[theme song playing]
["We're All Together Now" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[JR] Good evening, everybody, and welcome to WWE Raw.
We are live and sold out
in the Kiel Center in St. Louis, Missouri.
I'm Jim Ross, alongside Jerry The King Lawler.
We are at ringside,
and King, no doubt we've got the Royal Rumble on our mind.
This could be--
Hey, hey, wait a minute, King.
[Lawler] What is this?
[JR] What the heck is going on here?
[Lawler] Wait a minute, JR, what?
[JR] I don't know what's going on here.
Ladies and gentlemen, again, we are--
We're in St. Louis, Missouri sold out here tonight on Raw and,
all these WWE Superstars.
[Lawler] Wait a minute, that's Brisco and Patterson and…
What's everybody doing coming out?
Are they coming out here to us?
-[JR] I have no idea. -[Lawler] Hey--
Hello?
What are you guys doing?
[JR] I mean…
Superstar after Superstar,
coming to the ring.
[Lawler] Look at this.
The Godfather.
Oh, look, Terry.
[JR] The Hardys, Edge, Christian,
Val Venis, there you see Kane and Torrie.
[Lawler] What in the…
The Kat and Chyna.
JR, what's going on?
[JR] And, King, your guess is as good as mine.
I have no earthly idea on why,
-these dozens and dozens… -[Lawler] Rikishi.
[JR] …of WWE Superstars…
[Lawler] Oh, Big Show.
[JR] …are making their way out here.
[Lawler] Let's ask somebody.
[JR] What's going on here?
["Know Your Role" playing]
[Lawler] Oh.
Now what's up, JR?
[JR] What's up
is The People's Champion.
The Rock.
[Lawler] Listen, listen to this.
Sounds like The Rams just won the Super Bowl or something, look.
[JR] What in the world could be going on out here tonight?
The ring is completely surrounded by dozens of WWE Superstars,
and now The Rock is making his way to the ring.
[Lawler] This ring is surrounded. Must be 50 WWE Superstars out here.
[JR] I don't think I've ever
encountered anything quite like this.
[Lawler] Uh-oh, look.
-Did you do this? -[Stephanie] I didn't do this.
[JR] I don't think DX…
I don't think they know what's going on either.
[JR] I don't, I don't have a clue what to make of this but,
look at The Rock he is--
Only The Rock can wear a shirt like that, JR.
[JR] I don't know what's going on, but it's gotta be big,
here tonight on Raw.
And we're about to all find out together.
[Lawler] What I'll tell you, look at this, JR.
This is like a who's who of
WWE Superstars, The Rock is surrounded by.
There's got to be at least 50 of them.
What?
[JR] Just listen to this ovation for The Rock,
and all these superstars here.
[Lawler] I don't know what's going on, but I think The Rock is fixin' to tell us.
Finally…
The Rock has come back to St. Louis.
[crowd cheering]
Now you are probably wondering why
every single WWE's Superstar is surrounding the ring
with The People's Champ in the middle.
[Lawler] I know we're wondering.
Well, The Rock says they have all asked The Rock,
to be their spokesman.
[JR] What? Spokesperson?
For what?
And as unaccustomed to public speaking as The Rock is,
he has agreed.
So The Rock says,
Triple H and Stephanie,
bring your Candy Asses out here
and face The Rock.
Wow.
[JR] The Rock calling out the--
the top management team,
of the WWE.
[Lawler] Uh-oh, look at this.
The Rock's the mouthpiece for all the WWE Superstars.
He's calling us out.
-He called us? -No, he--
I don't think he called us.
I think he called you, you two.
-Come on, let's go. -Come on, you guys.
No, Ms. McMahon. No.
Hey, you and your…
-You and Mrs. McMahon… -Your wife…
-…can go. -[Billy] …got us into this.
-Y'all go get us out of it. -Yeah.
-See if you can get us out of it.
That's the way it's been.
The Rock says,
we'll try this,
one more time.
[crowd cheering]
Maybe you didn't understand The Great One.
Maybe you'll understand this.
The Rock says,
Triple H, Stephanie bring your Roody-Poo Candy Asses.
[JR] Well, Rock calling out Stephanie and Triple H with DX,
doesn't seem to want to accompany--
-["My Time" playing] -[Lawler] They don't want any part of it.
Here we go, JR.
I don't know if this is a wise move,
on the part of the McMahon Helmsley era.
You want to come out here and face
about 50 WWE Superstars and The Rock?
[JR] I don't think so.
And The Rock…
well there, you see--
[Lawler] They're doing it. Here they come.
[JR] The WWE Champion,
Triple H and his wife, Stephanie McMahon Helmsley,
have made their appearance here--
[Lawler] Oh, this doesn't look good.
The look on the face of The Rock.
Oh, look at that look.
Look at those looks.
[crowd booing]
[Lawler] Well…
Now, now, now…
Gentlemen, I don't know what you're up to.
But…
but I'm sure…
[JR] What?
Well, these fans are
chanting something somewhat derogatory remarks.
Whatever they said offended Stephanie.
But I'm confident we can work something out.
[JR] Uh-oh, uh-oh.
Does that mean talk to the hand or something?
Let The Rock,
give you something you have needed,
for a long time.
-[crowd cheering] -Oh, no.
The Rock says,
you should "know your role,"
and "shut your mouth."
-Man. -[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] I don't think anybody's ever talked to Stephanie that way.
Now, The Rock says,
we're going to talk about a couple of things.
The very first thing we're gonna talk about,
is Mick Foley.
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] Wait a minute.
[JR] He's been fired a couple of weeks now.
[Lawler] It's a waste of time talking about him.
He's fired.
Now The Rock knows,
that Foley is out there in the parking lot right now,
here in St. Louis.
But…
[Lawler] Saw him out there earlier.
Probably, selling popcorn,
hell, he's probably eating popcorn.
But The Rock says,
if you do not meet our demands,
we've got every single WWE Superstar
ready to walk out on your Candy Asses.
-[crowd cheering] -[Lawler] Man.
Wait a minute, what?
Walk out?
[The Rock] And every single WWE Superstar
ready to join a new federation,
the WRF, the World Rock Federation.
-[JR] What? -[crowd cheering]
[JR] My God.
[Lawler] The WRF?
[JR] They're gonna walk out here, King.
Every Superstar we got is ready to take a hike.
So, The Rock says,
tonight you will reinstate Mick Foley now.
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] Wait a minute, this is--
[JR] Reinstate Mick Foley,
and they mean right now.
[Lawler] What?
These guys are gonna walk if they don't.
Yes.
[JR] The Rock's gonna start his own Federation,
with all these Superstars.
[Lawler] They can't pressure the
McMahon Helmsley era like that.
Can they?
All right, Rock.
You want Foley reinstated?
As of right now,
Mick Foley is back in the World Wrestling Entertainment.
-[JR] All right. -[crowd cheering]
-All right. -[Lawler] They buckled under.
But not…
not because you say so.
It was already in the works.
As a matter of fact, we were going to reinstate him today anyway.
[JR] Sure.
Sure you were.
-[Lawler] You doubting him? -[JR chuckles] Yeah.
Secondly, The Rock says he's been all,
he's been in all type of matches, as of late.
The Pink Slip on a Pole Match.
-That's a good one. -The You're Fired Handicap Match.
And The Rock says,
that as of tonight,
there…
is no way.
And The Rock means,
no way,
matches like that will ever happen again.
[Lawler] What?
Those are good matches, JR.
Pink Slip on a Pole with the best.
[JR] It's only, it's only fair if they agree.
I guarantee that, these boys--
That, that seems fair.
That seems fair.
I take that as a yes.
[Lawler] Well, I can't believe they're bowing to the pressure.
[JR] Everybody…
look at all these…
50 guys are ready to walk out of here.
[Lawler] Just come out here and issue ultimatums?
It sounds to The Great One,
that there's 15,000 Rock fans calling you a slut.
-[Lawler] What? -[JR] Uh-oh.
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] I don't think he should have went there, JR.
I thought they were talking to you, Rock.
[crowd booing]
[Lawler] Uh-oh.
This is gonna get ugly.
And thirdly,
The Rock says this.
You like to throw away,
throw around your weight like you're a big shot, like you're The Rock,
well, The Rock says,
as far as for anybody being fired…
is that as of tonight,
there is no one
who will ever get fired again unless
there is just due, jabronis.
[crowd cheering]
[JR] They gotta agree to that, King.
That's, that's fair.
[Lawler] I guess everyone was gonna walk out of here.
I can't believe this is happening.
[Triple H] That's fair, too.
Hey, you guys gotta realize one thing.
All we're about is fairness.
["Wreck" playing]
[Lawler] Oh, no, that didn't take long.
Where's Mick?
The last time I saw him, he was valet parking cars out there.
[JR] Mick Foley's been reinstated.
We hear his music.
[JR] Watch your back. Watch your back.
He could be anywhere.
-Oh. -[JR] There he is.
Oh, my God.
Mick Foley has been reinstated.
Mick Foley is back in the WWE.
I don't care if Triple H and his wife were pressured into it or not,
the bottom line is that Mick Foley's back.
He's got a job.
[Lawler] Got to be the worst day so far for the McMahon Helmsley era, JR.
First off…
I would like to acknowledge
the dozens…
[crowd cheering]
of Mankind fans,
who sent out their care,
their cards and their letters.
Second off, I'd like to thank
The Great One.
[crowd cheering]
Not only…
for the kind words he inscribed to me in his new book,
but for sticking his neck on the line
in support of me.
[Lawler] Thank him? You ought to kiss his feet.
But as it refers to the McMahon Helmsley era,
I wanna say, I condemn you
for ridiculing me,
for making fun of me,
for mocking my family.
And I've got a couple of suggestions I'd like to make
in concern to the Royal Rumble. You see,
I think I've got a hell of a main event lined up.
And it concerns you,
and it concerns me,
in Madison Square Garden.
[Lawler] Wait a minute, what? What's Foley saying?
Before you think about it, I'd also like to
add a couple of special stipulations,
to be named at a later date.
And with the knowledge that we've got about 50 wrestlers
ready to walk,
on a moment's notice.
I suggest you make up your mind right about
now.
[JR] Mick, Mick challenging Triple H
for the Royal Rumble.
That's less than two weeks away.
For the WWE title, it sounds to me like.
You want me at The Garden?
You want me at the Rumble?
You're damn right I want your ass at the Rumble.
You got it.
[JR] All right.
It's a done deal.
-[Lawler] I can't believe it. -Because you see, Triple H,
the way that I figure it,
-is when I get my-- -[Lawler] Hey, hey.
Look at this, JR.
Well seeing as the…
WWE title match is set for the Royal Rumble,
The Rock says,
he's going to take it upon himself
to include himself,
in another match at the Royal Rumble.
[crowd cheering]
The Rock says, as The People's Champion,
The Rock is going to throw his
name in the hat,
and be a participant in the 30 man Royal Rumble.
[JR] All right, The Rock's in.
[Lawler] Who's calling the shots around here, JR?
And The Rock says,
that night at Madison Square Garden,
New York City, The Rock says,
he is gonna take 29 other…
Jabronis.
One…
by one…
by damn one, over the top rope.
The Rock standing in the middle of the ring,
going to Wrestlemania,
to face you,
or,
you.
Rocko…
that sounds like a hell of a match-up.
But let's not just waste all our energy on Royal Rumble because it seems to me,
we've got about 20,000 screaming fans
right here in St Louis, Missouri.
[crowd cheering]
-[Lawler] Yeah! -[JR] I'm not sure where this is going.
Why don't we put our heads together and
come up with a hell of a show for this evening?
A hell of a show,
is not your job to come up with.
-Wait, wait, no. -These are just suggestions Triple H.
Because, you know, I've been out on the road and
doggone it, not a day goes by,
when someone doesn't come up to me and say, "Mick…
who do you think the toughest
of the two New Age Outlaws is?"
And I think we deserve to find out.
With your permission,
I think we ought to book that match
right here in St. Louis tonight.
[JR] What?
[crowd cheering]
[JR] That's Mr. Ass versus the Road Dogg.
[JR] Oh, look at this. Wait, wait.
And I suppose if we don't, everybody walks?
Everybody walks.
[JR] Man.
[Lawler] This is extortion or something like that.
Outlaw versus Outlaw, that ought to be a hell of a match.
Sure, that's great.
That is great, but, you know, while you were…
talking about that, I had another idea.
You see, it seems to me,
you told X-Pac that he was just as good as you were on Smackdown and
I'm not sure everybody believes it.
So I think we ought to find out, by golly.
[Lawler] Wait a minute.
And hey, once again, Triple H,
with your permission,
I think we ought to see you,
and we ought to see X-Pac,
in this very ring tonight.
[JR] Man.
[Lawler] Look X-Pac, he likes it.
[Stephanie] You got it, Mick
[Billy] I'd like to be in your shoes and get in there with him.
[JR] Stephanie just accepted,
for Triple H.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
The Rock says,
we're not done.
-[JR] Uh-oh. -[Lawler] There's more?
-[JR] What else could there be? -You see…
as sure as The Rock is standing in this ring,
and as sure
as you two Roody Poos are standing on the stage,
The Rock says,
that if your Candy Asses make it
through the entire night, there's one more match.
It's gonna be the entire DX,
facing…
The Acolytes.
[Lawler] Oh, no. What?
[JR] Man, that's…
Oh, yeah.
That's great, all four of us against The Acolytes.
No sweat, you're on.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
The Rock is not done.
-[JR] Uh-oh. -[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] Went from bad to worst.
You see…
The Acolytes won't be alone.
They're going to have a tag-team with them,
and that tag-team,
is going to be The Rock 'n' Sock Connection.
-[JR] Oh, man. -[Lawler] What?
[JR] The Rock 'n' Sock Connection.
-[Lawler] Tonight? -[JR] Back together with The Acolytes,
against DX.
"If you smell,
what The Rock is cooking."
[JR] Well, I'll tell you what,
you've got, X-Pac versus Triple H tonight,
Mr. Ass versus the Road Dogg.
[Lawler] This is blackmail.
This is extortion.
[JR] And The Rock 'n' Sock Connection
with The Acolytes meeting DX.
Oh, what a hellacious night this is gonna be.
Will DX be able to survive Raw tonight?
And we are back live on Raw,
and King, what a blockbuster announcement.
We know that tonight…
Uh, we know that X-Pac,
-is gonna take on the Road Dogg tonight-- -Of course.
Or, Mr. Ass and the Road Dogg.
The Outlaws versus Outlaws.
We almost witnessed a hostile takeover here, JR.
I mean, I've never seen anything like it.
The show, Raw was held hostage
until the demands were met.
Here's what happened during a commercial break.
We just got this footage moments ago.
-Run this whole show? -Putting me and him together?
What's your problem, man?
We got to wrestle each other now.
What are we supposed to do? Everybody's gonna walk out.
But I want you to bow down,
bow down like a girl to his knees
and start kissing his ass.
Let them walk out.
We're the ones talented.
Let them walk out,
we can put on a two hour show.
Now we gotta fight each other.
Wow, you handle pressure really well.
-We gotta fight each other. -Let me tell you that.
You guys just cry about that.
-That's gonna help. -Oh, shut up.
I guess we'll see you.
You talk about some dissension in DX,
they could disintegrate right here tonight, but if they survive,
then they've got to face The Acolytes,
and The Rock 'n' Sock Connection.
If they survive. It's a big "if."
I can tell you that right now,
Outlaw versus Outlaw,
and Triple H versus X-Pac,
in this very ring live tonight.
I cannot believe it. I've never seen anything like this, JR.
-[Lawler] The Rock--uh-oh. -[Road Dogg theme song playing]
It's gonna happen.
They're gonna do it.
[JR] Outlaw versus Outlaw here.
[Lawler] I can't believe it.
The Tag Team Champions,
are gonna have to fight each other.
St. Louis.
You damn right.
You see it's me.
It's me.
It's the D-O double G.
[Lawler] We're about to witnessed history, JR.
Apparently, I'm not rolling
with that B-A double D.
[JR] Tag Team Champions,
against each other.
Cut the music.
Welcome to the Dogg house.
Now then,
let's see if we can make a little noise.
Up in this,
Biaaach!
[JR] DX is in the Dogg house, all right.
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages,
D-Generation X
proudly brings to you,
one half of its WWE,
Tag Team Champions of the Woooooooorld…
The Road Dogg, Jesse James.
-[JR] Well… -[Lawler] That, this don't sound right.
And since he's not out here yet,
I'll do the honors.
If you ain't down with that,
I've got two words for ya,
"Suck it."
["AssMan" playing]
[JR] Boy, this should be
quite the one on one contest.
-[Lawler] This is like a Civil War. -[JR] King,
-who'd have thought we'd ever… -The following contest is--
-scheduled for one fall. -[JR] …see this match?
Making his way into the ring,
weighing at 269 pounds,
The co-holder of the World Wrestling Entertainment
Tag Team Championship,
Mr. Ass.
[JR] These guys are closer than 19 is to 20.
And they gotta fight each other
one on one here.
[Lawler] Thanks to The Rock and--
Mankind and Rock comes out here and holds the show hostage,
he demands that--
that Mick Foley be reinstated or all the WWE Superstars,
are gonna walk and there'd be no show tonight.
[JR] Every WWE Superstar except DX,
were surrounding the ring just moments ago and,
-all I can say, King… -[bell dinging]
It's about damn time,
that Stephanie and Triple H,
got what's coming to them
along with their buddies here,
DX.
[Lawler] Well, I can understand.
Well, no, I don't even understand it.
But I can maybe
condone the fact that they get Mick Foley reinstated.
But then all of a sudden, how does The Rock
and Foley start running the show?
They made this match.
[JR] They had leverage.
And I'm gonna enjoy this match.
[Lawler] I bet you will.
[JR] These two men are the WWE Tag Team Champions,
and they'll face The Acolytes,
for the tag titles,
at the Royal Rumble,
which is just under two weeks away.
Clean break, let's go get him off.
Clean break.
[JR] Are we going to get a clean break here or what?
Come on, back it up.
[Lawler] Of course, these guys are sportsmen.
And they're closer than 19 is to 20, remember?
These guys are like…
They're like brothers. They're like kin. They're like blood.
And I think Road Dogg is--
He'll be like, let's not even listen to these people.
These people out here, JR, would like to see these two guys just,
cripple each other.
[JR] I couldn't agree more.
I'm under the impression that--
there's a sign-up sheet,
uh, back in the, back in the locker room area,
that the WWE Superstars can sign up,
as to who they'd like to challenge here tonight.
A sign-up sheet.
Now, how fair is that?
[Lawler] Wait a minute.
Like a suggestion box?
The guys get to make matches just because they want to?
[JR] That's what I'm being told and I'll tell you what I'm…
and we're seeing that Mr. Ass…
pretty well asserting himself physically here
with his team partner the Road Dogg.
[Lawler] I don't think you can run a company like this.
You can't let guys wrestle because they want to,
they gotta wrestle because they're forced to.
[JR] They're not field hands.
They're not circus animals.
And look at Mr. Ass putting that big foot right in the throat of his…
of his Tag Team partner, one half of the,
the Tag Team Champions here.
And this was a--
Snapmare takeover. You would have thought,
that these guys might have taken it easy on each other maybe.
That is not the case.
[Lawler] It was just a matter of time before you see the competitive spirit.
[JR] And there's a cover.
And a near fall.
Kinda started out looked like they were--
maybe going on about half speed like a scrimmage.
[Lawler] I don't know if this is a good idea, JR.
You heard the old saying, the inmates run the asylum.
You can't let that happen.
Mick Foley and The Rock in charge?
The wrestlers making their own matches.
[JR] King, that's what's happening tonight, isn't it?
And we're a witness.
We're right here at ringside witnessing it, live.
And we know that still to come,
X-Pac going to meet Triple H,
one on one here.
[Lawler] Who'd have ever thought we'd see,
Mr. Ass against the Road Dogg.
Both of them are great athletes, you can't take that away from them.
[Lawler] Yeah. They're the Tag Team Champions.
[JR] Maybe the best Tag Team in the history
of the World Wrestling Entertainment.
[Lawler] And they're fighting each other, that's just--
Like dogs and cats living together. It's not right, JR.
[JR] Listen King, Triple H and Stephanie been fooling around with everybody,
been screwing with people's lives,
screwing with people's careers.
[Lawler] Oh, look at this, oh.
[JR] Over the top rope went the Road Dogg,
and his…
his Tag Team partner and adversary in this match,
Mr. Ass following the Road Dogg right outside.
-[Lawler] Thinking… -[JR] These two taking this seriously.
Road Dogg just dropped face first, right across the security railing.
Mr. Ass is in firm control here.
[Lawler] Well, come on, JR.
You're smarter than that.
You know what the purpose of this match was.
The Rock 'n' Sock Connection,
they're trying to drive a wedge between these two, and it looks like it's working.
[JR] Well, now, look at the Road Dogg.
Firing back up with those left hands.
[Lawler] That's your partner.
[JR] You know what's coming, all right.
[Lawler] He's jukin' and jivin'.
Oh.
[JR] And drops a knee right in the heart.
And a cover.
-[Lawler] He got him. -[JR] He got him.
Man, that was a--
That was a half a count away, if that,
from a victory for the Road Dogg.
Road Dogg, lowered that head.
And a jackhammer.
I cannot, I cannot believe that Triple H,
and, and X-Pac are going to fight one on one here tonight.
[Lawler] Well, I can't believe I'm seeing the WWE Tag Team Champions,
fight each other, you know what I just thought of, JR? What happens…
when one of these guys win the match?
That's gonna do permanent damage to this team.
[JR] That's just too bad, isn't it?
I sincerely hope so.
[Lawler] I have laid awake and prayed at night
that I would never have to look at The Rock 'n' Sock Connection.
Oh, look out! He's already missing.
[JR] Road Dogg got the cover.
-[Lawler] Oh. -[JR] The count, The Road Dogg
has just pinned Mr. Ass.
[Lilian] Here is your winner.
Road Dogg.
[JR] I wonder if X-Pac
will do that to Triple H tonight.
[Lawler] I don't know, but shake hands.
You guys are the greatest Tag Team, probably in the history
of the World Wrestling Entertainment.
Still partners?
That was a great match, guys.
Shake it off, come on.
-[JR] Uh-oh. -[Lawler] Come on.
[JR] There's a lot of problems right now within DX.
[Lawler] I knew this would happen.
[JR] It couldn't happen to nicer people.
This is going to be a great night.
[Lawler] What is this?
There you are.
-I'm sorry, man. -I have a question for you all right.
I have a little question which is,
do you have any idea
-what you've done, do you? -No.
Do you?
Do you have any idea what I'm going to do?
You're a funny guy.
Why don't you tell me a little joke now?
Tell it, tell it, tell it.
Hey, guys,
-heard about this? -Oh, yeah.
[JR] The Hardys are signing up.
-And… -Who're they gonna face?
The Hardys are signing a sign-up sheet.
[Lawler] The what? What's up with Mankind?
What's he doing to--
What's gonna happen?
[JR] We are back live on Raw.
[crowd cheering]
[JR] Kiel Center here in St. Louis is sold out
and there is the undefeated Olympian Kurt Angle,
along with the lethal weapon Steve Blackman.
[Lawler] What's up with this?
The St. Louis Rams,
and your Olympic hero have a lot in common.
We're both full of intensity,
integrity
and intelligence.
But…
unlike the Rams,
I actually beat people with winning records.
-[JR] Uh-oh. -It's true.
-[crowd cheering] -It's true.
[JR] There's some Rams right there.
You mean to tell me that you would boo an Olympic Champion,
and cheer for Kurt Warner.
A former Arena Football League player,
who just happens to be on a lucky streak?
[Lawler] Well, he's certainly not endearing himself to these
these people here in St. Louis, is he?
I don't know if that's showing one of the I's or not, intelligence.
["Loaded" playing]
Now here…
Here comes the Hardys and now I think we--
It's pretty clear who the Hardys are gonna face.
[Lilian] The following Tag team contest is scheduled for one fall.
-The opponents being accompanied by Terri. -["Loaded" continues]
At a combined weight of 430 pounds,
Matt and Jeff, The Hardy Boyz.
[JR] First time we've seen the Hardys back together since Matt's injury.
[Lawler] Is this what they wanted? Is this the match they signed up for?
-They requested Kurt Angle? -[JR] Absolutely.
-[Lawler] Steve Blackman? -[JR] Absolutely.
So, Matt and Jeff Hardy
will meet the undefeated Olympian, Kurt Angle,
and his tag team partner tonight,
Steve Blackman.
[Lawler] I know these Hardys are a couple of daredevils, but…
this might not have been a smart choice on their part.
-[JR] Tell you what… -[bell dings]
…this is a night, King, we thought we would never see.
Nice fireman's carry takeover by Angle.
It is a dream come true for me.
[Lawler] What? What?
[JR] Look how much Triple H and Stephanie pushed themselves around and…
adversely affected people's lives.
The people tonight are competing
because they wanna compete against each other,
not because they're forced to, but…
-rather than getting fired. -[Lawler] Come on, JR, give me a break.
You let the janitor run IBM?
[JR] I don't call…
I don't call any of these guys janitors.
And there's a… the cover and that's gonna… Oh.
[Lawler] Mankind dresses like a janitor out here.
You know what? Somebody needs to go back there and remind…
Well, Mankind and The Rock, what happened to Jimmy Hoffa.
[JR] Well, there's 50 men and women that signed that petition.
Oh, man, what a move there by Jeff Hardy. That may be all right there.
-One, two… -[Lawler] Look out! Whoa.
[JR] Oh, and Angle got a foot on the rope.
Kurt Angle has yet to taste defeat in one-on-one competition.
[Lawler] It looked like that referee could've counted to three, if you ask me.
A little bit of a slow count.
[JR] Angle has yet to be pinned, I should clarify.
Look at the educated feet of Steve Blackman.
Nice retaliation there by Jeff Hardy.
[Lawler] I just think this whole thing is a bad idea.
Nothing good could can come of this. Look at this. Whoa!
[JR] Asai Moonsault by Jeff Hardy
found its mark on Blackman on the outside there.
[Lawler] JR, remember when all the air traffic controllers
threatened to walk out? They did walk out.
-[JR] Uh-huh. -[Lawler] Everything went okay.
planes didn't start falling out of the sky.
[JR] Jeff Hardy, what can he do with Blackman?
What's Blackman gonna do with Jeff?
-[Lawler] Oh! -[JR] God, that's what's he's gonna do.
-[Lawler] That was unbelievable. -[JR] Jeff Hardy's head just
bounced off the steel steps.
[Lawler] That may be one of the greatest moves I've ever seen, JR.
I've never seen that before. This… this is a night of firsts.
[referee] Three. Come one.
[JR] Blackman able to block whatever the attempt was.
-And this could… gotta be over now. -[referee] One. Two.
[JR] And, Oh. What? Jeff Hardy kicked out.
[Lawler] Can we see that one more time? That was… this is great.
Watch this.
He'll swing… Oh. Whoo.
I cannot believe, JR, what is happening here tonight.
[JR] It's a great night. It's a dream come true for me.
I can't… I can't wait to see Triple H and X-Pac go one-on-one.
I hope that DX makes it tonight, so we can see…
-[Lawler] Oh, oh. -…all four members of DX
against The Rock 'N' Sock Connection and The Acolytes.
Oh, what a great move. A dropkick right off the top rope
by Jeff Hardy that found it's mark on the Olympian.
[Lawler] I imagine you loved it.
You loved it when The Rock came out here
and… and held this show hostage. It's extortion, you know that, JR?
-Oh, my God. -[Matt] Yo, Jeff.
[Lawler] I mean, demand that Mick Foley gets reinstated
or all the WWE Superstars gonna walk out,
-No show here tonight. -[JR] Matt Hardy gets a tag here.
The Rock was representing 50 WWE Superstars,
and The Rock 'N' Sock Connection with The Acolytes tonight
-in an eight-man tag against DX. -[Lawler] There you go.
[JR] One of the best matches
you're gonna see right here tonight live from St. Louis.
-[Lawler] A great one here, look at this. -[JR] Oh, Blackman
knocking down Matt Hardy as…
as Kurt Angle was backdropped over the top rope.
Hey! Get that stick out of here.
[Lawler] He got the stick.
[JR] Blackman's got that stick,
that martial arts stick.
-And from behind… -[Lawler] Look out!
-[JR] Jeff Hardy, with a missile dropkick. -[Lawler exclaims]
-[audience cheering] -Swinging neck breaker.
[Lawler] Wait a minute.
-[JR] And the Hardys win it. -[bell dings]
-[audience cheering] -["Loaded" playing]
[Lilian] Here are your winners,
-The Hardy Boyz. -[JR] The Hardys, back together
here on Raw for the first time since Matt's injury,
with a very impressive victory.
And Blackman is beside himself.
[Lawler scoffs] You think Blackman's beside… look at… look at Kurt Angle.
But you know what, technically,
I guess really Kurt Angle is still undefeated. He didn't lose.
-[JR] Angle has yet to be pinned in WWE. -[Lawler] Angle is angry.
[Mankind] You really don't have any idea what I'm going to do to you.
[man] No.
[Mankind shouts] Do you?
And nobody will help you.
If they ask what you're up to, I'll just say,
"Well, the fake Mankind is all tied up."
[laughs] It's a joke, laugh with me.
Let me hear you laugh. [laughs maniacally]
[JR] Whatever the faux Mankind gets, he deserves.
-Oh, there's Edge. -[audience cheering]
There's the sign-up sheet.
-Let's talk to him for a second. -Yeah. He was cool with it.
-Really? -Yeah, yeah. I didn't know what to expect,
but he was totally happy about it.
-That's awesome, way to go. -Thanks man, I can't believe
-[imperceptible] -[JR] What's gonna happen next?
Chyna, it's hard for me to say this, but last week on SmackDown,
you were right, I was wrong. You taught me a lesson,
but there's no reason we can't beat the Hollys.
If we work together, we can beat anybody, especially the Hollys.
I mean, that idiot Bob and his little Elroy Jetson cousin.
I mean, together we can destroy them.
So sign us up on the list tonight,
let's go out there and show them what the real Intercontinental Champions,
co-Intercontinental Champions can do.
Let's put the past behind us, just sign us up.
-I'm sorry, I apologize. -[The Kat scoffs]
-I'm serious just it put up on… -Are you for real?
Of course, I'm for real.
And if you sign us up, I'll just take the belt and take it to the ring.
Right.
-I think I got it. -You can carry it for me.
I mean, it looks better on you anyways.
Just sign us up okay? I'll meet you… meet you out there.
Chyna?
[Chyna] "Carry it for me."
["Hello Ladies" playing]
[JR] Well, apparently, uh,
Chris Jericho and Chyna
may take on the Hollys here. Chyna looked like she was gonna sign the sign-up sheet.
[Lawler] I can't believe that Y2J had such a change of heart.
He said the Intercontinental title belt looked better on Chyna?
[Lilian] The following contest is scheduled for one fall,
and it's for the World Wrestling Entertainment
European Championship.
In the ring, from Las Vegas, Nevada, weighing in at 244 pounds,
he is the World Wrestling Entertainment European Champion,
Val Venis.
[JR] Folks, we found out earlier today
that, uh, Val Venis' sister is engaged to Edge, King.
-[Lawler] What? -[JR] As our world turns
here in the WWE.
[Lawler] You mean these guys are gonna be future brother-in-laws?
[JR] No, they're gonna be brothers-in-law.
[Lawler] How does Val feel about that, a guy like Edge marrying his sister?
[JR] Well, I think he'd be…
-be fine with it, why not? -[Lawler] I mean…
Hello, ladies.
[audience cheering]
You know something. As many of you may or may not know,
my sister is engaged to Edge.
[audience cheering]
[Lawler] Oh, he's let the cat out of the bag.
Now, Edge,
with all due respect, you may have what it takes
to win my sister's hand in marriage,
but I guaran-damn-tee you this, you do not have half
of what it takes to win this European Championship.
[JR] Well, we're about to find that out.
["You Think You Know Me" playing]
[audience cheering]
[JR] And the challenger
and soon to be brother-in-law
-of the European Champion. -[Lilian] His opponent
from Toronto, Canada,
weighing in at 240 pounds, being accompanied by Christian,
Edge!
[Lawler] You sure it's not brother-in-laws?
[JR] I'm pretty darn sure, King.
and there you see Edge along with his brother, Christian.
It'll be Edge taking on Val Venis and this would be…
What's this?
The lights turned orange again.
[Lawler] I was gonna say, they're orange. [chuckles]
-What is that? -[JR] You look like a tangerine.
[Lawler] I can't believe you're slobberknocking me about grammar.
I'm gonna check. I think it is brother-in-laws.
[JR] This should be a great match-up, the European title on the line.
I kind of like that sign-up sheet idea.
Guys are being able to compete against each other because they wanna compete,
not because they have to compete.
[Lawler] I think it's a stupid idea, JR.
[JR] Oh, here we go. European title on the line here,
elbow knockdown and can't find the second one.
The European Champion, Val Venis,
his future brother-in-law, Edge… for the European title.
-[Lawler] Look at this. Whoa. -[JR] Nice.
Inverted head scissors.
And Edge going for the cover,
and he… almost got the three-count there,
European title on the line.
[Lawler] I'll tell you what, JR. I'm thinking, before this night is over,
Stephanie and Triple H are gonna wish they had let all these 50 WWE Superstars
walk out of here tonight.
[JR] And there's a spinebuster, the cover,
and another near fall. this time by Val Venis.
We're told, and this is certainly bad news, King,
you're not gonna take this well.
The Outlaws are not getting along right now.
They're still having words in the locker room area.
That really and truly breaks my heart.
[Lawler] I guess, you know, I guess you think that's funny.
It is not funny when the WWE Tag Team Champions are…
well, they're in a state of dissension. That's terrible.
[JR] And what about when X-Pac takes on Triple H tonight?
And well, there's another cover, European Champion.
We got another near fall.
X-Pac and Triple H one-on-one here tonight,
they don't like it… because they have to.
[Lawler] What you were saying a few minutes ago, JR,
it's not good when wrestlers are forced to face each other.
Well, DX is forced to face each other.
[JR] They're the exception to the rule, they get what they deserve.
[Lawler] Oh, man.
[JR] The headscissor, right into a powerbomb,
and the leg is hooked, what a move that was,
and another near fall by Val Venis.
-[Lawler] Triple H should've let 'em walk. -[JR] And what about Mankind reinstated?
Mankind, The Rock 'N' Sock Connection, along with The Acolytes,
eight-man tag match here tonight against DX.
[Lawler] And what is that sicko doing to that…
Mankind, what's he doing to that poor…
What do you call him? A faux Mankind?
That wasn't the real guy? That guy was a…
I mean, he was an excellent actor.
[JR] That goof that's all tied up, is gonna get exactly what he deserves.
[JR] And another cover.
And Val Venis is keeping the pressure,
a lot of pressure offense here on Edge
by Val Venis in this match-up for Val's European title.
[Lawler] You want to talk about the eight-man match tonight.
Rock 'N' Sock Connection, Acolytes.
And how can DX function as a unit?
I mean, you already got the Tag Team Champions
-fighting each other. -[JR] I hope they don't.
-[Lawler] Look out. -[JR] Oh, nice move by Edge
into the DDT.
-[Lawler] Val went limp. -[referee counting]
[JR] European title on the line,
it's up for grabs here live on Raw, we're sold-out in St. Louis.
Thanks for being with us here again tonight
-on the USA Network… -[Lawler] Oh, man.
…live throughout North America
-on TSN in Canada as well. -[Lawler] Oh.
[JR] And the young man from Toronto, Edge, knocking down Val Venis.
[Lawler] These guys are future brother-in-laws, JR,
can you imagine what… oh… what family get-togethers will be like?
[JR] I think Val Venis… uh, excuse me, Edge may be the future European Champion.
Edge, going up on top.
-[Lawler] Whoa, man. -[JR] Missile dropkick, found its mark.
[Lawler exclaims]
Nice block there by Edge.
Oh, a downward spiral. that would be all. That would be it.
We've got a new champion here.
[Lawler] Oh, foot on the rope, foot on the rope, ref.
[referee] His foot is on the rope.
[JR] Good call by the referee, might be the only call he can make
with Val that close to the… to the ropes.
Watch out.
Oh, Edge, looking for a spear and Val saw it coming, able to sidestep.
Fisherman suplex, leg hook, will that be enough?
-Yes, it is. -[bell dings]
What a great match-up.
-[Lilian] Here is your winner, Val Venis. -["Hello Ladies" playing]
[JR] Several near falls,
a lot of offense by both men.
And as you… If you just joined us,
Edge is now engaged to Val Venis' sister.
[Lawler] I don't think Val likes it. What?
Maybe he is okay with it.
Hey, Val… Val.
You may have been the best man tonight,
but you will not be the best man at your sister's wedding.
[Lawler] Uh-oh.
The reason why,
because Christian will be.
[audience cheering]
[JR] Well,
nothing wrong with that, looks like
Val understands that situation.
It was a great match-up.
[imperceptible]
-…jumping from behind. -Listen to me, guys.
I'm not listening to your crap.
-You're doing what they're trying to do. -So, what?
You know what, you got extremely lucky and you know it.
-And you can find your own ride home. -[JR] X-Pac trying to keep the peace.
-I will find my own ride home. -I don't think it's gonna do any good.
[narrator] And now, the WWE Slam of the Week,
presented by 1-800-Collect, the easy way to save.
I'm gonna do all the work inside the ring as always, as usual,
I don't want you to tag in no matter what happens.
[Cole] Jericho is going for a tag with Chyna, Chyna turning her back.
And Chyna with a clothesline.
They're supposed to be partners.
-This one is over. -[bell dings]
[Lawler] Chyna said, "Give me my belt," and she's got it.
["Break the Walls Down" playing]
[JR] And we are back live on Raw,
tag team action coming up here.
The co-Intercontinental Champions.
[Lawler] I hate this part.
-[loud bang] -[Lawler exclaims]
[JR] Chris Jericho and Chyna to team up
to take on the Holly cousins.
For the first time in WWE history, we have co-Intercontinental Champions,
and they are Chris Jericho and Chyna.
-[Lawler] Lot of firsts here tonight, JR. -[bell dings]
[Lilian] The following tag team contest is scheduled for one fall.
Making his way to the ring,
from Winnipeg, Canada, weighing in at 227 pounds,
the co-holder of the Intercontinental Championship,
Chris Jericho.
[Lawler] I'm telling you, he's had a change of heart since last Thursday,
when Chyna actually… Well, you saw what Chyna…
Chyna did to Jericho last Thursday on SmackDown.
[JR] It wasn't a lot of teamwork there, I guess you could say.
SmackDown was red hot on Thursday night,
as I'm sure it will be again this Thursday night.
And, man, this has been an unpredictable ride already
here live tonight on Raw.
["Who Am I" playing]
And, King, we are just moments away from Triple H… meeting X-Pac.
[Lilian] His partner
being accompanied by the World Wrestling Entertainment
Women's Champion, The Kat,
the Ninth Wonder of the World
and the co-holder of the Intercontinental Championship,
Chyna.
[Lawler] Well, I'll tell you, JR, I can't believe what we're seeing tonight.
Did you see it just a few minutes ago,
we saw X-Pac trying to keep the peace between…
well, between the Outlaws,
and now X-Pac has gotta go in and face Triple H.
What's gonna happen?
[JR] It wouldn't hurt my feelings if DX blew up… blew apart
-and never got back together. -[Lawler] Wow, look at Chyna.
I'm worried too about the McMahon-Helmsley era.
There could be a lot of division.
Look, these two are trying to divide up
the Intercontinental Championship.
[JR] I'm really worried about that McMahon-Helmsley era.
It's about time they got what's coming to them.
Shoving people around.
[Lawler] Y2J wants what's coming to him, and… they can have that belt surgically
cut in half or something, I don't know.
-[JR] Let's not go there, King. -[Lawler] Here, kitty, kitty, kitty.
[JR] I figured you'd head that direction.
So tag team action coming up here.
The co-Intercontinental Champions, and we're awaiting the Hollys arrival.
-["Slow Death" playing] -Gotta wait no longer.
[Lilian] Their opponents,
weighing in at allegedly well over 800 pounds,
Hardcore and Crash, the Hollys.
[Lawler] I can't understand why Chris Jericho, we saw him…
he's the one asking for this match, he was begging Chyna to sign up
saying that together they can defeat the Hollys.
I didn't know that Jericho wanted to have anything to do with Chyna.
-[JR] Maybe he's had a change of heart. -Other than be co-champion.
[JR] Maybe he's had a change of heart, is all I know.
I'll tell you, we have
-a capacity audience here tonight. -[Jericho] I forgot one thing, welcome to
[audience join] Raw is Jericho!
But like I said, Chyna, earlier,
together, we are gonna absolutely destroy these two morons.
[audience cheering]
But I also want to point out,
isn't it weird how you came down with the Intercontinental Championship belt,
but I still got a much, much bigger response
from all of these Jericho-holics tonight?
[audience cheering]
-[JR] Well, he's got a point. -It's kind of weird, huh?
But don't worry about it. Onward to victory.
It's you and me, come on, tonight.
[Lawler] I don't think that does much for it.
[JR] Not a lot of Dick Vermeil in him.
[Lawler] No, so we need teamwork here.
Not your typical
pre-game "win one for the Gipper" speech, was it?
[JR] So it's gonna be Jericho and Hardcore Holly starting it out here.
And I'll tell you what, nothing like seeing the WWE live.
We're gonna be in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Wednesday night.
More on that later in this broadcast.
Oh, nice shoulder block there by Hardcore Holly.
He quite frankly wanted to get the Intercontinental title on himself.
Great move by Jericho.
Jericho leaving his feet, finding his mark on Hardcore Holly.
And a couple of knife edge chops by Jericho.
Jericho starting off with a lot offense here.
[Lawler exclaims]
[JR] He has quickened the pace,
-there's the tag. -[Lawler] I wondered
if that was gonna happen. Last time they were partners,
Jericho asked Chyna to just stand on the corner
and let him do all the work.
[JR] That didn't work out too well.
-[Lawler] Look at this. -[JR] Nice teamwork there.
Good continuity by Jericho and Chyna
as Hardcore Holly tags in his cousin, Crash.
-[Lawler] Whoa! -[JR] Crash is looking for a cheap shot
and didn't find it, but got knocked down for his trouble.
[audience chatter]
[Lawler] I don't believe it… They're actually coexisting,
Chyna and Jericho.
[JR] Something that X-Pac and Triple H will not do
a few moments from now is coexist
-when those two men go one-on-one here. -[Lawler] Wow, what a shot. Oh.
I'm sure that when Triple H gets in that ring…
Oh, man.
When he gets in the ring with X-Pac,
they'll look at each other.
That's when Triple H will wish he'd
let all these WWE Superstars walk out of here.
-Uh-oh, what are you gonna see? -[JR] That was the blind tag.
And Hardcore Holly and his cousin, Crash, with some teamwork on Chyna.
-Come on. -[JR] There's the cover.
her leg's hooked, and Chyna got her shoulder,
her right shoulder just off the canvas before the three-count.
[Lawler] He was a bit out of position there.
[JR] Hard shot by Hardcore Holly,
right in the mid back area of Chyna, and another one.
[Lawler] Oh, Hardcore shows absolutely no mercy in there.
JR, what do you think would happen if all the WWE Superstars had've walked?
[JR] I don't know how we'd have had a full broadcast and…
I think that all the people…
[Lawler] I remember when NFL players walked.
They got those scab players and everything went okay.
-[JR] Yeah. -[Lawler] I think Triple H should've…
or should not have bowed to the pressure
-of the Rock 'N' Sock Connection. -[JR] Too late now, King.
The Rock 'n'… had leverage.
Here we go.
[Lawler] Look out! Oh, no!
-[JR] A rough landing for Crash Holly. -[Lawler laughs] Oh, Crash.
[JR] Chyna got her shin up,
-and Hardcore-- -[Lawler] Her what?
-[JR] Her shin. -[Lawler] Oh.
[JR] And Jericho…
[Lawler] He got her by the shin.
[JR] …and Jericho,
he had his hand out for the tag, but could not negotiate the tag there.
[Lawler] I think he could've reached her.
-Come on, Chyna. -[Lawler exclaims]
[JR] Vertical suplex… leg is hooked,
-and that's it. -[bell dings]
-Hardcore Holly with a suplex… -["Slow Death" playing]
-[Lilian] Here's your winner, the Hollys. -[JR] …and Jericho…
Sorry, Chyna.
[Lawler] Jericho is getting the Intercontinental title belt.
[JR] I don't think Jericho is taking this loss very hard. I don't…
[Lawler] Well, I think he just said, "Oh, well, better luck next time, sister."
[JR] Jericho could've tagged in there, King. I think you're right.
I think Jericho could have made the tag
if he had wanted to.
-My… -[Lawler] Chyna's hurt.
[JR] Tell you what, I'm not sure. I just think Jericho just tried teach…
This is an ancient, ancient secret
known as the Chinese water…
-[man] Oh, God. -[Mankind laughs]
…where little by little,
-I drop some of this hot water… -[man yelps]
…over your head and over the course of several hours…
-[man yelps] Oh, God -[Mankind] Ah, screw it. [laughs]
[JR] Oh, that's hot coffee. That's hot coffee.
[X-Pac] What's up, Hunter?
-Ready to do this thing or what? -I'm ready.
[X-Pac] Well, remember what you said about me?
-Being every bit as good as me? -Yes.
-Yeah. -I remember.
Well, hope you meant it, man,
'cause I'm gonna prove it to you out there.
I did mean it. I did mean it.
-That's the problem. -[JR] X-Pac, Triple H, next.
-["Make Some Noise" playing] -♪ Make Some Noise! X-Pac! ♪
[JR] And we are back live,
at the sold-out Kiel Center in St. Louis.
[Lawler] I don't know, JR. I don't wanna see this.
[JR] It's gonna be X-Pac taking on Triple H one-on-one here.
And we've found out earlier tonight
that the next time that Triple H is gonna defend the WWE title
will be against Mick Foley, the reinstated Mick Foley
at the sold-out Madison Square Garden,
at the Royal Rumble
-just 13 days from now. -[Lilian] The following contest
is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first,
from Minneapolis, Minnesota,
weighing in at 222 pounds, X-Pac.
[Lawler] It's gonna be X-Pac against Triple H,
but it could be the end of DX.
[JR] Oh, it's a lot… [Lawler] The Outlaws are still feuding.
It's unbelievable.
♪ D-Generation X Who's gonna kick your… ♪
[JR] You're breaking my heart, King. You're just breaking my heart.
[Lawler] Well, tonight, Raw is War is brought to you by Chef Boyardee.
Overstuff yourselves on Monday nights
with Chef Boyardee Overstuffed and the WWE.
[JR] And by 1-800 call ATT for collect calls.
[Lawler] And by M&M's. The milk chocolate melts in your mouth,
not in your hands.
["My Time" playing]
[JR] And the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion,
Triple H, along with his wife,
-Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley. -[Lilian] His opponent
in this non-title match,
from Greenwich, Connecticut, weighing in at 260 pounds,
being accompanied by his wife, Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley,
the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion, Triple H.
[JR] You know, King, I've got to wonder if Triple H really gives a damn
if… if DX blows apart or not because, let's face it,
he got what he wanted, he married… he married a rich woman,
a McMahon, you know, the…
-[Lawler] Yeah, well-- -[JR] He's a WWE champion.
He's got everything that he wants.
It's all about him anyway, right?
He's The Game.
And the rest of us are peons, none of… nobody else means anything…
-[Lawler] Hey, hey, hey. -…but him and his wife.
[Lawler] Speak for yourself there, JR.
This guy is such a fighting champion
that he's gonna compete not just once but twice tonight.
[JR] Only because he has to.
He hasn't stepped in front of the, uh…
He hasn't used the sign-up sheet.
Triple H was forced to compete here twice tonight by 50 men,
who appointed The Rock as their spokesman.
And before those 50 men were gonna walk out of here
and create their own organization,
-Triple H and Stephanie, they caved. -[bell dings]
[Lawler] Extortion. Plain and simple. It should be against the law.
[JR] Negotiation could be another term.
[Lawler] Oh, look at Stephanie. She got to be concerned about this.
[JR] Triple H and X-Pac, this is a great match-up,
especially in this environment,
knowing that they didn't wanna compete.
And the thing about it is,
is that X-Pac is looking at this as a tremendous opportunity.
I think Triple H is looking at it as a… as punishment.
[referee] Get him out. Get him out.
[Lawler] I'll tell you, what's scary to Triple
is the fact that he said before that X-Pac was just as good as he was.
-[JR] Oh, right hand. -[Lawler] And just a while ago,
Triple H said he meant it when he said that.
[JR] No clean break there. Triple H with a right hand,
and now choking X-Pac in the corner.
-[referee] …two, three… -[X-Pac choking]
[Lawler] His lovely wife…
You're watching his lovely wife, Stephanie, cheering him on.
[JR] So much for teamwork,
so much for unity.
No… not exactly the scientific match-up you'd think
that two men that care for each other would have.
[Lawler] Oh, you love it, don't you, JR? This is gonna split the… Oh!
-[JR] What a shot. -[Lawler] Oh, my God.
[Lawler] That could be the end of the DX right there.
[JR] Great shot by X-Pac, catching Triple H right in the nose.
-[Lawler] Oh, man! -[JR] And another shot and another one.
-That's two that Triple H has walked into. -[Lawler] Look out.
[JR] And a clothesline, and the WWE Champion
right in front of those… those St. Louis Rams.
[Lawler] Oh, no. [exclaims]
[JR] Baseball slide right through by… by X-Pac,
and he has taken it to the WWE Champion.
[Lawler] Baseball slide right through the football players.
[JR] This is serious business here.
[Lawler] Oh, you're not kidding. Look out, JR. they're coming this way.
[Lawler exclaims]
-[JR] Triple H got knife-edged there. -[Lawler] Watch it.
-[Lawler exclaims] -[JR] And X-Pac… right across the table.
[Lawler] Told you we're gonna be in trouble.
[JR] X-Pac almost got broke right in half there.
And now, look at Triple H taking over on his… his little buddy here.
Man, what a shot that… Let's take a look at this offense
that… that X-Pac created just moments ago, King.
[Lawler] Well, this is the first of one of two big spin kicks
that landed right on the schnoz
-of Triple H. -[JR] How could you miss?
[Lawler] What? Uh-oh.
[JR] X-Pac going for… or Helmsley going for the right hand,
was blocked by X-Pac.
[Lawler] You are really full of yourself tonight, aren't you, JR?
[JR] Hey, he… he broke my arm, King.
-[X-Pac grunts] -They've humiliated everybody here.
Somehow or another, you've avoided it.
Maybe that was just… just luck,
and all the rest of us have had…
have been embarrassed and humiliated.
-Oh, he's, uh, going for the… -[Lawler exclaims]
[JR] Oh, the low blow.
Triple H going for the Pedigree.
-[Lawler] Hey, ref. -[JR] Got a low blow
and the referee was distracted there momentarily.
[Lawler] Distracted? He was looking right at it. What do you mean distracted?
-What is going on here? Look out. -[JR] And a shot by X-Pac.
[audience cheering]
[Lawler] Not this. Not on Triple H.
[JR] The bronco buster by X-Pac…
-[Lawler] What? -[JR] …in this non-title match-up.
-[Lawler] This is it. -[JR] X-Pac he's taking it
to the WWE Champion.
[Lawler] That'll be the straw that breaks the camel's back right there.
Oh, look at… look at Stephanie.
-[JR] Stephanie… -[Lawler exclaims]
[JR exclaims] Stephanie just…
[Lawler] He tripped.
-[JR] No, he didn't trip. -[Lawler] He tripped. He fell.
[JR] Stephanie pulled that foot off from under X-Pac.
[Lawler] …was slippery. That rope was wet with sweat on it.
[JR] Oh, come on.
-[Lawler] Yeah. -[JR] The Pedigree.
Well, that'll certainly be enough there.
-[bell dings] -And Triple H has got to give his…
-his wife an assist. -[Lilian] Here is your winner,
-Triple H. -["My Time" playing]
[Lawler] Boy, behind every successful man, there's a… smart woman.
[JR] That's just like driving a knife or a dagger
right through the heart of X-Pac.
-[Lawler] He slipped, JR. Come on. -[JR] He did not slip.
I think if we have a replay,
we'll see that there was no slip, whatsoever.
[Lawler] Don't show the replay. Don't show the re…
[JR] Oh, right there. What's she doing on the apron?
And there goes. She pulled his left foot,
does Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley,
and that's what cost X-Pac the victory and he knows it.
-[Lawler] This is terrible. -[JR] And X-Pac is not happy,
and somehow DX has still gotta be partners before this night is over.
[Lawler] DX will never be the same again.
This is awful, JR.
-[slow rock music playing] -[narrator] He's the most electrifying man
in sports entertainment today,
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[music fades]
[JR] Well, we're back live on Raw.
-Just moments ago Stephanie McMahon… -[Lawler] Please don't show this again.
…just screwed X-Pac out of the victory in my estimation.
X-Pac's manhood just exploded on that top turnbuckle.
[Lawler] And then this is what resulted.
JR, you're the one that's keep showing this over and over.
You're trying to further drive a wedge between DX.
-He didn't care about us. -Right.
[Road Dogg] Look what he's doing. He's letting her run this whole deal.
-[Gunn] Right. -D Generation X, I don't remember her.
I don't remember her being involved.
-[Gunn] He's lost it, man. -He's lost his mind.
-This is ridiculous. -They got a little crazy.
["You Look Fly 2 Day" playing]
[audience cheering]
[Lawler] This is bad.
[JR] A lot of dissension in DX in my book.
[Lawler] Oh,
this is cool.
[JR] Six-man tag team action upcoming.
♪ You look fly today ♪
[Lawler] JR, one time for me.
Get up and dance.
[JR] Would you really like me to bust a move?
-[Lawler] Would I? -[bell dings]
-Either that or spontaneously combust. -[Lilian] Following Six-Man Tag Team Match
is scheduled for one fall.
The opponents making their way to the ring,
at a combined weight of 932 pounds,
Too Cool and Rikishi Phatu.
[Lawler] Well, 1-800-Collect presents the Royal Rumble.
1-800-collect, the easy way to save.
The Royal Rumble will be live, January 23rd from the sold-out
Madison Square Garden in New York City.
[music continues]
[JR] I got a couple of restaurant quality moves here,
I'm just saving for a right occasion.
Maybe the Royal Rumble.
I'll tell you what, Rikishi, on Thursday night on SmackDown,
took it to the next level in my estimation.
He came within an eyelash of becoming the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion
this past Thursday night on SmackDown,
in a great effort against the… against Triple H.
[Lawler] And what about the past Sunday on Heat?
Headbangers, I think, made a big mistake when they…
let's… let's say they ticked off Too Cool, royally.
[JR] Headbangers lifestyle,
it's what you call living your gimmick.
And right now it's Mosh and Grandmaster Sexay
one-on-one here.
[Lawler] If The Headbangers have an alternative lifestyle,
where would that put Al Snow, JR?
[JR] Somewhere around Mars, Uranus.
I don't know, some place or in another galaxy.
[Lawler] Or on Uranus.
[JR] Oh, what a shot there by Grandmaster Sexay, catching on Mosh
of the Headbangers coming in, in this Six-Man Tag Team match-up.
-[Lawler] Oh, look out. -[JR] Look at Al Snow, he just--
[Lawler] Look at Al Snow. What's he doing there?
[JR] He just jerked off Scotty 2 Hotty right off the apron
and stomping away.
Al Snow is not a stable human being.
-And now, look at this triple team… -[referee] Two.
-…on Grandmaster Sexay. -[referee] Three. Come on. Outside.
[Lawler] Talk about M&M's, I'm telling you, if brains were chocolate,
Al Snow wouldn't fill an M&M.
[audience cheering]
-[Lawler exclaims] -[JR] Right shoulder… right-hand.
Well, I'll tell you what, this is a Six-Man Tag match-up.
We've got eight-man tag action,
The Rock 'N' Sock Connection back together with The Acolytes this time
to take on the… all four members of DX.
And that's gonna be most interesting
to see if DX can even coexist.
[Lawler] I'm a little bit worried about what's happening
to that poor faux Mankind back there.
Did you see him get hot coffee poured all over?
That's a lawsuit right there.
[JR] Whatever he gets he deserves, King.
[Lawler] Take a look at this.
That's a big mistake.
Did you see Mosh slap Rikishi right on his…
[JR] Posterior?
Right on… Rikishi didn't even turn the other cheek.
Irish whip then…
-and Grandmaster Sexay… -[Lawler exclaims]
…has gone the entire way here
for his Six-Man combination.
Might be a good idea to make a tag here.
[Lawler] Oh, here we go, hang on.
[JR] Look at Scotty 2 Hotty, he's jumping to get in.
-[JR] Oh, Rikishi… -[Lawler] Uh-oh.
[JR] Rikishi got the tag
and that's not what Mosh, Thrasher,
-or Al Snow wanted. -[Lawler exclaims]
-[JR] What a super kick. -[Lawler] Oh, yeah.
[JR] Oh, belly-to-belly suplex.
Oh, it don't look good for Thrasher.
[Lawler] Look at this, JR. Does that remind you of cottage cheese?
-[JR] Look at the size. -[Lawler exclaims]
[JR] Look at the girth.
[Lawler] I mean… Too Cool is actually orbiting around, uh, Rikishi.
[JR] Oh, my gosh.
[Lawler and JR exclaim]
[JR] Did you see Mosh's head
-just bounce off the canvas? -[referee] One, two, three.
-And Rikishi… -[bell dings]
…is dominant.
["You Look 2 Fly 2 Day" playing]
[Lilian] Here are your winners,
Too Cool and Rikishi Phatu.
[JR] Rikishi is an alpha male.
He is dominant.
[Lawler] Yeah. Look… look at that shot. If you tell him
to haul ass, he'd have to make two trips.
Look at Al Snow.
[JR] Watch Al…
Al Snow just attacked The Headbangers with Head.
-[Lawler] Told you he's an idiot. -[JR] He's sick.
-You can't put me down. -[JR] He needs cuffs on.
Let me call a staff psychologist for Al.
[Lawler] Hey, wait a minute.
What do these people want, JR? You know what they want.
Look at them, they're honking down.
They wanna get down with Too Cool and Rikishi.
Look at the glasses.
[JR] I'll tell you what, this defies physics,
to see all this girth moving and…
in several different directions at one time.
[audience cheering]
[Lawler] Come on, JR, bust that move for me, get with it.
[JR] I'm saving it to the Royal Rumble. [Lawler] Look at this. [laughs]
[Lawler and JR laugh]
-[Lawler] Look at that. [laughing] -[JR laughing]
[Lawler] Oh, baby.
Look at the Worm, look at the Worm.
So tell me now, have you learned your lesson?
[man] Yes, yes, I have.
[Mankind] Because if you haven't, so help me,
I'll turn you around, point your face up to that television set,
and make you watch an hour of Al Snow matches. [laughs]
-[man giggles nervously] -Actually, I'm coming around, know why?
-[man] Uh-uh. -Because I kinda like your fashion sense.
I'm thinking about untying you.
-[man] Please. Oh, please, please. -I'm thinking.
[man] Please, Mr. Foley.
-[Mankind] Thinking. -[man] Please.
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The grand opening is January 2000,
but you can be a part of this incredible experience right now.
The doors of WWE New York are open in the heart of Times Square.
WWE New York, come get some.
[Mankind] I'll untie you up.
-[man] Thank you, thank you. -Listen, don't ever mistake
kindness for weakness, okay?
Because if you do,
[yells] so help me, I will hunt you down
and make it the last mistake you'll ever make in this in lifetime,
-do you understand me? -[man] Yes, I do, yes.
[in normal voice] With that in mind,
sit back, relax,
-[yells] and don't leave this room… -[man] All right.
…or you'll regret it.
-Have a nice day. -[man] Thank you.
[JR] Faux Mankind has been untied.
[Lawler] Get out of there quick as you can.
-[JR] Better stay where he is. -["The Ho Train" playing]
[audience cheering]
[Lawler] Uh-oh.
Here we go.
This is the match I'd sign up for, JR.
[JR] Look at D-Lo.
D-Lo Brown and The Godfather
in tag team action here.
[Lawler] Look at D-Lo.
[bell dings]
[Lilian] The following tag team contest is scheduled for one fall.
Making their way to the ring,
at a combined weight of 588 pounds,
The Godfather and D-Lo Brown.
[JR] Godfather, D-Lo Brown in Grand Rapids, Michigan,
on, uh, Wednesday night,
this Wednesday night at the Van Andel Arena.
Not to mention, ladies and gentlemen,
we invite you to join us in Indianapolis
on Friday night, January 28th.
The WWE's live debut at the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indy
on Friday, January 28th.
[Lawler] Are they gonna bring the Ho Train to those places?
-[JR] Absolutely. -[Lawler] Whoo-hoo.
[JR] Dayton, Ohio,
live WWE action on Saturday night, January 29th.
-And King, Cleveland, Ohio. -[Lawler] Oh, yeah.
[JR] Super Bowl, Sunday, one o'clock at the Gund Arena.
-I know you'll be there. -[Lawler] I'll be there.
[audience join] …once again,
for everybody to come aboard the…
-[audience and Lawler] Ho Train. -[Lawler laughs]
[The Godfather] Man, I know that I ain't the only one.
-Is there any… -["We're Coming Down" playing]
[JR] Hey, wait a minute.
-[Lawler] Got incoming. -[JR] Well, the Dudleys just interrupted
-The Godfather's, uh… -[Lilian] Their opponent…
-…recitation. -…at a combined weight of 565 pounds,
Bubba and D-Von.
[JR] Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley.
-[bell dings] -Not wasting any time here…
-[Lawler] What are they doing? -[JR] …as Tim White
is getting the St. Louis hos out of the ring.
Well, this is an intense tag team match-up here.
D-Lo Brown and The Godfather
against the Dudleys.
[Lawler] You called them St. Louis hos. [chuckles]
[Lawler exclaims]
[JR] A hip lock takeover by The Godfather.
I can't wait to see The Rock 'N' Sock Connection
back together tonight.
The Acolytes wanna get their hands on the Outlaws before the Royal Rumble.
That will all happen live right here tonight,
and we're so glad you're with us.
[Lawler] Let me tell you something I can't really understand, JR.
Why did Mankind release the… the faux Mankind?
I mean, he had him tied up, he'd been torturing him all night.
Why did he let him go?
[JR] Well, you know, Mick's got a soft heart. I don't know.
[Lawler] And a head to match.
[JR] D-Lo waited a little too long there.
Bubba Ray able to avoid the contact.
-[Lawler] Look out. [exclaims] -[JR] Powerbomb by Bubba Ray Dudley.
[Lawler] Oh, look at that move. Oh… Hey.
[JR] A cheap shot there on The Godfather by Bubba.
Hey, whoa, wait, ref.
-Hey, look out. -[Lawler] Godfather was
-already… Oh, no, no. -[JR] D-Von.
The headbutt… right off the top rope
and you saw where it found its mark.
[Lawler] D-Lo need no hos tonight.
[audience chanting "Dudley"]
-[JR] D-Von Dudley and his, uh… -[Lawler] Oh.
…half-brother, Bubba Ray,
are as rugged and as tough as they come, I'll tell you.
[Lawler] These guys are…
Who's the man?
[JR] Half-brothers.
They have the same daddy.
[Lawler] I think somebody peed in their gene pool.
-[JR chuckles] Well, you might be right. -[Lawler] Something's wrong somewhere.
[JR] And, uh…
[Lawler] Look out.
[JR] Nice suplex by D-Von Dudley on… on D-Lo Brown.
The leg is hooked, that could be all right there.
[Lawler] JR, you know, what I can't understand is how I can…
I keep looking over at you, there's just a hint of a… a smile on your face.
You should be saddened by what's happening to DX here tonight.
[JR] Why would I… How can you even say that?
I'm ecstatic.
And then, you know, it's not over.
-[Lawler] I know it. That's what I'm… -[JR] Oh.
That eight-man tag is gonna be something.
-[Lawler] Oh. -[JR] D-Lo Brown getting nailed there.
The Rock 'N' Sock Connection, The Acolytes… will form one team, King,
and on that other side, somehow, someway,
-whether they like it or not, it's all… -[Lawler exclaims]
[JR] And what a move there by D-Lo.
[Lawler] Oh, I don't know if I can take The Rock 'N' Sock Connection.
That… that is gonna make me gag now.
Yeah, well, you have two best-selling authors
tyin' up as a tag team
and teaming up with The Acolytes.
[JR] And what about
Mick Foley taking on… Triple H at the Royal Rumble for the WWE title?
We've been… found out that tonight.
[Lawler] And The Rock said that he's gonna throw
-29 other [exclaims] WWE Superstars… -[JR] Move on.
…over the top rope at Royal Rumble like a bunch of jabronis. [exclaims]
[JR] The sold-out Madison Square Garden is gonna be electrifying.
There is no arena in the world like Madison Square Garden.
Thirteen days from now, it's gonna be extraordinary.
-[Lawler] Here we go. Whoo-hoo. -[JR] Look out, the Ho Train
just left the track.
and D-Von is in trouble.
A tag made.
[audience cheering]
[Lawler] Look at the St. Louis hos. They're happy hos.
[JR] D-Lo…
[Lawler] That's too far. He can't… Oh, look at this.
[JR] Oh, D-Lo is gonna have to go all the way downtown for that Frog Splash.
Now the Dudleys are over there antagonizing the hos.
[Lawler] Antagonizing? They're…
[JR] They're ho stealers.
[Lawler] And the ho-napping.
-Look at this. -[JR] And…
-and Godfather and D-Lo… -[bell dings]
…fighting the Dudleys out there.
The bell was just sounded.
-[Lawler] You can't do that. -[JR] The Dudleys were trying to…
["The Ho Train" playing]
…make a deal with the hos, it looked like.
And I don't think the hos were buying what they were selling.
[Lawler] I don't think they were selling. I don't think they were buying.
I don't think they wanted to pay at all.
-Oh, look at that. -[Mankind] Torrie…
-[Lawler] Uh-oh. -[Mankind] Torrie… it's me.
Hey, I've been looking for you all night.
-Why? -Listen, we don't get a chance to talk
like we used to.
So I'd like to take the opportunity now to tell you how much I really admire
your sweaty, heaving, voluptuous breasts.
And I know you've heard I'm a good kisser,
but in addition to that talent,
I've comprised a list of about 17 other things
that I'd really like to do to those bad boys.
[chuckles] You know what, if you want to go over that list,
I'll be in my dressing room, all right?
-[Torrie screams] -[audience cheering]
Just in case you forgot.
[Mankind] You should know, it's dressing room number three.
Number three, okay?
Bring your friend, there's plenty of Mankind to go around. Yeah.
["This Is a Test" playing]
[JR] And we are back live on Raw,
Jim Ross, Jerry Lawler here at ringside,
and, uh, we are ready for,
we understand, uh, quite the tag team match-up here momentarily.
[bell dings]
[Lilian] The following tag team contest
is scheduled for one fall.
Making his way to the ring,
weighing in at 282 pounds,
Test!
[Lawler] Well, I'll tell you what JR, this guy is just like a…
Uh, he just won't quit.
He don't know the meaning of the word quit.
He don't know the meaning of a lot of other words either,
but he's like a dog. When he gets kicked, he just keeps coming back.
-Uh-oh. -["Big" playing]
[JR] And here comes Test's partner.
They don't get any better,
they don't get any badder than The Big Show.
[Lilian] His partner, weighing in at 500 pounds,
The Big Show!
[JR] And can you imagine what kind of impact The Big Show will make
on the Royal Rumble 13 days from now in the sold-out Madison Square Garden.
♪ Well, get ready for some… ♪
[Lawler] Yeah.
You know, this is one of the guys that The Rock said
he's gonna throw over the top rope like a jabroni.
The Rock's got another thing coming,
The Big Show might throw The Rock up to about…
[JR, Lawler exclaim]
-[JR] Hello. -[Lawler] 15th row.
["Cell Block" playing]
[JR] And here come the opponents of, uh, Test and… and The Big Show.
[Lilian] Their opponents, at a combined weight of 652 pounds,
Prince Albert and the World Wrestling Entertainment
Hardcore Champion, the Big Boss Man.
[JR] King, I'll tell you what,
as long as Boss Man has got that nightstick, this one
-could end up being a slobberknocker. -[Lawler] Here they go.
-Here they come. Oh. -[JR] Here they come.
[bell dings]
And…
[both grunting]
…Big Show pairing off with the Big Boss Man,
and Test and Prince Albert… on the other side of the ring.
[Lawler] Oh, no, look out. Here they go.
Oh, my gosh. What a collision.
Boss Man's already lost that nightstick of his.
[JR] Test healing from that, uh, multiple-time broken nose.
Referee Mike Chioda has got to get…
get a little control here, that's gonna be easier said than done.
[groans]
Hard right hand by Prince Albert.
[Lawler] We're worrying about people working as a unit tonight, I'm…
I'm a little worried about the Boss Man and Prince Albert.
The last time we saw these two, they weren't exactly…
they weren't exactly on the same page, were they?
-Oh, my god. -[JR] Boss Man just inadvertently
nailed Prince Albert in the back of the head with his nightstick.
-[Lawler] Boss Man's hand is caught. -[JR] Oh…
And… and Test… going upstairs.
-Prince Albert knocked down from that… -[Lawler exclaims]
…from that accidental shot. And what an elbow
right to the heart of the Prince.
-[Lawler] Wait a minute. -[JR] Good night,
-sweet Prince. -[bell dings]
[Lawler] You're kidding, it's over?
[Lilian] Here are your winners,
Test and The Big Show.
[Lawler] Boy, Test and Big Show came out here to make a statement,
they did it.
Didn't waste any time.
Uh-oh.
[JR] Well, I'll tell you what,
Boss Man and… and Prince had some problems
last Thursday night on SmackDown,
when Test beat the Boss Man--
[Lawler] Oh, no. Look at this.
[JR] Now the young buck, Prince Albert…
Oh, wait a minute, wait a minute. The Big Show.
-[Lawler] Oh, no. -[JR] Oh, no.
-He can't… There's no way. -[Lawler screams] Double…
[JR] Oh, I think there is.
A double choke slam. The Big Show just choke slammed…
-["Big" playing] -…two 300 plus pounders.
♪ …well it's the Big Show ♪
[Lawler chuckles] Another first tonight, JR.
Have you ever seen that?
[JR] The Rock has entered the Royal Rumble
but The Big Show is gonna be awful damn hard to beat.
[Lawler] Take a look at Test… flying through the air.
Landed right on Prince Albert, getting the one, two, three,
and much to the dismay of the Boss Man.
Isn't this part really cool?
DX always sticks together.
[Triple H] Yeah. Well, I just hope they manage to.
Go get them.
[JR] Well, will there be unity within DX?
-[Lawler] Uh-oh. -[JR] The Acolytes don't care.
The Acolytes want to get their hands on the Outlaws.
This one is going to be a war, momentarily.
-[Lawler] Uh-oh, look at this. -[JR] And Mick Foley's been reinstated.
The Rock 'N' Sock Connection,
back together here tonight.
We never thought we'd ever see it happen again…
-[Lawler] Oh. -…and it's all because of that man…
-[audience cheering loudly] -…The Rock, The People's Champion.
A war is next.
[intense music playing]
[narrator] And now, for today's top story.
The Boyardee of War, Mankind of the WWE has invaded New York.
Please be on the lookout. His intentions are unknown.
-[Mankind] Have a nice day. -[horn honking]
[narrator] He never goes anywhere
without his Chef Boyardee overstuffed beef ravioli.
-And his call is unmistakable. -Hmm, beefy.
[narrator] The zesty, hearty goodness of Chef Boyardee
definitely feeds the need.
It's the perfect ravioli for all mankind.
-["Break It Down" playing] -[JR] And we are back live,
ladies and gentlemen.
The much anticipated
eight-man tag team match-up.
♪ …Degenerate into some… ♪
A perhaps soon-to-be-disintegrated DX
will try to muster their forces
and show some unity,
against The Rock 'N' Sock Connection and the Acolytes.
[Lawler] I don't know if I can watch this.
[JR] Doesn't seem to me the DX is… showing that unity that they, uh…
they spoke of…
just a few moments ago. Where's, uh…
Mr. Ass, and where's X-Pac?
[Lawler] I don't know, but I like to think
that these guys are professionals, JR.
They've got… they've got to do this.
They've got to…
they've got to keep it together here.
Is that the… is that… There they go.
Phew.
I'm starting to feel a little better about this.
[JR] I don't think DX has any alternative
but to keep it together.
DX knows what awaits them not only tonight,
but… if they survive tonight.
At the Royal Rumble… 13 days from now
in the sold-out Madison Square Garden.
[Lawler] There's X-Pac, thank goodness.
Oh, he stopped.
[bell dings]
[Lilian] The following is an eight-man tag team match.
Making their way to the ring, at a combined weight of 987 pounds,
X-Pac, the New Age Outlaws,
and the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion,
Triple H.
[JR] It has not been a… a good night for… for DX.
And it's about time.
[Lawler] What do you mean it's about time?
You think it's about time that Road Dogg was forced to face Mr. Ass?
And even then make Mr. Ass all… all hot.
And that… X-Pac had to face Triple H.
[JR] Yeah, I sure do.
I… I absolutely do. This has got to be
the… the cherry on the sundae.
I think we just got a little sample
of what the DX had coming to them here tonight.
This is gonna be the… the topper.
They're gonna get it, and they're gonna get it
right here tonight live.
-["Acolytes" playing] -[audience cheering]
[Lawler] Well, you're just giddy, aren't you?
[Lilian] Their opponents, at a combined weight of 578 pounds,
Farooq and Bradshaw…
-[Lawler] You know another bad thing? -…The Acolytes.
-[JR] What's that, King? -[Lawler] DX, I mean,
these guys have already fought each other,
they wrestled
two, three, four times.
These Acolytes are totally fresh,
so are The Rock 'N' Sock Connection.
Oh, look out. Get out of there.
[JR] That's what makes you the best analyst in the business,
observations like that. And you know what?
You're absolutely right.
-["Wreck" playing] -[Lawler] Of course.
[audience cheering]
[JR] Reinstated, Mick Foley, the man who will meet Triple H
-at the Royal Rumble. -[Lilian] And their opponent,
weighing in at 287 pounds, Mankind.
[JR] Could be the next WWE Champion
because Triple H is not gonna defend the title
until the Royal Rumble.
[Lawler] I'm just trying to get a read on these faces of DX.
Look at… at X-Pac, staring a hole through Stephanie.
X-Pac…
-["Know Your Role" playing] -♪ If you smell ♪
♪ What The Rock is cookin' ♪
[audience cheering loudly]
-[JR] A standing ovation for The Rock. -[Lilian] And from Miami, Florida,
weighing in at 275 pounds,
The Rock!
[JR] I can't believe Triple H and Stephanie saying earlier tonight that,
"Oh, we were going to… we were going to reinstate Mick tonight anyway."
Give me a break. What a blatant lie.
[Lawler] They were. I heard them talking about it earlier today.
Now I want to tell you something. I like Rock as well as the next guy,
but he started all this tonight.
[JR] Wow.
[audience cheering]
The Rock now, the spokesman tonight.
And certainly Rock's, uh, book is making headlines all over the country.
As a matter of fact, this past week, at Tower Records in New York City,
a record-setting crowd on hand to meet The Rock.
That's a great book.
I'm very proud of The Rock.
He will be on a New York Times bestseller list top 10 this week.
Look at that fan.
Absolutely, uh, overwhelmed just to be in the same presence, uh,
-the same room with the-- -[Lawler] That's the way you're reacting
about this match here tonight.
It's always the same look, is on your face right now, JR.
You're overwhelmed.
All right… Together.
-[audience cheering] -You remember together.
[Lawler] What? What about unity…
[JR] No unity here. There's no love in DX.
[Lawler] Can blame 'em, JR…
[JR] You reap… you reap what you sow.
-I can blame 'em a bit. -[Lawler] This has been caused by the…
the mutiny tonight.
-[bell dings] -Oh, my gosh.
-That's really sweet. -[Lawler] That is sweet.
[JR] Yeah, it is.
-[Lawler] Kodak moment. -[JR] Uh-huh.
[Lawler] Hallmark.
[JR] All right. So, it's The Rock
and, uh, Mr. Ass.
[Lawler] You don't have a heart, do you, JR?
[JR] Of course, I do.
[Lawler] Well, you should be feeling sorry for DX right now.
[JR] Mr. Ass is still not getting along with the Road Dogg.
And let's not forget they are tag team partners.
They are Tag Team Champions.
[Lawler] I don't think… any of them
should be getting along with Triple H right now,
after what's happened tonight.
Forced on them by The Rock… 'N' Sock Connection.
[audience cheering]
-[JR] That's what I-- -[Lawler] These people can't wait.
They're itching for this… this match-up.
[imperceptible conversation]
[JR] The Rock represented 50 WWE Superstars
who were threatening to walk right out of here.
[Lawler] Uh-oh. Don't make fun of the People's eyebrow.
That's a big mistake, Mr. Ass.
[JR] Mr. Ass is making himself one.
[Lawler] You'll get the smack laid down on your… Oh, no.
[JR] Oh. And The Rock hitting Mr. Ass with a punch
-with those thunderous right hands. -[audience cheering]
-[Lawler] Whoa. -[JR] Boom. Oh, what a right.
[audience cheering loudly]
The Rock wearing out Mr. Ass here
in the early going of this eight-man tag team match-up.
[Lawler] It's like tugging on Superman's cape,
when you make fun of the People's eyebrow.
[JR] My gosh. Neckbreaker by Mr. Ass,
taking down The Rock.
One fall to the finish here.
And The Rock fights his way back up…
[Lawler] What's that have to do with Argentina?
…just to run into another right hand.
A trifecta of right hands by Mr. Ass,
knocking down The People's Champion.
The Rock has entered the Royal Rumble,
slated from Madison Square Garden.
And listen to this crowd.
[Lawler] I know The Rock's great and everything.
He is The People's Champion, but do you think for one minute
that The Rock is gonna be able to stand there single-handedly,
throw 29 other WWE Superstars over the top rope like the one--
[JR] Oh, watch out.
Samoan drop by The Rock.
-[Lawler exclaims] -[JR] A spinebuster on the Road Dogg.
-And look out… -[audience cheering]
-[Lawler] Oh, no. -[JR] Rock Bottom.
This is gonna be suddenly over.
[Lawler] Get in there somebody.
[JR] And X-Pac coming in to save
-Mr. Ass -[Lawler] No.
[JR] It wasn't the Road Dogg who made the save, it was X-Pac.
[Lawler] X-Pac going out
ceremoniously.
[JR] The Rock now tagging in Bradshaw, of The Acolytes.
[Lawler] You can't just like to hurt people, beat up people,
pound on people.
[JR] They never saw a happy hour or a cold beverage they didn't like.
Here are The Acolytes, and now, what a shot
by… by Bradshaw right across the back of the Road Dogg.
[Lawler] Ow. Oh.
[JR] And a nice move by the Road Dogg beating Bradshaw to the punch there.
Acolytes got their sight settled on the tag team titles.
Their chance comes at the Royal Rumble.
-[Lawler exclaims] -[JR] Oh, no!
That just dimmed your running lights.
Bradshaw looking for that devastating elbow.
And quickly, the Road Dogg makes a tag to X-Pac,
and X-Pac walks right in
to that nasty Bradshaw… who loves to fight.
[Lawler] Well, I'll tell you one thing, JR.
You can't be too happy about the fact that DX
is really functioning as a team here.
-You didn't think you'd see that, did you? -[JR] You're right about that. I am--
-[Lawler] What a shot right in the face. -[JR] A Nice shot by X-Pac.
-[man] Whoo-hoo. -[Lawler] That makes Stephanie happy.
[JR] And he's right on top of his game, is X-Pac.
Should've beat Triple H earlier, he got screwed.
-[Lawler] Oh, no. -[JR] And, well, Bradshaw,
-bear catch here, on X-Pac. -[Lawler exclaims]
[JR] Fallaway slam, and X-Pac just bounced off the canvas like a rubber ball.
And now Bradshaw tags in
-his partner, Farooq. -[Lawler] Yikes.
Get out of there, Pac. Get out.
They'll break your ribs.
[JR] Just an observation here, King, Triple H has yet… to make a tag,
has yet to officially be in this match-up.
[Lawler] But he hasn't had the chance to tag in yet.
[JR] Oh, I think he's had a chance or two but…
A headbutt, wait a minute. This one could be over.
And X-Pac able to kickout.
There wasn't enough body-on-body there by Farooq on… on X-Pac.
Oh, and that was a spinning heel kick by X-Pac.
[Lawler] Very impressive.
[JR] Extremely impressive.
We've seen it on more than one occasion here.
-An Irish whip. -[Lawler] Oh, no.
[JR] My God,
Farooq just… Well, that could be over right there.
Farooq is hammering X-Pac like a rag doll.
[Lawler] Well, Triple H was almost in there all over…
all over Farooq then.
[JR] Yeah, Triple H looks like he's really concerned about X-Pac,
and his well-being. The Rock gets a tag
from Farooq, and The Rock, The People's Champion back in here.
-[Lawler] Oh. -[JR] Oh, X-Pac, being isolated now,
being taken to every corner but his own.
[Lawler] He'd like to get a tag, but he can't get to his own corner.
[JR] Another exchange
and The Rock makes the exchange with Farooq.
Huh? How about it?
[Lawler] Oh, no. [chuckles]
[audience cheering]
[JR] And Farooq is definitely bad.
He is a dangerous human being.
-[Lawler] Oh, my gosh. -[JR] Abdominal… Look out here.
X-Pac kicking those feet.
[Lawler and JR exclaim]
[JR] Nice DDT.
[Lawler] Boy, just when you think you can count X-Pac out, he's…
There's the tag.
-[JR] Triple H now, here we go. -[Lawler] See?
-[JR] The WWE champion… -[Lawler] Oh!
-[JR] Mankind got the tag. -[audience cheering loudly]
Mick Foley's in.
-[Lawler] Get up. -[JR] Mick Foley hammering away
at the WWE Champion.
[Lawler] Don't let Mankind do that to you.
[JR] The two men that'll meet for the title at the Royal Rumble.
[Lawler] He's gonna bust his face wide open.
[JR] My God, look at the right hands,
they're piston-like.
[Lawler] Get out, get out, get out.
Oh, Lord.
[JR] Oh. That 300 pounds right in the Champion's face,
-and down goes Triple H. -[audience cheering]
This crowd on their feet.
[Lawler] This is bad.
[JR] My God, what's gonna happen at the Rumble
with the intensity of these two men?
The intensity of Mick Foley.
-Going for the… Oh… -[Lawler] There you go.
[JR] Facebuster by Triple H.
[Lawler] That's what gonna happen at the Rumble, JR.
Triple H just answered your question.
[JR] Triple H looking to make a tag here.
-Hey, wait the minute. -[Lawler] Hey.
-[JR] What the hell is that? -[audience cheering]
[Lawler] What the hell is that?
[JR] DX is not tagging their leader.
[Lawler] Wait the minute. They're not sticking together?
-[JR] Where's the unity? -[Lawler] Look at Stephanie.
-Just get in there. -[JR] Oh, that's just too bad.
[Lawler] What is this?
[JR] That's breaking my heart.
-Billy, tag me. -[Lawler] Triple H is getting
what he deserves. Tag him.
[audience cheering and clapping]
[Lawler] They can't be leaving, are they, JR?
-[JR] DX is taking a walk. -[Lawler] They're leaving?
[JR] DX is walking out on Triple H and his wife.
[Lawler] Wait a minute.
That leaves… that leaves Triple H with Mankind, and Mankind's alone…
[JR] And The Rock and The Acolytes on the outside…
leaving Mankind alone with Triple H.
-We got a war up on the staging area… -[Lawler] Oh, my gosh. Look at this.
…leaving these two men, Mankind and Triple H back in the ring.
[Lawler] Uh-oh.
-[Lawler] No. -[JR] Oh, the double arm DDT.
[Lawler] Foley went down on Triple H's head.
[JR] The Rock went after DX,
and The Acolytes went right behind The Rock.
-We're down to two men here. -[audience cheering]
[Lawler] We got to get some help out… Oh, no.
[JR] Socko.
-[Lawler] No. -[JR] Socko.
[Lawler] No!
Yes, oh, no… Help!
-[JR] Mankind pulling Socko… -[Lawler] Help.
…out of his Fruit of the Looms.
[Lawler] Stephanie… do something.
-There you go. -[JR] Oh, Stephanie grabbing
Mick Foley's foot.
[Lawler exclaims] Look out. Don't…
[audience cheering]
He's touching her.
He's actually putting his filthy hands on Stephanie.
[JR] Well, she put her hands on him first.
[Lawler] Let her go. What is he do…
-[Lawler] Not the sock. -[JR] He won't do it.
-[Lawler] Not to Stephanie. -[JR] He won't.
-[JR] No, no. -[Lawler] No way. Get it, get it, get it.
-[Lawler] Oh. -[JR] Mankind was
about to stick Socko right down Stephanie's throat.
And who would've blamed him?
[Lawler] I would have.
Get him.
[JR] And now Triple H having the opportunity
to mount some offense here.
Mankind has been un-socked.
[audience chanting "Foley"]
[Lawler] Oh, no. She's been traumatized. Is she okay?
Scarred for life.
[JR] Triple H checking on his wife, Stephanie.
Oh, my God. She could have that nasty, filthy, stinking sock
-stuck down her… pretty little gullet. -[JR] Our eight…
Our eight-man tag has disintegrated into two men
with a keen hatred for each other.
-[Lawler] Oh. -[JR] The two men that will meet
for the richest prize in the game,
at the Royal Rumble.
[Lawler] Oh, no. Look out.
Oh, my gosh.
[man] Come on, Triple H.
[Lawler] Uh-oh, watch it.
-Triple H's got that bell. -[JR] He's got the bell.
[Lawler] He's got the bell. [exclaims]
Did you hear that, JR?
Did you hear that?
[panting]
I think… JR, are you gone? Are you with us?
[JR] I'm…
Mick Foley…
-[Lawler] Oh, my God. -[JR] Hear me or not?
[Lawler exclaims]
[Lawler] I'm trying to.
Triple H is…
trying to stay on the air. Am I still on?
I don't think I'm gonna be for long.
Oh, no.
Triple H.
Wait a minute.
[referee] Don't do it.
[Lawler] Not right here.
[audience cheering]
[chuckles] Oh, my God.
[JR] My God!
-[Lawler] That's it. -[JR] Triple H has Pedigreed Mick Foley
right through our table to the concrete.
For God sakes, stop it.
Good God Almighty.
Busted wide open. What the hell?
[Stephanie] Yeah, Triple H.
[audience chanting "Foley"]
-[Lawler] Unbelievable. -[JR] I can't believe this.
[Lawler] How is Mankind still standing?
But he won't be for long.
[JR] Helmsley with a Pedigree.
Oh, damn it.
I can't believe this night…
-[bell dings] -…has turned out like this.
["My Time" playing]
-That no good son of a-- -[Lawler] Hey.
The WWE Champion.
[Lawler] He's The Game, JR,
and he proved it tonight.
[JR] Maybe not for much longer.
[Lawler] What are you talking about, "Not…"
[JR] Oh, come on.
[Lawler] He's making a statement now.
Triple H is "The Game".
He's proved it tonight, he'll prove it at the Rumble.
[JR] Well, he's got it to do.
Mankind is bleeding, Triple H is hammering Mick Foley here.
And Mick is… Hey… and Mick Foley is not gonna stop.
[Lawler] What?
[JR] Oh, my God.
Mick just ripped his own mask off.
[Lawler] For what? He's bleeding like a stuck hog.
[JR] Mick Foley has been busted open from ear to ear
at the hands of Triple H.
-[Lawler] He's going nuts. He's… -[JR] Nothing's stopping--
[Lawler] He's a crazy man, look out.
[JR] Nothing's stopping Mick Foley.
Nothing's gonna stop Mankind.
[Lawler] Stop him, JR.
[JR] Oh, no. Don't.
[Lawler] Not that. Stop him.
Triple H. Oh no.
[JR] Foley just took Helmsley's head off!
[audience cheering]
Mick Foley's a bloody mess,
and he just took Triple H's head off.
[Lawler] He can't do that.
[JR] God Almighty, it's a war zone out here.
[Lawler] That's our table… [exclaims]
[audience cheering]
[JR] If Triple H wants to get down and dirty.
How dirty you wanna be?
JR… don't let him do this,
go do something.
[JR] Nobody can get as dirty,
as physical as Mick Foley.
[Lawler] Look out.
-[Lawler exclaims] -[audience cheering]
[JR] Well… the Champion now… has been decimated.
[Lawler] Decimated?
There you go.
[JR] Good God, it's a… this is a…
a Pier Six brawl between Foley and Helmsley.
[Lawler] Yeah, but the only thing that is important
is Triple H has won the match, JR.
He's won the match. Look out.
[audience cheering]
[JR] Mankind is a bloody mess.
-The WWE Champion is getting hammered. -[Lilian] Here is your winner, Triple H.
[Lawler] There you go. You heard it, JR.
[audience booing]
Oh, look.
He's a wreck.
["My Time" playing]
[JR] Triple H has started a war here.
Will he be able to finish it?
The war between these two
has just escalated,
but does Triple H know what he has done?
-Mankind is a bloody mess. -[Lawler] He's crazy.
-Mick Foley is crazy. -[JR] All hell has broken loose. s your winner, Triple H.