[intense music playing]
[narrator] The World Wrestling Entertainment,
for over 50 years, the revolutionary force in sports entertainment.
[thunder rumbling]
[JR] Oh, no, The Undertaker now has his hands on that flammable material
that Mankind brought into the ring. He's got a lighter. Oh, no!
[Lawler] Oh, my God! Poor Paul's face has been set on fire!
[JR] You talk about The Taker's revenge.
Oh, you could smell that hideous smell of Paul Bearer's burning flesh.
[Vince] The flames of hell have just singed Paul Bearer.
[siren blaring]
["Thorn In Your Eye" playing]
[explosions]
[barking]
[yelling in theme song]
♪ Too much dark And not enough sky ♪
♪ Why am I the thorn in your eye ♪
-[fireworks bursting] -[crowd cheering]
[fireworks whistling, bursting]
[crowd cheering]
["I Won't Do What You Tell Me" playing]
[JR] Hello, everybody! And welcome to Raw is War!
The Broome County Arena in Binghamton, New York is sold out.
-[Vince] Ladies and gentlemen. -[JR] And we are live!
-[crowd cheering] -[Vince] "Stone Cold" Steve Austin!
[crowd continues cheering]
[JR] Well, King, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin is here.
And no doubt after last night, he's got a lot to say.
[Lawler] Yeah. He's here all right.
But he may wish he wasn't here before the night is over,
because he's gonna go one-on-one with Bret "The Hitman" Hart
in a Street Fight tonight!
Well, that's gonna be the challenge. Vince McMahon's gonna talk
-to the toughest SOB in the WWE. -[Vince] Fine!
[Vince] "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
And how about it, ladies and gentlemen.
On May 11…
On May 11 in Richmond, Virginia,
but for most of you on pay-per-view,
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin will wrestle
for the World Wrestling Entertainment Championship.
[crowd cheering]
The first thing that I want you to do is shut your stinking hole.
-[crowd cheering] -[Lawler] Oh-ho!
We ain't talking about Richmond, or wherever the hell the pay-per-view is.
Tonight, we're talking about Bret "The Hitman" Hart.
-[crowd cheering] -[crowd booing]
Last night, the whole world saw me whip his ass
right in the middle of the ring with his world-famous Sharpshooter.
You ain't gotta like it, but it's damn well what happened.
The only reason I ain't finished with Bret,
is because The Bulldog and Owen came out there,
and saved his little carcass.
So, all I want tonight out of you and the WWE
is for Bret Hart to bring his ass out here right now.
[crowd cheering]
-[Lawler] Oh, he'll come, all right. -[crowd cheering]
[Stone Cold] Don't worry.
Don't worry about putting on your little black and pink tights,
because they look like crap anyway!
-[Lawler chuckles] -[faint cheers]
I don't wanna wrestle you, Bret.
I don't wanna wrestle you.
It ain't over, because I told you,
it never would be over as long as I'm breathing air.
So, you come right out here right now, in a Street Fight,
and I'll beat your ass back to Canada.
-And you got one minute. -[crowd cheering]
You got one minute to get out here!
[Lawler] He don't have to come out here now, does he, Ross?
[JR] Well, he does if he wants to accept the challenge.
Austin wants Bret out here in a Street Fight.
Austin wants to meet Bret Hart right here tonight, live, on Raw is War
-in a Street Fight. -[Lawler] Well, I've got news for you.
Bret "The Hitman" Hart is not afraid of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
He just may not… He may not be dressed.
He may not be ready. The show's just gone on the air, Ross.
[JR] Certainly, Austin, the biggest opportunity of his life
on Sunday, May the 11th, in Richmond, Virginia.
But that's not what on Stone Cold's mind.
[Lawler] Look at this, they got a timer up there!
[crowd chatter]
[JR] Bret Hart's got less than 30 seconds to accept this challenge.
And I don't think "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
is gonna take "no" for an answer.
[crowd chattering]
[crowd chanting] Bret Hart sucks! Bret Hart sucks!
[JR] We're down to about ten seconds, and we are waiting.
[crowd chanting] Seven, six, five, four, three, two, one!
-[Lawler] Where is he? -[crowd cheering]
[JR] He's here. I saw him earlier.
Bret is here somewhere.
[Stone Cold yelling] …son of a bitch! Piece of crap!
-[crowd murmuring] -[crowd chatter]
-[JR] I don't think Austin-- -I knew damn well
you didn't have the guts to show up!
So, I'll come back there and get ya!
-[Lawler] What? -[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] What?
[Bret] Hey, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, you American scum.
I accept.
I accept any match with you, because you know what?
You are nothing but a dirty, stinking, lowdown hyena.
And I learned one thing,
that my family is too good for the American public.
The American wrestling fans… Well, you know what,
you're all just a pack of wild hyenas, just like "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
-[crowd booing] -Because all you care about is blood.
You got no ethics. You got no morals.
You got no family values. You don't care about family.
Now, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin,
last night whimpering and crawling around the ring,
I almost ripped your leg right off the hinges.
And all of you people sitting there, you loved it.
You love the violence, you love the blood and guts.
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin, I accept.
You know, you know what really gets me is how the American fans
can justify the ilk like you and people like Shawn Michaels,
just tells you right there that the World Wrestling Entertainment
and the American wrestling fans are going straight down the toilet.
How is it that you somehow get
a World Wrestling Entertainment Championship Title Match
with The Undertaker is beyond my scope.
But, you know what, I don't care
if you got a title shot with The Undertaker.
After I'm through with you tonight,
you'll be going straight to hell.
-[Lawler] Oh-ho! -[crowd booing]
[JR] So…
[Stone Cold] If I'm going straight to hell,
you're damn sure coming with me!
-[crowd cheering] -[JR] Uh-oh, Austin,
-Austin's going after Bret. -[Lawler] Huh?
[JR] Well, ladies and gentlemen, what a night it's gonna be,
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin is going after Bret Hart.
We'll trying to keep our cameras on this situation,
but there's gonna be a Street Fight tonight,
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin and Bret "The Hitman" Hart, King.
Oh, I can't wait to see it.
Not only that, Ahmed Johnson is going to be going one-on-one
against The Sultan, but, Ahmed, the Nation of Domination is here.
[JR] Plus, the toughest man in the world they say, Ken Shamrock is here
to challenge Iron Mike Tyson.
[Lawler] What? Iron Mike Tyson?
Hey, we're also gonna have a big update on the Vader crisis.
He's held hostage in Kuwait.
[JR] And ladies and gentlemen,
it will be the WWE Champion, The Phenom, The Undertaker,
going one-on-one with Hunter Hearst-Helmsley.
That is going to be an awesome, awesome match-up.
And our cameras are trying to find "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
Austin is looking for Bret Hart, King.
Yeah, he better not find him, I'll guarantee you that,
because if you noticed, Bret Hart was, uh, in the friendly confines
of his brother-in-law and his loving brother, McMahon.
A Street Fight here tonight.
As a matter of fact, Stone Cold is on his way, just as he said he was.
I don't know if we're gonna see it here or back in the… in the locker room area.
-"Stone Cold" Steve Austin is on his way-- -[speaking indistinctly]
[Vince] …to find "The Hitman" Bret Hart, ladies and gentlemen.
-[crowd cheering] -And we'll have that for you,
whether it's back there in the locker room,
or whether it's here in the ring, stay with us.
-Raw continues. -You piece of trash!
[Vince] "Hitman" Bret Hart, ladies and gentlemen. Yes, "The Hitman" readying
for his Street Fight right here tonight on Raw is War.
In the meantime, in the ring as we speak,
yeah, take a look if you would,
The Sultan along with The Iron Sheik.
[Finkel] …from the Middle East,
-weighing 220 pounds, The Sultan! -["Desert Threat" playing]
[Vince] The Sultan ready to lock up with Ahmed Johnson.
And Ahmed Johnson will blow the roof right off the Broome County Arena
here in Binghamton, no doubt about it.
[JR] Ahmed may have made a bad decision last night
when he accepted the Nation of Domination's challenge
to run the gauntlet, to meet three members of Nation of Domination on Sunday,
-May the 11th, in Richmond, Virginia. -[crowd cheering]
[Finkel] …weighing 305 pounds,
-Ahmed Johnson! -["Pearl River Rip" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[crowd cheering continuously]
-[yells indistinctly] -[loud cheering]
["Pearl River Rip" continues playing]
[Vince] Ahmed Johnson, ladies and gentlemen,
just last week from South Africa.
Ahmed Johnson, returning to his motherland, and I must say,
I don't think any one individual has ever done…
[crowd cheers]
…what Ahmed Johnson did in South Africa last week.
He galvanized an entire nation,
-something Nelson Mandela even has… -[bell dings]
…not been able to do. I mean, when you saw who was in that audience,
JR, you were there. You saw the acceptance.
And did you saw the admiration, uh, the adulation for Ahmed Johnson?
[JR] Well, there's certainly a love affair with Ahmed Johnson
and the entire country of South Africa, no matter the color of your skin.
[Vince] Indeed. And Ahmed Johnson, just as revered here in the United States,
oh-ho, as he is everywhere.
And here we go! And Ahmed Johnson may have met his match
in The Sultan here this week,
because The Sultan is just about as rugged as they come.
[Lawler] You're not kidding. And you guys can talk
all you want about how the nation of Africa loves Ahmed Johnson,
but the Nation of Domination has no love for Ahmed Johnson.
[Vince] No, indeed they do not. And look at the athleticism
of Ahmed… Oh! Forget about it!
[JR] Tremendous scissors kick by Ahmed Johnson.
Folks, that's from a 300-pound athlete.
And will Ahmed Johnson be able to survive…
-[Lawler] No. -[JR] …on May the 11th?
-That's my question. -[Lawler] No, no. That's my answer.
[Vince] When you bring that up, uh, and JR, you brought up the fact
-that Ahmed, just last night… And, oh! -[Lawler high-pitched] Oh!
[Vince] Again, for the benefit of those of you
who missed In Your House last night,
Ahmed Johnson was again challenged by Faarooq. Faarooq challenged Ahmed,
quite frankly, to run the gauntlet, so to speak…
-[Lawler] Right. -[Vince] …of the Nation of Domination.
If Ahmed can defeat all three members of the Nation of Domination in one night,
then the Nation will disband.
-And look at that. -[Lawler] Oh! Yeah!
[Vince] Wow. The Sultan using his feet
-just as well as Ahmed Johnson did. -[Lawler] Hey!
Don't sell The Sultan short.
He's under the guidance and the tutelage
of not only Mr. Bob Backlund, but The Iron Sheik.
Look at The Iron Sheik over The Sultan's corner.
[JR] We certainly should clarify that challenge.
Ahmed will be in three matches
in Richmond on May the 11th, at In Your House.
[Vince] Yeah. Well, by that, he certainly won't, uh, be taking on all three at once.
-Look at… look at this. -[Lawler] And you guys call it bravery,
I call it stupidity.
If stupidity were water, Ahmed Johnson would be Niagara Falls.
No way on earth is he going to beat three members
of the Nation of Domination in one night. Not singlehandedly.
[JR] But if he does, the Nation will be abolished by Faarooq's own word.
[Vince] Yes. But nonetheless, I'm inclined to agree with Jerry "The King" Lawler.
-[Lawler] Yeah. -[Vince] It is not necessary-- Oh!
Not necessarily a wise decision by Ahmed Johnson.
However, you and I, JR, we were talking before the broadcast
about Ahmed's, uh, not only dislike, but his absolute hate
for the Nation of Domination and what they stand for.
[JR] Indeed, especially Faarooq and Faarooq's teaching and philosophy.
-[Lawler] Look at this. Look at this. -[Vince] Uh-oh. Ahmed Johnson may be--
-[Lawler exclaims] -…Piledriven through the mat almost.
[Lawler] I love that move.
[JR] Boy, the Broome County Arena's sold out to the max here this week.
Of course, this Friday night, the WWE is going to be in St. Louis
this Saturday night in Kansas City.
[Vince] There's a cover, JR, and… Oh.
And again, you can see our picture's a bit cloudy here,
ladies and gentlemen, because of the… all of this pyro, it's unbelievable.
-I thought the roof was gonna blow off. -[Lawler] Hey, McMahon, Raw is War.
We had some bombs blowing off tonight.
[Vince] Big ones. and some big ones likely to go off
in that Street Fight that we will see momentarily.
Bret "The Hitman" Hart, one-on-one with "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
And you get the impression, JR,
that Stone Cold wants to finish it tonight.
And Bret Hart probably agrees with that.
[JR] That's the only thing that's on their mind.
That's why this is not going to be a wrestling match tonight.
It's going to be a No Holds Barred Street Fight.
-[Vince] Ahmed set up now, and The Sultan… -[Lawler] Look out!
[Vince] …with a bit of a telegraph there and… Uh-oh.
-[crowd cheering] -[Vince] Look at Ahmed!
-Oh! -[Lawler] Oh!
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] Ahmed Johnson and The Sultan having a go here.
There's another cover and this time, The Sultan kicks out,
gets that right shoulder right up.
[Lawler] Come on, Iron Sheik, tell The Sultan to go for Ahmed--
well, where his kidney used to be.
[Vince] We are live, ladies and-- Oh, yeah!
[crowd cheering]
[JR] Quite the spinebuster.
-[Vince] Raw is War live. -[crowd cheering]
[Vince] And it looks like that, uh, Ahmed is ready to polish off--
["We Are The Nation" playing]
♪ We are the Nation of Domination ♪
[Lawler] Uh-oh!
There they are!
♪ Nation of Domination ♪
[Lawler] Watch your back, everybody.
[Vince] This is not good. And Ahmed, why would he invite them down?
-[Lawler] Ahmed, watch your back! -[Vince] Oh, it's The Sultan!
Sultan, coming from behind. Ahmed Johnson, turning his back on The Sultan.
-[Ahmed grunts] -[Vince] Just the mere presence
of the Nation of Domination was enough to distract Ahmed Johnson.
-[crowd chatter] -[crowd rallying]
[Vince] And I'm not so sure… Oh, the… the Nation is walking down here.
This is bad. Ahmed Johnson…
[Lawler] He's trying to crawl on the floor.
[Vince] Oh, wait a minute. Ahmed has a 2-by-4!
And the Nation is backpedaling back up that ramp!
[JR] The Nation is retreating!
[Vince] Ahmed Johnson, standing by the premonition…
-[bell dinging] -…that this might happen,
and The Sultan is feeling the wrath of one Ahmed Johnson.
[JR] I think Ahmed just got himself disqualified
for using that 2-by-4 on his opponent.
[Lawler] And I don't think he cares.
[Vince] I think you're right. Not with the presence of the Nation
-right there on top of him. -[bell dinging]
-[crowd cheering] -[Vince] Uh-oh.
Ahmed Johnson, no. Oh, he's gonna wear The Sultan out!
[crowd cheering]
[JR] Ahmed wishes that was Faarooq.
Ahmed wishes it was the entire Nation of Domination!
-[referee] Come on! -[men yelling]
[Vince] And the officials tried to restrain Ahmed Johnson.
And you can see the Nation of Domination backing up Ahmed
with that 2-by-4, but he won't have a 2-by-4
when he tries to run the gauntlet and meet each member
of the Nation of Domination at separate times.
Uh-oh. Ahmed Johnson…
[Lawler] He's about to get in some serious trouble here…
-[Vince] I think you're right. -[Lawler] …in front of the officials.
He better not pick that 2-by-4 up again.
[Vince] Ahmed Johnson getting carried away, ladies and gentlemen.
-[crowd chatter] -["We Are The Nations" continues]
[Vince] And you wanna talk about carried away, tonight here live,
ladies and gentlemen, a Street Fight.
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin… Oh, there he is right there!
-Stone Cold pacing back and forth. -[crowd cheering]
[Vince] Stone Cold, very impatient. He's like a caged animal.
He is ready for action tonight.
Plus, still to come, The Undertaker tonight, live,
one-on-one with Hunter Hearst-Helmsley.
The main WWE In Your House
is presented by Castrol Super Clean, All Wheel Cleaner.
[soft upbeat hip-hop music playing]
[Vince] All right. "Stone Cold" Steve--
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin…
-[Lawler] Uh-oh. -…trying to get in…
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin, trying to get into The Hart Foundation.
He wants it and he wants it now, trying to get in their locker room.
Look at this. Austin wants Bret Hart.
-He's going to get him one way or another. -[chair banging]
Oh, I think we have Bret in. Do we have… we have… We're on the inside.
We have a camera inside Bret Hart's locker room.
-[Stone Cold] Get your ass out here! -[indistinct talking]
-[Vince] Bret Hart there with officials. -I think I deserve a little respect
after all this time. I don't need to put up with this.
What's with going round the toilets and stuff?
[man] Get him out of here. Let's go. Get him out.
-[chair banging] -[Lawler] Whoa!
[man] Get him back.
Hey, I'll give him what he wants.
-I'll give him what he deserves. -[man] Send him to the ring!
I'm on my own. When I'm… When I'm ready.
-Send him out to the ring! -[man] Get him out of there!
-[man] Go on to the ring… -All right. Bret Hart,
uh, wants to… wants it, and wants it out here in the ring
and that's exactly where "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
wants it as well.
Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce to you here on the end.
Yes, ABC called him "the World's most dangerous man."
We're talking Ken Shamrock.
-How are you doing, Vince? -Thanks for joining us.
We got a big announcement tonight, ladies and gentlemen, of course,
Ken Shamrock will take on the man they call Vader,
No Holds Barred on May 11. Before we talk about that, however,
Ken, we like to mention, uh,
well, Vader right now unfortunately is detained.
And the reason that's he's in detain-- Well he's in… He's in Kuwait.
Why was he in Kuwait to begin with?
Well, this was the second annual Kuwaiti Cup Invitational, was it not, JR?
[JR] It certainly was. Last year, Ahmed Johnson won the Kuwaiti Cup,
and this year, it was young Tiger Ali Singh,
who we hope to see make his American debut tonight.
But Tiger won the 16-man single elimination tournament.
-We congratulate Tiger Ali Singh. -Yes, indeed.
However, uh, Mr. Vader was detained.
As we all know, he is, uh, not here. Why is he not here?
Well, he took exception to this, uh, this announcer asking him
if wrestling was fake, watch this.
I find your remark and your question insulting.
[announcer] It's not my question, sir.
-[table clatters] -It's somebody who… Uh-oh.
[Vader] Does that [bleep] feel fake, huh?
Does that feel fake?
[crowd chatter]
-Does it? -Calm down. I'm just…
Why don't you come down tonight?
And before I kick his [bleep], I'll kick your [bleep].
-Okay. -All right?
-Just calm down. -Hey, we're not here to be insulted.
I'm not here to be insulted.
Okay.
Right. Um…
Yes. And this Wednesday, ladies and gentlemen,
we will find out the fate of the man they call Vader, uh,
-somewhat being held hostage. -This is a very serious situation.
This Wednesday, Vader goes to court in Kuwait.
And we'll find out, uh, just how he's going to pay for his crimes, so to speak.
Look at this. I did a little bit of artwork. You know, over in Kuwait,
if you get locked up, they don't put you on a chain gang
where you make little rocks out of big rocks. Look at this,
they put you out in the desert, and they make you clean up camel manure.
So, I… And all those scud missiles are flying around and everything,
-So, I did this little picture. -[Vince] Camel dung?
[Lawler] Yeah. Well, you know what it is. They put the ball and chain around you.
And… And let me tell you something else, this is not funny either.
Look at the way they're selling Vader's action figure now.
-Look that, McMahon. -[Vince] Oh, that…
-[Lawler] Whose idea was that? -Stop it.
-He's going to be upset when he gets back. -Joining us… Joining us now,
ladies and gentlemen, the man who will face the man they call Vader,
No Holds Barred, Vader versus Ken Shamrock.
-Ken, what about it? -Well…
[crowd cheering]
There's one thing that I don't like, and that's a bully.
All of my life, I've had problems with bullies.
When I was a kid, I had problems with bullies.
When I was a teenager, I had problems with bullies.
And now that I am a man, I still have problems with bullies.
And I have a problem with Vader.
And come Wednesday, after his trial, when he comes back to American soils,
on March 11th in Richmond, Virginia, he has a trial to attend to here.
And I am the judge and jury of that trial, and I'm going to put an end to that bully.
[Vince] Yes, indeed. Everyone looking forward
to a No Holds Barred event on May 11th, with you and Vader.
And, uh, bullies, yes, are here in the World Wrestling Entertainment.
-[Lawler] Yeah, let's… -Bullies are just about everywhere.
Let me ask him about the rumor that we've heard flying around.
Can I ask him about that, huh? What's this about you and Mike Tyson?
There's been rumors going around, huh?
Well, if you close your mouth for a minute, I would speak about that.
[Lawler] Oh, is that so?
There's one thing I've been waiting for.
My eight years of No Holds Barred fighting,
there's always been a question asked to me,
"What if you fought Mike Tyson, who would win?"
[Vince scoffs]
Well, let me tell you something.
I know who would win,
but we will never let the public know
who would win unless Mike Tyson steps into that ring against me.
And I'm making a challenge on national TV in front of all the American people…
-[Lawler] What? -…because Mike Tyson,
as far as I'm concerned, is another bully.
And if he'll step into that ring with me, I will prove to the world
who is the World's most dangerous man.
I've been told that I am the World's most dangerous man,
but I'm willing to put that up
on the line, in the ring here in the WWE.
If Mike Tyson thinks his rape charge,
when he was in… in prison doing time there,
he… when he steps into that ring with me,
he's going to be doing a real hard time with Ken Shamrock.
And if he's got the guts to step in that ring with me,
I'm going to take him down and I'm going to put a hurting on him.
-[Lawler] Mike Tyson would… -I make the challenge
-in front of the world. -[Lawler] Hey, in front of the world,
Mike Tyson would knock you out like a light, Shamrock.
Why don't you shut up and sit down, and… and enjoy your retirement?
Hey, I am sitting down, Shamrock, and you'd be lying down
if you ever get in the ring with Mike Tyson.
Ah, please. Vader and, uh… Uh-oh, wait a minute!
Wait just a minute.
-Here he comes! It's on! -[JR] It's time.
["I Won't Do What You Tell Me" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] Here comes "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
It's on, the Street Fight is on.
Austin, just last night, ladies and gentlemen,
one-on-one with Bret "The Hitman" Hart.
And Austin had problems
after Bret ripped that strap, that knee brace, right off his knee.
[JR] He certainly did. Bret Hart taking the knee brace off Stone Cold's left knee.
And then Bret used the steel chair right on the knee joint.
-[Lawler] Yeah. -[JR] Steve Austin, writhing in pain.
[Lawler] That's right. You know what? He can say what he wants to,
but I heard Steve Austin saying, [high-pitched] "I quit! I quit!"
[Vince] Where, there?
[Lawler] Right there, he was screaming. He wept.
[Vince] "Stone Cold" Steve Austin,
in the ring pacing, awaiting the presence of Bret "The Hitman" Hart.
The Street Fight is on!
Raw is War!
Stay with us.
[Vince] Tonight, Raw is War is brought to you by Winterfresh Gum from Wrigley.
Icy cool flavor for icy cool breath that last, and last, and last.
[JR] And buy the WWE Raw magazine featuring Vader.
Bloody Vader on the cover, now available everywhere,
even though Vader is not. Ladies and gentlemen, let's take you back
during the commercial break. This is what happened a while ago
in the commercial break, Stone Cold…
I thought Stone Cold and Vince McMahon were going to have a little go at it.
[Vince] The man is a certifiable lunatic,
and all he cares about is getting his hands on Bret Hart.
and he doesn't care who he runs through.
[Lawler] Well, you always knock Bret Hart. Why don't you stand up for yourself,
McMahon, why don't you be man?
[Vince] I was standing up for myself. But look at him,
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin, biding his time as well as he can,
waiting for that moment. And Bret Hart is making him sweat.
He's making him wait!
[Lawler] He looks like he's saying a prayer.
[Vince] "The Hitman" Bret Hart should be… Wait a minute.
Is Bret Hart… No, he's still not coming.
-[music stops] -"Stone Cold" Steve Austin, perspiring.
Stone Cold can't wait to get this over.
Stone Cold wants it done one way or another,
and he wants it done tonight.
-["Hitman" playing] -[Lawler] Uh-oh.
-[JR] It's Street Fight time! -[crowd cheering]
[JR] It won't be for the weak at heart.
["Hitman" continues]
[Vince] Where is he?
[Lawler] Don't worry, McMahon. He'll be here.
[Vince] Is he coming or not?
["Hitman" continues]
[Vince] Here he comes!
[crowd cheering]
[imperceptible]
[mouthing] Come here!
[imperceptible]
[muffled] Well, come on!
[inaudible]
[muffled] Come on!
[Vince] Wait! Look out from be--
That… That's the Bulldog! That's Bulldog and Owen!
Bulldog and Owen! Look at this!
-Bulldog and Owen, and Bret Hart! -[crowd jeering]
[JR] The entire Hart Foundation, doing a number!
The Hart Foundation, assaulting Stone Cold!
[mixed cheers and boos]
[Lawler cackles] What did you guys expect?
-[crowd booing] -[crowd yelling]
[Vince] I can't believe Bulldog and Owen,
coming from behind! And you… And you saw how Bret Hart
was… was biding his time, taking his time coming down here.
[Lawler] Look at this! They're yanking him around the ring
like a pit bulldog would do.
-[JR] Three of them. A three-on-one. -[Vince] Bret Hart is just all over…
Lookit, Bret Hart is just all over him!
[Lawler] Well, pound him into oblivion.
[Vince] "Stone Cold" Steve Austin has been… just been hammered.
-[JR] Wait! That's Shawn Michaels! -[Lawler] What!
-Shawn Michaels! -[Lawler] Look out.
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] Oh, yeah, he's got Bret, now he's got Owen!
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] Michaels coming in to clean the house!
[Lawler] What's he doing here?
[crowd continues cheering]
[Vince] Shawn Michaels!
-He's… He's going after Bulldog. -[Lawler] Look out, look out, Bulldog!
[Vince] He's going after… Oh, he just got him again!
Michaels…
[Lawler] Get away!
[Vince] Michaels going after them with a chair! He got him again!
[crowd cheering]
-[Lawler] Look at this! -[Vince] Shawn Michaels…
[Lawler] Yeah, but Bret Hart is still in the ring. [cackles]
[Vince] And Michaels almost got Bret Hart, but he missed.
[JR] But The Hart Foundation apparently got the job done.
-The trap was set. Austin was the bait. -[crowd booing]
[Lawler] Well, ring the bell. Start the Street Fight.
-We're ready to go with action. [cackles] -[JR] Anything goes in a Street Fight!
There can't be no disqualifications.
[Vince] Austin wanted to finish this off once and for all.
And unfortunately for him, it has finished all right.
And Bret Hart knows it. Look at him.
He knows he has Austin right where he wants him.
His brother and his brother-in-law coming down to help him out.
It's been three-on-one, no one's going to recover. Look at this,
from that, Bret Hart is fighting… Oh, yeah.
[JR] Bret Hart is systematically,
physically dissecting "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
It's just a matter of time, perhaps until Austin's career is ended.
[Vince] And that would please "The Hitman" Bret Hart.
Just last night,
when you thought that Bret was going to submit in his own hold,
-That's right, Austin… -[crowd booing]
…if you missed the last night, Austin actually put the Sharpshooter
-on Bret Hart. -[crowd boos]
Had it not been for… for Bulldog and Owen,
I don't know that Bret Hart would be here today.
But look what Bret Hart is doing.
[JR] Austin is virtually defenseless.
[Lawler] Uh-oh. Ooh!
-[crowd cheering] -[crowd booing]
[Vince] Well, according to Bret Hart,
he claims this is what American fans, at least, want him to do.
They want him to be… Oh, no.
They want him to… to be this way.
[crowd jeering]
[JR] Remember, it's a Street Fight, anything goes.
There can be no disqualifications.
[Lawler] What's he gonna do now?
[crowd exclaiming, yelling]
[Vince] Austin is… is un--
[Lawler] Uh-oh.
[Vince] Austin is out, unconscious.
[crowd yelling]
[JR] Bret Hart knows how this feels.
[crowd jeers and boos]
-[Vince] Uh-oh. -[JR] Bret will snap Austin's ankle.
-He'll snap it like a twig. -[Lawler] So what?
[crowd chatter]
[Vince] Oh, no.
[crowd cheering]
[JR] Austin dodged the bullet.
But there are plenty more bullets where that one came from.
-Oh, and just like he did last night! -[crowd cheering]
Austin leveling Bret Hart, knocking him down to his size now.
[JR] Austin's striking the kneecap.
-Oh! Right in the steel chair! -[loud cheering]
Right into the… the ligament!
Right into the knee joint!
-[crowd cheering] -[crowd rallying]
[Lawler] He's stomping his face in. Oh, no!
-[crowd cheering] -[yelling indistinctly]
[JR] Austin is one fighting, wrestling machine.
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] Look at these sadistic fans.
Bret Hart was right about them.
[Vince] And Austin is doing to Bret what Bret was doing to him.
Oh!
[JR] Right in the wrist, right in the knee.
Every joint in Bret's body is being attacked by The Hitman.
[Lawler] He's gonna cripple The Hitman.
[Vince] And Bulldog and Owen are nowhere to be found.
[Lawler] Where are they?
[Vince] Shawn Michaels ran them off.
And now, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin just might accomplish
what he was… he sent out… he was bent on accomplishing and again,
wasn't that putting Bret "The Hitman" Hart out of action?
[Lawler] I think Bret Hart's leg is totally useless now.
[crowd chanting] USA! USA! USA!
[Vince] And now, Stone Cold stalking Bret Hart.
Look at this.
-[crowd chanting] USA! USA! -[yelling indistinctly]
[JR] The hyena is stalking his prey. Bret Hart is wounded.
-[Lawler] Okay, that's enough. [shrieks] -[Vince] Oh, no. That…
[JR] Whoa!
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] Bret Hart, who has nothing but contempt for Stone Cold!
Bret Hart, who has nothing but contempt for the fans in America!
-But it's Bret Hart who's… -[Lawler] Uh-oh!
[JR] Look, just like last night,
The Sharpshooter! The Sharpshooter!
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] And this time, there's no Bulldog!
This time, there's no Owen!
There's nobody,
but Bret Hart and Stone Cold!
[JR] Bret Hart's knee is ripping and tearing
with his own hold at the hands of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin!
-[referees arguing indistinctly] -[crowd cheering]
[JR] Bret Hart is screaming in pain.
-[all yelling] -[referee] Come on!
[Lawler] What are these referees doing?
[Vince] I hope they're trying to stop it.
[JR] The Hitman's whole career may be flashing right before his eyes!
It could be over!
I mean, permanently over for The Hitman's wrestling career.
-[referees yelling] -[referee] Come on!
[Lawler] Now you're saying like you're concerned about him, Jim Ross.
You know you don't care about him, just like these fans don't care about him.
[Vince] And Stone Cold, the most tenacious fighter
in the WWE, is not about to give up.
I think they're gonna have to… to wrench Stone Cold off of Bret Hart.
-[Lawler] Listen to these fans. -[Vince] Listen to this.
[crowd chanting] Austin! Austin! Austin!
[Lawler] Where is Owen?
Where's the Bulldog?
-[indistinct shouting] -[crowd continues chanting]
[JR] Now we need some more officials down here. That's enough.
I mean, I may not agree with Bret Hart's American family values, uh, stock,
but he's still a great athlete, and this is enough.
Enough is enough!
[Vince] But nonetheless, I think it almost had to end this way, I mean…
[JR] Yeah, but you got to have some kind of compassion, he's a human being.
[Vince] All right. He's a human being of course.
But as far as Stone Cold is concerned,
he's so pumped up, he's so jacked, and… Bulldog… Hey, come on,
it was a… it was a setup. And you know it, JR.
Bret Hart set up "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
He sent Bulldog and Owen from behind, attacking Stone Cold… from his back.
[Lawler] Hey, how do you know that "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
didn't have it setup for Shawn Michaels to come out here and help him, huh?
[JR] Austin has no allies, but that's not the point.
Steve Austin has made his point here.
He has… He's established his dominance in this rivalry,
but enough is enough.
[Vince] And Michaels must be keeping Bulldog and Owen at bay,
with… with a chair, otherwise, they would be here, no doubt.
The Hart Foundation has been reunited to a certain extent,
and turned to their… Oh, and finally they get him off.
[crowd chattering]
[JR] Bret is hurt severely.
[Vince] "Stone Cold" Steve Austin,
is he finished or is he not?
What will Stone Cold do to "The Hitman" Bret Hart? Stay with us!
[JR] And we're back live, ladies and gentlemen,
Bret "The Hitman" Hart, severely injured.
His brother-in-law, the Bulldog, and, uh, Owen, Bret's younger brother,
in the ring, having words with Vince McMahon. He's at ringside.
[Lawler] Well, McMahon should get some help out here, this is ridiculous.
-[Bulldog] Get a stretcher! -[Lawler] The guy's leg could be broken.
[Bulldog] Get somebody out here right now!
[JR] Bret holding his wrist. His wrist maybe broken.
His knee is obviously damaged.
[Owen] Where the hell's that… [continues indistinctly]
[crowd murmuring]
[JR] The, uh, emergency medical technicians…
from here in Binghamton.
[crowd chatter]
[JR] From, uh, Broome County here in New York.
[medic] Don't worry. We're gonna take care of him. We got to help him up.
[JR] Coming to the ring.
Folks, if you've just joined us, what a chaotic situation.
It was a Street Fight between Austin and The Hitman.
-[crowd cheering loudly] -[JR] Right there, you can hear the crack.
I think Bret's knee is… his kneecap may have cracked right there.
And then again, and again, and again. Austin striking the knee,
then the face. And Austin…
The hunter. The hunted became the hunter.
Steve Austin, stalking the wounded Bret Hart.
But Bret Hart would not surrender.
And Austin will not… will not relent.
[Lawler] Yeah, look at that. He's like a… He is a hyena.
[JR] And we're back live here, ladies and gentlemen.
The emergency medical technicians
-in the ring. -[Lawler] McMahon, what are you doing
up there? Why don't you get some help out here?
[Vince] Uh, that's exactly what they're doing, and we do have help.
-[crowd chattering] -[Vince] Uh…
[Bulldog] We've got to take care of Bret first.
[Lawler] What's wrong with… Is his wrist broken or what?
[Vince] I don't know, he claims it is. He claims his leg is…
Bulldog is shouting, "His leg is broken, his leg is broken."
What? We have…
[crowd murmuring]
[Vince] I think there's… there's a commotion…
-[Monsoon] What else is gonna go on here? -…there's a commotion back--
Austin, what the hell is the matter with you?
What the hell do you mean what's wrong with me?
-I told you what I was gonna do to Bret. -You're out of control!
You're damn right, and I ain't through yet!
We have rules and regulations here, and you've broken every one of them.
Hey. You're damn right, because I don't care about them!
-What are you gonna do about it? -I'll tell you what I'm gonna do.
I want you to get your ass out of this building right now!
-Nobody talks to me like that. -Go out there,
-get some fresh air and calm down! -Don't talk to me like that.
-I'll whip their ass too! Don't you dare! -I want you out of here!
-Don't you dare tell me! -Get out! Get out!!
I'm cutting you a damn break!
[Vince] "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, out to get a breath of fresh air
to calm down, and Bret Hart… and he just…
He just screamed at one the EMT's.
-They have him on a stretcher. -Oh, Jesus, it's my leg, God damn it!
[Bulldog] Watch his leg! It's his leg!
[Vince] We apologize for the language, but Bret Hart is in pain.
-His wrist, his knee… -[Bulldog] Get out of here!
[Vince] Bret is hurt.
And Bulldog and Owen, there to help him.
We'll be back, ladies and gentlemen.
Stay with us for more Raw is War.
Bret Hart is in a real bad way.
And Austin's out of the building, at least, I think.
[siren blaring]
[explosions]
["Thorn In Your Eye" playing]
[barking]
[singer yelling] ♪ Yeah! ♪
♪ Too much dark And not enough sky ♪
♪ Why am I the thorn in your eye ♪
-[crowd cheering] -[fireworks bursting]
["Thorn In Your Eye" continues]
[crowd cheering]
[fireworks bursting]
[sparks crackle]
[Vince] Raw is War! Live from Binghamton, New York!
-[cheering] -[indistinct yelling]
[Vince] And "The Hitman" Bret Hart has been in a war,
but so has "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
And Austin, tonight not only won the battle,
I think he… won the whole war, JR.
[JR] Well, I'll tell you the big story. Folks, we'll keep you updated
on this late-breaking story, this huge news story.
This… The question here is how badly injured
-is Bret "The Hitman" Hart? -[whooping]
[bell dinging]
[Vince] We're gonna find that out.
And again, we… we do have cameras,
ladies and gentlemen, back in the… the locker room area.
We understand they are tending to Bret Hart. Right now, we have action.
-Salvatore. -[yelling] Italy!
-[Vince] Sal Sincere. -[crowd jeering]
[Vince] A little salute, and his opponent, Tiger Ali Singh,
who is the, uh, Kuwaiti Cup Invitational Champion,
if you would. Won the cup, much like, uh, Ahmed Johnson won last year, JR.
[JR] Tiger Ali Singh, the son of, uh, Tiger Jeet Singh.
[Vince] Oh, one of the all-time greats.
[JR] And certainly, uh, has a huge amount of potential,
but so does Sal Sincere for that matter.
[Vince] Now, wait a minute, we have… We… I think we have our cameras.
[crowd murmuring]
[man] Let's move him. Let's go.
[Vince] They're moving him in into the…
[man] It'll be all right.
[Vince] Where are they going with him?
[Lawler] Well, I hope they're going to an ambulance.
-[crowd chatter] -[grunting in effort]
[Vince] If you don't mind, we're gonna stay with the…
If, uh… if our cameras can take us back there,
notwithstanding… We'll apologize to Tiger Ali Singh and Sal Sincere.
But we'll stay here as long as we can.
[Lawler] Well, let me tell you something about this Tiger Ali Singh.
-[Vince] What about him? -[Lawler] Yeah, he luckily won
the Kuwaiti Invitational Tournament, but that was only because… Whoa!
only because they locked Vader up over there.
If Vader have been able to compete,
this Tiger kid would've never won anything.
[Vince] The man they call Vader, going to trial, ladies and gentlemen,
this Wednesday.
We will keep you posted on America Online as well as the Superstar Line.
[JR] Absolutely, all week long. And, uh…
-[Lawler] Look out. Oh! -[Vince] Knowing the kind of volatility
if you would in terms of, uh, Vader's personality,
who knows what happens when, uh, Vader goes to trial.
Do you think he's really gonna unload over there, JR?
[Lawler] Listen, there's some more word backstage.
They're taking The Hitman into the first aid room.
[Vince] I just hope Vader gets back in time to meet Ken Shamrock
on May the 11th.
-Elevated. -[man] Huh?
[Vince] And they're… they're icing him down.
They're trying to ascertain the… just how badly Bret Hart has been hurt.
[Bulldog] Come on, let's get that on there.
[Vince] Bulldog was yelling, "It's broken, it's broken. His leg is broken."
We're gonna take care of everything.
-I want him to pay back. -[Bulldog] He'll pay.
-[Bulldog] I'm gonna finish him off. -Boys. Calm down. You two guys, calm down.
[Owen yelling] You're trying to tell me to calm down?
-[Bulldog] Don't tell us to calm down. -[Vince] Oh, come on.
-Oi! -This is not supposed to happen!
-It's a bunch of crap! -[Vince] All right.
He doesn't do this to my brother, I'm telling you that.
-[Vince] Let's get back to the action. -[Earl] We're trying to help him.
[Vince] And, uh, Owen and Bulldog have lost their temper.
[Lawler] I'm gonna tell you something about "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
He's put himself in the same position as Sammy "The Bull" Gravano.
He's messing with a family and he's a marked man now.
-[Vince] You might be right. -[Lawler] Oh!
[Vince] Again, we certainly hope that-- Here's a cover here and no.
Come on, ref! Come on!
[Vince] Sal Sincere, wanting a little faster count.
[JR] From what we could see, it looks like Bret's right wrist
may also be damaged, or to say it's broken or whatever, we don't know, obviously.
But it certainly is, uh, severely injured, from what we can tell,
in addition to his knee.
[Vince] Again, if any news breaks out
in the locker room area for any reason, and hopefully there will be
no more "Stone Cold" Steve Austin sightings tonight.
-[Lawler] You're not kidding. -[Vince] And Sal Sincere over,
and… Oh, not enough.
Salvatore Sincere, a very underrated WWE Superstar,
and little is known about Tiger Ali Singh, except of course…
Oh, my goodness… His, uh, his father's ability.
We have a cover here and almost a count of three.
[JR] I'm sure our fans in Canada are excited about the… the future
of Tiger Ali Singh, making his Raw debut here tonight
from the sold-out Broome County Arena.
[crowd cheering faintly]
[Vince] Vicious chop, and, uh, Tiger Ali Singh,
who took his name, by the way,
from two of the greatest fighters he claims wherever he go and… Uh-oh.
Tiger Ali Singh.
[indistinct arguing and talking]
[man] Move your foot. Move your foot.
[Vince] Now, don't tell me his foot is broken.
[man] Move your foot.
[Lawler] Well, did you see Austin hit every part of his body with a chair?
[Vince] Uh, he went all over him, no doubt about that.
-[Owen] Let's get some ice on his knee. -[man] I put a lot of ice on there.
[Vince] A backslide here by Tiger Ali Singh and not…
No, not enough.
Again, Tiger Ali Singh, taking his name from his, uh,
great fighting, uh, champion father, Tiger Jeet Singh.
as well, of… well, of… of course, Muhammad Ali.
[JR] Two of the role models for, uh, Tiger Ali Singh,
-and two great ones for that matter. -[Vince] And two, uh…
Well, actually four big shoes, I guess, to fill.
Oh!
Tiger Ali Singh, that may be enough, and… it is enough.
-[bell dings] -[crowd cheering]
[rock music playing]
[Finkel] Here is your winner, Tiger Ali Singh!
[Vince] Tiger Ali Singh victorious, just as he was
on the second annual Kuwaiti Cup.
A young man from a Toronto, Canada area.
And we're told now that, apparently, they're gonna take Bret for X-rays.
Apparently, the EMT officials feel as though Bret Hart's knee is such,
-and maybe other parts of his body… -[man] Come on.
-[Vince] He said he, uh… -[Owen] This is a bunch of crap!
Million dollars worth of talent, riding on a stretcher. He shouldn't be.
Come on!
He's gonna pay, Bret.
He's gonna pay. First, we got to take care of you.
-Argh! -[Owen] Watch his knee, you idiot!
[Bulldog] Watch these cables on the floor here.
Watch the cables, watch the cables, guys.
[Owen] Don't worry, Bret. You're gonna be okay.
-Come on. -[Owen] We'll take care of you.
-[Owen] Open the door. -[Bulldog] Open the door.
[Owen] Get him in there. Watch his knee.
[man] Get him on.
-[Owen] Get him on there. Watch his knee! -[man] We'll take care of this.
-[Owen] We're going to take care of this. -[Bulldog] Come on, guys.
Let's move it. Come on.
-Let's move it. Let's go, guys. -[Owen] Get him in there.
-Let's get him to the hospital! -[Bulldog] Move it.
-Let's go. [clapping] -[Bulldog] Go.
[Owen taps on door] Come on, Bret. We're here with you.
-[Bulldog] We're here with you, Bret. -[man] Okay.
-[Owen taps on door] Come on! -[man] Let's go, Tracy.
Don't you say one word. Don't you say one word.
-[Vince] Oh, my God. -I told you we're going straight to hell.
[man] Come on. Let's go.
[indistinct yelling]
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] My God! Oh, no! Oh, my God! Look at this!
Oh, no!
[all yelling indistinctly]
[official] Hey! Hey!
-[Lawler] He's inside! -[Vince] Oh, my God! Look at…
[man 1] Hey! Come on! Break up! Come on!
Get off of him!
-[man 2] Come on! -[man 2] Get him off of Bret!
-[men yelling] -[man 1] Come on!
[man 2] Get him to the hospital.
-[man 3] Hey, hey, hey! -[man 4] Come on!
[indistinct yelling]
Get him out!
-Get him the hell out of here! -Get him the hell out of here!
-Get him back! -[Bulldog] No! No! Get him out!
[Bulldog] Get him up! Get him up!
-[Owen] Get him to the hospital. -[man] Get him in.
-[Owen] What kind of crap is this? -[Bulldog] Get him up here. Get him in.
-[Owen] Get him to the hospital. -[Bulldog] Let's go! Let's go!
-Go, go, go, go! -[Owen] Come on!
[Owen] Let's get him the hell to the hospital.
-[Bulldog bangs on door] Go! -[Owen] Go!
[Bulldog] Go! Go!
-[siren blares] -[Bulldog] Get him out of here.
[siren blaring]
He's gonna pay for this.
I'll kill him.
He's gonna pay for this. We're gonna kill him.
Let's do it.
-I'll kill him. -We're going to get him.
We'll not wait until next week.
I'm gonna kill him tonight. I'm gonna locate him in this building.
-[intense rock music playing] -[Bulldog] Let's do it, guys.
[Vince] We're… We're back with… with more Raw is War.
And watch this.
This happened, ladies and gentlemen, Bret Hart…
…talented and riding on a stretcher, he shouldn't be.
[Vince] Bret Hart was being taken to the ambulance and…
-[Bulldog] He's gonna pay, Bret. -[Vince] And… If you'll recall,
[Vince] "Stone Cold" was thrown out of the building.
-[Bret] Argh! -[Owen] Watch his knee, you idiot!
[Vince] Stone Cold was thrown out of the building earlier
-by Gorilla Monsoon, asked to cool off. -[Bulldog] Watch the cables.
Watch the cables, guys.
[Vince] And… And you're just not gonna believe what you're gonna see.
And again, this was earlier on, a few moments ago.
[Owen] Watch his knee.
[Lawler] Instead of being thrown out of the building,
-Austin have been arrested. -[Owen] Watch his knee!
[Lawler] And he really should be arrested after this stunt.
-[Bulldog] Come on, guys. Let's move it. -[Vince] Let's watch this again.
Come on. Let's move it. Let's go, guys.
-[Owen] Let's get him to the hospital! -Let's move it.
-[Bulldog] Come on. -[Owen] Let's go! [clapping]
[Owen] Come on, Bret, we're here with you.
-[Bulldog] We're here with you, Bret. -[man] Okay.
-[Owen bangs on door] Come on! -[man] Let's go, Tracy!
Don't you say one word, don't you say one word.
-I told you we're going straight to hell. -[man] Come on, let's go.
-[Stone Cold] We're going to hell. -[indistinct yelling]
[man] Get him out of there, guys. Come on.
-[man 1] Come on, get him. Come on. -[man 2] Hey, hey, hey!
[indistinct yelling]
[man] Hey! Come on! Break up! Come on!
[men yelling]
[man 2] Get him out…
[yelling continues]
[man] Come on! Get him off!
-[man 1] Come on! -[man 2] Come on!
-[man 3] Come on! -[Bulldog] Get him out of here!
-Get him out! -Get him the hell out of here!
-Get him out of here! -Get him back!
[Bulldog] No, no! Get him off!
-Get him off! Get him to the hospital. -[Owen] Get him to the hospital!
-[man] Get him in. -[Owen] What kind of crap is this?
-[Bulldog] Get him in! -[man] Get him in.
-[Owen] Get him to the hospital. -[Bulldog] Let's go, let's go!
-Go, go, go, go! -[Owen] Come on!
[Owen] Let's get him the hell to the hospital.
-[Bulldog bangs on door] Go! -[Owen] Go!
[Bulldog] Go! Go!
[siren blares]
[Bulldog] Get him out of here!
[both yelling angrily]
[Vince] Now, this is live.
This… We're… We're back, and we are live.
And Bulldog and Owen
-are on a mission. -[Lawler] Yeah.
[Vince] They're going to try to find Stone Cold.
And I don't think he'll be that difficult to find.
They're on a mission.
And we'll try and cover it for you
as we progress through Raw is War.
-[Jesse] And we're in New York, baby. -[upbeat country music playing]
Jesse James knows a little something about war, so let's get funky.
[singing] ♪ I spend my day working hard on the go ♪
♪ But the hands on the clock keep spinning too slow ♪
♪ Because I can't wait to be alone with my baby tonight ♪
♪ You know, my baby's got me wrapped around her little finger ♪
♪ Because she knows that I will walk through hell and back to be with her ♪
♪ Because I can't wait to be alone with my baby tonight ♪
[Lawler] I can't wait until he quits singing!
[backing vocalists singing]
[singing] ♪ We'll leave every worry in this world behind ♪
[backing vocalists singing]
[singing] ♪ Baby, it's true, I've got a one-track mind ♪
♪ But it's hard to concentrate around a girl like mine ♪
[backing vocalists singing]
[Vince] Jesse James, ladies and gentlemen.
[Jesse] Come on!
[Vince] And he can wrestle every bit as well as he can sing.
He's the real deal, no doubt about it.
-And a nice victory-- -[Lawler] He won't win many matches then.
[Vince] Oh, oh… Rockabilly, ladies and gentlemen,
many of you saw him make his debut just last night,
In Your House, full of surprises, full of action.
And there he is. Honky Tonk Man along with…
Well, he used to be known as Billy Gunn, JR.
[JR] Yeah. A three-time WWE Tag Champion,
he wants to be called the Rockabilly now.
He's The Honky Tonk Man's number-one draft pick.
[Vince chuckling] Yeah, he certainly is.
And, uh, you had an occasion to ask why Honky Tonk would choose Rockabilly
after this incident several weeks ago.
[JR] Let's take a look at what happened two weeks ago here on Raw is War.
Honky Tonk Man was trying to make Billy Gunn a deal,
or Rockabilly. And look at the right hand!
-That was an emphatic "no" and-- -[Vince] Now, wait a minute…
-[bell dinging] -…Let's get back.
Here we go. We're back live!
We're back live, ladies and gentlemen. And look at this, Rockabilly,
if you wanna call him that, hammering Jesse James.
[Lawler] Yeah, you guys love to show that footage of Rockabilly hitting
-The Honky Tonk Man. -[Vince] Well, we didn't understand.
[Lawler] That just made The Hony Tonk Man really know that he had picked
the right man, because anybody that has enough spunk, enough guts,
and enough courage to hit The Honky Tonk Man, uh, they're a…
they're a winner, I guarantee you that.
[Vince] And again, ladies and gentlemen, this smoke-filled arena here,
bombs have been going off literally, as well as figuratively, all night long
on Raw is War. And… Oh, look out!
Over the hip, nice hip toss there,
and Jesse James with a quick cover,
and can't quite pick him off. There we go. Arm-drag take down.
[grunts]
[JR] Well, folks, I'll tell you one thing, we're gonna keep you updated
on this Bret Hart situation. We don't know the severity of his injuries.
But 24 hours a day, your source for the news
is the WWE Superstar Line, there you see the numbers.
In the States, 1-900-7374, WWE.
And for our friends in Canada, 1-900-561-WWE 1.
We'll keep you updated 24 hours a day, all week long,
on what's going on in Bret Hart's situation.
And we've got some news too on Sycho Sid.
We'll update you on… on option six.
[Lawler] And what about… What about the update on Vader, the Vader crisis?
[JR] Vader crisis too, there's a lot of news going on.
That's your source for all the news.
[Vince] And by the way, ladies and gentlemen, yes,
what a match-up we're gonna witness tonight,
not that we haven't witnessed enough here tonight, yes.
Can you imagine this, The Undertaker, WWE Champion,
non-title match against Hunter Hearst-Helmsley.
And you'll wonder whether, uh, Chyna is gonna get involved here.
[JR] Well, yeah, obviously, but you got to also wonder
what kind of mindset The Undertaker is in.
[Vince] And we have a cover here. And Billy Gunn…
I beg your pardon, Rockabilly, can't quite put Jesse James away.
[Lawler] Now, let me tell you two morons what else is still to come tonight.
Owen Hart and the British Bulldog are gonna kick "Stone Cold" Steve Austin's…
-[Vince] Yeah, right. -[Lawler] Yeah, that's still to come.
[Vince] I don't think Stone Cold is gonna be hard to find, indeed.
Stone Cold is scheduled to come out for an interview later on.
[Lawler] He ought to be in jail with Vader.
[Vince] Making reference obviously to his, uh, match-up with The Undertaker.
Imagine this, Stone Cold versus The Undertaker,
that one will be for the championship
in Richmond on the 11th of May.
[JR] Well, one thing I know is that we have a camera
back in the locker room area. If anything breaks out
in the locker room area, we will… will bring it to… We'll break in.
This is a… a huge news story that we are going to follow
as thoroughly as possible until we go off the air here tonight.
-[Vince] Rock-- Ooh! Rockabilly. -[Lawler cackling]
[Lawler] Knock some of those teeth of his out there, Rockabilly.
[JR] Rockabilly was… I thought, uh,
severely overconfident last night at In Your House.
And if he's not careful, he's gonna end up being the Chicago Cubs
-of the WWE. -[Vince laughs]
[Lawler] What are you talking about?
They won a game. They beat the New York Mets.
-[cackles] -[Vince] Well, that's no big deal.
Here is, uh, another attempted pin. And a cover, but, uh, no pin.
Rockabilly and Jesse James, very evenly matched up
when you say in terms of style, quickness, speed, all-the-away-around agility.
[JR] Certainly, but, uh, one thing is that Jesse James has a lot more
individual experience in the WWE.
as does this, uh, this great tag-team specialist
who's got to prove that he can make it on his own,
I'm talking about Rockabilly.
Of course, Honky Tonk Man should be a great teacher.
He considers himself the greatest Intercontinental Champion of all time.
[Lawler] And the greatest singer, and the greatest dancer,
the greatest entertainer. So, if Honky Tonk Man has confidence
in Rockabilly, I do too.
[JR] Well, who are you, his cousin or what?
[Lawler] Maybe.
-[Rockabilly grunts] -[Vince] And right now, Jesse James,
trying to, uh, mount an offensive. And again, ladies and gentlemen,
a smoke-filled arena here.
Oh, my goodness, Raw is War, is it ever?
[Lawler] McMahon, if you think there's a lot of smoke in here now,
wait until The Undertaker gets out here.
Do you think he's gonna pull another stunt like he did last night, huh?
Do you think he's gonna light somebody up like a roman candle?
[Vince] I could not believe that. I could not believe it.
[JR] Let… Let me tell you this. Mankind is here too.
I saw… I think Man-- From what I can understand,
Mankind is in this building somewhere.
-[Vince] That's not good news. -[JR] No.
[Lawler] Poor Paul Bearer.
-[JR] He's not here. -[Lawler] That was horrible.
[Vince] Unfortunately, Paul Bearer was reportedly taken to the, uh, burn unit
at the Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester.
[JR] But he's been dismissed from there and moved to another location,
that's what we understand.
-[Vince] But you don't know where it is. -[JR] Absolutely not.
[Vince] And they're trying to keep that somewhat discreet,
-but nonetheless, Paul Bearer… -[JR] The smell was…
[Vince] Oh, it was… His face was… was absolutely ignited by The Undertaker.
[Lawler] If there are any flowers or donations that you want sent
to Paul Bearer, send them to me--
-[Vince] Oh, stop it. -…and I'll make it sure that… What?
[JR] In Memphis, right?
[Lawler] Yeah, I'll make sure that he gets them.
[Vince] Oh!
[crowd rallying]
[Vince] Nonetheless, it was… horrifying.
And I… And I think I have truly the right choice of words.
In Your House last night, when The Undertaker… I mean, sure,
I mean, did he have justification
-for doing what he did? -[Lawler] No, no.
I guess you'd have to say that he did,
but it was somewhat out of character if you would.
The fact that he ignited the face. I mean,
Paul Bearer's face was just in flames.
[JR] Paul Bearer's face was engulfed in flames,
completely engulfed.
But we have to point out as we did in the top of the program,
it was Mankind who brought that… that burning material substance
into the ring that, obviously,
-Mankind wanted… -[Lawler] No, no, what he was going--
-no, don't make allegations. -[JR] Well, what was he gonna do, King,
-have a weenie roast? -[Lawler] We don't know, we don't know.
[Vince] Well, right now, uh,
-Jesse James is-- -Argh!
[Vince] …experiencing, uh, quite a bit of, uh, difficulty with Rockabilly.
And it seems like Rockabilly is a little more cautious tonight
than he was last night.
[JR] Well, certainly, Rockabilly wants to be a part of Raw is War
one week from tonight in Omaha, Nebraska.
I know all of those Cornhusker fans will be with us, uh,
next Monday night in the Civic Auditorium.
Get your tickets early for that one.
We expect a huge record-setting crowd in Omaha
one week from tonight, when Raw is War.
[Lawler] Omaha, is that the heartland of America?
-[JR] Absolutely. -[Lawler] Do you know why
-they call it it the heartland? -[JR] Why?
-[Lawler] Because the brain isn't there. -[Vince] Oh, stop it.
We're told, ladies and gentlemen, we're gonna try to move our cameras
-over to the other side of the building. -[Lawler] Huh?
[Vince] Where, apparently, on the other side of the building,
Stone Cold is…
-[Lawler] running, hiding. -…No, I'm not sure what he's doing.
-Nonetheless, apparently Monsoon-- -[Lawler] He better be hiding.
…Stone Cold is… is back in the building.
-And, uh, we're gonna try and, and… -[Lawler] Monsoon…
get a camera over there and get a report of… What?
[Lawler] Monsoon needs to get some guts.
He needs to step up to the plate right now.
You know, if I was running this organization, I'd fire him.
I'd fire "Stone Cold" Steve Austin tonight.
There was no… absolutely no justification
for the stunt he pulled. No way.
[Vince] Well, I mean, all of a sudden, you're a… you're a friend of Bret Hart?
-Give me a break. -[JR] I know what it's like to be fired.
It's not no big… It's not a very nice thing, but be that as it may,
Stone Cold should walk a little closer line,
because Stone Cold has got a golden opportunity on May the 11th
of becoming WWE Champion.
He doesn't wanna blow it and be… and get suspended.
[Lawler] Now, let me tell you this, McMahon, I don't have a thing
against the new Bret Hart,
the Bret Hart that has finally seen the light,
the Bret Hart that finally knows these… these, uh,
lowlife fans for what they really are.
-[Vince] What a hypocrite you are. -[Lawler] Me?
-[Vince] Yeah. -[Lawler] What do you mean?
[Vince] A cover here! And, uh, can't quite put him away.
I mean, you… After all of those things you have said
about Bret Hart and his family…
[Lawler] Hey, look, I never said anything that wasn't true.
So I said his parents are a little old. Hey, they are.
-Just because… -[Vince] A little old? That's not…
…Stu was of course made on the Noah's Ark and Helen knew Big Bird
when he was Tweety. Hey, Bret knows they're old. It's no big deal.
Now, I'm telling you, Bret Hart has seen the light
and I like his style.
[Vince] And a little showboating here as well. Oh-ho! Yeah.
[JR] Well, I'll tell you, Bret Hart was on The Simpsons yesterday.
-That may be his new career. -[Lawler] Huh?
-[Vince] Oh! -[Lawler cackling]
[crowd chatter]
[Vince] Right in the forehead, maybe down in the bridge of the nose.
And Honky Tonk Man now, likes what he sees.
Honky Tonk Man, no question about his credentials
in the World Wrestling Entertainment. And he really sees something here
in Billy Gunn, in the individual style.
Billy Gunn has already proven himself in tag-team action,
but, uh… Well, Rockabilly, we should say.
-But nonetheless-- -[Lawler] Look, look, look, look, look.
[Vince] …he's yet to prove it himself in individual completion, but…
Oh! Swinging neck breaker.
-Honky Tonk, a man who… -[JR] That's the move Honky Tonk…
you know, he's used that. That could be all.
-[Vince] It is! -[bell dinging]
[Lawler] that was it! The new shake, rattle, and roll.
-[Finkel] Here is your winner, Rockabilly! -[upbeat music playing]
[JR] Well, uh, after Jesse James humiliated
The Honky Tonk Man several weeks ago,
finally perhaps, The Honky Tonk Man has got a little taste of revenge.
[Vince] Honky Tonk Man, certainly likes the results a little bit better tonight
than he did last night.
[Lawler] Uh-oh, watch out for the backbiter!
[Vince] Oh!
[Lawler] I thought this match was over!
[Vince] I know. It looks like it's only begun.
-Look out. Oh! -[JR] Good lord!
[Vince] Oh! Oh! Come on! Oh, God! Look what he's doing!
[Lawler] Another heirloom!
[Vince] Oh, my! What else is gonna happen tonight?
Oh, and Honky Tonk Man is going ballistic!
He got that victory! What… What else does he want?
[Lawler] He struck the right chord in.
[crowd cheering, booing]
[crowd booing]
[JR] Boy, that's number one with a bullet.
[JR] A chart buster, a head buster, all in one.
You got no business there.
I'll stick my nose in anybody's business, pal, whether you like it or not.
I'm not coming to help you. I'm coming to hurt them.
-Do not flatter yourself, Austin! -Don't touch me.
-I'll touch anybody I want. -Now, you watch…
-Guys, just knock it off! -What?
Austin, you're this close to losing your license.
He's about this close to losing his…
-Don't try to touch me! -Look, I got no problem with you…
-[both arguing indistinctly] -Just calm down!
[arguing continues]
-Calm down! -What do you mean? He's getting on me!
-Take it easy! -Oh, shut up!
-Just calm down! -[Shawn] Go to hell!
I'll talk to this maniac.
Calm down!
And we welcome you back, ladies and gentlemen. Yet to come tonight,
The Undertaker in action one-on-one with Hunter Hearst-Helmsley.
We understand Mankind, uh, is in the building.
As a matter of fact, we understand he's standing by,
but what was the meaning of what we saw a few moments ago?
Austin in an argument with Shawn Michaels who helped him earlier?
Well, I think what Shawn… First of all,
Steve Austin doesn't want anybody to help him.
Steve Austin has no any allies and wants none.
And I think Steve Austin, quite frankly, was very offended
that Shawn Michaels came to help Steve Austin.
-What? -Steve Austin is an idiot then.
Well, I'm just explaining what I think, King.
I'm not saying he's an idiot or not, that's my take on it.
-Well, uh… certainly, uh… -[unsettling music playing]
Austin doesn't want to owe anybody anything.
-Uh-oh. -[Mankind] His flesh…
Uh, Mankind.
Mankind, can you hear me, Mankind?
[Mankind] His flesh… was hanging
from his handsome face.
[somber music playing]
Held there by his very own hands.
As we made our way to the sanctuary,
I could smell the stench
of burning skin.
And when he pulled his hands away,
his face melted!
But not one whimper was heard from Uncle Paul,
not then, or later on at the burn unit.
When the scraping procedure began,
he never cried.
He was so brave.
[yelling] But now, thanks to The Undertaker,
he's disfigured like me!
Get well soon, Uncle Paul,
I miss you.
["Rest In Peace" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] Comments from Mankind,
somewhere down in the bowels of the building.
But now, ladies and gentlemen, well, who knows what's gonna happen
-on Raw is War. -[crowd cheering]
We're about to experience the presence
of the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion,
The Phenom, known as The Undertaker!
["Rest In Peace" continues playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] He's the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion,
He is The Undertaker, scarred, battered, bruised and all.
But last night, last night, ladies and gentlemen,
we witnessed an incredible act of retribution,
an act of revenge like we've never seen before here.
The Undertaker taking that flammable material
that Mankind brought into the ring.
Look what he did!
-[JR] And we could smell the stench… -[Vince] Ah!
…of burning flesh at ringside.
Paul Bearer's entire face, engulfed in flames.
["Rest In Peace" continues]
[Vince] The Undertaker versus Hunter Hearst-Helmsley
right here, ladies and gentlemen, tonight.
And notwithstanding that, immediately after Raw is War,
La Femme Nikita, an all-new episode.
And La Femme, well, she's gonna have problems, no doubt about that.
Yes, The Undertaker is gonna have his problems
with Hunter Hearst-Helmsley as well.
We're back, ladies and gentlemen.
The Undertaker, anxiously awaiting the presence of Hunter Hearst-Helmsley.
[crowd cheering]
-["Blue Blood" playing] -[Vince] And wait no longer.
[bell dings]
[Finkel] Ladies and gentlemen, coming down the aisle,
accompanied by Chyna,
from Greenwich, Connecticut,
weighing 246 pounds,
Hunter Hearst-Helmsley!
[Vince] Hunter Hearst-Helmsley, along with Chyna.
And she is almost as muscular, maybe even more so,
and certainly almost as large as Mr. Helmsley. And he's a big man, JR.
[JR] He certainly is. Helmsley is a great athlete,
former Intercontinental Champion. But I think the real story here…
And I don't know. Maybe it's just my imagination,
but I'm seeing something different in the eyes of The Undertaker.
You got to wonder how well he rested last night.
You know, there's one thing to settle issues in wrestling,
but… Uh-oh. The Undertaker spent six years
-with Paul Bearer. -[Lawler] Look out, look out!
[Vince] Watch out now! Undertaker…
-[bell dings] -[Vince] …will wait no longer.
Undertaker, the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion.
[JR] And Chyna backing away from The Undertaker,
-but who wouldn't? -[Vince] Yeah.
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] And she's not advancing at all.
Oh, yeah, she's advancing right now when it's safe.
He's back in the ring.
-Undertaker, in a real foul attitude. -[JR] Vile.
[Vince] Yeah, vile is right.
And you question again whether or not The Undertaker slept last night, JR.
[JR] Well, you got…You know, six night… Six years plus with Paul Bearer,
You settle wrestling issues, so you settle it.
But to burn a human being's face. I mean, I know it's…
[Vince] So, what you're saying is, The Undertaker…
really had it on his conscience?
[JR] I got to wonder if he's got… if he feels any remorse.
[Lawler] There's no remorse there.
Look, I got respect for the dead, all right? Matter of fact,
that's the only way I'd ever have respect for you guys, if you were dead.
But The Undertaker, what he did deserves no respect.
That deserves… that deserves no kind of, uh…
I mean you just can condone that.
And he has no remorse for it or he wouldn't have done it.
He knew what he was gonna do to Paul Bearer.
[Vince] You don't know… No, and…
As a matter of fact, I'll disagree with that.
It was… It was Mankind
who… who brought in that flammable material last night.
-[crowd cheering] -And, JR, as we said earlier,
he wasn't bringing it for a weenie roast.
[Lawler] You don't know what Paul Bearer had in mind.
[JR] What are you, King? Are you Sigmund Freud?
Are you Frasier Crane? What do you know
-about everybody's thinking? -[Lawler] Well, who are you? Nostradoofus?
[JR] Well, maybe. I don't walk around with a crown on my head all the time,
-you middle-aged… -[Vince] Don't worry about it.
And nonetheless, and you saw the effect, many of you did.
Those of you who joined us for In Your House last night, uh,
certainly saw the, uh, the effect of the burn
that… that Mankind put on The Undertaker about three weeks ago.
And that was not a pretty sight.
Underneath that bandage on the right side
of The Undertaker's forehead is a very ugly scar.
[JR] That may be there, and it probably will be there for a while.
-[Vince] Ooh! -[JR] Good move by Helmsley.
This is a non-title match-up, we should add.
And of course, if you just joined us,
The Undertaker is gonna meet "Stone Cold" Steve Austin--
-[Vince] Yeah. -[JR] …on May the 11th.
And that's gonna be a…
I don't know if you can get two tougher men in the world
in the ring at one time.
[Vince] I can't wait for that one.
Austin against The Undertaker, that's a…
a dream match come true for WWE fans.
[JR] It's gonna be an ugly night. What about Ken Shamrock and Vader?
-[Vince] Yeah. -[JR] if Vader ever gets out of Kuwait.
[Lawler] I can't believe Ken Shamrock, challenging Mike Tyson
why… Now, Vader's gonna knock Shamrock out.
[Vince] Oh!
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] An overzealous Hunter Hearst-Helmsley…
[Lawler high-pitched] Ah!
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] And normally, Mr. Helmsley…
Here's a cover, a count, and a kick-out.
Normally, Mr. Helmsley will rely somewhat on the presence
of that young lady on the outside.
[Lawler] Yeah. Take a look at her.
There may be a big announcement coming from, uh, from Chyna
and Hunter Hearst-Helmsley.
They may be doing, uh, the same thing Brooke Shields
and Andre Agassi did this past Saturday.
[Vince] No. I don't think there's any love interest whatsoever--
-[Lawler] Huh? -[Vince] …with Mr. Helmsley
-and Chyna. -[Lawler] You don't think so?
[Vince] No, Mr. Helmsley certainly loves himself. Oh!
And I don't think he loves anyone else.
And another cover and another kick-out.
Paul Bearer, his whereabouts as we speak,
unknown. And… Oh.
-[Lawler] Uh-oh! -[Vince] Look at the agility
of the 6'9", 300-plus pound WWE Champion.
-[crowd cheering] -[JR] He's an amazing athlete.
Of all the great WWE Champions in history,
I don't know that you can… No one has been more athletic.
[Lawler] Kick out, Hunter.
[JR] For a man… He's 6 feet 10.5 inches, 328 pounds,
and you think of the long list of great WWE Champions.
And, yes, there's been a lot of them,
but I don't know of any that could…
that can match this man's pure athleticism for his size.
-It's uncanny. -[Vince] Indeed.
He has, uh, put a number of souls in his vault, for sure, through the years.
And that bandage is starting to come off the forehead
of The Undertaker and…
-[Lawler] Let's see that gruesome face. -…getting tied
in the, uh, ropes there.
[Lawler] Let's see where he was disfigured.
[Vince] Helmsley to the outside.
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] Hunter Hearst-Helmsley…
[Lawler] Ooh, look at that, ooh!
[Vince] Yeah, we see it. A formidable competitor,
former Intercontinental Champion.
And, uh, Mr. Helmsley…
-[clunking] -[Lawler] Oh!
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] Mr. Helmsley is having his problems as anyone would
because The Undertaker comes to fight.
He comes to… to bring it to you.
He… No… No backpedaling for The Undertaker.
[JR] Well, Helmsley is a great finesse wrestler, so technically sound.
We've seen great match-ups with Helmsley and Goldust,
which is another very personal rivalry.
-[Vince] Yeah, I'll say. -[JR] But The Undertaker is a brawler.
He mashes you, he mauls you.
But then he… he surprises you and overwhelms you
with agility and athleticism as well.
[Vince] And you just wonder, although Mankind has had a great deal
of success with Undertaker,
he's the only one… Although Vader has had some,
but, uh… Ooh, look at… Oh, wow, come on.
Helmsley right away going for the… for that scar tissue.
[Lawler] Sure. That's like a bull's-eye, painted on his head right there.
[JR] I've just been informed that Mankind…
-[Vince] Oh, wait just a minute. -[JR] Well, that's not too smart by him.
Mankind has… Now, cannot be found. So, he… he's in the building,
but now we've lost track of him.
Where is Steve Austin?
-What's going… -[Lawler] Who cares?
-He should be in jail. -[Vince] Well, hopefully,
Mr. Austin is outside the building cooling off again,
-although he is scheduled to join us. -[Lawler] Oh, look, look! Don't rub that!
-Ooh, wee! -[groaning]
[Lawler] Wow!
What do you think of that, Jim Ross, huh? What's that gonna feel like?
[JR] Well, I'm sure it's gonna…
-feel like sandpaper on an open wound. -[Lawler cackles]
[JR] Helmsley now, opening up on The Undertaker.
We got… We got Mankind on the loose.
Where is he? We don't know where Austin is.
The British Bulldog and Owen hart are looking for Austin.
[Vince] And I would suggest they're gonna find him.
Here's a cover here and…
Even hooking the leg didn't help Mr. Helmsley.
The other thing about The Undertaker is his extraordinary power.
I mean, the sheer power,
the ligament strength of The Undertaker is not to be believed.
[JR] Well, he's got great leverage at six-ten and a half,
when you're talking about tendon strength.
He certainly possesses that.
[Lawler] There's some tendon strength
-for you. -[Vince] boy, I'll say.
[JR] Cyborg girl.
-[Lawler] Hey. I'm writing that down. -[JR] Go ahead.
[Vince] Ooh! Helmsley, look! Oh!
-[Lawler exclaims] -[JR] Oh, my God! That's what I'm saying!
[crowd cheering loudly]
[JR] You saw Undertaker's overwhelming flexibility.
And look, Chyna looks a little bit, uh, concerned,
-and she should be. -[Vince] Yeah, I'll say.
[Lawler] It's not often your man's in there with a dead man.
Oh!
[Vince] The Undertaker,
who certainly, under normal circumstances, does not feel as much pain…
Oh-ho! As most WWE Superstars, to say the least.
But he certainly has felt the effects of that fire in his face.
-[Lawler] Oh! -[Vince] Courtesy of Mankind.
[crowd cheers]
[Vince] And still feeling it, I might add.
And a cover here by The Undertaker.
-[Lawler] Whoa, almost. -[Vince] Uh-uh. That was close.
[JR] It would be very easy for Helmsley just to stay down,
but that shows the competitive spirit of a great athlete
like Hunter Hearst-Helmsley.
[Vince] Yeah. And let's face it. Yet Helmsley is, uh, just…
Well, he doesn't even have to be victorious. Let's face it,
if Helmsley makes a good accounting of himself tonight
on Raw is War, that could move him up in the rankings.
He might be in contention for the WWE Championship,
rather where Stone Cold is.
[Lawler] Well, I should be in, because i make a good accounting
of myself every week on Raw is War.
-[Vince] Well, that's debatable. -[JR] You're gonna be really popular
-next week in Omaha. -[Vince chuckling] Yeah, I'll say.
-[Lawler] Yeah. -[JR] They like kings in Omaha.
-[Vince] Yeah, they sure do. -[JR] That's Big 12 country,
-That's Cornhusker country. -[Lawler] Right.
[JR] And I know you don't like the Cornhuskers.
[Lawler] That's where they refer the hee-haw as a documentary.
[The Undertaker grunts]
[JR] You got to respect Nebraska.
[Vince] Hunter Hearst-Helmsley,
with The Undertaker. And The Undertaker to the outside.
[crowd rallying]
[Lawler] Here we go.
-Look at this. -[hollow clunk]
[Lawler] Ooh!
[JR] Deep in the heart of the war zone, The Undertaker tastes some steel there.
And dead or not, hard or not, that's gonna hurt.
I'm very impressed with Hunter Hearst-Helmsley.
but you got to take into consideration as well,
-[crowd booing] -[JR] The damaged face of The Undertaker
is one issue,
but how sore do you think this man is?
How ravaged is his body from head to toe?
[Lawler] Look at Hunter's hair.
[crowd rallying]
[Vince] Hunter Hearst-Helmsley, peering down on The Undertaker.
-Oh. -[Lawler] Ooh!
[Vince] And Undertaker, with all kind of things hanging off of him,
-bandages, tapes, everything. -[Lawler] Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
[JR] Undertaker heading to St. Louis, Missouri, this Friday night.
-[Vince] Undertaker in St. Louis? -[JR] Yeah, man.
That's going to be something special.
-[Lawler] Cemetery? -[JR] No. Kiel Arena.
The Kiel Center.
[Vince] Undertaker and Hunter Hearst-Helmsley,
having a go tonight on Raw is War.
[Lawler] Look at that place on The Undertaker's head,
looks like Gorbachev. Ugh.
[JR] And by the way, I'd like to say, if I may,
a "hello" to Harley Race in Kansas City, a former great WWE Star.
-[Vince] I'll say. -[JR] He's, uh, he's feeling a lot better
since his car accident. But of course, Harley will be with us
on sharing the crowd on… on Saturday night in Kansas City.
[Vince] Kansas City, always great WWE country,
old state of Missouri. Look out!
[crowd rallying]
[Vince] A little more leverage here with Helmsley.
-[crowd chatter] -[indistinct conversation]
[Vince] Oh, no, no. A little smoking material going on.
[man in crowd] NWO, baby!
-[Lawler] Somebody's, uh… -[Vince] Hey, is that… Wait a minute.
That's Dustin and Terri… I mean, Marlena.
I've met Marlena.
We're back, ladies and gentlemen, back with more Raw is War.
And The Undertaker is taking a tremendous pummeling here
from Hunter Hearst-Helmsley.
Undertaker has been battered and bruised for so long.
I mean you wonder just how much can one man take.
[JR] Well, The Undertaker battered and bruised.
If Mankind would have had his way last night,
he would've also been deep-fried.
-[Vince] Yeah. -[JR] The thing about it, is how resilient
can any human being be
after that war last night with Mankind?
And Helmsley is trying to take advantage of it in this non-title match-up.
[Lawler] Well, you said it yourself, if Helmsley makes
a good accounting of himself, he'd get a title shot and he's doing it.
-Uh-oh. -[crowd cheers]
[Vince] And Mankind is here in the building, we know that.
He might be watching this match, who knows.
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin is expected… Oh, yeah.
Austin expected to join us later on as well,
for a live interview concerning his championship match
with The Undertaker, upcoming in May in Richmond.
And, uh, if Bulldog and Owen haven't found Stone Cold
by then, I don't think it'll be difficult to find him in the ring
if, in fact, they really want some of him.
[JR] Well, I think that they do,
-there's no doubt… -[crowd cheering]
[Lawler high-pitched] Ah!
-[JR] Uh-oh. -[Lawler] Oh, no!
[crowd cheering loudly]
[JR] That's the difference-maker right there,
that high threshold of pain.
-[loud cheering] -[grunting]
[JR] Huge, huge rights.
[Vince] And then again, Bulldog and Owen…
Bulldog and Owen may have left the facility
to go check out Bret Hart in the hospital.
[Lawler] The only way they left is if they're chasing Stone Cold out of here.
-[Vince] I don't know. -[JR] As far as we know,
Stone Cold may have went to the hospital.
-[Lawler] Huh? -[Vince] Oh, no.
[JR] You don't think so?
[Vince] Wait a minute! What's that? What's that?
Look, look! Look up there!
Oh, my god! He's got a blowtorch!
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] Mankind… Mankind has a blowtorch!
Mankind is gonna burn The Undertaker down to the ground!
[Lawler] I told you! I told you this was gonna happen!
[Vince] Oh, somebody's got to stop this.
Now. This is getting way out of hand.
[man in crowd] Don't burn yourself!
[Lawler] Look at this, The Undertaker is afraid. He's scared!
[JR] Where… Where the hell is Vince going?
[Lawler] Where are you going, McMahon?
[Mankind grunts]
-[bell dings] -[JR] Mankind just hit The Undertaker
with that… that, uh, acetylene bottle.
That's, uh… That's iron.
-[Lawler] Oh! -[JR] Oh, right in the face.
Directly in the face. That's three times.
[Lawler] Look, McMahon, look at this!
[crowd chanting]
[bell dinging]
[JR] The Undertaker is… He's just about helpless.
[Vince] Mankind, with that blowtorch.
[JR] Oh, my God, oh.
-[Vince] This is it. -[JR] No. No.
-[bell dinging] -[Lawler] The only one who is
gonna rest in peace now is The Undertaker.
[crowd chattering]
[Vince] No. No, don't watch this.
-[JR] He's is trying to… -[Mankind] Come on! Come on!
-Come on! -[JR] He's trying to ignite it.
Mankind's trying to ignite the blowtorch…
[Lawler] Put it closer!
[JR] …and stick it right in The Undertaker's face!
[Vince] He's trying to start the…
He's gonna start it! Oh, no!
-[crowd cheering] -[Vince] He's got… Undertaker,
-Undertaker with Mankind! -[bell dinging]
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] Mankind trying to disfigure The Undertaker!
Mankind going to the crowd!
Undertaker is going right after him!
Mankind tries to leave the place! Look at… Look what he… look!
-[crowd exclaiming] -[crowd chattering]
[JR] The Undertaker, another Street Fight!
[Vince] Undertaker wearing out Mankind.
Can you believe what we just saw?
[crowd chattering]
Unbelievable.
[crowd murmuring]
-[crowd cheering] -[Lawler] Look at this! Look at this!
[JR] Marlena!
-[crowd cheering loudly] -[crowd screaming]
[Vince] Oh, my… That's Goldust. I mean…
[cheering continues]
[JR] Call him whatever you want!
He's whipping the hell out of Helmsley!
[Lawler high-pitched] Look at this! Look!
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] Oh, no!
They're trying to get some control! What else is gonna happen?
Stone Cold is up next! Hold on!
[crowd chattering]
[JR] And we're back, ladies and gentlemen, live,
here in the sold-out Broome County Arena in Binghamton, New York.
-["I Won't Do What You Tell Me" playing] -[Lawler] What a night this has been.
[JR] And here comes Stone Cold.
Where are Bret Hart-- Well, we know where Bret is.
He's in the hospital.
[Lawler] I can't believe that "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
is stupid enough to come out here and show himself after…
He knows, he's got to know that Owen Hart and the British Bulldog
are looking for him.
[JR] Austin's got to be a little nuts.
He ain't no role model.
He's, uh, one tough SOB.
If that's what you like, so be it.
[Lawler] He ought to be in jail.
[JR] I'm sure there are a lot of Bret Hart… fans out there
that purely despise Steve Austin,
who will meet The Undertaker on May the 11th.
And that's what we're supposed to talk about here.
[Vince] This has been a pretty eventful…
pretty eventful 24 hours for you.
Last night, you beat Bret Hart at his own game.
After that, you were named the number-one contender
for the World Wrestling Entertainment Championship.
You'll face The Undertaker
in May for the title.
You sent Bret Hart to the hospital.
I guess you feel pretty good about yourself right about now, don't you?
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] Listen to these idiots.
I told the world that I would send Bret Hart
straight back to Canada, and that's exactly what I did.
[crowd cheering]
The thing that gets me is,
I don't see why everybody is so happy,
because none of you helped me do a damn thing. I did it by myself!
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler laughs]
You wave all your little signs,
"Austin 3:16," "Stone Cold said so," whatever.
And you with your little dimple chin…
-[Lawler] Ha! -…gets on national television,
and starts running compliments of the Yin-Yang,
because all of a sudden, you want to jump on the Stone Cold bandwagon
more than anybody in the world.
Tell me I'm wrong.
[Lawler] You're right. McMahon is a hypocrite.
-I'm not gonna tell you you're wrong. -Because you can't.
And I will knock your ass out
-right here in front of the world. -[Lawler cackles]
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] Good, knock him out. I'll like you again.
[Stone Cold] As far as I'm concerned,
Bret "The Hitman" Hart is through and finished
in the World Wrestling Entertainment, in the world. Period.
[crowd cheering]
-[Lawler] Don't bet on it. -It's one down and two to go,
Bulldog and Owen… Hell, Owen Hart have hell to pay.
[Vince] Oh, if i can just interject here.
-Interject? -It just seems to me
that you're gonna have hell to pay when you face The Undertaker.
[crowd cheering]
The Undertaker is gonna have
the coldest day in hell
he could ever imagine in Virginia or wherever the hell it is.
[JR] Richmond, May 11th.
Say what you want, because I really don't give a damn.
You show up with all your little tombstones
and all of your little creatures of the night.
But the most important thing I want you to do,
is bring your little golden belt and shine it up,
because you will hand it over to Steve Austin!
-[crowd cheering] -[crowd booing]
[Stone Cold] Silence!
[all yelling indistinctly]
I am the ruler of the world.
[crowd cheers and boos]
[Lawler] Uh-oh.
You asked,
because you have to ask
what's gonna happen with Stone Cold
as the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion.
If you think for one split second, son,
that I'm gonna be a good role model,
you got another thing coming.
[cheering]
[Stone Cold] That's all I got to say.
-That's the bottom-- -[JR] Oh, wait a minute.
-[Lawler] There you go. -[JR] Owen and Bulldog.
[Lawler] What did I tell you?
[JR] My God, where did they come from?
Owen and Bulldog attacking Austin.
Owen and Bulldog, and they're like rabid animals.
-[Lawler] Yes! -[JR] They're looking for revenge
for Bret Hart, who's at the hospital.
Good God almighty.
[Owen yelling indistinctly]
[Lawler] Pound him! Pound him down!
Hospitalize him.
-[JR] Vince McMahon. -[Lawler high-pitched] Look at McMahon!
Look at McMahon!
[JR] Come on! We'll get some officials down here.
-Get the security… Oh! Oh… -[crowd cheering]
-[JR] Vince better get out of there. -Yeah.
[crowd cheering and exclaiming]
[JR] The Hart Foundation,
the Tag Champions.
-[crowd screaming and cheering] -[JR] Wait a minute.
There's Shawn Michaels
with a chair!
-[crowd cheering] -[crowd screaming hysterically]
[JR] Shawn Michaels with that steel chair for the second time tonight!
Coming to help Steve Austin.
[Lawler] Get him out of here!
[JR] Good lord almighty.
Austin is left lying in a heap!
[crowd chattering]
[Lawler] And McMahon…
McMahon got knocked on his rear end too.
Get some help for him.
-[JR] Austin… -Get some help for him!
[Vince] Get some help for him.
[crowd chanting] Austin! Austin!
[JR] Austin, assaulted by the tag champions.
[crowd chanting] Austin! Austin…
[JR] And we're… We may need another ambulance.
[Lawler] I hope so.
Wouldn't it be great?
Wouldn't it be great if all of a sudden,
Steve Austin was wheeled into the same emergency room
that Bret "The Hitman" Hart is in, huh?
They would go to war once again right there.
[JR] It has been a shocking night
here on Raw is War.
And Steve Austin, pulling himself back up.
Steve Austin…
[Lawler] Yeah. You got him, didn't you, McMahon, huh?
-[crowd chanting indistinctly] -[crowd chatter]
[Vince] Well, Shawn Michaels with that chair,
running the Tag Champions.
[Lawler] Where he had no business being…
Steve Austin had already told Shawn Michaels
to stay out of his business, but Shawn Michaels came in anyway.
Who's he trying to save? You, McMahon?
-[Vince] Well, I appreciate it. -[Lawler] Yeah.
[Vince] I haven't thought we had seen a…
-[Lawler] no, did you… -[Vince] Well, we've seen enough tonight.
[Lawler] Yeah. Well, did you think you've seen the last of Owen Hart
and the Bull… British Bulldog?
Do you think that Owen Hart is gonna let what happened to his brother…
-Look at this! -[Vince] Wait a minute. Wait a minute!
-[JR] That's Brian Pillman. -[Lawler] What in the world?
[JR] Brian…
-That's… -[Vince] Oh, no!
[Vince] Don't… Brian… That's Brian Pillman.
Oh, my God.
[JR] Brian Pillman is like a madman.
Brian Pillman was hospitalized at the hands of Stone Cold.
And now, Pillman has gone absolutely rabid. He's a maniac.
[Lawler] "Stone Cold" Steve Austin is finding out
that paybacks are hell, isn't he? Huh?
What about it, Stone Cold?
-[Vince] Oh, no. Pillman. -[Lawler] Look at this!
[Vince] Pillman grabbed a chair.
-[JR] My God, not another chair. -[Vince] Pillman is an absolute madman.
I think Pillman is certifiable.
-Oh, no! -[JR] Oh, God!
-It sounds like a gun going off. -[Lawler] He'll kill him.
You better get back in there, McMahon. He'll kill him.
[Vince] Well, I'm not about to get in there.
Brian Pillman has that… has that chair.
And look what he's doing.
Pillman. Oh, no. What…
What else can happen to Stone Cold?
And… And Pillman chasing the officials out of the ring.
Pillman…
Pillman wants him, and he wants him all by himself.
-[Lawler] Look at this. -[Vince] Brian Pillman…
[JR] Pillman's gonna break Austin's ankle.
[Vince] And he's going to try destroy him.
[JR] There's no doubt what's on his mind.
-[Vince] Here he goes. Oh, no. -[Lawler] Yes!
[Vince] The same thing happened to Pillman.
Pillman's gonna extract his revenge tonight.
-[crowd cheering] -[JR] Wait a minute! Wait!
It's Shawn Michaels!
[Vince] Shawn Michaels Back in the ring!
Michaels has that chair!
[Lawler] It's not over.