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00:00I
00:30Hi, everybody. It's main event time in Atlanta.
00:32Tony Schiavone, along with Missy.
00:34Missy, what's wrong?
00:36Well, you know, I've had to change my phone number and move a couple of times lately.
00:40Let me guess why. You're pretty paranoid, aren't you?
00:43It's the things you've been saying at the 900 number, the hotline on Sunday night.
00:46Am I right?
00:47I just tell the truth. That's all.
00:49Yeah, sure you do, Miss.
00:50I tell you what, we have a great program this hour,
00:52including the Young Pistols going after the U.S. Tag Team title
00:55in our main event against the Patriots.
00:57Now, you were at Halloween Havoc when the Young Pistols made their statement
01:00about wanting to be U.S. Tag Team Champions.
01:02That's right. I heard it first, and I know all the scoops about that.
01:05We also have a big Thunder Cage match.
01:07The former World Six-Man Tag Team Champions, Dustin Rose, the Z-Man,
01:11and Big Josh against the new champions, the York Foundation.
01:14And I predicted that first, too.
01:15You sure did. And also, we'll be talking about Ravishing Rick Rude,
01:18a man who never did defeat Sting for that U.S. Heavyweight title.
01:21He did. He walked out on TBS with the bell at the Clash. He's the champion.
01:25Let's go to the ring. Jim Ross doing the play-by-play.
01:28And Richard Morton tried.
01:31He blocked. Both men blocked it, as a matter of fact.
01:33You can see, quite obviously, common sense will tell you.
01:36You're going to try to stay. If you're in this match,
01:38you're going to try to do everything you can
01:39to keep your body away from the steel fence
01:42and from those steel supports.
01:44York Foundation making another exchange.
01:52They've got three very experienced men in their unit,
01:57led by what many people perceive as one of the top two or three
02:01tag team wrestlers of all time in Richard Morton.
02:04So they are going to be very prolific six-man tag team champions
02:12as time progresses, in my opinion.
02:16Right now, Terrence Taylor's got the arm barred on Dustin Rhodes.
02:20He's got a big...
02:22Rhodes has a big leverage advantage, as we mentioned,
02:27and Taylor's wrestling a smart match, as he usually does.
02:30Matt wrestling Dustin, who's back up to a vertical base,
02:34hammers the right hand, Irish whip, and Dustin in.
02:37And he was a little bit over-anxious,
02:39as Big Josh was earlier in this contest.
02:46Dustin now being sternly tested.
02:50And look at Rich using the rope.
02:55I'm sure you are wondering why the referee hasn't counted him out
02:58or in the process of doing so,
03:01but this is a no-disqualification event.
03:07Right hands, a lot of impact.
03:09You can hear that.
03:11Taylor rakes the eyes.
03:12Now, where's he going?
03:14Both men climbing up to the top rope.
03:17And look at Morton climbing down the rope.
03:20Here comes Big Josh.
03:21They're all going to gather at the river here in the corner.
03:24All four men up on the top rope.
03:29And Taylor's hand rammed into the top of the steel.
03:32And Morton faced the steel as well.
03:35Big Josh buried that left hand into Taylor.
03:40And now they're double-teaming Terrence,
03:42who comes down chest first to the canvas.
03:47Tag made.
03:49Z-man now, the legal man in.
03:50Kick right to the ribs.
03:53Trying to crack the ribs of Terrence Taylor.
03:55And Taylor retaliates by raking the eyes.
03:59Z-man temporarily blinded here.
04:02Caught him with a kick.
04:03He caught him with a super kick.
04:05Favreau crash, but Morton interrupts the count.
04:09What a dynamic offensive move by the Z-man.
04:12And Taylor drives his hand up into the jaw
04:15of the Z-man and tags in Thomas Rich.
04:18Neck breaker.
04:23Nicely done by Rich.
04:26And he drives the elbow to the throat of the Z-man.
04:31Very hard-fought match.
04:35Another illustration of why WCW is considered by far
04:39the hardest-hitting professional wrestling action
04:42in the world today.
04:44Hey, wait just a second.
04:49I'll tell you, the York Foundation has got great teamwork.
04:52You've got to admire that.
04:53Hey, there's a sunset there.
04:54He's got him pinned.
04:56Referee Nick Patrick
04:57was distracted there by Terrence Taylor.
05:03And what a move there by Morton with a clothesline.
05:08Morton not known as a high-impact wrestler,
05:10but he caught Z-man with a good clothesline right there.
05:13Go, Z-man!
05:15Go, Z-man!
05:18And a domino stretch.
05:19He got it.
05:20Finally got it.
05:22Doesn't have it hooked in altogether.
05:25Great young fans enjoying the action.
05:28There's just nothing like seeing live WCW action.
05:31We certainly appreciate you allowing us
05:33to come into your home here on TV.
05:34And there wasn't, was there a tag,
05:38or I couldn't see from our vantage point
05:40if Taylor and Rich made a legal tag.
05:46And I know that that was not a tag.
05:49York Foundation
05:49really operating smoothly here.
05:54And I'm not so sure that Nick Patrick
05:56is going to allow this tag.
05:58He did not see it.
05:59And again, Alexandra York,
06:02maybe she's trying to give Gordon Nelson
06:06some stock options or something.
06:08He is standing by his guns.
06:11That cage door is not supposed to come open
06:13until there's a decision rendered.
06:14And now you can see the abdominal stretch.
06:17He didn't have it locked in.
06:19Takes Z-man back to his corner.
06:22The York Foundation has wrestled
06:23the balance of this contest
06:25in their half of the ring.
06:26Cross-couted by the Z-man.
06:29And he didn't hook the leg
06:31and didn't quite have it there.
06:36What a karate kick.
06:38Great move by the Z-man.
06:42Catching Terrence Taylor.
06:44But the Z-man is not near his corner yet.
06:48He's trying to fight his way to his corner.
06:50Right hand between the legs.
06:56Makes the tag.
06:57Here comes Big Josh in.
06:59Now he's a high-impact wrestler,
07:01no doubt about that.
07:02Irish Whip takes him in.
07:04High elevation.
07:05Taylor now in trouble.
07:07Big Josh really on fire here.
07:10Double axe handle.
07:13And Morton's in.
07:14Morton ran face first into the steel.
07:16Big Josh with the forearm on Thomas Rich.
07:19I think Morton has been lacerated.
07:24Taylor now with an advantage.
07:26Good drop kick by Dustin.
07:28Josh falls on top.
07:29One, two, three.
07:30And they got it.
07:32Ladies and gentlemen,
07:33the winners of the match,
07:34the Z-man,
07:36Dustin Rhodes,
07:37and Big Josh.
07:40Well, the York Foundation
07:41has been defeated
07:42in this grudge match.
07:44But right now,
07:45they are really taking their liberties
07:46on their opponent.
07:49Big Josh rammed into the steel.
07:52Morton is bleeding.
07:54Big Josh has been
07:56cut by that steel fence.
08:00His buddy, Thomas Rich,
08:01what a friend he is,
08:03working on him.
08:03Look at Morton up on the top turnbuckle.
08:06Hey, come on, Taylor.
08:07Bring it up.
08:07This one has really turned
08:09into a brutal brawl there.
08:10Their Josh has been lacerated.
08:13They're finally opening
08:14the cage door.
08:15What a match up here.
08:17The York Foundation
08:18may have lost this match,
08:20but perhaps they have won the war.
08:22Welcome back to
08:35World Championship Wrestling.
08:36I'm Eric Bischoff,
08:37and this is the WCW Magazine.
08:39The past two weeks here on TBS
08:41have seen the formation
08:42of what could prove
08:43to be the most dominant group
08:44ever assembled in WCW.
08:47The Paul E. Dangerously-led
08:48Dangerous Alliance
08:50has made a dramatic impact,
08:51just as Paul E. predicted
08:53at Halloween Havoc.
08:55The man behind this mask
08:58is the only man
09:00on the face of the planet
09:02that can help me
09:04bankrupt this company
09:05till I can fire it and fire
09:07every single person
09:09that has stood in my way.
09:11The man behind this mask
09:13is the only man
09:14that's ever eliminated
09:16each and every person
09:17in his way.
09:19The man behind this mask
09:21is the only man
09:22that can crush the hopes
09:24of the Little Stingers
09:25until a man
09:26stands over
09:27the remnants of his career
09:29and says,
09:31ashes to ashes,
09:33dust to dust,
09:35rest in peace,
09:36Stinger,
09:37your career is over.
09:38Ladies and gentlemen,
09:40the next United States
09:42heavyweight champion,
09:44Ravishing Rick Brown!
09:46Paul E. Dangerously's intentions
09:50now public
09:51with Rude and Medusa
09:53as cornerstones
09:54of his new organization,
09:55Paul E. devised a plan
09:57to win the U.S. title
09:58from Sting.
09:59Now, Rude did win the title,
10:00but not as dangerously
10:01he had originally planned.
10:03Here's what happened
10:03on the infamous night
10:05of November 19th.
10:06Stage 12,
10:07Section 6.1,
10:09Article 6.
10:10If you want to get a close-up,
10:11go right ahead.
10:12Too late.
10:13It states,
10:14and you can read it there,
10:15I'm not lying this time,
10:17should, by accident,
10:19act of God or injury,
10:21the United States
10:23heavyweight champion
10:24not appear in the ring
10:27by bell time,
10:29the United States
10:30heavyweight championship
10:31will be forfeited
10:33and the title
10:35will be assumed
10:36by ravishing
10:37Rick Rude.
10:39He cannot appear here
10:41before bell time.
10:43Just keep talking, Paulie.
10:44Get him in here.
10:45And Sting
10:45does not appear
10:47in this ring
10:48by the time
10:49the bell rings.
10:51There will be a new
10:52United States
10:54heavyweight champion.
10:55He's back.
10:56Hey, Nick,
10:56Nick, he's back.
10:57He's back here.
10:58He's back.
10:59He's back.
11:00He's here.
11:01He is here.
11:05There's the bell.
11:06Sting trying to get
11:07in the building.
11:08He's limping noticeably.
11:10He went to the wrong door.
11:13Sting is back.
11:14Now, Paulie wants
11:15the match right now,
11:16but there's got to be
11:17a 10 count.
11:18He's administering
11:19the 10 count right now.
11:20And Nick Patrick
11:21lets the crowd here.
11:24He broke the 10 count.
11:25He just won that
11:2610 count again.
11:27There he is.
11:28There he is.
11:29Will he make it?
11:31Oh, what courage.
11:36And Rude's going to meet him.
11:38Rude and Sting now.
11:39Buddy on the left way.
11:43Oh, my God.
11:47Bad leg at all.
11:48Now, Dirk at ringside.
11:50This may be it, Jim.
11:54I don't think
11:54he can get up from this.
11:55Oh, this is no way.
11:57Don't let this happen.
11:59One, two, three.
12:01Oh, he kicked out.
12:02Yeah, yeah.
12:03He kicked out.
12:09Dangerous.
12:10He thought he had him
12:11with that bone,
12:11but the Stinger kicked out.
12:12And there's a DDT.
12:14A DDT.
12:15It may be over.
12:17And Dangerous,
12:17he's up on the apron.
12:23And Rude from behind.
12:25He clipped that knee
12:26from behind,
12:27just like Luger did earlier.
12:30He's got it cradled.
12:31He's got the tights.
12:33He's got the tights,
12:34but he's going to win it.
12:35Oh, my.
12:36Ladies and gentlemen,
12:37the winner
12:38and new United States
12:40heavyweight champion,
12:42Ravishing Rick Rude.
12:46With the U.S. title
12:47now in their grasp,
12:49Dangerous Lane and company
12:49went to work
12:50in recruiting new members
12:51for his proposed attack
12:53on WCW management.
12:55Two weeks ago on TBS,
12:56he introduced
12:57his entire organization
12:58to the world.
12:59Please welcome
12:59the newest members
13:00of the Dangerous Alliance.
13:02Arne Anderson
13:03and Larry Zabisco.
13:08The world's TV champion,
13:11stunning Steve Austin.
13:13Ladies and gentlemen,
13:14beautiful Bobby Eaton.
13:19Dangerously's goal
13:21is for the Dangerous Alliance
13:22to destroy
13:23all of WCW's heroes,
13:25to win all major
13:26WCW championships,
13:27and to eventually control
13:28the WCW championship committee.
13:31Interestingly enough,
13:32however,
13:32all members
13:33of the Dangerous Alliance
13:34will participate
13:35in Starrcade 91
13:36and via the lethal lottery
13:38could find themselves
13:39facing each other
13:40in the tag team phase
13:41of the event
13:42prior to the Battle Bowl.
13:43Here's more
13:44about the pay-per-view exclusive.
13:45It happens only once a year.
13:48World Championship Wrestling
13:50presents
13:50the sports spectacular
13:52of the season
13:52Starrcade 91.
13:55Anything goes in wrestling's
13:57ultimate challenge
13:58of skill,
14:00luck,
14:00and survival.
14:02Starrcade 91
14:03Battle Bowl,
14:04the lethal lottery.
14:06December 29th live,
14:08only on pay-per-view.
14:10Call your local cable operator
14:12for availability.
14:12Don't miss this
14:19pay-per-view exclusive
14:20just three weeks away.
14:22Call your local cable company
14:23and order
14:23Starrcade 91 today.
14:26I'm Eric Bishop,
14:26and this has been
14:27the WCW magazine.
14:29The WCW magazine.
14:44Ladies and gentlemen,
14:45the following contest.
14:47It is a 4-1 fall.
14:49Introducing first,
14:50from New York City,
14:53weighing 200,
14:54and Lady Pounds.
14:56Lady Pound is
14:56the Rock of Ages
14:57and baby.
14:58The good one
14:59to the ring.
15:00Hammer!
15:04His opponent
15:05from Seattle,
15:06Washington,
15:07235 pounds,
15:10John Peterson.
15:13Heavy medal,
15:14Van Hammer
15:14against John Peterson
15:16on the main event.
15:17Tony Schiavone back with you
15:18as we take a look
15:18at one of the superstars
15:20of WCW.
15:22And one of the men,
15:24one of the 40-top superstars
15:25who will compete
15:26at Starrcade.
15:27Woo!
15:29Battle Bowl,
15:30the lethal lottery.
15:31Now, that's going to be
15:32coming up
15:32your way
15:34at about
15:35three weeks' time
15:37from today,
15:38Sunday,
15:39December 29th,
15:40only on pay-per-view,
15:417 o'clock
15:42Eastern Time.
15:43It all starts
15:44with a draw
15:44at the commissioner
15:45of Battle Bowl
15:45this year.
15:46Magnum T.A.,
15:47former U.S. heavyweight champion.
15:49He'll make a drawing.
15:5140-top superstars
15:52will be drawn at random.
15:53If they draw
15:54Van Hammer number one
15:55and if they draw
15:56Cactus Jack number two,
15:58then Van Hammer
15:58and Cactus Jack
15:59have to team up together.
16:01That is right.
16:03And they'll have to
16:04face another team.
16:05They'll keep drawing
16:06until they come up
16:08with 20 teams,
16:1010 tag team matches,
16:1220 athletes.
16:14Then the tag team matches
16:15commence
16:15and the winning teams
16:17and the tag team matches
16:18drawn at random
16:19will advance
16:20to Battle Bowl,
16:21a two-ring
16:22over-the-top
16:22row Battle Royal.
16:23So 20 men
16:24will advance,
16:2520 men will not.
16:26The 20 men
16:27which advance
16:28will go one-on-one
16:29are basically
16:30every man for himself
16:31in a two-ring
16:32Battle Royal
16:33with the final man
16:34being the Battle Bowl champion.
16:37And it could be
16:37someone like
16:38Heavy Metal Van Hammer
16:39who certainly
16:40is thinking of
16:41Cactus Jack
16:42each and every week
16:43we talk to him.
16:44He feels that
16:45what happened
16:45right here on TBS
16:46at the Clash of Champions
16:47when Cactus
16:49nailed him in the throat
16:49with that guitar.
16:52It's something
16:52that he'll never forget,
16:53he tells me,
16:54as long as he remains
16:56in this sport.
17:00And there is no question
17:01that Heavy Metal
17:02Van Hammer
17:03is looking very sharp
17:04here this week
17:04on TBS.
17:06Front base lock
17:07and Heavy Metal
17:08shoots him
17:09into the right.
17:11Power slam.
17:13Hammer.
17:16Drops the leg
17:17across the throat
17:18of Peterson.
17:24Calling out
17:24to these fans
17:25called the Hammerheads.
17:30Stomping and clapping.
17:31I wonder if that's
17:39in memory
17:41of the late
17:42Freddie Mercury.
17:43There's a slingshot.
17:49The winner
17:50of the match
17:51is the
17:52Metal
17:52Van Hammer.
17:56Heavy Metal
17:56Van Hammer
17:57with the
17:57Hammer Rock
17:58slingshot
17:59wins yet another match.
18:00Right here
18:01on the main event
18:02at TBS
18:02and here it is
18:03one more time.
18:04It got down
18:04to raw power
18:05and knowing
18:05exactly what you can do.
18:09Heavy Metal.
18:09Could he be the winner
18:10of Battle Bowl?
18:11We'll find out.
18:12Right now
18:12we'll be back
18:13on the main event
18:13after this time out
18:14on TBS.
18:26Welcome back
18:27to the main event
18:28everyone.
18:28Still to come
18:29a battle
18:29for the United States
18:29Tag Team Championship
18:31the Patriots
18:32defending against
18:33the Young Pistols
18:33but we are all
18:35anxiously awaiting
18:35the big rematch
18:37here in December
18:38for the United States
18:38Heavyweight Championship
18:39between Ravishing Rick Rude
18:41and Sting.
18:42Sting now at 100%.
18:43He is ready to wrestle
18:45Ravishing Rick Rude
18:46and regain his championship.
18:47What are your thoughts
18:48Paul leading into
18:49this rematch?
18:49Oh he's ready
18:50to regain his championship.
18:51I'm sure you're
18:52looking forward
18:53to the match Jim.
18:54I'm sure every little
18:54stinger out there
18:55is looking forward
18:56to the match.
18:56I'm sure the former
18:58champion Sting
18:59is looking forward
19:00to the match.
19:01There's only two people
19:02on the face of the earth
19:02that want this match
19:03more than Sting.
19:04Rick Rude
19:05and Paulie Dangerously.
19:06Paul, quite candidly,
19:07do you think that if
19:08Sting had been at 100%
19:10at the Clash of Champions
19:11that she still would have
19:11won the championship?
19:12Oh come on,
19:13what kind of question
19:14is that for a reporter
19:14such as yourself?
19:16Lex Luger did Sting a favor.
19:18He gave him a comp out.
19:19He gave him an excuse.
19:20Sting can now say,
19:20oh Jim, Jim I hurt my leg.
19:23Oh Jim, you know,
19:24he re-injured the injury
19:25from a couple years ago
19:26and boy I couldn't really
19:27fight Rick Rude
19:28with two legs.
19:28I only had one leg
19:29and now he has no excuse.
19:31Now when you step in the ring
19:32with Ravishing Rick Rude Sting
19:33you're going to have to
19:33look across the ring
19:34and say, you know what,
19:35I am looking at
19:36a superior athlete,
19:37the United States
19:38heavyweight champion,
19:39Ravishing Rick Rude.
19:40I think that's rather
19:41an asinine analogy
19:42quite frankly.
19:43You got him a cop out.
19:44Yes I do, quite frankly.
19:45One thing about that though
19:47is that Ravishing Rick Rude
19:48is a superior athlete.
19:50One of the finest athletes
19:51I've ever seen.
19:52But now you're going
19:53to face Sting.
19:54You're going to find out
19:54just exactly how he can be
19:56at 100% Rick.
19:57What was asinine
19:58about that now Jim Bob?
20:00The fact that Rick,
20:02that Luger gave him
20:03an excuse.
20:04Sting doesn't want an excuse.
20:05He wants his title back.
20:06Sting's going to have
20:07a lifetime of excuses.
20:09Let me tell you something Ross.
20:10Sting threw a monkey wrench
20:13into my original strategy.
20:15What I had planned to do
20:17was beat Sting
20:18about the head
20:19and facial area.
20:21But the injury
20:21was so obvious.
20:23What would you do Ross
20:24if you were an athlete?
20:25Give him a break?
20:26Not touch the leg?
20:27What would you do
20:28if you were me?
20:29Don't even answer that.
20:30It doesn't matter.
20:31What an athlete would do,
20:33what a man who wants
20:34to win the championship
20:35would do,
20:36is just what
20:37Ravishing Rick did.
20:39Exploit Sting's weakness.
20:42Do you understand that?
20:43I understand it perfectly.
20:44Does that sound asinine?
20:46Not really,
20:47but the situation is, Paul,
20:49is that now we know
20:50that Sting is at 100%.
20:51And you've also been accused
20:53of getting involved
20:54in these matches
20:54the last couple of weeks.
20:56How have I been
20:56getting involved in a match?
20:57Have I used the phone?
20:58It's the same phone
20:58I came back at
20:59Halloween Havoc with.
21:00Have I touched him
21:01with my hands?
21:01Have I kicked him
21:02with my feet?
21:02Have I done anything physical
21:03that I've been involved?
21:04Yeah, with this.
21:05The mastermind.
21:06The brains and the brawn.
21:08Paulie Dangerously
21:09Ravishing Rick Rude.
21:10The United States
21:11Heavyweight Championship.
21:12Fans, we certainly
21:13look forward to that
21:14rematch, ladies and gentlemen.
21:15And remember,
21:16still to come,
21:17the United States
21:18Tag Team Championship
21:19will be decided
21:20and we'll have it for you
21:21right here on the main event
21:22right after this timeout.
21:24You believe him.
21:33The following contest,
21:40it is F1.4.
21:42Introducing first
21:43from Argentina.
21:46He stands 7 feet,
21:477 inches,
21:48weighs 454 pounds.
21:52The largest athlete
21:53in the world,
21:55El Gigante.
22:01His opponent from Palm Beach, Florida,
22:03254 pounds.
22:06Mike Fever.
22:08El Gigante to go up
22:09against Mike Fever.
22:10You know,
22:10we saw Van Hammer
22:11just before the Ross report.
22:13Heavy metal
22:14and a great win.
22:15And heavy metal
22:16and El Gigante
22:18had signed
22:19to team
22:20in some tag team matches
22:22in World Championship Wrestling.
22:23Truly together,
22:25one of the biggest tag teams
22:26ever in WCW.
22:27So we anticipate
22:29that
22:30combination
22:31as well as seeing
22:32El Gigante
22:32as part of Starcade.
22:34Fans,
22:35don't forget
22:35our next big event
22:36here in the Omni
22:37is going to be
22:38Christmas night.
22:39It's our Christmas night
22:40spectacular.
22:42As you probably know
22:42by now,
22:43what a sensational match
22:44with Steamboat and Rhodes
22:46going up against
22:47the members
22:48of the Dangerous Alliance.
22:50The return match
22:51is going to be
22:51two out of three falls
22:52at the Omni Christmas night.
22:54And, of course,
22:58Sting and Ravishing Rick Rude
22:59will get it on
23:00this time
23:00for the U.S. title.
23:01Some interesting comments
23:02from Jim Ross
23:03in the Ross report
23:04about
23:05Sting and Ravishing Rick Rude
23:08now that Sting
23:08is 100%
23:09ready to do battle.
23:12His chance
23:13to get the U.S.
23:13Heavyweight title
23:14back is coming up
23:15on the Omni Christmas night
23:16and there's the clothesline
23:17from El Gigante.
23:23He has to execute
23:25a clothesline
23:25down around his waist
23:27to be able to connect
23:28with the throat
23:29of many of his opponents.
23:35Some people ask,
23:36they say,
23:36why does his clothesline
23:37look so odd
23:38or so different?
23:39And that's the reason.
23:40Most people will hold
23:41the clothesline up
23:42at eye level.
23:43Not for El Gigante.
23:44He has to hold it down low
23:46because he's so tall.
23:48And now,
23:49ready for the claw
23:49on a very,
23:51looks like,
23:54three,
23:55Mike Fieber
23:55and there's
23:56the one,
23:56two,
23:56three.
23:57Ladies and gentlemen,
23:58here's our winner,
24:00El Gigante.
24:03He may be the favorite
24:05in Battle Bowl.
24:06What a big man
24:07and a great athlete
24:08from Argentina.
24:097'7",
24:10El Gigante.
24:11Our main event
24:11still to come this week
24:12on TBS.
24:26WCW Special Forces.
24:29They are
24:29the WCW
24:31United States
24:32Tag Team Champions,
24:34Firebreaker Chip,
24:36Tag Champion,
24:38The Patriots.
24:40All right,
24:44the U.S. Tag Team Champions
24:45set to go
24:46against the
24:46Young Pistols
24:48and a match
24:49that we've anticipated
24:50for a number
24:51of weeks now.
24:53As a matter of fact,
24:54ever since
24:54the 27th of October
24:55win during
24:56Halloween Havoc,
24:57Tracy Swathers
24:58and Steve Armstrong
24:59let their attentions
25:00known about
25:01wanting to become
25:02U.S. Tag Team Champions.
25:04Since that time,
25:05it's obviously
25:05they've taken,
25:06it's obvious
25:07they've taken
25:07a different road
25:08when it comes to
25:09regard for the fans.
25:11And when it comes
25:11to
25:12the opponents,
25:15the Patriots.
25:20So we are now
25:21set to go.
25:22It's going to be
25:22the Young Pistols
25:23who have a tremendous
25:24amount of desire
25:26and motivation.
25:27I don't think
25:27there's any question
25:28about that.
25:30But the
25:31Red Hot Patriots,
25:33four very young
25:34athletes,
25:34and we look for
25:35a great Tag Team match.
25:36I don't think
25:39there's any question
25:40the fans are now
25:40behind the Patriots.
25:42Even though it wasn't
25:43long ago,
25:43the fans were behind
25:44Tracy and Steve.
25:46They have abandoned
25:48that
25:48right now.
25:52Handshake or not?
25:53I guess the answer
25:58is not.
26:01And again,
26:03Chip extends
26:03the hand.
26:09And a big shove
26:10again.
26:11All right,
26:11a shoving
26:11match and Susan.
26:12Here we go.
26:13Action underway.
26:14Arm dragged
26:19by the
26:20big guy.
26:22A lot of quickness.
26:24Tracy held up
26:25a minute.
26:25He goes down
26:26and the Pistols
26:27are on the outside.
26:36A good look
26:37at Tracy
26:38of the Young Pistols
26:38as the U.S.
26:39Tag Team Champions
26:40the Patriots.
26:44are on a roll
26:46here.
26:48Fans,
26:49we want to remind
26:49you that we will
26:50be back at
26:51Center Stage.
26:53Yeah,
26:53isn't that nice?
26:54Tomorrow night
26:55with a big night
26:57of television taping
26:58here in Atlanta
26:59and our great fans
27:01that one week
27:03from Tuesday
27:04we'll be going
27:05back to
27:05Gainesville,
27:07the Georgia
27:07Mountain Center
27:08on the 17th
27:09with World
27:09Championship Wrestling.
27:11We talk a lot
27:12about the Christmas
27:12Night Spectacular
27:13at the Omni.
27:14A very special
27:15event will take
27:16place in the Omni
27:17New Year's Night
27:18as her tradition
27:19returns to World
27:20Championship Wrestling
27:21as we come back
27:22with fan appreciation
27:23night at the Omni
27:24that is New Year's
27:25Night, January 1st
27:27at the Omni
27:27with World
27:27Championship Wrestling.
27:29We'll talk more
27:29about that in the
27:30weeks to come.
27:31Right now though,
27:32Steve with a
27:33good kick to the
27:34midsection
27:35going in
27:36trying and
27:36executing the
27:37monkey flip
27:37but look at that.
27:40Chip
27:41with some clothes
27:42lines showing
27:43great agility
27:44and strength.
27:45Down goes
27:45Tracy,
27:46out goes
27:46Steve,
27:47Todd nails
27:48Tracy and the
27:49Young Pistols go
27:50down out on the
27:52side one more
27:52time.
27:53I'd like to say a
28:03very special thank
28:04you to the fans
28:04who joined me as
28:05I subbed for
28:07Jim Ross on his
28:08radio show last
28:09Sunday on AM
28:10750 WSB.
28:11Had a great time.
28:12We have some great
28:13wrestling fans not
28:13only in Atlanta but
28:14all around the world
28:15that watch our
28:15telecast on TBS.
28:17We had calls from
28:20all over from
28:20Danville, Illinois
28:21someone called in
28:22from Portland, Maine
28:24Tracy in.
28:28Fans are very
28:29disturbed about the
28:30Young Pistols
28:30and their change of
28:33attitude.
28:36Tracy wants Todd
28:38Champion to come in
28:39and he is going to
28:41get Todd Champion.
28:42Champion his first
28:43time in against
28:44Tracy.
28:47He is going to
28:49slow things down
28:49quite a bit.
28:50Tracy needs not to
28:52get into the strength
28:53of Todd Champion
28:54into the power.
28:57Tracy doing some
28:58posing here to the
28:59fans.
29:03A little bit of
29:03ridicule to Todd
29:04Champion and here
29:05we go with these
29:06two combats.
29:07You're watching the
29:07match for the U.S.
29:08Tag Title exclusively
29:10here on the main
29:11event at TBS and
29:12Todd Champion showing
29:13the power that has
29:14made him a Tag
29:15Team Champion.
29:16in World
29:17Championship Wrestling.
29:21A lot of champions
29:22in that sense.
29:24But Smothers on the
29:25outside now having
29:27Mike Adkins usher
29:29Todd Champion back.
29:35This match for the
29:36United States Tag
29:37Team Championship.
29:37I'm not so sure by
29:49watching Tracy's facial
29:52expressions if he is so
29:54pleased to have turned
29:55his back on the fans
29:55or not.
29:56Seems like the fans
29:57cheering for Todd
29:57Champion has disturbed
30:00Tracy a great deal.
30:02Tracy wheeled around and
30:03Champion exploded on
30:04Joy.
30:06The Pistols not only have
30:08they turned their back
30:08on their fans they have
30:10certainly changed the
30:12way they approach your
30:12match.
30:14It used to be tremendous
30:15double team maneuvers.
30:17A lot of tagging in and
30:18out.
30:19But now the Pistols have
30:21completely changed things
30:22where they've slowed
30:23things down quite a bit.
30:24And he's apologizing.
30:29He apologized to Todd,
30:31apologized to the fans.
30:34And I don't think the fans
30:35are going to buy this at
30:36all.
30:47Are we going to have a
30:47handshake or not?
30:48Let's see if we can
30:48listen in.
30:49Todd willing to shake
31:01and Chip's willing to
31:02stop Steve from coming
31:03in.
31:03Wait a second.
31:05Turn around.
31:08Chip trying his best to
31:10warn Todd Champion and
31:11he went for it.
31:12He's in trouble now as
31:13the Pistols got to work
31:14double team.
31:15They both missed.
31:15Champion down makes the
31:19tag.
31:20He got Tracy in his
31:21corner to make the tag.
31:22Great maneuvering that
31:24time by Todd Champion to
31:25pull Tracy in before he
31:27made the tag.
31:27But Tracy, a veteran
31:28backed out of there.
31:30And we are back, so to
31:31speak, as the cliche goes
31:32to square one of this
31:33event on the main event.
31:38Standing side headlock as
31:39Todd Champion gets back
31:40in.
31:43So the tag off for the
31:45Patriots did not.
31:49Help matters out.
31:51Todd is back in.
31:53Racing down low.
31:54The elbow or the knee
31:55that time found its mark
31:57to the small in the back
31:58of Todd Champion.
31:59And now the double team
32:00for the Pistols.
32:02And they're great at
32:03double teaming.
32:03There's no question about
32:04that.
32:06Double axe handle.
32:07Todd goes down.
32:08A warning.
32:08The young Pistols.
32:16After watching their
32:17antics in this match and
32:19the way they've been
32:19talking about people and
32:21fans and opponents, there
32:24is no question that the
32:26young Pistols are certainly
32:27a changed team.
32:29Steve tried to brawl with
32:31Todd Champion.
32:32He got a knee that time
32:35into Champion.
32:37Champion's in trouble and
32:38now that's exactly what the
32:40Pistols wanted.
32:41They wanted Chip to come in.
32:53Todd Champion in a lot of
32:55trouble here.
32:55And this U.S. tag title may
32:57be in jeopardy for the
32:58Patriots.
33:00Todd, sunset flip, trying to
33:01get him over, got him over.
33:02One, two, three, and no
33:05referee.
33:09Drop kick.
33:11Now the Patriots had it
33:12won.
33:15But that's all in the past
33:17now.
33:17This match continues.
33:18Todd Champion's still very,
33:19very tired, winded.
33:21He's been beating around
33:22here.
33:25Steve up on top.
33:28Right to the head.
33:32Side of the head.
33:35Again.
33:41Champion up on the ropes.
33:44In grave danger here in this
33:45U.S. tag title match.
33:47Tracy.
33:49Great teamwork from the
33:50Pistols.
33:51And a lot of jawing going on.
33:53A lot of big talk.
33:54Todd powers away.
33:57Tracy complaining to the
33:59referee.
34:01Can the Pistols become new
34:02U.S. tag team champions here
34:04on the main event at TBS?
34:06The match has been going on
34:07about, what, about seven,
34:08eight minutes right now?
34:10Double close line.
34:12Both Pistols go down.
34:14And Todd needs a tag.
34:17He can barely rise to all
34:20fours here.
34:21But the Pistols in much the
34:22same predicament.
34:26Trying to make the tag to
34:28Chip.
34:29He got it with a lunge.
34:31Chip is in.
34:31He's got both men to
34:32contend with.
34:36Who in the world is a legal
34:37man?
34:38I think it's Tracy.
34:41We've got all four in.
34:44Out goes Steve.
34:45Keep your eye on Tracy and
34:46Chip.
34:47Fireman's carry pickup.
34:48Airplane spin.
34:53Steve with a knee.
34:55And a blow to the midsection.
34:59A cover.
35:00One, two, three.
35:02We've got new champions.
35:09Wait a minute.
35:10He's not the right man.
35:12You see, Mike Adkins wants the
35:14match to continue.
35:15He knows Steve's not the right
35:16man.
35:16And a roll up.
35:17And there it is.
35:20Ladies and gentlemen,
35:22the winner.
35:23And still,
35:24United States Tag Team
35:27Champions,
35:28the Patriots.
35:29The Patriots.
35:42All right, fans.
35:44Back on the main event,
35:44an exciting program.
35:45And the Patriots are still
35:46the U.S.
35:47Tag Team Champions.
35:48That's not fair.
35:49The referee didn't see
35:50something.
35:50The Pistols,
35:51they should be the
35:52champions.
35:52Well, I know you feel that
35:53way.
35:53Many people feel that way
35:54also.
35:55And next week,
35:55we understand during the
35:56break, some negotiations
35:57were going on.
35:58We'll have a return match.
35:59The Patriots will defend
36:00the U.S. Tag Team
36:01belts again against the
36:02Young Pistols next week
36:03right here on the main
36:03event.
36:04Well, I'll have all the
36:05negotiations.
36:05And if you call me on the
36:06hotline, I'll tell you all
36:08about it.
36:08Well, Missy, you're always one
36:10step ahead of all of us,
36:11I know.
36:11That's right.
36:11That's why I'm the host of
36:13the show, not you.
36:14Well, yeah, thank you.
36:15Thank you for letting me
36:16tag along.
36:16What about the Ross Report
36:18and Ravishing Rick Rude
36:19and Paulie Dangerously?
36:20U.S. heavyweight champion,
36:21Ravishing Rick Rude.
36:22Well, you know, he is kind
36:23of cute, but he has Paulie
36:24Dangerously tagging on
36:26behind him.
36:27I mean, doesn't he know
36:28about the company that he
36:29keeps?
36:29It's kind of bad.
36:30I tell you what, Paulie's
36:31keeping a lot more company,
36:32we understand.
36:33He's becoming one of the
36:34strongest men in WCW,
36:36like it or not.
36:37For Missy Hyde, I'm
36:38Tony Schiavone.
36:39We'll see you next week
36:39right here on the main event.
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