[dramatic music playing]
[Vince McMahon] Shawn, you're fire… You're fired.
[Michael Cole] Oh! Sweet Chin Music! Whoo!
Shawn with Sweet Chin Music to Mr. McMahon!
[narrator] With one swift kick, Shawn Michaels illustrious career
in the WWE may have come to an end.
Shawn's storybook career began over ten years ago,
when a bright-eyed, young kid captured our hearts
with his undeniable charisma.
We watched Shawn Michaels grow up and transform into the Heartbreak Kid.
A brash and cocky manifestation of his own personality.
It was the Heartbreak Kid's flamboyance
that made him the most popular
and at times, a most controversial WWE Superstar.
HBK's trademark showmanship,
coupled with unparalleled athleticism,
propelled Shawn Michaels to become
the most decorated competitor in WWE history.
[commentator] The boyhood dream has come true for Shawn Michaels.
[narrator] Shawn's relationship with WWE owner…
[McMahon] …get it off now.
Get that sentimental crap off the tight drop.
[crowd booing]
[Cole] Well, what a way to kick off Raw, King.
Mr. McMahon and The Corporation heading to the ring.
-[Jerry Lawler] Good. -[Cole] And last week on Raw,
Mr. McMahon fired Shawn Michaels as commissioner.
[Lawler] Right, he got his notice.
[Cole] And then Shawn delivered Sweet Chin Music to Mr. McMahon
in the center of the ring.
And an irate Mr. McMahon went on WWE.com immediately following Raw
and said if Shawn Michaels ever steps foot in a WWE arena again,
The Corporation will dismember HBK.
[Lawler] Yeah and then that idiot Shawn Michaels last night on heat
he vowed that he's gonna be here tonight.
Surely Shawn Michaels is not that stupid. He won't show up here tonight.
[Cole] Well, you've known HBK for a very long time,
he's always been a man of his word.
But that Sweet Chin Music, that super kick heard around the world,
has definitely severed a relationship.
A ten year relationship between Mr. McMahon and Shawn Michaels.
[Lawler] Listen.
It's no secret that Shawn Michaels has threatened
to show up here tonight on Raw.
[crowd cheering]
I would suggest, as a piece of advice, that none of you hold your breath.
Because if you do, you are likely to turn blue and pass out
due to oxygen deprivation.
Because Shawn Michaels will be a no-show here tonight.
[Lawler] Told you.
[crowd booing]
You see, Shawn Michaels has a lot of admirable qualities,
however, bravery is not among them.
-[Lawler laughs] -[Cole] I don't know about that.
And I hope indeed that you will find it in your hearts to forgive me
for firing Shawn Michaels as the commissioner.
Again, I did what I thought I had to do.
I had to make an example of Shawn Michaels
and damn it, I did.
[Lawler] That sign said Brisco Body Shop.
[crowd booing]
You see, no one
and I mean no one will ever again
disparage my son, Shane.
[crowd booing]
And indeed, anyone, and I mean anyone, who even remotely
had anything at all to do with the recent emotional scarring
of my son, Shane…
[Cole] Emotional scarring.
…will indeed pay.
[Lawler] Yes.
[McMahon] They will be derided, they will humiliated
and they will be punished by me.
[Lawler] Ooh!
[crowd booing]
So then, let that be a warning.
-Let that be a warning for-- -[Cole] Hey, wait a minute.
King, that's a live shot playing in the arena.
-HBK is here. Shawn Michaels is here. -[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] Shawn Michaels is in the arena?
He's coming out here.
That's backstage. It looks like he's headed out here, King.
Shawn Michaels is here.
He has not heeded the warning of Mr. McMahon.
Let…
[Lawler] It's gonna be a showdown.
If he comes out here, I want you to kick his butt.
I want you to dismember him.
-Want us to break his bones? Yeah! -If Shawn-- Break his bones.
["Sexy Boy" plays]
[Cole] It's him.
♪ I think I'm cute, I know I'm sexy ♪
[Cole] It's Shawn Michaels.
He vowed last night to show up and he is here tonight.
[Lawler] Well, he's going to walk into a trap.
I bet Mr. McMahon's gonna have all his associates.
They're gonna give Shawn Michaels something to remember him by.
Come on down, Shawn.
-If you've got the guts. -Vin Man.
Obviously, the sheriff is back in town.
-[crowd cheering] -[Cole] And that he is.
And this time Vinnie,
I brought the cavalry with me.
[crowd cheering]
-[Cole] Cavalry? -["Are You Ready?" playing]
[Lawler] Oh, no.
-[Cole] It's D-X. -[Lawler] What?
D-X with Shawn Michaels.
[Lawler] Wait a minute. I don't get it.
[Cole] It was Shawn Michaels and Triple H which formed this group.
Are they back together again?
King, are they back together again?
[Lawler] I don't know. I just don't get it.
[Cole] Mr. McMahon is livid.
Shawn has brought backup.
Now, Vince,
according to my overpriced lawyers,
my contract as WWE commissioner,
is ironclad.
-[Lawler] What? -[Shawn] In fact,
it was you, Vince McMahon, who said on national TV,
that this commissioner would answer to no one,
including Vince McMahon.
-[crowd cheering] -[Cole] He did say that, King.
-[Lawler] Oh, no. -[Cole] You heard it.
[Shawn] So, guess what, Vinnie?
You can't fire me.
In fact, the only way
that Shawn Michaels would be incapable of being the WWE Commissioner,
would be if I were to resign.
And Vince, there is no way in hell that is ever going to happen.
-[crowd cheering] -[Lawler] Oh, my gosh.
We got a lousy president, now we're stuck with a lousy commissioner.
[Shawn] So, you may safely assume
that you will be singing to the tune of Sweet Chin Music
-for a long, long time. -[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] I can't believe this.
So, now that I'm back in office, let's get to "bidness."
Vince, you yourself have said
that you can make dreams come true.
Well, Vin Man,
you've made mine come true.
So, now I'm gonna make your dreams come true.
B-roll the footage.
[Lawler] What's he talking about?
-[Cole] What's he doing? -[McMahon] Now then,
just to show you that this luck of the draw is on the up and up,
Shane, I wanna know what number I'll be entered at
and I just hope it's number two.
[Cole] That was the Royal Rumble drawing.
Now, Vince,
as you know,
I have say-so over all WWE competitors
with the exception of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
[crowd cheering]
-[Lawler] Well, wait just a minute now. -Well, Vinnie boy,
when you entered the 1999 Royal Rumble,
you yourself, became a WWE competitor.
-[crowd cheering] -[Cole] That's right.
-But what's he driving at here? -[Lawler] Wait a minute.
[Shawn] So, Vince,
it is I that has control over you.
-[crowd cheering] -[Cole] Uh-oh.
[Lawler] What?
Vince McMahon will not be entering the Royal Rumble
as the 30th competitor, as he picked.
No, no, no, no.
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin
will be the first man to enter the Royal Rumble.
[crowd cheering]
-[Cole] Uh-oh. -[Lawler] I don't like the sounds of this.
And the second man who will be entering the Royal Rumble
-will be Vince McMahon. -[Cole] Whoa!
[Lawler] No way!
[Cole] Mr. McMahon will enter the Royal Rumble number two.
[Lawler] Can he do this? Can he get away with this?
-[Cole] He can do what he wants. -So, as best I can tell,
that ought to give old "Stone Cold" all night
to open a can of whoop-ass on you.
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] No way.
[Cole] Oh, my.
Now, Vince,
before I leave,
I wanna leave you with just one small detail.
[Lawler] There's more?
Sometime this evening,
sometime within the next two hours,
the Heartbreak Kid is gonna leave this building
and go out and get you a surprise.
-[crowd cheering] -[Lawler] A what?
[Cole] Late Christmas present.
-[Lawler] He don't want a surprise. -[Shawn] And Vince,
I guarantee you
that this surprise is gonna drive you
-"Stone Cold" crazy. -[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Whoa!
-Oh, my God! -[Lawler] What?
[Cole] A "Stone Cold" surprise for Mr. McMahon.
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] No!
Now!
Hit our music!
["Are You Ready?" playing]
[Lawler] Oh, no. What else can happen tonight?
[Cole] Shawn Michaels is still commissioner.
Shawn is stuck with Mr. McMahon,
and apparently Shawn has D-Generation X to back him up.
[Lawler] I can't believe it.
This is bad Michael Cole, this is real bad.
[Cole] McMahon is number two in the Royal Rumble,
"Stone Cold" is number one.
[Lawler] McMahon is two, "Stone Cold" is one.
[Cole] Oh, boy.
I can't believe this, Michael Cole. This is not right.
This is an outrage.
Shawn Michaels is forcing Vince McMahon to be the number two entry
into the Royal Rumble.
And now he says that tonight he's gonna go out
and get Mr. McMahon a "Stone Cold" surprise.
[Cole] A "Stone Cold" surprise right here tonight on Raw.
Plus, the Hardcore Championship up for grabs.
The Road Dogg defends against Al Snow.
[Lawler] But don't worry, look.
Mr. McMahon has The Corporation unified.
He'll get even with Shawn Michaels somehow…
[Cole] We're back on Raw on what's already been a shocking night.
The World's most dangerous man, Ken Shamrock,
-the Intercontinental Champion, -[bell rings]
-[Cole] set for action. -[announcer] This non-title contest
is scheduled for one fall with a 20-minute time limit.
Making his way to the ring from Sacramento, California,
weighing in at 243 pounds.
He's one half of the tag team champions
and the World Wrestling Entertainment Intercontinental Champion,
the World's most dangerous man, Ken Shamrock.
[Cole] And King, in the past few weeks, Shamrock has been hounded by Billy Gunn.
BA Billy Gunn wants a shot at the Intercontinental Championship,
but Shamrock won't give it to him.
[Lawler laughs] Why would anybody in their right mind
want to be in the same ring with Ken Shamrock?
[Cole] Well, Billy Gunn defeated Ken Shamrock a few weeks ago
in a non-title match-up.
Billy Gunn believes he's the number one contender.
[Lawler] Well, I know one thing…
[announcer] And his opponent, from Annville, Pennsylvania,
weighing in at 246 pounds,
The Lethal Weapon, Steve Blackman.
[Lawler] Billy Gunn can want everything he wants,
but Ken Shamrock doesn't want to be in the same ring with a degenerate.
It's as simple as that.
[Cole] Shamrock will have his hands full in this one
against The Lethal Weapon, Steve Blackman, whose skill match up with Ken Shamrock.
But what a night it's already been on Raw, King.
Shawn Michaels is still commissioner, apparently.
And he says that Mr. McMahon's gonna get
-a "Stone Cold" surprise -[bell rings]
[Cole] before this night is through.
That's if Shawn doesn't get dismembered first.
-[Lawler] Ooh! -[Cole] Oh, my.
Shamrock with an elbow to Blackman.
Blackman with elbow to Shamrock.
Off the ropes now, Shamrock misses with a kick.
And what a kick to the mid-section by The Lethal Weapon.
[Lawler] Well, you know, you got it right about one thing there, Michael.
Shawn Michaels just might get dismembered
before he can get anything done to Mr. McMahon here.
Before he can deliver that "Stone Cold" surprise.
[Cole] But don't forget, Shawn Michaels apparently has backup.
-It looks like he's, uh… -[Lawler] Watch it.
[Cole] rejoined his ties with D-Generation X.
I guess D-X is letting bygones be bygones.
[Lawler] Oh, forgive and forget. I hate that kind of stuff.
[Cole] Shawn Michaels has done a lot to D-Generation X in recent weeks.
A D-X and Shawn Michaels corner tonight,
as Shamrock now, hammers away on Steve Blackman.
And Blackman with a right hand of his own.
[Lawler] I know what it is with Shawn Michaels.
He's looking at guys like Shamrock and The Rock,
and he heard Mr. McMahon tell these guys to dismember him.
So, Shawn Michaels figures there's safety in numbers.
I bet he went back there and he begged D-X.
-Don't you think that? -[Cole] Uh-oh. Wait a minute.
[Lawler] What's up with this?
[Cole] Well, look at this now. That's Dan Severn coming down the ramp.
Great powerslam by Ken Shamrock.
Here's the cover now, hooks the leg.
And Blackman gets the shoulder up.
[Lawler] I mean, you know, why does Dan Severn keep showing up here?
I thought this guy is injured?
[Cole] Well, last week on Raw,
we saw Dan Severn for the first time in two months.
He was watching Owen Hart's match.
You see the neck brace on Dan Severn.
Severn suffering a severe neck injury at the hands of Owen Hart,
not once, but twice.
And, of course, uh, Severn's had, uh, issues in the past with Mr. Shamrock.
[Lawler] Yeah, and if Dan Severn thinks Owen Hart did a number on him,
he don't wanna mess with Ken Shamrock, I can assure you.
[Cole] Their rivalry dating back to the, uh, UFC days,
between Shamrock and Severn.
Severn now, right out in front of us, neck brace and all.
And Shamrock now, in total control of The Lethal Weapon, Steve Blackman.
So, Shamrock with Severn outside.
Also, of course, been worried about Billy Gunn in recent weeks.
Billy Gunn claims he's the number one contender
to the Intercontinental Championship
and wants a shot at Shamrock.
Look out, Blackman rolls him up here. Here's two!
Shamrock kicks out. Almost a three count.
Oh, what a clothesline.
[Lawler] I don't even know if Ken Shamrock even realizes Dan Severn's out here yet.
He gets in that zone.
-I think he sees him. Sees him right now. -[Cole] Now he realizes it.
And folks, at home you couldn't see it,
but we have that good vantage point,
as Shamrock there, he just yelled to Shamrock,
or to Severn, I should say,
"What are you doing here?"
[Lawler] Yeah. That was one of those icy UFC stares, wasn't it?
[Cole] And here's Blackman now. Reversal.
Shamrock whipped into the corner, face first
with a dropkick from behind.
-[Lawler] Man. -[Cole] The Lethal Weapon so quick.
Martial arts expert.
Really giving Shamrock a run for his money here.
Across the top rope.
Blackman and Severn have been pals in the past as well.
Blackman now with Shamrock,
-back across the knee. -[Lawler] See, this is not good.
As soon as Ken Shamrock realized that Dan Severn was out there,
it threw him off his game mentally.
I mean, that's a distraction, big time.
[Cole] Shamrock, nice duck down that time,
Blackman missed with the kick.
-[Lawler] There you go. -[Cole] And belly-to-belly by Shamrock.
Great maneuver by the World's most dangerous corporate man.
And again he's yelling at Severn and Severn's up on the apron.
-[Lawler] In a neck brace? -[Cole] Oh, my!
Shamrock didn't care.
Wait a minute. King, look at this.
-From behind, it's Billy Gunn. -[Lawler] Watch it.
-Hey, ref! Look at this! -[Cole] Oh, my!
-Billy Gunn, Shamrock face-first. -[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] Ref, turn around. No way!
-[Cole] The referee missed it. -[Lawler] No way!
[referee] …two, three.
-[Cole] It's over. Blackman wins. -[bell rings]
[Cole] Give the assist to Billy Gunn.
[announcer] Here's your winner, The Lethal Weapon, Steve Blackman.
[Cole] Lightning like quickness of Billy Gunn.
[Lawler] Come on, ref, did you not see Billy Gunn in here?
[Cole] So, the distraction of Severn
combined with Billy Gunn, helped Blackman with the victory.
There goes Shamrock, obviously, going after,
uh, the number one contender, Billy Gunn.
[Lawler] Boy, that doesn't bode well for The Corporation here tonight.
[Cole] Well, King, I tell you The Corporation is on the latest edition
of Southwest Airlines Spirit magazine.
The Rock and Mr. McMahon on the cover.
[Lawler] Boy, if you thought the Rolling Stone was something,
this cover story in Southwest magazine proves
that The Corporation is red hot.
Did you see the ring leader there? He looks great.
[narrator] And now, the WWE Rewind, brought to you by 10-10-220.
Dial it and talk up to 20 minutes for only 99 cents.
[Cole] Severn's on the apron, Shamrock distracted.
[Lawler] Look out, it's Billy Gunn from behind.
[Cole] Billy Gunn!
[Lawler] He's in the ring. Ref, turn around.
[Cole] Lightning like quickness of Billy Gunn.
And Steve Blackman is gonna pick up the victory over Ken Shamrock.
[Lawler] I cannot believe it. Billy Gunn did it.
[narrator] That was the WWE Rewind, brought to you by 10-10-220.
Dial it and talk up to 20 minutes for only 99 cents.
[Cole] My, God! King, Billy Gunn, Shamrock, going at it in the locker room.
[both grunting]
Shamrock and Billy Gunn, hammering away at each other.
[Lawler] Well, I don't think Sham-- Oh!
[Cole] Billy Gunn has been stalking Ken Shamrock for weeks.
He wants a shot at the Intercontinental Championship.
[Lawler] Well, he just came out here to get Shamrock for his match
and then Shamrock is taking it to him.
Go ahead, Ken, get him.
Teach him a lesson.
[Cole] Referees and officials trying to pull Ken Shamrock
away from BA Billy Gunn.
[Lawler] Yeah, let him go. Here you go.
[Cole] This is all about Billy Gunn wanting the title shot.
Shamrock not giving it to him.
[Lawler] Let me ask you something.
Who died and made Billy Gunn the number one contender
of the Intercontinental title?
[Cole] Wait a minute. What the hell is Mankind doing here?
[Lawler] What?
[Cole] He's not scheduled for a match-up.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Well, King, let's go back to two weeks ago on Raw.
-Shane McMahon challenged Mankind. -[Lawler shrieks]
[Cole] Mankind just manhandled Shane
and then he gave Mr. Socko to Pat Patterson.
And Mr. McMahon has not forgotten that attack on his son, Shane.
Hey, I gotta tell you, it's been a crazy couple of weeks.
And I think I've learned a little bit about myself.
I've done a couple of things for the first time.
[panting]
Maybe you saw it on Raw, but, I swear it was the first time
uh, that I grabbed a man's testicles in my life.
-[panting] -[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] What?
[Mankind] And Patterson, I gotta tell you,
in a rugged, manly type of way,
I kind of enjoyed it.
-[Lawler] Come on. This guy's an idiot. -[Cole chuckles]
Poor Pat Patterson.
It was also the first time
that Mick Foley has ever used the words,
"Suck it" without a "Please" in front of them.
[crowd laughs]
Hey, and I just found out…
You like that, huh?
-[Lawler] No, I don't like that. -I just found out,
that I've got a new hobby that I like best of all and it's called,
kicking the McMahon family's asses.
[crowd cheering]
-[Cole] Oh-ho. -[Lawler] What?
How dare him?
[Cole] He's done it for a couple of straight weeks.
[Mankind] So, Vince McMahon,
although you hate my guts
and I hate every single inch of you,
I guess I've got a little favor to ask.
You see…
I would like a shot at The Rock's title
at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view.
-[crowd cheering] -[Mankind panting]
-[Cole] Oh. -[Lawler] Oh. He wants a favor now, huh?
And I think I deserve it.
Not because I made your son, Shane, cry and whimper
like a two-year old with a poop in his pants,
-[Lawler] Oh, you're gonna get it. -[crowd cheering]
[Mankind] Not because I bounced your head off those beer kegs
like Ricky Ricardo playing Babalu on the bongos.
[Lawler] The guy is a comedian.
[Mankind panting]
But because I see all these signs out here that say,
"Foley is God!"
[crowd cheering]
But I think they got one letter wrong.
You see, Foley is not God,
but he is pretty damn good.
And I beat The Rock. I shoved a sock down his throat.
And I deserve this shot at the Royal Rumble.
[Cole] King, he did beat The Rock at Rock Bottom
only to have it ripped away from him.
So, what I humbly am asking you right now is to get your… [panting]
Can I say ass on television?
-[Lawler] No. -[crowd cheering]
Get your ass out here now, Dad!
[Lawler] He said it.
[Cole] Mankind demanding Mr. McMahon come out.
[crowd cheering]
[Mankind] I'm waiting for you, Mr. McMahon.
[Cole] He's asked Mr. McMahon for a favor.
[Lawler] Yeah, and he even called him "Dad."
[Mankind chuckles softly]
[Lawler] A shoutout to-- Uh-oh.
[Cole] And there he is.
The owner of the World Wrestling Entertainment.
Will he grant Mankind his favor?
[crowd booing]
Least anybody think, uh, I'm gonna be surprised,
I won't be. The Corporate team is right behind me.
-[Cole] Of course. -As far as you go, Mankind,
you're nothing but a disillusioned,
decrepit, disfigured monster.
[Lawler] Right.
[McMahon] You asking to be
the number one contender for the World Wrestling Entertainment title
simply stains that sacred honor.
Your name connected with the WWE title
stains indeed, World Wrestling Entertainment itself.
You see,
you've had your opportunities in the past.
And quite frankly, you blew it.
You didn't listen to me.
Had you listened to me, you may be the WWE champion now.
But no, you had to do what you always did,
you listened to them.
[crowd cheering]
[McMahon] What is it with you?
All the cheap motel rooms, all the bad food you eat.
All the sacrifices you put your physique through.
And for what?
Just for roar of them.
-[crowd cheering] -[Lawler] Yeah.
[Cole] They love him.
God, how pathetic.
-How pathetic. -I like their roar. [chuckles softly]
[crowd cheering]
You see, you crossed over the line.
Because, in essence, what you did was,
you stained, you soiled the good McMahon name
when you put your filthy, slimy hands on my son, Shane.
[crowd cheering]
[McMahon] And you've got the guts
to ask me to be the number one contender against The Rock
for the Royal Rumble?
I'm amazed.
Let me say this. You know and everyone in this building knows,
you don't deserve the right to be the number one contender.
-[Lawler] That's true. -[Cole] No, it isn't.
[crowd booing]
[McMahon] You haven't paid your dues, Mankind,
Mick Foley, Cactus Jack, Dude Love.
Whatever the hell your name is, if you even know,
you haven't paid your dues.
-[Cole] That's not true. -Maybe one day,
you might come back up the ladder
to attempt to take the hardcore title away.
But you've even failed in that as of late. You, the number one contender for the WWE?
[laughs sarcastically]
No, no, that's not even funny.
That's not laughable at all.
You see, Mick, not only will you not have an opportunity to win
the WWE title, at the Royal Rumble,
as far as I'm concerned, you will never, ever again have that accolade.
[Lawler] Thank goodness.
However, being the benevolent individual I am, Mick.
I'll tell you what I will do for you, and I'll do it tonight.
You will have the opportunity to enter the Royal Rumble.
You see, you can get close to the title, but no cigar, story of your life.
I'll tell you what I'll do.
You and Triple H, Hunter Hearst-Helmsley, can go at it
in that very ring, tonight.
Whoever wins the match is entered into the Royal Rumble.
However, just one other thing, and I'd like to direct your attention
to the Titan trying to have a piece of footage I'd like to remind you of.
[Cole] Poor Shane.
Look at this.
But keep in mind, this was a challenge Shane laid out to Mankind two weeks ago.
He challenged Mankind, King.
[McMahon] All right, Get it off!
Get it, Get it!
Get it! Off the screen!
The match tonight, you versus Hunter Hearst-Helmsley,
the winner gets to go to the Royal Rumble.
There's only one thing, there will be a guest referee
and that guest referee will be impartial.
That guest referee will call it right down the line.
Indeed, that guest referee will be my son, Shane.
[Cole] Come on. That's not fair.
[Lawler] Yes, that's great.
[McMahon] Just one other thing.
Have a nice day.
[Lawler cackles] Now that's what Mankind deserves.
[Cole] Tonight it's Mankind versus Triple H for a spot in the rumble match.
Shane McMahon is the special guest referee.
[Lawler] That's great.
So apparently, Mr. McMahon's still trying to drive a wedge…
Wait a minute.
That's Chyna, and a girlfriend.
We saw them last night on Heat.
They're here again tonight on Raw.
[Lawler] Whoa!
[Cole] We're back on Raw, getting set for a cycle--
[Lawler] Listen, shut up and listen to this great sexy entrance music.
[sensual music playing]
[Cole] That does get you into the mood, as Sexual Chocolate heads to the ring.
Last night on Heat, Mark Henry
losing to Triple H after being distracted by his love interest, Chyna--
[Lawler] What do you bring that up for?
[Cole] What do you mean, "bring it up?"
[Lawler] It happened, didn't it? Quit living in the past.
[Cole] Mark Henry is smitten by Chyna, to say the least.
Sexual Chocolate getting ready for action tonight on Raw.
[Lawler] The world's strongest Man.
And tonight, Raw is WAR is presented by the motor oil
that provides maximum protection,
-Castrol's GTX, Drive Hard. -[Lawler] And by WWE The Music, Volume 3.
Hear the original entrance music of your favorite WWE stars,
on sale now at record stores and other fine retailers.
[Cole] And by Burger King. If you ask us, it just tastes better.
Great reaction for Goldust as he's set for one-on-one competition
against Mark Henry and those of you in the Springfield, Massachusetts, area,
tickets go on sale this Saturday at the Civic Center for a huge February event.
And you can meet Sable, King.
From noon to one at the Civic Center, this Saturday.
-[Lawler] Again? I'm there. -[Cole] Goldust set to take on Mark Henry
and to say the least, Mark Henry is a bit smitten with Chyna.
He's walking around the locker room area, all smiles.
He couldn't even concentrate on his match with Triple H last night on Heat.
How's he gonna concentrate on Goldust?
[Lawler] I don't know. I can't concentrate on anything
after watching Goldust, lick that rope.
I mean, this guy's twisted, He's perverted, he's sick.
I usually like that in a person, but not Goldust.
[Cole] We're getting set, folks,
tonight, we just found out that Mankind's going to take on Triple H.
A spot in the Royal Rumble match is at stake,
and Shane McMahon's going a special guest referee.
You can't tell me that's fair.
[Lawler] Of course it's fair, just what Mankind deserves.
I'm just a little worried about that Stone Cold surprise
that Shawn Michaels has promised for the corporation later.
[Cole] Shawn Michaels, apparently still the commissioner of the WWE.
Mr. McMahon vows
that the corporation will dismember Shawn Michaels.
But Shawn has some backup, D-Generation X, apparently in HBK's corner.
[Lawler] Did you see the strength of Mark Henry there?
I mean, he can toss a 250-pound man around like a feather.
[Cole] The 400-pounder from Silsbee, Texas, seems the only thing
that can control Mark Henry as of late is Chyna.
or I guess PMS, for that matter.
-[Lawler] What? -[Cole] Big right hand.
Mark Henry, lock up the center of the ring with Goldust.
There's the knee to the midsection.
[Lawler wincing] Man!
[Lawler] What's going to happen when Road Dogg puts that hardcore title
on the line against Al Snow?
What if Al Snow is taking a bath the past week?
[Lawler] I should certainly hope so.
After that bloodbath at the hands of the Brood a few weeks ago,
Goldust off the ropes, now whipped in the other side.
Look at Henry, misses with the right hand.
Goldust goes to work on those big tree trunks of legs
for Mark Henry, who rakes the eyes of Goldust.
[Lawler] Oh, watch this.
-Oh, no! -[Cole] Wow.
Great maneuver by Goldust, quickly into the cover, hooks the leg…
and Mark Henry kicks out with authority.
[Lawler] I got to give Goldust credit. That was a great move.
[Cole] Again, Mr. McMahon, attempting to drive a wedge
between D-Generation X and their adopted member,
Mankind, forcing Triple H into a match
against Mankind with a slide of the Royal Rumble on the line.
Wow! Power slam by the 400-pounder.
[Lawler] Who's the smartest man in the world? And why is Mr. McMahon?
Two questions for you.
[Cole] Mr. McMahon, smartest man in the world according to you, King.
[Lawler] Well, I'm telling you, you're right.
He knows exactly what to do.
He's driving that wedge between between D-X and Mankind.
That means Mankind's gonna be out here. He'll have no backup.
He'll have no help.
[Cole] I'll tell you what, though.
Mr. McMahon better get back in that gym.
He's not, no longer known
thirty in the Royal Rumble match, the new commissioner has said
Mr. McMahon will enter the Royal Rumble at number two.
And guess who goes in at number one?
Stone Cold.
[Lawler] Okay, okay, so Mr. McMahon and Stone Cold
are going to be one-on-one for a few minutes
in that Royal Rumble match.
Well, don't forget that Mr. McMahon
also offered one hundred thousand dollars
to anybody that eliminates "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
So that's 100,000 reasons
that we don't have to worry about Austin winning the Royal Rumble.
[Cole] Oh, my, what a strike by Mark Henry.
So, perhaps, if Mr. McMahon can eliminate "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
more incentive for the owner of the WWE.
[Lawler] "Look at the money," he'd say.
[Cole] Mark Henry now, went for the cover.
But look, look who's here.
Chyna and a girlfriend.
We saw them on Heat last night, cost Mark Henry a match against Triple H.
[Lawler] I think Mark's a little bit confused here.
[Cole] He better not be confused, Goldust from behind and he's gonna pay for it.
Back of his head into the mat.
And Goldust now asking the fans,
do you want some shattered dreams?
So Chyna once again has come out to the…
to the stage with a friend that we saw last night on Heat. What's that all about?
[Lawler] It's a major distraction for Mark Henry.
He can't keep his eyes or his mind off Chyna.
[Cole] Well, he better get his mind on Goldust and shattered dreams here.
[Lawler] Oh, no.
If this happens, you might as well forget about Chyna.
[Cole] Mark Henry, still stinging from the blow to the back--
[Lawler] He got him!
[Cole] Shattered dreams delivered from Goldust to Mark Henry.
[Lawler] That's got to be a disqualification.
[Cole] Yeah, the referees called for the bell. Goldust to be disqualified.
["Gold-Lust" playing]
Mark Henry again distracted by Chyna.
[Lawler] Look at Goldust.
He loses the match but he just doesn't seem to care.
Right now, poor Mark Henry looks like a loser.
[Cole] And what about Mark Henry?
He is so smitten. He's like a 16-year-old in love with Chyna.
[Lawler] He's like a love-sick kid.
[Cole] Two nights in a row now
he's allowed Chyna to distract him from his business in the ring.
And now Chyna into the ring now with that friend of hers.
[Lawler] Come on, Chyna. Mark Henry needs some love and attention.
[Cole] Mark Henry, stinging the shattered dreams.
[Lawler] There you go, help him. Oh, look.
A kiss.
That'll help him back to his feet.
I hope you're not hurt too bad, Mark,
There's something I need you to listen to, okay?
Now, listen.
I have a little confession to make.
The other night with you,
was incredible,
[Lawler] Woah!
[Cole] The other night.
No, I'm serious, it was.
But, I'm afraid,
that I'm not enough woman for you.
[Lawler] What?
[Chyna] No, I'm serious.
Becuase, the fact is that, you're way too much man for one woman's Sexual Chocolate.
[Lawler] Well, everybody knows that.
[Chyna] You are.
So I want you to meet my friend Sammy.
[Lawler] Sammy?
[Chyna] Sammy, Now I know you like tall women.
[Lawler] Hello, Sammy.
[Chyna] And I know that you like exotic dancers.
So I have a little proposition for you.
I thought, that, only if it was okay with you,
that, Sammy and I,
can help you take a load off your mind.
[Cole] Timber.
[Lawler] Wait a minute, he fainted
["Some Bodies Gonna Get It" playing]
[Cole] Mark Henry has fainted
Chyna's offering,
Oh, my.
What is she offering, King?
[Lawler] You mean, you don't know?
[dramatic music playing]
Somebody
[indistinguishable sounds]
["Show Me How Its Done" plays]
[Cole] Oh my God, King, wasn't that,
wasn't that Dennis Knight hanging there?
[Lawler] I don't know, but that looked horrible.
Where was it?
[Cole] Last week on Raw, we saw Dennis Knight attack
in the parking lot by The Acolytes and thrown into a trunk of a car.
Now he's hanging somewhere.
[Lawler] I'll tell you what, speaking of hanging
[announcer] …The Godfather!
[Lawler] Here's The Godfather.
[Cole] The Godfather set for action this week on Raw, and the sign says it all.
But last week it wasn't easy for The Godfather.
He was supposed to meet Bily Gunn in singles action
but The Corporation attacked The Godfather,
putting him out of action
to set up the match up between Kane and Billy Gunn.
Apparently, Mr. McMahon had Billy Gunn next on the D-X hit list.
[Lawler] Kane got him a little bit of that action too, didn't he?
If you like what you're looking at,
let me hear you say, Pimpin', ain't easy.
-[Lawler] It ain't easy! -[Cole] He doesn't mean you, King.
[Lawler] I like what I'm looking at.
[country music playing]
[Cole] And look at this guy.
[announcer] His opponent, he weighs in at 281 pounds, Test!
[Cole] He is the corporate team's hired gun.
He is Test, who was in action last week.
It was Val Venis versus the Road Dogg
for the hardcore championship and the hired gun did just that.
He took out Val Venis.
[Lawler] Yeah, but Val Venis came back later on and
tried do a number on Test. Didn't get the job done, though.
[Cole] So Test goes 6'6," 280-pounds.
Tremendous athlete.
He was a professional bodyguard, his last gig as a bodyguard
for the rock band Motley Crue before being discovered by the corporation.
And he's now the corporate team's hired gun and the corporate team
may need that hired gun tonight.
Shawn Michaels has promised a Stone Cold surprise for Mr. McMahon.
[Lawler] Quit reminding me.
I'll tell you what The Godfather's finding ain't easy.
And that's wrestling Test.
The Godfather whipped into the rope. Test telegraphed
that one caught a boot to the face and there's a clothesline
by The Godfather.
The Godfather, with ease, slamming Test to the middle of the canvas.
Off the ropes, whoa! Leg across the sternum.
Cover now, could be a quick one.
There's two, and Test just gets that right shoulder up.
[Lawler] Now you got me thinking again about that Stone Cold surprise.
What do you think he means? What does Shawn Michaels mean by that?
He's got a Stone Cold surprise for Mr. McMahon and the corporation.
Shawn Michaels says he has an ironclad contract,
and he's still the commissioner of the WWE.
And here comes The Godfather.
Choo choo train! caught him, Test, face first.
And wait a minute.
Look at this now, Val Venis.
He was put to the test by Test, boot to the face.
Val Venis is a close friend of The Godfather.
[Cole] And I think of the hoes, I'm not sure.
Look at the athletic ability,
Test just stepped over those top ropes, but he caught a boot to the midsection.
Slammed into the barricade by Godfather and there's a right hand.
On the corporate team's hired gun.
You're seeing this action outside the ring.
You're going to see a lot more of that later on.
When Road Dogg defends the Hardcore Championship against Al Snow.
[Lawler] Hey, ref, how about doing something here?
Watch all those fists from The Godfather.
[Cole] Val Venis likes what he sees.
You mentioned, a good friend of The Godfather's.
The Godfather into the ring post, shoulder first.
-[bell rings] -The referee's gonna call for the bell.
[Lawler] Uh-oh. We've got problems here. Look at this.
[Cole] Val Venis, head on with Test.
They're going at it outside the ring.
[Lawler] Come on, Test, get him.
-[Cole] Val Venis and Test hamering away. -[bell rings]
This boiled over last week.
Test crossed Val Venis' shot at the Hardcore Championship.
[Lawler] We've got a melee going here. Get 'em apart.
[Cole] Referees and officials pulling apart Val Venis and Test.
Val Venis wants some more.
[Lawler] He comes again.
[Cole] Look out now.
Going at it on the ramp, Test and Val Venis.
And Test just said it's not over. Wait a minute.
Shawn Michaels with D-Generation X.
Apparently, they're back together.
[Lawler] He thinks there's safety in numbers.
That's why he's hanging with them.
[narrator] And now, the Glover Slam of the Week.
Glover, new for Nintendo 64 and PC CD-ROM.
Gotta to love the Glove.
[Lawler] No, watch it.
[Cole] Mankind almost decapitated him. Double on DDT.
Mankind having his way now with Shane.
A knee to the face of Shane!
-And there it is. -[Lawler] Somebody called Mr. McMahon.
Mr. Socko. Shane gets Socko.
[narrator] That was the Glover's Slam of the Week.
Glover, new for Nintendo 64 and PC CD-ROM.
Gotta love the Glove.
[Cole] And we're back on Raw.
We're set for Mankind versus Triple H.
The winner gets a slot in the Royal Rumble match in just three weeks.
[announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, a special guest referee.
One of the owners of the WWE, Shane McMahon.
[Cole] And there he is, King.
I'm gonna tell you, I don't see how he could look so cool, calm and collected.
[Lawler] This is a young man that has been emotionally scarred,
You heard his father, Vince McMahon, tell you, I mean, to be
at the mercy of a freak like Mankind.
And then to realize that your friends,
the rest of the corporation, are not allowed to help you
because they're being held back by Shawn Michaels?
Permanent damage for Shane.
[announcer] Making his way to the ring,
accompanied by the eighth wonder of the world, Chyna,
from Greenwich, Conneticut, weighing in at 244 pounds,
Triple H.
[Cole] And keep in mind, Mr. McMahon says
anyone who comes anywhere near Shane McMahon will pay.
[Lawler] Right, the permanent damage is going to be done
sometime tonight to Shawn Michaels.
He will be dismembered one way or the other.
Shane, right here, look.
[Shane] I promise to be fair and impartial, right down the middle.
[Lawler] Good.
You heard that, didn't you, Michael.
[Cole] Despite what happened two weeks ago Shane McMahon just said
that he will call this match down the middle.
That he will be an impartial official for this big match-up.
[Lawler] He's a chip off the old block. An honest man, just like his father.
[Cole] You know, Mankind comes down here
in this ragged shirt, the ragged tie, the master tattered pants.
He might as well just have a bull's eye painted on his chest.
[Lawler] You know what he might as well do?
He might as well just take a hike and leave the WWE.
He's been denied the chance to ever wrestle for the WWE title.
So what future is there for him here?
He's got the future of an ice cube.
[Cole] If anybody ever deserves a shot, it's Mankind.
And if he can win this matchup, he will be in the Royal Rumble match.
He could get a shot if he can win the Royal Rumble.
[Lawler] I'll agree he deserves to be shot, baby.
But why doesn't he just quit, he's a freak.
[Cole] Why doesn't he just put a bull's eye on his chest,
line up and let the corporate team shoot arrows at him?
That's what it's like. Mr. McMahon is just trying to do
all he can to knock Mick Foley down.
[Lawler] Look at that look.
Scarred Shane.
[Cole] "Scarred Shane"? There's a little smile on his face there.
He claims he will be impartial.
A slot in the Royal Rumble is on the line.
We already know two participants, number one, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin,
number two, an edict handed down tonight from Commissioner Shawn Michaels,
Mr. McMahon.
[Lawler] My prediction to win the Royal Rumble.
-[Cole] Who? Stone Cold? -[Lawler] Mr. McMahon.
Come on. Mr. McMahon has been in training.
He's in tremendous shape, but he may have to be in even better training
the next three weeks, he's going to be number two
in the Rumble, and Triple H now with a right hand to Mankind.
Mr. McMahon attempting to drive a wedge between Mankind and his new family,
D-Generation X.
That much is apparent.
Triple H, now.
[Lawler] You know what they say. All's fair in love and war and the WWE.
[Cole] Shane McMahon, the official in this match-up,
Promises to call it down the middle.
Triple H working on the left hand left arm, I should say, of Mankind.
[Lawler] Would you be a little quieter?
I don't think Shane can hear Mankind if he gives up.
[Cole] A slide in the Royal Rumble on the line.
Don't forget, Mr. McMahon is putting a $100,000 bounty
on the head of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
Any superstar eliminates him from the Rumble, they get $100,000.
[Lawler] That's 100,000 reasons that Stone Cold will not win.
The only sad thing about that is that money is going to come out
of Shane McMahon's trust fund. Well, one of them, at least.
[Cole] Shawn Michaels, has promised a Stone Cold surprise for Mr. McMahon
and the corporation sometime tonight.
[Lawler] That's not right.
[Cole] Triple H with a clothesline.
On Mankind.
The former Intercontinental champion, Triple H and the rest of D-Generation X
has adopted Mankind in recent weeks has given Mankind a family, so to speak.
[Lawler] Forget about Mankind. Let's talk about Shane.
Look how impartial he's been.
He's called it right down the line.
Give him credit.
[Cole] Mankind, off the ropes!
Look out! Dropkick! Baseball slide!
Triple H, off the barricade.
Triple H and Mankind obviously don't hate each other.
But this is the WWE.
Both of these men have business to take care of.
Business is getting a slide on the Royal Rumble.
Wait a minute.
[Lawler] Careful, Shane.
You'll get more than emotionally scarred if you mess with that idiot.
[Cole] Mankind, who twice before in the past two months.
Look at Triple H now over the top rope.
[Lawler] That's good. Good move. Wait a minute, it's over, what?
[Cole] That was a quick count.
[Lawler] Your move, Mankind.
You're not gonna be in the Royal Rumble.
[Cole] The McMahons have once again screwed Mankind.
[Lawler] Well. If anyone deserves it, if anyone deserves to lose, it's him.
[Cole] Mankind is not eligiable for the Rumble.
That was a quick count, King. You saw it.
[Lawler] That'll teach Mankind to ever put his mitts on Shane McMahon.
Mick…
Hey, I'm sorry, but business is business.
[Lawler] That's right. Business is business.
A win is a win.
And when it comes to the WWE title, I'll take it any way I can get it.
[Lawler] You got it, Triple H.
But I will say one thing.
Happy New Year.
[Cole] Wait a minute.
Triple H.
He's got Shane!
[Lawler] Wait! Wait a minute. No!
[Cole] Pedigree.
Triple H delivers the Pedigree, to Shane McMahon.
[Lawler] Shane's hurt!
He's all yours.
[Lawler] No! Help! Help! Help! Help!
Help!
We need help out here.
[Cole] The match was all about business.
Mr. McMahon look at this.
I'm gonna show you a little move that Jim McGonigle taught me back in the day.
[Lawler] What's he doing?
[Cole] Shane's already hurt from the pedigree.
Shane, I'm gonna break your [bleep] shoulder.
Who hear wants to heat Shane scream?
[screaming]
Hold it right there, Vince, I'll break it off.
I'll break it off! God help me.
I'll break his shoulder.
[Lawler] Mr. McMahon's here, and he's all set to scream!
Let him up, you son of a bitch!
Vince, I've changed my mind.
You see, I no longer desire a title shot at the Royal Rumble.
-Do I, Shane? -[screams] Please!
[Lawler] Let him up!
I want a title shot.
Tonight.
[Lawler] What?
[Cole] Tonight?
[Lawler] Just let him up.
[Mankind] What do you say?
Okay? Let me think it over.
Let him go.
Not good enough, Dad.
I want a stipulation.
What do you say, Shane?
Let go.
Damn it! Let him go!
No, DQ.
What do you say, Dad?
All right. No DQ.
[Mankind] What'd you say? No DQ?
[McMahon] You got it.
I guess we've got ourselves a little deal.
[Lawler] Let him go!
[Cole] It's gonna be Mankind versus The Rock. No DQ.
Mankind used Shane McMahon as bait.
The WWE Championship's on the line.
Mankind versus The Rock.
[Lawler] I can't believe this. This is awful.
-Get him some medical attention. -[Mankind] I'll see you later tonight.
[Cole] A drastic measure by Mankind,
a bizarre man who's obviously snapped. I mean, let's face it.
For Mr. McMahon this is the worst.
[Cole] Mankind used Shane McMahon as a hostage.
As bait. Mankind has snapped.
[Lawler] And now Mr. McMahon has given Mankind a title match tonight.
And no disqualification!
[Cole] And here comes the champion, The Rock.
[Lawler] Poor Shane.
…how you going to give in so damn easy?
Regardless of who it is, I'm not even ready, no clothes or nothing.
-It's my son, dammit. -I'm The Champ.
All of a sudden…
Come on. Get ready.
You're a champion.
[Cole] It's a wrap.
Mankind. The championship no disqualification.
Don't touh him, damn it!
[Cole] A few moments ago,
Mankind versus Triple H, a slide
to the Rumble on the line. Shane, the referee and Shane helps Triple H.
Look at the quick count.
The McMahons once again, screwing Mankind.
[Lawler] Yes, it was a quick count, and Mankind damn well deserved it.
-[Cole] And then Triple H had this to say. -Happy New Year.
-[Lawler] Shane didn't deserve this. -[Cole] He delivered the pedigree
to Shane McMahon, a New Year's gift to Mick Foley.
-Mankind who took advantage. -[Lawler] And then the hostage crisis.
Please!
I want a title shot tonight. No DQ.
What do you say, Dad?
[Lawler] He's agonizing in pain.
He was forced to grant Mankind his demands.
[Cole] I'll tell you who is agonizing in pain as well.
The Rock, who has to defend the WWE Championship against Mankind
in a no disqualification match, tonight.
Our cameras searching for, there he is the elusive Edge.
A member of the Brood, he is unique, to stay at least.
Set for one on one action tonight.
But I cannot wait.
I can't believe Mankind will have another shot
at the WWE Championship right here tonight.
[Lawler] I cannot believe it. That's just not right.
[Cole] 1999, Royal Rumble from the sold out Arrowhead Pond
in Anaheim, California, in three weeks
on pay-per-view is proudly presented by 10-10-220.
Dial it and save up to twenty minutes for only 99 cents.
And fresh off what he calls a relaxing trip to Aruba, comes D-Lo Brown.
D-Lo and Mark Henry have had a few problems
with Jacqueline and Terri Runnels as of late,
PMS, and last week, D-Lo set PMS straight.
And what you need to do, you need to back up you two glorified ring racks.
You damn sure better recognize, and you're damn sure lucky that I'm a gentleman.
[Cole] D-Lo Brown set against Edge in what should be a tremendous contest.
[Lawler] Yeah D-Lo is impressive.
[Cole] So D-Lo now locks up in the center of the ring.
Side headlock on Edge.
You saw Mark Henry a bit earlier on smitten by Chyna,
second night in a row.
[Lawler] You know what I'm still worried about?
That stone cold surprise we've been promised tonight.
[Cole] Shawn Michaels, promising a stone cold surprise
for the corporate team, nice dropkick by Edge.
Kick to the midsection.
D-Lo whipped into the ropes, tried for the hip toss.
D-Lo blocked it nicely that time.
grabs the neck of Edge. Edge, kick to the midsection.
What a maneuver by Edge.
What a tremendous athlete.
Those dillo over the top rope, and I can't wait for that
Hardcore Championship match tonight.
-Road Dogg vs Al Stone. -[Lawler] Look at this.
[Cole] Wow. Edge over the top rope, just took out D-Lo Brown.
[Lawler] Thank goodness for that chest protector.
[Cole] You think this action is tremendous?
Weight till Mankind
takes on The Rock for the WWE Championship.
We've got to take another look at this fly.
Look at this, over the top rope.
D-Lo counters.
Face first into the barricade goes Edge.
The odds stacked against Mankind tonight
in that championship match-up. Of course, the corporate team, you know,
is gonna be sniffing around ringside.
[Lawler] I'll tell you something about the corporate team.
And Mr. McMahon. They're not gonna… That was beautiful.
He's not gonna take
Shawn Michaels' little words that he said tonight
lying down, his little announcement.
I can assure you that. He's going to get Shawn Michaels dismembered,
Mr. McMahon is, one way or the other.
[Cole] He may have Mankind dismembered as well, after what he did to Shane.
Remember, Mr. McMahon said
anybody who comes anywhere near Shane McMahon,
lays any hand on Shane McMahon, will pay.
[Lawler] Deservedly so.
[Cole] Heads back into the corner, the former European champion
shot to the chest of Edge.
[Lawler] Listen, listen.
[Lawler] Oh.
[Cole] King, what if Mick Foley would somehow pull it off,
win the championship tonight?
What kind of champion would Mankind, Mick Foley, make?
[Lawler] I know you're kidding me, right?
[Cole] No-- I mean, he-- he has a chance.
It's a long shot.
He's the underdog, but what if he wins?
[Lawler] Theoretically, right?
[Cole] Well, theoretically in your mind.
Oh, what a maneuver by D-Lo.
-[Lawler] I can tell you… -[Cole] Wow!
[Lawler] …that if Mankind were to win the WWE title,
it would be the blackest day
in the history of World Wrestling Entertainment.
I mean come on let's face it.
You know what? Mr. McMahon thought of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin as a champion.
And "Stone Cold" would look like Prince Charming compared to Mankind.
[Cole] Cover now by D-Lo on Edge. A kick-out after two.
Let's take another look now at this tremendous move
-[Cole] …by D-Lo Brown… -[Lawler] Beautiful.
[Cole] …running powerbomb. [chuckles]
[Lawler] I can't believe Edge could get up.
[Cole] The WWE champion, The Rock, King,
he embodies Mr. McMahon.
He is the champion, Mr. McMahon wants him to be, I guess, The Rock.
[Lawler] Well, sure. He's rich,
he's good looking, educated, he's got charisma--
I mean he's got intelligence, he's got it all.
[Cole] Oh, King, Mankind is a tremendous talent.
And you got to give him credit.
[Lawler] He's a freak.
[Cole] He has tremendous heart, King,
Tremendous heart.
You can't take that away from him.
And keep in mind he already defeated The Rock at Rock Bottom.
[Lawler] Listen, I'm so sick of hearing you talking about Mankind.
-[Lawler] Can you-- -[Cole] But it is--
-[Lawler] Watch it D-Lo! -[Cole] Oh!
[Cole] What an athletic move by Edge.
D-Lo in trouble. He's in la-la land.
Edge on the top rope now.
-[Lawler] Watch yourself, D-Lo. -[Cole] He's gonna fly.
[Cole] What a crossbody! Into a lateral press-- two.
And D-Lo gets the shoulder up.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Wait a minute.
Here comes trouble.
It must be that time of the month
in Jacqueline and Terri Runnels, PMS.
Terri don't look too well.
[Lawler] Oh, I guess not.
She's showing it, look at it. I understand she's home.
Oh, beautiful.
She's been having morning sickness.
[Cole] Morning sickness?
[Lawler] Well, you know, like those weird cravings at night
to eat pickles and ice cream,
sure they're gonna be sick in the morning.
[Cole] Terri Runnels,
of course, pregnant.
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] Oh-oh, look at D-Lo.
[Cole] Terri still not telling who the father is.
-[Cole] She's up on the apron now. -[Lawler] She doesn't know.
[Lawler] Look out-- oh, look!
-[Cole] Wait a minute. -[high-pitched scream]
[Cole] Terri just--
She slipped off the steel stairs.
[crowd clamoring]
-[Lawler] Uh-oh. -[Cole] And D-Lo can't believe it.
[hysterical scream]
[referee] Hey, can I get some help out here?
[Cole] King, Terri-- Terri's hurt.
Terri is hurt.
-[overlapping chatter] -[high-pitched wail]
[referee] We need some help!
[Cole] D-Lo never touched her.
He didn't touch her.
[woman] Oh, god.
[Cole] She climbed up on the apron in verbal confrontation with D-Lo.
[Terri] My baby!
[Cole] And apparently she slipped off the stairs.
We need some help.
[Jacqueline] Somebody help, please.
Somebody-- somebody help.
[Terri] Ow!
[Terri wailing]
[Cole] Oh, my god.
[Terri] What happened?
What happened?
[Cole] We got to get the paramedics out here.
Somebody's got to call the paramedics.
[Lawler] Well, listen, D-Lo never touched her.
She fell, she slipped.
[Jacqueline] Somebody help.
[Cole] D-Lo very upset.
[Jacqueline] D-Lo!
[Terri wailing]
-[Jacqueline] Terri! -[Terri] Oh, god!
[Cole] D-Lo can't believe it.
EMTs here.
[crowd jeering]
[Cole] Well, I'm telling you, this match has come to a stand…
-[Cole] …standstill. -[Jacqueline] D-Lo! You--
-[Lawler] You can't blame him. -[Cole] Yeah, justifiably.
-[crowd jeering] -[Terri wailing]
[Cole] Oh.
[Cole] This doesn't look good, King.
[Cole] Terri Runnels clutching her stomach.
[crowd clamoring]
-[crowd booing] -[Terri] Help me. Ow!
[Cole] Keep in mind Terri Runnels is several months pregnant.
[Cole] Oh, my god.
Well--
[Lawler] And there's a-- there's a great deal of controversy
about that pregnancy as to who the father is, but--
I mean she had no business coming out here in that condition.
[Terri] Help me! [cries]
[Lawler] Not D-Lo's fault.
[Cole] Terri Runnels
slipped on the stairs and fell.
Please hurry.
[Lawler] They need to hurry up.
Oh, god.
[Cole] Terri Runnels needs help.
[Cole] Serious concern over the well-being of Terri Runnels.
A few moments ago, a confrontation with D-Lo Brown.
[Lawler] And look, look.
She slips, D-Lo never touched her.
[Lawler] She slipped off the stairs after a verbal confrontation,
and during the break, EMTs led her back to the locker room area.
Terri clutching her stomach.
Of course, Terri Runnels a few months pregnant.
[Terri] My baby!
[Lawler] And this is live now in the locker room area.
[Terri] It really hurts.
[Cole] They must be afraid to move her.
-[Terri panting] -[Jacqueline] We're taking care of you.
[Lawler] D-Lo Brown in the background, obviously distraught.
-[paramedic] What? -[Terri] I'm--
[paramedic] I don't think-- I don't think.
[Terri] How is my baby?
[paramedic] I can tell you-- I mean I can't-- I don't know.
-[Jacqueline] What? -[paramedic] I don't know.
[Cole] As Terri Runnels said she's pregnant,
she's obviously concerned about her baby.
this-- this King, is tragic.
It is just tragic.
[Cole] Oh, my.
[Lawler] Well, I--
[crowd cheering]
[eerie organ music playing]
[Cole] What in the world is gonna happen tonight?
[Lawler] Oh, what else is gonna happen?
[eerie organ music continues]
[Lawler] I mean--
Shawn Michaels is still the commissioner.
[loud explosion]
[Lawler] Huh?
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Mr. McMahon was named number two in the Royal Rumble.
Shawn Michaels is still the commissioner.
Mankind will meet The Rock for the WWE Championship
with no disqualification.
And there's a "Stone Cold" surprise
somewhere in the next.
[Lawler] And this is a surprise.
I mean, here's Shane McMahon coming back out here.
[Cole] Shane McMahon leading Kane to the ring.
He had his shoulder wrenched
a few moments ago.
[Lawler] Look, you got to get Patterson and Brisco credit,
but that's kind of funny.
I think they think Kane is just a corporate gofer or something.
[Cole] They're making a mockery of him. they're making fun of him,
They're making a mockery of the newest member
of the corporate team, Kane.
[Lawler] Well, he's big, he's a--
he's like a big corporate billboard.
[Cole] Shane still favoring the shoulder,
wrenched almost out of socket by Mankind.
He was holding Shane McMahon hostage.
-[Lawler] Wow! -[Cole] Oh, my.
[crowd roaring]
[Lawler] What is-- what is Shane doing out here now?
[crowd roaring]
[Cole] Obviously something to do with that man, Kane.
[Lawler] That Shane is gutsy.
[Cole] Look at Pat Patterson. This is--
This is just ridiculous.
He's mocking Kane, King.
[Shane] Ladies and gentlemen, there's a special announcement tonight,
a special event.
It is a handicap match.
-[Cole] What? -[Shane] Tonight, you will see Kane…
[Shane] …take on--
about to make their way down the aisle,
weighing in at 422 pounds combined,
ladies and gentlemen give it up for
Gerald Brisco and Pat Patterson…
-[Shane] …The Stooges. -[Cole] What?
-[Lawler] Brisco and Patterson… -[Cole] What?
[Lawler] …in a handicap match against Kane.
[Shane] Get your hand-- get your hands off me.
Get your hand-- Payback.
Do you remember that?
You remember Payback?
-[Brisco] We trade you back. -[Shane] Huh? Oh, yeah.
[McMahon] All right. Mr. Brisco,
Mr. Patterson,
remember I said
everyone who is remotely responsible
for my son's emotional scarring
had to pay?
Kane,
make them pay.
Sic them, Kane, sic them.
-[Lawler] Oh, my god! Wait a minute! -[Cole] Oh, yeah, Kane.
[Cole] Kane's got Brisco.
[Lawler] Look at that!
Oh, I don't think that's gonna work. Oh, no.
That's it, Kane.
That's it Kane.
[crowd clamoring]
[Cole] Brisco's telling Kane not to listen to Shane.
[Cole] What? He's offering him a cigarette?
[Patterson] No, don't.
[Cole] Patterson trying to bribe Kane.
-[Shane] Make them both pay. -[Lawler] What else he can offer him?
[Lawler] What?
What was that?
[Cole] Oh.
-[Cole] Now, Brisco from behind. -[Shane] Get him, Kane!
[Shane] You're gonna to take that? You're gonna take the humiliation
that those guys-- hey look! You're wearing
a Brisco Brothers Body Shop sign on your back.
-[Shane] That's it. -[Cole] Oh, yeah.
[Lawler] Look at Pat now.
-First, he offered Kane a promo. -[indistinct shouting]
-[Lawler] Now, Patterson's got a chair. -[Cole] Oh.
[crowd roaring]
[Shane] Kane, watch the chair, watch the chair.
Watch the chair, Kane.
Oh.
[Cole] Oh, come on now.
[Lawler] Yeah, have a seat.
-[Lawler] Calm down-- whoa. -[Cole] Hey, wait a minute.
[Shane] That's it, Kane, yeah, baby, yeah, baby.
[Cole] Patterson going for a ride.
[Shane] And Patterson is--
-[Lawler] Oh, my gosh. -[Cole] Oh.
[Cole] That is gonna leave a mark.
[Lawler] I mean, wait a minute, Pat Patterson and Gerald Brisco are here,
they're always the most supportive of Mr. McMahon.
I mean, they've been loyal to him for years. Oh.
[Cole] It shows you how powerful Mr. McMahon and The Corporation is.
[Shane] That's it, Kane.
One last time. Look at that.
-[Patterson groans] -[Shane] Uncle Pat,
[Shane] Uncle Pat is doing this on Payback.
[Cole] This is just awful.
-[Lawler] Well, it's just obvious. -[Cole] Oh, my.
[Lawler] Anyone,
and I mean anyone
who comes close to Shane-- oh.
-[Cole] Wait a minute. Kane has Shane. -[Lawler] What?
[Lawler] Listen.
[McMahon] Kane.
-[Shane] Get off of me. Get off of me. -[McMahon] Kane.
-[McMahon] No. -[Shane] I said get off me.
[Shane] You go back.
[McMahon] Kane,
you're going back.
[crowd clamoring]
[Cole] They're talking about the insane asylum.
-[McMahon] That's it. -[Lawler] Yeah.
[Shane] That's right, Kane.
[McMahon] Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the match…
[man 1] In my arm?
[McMahon] …is Kane.
-[eerie organ music playing] -[Lawler] Kane…
…has been remanded to the custody of Mr. McMahon.
[Cole] Yeah, was Mr. McMahon--
[Shane] …has to go to your own Brisco Brothers Body Shop now, don't you?
That's what happens if you don't take care of me.
[Shane] Let's go, Kane.
[Cole] It was Mr. McMahon who bailed Kane
out of the insane asylum a few weeks ago.
[Lawler] The loony bin, the nuthouse, tell them like it is.
[Cole] It says if he doesn't work for The Corporation, he's going back.
Well, he did a nice little piece of work right there.
[crowd chattering]
[Cole] And Mr. McMahon--
Kane had grabbed Shane,
Mr. McMahon bailing out his son.
[Shane] What are you thinking? You choked me. What are you thinking?
I'd say good job over there,
but you gotta lay off, you don't touch me,
you don't touch Vince.
[Cole] King, it shows you how… powerful
Mr. McMahon and The Corporation really is.
[Lawler] Wait a minute, wait a minute. This is a touching moment right here.
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] There's-- there's something special about the bond,
the love between a father and a son.
[The Stooges bickering]
[Lawler] Next, Al Snow and Road Dogg,
Hardcore title on the line.
[sorrowful string music playing]
-[prisoner] Somebody. -[echoing] Somebody.
-[prisoner] Anybody. [sobs] -[echoing] Anybody.
-[prisoner] Help. -[echoing] Help.
[prisoner] Help. [panting]
No. No, no. No, no!
[Farooq] Stay.
He's ready for you.
[prisoner] No! Come on.
No!
What does everybody want?
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] King, what the hell is going on?
Dennis Knight hanging with steel clamps around his wrist.
Bradshaw and Farooq, The Acolytes, saying that
it's time.
[Lawler] They said, "He's ready for you."
-[bell rings] -[Cole] I mean, what in the world?
[announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
[Lawler] What are they talking about? Who's he?
[announcer] It is for the World Wrestling Entertainment Hardcore championship.
[announcer] Introducing the challenger, being accompanied…
[Lawler] Al Snow has got a Hardcore championship match.
[announcer] …from Lima, Ohio, weighing in at 249 pounds…
-[announcer] …Al Snow. -[Cole] This guy's nuts. He's certifiably…
[Cole] …nuts, King, and he's still wearing
that blood-soaked shirt from two weeks ago.
[Lawler] Yeah. The Brood made him that way,
That bloodbath made him nuts.
I guess he thinks that head's gonna fight this Hardcore match for him.
[Cole] And look at the head.
[heavy rock music playing]
[Cole] Hardcore match-up, No Holds Barred, anything goes,
Falls Count Anywhere, no disqualification or countout.
There's the champion, the Road Dogg.
[Lawler] Do me a favor. kick that head into the third row, now.
[Cole] And here we go now.
-[Lawler] Whoa. -[Cole] Al Snow ambushing Road Dogg,
Using head as a decoy
and the match is on.
[Cole] Again, this is for the Hardcore championship,
No Holds Barred, Falls Count Anywhere
and I mean anywhere.
[Lawler] I'm telling you, Michael,
the winter weather has got the nation in a grip,
it's cold outside, matter of fact, it's even snowing here
but it's hot inside.
The action has been unbelievable here tonight on Raw.
[Cole] Road Dogg, successfully defending the Hardcore championship last week
with a win over Mankind.
Oh, thanks in part to The Rock.
That was ridiculous.
Rock again, sticking it to Mankind.
[Lawler] Yeah. And Mankind unbelievably
get a shot at the WWE title tonight.
and I told you this is gonna get…
-[Lawler] …get hardcore. Man, oh, man. -[Cole] Oh.
[Lawler] Road Dogg just threw a steel chair at Al Snow.
And Al Snow jumped face first into it.
[Cole] Look at Al Snow, this guy's nuts.
He hasn't taken a bath in two weeks.
[Lawler] Oh, you finally realize this guy's nuts, huh.
[Cole] He suffered that bloodbath at hands of The Brood,
wearing that blood-soaked shirt. Can you imagine?
-[Cole] Can you imagine the stench? -[Lawler] Oh, watch it. Let's-- oh.
[Lawler] Man. Wow.
[man 2] Do it again!
[Cole] Look at Al now-- Oh, chair to the midsection.
The Hardcore championship on the line.
-[Cole] The first… -[Lawler] Watch it, watch it, watch it.
-[Cole] Oh! -[Lawler laughs heartily]
[Cole] Al Snow launching into Road Dogg.
[Lawler] Yeah, man.
This is the Hardcore action.
This is the kind of action you're gonna get from WWE superstars.
They're not just gonna walk and talk
like some people we know.
These guys are gonna give you a hundred percent, all action.
Watch this.
[Cole] The first of two titles on the line tonight.
The WWE Championship up for grabs.
[Lawler] A little too close.
-[Cole] Oh! -[crowd] Oh!
-[Cole] Chair to the head. -[Lawler cackles]
[Cole] And Road Dogg, feeling it.
[Lawler] And what is Al Snow doing now?
[Cole] It's no telling. I don't think he even knows.
-[Cole] Al Snow up on the barricades. -[Lawler] Look at this! Oh!
[Lawler cackling]
[Cole] Road Dogg sliding out of the way
and Al Snow just snapped that table in half.
[Lawler] That was great.
[man screeching]
[Lawler] Wow.
[Cole] King, we have to take a look at the 10-10-220 double feature.
[Lawler] Look at Al Snow.
[Cole] A somersault off the barricade.
Look at this, cover by Road Dogg now and a kick-out.
Falls Count Anywhere.
Road Dogg went for the quick win,
but Al Snow kicked out.
[Lawler] This is match is no disqualifications,
as a matter of fact, it's just like…
-[Lawler] …whoa! -[crowd jeering]
[Lawler] Just like the WWE title later on, no disqualifications.
Oh! [yelps]
And Al Snow, looks like he likes it,
look at him.
He's whacked.
-[Cole] He's a bull gone-- -[Lawler] Oh!
[Cole] Uh-oh.
[Cole] He didn't like that charge for Road Dogg.
Another cover on Al Snow
and a kick-out again.
[Cole] Road Dogg won the Hardcore championship two weeks ago
with the victory over the Big Boss Man.
-[Cole] Right in front of us now. -[Lawler] Ho, ho. Ooh!
[Lawler] I love these Hardcore matches.
[Cole] Right hand from Al Snow.
Kick to the midsection.
[Lawler] There's no telling where this thing's gonna wind up.
[Cole] It could go to the locker room,
it could go to the backstage technical area.
it could end up in the satellite trucks for all we know.
[Lawler] Oh, wouldn't that be great?
-[loud slap] -[Lawler] Oh.
[Cole] What a right hand by Al Snow.
No rules in this one.
No Holds Barred.
[Lawler] Where are they going now?
[Cole] Falls Count Anywhere.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] In the lighting truss there.
[Cole] Al Snow now, trying to climb up to the stage
and Road Dogg from behind.
[Lawler] Do you think the old Road Dogg ever regrets the day
he won the Hardcore title?
Now, he has to keep defending it.
[Cole] Not a bit, King.
-[Lawler] Uh-oh. -[Cole] He's a fighting champion.
[Lawler] Yeah, he might--
he might be fixed to regret it right now.
[metal clanging]
[Cole] Al Snow with the table now
and Road Dogg from behind.
[Cole] What action.
Hardcore championship on the line.
[Cole] Road Dogg setting up the table.
What's he gonna do here?
[Lawler] I don't know. nobody's safe in this match.
-[Cole] Look out! -[Lawler] Look. Oh.
[Lawler] Ha, ha. Al Snow snaps with another table in half.
Beautiful.
[crowd roaring]
[Cole] Road Dogg, the champion.
[Lawler] I got two words for you there, Al.
-[Lawler] Oh. -[Cole grunts]
-[Cole] Axe handle… -[Lawler] Hardcore.
[Cole] …across the back of the head.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] These two are giving it everything they have, King.
Two tremendous athletes
and perhaps the toughest match
in World Wrestling Entertainment.
[Lawler] Right. Stay away from that equipment, those electrical wires.
[Cole] Where are they going now?
[Lawler] They're gonna quite shock you, guys. [chuckles]
[Cole] Back in that technical area now.
Road Dogg into that steel-- steel crate,
that steel dolly.
-You're real funny. -[grunts]
[Lawler] Backstage in the arena.
-[Lawler chuckles] -[Snow] That's what you are.
[Lawler] Clear out, folks.
-[Lawler] Look out! -[object clattering]
[Lawler] Oh, Road Dogg
[Lawler] Into the wall.
[Snow] Are we having fun now?
[Lawler] Even the police have said…
[Cole] That's the janitorial area.
That's a hose Al Snow has wrapped around Road Dogg's neck.
[Lawler] Well, the falls count there too.
Look at this!
[Cole] Road Dogg maybe heading to the showers early.
[Lawler] Hot water on the head of the Road Dogg.
You ever have to hose down a couple of dogs? Look at this!
-[Lawler] Oh! -[Cole] Oh!
[Lawler] I hope that's two-ply toilet paper.
[Lawler] Uh-oh. Watch-- watch it.
Oh.
[Cole] A broom across the back.
[Lawler] These guys are wiping themselves up, all right.
[Cole] Can you imagine?
Tremendous punishment.
-[Snow sobs] -[Cole] No Holds Barred…
[Cole] …Falls Count Anywhere.
-[loud thud on metal] -[Lawler] Look out!
[Cole] Al Snow into that cart full of
flowers.
[Lawler] Or what's left of the flowers?
Like those some old Christmas poinsettias.
-[Road Dogg] Oh. -[Cole] Folks, this is for…
[Cole] …the Hardcore championship.
-[Cole] This match is-- -[Lawler] Look at this!
[Lawler] Oh, man. [chuckles]
Don't let that hit you.
[Lawler] Oh, my gosh.
[Cole] Across the head.
[Lawler] That's a potted plant. [cackles]
He planted it, all right.
[metal clanging]
[Cole] Road Dogg into those steel poles.
[Lawler] Ha, ha. Look at Al Snow.
[Cole] Oh, man, to the midsection.
[Cole] This match is back in the--
the backstage area.
-[Road Dogg grunts] -[metal clanging]
[Cole] Anything goes, No Holds Barred,
you can use anything you want,
there's no disqualification.
[Lawler] I think this is one title I wouldn't wanna have.
Wait a minute! Oh!
Oh, into those beer kegs.
[Lawler] Those things got to weigh
80, 90 pounds each.
[Cole] Hardcore, baby, Hardcore.
[Lawler] This beers for you, Al. [chuckles]
[Cole] And Road Dogg now in control.
Al Snow into that heavy steel case.
-[loud bang] -[Cole] Again.
[Cole] Road Dogg, the Hardcore champion.
Al Snow would love to become the Hardcore champion.
[Lawler] I think Al Snow was-- you're right, he's loving this match.
[Cole] Shot to the side of the face.
Al Snow whipped into those steel-- steel brace.
Look at him, he likes the pain.
[Lawler] This is right down his alley.
[hissing sound from extinguisher]
[Lawler] Oh, empty.
Oh.
-[alarm blaring] -[Lawler] It didn't matter it was empty.
[Lawler] Where are they going now?
-[alarm blaring] -[door slams]
[Cole] Al Snow and Road Dogg are heading…
-[Cole] …outside the arena. -[Lawler] You've got to be kidding me.
[Cole] These guys are outside in the snow.
[giddily] Look at this.
[crowd roaring]
[Cole] Again, Falls Count Anywhere.
[crowd roaring]
[Lawler] Unbelievable.
[Cole] Road Dogg and Al Snow battling outside the arena.
-[Cole] Snow shovel. -[Lawler] Snow shovel. [cackles]
[Cole] A Snow shovel for Al Snow!
How appropriate.
[Lawler] What do you think the temperature is out there?
[Cole] One?
[Lawler] No, no! Look out!
[Cole] Look at this.
-[object clanking] -[Lawler] Oh.
[Cole] Into that steel door.
[Cole] We're outside earlier, King.
Snow and the temperature in the 20s.
And these guys are out here having a match.
[Lawler] A Hardcore match.
[Lawler] Unbelievable.
[Cole] Road Dogg in control of Al Snow.
They're fighting in the snow outside.
[Lawler] I'm telling you, Michael,
only in the WWE would you see something like this.
[Cole] The referee, Jack Doan, can't even keep his footing.
[Cole] And these guys are hammering away.
[Lawler] This is great.
Look out!
[Cole] Road Dogg into that steel fence.
[Cole] No parking.
Oh. Roadwork.
Al Snow working on the Road Dogg.
[Lawler] Hey, that's a snow cone. [cackles]
-[Cole] Oh. -[Lawler] Oh.
[Cole] Kick to the midsection.
Oh, no, you've got to be kidding me.
[Lawler] Piledriver! Oh!
[Cole] Road Dogg just piledrived Al Snow.
It may have broken his neck.
-[Lawler] Al Snow's motionless. -[Jack Doan] One…
-[Lawler] Here's the cover. -[Jack Doan] …two…
-[Jack Doan] …three! -[Lawler] It's over.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Road Dogg has won the Hardcore championship.
-[Lawler] In the snow, outside the arena. -[announcer] Here is your winner…
-[Lawler] Unbelievable. -[announcer] …and still…
[announcer] …World Wrestling Entertainment
Hardcore champion,
the Road Dogg, Jesse James.
-[Cole] I got-- -[Lawler] You got to hand it to Al Snow.
[Lawler] I am not, and I repeat, I am not an Al Snow fan,
but I got to give him credit.
That was one hell of a match.
[Cole] But I got to hand it to the Road Dogg as well, King.
That was one hell of a match-up.
The Hardcore champion…
-[Lawler] I just said that. -[Cole] …Road Dogg.
[Cole] Indeed, he is the--
he is the champ, he is the King of Hardcore.
[Lawler] Wait a minute. Let's don't go too far now.
[Cole] Where's he going?
[Cole] What's he doing?
[Cole] Oh, it looks like he's heading back into the arena.
[Cole] Road Dogg's gonna celebrate with his fans.
-[Lawler cackles] -[crowd roaring]
[Cole] He's got to be chilled to the bone.
[Lawler] What a match-up.
[Cole] That's what they mean when they call it…
-[Cole] …the Hardcore championship. -[Lawler] Look at that!
[Cole] And what an ovation for the Road Dogg.
Yeah, I got to admit, that's a well-deserved ovation.
Let's take another look, King,
at this tremendous action.
[Road Dogg] Oh.
[Cole] And the turning point of the match-up.
A piledriver.
Boom!
Onto those wooden flats out there in the snow.
[Cole] As we say, Falls Count Anywhere, folks.
[Dennis] No! No, no, no. Oh, God, no!
[Dennis screams]
[agonizing scream]
I got a plan for McMahon tonight.
Let's take care of him, DX, all right? It shouldn't take long.
[all continue indistinctly]
Triple H good play. [continues indistinctly]
Cool, man, thank you.
Hey, I'll try to make a good deal. I'll be right back.
See you, guys.
[Triple H] Maybe.
-[Triple H] Maybe not. -What goes around, comes around.
[Cole] So Shawn Michaels obviously off to get the "Stone Cold" surprise
he promised earlier on.
-[Lawler] But those guys just-- uh-oh. -[car door rattles]
Hey, Hunter.
Hunter, you gave me the wrong key.
Hey, you, guys, left me out here.
Hey, Shawn.
[Cole] Oh, no.
[Cole] This a live shot outside the arena.
This is what's left, King, of Shawn Michaels
after a brutal savage attack
just a few moments ago.
[Lawler] Well, I mean, you know, he had it coming.
They-- Mr. McMahon warned him this is what was gonna happen.
He said he was gonna get dismembered.
[Cole] Well, then, as we left the air,
Shawn Michaels having problems getting into that car,
went back to the door area,
and then he heard someone yell out.
[Lawler] Well, watch this. Right here.
He realizes…
-[man 3] Hey, Shawn. -[Lawler] …he's been had.
Yeah, he realizes he's in trouble.
[wrestlers grunt]
Good night, boy.
-[men grunt] -[objects clattering]
-[men yell] -[repeated thud]
[man groans]
-[muffled scream] -[glass breaking]
-[overlapping shouts] -[repeated thud]
[Cole] We're back now live,
the Emergency Medical Technicians
attending to Shawn Michaels after that--
that savage attack…
-Oh, my god. -[Cole] …by The Corporation.
-[Cole] Look at that. -[Shawn winces]
[Cole] Nobody can condone this.
-[paramedic] Take it easy, Shawn. -[Cole] But obviously Mr. McMahon did--
[Lawler] Look, they put his face right into the windshield of that car.
[paramedic] Come on, Shawn.
Shawn, just take it easy.
[Cole] I thought I heard, King, Mr. McMahon's voice
as Shawn turns around.
-[paramedic] Take it easy. -[Cole] Could this be…
the dismemberment of Shawn Michaels
that Mr. McMahon promised?
[paramedic] Come on, buddy. Take it easy. Come on.
[Lawler] I don't know but I don't-- I don't think he deserved this.
[paramedic] Come on, Shawn. Hang in there.
Easy, easy.
[Cole] The Corporate Team has gone too far.
We saw the Big Boss Man attack Shawn Michaels
before the camera was smacked out of the cameraman's hands.
[Lawler] There was more people than the Big Boss Man.
Who else was involved in this?
They've shove his face through the windshield of that car.
[Lawler] This is brutal, this is brutal.
[referee] Shawn, come on, take it easy.
[Lawler] Shawn Michaels did not deserve this.
[Cole] It sounds like he can't breathe.
[referee] Shawn do you hear me?
Shawn do you hear me?
[Cole] Trying to put that neck brace on Shawn Michaels
who had his face shoved through that windshield of that car.
[paramedic] Come on, Shawn, take it easy.
[Cole] King, is this what Mr. McMahon promised?
Is this-- this is-- the dismemberment that Mr. McMahon promised?
[Lawler] Well, what do you think? You've seen it just like I'm seeing it.
[Lawler] Nobody deserves this, nobody.
[paramedic] Let's get him out. Let's get this truck out.
[Cole] So obviously, Shawn Michaels
on his way to a medical facility.
[Cole] Hopefully we'll get some sort of word
on the condition
of "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels.
This is-- this is pathetic.
[siren wailing]
[Lawler] Wow, look at that windshield.
[Cole] The remains of the car.
[heavy rock music playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] Wow.
[bell rings]
[announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
[Cole] So it's Mankind
next on the Corporate Team's hit list.
Mankind to take on The Rock for the WWE Championship.
No disqualification,
and King…
[announcer] …Mankind.
[Lawler] I think about Mankind right now,
if I know what happened to Shawn Michaels,
I got to be real worried.
[Cole] Mankind holding Shane McMahon hostage earlier on,
forcing Mr. McMahon
to agree to this match-up against The Rock
and the no disqualification stipulation.
[Lawler] Wait a minute.
-[Cole] And here… -[Lawler] Here comes DX.
[Cole] …here comes DX.
DX has adopted Mankind
as part of the family in recent weeks.
[Lawler] Whoa. This is really getting interesting now. [chuckles]
[Cole] And here is Mankind, Mick Foley,
the kid who played cowboys and Indians as a kid,
and he said he's always the Indian
because he stood up for the underdog.
And that's what he is in this match-up,
an underdog.
He's an underdog not only against The Rock.
♪ Do you smell what The Rock is cooking? ♪
["Do You Smell It" playing]
[Lawler] Here's what I've wondered,
does DX know what happened to Shawn Michaels?
You think, huh?
[Cole] I don't know, King.
I don't know what to believe,
I don't know what to think anymore.
[announcer] …The Rock!
[Cole] All I know is the WWE Championship is up for grabs.
There's no disqualification.
The Rock against Mankind,
and the odds are stacked against Mick Foley.
Not only the great athlete, The Rock,
but the entire Corporation
will obviously be at ringside
and there's no disqualification.
[Lawler] Well I'm gonna tell you something. I'm worried because
The Rock was not prepared for this match.
Look he still doesn't have his wrestling attire on.
[Cole] But he's a champion, King.
He should always be ready.
[Cole] The Rock
is what Mr. McMahon wants a champion to be.
He embodies the WWE Championship
But can you imagine
if Mankind could somehow pull it out
and win the championship?
[Lawler] Now, come on, listen. I don't even want to imagine it, okay?
I mean, look at him.
He's a freak.
Even Mr. McMahon said he's a genetically altered mentally deficient freak.
Come on, let's face it.
He's lost most of his teeth.
He's only got one ear,
he's pulled out most of his own hair.
And that's not even to mention
all the thousand of brain cells that he's missing.
[Cole] That gold is the centerpiece of this company.
The WWE Championship.
I mean could you imagine Mankind
on the cover of the Southwest Airlines magazine with Mr. McMahon?
[Lawler] Oh, come on. That'd be a joke.
[Cole] Mankind obviously the underdog.
[Lawler] Watch-- look at this.
[Cole] And here we go now. And Rock hammering away on Mankind.
[Lawler] This is for the WWE title.
Take it to him Rock.
-[Lawler] Come on, baby. -[Cole] There are no disqualifications.
[Cole] The Corporation on one side of the ring,
D-Generation X on the other.
[women scream]
[Lawler] Why are they allowing DX to stay out here?
Hey, hey, hey, hey!
[Cole] Well, The Corporation is out there, why not DX?
[referee] Hunter, Hunter, come on, you guys.
[Cole] No disqualification.
I think Ken Shamrock might have got in
a little cheap shot there but that's okay.
-[Lawler] Watch it! -[Cole] Look out!
[Lawler] Oh.
[Cole] And Mankind now hammering away
on the Corporate Champion, The Rock.
Mankind-- I'll tell you, King,
There couldn't be two more opposite men
in this match-up.
I mean The Rock,
he's a star.
He's good looking, he's rich and famous.
[Lawler] And he's the champ, he's the Corporate Champ.
And this match is for that title…
-[Cole] And Mankind-- -[Lawler] …the WWE title.
[Lawler] Let me tell you something now.
You realize this is no disqualification?
So, I don't care if DX and--
and all The Corporation is out here at ringside.
This match is not gonna end up
by having a whole bunch of other wrestlers jump in the ring.
I mean, it's not gonna end up some kind of wild schmoz out here.
This match is gonna--
Somebody is gonna win this match and someone is gonna lose it.
[Cole] Not like the other league
as The Rock now hammers away on Mankind.
Now, goes for the steel stairs.
As you see, Mr. McMahon looking on.
[Lawler] And there's your…
-[Cole] Oh. -[Lawler] …loser Mankind. [cackles]
[Cole] I'll tell you what, King.
Over his 15-year career,
Mick Foley has given it his all.
-[Cole] Wait a minute. -[Lawler] Oh.
[Lawler] Oh, that first one was--
was for Mr. McMahon and I think that second one was for Shane.
[Cole] And you have to agree.
[McMahon] No disqualification.
[Cole] Mankind's greatest attribute
is his heart.
[Lawler] Listen to this.
[Cole] Steel stair to the back.
[Lawler] His greatest attribute is what?
[Cole] His heart. His perseverance.
[Lawler] Oh, come on. Heart, fart, I'm tired of hearing that word.
He's an idiot.
He doesn't deserve this title shot here tonight.
Mr. McMahon was coerced into giving it to him.
[Cole] Mankind has put his body through so much pain
over his 15-year career.
Mankind once said that
doctors didn't think he'd make it pass his 30th birthday.
-[Cole] Oh! -[Lawler] Oh.
But he's here today.
[clamoring]
Whoa.
Well, obviously The Rock is here.
Obviously he just checked Mankind in to the SmackDown Hotel
on the corner of Know Your Role Boulevard
and Jabroni Drive.
Maybe a little thirsty Mankind. You want some water? Here.
[crowd chattering]
[Lawler] Oh!
Look out!
Watch it, Rock!
Look at this!
Somebody help The Rock!
Help him.
[crowd cheering]
Help!
[crowd jeering]
We have big problems over here.
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] Help. Wait a minute.
Mankind is looking real good.
[Lawler] Yeah, you're looking--
The kid's showing a lot of testicular fortitude.
[Lawler] You are looking great. Look this way, look this way-- oh.
[crowd gasp]
[metal clanging]
[Lawler] Ho, ho. He's not looking so hard right now.
[Lawler] Bring it on, Michael Cole,
you coward.
Look at Mankind, he's all choked up now. [laughs]
[Lawler] Come on, ref, everything's okay.
Get out of the way.
Everything is under control.
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] Watch it, watch it.
Oh, we got big problems here now.
-[Lawler shrieks] -[crowd cheering]
Rock, baby.
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] Can you hear me?
Is this thing working?
Am I on? I mean, they--
They ripped the headset right off my head.
And look at our desk!
Give it to him, Rock.
Finish him off.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] King, am I-- am I-- can you hear me?
-[Cole] Wait a minute, cover. -[Lawler] I can hear you.
[Cole] I-- I've never seen anything like this.
The WWE Championship, King,
is on the line.
No disqualification
and The Rock is putting Mankind through
a tremendous amount of punishment.
[Lawler] This is great. Now, look at Shane.
This is not-- this is not a title match,
that's gonna start two minutes before we go off the air.
We're talking action here,
this is the WWE, baby.
Mankind with a shot at the WWE Championship.
Side Russian leg sweep,
into a cover, this should be it!
Hook of the leg and Mankind kicks-out.
[Lawler] Finish him, Rock. Come on.
[Cole] You know what? This must be right for Mankind, King,
I mean it must be like growing up in New York
and wanting to play centerfield
for the Yankees.
Or growing up in Texas
and wanting to be quarterback of the Cowboys,
having a shot at the WWE Championship--
Oh, my!
[Lawler] Mankind is a born right fielder
or he'd be better off playing third base.
[Cole] And Mankind now battling back.
Right hands at The Rock.
[Lawler] Or being third base.
Everybody step on him.
-Reversal now. -Rock with the elbow to the face.
[Lawler] Come on, Rock.
Rock, scoop, slam.
Oh, oh, wait a minute.
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] Oh, yes. This is it.
The most electrifying move
in sports entertainment today,
The Corporate elbow from The Rock,
Yahoo. [laughs]
Yes, and Rock plants it.
Rock plants the Corporate elbow.
That could be it.
Cover, two-- and Mankind--
[Cole] Gets the shoulder up.
[Lawler] What?
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] You've got to give him credit.
He has so much heart.
He perseveres.
He takes tremendous punishment,
but he continues to battle back.
[Lawler] But he's hideous looking, look at him.
Rock misses with a right-hand.
-[Cole] Here's Mankind now. -[Lawler shrieks]
[Lawler] Swinging neckbreaker.
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] Rock's head bouncing off the mat.
And now can Mankind gain some momentum?
[Cole] I don't like this.
Look at the look on the face of Mr. McMahon.
He don't like this either.
[Lawler] He's worried. Wait a minute.
Boss Man just grab Mankind's leg.
-[Cole] Disqualification. -[Lawler] There's no disqualification…
…and Rock has the belt.
[Lawler] Give him the belt. Oh.
You want that belt, Mankind? You got it. [laughs]
[Cole] Belt to the face,
It's over now.
Hook to the leg, there's two.
-[Cole] Yes. -[Lawler] No. no, only two. What?
[Cole] Mankind, again, got the shoulder up.
[Cole] And Mr. McMahon can't believe it.
We got problems.
[Lawler] We got no desk here.
[Cole] Rock again with the belt,
misses. Mankind, kick to the midsection.
[Lawler] Setting him up, DDT on the championship.
[crowd roaring]
[laughing]
[Cole] Mankind with a cover.
[Lawler] No, no, no, no, no.
[Cole] We can have a new champion-- two--
and Rock gets the shoulder up.
[Lawler exhales]
[Cole] Mankind had said for years and years,
all he's ever wanted…
-[Cole] …was to be called champion… -[Lawler] Oh, no!
[Cole] …for a night. And there's Socko.
[Lawler] Not that stinking sock.
[Cole] There's Socko!
[Lawler] Disqualify him!
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Mr. Socko,
Rock tasted Mr. Socko at Rock Bottom.
[Lawler] Rock, look out!
he could taste it again tonight-- and he does.
Mr. Socko.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Mankind has locked in the Mandible Claw
with Mr. Socko.
[Lawler] Mr. McMahon, you got to do something.
[Cole] The Rock maybe out.
-[Lawler] Oh. -[crowd cheering]
[Cole] No disqualification.
[Lawler] And there's Billy Gunn.
[Cole] Billy Gunn on Shamrock.
[crowd roaring]
[Cole] DX and the Corporate team are going at it.
[Lawler] Look out.
[glass shattering]
[crowd roaring]
[Lawler] What?
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] Oh, no! "Stone Cold" is here!
Oh, no. "Stone Cold" is here!
["I Won't Do What You Tell Me" playing]
[Lawler] Look out, Mr. McMahon!
The Rattlesnake is here. Look out!
[Cole] Oh, "Stone Cold" with the chair.
[Lawler] He pulled Mankind on The Rock!
-[Lawler] No, no! -[crowd] One!
-[crowd] Two! Three! -[Lawler] Don't do it!
[bell rings]
["I Won't Do What You Tell Me" playing]
[announcer] Here's you winner and the new--
[Cole] Oh, my god! No.
Mankind did it!
Mick Foley did it!
No, "Stone Cold" did it.
Mankind has achieved his dream
and the dream of everyone else
who's been told you can't do it.
No! You can do it!
You can do this!
[heavy rock music playing]
[Cole] Mick Foley has come a long way
from his first match in Clarksburg, West Virginia
15 years ago.
[Cole] Oh. [laughs]
Mick Foley has come a long way.
Oh, hell, yeah, Mick Foley.
[Lawler] Oh, shut up.
[Cole] He's come a long way
since sleeping on the floors of Motel 6's.
From sleeping in his Ford Fairmont, learning to wrestle.
He's been known as Dude Love,
Cactus Jack, Mankind,
but tonight and forever,
Mick Foley will simply be known
as WWE Champion.
[Lawler] Will you shut up?
[Lawler] Don't you realize this is a worst blackest day
in the life of that man, Mr. McMahon?
Oh, my god.
[Lawler] Look at that decrepit freak of nature.
-[Cole] From the days, he was called… -[McMahon] No, not you.
-[Cole] …Moby Dick. -[Lawler] No!
[Lawler] Get that off the screen.
He's the champion of the WWE and it's unbelievable.
[Cole] He was once called Moby Mick as a pudgy kid,
but tonight--
tonight he is champion.
[crowd roaring]
[Lawler] Anybody but him.
[Cole] He wanted to hear the people cheer for him,
for his ability…
-[Cole] …for his talent. -Stop the music!
And they're cheering for him, first he's champion.
Ladies and gentlemen without further ado,
I announce to you the new World Wrestling Entertainment
heavyweight champion of the world,
Mankind.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] King, you can't measure
guts, heart, and determination.
He may not be the most talented,
he may not be the best looking.
[McMahon] Believe me. You'll get another shot.
You'll get it back
[Lawler] But he's the ugliest. Mankind is the ugliest.
But he is the champion.
[McMahon] I'll make it up to you, Rock. I promise.
[overlapping chatter]
Hey, Vince,
I got to tell you,
this feels pretty damn good.
[Lawler screams in frustration]
[Cole] He's no longer the kid who ate worms
in the schoolyard as a teenager.
King, he is champion.
He represents the WWE as champion.
[Lawler] Listen.
At the risk of not sounding very cool,
I'd like to dedicate
this match to my two little people at home and say,
"Big Daddio did it!"
[Lawler] This is blackest day in the history of the WWE.
[Cole] My God, anything can happen in the WWE.
[Lawler] Mankind is the champion.
[Cole] Mick Foley said he was gonna walk out on top
and damn it, he did! d he was gonna walk out on top