[intro music playing]
[crowd booing]
What?
You have to let Jericho kiss you.
-Let Jericho kiss me? -Yeah, let.
Are you crazy? Did you watch the King of the Ring?
Jericho forced me.
That was the most disgusting thing that has ever happened.
And you know what I saw?
I saw you getting kissed by… Hey, Foley!
-Hey, Commissioner. -[Foley] Yeah.
Hey, since you got out of this stroke now there, big guy,
I want my shot World Wrestling Entertainment championship
and I want Chris Jericho's ass.
[laughs] The only reason I didn't do it last week,
I was still kind of--I don't worry about you kicking my ass four months ago.
But this week, I'm telling you, you're gonna get a shot at Jericho
with a match this big, Triple H,
I think you'll agree it needs to be saved in the pay-per-view.
And as far as title shot,
well, I gave you a chance
to be the number one contender on SmackDown and you blew it.
-I didn't blow anything. -Hold on, hold on.
I'm not gonna start you from the bottom, I'm gonna start you out right near the top
and I'm going to give you a title shot tonight,
but it's going to be against Rikishi
for the intercontinental shot.
How's that hit you?
How's it hit me?
You know what? I don't care who it is.
As far as I'm concerned, tonight,
Rikishi is Jericho.
[distorted]
[rock music playing]
♪ It's my life in the box And charred to beat ♪
♪ Taking chalk in my arms, It's the soul of me ♪
♪ You want fire, ashes See me lying face down ♪
♪ What has caused the thorn In your eye ♪
[crowd cheering]
[fake explosions]
[high-pitched whistling]
[crowd cheering]
[rock music continues playing]
[Jim] The O-Rena in Orlando, Florida, sold-out for WWE Raw.
We are live in the Sunshine State.
All fans of WWE New York enjoying the event, as well.
And tonight, Rikishi, will be challenged by Triple H
for the Intercontinental title.
The Undertaker and Kane will meet Edge and Christian for the WWE tag titles.
And, King, in the last eight days,
the entire landscape of the WWE has changed.
♪ Mamacita ♪
-[crowd cheering] -[Lawler] Oh, yeah!
[Jim] I'm Jim Ross alongside Jerry "The King" Lawler
here at ringside.
Titles on the line tonight,
including the European title.
[Lawler] Well, the landscape may have changed there
-but Mamacita hasn't. -[announcer] The following
contest is scheduled for one fall.
And it's for the World Wrestling Entertainment
European Championship.
Making its way to the ring,
being accompanied by the Ninth Wonder of the World, Chyna.
From El Paso, Texas weighing in at 205 pounds,
he is the World Wrestling Entertainment European Champion,
Eddie Guerrero.
[Jim laughing] Ever since King of the Ring,
the landscape has changed in the WWE.
We got a new champion, The Rock,
and obsessed Triple H is not the WWE champion.
Mister McMahon has gone home to make babies.
-[Lawler] What? -[Jim] The genetic jackhammer that he is.
[Lawler] Yeah, Shane McMahon is still healing from his injuries.
[Jim] Mick Foley is the new commissioner.
[announcer] The Challenger, from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada,
weighing in at 229 pounds,
Chris Benoit.
[Jim] Here comes that Rabid Wolverine, Chris Benoit
to challenge Eddie Guerrero, for the European title, King.
We've talked about the landscape changing.
What sort of changes do you anticipate here tonight, King?
[Lawler] Well, I'll tell you one thing.
Edge and Christian had better be on the top of their game, or
their tag team titles will change hands right over to The Undertaker and Kane.
[Jim] We've found out, we've only been on the air a couple of minutes, that
it's going to be Triple H and Chris Jericho
-at Fully Loaded… -[bell dings]
[Jim] Later on this month in Dallas, at the Reunion Arena,
which is already sold out.
[Lawler] Already?
[Jim] Tag title is on the line tonight.
And now this European title matchup.
A quick go-behind
by Eddie Guerrero on that Rabid Wolverine, Chris Benoit.
Remember, the Ninth Wonder of the World, Chyna, is at ringside.
[Lawler] Oh, look out!
-[crowd cheering] -[Lawler] Wow!
[Jim] Beautiful headscissors takeover
by Eddie Guerrero, who's got to use all his quickness
and all his speed and expertise
to derail this Rabid Wolverine.
[Lawler] Oh, god!
Don't… don't fail to mention the Latino Heat.
You got to use Latino Heat.
Watch the hair.
[Jim] I got a feeling there's gonna be plenty of heat on this show.
Triple H's is in a foul mood
to get his hands on Rikishi,
the 400-plus pound Intercontinental Champion tonight.
-[Lawler] Oh, man! -[Jim] The Rock is going to be here.
And what a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker there.
And championships will be decided tonight.
What a great night to be with us here on Raw.
There's a cover. There's a cover.
-Uh-oh! -Two!
[Lawler] Can you believe The Undertaker and Kane
a shot at the WWE tag team titles tonight.
Edge and Christian, you're gonna have to really reach down
and get something to save your belts.
[Jim] And Triple H confronting the WWE Commissioner Mick Foley here
just moments ago.
It will be Rikishi and Triple H for the Intercontinental title.
[Lawler] Wow!
[Jim] Three championships that we are aware of at this time.
And don't forget that the WWE Champion, The Rock, is here live tonight
in his home state of Florida.
[Lawler] The Rock!
[Jim] Who's the number one contender?
Will we find out tonight who the number one contender is?
We've got injury updates on Tori
and on Hardcore Holly.
[Lawler] What about Shane the giant killer?
[Jim] Shane still recuperating, as far as I know,
from those injuries he sustained at the King of the Ring.
This is for the European title.
Stiff shot to the head by Benoit on Eddie Guerrero.
Benoit has his sights set on WWE gold.
[both groan]
[Jim] Whatever the denomination he wants it.
-[Lawler] Look at this! -[Jim] The strength.
-[Lawler] He'll throw him out of the ring! -[Jim] Strength and power of Chris Benoit
as Guerrero went straight south and landed face first to the canvas.
There's the cover. The leg is hooked.
And we got a near fall for the European title.
[crowd chattering]
[Jim] Well, this Chris Benoit…
-Benoit… -[Lawler] Why don't you like him?
-Tell me. -[Jim] I admire his wrestling ability.
[Lawler] Why call him a Wolverine?
[Jim] Because pound for pound
those wolverines are as bad as it could ever be.
[Lawler] Is this what wolverines do?
[Jim] I don't know if wolverines military press other animals,
but they chew them up, they eat them up.
[Lawler] And then on top of that, they get rabid, right?
That makes them even, even badder and meaner, right?
-[Lawler laughs] -[Jim] That's the way I see it.
[Lawler] A perfect description of Chris Benoit.
[Jim] Benoit is totally calculating--
Reverse hurricanrana takeover.
Guerrero, trying to reach back for a leg, couldn't find it.
And there's a knockdown.
Jericho, or Benoit, excuse me,
found the clothesline from the left side.
And a lateral press and Eddie Guerrero this time
slipping right out from underneath the Rabid Wolverine
in this challenge for the European title.
[Lawler] Mamacita!
[crowd chanting]
[Lawler] See this move! [laughs]
[Jim] Nice roll-up.
And another near fall.
-[slap] -[Lawler] Oh, my Gosh!
Hard, hard, knife-edged chop.
-And another one by Chris Benoit. -[Lawler] How does his head not come off?
[Jim] You can hear this, all the way in his hometown of Edmonton.
-[bangs] -Oh!
-[Lawler] Heard that, too. -[Jim] We're live tonight on TSN.
-[Lawler] Yes! -[Jim] That's right.
And a very unusual takeover by Eddie Guerrero.
Not sure what that was intended to be,
but in any event, Guerrero using his rights and lefts
to fend off the…
-[slaps] -[Jim] The challenge.
By Chris Benoit.
-[groans] -[Jim] Another hard knife chop.
[Lawler] I remember when they used to be friends.
Forget about it, now.
[Jim] They came in to these two men,
along with Perry Saturn and Dean Malenko, The Radicalz
back the lateral part of January.
-[Lawler sighs] -[Jim] Again the landscape has changed.
The landscape changed big time since the King of the Rings.
[Lawler] Come on. You know what changed?
Mamacita changed the Radicalz.
[Jim] You don't want to get disqualified here.
Benoit has got Guerrero in trouble.
-And Benoit has… -[Lawler] He doesn't…
Look at Mamacita!
-[Jim] Chyna in the ring! -[Lawler] What's she doing?
-[Jim] Oh, Chyna just hit him… -[Lawler] Look!
[bell dinging]
[Jim] Benoit and then Jericho,
with a dropkick--Oh, Guerrero, I'm sorry.
[Lawler] What the heck?
[announcer] Here is your winner, Chris Benoit.
-[Jim] Well, Benoit's been disqualified. -[Lawler] Come on!
[Jim] And down goes the European champion.
Totally knocked down with that dropkick.
[Lawler] Chyna just came in the ring to…
I think, to grab that championship belt away from Benoit.
What's he doing now? Wait a minute.
[Jim] Oh, wait!
Oh, no! Come on!
-[Lawler] Hey, wait. -[Jim] For the love of god.
Benoit got the Crippler Crossface on Chyna.
-[bell dinging] -[Jim] He's ripping at Chyna.
[Lawler] Guerrero, look at this! Get up!
[Jim] Guerrero has been knocked out with his own belt,
by Benoit, look at Benoit!
[bell dinging]
[Jim] Look out, the face--
Good god almighty!
Pull him off…
-[Jim] Pull this… -[Benoit] Come on!
[Jim] Ah, what kind of damage has Benoit done to Chyna?
[Lawler] I can't believe that Crippler Crossface on Chyna.
[Jim] Benoit ripping and tearing at Chyna,
with that Crippler Crossface.
[Lawler] He's tough.
That's a Rabid Wolverine for you, right there, JR.
[Jim] The Wolverine says-- Oh, he's smiling.
He's happy about it.
Benoit is happy about assaulting the Ninth Wonder of the World.
The question is, how badly is Chyna injured?
-[crowd whistles] -[music fades]
[Jim] We are back live on Raw, ladies and gentlemen, and at this
hideous conduct of the Rabid Wolverine, Chris Benoit, moments ago,
in this European title match with Eddie Guerrero.
[Lawler] Mamacita really shouldn't have been in the ring.
But that inadvertent dropkick
from Guerrero caught not only Benoit, but Mamacita--Look at this!
[Jim] Look at how aggressively and how sadistically,
Chris Benoit locks in the Crippler Crossface to Chyna,
ripping and tearing at the Ninth Wonder of the World
with not one ounce of remorse
-in his entire anatomy. -[bell dinging]
[Lawler] Other officials and referees had to be called in to actually pry--
Pry Benoit off. And then…
And then what about the sadistic smile from Benoit, after it was over?
That tells a big story, King.
That's exactly--
Benoit was very proud of what he did to Chyna.
What kind of human being does it take
to rip and tear at a female even though she's the Ninth Wonder--
[Lawler] Don't ask me. You described him as a wolverine.
[Jim] Hey, check it out.
Well, we're looking live now.
The doctors and EMTs are checking out Chyna.
She's got to be…
She has got to be in excruciating pain.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jim] We'll give you an update,
hopefully, on Chyna as soon as we can.
But we're being joined now by The Commissioner.
[Lawler] Oh, no!
["Wreck" playing]
[Jim] The ever changing landscape.
Here's one of the most significant changes.
Mick Foley, the new Commissioner
with more power than any commissioner before him.
[announcer] The Commissioner of the World Wrestling Entertainment,
Mick Foley.
[Jim] We talked about the ever changing landscape at the top of the broadcast
with a new WWE champion, The Rock,
and obsessed Triple H, who is not the WWE champion.
[Jim clears throat] Mister McMahon making babies.
[Lawler] Yeah.
Genetic jackhammer. [laughs]
[Jim] What other changes could we expect tonight?
We may find out. We might even hear it right here.
-[Jim] Because the Commissioner is here. -Thank you.
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] Oh, look, he's proud of himself.
-[Jim] Why not? -I started to say
he's grinning from ear to ear, but he's only got one ear. [laughs]
Hey, I thought Hegstrand was back there for a second.
[crowd cheering]
Do you know what I have?
[Lawler] One ear.
I have
the greatest job in the world.
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] I still can't believe it.
One week as commissioner of the World Wrestling Entertainment
and look what's happened.
[crowd whistling and cheering]
The faction is splitting up.
[Jim] Oh!
[Lawler] Well, thanks to you.
The WWE stock is going through the roof.
[crowd cheering hysterically]
[Lawler] He's taking credit for that, too?
And we've got ourselves a new WWE champion.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Of course, that's The Rock.
[Lawler] Yeah, and don't forget, Vince is out making babies.
It certainly is a tremendous job.
But unfortunately, as commissioner, I sometimes have to make some decisions,
which I know are not going to be popular.
[Jim] That haircut was such a bad decision.
I hope everyone will understand
and forgive me
when I officially ban The Worm.
-[Lawler] What? -[crowd booing]
[Lawler] He's banning The Worm?
-[Lawler] It is unpopular. -[Jim] Sure is.
I'm just kidding. I love that move.
Whoo, whoo, whoo!
-[Lawler laughs] -[Jim] Oh, please!
[Foley groans]
[Jim] It's good for the commissioner to have a sense of humor.
Actually, I do have an important decision to make
but it concerns the number one contender.
You see, I tried to settle things.
I had ourselves a tremendous triple threat match.
But Triple H and Kurt Angle, completely screwed up the whole thing.
[crowd booing]
-[Jim] And they couldn't beat The Rock. -So tonight,
in Orlando, Florida…
[Jim] Uh-oh.
[Lawler] He's drunk with power, JR.
-Look at him. -[Jim] I don't think so.
The possibilities are wide open.
[Jim] Oh, boy.
-["Electrifying" playing] -[Lawler] Whoa!
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Oh, my!
The WWE champion,
The Rock is gonna join the caucus.
[Lawler] Oh, my Gosh!
[Jim] The WWE champion, I'm sure, would love to know
who his number one contender is
or is going to be.
[Lawler laughing] Yeah.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] The sold-out crowd in the arena, on their feet
welcoming the WWE Champion,
to this very ring.
[Lawler] I mean, The Rock used to wear $500 shirts,
since he's become the WWE Champion, I think that shirt costs about a grand.
[Lawler] Yeah, we smell what you're cooking, Rock.
[Jim] And so are these fans, here in Orlando,
[crowd chanting The Rock's song]
[Lawler] Look at The Rock.
We got a champion with that great name, JR.
[Jim] King, how long do you think The Rock
is going to be able to hold on to his WWE title?
-[Lawler] I don't know. -[Jim] Everybody's rooting for him.
Everybody's gunning for The People's Champion.
[Lawler] Sure, it could end tonight.
Tell you what, it's been eight miserable days for Triple H, though.
Look at Foley.
Look at the way The Rock's dressed, and then look at Foley.
What do you want to do? Shake hands, Foley? Nobody wants…
[crowd chanting Foley]
[Jim] Oh, please.
Mick Foley.
After all the history that you and The Rock had been through,
after all the cage matches,
the ladder matches,
"I quit" matches, last man standing matches,
The Rock says…
welcome back.
[Lawler] What?
Welcome back?
-[Jim] All right. -[Lawler] Oh please!
[Jim] A lot of respect between those two men, King.
[Lawler] Where's the faction when you need it?
Thank you, Rock.
And let me congratulate you now.
Five time WWE champion.
[Lawler] And he's only 28 years of age.
This is getting sickening in the mutual admiration society.
Not only that, but I've got to say, Rock,
that has got to put you right up there,
in the elite list of the greatest WWE champions of all time.
[Lawler] Oh boy, I'm getting sugar diabetes.
And I want to know one thing.
How does that make you feel?
[crowd whistling]
[Lawler] What do you think?
-Well-- -It doesn't matter how it makes you feel!
[Lawler laughing] Ah! Wow!
-[Jim laughs] -Bam!
[Lawler] That was good!
Foley! Foley!
[crowd chanting 'Foley']
[Lawler] That was a good one. I give him the credit.
[Jim] The Commissioner made The Rock smile.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim laughs]
[Foley] I finally got you. I finally got you.
[Lawler] You think that happens in the White House
or only in the WWE? [laughs]
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] I think the latter.
[Lawler] Well, Foley will never be nicknamed Dumbo, but
he did crack a good joke.
Didn't The Rock tell you never to use his catchphrases again?
[Lawler] Ah, yeah, I remember that.
Listen, the fact of the matter is this. There's business to attend to.
Why all the deliberation about the number one contender ship?
You are the commissioner of the WWE.
The Rock says "Just make a new number one contender."
[Jim] The Rock is ready for action and--
["No Chance in Hell" playing]
[Lawler] Uh-oh!
Now we're gonna get down to business!
[Jim] What is this?
[Lawler] Hey, wait.
[Jim] Shane McMahon.
[Lawler] Shane, the giant killer!
[Jim] How is he even walking
after what he endured at the hands of The Undertaker,
at the King of the Ring?
[Lawler] Actually, if you look at him, he's actually limping, JR, but
he's a tough kid.
[Jim] Well that he is, but…
I'm surprised to see Shane McMahon here tonight.
I know what you're all thinking.
[Lawler] How are you?
How could a normal man
who suffered knee and rim injuries
at the King of the Ring…
[Lawler] And a punctured lung, I think, huh?
…Be standing before all of you here tonight.
And the answer is a normal man
could not be standing here in front of you, tonight.
But you see, Shane McMahon has never just been a normal man.
[Lawler laughing] Yeah, you got that right, Shane-O, giant killer.
[crowd chanting] Asshole! Asshole!
In college, I was both a scholar and an athlete.
I graduated valedictorian of my class.
[Lawler] Wow!
-[Jim] I didn't know that! -I was the captain of both.
The debate and my water polo team
[Lawler] More degrees than a thermometer.
[Jim] That's contact sports, all right.
-[new chant erupts] -What?
That, I assure you, I am not.
One thing I am sure of, though,
is I have somewhat, somehow…
endured a chokeslam at the King of the Ring.
Fifteen feet in the air.
-[loud chanting] -[Lawler] Stop!
[Jim] Please! Shut up! Show some respect!
[crowd chanting] Shane's a pussy!
[Lawler] These people are driving Shane nuts! Let him speak.
If that's true, then how do you explain
how Shane-O-Mac
has somewhat overcome a chokeslam
fifteen feet in the air at the King of the Ring
as The Undertaker slam dunked me through the announce table?
[Lawler] You remember that, don't you, JR?
[Jim] I sure do, vividly.
[Jim] I don't think I've ever seen anything quite like it.
[Lawler] I thought he was dead.
And I've had to endure my power hungry mother
and my egomaniacal, crazed maniac,
-egomaniac father. -[Lawler] What?
Embarrassing themselves in public.
[Lawler] The genetic jackhammer?
I've also witnessed my very own brother-in-law
lose the World Wrestling Entertainment championship.
[Jim] That one may upset his father. He's at home making babies.
Without actually being pinned himself.
-[Lawler] That was embarrassing. -And week in and week out,
I have witnessed the millions of fans…
calling my baby sister a slut.
[Jim] Oh, no!
That has been horrible.
And now…
[crowd booing]
[Jim] Please.
And now I have to stand here
and watch the balance of power slipped through my fingers
slipped through my hands,
and it has now shifted to a slob
that we now have to call commissioner Foley.
-Me! -[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] Yeah. You're the slob.
He's embarrassing.
Well, I'm not gonna take it anymore, no.
Tonight, I'm taking a stand.
Tonight, just as my forefathers did.
Shane McMahon is declaring his Independence Day.
-[Jim] All right! -It should be me.
It should be Shane-O-Mac,
who takes the World Wrestling Entertainment
into the next millennium.
And it should be me, Shane McMahon,
who deems and who decides
who should be the number one contender.
[Lawler] Yes. That's good enough for me, JR.
[Jim] I don't know that it's gonna be good enough--
Wait, wait, Shane.
It was kind of hard for me to tell with all these people screaming at you.
But are you saying that you think you should be the number one contender?
No, no. I'm not saying that.
[Lawler] He should name the number one contender, you idiot.
[Jim] That's what he inferred, wasn't he?
-[Lawler] No. -[Jim] You sure?
[Foley] Rock.
Did you hear Shane-O-Mac say that he should be the number one contender?
[Shane] That's not what I said. I didn't say that.
-[Lawler] He didn't say that, JR. -It sounds to The Rock,
that Shane wants to be the number one contender.
[Jim] I think… I think you're right, Rock. I think Shane does want to be…
-[Lawler] The number one contender would… -[Foley] Shane.
Shane, when you were talking about sailing
fifteen feet through the air and down, crashing through the table.
I've got to admit,
I went home and I put that tape on freeze frame.
And I put it on slow motion.
And I looked real carefully.
And as you were sailing 15 feet through the air, I saw it, Shane.
[Lawler] What?
You had something that I used to…
Actually, The Rock used to call it and I stole it from him.
But it's called testicular fortitude.
[Lawler] Grapefruits, baby.
And you, my friend, have got it.
-[Jim] No doubt about it, King. -So I'm telling everybody right here.
In Orlando, Florida.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] That works every time.
That we've got ourselves a new number one contender.
[Lawler] What? Wait a…
-[Jim] Oh, my! -[crowd cheering]
[Jim] No!
Rock, you look ready for a fight.
We're gonna make the match
right here tonight in this very room.
[Lawler] Wait a minute! You know what The Rock can do to Shane.
You can't… He's hurt.
He's crippled.
So, basically, Shane McMahon, what commissioner Foley has just said,
is you come out here and you run your mouth about your independence day.
You come out here, run your mouth, 4th of July, 1776.
And you run your mouth about your forefathers.
Well, The Rock says this. The year 2000.
And just like The Rock's forefathers, George Washington, he cannot tell a lie
because, The Rock says, "Tonight, he's just gonna kick your candy ass
all over Orlando"
[Jim] Oh, my!
-Shane McMahon and The Rock! -[Lawler] This is not fair!
Can you imagine? Can you imagine?
Can you smell
what The Rock is cooking?
[Lawler] Once again, Foley got it wrong.
[Jim] Can you imagine what The Rock is gonna do
to Shane McMahon tonight?
[Lawler] Look at Shane. He's limping. He's crippled.
[Jim] Shane McMahon and The Rock
one-on-one tonight,
not to mention the WWE tag titles on the line tonight.
The Undertaker and Kane meet Edge and Christian.
But, ladies and gentlemen,
-we're just a heartbeat away-- -[Lawler screams]
[Jim] From Rikishi, defending the intercontinental title
against Triple H.
Rikishi, Triple H, next.
[music fades]
[man announcer] And now the WWE's Slam of the Week
brought to you by Twix.
It's all in the mix.
[Jim] Look out, Jericho! Dropkick!
Down through the table.
Oh, my god!
Jericho dropkick through the table.
Triple H thundering through a table.
[Michael] Shut up! We need help here. Triple H is hurt.
[Jim] Jericho wants Triple H as bad as Triple H wants Jericho.
[clinging melody]
[Jim] It's certainly a week that Triple H is never going to forget
as far as Chris Jericho's concerned.
Jericho last Monday Night, cost Triple H
the number one contender spot.
And then Thursday night on SmackDown
dropkicked The Game through a wooden table.
[Lawler] You know, if you look back on it, that idiot Y2J
has caused so many problems.
In actuality, Triple H should be facing The Rock tonight.
Triple H should be the number one contender.
Instead The Rock is going to destroy Shane McMahon.
[bell dinging]
[announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one fall,
and it's for the World Wrestling Entertainment
Intercontinental Championship.
Making his way to the ring,
weighing in at 423 pounds,
he is the World Wrestling Entertainment
intercontinental champion,
Rikishi.
[Jim] Rikishi set to defend the Intercontinental title
against The Game, Triple H.
And I can't believe The Rock will meet Shane McMahon
for the WWE title right here tonight.
You know, King, anything can happen
-in these huge-- -["The Game" playing]
[Jim] Come on, give me a break, will you?
[Lawler] I can see there's something planted at your feet when you say that.
[announcer] The challenger
being accompanied by the World Wrestling Entertainment
women's champion,
Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley.
From Greenwich, Connecticut
weighting in at 216 pounds
Triple H!
[Jim] No one is obsessed with gold, WWE gold,
in the WWE more than Triple H.
He is blind with rage
and it may be the 424 pound Rikishi in the ring, King.
But,
Triple H sees Chris Jericho, and nothing but Chris Jericho.
[Lawler] How many problems has Jericho caused for Triple H?
The only goal right now in the Helmsley family
is on the shoulder of Triple H's wife, Stephanie.
And don't forget Y2J stuck his stinking, nasty, filthy, slimy tongue
right down Stephanie's throat.
Yuck!
[Jim] All I can see is that Triple H agreed to the stipulations
in the six match matchups at the King of the Ring.
Triple H knew what was on the line.
-His WWE title. -[Lawler] Okay, I know that.
-[Jim] He knew that. -[Lawler] But Triple H was knocked in.
[Jim] That was just not right.
[Lawler] Triple H knew the rules going in.
[Jim] He says he's that damn good that he would have survived.
[Lawler] I understand somebody wants to kiss Stephanie.
-She looks so good. But Y2J? -[bell dinging]
[Lawler] That pervert?
Oh, yeah.
[Jim] Triple H wanted to be number one contender.
Maybe he is, for the intercontinental title.
And Stephanie jaw jacking with Rikishi
allowing her husband The Game,
to get the jump on the intercontinental champion.
It's The Game versus the Sultan of…
[Lawler] Pull him up.
[Jim] The Intercontinental title.
-Damn it! -[Lawler] I'm just…
I'm just thinking, JR. This could…
This could turn out to be the…
I mean this could be horrible.
This match, this whole thing that Mick Foley has put together here.
The first thing that can be horrible is Y2J could actually
lose this match to Rikishi.
[Jim] You mean Triple H?
[Lawler] I know Triple H could lose this match to Rikishi,
But you know what could be even more horrible?
[Jim] What's that?
[Lawler] What if poor Stephanie were to get a stinkface?
[Jim] Oh my Gosh, surely not.
You don't think Rikishi'd do that if he had the opportunity, do you?
Of course he would!
[Lawler] Oh!
[Jim] A knockdown by The Game.
[Lawler] Don't give him the opportunity.
[Jim] Triple H wants more stroke. He's…
The faction has lost a lot of power because the commissioner, Mick Foley,
has got more power than any commissioner beforehand.
[Lawler] Remember how good Raw was
when you come out here? Triple H would make a match or two.
They were always great.
-[Lawler] Oh! -[Jim] And always unobjective.
And always one-sided.
And there's a cover, one, and--Oh!
What power of Rikishi
with the Intercontinental title at stake here.
[Stephanie sighs]
[Jim] So you don't think Shane's chances are too good tonight against The Rock?
-[Lawler] Come on! -[Jim] He is son of a genetic jackhammer!
Hey!
[Lawler] JR, you're not being funny. You're about to tick me off here.
You know, Shane's hurt.
He should really actually be in a convalescent home somewhere.
[Jim] Maybe it serves him right.
[Lawler] Bruised ribs, a punctured lung.
[Jim] Oh, please. Triple H throwing Rikishi outside here.
[Lawler] No, don't come over this way winding.
I could smell it already.
[Jim] Right hands by the Intercontinental…
[Jim] Finding their mark on The Game.
-[crowd chanting indistinctly] -[Jim] What?
[Jim] Referee Tim White trying to get these guys back in the ring.
They got a 10-count to get back to the ring, and they have.
[Lawler] I don't want to hear those people, what they're saying.
Folks at home, do not listen to these Floridians.
They're a bunch of rednecks.
[Jim] Intercontinental title at stake, we have the tag titles still to come,
and as we said, the Rock and Shane McMahon for the-- Hey, look out.
Hey, we can have a new Intercontinental Champion
if The Game hits this pedigree.
-[Lawler] He can't even get that. -He's going for it.
[Lawler] Come on!
[Jim] Look at those hips.
Triple H challenging Rikishi for the Intercontinental title.
[Lawler] Haven't seen thighs like that since the Brontosaurus died out.
Look at that.
[Lawler] He even can't lift--
[Jim] And Rikishi counters.
Look out, look at that butt.
[Jim] Oh, the Sultan of Squat, almost sat right in the face of The Game.
[Lawler] The Sultan of Squat? [chuckles]
[Lawler] Hey, whoa!
-[Jim] What a shot that was. -[Lawler] Beautiful!
[Jim] We may see some more of that.
Kane and The Undertaker meet Edge and Christian
for the tag team titles tonight.
And King, I just don't know why that you don't think that
Shane McMahon has got any chance to beat The Rock for the WWE title.
And there's a cover, and we've got a new-- No, we don't.
[Lawler] Ordinarily, check out this clothesline first,
I've never seen a-- Whoa, beautiful.
[Jim] We got a pat on the back in the XFL for a shot like that.
[Lawler laughs]
[Lawler] I mean, ordinarily, if Shane were 100%,
I'd give him a great chance of beating The Rock and winning the title.
But you know, Shane's injured.
You saw that chokeslam he took from The Undertaker
right through our table.
[Jim] I saw. I was there. Remember me, the guy with the black hat?
All I know is that Orlando is one of the sites selected by the XFL
to be seeing action next February.
And look at the hard head of Rikishi. He didn't even feel the DDT.
[Lawler] I can't see his head for his butt,
but he could be the whole right side of an XFL line. Oh!
-[Jim] Super kick from the left side. -[Lawler] Oh, please.
-[Lawler] Look at this. -[Jim] And Rikishi, Samoan drop.
[Jim] The end may be near for The Game and his quest
to gain more power and more stroke for the Intercontinental title.
[Lawler] Look out!
[Jim] Oh, this is not good.
Triple H being manhandled in this last exchange
by the 424-pound Intercontinental Champion.
[Lawler] Stephanie, stay away.
[Lawler] You know Rikishi would love to give a Stink Face to Stephanie.
[Jim] Rikishi and Triple H down here on the outside,
exchanging those right hands.
It seems as if Rikishi has the upper hand here,
but right back comes The Game.
[Lawler] Yeah.
[Jim] Referee Tim White using his count in the background.
[Jim] Both men oblivious to the count,
and Rikishi rolling back in, but did he beat the count?
[crowd booing]
[Lawler] What's happening?
-[crowd cheering] -[Jim] Hey wait, there's Jericho.
[Lawler] What is he-- Oh!
[Jim] Oh, Chris Jericho.
I think we got a double count-out with Jericho.
[Lawler] What is he doing here?
[Jim] He's shoved The Game back to the ring.
[Jim] I think Jericho-- Oh, my god.
Jericho wants The Game as badly as The Game wants Jericho.
[both] Oh no.
[Lawler] Look at that idiot.
[Jim] Jericho likes what he's seeing here.
-[Lawler] No! -Oh for the--
[Lawler] JR, get up there and stop this.
[Jim] Watch out! Stink Face.
[Lawler] Stephanie!
[Jim] Triple H's nose is all the way in the Grand Canyon,
and Stephanie is heartbroken.
[Lawler] Oh, no, kissing Triple H tonight might be worth it.
Stephanie already kissed Y2J.
[Lawler] Can you imagine his breath?
[Jim] Again, Chris Jericho is--
Goes one up on The Game and Rikishi loves it.
[Lawler] Not funny.
Look out!
[Jim] Everybody's enjoying it but The Game and his wife.
[Lawler] Now, look at this.
[Jim] Rikishi's buddies too cool.
[Lawler] I think, you know how you smell what The Rock is cooking,
I think Triple H can smell what Rikishi's been eating.
[Lawler gags]
[Jim] This capacity crowd here in Orlando on their feet.
[Lawler] Wait, wait. Can things get any worse?
Now we're gonna have to watch this dance?
[Jim] Rikishi got his dancing goggles on.
[Jim] He's getting right.
[Lawler] Triple H should have had those on along with a gas mask.
[Lawler] Oh.
-[Jim] King, get up there and dance. -Oh, sit down, JR. You look so foolish.
[Jim] Too cool.
Rikishi dancing their way into the hearts of the WWE fans,
and the tag team titles are gonna be on the line tonight,
The Undertaker and Kane meet Edge and Christian, a heartbeat away.
[Jim] We're back, ladies and gentlemen.
And once again, Chris Jericho scores against The Game.
It was a double count out against Rikishi for the Intercontinental title
and Triple H trying to leave but Jericho saw him,
would have nothing of that, and then that led to a Stink Face.
[Lawler] When is Jericho gonna quit being a nightmare for Triple H?
Look at from behind comes Rikishi, and then, oh, like you said.
Oh, look at that sick smile.
[Lawler] JR, it was horrible.
[Jim] Can you imagine what that smells like? The humiliation.
Stephanie McMahon must be thinking she's got to kiss her husband good night,
but how can she?
[Lawler] It's bad enough she had to kiss Jericho,
but when she kisses Triple H good night…
I'm not gonna say it.
it might be a piece of corn or something. Oh, it's gonna be awful.
-[Jim] Jericho-- -[indistinct shouting]
[Lawler] Uh-oh. Uh-oh.
[indistinct shouting]
Hold on, hold on, hold on.
I'll put Jericho in a handicap match.
-Jericho… -I'm listening.
Facing X-Pac and Road Dogg in a handicap match.
That make you feel a little better?
-Yeah, that makes me feel a little better. -One provision though.
You don't interfere.
If you do, your match with Jericho and Fully Loaded is out the window.
No questions asked.
-Dogg and X-Pac. -Dogg and X-Pac.
-Against Jericho. -Handicapped.
I can wait until the pay-per-view.
And I'm not gonna need to interfere.
They're gonna take him apart, or what's left of him.
[Lawler] Finally.
-[Jim] That's kind of some unusual-- -Finally, Foley got something right.
[Jim] I don't quite understand that.
[Lawler] Well, I guess he figured Triple H is about to kick his butt.
-[Jim] Huh. Strange. -[bell ringing]
[announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Making his way to the ring,
being accompanied by Lita,
from Cameron, North Carolina,
weighing in at 217 pounds,
Jeff Hardy!
[Lawler] Well JR, Twix presents Fully Loaded.
Twix, it's all in the mix.
Fully Loaded comes live from the sold out Reunion Arena
in Dallas, Texas, on Sunday, July 23.
[Jim] Can't wait to get in the Lone Star state.
This should be a great match up here as well.
[announcer] His opponent, being accompanied by Trish Stratus,
from Las Vegas, Nevada,
weighing in at 244 pounds,
Val Venis!
[Lawler] Woo-hoo!
[Jim] Val Venis has a business relationship with Trish.
You can see her.
[Lawler] She makes a lovely couple.
[Jim] She's also managing the team of T & A, Test & Albert.
[Jim] And certainly on Heat last night on the USA Network,
we saw a six person tag,
the Hardys and Lita against the T & A and Trish.
And not a very positive outcome for the Hardys and Lita, we should add.
[Lawler laughs] Sorry about your luck, Lita.
[bell ringing]
[Jim] So Jeff Hardy and Val Venis
on a night where titles are going to be decided,
including the WWE title.
Shane McMahon will display that McMahon courage, King,
that McMahon athleticism,
you know he's got it in him to challenge The Rock for the WWE title.
[Lawler] JR, you're pushing it.
[Lawler] You're loving this, aren't you? You got a big smile on your face.
You look like Y2J a minute ago.
Whoa!
[Jim] I'll tell you what, Y2J has gotten totally under the skin of The Game.
[Lawler] Look out, Val.
[Jim] Nice elevation by Jeff Hardy On Val Venis.
Jeff Hardy. Oh my!
[Jim] Somersault contact right over the top,
another death-defying move
by this young daredevil from North Carolina.
[Lawler] Come on, tell it like it is. He's an idiot.
[Jim] I don't think that whatsoever.
-Are you kidding me? Look at this. -[Jim] Look at this agility.
-[Jim] Jeff up on the… -Oh, my.
[Jim] Walking the railing there, came right back in Val Venis' face.
[Jim] And Jeff Hardy breaking the referee's count there,
if there was one.
-Look out, look out. -[Lawler] Oh, boy. There you go.
[Jim] Face first into the steps with Jeff Hardy at the hands of Val Venis.
[Lawler] JR, when you try all of these, what do you call it?
Death defying maneuvers. A few of them aren't going to work.
[Jim] You're right. That's why they call them high risk.
As Lita tries to get a closer look.
Lita knows all about T & A and Trish Stratus.
And look at the power here of Val Venis.
Nice standing vertical suplex by Val.
[Jim] Now looking for the three. There's the lateral press.
And Jeff Hardy listening for the count.
Able to kick-out.
[Lawler] Did you say Lita knows about T& A?
[Jim] She got very familiar with them in Heat last night, and Trish.
[Lawler] Well, if Lita knows so much about T & A, she should show it.
[Lawler laughs] Get it?
Go! Go, Val! Go!
[Lawler] You got to give it to Val Venis.
I mean, he's got this new attitude,
he's got this new business relationship with Trish Stratus and--
[Jim] What's wrong with the business relation?
'Course, you can't have one with a female.
-[Lawler] What? Are you kidding me? -There's some perverse here.
[Lawler] I used to get fan mail from Wilt Chamberlain.
Tell me.
[Jim] I'd like to read some of those letters sometime.
But that's another issue for another day.
As Jeff Hardy goes to the far side and is promptly knocked down.
A couple of elbows by Val Venis,
looking for bigger and better things in the WWE, like WWE Gold.
And look at the aggressive streak of Val Venis,
who has never been better
under the business arrangement he has with Trish.
-[Lawler] Never been better. -And a cover, and Jeff Hardy--
[Lawler] I'll tell you something that's getting better.
Finally, Foley came his senses.
You know what?
The more I think about it, this is exactly what Y2J Jericho deserves.
He deserves to be put in a handicap match against Road Dogg and X-Pac.
[Jim] I don't understand that booking at all.
Jericho versus DX by himself?
I just don't understand Mick's logic, what he's thinking.
And this is a submission move here by Val Venis.
He's now on his shoulders.
-Val's on the shoulders. -[Lawler] Look out! Look out!
[Jim] And Val had to break his own hold to get pinned there.
[Lawler] Getting back to Mick Foley, I think I got it figured out, JR.
[Jim] What is it?
[Lawler] He's intimidated by The Game, and rightfully so.
[Jim] I don't think so. I don't believe that.
Mick Foley is not intimidated by nothing.
Hell in a Cell, we've seen the things Mick has gone through over the years.
Another cover, leg is hooked.
[Lawler] That was when he was a wrestler. Now he's a commissioner.
You know commissioners are easily intimidated. [laughs shortly]
[Jim] Well, I just don't think
Mick Foley could be intimidated by anyone or anything.
A right hand by Val Venis.
Another knockdown of high-flying Jeff Hardy,
who has obviously been grounded here.
And Jeff's got to find some way to get this pace quickened,
because Val Venis is too big and too strong, it would seem,
for Jeff to go toe-to-toe with.
[Lawler] I wish Jeff would just find one hair color and stick with it.
[referee] Come on, get him out. It's gotta be--
[Jim] Val Venis, trying to stay grounded here,
and Jeff Hardy fighting back.
Right hands by Jeff Hardy, little flurry there,
and quickly it's set down by the sleeper.
[Lawler] Reverse. Oh, look at this!
[Jim] And Jeff Hardy now with The Sleeper, but not for long.
-Oh, a power bomb. -[Lawler] Nice.
[Jim] The leg is hooked and we'll get three--
Oh, that's how close it is right there, you see it.
[Lawler] Come on, ref. What about this?
Come on, Teddy Long's an idiot.
If you don't think that was a three count…
[Jim] Inches away from a three count.
[Lawler] That was ridiculous. That was a three count.
[Jim] It might have been a little deliberate, let's say.
Let's give the official the benefit of the doubt.
Maybe it was a slow count.
[Lawler] Commissioner Foley should look into that.
That's what that commissioner should be doing.
Only problem, Foley can't even count up to two using his ears. [laughs]
Oh, look at this.
[Jim] And a takedown.
-[Lawler] Oh, my gosh. -And a springboard.
-[Lawler] Watch this quick count. -[referee] One, two…
[Jim] And Val Venis' feet--
Do you think that count was quick? I don't think so.
I thought it was very deliberate, the same as the last time.
[Lawler, mockingly] Deliberately slow.
[Jim] Why don't you jump up there?
You got the tights and everything on for referee.
[Lawler] Well, if he makes another bad call like that, I will.
[Lawler] Uh-oh. Twist of Fate!
-[Jim] Twist of Fate. -[crowd cheering]
Jeff Hardy just hit Val with the Twist of Fate.
[Lawler] Trish--
[Lawler] Trish, things are looking bleak.
[Jim] The end could be near.
-[Lawler] Oh! -The Swanton!
[Lawler] He got it. Look at Trish!
-[referee] Hey, get down. -[Lawler] Now I could be the referee.
I'll go talk to-- Hey!
[Jim] Lita just jerked-- Look at Tazz. Where did he come from?
[Lawler] What is Tazz doing in there?
[Jim] Taz, he's-- He's choking.
Hey, look out!
The referee is on the outside for the ladies.
-[Lawler] Look at Taz! -Tazz just choked out--
[Jim] What the hell is up with Tazz?
What is he thinking?
Where's Taz coming from?
[Lawler] Now, Lita.
[Jim] Jeff Hardy's been incapacitated by Tazz.
[Lawler] Now the money shot. Whoa!
[Jim] Money shot, driving the air right out of Jeff Hardy.
-[bell ringing] -[Lawler] I think Tazz did that. [laughs]
[Jim] Look at Trish smiling.
[announcer] Here is your winner, Val Venis!
[Lawler] That put a smile on my face, too.
[Jim] I cannot believe the-- What is the motivation of Tazz?
[Lawler] I don't know the motivation, but I know one thing,
he's making himself known. [laughs]
[Jim] He certainly is. What's up with Tazz is what I want to know.
[Jim] You're looking live, in Times Square in WWE, New York.
Another big party night for all the great fans inside WWE New York.
-[Jim] And I'll tell you what-- -Hey, look!
-[Jim] The little she-devil's there. -The horny little she-devil.
[Lawler] It's Terri!
[Jim] Terri in WWE New York tonight.
But she's not alone,
because there you see the mayor of New York City,
with Rudolph Giuliani.
[Lawler] The mayor's at WWE New York.
[Jim] And the mayor's not coming along, by the way.
-[Lawler] Hey, that's his fiancée. -Oh, really?
-[Lawler] Woo-hoo. -The mayor is-- He's gonna party tonight.
I can't wait to get my hands on him.
it's Y2 alone versus you and the Dogg.
It's revenge for not only us, for Stephanie, and for Hunter tonight.
-How about Mick Foley? -We tear him apart.
Vincent did something intelligent. It's like Christmas in July.
[Jim] DX set to take on Jericho, next!
[Jim] We are live in Orlando, Florida, from WWE Raw tonight.
The tag team titles will be decided,
The Undertaker and Kane meet Edge and Christian,
but what about Shane McMahon,
challenging The Rock for the WWE title tonight?
[humming] Goodness…
Ah! What a prick.
Mick. Mick.
Pat. I was just thinking about you.
-Mick, please. It's about Shane McMahon. -Yeah.
You've got to help him.
The poor kid just came out of the hospital.
-I know. -It's his first day out.
You've got to scratch the match.
He can't go in the ring against The Rock.
He's hurt.
He's crippled up. You have to have pity on him.
I do.
You do? Well? Good. You're gonna stop the match?
-Let me see. Do the match, stop the match. -Please.
-Do the match… -Please have pity on him.
-No! -Please.
[laughs] Pat, I've made my decision, and it's final!
Ow! Jesus!
[laughs] So sorry about that.
[in sing-song voice] Commissioner.
[Jim] Oh man, what a commissioner.
-[Lawler] And that's his final answer? -I think that was his final answer.
[Jim] You can even phone a friend if you want.
[Jim] Oh, here comes DX, King.
But unfortunately, without the Green Goddess, Tori.
[Jim] Yeah. Thanks to-- Thanks to those damn Dudleys.
You know, poor Tori,
she suffered one of the worst Injuries that's ever been inflicted on,
not just a female, but on anybody.
Her shoulder, well, at first we thought maybe it was just dislocated,
but she went to one of the best doctors in New York,
it's torn, completely out of the socket, she's gonna have to have surgery.
Her career might be ended.
It's horrible!
[Jim] We have got a handicap match here that Mick Foley has signed.
I don't understand Mick's logic.
DX, X-Pac and Road Dogg,
hell bent for leather here,
to take on Y2J, Chris Jericho in this two-on-one handicap match.
[Lawler] This is absolutely the first…
-I don't know how to describe it. -Cut the music!
[Lawler] …right thing that Foley's done.
[crowd cheering]
Orlando, Florida, welcome to the Dogg house!
I said, you see it's me, me the D-O-Double G,
and always smiling with X to the P to the a to the C,
but you know that.
So let me think of some new words to spat.
Y2Gay, this ain't your day.
You see, you called Stephanie McMahon Helmsley trash.
What the--
[crowd cheering]
[Lawler] Hey, among other things.
[Road Dogg] What that says to me,
is that your mouth is writing checks that your sissy ass can't cash.
So if you ain't down with that, we've got two words for ya.
-[crowd] Suck it! -[Lawler laughs]
[Lawler] These people are stupid.
[Jim] I just don't understand this-- This match.
I don't know what Mick is thinking here, King.
[Lawler] Uh-oh. I hate this.
Hold your ears.
-[explosion] -[Lawler] Ow!
["Break the Walls Down" playing]
[Lawler] You know, I don't really like anything about Chris Jericho.
[Jim] You don't like the fact that he's young, that he's got good hair?
[Lawler] I don't like that big stupid fireworks explosion, it hurts my ears.
And then he comes out here with his back to the audience,
and now this, look, the back.
[Jim] Now, it sounds like Jerry Lawler's firecracker stand to me.
[Jim] Jericho, very cautious as he should be.
This is not going to be a very pretty match,
with Jericho against two world class athletes,
perhaps the greatest tag team in the WWE.
[Lawler] You think this ain't gonna be pretty,
wait until you see what Triple H will say, JR.
What is that?
[Lawler] Oh, no.
[Jim] Our commissioner is back.
[Lawler] Oh, my gosh.
I guess we're ready for one hell of a handicap match-up.
[Lawler] Yes.
But I got to thinking,
with Triple H being so bullying and demonstrative,
I'm not sure I made myself completely clear,
so I'd like to take this opportunity to clear things up.
You see, I promised a handicap match.
And we will see one.
But it's not two against one.
[Lawler] What?
[Lawler] Four against one?
It's three against two.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jim] Three against two?
[Lawler] What is he talking about?
So X-Pac, Road Dogg,
you two gentlemen will be taking on Y2J.
[Lawler] Oh, no.
[Lawler] What-- What's he doing, JR?
And his tag team partners, The Acolytes.
-[Jim] Oh, my god. -What?
[Jim] The Acolytes!
[Jim] And here come The Acolytes.
DX getting all they can of Jericho. before The Acolytes get to the ring.
[Lawler] Wait, here they come. Look out!
[Jim] Foley has done it again to Triple H and DX.
Oh, what a shot by Bob Bradshaw, knocking down the Road Dogg.
[Lawler] I told you, Mick Foley's an idiot.
[Jim] Faarooq from the outside with X-Pac.
[Lawler] Run away, guys.
[Jim] It's three versus two.
[Lawler] It's not fair. It's a handicap match.
Both sides aren't even.
[Jim] I thought you liked the handicap idea.
Mick Foley made the handicap match, I thought you liked it.
[Lawler] This is the wrong match.
Oh.
[Jim] Jericho knocking down the Road Dogg, and now knocking down X-Pac.
[Jim] It is a three on two handicap match
as ordered by our commissioner, Mick Foley.
[Lawler mockingly] Our commissioner, Mick Foley. What more can he do?
[Jim] Triple H has got to be seething now, to see his adversary,
Chris Jericho, doing so well,
[Jim] Spinning heel kick. There goes X-Pac.
That's a page out of X-Pac's book.
And then now, he gets chopped right back to the corner.
[Lawler] Right, Jericho. You know, it was Jericho's fault
that Triple H got the Stink Face earlier tonight.
And now Triple H had to promise that he won't interfere in this match.
[Jim] It's got to be Jericho and Triple H.
They'll collide at Fully Loaded, ladies and gentlemen.
The Reunion Arena is gonna be rocking on July 23,
it's sold out and has been for weeks.
[Lawler] Good shot. Get him now.
[Jim] Oh, X-Pac caught in midair.
-[Lawler] Oh, no. Oh, my god! -Look at the strength of Bradshaw. My god.
-[Lawler] Look at this! -Fallaway slam.
[Jim] Man, this Bradshaw is an animal. And so is Faarooq.
[Lawler] He's not a wolverine, is he?
[Jim] No, I don't think so. He's bigger than a wolverine.
[Jim] Oh, now look at Faarooq but Bradshaw holding the Road Dogg.
Faarooq is nailing those right hands right to the heart.
[Lawler] Man. This is bad. This is real bad.
Triple H. Can you believe this?
[Jim] These Acolytes can manhandle anybody.
Oh. What another knockdown.
And this time though, it's X-Pac.
Beautiful.
Perhaps out of desperation, but he got the shot in.
[Lawler] How quick is X-Pac? You always say it.
-[Jim] Quicker than a hiccup. -[Lawler laughs]
[Jim] And now Faarooq, maybe he'll be…
isolated into the DX corner, or at least the DX side of the ring.
[Lawler] Well, I'm telling you, this is sad.
Triple H, I guarantee you,
he had X-Pac and Road Dogg talked into destroying Y2J,
and now Foley put The Acolytes out here with Jericho, isn't that right?
[Jim] So I guess you would say that The Commissioner has outsmarted The Game.
[Lawler] Oh man.
[Lawler] Ooh. My gosh.
-[Lawler] Ah! -Oh, man, a lot--
[Jim] What a power slam.
[Lawler] Why do you grin when you say that?
[Jim] Faarooq with a power slam.
And now looking to make a tag, and Jericho made the tag himself.
[Lawler] Look at this.
[Jim] Jericho with a knockdown on X-Pac and another right hand.
[Lawler] Oh, this Jericho.
[Jim] Maybe Jericho sees The Game in DX.
A shot to the back of the head by the Road Dogg.
[Lawler] There you go. Big shot.
Oh, no!
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Mistake by DX.
[Lawler] What?
[Jim] Pace quickens and a flying forearm by Jericho,
and down goes X-Pac.
[Lawler] Ah!
[Jim] DX in trouble.
There's a cover.
This should be-- But it's not all.
[Lawler] That was a quick count, you know it was.
[Lawler] What?
[Jim] You were kvetching about the officiating.
[Lawler] I may have to start refereeing here, I don't know.
Oh.
[Jim] Nobody there for Jericho in the corner.
[Lawler] Make yourself useful. Stand up and tell these people to shut up.
[Jim] I'll get right on that.
Jericho looking for The Walls of Jericho.
-[Lawler] A million people-- -The Road Dogg again.
[Jim] Jericho had The Walls of-- Oh, my god.
The clothesline from deep in the heart of Texas.
[Lawler] I need an X ray to see what these people find in Y2J.
Let's face that he screwed Triple H-- Ah!
[Jim] Spinebuster by Faarooq.
X-Pac was looking for the Bronco Buster.
-[Lawler] No! -The Lionsault!
[Jim] The leg is hooked.
-[Lawler] No! -And that's three.
["Break the Walls Down" playing]
[Lawler] Triple H, do you see what's happened?
[announcer] Here are your winners, Chris Jericho and The Acolytes!
[Jim] Oh, look.
Oh, Triple H is-- He's irate!
[Lawler] Ah!
[Jim] Triple H has-- He's livid!
He has lost it.
[Lawler] You can't blame him, JR.
[Jim] Well, Triple H and Jericho,
they can get it on all they want at Fully Loaded later this month.
[Jim] Yes, it was three on two.
And coming up next,
The Undertaker and Kane, could they become the new team champions?
We'll find out, next.
-[Jim] We're back live… -Screwing around stops now.
Foley's done. Y2J is done. [continues indistinctly]
[Jim] Where's Triple H going?
[Lawler] How do I know?
[Jim] Stephanie and Triple H are-- They're leaving.
♪ You think you know me? ♪
[Jim] Triple H was-- He was more than irate.
[Lawler] Maybe he's-- He needed to go somewhere to cool off.
He needs to calm down just a little bit.
[Jim] Ladies and gentlemen. last Thursday night on SmackDown,
it was Edge one-on-one versus Kane.
And this was a sad situation because Tazz--
Boom! Not once-- Right-- Not-- Right here--
Right in the head with a steel chair.
What is the--
What is Tazz thinking?
A double chair shot, and then a huge upset.
[Lawler] Yeah, I know Kane wasn't thinking anything,
and he got his shoulders pinned, one, two, three.
What a victory that was, thanks to Tazz. [laughs]
[Jim] These two young men from Toronto.
They really believe they're true Canadian heroes.
[Lawler] You know, in Canada,
they don't celebrate Independence Day like we do, you know.
They have Canada Day.
-[Jim] That's today. -Yeah.
First of all,
Mick Foley, for making us defend
our World Wrestling Entertainment tag team titles tonight,
I just want to say,
that you have so scraped the bowels of suck-titude.
[Lawler] Suck-titude?
Somebody change their diapers, quit whining.
And secondly, as you all know, we're from Canada.
[Jim] Canada Day. There's nothing wrong with that.
And even though we don't believe in Independence Day,
we just want to wish all of you a very happy Fourth of July.
And especially to two guys in the back that we really, really like and respect,
The Undertaker and Kane.
[crowd cheering]
-[Lawler] What? -Somebody kissing up.
So for the benefit of those with flash photography,
[Lawler] Get your camera.
we call this new five second pose,
"Kane, we're really sorry we bashed you in the head"
"with chairs on SmackDown,
and Undertaker, you're a pretty cool guy, too."
And we want this pose to symbolize the ending of this match.
[Lawler] What is this gonna be?
It should be great. Hey, look at this.
[Lawler] Hey!
[Jim] Well, these guys are reaching for it.
They're trying to make some sort of peace.
-[explosion] -[Lawler] Whoa!
[Jim] I think!
[Jim] With the tag team challengers, and here comes the big Red Machine.
He's got destruction and gold on his mind.
[Lawler] And he's got no sense of humor.
[announcer] The following tag team contest is scheduled for one fall,
and it's for the World Wrestling Entertainment
Tag Team Championship.
Introducing the opponent,
the challengers first,
at 326 pounds,
Kane!
[Lawler] Look at this!
Edge still has that Kane mask on.
If I were you, I might lose that mask.
[Jim] Three hundred and twenty six pounds.
-[explosion] -[Jim] Oh, my god.
[Jim] Up to seven feet tall,
and he could walk out of here as a tag team champion.
[Lawler] Christian, I think your hair's on fire.
["You're Gonna Pay" playing]
[Lawler] Oh.
[Jim] Are you ready the for American Badass?
[Lawler] He's gone from bad to worse.
[motorcycle revving]
[Jim] If Kane is Famine, The Undertaker is Pestilence.
[Jim] The Undertaker and Kane.
[Jim] We saw what they did last Monday on Raw.
They destroyed Edge and Christian in a non-title tag team match-up.
But tonight, gold is on the line,
and I don't like the young Canadian's chances
against The Undertaker and Kane.
[Lawler] I don't either.
Look at The Undertaker. He's like a man possessed.
Well, I guess he is, isn't he? Oh.
[Jim] The Undertaker got a foot coming in for the tag team titles on the line.
[Jim] And again, we have the WWE title to be decided tonight.
Shane McMahon has been deemed by the commissioner,
the number one contender for The Rock.
It will be The Rock and Shane McMahon.
Nobody there for The Undertaker.
[Lawler] Edge and Christian are gonna have to use
every bit of their speed and agility, like that.
[Jim] Nice take down, the Neckbreaker, and there's a cover,
and The Undertaker easily shoves Edge off, and then comes up and knocks him down.
[Jim] There's another cover, and their tag titles in jeopardy here.
[Lawler] You're right. The Undertaker and Kane are so much stronger,
so much more powerful than Edge and Christian.
You guys are gonna have to really reach down to get something back for--
Remain champions tonight.
[Jim] Kane in 326, The Undertaker Is even bigger.
[Lawler] Oh, no!
[Jim] The tilt-a-whirl.
Oh, The Undertaker.
[Lawler] Look out!
[Jim] Powerslamming Edge, all the air out of him.
And Christian made sure the three didn't go down.
-Watch your back! -[Jim] With that power, that may be--
-[Lawler] Ooh. -[Jim] Come with a heavy price.
-[Jim] They double team The Undertaker. -[Lawler] It's their only hope.
[Jim] Back into the neutral corner.
[Lawler] Stay in there, Edge.
[Jim] Edge and Christian make the exchange.
[Jim] Christian firing everything he's got at The Undertaker.
[Jim] Kick right to the face, and one right back at ya.
[Lawler] Oh, no.
[Jim] Undertaker tag over to Kane.
He comes in with bad intentions.
[Lawler] He's fired up.
He's remembered that double chair shot that he took from Edge.
[Jim] Absolutely.
[Lawler] Oh, my gosh, one-handed. Did you see that?
-[Jim] That is skill-- Oh, my! -Oh!
Look at the power of Kane, Kane and The Undertaker.
[Lawler] Come on, Kane, they apologized before the match.
Didn't you hear them? Ah!
Kane and The Undertaker-- Will it be Edge and Christian?
[Jim] Watch out for the little one.
[Lawler] I'll tell you this, Kane has no sense of humor.
Oh! Ooh.
[Jim] Double clothesline.
And now The Undertaker coming in to pick up the pieces.
[Jim] You got to believe this.
-This game is about over. -[Lawler] Look out! Uh-oh.
[Lawler] Don't tell me.
[Lawler] Wait a minute.
[Jim] Well, there's-- Oh, there's the King of the Ring, Kurt Angle.
And then set the right to the knee of The Undertaker.
[Lawler] What?
[announcer] The winners of this match, as a result of a disqualification,
Kane and The Undertaker!
[Jim] Kurt Angle with that set--
[announcer] Still the World Wrestling Entertainment Tag Team Champions,
Edge and Christian!
[Lawler] Hey, they're still champions.
[Lawler] Look at Undertaker. Can't believe it.
[Jim] Kurt Angle, that set to the back of The Undertaker's knee.
Kurt Angle saves his buddy's tag titles.
[Lawler] Wait a minute. Wait a minute, guys. Undertaker, Kane--
[Jim] A chokeslam from hell, but look at The Undertaker.
You don't think-- Look at this.
-[Jim] Oh, my…god! -Ah!
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] The Undertaker calls it the Last Ride,
and that was one hellacious Last Ride by the Undertaker.
[Lawler] He called it that for good reason,
just ask poor Christian when he wakes up.
[Jim] Edge and Christian got an assist from their buddy Kurt Angle,
to save their tag team titles.
But look at the carnage.
Look at the carnage displayed by The Undertaker and Kane.
Can they be stopped?
["You're Gonna Pay" playing]
[Lawler] I just hope Shane McMahon
doesn't wind up laying in the middle of the ring,
stretched out like that at the hands of The Rock later.
[Jim] And it could happen because Shane McMahon
will challenge The Rock for the WWE title
just a little bit later tonight. Here, live.
[Jim] But I'll tell you what.
[Lawler] Well, we can't say thank goodness
that Kurt Angle arrived just in the nick of time.
Look at this.
[Jim] Right on the back of the knee,
with that sucker right in front of the referee,
a blatant disqualification.
And look at the Last Ride.
[Lawler] Oh, my gosh. Oh.
[Jim] It's a hellacious ride with a badass ending.
[Jim] The WWE title will be on the line.
Will Shane McMahon experience carnage from The Rock?
We'll find out live.
[Jim] We're back in Orlando.
Earlier today, right here in Orlando,
a huge press conference introducing the XFL to Orlando.
We look forward to the opportunity on behalf of Marywood and city council,
we wanna welcome you all here.
We have a stadium.
We want to put events in here.
We're embarking on the greatest football year
this stadium has ever seen.
This is gonna be a wonderful year for football here in Orlando.
We're looking forward to it.
Our players will be paid to play, but they'll be paid more to win.
It's very specific.
It's very straightforward, and it's pretty much the American way.
And we think that the fans out there will relate to the idea
that the players on the field
will determine which players earn more money,
not those of us sitting in an office somewhere in advance of the season.
[Jim] And ladies and gentlemen, there you see Ton Veit,
the new general manager of the Orlando franchise of the XFL,
which begins play next February.
[Lawler] What about Basil Devito? He's been working with the XFL.
So busy with that he hasn't had a chance to get to the barber shop.
[Jim] Kurt Angle, the King of the Ring,
came in to make sure that his buddies Edge and Christian
did not lose their tag team titles.
Boom! Downstairs.
What in the hell was Angle thinking?
[Lawler] What? They were smart, deliberate.
Kurt, what have you done?
Michael, you're gonna have to be a little more specific.
Are we talking about the Olympic gold medal?
The Intercontinental Championship?
King of the Ring?
I'm talking about The Undertaker.
Wait a minute. What are you talking about?
Well, you just cost The Undertaker the WWE tag team titles.
You angered a real American Badass.
Wait a minute. You're say--
You're saying I angered The Undertaker?
You're saying it, I'm not. I didn't say that.
I was just helping out my friends, Edge and Christian.
If The Undertaker thinks I offended him,
if he's watching, even if he's not watching.
I want him to know right now that I did not mean to offend him,
and I give him my deepest, most sincere apologies.
I mean, I am a man of integrity.
I would never do that.
And furthermore, you know what? This interview's over.
[Lawler] He's a gentleman.
[Jim] Yeah. He just realized what he stepped in.
He stepped in it, and tracked it right into the house.
-He didn't mean to offend anybody. -[Jim] Oh, right.
[Lawler] Hey, baby!
[Jim] Well, ladies and gentlemen, last night on Heat,
Dean Malenko, the light heavyweight champion,
issued a challenge to anyone in the locker room area.
He thought it was gonna be a man, King, but it wasn't.
It was Jackie, and Jackie wanted a piece of the Light Heavyweight Champion.
I was talking about manhood, not somebody from the hood.
-[crowd gasps] -[Lawler] Uh-oh!
[Jim] And that was rather insulting to Jackie,
who just slapped the taste out of the light heavyweight champion's mouth.
There you see some of the action on Heat last night,
and I don't think that Richard Malenko
is going to ever forget his encounter with Jacqueline,
even though he won the match using his Texas Cloverleaf.
[Lawler] I don't think Jackie was ever gonna forget Dean Malenko either.
You know last night had to be probably the lowest point in my career.
You see, Jackie, what you need to know,
is, I don't wrestle against women.
I wrestle with women.
[Lawler laughs] Yeah, nothing wrong with that.
So to redeem myself this evening,
[Lawler] You want to wrestle?
I would like to defend this light heavyweight title
against anybody.
Big, small, tough, hardcore, softcore.
I don't care who the--
["Slow Death" playing]
[Jim] Well, Malenko fancies himself as a ladies man,
and here comes Crash Holly.
[Lawler] Crash!
[Jim] Elroy himself was gonna
take up the challenge of the light heavyweight champion,
and I am only assuming this is for the light heavyweight title.
[Lawler] Well, I think Malenko said he'd defend the title against anybody.
Big, small, hardcore, softcore. Whoo!
[Jim] Crash Holly is in love with that hardcore title,
which is currently held by Steve Blackman.
As much as Triple H has been obsessed.
I don't… No, I better correct myself.
[Jim] No one is as obsessed with gold as Triple H and the WWE title.
[Lawler] Have you found out yet where Triple H went?
[Jim] You know, I have been a little busy, just sitting here with you all the time.
The guy in the black hat, remember?
I would blame Triple H if he never came back here.
[Jim] Oh, he maybe-- Who says he's not coming back?
Who knows?
Crash Holly got a chance to become a light heavyweight champion here.
[Lawler] Hey, hey, nice dress.
[Jim] The same thing that Shane McMahon has a chance
to become the WWE champion tonight, against The Rock.
[Lawler] Uh-oh. Look at this.
[Jim] Malenko breaks the back, and both men going for a Neckbreaker.
-They both-- -[Lawler] Who got who?
[Jim] Both men wrestling for that Neckbreaker.
[Jim] And Malenko--
In a predicament here, countered by Crash.
And we have got a great crowd here tonight.
There's the inside cradle.
-[Lawler] That's a rude crowd tonight. -[Jim] I don't know about that.
We're gonna be in Fort Lauderdale
tomorrow night on July 4 at the National Car Rental Center.
[Lawler] They're better behaved in Fort Lauderdale.
[Jim] And there's the power slam. The leg is hooked and--
Nice near fall.
King, not to mention this Sunday
we're going to be in Sacramento, California at ARCO Arena,
and in Kansas City on Saturday, July 15 at Kemper.
-[Lawler] Bad landing. -[Jim] That ain't gonna be good for Crash.
Crash got in the ropes quickly
because that Texas Cloverleaf submission move was upcoming.
[crowd chanting] Let's go, Elroy!
[Lawler] Oh, we got a "Let's go Elroy" chant. Hey.
[Jim] And got a roll up and Elroy Got a near fall.
-[crowd chanting] Let's go, Elroy! -[Lawler] My boy, Elroy.
[Jim] Elroy loved that hardcore title and I'm sorry to say
that he's out of the hunt for that.
But he's here for the light heavyweight gold.
A lot of great light heavyweights in the WWE.
-[referee] One, two, three. -[Jim] And there's a power bomb,
and a cover, and that'll do it.
-[Lawler] I bet Elroy thinks he got hit-- -[announcer] Here is your winner,
and still World Wrestling Entertainment light heavyweight champion, Dean Malenko!
-[Lawler] What is this? -There's Jackie and Ivory.
-[Lawler] What are they doing? -I don't know what they're doing.
[Jim] Well, I know what Jackie's doing.
Jackie just nailed Malenko from behind, just like Ivory.
[Lawler] Look at this. It's like Ebony and Ivory.
[Jim] I said Malenko fancies himself as a ladies man.
[Lawler] This is not what he's talking about when he said he wrestles with women.
-[Jim] I think you're right. -He got him the high heels.
[Lawler] Look at this!
[Jim] This is not what the professor had in mind.
[Lawler] The heck?
[Jim] And look at Jackie and Ivory,
taking out their anger
[Lawler] Girls, get your man.
on Dean Malenko.
[Lawler] Wow.
[Jim] And now these…
[Lawler] What is up with Jackie and Ivory?
[Jim] I think Malenko's offended them.
[Lawler] Oh no, wait a minute.
♪ Lady ♪
♪ You're my knight in shining armor ♪
Mr. Commissioner. Mr. Commissioner. Are you sure you want to make this match?
Yes I am, Gerald.
The Rock versus Shane McMahon.
-Don't you know who Shane McMahon is? -Yes, I do.
Shane is the King of Sting.
[spits and laughs]
Come on, Commissioner.
-He's a giant killer. -[laughs] A giant killer.
He's like a wounded animal, and you know how a wounded animal is.
No, I don't.
Yes, you do.
No, I don't.
Yes, you do!
No, I don't!
Yes, you do!
-Yes, I do! -No, you don't!
[laughs] Got you.
Come on!
Hey, the match stays, Brisco. Go run and get me some coffee, okay?
Cream or sugar-- I'm not gonna get you coffee. What are you doing?
♪ Lady, for so long I want to see you with no clothes on ♪
-[Lawler] Something's got to be done. -Good Lord.
[Jim] Well, Kurt Angle is coming out here.
[Lawler] King Kurt.
[Jim] Who is Angle gonna face?
-[Lawler] Takes a king to know a king. -[Jim] Who's Angle's opponent?
[advertiser] And now the WWE Rewind, brought to you by
the Lorillard Tobacco Company's Youth Smoking Prevention Program.
[Jim] Come on, King Kurt.
moonsault by Kurt Angle.
His leg landing landed on that left arm of Hardcore Holly,
and King, that left arm could be broken.
[Cole] A low blow, blatant by Kurt Angle,
The Olympic slam. Kurt Angle wins!
[Jim] That's not fitting actions for a king.
[Jim] Kurt Angle broke Bob Holly, Hardcore Holly's arm,
last Thursday night on SmackDown.
And I'll tell you,
Hardcore Holly last week had pins and a steel plate placed in his arm.
His career has been threatened by Kurt Angle,
who could give a darn less.
[Lawler] I guess the 4th of July is a little bit early.
Man, you know the 4th of July is Kurt's favorite day.
I mean, he's a great American.
-He an American hero. -[Jim] That's debatable.
[Lawler] He's like a patriot.
[Jim] He looks down at everybody. Thinks of everybody as peons.
[Lawler] What?
-Well, he's a-- He's a king. -[Jim] Broke Hardcore Holly's arms.
I just want to say…
[Jim] He doesn't care.
…to all of the NBA free agents,
whatever you do, don't come to Orlando.
[Lawler laughs] What?
Do not come to Orlando.
I'm not sure if it's the arena or the fans,
but this place stinks.
It's true.
-It's true. -[Jim] Oh, come on.
[Lawler] It might still be Rikishi's butt.
[Jim] Well, I know--
And speaking of stinks, that leads me to you, Hardcore Holly.
You see, last Thursday night on SmackDown, I had no intentions of breaking your arm.
[Lawler] See, it was an accident.
But now that I had a few days to think about it, I'm glad I did it.
-[Lawler] Wow. -He's sick.
You see, you disrespected me, and you disrespected my crown.
[Lawler] Pathetic.
And I will not be disrespected.
You had it coming.
[Lawler] You can't kick a king's crown.
[Jim] That crown's important.
Which leads me to tonight.
Commissioner Foley,
in all your infinite wisdom,
you have ruled me out of the number one contender's spot.
I have one thing to say to you.
You had better have a worthy, suitable opponent for me tonight
because I will not be disrespected again.
-[Jim] It shouldn't matter-- -And that is true.
[Jim] It shouldn't matter who his opponent is gonna be.
[Lawler] Well, first of all,
it's disrespectful just to send him out here
without even letting him know who his opponent is gonna be.
[Jim] Oh, look at that.
-Oh my god, it's The Brooklyn BRawler. -What?
He's still alive? I--
-[Lawler] Brooklyn BRawler? -I haven't seen him in years.
[Lawler] Well, it should be an easy match for Kurt.
Brooklyn BRawler is a good Luger,
you show me a good Luger and I'll fight him any day.
[Lawler] But actually, this is disrespectful to Kurt.
You gotta admit.
[Jim] Well, our King of the Ring is--
[Jim] He's got a, kind of a--
What the heck is going on here?
This is not a worthy, suitable opponent.
I mean, this guy has not won since the Carter administration.
-[Lawler laughs] -This is not respect.
["Wreck" playing]
[Jim] I think respect is earned.
[Lawler] Oh please, now what?
[Jim] Our commissioner is back.
[Lawler] Boy, I missed the faction.
-[Lawler] Stop this match. -Kurt, Kurt.
You had a valid point.
The Brooklyn BRawler is not good enough competition for you.
It's true.
[Lawler] Oh listen, he steals everybody's catch phrases.
[crowd cheering]
But you see, he's not competition at all, Kurt.
Tonight, he is your tag team partner.
-[Jim] Tag partner? -What the heck are you talking about?
-My partner? -[Lawler] What? Wait a minute.
I'll tell you what the heck I'm talking about.
I figured you're gonna need a lot of help
because your opponents tonight are…
the Dudley Boyz!
-[Lawler] What? -Oh, the Dudleys!
-Can you-- -[Lawler] Look out! Incoming!
[Jim] Table for two!
[Lawler] Kurt, get out of there!
[Jim] And the Olympian can sit at the head of the table.
["We're coming down" playing]
[Jim] Bubba Ray and D-Von.
[Lawler] This is no way to treat a great American hero like Kurt Angel.
[Jim] The two men that put Tori in the hospital.
[Lawler] These guys are sick.
They're depraved.
[Lawler] Poor Tori's career is probably over, thanks to those idiots.
The damn Dudleys.
[Jim] And look at the unique dichotomy
between The BRawler and Kurt Angle.
[Lawler] Oh, they're just exact opposites.
[Jim] They certainly are.
[Lawler] Kurt. Don't do this, Kurt.
[Jim] Well, I know Bob Holly is Watching tonight.
Bob, we hope you're feeling better.
He's a tough son of a gun, I'll guarantee you.
And now Angle absolutely--
Yeah, I think he's kind of happy that he broke Bob Holly's arm.
[Lawler] I got to give Bob Holly credit, and we all know how tough he is.
Can you imagine finishing the match with a broken arm?
[Jim] And-- Oh, look at The Undertaker.
[Lawler] What's he watching this for, huh?
[Jim] He might just be watching that Olympian in there.
[Jim] And, oh, beautiful. Kurt Angle with an overhead suplex.
[Lawler] King Kurt already apologized.
He said he didn't mean to offend The Undertaker.
[Jim] Right.
[Lawler] Shut up, you idiots! We got a table.
[Jim] I'm sure The Undertaker's got a very good memory.
He doesn't forget too many things.
[Jim] And the Brooklyn BRawler has a chance to shine here.
[Lawler] Was that a real clothesline?
-[Jim] It looked like one. -Ow.
[Lawler] He ducked!
[Lawler] Uh-oh.
[Jim] And a knockdown by D-Von Dudley.
A rare appearance by the Brooklyn BRawler here on Raw.
And thanks to Mick Foley for teaming the BRawler up with Kurt Angle.
[Lawler] Kurt, this is embarrassing, it shows you absolutely no respect.
[Jim] Angle was looking pretty good offensively, quite frankly.
And his team has kind of gone downhill
since he made the exchange with The BRawler.
[Lawler] King Kurt is a great--
[Jim] Oh, King Kurt is a--
[Lawler] He's a great American hero, You know, I told you he's a patriot.
Actually, Mel Gibson the other day on one of those entertainment network shows,
he stated that Kurt Angle was his favorite WWE superstar.
[Jim] And Angle has tagged himself back in, Mel Gibson or not.
And oh-- Angle, look out.
Oh, no. There's a powerslam. Bubba's got--
[Lawler] Remember when Donald Trump said I was his favorite WWE superstar?
[Jim] He read his cue cards.
[Lawler] What?
[Jim] I think he really said The Rock was his favorite.
[Lawler] He said other than me.
Ooh.
[Jim] Hard chop by Bubba Ray Dudley on the pompous Olympian Kurt Angle.
[Lawler] Just think, right now
Mayor Giuliani is watching me and King Kurt.
Oh! From WWE New York right this minute.
[Lawler] Wow.
That's how stories get started. Mayor Terry, you never know, you know?
Who knows?
[Lawler] What's wrong with you? The mayor has his fiancée with him.
[Jim] I know that. Very nice lady, I'm sure.
-[Jim] Waist lock, oh my god. -Ooh. Oh!
[Jim] Look how Bubba Ray just got folded up like an accordion.
[Lawler] That was beautiful.
[Jim] Slammed him right on his head. What a suplex.
And now, with everything under control, Angle tags the Brooklyn BRawler back in.
[Lawler] Speaking of marriage, you think that there's a bun in the oven
already in the McMahon household?
-Do you think Linda's preggers? -[Jim] I don't know about that.
[Lawler] You know Vince, he's a genetic jackhammer.
[Jim] I've heard that.
Easy, now. Oh, excuse me.
[Lawler] He's fertile as a turtle.
There'll be another little Shane or Stephanie running around pretty soon.
[Jim] And right hands by Bubba.
Hey, look out.
[Lawler] I hope it's a boy.
-[Jim] Look at D-von. -No! Oh, BRawler.
[Jim] And the South Bronx.
[Lawler] I'm afraid BRawler won't be having any little boys anytime soon.
[Jim] D-von and Bubba have now isolated The BRawler
from maybe a somewhat reluctant partner now.
[Lawler] They want King Kurt there, they're inviting King Kurt in.
They want the American hero.
-[Jim] Oh, he ain't no American hero. -What?
[Jim] John Wayne was an American hero, and Kurt Angle ain't no John Wayne.
Kurt Angle is an Olympic gold medalist.
How many gold medals does John Wayne--
[Jim] Angle is not even gonna accept the tag.
That's right, an American hero would take the tag of his partner.
[Lawler] BRawler missed his hand. That shows how bad a partner BRawler was.
[Jim] I think he may be more of an American coward.
[Lawler] BRawler, you klutz, you missed his hand.
[Jim] Oh, the BRawler didn't miss anything.
Angle taking a walk. Look out!
-[Lawler] Oh, no! -Oh, 3D!
-[Lawler] Oh-oh. -A 3D.
[Jim] And the Dudleys win this match, as the coward Angle has taken a walk.
[announcer] Here are your winners, the Dudley Boyz!
[Lawler] What's he thinking? Oh no.
Bubba Dudley's getting wood.
[Jim] Oh, Bubba just-- He's gonna get some wood, King.
[Lawler] See? You can't blame Kurt for leaving.
[Jim] It looks like the Dudleys may set the table
for The Brooklyn BRawler.
[Lawler] You don't wanna be out here with this table fetish freaks.
[Lawler] Oh no, don't try this.
[Jim] Oh, look out.
Tori must be squirming in her hospital bed.
[Lawler] Oh. no!
[Jim] Oh, good god Almighty.
Bubba got wood in that orgasmic trance.
[Jim] Someone give him a smoke.
[Jim] The WWE tag team titles this Saturday night,
and now the big one coming up in a heartbeat.
[Jim] Well, you got to be just repulsed at the actions of Kurt Angle.
[Lawler] Wait a minute. Watch this.
I'm telling you, seeing is believing.
Watch this klutz Brooklyn BRawler.
Look! He missed Kurt's hand.
[Jim] Angle pulled his hand back.
[Lawler] What kind of partner is Brooklyn BRawler?
[Jim] Your famous short arm tag. Angle--
[Lawler] How can you miss your partner? Hey, you shouldn't have missed the table.
You missed your partner's hand. Hah!
[Jim] Angle was acting like a coward
and it ended up with the Dudleys winning the match.
Getting the wood on the BRawler.
Look at that euphoric look of Bubba Ray Dudley.
[Lawler] Euphoric?
[Jim] What kind of man is Kurt Angle? Proud that he broke Bob Holly's arm.
[Lawler] What kind of man is Bubba Ray Dudley?
[Lawler] We got the man, man right here.
[laughs] A hero.
Godfather!
[bell ringing]
[announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Making his way to the ring,
weighing in at 320 pounds,
The Godfather!
[Lawler] Did I ever tell you that green is my favorite color?
[Jim] A few dozen times.
[Lawler] Orlando.
[Jim] We're sold out here in Orlando--
[Lawler] Holando, Holando.
[Jim] Tickets now on sale this Saturday,
in some cities as New Haven, Connecticut, Springfield, Massachusetts,
and in Louisiana in Baton Rouge, Lafayette, in New Orleans and in Houston,
all on sale this Saturday.
The WWE tickets will not last long.
[announcer] Accompanied by Trish Stratus,
weighing in at 282 pounds,
Test!
[Jim] It was a six-person elimination tag last night on Heat,
and we saw Lita take care of Trish
[crowd cheering]
just about any way she wanted, King.
[Lawler] Oh, Lita definitely did a number on Trish.
But then you know what happened when Lita eliminated Trish,
that left Lita in the ring with Test!
And she did fare pretty well against Test.
[Jim] And watch the shot to Lita's face by Test.
A near fall there, but watch this.
Boom! One more look at it.
Test almost beheading Lita.
[Lawler] He had to win the match, didn't he?
-[Jim] He had to do what he had to do. -Right.
[Lawler] A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do.
And speaking of that, Trish.
[Jim] And so now it's going to be the Godfather
with his ladies on the outside against Test with his witch or a--
[Lawler] What?
[Jim] I don't know who she is.
Trish on the outside,
and the Godfather sticking those right hands
to the face of this big youngster, Test.
[Lawler] You called her a witch. This is Trish Stratus.
-[Jim] Oh, I'm sorry. -She's up there in the stratosphere.
-[Lawler] Trish. -A little slip of the tongue.
[Jim] And The Godfather got hit with that elbow.
[Lawler] Great match.
[Jim] You think that Shane's getting a little nervous right now?
The Giant Killer?
[Lawler] Well, of course he's nervous. Wouldn't you be if you were injured?
[indistinct]
-[Lawler] What is this idiot doing? -[alarm blaring]
[Jim] That's Steven Richards.
[Lawler] Wait, Ref. Look at this idiot over here.
[Jim] What is Steven Richards--
I think he means well.
He's just kind of trying to be everybody's conscience.
[Lawler] He's putting sacks over these girls.
[Jim] He's putting sacks on those ladies. They're--
[Lawler] Wait a minute. What are you doing, you moronic Idiot?
[Jim] I don't understand this. I guess he's surrounded.
[Lawler] He sits in The Godfather's house.
[Jim] The Godfather's not gonna like this at all, I don't think.
[Lawler] Godfather, look what Steven Richard's doing.
[Jim] I can't say that Steven hasn't warned The Godfather--
[Lawler] I don't think Godfather even realizes he's got his hands full.
I don't even know he realizes Stephen Richards is out here.
[Jim] Have the suplex, and The Godfather.
[Lawler] Take care.
[Jim] And Godfather elevating Test over the top rope.
[Lawler] Get that idiot.
[Jim] I don't know what Stevens'-- his exact motivation is.
[Lawler] I hear what these people are talking, they could be right.
[Jim] Godfather got hung up there on the top rope by Test,
and taken down, and Test quickly going to the top.
[crowd booing]
[Jim] Test is quickly going to the top here.
[Lawler] Look out, Godfather!
[Jim] He's 6'6" and about 275, and that will be enough.
["This Is a Test" playing]
-[Lawler] Can you believe that? -[announcer] Here is your winner, Test!
[Jim] Well, Steven Richards, I guess is, trying to do what he thinks is right,
but I don't know that many folks are going to agree with it.
[Lawler] He's the moral minority, if you ask me.
[Jim] He sucks.
Quite frankly, Steven is censoring these ladies,
and that is certainly un-American, King.
[Lawler] You're absolutely right. Especially here, near July 4. Uh-oh.
Shane-O-Mac's big match tonight, huh, buddy?
Easy.
You know, man, you don't even know how I feel.
Hurt knee, hyperextended, my ribs.
You know how I feel.
Yeah, you know how I feel after that thing.
You're right, Shane, I don't know how bad you feel.
I know what it feels like to be a hell of a lot worse!
You see this arm, Shane?
Thirty-seven stitches and guess what?
The match continued.
You see this here? No, you don't.
You know why? Because it's not there.
It was ripped right off my skull. And guess what?
-Match continued? -You're damn right it did.
Shane, I don't tell this to many people,
but that big match in Japan that everybody talks about
with the C-4 explosives and the barbed wire, guess what?
-What? -I lost both my guys that night.
-Both? -[laughs] Just ribbing.
-[groans] -No pun intended.
There they are, you little rascals!
Shane-O, have a great match.
-Wait a minute. Mick! -[Jim] Shane, The Rock, for the title.
[Jim] We are back live on Raw in Orlando, Florida.
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and the WWE.
[Jim] Well, it's obvious to see that Stephen Richards
is trying to be the conscience, I guess, the censor of the WWE,
as he was trying to cover up The Godfather's ladies on the outside.
[Lawler] We don't believe in censorship around here.
[Jim] It certainly led to The Godfather's downfall,
King, I would say.
[Lawler] Well, Test came around when Godfather was arguing
with Stephen Richards over-- Look at this! He's covering up the hoes.
Thank you very much, Mr. Kelly.
There is an acceptable and an unacceptable way
of presenting yourself,
and wearing a thong and push up bras, instead of casual slacks, and a blouse,
well, that's just plain unacceptable.
And I realized that our country was founded on freedom.
But since we're on the subject of freedom, I have but one question to ask.
When does it go too far?
I mean, on the eve of our independence, think about it.
When does freedom go too far?
I mean, are we gonna be sitting around riding donkeys naked,
shooting off illegal bottle rockets while sipping tequila?
Well, I think not.
And I'm here to tell everybody that I'm not gonna let it happen.
The madness stops today.
Thank you very much.
[Lawler] What?
Fellas. Finally, where it belongs.
What do you want?
Back off, man. Take some medication or something.
I'm not here for your belt. I'm here to congratulate you.
It's great you're Hardcore Champion.
I just think we should go on our own separate ways, you know?
Fine. Beautiful. I couldn't agree with you more.
Hold on. To commemorate our adventures together, Steve, because they were great.
They were great fun.
-I have a poem that I wrote. -Oh, no.
"When we were first teamed up, we won with great ease."
"Me with my head, you with your cheese."
"I tried to be hip and carefree and fun,
I'll give you some personality since you clearly have none."
"We went to a farm and I had to say, 'Wow!' I never saw a guy nunchuck a cow."
"And it didn't stop there. No, not you."
"You beat an alien and Ben Franklin, and a woman who turned 82."
"We then changed and tried it your way without any luck,
two Blackmans were boring, boy did we suck."
[groans]
"Then we were losing, not winning a lot."
"This doesn't have anything to do with you,
but Bea Arthur is really hot."
"You're still pretty dull and kind of a bore,
but you've got a nice beard, and now you're hardcore."
You were not listening to a word I was saying, were you?
-No. -That's the problem.
We have no communication.
That's why we can't be a team anymore.
Steve, come back here.
-Let me finish it. -You needed a straitjacket years ago.
Steve. I haven't read the poem yet.
You haven't heard it.
Steve!
[Lawler] Oh, man. He's on the same mental level as Mick Foley.
[Jim] Well, we're looking at Times Square live, WWE New York.
The mayor of New York is there, and so is Terri.
[Jim] That little she-devil.
-Of course, it's Fleet Week. -[Lawler] What?
[Jim] All the sailors are in town in New York City.
[Jim] Got to make Terri awfully happy.
[Lawler] Fleet Week at WWE New York?
[Lawler] Look at this!
-[Jim] We're live. -[Terri] Hey, everybody!
We're at WWE New York!
-Let's hear it! -[crowd cheering]
Yeah!
Hear, hear for Raw is War.
The whole seventh fleet is here with me.
And you know what, Guys? I want to see your devil horns.
Let's see them.
-[Terri] Whoo! -[Lawler] Hey, this is a family show.
I hope I survive this night.
[Lawler] The whole seventh fleet?
[Jim] And Shane McMahon hopes that he survives
his WWE title match-up with The Rock.
The title on the line, next.
Shane McMahon came here tonight in no shape for a title match.
Injured ribs, bum knee.
He wants sympathy. Will you show it to him?
Will The Rock show Shane McMahon sympathy?
Did Shane McMahon show The Rock sympathy in all those handicap matches?
Did he show The Rock sympathy and all those BS matches?
Did Shane ever show The Rock sympathy in Time after Time?
He left The Rock laying in a pool of his own blood.
So you ask The Rock, is he gonna show Shane sympathy?
You're damn right he will.
Because The Rock feels very sorry for Shane McMahon.
Sorry to know that Shane is gonna walk out of Orlando
with The Rock's boot turned sideways, shoved right up his candy ass!
-[crowd cheering] -[Lawler] Oh, my god.
[Jim] And The Rock is fired up, WWE title on the line.
And Shane McMahon, quite frankly, is lucky to be here,
at least in one piece.
He's limping and let us show you why, ladies and gentlemen.
It was eight days ago at the King of the Ring,
one of the most horrifying, shocking incidents we've ever witnessed
with Shane McMahon and The Undertaker.
[Jim] Undertaker-- By god, what's he gonna do here?
He got Shane McMahon on the top turnbuckle.
-Don't do it. Don't do it. -[Lawler] No!
[Jim] Oh, my, for the love of god!
For the love of god,
The Undertaker has just broken Shane McMahon into a hundred pieces.
[Jim] And we are back live here at the sold out arena.
-You saw what Shane McMahon endured, King. -Yes.
-[Jim] Just eight days ago. -That's right. Eight short days ago.
[announcer] Scheduled for one fall,
and it's for the World Wrestling Entertainment Championship.
In the ring,
weighing in at 240 pounds,
Shane McMahon!
[Jim] Shane McMahon.
I tell ya, anything can happen in a WWE title match game.
-You know that. -Oh, come on. He's limping right now.
Look at that.
He's usually Shane, "The Giant Killer". Uh-oh.
♪ If you smell… ♪
[Jim] Well, I dare say, our viewers at home giving a smile on this one.
[announcer] From Miami, Florida,
weighing in at 270 pounds,
he is the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion,
The Rock!
[Jim] The Rock set to defend the WWE title live tonight,
right Here on Raw.
[Lawler] Yeah. In his own home state.
Why don't you throw that in there,
against the man who's not a 100% against the man who's hurt.
Poor Shane.
[Jim] We'll be at The Rock's hometown tomorrow night in Fort Lauderdale,
at the National Car Rental Center.
I wonder if Shane McMahon will be able to join us tomorrow night.
[Lawler] Probably not. You know that this is-- This is wrong.
Mick Foley is sadistic for making this kind of match.
[Jim] We saw about two months ago what Shane McMahon did to The Big Show.
Rock, hold on one second. Just hold on a second.
[Jim] Uh-oh. Here we go.
Now you know that I'm not at 100%.
That my ribs are cracked,
I've got a hyperextended knee,
and being that I'm not at 100%, Rock,
I know you don't want to take advantage of that,
because if Shane-O-Mac was 100%,
then Shane McMahon would walk out of Orlando,
the new World Wrestling Entertainment Champion.
-[Shane] But-- But. -[Jim] It's true. It's true.
Rock, hear me out for a second.
This is the whole point.
You and I should not be fighting.
No, no, Rock, you and I should be allies.
[Lawler] Allies?
Think about it, Rock.
The old man's lost it.
He's history.
[Lawler] Huh?
My mom, she's enthralled with power. She's gone.
Steph and Triple H, no offense. They've blown it.
But you and I, Rock. Think about it.
You could be World Wrestling Entertainment Champion forever.
-[Lawler] He's got a point -Unite with me, Rock.
We can build the strongest force that the WWE has ever known.
What do you say?
-[Lawler] What do you think, JR? -[Shane] But Rocky--
[Jim] I don't--
-[Jim] It sounds pretty impressive. -[Shane] That's right, listen to him.
Do you smell what I'm cooking?
[Jim] Did he say unite?
-[Lawler] Yes, he said unite. -He didn't say, Rock unite with Shane?
Me and you.
That's it. That's it.
[Lawler] Whoa!
[Jim] I think Shane just got his answer.
[Lawler] What the heck? Rock, he was trying to reason with you.
Oh, my god!
[Jim] Man, what a takedown by The Rock.
[crowd cheering]
[Jim] Wait. What the hell?
Chris Benoit! Chris Benoit with a steel chair.
[Lawler] Oh, my gosh.
[Jim] And Benoit laying waste to The Rock.
[Lawler] That Rabid Wolverine.
[Jim] The Rabid Wolverine with a steel chair,
wearing out The Rock,
and now stomping a hole in The Rock.
[Lawler] Oh, he has a sadistic smile.
[laughs] Chris Benoit.
-Benoit now has gone Crossface. -[Lawler] Look at this!
[Jim] Benoit, the Crossface on The Rock.
[Lawler] Look at Shane, his ribs are probably broken.
[crowd chanting] Rocky! Rocky!
[Lawler] Oh, look!
-[Jim] Shane McMahon slapping The Rock! -What?
[Jim] Benoit ripping and tearing at The Rock with a Crossface.
[Lawler] Look at Shane.
[Jim] The Rabid Wolverine has got the Crossface locked on The Rock.
[Lawler] Oh. Watch it, Shane. Watch your ribs.
Look at Shane. Even with that punctured lung and broken ribs.
-[Jim] Shane McMahon slapping The Rock. -Whoa!
[Jim] And now taking out these referees.
[Lawler] He's The Giant Killer.
[Jim] Shane McMahon taking out the referees,
and now he's got a steel chair.
But The Rock is clipped in a Crossface,
longer than any human being has ever been before.
[Lawler] No help for The Rock! None whatsoever.
What's he gonna do?
[Jim] Look at Benoit's face.
[Lawler] Benoit may rip Rock's head off.
[Jim] The Rock's shoulder, his neck.
[Lawler] And look out, Shane, they're trying to jump you from behind.
[Jim] And look at Benoit! He just nailed Sgt. Slaughter.
And right back on the Crossface.
[Lawler] Gosh.
[Jim] Benoit is-- He is rabid.
Benoit has snapped here.
[Lawler] Rock is helpless. He can't do anything.
[Jim] And Benoit. My god, he's gonna rip The Rock apart.
[Lawler] Look at Shane, getting a shot in.
[Jim] Shane McMahon with a steel chair, with The Rock helpless.
[Jim] The Rock-- You can hear The Rock.
[Jim] God almighty, how is he even conscious?
[Jim] Benoit is continuing to rip and tear.
[Lawler] I tell you, this is bad. Rock may not be conscious.
[Jim] Oh, Shane McMahon just nailed Sgt. Slaughter
with the steel chair.
-[Lawler] Oh, god. -My god, we gotta have some help.
[Jim] Look at Shane drive that chair into the shoulder of The Rock.
[Lawler] I think The Rock's completely out.
[Jim] Oh The Rock is-- He's gonna be out.
The Rock is hurt.
-[Jim] My god! Here comes Mick Foley. -Uh-oh.
[Jim] The commissioner.
[Lawler] Watch it. Watch it.
[Jim] Mick Foley coming into the ring.
But The Rock has been punished. The Rock has been tortured.
[Jim] The Rock has been clipped to the Crossface
longer than any human being ever.
[indistinct yelling]
["Whatever" playing]
[Jim] Thank god the commissioner was here.
[Jim] Thank god Mick Foley was able.
[Lawler] Yeah, but you got to know
that this is not what Mick Foley had in mind
when he made this mess.
The Rock is wasted.
[Jim] How about Shane McMahon, what do we have here?
Look at Benoit smiling.
[Jim] Or Shane McMahon and Benoit together.
[Lawler] Sure looks that way to me.
[Jim] The Rock will never ever forget The Rabid Wolverine,
and the prison of Crossface.
[Lawler] I'll never forget Shane McMahon, either.
[Jim] Are Shane McMahon and Chris Benoit together?
For The Rock's sake, they better not be. together?