RESULTS: Monday Night Raw August 11, 1997

WCW MONDAY NITRO FOOTAGE

Dok Hendriks is in the WWF Event Center. He has a big smile on his face.

Dok: One of the things I LOVE about the WWF... is the fact that we don't take threats seriously... we just face them HEAD ON! And that's exactly what's happenign RIGHT NOW as WCW Monday Nitro went on the air.

Dok: In case you haven't noticed, the Harts.... Corey Major.... and oh, a few others... haven't been around here tonight. And I wonder why. HAHA.

Dok motions with his hand to a technician.

Dok: We have some footage. Let's go to it now! And remember... Ted SAID we could!

There is a burst of static, then the footage begins. A stadium is shown. A large sign in front of it reads: WCW MONDAY NITRO... TONIGHT!

Outside of the stadium, we see the Hart Foundation wearing their WCW World Tag Team belts, and dressed in streetclothes, leather jackets and sunglasses.

Bret: Well we said we would be back and we are. But this time we decided to bring some friends as well. Larry Zabysco, you have a problem with us coming on your show?! Well for the last month WCW wrestlers have been coopting our air waves and using our shows to promote themselves, from your President on down the poison has spewed forth, on our shows so it is time for a little pay back.

Anvil: Well last time we came here SOMEONE decided to edit the tapes so the WCW fans did not see us. Well GUESS WHAT! That won't be happening here tonight. Do you have a camera there? Oh good.

The camera shows the WCW editing and tape delay room, which has no one in it, the tapes are running letting the show go on, but nobody can edit a thing. People are trying to break back into the room but are having no luck.

Anvil: You mess with me once I fix the problem, mess with me twice and you get hurt.

Bret: And before any WCW stooges go and claim that they scared us into the putting a title shot up, we had the paper works going weeks ago in Titan Towers. But we did see a problem and we have fixed it. So team WCW get yourselves ready, if you lose at Summerslam these WCW tag belts are the WWF's forever.

The Hitman and the Anvil then walk into the event through a backdoor that says: "Wrestlers Only"

Larry Zybysko and Tony Schiavone are shown at their table as the fireworks and pyrotechnics go off behind them, signalling the beginning of Monday Nitro.

Tony: WELCOME TO MONDAY NITRO! The hottest two hours of wrestling anywhere, I'm Tony Schiavone along with...

Larry: What the HELL is going on? The Anvil and Hitman are HERE again? Didn't they hear what our boys would DO to them?

Tony: They mentioned at the top of the broadcast how OUR wrestlers and President have had WWF time. So it seems...

Larry: That's all fine and good, but we're not locking people out of rooms, or interfering in matches! They've got WCW titles... so that makes them WCW WRESTLERS. Let's get a group together and go down and kick their behinds! There's nothing illegal about THAT!

Tony: You just stay seated. This is out of your hands now.

There is a blast of static again, and the tape cuts to a later segment.

It's the HART FOUNDATION! There are three empty seats, staggered between them. The Hitman is reclined back in his chair, watching the current match. Jim Neidhart is here, seated, and munching on some candy of some sort.

Larry: I'd like to go down there myself and knock that smug look off the Anvil's face.

Tony: Ted DiBiase is telling us to keep the cameras rolling and to allow anything they do to be documented. Let's get back to the match.... Alex Wright leapfrogs over Marcus...

Larry: Hey Alright! FAAROOQ!

The camera shows the broadcast position, where Faarooq is standing over Larry and Tony. Faarooq pulls up a spare head-set and talks into it.

Faarooq: We GAVE them a warning, but they didn't listen... except it looks like Corey Major tucked his skinny tail and RAN. The one thing that boy has got going for him is BRAINS, because if he DID show up, he was smart enough to know what would happen to him.

Larry: You gonna take care of business, Faarooq?

Faarooq: That's EXACTLY right. Hitman and Anvil are too DUMB to know any better. But seeing as how they missed their lessons in school, I'm going to go in the back, get a crew together, and we're going to give them a lesson in the STREETS!

Tony: Be careful Faarooq... they've got THREE empty seats down there.

Faarooq: They're bluffing, and Faarooq isn't falling for it. There's two of them, and a locker room full of US. They're just too STUPID to know that that adds up to a beating they can't handle.

Faarooq leaps down from the broadcast position and walks to the back.

 

There is another cut to a little later in the broadcast. Dean Malenko is up at the top of the entryway with announcer Mike Tenay.

Malenko: HITMAN!

Bret is shown, calmly watching.

Malenko: You want to compare schools... and who has graduated. Well, like any artist or performer, you're only as good as your last bit of work. And let's take a look. I'M the final student my school has produced. And the Dungeon? Let's take a look... not Jerricho.... not Pillman. No... it's a name you wisely chose to leave off because of the embarassment that mentioning it entails. Corey Major.

Tenay: But you can't deny he's the current I/C champion, Mr. Malenko.

Malenko: I can't deny that, nor the fact that he's not faced any caliber talent. The Ultimate Warrior is ALL he's beaten. That's not a claim to fame... it's a walk in the park. I'd say the Dungeon has gone down hill since you Bret. But the Malenko's... after the 1-2-3 Kid, it's been all UPHILL. And take note now... if you will... that the 1-2-3 Kid is ALSO in the WWF...where the LOSERS play. Summerslam will be the defining moment in not only the WWF's history.... but also in the Dungeon's history. Bret Hart... at Summerslam, the Iceman Cometh.

Faarooq comes out from the back... with Lex Luger, Marc Mero and Public Enemy. Mike Tenay moves out of the way. Faarooq and Malenko talk things over, with Faarooq motioning down to ringside.

Bret and Anvil are shown, calm, with three empty seats spread between the two of them.

The camera shows Faarooq leading down his group... and they do NOT look happy! They march to ringside. The fans rush in all around. Bret and Anvil stand up... you can hardly see them amongst all the people who are trying to get close to the action!

Larry: FINALLY! Something's going to be DONE about this!

Tony: Security is moving in... this could get ugly.

Faarooq and his crew get right up into Bret and Anvil's faces.... fans are all around... then they part! THREE PEOPLE STEP UP TO THE RAILING....

COREY MAJOR....

AHMED JOHNSON...

AND THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR!!

They dive at each other.... IT'S A BRAWL!!! Security comes rushing in trying to seperate them!

Larry: A SNEAK ATTACK! How low can you GET!?

Security comes out in droves, and manages to keep everyone apart, just by sheer numbers.

Larry: Let them GO! Let's watch these WWF scumbags get what they deserve!

Tony: Security is on the scene, keeping everyone at bay. Wrestling fans, Summerslam will be an event. We'll show you exclusive footage on Nitro on the 25th, no need to order it yourself.

Larry: It's a waste of money. Why buy something you KNOW the outcome of!?

Finally, the WCW wrestlers are forced to move back. The WWF wrestlers all take their seats. Ahmed.... then Bret.... then Corey.... then the Anvil.... then the Warrior. Corey and the Anvil pick up their candy and start munching away at it. Bret leans back, comfortably. The Warrior seems ready to SNAP, as does Ahmed who picks up his 2 x 4 and sits ready.

Larry: Can't we get RID of them?

Tony: I don't believe so. They must have tickets. Security would have checked it.

Larry: Security could have thrown them out anyway, but that would just give them something to complain and cry about. I knew the WWF had a women's division, I just didn't know these guys were IN IT.

There is another cut... in fact, a series of them.... showing the WWF wrestlers making chants and booing the WCW wrestlers.

A cut shows Lex Luger giving an interview at the top of the runway, and the Warrior standing up, facing him, giving him the sign for the Press Slam!

More cuts show the WWF wrestlers throughout the night, sitting together in full force.

'Speed King' by Deep Purple starts to play... and the Steeltown Rocker comes bursting through the entryway and rushes to the ring in near record time. He runs around the ring, motioning for the mic. One is tossed up to him. The Rocker gives a 'thumbs-up' to Corey and the others at ringside.

Rocker: HAHA! Faarooq... I've got three words for you.... ONE.... TWO... THREE!!!

Rocker: I never wanted to come to WCW. The Publican Mike Rotundo sent me and Jimmy Steele here. But I didn't complain about it... until NOW! In two weeks... at Summerslam, the WWF is going to show WHY they are the BETTER organization.... and the fed that I'D put MONEY on to WIN that match!

The fans boo! The Warrior stands up out of his seat with a GROWL!

Rocker: WWF!....WWF!....WWF!!!.... WWF!!!....WWF!!!

Ahmed stands, pumping his 2 x 4 in the air, chanting.... The Anvil stands.... Corey stands... the Hitman stands.... ALL chanting WWF! WWF! WWF!

The fans boo, throwing trash down into the ring. Then... an ERUPTION from the fans! IT'S FAAROOQ.... LUGER.... MERO... THE PUBLIC ENEMY....CHARGING THE RING!!

The WWF wrestlers hop the barricade and dive into the ring with the Rocker. Security comes charging out and hold the WCW wrestlers back!

Larry: LET THEM GO!!

Tony: Wrestling fans... we're running out of time.

Larry: That little punk the Rocker is DEAD MEAT! Ted Turner signs his paychecks, and he's biting the hand that feeds him. Well, we bite back HARDER!

Tony: Next week...Nitro will come at you from Philadelphia's Spectrum... across the lot from the Monday Night RAW taping in the Corestates Center!

Larry: Oh, they had better call in the NATIONAL GUARD for that night! I'm serious!

Tony: For Larry Zybsko, I'm Tony Schiavone... good night everybody!

Dok Hendriks is shown in the Event Center again.

Dok: Haha! Even if Ted DiBiase OWNED the National Guard, it will NOT stop the WWF Team fromripping the WCW a new....ah... ahem.

Dok: Welllll....there you have it! I'm sure NEXT week will be even CRAZIER! We all heard Tony Schiavone! Nitro... and Raw... in the SAME city! WHEW!