Fifteen days after Michael Jordan’s 17-foot jumper covered cheeks in salt-stained tears, forever piercing the hearts of Utahns, Karl Malone stepped out of an 18-wheeler inside the Ice Palace in Tampa Bay, Fla., and grabbed a black folding chair.
The pace was brisk, because when you’re hauling along a folding chair with the intent of slamming it into the back of someone else, you usually have some pep in your step. Malone certainly did. Alongside “Diamond” Dallas Page, the duo — decked out in matching outfits from head-to-toe — was trailed by a cameraman broadcasting the live march to the ring on “WCW Nitro.