[music playing]
[explosion]
["Everybody on the Ground" by Jim Johnston playing]
[song ends]
[crowd cheering]
[explosions]
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] We are 10 days away from SummerSlam on pay-per-view,
and with The Rock set to do battle with Triple H and Kurt Angle
in a Triple Threat match for the World Wrestling Entertainment Title,
who knows what kind of explosion we may have tonight on SmackDown?
We come to you from the sold out Centrum in Worcester.
Michael Cole, Jerry "The King" Lawler at ringside.
["No Chance in Hell" playing]
♪ No chance, that's what ya got… ♪
[Lawler] Here we go, Michael.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Well, Shane McMahon, accompanied by Triple H,
Stephanie, and Kurt Angle.
[Lawler] Take a look at that picture. All is right with the world.
[Cole] Yeah, one big, happy family.
[Lawler] Happy days are here again.
[Cole] Following the events on Raw Monday night, King,
but how long is this love fest going to continue,
considering both Angle and Triple H battle for the title
against The Rock in 10 days at SummerSlam?
[Lawler] Now, wait a minute, Michael. Don't you be a naysayer also.
This is great.
[announcer] Making their way to the ring, Shane McMahon,
World Wrestling Entertainment Women's Champion
Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley, Triple H, and Kurt Angle.
[Cole] You saw what this little coalition did to The Rock on Raw Monday night.
King, Rock is going to be here tonight on SmackDown.
He has a huge score to settle.
In fact, The Undertaker and Kane, both expected to be here tonight
and talk about a possible explosion in the works.
[Lawler] You got that right. That could big trouble.
McMahon.
What word do you think of when you hear that name?
[crowd cheering]
-[Lawler] Hmm, success, money. -[crowd chanting] Asshole!
No, I can assure you it's not that.
[crowd chanting] Asshole!
[Lawler] Winners?
You see, the word "McMahon--"
What you're thinking is
the word McMahon happens to be synonymous with power.
[Lawler] Oh, power.
Synonymous with success.
[Lawler] I said that. I knew that. I guessed it.
Ruthlessness comes to mind.
And to quote my friends Edge and Christian, "awesomeness."
[Lawler] Awesomeness?
But the one thing that McMahon is truly synonymous with
happens to be family.
[Lawler] There you go. Family, family values.
-Wholesomeness. Wholesomeness. -[Cole] Family values? Please!
[Lawler] What do you mean?
[Cole] The fans are chiming in with their thoughts on the McMahons.
[Shane] And you see, family,
this is where Shane-O-Mac happens to be truly blessed,
because I not only have one family,
I have many families.
[Cole] Many?
I have my actual family,
the lovely, talented, and beautiful
Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley, my sister.
-[crowd cheering] -[Cole] Wow.
[Lawler] She's stunning.
[Cole] She's the Women's Champion. Success.
I have my extended family,
which I've said in the past,
Hunter, you're a hell of a guy,
The Game, my brother-in-law, Triple H.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Former WWE Champion.
-[Lawler] Probably the next champion. -[Cole] Perhaps.
And of course, representing my professional family,
yours and my Olympic hero, ladies and gentlemen, Kurt Angle.
[Cole] Or will he be the next champion, King, at SummerSlam?
[Lawler] Perhaps.
[Cole] Triple Threat match against The Rock and Triple H.
Which takes us back to last Monday night.
You see, like most families,
this family had to tread a little rough water.
However, unlike most families,
unlike most of you…
[crowd shouting indistinctly]
[Lawler] Oh, please, he's talking about families.
[crowd chanting] Shane's a pussy!
[Cole] And the fans are talking about him.
[Lawler] Everything was going so good.
[chanting continues]
[Lawler] Oh, please.
[chanting continues] Shane's a pussy! Shane's a pussy! Shane's a pussy!
Whatever.
[crowd shouting]
Unlike most of you, you see,
my family was able to solve their problems,
and we were able to pull it all together,
and yet we are a better family because of it.
So allow me to take you back to last Monday night
and show you exactly what I was talking about.
Let's please roll the footage.
Right after Kurt Angle did the Olympic slam
and took The Rock out… [indistinct]
All of a sudden, yes, Triple H
setting up the Great One for the Pedigree.
That is how you take care of family problems.
Quite simple, in the middle of the ring.
And talking about problem solving, look at this.
Yes. Oh no, freeze that right there. Freeze that. That's a perfect shot.
Oh yes. Now, that happens to be the McMahon 2000 Christmas card.
However, what is not shown on that picture is one of these two gentlemen,
of course, will be wearing World Wrestling Entertainment gold
around his waist.
[Lawler] Don't worry, Michael. You won't get one of those cards.
I'm just very sorry, Stephanie, that you were not there to witness that.
[Lawler] It was a beautiful sight.
I'm sorry too, Shane.
[crowd cheering]
Looking at the image of my brother
raising the hands of my loving husband, Hunter…
[crowd cheering]
-…my good friend Kurt… -[Lawler] Platonic.
…in victory makes me beam with pride.
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] She's beaming.
But you know,
there's only one thing that could make me even happier.
-[Lawler] What's that? -It would make me very happy,
my brother, my father, and all of your adoring fans…
-[crowd roars] -[Lawler] Everyone. Everyone'd be beaming.
I love a beamer.
…to see the two of you shake hands right here in the center of the ring.
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] Now, come on, that would be good. You know that would…
[Cole] A wary eye by Triple H toward Angle and vice versa.
[Lawler] Michael Cole, that would even make you happy, wouldn't it?
[Cole] Wouldn't make me happy, but I don't even think I'd…
[chuckles] …I'd see it.
[Lawler] You wouldn't beam?
[crowd shouting]
Triple H,
I'm sorry I brought up the fact
that you used to wrestle in hog pen matches
and didn't accomplish much early in your career.
You're a tremendous athlete. You really are. It's true. It's true.
-[crowd cheering] -[Lawler chuckles]
And my good friend's husband.
And you know what?
I would be happy to shake your hand.
[Lawler] There you go.
His hand is extended in friendship.
[Cole] Uh-oh, wait a minute.
[Lawler] Just an olive leaf.
You know, Kurt… [clears throat]
I'm sorry, too.
I'm sorry that I've… called you a jerk.
Sorry that I called you an Olympic twerp.
[Lawler] Wow, that wasn't very nice.
I'm sorry about all those comments I made about you looking like a girl
standing on the Olympic medal platform, crying like a broad.
-[Cole chuckles] -[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] He said he was sorry.
Sorry, man, but you were.
[Lawler chuckles] Sincere.
And Kurt, I'm sorry about the comments I've made that,
you know, even though I am
a four-time World Wrestling Entertainment Champion…
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] That's true. Count 'em, four. Four times.
[crowd cheering]
…that you have never even come close
to winning the World Wrestling Entertainment Championship,
but that's all right.
-[Cole] Is this an apology, King? -You know? Hey, it's not your fault.
Not everybody can be as good as me, you know.
[Lawler] This is good. He's purging. He's cleansing his soul.
But, Kurt, I'm sorry for all those things,
and if it's gonna make my beautiful wife happy…
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] She's beaming.
[Triple H] Because after all,
I am all about satisfying my wife, am I not?
[Lawler] Oh baby!
Then Kurt… I will gladly shake your hand.
[Lawler] Get the cameras out. What a great moment!
[Cole] Angle and Triple H have apparently buried the hatchet
here on SmackDown, King.
[Lawler] Look at Stephanie beam.
[crowd shouting]
["Wreck" playing]
-[Cole] Wait a minute. -[Lawler] What the heck is this?
-[Cole] Family reunion is over. -[Lawler] What?
[Cole] It's the commissioner, Mick Foley.
[Lawler] Oh no.
[Cole] And what an ovation for Commissioner Foley.
[Lawler] What a time for him to arrive!
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] Nobody wants to hug you, Foley.
[Cole] Perhaps he just wants…
-[Foley] Thank you. -…to get involved in the glad-handing.
Okay, listen guys.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd chanting] Foley! Foley!
[Lawler] Oh, now listen to this.
[crowd chanting] Foley! Foley! Foley! Foley! Foley! Foley!
-Thank you. Thank you very much. -Why are they chanting "Foley"?
I wanna admit to everybody right now
that I was very emotional listening to the extended McMahon family back there.
With you guys talking about Christmas,
man, that brings up some good feelings too.
Because I love Christmas.
I mean, let's face it.
I leave a lot of my Christmas decorations out year-round.
I've even got a children's Christmas book coming out in a couple of months.
[crowd cheering]
It's true.
-[Cole] Cheap plug. -It's true.
[crowd cheering]
[no audible dialogue]
And since you were kind enough
to share with me and all of us
the McMahon Christmas 2000 Christmas card,
I'd like everybody in this arena to share the Foley family Christmas card 2000.
-Just take a look. -What's this?
[Foley] There it is right there. Aww.
And me, being a true friend, I just wanna thank you.
-Thanks, Kurt. -It's a Kodak moment, folks.
No, thank you. I'd…
[Foley] Go ahead, Kurt. Go for that gusto.
-[Lawler] Oh no. -Oh my goodness!
[crowd cheering]
Oh boy.
-Okay, Kurt, I'll see you later. -Okay. See you later.
[Cole] Oh, so much for family unity, King.
[Cole laughs]
[Lawler] Why is Foley opening up this wound?
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] He's just pointing out what happened on Raw, plain and simple.
Oh yeah. I like to spread a little Christmas cheer,
but unfortunately,
there is one very special member of the WWE
who doesn't have a whole lot of Christmas cheer to go around,
and that person is The Rock.
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] He's like the Scrooge or the Grinch.
No, after Monday night, The Rock's not very happy,
and he was talking to me earlier tonight,
and he said something, and I've even written it down,
and it says…
[Cole] Oh no.
"Mick, I don't care how you do it,
but The Rock will lay the smack down on all their candy *****."
-[Cole] Uh-oh. -[crowd cheering]
I think that's The Rock's Christmas card.
Wait a second. It would not be fair to put The Rock in a handicap match,
nor would it be fair to put the WWE Title on the line
this close to SummerSlam.
-[Lawler] So, what? -So the big decision is,
who will The Rock face in that very ring
tonight here in Worcester, Massachusetts?
-[crowd cheering] -[Lawler] What?
[Cole] Well, The Rock is gonna see action tonight,
but against who, King?
I cannot accurately pick which one of you gentlemen
should face The Rock.
[Lawler] Well, Triple H, I guess. Oh, wait a minute.
Should it be… Olympic champion Kurt Angle?
[Cole] That'd be a great match.
[Lawler] Well, he's the King of the Ring winner, I think.
-He surely deserves that. -Should it be three-time WWE Champ--
Sorry, Triple H.
Four-time WWE Champion, Triple H?
[Cole] That would be great.
[Lawler] You can't argue with that. He certainly deserves a shot.
Got the credentials.
Or maybe former European Champion, Shane-O-Mac?
[Cole] Shane and The Rock, that'd be--
-That's a good idea. -[Lawler] Now, wait a minute.
-[Cole] I'd love to see that. -[Lawler] Come on, come on.
Hang on here.
Or should it be another champion?
The Women's Champion?
-[Lawler] What? -[Cole] Oh no.
[Lawler] Wait a minute.
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] Foley's lost his mind.
Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley.
[Cole] How can she do it, King?
[Lawler] What are you talking about? Stephanie against The Rock?
-It'd be different. -She'd get destroyed.
I'll tell you what. I'm not going to make that decision.
Your happy, shiny, all-American family is going to make that decision.
So why don't the four of you all go back to your dressing room,
form the tribal council,
and vote one of the family off the damn island
and into that very ring?
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] There's only gonna be one survivor?
[Cole] That's what the Commissioner's saying.
So think about it and have a nice day.
[Lawler] What?
[Cole] Tonight, The Rock will meet either Triple H, Shane McMahon,
Kurt Angle, or Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley.
[Lawler] What? Stephanie? No.
[Cole] Mick Foley is the McMahon family's grinch tonight.
Will commissioner Foley's decision, King,
splitter this fragile group once and for all?
They gotta keep it together.
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] Oh my. What's this?
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] Oh baby. Whoo-hoo!
[crowd cheering]
Oh, tramp.
Yes, trash?
I just wanted to let you know that, um,
that handsome partner of yours, you know, this guy…
may have gotten lucky against Al Snow and I last week,
but, um… [laughs]
…guys are used to getting lucky when they're around you.
[Lawler laughs] Oh!
Well, at least I can get a man and keep him for longer than a week.
[Lawler] Whoa.
Well, um, just so you know, I found someone else,
and after we win tonight, we're gonna rub your face in it.
[Lawler laughs]
Listen here, Ms. Trash.
You go and you get whomever you would like.
This match will be over quicker than your career. [spits gum]
-[Lawler gasps] -[crowd groans]
-Oh yeah? -Let go of my hair.
You… You let go of my hair.
-No, you let go of mine. -Let go of my hair, Terri.
Let go. Let go.
-[Lawler] Whoa. -[Cole] Wait a minute, King.
See you in the ring, trash.
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] My gosh.
[Cole] King, they're enjoying SmackDown in the heart of Times Square
at WWE New York.
[Lawler] As always.
[Cole] Everyone wants to know who The Rock's gonna face tonight.
One member of the McMahon extended family.
-[Lawler] Oh my gosh. -[Cole] Who's it gonna be?
-How are they gonna choose? -[Lawler] I don't know. They gotta vote.
-Come on. -Relax.
-Why shouldn't I be the one? -Just chill out.
-Again, again, would you please relax? -I'm not gonna calm down. He's an idiot.
You should. I told you about your anger management.
Settle down, huh?
Shane, I deserve a shot.
I deserve a shot at The Rock, just like I deserve these gold medals.
-I deserve to face The Rock tonight. -How do you figure that?
-It's true. It's true. -Because you won some Olympic medals?
-Yeah. -I'm a former champ.
Who's the guy that goes out there week in, week out and beats The Rock?
Me, not you. Me.
I'm the one that should be getting the shot, Shane.
You know it. I know it. He knows it, too.
I'll tell you what. Steph, come on. Let's go out here.
Let's go discuss this, okay?
Let's find out who should be facing The Rock tonight.
It should be me.
-We'll make a decision. -Let's make a decision.
Discuss it?
Don't forget the medals.
I have the medals.
-["Saturnal" playing] -Oh man.
King, how are they gonna make a decision? Are they gonna draw straws or something?
[Lawler] I don't know. Mick Foley always trying to do it--
Oh man. Look at this happy family.
Oh, speaking of… [indistinct]
[bell ringing]
[announcer] The following is an intergender tag team match
scheduled for one fall.
[Lawler] There he is!
[announcer] Making their way to the ring,
Terri and the World Wrestling Entertainment European Champion,
Perry Saturn.
[Cole] Well, this intergender tag team matchup, King,
a direct result of the altercation we just saw
between The Kat and Terri back in the locker room.
[Lawler] Well, I think it's also a direct result of what's been going on
between Terri and The Kat for quite some time now.
[Cole] Well, I tell you, I think it's jealously.
So, far The Kat has been unsuccessful in each attempt
to knock off Terri and Perry in a tag match.
[intro music playing]
[Cole] Puppies. Uh-oh. And kittens. Yahoo!
[crowd cheering]
[announcer] Now their opponents,
introducing first, making her way to the ring…
[Lawler] Here, kitty, kitty.
[announcer] …The Kat.
[Cole] Who's her partner gonna be, King? Who did The Kat recruit?
It looks like she's found somebody. Is it you?
[Lawler] No, as a matter of fact, it's not.
-["U Look Fly Today" playing] -[Cole] Wait a minute.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Oh my goodness.
[announcer] And her tag team partner from Poinciana, Florida,
weighing in at 424 pounds, Rikishi.
[Lawler] I can't believe. Two of the best butts in the business.
[Cole] The Kat has recruited Rikishi for this intergender tag team matchup.
[Lawler] And look at Perry Saturn. I don't think Perry Saturn can believe it.
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] Four hundred twenty-four pounds of Rikishi
is gonna get him some of Perry Saturn here tonight.
[Lawler] Hey, do you remember what The Kat said?
Not only is she gonna beat Terri, but she's gonna rub her face in it.
You don't think she meant… Oh man. Oh no!
[Cole] Surely not.
[Lawler] Oh, Shirley? Don't call me, Shirley.
-[Cole] Can you imagine that picture? -[Lawler] No.
[Cole] So, it's Rikishi and The Kat to take on Perry Saturn and Terri.
[Lawler] Oh baby.
[Cole] What an interesting matchup here on SmackDown.
Look at Perry Saturn looking at The Kat. How does she look in stereo, Perry?
[Cole] Getting set for this intergender tag team matchup,
and great tonight expected here on SmackDown, King.
[Lawler] Oh, there. Oh my god. [gasps]
[Cole] Intercontinental Title will be on the line tonight.
Val Venis taking on Eddie Guerrero.
Also the Hardcore Title on the line. Listen to this matchup.
-"The Rabid Wolverine" Chris Benoit… -[Lawler] Hey, look at this. Look at this.
[Cole] …to take on Steve Blackman. And here we go.
Terri wasting little time…
[indistinct]
[Lawler] Oh my gosh. Oh, hey.
[Cole] Hey, King, you've talked about it,
the jealousy between these two in the past.
-[Lawler] Look at that slam. -Look out!
Terri slamming Kat in the center of the ring.
And I just think she busted off the bottom of Kat's heel.
[Lawler] Oh no.
You know, a woman just… She's useless when she loses a heel.
[Cole] Now Kat's going on one heel so to speak and…
[Lawler] I thought Terri was the heel here.
-Whipping Terri into the corner. -Look at this.
[Cole] Oh, look out, Kat. Terri in trouble.
-[Lawler] Oh, monkey flip. -[Cole] Oh man.
Out of the corner goes Terri.
And Kat in control of Terri in this intergender tag team matchup.
[Lawler] Oh, there's Kat with the claws.
[Cole] Kat surprising the world. Here's the cover now, hook to the leg,
there is two… Almost had her. Terri got the shoulder up.
[Lawler] There's two, all right. There's four. Look at this.
[Cole] Kat surprising everyone when she recruited Rikishi.
-The big man… [indistinct] -[Lawler] Uh-oh. Oh no.
-Look out, Terri. -[Cole] Now, Terri's in trouble.
Here comes Rikishi.
And Terri makes a tag to her…
[Lawler] Oh my.
[Cole] …Perry Saturn, her tag team partner.
King, I wanna remind all our great fans in Mobile, Alabama,
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, great WWE live action this Sunday.
Plus New Orleans, Louisiana,
the TV cameras, all the Superstars will be there on Tuesday.
What a suplex by Saturn!
Can you believe the strength of Saturn?
[Lawler] Better, though. Oh, look at this.
[Cole] Samoan Drop by Rikishi on Perry Saturn.
[Lawler] That'll take the wind out of you.
-Tag me. -[Lawler] What? The Kat wants in?
[Cole] The Kat wants to tag in.
And here comes Kat.
[Lawler] This is an intergender matchup.
-[Cole] Look at out. Perry's got Kat. -[Lawler] That was a big mistake, Kat.
[Cole] Oh, a low blow by The Kat. What a counter!
[Lawler] Man, all that without even a heel on her boot.
[Cole] That'll teach Perry Saturn. Now Kat and Terri going at it.
[Lawler] Go on, Kat.
Look at-- Oh, these two can't keep their hands off each other.
-[Cole] And Kat with the reversal. -Come here to me.
And look-- Oh! Perry Saturn with a clothesline to The Kat.
[Lawler] Look out.
[Cole] And Perry Saturn up over the top rope.
-One, two, three. -Cover by Terri.
-And Terri and Perry win this one. -[bell rings]
["Saturnal" playing]
[Lawler] Yeah, but Saturn clotheslined The Kat.
[Cole] It was a clothesline from Perry Saturn to The Kat
that allowed Terri to pick up the victory.
[Lawler] Oh, she's happy, that horny little she-devil.
[Cole] And Rikishi not through with Perry Saturn.
[Lawler] What's he gonna do to him now?
-Uh-oh. -[Cole] Look out.
[Lawler] Perry, you're not gonna like this.
[Cole] …into Perry Saturn.
Oh no.
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] Maybe Saturn is gonna get his face rubbed into it.
-[Cole] Now, look at Rikishi. -[Lawler] Yeah.
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] Saturn, hold your breath.
-[Cole] Perry Sat-- -[Lawler] What? Hey?
[Cole] What is Terri thinking about?
[Lawler] What did she just--
Did she slap Rikishi on that…
[Cole] Yeah, she did.
[Lawler] Rikishi, just turn the other cheek now.
[Cole] Now Terri's begging for mercy, saying she's sorry.
[Lawler] Literally turn the other cheek.
[Cole] Perry coming to Terri's aid and caught a boot to the face by Rikishi.
-[Lawler] Terri, what are you doing? -[Cole] I have no idea.
-[referee] Hey, come on. -[Cole] Get off there, Terri.
[Lawler] She's mad at Rikishi. She's lost her mind.
-[Cole] Climbing on the back of Rikishi. -[Lawler] Uh-oh, watch it. Turnbuckle.
[Cole] Oh man. Oh.
-Terri into the corner. -[Lawler] Uh-oh.
[Cole] Oh no.
-You don't think he would, King, do you? -[Lawler] No, no way.
Don't do it. Please, don't.
Not that lovely little face.
[Cole] Well, he's got a choice, either Perry or Terri.
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] Well, Perry and Terri sitting in the corners.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Well, judging on crowd reaction…
And look at Perry Saturn again.
-And the Rikishi driver. -[Lawler] Oh no. That's it for him.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Now, Perry Saturn's out cold, and Terri vulnerable in the corner.
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] Look at Kat.
[Cole] Well, The Kat's taking a nap.
-[crowd roaring] -Listen to the crowd.
[Lawler] They wanna see it.
[crowd cheering]
-[Cole] Oh no. -[Lawler] These people are not right.
[Cole] Brace yourself, King.
[Lawler] I can't stand to look.
Please do… Not that face. Not that face.
[Cole] Stinkface to Terri.
Stinkface to Terri.
-And look at Kat. She's loving it. -[Kat laughs, squeals excitedly]
-["U Look Fly Today" playing] -[Cole] Kat is loving it.
[laughs] Terri got a mouthful.
Stinkface to Terri by Rikishi.
[Lawler] I think she's gonna throw up.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Oh! Can you believe it? Can you imagine?
Can you imagine Terri's face buried into the backside of Rikishi?
[Lawler] That pretty face will never be the same again.
[Cole] She's gonna need mouthwash, serious shower. Pugh!
You know, Triple H, I won the Olympic Games in 1996.
I'm an American hero.
-[sighs] -It should be me. I was the best…
-Oh, Kurt… -…in the whole entire world.
Kurt, if I hear you talk about the Olympics one more time, I swear…
What are you, jealous?
-[groans] -It should be--
Are you still at this? This is unbelievable.
Don't you understand what Commissioner Foley's trying to do here?
Foley's trying to drive a wedge between the family.
You know, who will face The Rock? Well, the answer's simple.
I discussed this with Stephanie, and I've decided that tonight,
I will face The Rock.
[crowd cheering]
-What? -You gotta be kidding me.
-Why you? -What are you talking about?
-What are you talking… -I thought it was between us?
No. To keep this family in harmony, I will face The Rock tonight.
You guys don't have to worry about this now.
Who will face The Rock? It'll be me.
-This is worse than him facing The Rock. -What are you talking about?
I should be the one.
I got it. I got this.
[upbeat music playing]
-[Cole] Oh, Shane's gonna hang it out. -[Lawler, indistinct]
[Cole indistinct] …with Mamacita and Eddie Guerrero.
For weeks, Eddie Guerrero has had his sights set on Val Venis
and the Intercontinental Title.
-Tonight, he gets his shot. -[crowd cheering]
-[bell rings] -[Lawler laughs]
[announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one fall,
and it is for the World Wrestling Entertainment
Intercontinental Championship.
[indistinct] …challenger being accompanied
by The Ninth Wonder of the World, Chyna.
From El Paso, Texas,
weighing in at 220 pounds, Eddie Guerrero.
[Cole] Chyna beaming from ear to ear tonight, King.
Perhaps she feels tonight is the night for her man, Eddie Guerrero.
[Lawler] Boy, there's been a lot of beaming here tonight, hadn't there?
I can't believe that Shane McMahon is gonna sacrifice himself
for the good of the family.
[Cole] Well, King, tonight's SmackDown is brought to you
by Western Union money transfer, the fastest way to send money worldwide.
[Lawler] And by Army Men Air Combat, the most intense chopper game in the sky.
Good to go from 3DO.
[Cole] And by Crunch 'n Munch, big popcorn and peanut crunch
because life is sweet and a little crunchy.
[Lawler] Yeah. I like-- I like things a little crunchy.
[Cole] Can you believe Shane McMahon is gonna go one-on-one
with The Rock tonight? Shane reaching that decision.
[entrance music playing]
[Lawler] Uh-oh. Here we go.
[crowd cheering]
[announcer] …being accompanied to the ring by Trish Stratus,
from Las Vegas, Nevada, weighing in at 244 pounds,
he is the World Wrestling Entertainment Intercontinental Champion, Val Venis.
I'm gonna tell you something, Michael. Tonight on SmackDown,
it just keeps getting better and better.
First, The Kat and Terri. Now, Mamacita and, ooh, Trish.
The Intercontinental Title on the line with this one, King.
Another title match tonight.
Steve Blackman defends the Hardcore Championship…
-[bell ringing] -…against Chris Benoit.
[Lawler] That's gonna be good.
[Cole] Val Venis and Eddie Guerrero wasting no time getting at it here
with the Intercontinental Title on the line.
Val Venis and Eddie Guerrero in recent weeks
acquainted with each other.
Who can ever forget Eddie Guerrero's Frog Splashes to Van Venis?
Ooh, man. Val whipped into the corner.
-Well, King… -[Lawler] Val takes exception to that.
Whoa, what a dropkick to the face!
Val takes exception to those dropkicks from Eddie Guerrero,
because it's so much like his… well, his favorite maneuver.
[Cole] Look out now. Val Venis whipped into those steel steps.
Val Venis also has had problems with Chyna in the past.
And Trish and Chyna,
well, you know, they're not gonna be exchanging greeting cards anytime soon.
-Oh man. -[Lawler] Oh!
[Cole] Eddie Guerrero dropped onto that barricade
by the Intercontinental Champion, Val Venis.
Oh, what a cheap shot from Val Venis to Chyna!
Wow. Val Venis dropping Chyna with a right hand.
Val is in control of Eddie Guerrero.
-Now, King, listen to this. -Yeah?
[Cole] We've been told that
"The Big Red Machine" Kane has just arrived here on SmackDown.
-[Lawler] Oh my gosh! -[Cole] Oh man!
What a neckbreaker by Val Venis! And the Undertaker is also due.
-Wait a minute. Cover by Val Venis. -One, two…
-Two and a kickout by Eddie Guerrero. -[Lawler] The Undertaker is supposed to…
What kinda shape do you think he's gonna be in?
I don't know. But can you imagine the explosion
if Kane and The Undertaker are face-to-face here tonight on SmackDown?
The world's still shaking
after the shocking events of Raw Monday night.
Kane chokeslamming The Undertaker through the ring.
[Lawler] I would think if those two are gonna be here tonight,
-we should call maybe the police. -I think so.
Or the SWAT team, or the militia, or something.
[Cole] Val Venis stomping the back of the head of Eddie Guerrero,
as Eddie Guerrero tries to battle back,
and the Intercontinental Champion with a rake to the eyes.
-Guerrero… [indistinct] -Wow.
[Cole] …Val Venis telegraphed that one, and Eddie Guerrero looks to take control
with an elbow to the face of Val Venis.
Let me get this right.
Is it Shane McMahon who's gonna take on The Rock here tonight?
[Lawler] Well, that's what Shane said.
[Cole] Well, that's what Shane said. I'll tell you, King, Shane's nuts.
-Look at this. -Look at this.
Eddie Guerrero, tremendous counter hurricanrana, Val Venis.
Hammers away with the right hand on the Intercontinental Champion.
I guess majority… majority doesn't rule in the McMahon extended family.
[Lawler] Well, I think if it's two votes, one from Shane and one from Stephanie,
that would be a majority.
[Cole] Look out. Eddie Guerrero, a wise maneuver,
and Val Venis goes over the top rope, and Eddie Guerrero is in control.
And perhaps this could be the night
Eddie Guerrero wins the Intercontinental Title, King.
[Lawler] I'm telling you, Mamacita has got Eddie Guerrero fired up.
Oh!
[Cole] Well, Val just hung Eddie Guerrero up on the top rope.
[indistinct]
[Cole] Chyna, the Ninth Wonder of the World.
-[Lawler] Oh my gosh! -[Cole] What a powerbomb!
A powerbomb by Chyna.
[Lawler] Oh my gosh.
[Cole] Chyna retaliating for the right hand of Val Venis earlier on,
and Trish can't believe it.
[Lawler] Trish cannot believe that. You're right.
[Cole] Oh, look out.
-[referee] Come on, back it off. -[Cole] Chyna…
tossing Val back into the ring. Eddie Guerrero is in a bad way as well,
but if Eddie can just roll over and make a cover here,
we could have a new Intercontinental Champion, King.
-Thanks to Mamacita. -Cover by Eddie Guerrero.
-One, two… -We could have a new champion.
There's two. And Val Venis just gets the shoulder up.
[Lawler] Chyna could not believe… Hey, wait.
-Wait a minute. What's Trish doing? -What are you doing?
-Hey, that's our iced tea. -That's my…
Wait. No!
[Cole] Trish shattered glass pitcher to the back of the head of Chyna.
And at the ring, Val Venis rolling Eddie Guerrero over.
Here's the cover.
-And Val Venis steals one. -[bell ringing]
[upbeat music playing]
-[Lawler] Oh my gosh. -[announcer] Here's your winner
and still World Wrestling Entertainment Intercontinental Champion,
Val Venis.
[Lawler] Chyna got her brain busted out by Trish from behind.
[Cole] Well, she's laying in glass, King, outside the ring.
Trish Stratus sneaking up from behind, taking that glass pitcher off our table,
and clocking Chyna with it.
[Lawler] I told you not to have that out here.
-Now, look at this. -[Cole] Val Venis steals one.
But the concern for Eddie Guerrero is not the match,
but it's the well-being of Chyna.
Well, take another look, King
at Chyna retaliating with a powerbomb to Val Venis
off the apron of the ring,
and then Trish sneaking up on Chyna.
[Lawler] I can't believe it.
Trish grabbing that water pitcher and just blasting Chyna's back.
Oh my gosh!
-[Cole] Did you hear that glass shatter… -[Lawler] I hear it.
…echo throughout the arena? Glass to skull and…
[Lawler] Almost felt it.
[Cole] Eddie Guerrero helping Chyna
-away from ringside. -Is Mamacita all right?
[Cole] I don't think she knows where she is, King.
-[Lawler] It's gotta be-- Uh-oh. -[Stephanie] Hey, Shaner.
Hey, Steph.
What are you doing?
Just thinking about this match I have with The Rock.
Okay, good, 'cause I've been thinking about the match with The Rock also,
and I've got a plan.
I don't think you should face Rock.
I don't think Hunter should face Rock, and I don't think Kurt should face Rock.
It should be…
-me. -[Lawler] What? What's she thinking?
-Are you serious? -Yes, I'm serious. I'm very serious.
I have a plan of action, and it involves all of us.
I think it's the only way that it'll work.
Even if… even if it's only for, you know, a couple of minutes…
You are completely out of your mind.
-But-- -You versus The Rock? Whatever.
But Shane, it would be Champion versus Champion.
[Cole] Back on SmackDown, King, Chyna and Trish have never been gal pals,
and that's not gonna change after tonight. Check this out, King.
[Lawler] Oh, well, Chyna retaliated for Val's earlier aggressions
with this huge powerbomb right onto the floor.
I couldn't believe it.
[Cole] But speaking of retaliation,
check out Trish with this glass pitcher to the back of the skull of Chyna,
and Trish Stratus is a witch.
Hey, Mamacita.
Look, I need you to be serious for a second.
Okay.
I don't know if you saw what that little… that…
That bimbo?
I'd use a much different word,
but I tell you what. She is not gonna get away with this.
First off, Chyna, I saw exactly what the bimbo did,
because I'm the Commissioner and I see everything, and secondly--
Secondly, how about you give me a match with her tonight
so I can rip her little head off?
-I can't give you that match tonight. -Oh, no? No?
-Wait, wait, wait. -I can't get a match tonight?
Maybe… maybe at SummerSlam.
But even then, that wouldn't be a match. Look at you. You would rip her head off.
But what if we gave her a tag team partner like Val Venis?
Think about it. Trish Stratus and Val Venis against Chyna,
the most sexy, voluptuous, sensuous woman in the WWE,
whether she's had water spilled on her or not.
Personally, I like the wet look.
Chyna and your tag team partner,
"Latino Heat" Eddie Guerrero at SummerSlam.
-[crowd cheering] -You like that?
-Okay. Thanks, Mick. -Okay. You're welcome.
Thanks for coming by.
She is dead meat.
-Wow. -Can you believe it, King?
In 10 days at SummerSlam on pay-per-view,
Chyna and Eddie against Val and Trish.
[Lawler] Trish Stratus is gonna have to suit up
and man, get it on with Chyna.
[Cole] What a SummerSlam it's going to be! And speaking of getting it on,
how about Raw this past Monday night, King?
Kai En Tai invited The Acolytes to the Friendly Tap
for a little fun and games.
[Lawler] Yeah. It wasn't exactly a happy hour. Look at this.
Poor old Funaki, he, uh… Well, let's face it.
He hurled. He vomited right on the… right on The Acolytes.
[Cole] Well, you don't vomit on The Acolytes' cowboy boots,
so to speak, and Faarooq and Bradshaw retaliating.
-How about pinball huh? -[Cole] At Friendly Tap.
And really, the… Poor old Kai En Tai
really needed a designated driver after all of that.
So, The Acolytes and Crash set for a six-man tag team battle.
-[entrance theme playing] -[Lawler laughs] Get out of there, Crash.
[crowd cheering]
[indistinct]
Faarooq, Bradshaw,
I'm disappointed in you boys.
You oughta be ashamed of picking on two little guys like Kai En Tai here.
You're nothing but a couple of bullies,
and that's what I despise most in this world.
That's why me and my two little Chinese buddies--
Whoa, Japanese.
Shut up. I'm trying to talk.
I said shut up.
[Cole] Talk about bullies!
That's why me and my two little ornamental buddies here…
[Cole] Ornamental?
…are gonna show what we do to bullies tonight.
[Cole] Boss Man might as well look in the mirror.
[Lawler] They're bigger than hood ornaments, aren't they?
Boss Man and Kai En Tai set to take on The Acolytes and Crash and--
[Lawler] There's the pinball wizard right there.
Tell you what, King. You wanna talk about Boss Man being a bully.
He's been picking on Crash
-the last couple of weeks. -[bell ringing]
[Cole] He told us basically that Crash, he just doesn't like how small he is.
He doesn't like his little legs, doesn't like his little head.
Can you believe, King, that Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley…
Is she serious?
She wants to take on The Rock here tonight?
[Lawler] She says she's got some sort of plan.
-But what kind of plan could it be? -[Cole] Funaki kick. Look at this.
And a kickout before a count of one,
and Faarooq follows it up with a clothesline.
Funaki caught midair by Faarooq.
[Lawler] They think they're back at the Friendly Tap. Look at Crash.
[Cole] Now, Crash wants in,
and Faarooq tags in Crash, and here we go.
Well, King, we've been told that
"The Big Red Machine" Kane is now in the locker room.
He's awaiting the arrival of The Undertaker.
We're told The Undertaker is on his way. Could arrive at any moment.
[Lawler] Well, if the officials back there can hear me,
I suggest that you get the… Or either you, Mick Foley,
I suggest you get Kane out of that locker room right now.
[Cole] What kind of shape is the Undertaker gonna be in
following that chokeslam through the ring on Raw by Kane?
I still can't get over that.
Oh, look at this.
And Boss Man with a boot to the face of Crash.
Here's the cover by Boss Man,
and The Acolytes enter the ring
to break up the three-count with authority.
[Lawler] You're right. For some reason, Boss Man just don't like little Elroy.
[Cole] Oh, look at this. Double-team by The Acolytes on Boss Man.
Tag team action still to come tonight, King.
DX is in action against Too Cool.
What a double-team by The Acolytes!
DX putting that friendly rivalry aside for a night
-to team up, to take on Too Cool. -[Lawler] Look at this.
[Cole] Look at Crash with a dropkick to Boss Man.
Blind tag by Taka Michinoku into the ring.
-[Lawler] Wow. -[Cole] And a right hand to Crash.
-Hey, wait a minute. -What is Boss Man doing?
[Lawler] What's up with this? Where are you going, Boss Man?
[Cole] And Boss Man is walking up the ramp.
-Where's he going? -I don't know.
But does Kai En Tai realize that their partner has deserted them?
[Cole] Well, they're gonna realize soon. Taka with a shot to Crash.
[Lawler] Taka.
[Cole] Boss Man looks to be walking out, King,
and that means this is gonna be a handicap match.
Oh, what a… Drop toehold by Taka, and look at this.
Taka Michinoku off the rope. Dropkick to the face of Crash.
Kai En Tai are celebrating now.
If Crash can make a tag, the celebration may end.
Oh, Taka and the Michinoku driver, hooks the leg.
The Acolytes into the ring, breaking up the three-count,
and Faarooq and Bradshaw have had enough.
[Lawler] No. No. They may break up more than the three-count now.
[Cole] Oh, look at this. Oh no.
[Lawler] Oh man.
They're gonna break these guys like a fortune cookie.
[Cole] Faarooq's not done yet. Face-first, center of the ring,
and look at Crash.
Oh boy.
[Lawler] Oh man.
[Cole] Crash on to Taka. Cover.
-And this one's over. -[bell ringing]
Boss Man has left Kai En Tai high and dry.
And Crash and The Acolytes pick up the win.
[announcer] Here are your winners, Crash and The Acolytes.
[Lawler] You know, Confucius say,
"Never vomit on The Acolytes."
What's up with this? Crash, what are you doing?
Now, Crash and the APA pick up the victory.
Champion versus champion.
-Hey, guys. -Hey, Steph.
What's up, Steph?
Okay. Listen.
You gotta hear my plan out in full because--
Hold on one second. I let these guys know what your plan was, okay?
And Steph, it's okay. It's not gonna happen.
-But you didn't even hear my plan. -Hold on. I told them, all right?
-There… -Listen.
Okay, Triple H's wife, okay,
there's no way Hunter's gonna let you take on The Rock.
No sister of mine is gonna take on The Rock,
and of course, no friend of Kurt Angle
is gonna take on The Rock, okay?
But we've decided who will take on The Rock tonight.
-We have? We have? -Yes. Okay.
And tonight, it's gonna be Triple H taking on The Rock.
What-what are you talking about? What are you talking about? It's Triple H?
-When did you decide this? -You had the last-- Outside.
You had the last shot at The Rock last time, okay?
This is nothing personal, okay? You had the last shot at The Rock.
-Now, it's Triple H taking on The Rock. -I get it.
You know what? I get it.
This is not about who had The Rock last.
This is about Monday night.
This is about you telling me I have no integrity,
about me being friends with your sister. There's sexual tension or whatever.
That's what it's about. It's about the fact
that Triple H can't accept that I'm friends with his wife,
and that you can't accept that I'm friends with your sister.
-I can't accept this decision. -Hold on.
No way. I don't accept this. That's wrong.
It's not true.
[Cole] Hey, King, have you seen the new covers of TV Guide?
[Lawler] Have I ever? Look at this.
The Kat, Y2J, Kurt Angle, and Rikishi. Collector's items!
[Cole] Yeah, collect all four covers.
It's on sale at newsstands everywhere right now.
[Lawler] That's one of the reasons Terri is so jealous of The Kat.
Kat's on the cover of TV Guide.
[entrance theme playing]
[crowd cheering]
[music stops]
[explosion]
[Cole] Oh, King, Y2J is on his way out here to do commentary
for the Hardcore Championship match.
-[Lawler] What? -[Cole] He's on the way.
[Lawler] He's gonna have to sit here next to me and you.
[Cole] That's right. Chris Jericho, on Raw this past Monday night, King,
was battling Val Venis for the Intercontinental Championship.
And Jericho had this match won.
It was the Lionsault to Val Venis.
He was crowned the new Intercontinental Champion.
But no, "The Rabid Wolverine" Chris Benoit would interfere,
costing Jericho the Intercontinental Title.
And then Benoit snapped. The vicious attack on Chris Jericho.
Jericho writhing in pain
as Chris Benoit seemed to enjoy inflicting punishment on Jericho.
[music continues]
[Cole] And King, as we mentioned, being joined here at ringside
by "Ayatollah of Rock 'n' Rolla," "Y2J" himself, Chris Jericho.
Chris, welcome to broadcast.
Well, let me tell you, Mitchell. Once again, it's tremendous to be here.
-King. -Mitchell?
I've heard you talk a lot of smack about me,
and now, I'm gonna keep an eye on you out here.
[Cole] Here's the Hardcore Champion, Steve Blackman, and I'll tell you what.
You gotta be nuts to compete in this Hardcore division.
[Jericho] You wanna hear about nuts? Let's hear about Y2J.
Let's hear about almost being destroyed,
Let's hear about almost being killed by this maniac Chris Benoit,
and let's talk about how I completely continue to come back.
-[bell ringing] -That's true.
Okay? I never stop. I'm never gonna quit. You understand, King?
[announcer] …for the World Wrestling Entertainment Hardcore Championship.
In the ring, from Annville, Pennsylvania, weighing in at 246 pounds
is the Hardcore Champion, "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman.
[Cole] Now, Chris, I know you're aware of the big announcement
made on wwe.com this week by Commissioner Mick Foley.
Your match against Chris Benoit at SummerSlam
will now be two out of three falls.
[announcer] And the challenger,
being accompanied to the ring by Shane McMahon,
from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada,
weighing in at 225 pounds, Chris Benoit.
You're talking about two out of the three falls.
That's fine, because it's gonna continue on and on.
It gives me more time to punish Benoit.
It gives me more time to get even with Benoit,
and we could go two out of three days.
We could go two out of three months. It doesn't matter,
'cause this is not gonna end at SummerSlam.
It's not gonna end in the next year, two years, or three years.
Give me two out of three falls.
Give me two out of three chances to rip Benoit's…
-[Lawler] Head off? -[Jericho] His toothless head off.
I wanted… I wanted to embellish that a little bit, King.
-Yeah, there you go. -[bell rings]
[Cole] Chris Benoit now starts this Hardcore Title matchup
against Steve Blackman.
Remember, no holds barred, no disqualification,
falls count anywhere.
And it was this past week on Raw, Mr. Jericho,
that Chris Benoit cost you the Intercontinental Championship.
[Lawler] What a clothesline!
Cost me the Intercontinental Champion,
beat me for the Intercontinental Championship,
Hey, Benoit is a tremendous wrestler. There's no doubt about it.
I know Benoit is good,
but I also know that broccoli is good for you,
-but I hate it all the same. -[Lawler] That's good.
[Cole] Well, Y2J, perhaps, Benoit retaliating
since you cost Chris Benoit the World Wrestling Entertainment Title
a couple of weeks ago.
[Jericho] Let's also talk about Benoit's special little friend, Shane McMahon.
They're real special friends if you know what I'm saying. I understand that.
[Cole] Oh, look out.
Blackman, what a shot to the knees of Chris Benoit!
Then to the back with that trash container lid.
We already know, folks, tonight
that Triple H now is gonna take on The Rock…
-[Jericho] Oh, great. -…later on tonight on SmackDown.
It's the WWE Champion versus The Game.
[Jericho] I like this part of the match.
I like Blackman beating Benoit with various appliances.
That's what I call entertainment.
[Cole] Now, Blackman's in control.
Perhaps, the best Hardcore Champion we've ever had here…
-[Lawler] Oh man. -[Jericho] That's a move.
-…in World Wrestling Entertainment. -He's the quickest, I know that.
[Cole] Cover by Blackman. Hooks the leg, two, and a kickout by Benoit.
These guys go back a lot years, back to the old days in Calgary in about 1986,
and Blackman beat Benoit up then, and he's beating him up now as well.
[Cole] Chris, can I ask you a simple question?
-[Jericho] Please do. You're a simple man. -Why do you hate Chris Benoit so much?
Why… I just… Hate is too… too easy of a word.
I loathe Benoit.
I abhor Benoit.
I detest Benoit.
-[Cole] But why do you hate him? -[Jericho] The man is trying--
He's constantly interfered with me, night in and night out,
and that's fine. Like I said, I hate this man.
This is not just a wrestling match. This is not just--
[Lawler] Look at this. Oh!
[Cole] Blackman into the corner, and Benoit is in control.
[Jericho] This is not just a wrestling match.
This is not an angle, a feud. This is serious business.
This is-- this is to the death.
-[Cole] Oh man. -[Lawler] To the death?
[Cole] It's two out of three falls, ten days away at SummerSlam,
Chris Benoit and Chris Jericho.
Perhaps Chris Benoit is gonna enter SummerSlam
as the Hardcore Champion.
So, maybe it will be a two out of three Hardcore Title match.
[Lawler] Look at this. This is what Benoit is capable of.
[Cole] Well, he's the Rabid Wolverine.
[Jericho] Like I said, there's no doubt Benoit is a destroyer in the ring.
He's a machine. There's no doubt about that.
Benoit constantly, time and time again, has basically tried to take me out,
but Y2J comes back.
And like I said,
this will not end at SummerSlam. It will never ever end.
I will never, ever quit, and it's gonna continue and continue.
[Cole] Benoit trying to choke the life out of Steve Blackman
with that leather strap. And I'll tell you what,
Steve Blackman is in trouble and so is his Hardcore Title.
[Lawler] I'm telling ya-- Watch this, Chris. You gotta be willing.
Are you willing to pay this kind of price at SummerSlam?
-I know-- I know-- Are you saying you-- -[Cole] Oh!
[Lawler] You don't just wanna eliminate Benoit from the WWE.
You wanna really eliminate him?
You said to the-- I mean…
[Jericho] Let me just step back a bit here.
Benoit and I are very similar. We're both from Canada,
we both have the same background in this business,
we both love this business, we both are students of this business,
but that's where the similarities end, and that's where the respect ends.
-[Cole] Oh, look at Steve Blackman. -Oh yeah.
[Cole] Benoit is in trouble.
The martial arts expert, the Hardcore Champion.
[Jericho] If you look at Shane running around like a little…
[Lawler] Special friend.
[Jericho] Yeah, the special… special friend.
[Cole] Shane is keeping his distance, Chris, from you.
[Jericho] Well, as he should.
I put him in the Wall of Jericho last week,
-and he hasn't been too feisty since then. -[Cole] Look at this.
Benoit into the ring. Look at Blackman go to work.
The martial arts expert trying to take the legs out of Chris Benoit, and he does.
[Lawler] Now Shane's got a kendo stick.
[Cole] And what is Shane gonna do with a kendo stick?
Give me a break.
[Lawler] That's probably just to protect himself.
-Yeah. -Protect himself?
[Lawler] Well, you know, Blackman. He's capable of anything.
Blackman is more concerned with Benoit than Shane.
-The German suplex by Chris Benoit. -[Jericho] As he should be.
He should be more concern with Benoit. That's a true athlete.
Shane McMahon's just a silver spoon-fed, you know, high class society type of guy
I used to beat up at the smoking doors in high school.
[Cole] What happens if Chris Benoit locks those German suplexes on
at SummerSlam next Sunday?
[Jericho] At SummerSlam next Sunday…
Mick Foley was talking about Christmas earlier.
I think after that match, Benoit is gonna want a lot more
than his missing two front teeth for Christmas.
He's gonna wish he never ever came in contact with Chris Jericho.
[Cole] Steve Blackman… Kendo stick…
And look at Shane with a kendo stick from behind.
[Jericho] That's what I'm talking about, a cowardly move from a basic coward.
[Cole] Shane McMahon just…
-A pansy. -He may have knocked out Steve Blackman.
Chris Benoit could become the new Hardcore Champion.
-And look at this. -[Jericho] All right.
He's got him. Submission maneuver.
-That's enough of that one. -Where are you going?
Crossface locked in to Blackman. Where is Jericho is going?
[Lawler] Jericho, come back here.
-[Cole] Jericho with a steel chair. -[Lawler] Look out.
[Cole] Jericho to the back of the head of Benoit.
[Lawler] Oh my gosh.
[Cole] No disqualifications in this matchup.
It's no holds barred.
-The referee can't stop it. -[Lawler] Look out, Shane.
[Cole] Blackman covers Benoit.
-Blackman retains the Hardcore Title. -[bell ringing]
[Cole] Y2J has cost Benoit the Hardcore Title.
[announcer] Here is your winner and still the World Wrestling Entertainment
Hardcore Champion,
The Lethal Weapon, Steve Blackman.
[Cole] Look at this.
Benoit, the Crippler Crossface locked in on Blackman.
The Rabid Wolverine has snapped.
[Lawler] Better get some help out here. He's not gonna let him go,
I can assure you that.
-[Cole] The man shows no compassion. -[screaming]
[Cole] Benoit with the Crippler Crossface locked in on Blackman.
You can hear the screams of Chris Benoit as he locks it in.
[Lawler] I think… I think Blackman was actually tapping out.
That's the first time I've ever seen that.
-Well, I think it was-- -Not again.
Again, Chris Benoit applying the Crossface.
[Lawler] Look at this.
[Cole] He wants to hospitalize Blackman.
King, if Benoit locks the Crossface in at SummerSlam in 10 days,
Y2J's two out of three fall match with Benoit will be over.
[Lawler] And oh yeah, I think Y2J's career could be over.
The Rabid Wolverine has snapped.
Chris Jericho, again, pushing the button of Chris Benoit.
[Lawler] Big, big mistake by Jericho. What else is gonna happen here tonight?
-Hey, wait a minute. -[footsteps approaching]
-[Stephanie] Kurt. -Is he leaving?
Kurt, wait. Wait.
Where are you going?
Steph, I don't belong.
I mean, look at it. I don't fit. I don't fit.
Kurt, you fit.
No, no. No, I don't.
Your brother doesn't think I have any integrity.
Your husband doesn't think I have integrity.
I mean, they end up picking Triple H for the match.
I know when I've been voted off the island.
That was it. It's true.
I mean, Steph, my feelings are hurt. I gotta go.
Oh, Kurt, no, no, no. Don't let your feelings be hurt.
Listen, I know you have integrity.
You have been nothing but a perfect gentleman to me,
and you're intelligent, and you have… You have intensity, okay?
And you should stay. You should really stay.
You're a part of the family. Didn't you hear Shane?
Steph, I'm not wanted. I don't wanna be where I'm not wanted.
I'm gonna go.
[Cole] King, Kurt's had his feelings hurt.
[Lawler] I can't believe this. Kurt!
Look at that face. Come back.
[announcer] And now, the WWE boot of the week
brought to you by Lugz.
Go eye to eye in the boots and shoes rugged enough to take the heat.
Boots with an attitude, that's Lugz.
[upbeat music playing]
-Lita up top. -Oh yeah.
-And a moonsault. -What's he gonna do now?
And Lita with a crossbody.
Oh my god. Did you see that?
You're talking about violence, what was that?
Hey, look at this. It's Edge and Christian. No, look out.
Matt Hardy saved Lita. They were gonna try to behead Lita.
♪ You think you know me ♪
[Cole] Well, King, we've just been told that Right to Censor wants
to address this crowd a little bit later on on SmackDown.
[Lawler] What? Oh, I hate those guys.
-I can understand right to disagree… -[bell ringing]
…or right to not like, or even the right to protest,
but right to censor, that just don't fly.
[announcer] From Toronto, Canada, at a combined weight 455 pounds,
they are the World Wrestling Entertainment Tag Team Champions,
Christian and Edge.
[Cole] Well, the Tag Team Title holders will defend the Tag Team Title
in 10 days at SummerSlam.
First ever tables, ladders, and chairs match
against the Dudleys and The Hardy Boyz.
[Lawler] Look at those glasses.
We realize you people here in Worcester
have a very limited vocabulary.
[crowd shouting indistinctly]
But we would like to add a new word for you.
That word is "heinousity,"
because that's exactly what Mick Foley has done to us.
[Lawler] And "heinousity" describes those glasses.
And when it comes to SummerSlam,
we refer to the TLC match as "totally lacking coolness."
We refuse to acknowledge it
-as tables and ladders and chairs. -[crowd shouting]
-[Cole] They need diapers and bottles. -[Lawler] Oh my!
[Cole] They're babies, King.
-[whistling] -Tables and ladders and chairs. Oh…
[explosions]
-[crowd cheering] -[entrance theme playing]
[Lawler] Charles Nelson Reilly just called. He wants his…
He wants his glasses back.
[announcer] And their opponents, first being accompanied to the ring
by Bubba Ray who weighs in at 255 pounds,
D-Von Dudley.
[Cole] Well, King, D-Von is tagging with Jeff Hardy tonight
because Bubba Ray not a hundred percent
following the chair attack by Edge and Christian on Raw.
And check out the black eye to Bubba Ray Dudley,
and this is what happened on Raw this past Monday night, King.
Edge and Christian with chairs tried to decapitate Lita.
Matt Hardy making the save,
but look what Matt got for his efforts.
[Lawler] Yeah, you got that right.
You know, I guess I gotta exercise my right to disagree
with the Tag Team Champions.
What they were gonna do to Lita was just not right, and then that.
I mean they bashed poor Bubba Ray's brains out.
[Cole] Edge and Christian succeeded on Bubba Ray.
Look at that. Oh, wow.
And look at the eye of Bubba Ray Dudley.
[Lawler] Well, that one… edge of that one chair
caught him right in the cheek bone.
It's a miracle it didn't fracture his cheek.
[Cole] Bubba Ray Dudley being held out of this matchup for precautionary reasons.
So D-Von is gonna team with Jeff Hardy.
[announcer] And his tag team partner,
being accompanied tonight by Lita and Matt Hardy,
from Cameron, North Carolina,
weighing in at 213 pounds…
-[Lawler] Oh man. -…Jeff Hardy.
[Cole] Matt Hardy is also being held out of this matchup, King,
following that vicious shot to the chair.
He was dropped on his head on the chair on Raw his past Monday night,
Matt Hardy being held out of this matchup.
-And Lita hurt as well… -[bell rings]
…thanks to that kick by Steven Richards of Right to Censor.
[Lawler] But at least lovely Lita is out here at ringside.
Yeah. Oh man.
[Cole] Edge misses up over the top with Jeff Hardy.
So it's Jeff and D-Von against Edge and Christian.
And here's the double-team by D-Von and Jeff Hardy.
-Look out. -[Lawler] Wait a minute.
[Cole] Poetry in Motion by D-Von and Jeff. That's a Hardy Boyz maneuver.
[Lawler] I don't think-- As a matter of fact,
I didn't think D-Von and Jeff Hardy would be able to get along.
-Not this, too. -Check this out, King.
-[both] Wassup! -[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] These guys are on the same page. Look!
[Cole] D-Von.
But will they be on the same page 10 days from now at SummerSlam…
-[Lawler] No way. -…when it's the Hardys, Dudleys,
and Edge and Christian in that tables, ladders, and chairs match?
[Lawler] Bubba Ray sending out for a table for two.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] A low blow. Jeff Hardy's down, and now, Edge and Christian,
the Tag Team Champions, start the double-team to Jeff Hardy.
[Lawler] Lita had to tell D-Von,
"Get back in there and help your partner get the table."
[Cole] King, we can tell you that Kane's in the locker room
stoically awaiting the arrival of his brother.
Could The Undertaker be on his way? When will he arrive,
and what kind of shape is The Undertaker gonna be in?
[Lawler] I don't know, but Mick Foley needs to do his job.
He needs to get… He needs to get Kane out of here
and know that The Undertaker… [exclaims]
-[Cole] Counter by Jeff Hardy. -[Lawler] Beautiful.
-[crowd] We want tables! -[Cole] The crowd chanting for tables
as D-Von Dudley comes in the ring off the tag by Jeff Hardy.
And D-Von with the right hand to Edge and Christian.
[Lawler] "We want tables."
[Cole] The Tag Team Champions, the whiners and complainers,
on Raw this past Monday night.
The Tag Team Champions had a sit-down strike!
They were basically striking at the unfair treatment
-at the hands of the Commissioner. -[Lawler] Heinousity.
[Cole] And look at this. D-Von Dudley. Edge is in trouble.
Here's the cover, hooks the leg, and Christian breaks up the three-count.
And D-Von retaliates with a right hand.
Oh, what a spear by Edge to D-Von Dudley.
Oh, look out. Edge to the cover,
referee distracted, Jeff Hardy top rope.
-[Lawler] No way. -Swanton bomb.
He missed, and he hit D-Von.
[Lawler] Oh, he did.
[Cole] Jeff Hardy hit D-Von Dudley with the Swanton.
-Look at Edge! -Edge capitalizes.
-[bell ringing] -[Cole] And Edge and Christian win.
-I knew this tag team wouldn't work. -Your winners, Christian and Edge.
[Lawler] They're not… They're not synchronized
like the team of the Tag Team Champions there, Edge and Christian.
[Cole] Will Edge and Christian be able to hold the gold
at SummerSlam in 10 days when they take on The Hardy Boyz…
What the hell is that?
…and The Dudley Boyz in the tables, ladders, and chairs match?
[Lawler] Oh my, TLC.
[Cole] Now, Jeff Hardy and D-Von weren't quite on the same page.
As Jeff Hardy hit the Swanton, Edge moved out…
[Lawler] Oh, here we go. Look at this.
[Cole] Well, Jeff was trying to apologize, and D-Von wants nothing of it.
[Lawler] Look out, Lita. Don't get in there.
[Cole] Well, Lita trying to play peace keeper.
[Lawler] You're not in any condition to step between those two.
[Cole] Bubba Ray Dudley is still not right from that chair shot on Raw.
[Lawler] Did you see the look on Bubba's face?
-What the hell is your problem? -[Lawler] Look at this. [indistinct]
[Cole] The Hardy Boyz and Dudley Boyz going at it.
-[Lawler] I knew this was gonna happen. -[Cole] Tonight's truce has split apart.
And the Hardys and Dudleys hammering away at each other.
[Lawler] Lita, get a chair, get a ladder, get something.
[Cole] Edge and Christian enjoying it. The Tag Team Champions like what they see.
[Lawler] Hit Bubba Ray in the eye.
[Cole] They hope these two teams beat the heck out of each other
before SummerSlam.
[Lawler] You don't have to worry about that.
They'll do it before and at SummerSlam TLC.
[Cole] First ever tables, ladders, and chairs match in SummerSlam.
Will Edge and Christian be able to hold on to the tag team gold?
[Lawler] Oh, let him go. Let him go.
[rock music playing]
[Cole] Worcester, Massachusetts. SmackDown bracing for a war, King.
Triple H is gonna meet The Rock one-on-one here tonight.
[Lawler] Oh, unbelievable. I can't wait for this.
[Cole] Considering that The Rock
Rocked Bottomed Triple H's wife a couple of weeks ago,
Triple H is gonna be out for revenge.
Wait a minute. Who is this?
Oh no.
Oh, it's-- Where is he?
That's Kane.
The Big Red Machine obviously no longer in the locker room.
That looks like the garage area.
[Lawler] This is trouble. Hey, somebody get--
-[alarm sounding] -Kane's outside.
He's waiting for The Undertaker.
-[entrance theme playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] Somebody better get out there.
[Cole] Now we told you Right to Censor wanted to address this crowd,
and here comes Steven Richards and company, King.
Coming up next, DX and Too Cool, the big tag team matchup.
[announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, making their way to the ring…
-[Lawler] I hate these guys. -…Right to Censor.
[Lawler] Like I said, you got a right to disagree with something,
you got to right to not like something.
I don't even care if you wanna protest something, but…
nobody should be allowed to censor anything.
[Cole] They wanna run everybody's lives, King.
They're hypocrites.
The so-called conscience of WWE.
They claim to know what's best for my children, everybody's children.
Oh great, Bull's gonna speak. Oh boy.
[crowd shouting]
When my two little daughters…
-[Cole] Eh? -…the lights of my life,
when they come to me, and they say,
"Dad, why can't we watch you on TV?"
Can't believe this guy's had children. There's more of him.
I have to tell them that it's for their own good.
What I wanna tell them is
that I work for a company that promotes filth as entertainment.
What I want to tell them is I work for a company that promotes violence,
and what I want to tell them more than anything
is that I'd be ashamed of what they would see.
[Cole] So leave.
[Lawler] Yeah, take a hike.
McDonald's is hiring.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] He sure cashes the paycheck, though, King.
[Lawler] Yeah, right.
We hope you people understand
that what we are doing is for you…
[Lawler] This guy has been totally brainwashed.
That doesn't take nothing more than an eye dropper.
…and for my two daughters,
so that they can look back one day and say,
"My dad helped make this world
a much, much better place."
[Cole] He's emotional about this King. He really believes what he's saying.
[Lawler] Yeah, cut to that man, that idiot Steven Richards.
He's got these guys…
Talk about brainwashed!
Each week Steven Richards and we, The Right to Censor,
we stand out here with nothing but your best interests in mind.
Why can't you people see that?
[Cole] Our best interest?
[Lawler] We see you for exact what you are.
Please, please, please.
[Cole] Yeah, a hypocrite.
If you people would just look at our views,
listen to our message.
[Cole] Yeah, brainwash us, why don't you?
All we want is what's right for you.
[Cole] They have their own agenda.
We just want you to live the right way.
-[Lawler] Your way? Your way? -[crowd shouting]
-[Cole] That's what they're saying. -[Lawler] I'll take the highway.
[crowd shouting]
We have been criticized as of late
for our recent actions against women here in World Wrestling Entertainment.
[Cole] I even hate his voice.
What we did to Lita
and what we did to Victoria…
[Cole] Yeah. What about that?
…may be frowned upon by some,
but please do not judge us
by the severity of our actions.
[Lawler] 'Cause that's what you think is right.
But do judge us by the strength of our convictions.
[Cole] Well, he's judging all of us, King.
[crowd shouting indistinctly]
Now, we stand before you today like any other day,
-with hope in our hearts… -[Cole] Ugh.
…and fire in our spirits…
[Lawler] Black hearts.
We have informed you.
We have educated you.
We have begged you,
and we have fought for you.
And now,
we are warning you.
-[Cole] Ugh. -No more.
[Lawler] Or what?
-[crowd chanting] Asshole! -[Lawler] No more what?
[Cole] Well, these WWE fans voicing their opinion.
-This is freedom of expression, King. -Yeah.
-We have the right to express ourselves. -We do not want filth.
We do not want gratuitous violence.
And most of all,
we do not want scantily clad women.
[crowd booing]
[Lawler] You're an idiot.
The Right to Censor will stop at nothing or nobody
to obtain our dream
of a world where you can keep your houses' doors unlocked at night,
a world where you can turn on the television
and see nothing but good, wholesome family entertainment.
[crowd booing]
[Cole] This guy is unbelievable.
Not this world that you people live in
where a child, your son, your daughter, your niece, your nephew
is forced to view this.
[Lawler] What?
-Oh. -[Cole] Oh, come on.
[crowd cheering]
-[Lawler] Yeah, that… -[Cole] That's Rikishi's backside.
[laughing] It's… It's funny.
[Lawler] See, that's the problem. These guys just don't get it.
-It is quite obvious… -[Lawler] Or get anything.
…that women are not the only ones
who need to change their ways here in the WWE.
And if Rikishi does not cover up
his disgustingly vulgar fat rear end,
then not only will we censor him,
but we will show each and every one of you
just what it means to fight the good fight.
And it's for your own good.
-[alarm sounding] -[Cole] For our own good.
[Lawler] Yeah. I'd like to see that. I'd like to see Right to Censor try
to censor 424 pounds of Rikishi.
For our own… Goodbye. That's what I-- That's my own good.
[Cole] There's Kane, and he seems to be growing impatient
awaiting the arrival of his brother, The Undertaker.
Could The Undertaker be on his way?
[announcer] And now, the Right Guard Xtreme Rewind
presented by new Right Guard Xtreme Sport.
Get extreme. Get Right Guard.
[Jim Ross] Oh my God. What… It's Kane. The Big Red Machine is back.
[Lawler] Oh, look at this.
-[Ross] The brothers' hands are clasped. -[Lawler] Hey, wait.
[Ross] A chokeslam! What's the meaning of this?
-Oh my God. -Oh my God.
[Ross] Kane just chokeslammed The Undertaker all the way to hell.
Why, Kane? Why turn on your brother?
[crowd cheering]
What's up, man?
-You ready to fight? -Yeah, you ready?
Let's go.
-What are you doing? -What?
You've been laughing for three days now. You've had a little snicker,
and it's, like, been directed at me. What's up?
-You still got some on your nose. -Oh.
[both laugh]
It's the stinkface, ain't it?
-What do you think I'm talking about? -You know, your--
I know what-- Your head was up there, too.
Well, not as long as yours. Let's go, man.
Look, tonight… Hey.
-Let's go. -Tonight…
Tonight, we take it out on the shorties, Too Cool.
-Let's do it right now. -Yeah, let's go do it.
[Cole] Well, DX and Too Cool here tonight on SmackDown.
But, King, there is Kane. The Big Red Machine pacing,
still awaiting the arrival of his brother, The Undertaker.
-[Lawler] Oh my gosh. Look at this. -[Cole] Kane is losing patience, King.
The Undertaker is expected, but is he on his way?
-Oh man. -Oh, this is gonna be bad.
-[Kane breathing heavily] -[Lawler] Look out.
King, what a night for The Rock and Chyna
in Los Angeles, the WWE taking over the Democratic Convention
-much like we did the GOP Convention. -Unbelievable.
Registering voters to vote all over the country, too. It's great.
A non-partisan campaign registering 10,000 voters in the first week
here in World Wrestling Entertainment.
Let's switch gears now. SummerSlam, 10 days away on pay-per-view
with a triple-threat match
for the World Wrestling Entertainment Title,
The Rock, Triple H, and Kurt Angle.
That's gonna be huge. Don't forget Chris Benoit
against Chris Jericho, two out of three fall match.
How about table, ladders, and chairs,
Edge and Christian, the Dudleys and The Hardy Boyz?
You know what I'd love to see at SummerSlam?
I would love to see The Undertaker go one-on-one-with Kane.
That'd be great.
I'll tell you what match we are gonna see at SummerSlam,
you one-on-one against Tazz.
[Lawler] Oh, I can't wait for that either.
Let's take you back to this past Monday on Raw.
Things really got out of control.
King, you were banned from ringside,
told to come back by Commissioner Mick Foley
because Tazz was going one-on-one with Crash.
But the match was now over, and Tazz was again in JR's face.
-[Lawler] Right. Listen to this. -[indistinct shouting]
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] Well, Tazz shoved JR.
You know, I don't know what his problem is with JR,
but I've had enough of it, right?
I've just gotta introduce Tazz, this lowlife street thug, to the King.
Not the King of commentary, not the King that he knows on…
not the King that he knows here sitting at the table--
Wait a minute. What the hell are you doing?
Tazz has got King.
Somebody get-- Somebody help King.
He's trying to choke the life out of King.
Somebody help King.
-Somebody help King. Tazz is choking him. -Get him off!
[Cole] Somebody get out of here. Tazz is choking King.
-Look at King's face. -[Tazz shouting]
-[Cole] King is losing consciousness. -[clamoring]
[Cole] Tazz is choking King.
My god, get him out of here.
What is his problem?
[shouting indistinctly]
-[rock music playing] -[Cole] What the hell is Tazz's problem?
King needs help out here.
King needs help.
[Cole] Back on SmackDown,
and a few moments ago, the street thug, Tazz, did it again.
A cowardly attack from behind on Jerry "The King" Lawler.
Tazz slapping the Tazzmission on the King
and trying to choke the life out of Jerry "The King" Lawler.
And Tazz will meet King at SummerSlam. Again, attacks The King from behind.
The street thug Tazz putting the King out of commission.
Well, there's The Big Red Machine.
Who will ever forget what Kane did to The Undertaker
this past Monday night on Raw,
chokeslamming him through the middle of the ring?
[music playing]
[Cole] Meanwhile, DX, Road Dogg, and X-Pac on their way to the ring.
King is not out here after that attack by Tazz.
We understand, though, that King is going to be all right.
We're gonna take it back to Raw this past Monday night
as the friendly rivalry continue between Road Dogg and X-Pac.
And it was a handicap match. X-Pac and Road Dogg versus Rikishi.
Rikishi put the stinkface on Road Dogg, and X-Pac loved it.
X-Pac laughing hysterically
as Road Dogg got the stinkface from Rikishi.
Cut the music.
[music ends]
["U Look Fly Today" playing]
[Cole] So it's DX set to take on Too Cool in this tag team matchup.
That stinkface to Road Dogg may have been the longest on record,
and X-Pac laughing just like Road Dogg laughed
when X-Pac received the stinkface from Rikishi last week.
Well, Scotty 2 Hotty, Grandmaster Sexay on their way to the ring
-to take on Road Dogg and X-Pac. -[bell ringing]
[announcer] The following tag team contest is scheduled for one fall.
Making their way to the ring, at a combined weight of 438 pounds,
Scotty 2 Hotty and Grandmaster Sexay, Too Cool.
[Cole] This is a great opportunity for DX to get some retribution against Rikishi
as they take on Rikishi's running buddies,
Grandmaster Sexay and Scotty 2 Hotty of Too Cool.
Still to come tonight, The Rock and Triple H,
and is this a matchup that Triple H wants to win,
or is the name of the game for The Game to maim the People's Champ The Rock
-ten days before SummerSlam? -[bell ringing]
[Cole] And here we go, X-Pac and Road Dogg hammering away on Too Cool.
[grunting]
[Cole] DX arguably the greatest tag team in World Wrestling Entertainment.
Look at Scotty 2 Hotty taking out Road Dogg.
Grandmaster Sexay takes out X-Pac.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Road Dogg and X-Pac for this friendly rivalry as of late.
Jerry "The King" Lawler telling us last Thursday on SmackDown
that perhaps this friendly rivalry is becoming little more competitive,
perhaps it's escalating a little bit.
Oh, look out. Scotty 2 Hotty bulldog to X-Pac.
[crowd cheering]
And here we comes with The Worm from Scotty 2 Hotty.
[crowd] W-O-R-M! Worm!
[Cole] The crowd behind Scotty 2 Hotty, the exclamation point,
the chop to the neck of X-Pac.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Jerry "The King" Lawler not here at ringside,
being attended to by medical personnel in the back
after the Tazzmission from Tazz,
but we understand that King is gonna be okay.
And look at that. Road Dogg shoving Scotty 2 Hotty
into his partner, Grandmaster Sexay.
And Road Dogg setting Scotty 2 Hotty up.
Look at this.
Road Dogg wanted to do the pumphandle slam,
and I think X-Pac wanted perhaps the X-Factor.
Well, DX not quite on the same page, it looks like.
[shouting indistinctly]
[Cole] Oh, look at this. X-Pac shoving Road Dogg down.
-[explosion] -[Cole] Oh, wait a minute.
["Slow Chemical" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] It's Kane.
What the heck is Kane doing out here?
You saw Kane chokeslam his brother The Undertaker
through the ring on Raw, and The Undertaker isn't ever here,
but Kane is making beeline for Road Dogg and X-Pac.
[crowd cheering]
Oh no! Chokeslam! Chokeslam to Road Dogg.
X-Pac in trouble as well.
-Chokeslam! -[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Why is Kane doing this?
What has gotten into Kane?
Why did he assault The Undertaker on Monday night?
Kane has always been emotional wreck, but why did he snap now?
And Kane has got a microphone.
Why did I chokeslam my brother?
[crowd cheering]
I accept what I am,
what I always have been on the inside.
I am a monster.
-[Cole] What? -[music playing]
[Cole] Kane is saying he's accepted what he's always been,
and he's a monster?
But that doesn't explain why he attacked his brother, The Undertaker.
Kane says, on the inside, he's always been--
-Wait a minute. -[crowd cheering]
[Cole] It's The Undertaker. The Undertaker is here.
Oh, what kind of shape is The Undertaker in
following that chokeslam at the hands of Kane?
[music continues]
It is The Undertaker on his way out here.
♪ Dead man walking ♪
[Cole] And here comes The Undertaker.
♪ You've gone and made a big mistake ♪
♪ And I can't allow you To think you can just walk away… ♪
[Cole] A confrontation of the ages.
The officials are trying to prevent The Undertaker
from coming down into the ring.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] The Undertaker making a beeline for Kane.
This is going to get ugly.
[crowd cheering]
♪ A cheap shot That's the way that you play the game… ♪
[Cole] The Undertaker walks with an edge, hurt or not,
after that vicious chokeslam at the hands of Kane on Raw Monday night.
[song continues]
[Cole] But why did Kane chokeslam The Undertaker?
♪ …always kicking ass ♪
-[song fades out] -[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Well, The Undertaker is face-to-face with his brother, Kane.
The Undertaker seems to be demanding answers
for Kane's actions on Raw.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Is The Undertaker demanding answers for that vicious chokeslam?
But Kane doesn't look like he wants to give The Undertaker answers.
[crowd shouting indistinctly]
[Cole] Give him an answer, damn it.
He's your brother. He deserves an answer.
[crowd shouting]
[Cole] Kane isn't answering The Undertaker.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Oh boy. This is gonna get ugly in a hurry.
Well, The Undertaker may wanna beat these answers out of Kane.
The Undertaker and Kane may go at it right here on SmackDown.
The Undertaker shoving his brother, Kane.
Oh man. This is getting out of control.
Well, Kane's refusing to fight, and he's refusing to explain.
Are you gonna run now? You're gonna run?
[Cole] Kane is leaving.
Wait a minute.
Kane with the right hand,
a sucker punch to The Undertaker.
Kane with another right hand.
The Undertaker trying to battle back with one arm.
Punching those ribs, following the chokeslam on Raw.
[grunting]
[Cole] The Undertaker has gotta be writhing in pain
as Kane continues this assault.
Why is Kane doing this?
Oh no.
Right hand by Kane, a vicious assault on The Undertaker.
The Undertaker was broken… [indistinct] And now this.
The Undertaker broken apart physically and emotionally.
And Kane continues the assault.
A chair to the head of The Undertaker, right in his own brother's face.
Why is Kane turning on his own flesh and blood?
No, and why is Kane doing this?
-[Kane] Get up, big brother! -[Cole] What has gotten into Kane?
[Kane] Get up!
[Cole] Kane talking trash to his own brother
and telling his big brother to get up, get on his feet.
He's not… Kane is obsessed.
It's the third chair shot to the head of The Undertaker.
Kane has lost it.
What has gotten into Kane?
Kane saying earlier on that he admits he really is a monster inside.
Look at this vicious assault on his brother.
It's his own flesh and blood.
[crowd cheering]
-[Kane grunting] -[Cole] Somebody stop this assault.
The Undertaker's defenseless. Enough is enough.
[Kane] …take you out, big brother. [indistinct]
[Cole] I've never seen Kane this… in this emotional state,
screaming at his brother.
Kane has drawn the blood of his own brother.
Kane has destroyed his own brother, The Undertaker.
[music playing]
Well, joining us back here at ringside, Jerry "The King" Lawler.
King, I mean, you got attacked by Tazz.
Hey, I don't wanna talk about Tazz. I wanna talk about what we just saw.
I wanna talk about The Undertaker and Kane. I cannot believe that.
[Cole] You believe it.
It was The Undertaker apparently demanding answers
from his brother Kane for Kane's actions on Raw.
Kane wouldn't give The Undertaker an answer.
As he turned to leave the ring,
Kane turned around and sucker punched his own brother.
And then Kane, a vicious assault on a less-than-100% Undertaker.
And check this out.
[Lawler] The Undertaker was in no condition to even be here tonight,
much less come out and confront Kane. He never should have done it.
And this is the price that he's paid for it.
[Cole] We can tell you The Undertaker has left the building.
He has gone to a nearby medical facility, King, for treatment and stitches
after that vicious chair attack at the hands of Kane.
[music playing]
[bell ringing]
[announcer] The following non-title contest is scheduled for one fall.
Making his way to the ring, being accompanied by Shane McMahon,
and the Word Wrestling Entertainment Women's Champion,
Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley,
from Greenwich, Connecticut,
weighing in at 260 pounds,
Triple H.
[Cole] Well, Triple H is the chosen one of the McMahon extended family, King.
Triple H will go one-on-one with The Rock here tonight on SmackDown.
[Lawler] I can't argue with Triple H. I can't argue with Shane's decision.
I would've like to see Kurt Angle in this match,
but if anybody deserves a shot, Triple H does.
[Cole] Well, guess where Triple H is gonna be here later on tonight.
He's going to be on the Conan O'Brien show, King.
Win or lose in this matchup against The Rock,
Triple H will be on Conan O'Brien a bit later on tonight.
Triple H, The Game, with Conan, it is gonna be great.
[music continues]
[Cole] Now, Triple H gets set for SummerSlam, 10 days away.
[Lawler] And Chef Boyardee presents SummerSlam live in just 10 days,
Sunday, August 27th,
from the sold-out Raleigh sports and entertainment complex,
in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Chef Boyardee is bigger for bigger appetites.
SummerSlam is exclusively on pay-per-view.
-[Cole] Triple-- -[tires screeching]
-Wait a minute. What is this now? -["Whole Lotta Groove" playing]
-This is Commissioner Mick Foley's music. -No kidding?
What's he doing out here now?
Well, now, listen, I know everybody is waiting for The Rock to come out,
but I do have an important announcement that I neglected to mention.
[Cole] Oh no.
Now, I know… I know I stated that this would be a non-title matchup,
but in addition,
it is also a non-McMahon at ringside matchup.
[Cole] What?
[crowd cheering]
-I like that. -[Lawler]Wait a minute.
What does he mean a non-McMahon at ringside?
[Foley] But before I escort the two of you out of the ring,
I can tell you really wanted a championship match.
Shane, you wanted a championship match tonight, didn't you?
And even Stephanie had the guts to want a championship match tonight.
Stephanie had the guts to demand a championship match,
so I'm gonna grant both of you your wishes.
-Not tonight, but Monday night, Stephanie… -[Lawler] The Rock? What?
…you are going to defend your Women's Championship.
[Cole] All right! Finally!
[Lawler] Wait a minute. She didn't ask for this.
Because you've got the test--
You've got the "ovarialogical" fortitude…
-[Cole laughs] -[Lawler] The what?
…to put your belt up on the line against Lita.
[Cole] All right. Stephanie and Lita on Raw Monday night.
The Women's Title on the line.
-It's not what she wanted. -And Shane-O-Mac…
-[Lawler] No, wait. -…you're gonna step in and compete
-for the Hardcore Championship… -[Lawler] No!
…against Steve Blackman.
[Cole] All right! Shane and Steve Blackman on Raw.
Come on, go on. You guys have to leave the ring.
I'm going to escort you. We'll go backstage,
and we'll talk over championship strategy.
Now, get the hell out of the ring.
[Cole] Well, Shane and Stephanie have been banned in ringside…
from ringside.
[music playing]
But they're not banned from Raw. Shane gets Steve Blackman on Raw, King.
And Stephanie has to defend her title against Lita.
[Lawler] Steve Blackman, have you seen what that guy's capable of doing?
[Cole] Of course I have.
[Lawler] With those garbage cans and those the weapons?
[Cole] We're gonna see what Shane is made of on Raw.
And what about Lita? We've seen what Lita's capable of.
[Lawler] And Stephanie, look at… This is not good.
[Cole] Well, it's about time Stephanie defended her Women's Title.
It's about time.
So Triple H will go it alone here tonight against The Rock,
the People's Champion,
just 10 days away from SummerSlam.
[Lawler] Oh, I can't wait for SummerSlam.
Can you smell what The Rock is cookin'?
-[music playing] -[crowd cheering]
[announcer] And his opponent, from Miami, Florida,
weighing in at 270 pounds,
he is the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion, The Rock.
[Cole] This arena is literally shaking, King,
a deafening ovation for the People's Champion.
The WWE Champion, The Rock,
who, in 10 days, will defend his title against Triple H and Kurt Angle
in a Triple Threat match at SummerSlam on pay-per-view.
[crowd cheering]
SummerSlam, the WrestleMania of the summer,
and what a main event!
[music continues]
[Cole] And look at the stare from The Rock to The Game, Triple H.
And King, you have to wonder,
is this matchup for Triple H about winning and losing,
or is it about maiming The Rock just 10 days away from SummerSlam?
[Lawler] The only thing I'm wondering is who's gonna leave SummerSlam
the WWE Champion?
[Cole] Keep in mind, it was The Rock
who Rock Bottomed Triple H's wife, Stephanie,
a couple of weeks ago.
And the trash talking has begun between Triple H and The Rock.
[Lawler] What a rivalry between these two! I don't think there's ever been
a greater rivalry in the entire WWE than Triple H and The Rock. Look at this.
[Cole] I have to agree with you there
as The Rock delivers a right hand to Triple H.
And here we go. The Game, The Brahma Bull exchanging blows.
What a matchup on SmackDown!
You better believe The Rock has revenge on his mind, King,
following that vicious attack by the McMahon extended family
on Raw this past Monday tonight.
[Lawler] I'll tell you who's gotta be eating their heart out right now.
-[Cole] Who? -[Lawler] Kurt Angle.
Not being a part of this action.
He feels he deserves to be in that ring with The Rock.
[Cole] It was majority rule, and the McMahon--
Look out! Triple H, right into the table in front of us.
And The Rock in control of this matchup. Head-first goes-- Watch The Game.
Hey, ref.
The Game's head bouncing like a basketball on the announcer table.
In the ring, please?
You mentioned Kurt Angle, King. But I'll tell you what.
It was majority rule,
and Stephanie, Shane, and Triple H out-voted Kurt Angle three to one
for Triple H to be in this match.
[Lawler] Well, I don't know about that. Kurt was just ostracized if you ask me.
[Cole] What a neckbreaker by Triple H on The Rock.
SummerSlam 10 days away.
So many questions, King.
Will this fragile Triple H and Stephanie, and Shane, and Kurt Angle truce
last 10 days through SummerSlam?
[Lawler] It has to.
[Cole] The Rock works on Triple H,
What role is Stephanie and Shane gonna play
in the Triple Threat match?
Oh man!
You heard the rumors going around the locker room last week that--
[indistinct] Rock went for The Rock Bottom.
Triple H countered.
And look out, Rock's in trouble,
and a suplex by Triple H. You heard the rumors last week, King,
that Shane McMahon would sell his own sister down the river
just to get Kurt Angle the World Wrestling Entertainment Title.
[Lawler] That's just nothing more than a rumor.
That's what I said, "rumors."
You heard all the talk about family tonight.
Shane and Stephanie both talking about the McMahon family.
It's tight. It's a family unit.
[Cole] You heard… You saw on Raw the return of Vince McMahon.
Vince telling Triple H and Kurt Angle,
"If you traumatize my daughter one more time,
you're not gonna wanna be around World Wrestling Entertainment."
[Lawler] Don't sow deceits of dissension.
If they stay together like they did Monday night,
we'll have a new champion.
King, I'm not sowing the seeds of dissension, but perhaps--
-Then what are you doing? -Vince McMahon saying that on Raw,
perhaps it forced Triple H and Kurt Angle to work together.
[Lawler] They'll have to work together at SummerSlam, too.
[Cole] Well, Triple H in control of The Brahma Bull, The Rock,
the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion.
[crowd chanting] Rocky!
[Cole] Oh, look out. Triple H is in control.
Here's the suplex to The Brahma Bull, The Rock.
Still can't get over that vicious attack, King,
by Kane on his brother, The Undertaker.
Undertaker's been taken to a medical facility
to receive treatment and… Ooh! …also stitches
after that vicious chair shot.
And Triple H, here's the cover on The Rock,
there's two, and The Rock kicks out before the count of three.
[Lawler] You gotta admit Triple H is shining right here.
And he's had no… absolutely no help from Stephanie or Shane.
It's not right that they're not allowed to be out here.
They wanna be at ringside to be able to view this.
[Cole] Hey, I never questioned Triple H's ability.
He is The Game.
I mean, he's the man who basically put Mick Foley out of a career.
Triple H, the four-time World Wrestling Entertainment Champion,
and he is doing well.
But how well will he do at SummerSlam
when you add Kurt Angle to this championship mix?
And I would imagine at SummerSlam,
Shane and Stephanie will be allowed at ringside, unlike tonight.
[Lawler] You know what this whole thing boils down to is
Commissioner Foley is… He's power-hungry.
He needs-- He needs to get with it.
Look around at some of the other commissioners.
Bud Selig, he doesn't wear sweatpants. Paul Tagliabue.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Oh, look out. He telegraphed it, a facebuster by Triple H.
Here's the cover, hooks the leg.
There's two, and The Rock kicks out before the count of three.
[Lawler] I got a feeling that this is Triple H's night.
[Cole] It could very well be.
But will it be Triple H's night at SummerSlam?
And Triple H can't only be focused on The Rock at SummerSlam.
There's a third competitor in there, King.
[Lawler] Let me tell you something from a competitor's stand point.
You can't afford to lose, not this close to SummerSlam,
because you'll lose a lot of momentum.
So this match is huge for the both of these guys.
[Cole] King, you know the way a Triple Threat match is, The Rock--
-Oh! -Oh, look at the sleeper by Triple H.
And The Rock reverses in a belly-to-belly…
-Look out. -…to Triple H by The Rock.
[Lawler] That's a move that The Rock from stole from Kurt Angle.
-You talk about refusing-- -Don't you wish Kurt were here?
[Cole] You talk about refusing to lose, King.
-One! -Yeah?
[Cole] Rock may not even lose a match at SummerSlam,
and he could still lose the World Wrestling Entertainment Title.
Triple Threat rules. If Triple H hurts… pins Kurt Angle,
The Rock would no longer be the champion.
[Lawler] Hey! Who do you think you're talking to? I know the rules.
Everybody knows the rules of a Triple Threat match.
If Angle pinned Triple H, he could be the champion.
-Right. -If Triple H pinned Angle,
Triple H could be the champion.
[Cole] And look at The Rock. The Rock trying to battle back.
The Rock is in big trouble, it looks like, as we head towards SummerSlam,
and he's in big trouble tonight as he tries to change momentum.
[Lawler] Look at these shots. The smack is being laid down by The Rock.
[Cole] Rock misses right hand. And The Rock, The Brahma Bull…
You can feel the electricity as this crowd starts to come alive.
Man.
The Rock dropping The Game with right hands,
and the WWE Champion's cooking.
Oh, look at this. Look out.
Oh boy!
The Rock hooks the leg, cover. There's two. He's got him.
No! The Game kicks out before the count of three.
Remember what I said, Game,
you cannot afford to lose in a match like this,
not this close to SummerSlam.
[Cole] The Rock misses the clothesline.
And Triple H, knee to the face of the Brahma Bull.
And Triple H is trying to buy valuable time to catch his breath.
The Rock trying to make it to his feet.
-What's Triple H doing? -I don't know.
That knee took something out of The Rock, but maybe not enough.
[Cole] Triple H went for the high-risk maneuver.
-And he's gonna pay for it! -[crowd cheering]
[Cole] The Rock counters The Game.
Rock DDT, plants Triple H, flips him into cover, hooks the leg.
Two… He's got it. No, kickout by Triple H before the count of three.
[Lawler] I'm telling you, what an athlete Triple H is!
That takes a lot of guts
testicular fortitude, whatever you can think of,
to kick out of that DDT.
[Cole] If Triple H could pick up a victory here, King,
think about the psychological advantage he'd have over The Rock
heading into SummerSlam.
[Lawler] I know it. It would be huge.
[Cole] If The Rock-- Wait a minute.
-Rock into referee Mike Chioda. -[Lawler] Whoa. Oh my gosh.
He fell out of the ring right on his head.
[Cole] And Triple H, with no referee in the ring, clotheslines The Rock.
[Lawler] Hey, the ref went head-first down here.
[Cole] It's martial law now, King, as JR would say.
No referee in the ring.
Triple H off the ropes, look at The Rock. Spinebuster.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Here it comes.
[Lawler] You don't think we're gonna see it right here,
this close to SummerSlam, do you?
The most electrifying move.
-[Cole] King! King! -[Lawler] What?
[Cole] It's Kurt Angle.
Kurt Angle's back.
[Lawler] Look out, Rock!
[Cole] And Kurt Angle… Kurt Angle, I thought he left.
-[Lawler] Look out. -[Cole] Into the ring with a steel chair.
Oh, low blow. A low blow by Triple H.
-[Lawler] Oh man. -[Cole] There's no referee in the ring.
Rock went for the Rock Bottom, Triple H countered, and look at Angle.
-[Lawler] Get Rock. -[Cole] Steel chair right to the face
of The Rock.
[Lawler] I think-- I think Kurt Angle just knocked The Rock's tooth out.
I thought Kurt Angle left. What's he doing out here?
-[indistinct] -[Lawler] What is… Do you believe this?
[Cole] Well, Kurt Angle just knocked The Rock out with a chair,
and now Kurt Angle trying to… trying to bring the referee to.
[Lawler] This is… this is Kurt Angle and The Rock…
No, this is Kurt Angle and Triple H on the same page.
[Cole] Kurt Angle got rid of the evidence, the chair.
There's a Pedigree to The Rock.
[Lawler] Here's the cover by Triple H.
The leg's hooked.
[Lawler] You got to be kidding me!
-He did it. -[Cole] Triple H has pinned the champion.
Triple H has pinned the champion with the help of Kurt Angle.
[announcer] Here's your winner, Triple H.
[Lawler] What is this all about?
[Cole] Kurt Angle just helped Triple H pin The Rock.
[Lawler] Maybe this just goes to prove the integrity of Kurt Angle.
He is a team player.
[Cole] King, is this a glimpse of what's gonna happen at SummerSlam?
This could be The Rock's worst nightmare come true.
Has Kurt Angle buried the hatchet with Triple H?
Has Kurt Angle swallowed his pride?
If so, then The Rock's days as champion will expire in 10 days at SummerSlam.
[music playing] Rock's days as champion will expire in 10 days at SummerSlam.