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>> VERY MOVING SPEECH, MR.
FLAIR.
BUT I HAVE ONE QUESTION.
WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT
YOUR DAY, DID YOU MEAN THE
ROARING 1920'S OR THE JURASSIC
PERIOD?
RIC: ARE YOU TALKING TO ME?
>> YEAH.
YEAH, I'M TALKING TO YOU.
BECAUSE IT'S GUYS LIKE YOU LIKE
THE LEGEND RIC FLAIR, WHO QUITE
FRANKLY, YOU HAVEN'T LOOKED
THAT LEGENDARY AS OF LATE, RIC.
IT'S GUYS LIKE YOU THAT HAVE
TAKEN THE SPOTLIGHT AWAY FROM
STEVEN RICHARDS.
AND YOU YEAH, I HAVE A PROBLEM
WITH THAT BECAUSE YOUR TIME HAS
PASSED.
YOUR RUN, YOUR LAST BIG RUN IS
OVER.
RIC: STEVEN RICHARDS, SAY NO
MORE.
I'D LIKE YOU TONIGHT.
AND IF MY RUN IS TO END, LET'S
END IT RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T THINK YOU'RE MAN ENOUGH
TO END ANYTHING THAT'S GOT MY
NAME ON IT.
>> OH, REALLY?
YOU THINK SO?
RIC: YEAH.
>> FINE.
FINE.
JIM: OH, WHAT A CHEAP SHOT.
>> WHOOO!
JIM: CERTAINLY A HISTORY-MAKING
NIGHT AT "SMACKDOWN."
"HOLLYWOOD" HULK HOGAN AND
EDGE, THE NEW TAG TEAM
CHAMPIONS.
AND CERTAINLY, KING, THIS MAN
HAS SOMETHING TO PROVE TO A
BIG-MOUTHED YOUNG KID.
JERRY: YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE
ICON HULKOGAN.
SPEAKING OF ICONS, HERE'S
ANOTHER ONE.
NG ANNOUNCER: THE FOOWING
CONTEST IS SCHEDULED FOR ONE
FALL.
INTRODUCING FIRST WEIGHING IN
AT 234 POUNDS, RIC FLAIR!
JIM: RIC FLAIR SET TO GO
ONE-ON-ONE.
STILL TO COME TONIGHT THAT HUGE
10-MAN TAG MAIN EVENT WE JT
HEARD ABOU
BY THE WAY, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, LIKE TO REMIND ALL
THE FANS THAT TOMORROW NIGHT
WE'RE GOING TO BE IN ATLANTIC
CITY AT BOARDWALK HALL.
THE ROCK WILL BE A PART OF A
MAGNIFICENT EVENT LIVE TOMORROW
NIGHT IN ATLANTIC CITY.
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT.
HOPE TO SEE ALL THE GREAT FANS
THERE.
RING ANNOUNCER: AND MAKING HIS
WAY TO THE RING FROM
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA,
WEIGHING IN AT 235 POUNDS,
STEVEN RICHARDS.
JERRY: I THINK THAT'S WACKO
STEVEN RICHARDS.
THIS GUY AIN'T ALL THERE TODAY.
IS STEVEN RICHARDS. A PET KOON
WHAT ABOUT THAT VERY
DISRESPECTFUL --
JERRY: YEAH, THAT CHEAP SHOT HE
TOOK ON FLAIR EARLIER?
JIM: THE CHEAP SHOT.
THE LACK OF RESPECT OVERALL WAS
HIDEOUS.
RICHARDS, A VERY BRASH, YOUNG
COMPETITOR.
AND SHOWING NO RESPECT.
YOU CAN SEE THAT ELECTRICITY
SHOOT FROM YOUR TOES TO YOUR
EARS.
JERRY: GOT TO GIVE THAT WACKO
RICHARDS CREDIT FOR ONE THING,
HE'S PROBABLY IN THE BEST SHAPE
OF HIS ENTIRE LIFE.
JIM: HE HAS GOT HIMSELF IN
GREAT SHAPE.
THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
BUT LOOK AT RIC FLAIR.
A GUY TT'S NORTH OF 5-0.
FLAIR'S IN GREAT SHAPE.
JERRY: BUT I'LL TELL YOU ONE
THING, IT LOOKS LIKE WACKO
RICHARDS WANTS TO SLOW FLAIR
DOWN TO A CRAWL TONIGHT.
JIM: FLAIR ABSOLUTELY PUNISHING
STEVEN RICHARDHERE IN THIS
MATCHUP.
SO BOOKER T, GOLDUST, BUBBA
DUDLEY AND SPIKE DUDLEY AND
WHOMEVER THEY CAN RECRUIT AS
THEIR FIFTH PARTNER TO TAKE ON
THE NWO, CHRIS BENOIT AND EDDIE
GUERRERO TONIGHT.
AND THAT MARKS THE RETURN TO
THE RING OF KEVIN NASH.
AND THAT IS HUG IN A LIVE
OADCAST AS FLAIR IS STOING
AWAY AND PERHAPS TEACHING
RICHARDS A WELL-DESERVED
LESSON.
JERRY: WHO DO YOU THINK IS
GOING TO BE A PARTNER WITH
FAIRLY DUST AND BUBBA AND SPIKE
AND BOOKER?
I GUESS THE NWO --
JIM: THE NWO WILL BE JUST A■■
HAPPY TO HAVE A FIVE-ON-FOUR
ADVANTAGE AS KEVIN NASH POINTED
OUT.
AND WHY NOT, I SUPPOSE?
JERRY: THERE YOU GO.
JIM: FLAIR TOSSING RICHARDS
OUTSIDE.
THE SF-PROFESSED DIIEST
PLAYER ITHE GAME.
A 16-TIME WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT
CHAMPION.
JERRY: OH, MAN.
JIM: ANOTHER HARD RIGHT HAND.
HE'S MAKING UP FOR IT NOW.
KING, I'M BEING TOLD THAT THE
NWO CHALLENGE HAS DEFINITELY
BEEN ACCEPT.
WE THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD.
WE THOUGHT IT WAS BASICALLY
ACADEMIC.
WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHO THE
10TH MAN WILL BE.
JERRY: IT STILL COULD BE
FIVE-ON-FOUR, HUH?
JIM: IT COULD BE.
BACK BODY DROP BY STEVEN
RICHARDS.
WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STEVEN
RICHARDS TO MEET A MAN THEY
SHOULD NAME A WING IN A
WRESTLING HALL OF FAME FOR, RIC
FLAIR.
MADE A LITTLE U-TURN THERE.
JERRY: THERE'S THAT STRUT.
JIM: A CONSUMMATE RING
PSYCHOLOGIST.
A GREAT RING GENERAL.
MAKES VERY FEW MISTAKES.
DROPPING THE ELBOW ON A PRONE
STEVEN RICHARDS.
JERRY: DON'T FORGET, HE'S THE
DIRTIEST PLAYER IN THE GAME,
J.R.
JIM: JEFF HARDY, ANOTHER
COURAGEOUS YOUNG MAN,
CHALLENGED WILLIAM REGAL
TONIGHT FOR THE EUROPEAN TITLE.
THAT MATCH HAS BEEN SIGNED.
FLAIR LOWERED HIS HEAD A LITTLE
BIT.
GOING TO TRY TO LOAD FLAIR UP.
FLAIR BLOCKING IT.
JERRY: FEEL SORRY FOR JEFF
HARDY.
HE TOOK A BEATING OF HIS LIFE
LAST WEEK, AND HE'S GOING TO
GET ANOTHER ONE TONIGHT.
FROM REGAL.
JIM: FLAIR, A SUPLEX.
AND NOW THE NATURE BOY WITH
THAT FIGURE-FOUR LEGLOCK.
JERRY: HE'S GOT HIM.
IT'S OVER.
JIM: AND RICHARDS TAPS OUT.
RING ANNOUNCER: HERE IS YOUR
WINNER BY SUBMISSION, RIC
FLAIR!
JIM: THE "NATURE BOY" RIC FLAIR
CAME BACK TO PHILADELPHIA WITH
A VERY DECISIVE VICTORY AGAINST
A GAME AND MOUTHY STEVEN
RICHARDS, KING.
JERRY: AND THE DIRTIEST PLAYER