-[dramatic theme music playing] -[indistinct chatter]
First of all, you guys, welcome to Providence.
-And thanks for having us here. -Yes.
-I love Providence. [blows raspberry] -Thanks a lot.
This place is a dump.
Hey, uh… [clears throat]
You guys, I mean,
the Outlaws did a hell of a job Monday night.
You guys single-handedly destroyed the Acolytes.
The Acolytes were toast.
That… that… that my friends, that's an accomplishment.
-So we're gonna… -Golf clap for that.
Yeah. What we're gonna do for you guys tonight is,
since it's so close to the Rumble, giving you the night off.
-Night off! -Yes!
-Wait, what are we gonna do? -[Triple H] Hold on, hold on.
[indistinct chatter]
Hey, hold on. They get the night off, you've got to wrestle Test.
-Test? -Yeah, this guy.
-[Triple H] Hold on, hold on. Hold on. -Come on!
Do I ever get a night off?
Wait a minute, though. Let me explain it. We pulled the names out of the hat today.
The winner of that match is gonna be number 30 in the Rumble,
which means when you beat him tonight,
you are a shoe-in to win the Royal Rumble.
-Oh! -It's mine.
-What about Cactus Jack? -Yeah. What about Cactus Jack?
Cactus Jack is not here tonight due to a supposed "family illness."
The whole world knows he's just scared to face me,
-so he's not showing up here. -Right.
Be that as it may, he's not here, but we are.
So let's make this a night to remember.
-Yeah. I'm digging that. -Yeah.
I'm digging that the most.
["Everybody on the Ground" playing]
[fireworks exploding]
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] We are just 72 hours, three days away from the Royal Rumble,
live exclusively on pay-per-view,
and as Triple H said, King,
SmackDown will be a night to remember.
[Lawler] Oh, I can't wait.
[Cole] We're at the sold-out Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island,
and we now know the New Age Outlaws have the night off.
[Lawler] Yeah. And what's this about Mankind, there's a sickness in the family?
His whole family is sick. But he's the sickest.
♪ Well ♪
♪ Well, it's the Big Show ♪
["Crank It Up" playing]
♪ Yes, it's a big bad show tonight ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
[Cole] Will the seven-foot-two, 500-pound man, The Big Show,
be the last man standing in Sunday's Royal Rumble match
on pay-per-view?
And, King, if The Rock has anything to say about it…
No, he won't be.
[Lawler] Oh, I still can't believe that The Rock… look at this man.
I mean, all seven-foot, 500 pounds, I mean, to call him a big jabroni.
[announcer] …The Big Show.
[Cole] On Raw Monday night,
The Rock, well, sort of retracted that statement.
-He called him something much worse. -[Lawler] Yeah.
[Cole] And The Big Show and Rock, it's a personal issue.
It all started last week when The Rock called The Big Show a jabroni.
And, boy, has it ever exploded.
[Lawler] The look on his face.
♪ It's the Big Show ♪
[Lawler] Something on that man's mind.
[crowd booing]
As The Rock… listen to these people boo The Big Show.
[crowd chanting "Rocky!"]
[Cole] The chants of "Rocky" filling the Providence Civic Center,
the boos for The Big Show.
[chanting continues]
So I guess the first thing I should do
is I probably should come out here and apologize.
[Lawler] Apologize?
[crowd murmuring]
For what?
Well, I should apologize for not being what you want.
I should apologize for not being something I can't be.
[Lawler] What's he talking about?
I should apologize for something I never will be.
[crowd chanting "Asshole"]
[Lawler] Now, listen to this.
[Cole] Why are these fans doing this, King?
They are all over The Big Show.
Folks, I'm here to tell you, I'll never be The Rock.
-[Lawler] Oh! -[crowd cheering]
You know, you people sit here and you boo me.
-You boo me. -[crowd boos]
[Lawler] They've done that, all right. Still doing it.
-Hear that? -Yet I take the time away
from my family when I'm eating dinner
to sign your autographs, to shake your hands,
to kiss your babies, and you boo me.
[crowd booing]
[Lawler] Bunch of ingrates.
Well, let me tell you, I know why each and every one of you boos me
and doesn't like me,
and why everybody in that locker room back there doesn't like me.
You wanna know why nobody likes me?
[Lawler] Why is that?
Because all of you can never be
seven-foot-two, 500 pounds.
[crowd booing]
[Lawler] He's got a good point there.
It drives you absolutely nuts knowing the fact
that I can stand in this ring
and be the most dominating force that has ever walked in to the WWE.
And all you can do is sit back with a sour-grapes attitude
and watch and boo because it's not you.
[Lawler] That's true. Truth hurts sometimes.
A lot of jealousy in the locker room.
[crowd chanting "Rocky!"]
[Lawler] Still chanting for The Rock.
You guys chant "Rocky" all the time.
You're a part of that illusion too.
Of course, you think Rocky is gonna win the Royal Rumble, don't you?
[crowd cheering]
Well, I got a big newsflash for you.
For him to win the Royal Rumble, he's got to get past me.
[Lawler] Oh, that's a… that's a tall order right there.
There is nobody here in the WWE that is gonna stop me
at Royal Rumble.
I am seven-foot-two.
I am 500 pounds.
I will throw each and every one of them over the top rope.
I will be the one to win.
I will go on to WrestleMania.
And I will get back my WWE Title.
[Cole] The Big Show, a man on a mission.
[Lawler] A man of his word too.
Now as far as Rocky goes… I don't like Rocky.
No, let me get that straight.
I hate Rocky.
-[Cole] Oh. -[Lawler] He hates The Rock.
[crowd booing]
So I'm gonna get this over real fast.
I'm gonna settle all my scores, I think, right here tonight.
So if we can get Rocky to bring his eyebrow-raising,
narrow pea-headed self down here…
-[Cole] Uh-oh. -[crowd cheering]
…I will shine his pretty little head right up,
take my finger, push his eyebrow up,
grab him by the neck, turn him sideways,
and I'm gonna stick him straight up the People's Ass!
-♪ If you smell what The Rock is cooking ♪ -[Lawler] Uh-oh!
[Cole] The Big Show called The Rock out.
And The Rock's gonna respond as we kick off SmackDown.
["Know Your Role" playing]
[Lawler] This could get real ugly fast.
[Cole] King, here's the man who guaranteed he was gonna win the Royal Rumble
this coming Sunday on pay-per-view,
that he was gonna throw 29 other jabronis over the top rope.
The Rock.
[Lawler] The Rock started this.
And I got to tell you, I just can't see any way that The Rock,
as great as he is, is gonna be able to get past The Big Show at Royal Rumble.
-[music ends] -[crowd cheering]
Hey, Rocky, do you hear all these people chant for you?
You're the People's Champion.
Well, let me tell you something, buddy, you can have the damn people.
-[Lawler] Uh-oh. -[crowd cheering]
Don't worry. He's got 'em.
[Cole] The intensity on The Rock's face.
Finally, The Rock has come back to Providence.
[crowd cheering]
Let The Rock understand this, Big Show.
You are seven-two, 500 pounds?
Former WWE Champion,
one of the most physically impressive specimens
the WWE has ever seen, you grab the microphone,
look everybody in the eye, and you say this,
"Why are you bullying me? Don't you boo me."
-Oh, shut your mouth. -[crowd cheering]
-[Lawler] Uh-oh. Uh-oh. -[Cole] Big Show is hot.
[Lawler] The Rock's digging himself a deeper hole that he's already in.
[indistinct shouting]
[Lawler] Rock may not make it out of here if he's not careful.
[crowd chanting "Rocky!"]
[Lawler] Listening to these people could get you hurt.
You see, so The Rock says,
there's a little lesson to be learned here.
And that lesson is this: Big Show, you see,
when you insult The Rock, when you insult The Great One,
when you insult the People's Champion, you insult the people.
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] I don't think The Big Show cares.
Now seeing as you've insulted the people,
you left The Rock with not one, but two choices.
The first choice is The Rock could go in the back,
take off his $500 shirt, wait till Sunday,
and eliminate your big candy ass to win the Royal Rumble.
-[Lawler] That's one choice. -[crowd cheering]
[inaudible]
And then there's the second choice.
[Lawler] Uh-oh.
And seeing as we are here on The Rock's show, SmackDown…
-[crowd cheering] -[inaudible]
…The Rock figured he'd just…
-[Lawler] Oh no. -[Cole] Oh boy.
[Lawler] Oh no, you don't…
…walk down the People's Ramp just like this.
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] The $500 shirt and all, he's gonna…
Stop in the middle just like this,
inhale the electricity from the millions…
[crowd] And millions!
…of Rock's fans,
keep walking… just like this,
come up in the middle of the People's Ring,
and kick your candy ass all over Providence.
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] Oh my gosh, Michael.
-[explosion] -[Cole] Hey!
["Burned" playing]
-[Cole] What the hell is this, King? -[Lawler] I don't know.
[Cole] It… it's Kane.
The Big Red Machine and his girlfriend, Tori.
[Lawler] My gosh, look at Tori. Does she look hot.
Ah!
-[music fades] -Well, well, well.
Egos are certainly running amok here on SmackDown.
Huge egos.
-[Lawler] Got that right. -[Tori] You know, it's funny.
You two seem to think that you are the only ones capable
of winning this year's Royal Rumble.
[laughs]
Wow. Well, hello.
Hate to rain on your parade, boys,
but there are 28 others who think that they are capable of winning.
I'm here to inform you there can be only one winner,
and he is The Big Red Machine.
[Lawler] Whoa.
[Cole] Well, Kane is in the Royal Rumble match Sunday,
one of the 30 Superstars.
[Lawler] What's he doing? He gonna come down?
[Cole] Wait a minute.
Kane's on his way down the ramp,
Rock's outside the ring and Big Show's in the ring.
[Lawler] I think Kane wants to prove a point.
-♪ One, two, is this on? ♪ -[Cole] And now what?
♪ Ha! Yo, Jimmy Hit me with that Triple H ♪
["My Time" playing]
[Lawler] The Game! He's gonna come out here!
[Cole] The music of the WWE Champion.
♪ Tell me whose time it is now ♪
It's Triple H and his wife, Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley.
♪ Here comes trouble ♪
And what an explosive situation we have on our hands.
Triple H, The Rock, Big Show, Kane.
All out here in the arena at the same time, King.
[Lawler] This is what the Rumble is all about.
It's gonna decide who's gonna get a shot at The Game
and the WWE Championship.
-[Cole] Or Cactus Jack. -[Lawler] Yeah.
[Cole] They meet for the championship on pay-per-view Sunday.
Triple H, Cactus Jack, in a street fight.
[crowd cheering]
You know, if there's one thing I hate,
it's a bunch of egomaniacs.
You guys stand out here putting yourselves over,
talking a bunch of crap about "I'm gonna beat you
and I'm gonna throw you over the top rope and I'm gonna do this,
I'm gonna do that."
[crowd chanting "Asshole"]
[Lawler] I don't get these people. Showing absolutely no respect for anybody,
except… except The Rock.
When the fact of the matter is
you all are going Sunday to the Royal Rumble
with the sole purpose of winning
so you can get the chance to step into the ring at WrestleMania
with The Game.
[Lawler] See? I told you.
[Cole] That's assuming if he defeats Cactus Jack at the Rumble.
[Triple H] So that you can get a shot
at the World Wrestling Entertainment Championship.
Well, I've got news for you.
The winner of the Royal Rumble…
[crowd chanting "Cactus Jack"]
[Lawler] Uh-oh. Cactus Jack chant.
[Cole] We heard earlier on Triple H saying that Cactus Jack is not here.
For the winner of the Royal Rumble, April 2nd in Anaheim,
it's gonna be a whole lot of long night
and it's gonna be one big disappointment
because I go to WrestleMania
the World Wrestling Entertainment Champ,
and I leave WrestleMania The Game,
and I leave WrestleMania
the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion.
[crowd booing]
[Lawler] Plain and simple.
But… since you all seem so eager to fight,
since the competitive juices seem to be floating through the air tonight,
I think Steph and I can accommodate you.
-[Lawler] What? -[Triple H] You see, because…
in that very ring,
the three of you will compete tonight
in the first-ever Triple Threat…
[Lawler] Uh-oh. Fixin' to get better.
Very good. Over-the-top-rope…
[Cole] They make it up as they go, King.
[Lawler] Yeah, that's great.
-[crowd chanting "Slut"] -[Lawler] Uh-oh.
What are they… Oh my God, Michael, listen to this.
[chanting continues]
[Lawler] No class whatsoever.
[Triple H] Don't talk about Tori like that.
[Lawler] Oh! Oh! That's right. Don't…
Lumberjack match, so what that will mean,
for you slow people,
a Triple Threat, over-the-top-rope, lumberjack match.
[Lawler] Never seen one. Never heard of one of those.
-[Cole] First ever. -And that means
that, like the Royal Rumble,
27 other men will walk to that ring and they will surround it.
The three of you will enter the ring.
The object, to throw your opponent over the top rope.
The winner will be the last one standing in that ring.
The only difference between this and the Royal Rumble,
the winner doesn't get a first-class ticket to WrestleMania
to get his ass kicked by me.
-[Lawler] This is gonna be tonight? -[Cole] Tonight.
Triple H, The Rock says this.
You can throw every type of match at The Rock,
over-the-top, lumberjack,
up your candy ass,
falls count anywhere, it doesn't matter.
-[Lawler] Oh no. -The Rock says this, one way or another,
come hell or high water, The Rock will kick your candy ass…
-[Lawler] Oh no. -[Cole] Big Show from behind.
Big Show ambushing Rock from behind, and here we go.
[Lawler] Look at this.
Is it gonna happen right now? Is this it?
[Cole] Kane and Big Show exchanging blows,
and look at Triple H and Stephanie looking on.
Kane and Big Show going at it, and Rock, the People's Champ, as well.
-[Lawler] Uh-oh. -[Cole] Rock's got a chair.
[Lawler] He's got a chair. Look out.
[Cole] Oh, steel chair to the back of Kane.
And then to The Big Show.
Tonight on SmackDown, The Rock, Kane, and Big Show
will be involved in the first-ever over-the-top-rope
Triple Threat lumberjack match.
King, the last man standing is gonna win it.
[Lawler] This is gonna be… I can't even say it. But it's gonna be great.
[Cole] Twenty-seven other Superstars will surround the ring.
The Rock, Big Show, and Kane inside.
Oh my, what a night it's gonna be.
[Cole] SmackDown comes to you tonight from Providence, Rhode Island.
What a wild night it's going to be.
The first-ever over-the-top-rope Triple Threat lumberjack match,
The Rock, Big Show, and Kane.
[Lawler] Remember the last time we were in Providence?
I don't think this town has really gotten over it yet.
The Acolytes paid a visit to a place called the Friendly Tap.
Hey, man, let me buy you guys a drink. You guys are wrestlers, right?
-We're fine. Thank you. -You sure?
-Not today. -No, really, let us buy you a drink, man,
-you're wrestlers. -Hey, it's all right, bro.
We got it.
Are they too good for you to buy a beer for 'em?
-Oh… -Uh-oh.
What, are you too good to have a drink with us local guys?
-[Lawler] Uh-oh, JR. -[Bradshaw chuckles] Oh no.
Tell them who you are.
You need to go home, brother. You hear me?
-Know who I am? -Not today, man.
-Do you know who I am? -Yeah, I know who you are.
-Who am I? -A guy about to get your ass kicked.
-[grunting] -[indistinct chatter]
[Lawler] Look at this.
-[glass shatters] -[Ross] Oh!
[grunting]
Come on, big guy, do your thing.
[indistinct shouting]
-[glass shatters] -[grunting]
[shouting]
[bleep]
["Make Some Noise" playing]
♪ X-Pac ♪
[Cole] Friendly Tap's never been the same since that.
[Lawler] Boy, I'm gonna tell you… I guess the place is still open, huh?
-[Cole] Yeah. -[Lawler laughs] Wow.
♪ Well, you better get ready To bow to the masters ♪
♪ Suck it ♪
-[Cole] Here comes X-Pac. -[bell ringing]
[announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one fall,
and it will determine the 30th entrant in this Sunday's Royal Rumble.
Introducing first, making his way to the ring,
from Minneapolis, Minnesota, weighing in at 223 pounds,
X-Pac.
[Lawler] Well, you heard what Triple H said.
Two names were drawn at random,
they turned out to be X-Pac and Test,
and they're gonna fight for the honor
of being the number 30 entrant in the Royal Rumble.
[Cole] The honor? Don't you mean the advantage?
-[Lawler] Well… -[Cole] And I find it awfully fishy
that, uh, these two names
were drawn out of the hat at random.
X-Pac, Triple H's best buddy, and Test, Triple H's archenemy, so to speak.
You know, the former fiancé of Triple H's wife, Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley.
[Lawler] I find it fishy that Test's name would've been drawn
to get the opportunity to be number 30 myself.
[announcer] He is the World Wrestling Entertainment
Hardcore Champion, Test.
[Cole] Test, of course, the new Hardcore Champion
here in World Wrestling Entertainment,
defeating the Big Boss Man this past Monday night on Raw,
and also still wearing that protective nose gear.
[Lawler] Probably got his nose broken again Monday.
This guy's nose has been broken more times than the Ten Commandments.
Look at this.
[Cole] A very important matchup for both of these Superstars,
X-Pac and Test, think about it.
If you are the number 30 Superstar to enter the Royal Rumble match
this Sunday on pay-per-view, you'll be well-rested.
Plenty of the other Superstars will probably already be eliminated.
It is a huge advantage for whoever is named number 30
in the Royal Rumble match.
And will it be Test or X-Pac, King?
That's the question.
X-Pac to his feet, kick to the midsection,
forearm to the side of the head, and another one.
Backing Test up to the ropes.
Look at X-Pac, he just ripped off that protective nose gear
and hit Test in… hit Test in the face with it.
Reversal by the Hardcore Champion, Test, with an elbow to X-Pac.
Test picking up the big win over the Big Boss Man on Raw Monday night.
And X-Pac knocked out of the ring.
[Lawler] This is not a Hardcore Title match, is it?
[Cole] No, not at all. Non-title match.
Only thing at stake here… well, I say only thing,
major thing at stake here,
the fact that the winner will be number 30 in the Royal Rumble match,
and X-Pac right into the face of Test.
-And Test giving chase. -[Lawler] Look at that. Look at that.
-[Cole] Into those steel steps. -[crowd cheering]
Test with the size and strength advantage.
X-Pac, of course, the quickness advantage in this.
[ref] Keep it in the ring.
[Lawler] And maybe the mental advantage. [laughs]
Looked like he outsmarted Test on that one, didn't it?
[Cole] Perhaps Triple H outsmarted The Rock, Big Show, and Kane,
setting them up in a Triple Threat match tonight,
over-the-top-rope Triple Threat match
with 27 other Superstars surrounding the ring lumberjack style.
Big significance in that match, King,
is the fact that Kane believes he can win the Royal Rumble match on Sunday
on pay-per-view and he could prove it tonight
against the two men who believe they're going to win,
The Rock and The Big Show.
Uh-oh, X-Pac just walked into that spinning sidewalk slam.
Hook of the leg by Test. Could be over.
And X-Pac gets the shoulder up.
Test so close to being named number 30 in the Royal Rumble match
if he could've got the fall there.
X-Pac boot to the face.
Oh, what a boot by Test.
Test says that's it.
[Lawler] These guys are using their faces to measure each other's feet.
[Cole] Slam by Test, center of the ring.
Uh-oh, Test could fly here.
Wait a minute, King, we got a little bit of company.
-[Lawler] Look, wait! -[Cole] The cavalry's arrived
in the form of the Outlaws.
[Lawler] I thought these guys were, uh, off tonight.
[Cole] Road Dogg distracted the referee as Billy Gunn pulled Test down.
-X-Factor, cover. -[Lawler] Right on his nose.
[Cole] X-Pac's going in the Rumble match at number 30.
[announcer] Here's your winner,
and the 30th entrant in this Sunday's Royal Rumble…
[Lawler] What a surprise!
-[Cole] Please. -[Lawler] That is a shocker.
[Cole] You had to believe X-Pac and Triple H
had something up their sleeves.
Well, it was pretty obvious what it was.
["Make Some Noise" playing]
It was to help X-Pac become number 30 in the Royal Rumble match
this Sunday on pay-per-view.
-Number 30. -Number 30.
-Big 3-0. -You're the man.
You know, you guys are all… you guys aren't, uh, steering me wrong after all.
[Stephanie] See? It's all about choice.
Hey, and thanks for giving us a night off.
You know what, now we gotta go find something to do.
-What are we gonna do in Providence? -Yeah, Providence.
-Don't know what. -We'll find something.
-Don't get in any trouble. -No. No. Us, come--
-Come on. -See, you guys can trust us.
You know what the only bad thing about this is though?
-What? -You're number 30 now.
-You're a shoe-in to win the Rumble. -You're right.
-Yeah. Yeah. -[laughs] I'll probably win, most likely.
-It means it's me and you at WrestleMania. -WrestleMania.
-[Stephanie] Uh-oh. -Me, I win the belt. What box office.
-Win the belt? -Biggest WrestleMania ever!
Yeah!
You may be dealing with split personalities,
but let me tell you something, you screw this up tonight,
you try to hit me with that head, it's gonna be your skull that I split.
Whoa, whoa. Wait. This isn't the baggage claim in Kansas City.
I think the aggression level is running a wee bit too high.
I think we're a perfect pair. We're a match made in heaven.
You're the man I've been looking for.
My last partner, Mick Foley, had three personalities.
You don't have any personality.
I'm warning you, you're treadin'.
What?
Trust me, this will be perfect.
You don't have any charisma, I have a ton.
["Medal" playing]
[Cole] Al Snow's making friends quickly with Steve Blackman.
[Lawler laughs] I think I said somewhere earlier, truth hurts.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] So we're set for a tag team matchup,
Kurt Angle and the Bulldog
teaming up here tonight on SmackDown,
and on Raw Monday night, King, a big surprise.
Kurt Angle met Steve Blackman.
His undefeated streak in jeopardy,
but it was the Bulldog who actually helped out Kurt Angle.
[Lawler] I couldn't believe it.
The Bulldog showed up from nowhere, blasted…
Well, he blasted Blackman with his own Kendo stick there,
and Kurt Angle got the victory
-and remained undefeated. -[bell ringing]
[Cole] Hence, this little team's been formed…
[Lilian Garcia] Here's your winner, Kurt Angle.
[Cole] …for this evening on SmackDown, Kurt Angle teaming up with the Bulldog.
[music ends]
It has been brought to my attention that Sunday night,
the Royal Rumble at Madison Square Garden,
your Olympic hero has just been informed
that he has an unnamed opponent in his match.
[Lawler] To be determined.
Supposedly with a man who's going to break
my notorious undefeated streak.
Now, my concern does not lie with this "unnamed man."
But that this country would be completely devastated
if my streak came to an end.
[crowd booing]
-It would. It would. -[Lawler] I would be.
[Kurt Angle] Thank you.
Now, in the Olympic games, I didn't know the names
of every single one of my opponents,
but look at what I was able to accomplish there.
Not to mention, I live my life by a simple set of rules
that keeps me undefeated.
Intensity, integrity, and intelligence.
And tonight, I find myself here in Providence, Rhode Island,
where I am reminded that there are certain towns in the good old US of A
that make even the most depressed towns
in my good friend Davey Boy's home country of England look really good.
And this could actually be one of those towns, it could.
But if you stick with my three I's,
then maybe someday even Providence could pull itself out of its depression.
It could. Am I right, Davey?
[crowd booing]
[Cole] Well, he's the Olympic gold medalist, Kurt Angle,
teaming up with the Bulldog to take on Steve Blackman and Al Snow.
[Lawler] Kurt does like to say the word "I" a lot.
-[Cole] He does. -[bell ringing]
[announcer] Following tag team contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, making his way to the ring from Annville, Pennsylvania,
weighing in at 246 pounds, "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman.
[Cole] The Providence Civic Center is sold out for SmackDown,
and a reminder, tickets are going on sale Saturday
for big events in Springfield, Nassau Coliseum, and San Jose, California.
[announcer] …weighing in at 249 pounds, Al Snow.
[Cole] Well, here comes Al Snow set to team up with Steve Blackman.
And, King, this Saturday night, the night before the Rumble,
from 8:00 to 10:00 Eastern, Radio WWE and Westwood One
will have an exclusive look at the Royal Rumble.
And the co-host?
Triple H, the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion.
[Lawler] All over the radio.
[Cole] Plus a very special guest on Radio WWE's look at the Rumble,
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
-[Lawler] What? -[Cole] "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
[Lawler] You got Triple H and Steve Austin on the same program?
[Cole] It is going to be a night to remember this Saturday night.
Radio WWE.
A look at the Rumble exclusively on Westwood One,
check your local listings.
[bell ringing]
Steve Blackman and Kurt Angle.
And Angle knocked into the corner by The Lethal Weapon,
and look at Al Snow holding Angle back,
and Blackman and Snow working well as a team here in the early going.
[Lawler] Yeah. I heard… I heard Al Snow actually say he was looking forward
to having Blackman as a partner.
He said Blackman had a charisma bypass or something.
[Cole] Angle missed his right hand, Blackman with the knee.
Nice elbow to the knee, that timing.
Nice belly-to-belly by Kurt Angle.
Who do you think Angle's opponent's going to be at the Royal Rumble Sunday?
[Lawler] Well, it's listed. I look here, it says TBA, to be announced.
I… I have no idea.
[Cole] Bulldog in off the tag with a kick to the midsection
of "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman.
Telling all our great folks about the big live events
coming to Springfield, Nassau Coliseum, and San Jose.
Get your tickets, King,
because as it happened in Chicago, they don't last long.
Tickets sold out for Raw Is War coming up in Chicago, Illinois,
-in just 18 minutes. -[Lawler] Wow.
[Cole] British Bulldog was going for that running powerslam.
Blackman countered, and what a kick to the face
by the martial arts expert, Steve Blackman.
And look at Blackman, not known to fly,
but he's on the top rope, high-risk maneuver.
Oh, and a kick to the face of the British Bulldog.
-[Lawler] Blackman's got lethal feet. -[Cole] Cover. Hook of the leg.
-…three! -[bell ringing]
[Cole] And as quick as that,
Blackman and Al Snow pick up the victory.
[Lawler] What?
[Cole] Steve Blackman picked up the win over the Bulldog.
[announcer] …Steve Blackman!
[Cole] Angle's upset. His undefeated streak remains intact,
but this tag team victory goes to Blackman and Al Snow.
[Lawler] Boy, look at Angle. He is hot.
[Cole] That surprised everyone. Bulldog's hot as well.
Well, you know what's coming up Sunday on pay-per-view at the Rumble?
[Lawler] Yeah, I know what. I can't wait.
The Miss Royal Rumble Swimsuit Competition!
This Sunday at the Royal Rumble. Yes, I'm real excited.
There's gonna be the Miss Royal Rumble Swimsuit Competition.
-[Ross] First ever, folks. -Yes.
And here are the participants,
and I just wanna get a quick word with each one of them.
What I say is, less is more.
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] Less is more? Less than this?
[Ross] Man alive.
Have you forgotten Armageddon?
-[Ross] Oh Lord. -[Lawler] Oh yeah.
-[Ross] I haven't. -[Lawler] Armageddon!
I'm quite sure the fans are ready to see a much bigger show.
Jerry, you are a pervert.
Yeah. And your point is?
You're all perverts.
You're all just a bunch of perverts,
and I am not gonna have anything to do with this bikini contest.
If we've got to be in this contest,
-you have to be in this contest. -That's right. Yes.
[Ross] Uh-oh, look out here.
King, you better look out.
[Lawler] Control. Hey!
[Ross] The ladies are getting a little rambunctious here.
Ivory's on the bottom of this… of this pile.
Wait a minute, there's Mae Young.
I'm going to let you see
my puppies.
-[Lawler] No! -[Ross] Oh Lord.
[Lawler] No, Mae, nobody wants to see your puppies.
[Ross] We don't need your… we don't need to see your puppies, Mae.
Miss Royal Rumble contest this Sunday at the Royal Rumble.
[Cole] And one of the women in that swimsuit competition, Terri,
on her way to the ring along with The Hardy Boyz.
Matt Hardy goes one-on-one with D-Von Dudley next.
[announcer] Now the WWE Slam of the Week, presented by 1-800-COLLECT,
the easy way to save.
[Ross] And… Oh! 3D.
The Dudley Death Drop.
-Oh, look out. -[Lawler] Oh!
[Ross] The second 3D, this time on Matt Hardy.
Jeff Hardy on that table.
Don't do that. Don't do that! My God.
The Dudleys have attempted to destroy the Hardys.
["Loaded" playing]
[Cole] It was some match on Raw Monday night.
This is gonna be a good one tonight on SmackDown.
-[bell ringing] -Matt Hardy and D-Von going one-on-one.
[Lawler] Oh my gosh.
[announcer] Making his way to the ring, being accompanied by Terri and Jeff,
from Cameron, North Carolina,
weighing in at 213 pounds,
Matt Hardy.
[Lawler] I love to see Terri run like that.
You know what, let me tell you about Terri.
There's gonna be a diva signing tomorrow in New York, Michael.
-[Lawler] Look at this, a diva signing! -[Cole] King, calm down.
I'll tell everybody about it. It's tomorrow at noon…
-[Lawler] Diva signing! -[Cole] …at WWE New York,
a diva signing in our brand new site-based entertainment complex in Times Square.
Talk about a good time.
What about the grand opening of WWE New York last night?
All the Superstars were there. What an event it was.
-[bomb whistling] -[Lawler] All kind of stars. Hello?
Hi, Terri.
[Dudley Boyz theme music playing]
[announcer] And his opponent, being accompanied to the ring by Bubba Ray,
he weighs in at 250 pounds,
D-Von Dudley.
[Cole] King, listen to this match, as D-Von gets set for action
against Jeff-- or Matt Hardy, I should say.
Here we go. Listen to the match that has been signed for this Sunday
on pay-per-view at the Royal Rumble.
The Dudleys versus The Hardy Boyz in a first-ever tag team table match.
The object, to drive your opponents consecutively through tables.
[Lawler] Well, that resulted from all of that… Whoa, look out.
That resulted from all that table action last Monday night on Raw.
Did you see the look on… on, uh, Bubba Ray Dudley's face
after he put the Hardys through the tables last week?
-I've never seen anything like it. -[Cole] A look we've never seen before.
These Dudleys are sadistic.
It look like they enjoyed what they were doing.
Matt Hardy delivering the elbow. Quick cover. Hook of the leg.
Two. Kick-out by D-Von.
[Lawler] But I'll tell you,
these Hardy Boyz, they're a couple of daredevils.
They'll try anything.
I mean, going through tables is, you know,
it's like nothing to these guys.
I wouldn't be surprised if they jumped off the top of a building through a table.
[Cole] The Hardys, the epitome of extreme athletes.
All you had to do is look back at that ladder match
from a few months ago.
-Oh no. -What's D-Von gonna do?
-Look out. -[Cole] Oh man!
Running neckbreaker off the second rope as Jeff and Terri look on.
D-Von whipped into the corner, Matt follows it up.
Up over the top rope. Tremendous balance on the apron of the ring.
Knocks D-Von down.
Matt's gonna fly.
Top rope, D-Von in trouble.
-[thud] -Oh man.
Tremendous move.
There's a two count, and D-Von somehow gets the shoulder up.
The Hardys are athletes. They're acrobats.
[Lawler] How did D-Von kick out of that? That was… Uh-oh, look out.
[Cole] Tremendous resilience from D-Von.
He blocks… Counter. Matt Hardy lands on his feet.
-Kick to the midsection, setting him up. -No, no.
[Cole] Oh man.
Matt Hardy delivers that neckbreaker to D-Von Dudley
and is pulled out of the ring by Bubba Ray.
[referee] Ring the bell, that's it.
[Cole] Into the steel steps. Referee's gonna call for the bell.
This one's over.
Jeff Hardy misses outside the ring.
And Jeff will fly into the steel barricade face-first.
Matt Hardy had this one… had this one won,
and Bubba Ray pulled him out of the ring.
-And what a chair shot. -[Lawler] Look at Bubba Ray.
-[Cole] One to Jeff as well. -[Lawler] He's gone crazy.
-Oh, he hit the ref! -[Cole] Bubba Ray just struck the referee.
These Dudley Boyz aren't right.
-[Lawler] What an idiot. -[Cole] They're not right, King.
[Lawler] Not right?
[Cole] The look on Bubba Ray's face with the intensity of D-Von as well.
[Bubba Ray] Take him up. Get him.
[Cole] He just said, "Take him up," King.
-[D-Von] Where you goin'? -[Lawler] They're not finished?
[Cole] I guess not.
D-Von's still hammering away on Matt.
[Lawler] What else could they do to these poor guys?
[Cole] Where are they going?
-What's he doing? -Take him up, D-Von.
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] What is he doing here?
[Cole] D-Von's still hammering away on Matt.
Bubba Ray is headed out of the arena somewhere.
[indistinct chatter]
-[Lawler] Oh no. Look at this. -[Cole] Bubba Ray setting up a table.
[Lawler] What, is the Royal Rumble starting tonight?
[Cole] Well, we saw the Dudleys toss the Hardys through tables on Raw Monday,
and they looked like they were enjoying it.
[Lawler] Wait a minute. This… this is not gonna be good. This…
Where is he going?
[Cole] I'll tell you, they're setting up two tables.
And there's two Hardys. This can't be good.
[crowd cheering]
-[thud] -[grunts]
And D-Von's dragging Matt to the top of the stage.
King, something looked like it snapped inside Bubba Ray Dudley
on Raw Monday night.
We've never seen that look in his eyes.
-[thud] -[grunts]
And The Dudley Boyz continuing the punishment on Matt Hardy.
[Lawler] I'm afraid we're gonna see that look in his eyes again
at the Royal Rumble.
[Cole] Terri is pleading with D-Von and Bubba Ray to stop.
He's not gonna do this. He's not gonna do this. No.
Is Bubba… Bubba Ray setting Matt Hardy up?
-[Lawler] No, wait. -[Cole] He can't do that.
That's ten feet to the ground.
[crowd cheering]
-[Lawler] Look at this. -[Cole] Jeff from behind with a chair.
-[Lawler] Where'd he come from? -[Cole] To D-Von as well.
Jeff Hardy is saving his brother Matt.
Bubba Ray off the stage and through the tables.
[crowd cheering]
Jeff Hardy with the chair to Bubba Ray Dudley.
[Lawler] He's finished. He's history.
[Cole] Bubba Ray crashing off the stage through both those tables,
and those tables splintering.
[Lawler] There's gonna be a tag team table match at the Royal Rumble
at Madison Square Garden. I can't wait to see that.
[Cole] What's Jeff doing with D-Von now?
Another table out there.
-[Lawler] What? -[Cole] Oh no.
Wait a minute. He… No. He's not gonna do this.
[Lawler] These Hardys are crazy.
[Cole] They are crazy. Matt Hardy off the stage.
-[Lawler] No, no! -[Cole] Oh my!
Matt Hardy off the stage through D-Von and the table.
-["Loaded" playing] -[Lawler laughs]
[Lawler] Terri loves it.
[cheering]
[Cole] The Dudley Boyz are out.
Think of what… about what's gonna happen, King,
Sunday on pay-per-view, a first-ever tag team table match.
The Hardys and the Dudleys.
[Lawler] I don't think I… I would've never dreamed
that anybody would ever leave the Dudleys laying,
but we're seeing it.
This was the start of it.
Look at the Nestea Plunge from Bubba Ray.
-[Lawler laughs] -[Cole] And check out Matt Hardy,
Ten feet in the air crashing through the table at D-Von as well.
Who would have ever thought The Hardy Boyz would have left the Dudleys laying?
What's gonna happen Sunday on pay-per-view
-in that tag team table match? -[Lawler] Oh. Look at that.
This is it.
-This has got to be it. -The Friendly Tap.
We're always welcome here. Let's go and have some fun.
-I thought they said 1269. -Come on.
Well, come on. Let's go have some fun.
-This is probably it. -This is it.
-Friendly Tap. -Yeah. This is it.
-Get outta here. -[man] Hey, look!
The New Age Outlaws!
-[crowd cheering] -Hey, Jesse James! Jesse James!
Hey, oh, oh, oh, oh, let me do it.
Tag Team Champions of the world!
The "Road Dogg" Jesse James, the "Badd Ass" Billy Gunn.
Suck it!
[laughter, chatter]
Wow. Yeah. You bet.
-Sit right here. -Hey, Road Dogg!
-Have a seat. -Oh, oh, sorry, I'll move!
-Hey, Road Dogg, over here, sit down. -Have a beer on us.
Hey, hey!
-What do you guys want? -Give 'em a beer on us.
-What do you want? -Put it on our tab.
-What would you like? -I want whatever he's got.
[laughter, chatter]
[Cole] We're back on SmackDown. King, can you believe what we saw?
The Hardy Boyz leaving the Dudleys lying.
[Lawler] Oh, look at this.
Death-defying move on the part of, uh, Matt Hardy there,
crashing through that table and then…
look at the aftermath.
Man, cousin, I got no competition.
I got nothing to do tonight, cousin.
Hey, don't worry me with your problems.
I got enough problems of my own.
I can't help it if you ain't got no competition.
Go out and find your own competition.
Hell, as a matter fact, tonight,
I got Jericho and Chyna as teammates tonight.
Hell, I got to face them at the Royal Rumble.
Don't think I'm too thrilled about this tonight.
So, get out of my face because I don't wanna worry about your problems.
-I got my own. Don't push me. -Cousin, come on.
I don't even have competition out here.
I'm tired of… Don't you push me. You better get the hell out of here.
Get out of here. Go on.
-What are you doing, cousin? -Get out of here.
I don't care.
Oh, I'll show you. Do you want some of me, huh?
You want a piece of me? I'll take you on tonight.
Come on. Right over there in the ring.
-You want some of me, you little punk? -I want some of you.
It'll be my pleasure.
["U Look Fly Today" playing]
[Cole] What in the world is Crash's problem?
He really thinks that… he can actually take on Viscera?
Well, I guess he's gonna get the opportunity a little later on tonight.
Viscera, 500-pounder, and speaking of huge men.
-[bell ringing] -We're about to see Rikishi.
[announcer] …a six-person tag team match scheduled for one fall.
Making their way to the ring at a combined weight of 861 pounds,
Too Cool and Rikishi Phatu.
[Cole] They are getting jiggy with it on SmackDown in Providence.
Rikishi and Too Cool set for a six-man tag team matchup.
And, King, you realize Rikishi and Too Cool
are all a part of the Royal Rumble match this Sunday on pay-per-view.
[Lawler] It's gonna be great.
[Cole] Tonight's SmackDown is brought to you by WrestleMania XV
from WWE Home Video, available wherever DVDs are sold.
[Lawler] Yes, and by phonefree.com.
Free long-distance calls all over the internet.
[Cole] And brought to you by The Beach starring Leonardo DiCaprio,
February 11th, only in theaters.
I wanna know who's gonna throw Rikishi over the top rope
-Sunday at the Royal Rumble match. -[Lawler] I don't know,
but speaking of theaters, when you look at Rikishi's rear end,
it's gotta be on a wide screen.
[announcer] And their opponents…
["Who I Am" playing]
First, making her way to the ring, being accompanied by The Kat,
she's the co-holder of the World Wrestling Entertainment
Intercontinental Championship
and the Ninth Wonder of the World,
Chyna.
[Cole] Chyna is the co-holder of the Intercontinental Championship
along with Chris Jericho.
Jericho, Chyna, and Hardcore Holly will meet Sunday
on pay-per-view at the Rumble
in the first-ever Triple Threat Undisputed Intercontinental Title Match.
[Lawler] But right now, they're gonna be…
I guess you'd say reluctant partners, in this six-man tag match.
["Slow Death" playing]
-[Cole] Very reluctant. -[announcer] And her tag team partner,
from Mobile, Alabama,
weighing allegedly well over 400 pounds,
Hardcore Holly.
[Cole] On Raw Monday night,
Rikishi took on Jericho, Intercontinental Championship on the line.
First Chyna got involved, realizing if Jericho lost,
she'd lose the championship as well.
[Lawler] Not only that, then Hardcore Holly,
I guess he smartened up to the fact that if Jericho lost,
he wouldn't be in line for a title shot either,
so, ooh, it degenerated quickly.
[Cole] And now, they are partners on SmackDown,
Hardcore Holly, Chyna, along with Y2J, Chris Jericho.
How will they get along?
I can tell you this, they sure don't trust each other.
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] Uh-oh, hold your ears.
-[explosion] -Ah!
♪ Come on, you know I got ya, yeah ♪
-♪ Break the walls down ♪ -[announcer] And their tag team partner,
from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada,
weighing in at 227 pounds,
he's the co-holder of the Intercontinental Championship,
Chris Jericho.
[Cole] King, for the first time ever,
we have co-Intercontinental Champions,
Jericho and Chyna.
-[Lawler] Not for long. -[Jericho] My, my, my,
what a motley-looking crew this is.
This reminds me of the Cantina scene from Star Wars.
I mean, you got a couple of Vanilla Ice wannabes,
you got a freak of nature and her Mini-Me little buddy,
you got a bleach blonde buffoon,
and you got a really fat guy in a diaper.
[crowd cheering]
This is disgusting.
Well, at least, after Sunday when I become the Undisputed Intercontinental Champion,
I will never
ever have to worry about any of you again.
[Cole] You know, Y2J's got this keen sense of being able
-to put his foot in his mouth. -[Lawler] Yeah.
[Cole] I don't think I'd ever say Rikishi was wearing a diaper.
[Lawler] He just bad-mouthed his opponents and his partners.
[Cole] So, it's Hardcore Holly, Chyna, and Jericho on one side,
Too Cool and Rikishi on the other.
[Lawler] And The Kat. Here, kitty, kitty, kitty.
[Cole] We mentioned Jericho and Chyna, co-Intercontinental Champions,
but this Sunday on pay-per-view at the Rumble, that issue will be settled.
There's gonna be one undisputed Intercontinental Champion,
either Hardcore, Jericho, or Chyna.
This is Grandmaster Sexay working on Hardcore Holly.
Oh, what a dropkick by Hardcore.
[Lawler] What else are we gonna see at the Royal Rumble?
[Cole] What's that?
[Lawler] The Miss Royal Rumble Swimsuit Competition!
[Cole] And The Kat, who is at ringside, will be involved in that one.
-[Lawler] Oh yes, she… -[Cole] Face-first, center of the ring,
Grandmaster Sexay puts Hardcore Holly down.
[Lawler] Know what The Kat told us she didn't wear?
[Cole] What? Oh, that's right, I remember.
-[Lawler] What? -[Cole] The bottoms.
That was at Armageddon.
Jericho with a forearm to the face of Grandmaster Sexay,
whips him into the corner, and what a kick to the face of Y2J,
Chris Jericho, one of the co-holders of the Intercontinental Title.
Bulldog, second rope, from Grandmaster Sexay,
and here comes his partner, Scotty 2 Hotty.
[Lawler] I tell you, Chris Jericho should've kept his words soft and sweet
because now he's having to eat them.
Uh-oh, I think we're gonna see it.
I think it's gonna be the Worm! It is! [laughs]
[Cole] The Worm from Scotty 2 Hotty to Y2J,
and the exclamation point.
[crowd cheering]
Scotty 2 Hotty cooking on Chris Jericho.
Jericho ducks under the right hand, flies through the air,
and knocks Scotty 2 Hotty down.
Come on!
-[Cole] Oh man. -[Jericho] Come on, Scott Taylor.
[Cole] A backbreaker to Scotty 2 Hotty by Jericho.
Triple H set it up. We're gonna see it later on tonight.
[Lawler] Scotty's in trouble now. He's on tap.
[Cole] Kane, Big Show, and The Rock in the first-ever… Oh, look it.
-[Lawler] Look out. Oh! -[Cole] And Scotty 2 Hotty countered.
[Lawler] Crash landing.
[Cole] King, we're gonna see Kane, The Rock, Big Show,
first-ever Triple Threat over-the-top-rope lumberjack match.
Rikishi, over 400 pounds in the ring.
[Lawler] Speaking of first ever, I think that, uh, Y2J is getting his first…
[Cole] Oh, Samoan Drop.
[Lawler] First feel of a really fat guy in a diaper.
[Cole] Here comes Hardcore Holly. Samoan drop as well to Hardcore.
-Chyna in. -[Lawler] Not Chyna!
[Cole] Oh no.
Rikishi setting Chyna up, and Jericho with a right hand.
[Lawler] Wow.
[Cole] Jericho chop to the chest of Rikishi, now a forearm.
Everyone's in the ring.
All six participants are in, and Chyna delivers a low blow.
Hardcore tosses Scotty 2 Hotty over the top rope.
And now, the triple-team from Jericho, Chyna, and Hardcore Holly.
-And Chyna wants Rikishi to herself. -[bell ringing]
Referee calls for the bell, and now Chyna and Hardcore.
And Hardcore flattened Chyna.
[Lawler] I knew they couldn't function as a unit. Look at this.
[Cole] They're not gonna get along Sunday at the Rumble as well.
-[bell ringing] -Rikishi, kick to the face of Jericho.
One to Hardcore as well.
Oh no. What's he gonna do to Chyna?
Rikishi, belly-to-belly to the Ninth Wonder of the World, Chyna.
[crowd cheering]
-[Lawler] Oh, please no. -[Cole] He's not gonna do it.
[Lawler] Kat, do something.
-[bell ringing] -[Cole] Dragging Chyna to the corner.
[Lawler] Chyna, open your eyes.
[Cole] Four hundred pounds, Jericho with a chair.
Jericho… he just clocked Hardcore Holly.
-[Lawler] No, no. -[Cole] No. No!
[Cole] Four hundred pounds crashing down on Chyna.
[Lawler] How did she withstand that? Or she didn't, did she?
[Cole] Chyna may be out cold.
["U Look Fly Today" playing]
Chris Jericho clobbered Hardcore Holly with the… with the chair
and Rikishi delivered that big old slam from the second rope
onto the chest of Chyna.
[Lawler] Slam? He sat on her.
[announcer] The winners of this match as a result of a disqualification,
Too Cool and Rikishi Phatu.
[Lawler] Rikishi squashed Chyna.
[Cole] Well, this Sunday on pay-per-view, who will be squashed?
Jericho, Holly, Chyna, in a Triple Threat match
to determine the Undisputed Intercontinental Champion.
[crowd cheering]
You know, Dogg, the last time we were in here, you know,
them Acolytes, they cheated when we were arm wrestling.
-Almost broke my damn elbow. -And they hit us with a bottle.
Bradshaw's lucky I didn't see him coming, or else I was gonna bust him in the mouth.
You guys are gonna kick their asses at the Royal Rumble, right?
We could've beat them one-on-one, but, you know…
We will take care of them at the Royal Rumble, that's enough talk about--
-Yeah, but they cheated. -You guys gotta give 'em a beating for us!
[Road Dogg] Just relax. We came here to relax.
Acolytes are pretty tough.
-Acolytes are pretty tough. -What did you say?
-Whoa, whoa. -I said the Acolytes are pretty tough.
They kicked… they kicked all our asses.
-[Road Dogg] Yeah? -Oh yeah.
-You think that's funny, huh? -No.
So alliterate a little bit more about that,
about the Acolytes are gonna beat who, where?
I think they can take your belts at the Royal--
-[glass shatters] -You dumb son of a…
[indistinct shouting]
-Get your ass outta here. -Get out!
Get outta here.
I think I cut my friggin' thumb.
-[woman] Oh my God. -Okay.
Now that the riffraff is gone, let's have some fun.
-All right? -[crowd cheering]
-[man 1] We didn't like him anyway. -[man 2] Yeah.
-[man 3, indistinct] -[man 2] That's right.
Hey, about a game of pool? You want to play some pool with us?
-Come on, shoot pool. -Yeah, let's go shoot some pool.
[Road Dogg] I might need a bandage.
[crowd cheering]
Them boys. [laughs]
What in the hell? Damn.
Damn, it's like they're having big fun, man.
What's going on with them Outlaws?
You know, you look a little thirsty.
You know, I've been wondering what's wrong with my throat.
-It's been a bit dry lately. -[laughs]
-What… what… -How about I take you for a drink?
-How about a couple of them? -Let's go.
-Let's do it. -[Bradshaw laughs]
[Cole] Welcome back to SmackDown.
Providence Civic Center sold out, set for the Boss Man.
["Cell Block" playing]
[bell ringing]
[announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Making his way to the ring, from Cobb County, Georgia,
weighing in at 305 pounds,
the Big Boss Man.
[Cole] The Boss Man now a former Hardcore Champion.
Let's take it back to Raw this past Monday night.
Boss Man versus Test, but Boss Man's student,
his protégé, Prince Albert,
turned his back on him.
[Lawler] Well, I couldn't believe this.
Prince Albert, I mean, like you said, turned his back on the Boss Man
after everything the Boss Man has done for him.
Then he comes in, caused the Boss Man
to get screwed out of the Hardcore Championship.
Look at this.
[Cole] Test becomes the new Hardcore Champion this past week on Raw.
Tonight on SmackDown, Boss Man has a shot
at a little bit of revenge against his former protégé.
-[Lawler] Look at that face. -[music fades]
[drumsticks clicking]
[Albert's theme music playing]
[Lawler] I tell you, I hate to see this. Teacher against pupil.
[announcer] …weighing in at 247 pounds,
Prince Albert.
Boss Man!
Boss Man, for years, I've been watching you,
and finally, you become my mentor, teaching me more about this business
than I've ever learned in a few short months.
You teach me, when someone's down, you kick them to keep them down.
You teach me, there's no such thing as cheating unless you get caught.
Well, tonight, the student is done learning.
Tonight, the student is gonna teach you
how to take an ass-kicking in Providence.
[Lawler] What an ungrateful student.
-[Cole] Boss Man, kick to the ribs… -[bell ringing]
And here we go, Boss Man versus Prince Albert,
mentor against student, or former student so to speak.
Prince Albert reversal, Boss Man whipped off the rope.
Oh, what a shoulder block by Prince Albert.
Prince Albert and the Boss Man, King,
both are in the Royal Rumble match this Sunday on pay-per-view,
where it's every man for himself, the winner, the last man standing,
to get a shot at the champion at WrestleMania.
Get over here.
[Cole] Boss Man pulling Prince Albert out of the ring,
and Prince Albert counters, and Boss Man right into the table.
-[grunts] -And Prince Albert, tremendous strength
by the 350-pounder,
driving Boss Man into that steel post.
[Big Boss Man groaning]
Prince Albert trying to make an example of Boss Man.
Cover. There's two.
Boss Man with his foot there on the second rope.
[Lawler] When you talk about examples,
I-I-I just can't help but think that The Game
is gonna make an example out of… out of Cactus Jack this Sunday
at the Royal Rumble.
[Cole] A street fight, Cactus Jack versus Triple H for the title.
Triple H saying earlier on, Cactus Jack is not here tonight,
a sickness in the family. We hope that Cactus Jack is okay.
[Lawler] Was it Cactus Jack that's sick? Well, we know he's sick.
You mean, uh, a family member, one of his children's ill?
[Cole] We don't know, Triple H just said that there was a sickness in his family,
and I'll tell you what, Triple H is gonna find out
just how sick Cactus Jack is Sunday at the Rumble on pay-per-view.
The most aggressive Superstar
in the history of World Wrestling Entertainment,
Cactus Jack in the place where he wants to win the WWE Title.
His-His backyard, Madison Square Garden.
[Lawler] Look at the hair on the body of this Prince Albert.
[Cole] You were talking about Triple H setting examples?
-[Lawler] Yeah. -[Cole] Later on tonight,
he's got The Rock, Big Show,
and also Kane in that Triple Threat over-the-top-rope lumberjack match.
He's gonna try to set an example for those three men.
[Lawler] The student almost took the teacher's head off right… Uh-oh.
[Cole] Prince Albert and Boss Man going at it.
Referee was knocked into the apron of the ring,
and the referee, it looks like he's calling for the bell.
-[bell ringing] -As Boss Man and Prince Albert
still going at it. Boss Man into the barricade.
[Lawler] Not a good night to be a referee, is it?
-[Cole] Prince Albert into the people. -[crowd cheering]
Prince Albert tossed over the barricade, Big Boss Man.
[Lawler] Oh, look out. Oh!
[Cole] Revenge for Monday night on Raw when Prince Albert
cost the Boss Man the Hardcore Championship.
[Lawler] Albert's not careful, Boss Man will give him a few new piercings here.
[Cole] Officials, referees down to try to separate these two.
Boss Man, once good friends,
once the mentor of Prince Albert,
and that relationship has exploded on SmackDown.
Look at 'em go at it.
What's gonna happen when they meet in the Rumble match?
[Lawler] Oh my gosh.
[Cole] Earlier tonight on SmackDown, Triple H put The Rock, Big Show,
and Kane in a unique match.
A Triple Threat, over-the-top-rope, lumberjack match.
Triple H, The Rock says, you can throw every type of match
at The Rock, over-the-top, lumberjack, up your candy ass,
falls count anyway, it doesn't matter.
[Cole] Oh no, Big Show from behind.
Big Show ambushing Rock from behind.
-Look at this. -And here we go.
[Lawler] Is it gonna happen right now? Is this it?
-[Cole] Rock's got a chair. -[Lawler] He's got a chair.
Look out.
[Cole] Oh, steel chair to the back of Kane.
And then to The Big Show.
Tonight on SmackDown, The Rock, Kane, and Big Show
will be involved in the first-ever
over-the-top-rope Triple Threat lumberjack match.
King, the last man standing is gonna win it.
So, Rock, tell me, how do you feel about being involved
in the first-ever over-the-top-rope Triple Threat lumberjack match?
Well, The Rock says this, what we have here is a very interesting situation.
On one hand, we've got a huge statuesque [muted]
who you can't understand a single damn word he's saying,
and on the other hand, you have Kane.
But The Rock says this, it really doesn't matter
who his opponents are.
It doesn't matter whether it's The Big Show
or whether it's Kane, or whether it's the 27 other jabronis
surrounding the ring.
Tonight, The Rock says this, is,
they do not have exactly what The Rock has,
which is, without a shadow of a doubt,
wham, The Rock Bottom, the People's Eyebrow,
and without a shadow of a doubt,
the most electrifying move in sports entertainment,
the People's Elbow.
[crowd cheering]
And above all else, last by not least, they do not have,
they will never have, and The Rock means,
will never have all The Rock's fans chanting his name.
[crowd chanting] Rocky! Rocky! Rocky!
[chanting continues] Rocky! Rocky! Rocky!
If you smell what The Rock is cooking.
[Cole] Well, King, The Rock may have the fans chanting his name here tonight,
but he's gonna be in the same ring with The Big Show
and Kane and 27 other Superstars surrounding it.
[Lawler] Well, if you hear The Rock say it, they're all a bunch of jabronis.
[bell ringing]
[announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Making his way to the ring, weighing in at 497 pounds,
Viscera.
[Cole] Well, you know, The Rock calls them jabronis, King,
-but I'll tell you this… -[Lawler] Hey, look at this.
-Look at your face. -[beeping]
-[man] The mood is about to change. -[Lawler] Listen, listen.
[man] Survive.
-Who can stop the path of rage? -[beeping intensifies]
-[flatline tone] -[Cole] Listen, I got an eerie feeling.
-I mean, the-the mood is about to change? -[Viscera's theme music resumes]
What is that all about?
[Lawler] I don't know, but right now,
we're looking at a guy who could easily be the winner of the Royal Rumble.
Who's gonna throw him over the top rope?
[Cole] Viscera is in the 30-man Royal Rumble match.
[announcer] And his opponent, from Mobile, Alabama,
allegedly weighing well over 400 pounds,
Crash Holly.
[Cole] Well, Crash Holly is also in the Royal Rumble match
this Sunday on pay-per-view.
[Lawler] I gotta see this.
[Cole] If he gets through this match with Viscera.
Crash challenged Viscera a little bit earlier on.
[Lawler] I saw it. I mean, he got thrown out of his locker room
by his cousin Hardcore and then… whoa.
[Cole] Well, Crash thinks he's about a 500-pounder.
The problem is Viscera is a 500-pounder.
[Lawler] See? If this had been the Rumble, Crash would've lasted about one second.
[Cole] Viscera knocking Crash down to the mat.
And Crash through the second rope.
-[Lawler] He's right back in. Look. -[Cole] He's right back in all right.
You gotta give him some credit, he's got a big heart
and he's trying to take it to the 500-pound Viscera.
[Lawler] Viscera might rip that big heart out of his chest if Crash is not careful.
[Cole] Crash just trying to knock Viscera down.
He just ran into a brick wall.
-[Lawler] He hit those… -[Cole] Oh, what a spinning heel kick
to the face of Crash by Viscera.
King, you make a good point.
Think about the big men who are in the Royal Rumble match
this Sunday on pay-per-view.
You've got Viscera.
You got Rikishi, you've got Kane, you've got The Big Show.
Those four individuals alone,
who… who's gonna knock those guys over the top rope?
[Lawler] I don't know. I have no idea. It's gonna be… Oh.
[Cole] Oh, look out. Viscera across the ring.
Crash moves out of the way.
Crash with a dropkick to Viscera.
Coming up, folks, at the end of this matchup,
an update on the latest condition of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
who, of course, underwent surgery…
-What a great move by Crash Holly! -[Lawler] Did you see that?
[Cole] Climbing the ropes.
Here's the cover on Viscera. Could be a huge upset.
Anything can happen, but a kick-out with authority after two by Viscera.
-My, oh my. -[Lawler] You know,
I'm wondering what's gonna happen when the Acolytes
arrive at that Friendly Tap, if that's where they're on their way to get a drink.
[Cole] Missile dropkick, top rope, Crash.
Kick to the legs as he tries to knock this big sequoia down.
[Lawler] Look at this.
[Cole] And Crash up over the top rope again.
-But he walked right into that one. -[Lawler] That's bad.
[Cole] He flew right into that one, I should say… Samoan Drop.
Five hundred pounds crashing down on his rib cage.
[Lawler] I think that's why they call him Crash. [chuckles]
Oh no.
[Cole] Or Crash to splash.
[Lawler] Oh!
[Cole] Crash moving out of the way, and the big man missed.
[Lawler] This Crash is really showing me something here.
[Cole] It's been a heck of a match. Here's the reversal.
Crash with tremendous heart against this huge 500-pound Viscera.
And again, Crash goes to work on those tree trunk of legs.
If he can knock Viscera down, he's got a chance, King.
-[Lawler] What is this? -[Cole] Look out.
[both] Oh no.
[Cole] Crash up there in no man's land. This is not good.
-[Lawler] Crash, it's gonna be painful. -[Cole] Spinning Crash around.
-[crowd cheering] -Oh man! What a counter by Viscera.
[Lawler] That serves Crash right.
[Cole] Think about your back crashing into the mat.
[Lawler] Stupidity should be painful.
-[Cole] Not again. -[Lawler] No!
[Cole] Viscera, this time he caught Crash with the splash.
-…two, three. -[Cole] And it's over.
-[bell ringing] -Viscera defeats Crash.
And it's Viscera who may very well be a dark horse
in that Rumble match on Sunday.
Folks, right now, an update on the condition
of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin had a surgery this morning
and I'm happy to report to you that everything went very smoothly.
He's, uh, as you all know, a very healthy young man,
has, uh, is well-muscled and has very solid bone.
What we're looking for is solid bone healing.
We want that bone to heal solidly.
Once the bone heals solidly,
it's stronger than the disk that was there before.
And that takes several months.
It's at least three months, more commonly,
six to twelve months, in that ballpark.
But once the bone's solid, then there are no specific restrictions.
-[glass shatters] -[Cole] I had the opportunity to speak
with "Stone Cold" Steve Austin earlier today.
He's in great spirits.
He's up and walking around and looking forward to rehab.
An exclusive interview with Stone Cold, Saturday night,
8:00 to 10:00 Eastern, on Radio WWE.
Meanwhile, Edge alone in his thoughts standing by
at the Providence Civic Center.
Edge is in one-on-one action coming up on SmackDown.
[Cole] Well, King, one week from Sunday
at halftime in the Super Bowl,
it's the return of Halftime Heat.
[Lawler] Oh, it's gonna be great.
No telling what we're gonna see.
[Cole] It happens a week from Sunday, halftime at the Super Bowl, Halftime Heat.
♪ You think you know me ♪
[crowd cheering]
♪ You think you know me ♪
[Cole] And here's one man who could very well win
the Royal Rumble match this Sunday on pay-per-view, it's Edge.
[announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Making his way to the ring, from Toronto, Canada,
weighing in at 240 pounds, Edge.
[Cole] Edge was involved in tag team competition this past Monday night on Raw
with his brother Christian,
taking on The Godfather and D'Lo Brown.
[Lawler] Yeah. And then, all of a sudden, Edge…
Well, it was Christian actually that was thrown
into one of The Godfather's ladies there.
She took quite a tumble down to the floor.
And, well, Edge being the nice guy that he was,
he deserted his brother Christian to go around and check on the lady.
And that caused Christian to get beat, in my opinion. He lost.
[Cole] You know, King, Edge, of course,
is engaged to Val Venis' sister, Alannah.
But he was the object of someone else's desires on Raw.
[Lawler] All The Godfather's ladies were all over him.
I bet he had some questions to answer.
["Blood" playing]
[announcer] And his opponent, being accompanied to the ring by Luna,
he weighs in at 250 pounds,
Gangrel.
[Cole] Here comes a man who's in the Royal Rumble match this Sunday.
Gangrel.
[Lawler] Not only that, he's accompanied by Luna,
and she's gonna be in the Miss Royal Rumble
Swimsuit Competition.
She can win that, you know.
She's got a killer body.
[Cole] King, there's a rumor flying around the locker room that Edge
is going to be one of the judges along with Freddie Blassie
in that swimsuit competition.
[Lawler] I heard that myself. How can that be?
I was trying to spread the rumor that I'm gonna be one of the judges.
[Cole] Hall of Famer Freddie Blassie along with Edge
rumored to be judges in the swimsuit competition at the Royal Rumble,
Sunday, on pay-per-view.
[Lawler] Maybe they're just waiting to ask me.
I know they're gonna ask me, clearly.
[Cole] We showed you Edge being the object of the desire
of The Godfather's ladies this past Monday on Raw.
I wonder what his fiancée thinks about Edge
possibly being a, uh, a judge in the swimsuit competition.
[Lawler] Well, she's probably got a good sense of humor, you know.
[Cole] I hope Alannah has a good sense of humor.
[Lawler] All women have a good sense of humor, don't they?
[Cole] So, Edge and Gangrel…
-[Lawler] Fixing to get married… -[Cole] …set to go one-on-one…
[Lawler] Really open-minded.
[Cole] …here on SmackDown.
-You know who wasn't open-minded? -[Lawler] Who's that?
[Cole] Big Show.
He's got plenty to prove
and he's gonna get the opportunity a little later on.
He gets into the same ring with Kane and The Rock,
27 other Superstars will surround the ring
in the first-ever over-the-top-rope Triple Threat lumberjack match,
set up by Triple H.
-[Lawler] look at this. -[Cole] Big back body drop on Gangrel.
Edge cooking here. Oh!
Kick to the face of Gangrel.
[Lawler] These two guys haven't liked each other for quite a while.
There's a lot of history between the two of them.
[Cole] Lot of history between the Acolytes and the Outlaws as well, King.
They meet at the Royal Rumble on Sunday on pay-per-view
but the Acolytes apparently are on their way to the Friendly Tap
where the Outlaws are spending their night off.
Oh! Side Russian leg sweep by Edge.
Cover on Gangrel, hooks the leg,
there's one, there's two, and a kick-out.
[Lawler] Speaking of nights off, Cactus Jack has got the night off
because a family member under the weather.
[Cole] Edge was looking for the spear
and, King, Gangrel wisely ducking under the bottom rope.
And look out, Edge gonna fly,
incoming, knocking Gangrel down.
[crowd cheering]
What a maneuver over the top rope by Edge.
[Lawler] Hear the girls scream for Edge? He's quite the ladies' man.
-[Cole] He really is. But he's in-- Uh-oh. -Hey!
[Lawler] Here's a lady that wants to have words with him.
-[inaudible] -[Edge] No.
-[Lawler] What is this? -[Cole] What's Luna doing?
-[inaudible] -[Edge] No.
-[Lawler] What? -That's what I heard.
You apologize to me.
[indistinct]
[Lawler] What is she saying?
[Cole] I… I don't know. I can't make it out.
[indistinct]
One!
[Lawler] Wait a minute. I know what she's doing.
You know what she's doing? She's just trying to…
I guarantee you, she's trying to…
She's trying to sway the decision of one of the judges here.
[Cole] Influence one of the judges
-at the swimsuit competition. -[Lawler] Here come the participants!
[Cole] And Ivory, Jacqueline, B.B.,
all involved in the swimsuit competition.
They're all over Edge.
-That must be true. -[Lawler] Oh no, wait a minute.
What's Mae Young…
-What is Mae Young doing? -[Cole] Mae Young's in it as well.
What's Mae Young doing? Mae just pulled… Wait a minute!
-[Lawler] She's kissing him! -[Cole] Mae Young is kissing Edge!
-[bell ringing] -[Lawler] You're kidding me!
Oh, look at this.
[Cole] Mae Young was kissing Edge, obviously trying to influence him.
[Lawler] I think she slipped him the tongue.
[Lawler gagging] Oh God.
[Cole] And the bell's rung, and, King, Edge has got…
[Lawler] Look at that! He's got lipstick all over his face.
[Cole] Lipstick all over Edge's face,
and all the other participants in the swimsuit competition.
[Lawler] He's getting mobbed. Look at this.
[Cole] Edge is engaged, and Mae Young's after him.
[Lawler] She's gonna molest him.
-She's… she's mobbing… -[Cole] Oh man.
[Lawler] That's like kissing your grandmother and getting the tongue.
What?
Look at this, Michael. This is what happens when word gets out
you're gonna judge the swimsuit contest.
Look at Mae Young, her hundred-year-old tongue
is way down the throat of… of… of Edge.
Mae tongue, oh my God!
[chatter]
That too.
[door opens]
Hello, boys! [laughing]
-The Friendly Tap! [laughs] -[Faarooq] Back again.
Oh hell.
Hey, darling, darling,
couple beers, darling.
How about a couple of them beers over there, huh?
Boy, this is a nice place.
They've done a lot of things to this place.
…since last time.
They need to clear the glass up a little bit.
Look at this. They've done a lot to this place.
-[Bradshaw] They fixed it up. -Low ceilings, bad lighting.
[Bradshaw laughs]
Well, wait, wait, hold a minute. Look at this crap here.
-They ain't did everything. -You gotta clean up everything for people.
-I thought this is the Friendly Tap? -This is the Friendly Tap.
Man, these Yankees up here, they're friendly people.
But why don't you friendly wipe this glass off the bar?
[Bradshaw laughs]
Hey, don't worry, we're gonna have us a beer.
-We're gonna have a good time tonight. -[mutters]
[Cole] Lumberjacks on their way to the ring to surround the ring.
Rock, Kane, and Big Show inside for the first-ever Triple Threat
over-the-top-rope lumberjack match tonight on…
-…wait a minute. -This is relaxing, isn't it?
Oh, I'm tellin' you. Bartender?
She was just there a minute ago, man.
I guess it's self-serve. Wait, wait here. Wait here.
-I got it. I got it. -You got it?
I got it.
It's fixin' to become the Friendly Tap.
-Damn glass everywhere. -There you go.
Oh, here we go. Yes.
-Hey! -[Faarooq] What's happening?
Aren't I the Narragansett Arm Wrestling Champion?
Yeah, I saw you win it here last time, man.
There's the former nanny-goat arm wre--
-[Faarooq] What? -[Bradshaw] Wait! Wait!
It's the WWE Tag Teams Champions of the world,
the "Road Dogg" Jesse James.
[Acolytes laugh]
And it's the "Badd Ass" Billy Gunn.
-I can't believe this. -[Bradshaw] Man, my-my-my dog
would kill me if I didn't get an autograph for him.
You know what, my little girl has been dying to get his autograph.
They must be some tough sum-[bleep]
because they have the WWE Tag Team Championship belt.
-It's Billy Gunn. -Oh man, I gotta meet 'em.
Oh, this is great.
-This is great. -[Faarooq] This is great.
[Bradshaw] Oh my God. Wow.
-[Road Dogg] Let's just play. -This is something. Hey, uh, Road Dogg,
your-your hat looks a lot bigger on TV.
-[Faarooq] This is fantastic. -[Bradshaw laughs]
-[Faarooq] The hair looks a lot blonder. -[Bradshaw] I'll tell you what, boys.
-[man 1] We got your back. -[man 2] We got your back.
Hey, you guys are… you guys are great at pool.
How are your…
-We got your backs. -…two-step?
Stop it, man.
-[grunting] -[music from jukebox stops]
-[thud] -[grunts]
[cue sticks clattering]
[grunts]
-Let's get outta here. -[clattering, smashing]
[grunts]
[groaning]
Uh… they don't know that you're from Texas?
I guess they didn't wanna dance.
Jesus. A Texan can't teach 'em the two-step?
-You know them guys. -I'll be damned.
I've been meaning to hang out with them. Them Outlaws are pretty good guys.
You know what, we should get their numbers and do that, man.
-We should. -[man groaning] Oh man. Oh.
[Faarooq] Hey, look at that.
-[Bradshaw] The Boston Red Sox. -[Faarooq] Yeah.
-[Bradshaw laughs] -[Faarooq mutters indistinctly]
[Bradshaw laughs]
Damn the curse of the Bambino. [laughs]
[Cole] What the hell's gonna happen at the Rumble
when the Acolytes meet the Outlaws for the Tag Titles?
-[explosion] -[Lawler] Ah!
[Cole] Here comes one of the participants in tonight's Triple Threat matchup.
He's also in the Royal Rumble match
and could very well win the damn thing this Sunday,
-The Big Red Machine, Kane. -[bell rings]
[announcer] The following is the first-ever over-the-top-rope
Triple Threat lumberjack match.
Introducing first, making his way to the ring,
being accompanied by Tori, he weighs in at 326 pounds,
Kane.
["Burned" playing]
[Cole] As Kane makes his way to the ring, not all these, uh, lumberjacks
will be participants in the Royal Rumble match,
but all have plenty of issues with the three men involved
in this big Triple Threat matchup.
[Lawler] Oh, look at Kane.
Look at Tori.
She's really hot looking.
Oh!
Tori is hotter than those flames.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Well, 1-800-COLLECT presents the sold-out Royal Rumble,
live this Sunday on pay-per-view from Madison Square Garden.
1-800-COLLECT, the easy way to save.
♪ Well ♪
♪ Well, it's the Big Show ♪
[announcer] And his opponent, he weighs in at 500 pounds,
The Big Show.
[Cole] Here's a man who could be the clear favorite
in the Royal Rumble match this coming Sunday,
and a man who we saw earlier on, King, has a huge chip on his shoulder.
[Lawler] Wait a minute, "could be"? He is the clear favorite.
Who else in this match is seven-foot-two?
Who else weighs 500 pounds?
Nobody. Just The Big Show. He's gotta be the favorite.
♪ But I promise you'll know ♪
[Cole] Big Show and Kane, two of the participants
in the first-ever Triple Threat over-the-top-rope lumberjack match.
And you're seeing it tonight on SmackDown.
-[explosion] -[Lawler] Oh man.
♪ Well, it's the Big Show ♪
Big Show with a serious personal issue with the People's Champ, The Rock.
[music fades]
-[Lawler] Speaking of which… -♪ If you smell ♪
♪ What The Rock is cookin' ♪
["Know Your Role" playing]
[announcer] And their opponent…
[Cole] He is one of a kind.
[announcer] …weighing in at 275 pounds…
[Cole] The People's Champ.
-[Lawler] This match is one of a kind. -[announcer] …The Rock.
[Cole] And The Rock, folks, his book, The Rock Says,
has climbed all the way to number one
on the Wall Street Journal bestseller list,
fastest climbing book ever in the history of that list.
And I'm sure it'll soon be number one on the New York Times list as well.
Speaking of that, Mankind's book is climbing the charts again as well.
[Lawler] Well, The Rock's book is number one,
but will The Rock be number one at the Royal Rumble?
He's surrounded right now by all the jabronis
that he said he's gonna throw out of the Royal Rumble.
Fixin' to face the biggest jabroni.
[Cole] Every man for himself at the Royal Rumble match
and in this Triple Threat match.
Rules in this are simple.
You have to toss your opponent over the top rope.
Last man standing wins this Triple Threat match.
And here's the double-team on The Rock.
[Lawler] The Rock guaran--
Well, he guaran-damn-teed that he's gonna win it.
[Cole] Kane took exception to Show pushing him out of the way.
Show wanted The Rock to himself.
There's the headbutt to the big six-foot-eleven Big Red Machine, Kane,
Big Show going to work.
Kane, the quicker of the two, knee to the midsection.
[Lawler] Look at this. Kane… I mean, when you stand next to Kane,
if you got the guts to stand next to Kane,
I mean, he is huge.
But he still looks small next to The Big Show.
[Cole] Rock ducks underneath Kane's right hand
and plants him with a DDT.
Rock back to his feet, blocks The Big Show's right.
Here's Rock, hammering away on The Big Show.
Will these two men get it on in the Royal Rumble match?
-[Lawler] Whoa. -[Cole] That's almost a guaranteed yes
-this Sunday on pay-per-view. -[Lawler] Look at this. We may see…
[Cole] Big Show may be going over the top rope.
Big Show, a little bit of help from Kane now.
And a big headbutt from the Show to Rock and Kane.
[Lawler] I'm gonna tell you, I knew it. I knew Rock couldn't do it.
I mean, let's face it. The Big Show is 500 pounds.
No one can throw this guy over the top rope.
[Cole] No one man can throw The Big Show over the top rope.
-This match was set up by Triple H. -[Lawler] Oh.
[Cole] And look at Big Show flying through the air with a double clothesline.
Look at Kane, he's right back up already. Uh-oh.
[Cole] Kane with an enzuigiri to the back of the head of The Big Show.
-It startled the big man. -[Lawler] Look out.
[Cole] Face-first into the middle of the ring goes Show.
Rock with right hands of his own to Kane.
Reversal, the People's Champ off the ropes.
Boot to the face by The Big Red Machine.
Who will win the Royal Rumble match this Sunday on pay-per-view?
The prize, the chance to meet
the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion at WrestleMania.
And who will the champion be?
Triple H and Cactus Jack, King.
They meet at the Rumble in a street fight.
[Lawler] I don't know. But look at Kane. Tori had a good point.
She said that the winner of the Royal Rumble was gonna be Kane.
She may be right.
[Cole] And look out. The Brahma Bull close to being tossed over the top rope
and eliminated from this lumberjack match.
[Lawler] But, you know what, the more I think of it,
as I look at some of these guys standing around the ring, like Viscera.
It could be Viscera or it could even be Crash Holly.
[Cole] Kane off the ropes, walked right into The Big Show's slam.
-[Lawler] Man. -[Cole] Pinfalls do not count
in this matchup.
You have to toss your opponent over the top rope.
If one of these guys slides through the second rope,
lumberjacks will toss them back inside.
Wait a minute! Rock over the top rope!
And Rock, he saved himself.
Landed on the apron and follows it up with a clothesline.
-Here comes The Rock. -[Lawler] Oh!
[Cole] A clothesline again, trying to knock the sequoia off his feet.
-[Lawler] Oh, he got him! -[Cole] The Big Show's down.
-And The Big Red Machine is gonna fly. -[Lawler] Look at Kane!
-[Cole] What agility. -[Lawler] He caught The Rock… Uh-oh.
[Cole] Kane saying it's over.
That clothesline from the top rope to The Rock.
The Brahma Bull walked into it.
Kane with The Rock on his shoulder.
And Rock countered.
Side Russian leg sweep by the People's Champ.
[Lawler] So far, the lumberjacks haven't…
[Cole] Rock was going for The Rock Bottom, King.
-[Lawler] Uh-oh. -[Cole] But he walked right in.
[Cole] And The Big Show just tossed The Rock over the top rope with one hand.
-[Lawler] He did it! -[Cole] And could Kane be next?
[Lawler] The Rock has been eliminated.
[Cole] Kane for the ride, chokeslam by The Big Show.
Did you see the strength of The Big Show
tossing The Rock over the top rope, one hand?
[Lawler] I cannot believe this. The Rock has had to eat his words.
The big jabroni threw The Rock right out of the ring.
[Cole] Big Show was trash-talking the Rock. Rock is… he's back in.
Rock's eliminated from the match
but he's had enough of The Big Show running his mouth.
Look out, he's not gonna do this.
Rock Bottom time. Rock Bottom time.
-[Lawler] Ref, he's not… -[Cole] 500-pound Rock Bottom by The Rock!
[Lawler] That's unfair. The Rock has been eliminated.
It's illegal. He's not allowed to be in there.
-[Cole] Well, he's eliminated again. -[Lawler] Twice.
[Cole] It's down to the Kane and Big Show
in this first-ever over-the-top-rope Triple Threat lumberjack match.
-[crowd cheering] -Big Show has been eliminated!
Kane has won! Kane wins!
-["Burned" playing] -Kane wins!
-[announcer] Here is your winner, Kane. -[Cole] Kane wins!
[Lawler] Tori was right, but look.
[Cole] And Boss Man in the ring with that nightstick.
Here comes Viscera and Prince Albert.
All the lumberjacks are in the ring.
[Lawler] Oh, we got pandemonium!
[Cole] This is what it's gonna look like Sunday at the Royal Rumble.
Kane's out as well.
This is what it's gonna look like Sunday on pay-per-view
in the Royal Rumble match.
-[Lawler] Oh my gosh. -[Cole] Every man for himself.
[crowd chanting "Rocky!"]
[Cole] Kane proved that he can win the Royal Rumble match.
Anyone can win the Rumble match this Sunday on pay-per-view.
[Lawler] Oh my God.
-I'm outta here, man. -All right. Number 30.
[laughs] See you at the Rumble.
-Big 3-0. -Okay, see you on Sunday.
Come on.
-There you go. There you go. -[Stephanie laughs]
See. Trust.
See you, bro.
[Cole] Well, King, X-Pac is number 30 in the Royal Rumble match.
But Kane just proved that anyone can win this thing.
[Lawler] Whoa, The Rock was literally tossed like a rag doll
over the rope by The Big Show.
And then, The Big Show was similarly tossed by Kane.
-[bell ringing] -I couldn't believe it.
[Cole] Kane won the match, but look at the ring fill up
with all the lumberjacks.
This is what it's gonna look like Sunday on pay-per-view
in the Royal Rumble match itself.
Any of the 30 participants can win this thing
and get a title shot at WrestleMania.
[Lawler] Uh-oh. Time for The Game.
♪ Yo, Jimmy, hit me with that Triple H ♪
["My Time" playing]
♪ Yeah, you let the music keep playin' Mr. Dumb ♪
[Cole] Well, here comes the WWE Champion.
[announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, making their way to the ring,
Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley
and the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion,
Triple H.
[Cole] The McMahon-Helmsley era in full force here tonight on SmackDown,
and Sunday on pay-per-view at the Royal Rumble,
Triple H will meet Cactus Jack
with the World Wrestling Entertainment Championship on the line.
But, King, the night before the Royal Rumble,
this Saturday night, from 8:00 to 10:00 Eastern,
Radio WWE and Westwood One presents an exclusive look at the Royal Rumble,
and the co-host, none other than The Game himself, Triple H.
That will be live this Saturday night.
[Lawler] And I think that Triple H will tell you during that broadcast
that he is facing Cactus Jack under duress.
He didn't… he didn't wanna have to face Cactus Jack.
He was forced into that match.
[Cole] Also a very special guest on that radio broadcast
live this Saturday night, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
[Lawler] Wow.
Unbelievable.
[Cole] I really hope Triple H realizes
what he's getting into this Sunday on pay-per-view.
He's going up against, King, the most aggressive,
the most dangerous Superstar
World Wrestling Entertainment has ever seen in Cactus Jack.
[Lawler] Triple H realizes that. He realizes it's not fair.
-You should know that yourself, Michael. -What do you mean it's not fair?
[Lawler] Well, gosh, he was forced into that match.
[Cole] Triple H forced Mick Foley to metamorphosize into Cactus Jack.
And it's Triple H who forced Mankind over the edge.
[music fades]
When I think about the Royal Rumble,
it makes me think back to Rumbles of the past,
to the devastation that was unleashed at them.
It makes me think back specifically to the Royal Rumble one year ago.
[Lawler] I remember that one.
[crowd chanting "Asshole"]
Because it was one year ago at the Royal Rumble
when two best friends beat the hell out of each other.
And I'd like to take a little look at that to refresh everybody's memory.
[Cole] It was Mankind and The Rock.
[Mankind panting]
[Triple H] Handcuffed with his hands behind his back.
The Rock annihilated Mankind.
Chair shot, after chair shot, after chair shot,
a bloody, battered, beaten Mankind stood in that ring.
But what they don't show is, in the front row,
much where this fat piece of crap is sitting right here…
-[crowd cheering] -[Lawler laughs]
…sat Mick Foley's wife and two small children.
And what I remember most about that night
was Dewey and Nicole crying their eyes out.
Your wife was crying too, Cactus,
but I'm sure she was acting for the love of your children
because I'm sure she hates you as much as everybody else does.
But as your two small kids sat in that front row
and bawled their eyes out while their father was destroyed,
while their father was beaten down,
while their father was bloodied…
by his best friend…
and they cried because they realized
that their father was a loser,
that their father was a failure.
[crowd booing]
-[Lawler] Wow. -[Cole] Come on.
[crowd booing]
[Triple H] Cactus Jack…
a little bit of warning to you.
Do not bring your children to New York City.
Do not bring your children to Madison Square Garden.
As a matter of fact, do not…
let Dewey and Nicole sit in front of the TV
and watch the Royal Rumble
because what The Rock did to you last year
will be nothing compared to what I do to you Sunday.
Cactus Jack, I will take it to a level
that even you have never seen before,
that even you have never been to before.
I will beat you worse than you have ever been beaten in your life.
I will bloody you worse than you have ever been beaten in your life.
And if your kids are there in the front row crying,
I know that as I beat you,
I will love every second of it.
Every drop of blood that drops from your head, I will revel in it.
But if your kids are sitting front row, even more than that,
every tear that drops from their little eyes,
I will love it.
[crowd booing]
[Lawler] These kids will be traumatized. What?
["Whole Lotta Groove" playing]
[Cole] He's here! Triple H said Cactus Jack wasn't here tonight,
but that's his music, it's… it's him.
It's Cactus Jack!
-[Lawler] What's he doing here? -[Cole] Cactus Jack is here.
[crowd cheering]
Triple H claimed that Cactus wasn't here.
But Cactus Jack has shown up and he's heard enough.
[music fades]
You're right, Triple H.
You're right.
My daughter is six years old.
My son is only seven.
And they did suffer enough at last year's Royal Rumble,
and they don't need to see any more.
So they will not be in New York City at Madison Square Garden,
and they will not be sitting in front of the television set.
But you've got one thing wrong.
You see, I'm not worried about them seeing what happens to me.
I am deeply disturbed
by them seeing what I will do to you.
-[crowd cheering] -[Cole] Uh-oh.
[Lawler] What's he talking about?
You see, Triple H, I don't want their little innocent eyes
to realize how violent their dad can be.
[crowd cheering]
-[Cole] Look at the look in his eyes. -[Lawler] He's sick.
I don't want their innocent little eyes
to look at the bloodshed which will surely take place.
[crowd cheering]
And above all else, I don't want them to look into their dad's eyes
and realize, as the blood drips down your face,
that deep down inside,
their dear sweet dad will be loving it.
[crowd cheering]
Now, you make threats about what happened last year
and you say it's even worse.
And I have every reason to believe that you mean every word
because you certainly are The Game,
you are the best in the business right now.
But certainly, you don't think that I'm gonna show up
in Madison Square Garden without just a few surprises.
[Lawler] Uh-oh. I was afraid of that.
And I'm not talking about a garbage can, Triple H.
I'm not talking about a street sign, and I'm not talking about a chair.
I'm talking about sharp metallic objects
that will be brought down on your ass,
with great vengeance.
-[Lawler] No. -[Cole] Oh man, it's…
-It's a street fight. -[Cactus Jack] And then,
when I see the blood flowing freely down your face
in Madison Square Garden,
the same arena I hitchhiked to as a child,
the same arena I dare dreamed that I would one day
wrestle for the WWE Championship.
What I will do, guaranteed is turn you
into the world's largest pincushion.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Triple H looks like he's seen a ghost, King.
And no, my children will not be on hand
and they will not be glued to the TV set.
But they are watching SmackDown right now.
[panting]
And I do not wanna deprive them of just a little bit of action.
-[Lawler] What? What's he saying? -[crowd cheering]
So, what I'm going to do right now in Providence, Rhode Island…
-[Cole] Uh-oh. This can't be good. -[crowd cheering]
…is give the world
and a six-year-old girl
and a seven-year-old little boy
just a little taste
of what the world can expect in a street fight
at Madison Square Garden.
[Cole] Oh, Cactus Jack, Triple H, right here, SmackDown.
Here we go. Cactus and Triple H hammering away.
Sunday on pay-per-view, it's a street fight for the title,
but they're starting things off here on SmackDown.
Into those steel steps goes the champion.
And Cactus Jack, the most dangerous, most aggressive Superstar we've ever seen
in the WWE is unloading on Triple H.
[Lawler] The most dangerous, sickest.
There's absolutely nothing that Cactus Jack won't do. Look at this.
[Cole] Cactus Jack, his calling card is aggression.
And he's showing Triple H a little bit of…
[Lawler] Look out.
[Cole] And Cactus missed with a steel chair.
Triple H moves out of the way.
Cactus in pursuit of the champion.
Triple H trying to make it out through the crowd.
This is what it's gonna be like in the Garden on Sunday.
[Lawler] Save yourself for Sunday. Uh-oh. Look out. They're coming this way.
[Cole] Cactus and Triple H hammering away on each other.
-And look out. -[Lawler] I'd get out of the way, Michael.
[Cole] Incoming. Oh, he blocked it.
And Cactus, face-first into the table goes Cactus Jack.
-[Lawler] Look out. -[Cole] Triple H with a chair to the back.
-[Lawler] That did it. -[Cole] Keep in mind…
-[Lawler] Look out. -[Cole] Cactus Jack lives on pain.
-He breathes pain. -Well, he's breathing heavy right now.
He's living large.
[Cole] A right hand from Triple H.
Cactus Jack relishes pain.
-[Lawler] Oh no. -[crowd cheering]
-[Cole] No, not again. -[Lawler] Here we go again.
[Cole] Shades of what Triple H did to Mankind.
-[Lawler] Oh no! -[Cole] Cactus countered.
Cactus countered.
[crowd cheering]
Oh no! Cactus Jack…
-[Lawler] Is he gonna do this? -[Cole] Piledriver!
[crowd cheering]
Triple H's head bouncing off the announce table.
Stephanie looking on in horror.
Triple H flattened by Cactus Jack,
who now has a steel chair.
[crowd cheering]
Oh my!
Triple H cracked with that chair over his skull by Cactus Jack.
["Whole Lotta Groove" playing]
Triple H is busted open.
[crowd cheering]
Triple H,
the champion is down.
Three days away from the Royal Rumble.
The champion is covered in crimson.
Will the bright lights of Broadway turn crimson
this Sunday at the Royal Rumble?
Cactus Jack, will he finally realize his long-time dream,
to be crowned WWE Champion in Madison Square Garden?
We'll find out Sunday on pay-per-view. quare Garden?