[Mr. McMahon] We are live from Macon, Georgia.
Macon, Georgia, the home of Rock and Roll's
Otis Redding, Otis, my man,
Little Richard, as well as The Allman Brothers Band.
But tonight, Macon, Georgia is the home of Monday Night Raw.
[siren wailing]
And tonight, the WWE Champion, Diesel,
defends the World Wrestling Entertainment title
against the champion in his own right,
the Intercontinental title holder "Double J" Jeff Jarrett.
Tonight is when we'll find out just whom Shawn Michaels has selected
as his bodyguard in The King's court.
And tonight, back in action after a 30-day suspension,
it's Bam Bam Bigelow.
However, let's take you now on the prerecorded comments,
first made by the challenger followed by the champion, Diesel.
Let's take you to the prerecorded comments.
Ha-ha. Tonight is the night.
Champion against champion.
The Intercontinental Champion "Double J" Jeff Jarrett
takes on you, Big Daddy Cool,
the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion.
And after I slap the figure-four on you, oh, yeah.
The Roadie's got an extra shoulder and that gold belt's going on it tonight.
[laughing]
Everybody's heard of MTV Unplugged.
Tonight the World Wrestling Entertainment goes unplugged.
That's right, Double J, when I knock your lights out.
[upbeat music playing]
[siren wailing]
[man] Bam Bam.
[Mr. McMahon] And here we go, ladies and gentlemen,
-Bam Bam Bigelow. -[bell dings]
Walking down the muddy trail behind him,
Ted DiBiase "The Million Dollar Man."
Everyone remembers what Bam Bam Bigelow did
at the Royal Rumble,
shoving Lawrence Taylor on the concrete floor.
We expected Bam Bam to apologize, but no, he did not.
Let's take you back now.
And here are some of the comments, ladies and gentlemen,
made by a number of individuals involved in this incident.
Let me make it very clear.
Mr. Taylor does not wish to be a professional wrestler.
However, when Bam Bam Bigelow continues
to denigrate the good name of Lawrence Taylor
by these insidious challenges,
we'll have no alternative but to seek legal remedy.
You are a wimp.
You won't get in the ring with Bam Bam Bigelow.
You won't put everything aside.
-Prove yourself as an individual… -[bell dinging]
…one-on-one, lose the pads, lose the helmets, step in the ring,
and welcome to the valley of the real giants.
I feel, along with other members of Mr. Taylor's management team,
that the World Wrestling Entertainment itself
separate from Mr. Bigelow
and for its own purposes has been perpetuating
this idea of a proposed match between Lawrence Taylor and Mr. Bigelow.
I am demanding a cease and desist of these activities from both parties,
Mr. Bigelow and the World Wrestling Entertainment.
Thank you.
[Mr. McMahon] All right, ladies and gentlemen, there you have it,
as Bam Bam reaches for the rope once again.
Bam Bam is scoring up against Gary Sabaugh.
And unquestionably Bam Bam Bigelow challenges at least,
thus far, have fallen on deaf ears.
Joining us at ringside, ladies and gentlemen,
no stranger to the microphone indeed, Mr. James E. Cornette.
[Cornette] Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
And I know there's gonna be some trouble tonight.
I can feel it. I can smell it.
I have it in my bones.
There's gonna be some kind of trouble tonight.
I don't know if it's gonna be Lawrence Taylor, Bam Bam Bigelow,
Diesel, Double J.
But somebody is gonna cause a stir tonight.
And I'm gonna try to stir it up a little bit, you know.
[Mr. McMahon] Listen, listen to this, LT!
And a takedown by Gary Sabaugh.
Sabaugh, a two-time AAU Champion,
ladies and gentlemen, from the State of Michigan,
and now, working on the wrist of Bam Bam Bigelow.
[Cornette] And I'll tell you what, he's also the world's
spaghetti eating champion.
-A pound of spaghetti… -[Mr. McMahon] What?
[Cornette] …in less than 30 seconds without using his hands.
Gary Sabaugh, he did it.
-I was there. I saw it. -[Mr. McMahon] Now that's talent.
Gary Sabaugh against Bam Bam,
and right now, Sabaugh, is not thinking about eating spaghetti.
That's for sure. Off the rope underneath, yes.
From the far side, now Sabaugh…
-Yeah, here we go. -[Cornette] Oh, oh, the big man!
[Mr. McMahon] And what agility on the part of Bam Bam Bigelow,
-an extraordinary athlete. -What agility.
You've got to realize, Mr. McMahon,
that he has been thinking about this Lawrence Taylor thing.
He was embarrassed. He was humiliated.
Lawrence Taylor goaded him into the incident.
[Mr. McMahon] Hey, wait a minute.
[Cornette] Lawrence Taylor laughed in his face.
A guy like Bam Bam from a neighborhood like he's from, in Asbury Park,
you don't laugh at a man.
That's the worst kind of slap in the face.
Where he's from, the muggers don't shoot you.
They insert the bullets manually.
He couldn't let a man laugh at him and get away with it.
[Mr. McMahon] Bam Bam Bigelow hammering away
and again we hear the "LT" chant from this crowd here in Macon, Georgia.
[crowd chanting] LT, LT…
[Cornette] They don't have a professional football team here in Macon.
Why are they such big football fans?
I don't care if Lawrence Taylor is gonna be in the hall of fame.
He still can't laugh at a man's face,
especially when that man is 400 pounds like Bam Bam Bigelow.
[Mr. McMahon] I'm sure Lawrence Taylor would take nothing away
from the extraordinary physical skills of Bam Bam Bigelow.
[Cornette] Well, he did. I was there. I saw it.
After the Royal Rumble he laughed at the man.
-Laugh in his face. -[Mr. McMahon] Stuck out his hands.
Look at this. And there's a foot in midsection.
Sabaugh moving back in now. Sabaugh hammering.
And a rake in the face, Bam Bam Bigelow back in control.
[Cornette] Sabaugh is not gonna do anything
that Bam Bam Bigelow doesn't want him to do
because I see Bam Bam Bigelow,
he is seeing Lawrence Taylor's face
-with that big grin spread across… -One, two, three, four.
With those teeth showing.
Whenever they say, "Hey, Bam Bam I show you no respect."
That's what happened at the Royal Rumble.
-I saw it. -One, two, three, four.
[Cornette] He wanna shake hands afterwards.
After he'd already slapped the man, then he said,
"Sure, I'll shake your hand."
[Mr. McMahon] And thus far, I think you would concur,
we do not see a great deal of ring rust at all on Bam Bam Bigelow.
[Cornette] You know, a lot of people thought that Bam Bam Bigelow is just…
[Mr. McMahon] And into the buckle, Sabaugh moving in--
He's slow on the mark.
There's some ring rust for you.
[Cornette] Uh-oh.
[Mr. McMahon] Sabaugh hammering away in the forehead.
Sabaugh coming off the rope now, a clothesline.
Sabaugh will try it again and…
[Cornette] Yeah. There you go.
[Mr. McMahon] Bam Bam Bigelow, and again the big 400-pounder
showing extraordinary agility.
[Cornette] A lot of people thought Bigelow was on vacation.
[Mr. McMahon] Forget about it.
[Cornette] But he was on a 30-day suspension without pay.
And he's gonna take that frustration out on somebody.
Meanwhile, Lawrence Taylor is out playing golf with Bob Hope,
a non-contact sport.
Bigelow is in there. He's bashing some…
[Mr. McMahon] On the top rope! Forget about it.
A 400-pound torpedo.
-And an easy victory for Bam Bam Bigelow. -[bell dings]
-[Cornette laughs] -["Bam Bam" playing]
[Mr. McMahon] There you see it, "LT Rules" in the background.
[announcer] The winner of the match, Bam Bam Bigelow.
[Mr. McMahon] He could very well, if a match had been made.
[Cornette] It's lucky his name is LT or else these people
wouldn't be able to spell it.
[Mr. McMahon] Bam Bam Bigelow.
We'll be back, ladies and gentlemen.
-So… -[Mr. McMahon] Let's stay with this.
I hope you're out there and I hope you're listening.
You've been hiding behind your manager.
You've been hiding behind your lawyer.
What you've been doing is hiding.
I said it once, and I'll say it again.
You're a punk, Lawrence Taylor.
Yeah. You're a wimp.
And I'll take you on any time, any place.
[Cornette] Oh, McMahon there's gonna be a lawsuit out of this, and I can smell it.
I can smell a lawsuit. And they're calling lawyers now.
Hey, maybe I can get Colin Ferguson to defend the WWE.
[Mr. McMahon] Oh, great. Terrific.
Great. Thank you very much.
We'll be back, as we continue, ladies and gentlemen,
the WWE Championship will be up for grabs.
Stay with us.
We are live, ladies and gentlemen,
from Macon, Georgia in the Macon Coliseum.
Still to come, World Wrestling Entertainment Champion,
Diesel, defending the title against the champion in his own right,
"Double J" Jeff Jarrett.
Uh-oh. What's that?
-[bell dings] -Ho-ho-ho.
[announcer] This contest is scheduled for one fall.
[Mr. McMahon] Here comes the leader of The Bomb Squad.
[announcer] Coming down the aisle from Three Mile Island,
weighing 292 and a half pounds,
the creation of devastation, Adam Bomb.
[Cornette] Creation of devastation…
[announcer] His opponent…
[Cornette] …this guy has got a pretty high opinion of himself.
It's the creation of devastation, Adam Bomb.
[crowd cheering]
[Mr. McMahon] Adam Bomb against Rip Rogers.
[Cornette] And Rip Rogers, as everybody in the country knows,
is the number one citizen of Seymour, Indiana.
[Mr. McMahon] No. No. No. No. I think that might be
-John Cougar Mellencamp, right? -[Cornette] No.
Hey, Mellencamp, he comes over to Rip's house all the time.
He would put his feet up on the coffee table.
He drinks everything in the fridge.
He eats the popcorn and he leaves.
-But everybody knows… -[Mr. McMahon] Oh!
[Cornette] …Rip's the man.
[Mr. McMahon laughs] Oh, baby,
Macon Coliseum is rocking.
[Cornette] There's got to be some kind of fire martial law against that.
-[Mr. McMahon] Adam Bomb against… -[bell dinging]
…Rip Rogers.
[crowd chattering]
I said shut up back there!
[Mr. McMahon] And perhaps now might be a good time before we start this match-up.
Wait a minute, look at that. Rogers hasn't taken his jacket off yet.
Oh.
[Cornette] Oh, that wasn't fair.
[Mr. McMahon] Perhaps some speculation on your part,
Jim Cornette, as to just whom, uh,
Shawn Michaels is gonna select as a bodyguard.
[Cornette] I don't know. It's gonna have to be somebody pretty big,
pretty rough, and pretty tough, because after all,
he's replacing Diesel who was brought to the WWE
as Shawn Michaels' bodyguard.
Everybody knows that went south, the relationship was strained.
[Mr. McMahon] Oh, nice maneuver there on the part of Adam Bomb.
-And Rip Rogers feeling… -Get up!
[Mr. McMahon] …what it tastes to hit the mat.
[Cornette] Don't worry, Rip's gonna mount some offense.
You know, when I say that relationship was strained between Shawn and Diesel,
I don't mean for anybody to think it was Shawn's fault.
Diesel was an ingrate, turned his back on Shawn after all he's done for him.
-[Mr. McMahon] Is that right? -That's what I believe.
-[Mr. McMahon] I'd say. -[Cornette] I waited with bated breath,
if you wondered what the stink was,
to see who the bodyguard is gonna be tonight
when Shawn Michaels unveils him later on in the program.
You know what, it's a great day, it's President's Day.
I don't know why in the world they'd name a holiday after Jack Tunney.
[Mr. McMahon] Off the rope now, Rip Rogers over Adam Bomb.
Nice leapfrog by-- Over the hip, nicely done.
Adam Bomb really coming into his own as of late here in the WWE.
[Cornette] Oh, yeah. You know, Adam Bomb, he's 6'7".
He's 292 pounds. He's got youth. He's got potential.
He's got strength. He's a great athlete.
But what he needs is guidance.
-He's spends all his time… -[Mr. McMahon] A what?
[Cornette] …listening to the fans,
signing autographs, listening to the cheers…
[Mr. McMahon] Dropkick, standing dropkick. Rogers jumped out.
He wasn't knocked out.
He jumped out of the ring just to get away from Adam Bomb.
[Cornette] Well, wouldn't you? I mean, after all he's a smart man.
-Wait a minute. -[Mr. McMahon] Wait a minute!
-Look at that! -[Cornette] What's he doing?
[Mr. McMahon] High risk maneuver on the part of Adam Bomb,
taking it to Rogers on the outside.
He didn't want to get away, I guess.
[Cornette] When you've got a guy that can do something like that
at 6'7" and 292, you know he's a tremendous athlete.
But he has to got to start putting his career first.
-And just like Sterling Marlin… -[Mr. McMahon] Oh.
[Cornette] …he won his second straight Daytona 500, knocked Dale Earnhardt out.
He was-- Dale Earnhardt finish second
because he was listening to those cheers from the crowd
just like Adam Bomb.
Sterling Marlin was straight ahead.
And he won a two-year…
[Mr. McMahon] Off the rope now, but no-- Uh-oh, Adam Bomb.
Adam Bomb pointing Rogers, a block, and a hard right hand by Bomb.
[Cornette] Right in the ear.
[Mr. McMahon] Another hard right hand.
[Cornette] In the ear again.
[Mr. McMahon] And Adam Bomb now, oh, hammering Rip Rogers.
Get up!
[Cornette] The last time I checked that wasn't illegal.
Just bear with me. Was that legal?
-[Mr. McMahon] No. -[Cornette] Huh?
[Mr. McMahon] And a back body drop. But that was.
Adam Bomb is quite the aggressor.
[Cornette] Yeah. But you see, he's hot-dogging again.
He's listening to the people.
I would be up there telling him,
"Hey, listen to your manager and do what he tells you."
[Mr. McMahon] Your manager?
[Cornette] Yeah, if I was his manager.
-[Mr. McMahon] Oh. -[Cornette] I don't wanna be.
But with all that potential he's got, he needs somebody
to shape that mound of play into a beautiful vase.
-[Mr. McMahon] Is that right? -[Cornette] Yeah.
That's right. I think.
[Mr. McMahon] If you were a manager, would you manage the replacement…
[Cornette] What do you mean if I was a manager?
What do you think I've been doing the past 12 years?
[Mr. McMahon] Some call it managing.
[Cornette] Slicing meat down at the butcher shop?
[Mr. McMahon] Look at this, on the top rope, Adam Bomb.
Oh, with that clothesline, that could do it.
-A cover. Yes, indeed. -[bell dinging]
[crowd cheering]
[announcer] Here's your winner, Adam Bomb.
[Mr. McMahon] …here tonight in Macon, Georgia.
[Cornette] Well, there's no joy in Seymour tonight, I'll tell you that.
Rip Rogers don't want to see no more of Adam Bomb.
[Mr. McMahon] All right. Back to the replay.
Take a look at that.
-[Cornette] Oh. -[Mr. McMahon] What a clothesline.
Oh, my.
["Atomic Bomb" playing]
[Mr. McMahon] Standby, everybody, 'cause when we return,
we're gonna show you a special Award of the People
from the WWE Magazine
and it involves no less than,
the one and the only "The Hitman" Bret Hart.
[narrator] Promotional consideration paid for by the following.
There are two kinds of snacks.
One is for wimps and punks and the other's for me.
You need a little excitement?
Snap into a Slim Jim.
[Mr. McMahon] Welcome back, to more on Monday Night Raw.
We're looking at a very special award ceremony that took place
over this past weekend
known as the 1994 WWE Magazine Award of the People.
Now, this honor was presented to the superstar
who best epitomizes the new World Wrestling Entertainment generation.
More than 100,000 readers of the WWE Magazine
overwhelmingly voted for former two-time everything champion,
"The Hitman" Bret Hart.
And there is publisher, Bob Mitchell, along with a very lucky fan,
Ms. Amy Stewart, on hand to bestow this honor to this future Hall of Famer.
And I think every wrestler
reaches a point where his memories become more important than his dreams.
And the fact is… my memories are great.
But my dream is still to become
the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion for the third time
and to show all my fans everywhere around the world
especially the ones that have voted for me like you, Amy,
that I will never give up.
I promise to give 100% always
and to live up to the reputation of the best there is,
the best there was, and the best there ever will be.
I thank you very much.
-[crowd cheering] -["Hart Attack" playing]
[Mr. McMahon] All right, ladies and gentlemen.
We have returned to the Macon Coliseum.
Yes, indeed.
And "the King" Jerry Lawler on his way to The King's Court,
and we're gonna find out just who Shawn Michaels
is gonna select as a bodyguard.
Any speculation?
[Cornette] I have no idea, but I'm waiting.
Like I said, I'm so excited.
I don't know who it can be, but we're gonna find out next.
[Mr. McMahon] Welcome back, everyone.
Jerry "the King" Lawler in The King's Court.
Well, it's time for The King's Court.
But before I bring my very special guest, The Heartbreak Kid out here,
I would be remiss in my duties as a king if I didn't make a comment
on this award that that bacon-breath, hockey-fetish Canadian,
Bret "The Hitman" Hart, just received.
Now, I'm gonna tell you.
I can assure you that if over 100,000 readers were polled,
they-- The editors of the WWE Magazine
had to exclude all of the Japanese readers
because if they had included their votes,
Bret "The Hitman" Hart would've never won any award
because Bret "The Hitman" Hart should apologize.
He owes all the Japanese people an apology for the slanted remarks
that he's been making.
I don't owe you an apology, Bret Hart, because I'm telling the truth
when I'll tell the whole world that you, Hitman, are a racist.
Do you understand what I'm saying?
["Sexy Boy" playing]
[singer] ♪ Oh, Shawn ♪
♪ I think I'm cute ♪
♪ I know I'm sexy ♪
[Mr. McMahon] Unbelievable accusations, and uncounted accusations
on the part of Jerry Lawler and here comes Shawn Michaels.
Where's his bodyguard?
[Cornette] Well, maybe he's gonna give him a grand entrance.
Maybe he's got his own theme music or something.
I don't know.
[Cornette] I'm just-- Hold on. Vince, don't interrupt me.
I'm trying to sit and get a good look
and hold these binoculars up
where I can see this new bodyguard
just as up close before anybody else gets a shot.
[Mr. McMahon] Michaels claims he's a man in demand.
[Cornette] He's got women after him…
[Lawler] Here he is, everybody.
-The future… -[Cornette] He'll collect…
…World Wresting Entertainment Champion, The Heartbreak Kid…
[Mr. McMahon] On his way to WrestleMania.
[singer] ♪ They hear me talk ♪
Shawn, I am so excited
about the fact that you're my guest on The King's Court tonight
because you're gonna share some very exciting news with the world.
That's right. The headliner of the World Wrestling Entertainment
is about to blow the lid
off the World Wrestling Entertainment itself.
But as I've been saying for weeks, King Fish…
[Mr. McMahon] Who is it?
…ever since The Heartbreak Kid won the 1995 Royal Rumble…
You did.
…I have been a marked man.
And as I make my way to WrestleMania
to become the new World Wrestling Entertainment Champion,
let's face it,
it's gonna get even worse for The Heartbreak Kid.
I mean, take a look at me for God's sakes.
[Mr. McMahon] Oh, please.
[Cornette] Well, take a look.
You can't look like this.
[Mr. McMahon] Who's it gonna be?
-Come on, please. -You can't talk like this…
-[Cornette] It's gonna be Jeff Gillooly. -…and you can't be given the natural…
-What? Who do you think it is? -…God-given ability…
[Cornette] Jeff Gillooly. Listen.
…that The Heartbreak Kid has got
and not be envy of every superstar
in the World Wrestling Entertainment.
I mean…
I can beat any superstar in the World Wrestling Entertainment
one-on-one.
But even The Heartbreak Kid
can't beat everybody in the World Wrestling Entertainment.
-[Lawler] Not all at the same time. -Yeah, exactly.
I mean, not all at the same time anyway.
And it is for that reason that I have found it necessary
to have a man to watch my back.
[Mr. McMahon] The suspense continues to build.
And that is exactly what I have done.
I have talked about it for weeks and tonight, folks, is the night.
Ladies and gentlemen,
the new bodyguard of The Heartbreak Kid,
the big, the bad, the vicious,
Sid.
-["Psycho-Dance" playing] -[Cornette] What? Oh, yeah.
-[Mr. McMahon] Sid? -[Cornette] Oh.
[Mr. McMahon] Oh. Unbelievable.
[Cornette] It is him. I can't believe it.
I can't believe-- I don't-- I didn't think he talks to anybody.
I didn't think he might to talk to him. This guy is a psycho.
-He's a nut. He's a lunatic. -I am bad!
[Cornette] Nobody wants him around.
["Psycho-Dance" continues]
[Mr. McMahon] Take a look at this monster.
[Cornette] You didn't tell me he was gonna be here.
I don't even wanna be at ringside.
[Mr. McMahon] What has Shawn Michaels done?
-[crowd cheering] -[Cornette] He's cracked up, I think.
["Psycho-Dance" continues]
[Shawn] King Fish, if seein' is believin',
the eyes of every superstar in the World Wrestling Entertainment
are popping out of their skulls.
Tell them, big man.
See, I bet millions of people around the world
are asking the question,
"Shawn Michaels, why?
Why take the chance on another bodyguard
when Diesel turned his back on you
when times got tough?"
[crowd chattering]
See, I'll tell you why that he can trust me.
We sit down.
We had a talk and then the man realized like that,
that one, that Sid,
you are a man that has no feelings,
no remorse for any living soul.
[crowd chattering]
[Sid] But second of all and most important,
that I will be by his side at all times.
Yes, at all times, when the times are good.
Oh, yeah, and when the times are bad.
[yells]
But my promise to him is simple.
There will be no bad times.
And after I sit here and I say this, real simple,
together The Heartbreak Kid and myself,
we will rule the world.
[crowd cheering]
["Psycho-Dance" playing]
-And it's the reason why… -[Mr. McMahon] Look at this.
Because I'm the man they call Sid.
[Lawler] Oh, yeah. You heard it.
[Mr. McMahon] We'll be back, ladies and gentlemen.
["Psycho-Dance" continues]
[Mr. McMahon] We'll be back.
And scheduled, ladies and gentlemen, the title match.
Welcome back, everyone, to more Monday Night Raw.
-And here comes Jacob and Eli Blu… -[bell dinging]
…along with their manager, Uncle Zebekiah.
[Cornette] Oh, yeah. These two get--
Look, they're scared of all this high tech stuff.
You know, Uncle Zebekiah, he's been to town once or twice.
But these guys, they're from way back in the hills.
[Mr. McMahon] By the way, the WWE Superstar line,
ladies and gentlemen, available right now,
the number, 1-900-737-4WWE.
It's open seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Remember, it's $1.49 for each minute
and you must be 18 years old
or have your parents' permission before calling.
And tonight, you can hear about the one and only--
-Wait look at this. Lex Luger. -[bell dinging]
Luger is talking about spending Super Bowl weekend
with Michael Jordan and Emmitt Smith.
Huh. However, it looks like the opponents of Eli and Jacob,
Mark Starr and Leroy Howard, may be spending a little time in the…
in the locker room real soon if this keeps up.
[Cornette] I think this guy may be spending some time in a hospital.
You know, the Smoking Gunns have to be on the lookout.
They're the tag team champions.
These guys are coming after them, The Headshrinkers.
The Headshrinkers are maybe just as barbaric
as these guys are,
except they're from an island
-whereas they're from the hills. -[Mr. McMahon] I see.
Jacob and Eli Blu, how do you tell them apart?
Who's that in the ring now?
Now, you've had some experience with these men.
[Cornette] Yes, yes. Jacob, that's him because he's the tall one.
-[Mr. McMahon] What? -[Cornette] He's the tall one.
-In there right now. -[Mr. McMahon] Jacob?
-[Cornette] Yes. -[Mr. McMahon] On which side is Jacob?
[Cornette] Uh, he's on the right side.
[Mr. McMahon] Oh, my goodness.
[Cornette] Uh, well, not even your right or my right
or their right or Leroy's right, whichever one. Yeah.
[Mr. McMahon] Jacob and Eli Blu, hard to tell them apart, these twins,
ladies and gentlemen, against Leroy Howard and Mark Starr.
-[Cornette] I tell you what. -[Mr. McMahon] Excuse me.
Wait a minute. Todd Pettengill, are you there?
Ladies and gentlemen, standing by, Todd Pettengill back in the WWE Studios.
Apparently, Todd has some sort of important news.
If you don't mind, I'd like to listen to somebody else for a change.
[Cornette] Go ahead. You were gonna interrupt me.
[Mr. McMahon] Todd, how are you doing? What's happening?
Well, Vince, let me tell you what's so important.
Ever since Bam Bam made his comments again
goading and baiting Lawrence Taylor, we said,
"Why don't we try to get LT on the phone?"
So we've been working on that ever since.
Just seconds ago, we got off the phone with Lawrence Taylor's people.
-Guess what? -[Mr. McMahon] What? Tell us.
-LT, Lawrence Taylor himself… -[Mr. McMahon] Oh.
…will be here next week on Monday Night Raw.
[Mr. McMahon] All right. Thank you very much.
-Yeah, Lawrence Taylor himself… -[Mr. McMahon] Yeah.
…yes, to respond to the challenge of Bam Bam Bigelow.
He will be here himself.
-This is amazing. -[Mr. McMahon] All right.
Thank you very much, Todd Pettengill,
-ladies and gentlemen. -[Cornette] There you go.
Hey, he better come with his tail between his legs ready to apologize.
I think Bam Bam is gonna get even more mad than he is now.
Looks at these guys, you know, they're from Appalachian.
They're way back in the hills
right next to the Smoky Mountains.
Of course, my palatial estate there, I'm a little uptown than they are.
But these guys, they don't see daylight very often.
When they do, they like to take advantage
of their surroundings by beating some people up.
Look at this guy.
[Mr. McMahon] And Jacob and Eli, ladies and gentlemen,
continuing to pummel Mark Starr in the ring right now.
[Cornette] And Mark Starr, he's in more trouble than Ron Brown.
-You know, the commerce secretary? -[Mr. McMahon] Oh, yeah.
[Cornette] He's in trouble with the Justice Department.
They won't leave anybody alone, will they?
Holy mackerel, they're gonna investigate shoplifting next.
[Mr. McMahon] Oh, my goodness.
Down to the canvass, and Jacob or Eli tags his,
-uh, twin brother in. -[Cornette] You're right.
[Mr. McMahon] And Jacob or Eli, one of the two in now against Mark Starr.
[Cornette] You've got it now, Vince.
-The tall one. -[Mr. McMahon] Oh.
Two big mountain men.
We're talking monstrous mountain men here,
making quite an impact here
in the World Wrestling Entertainment thus far.
[Cornette] Can you imagine what those Smoking Gunns
are gonna be up against when they get in the ring with these guys?
Can you imagine The Headshrinkers have finally found a team
that's even meaner, even more barbaric and more insane than they are?
These guys don't eat raw fish
but they may snatch a deer out of the woods
or a rabbit out of its hole and bite its throat out.
[Mr. McMahon] I don't think we need to hear that.
-Thank you. -[Cornette] They do that
-kind of stuff up in the mountains. -You would know.
[Cornette] Hey, hey.
[Mr. McMahon] So you think you're uptown?
Smoky Mountains compared to the Appalachian?
[Cornette] That's right. In the Smoky Mountains, we cook things.
-[Mr. McMahon] You do? -[Cornette] Yeah, they don't--
They just eat it raw up there.
[Mr. McMahon] We're cooking here today. Big slam by either Jacob or Eli.
We're gonna have to find out some way to tell these two apart.
Oh, look at that.
[Cornette] That's either Jacob or Eli.
And look at Uncle Zebekiah.
You know, this guy, he is the master of the team.
He's the leader. You can tell that he's the smart one.
You could look at his eyes and see that.
[Mr. McMahon] You can? How's that?
[Cornette] Look at his eyes and look at the other two guys.
[Mr. McMahon] Double team effort.
[Cornette] The other two guys are like a model home.
The lights are on but nobody's home.
[Mr. McMahon] And Starr trying to… trying to get out of the rope, but look.
[Cornette] Ooh.
-[Mr. McMahon] All right. Come on. -Two!
[Cornette] What about the situation
where Shawn Michaels' bodyguard, I can't believe, Sid.
I didn't know that anybody would speak to this guy.
The whole city is in trouble.
[Mr. McMahon] Off the rope and--
[Cornette] When he's around, you could guarantee that.
[Mr. McMahon] And Starr continues to have problems. Forget about it!
Oh, did you see that?
-Two, make it three. -[bell dings]
[rock music playing]
[announcer] Your winners, the team of Jacob and Eli Blu.
[Cornette] Well, there you go, they're still undefeated.
[Mr. McMahon] Is that Jacob or is that Eli?
[Cornette] Uh, you're correct. It is. Yeah.
There's Jacob and there's Eli.
[Mr. McMahon] ZZ Top lives in the WWE.
Jacob and-- In the back, look at this.
[Cornette] I don't think they've ever seen a camera like that,
either that or else the camerawoman. Abby is the camerawoman?
[Mr. McMahon] All right. Ladies and gentlemen,
stand by because scheduled momentarily, we're gonna take you back, uh,
to the recent footage involving the NBA Jam, and you weren't there.
Oh, come on, I don't have much time to mess with the NBA Jam stuff.
I don't do the slam dunks stuff, all that stuff.
-All I know is I know who was there. -You?
The guy that's fixed to lose the title, Diesel, he was there.
[Mr. McMahon] Hats off to NBA Commissioner David Stern,
and all the all-stars, ladies and gentlemen,
in an incredible NBA Jam recently.
And who's going for the three points?
You got it, nothing but knack, "Big Daddy Cool" Diesel,
out there to sign autographs.
And boy, they have a great time indeed.
A good time was had by all.
Slam dunk competition, Conan O'Brien out there with Big Daddy Cool.
And was that the winner or not?
There's some winner, Salt-N-Pepa Grammy nominees
and of course there's some more winners.
We got, uh, Jennifer von Oÿ of Blossom, Tatyana Ali of Fresh Prince.
All-star outfielder of the Atlanta Braves, David Justice.
And speaking of baseball, let's take you to the Iron Man
who showed up for the slam dunk competition, Cal Ripken Jr.
of the Baltimore Orioles.
And Danny Manning, NBA all-star Phoenix Suns.
And who's in the neighborhood?
That's Mr. Robinson's neighborhood.
David Robinson that is of the San Antonio Spurs.
[bell dings]
[announcer] This contest is for one fall
and it's for the World Wrestling Entertainment Championship.
-[Mr. McMahon] Oh, yeah. -[announcer] Introducing first,
the challenger, World Wrestling Entertainment's
Intercontinental Champion from Music City, USA,
weighing 281 pounds…
[Mr. McMahon] All right. Take a look at this.
-[announcer] "Double J", Jeff Jarrett. -[Cornette] I can feel it, Vince.
I can feel in my bones.
It's kismet, it's karma, it's fate, it's destiny.
Jeff Jarrett in a city like Macon, Georgia,
noted for the Allman, noted for Otis Redding,
noted for Little Richard.
This man is the number one star in country music today
and it's only fitting that he'd be here,
that he win the crown jewel
of the World Wrestling Entertainment, the title.
[Mr. McMahon] Yes, but you're talking country music
as compared to rock and roll.
I'm thinking that your music is mixed up.
[Cornette] Music is music is music.
All I know is, Double J, it's his time and it's his place.
-It was meant to be. Que será, será. -[Mr. McMahon] We're gonna find out
if indeed it's meant to be, ladies and gentlemen,
"Double J" Jeff Jarrett
against the seven-foot WWE Champion Diesel,
the title is on the line when we return.
Welcome back, everyone. Yes, we are live.
And "Double J" Jeff Jarrett is hopeful of soon becoming
the World Wresting Entertainment Champion
and it's time to start your engines indeed.
[crowd cheering]
[rock music playing]
[announcer] And now, making his way to the ring…
[Cornette] I can't hear anything, McMahon.
Listen to these people. They are going out of their minds.
[announcer] …weighing 317 pounds,
"Big Daddy Cool" Diesel.
[Mr. McMahon] "Big Daddy Cool" Diesel thus far
the leader of the new WWE generation.
[Cornette] And look the size of that guy, but Double J is ready.
He's got his strategy down. This is gonna be the match of his life.
And it's gonna have to be
if he's gonna take that title away from Big Daddy Cool.
[Mr. McMahon] Tremendous ovation for "Big Daddy Cool" Diesel,
stepping over the top rope with nothing but business on his mind.
[Cornette] Double J's got a gameplan and he--
[Mr. McMahon] Oh, yeah.
Oh, baby.
[Cornette] That scared The Roadie to death.
You see that man standing the ring, he's almost seven feet tall, 317 pounds.
Double J has a gameplan. He's smaller man.
He's gonna have to neutralize the size advantage,
maybe go for the legs, because you realize, McMahon,
what is Double J's favorite finishing maneuver.
[Mr. McMahon] The Figure Four Leglock.
[Cornette] The Figure Four Leglock.
And he does it better than any WWE, uh, superstars
since Nature Boy and Buddy Rogers himself.
-[bell dings] -So he's gonna have to take Diesel down,
keep him on the ground, hurt the legs,
and neutralize the size advantage.
[Mr. McMahon] Look out, here he comes. Oh, Big Daddy Cool ready for it.
[Cornette] And he ain't gonna do it that way.
[Mr. McMahon] Diesel hammering away on Double J, has him in the corner.
Diesel taking it to "Double J" Jeff Jarrett.
Winds him up now, to the near side and, oh, forget about it.
Diesel has come to Macon, Georgia to impress these fans.
Look at that. Oh!
[Cornette] Vince, if it's a short match, then the advantage is gonna be Diesel.
[Mr. McMahon] Over the top to the outside, yeah.
[Cornette] Double J has gotta do something to make this match go a while
because in a long match, the smaller man is the favorite.
He's carrying less body weight, he's got to have better stamina.
If Diesel keeps this pace up, Double J is cooked.
[Mr. McMahon] And yes, he also must keep his mind,
Diesel on his-- On that man, The Roadie.
The Roadie instrumental in costing Razor Ramon
the Intercontinental title at the Royal Rumble.
[Cornette] That's your story. It was Ramon's weak knee
that did the trick.
[Mr. McMahon] On the rope, underneath, on the front.
Whoa. Yeah. And Double J hanging on,
doing his familiar strut.
[Cornette] Wait a minute, look around you, Double J.
[Mr. McMahon] Hell, yeah.
Now you can look up and back down.
Whoa.
[Cornette] Double J has to keep cooking and he's got to keep moving.
But he can't hotdog.
He's got to keep running this guy.
He's the smaller man. He's got to have the better stamina.
But he's got to keep away from Diesel's strength and power.
[Mr. McMahon] And Diesel pouring it on.
And one thing Big Daddy Cool knows how to do and that's run over people.
And look at this. Nice maneuver by Double J.
Double J to the midsection,
driving the shoulder to the midsection of Diesel.
[crowd cheering]
[Cornette] Yeah, that's what he's gotta do.
He's gotta deprive him of that oxygen.
-He's gotta keep Diesel… -[Mr. McMahon] Wait a minute.
[Cornette] …from getting his breath.
[Mr. McMahon] And Diesel puts on the brakes,
and "Double J" Jeff Jarrett now for the run.
[Cornette] Oh.
Is he a shot-putter now?
[Mr. McMahon] Uh-oh, this is bad news for Double J.
Double-- No, Double J sliding off the back.
Look at this. And now hammering away on Diesel.
And now going upstairs, "Double J" Jeff Jarrett hammering away.
Come on, ref, get in there.
[Cornette] Oh, come on. The referee is pulling the man's hair.
-Everybody's against him. -[Mr. McMahon] Look at that.
A clothesline missed.
And The Roadie-- The Roadie took the buckle.
And Double J goes over the top to the outside.
[crowd cheering]
[Mr. McMahon] And Diesel has cleaned the house here, thus far,
in Macon, Georgia on Monday Night Raw.
[Cornette] I've never seen anything like that in my life.
Diesel has got to slow down.
[Mr. McMahon] Oh, but that-- Nothing can slow this man down.
[Cornette] He's not gonna be able to keep that pace up.
But I don't think he's gonna have to,
because if he keeps going like that, Double J…
-[Mr. McMahon] A left and down he goes. -…will go to the hospital.
[Mr. McMahon] And Double J looking a bit ragtag now, ladies and gentlemen.
-[Cornette] He's calling time out. -[Mr. McMahon] Right.
[Cornette] You know, I've got money riding on this.
I've got an interest in this outcome.
[Mr. McMahon] And Double J, ladies and gentlemen.
[Cornette] I got a $50 bet with my Secretary, Ms. Squignowski.
She likes Diesel, I like Jarrett.
[Mr. McMahon] There's something yet to be said.
[Cornette] I'd hate to lose 50 bucks.
[Mr. McMahon] Look at this.
Been hanging on the one arm there.
We've got The Roadie on one arm and the Diesel on the other.
What are they trying to do?
[Cornette] I think they're trying to kill him.
That idiot Roadie, what's he doing?
[Mr. McMahon] Look at this.
[crowd cheering]
[Mr. McMahon] And again the official physically getting involved is this match,
which, under normal circumstances, is a no-no.
[Cornette] I can't believe this.
Double J has to get his strategy back together.
[Mr. McMahon] We'll be back, ladies and gentlemen.
Stay with us. More of this match-up to come.
We're live, ladies and gentlemen.
Macon, Georgia, the WWE Championship still up for grabs.
-And look out from behind. -[Cornette] Yes.
[Mr. McMahon] Over the top to the outside.
[Cornette] Beautiful, beautiful.
I knew that Double J, sooner or later,
would get back on track with his gameplan.
[Mr. McMahon] Wait a minute. The Roadie. What's he doing now?
-Oh, with a clothesline. -[Cornette] Yes. Beautiful.
[Mr. McMahon] The Roadie, again, instrumental.
The Roadie instrumental in taking the knee out from Razor Ramon
at the Royal Rumble,
instrumental with Double J's victory, winning the Intercontinental title.
And maybe the same will happen here tonight.
[Cornette] And speaking of knees, you've got to remember…
-[Mr. McMahon] Wait a minute. -[Cornette] …Diesel has already admitted
publicly to nine knee surgeries.
[Mr. McMahon] Oh.
[Cornette] And he's almost in our left. He's had nine knee surgeries.
And if "Double J" Jeff Jarrett, could get that Figure Four Leglock
clamped on in the middle of the ring,
there's gonna be no way that Diesel,
with those knees already damaged, can possibly keep from submitting.
[Mr. McMahon] Look at this. And continuing to hammer away, Double J,
who does not wanna win this thing via countout.
Double J is all over Diesel, ladies and gentlemen.
[Cornette] He's a smart man. Look, he's listening to the count.
Jeff listened to the count and he's gonna make sure
he drags Diesel in here with him as he does know.
He doesn't wanna lose or win by countout because that would nullify everything.
-But he does… -[Mr. McMahon] Here we go.
[Cornette] …on top of Diesel.
[Mr. McMahon] And, yes, a tremendous clothesline.
A cover, do we have a new champion?
One, two--
No. No.
[Cornette] It's not gonna be that easy.
Even I don't claim it's gonna be that easy.
Diesel is the only man.
[Mr. McMahon] A standing dropkick, nicely done.
Wait a minute, the cover again. One, two, and--
No.
Did you count?
[Cornette] Can you imagine how high you gotta get up on a dropkick
to hit Diesel in the face?
Diesel is the only man ever
to hold on three World Wrestling Entertainment titles
in a 12-month period.
And to get that, not being easy to beat.
But Double J has the advantage here and he's got to stay on top of it.
[Mr. McMahon] "Double J" Jeff Jarrett, continuing now to pummel
the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion, Diesel.
And again, remember, it all started with that man right there,
-The Roadie. -…two, three. Come on, move.
[Cornette] But it's gonna finish with Double J.
Sure, The Roadie may have given him a little help with…
-[Mr. McMahon] And, boom. -[Cornette] …to beat Razor Ramon.
But Double J is in there now.
He's in there now with Diesel and he is gonna make the most
of his biggest chance yet in the World Wrestling Entertainment.
[Mr. McMahon] Double J, wanting to be the owner
of the Intercontinental title and the WWE Championship as well.
A Bulldog. Could that do it?
A very effective Bulldog.
The cover, a new champion, in two and three--
Oh, no, no. So close.
Double J just can't quite put him away.
[Cornette] Was Diesel coming into this match looking past Double J?
Was he looking at WrestleMania?
Because Shawn Michaels will face whoever the champion is in WrestleMania.
And now, Shawn's got Sid.
And he's got Pam Anderson.
[Mr. McMahon] Double J, oh, that could do it, two and--
-No. -[Cornette] No.
[Mr. McMahon] And there a kickout.
[crowd cheering]
[Mr. McMahon] With some authority.
[Cornette] Look at that look on Diesel's face.
He's saying, "Not me, baby."
-But Double J ain't gonna get-- -[Mr. McMahon] Oh, no.
[crowd cheering]
[Mr. McMahon] Sidewalk slam, Macon, Georgia style.
And look at "Big Daddy Cool" Diesel.
Whoa. What a hard right hand.
And another one.
Diesel pouring on the power here.
And Double J, for the ride to the far side,
coming back out, a scoop, and more trouble for Double J.
Oh.
[Cornette] Brother Double J is catching and Diesel pitching all the way.
-And Double J has got to go after-- -[Mr. McMahon] Oh.
[Cornette] Oh, he's gotta go after one of those legs
because if he doesn't, his title chance is shut.
[Mr. McMahon] Look. Look at Double J.
[crowd cheering]
[Mr. McMahon] Are we're gonna see it? Are we gonna see the Jackknife?
[Cornette] Look at The Roadie, he's planning to work his way in
but the referee is right there in front of him.
[crowd cheering]
[Mr. McMahon] Diesel, calling for the Jackknife,
sets up Double J.
[Cornette] Oh, me. Oh, no.
Yes. Oh, gosh. Oh, well.
[Mr. McMahon] Will he get the three-count?
One, two--
-Yes. -[Cornette] That's it.
-[bell dings] -[crowd cheering]
[announcer] The winner of the match,
and still World Wrestling Entertainment Champion…
-[Mr. McMahon] The Roadie beside himself. -[announcer] "Big Daddy Cool" Diesel.
[Cornette] He had to get the leg to have a chance…
[Mr. McMahon] Hey, wait a minute.
The Roadie.
The Roadie, I think, is gonna come for the--
Wait a minute. No, he does not.
-Oh, look at that. -[Cornette] Oh.
He's knocked The Roadie out, too.
Double J's still trying to recover.
The Roadie out in the middle of the ring,
Diesel still the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion.
I knew if Double J didn't get that leg that he wouldn't have a chance
because he had to be able to nullify the size advantage
and it was just impossible.
[Mr. McMahon] Oh, wait a minute.
Here comes something else from Macon, Georgia…
They're bidding him goodbye. Here we go.
The Roadie…
The Roadie is gonna have a wreck out here on Interstate 75.
Look out.
-Yeah. -[Cornette] Oh.
[Mr. McMahon] Unbelievable.
[Cornette] If only Otis Redding was here to give somebody some R-E-S-P-E-C-T.
[Mr. McMahon laughs]
[Cornette] Because they're getting none.
[Mr. McMahon] Ladies and gentlemen, there you see it.
["Diesel Blues" playing]
The World Wrestling Entertainment Champion, Diesel,
in his exceptional title defense here, live on Monday Night Raw.
[Cornette] Wait a minute.
[Mr. McMahon] Wait just a minute. Look at that.
[Cornette] It's Shawn and Sid.
[Mr. McMahon] And Sycho Sid out there with Michaels.
[Cornette] Diesel doesn't see 'em.
Diesel don't know they're there.
What's gonna go on here?
[Mr. McMahon] Somewhere down the line,
you can bet that their paths will cross.
[Cornette] I guarantee this,
Sycho Sid's gonna keep people away from Shawn,
everybody'll resign from the human race rather than be on the planet with him.
[Mr. McMahon] All right, ladies and gentlemen.
There you see it, successful title defense
of the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion, Diesel,
who wants to take on all comers. That much is for certain.
And we'll be back as we continue
with more Monday Night Raw live from Macon, Georgia.
Stay with us.
All right. So we have a microphone in hand.
How many microphones do you need?
I need a bunch 'cause I got so much stuff to talk about.
Lawrence Taylor, gonna make an appearance next week.
We found that out earlier in the program.
Also, a tremendous World Wrestling Entertainment title match,
I thought Jeff Jarrett was gonna do it,
but he just couldn't hurt that leg long enough to clamp the Figure Four on.
-Yup. -But there's all kind of big news
going on and I just can't wait.
Next week, Lawrence Taylor better apologize.
He's been out playing golf.
He's been doing all those types of things.
When he quit football,
people thought he was going
-in retirement, not hiding. -[Mr. McMahon] I think that--
Diesel has left the ring.
I have no idea what this is all about.
Shawn Michaels is out here along with that monster Sid.
-[Cornette] What are they doing? -[Mr. McMahon] In any event--
in any event, coming out and taking a little closer look,
I suppose, at the…
-He's scary. He concerns me. -He concerns you?
[Cornette] I don't wanna be around him.
Guy's a nut. He's a freak. He's a weirdo.
He's a psycho.
[imitates alarm sound]
You know, Anthony Perkins,
"Mother!" "Norman!" That whole thing.
-He's crazy. -Nonetheless, obviously,
I would suggest a very effective bodyguard
for Shawn Michaels, wouldn't you think?
I would think he'd be effective for anybody,
if you wanna keep people away.
[Mr. McMahon] There's a good look.
[Cornette] He ran off more people than a scarecrow
in the middle of a cornfield.
What do you want me to do? Huh?
[Mr. McMahon] What do I want you do to?
[Cornette] Don't hand this to me.
-What are you doing? -As if I'm handing something to you.
-I'm gonna hand-- -You handed this to me.
-I did? -You handed this--
Are they coming over here?
[Mr. McMahon] Do you know what to do with it?
[Cornette] I don't wanna do this.
I don't wanna do this, McMahon.
Shawn, do me a favor,
keep him away from me because I don't trust him.
I know you've gotta watch your back now.
He's gonna keep everybody away, but just watch out because he's nuts.
Yeah. You're telling me he's nuts.
That's exactly why he's…
at the side of The Heartbreak Kid.
You know something, Big Daddy Cool?
I would not wanna be in your shoes because…
I've got somebody that can do more
than fill your shoes, big man.
I got somebody that can knock you clean out of your shoes.
And this is the man.
[Mr. McMahon] All right.
Shawn Michaels coming out.
And, yes, there is another look at Sid.
And by the way, yes, we invite you to join us next week
when Lawrence Taylor will be with us.
And unquestionably, everyone awaiting to hear what LT is gonna have to say.
In addition to that, by the way, how about that?
Lex Luger, one-on-one with Native American Tatanka.
Let's take you to Todd Pettengill back at the studio.
[Pettengill] It has become obvious to all that for months now,
the Million Dollar Corporation headed by Ted DiBiase
has been trying to take over Lex Luger.
It began with a buyout plan.
Native American Tatanka's barrage of insidious verbal attacks
on Luger's reputation soon transformed into physical insults at SummerSlam.
Tatanka revealed afterwards, in the most repulsive of manners,
how thoroughly he had sold out.
Lex's desire for revenge compounds daily.
Just two weeks ago on a six-man tag, Tatanka negotiated Luger's loss.
And then just last Sunday,
the Million Dollar Corporation struck again.
But most infuriating to Luger, more than the Corporation's cheating,
was Tatanka's assault of his former mentor,
Hall of Famer, Chief Jay Strongbow.
Next Monday, Lex Luger with Chief Jay Strongbow in his corner
will face the Native American turncoat, Tatanka,
on the 100th edition of Monday Night Raw.
For Vince McMahon and Jim Cornette,
this is Todd Pettengill saying goodnight, everybody. s corner