VIOLENT

PROMOTION IN PROFESSIONAL

WRESTLING TODAY.

AND PROUD OF IT!

'CAUSE THERE'S NOTHING BETTER WE

LOVE THAN MAKING SOMEONE BLEED.

>> I TELL YOU WHAT, TERRY FUNK.

WHAT ARE YOU GOIN' DO?

JOHNNY, WHAT'S HE GOIN' DO?

I TELL HIM I DON'T WANT NO

SPORTIN' EVENT.

I TELL HIM, "DIS AIN'T GOIN' BE

NO WRESTLIN MATCH."

I TOLD HIM, "DIS AIN'T NO

MOVIE," JOHNNY, RIGHT?

>> EXACTLY, ROCCO.

>> AND WHAT'S HE DO?

HE GETS OUTTA TELEVISION,

JOHNNY.

OH!

>> [ FAKE CRYING ]

>> HE STARTS ASKING FOR A

WRESTLING MATCH, YOU COWARD,

TERRY FUNK.

YOU'RE A YELLOW-BELLIED SAP

SUCKER AND YOU'RE LYIN' ON YOUR

BELLY.

I'M GONNA REACH DOWN AND GRAB

YOUR LIVER AND EAT IT MYSELF,

WHILE YOUR PARTNER WATCHES.

>> AND SPEAKIN' OF PARTNER,

ROCCO.

CACTUS JACK, YOU MADE THE

BIGGEST MISTAKE OF YOUR LIFE,

UGLY.

YOU MADE THE BIGGEST MISTAKE OF

YOUR LIFE.

'CAUSE WE KNEW YOU COULDN'T BEAT

TERRY FUNK SO WE COME OUT TO

GIVE YOU A HELPIN' HAND.

WHAT DO YOU DO?

YOU TURN YOUR BACK ON US!

WELL, CACTUS JACK, YOU SAY YOU

ARE HOMELESS.

THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN

HOMELESS AND BEING A HOODIE.

BECAUSE, CACTUS JACK, YOU'RE THE

HOMELESS TYPE OF PERSON THAT

SITS AROUND A PARK BENCH, CRAPS

IN HIS PANTS, DRINKS CHEAP WINE,

AND URINATES ALL OVER HIMSELF

,AND TALKS ABOUT IT FOR THREE OR

FOUR DAYS.

WELL, CACTUS JACK, THAT AIN'T

WHAT WE'RE ABOUT, FLYBOY ROCCO

ROCK AND JOHNNY GRUNGE ALWAYS

HAVE THE FINEST OF EVERYTHING.

FINEST AUTOMOBILES --

>> MAYBE WE HAD TO HIJACK 'EM,

JOHNNY.

>> ALWAYS WEAR THE FINEST

CLOTHES.

>> WELL, BEAT A FEW PEOPLE UP

FOR 'EM.

>> ALWAYS [INDISTINCT]

AROUND WITH NICE JEWELRY.

>> OH, WE HAD TO TAKE A FEW

FINGERS.

>> OR MAYBE HAD ALL THE WOMEN WE

WANTED.

>> SO, WE PAID FOR THEM!

>> CACTUS JACK, THIS SATURDAY

NIGHT, AFTER WE BUST TERRY FUNK

WIDE OPEN AND MAKE HIM BLEED ALL

OVER THE ECW ARENA, WE'RE GONNA

TAKE YOU EACH BY AN ANKLE,

ROCCO.

AND WE'RE GONNA WIPE THE FLOOR

UP WITH THAT LONG, NAPPY-HAIR

HEAD OF YOURS.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT, CACTUS?

WE'RE GONNA ENJOY IT 'CAUSE

WE'RE THE ECW TAG TEAM CHAMPS.

>> WE ARE THE PUBLIC ENEMY!

>> NAUGHTY BY NATURE!

>> AND VIOLENT BY DESIGN.