Promo Data

Title:

"If it wasn't for us, paving this smooth road, you might not be so damn cool"

Worker(s):

Roddy Piper,?Kevin Greene,?Ric Flair,?Gene Okerlund

Date:

14.04.1997

Promotion:

World Championship Wrestling

Event:

WCW Monday NITRO #83?(Card with guide)

Feud:

Der Kampf der Super-Stables: Horsemen vs. nWo

Promo

['Mean' Gene Okerlund is in the ring with 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper, Kevin Greene and Ric Flair to discuss their upcoming match against the NWO at Slamboree, in Flair's hometown of Charlotte, North Carolina.]

Gene Okerlund:?"'Rowdy' Roddy Piper, we have got some business to conduct in Charlotte, North Carolina: On Sunday night, May the 18th, when the three of you - Ric, Kevin Greene and yourself - face the NWO, and I can hardly wait."

Roddy Piper:?"Isn't it funny, isn't it funny that every time I'm here, the big bald guy?[Hulk Hogan]?happens to stay at home? Huh?"

Gene Okerlund:?"I don't think that's a coincidence."

Roddy Piper:?"And all as I see, is instead of the big bald guy, I see all these NWO gorillas, asking Congo--"

Gene Okerlund:?"You don't have anything against bald guys, do you?"

Roddy Piper:?[laughing, putting his arm around Okerlund]?"No no, most guys are nice that are bald.?[turning serious]?But these guys-- At least in Congo, the gorillas pick the lice off each other! These particular people... they haven't got the brains of a teensy fly between the whole batch of them... The NWO - which I'm up to here?[patting his head]?with, and I'm telling them all to come on... come on down to Charlotte, the next Pay-Per-View, we'll take on the whole batch of you. They come out, they're in spandex, right? They got Eric Bischoff, with Rodman's t-shirt on, going 'I'm too sexy for Dennis Rodman, too sexy for Pee Wee Herman.' While the rest of the NWO are in spandex just jumping out of the closet. Heck, I'm going to go back in the closet and see what's so afraid in there, man! They call him 'The Gofather'; old baldy. I'll tell you what, if I'm in bed, and there's a dead horse's head in it, I have a barbecue. Hang on, hang on. I tell ya something, I tell ya something NWO, you big tough guys, as you're riding your skateboards and trying to be so cool on the asphalt. There's a couple of guys, one from the east coast?[pointing to Flair], one from the west coast?[pointing to himself], who was down when there was 300 people in the garage, fighting each other, taking axes, beating down trees, pouring that asphalt, beating down trees, pouring that asphalt, beating down trees, starting Starrcade, starting WrestleMania, starting Piper's Pit. And it wasn't for us, paving this smooth road, you might not be so damn cool. I'll tell you something else, NWO, we got a guy that runs through seven 320 pound guys every day of his life, to get the ball, and save the day, and his name is Kevin Greene."

Gene Okerlund:?[to Greene]?"Kevin Greene!"

Kevin Greene:?"'Mean' Gene, I'll keep this short. Hogan, I did what you said: I worked out, I took my vitamins, and I said my prayers and it worked! It worked! And you stabbed everybody in the back. You stabbed all the little Hulksters in the back, and you stabbed me in the back. And then what do you do Hogan? You surround yourself with a bunch of idiots they call NWO. These idiots are nothing but a bunch of rookies! Just like the rookies that are coming in the NFL now, to get that big money, to get that signing bonus, all that money in the bank an- and they don't stay late, they don't come early, they don't work out hard, they don't watch any extra game film, and they're non-productive, and they're out of the league. But I want you to know something; Flair and Piper made wrestling!"

Gene Okerlund:?"They indeed did."

Kevin Greene:?"Flair, an icon, we're chopping tons and tons of wood and laying asphalt from now till kingdom come, while you guys were still sucking mother's milk. And that's why I'm here. It's called respect. Respect."

Gene Okerlund:?"We know about respect, Ric Flair."

Ric Flair:?"'MEAN' Gene, being the elder statesman, I would like to be historical for a moment: In 1973, after quitting a wrestling camp twice because it was too tough, I looked Verne Gagne in the eye, I said 'Thank you for allowing me to get in the greatest sport in the world.' In nineteen hundred and EIGHTY three, I walked into Saint Louis Arena - sold out - at the age of 35 to wrestle a 56-year-old man named Dick The Bruiser. And you know what I said? I said 'Thank you God, I have made it to the big time!' Now, one step further, in 1993, after being written off, I walked into the Hoosier Dome, versus 'Macho Man' Randy Savage - and 'Macho', Angelo Poffo would not like where you are now. The ending of the story just is that 73, to 83, to 93, to 2003, if I'm with 'The Hot Rod', if I'm with Kevin Greene, we will rock!"?[Flair starts bouncing off the ropes and strutting]

Gene Okerlund:?"Ladies and gentlemen, they are alive and well, and they're going to meeting the NWO on Sunday--"

Ric Flair:?"Do it. All. Night. Long. Woooo!"

Gene Okerlund:?"--on Sunday the 18th at Slamboree. We're going to be right back. Oh my goodness!"