SATURDAY NIGHT SUPERSTARS 2/18/89 HORSEMEN UNITE

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SATURDAY NIGHT SUPERSTARS!!!!!
2/18/89
LIVE FROM CENTER STAGE, ATLANTA ON THE SUPERSTATION

Jim Ross and Bob Caudle welcome everyone to Center Stage here in Atlanta, GA for SATURDAY NIGHT SUPERSTARS!!!!! This passed Tuesday Night at Valentines Day Massacre here on TBS, “Nature Boy” Ric Flair joined the Horsemen, turned on his long time friend and rival Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat and took the World Title from him. Tonight we will see footage of the closing moments of that match and talk to the new Champion Mr. Flair along with his new manager JJ Dillon and the rest of the now FOUR Horsemen. Sting battles former World Champion Terrance Taylor in tonight’s Main Event!!!! We are on the road to CLASH OF THE CHAMPIONS! Live on Pay Per View on March 25th !!!! Jim says the show is slam packed and sends us to the ring for our first match as the World Tag Team Champions are going to be in action!!!!

WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS ARN ANDERSON & TULLY BLANCHARD W/JAMES J DILLON DEFEAT JOEY MAGGS & JOHNNY GUNN @4:15 AFTER HITTING MAGGS WITH A DOUBLE GORDBUSTER!!!

During the match Ross and Caudle talk about how Arn and Tully went out of their way to try and cripple Pillman and Owen at Valentines Day Massacre and it looks like those two won’t be back in action for a long time, if ever after what the Horsemen did to them. After the match The Horsemen continue to punish their opponents, they are setting Maggs up for a Spike Piledriver when STING rushes into the ring!!!! Sting fights off both Arn and Tully!!! JJ gets a chop for his trouble!!!! The Horsemen retreat while Sting stalks the ring!!!!!

COMMERCIAL BREAK

Sting is at ringside with Jim Ross and Bob Caudle!!! Jim Ross ask Sting about running into the ring to save Joey Maggs!!

Sting: I’ll tell ya why I did it Rossi!!!! I am SICK AND TIRED AND TIRED AND SICK of the Horsemen thinking they can do ANYTHING they want!!! And I’m not gonna TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!! I don’t care if I have to get a partner to take on Arn and Tully, I don’t care if it’s challenging Barry Windham for the US Title, or going after the Nature Boy himself and the World Title!!! I got a lot of friends in the back and we are all SICK of the HORSEMEN!!!!! You guys came together and told everyone you were unstoppable, well I’m here to tell you boys, I’M GONNA STOP YOU AND I DON’T CARE WHAT I GOTTA DO TO MAKE IT HAPPEN!!

Ross then brings up that Sting will face former World Heavyweight Champion Terry Taylor in today’s Main Event and Taylor will without a doubt have Mr. Jones in his corner and how he will have to watch his back.

Sting: Rossi I always have to have eyes in the back of my head!!!!!, Terry Taylor, you walk around with your nose in the air like you are better than everyone else, well tonight THE STINGER IS GONNA KNOCK IT OFF OOWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!,

HACKSAW JIM DUGGAN DEFEATS RIP ROGERS WITH A RUNNING POWERSLAM @3:55

Duggan powers through Rogers, during the match Ross and Caudle talk about how Duggan is on the heals of new National Heavyweight Champion “Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff. They say Orndorff keeps coming up with excuses for not facing Duggan but he is quickly running out of them!!!

COMMERCIAL BREAK

Jim and Bob send us to footage of a recent match from the Valentine’s Day Massacre special here on TBS between United States Heavyweight Champion “The Widowmaker” Barry Windham and “Wildfire” Tommy Rich!!!!

Video Tape Replay: Ashville, NC Valentine’s Day Massacre Special on TBS. Match joined in progress
Windham and Rich are both busted wide open as they are throwing punches at each other!!! Neither man is willing to back down, they are going at it tooth a nail!!!! JJ is losing his mind on the floor screaming for Windham to finish Rich off but Rich refuses to go down!!! Windham catches Rich with a knee to the gut and whips him into the ropes!!!! Rich ducks a clothesline!!!

THESZ PRESS!!!!!

THESZ PRESS!!!!!!

THESZ PRESS!!!!

THESZ PRESS!!!!

RICH HANGS ON FOR THE COVER!!!!
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WINDHAM KICKS OUT!!!!!!!

WINDHAM SWINGS WILDLY WITH A PUNCH BUT RICH DUCKS IT!! WIDHAM SPINS AROUND, RICH GRABS A WAISTLOCK!!! POPS THE HIPS!!!! GERMAN SUPLEX WITH BRIDGE!!!
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WINDHAM KICKS OUT!!!!

RICH PULLS WINDHAM UP AND THROWS HIM IN THE CORNER!!! HE FOLLOWS HIM IN WITH A CLOTHESLINE!!!! RICH RAINS TEN PUNCHES DOWN ON WINDHAM’S BLOODY NOGGIN!!!!! RICH SLAMS WINDHAM OUT OF THE CORNER AND POINTS TO THE HEAVENS!!! RICH CLIMBS THE TURNBUCKLE!!! WINDHAM STANDS UP AND RICH SOARS OFF WITH A CROSSBODY BLOCK!!! RICH CONNECTS!!! WINDHAM ROLLS THROUGH!!!! WINDHAM’S GOT THE COVER!!!
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WINNER AND STILL US CHAMPION BARRY WINDHAM

END VIDEO TAPE REPLAY

Back in Center Stage “Wildfire” Tommy Rich has joined Jim Ross and Bob Caulde, Ross says Rich was an eyelash away from becoming the US Champion!!!!

Tommy Rich: You damn right I was Jim Ross!!! Barry Windham!!!! I’m all FIRED UP and ready to take that US Title from ya boy!!!!! You and the Horsemen are living on borrowed time and I heard my buddy the Stinger out here earlier and Stinger!!! Anytime, any place you want a partner to take on the Horsemen, well old Wildfire’s GOT YOUR BACK!!!!!!! Horsemen, I’M COMING FOR YOU!!!!!!!!

COMMERCIAL BREAK

Jim Ross is standing by at ringside and has been joined by THE STEINER BROTHERS!!!!! Jim asks about the Steiner’s problems as of late with Gary Hart and the Slaughterhouse, the duo of “Mad Dog” Buzz Sawyer and the “Taskamaster” Kevin Sullivan!!! Ross says the two teams have meet several times for the National Tag Team Titles that the Slaughterhouse holds but the matches have all ended in count out of DQ.

Scott Steiner: Your right Jim Ross and we are sick of it, so we are here to make the challenge, SLAUGHTERHOUSE!!! We want you two in a STREET FIGHT!!!!! NO RULES!!! NO DQ!!! NO COUNT OUT!!!!! BRING WHATEVER YOU WANT!!!!! Let’s settle this once and for all!!!!!!

Rick Steiner: You guys want a fight? Well we will give ya a fight!!!!! We ain’t scared of baseball bats, garbage cans, dog collars!!!! WOOF!! WOOF!!!! WOOF!!!! WOOF!!!!

Scott Steiner: Slaughterhouse!!! We’ll see ya in the ring, IF YA GOT THE GUTS!!!!!!!!!

THE ROCK N ROLL EXPRESS DEFEAT JOHNNY SMITH & TOP GUN WHEN RICKY PINS TOP GUN AFTER A DOUBLE DROPKICK @5:33

COMMERCIAL BREAK

Bob Caudle is joined at ringside by Gary Hart!!! Caudle asks Gary about the challenge the Steiners have made to the Slaughterhouse!!!!

Gary Hart: The Steiner Brothers are going to learn something a lot of punks have learned over the years, be careful what you wish for because you just might get it!!! You boys want a Street Fight? OK, but it’ll be a SINGAPORE STREET FIGHT!!!!! March 25th boys, you two are going to learn what pain is, what REAL PAIN is because Sullivan and Sawyer are going to tear you apart!!!!!!! Now if you will excuse me Bob Caudle, another victim awaits in the ring for my man Tonga.


KING TONGA WITH GARY HART DEFEATS ITALIAN STALLION WITH THE TONGAN DEATH GRIP @2:01

Jim Ross then brings out the man who will face Sting later tonight, Terrance Taylor along with Mr. Jones!!!!! Taylor comes out in a suit with sunglasses on, hair in a pony tail while Jones is in a black suit with sunglasses and leather gloves on. Taylor looks like the entire building smells bad. Ross starts to talk to him but Taylor looks like he could barely be bothered.

Terrance Taylor:Mr. Ross, I am tired of having to come out here each and every week and listen to all these rednecks run their mouths, and tonight I have to face some young punk with makeup all over his face like some ten cent whore. I can’t believe I even have to have this match. Mr. Jones is even better than this Sting. But if I have to embarrass this young man today to prove a point than I will do it, just don’t any of you forget what happens tonight is all your people’s fault!!!!!

COMMERCIAL BREAK

NATIONAL HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION MR. WONDERFUL PAUL ORNDORFF & “COWBOY” BOB ORTON JR. W/HARLEY RACE DEFEAT THE YOUNGBLOODS IN A BACK AND FORTH BATTLE AFTER ORNDORFF PINS MARK YOUNGBLOOD AFTER A PILEDRIVER!!!

Harley Race then leads his men, Orndorff and Orton, to ringside to speak with Bob Caudle. Caudle brings Hacksaw Jim Duggan chasing Mr. Wonderful and the National Title.

Harley Race: You think a man like Hacksaw Duggan worries Mr. Wonderful Bob Caudle??? Hacksaw may be the dumbest man to ever step in the ring, he is an absolute DISGRACE to this sport!!!! He is not a man like Mr. Wonderful!!!

Paul Orndorff: DUGGAN!!! You want this title?? You want the National Title? Well I’ll tell you what BOY, you want a match with me, then next week, you gotta beat THIS MAN!!! “COWBOY” BOB ORTON!!!! You hear me Duggan??? This offer is only made once boy, SHOW US WHAT YOU GOT!!!!!!

COMMERCIAL BREAK

BRAD ARMSTRONG DEFEATS CHRIS CHAMPION WITH A SIDE RUSSIAN LEGSWEEP @6:12

During the match Hacksaw Jim Duggan makes his way through the crowd getting everyone to chant U-S-A! U-S-A!!! After the match Duggan comes into the ring and shakes Brad Armstrong’s hand before talking to Jim Ross at ringside!!! Ross brings up the challenge that was just made by Paul Orndorff for Duggan to meet Bob Orton next week!!!!

Hacksaw Duggan: ORNDORFF!!! You want me to fight Orton next week? HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! WELL I DON’T BACK DOWN FROM ANY FIGHT!!!!!! Next week, ol Hacksaw and the Cowboy are gonna HOOK EM UP HERE ON SATURDAY NIGHT!!!!!! HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

Ross says when we come back he is gonna talk to THE FOUR HORSEMEN!!!!!!

COMMERCIAL BREAK

Jim Ross brings out manager James J Dillon, the World Tag Team Champion”The Enforcer” Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard, the United States Heavyweight Champion “Widowmaker” Barry Windham and the World Heavyweight Champion “Nature Boy” Ric Flair, collectively known as THE FOUR HORSEMEN!!!!!

Jim Ross welcomes the Horsemen out, he says as the 80’s come to a close the Horsemen are on top of the World but lots of wrestlers are coming for them!!!

Arn Anderson: First things first, let’s talk about that punk Sting and what he pulled earlier tonight Jim Ross!!!! Sting, I don’t know what kind of death wish you have but you jumped on the back of the wrong hurricane pal!!!!! You think you can come out here and get in the Horsemen’s business and not face any kind of repercussion? Well I got news for you PUNK, you have just put a target on your back and we are coming for you!!!

Tully Blanchard: Sting, you think you want to dance with the Horsemen? Why don’t you ask Owen Hart and Brian Pillman how that goes, ask the Rock N Roll Express, ask the Youngbloods, WE are the DOMINATE force in professional wrestling!!! You think you are going to go find a partner and take on us?? Pal, we eat chumps like you for breakfast!!!!!

Barry Windham: You know, I heard Sting out here talking about how he was coming after all of us, then I heard that washed up has been, NO FIRE Tommy Rich come out here and talk about how he had my number and how he’ll have Sting’s back? Rich, you stupid drunk redneck, you don’t have any idea where you are half the time!!!! Just cause you almost stole the US Title from me in Ashville doesn’t make you a star on the level of the Horsemen and if you come after this title again I’ll finish what I started in Ashville and this time you’ll learn why they call me the Widowmaker when you leave the ring in a BODY BAG!!!!!!!

Ross then turns his attentions to the World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair. He throws us to footage of the Valentines Day Massacre as Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat defended the World Heavyweight Title against his friend Ric Flair. The match had been an even back and forth clean match up until the 50 minute mark, when JJ Dillon made his way to ringside.

VIDEO TAPE REPLAY: VALENTINES DAY MASSACRE ON TBS FROM ASHVILLE, NC FLAIR VS. STEAMBOAT JOINED IN PROGRESS

STEAMBOAT AND FLAIR ARE TRADING PUNCHES ON THE TOP ROPE!!! STEAMBOAT HOOKS FLAIR AND BOTH MEN COME CRASH DOWN OFF THE TOP ROPE WITH A SUPERPLEX!!!!!!
BOTH MEN ARE DOWN ON THE MAT!!!!! ROSS IS YELLING HOW THEY BOTH HAVE TO BE EXHAUSTED AS THEY HAVE BEEN GOING AT IT NON STOP FOR ALMOST AN HOUR!!!!!!!! SUDDENLY THERE IS A STIR IN THE CROWD!!!! WAIT!!! WAIT WHO’S COMING DOWN TO THE RING!!!!



IT’S JJ DILLION!!!!!


ROSS AND CAUDLE DON’T KNOW WHY JJ IS HERE!!!! HE IS WALKING WITH A PURPOSE!!!! JJ WALKS AROUND THE RING AND REACHES IN TO
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FLAIR AND STEAMBOAT START TO STIR, THEY SLOWLY GET TO THEIR FEET WHEN POW!!!! FLAIR BLASTS STEAMBOAT WITH A RIGHT HAND!!!!! STEAMBOAT GOES DOWN LIKE HE WAS SHOT!!!! FLAIR QUICKLY MAKES THE COVER AND GETS THE THREE COUNT?!?!?!? WHAT IN THE WORLD JUST HAPPENED HERE?


JJ QUICKLY GRABS THE WORLD TITLE, JUMPS IN THE RING AND HUGS FLAIR!!!!!! STEAMBOAT IS OUT COLD IN THE RING!!! OFFICIALS AND TRAINERS RUSH OUT TO CHECK ON STEAMBOAT AS WINDHAM, ANDERSON AND BLANCHARD ALL COME OUT TO THE RING!!! THEY ARE ALL HUGGING FLAIR!!!!! ROSS SAYS JJ MUST HAVE HANDED SOMETHING TO FLAIR FOR FLAIR TO KNOCK STEAMBOAT OUT WITH!!!!!! HE CAN’T BELIEVE IT!!! FLAIR HAS TURNED HIS BACK ON STEAMBOAT!!!!!

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Back at ringside, Ross asks Flair WHY??

Ric Flair: WHY Jim Ross? WHY??? Do you really have to ask??? Steamboat, you know me better than anyone else, just like I know you better than anyone else, we are different sides of the same coin pal!!!!! You know who I am, you know I am the dirtiest player in the game!!! And you knew sooner or later I was gonna do what I always do and that’s whatever it takes to be the World Champion!!!! It’s not personal Steamboat, it’s just BUSINESS!!! AND NOW!!! WHAT’S CAUSING ALL THIS!!!! Jim Ross, what you are looking at is the finest collection of talent EVER ASSEMBLED!!!!!! Double A, The ENFORCER Arn Anderson, the women’s pet and the man’s regret Tully Blanchard!!!! The Widowmaker, the baddest man walking the planet today, Barry Windham!!! The brains behind it all James J Dillon and ME!!! THE NATURE BOY!!! The greatest World Champion EVER!!! Together we are THE HORSEMEN and nothing, NOTHING is gonna stop us!!! Sting!!!! Rich!!! Steamboat!!!! It doesn’t matter!!! We’ll take them all on!!! And at the end of the day you know what??? WE’LL STILL BE THE CHAMPS!!!! YOU MAY NOT LIKE IT!!! BUT YOU BETTER LEARN TO LOVE IT!!! CAUSE IT’S THE BEST THING GOING TODAY!!!!! DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER AND SO ARE THE HORSEMEN!! !!!!

The Horsemen pose together as Jim Ross sends us to a commercial break


COMMERCIAL BREAK

Ross says the former Champion Ricky Steamboat is not here this week but will be here next week to address his title loss and what happened with the Horsemen. He and Caudle talk about how Steamboat has always been a man of honor but after this, after what Flair and the Horsemen have pulled they have to wonder what Steamboat might be willing to do now to get revenge.


THE STEINER BROTHERS DEFEAT THE COMMANDOS WHEN RICH STEINER PINNED COMMANDO #2 AFTER A BULLDOG OFF THE TOP ROPE @ 7:19

Jim Ross and Bob Caudle run through a preview of next week, Ricky Steamboat will be here to give his first comments since losing the World Title, Hacksaw Duggan meets Bob Orton Jr and if Duggan wins he gets a shot at Paul Orndorff’s National Heavyweight Title, plus Windham, Arn and Tully will be in six man action and The Rock N Roll Express will be here!!!!

COMMERCIAL BREAK

STING DEFEATS TERRANCE TAYLOR W/MR. JONES VIA DQ WHEN JONES JUMPS IN THE RING TO STOP STING FROM HOOKING TAYLOR IN THE SCORPION DEATHLOCK @10:17

A full back and forth battle between Sting and Taylor, Taylor had hit the Rooster Blaster but Sting somehow kicked out from it. Both men traded nearfalls and the battle went all over the ring until Sting was able to get the upper hand, a Stinger Splash then set Taylor up for the Scorpion Deathlock but as Sting was applying the hold Mr. Jones jumped in the ring to break it up.

After the match Sting cleared the ring of Jones and Taylor but was quickly attacked by THE HORSEMEN!!!!! Flair and JJ directed traffic as Windham, Arn and Tully beat Sting like a steel drum!!! Finally Tommy Rich, the Rock N Roll Express and Hacksaw Duggan all ran out to make the save!!!! The show goes off the air with people brawling everywhere!!!!!!