Talk about it here.

Bischoff decides that what the world needs now is another hero, making clear his disagreement with the lyrics to Tina Turner's hit song from Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. He calls out Dean Malenko. If Malenko can beat Barry Windham, then Flair vs Bischoff will happen. Dean accepts before Bischoff adds another clause - the special referee will be Dusty Rhodes! Oh man, I wish we'd showed the finish of that match now that I remember it, as Dusty ends up swerving Bischoff and turning babyface.

Dusty's appearances this year have been nothing short of random. I can't decide if they could have used him more or just enough. Bischoff is taking out his frustrations on the Horseman members now.

Okay, more progress: if Malenko beats Barry Windham tonight, Flair gets his wish. But Dusty Rhodes (!!--out of the mothballs) will be the guest referee. I could say that there should be something else on the line, like Flair's fired if he loses, just to make the stakes higher, but this is another solid segment. I hope it was put over later just how much Dusty (the character, at least) hates Flair in addition to being in the bag for the NWO.

Quick jaunt over to the Network to check out the match: short and sweet, as Dusty pretends to let Windham get away with cheating, then as Windham wraps Malenko's bad knee around the ropes and goes to work on it, he calls for the bell. Ostensibly it's to stop the match, but it's a SWERVE as he raises Malenko's hand, disqualifying Windham. Cute finish, almost completely ruined by Heenan spoiling it--that was actually far, far worse than the "who's side is he on?" deal at BatB '96. That patented WCW announcer quality control. Anyway, Bischoff is out and fires Dusty, who doesn't seem to care. Windham takes off after Dusty to confront him in the aisle, but runs into a swarm of Horsemen and gets a beatdown. Flair chases after Bischoff, who's escorted away by the NWO B-team, but the match is officially on. The Last Great WCW Angle continues.