-[dramatic theme music playing] -[indistinct chatter]
[music ends with echoing rumble]
["Everybody on the Ground" playing]
-[popping explosions] -[crowd cheering]
[crowd continues cheering]
[Cole] We are just 72 hours away,
three days from No Way Out
live on pay-per-view.
Welcome to SmackDown
from the sold-out Kemper Arena in Kansas City.
Michael Cole and The King at ringside.
And, King, will things explode tonight?
A huge Six-Man Tag Team Match,
Kurt Angle and Edge and Christian
to meet Rock, Undertaker, and Kane,
no disqualification.
[Lawler] Boy, and that's not all, Michael.
My old buddy JR has been ordered by Vince McMahon
to get in this very ring and conduct a special interview
with both Triple H and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin!
You know that's a bad idea.
[Cole] Will things explode on the eve of No Way Out?
["Medal" playing]
[Cole] And here comes the WWE Champion, Kurt Angle,
with a huge task on hand Sunday at No Way Out.
[announcer] Ladies and gentlemen… [continues indistinctly]
…the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion, Kurt Angle.
[Cole] Sunday, King, in Las Vegas,
Kurt Angle defends the WWE Title against The Rock.
Bottom line, winner of that match heads to WrestleMania
to defend the title against Stone Cold.
[Lawler] And I know a lot of people
have just penciled in The Rock as the new WWE Champion,
but don't ever write off this man,
gold medalist, Kurt Angle.
[crowd cheering, booing]
The only gold medalist in the history of WWE, I might add.
I would like to take a page from my good friends, Edge and Christian,
and take a moment to pose with my WWE Title.
[Cole] King, I bet if you had a son,
you'd want him to grow up just like Kurt Angle.
[Lawler] Absolutely. I'm trying to take a picture here.
Be still.
There you go.
-What a Kodak moment. -I know what you're thinking.
[crowd chanting] Angle sucks! Angle sucks! Angle sucks!
[Cole] This capacity crowd all fired up
three days away from No Way Out all over the champion.
[Lawler] That's not what these people are supposed to be thinking,
Kurt does not suck.
[crowd chanting] Angle sucks! Angle sucks! Angle sucks!
That's not what you're thinking.
[Lawler] Right.
Now, I know what you're thinking.
"Duh, grab your camera, honey."
"That damn picture is gonna be worth something."
-[Lawler] That's how they talk here! -"The last time Kurt Angle
stands in the ring on SmackDown
the WWE 'Champeen.'"
"That's gonna be a genuine collector's item."
[crowd chanting] Angle sucks! Angle sucks!
Well, sorry to disappoint you,
but I think not.
You people are gonna have to make your money some other way.
[Lawler] Huh, good luck.
Delivering newspapers,
mowing lawns, selling blood,
or however way you people earn your income.
[Lawler] You can sell blood?
[crowd booing]
You know, I said this once and I'll say it again.
[crowd booing]
Rock, this Sunday at No Way Out,
I'm beating the so-called odds
and I'm keeping my WWE Title.
[Cole] Not if The Rock has anything to say about it.
[Lawler] Oh, it's true. It's true, Michael.
Now, Rock, you seem to think differently.
According to you, the countdown is on.
[Lawler] Yeah, Rock's been counting the minutes and the seconds.
Well, thank you, Casey Kasem, but I think not.
[Lawler laughs]
[crowd chanting] Angle sucks!
[Angle] Tick-tock.
Tick-tock.
[crowd chanting] Angle sucks! Angle sucks!
[Angle] Well, I don't say this very often…
but tick-tock, tick-tock my [bleep]!
[Lawler] Oh my gosh!
-[Cole] Whoa. -[Lawler] Kurt is fired up.
[crowd cheering, booing]
[Lawler] He has really been provoked.
[Cole] He said on Raw he's jealous of The Rock, King.
[Lawler] Yeah, but he just said, "my A-double S."
[Cole] Well, he's upset, jealous of the adulation of the fans
to the People's Champion, The Rock.
Kurt Angle believes he deserves all the cheering from the fans.
[Lawler] He's been pushed to the edge to use that kind of language.
And speaking of Casey Kasem…
[man from crowd] Shut your mouth!
…guess what hit the music stores this week?
[Lawler] Uh-oh, I know.
WWE The Music, Vol. 5.
[Lawler] Yeah, with the big picture of Rock on the front.
[Angle] And surprise, surprise,
look whose gigantic mug is on the cover.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] The Rock, his recording debut, "Pie."
The Rock.
[crowd cheering]
Now, The Rock…
has a new song on this album.
[Lawler] Yeah, he does. You heard it, Michael?
-A song called "Pie." -[Cole] It's great.
-[Lawler] Yeah, it's called "Pie." -[Cole] It's great. It's hot.
Rock and Slick Rick.
Let's take a listen, shall we?
[Lawler] Uh-oh.
["Pie" by The Rock playing]
♪ Mmm, mm-mm-mm ♪
♪ You know, The Rock's Gonna tell you a little story ♪
♪ You ain't gonna believe it But he's gonna tell you anyway ♪
♪ It's tough to be The Rock ♪
-♪ The Rock said ♪ -♪ Thanks, ladies ♪
♪ And more kind words ♪
-♪ Grandmother said ♪ -♪ "Be polite, eat mine first" ♪
♪ So I sat down, tried hers She looked quite glad ♪
♪ Had a strange taste of mold But it wasn't so bad ♪
-♪ That's right! ♪ -♪ The Rock havin pie in the country ♪
♪ Devoured hers, her aunt's And still I was hungry ♪
♪ That's all Rock said? ♪
♪ Bored and readin' the papers ♪
♪ 'Til finally, a plate Of the next door neighbor's ♪
♪ Gulped it down fast 'Cause it really did please ♪
♪ I mean, it tasted so good Rock was talking Chinese ♪
♪ Ching-bong-bing-yao-moya-aiyii! ♪
♪ Dat good pie ♪
[music fades]
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] All right.
-[Cole] Gettin' down, The Rock. -[Lawler] WWE The Music, Vol. 5.
It hit the stores, when, yesterday?
-[Cole] Tuesday. -[Lawler] Yeah.
-What the freaking heck was that? -[Cole] What?
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] You heard him. What the freaking heck was that?
So what you're saying, there was actually people
who actually enjoyed that?
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] I loved it. It's a great song.
[Lawler] Don't tell Kurt that.
So what you're saying is,
that is the man that you'd like to see your next WWE Champion?
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] That's unanimous.
Well, of course that's what people in this town would want.
-[Lawler laughs] -I mean, this is the very town
that worships George Brett.
-[Lawler] Yeah, Kansas City. -[crowd cheering]
A well-known cheater and hemorrhoid sufferer.
-[Lawler gasps, laughs] -[crowd booing]
-It's true! -He's a Hall of Famer, King.
-It's true. -He's a Hall of Fame baseball player.
[Lawler laughing]
-Now, that song… -[Lawler] Preparation George.
…as well as the man who sung it, is a disgrace.
[crowd booing]
I mean, you know what he was talking about
when he was singing about pie, don't you?
-[Lawler] Uh-oh. -[Cole] Yeah, I know.
[Lawler] Yeah, pie.
Apple, cherry.
Well, he obviously wasn't talking about a baking pan and flour.
I can assure you of that.
[Lawler] Huh?
[Cole] I think Kurt… didn't think he'd know about that.
Now, you people wanna see and do you wanna hear a real song?
-[crowd cheering] -[Cole] What?
A song-- a song that you can actually play at weddings,
parties, and bar mitzvahs.
-[Lawler] Bar mitzvah? -My song.
A song that I consider to be one of my greatest hits.
[Lawler] Yeah, let's hear this.
-["Medal" playing] -Oh, wow.
[Cole] Oh, come on now.
[Lawler] Well, what's wrong with this, Michael?
Look, it's called "Medal."
[Cole] We're gonna find out Sunday at No Way Out on pay-per-view, King,
whether Kurt Angle's gonna be able to do this to The Rock.
[Lawler] And we're seeing some of, and hearing,
Kurt's greatest hit right here.
[Cole] These are selected highlights put together by Kurt Angle obviously.
-It's all Angle all over The Rock, King. -[Lawler] Yeah.
-Well, that's not. -Well, I can guarantee
it's not gonna be like this this Sunday at No Way Out on pay-per-view.
[crowd chanting]
[Lawler] That's a hit if I ever heard one.
Number one with a-- with a bullet.
[crowd chanting] Rocky! Rocky! Rocky! Rocky! Rocky!
Now, Rock,
what it comes down to is,
you know, I'm sorry, that was too good.
-Can we play that again? -[Cole] Oh, come on.
[Lawler] So nice, we're gonna play it for you twice.
-["Medal" playing] -[Cole] Oh, stop the pain.
I can guarantee you this.
The Rock is probably back there somewhere watching this, King,
and isn't pleased.
Keep in mind, later tonight, Rock teams with Undertaker and Kane
against Kurt Angle and Edge and Christian.
Rock gets his hands on Kurt Angle right here tonight, King.
[Lawler] If Casey Kasem were here, he'd say,
"Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars,"
just like Kurt Angle.
Hey, wait a minute.
-People are trying to add their own words. -[Cole] In unison.
They should add this track to Greatest Hits, Vol. 5.
[Lawler] He does not suck!
[crowd chanting] You suck!
-[Lawler] Geez. -[crowd cheering]
Damn, that was good music.
Now, Rock, what it comes down to is this.
You say you're taking my WWE Title.
I say I'm keeping my WWE Title.
[crowd booing]
Obviously, we're at an impasse.
Look it up, people.
[Lawler] Ha, impasse.
Now, Rock, time for talk is over.
From here on in,
I'm letting my actions speak for words.
-[Lawler] Uh-oh. -And, Rock…
you can sing about pie all you want to
because after tonight…
and especially after this Sunday night at No Way Out,
you'll be singing another tune.
[Lawler] Uh-oh. What'll that be?
The, "I Just Got My Brahma Bull Butt Beat By The Better Man Blues."
And that, "Great One," is true.
[crowd booing]
[Lawler] Like to hear the words to that.
[crowd booing]
-If you smell-la-la-la-la-la… -[Lawler laughs]
…what the champ is cooking.
-[Lawler] Man! -["Medal" playing]
[Cole] Well, Kurt Angle rubbing it into The Rock, King.
Kurt Angle's right on one account.
This Sunday on pay-per-view at No Way Out,
the talk is over.
It's Kurt Angle and The Rock one-on-one in the center of the ring
with the WWE Championship on the line.
[Lawler] Well, Kurt said he's gonna let his actions speak louder than his words.
Later on tonight, Kurt is gonna face The Rock in that big six-man tag.
-[Lawler] Oh, what-- [splutters] -[Cole] Wait a minute. Stone Cold is here.
Triple H is already here, King!
On the eve of No Way Out, will things explode tonight?
[Cole] We're back on SmackDown, and, King, a limousine.
[Lawler] Who could be in that?
[Cole] I don't know, I wonder who's in there.
Where are they, King?
[Lawler] What do you mean? I don't know wh--
[Cole] Is that this building?
Oh, wait a minute.
-We're at the Kemper Arena in Kansas City. -[Lawler] Wait a minute, there's horses.
Where is this?
[Cole] Well, there's "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
Three days away from a two out of three falls battle
with Triple H at No Way Out, King.
And tonight, face to face with Triple H in an interview with JR.
Well, let's show you what happened on Monday on Raw.
Stone Cold not in a good mood.
Well, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
thought he'd come out here and give you a little present
right from the bottom of my heart.
[Lawler] That was the first big mistake.
Rattlesnakes don't have hearts. I knew he was lying.
Poor Stephanie didn't deserve that.
That brought Triple H out
but he just couldn't quite get his hands on the Rattlesnake.
Could you believe?
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin stunned Stephanie?
Oh.
You know, I can't believe Austin stunned me Monday night.
Don't you worry, Austin is gonna pay for what he did.
I promise you that.
Hunter, you got to promise me something else, okay.
You're gonna be face-to-face in the ring with Austin tonight.
You can't lay a hand on Austin.
You can't touch him. You don't wanna risk that suspension.
[grunts] I don't know what's gonna happen.
When I get in that ring with Austin face-to-face,
I don't know what's gonna happen, but I can tell you this,
if I get suspended for six months, if I blow up,
I won't just take Austin out for a year this time,
I'll take his [bleep] out for good.
-Oh my gosh. -What's Triple H talking about?
He wouldn't violate that zero tolerance policy
in that interview tonight with JR, would he?
[Lawler] Anything could happen.
I don't think this is a good idea
to have Triple H and Steve Austin in the same ring here tonight.
[Cole] Well, Jeff Hardy set for one-on-one action
and Lita accompanying Jeff to the ring.
But a whole lot of shaking going on, King, between Lita and Jeff's brother, Matt.
On Raw this past Monday night, it was Lita versus Dean Malenko.
Lita in all kinds of trouble until Matt Hardy came out of the crowd.
The referee was down and then Matt, well, blocked Dean Malenko
and then he used the chair on Lita's opponent, Dean.
[Lawler] Yeah. And that, of course, allowed Lita to get a huge win.
And then the victory celebration started. Look at that. He was so happy.
I guess he absolutely lost control of all hid bodily functions.
[Cole] Well, he got caught up in the heat of the moment.
Helping Lita with the victory but look at Matt,
I think Matt realized he might have made a mistake.
-[Lawler] Oh, I'm sure… -[Cole] Apologizing to Lita.
[Lawler] He should have been embarrassed. What was he thinking?
Yeah, go back and hide your head in shame.
I couldn't believe that he actually grabbed Lita
and planted a big kiss. But then I really couldn't believe this.
Lita followed Matt up the ramp, and look.
Oh my gosh! Get a room!
-Could you believe it? -[Cole] I couldn't believe it.
[Lawler] Lita running her tongue right down Matt's throat.
[Cole] It was a shocker, and there you see the smile on Lita's face
after watching that footage.
And Jeff Hardy won't be smiling here in just a few moments.
A huge task on the way for Jeff Hardy
because he has to go one-on-one with 400 pounds of Rikishi.
[bell ringing]
[announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Making his way to the ring weighing in at 423 pounds,
Rikishi.
[Lawler] Boy, and his theme song on WWE The Music, Vol. 5
is aptly named. He's a bad man.
[Cole] Rikishi set to go one-on-one with Jeff Hardy.
Sold-out here in the Kemper Arena in Kansas City tonight,
three days away from No Way Out on pay-per-view.
And we wanna invite all our WWE fans to join us live for great action
coming up in Springfield, Massachusetts, King.
Hershey, Pennsylvania, Wilkes-Barre, and of course, Washington, DC.
[Lawler] "Gulp." Are you scared, Jeff?
-[Cole] I would be. -[Lawler] I would be too.
[Cole] It has already been an explosive night on SmackDown.
Some explosive words from the WWE Champion,
Kurt Angle, toward The Rock.
And later on tonight, King,
listen to this, no disqualification matchup,
a huge Six-Man Tag Team battle,
Rock teams with Undertaker and Kane
against Kurt Angle and Edge and Christian.
[Lawler] Oh, this is gonna be a huge night.
Don't forget, we got a Women's Title match here tonight.
[Cole] The Kat and Ivory go one-on-one, and also a, uh…
it's sort of Hardcore chaos, to say the least.
A number of men will be battling it out in the ring.
The winner will meet Raven at No Way Out for the Hardcore Title.
[Lawler] This is gonna be a huge night here on SmackDown.
[Cole] And Rikishi hammering away on Jeff Hardy.
Jeff Hardy whipped off the ropes. Rikishi misses with a right hand.
Jeff trying to use his quickness, in trouble. Rikishi 400 pounds.
-[Lawler] Whoa! -Loses balance and just misses
as Jeff rolls out of the way.
-[Lawler] That was close. Look out! -Dropkick to the face of Rikishi
by Jeff Hardy.
Oh, King, I'll tell you what, I would-- I do not envy--
[Lawler] Oh man!
[Cole] Wait a minute, cover by Jeff Hardy, could have him here.
Two, and a kickout with authority.
-[Lawler] You do not envy who? -[Cole] Good ol' JR.
Oh, wait a minute, wait a minute, look at Lita.
I envy Matt Hardy.
If Lita is in such a kissing mood,
Lita, come over here, my mouth is open for business.
[Cole] Oh, look out, Jeff Hardy walked right into that one,
trying to hammer away with the right hands on Rikishi.
Rikishi, bear hug,
cinching it in to the small of the back of Jeff Hardy.
What do your sources tell you about old Lita and Matt Hardy?
[Lawler] Oh, I think uh… Whoa.
-They're definitely an item, all right. -[Cole] Well, we could see that
after that old big kiss on the ramp on Raw Monday night.
Look out, belly-to-belly by Rikishi to Jeff Hardy.
But once again, I don't envy JR,
he's got to get in that ring tonight, King,
and he's got to mediate this interview between Triple H and Stone Cold
who, in three days, meet at No Way Out in that two out of three fall battle,
but I don't know if these two can contain their frustrations.
And think about Triple H watching his wife get stunned
Monday night on Raw by Austin,
and then watching the replay here tonight on SmackDown.
[Lawler] Well, it's too close to Sunday. It's too close to No Way Out.
I think that Triple H hopefully can restrain himself,
and then he can do anything he wants to do…
to The Rattlesnake Sunday at No Way Out.
[Cole] We all wanna see that match, don't want him to blow it tonight,
but you heard what Triple H said,
hey, if he's suspended for six months for losing his temper tonight,
Austin's gonna be out a lot longer than that.
And Jeff Hardy with the right hands to Rikishi.
[Lawler] Our good old buddy JR is gonna be in between
The Rattlesnake and The Game.
Maybe he can somehow keep peace in there, what do you think?
[Cole] And Rikishi with a big clothesline.
And Lita, some words to Rikishi outside the ring,
looking extremely upset.
Jeff in all kinds of trouble in this matchup.
He's givin' away a good 200 pounds to Rikishi, King.
[Lawler] Every time I look at Lita, all I can think of is that lip lock.
Oh man.
[Cole] Jeff Hardy suffered a devastating headbutt
at the hands of Rikishi's partner Haku
in a big tag team match on Raw Monday night,
and then the victim of that Tongan Death Grip.
[Lawler] Did I ever tell you I love yellow thongs?
What did I tell you?
-[Cole] You like all thongs. -[Lawler] Oh, right.
-Huh? -[referee] …two, three!
[Cole] And Rikishi in the face of Jeff Hardy,
and then the headbutt by Rikishi.
[Lawler] I'm not too crazy about purple hair, though.
Come on, Jeff.
-Whoa, look out! -Top rope. Great agility!
-Oh man. -[Cole] Went for that corkscrew moonsault,
and Rikishi wisely had it scouted, and stepped out of the way.
And look at that sick smile on the face of that 400-pound Rikishi.
[Lawler] Well, that's what happens on high risk maneuvers sometimes.
You put all your eggs in one basket, they get broke.
-[Cole] Samoan drop by Rikishi, and… -[Lawler] Uh-oh.
[Cole] …Jeff Hardy may be broken in half after that one.
[Lawler] Here comes the butt master,
and it ain't Suzanne Somers.
-[Cole] You think he needs Suzanne Somers? -Oh!
-Look out! -[Cole] Look out, Rikishi in the corner!
Four hundred pounds
drawing the air out of the lungs of Jeff Hardy,
and a kick to the face by Rikishi.
I'll tell you, this Rikishi is one mean, one fast individual.
Leg drop across the sternum.
Jeff Hardy, well, probably wishes his partner, Matt, was out here.
[Lawler] Yeah, Lita, you might wanna go get your boyfriend.
[Cole] Oh no.
[Lawler] Don't tell me he's gonna do this.
[Cole] Jeff Hardy may be out cold, he's barely moving.
Rikishi climbing up to the second rope, and…
[Lawler] You think he's barely moving now, wait till after this.
It could be lights out. Banzai drop, 400 plus pounds.
It's over. Rikishi with the win over Jeff Hardy with authority.
[announcer] Here's your winner, Rikishi!
[Lawler] It's a miracle that didn't just cave in poor Jeff's chest.
[Cole] That Rikishi, a fierce individual.
Look at this.
[Lawler] Little bit too much of a weight advantage there for Rikishi.
-What are you doing? -I was gonna say Rikishi is unpredictable.
Oh, wait a minute.
[Lawler] All right, that's enough, Rikishi, you've done enough.
[Cole] What is he gonna do now?
Come on, Jeff Hardy barely moving in the ring.
-Not again. -[Lawler] Oh, come on.
This is enough. Wait, Lita.
What's Lita doing?
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] Lita's on the top rope.
-Oh! -[Cole] Oh! And Rikishi sensed it, King.
It's like he had eyes in the back of his head.
Grabbing that top rope, and Lita's been knocked down, and…
-Oh no. -Wait a minute.
-[Cole] Don't tell me. No! -[Lawler] No!
Stinkface on Lita!
-[Cole] Oh Lord. -[Lawler] Oh God!
-[bell ringing] -Wait a minute, it's Matt Hardy!
-[Lawler] What? -Matt Hardy coming to the aid of Lita,
hammering away on Rikishi!
[Lawler] Oh, he might come and save her,
but I guarantee he won't kiss those lips again.
Oh, her breath must smell like manure.
[Cole] The damage was done, however, King.
The Stinkface from Rikishi to Lita.
-[Lawler] Look at… -[Cole] I think Rikishi liked it.
[Lawler] Oh, he's proud.
I dare you to kiss her now, Matt.
P.U.!
[Cole] I'll tell you, Rikishi did a number on Jeff Hardy first, King,
the banzai drop, crashing into the sternum.
That's 400 plus pounds into the chest of Jeff Hardy.
[Lawler] Oh my gosh, and then into the face of Lita,
that huge massive butt of Rikishi.
-[Lawler coughing] -[Cole] A huge disgusting Stinkface…
-[Lawler] Oh my gosh. -[Cole] …from Rikishi to Lita.
Well, there's that limo again, King,
and well, we've been told that it's in the annex of this building
where there's a farm show going on.
[Lawler] A farm show?
-Well, who's in the limo? -[Cole] We don't know.
This attire that you're wearing this evening is quite wonderful.
You look absolutely ravishing.
Oh, thanks. It's not really new. Thank you, though.
-Oh, Trish, there you are. -Hey.
-Hi, William. -Oh, hello.
Hey, listen, I wanted to talk to you because, uh…
how do I put this?
Well, it's been great having you in my corner.
I mean, you help me out a lot, you know that.
-Mm-hmm. -But at No Way Out,
I don't want The Rock to have any excuses after I beat him.
So I guess what I'm trying to say is, thank you,
and, uh, I think it's best if we parted ways.
-Is that all right? -Actually, that's quite splendid.
I mean, now, my dear,
you could accompany me in my matches on a permanent basis.
Oh. That's great.
And you can start this evening by accompanying me to the ring
in my match against that miscreant Test.
You know what, Regal, about that,
I, um, I have another commitment,
so, uh, tonight, you'll have to excuse me. Okay?
Oh, okay.
-Wow, she really likes you. -I know.
Another commitment?
What's Trish talking about?
That's none of your business.
-That's Trish's business. -Well, nonetheless, No Way Out Sunday
on pay-per-view just three days away.
And what about the Triple Threat Tag Team Match
for the World Wrestling Entertainment Tag Team Titles?
Dudley Boyz, the champions, against Edge and Christian
and Undertaker and Kane.
[Lawler] What a match that's gonna be.
My personal favorite is Edge and Christian.
They definitely got their work cut out for them,
but, boy, that little stunt they pulled on Raw
was a true work of art. You got to admit that, Michael.
[Cole] A daring plot by Edge and Christian to set up Undertaker and Kane.
All you have to do is go and tell them exactly what we said.
-Don't worry about the bike. -Okay.
-You got it? -Okay.
Come on, Dudleys, we don't have all night. It's starting to get late.
Come on, boys.
[panting] Told me to tell you, The Dudley Boyz are messing up your bike.
-Messing up my bike? -Yes.
-Man, you better not be playing. -I'm not.
Hey, come on!
Hey, you stupid son of a…
[grunting, groaning]
[Cole] Well, King, it was obviously a plot,
it was obviously a setup by Edge and Christian.
[Lawler] Duh.
Undertaker was taken out by The Dudley Boyz,
and when Kane came to see what happened,
Edge and Christian met him with the Con-Chair-To!
-[clanks] -[Lawler] Oh man!
-Come on. -What do you think about that, Kane?
-Huh, Taker? -[clanks]
[Lawler] Like I said, a true work of art.
-You like that? -Let's go!
-Dudley Boyz, this Sunday at-- -Last week…
Vince McMahon announced a Triple Threat Match
for the Tag Team Titles at No Way Out.
And now earlier tonight,
he decided to make that a Tag Team Table Match.
Let me say that just a little bit slower.
Tag Team Table Match.
Edge, Christian, Undertaker, Kane,
what did you do to make Vince McMahon so mad
that he would put you in a Table Match…
against The Dudley Boyz?
Oh, sure, Edge and Christian, the five-time former Tag Team Champions,
and the so "totally awesome" chair swinging freaks.
Let's face it,
it ain't the first time that these boys have tasted wood.
Undertaker, Kane, the seven-foot monsters,
the epitome of the word "destruction."
Undertaker, there have been many times where you have stood out in that ring
and said that that was your yard.
Well, I got news for you.
The Dudley Boyz have just moved in.
So in Las Vegas,
all four of you need to bring all your chips to the table,
because we're playing one hand and one hand only,
and at No Way Out, it will be The Dudley Boyz
who take all.
Enough said. Testify.
[crowd cheering]
Well, JR, to say the least,
you have been put in an unenviable position tonight,
forced to interview Triple H and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
in the ring at the same time,
a situation that could possibly explode.
Well, you're right about that,
and let's make one thing perfectly clear, this is not my idea.
This is Mr. McMahon's mandate,
uh, that this interview be conducted by me tonight in the ring.
Uh, the world knows, our fans here in Kansas City know,
our fans at home know the hatred that exist
between "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and Triple H.
We are all looking forward to their showdown
to settle it once and for all,
two out of three falls this Sunday at No Way Out.
But I just can't believe
that when Austin and Triple H get in the ring tonight,
when they look each other in the eye
that they're not gonna wanna tear each other apart.
And if that happens under Mr. McMahon's zero tolerance policy,
our main event at No Way Out is dead.
I don't have a good feeling about this whatsoever,
um, but we're gonna do the interview.
[Lawler] Hey, there's Trish.
[crowd cheering]
It's that limo.
Hmm. Well, hello, mister.
Not nice to keep me waiting, sweetie.
You know I've been waiting for this all night.
And speaking of all night, move over. [chuckles]
[Cole] Hey, King, I think we know who's inside.
[Lawler] Who? What? Who?
I've been a professional for 15 years.
-Six and a half years. -Nine years.
-It's taken a lifetime of training to do… -Do what I do.
-Still I've incurred countless injuries. -Broken bones.
-Stitches. -Bumps and bruises.
-Danger is always there. -Danger is always there.
-The fear is always there. -Fear is always there.
-Don't be a bonehead. -Don't be a clown.
-Don't try this at home. -Don't try this at home.
Don't try this at home.
Please, leave the danger to us.
[dramatic music playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] We're back on SmackDown, and…
Listen, listen.
[hushed moaning]
What the… Is that-- Is that Trish?
-The windows are fogged up. -[Cole] Shh.
King, what's going on in there?
Oh my gosh.
[raven squawking]
-[Cole] King, you're sweating. -[Lawler] Think I need a cigarette.
-We know who's in there. -We don't know-- What do ya mean?
Is that the only exercise you get, jumping to conclusions?
[Cole] It's not William Regal.
You saw him backstage with Trish earlier on.
[Lawler] We know Trish is in there, that's all we know.
Who else rides around in limos?
[Lawler] I do, occasionally.
[Cole] Well, here comes the Hardcore Champion, Raven,
on his way to the ring.
Don't know why he's coming out here. He's not involved in the next matchup.
[Lawler] Well, tonight, WWE SmackDown is brought to you by Stacker 2,
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[Cole] And by WWE The Music, Vol. 5
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[Cole] Well, Raven the Hardcore Champion with a shopping cart full of tricks.
Oh, he's gonna sit down and join us here at ringside, King.
Well, Raven sitting down, and I can only imagine, Raven,
you're out here, because you wanna scout
who the winner of this next match is gonna be,
because the winner faces you in three days
at No Way Out for the Hardcore Title.
Why don't you shut up and let him talk?
Yeah, I got to get-- I got to get a new belt.
Look at this thing. This thing's a mess.
And absolutely, I'm out here to scout them.
["Slow Death" playing]
[Lawler] This belt is a mess, isn't it?
[bell ringing]
[announcer] The following is an open Hardcore Challenge
which will determine who will face Raven at No Way Out.
Introducing first, making his way to the ring,
from Mobile, Alabama, weighing in at 220 pounds, Crash!
[Cole] I guess we could call this Hardcore Chaos.
A number of Superstars will be in the ring.
The winner meets Raven in three days on pay-per-view.
[siren blaring]
[announcer] And making his way to the ring,
being accompanied by Terri, from Boston, Mass…
-[Lawler] Oh! -[announcer] …weighing in at 241 pounds,
Perry Saturn!
[Lawler] Raven, I'd like to get hardcore with Terri, wouldn't you?
[Raven] Absolutely.
-[Cole] The way I understand this match… -She's quite the buxom blonde.
[Cole] Look out, Crash wasting little time going to work on Perry Saturn.
The way I understand this matchup, gentlemen, is…
[Lawler] Wait a minute.
[Cole] …no holds barred, falls count anywhere,
and the first pinfall of this matchup will face Raven at No Way Out.
[Raven] I'm voting for Crash, he's a feisty little guy.
[Lawler] You'd like to face Crash, wouldn't you?
[Raven] I'll face The Show, I'll face anybody, I don't care.
[Cole] Wait a minute. Cover by Saturn, he may have it here, and a kickout.
[Raven] You know, I got here, and I heard Crash was the greatest champion,
I heard Blackman's the greatest champion.
But I'll tell you, no one's done the things I've done.
-[Lawler] Hey, look, K-Kwik's here. -[Raven] I don't care about him.
[Cole] Now, Steve Blackman working on Perry Saturn in the ring,
K-Kwik into the ring as well along with Crash, and…
-[Lawler] Uh-oh -[Cole] Well, here comes the originator
of the Hardcore name.
-Hardcore Holly. -Got to care about this guy a little bit.
[Raven] No, I don't. I don't have to do with anything.
Holly, he doesn't impress me.
-["Big" playing] -[Lawler] Uh-oh.
Speaking of impressive.
[Cole] Does this-- does this man impress you, Raven?
[Raven] He's tall and he's big,
but he's kind of slow and he's kind of doofy.
[Cole] Raven, he's 7'2", 500 pounds, he's huge.
[Raven] Yeah, but he's got an IQ of, like, seven.
[Lawler] And it takes eight to grunt.
[Raven] That's a good one, King, I like that.
-[Lawler laughs] -[Cole] Raven's Hardcore Title
will be on the line on pay-per-view Sunday.
First person to pick up a pinfall in this matchup
-[Lawler] Ah! -…will face Raven. Look at Crash!
-[Lawler] Yikes! -Caught off the top rope by The Big Show.
What a display of strength, Raven, by The Big Show.
[Raven] Hey, what about Crash's aerial ability?
[Cole] What about the way Big Show punched that garbage can
and knocked you out of the ring on SmackDown last week?
[Raven] This appears to be a smart-- I'm not gonna dignify that with a remark,
but that appears to be a smart plan, keep The Show out of the ring.
That's what I would do. Well, apparently, they're…
He's not gonna stop him.
[Cole] Well, with one hand, he just shoved Perry Saturn down on his keister.
[Lawler] Raven, where's your accomplice, the woman in black?
I figured she may be out here with you.
-Who, Carmen Electra? -[Cole] Carmen Electra?
[Lawler] Is that who's wearing that ninja outfit?
-Oh! -Carmen Electra?
[Raven] Absolutely. It's Carmen Electra.
I'm giving it away right now, it's Carmen Electra.
[Lawler] Mystery's over, it's Carmen Electra.
-[Cole] I don't think it's Carmen Electra. -Maybe not.
Look at Steve Blackman, the martial arts expert.
-[Raven] It's not Steve Blackman. -[Lawler] His breasts aren't big enough.
[Cole] Oh, what a shot by Hardcore Holly.
And Holly and Blackman trying to do a number on The Show,
got the big man down on his knee.
And Hardcore Holly just cleaning Blackman's clock.
[Lawler] No friends in a Hardcore Match, right, Raven?
[Raven] My ninja is rather voluptuous, I will say that.
[Cole] Oh, look at this, Big Show with the right hand.
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] Who is the ninja?
[Raven] I can't tell you, King. I've been sworn to secrecy.
-[Lawler] Uh-oh, look at this. -[Raven] Maybe I'll tell you later.
-Look at the strength of The Big Show. -Perry Saturn doing a little swearing.
Oh! -Perry Saturn is no small individual.
-Hey, where are you going, Raven? -[Cole] Where is he going?
[Lawler] I wanna talk more about that voluptuous ninja.
[Cole] Well, Raven lying in wait,
as K-Kwik with the trash container lid to the back of Big Show.
-And look at Big Show. -[crowd cheering]
-[Lawler] Well… -[Cole] Look at the size of The Big Show.
-[Lawler] Oh no! -[Cole] K-Kwik going for the ride, King.
-[Lawler] Oh! -[Cole] One-arm chokeslam!
Here's the cover to K-Kwik.
-One, two, and three. -[bell ringing]
Crash tried to pull him off.
Big Show advances. He'll meet Raven at No Way Out
Sunday on pay-per-view.
Well, Raven tried to stop Big Show, excuse the pun.
[Lawler] Oh no, Raven.
You should've just sat over here with Michael and I.
-Yikes. -Oh, King, look at this.
-[Lawler] Uh-oh. -[Cole] If Big Show connects,
he calls this the final cut, King.
-Ooh! -The final cut onto that stop sign.
Big Show planting Raven.
-♪ Well, well, it's The Big Show ♪ -[crowd cheering]
Yeah!
[Cole] Three days at No Way Out on pay-per-view, King,
The Big Show faces Raven with the Hardcore Title on the line.
-[Lawler] Oh my gosh. Look at that look. -[Cole] And Raven, look into the eyes
of the furious Big Show.
[Lawler] He could crush Raven's head with those hands of his if he wanted to.
[Cole] Can you imagine The Big Show in a normal matchup?
But Sunday on pay-per-view,
Raven's gotta meet him no holds barred, anything goes.
[Lawler] Uh-oh. Speaking of anything going,
JR may be going but he has to stand between
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin and Triple H.
He's on his way out here, Michael.
Hunter, wait. Hey, listen.
No Way Out is this Sunday.
It's just a couple days away.
Don't touch Austin.
Please don't touch Austin right now. You have to promise me.
Steph, when it comes to Austin, I can't promise you anything.
[Cole] Will Triple H and Austin explode?
-Next! -[Lawler] Ah!
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And since I can't touch your little mealy-mouthed husband…
[Ross] Oh my God!
Oh my God, Austin just gave Stephanie the Stunner!
[Lawler] I can't believe--Triple H!
[Ross] Austin and The Game can't have any physical contact.
[static]
[Cole] Well, we just saw it, King, pouring more gasoline on the fire,
and good ol' JR not happy about conducting this interview,
his assignment here tonight, King.
[Lawler] Well, in the interest of fairness,
Mr. McMahon has mandated JR to conduct this big interview
between Triple H and Stone Cold.
[Cole] Yes, Sunday on pay-per-view in just three days, King,
two out of three falls, Stone Cold and Triple H.
The first fall, man-on-man in the ring,
the second fall, a street fight,
and the third fall, if necessary,
Austin, Triple H inside a cage.
[Lawler] Never before in the history of WWE.
It's like three matches in one. Oh my gosh.
[JR] I just wanna say before we get started here,
on a personal note,
that it's great to be back in Kansas City here tonight.
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] JR trying to get a cheap pop.
Well, ladies and gentlemen, I've had the privilege
of coming before you for a lot of years,
longer than I'd like to remember sometimes,
but I can't ever remember a night that I've looked forward to a main event
as we are going to have this Sunday on pay-per-view at No Way Out.
[crowd cheering]
It's gonna be two out of three falls between,
in my view, the two greatest competitors in the business today,
Triple H and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] You're looking forward to Sunday.
Now, Triple H has said that the first fall will be straight wrestling.
-[Cole] One-on-one, man-on-man. -He's gonna break Austin's spirit.
The second fall will be anything goes,
it's gonna be a street fight,
and The Game says that he's gonna break The Rattlesnake's bones.
And if it gets to the third fall,
that will be held inside a solid steel cage on Sunday,
once and for all, to settle this issue.
Now, in just a moment, I have the unenviable task
of attempting to interview Triple H and Stone Cold,
but before I do, I'd like to turn your attention to the Tron,
and show you some of the events
that have led up to this collision at No Way Out.
[ominous music playing]
[Ross] Good God almighty! For God's sakes!
That car just ran over Austin!
[Triple H] You never, never, never saw it coming.
[Lawler] It was The Game.
-[ominous music playing] -[distorted laughing]
-[Lawler] What? -[Ross] Look at that forklift!
Austin is driving the forklift!
Austin, you're gonna regret this! Don't do something you're gonna regret!
Austin, don't! Oh my God! Austin, don't, don't, don't!
[crashes]
[Ross] Austin has just destroyed The Game! Oh God!
[suspenseful music playing]
[Lawler] No! He got him! No!
[Ross] It's over! The Stunner. It's over!
-Hey, wait a minute! -Look at this!
[Ross] The Game has screwed Stone Cold out of the WWE, by God, Title.
[Triple H] Austin, I'm back and I'm badder than ever.
[ominous music playing]
[Ross] Triple H cost Stone Cold the WWE Title
and by God, Stone Cold has cost The Game that same piece of gold.
[foreboding music playing]
-[Lawler] Ah! -[Ross yells indistinctly]
Stone Cold, Stone Cold, Stone Cold Steve Austin
will be in the main event at WrestleMania.
[Lawler] Hell yeah!
[ominous music playing]
[McMahon] You'll sign a contract that will bind Triple H
and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin to a matchup to take place at No Way Out.
[Ross] If Triple H and Stone Cold have any physical altercation,
Austin is out of WrestleMania.
[Cole] Bye-bye to the title shot.
[Ross] And Triple H is gone for six months.
It's official, ladies and gentlemen, we have our match.
-[Lawler] Oh! -[Ross] Wait a minute. What the…
What the hell was that?
Triple H with a cheap shot.
And now he's stomping the hell out of Stone Cold.
[McMahon] You've just been suspended for six months, pal.
I've not been suspended from anything because I never signed.
-[Ross] I can't believe this. -[Lawler] He's just now signing!
Paragraph 316 says, pal, you can't touch me.
[Lawler] I can't believe what we have seen.
[Austin] Since I can't touch your little mealy-mouthed husband,
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin thought he'd come out here
and give you a little present right from the bottom of my heart.
[Ross] Oh my God!
Austin just gave Stephanie the Stunner!
Mrs. Helmsley just got stunned!
[Lawler] Triple H is having a seizure. He is beside himself.
[Ross] Can you imagine what it's gonna be like at No Way Out?
It's gonna be an explosion of epic proportions!
Well, ladies and gentlemen, let's, uh, let's do this.
First of all, I'd like to introduce The Texas Rattlesnake,
"Stone Cold" Steve…
-["The Game" playing] -[crowd cheering]
-[Cole] Wait a minute. -[crowd cheering]
[Cole] King, we were expecting Stone Cold,
but that's the music of The Game.
And there he is, Triple H!
[Lawler] I knew it, Triple H is gonna do absolutely anything it takes
to provoke The Rattlesnake tonight, including this.
[laughs] He one-ups Austin on his entrance.
[Cole] Triple H in an awful mood
after Stone Cold stunned Triple H's wife Stephanie on Raw
and Triple H cannot wait to get his hands on Stone Cold.
[Lawler] Triple H wants to be in that ring waiting for The Rattlesnake.
[Cole] Keep in mind, King, zero tolerance in effect here tonight
during this interview.
[Lawler] I know that.
[Cole] Triple H and Austin cannot physically touch one another.
[Lawler] They know that.
[Cole] If they do, the match Sunday at No Way Out is off.
If they do, Triple H is suspended for six months.
If they do, Austin loses his title shot at WrestleMania.
Zero tolerance in effect here tonight,
but you can feel the tension building in the Kemper Arena.
[Lawler] You can talk all you want to about zero tolerance,
but that man right there really don't give a damn.
He wants his hands on The Rattlesnake so bad,
he can taste it.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Triple H is frustrated, King,
all that pent-up emotion of a month of zero tolerance
ready to explode out of the veins of The Game.
[Lawler] You got to keep your cool, Triple H.
Don't let that Rattlesnake get to you. You're this close to Sunday.
You can do anything you want to him Sunday at the pay-per-view.
Bide your time.
[Cole] I don't think this is the night for this crowd
to be getting all over The Game.
You see, as JR so eloquently put it,
you will, this Sunday, see an epic battle…
between two men with more hatred
than any two men have ever had.
This Sunday, No Way Out will be two out of three falls…
[man in crowd] And you'll lose!
…and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
will learn to respect me,
and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin…
[crowd booing]
…will fear me because I will demand it.
[crowd booing]
As you said, JR…
[crowd chanting] Austin! Austin! Austin! Austin! Austin!
[Cole] This crowd cheering for The Rattlesnake.
[Lawler] Please don't provoke him.
[crowd chanting] Austin! Austin! Austin!
As you said, JR, in the first fall,
I will break his spirit.
In the second fall, I will break his bones.
[crowd cheering]
Now, if you think that I'm gonna come out here tonight
and I'm gonna ruin my shot,
that I'm gonna come out here and I'm gonna lose control,
and when Austin gets in this ring face-to-face with The Game
that I am gonna beat his [bleep] in the center of this ring
and get suspended for six months…
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] What a lot of people think.
…then you are wrong.
[Lawler] Oh, good. Whew.
-I will not lose my cool. -[crowd booing]
I will wait until Sunday to kick Austin's [bleep].
[Lawler] Just three days.
[crowd cheering]
Because as JR likes to say, I am The Cerebral Assassin, right?
I am the thinking man's wrestler…
[crowd buzzing]
…and I am smarter than that.
As much as I hate "Stone Cold" Steve Austin,
I guess Monday night he figured he needed to up the ante.
[Lawler] Uh-oh.
So, Austin put his hands on my wife.
-[crowd cheering] -[Cole] Oh, that was-- that was not good.
-[Lawler] That was not good. -[Cole] Wasn't good at all.
I agree with you there.
[crowd cheering]
Austin gave Steph the Stone Cold Stunner.
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] People are cheering about it.
[crowd cheers]
And while I was [bleep] off to start with…
and that did continue to throw gas on the fire,
it's not gonna make me lose my control,
it's not gonna make me get suspended for six months,
but it is gonna make me have an answer.
[Cole] Wait a minute! What the hell is he doing?
-[Lawler] What's he doing to JR? -[Cole] No!
-Not the Pedigree on JR! -[Cole] Oh! Pedigree to JR!
-Damn it, Triple H. -[Lawler] Hey, look out!
Here comes The Rattlesnake!
It's Austin! Austin can't touch Triple H, King.
Austin can't touch The Game!
-Zero tolerance is in effect. -[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] Well, there's nothing Austin can do physically
about what just happened to JR.
[Cole] Triple H with a Pedigree to JR.
A response to his wife getting stunned on Raw Monday night.
Hold your cool, Austin. Hold your cool! Three more days.
[Lawler] Boy, The Game is smart
and he knows how close The Rattlesnake and JR is.
He knows what friendship they have.
[Cole] Well, the most intense personal rivalry,
Austin and Triple H, in the history of WWE
culminates Sunday on pay-per-view at No Way Out.
[Cole] WWE New York from the heart of Times Square, King,
rocking for SmackDown tonight.
It's gonna be rocking in three days, Sunday,
No Way Out at WWE New York.
[Lawler] Oh, there's no place better to watch
No Way Out Sunday if you're in New York, than WWE New York.
[Cole] Well, a few moments ago, Triple H's frustration with Stone Cold
reaching a boiling point.
-[Lawler] Oh man. -It's not gonna make me lose my control,
it's not gonna make me get suspended for six months,
but it is gonna make me have an answer.
[Cole] It was Triple H attacking JR,
delivering the Pedigree to Jim Ross,
a retaliation for Austin stunning Triple H's wife.
[Lawler] Exactly, that's why they call him The Cerebral Assassin.
He planted poor JR because he knew
that that was gonna just irritate The Rattlesnake.
Well, speaking of frustrations reaching boiling points,
Sunday, King, it's gonna be unbelievable at No Way Out,
Austin, Triple H, two out of three falls to finally end this rivalry.
Oh, you got that right. I can't wait till No Way Out.
I can't wait to see these two finally be able to get at each other.
But, listen to this, just announced, a Fatal 4-Way
for the Intercontinental Championship Sunday at No Way Out,
Y2J defends against X-Pac, Eddie Guerrero, and Chris Benoit.
Four of the greatest athletes in World Wrestling Entertainment
will get it on Sunday at No Way Out on pay-per-view.
And, King, Mr. McMahon not pleased with Y2J's comments on Raw,
so Mr. McMahon made the No Way Out match
and also made this tag match for tonight.
-[countdown beat echoing] -[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] Watch your ears here.
-[explosion] -Oh!
[Cole] "Y2J" Chris Jericho.
A unique match tonight, King, set up by Mr. McMahon.
Jericho is gonna team with X-Pac
to take on Chris Benoit and Eddie Guerrero.
[crowd cheering]
-[Lawler] I think that's in the… -[bell ringing]
-…interest of fairness. -[Cole] Right.
[announcer] The following tag team contest is scheduled for one fall.
Making his way to the ring from Winnipeg, Manitoba,
weighing in at 227 pounds,
he is the World Wrestling Entertainment Intercontinental Champion,
-Chris Jericho! -[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] Y2J, you know what I'd tell him? Why don't you just keep your mouth shut?
[Cole] Well, "Y2J" Chris Jericho is gonna defend that title
in the Fatal 4-Way Sunday, King, and it's interesting,
his three opponents are gonna be involved in this tag team matchup.
["Make Some Noise" playing]
[announcer] And his tag team partner from Minneapolis, Minnesota,
weighing in at 222 pounds, X-Pac!
[Cole] Well, you know, King, X-Pac is Y2J's tag team partner,
but no love lost here.
It was Y2J who put X-Pac out of action a number of months ago
in October in a Steel Cage Match, reinjuring X-Pac's neck,
and X-Pac believes Jericho exploited that injury
and he is still upset with Jericho about it.
[Lawler] Oh, look at this look.
Can you believe these guys are gonna be partners tonight?
[Cole] I don't think Jericho can.
[Lawler] What you get for running your mouth, Chris.
[Cole] You know, Mr. McMahon wasn't pleased
with what Jericho had to say on Raw.
I wasn't pleased either that he was talking about
a frosted hair jackass jersey for me
instead of a "He Hate Me" Jersey.
[Lawler] Well, that would be okay.
[announcer] And their opponents, at a combined weight of 435 pounds,
Chris Benoit and Eddie Guerrero!
[Cole] Well, you can hear Benoit's theme, the "Shooter," King,
on WWE The Music, Vol. 5, available now.
Two members of the Radicalz teaming up tonight against Y2J and X-Pac,
and it's gonna be interesting to see, King,
how X-Pac and Jericho work together as a team here tonight.
[Lawler] And speaking of WWE The Music, Vol. 5,
Latino Heat is on there also, you know.
[Cole] So it's the two Radicalz against the two men who hate each other.
King, we were talking about X-Pac being out
because of an injury that Y2J caused for him.
What about the injury that Y2J caused by-- to Eddie Guerrero,
injuring Guerrero's back?
[Lawler] You know, the way I see it,
you got four guys in this ring right now and three of them hate Y2J.
[Cole] Chris Benoit hammering away on Jericho.
Some classic battles in the past between these two men
including that Ladder Match at the Royal Rumble
in which Jericho defeated Benoit for the Intercontinental Championship
that has-- that is at stake Sunday at No Way Out.
Oh, what a chop by Jericho to Chris Benoit.
But could you believe Triple H's actions towards poor JR
just a few moments ago, King?
Stone Cold and Triple H reaching their boiling points
and it's all gonna explode…
-[Lawler] Wow! -…Sunday at No Way Out on pay-per-view.
The most intense, the most bitter rivalry in the history of WWE
comes to a head, comes to an end Sunday in Las Vegas.
[Lawler] Boy, no doubt about it.
I mean, Triple H, he overstepped his bounds,
but he did it for one reason-- oh, look at this.
No tag? Are you gonna tag?
Are you gonna be a partner or what? Uh-oh, look out!
[Cole] Now, there's a tag the hard way by Jericho to X-Pac…
And now the two partners get into each other
and Benoit with a right hand to X-Pac.
[Lawler] Man, oh man.
[Cole] Very dangerous match for everyone involved.
All would like to soften up each other for the big Fatal 4-Way Match on Sunday.
[Lawler] Boy, poor old JR, do you think he'll be all right to do that--
commentate that football game, that XFL game?
[Cole] I don't think JR is gonna miss the XFL football game
Saturday night on NBC for anything.
-[Lawler] Well… -He's not gonna miss No Way Out either.
[Lawler] Well, maybe we could get him another Pedigree.
-No, I'm just kidding. -[Cole] Oh, just stop.
[Lawler] Poor JR. You know, no doubt about it,
The Game knows what good friends JR and The Rattlesnake are.
[Cole] Well, Triple H knew he couldn't lay a hand on Stone Cold,
so he went to the next best thing.
-Oh, look out, X-Pac. -[Lawler] Ow.
[Cole] Missing into the turnbuckle, and Chris Benoit trying to regain control,
makes the tag to "Latino Heat" Eddie Guerrero.
And still-- oh, what a dropkick.
Still to come tonight, King,
Rock teams with Undertaker and Kane
to take on Kurt Angle and Edge and Christian.
What an explosive matchup
at what's been an explosive SmackDown already.
[Lawler] Don't forget the Women's Title match,
Kat versus Ivory coming up, that's gonna be great.
[Cole] Since we're talking about explosions, King,
what about the fireworks going on in that limo in the parking lot?
[Lawler] Oh my gosh. [laughs]
[Cole] Well, Chris Jericho with a blind tag to X-Pac,
X-Pac was celebrating, Jericho said, "Enough of that."
-Into the ring against Eddie Guerrero. -[Lawler] Whoa!
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Four men will be in the ring at the same time
sudden death in that Fatal 4-Way.
Wait, cover after backbreaker, hook of the leg.
Two, kickout by Guerrero.
Who do you give the edge to in that Fatal 4-Way matchup?
-Which one of these four men? -[groans]
[Lawler] I tell you, this is gonna be great.
All four are gonna be in the ring at the same time.
As you said, it's gonna be--
[Cole] Oh, wow.
What a dropkick to the side of the head of Jericho by Eddie Guerrero
who still harbors ill feelings after--
-[Lawler] Oh, look out! -[Cole] Look at Benoit.
Well, King, you'll be competing at No Way Out as well.
You and Steven Richards one-on-one. If you win, Kat strips.
[Lawler] Oh man, and the RTC can't do anything about it.
It could be the greatest night of everybody's life
Sunday at No Way Out.
-[Cole] But what if Kat loses? -Oh, The Kat naked!
What if Kat-- King, what if you lose to Steven Richards? Kat loses as well.
[Lawler] Don't even think about it.
She ain't joining Right to Censor,
not while I got something to say about it.
[Cole] And Chris Jericho in trouble here.
X-Pac wants a tag off the front facelock by Eddie Guerrero "Latino Heat."
And look at this, X-Pac calling for a tag.
As Jericho made it to the corner, the weasel jumped off the apron.
[Lawler] I told you these guys didn't get along.
What a partner.
[Cole] Oh, look at this, shoulders into the midsection.
X-Pac distracting the referee,
allowing the Radicalz to double-team X-Pac's partner Jericho, King.
[Lawler] All this is doing
is just softening up Jericho for that big Fatal 4-Way Sunday.
[Cole] It's like a three-on-one with Jericho.
I guarantee you, it's not gonna be three-on-one Sunday,
it's gonna be every man for himself in that Fatal 4-Way matchup.
[Lawler] That's right, even Benoit and Latino Heat will be going at it Sunday
because all of these men wanna be the Intercontinental Champion.
[Cole] Oh, look at that, nice counter.
Chris Jericho, Eddie Guerrero face-first to the mat.
-And Chris… -[Lawler] Jericho held on somehow.
[Cole] Y2J, missile dropkick off the second rope.
Jericho, the Intercontinental Champion, trying to regain control,
as Benoit comes in off the tag.
Yeah, because Latino Heat has got a partner to tag out too.
You can't match the athleticism of these four men,
as Jericho knocks down The Rabid Wolverine.
[Guerrero] Hey, ref! Come on!
[Lawler] Tag out, Y2J, while you got a chance.
[Cole] Jericho, he's trying to tag out, King, X-Pac won't tag him.
Oh, look at that knockdown of Chris Benoit.
[Lawler] Maybe X-Pac's thought better of it by now.
[Cole] Guerrero off the apron, as this crowd comes alive.
-[Lawler] That's a tag for you. -He tagged him all right.
Popped him with the right hand, X-Pac off the apron.
And Jericho now in control of Benoit, whips him off the rope.
Oh, look at that! Ooh!
Chris Jericho. The Rabid Wolverine in trouble.
-[Lawler] Big trouble. Look out! -[Cole] Bulldog by Jericho.
Jericho setting him up now, King.
-[Lawler] You know what's coming. -[Cole] Going for the Lionsault.
And X-Pac with a kick to the face of Jericho.
-[Lawler] His own partner! -[Cole] You call that teamwork?
And look at this, Benoit ever the opportunist
with the crossface.
-Jericho tapping out! -[Lawler] You got to tap out.
[Cole] Y2J taps out to Chris Benoit on the crossface.
[Lawler] And if that happens Sunday in that Fatal 4-Way--
Wait a minute, everything exploding!
-[bell ringing] -[Cole] Guerrero and X-Pac,
it's every man for himself Sunday, King, on pay-per-view.
[Lawler] Hey, look at this!
[Cole] And now Justin Credible with a low blow,
X-Factor, to Eddie Guerrero.
-And what is this relationship, King… -[Lawler] Look at this!
…between Justin Credible and X-Pac?
[Lawler] Obviously they're friends.
Everywhere X-Pac's been, Justin Credible has shown up lately.
[Cole] Guerrero, Benoit, Jericho left lying.
Is this gonna be the scene Sunday?
Will X-Pac be celebrating
as the new Intercontinental Champion at No Way Out on pay-per-view?
[Lawler] Unbelievable, look at this,
Latino Heat, Chris Benoit, and Y2J
all left laying in the-- Oh no.
[Cole] RTC's Ivory, the WWE Women's Champion.
[Lawler] Don't be tripping.
Is that your face or did your butt grow a nose?
-Hey. -[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Ivory heading into action against Kat.
-[Lawler] Wait a minute. Yoo-hoo! -Right to Censor versus Right to Nudity.
[Lawler] Yes! Oh baby!
I can't believe this. We have to face Taker and Kane, again?
What is this, like the 475th consecutive time?
I tell you what. I'm not taking that last ride again.
That's the last time I suck that painsicle.
And what's up with Kane?
I mean, we hit him with the Con-Chair-To on Monday night, he's already getting up?
Nobody gets up that quick after the Con-Chair-To.
I mean, what is he, some kind of big red machine?
And at No Way Out, what's up with these tables and…
Listen, I can't believe this.
What happened to the cocky, young, five-time Tag Team Champions
I once knew and loved, huh?
Listen, you guys outsmarted Kane and Undertaker last Monday night.
-Yeah. -You'll do just fine tonight.
And this Sunday at No Way Out, after you guys win your match
and I beat The Rock, we'll all be champs.
And Edge, Christian, and Kurt, Team ECK, will rule this company again, all right?
-All right. Sweet. -All right. Let's go.
[Cole] Well, King, Team ECK teams up tonight
against Rock, Undertaker, and Kane.
But now, the Women's Title is on the line.
Here comes The Kat.
[Lawler] Oh, the leader of Right to Nudity! Woo-hoo, I love it!
-She wants to get naked. -[bell ringing]
Everybody wants to get naked.
The following contest is scheduled for one fall
and is for the World Wrestling Entertainment
Women's Championship.
Introducing the challenger, The Kat.
[Cole] Well, you must be a happy man, King,
you're going into action Sunday night
to defend The Kat's honor against Steven Richards.
Oh, I'm not going to defend The Kat's honor,
I'm going in there to beat Steven Richards and let The Kat get naked.
I wanna warn everybody, there may very well be nudity
on No Way Out this Sunday night
because when I beat Steven Richards,
then the Right to Censor has to stand by and let The Kat get naked.
Well, keep in my mind, in case, King, you may lose to Steven Richards…
-[alarm blaring] -…The Kat has to join Right to Censor.
-Ain't gonna happen. -[announcer] Making her way to the ring,
she's a member of Right to Censor
and the World Wrestling Entertainment Women's Champion, Ivory!
[Cole] Well, Ivory puts the Women's Title on the line against Kat here tonight.
[Lawler] Gonna be a great night tonight,
I'm looking for Kat to win the Women's Title from Ivory,
that will put a damper on her face.
And then when I beat Steven Richards,
we may put an end to Right to Censor at No Way Out.
[Cole] Amen.
Talk about a contrast in wrestling attire, King.
Look at Ivory's face.
She makes Janet Reno look like a Playboy centerfold.
[Cole] Ivory is dressed like a nun
and Kat, well, dressed like a Playboy centerfold.
[Lawler] Woo-hoo, yeah.
She doesn't have far to go to get naked right now.
-[bell ringing] -[Cole] The Women's Title is on the line.
[Lawler] Get her, Kat!
[Cole] Kat wasting little time taking Ivory down.
[Lawler] Yes, look at this!
Pound her head! Oh yeah!
[Cole] I think Kat wants to make your wish, King,
going in to No Way Out as the Women's Champ.
-[Lawler] Oh, look at this! Suplex! -[Cole] Kat is in control of Ivory.
-[Lawler laughs] -[Cole] Kat surprising…
-Here, kitty, kitty, oh, yeah. -…Ivory out of the box.
[Lawler] Go ahead. Oh, look at this.
-Come on, Kat. Monkey flip! -[Cole] Oh!
Kat in control of the Women's Champion, this is a surprise.
[Lawler] That ain't a monkey flip, that's a Kat flip. Give her another one.
-Yeah! Oh! -[groans]
[Cole] Oh, Kat into the corner, and Ivory wisely… Oh.
And look at this, kicks to the back by the Women's Champion Ivory.
[Lawler] Come on, Kat.
[Cole] And don't forget what Ivory has done, King, to…
-[Lawler] Oh my God. -…many Superstars
in World Wrestling Entertainment, including Chyna.
No more nudity!
[Cole] Chyna and Val Venis with that pile--
I should say, Ivory and Val Venis with that piledriver to Chyna, King,
and of course, at the Royal Rumble, Ivory injuring Chyna's neck.
-[Kat screams] -[Cole] Oh, look at this.
And now in control of Kat.
[Kat screaming]
-[thuds] -Oh!
-[Lawler] What, she thinks… -That's for you, Lawler.
-Oh, shut up. -[Cole] Is Ivory disciplining The Kat?
[referee] Stop pulling her hair now. Come on.
[Cole] You hear Right to Censor doesn't want anything to do with The Kat.
They hate this Right to Nudity stand that Kat has taken.
Right to Censor wants Kat out of the picture once and for all.
And Ivory calling Kat a tramp and--
Oh man.
[indistinct yelling]
-[Cole] Listen to Ivory. -I can't stand her.
I can't stand-- Don't even come over here and talk to me.
She will change her ways, Lawler.
-[Lawler] Oh, why don't you shut up. -Just you wait.
You wait and see what's gonna happen Sunday,
You're gonna see plenty! You're gonna see her get naked!
And ain't gonna be nothing you can do about it.
[Cole] Oh, look at this! The Kat!
The Kat has Ivory's shirt!
[Lawler] Get her, yeah!
-[Cole] The Kat, by the shirt. -[Lawler] She's gonna get Ivory naked!
-[Cole] Ivory! -[Lawler laughing] Woo-hoo! Ivory's bra!
-King, Ivory's going back to nudity! -Uh-oh.
Oh, wait a minute.
-[alarm blaring] -[Lawler] Wait a minute is right.
-[Cole] Oh, look at Bull Buchanan. -[Lawler] Oh no. Hey.
I ain't gonna let these jerks come down and stop--
[Cole] King, what are you gonna do, it's three-on-one!
What the hell are you doing, King?
King with a steel chair
and Right to Censor on their way to the ring.
Oh, look out. Who the hell is that?
Hey, that's Steven Richards!
He was masquerading as a security guard.
Steven Richards ambushing King. It was all a trap!
And now King being manhandled by Right to Censor
as Ivory's holding Kat back.
-Oh no! -[grunts]
[Cole] It's four men on one. King's in trouble.
Oh, a bicycle kick to the back of the head by Bull Buchanan.
It's a mugging.
Right to Censor is mugging King.
Val Venis, a money shot from the top rope,
and they're making Kat watch every bit of this attack.
-Come on. -Get up, Lawler!
-Hey. -Get up, Lawler!
Hey! Get up!
[Cole] Right to Censor-- oh no!
Steven Richards DDT to the steel chair.
Steven Richards and Right to Censor softening up King for Sunday.
And look at Ivory forcing Kat to watch this, and Kat's crying.
Kat is crying, upset over the attack of The King.
-[alarm blaring] -[Richards screaming]
[Cole] King was DDT'd onto the steel chair,
an assault by Right to Censor.
King manhandled in a four-on-one situation.
And look at that witch Ivory.
No Way Out!
[Cole] There may be No Way Out for The King now
Sunday on pay-per-view,
and I guarantee you this,
I don't think I'd want to be in Steven Richards' shoes
come Sunday at No Way Out.
It's been an explosive night already on SmackDown.
It was Kat versus Ivory for the Women's Title.
As Kat lifted the shirt off of Ivory,
it seemed to have the match in control,
but she was interrupted by Ivory's brothers
from the Right to Censor,
Goodfather, Bull Buchanan, Val Venis heading down to the ring.
Well, King was gonna have none of this,
he picked up a steel chair to help out Kat,
to make sure Right to Censor didn't have their way with Kat,
and from out of nowhere, masquerading as a security guard,
Steven Richards with a Steven Kick to The King.
And it was Val Venis, the mugging, the assault continued on The King,
the money shot from the top rope.
And Steven Richards would follow this up with a DDT to a steel chair.
Steven Richards sending a message to The King,
who he meets Sunday on pay-per-view at No Way Out.
And then, folks, during the break, The King assisted,
helped out of the arena after suffering that assault,
that mugging at the hands of Right to Censor.
It's King and Steven Richards Sunday at No Way Out,
and I would not wanna be Steven Richards come Las Vegas, Sunday.
["If You Dare" playing]
[explosion]
[Cole] Here comes Tazz on his way out here now
and we're getting ready for a European Title match.
I don't know what Tazz is doing.
It's been a wild night already on SmackDown
and still to come tonight,
The Rock, Undertaker, and Kane to meet Edge, Christian, and Kurt Angle
in a no disqualification Six-Man Tag Team matchup
with plenty of implications for No Way Out on the line.
And Tazz making his way over here now, and--
What are you doing out here?
It's called seizing the opportunity, Cole.
Giving you the rub, making a star Sunday night,
making a star on SmackDown. Let's go to work.
King hasn't even been out of action three minutes
and you're out here already.
[Tazz] I'm taking advantage, seizing the opportunity.
How many times I gotta tell you? Come on, here comes William Regal.
[Cole] Well, William Regal, the former European Champion,
lost the title a few weeks ago to Test.
Let's show you how with the Greyhound Overdrive of the Week.
[announcer] And now, the WWE Overdrive of the Week,
brought to you by Greyhound. Go Greyhound and leave the driving to us.
[Ross] Test not wasting any time.
[Lawler] Don't besmirch him on our announce table, Test.
Oh, look out, Mr. Regal!
-Oh my God! -[Ross] From the elbow from the top.
-[Lawler] What? -It's over!
And we've got a new champion.
[Lawler] That may be the quickest besmirching I've ever seen.
[Ross] I can't believe that any man could beat William Regal that quick.
[Cole] It was a dominating performance by Test just a few weeks ago, Tazz.
And tonight, William Regal exercising a clause in his contract
from his return match for the title here tonight.
That happened last month. I was shocked.
Test went through Regal like a buzzsaw. Shocking.
["This is a Test" playing]
-[bell ringing] -[announcer] The following contest
is scheduled for one fall
and it is for the World Wrestling Entertainment
European Championship.
Making his way to the ring,
the World Wrestling Entertainment European Champion, Test!
[Cole] And, Tazz, you know, tomorrow, Bite This switches to Friday afternoon
and the special guest, Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley,
wonder what she's gonna have to say about Trish,
as Test gets set to go one-on-one with Regal
here tonight on SmackDown.
[Tazz] And, Cole, you know, Regal's hanging out with Trish
who's pretty good friends with Mr. McMahon.
[Cole] Wait a minute, Regal from behind, attacking Test. And here we go.
We know William Regal is not hanging out with Trish tonight.
Trish is in the limo in the back somewhere with someone,
and I can only imagine who it is.
[Tazz] I've seen that, I mean, that limo was, like, rocking and reeling,
and steamed up, what's up with that?
[Coe] Something you'd see on the streets of Red Hook at a drive-in theater, right?
[Tazz] Exactly what you see in Red Hook, Cole.
-Not where you're from. -[Cole] Oh, look out.
Regal whipped to the corner, European Title is on the line,
I know you've been watching the actions of tonight in the back.
It has been a shocking night. As a matter of fact
for the first time that I can ever remember,
The King and JR have both been carted outta the arena.
Look out, cover by Test, he's got him-- no, and a kickout.
[Tazz] The King and JR,
the B-team is carted out of the arena
and Tazz comes on SmackDown and helps out Cole again.
[Cole] Now Test with a kick to the midsection of Regal,
European Title is on the line,
and still to come tonight, Tazz, and I'm assuming you gonna hang around,
you're gonna be here-- oh, look out.
-[Tazz] Of course I'm gonna hang around. -[Cole] Big Six-Man Tag Team matchup.
Can you believe The Rock teaming with Undertaker and Kane
against Edge, Christian, and Kurt Angle tonight,
no disqualification.
[Tazz] That is gonna be explosive, Cole.
Oh, look at Regal, the intensity of Regal, that's gonna be at six--
-Oh! -[Cole] Wait a minute.
[Tazz] What's Snow doing here?
[Cole] Did you see his t-shirt? "Commissioner Snow."
-[Tazz] Oh, come on. -[Cole] Is he passing out
those "Snow for Commissioner" buttons again like he did on Raw?
-[Tazz] He's an idiot. -[Cole] Wait a minute!
Could have a new European Champion! No, kickout by Test.
[Tazz] This goof Snow's campaign, I don't believe it.
[Cole] Well, you can blame it all on Mick Foley,
because last week on SmackDown,
Mick Foley planted into Al Snow's head
that Al Snow could be the commissioner of World Wrestling Entertainment.
[Tazz] Foley still work here?
[Cole] Well, he's not commissioner anymore,
he was fired, you know that, Tazz.
[Tazz] I do know that. I'm surprised you know it.
-[Cole] And look at Al Snow. -[Tazz] Look at Snow.
[Cole] Campaigning during a European Title match.
[Tazz] Is he giving out buttons? He better give me one.
[laughs] I want a button.
[Cole] William Regal can't believe Al Snow is out here as well,
and Regal better concentrate on this matchup.
Because Test is no slouch as European Champion,
as Regal is well aware.
[Tazz] Well, Regal's definitely aware of that,
I mean, what happened in-- Nice vertical suplex.
-Regal's-- A cover. -[Cole] Wait a minute. A cover.
We could have a new champion. There's two and a kickout by Test.
Another cover by Regal. Count of one before Test kicks out.
-Third cover, Tazz, and another kickout. -[Tazz] Tenacity, man.
Now what is he doing with these buttons?
[Cole] Well, he's campaigning for commissioner,
but the last I knew, there was never an election for commissioner.
I think you just appoint it.
He's an idiot. He almost hit me in the head.
[Cole] Yeah, Commissioner Snow, all right, you got my vote, Al.
-[Tazz] Get out of here. Snow, you goof. -[Cole] Right.
Well, Regal in control of Test, center of the ring and…
Yeah, great, tremendous. [laughs]
[Cole] Thanks, Al.
Did you see this "Al Snow for Commissioner" button?
Look at this, he's even got that goofy gavel
that Mick Foley handed to him last week on SmackDown.
[Tazz] Somebody get Al Snow the hell out of here.
-What is he doing out here? -[Cole] I can't concentrate on the match.
I don't know how the hell Test and Regal can.
[Tazz] A championship bout.
Test with the right hands, William Regal's in trouble,
the European Champion battling back.
[Tazz] But, Cole, you're absolutely right. Test is a machine.
-This guy-- oh. -[Cole] Oh!
This guy's in great shape, he's a monster.
I mean, he gets better every day.
This guy-- this guy has got to be-- he's just unbelievable.
[Cole] Look out, elbow by Regal to Test.
Ever since Test had his problems with Stephanie
and then Trish and Albert dropped him like a hot potato--
Test has had control.
Here's the cover, hooks the leg, and a kickout.
[Tazz] Can you believe Snow is still out here?
Al, please get out of here.
[Cole] Now Test missed with a big boot, got hung up on the top rope.
And now, William Regal tries to seize the opportunity.
William Regal, former European Champion.
[Tazz] Well, Regal, he want-- he wants that championship back.
He's a southpaw, William Regal,
and the referee pulls Regal out of the way.
-All English guys are southpaws. -Wait, Regal's got a--
-[Tazz] Oh! -Al Snow just clocked Regal in the head
and a boot to the face by Test.
Here's the cover!
-Test retains the European Title! -[bell ringing]
[crowd cheering]
-Here's your winner… -That ain't fair!
I mean, Al Snow shouldn't have been out here.
[Cole] Well, Al Snow was out here.
Regal got in Al Snow's face and paid for it.
Al Snow perhaps, Tazz, getting some revenge.
Remember, it was Regal and Mr. McMahon
who beat up Al Snow in the ring last week on Raw.
[Tazz] Regal got robbed. Look at that. Oh!
[Cole] Al Snow with a head to William Regal.
The big boot by Test who seized the opportunity,
Test retains the European Title.
["This is a Test" playing]
Ugh!
I'll show you who daddy's little girl is, Trish!
[Cole] Oh boy.
A sellout crowd at the Kemper Arena in Kansas City,
bracing for No Way Out just three days away on pay-per-view,
and bracing, Tazz, for a huge main event here tonight.
The Rock is gonna team with The Undertaker and Kane
to take on Edge, Christian, and Kurt Angle coming up next.
[Tazz] No disqualification to boot
and if SmackDown hasn't been explosive enough tonight, Cole,
what's gonna happen when these six guys,
these six Superstars get at each other?
I mean, Kane and Taker, they want Edge--
-[artillery whistling] -What…
-What is this? -Oh!
[explosions]
[Cole] Wait a minute!
["Ollie Stalefish" playing]
[Cole] The Dudley Boyz…
with a table.
[Tazz] Oh no.
[Cole] What are the Tag Team Champions doing?
They're not involved in this Six-Man Tag Team matchup that's on the way.
[Tazz] They got something on their mind and they don't look too happy.
[Cole] Well, we heard from The Dudley Boyz earlier on
that three-team Table Match now set for Sunday at No Way Out,
Dudleys, Edge, and Christian,
and Undertaker with Kane, but what are they doing here?
[Tazz] What are they doing with this table, Cole?
-What is that? -[Cole] Spray paint.
[Tazz] What is he spraying? Why's he putting the table
close to the ring like this?
[Cole] Bubba Ray Dudley with a spray paint and-- Wait a minute.
-No way. -[Tazz] Oh, at least he can spell.
He doesn't look like he can, but we got "No Way" so far.
-[Cole] I guarantee what they're painting… -[Tazz] I know.
-Hold on, Cole. -…on that table is No Way Out.
[Tazz] I'll tell you what he's doing right now.
That's called a punk card. He's calling Kane and Undertaker,
Edge and Christian's punk card.
That's what The Dudley Boyz are doing.
They're sending a message, my man, and they're doing it pretty impactfully.
[Cole] So it's like a calling card, you're saying.
Dudley Boyz to the-- Wait a minute.
Come on, Trish! [grunts]
Figures you'd lock the door! It figures!
I'm coming for you!
Oh, come on!
What's the matter, you afraid? You afraid?
-[Tazz] Oh! -[Cole] Wait! Trish!
She's attacking Stephanie!
Huh? Surprised to find me out here?
[groaning, grunting]
Surprised to find me alone out here, huh?
I set your ass up!
I deserve a damn Oscar for that performance, huh?
Are you surprised? Who's the bimbo now, huh?
-Who's the bimbo now? -[Stephanie groaning]
[grunting, groaning]
[Trish] Oh, yeah. Oh, what's the matter, huh?
[Stephanie] Oh God. [groans, whimpers]
[chuckles] Aw, that hurt? You know what? You know what you need?
You need a little makeup. I got you. The perfect color, right here.
Perfect color, that's what you need. Yeah! That's it!
-[Tazz] Oh my God. -[retching]
-[Cole] What is that, horse manure? -[retches, coughs]
What's that smell? Oh, that's you.
You know what?
[retching, coughing]
You need to freshen up, Stephanie. Freshen up.
-[Tazz] Holy ambush. -[coughs, whimpers]
-[Cole] That was horse manure, Tazz! -[Tazz] What is this?
How about a shower, huh? How about a shower?
[Cole and Tazz exclaim]
-Yeah! Have a shower! -[shrieks]
[Cole] What is that, that slimy… Uck!
-I'll see you on Sunday… -[screams, whimpers]
… for another award-winning performance.
[Cole] Oh my Lord. Trish set up Stephanie.
-Oh, Tazz! -[Tazz] Listen. I…
[whimpers]
[Cole] Trish and Stephanie at No Way Out. There's gonna be hell to pay.
And speaking of hell to pay.
Next, Six-Man Tag Team action,
Team ECK, Kurt Angle and Edge and Christian
heading into the fire.
-It's payback time. -No disqualification, too.
[Cole] The brothers united, Undertaker and Kane!
They're gonna team up with The People's Champion…
-No mercy. -…The Brahma Bull, The Rock
in a Six-Man Tag Team matchup.
-[Tazz] There's our man right there. -[Cole] Taker, Kane, Rock,
Angle, Edge, and Christian next.
[Cole] Moments ago, an angry Stephanie was convinced
that Trish was in the limo with her father.
I'm coming for you!
Oh, come on, what's the matter, you afraid?
-You afraid? -[Tazz] Wasn't in there.
You looking for me, Steph, huh? You looking for me?
-[grunting, groaning] -You surprised to find me out here, huh?
Ah! [groans]
[grunting, groaning]
Surprised to find me alone out here, huh?
I set your ass up!
I deserve a damn Oscar for that performance, huh?
Are you surprised? Who's the bimbo now, huh?
Who's the bimbo now?
[Cole] Well, Stephanie thought Trish was in the limo, Tazz,
but it was obviously a set up.
And check this out. Stephanie, face-first into horse manure by Trish.
-[retching] -[Tazz] There'll be hell to pay, Cole.
[Trish] Oh, what's that smell? Oh, it's you.
[Cole] But the attack didn't end there, Tazz.
To add insult to injury,
Trish tosses Stephanie into that bale of hay.
-[Stephanie coughing] -But that wasn't enough.
Picking up this bucket of some slimy guck.
Was that sewer or some sort of manure or something?
Well, Stephanie, upset, outraged,
and what's gonna happen Sunday on pay-per-view at No Way Out?
Trish Stratus, Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley, one-on-one.
Oh boy. It is gonna be a war at No Way Out
between Trish and Stephanie.
[rock music playing]
[announcer] And now the WWE Slam of the Week
presented by Dynamic Muscle Builder from Weider Sports Nutrition.
Get Weider, get results.
Available at GNC.
[Cole] The WWE Champion with a championship to the face of The Rock!
Rock Bottom to Triple H!
Kurt Angle breaks up the three count,
an ankle lock for The Rock by Kurt Angle!
[Lawler] Oh my gosh! Look at this! He's gonna break Rock's ankle!
[Cole] And Angle sending a message to The Brahma Bull.
["Medal" playing]
[Cole] Well, here we go. Time for Six-Man Tag Team action.
Kurt Angle and Edge and Christian to meet The Rock, Undertaker, and Kane.
[Tazz] No disqualification. Barn burner coming up, baby.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] And this crowd sold out at the Kemper Arena.
-All over the WWE Champion. -[fireworks whistle, explode]
Kurt Angle in three days on pay-per-view meets The Rock
with the WWE Title on the line.
[Tazz] Look at Edge and Christian, they're acknowledging that table.
They know the message The Dudley Boyz are sending out, Cole.
They spotted it, they got a deal.
[Cole] Edge and Christian, Undertaker and Kane,
and The Dudley Boyz, Sunday at No Way Out.
A Tag Team Table Match
to determine the WWE Tag Team Champions.
[Tazz] These people disrespecting our champion,
gold medal winner, American hero, saying he sucks.
[eerie bell tolling]
[crowd cheering]
[footsteps]
[Undertaker] Deadman walking.
[fireworks explode]
♪ Keep rollin', rollin' Rollin', rollin' ♪
♪ Move in, now move out Hands up, now hands down ♪
♪ Back up, back up Tell me what you gonna do now… ♪
[Cole] The brothers united,
Undertaker and Kane on their way to the ring.
[Tazz] The Brothers of Destruction, my man.
These two are bad apples.
[Cole] Well, I'll tell you what, Tazz. Undertaker not on that motorcycle.
Remember that motorcycle is damaged in that daring plot.
Edge and Christian setting up The Undertaker and Kane
Monday night on Raw.
["Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)" by Limp Bizkit playing]
[Cole] Well, we're set for Six-Man Tag Team action.
And Weider Sports Nutrition presents WWE No Way Out.
Get Weider, get results.
No Way Out will be live in just three days this Sunday,
from the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada,
exclusively on pay-per-view.
[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] Talk about Taker's bike.
That's one thing you don't mess with, that's a promise.
Undertaker, Kane, Edge and Christian, Dudley Boyz,
Tag Team Table Match, Sunday on pay-per-view.
♪ If you smell what The Rock is cooking ♪
["Know Your Role" playing]
[Cole] The Kemper Arena has exploded
for "The People's Champion," The Rock!
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] And could we be looking at the new WWE Champion?
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] The Rock obsessed with winning
the World Wrestling Entertainment Championship.
The Rock claiming
that Kurt Angle's days as champion are numbered.
Rock, Angle, No Way Out, Sunday.
♪ The Rock says, The Rock says ♪
[Cole] And The Brahma Bull, The Rock, is The People's Champion.
What an ovation!
And come Sunday, as he stares into the eyes of Kurt Angle,
can The Rock defeat Angle to win the WWE Title
and go to WrestleMania to beat Stone Cold as champion?
[Tazz] Well, check out Angle, Cole.
He ain't intimidated a lick.
He beat the best in the world. Look at his eyes, my man.
He is serious as a heart attack, and so is The People's Champ.
[Cole] The Rock teaming with Undertaker and Kane tonight
in this no disqualification, six-man matchup
against Edge and Christian and Kurt Angle.
-[bell ringing] -What a preview of No Way Out
here tonight on SmackDown.
[Tazz] Well, Cole, we know Undertaker and Kane on the same page.
Where's The Rock fit in? We're gonna have to find out.
[Cole] So Edge is gonna start things off for his team against Deadman Inc.,
The Undertaker, and Undertaker demanding to start this matchup.
[Tazz] Look, you see what he did? He just tagged Christian.
And I don't blame him.
Who in their right mind would wanna start off against The Undertaker fresh?
[Cole] Edge tagging in his brother Christian
and it's gonna be Christian to start things off against The Undertaker.
Christian says, "No way, you go take him, Kurt."
[Tazz] You can't blame these guys.
Taker starting it on his own.
[Cole] That's gonna show you what Edge and Christian is made of
as Undertaker goes to work on the champion.
I'll tell you one thing. Come Sunday at No Way Out,
Edge and Christian are gonna have to face The Undertaker and Kane.
Oh, look at Angle now, walked right into the sidewalk slam of The Undertaker.
Here's the cover, and a kickout.
[Tazz] I mean, Undertaker, just look at him.
I mean, people can't realize. When you look in this guy's eye,
I mean, this guy, is deep, dark, mean, and nasty.
[Cole] And look at Rock.
[Cole] Rock wants it. Rock wants a tag. Rock like a caged animal,
can't wait to get into the ring to meet Kurt Angle.
[Tazz] So, what are you saying, Angle doesn't want Rock?
-Is that what you're saying? -No, I'm saying Rock wants Kurt Angle.
Rock gets Kurt Angle Sunday,
but he wants him here tonight on SmackDown.
[Tazz] Well, he might get a little bit more of Angle than he wants, The Rock.
We're gonna find out on Sunday at No Way Out.
It's gonna be one hell of a match, though.
[Cole] And Undertaker sending a message to Edge and Christian and The Dudley Boyz
the way he's manhandling the WWE Champion in the ring.
And Kurt Angle going for the counter. He does.
Undertaker do-- Oh, foot to the face of Christian and then Kurt Angle.
And Undertaker over the past few weeks, King,
I should say, Tazz, has been just on a path of destruction.
[Tazz] Don't ever call me King again.
-[Cole] Edge, top rope… -[Tazz] Oh!
Oh, went for the dropkick, caught mid-air by The Undertaker.
-Edge is up high. -[Tazz] Oh no.
-Look at the strength of The Deadman Inc. -[Tazz] Oh no. Oh!
And a look of fear in Edge's face as he was up high,
thanks to The Undertaker.
[Tazz] Chris-- Oh, Edge better tag out.
He's in harm's way-- Oh, going Old School now, Cole.
Here it comes.
[Cole] Undertaker gonna climb to the top rope.
This, folks, is vintage Undertaker.
[Tazz] I dig this. I love when he does this. Watch this.
-[Cole] What balance! -[Tazz] Yeah!
[Cole] And Edge knocked down by The Undertaker.
Sunday on pay-per-view, Undertaker and Kane,
to take on Edge, Christian, and The Dudley Boyz,
Tag Team Table Match.
Tag Team Titles are on the line.
And now Kane, The Undertaker's brother, hammers away on Edge.
Do The Dudley Boyz have the edge in that Tag Team Table Match?
[Tazz] Oh, of course they do, Cole. Don't count them out.
I mean, tables are obviously to their advantage.
That's gonna be one hell of a Triple Threat Match
with a little twist of tables in there. [laughs]
[Cole] Well, look at Kane, top rope.
-[Tazz] Whoa! -[Cole] Oh, look at Kane fly,
nearly decapitating Edge in the center of the ring.
And a shot to the champion.
[Tazz] Did you hear that shot?
[Cole] And Christian hangs up Kane on the top rope.
Edge looks to take advantage.
Here's the tag to Christian.
And here's the double-team by the five-time Tag Team Champions,
Edge and Christian.
-But look at the counter! -[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Double suplex by Kane! I can't believe it!
[Tazz] How strong is The Big Red Machine?
He is all animal, man.
-Look at this. -[grunting]
[Cole] And Kane with the strength of--
he's pressing Christian over his head.
Look at the strength of The Big Red Machine.
-[Tazz] Oh, that's… -[Cole] Christian down the hard way.
[Tazz] …scary, Cole, downright scary.
Guy is a monster.
-The Rock wants in and he's in, baby. -[crowd cheering]
[Cole] And here comes Rock into the ring off the tag.
The Brahma Bull couldn't wait to get into this matchup.
-No disqualification, six-man action. -Whoa!
What a belly-to-belly by The Rock.
[Tazz] There's a belly-to-belly one for Edge and now he wants…
-Come on, Angle. -"Just bring it," Rock's saying.
-"Just bring it, champ. Right now." -[crowd cheering]
No Way Out three days early.
[Tazz] Angle's got a suite at the SmackDown Hotel in his name.
-[laughing] -[Cole] Yeah, Kurt Angle not too anxious
to get into the ring. Wait a minute.
And now Kurt Angle with an attack from behind.
And look at the coward running the other way.
[Tazz] Intelligence, one of the "Three I's" there.
-[Cole] Good move! -[Tazz] Beautiful back suplex.
One of the "Three I's," practices what he preaches. Gotta love Angle.
[Cole] Yeah, Kurt Angle showing his yellow streak,
attacking The Rock from behind and then running the other way.
And Kurt Angle now wants a tag, since The Rock has been down and out.
[Tazz] He wants the cover.
And come Sunday at No Way Out, I can tell you what.
[laughs] Rock's gonna get his-- he's into suplex.
He'll be suplex drunk when Angle's done with him at No Way Out.
[Cole] Kurt Angle, ever the vulture, ever the buzzard,
taking apart the fallen carcass of The Rock.
Angle only wanted in, when Rock had been knocked down.
[Tazz] Angle gotta throw you to know you.
-[Tazz laughs] -[Cole] And there's the tag to Edge
part of Team ECK, as they like to call themselves.
Angle, Edge, and Christian.
Team Nerd, actually. More like "Team Ick."
[Cole] Here's the cover by Edge. There's two. Got him-- No.
Rock got the shoulder up. Yeah, ECK, E-C-K.
-Edge, Christian, Kurt, get it? -Don't get an attitude, Cole.
Let's call the match before you get smacked.
[Cole] And here's comes The Brahma Bull laying the smack down on Edge.
The Rock building momentum.
Reversal off the ropes. Here comes The Rock.
And what a heel kick to the face of The Rock.
-[Tazz] There's the cover. -Cover by Edge, didn't hook the leg.
Two, and Rock got the shoulder up.
[Tazz] That was pretty close right there.
What are the Dudleys thinking while they're watching this?
-That's what I'm wondering. -[Cole] They're the Tag Team Champions
and they face Edge, Christian, Undertaker, and Kane Sunday.
[crowd chanting "Rocky!"]
And Rock is being softened up by Christian.
And look at The Rock.
Rock faces Kurt Angle Sunday on pay-per-view.
Here comes Rock, and Kurt Angle from behind.
[Tazz] Come to think of it,
I'd forget about the Dudleys right now if I'm Edge and Christian.
They better worry about Kane, Taker, and The People's Champ.
[Cole] What a pay-per-view extravaganza Sunday at No Way Out.
Wait a minute. Hooks the leg, he's got him--
No, Undertaker breaks up the three count.
No Way Out continues to build and build the intensity, the tension,
Triple H and Austin to end their rivalry.
Rock and Kurt Angle, the Tag Team Table Match.
[Tazz] How about Trish and Stephanie?
[Cole] King and Steven Richards and the Fatal 4-Way
for the Intercontinental Title.
-Come on, Rock. -Look at this.
[Tazz] Trying to punk Rock out.
That's not a good idea, Edgester.
-Oh, what a knee. -[Cole] Edge kick to the midsection.
Edge battling back with the right hands to The Rock,
trying to knock The Brahma Bull down.
[Tazz] Here comes The Brahma Bull.
[Cole] Samoan drop by The Rock!
Desperation maneuver.
Rock needs to make a tag.
[Tazz] Both down. Yeah, Rock needs to make a tag
to either Kane or Undertaker.
And Edge, Edge ain't looking too good himself.
Angle-- Now Angle wants in there.
Look at Angle, now he wants in there, because Rock's down. Pretty smart.
[Cole] Of course, Kurt Angle wants to get in there.
Kurt Angle is an opportunist.
He tried to break The Rock's ankle last week.
[Tazz] He almost did.
What's gonna happen if he hooks that ankle bar
come Sunday at No Way Out, Cole?
[Cole] Oh, look out now.
Edge to Kurt Angle.
Here comes Kurt Angle into the ring.
And the opportunist again-- And wait a minute.
Rock blocks the right hand. Here comes The Brahma Bull.
The Rock building momentum!
The Rock meets Angle Sunday with a title on the line.
-And here comes The Rock! -[crowd cheering]
Oh, kick to the midsection! DDT!
Drops Angle, cover, hook of the leg.
One, two, he got it--
No! Christian breaks up the three count.
[Tazz] Ridiculous. I mean, Angle was toast there-- Oh no.
[Cole] Undertaker into the ring.
Look at the chokeslam to Christian.
[Tazz] Hang time there, baby, goodbye.
[Cole] There is no disqualification in this matchup.
Keep that in mind, folks.
[Tazz] They're right out here, Cole.
[Cole] Rock, Kurt Angle in-- outside the ring.
Undertaker and Kane playing ping-pong with Edge.
-[Tazz] Oh. -[Cole] Wait a minute!
-It's The Dudley Boyz! -[Tazz] The Dudleys are in the house!
And they're bringing a table in the ring!
[Cole] The Tag Team Champions with a table in the ring.
What the hell are they doing?
Christian doesn't even realize Bubba Ray is there.
-[Tazz] It's no DQs, Cole. It's no DQs. -[Cole] Here it comes!
[crowd cheering]
-Listen to the crowd. -[crowd cheering]
-Wassup?! -Wassup?!
[Cole] D-Von top rope, Christian.
-[Tazz] Boom! -[Cole] Headbutt by D-Von.
The Dudley Boyz aren't even involved in the matchup.
-[yells indistinctly] -[Tazz] That's gotta hurt. Oh no.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Bubba Ray calling for the tables.
And D-Von and Bubba Ray, The Dudley Boyz, setting the tables up
as Undertaker, and Kane, and Edge,
and Rock, and Kurt Angle battle outside the ring. 3D time.
And Undertaker grabbing Christian, pulling him outside the ring.
Undertaker wants him for himself.
[Tazz] I don't think Undertaker was trying to save him.
Look at the Dudleys doubling up on Undertaker.
[Cole] Undertaker, Bubba Ray, and D-Von going at each other,
they meet Sunday on pay-per-view in that Tag Team Table Match.
-And here's Edge getting involved. -[Tazz] Oof, wow.
Edge, Christian, Dudley Boyz, Kane, Undertaker.
-And look at this. -Oh, boy.
[Cole] Rock and Kurt Angle in the ring.
Kurt Angle taking advantage of The Rock.
Right hands by the champion.
[Tazz] Look at Angle's face, Cole. Look at the intensity of his face.
-[Cole] The WWE Champion… -[Tazz] Wow.
…and his challenger at No Way Out going at it middle of the ring.
-[Tazz] Now who's bringing it? -Spinebuster!
[Tazz] I guess The Rock just brought it.
[Cole] Well, look at this! The Rock setting Kurt Angle up!
Sharpshooter! Sharpshooter!
[Tazz] He's trying to snap his leg. And Angle's tapping.
Kurt Angle is tapping, but the referee is outside the ring,
involved with the rest of the crew. And Edge…
Edge saving Kurt Angle from the Sharpshooter.
[Tazz] That might not have been a good idea.
[Cole] And here comes The Brahma Bull, the intensity in The Rock's eyes.
Edge out of the ring. Wait a minute!
-Oh my! Angle Slam! -[Tazz] Through the table!
-[Cole] Through a table. -[Tazz] Whoa!
[Cole] Kurt Angle into the cover, hooks the leg.
-Kurt Angle has pinned The Rock. -[bell ringing]
Kurt Angle has pinned The Rock.
-[announcer] Here are your winners… -Talking about seizing the opportunity.
-…Edge and Christian and Kurt Angle!
["Medal" playing]
[Cole] The Dudleys brought the table down to send a message to the other tag teams.
And Kurt Angle used the table.
-Kurt Angle has pinned The Rock. -[Tazz] Rock's gotta be hurting.
-[Cole] And look at this! -[Tazz] He's got that ankle bar on!
He's snapping his ankle!
[Cole] The ankle lock locked into The Rock, and…
Look at The Rock! The Brahma Bull is tapping out!
If Angle locks in the ankle lock Sunday,
he could be going to WrestleMania as champion.
But The Brahma Bull promises Angle's days as champion are numbered.
Angle, Rock for the title Sunday on pay-per-view!