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00:00Hello, everybody, and Merry Christmas from all of us here at Xbox Live.
00:29Merry Christmas from all of us to all of you.
00:32And we have got more action coming your way.
00:35WCW Monday Nitro on TNT.
00:39And let's get right down to it.
00:42They are live here tonight.
00:48Whoo!
00:52Tremendous action coming your way.
00:55Hey, how's Christmas been to you so far?
00:57Santa Peppy wants to say Merry Christmas to everybody out there.
01:02And, brother, do we have some wrestling up for these people tonight
01:06to get over that turkey hangover, baby?
01:08How about you? Did you get what you wanted?
01:10I'd like to see him come down the chimney with one of those DuraLogs in it.
01:13You know what I mean?
01:14I know. Fair enough.
01:15We have got action coming your way here on WCW Monday Nitro on TNT.
01:20We also have a tremendous main event that we're going to be talking about
01:23in just a few minutes.
01:24Right now, let's get to the ring.
01:25They're ready to kick this thing off.
01:27Holy smokes.
01:28They're going to kick something, baby.
01:34As we get ready to stomp things out here,
01:38the main event tonight is going to have
01:42the Nature Boy, Ric Flair,
01:46stepping into the ring with the WCW World Heavyweight Champion,
01:51Randy Savage.
01:53As we are only two days away from Starkay,
01:58that pivotal triangle match,
02:01to determine who will get a shot at the World Heavyweight Champion.
02:04The big question now is, who is the World Heavyweight Champion going to be?
02:07Because Ric Flair could end up tonight
02:10with probably the greatest Christmas present he's ever received,
02:13the WCW World Heavyweight Title,
02:15if he can defeat the Macho Man, Randy Savage.
02:18Well, baby, that'll be 12 times.
02:20I don't know if he can do it.
02:24What do you think about that, Weasel?
02:26I look at it this way, Mr. Dog Owner,
02:30that any time he can do it 11 times, he can do it 12 times.
02:34The man is capable of doing it.
02:36The man has the ability, and he just has luck on his side.
02:39Ric Flair could be the next heavyweight champion of the world.
02:42We're going to find out, but right now we have Lex Luger,
02:45one of the components in that triangle match,
02:48a highly anticipated triangle match that you could be a part of.
02:51All you have to do is call your local cable company.
02:54Shut up, Jimmy Hart.
02:56Tell them you want to be a part of Starrcade,
02:58exclusively on pay-per-view December 27th.
03:01Who will get a shot at the World Heavyweight Title?
03:04More importantly, who will the World Heavyweight Champion be?
03:06We'll find out tonight, as Ric Flair is the last man
03:09to get a shot at the Macho Man, Randy Savage,
03:12and the WCW World Heavyweight Championship before Starrcade.
03:16Look at Lex Luger out there.
03:18I think that American male dog has bit off a little more than he can chew tonight.
03:22No offense, Santa Baby, but he should have his tag team partner up there
03:26because he can't handle Lex Luger.
03:28You have to understand something about Lex Luger.
03:30He's had it pretty easy now.
03:32He's hurt Savage. He's racked his arm up.
03:34He's posted the man.
03:36Him and Sting get along. Him and Hogan don't get along.
03:39There's a lot of animosity there,
03:41but Lex Luger is the best man in shape right now.
03:44He stands a great chance to become champion of the world.
03:47There's a lot of things going in Luger's favor
03:49as he steps over, ducks under.
03:51Oh, and a vicious dropkick that's set Luger down.
03:55Luger really hasn't gained his composure.
03:57And a vicious forearm to the side of the head.
03:59And Luger is staggered.
04:03Luger is the guy that says,
04:05Hey, I beat Randy Savage three times.
04:08I am the uncrowned World Heavyweight Champion.
04:12Well, he said he whipped Savage three times.
04:15That's what he told me. He whipped him.
04:17He beat him up.
04:19You got to get him on that mat,
04:21and the referee's got to go one, two, three
04:23before you can put that belt around your waist, my friend.
04:26Or he's got to quit and give up.
04:28Savage is not a quitter. We all know that.
04:30But this man right here with the torture rack,
04:33the total package, Lex Luger can do it.
04:36Bobby, let's talk about the two athletes
04:38that certainly have momentum in their corner.
04:41We know Lex Luger certainly has got to feel like
04:44he's got Randy Savage's number.
04:46Sting is the guy that's literally been on a roll
04:49like we haven't seen over the past several months
04:51here in WCW.
04:53Now, the wild card in this whole situation
04:55between Luger, Sting, and Flair
04:58as far as the triangle match is concerned
05:00is what exactly is the relationship
05:03between Lex Luger and Sting?
05:05What's been going on behind closed doors?
05:07Because I got to tell you, we've been seeing inside of Sting,
05:10hearing a little bit, and if you read between the lines
05:13with Sting, I'm not quite sure.
05:16I can guarantee you which Sting is going to come to the ring
05:19at Starrcade.
05:21I promise you one thing.
05:22If the championship belt is up,
05:24I don't think these guys are going to be that chummy-chummy
05:27when that match starts.
05:29Well, later on in the program, we're going to hear from Sting.
05:32But I'll tell you, what I see, the way he's changed,
05:35his demeanor, his physical appearance,
05:38everything about the man tells me
05:40he's going to go into the other side.
05:42He's going to go with Luger.
05:44He's going to be smart enough to realize
05:46that's where the money lies.
05:48We've seen Hulk Hogan put the black on.
05:50We've seen him change to try to retain that belt.
05:53There's no telling what Sting will revert to.
05:56It's one thing to read between the lines.
05:58It's another thing to write your own lines.
06:00You guys, you're seeing way too much of this.
06:02I've known Sting for a long time.
06:04I can't see it.
06:05But you know, he came down to the ring.
06:07He talked to Luger.
06:10Luger released the hold.
06:12Luger talked to him.
06:13There's a camaraderie there you can't dispel.
06:16It happens.
06:17Well, we'll find out.
06:19Starrcade coming up this Wednesday
06:21exclusively on pay-per-view.
06:23Call your local cable company as Lex Luger telegraphs
06:26the backdrop.
06:27Ends up on a recipient of an arm drag takedown.
06:29And I'll tell you what, Scotty Riggs handling Luger.
06:33Perhaps Luger, Steve McMichael, is not at the top of his game.
06:36Well, I think he's just underestimating Mr. Scotty Riggs.
06:39This little guy is a wrestler.
06:41And if you don't watch your back,
06:42he'll throw you around just like that.
06:44Well, the other component here is that perhaps Scotty Riggs
06:46is wrestling up to Luger's level.
06:48And that's something that happens in athletics.
06:50Well, don't forget something.
06:51Right here on Nitro, the American males
06:53won the World Tag Team Championship.
06:55Scotty Riggs here became a major star right here on TNT.
06:59And the man can do it right now.
07:01I just think Lex Luger is too good, too much in condition.
07:04And he's got Jimmy Hart.
07:06Boy, we've got tremendous action as Scotty Riggs
07:10goes up for a dropkick.
07:12Luger hits or breaks it.
07:13Riggs is down.
07:14We have got the WCW World Heavyweight title
07:17on the line here tonight on Nitro.
07:20What a Christmas present it is for all of you
07:22watching as Luger ducks under.
07:24Wide cross body block by Riggs
07:26as the Nature Boy Ric Flair steps into the ring
07:29for a final shot at the world title before Starr King.
07:33Will Ric Flair become the new World Heavyweight
07:36Champion for an unprecedented 12th time?
07:38We'll find out here tonight.
07:40In the meantime, Luger.
07:42Whoa.
07:43Now, you know, you see those people on the highway.
07:45They have signs.
07:46I'll work for food.
07:47I'll do this for food.
07:49I'll do that.
07:50Flair doesn't need a sign.
07:51But if he wanted to, he'd have a sign.
07:53I need to become champion of the world.
07:55And Ric Flair can do it.
07:57And there's one thing for sure.
07:59We're going to see the firefly when those two
08:01get into it tonight.
08:04Now, Lex is taking care of it.
08:06Ducks up and over.
08:07Right over the top rope.
08:08And that really demonstrates the power that personifies
08:12the total package.
08:13Lex Luger, like him or not, he has got incredible strength.
08:17Upper body strength, leg strength.
08:19He's a well-rounded physical specimen.
08:21And he is using every ounce of that strength, his energy,
08:25to his advantage now.
08:26And you know what the basic thing is about this, man?
08:29He has not been in this sport two, three years.
08:31He's a veteran.
08:32He's been there five, six, seven years.
08:34He knows his way around.
08:35He's been a world champion.
08:36He's a tremendous competitor.
08:38And he can hurt you.
08:39Look at the size of the man and the condition he's in.
08:42But you'll walk into a boot just like that at any time
08:46in the WCW, my friend, because these guys
08:50know how to inflict punishment.
08:52Irish whip by Riggs all the way across the ring.
08:54Riggs with a back body drop.
08:55Delivers.
08:56And it's Luger on the receive again.
08:58Riggs, I'll tell you what.
08:59He is wrestling up to Luger's ability.
09:01And he's doing an excellent job inside cradle.
09:04But notice the conditioning of Lex Luger.
09:06Riggs threw him in, gave him a back drop.
09:08Luger got up before he turned around.
09:10He's in that cradle shape.
09:11Ooh.
09:12And he's smart.
09:13He is smart.
09:16Lex Luger taking advantage.
09:20Irish whip coming up the ropes.
09:23Power body slam.
09:25Luger.
09:26He's giving the signal.
09:27He's in control.
09:28He's going for the Torture Rack.
09:29He is in control.
09:30This is probably the most perfected move in the WCW.
09:34He's going to give it up.
09:35Sting has a scorpion death lock.
09:37The total package.
09:38Lex Luger has turned the Torture Rack into an art form.
09:44I remember Buddy Ryan used to pick up
09:46McMichael's on his back like that when he missed the tackle
09:49and walk up and down the sideline.
09:51I remember the whole thing.
09:52I remember Buddy Ryan rocking a bunch of these back.
09:57Not doing it in St. Louis though, my friend.
09:59Or Arizona.
10:00Arizona.
10:01Yeah.
10:02The total package.
10:03Lex Luger with the win as he prepares
10:05to step into Stargate this Wednesday
10:08in that all-important triangle match
10:10for a shot at the world title.
10:12Look at this.
10:13Look at the mental capacity of Lex Luger,
10:16what he knows how to do.
10:17He put the man over the top rope.
10:19He knew where to leave him.
10:20And he got out of the way just in time.
10:22The man's a total consummate athlete, Lex Luger.
10:25The man that could be the next heavyweight champion
10:27of the world.
10:28All right, let's go now to Mean Gene Oakland.
10:30He is standing by with The Stinger,
10:32another man who has his eye on Stargate this Wednesday
10:35only on pay-per-view and that all-important shot
10:38at the WCW world heavyweight title.
10:40Where is he coming from?
10:42And I want to echo the sentiments of Eric Bischoff,
10:44Bobby Heenan, and Mongo.
10:46Whoa.
10:47Just a moment.
10:48Merry Christmas, everybody.
10:50I hope, Heenan, I hope you get a Christmas goose.
10:52Sting, I've got to ask the question
10:54that everybody's asking.
10:55As we're two days away from Starrcade,
10:57you're going to be involved in the Triangle Match.
10:59Flair, Luger, and yourself, what's up with you and Luger?
11:02Oh, come on, Mean Gene.
11:04Enough is enough.
11:06Aren't one of you some investigative reporter?
11:08If I have to be, yes.
11:10Well, tonight is not the right night
11:12for you to be doing that.
11:13I'm tired of being asked that question.
11:16Luger is a friend of mine.
11:18And I am doing everything in my power
11:21to straighten him out.
11:23And I'm not going to diss him.
11:24Of course, he snapped.
11:26He snapped, all right.
11:27Maybe for the wrong reasons.
11:29But maybe, again, there could be a chance
11:31he snapped for the right reason.
11:33OK, maybe we don't know what the story is
11:35between you and the Total Package, Lex Luger.
11:37I do know the story between you and Ric Flair.
11:40How could you ever forget?
11:42I did not get it out of my system
11:44with the Nature Boy, Ric Flair.
11:46I just want one more chance to hook that Scorpion Death Lock
11:48on and hold it on.
11:50And never let go!
11:52Well, I'll tell you what.
11:53The fans are supporting you.
11:55We're going to be fighting out.
11:57You're also going to be involved in the team competition
11:59as, of course, WCW goes against the best from New Japan.
12:03That's right.
12:04And New Japan, just keep this in mind.
12:06You are on WCW territory.
12:09This is the US of A where all the best goes on right here.
12:13Hey, what's the deal with you and Luger?
12:16Stay tuned.
12:17We've got more Monday Night Duel.
12:18Don't go away.
12:19Stop asking me that question.
12:20I'm sorry.
12:22Up next, it is going to be Sting and Big Bubba.
12:25And don't forget the main event, the WCW World Title on the line,
12:28the Macho Man and the Nature Boy.
12:30Woo!
12:34All right, Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays,
12:37and welcome back to WCW Monday Nitro.
12:41And what a surprise, what a Christmas gift we have for you,
12:45the WCW World Heavyweight Title on the line
12:48later on in the broadcast as the Macho Man defends said title
12:52against the Nature Boy, Ric Flair,
12:54who is going for an unprecedented 12th World Championship.
12:59What a Christmas present that would be for the Nature Boy, Ric Flair.
13:02But what about Sting?
13:03I mean, we heard him out there with me.
13:05Gene, I told you this is not, I mean,
13:07is this guy in the holiday frame of mind?
13:09I don't think so.
13:11What Sting is doing, he is smoke screening everything.
13:15I'll tell you the reason he is talking the way he's talking.
13:18I'm telling you, you can't trust the guy.
13:21Mongo?
13:22I don't know what he's talking about over there.
13:24Everything for all these years that Sting has stood for, my friend,
13:29will not be thrown in a basket.
13:31This man is good and he will not burn.
13:34I don't know, I don't know.
13:37You can't trust anybody anymore.
13:39We'll find out.
13:40There's a lot at stake.
13:41The coveted title in this sport is around the waist of the Macho Man.
13:47Flair wants it.
13:49Sting wants it.
13:51Savage wants to keep it.
13:53And who knows what in the world Luger's thinking about.
13:56Well, they've all been there.
13:57Sting's been a world champion.
13:59Luger's been a world champion.
14:01Savage's been a world champion.
14:03There's so much at stake here.
14:04So much animosity.
14:06Nobody trusts anybody.
14:07But that man right there, Sting,
14:10a real nice guy to everybody.
14:12Believe me, don't trust him.
14:14I'll tell you what, that is true.
14:16Macho Man has got the belt, baby.
14:18And Sting treats him with disdain.
14:21So you've got to think in his mind, it should be mine, not Macho.
14:24Well, hey, Sting said it a couple weeks ago on WCW Saturday Night.
14:28He thinks that Savage is paranoid.
14:31He thinks that Savage has unfairly and unjustifiably accused Sting
14:35of things he shouldn't have accused him of.
14:37And you can't blame Sting for having
14:39what I try to refer to as a chip on his shoulder.
14:42Sting says, no, I've got to look over my shoulder all the time.
14:45But Eric, you have to understand something.
14:46When you become a world champion,
14:48you're thinking all the time that everyone's against you.
14:51Everybody wants what you have.
14:52Savage has picked up that mentality,
14:55and he has to do that to survive.
14:57So much going on at Starrcade this Wednesday, December 27th,
15:01exclusively on pay-per-view,
15:02as Big Bubba, vicious round kick.
15:05What a move.
15:06I tell you what, Sting better get his mind off of Savage
15:09and get it on Big Bubba,
15:10or Big Bubba's going to put a good old-fashioned
15:12country boy butt whipping on him.
15:14He can do it.
15:15You have got the World Cup of Wrestling,
15:17WCW versus New Japan for the coveted World Cup.
15:21Which of the two big wrestling organizations on this planet
15:24will lay claim to that trophy?
15:27Will it be the superstars of WCW
15:29or the stars of New Japan Pro Wrestling?
15:32We'll find out as WCW takes on Japan,
15:35and New Japan Pro Wrestling in the World Cup competition.
15:38And then we go on to the Triangle Match
15:41to determine who's going to get a shot
15:43at the World Heavyweight title.
15:44And right now, it looks like Sting has that momentum
15:46we talked about.
15:47That's it, Sting. Take it to him, baby.
15:49You know, the other day, I was at the Omni Hotel in Atlanta,
15:52and I was waiting for Limo to come up,
15:54and I was with Tommy Lasorda,
15:56the manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers,
15:58and he told me his picture, the Japanese man.
16:01No more. No more.
16:02He is here in town.
16:04He's going to Nashville.
16:05He's going to back his people.
16:07They are going to win the World Cup.
16:09And Lasorda told me, he says,
16:10Bobby, I wouldn't doubt it
16:12if they walk away with everything.
16:13He says, Japanese are just not in the stars right now.
16:16Oh, that's a good shot.
16:18Big Bubba in trouble here, and I'll tell you what,
16:20like I said all along, Mongo,
16:22Sting has got momentum in his corner.
16:24And I'll tell you what,
16:25nobody knows it better right now than Big Bubba.
16:27Well, you'll have to admit,
16:29Mr. Sting is a man on a mission,
16:31and when you get focused like that,
16:33it's going to take a freight train to stop you.
16:36I don't think you can stop Sting right now.
16:38He's the kind of an athlete,
16:39and you know this, Mongo,
16:41being a professional athlete, what you've done,
16:43when you get on a roll, you get on a roll.
16:45Things just happen for you,
16:46and things are happening for the Stinger.
16:48Yeah, but what I want to know
16:49is what is happening inside of his head,
16:51because that will tell the story.
16:53What about, I mean, a couple weeks ago,
16:54was Sting and Hulk Hogan teaming up
16:56in tag team competition.
16:58Sting wouldn't even let Hogan in his locker room.
17:00But you know who was there?
17:01Lex Luger was there.
17:02Now, I agree.
17:03Friendship is one thing.
17:05That's a problem right there.
17:06That is a problem.
17:07It's a big problem.
17:08Well, friendship's a very bad thing in life.
17:10You don't really need it.
17:11What you really need is a good banker
17:14and a good stockbroker.
17:16You're a sick individual.
17:17Oh, thank you very much.
17:18Bobby, can I tell you something?
17:19You get a dog with a beard, and I'm okay, right?
17:22Yeah.
17:23That's the problem, though.
17:24Lex Luger is filling his mind full of bunk.
17:28That's it right there in a nutshell.
17:32Oh, and I'll tell you another thing.
17:34Another factor in this whole situation,
17:37you've got Hulk Hogan suspended now
17:40until the end of 1995.
17:42Granted, that's not a lot of time,
17:44but here's a guy in Hulk Hogan that,
17:47we talked about people wanting
17:48that WCW world title around their waist.
17:50Hogan's certainly one of those athletes
17:53that's the biggest athlete in this sport today.
17:56He's got to get a shot at that title.
17:57That's got to be a very frustrating thing for him.
17:59Well, like you said, it's a short suspension,
18:01but it may go on into 96.
18:04You never know.
18:05They're still looking at it.
18:06It's a suspension right now,
18:07but I'll tell you, if they look down
18:09and look at everything Hogan's done,
18:11there's no reason, if I was on that board,
18:13that the man would be banned from wrestling totally.
18:16Big Bubba now.
18:17Reverse face lock on the stinger,
18:18and Bubba, you can take a look at it right here.
18:20He's using all of his weight.
18:22He's using all of his weight on the back
18:24and the neck of the stinger.
18:26And I'll tell you what,
18:27you're talking about it being a short suspension.
18:29It could be the longest suspension
18:31in Hogan's career.
18:33Has he ever been suspended?
18:35I'm not sure.
18:36We'd have to talk to Hulk about that.
18:37Yeah, but one time,
18:38when you don't get into a title situation,
18:40if it was one day, that's a long suspension.
18:43That's a lifetime.
18:44Absolutely, and it depends who comes out of that.
18:45It depends who comes out of Stargate
18:47as a world heavyweight champion.
18:48It may be a long time before Hogan is in position
18:50to get another shot at the world title.
18:53As you said, Bobby,
18:54championship committee,
18:55looking at all of the conditions
18:58and situations surrounding Hogan's suspension,
19:01and it could be a lot longer.
19:02But the good thing is,
19:03every Monday we can see Hogan.
19:05Night on Nitro,
19:06he'll pick up your garbage
19:07as he drives down the street in his truck.
19:09Oh, Bobby.
19:10You may slap him, Eric.
19:12Yes, you may.
19:13Yes, you may.
19:14Let me back out of the way here.
19:15Oh, wait a minute, wait a minute.
19:16Right now, he is staying doing the chopping,
19:19and he's doing the slapping and the punching
19:21outside the ring.
19:23That's it, Sting.
19:24Take care of business.
19:26Sting is definitely taking control of this match.
19:29There he goes up on the top.
19:31Oh, and a thumb to the eyes.
19:33Take him out, take him out.
19:34You got him right now, Bubba.
19:36Ride with him, ride with him.
19:37Oh, Sting went down with it.
19:39Sting.
19:40He got him.
19:41He blocked him.
19:42He took the bigger man over.
19:46Momentum.
19:47He's got the momentum.
19:48You're exactly right.
19:50He's in the zone, baby.
19:51That's what us athletes call getting the job done.
19:57A great win.
20:00Stinger has not missed a beat in the past several months.
20:05And watch out.
20:06Look at this, Bobby.
20:07Oh, right to the eye.
20:08That's your kind of tag team.
20:09Well, Stinger goes to that top rope.
20:11He's going to fly on him.
20:12But Bubba's smart enough to stop him,
20:14but he couldn't get the job done.
20:16Stinger hooked him up, rolled him up, and a one, two, three.
20:19It's over.
20:20Sting's the winner.
20:22Sting is your winner.
20:23And we will be back with Gene Oakerlin, Lex Luger,
20:27and Jimmy Hart right after this.
20:2930 seconds away.
20:30Don't leave.
20:31Yeah, I love this chaos.
20:35Again, Merry Christmas, everybody.
20:37Jimmy Hart, the mouth of the South.
20:38You still got the bowling shoes on.
20:40Forget that story.
20:41Lex Luger, this Wednesday night, live from Nashville, Tennessee,
20:45the granddaddy of them all, Starrcade.
20:47You're going to be involved in the team competition as well
20:50as the triangle match, Ric Flair, Sting,
20:52and yourself with the winner to meet the WCW World
20:56Heavyweight Champ.
20:57But Lex Luger, I'm going to pose the question to you
21:00that I posed to Sting.
21:02What's the deal?
21:04There's no deal happening at all.
21:05We've been friends for 10 long years.
21:09That's the way it is.
21:11That's the way it's going to remain.
21:13When you talk about a triangle match,
21:15you couldn't have a more premier matchup.
21:17The total package, Lex Luger, Sting, and the nature boy,
21:21Ric Flair.
21:22A lot of history goes down.
21:25But let me tell you something.
21:26Standing before you, as Jimmy and I have talked,
21:29as I've talked to everybody, including my good friend Sting,
21:34I am the uncrowned WCW World Heavyweight Champion.
21:40And that's the way it is.
21:42That's the way it's going to remain until I have in my grasp
21:45what belongs to me, and that is the world championship.
21:49All right, Jimmy Hart, you've got to have some plans
21:52for this, man, if everything comes to fruition.
21:54Let me tell you something, Mean Gene.
21:56This guy is the uncrowned heavyweight champion
21:59of the world of the WCW, baby.
22:01You know it, I know it, and most of all, the people know it.
22:03Hey, hey, Pittman, what are you doing here?
22:05I have no problem with you.
22:07You are, as far as I'm concerned, the uncrowned champion.
22:11But I'm here to talk to you.
22:13I want to go where he's going.
22:15Will you manage me, Jimmy Hart?
22:17Jimmy Hart, did you hear that from Sergeant Craig Pittman?
22:20What a premier athlete.
22:22Well, first of all, you came to the greatest manager ever
22:25in professional wrestling.
22:26After all, I was manager of the year this year,
22:28or should I say manager of the decade.
22:30But let me tell you, Sergeant Pittman,
22:32take your shirt off for a minute.
22:34Take your shirt off.
22:36Did you hear what he said?
22:37Take your shirt off.
22:39Now look at your body.
22:40Move over, Gene.
22:41And look at Lex Luger's body.
22:43Now why in the world would I want to manage you?
22:46Why don't you take this quarter and call a manager
22:49who needs a few good men?
22:51I believe that's a big no.
22:53I thank you.
22:54Sorry about that, Pittman.
22:55Stay tuned.
22:56JL and Dean Malenko next up here on Monday Nitro.
23:01Dean Malenko, JL, high five.
23:05Action coming your way next WCW Monday Nitro.
23:10Ho, ho, ho, and happy holidays.
23:14And what a Christmas gift we have for you in the main event,
23:18the WCW World Heavyweight Title on the line.
23:21The Macho Man, Randy Savage, with his last title defense
23:25just days away from Starrcade.
23:29Will the Macho Man, Randy Savage,
23:31be the World Heavyweight Champion at Starrcade?
23:33You're going to find out tonight right here as the Nature Boy.
23:37steps into the ring and tries to dethrone the Macho Man.
23:41And this whole triangle match will all be about
23:44who will try to win the triangle match
23:47to get a shot at Ric Flair in the World Heavyweight Title.
23:51The man of a thousand holes, Dean Malenko in the ring.
23:56Well, there's a man right there, Bishop, that's waiting.
24:00He's waiting to see who's going to become the champion of the world
24:04because Dean Malenko thinks in his heart and his soul
24:08that he can become the champion of the world.
24:10And the guy can do it. He knows how to wrestle.
24:13That's the name of the game. So does Mr. JL.
24:16And there comes Mr. JL, fans.
24:19You're going to see two guys fly around
24:21like the birds going back to campus Toronto tonight.
24:25I'll tell you what, still a lot of support here
24:28and everywhere else you go, you see the red and yellow in the back,
24:31Hulk Hogan, who unfortunately, oh, look at that dropkick in the back,
24:34is suspended at this time.
24:36And you may agree or disagree with that suspension.
24:39Nevertheless, he is suspended through at least the end of 1995.
24:44Officials still looking at him.
24:46Oh, nice, belly-to-belly suplex.
24:49Well, you see, he's such a great competitor there.
24:51He went to slam the man, but JL blocked it.
24:54He still had that much strength, oh,
24:57where he could pick the man up and suplex him.
24:59What a great competitor and athlete Dean Malenko is.
25:02Well, that's the great thing about having a tremendous amount of upper body strength
25:05and a great, excuse me, or a low center of gravity,
25:08because then you get to get underneath your opponent and utilize that strength.
25:12And that's one of the things that makes standing switch there by Dean Malenko.
25:15Malenko taking JL into the ropes, rolls up, kip up, drops down,
25:20hip toss attempt, reverse block, JL ducks, man alive.
25:25Got him.
25:26Oh, these guys have got some moves.
25:28Look at this.
25:29Cartwheel, back leg front kick into the midsection,
25:32followed up Irish whip, tail-to-whirl slam.
25:34No, necktie takedown by JL.
25:37And I'll tell you what, every move, there's a counter move.
25:39Every hold, there's a counter hold.
25:40And you're seeing it right here.
25:42That's what makes this sport so great.
25:44And JL looks like he's ready to launch.
25:46He does.
25:48Wow.
25:49Now, that's a very dangerous move,
25:51because all Malenko's got to do is take a half step to the right or the left
25:54and get out of the way.
25:55And Mr. JL is just like he is.
25:57JL, just lucky.
25:59He's going to be up on that metal rail broken up.
26:04But that's the way these guys are.
26:05They're willing to try those high-risk maneuvers to get the job done here,
26:09because they know every wrestler is watching every wrestling match.
26:15This is, as they say, where the big boys play.
26:18And, of course, the court.
26:19Oh, cover one, two.
26:20And JL has about made mystery here,
26:22as Matusa made so abundantly clear last week,
26:26now where the big girls play as well.
26:29Oh, I love 14-year-old with that belt.
26:31Oh, chops to the top of the chest.
26:33Gene Malenko in trouble.
26:34And in case you just joined us on this Christmas day, or Christmas night,
26:38I should say, yes, you heard it right.
26:41The Macho Man, Randy Savage, will defend.
26:44Cover one, two.
26:45And the back bridge will defend the World Heavyweight title
26:48against the Nature Boy, Ric Flair, tonight.
26:51WCW Monday Nitro on TNT.
26:54It's coming your way in just a little while.
26:57Oh!
26:58He's got him.
26:59No.
27:01Anybody else need to have him.
27:03Shows you the conditioning Gene Malenko's in.
27:05You know, one thing I want to talk about,
27:06Sergeant Craig Pittman came out just a little while ago,
27:09asked Jimmy Hart to be his manager.
27:11Did you see Hart's reaction?
27:13Well, you don't understand something.
27:14You've got a lot of courage.
27:15I'll tell you what.
27:16When a guy comes out and asks you to manage him,
27:18it means he needs help.
27:20So he's at your mercy right there.
27:23Jimmy Hart knew what he was doing.
27:24He may manage Pittman down the road, but he's going to do it on his turn.
27:28You never come out and beg a guy for help.
27:30I hope Mr. Pittman makes Jimmy Hart that mouth rue the day he turned him down.
27:37Irish Rip into the corner.
27:39Gene Malenko takes JL up and over.
27:41JL scaling to the top rope.
27:43Takes a couple right hands in the midsection.
27:44You can see Malenko softening him up.
27:46In perfect position.
27:47What's he going to do here?
27:48This is dangerous.
27:49Oh, no.
27:50Set up for a big fall.
27:51This is very dangerous.
27:52Throw him on the concrete.
27:53For both men.
27:54Oh.
27:55Oh.
27:56What a great move.
27:58Side breaker off the top rope.
28:01He's holding his arm like he did break something.
28:04Well, you're not going to see that anyplace else but right here.
28:07What a great move.
28:11The Malenko leg lock.
28:12Up and over.
28:13He's got JL right where he wants him.
28:14Submission.
28:15He submitted.
28:19Man of 1,000 holds, and I thought we saw probably about 842 of them in this match.
28:24That was all 1,000.
28:25But there was only one that counted, and that's the one he hooked on, Mr. JL,
28:30that made him submit.
28:31Your winner right there, Gene Malenko.
28:34That leg must have been close to breaking there.
28:37That was unbelievable.
28:38I don't think I've ever seen that submission hold before.
28:40Well, this man, Gene Malenko, you've got to look at.
28:43He doesn't have blonde hair.
28:45He doesn't have big fancy robes.
28:47He just goes out there, and look at this.
28:49He just out wrestles you.
28:51He just out beats you.
28:53He knows how to beat you.
28:54Look at this.
28:55He rolls him over.
28:56Oh, that's what he did.
28:57He pulled that knee back on him.
28:59He's fixing to tear cartilage in that knee.
29:01And, brother, that hurts, I can tell you that.
29:04There's more legs right there than at a pantyhose convention.
29:07All right.
29:08We'll be back with Mean Gene Oakland.
29:09He's going to be talking to the man who wants to dethrone
29:11the Macho Man, Randy Savage, for the world title
29:13right here tonight on Nitro, the Nature Boy, Ric Flair.
29:16We're going to be back to that in just 30 seconds.
29:19Hang tight.
29:24It's beginning to seem a little like Christmas, Ric Flair,
29:28because here we are, Christmas Day,
29:30two days from now, the granddaddy of them all,
29:33live from Nashville, Tennessee, Starcade 95,
29:36available exclusively on pay-per-view.
29:38Busy night for you tonight before we even get to Starcade.
29:42Coming up right here on Monday Nitro,
29:44you're going to be facing WCW world heavyweight champ,
29:47the Nature Boy, Ric Flair.
29:48Will it be 12 times?
29:50What has taken place?
29:53Gene Oakland is simply this.
29:56Savage is about to wrestle Ric Flair on this show.
30:04And you know, like I know, that the great one cannot be denied.
30:11Jimmy Hart, this is an intro.
30:13Brother, you're talking.
30:14Move it.
30:15Ric, let me just say something right now.
30:17First of all, I want to apologize to you
30:19for what happened last week out here
30:21when Kevin Sullivan came out and rudely erupted you
30:24in Iron Anderson.
30:25I want to apologize from the bottom of my heart
30:27because you know Kevin Sullivan's got a short fuse,
30:30and so does Brian Pillman.
30:31So I want to apologize.
30:32But here's what I want to ask you, Ric.
30:34Tonight, you're taking a Randy Moncho Man Savage
30:37for the WCW heavyweight championship of the world.
30:40Let me tell you, man, I owe you one
30:42because a couple of weeks back on Monday Nitro,
30:45you saved my life when Randy Savage grabbed me by my tie
30:49and tried to give me a root canal with his fist, man.
30:52You mean when Charles Barkley was at my side that night?
30:56Absolutely.
30:57But you saved my life, and I owe you one.
30:59And Jimmy Hart always pays back his debts.
31:02So Ric Flair, that's what I'm asking you.
31:05You're the immortal one.
31:06You're the nature boy.
31:07You are going to be the next WCW heavyweight
31:10champion of the world.
31:11So what I would like to do is to go down to ringside
31:15with you tonight to be there when you become
31:18the WCW heavyweight champion of the world.
31:21What do you say, Ric?
31:22What do you say, baby?
31:23High five, low five.
31:25Jimmy Hart.
31:26High five, low five.
31:28If you want to sit there ringside
31:31when I beat Macho Man tonight, make yourself happy, brother.
31:35But start putting a party together
31:38because we are going to style and profile.
31:42Thank you very much, Jimmy Hart,
31:44to be in the corner of the Nature Boy.
31:45That and more when we come back with Monday Nitro.
31:48Don't go away.
31:50The WCW world heavyweight title on the line.
31:53The Macho Man defends against Ric Flair.
31:56Ric Flair just stays away from Stargate on pay-per-view.
32:06Welcome back.
32:07We are coming to you on Christmas.
32:10WCW Nitro TNT, the only way to go, and this is it.
32:16This is the moment we've been waiting for.
32:20As the Macho Man, Randy Savage, puts his title on the line
32:24against the 11-time, hoping to be 12-time,
32:29world heavyweight champion, the Nature Boy Ric Flair,
32:33who earlier on you heard Jimmy the Maggot Hart begging,
32:37pleading to be his manager for the night.
32:43Well, Jimmy's done good.
32:44Jimmy's given him an offer he can't refuse.
32:47This man's 11-time heavyweight champion of the world.
32:50No other man has ever done that.
32:52His opportunity becomes 12-time champion of the world.
32:55Jimmy Hart wants to be a part of it.
32:58Nothing wrong with that.
32:59Well, ladies and gentlemen, get that leftover turkey out of your mouth.
33:03I don't want you to choke on it.
33:05When you see the way this guy styles and profiles around,
33:08it makes me sick, I'll tell you that.
33:11The Nature Boy Ric Flair, he's been around the sport a long time,
33:16but I can't think, Bobby, that there's ever been a time
33:19when the Nature Boy Ric Flair wanted a shot at the world heavyweight title.
33:24He is surrounded by some of the biggest names ever in this sport.
33:28Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, Lex Luger, Sting.
33:32It just doesn't get any bigger or any better,
33:35and there's nothing Ric Flair would love more than to rise above it all
33:39and become the world heavyweight champion,
33:42because he looks at Hulk Hogan, he looks at all his stars here at WCW,
33:46you know he wants to be there.
33:49You know you said it right, he wants to rise above it all.
33:52This would be his conquering moment.
33:55Eleven times to win the championship of the world,
33:57but to do it now with the competition so hot and heavy here at WCW,
34:01nobody has a better chance than the Nature Boy Ric Flair.
34:06I think the macho's gonna take his head off,
34:08because you heard him say, this is personal.
34:11Ric Flair messed with his dad, baby,
34:13and I can tell you being a country boy myself,
34:16you don't mess with anybody's dogs or their family.
34:20You got that, Weasel?
34:21I got that, you're right.
34:23And you're right about that.
34:24His dad reminds me a lot of a straight Mike.
34:27Enough, enough.
34:29Don't even start it, Eden.
34:31He started with me.
34:32Just remember, Savage is in the ring now,
34:34but later tonight, he'll be watching the replay like everybody else,
34:38and he's gonna hear that comment.
34:40Yeah, but I'll be gone.
34:41Exactly.
34:43Nature Boy Ric Flair.
34:44He's got a serious look on his face,
34:47and they're against the Macho Man.
34:50Well, he realizes what he's up against,
34:52that piece of gold right there, that 50 pounds of gold and diamonds
34:56Ric Flair used to own, and he wants it back very badly.
35:01These are two veteran wrestlers, ladies and gentlemen.
35:04You fixin' to see a wrestling match
35:06that is gonna make you swallow some more turkey.
35:09Who will be the World Heavyweight Champion at Starrcade
35:12just two days from now?
35:13And if you haven't made your plans yet,
35:15if you haven't made that all-important phone call,
35:17do it right now.
35:19Don't take the chance of not being able to get through.
35:22Call and order Starrcade exclusively on pay-per-view.
35:27The first, the biggest, the best,
35:29and a shining moment coming your way from all of us here at WCW.
35:33The best pay-per-view of the year we've saved until last, Bobby.
35:37You know something, Eric?
35:38A couple weeks, three, four ago, Charles Barkley showed up.
35:41William the Refrigerator Perry in the tennis.
35:43Everybody's showing up here at Nitro.
35:45Who knows what's gonna happen in Nashville?
35:47Minnie Pearl gonna show up?
35:49Hank Williams, Jr.?
35:50I mean, Johnny Cash?
35:52Hank's a big fan.
35:53Hank's a big fan.
35:54Hank?
35:55You have nine months.
35:56You name your kid Hank.
35:58Look at Ric Flair.
35:59Look at the eyes of the Nature Boy, Ric Flair.
36:02This is personal, and these guys are gonna get nasty.
36:05The Nature Boy, Ric Flair, wasting no time at all,
36:07and you've got to wonder what kind of condition
36:10the Macho Man is in after that grueling,
36:13pounding match that he had last week with the Giant.
36:17The match that, I might add,
36:19Hulk Hogan got himself suspended in.
36:22That's why I ran up there, my friend.
36:24I was worried that that was gonna happen.
36:26I tried to do something about it,
36:28but the man has lost all sense of reason.
36:31Well, the executive committee did do something about it.
36:33Hogan is suspended.
36:35They are reviewing the tape from last week.
36:37They are looking at everything.
36:38And we'll find out just how long he is suspended.
36:40He's gonna reverse the figure four on him.
36:42Ric Flair on the receiving end of a figure four,
36:46and this will be too much for Ric Flair.
36:49Now, he knows what to do.
36:50He's gonna have to get to the rope,
36:52or he's gonna have to turn around and reverse it.
36:54He's got him in the middle of the ring, baby.
36:55I don't see how that could happen.
36:57You watch. The man's a master.
36:58I'll tell you what, Bobby.
36:59You hit it right on the head.
37:00Ric Flair is a master of the figure four.
37:03He knows the best way in.
37:05He knows the best way out.
37:07You know, the first arcade, Ric Flair went into there...
37:12wanting to become champion of the world for the second time,
37:15and he did it.
37:16This arcade...
37:17He's on the ropes, baby.
37:19This arcade, he could walk in
37:21as the heavyweight champion of the world.
37:23A lot of history could be made here.
37:25No!
37:26The Nature Boy, Ric Flair, now going for the ropes.
37:28He made it.
37:30The pain is too much to bear,
37:32and the hold is broken.
37:33The Macho Man, Randy Savage,
37:34the world heavyweight champion,
37:35going after the Nature Boy.
37:36The Nature Boy pinned in the corner,
37:38and you gotta wonder if he's not on rubber legs.
37:40He knows what he's doing.
37:42Flair's been in more battles than General Schwarzkopf.
37:45He knows what to do in that ring.
37:47He's gonna set Savage up to make a mistake,
37:49and I'll tell you, Savage is still...
37:51He's still got that bad wing.
37:53He's got a bad wing, and you can bet
37:55there are still bones rattling and shaking
37:57after his encounter with that 440-pound maniac last week.
38:01He's not hitting him with that bad wing right now.
38:05Oh, and he catches one right in the gut.
38:08The Nature Boy, Ric Flair, now going after
38:11the Figure Four himself.
38:13There you go.
38:14Lock him up.
38:151-2.
38:16He didn't take him over stunk enough,
38:18or he'd have had him, maybe.
38:201-2-3.
38:21The world heavyweight champion,
38:23the Macho Man, Randy Savage,
38:24pinning Ric Flair in the corner,
38:26farting away with big right hands.
38:28Referee trying to get him to the right.
38:30And the dirtiest player in the game
38:32is the Macho Man with a low blow
38:34coming out of the corner.
38:36You've got to watch Flair.
38:37He's got every trick in the book,
38:39and he's killed you with every one of them.
38:41But that's a bad move right there,
38:43because you can't beat the man on the ground.
38:45Oh, look at this maggot.
38:46Look at this little weasel.
38:47That's all right.
38:48That's the mouth of the south, not the maggot.
38:50No shot by that little weasel could hurt anyway.
38:56All right, Rick, take it to him.
38:58We got to take a break.
38:59We'll be right back.
39:00Nail him, nail him.
39:01Turn around and poke him in the eye, Macho.
39:06From the mysteries of the Orient,
39:08it's an invasion from the land of the rising sun.
39:12At WCW Starcade 95,
39:16hemispheres collide as the high flyers of New Japan
39:20square off against the mat-pounding pros of WCW
39:24at Starcade 95,
39:26Wednesday, December 27th, live on pay-per-view.
39:30Call your cable operator to order now.
39:37Come on, Rick, come on.
39:38Welcome back.
39:39Happy holidays.
39:40And we are back with our own version
39:43of a present for you on this Christmas day.
39:47The WCW World Heavyweight Title on the line.
39:51The Nature Boy, Ric Flair,
39:52going for an unprecedented 12th title
39:56as he faces a world champion,
39:58a Macho Man, Randy Savage,
39:59who is draped over the guardrails,
40:01and you see the fans coming to his assistance.
40:04The Macho Man, Randy Savage,
40:06is fatigued, and justifiably so.
40:09Ric Flair's been knocking the Christmas turkey
40:11stuffing out of him.
40:12Uh-oh. Uh-oh.
40:15Time to take a seat.
40:17I'll tell you what.
40:18After what happened to Hogan,
40:20the Macho Man, Randy Savage,
40:22would be ill-advised to bring furniture to the ring.
40:26You know, I don't know where Savage gets it from.
40:28He's hurt.
40:29He's been physically slammed,
40:30choked on the floor by the Giant
40:32weeks and weeks past.
40:33His arm's been worked over by Lex Luger.
40:35He's been defending his title.
40:37He's been on a battle royal
40:38with 60 other participants,
40:40and he keeps coming at you.
40:42This man doesn't know when to quit.
40:43The man is a phenomenal athlete.
40:45You have to admit that, Weasel.
40:47But he's ready to be taken out.
40:49You know that, too.
40:50Elbow by the Nature Boy, Ric Flair,
40:52sends the World Heavyweight Champion to the mat.
40:55And we are two days away and counting from Sarkade.
40:58Don't look at this.
40:59This guy is like fingernails on a chalkboard.
41:03He's gonna get it.
41:04He is gonna get his due.
41:07Somebody needs to take those sunglasses
41:09and that loudspeaker and stick them up.
41:11Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
41:12Easy, easy, easy.
41:15Oh.
41:16Oh!
41:17Now, the Nature Boy, Ric Flair,
41:18going after the injured arm.
41:22This is it.
41:23You know what?
41:24You know what?
41:25I'll tell you what.
41:26I don't think there's any gas left in this tank, baby.
41:28The Macho Man, Randy Savage,
41:30is, in my opinion, the Iron Man.
41:34After what he went through last week
41:36at the hands of the giant,
41:38wrestling injured, defending his title.
41:41Look at Flair.
41:42Come on, Rev.
41:43Turn around and get his foot off the rope.
41:46Now he's in there with the dirtiest player in the game,
41:48just two days away from Sarkade,
41:50the World Cup of Wrestling.
41:52The Macho Man, Randy Savage,
41:53has to face tens on.
41:54That has to face the winner of the triangle match.
41:58I'll tell you what.
41:59There's gonna be no eggnog
42:00under the Christmas tree with Santa.
42:02He's busy.
42:03That's if Savage is lucky enough to prevail tonight.
42:06And I don't want to use the word luck too loosely,
42:08but he's gonna have to be good and lucky.
42:11The competition here, it's all head up.
42:13They're all tens.
42:14It is luck.
42:15It matters that much.
42:16Somehow, a man is gonna win with luck.
42:19You can have all the ability you want.
42:21I think Savage just got a second win, baby.
42:24Come on, Macho.
42:25Cover him up.
42:26The Macho Man, Randy Savage,
42:27this is all instinct as the Nature Boy, Ric Flair,
42:29kicks out.
42:30The Macho Man, Randy Savage,
42:31showing the wear and tear and fatigue
42:34of a fighting champion.
42:36I don't even think he knows where he's at.
42:38He's just going on pure emotion.
42:40He sees a ring, he sees ropes,
42:42he sees an opponent, and he goes for it.
42:44One, two, and the Nature Boy, Ric Flair,
42:46rather easily able to get out of that.
42:48And, you know, gentlemen,
42:49Savage is not a real bright guy.
42:51He's got that arm taped very heavily.
42:53Wouldn't you put a piece of lead in there?
42:55You would.
42:56Well, yeah, of course.
42:57You would.
42:58A little tough to get that by the referee, however.
43:00They do check them before they come into the ring.
43:02Cover.
43:03There's ways to get around it.
43:05How would you get around that?
43:06Get it implanted in the skin?
43:08No, on the way to the ring.
43:09I can't tell you everything.
43:10I can't tell you what I see.
43:11That's what made you such a tremendous manager.
43:13Look at the eyes.
43:14Look at the intensity.
43:16The macho man, Randy Savage,
43:18and you talk about a low blow, cheap shot.
43:21Accidental.
43:22That's a reaction move to his leg.
43:24When he gets in that kind of a nerve grip,
43:26the leg bends to the north, and it kicks up.
43:28It happens all the time.
43:29Talking about parting the hair to go to the bathroom,
43:31ladies and gentlemen.
43:33That was a cheap shot.
43:35I cannot even keep a straight face.
43:40He didn't do too much.
43:41Well, those things happen.
43:42I know a lot about the medical prognostications.
43:45Yeah, Dr. Heenan.
43:46Look at this.
43:47The Nature Boy, Ric Flair, drops the macho man,
43:50Randy Savage, center ring.
43:52Savage has got to mount an offense,
43:55a sustained offense.
43:56Oh, look at this guy.
43:58You realize he was one count away
44:00from becoming champion of the world again
44:02for the 12th time.
44:04The Nature Boy, Ric Flair, now firing away,
44:08and we are being told,
44:09okay, our director is telling us
44:11we've got to take a break.
44:12We will bring you the rest of this match
44:14no matter how long it goes
44:16right after this.
44:17Stay with us.
44:18Macho's working on pure adrenaline, baby.
44:19Don't listen to him.
44:20He's nuts.
44:23All right.
44:24Welcome back on this Christmas day.
44:26WCW Nitro on TNT.
44:28The WCW World Heavyweight Championship on the line.
44:31The Nature Boy, Ric Flair, continues to pummel away,
44:35to chop away, to cheap shot away
44:37at the World Heavyweight Champion.
44:39These two guys have been going at each other
44:41like two pit bulls in a dogfight.
44:43No offense, baby, but this is beautiful.
44:46This is what wrestling's all about.
44:48Did you notice a minute ago
44:49how Flair knew he was in control?
44:51He knew he had Savage.
44:52Did you see the smile?
44:54Did you see the grin?
44:55Did you see the cheeks, how they were smiling?
44:58Yeah, I saw the cheeks, all right.
45:00He knew he had it where he wants it.
45:02This reminder, next week we are live,
45:05coming to you from the Olympic City,
45:08Atlanta, GA.
45:09Cover from The Omni,
45:11the very first Nitro of 1996.
45:14Nitro, the program that rocked the wrestling world,
45:18defied the critics,
45:19and shocked everybody in our industry
45:22as we become the most watched wrestling program
45:26anywhere on the planet.
45:28Barndon, thank you very much.
45:31Oh!
45:32That was a little too high risk there, Macho.
45:35You shouldn't have took that chance.
45:37You shouldn't have done that.
45:40And I want to remind you fans,
45:41one more thing on this holiday season.
45:44Please have a safe and happy holiday season.
45:47Be sure to join us for Starrcade
45:50coming up in just two days,
45:52the premier event of the year.
45:55And trust me when I tell you,
45:57it's been a phenomenal year here in WCW.
45:59You've seen things you've never thought you'd see before.
46:02All the new talent coming to WCW,
46:05they're leaving the WWF in droves,
46:06they're coming to where the big boys play.
46:08Choking him.
46:09He's going to put him to sleep.
46:11Put him to sleep, Macho.
46:13The Macho Man Randy Savage has Ric Flair.
46:15Ric Flair looking like he's going to counter and dive.
46:18Oh!
46:19He knows what he's doing.
46:21Shin to the knee right there.
46:24Just like at Starrcade,
46:25the Japanese are going to walk away with the World Cup.
46:28There's going to be a new heavyweight champion of the world,
46:30triangle match,
46:31and Savage is in deep, deep...
46:33Don't say it.
46:34Look at Savage.
46:35I'll tell you what, you're going to bury me here.
46:37He's got a busted arm, a busted mouth,
46:39and now I think he's got a busted knee.
46:42Well, as I said, we promise you,
46:44we save the very best till last.
46:46So despite all of the action, all of the excitement,
46:49and all of the surprises you've seen throughout 1995,
46:53you're going to see the biggest and the best in just two days.
46:57Ric Flair.
46:58Ric Flair knows right where to go to work on something,
47:01doesn't he?
47:02That knee's hurting, he goes right to work on it.
47:04Well, he's a master.
47:05You may think he's wasting time here,
47:06but he knows he's got him.
47:08Savage is wounded.
47:09He's got one wing, he's got a bad hook,
47:11he's got a bad wheel.
47:12Everything's going wrong for the guy,
47:14and Flair's in control, and he knows...
47:16I'll tell you what, the Macho Man,
47:18he's not only not mounting any offense,
47:21he has mounted very little defense as well.
47:25He's got this locked in.
47:26We might have a new champion here.
47:28That ain't your boy Ric Flair.
47:29You can feel the weight of that World Heavyweight title
47:32around his waist, Bobby.
47:33And I can hear those corks popping out of a champagne bottle.
47:37Flair's ready.
47:38Savage is taking a beating.
47:40Get Flair off the ropes.
47:41Get Flair off the ropes.
47:43That ain't your boy Ric Flair
47:45trying to pull out a win here,
47:47and I'll tell you what,
47:48we may be running a little long on time here.
47:51I don't really care.
47:52We're gonna go until this thing's over.
47:54We're gonna try to stick with this thing as much as we can,
47:57as we have week in and week out,
47:59but I'll tell you what,
48:00the way this battle is going...
48:02These two guys might be pummeling each other for days.
48:05They could be wrestling until New Year's Day.
48:08You never know.
48:09Flair could show up with a beard.
48:11But I'll tell you something,
48:12Savage can't last that much longer.
48:14He's got him, and that pressure's taking its toll
48:16on that knee and that ankle.
48:18Savage, be smart.
48:20Be like your man.
48:21Be like your father.
48:22Be a quitter.
48:23Get over to those ropes and get out of that hole.
48:25Make him break the hold, Ref.
48:27There you go.
48:28LaMarchio and Randy Savage now able to get a hold of the ropes.
48:31The Ref calling for the break.
48:33The dirtiest player in the game circles to his right.
48:35LaMarchio man in the corner.
48:37Well, Savage is no choir boy, I'll guarantee you that.
48:41LaMarchio!
48:43I've got to admit, Flair has got LaMarchio beat down.
48:47I don't see where he's gonna come up with it.
48:50And Flair's taking him apart piece by piece.
48:53He knows what he's doing.
48:54He's going up on top.
48:56Oh, he wasted too much time there.
48:58Yeah, he did.
49:00LaMarchio man, Randy Savage.
49:01He wasted too much time.
49:02He's fixing to send him flying.
49:05Like a bird of prey.
49:08The Nature Boy, Ric Flair, down in the center of the ring as LaMarchio man.
49:12Bad leg, bad arm.
49:14Busted up, beat up, battered and abused.
49:17Fights back to defend the most coveted crown in our sport,
49:20the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.
49:24Because this is where the big boys play.
49:27That's the title everybody wants.
49:29And by the way, according to Medusa, where the big girls play now as well.
49:33I don't want to mess with her.
49:34I love what she did with that title belt from that lesser league.
49:38That's just where it belongs.
49:40Maybe she should have thrown it in the litter box.
49:43The Nature Boy, Ric Flair, gets a mouthful of turnbuckle.
49:47Boy, that got him right in the beak.
49:50Come on, Ric, get up.
49:51Flair is down.
49:52Savage is wounded.
49:53Flair is down.
49:54The fight is up to the Macho Man, who is literally crawling.
49:58Crawling on his belly like a reptile.
50:01Going for the inside cradle.
50:04Not able to capitalize on it.
50:06The Nature Boy, Ric Flair, still looks like the fresher of the two to me.
50:09The Macho Man is just taking too much abuse.
50:14Oh, yeah.
50:16But that's not going to hurt Flair right there.
50:18One, two, and a handful of tights doesn't help.
50:21Flair will not give up.
50:22You're going to have to pin him.
50:23Savage, you're going to have to pin.
50:24He won't give up.
50:25This could go for days.
50:26Savage is just digging down into his gut,
50:30and he is coming up with courage, energy, and fight.
50:34One, two.
50:36And he got out of it.
50:37Oh, I thought he had it.
50:38This is unbelievable.
50:39Oh, my gosh.
50:40The world title on the line.
50:42Savage fighting on pure instinct.
50:44Flair going for an unprecedented 12th title shot here,
50:49and he is not letting up.
50:51You've got to admire the intestinal fortitude of both of these wrestlers.
50:56But see, Savage.
50:58Jimmy Hunt.
50:59Jimmy Hunt.
51:00Oh, you made it.
51:01There you go.
51:02Jimmy Hunt trying to trip up the Macho Man, Randy Savage.
51:06Savage now pummeling away.
51:08And here's Luger.
51:09Oh, no, no, no.
51:10Luger.
51:11Luger hammering away on the Macho Man.
51:16Well, there's no love lost there between Luger and Savage.
51:18Why?
51:19Why?
51:20Absolutely no love lost.
51:22Luger didn't do Flair any favors there either.
51:25And Savage is going to go to star cave
51:27as the heavyweight champion of the world.
51:29And here comes Sting.
51:30Sting coming out from nowhere.
51:33We may be here for days.
51:35Who did he go after to help?
51:36Was he coming out there to help Macho or Luger?
51:39I don't know.
51:40Big question mark.
51:41Who was he there to help?
51:43Well, there's no love lost between Sting and Flair.
51:46Flair.
51:47Flair didn't let him answer that question
51:49because he went right after him.
51:51This does nothing but to add to the questions surrounding
51:54the relationship between Sting and Rex Luger
51:58as we head into star cave.
52:00Now we're going to see what's going on.
52:02In just about 48 hours.
52:04Oh, my God.
52:05This thing is breaking loose.
52:06In 48 hours, we are into star cave.
52:09And there's a whole lot of questions.
52:11Look at this.
52:12I don't know.
52:13Look at this.
52:14Maybe he was coming in there.
52:15Maybe he was coming in there to help Luger.
52:18Fans, be with us at star cave.
52:20We've got to go.
52:21I'm sorry.
52:22We have got to go.
52:23I can't wait to see those Japanese go back to home
52:26with their tail between their legs.
52:28Let's go explore the star cave.
52:29See you there.
52:30Star cave.
52:31Only on pay-per-view.
52:32I can't wait.
52:33Woo!
52:35Get out of there, guys.