["Attitude Signature" playing]
[JR] Rock against Chris Benoit and Perry Saturn in a handicap matchup
set up by Triple H, Big Show, and Company.
Oh, DDT plants Benoit and Saturn clings into it.
-[Lawler] Oh, Rock Bottom. -[JR] Rock Bottom. Rock Bottom.
It's over.
The Rock has thwarted the plan of the Coalition.
[Lawler] I can't believe it.
[Stephanie] You will have the opportunity to see The Rock again tonight.
The Rock will take on the Dudley Boyz.
This match will be a handicap table match.
[JR] Anything goes.
Rock is in all kinds of trouble, only we're going for the 3D
and The Rock counter with a DDT.
-Look out, King. Uh-oh, Rock Bottom. -[Lawler] Oh.
[JR] Rock Bottom. Rock Bottom to the table.
[Lawler] My God, he put both of them through.
A steel chair to the back of The Rock.
[JR] No. 3D.
-[Lawler] It's over. -[JR] 3D to a table.
[Lawler] And look at the McMahon reaction. The Rock is hurt bad.
[The Rock] Rikishi, I know you've seen the ass kicking The Rock has taken all night.
That is nothing compared to what you are about to receive.
-[JR] Wait a minute. -[Lawler] What?
-It's The Rock. -[Lawler] It's The Rock.
[JR] It's The Rock with an equalizer.
The Rock playing the SmackDown and Shane McMahon from behind
with the same lead pipe.
The Rock is in Rock Bottom at the hands of Triple H and The Big Show.
The Rock is a desperate man.
Desperate men do desperate things.
-[crowd cheering] -[fireworks bursting]
[JR] We are in the shadow of New York City
at the sold-out Continental Airlines Arena for WWE Raw.
Hello again everybody.
I'm Jim Ross alongside Jerry "The King" Lawler.
And King, WrestleMania less than three weeks away
and we will say that desperate men do desperate things.
[Lawler] That's the word for the night, JR.
Desperation. What will The Rock do?
["My Time" playing]
[JR] Certainly sounds like we're gonna be joined
by the reigning World Wrestling Entertainment Champion.
The Game, the man known as Triple H, the man that on April the 2nd
will defend coveted World Wrestling Entertainment Championship
against The Big Show.
[Lawler] That's right in The Game, JR, but we're talking about the Rock,
we're talking about desperation.
And just wait any minute, we're gonna find out
what the Rock is capable of tonight.
[JR] We know what Triple H and his wife, Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley
are capable of.
[Lawler] Uh-oh.
[JR] And we quite frankly know what The Big Show and Shane McMahon
are capable of, King.
[Lawler] Oh. It's quite a Coalition. It's fragile. I'll give you that.
[JR] Certainly last Thursday night on SmackDown,
it was another handicap match
as The Rock had to fight not once, but twice, King.
We saw the results of The Game on the air.
This unholy Coalition lead by the McMahon siblings
literally destroyed The Rock.
[Lawler] And take a look at that quick.
It must be nice to be young and that powerful, right, JR?
[JR] I'm sure it would be. I'm sure it is.
["My Time" continues playing]
[JR] That's The Game.
The number one man on this business is Triple H.
There's his young bride Stephanie.
-[Lawler] His lovely wife. -[JR] Come on.
[Lawler] Behind every great man, there is a good woman.
[JR] Well, there's no doubt about that but…
[crowd chatter]
[JR] I wonder if it applies here. Beautiful.
Hello.
[crowd chatter]
[music playing]
[JR] Oh, wait a minute.
Just a second, I…
["No Chance in Hell" playing]
[Lawler] We are just about to hear from Stephanie.
[JR] And here comes her brother Shane McMahon
along with the seven-foot-two, five hundred pound challenger
for the World Wrestling Entertainment title coming up at WrestleMania
in less than three weeks on April the 2nd.
[Lawler] Look at the look on Triple H's face.
I don't think they like that Shane and The Big Show
are coming out there right now. No.
I bet this Coalition is fragile.
They may hook it up right here tonight, JR.
[JR] Absolutely. You're damn right.
It might happen right here because The Big Show can taste
the World Wrestling Entertainment Championship
and he has a vociferous appetite.
["No Chance in Hell" continues playing]
[JR] The look on Stephanie's face.
Like, The Rock, King. I don't think Stephanie and Triple H
were quite frankly expecting brother Shane and the big challenger.
[crowd cheering]
Last Thursday night marked a historic occasion.
And no, the occasion was not just that myself and The Big Show.
[crowd cheering]
[JR] Oh, come on.
[crowd chanting]
[JR] Don't let The Big Show come out there.
As I was saying, the occasion was not just that myself and The Big Show.
Triple H and Stephanie put our differences aside,
that is until WrestleMania which everyone knows Triple H
that at WrestleMania The Big Show will become
the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion,
but that's not what we're talking about. Uh-uh.
[crowd booing]
You see, last Thursday night was a historic occasion
because it was the systematic destruction of The People's Champion, The Rock.
[crowd chanting]
-[Lawler] Well, that was indeed, JR. -[JR] I got to agree with that.
You see, we turned The People's Champ into our people's junk.
As a matter of fact, let's go back to SmackDown last Thursday night.
Let's roll the footage and let's check out exactly what happened.
Oh, there it is, Rock in a special handicap match.
The Radicalz getting the best of him and ooh,
Benoit coming down with a flying headbutt from the top rope.
But that's not all we had in store with The Rock.
No, no, you see, my sister had a special…
Oh, we got more?
My sister had a special surprise for The Rock.
As a matter of fact, The Rock, later on that evening,
had to take on the WWE Tag Team Champions, the Dudley Boyz
in a special handicap table match.
Let's take a look at that outcome.
[JR] Some surprise that was.
[Shane] Oh, The Rock is cut down. Oh, listen to that.
Oh, man and then 3D, 3D, 3D.
Give it up one time, the Dudleys going crazy.
The Rock taking down the… Whoa, that was beautiful.
Woo-hoo, and the fans go wild.
[crowd chanting] Rocky! Rocky!
[JR] And the fans chant Rocky.
[crowd chanting] Rocky! Rocky!
That chant is exactly what we heard even later that evening.
Somehow, someway, The Rock wanted a little bit more.
So he came down the ramp, spirit of '76 coming down there.
Let's take a walk and let's see how The Rock's evening ended up.
Let's go back one more time to the Titantron.
There it is, Rock. Oh, my God, and oh.
Oh, The Rock got the smacking laying down upon him by Shane-O-Mac and Triple H.
Beautiful job, Triple H.
Man, Triple H, I got one question for you.
-What did that feel like? -[crowd chatter]
-[JR] Left thigh. -[Triple H] It felt great to me.
-[JR] It's like show and tell. -[Shane] Do it one more time.
[crowd chattering]
[Triple H] It's not so much here it hurts, or up here.
-[JR] That or humiliation. -[Triple H] I mean, like here.
[Shane] And we ended with the desperate man with desperate eyes.
Triple H.
[crowd chanting] Rocky! Rocky! Rocky!
[JR] I don't want it, King. Rock's got to be watching bored out of these.
You know, Rock, all you had to do was just go away.
You didn't have to go away mad, you just had to go away.
You lost the number one contender's match.
There was a million other things you could've done.
You could've have gone after the European title,
the title you've held very prestigious.
Rock could've dropped a little bit of that love handle section,
maybe gone after the light heavyweight title.
I mean, the list goes on and on, on what he could've done,
but back to the matter is The Rock has to come back and get in our business.
[crowd chatter]
So, what happens is…
[crowd chanting] Assholes! Assholes!
[JR] What happens, the fans here letting the…
This group know how they feel.
The Rock's not a quitter.
Darn right he came back. He came back to help Rikishi.
That's where he met the lead pipe.
[crowd chattering]
Damn right, you better stop.
[JR] Humiliating, what they've done to The Rock.
[Triple H] So what happens is…
What happened last week, The Rock gets his ass kicked three times
in one night.
But it's his own damn fault.
I mean, if he would've just gone away quietly,
but he didn't.
So what you end up with is a situation that The Rock finds himself in a lot,
late at night in his hotel room, basically, he beat himself.
[crowd booing]
[JR] This is absolutely…
One thing we found out is that what works with The Rock
is not necessarily just beatings, it's humiliation.
When you bring The Rock out and you humiliate The Rock,
that is what gets the job done.
So, Rock, it started last week, it continues tonight.
You will be humiliated tonight,
Thursday night, each and every night, WrestleMania,
it goes all the way through, Rock.
You will know your role
and we will humiliate you into accepting it.
[Lawler] Well, the Coalition is at it again, JR.
I don't know what's up for the night. Poor old Rock.
[JR] I shudder to think what they could be thinking here.
[Stephanie] But as far as WrestleMania is concerned,
we've got to give the people what they want.
[Lawler] I told you she's gracious and big-hearted.
[JR] Huh.
[crowd cheering]
So, Rock, you will compete in WrestleMania.
[JR] That's what everybody wants.
Only it won't be in the main event.
Instead, you'll be competing in a very special handicap match.
-[JR] Uh-oh. -You seem to like those a lot.
[JR] What is she talking about?
It's not about The Rock's match at WrestleMania.
Now, we've spared no expense.
We've searched high and low to find suitable competition.
So now, without further ado, let me introduce
The Rock's competition for WrestleMania,
the biggest tag team to ever enter the World Wrestling Entertainment.
-[JR] Uh-oh. -The Twin Towers.
[JR] Twin Towers?
-Who are the… -[amusing music playing]
[JR] Where are they?
-[Lawler] Wait a minute? -[JR] Where are the Twin Towers?
[Lawler] This is Rock's competition at WrestleMania?
[JR] Those two gentlemen are somewhat vertically challenged.
[Lawler] I think Rock can probably make short work on these guys.
[JR] It's short work.
[Lawler] Stephanie said they searched high and obviously very low for this tag team.
-[JR] This is… -[Lawler] You know any short jokes?
Or you wouldn't stoop to that, would you?
[JR] This is absolutely appalling what these human beings
are attempting to do to The Rock.
[Lawler] Hey, these guys look pretty tough.
Do you know where they punch?
-[Stephanie] Rock. -[Lawler] Look.
[Stephanie] Hopefully at WrestleMania, you won't come up so short.
[Triple H] Do the eyebrow. Get a shot of this.
-[Lawler] Oh, look at that. -[crowd cheering]
Hey, Rock, smell what Triple H is cooking, would you?
Oh, Steph, I got to say,
that's a very tall order, but you know what,
I think that's, let's call them, Boulder and Gibraltar here.
The handicap match will be much better as a tuxedo match
where both gentlemen have to have their tuxedo's ripped from them
or they have to rip The Rock's off. What do you think of that, Triple H?
[Lawler] Tuxedo match?
[Triple H] Shane, you know how hard it is to find tuxedos for midgets.
[Lawler] Ha!
[Triple H] Right, he can't find a tuxedo. Midgets can't find tuxedos.
There's no little short guys store.
What would probably be better to do
is a special evening gown handicap midget match.
-That's good. I like that. -[JR] It's hideous.
[Lawler] Evening gown handicap midget match.
-I got it. -[Lawler] What the--
Let's give all the people what they want.
Let's give them The Rock, but let's make it two out of three falls.
Wait. This is good because this always works.
Midget, two out of three falls.
A midget on a pole match,
-anything is good on the pole. -[Lawler] A midget on a pole.
That's a good one though.
A midget on a pole will work.
-["Know Your Role" playing] -[JR] Uh-oh. Hey, look.
-[Lawler] Uh-oh. -[crowd cheering]
[JR] He's the thing. Yes, there he is.
There's The People's Champion,
The Rock has heard all of these indignations
and these humiliating remarks that he's going to stand for.
[crowd cheering]
[JR] Look at those signs supporting The People's Champion, The Rock.
[Lawler] Desperate men do desperate things, JR.
And right now, we all know The Rock is a desperate man.
-[JR] Indeed he is. -[crowd cheering]
[crowd chanting] Rocky! Rocky!
[JR] And this sold-out crowd knows it full well.
[crowd cheering]
The Rocks says this every single week.
The Coalition, you come out here. You run your mouth.
You bring your circus out here. You crack your jokes.
Well, The Rock says tonight, the joke is over.
-[crowd cheering] -[Lawler] Uh-oh.
[The Rock] The Rock says you throw all you can at The Rock.
Handicap matches, four-on-one matches, table matches,
those matches are fine with The Rock.
But what isn't fine with the Rock is embarrassing The Rock.
It's humiliating The Rock.
So The Rock says this, you took Mick Foley
and you drove him out of the WWE.
Well, The Rock says, tonight, he's gonna give you the same chance
to drive The Rock out of the WWE.
[Lawler] What's he talking about?
[crowd cheering]
Extremely interesting, Rock.
What do you got to say?
[crowd chanting] Rocky! Rocky!
-[Lawler] What's he thinking? -[JR] I don't know.
I know he's a desperate man,
but what could The People's Champion be thinking?
[crowd cheering]
Well, The Rock says this.
At 27 years old, The Rock's career hasn't even begun to reach its peak.
So The Rock says this, is that tonight,
it's gonna be The Rock and The Big Show, one-on-one.
If The Rock wins, he's going to WrestleMania for the WWE title.
-[crowd cheering] -[Lawler] What?
[JR] I like that part.
And if The Rock loses, you will never, ever see The Rock again.
[JR] What? Oh, come on, Rock.
[Lawler] What's he talking about, retiring or something?
-[JR] That's a career match. -[Lawler] Like Foley?
[JR] I mean, why would The Rock risk everything?
He's got to defend it.
[Lawler] It's the desperation we've been talking about.
[JR] But, King, to risk it all, right here tonight.
Tell you what, Rock, that's very interesting.
If you can pin the seven-foot-two,
over 500-pound, Big Show or make the man submit, Rock,
you're on.
-[crowd cheering] -[JR] Wait a minute, what?
If you can accomplish that here tonight in this very ring, Rock.
-You got your match. -[crowd cheering]
[JR] For his career? I mean…
But you see, Jabroni, the Rock's not done.
-[crowd cheering] -[Lawler] Uh-oh. The Rock's not done.
The Rock says this,
they'll be no interference, none of you candy asses will be at ringside.
-[Lawler] Wait a minute now, hold on. -[JR] That's better but…
And if there is interference, The Rock still wins the match.
The Rock still goes to WrestleMania, and The Rock still wins the WWE title.
[Lawler] There's a change of things now, JR.
[JR] Hey, what?
The Big Show's 500 pounds, what's wrong with a one-on-one?
-[Lawler] Wait, what are they saying? -[crowd cheering]
[JR] Why's it always have to be an unfair advantage?
I mean, The Rock is putting his career at stake here tonight.
If these guys go for it.
[Lawler] They're having a confab.
You are so much dumber than I ever thought possible.
[JR] Ho-ho.
I have no idea why you would put everything that you have,
that you have worked for on the line.
But if it gives us a shot at getting your ass out of here,
Jack, you've got a deal.
-[crowd cheering] -[JR] Oh, gosh, the deal's done.
The Rock's career at stake tonight against The Big Show.
Well, The Rock says this. You wanna know why The Rock is doing this?
You wanna know why The Rock puts it all on the line?
Well, The Rock says this, unlike The Big Show and Triple H,
The Rock doesn't have Shane McMahon in his corner.
The Rock doesn't have Stephanie McMahon in his corner.
-[JR] Uh-oh. -[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] You know who The Rock's got in his corner, don't you, JR?
The Rock has the people.
[Lawler] That too.
[JR] All these fans here, and all the fans at home,
The Rock and The Big Show, one-on-one here tonight.
The Rock must win, or his career is over.
The Rock's got to win or his career is over tonight, King.
[Lawler] This has got to be the biggest match in the history of Raw.
We may be seeing the end of the career
of one of the greatest superstars ever in WWE history, The Rock.
This maybe it for him tonight.
[JR] The Rock's career on the line tonight, and we'll see it here live.
[narrator] And now, the WWE Slam of the Week,
brought to you by Snickers. Hungry? Grab a snickers.
[Lawler] Jeff Hardy going to the top ropes.
-[JR] Swanton bomb. -[Lawler] Whoa.
[JR] And Al Snow pulled Blackman out of the way.
[Lawler] That's good teamwork, you got to admit.
[JR] Hardy to his feet, there's that martial arts kicking in…
from the top rope, right to the heart of Jeff Hardy.
[Lawler] That's why Al Snow's the head of head cheese.
["Loaded" playing]
[JR] We are back live, ladies and gentlemen
to see The Hardy Boyz take on Al Snow and Steve Blackman
in a tag team matchup.
But King, I can't believe the 27-year-old Rock
puts his career on the line versus The Big Show tonight.
And I know he's desperate man, but…
[JR] I know you're just about heartsick, aren't you?
[Lawler] I like Rock as well as the next, but I don't think this is a wise decision
on the part of The Rock.
-Steve-o. -Oh, good.
We have become so popular.
I think we need our own spin off or our own TV series.
I'm thinking, Al Snow, Steve Blackman, mystery time-travel adventure hour.
-What do you think? -The hell are you talking about?
Follow me.
Al Snow solves the mystery, Steve Blackman has no personality,
but because they fight crime, whenever they travel back in time, yeah.
What do you think?
That is the dumbest thing I have ever heard.
You need a straitjacket, and a muzzle.
Save it, Abe, it'll take a little more time. Don't move.
[announcer] The following tag team contest is scheduled for one fall.
In the ring, at a combined weight of 430 pounds,
Matt and Jeff, the Hardy Boyz.
[JR] What an ovation for Matt and Jeff Hardy.
[Lawler] What a night this is, we just had Abe Lincoln on Raw.
[JR] What is Al Snow even thinking?
[Lawler] Well, time-travelers, you know, go back in time, see Abe Lincoln.
-["Drums of the Night" playing] -[Lawler] That's a pretty cool idea.
[announcer] Their opponent, at a combined weight of 491 pounds,
"The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman, and Al Snow.
[JR] Why won't Blackman just give in and listen to Al Snow?
Al realizes Blackman's got to have a gimmick.
I mean, if charisma were rain, Blackman would be a desert.
[Lawler] Oh, look at this.
[JR] A match getting started here, Blackman, last week,
earning a couple of hard fought single victories over Matt and Jeff Hardy
in one-on-one competition.
And it's Matt Hardy and Steve Blackman, nice back heel trip.
The Rock at 27 years of age, putting his career on the line tonight.
But you could look at the glass half-empty or half-full
if, a big if, The Rock can pin or make The Big Show submit, King, tonight,
then The Rock is in the main event at WrestleMania.
[Lawler] You're right there, JR.
So let's take a look at what The Big Show's putting on the line.
The Big Show is putting on the line his shot
at being the WWE Champion at WrestleMania.
That's no small potatoes either.
[JR] Well you're right about that, The Rock is a confident guy,
but, and I'm sure that he's very confident here.
He's obviously very confident.
He's the one that laid the deal down, got amended a little bit,
but the thing about it is, there's going to be no outside interference.
That's been agreed upon.
[Lawler] Oh, man, look out.
[JR] Great velocity there by Steve Blackman on Jeff Hardy.
[Lawler] Oh.
[JR] Blackman looking for Jeff's face.
[Lawler] Whoa.
[crowd cheering]
[JR] But then Blackman was prepared for that.
[Lawler] Watch yourself.
[JR] Ow. Blackman has…
Jeff has his attention.
From behind, right off the apron came Matt Hardy.
-[Lawler] Oh. -[JR] A neckbreaker by Al Snow.
This match is filled outside here, over the concrete, Al Snow. All right.
Steve Blackman and Jeff Hardy on the outside, here comes Jeff back in.
[Lawler] You know what, JR? I'm just thinking, can you even picture
or can you imagine what the WWE would be like without The Rock?
[JR] Good lord, no, I can't. Up to the cover. Oh.
[Lawler] This could be The Rock's last night.
[JR] We lost Mick Foley last month at No Way Out.
His career abruptly ended at the age of 34.
The Rock at the tender age of 27 all over? Everything gone?
Everything he's worked for?
His entire professional life is ahead of him.
[Lawler] Thanks to the Coalition.
That Coalition seems to be driving everybody out here.
[crowd cheering]
[JR] Sounds to me like they don't want the competition.
-[JR] Watch it here. -[Lawler] Man.
[JR] Nice hurricanrana by Jeff Hardy, taking down Al Snow,
quickly makes a tag as does Jeff does for the mat.
[Lawler] Oh, watch yourself.
[JR] Al Snow's coming right out in front us here.
And Blackman got hotshotted off the top rope by Matt Hardy.
[Lawler] These Hardys are exciting, but oh…
[JR] They'll take every chance, every risk in the book.
[Lawler] When I'm watching this, something's missing.
I don't know. It's like, there's no Terri.
[JR] Look at that twist of fate knocked there that time. Oh.
Clothesline knocked Snow down, and Al Snow rolling out of balance here.
[crowd cheering]
[JR] That leaves Jeff Hardy and Steve Blackman in the ring, King.
-I guess they're the league of men… -[Lawler] Oh.
[JR] And a block to the move into a powerbomb.
And Blackman who, as we mentioned, scored a couple of one-on-one victories
against the Hardys last week.
[Lawler] And his expression never changed, not a smile, not anything.
[JR] Oh, Blackman again, catching Jeff Hardy.
-[Lawler] Blackman, watch yourself. -[JR] Oh.
[Lawler] Missed.
[JR] Matt Hardy tried a high risk move that missed.
And now, Matt hooks up, can he? Yes.
-[Lawler] Yeah, he got him. -[JR] Inside cradle.
Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy with the brown attack.
[announcer] Here are your winners, the Hardy Boyz.
[Lawler] I think Blackman was probably expecting
Al Snow to come in and make the save from somewhere,
but where was Al Snow?
[JR] And the Hardys just…
Can you believe my European title is up for grabs tonight,
in a Triple Threat Match with Tazz and Y2J?
This is gonna be the most exciting match of the night. And why?
Because these people love me, and why not?
I'm an Olympic champion, I'm a European champion,
I'm an Intercontinental Champion
and I am a role model for all people, I am.
[narrator] And now the WWE boot of the week,
brought to you by Lugz.
That Lugz, rugged boots and shoes with an attitude.
Since you never know where you'll end up, where your Lugz at?
-[JR] Oh, come on. -[Lawler] Oh, no way, you can't do that.
[JR] Don't do that, for the love of God.
[Lawler] That's Mae Young.
[JR] For God's sakes, Bubba Dudley just put 80 year-old Mae Young on table,
and look at Bubba in that euphoric orgasmic treat.
[Lawler] I can't believe what I've just seen.
[JR] This is just damn horrible.
[narrator] Lugz, "Decide & Conquer".
-[Mae] Please, Mark, no. -[Mark] Right here.
-No, Mark, please. -No, don't even talk back.
Y'all need to stay right here.
The Dudley Boyz, they might kick my ass tonight,
but I guarantee you, one of them is going with me.
All this stuff has got to stop. It's over with. Just stay here.
She'll be okay, Mark, don't worry. She'll be okay.
["We're Coming Down" playing]
[JR] And I'll tell you what. This could get ugly in a hurry, King.
Well, Mae looks like she's feeling a little better but these damn Dudleys,
this is a handicap matchup here, of what we're informed,
the Dudleys against Mark Henry.
[announcer] …handicap match is scheduled for one fall.
Making their way to the ring, at a combined weight of 565 pounds,
the World Wrestling Entertainment Tag Team Champions,
Bubba and D-Von, the Dudley Boyz.
[Lawler] A lot of questionable decisions being made.
I think The Rock has made a questionable decision,
putting his career on the line. He may be retiring tonight.
And this decision now, by Mark Henry to face the Dudleys in a handicap match,
that's just plain dumb.
[JR] King, Mark Henry said he might get his ass kicked.
He's probably right.
-[Lawler] Yeah. -[announcer] …weighing in at 380 pounds.
-Sexual Chocolate, Mark Henry. -[JR] Mark Henry coming to get him some.
And this is underway a handicap matchup against those damn Dudleys,
the reigning Tag Team Champions, this isn't about titles,
this is about Mark Henry attempting to get some revenge on the Dudleys
for what they did to Mae Young here last week on Raw.
Driving that 80-year-old…
The world's strongest man ran right through the tag champs.
Driving that 80-year-old woman, right through a table.
That's one of the most horrifying things I think I've ever seen.
Mae, and Moolah, thank goodness Moolah's there with her.
[Moolah] I have to go…
[Lawler] Time may be a great healer, JR, but it's a lousy beautician.
[JR] Well, I'll tell you, I admire Mark Henry's motivation,
but boy, this is a tall order for anybody.
[Lawler] Look at this. Oh, man.
[JR] We saw what the Dudleys did to The Rock
last week in that table match on SmackDown,
and Mark Henry's jumped right back into the frying pan
into the fire as they say.
[Lawler] Mark Henry is trying to cripple these Dudleys.
He's just about dumped Bubba Ray right on his head intentionally there.
Oh, man.
[JR] Poor Bubba ray Dudley. Almost beheaded Mark Henry.
[Lawler] Hit him like a freight train.
[JR] Wait, a minute.
Bubba just knocked Mark Henry down and now where the hell is Bubba going?
Where did that fool be going?
[Lawler] Maybe he thinks that this doesn't need to be a handicap match.
[JR] Well, maybe not. But he'll let D-Von take on Mark Henry by himself.
There's nothing wrong with that, is it? That would be admirable.
[JR] Well, finally to have a level playing field doesn't hurt my feelings.
and D-Von, Dudley, and Mark Henry.
Mark had no idea where Bubba Ray Dudley went folks.
I mean, he walked right at the ramp, I don't have a clue.
[Lawler] I think he was a little bit not goofy
when Mark Henry looked like it was gonna be a back body drop to Bubba Ray
right on his head.
[JR] Bubba stuck his face right into Mark Henry's sternum and…
-Oh, my God. -[Lawler] Oh, no.
-[JR] Wait a minute. -Hello, Mae.
-Moolah, come help me. -[JR] That son of a…
-It's your old pal, Bubba. -Come help me, Moolah.
-[Lawler] Where's Moolah? -[JR] What the hell is that?
[Moolah] I'll be there in a minute.
[JR] Where's Moolah? Where's Bubba taking Mae?
What the hell is he up to?
Where are you taking me? Where are you taking me?
Don't worry, Mae. Don't worry.
Just sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride,
because it's the last one you'll ever take.
-[JR] What? -Help.
-[JR] What the… -Somebody help me.
[JR] Somebody help her. Damn.
I mean, Bubba Dudley, the lady is 80 years old,
she's in a wheel chair.
[Lawler] I don't think Mark Henry even realizes what's going on.
-Come on, Mark. -[JR] Mark Henry fighting back.
Everything he's got left in his tank against D-Von Dudley.
-Bubba Dudley… Somebody… -[Lawler] Where is he taking her?
[JR] I have no idea but he shouldn't even be near that woman
-and… uh-oh. -[Lawler] Look at this.
[JR] My God, there's Bubba with Mae in the wheelchair
up on the staging area.
[Lawler] This really is a handicap match.
Maybe he wants Mae to have a… Leave her alone, damn you.
Oh, maybe he just wants her to have a ringside seat
and let her see what they're gonna do to…
[JR] My butt.
[Lawler] He's bringing her down here.
I think he wants her to get a better view maybe.
[JR] But D-Von Dudley did a number on Mark Henry.
-Another knockdown on Mark Henry. -Let's go see your boyfriend.
[Lawler] Bringing her right down here.
They want to let Mae have a good look
at what they're gonna do to her sweetheart, Mark Henry.
[JR] The Dudleys need to leave Mae alone. They've done enough to Mae. And…
Leave me alone.
-Look at him, May. -[JR] Let her alone.
-Hey, don't hit me, you old buzzard. -[Mae] Oh.
[JR] Oh, what a disrespectful no good, those damn Dudleys.
[Lawler] Not a buzzard.
[JR] The woman is in the wheelchair, King. She's 80 years old.
I mean, leave her alone. And that's enough.
-[Lawler] Look out. -[JR] Oh, my God. Bubba 3D.
And Mark Henry's lights just got turned out by the Dudleys.
[Lawler] What was Mark Henry thinking?
[JR] He wanted some retribution in Mark Henry, but…
[Lawler] Why aren't they pinning him?
[JR] I have no idea.
[JR] Watch it, they maybe coming over here.
[JR] The damn Dudleys and Bubba got the tag team title belts.
Mark Henry has just been decimated by these two tag champions.
[Lawler] I can't understand why they didn't pin him. They're satisfied with…
Did you see him, Mae? Forget about him. Don't worry about him.
[Lawler] They want Mae.
[indistinct shouting]
They presented her with the tag team titles.
[JR] That's a bizarre turn of events.
[Lawler] And asked her to forget about Mark Henry.
It's okay, Mae.
[JR] All right. And I have no idea what…
[Lawler] She must have something that I don't…
Everybody's got the hot for Mae all of a sudden?
[JR] I don't know.
What's Bubba looking for?
What is going on here? Oh, wait. Thank God.
[Lawler] What? What was he doing?
[JR] I thought D-Von was gonna run Mae…
[crowd cheering]
[JR] Even the damn Dudleys won't do that.
[JR] Of course not. She's in a wheelchair, for God sakes.
Bless her heart.
[Lawler] Now she's standing up. It's a miracle.
-[JR] Mae barely able to stand. -[Lawler] Hey, wait a minute.
[JR] What the hell. No. No. For God's sake, don't do that.
-[crowd cheering] -[Lawler] Oh, for the love of God.
[JR] Bubba Dudley has just powerbombed Mae Young from the stage
to the floor through a table.
And that son of a bitch is back in that trance.
[Lawler] I can't believe it.
[JR] My God. Get-- Get--
Oh… I cannot believe.
This is absolutely beyond description.
Look at Bubba Dudley's face.
[Lawler] These guys are capable of absolutely anything, JR. Sick.
[JR] Somebody has gotta do something.
[Lawler] Look.
[JR] When does somebody gonna step up and do something about this?
I mean, look at this, King. This is hideous.
-[Lawler] Oh. -[JR] Absolutely shocking.
She's 80 years old.
She was hospitalized last week by the damn Dudleys.
[Lawler] Mark Henry there panicked. Oh, Mae is hurt.
And I'm telling you, folks, this 80-year-old lady is hurt badly.
[JR] Put her on the stretcher.
[Lawler] For God's sakes, why? Tell me why?
[Lawler] Ladies and gentlemen, Dudleys has just stooped to a new low,
80-year-old Mae Young, powerbombed from the stage
about 10 feet or more…
[Lawler] Watch this, watch this.
[JR] …to the concrete floor.
[JR] Now, tell me, King, give me some reason.
Give me some motivation. Why?
[Lawler] I don't know, JR. Other than these two idiots are completely sick,
I've never seen anything like that.
That's like 15 feet to the floor there.
[JR] They are terminally sick.
Are Bubba Ray Dudley and his half-brother, D-Von.
This is not right.
-[JR] Now look. -No. Come on.
[man] Are you all right?
-[JR] Mae has been loaded in the ambulance -Go, man. Damn.
[JR] Mark Henry obviously rightfully so beside himself.
["Medal" playing]
[JR] Mae like that.
Moolah didn't wanna get in the ambulance.
-[Lawler] What's up with that? -[JR] She just walked away from it.
[Lawler] Moolah's Mae's closest friend.
There are rumors going around that last Monday night on Raw,
Chris Jericho had your Olympic hero beaten.
Now I would like to show the footage. That is completely untrue.
As you can see, I'm no pain whatsoever, then Bob Backlund came along
and interrupted what would have been a win for your Olympic hero.
Then again on Thursday night against Tazz, Bob Backlund came again
and interrupted what would have been another win for your Olympic hero.
Now, I realize that we all make mistakes. We do.
But then I gave it some thought.
Bob Backlund is a true American hero.
Who am I to judge Bob Backlund?
Bob Backlund is a two-time WWE Champion.
He truly is a hero.
And speaking of heroes,
I realize I'm here in New Jersey,
and New Jersey is in dire need of a hero.
It's true. It's true. Hold on a second. Hold on.
Bon Jovi does not count. Bon Jovi does not count. No.
So I've taken it upon myself to elect me, Kurt Angle,
your new honorary hometown and home state hero.
-[crowd cheering] -[JR] What about Bruce Springsteen?
[Lawler] He don't count.
["Break Down the Walls" playing]
[JR] The Intercontinental Champion and European Champion,
he'll put European gold on the line here momentarily.
In a Triple Threat Matchup, Y2J
and The Human Wrecking Machine, Tazz, were both in the opposition.
Chris Jericho can well walk out in here the European Champion here tonight on Raw.
-Welcome to Raw is Jericho. -[crowd] Raw is Jericho!
Hey, Kurt Angle, no matter what you say,
I know you've got a special connection with Bob Backlund.
As a matter of fact, judging by the way you act with each other,
I think it maybe a love connection.
[JR] Wait a minute. Don't even insinuate what…
But at the very least, you found someone who matches
your requirement of the three eyes, because he too is an idiot, an imbecile,
and an ignoramus, just like you, jerky.
[JR] You shouldn't be allowed to talk to an Olympic gold medalist like that.
-[Lawler] He call him jerky? -[JR] I think so.
Chris Jericho's good friend, Chyna.
Oh, my, as Tazz makes his way into the ring.
He's gonna be on 3rd Rock From the Sun tomorrow night on NBC.
I can't wait to check that out. Here is one bad, bad hombre.
Hey, you know what, when I say no disqualification now.
-[Lawler] Uh-oh. -[JR] No disqualification.
[bell dings]
[JR] If that's the case then the European title on the line here
in this Triple Threat match-up, no disqualification.
First man to earn a pin fall or a victory via submission
will win this matchup and consequently be the European Champion.
[Lawler] No disqualification certainly goes in the favor of Tazz.
He uses that illegal chokehold to win all his matches.
-Look at this! -[JR] Oh, my.
[Lawler] Oh, is he all right?
[JR] Tremendous elevation on the top rope
on the European Champion, Kurt Angle.
And Jericho now, waving away at Tazz and Tazz retaliates.
[Lawler] Did Jericho just like chucked Tazz's shirt off there.
[JR] Oh, Kurt Angle's had won the title belt.
I don't if it's the European title belt or his Intercontinental title belt.
Oh, hard knock down. Angle going up on top.
[Lawler] Look out, Kurt. Oh, no.
[JR] Didn't stay at there long, a nod under the belt.
Oh, this doesn't look good at all. Oh, from behind, Jericho.
-Wait a minute. -[Lawler] What is this?
-[JR] What the hell is this? -[Lawler] Tazz sandwiched. Oh. Oh, man.
[JR] Tazz got suplexed throughout the second rope by Chris Jericho.
There's a cover and Angle makes sure that he broke that count up.
Again, the first man to score a pin fall or submission will walk out of here
with the European title that Kurt Angle brought with him.
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] This is really not fair. Kurt Angle could lose his championship.
He's not even gonna be the loser himself.
[JR] Beautiful. There's a cover and Tazz
with a hard shot right to the spine to stop the count.
[crowd chanting] Y2J! Y2J!
-[JR] Oh, man, what a shot. -[crowd cheering]
-[Lawler] Uh-oh. -[JR] Well, look out.
Oh! Beautiful overhead suplex by Tazz.
Now Tazz goes for the cover and Jericho stops the count.
[Lawler] If either Jericho beats Tazz or Tazz beats Jericho,
poor Kurt Angle still loses his title.
[JR] Oh, look out and, oh.
Jericho tried the second powerbomb but to no avail,
thanks to the Mr. Champion, Mr. Gold.
[Lawler] Right. Oh, man, look at that.
[JR] Angle left his feet.
Springboard moonsault and found his mark like the bull's eye
and Tazz with a hard shot, aiming right for the kidneys
of Chris Jericho.
[Lawler] It's gonna be hard for anybody to win.
Look at that, man.
[JR] It's almost a Greco-Roman like throw by Tazz for the suplex,
-Tazz mentioned. -[Lawler] Wait a minute, cheat.
-[JR] No disqualification here. -[Lawler] Disqualify ref. Look at this.
-[JR] There's Bob Backlund -[Lawler] Oh, Bob, look out.
-[JR] "Bow Tie" Bob. -[Lawler] Wait.
[JR] Get this hit for the Tazzmission.
[Lawler] He choked.
[JR] And from behind, Angle knocking Tazz out to the floor.
And Jericho, can he get The Walls of Jericho.
-[JR] It's… -[Lawler] Hey, Bob.
[JR] Backlund with a shot from behind
just nailed Jericho from behind here.
-[Lawler] Careful. -[JR] There's Chyna.
[Lawler] I thought she was at…
[JR] Oh, Chyna with a low blow on Mr. Backlund.
-[Lawler] Look out. -[JR] Drop kick,
springboard drop kick by Jericho
and Angle just almost took Jericho's head off with the title belt.
-And Kurt Angle. -[Lawler] Against all odds.
[announcer] Your winner and still the World Wrestling Entertainment
European Champion, Kurt Angle.
[JR] Just like The Rock against all odds here tonight,
The Rock letting his career on the line in a must-win situation tonight
against The Big Show.
[Lawler] I'll tell you what. This issue between…
We're gonna kick Rikishi and Too Cool's ass
and then The Rock is out of here.
He's out of the WWE.
So all four of them are out of here.
It's gonna be DX, DX night.
Ivory, all the talk in the locker room areas tonight
is about The Rock putting his career on the line against The Big Show.
I wanted to get a female's perspective.
No, any female's perspective. I'll give you my opinion on the issue.
I think The Rock should win. I think he is a champion.
He knows how to represent the WWE.
He is The People's Champion.
I mean, if he loses this match, he'll lose his career.
But, you know, who's really gonna be the losers are the fans.
["Are You Ready" playing]
[JR] Couldn't agree more to that. Fairer words were never spoken.
The Rock and The Big Show tonight, The Rock's career on the line.
Well, if the Rock wins it, King, he's gonna go to WrestleMania,
he's gonna be on the main event
and The Rock's gonna have a chance to win the richest prize in this game.
[Lawler] But it's a tall order, JR, beat seven-foot-two, 500 pounds Big Show,
pinning him or making him submit.
[JR] We're about to see a six-man tag team action.
We're trying to get an update on the condition of Mae Young.
She's on her way to a hospital now, King.
I'm sure that's why there's no doubt in mind why the fabulous Moolah,
very close to Mae Young, didn't want to go to the hospital.
Another ride for Mae, a second week in a row for Mae.
Some time, she's not gonna be able to deal with it.
[Lawler] Moolah's probably traumatized.
[announcer] …six-man tag team match is scheduled for one fall.
Making your way to the ring being accompanied
by Torrie and Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley, representing D-Generation X,
at a combined weight of 981 pounds, X-Pac, the Road Dogg,
and the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion, Triple H.
["Are You Ready" continues playing]
[JR] Triple H and his fellow DX members
have an opportunity here tonight
to eliminate Rikishi once and for all.
Too Cool, I'm sure, has something to say about that.
[Lawler] They want it to be a DX night, JR.
Snickers presents WrestleMania. Hungry? Grab a Snickers.
WrestleMania's live in three weeks, Sunday, April 2nd from the sold-out pond
in Anaheim, California.
[JR] It'll be here before you know it, ladies and gentlemen.
But will The Rock be a part of it? Will he be in the main event?
-That will be decided right here tonight. -["You Look Fly Today" playing]
[JR] And in a fair fight, I believe The Rock can get it done.
[announcer] …of 861 pounds…
[announcer] …Scotty 2 Hotty, Grandmaster Sexay, Too Cool
and Rikishi Fatu.
[Lawler] The Rock made a mistake tonight.
He had an opportunity to be in WrestleMania.
He could have been in that handicap midget evening gown…
-[JR] Oh, stop it. -[Lawler] What?
[JR] Would you wrestle in WrestleMania against two midgets
in that kind of situation? In your career?
[Lawler] I think I have done that before.
[JR] That's not only humiliating,
that's exactly what this McMahon-Helmsley Coalition are trying to do.
-Humiliate The Rock. -[Lawler] It would've been a short match.
[JR] It'd be on his short arm scissors.
[Lawler] He could have probably won.
[JR] Took him out at the master's…
-[Lawler] That's good, JR. -[JR] All right.
Too Cool and Rikishi,
they know what they're up against here.
This should be an astounding six-man tag team matchup.
[JR] I'll never forget the last time we saw Triple H in the ring with Rikishi,
Rikishi was that huge grand canyon-like butt right in the face,
the regal nose of The Game, the WWE Champion.
[Lawler] That's quite a nose that Triple H has got.
He can open mayo with that nose and it was stuck right up in the…
-[JR] Yeah. -[Lawler] Right up in there.
-[JR] Oh. -[bell dings]
[crowd cheering]
[JR] Too Cool, Grandmaster Sexay and Scotty 2 Hotty,
well, what a combination they are.
Great young tag team and Rikishi, thanks to The Radicalz
and along with this McMahon-Helmsley Coalition,
still got that left ankle and cast heavily taped.
[Lawler] Oh, look out, whoo.
[JR] X-Pac, Grand Master Sexay picking it off here.
I only hope that The Rock and The Big Show later tonight,
The Rock's career on the line
for his chance to be in the main event WrestleMania is a fair fight.
That's all The Rock wants, is a fair fight.
No interference. That's what they say it will be.
We'll find out tonight live right here on Raw.
[crowd chatter]
[Lawler] You know DX is always fair.
Remember last week when Too Cool got ambushed?
[JR] That was fair, huh?
[Lawler] They're always thinking. They're one step ahead of everybody.
That's why I say The Rock's made a big mistake tonight.
[JR] Scotty 2 Hotty in as is the Road Dogg.
All that Too Cool was trying to do last Thursday night on SmackDown
was to come out and help their buddy, Rikishi.
[Lawler] Interfere in his match.
-[JR] Stinging left jabs by… -[Lawler] Look at this.
-[JR] …the Road Dogg. -[Lawler] Uh-oh. No.
[JR] And a little tandem offense by Too Cool.
-[crowd cheering] -[Lawler] Oh.
[crowd chatter]
[JR] And now Road Dogg in a bad part of town there, King.
[Lawler] Oh, you're not kidding. Oh, here we go. Oh, no.
[JR] And there is the tag.
The man is well over 400 pounds and look at the fans,
Rikishi's got his allegiance of fans.
-[Lawler] Oh, please no, not that. -[JR] Oh, my.
-[Lawler] Oh, get away, yes. -[JR] Oh, Road Dogg…
[Lawler] Whoo.
[JR] …gets his face out of danger.
[Lawler] Oh.
[JR] Boy, and then Rikishi fire off those right hands.
-He didn't know how strong he is. -[Lawler] Oh.
[JR] And now, DX could be decimated. Oh, yeah, Rikishi.
[crowd cheering]
-[Lawler] He is huge. -[JR] He's strong.
[Lawler] They named a movie after one of his windbreakers,
it's called Twister. Oh, look at this.
[JR] The Game, the WWE Champion now.
And look at the treatment he's getting at the hands of Rikishi.
[crowd chatter]
Oh, here we go. Triple H with his Facebuster.
[Lawler] Oh.
[JR] Spinning heel kick that knocked down the 400 pounder.
[Lawler] Man.
[JR] Great move by X-Pac and now, Triple H and Rikishi in.
And this is what Triple H you wonder, you have to think.
[Lawler] Great-looking women on the outside.
You know, DX, I mean they got good taste.
[JR] Blatant choke and Triple H endangered getting disqualified.
[Lawler] Take a look at Tori, JR. She's standing right in front of you.
[JR] I'm busy.
[Lawler] Yeah, but how can you not… Oh. Well, yeah, well,
Rikishi is not hanging out of his uniform.
-[JR] He sure is. -[Lawler] You don't mind staring at that.
[JR] I didn't say that either.
I know Road Dogg is in a pretty good number right now on Rikishi.
[Lawler] DX, tell me, they got two words for Rikishi.
-[JR] What are they? -[Lawler] Jenny Craig.
They're gonna put him on a weight loss regime.
[JR] Rikishi anchored himself and reversed the Irish whip.
-[Lawler] Look out. -[JR] Oh, no.
[Lawler] Rikishi makes the tag to Scotty 2 Hotty.
-[JR] Pace will quicken here now. -[Lawler] Oh.
[crowd cheering]
-[JR] Takedown by Scotty. -[Lawler] No.
-[JR] Will it be? -[Lawler] Yeah, it could be the…
[JR] Will it be? King, you think…
[Lawler] The W-O-R-M, it's the worm, JR.
[JR] I tried that one in the backyard yesterday.
I almost hurt myself.
Oh, what a right hand, Scotty 2 Hotty knocking down X-Pac,
knocked The Game right off the apron.
Road Dogg left in there by himself
and that's not a good place to be, another tag.
Grandmaster Sexay.
[Lawler] Uh-oh.
[JR] Gets the tag, goes to the top.
[Lawler] I think he's gonna fly.
[JR] King, it could be the hip hop drop.
[Lawler] The goggles are being applied.
Here it goes. Bam.
[JR] Grandmaster found his Mark with the hip hop drop.
Look out. X-factor.
[Lawler] Whoa.
[JR] X-Pac, X-factor.
Oh, X-Pac-- Oh, man what a shot.
[Lawler] Watch yourself, Tori. Be careful.
[JR] What a neckbreaker. The Game…
[Lawler] Tori's neck is hurting.
[JR] Oh, and Rikishi. Rikishi's up. He's right behind The Game.
[Lawler] Oh, look out.
[JR] Rikishi taking Triple H for the ride.
[Lawler] Oh, my gosh.
[JR] And the biggest belly-to-belly in the WWE.
[Lawler] That ain't no belly, that's a butt.
-[JR] Triple H… -[Lawler] A huge one. Oh.
[JR] From the corner, like the rat that he is. Oh.
What a thrust kick by Rikishi.
This may be is almost over.
[Lawler] No, wait a minute. Stephanie, don't go in there.
-Don't risk yourself. -[JR] Rikishi. Hey, wait a minute.
Oh God of God. Did you hear that?
X-Pac just hit Rikishi right in the face with the ring bell.
-[Lawler] I didn't see it. -[JR] And it broke the ring bell.
-[Lawler] I didn't… -The bell came right off the woods.
-[Lawler] I was trying to help Tori. I… -[JR] Come on. That's not…
[bell dings]
[JR] Triple H has beaten Rikishi with the help of X-Pac.
[Lawler] The bell didn't work? I heard it.
[announcer] Here are your winners D-Generation X.
[JR] The referee should have never been arguing with Stephanie.
Stephanie shouldn't have got involved.
Well, I cannot believe Triple H and DX have stolen another one.
Rikishi hit right in the face by X-Pac.
[Lawler] Uh-oh. Look at this.
[JR] And the big Boss Man has got a huge challenge awaiting him
in the form of The Big Red Machine, King.
[Lawler] I think The Big Red Machine got big trouble. Uh-oh.
[JR] The Big Red Machine is in the mood to destroy.
-Will he destroy the big Boss Man? -[Lawler] Hey, look.
[Kane] Good luck.
[JR] And we are back live, The Big Red Machine
set to take on the Big Boss Man on a night
where a 27-year-old Rock, the young phenomenon,
The People's Champion puts his career on the line
against The Big Show for the chance to be in the main event, King,
at WrestleMania and compete for the richest prize in our game.
[announcer] …is scheduled for one fall.
Making his way to the ring, weighing in at 326 pounds, Kane.
[Lawler] Well, all I could say, JR, and obviously
The Rock is an ambitious young man
to put his entire career on the line here tonight.
I just think it's a mistake to risk it all to be champion.
-Whoa. -[JR] Oh.
Well, I'll tell you what, the Rock, will he get a fair fight?
[Lawler] Look at that.
[JR] It's supposedly going to be no outside interference.
I hope that everyone keeps their words because The Rock must win.
[announcer] His opponent from Cobb County, Georgia,
weighing in at 305 pounds, the Big Boss Man.
[Lawler] If there's any outside interference in that match,
The Rock goes to WrestleMania to face Triple H.
[JR] You're right about that. And the big Boss Man and Kane.
Well, they don't get much bigger when it comes than these two guys.
Kane certainly has unfinished business as far as he is concerned with X-Pac.
[Lawler] Why? Why is that now?
I mean it's got to be plain and clear as the--
I was trying to say the nose on Kane's face
but that's probably fried off.
[JR] If Sigmund Freud were alive today,
he could figure out why Kane does what Kane does.
[Lawler] Well, I mean there's no chance for Kane to ever get Tori back,
might as well face the fact that she's gone,
trying to find another woman that would give him a second thought.
[JR] Hard knockdown by The Big Red Machine
on the Big Boss Man, straight right hand by Kane.
Well, I just believe that somewhere down the road,
X-Pac is gonna step in the wrong place, wrong time
and he's gonna dismember him for the Boss Man.
[Lawler] You'd like to see that too?
[JR] I don't want anybody dismembered.
But I do think that X-Pac's got an ass-whooping coming.
Oh boy, I tell you, Boss Man just ran into a thunderous right hand.
[Lawler] Look at the Boss Man's eyes.
[JR] Boss man is six-six and over 300 pounds.
If you look at the size of Kane easily stepped over to the top rope.
He's just under seven feet, about 325, maybe 330.
We are awaiting a medical update, ladies and gentlemen,
on the 80-year-old Mae Young.
[Lawler] That can't be good.
[JR] She is at the medical facility now as we are being informed.
As soon as we get any kind of update, we'll let you know
or maybe we hope somebody will call Moolah because Moolah has--
Mae's close friend has stayed back.
I'm sure she's just so traumatized, King, as you mentioned earlier,
Moolah had to go to the hospital with Mae last week
and that was a close call.
Boss man now going for a cover,
and Kane able to kick out and sit right up.
[Lawler] That's a close call.
[JR] I bet you a 100 bucks X-Pac is watching this
because he wants to know where Kane is at all times.
[Lawler] I don't think X-Pac is really that worried about Kane.
[JR] What?
He said as much, he said it on national television.
[Lawler] I'm sure he's worried that Kane will try to tombstone
his lovely girlfriend Tori again-- I mean that's like…
[JR] Oh, uh-oh, Boss Man just got goose bumps right there by Kane,
but the Big Boss Man right in the throat.
[Lawler] Smart of Boss Man, well, not too smart.
He walked right into that big huge elbow.
[JR] Kane opening up on the Big Boss Man
and knocked down with that straight food right to the sternum
and now this near seven footer, well over 300 pound Big Red Machine
hoist to fly from the top turnbuckle.
-[Lawler] Oh, look out. -[JR] A little hang time.
Kane knocking down the Big Boss Man, he…
-[Lawler] Oh, no. -[JR] And the end just may be near
according to that gesture from Kane.
Kane trying to get Boss Man up, Boss Man the veteran, able to counter it.
And, oh, suplex.
Boss Man, one of the toughest man you'll ever see.
He's one of the toughest I've ever been around.
[Lawler] He gets double tough when he gets a hold of that nightstick.
[JR] Oh, and Boss Man has got that nightstick.
-Kane's got the Boss Man. -[Lawler] He lost the nightstick.
[JR] There's the tombstone.
The Boss Man just got driven with that chokeslam.
[bell dings]
[JR] Maybe I was just wishing for a tombstone, it was a chokeslam.
[announcer] Here is your winner, Kane.
[Lawler] Wow.
[JR] Well, The Rock, it's all on the line tonight for The Rock
and everybody is certainly concerned about it.
They're calling it the career match. Godfather, I wanted to get your thoughts.
Who's gonna win between The Rock and The Big Show?
The Rock, The Big Show, and then you got that big old dude show,
you got that good-looking Rock if he does that eyebrow thing.
I might have to go with the speed, man. What do you think ladies? The Rock?
-Yes. -Yeah.
We're gonna go with The Rock for this one.
So go ahead and put your money down, you know 'cause Godfather knows things.
[Lawler] Ladies say they like the Rock.
[JR] We're back live on Raw.
Earlier tonight, Bubba Dudley and his brother D-Von once again
did the most heinous, unspeakable thing coming off the stage, King.
That's got to be at least 10 feet driving the 80-year-old Mae Young
from the stage through a table to the concrete floor.
[Lawler] And did you see Mae's head bounced off the…
Watch the back of her head bounced off the floor.
[stammering] I've never seen anything like this. Oh.
[JR] We understand Michael Cole is standing by.
And then we'll get an update now on Mae.
Moolah, how did you feel after watching your best friend…
What the hell do you mean how do I feel? I don't feel a damn thing.
The [bleep] got what she deserved.
What?
That's exactly right.
Listen, no one ever heard of Mae Young
until I brought her into this organization.
I brought her in, she was nothing
and she's still nothing as far as I'm concerned.
But when I brought her in here, what appreciation did she show me?
She disgraced me and all the organization by showing her puppies,
given birth and stealing my spotlight. I'm a Hall of Famer.
-Do you understand that, Michael? -Yeah.
-Do you understand what I'm saying? -Yes, I do.
I wanna tell you now, I don't give a damn if the bitch never ever comes back.
[crowd cheering]
-[Lawler] What about that? -[JR] I'll be damned.
["Dangerous River" playing]
[JR] What would make Moolah to say that?
What would make Moolah act that way, King?
She and Mae have been friends for 50 years.
[Lawler] Oh, I guess she feels like… It must be jealousy.
I guess she feel like Mae stole her spotlight.
[announcer] …for one fall
and it's for the World Wrestling Entertainment
Light Heavyweight Championship.
Making their way to the ring, being accompanied by Lita.
From Guadalajara, Mexico, weighing in at 217 pounds,
he is the World Wrestling Entertainment Light Heavyweight Champion,
Essa Rios.
[Lawler] Man. What's gonna happen next, JR?
[JR] Title on the line here.
[Lawler] Tonight, Raw is brought to you by SmackDown for PlayStation.
Everything inside the ring and almost anything out.
[JR] And by Castrol,
the official motor oil of the World Wrestling Entertainment.
[Lawler] And by Chef Boyardee, overstuff yourself on Monday night
with Chef Boyardee Overstuffed and the WWE.
["Radicalz" playing]
[JR] Light heavyweight title on the line here momentarily.
[announcer] …being accompanied by Eddie Guerrero,
weighing in at 220 pounds, Dean Malenko.
[Lawler] There's gutsy Guerrero out here with that severe injury
and he's still man enough to show up here at ringside.
[JR] Eddie Guerrero just milking that dislocated elbow
-for weeks and weeks now. -[Lawler] Milking it?
He's under doctor's care.
[JR] Yeah, what, a veterinarian? Proctologist?
[Lawler] I thought you were sitting here when…
When is the last time you had a dislocated elbow?
That little fracture you had at the hands of DX,
that was nothing compared to a dislocated elbow.
[JR] The light heavyweight title on line,
Dean Malenko and The Radicalz challenging Essa Rios see
reigning WWE Light Heavyweight Champion.
It's all about championships.
That's what this is about as far as The Rock is concerned.
The Rock, looking for a fair fight with The Big Show.
-Will The Rock get that tonight? -[Lawler] Sure he will.
I don't think anybody is gonna risk interfering on that match
and given The Rock a free ride to WrestleMania, do you?
[JR] The stakes couldn't be higher, as we have mentioned to the fans.
-[Lawler] Look at this. -[JR] Nice.
Good pinning combination there by Essa Rios,
and the man who likes to be known as the man a 1,000 holds.
-[Lawler] There's one. Oh, man. -[JR] Nice dropkick by Malenko.
The Rock must beat The Big Show tonight by pinfall or submission.
Nothing else will do for The Rock to qualify
to wrestle in the main event at WrestleMania
for the World Wrestling Entertainment Championship.
[crowd chatter]
[Lawler] Go ahead and finish it, JR. If he doesn't do that, what is it?
[JR] Then The Rock's career is over.
[Lawler] It's goodbye Rock. But never fear,
you can still see him host Saturday Night Live, maybe?
-He might make a career as a TV host. -[JR] He might.
Pinning combination there by Dean Malenko.
We lost the dear friend last month,
when Mick Foley was… unceremoniously left the WWE.
-[Lawler] Leave? Speak for yourself. -[JR] Okay.
A lot of fans out there, I think would agree with that.
You have compassion for no one but yourself. And there's a cover.
[Lawler] The Rock and Mick Foley could get together
and collaborate on another book.
[crowd chatter]
-[JR] It seem… -[Lawler] There's a mimic…
[JR] You make a joke out of it, but probably would be another bestseller.
But could be the eventuality, you might be right.
-They may be collaborating on a new book. -[Lawler] I got a title for it.
It could be called I Used To Have a Career in the WWE.
That'll be a great book.
[JR] I don't find any humor in that, King, none, really.
[Lawler] Ow.
[JR] The guy is 27 years of age.
He's like Mick Foley, has family to support.
[Lawler] I realized it. Huh?
Rock doesn't have a kid or anything like that.
[JR] He's got a mother, father,
he's got a lot of folks that he cares for and he cares about.
You think I care about his career.
[Lawler] Don't tell me his parents were sponging off.
[JR] Oh, stop. Oh, look at Malenko here.
A submission move by Malenko.
Trying to wrap up the legs, he has done so,
right behind the legs of Essa Rios.
Malenko likes to use that Texas cloverleaf submission move.
And Malenko a very stoop because Essa Rios, King,
an established high-flyer,
but you don't fly when those legs are taken from you.
[Lawler] That's right. Malekno's smart.
[JR] Powerslam.
[Lawler] Malenko is grounded.
[JR] Essa Rios didn't go for the cover,
almost as if Essa Rios has been punished from several body parts
and seems a little disoriented.
[Lawler] That may not bode well for our light heavyweight champion.
[JR] I'm kind of keeping my on Lita over there.
-[Lawler] I thought you might have… -[JR] She's a mimicker.
She'll try to mimic any move that Essa Rios makes.
She'll get involved in the match unlike Eddie Guerrero, JR.
You say, and… Eddie Guerrero, he hasn't done anything.
He hasn't been involved in any way.
[JR] Yeah, give him more time. Oh, what a great agility by Essa Rios.
Went upside down and Malenko try to counter,
and there's a roll-up,
and Malenko able to slip out the backdoor there.
[Lawler] If Guerrero was gonna interfere, he would have done it in.
[JR] Essa Rios, a kick to the sternum,
on the challenger for the light heavyweight title, Dean Malenko.
[Lawler] Watch Lita. I'll make a prediction now
that she will do something. She'll get involved.
[JR] Look this move, there's a roll-up.
-Eddie Guerrero up on the apron. -[Lawler] Oh, his elbow. Oh, my God.
[JR] That was Eddie Guerrero up on the apron.
[Lawler] Oh, his elbow is probably dislocated again.
[JR] Malenko with a suplex…
Oh, no. Oh, Eddie just. Oh, good God almighty.
Eddie Guerrero caught Lita in midair and powerbombed her.
-[Lawler] Goodbye, Lita. -[JR] On the outside.
[Lawler] Man, oh, man.
[crowd chatter]
[JR] Essa Rios… Wait, Malenko has got the cover.
-[Lawler] Look at this. -[JR] Malenko has beaten Essa Rios.
[JR] Dean Malenko has just won the light heavyweight title.
[announcer] The winner and the new World Wrestling Entertainment
Light Heavyweight Champion, Dean Malenko.
[Lawler] We got a new champion.
And I think Essa Rios got to be looking for a new valet.
Oh, she's history.
[JR] Lita is hurt from that powerbomb
by Eddie Guerrero on the outside.
Bottom line is we have a new Light Heavyweight Champion.
[Lawler] Yeah, but bottom line, take a look at this.
I don't know what Lita was attempting to hurt Guerrero,
but it's got switched into a powerbomb, a massive powerbomb.
[JR] Hey. That's Terri, isn't it?
[Lawler] Yeah. I'd recognized that backside anywhere.
-You're sure you wanna do this? -Absolutely.
I mean absolutely, positively, you wanna do?
Yeah, guys. Just do it, okay?
-It's done. All right, it's on. -Great.
-Oh, hey, pretty lady? -Oh, my God.
You get over here, man. Put that beer here.
Oh, yeah. What do you want? Oh. What did she want?
She wants a…
You ain't got no business what she wants.
-This beer… Christ! -It's hot.
-I mean, it's cold. -Oh…
Hey, what. I'll get some colder ice.
-Like now? -Right now.
[JR] We are in the shadow of New York City.
The sold out Continental Airlines Arena on the night with The Rock's career
versus the shot at the WrestleMania main event is on the line.
The Rock's career will be decided right here tonight live, King.
And we have been joined by a lot of dignitaries.
[Lawler] Check it out, there's Jayson Williams from the Nets.
-Kendall Gill and Kenyon Martin. -[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] Hey, look over there.
I think there's the Jets Quarterback, Ray Lucas.
-["On the Edge" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] Something I noticed about those New York Jets guys.
[JR] That's right, King. All for NBA place.
[announcer] The following tag team contest is scheduled for one fall.
Making their way to the ring, from Toronto, Canada,
at a combined weight of 455 pounds,
Edge and Christian.
[Lawler] You know my notes about these guys?
[JR] What's that, King?
[Lawler] The babes seems to love them.
-[JR] Wait a second. -[Lawler] What?
[JR] What is she-devil doing here?
[Lawler] Oh. I love it when she gets like horny like that.
-A little. -[JR] Oh, horny.
-[Lawler] What? -[JR] Stop it.
[Lawler] She is doing and… I love it when she's bouncing.
Come over here. Whoo. Look at that jacket, JR.
[JR] Edge and Christian are the number one contenders for the tag titles,
even though they have not been on a significant role by the large mark,
thanks to Terri.
[announcer] Their opponents, being accompanied by Mideon,
at a combined weight of 489 pounds,
Faarooq and Bradshaw, The Acolytes.
[JR] From what I hear, Mideon must owe The Acolytes
a significant amount of money
because The Acolytes are having Mideon work it all.
["Protection" playing]
[JR] Look at that, oh what a lackey he is.
-[Lawler] That shirt looks like homemade. -[JR] I would think it probably is.
[Lawler] He's got to open the ropes for them.
He's like their own personal stooge.
[JR] Oh, look at Terri. Oh, Bradshaw and Faarooq, not wasting any time here.
Opening up on Christian and Edge.
And then Terri made a visit to The Acolytes Protection Agency
and one could only imagine what does she pay for,
what services she paid for here tonight in this match.
[Lawler] I can't imagine Terri
ever paying for anybody's services. Other way around yet, but…
[JR] Christian up on top. Oh, and Bradshaw just shoved Mideon
right in front of Christian.
Bradshaw back up, drilled Christian into the ring steps.
[Lawler] See, Mideon made himself useful already.
[JR] He's just a… he's goofy.
[Lawler] And now The Acolytes double teaming… Oh.
Double teaming Edge and knocking him down.
[Lawler] The cameraman completely ignoring Terri out here? Oh, wee.
[JR] King, you don't suppose that Terri just
paid The Acolytes to face Edge and Christian here, do you?
[Lawler] Oh man, I don't know. Check it out.
She is… the horny thing. See the horns…
-[JR] Oh, stop. -[Lawler] What?
-She makes that gesture. -[JR] Well…
[Lawler] Terri could come over here.
-What if she knows I'm with the FBI? -[JR] What's that mean?
[Lawler] Female Body Inspectors. Come here.
[JR] Bradshaw, look at that clothesline from hell.
[Lawler] Uh-oh.
[JR] And this Christian able to duck it.
[Lawler] Look at this.
[JR] High fallaway slam.
[Lawler] Look at the jacket. Terri's got a lighted… It's a WWE jacket with lights.
[JR] She's got attitude, all right?
Edge and Christian are the number one contenders for the tag team titles.
Near-fall by Faarooq of The Acolytes.
As we mentioned earlier, these guys have been the number one contenders
for a few weeks. Oh, my gosh.
What a revolution into that powerslam by Faarooq.
That was scary.
-[Lawler] Oh, my gosh. -[crowd cheering]
[JR] And side Russian leg sweep, down goes Faarooq at the hands of Christian
who really needs to make a tag.
[Lawler] I don't think we're showing enough Terri.
Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.
[crowd chatter]
[JR] Christian on his way to make the tag that was thwarted by Faarooq.
And now Bradshaw is in there.
Man, I'll tell you what, these Acolytes, they love to fight.
They love to get in people's face.
They're tough as they come, I promise you that.
[crowd chatter]
[Lawler] I don't think anybody would doubt that, JR.
-[JR] A tornado DDT. -[Lawler] Whoo.
[JR] That will stop Bradshaw or anybody else. It'll stop a bull ox.
And then finally Edge gets the tag.
So it's Edge and Bradshaw.
[Lawler] We get closer and closer to The Rock's career match here.
I don't know if I'm getting butterflies in my stomach
or being this close to Terri.
[JR] What do you think it looks like in The Rock's locker room right now?
We got almost 20,000 fans out here.
Sitting on the edge of their seat and wondering
if this is gonna be the last night they ever see The Rock.
-Oh that… -[Lawler] Oh, man.
[JR] Look at the power by Faarooq, spinebuster on Christian
and Edge now with the DDT on Faarooq.
Spear and that's a damn goofy Medion in the ring.
-[Lawler] Uh-oh. -[JR] That clothesline connected.
And the confusion, Edge just got clotheslined.
[bell dings]
[JR] You could hear all the way to here.
[announcer] Here are your winners, The Acolytes.
[Lawler] I told you she was horny, JR.
[JR] I guess. Look at Medion celebrating with The Acolytes.
And wait, The Acolytes just threw Medion right to the wolves.
[Lawler] Wait a minute, guys, I think he helped you win. Oh, no.
[JR] Medion may think he's an Acolyte in training.
But… Oh double team Edge and Christian.
["On the Edge" playing]
[JR] Their number one contendership,
as they're taking a beating here lately, thanks to Terri.
We're moments away, ladies and gentlemen,
here from Shane McMahon who's there talking over strategy with The Big Show.
He'll meet The Rock with the Rock's career on the line tonight.
But, folks, earlier today, another 24/7
hardcore title defense by Crash Holly in the New York Airport, King.
[Lawler] I can't believe it.
[JR] The Posse continued to look for the Hardcore title.
[Lawler] This was actually in the baggage claim area
at the New York Airport.
[JR] They got Tim White there to put his official WWE referee shirt on.
And the attack was on. And The Posse assaulting Crash Holly.
There's Crash, he's the hardcore champion and there's Prince Albert.
[Lawler] There's the rest of the people that were on that flight.
[JR] Oh, look out.
Uh-oh, somebody knocked off the ladder and Prince Albert.
Look, Tim White's got a three-count.
And Pete Gas just pinned Crash Holly for the hardcore title.
But the story hasn't ended. Keep an eye on Crash.
Oh, from behind at the back of the head,
there goes Pete Gas and then the referee.
Gets another three-count
and Crash Holly wins his hardcore title belt.
He wins it back, grabs his bag and gets the hell out of Newark.
[Lawler] Where is he going? What the heck?
Big Show, Shane, tonight, you guys are confident
going into this match against The Rock.
The Rock's career is on the line and The Rock is a desperate man.
The Big Show and I, Triple H and Stephanie,
we had fun the last couple of weeks
putting Rock through all these type of matches, through a table match?
Well, we've had a blast doing it, absolutely.
But tonight's a whole different thing. Tonight's very serious.
I just wanna say that this is, remind you,
The Rock's idea to put his own career on the line.
At 27 years old, The Rock is putting his career on the line?
I just wanna say one thing, neither myself, nor the show
will be held responsible tomorrow morning when The Rock wakes up
and he is no longer in the World Wrestling Entertainment.
And how does that chant go, Big Show? Something like…
-Rocky, Rocky. -Rocky, Rocky, Rocky.
The only way you'll ever hear that chant again is through a videotape.
That's sweet, baby. Bye-bye, Rocky.
Mosh, Thrasher, The Headbangers.
Who's gonna win the match tonight, Rock and Big Show, for The Rock's career?
Career match Rock, Big Show, Headbangers say this, "Whoopity-doo!"
The Big Show all the way of course.
And hey, Rock, if you lose tonight, we might have a job for you.
You can carry our cones around.
Or you can write another bestseller.
The Rock says, "I'm not employed."
["Big Valbowski" playing]
[Lawler] Hey.
[JR] And there he is, the returning Val Venis.
[Lawler] He's back.
[JR] Back after several weeks out of action due to a sprained neck.
[bell dings]
[announcer] The following tag team contest is scheduled for one fall.
Making his way to the ring from Las Vegas, Nevada,
weighing in at 244 pounds, Val Venis.
[Lawler] He even got Lilian Garcia stuttering a little bit.
[JR] Went to happy hour.
Folks, don't forget, we're gonna be in Cedar Falls, Iowa this Saturday night.
This Sunday afternoon in Moline, Illinois
and one week from Wednesday night, a huge event at Champaign, Illinois.
-["This Is a Test" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[announcer] His partner weighing in at 282 pounds, Test.
[JR] I like this combination, King, of Test and Val Venis.
It's interesting to see that Val Venis has ended the proverbial ring rust on him
in this tag team matchup
because the opposition will be Chris Benoit and Perry Saturn.
[Lawler] Oh, baby.
It's already been a good night for The Radicalz, you know.
[JR] Sellout crowd on hand tonight.
Tickets go on sale this Saturday at Hersey, Pennsylvania, Richmond, Virginia.
[announcer] Their opponents at a combined weight of 454 pounds,
Perry Saturn and Chris Benoit.
[JR] King, as we know,
folks in Hershey, Richmond, New Haven, Albany.
Tickets on sale to your events Saturday. I promise you folks, it won't last long.
And this will be a very competitive tag team matchup.
And The Radicalz got to be on a high because their teammate Dean Malenko
won the light heavyweight title earlier tonight against Essa Rios.
[Lawler] There'll probably be a big celebration.
Chris Benoit throws a great party. I guarantee he does.
He throws a big one every year, it's called the Benoit Ball. Terrific.
[JR] I've never been invited.
Nice spinebuster by Val,
going for a cover and Perry Saturn able to kick out.
[crowd chatter]
[JR] What makes the Benoit Ball so unique?
[Lawler] Oh, I don't know.
[JR] You don't…do you?
Nice vertical suplex by Val. And shot to the kidney by Chris Benoit.
[Lawler] That might be a Val Venis question. I'm not sure.
-Look at this. Oh, man. -[JR] Oh, man.
Irish whip on the trip.
Benoit and Saturn really working on the same page.
Fallaway slam, as The Radicalz, Benoit and Saturn,
focusing apparently on the lower back of Val Venis and that recently healed neck
-taking punishment as… -[Lawler] That healed neck
is taking more punishment right now.
[JR] Oh, look at Saturn, that power.
That was a gutwrench and Saturn carried Val Venis right to the corner
and tags in that rabid wolverine Chris Benoit.
[crowd chatter]
[JR] And the Canadian crippler stomping right away
at the heart of Val Venis.
So I wanna thank the fans for joining us tonight on the USA Network
and certainly in Canada on TSN.
[Lawler] We're live all over North America, aren't we?
[JR] We appreciate the fans inviting us at their homes again.
[Lawler] You got to appreciate this guy.
[JR] Snap suplex. Yeah, Eddie Guerrero.
Benoit going for the cover.
[Lawler] He is courageous to come out here again with the bad wing he's got.
[JR] He did have a bad wing. It was legitimately dislocated elbow.
But he doesn't need that sling anymore.
-[Lawler] Look out. -[JR] Oh, man.
Saturn came right off the top and almost beheaded Val Venis.
[Lawler] That'll sprain his neck again.
[Lawler] I guarantee you that really hurt Guerrero's arm left
lifting Lita, powerbomb there like…
[JR] Yeah, on the floor in the outside.
That's in shades of those damn Dudleys
and we still have yet to get word back from the hospital
regarding the condition of Mae Young.
I'm sure our fans will tune in to SmackDown Thursday night.
If we don't have the information, we'll certainly have it by then, I'm sure.
[Lawler] What about the condition of Moolah?
[JR] Oh, look out. What was Moolah saying?
-[Lawler] Jealous of Mae Young. -[JR] Calling Mae a bitch.
Saturn makes a tag to Malenko and Malenko, makes a tag to Benoit, I'm sorry.
And Benoit make sure that Test, who has yet to be officially in this match,
-doesn't get the tag. -[crowd cheering]
[JR] And Val Venis fighting right back.
Chris Benoit, Perry Saturn, Val Venis, Test.
Tag team action here, Eddie Guerrero on the outside, look out,
turns into the suplex right into a powerbomb,
good counter by Val Venis.
And that took something out of Val Venis too.
Look at Test, he can't wait to get in there.
And again Benoit makes double sure that Val Venis doesn't make the tag.
[Lawler] Uh-oh. Here we go, oh, my God.
[JR] Benoit face first into the top turnbuckle
and now Val tags in Test.
[Lawler] Oh, boy.
[JR] And Test ran right through Saturn, knocks down Benoit.
Test, oh, look out.
The gutwrench into a powerbomb of his own.
And Benoit, sidewalk slam by Test.
[Lawler] Spinning sidewalk slam and…
[JR] Test has kicked Saturn right between the eyes.
And now, Val Venis going on top.
[Lawler] It may not be a good night for The Radicalz.
[JR] Val Venis with a crossbody off the top.
And now Test taking over on Chris Benoit.
[crowd chatter]
[JR] Uh-oh, Guerrero up on the apron,
Eddie Guerrero, oh, Eddie Guerrero knocked down.
[Lawler] Watch your arm.
[Lawler] That arm can get reinjured easily.
[JR] Test, gonna take Benoit for the ride.
Benoit countered, oh,
a shot to the head by Guerrero, belly to back suplex with the bridge.
And Benoit and Saturn with the help of Eddie Guerrero has defeated…
[announcer] …winners Perry Saturn and Chris Benoit.
[JR] Those Radicalz have defeated Val Venis and Test
and not a very ceremonious return for Val Venis here tonight on Raw.
But the biggest story of the night is the fact that The Rock
is gonna put his career on the line against that man,
the seven-two, 500-pound Big Show.
The Rock must win by pinfall or submission
or The Rock's career, King, is over tonight.
[Lawler] Take a good look at that man people, The People's Champion,
you could be seeing him for the last time.
[upbeat music playing]
[JR] Just under three weeks away for WrestleMania, Sunday April the 2nd.
And the time is here.
[Lawler] What the hell is that?
[JR] What is Shane McMahon doing?
Shane McMahon, making his way to the ring
and maybe he's gonna introduce The Big Show.
[Lawler] Nobody says Shane can't be in The Big Show's corner,
it just cannot be interference by anybody in the match.
[JR] I would feel a lot better if Shane McMahon were not
in The Big Show's corner.
[Lawler] What is he telling the referee?
[JR] Shane McMahon is having a one-sided conversation
with Referee Earl.
[Lawler] He told the referee to leave,
what is this gonna be, a match with no referee?
I don't think… Well, if it's the same for both guys,
I guess that's okay,
but you got to have somebody to cap the pinfall or the submission.
[JR] You're right about that too, King, hey wait, what the hell,
now, wait a minute.
[Lawler] What?
[JR] Shane McMahon, wait a minute, don't jump to conclusions, JR.
He's got a referee shirt on.
["Big" playing]
[Lawler] You see?
[JR] Well here comes the seven-two, 500 pounder,
the man that could end The Rock's career, right here tonight live on Raw.
Now, the man that…
[announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one fall,
making his way to the ring, weighing in at 500 pounds,
The Big Show.
[Lawler] Yeah, I told you Rock was making stupid decision.
I told you DX or the McMahons
are always gonna be one step ahead of everybody.
[JR] I mean, this is not fair. I mean… it isn't fair.
Shane McMahon is not objective, he's not…
[fireworks bursting]
[JR] Shane has made it clear that they want The Rock out of the WWE,
why in God's name, I don't know, but they do.
This is not right.
[Lawler] I think Shane is gonna referee this match, uh-oh.
-["Know Your Role" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[JR] If that is indeed the case…
[announcer] His opponent from Miami, Florida, weighing in at 275 pounds,
The Rock.
[JR] The Rock is pissed, and who can blame him?
[Lawler] He just realized, he's been screwed, JR.
[JR] The Rock has been shafted again here by Shane McMahon
who apparently is gonna referee this match and a right hand by The Rock
that sent The Big Show over the top.
The title on the line for the Rock, his career, he's got to pin The Big Show
or make The Big Show submit.
[Lawler] Yeah, but more importantly than that, if he does that,
if he pins The Big Show,
he's got to get Shane McMahon to count The Big Show out.
[JR] You think Shane's gonna do that?
-[Lawler] No, I don't. Oh, look out. -[JR] Look out.
A Russian leg sweep right on the steel.
The Rock's career versus a shot in the WrestleMania main event.
[crowd chatter]
[JR] Rock with a shot right to the lower abdomen,
The Rock has got to pin The Big Show or make him submit
to keep his career alive,
to keep his dream alive to go to WrestleMania,
to be in the main event,
to compete for the richest prize of The Game.
-[Lawler] Look out. -[crowd chatter]
[JR] Rock, tossing that 500-pound man
right over the security wall, right on the concrete floor.
[Lawler] Rock claim to be The People's Champion,
he's right out in amongst them.
[JR] Man, you talk about the Red Sea's parting.
[Lawler] All 20,000 of them right here, would love to be able to help The Rock.
They're giving him moral support.
[JR] The Rock taking The Big Show face first in whatever he nailed down.
Shane McMahon, obviously, the biggest supporter of The Big Show in the WWE,
appointing himself as a referee for this matchup.
[Lawler] The biggest surprise of the night, look at this.
[JR] Triple H and Stephanie, they got to like this.
[Lawler] Do you think it was Stephanie and Triple H's idea
or did Shane come up with this brilliant plan?
[JR] I don't know and I don't care.
All I know is that, there's no damn way that Shane McMahon's gonna count
The Big Show shoulders down.
-[Lawler] Uh-oh. -[JR] Look out, Rock.
The Big Show going for the Rock's face, going for his head, with that steel chair.
[Lawler] Wait, Rock, uh-oh.
[JR] The Rock, trying to retaliate, and Shane McMahon,
taking the chair from The Rock and from behind came the 500 pounder.
[crowd chatter]
[JR] Big show, seven-two, he is a monster,
and The Big Show just got introduced to the steel ring steps.
Right shoulder first.
[Lawler] I'm telling you.
The Rock can do… oh, he's got that ring bell,
[JR] Big Show on dream street right on our table.
[Lawler] Hey, Rock, right hands.
[JR] Look out, Rock, the right hands.
[Lawler] Uh-oh.
Big show right here, and the Rock spitting on The Big Show's face.
[crowd cheering]
[JR] Everything on the line for The Rock.
[Lawler] Look out.
[JR] What's The Big Show got to lose? Nothing.
[Lawler] What do you mean what is he…
-[JR] For God sakes. -[Lawler] Oh, man.
[JR] The Big Show with that awesome strength,
military press to The Rock
and dropped The Rock face first on the table here at ringside.
[Lawler] You and I will get on the ring, JR, it would be the safest place.
-[Shane] Let's go. -[JR] The Rock.
-[Lawler] Not anymore. -[JR] …made the challenge,
The Rock made the challenge to meet The Big Show
for the right to go to WrestleMania, to be in the main event,
to meet the WWE Champion.
[Lawler] You're saying that The Big Show has nothing to lose,
he could lose his shot at WrestleMania.
He can lose his chance to be the WWE Champion at WrestleMania.
[JR] But not his career, King. That's final, that's forever.
[Lawler] Oh, man.
[JR] Big Show driving that huge elbow,
into the heart of The People's Champion.
This may be the last time we see The Rock.
[Lawler] What chance does The Rock have with Shane as the referee in there?
[JR] I don't know.
[Lawler] I don't care if he Rock Bottom the giant.
I don't care if he give him the big people's elbow.
Do you think that Shane is gonna count out The Big Show?
[JR] Rock is hurt. The Rock could barely able to stand here.
-The Rock is hurting. -[Lawler] Oh, look out.
[JR] And The Rock again, face first into this hardwood table.
-[Lawler] Come on. -[JR] Oh, God.
You're gonna break him in half.
I'm gonna wrestle him.
[JR] Elbow right into the face of The Rock, my god, how much…
[crowd chatter]
This is a monster of a man.
He's taking The Rock's head off right here, and yes,
our referee is letting it go.
[crowd chatter]
[JR] Referee Shane McMahon, the sub-opponent referee Shane McMahon.
[Lawler] Are you there?
[JR] We're here, King.
Oh, there's a cover. Look at the fast count.
What a hellacious fast count and The Rock just barely,
and by God, I mean, barely, able to get his shoulder up.
[Lawler] You might as well face it, The Rock is screwed here tonight, JR.
[JR] I don't understand.
I just don't know what is in Stephanie and Shane McMahon's head.
What makes them think this way? This one is…
[Lawler] I got to agree, I think that--
[JR] This one looks like it's over.
[Lawler] Oh.
[JR] That huge tree-like leg dropped right in the face of The Rock,
by The Big Show, there's a cover and another fast count.
[JR] I know you hated to see Mick Foley's career end,
but I think the WWE can survive without Mick Foley.
But I don't know what the World Wrestling Entertainment
would be like without The Rock.
[JR] Well, The Rock fighting back, oh, Rock, The Rock fighting back
with everything he's got.
The People's Champion and the people's right hands
on the face of The Big Show.
Oh, oh. Oh!
The sidewalk slam.
The Big Show caught The Rock who goes about 275 in midair.
[Lawler] This is it.
Tell me, why would Shane and Stephanie be so intent on getting rid of The Rock,
-get him out of the WWE? -[JR] I don't know.
Honest to God, I do not know.
[JR] We're gonna find out.
-Maybe we'll find out. -[Lawler] Oh.
[JR] Oh, The Rock went downstairs.
Rock doesn't want to get disqualified here.
Oh, my God, The Big Show inadvertently just took out his man Shane,
his referee.
[Lawler] Now, what's gonna happen? Oh, there it is.
[JR] Spinebuster.
The Rock took down The Big Show.
[Lawler] Rock.
[JR] The Rock now has turned the corner.
[Lawler] We're gonna see it, JR,
the Rock's gonna deliver the most electrifying move,
the people's elbow, he did it.
[JR] Oh, and he drives that elbow into the face of The Big Show.
But there's no referee, damn it, there's no referee, the count.
-[JR] Wait a minute. -[Lawler] Here comes the ref.
[JR] There's referee, there's Earl Hebner,
-count him down. -[crowd cheering]
-[JR] One two, oh, Shane. -[Lawler] Look at this.
[JR] Shane McMahon pulled out Hebner out of the ring
and assaulted him before the three-count.
-[Lawler] Look out. -[JR] Oh, damn.
[crowd chatter]
[JR] Shane McMahon hit The Rock on the face, just like No Way Out.
[Lawler] Control yourself, JR.
[JR] When Shane screwed The Rock.
[Lawler] What the hell is this now?
What else is gonna happen here?
[Lawler] What is this?
[crowd cheering]
[JR] It's Vince McMahon. It's Vince McMahon!
-[Lawler] Oh, my. -[JR] The boss is back.
Vince McMahon is here.
[Lawler] Look at this. Look at Triple H.
[JR] Vince McMahon is here.
-[Lawler] Look at Shane. -[JR] We can't believe it.
Shane McMahon can't believe it.
[Lawler] There's Triple H, Vince's son-in-law.
[JR] Gives a right hand,
Vince just knocked down Triple H with the right hand.
["No Chance In Hell" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[JR] What the hell is happening?
[Lawler] Shane.
[JR] What is happening?
The Rock and The Big Show are both down.
[Lawler] Here comes Vince.
[JR] We hear the music and there he is.
-[crowd cheering] -[Lawler] Oh, my God.
[JR] Vince McMahon has returned.
[Lawler] What's gonna happen, JR?
[JR] Well, but by God, well, a purpose.
Look at the look on Vince's face.
[Lawler] You better try to calm him down, Shane.
Oh, no.
[JR] Vince has hit his own kid.
A shot right to the face.
Vince McMahon just hit Shane in the face with a chair.
[Lawler] Look at this. Vince is…
[JR] Vince is taking that referee shirt off of Shane.
[Lawler] Oh, no wait, you got to be kidding me.
[JR] Vince is putting on that referee shirt.
-Rock Bottom on the steel chair. -[crowd chatter]
-[Lawler] Wait, I can't believe it. -[crowd] One, two, three.
[JR] Yes, The Rock is going to WrestleMania.
The Rock is going to WrestleMania!
[announcer] Here is your winner, the Rock.
[JR] Vince McMahon is back.
Vince has had him picked up of The Rock is by God going to WrestleMania.
[Lawler] Vince McMahon has counted out The Big Show.
He's blew the Coalition to pieces.
[JR] Vince McMahon is back. He knocked out his damn son.
He counted out the shoulders of The Big Show.
[Lawler] He cold-cocked his son-in-law. He's done it all.
[JR] But the bottom line, ladies and gentlemen,
is that the main event at WrestleMania,
you will see The People's Champion, The Rock.
The Rock is going to WrestleMania.
Vince McMahon is back and now what the Coalition ought to do, by God…