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ONY: WE COME TO YOU FROM THE
SPRINGS, COLORADO SPRINGS,
COLORADO.
IT'S "WCW MONDAY NITRO."
WELCOME TO THREE HOURS LIVE ON
THE GREATEST SHOW IN
WORLD IONAL WRESTLING,
CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING.
OH, MY, WHAT A PROGRAM WE HAVE
HERE FOR YOU.
AS YOU FOUND OUT ONE WEEK AGO
IN THE PROGRAM, GOLDBERG WILL
GET A CHANCE AT THE U.S. THEMSE.
TONY: TONIGHT GOLDBERG GETS HIS
CHANCE AT THE U.S. HEAVYWEIGHT
CHAMPIONSHIP.
U.S. S FIRED UP FOR HIS
TITLE.
THE MACHO MAN AND HOGAN F
WORLD TITLE.
WE UNDERSTAND RAVEN IS
BACKSTAGE RIGHT NOW.
>> 74-0.
74-0.
WELL, GOLDBERG, I'M NOT GOING
TO BE 75.
I'VE DROWNED IN SEAS OF
INDIFFERENCE.
I'VE FLOUNDERED IN PAIN OF MY
CHILDHOOD.
BUT I WILL NOT STOP FOR YOU.
I AM THE U.S. CHAMPION.
I'VE BEAT DIAMOND DALLAS.
AND I'M GOING TO BEAT YOU,
MEMORY.
.
>> WHO'S NEXT?
WHO'S NEXT?
GOLDBERG, I'M NEXT.
BUT I COME FROM HATE, AND I
COME FROM PAIN.
AND IT'S MIND OVER MATTER.
GOLDBERG, IT'S OVER.
THE STREAK IS OVER.
IS CHRIS JERICHO.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, COMING UP
NEXT, GOLDBERG AND RAVEN FOR
THE U.S. TITLE.
OF TWO TIMES
NIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE!
TONY: IT WILL GO DOWN AS ONE OF
THE MOST ANTICIPATED UNITED
STATES BOUTS, AND YOU CAN GO
DOWN THROUGH THE LIST OF GREAT
CHAMPIONS WHO HAVE HELD THE
BELT.
WHO STOLE IT AN
AND THEN WON IT.
MICHAEL BUFFER: LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, MAKING HIS WAY TO
THE RING AT THIS TIME, HIS
WEIGHT, 237 POUNDS.
ERY.OMES TO US FROM THE
HE IS A LEADER OF THE FLOCK.
HE IS THE MAN WHO IS NOW THE
REIGNING AND DEFENDING WCW
UNITED STATES HEAVYWEIGHT
CHAMPION.
RAVEN!
TONY: FOR THE FIRST TIME, HE
CAN LEGITIMATELY COME OUT
HOLDING THE BELT AND CALL HIM
CHAMPION.
DID YOU SEE ANY MEMBER OF
RAVEN'S FLOCK?
MIKE: DIDN'T SEE ANYONE COME
OUT WITH RAVEN.
MEMBERS OF THER
THE FLOCK AROUND RINGSIDE
EARLIER TONIGHT.
WELL, HE TALKED ABOUT THE
STREAK COMING TO AN END.
74 AND COUNTING FOR THIS MAN,
GOLDBERG CHALLENGING FOR THE
U.S. TITLE.
STANDING RE
EVERYWHERE, SIGNS, T-SHIRTS,
BANNERS.
LOOK AT THAT 74.
THE FANS KNOW IT.
HIS BIGGEST NIGHT AND YOU'RE
WITNESSING IT LIVE AS IT
HAPPENS.
ON "NITRO"!
MICHAEL BUFFER: LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, MAKING HIS WAY TO
THE RING, HIS HOMETOWN UNKNOWN.
UNKNOWN.T,
HIS PROFESSIONAL RECORD WE ALL
KNOW, 74 VICTORIES WITHOUT A
DEFEAT.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
ESENTING THE CHALLENGER, THE
UNDEFEATED GOLDBERG!
LARRY: HERE'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN
WAITING FOR, GUYS, GOLDBERG.
HE MOVED THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
WITH A SINGLE ARM.
PUNCHED OUT PIKE'S PEAK AND
HE LEAPED OVER COLORADO SPRINGS
IN A SINGLE BOUND.
IF RAVEN DOESN'T HAVE
KRYPTONITE, I FLY THE COOP.
TONY: HERE WE GO, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN.
UNITED STATES HEAVYWEIGHT
CHAMPIONSHIP.
RAVEN-GOLDBERG.
AND BILLY SILVERMAN THE MAN
ASSIGNED TO THIS ONE.
AS ALWAYS,ED FOCUS THE
INTENSITY IN THE EYES OF
GOLDBERG.
LOOK WHAT RAVEN'S DOING.
ALMOST TAUNTING, DARING
GET IT. TO
AND GOLDBERG IS THE MAN.
RAVEN GETS THE FIRST BLOW IN.
RAVEN, ALMOST A VERSION OF HIS
SPHERE.
OUT OF THE A PAGE
GOLDBERG PLAYBOOK.
TONY: GREAT DROP KICK.
MIKE: WHEN IS THE LAST TIME WE
HAVE SEEN A DROP KICK FROM
RAVEN?
TONY: RAVEN GIVES CHASE.
LARRY: RAVEN WILL DO ANYTHING
HE HAS TO.
THE POWER OF GOLDBERG!
RIGHT,HE POWER IS
LARRY.
THE ONE UNDENIABLE FACTOR OF
GOLDBERG IS THE POWER.
RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE FLOCK.
LARRY: HE CAN USE IT, TONY.
HE'S GOT THE BALANCE.
HE IS A NATURAL ATHLETE.
HE IS READY.
GOING TO BLOW AN
UNDEFEATED RECORD.
TONY: ALL RIGHT.
I HAVE BEEN TOLD IT IS RAVEN'S
RULES, WHICH MEANS ANYTHING
GOES, WHICH MEANS THAT'S WHY
BILLY SILVERMAN ALLOWS THIS
MATCH TO CONTINUE WAY PAST WHAT
SHOULD HAVE BEEN A COUNTOUT ON
THE OUTSIDE.
WAYSURE THAT'S THE
IT, RAVEN'S
RULES.
IT DOESN'T MATTER TO HIM.
IT'S A MATCH AND A CHANCE FOR
HIM TO STEP INTO THE RECORD
BOOKS.
LARRY: GOLDBERG HAD A GOOD
ANKLE LOCK ON RAVEN.
RAVEN BARELY MADE IT TO THE
ROPES.
MIKE: RAVEN FIGHTING FOR HIS
LIFE TO GET THAT ROPE ESCAPE.
DROP KICK.
LARRY: THERE'S A SURPRISE FOR
YOU.
TONY: THE BRAND NEW MOVE BY
GOLDBERG, A REVERSE KICK THAT
CAUGHT RAVEN IN THE FACE.
LARRY: RAVEN DID NOT EXPECT
THAT.
YOU CAN WATCH ALL THE SCOUTING
VIDEOS YOU WANT.
'VE NEVER SEEN GOLDBERG DO
THAT.
TONY: IT CAUGHT GOLDBERG AND
NOW ACROSS THE BACK HARD.
RAVEN AND RAVEN'S RULES NOW
USING THE CHAIR TO HIS
ADVANTAGE, THROWING THE CHAIR
IN THE RING, AND GOLDBERG SLID
IN THERE AS WELL.
HERE COMES RAVEN GIVING CHASE.
LDBERG HAS BEEN SO
NEVERENAL, BUT WE'VE
OFF TOLDBERG
AN ONSLAUGHT OF A MAN USING A
WEAPON.
DROPS HIM ON THE CHAIR.
HE BIT THE CHAIR.
THAT MASSIVE UPPER BODY.
COVER, ONE, TWO -- GOLDBERG
KICKS OUT.
LARRY: HE'S GOING TO MAKE
MAD MAN HERE.
I WOULDN'T DO THAT.
TONY: USING THE CHAIR.
WE WILL FIND OUT HERE, THE
LEGEND THAT HAS BEEN BILL
GOLDBERG, OVER 74 WINS.
WILL IT STOP AT 74 OR WILL 75
BE THE GOAL?
IF, MIKE T
TENAY, RAVEN TRYING TO DRIVE
GOLDBERG DOWN TO THE MAT.
MIKE: SMART MOVE BY RAVEN
NEUTRALIZING GOLDBERG IN MID
RANGE, TRYING TO MAINTAIN THE
CONTROL HE HAS AT THIS POINT.
ONE OTHER HUGE FACTOR TO KEEP
THEN,D, THE LEVEL OF
THRESHOLD OF PAIN AS FAR AS
RAVEN IS CONCERNED.
HE CLAIMS THE PAIN HAS NO
EFFECT.
IT'S MIND OVER MATTER.
LET'S SEE IF HE CAN FIGHT OFF
THIS COMEBACK ATTEMPT BY
GOLDBERG.
TONY: THE FANS ERUPT AS
GOLDBERG GETS UP.
A VERSION OF THE SLEEPER HOLD.
INTO THE CORNER, RAVEN FOLLOWS
A LARIAT.H
LARRY: GOLDBERG IS NOT BUDGING.
MIKE: THE PAIN IS REGISTERING,
BUT IT HAS NO EFFECT ON
GOLDBERG.
TONY: THE FANS ERUPT!
MEMBER OF THE FLOCK, THAT WAS
SICK BOY.
MIKE: HERE COMES KIDMAN.
THIS IS RAVEN'S RULES.
THIS IS LEGAL.
THERE GOES KIDMAN.
TONY: OUT GOES SICK BOY.
MIKE: THAT'S THE NEWEST MEMBER
FLOCK.N'S
WE SAW HIM LAST NIGHT AT SPRING
STAMPEDE.
HE GOES DOWN!
TONY: IT WON'T STOP HIM.
NOW THE BIG MAN REACHES IN.
GOLDBERG FIRES BACK.
RAVEN IS STILL DOWN.
ICKGE'S
HIM UP.
MIKE: HE HAS TO STAY FOCUSED ON
RAVEN.
LARRY: THAT'S A 10 ON THE
RICHTER.
TONY: THAT MAN IS ALMOST 5
HUNDRED POUNDS.
WHAT A SHOW OF STRENGTH BY
GOLDBERG.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE?
FLOCK.THEY'RE OUT OF
MIKE: RAVEN IS TRYING TO LEAVE.
LARRY: RAVEN IS TRYING TO
LEAVE.
TONY: THE FANS THREW HIM BACK
OVER THE GUARD RAIL.
LARRY: THEY WANT TO SEE THIS.
MIKE: THEY'RE HERE TO SUPPORT
ANY WAY THEY CAN.
TONY: FOR THE SECOND TIME, THE
SPHERE.
MIKE: COULD IT BE TIME?
TONY: EVERYONE IS STANDING.
GOING FOR IT
RIGHT NOW.
BOOM!
JACKHAMMER.
LARRY: WE'VE GOT A NEW
CHAMPION.
GOLDBERG IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
TONY: GIVE THAT MAN THE BELT.
GOLDBERG IS THE UNITED STATES
HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION AND HE WON
IT IN GRAND STYLE.
MIKE: VICTORY NUMBER 75 IN A
ROW.
LARRY: 75-0.
75-0.
HE BLEW OFF EVERY MEMR OF THE
FLOCK.
THE FANS BROUGHT RAVEN BACK IN
THE RING.
GOLDBERG FEARS NO MAN.
HE'S A CHAMPION LIVE ON "MONDAY
NITRO."
AN EVENT.
AND THEY'RE STILL STANDING,
EVERYWHERE HERE AT THE WORLD
ARENA.
AND RAVEN IS STILL OUT.
HE GOT JACKHAMMERED.
LARRY: THE ENTIRE FLOCK IS OUT.
TONY: HERE IT IS AGAIN, LEGEND.
LARRY: TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
BILL GOLDBERG WIPED OUT THE
FLOCK.
HE IS A GIGANTIC GUY.
GOLDBERG PICKS HIM UP, SMASHES
HIM DOWN.
THAT KNOCKED THE RICHTER RIGHT
OFF OF THE SCALE.
OF HISG HIM RIGHT OUT
BOOTS.
CONGRATULATIONS TO A MAN WHO'S
WORKED HARDER THAN ANYBODY I'VE
SEEN.
THE DETERMINATION RIGHT THERE.
HE BECOMES THE UNITED STATES
HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE
WORLD!
TONY: FOR THE MOMENT, AN
ISTORIC MOMENT HERE ON
"NITRO."
GOLDBERG IS THE CHAMP.
AND WE STILL HAVE TO COME,
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE WORLD