Post by slappy on Dec 5, 2009 18:50:25 GMT -5
Jim Ross, "Ladies and Gentlemen welcome to WCW Nitro. Let's go straight to the ring where Barry Windham is standing by."
Barry Windham is shown wearing a suit, standing in the ring, smiling at the big ovation he is getting.
Windham, "All good things must come to an end. It is with a heavy heart I announce I am leaving WCW."
Crowd boos
"After a long time thinking, it is in everybody's best interest that I make my exit as this time. Eric Bischoff doesn't want the Horsemen around and I can take a hint, so before something bad happens, I'm going to leave with my head held high. Before I leave, I do have an announcement to make and that is who is going to replace me in the Horsemen. First, I'd like to bring the other three members of the Horsemen out here so they can witness my decision first hand. Please come out fellas."
Arn Anderson, Ric Flair and Tully Blanchard, all wearing suits, come out on the stage and the arena erupts in cheering and applause. They walk to the ring and join the departing Barry Windham. They all give him a hug and a hand shake and they stand by to see who Barry Windham has found to replace himself.
"I would like to welcome out here, my replacement, Dean Malenko."
The crowd half cheers and stunned at the decision. Malenko also wearing a suit walks out and does the Horsemen hand gesture. He joins the four men in the ring.
"Welcome to the Four Horsemen Dean, you're a great talent and you'll fit right in here."
Windham shakes Malenko's hand. As does Flair and Blanchard. Arn gives Malenko a dirty look and exits the ring to some boos and walks to the back.
Ross, "I don't know what's up with him, but we'll be right back."
Commercial break
Heenan, "We are back and the first match of the night is one of the two semi-final matches for the United States Championship. Already in the ring are Lex Luger and Rick Martel. Let's go to the ring for some action."
Luger and Martel tie up, both try pushing the other to the turnbuckle, but Luger is the one that ends up succeeding. The ref starts the five count and Luger gives a clean break. After a few back and forth shots, Luger bounces off the ropes and delivers a forearm smash to Martel’s head. With that metal plate in his arm connecting, it stuns Martel. Luger rolls Martel up but only gets a 2. Martel drop kicks Luger who falls to the ground. Martel begins stomping on Luger, who then rolls out of the way. Luger with some punches to the abdomen of Martel, he again bounces off the ropes and hits the forearm smash. Luger picks up Martel in the Torture Rack who promptly submits.
The winner and moving on to the finals of the United States Championship tournament, Lex Luger.
Commercial break
Ross, "The next match is a tag team special attraction match with the Brain Busters taking on the Freebirds."
Terry Gordy and Arn Anderson started off trading blows. Anderson quickly tries to end the match by going for a brain buster, but it’s not successful, Gordy gets out of it. Gordy nails Anderson a few times with his fists and sends him to the ropes. Gordy grabs the running Anderson and slams him to the ground. Gordy tags in Roberts who begins working on Anderson’s arm. He twists and twists it, hoping to damage it enough so Anderson cannot pull of the spine buster or the brain buster. Roberts tags Gordy back in, who kicks Anderson’s arm and begins twisting it himself. Anderson falls to the ground bring Gordy slamming down. Anderson slowly crawls to his corner to make the tag and he does. Blanchard gets in and strikes Gordy a few times. A kick to Gordy’s midsection and Blanchard scoop slams Gordy. Blanchard runs to Gordy’s corner and attacks Roberts, who then tries to get in the ring, but the ref stops him. While the ref has his back turned, Arn goes to the top, Blanchard puts Gordy between his legs for a piledriver. Anderson jumps off the top, helping Blanchard drive Gordy to the ground. Anderson gets out, the ref turns around and Blanchard tags Arn in. Arn picks up Gordy and swings him into the ropes. On his way back, Arn grabs him and twists him around for a spinebuster. Blanchard on the outside runs over to Roberts and starts brawling with him. Arn covers Gordy and gets the 3.
The winner of the match, the BrainBusters
Heenan, "Now it is time for the second semi-final match, pitting Dean Malenko against Paul Orndorff."
The whole match lasted about 15 seconds as Arn Anderson came out and distracted Dean Malenko, Orndorff rolled Malenko up and got the 3. After the match Malenko was shouting at Anderson who just walked away.
Moving on to face Lex Luger in the finals of the United States Championship match, Paul Orndorff.
Commercial break
Gary Michael Cappetta, "In the corner to my right, weighing 243 pounds, from Charlotte, North Carolina, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair. And in the corner to my left, weighing in at 270 pounds, from Warner Robins, Georgia, "The All American" Ron Simmons.
The match started with Ron Simmons hitting a shoulder block on Flair, who stumbled back and then received hard fists from Simmons. Flair is beaten into the corner. Simmons rises above Flair delivering 10 blows to Flair’s head. Flair wobbles and Simmons brings Flair down with a bulldog. Simmons stomps on the chest of Flair. He brings Flair back up and Flair begs for a time out. Simmons just smiles and Flair points out to the crowd and yells that something is out there that the ref must check out. Simmons turns his head to look just as the ref does and Flair rakes his eyes. Now some punches from Flair and a hip toss. Flair off the ropes and hits a knee on Simmons’ head. He does it again one more time. Flair picks Simmons up and then drops him with a DDT. And another knee to the head. Flair attempts to go to the top rope, but Simmons jumps up and tosses him off. Simmons picks Flair up and hits him with some chops. He then hits a clothesline. He picks Flair up and suplexs him. Simmons picks Flair up and puts him in place for the Dominator. Tully Blanchard runs out and distracts the ref. Simmons lifts up Flair, who gets out of the Dominator and low blows Simmons. In the middle of the ring, Simmons is down and Flair applies the figure four leg lock. Blanchard leaves and the ref is now asking Simmons if he wants to give up. He shakes his head no and reaches for the ropes. He gets close, but Flair pulls back and they are again in the center of the ring. Simmons has no choice but to give up.
The winner and new World Heavyweight Champion, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair.
Terry Funk walks out clapping and he gets in the ring.
Funk, “Ric, I just wanted to be the first to congratulate you on your victory here tonight. And I also wanted to be the first one to challenge you for your newly won title.”
Ric starts laughing and then Terry starts laughing
Flair, “You fight me for my belt? That’s the funniest thing I’ve heard all night.”
Funk, “Yeah, it is pretty ridiculous. I mean how could I ever beat you? You’re the man, you’re Ric Flair. I guess it would have to take some pretty underhanded tactics to beat you, but I’m not beneath using those tactics to get what I want.”
Flair just looks at Funk, who swings the microphone around and nails Flair in the head with it. Funk assaults Flair with rights and lefts. He takes off his belt and whips Flair with it. Security runs out and separates the two men as the show goes off the air.
Barry Windham is shown wearing a suit, standing in the ring, smiling at the big ovation he is getting.
Windham, "All good things must come to an end. It is with a heavy heart I announce I am leaving WCW."
Crowd boos
"After a long time thinking, it is in everybody's best interest that I make my exit as this time. Eric Bischoff doesn't want the Horsemen around and I can take a hint, so before something bad happens, I'm going to leave with my head held high. Before I leave, I do have an announcement to make and that is who is going to replace me in the Horsemen. First, I'd like to bring the other three members of the Horsemen out here so they can witness my decision first hand. Please come out fellas."
Arn Anderson, Ric Flair and Tully Blanchard, all wearing suits, come out on the stage and the arena erupts in cheering and applause. They walk to the ring and join the departing Barry Windham. They all give him a hug and a hand shake and they stand by to see who Barry Windham has found to replace himself.
"I would like to welcome out here, my replacement, Dean Malenko."
The crowd half cheers and stunned at the decision. Malenko also wearing a suit walks out and does the Horsemen hand gesture. He joins the four men in the ring.
"Welcome to the Four Horsemen Dean, you're a great talent and you'll fit right in here."
Windham shakes Malenko's hand. As does Flair and Blanchard. Arn gives Malenko a dirty look and exits the ring to some boos and walks to the back.
Ross, "I don't know what's up with him, but we'll be right back."
Commercial break
Heenan, "We are back and the first match of the night is one of the two semi-final matches for the United States Championship. Already in the ring are Lex Luger and Rick Martel. Let's go to the ring for some action."
Luger and Martel tie up, both try pushing the other to the turnbuckle, but Luger is the one that ends up succeeding. The ref starts the five count and Luger gives a clean break. After a few back and forth shots, Luger bounces off the ropes and delivers a forearm smash to Martel’s head. With that metal plate in his arm connecting, it stuns Martel. Luger rolls Martel up but only gets a 2. Martel drop kicks Luger who falls to the ground. Martel begins stomping on Luger, who then rolls out of the way. Luger with some punches to the abdomen of Martel, he again bounces off the ropes and hits the forearm smash. Luger picks up Martel in the Torture Rack who promptly submits.
The winner and moving on to the finals of the United States Championship tournament, Lex Luger.
Commercial break
Ross, "The next match is a tag team special attraction match with the Brain Busters taking on the Freebirds."
Terry Gordy and Arn Anderson started off trading blows. Anderson quickly tries to end the match by going for a brain buster, but it’s not successful, Gordy gets out of it. Gordy nails Anderson a few times with his fists and sends him to the ropes. Gordy grabs the running Anderson and slams him to the ground. Gordy tags in Roberts who begins working on Anderson’s arm. He twists and twists it, hoping to damage it enough so Anderson cannot pull of the spine buster or the brain buster. Roberts tags Gordy back in, who kicks Anderson’s arm and begins twisting it himself. Anderson falls to the ground bring Gordy slamming down. Anderson slowly crawls to his corner to make the tag and he does. Blanchard gets in and strikes Gordy a few times. A kick to Gordy’s midsection and Blanchard scoop slams Gordy. Blanchard runs to Gordy’s corner and attacks Roberts, who then tries to get in the ring, but the ref stops him. While the ref has his back turned, Arn goes to the top, Blanchard puts Gordy between his legs for a piledriver. Anderson jumps off the top, helping Blanchard drive Gordy to the ground. Anderson gets out, the ref turns around and Blanchard tags Arn in. Arn picks up Gordy and swings him into the ropes. On his way back, Arn grabs him and twists him around for a spinebuster. Blanchard on the outside runs over to Roberts and starts brawling with him. Arn covers Gordy and gets the 3.
The winner of the match, the BrainBusters
Heenan, "Now it is time for the second semi-final match, pitting Dean Malenko against Paul Orndorff."
The whole match lasted about 15 seconds as Arn Anderson came out and distracted Dean Malenko, Orndorff rolled Malenko up and got the 3. After the match Malenko was shouting at Anderson who just walked away.
Moving on to face Lex Luger in the finals of the United States Championship match, Paul Orndorff.
Commercial break
Gary Michael Cappetta, "In the corner to my right, weighing 243 pounds, from Charlotte, North Carolina, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair. And in the corner to my left, weighing in at 270 pounds, from Warner Robins, Georgia, "The All American" Ron Simmons.
The match started with Ron Simmons hitting a shoulder block on Flair, who stumbled back and then received hard fists from Simmons. Flair is beaten into the corner. Simmons rises above Flair delivering 10 blows to Flair’s head. Flair wobbles and Simmons brings Flair down with a bulldog. Simmons stomps on the chest of Flair. He brings Flair back up and Flair begs for a time out. Simmons just smiles and Flair points out to the crowd and yells that something is out there that the ref must check out. Simmons turns his head to look just as the ref does and Flair rakes his eyes. Now some punches from Flair and a hip toss. Flair off the ropes and hits a knee on Simmons’ head. He does it again one more time. Flair picks Simmons up and then drops him with a DDT. And another knee to the head. Flair attempts to go to the top rope, but Simmons jumps up and tosses him off. Simmons picks Flair up and hits him with some chops. He then hits a clothesline. He picks Flair up and suplexs him. Simmons picks Flair up and puts him in place for the Dominator. Tully Blanchard runs out and distracts the ref. Simmons lifts up Flair, who gets out of the Dominator and low blows Simmons. In the middle of the ring, Simmons is down and Flair applies the figure four leg lock. Blanchard leaves and the ref is now asking Simmons if he wants to give up. He shakes his head no and reaches for the ropes. He gets close, but Flair pulls back and they are again in the center of the ring. Simmons has no choice but to give up.
The winner and new World Heavyweight Champion, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair.
Terry Funk walks out clapping and he gets in the ring.
Funk, “Ric, I just wanted to be the first to congratulate you on your victory here tonight. And I also wanted to be the first one to challenge you for your newly won title.”
Ric starts laughing and then Terry starts laughing
Flair, “You fight me for my belt? That’s the funniest thing I’ve heard all night.”
Funk, “Yeah, it is pretty ridiculous. I mean how could I ever beat you? You’re the man, you’re Ric Flair. I guess it would have to take some pretty underhanded tactics to beat you, but I’m not beneath using those tactics to get what I want.”
Flair just looks at Funk, who swings the microphone around and nails Flair in the head with it. Funk assaults Flair with rights and lefts. He takes off his belt and whips Flair with it. Security runs out and separates the two men as the show goes off the air.
