Original subtitles

>> [MUSIC]

>> HELLO AGAIN LADIES AND

GENTLEMAN AND WELCOME TO THE

GREENSBORO COLISEUM IN

GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA.

TONIGHT IT'S WRESTLE WAR '90

WILD THING, THREE CHAMPIONSHIPS

TO BE DECIDED HERE TONIGHT. I'M

PRIVILEGE TO BE WORKING WITH THE

FORMER HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF

THE WORLD, TERRY FUNK.

>> WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY,

"HOWDY PARDNERS?" IT'S A

PLEASURE BEING HERE. YOU'RE

TALKING ABOUT WILD THINGS, YOU

KNOW, MAYBE I COULD BE THE

MASCOT, YOU KNOW, THE WILD

THING. I LOOK PRETTY GOOD

TONIGHT. DON'T I JIMBO DIDDLEY?

>> YOU CERTAINLY LOOK SPIFFY MY

GOOD MAN. LADIES AND GENTLEMAN,

WE'VE ALREADY GOT A BIG STORY

BREAKING HERE TONIGHT. TEDDY

LONG IS ALLEGING THAT DAN SPIVEY

IS INJURED AND WILL NOT WRESTLE

IN THAT STREET FIGHT. WE'LL BE

HEARING FROM GORDON SOLIE AND

TEDDY LONG IN JUST A FEW

MOMENTS. BUT RIGHT NOW LET'S

FOCUS ON THE THREE CHAMPIONSHIP

MATCHES. THE UNITED STATES TAG

TEAM TITLE DECIDED TONIGHT.

>> YES, IT IS PILLMAN AND Z-MAN

GOING UP AGAINST THE FREEBIRDS

AND WHO DO YOU TAKE?

>> I'M GOING WITH THE CHAMPIONS.

>> WELL, I AM TOO. NOW, YOU TAKE

THE NEXT MATCH.

>> NEXT, LADIES AND GENTLEMAN,

IT IS A TAG TEAM FOR THE WORLD'S

HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP TAG

TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP, THE ANDERSON

BROTHERS VERSUS THE STEINER

BROTHERS.

>> I'LL TELL YOU ONE THING, THE

STEINER BROTHERS HAS DEDICATED

THIS MATCH TO THE STING.

>> PLUS THE HEAVYWEIGHT

CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WORLD

"NATURE BOY" RIC FLAIR AND LEX

LUGER, YOU'LL SEE IT TONIGHT.

>> IT'S GONNA BE AN EVENT.

>> IT IS GONNA BE TREMENDOUS

LADIES AND GENTLEMAN. WE ARE

REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS

TREMENDOUS NIGHT, SEVEN GREAT

MATCHES BUT WITH MORE ON THAT

LATE BREAKING STORY INVOLVING

THE SKYSCRAPERS. LET'S GO BACK

TO THE LOCKER ROOM AREA WHERE

GORDON SOLIE IS STANDING BY WITH

THEODORE R. LONG.

>> AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JIM.

YES, DANCING TEDDY LONG IS WITH

ME RIGHT NOW.

>> HEY, HEY, GORDON. LET'S GET

IT STRAIGHT, OKAY? THIS IS

CHICAGO STREET FIGHT. IT'S NOT

DANCING TEDDY LONG. IT'S SUGAR

RAY LONG SO PAUL ELLERING, GET

READY.

>> WELL, ALL RIGHT. SO YOU'RE

READY AND PAUL ELLERING IS READY

BUT WHAT ABOUT THIS SITUATION

WITH SPIVEY?

>> WELL, LET ME TELL YOU

SOMETHING. "DANGEROUS" DAN

SPIVEY HAS BEEN INJURED. HE

WON'T BE ABLE TO WRESTLE HERE

TONIGHT. NOW, HE HAS BEEN

INJURED, YOU KNOW I WOULDN'T LIE

TO YOU GORDON, I'VE NEVER TOLD A

LIE IN MY LIFE BUT I'VE HIRED

ANOTHER WRESTLER THAT COME IN

TONIGHT TO TAKE "DANGEROUS" DAN

SPIVEY'S PLACE. NOW, HE'LL JUST

BE IN FOR THE NIGHT. I FEEL VERY

CONFIDENT WITH HIM. I KNOW THAT

HE WILL BE JUST LIKE "DANGEROUS"

DAN SPIVEY WAS RIGHT THERE BUT

I'VE GOT ANOTHER BIG SURPRISE

AND I'M NOT GONNA TELL YOU ABOUT

THAT UNTIL LATER ON BUT IT'S A

BIG, BIG, BIG ONE GORDON.

>> ARE YOU ABSOLUTELY POSITIVE

SPIVEY IS NOT HERE AND YOU'RE

JUST DOING THIS TO THROW

EVERYTHING OF COURSE?

>> HEY, LET ME TELL YOU

SOMETHING GORDON, LIKE I SAID, I

NEVER LIE AND I DON'T HAVE ANY

REASON TO LIE. "DANGEROUS" DAN

SPIVEY IS INJURED. HE WON'T BE

HERE AND THAT'S A FACT.

>> THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. AND

NOW TO GARY CAPPETTA IN THE RING

IF YOU PLEASE.

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, THIS

FIRST CONTEST IN WRESTLE WAR

'90, A TAG TEAM EVENT, IT IS SET

FOR ONE FALL. INTRODUCING THE

FIRST TEAM IN THE RING FROM

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, WEIGHING

236 POUNDS, KEVIN SULLIVAN.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> HIS TAG TEAM PARTNER HAILING

FROM SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA,

WEIGHING 255 POUNDS, "MAD DOG"

BUZZ SAWYER.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> [MUSIC]

>> AND THEIR OPPONENTS.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> FROM THE CITY OF SUNSHINE, A

TOTAL COMBINED WEIGHT 454

POUNDS, JOHNNY, SHANE, THE

DYNAMIC DUDES.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> TREMENDOUS OVATION FOR THE

DYNAMIC DUDES HERE AT WRESTLE

WAR '90 WILD THING. AND THEY

WILL BE GOING AGAINST THE

VETERAN COMBINATION, NOT VETERAN

IN YEARS OF TAG TEAM EXPERIENCE

TOGETHER BUT SULLIVAN AND

SAWYER, TERRY THOUGHT THAT WAS A

SIDED ADVANTAGE AND THE

EXPERIENCE IN THE RING.

>> YES, I DO BUT REMEMBER ABOUT

THE DUDES, ROSS, AND THEIR

EXPERIENCE TOO. THEY WRESTLE

TOGETHER AS A TEAM FOR MANY,

MANY CONSECUTIVE MATCHES. YOU

KNOW THAT AS WELL AS I DO AND I

THINK IT WILL FAIR PRETTY WELL

AGAINST THEM. TAKE SULLIVAN AND

SAWYER, THEY'LL TAKE YOUR CENTER

GRAVITY'S, THEY'RE VERY LOW.

>> AND SO IS THEIR CHARACTER FOR

THAT MATTER.

>> YOU GOT THAT RIGHT.

>> IT'S GONNA BE JOHNNY ACE

STARTING OUT AGAINST "MAD DOG"

BUZZ SAWYER HERE IN GREENSBORO.

SEVEN GREAT MATCHES TONIGHT ON

THIS PAY-PER-VIEW BROADCAST

INCLUDING THREE CHAMPIONSHIP

ENCOUNTERS. COLLAR AND ELBOW TIE

UP AND SAWYER MUSCLING JOHNNY

ACE BACK INTO THE ROPES. NICK

PATRICK THE REFEREE.

>> LOOK AT THIS, SAWYER, LET'S

SEE IF WE GET A CLEAN BREAK

HERE. THIS WILL BE SOMETHING

EXTREMELY UNUSUAL FOR HIM, WON'T

IT?

>> CERTAINLY WILL AND PROBABLY

WE WON'T SEE THAT TOO MANY TIMES

IN THIS CONTEST KNOWING SAWYER

AND SULLIVAN AS WE DO.

>> YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING FORWARD

TO SEE IN THAT JAM SANDWICH BY

SAWYER. THAT'S WHERE HE GETS UP

ON THAT TOP ROPE AND JAMS AT THE

OPPONENT OF HIS BETWEEN THE MAT

AND HIMSELF.

>> SIDE HEADLOCK BY BUZZ SAWYER.

THE 10 YEAR PRO HAVE BEEN A

WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPION ON THREE

OCCASIONS, HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE

OF THE YEAR IN FLORIDA, HE'S

SENIOR YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOL. HE'S

A GREAT ATHLETE, GOING TO THE

FAR SIDE. NICE LEAPFROG THERE BY

JOHNNY ACE AND CATCHING "MAD

DOG" SAWYER ON THE ROPES,

DROPKICK AND SAWYER ALL THE WAY

TO THE FLOOR.

>> RIGHT ON THE--RIGHT ON TOP OF

HIS HEAD THERE, I'M SURE THAT

THAT DIDN'T HURT HIM.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> OH.

>> GREAT MOVE.

>> HERE COMES SHANE AND SHANE

AND JOHNNY PERHAPS BEATING

SULLIVAN AND SAWYER TO THE PUNCH

WITH THE FISTICUFFS.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> THEY SHOULDN'T--THEY

SHOULDN'T BEEN THERE RIGHT THERE

BECAUSE YOU MAKE THIS IDIOT HERE

MAD, YOU'RE IN TROUBLE. OH, BUZZ

HE'S ABOUT ONE SCREW LOOSE,

ISN'T HE?

>> YEAH. HE CERTAINLY IS. HE IS

A VERY UNUSUAL INDIVIDUAL TO

SAY THE LEAST. SAWYER,

STRAIGHT AHEAD WRESTLER, HE'S

GOT--AS I SAY GREAT AMATEUR

SKILLS AND THE TAG MADE. JOHNNY

TAGGING SHANE, HE'S ON TOP

THERE.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> RIGHT OFF ON THE ARM OF BUZZ

SAWYER AND KEVIN SULLIVAN TAGS

IN. NICE ARMDRAG TAKE THERE BY

SHANE DOUGLAS ON KEVIN SULLIVAN.

>> SULLIVAN MUSCLING THAT LOW

CENTER GRAVITY DOUGLAS...

>> GOOD TEAM WORK THERE TO

PREVENT THE IRISH WHIP.

>> OH, A LOT OF VELOCITY--A LOT

OF VELOCITY WITH THAT IRISH

WHIP. SNAPMARE OVER GOES

SULLIVAN AND THE REAR CHINLOCK

BY SHANE DOUGLAS.

>> MUST DUCK UNDER THERE CAME UP

WITH A HAMMERLOCK, NICE MOVE BY

KEVIN SULLIVAN. ANOTHER REVERSAL

BY SHANE DOUGLAS RIGHT THERE AND

ANOTHER HAMMERLOCK, QUICK TAG.

THEY GOT HIM IN THEIR CORNER.

THEY GOT THE ADVANTAGE RIGHT

NOW.

>> THE DUDES WOULD LIKE TO

CONTROL THE TEMPO OF THIS MATCH

IF ALL POSSIBLE. THEY LIKE THAT

HIGH TEMPO FAST PACED MATCH,

THAT'S THEIR STYLE. SULLIVAN AND

SAWYER WILL BE SOMEWHAT MORE

METHODICAL IN OFFENSIVE

PHILOSOPHY AND A GOOD MOVE TO

GET OUT OF THE CORNER.

>> THAT WAS A SMART MOVE ON

JOHNNY ACE'S PART RIGHT THERE.

YOU SEE THAT TWISTING--LOOK AT

THAT.

>> WELL, SULLIVAN AND SAWYER

HAVING A SLIGHT DISAGREEMENT.

>> I THINK SAWYER GOT THE WORST

END OF THAT ONE.

>> SAWYER IS ONE STRANGE

INDIVIDUAL. SAWYER PUSHING

JOHNNY ACE BACK TO THE CORNER

HERE.

>> OH, GOODNESS.

>> I BELIEVE HE HURT HIS HAND

THAT TIME.

>> OH, SAWYER MISSED. JOHNNY ACE

QUICKLY MOVED OUT OF THE WAY AND

SAWYER WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE

ROOS POST.

>> SHANE DOUGLAS TAGS BACK IN.

THEY HAVE TAGGED IN VERY QUICKLY

TERRY, IN AND OUT. I THINK

THAT'S GOOD STRATEGY THUS FAR.

>> YES, THEY HAVE. YOU KNOW, I'D

HATE TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT

WOULD TELL AND MAKE BUZZ SAWYER

QUIT IN A MATCH.

>> OH.

>> I DON'T THINK I CAN RECALL

WHEN HE'S EVER GIVEN UP. CAN

YOU?

>> I CERTAINLY CANNOT. STANDING

ARMBAR BY SHANE DOUGLAS.

>> OH, MAN. WHAT A MOVE THERE.

BUZZ SAWYER TAKE ADVANTAGE.

>> [INDISTINCT] THAT REFEREE.

>> REFEREE IS DETAINED BACK IN

THE RING.

>> SUPLEX ON THE FLOOR. SAWYER,

TAKING A DRASTIC SHORTCUT HERE

ON SHANE DOUGLAS. LOOK AT

SAWYER'S EXPRESSION. HE LOVES

WHAT HE JUST DID.

>> THAT WAS A TREMENDOUSLY SMART

MOVE ON KEVIN SULLIVAN'S PART.

YOU SAW HIM COMING THERE AND

TAKE THAT REFEREE AWAY. THAT WAS

PRE-PLANNED RIGHT THERE. AND

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, IT MIGHT BE

A BAD POSITION FOR JOHNNY ACE

AND SHANE DOUGLAS RIGHT NOW.

>> OH, SAWYER RIGHT OFF THE

APRON TO THE SMALL OF THE BACK

AND THAT IS--PERHAPS NOW, WILL

COME TO FOCAL POINT OF THE

ATTACK OF SULLIVAN AND SAWYER TO

WORK ON THE BACK OF SHANE

DOUGLAS. YOUNG SHANE DOUGLAS A

THREE YEAR PRO. HE HAS A

MASTER'S DEGREE IN EDUCATION

FROM BETHANY COLLEGE IN WEST

VIRGINIA. A WELL EDUCATED YOUNG

ATHLETE BUT HIS EDUCATION MAY

NOT COME IN HANDY RIGHT HERE,

IT'S GOT YOU TIME.

>> WELL, RIGHT ON TIME

[INDISTINCT] FLOOR RIGHT NOW,

THE REFEREE IS BACK OVER THERE

THIS TIME THOUGH WHERE HE SHOULD

BE AND WHERE HE SHOULD'VE BEEN

BEFORE. LOOKS LIKE A

BELLY-TO-BELLY, OH.

>> SAWYER BELLY-TO-BELLY SUPLEX,

TAKES HIM UP AND OVER AND SHANE

DOUGLAS--OH, BARELY KICKED-OUT.

JUST BARELY GOT THE SHOULDER UP.

SIDE SAITO SUPLEX AND HE'S

DRIVEN TO THE CANVAS BY BUZZ

SAWYER. SAWYER ON TOP. OH,

ANOTHER CLOSE ONE.

>> DID YOU SEE HOW BUZZ SAWYER

PICKED HIM UP AND THEN DROVE HIM

BACK DOWN INTO THE MAT THAT

TIME?

>> HERE COMES KEVIN SULLIVAN.

SULLIVAN WAS THE FOUR-TIME STATE

CHAMPION IN MASSACHUSETTS AT

FOUR DIFFERENT WEIGHTS IN HIGH

SCHOOL.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> SULLIVAN CAN--WILL HE GO

OVER? YES, HE DOES. SUNSET FLIP.

>> BUT SHANE COULDN'T HOLD HIM

DOWN HERE. AND SULLIVAN HOLDS

THE LEG WHILE HE MAKES THE TAG.

THAT'S A GOOD MOVE BY SULLIVAN,

I DON'T LIKE IT BUT IT'S A GOOD

MOVE.

>> YOU BET IT WAS. IT PROTECTED

THAT POSITION THAT THEY'RE IN

RIGHT NOW OF KEEPING HIM IN THE

RING WITHOUT MAKING A TAG AND

THEY'RE NOT ONLY WORKING ON IT,

BUT THEY'RE CHEWING ON IT.

>> [INDISTINCT]

>> HE HAS THAT PETER BOYLE LOOK

ABOUT HIM. I WONDER IF HE'S HAD

A LOBOTOMY OR SOMETHING. VERY

UNUSUAL MAN. I DON'T

KNOW--SULLIVAN WHO'S TRYING TO

BE AS MENTOR SO TO SPEAK. THIS

GUY NEEDS A PSYCHOLOGIST, NOT

A--NOT A WRESTLING MANAGER.

>> BEAR HUG.

>> I HATE TO SAY THIS, BUT HE

LOOKS THE WHOLE LOT LIKE MY

DADDY DID.

>> THAT BEAR HUG, VERY BASIC

ELEMENTARY WRESTLING MANEUVER,

BUT NOW THAT DOUGLAS BACK HAS

BEEN INJURED, VERY EFFECTIVE

MOVE.

>> YES, IT IS. AND NOW HE'S

GETTING DOWN ON THAT MAT WHILE

HE'S GOT THAT BEAR HUG RIGHT

NOW. HE'D BETTER WATCH HIS

SHOULDERS BECAUSE THIS MIGHT BE

IT. YOU SEE HE'S ALSO SQUEEZING

RIGHT NOW BUT PUSHING HIS WAY

DOWN ON TOP OF IT, TAKES YOUR

BREATH OUT OF THE WAY FROM IT.

IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO FIGHT

YOUR BACK HERE OR FEED HERE.

>> AND ANOTHER INTERESTING POINT

TERRY IS THAT SAWYER AND

SULLIVAN HAS SLOWED THE MATCH

DOWN TO THE PACE THAT IS VERY

MORE CONDUCIVE TO THEIR STYLE OF

WRESTLING.

>> YOUR ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. SHANE

MADE IT BACK UP TO HIS FEET

THOUGH THERE WITH A RIGHT. LET'S

SEE IF HE GETS--THERE'S ANOTHER

ONE THERE.

>> WELL, HE'S...

>> HE'S TRYING TO DRIVE SAWYER

OFF HE'S HAVING TROUBLE DOING

IT.

>> SAWYER, THAT CLUBBING BLOW

AND SHANE IN THE WRONG PART OF

TOWN AS KEVIN SULLIVAN, THE SON

OF A BOSTON POLICE OFFICER COMES

BACK IN THE RING. BUT SHANE

REVERSES THE IRISH WHIP

APPROPRIATE ENOUGH FOR

KEVIN--OH, SULLIVAN THERE, BUT

SULLIVAN CAUGHT HIM RIGHT IN THE

FACE. CHEAP SHOT ON JOHNNY ACE

THAT--REFEREE HAS GOT TO PUT ACE

OUT OF THE RING.

>> OH, MY GOODNESS RIGHT OVER

THE TOP ROPE.

>> ANOTHER PLANNED MOVE ON THAT

TEAM'S PART RIGHT THERE, ROSS.

YOU SAW THAT, KEVIN CAME ACROSS

AND HIT JOHNNY ACE, ANTAGONIZED

HIM. WHEN HE CAME IN, HE THREW

THE OTHER--HE THREW THE OTHER

MAN OVER THE TOP ROPE. NOW,

THEY'RE OUT ON THE FLOOR ON TOP

OF THEM.

>> WRESTLES HAVE A 10-COUNT TO

GET BACK IN THE RING. IF THEY

HAVE NOT BEEN MOLESTED SO TO

SPEAK, IF THEY'RE UNTOUCHED, HE

HAS A 10-COUNT OUT THERE ON THE

FLOOR AND REFEREE NICK PATRICK,

I'M SURE HE'LL BE EXERCISING

THAT COUNT TRYING TO GET THE

WRESTLERS BACK IN THEIR

RESPECTIVE CORNERS. BUT LOOK AT

SAWYER. HE'S HERE TO HELP, HE

SAYS.

>> HERE TO HELP. YEAH, THAT'S

ABOUT LIKE--I DON'T KNOW. I

DON'T EXPECT...

>> THAT'S WHAT CUSTER TOLD THE

SHOULDERS, "I'M HERE TO HELP."

>> YEAH.

>> SHANE DOUGLAS FIGHTING BACK.

THIS KID AS WE HAVE SEEN IN

MANY, MANY OCCASIONS ALONG WITH

HIS PARTNER, BUT GREAT FIGHTING

SPIRIT. FANS ARE REALLY--I THINK

THEY'RE BEHIND THESE KIDS

SOLIDLY IN THIS CONTEST QUITE

OBVIOUSLY. SULLIVAN TAGS BACK

IN.

>> GOOD...

>> OH, LORD. OH, WHAT A CHOP?

>> I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, THAT'S

WHAT MAKES ME GLAD THAT I'M NOT

STILL PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING,

JIM ROSS, AND UP HERE WITH YOU.

WHENEVER YOU SEE THOSE CHOPS

GOING THERE LIKE THAT. YOU SEE

SHANE DOUGLAS COMING ON STRONG

THROUGH THE LEGS, HE MAKES THE

TAG.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> HERE COMES JOHNNY ACE, THE

LEGAL MAN. JOHNNY ACE FULL OF

FIRE TRYING TO FIGHT OFF BOTH

MEN.

>> THAT SCOOP SLAM ON SULLIVAN.

JOHNNY ACE LOOKING TREMENDOUS

HERE.

>> SENDS SAWYER FOR THE RIDE.

GOOD DROPKICK IT BY THE SIX-FOUR

YOUNGSTER, SHANE DOUGLAS.

DROPKICK IN KEVIN SULLIVAN WHO

JUST WANTS TO GET OUT OF THE

RING RIGHT NOW.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> HE MISSED WITH THAT HEAD

SCISSORS HE WENT FOR IT BUT

PERSPIRATION WAS THE ENEMY RIGHT

THERE.

>> OH, SNAP SUPLEX

>> OH, THAT WAS THE GOOD ONE.

>> IT SURE HE WAS. LOOK AT HIM

HANGING ON TO HIS NECK RIGHT

NOW.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> UH-OH. UH-OH. LET'S SEE IF

THE DOG CAN FLY RIGHT HERE.

>> HERE COMES THE BALD EAGLE

WITH THE JAM SANDWICH.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> THE BALD EAGLE AS TERRY FUNK

DESCRIBED IT.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> JOHNNY ACE HAD IT GOING HIS

WAY BUT HE MISSED THAT HEAD

SCISSORS.

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE

WINNERS OF THE MATCH, THE TEAM

OF KEVIN SULLIVAN AND "MAD DOG"

BUZZ SAWYER.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> HERE YOU GET ANOTHER LOOK AT

IT UP THERE. THERE IT GOES, THAT

BALD EAGLE WITH THAT BIG ARCH,

THAT BIG FLYING CONTROLLING HIS

BODY AND THERE'S THAT JAM

SANDWICH RIGHT THERE. AND THE

REFEREE COMES IN TO IT.

>> FANS, LET'S GO NOW TO MISSY

HYATT WHO'S STANDING BY WITH

GOOD OLE NORMAN.

>> THANKS GUYS. AND I'M HERE

WITH NORMAN THE LUNATIC. AND

NORMAN YOU HAVE A MATCH COMING

UP WITH CACTUS JACK MANSON, AND

I WISH YOU LUCK.

>> OH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH,

MISSY. YOU KNOW SOMETHING MISSY,

YOU LOOK--YOU LOOK A LOT LIKE MY

SISTER.

>> OH, THANK YOU.

>> SHE'S A LOT BIGGER THAN YOU

THOUGH.

>> OH, I'M SURE SHE'S PRETTY.

>> WELL, SHE'S KIND OF PRETTY.

YOU KNOW, IF SHE WAS HERE, I BET

SHE'LL GIVE ME A NICE HUG FOR

GOOD LUCK. YOU WANT TO GIVE ME A

HUG?

>> OKAY. I HOPE THAT BRINGS YOU

SOME LUCK, NORMAN.

>> HEY, YOU KNOW, I BET--I BET

IF YOU GIVE ME A KISS I'LL HAVE

ALL KINDS OF LUCK.

>> OKAY.

>> OH, WHOA. YOU KNOW WHAT, ONE

MORE, I HAVE REAL GOOD LUCK IF

YOU GIVE ME ONE MORE OF THOSE

KISSES OVER HERE.

>> WELL, I THINK THE BELL IS

RINGING AND LET'S GO TO THE RING

RIGHT NOW. I THINK I WAS JUST

SAVED BY THE BELL.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS

FOLLOWING CONTEST IS A SPECIAL

ATTRACTION. IT IS SET FOR ONE

FALL. INTRODUCING FIRST, FROM

TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, NEW

MEXICO, WEIGHTING 264 POUNDS,

CACTUS JACK MANSON.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> AND HIS OPPONENT, FROM THE

STATE HOSPITAL, WEIGHING 384

POUNDS, NORMAN.

>> NORMAN WEIGHED IN TODAY A

SLAM TRAMP 384 DOWN FROM 386.

SO, HE'S BEEN TRAINING FOR THIS,

TERRY.

>> YEAH, HE HAS. HE'S GOT THE

HEAD OF A BUFFALO AND THE BODY

OF ROSEANNE.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR

ATHLETES IN THE NWA. HE'S GOT

THE HECK OF A TEDDY BEAR

COLLECTION. HE'S GOT SOME

AUTOGRAPH PICTURES AND HOWEVER

HE'S GONNA GIVE THAT BIG TEDDY

BEAR AWAY.

>> I KIND OF LIKE THAT BEANIE,

I'LL BET IT WOULD LOOK GOOD ON

YOU, ROSS.

>> [MUSIC]

>> IF I WOULDN'T HURT ANYTHING

BUT...

>> YOU THINK YOU MIGHT BE ABLE

TO FLY WITH IT WITH THAT

PROPELLER ON TOP.

>> I DON'T THINK SO. HE'S GOT

THAT HEADBAND ON. AGAIN STING--A

LOT OF WRESTLERS ARE DEDICATING

THEIR MATCHES TONIGHT TO THE

STINGER. HE'S ON THE NWA

WRESTLING HOTLINE RIGHT NOW. HE

WILL BE ON THIS BROADCAST--STING

JUST ARRIVED SHORTLY BEFORE WE

WENT ON THE AIR. I KNEW WE

COULDN'T KEEP HIM AWAY. HE WILL

BE HERE LIVE IN THIS PROGRAM FOR

YOU FANS.

>> NORMAN, TOSSES THAT TEDDY

BEAR OUT TO THE FANS. A SOUVENIR

FOR SOMEONE.

>> I BET HE'D LIKE TO THROW

CACTUS JACK OUT OF THE RING THAT

WAY--JACK'S RIGHT ON TOP OF HIM.

>> CACTUS JACK KNOWS NORMAN IS A

BIG MASSIVE MAN THAT YOU DON'T

WANT TO GET UN-TRACT. CACTUS

JACK A REAL DERANGED INDIVIDUAL,

FROM TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, NEW

MEXICO. HE TOLD ME HE HAD A

COLLEGE EDUCATION DEGREE. I

WONDER IF IT WAS IN SPECIAL

EDUCATION OR SOMETHING.

>> I DON'T KNOW. HE...

>> HE MAY HAVE BEEN A GUINEA

PIG.

>> YEAH. HE DESTROYS THE NAME OF

HIS HOMETOWN, THE TRUTH OR

CONSEQUENCES. I HAVEN'T HEARD

HIM TELL A TRUTH TOO MANY TIMES.

>> NORMAN GOES TO THAT RIDE AND

CACTUS JACK WITH THE BIG ELBOW.

JACK SIX-FOUR. ONE, TWO, AND NO.

NORMAN POPS HIM RIGHT OUTSIDE.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> I DON'T--NORMAN DOESN'T EVEN

KNOWS HOW STRONG HE IS. RIGHT

THERE THE [INDISTINCT] OF THE

WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS ANNOUNCE,

GARY CAPPETTA.

>> NORMAN--THIS MATCH IS NOT

GOING TO BE A BATTLE OF WITS, IT

MAYBE A BATTLE OF NITWITS SO TO

SPEAK.

>> YOU'VE GOT IT THERE. TAKE A

LOOK AT THOSE EYES ON CACTUS

JACK THERE.

>> THAT...

>> CACTUS JACK DRINKS HIS COFFEE

BLACK. HAVE YOU HEARD THAT SONG?

>> HE TOLD ME BEFORE HE WENT ON

THAT HIS FAVORITE COLOR WAS

LIGHT BLACK. BUT HE'S GOAL...

>> LIGHT BLACK.

>> ...IN LIFE IS TO BE THE

FORMER--THE DOUBLE CROSS RANCH.

ARE YOU TAKING APPLICATIONS?

>> WELL, IF THE PAY'S RIGHT. YOU

KNOW, HE CAN'T EXPECT TO GET

RICH OUT THERE BUT FOR A DECENT

MEAL, I MIGHT GET HIM OUT THERE.

NORMAN SHOOTS HIM OFF CATCHES

HIM WITH THAT BIG CLOTHESLINE

RIGHT THERE.

>> NORMAN, ONE WRESTLING BOOT ON

AND ONE ROOS. THAT'S FOR SPEED.

HE DON'T WANT TO BE TOO FAST SO

HE'S GOT ONE ROOS ON AND ONE

BOOT. BUT CACTUS JACK CATCHES

NORMAN AT THE AMPLE MID SECTION

COMING IN AND THAT--THE HEAD'S A

LITTLE HARD. I DON'T THINK

THAT'S GONNA WORK.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> SURE. IT DOESN'T LOOK IT LIKE

IT RIGHT THERE.

>> OH, HEADBUTT. GOOD OFFENSIVE

MOVE BY NORMAN, ABOUT AS BASIC

AS YOU COULD GET.

>> OH, NORMAN'S A BASIC

WRESTLER. HE'S LIKE A BEAR. IT'S

INSTINCT WITH NORMAN. I'LL TELL

YOU THAT'S A BIG FOREARM TO THE

BACK OF CACTUS JACK RIGHT THERE.

>> CACTUS JACK, THE FOUR-YEAR

PRO SET FOR THE RIDE--MOVED THE

RING. WHAT A VELOCITY THERE.

FROM BIG NORMAN, 384 POUNDS. AND

HE'S A REAL BUFFET BUSTER. BEAR

HUG BY NORMAN. THE HOSS

CARTWRIGHT OF THE NWA.

>> YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT HOSS

CARTWRIGHT AND YOU LOOK AT

NORMAN AND THEY ALL BET NORMAN,

HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO RIDE A

HORSE, TOO, BUT I'M NOT SO SURE

HE COULD. I KNOW ONE THING

THOUGH. HE'S HANGING ONTO THAT

CACTUS JACK RIGHT NOW, HANGING

ON THAT BEAR HUG. THERE YOU SEE

THOSE TWO MASSIVE HANDS. SEE THE

SIZE OF THOSE HANDS THERE? I

SHOOK HANDS WITH HIM. HE'S GOT

GREAT BIG BEAR PAWS ON HIM.

>> NORMAN SAYS, HEY, HERE

COMES--OH, CACTUS JACK JUST

PLANTED THERE IN THE CORNER BY

NORMAN. CACTUS JACK, THE MAN

THAT TAKES A LOT OF CHANCES AND

A LOT OF PHYSICAL ABUSE BUT HE

HAS SUCH A HIGH THRESHOLD OF

PAIN, HE KEEPS COMING BACK. FROM

THE PILLAR TO POST HE IS DRIVEN.

OH, NO...

>> OH, MY GOSH. I'LL TELL YOU

WHAT, HE'S SUFFERING A

CONSEQUENCES RIGHT NOW AND...

>> AND THAT'S THE TRUTH.

>> YOU ARE SO CLEVER TONIGHT,

ROSS.

>> WREAK TO THE EYES BY CACTUS

JACK SLOWING BIG NORMAN DOWN.

NORMAN'S HEAD RAMMED TO THAT

RING POST. REFEREE BACK IN THE

RING.

>> WHOA. MY GOSH. RIGHT ONTO

THAT CEMENT FLOOR. HOW CAN THAT

GUY EVER POSSIBLY GET UP TO HIS

FEET AGAIN?

>> REFEREE HAS HIS COUNT UP TO

EIGHT WHEN NORMAN GOT BACK IN

THE RING. NOW, HE'S TRYING TO

COMMUNICATE WITH NORMAN.

>> CACTUS JACK IS BACK UP ON HIS

FEET. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THIS

GUY CAN TAKE SOME PUNISHMENT.

>> MAN, HE IS ONE TOUGH

CUSTOMER. NORMAN JUST NAILED HIM

AND THIS MATCH IS CERTAINLY NOT

THE CLASSIC WRESTLING

CATCHES-CATCH-CAN-STYLE. OH.

>> OH.

>> NORMAN JUST MADE THE RING

MOVE AND THE REFEREE AGAIN

TRYING TO NOW COMMUNICATE WITH

CACTUS JACK. I'LL TELL YOU MIKE

ATKINS, THAT'S FUTILE.

>> IF THAT--CACTUS JACK JUST

CAME OFF OF THERE WITH A

DROPKICK OFF OF THAT APRON.

>> NORMAN HAVING A LITTLE

TROUBLE GETTING BACK IN THE

RING. THE BIG GUY MAYBE

COUNTERED OUT HERE OR NOT

CAREFUL. NORMAN BACK ON THE

APRON. BIG RIGHT HAND--THE TAPED

RIGHT HAND OF CACTUS JACK,

STOMPS HIM IN THE FACE. BIG

FOREARM BLOW THERE BY CACTUS

JACK MANSON.

>> BIG MEN WITH A BACK RIGHT

THERE.

>> NORMAN'S HURTING. THE BIG

LOVABLE GUY'S FAVORITE MOVIE IS

THE WIZARD OF OZ. CAN YOU

BELIEVE THAT, TERRY FUNK?

>> HIS FAVORITE MOVE IS THE

WIZARD OF THE OZ.

>> HIS FAVORITE MOVIE, THE

WIZARD OF OZ, YOU KNOW, TOTO.

>> HIS FAVORITE MOVIE IS THE

WIZARD OF OZ. WELL, SPEAK A

LITTLE BIT CLEAR THERE, ROSS. I

DIDN'T UNDERSTAND YOU THAT TIME.

HIS FAVORITE--HIS FAVORITE MOVIE

IS THE WIZARD OF OZ.

>> AND I WONDER WHY. HE

UNDERSTOOD THE PLOT.

>> MANSON RIPPING AT THE FACE.

CACTUS JACK--NORMAN MISSING A

COUPLE OF THREE MOLARS UP THERE

ON THE TOP SIDE.

>> OH, LOOKED LIKE HE JUST

CLEANED HIS NOSE FOR HIM RIGHT

THEN, TOO. THERE COMES A KNEE

UNDER THE SIDE RIGHT THERE.

NORMAN IS ON HIS KNEES RIGHT

NOW. WHAT'S CACTUS JACK DOING?

LOOKED LIKE HE PUT SOMETHING IN

HIS MOUTH THERE.

>> CACTUS JACK HAS GOT A BIG

TARGET THERE WHEN HE WANTS TO

HIT HIM IN THE MIDSECTION. NOW,

HE'S BITING HIM.

>> AND THIS MATCH IS A LITTLE

STRANGE. IT IS NOT THE CLASSIC

WRESTLING MATCHES I

MENTIONED--AND THERE'S A LATERAL

PRESS.

>> AND CERTAINLY ISN'T GONNA BE

LIKE THAT MAIN EVENT IS THAT

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH, I'LL

GUARANTEE YOU. YOU KNOW, I WANNA

TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT.

YOU KNOW, YOU TAKE RIC FLAIR,

FOR EXAMPLE. YOU TAKE AWAY THAT

FLAMBOYANT ENTRANCE. YOU TAKE

AWAY THAT $20,000 ROBE. YOU TAKE

AWAY THAT MUSIC. YOU TAKE AWAY

THE RIGHT TO WALK OUT--WALK AND

TALK THAT TALK AND WHAT HAVE YOU

GOT WITH RIC FLAIR, HUH?

>> PROBABLY THE GREATEST WORLD'S

CHAMPION OF ALL TIME.

>> YOU'VE GOT THE GREATEST BELL

TO BELL WRESTLER THAT HAS EVER

STEPPED INTO A PROFESSIONAL

WRESTLING RING AND I AM TELLING

YOU PEOPLE OUT THERE THE TRUTH.

>> AND YOU KNOW THAT FROM

EXPERIENCE. YOU'VE BEEN IN THE

RING WITH HIM.

>> YES, I DO. I...

>> THE HEADBUTT IS WORKING IN

THIS TO REVERSE FOR CACTUS JACK.

IT'S LIKE HEADBUTTING A WALL AND

NORMAN'S HEADBUTT HAS BEEN VERY

EFFECTIVE IN THIS MATCH AND NOW

NORMAN WHO'S A LITTLE BIT WILD

AS THEY SAY AT WEST TEXAS YOUR

WAY.

>> WILD, IS THAT WHAT YOU CALL

IT THERE? I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I

CALL IT DOWN RIGHT MAD, YOU

KNOW, YOU GO AHEAD AND START

THROWING THOSE LEFTS AND RIGHTS

BUT THIS CACTUS JACK KEEPS ON

TAKING ON HIM--THAT'S TWO COUNT.

>> LATERAL PRESS AND A

NEAR-FALL. CACTUS JACK NOW WITH

THAT DOUBLE REVERSE CHINLOCK

THERE. GOT THE ARMS LOCKED

AROUND THE HEAD OF NORMAN. I

WONDER HOW NORMAN'S

CARDIOVASCULAR CONDITIONING WILL

AFFECT THIS MATCH THE LONGER IT

GOES.

>> I DON'T KNOW BUT YOU SEE

RIGHT THERE. YOU CAN LOOK IN

THAT MOUTH OF HIS AND YOU SEE

WHERE HE'S MISSING THOSE TEETH.

>> YUP.

>> THAT SHOULD TELL ALL YOU

KIDDIES OUT THERE NOT TO EAT SO

MUCH CANDY. STAY OFF THAT CANDY

AND YOU WON'T HAVE THEM

CAVITIES.

>> CACTUS JACK WITH A MODIFIED

VERSION OF CAMEL CLUTCH ON

NORMAN, PULLING BACK ON THAT BIG

NECK.

>> LOOKS LIKE SHADES OF THE OLD

SHEIK HERE FARHAT--EDDIE FARHAT

DOESN'T HE?

>> CERTAINLY DOES. SKANDOR AKBAR

OR SOMEBODY. UH-OH. NORMAN GOT

UNDERNEATH HIM.

>> OH.

>> AND LOOK AT THIS STRENGTH.

CAN HE GET HIM UP?

>> THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY POUNDS.

IS HE GONNA GET HIM UP? HE DOES.

>> WHAT'S HE GONNA DO WITH IT?

>> WHOA.

>> FELL RIGHT BACK. CACTUS JACK

LANDING ON THE BACK OF HIS HEAD.

>> I'LL GUARANTEE YOU ONE THING,

IF HE CAN'T RIDE ANY BETTER THAN

THAT, HE'LL MAKE IT--NEVER MAKE

IT AS FOREMAN OF THE DOUBLE

CROSS.

>> CACTUS JACK WAS LUCKY ENOUGH

TO MOVE OUT OF LYING, MISSED THE

BIG SPLASH, NOW HE'S BACK

BITING. AND HE'S A VICIOUS

INDIVIDUAL. THE MAN THAT HAS

ALIGNED HIMSELF WITH KEVIN

SULLIVAN'S MANAGERIAL OF TALENTS

AND LEADERSHIP TO BE LIKE THAT.

RIGHT ON TOP OF KEV--OF NORMAN.

>> HE'S GONNA TRY IT AGAIN. THIS

IS A MISTAKE. HE IS PROBABLY

GOING FOR THE--NORMAN WAS OUT OF

THE WAY THAT TIME.

>> HE HUNG HIMSELF RIGHT ON THE

TOP ROPE AND NORMAN JUST

HEADBUTTED HIM AGAIN. NORMAN'S

FOUND AN OFFENSIVE MOVE THAT

WORKS AND HE'S STAYING WITH IT.

>> STRAIGHT RIGHT HAND BY NORMAN

JUST TURNING INTO JUST A FIGHT

HERE NOW. HIGH ELEVATION THERE.

NORMAN NOW ON A ROLL SO TO

SPEAK.

>> HE'S ON A ROLL, ALL RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, IF HE'D LAY DOWN, HE'D

BE ON A ROLL ALL THE TIME

WOULDN'T HE? WHAT'S THIS? HE'S

GONNA--NO, HE'LL NEVER PICK HIM

UP FOR A PILEDRIVER. NEVER. HE

CAN'T GET HIM UP FOR A

PILEDRIVER.

>> UH-OH. HERE'S NORMAN.

>> UH-OH. OH.

>> GOOD NIGHT, CACTUS JACK. ONE,

TWO, THREE. NORMAN HAS WON THIS

ONE AND HE'S SO HAPPY.

>> [BELL RINGING]

>> OH, LOOK HOW HAPPY HE IS.

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE

WINNER OF THE MATCH IS NORMAN.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> NORMAN HAS WON IT. MUCH TO

THE DELIGHT OF THE FANS HERE.

>> HERE YOU SEE IT. HE'S TRYING

TO PICK HIM UP FOR A PILEDRIVER

BUT NORMAN REVERSED IT. NOW,

WATCH THIS BEAUTIFUL DROP RIGHT

HERE. RIGHT IN THE MUSH. ONE,

TWO, AND THREE.

>> FANS, GORDON SOLIE IS

STANDING BY WITH JIM CORNETTE.

>> RIGHT, GENTLEMAN. AND RIGHT

NOW I'M WITH JIM CORNETTE, THE

MIDNIGHT EXPRESS AND OF COURSE,

THE LAST TIME, YOU MET THE ROCK

'N' ROLL EXPRESS. YOU CAME OUT

VICTORIOUS. HOWEVER, TONIGHT

THINGS MAY CHANGE.

>> OH, LOTS OF THINGS CHANGE IN

LIFE. PEOPLE CHANGE. PLACES

CHANGE. THINGS CHANGE. THE

BERLIN WALL CAME TUMBLING DOWN.

PREACHERS AND POLITICIANS FALL

OF THEIR PEDESTAL. NEW ONES RISE

UP TO TAKE THEIR PLACE AND A LOT

OF THINGS CHANGE IN PROFESSIONAL

WRESTING ESPECIALLY OVER THE

LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. BUT SOME

THINGS NEVER CHANGE. THE ROCK

'N' ROLL EXPRESS, THE MIDNIGHT

EXPRESS, STILL THE GREATEST TAG

TEAM MATCHUP IN THE HISTORY OF

PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING. SOME

THINGS NEVER CHANGE. WE STILL

HATE THE ROCK 'N' ROLL EXPRESS'S

FILTHY, STINKING GUTS AND SOME

THINGS NEVER CHANGED TODAY.

TODAY, RIGHT HERE AT WRESTLE

WAR, WE'RE GONNA DO EVERYTHING

WE CAN TO BEAT THEM, TO HURT

THEM AND TO PUT THEM OUT OF

WRESTING BECAUSE THE MIDNIGHT

HAD FACED THE ROCK 'N' ROLL MORE

TIMES THAN THEY'VE DONE HELLO,

DOLLY! ON BROADWAY BUT WE NEVER

GET ENOUGH OF BEATING THOSE

PUNKS UP. SOME THINGS NEVER

CHANGED. WE'RE STILL THE

GREATEST TAG TEAM COMBINATION IN

THE HISTORY OF PROFESSIONAL

WRESTLING. ALWAYS HAVE BEEN AND

ALWAYS WILL BE REGARDLESS OF WHO

SAYS DIFFERENT. STAN, WHAT DAY

IS THIS?

>> THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED.

>> ROCK 'N' ROLL, YOU BETTER

WATCH IT.

>> LET'S GO BACK TO THE RING,

PLEASE.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE

FOLLOWING TAG TEAM CHALLENGE

MATCH, IT IS SET FOR ONE FALL.

INTRODUCING FROM MEMPHIS,

TENNESSEE, TOTAL COMBINED

WEIGHT, 440 POUNDS, THEY ARE

FOUR TIMES WORLD TAG TEAM

CHAMPIONS, RICKY MORTON, ROBERT

GIBSON, THE ROCK 'N' ROLL

EXPRESS.

>> FOUR TIME CHAMPIONS OF THE

WORLD IN TAG TEAM WRESTLING.

>> YOUR MAMA DON'T DANCE AND

YOUR DADDY DON'T ROCK AND ROLL.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

THEIR OPPONENTS.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> THIS PERHAPS IS THE LONGEST

ONGOING TAG TEAM RIVALRY IN THE

SPORT TODAY AND WILL ALL END

HERE AT WRESTLE WAR WILD THING.

>> [MUSIC]

>> I'D LIKE TO SAY ONE THING

THAT THESE TWO TEAMS ARE BOTH

PHENOMENAL TAG TEAMS THAT

UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER MOVE PER

MOVE. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ROCK

'N' ROLL EXPRESS. THOSE GUYS

KNOW EACH OTHER SO WELL AND THEN

YOU TAKE THE MIDNIGHT EXPRESS

AND THIS GOOF, THIS HORRIBLE

LOOKING INDIVIDUAL THERE.

>> [INDISTINCT] THE BEST REALLY

IS.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> [MUSIC]

>> [INDISTINCT] THE MIDNIGHT

EXPRESS.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> AND NOW LADIES AND GENTLEMEN

MAKE [INDISTINCT] IF YOU WILL,

THE MAN WHO STOLE IVANA AWAY

FROM DONALD TRUMP, HE IS YOUR

FRIEND AND MINE MR. JIM

CORNETTE.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> WELL, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HE

LIKED GIRLS. I KNOW HE WAS A MIX

DOUBLES TENNIS CHAMPIONS IN THE

PREP SCHOOL BUT I THOUGHT HE'S

MIX DOUBLES. I THOUGHT A PARTNER

WAS HIS PARTNER WAS A MAN. I

DON'T KNOW.

>> WHO KNOWS, HUH? ALL I KNOW

ABOUT JIM CORNETTE IS HE IS

ABOUT THE OLE MOST OVER BEARING

OBNOXIOUS INDIVIDUAL THAT I HAVE

EVER SEEN IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. I

CAN'T STAND HIM.

>> WELL, THAT BE BECAUSE HE IS

ON THE POWER HOUR FRIDAY NIGHT

ON TBS AND MAYBE YOU'RE NOT?

>> OH, YOU'RE TRYING TO TELL ME

THAT I--THAT I'M JEALOUS OF JIM

CORNETTE? I'M JEALOUS OF THAT

BODY. I'M JEALOUS OF THAT PAIR.

I'M JEALOUS OF THAT MOUTH. IS

WHAT YOUR TRYING TO TELL ME

ROSS?

>> NO. I WAS INQUIRING.

INQUIRING MINDS MAY WANT TO KNOW

THIS.

>> WELL, ALL I KNOW IS I'M A

WHOLE LOT BETTER THAN HE IS AND

I CAN'T UNDERSTAND THAT WHY I'M

NOT THERE WITH YOU. NO. I DIDN'T

SAY THAT. I DIDN'T MEAN THAT

THAT WAY.

>> ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE'LL NOT--I

BROUGHT UP A VERY BAD SUBJECT

THAT WE'LL GET OFF OF AS ROBERT

GIBSON WILL START IT OUT AGAINST

SWEET STAN HERE. THIS MATCH

SHOULD BE A PHENOMENAL TAG TEAM

ENCOUNTER. THESE TEAMS HAVE A

TON [INDISTINCT] FOR EACH OTHER

AND HAVE HAD FOR A LONG TIME.

>> I PROMISE YOU PEOPLE THAT

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TROUBLE

KEEPING UP WITH THIS AND YOU'RE

GONNA HAVE TROUBLE KEEPING UP

WHETHER IF IT'S A COMMENTATOR.

THESE GUYS ARE SO FAST.

>> I'M SURE YOU'RE RIGHT THERE.

NICE ARMDRAG OUT OF THE COLLAR

AND ELBOW BY ROBERT GIBSON.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> THE THING ABOUT THIS MATCH

AND THESE TWO TEAMS THEY HAVE

WRESTLED EACH OTHER ON NUMEROUS

OCCASIONS. THEY KNOW EACH OTHER

LIKE THE BACK OF THEIR HAND. IT

WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT THE WINNER

OF THIS MATCH WILL BE THE TEAM

THAT COULD CAPITALIZE ON A BIG

MISTAKE. NICE HIPLOCK.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE THAT

WAY. YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO LOOK

FOR THAT MISTAKE. YOU'RE REALLY

ARE JERRY, AND WHEN YOU FIND IT

YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF

IT TRY TO GET THAT QUICK WIN,

TRY TO GET THE ONE, TWO, THREE

COUNT AND REALLY FAST

AND--THAT'S GONNA BE THE WAY

THAT THIS MATCH IS GONNA BE

DECIDED. I'LL GUARANTEE--NICE

TACKLE BY GIBSON.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> BIG TACKLE TAKING STAN LANE

RIGHT UP AND OVER.

>> NICE LEGAL MANEUVER--JIM

CORNETTE...

>> ...NOT TOO HAPPY WITH THE WAY

THINGS ARE GOING THUS FAR.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> [INDISTINCT]

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> REFEREE GOING OVER SOME

THINGS WITH ROBERT GIBSON THERE.

I DIDN'T SEE ANY RULES BEING

BROKEN PERSONALLY.

>> NOT ONE RULE BROKEN AT THIS

POINT. LET'S SEE IF WE CAN CATCH

ANYTHING HERE AS HE SHOOTS HIM

OF WITH THAT--HERE HE COMES WITH

ANOTHER TACKLE.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> DROP DOWN RIGHT THERE,

LEAPFROG...

>> OH...

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> THAT'S WHAT I MEAN. THEY KNOW

EACH OTHER SO WELL THAT ROBERT

GIBSON VIRTUALLY ANTICIPATED

THAT COUNTER MOVE BY SWEET STAN

AND THERE YOU SEE THE MAN

GOES--VOTED MOST HUMBLE AT MRS.

FESTER FINISHING SCHOOL FOR NICE

BOYS, JIM CORNETTE WHO IS--HE

HAS A REAL HARD TIME

ASCERTAINING THE TRUTH.

>> I'LL AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT.

HE'S NOT LIKE ME, IS HE? I TELL

THE TRUTH CONSTANTLY.

>> YOU TELL LIKE IT IS.

>> CALL IT LIKE IT IS.

>> WELL, STAN LANE TRYING TO

INTIMIDATE THE OFFICIAL AND THAT

IS NOT GOING TO WORK. WE HAVE A

GREAT STRING OF OFFICIALS HERE.

>> OH, WHOA.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> WELL, THERE HE IS. HE'S LOST

HIS TEMPER.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> THAT'S WHAT YOU CALL--THOSE

ARE SPANDEX PANTS HE HAS ON.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> HE WANTS TO FIGHT THE

REFEREE.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> I MIGHT GO DOWN THERE MYSELF.

I MIGHT WANNA--I'M GONNA TAKE

THIS COAT OFF. I WANNA GET IN

THE RING AND GET AFTER HIM

MYSELF. LOOK AT HIM.

>> JUST STAY CALM. THIS CROWD...

>> OH, HERE THEY GO.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> HELL. WE MAY HAVE AN EXTRA

MATCH HERE.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> HE WITH A PEAR-SHAPED BODY IS

VERY, VERY UPSET.

>> IT LOOKED LIKE JIMMY SWAGGART

ON A SUNDAY MORNING.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> RIGHT AFTER HE LEFT AIRLINE

DRIVE IN NEW ORLEANS PERHAPS, A

LITTLE EMBARRASSED WITH HIS

SHIRTTAIL OUT.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> GET AWAY FROM ME.

>> I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING. WE

GOT A COMPETITIVE SITUATION. ALL

SIX OF THESE INDIVIDUALS AND

THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE NICK

PATRICK, THE REFEREE.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> THE PRINCE OF POLYESTER

ALMOST BIT OFF MORE THAN HE

COULD CHEW ON THIS ONE.

>> ALMOST. OLD NICK DIDN'T BACK

UP AT ALL, DIDN'T HE? THAT

REFEREE DIDN'T BACK UP, GIVE ANY

WAY AT ALL.

>> RICKY MORTON NOW AND COMES TO

THE FAR SIDE UP AND OVER, HE IS

SO QUICK. ATOMIC DROP.

>> OH.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> BOBBY EATON WAS COMING INTO

THE RING AND HE MET HIS PARTNER.

>> THEY WERE REALLY INTRODUCED

THERE BY RICKY--OH. GOOD GRIEF.

WHAT ARE WE SEEING HERE?

>> I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. I CAN'T

BELIEVE WE GOT THIS MUCH

DECISION AMONG THESE THREE

PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN TOGETHER

SO LONG ALREADY.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> CORNETTE SETTLING THINGS DOWN

WITH HIS TROOPS.

>> SWEET STAN NOW BACK IN. RICKY

MORTON IS STILL THE LEGAL MAN

FOR THE ROCK 'N' ROLL EXPRESS.

>> BETWEEN THESE TWO TEAMS THEY

HAVE HELD THE MOST COVETED PRIZE

IN TAG TEAM WRESTLING, A TOTAL

OF SIX TIMES WHICH IS JUST

PHENOMENAL.

>> WHOA.

>> STRAIGHT RIGHT HAND AND HE

FOUND HIS MARK. OH, ANOTHER ONE.

>> OH, MY GOSH.

>> STAN LANE, THE BEACH BOY

REALLY LETTING RICKY MORTON HAVE

IT. SCOOPS HIM UP AND SLAMS HIM

AND NOW TAGS IN BEAUTIFUL BOBBY

EATON. AND THERE'S AN ARMDRAG

AND AN ARMDRAG NUMBER TWO.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> HE DIDN'T PUT ON THE BRAKES

THERE AND LOCK IN ROCK 'N' ROLL.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> THAT RICKY MORTON USES A SNAP

ARMDRAG. HE GETS IN THERE TIGHT

AND HE'LL BRING YOUR RIGHT BACK

DOWN AND YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN

SHOULDER. HE CAN DRIVE A

SHOULDER AND KNOCK A SHOULDER

DOWN WITH THAT PARTICULAR TYPE

OF ARMDRAG. I DON'T KNOW IF

YOU'VE NOTICED THAT BEFORE BUT

HE'LL REALLY DUCK IN THEIR TIGHT

EXTENDS UP ON THAT ARM AND SNAP

IT IN.

>> THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT.

>> A VERY GOOD POINT, OF COURSE,

TERRY FUNK FORMER HEAVYWEIGHT

CHAMPION OF THE WORLD AND WE

WILL SE THE WORLD'S HEAVYWEIGHT

CHAMPIONSHIP DECIDED HERE

TONIGHT AT WRESTLE WAR.

>> NOW A TEST OF STRENGTH. I

WOULD THINK EATON MAY HAVE THE

ADVANTAGE HERE.

>> WELL, THE HEIGHT GIVES YOU

THE ADVANTAGE SOMETIMES ROSS,

WHEN YOU'RE TALLER AND IN A--IN

A SITUATION LIKE THIS IT GIVES

YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ADVANTAGE

ON A--ON A HAND TO HAND STRENGTH

TEST LIKE THIS.

>> MORTON BACK UP TO THAT

VERTICAL BASE.

>> WHOA.

>> HEY, WATCH OUT.

>> OH, HOLY MACKEREL, OH.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> GIBSON CAME OFF THE TOP.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> MORTON CLIMBS UP.

>> IN 25 YEARS OF WRESTLING I

HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYBODY CLIMB A

LADDER LIKE THAT.

>> HOW MANY YEARS?

>> WELL, MAYBE A FEW MORE, MAYBE

A FEW LESS. AT MY AGE I CAN'T

REMEMBER.

>> OH.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> I WONDER IF WE'LL EVER KNOW

IF HE'S BRUISED.

>> I DON'T KNOW.

>> CORNETTE COULD PROBABLY TELL

US.

>> IT MIGHT HAVE KICKED HIS

BRAINS OUT THERE.

>> WE'LL HAVE TO GET AN INJURY

REPORT ON THAT FROM JIM

CORNETTE, MAYBE LATER IN THE

WEEK.

>> I'LL BET HE'LL VOLUNTEER THE

INFORMATION TOO.

>> OH, THIS THING IS--AS I SAID

BOTH TEAMS ARE VERY OFFENSIVE

MINDED TEAMS. BOTH TEAMS ARE

VERY SIMILAR IN PHILOSOPHY AND

STYLE. THE TEAM THAT MAKES THE

FIRST BIG MISTAKE I THINK WILL

BE THE TURNING POINT IN THIS

MATCH.

>> MORTON AND GIBSON HAVE BEEN

FRUSTRATING THESE GUYS TIME

AFTER TIME BUT THAT...

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> CORNETTE JUST PULLED A FOOT

AND NOW AS HE WADDLES BACK INTO

THE RING. HE'S--I HOPE THE TOP

ROPE DOESN'T BREAK.

>> OH.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> GIVE HIM THE ROCKET AND SEND

HIM HOME.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> TIME AFTER TIME THE R 'N' R

EXPRESS HAS GOTTEN THE ADVANTAGE

ON THESE GUYS. THEY'VE DONE A

GREAT JOB SO FAR IN TAKING

THEiR--TAKING THEIR MINDS OF

WHAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING.

THINKING ABOUT THE BEATING,

THINKING ABOUT BEATING THOSE

OTHER FELLOWS.

>> A LITTLE EXTERNAL HEART

MASSAGE THERE BY SWEET STAN.

>> THAT'S IMPOSSIBILITY TO DO TO

THIS GUY RIGHT HERE BECAUSE HE

DON'T HAVE A HEART.

>> I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT INFER

THAT. AND I CAN'T DISAGREE

EITHER.

>> DON'T YOU REALLY WANT ME AS

YOUR PARTNER ALL THE TIME? WHY

DON'T YOU GET RID OF THAT MORON?

>> WHICH ONE, HIM?

>> YES, HIM. HIM. NOT ME. I'M

TALKING ABOUT HIM. OH, MY GOD.

OH.

>> STRAIGHT RIGHT BEAUTIFUL

BOBBY AND ROBERT GIBSON--NICE

REVERSAL THERE AND OH, MY GOD.

>> OH.

>> COVER THE LIGHTS. DOUBLE

CLOTHESLINE ON SWEET STAN COMING

IN.

>> OH, MY GOD.

>> UP AND OVER, WHAT A MOVE.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> I HAVE NEVER SEEN THE ROCK

'N' ROLL EXPRESS LOOK ANYMORE

CRISP THAN WE HAVE SEEN THUS FAR

IN THIS TAG TEAM EVENT.

>> THEY ARE EXTREMELY SHARP

TONIGHT.

>> CORNETTE IS GONNA HAVE TO

REALLY GET HIS STRATEGY

TOGETHER, PERHAPS AMEND HIS GAME

PLAN HERE.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> BEAUTIFUL BOBBY, GOT TO

SHAKEN IT LOOSE THERE, GETTING

HIS SENSES BACK ABOUT IT.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> DOWNSTAIRS HE GOES WITH THE

KNEE. BOBBY EATON FROM

HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> BEEN A PRO 10 YEARS, TAG

MADE. HERE COMES SWEET STAN.

>> AND ARMDRAG GETS HIM OVER.

>> ROBERT GIVES--TAGS IN RICKY

MORTON--MAN, THE TAGS IN THIS

HAS JUST BEEN--IT'S HARD KEEP UP

WITH HOW MANY TAGS WE'VE HAD.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> DOUBLE ELBOW OFF OF THAT ROPE

THERE, JIM ROSS.

>> AND STAN LANE FIGHTS BACK.

TOSSES RICKY MORTON OUTSIDE AND

FOLLOWS HIM THERE.

>> UH-OH.

>> BUT MORTON [INDISTINCT]

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> RIGHT IN THE HEAD. I HOPE

HE'S NOT BEEN LACERATED HERE. I

THINK HE MAY HAVE TRIED TO BLOCK

IT BUT HE STILL HIT THAT POST

WITH A LOT OF VELOCITY AND HE'S

LOOKING UP TO MAKE THE TAG.

BOBBY EATON DOESN'T LOOK TOO

EXCITED ABOUT COMING IN.

>> YOU KNOW R 'N' R HAVE

COUNTERED EVERY MOVE TO THIS

POINT. IF I WAS JIM CORNETTE I'D

BE EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> RICKY AND ROBERT SAYS IT'S

GREAT TO BE BACK HOME IN THE

NWA.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, IT

MUST BE GOOD FOR HIM BECAUSE

RICKY IS LOOKING BETTER EVERY

TIME I SEE HIM GET INTO THE

RING. GIBSON TOO.

>> BOBBY EATON HAS GOT TO MAKE

SOMETHING HAPPEN HERE. THEY GOT

TO GET ON--OH, MY GOD.

>> THAT RIGHT HAND CAME FROM

SWEET HOME ALABAMA.

>> AND HE FIGHTS BACK.

>> OH. OH. OH. TRADING BACK AND

FORTH, ROSS.

>> SOMETHING'S GOT TO GIVE HERE.

OH, MY GOSH.

>> THEY BOTH WENT OVER THE TOP

ROPE. THEY BOTH FALL TO THE

FLOOR. AND THEY'RE BOTH HURT.

BUT SWEET STAN IS THE FIRST ONE

AROUND.

>> OH, MY GOD.

>> BIG SLAM THAT MAYBE THE BIG

BREAK BUT THE MIDNIGHT EXPRESS

HAVE NEEDED AS CORNETTE HELPS

BEAUTIFUL BOBBY BACK INTO THE

RING AND THEN [INDISTINCT] WIN

THIS VIA COUNT ON OR ANYWAY THEY

COULD.

>> ANYWAY THEY CAN GET IF THEY

WANT IT AND I DON'T BLAME THEM.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, THEY'VE GOT

THE ADVANTAGE NOW THOUGH AFTER

THAT SLAM ON THE FLOOR. BOTH OF

THEM WENT OVER THAT TOP ROPE AND

THEN THEY CAME AROUND THERE AND

SLAM HIM ON THE FLOOR RIGHT

THERE AND HE'S HURT.

>> THE RULES OF THE NWA, THEY

HAVE A COUNT OF 10 TO GET BACK

IN THE RING FROM THE OUTSIDE OR

THE APRON. THEY MUST BREAK THEIR

ILLEGAL MOVES ON FOUR, THEY'RE

DISQUALIFIED ON FIVE. AND THAT

IS A GREAT BACK BREAKER BY

BEAUTIFUL BOBBY THAT GOES RIGHT

FOR THE CHOKE.

>> HE SHOULD HAVE GONE FOR THAT

PIN RIGHT THEN. HE SHOULD HAVE

GONE FOR THAT PIN. HE MIGHT HAVE

POSSIBLY GOTTEN THAT THREE COUNT

IN.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> PEOPLE ARE ON THEIR FEET

HERE. SOME OF THEM ARE RIGHT

NOW. WHAT'S THIS?

>> OH.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> MORTON'S NECK SNAPPED RIGHT

OF THE TOP ROPE.

>> AND MORTON'S FACE TELLS THE

STORY.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> GOING RIGHT TO THE FACE. AND

CORNETTE WITH THAT--THE HAND

WITH A TENNIS ROCKET, HE BURIED

IT AS DEEPLY AS HE COULD INTO

THE THROAT OF RICKY MORTON.

>> THE MOMENTUM HAS CERTAINLY

CHANGED NOW, HADN'T IT ROSS? IT

DOESN'T LOOK TOO GOOD FOR THESE

TWO RIGHT NOW--BEAUTIFUL KICKS

BY STAN LANE RIGHT THERE.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> RICKY MORTON HAS BEEN KNOWN

TO TAKE A GREAT DEAL OF

PUNISHMENT BUT KEEP ON TICKING.

>> NICE DROP TOEHOLD AND AN

ELBOW BY BEAUTIFUL BOBBY WHO'S

BEEN TAGGED IN.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> INVENTIVE MOVES ON--THERE'S A

TWO COUNT. ALMOST HAD IT IN

THERE--INVENTIVE MOVES BY THIS

TEAM RIGHT THERE, THE MIDNIGHT

EXPRESS. THEY INVENT MOVES DON'T

THEY, ROSS?

>> THEY CERTAINLY DO. THEY'RE

CERTAINLY INNOVATORS THANKS OF

COURSE TO THE LEADERSHIP OF

THEIR MANAGER JAMES E. CORNETTE.

STANDING VERTICAL SUPLEX AND

BOBBY EATON REALLY SNAPPED THAT

OFF. HE LEFT THE GROUND HIMSELF.

THIS MAYBE ALL REFEREE DOWN ONE,

TWO, AND COMING FOR THREE BUT

THE SHOULDER WAS UP. LANE TAGS

IN.

>> WHAT A GUTTY GUY THIS BOY IS

RIGHT HERE. AIN'T HE A GUTTY

BOY? I'M TELLING YOU HE'LL

CONTINUALLY FOOL YOU BY

KICKING-OUT, FIGHTING--HE NEVER

GIVES UP.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> POWERSLAM WITH THAT GRAPEVINE

AND ROBERT GIBSON SENSING THAT

RICKY MORTON MAY NOT HAVE BEEN

ABLE TO KICK-OUT INTERRUPTED THE

COUNT AND STAN LANE PREVENTS THE

TAG AND THEN NAILS ROBERT

GIBSON, KNOCKS HIM OFF THE

APRON.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> TOSSED MORTON OUTSIDE, KEEP

YOUR EYE ON RICKY MORTON. HE'S

GONNA BE FAIR GAME HERE.

>> MORTON UP ON THE SHOULDER OF

BOBBY EATON. WHERE ARE THEY...

>> OH.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> DROPS HIM ON THE SECURITY

RAILING.

>> IF RICKY MORTON CAN GET UP

FROM THAT, I'LL GUARANTEE YOU HE

CAN'T GET UP FROM THAT ONE RIGHT

THERE IF CORNETTE WILL LEAVE HIM

ALONE AND THEY WILL LEAVE HIM

ALONE HE'LL GET COUNTED OUT OF

THAT RING RIGHT THERE. HE CAN'T

GET BACK UP TO HIS FEET.

>> NOT AFTER DRIVING HIS FACE

INTO THAT RAILING LIKE A...

>> WELL, LOOK AT CORNETTE.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> CORNETTE THE ULTIMATE INSULT

FOR RICKY MORTON.

>> I DON'T KNOW HOW AFFECTED

PHYSICALLY IT WAS BUT MAINLY

IT'S GOT TO BE HUMILIATING FOR

CORNETTE TO STRIKE ANOTHER MAN.

>> BEAUTIFUL BOBBY NOW.

>> OH, NO. DID YOU HEAR THAT?

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> THE SIDE OF HIS HEAD RAMMED

THE RING POST AND YOU CAN HEAR

THE IMPACT.

>> NOW BEAUTIFUL BOBBY IS NOT

THE LEGAL MAN. MORTON ALMOST

PINNED AGAIN.

>> HEY, IS HE STILL OUT THERE?

HE'S STILL GOT THAT PIN--LOOK

OUT BEAUTIFUL SUNSET FLIP, HE'S

GOT HIM DOWN.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> HE HAD HIM DOWN THERE ALMOST

FOR A THREE COUNT. WHERE WAS THE

REFEREE?

>> THE REFEREE WAS DETAINED BY

CORNETTE. AND THE REFEREE HAVING

TROUBLE WITH RESTRAINING ROBERT

GIBSON IN THE MEANTIME STAN LANE

WAS BLATANTLY CHOKING RICKY

MORTON WHO'S GOT TO BE GRASPING

FOR OXYGEN AT THIS POINT IN THE

MATCH.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> AND A TAG. THE TAG WAS MADE

MORTON IS NOT AWARE OF IT.

NECKBREAKER.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> A BLIND TAG, NO ONE DOES IT

BETTER THAN THE MIDNIGHT

EXPRESS.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> GET ON TOP OF HIM NOW EATON.

GET ON TOP OF HIM. TAKE

ADVANTAGE OF HIM NOW. NOW IS THE

TIME.

>> QUICK RIGHT.

>> MORTON HAVING A HARD TIME

STANDING BUT HE'S FIGHTING BACK

ON INSTINCT. THE YOUNGSTER FROM

THE VOLUNTEER STATE WILL NOT

QUIT. OH, MY GOODNESS. FACE

FIRST. HE MAY HAVE HIT THE STEEL

SUPPORT THAT HOLDS THE

TURNBUCKLE IN PLACE.

>> I'LL TELL YOU WHAT THIS BOY

IS TAKING MORE PUNISHMENT.

>> STAN LANE, HIS FOOT RIGHT ON

THE THROAT, YOU CAN SEE IT.

>> GREAT CAMERA WORK WE'RE GONNA

TAKE YOU RIGHT INSIDE THE RING

TONIGHT.

>> I'LL TELL YOU WHAT IF YOU'LL

NOTICE HE'S DISORIENTED AT THIS

TIME. MORTON, HE'S BEEN GOING TO

THE WRONG CORNER, HE'S

BEEN--WHERE IS HE? HE'S BACK

DOWN ON HIS FEET. IT'S HARD FOR

HIM TO FIGURE OUT WHERE IN THE

WORLD HE IS IN THIS RING AFTER

ALL OF THE PUNISHMENT HE'S TAKEN

WITH TO THE HEAD.

>> TERRY, WHEN YOU'RE TAKING

THIS MUCH PUNISHMENT, ARE

YOU--ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT

SURVIVING OR ARE YOU THINKING

ABOUT TAGGING? WHAT THOUGHTS ARE

GOING THROUGH RICKY MORTON'S

MIND AT THIS TIME IN YOUR

OPINION?

>> IT'S TOTALLY INSTINCT AT THIS

TIME. IT'S ALMOST JUST LIKE AS

IF SECONDARY IF YOU KNOW WHAT I

MEAN JIM ROSS, AT THIS

PARTICULAR TIME YOU'RE JUST

TRYING TO CONTINUE ON. SOMETIMES

YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE BUT

THAT SOUNDS SENSIBLE, TO YOU IT

DOES.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> CORNETTE SAYS IT'S ONLY A

MATTER OF TIME.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> AS NOW THE PIPE LINE ROCK 'N'

ROLL EXPRESS CERTAINLY HAVE BEEN

GROUNDED. HE'S USING THE

HAMMERLOCK.

>> SOMETIMES PAIN CAN BRING YOU

BACK FOR ONE OF YOUR

[INDISTINCT] LIKE THAT, YOU

DON'T REALIZE QUITE WHERE YOU

ARE, YOU PUT A HAND TO GET A

HAMMER LOCK PUT ON YOU. YOU FEEL

THAT TREMENDOUS PAIN THERE IN

THAT ARM AND IT KIND OF SETTLES

YOUR SENSES--I DON'T KNOW HOW TO

EXPLAIN IT BUT IT DOES THAT FOR

ME AT TIME.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> OH, MORTON BACK UP TO HIS

FEET HERE. HE STILL GOT THAT

HAMMERLOCK ON HIM.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> OH, MORTON WITH THE ELBOW TO

THE SIDE OF THE HEAD. HE TAGS IN

STAN LANE WHO'S LEGAL AND A

DOUBLE THRUST RIGHT TO THE

THROAT AREA. ANOTHER BLIND TAG

AND THEY HAVE--THEY HAVE BLIND

TAG YOU TO DEATH.

>> HOW MANY TAGS DO YOU THINK

THAT THEY HAVE MADE IN THE LAST

FIVE MINUTES?

>> THAT'S WHAT MAKES A GREAT

TEAM THOUGH. AND THEN THEY KEEP

YOU IN THEIR PART OF THE CORNER,

IN THEIR HALF OF THE RING.

>> THAT KEEPS YOU ON THE OFFENSE

AS LONG AS--THAT KEEPS THEM ON

THE OFFENSE AS LONG AS YOU'RE IN

THEIR CORNER, THEY'RE ON THE

OFFENSIVE. YOU CANNOT BE ON THE

OFFENSE IN THE OTHER PERSON'S

CORNER.

>> RICKY MORTON HAS BEEN IN THAT

RING IN AN ORDINATE AMOUNT OF

TIME. WHILE AT THE SAME TIME THE

MIDNIGHT EXPRESS HAVE TAGGED IN

AND OUT ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS.

MORTON'S PHYSICAL CONDITION IS

CERTAINLY BEING TESTED HERE.

BEAUTIFUL BOBBY ASCENDS TO THE

TOP. IF HE NAILS THIS ONE, IT

WILL BE OVER.

>> HE DID. HE DID.

>> I DON'T THINK MORTON CAN

KICK-OUT NOW, THIS SHOULD BE

ALL.

>> THIS IS IT, JIM...

>> ROBERT GIBSON JUST KICKED

EATON ON THE HEAD, GETTING

GIBSON I THINK THOUGHT LIKE AS

WE DID THAT RICKY MORTON WOULD

NOT BE ABLE TO KICK-OUT AS EATON

TAGS IN LANE AGAIN.

>> I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, EATON GOT

TOO COCKY ONCE AGAIN, HE SHOULD

HAVE JUMPED BACK ON TOP THERE

AND MADE THAT PIN AT THAT

PARTICULAR TIME. YOU'VE GOT TO

GET ON TOP OF THEM. BUT I'LL

TELL YOU WHAT, THESE GUYS HAVE

BEEN TOGETHER SO MUCH, SOMETIMES

YOU JUST WANT TO PUNCH HIM ONE

MORE TIME, YOU KNOW, GET A

LITTLE BIT MORE PUNISHMENT IN

THERE.

>> CORNETTE ONCE AGAIN USING

THAT TENNIS RACKET AS A WEAPON,

NOT AS A DECORATIVE PROP BUT AS

A WEAPON. MORTON TRYING TO FIGHT

TO HIS CORNER BUT LANE WITH A

WIDE--WIDE BASE WITH THE ARMBAR

WORKING ON HIS SHOULDERS.

>> ROBERT GIBSON WOULD DEARLY

LOVE TO BE TAGGED IN AT THIS

TIME.

>> YES. HE WOULD. YOU KNOW, IT'S

AMAZING HOW FAR, A FOOT AND A

HALF OR TWO FEET CAN BE IN A

WRESTLING RING COULD TAKE A LOT

OF TIME TO TRAVEL TWO FEET IN

THE RING, CAN IT?

>> CERTAINLY CAN AND AS STAN

LANE AND QUICK TO THE PUNISHMENT

THEN MADE THE QUICK TAG AGAIN

AND THEY ARE WORKING ON THAT

ARM. WELL, THIS IS SHADES OF THE

ANDERSON'S PHILOSOPHY. THEY GOT

A BODY PART AND DISMEMBER IT,

DISABLE THAT PARTICULAR

APPENDAGE.

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, THE

ANDERSONS, I'LL BET THEY'RE

READY FOR TONIGHT, HUH?

>> I TELL YOU THE MOTION WAS

STAYING IN THE BUILDING AND WITH

THE CHAMPIONSHIPS--THREE

CHAMPIONSHIPS DECIDED HERE

TONIGHT, THE CHICAGO STREET

FIGHT COMING UP WITH THE NEW

SKYSCRAPER, WE DON'T KNOW WHO HE

IS AND THE ROAD WARRIORS. SO

MUCH GREAT ACTION HERE TONIGHT

AT WRESTLE WAR '90 WILD THING.

HAMMERLOCK.

>> MORTON CANNOT USE HIS

QUICKNESS IN THIS POSITION QUITE

OBVIOUSLY. I WONDER HOW MUCH

LONGER HE'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO

LAST, TERRY.

>> I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, NOT MUCH

LONGER AT THIS RATE. BUT THEY

HAVE A POSSIBILITY RIGHT THERE.

I TELL YOU, HE NEEDS TO MAKE IT

BACK UP TO HIS FEET. HE NEEDS TO

GET TO THAT TAG. THEY'VE BEEN AT

A DISADVANTAGE. HOW LONG HAS HE

BEEN IN THE RING?

>> HE'S GOT TO BE IN THE RING AT

LEAST 10 MINUTES, MAYBE MORE.

>> MORTON, THOSE ELBOWS HE TRIES

TO PUT SOME OFFENSE TOGETHER HE

NEEDS TO MAKE THE TAG. REVERSE

AND ANOTHER REVERSE. OH, MAN,

THE BACK OF EATON'S HEAD CRACKED

AGAINST THE FACE OF RICKY

MORTON.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> CORNETTE FRANTICALLY GIVING

INSTRUCTIONS TO BEAUTIFUL BOBBY

TELLING HIM TO MAKE THE TAG AND

HE ADHERES TO THE MANAGER AND

DOES SO.

>> MORTON NICELY [INDISTINCT]

>> BUT HE'S CAUGHT. TERRY,

SHOULD HE HAVE TRIED TO GO

DIRECTLY TO HIS CORNER THERE.

>> IF HE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY,

YOU KNOW, HE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE

THE OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE THE

MOMENTUM WAS GOING TOWARDS THAT

ROPE THERE. HE FELT LIKE HE HAD

A GOOD MOVE IN HIS MIND BUT IT

WASN'T. THERE'S EATON UP ON THE

TOP RIGHT NOW.

>> THE ROCKET LAUNCHER, ONE OF

THEIR GREAT OFFENSIVE WEAPONS.

BUT THE LEGS, HE PULLED THE

KNEES UP RIGHT INTO THE SOLAR

PLEXUS OF BEAUTIFUL BOBBY EATON.

AND NOW EATON IS IN TROUBLE.

RICKY MORTON MAY HAVE THE BEST

OPPORTUNITIES HAD IN THE LAST

SEVERAL MINUTES TO MAKE THE TAG

AND HE DOES.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> HE MADE IT. HE MADE IT.

THERE'S THOSE RIGHT THERE

ANOTHER RIGHT, GETS AND SHOOTS

HIM IN THE ROPE, CATCHES HIM

WITH THE BIG HIGH BACKDROP, HE'S

ON THE ROLL, A SLAM, A DROPKICK,

A BIG RIGHT. NOW HE'S GOT

HIM--HE'S GOT HIM IN THE CORNER

RIGHT THERE, SHOOTS HIM OFF

REVERSAL.

>> UP AND OVER GOES ROBERT

GIBSON. CAN HE HOLD UP BOBBY

EATON DOWN AND LANE INTERFERED

WITH THE COUNT. THERE'S RICKY

MORTON BACK IN. ALL FOUR NOW,

REMEMBER EATON AND GIBSON, I

THINK ARE THE LEGAL--OH.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> HE'S SO PROUD OF HIS

INTERFERENCE. HE NAILED HIM WITH

THAT LOADED RACKET OR WAS IT

LOADED ON THAT TIME.

>> HE CAME OUT. HE CAME OUT.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> WOW. THAT'S GOT TO BE TWO AND

SEVEN EIGHTHS.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> SO CLOSE FOR THE MIDNIGHT

EXPRESS.

>> TRIED THE FLAPJACK BUT HE

DIDN'T GET IT. AND GIBSON

[INDISTINCT] THE ROCK 'N' ROLL

HAVE WON IT.

>> THEY GOT THE THREE-COUNT IN

HERE.

>> AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE

WINNERS OF THE MATCH, RICKY

MORTON, ROBERT GIBSON THE ROCK

'N' ROLL EXPRESS.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> HERE'S ANOTHER LOOK AT IT

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

>> THERE YOU SEE IT RIGHT THERE,

PICKING HIM BACK UP AND THERE

YOU SEE RUNNING BEHIND AND

DRIVING HIM OFF, YOU SEE HIM

CRADLING THAT RIGHT LEG, HOLDING

HIM TIGHT, GETTING THAT

THREE-COUNT.

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, LET'S

GO NOW TO GORDON SOLIE WHO'S

WITH THE ROAD WARRIORS.

>> THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. THE

ROAD WARRIORS AND PAUL ELLERING

ARE WITH ME RIGHT NOW. AND IN

JUST A MOMENT, YOU'RE GOING TO

BE STEPPING INTO THE RING IN THE

CHICAGO STREET FIGHT AND TEDDY

LONG SAYS THAT DANNY SPIVEY IS

INJURED.

>> THAT'S RIGHT, GORDON SOLIE.

BUT FIRST OF ALL, EVERYBODY'S

WONDERING THE WARRIORS. WE GOT

IT OUR BROTHERS IN PAINT ARMBAND

ON TO HELP US AS IF WE NEEDED

HELP TO KICK THE SKYSCRAPERS'

BUTT. TELL THEM, HAWK.

>> NEEDLESS TO SAY WE WENT BACK

TO CHICAGO, SLEPT IN THE ALLEYS,

STREETS, MIDDLE OF THE GUTTER,

AND WHAT DO WE DO, WE PUT 16

GUYS IN THE HOSPITAL JUST

GETTING PSYCHED UP FOR THIS

THING. PAUL, HE JUST GOT BACK

FROM HONG KONG AND YOU KNOW,

SOMETHING, YOU GUYS HAVE A

SURPRISE FOR US, NONE FOR YOU,

SAME OLD STORY. WE WIN, YOU

LOSE, TELL THEM, PAUL.

>> YOU KNOW, SOMETHING WE'VE

GOTTEN WHERE WE ARE TODAY

BECAUSE WE NEVER UNDERESTIMATE

OUR OPPONENTS. TEDDY LONG,

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE DANNY SPIVEY

COME OUT FROM ANYWHERE. I

REALIZE THAT AND NOT FOR A

MINUTE AM I GONNA TO FORGET IT.

WE'RE READY FOR YOU AND STICK

YOUR NOSE IN THERE.

>> NOW LET'S GO BACK TO THE

RING, PLEASE.

>> [MUSIC]

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE

FOLLOWING CONTEST IS A CHICAGO

STREET FIGHT. IT IS SET FOR ONE

FALL TO A FINISH. THIS IS A NO

DISQUALIFICATION MATCH.

>> [MUSIC]

>> INTRODUCING FIRST TEAM NUMBER

ONE.

>> [MUSIC]

>> WELL, THERE'S A SURPRISE.

WHO'S THAT BIG MONSTER

WITH--TEDDY LONG HAS GOT HIS

STREET FIGHTING GEAR ON MEAN

MARK AND...

>> THEODORE R. LONG PRESENTS

FROM METROPOLIS TOTAL COMBINED

WEIGHT, 634 POUNDS, THE

SKYSCRAPERS.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> [MUSIC]

>> HEY, LET ME TELL YOU

SOMETHING RIGHT NOW. DANNY

SPIVEY, HAS BEEN INJURED, HE

WON'T BE HERE TONIGHT. I'VE GOT

A GUY THAT I ALREADY HIRED

[INDISTINCT] SO DON'T WORRY

ABOUT IT. I FEEL [INDISTINCT]

WE'RE GONNA TAKE THE ROAD

WARRIORS OUT. THEY GOT AS BIG

SURPRISE BY THEIR OWN.

>> AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN

THEIR OPPONENTS ACCOMPANIED TO

THE RING BY THEIR MANAGER,

PRECIOUS PAUL ELLERING. FROM

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, TOTAL

COMBINED WEIGHT, 595 POUNDS,

"THE LEGION OF DOOM" THE ROAD

WARRIORS.

>> A CHICAGO STREET FIGHT, THEY

HAVE COME DRESSED AS THEY

CHOOSE. THERE'S NO

DISQUALIFICATION IN THIS ONE.

ONE FALL TO A FINISH AND

REMEMBER THE LEGION OF DOOM HAVE

NEVER LOST THIS KIND OF MATCH.

>> I'LL SAY ONE THING THEIR

ENGINES ARE RUNNING. THE LEGION

OF DOOM IS AND I TELL YOU WHAT,

THEY'RE RED LIGHTING IT RIGHT

NOW LOOKING FOR THOSE

SKYSCRAPERS JUST TO STICK THEIR

HEADS IN THE RING.

>> [INDISTINCT] WELL, YOU'RE

DRESSED FOR ACTION BUT I DON'T

SEE NO ACTION COMING OUT OF YOU

LITTLE MAN.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> PAUL ELLERING CHALLENGING

TEDDY LONG.

>> TEDDY LONG HAS COME TO FIGHT.

PAUL ELLERING IS [INDISTINCT]

>> I WANNA CHANGE OUT A LITTLE

BIT, HE SAYS HE'S SUGAR RAY

LONG.

>> SUGAR RAY LONG, WELL...

>> HE'S IN THE RING. HE'S IN THE

RING. LET'S SEE WHAT KIND OF,

BOXING STYLE--LOOKED PRETTY SLOW

THEN, OH...

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> PRECIOUS PAUL JUST TOOK CARE

OF TEDDY LONG WITH ONE BIG RIGHT

HAND.

>> [BELL RINGING]

>> I DON'T NEED THE REFEREE IN

THIS ONE.

>> THIS IS WORSE THAN A STREET

FIGHT, LOOK AT THAT NEW

SKYSCRAPER.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THE GUY

ON HIM. ANIMALS WITH HIM RIGHT

NOW.

>> BIG CLOTHESLINE BY ANIMAL ON

THE MASKED SKYSCRAPER AND THAT'S

WHAT WE'LL CALL HIM FOR A LACK

OF--WE HAVE NO IDEA WHO THIS BIG

MAN IS. TEDDY LONG MAY HAVE

PULLED IN A RINGER.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> HAMMERS AWAY AT HAWK.

>> THIS IS STREET FIGHT RIGHT

HERE. THIS IS A DONNYBROOK.

>> MEAN MARK. THE BIG MAN,

SIX-NINE, 320 INVERTED ATOMIC

DROP BY ANIMAL. THE COWBOY BOOT.

THAT COWBOY BOOT WITH A HARD

LEATHER SOLE. THAT'S WHAT HAWK'S

WEARING.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> HAWK SLAMS HIM IN THE RING

ALMOST. SLAMMED HIM THROUGH THAT

RING AND, OH.

>> BIG FIST RIGHT TO HE HEAD. X

MARKS THE SPOT ON THE MAT WHERE

HE GOT NAILED.

>> IS HE PLACED--WHO'S THIS?

>> "HACKSAW" BUTCH REED AND RON

SIMMONS. NOW, THEY--THIS IS A

LITTLE STRANGE.

>> HE MIGHT THINK TO USE A

BODYGUARD OR TWO.

>> LOOKS LIKE HE'S GOT A COUPLE

OF PRETTY GOOD ONES THERE--YOU

SAW A NECKBREAKER RIGHT THERE.

LET'S SEE IF THEY GO FOR THE PIN

RIGHT HERE.

>> AND I TELL YOU WHAT, THEY

LOOKED PRETTY BAD THERE TOO,

DIDN'T THEY?

>> MEAN MARK WORKING VICIOUSLY

ON THE LEG OF HAWK. TEDDY LONG

STAYING AWAY FROM THE RING NOW

AFTER THAT RIGHT HAND FROM PAUL

ELLERING BUT HE'S BROUGHT SOME

BACKUP IT LOOKS LIKE. OH, YOU'RE

RIGHT. THE GUNS ON THAT BIG

MASKED SKYSCRAPER ARE VERY

IMPRESSIVE. BUT ANIMAL, OH, BIG

RIGHT--BIG RIGHT HAND.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> THIS MATCH IS NO

DISQUALIFICATION.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> LOOK AT THOSE BIG BOOTS RIGHT

IN THE FACE.

>> HE GOT HIM RIGHT IN THE FACE.

LOOK AT MEAN MARK PICKING UP

HAWK. WELL, THIS MEAN MARK IS

ONE BIG TOUGH HOMBRE.

>> HE'S HOLDING HIS OWN IN

THERE--RIGHT IN THERE HE GETS

THE ROADWAY AS HE CAN'T MAKE TOO

MANY PEOPLE THAT CAN DO THAT.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> BIG CLOTHESLINE BY HAWK. NOW,

HE'S IN FOR THE RIDE.

CLOTHESLINE ON THE MASKED MAN.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> BOY, THIS ONE, IT'S BEEN LIKE

A TEXAS TORNADO. NO TAGS IN AND

OUT. JUST A FIGHT.

>> LOOK HOW TALL THAT MEAN MARK

IS. HOW CAN HE REACHED WAY UP

HERE AND EVEN GRAB HIM?

>> SIX-NINE, OVER 300 POUNDS.

SHORT RIGHT HAND. MEAN MARK IS A

TOUGH CUSTOMER AS WE MENTIONED.

CHOKING HAWK NOW. THE REFEREE IS

THERE ONLY TO COUNT THE PIN.

THAT'S HIS ONLY RESPONSIBILITY

IN THIS MATCH.

>> I TELL YOU WHAT, THE

SKYSCRAPER JUST HAVE THE

ADVANTAGE OVER THE ROAD WARRIORS

RIGHT NOW. THAT'S A SURPRISE AT

THIS TIME.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> LOOK OUT. OH.

>> CLOTHESLINE OFF THE APRON BY

HAWK. MEAN MARK IS IN DIRE

STRAITS NOW. THEY'VE TAKEN IT

OUTSIDE. THERE'S NOT A WRESTLER

BACK IN THE RING. THEY HAVE

TAKEN IT LITERALLY TO THE

STREETS HERE. STANDING DROPKICK.

LOOK AT THOSE HARD SOLED BOOTS

AND HE CAUGHT HIM RIGHT IN THE

JAW.

>> THERE IS NO COUNT. THERE IS

NO COUNT IN THIS PARTICULAR

MATCH.

>> THEY CAN'T BE COUNTED OUT AND

THEY CAN' BE DISQUALIFIED. BACK

IN THE RING ANIMAL AND THE

MASKED SKYSCRAPER. THEY'RE

DRESSED AS THEY ARE BECAUSE THIS

IS STREET FIGHT RULES--OH, WHAT

A RIGHT.

>> OH.

>> HEAD FIRST TO THE STEEL.

>> OH, MAN. THIS IS SO PHYSICAL.

>> MEAN MARK IS RIGHT ON TOP

OF--I LIKE THAT NAME, MEAN MARK.

>> THE ROAD WARRIORS ARE IN

TROUBLE IN THEIR MATCH. THIS IS

THE MATCH THEY HAVE PERFECTED

WITH A SPOTLESS RECORD.

>> NOW, THEY'RE ALL FOUR BACK IN

THE RING. AND I THINK YOU'RE

RIGHT TERRY FUNK. THE

SKYSCRAPERS ARE REALLY PREPARED.

THEY ARE STREET FIGHTING TOE TO

TOE WITH THE WARRIORS AT THIS

POINT IN TIME. MISSED WITH A

DOUBLE CLOTHESLINE. BUT ANIMAL

NOW.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> OH, MEAN MARK WAY UP AND

OVER.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> THEY'RE GONNA...

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> HERE COMES HAWK.

>> OH, MY GOSH.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> THE ROAD WARRIORS, OH, YEAH,

WHAT A MOVE. AND THE WARRIORS

HAVE WON THIS ONE.

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE

WINNERS OF THE MATCH, "THE

LEGION OF DOOM" THE ROAD

WARRIORS.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> WAIT A MINUTE. WE'LL KEEP YOU

RIGHT HERE BEFORE WE GO TO THE

REPLAY. I DON'T LIKE THE LOOKS

OF THIS.

>> TEDDY LONG--TEDDY LONG HAS

BEEN PULLED IN THE RING.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> HE'S BEEN TOSSED.

>> THEY CAUGHT HIM. THEY PUSHED

HIM RIGHT OUT TO THOSE BIG GUYS.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> OH, BOY. WE'RE GONNA SEE

SOMETHING HERE. THERE GOES DOOM

UP INTO THE RING. LET'S SEE

WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN NOW. THEY

MIGHT HAVE BIT OFF MORE THAN

THEY COULD CHEW, THE ROAD

WARRIORS. I GOT RESPECT TO DOOM.

I THINK THEY'RE AS TOUGH AS

ANYBODY IS ON. WE'RE GETTING AN

EXTRA ADDED ATTRACTION, AN EXTRA

MATCH AND IT MIGHT BE THE BEST

ONE OF THE NIGHT.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> ...RIGHT HERE.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> THEY'RE WITH THE ROAD

WARRIORS. THE WARRIORS HAVE GOT

TO BE FATIGUED. THEY JUST WON

THE STREET FIGHT. WELL, SIMMONS

HAS GOT SOMETHING IN HIS HAND.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> [INDISTINCT]

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> NEITHER TEAM WANTS TO FLINCH.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> SIMMONS GOT A FOREIGN OBJECT

IN HIS RIGHT HAND.

>> HE'S GOT IT. HE'S GOT IT.

HE'S USING IT.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> THEY'RE LAYING THE LEATHER TO

EACH ONE.

>> WHOA, THEY'RE ON THE MAT.

THEY'RE ROLLING AROUND RIGHT

NOW. THIS IS A STREET FIGHT.

THIS IS A STREET FIGHT. SIMMONS

TRYING TO GET UP ON TOP OF THE

ANIMAL BACK ON TOP THE HEAD

PERHAPS GONNA [INDISTINCT] JUST

NOT GONNA GO--DO OUT OF HIM.

>> THERE COMES THEIR CLOTHES.

OH, LOOK, THEY'RE POPPING EACH

OTHER.

>> THEY'VE GOT--THEY'VE GOT THE

ROAD WARRIORS GONE.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> THEY'VE GOT THE SUITES RIPPED

OFF AND--OH, HE GETS HIM UP,

POWERSLAM.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> [INDISTINCT] ANIMAL. THESE

TWO BIG EBONY WARRIORS AND THE

ROAD WARRIORS HAMMERING EACH

OTHER. NEITHER [INDISTINCT] UP

AND OVER. BUT SIMMONS GOES BACK

IN RIGHT BACK TO THE LION'S DEN

BUT HE'S OUT AGAIN. THE ROAD

WARRIORS JUST STAYED ON TOP. THE

DOOM IS HERE AND THEY'RE READY

TO FIGHT.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> LET'S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK IF WE

HAVE IT ON REPLAY.

>> TERRY, TELL US WHAT HAPPENS

HERE.

>> UH, WELL, I'LL SHOW YOU

SOMETHING AT REPLAY--WAIT.

HERE'S TEDDY LONG. TEDDY LONG

STAYING ON, TELLING HIM TO COME

ON OUT HERE. TEDDY LONG IS

ASKING THEM TO GO INTO THE

STREET. HE WANTS THEM TO GO OUT

INTO THE STREET, BEHIND THE

GREENSBORO ARENA. LET'S SEE IF

THE ROAD WARRIORS HAVE GOT TOO

NOW.

>> THERE YOU SEE THE ROAD

WARRIORS IN THE RING.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> ...IT SAYS WILD THING ON

THAT. I'M NOT SO SURE IT IS.

THEY'RE STILL TAKING THEM OUT

TOWARDS YOUR BACK. THEY'RE THE

ROAD WARRIORS ARE RIGHT THERE.

THEY MIGHT BE GOING BACK OUTSIDE

WITH THEM.

>> ALL RIGHT. LADIES AND

GENTLEMEN, THAT SITUATION

INVOLVING THE ROAD WARRIORS IN

DOING QUITE VOLATILE. NOW,

COMING UP WE ARE AT THE HALFWAY

PART OF THIS PROGRAM. THE

BALANCE OF THIS CARD WILL BE FOR

A CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHUP. EVERY

MATCH, A CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH FROM

HERE ON OUT, I'M GONNA ASK TERRY

FUNK TO COME BACK IN HERE.

TERRY, I WANNA TELL YOU, EVERY

MATCH FROM HERE ON OUT FOR A

CHAMPIONSHIP, I'M SURE WE HAVE

NOT HEARD THE LAST OF DOOM AND

THE ROAD WARRIORS. DOOM DID NOT

GET ENOUGH OF THIS.

>> I DON'T THINK THEY DID

EITHER. YOU TALKED ABOUT A

DONNYBROOK. YOU TALK ABOUT A

FIGHT. YOU TALKED ABOUT A GREAT

NIGHT OF WRESTLING. WE'RE HAVING

IT RIGHT HERE AT GREENSBORO AND

THIS IS NWA WRESTLING. THE BEST

IN THE WORLD. THERE'S NO OTHER

BETTER. DON'T FORGET IT.

>> TERRY, SETTLE DOWN MY FRIEND.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HE IS

FIRED UP AND SO AM I BUT RIGHT

NOW LET'S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT

WHAT JUST HAPPENED THERE JUST A

FEW MOMENTS AGO, TERRY. THEY

HAVE THE REPLAY I UNDERSTAND

READY FOR US. LADIES AND

GENTLEMEN, THE ROAD WARRIORS WON

THE STREET FIGHT BUT THEN HERE'S

WHAT HAPPENED.

>> THERE YOU SEE IT RIGHT THERE.

YOU SEE, PICKING UP TEDDY LONG.

LOOK AT TEDDY LONG, THAT LITTLE

MORON, THAT GUY WITH THAT POTATO

HEAD. HE'S GONNA PICK HIM UP

ABOVE HIS HEAD. THE ONLY MAN

THAT CAN EAT A BANANA SIDEWAYS

AND THROW HIM DOWN. BUT THERE

WAS DOOM TO--GO AHEAD AND CATCH

HIM, JIM ROSS.

>> I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT THIS

SITUATION IS FAR FROM OVER NOW.

REMEMBER THE ANTICIPATION FOR

THE THREE REMAINING MATCHES

GROWS MORE AND MORE BY THE

MOMENTS. THE UNITED STATES TAG

TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP COMES UP IN

JUST A FEW MOMENTS. AGAIN, I'M

GOING WITH THE CHAMPIONS.

>> WELL, YOU CAN GO WITH THEM.

GO WITH THE CHAMPIONS. GO WITH

WHATEVER BUT I'M GOING WITH RIC

FLAIR TONIGHT.

>> ALL RIGHT. LADIES AND

GENTLEMEN, WE'LL--OF COURSE

THOSE ARE STILL TO COME. RIGHT

NOW, LET'S GO BACK DOWN TO OUR

RING ANNOUNCER, GARY CAPPETTA.

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE

FOLLOWING CONTEST, IT IS SET FOR

ONE FALL.

IT IS FOR THE UNITED STATES TAG

TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP. INTRODUCING

FIRST THE CHALLENGERS, FROM

BACKSTREET, USA IN ATLANTA,

GEORGIA, THE FABULOUS FREEBIRDS.

>> [MUSIC]

>> FABULOUS FREEBIRDS WHO MADE

IT ALL THE WAY TO THE FINALS OF

THE UNITED STATES TAG TEAM

TOURNAMENT. AND IT'S A BIG

REMATCH RIGHT HERE FOR THAT

CHAMPIONSHIP. THEY HAVE NO

LACKING IN CONFIDENCE.

>> NO, THEY CERTAINLY DON'T, AND

I LOVE THOSE HAIRDOS, THOSE

RATNESTS, OH, LOOK AT THAT LOOK.

OH, YEAH.

>> THE ALICE COOPER LOOK.

>> AND CAN THAT DANCE, THAT

INACTIVE DANCE.

>> LOOK AT HIM.

>> AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

THEIR OPPONENTS, THEY ARE THE

NEWLY CROWNED UNITED STATES TAG

TEAM CHAMPIONS. FIRST FROM

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, WEIGHING

251 POUNDS, THE Z-MAN. HIS TAG

TEAM PARTNER FROM CINCINNATI,

OHIO WEIGHING 229 POUNDS, FLYIN'

BRIAN.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> THE FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP

DEFENSE IN A BIG LEAGUE

SITUATION WITH THIS DYNAMIC

YOUNG DUO OF FLYIN' BRIAN AND

Z-MAN AND THAT ARMBAND SAYS

AVENGE STING. MEANING THE

ATHLETES ARE DEDICATING THEIR

MATCHES TONIGHT TO THE STINGER

WHO WILL BE WITH US LIVE JUST A

LITTLE BIT LATER IN THIS

BROADCAST.

>> I WANNA SAY ONE THING, ARE WE

FLYING NOW OR NOT AFTER THAT

CHICAGO STREET FIGHT THEY FOUGHT

RIGHT OUT OF THE BUILDING--I

DON'T KNOW IF THEY DID OR WHERE

THEY WENT TO.

>> I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T WANNA

TRY TO BREAK IT UP, ALRIGHT.

>> NOT THAT ONE. HAVE WE GOT A

MATCH FOR YOU HERE RIGHT NOW

THOUGH, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, THIS

IS THE GREAT TAG TEAM RIGHT

HERE. THE UNITED STATES TAG TEAM

CHAMPIONS, MAYBE THEY FOOL

SOMEBODY BUT THEY DIDN'T FOOL

ME, I'VE PICKED THEM FROM THE

START.

>> OH, YOU DID?

>> OH, YEAH. I PICKED THEM FROM

THE START OF THE WHOLE

TOURNAMENT. I SAID THERE'S NO

ONE NOW WHO'S OUT IN THE RING

THERE? MY GOODNESS. I HEARD

BRIAN PILLMAN SAY, "HI, MOM," ON

THE WAY OUT, I DON'T THINK

THAT'S...

>> I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S AN

INTERESTING DRESS SHE'S GOT, I

DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S TRYING TO

GET IN IT OR GET OUT OF IT.

THAT'S ONE OF THOSE TEXAS GOWNS

[INDISTINCT] FACES.

>> WELL, YOU DIRTY DOG, YOU

STOLE THAT LINE FROM ME. YOU GOT

YOUR NERVE.

>> UH-OH. THEY THINK THE GIRLS

ARE BEHIND THEM.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> UH-OH.

>> SURPRISE, SURPRISE. THE

FREEBIRDS SET FOR THE RIDE AND A

DOUBLE ELEVATION BY PILLMAN AND

Z-MAN, A DROPKICK, OUT GOES

GARVIN AND OUT GOES HAYES. NOW,

WHAT'S HAPPENED HERE?

>> MAYBE THEY'RE PLAYING LITTLE

MUSIC FOR THEM, OR DOING A

LITTLE--DOING LITTLE IMITATIONS

STRUT IN THERE. KIND OF LITTLE

BIT OF MOCKERY, ISN'T IT? YOU

KNOW, I LIKE THE WAY THE

FREEBIRDS DANCE A WHOLE LOT

BETTER. AND I KIND OF LIKE THE

FREEBIRDS FACES, THEY'RE A WHOLE

LOT UGLIER THAN THOSE TWO FELLAS

IN THE RING.

>> BOY, I DON'T KNOW, MAN, WELL,

GETTING IN THE MIDDLE CHEST

BEING PLAYED ALREADY IN THIS

CONTEST. FREEBIRDS CERTAINLY NOT

CAN INTIMIDATE THEIR OPPONENTS.

BUT FLYIN' BRIAN AND Z-MAN ARE

NOT INTIMIDATED TONIGHT, THIS

GREAT CROWD REALLY SUPPORTING

THE NEW US TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS.

>> SHUT UP.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> I'LL TELL YOU, THEY'VE GOT

THESE PEOPLE GOING RIGHT NOW.

UNITED STATES TAG TEAM

CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE ON THE LINE,

WE MIGHT POSSIBLY SEE THREE SETS

OF NEW CHAMPIONS, YOU KNOW.

>> IT'S CERTAINLY POSSIBLE AS

EVERY MATCH FROM HERE ON OUT OF

THIS BROADCAST IS FOR A MAJOR

CHAMPIONSHIP. THIS FOR THE US

TITLE, COMING UP FOR THE WORLD

TAG TEAM TITLE, THAT'S THE

ANDERSON BROTHERS VERSUS THE

STEINER BROTHERS AND THEN THE

BIG ONE, THE NATURE BOY PUTS IT

ALL ON THE LINE ON HIS BIRTHDAY

AGAINST LEX LUGER.

>> YOU TAKE THESE FREEBIRDS, YOU

KNOW, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT THEY

SURE DO LIKE THEMSELVES A WHOLE

LOT, DON'T THEY? THEY DON'T LACK

CONFIDENCE AT ALL.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE

CONFIDENCE. YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN

EGO THE SIZE OF THE DOUBLE CROSS

RANCH, DON'T YOU? IF NOT,

BIGGER. BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO

BELIEVE IN YOURSELF, JIM ROSS.

JIMBO [INDISTINCT] ROSS DO YOU

BELIEVE IN YOURSELF OR NOT?

>> I DO BELIEVE, TERRY, I DO

BELIEVE. AND THERE'S A

COLLAR-AND-ELBOW TIE UP, MICHAEL

HAYES AND FLYIN' BRIAN STARTING

IT OUT FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE

TEAMS. PILLMAN, THE SECOND YEAR

PRO FROM MIAMI OF OHIO HE

GRADUATED WITH A

POLITICAL SCIENCE DEGREE. HE'S A

FORMER FOOTBALL ALL-AMERICAN

THERE AND A DEFENSE MVP, GREAT

ATHLETE.

>> PUSHED HIM BACK IN THE CORNER

THERE. THERE YOU SEE MICHAEL

RIGHT ON TOP FOR THE--QUICK

RIGHT, BIG CHOPS BY PILLMAN, BIG

CHOPS, BIG CHOPS, SHOOTS HIM OFF

IN THE OTHER TURNBUCKLE. KISSES

HIM WITH A FLYING CLOTHESLINE

RIGHT THERE.

>> MICHAEL HAYES RETREATS TO HIS

CORNER WHERE JIMMY GARVIN KIND

OF FLIPS THE HAIR THERE A LITTLE

BIT. THEY--I DON'T KNOW IF THEY

EVER COMB THEIR HAIR. LOOK AT

THOSE EYES, KIND OF WEIRD

LOOKING, WOULD YOU THINK?

>> I WOULD SAY THAT THEY WERE.

PROBABLY A BLACK COFFEE MIGHT

HELP HIM OUT THERE.

>> THE Z-MAN LEAPS TO THE RING,

GOING...

>> OH, LOOK AT THESE GUYS TIE

UP, TYING UP WITH THE SPORTY TOM

ZENK. THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT WHEN

YOU TIE UP THAT FIRST TIME AS

YOU WANNA DRIVE IN THAT GUY AND

SHOW HIM WHO'S THE BOSS, YOU

KNOW.

>> I'M TAKING YOUR WORD FOR IT.

I DON'T EVER WANNA KNOW THAT,

FIRSTHAND. THAT'S ONE OF THOSE

THINGS I'LL ALWAYS LIKE TO

SPECULATE ON, NOT EXPERIENCE.

WHAT A COLLAR-AND-ELBOW TIE, AND

GARVIN GOING BEHIND, WAIST LOCK

TAKEDOWN ON THE Z-MAN. HE SETS

OUT AND FREES HIMSELF, GOES TO

THE ROPES, GOOD FOOTBALL TACKLE

BY THE Z-MAN. WELL, THIS KID'S

SIX-TWO, TWO FORTY-FIVE. HE

IS--TO ME HE'S AS PERFECTLY

PROPORTIONED FOR A PRO-WRESTLER

AS YOU COULD REALLY WANT.

>> WELL, I LOOKED LITTLE BIT

BETTER THAN HE DID, YOU KNOW,

WHEN I WAS YOUNG LIKE HIM, YOU

KNOW. I WAS PROBABLY A LITTLE

BIT BETTER LOOKING THERE, YOU

KNOW. HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE

STRENGTH IN THE ARMS, YOU KNOW,

MAYBE A LITTLE MORE CLASSIC OF A

NOSE.

>> YES, INDEED.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> GREAT DROPKICK. THE FORMER

MR. MINNESOTA MISSED HIS MARK

RIGHT THERE HOWEVER, AS GARVIN,

THE VETERAN STEPPED OUT OF THE

WAY. AND NOW THE Z-MAN SET FOR

THE RIDE BUT GARVIN

UNCHARACTERISTICALLY TELEGRAPH

THAT MOVE AND THE Z-MAN JUST

TURNED HIM BACK INTO THE CORNER

TAGGING IN FLYIN' BRIAN. AND NOW

THE FORMER CINCINNATI BENGAL

BLOCKING GARVIN AND NAILS WITH

THE RIGHT.

>> YOU KNOW, I HATE TO GIVE THIS

BOY A LOT OF CREDIT JUST BECAUSE

HE'S SO YOUNG AND SO GOOD, YOU

KNOW, AND I DON'T WANNA FILL HIS

HEAD TOO MUCH WITH COMPLIMENTS

BUT FLYIN' BRIAN DOES CREATE A

LOT OF WONDERFUL MOVES IN

WRESTLING. HE HAS A NEW STYLE

ALMOST.

>> HERE'S ANOTHER OF THE

INNOVATORS IN OUR SPORT, MISSED

THE CLOTHESLINE BY JIMMY GARVIN.

AND FLYIN' BRIAN'S GOT HIM UP,

THAT'S A PINNING MOVE RIGHT

THERE, THAT'S A PINNING

MOVE--ONE, TWO--BUT GARVIN

SLIPPED OUT, THE ARM SLIPPED

LOOSE.

>> THAT'S CALLED A FLYING

CRUCIFIX. AND I'LL TELL YOU

WHAT, HE'S PERFECTED THAT DOWN

TO AN ART. HE CAN COME AROUND

AND HOOK BOTH THOSE ARMS BEFORE

YOU EVER KNOW IT.

>> FLYIN' BRIAN AND Z-MAN

PERHAPS THE MOST ELIGIBLE

BACHELORS OF THE NWA. LOOK AT

THIS.

>> OH, YES, LET'S CHECK IT OUT

FOR THAT.

>> THERE MAYBE A FOREIGN OBJECT

IN THEIR HAIR.

>> YEAH, BUGS, COOTIES, ALL

KINDS OF STUFF.

>> COOTIES?

>> WELL, I DON'T KNOW.

>> I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THAT IN A

WHILE. IS THAT WITH A K OR A C?

>> WELL, I NEVER WAS TOO GOOD AT

MY SPELLING, YOU KNOW, SO WE

COULD PROBABLY ASSUME WITH A K

OR A C.

>> HAYES, RIGHT HAND. BUT

PILLMAN BLOCKED THAT MOVE TO THE

CORNER. THAT'S EXCEDRIN HEADACHE

#34 BUT HAYES COUNTERED. GOOD

MOVE BY HAYES, VERY RESILIENT

MOVE IN THE RIGHT HAND, BOY HE

NAILED IT.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> YOU KNOW, HAYES HAS GOT A

GREAT RIGHT. YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR

DRESSING ROOM TALK ALL THE TIME

AND EVERYTHING. BLOCKS IT RIGHT

THERE, REVERSES IT, DID YOU SEE

THAT?

>> OH, IT'S GETTING BETTER THERE

[INDISTINCT] THE FLYING BODY

PRESS, HAYES KICKED OUT. DEEP

ARM DRAG TAKEOVER AND FLYIN'

BRIAN INTO THE ARM BAR, BUT

HAYES KNOWS HE'S GOT TO GET BACK

TO THE VERTICAL BASE AND DOES

SO. MISS WITH THE CLOTHESLINE,

FLYIN' BRIAN GOT HAYES DOWN,

COULD NOT HOLD HIM, DIDN'T GET

ALL THAT PINNING HOLD. NICE ARM

DRAG, HE'S TAKING HIM BACK OVER.

FLYIN' BRIAN TOLD ME HIS

FAVORITE WRESTLER GROWING UP WAS

FLYING FRED CURRY. DID YOU EVER

KNOW FLYING FRED CURRY, TERRY?

>> SURE. I DID. I WAS BACK THERE

AT THAT TIME TOO. IN FACT I KNEW

BULL CURRY, FRED CURRY'S FATHER

BEFORE THAT YOU WANNA GO BACK A

FEW YEARS.

>> HE'S A GUY FROM THE

[INDISTINCT]

>> YOU BET. LIVED DOWN THERE

AROUND HOUSTON.

>> Z-MAN RIGHT OFF THE SECOND

TURNBUCKLE ON MICHAEL HAYES

WORKING ON THE WRISTLOCK. HAYES

DOESN'T LIKE A BIT. TAKING THE

ARM AGAINST THE GRAIN...

>> I BET THAT MICHAEL HAYES...

>> WHAT A PRESS ON THE ELBOW

THERE.

>> SEE MICHAEL HAYES IS VERY

FAST WITHOUT THIS, VERY FAST

HANDS ON HIM, A LOT OF PEOPLE

NEVER REALIZE THAT RIGHT THERE.

THERE YOU SEE A FORM OF A

JAPANESE ARMBAR RIGHT THERE AND

A WRISTLOCK COMBINATION.

>> Z-MAN REALLY WORKING ON THE

ARM. HE GRADUATED FROM

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA WITH A

SPEECH COMMUNICATIONS DEGREE,

THIS YOUNGSTER. WHAT A PROTOTYPE

HERE OF THE 90S, OF THE

PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES, GETTING

COLLEGE EDUCATION. ATHLETES LIKE

TERRY FUNK GRADUATED WITH HONORS

TO THE SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS,

THIS YOUNGSTER WENT TO COLLEGE.

>> NOW, WELL, WAIT A MINUTE.

WAIT A MINUTE. I WENT TO WEST

TEXAS UNIVERSITY.

>> YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT AND I

APOLOGIZE FOR THAT MOMENTARY

OVERSIGHT.

>> NO, I WENT THERE FOR ABOUT

FIVE OR SIX YEARS.

>> HAYES MISSED WITH THE ELBOW.

OH, THEY DID NOT MISS WITH THAT.

>> DID NOT MISS WITH THE

CLOTHESLINE. AND MICHAEL HAYES,

VERY INTELLIGENTLY, MAKES THE

QUICK TAG.

>> THAT WAS WHEN TO DO IT. AN

IT'S VERY SMART ON HIS PART.

DON'T PRESS YOUR LUCK. YOU SEE

THE FOREARMS TO THE BACK OF THE

NECK ON THE Z-MAN BUT THE Z-MAN

COMES RIGHT BACK WITH THE SERIES

OF ELBOWS, SHOOTS HIM OFF INTO

THE ROPE, CATCHES HIM. WHAT A

NICE FLYING ARM DRAG.

>> REALLY GOT IT DEEP NOW. WATCH

THE POSITION OF HIS RIGHT KNEE

THERE.

>> THAT PREVENTS YOU FROM GOING

AHEAD AND MAKING SO EASILY BACK

UP TO YOUR FEET. IT KEEPS YOU

PUSHED DOWN INTO THAT MAT AND

MAKES IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR YOU.

NOW, HE MOVES IT INTO ON

OVERHEAD WRISTLOCK BACK INTO A

HEADSCISSORS RIGHT NOW. LET'S

SEE IF THE Z-MAN CAN TURN UP TO

HIS FEET OR TRY TO KICKOUT.

>> GARVIN PULLED THE HAIR TO GET

Z-MAN IN THAT PREDICAMENT. Z-MAN

TRYING TO FIGURE A WAY OUT HERE,

LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

>> HE AIN'T GOING NOWHERE, BABY.

>> WELL, YES, HE DID. HE DID GO

SOMEWHERE. HE GOT BACK TO HIS

FEET.

>> TAG MADE FLYIN' BRIAN, THE

ELECTRIFYING FLYER OF THIS TEAM.

>> YES, HE IS. YOU KNOW, AND

HE'S FULL OF ENERGY. HE WANTS

THINGS TO HAPPEN NOW. HE DON'T

WANNA WAIT. HE WANTS TO JUMP IN

THAT RIGHT AND JUMP ON TOP OF

SOMEBODY AND GET AFTER HIM. AND

I LIKE THAT KIND OF FIRE.

>> THIS KID'S GOT GREAT COURAGE.

HE WON THE ED BLOCK COURAGE

AWARD, GIVEN TO HIM BY THE

CINCINNATI BENGALS WITH A PLAYER

ON THEIR TEAM THAT SHOWS THE

MOST COURAGE DURING THE SEASON

INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE.

HE WON THAT VERY PRESTIGIOUS

AWARD AS A MEMBER OF THE

BENGALS.

>> TO TELL YOU, IT'S THAT TYPE

OF ATTITUDE THAT MAKES YOU THAT,

RIGHT? IT'S NOT ATTITUDE THAT

MAKES HIM THAT WAY. HE'S HAD

THAT ATTITUDE ALL OF HIS LIFE,

YOU KNOW, HE'S A FIGHTER.

>> THIS KID'S ONLY BEEN

WRESTLING TWO YEARS BUT HE

CERTAINLY HAS WHAT SKILLS BEYOND

ONLY TWO YEARS EXPERIENCE, HIGH

KNEE. AND HE LIKES TO FLY.

THAT'S--I GUESS AND FLYING FRED

CURRY HAD THAT PROFOUND

INFLUENCE. AND NICK PATRICK GOT

TWO ON IT.

>> FLYING FRED CURRY HAD A GREAT

DROPKICK. HE REALLY DID.

DROPKICK YOU RIGHT IN THE MOUTH

EVERY TIME. SO DOES BRIAN. HE

CAN GET UP OFF THAT GROUND. GIVE

A PILE ON THAT AIR.

>> HAYES NOW BACK IN. LET'S SEE

THE FREEBIRDS GETTING SOME

OFFENSE. THERE IS A SLEEP HOLD,

THE SLEEP HOLD. I SEE THIS HOLD

AND I THINK OF THE LEGENDARY NWA

PROMOTER PAUL BOESCH WHO USED TO

DEMONSTRATE THIS HOLD FOR THE

SOLDIERS IN WORLD WAR II.

>> WELL, I USED TO DEMONSTRATE

IT TOO BUT IT WASN'T QUITE THAT

LONG AGO, YOU KNOW.

>> I KNOW.

>> THE NECK HAS BEEN CRIMPED,

PILLMAN'S WINGS ARE FLIPPING.

>> THIS IS A GREAT HOLD AREA,

CUT TO BLOOD OFF TO THE

[INDISTINCT] AND ARTERIES RIGHT

THERE. AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT,

YOU CAN PUT A MAN OUT EXTREMELY

QUICK. YOU KIDS DON'T FOOL

AROUND WHAT THIS. THIS IS

EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DON'T DO

IT.

>> THAT'S GOOD ADVICE FROM A MAN

WHO KNOWS. REFEREE CHECKING

FLYIN' BRIAN AND HE IS...

>> I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE TO FALL

RIGHT HERE. I THINK HE MIGHT BE

OUT.

>> REFEREE DISCRETION. REFEREES

ARE VERY CAREFUL AND I THINK

VERY--SHOULD BE VERY

CONSERVATIVE IN THEIR

OFFICIATING WITH THIS MANEUVER

BEING EXECUTED.

>> PILLMAN BACK UP TO--HE'S

TRYING TO GET THE BLOOD FLOWING

AGAIN. HAYES SLIPS OFF AND NOW,

FLYIN' BRIAN. OH, BOY, THAT WAS

A BIG CHOP.

>> OH, MY GOSH. DID I TELL YOU

ABOUT THAT RIGHT?

>> THAT WAS A LEFT.

>> THAT WAS A RIGHT.

>> NO, LEFT.

>> WELL, I TOLD YOU THAT HE IS

AWFUL FAST WITH THOSE RIGHTS

BUT...

>> HE MAYBE...

>> HE ANSWERED WITH THEM LEFT.

HE WAS SO FAST I COULDN'T TELL

WHAT IT WAS.

>> HE MAY BE AMBIDEXTROUS.

>> MY GOSH, DID YOU SEE HOW

QUICK HE CAME OUT WITH THAT

THING THOUGH?

>> HAYES, SO HE CAN FLY TOO? BUT

FLYIN' BRIAN ROLLS RIGHT

THROUGH, ALMOST HAD THE PIN.

GREAT COUNTER MOVE BY FLYIN'

BRIAN.

>> MICHAEL HAYES TAGGING IN

GARVIN. DOUBLE ELBOW BY THE

FREEBIRDS, THE FORMER WORLD TAG

TEAM CHAMPIONS. GARVIN ON TOP,

PATRICK DOWN, GOT TWO, FLYIN'

BRIAN IS IN TROUBLE.

>> GREAT JOB BY NICK PATRICK.

HE'S BEEN THERE EVERY TIME A MAN

IS ON HIS SHOULDER, DOWN ON THAT

MAT HE SLIDES IN THERE AND GETS

DOWN THERE FOR THAT COUNT. NICE

MOVE BY GARVIN RIGHT THERE. SEE

IF HE GOES INTO THAT COVER, I

GUARANTEE YOU NICK PATRICK WILL

BE DOWN THERE. HE'S DOING A

SUPER JOB IN THIS MATCH.

>> GARVIN BURIES THE KNEE IN

FLYIN' BRIAN. AND THE YOUNGSTER

FROM CINCINNATI CERTAINLY BEING

TESTED HERE, BUT HE FIGHTS BACK.

WE COULD HEAR THAT BUT HAYES

RAKED THE EYE.

>> AND--BUT HE FIGHTS BACK

AGAIN.

>> SNAPMARE.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> HAYES MESSED WITH THAT.

PILLMAN'S BLOCKING IT. HE'S

COUNTERING HIMSELF TO DEATH

HERE. HE'S COUNTER WRESTLING

WITH ALL HIS GUT AND NOW BACK ON

THE ATTACK.

>> HAYES BIG RIGHT. THAT WAS A

RIGHT.

>> OH, THAT WAS--THAT HAND RIGHT

TO THE RIGHT SPOT, THE BACK OF

THAT NECK. IT WILL SLOW IT DOWN

REAL QUICK. IT'LL MAKE YOU HAVE

MIGRAINES IN THE MORNING. DOUBLE

KNOCK OUT RIGHT THERE, BOTH MEN

DOWN; GARVIN'S BACK UP TO HIS

FEET. LOOKS LIKE HE MIGHT MAKE

IT UP. REFEREE'S COUNTING.

GARVIN'S UP TO HIS FEET. LOOKS

LIKE HE'S GONNA MAKE THAT

TAG--NO, HE'S COMING BACK. YES,

HE DID. HE MADE THAT TAG.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> Z-MAN NOW, IN THERE, A LOT OF

FIRE, THEN EMPLOYED THE

DROPKICK. GREAT DROPKICK BY THIS

YOUNGSTER. POWERFUL SLAM AND THE

Z-MAN NOW HE'S CHALLENGING JIMMY

GARVIN. GOOD KICK.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> THAT'S A GREAT MOVE BY THE

EXPERIENCE WRESTLER.

>> THAT'S WHAT IT IS. YOU SEE

GARVIN, GARVIN WENT TO THE BACK

THAT NECK HAYES COMES IN GOES

THE SAME BACK TO THE NECK.

THEY'RE GONNA BREAK THIS RING

DOWN.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> WELL, THERE'S SEVERAL RIGHT

HANDS BY THE Z-MAN. AND NOW,

HE'S GOT THAT Z LOCK.

>> YES, FROM THE SLEEPER.

>> ...ON MICHAEL HAYES. FLYIN'

BRIAN'S GOT HIS FOOT THE RING.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> HERE HE COMES GARVIN.

>> GARVIN OFF THE TOP.

>> LET'S DON'T FORGET WHAT'S AT

STAKE HERE, THE UNITED STATES

TAG TEAM TITLES ARE AT STAKE.

THIS MIGHT BE IT.

>> ONE, TWO--OH, MAN. GARVIN--I

MEAN HAYES, EXCUSE ME, THOUGHT

HE HAD THE Z-MAN THERE AS THE

FREEBIRDS CHALLENGING THE NEW US

TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS FOR THE

TITLE.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> HAYES [INDISTINCT] THAT

REFEREE IN THE RING. GARVIN'S

OUT ON TOP AND THEN QUICKLY NICK

PATRICK'S BACK UP NOW AND

LOOKING AT WHERE HE'S SUPPOSED

TO BE, RIGHT OVER THERE,

COUNTING WHERE HE SHOULD.

>> Z-MAN, AND IT LOOKS LIKE HIS

RUNNING LIGHTS HAVE BEEN DOWN

THERE SOMEWHAT.

>> HAYES, YEAH, THAT DROPPED THE

COUNT.

>> OH.

>> AND NO, THEY CAN'T WIN THE

MATCH BUT A COUNT OUT. THEY GOT

TO PIN OR MAKE THE Z-MAN SUBMIT

TO WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> BUT THE Z-MAN FIGHTS BACK

RIGHT ON A PURE INSTINCT.

>> OH, OH. CAN YOU HEAR THAT?

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> OH.

>> SHOULDER FIRST RIGHT INTO THE

RING POST.

>> I'M GONNA TELL YOU PEOPLE

SOMETHING, I WANT YOU TO

REMEMBER IT THAT THIS IS WORLD

CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING, THE NWA,

AND WE ARE PHYSICAL. HOW DO YOU

LIKE THAT?

>> SNAPMARE INTO THE REVERSE

CHINLOCK.

>> HE AIN'T GOING NOWHERE. HE

AIN'T GOING NOWHERE, BABY,

UH-UH. HE AIN'T GOING NOWHERE.

>> COME ON PUNK, COME ON PUNK,

COME ON. YOU WANNA GO OUT BEST

PUNK, COME ON.

>> WE'RE TAKING YOU RIGHT INSIDE

THE RING, THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

OF THE NATIONAL WRESTLING

ALLIANCE.

>> YEAH, YEAH, YEA, BABY.

>> YEAH, YEAH, YEA, BABY.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> I WONDER WHO HE'S TALKING TO

THERE.

>> NOT YOU AND I, I'M SURE. I

HOPE ANY WAY.

>> I HOPE NOT.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> THESE PEOPLE ARE CHANTING

RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE CHANTING FOR

THE ZENK TO GET BACK UP TO HIS

FEET. HE'S PUSHING HIS WAY UP.

YOU CAN SEE THE SWEAT DRIPPING

OFF OF HIS BODY NOW. BUT IT'S

NOT FROM SITTING AROUND IN THE

RING IT'S FROM WRESTLING HARD.

>> THERE'S A LOOK ON MICHAEL

HAYES, VERY EVIL INDIVIDUAL, A

VERY CONTROVERSIAL INDIVIDUAL AS

WELL. THE Z-MAN IS IN...

>> HE AIN'T GOING NOWHERE, BABY.

>> ...A GREAT DEGREE OF TROUBLE

HERE.

>> THE HANDS OF THE YOUNGSTER

FROM MINNEAPOLIS BEING PUNISHED

BY JIMMY GARVIN.

>> JIMMY GARVIN LIKES TO REPEAT

HIMSELF, DON'T HE?

>> HE SURE DOES.

>> WORKING ON THE NECK.

>> OH, MAN YOU TALK ABOUT A

PRESSURE SITUATION. WHEN A GUY

SITTING ON THE [INDISTINCT] OF

YOUR BACK AND PULLING YOUR HEAD

UP LIKE THAT I TELL YOU THAT IS

A MISERABLE PLACE TO BE. HE'S

NOT A CHIROPRACTOR. HE'S A GUY

THAT'S TRYING TO TURN YOU INTO A

BOW, IS WHAT HE'S TRYING TO DO.

AND IT'S--AND VERY PROUD OF

HIS--YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. YEAH,

YEAH, HE'S BACK WITH THOSE SAME

LINES AGAIN, AIN'T HE?

>> WELL, THERE WAS NO TAG MADE

THAT I SAW. HAYES IN THERE, I

THINK THE REFEREE SAYS WAIT JUST

A MINUTE HERE. I DON'T KNOW IF

THE REFEREE ALLOWED THE TAG.

>> DETERMINATION AND DESIRE.

>> WHAT A CROWD ON HAND HERE FOR

WRESTLE WAR, THE WILD THING.

>> DETERMINATION AND DESIRE

COUNT RIGHT HERE. LET'S SEE IF

ZENK HAS IT. LET'S SEE IF HE CAN

GUT IT UP. LET US SEE IF HE CAN

GO AHEAD--AND THAT'S WHAT I TOLD

YOU, HE IS HURT, COULD BE FIVE

MINUTES AWAY IN THE WRESTLING

MATCH.

>> YOU SHOULD NEVER BE THE CHAMP

IN THE FIRST PLACE, KID. NEVER,

NEVER. COME ON. HE SAYING HE

WANNA GIVE IT UP.

>> HAYES, SOME IN VERBAL

INTIMIDATION OR I SHOULD SAY

ATTEMPTED VERBAL INTIMIDATION ON

THE Z-MAN. THIS MATCH IS FOR THE

UNITED STATES TAG TEAM

CHAMPIONSHIP. THE Z-MAN AND

PILLMAN WON IT IN THE FINALS

AGAINST THE FREEBIRDS.

>> Z-MAN'S POWERED HIS WAY BACK

UP TO HIS FEET, CATCHING HIS

ELBOW BUT REMEMBER WHAT PART OF

THE CORNER THERE AROUND THERE.

CATCHES HIM WITH THE POWERSLAM,

DESPERATION.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> HE'S FATIGUED AND HE'S BEEN

PUNISHED, TRIED AN OFFENSIVE

MOVE WHEN PERHAPS HE SHOULD'VE

MADE THE TAG.

>> THERE YOU SEE MICHAEL HAYES

PICKING HIM BACK UP, SMALL

PACKAGE, THIS MIGHT BE IT.

>> INSIDE CRADLE. Z-MAN HAS BEEN

WEAKENED TO A STATE THAT IS--HIS

STRENGTH HAS BEEN SAPPED FROM

THE PUNISHMENT THAT HE'S TAKEN.

>> YOU CAN'T CONTINUALLY GET

YOURSELF CAUGHT IN THE CORNER

AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE

FREEBIRDS WANNA DO. AND THAT'S

EXACTLY HOW THEY HAVE TEAM ON

DOMINATE IN THIS MATCH IS BY

KEEPING IT ON THEIR SIDE OF THE

RING, THEIR REGION, THEIR AREA.

>> GARVIN PICKING HIM UP NOW,

SCOOP SLAM.

>> DROPS, AND, OH, RIGHT TO THE

HEAD. NOW, HE'S GOT A LATERAL

PRESS, NEGLECTED TO NEUTRALIZE

THE LEGS.

>> I THOUGHT THAT MIGHT HAVE

BEEN A THREE COUNT RIGHT THERE.

IT LOOKED VERY CLOSE. I THOUGHT

PATRICK CALLED FOR IT BUT I

GUESS HE DIDN'T. I GUESS THAT

SHOULDER WAS KICKED UP BEFORE

THAT. NOW YOU SEE A REVERSE

CHINLOCK RIGHT THERE. PRETTY

TEETH RIGHT THERE, I WONDER WHAT

KIND OF TOOTHPASTE HE USES.

>> I HEARD THEY MAKE TOOTHPASTE

IN THIS TOWN, DID YOU KNOW THAT?

>> I HEARD THAT.

>> CREST.

>> I SHOULD BY SOME, SHOULDN'T

I?

>> YOU'VE GOT A NICE SMILE.

>> HOW ABOUT THE FRONT?

>> FOR A--FOR A TEXAN.

>> HOW ABOUT THE BREATH? I GOT

THE BREATH OF A TEXAN, TOO...

>> YOU...

>> ...AND I'M PROUD OF IT.

>> YOU DO HAVE THE BREATH OF A

TEXAN.

>> PLEASE, TERRY.

>> REVERSE CHINLOCK. DOES HE

LOOK LIKE ALICE? YOU KNEW WHO

ALICE COOPER IS?

>> YEAH. YEAH, I DO. I DO. HE

LOOKS THE PEOPLE RIGHT THERE.

>> HE LOOKS LIKE ALICE COOPER TO

ME.

>> YEAH, I KNOW...

>> NECK VICE.

>> ...WHO. YEAH, I WONDER IF HE

KNOWS WHO BUFFALO BILL IS OR I

WONDER IF HE KNOWS ANYBODY

THAT'S WORTHWHILE. ALICE COOPER,

YOU KNOW, IS NOT QUITE MY TYPE

OF GUY. HE'S NOT MY HERO.

>> WELL, HE...

>> HOW ABOUT JOHN WAYNE?

SOMEBODY LIKE THAT, NOW, THEY'RE

MY HERO.

>> YOU MEAN YOU DON'T PLAY ANY

ALICE COOPER TAPES IN YOUR TRUCK

OUT OF A DOUBLE CROSS?

>> PLAY THE ALICE COOPER TAPES

OUT MY TRUCK. WHY, OF COURSE,

NOT.

>> THIS IS A LITTLE JOKE, TERRY.

>> Z-MAN BACK UP TO A VERTICAL

BASE. I TELL YOU, I'M IMPRESSED

WITH THE FREEBIRDS IN THIS MATCH

UP. THEIR GAME PLAN IS

EXCELLENT. THEY NEUTRALIZED THE

FLYING TACTICS OF ZENK AND

PILLMAN BUT NOW THE Z-MAN, TOM

ZENK FIRES BACK. IRISH WHIP

HAYES BUT HAYES CAUGHT HIM

COMING IN.

>> BOY, THE PACE HAS BEEN HEAVY

IN THIS MATCH. THEY HAVE BEEN

MOVING CONSTANTLY. I DON'T KNOW

LONG HAS IT BEEN GOING BUT THESE

GUYS HAVE BEEN MOVING AND GOING

AND OH...

>> HAYES CAME RIGHT OFF THE TOP.

>> NICE MOVE BY HIS PART. ZENK

TRY TO PICK HIM AND SLAM HIM UP

THAT TOP WHEN HE GOT UP THERE

BUT HE JUST SLID DOWN, AND

THERE'S A TWO COUNT.

>> HAYES TRYING TO HOLD HIM DOWN

BUT HE CAN'T DO IT. THAT'S A

GREAT STRENGTH OF THE Z-MAN

COMING TO THE FRONT. HE'S GOTTA

BE GOING--OH, GOT SOME INSTINCT

RIGHT NOW. THIS KID IS BEING

REALLY PUNISHED. STRAIGHT KICKS

OF THE HEAD.

>> YOU KNOW, I TELL YOU WHAT,

SOMETIMES THEY CAN TAKE YOU OUT

OF IT. THERE'S THAT TWO INCHES I

WAS TALKING ABOUT. HE'S TRYING

TO FORCE HIS WAY OVER THERE,

TRYING TO FORCE HIS WAY ABOUT A

FOOT AWAY, NICE MOVE BY HIS

PART, VERY SMART MOVE.

>> UNETHICAL BUT VERY

INTELLIGENT.

>> HAYES--NOW, HAYES IS NOT

LEGAL. REFEREE IS NOT

AWARE--THAT DID NOT MAKE THE PIN

AND THAT'S TWO AND A HALF AGAIN.

GARVIN COMPLAINING THAT THAT WAS

THREE. AND LOOK AT THE TAPE

[INDISTINCT] IT WASN'T BUT TWO

AND A HALF. HERE COMES THE

BULLDOG.

>> HERE IT GOES.

>> HE GOT HIM WITH THAT--MAILED

HIM.

>> HE GOT HIM. YES.

>> YES. HAYES ON TOP. LATERAL

PRESS...

>> AND NO.

>> FLYIN' BRIAN, A KICK RIGHT TO

THE HEAD TO INTERRUPT THE COUNT,

THERE ARE INCHES, OR SHOULD I

SAY MAYBE A COUPLE OF FEET

MOMENTARILY FROM MAKING THE TAG

WITH THAT REVERSE CHINLOCK

NEUTRALIZING, AGAIN, THE Z-MAN.

>> YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU

WONDER, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL SLAM A

GUY AND YOU'D COVER HIM AND HE

KICKS OUT. YOU DO THIS TO HIM

AND HE GETS A WAY. AND YOU DO

THAT TO HIM AND HE GETS THE WAY.

AND YOU TRY SOMETHING ELSE. AND

EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE KEEPING HIM

IN THE RING LIKE THE FREEBIRDS

ARE, ONE--AND SAY--CALL, DARN,

YOU KNOW, IS THIS THAT GUY, IS

HE THAT TOUGH, CAN'T WE GET IT

DONE, YOU KNOW. SO IT WORKS BOTH

WAYS SOMETIME.

>> I THINK THAT, WE CAN SAY AT

THIS POINT IN TIME THE FREEBIRDS

ARE ONE DDT AWAY FROM WINNING

THIS ONE.

>> FROM THE UNITED STATES TAG

TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP. LOOK OUT, A

DDT.

>> AND THERE'S A COUNTER DDT.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> OH, MAN, THAT'S A SHOCKER.

THAT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE EVER

SEEN Z-MAN USE A DDT.

>> HE'S GONNA MAKE IT.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> HE'S GONNA MAKE IT TO GET...

>> GOING FOR THE TAG.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> OH, YEAH.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> THE TAG MADE AND HERE COMES

FLYIN' BRIAN. DROPKICK, OH, HE

GOT RIGHT IN HIS FACE WITH THAT

DROPKICK. THAT'S THREE. THAT'S

FOUR. OH, FLYIN' BRIAN WITH A

DOUBLE CLOTHESLINE. I FORGOT WHO

WAS LEGAL. I THINK IT'S PILLMAN

AND GARVIN BUT I'M NOT SURE.

OUTSIDE GOES HAYES.

>> UH-OH, THEY GOT SOMETHING

PLANNED FOR HIM. AND LET'S SEE

WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO TO HIM.

AND I'M TRYING TO DOUBLE UP ON

HIM. NO, NO.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> UH-OH. UH-OH.

>> HAYES HAS GOT THE BELT.

>> THE BELT.

>> A RAN RIGHT INTO THE

CAMERAMAN.

>> AND THERE GOES FLYIN' BRIAN

UP TOP ARM CROSSBODY.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> CAN HE HOLD GARVIN DOWN?

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> NO. NO.

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE

WINNERS AND STILL UNITED STATES

TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS, THE Z-MAN

AND FLYIN' BRIAN.

>> THE FREEBIRDS HAVE LOST THE

MATCH BUT THEY MAY BE WINNING

THE WAR HERE. FLYING' BRIAN AND

THE Z-MAN WILL RETAIN THE US TAG

TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP BUT THE

FREEBIRDS GOT A MEASURE OF

REVENGE HERE.

>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THAT

FLYING BODY PRESS OFF THAT TOP

ROPE ONTO GARVIN, HOOKS HIM DOWN

THERE, GRABS THAT LEG SETS IT IN

FOR THAT ONE, TWO AND A THREE

COUNT.

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE

FOLLOWING CONTEST IS FOR THE

WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP. IT

IS SET FOR ONE FALL.

>> INTRODUCING FIRST THE

CHALLENGERS REPRESENTING THE

HORSEMEN FROM MINNESOTA TOTAL

COMBINE WEIGHT 510 POUNDS, OLE

AND ARN ANDERSON.

>> [MUSIC]

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> THE ANDERSON BROTHERS TO

CHALLENGE THE STEINER BROTHERS.

AND IF YOU LIKE WRESTLING, PURE

WRESTLING, PHYSICAL STYLES OF

COMPETITION THIS ONE IS

TAILOR-MADE FOR YOU.

>> THE MINNESOTA WRECKING CREW

AND THEY'VE DESTROYED FEW

BODIES.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> [MUSIC]

>> AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

THEIR OPPONENTS, THEY ARE THE

WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS FROM

DETROIT, MICHIGAN; TOTAL

COMBINED WEIGHT 525 POUNDS, RICK

STEINER, SCOTT STEINER, THE

STEINER BROTHERS.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> [MUSIC]

>> STING'S [INDISTINCT] THAT'S

WHAT ON THEIR MIND HERE.

>> THEY'RE MICHIGAN BULLDOGS AND

BELIEVE ME, THEY CAN DESTROY

BODIES IN HALF. WHAT A NIGHT.

IT'S HERE RIGHT NOW, JIM ROSS.

>> I DON'T REMEMBER EVER CALLING

A MATCH FOR THE WORLD TAG TEAM

CHAMPIONSHIP INVOLVING TWO

BROTHER TEAMS AS WE HAVE HERE.

>> I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, I AS A

MEMBER OF A BROTHER TEAM AND

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, THAT'S ONE

THING THAT YOU TAKE PRIDE IN,

THAT HEY, WE'RE THE BEST IN THE

COUNTRY. AND I KNOW THE

ANDERSONS FEEL THAT. AND I'LL

TELL YOU WHAT, BOTH TEAMS CAN

HURT YOU, BOTH TEAMS ARE

DEVASTATING, BOTH TEAMS CAN TAKE

A WIN QUICK. WE'RE LOOKING

AT--AT PHYSICAL WRESTLING,

SPELLED W-R-E-S-T-L-I-N-G, IN

CASE YOU PEOPLE OUT THERE WANNA

KNOW. AND WE'RE PROUD OF IT.

>> I THINK A SYNONYM FOR

PHYSICAL WRESTLING TO SHORTEN IT

DOWN IS CALLED THE NWA.

>> IT'S THE EASIER WAY TO SPELL

IT. IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO SPELL

IT.

>> ARN ANDERSON AND SCOTTY

STEINER STARTING OUT VERY

QUICKLY. AND DOG-FACED THROWS A

FOOT.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> GUESS WHO?

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> A COUPLE OF RIGHT HANDS BY

BIG BROTHER RICK STEINER.

>> LOOK OUT. LOOK OUT. LOOK OUT.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> THE STRENGTH FROM SCOTT

STEINER.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> THEY'RE GOING GET IT RIGHT

HERE. THEY'RE [INDISTINCT]

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> THEY ARE STREET FIGHTERS.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> THESE GUYS ARE GREAT FRIENDS

OF STING WHO WILL BE HERE.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> A [INDISTINCT] FOR THE

STINGER.

>> HERE COMES OLE BACK UP FROM

THAT APRON.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> LOOKS LIKE THEY DIDN'T

CLAIMED THE RING, DIDN'T THEY?

>> THEY CERTAINLY DID. BUT THE

EMOTION--I JUST HOPE THE

STEINERS ARE NOT TOO EMOTIONALLY

PUMPED FOR THIS. BUT THEY DON'T,

THEY--THAT THEY DON'T LOSE THEIR

FOCUS IN RETAINING THE WORLD TAG

TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> THE ANDERSONS HAVE THAT

ATTITUDE, YOU KNOW. LOOK AT THAT

ATTITUDE. LOOK AT THEM, "WHY YOU

DID THAT TO ME? WELL, WHAT ELSE

CAN YOU DO?" COME ON, COME ON

OVER HERE. COME ON IN THIS

CORNER. WE'LL GET YOU ANOTHER

FOOT AND YOU WON'T GET BACK OUT.

>> LOOK AT THE LOOK ON THAT

FACE, COLD EYES, PRE-MEDITATED,

A BRUTAL INDIVIDUAL. IT IS ARN

ANDERSON, THE ENFORCER. BUT OLE

ANDERSON WHO HAS NO, ABSOLUTELY

NO COMPASSION FOR HIS FELLOW

MEN.

>> WHAT I LIKE THERE WHEN YOU

SAID COLD EYES BECAUSE THEY'VE

GOT THEM.

>> AA GOES TO THE--OH, AND

BLOCKED IT.

>> NICE MOVE BY SCOTTY STEINER,

GOT THAT LEG AND GOT HIM UP TO

HIS FEET, WHAT'S HE GONNA DO

WITH IT, JIM ROSS?

>> ATOMIC DROP RIGHT INTO THE

FOOT OF THE DOG-FACED AND OLE

TRIES TO COME IN FROM BEHIND AND

HE'S NAILED.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> SCOTT STEINER WITH A BIG

SLAM.

>> HE WAS TRYING TO SLAM HIM ON

ARN ANDERSON THERE FOR A MINUTE,

TRYING TO SLAM OLE RIGHT ON HIS

OWN BROTHER THERE.

>> WE SAID IT WAS GOING TO BE

PHYSICAL.

>> AND IT'S JUST STARTING.

>> STILL TO COME, THE

HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE

WORLD, THE INCOMPARABLE WORLD'S

HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION ON HIS

BIRTHDAY NO LESS TO DEFEND THE

CHAMPIONSHIP AGAINST PERHAPS THE

MOST GIFTED ATHLETE I'VE EVER

SEEN IN WRESTLING, LEX LUGER.

>> SPEED, STAMINA, SIZE,

STRENGTH, WRESTLING SAVVY,

ABILITY, HE'S GOT IT ALL. BUT

I'M GONNA STILL PICK THAT FLAIR

NOT BECAUSE I LIKE HIM BECAUSE I

WANNA PICK A WINNER. THAT'S WHAT

I WANNA DO, JIM ROSS. I WANNA

PICK THE WINNER.

>> WELL, TIME WILL TELL OF YOUR

PREDICTION.

>> WATCH OUT. GET HIM OUT

OF--GET HIM BACK. GET HIM BACK.

>> OLE, OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE

ROPES THERE, ONE OF

THE--DOG-FACE AND THE TWO OLDER

BROTHERS. RICK STEINER AND OLE

ANDERSON NOW MATCHING UP--AND

LOOK AT THE DOG-FACE, WHAT

ADRENALINE. WHAT EMOTION HE HAS

FOR THIS MATCHUP.

>> LOOK AT THIS FIGHT.

>> HE WENT FOR IT. LOOK AT HIM,

LOOK AT HIM, RIGHT, RIGHT,

RIGHT, RIGHT, RAPID RIGHT.

>> BACK TO THE OTHER ONE NOW,

BACK TO THE OTHER ONE, BACK TO

OLE, BACK ARN, AND THEY'RE ALL

FOUR IN THE RING. LOOKS LIKE WE

MIGHT HAVE ANOTHER--ONE OF THE

DETROIT STREET FIGHT OR

[INDISTINCT] FOR.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> JUST GREENSBORO [INDISTINCT]

>> THE INTIMIDATING ANDERSON

BROTHERS UNABLE TO MOUNT ANY

SIGNIFICANT OFFENSE THUS FAR IN

THIS MATCH. BUT TO COUNT THEM

OUT AT THIS TIME WOULD BE

CERTAINLY A NEARSIGHTED ON OUR

PART.

>> WE DON'T EVER COUNT THEM OUT.

>> SOMEBODY'S GETTING HURT.

>> WE JUST HEARD ARN SAY

"SOMEBODY'S GETTING HURT."

>> WELL, OLE ANDERSON HAS A

WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE. HE KNOWS

THE SQUARED CIRCLE PERHAPS

BETTER THAN ANY ATHLETE IN TAG

TEAM WRESTLING TODAY.

>> HE'S BEEN PREDOMINANTLY A TAG

TEAM MAN FOR HIS WRESTLING

CAREER. HE HAS ALWAYS LOVED THE

TAG TEAM AND HE'S BEEN A MASTER

OF IT, A MASTER PSYCHOLOGIST OF

TAG TEAM WRESTLING. YOU KNOW

THAT AS WELL AS I DO. ONE OF THE

BEST, HE KNOWS WHEN TO BACK OFF,

HE KNOWS WHEN TO PUSH FORWARD.

AND HE KNOWS WHEN TO DOUBLE UP,

HE KNOWS WHAT--WHAT HIS

OPPONENTS ARE THINKING. HE CAN

DECOY A REFEREE. HE CAN DO IT

ALL. BUT BOY, THAT BOY, HE'S

DONE A LOT IN JUST A COUPLE

YEARS, HAVEN'T HE?

>> CERTAINLY, HE HAS. RICK

STEINER FROM ALL-AMERICAN AT THE

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN...

>> AN NCAA FINALIST, A BIG TIME

WRESTLING CHAMPION, HAS A DEGREE

IN EDUCATION, BELIEVE IT OR NOT

FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN.

HE WAS GONNA BE AN ELEMENTARY

SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHER.

>> I CAN IMAGINE--CAN YOU

IMAGINE TEACHING A THIRD OR

FOURTH GRADER IN SCIENCE? THAT

WOULD BE MOST INTERESTING.

>> I DON'T KNOW. I'D HATE TO SEE

THAT BOY WITH A TEST TUBE AND

LITTLE EXTRA GAS, WOULDN'T YOU?

>> I FIND IT MOST INTERESTING

THAT HIS FAVORITE WRESTLER

GROWING UP WAS THE LEGENDARY

NCAA LEGEND, DAN GABLE.

>> WELL, HASN'T ANYBODY EVER

PICKED ME AS THEIR FAVORITE

WRESTLER GROWING UP? WHY DID

THEY PICK DAN GABLE WHEN THEY

COULD HAVE TERRY FUNK? WHAT A

BEAUTIFUL MOVE.

>> OH, THERE IS A POWERSLAM

DELUXE.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> LATERAL PRESS BUT THE

ENFORCER OF THE HORSEMEN ARN

ANDERSON KICKS OUT.

>> HE CAUGHT HIM GOING UP FOR

THAT LEAPFROG AND JUST TURNED IT

INTO A POWERSLAM RIGHT THERE. IT

TAKES A TREMENDOUS ATHLETE TO DO

THAT IN THAT SPLIT SECOND TO

CATCH A GUY AS HE'S GOING TO THE

AIR AND THEN REVERSE IT INTO A

POWERSLAM.

>> ARN ANDERSON BACKING INTO THE

CORNER. YOU CAN ALMOST SENSE THE

THOUGHTS GOING THROUGH THEIR

MINDS, THEY MEANING THE

ANDERSONS, "WE GOT TO--WE GOT TO

CAUSE A BREAK HERE. WE GOT TO

CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET ON

THE OFFENSIVE." AND THEN WHEN

THEY DO, THEY LIKE TO PICK OUT

GOING BODY PART AND JUST

COMPLETELY MAIM IT.

>> WATCH HIM TRYING TO GO AHEAD

AND PULL HIM INTO THAT CORNER,

TRYING TO GET BACK HIM INTO HIS

OWN CORNER. THIS IS WHERE THE

PSYCHOLOGY PART COMES IN. THIS

IS A CHESS GAME THEY'RE PLAYING

RIGHT NOW. IF THE ANDERSONS CAN

GET A--AN ADVANTAGE, IF THEY GET

A SMALL ADVANTAGE, THEY'LL TAKE

IT FOR A MILE, I PROMISE YOU

THEY WILL. THEY'RE LOOKING FOR

THAT ONE MISTAKE ON THE STEINERS

BUT YOU GOT TO REMEMBER, THE

STEINERS ARE EXPERIENCED, THESE

GUYS HAVE BEEN WRESTLING SINCE

THEY WERE FOUR OR FIVE YEARS OLD

ALL THEY WAY THROUGH THE AMATEUR

RANKS. NOW THEY'RE PROFESSIONAL,

NOW THEY'RE WORLD CHAMPIONS,

THEY DON'T WANNA LOSE--AND

SNAPMARE BY ARN ANDERSON.

>> AND AS VICIOUS, HE DROPS THE

KNEE ON RICKY STEINER, AA GOING

UP TO THE TOP, THAT'S

UNCHARACTERISTIC FOR AA.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> AND HE GETS DOWN JUST IN

TIME.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> WILD-EYED LOOK OF RICK

STEINER.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> ARN ANDERSON JUST TRYING TO

BREAK THE CONCENTRATION OF RICK

STEINER TRYING TO BREAK THAT

MOMENTUM.

>> BREAKING THAT, BREAKING THE

REFEREE'S COUNT, HE'S A MASTER

AT IT. HE'S A MASTER OF DECEIT.

>> A TAG MADE. AND NOW LET'S SEE

IF OLE CAN FARE ANY BETTER

AGAINST SCOTT STEINER.

COLLAR-AND-ELBOW TIE UP INTO THE

SIDE HEADLOCK. OLE CRANKING IT.

SCOTTY TRYING THE SINGLE LEG

PICK UP BUT BACK INTO THE ROPES

THEY'RE GOING. THAT'S A

DANGEROUS PLACE TO BE FOR SCOTT

STEINER.

>> YOU SEE, OLE ANDERSON, HE

KNOWS THAT THIS BOY HAS GOT THE

STRENGTH OVER HIM, HE KNOWS

THAT. SO WHAT HE'S GOT TO USE IS

HE'S GOT TO USE LEVERAGE TO FIND

THE RIGHT TIME TO USE LEVERAGE.

YOU CAN DO A LOT OF THINGS.

LEVERAGE CAN BEAT STRENGTH

ANYTIME. THERE YOU SEE HIM

PUSHING BACK IN AND OUT YET HE'S

HOLDING SCOTTY IN THE CORNER.

>> TRYING TO WORK ON THAT LEFT

ARM BUT A NICE REVERSAL BY SCOTT

STEINER. HE SENDS AA FOR THE

RIDE. GOT HIM UP FOR THE BEAR

HUG, INVERTED ATOMIC DROP.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> WELL, GAME OVER, HE'S GONNA

GO FOR A FIGURE FOUR.

>> FIGURE FOUR LEGLOCK--FIGURE

FOUR LEGLOCK...

>> SHADES OF THE NATURE BOY.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> SCOTT STEINER WAS RAKED IN

THE EYES.

>> THE REFEREE IS REALLY HAVING

TROUBLE RESTRAINING THESE FOUR

COMBATANTS. THIS MATCH IS FOR

THE WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> DO YOU SEE A LITTLE DECOY

MOVING THERE, LIKE HE WAS A

LITTLE BIT HE WAS A BIT ADDLE

AND AS SOON AS SCOTTY REACHED

FOR HIM, HE DUCKED RIGHT IN AND

PICKED UP THAT LEG. THAT'S A PRO

THERE. OH, WHAT'S HE GONNA DO

WITH HIM?

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> A SUPLEX.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> SCOTTY STEINER MUSCLING OLE

ANDERSON UP AND OVER, DROPS THE

KNEE TO THE CHEST, GOES FOR THE

PIN, ONE, TWO, AND OLE KICKS

OUT.

>> SCOTT STEINER NOW TAGGING IN

BIG BROTHER RICK. UH-OH. DON'T

DO THAT.

>> DON'T LET HIM UP EITHER.

DON'T LET HIM UP. DON'T LET HIM

GET OVER AND GET THAT TAG. AND

WHAT A--SEE, THAT'S WHAT YOU GET

THERE. YOU KNOW, THESE BOYS,

SOMETIMES, THEY HAVE A LITTLE

PROBLEM. THEY HAVE A LITTLE

PROBLEM THINKING WISELY. THEY

ARE INSTINCT WRESTLERS, THEY'RE

GREAT. THEY'VE BEEN TRAINED

SINCE THEY WERE FOUR OR FIVE ALL

THE WAY THROUGH THE RANKS. THEY

LOVE WHAT THEY'RE DOING. THEY'RE

SMART WRESTLERS BUT IT'S A

MISTAKE LIKE ONE LITTLE THING

RIGHT THERE.

>> A MENTAL LAPSE, IF WE COULD

TERM IT THAT, THAT RICK STEINER

PERHAPS HAD THERE.

>> NICE WAY OF PUTTING IT THERE,

JIMBO [INDISTINCT]

>> TAG MADE AND RICK STEINER HAS

GOT CAUGHT IN THE VERY DANGEROUS

CORNER OF THE ANDERSONS. AND

LOOK AT THEM MOVE THE RING WITH

THAT VELOCITY.

>> UH-OH, DDT, NO. VERTICAL

SUPLEX, NO. A BLOCK, ANOTHER

BLOCK. A REVERSAL.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> OH, THE CROWD COMING UNGLUED

ON THAT MOVE.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> YES, HIS HEAD IS PRETTY DARN

HARD. OLE--THAT WAS A--THAT MAY

HAVE BEEN LITTLE LOW THERE. I'M

NOT SURE BUT IT WAS DOWN THERE

ON THE WAISTLINE, THAT KICK.

HERE COMES AA AGAIN.

>> UH-OH, UH-OH, LOOK OUT, LOOK

OUT, LOOK OUT FOR THAT ARM.

>> THEY LIKE TO WORK ON THE

ARMS. THAT'S ONE OF THEIR

FAVORITE OFFENSIVE WEAPONS. THAT

BIG LEFT HAM HOCK OF AA REALLY

FINDING ITS MARK, DOWNSTAIRS HE

GOES.

>> SEE, THEY'VE PICK UP ON THAT

ARM WITHOUT ACTUALLY EVEN

KNOWING THEY'RE GOING FOR IT.

HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT, HOW THEY

DO THAT? THEY TEND TO LOVE TO GO

AHEAD AND COME ENTER THAT ARM

AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN.

THAT'S--THAT'S A SIGNATURE OF

THE ANDERSONS. YOU KNOW THAT AS

WELL AS ANYBODY. THAT'S THEIR

SIGNATURE.

>> YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT. IT HAS

BEEN THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, GOOD

KNEE LIFT THERE BY OLE ANDERSON,

HAS HELD THE WORLD TAG TEAM

CHAMPIONSHIP ON MANY OCCASIONS

WITH MORE THAN ONE PARTNER.

ELBOW DROP, LATERAL PRESS, OH,

MY GOODNESS, ABOUT TWO AND A

HALF THERE.

>> THESE BOYS ARE [INDISTINCT]

FROM THE KNEES AND I'LL TELL

YOU, STEINER GOT THE ADVANTAGE

ON THAT ONE. OH.

>> THE DOG-FACE TREADING RIGHT

HANDS WITH OLE ANDERSON AND

GETTING THE BETTER OF IT. BUT

OLE GRAPEVINES THE LEG TO

PREVENT THE TAG BUT HE DIDN'T.

THERE WAS A TAG MADE. BOTH SIDES

MADE THE EXCHANGE.

>> YOU KNOW, THESE GUYS ARE

STUBBORN LIKE BULLDOGS, AREN'T

THEY?

>> TENACIOUS TO SAY THE LEAST.

>> TENACIOUS TOO, YOU KNOW. I

USE TO HAVE A DOG JUST LIKE HIM.

>> WHAT KIND OF DOG?

>> WELL, ONE OF THE VERY GOOD

ONE THAT'S WHY I TOOK HIM UP

BEHIND THE BARN AND SHOT HIM.

>> ELBOW BY SCOTT STEINER AND

OUTSIDE GOES ARN ANDERSON. OH,

MAN.

>> OH, MY GOD.

>> HE'S TRYING TO CLOTHESLINE

WITH THAT LEFT HAND AND IT WENT

RIGHT AROUND THE POST.

>> DID YOU HEAR THAT HIT THE

POST?

>> ANDERSON ROLLS BACK IN TO

BREAK THE COUNT.

>> OH.

>> THAT RIGHT ON THE--ON THE

SECURITY RAILING. OLE'S LEFT ARM

IS KIND OF HANGING THERE.

>> SHOVE IT RIGHT INTO THAT

POST. BACK ON TOP OF THAT ARM.

ANDERSON BREAKS THAT COUNT.

SCOTTY'S IS HURTING A GREAT DEAL

RIGHT THERE...

>> LOOKING TO PUT...

>> ...BRINGING THAT ARM BACK UP

HERE AGAIN INTO A HAMMERLOCK,

DRIVING THE BACK INTO THERE.

>> RAMMED HIM INTO THE STEEL.

FLESH AGAINST STEEL AND STEEL

USUALLY WINS.

>> I'LL GUARANTEE YOU IT'S GONNA

WIN THIS BATTLE RIGHT HERE. BUT

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, THESE KIDS

ARE TOUGH. DON'T EVER

UNDERESTIMATE SCOTT STEINER AND

RICK STEINER. THEY'RE RIGHT BACK

ON TOP WITH THAT ARM HOLD.

>> WIDE BASE. ANDERSON WITH A

LEVERAGE AS TERRY FUNK

MENTIONED, THAT IS ONE OF OLE

ANDERSON'S GREATEST ASSETS IN

ADDITION TO HIS RING SAVVY, IS

HIS ABILITY TO EXECUTE AND TO

UTILIZE LEVERAGE MANEUVERS. AND

NOW HE TAGS IN ARN ANDERSON, THE

WORLD TELEVISION CHAMPION, GOING

FOR THE WORLD TAG TEAM

CHAMPIONSHIP HERE, THE ARM

BEHIND AND THE HAMMERLOCK,

SLAMMING IT RIGHT ON THERE.

>> SLAMMED HIM RIGHT BACK ON

THAT ARM THERE, DROPPING HIM

WITH THAT SHOULDER, WORKING

BASICALLY ON THAT ELBOW AND ON

THAT SHOULDER. THERE YOU SEE A

WRIST LOCK RIGHT THERE, THE FORM

OF AN ARMBAR PUSHING DOWN ON

THAT SHOULDER DRIVING THAT ARM

BACK UP, SNAPMARE. I'LL

GUARANTEE YOU, HE'S GOING BACK

FOR THAT ARM AGAIN.

>> DOUBLE LEG GOING UP TO THE

SECOND ROPE.

>> OH.

>> THAT WASN'T THERE.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> HE MAY--SHOULD'VE GONE BACK

TO THE ARM BUT HE WENT FOR A

HIGH RISK MOVE THAT DIDN'T TAKE

HIM TO THE PAY WINDOW. OH, THE

FRANKENSTEINER.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> BUT SCOTT STEINER CANNOT

FOLLOW IT UP WITH A PIN.

>> HE CAUGHT THAT SHOULDER ON

THE WAY OVER, GOT THE SHOULDER

ON THE WAY OVER.

>> WHAT--LOOK AT HIS LEFT ARM

JUST HANGING THERE AND ARN

ANDERSON MAKES THE TAG.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> AND THERE'S--THE TAG MADE ON

THE OTHER SIDE. RICK STEINER NOW

LEGAL WITH--WITH OLE ANDERSON,

EXCUSE ME. STEINER-LINE.

>> OH, MY GOSH, STEINER-LINE.

OH.

>> THE DOG-FACE FIGHTING FOR ALL

HIS WORTH.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> INSIDE CRADLE.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> HE WON IT, HE WON IT. THE

STEINERS HAVE WON IT.

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE

WINNERS AND STILL WORLD TAG TEAM

CHAMPIONS, THE STEINER BROTHERS.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> THE ANDERSONS ATTACKING SCOTT

STEINER HERE AFTER THIS MATCH.

THEY'RE GONNA TRY TO BREAK THIS

KID'S ARM, THEY'VE ALREADY HURT

IT.

>> OH, MY GOSH.

>> THEY'RE TRYING TO BREAK HIS

ARM AND THEY MAY HAVE DONE IT

RIGHT THERE. THE ANDERSONS

TRYING TO BREAK THIS KID'S ARM

AND HE IS IN MORE PAIN THAN WE

HAVE EVER SEEN IT.

>> THERE YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT

IT RIGHT HERE. YOU CAN SEE HIM

COMING OFF WITH THIS THING RIGHT

HERE WITH A KICK, DROPS IN TO A

SMALL PACKAGE, CRADLING THAT LEG

AND INSIDE CRADLE DOWN FOR THE

THREE COUNT RIGHT THERE. THERE

YOU SEE THAT THREE COUNT. NOW,

LET'S TAKE AND LOOK AT THAT ARM

INCIDENT.

>> WE'RE GONNA TAKE A LOOK AT

THAT IN A MOMENT. THIS KID IS

REALLY HURT. I'LL TELL YOU

SOMETHING, HE IS AS TOUGH

PHYSICALLY AS ANYBODY HAVE EVER

BEEN AROUND. WELL, HERE IS WHERE

THEY'RE TRYING TO BREAK THE ARM.

>> THERE YOU SEE HIM DRIVING

THAT KNEE RIGHT INTO THAT

SHOULDER RIGHT THERE. AND I'LL

GUARANTEE YOU, THAT ARM IS MORE

THAN LIKELY GONE OR DISLOCATED

OR SOMETHING BECAUSE HE CAUGHT

IT SQUARE.

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, GORDON

SOLIE HAD THE CHANCE EARLY TODAY

TO TALK TO LEX LUGER. HERE IS

HOW IT WENT.

>> IT'S NINE MINUTES PAST 4:00

ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY

25TH HERE IN GREENSBORO, WITH ME

IS LEX LUGER, CHALLENGER FOR THE

WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

IN JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS. WHAT

ARE YOUR FINAL THOUGHTS?

>> I WILL TALK [INDISTINCT]

GORDON BUT I GOT A BIG CASE OF

THE BUTTERFLIES BUT THAT MEANS

I'M READY. THAT'S GOOD FOR ME,

THAT'S VERY BAD FOR FLAIR. I AM

IN THE TOP PHYSICAL CONDITION OF

MY LIFE, THAT'S VERY GOOD FOR

ME. THAT'S VERY BAD FOR YOU,

FLAIR. YOU TRY TO TELL ME HOW TO

DO MY BUSINESS, YOU TRY TO TAKE

ME OUT, THAT JUST MADE ME ALL

ANGRY AND THAT IS VERY, VERY BAD

FOR YOU, RIC FLAIR BECAUSE,

GORDON SOLIE, THERE'S ONE THING

ON MY MIND, THE LAST TWO WEEKS

SINCE I RECEIVED THIS

OPPORTUNITY AND THAT IS

POWERSLAM, THE RACK, POWERSLAM,

THE RACK, POWERSLAM, THE RACK.

AND GORDON, THAT IS ONE HOLD

THAT NO ONE IN PROFESSIONAL

WRESTLING HAS EVER GOTTEN OUT

OF. AND FLAIR, YOU'RE IN THAT

MOVE TONIGHT.

>> WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT. LEX

LUGER, THE TOTAL PACKAGE GOING

FOR THE GREATEST TOTAL PACKAGE

IN WRESTLING, THE WORLD

HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP AND NOW

BACK TO JIM ROSS AND TERRY FUNK.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH GORDON

SOLIE. AND LEX LUGER SAYS THAT

FLAIR WILL NOT GET OUT OF THE

RACK TONIGHT. IT IS THE FIGURE

FOUR VERSUS THE POWER MOVES OF

LEX LUGER. BUT YOU SAY TERRY

FUNK, YOU'RE GOING WITH THE

WORLD'S CHAMPION TONIGHT.

>> YES, I ABSOLUTELY AM. I'M

GOING WITH THE WORLD'S CHAMPION

AND WE ARE FIXING TO SEE ONE OF

THE GREATEST NIGHTS IN

WRESTLING. THIS IS AN EVENT,

THIS IS NOT A HAPPENING. THIS IS

AN ATHLETIC EVENT WHERE THE TWO

BEST THAT NWA HAS AT THIS TIME

FACING ONE ANOTHER. SO WE'RE

GONNA HAVE A CHANCE HERE TO

POSSIBLY SEE A NEW WORLD'S

CHAMPION OR WE'RE GONNA HAVE A

CHANCE TO POSSIBLY SEE ONE OF

THE FINEST WRESTLING MATCHES

THAT YOU HAVE EVERY WITNESSED.

>> IT ALL STARTED, OF COURSE,

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AT ONE OF

OUR PAY-PER-VIEW EVENTS IN

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. LEX LUGER

CAME SO CLOSE TO WINNING THE

CHAMPIONSHIP. WILL TONIGHT BE

HIS NIGHT? BUT TO BE THE MAN,

THEY SAY, YOU HAVE TO BEAT THE

MAN. AND THE MAN IS STANDING BY

NOW LIVE WITH GORDON SOLIE.

>> WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH JIM

ROSS. AND RIGHT NOW, I WANNA

TURN TO THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT

WRESTLING CHAMPION, RIC FLAIR.

RIC, EARLIER THIS EVENING, I WAS

TALKING TO A LOT OF RINGSIDERS

AND THEY'RE PREDICTING YOU'RE

GOING TO LOSE TONIGHT.

>> WELL, GORDON SOLIE, WHEN YOUR

NAME IS RIC FLAIR, WHOO, YOU'RE

STANDING WITH MOST GORGEOUS

CREATURE ON THE FACE OF THIS

EARTH. AND YOU HAVE BEEN THE

KING IN THIS SPORT FOR TEN

YEARS, SIX TIMES, THEN YOU FEAR

NO MAN, AND YOU PAY NO ATTENTION

TO ANYBODY ELSE'S OPINION EXCEPT

YOUR OWN. NOW, WOMAN, WHY DON'T

YOU TELL THE WRESTLING WORLD AND

GORDON SOLIE WHAT YOU THINK

ABOUT LEX LUGER, BABY?

>> I THINK LEX LUGER BETTER GET

HIS ENGINE STARTED.

>> THAT SAYS IT ALL, BECAUSE THE

ONE AND ONLY, WHOO, WORLD'S

HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION IS GONNA

WALK THAT AISLE. AND LUGER, GEAR

UP BIG MAN BECAUSE RIC FLAIR IS

COMING YOUR WAY.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL

RIGHT. NOW, LET'S GO TO GARY

CAPPETTA IN THE RING FOR THE

INTRODUCTIONS OF OUR NEXT MATCH.

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TRAGEDY

BEFELL THE NWA ON FEBRUARY

6TH...

>> [MUSIC]

>> ...WHEN THE MOST POPULAR

WRESTLER FELL TO THE HANDS OF

THE SADISTIC FOUR HORSEMEN. HELP

ME WELCOME OUR SPECIAL OBSERVER

FOR THE FOLLOWING WORLD

HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH.

>> [MUSIC]

>> HE IS CHARISMATIC, HE IS

ELECTRIFYING, HE IS STING.

>> [MUSIC]

>> WHAT A MOMENT. WHAT A MOMENT

IN THIS--IT WAS SO

HEARTBREAKING. AND YES, GET

WELL, STING. AND THE FANS LOVE

THIS MAN.

>> GOD BLESS HIM AND I MEAN IT

FROM THAT BOTTOM OF MY HEART. I

HOPE HE CAN RETURN BUT SOMETIMES

WHEN YOU'RE MESSING WITH THE

TENDONS, NOT CARTILAGES, I GUESS

IT'S DIFFICULT TO DO SO.

>> [MUSIC]

>> STING WE'LL BE BACK. WHEN? WE

DON'T KNOW.

>> HE MAY NOT BE BACK EITHER.

>> THAT'S YOUR OPINION, ROSS.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> [MUSIC]

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS

FOLLOWING CONTEST IS FOR THE

WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP.

IT IS SET FOR ONE FALL WITH A

ONE HOUR TIME LIMIT. INTRODUCING

FIRST THE CHALLENGER, FROM

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, WEIGHING 271

POUNDS, HE IS THE UNITED STATES

CHAMPION, THE TOTAL PACKAGE, LEX

LUGER.

>> HE HAS GOT TO BE THE MOST

PHYSICALLY GIFTED ATHLETE IN

WRESTLING. HE GOT THIS

OPPORTUNITY AFTER THE HORSEMEN

INJURED STING. THE UNITED STATES

CHAMPION...

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE STANDING

FOR THAT MAN RIGHT THERE.

THEY'RE STANDING FOR THE PERSON

DOWN RIGHT NOW.

>> LUGER, A FOUR-YEAR PRO. THIS

IS HIS NIGHT, HE SAYS. HE SAYS

THAT THE POWERSLAM AND THE RACK

WILL PUT FLAIR AWAY. LUGER

SIX-FOUR, TWO SEVENTY-FIVE,

THREE TIMES US TAG--HEAVYWEIGHT

WRESTLING CHAMPION IN HIS FIRST

FOUR YEARS OF HIS CAREER. NOW,

LET'S GO BACK TO GARY CAPPETTA.

>> [MUSIC]

>> AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HIS

OPPONENT ACCOMPANIED TO THE RING

BY WOMAN, FROM CHARLOTTE, NORTH

CAROLINA, WEIGHING 242 POUNDS,

AND FOR THE SIXTH TIME HE IS THE

WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION,

NATURE BOY, RIC FLAIR.

>> LOOKING OVER THE SHOULDERS

AND WITH WOMAN AT HIS SIDE, IT'S

THE NATURE BOY. HE WON IN 1983

THE FIRST STARRCADE. HE BEAT

HARLEY RACE IN THIS VERY

BUILDING, WITH GENE KINISKI AS

THE REFEREE, TO WIN THE WORLD

HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE

SECOND TIME. THAT WAS 1983.

TODAY IS HIS BIRTHDAY. WHAT DOES

ALL THAT MEAN? IT MEANS I FEEL

LIKE THAT THIS IS LUGER'S DAY. I

SAY I'M GOING WITH THE

CHALLENGER, TERRY.

>> WELL, YOU GO WITH THE

CHALLENGER AND I'LL GO WITH THE

LEGEND IN PROFESSIONAL

WRESTLING. AND HE IS A LEGEND

BECAUSE HE HAS THE RESPECT OF

HIS PEERS, THAT'S THE IMPORTANT

THING. HEY, WHEN I DIE MAY EVERY

OTHER WRESTLER GO AND SAY, THERE

WAS A HELL OF A MAN. THAT'S WHAT

I WANT. THAT'S WHAT I WANT AS MY

BUDDIES AND MY PALS, THE PALS

THAT I THOUGHT TO SAY THAT, THAT

MEANS IT ALL.

>> HE HAS BEATEN EVERY GREAT

STAR AT THEIR PEAK IN HIS

CAREER. HE DOMINATED THE '80S

LIKE NO OTHER ATHLETE HAS EVER

DOMINATED A DECADE IN WRESTLING.

>> AND I'LL SAY THIS, HE MIGHT

HAVE BEATEN ME BUT I'M NOT GONNA

SAY HE'S ANY BETTER THAN ME,

ROSS. ARE YOU TRYING TO GET ME

TO ADMIT THAT?

>> NO, SIR.

>> WELL, YOU DON'T DO IT BECAUSE

I WON'T.

>> HE MIGHT HAVE MET HIS MATCH

TONIGHT THOUGH LUGER LOOKS

GREAT, DOESN'T HE?

>> LOOKS PHENOMENAL. WOMAN

HELPING FLAIR DISROBE.

>> LIKE I SAID EARLIER, TAKING

[INDISTINCT] A $30,000 ROBE OFF

OF HIM, TAKE THAT MUSIC AWAY

FROM HIM. TAKE THAT FLAMBOYANT

ENTRANCE AWAY FROM ME AND YOU

HAVE STILL GOT IT ALL RIGHT

THERE. YOU COULD DYE HIS HAIR

BLACK IF YOU WANTED TO. AND YOU

STILL GOT THE GREATEST

BELL-TO-BELL WRESTLER IN THE

WORLD TODAY, THAT'S WHY I TAKE

HIM. NOW, YOU GO AHEAD AND YOU

TAKE LUGER IF YOU WANT TO.

>> LET'S SEE HERE IF I CAN HEAR

THESE INSTRUCTIONS, TERRY.

>> ALL RIGHT, GENTLEMEN.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> ALL RIGHT. SO, THIS IS FOR

THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT, WITH ONE

FALL AND A 60 MINUTE TIME LIMIT.

I WANT A CLEAN MATCH. NO

FIST, NO KARATE FORCE TO THE

THROAT, DON'T RAKE THE EYES,

DON'T PULL THE HAIR, DO NOT

THROW HIM OUT OVER THE TOP ROPE.

IF YOU GO TO THE FLOOR, YOU MUST

BE BACK INSIDE THE RING BY THE

10 COUNT OUT OR YOU WILL GET

COUNTED OUT. YOU MAY GET A 10

COUNT IF...

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> ...IF YOU'RE GOING

[INDISTINCT] PULLING ROPE, YOU

MUST BREAK [INDISTINCT] AND MAKE

THE FIVE COUNT, IT'S A

DISQUALIFICATION. ARE THERE ANY

QUESTIONS?

>> I GOT NO QUESTIONS. YOU GOT A

PROBLEM WITH THIS?

>> DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS,

MR. LUGER?

>> WHAT ABOUT YOURSELF.

>> YOU THINK IT'S YOUR BEST

TONIGHT?

>> WHAT ABOUT YOURSELF.

>> YOU BETTER BE AT YOUR VERY

BEST IN LIFE AND [INDISTINCT]

YOU'RE TALKING TO THE WORLD

CHAMPION, PAL.

>> NOT FOR LONG.

>> ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT,

GENTLEMAN. HERE'S THE BELT.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> ALL RIGHT. YOU HEARD IT. YOU

HEARD THE INSTRUCTIONS. THEY ARE

READY. IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND,

FLAIR ESCAPED WITH HIS LIFE, A

YEAR AND A HALF AGO. LUGER DID

NOT GET THE REMATCH THAT HE FELT

LIKE HE WANTED. HE WAS A

FAN-FAVORED INITIALLY AT THAT

TIME. HE DECIDED TO BECOME HIS

OWN MAN TO GO HIS OWN PATH AND

THAT PATH HAS LED HIM TONIGHT

HERE IN GREENSBORO TO THE

HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE

WORLD. SIDE HEADLOCK BY FLAIR. A

GREAT CHAIN WRESTLING MOVE

THERE. HE'S GOT A BIG ARM BEHIND

THE BACK OF LEX LUGER.

>> YOU BET IT WAS. NICE REVERSAL

BY HIM UP TO A HAMMERLOCK. AND

I'M GONNA MAKE A PREDICTION

RIGHT NOW, JIM ROSS, AND TO ALL

OF YOU PEOPLE OUT THERE. OH.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> YOU'RE GONNA GET YOUR MONEY'S

WORTH ON PAY-PER-VIEW, YOU'RE

GONNA GET YOUR MONEY'S WORTH

BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO SEE A

CLASSIC WRESTLING MATCH THAT

WILL GO DOWN AS ONE OF THE BEST

IN HISTORY TONIGHT.

>> ONE FALL, ONE HOUR TIME

LIMIT. WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT

CHAMPIONSHIP IS AT STAKE. THAT

MAN, RIC FLAIR, SIX-TIMES WORLD

CHAMPION. AND THAT MAN SAYS THAT

THIS IS HIS DESTINY.

>> THERE YOU SEE A BETTER MAN IN

LEX LUGER BECAUSE LEX LUGER HAS

BEEN BETTER FOR A LONG TIME

BECAUSE HE FEELS LIKE HE'S BEEN

AVOIDED BY THE CHAMPION. AND

THROUGH A STROKE OF FATE,

THROUGH A STROKE OF FATE HE'S IN

HERE TONIGHT. HE HAS A CHANCE TO

CHANGE THE WRESTLING OF THE '90S

RIGHT HERE TONIGHT FEBRUARY

25TH, WRESTLEWAR 90.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> FLAIR [INDISTINCT] LOCK AND

LUGER'S GREAT POWER POWERED OUT.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> AND FLAIR SAYS HIS HAIR WAS

PULLED.

>> I THINK IT WAS A POSSIBILITY,

IT WAS.

>> SMALL POSSIBILITY.

>> A POSSIBILITY. YOU SEE WOMAN

OVER THERE WATCHING AND VIEWING

WHAT'S GOING ON. I TELL YOU

WHAT, THESE PEOPLE ARE ON THEIR

FEET RIGHT NOW. IT'S A TENSION,

YOU CAN FEEL IT IN THE AIR. LIKE

I SAID, IT'S NOT A HAPPENING,

IT'S AN EVENT--A GREAT EVENT.

LOOK AT THIS. NOW, HERE'S WE GET

THE HEIGHT AND REACH ADVANTAGE.

IF FLAIR PUTS HIS ARM UP THERE,

HE'S MAKING A MISTAKE. IF HE

HANDS TO HANDS JIM, HE'S MAKING

A MISTAKE BECAUSE LUGER'S GOT TO

REACH ON HIM, HE'S GOT THE

HEIGHT THAT GIVES LUGER LEVERAGE

ADVANTAGE. IF YOU'RE TALKING

ABOUT LEVERAGE, PLUS LUGER HAS

STRENGTH, BOTH PUTTING OFF

FLAIR.

>> FLAIR, OUT OF A COMPETITIVE

NATURE MAY ACCEPT THE STRENGTH

CHALLENGE. I WILL AGREE WITH

TERRY FUNK, IT'D BE A MISTAKE IF

HE DOES.

>> FLAIR IS TRYING TO GET IT

DOWN TO HIS OWN LEVELS. SEE,

HE'S PRETTY DOWN--LOOK AT HIM

HE'S PULLING THAT HAND UNDER.

>> AND LUGER IS PULLING THAT

VISE LOCK GRIP.

>> OH, HE'S SO STRONG.

>> YES. HE REACHES IT DOWN.

>> A FOOTBALL TACKLE BY LEX

LUGER. SEVEN YEARS OF

PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL, HE WAS

THE YOUNGEST MAN AT 19 TO EVER

PLAY PRO FOOTBALL.

>> FLAIR WISELY WENT OUT OF THE

RING RIGHT THERE, WISELY WENT

OUT OF THAT RING. THAT WAS

JARRING TACKLE RIGHT THERE. YOU

KNOW, YOU GET THE MOMENTUM GOING

YOUR WAY. YOU GET THAT, YOU GET

THAT IDEA THAT I CAN DO IT.

FLAIR WANTS TO KEEP LUGER FROM

HAVING THAT, THIS EARLY IN THE

MATCH. SAID, HEY, I CAN TAKE

THIS GUY. HE DOESN'T WANNA GIVE

ME THAT BREAK AND ATTITUDE RIGHT

THERE. HE DOESN'T WANNA GIVE ME

THAT ADVANTAGE AND THE ATTITUDE.

BATTLE OF WITS RIGHT NOW...

>> FLAIR, [INDISTINCT] THE

PROFESSIONAL. HE IS A MASTER

STRATEGIST. HE JUST--HE'S GONNA

TRY TO FRUSTRATE HIM--SHE

CERTAINLY FRUSTRATES A LOT OF

GUYS, SHE CERTAINLY MAKES MY

HEART FLUTTER A LITTLE BIT.

>> OR SHE DON'T BOTHER ME AT ALL

YOU KNOW. SHE DON'T BOTHER ME. I

COULD LOOK AT HER ALL NIGHT LONG

IT WON'T BOTHER ME, JIM ROSS.

>> HERE WE GO JIMBO DEADLY ROSS,

WE'RE WATCHING SOME GREAT ACTION

RIGHT HERE. WE'RE WATCHING A

LITTLE BIT OF MANEUVERING.

TALKING, TALKING, TALKING.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> HE'S HAVING A PRETTY GOOD

TIME RIGHT NOW, AIN'T HE?

>> CERTAINLY IS. I'M SURE LUGER,

WHO IS NOT IMPRESSED.

>> HOW ABOUT THAT BIG MAN? WHOO,

HOW ABOUT THAT?

>> OH, IT WOULD SEEM, GETTING

READY TO TIE UP.

>> FLAIR GOING DOWNSTAIRS ON THE

ABDOMINALS OF LEX LUGER.

>> FLAIR LOVES THAT LOWER LIFT

KICK, OH, MY GOD. RIGHT BACK

THERE--THROUGH WITH THE

CLOTHESLINE.

>> LUGER CAN'T RUN ON THE CORNER

AND NOW FLAIR RIGHT ON THE JAW

WITH A CLOTHESLINE.

>> LOOK OUT, HE'S COMING OUT THE

AISLE AFTER HIM. HE'S COMING UP

THE AISLE AFTER HIM.

>> HE'S GONNA BRING HIM UP BACK

TO THE RING.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> HE'S RUNNING WITH 245 POUNDS

ON HIS BACK. FLAIR QUICKLY GOES

AHEAD AND REVERSES IT, TAKES THE

ADVANTAGE DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER

LUGER. WE GOT A MONSTER OUT

THERE TONIGHT. HE'S GEARED UP

FOR THIS AND IT GIVES HIM A

LITTLE BIT OF, OH--WHOA, MY

GOSH.

>> OH, WHAT STRENGTH.

[INDISTINCT] MILITARY PRESSING

THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE

WORLD.

>> HEY, I THINK I'M GONNA

CHANGE, I'M GONNA TAKE LUGER.

>> IT'S TOO LATE.

>> OH, NO.

>> I JUST COULD NOT BELIEVE IN A

MAN LYING ON HIS FACE RIGHT

THERE. BELIEVE OR NOT AT THAT

POSITION, I STILL THINK HE COULD

COME BACK AND DO IT.

>> LUGER IS A SMART COOKIE, HE'S

NOT GONNA BE TRICKED BY FLAIR.

LUGER GOT A DEGREE IN MARKETING,

GRADUATED WITH A 3.78 GRADE

AVERAGE TERRY, THAT'S PRETTY

SMART.

>> IT'S A WHOLE LOT SMARTER THAN

I AM AT 3.78, BUT ABOUT COMMON

SENSE, DOES HE HAVE ANY COMMON

SENSE? I'VE GOT A WHOLE LOT OF

IT, JIM ROSS. YOU KNOW ABOUT

COMMON SENSE?

>> YES.

>> RIC FLAIR'S GOT COMMON SENSE.

>> HE CERTAINLY DOES. HE

CERTAINLY DOES. FLAIR JUST NOT

LETTING LUGER GET ANY MOMENTUM

AT ALL. EVERY TIME IT GETS A

LITTLE HOT IN THE KITCHEN, FLAIR

EVACUATES. NOW, HE'S BACK UP ON

THE APRON AND COMES BACK INTO

THE RING. FLAIR HAS NOT BEEN

SUCCESSFUL OFFENSIVELY YET.

>> BUT YOU KNOW THIS A REFEREE

IS DOING A GREAT JOB IN THIS

MATCH. HE'S RIGHT IN THERE

CALLING FOR THE BREAKS, DOING A

WONDERFUL JOB.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> THIS IS ONE OF FLAIR'S

FAVORITE THINGS HERE. WATCH HIM,

HE'LL GO AHEAD BEG YOU OFF, BEG

YOU OFF AND THEN KICK YOU, CATCH

YOU WITH THAT QUICK MOVE. I KNOW

HIM LIKE A BOOK.

>> FLAIR--LUGER WITH HIS BACK

WITH A FOOTBALL TACKLE, THE

LEAPFROG FOR THE BIG MAN.

>> OH, AGAIN.

>> OH, AND AGAIN.

>> AND JUST SHOT THROUGH THERE.

>> THREW HIM, THREW HIM OVERHEAD

[INDISTINCT] THAT DAWG.

>> LUGER WENT FOR THE PIN, BUT

FLAIR IS UNDER THE BOTTOM ROPE.

FLAIR'S BACK WHICH WAS BROKEN

SOME YEARS BACK IN THE AIRPLANE

CRASH MAYBE HE'S ACHILLES' HEEL.

>> IT MIGHT BE JIM ROSS.

I'M--I'LL AGREE WITH YOU ON

THAT. IF SOMETHING'S GONNA

BE--BOTHERING HIM WORK ON THAT

BACK OR WORK ON THAT NECK,

THAT'S WHERE LUGER NEEDS TO GO

TO. IT'S A WELL KNOWN FACT THAT

THAT'S ONE OF RIC FLAIR'S

WEAKNESSES. IT'S IN THAT BACK

BECAUSE OF THAT PARTICULAR

REASON.

>> UH-OH, IT DIDN'T FAZE THE BIG

MAN. LOOK AT FLAIR, LOOK ON HIS

FACE...

>> HE KNOWS.

>> DAMN, I CAN'T PUT HIM DOWN.

>> YEAH, HE SAID, "DAMN, BOY, I

DID THE WRONG THING." HE KNOWS

HE DID THE WRONG THING.

>> OH, NO AND AGAIN.

>> [INDISTINCT] ON HIS FEET.

>> LUGER IS ALMOST SAYING, "I'M

GONNA PUT ON A RACK FLAIR SOONER

OR LATER. I'M GONNA WRECK ON

THAT BACK AND I'M GONNA WORK ON

IT." THERE'S THE BEAR HUG BY THE

SIX-FOUR, TWO HUNDRED AND

SEVENTY-FIVE POUND UNITED STATES

HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION. IF HE WINS

THIS MATCH AGAINST THAT LEGEND,

HE'LL BE THE FIRST MAN IN NWA

HISTORY TO HOLD BOTH MAJOR

SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP

SIMULTANEOUSLY. THAT WILL BE

HISTORY IN THE MAKING RIGHT

HERE.

>> TO HOLD ON BOTH, BUT CAN YOU

DEFEND THEM BOTH? CAN YOU DEFEND

THEM BOTH?

>> NO YOU CAN'T.

>> NO, YOU CAN'T. LET ONE OF

THEM GO. WELL, I KNOW WHICH ONE

HE WOULDN'T LET GO, DON'T YOU?

>> OF COURSE.

>> UH-OH, HE'S PUSHING HIM DOWN

IN THERE. HE'S GOT THAT BEAR

HUG, THAT'S A TWO COUNT. GET OFF

OF WOMAN THERE CAMERAMAN. LET'S

LOOK AT SOME ATHLETES AND

ACTION. I'M NOT INTERESTED

[INDISTINCT]

>> FLAIR POP TO THE EYE, THAT

GOT HIM OUT OF THE BEAR HUG.

LUGER IS GOING FOR A STRENGTH

POWER MOVES IN THIS MATCH. FLAIR

HAS GOT TO TRY TO GET ON THE

OFFICIAL AND STAY AWAY FROM THE

STRENGTH MOVES, EASIER SAID THAN

DONE.

>> THAT'S CERTAINLY TRUTH RIGHT

THERE. REFEREE IS RIGHT UP THERE

GIVING THEM BOTH THE COUNT,

COUNTING BOTH MEN TO THEIR FEET.

LUGER IS BACK UP TO HIS FEET, IN

A LOT BETTER SHAPE THAN RIC

FLAIR AT THIS TIME. FLAIR

BACKING UP WISELY DOING SO AND

NOW HE'S COMING BACK UP TO HIS

FEET, LUGER IS DRIVING INTO HIM,

GOING UP ON THE TOP ROPE.

>> LUGER HAS FLAIR IN A

PRECARIOUS POSITION.

>> OH, THAT SHOWBOAT. THAT

SHOWBOAT. LOOK AT HIM

SHOWBOATING UP THERE. HE'S

NOTHING BUT A SHOWBOAT.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> FLAIR IN TROUBLE WITH THE

HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE

WORLD HANGING IN THE BALANCE,

RIC FLAIR IS IN A LOT OF TROUBLE

IN THIS CONTEST. [INDISTINCT]

RIGHT ON THE CORNER.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> LUGER WENT FOR A CLOTHESLINE,

FLAIR VERY ADEPTLY AND QUICKLY

MOVED OUT OF THE WAY.

>> THAT'S QUICKNESS AND RING

SAVVY RIGHT THERE, KNOWING WHERE

YOU ARE ALL TIMES, KNOWING WHAT

WAS BEHIND YOU. THAT THAT ROPE

WAS BEHIND YOU, PUTTING YOUR

HEAD UP THERE HIGH ENOUGH TO

WHERE HE CAN GO AHEAD AND MAKE A

WILD MOVE FOR YOU, TRY TO CATCH

YOU AT A CLOTHESLINE, A QUICK

DUCK THAT WAS HIS MISTAKE,

LUGER.

>> NOW, FLAIR WHO SAYS HE'S THE

DIRTIEST PLAYER IN THE GAME

ROLLS--OH CATCH--BURIES THE

RIGHT FOOT DEEP INTO THE RIBS.

>> YOU COULD HEAR THOSE...

>> OH, MY GOD.

>> WELL, HE DESERVES THAT, HE

DESERVES THAT FOR THAT

SHOWBOATING A WHILE AGO.

SHOWBOATING; THROW HIM UP ON THE

ROPE, LOOKING AT THE PEOPLE AND

PUNCHING HIM AND THE PEOPLE

COUNTING.

>> HE'LL GIVE YOU A CHOP, CHOP,

CHOP.

>> HE'S GOT A BIG CHEST, THAT'S

A HECK OF A TARGET. LUGER STILL

IN PAIN AFTER FALLING TO THE

CONCRETE OVER THE TOP ROPE.

FLAIR VERY WISELY RETURNS TO THE

RING.

>> YOU CAN'T WIN THAT MATCH ON

THE FLOOR. FLAIR IS EXACTLY

WHERE HE NEEDS TO BE.

>> FLAIR WITH THAT CHOP, NOBODY,

I MEAN, NOBODY IN WRESTLING

EXECUTES THAT JUDO CHOP LIKE THE

NATURE BOY. AND FLAIR THROWS

LUGER OUTSIDE.

>> FLAIR WANTS WOMAN UP IN THE

APRON. I DON'T KNOW IF--SHE

DOESN'T BELONG THERE.

>> I'M TELLING YOU.

>> AND I AM TELLING YOU.

>> LUGER RIGHT INTO THE STEEL

BARRICADE. THE REFEREE IS HAVING

A [INDISTINCT] WITH...

>> OH, WOW WHAT A CHOP.

>> FLAIR HAS BETTER BE CAREFUL.

HE BETTER BE CAREFUL. DON'T PUSH

YOUR LUCK, FLAIR. DON'T PUSH

YOUR LUCK.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> WAS HE TALKING TO YOU THERE

JIM ROSS?

>> I DON'T--I HOPE NOT. RIGHT

HAND BY THE NATURE BOY. AND THE

COCKY, ARROGANT, WORLD'S

CHAMPION IS IN CONTROL. HE DOES

NOT WANT LUGER TO RETURN TO THE

RING. AND HE'S--SHE IS HAPPY

NOW. LUGER HAS GOT TO REGROUP.

THE BIG ADONIS HAS BEEN HAMMERED

BY THE CHAMPION OF THE WORLD. HE

WAS WAITING IN THE RING. THE US

CHAMPION AND THE NUMBER ONE

CONTENDER FOR THE WORLD TITLE

FIGHTS HIS WAY BACK UP TO THE

APRON.

>> HERE COMES THAT RIGHT, RIGHT

TO THE FACE, BY RIC FLAIR, OUR

CHAMPION RIGHT THERE. DON'T PUSH

YOUR REFEREE RIC. DON'T PUSH

THAT REFEREE. BE CAREFUL BOY.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> HE'S GOT HIM WHERE YOU WANT

HIM, DOESN'T HER?

>> REFEREE USING HIS COUNT.

LUGER BACK ON THE APRON, THE

COUNT HAS STOP. LUGER BACK IN

THE RING. AND FLAIR WITH A

SLAMBOREE MOMENT.

>> WATCH OUT FOR THIS KNEE. HERE

COMES HIS PATENTED MOVE RIGHT

HERE. BELIEVE ME THAT WILL GIVE

YOU A HEADACHE.

>> THE RIGHT KNEE JUST SQUARELY

ACROSS THE FOREHEAD OF LEX

LUGER. FLAIR IS SO VICIOUS. THE

ULTIMATE CHALLENGE FOR HIM IS

LEX LUGER, SNAPMARED OVER.

>> YOU'LL LIKE THIS ONE WOMAN,

HUH?

>> HE SAYS, "YOU'LL LIKE THIS

ONE WOMAN." WOW, RIGHT ACROSS

THE HEAD AGAIN. FLAIR

GRAPEVINES THE LEG ON TOP OF THE

LATERAL--WOW, WHAT STRENGTH.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> HE'S A 500-POUND BENCH

PRESSER.

>> THAT POWER IS SOMETHING,

ISN'T IT? THAT POWER IS HARD TO

COMPETE WITH. TERRIFIC SHOT

THERE. A RIGHT BY LUGER, A CHOP.

NOW THE RIGHT BY LUGER, ANOTHER

RIGHT BY LUGER, ANOTHER RIGHT BY

LUGER, ANOTHER RIGHT BY LUGER,

ANOTHER ONE, ANOTHER ONE, A BIG

ONE THAT TIME AT THE TOP OF THE

HEAD.

>> AND AWAY FROM THE BIG MOVE,

FLAIR WHO IS AS [INDISTINCT]

MOVED OUT OF THE WAY. LUGER

RAMMED HIS SHOULDER INTO THE TOP

TURNBUCKLE. WILL FLAIR BE ABLE

TO CAPITALIZE ON THAT MISCUE BY

THE CHALLENGER?

>> JUST BACKED HIM OFF THE ROPE.

>> FLAIR TAKES HIM DOWN WORKING

ON HIS [INDISTINCT] HE'S GOT HIS

FOOT ON THE ROPE.

>> NICE MOVE ON HIS PART RIGHT

THERE. HE'S GETTING THAT

LEVERAGE RIGHT THERE.

>> HE'S CHEATING.

>> HE'S CHEATING?

>> YES, HE'S CHEATING.

>> HE IS CHEATING, ISN'T HE? I

DIDN'T NOTICE THAT BEFORE

THOUGH. THAT IS CHEATING THERE.

>> HEY, SHUT UP.

>> HE IS TALKING TO YOU AGAIN,

ROSS. I THINK HE'S BECOMING

PERSONAL.

>> THE FANS HERE CERTAINLY HAVE

A TOTAL DISDAIN FOR FLAIR AFTER

WHAT THE HORSEMEN DID TO STING.

BOY, IT'S GREAT SEEING HIM AND

JUST--THE CHILLS OFF MY SPINE TO

SEE THAT GREAT ATHLETE. NOW,

THIS HAMMERLOCK. AND HE'S GOT IT

LOCKED IN WELL. HE'S NEAR THE

ROPES AGAIN. HE'S IN THERE FOR

LEVERAGE. IT'S HIS STRENGTH AND

THE ROPES. AN UNBEATABLE

COMBINATION BUT THE REFEREE

DOESN'T THINK IT.

>> THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT. THAT'S

EXACTLY RIGHT AND YOU KNOW THE

HORSEMEN--THE HORSEMEN WHAT DO

THEY DO, WHAT DO THEY GO FOR JIM

ROSS? WHAT DO THEY WORK ON?

>> THEY WORK ON THE ARM AND THEY

WORK ON IT RELENTLESSLY. FLAIR

ON THAT BIG TRICEP TRYING TO

KNOT IT UP. LUGER'S ARMS ARE

ABOUT AS BIG AS A LOT OF A GUY'S

THIGH.

>> IT MIGHT BE BIGGER THAN MINE.

>> HE IS A MASSIVE INDIVIDUAL

BUT FLAIR TRYING TO CUT HIM DOWN

TO SIZE ALL. HE IS IN THAT

CORNER, HE LIKES TO CHOP IT.

>> WORKING ON THE ARMS, THE

HORSEMEN WAY. LUGER FIGHTING

WITH ALL HE'S GOT. [INDISTINCT]

BY THE HAIR, PUSHES FLAIR BACK.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> HE'S TAKING HALF THE POWER TO

TAKE HIM OUT ALL THE WAY BUT DID

YOU SEE THAT CLOTHESLINE NOW?

>> HE HAS GOT SO MUCH POWER IN

THAT MASSIVE FRAME. THE

PROTOTYPE OF THE 1990 WRESTLER

IS LEX LUGER. AND FLAIR, OH, HE

POKED HIM RIGHT IN THE EYE. THAT

WAS BLATANT RIGHT IN THE EYE

WITH A THUMB.

>> YOU HAVE TO FIND THAT

ACHILLES' TENDON, YOU KNOW. AND

AN EYE BALL WORKS PRETTY GOOD,

JIM.

>> OH, WOMAN JUST SLAPPED HIM OR

SOMETHING. SHE'D POKED HIM IN

THE EYE HERSELF WITH HER

FINGERNAILS OR SLAPPED HIM. THE

FANS HERE, FLAIR TALKING ABOUT

IT RIGHT NOW THAT, THAT HAS

HAPPENED.

>> I DIDN'T SEE THAT AT ALL. I

MUST HAVE MISSED IT.

>> TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, IT

HAPPENED. NOW FLAIR, BREAKING

EVERY RULE IN THE BOOK. IT'S

ALMOST AS IF HE'S IN A DESPERATE

STATE BECAUSE LUGER WAS--CAN

TURN THIS DECISIVELY THERE IN

THE EARLY GOING.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> NO, I'LL SAY THIS, YOU KNOW,

AS I'LL SAY HE'S LOOKING FOR AN

ACHILLES' TENDON AND ALL OF THAT

BUT I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING. TO

GO FOR THE EYES LIKE THAT, YOU

KNOW, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT TOO

MUCH.

>> AND THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE

BETWEEN ME AND RIC FLAIR, YOU

KNOW, I WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING

LIKE THAT, GO FOR A PERSON'S

EYES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT JIM

ROSS, WOULD I?

>> OF COURSE NOT, OF COURSE NOT.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> FLAIR [INDISTINCT] THE CROWD

GETTING BEHIND LUGER. WHAT A

GREAT WRESTLING CROWD HERE IN

GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA. THIS

IS WRESTLE WAR 90 AND THIS IS

THE MAIN EVENT FOR THE

HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE

WORLD. THE CHAMPION RIC FLAIR

CONTROLLING THE ACTION AT THIS

POINT IN TIME. BUT CAN LUGER,

WHO WAS LOOKING TREMENDOUS WITH

THE POWER MOVES EARLY GET BACK

ON THE ATTACK? HIS ADRENALINE

MUST BE FLOWING. HE'S BACK UP TO

A VERTICAL BASE.

>> FLAIR GRABBING THAT, AND

REFEREE WENT--HE WENT FOR THE

PUNCH. THAT WAS A RIGHT MOVE ON

HIS PART. REFEREE GRABBED THE

ARM ON HIM, FLAIR CUT HIM WITH A

GOOD SOLID KICK THOUGH.

>> FLAIR DRAPING LUGER OVER THE

MIDDLE ROPE. NOW WHAT'S SHE

GONNA DO? OH, SHE IS PULLING HIS

HAIR, PLEASE.

>> YOU KNOW THAT'S KIND OF LIKE

AN END ON SOMETHING. HE'S

ANTAGONIZING ISN'T IT?

[INDISTINCT]

>> AND DISTRACTING.

>> AND DISTRACTING.

>> SHE IS GOT TO BE THE MOST

HATED WOMAN IN WRESTLING TODAY.

THAT IS WOMAN, I'M SPEAKING OF.

AS BEAUTIFUL AS SHE IS, SHE IS

EVEN MORE DEVIOUS YOU WOULD SAY.

AND LUGER TRYING TO MELT THE

OFFENSE BUT FLAIR IS STAYING

RIGHT ON THE ATTACK. IT IS

FLAIR, THE CONSUMMATE WRESTLER

CONTROLLING THE ACTION, WOULD HE

DROP THE KNEE? OH, ON THE

TRICEP. LATERAL PRESS, HIS FEET

ON THE ROPES.

>> GOOD MOVE.

>> LUGER, THE LESSER MAN, WILL

BE PINNED HERE.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> YOU KNOW I'M TALKING ABOUT

SMART WRESTLING NOT WHAT'S RIGHT

OR WHAT'S WRONG. BUT FLAIR IS

USING EVERY TRICK THAT HE KNOWS.

AND HE KNOWS THAT HE'S GONNA

HAVE TO IF HE'S GONNA MAINTAIN

THAT WORLD'S HEAVYWEIGHT

CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> AND LOOKS LIKE WE'RE COMING

ON SCOTTY STEINER TRYING TO DO

WITH LEX LUGER AND LUGER HAS GOT

A HAND ON THE THROAT, FOR THE

CHOKESLAM. LUGER NOW IS BREAKING

[INDISTINCT] TO BREAK THE RULES

AND FIGHT WITH FIRE. HE MAY NOT

BE THE MOST POPULAR WRESTLER IN

THE NWA BUT AGAINST RIC FLAIR,

HE'S THE FAN FAVORITE HERE IN

GREENSBORO. OH, FLAIR, WATCH OUT

FLAIR.

>> OH, MY GOSH. LUGER IS RIGHT

DOWN ON TOP OF HIM. LUGER IS

OUT. THE REFEREE IS OUT TOO. OH.

>> LUGER IS GOING TO TRY TO TAKE

ADVANTAGE.

>> OH, MY GOD. OH. LOOK AT LUGER

JUST LOOKING AT HIM.

>> FLAIR DOESN'T WANT ANY PART

OF THIS MASSIVE INDIVIDUAL.

>> AND I DON'T BLAME HIM. NO.

>> GET UP.

>> LUGER SAYS, "GET UP AND FIGHT

LIKE A MAN." FLAIR AGAIN LEFT

KICK TO THE MIDSECTION. SENDS

LUGER FOR THE RIDE AND HE MISSED

THE ELBOW. AND LOOK AT THAT

POWER INTO THE SLEEP. HE POWERED

INTO THAT HOLD. HE...

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> HE POWERED HIM TO IT AND HE'S

HANGING ON TO A TUNE RIGHT NOW.

AND CAN YOU IMAGINE ARMS LIKE

THAT AROUND YOUR NECK? THIS

COULD POSSIBLY BE IT.

>> WE HAVE NOT SEEN LUGER USE A

SLEEP HOLD. WE THOUGHT HE WOULD

USE POWER MOVES EXCLUSIVELY

[INDISTINCT] AS WELL. THE SLEEP

HOLD IS A SURPRISE OFFENSIVE

MOVE BY LUGER.

>> IT'S ALL [INDISTINCT] AND THE

GUY IS DOING HIS PART. FLAIR IS

TRYING TO MAKE IT TO THOSE

ROPES. HE'S GONE A LONG WAYS TO

GO YET. LUGER IS HANGING ON TO

IT CRANKING ON THAT NECK. LOOK

AT THE POSITION OF THAT NECK

RIGHT NOW. HE'S GOT A--FLAIR

ROLLING TO ONE SIDE. HE'S GOING

ON TOP OF HIM, TWO COUNTS,

THREE.

>> FLAIR'S FOOT ON THE ROPE.

WOMAN SCREAMING. SHE IS BESIDE

HERSELF THAT HER MAIN MAN JUST

ALMOST CAME WITHIN A HALF A

COUNT OF LOSING THE HEAVYWEIGHT

CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WORLD TO THE

TOTAL PACKAGE.

>> TOTAL PACKAGE SENDS HIM OFF,

CATCHES HIM IN THAT SLEEPER

AGAIN.

>> GOOD MOVE BY FLAIR.

BELLY-TO-BACK SUPLEX. GREAT

COUNTER WRESTLING BY THE

HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION. AND THE

PHYSICAL TOLL IS CERTAINLY

TAKING ITS PLACE HERE ON THESE

TWO MEN.

>> ABSOLUTELY. DID YOU NOTICE

WHENEVER LUGER WENT AHEAD AND

THREW HIM INTO THOSE ROPES? HE

CAUGHT HIM WITH THAT SLEEPER.

HE'S USING A COMBINATION,

CLOTHESLINE AND TO GO INTO THAT

SLEEPER. LIKE YOU SAY, IT'S A

POWER SLEEPER THING. LOOK AT THE

FACE ON HER.

>> SHE IS VERY CONCERNED.

>> THAT'S THE MEANEST I'VE SEEN

HER LOOK.

>> FLAIR NOW ON THE APRON.

>> UH-OH, VERTICAL SUPLEX NOW,

LOOK OUT. LOOK OUT.

>> LUGER'S TRYING TO BLOCK IT.

AND HE DOES.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> LUGER BRINGS FLAIR BACK IN.

WHAT'S HE GONNA DO HERE? FLAIR

IS TRYING TO ESCAPE, BUT LUGER'S

GOT HIM BY THE LEG.

>> UH-OH.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> LUGER...

>> OH...

>> GRABS HIM INTO THE STEEL. I'M

SURE THAT STING IS ENJOYING WHAT

HE IS SEEING NOW. STING IS NOT

LUGER'S BEST PAL, I'LL ASSURE

YOU, BUT HE TOTALLY HATES RIC

FLAIR.

>> DO YOU THINK HE'LL POSSIBLY

GO FOR THAT LEG, TRY TO TAKE IT

ALL AWAY?

>> FLAIR GOES HIGH OFF THE

ROPES.

>> HE'S GOING BACK TO IT. HE'S

GOING BACK FOR THAT LEG, TAKING

ON IT, TRYING TO PUT THAT FIGURE

FOUR UP, BUT FLAIR TURNS OUT OF

IT.

>> LUGER WHO IS NOT PROFICIENT

AT THE FIGURE FOUR, BUT TRIED TO

USE IT AND DAMAGED THAT LEG, BUT

FLAIR POKED HIM IN THE--WITH A

THUMB RIGHT TO THE EYE. FLAIR

LIMPING NOTICEABLY NOW.

>> FANS, YOU ARE WATCHING A

WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH. THIS

IS NOT ANY WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP.

THIS IS THE NWA, THE BEST IN THE

WORLD. AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT OUR

TWO BEST RIGHT NOW.

>> FLAIR WITH A BIG SHOT, GOES

TO THE MOMENTUM, TOOK A LOT OF

MOMENTUM WITH THE ROPES TO PUT

LUGER DOWN.

>> GOES BACK AGAIN.

>> A POWERSLAM. LUGER TRIED WITH

A POWERSLAM. HE'S ON TOP. HE'S

GRAPEVINE THE LEG. WE HAVE

TWO--OH. THAT WAS SO CLOSE, SO

CLOSE.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> THAT WAS CLOSE, JIM ROSS.

THAT WAS AS CLOSE AS I'VE SEEN A

THREE COUNT RIGHT THERE. UH-OH.

>> HE'S KNOCKING THAT

PERSPIRATION OFF THAT MASSIVE

CHEST.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> THIS MAY BE THE NIGHT THAT

LUGER REALIZES WHAT HE SAYS IS

HIS DESTINY. ANOTHER THUMB TO

THE EYE.

>> FLAIR HANGING ON. HE'S

HANGING ON. MOVING BACK INTO THE

RING, RIGHT NOW, I'M SURE HE'S

THINKING, IS TONIGHT GONNA BE

THE NIGHT? I'VE GOT TO HANG ON

TO IT. I'VE GOT TO KEEP THIS

THING. THIS IS MY LIFE. IT'S ALL

ON THE LINE TODAY.

>> FLAIR TRYING WITH A LEG LOCK.

LUGER REVERSES IT. HE'S GOT BOTH

ARMS CLUSTERED. TRYING FOR A

BACKSLIDE. FLAIR, ONE, TWO,

AND--OH. LOOK AT LUGER, HE

THOUGHT HE HAD HIM. HE THOUGHT

HE HAD HIM AND SO DID I.

>> MY, MY, MY.

>> MAN, THIS IS GREAT.

>> WHAT A NICE SHOT. THERE'S A

CAMERA SHOT. THOSE BIG FISTS

COMING RIGHT INTO YOUR LIVING

ROOM. LUGER...

>> CAUGHT HIM ON THE--CAUGHT HIM

ON THE BACK OF THAT LEG. CAUGHT

HIM ON THE BACK OF THAT LEG.

UH-OH.

>> BOY, THIS CAN GO EITHER WAY.

IT IS ANYONE'S MATCH TO WIN.

>> COME ON, NATE. COME ON.

>> WELL...

>> WHY DON'T THE GIRLS HOLLER

FOR ME LIKE THAT? WHY DON'T THEY

HOLLER FOR ME, JIM ROSS? OH,

THERE HE IS.

>> FLAIR OFF THE TOP. BIG CLUB

LIKE BLOW TO THE HEAD OF LUGER.

AND NOW, FLAIR, THE MAN IS BACK

ON TOP.

>> FLAIR UP TOP AGAIN. ANOTHER

BLOW RIGHT TO THE HEAD. HE'S ON

TOP OF LUGER, TRYING TO

GRAPEVINE THE LEG, BUT LUGER

KICKED OUT. THAT'S TWO AND A

HALF. ANOTHER NEARFALL.

>> GREAT JOB BY--GREAT JOB BY

OUR REFEREE AGAIN. SLIDING IN

THERE ON TIME, DOING A GOOD JOB,

GIVING THESE TWO WRESTLERS

LEEWAY, BUT STAYING ON THE TOP

OF THEM THE BEST HE CAN, KEEPING

THE RULES AND REGULATIONS HERE.

HE THINKS, BY GOLLY, IF THERE'S

GONNA BE A TITLE CHANGE, LET'S

HAVE THE BEST MAN DO IT.

>> DOUBLE ARM SUPLEX. LUGER

RIGHT ON THE SMALL OF HIS BACK.

FLAIR FLOATS OVER. ONE, TWO, AND

LUGER KICKED OUT AGAIN. FLAIR

CANNOT HOLD THIS AWESOME ATHLETE

DOWN.

>> I THINK SHE MUST FEEL LIKE I

DO AT THIS TIME THAT HER MAN

JUST MAY LOSE THAT CHAMPIONSHIP

TONIGHT. AND NOW, FLAIR WITH A

SLEEPER HOLD, LUGER CARRYING HIM

AROUND. WHAT STRENGTH BY LUGER.

THIS GUY IS PHENOMENAL.

>> WELL, LET'S PUT STRENGTH

AGAINST ABILITY, THOUGH. WHICH

ARE YOU GONNA TAKE? WELL, I'LL

TAKE ABILITY EVERY TIME, BUT I

HATE TO SAY THIS, LUGER HAS

ABILITY AND STRENGTH. HE DOES.

>> HE CERTAINLY DOES.

>> THIS SON OF A GUN.

>> WITH A SLEEPER. FLAIR WITH IT

LOCKED IN. LUGER DOWN TO ONE

KNEE, EVEN THIS BIG GIANT

BECAUSE IF THEIR OXYGEN IS

RESTRICTED TO THE BRAIN,

[INDISTINCT] WILL GO OUT.

>> HE'S CRACKING ON IT, TOO.

>> THIS HOLD IS A GREAT

EQUALIZER.

>> IT'LL TAKE THAT STRENGTH

RIGHT OUT OF YOU. I'LL GUARANTEE

YOU THAT.

>> LUGER KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO

REACH DOWN. HE PLAYED IN THE

OFFENSIVE LINE AND PLAYED

FOOTBALL FOR SEVEN SEASONS. BUT

I DON'T THINK IN THE

[INDISTINCT] HE WAS EVER TESTED

LIKE HE IS BEING TESTED HERE BY

THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION. AND

SHE CANNOT BELIEVE THAT LUGER

COULD NOT BE PUT AWAY RIGHT

THERE.

>> HE'S COMING BACK TO HIS FEET

AGAIN. COMING BACK TO HIS FEET

AGAIN, FIGHTING BACK UP. HE'S

NOT FIGHTING UP QUITE SO QUICKLY

AS HE DID BEFORE. LOOK AT THAT

FACE. THAT TELLS IT ALL.

>> FLAIR WITH A SLEEP, ALREADY

GOT IT LOCKED IN. CRANKING IT,

CRANKING IT. LUGER TRYING TO

KEEP THE OXYGEN FLOWING. FLAIR

SHOOTS INTO THE CORNER. THERE'S

A TRAILER. ONE, TWO--LUGER WOULD

NOT STAY DOWN.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> DESPERATION CLOTHESLINE

THERE. COMES OVER FOR THE PIN,

CRADLES THE LEG.

>> ONE, TWO--OH. FLAIR'S LEFT

SHOULDER CAME OFF THE CANVAS.

>> A BIT OF FRUSTRATION SHOWING

HERE ON IN LUGER'S PART. FLAIR

MOVES OUT OF THE WAY.

>> LUGER WENT AWAY FROM HIS GAME

PLAN MOMENTARILY FOR A HIGH RISK

ELBOW DROP. HE MAY NOT HAVE THE

STRENGTH NOW FOR THE

POWER--STRICTLY POWER MOVES.

IT'S HARD TO SAY. THIS MATCH IS

GOING 20, 25 MINUTES IN THIS

THING.

>> FRUSTRATION PUSHED HIM INTO A

BAD DECISION RIGHT THEN. OH.

>> LISTEN TO THAT. THAT'S THE

NWA STYLE. MAN ON MAN AND

PHYSICAL. UH-OH, FLAIR GOT THAT

BIG LEG UP RIGHT ACROSS HIS

THIGH AND THAT IS THE FIRST STEP

ON THE ROAD TO THE FIGURE FOUR.

>> THAT ALSO DRIVES THAT KNEE

PAST NORMAL EXTENSION AND IT

PUTS PRESSURE ON THAT CARTILAGE

AREA. KICKING IT RIGHT IN THE

CARTILAGE AREA RIGHT NOW ON

LUGER.

>> FLAIR AGAIN. THIS IS VINTAGE

NATURE BOY RIC FLAIR, DROPPING

THE LEG OF LUGER ACROSS FLAIR'S

THIGH, WORKING ON THAT KNEE. AND

NOW, WE MAY BE MOMENTS AWAY FROM

SEEING THE FIGURE FOUR, BUT HE

WANTS TO AWAKEN IT SOME MORE.

>> DRIVING THAT KNEE PAST NORMAL

EXTENSION. NOW, DROPPING INTO IT

AGAIN. LUGER IS IN TROUBLE NOW.

YOU KNOW, YOU CAN TAKE A MAN'S

BODY APART. YOU CAN HAVE THE

TENDONS. YOU CAN HAVE THE

LIGAMENTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

YOU CAN HAVE THE MUSCLE. BUT

WHENEVER YOU GO TO WORK ON THAT

JOINT, YOU GOT TO SEPARATE THAT

JOINT, I'LL TELL YOU WE'RE ALL

EQUAL.

>> RIGHT ACROSS THE KNEE COMES

FLAIR. FLAIR NOW TAKING THE LEGS

AWAY FROM LEX LUGER.

>> I KNOW JUST EXACTLY HOW IT

FEELS RIGHT NOW. THERE IT IS. A

FIGURE FOUR LEG LOCK, JIM.

>> THE FIGURE FOUR, AND THIS IS

FLAIR'S BABY, BUT HE'S HOLDING

THE TOP ROPES FOR ADDITIONAL

LEVERAGE. LUGER UP AT TWO AND A

HALF.

>> HE MAY NOT COME OUT OF THIS

RIGHT HERE. HE'S GOT HIM INTO

IT. HE'S GOT THE TOP ROPE. HE'S

USING THAT FOR THAT LEVERAGE.

HE'S GOT HIM IN IT. HE'S GOT

HIM. HE'S HURTING. LUGER IS

DYING THERE RIGHT ABOUT NOW.

THESE PEOPLE ARE ON THEIR FEET.

>> THESE PEOPLE ARE ON THEIR

FEET BECAUSE OF THAT MAN, STING,

WHO IS WATCHING THIS IN THE

BACK. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS FOR

HIM TO BE OUT HERE.

>> HE'S OUT OF HIM MIND. HE'S

OUT OF HIS EVER LOVING MIND

COMING DOWN TO THIS RING AT THIS

TIME. TWO COUNT.

>> FLAIR IS LOOKING OUT OF

THERE. HE SEES STING. LUGER SEES

HIM.

>> LUGER TRYING TO REVERSE THE

FIGURE FOUR AND TURN FLAIR ALL

THE WAY OVER. LOOK AT STING SAY

TURN HIM OVER. TURN HIM OVER.

>> HE'S GIVING HIM INSTRUCTIONS.

HE'S GIVING HIM INSTRUCTIONS.

>> LUGER IN TROUBLE HERE.

>> STING IS [INDISTINCT] LUGER

OFF.

>> LOOK AT FLAIR TAUNTING STING.

WHAT A SICK HUMAN BEING TO TAUNT

THIS GUY TO BE PUT IN THE

HOSPITAL.

>> THE HECK WITH HIM.

>> HE'S TRYING TO TELL LUGER TO

COME OUT.

>> WAKE UP. COME ON AND KICK HIS

YOU-KNOW-WHAT. GET HIM NOW. GET

HIM. DO SOMETHING. DO IT. DO IT.

>> STING MOTIVATING LUGER. AND

NOW LUGER HAS A NEW RUSH, NEW

ADRENALINE RUSH AND THE STINGER

CHANTING. DO SOMETHING TO HIM,

BEAT HIM, TAKE THE TITLE.

>> THERE HE COMES, FLAIR, WISELY

GOES OUT OF THE RING AT THIS

TIME, LUGER COMES AFTER HIM.

WHAT'S HE GONNA DO WITH HIM?

HE'S GONNA SEND HIM RIGHT INTO

THAT RAILING. LUGER CAME RIGHT

BACK.

>> LUGER DOES NOT FEEL PAIN NOW.

HE SEEMINGLY DOES NOT FEEL THE

PAIN. STING HAS MOTIVATED LUGER.

FLAIR IS IN BIG TROUBLE.

>> [CROWD CHEERING]

>> LUGER'S GOT FLAIR UP.

MILITARY PRESS. RIC FLAIR IS IN

JEOPARDY, BUT HE POKED HIM IN

THE EYE. FLAIR WORKING FROM THE

TOP AGAIN, BUT LUGER'S GOT HIM.

LUGER'S GOT HIM ON THE TOP. OH,

MY GOSH.

>> HE'S GOT FLAIR [INDISTINCT].

HERE HE COMES. HERE HE COMES,

BROTHER. HE'S GOT HIM IN THE

RING.

>> WE MAY BE MOMENTS AWAY FROM A

NEW HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE

WORLD TITLE. BIG IMPACT MOVES.

>> DID YOU HEAR THAT ONE? HE'S

SAYING "GET UP, GET UP, GET UP."

RIGHT OVER THE TOP ROPE.

>> WHAT A CLOTHESLINE. WHAT

VELOCITY. INCREDIBLE POWER FROM

THAT MAN.

>> OH, HE'S AWESOME.

>> PULLS HIM BACK UP TO THE

APRON AND THEN VERTICAL SUPLEX

HIM INTO THE RING.

>> LUGER SUPLEXES FLAIR BACK IN.

FLAIR MAY BEAT, ONE...

>> THIS IS IT.

>> ...TWO...

>> THIS IS IT, YEAH

>> HOW CLOSE CAN IT GET? HOW

CLOSE CAN IT GET. LUGER HAD HIM.

I THOUGHT HE HAD HIM. HE WAS SO

CLOSE.

>> THAT WAS SO CLOSE I'LL TELL

YOU WHAT, THAT WAS WITHIN A

HAIR'S BREADTH. SLAM.

>> HE SAID HE WAS GONNA USE IT.

AND NOW HE SAYS IT'S TIME. IT IS

TIME FOR THE TORTURE RACK AND

NOBODY GETS OUT OF THE TORTURE

RACK.

>> FLAIR BETTER HEAD FOR THAT

APRON RIGHT NOW IF HE'S GOT THE

OPPORTUNITY.

>> OH, LOOK AT. WOMAN SLAPPED

HIM.

>> HE'S GOT HER. HE'S GOT HER.

HE'S GOT HER UP ON THE APRON.

>> HE'S TIRED OF HEARING HER

[INDISTINCT].

>> WATCH YOUR BACK, LUGER. FLAIR

DRIVES THE KNEE, THE REFEREE'S

DOWN. PATRICK'S HEAD HIT FACE

FIRST INTO THE TURNBUCKLE.

>> COME ON FLAIR, LEAVE THE

RING, BOY. LEAVE THE RING IF

YOU'RE SMART, LEAVE THE RING,

FLAIR. YOU GOT AN ANIMAL IN

THERE. LUGER NOW ON TOP. THERE'S

STING, LOOKING ON. LUGER HAS IT

GOING HIS WAY. FLAIR

[INDISTINCT] NOW.

>> HE CAUGHT HIM WITH A

CLOTHESLINE. THAT'S ALL. ONE,

TWO, THREE, HE'S BENDING. NO REF

[INDISTINCT].

>> THE REFEREE IS STILL DOWN.

>> WHAT A BAD BREAK FOR LUGER.

>> WHAT IS THIS? WHAT'S THIS,

JIM ROSS? HE'S NOW UP ON THE

ROPE.

>> IT'S A LEX SUPERPLEX. LET'S

HEAR THIS IMPACT. HE'S ON TOP

AGAIN. ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR,

FIVE, SIX.

>> SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE.

>> HE'S PINNED HIM THREE TIMES

THERE. THREE COUNTS, THAT'S

NINE, WAIT A MINUTE. THERE'S ARN

ANDERSON AND OLE ANDERSON. THEY

KNOW FLAIR IS IN BIG TROUBLE.

STING, OH, MY GOD, NOW STING IS

DOWN HERE. WHY DID HE COME BACK?

>> THIS IS THE BIGGEST MAN IN

WRESTLING TODAY.

>> FLAIR ON THE RACK. IT'S ALL

OVER. FLAIR IS A BEATEN MAN. RIC

FLAIR IS A BEATEN MAN HERE.

LUGER HAS GOT THE RACK. OLE AND

ARN, NO, THAT LUGER HAS--IS

GONNA WIN THIS ONE.

>> THE REFEREE IS COMING BACK UP

TO HIS FEET. UH-OH, UH-OH. LOOK

AT THIS. LOOK AT THIS.

>> OH, MY GOD.

>> HE'S GOT HIM.

>> LUGER HAS GOT TO PUT HIM

DOWN. LUGER IS GONNA COME OUT

AND HELP STING.

>> THE REFEREE IS USING HIS

COUNT.

>> LUGER IS LIKE A WILD ANIMAL.

HE'S A WILD ANIMAL, LEFTS AND

RIGHTS. AND RIGHTS AND LEFTS.

>> OH, LOOK AT THE COUNT, THE

COUNT, GET BACK IN THE RING, GET

BACK IN THE RING.

>> PAY ATTENTION, LUGER.

>> LUGER [INDISTINCT] TEN. HE'S

COUNTED OUT.

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, THE

WINNER, AND STILL WORLD

HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION, NATURE

BOY, RICK FLAIR.

>> THEY'RE DROPPING HIM IN

THERE. THEY'RE DROPPING HIM BACK

ON THERE. THEY HAD HIM. THEY

DDT-ED HIM. HERE COMES THE

STEINER. HERE COMES THE

STEINERS. THEY'RE IN THE RING

NOW. THE STEINERS ARE IN THE

RING. IT'S A GOOD THING THEY GOT

THERE TO CLIMB OUT AT THAT

PARTICULAR TIME. WHY DID LEX

LUGER DO IT? HE'S DOWN AND HE'S

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RING. LET'S

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. THERE IS

THE TORTURE RACK. HE'S GOT HIM

IN IT. THERE YOU SEE STING AND

OLE ANDERSON RIGHT THERE. THERE

YOU SEE HIM HOLDING HIM HOSTAGE,

ARN ANDERSON, RIGHT AT THIS

PARTICULAR TIME. OLE ANDERSON

PICKS UP THAT CRUTCH, LUGER SEES

IT. HE COMES OUT OF THE RING FOR

THE COMPASSION OF ANOTHER MAN.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, HE HAD THE

WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP AT THAT

TIME, BUT HE CAME DOWN AND OUT

OF THE RING. I KNOW THAT I

WOULDN'T DO IT. THERE YOU SEE

>> [MUSIC]

>> HELLO AGAIN LADIES AND

GENTLEMAN AND WELCOME TO THE

GREENSBORO COLISEUM IN

GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA.

TONIGHT IT'S WRESTLE WAR '90

WILD THING, THREE CHAMPIONSHIPS

TO BE DECIDED HERE TONIGHT. I'M

PRIVILEGE TO BE WORKING WITH THE

FORMER HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF

THE WORLD, TERRY FUNK.

>> WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY,

"HOWDY PARDNERS?" IT'S A

PLEASURE BEING HERE. YOU'RE

TALKING ABOUT WILD THINGS, YOU

KNOW, MAYBE I COULD BE THE

MASCOT, YOU KNOW, THE WILD

THING. I LOOK PRETTY GOOD

TONIGHT. DON'T I JIMBO DIDDLEY?

>> YOU CERTAINLY LOOK SPIFFY MY

GOOD MAN. LADIES AND GENTLEMAN,

WE'VE ALREADY GOT A BIG STORY

BREAKING HERE TONIGHT. TEDDY

LONG IS ALLEGING THAT DAN SPIVEY

IS INJURED AND WILL NOT WRESTLE

IN THAT STREET FIGHT. WE'LL BE

HEARING FROM GORDON SOLIE AND

TEDDY LONG IN JUST A FEW

MOMENTS. BUT RIGHT NOW LET'S

FOCUS ON THE THREE CHAMPIONSHIP

MATCHES. THE UNITED STATES TAG