[intro music playing]
[Triple H] I'll tell you what, as the holidays approach,
I definitely am getting in the holiday spirit. Are you?
Oh, can't you tell?
I've got my Santa hat on, we've got all the decorations.
Thank you very much for helping me decorate the tree.
Oh, you know, it the least I could do.
But everybody else in the WWE
just doesn't seem to have any holiday spirit, I mean…
-They don't. -What's going on with that?
I don't know. I guess we're gonna be the ones to have to give as always.
As always. Give, give, give. That's all we ever do.
Give, give, give, that's all we do. The McMahon-Helmsley era.
Well, I'll tell you what,
the McMahon-Helmsley era, as of right now,
is gonna start giving until it hurts.
-Ooh. -Starting right here tonight.
I got a feeling…
this is gonna be a very Raw Christmas show.
-All right. -It is.
-Raw Christmas. -Shut up.
-Rodney, could you get me water, please? -Oh, sure.
Go get it, monkey, and hurry, too.
["Thorn in Your Eye" playing]
♪ It's my life in the box in front of me ♪
♪ Taking junk in my arms Is the soul of me ♪
♪ You walk by Eyes can see me laying face down ♪
♪ Why am I the thorn in your eye? ♪
[audience cheering]
-[rock music playing] -[fireworks whistling]
[Ross] Happy holidays, everybody, and welcome to WWE Raw,
live from the sold-out Compaq Center deep in the heart of Texas,
we are in Houston.
I'm Jim Ross alongside Michael Hayes.
Jerry Lawler is in Los Angeles tonight for the premiere of Man On The Moon.
And it sounds like, Michael, that it's gonna be a very
Raw Christmas show according to Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley
and her husband.
["This is a Test" playing]
-[bell dings] -[audience cheering]
[Lilian] Making his way to the ring, weighing in at 282 pounds, Test.
[Ross] Test coming out with that protective covering on his nose.
His nose was re-broken last Thursday night on SmackDown
as we take you back to last Thursday night.
It was Kurt Angle and Test going one-on-one
and Test got disqualified by Stephanie McMahon, Michael,
for using a planted fist.
[Hayes] Well, I applaud Stephanie's efforts,
trying to enforce the rules around here.
Somebody's got to take control. Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley…
-[Ross] It's a set-up. -[Hayes] It was a set-up?
[Ross] Big time set up that Stephanie-- The shot right there.
Triple H with one big shot right to the nose,
re-broke Test's nose and Test is here tonight
ready to compete, we're not sure against whom,
with a protective covering on that broken nose.
You gotta hand it to Test. He's got a lot of guts.
[Lilian] And his opponent in this handicap match…
[Ross] What? Handicap?
[Lilian] …the New Age Outlaws.
-[audience cheering] -[Ross] Oh, the hell is that about?
["Oh, You Didn't Know?" playing]
♪ Your ass better call somebody ♪
[Ross] Well, here comes Test's Christmas present
from the McMahon-Helmsley era, a handicap match.
[Dogg] You're damn right.
When you say it's me, it's me.
It's the D-O, double G.
Rolling once again with the B-A double D!
By the way, happy birthday to Nancy.
[Ross] I cannot believe that the McMahon-Helmsley era,
we thought it was bad Thursday night on SmackDown.
Folks, I don't think we've seen nothing yet.
-This is a handicap match. -[Dogg] Cut the music.
[Ross] The Outlaws against Test.
[Hayes] Test was bragging all last week.
Now, I know that you are well aware
but I wanna let all these blithering idiots here in Texas know…
[audience booing]
…that myself and badass Billy Gunn
are the WWE Tag Team Champions of the world.
-[Ross] Oh, here comes Mr. Ass. -[bell dinging]
And it's gonna be the New Age Outlaws.
They are the tag champions in a handicap match against Test.
Test, about a little over a month ago,
was scheduled to marry Stephanie McMahon
in that very ring in Anaheim, California,
that did not happen thanks to Triple H.
[Hayes] That's Test's big problem here, JR.
He doesn't realize it's over between himself and Stephanie.
Uh, hello, get a clue. She's married to Triple H.
[Ross] I'll tell you what though. You gotta hand it to Test
for even being here to compete against whomever here tonight.
He had no idea this was gonna be a handicap match
and also here tonight, I know that The Rock
is scheduled to be here--
Wait a minute. Well, there's…
Edge and Christian, The Hardys, they're were scheduled to be…
at Test's wedding to Stephanie several weeks ago.
These guys are concerned, as we all should be, about Test's welfare.
And that dropkick got Test right in the nose.
[Hayes] And I don't know if that noseguard did Test any good there.
[Ross] And there's a cover and Test kicked out.
[Hayes] I heard at the dressing room all week long,
Test was bragging about, had Triple H not turned on him last week,
Test could've taken out the Outlaws.
-[Ross] Oh. -[Hayes] He's got his opportunity.
[Ross] Right now, Test is gonna fight two men
and they are the finest tag team in the history of the WWE,
The New Age Outlaws, and they are doing a number on Test.
And you gotta believe that Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley
and her husband, Triple H, are loving this.
Hey!
[Ross] And I'll tell you what, it was a chaotic ride
Thursday night on SmackDown,
and that nose exposed, and again, the shot right to the broken nose of Test.
[audience shouting]
Stephanie and Triple H flexed their corporate muscle
and their power on Thursday night.
I can attest to that personally.
[Hayes] I'll bet you can, JR. And one has to wonder…
[Ross] Come on. That's enough.
[Hayes] …what do the Helmsleys plan on giving everybody here in the WWE tonight?
[Ross] Who knows? Who knows what's gonna happen?
I don't know if the Compaq Center is gonna be standing
by the time this night is over.
We are live, anything can happen when we are live
and Triple H and Stephanie are in charge.
-[Hayes] Oh! -[Ross] What a move there by Test,
using the Outlaws' own momentum to execute a double DDT.
[Hayes] This is Test's opportunity,
if he's gonna get up and make any kind of offensive threat
against the Outlaws.
[audience cheering]
[Ross] Test is gonna fight right back. He's fighting back for all he's got.
You gotta hand it to this guy. He got his heart broken
and soul bruised when that wedding was…
abruptly interrupted a month or so ago.
And a Gutwrench into a Powerbomb.
He's fought back through a broken nose. It was re-broken again Thursday night.
Pumphandle into a slam and-- Oh, there's a dropkick.
A dropkick by Mr. Ass.
And Test kicked out again and The Outlaws can't believe it.
[Hayes] I can't believe it myself.
[Ross] Test and Stephanie, their wedding,
we had thought about it, we had planned on it,
we looked forward to it for weeks and weeks, and weeks.
[Hayes] JR, you can't have a wedding when the bride-to-be is already a bride.
[Ross] I got that.
And that wedding-- Come on. They're taking off that protective nose…
That covering on Test,
and now-- Again, driving Test's face,
his nose more specifically, right into the canvas.
-[bell dings] -And the Outlaws
have done the damage to Test.
[Lilian] Here's your winner, the New Age Outlaws.
[Ross] I hope Stephanie and Triple H are happy.
[Hayes] Well, this is any indication of what we could…
Merry Christmas, Test.
[both laughing]
-[knocking on door] -Come in.
-[man] He's got it. -[man 2] We got it right here.
-Oh, hey… -[man] Posse comes through again.
-Great job. -What now?
-Just like you wanted. -You enjoyed that match, right?
-You had fun watching Test… -Yeah, very nice. Very nice.
You guys are friends with Test.
You guys are all really close friends and brothers.
Yeah, we're all friends and brothers and to be quite honest,
we're sick and tired of fighting each other.
Ridiculous.
Considering it's Christmas time, we'd appreciate if you stopped the games.
What?
[chuckles]
I'm feeling butterflies when you do that to me.
That's a good idea, though.
I'll tell you what, she got a heck of an idea.
We're gonna have a little match tonight and I understand, guys.
No more games, okay?
It's gonna be Edge and Matt
versus Christian and Jeff.
[Stephanie] There you go. The winners versus the losers.
-That isn't right. -[Triple H] Right. Right.
Hey, don't just stand around. Go get ready.
-[Stephanie] Go, go. -[Triple H] Go on.
Hey, guys, Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas.
[Ross] I don't believe this.
-Hi, Kurt. -[Kurt] How you doing, Stephanie?
-I'm great. -[Kurt] Good, good.
You know, it's so rare that we have a real Olympic gold medalist…
-Thank you very much. -[Stephanie] …in our midst.
-Wow, that's impressive. -It is impressive.
-You're still undefeated, aren't you? -Yes, I am.
Undefeated. I'll tell you what. You know what?
It's probably time for you to step up to the next level there, tough guy.
-Okay. Yeah. -Right.
You get to test out those three eyes tonight,
because you're gonna get in the ring with Viscera.
-[Stephanie] Viscera? -[Kurt] Viscera?
[Triple H] Yeah, Viscera. Merry Christmas.
Hey, you got any of that ostrich jerky left before you go?
Hey, what's up with Viscera? Why'd you make that match?
[mockingly] With Viscera? Well, he could use a…
-[all mumble mockingly] -He's so cute.
Hey, shut up.
Jackasses.
[upbeat music playing]
[Ross] Well, it's most certainly Kurt Angle and Viscera
here tonight, thanks to Triple H.
I don't know if Stephanie was too excited about that match-up
but here we have a situation
where it's gonna be Edge and Matt Hardy
against Christian and Jeff Hardy, thanks to the McMahon-Helmsley era.
[bell dinging]
[Lilian] Ladies and gentlemen, being accompanied by Terri,
please welcome, Matt and Jeff, The Hardy Boyz.
[audience cheering]
[Ross] Ladies and gentlemen, this should be quite a match-up.
I don't know if both teams are somewhat reluctant to be in it
but in any event, tonight Raw is War is brought to you by Snickers.
Hungry? Grab a Snickers.
[Hayes] And by Sony PlayStation, live in your world, play in ours.
[Ross] And by Western Union Money Transfer,
the fastest way to send money worldwide.
[music playing]
[audience cheering]
[Ross] On SmackDown on Thursday night…
[Lilian] …from Toronto, Canada,
please welcome Edge and Christian.
[Ross] Oh, the McMahon-Helmsley duo matched up Edge versus Christian
and Matt versus Jeff Hardy.
I guess in the spirit of the giving season they decided to come in the ring,
but they're still competing against each other.
This time, a Tag Team match-up.
[Lilian] The team for this match will be Edge and Matt Hardy
versus Christian and Jeff Hardy.
[Hayes] JR, you know how they say it.
That, that does not kill us will make us stronger
and Triple H is just trying to raise the bar for Edge and Christian
and Matt and Jeff Hardy.
[Ross] I know the Hardys are looking forward to being in Charlotte,
North Carolina on Sunday, at the Charlotte Coliseum.
Great seats are still available the night after Christmas
in Charlotte in the Hardys' home state of North Carolina.
Of course, we'll be in Greensborough next Monday night for Raw.
And, uh…
obviously-- Here we go. Matt and Edge as partners.
Matt Hardy and Edge as partners
against their brothers, Christian and Jeff Hardy.
Again, forced into a situation by Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley
and her husband, Triple H.
And I've got a feeling this is only a small indication
of the hell we are gonna face here tonight.
Great move there by Jeff Hardy, landing on his feet,
avoiding the contact from Edge.
Baseball slide through, nice move.
And keep an eye on Christian, right on his brother's face.
Great springboard move by Christian-- Oh!
[audience cheering]
And what a high-risk maneuver by Jeff Hardy.
I can't say that we're surprised, but we're always astonished
by the high-risk offense created by all four of these guys
as Edge just buried a fist deep into the abdomen of Jeff Hardy.
[Hayes] You know, you have to hand it to Triple H and Steph.
They are very creative in their scheduling of matches.
[Ross] That's not exactly how I would describe it.
I think they're being overbearing and I think it's an embarrassment,
especially to the McMahon family. Just like I said--
Oh, my. What a-- What a tandem set of moves there.
Modified slams by…
By Edge and Matt Hardy.
And I can't believe Kurt Angle is gonna face Viscera tonight.
We know that The Rock is here.
I wonder what Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley and Triple H
are gonna make The Rock do tonight.
[Hayes] Just remember, they're in a very giving mood.
[Ross] And I know that the McMahon-Helmsley era,
very upset with Mankind, Mick Foley, he's here as well--
Near fall.
We are sold out in Houston.
There is no telling what's gonna happen tonight
because at the command of the ship tonight, Triple H and his bride Stephanie.
I'll tell you, JR. I think Kurt Angle's undefeated streak
could be in serious jeopardy when he faces Viscera tonight.
[Ross] There's a cover right there.
And Matt had the leg hooked of his brother, Jeff Hardy.
[Hayes] I'll tell you what, you gotta believe. You know how,
Triple H, what he feels toward Mankind, what he feels towards The Rock.
If Rock and Mankind are here and they are,
it may be a very long night for those two WWE Superstars.
Right now, it looks like a long night for Jeff Hardy.
-[thud] -Snap suplex by Edge,
taking Matt Hardy over. There's the cover.
And referee Tim White got a long two-count out of it.
Near fall situation.
[Hayes] Terri looks great and she doesn't look in a good mood, JR.
[Ross] Well, how could she be in a good mood?
Her team, again, fighting each other.
They fought each other individually on SmackDown
and look at Matt now, he's caught up in the moment here,
trying to gain an unfair advantage over his own brother.
That's what they-- That's what the Helmsley-McMahon era,
these two human beings, if you wanna call them that,
have forced on these two--
On these four men. It's civil war.
[audience cheering]
There's a tag, Matt making the exchange with Edge.
I mean, Michael, you've-- Oh, here we go. There's the cover.
-Two… -[Ross] You gotta admit,
it's embarrassing what Stephanie and Triple H are doing,
and the uncomfortable nature in the locker room was horrible.
-They shouldn't be here today. -[audience cheering]
[Hayes] Some people have to realize they're gonna have to think on their feet.
Not be complacent.
[referee] One!
[Ross] I don't what complacency has to do with it.
I think it's a power trip
and they're intoxicated with their own power.
It's too bad that Vince McMahon and Shane McMahon are not here tonight.
Man, they have avoided the WWE like a plague.
And there's a tag to Christian. Christian's gonna show great offense here.
Christian just hit his own partner.
-[Hayes] Oh, that was great move. -[Ross] That was a lapse of concentration
because Christian's used to being partners with his own brother, Edge.
Matt Hardy thrown outside, right to the floor, to the concrete.
And now it leaves Edge and Matt Hardy in the ring with Christian.
The elbow and then the roll up, that may be all right there.
Wait there's-- There's Jeff with a Senton Bomb on his brother, Matt.
-[Hayes] Great save by Jeff right there. -[Ross] What a spear by Edge.
That should be all.
[Ross] And--
Christian made the save there,
interrupted the count.
Well, referee Tim White has got his hands full here.
-[audience cheering] -[Ross] And what a shot by Matt Hardy.
That could be all right there. A lateral press, and again,
the count is interrupted this time by Jeff Hardy.
[Hayes] I'm confused. Who's the legal man?
[Ross] I don't think the referee even knows.
I'm still having problems with these very unique teams.
[Hayes] You gotta admit, it's a great match-up.
-[audience cheering] -[Ross] Oh, what a dropkick.
Edge went over the top.
High impact move there by Christian,
driving Matt Hardy face first to the canvas, and there's Jeff.
The 450 splash by Jeff Hardy on his own brother.
[bell dinging]
[rock music playing]
[Lilian] Here are your winners, Christian and Jeff Hardy.
[Ross] Now this is a gut check for Christian and Edge, Matt and Jeff Hardy.
Michael Hayes, there's no doubt about that.
Brothers against brothers.
A civil war started by Stephanie and Triple H.
[Hayes] And one of the greatest,
most creative matches we've seen on Raw in a long time.
[Ross] It's just too bad.
It seems to me like Triple H and Stephanie
are trying to drive a wedge between everybody, treating everybody like dirt.
[Hayes] Matt Hardy might have suffered a busted nose.
That's in the spirit of giving.
[Ross] Merry Christmas, guys.
[Hayes] Terri's like a little ornament herself there,
dressed in red and green. And this is gonna be a long night.
I'll tell you, what the hell else could happen?
Brothers shouldn't play like that.
You know what's gonna end up happening?
They're gonna end up not being brothers, they're gonna be sisters.
-[knocking on door] -Come in.
[man] Get in here, get in here.
-Oh, Moolah and Mae. -You're bringing him down.
You better keep it down before they beat the crap out of you.
-Merry Christmas. -Merry Christmas.
Oh, Merry Christmas to you.
You know, you guys have been a part of my family for generations.
And generations, and generations, and generations…
But really, you know, Hunter and I would--
We'd just like to extend our arms, our family,
and give you a Christmas gift.
[overlapping chatter]
Look at this. A nice bottle.
-Oh, easy there. -Hey, oh!
We love you.
I'm not gonna give this to you, 'cause you'll go crazy on it.
I've got a better gift for you.
I know that the two of you
pride yourselves on being active at your age.
And you should, I mean…
-They're very active. -Not everybody can stand up, but…
I know you pride yourselves on that so I am gonna give you a chance tonight
to shine like never before.
Shine like never before.
Tonight, Mae and Moolah,
you will get in the ring
and you will get your chance to shine in a Triple Threat Match
against the team of the Dudley Boyz and The Acolytes.
-What? -Yes!
You can do it, girls. You can do it.
Stephanie, I can't believe you do things like this.
You're with the McMahon family and you are a disgrace to them.
-I'm surprised at you. Come on, Mae. -A disgrace?
You guys are a disgrace to Depend's undergarments.
-Ingrates. You bunch of ingrates. -[laughs]
I'll tell you what, I can't wait to hear JR call out…
[imitates] "Gonna be a slobber knocker."
Speaking of JR, let's go give him our gift.
Right, that's gonna be a good piece of business.
[Ross] Oh, no. Oh, no.
Ladies and gentleman, apparently, Triple H and his bride, Stephanie,
are on their way out here.
We are in Houston, Texas,
where the Compaq Center has been sold out for weeks and weeks
in anticipation for tonight's live Raw is War.
Already, we know Kurt Angle puts his unbeaten streak
against Vis, in a Triple Threat Match
I cannot believe, Michael Hayes.
Well, I'll tell you this, we can't believe the fact that the WWE
ranked number five in the list of Best Entertainers Of The Year.
And that's in some very vast company in this week's Entertainment Weekly,
a great accomplishment for the World Wrestling Entertainment.
[Hayes] And one has to wonder, the wily tycoon, Mr. McMahon,
what is on his mind right now and what is on your mind?
[Ross] I have no idea. I mean, getting slapped in the face
by a young woman was embarrassing enough
and I didn't know that I was on the…
the Helmsley's Christmas list.
[Hayes] Well, JR, what rhymes with clap that starts with an S?
[Ross] As the halfway married couple make their way down the ring,
they've already signed The Acolytes, the Dudleys
and get this folks, the fabulous Moolah and Mae Young,
the centenarians, to take on the Dudleys and The Acolytes.
[Lilian] Ladies and gentleman, please welcome Triple H and his wife,
Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley.
[Hayes] That's a great opportunity for Mae Young and Moolah.
[Ross] Oh, please. Stop it.
This is gonna be carnage. Can you imagine what's gonna happen
to Mae or Moolah if Bradshaw clotheslines one of them?
If they get the 3D from the Dudleys?
[audience cheering]
[Ross] These people that have power, they're drunk with it.
Maybe the Helmsleys will forget I'm sitting here.
I don't know what they want from me.
[music continues playing]
JR, please come in the ring. Really, we come in peace.
-[audience cheering] -[Ross] I'm afraid that this is it.
I think they're gonna fire my ass in front of everybody. That's they're style.
See you, Mike.
[audience cheering]
[Hayes] Jim Ross has been called up to the ring,
by Triple H and his wife Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley
and JR looks a little reserved and probably…
Shut up!
[audience booing]
[Hayes] Probably with good reason.
So what's with this, you know, Entertainment Weekly,
you're talking about Vince and The Rock
and they're the greatest entertainers.
Obviously, you're a little late.
I mean, here are the two greatest entertainers of 1999.
[audience booing]
You know, Steph,
I can't help but think Entertainment Weekly
kind of… it kind of missed the boat on that whole thing, don't you think?
Couple of weeks late. I mean, this is the deal.
And although this place looks rather festive…
[audience booing]
…there just seems-- Hey, don't go anywhere.
You stand right here. I'm not done taking to you. You got it?
This place seems to be lacking in decoration,
so I'll tell you what,
Kevin Dunn…
you put it up…
now.
[rock music snippet plays]
-[audience booing] -[Triple H] See, that's much better.
That is the type of picture
that a magazine like Entertainment Weekly
should use to grace their pages, don't you think, JR?
JR…
last week, you had some interesting comments.
[audience chanting]
[Hayes] 16,000 strong chanting the name of the electrified one.
-It's live but I'll wait all damn night! -[audience booing]
Now, you had some interesting comments
and you ended up getting your little face slapped for 'em.
Now, JR, we feel badly about that.
Stephanie would like to talk to you about it.
Please, please. JR.
Look me in my eyes.
I just want you know that…
That I'm really…
I'm really not bothered by it anymore, I've forgiven you.
I know that…
I know that you really didn't mean to insult me that way.
I know that you didn't mean to-- JR, look at me.
I want you to know that I'm telling you the truth.
I know that you didn't mean to, you know, hurt my feelings.
But…
I just wanted to tell you that
it felt…
It felt kind of good to slap you that way.
Now this is gonna feel even better.
[audience booing]
[Hayes] How embarrassing.
Oh, look out.
[Triple H] JR, I know you remember this,
so Merry Christmas…
-["Wreck" playing] -[audience cheering]
[Hayes] There's the music of Mankind.
Mankind, who ruined the Helmsleys plan last Thursday on SmackDown.
JR, are you all right?
Are you okay, JR? That had to be humiliating.
[Ross] Well, hell yes. Two weeks in a row they've embarrassed me. Jackasses.
[Mankind] In the words of Popeye the sailor,
"I stands all I can stands.
But I can't stands no more."
[audience cheering]
You see, Triple H, I stood back there,
I watched you pick on Mae Young,
I watched you pick on the fabulous Moolah,
I saw you try to bully around JR.
So I'm asking you, Triple H,
why don't you pick on somebody your own size?
-[audience cheering] -[Ross] Yeah, why don't you?
That takes some guts.
You see, I stood silent.
I watched this piece of crap you call the McMahon-Helmsley era.
And until now, I've stayed silent.
Sure, I've wrapped the trash can around your buddies heads,
but I've kept my mouth shut.
So I'm here tonight in Houston, Texas…
[audience cheering]
…to tell you flat out
that I think the McMahon-Helmsley era
kind of sucks.
[audience cheering]
[Ross] And it's unanimous in Texas.
It's unanimous everywhere.
And as far as you, Stephanie,
the gall you have to defame the good name of Santa Claus
with a hat like that.
Well…
I know Santa walks around saying,
-"Ho, ho, ho." -[audience cheering]
[Ross] You better not go there.
But I'm not exactly sure
you're the type of "ho" he had in mind.
-[Ross] Oh, here we go. -Take it off, come on now!
Take it off. I'm begging you!
Come on, come on!
Is she really holding you back? [chuckles]
[Ross] What's Stephanie telling Triple H?
[Ross] He appears to like it, whatever it was.
No, she's not holding me back. She's given me an idea.
You want me to pick on somebody my own size?
You really seem to be a lot bigger in some areas than I am.
So I'll tell you what I'm gonna do since you seem to be
itching so bad for a fight.
I mean, after Thursday,
sticking your nose in business
it doesn't belong in.
[audience chanting]
And tonight…
defending that piece of trash.
You wanna interfere?
You want a fight?
Well, I'll tell you what, tonight…
right here, you're gonna get a fight.
You…
are gonna be in a Boiler Room match tonight.
[Hayes] A Boiler Room match. That's right down Mankind's alley.
[Ross] It's mankind's specialty.
Triple H, please, please.
I've been a good boy all year.
Please tell me it's with you.
[audience cheering]
[Ross] Boiler Room Brawl.
Mankind's specialty.
I'll tell you what.
I'm not gonna tell you who it's gonna be with.
It might be with me,
it might not be with me.
But one way or the other,
you, my friend,
are gonna walk into a boiler room tonight
and you are going to get your ass kicked.
[audience booing]
Mick, I just wanted to say…
Merry Christmas.
-[Ross] Oh. -[Hayes] Oh, God.
-Did you hear that? -[Ross] How could you not hear it?
The audacity, the gall
of Triple H and his wife is absolutely repulsive.
They make me sick.
The kind of human beings that they are, they make me sick.
The Boiler Room Brawl is gonna happen here tonight,
inside a dark boiler room.
No rings, concrete and steel.
Mankind in the boiler room, but who will be his opponent?
Who will be the victim in the boiler room tonight?
[upbeat music playing]
[Ross] And we are back live on Raw.
Jim Ross and Michael Hayes at ringside.
And here comes the undefeated Olympian.
[bell dinging]
[Lilian] the following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Making his way to the ring from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
weighing in at 237 pounds,
the only Olympic gold medalist
to ever grace a WWE ring
and the most celebrated real athlete
in WWE history,
Kurt Angle.
[music continues playing]
[Ross] Angle is undefeated.
At least he is thus far.
[Hayes] Maybe not after this match-up.
First of all,
your Olympic hero would like to wish all of you a Merry Christmas.
[Ross] That was a nice gesture.
[Hayes] I'm sure very sincere, too.
As the holiday season is fast approaching,
I have a great idea
for a New Year's resolution for all of you.
As all of you know,
I've had success my whole entire life
and I continue to have success here
in the World Wrestling Entertainment, and why?
Because I follow my simple set of rules
that I called the three I's.
Yes, that's right.
Intensity.
Integrity.
And intelligence.
And if you follow my three I's
and make it part of your New Year's resolution,
you too can accomplish
anything you want to.
And you too can have the happiest New Year
you could ever imagine possible.
[audience cheering]
[Ross] Triple H made this match-up but I don't think,
Michael Hayes, that it sat too well with his wife, Stephanie.
When Triple H made the announcement, it would be Kurt angle versus Vis.
[Lilian] His opponent, weighing in at 496 pounds,
Viscera!
[Hayes] Well, JR, let me ask you. Do you think?
[Triple H] Baby, come on. Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas.
You didn't have to do this.
Huh?
What? This is gonna…
[Ross] I don't think Stephanie's pleased with her husband
-for signing this match-up. -[Hayes] I was trying to ask you,
do you think that Stephanie gets a little twinkle in her eye
when she sees Kurt Angle?
[Ross] I'll tell you what, I don't know, but it seems that way, doesn't it?
-[bell dinging] -This is a huge challenge
for Kurt Angle.
Angle, although he was a Heavyweight Olympic Champion,
the limit in the heavyweight
or super heavyweight division is 285 pounds.
And that's almost…
Well, Viscera is almost two of those 285 pounders, not quite.
I just wonder if all the offensive maneuvers that Kurt Angle possesses
if they'll be applicable here with the 500 pound Viscera.
[Hayes] Oh! Modified bulldog takedown--
Bulldog headlock takedown by the near 500 pounder.
Viscera will not fit in a Christmas stocking, let me tell you.
[Ross] And Kurt angle is gonna have to use all his leverage, technique,
everything he's learned in the amateurs
to negotiate Viscera who's about 6'10" off this big man's feet.
[grunts]
[Ross] And Viscera burying the knees into the midsection of Kurt Angle.
Now, we also know that…
that Judas and Jezebel, Triple H and Stephanie,
have signed The Acolytes, the Dudleys and--
Oh, look at this! Fallaway slam, this could be over.
The winning streak could be over right there.
The fabulous Moolah and Mae Young will meet two teams,
the Acolytes and the Dudleys, in a Triple Threat Tag Team match-up here.
And Viscera looking for that spinning heel kick, Michael,
that did not connect.
[Hayes] JR, what about the Boiler Room Brawl,
one of the most dangerous matches in the WWE.
Mankind-- And Mankind doesn't even know who his opponent is.
[Ross] Mankind's frame of mind, I don't think he cares. That's his domain.
He's the mayor of the Boiler Room Brawl.
And-- Oh, missile dropkick off the top,
an un-Olympian-like move by Kurt Angle,
but it did get the big man off his feet.
[Hayes] Uh-oh. Here comes Steve Blackman.
[Ross] The Lethal Weapon has had problems with Kurt Angle.
There's no doubt about that. And Blackman's got that kendo--
Oh! Blackman with a kendo stick right in the back of Viscera's head.
And the fallaway fireman's carry slam.
-What the hell is going on? -[bell dinging]
-[Hayes] Why did Blackman hit Viscera? -I thought…
[Lilian] Here is your winner, Kurt Angle.
[Ross] Angle celebrating like he won another Olympic gold medal,
but why did Blackman help Kurt Angle?
I don't get it.
That Blackman would have come to the aid of Kurt Cute.
-Yeah, who would've ever thought? -Surprising.
Yeah, who would've ever thought?
Merry Christmas, Triple H.
Merry Christmas. You didn't have nothing to do with that, right?
No.
[Ross] I think Stephanie's taking care of Kurt Angle,
but who's gonna take care of the fabulous Moolah and Mae Young?
They're both in their 70s
and they've gotta get in the ring with two of the toughest teams
that have ever stepped in the WWE.
There's one of them, Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley.
And what about this next team, The Acolytes?
The Acolytes, the Dudleys, and two women.
Michael Hayes, what's gonna happen here?
[Hayes] The Acolytes look like they're looking for trouble and gonna find it.
[Ross] Somebody is gonna get hurt very badly. Very badly.
And we're back live, ladies and gentlemen,
here in the sold out Compaq Center in Houston, Texas.
And this one ought to be a dandy. I cannot believe what we're about to see.
[bell dinging]
[Lilian] The following contest is a Triple Threat Tag Team Match.
Introducing first from Columbia, South Carolina,
the fabulous Moolah and Mae Young.
[Ross] Now, Moolah is a WWE Hall of Famer.
I can tell you that Mae Young is gonna kick my butt for this,
but she was born In 1923.
When Mae Young was 18 years of age, she was wrestling professionally.
She was in Memphis, Tennessee when World War II broke out.
[Hayes] Do you think she was dreaming of Sexual Chocolate back then?
[Ross] I don't know. What a-- That's another whole story.
Sexual Chocolate and Mae Young.
[Lilian] And their opponents,
at a combined weight of 565 pounds,
Bubba Ray and D-Von, the Dudley Boyz.
[Ross] Stephanie and Triple H,
-the grinches of… -You people need to sit down
and shut up.
[audience booing]
[Ross] That won't get you far.
-Whoa, Mae. -And as for you two old bats,
the Dudley Commandments still applies
even to two old bats such as yourselves.
Number one,
thou shall not steal.
Number two,
thou shall not give.
And number three,
thou shall not mess with the Dudley…
[Hayes] Oh, my…
[Ross] The Dudleys just struck Moolah and Mae
in this Triple Threat Tag Team match-up.
[Hayes] I can't believe they did that.
[Ross] What a… what a couple of lowlifes,
are Bubba Ray and D-Von, assaulting Mae and Moolah.
And here come The Acolytes just looking for a fight.
The Acolytes are looking for the Dudleys.
[Hayes] And JR, did you see Sexual Chocolate Mark Henry watching?
[Ross] Mark Henry and his lady friend,
talking about a late December romance,
Mae Young and Mark Henry an item romantically,
as hard as that is to believe.
And what a shot to the face by Bradshaw,
knocking down Bubba Ray Dudley.
Farooq and D-Von on the outside.
This is supposed to be a Triple Threat Tag Team match
that was signed by Stephanie and Triple H.
And D-Von just sent Farooq for a ride into the steel steps.
[Hayes] I don't think Mae and Moolah should get back in the ring. Oh!
[Ross] Oh, Bradshaw holding Bubba Ray
and Moolah and Mae double teaming Bubba Ray.
They may cure his speech impediment.
And a low blow.
[Hayes] And look at-- Oh! Come on.
[Ross] Bubba Ray striking Moolah and Mae.
And again, in the spirit of the contest,
Moolah and Mae are both in this match, the same as the men.
Oh, come on. What is-- I don't believe this.
-[Hayes] No, they're not. -[Ross] Oh, come on.
-[Hayes] You stop that. Don't you… -[all exclaim]
[Ross] Mark Henry has gotta be…
jumping out of his skin right now.
[Hayes] And Bradshaw trying to help up The Fabulous Moolah
unaware of what just happened in the ring.
[Ross] Bradshaw and Farooq got a little class and the Dudleys got none.
-There's a cover, this match is over. -[bell dinging]
But The Acolytes tried to help Moolah on the outside
and the Dudleys took advantage of Mae.
And here comes Mark Henry.
-[Hayes] Uh-oh. It's on now, JR. -[audience cheering]
You don't mess with Sexual Chocolate's woman.
[Ross] Sexual Chocolate Mark Henry
is striking anything that moves,
-that looks like the Dudleys. -[bell dings]
[Ross] Stephanie and Triple H are happy.
I hope they're really proud of themselves.
[Lilian] Here are your winners,
-the Dudley Boyz. -[music playing]
[Ross] The happily married couple, Triple H and Stephanie,
are ruining Christmas for everybody.
[Hayes] I hope Mae Young's all right.
[Ross] Mark Henry embracing Mae.
These guys ought to go get a room
and take care of her… her ailments there.
This is… this is absolutely shocking.
-[laughs] -Downright…
Hey, that stuff's not funny.
-Okay. What's this? -Let's see where this came from.
Open it up.
It's gonna tell us who Mankind's opponent tonight is…
-in the Boiler Room Brawl. -Oh, look at this.
Look who it is.
-It's Santa Claus. -It's Santa Claus.
Hey, Mankind versus Santa Claus
in a Boiler Room Brawl.
It just doesn't get any better.
[Ross] Santa Claus?
Mankind, moments from now inside this boiler room,
you're being forced to take on Santa Claus
in a Boiler Room Brawl. I know what Santa means to you.
-I read the book. -Yeah.
Santa villages, the visits with the family.
You can't be happy about this.
Oh, I'm not happy at all about this. My kids love that guy.
Christmas is a few days away. I love Santa Claus.
What am I supposed to do to prove what a tough guy I am?
Do I slap him in his cheeks
that are like roses?
Do I kick him in his dimple so merry?
Or better yet, do I put a big boot to his nose,
which is just like a cherry? Does that make me a tough guy?
Better yet, maybe Mankind, the king of the boiler room,
should give him a big knee
to his little round belly and watch him shake like bowl full of jelly?
Would that finally make me look like a tough guy?
You answer me, Michael Cole, because I really don't know.
Am I supposed to take this match? Am I supposed to…
Hey, Merry Christmas, Mick.
Merry Christmas. Hey, I think you must feel goofy
from Bradshaw's chair shot
'cause I'm having an interview with Santa Claus.
I don't really need a posse hanging around.
-Hey! -[Ross] Look out.
[all grunting]
[Ross] Those gophers, Triple H and Stephanie,
the Mean Street Posse
pulling Mankind there in the boiler room.
[Mankind laughs] Wait. Wait.
Did I just get my ass kicked by the Mean Street Posse?
That's embarrassing.
Well-- Santa.
[Santa] Ho-ho-ho.
-There you are, you old son of a gun. -Are you, Mick Foley?
Listen, I don't know what this is all about,
but you and I are supposed to have a match,
a Boiler Room Brawl right now, me and you.
You know what that means?
It means I've got to kick your ass
-but I don't really wanna do that. -But you've been good boy.
I don't wanna be on the bad boys list, so I'll tell you what I'm gonna do.
-Okay. -This boiler room match,
the way you win is by leaving the boiler room first.
So look, I really don't need this on my reputation or my conscience.
-Oh. -I'm gonna turn my back,
you walk out of the room, you win,
that way you go back to the North Pole, you tell Mrs. Claus,
all the elves, that you beat Mankind in a Boiler Room Brawl,
-probably good for you, okay? -Ho-ho-ho-ho.
-Merry Christmas. -Merry Christmas, okay?
I'll put you over. Don't worry about that, Santa.
-[all grunt] -[Ross] Hey, wait. What the hell?
There's three more Santa Claus.
Three Santa Clauses.
Who the hell is that?
[Hayes] I don't know, it's like Santa-mania.
[straining, grunting]
[Ross] Those Santas have very evil intentions.
And Mankind
is taking matters into his own hands.
Uh-oh. Oh.
That's it.
[Ross] That ain't Tupperware.
That's that hard Teflon stuff.
Goodnight!
[Hayes] I don't envy anyone in a Boiler Room Brawl with Mankind,
much less Santa Claus.
[Ross] Again, the object is to walk out of the…
-What the hell? There's two more. -[laughing]
-[Ross] How many Santa Clauses are there? -[grunting]
[Ross] Mankind has been assaulted here by two more Santas.
But they're not having any more luck than the other three did.
Wait a minute, that's…
Wait a second, that's Mr. Ass.
Ho-ho-ho!
[Hayes] And I think I recognize those lefts and rights, JR.
-Oh, no. -[Ross] Oh, God.
Mankind elevated up to the air
and landed onto the concrete floor.
Man, what a set up by Triple H and Stephanie.
That's all this has been.
Mankind is being decimated in a…
in a steel and concrete environment.
And Mr. Ass just ate some steel there.
If that is the Road Dogg and we think that it is.
Oh, look out here, look out.
Right on the head.
That is the Road Dogg, Michael.
[Hayes] That was a cookie sheet and nothing sweet about it, JR.
♪ Chestnuts roasting on an open fire ♪
♪ Jack Frost nipping at your nose ♪
-[shattering] -[all exclaim]
[Hayes] Oh, no.
[groans]
-[grunts] -[clattering]
[groans]
I heard him exclaim,
as he rose out of sight,
"I've got two words for all…
Suck it."
Excuse me, jerk.
[Ross] Triple H…
I know that nose anywhere. That's Triple H, Michael.
[Hayes] What a set-up.
-Here's your winner, Santa Claus. -Ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho.
[Ross] This makes me sick.
Stephanie and triple are making a mockery out of the holidays.
What else can they do?
What else can they do to us tonight?
[overlapping chatter]
♪ …at your nose ♪
-[shattering] -[Ross] Oh, Jesus.
Santa's always got backup.
[all exclaiming]
-He's a very violent Santa Claus. -He is pretty ripped, too.
[Triple H] I heard him exclaim
as he rose out of sight,
"I've got two words for all…
Suck it."
-[knocking on door] -Come in.
-Triple H. -Al.
-Mrs. Helmsley. -Hello, Al.
I figure Hanukkah's just over with
and Christmas is just right around the corner,
it's the giving season,
so I thought I'd come in here and ask…
Not ask,
demand a match with The Rock tonight.
And not just any match because I'm gonna make him pay
for sticking his nose between me and Mick again.
I want a Brahma Bullrope match with him.
[chuckling] What?
Hey, hey.
-Something funny? -No.
-No, sorry. -Don't laugh at me.
Hey, Al, let me make something clear to you, all right?
You never ever walk in here
and demand anything, you got it?
He's right. Right.
-Don't ever. -Shut up.
All right, you got your match.
Brahma Bullrope match, you and The Rock.
-You're on. -Thank you.
-[Ross] Wow! -[Hayes] Whoa!
I'm gonna take that bell,
I'm gonna polish it up real nice.
I'm going to turn it sideways
and then I'm going to beat him on the head repeatedly…
Al, Al, Al,
could you describe it in the hallway, please?
[Al] Thank you. And I don't need any help this time.
Yeah, you need help, all right.
[chuckling]
He's sick.
What's the matter with him?
["The Ho Train" playing]
[Ross] We're gonna see The Rock
in a Brahma Bullrope match against Al Snow.
That is a huge match-up.
And here's the Godfather but during the Giving season,
he's ho-less.
[Hayes] JR, after what Stephanie and Triple H did to Mankind
in the Boiler Room Brawl,
you have to wonder, what do they have in store for The Rock?
[Ross] That's a great question.
Holiday hos are amongst us.
The Godfather has a huge opportunity here
to leave with some WWE gold in a matter of moments.
He takes on "Y2J" Chris Jericho.
[bell dinging]
[Ross] The Rock, Al Snow, Brahma Bullrope match.
[Lilian] …it is for the World Wrestling Entertainment
Intercontinental Championship,
making his way to the ring, from the red-light district,
the opponent and challenger,
weighing in at 320 pounds,
The Godfather.
[Ross] We've already seen Test get hammered again,
that nose further injured in a Handicap match with the Outlaws.
You've seen Edge and Matt Hardy
fight their own brothers Christian and Jeff Hardy
thanks to the McMahon-Helmsley era.
[Hayes] How about the Triple Threat tag team match?
[Ross] What about… What…
I guess Stephanie McMahon must've encouraged Steve Blackman
to help Kurt Angle.
Only thing I can't figure out when Angle defeated Viscera,
who will remain undefeated,
is putting Mae and Moolah in that Triple Threat match.
Lord have mercy.
What are Stephanie and Triple H thinking?
It's time once again…
[audience] For everybody to come aboard the Ho Train.
[The Godfather] Oh, man! I know that I ain't the only one.
Is there any pimps up in this house?
[audience cheering]
To all y'all who didn't know
that The Godfather be pimping hos…
[audience] Nationwide!
Man, don't hide it,
I want you to take it out and light it up for The Godfather and say…
[audience] Pimpin' ain't easy!
[glitchy music snippet plays]
-[Hayes] Oh, here we go. -[Ross] Take a deep seat.
[audience cheering]
[Ross] Intercontinental title to be decided momentarily.
["Break the Walls Down" playing]
[Lilian] His opponent,
from Winnipeg, Canada, weighing in at 227 pounds,
the World Wrestling Entertainment Intercontinental Champion,
Chris Jericho!
[Ross] Well, folks, if you just joined us,
we will have a Brahma Bullrope match here tonight, live on Raw.
The Rock has been challenged by Al Snow.
And the Jezebel and Judas, Stephanie and Triple H,
have agreed and signed the match.
So The Rock will be out here, momentarily, to take on Al Snow
in a Brahma Bullrope match.
Michael Hayes, sitting here at ringside along with Jim Ross.
Jerry Lawler, of course, in Los Angeles
for the premiere tonight of Man on the Moon
which debuts on Wednesday.
But if The King were here,
he'd be very happy with all these hos.
[Hayes] The King would be very happy.
I have to wonder if he'll be the star of the west coast premiere
that you were, JR, on the east coast in New York.
[Ross] I wonder-- I tried to figure out the relationship between
Chris Jericho and Chyna.
I'm really-- That's got me really baffled.
I don't understand that relationship if or even there's one.
[bell dinging]
[Ross] So the Intercontinental title on the line.
The Godfather, great opportunity…
He's got six restaurant-quality hos with him here at ringside.
Great opportunity for The Godfather, just a few days before Christmas,
to walk out of Houston as the Intercontinental Champion.
And the big man hammering away at Chris Jericho.
Jericho's has got to be quicker than a hiccup
to survive this very in-your-face style of The Godfather.
[grunts]
[Hayes] JR, do you think Chyna might be trying to lull Jericho
into a false sense of security?
[Ross] I don't know, maybe. It could be.
There's some head games going on or are they?
Does Chyna actually respect Chris Jericho?
Is there a mutual respect there?
Jericho won the Intercontinental title at the Survivor Series back in November.
And now, Jericho low bridging The Godfather.
[Hayes] Actually, Jericho won the title at Armageddon.
[Ross] I mean, Armageddon. I'm sorry.
He lost it at Survivor Series in November,
won it in December at Armageddon.
-[Hayes] In two great match-ups. -[Ross] I stand corrected.
If you're wondering what those photos of Stephanie and Triple H
are up on the sides of the Titantron,
it's their way of…
You know, Vince McMahon and The Rock
are in this current edition of Entertainment Weekly
as the WWE number five ranked entertainers of 1999.
I guess they feel they should be deserving of the cover.
[Hayes] Triple H and Steph said it all.
They felt they were shunned by Entertainment Weekly.
[Ross] Jericho avoiding the contact.
The Godfather didn't find any, uh, solace in that steel ring post.
Come on, baby!
[Hayes] Jericho is so quick on his feet. A quick thinker.
[Ross] There are those shots.
Stephanie on the left and, of course, Triple H…
Man, he does have a large nose, doesn't he?
It's Triple H I'm referring to.
Knocked down by the Godfather.
And Jericho, who is the reigning Intercontinental Champion
has found himself on the defensive for most of this match-up,
-being basically overpowered. -[Hayes] Uh-oh.
[audience cheering]
[Ross] There is the Ninth Wonder of the World,
the former Intercontinental Champion, Chyna.
And a-- Oh! What a thrust kick by The Godfather,
caught Jericho right in the face.
[Hayes] Man, she looks good.
[Ross] Well, I don't… This ain't no beauty pageant.
It isn't. Oh, look out!
Jericho elevated face first into the top turn buckle.
Chyna is here at ringside.
Hands on hips, what is on her mind?
[Hayes] What is Chyna's motivation?
[Ross] Hos up on the apron.
Look out. Here comes the Ho Train.
And wait a minute.
Chyna's in the ring
and got the low blow to The Godfather.
A low blow on The Godfather.
The referee was with the hos
and Jericho gets the one-two-three.
-[Hayes] Why did Chyna do that? -[Lilian] Here's your winner,
Chris Jericho.
[Ross] Well, somebody's got to tell me what the relationship
is between that woman, Chyna,
and that man, the Intercontinental Champion,
Chris Jericho.
[Hayes] JR, do you think Chyna is sweet on Jericho?
[Ross] I guess it's possible. I just don't understand it.
I mean, The Godfather had Jericho set up for the Ho Train.
[Hayes] And Chyna comes in
and puts a screeching halt to the Ho Train.
[Ross] And the Godfather taken right out of his game there
and Jericho will take a victory, anyway he gets it,
but I don't understand that relationship.
Chyna, Steph, you guys are crazy.
We're not crazy. What do you mean crazy?
It's just a figure of speech.
What does this have to do with me and my Hardys?
It's got nothing to do with them. I'll tell you what it is.
All right, B.B., you're gonna be with Val Venis tonight.
-What? -[Triple H] Terri,
you're going to be with Hardcore Holly.
And you guys are going to get to be a part of history
as tonight you take place in the first ever
Holiday Topless Top rope match.
-He's a genius. -[audience cheering]
-The point of the match is… -Shut up.
[Hayes] Cool!
…one guy throws his opponent over the top rope.
When he touches the floor,
his girl loses an article of clothing.
The match continues until one guy's girl is topless
-and he's a loser. -[Hayes] Way cool.
-See how it works? -That's nice.
Right. And for an incentive, as if that's not enough,
the winner gets a shot Thursday on SmackDown
at the Intercontinental title.
So girls, have a ball,
Merry Christmas,
-and may the breast woman win. -[men laughing]
-I'm not kidding, shut up… -Yeah, you jerks.
-…or you're fired. -Keep it quiet.
[Ross] We are back, ladies and gentleman.
And another first in the World Wrestling Entertainment.
There you see B.B. along with Terri Runnels.
You are about to see the first ever
Holiday Topless Top rope match.
[Hayes] When Stephanie and Triple H talked about having a Raw Christmas,
they weren't kidding.
[Ross] This has been holiday hell, in my estimation.
It's hard to imagine what else is gonna happen
that we haven't already seen, but…
[man] Hello, ladies.
[Val Venis theme music playing]
[Ross] It will be Val Venis and Hardcore Holly
in a special one-on-one match-up.
The match continues until one of these men's representatives…
Val will be represented by B.B.
Hardcore Holly represented by Terri
in the first ever Holiday Topless Top rope match.
It's very simple.
When either man has gone over the top rope and lands on the floor,
the guy that lands, his representative,
has got to take off an article of clothing.
[Lilian] The following contest is the first ever
Holiday Topless Top Rope match.
In the ring, weighing in at 244 pounds,
from Las Vegas, Nevada,
the World Wrestling Entertainment European champion,
Val Venis.
[Ross] Let's get this straight.
If Val Venis throws Hardcore Holly over the top rope
and Hardcore hits, with both feet on the floor,
then Hardcore's representative, Terri,
has got to take off an article of clothing.
[Hayes] That's so cool.
[Ross] And the match continues until one of these ladies
-is topless. -[Hayes] That's a Raw Christmas.
[Ross] The winner will meet
-the Intercontinental Champion… -Hello, ladies.
[Ross] …on SmackDown.
So it's a high-stakes match for these men,
even higher, I would assume, for the ladies.
You know something, ladies?
You women are a lot like Christmas trees.
[laughs]
You know, you smell good.
You're pretty to look at.
But you never really feel special
until I plug it in
and light you up.
[Ross] And merry Christmas to you, Val.
[Hayes] That didn't leave much to the imagination.
["How Do You Like Me Now?" playing]
-[Ross] Here comes the Hollys. -Superheavyweights.
[Lilian] His opponent and challenger, being accompanied by Crash,
weighing in at 239 pounds,
from Mobile, Alabama,
Hardcore Holly.
[Ross] Holly, not only an opponent, he's also a challenger.
Hardcore Holly and Val Venis…
Now remember, Val Venis is gonna be represented by B.B.
Hardcore Holly represented by Terri.
This is the first ever Holiday Topless Top Rope match.
The winner of this match
will meet the Intercontinental Champion, Chris Jericho,
this Thursday night on SmackDown from the Reunion Arena in Dallas.
-[Hayes] Uh-oh. -[Ross] Who is this?
[Hayes] I think we know.
[Ross] For God's sake. haven't we seen enough of…
Mr. McMahon or whoever is…
Mr. Helmsley.
[Hayes] Watch it, JR.
Ladies and gentlemen,
welcome to the first ever
Holiday Topless Top Rope match.
[audience cheering]
Let the games begin.
[bell dinging]
[Ross] Here we go. Again, no pinfalls in this match-up.
Every time an athlete is thrown over the top rope and lands on the floor,
his representative will take off one article of clothing.
The winner of this match-up
will meet the Intercontinental Champion Thursday night on SmackDown.
That's the story.
We've never seen one of these matches, folks.
You're seeing it as we are for the very first time.
And it's more of the creative matchmaking
by Mr. and Mrs. Helmsley.
[both grunting]
[Ross] Triple H is trying to do here, folks, in my estimation…
Don't incriminate you, Michael Hayes.
All Triple H is trying to here
is gain favor of the male audience.
[Hayes] It looks like it's working.
[Ross] It's working for you, you had hardly said a word here.
[Hayes] I'm waiting for somebody to go over.
[Ross] If King were here, he'd be having a stroke by now.
[Hayes] Okay! Here we go.
[Ross] And Hardcore Holly and Val Venis, both over the top.
-Okay. -[Ross] They both land on the floor.
Gentlemen have hit the floor.
Ladies start removing.
Terri…
[audience cheering]
…shoes are not considered clothing.
[Hayes] Good idea.
[audience cheering]
[Triple H] So…
let's get to taking off the dresses.
-[Hayes] Yeah! -[audience cheering]
[Ross] Triple H making up the rules as he goes along.
Come on, we don't have all day.
I'm sure if you just grab the bottom and pull,
it will come off over your head.
-[Hayes] That's true, you know. -Go.
[Ross] This is not right.
[Hayes] You're not enjoying this?
Your jobs are on the line.
[audience cheering]
[Ross] Well, do it or be fired is what he's trying to say, ladies.
[audience cheering]
[Hayes] Looks like Triple H is winning over the male population here.
[Ross] Yeah, the male demographic has just grown.
[Triple H] I am a god among men.
Continue.
[Ross] Well, the match continuing here.
And remember the match continues until one of these gentlemen…
one of these athletes, either Hardcore or Val's representative,
has to remove her top.
[Hayes] Topless.
[Ross] That's pretty well it.
And the winner, if anybody cares,
is gonna meet the Intercontinental Champion
Thursday night on SmackDown.
[audience cheering]
[Ross] Hardcore Holly, the textbook dropkick,
-in the face of Val Venis. -[Hayes] Throw him over the top, Bob.
[Ross] Remember, The Rock and Al Snow in a Brahma Bullrope match here
has been signed by McMahon-Helmsley era.
And Holly, looking for a rollup
which is not going to get Val over the top rope.
But the pace has quickened here.
And Val up…
-[Hayes] Okay. -And he-- Uh-oh.
And Holly went underneath the rope that means he's still in it.
And Val Venis--
his feet have not touched the floor.
[audience cheering]
[Ross] Val out in the front row.
I think… I think the match is over.
[Triple H] There you have it.
Val Venis has touched the floor.
Terri, you are excused.
B.B., it seems that you only have…
one article of clothing in which to remove.
B.B., don't anger me now.
Let those puppies free.
-[audience cheering] -[upbeat music playing]
I will say it again, your job is on the line.
-[Hayes] Ooh. -Let them free.
[Ross] You might wanna put the women and children to bed.
[Hayes] No time like the present.
[imperceptible]
[Ross] What is he doing?
[Hayes] Oh, come on.
Oh, my God.
[Ross] She's got her bra off.
[Triple H] That is unbelievable.
[Hayes] Move, Triple H.
[Triple H] You have got to be kidding me.
[Ross] Triple H is the only one that can see.
[Hayes] Boy, that's a rip-off.
[Ross] Well, I'll tell you what?
He's… he's repulsive. Helmsley is repulsive,
and Hardcore Holly is the winner.
[audience grumbling]
Hey, I will let you in on it.
That was magnificent.
And what's that old Christmas carol,
"Do you see what I see?"
No, you don't because you're a bunch of idiots,
and I'm the only one that gets the show.
[Ross] Do you hear what I hear?
You're an ass. You're a jackass, Helmsley.
[Hayes] Watch it, JR.
[Ross] Well, folks, I tell you what.
The Rock's gonna take on Al Snow tonight
in a Brahma Bullrope match.
And it's certainly seemed to me like Al Snow tried to…
to set up Mankind last week with DX.
It was a Falls Count Anywhere match
and it seemed to me like, Michael Hayes,
that Al Snow knew all about the rules before Mankind did.
[Hayes] Well, it did appear that way, JR,
but then it looked like Mankind, picking up the seven-ten split,
had some momentum.
But you can see Al attempting to lure Mankind
back to the dressing room area,
specifically, DX's locker room.
[Ross] Little did we know that that door had been altered.
Once Al went inside that door, he came right back out.
And remember, falls counted anywhere.
So Mankind got the one-two-three.
And why? I'll tell you why.
Because the one man, The Rock, outsmarted Al Snow.
The Rock set up Al Snow and changed the door.
It was The Rock's locker room all along,
which sets up tonight, that man,
the most electrifying sports entertainer in the world today,
The People's Champion, in a dangerous Brahma Bullrope match.
He'll get it on with Al Snow in a heartbeat.
[intriguing music playing]
[Ross] And we are back live, ladies and gentlemen.
And here comes Al Snow
who's about to take on The Rock in a Brahma Bullrope match-up.
[bell dinging]
[Lilian] The following contest is a Brahma Bullrope match.
Making his what to the ring, from Lima, Ohio,
weighing in at 247 pounds,
Al Snow.
[Ross] Both men will be joined at the wrist by this bullrope
with that heavy bell in the center.
The objective is to pin you opponent,
and, certainly, you're not gonna get too far away,
no more than about ten feet.
[Hayes] JR, we know the Brahma Bullrope match
is a specialty of The Rock.
And after what happened to Mankind in the Boiler Room Brawl match,
Mankind's specialty,
what do you think Stephanie and Triple H
have set up for The Rock right now?
[Ross] Hard to say.
-If you smell what The Rock is cooking. -[audience cheering]
[Ross] Oh, my.
[Lilian] His opponent, from Miami, Florida,
weighing in at 275 pounds,
The Rock.
[Ross] Just listen to the ovation for The People's Champion.
It doesn't matter if it's in Charlotte this Sunday
or next Monday night in Greensboro,
when you get a chance to see The Rock,
he'll bring you to your feet.
["Electrifying" playing]
The Rock says… The Rock says…
The Rock says…
[Hayes] It's deafening in here, JR.
[Ross] Al Snow wanted this match-up.
[Hayes] But why?
The Rock says… The Rock says…
[audience cheering]
[Ross] And look at The Rock,
he's staring a hole right through Al Snow.
He can feel the intensity of The Brahma Bull right there himself.
[audience cheering]
[audience chanting] Rocky! Rocky!
Finally, The Rock has come back to Houston.
[audience cheering]
[Ross] And these Texans love The Rock.
Jabroni, The Rock realizes what type of match is at hand,
a Bullrope match.
So The Rock says, you left him with two choices.
The first choice
is that The Rock gracefully bow out,
walk up the ramp,
and you're declared the winner of the match.
[audience booing]
The second choice.
[Hayes] Uh-oh.
[audience cheering]
Seeing as The Rock is The Brahma Bull,
and we are in the great state of Texas…
[audience cheering]
The Rock figured…
he'd step down from the ropes just like this,
step through the ropes, just like this…
[audience cheering]
…surrounded by the millions…
[audience] And millions!
…of Rock's fans,
The Rock says…
he'll just whip your monkey ass all over Houston.
-[Ross] And here we go. -[bell dinging]
[Ross] The Rock, Al Snow, a Brahma Bullrope match.
And Al Snow is already hooked up to the bullrope.
And The Rock knocks down Al Snow.
Al Snow blaming The Rock for coming between Al and Mankind.
I don't buy into that story, Michael Hayes.
[Hayes] Don't forget, JR,
you can use the Brahma bullrope as a weapon.
[Ross] And The Rock and Al here on the outside.
Al trying to get some distance
but there's no way that's going to happen.
And Al just… was pulled…
just dragged back into the steel ring post by The Rock,
and he turned Al Snow inside out with a clothesline.
Al Snow brashly marched into the office of the…
happily-married couple, Stephanie and Triple H,
demanded this match.
I was surprised that Triple H just gave it to him.
Shot with the bell right to the face, knocked down The Rock.
And there's the cover.
And Rock got a shoulder up very quickly there.
It shows you, in my view,
just how much Triple H truly hates The Rock
to grant Al Snow's demand
because Triple H doesn't like anybody making demands on him.
[audience chanting] Rocky! Rocky!
[Ross] Almost a clothesline-like effect with that bullrope,
right in the throat of The Rock.
[Hayes] You got to admit.
Al Snow is taking it to The Great One, right now.
[Ross] And The Rock and Al Snow in a night
where Triple H and Stephanie Helmsley
have been in complete charge.
We're a long way from being over here tonight.
A whole lot of live Raw left,
and who knows what else this unholy union
of Stephanie and Triple H are going to conjure up here tonight.
We have literally almost seen it all here.
[Hayes] Don't forget, JR,
Stephanie and Triple H said they were in a very giving mood.
[Ross] The Rock being choked now by Al Snow.
I have no idea what else Triple H and Stephanie
are going to come up with here tonight.
They're going to make everybody's lives
as miserable and as hellacious as they can
here during the holiday season.
And Al Snow now, he's trying to hang The Rock.
Al Snow pulling the slack out of that rope,
and The Rock's being hung, literally, or figurative,
in a higher tree.
That's one way to bringing down Rock.
Well, I tell you what,
SmackDown was a runaway train last Thursday night.
I'm sure on UPN, it will be another runaway train this Thursday.
But this has been out of control here tonight, live in Houston.
And again, Al Snow…
using that rope as you pointed out, Michael Hayes, as a weapon.
[Hayes] An ally.
[Ross] Almost like that rope could become a tag team partner.
[Hayes] Well, how embarrassing would it be for The Rock
to be defeated in his own match by Al Snow?
[Ross] Losing to Al Snow isn't an embarrassment
because he's a hell of a contender.
But losing on a Brahma Bullrope match…
[audience cheering]
…might be little bit embarrassing.
But in any event, The Rock now…
Hard right hands.
-Oh, look out. Samoan drop. -Uh-oh.
[Ross] Rock up the Samoan Drop.
The leg is hooked, is it?
Oh, how close is that?
[Hayes] That was very close.
You know, The Rock getting a second wind.
[Ross] Rock building momentum here, taking back over offensively on Al Snow.
[audience cheering]
A right hand by The Rock that almost took Al Snow right out of his boots.
And The Rock now with Al Snow cornered.
Oh. Al Snow just-- A low blow on the referee.
[Hayes] Oh!
[Ross] And The Rock's looking for that bell on Snow,
hit him right with it.
And another bell,
it's about ringing your bells, you had to say it.
Al Snow with that bell shot right to The Rock,
knocking down The Rock.
[Hayes] Al Snow with that warped mind,
there's no telling what he's going to attempt to do here to The Rock.
[Ross] Al just took the bull rope off his wrist
and is grabbing a steel chair here.
Al Snow has got the bull rope out, the referee's down.
Al Snow's got a steel chair, swinging for Rock's head.
[audience cheering]
[Hayes] And a DDT. I bet The Rock got Snow right on the chair with a DDT.
Hey, wait a minute.
Here come the Outlaws.
-[audience cheering] -Badass Billy Gunn.
The Road Dogg, just got introduced to the bull rope and the bell.
Mr. Ass on the outside.
[Hayes] There goes the Road Dogg.
[Ross] The Road Dogg on the outside.
The Rock back in charge.
-[audience cheering] -Spinebuster by The People's Champion.
[audience cheering loudly]
The Road Dogg has got the chair.
The most electrifying move in sports entertainment,
The Rock's going to put Al Snow…
[Hayes] Oh!
[Ross] Right on the back of Rock's head,
a steel chair shot by the Road Dogg.
[audience booing]
Al Snow's on top of The Rock. The referee is down.
The Road Dogg with a steel chair shot right to the back of Rock's head.
[Hayes] Come on, don't do that.
You gotta kick, Rock.
And he kicked out. He did it! He did it!
Rock-- The Rock, he came through after that chair shot.
Road Dogg, Rock Bottom, doggy style!
[Ross] And Mr. Ass, with the Famouser.
Mr. Ass has got the Famouser.
Al Snow now on top.
There's the referee.
-And don't tell me… -[Hayes] Oh!
-[bell dings] -[Ross] …for God's sake,
Al Snow has upset The Rock in a bullrope match.
[Lilian] Here is your winner, Al Snow.
[Ross] Damn DX.
Damn Triple H.
[Hayes] Triple H and Stephanie have to be elated.
[Ross] Al Snow demanded the match, he got it.
But The Rock just got screwed by DX. Damn it.
[indistinct conversation]
Could you believe it?
Move, get out of the way. Hunter, can you… Oh.
-God… -[overlapping chatter]
-I'm sorry. -We're gonna get it.
-Now, we're going to get it. -It wasn't me.
It wasn't me.
-Over my new shoes. -You guys…
All right, look, look, it's Christmas, all right, it's Christmas.
You guys have been doing a pretty good job, so I tell you what.
I'm not gonna freak out over this.
I'm gonna give you guys a little Christmas bonus right now.
I'm gonna give you guys a match tonight.
Oh, man.
-The Acolytes. -No, it's not The Acolytes,
I'm going to do you guys a favor.
The three of you tonight against two members of Too Cool.
-[Stephanie] Handicap. -Too Cool?
-How's that? -Thanks, merry Christmas.
Thanks, man.
Good luck, guys, good luck, merry Christmas.
-Merry Christmas. -I'll tell you what,
if you ever drop water on me again though,
you get The Acolytes every night for a year.
-Right. I'm sorry. -Merry Christmas.
You better not spill…
Enough is enough already,
I mean this is not fair to Kane, it's not fair to me.
Okay, all right, all right. You're killing my ears.
I'll tell you what we'll do. To mend the fence,
we'll give you what you want.
I'm going to give Kane a shot of the World Wrestling Entertainment champion tonight.
Kane versus The Big Show, are you happy?
-Yes. It's about time. -Merry Christmas.
He's ready. Thank you.
Oh, by the way, wait a minute. I forgot one thing.
X-Pac is very hard guy to buy stuff for Christmas.
-You know, he is. -What I'm going to do is,
if Kane loses the match tonight,
you get to spend the holidays with X-Pac.
-You've got-- Yeah. -What?
Are you afraid Kane's gonna lose?
You can't-- Don't think he can do it?
-No, I'm very-- Kane is ready. -It's a done deal.
If he can do it, then it's a done deal.
All right, merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas, Tori.
X-Pac's going to love her.
[Ross] I cannot believe that, we've got Kane meeting The Big Show
for the WWE title and if Kane doesn't win the WWE title tonight,
then Tori's going to spend the holidays with X-Pac.
[bell dinging]
[Lilian] Ladies and gentlemen, making their way to the ring,
at a combined weight of 766 pounds, from Greenwich, Connecticut,
Rodney, Pete Gas, and Joey Abs.
The Mean Street Posse.
[Hayes] Well, JR, it's got to be worth the risk for Kane.
I mean he could become the WWE champion tonight.
[Ross] Yeah, well, the Posse being rewarded here in a Handicap match.
And their opponent, in this six-man tag team match…
[Ross] What? Six-man?
…at a combined weight of 861 pounds.
[Hayes] I thought this was a Handicap match, JR?
[Ross] That's what I thought too.
Scotty 2 Hotty and Grandmaster Sexay,
Too Cool and Rikishi Fatu.
It was supposed to be three on two.
[Ross] Well… you guys got to take that up with management.
Take it up with Triple H and Stephanie.
[Hayes] Not our problem, it's your problem, boys.
[Rodney] I thought it was a Handicap match!
[Ross] Drop that in the suggestion box, we can't help you.
[Hayes] You got to play the hand you're dealt.
[Ross] There you go. Six man tag.
Take it or leave it.
[Hayes] JR, that is blockbuster news.
Kane against The Big Show right here tonight.
[Ross] Rikishi Fatu and Too Cool.
A six man combination against the very reluctant Mean Street Posse,
and the Posse's chestnuts may be roasted on an open fire here tonight.
[upbeat music continues playing]
[Ross] Now the Posse trying to plead their case to the referee Teddy Long
and it appears there are two.
[Hayes] JR, it's not fair that Posse…
-[bell dinging] -…was not prepared to face
Rikishi and Too Cool.
[Ross] Well, it's a Handicap match.
No time to-- Here we go.
And-- Now the Posse and Too Cool and Rikishi Fatu.
A six-man tag team match.
Referee's going to have his hands full here.
Look at the three-on-one there.
[Hayes] This is a great strategy, take out the big man.
[Ross] And-- Well, Too Cool's got something to say about that.
I can't believe Kane and The Big Show for the WWE title.
And if Kane doesn't win the title tonight,
Tori's going to spend the holidays with X-Pac.
And that's as simple as we can put it.
A couple of great dropkicks there by Too Cool,
knocking down Rodney and Pete Gas.
[Hayes] I'll tell you what, the Posse has been very successful tonight
in helping out Stephanie and Triple H with their plans.
[Ross] Sucking up, it's what they do.
[Hayes] Look what they did to Mankind before the Boiler Room Brawl.
[Ross] Uh-oh, look out here. Uh-oh.
-[Hayes] Oh, no. -[Ross] Look out.
-[Hayes] Oh, my. -[Ross] Oh.
Well, that posterior of Rikishi Fatu's found a home.
What a takedown on Joey Abs there by Grandmaster Sexay.
[audience cheering]
And there's that erstwhile partner, Scotty 2 Hotty.
[audience cheering]
And that's the-- What's that, the centipede or the…
[Hayes] That's called the worm, JR.
-Get with it. -I don't…
-What are you doing? -What the hell is going?
[Ross] And Rodney now with a knockdown, the clothesline on Scotty 2 Hotty.
Boy, the Posse, as you said, Michael Hayes, not prepared for this.
They thought their going to have a free shot, three-on-two.
[Hayes] Well, it's a justifiable complaint, JR.
Come on, they prepared for a Handicap match
and you bring Rikishi in at over 400 pounds.
[Ross] We shouldn't be surprised,
the Posse, we know are looking pretty good,
Stephanie and Triple H been changing the rules all night long.
They've been making things up as they go.
You know, who knows what's going to happen.
We got a lot more Raw here tonight.
Who knows what's going to happen?
-[Hayes] Oh! -Nice knock down by Pete Gas
on Scotty 2 Hotty.
[Hayes] Posse's looking damn good here, JR.
Maybe a couple of beatings by The Acolytes did them a world of good.
[Ross] Maybe.
Those trips to the woodshed'll do that to you.
And a nice takedown there by-- Well, a suplex by Joey Abs.
-That ain't going to get it done. -One, two…
Very arrogant cover by the youngster from Greenwich, Connecticut.
[Hayes] They're arrogant.
They have every reason to be, hello, they're rich.
[Ross] Well, hello, what does that mean?
[Hayes] They're rich, they live a good lifestyle.
[Ross] Scoop slam by Rodney.
Rodney's got so much money, why can't he get a decent haircut?
[man] All day, baby.
[Ross] And now Joey Abs back in. They've isolated the Posse.
-What's the matter with his haircut? -[Ross] Scotty Taylor.
And Scotty 2 Hotty just got dropped and a nice suplex there by Joey Abs.
Can you imagine what's going through Kane's mind right now?
He has to win the title tonight against The Big Show
or his love-- The only love of his life…
-[Hayes] Oh, my. -Nobody at the top rope for Joey Abs.
The true love of his life, the first girlfriend he's ever had, Tori,
is going to spend the holidays with X-Pac.
Can you imagine how that'll be?
[Hayes] Well, Tori may learn something.
She may have the best Christmas ever if that was to happen.
-Posse needs a tag. -[audience cheering]
-[Ross] And there's a tag on both side. -Oh.
[Ross] Rikishi Fatu in.
Rikishi's got the tag and he's ready to hit anything in a white shirt.
[Hayes] Rikishi's tagging every member of the Posse that he can.
[Ross] And now, Too Cool back in, all six men in the ring now.
And Scotty 2 Hotty kicking out Pete Gas.
But, boy, I'll tell you one thing. That Rikishi Fatu, well over 400 pounds…
-[Hayes] Oh, no, he's not. -Look out here.
[Hayes] Uh-oh.
[Ross] The big man, Rikishi Fatu…
-[Hayes] Look at the dimples on that ass. -[Ross] Oh, no!
The air just drove out of Joey Abs.
[Hayes] I hope Rikishi doesn't have gas.
[Ross] Man…
Well, I'll tell you what, Joey Abs, just got--
He got flattened and now-- Uh-oh.
[Hayes] Oh, this is not good for Rodney, JR.
[Ross] Rodney up on the shoulder and a piledriver.
[Hayes] Did you see his head bounce off the mat?
[Ross] Rikishi just bounced Rodney's head off the canvas.
-[bell dinging] -And this one's over, by golly.
[Hayes] Look at Rikishi's butt, right in Rodney's face.
[Lilian] Here's your winner, Too Cool and Rikishi Fatu.
[upbeat music playing]
-[Hayes] There's a lot of mistakes here. -That's right.
Well, it was three-on-two. What is this?
Take it up with management. We can't help you.
File a grievance, talk to your union. I don't care what you do.
[Hayes] Take it up with Triple H and Stephanie.
Hey, Rikishi's got a new expression, my butt in your face.
[audience cheering]
[Ross] I think we're going to see some more of, perhaps,
Rikishi's ample backside again.
Fans here want Rikishi and Too Cool to bust a move.
[Hayes] I guess they do.
They just busted a move on Rodney and the rest of the Mean Street Posse.
-Uh-oh, night club scene. -[music playing]
[audience cheering]
That's a whole lot of cellulite, a whole butt of back
shaking it down here, JR, in the Compaq Center.
[Ross] And a whole lot of shaking going on here by
Rikishi Fatu and Too Cool.
[Hayes] Well, that ain't gonna quit shaking for days, JR.
It really was unfair to put the Posse in that situation.
[Ross] Well, final match coming up next.
-[laughs] Some mistake that was. -Right.
That'll teach them what it is to drop water on your shoe.
Yeah, down my leg, my brand new shoe.
Morons.
If they thought that was a mistake,
wait till they see this WWE championship match,
-that's gonna be a loaded with mistakes. -With mistakes.
[Ross] What do they mean by that?
And we are back live, ladies and gentleman,
the WWE title will be on the line momentarily.
Kane, to challenge The Big Show,
with a whole hell of a lot on the line.
["Slow Chemical" playing]
-As if that's been a sign. -[bell dings]
[Lilian] The following contest is scheduled for a one-fall
and it's for the World Wrestling Entertainment championship,
making his way to the ring,
being accompanied by Tori,
the opponent and challenger,
weighing in at 326 pounds, Kane.
[Ross] Well, Kane's got to win the WWE title here tonight
or Tori must spend the holidays with X-Pac.
The audacity of Triple H and Stephanie McMahon.
Well, ladies and gentlemen,
if I may, let me remind you-- Oh, my!
That 1-800-collect presents the Royal Rumble 2000,
1-800-collect, the easy way to see the Royal Rumble live,
January 23rd on pay-per-view
for the sold out Madison Square Garden in New York City.
[Hayes] JR, you know Tori did not have to accept this challenge.
Obviously, she has a lot of confidence in her man, Kane,
to win the WWE title right here, right now.
["Crank It Up" playing]
[Ross] The biggest champion in WWE history.
He's walking with a purpose, he's a 500-pounder.
[Lilian] His opponent, the World Wrestling Entertainment champion,
weighing in at 500 pounds, The Big Show.
[Ross] Big Show, 7'2", 500 pounds,
to take on The Big Red Machine, the WWE title on the line,
plus Kane's-- Oh, my.
[Hayes] Big Show's living large and in charge, JR.
[music playing]
[Ross] What the hell is that now?
[Hayes] Well, the WWE title is on the line.
[Ross] I know that.
Well, the uh, the bosses are--
I guess gonna get a close look.
Mr. And Mrs. Helmsley made this match. They signed it all up.
So they have the right, of course,
they're in charge, they can do whatever--
-The match is starting. -[bell dings]
WWE title on the line,
Kane challenging The Big Show.
Kane must win or Tori must spend the holidays with X-Pac.
[Hayes] What kind of Christmas do you think Tori and X-Pac would have, JR?
[Ross] I don't even wanna think about,
that's repulsive in my view, absolutely hideous.
Now, side buster leg sweep by the WWE champion,
taking down Kane
and the Show got some elevation big time, drops the elbow on the heart.
There's a cover and a kick-out at two.
[Hayes] Well, Triple H said at the beginning,
he was in a giving mood and he's giving X-Pac a great Christmas present
if Kane doesn't win tonight. He's generous.
[Ross] Well-- That's one way of looking at it.
You want the job security, I guess you got to say that
and-- Oh, Enzuigiri.
-Did you hear the Enzuigiri the contact? -Oh.
[Ross] Kane, knocking The Big Show over the top rope, all the way to the floor.
-[Hayes] Oh no. He's going after him. -He's on the top.
-Kane is on the top. -Oh no, he's not gonna…
[Ross] The Big Red Machine-- Oh, my God.
The Big Red Machine with some hang time,
right on the face of the WWE champion.
[Hayes] Triple H and Steph are really enjoying it, JR.
I'm so happy for them, aren't you?
They bring a little joy to everybody.
-Please. -It's that time of the year.
[Ross] Kane now, with the WWE champion in trouble.
The title on the line, again Kane,
can walk out of here as a WWE champion
and with his girlfriend, Tori,
or Kane can walk out of here as someone who tried
but also lost his girlfriend to X-Pac
for the weekend-- For the holidays.
[Ross] So, what you're saying, JR, is Kane has everything to win
and everything to lose?
[Ross] A must-win situation, to say the very least for Kane here.
And The Big Show, the proud WWE champion--
Oh, my, The Big Show's head, just bounced off that ring post
like a basketball here in the Compaq Center.
[Hayes] Kane's got to get him back in the ring to win the title, JR.
[Ross] Kane hammering away at The Big Show's head
with huge right hands and The Big Red-- Show's back up.
[Hayes] Big Show's up. He's got a chair--
Oh! Right on the spine of Kane.
[bell dinging]
Disqualification.
-[Ross] I think Kane won. -[Triple H] Whoa, whoa, Chioda, Chioda.
Sorry, I forgot to tell you in the back, this match is no DQ.
-[Hayes] Oh, no… -The match continues.
-…no disqualification, JR. -Go on. Continue the match.
[Ross] I know what no DQ means, Michael.
-[bell dings] -And Triple H and Stephanie
just making the rules up as they go.
They just assumed-- The happily married couple
see these two men maim each other, destroy each other.
[Hayes] Excuse me, I've been thoroughly entertained tonight, maybe you haven't.
[Ross] Well, chokeslam coming up here.
Big Show… And a kick…
We have a no disqualification, WWE title match.
Thanks to Triple H and Stephanie.
[Hayes] Well, the fans are enjoying it, JR.
[Ross] Well, I'm enjoying the match but the circumstances--
-Oh, look at this. -[audience chatters]
[bell dinging]
-[Ross] What happened? -[Stephanie] No, no, I'm sorry.
Chioda, there are no count-outs in this match. No count-outs.
[Hayes] Both participants were counted out-- My God.
-[Ross] No disqualification. -[Triple H] What the hell?
While you're at it, you might as well make it falls count anywhere.
Continue the match.
-[Ross] It's falls count anywhere match. -[bell dinging]
No disqualification, no count-out, and falls count anywhere.
[Hayes] That's a great decision, JR.
They're thinking of the fans first, Steph and Triple H.
[Ross] Kane and The Big Show are tearing each other apart.
Oh, look at the elevation. Oh, God.
That look like a 747 landing, right on its nose.
[Hayes] Not a good landing at that. Uh-oh.
[Ross] Now, Kane up on top. The Big Red Machine, taking a chance here.
With a clothesline, a fist right in the face of the WWE champion,
with the title on the line.
[Hayes] What kind of Christmas do you think Kane would…
[Ross] I don't know, falls count anywhere, here we go.
A near fall there, falls count anywhere.
[Hayes] Take a look at this, JR.
[Ross] I mean there's some strength by Kane and great leverage
using Big Show's own momentum,
and there's Show's head again, bounces of steel.
This time it's the steps.
This a no disqualification match,
this a no count-out match,
this is falls count anywhere, and it is for the WWE title.
[Hayes] What a predicament Tori's in,
she doesn't know whether to buy a Christmas present for Kane or X-Pac.
[Ross] Oh, please.
Kane fighting for his career,
fighting for his personal life,
and The Big Show fighting for his WWE title.
And we are live on Raw.
Deep in the heart of Texas,
the Compaq Center is sold out. Isn't that cute?
[Hayes] Look at the concern on Stephanie's face.
[Ross] A hallmark moment, we should get a Christmas card like that pose.
-And there's a cover. -That's it.
[Ross] The Big Show, neck to the cover, that's gonna be Tori to X-Pac.
Kane just kicked out.
[Hayes] Tori-Pac has a nice ring to it.
-[Ross] Tori-Pac. -[Hayes] Yeah.
[Ross] And then a right hand by Kane,
followed up by a right hand by The Big Show.
These two men, these huge giants
are hammering each other, and Kane is getting the upper hand.
[Hayes] Neither one of them will never be the same after this match-up, JR.
Falls count anywhere, no disqualification, no count-out.
[audience cheering]
[Ross] Big Show, at 500 pounds.
As we said, 7'2",
is being dominated physically like no one else has ever done.
And this time, the tables have turned.
No one has ever dominated in my view,
offensively with The Big Show
as we have seen Kane in that last exchange.
[Hayes] And The Big Show, you've got to admit, JR,
has been a fantastic fighting champion.
[Ross] He has been that, there's no doubt about it.
-[Hayes] Take on all comers. -Another elbow by The Big Show
and it found his mark, right on the back of the cranium of Kane.
-Oh, no. -No, he's not.
[Ross] And there's no disqualification.
-[Hayes] It's legal, JR. -I know.
-[Hayes] It's legal. -Look out.
Oh, Kane a dropkick on the stairs, went right back on The Big Show's face.
They were right in front of us.
Kane got right up and Big Show's face with a dropkick.
That was an amazing move.
[Hayes] Uh-oh, here's a lot of trouble, JR.
-[Ross] The Outlaws are here. More DX. -Outlaw trouble.
[Ross] Well, they love to see Kane lose this match.
[Hayes] I love to see the match, it's a great match.
[Ross] Oh, God almighty, my God!
Look at the strength here, Kane had The Big Show on his shoulder.
And the Outlaws is getting dangerously close to Tori.
And Kane dropped The Big Show.
He looked to poor Tori's aid.
And-- Uh-oh, look out.
He's trying to move, what-- Look out!
[Ross] No! Powerbomb!
-[Hayes] Oh, God! -[audience cheers]
For God's sake, is that over--
-Here's a cover, it's falls anywhere. -[Hayes] Oh.
-[bell dings] -[Ross] The Big Show retains the title.
And Tori spends Christmas with X-Pac.
[Hayes] And now the Outlaws have got Tori.
-[Lilian] Your winner and still… -There goes Tori-Pac.
…the World Wrestling Entertainment champion, The Big Show.
[Ross] The Outlaws are taking Tori to X-Pac.
[music playing]
Her holiday in hell begins now!
[Hayes] X-Pac's gonna have a very Tori Christmas.
[Ross] The Big Show retains the WWE title
after choke slamming Kane
right through the announce table, to the concrete floor.
[Hayes] What a great title match-up, JR.
You got to give it to Stephanie and Triple H.
[Ross] My God, Kane maybe been broken in half. I can't believe this.
I just like to say…
that this has been a lot of fun for us.
And I'd like to wish the world watching…
including you, Tori,
and to our bro, X-Pac…
have a very Raw Christmas.
[Ross] I cannot believe this.
What has happened to the WWE?
What's gonna happen to Tori?
We're gonna find out Thursday on SmackDown. f. I can't believe this.