["Monday Night Raw" playing]
-[alarm blaring continuously] -[crowd cheering]
[Mr. McMahon] We are live from the Manhattan Center
in downtown New York City!
Welcome, everyone, to Monday Night Raw!
I'm Vince McMahon,
along with Bobby "The Brain" Heenan
-and the "Macho Man" Randy Savage-- -Oh, yeah.
…who along with The Smoking Gunns,
was in town earlier here today, as a matter of fact.
And Macho Man, you guys were right there at the Special Olympics.
[Savage] I'm gonna tell you something, some of my best friends
were down there competing, doing the deadlift.
And these are champions from the Special Olympics right here
in the Big Apple, Manhattan Center, right outside Madison Square Garden.
And he lifted it, and he's a good kid and I love him.
-Smoking Gunns right there with me. -[Mr. McMahon] Good luck
to the Special Olympics on June 13. Speaking of which, that of course
is the King of the Ring date. But nonetheless, tonight,
we're gonna see in action…
We're gonna see in action the likes of Razor Ramon, Bobby Heenan.
[Bobby] That's right. And whoever Razor's opponent is,
he's gonna cut him to ribbons,
he's gonna slice and dice like a Veg-O-Matic.
Also in action, the Native American, still undefeated, Tatanka.
Right. Tatanka is gonna still be undefeated. I like him.
A special interview with the reigning Intercontinental Champion, Shawn Michaels.
And then from there, one-on-one, the Ugandan Giant
against, can you imagine, Yokozuna.
-You forgot something. -What's that?
The next WWE champion, Yokozuna.
He's under the microscope right here on Monday Night Raw.
-Here we go. -He may not do good against Kamala.
He may be bigger than ever.
All right. Before we take you now, standing by is Lord Alfred Hayes.
And Alfred Hayes is standing in the very same position
that he was last week when all hell broke loose
as a matter of fact, between Shawn Michaels and Mr. Perfect.
Let's take you now to that footage from last week.
All right!
It's raw talent that's got me to the top of the World Wrestling Entertainment.
And tonight, "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan is gonna find out
why I'm the World Wrestling Entertainment Intercontinental Champion.
-[crowd cheering continuously] -[crowd shouting continuously]
[crowd cheers]
[crowd cheering continuously]
[crowd shouting indistinctly]
[man in crowd] Get him!
[indistinct shouting continues]
[man in crowd] Go! Go!
[Mr. Perfect] Come on! Come on, you son of a bitch!
[crowd cheering and shouting continuously]
[official] Get back, come on.
[crowd cheering]
Come on, big shot!
-[indistinct shouting] -[man] Hey!
[siren wails]
Vincent, I couldn't believe my eyes last week,
but I certainly couldn't believe them this week.
Something happened that you cannot imagine.
I saw somebody here, before we came on the air, in disguise.
And shortly, you there, on Monday Night Raw,
are going to be as surprised as I was
when you find out who it is.
[Mr. McMahon] All right, Alfred… What is it, Macho Man?
[Savage] I like surprises. Let it happen again.
-[Mr. McMahon] Here we go. -[Bobby] I'd like to know what he saw.
-[Mr. McMahon laughs] -[explosion]
-What's that? -[Bobby] Hit the deck.
-[bell ringing] -[Bobby] All right!
[Finkel] The following tag team contest is scheduled for one fall.
Coming into the ring from the great state of Texas,
at a total combined weight of 505 pounds,
-Bart and Billy, The Smoking Gunns! -["Smokin" playing]
-[Mr. McMahon] The Smoking Gunns. -Their opponents,
-at a total combined weight-- -[gunfire]
-[Mr. McMahon] Look out! -[Bobby] Whoa!
-[Mr. McMahon laughs] -[Savage] Look at Finkel!
[Mr. McMahon] Yeah. Finkel got out of Dodge!
Everybody ducked.
["Smokin" continues playing]
-[Mr. McMahon] Come on, Bobby, get up. -[Savage] He didn't.
-[Mr. McMahon] Bobby. -[Bobby] Is the gun put away?
-[Mr. McMahon] Get up. -[Savage] Under the table.
[Bobby] I saw that shotgun he's got. That's a sawed off shotgun.
[Mr. McMahon] Tony Vadja, looking forward to locking up…
with The Smoking Gunns, I guess they are.
Smoking Gunns have been just that as of late
-in the WWE. They've been smoking. -[bell rings]
[Savage] Let me tell you something about The Smoking Gunns today.
When they saw the kid, when he lifted that weight,
the look on The Smoking Gunns' faces, they're friends of mine,
it gave me chills up and down my spine.
[Mr. McMahon] To start things off, it's gonna be Bart against this newcomer.
And… Wait a minute. Yep, here we go.
And a nice hip toss.
Smoking Gunns with the "Macho Man" Randy Savage,
in town early here.
[Bobby] Is that the Smoking Gunns I smell,
or is the rodeo next door at the Garden?
[Mr. McMahon] Wise guy.
[Savage] I talked to these guys earlier, and they're psyched
-for Monday Night Raw. -[Mr. McMahon] Whoa, look at that!
Glenn Ruth is tagged in, and now…
-[Bobby] Whoa. -Blocked the hip toss and get caught
with a clothesline. [chuckling] Look out.
Ruth having his problems now with Billy.
Glenn Ruth, off the rope.
[Bobby] Ooh, look at that!
[Mr. McMahon] Goodness, they'll go up high on you. Yeah!
[Savage] He's gonna pay the price for that move.
[Mr. McMahon] Billy and Bart, The Smoking Gunns.
[Bobby] Oh, they're gonna find out something
-here in the WWE. -[Mr. McMahon] What?
[Bobby] It's a little different than playing on the farm
and picking up a bunch of cows and dogies
and all that stuff they talk about,
-and rustling. -[Mr. McMahon] I see.
[Savage] Heenan, the only exercise you get is jumping to conclusions, brother.
-[Mr. McMahon cackles] Body slam. -[Bobby] Is he talking to me?
[Mr. McMahon] I believe he was.
-[Bobby] Don't bother. -[Mr. McMahon] Billy, back in now.
Billy with a head of steam off the rope and…
Oh, my, did he ever drop the elbow.
The Smoking Gunns and off the rope again, this time,
with a knee follow-up.
[Savage] Evidently, right there.
[Mr. McMahon] Smoking Gunns, Billy and Bart,
you have to wonder what Alfred Hayes was referring to earlier on
about a big surprise. What did Alfred see out there?
[Savage] I tell you, I had such a great time last week.
I just hope it puts me to another level.
-[Bobby] I know what it was. -[Mr. McMahon] What?
[Bobby] It was Alfred's first girlfriend,
-and he can't believe she's 103. -[Mr. McMahon laughs]
[Mr. McMahon] Drop toehold, tag made,
elbow in the back of the neck.
Smoking Gunns with great tag-team coordination.
Everyone wondered whether or not they would make it in the WWE.
They're doing just fine.
[Savage] They're doing great and they wanna do even better.
[Mr. McMahon] Ruth now, up in the air, nice suplex.
[Savage] They love kids, Heenan, did you know that?
[Bobby] Where are they from?
[Mr. McMahon] Where're they from?
-[Savage] Texas. -[Bobby] Texas. That explains it.
[Mr. McMahon] What?
[Bobby] They don't look too bright.
-[Bobby] Something in the water. -I see.
[Savage] I think Heenan's gone completely senile.
[Bobby] I'll tell you, they're impressing me
-'cause they're tagging quick. -[Mr. McMahon] Yeah.
[Bobby] They seem to know what they're doing in that ring.
But wait until they get some big, big Superstars,
like Money Inc., like The Headshrinkers.
-Never-- -[Mr. McMahon] Whoa!
[Mr. McMahon] The Smoking Gunns.
And now, they're working on the arm of Glenn Ruth.
-[Savage] I think they're here to stay. -[Mr. McMahon] Yeah.
[Mr. McMahon] At the conclusion of this match-up,
a special interview with Shawn Michaels, the reigning Intercontinental Champion.
Who I'm sure is gonna have an awful lot to say,
as a result of the footage that we just saw repeated from last week.
Ooh, my!
[Bobby] There's no doubt about it. The way he was…
Uh, let's say sucker-jumped, instead of sucker-punched.
Because he was jumped by Mr. Perfect.
[Mr. McMahon] I don't know who got the worst end,
Shawn Michaels or that car. The car was destroyed.
Oh, my!
[Bobby] The car was a piece of junk before it pulled up.
[Savage] You know, maybe Mr. Perfect is involved in that surprise.
-[Bobby] Maybe you're right. -[Mr. McMahon] Could very well be, yes.
Maybe Mr. Perfect is gonna join us.
-[Savage] Look at this! Ooh! -[Mr. McMahon] Look! Forget about it.
[Mr. McMahon] The cover, the count. Two, and…
-[bell ringing] -…an easy victory.
[Savage] You can count to a hundred on that one.
-[Mr. McMahon] Yes -["Smokin" playing]
[Bobby] That impressed me.
[Finkel] Here are your winners, The Smoking Gunns.
-[crowd cheering] -["Smokin" continues playing]
[Mr. McMahon] The Smoking Gunns, victorious.
[crowd cheering]
And everybody is talking about The Smoking Gunns,
and everybody is talking about WWE Mania.
Hi, I am Todd Pettengill.
Join me every weekend for WWE Mania.
It's wild. It's crazy.
It's excessive excitement caused by acute hyperactivity.
Each week, we'll bring you exclusive interviews
and tons of great wrestling action.
But most of all, it's just good clean fun.
So, start your weekend with the outrageous WWE Mania,
Saturday mornings at 10:00 Eastern on USA.
Just, uh, brush your teeth first.
That-a baby, Todd Pettengill, I like him.
-Do you like Todd Pettengill? -I like the show.
I don't like Todd Pettengill.
What do you think about Tatanka versus Terry Taylor?
Well, I'll tell you, Tatanka is… [stammering] Tatanka is undefeated.
-A-ha. -But you're gonna see it
this Saturday morning. You're gonna see Terry Taylor beat Tatanka.
-Oh, yeah? -I got that feeling, you know?
-You got the feeling, don't you? -My hands are itching. Yeah.
I think your feeling's no feeling at all. I think it's gonna be thumbs up
for Tatanka and Todd Pettengill.
Do the thing, Vince McMahon, in the ring.
How do you like that?
-I don't like him either. -All right, Randy Savage,
Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, everyone. My guest at this time,
the reigning Intercontinental Champion.
Would you please welcome, Mr. Shawn Michaels.
["Sexy Boy" playing] ♪ I know I'm sexy ♪
♪ I got the looks ♪
♪ That drives the girls wild ♪
♪ I got the moves ♪
♪ That really move them ♪
♪ I send chills ♪
♪ Up and down their spine ♪
♪ I'm just a sexy boy ♪
♪ I'm not your boy toy ♪
♪ I'm just a sexy boy ♪
♪ I'm not your boy toy ♪
♪ I make them hot ♪
♪ I make them shiver ♪
-[song stops] -Mr. Michaels…
[crowd chanting] Shawn is gay! Shawn is gay!
Shawn is gay! Shawn is gay! Shawn is gay!
[Bobby] Do you hear that? "Shawn is great."
[Mr. McMahon] I wonder if we could have your attention.
Everyone knows what happened last week.
I mean, what was it you said that incited Mr. Perfect to attack you
outside the building here at Monday Night Raw?
Look, look, look, I'll get to that soon enough.
Now, I think, McMahon, you, me,
and everybody in the World Wrestling Entertainment
can agree that Shawn Michaels is a man of his word.
-Now… -A man of his word?
A man of his word.
Now let's recap for a second, shall we? Won't that be fun?
That will be fun. You just sit there, let me do the recapping.
I told everybody that I would become
the World Wrestling Entertainment Intercontinental Champion,
presto chango, I am.
I told everybody, I'd defend this title all over the world. Done.
Then, I got into a Lumberjack Match with "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan,
and I told you, I'd walk out
the Intercontinental Champion. Done.
And on to Mr. Perfect.
I told everybody that I was better than Mr. Perfect.
I took Mr. Perfect's best shot,
and look-see here,
I'm still the World Wrestling Entertainment Intercontinental Champion.
There you have it.
Well, you… you have been a champion,
somewhat, say…
somewhat of a reluctant fighting champion, however.
Reluctant? You call traveling all over the world,
defending this title with blood, sweat and tears, reluctant?
I… I know you don't. You don't have to tell me.
You know as well as I do,
I'm the best in the World Wrestling Entertainment.
I will defend this title anywhere,
anytime, against anybody, because I'm the man.
I'm the Heartbreak Kid.
-When you're-- -You're--
Clam up. When you're Shawn Michaels,
you fear no man.
Anywhere, any place, any time, Jack.
Well, there's… there's no question, Mr. Michaels, that…
-you have a great deal-- -[Bobby] Savage, what's that?
[Savage] We got a guy over here, uh, getting into the ring. Hey, Vince!
Some guy out of the stands wants to take me up on this challenge, right?
Look, buddy, you got your ticket,
sit down in your seat
and go to wherever it is you came…
-[Savage] Marty Jannetty! -[Bobby] Jannetty!
[crowd cheering loudly]
That's Marty Jannetty! Wait a minute!
[yelling indistinctly]
-[Bobby] Wow! -[Mr. McMahon] Wait a minute!
-[Bobby] Look out. -Are you a man of your word?
Are you a true champion?
-[Bobby] Don't do nothing foolish, Shawn. -Are you gonna put your belt
-where your mouth is… -[Bobby] You don't have to.
…and defend that championship against me?
-[Bobby] No, no. -[Mr. McMahon] Wait a minute! Well, yeah!
[Savage] Can't dodge the bullet this time.
If you're a man of your word, why not defend the title
right here tonight?
Yeah, why not tonight?
Now, wait a minute, wait a minute.
Now, look, I was prepared…
-Did you bring your wrestling gear-- -What…No, be quiet!
-Look, obviously-- -You're a man of your word!
[nervously] I… I am a man of my word.
-All right. -Look. Look, he's not…
he's not prepared to wrestle. He doesn't have…
Would you wrestle like this if you had to?
-No, no, no, I can't. No-- -Would you?
He might get hurt, I wouldn't want that.
You would, though. But you would. But you would, right?
You would give me a title match right here, right now, if I have my stuff?
Let me go get it.
[crowd cheering]
-Then it's done! Shawn-- -No!
Yes! You said you're a man of your word!
I'll be back, and we're gonna get it on.
Right!
-[Savage] Yeah. -[Mr. McMahon] You a man of your word?
I'm a man of my word.
Then the title match will take place right here tonight!
-[Bobby] Oh, no. -We'll be back with more Monday Night Raw!
[Savage] Battle lines are being drawn right now, Bobby Heenan!
["Sexy Boy" playing] ♪ I know I'm sexy ♪
♪ I got the looks ♪
♪ That drives the girls wild ♪
[Bobby] And I can't believe you conned him into something like that.
[Mr. McMahon] I didn't do anything. We're live,
returning back to the Manhattan Center. Monday Night Raw.
-It's gonna happen, Macho Man. -This is what life's all about.
I've got chills. Marty Jannetty did the thing,
put him on the spot,
-battle lines are being drawn. -But forget Marty Jannetty.
It shows you what a champion Shawn Michaels is,
-what a man of his word. -We're gonna find out
-what kind of champ he is. -What a man of his word!
[Mr. McMahon] Back to action!
Anything can happen here on Monday Night Raw.
-[Savage] Absolutely. -[Mr. McMahon] Look who's sliding in now.
-[bell rings] -[Finkel] The following contest
-is scheduled for one fall. -["Bad Boy" playing]
Approaching the ring, from Miami, Florida, weighing 280 pounds…
[Mr. McMahon] Look. Razor does not want to be touch by a fan. Look.
[Finkel] …Razor Ramon!
[Savage and Mr. McMahon] Uh-oh.
-[Finkel] His opponent, weighing… -[Savage] Ooh!
-[Mr. McMahon] He doesn't let her. -[Savage] Almost anything can happen.
[Mr. McMahon] Almost. [chuckling] Yes.
[Bobby] Would you let a Winnebago kiss you?
[Mr. McMahon] Would you please be nice?
-[crowd jeering] -[crowd cheering]
All righty! Razor Ramon!
["Bad Boy" continues playing]
[Savage] I'll tell you, it's party time right now.
-[crowd cheering] -[crowd chanting]
[Mr. McMahon] Razor Ramon,
-taking care of his gold. -[bell rings]
And Razor Ramon, ready for individual competition.
[Savage] I got a question for you,
-Vince McMahon. -Yes, sir?
-[Savage] What's The Kid's name now? -[Mr. McMahon] Uh,
he has been changing his name a bit.
The Cannonball Kid, I believe he was--
-[Savage] Hardluck Kid? -Hardluck, whatever.
[Bobby] I think he's too young to have two names.
[Savage] Kamikaze Kid.
-[Mr. McMahon] Just call him "The Kid." -[Savage] Oh, toothpick.
[Mr. McMahon] Yeah, toothpick in the old eye routine by Razor Ramon.
[Savage] Well, he's already doing better than he ever has.
[Mr. McMahon] Look at the disparity in the size here.
Oh, my.
[Savage] Razor Ramon is very, very,
-very strong. -[Mr. McMahon] Yeah.
[Bobby] And he's very, very, very confident.
[Mr. McMahon] Yes, he is, and very, very capable as well.
-[Bobby] He's the Bad Guy. -[Mr. McMahon] And Ramon,
-pretty much at the moment… -[loud smack]
-[Savage] Ooh! -Oh, my. …man-handling this young man.
-[Savage] Monday Night Raw. Raw, Raw, Raw! -[Bobby] Are The Smoking Gunns back?
-I hear something go off. -[Mr. McMahon cackles]
Oh, my! Oh, and again.
[Bobby] He will cut you to ribbons.
[Mr. McMahon] And… Ooh! Did you see that?
-[Bobby] Come on! -[Mr. McMahon] Later on,
one-on-one for the Intercontinental Title,
Shawn Michaels defending against Marty Jannetty
right here on Monday Night Raw.
[Savage] If nothing else…
If nothing else, The Kid just brought…
-broke the pole vault record. -[Mr. McMahon] He may have.
[Bobby] Do you think that was the surprise Alfred was talking about?
-It's got to be. -[Mr. McMahon] It certainly wasn't
his poor wife, as you made reference to earlier.
[Bobby] I'm sure she wouldn't have made it up the stairs.
-[Mr. McMahon cackles] -[Savage] There's a surprise
I wanna see. Heenan, you're, uh, coming a little frazzled right now.
-[Mr. McMahon] He's uncut, is what he is. -[Bobby] I'm raw.
[Mr. McMahon] And Razor Ramon, missing with the roundhouse and…
Uh-oh, catches the… this youngster and he's really punishing
-this young man. -[Bobby] Watch this. Watch this move.
[Mr. McMahon] Oh, my!
[Savage] I'll tell you what, The Kid made a great move right there.
Unfortunately, the other half didn't go his way.
[Mr. McMahon] I guess not. Razor is just about ready to tear him in half.
Razor Ramon, playing around and having fun.
[Bobby] Ever seen the way a cat will catch a bird
and knock the feathers off it before it devours it?
-Same thing. -[Mr. McMahon] Oh, my goodness!
-And… Whoa, Razor… -[Savage] All right!
Razor missing. Boy, he really came in with that elbow,
and I think Razor is dazed.
-What… Wait a minute- -[Savage] Oh, man!
-One, two, three! -[Bobby] What?
-[bell ringing] -[crowd cheering]
-[Bobby] What is this? -[Savage] He got him! He got him!
[Mr. McMahon] The Kid can't believe he beat Razor Ramon!
-Oh, look at this! -[Bobby] He beat Razor Ramon!
He beat Razor Ramon!
-[Savage] Ramon got beat! -[Mr. McMahon] The Kid is
-running out! -[Savage] He's got beat!
[Finkel] Here is your winner, The Kid!
[Savage] It's all right! He got beat!
[Bobby] Are you sure he counted it right?
[Savage] It's not over until it's over.
[Mr. McMahon] Razor Ramon can't believe
what happened to him! Razor Ramon is angry!
-[Savage] What a-- -[Mr. McMahon] Razor Ramon is--
[Savage] What happened, brother?
[crowd chanting] Loser! Loser!
Hey, you got beat, brother. What happened?
-[yelling] -No, brother, you got beat.
-He beat you, one, two, three. -What happened?
What happened? Where's the referee?
-Where's The Kid? -We'll be back, as we continue--
I don't understand what's going down here.
-More Monday Night Raw. -Got beat!
-It was a fast count! -It was one,
-two, three! -You got a fast count.
[Mr. McMahon] Back with more Monday Night Raw.
My goodness, that is Themis Klarides in the ring right there!
-[Bobby] Honk! -[Mr. McMahon] Stop it.
I'll tell you what we can't believe.
Can you believe that Razor Ramon was defeated by The Kid?
[Savage] What a traumatic experience for Razor Ramon.
-His strategy backfired. -[Mr. McMahon] Anything can happen…
-[Bobby] Stop! Stop! -…in the WWE at any time.
[Bobby] You two guys are talking, like he pinned Razor Ramon.
That was a fast count. You know it, I know it.
-["The War Dance" playing] -[Mr. McMahon] You kidding?
-It was fair and square. One, two, three. -[bell rings]
-Here comes the Native American! -[Finkel] This contest is scheduled
for one fall. Entering to the ring from central North Carolina,
weighing 250 pounds, Tatanka!
[Mr. McMahon] Anything can happen on Monday Night Raw!
[Finkel] His opponent from Westbrook, Maine, weighing 236 pounds, Scott Taylor.
[Mr. McMahon] Scott Taylor to meet the undefeated Native American
before this capacity crowd here in Manhattan.
[Savage] To find out what somebody's all about,
you got to find out how they handle defeat and victory.
Razor Ramon is being… tasting defeat for the first time,
-Tatanka never has. -[Bobby] Well, I just sent
one of my assistants back there,
to find out what's going down.
They said "You can't get back there." Ramon is livid.
-[Savage] Too bad. -[Mr. McMahon] Think Ramon is livid?
[Mr. McMahon] What you think's going on in Shawn Michaels' mind?
He doesn't wanna defend the title, you know that.
[Bobby] Look at that, awesome.
[Mr. McMahon] Tremendous clothesline.
[Savage] What about Marty Jannetty? Forgot all about him.
-What a great man. -[Mr. McMahon] Don't forget that. Ohhh!
Back body drop.
[Bobby] Can you imagine Jannetty now, getting dressed,
his stomach is churning, and he's thinking about Shawn Michaels.
What do you think Michaels is thinking about?
[Mr. McMahon] Yeah. Oh, my!
[Bobby] There could be another upset tonight.
There could be a new Intercontinental Champion
right here on Raw.
-[Savage] I agree. There could be. -[Mr. McMahon] Tatanka, look at this,
from the apron,
you go outside with this man, it means absolutely nothing,
because wherever you are, is where the fight is.
He'll take it right to you.
[Savage] He's on the warpath, no doubt about it.
[Mr. McMahon] Tatanka…
[Bobby] Missing a couple hunks of fur out of his skull, isn't he?
[Mr. McMahon] Yes.
-He qualified-- -[Savage] Yep.
…for the King of the Ring tournament. He's in there.
You could be looking at a future King of the Ring in the WWE, Tatanka.
[Bobby] I got some information for both of you I bet you don't know.
-[Mr. McMahon] What's that? -[Bobby] Did you know
that three out of four people…
who put their toilet paper on the roll…
-[Tatanka ululating] -…put it from the top down,
rather than the top up?
Thirty percent wrap it when they use it,
30% fold it,
and 40% crumple it.
Now, McMahon, are you a wrapper, a crumpler, or a folder?
[Savage] You know, I think that Heenan found his niche in society.
Everybody is a specialist at something.
I think Heenan's got this one nailed down.
[Mr. McMahon laughs]
[Bobby] That would make me a… Wait a minute.
[Mr. McMahon] That's exactly what it would make you.
Scott Taylor off the rope, Tatanka now has him.
Nice powerslam, dropping right down to the canvas.
Thus far, not a great deal of offense on the part of Scott Taylor.
However, you can never tell if, in fact,
Tatanka misses one thing. Perhaps, it will be just like Razor Ramon
-and The Kid a few minutes ago. -[Savage] Exactly.
What it's getting down to now in the WWE is
that everybody is winning by intimidation.
Sometimes, you can't never tell.
[Mr. McMahon] Ooh, what a chop!
[Bobby] Jack Tunney, right now, should investigate
the officiating here in the WWE.
That was the worst officiating I've ever seen.
[Mr. McMahon] What?
[Bobby] Razor Ramon, he never counted to three.
I couldn't-- He went… He went one, two and his shoulder was up
at one and a half. I could see it from here.
[Savage] He could've counted to five, I think.
[Mr. McMahon] I believe as well, yes.
Off the rope, Tatanka hooks, yes, nice maneuver.
[Bobby] What was that?
Got on the top rope, stood there with both feet,
The Kid did a double backflip in the air, crisscross--
Bam Bam Bigelow, this is what's gonna happen to you.
[Bobby] What happened?
[Savage] The way I see it, he flipped around 13 times
and beat Razor Ramon.
[Bobby] Exactly. No, he didn't beat him. He…
[Mr. McMahon] You can call him a kid, or successful,
you can call him the 1-2-3 Kid because that's the way it's gonna go down
in the annals of history.
[Bobby] Don't start that now because the fans will get behind
something like that. They'll start calling him the 1-2-3 Kid,
that will drive Razor Ramon off the deep end
and someone will get hurt.
[Savage] Winners never quit…
The 1-2-3 Kid beat Razor Ramon.
[Mr. McMahon] Look at this, off the rope!
Oh, what a tomahawk chop to the top of the head.
Taylor having his problems on the warpath,
and a nice chop again by Tatanka.
[Savage] Getting ready for the King of the Ring.
-[Mr. McMahon] Off the rope! Ooh! -[Bobby] Whoa!
[Savage] I love it.
[Bobby] The Indian is on fire.
[Mr. McMahon] And this one, perhaps, is for you, Bam Bam Bigelow. Yes.
[Bobby] He'll never get Bam Bam on the mat.
[Mr. McMahon] Down to the canvas and a count of three.
-No. -[Bobby] That's the way you count.
["The War Dance" playing]
[Finkel] Here is your winner, Tatanka!
[Mr. McMahon] Tatanka, victorious here,
live on Monday Night Raw.
Tatanka victorious.
And standing by right now, "Mean Gene" Okerlund
with a special King of the Ring report.
[King of the Ring theme music playing]
Hey, before we get to your King of the Ring report,
what about this kid coming out of left field
to knock off the seasoned pro, Razor Ramon?
And I can't believe the Intercontinental Title bout
being put together right here on Raw
between champion, Shawn Michaels and challenger, Marty Jannetty.
These guys make Carl Lewis look slow.
Now then, the next big WWE pay-per-view event
will be originating live from the heart of America
in Dayton, Ohio,
Sunday, June 13 at 8:00, Eastern.
It's the first-ever King of the Ring.
The main event, it's five-time World Wrestling Entertainment Champion,
Hulk Hogan, against Japan's most awesome power,
505-pound Yokozuna.
Fans have anxiously been awaiting this one ever since WrestleMania IX.
And of course, the big tourney that you've reading about
in magazines and newspapers,
you hear about it on radio, you see it on TV,
the buzz on the street is all about the King of the Ring itself,
a one-night, single-elimination tournament with eight of the elite
from World Wrestling Entertainment meeting.
One of whom, by the way, at the end of the night
will be crowned the King of the Ring.
Six of the eight headed for Dayton have already qualified.
In the opening round of action,
Bret "The Hitman" Hart meets Razor Ramon.
"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan locks up with Bam Bam Bigelow.
And the narcissist, Lex Luger tangles with Tatanka,
the undefeated Native American.
By the way, this weekend on WWE Superstars,
in a non-title but a qualifying match,
it's Shawn Michaels squaring off against the big Hawaiian Crush.
Also this coming weekend on Wrestling Challenge,
in another qualifying match,
Kamala meets Mr. Hughes.
The winners of those matches will advance to the King of the Ring Tournament.
Again, the King of the Ring can be seen live
on pay-per-view cable TV.
Folks, it's not too early to contact the cable company
you're watching right now.
Then we'll see you on Sunday,
June 13th at 8:00 p.m., Eastern, 5:00 Pacific
for the first WWE King of the Ring.
Let's get back to more of Monday Night Raw
-with the Macho Man. -[Savage] Hey, hey.
-My good friend, Vince McMahon. -You got it, Gene.
And of course my co-host on All American Wrestling,
Bobby "The Brain" Heenan.
Bobby, I've got an old flame of yours joining us this weekend
-on All American. -[Bobby] Ooh!
-Yeah, Sensational Sherri. -[Savage] Uh-huh.
-Hey, Macho Man? -Yeah.
You think you should be watching out for a headscissors?
Ooh, I've got it. Or a sunset flip.
-Sexy. -Ooh.
-I like it. -What?
She's not gonna… She's in love with me.
She's always had it here for me, McMahon.
-Right, dream on. -She drops at my feet,
she faints, she swoons, sweat pores off her head.
She makes overtures, throws room keys.
[Savage] She can beat you up too.
[Mr. McMahon] And here he comes!
Here comes the man who's gonna square off against Yokozuna.
["Native Terror" playing]
[Mr. McMahon] Yeah, what a match-up this is going to be.
Kamala squaring off against Yokozuna.
We'll be back with more Monday Night Raw.
[bell ringing]
[Finkel] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
In the ring from Uganda, weighing 390 pounds,
the mighty Kamala!
[Mr. McMahon] Kamala.
Oh, yeah, he doesn't know
what quite to make of this applause.
He's readying himself for Yokozuna.
[narrator] Promotional consideration, paid for by the following.
[upbeat music playing]
You've gotta want it.
Chips?
[grunts]
Got to have beef. Got to have spice.
Need a little excitement?
Snap into the Slim Jim.
Oh, yeah!
["Sumo" playing]
[Finkel] About to come down the aisle,
Mr. Fuji.
-Weighing 505 pounds… -[Mr. McMahon] Who takes this one?
-Kamala or the 505-pound Yokozuna? -[Finkel] …Yokozuna!
[Bobby] Well, I'm gonna have to go with Yokozuna.
He's on a roll.
You know that and I know that.
Fuji has him focused on Hulk Hogan.
Now, I think that Kamala is in for some real trouble.
Slick's not at ringside and you know as well as I,
Yokozuna has never been slammed.
[Mr. McMahon] No question about it.
[Bobby] And Kamala loves to slam you, then dive on you.
He'll never get it done.
[Mr. McMahon] Macho Man…
[Savage] I'd like to say that both of these big guys
should take out some disaster insurance because they're going against each other.
But, my personal favorite right here is the definite underdog, Kamala.
And guess what, anything can happen, we just saw that with Razor Ramon.
[Mr. McMahon] That is for sure. Anything can happen.
We are live from The Manhattan Center in New York City.
[Savage] Uncut!
-[Mr. McMahon] Uncut. -[Bobby] Unbelievable. [laughs]
[Savage] Too bad.
[Mr. McMahon] You can bet that the Hulkster's looking on as we speak.
-[bell ringing] -Because the date drawing closer
and closer, June 13, when the Hulkster must defend
the WWE Title for the first time since he won it at WrestleMania
against that same man,
and I don't believe the scales anymore
when they say Yokozuna only weighs 505 pounds.
He's bulking up for the match.
[Savage] I think this match was made
to get President Jack Tunney out of the hot seat.
-Really? -Yeah.
Because of Bret Hart, Hitman Hart,
you know, a lot of controversy there why he didn't get the rematch.
He's in the King of the Ring Tournament.
A lot of people didn't think he should be top seeded.
But, hey, man, I mean, it's a triangle, you know.
[Bobby] Well, they always bend over backwards
for a former WWE Champion.
That's the way Tunney operates.
Be fair to somebody. Do things fair, the fair way.
Give Yokozuna the belt. Let him go back to Japan.
[Mr. McMahon] Sure.
[Savage] June the 13th oughta clear everything up.
[Mr. McMahon] Kamala does not know what to make of this.
-[Savage] Yokozuna. -[Mr. McMahon] Two huge men ready
to collide here on Monday Night Raw.
[Savage] Listen to the sound of this.
[Mr. McMahon] And here we go! Uh-huh.
[Savage] He blinked.
[Bobby] Wait a minute, he staggered Yoko.
-[Savage] Unbelievable. -[Mr. McMahon] I think you're right.
Kamala, perhaps, with more balance than Yokozuna. I don't know.
[Bobby] He got him in the solar plexus
or maybe tapped him on the chin.
[Mr. McMahon] I don't know, but they're gonna try it again.
-[Bobby] Like two elephants charging. -[Mr. McMahon] And here we go, yes!
And there he goes-- no, wait a minute.
Kamala underneath, here he comes again, a kick to the chest.
Kamala chopping away at Yokozuna!
Yokozuna is reeling, Kamala with a series of chops.
[Bobby] He's not down. Still on his feet.
[Mr. McMahon] Anything can happen here.
[Savage] That collision that they had
almost broke the sound barrier.
[Bobby] Fuji told me just the other day,
"Mr. Heenan, son, when Yokozuna enters the ring at the King of the Ring,
he will not weigh 505."
I said, "Why? You gonna get him down to 450?"
He says, "No, he will be bigger."
[Mr. McMahon] Contrary to that, the Hulkster is going the other way,
so we understand, reports have the Hulkster leaning up.
[Bobby] Uh, Mr. Hogan, if you are watching right now,
the man in the ring right now, Yokozuna…
-Oh! -[Mr. McMahon] Forget it.
[Bobby] …he is fresh,
and he will be fresh the 13th when he steps in the ring against you.
Not like last time.
[Mr. McMahon] There was a bit of a surprise element,
to say the least, at WrestleMania.
[Bobby] Bit of a surprise?
[Mr. McMahon] There will not be here.
[Bobby] One minute you got the golden ring, fame, fortune, millions,
twenty-eight seconds later, you're history.
[Mr. McMahon] Kamala, chopping away again.
Kamala now hits the rope.
Ugandan with a forearm to the chest.
Off the rope again and Kamala chopping away, look at this,
good momentum-- No, wait a minute.
Fuji distracts Kamala.
[Bobby] I didn't see that.
[Mr. McMahon] Oh, what a maneuver.
[Savage] That was a homerun.
[Mr. McMahon] Oh, my goodness, look at that!
Kamala--
[Bobby] Caught off guard by Mr. Fuji.
Here comes Yokozuna! Yes!
[Mr. McMahon] A devastating maneuver.
[Savage] Uh-oh.
[Bobby] Oh, wait a minute now.
Kamala is out.
[Mr. McMahon] No, I think he's playing possum. I don't…
[Bobby] He's not smart enough.
[Savage] He's not. Heenan's right.
[Mr. McMahon] I don't know.
Move. Come on, come on, move. Oh, no.
[Bobby] Front row seat. [laughs]
[bell ringing]
[Mr. McMahon] Unbelievable.
[Bobby] Hogan, Hogan, take a good look.
[Finkel] Here is your winner, Yokozuna!
[Mr. McMahon] Mr. Fuji distracting The Ugandan Giant, Kamala,
and, well, the rest is history.
Yokozuna delivering the goods here live on Monday Night Raw.
[Bobby] Hah, wow.
[Mr. McMahon] Bobby's favorite television show,
quite naturally, is All American Wrestling.
-[Bobby] Know why? -Why?
-[Bobby] I'm the host. Like I am here. -[Mr. McMahon] I see. Uh-huh.
[narrator] All over America, people are watching All American Wrestling.
That's because Bobby "The Brain" Heenan and myself are traveling
all over the country to bring you the best action
the World Wrestling Entertainment has to offer.
I got tickets to New York, to Los Angeles, to Las Vegas,
to Paris, even Mars.
Mars? That's impossible, Bobby.
World Wrestling Entertainment said they'll spare no expense
to make sure we're happy.
[narrator] Gene and Bobby are hitting the road, Sundays on USA.
Hey, you think the next time, they could at least rent us a car?
Bobby Heenan, we understand
that Sensational Sherri is gonna be a very special guest.
-You better not have her here. -Why?
Because she's gonna make advances towards me, she's gonna swoon,
she may even pop the question.
What question?
Sure. She's gonna pop that question.
Let's go back up to our ring announcer, Howard Finkel.
["Sexy Boy" playing]
Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest is scheduled for one fall.
It's for the World Wrestling Entertainment Intercontinental Championship.
[Mr. McMahon] Shawn's ready to defend
the Intercontinental Championship against Marty Jannetty.
That match, when we return with more Monday Night Raw.
More Monday Night Raw.
And Shawn Michaels in this unscheduled match-up.
A man of his word? I suppose so.
-[Bobby] Uh-huh. -[Mr. McMahon] All right, here we go.
["Rock Out" playing]
[Bobby] I don't like this.
[Finkel] …weighing 235 pounds…
You wouldn't like it.
[Finkel] Marty Jannetty!
[Savage] Welcome back Marty Jannetty.
[Mr. McMahon] Out of nowhere! Anything can happen in the WWE.
Razor Ramon defeated here earlier tonight, live.
[bell ringing]
[Mr. McMahon] Title is on the line.
Shawn Michaels is a man of his word.
[Bobby] Like Michaels' says,
no matter what the WWE has asked him to do, he's done it.
He's made commitments to himself
to become the WWE Intercontinental Champion
and he did it.
This is just another ham-and-egger he's gonna take apart.
[Mr. McMahon] Another? Please.
[Savage] Marty Jannetty is in terrific condition, lean and mean.
Look at him.
[Mr. McMahon] And…
Oh, a nice block by Jannetty, Shawn Michaels to the buckle.
Michaels with a reversal.
Jannetty now and-- Oh, my, look at this.
-Yes, right there. One, two… -[Bobby] Oh, no.
[Mr. McMahon] That was close.
That was close.
Michaels off the rope, Jannetty drops down,
and leapfrog by Jannetty, from the backside now, sunset flip.
-One, two… -[Bobby] Oh!
That was close.
-Whoa, I can't believe that. -[Mr. McMahon] Real close.
We've already had one upset with Razor Ramon.
We could be looking at another one.
[Bobby] I don't like how this looks.
Same thing happened with Hogan and Yokozuna.
They went in the ring,
had a match that wasn't sanctioned. Tunney didn't okay it.
[Mr. McMahon] Wait. This is sanctioned.
There's no question about this.
[Bobby] How can it be?
Are the contracts signed?
[Mr. McMahon] You heard him, he's a man of his word.
The title's on the line.
[Bobby] I can't talk to you.
[Mr. McMahon] Off the rope. He's waiting.
No, look at that maneuver.
Oh, yes!
[Bobby] What a move.
[Mr. McMahon] And look at that. My goodness!
Marty Jannetty is cleaning house on Monday Night Raw.
[Bobby] Shawn, remember, he's got to beat you.
-You do not have to beat him. -[Mr. McMahon] Look out, look out.
Oh, yes, beautiful maneuver.
[Savage] The moment of truth is here.
[Mr. McMahon] Look at that.
Unbelievable. Does Marty Jannetty want the title a lot!
[Bobby] But he can't beat him on the floor.
He's got to get him in the ring.
[Mr. McMahon] This capacity crowd on fire.
They love the action here on Monday Night Raw.
[crowd chanting] Marty!
[Bobby] What could be running through Jannetty's mind now?
[Mr. McMahon] You know what he's thinking.
That he wants the gold.
[Savage] Victory.
[crowd chanting continues]
[Mr. McMahon] Shawn Michaels may still be--
[Bobby] He's behind you.
Oh, no, a hard right hand.
[Mr. McMahon] He's back into the ring now.
Marty Jannetty knows he cannot win this match via count-out.
He can win the match, but not the title that way.
He has to pin Shawn Michaels or make him submit.
Uh-oh.
[Bobby] Disqualification won't work.
[Mr. McMahon] No. It's either a pin or submission.
Look at that.
Jannetty, oh, yes.
Jannetty is on his game as we speak live.
Flying headscissor, beautifully executed.
[Savage] Who knows Shawn Michaels…
[Mr. McMahon] Oh, no!
[Savage] Who knows Shawn Michaels better than Marty Jannetty?
[Mr. McMahon] Nobody.
Except, maybe…
I don't know if Mr. Perfect knows him any better. Maybe not. I don't know.
[Bobby] I would say Marty Jannetty.
[Savage] Tag team partners for too long.
[Bobby] And everything Jannetty knows, Shawn Michaels taught him.
[chanting] Marty!
[Bobby] Michaels told me that.
[Mr. McMahon] Mr. Perfect, no doubt, looking on here.
[Bobby] Oh, he's up in the balcony here some place.
[Savage] The whole world is watching this one.
[Mr. McMahon laughs]
Shawn Michaels is trying to figure a way to escape now,
from a headscissor.
[Bobby] I know what he's doing.
-[Mr. McMahon] What? -[Bobby] He's taking his time.
Missing with the elbow.
Well, maybe he wasn't.
[Mr. McMahon] And Michaels now, off the rope and back body drop.
Oh, my!
[Bobby] Jannetty hasn't stopped.
[Mr. McMahon] Up, and he's over!
-Oh, my goodness! -[Bobby and Savage] Unbelievable.
[Savage] Marty Jannetty on ICOPRO, no doubt,
doing the thing in the ring.
[Bobby] Come on, Shawn, get up.
[Mr. McMahon] Last week, Shawn Michaels in a match-up with--
-Wait a minute-- -[Bobby] He's going home.
[Savage] Marty knows. He's seen this before.
[Mr. McMahon] What a lousy competitor he is.
[Bobby] What do you mean?
He wasn't supposed to wrestle that guy.
[Mr. McMahon] I can't believe that. What a chicken.
He may lose the match, but he's gonna save his title this way.
-[Bobby] Oh, no! -[Savage] Yes!
[Bobby] Look at this. Talk about the guy being stuck.
[Savage] Perfect timing.
[Mr. McMahon] Mr. Perfect, blocking the way of Shawn Michaels.
Michaels is gonna have to defend that title.
He's gonna have to return to the ring and he will
when we return with more Monday Night Raw.
Marty Jannetty and Shawn Michaels.
Jannetty! We're back, we're live with more Monday Night Raw.
[Savage] It's been all Marty Jannetty and the action's been unbelievable.
[Mr. McMahon] Over the top rope back into the ring!
Mr. Perfect on the outside of the ring and--
[Savage] What a maneuver!
[Mr. McMahon] What a maneuver, Shawn Michaels.
[Savage] During that commercial break,
was Marty Jannetty great or what, Heenan?
[Bobby] He kept moving, I'll say that,
but there's the man who blocked Shawn Michaels' exit from Raw!
-He had no business to. -[Mr. McMahon] Exactly.
[Bobby] What, is he a WWE official?
[Mr. McMahon] It's all on the line, the Intercontinental Title,
we're live here in Manhattan, New York City.
[Bobby] I'll tell you, if Marty Jannetty pulls one off,
New York City is not gonna be the same.
[Mr. McMahon] And look at this.
Quick left hand now by Shawn Michaels. Oh, God.
Pouring it on, clobbering Marty Jannetty.
[Bobby] Right where you want him.
[Savage] No matter which way this one ends up,
I say Mr. Perfect is the lumberjack of the century
from last week and this week,
keeping guys in the ring.
[Bobby] He's the jackass.
[Mr. McMahon] Hey, hey, hey, let's be nice.
[Savage] Why don't you get on our planet, Heenan?
One, two…
[Mr. McMahon] Things not looking good for Jannetty.
Shawn Michaels coming up and down.
My goodness.
[Savage] Marty's hurt. Marty's down.
Momentum has suddenly changed right here.
[Mr. McMahon] Anything can happen on Monday Night Raw,
anything can happen in the WWE at anytime.
You blink and something major has happened.
Here we have a special title match, it was unscheduled.
[Bobby] You never know what's gonna happen here.
I hate it here.
[Mr. McMahon] I know. You might even tell the truth one time.
Snapmare. In control again, Shawn Michaels.
[Bobby] Never lied to you.
-I've never lied to the public. -[Mr. McMahon] Yeah, right.
[Savage] Come on, Jannetty.
[Mr. McMahon] Shawn Michaels, wearing down Marty Jannetty bit by bit.
-[Bobby] Look at him cower. -[Mr. McMahon] Cower? I beg your pardon?
[Bobby] Look at Marty, he's cowering.
"Don't hit me, Shawn."
-"I've had enough." -[Savage] Not cowering, he's stuck.
[Bobby] "I can't beat you. I never could beat you."
And what is Perfect doing still at ringside?
[Mr. McMahon] He has a ringside seat.
[Savage] Sergeant at arms.
[Mr. McMahon] If Shawn Michaels wants to make an untimely exit,
he just may block him again.
Here comes Shawn-- Oh, what a beautiful dropkick.
[Savage] That could have knocked him out right there.
[Bobby] I guarantee he loosened his grinders on that one.
[Mr. McMahon] And… No, he is caught. Dropkick is caught.
-Jannetty caught the dropkick. -[Bobby] Oh, no!
-You see that, Heenan? -[Savage] He hit the turnbuckle.
[Bobby] He hit the post.
[Mr. McMahon] He did. He went all the way up.
His forehead crashing into the ring post.
[Bobby] Oh, my goodness.
[Savage] Cover him and the title is yours, Jannetty.
[Mr. McMahon] Marty Jannetty, inching his way over.
[Bobby] Don't like…
[Mr. McMahon] Mr. Perfect, the capacity crowd looking on!
One, two…
-Yes. -[Bobby] No, no, no.
[Savage] Unbelievable.
[Bobby] He kicked out. He got out. How he did it, I don't know, McMahon.
[Mr. McMahon] Hard right now.
-[Bobby] Running on fumes. -Michaels reversing it.
Oh, yeah, that will do it right there!
Oh, look at this.
Jannetty going to work on Shawn Michaels.
-[Savage] Should've went for the pin. -There's history here.
[Bobby] That's what gonna cost him the match.
[Mr. McMahon] Oh, my, elbow!
[Bobby] Had he gone for the pin, he may have had him.
[Savage] May be right.
[Bobby] I know I'm right.
[Mr. McMahon] Michaels off the rope, Jannetty missing a roundhouse
and what a powerslam!
Cover. One and two and three.
-[Bobby] Oh, no, no, no. -[Savage] Unbelievable.
I can't understand. This is incredible.
Shawn Michaels is a great wrestler.
[Mr. McMahon] What a match-up.
And look at this maneuver.
Oh, he faked him out.
What a maneuver that was.
Jannetty faked Shawn Michaels out.
That will do it. One-- New champion, yes!
[Bobby] No, no, no!
[Savage] That was similar to the move The Kid did on Razor Ramon right there.
Similar but not the same.
[Mr. McMahon] Jannetty, catching the boot, spinning him, up in the air!
[Bobby] All the way up.
What a maneuver by…
[Mr. McMahon] Reversal.
The rope, hooks the hip,
rolls him up, we get one, we get two, we get… No.
-[Savage] Uh-oh. -[Mr. McMahon] Come on, ref.
-Oh, dude come on. -[Bobby] Oh.
[Mr. McMahon] I thought for sure he had him.
[Savage] Stealing a win at the same time.
[Mr. McMahon] That could do it.
[Bobby] Almost 10:00,
we should have seen the moon anyway by now.
[Mr. McMahon] And peering down at Mr. Perfect,
Shawn Michaels, Jannetty is knocked unconscious as a result of that big boot.
[Bobby] Shawn, ignore him, ignore him.
Stay with Jannetty, forget Perfect.
[Mr. McMahon] Oh, Mr. Perfect has thrown in his towel.
Wait a minute, here's the cover!
Two, yes!
-[Bobby] No! -[bell ringing]
What is this?
[Mr. McMahon] We have a new Intercontinental Champion.
-[Finkel] …new Intercontinental Champion… -[Savage] Give him the belt!
Marty Jannetty!
[Savage] Marty Jannetty.
[Mr. McMahon] Marty Jannetty is the new Intercontinental Champion,
You saw it live on Monday Night Raw.
-We'll be right back. -[Bobby] I don't believe it.
[Mr. McMahon] We'll see Mr. Perfect right back here next week
squaring off against Doink in a qualifying match
for the King of the Ring Tournament.
My goodness, this week here on Monday Night Raw,
could you believe Razor Ramon defeated?
Ride the edge of a lightning bolt, take a chance.
I love the excitement. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
What's gonna happen next week?
Who cares? I love it.
Monday Night Raw. Yeah! week?