[narrator] Things around here have been changing,
and like life, we've come to a crossroad,
a turning point, a new beginning.
[Ross] We begin a wild ride live tonight.
-Oh my God, it's Kevin Nash. -[Jerry] Look what he did here.
[Linda] The new co-general manager of Raw.
[narrator] We've come to a place where decisions must be made,
where actions will affect all who are around us.
But of course, with change comes opposition.
[Jericho] Never, ever underestimate Chris Jericho.
[narrator] And those who fear what they might not rule.
[Triple H] You do not want to run up against me.
[narrator] Those who are afraid of what they cannot control.
[Eric] You and I are co-general managers.
The emphasis is on "co."
[narrator] Can the foundation of all which we believe
withstand the turn of the tides?
[Scott Steiner] Let's stop wasting time.
I say let's do this right now.
[Nash] I'm still standing, you're a dead man.
[Stone Cold] I am trying extremely hard not to lose my temper.
[narrator] It is impossible to halt progress.
An Insurrextion is taking place.
This change is upon us…
[Stone Cold] Well, we can settle this like men.
[narrator] …and sometimes change is good.
[eerie music playing]
[wolf howling]
[narrator] And now, Austin and Bischoff present Insurrextion.
-[explosions] -[rock music playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] We welcome you, ladies and gentlemen, to Newcastle.
The Telewest Arena is sold out
as we welcome you live on Sky Box Office
to WWE Insurrextion.
I'm Jim Ross, alongside Jerry "The King" Lawler.
And, King, I just got a feeling
tonight is gonna be one hellacious ride.
[Jerry] Oh, what a night this is gonna be, J.R.
Oh, and what a way to kick it off. Whoo-hoo! Puppies!
-["Time to Rock & Roll" playing] -♪ This time I'm in control ♪
♪ Right now I own the streets ♪
♪ I got the keys to the city That's 'cause I get down ♪
♪ Time to rock and roll ♪
♪ This time I'm in control ♪
[bell rings]
[Howard] The following contest
scheduled for one fall is for the Women's Championship.
Introducing first, the challenger from Toronto, Canada,
Trish Stratus!
[Jerry] Well, J.R., I don't know if those puppies are outside
trying to get in or inside trying to get out.
Look!
[Ross] The bodacious and buxom challenger,
Trish Stratus, will challenge Jazz
for the WWE Women's Championship one-on-one
as we kick off Insurrextion here tonight in Newcastle.
["Smooth" playing]
[Howard] Accompanied by Theodore Long
from New Orleans, Louisiana,
the Women's Champion, Jazz.
[Ross] Well, if Jazz is anything like Lennox Lewis, a tough competitor,
I guess that makes Theodore Long the Don King of the WWE.
[Jerry] That's a scary thought, isn't it?
There she is, Jazz. In her own words, "The bitch is back."
[Ross] Trish Stratus has been waiting a long time for this night,
for this opportunity to regain the WWE Women's Championship,
but as we all know that have followed the saga
on Raw every Friday night on Sky Sports One,
it isn't going to be easy.
-[Jerry] Uh-oh, uh-oh. -[Theodore] Now, let me tell everybody
-just how this is done, you feel me? -[crowd booing]
[Jerry] Theodore wants to speak.
Take a look at the baddest Women's Champion
in the history of the WWE, you feel me?
-[crowd booing] -[Ross] He might be right.
So right now, I want everybody to stand up
and give the bitch is Black,
the ladies world champion right here, Jazz, a standing ovation.
-How about that? -[crowd booing]
[Jerry] Standing ovation?
Have we got to get up?
[Ross] Nobody else is. I don't know why we should.
Teddy Long dapperly attired tonight.
He is a dapper yapper to say the least.
-[Jerry] Yes, he is. -[bell rings]
[Ross] Referee Charles Robinson has been assigned this
Women's Championship matchup,
and again, a match that Trish Stratus has looked forward to.
[Jerry] And I always look forward
to any match that Trish Stratus is involved in.
Oh, look out here.
[Ross] You just hope her top breaks loose, and--
[Jerry] Hey, hey, wait a minute now.
-[Ross] Well, it could happen. -[Jerry] It could happen, yes.
[Ross] We're live. Anything can happen when we're live.
[Jerry] And I really admire her wrestling skills and her technique.
What you got, Trish?
-[Ross] I can't hardly believe you-- -[Jerry] And her puppies.
-[Ross] Ah, there you go. -[Jerry] Okay.
[Ross] Collar-and-elbow tie-up by Jazz and Stratus,
and Jazz with the advantage side headlock.
Huge night tonight, the World's Heavyweight Championship
will be decided tonight when the seven foot, 300 pounds--
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] Uh-oh. Oh, look out. A near-fall.
Kevin Nash challenges the World Champion, Triple H.
Shawn Michaels will be in Nash's corner.
Ric Flair will be in The Game's corner.
That is an explosive main event that we will bring to you live tonight.
[Jerry] What a night this is gonna be.
Oh, there we go.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Nice waist lock takedown by Trish Stratus.
-Again, the challenger, and the-- -One--
[Ross] Oh, a near-fall on the WWE Women's Champion,
title on the line here tonight.
-[Jerry] Look out. -[Ross] Hiplock takeover.
Trish right now outwrestling Jazz in the early going.
-[Jerry] Get her! -[Ross] Victory roll,
oh, and a near-fall by Trish.
[Jerry] Have I ever told you I love a victory roll?
I've tried those occasionally.
[Ross] Do you like gladiator movies?
-[Jerry] What? -[Ross] Never mind.
Trish sent for the ride.
[Jerry] Oh!
[Ross] The elusive challenger with the knockdown!
Hook to the leg, could be--
Oh, no, Jazz still too tough, too resilient.
And Trish with a dropkick, going for another pinfall.
Trish has got to pin or make Jazz submit to win the Women's title here.
A disqualification or count-out will not take Trish
to the proverbial pay window with the Women's title.
-[Ross] Ow. -[crowd exclaiming]
[Ross] Wow, right across the pecs.
[Jerry] The what?
-[Ross] Chest. -[Jerry] Oh, puppies. Hey, look.
[Ross] Behind the referee's back.
-[Jerry] Oh, come on. -[Ross] Theodore Long with that trip.
[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] And that certainly gives the door open there
for Jazz now to regain the offensive advantage.
Thanks to the outside interference
that went undetected by the referee.
[Jerry] And Theodore Long really proud of himself there.
What kind of Women's Champion--
If she's supposed to be the baddest Women Champion,
why does she need Theodore Long's help?
[Ross] That's a good question.
We should reel Theodore Long and ask him those questions someday.
[Jerry] Oh, watch out.
[Ross] Nice elevation,
and a cover by Jazz, lateral press.
Did not neutralize the leg of our Trish.
She's got-- Did you notice that Trish has got great leg strength?
-[Jerry] Oh. -Let go of her hair.
[Jerry] I don't know about the strength,
-but I know she's got great legs. -[Ross] Oh, wow. Look at this.
Oh, that's a brutal forearm smash
right across the face.
[Jerry] I'll tell you, J.R., the women's division here in the WWE is just--
the pace, the intensity of it has just picked up tremendously.
And these two-- these two young ladies right here have just epitomized that,
especially Jazz, she is-- she's relentless in there.
-[Theodore] Come on, you got her. -[Ross] We, uh, sold out tickets.
Sold out the first day they went on sale here in Newcastle.
And this is a non-smoking…
-[Jerry] Oh my God. -[Ross] …facility by the way,
but the pyro is still layering like a little fog.
[Jerry] Well, they're used to fog here in Great Britain.
[Ross] And rain.
But it's been a beautiful day here today in Newcastle,
we met some great fans as--
Jazz with that reverse chin-lock shirking Trish down to the canvas.
A raucous crowd like we always find here in the United Kingdom
and we're so thankful for the great fans for joining us,
-not only here in Newcastle… -I got Trish.
[Ross] …but at home on Sky Box Office as well.
[Theodore] That's right.
You got her, Jazz. You got her.
[Jerry] Words of wisdom there
and words of encouragement from Theodore Long.
[Ross] Theodore Long, what a motivator.
Next thing you know, he'll be giving motivational speeches
to Manchester United. Spare me.
[Jerry] Oh, look at this.
[Ross] Oh, look at this. Lou Thesz Press by Trish,
and a fist right to the face of the champion.
And now the challenger for the Women's title
starting to build a little--
ooh, I thought she was starting to build a little offensive momentum.
[Jerry] Look at her!
[Ross] Oh, nobody there.
There's a rollup.
And another near-fall by Trish,
but another knockdown yet again
by the resilient and double-tough Women's Champion.
[Jerry] And she just got a mean streak too, J.R.
There's nothing nice about Jazz.
Have you ever tried to just actually talk to her?
[Ross] I don't think I have had the courage
to start up a conversation with that woman.
[Jerry] Oh. Don't waste your time. Oh no!
[Ross] Trish hung up on that second rope
and Jazz certainly thinks she is in full control now
in the proverbial driver seat.
[Jerry] Even in school, Jazz's teacher said
that she didn't play well with others.
[crowd member] Come on, Trish!
[Ross] You've really done your research for this event, haven't you?
[Jerry] Yes.
[crowd exclaiming]
[Ross] Hard shot right across the chest again
and those stinging blows
inflicting the pain on the challenger.
Trish was a proud Women's Champion.
Nice suplex.
-Rolled over. -[Jerry] Uh-oh.
[Ross] Another lateral press and yet another near-fall
by the rather boisterous and somewhat arrogant…
[Jerry] Somewhat intimidating too, Jazz is.
[Ross] I don't think Jazz has ever been-- spent too much time in the kitchen.
[Jerry] No.
[Ross] She doesn't look like a homemaker type to me.
-[Jerry] No. -[Ross] Leg lace takedown by Jazz
taking down Trish Stratus.
And now Jazz-- look at her leg, Boston crab.
A submission move putting great pressure on the lower back of Trish
who's trying desperately to keep herself in this title match.
[Jerry] Get to the ropes, Trish, you got to get to the ropes.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Oh, she's so close but…
is she gonna make it?
Just a couple of inches, yes!
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] And that's one occasion
where a couple of inches did her all the good in the world,
being able to reach out and grab that bottom rope.
Look at this choke by this very aggressive Women's Champion.
Come on, get off the choke.
Get off the choke.
[Theodore] Don't shove her down like that.
[Ross] Charles Robinson got his hands full here.
I don't envy the referee in this match.
[Jerry] I'd like to have my hands full in this match.
-Oh, look! -[Ross] Oh, nice move.
Trish buying herself a little bit of time with that neckbreaker.
Trish almost came out of her top there.
And wouldn't that be a tragedy?
[Jerry] Yeah. My eyeballs almost came out of their sockets. I saw that.
[Ross] Now, Trish got a ten-count to use here.
If the referee gets to ten, this match is over,
and Jazz retains the title.
[Jerry] Now look at Teddy Long.
[crowd] …eight…
[Jerry] Come on, Trish.
[Ross] Long's attire looks like a seat cover
from a '58 Plymouth.
-[Jerry grunts] -[Ross] Shot to the rib by Jazz.
Blocked by Trish and Trish has got a great heart.
And she will fight you. She won't quit.
As tough as she is beautiful,
-is Trish Stratus on this-- Oh, boy. -[Jerry] Oh no. Oh, boy.
[Ross] Full head of steam and that is-- Boy,
Jazz put on the brakes for Trish, foot to the face.
[Jerry] Look at Trish now. Look at this.
Yes!
[Ross] There's that leg strength we were talking about earlier,
this could be it.
It could-- Oh no!
I thought we were gonna have a new champion right there.
[Jerry] Come on, Trish, we're counting on you.
Oh, look at this, Matrix Reloaded Chick Kick!
[Ross] Chick Kick. Chick Kick.
[speaks indistinctly] …oh my God.
-How close was that? -[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Ross] And Theodore Long got so scared, he almost grew hair.
[Jerry laughs] I don't think--
I don't think Theodore Long has seen the Matrix Reloaded yet.
He said there's too many white people in it.
Oh, look at this.
[Ross] Trish tried that Stratusfaction,
-and it got-- Oh! -[Jerry] Go on, Trish!
-So close. -[Ross] And that was another near-fall.
This one's going back and forth, seesaw battle
here tonight live from Newcastle.
Thanks for being with us, folks, on Sky Box Office.
[Jerry] Trish went for another Chick Kick but it was blocked by Jazz.
Oh, no, this is bad.
This is gonna be bad, Trish.
[Ross] Jazz putting Trish back in that Boston crab.
-Trish's leg strength. -[Jerry] There it is again.
[Ross] She had enough, but there's a rollup,
and neither lady can maintain the control they needed
on that exchange of offensive moves.
And now Trish wants to give Jazz a taste of the champion's own medicine.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] This may be it, J.R., Trish has got it.
-[Ross] Oh, wait. -[Jerry] Oh, this is even better.
[Ross] And Jazz's own STF,
the step over into the crossface.
Another painful submission move here.
[Jerry] How does that feel, Jazz?
How does-- Hey,
what the hell is this, J.R.?
[Ross] Wait a damn minute, there's Victoria,
the former champion, that vixen.
[Jerry] She came running down the ring, two referees in tow.
-Hey, hey, hey, hey. -[Ross] Hey, wait a minute.
-[Jerry] Hey, ref. -[Ross] Come on, ref.
Theodore Long.
-[Jerry] Oh! -[Ross] Oh, my goodness. Long just…
went behind the referee's back, just threw Trish shoulder-first
into that steel ring post.
-Trish's shoulder may be separated. -[Jerry] No, no, no.
-[bell rings] -[Ross] And that's how Jazz wins it.
-["Smooth" playing] -[crowd booing]
[Ross] Well, that is not fair.
[Howard] The winner of this bout and still Women's Champion,
Jazz!
[Ross] Well, that idiot Victoria, who needs mental help badly,
allowed Teddy Long,
and I'm sure one had nothing to do with the other,
but Long took advantage of the situation.
[Jerry] Yeah, ever the opportunist.
Just check this out one more time.
Victoria comes down.
Obviously just trying to stick her nose into Trish's business here,
but then Teddy Long has the opportunity, to jump in the ring, and look at this.
Oh my gosh.
Slamming Trish's shoulder right into that ring post.
I-- The audacity of Theodore Long,
how dare him put his hands,
how dare him put his hands on Trish?
-I don't like him one bit. -He's a jerk.
He is a jerk.
Well, ladies and gentlemen, coming up momentarily,
a matchup for the Intercontinental Championship
and what a great crowd we have here tonight
and what a great Intercontinental title match this is going to be,
the new champion, defending against Booker T.
Oh, I'm telling you, this could be-- I feel it.
This is Booker T's best opportunity yet to become a champ.
And it all started at Judgment Day, the Battle Royal.
-[Jerry] Look out. -[Ross] Oh, look out.
-Oh, the dropkick. -[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Ross] And that's it, that's it,
Booker T has become the Intercontinental Champion.
What the hell is Christian doing?
-[Jerry] Oh! Look at this. -[Ross] Oh, God!
Oh, what a cheap, heinous shot that was.
Booker T knocked down with that new Intercontinental title belt
What the hell is the meaning of this?
Christian has been eliminated. Booker T is the new champion.
[Jerry] Wait a minute. The referee is calling for the belt.
[Ross] Wait a minute. How in the hell can that be?
Christian doesn't deserve to be the Intercontinental Champion
the way he won this match.
[Christian] I am a new man.
You can see I am the new Intercontinental Champion.
Let me give you a guess,
Booker T is going to take that Intercontinental Championship.
Booker T is a good kid.
He's got a big future in front of him
but he's just not championship material.
See, what you got is a title loss.
Oh, yeah, all courtesy, but the check cash.
Sucka trash, never loony, spinaroonie, slammin', jammin',
future first time Intercontinental Champion.
[Ross] Booker T, the man that was screwed out
of the Intercontinental title at Judgment Day.
[Jerry] What is he doing out here now?
[Ross] Booker T is on fire here.
Booker T knows he was wronged.
There's no doubt in my mind what's on the mind of Booker T,
and that's getting in the ring some place, some time with Christian
and becoming the Intercontinental Champion.
Now, can you dig that, sucka?
♪ Can you dig it, sucka? ♪
["Rap Sheet" playing]
♪ Can you dig it, sucka? ♪
[bell ringing]
[Howard] The following contest scheduled for one fall
is for the Intercontinental Championship.
Introducing first, the challenger from Houston, Texas,
weighing 256 pounds, Booker T!
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Booker T from Houston, Texas in the USA,
the site of Bad Blood that you can join us on
on Sky Sports One as it happens
a week from tomorrow night, Sunday June 15th.
And Booker T has one thing, King, and that's all on his mind tonight,
leave the beautiful United Kingdom with Intercontinental gold.
[Jerry] Well, I'm sure that sucker would like to do that,
but there's only one thing standing in his way, and that thing is Christian.
-["At Last" playing] -♪ Christian ♪
♪ Christian ♪
♪ At last ♪
[Howard] From Toronto, Canada, weighing 225 pounds,
the Intercontinental Champion, Christian.
[Ross] Well, Christian was lucky at Judgment Day to win the Battle Royal.
You saw how he did that.
The title should be around Booker T's waist as we speak.
And in the last two weeks on Raw, Christian has lost.
[Jerry] So are you saying-- is that like, you're saying that's an omen or something?
[Ross] I'm saying he's not on a winning streak.
And Booker T is hot.
This could be the last time we see Christian step into the ring
as the Intercontinental Champion.
[Jerry] I know there'd be a lot of disappointed fans here
not only in Newcastle but in the entire United Kingdom.
They love Christian over here.
[Ross] They do?
[Jerry] Look at the fans. Look at them.
[Ross] Those one-fingered salutes?
[Jerry] Oh.
Yeah, next time you wave, use all your fingers.
[Ross] Christian, a new look.
-He said he got a $700 haircut. -[Jerry] Hmm.
[Ross] I don't know how many pounds that is.
I don't have my conversion chart
-in front of me. -[Jerry] It's a lot of-- a lot of pounds.
[Ross] If you believe it.
I think he got his haircut at barber college.
[Jerry] He's not-- No, come on, J.R. He's not-- Where do you go? Supercuts?
[Ross] Well, I used to.
-[Jerry] They got too expensive. -[Ross] My neighbor does it now.
[Jerry] And what about-- what about Booker T's hair?
My cat has coughed up better looking hair than that, J.R.
What is that? What would that be?
I once said it looked like a porcupine crawled up on his head and died.
[Ross] I think those are called dreadlocks.
-[Jerry] Dreadlocks. I see. -[Ross] I think so.
[Jerry] That's what they wear in his neighborhood down in Houston.
[Ross] Christian kissing the belt. He probably sleeps with it.
That's probably the only thing he can get to sleep with him.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] Hey, hey, hey, hey.
Christian's a nice looking young man, look at him.
He's so proud of that Intercontinental title.
I can't blame him.
[crowd chanting indistinctly]
[Ross] He's the only adult man I know that still has--
[Jerry] What is-- Wait a minute. What is Booker T doing?
[Ross] …that has pimples.
Booker T just letting everybody know how it's gonna feel
when he leaves here with that gold, at least that's what he hopes.
[Jerry] Yeah, we can dig that, sucka.
[Ross] Tag titles on the line tonight as well.
The World Heavyweight title match.
Kevin Nash challenging The Game tonight.
This is our second match and our second championship.
[Jerry] What are these fans here saying about Christian?
-[Ross] Probably he sucks. I don't know. -[Jerry] What? Hey, hey, come on.
[Ross] Well, I'm--
[Jerry] He's your Intercontinental Champion.
[Ross] Well, he's the Intercontinental Champion.
I don't wanna go as far to say he's my Intercontinental Champion.
[Jerry] I know, you're a big Booker T fan.
[Ross] Booker T, the youngest of seven children,
raised in a single-parent family
in a real rough neighborhood of Houston, Texas.
[Jerry] I'll tell you, you know it's a tough neighborhood
when you see nine police cars on the block and there's no doughnut shop.
[Ross] Arm drag takedown by Christian, nice move.
Certainly no one can say that Christian is not a great athlete
and no one can say he may not end up
being a long term Intercontinental Champion.
[Jerry] And you know what I like about Christian?
-[Ross] What the heck could that be? -[Jerry] He's never been to prison.
[laughs]
Can you say that for, uh, sucker over there?
[Ross] Well, Booker T made a mistake as a young man.
He was incarcerated for quite some time.
He's paid his dues, paid his penitence,
and he's changed his life.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Well, good for him.
What he-- What kind of family was that, a single mother or a single parent?
[Ross] A single parent, you know, his mom raised seven kids by herself.
[Jerry] He had a grandmother though.
I heard his grandmother knitted him a bulletproof sweater.
[Ross] You didn't hear that. You just made that up.
[Jerry] Oh, I--
[Ross] Side headlock by Booker T and Booker T shot to the far side,
and a hard knockdown by Booker T with a shoulder block.
Booker T a five-time former WCW Champion.
[Jerry] Oh, my.
[Ross] Booker T feigned the reverse of the hip--
-[Jerry] Look out! -[Ross] The hiplock.
Came back with a clothesline, scoop slam.
-And a real big time clothesline. -[Jerry] Okay, okay.
Ease up there, Booker T.
[Ross] If this match were to end right now,
Booker T would be miles ahead on points.
[Jerry] I think he should be flagged for unnecessary roughness.
[Ross] Yellow carded maybe, red carded, that's when you're out of there.
Christian, what's he gonna do now?
-[Jerry] Oh, I don't blame him. -[Ross] Gonna go home?
-Gonna go change your diaper? -[Jerry] It's a long flight.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Booker T not getting out of his game, being patient.
I guess, Christian trying to buy himself a little time and clear those cobwebs.
That might not have been the most honorable thing to do for Christian
but it was a pretty wise move strategically to--
[Jerry] That's because he's a champion, J.R.
That's just the little things that champions
think about doing-- Oh, look at this.
Christian bought himself that R&R time, a little rest, a little recuperation.
Now look at him go.
[Ross] Christian now has Booker T down and wants to keep him there.
Booker T with more experience, more strength and size
than does the new Intercontinental Champion,
but certainly Christian may be more resourceful
than any Intercontinental Champion I can remember in a long time.
[Jerry] That's right. You know size is not that important.
You've been preaching that for years.
[Ross] Reverse elbow.
[Jerry] Uh-oh.
[Ross] When did you last talk to my wife?
How dare you?
You must have seen me swimming naked when the water was cold.
[Jerry] What? There was some shrinkage, right?
[Ross] Side headlock by Booker T.
Right across that-- across those cauliflower ears,
and he crimp up that ear and he squeezed it
and breaks that cartilage in there and they look like cauliflower.
[Jerry] Yeah, Booker T has got a cauliflower face.
[Ross] Booker T holding on that side headlock.
-[Jerry] Oh, here we go. -[Ross] Good strategy.
-[Jerry] Oh no. -[Ross] And Booker T
pugnacious and tenacious.
And referee Jack Doan
looking for a three-count,
found two in that exchange.
[Jerry] I think Christian's--
I hope-- I hope he hasn't underestimated Booker T here but--
[Doan] Okay, okay. Let's go. Break it, guys. Come on.
Out of there, Christian. One, two, three, four.
[Jerry] Christian sort of being manhandled.
Clean break, guys. Clean.
[Jerry] Oh, man! Did you hear that?
[Ross] Christian tried that little cheap shot,
got blocked, and paid for it.
Oh, that was a--
[Jerry] That was a good move by Christian.
[Ross] Christian made a U-turn.
-[Jerry] Timeout. Timeout. -[Ross] Or shall we say a turnabout?
[Jerry] Yeah, we got a timeout here.
-[Ross] Ain't no timeouts, King. -[Jerry] Booker, it's timeout.
[Ross] There's no timeout.
-[Jerry] Christian called timeout. -[Ross] There's no crying in baseball.
There's no timeouts in wrestling.
[Jerry] They don't even have baseball in the United Kingdom.
[Ross] And look at this. Of course they do. Look at this.
Look at Christian hiding behind the referee.
[Jerry] They don't have baseball over here, do they?
[Ross] I don't know why they wouldn't.
[Jerry] They have cricket.
[Ross] Well, they should have.
[Jerry] Uh-oh, this is bad.
Oh no! Oh!
[Ross] Are there timeouts in cricket? You wouldn't know.
And the rollup, Booker T-- Oh, boy.
Booker T got a long two-count in that rollup.
[Jerry] Don't underestimate me, J.R. I was quite the cricket player.
[Ross] Oh, I know you always wanted to play with your wicket,
but that was another issue.
At least you got over-- Hard chop.
-Man, just-- another right hand. -[Jerry] Oh my gosh.
[Ross] Booker T just owning, he is just manhandling
the Intercontinental Champion thus far.
[Jerry] Oh, look out.
[Ross] Christian just can't find the mark.
-[Jerry screams] -[Ross] High back body drop.
Booker T now, hooking the far leg, and, oh, Booker T.
And look at Christian rolling out of bounds.
[Jerry] Now, can he have a timeout?
-Oh, there you go. -[Ross] Oh. Thumb right to the eye.
[Jerry] That's a good a move.
[Ross] Not real scientific and then a reverse hangman
after the thumb to the eye,
and Christian again has bought himself a little bit of time
from this whirling dervish known as Booker T.
[Jerry] Whirling dervish?
Oh, good kick.
[Ross] I'm not sure I've ever seen a real whirling dervish.
[crowd booing]
[Ross] This crowd doesn't like Christian, as you can hear the fans, whatsoever.
He is not exactly the role model that I think most in the WWE would espouse
the Intercontinental Champion to be.
Of course that's just my opinion, I could be wrong.
[Jerry] I think they're proud of Christian everywhere.
-You know, we were in-- -[crowd] Christian sucks!
Christian sucks!
[Jerry] We were in Nottingham last night, they loved Christian there.
[Ross] I didn't notice that.
Reversal again, and Christian caught in the air,
nice dropkick, catches Booker T on the jaw.
He may-- oh, he may-- I thought he had it.
[Jerry] You didn't notice all the peeps that were for Christian,
you know, Robin Hood, he had his peeps too and Christian had--
well, he's got his peeps here tonight.
[Ross] Robin Hood, Friar Tuck, and Little John.
[Jerry] Maid Marian. Whoo.
She had some puppies.
[Ross] Maid Marian had some puppies.
Boy, you have really done your research here tonight.
[Jerry] You can't come to England
without knowing everything about the country.
[Ross] Booker T now has all that-- had all that offense
and now has found himself in a very disadvantageous situation.
[Jerry] Precarious to say the least, I think--
Christian could definitely-- keep the pressure on there, Christian.
I think Booker may tap out. Look at his arms, they're about to tap.
He's just about to tap.
[Ross] And Booker T is getting himself and these fans right back in it.
Booker T in trouble but he's fighting out of it.
Booker T back to a vertical base, goes downstairs.
Booker T calls a separation and now Booker T--
Irish whip reversed by the champion. Oh, no, he lowered his head!
-And-- Oh. -[Jerry laughs] Beautiful.
[Ross] Booker T got…
[Jerry] Beautiful.
[Ross] …probably one of those-- one of those fraying kicks that we--
[Jerry] Can we see that again? I would love to see that again.
The brilliance of Christian, the cat-like quickness.
No, we can-- we can see it again.
Watch this move! Oh, duck.
Oh.
I think Booker T landed right on his head.
[Ross] Booker T straddled that, uh, top rope
and I don't know if it's gonna cause any bruising.
I'm not ever gonna know but in any event, Booker T is hurting.
He had hung up on that top rope
and Christian now, let's see if Christian can be the Intercontinental Champion
he says he's gonna be,
and take advantage of that one mistake by Booker T.
One, two, thr--
[Ross] Another near-fall.
[Jerry] Come on, Christian, you got to do it for your--
well, I started to say peeps,
but you know Christian calls them his Euro peeps.
-[Ross] Euro peeps? -[Jerry] Yeah. He got Euro peeps here.
They're clapping for Christian now.
The Euro peeps are on their feet.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Christian using that knee as a post into the spine of Booker T,
hammering and clubbing away on that back,
focusing on the back now is Christian on his challenger
as we are seeing the Intercontinental title on the line.
-[Jerry] Oh no. -[Ross] Nobody there, drop kick.
The rollup by Booker T and, oh, boy that was close.
[Jerry] Christian got a little too aggressive there
and almost cost himself.
[Ross] Handful of dreadlocks.
-And look at this choke. -[Jerry] Handful of throat now.
[Ross] See, Christian doesn't care to get disqualified.
He doesn't care if he gets counted out
because he will still retain the Intercontinental title.
[Jerry] Of course.
[Ross] That's what we've called over the years
the championship advantage.
The champion's got to lose by pinfall or submission to lose the championship.
[Jerry] I think right now, Booker T is considering just throwing in the towel.
-[Ross] I don't-- -[Jerry] He's hurting.
He's in bad-- Oh, oh, watch it. No, nostrils.
[Ross] King, I just can't imagine for the life of me
Booker T ever quitting on anything.
If he didn't quit as a young man the way he was raised,
I just don't think he's ever gonna quit in his life.
[Jerry] Wow, look, he's stretched Booker T's nostrils out
with his fingers there.
[Ross] Christian, again, using that right knee as a post
into the spine of Booker T, perfect position,
pulling back on that reverse chin lock.
[Jerry] Now, what's Booker T doing?
[Ross] Uh-oh, five-time Booker, five-time WCW Champion,
but he could be the one-time Intercontinental Champion tonight.
[crowd jeering]
[Jerry] Nice shot.
[Ross] Good forearm shivers, forearm shots by Christian.
[Jerry] Oh, a big reversal, come on. Oh, man.
J.R., you just don't give Christian enough credit.
-[Ross] Oh, he's a great athlete. -[Jerry] Yeah, he's good.
[Ross] He's very good.
-[Jerry] Look out! Oh no. -[Ross] Oh, Booker T.
That could be it. It could be it, Booker.
You got to go for the cover here.
[Jerry] Booker caught Christian right in midair
with that huge foot to the face.
[Ross] Booker T addled.
-[Jerry] So is Christian. -[Ross] And man, Booker T,
even though that almost took Christian's head off,
big break for Christian that Booker T was not able to capitalize.
[Jerry] And Christian, I don't think he realizes where he is.
You're in Newcastle, you're defending your title.
[Ross] Both men are up at nine.
This match will continue for the Intercontinental Championship.
[Jerry] Oh, what a shot.
[Ross] Heck of a match we got going here, I'll tell you that.
Another Booker T comeback, knife edge chops.
-[Jerry] Oh! -[Ross] Booker T, flying forearm,
the challenger is building the momentum here.
Side slam. Near hook to the leg,
he's got-- Oh, boy, the referee's hand was coming down
for the third and final count.
[Jerry] Things are looking real bad for Christian right now.
Oh, even worse now.
[Ross] Almost-- Christian almost beheaded,
a hook and another near-fall.
Booker T seems to be back in the driver seat,
seems to be building momentum in his quest to become the Intercontinental Champion.
[Jerry] Oh, look at this, grab those dreadlocks.
[Ross] Then going back to work on that back
-was Christian. -[Jerry] Oh no.
[Ross] Another back body drop, nice elevation by Booker T.
Christian's trying to stay near the ropes.
Oh, this is bad now.
[Jerry] Uh-oh. I think Booker T feels it.
I'm afraid Christian got-- no, here's the reversal.
Oh no!
[Ross] Booker T, the Jack Brisco rollup, and he-- Oh, got a near-fall.
[Jerry] That was like two and three-quarters
or seven-eighths or something.
Uh-oh.
[Ross] Booker T looking for that Book End,
and Christian knows that and has that well scouted,
-fought out of it. -[Jerry] Oh!
[Ross] Booker T looking for the kick again.
-[Jerry] There you go. -[Ross] That fell out for Booker T.
Christian now quickly to make a cover,
a hook to the far leg and he got a near-fall,
did the Intercontinental Champion.
[Jerry] Don't get frustrated, stay focused, keep your cool.
[Ross] Change his diaper before this night is over.
[Jerry] His diaper? Talking about Christian?
[Ross] He's acting like a baby.
[Jerry] Well, he thinks that by now, he should have won this thing.
That's a tough sucker in there, Christian. Oh no!
[Ross] Inside cradle, the inside cradle-- Oh my goodness.
And yet another near-fall.
This match going back and forth, back and forth.
-[Jerry] Oh! -[Ross] It's a flapjack.
It's a flapjack. Uh-oh.
-[crowd cheering] -[Ross] Oh, wait a minute.
-[Jerry] This ain't no flapjack. -[Ross] I feel something.
[Jerry] That's probably just gas. But I think Booker T feels something.
He's seeing it, five-time, five-time,
a Newcastle Spinaroonie.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Christian, look out.
[Ross] Spinaroonie Insurrextion-style.
Uh-oh, Christian tried to dispose of Booker T, but to no avail.
Oh.
[Jerry] Oh, no, you got to be kidding!
[Ross] Scissors kick from the outside!
[crowd exclaiming]
[Ross] Christian fell right back and nailed the referee in the face.
May have-- May have got the referee in the eye, I'm not sure.
Booker T now going up to the top.
[Jerry] Look out, Christian, here comes a cheap shot from Booker T.
[Ross] Booker T, missile dropkick,
-should be over, there's one, two, three. -[Jerry] No, it's not, there's one.
[Ross] Booker T got a five-count, but officially only a two-count.
-What? -[Ross] And that's what counts.
[Jerry] I think the referee lost a tooth or two.
[Ross] Booker has gotta stay focused here.
[Jerry] Another scissors kick.
[Ross] Booker can't connect with his scissors kick,
reversal, nice rollup, a rollup,
wait a minute, got a near-fall.
Booker's shoulders are down. Hey, wait a minute. Wait a minute.
-[bell rings] -[Jerry] Hey.
[Ross] Christian used the ropes for leverage.
-[Jerry] Oh my gosh, he's won! -[Howard] The winner of this bout
and still Intercontinental Champion,
Christian!
[Ross] Well, if I were Christian, the first thing I'd do
is go out and buy lottery tickets
because he's got to be the luckiest man in the United Kingdom.
[Jerry] The luckiest and the most resourceful,
and the smartest, and the most ingenious.
[Ross] Booker T had this match
right in the, literally, the palm of his hand,
-a rollup-- -[Jerry] And then--
And then this happened.
Oh, what an elbow into the face of the referee,
but then watch this.
Yeah, okay, there's a little tight pulling.
One, two, three.
-[Ross] And what's that? -[Jerry] A little rope holding.
-[Ross] Christian cheating to win. -[Jerry] Hey, who's that?
[crowd cheering]
-[Jerry] Oh my gosh! -[Ross] "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
[Teddy] All right. Hurry up, get dressed, baby girl.
What's up, playa?
What are you doing here?
I was just cheering Jazz on, she had a great match out there tonight.
-Did you see the match? -Yeah. I saw the match.
-Right. Great performance. -Yeah. Great performance.
-And you're cheering her on? -Yes, sir.
I think you're doing more than just cheering her on.
-Uh, what are you trying to say? -What are you trying to say?
-You're asking me what I'm trying to say? -What are you trying to say, man?
I saw you interfere. You cheated. That's the only reason she's a damn champ.
You're pathetic. You didn't think I was gonna see that? It's on TV.
Am I blind? Am I deaf? Am I dumb? Am I stupid?
I don't-- I don't quite know what you're talking about.
Now, you're calling me a liar.
Oh, not at all, Mr. Austin.
Notice I didn't call you playa.
Yeah. I like it.
But you know what, and I've been thinking about this,
because I saw the way you interfered in her match
and really that's the only reason why she's a champion
because she should have been beaten and it was your fault.
And I can understand your will to win and that you're motivated by success
and you've got another match that you're gonna be involved in later
because, you know, there is a match later on tonight,
it's The Dudley Boyz versus your men, Rodney Mack and Christopher Nowinski.
Now, seeing as you're a hands-on kind of guy, a great manager,
-and like to do the right thing-- -I appreciate that.
I knew that you would.
And you're always talking about how the man is trying to keep you down,
how the man is trying to keep Rodney Mack down,
-how the man is trying to keep Jazz down. -Well, it's true.
Well, since I am the man, I'm not gonna let that happen anymore.
So what I'm gonna do, in that tag match--
-Hey, man. -In that tag match,
I'm gonna add a couple of ingredients with The Dudley Boyz,
I'm gonna throw in their little brother, Spike.
I wanna turn this thing into a six-man.
So you're probably thinking, "Okay, that's three,
and then you got two on your side, Rodney Mack and Christopher Nowinski."
So who's gonna be that third ingredient to make a six-man?
You know who that's gonna be?
It's gonna be Y-O-U.
You know what that spells? That spells you.
You're gonna be the third man in that side.
You like it, playa?
Mr. Austin, you don't understand.
I'm not a wrestler, okay?
I mean-- I mean, look how I'm dressed, okay?
Would you want me to go out there and be like this?
[hesitates] Hey, I'm not a wrestler, okay?
I can understand what this is.
It's another attempt. The man's trying to keep me down.
-How am I trying to keep you down? -Are you gonna do that?
-You're gonna let him? -I'm not tryna keep you down.
-I'm putting you in a match. Stupid. -I'm not a-- I'm not a wrestler.
Look, that's a-- that's a fine, fine suit.
Look at the threads.
That sumbitch must have cost you at least 19.95 at the thrift store.
-Hey-- -But that's the match.
No, no, no. No, no, no.
Dudley Boyz, Spike, Rodney Mack, Christopher Nowinski, and Theodore Long.
And you know why? You know why?
Because Stone Cold said so.
Now, turn your ass around and leave me,
because you're starting to get on my nerves and that's something
you really don't wanna do.
-All right, playa. -Thank you for your understanding.
[crowd cheering]
You got a problem with me?
[Ross] Well, ladies and gentlemen, coming up momentarily--
what a shocker for Theodore Long.
But, momentarily, the World Tag Team Championship on the line.
RVD and Kane will be challenged by La Résistance.
And, King, I'll tell you what,
it was just last night on Sky Sports One
on Raw when Kane was defeated
by René Duprée, thanks to that low blow.
And then Stone Cold came to the ring to try some unique motivation
on the Big Red Machine.
[Jerry] Yeah. I don't know if it's worked or not,
but like you said, The Rattlesnake did a little motivational speech.
Do you still want this anymore?
[crowd cheering]
Do you understand what I'm saying to you?
You just got rolled up like that, one, two, three.
That's it? That simple?
That's that easy to beat you?
That's all it takes?
Hey, where is the Kane that beat my ass
and took me to hell and back
and took my title from me in a First Blood match?
Does that son of a bitch still breathe?
[crowd cheering]
You are without a shadow of a doubt
the sorriest, weakest son of a bitch I think I've ever see--
[crowd exclaiming]
[crowd cheering]
Do it.
Do it!
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Well, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
has got a very unique way of motivating people.
I just wonder if he got Kane's attention.
It got my attention, I'll tell you.
[Jerry] Yeah, I don't know how motivated you could get by getting stunned.
["Final Force" playing]
[bell rings]
[Howard] The following contest scheduled for one fall,
it's for the World Tag Team Championship.
Introducing first the challengers, from Paris, France,
at a combined weight of 507 pounds,
Sylvain, René, La Résistance!
[Ross] These two guys look like they dressed in Elton John's closet.
Look at those-- Look at those outfits.
But they've had great individual success
against RVD and Kane.
The question is can this French team,
these two young 20-year-old kids put it together tonight
and become the World Tag Team Champions?
[Jerry] Well, these guys have not only had great individual success,
singly or as a tag, they are undefeated here in the WWE.
[speaking French]
[Jerry in English] Uh-oh. Don't say that about J.R.
You people cannot begin to believe how relieved we are to be out of America.
But, unfortunately, you English people are just as self-centered
and ignorant as all the Americans.
-[crowd booing] -[Jerry] Ignorant?
After we win the Tag Team title tonight,
we're gonna go back,
celebrate in the best country of all, France.
[crowd booing]
-["One of a Kind" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Howard] Introducing the World Tag Team Champions.
First, from Battle Creek, Michigan,
weighing 235 pounds,
Rob Van Dam!
[Ross] He is an unbelievable athlete.
Unorthodox.
Unique, to say the least.
Rob Van Dam, the man with the educated feet.
[Jerry] He's a cool dude.
[Ross] Van Dam looking for some high times
here tonight against La Résistance.
-[Jerry] Whoa. -["Slow Chemical" playing]
[Howard] Weighing 320 pounds,
Kane!
[Ross] Well, King, it's gonna be interesting to see,
after that motivational speech and Stunner
that Kane got 44 hours ago on Raw,
what kind of mood he's gonna be in here tonight.
There is no doubt that Kane can be
and has been on more occasions than not
as physically dominant as anyone that you and I have ever seen here in the WWE.
[Jerry] I'll agree with that, but obviously "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
thinks that Kane has-- no pun intended here, but lost a little bit of his fire.
[Ross] Well, I don't know that to be right or wrong,
but that's Austin's view.
[bell rings]
[Jerry] Or maybe Austin just don't like Kane, wants to Stun him.
[Ross] I don't think it's that at all.
I think Austin has a great deal of respect for Kane.
Remember, as Austin said,
Kane beat Austin one time
for the WWE title in a First Blood match.
[Jerry] I know. I usually don't like the people that beat me.
[Ross] Well, I think there is a respect factor.
They may not have Christmas dinner together, but-- Collar-and-elbow tie-up.
It is René Duprée and Rob Van Dam starting it out here.
[Jerry] You don't think they'd sit down to a good blood pudding together?
[Ross] I don't know. I don't quite think so.
[Jerry] And the La Résistance was talking about celebrating in France.
What city do you think they'd pick to celebrate in?
Probably the most obvious choice, Paris, right?
-[Ross] Gay Paree. -[Jerry] Gay--
[Ross] Arm drag takedown by Van Dam.
[Jerry] Well, these guys have said they're not only fighters, they're lovers,
and I didn't really wanna know that much about their personal lives, but--
[Ross] They'd probably go to the top of the Eiffel Tower and pop a cork.
[Jerry] Whoo-hoo!
Oh, look at this now.
Hey, dude.
-[crowd] Rob Van-- -[Jerry] Rob Van-- Oh, look at this.
[Ross] Well, we got the Van out.
Van Dam landing on his feet.
He is-- He is different, folks, and Van Dam,
he's hard to prepare for offensively because there's really nobody else
like Rob Van Dam-- Nice monkey flip.
…in the WWE.
And Duprée makes a quick tag to Sylvain Grenier.
[Jerry] Rob Van Dam tags Sylvain
with those educated feet now. Look out.
[Ross] Well, we're gonna see what kind of--
[Jerry] Mood? I think it's a foul mood.
-[Ross] Yeah. -[Jerry] Wow. Look at that shot.
[Ross] Kane, physically intimidating,
imposing his will on Sylvain Grenier,
and unless Grenier can figure out something to slow Kane down,
this one may be over early.
[Jerry] You know, you almost have a French accent, J.R., when you say Grenier.
-[Ross] Really? -[Jerry] Yeah.
[Ross] Thank you.
-[Jerry] You parlez-vous fried eggs? -[Ross] Oh.
[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] No, I don't care for any right now. Thanks. We're working.
Hard shot to the back.
And look at this.
Kane being front facelocked and held in the corner of La Résistance.
[Jerry] That's one of the things that La Résistance has been so successful--
[Ross] What the hell is this kid doing?
[crowd cheering]
-[Ross] There's a tag. -[Jerry] Lot of French footwork.
[Ross] They're a little nerdy, ain't they?
[Jerry] I don't know if nerdy is the right word.
-Look out. -[Ross] Van Dam.
There's the valedictorian of his feet.
And the salutatorian getting involved there.
Hard scoop slam by Kane.
[crowd] Rob Van Dam!
-[Ross] Got it all out that time. -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] The Van got out of the garage and went to Dam.
-[Jerry] Look at this. Look at this! -[Ross] Rolling Thunder!
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Rolling Thunder to put La Résistance under
if they're not careful.
[crowd] RVD! RVD! RVD!
[Jerry] RVD flipping and flapping all over the ring.
Now what?
Oh, you gotta be kidding me. Look out!
[Ross] Oh, Van Dam!
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] The somersault plancha picking up the seven-ten split
on those two French jackasses.
[Jerry] Hey, man, they don't have bowling here in England, do they?
-[Ross] I don't know. I would think. -[crowd] Rob Van Dam!
[Ross] They have lawn bowling.
[Jerry] Here you go.
[Ross] I played croquet yesterday with some nice guys.
Has nothing to do with this match but I just wanna throw it in.
Oh, hard DDT.
Now that was a great move.
Great move by Grenier.
Hooking that leg with the DDT and Kane knew how effective it was,
because Kane wrote that pinning combination up.
And Kane now having words with referee Chad Patton.
And if I were Chad Patton, I wouldn't have any long debates with Kane.
[Jerry] The croquet game, was that with--
you met with your fan club here in England, didn't you?
I saw two of the nicest people I've ever met.
-[Ross] Well, one of them brought a guest. -[Jerry] No way.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] René Duprée, hard elbows to back of the head.
[Jerry] Ow, wow.
[Ross] Might take Van Dam out of it now.
It looks like the strategy would be, and I think it'd be wise,
isolating Van Dam in the La Résistance corner.
And Van Dam knows that, he feels it.
-[Jerry] There's a tag. -[Ross] Tag made.
-[Jerry] I don't think Van Dam knows that. -[Ross] He will.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] About now.
[Jerry] Yeah.
[Ross] René Duprée tagging in Rob Van Dam.
There's a hook to the leg and-- No!
Oh, nice near-fall there by Sylvain Grenier.
[Jerry] Grenier.
[Ross] I had a drink of Grand Marnier one time.
That's a different thing.
[Jerry] Is it French?
[Ross] I think it is.
-Look at this choke. -[crowd chanting] We hate Frenchies!
We hate Frenchies!
[Ross] I think they're saying, "We hate Frenchies."
[Jerry] Really?
You know, Sylvain was kind of a spoiled kid growing up.
I heard he had an Evian waterbed when he was a child.
[Ross] I haven't heard. Don't doubt it.
That Evian is a product of France, you know?
[Jerry] Sure, of course.
[Ross] I don't drink it anymore.
Lateral press, hook of the far leg.
[Jerry] You don't even eat French fries anymore, do you?
[Ross] Laid off of 'em.
Look at that chokehold and a-- of course, there's a-- Grenier knows the rules.
If the referee had gotten to a five-count there,
ladies and gentlemen, we would have had a disqualification.
And, again, as we reiterated tonight,
in our third-- not a champion's really.
You can't win the titles without--
a challenge without a pinfall or submission.
[Jerry] Well, you're right. The fans here are certainly not treating
the La Résistance with much respect,
much like those French fans treated Serena Williams
in the big tennis match.
-[Ross] That's called the French Open. -[Jerry] Yeah.
They booed her so much she started crying.
Do you think La Résistance will shed any tears tonight?
[Ross] Well, I think the French showed no respect to the greatest
female tennis player in the world, of my opinion.
And look at Van Dam
brought right back to La Résistance's corner.
Smart teamwork, whether you like these two punks or not.
So far, we've called them nerds, jackasses, and punks.
[Jerry] You don't like these guys, do you?
[Ross] Not at all. Not one lick.
But they are-- I like their athletic ability.
I like their potential.
But they're rather-- Have you ever tried to talk to these guys?
They are so arrogant.
[Jerry] Well, you just don't speak French, J.R.
-It's a lovely language actually. -[Ross] Really?
[Jerry] Yeah.
If you-- If you spoke a little French,
you might be able to converse with these two young guys.
Maybe you should just hang out with them a lot.
[Ross] Well, I'm not bilingual as you are.
Van Dam close to that corner and that's not where this rookie team
wants him to be.
Enzuigiri got Duprée on the shoulder, not the head.
And Van Dam-- Oh, got so close there on that tag.
-[Jerry] Look out for the feet. Oh. -[Ross] Oh, there's the valedictorian.
-And there's the tag. -[crowd cheering]
-[Jerry] Uh-oh. -[Ross] And business is about to pick up.
[Jerry] Or be put down.
[Ross] Seven feet, 300 pounds is Kane.
Man, what a force.
What a physical force.
And maybe that pep talk from Stone Cold
last night on Raw has served to motivate…
[grunts] …Kane somewhat.
[Jerry] Yeah. He looks like he's got that aggression back.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] He's got--
He's got that spark back again.
He might spontaneously combust here if we're not careful. Look out!
[Ross] Kane off the top rope showing his agility…
-[Jerry] Oh no. -[Ross] …and athletic ability.
And now Kane may show us his power.
[Jerry] He wouldn't do this to Stone Cold last night
but he may do it to La Résistance. [exclaims]
-No! -[Ross] And from behind comes Duprée.
Referee Chad Patton having a problem
keeping both members of La Résistance out of the ring.
-They're both still in the ring. -[Jerry] Oh no. Look at this.
[Ross] Flapjack.
-[Jerry] This could do it. -[Ross] Grenier with the cover,
and Van Dam says no.
[Jerry] What do you think kind of speech
Kane would have gotten from Austin if he had lost right there?
[Ross] I'm trying to figure out who's legal. I think it's--
I think its Kane and Grenier but I'm not positive.
[Jerry] Kane is still down.
[Ross] Van Dam.
-Imagine-- -[Jerry] Oh my God!
[Ross] Wow. Oh, Van Dam just crushed himself
-on that top rope. -[Jerry] Ow.
[Ross] Second time tonight we've seen that.
[Jerry] Van Dam left holding the bag after that one.
That was tough.
[crowd jeering]
[Jerry] Kane is in a world of trouble now.
-Oh, wait a minute. -[Ross] Well, maybe not.
Kane-- Uh-oh.
[crowd cheering]
-[Jerry] Oh! -[Ross] Oh, it could be stereo.
Stereo-Chokeslam.
Has Kane just overpowered the challengers for the tag team gold?
-And there's a tag. -[Jerry] Maybe Kane is back.
[Ross] Double Chokeslam, five-star.
[Jerry] He feels froggy.
[Ross] How appropriate. A Five-Star Frog Splash.
-[crowd] One, two, three. -[Jerry] Oh!
[bell rings]
["One of a Kind" playing]
[Ross] What a matchup.
[Howard] The winners of this bout and still World Tag Team Champions,
Kane and Rob Van Dam.
[Jerry] Ordinarily, the French like frogs
but I don't think La Résistance liked that one.
[Ross] Well, I ate frog legs as a kid growing up in Oklahoma
but I've never seen any higher or more high impact from a Frog Splash.
[Jerry] Uh-oh. Look out.
-[firework explodes] -["Slow Chemical" playing]
[Ross] I think that talk from Austin did some good.
Kane Chokeslamming both challengers.
That was a difference maker.
And then Van Dam with the exclamation point.
[Jerry] Check it out. There it is. Wham.
Two Chokeslams from Hell.
-[Ross] Look at this. -[Jerry] Look at the elevation
and the hang time.
[Ross] That is some serious hang time
from the successful tag team champions.
[crowd cheering]
Goldust, we're here tonight in merry old Newcastle, England
and you're facing Rico.
What can we expect from the always unpredictable one?
[hisses]
[coughs]
You can expect the unexpected from Goldust. Always.
Everybody knows that. You know that.
Tonight, yes, I face Rico.
And I will beat the…
[makes gibberish noises]
…tallywag, tall-- talllywag. Wag, wag, wag, wag, wag, wag.
Tallywag. Tally-ho out of him, out of Rico.
Tally-ho.
And he will never forget the name of…
[inhales deeply]
[exhales]
[in deep voice] …Goldust.
[crowd cheering]
-["You Look So Good to Me" playing] -[Ross] I think Goldust needs a mint.
[Jerry laughs] Al Snow may resign
from that interview job after his first interview.
[bell rings]
[Howard] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first from Las Vegas, Nevada,
weighing 243 pounds, Rico!
[Jerry] Look at the shoulders on Rico, or is that just the cut of that suit, J.R?
[Ross] I reckon he's wearing one of Vince McMahon's old jackets.
[Jerry laughing] I think he is.
[Ross] There's something about Rico that's just not quite right.
I can't quite put my finger on it.
[Jerry] I wouldn't wanna put my finger on it,
but do you think he can be the side-borg?
-[Ross] Side-borg? -[Jerry] Yeah. Look at those--
-Look at those chops. -♪ Oh, oh ♪
♪ Oh, baby, you look… ♪
[Ross] I like the sideburns,
mutton chops.
[Jerry] Oh, he looks so good to himself.
His shoulder is strong.
["Gold-Lust" playing]
[Howard] From Hollywood, California,
weighing 260 pounds,
Goldust!
[Ross] He is The Bizarre One, to say the least.
[Jerry] He was-- He was bizarre before he got electrocuted.
Now he's even more bizarre.
[Ross] This guy makes Boy George look normal, if he's still around.
[Jerry] You see Marilyn Manson on-- I thought about--
I thought about Goldust last night when I saw Marilyn Manson on the TV.
Well, the telly, that is.
[Ross] Gotta quit watching the telly that late at night,
that Marilyn Manson will give you bad dreams,
and Goldust may give some Shattered Dreams to Rico here tonight.
[Jerry] Look at Rico. He seems so unimpressed.
-[bell rings] -[Ross] Folks, we are just
a few minutes away, I am told, from Chris Jericho's Highlight Reel.
-[Jerry] Oh, boy. -[Ross] Live, uncensored
here on pay-per-view.
-[Jerry] Oh, that'll be great. -[Ross] You may wanna let the cat out,
put the kids to bed, but that's your prerogative.
Goldust with a side headlock.
A former three-time Intercontinental Champion.
[Jerry] Why would you wanna let the cat out?
[Ross] I don't know. Six foot six,
260 pounds.
[Jerry] Very strange individual.
[Ross] A knockdown by Goldust.
Goldust, the son of the legendary
-American wrestler Dusty Rhodes. -[Jerry] Oh, look at this.
Do you think Rico is a little intimidated here?
[Ross] Somewhat like a scalded dog.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry chuckles]
[Ross] Look at Rico. He--
Rico is not showing a great deal of courage at this moment.
[Jerry] Well, you can't blame Rico, you know?
I mean, you know, like I said, after that electrocution,
Goldust is-- he may be the most unpredictable individual in the WWE.
You never know what he's gonna do.
You really never know what he's gonna say next.
[Ross] You know, Rico showing no courage.
I wonder if he's got any French blood in him.
Come on. Break it up. One…
-[Jerry] Ooh. -[Ross] Right hand. Rico couldn't connect.
And Goldust avoided that contact.
[Jerry] Wow.
-There you go. -[Ross] I'd rather not.
Hard right hand by Rico.
Rico, a martial arts expert in several different disciplines of martial arts.
-[Jerry] Look out. -[Ross] Arm drag takedown by Goldust,
putting that knee right in the face of Rico for a moment.
Can't hold him down. Rico back up to a vertical base.
[Jerry] Oh, I almost forgot, but this Goldust, he can wrestle.
[Ross] Absolutely.
I don't think he'd have gotten three-time Intercontinental Champion
without being able to wrestle.
And those educated feet of Rico, we talked about Van Dam.
Rico's feet have stayed after school apparently a time or two.
[Jerry laughs]
What does that mean?
[Ross] Rico could-- He could hide some kind of concealed object
in those sideburns.
[Jerry] Uh-oh.
[Ross] An inverted atomic drop will change your social look-- outlook.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Oh no. This is not gonna be good for Rico.
Oh, nice.
[Ross] Oh, right to the back of the head.
Rico gets Goldust, but apparently a glancing blow.
Goldust got a lateral press following the clothesline.
Back into the arm drag.
And Goldust, he needs to cinch in that armbar
if he wants to really do some damage.
He's focused on the wrist now
as he drives his knee into the bicep, that upper arm of Rico.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Senior referee Earl Hebner has drawn the task
of officiating this contest.
[Jerry] You know, J.R. I'm a little angry right now.
[Ross] Why, King?
-[Jerry] I don't know. I-- Oh! -[Ross] Oh!
I'm having such a good time out here.
[Jerry] I had a cheeseburger for lunch today and a--
[Ross] Oh, look at this cover here.
-[Jerry] Yeah. -[Ross] I had a cheeseburger.
[Jerry] Do they-- Do they still have that mad cow disease over here?
[Ross] Well, I hope not.
[Jerry] I'm feeling a little pissed off right now. I just--
-Could it be that cheeseburger? -[Ross] I hope not.
[Jerry] I don't think the cows are mad anymore.
-They're just a little solemn. -[Ross] A little angry?
-[Jerry] Yeah. A little angry. -[Ross] Cover and a near-fall.
Look at this. Rico, he's-- Rico with a--
trying to get a-- he's trying to apply a Full Nelson.
[Jerry] I think he's got it. I think he's got it.
[in British accent] He's got it.
[Ross] I'm not so sure Rico has got those hands where he wants them quite yet.
Now he does, I think.
The old Full Nelson applied by Rico.
And that's not a bad move but Goldust,
six-six, certainly has a leverage, height advantage.
[Jerry] Uh-oh.
[Ross] Goldust is one weird son of a gun, let me tell you.
If your kid brings home a Goldust lunch box…
-[Jerry] Oh, boy! -[Ross] …you might wanna
take him to a counselor, that's all I got to say.
Goldust on the outside and Rico basking in his intelligence.
[Jerry] Look at that look. He's proud of the way his face looks.
[Ross] What kind of look was that?
[Jerry] I don't know.
First time I saw him with those chops,
I didn't know if that was his face or if his pants fell down.
[crowd chatter]
[Earl] Two…
[Ross] Wow.
Goldust's head bouncing off the apron of the ring and pushed back in there.
Rico grabbing Goldust by the backside and throwing him in.
Dropping the elbow to the back of the head of The Bizarre One.
The cover.
Rico tried to use his forearm to post up Goldust's face and hold him down.
Didn't work.
[Jerry] But you gotta admit, you know, since Rico got rid of 3-Minute Warning,
he's making quite a name for himself.
[Ross] Rico has been doing very well in the States, ladies and gentlemen,
since he quit affiliate-- his affiliation with 3-Minute Warning.
[Jerry] Well, I mean, I've always wondered how long that would last.
You know, every time they won a match,
he'd have to pay him off with a side of beef.
[Jerry] Ow, what a-- Oh, wuh-oh!
[Ross] Backhand slap.
That's grounds for a duel in this country, ain't it?
[Jerry] Yes, it is.
[Ross] Oh, look at those rib shots.
Goldust couldn't get-- Goldust couldn't get his arm down to block it.
He took three clean rib shots.
[Jerry] And then went to the side of his head.
[Ross] And there's a cover.
Rico may-- Oh! Rico-- I thought Rico had it there.
Goldust found himself in the corner and he didn't cover up,
didn't have the opportunity to cover up.
-And now look at this choke. -Two, three, four!
[Ross] That is a strategic placement.
-[crowd chanting] -Hey. [speaks indistinctly]
[Jerry] Well, we talked about how weird Goldust is,
but what about his father?
His father was a little weird too, wasn't he?
[Ross] If you will.
[Jerry] Matter of fact, his whole family tree is full of nuts.
Oh my God.
[Ross] Right to the face.
And Rico now side headlock, but Goldust's shoulders are down.
And Rico making Goldust carry that body weight.
Goldust counters.
Rico in the ropes.
Senior referee Earl Hebner not to be trifled with.
[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] He's quite the barrister.
[Jerry chuckling] Barrister?
[Ross] He's trying to fight his way back in this thing.
Rake of the eyes.
And Goldust didn't see that one coming for sure after the rake of the eyes.
The hook to the leg, and that's a near-fall.
[crowd applauding rhythmically]
[Jerry] Goldust was excited about coming to the United Kingdom 'cause, you know,
he's such a movie buff and he's especially fond
of all the James Bond movies.
-[Ross] I didn't know that. -[Jerry] Oh, yeah.
Live and Let Die and all that sort of--
-He thought James Bond was a real guy. -[Ross] He did?
[Jerry] He's been looking for him over here.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Suffice to say he hasn't found him?
[Jerry] No.
[Ross] I love that Pussy Galore character back in the old days.
-[Jerry] The what? -[Ross] You know, James Bond movies.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] They're-- They were great here.
Roger Moore, Sean Connery.
Back-- Backdrop there.
There's a backdrop.
And Goldust, oh, got a near-fall.
And Rico got very quickly up.
Rico using his quickness and resourcefulness,
got right back up.
And you gotta hand it to Rico, whether you want to or not.
-[Jerry laughs] -[Ross] What's the matter with you?
[Jerry] I don't know. I just can't believe that I just heard you say,
"I love that Pussy Galore."
[Ross] There's a cover and a near-fall.
[Jerry] I guess she was good in the James Bond movies.
[Ross] Absolutely. She was very entertaining.
Halle Berry is another one.
-[Jerry] Oh, yeah. -[Ross] Look at Rico here.
Rico may think he's Halle Berry right now.
He's on top of the world. He's looking for an Oscar.
He's looking for a victory here.
Oh, big chance by Rico and, man,
did he drive the air out of his own carcass.
Rico in bad, bad trouble here.
[Jerry] What-- What's he wearing under his pants?
[Ross] I don't wanna know, I--
All I know is he-- that moonsault may,
just may, have taken Rico right out of the ballgame.
[Jerry] I've never seen him hit one of those either.
Why does he keep trying it?
[Ross] Oh, God. A bulldog!
A bulldog by Goldust.
That ought to be it here.
And-- Oh, Rico showing great resilience,
able to kick out.
I thought that would certainly be it.
[Jerry] I thought Rico was finished.
I thought it was the-- Uh, wait a minute.
-[Ross] Uh-oh. -[Jerry] He's about to be finished.
[Ross] Well, can you say Golden Globes?
[Jerry] Goldust about to deliver the Golden Globe award here.
-[crowd cheering] -[Ross] Can you say bruised Golden Globes?
[Jerry] You can't.
-[Ross] Not very well. -[Jerry] Oh no.
[Ross] Well, that's a good shot.
[Jerry] Sorry, Rico.
Hey, look at the ref.
[Ross] Well, that would have been a disqualification anyway.
[Jerry] Just stand over here please.
Oh.
Well, that referee moving in there gave Rico time to get himself
out of those ropes.
[Ross] Rico still recovering from that missed moonsault,
trying to fight his way back into it.
Rico needs to grab a wrestling hold here
and get that breath back into his right hands.
[Jerry] Uh-oh. Look.
Something's happening to Goldust. Look at this.
[Ross] Goldust has those Tourette-like symptoms from time to time.
[Jerry] He's having them again.
Oh, look at this.
-Goldust is-- -[Ross] Nice right hand.
[Jerry] Oh!
This could do it.
-No. -[Ross] Near-fall by Goldust.
[crowd member] Hey, you're too slow!
[Jerry] I'm about to get impressed here by Rico.
Goldust is giving him everything he has and Rico is still hanging with him.
[crowd] One, two, three, four,
five, six, seven, eight, nine…
-[Jerry] Count to nine, here's number ten. -[crowd] …ten.
[Ross] Oh, boy.
Rico just took ten punches
and then was able to come back and negotiate Goldust
right back into the top turnbuckle.
[Jerry] And maybe win this thing.
[Ross] And now Rico…
-[Jerry laughing] Yes. -[Ross] …got the feet on the ropes.
[Jerry] Well, almost. Second time is the charm.
[Ross] We saw Christian use the ropes earlier tonight to cheat,
to beat Booker T in the Intercontinental title match.
Oh, man!
What a powerslam out of nowhere!
-[Jerry] Look out! -[Ross] Out of nowhere!
-[bell rings] -[Ross] And Goldust wins it.
[crowd cheering]
[Howard] Here is your winner, Goldust!
[Jerry] What a devastating powerslam.
That-- Like you said, that came out of nowhere.
["Gold-Lust" playing]
[Ross] I think that thing readjusted those sideburns a little bit.
[Jerry] Yeah, what a-- that looks crooked.
[Ross] Goldust in what has to be termed a very hard-fought victory
here tonight at Insurrextion.
I'll tell you what, ladies and gentlemen,
we've been having a lot of fun here tonight
and, certainly, that's what the WWE is all about, having fun,
and thank you for being with us.
But just a few days ago, we lost a beloved man,
someone near to our hearts, King, in Freddie Blassie.
Well, everyone in the WWE loved Freddie.
You know, we knew, more so than most people,
what a great individual this guy was.
Talented and just a genuinely great person,
always great to be around and everybody is gonna really miss him.
Freddie was 85 years of age,
a WWE Hall of Famer, an international superstar,
one of the greatest wrestling antagonists of all time.
Freddie, God bless you. We're gonna miss you.
[gentle music playing]
[Vince] He loved life.
I don't know of many individuals I've ever been around
who loved life and lived life
to the fullest as much as Freddie.
[Ross] Freddie Blassie is a treasure.
He's a national treasure.
He's a folk hero within our business.
[Stone Cold] I know where he's been and how long he's been in the business
and how much he's helped the business.
I love the guy and respect what he's done.
[Stephanie] I think I knew a different side of Freddie Blassie
than anybody else
because I was a little girl when I met Freddie
and he treated me almost like a granddaughter.
When you think of Freddie, your heart fills up with gladness.
[Ross] "Classy" Freddie Blassie was to wrestling
what Babe Ruth was to baseball.
[Hogan] He looked like a champion.
He acted like a champion.
He was the first real champion.
He set the standard for what a championship wrestler should be like.
When I think of Freddie Blassie, there's only one thing that comes to mind
and that's, "You pencil neck geek."
-You pencil neck geek. -Pencil neck geek.
-You pencil neck geek. -You pencil neck geeks, blah, blah, blah.
And the rest of these pencil neck geeks.
[Hogan] And "Classy" Freddie Blassie is the one that coined that saying.
[Vince] Even though there's a vast age difference,
there was a tremendous camaraderie, you know, that I had with Freddie Blassie
and I will miss that forever.
My dad and Freddie had a really special relationship,
and I think that Freddie almost looked at my family
as his family.
And I just remember Freddie as the most incredible person.
It's a passing of yet, you know,
the last vestige of a bygone era in our business,
and it will sadly be missed.
[crowd cheering]
["Break the Walls Down" playing]
♪ You know I got ya, yeah ♪
♪ One, break the walls down ♪
[crowd cheering]
♪ Baby, you know you're Judas And I'm your priest ♪
♪ Baby, what I got is not from the least ♪
♪ Bring it from the stage In the rage of the beast ♪
♪ Step in the arena And break the walls down ♪
[Jerry] Well, J.R.,
it's sad to say but here's a guy who, actually, in his own mind,
thinks he has more class than Freddie Blassie.
Look at him.
[Ross] I don't even know who Chris Jericho's guest
is going to be tonight in his Highlight Reel.
We have a--
♪ I am the master Of your whole heap ♪
[Ross] I just noticed it. What's in the ring?
[Jerry] What is that?
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Well, he's got his typical red carpet,
befitting royalty because he-- I guess he still considers himself
the king of the world.
[Ross] He certainly had his issues in…
recent weeks with, uh, with Goldberg.
Matter of fact, they'll meet at Bad Blood on Sunday, June 15th,
live on Sky Sports One.
[Jerry] You really don't have any idea who his guest is gonna be here?
-[Ross] Haven't been told. -[Jerry] I haven't either.
[crowd chanting] Y2J! Y2J! Y2J! Y2J!
[Jerry] Well, he looks full of himself. [chuckles]
This should be good.
Look at all the people here tonight.
[crowd cheering]
And every single one of you is a jackass.
-[Jerry gasps] -[crowd booing]
[Jerry laughs] Oh, my.
Oh, come on. You know it's true. You know it's true.
But you'll be thankful and you should be every excited
that you get to be a part of a monumental night.
The very first edition, the very first international edition
of the hottest new show on TV,
the hottest new segment on Raw,
Chris Jericho's Highlight Reel.
["King of My World" playing]
♪ Here I come, three, two, one ♪
♪ Here I come! ♪
♪ Jericho ♪
Oh, yeah, oh, yeah.
[crowd jeering]
[Jerry] Uh-oh.
Please, please, you Newcastle tossers need to shut up and listen to me.
[Jerry] Tossers?
[crowd booing]
Oh, so, you don't like being called a tosser, huh?
[crowd cheering]
This guy's holding up a sign that says, "Jericho sucks."
[Jerry] Uh-oh.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] That's a bad move.
[crowd chanting] You suck! You suck! You suck! You suck! You suck!
[Jerry] Well, the entire building is chanting Jericho sucks.
He does not suck!
You guys are just proving to me what I've been saying all along,
that this is a city without class.
-[crowd booing] -[Jerry] Uh-oh.
It's true. This is a city without class.
It's a city without culture.
-I'll be honest with you. -[Jerry] Oh, boy.
As a matter of fact, I'm glad that Liverpool
won the City of Culture award.
[Jerry exclaims]
That struck a nerve here.
I really am, 'cause you don't deserve it.
You don't deserve to be cultured people.
I mean, look, you couldn't even put together a proper Highlight Reel set.
Look at this thing. Look at this piece of crap.
Look at this. This is what your city provided for my show, okay?
Where is the Jeritron 5000 that's supposed to be right here?
There's supposed to be like a Salvador Dalí type thing right there,
something else over here.
Instead, I got a cheesy red carpet
that's soaked in beer and smells of fish and chips.
[Jerry] Oh, I knew I smelled something.
[crowd cheering]
And a couple of cheap-ass barstools
that came from the local Irish pub down the street.
I am the-- I am the highlight of the night.
[crowd booing]
I'm not some kind of a loser coach like Bobby Robson, okay?
[Jerry] Whoa.
But, but, but, but, but, but, I'm a professional. I'm a professional.
I will rise above this absurd situation that I've been put in.
I'm gonna bring out my guest.
-[Jerry] Uh-oh, here it is. -You're gonna like this.
[Jerry] Who is it?
He is the co-presenter of Insurrextion.
Uh-huh.
He's my favorite man on the entire Raw roster.
He is the co-GM on said Raw
and he is one sexy looking bloke as well.
Ladies and gentlemen, your friend and mine, Eric Bischoff.
[Jerry] What?
-["I'm Back" playing] -♪ I'm back ♪
♪ And I'm better than ever ♪
♪ Got a knack ♪
♪ For makin' things better ♪
[Ross] Well, we need to get a doctor here.
[Jerry] Why is that?
[Ross] You can send him here to remove Jericho's head from Bischoff's ass.
[Jerry] Well, okay. There was maybe a little bit of kissing up,
but do you mean to tell me you don't think that Bischoff is a sexy looking bloke?
[Ross] I've never been to Liverpool, but I know a few weeks ago
they were designated to have more culture than Newcastle,
I don't know exactly what that's all about.
But certainly, Jericho knew the right buttons to push here tonight.
[Jerry] And he pushed the biggest button of all
by having Eric Bischoff as his guest here on the Highlight Reel.
[Ross] Bischoff sure dressed up for the occasion, didn't he?
[Jerry] Has Bischoff ever sat on a barstool?
[Ross] Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
[Jerry] How do you know? Do you know that for a fact?
[Ross] They got a wing of Betty Ford named after him.
[Jerry] What? You're kidding.
♪ But talk me down And I swear, it's gonna cost ya ♪
Eric Bischoff in the hizouse, ladies and gentlemen.
[Jerry] Oh, the hizouse.
[crowd chanting] Asshole! Asshole!
[Jerry] Uh-oh.
Maybe these people really don't have any culture or class.
Oh, shut the hell up.
You know, Chris, I think you were being a little hard on these people.
Yeah, I really think you were.
I mean, after all, look at 'em,
and then look at us.
[crowd] What?
I mean, two great-looking, successful Americans.
[crowd] What?
In an arena full of people,
and I swear to God there's not a full set of decent dental work
in the entire arena.
-[crowd] What? -[Jerry] Oh no.
[Jericho] That's the truth, though.
Look at this guy right there.
And how about this one?
I mean, they got rid of mad cow disease, but what about fat cow disease?
[Jerry] Oh no.
For crying out loud, get a StairMaster, would you?
-Wow. -I'm begging you.
[Jerry] This place is an orthodontist's dream.
[crowd] You fat bastard!
-You're calling him a fat bastard? -[Jerry] What?
You know--
[crowd chanting]
Hey, hey, hey, I dare you, go home,
tell your parents that--
-["I Won't Do What You Tell Me" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Well, well, well, has business picked up or what?
[Jerry] Wait a minute, this is an uninvited guest.
[Ross] It's the co-general manager of Raw,
The Texas Rattlesnake,
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin
who's joining Chris Jericho's Highlight Reel uninvited.
[Jerry] And the rattlesnake is in the hizouse.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] And it's not good to have snakes in your house.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] What an ovation for Stone Cold
to interrupt this--
these two blithering, blabbering jackasses.
[Jerry] Easy, easy, easy.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] How Bischoff and Austin has gotten along and-- Uh-oh.
[Jerry] Whoa, what the heck? Wait a minute.
-[Ross] There goes… -My stage.
Come on, come on, it's my set.
Thank you.
[Jerry] Austin's used to tossing bar stools.
[crowd chanting] Austin! Austin! Austin!
[Jerry] That's a sport down in Texas.
[crowd chanting] Austin! Austin! Austin!
[Jerry] Look, there goes another one.
[Ross] He's a state champion stool tosser.
-[Jerry] Was he? -[Ross] Bar stool tosser, eh?
[Jerry] Looking at stool samples, there's one.
As much as I hate to admit it, it seems like there's a lot
of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin fans here in Newcastle tonight.
[crowd cheering]
Yeah, but you know what, Steve,
I don't know what-- I don't know what the hell you're doing here.
This is-- I'm the guest on the Highlight Reel.
I was invited by Chris.
This is my-- You know, I'm getting a little tired of this situation.
You can't just show up, start changing matches,
doing whatever the hell it is you wanna do.
I am the co-- Shut up-- GM. Shut up.
It's about time, I think, you start showing me some respect.
You might wanna take a little bit of the bass out of your voice
when you talk to me.
I come out here, you guys are ruining a perfectly good pay-per-view
with the absolute worst
Highlight Reel I have ever seen in my life.
[crowd] What?
And you come in talking all that trash, I'm trying to make a little entrance here,
I'm getting rid of them garbage, little bar stools there,
and sometimes I think, you know, we do this co-GM thing
and you don't really understand what I'm saying to you,
so if you don't understand what I'm saying to you,
look at this sumbitch right there.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] It means he thinks you're number one, Eric.
And as far as I'm concerned, this is gonna be--
You're the host?
-Yeah, I'm the host. -You're the host?
-Yes, I'm the host. -You're the host?
-I'm the host. -You're the host?
I've got to say, I'm going on record,
this is a snazzy looking little uniform,
but I went down to the gimmicks stand a while ago
and I bought one of your T-shirts.
-[Jerry] Uh-oh. -Thank you.
You're a big fan of Chris Jericho, are you?
No, I'm not a big fan, they ran of toilet paper.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry exclaims, laughs] Oh my God!
That got him.
[Stone Cold] And I--
And I don't know why you guys are bitching so much about being in Newcastle,
I've had a great time since I've been here.
I rode in last night and hell I had one pint.
-[crowd] What? -Two pints.
-[crowd] What? -Three pints.
-[crowd] What? -Four pints.
-[crowd] What? -Five pints.
-[crowd] What? -Six pints.
-[crowd] What? -Seven pints.
-[crowd] What? -Eight pints.
-[crowd] What? -Nine pints.
-[crowd] What? -Ten pints.
-[crowd] What? -Eleven pints.
-[crowd] What? -Twelve pints.
-[crowd] What? -Thirteen pints.
-[crowd] What? -Fourteen pints.
-[crowd] What? -Fifteen pints.
-[crowd] What? -Sixteen pints.
-[crowd] What? -Seventeen pints.
-[crowd] What? -Eighteen pints.
-[crowd] What? -Nineteen pints.
-[crowd] What? -Twenty pints.
[Eric] Well, you know…
[Jerry] He's got to be hung-over.
Steve Austin, I'm glad you're having a hell of a good time
with all these people, I really am.
I'm glad you enjoy the UK
but I wanna talk to you about respect.
I wanna talk to you about the 50/50
co-GM arrangement that we have
because this is not working out the way it should be.
What do you mean it ain't working like it--
Listen, would you come in a little closer? You're a part of this, you're the host.
What are you saying it's not working out?
Fifty-fifty-- Hold on, we're not talking to you yet.
Oh, and you're the host, you can butt in anytime you want.
What were you saying about the 50/50?
I'm saying I don't like the way it's working out.
It's 50/50, mutual decisions.
You just can't go around changing matches anytime you feel like it.
-Yeah. -[Ross] Oh, he butted in.
How come every single time we get out in the ring
you're whining and crying and pissing
and moaning and bitching about every single thing I do?
I'm not whining, I'm not crying,
and I'm not pissing and moaning.
-I'm pointing out a fact. -[crowd chanting] What? What?
If you think Eric Bischoff is pissing, moaning, and bitching,
give me a "Hell, yeah."
-[crowd] Hell, yeah. -[Stone Cold] That's what I thought.
And you know what? No, look at me.
How are you doing?
[Jerry] You're not supposed to touch the host.
[crowd chanting] Austin! Austin! Austin! Austin! Austin! Austin! Austin! Austin!
Are you bowing up to me?
Just don't put your hands on me, man.
Are you a manly man?
Don't touch me, man.
You see them brand new Nike tennis shoes?
You better be careful, I'll take this shoe off and stick it straight up your ass.
-[Jerry exclaims] -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] He's the host.
And sometimes I think, you know what, you had what,
you had a glass of wine last night, you got a little tipsy
and I knew you wouldn't be thinking on your toes tonight,
so I went ahead and I changed the match earlier and--
You did what?
You changed what?
I said, you know, when I changed that match early with The Dudley Boyz?
Well, I changed another match.
[Jerry] Oh no.
I said I changed another match.
[crowd] What?
-I changed another match. -[crowd] What?
-I changed a match. -[crowd] What?
-[Eric] You can't do that. -I just did it.
-[Jerry] What match did he change? -[Ross] I have no idea.
[Jerry] He's too drunk to change matches.
-[Ross] Oh, he's not drunk. -[Jerry] Twenty pints?
[Ross] That's last night.
[crowd chanting] Austin! Austin! Austin!
[Jerry] He took a nap.
[crowd chanting] Austin! Austin! Austin! Austin! Austin! Austin! Austin! Austin!
Now, if you'll allow me to and if you'll stop interrupting,
would you unbutton this damn thing? It looks like crap.
-Doesn't he look better now? -[crowd] Yeah!
I know he don't, but it sounded good.
Yeah, I went ahead and changed another match.
You know the match tonight between Kevin Nash
and Triple H?
-[Jerry] Oh no. -[Eric] What about it?
For the world title?
[Eric] Yes?
Well, it ain't just any old match anymore.
It's gonna be a good old-fashion Street Fight.
-[crowd cheering] -[Ross] Whoa.
-[Jerry] Wait a minute. -[Ross] Oh, my.
[Jerry] I told you he's drunk, he can't do that.
-[Ross] Street Fight? -I'm telling Linda McMahon.
-Hold on, hold on, hold on a second. -What?
This is my show
and I do not appreciate Steve Austin coming to the ring
here in the UK, home of The Beatles,
The Rolling Stones, The Who,
Ozzy Osbourne, Iron Maiden,
Oasis, David Beckham,
the Spice Girls, the Roll The Dice Girls,
the Rice Girls, the Mice Girls.
I am the host of this show and you will show me some respect
if you're the co-GM or not, junior.
[Jerry] That's the way to take control back of your show.
I'm trying very hard
to maintain my composure.
[Jerry] Uh-oh.
[crowd chanting] Lose it! Lose it! Lose it! Lose it!
[Jerry] They want him to lose his composure.
[Ross] They're all chanting, "Lose it."
[Stone Cold] If you want me to lose my composure,
give me a "Hell, yeah."
[crowd] Hell, yeah!
[Jerry] No, no, maintain it!
You're real lucky because I don't feel extremely violent today.
[audience booing]
Don't get me wrong, I still feel violent…
-[Jerry] Uh-oh. -[crowd cheering]
…but if it's all right with my 50/50 co-GM guy,
come on in here, you little piece of trash.
Don't you just love that stupid haircut of his?
This is your Highlight Reel, I interrupted it, but I am co-GM,
I got things to do here and I'mma make another decision for you.
Do you feel like drinking some beer with "Stone Cold" Steve Austin?
[crowd cheering]
-Yeah. Absolutely. -You'll drink a beer, won't you?
If you wanna see Chris Jericho drink a beer with Steve Austin
say, "Do-wah, diddy-diddy, dam-diddy-do!"
[crowd] Do-wah, diddy-diddy, dam-diddy-do!
-[Jerry] They said it! -[Stone Cold] I never in a million years
would've believed that would've happened, but it just did, so give me some beer.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry chuckles]
You have this.
[Jerry] Are those pints or are those ales or are those beers?
-[Ross] It looks like beer to me. -[Jerry] I bet it's warm.
[Ross] Good old Miller Lite.
[Jerry] Ugh.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Well, all's well that ends well.
And with Stone Cold that usually starts and ends with a beer.
[Jerry] Another toast.
-Oh no! -[Ross] Oh.
Oh my God, Jericho.
[crowd cheering]
-[Jerry] Wait a minute. -[Ross] He just got Stunned to Wales.
[Jerry] Yeah, but that's the Highlight Reel host.
[crowd chanting] Austin! Austin! Austin!
[Ross] Ladies and gentlemen, the-- don't adjust your sets.
The Highlight Reel may resume later.
[Jerry] Bischoff-- If I were Bischoff, I believe--
[Stone Cold] I told you that I was only feeling a little bit violent,
so you're gonna get off the hook tonight
because like Linda McMahon said we got to be cool, we got to be cool,
it's 50/50, you and me got to get along,
you and me got to get along.
[crowd chanting] Lose it! Lose it!
We're supposed to get along in the States and this is the UK.
[Ross] Oh, my!
An International Stunner on Bischoff.
["I Won't Do What You Tell Me" playing]
[Ross] Stone Cold has come to the UK
and has raised hell at Insurrextion.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] This is not the Highlight Reel
that Jericho had envisioned, King.
But the big news,
Nash and Triple H for the world title tonight
will now be a Street Fight.
[Jerry] Oh, that's scary.
Oh, no, not another. Wait a minute.
No.
[Ross] Austin, with the right hand.
[Jerry] Beers are flying everywhere.
No more.
[Ross] I think the beer tosser's nearsighted.
[Jerry] Don't say tosser over here.
[Ross] "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
emphatically interrupting the Highlight Reel,
pulled a Stunner on Jericho,
a Stunner on Eric Bischoff.
[Jerry] You think he really drank 20 pints last night?
[Ross] Well, I lost count at 17.
But what an announcement.
-A Street Fight. -[Jerry] Uh-oh.
-Can you believe this? -No, I can't.
We're in England and they walk out there and they put you in a match like that?
Huh? A Street Fight in England?
Nobody even knows what a Street Fight is.
Nobody's tough in England, you don't need to be in a match like that.
It's bad enough I get a Hell in a Cell match in a week.
Now I get a Street Fight?
And between Austin and Bischoff, I don't know which one's worse.
Everybody's trying to stack the deck against you, it's not gonna happen, man.
I'll be in your corner. I'll be there all night long.
We got to take this to a whole new level tonight, man.
I didn't come all the way to this craphole England to lose the title tonight.
Take this to a whole new level.
We're gonna end this tonight.
Yeah, and we're gonna end Michaels, too.
Yeah.
[Ross] Well, something may end all right.
Triple H's title reign.
We're live in Newcastle at the Telewest Arena.
And tonight, Triple H defends the world title
against 300-pound Kevin Nash in a Street Fight.
[Jerry] Boy, and The Game is not too happy about it, is he?
["MacMilitant" playing]
[Ross] And this should be good.
[Jerry] Here's another guy that ain't too happy. Oh my God.
Look at Theodore Long.
He's got his fight studs on.
[Ross] Theodore Long's gotta wrestle tonight.
[bell ringing]
♪ Yo listen, I got a dream like Martin Luther ♪
♪ Like Malcolm X By any means necessary, strike ♪
♪ For the jugular so That they remember ya ♪
♪ Every time I step in the room I raise the temperature… ♪
[Ross] I think Howard's having a beer.
♪ I ain't waitin' around I'm invading your town ♪
♪ I'm the Black soldier… ♪
[Ross] Theodore Long cost Trish the Women's title,
and now Austin penalizing Long by making Long actually wrestle
in this six-man tag.
[Jerry] Poor Theodore, he's so nervous, he tripped. Did you see that?
[Ross] Good thing he's wearing black pants or we'd really know how nervous he is.
[Jerry] Oh no.
[Ross] Look at Theodore.
Nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs.
["Turn the Tables" playing]
♪ Yeah, we comin' down ♪
[Jerry] Incoming.
[crowd cheering]
[Howard] Introducing, D-Von,
Bubba Ray, and Spike,
The Dudley Boyz.
[Ross] I'm just wondering if Theodore Long is gonna taste the wood tonight.
[Jerry] Poor Theodore.
-[Ross] Poor Theodore. -[Jerry] Look at him.
Can we get a shot of Theodore's out-- Hey, yeah, keep that shot.
Puppies!
Puppies in the audience.
[Ross] This was scheduled to be a Tag match
between Bubba and D-Von Dudley against Ronnie Mack-- Rodney Mack
and Christopher Nowinski, the young man who graduated with honors
at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
[Jerry] Well, you can't-- you can't actually think that this is fair.
Well, it's really not fair to Rodney Mack or that young man, Christopher Nowinski.
[bell ringing]
[Jerry] To force Theodore Long to be their partner,
this makes it a big mismatch.
Look at Theodore, he's got a spring hanging off his sleeve.
-No, that's his arm. -[Ross] You reap what you sow.
And, kids, if you do bad things, then bad things happen to you.
And Theodore is gonna learn that lesson here tonight it looks like.
[Jerry] Yeah, but he's so-- he's so frail, J.R.
[Ross] A little skinny, ain't he? Frail. How skinny is he?
[crowd chanting indistinctly]
[Jerry] Well, I'm not sure,
but I heard he had to tie a board
across his rear end to keep him going down the drain when he showers.
-[Ross] Rodney Mack for the takedown. -[Jerry] Look out.
[Ross] Looking to cover early and that would be a good strategy.
Rodney Mack who is undefeated in WWE,
I believe, trying to end this match early.
Roll up by D-Von Dudley.
The last thing that Rodney Mack and the young man from Harvard, Nowinski want,
is for Theodore Long to get involved physically in this match.
[Jerry] I mean, they were already the--
Rodney and Theodore were already at a disadvantage.
I mean, look at poor Christopher Nowinski, his nose is still damaged.
You know, everybody picks on that--
he had all of that expensive facial surgery
and he's having to wear that protective headgear, that mask.
He even had to have it upgraded to a metal-- a metal mask.
[Ross] Well, Nowinski had about $30,000 American,
and there you see that the mask he's wearing
to repair a severely injured nose
and he's wearing that mask to protect that nose.
[Jerry] He looks sorta like one of the Knights of the Round Table,
doesn't he?
[Ross] Well, I--
-[Jerry] Sir Galahad maybe. -[Ross] Did you know those guys?
[Jerry] We used to hang out occasionally.
[Ross] Oh! A reversal by D-Von Dudley, reverse elbow.
D-Von very athletic.
Into an inside cradle, that ain't gonna get it.
On a scale of one to ten, the Oklahoma judge gives that move a two.
[Jerry] Oklahoma judge? Oh, look, look at Chris.
[Ross] Oh, Nowinski with a smart aleck out of--
Oh, boy, what a… Uh-oh, well.
Heading for Nowinski.
Oh, Nowinski wants a tag.
Nowinski, after slapping D-Von…
or, uh, Bubba Ray, doesn't wanna be in the ring with Bubba.
Too late.
Bubba clothesline.
Got a near-fall there.
Bubba Dudley taking Nowinski again
with that protective covering on Nowinski's face.
[Jerry] Sorry, J.R., I had to sneeze.
A lot of international fans here, I-- Oh!
I met a Chinese fan this morning, she sneezed in my face.
I may have mad-- that mad cow.
I may have mad SARS disease.
-[Ross] Oh, look out. -[Jerry] I'd be the--
I'll be the first person on the planet with mad SARS.
Oh, look out.
[Ross] Oh, the Dudleys now dominating here.
Look at Theodore.
[Jerry] Get out there, Theodore, if you know what's good for you.
[Ross] Theodore, does the term "scalded dog" have any meaning?
[Jerry] Oh no. Look out, they're gonna throw Spike.
[Ross] Oh, Spike Dudley.
The Dudley's setting a world record in the Spike toss.
[Jerry laughs]
[Ross] Oh. Spike took his shirt off.
[Jerry] He's not the biggest guy in the world,
but he looks like Hulk Hogan next to Theodore.
[crowd chanting] Tables! Tables! Tables! Tables! Tables! Tables! Tables!
[Ross] Crowd chanting for tables, a Dudley trademark.
Ready to go? Yeah? Come on.
[Ross] What's this now? Wait a minute.
Don't try to outsmart a Harvard graduate.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] What in the world?
He's dancing.
[Ross] Oh. Oh, Bubba, bumping and grinding there.
-Hook to the leg and-- -[Howard] One, two.
[Ross] Beginning to get a little smoky, a little foggy here,
that's our pyrotechnics,
still lingering from the Dudleys entrance.
[Jerry] Have you wondered about the teaming of Nowinski
and why Theodore Long thinks that Nowinski and…
and Rodney Mack have so much in common?
[Ross] I heard the reason.
[Jerry] They're both minorities, you know.
[Ross] I heard that, I heard the story. Go ahead and tell it.
[Jerry] Well, I mean, of course,
Rodney's a minority and-- Oh, look at this now.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] And, well, Chris, being a Harvard graduate
and being as intelligent as he is, he's a minority.
There just aren't that many geniuses in the world.
[Ross] And Nowinski is a certified genius.
And now Spike tied up to the proverbial tree of woe.
-[Jerry] Wow. Look at this. -[Ross] Man, look at--
And the referee, I don't know what the referee is doing over there.
I understand that Dudley's got to be in the tournament.
You got to use good judgment when a-- when a guy like Spike
is in that other corner, you got to keep an eye on those guys.
[Jerry] This is where Theodore might wanna tag in.
He might could hold his own against Spike.
[Ross] Man, sternum first with a double team and Spike Dudley,
who's about a buck 50, soaking wet.
[Jerry] Let Theodore get his feet wet.
[Ross] And being just hammered there by a very aggressive,
a very, very dangerous Rodney Mack.
[crowd chanting]
[Ross] Nice vertical suplex.
As the blood rushes to the brain of Spike. There's a lateral press.
-And Spike Dudley instinctively-- -[Jerry] Oh, look at this, here we go.
All right. Set your VCR. This is gonna be good.
Look at Theodore go.
-[Ross] Wow. He-- -[Jerry] Oh, no, look out!
He's got you, Theodore, get out of there.
[Ross] Theodore's kicks wouldn't break a-- wouldn't break an egg, I don't think.
[Jerry] What? I thought they were potentially lethal.
[Ross] Well, potential is the keyword you wish to underscore.
[Jerry] Well, they could stab you.
I mean, he's so-- he's so skinny, you could actually break the skin with…
[Ross] His toenails probably look like sabers.
A bear hug by Nowinski on Spike Dudley.
[Jerry] Saber toenails?
[Ross] Maybe that's what he ought to do, wrestle barefoot.
[Jerry] No.
[Ross] With hammerhead toenails.
-But that's what it is. -[Jerry] Is that hammertoe, too?
[Ross] Yes. I've heard that in the locker room.
And there's a bear hug by Nowinski,
a former Harvard American tackle football star.
And Spike trying to make a tag.
-There's a rollup and he's-- -[Jerry groans]
[Ross] Spike, man, almost pulled it out of a--
pulled out of the fire there, so to speak.
[Jerry] Spike, you should never try to outsmart Nowinski.
[Ross] Now, we'll find out how smart Mack, Nowinski, and Long are,
if they can prevent Spike from making a tag here.
[Jerry] Look at this. Oh no.
[Ross] And Spike got his knees up.
Nowinski's not gonna make straight A's on that attempt.
[crowd cheering, applauding]
[Jerry] Come on, Chris.
[Ross] No passing grade on that offense.
And there is the tag.
-[Jerry] Oh no. -[Ross] That's not what the, uh,
Nowinski-Mack-Long trio wanted.
-[Jerry] Whoa. -[Ross] Wow.
High back body drop.
Side slam by the 300-pound Bubba Ray Dudley,
into the Samoan drop.
[Jerry] Do not get in there, Theodore, stay out.
Whatever you do, stay out.
[Ross] Rodney Mack tossed to the outside.
[Jerry] Oh no.
[Ross] A man from Dudleyville.
-[Jerry] Oh! -[Ross] Flapjack.
[Jerry] Double flapjack.
Let's not get the table, let's get Theodore.
[Ross] Lordy Lord, my feet, don't fail me now,
Teddy Long looked like he had just seen a ghost.
[Jerry] He started to say some prayers and then he was saved.
-[Ross] I think his line was busy. -[Jerry] He got a reprieve. Huh?
[Ross] His line was busy trying to say a prayer.
[Jerry] You don't think Theodore knows the number to dial a prayer?
[Ross] I don't think so.
Love the Lord, his head that big…
[Jerry] Oh, look at that metal mask.
[Ross] Nowinski got that metal mask off and that'll put you away, I'll tell you.
[Jerry exclaims]
[Ross] Good pop and fly from Bubba Ray Dudley.
[Jerry] Bubba Ray's trying to re-break Christopher Nowinski's nose.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Oh, no, he's gonna break something else now.
[Ross] Long trying to get involved.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] What's up?
Yikes!
[Ross] And what's down?
D-Von's head down in the lower regions.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Uh-oh.
-[mouths] -[crowd] Get the table!
[Jerry] I think about 20,000 people just echoed Bubba Ray's thoughts.
-Oh, look at that. -[Ross] A Dudley wood
and a drop kick right back in the face.
[Jerry] That's why this kid's a genius.
Oh, and that's--
[Ross] And Bubba shoving Nowinski right off of-- to the floor.
The damage was done there. Now, there goes Spike.
-[Jerry] Spike-- Oh! -[Ross] Oh, man.
-[Jerry] Wow. -[Ross] Right in the sternum, both feet.
Spike looking for the cover.
Remember Spike about three weeks ago, went 4:59,
four minutes, 59 seconds in a five-minute White Boy Challenge
with Rodney Mack, Spike going for the Dudley Dog.
Rodney Mack countered the Dudley Dog into a powerslam.
[Jerry] Oh, no, wait a minute.
-[Ross] Hey. You got to be kidding. -[Jerry] Get off the legal man!
[Jerry] One, two-- oh.
[Ross] Oh, Spike kicked out.
[Jerry] Theodore almost got his first ever victory.
Do something else. Powerbomb, Theodore.
-[Ross] Oh. -[Jerry] Oh no. Oh no.
[Ross] Rodney Mack just nailed Long.
-There's the cover. -[Jerry] Oh no.
-[Ross] And the Dudleys win it. -[bell ringing]
["Turn the Tables" playing]
[Howard] Here are your winners, The Dudley Boyz.
[Jerry] Theodore got his lights knocked out.
[Ross] Theodore nailed inadvertently by Rodney Mack.
And now, Nowinski with that steel mask
just cold-cocked Bubba Dudley.
And look at Rodney Mack beating "Little" Spike down.
[Jerry] Hey, D-Von, you're about to get the table.
[chuckles] And not the way you wanna get it.
[Ross] Nowinski never worked in a hardware store,
can barely get the table in the ring.
[Jerry] Don't worry, they'll get the job done.
Table for two?
[Ross] Oh, come on, the match is over.
This is not necessary. This is--
[Jerry] Come on, this is good entertainment, J.R.
-[Ross] Oh, there's D-Von back. -[Jerry] Oh, no, look out.
[Ross] D-Von, with the right hands on Rodney Mack.
The Dudley's have won this match.
And Nowinski-- [grunts]
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry yelps] Look out!
[Ross] A 3D to the wood.
Nowinski just made a straight-A in wood crashing.
["Turn the Tables" playing]
[Ross] Table destruction 101.
Nowinski is an honor graduate.
[Jerry] We used to do wood burning,
but that's the first time I ever saw wood crashing.
♪ Who's in the house? ♪
♪ The brothers in the house ♪
[Ross] A big night for the Dudleys,
a rough night for Nowinski
and Theodore Long, especially.
[Jerry] Check this out one more time.
It's worth a second look,
but Christopher Nowinski won't wanna see it again.
Wow.
[Ross] A lot of impact here.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] So the Dudleys,
with a table-splitting six-man victory
here at Insurrextion.
[Jerry] Well, that had to put a smile on the face of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin,
forcing poor little Theodore Long into the ring.
[Ross] It may make Long think twice
before he gets involved again illegally.
And the Dudleys
having a great time with the fans here in Newcastle.
And we hope you're enjoying it tonight as well on Sky Box Office
from the Telewest Arena.
And we are moments away
from a very personal matchup.
Scott Steiner one-on-one with Test.
And Stacy is in a very uncomfortable position
between these two, King.
As a matter of fact,
in the last few weeks on Raw,
we have seen this heinous act.
[Jerry] Yeah, this was horrible.
Look at that, Test, you know it was intentional.
He pulled Stacy Keibler right into harm's way.
[Ross] And laughed about it.
[Jerry] There was a smile on his face.
[Ross] Scott Steiner came to the aid of Stacy.
That distracted Test.
Booker T got a big victory there.
[bell ringing]
[Ross] And then, all hell verbally broke loose.
Okay. So explain to me how you pulled me in front of you,
Booker T kicked me.
-I was lying on the ground. -That was an accident!
You showed no concern, and then you smiled at me.
I wasn't smiling at you, Stacy.
Okay. Let me tell you this loud and clear,
-so you understand. -And what's that?
I don't wanna have anything to do with you.
It's over.
[crowd cheering]
Over? It's far from over.
Just remember, you have a contract with me,
to be my marketing director, my marketing director.
So as far as it being over, Stacy, it's far from over.
[Ross] Well, then, Eric Bischoff would add a little twist to this.
You know what?
It's pretty obvious to me, Stacy,
that you wanna manage Scott Steiner.
But Test is right, you're under contract to Test.
But I'm a problem solver, so my solution
is that Eric Bischoff's Bad Blood,
it is gonna be Scott Steiner versus Test,
and the winner gets the managerial services
of Stacy Keibler.
[Ross] Well, that's in Bad Blood,
but what about tonight?
♪ I'm back ♪
["Hello Ladies" playing]
♪ Hello, ladies ♪
[Ross] Hello, ladies?
[Jerry] What? Hey, look at this.
-[Ross] Val Venis. -[bell ringing]
[Howard] Ladies and gentlemen,
may I introduce your special referee
for the forthcoming contest, Val Venis.
[Jerry] Val Venis is the special referee?
[Ross] I was not aware that Val Venis was gonna be the special referee
for the Steiner-Test matchup.
Austin's got to have been a busy guy.
[Jerry] Quite a look of surprise on that young lady's face in the audience.
Can we get another shot of her?
[Ross] Did you look at her face?
-[Jerry] Well. -[Ross] I didn't think so.
[Jerry] I can't make eye contact with her because puppies don't have eyes.
[Ross] Val Venis used to be called Sean Morley.
He used to be Eric Bischoff's chief of staff.
He was fired,
reinstated as Val Venis by Austin.
And now--
Hello, ladies.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] Wow.
Ladies, tonight,
as your special guest referee,
believe me when I say
The Big Valbowski will be calling it
straight down the middle.
[Ross] Whoa.
Now, ladies and gentlemen,
it is a pleasure and an honor for me
to introduce to all of you
one of the most beautiful,
-sexual… -[Jerry] Uh-oh.
-…sensual… -[Jerry] Oh!
…seductive, hottest,
most erotic woman
that any of you will ever feast your eyes upon,
ladies and gentlemen, please welcome,
Stacy Keibler.
[Jerry] Give me handkerchief, or give me a cigarette.
["Legs" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Oh, baby.
[Ross] Does she still call you Uncle Jerry?
[Jerry] What does mean?
[Ross] Forty-one and a half inches long, those legs are.
Well, I've never measured them, but I heard it on television.
[Jerry] Look, she's leg-alicious.
I agree. Oh, those legs, they're just glistening.
[Ross] She's contractually obligated to be the marketing dire--
Oh my goodness.
[Jerry] Why is that cameraman on the wrong side? Oh.
[Ross] I've got second rope envy.
She's, uh, contractually obligated to be the marketing director for Test,
but as far as those two being a social item,
it's history.
Hello, United Kingdom.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] Hello.
All right. Our first competitor
is a man who intentionally got me kicked in the face
and then laughed at me.
[crowd booing]
A man that I am "contractually obligated" to,
my ex-boyfriend…
-[Jerry] Ex? -…Test.
[Jerry] Ex-boyfriend? Oh, daddy.
["This is a Test" playing]
♪ This is a test… ♪
[Ross] Well, I haven't got a lot of good things
to say about Test as a human being.
As an athlete, as an in-ring competitor,
he's big, he's strong, he's tough.
He's got a lot of potential.
You can't buy groceries forever on potential.
But, man, for this guy to screw up a relationship
with a young woman like Stacy,
he can't be the class valedictorian.
[Jerry] Whoa. He tried--
He was trying to get a kiss.
He's been kicked to the curb.
[crowd jeering]
And his opponent,
a man that treats me oh so very good.
[Jerry] Whoa, oh, oh, oh.
"The Big Bad Booty Daddy."
"Big Poppa Pump" Scott Steiner.
["Holla if Ya Hear Me" playing]
[Jerry] Big Bad Booty Daddy?
♪ Holla if you hear me! ♪
[Ross] You think Scott Steiner makes Stacy holla
if she hears him?
[Jerry] Please.
I think Freakzilla makes all the ladies holla.
[Ross] He's got the peaks and he's got his freaks.
And he's got Stacy as his marketing director.
[Jerry] Look at that, look at that.
That is freakish.
[Ross] Let's not forget, she's also…
-[Jerry] Whoa, whoa, wait, wait, wait. -[Ross] …the best marketing director.
[Jerry] Well, what exactly is that?
Is that-- Is that his-- Is that really his bicep or what?
[Ross] Well, what else would it be?
[Jerry] I don't know, I've never seen anything like it in my life.
[Ross] A tumor?
[Jerry] He's got muscles in places most people don't even have places.
Look at-- Look at that! Look at those.
[Ross] Well, you can't buy those in the store.
[Jerry] I'd like to kiss them myself.
[Ross] I beg your pardon? His muscles?
[Jerry] No, I'm talking about Stacy's legs.
[Ross] Oh.
[Jerry] Look at those.
[Ross] Well, Val Venis, the special referee.
Steiner and Test, former tag partners, they're--
[Jerry] This is a-- a little personal, isn't it?
[Ross] It certainly is, they're both still--
[Jerry] Oh, wait, get the camera.
Look at Big Booty Daddy.
Stacy, one more time.
[Jerry] One more time, oh, yeah.
I like Big Booty Daddy.
Get the camera in the right angle.
Can we fire that cameraman?
-[Ross] Oh, wait a minute. -[bell ringing]
[Ross] We were about to see it one more time
and look at Test now assaulting Scott Steiner.
You're still with me, you remember that, Stacy.
You're still with me, not that piece of garbage.
[Ross] You know, I don't have a lot of place for wrestlers
that talk to women like that
or wear earrings when they're wrestling.
[Jerry] Well, all he said was, "Just remember,
you're still legally with me."
And that's the truth, she is contractually.
-I'm twice the man he is. -[Jerry] Well, I don't know about that.
[Ross] I heard different, but that's another issue.
Scott Steiner, a former amateur wrestling all-American
at the University of Michigan in the United States,
Big Time Wrestling school.
-[Jerry] Oh, look at this. -[Scott Steiner] Val Venis!
I'll tell you when to count.
All right, Jack?
[Ross] Val Venis, I don't think I--
I don't envy Val Venis' job in this one.
As you said, King, this is a very personal issue.
[Jerry] Yeah, and Test, I don't know if-- Oh, look at this!
-Not again. You're kidding me? -[Ross] Oh, not again.
Test uses Stacy as a shield.
Is he a coward or an opportunist?
[Jerry] Well, she is contracted to him.
-[Ross] But that's not-- -[Jerry] She may not be attracted to him,
but she is contracted to him.
[Ross] I don't think marketing directors are human shields.
I don't think that's in their job description.
[Jerry] Have you read their contract?
-[Ross] Well, I-- I-- No. -[Jerry] Could be in the fine print.
[Ross] Well, that defies logic.
Reverse elbow by Test, six-six, remember, he's six-seven, 280.
[Jerry] I heard-- I heard that Test called Stacy just this morning,
"You're making a big mistake by dumping me."
"You'll never find another man like me."
And she said, "I don't want you. Why would I want another man like you?"
[Ross] Hard clothesline, a lot of impact there
by a big, rugged athlete named Test.
[Jerry] Now what?
He's worked up a sweat.
I'd work up a sweat too if I was looking at the--
[Ross] He got Val's towel.
[Jerry] Oh, they-- he's trying to cover her up?
She's showing too much skin?
That's for me to see, not you.
[Ross] He just told the fans, "That's for me to see and not you."
I don't think she has to wear that towel.
[Jerry] Oh, yes. She had--
[Ross] Maybe she's just so intimidated.
[Jerry] It's in the-- It's in the contract.
[Ross] He's verbally assaulted her and he's--
maybe she's too intimidated not to wear it.
[Jerry] J.R., you don't understand.
Test still works for--
or Stacy still works for Test.
[Ross] Well, he's not her dresser.
He's not her wardrobe consultant.
Knock down-- Roll over.
[Jerry] He's obviously her boss.
[Ross] Well, he thinks he is.
[Jerry] She still got on the, uh-- the towel.
You know, she even looks good wearing a towel.
As a matter of fact, I'd love to see her wearing nothing but a towel, wouldn't you?
[Ross] Sleeper hold applied by Test.
That would be uplifting, no doubt about that.
[Jerry] Uplifting?
[Ross] Steiner, that neck crimped.
Which the theory behind this is that the blood flow to the brain
is restricted to the carotid artery,
as Stacy looks on very, very concerned.
What an angelic little face. Can you--
[Jerry] How could you-- How could you ever wanna put her in harm's way?
How could you stick her in front of you
and cause her to get kicked right in that pretty little face?
[Ross] King, did you ever wrestle with earrings?
[Jerry] Who was he?
Oh, you mean wrestled wearing earrings.
-[Test] Shut up. -[Jerry] No, never.
I've never worn an earring, much less wrestle with them.
[Ross] Scott Steiner's arm, get dropped three times, it's over.
Dropped once, it's not over.
[Jerry] Look at Stacy, she is quite the cheerleader out there.
[Ross] Steiner going downstairs. Big Booty Daddy.
[Jerry] Look out.
[Ross] Look at that power.
Great torque on the hips.
Pumping those hips, taking up-- taking Test up and over.
[Jerry] Speaking of hips, did I tell you how good Stacy looks wearing a towel?
[Val] One.
[crowd cheering]
[Val] Two.
[Ross] Stacy trying to get this crowd, obviously, behind Scott Steiner,
and again, I just think the bottom line
is that Stacy is so intimidated
by Test's propensity for aggression
that she is wearing that towel out of fear.
[crowd booing]
[Jerry] Now what? Oh, daddy.
She's not wearing a towel anymore. [exclaims]
[Ross] Test walked right into that-- a pair of clotheslines
and a modified Northern Lights Suplex,
and also a Northern Lights Slam by Scott Steiner.
[Jerry] Wow.
[Ross] An overhand right,
those knife-edge chops
and all that power and impact from Scott Steiner.
[Jerry] He'll club you, then chop you, then club you, then chop you.
And then he'll get you.
[Ross] Steiner catching Test coming in.
[Jerry] And then they do this to you. Ooh.
[Ross] Right hammer turned to belly-to-back suplex.
It could be all-- One, two, and a near-fall.
Come on, ref.
[Ross] Scott Steiner having words with the referee.
I don't see anything wrong with his officiating.
Steiner is a hot-tempered, intense individual.
[crowd] One, two, three, f--
[Ross] Three hard shots. Uh-oh.
Nice counter.
-[Jerry] Wow. -[Ross] Full Nelson Slam by Test.
-And Test, looking to use the ropes. -[Jerry] Hey. Ropes, ropes.
[Ross] And good officiating by referee, Val Venis.
The special referee here tonight.
[Jerry] That was a good job because an inexperienced ref
was lucky to catch that-- Uh-oh, look at this now.
Hey!
[Ross] Whoa, wait a minute.
-Did it get three? -[Ross] No. Two-count.
[Jerry] Just two?
[Ross] I don't think it's right to have a confrontation with the referee.
[Jerry] Now, Test has everybody against him out there.
[Ross] When you're in a match for your-- for your life here.
[Jerry] He's got Steiner against him, he's got Stacy against him.
-Now the referee. -[Ross] Uh-oh.
Val is trying to repair that top turnbuckle.
[Jerry] Whoa.
[Ross] Well, that could have been disastrous.
-[Jerry] Hey! -[Ross] Oh, man.
Test shoved Steiner into Stacy.
Toe Test.
Man, did Steiner get beheaded.
[Jerry] Yeah, look at the mocking of Freakzilla.
[Ross] Boy, that could cost Test, or maybe not.
It's over. No, it's not.
[Jerry] Oh, I think-- I think Stacy twisted her ankle.
I better go down there. She might need a massage.
[Ross] Another near-fall.
You better stay right here.
[Jerry] But she could be in pain.
[Ross] You don't need to be handling that young woman's ankle.
[Jerry] I can help her.
[Ross] Uh-oh.
No. I think he's getting motivation now.
Test, I don't think he cares about winning,
he cares about maiming Scott Steiner before Bad Blood.
[Jerry] Now, Venis can't allow this chair to be used, can he?
Get up.
[Ross] Test is gonna take Steiner's head off.
[Jerry] Test doesn't really care what he's hearing from the referee.
-Hey! -[Ross] Oh, look at Stacy.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Stacy unarmed Test.
[Jerry] She's got some guts.
Oh my gosh.
[Ross] Good grief.
What impact? What impact?
-[bell ringing] -[Ross] And what a victory.
[Jerry] Holy mackerel.
["Holla if Ya Hear Me" playing]
[Howard] Here is your winner,
"Big Poppa Pump" Scott Steiner.
[Ross] Well, Test is going home alone,
and he's going home tonight a loser to Scott Steiner.
[Jerry] I guarantee he's going home with a huge headache.
Have you ever seen anything like that?
Wow. Have you ever seen anything like that?
[Ross] Well, Stacy was right there.
Stacy on the spot, if you will,
to unarm that-- unarm Test of that--
[Jerry] Oh, look. She's getting a little cheeky, J.R.
Check this out one more time.
Like you said, Stacy on the spot.
She jumped right up there, grabbed that chair,
unarmed Test and then watch this.
Watch the impact. Watch Test's head.
Oh my gosh.
["Holla if Ya Hear Me" continues playing]
[Jerry] Man.
[Ross] Well, ladies and gentlemen, a hard-fought victory for Scott Steiner.
I wanna thank all the great fans for joining us here tonight in Newcastle
and wherever you are watching on Sky Box Office,
we appreciate you inviting us into your home,
and we thank you for your business
and for supporting Raw and the WWE.
But coming up next,
a Street Fight made earlier tonight by Stone Cold, Kevin Nash,
a seven foot, 300-pounder
to take on his former best friend,
Triple H.
[Nash] God, I'm glad to be back.
And at the same time,
I'm not so glad to be back.
I bust my ass so I could come back here and be with my buddies.
So what happens?
I come back, Shawn's in the corner, handcuffed,
Hunter's got a sledgehammer
and I'm right in the hell in the middle of it.
[Jonathan] Kevin Nash saving Shawn Michaels
from yet another beating.
[Nash] I mean, we're best friends.
[Triple H] I gotta tell you,
damn, it's good to see you back, man.
But you gotta know something, man.
It ain't never gonna be over between me and Shawn Michaels.
I would just assume slap Shawn in the face and shake his hand.
So now, you've gotta make a choice.
It's either him or me.
[Jonathan] The World Heavyweight title is on the line.
The Game and Booker T and Shawn Michaels is the guest referee.
-[Jerry] Oh, what are you doing? -[Jonathan] Oh, Sweet Chin Music.
Oh my God. Here it is.
One, two-- Oh!
With Chris Jericho and Ric Flair attacking Shawn Michaels from behind.
[Jerry] Oh my gosh. Look at this.
[Jonathan] Here comes Kevin Nash.
Kevin Nash is still in the middle.
Still in the middle. They all three were best of friends.
Oh no. Oh my God.
Triple H just nailed Kevin Nash from behind.
[Jerry] Oh my gosh.
[Jonathan] I think Triple H just made the decision for Kevin Nash.
[Triple H] Kevin, I told you,
you don't wanna be against me.
Well, tonight, you find out
what it means to be against The Game.
[Jonathan] Oh, Triple H has got a sledgehammer.
Triple H just nailed his former best friend, Kevin Nash.
[Jerry] That's it, he got him.
-[Jonathan] That's it. -[bell ringing]
[Jonathan] Oh, my goodness. What a battle by these six men.
[Jericho] At Judgment Day,
it's gonna be Triple H
defending the world title
against Kevin Nash.
[Nash] What Triple H did to me?
He tried to end my career.
I'm still standing.
Triple H, you're a dead man.
[Jericho] It's funny that you say that, Big Kev,
because you're not my only guest on the show tonight.
Ladies and gentlemen, to the Highlight Reel, Triple H.
-[Ross] You gotta be kidding. -[Jonathan] No way.
[Ross] Nash, want to-- he wants The Game in the ring.
Oh, my. He's going. These men were one time
-just like brothers. -[Jerry] I can't believe. Look out.
[Ross] And Jericho put a cheap shot, a low blow.
[Jerry] Look out, no.
[Ross] Oh, wow, what a vile chair shot.
-[Jerry] Not a Pedigree. -[Ross] He's gonna get Pedigree,
-right on that chair. Oh no. -[Jerry] Oh, no, no.
[Ross] Nash torn up somehow.
These men are beginning to just beat the holy hell out of each other,
they're shortening their lives and their careers here.
King, they're fighting out on the street. They're outside.
[Jerry] It could not get-- Look out, look out, look out.
[Ross] The driver of that truck just got thrown to the concrete
and look at the world's champion getting the hell out of here.
[Stone Cold] Congratulations.
You got Kevin Nash,
June 15th,
Bad Blood, Hell in a Cell.
-[Jerry] What? -[Ross] My God.
Triple H's life just flashed before his eyes.
What a pay-per-view in Houston.
Triple H, Nash, Hell in a Cell
for the Heavyweight Championship of the World, King.
[dramatic music playing]
["Sexy Boy" playing]
♪ I think I'm cute ♪
♪ I know I'm sexy ♪
♪ I got the looks ♪
♪ That drives the girls wild ♪
♪ I got the moves ♪
♪ That really move them ♪
♪ I send chills ♪
-♪ Up and down their spine ♪ -[bell ringing]
[Howard] The following contest is a Street Fight
for the World Heavyweight Championship.
In this contest, there are no rules.
Entering the ring, the individual
who will be in the corner of the challenger,
"The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels.
[Ross] Well, it's been a long time
since Shawn Michaels has been here live in the United Kingdom.
And you heard Howard Finkel, the rules of a Street Fight are simple,
no disqualifications, no count-outs.
There must be a winner.
The referee's only here to count a pinfall
or ring the bell for a submission.
[Jerry] Now, let me ask you this, why is Shawn Michaels here?
[Ross] The same reason that Ric Flair is here.
[Jerry] Well, to be in the opponent's corners?
There's not gonna be any corners in this match. It's a Street Fight.
["Jackknife" playing]
[Jerry] What's gonna happen?
[crowd cheering]
[Howard] Introducing the challenger, from Detroit, Michigan,
weighing 305 pounds,
Kevin Nash.
[Ross] A seven foot,
300-pound badass.
He is-- He's not a highly-skilled catch-as-catch-can wrestler.
He is a Street Fighter, a brawler, a mauler,
a smash-mouth style of wrestler,
and in this Street Fight, this should be…
[explosions]
[Ross] …right down Nash's alley.
[Jerry] You're right. He is a badass who kicks ass.
Nothing fancy about him, but he will hurt you.
[Ross] Folks, you know, I got a feeling, folks,
that this is not gonna be for the weak at heart here tonight.
It's gonna be nasty and ugly.
["The Game" playing]
♪ It's time to play the game ♪
[crowd cheering]
♪ Time to play the game ♪
[crowd cheering]
♪ It's all about the game And how you play it… ♪
[Howard] From Greenwich, Connecticut,
weighing 272 pounds,
the World Heavyweight Champion,
Triple H.
And he will have in his corner,
"Nature Boy" Ric Flair.
[Ross] Well, a hell of an ovation for the World Heavyweight Champion
to have Ric Flair, "The Dirtiest Player in the Game"
in Triple H's corner.
A Street Fight.
Neither man can be disqualified.
Neither man can be counted-out.
[Jerry] Well, you mentioned the fact that Triple H
gets a huge ovation and that's out of respect.
You can't have anything but respect for this individual.
I mean, he is at the top of this game.
He is the World Heavyweight Champion, J.R.
There are none better.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] And as we speak, he is the best in the business.
[Jerry] Right.
[Ross] I stress "as we speak."
[Jerry] Oh, you're trying to jinx the man now, huh?
♪ It's all about the game And how you play it… ♪
[Ross] Kevin Nash, took a--
keeping his eyes on a man that Nash considered,
at one time, his very best friend.
Nash and The Game were closer than brothers,
and you can add Shawn Michaels into that group.
[Jerry] The Kliq.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] But that was then, J.R., and this is now.
[Ross] A lot of water under the bridge
since they were a very talented pain in the ass group.
[Jerry] See, jealousy does funny things to people.
Shawn Michaels-- Oh, wait a minute.
[Jerry] Do you hear that?
Referee laying down the rules that either Naitch or Shawn Michaels interfere,
they're outta here.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] As I was saying, jealousy does funny things.
You're right. They were best of friends, The Game, HBK, Kevin Nash,
but it seems that once The Game became the world champion,
once he became without a doubt
-the undisputed best… -[bell ringing]
[Jerry] …well, Kevin Nash's jealousy rears its ugly head.
Kevin Nash jealous, HBK jealous.
The friendship went right out the window.
[Ross] Well, as the pyrotechnic smoke clears away,
it'll be interesting to see who the-- who walks out of here
when the proverbial smoke clears from this Street Fight.
Nash as dangerous as any man in the WWE
when he is maintaining that vertical base when he's upright,
at seven feet, 305,
more power, more leverage than The Game
who's no small man at six-four and a half, 265.
Straight right by Nash.
The World's Heavyweight Championship is on the line.
Jim Ross and Jerry "The King" Lawler,
live from Newcastle here on Sky Box Office.
[Jerry] I was about to say that it would probably be
to Triple H's advantage to try to keep this thing in the ring
for as long as possible.
But it's already out of the ring.
[Ross] Nash, that right hand aiming right for the temple of Triple H.
-And look-- -[Jerry] Look at-- Look at Naitch.
[Ross] And Flair--
[Jerry] It's a Street Fight, J.R., it's a Street Fight.
[Ross] Yeah, with a-- Wait a minute,
Shawn Michaels right after Ric Flair.
[Jerry] Get out of there, Naitch.
[Ross] Michaels and Flair will meet at Bad Blood.
We've talked about that tonight.
-[Jerry] Oh! -[Ross] Oh, Flair!
His head just cracked, and I mean cracked
right off those steel ring posts.
Flair's head smacked like a shotgun,
and Flair, I think has been busted open.
I think Flair has been busted open by Michaels.
[Jerry] Well, I guess so. How do you hit your head…
-[Ross] Good God. -[Jerry] …into a steel ring post
and not lay yourself open?
Look at this.
[Ross] Already.
-[Jerry] Watch this. -[Ross] Ooh.
[Jerry] My God. I mean, that's--
[Ross] Flair-- Man, that is nasty.
Now referee can't disqualify Flair or Michaels or anybody else,
and now, look at the double team here.
And Nash running right through Flair
and running right through the champion.
[Jerry] What is this? Is this still a World Championship match,
-or is it a Tag match or what? -[Ross] You're damn right it is.
It's not a tag match.
And look at Shawn Michaels,
opening up Ric Flair even more.
Michaels has got Flair's blood all over HBK's hands.
[Jerry] This is bad. This is real bad for Naitch.
[Ross] I got-- I think it's gonna get uglier before it gets better.
-[Jerry] He's in bad shape. -[referee 1] What are you doing? Come on.
[Ross] Flair is-- Flair is bleeding profusely.
We are live on Sky Box Office.
We are seeing this as it happens.
[Jerry] We need some medical attention for Flair, right now.
[crowd chanting indistinctly]
[Ross] A Street Fight for the World's Heavyweight title,
the two men in the corner, just seconds--
[Jerry] Hey, and look at these other referees.
[referee 2] Get off.
[Ross] Now, the referees are trying to rest--
restrain Shawn.
Oh, Michaels just caught Flair, walking in the hard right hand.
Shawn Michaels, again, getting hammered.
[Jerry] Oh, he got hammered there.
[Ross] My God, Flair is a-- his face is a crimson mask.
[Jerry] But he was still able to see and had his wits about him,
enough to take out Shawn Michaels.
[Ross] With a low blow.
[Jerry] Now, what are they doing?
[Ross] My God, Flair is a--
[Jerry] Well, he needs some medical attention.
[Ross] Flair needs to go to the hospital. There's no doubt about that.
And lookit now, The Game right back in this thing
with Kevin Nash,
knocking Nash down on that steel.
[Jerry] Uh-oh.
I knew this was gonna-- like you said, get ugly.
This thing-- This could go anywhere.
It could go out on the streets of Newcastle.
[Ross] Oh, look out here.
-Power! -[Jerry] Oh no!
[Ross] Oh my God.
Oh my God,
the spine of Triple H smashing that steel.
[Jerry] That's our World Heavyweight Champion.
What's the matter with you, Kevin Nash?
[crowd chanting] HBK! HBK! HBK!
[Ross] Downstairs goes The Game,
and a hard right hand,
knocking down Kevin Nash.
This is a war.
This is so ugly, it's so physical.
Listen to this carnage.
Listen to this impact.
[Jerry] Watch this one more time.
Oh my gosh.
[Ross] The human anatomy smacking the steel.
[Jerry] Speaking of steel, look out, where'd that chair come from?
Oh no.
[crowd cheering, jeering]
[Ross] You could even-- I wouldn't mind to hear that one again.
[Jerry] That had to feel like you got struck by lightning right in your back.
[Ross] It sounded like a rifle shot going off.
[Jerry] Oh, wait a minute, J.R., they're right--
-[Ross] Oh my God. -[Jerry] Look out.
Time to go.
Uh, I'll just be over here.
Watch it, J.R., watch your back.
[Ross] We've seen this before.
I don't know-- I don't know where the hell to go.
[Jerry] Wait, no, we need to--
Wait a minute, what are you doing?
[Ross] Kevin, don't. You gotta pin him in the ring.
[Jerry] Come on. Don't do this.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] You'll break--
[Jerry] Look out.
[Ross] Good God.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Watch it, watch it.
This is bad. J.R., did you lose your equipment?
[Ross] I'm trying to hang in here. Stay out of their damn way.
They're battered and bloody, they're all over us here.
[Jerry] I think we saved the table from-- Oh my gosh. I almost--
[Ross] We've lost our monitors. Our--
Good God almighty.
[crowd chatter]
-[Jerry] This is bad. -[Ross] I can't believe this.
[crowd shouting indistinctly]
[Jerry] I thought that Kevin Nash was gonna put Triple H
right through our announce table.
He's done it before.
[Ross] We got hung up with these damn cables.
I couldn't get outta here.
Thank God we--
they're so focused on each other.
[Jerry] I thought you were history there, J.R.
Oh, now what? Look out.
[Ross] Big elbow by Nash.
It could be over, world title on the line.
Oh, and a near-fall.
[Jerry] Did you see the bruises and the cuts on The Game's back
when he was laying down up here?
[Ross] No, I was too busy trying to get out of the way.
[Jerry] Oh, that steel grating
did a number on-- Oh, look at this.
[Ross] Downstairs.
Downstairs, both these men have had severe career-threatening injuries
with that-- uh, their quadricep muscle--
both of them had their muscles torn completely off the bone.
Both have been out of action,
you know, seven, eight months a crack.
And they know each other's anatomy very well
when it comes to both-- the thigh injury, King.
[Jerry] They know each other's weaknesses and they wanna exploit them.
And The Game, there's nobody better than The Game at that.
[Ross] The Game now trying to cripple Nash.
As I said earlier,
when Nash has established that vertical base,
when he's upright is when he's the most dangerous,
but he's a long way from upright right now.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Well, I tell you, this thing went downhill in a hurry, didn't it?
[Ross] I've gotta believe Ric Flair has got to be getting medical attention.
He may even on the way to a local medical facility.
[Jerry] Definitely gonna need stitches.
[Ross] Shawn Michaels got a tremendous low blow,
and now, look at The Game,
shades of his mentor.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] "Nature Boy" Ric Flair…
-[Jerry] Oh, God. -[Ross] …but Nash kicks off.
[Jerry] Well, it's all legal in this match,
Street Fight for the World Heavyweight Championship.
-Oh no! -[Ross] Oh my gosh.
Man, that was tremendous impact.
The Game over the top.
That was unbelievable impact.
[Jerry] Check it out one more time.
Kevin Nash, sending Triple H into that corner so hard.
Oh my gosh.
[Ross] Off the page velocity.
This match has turned into a bonafide,
100% pure slobberknocker.
Oh, God.
How does a human face and anatomy, the back, the face…?
[Jerry] Look out. Oh, face first into those steel steps.
[Ross] The face, the sternum, and just everywhere you look,
there's a bruise, or a scrape, or a cut.
[Jerry] Oh, no, wait a minute.
He's not gonna--
[Ross] Remember, this is a Street Fight.
It is no disqualification and no count-out.
It is one fall,
and there must be a winner
for the Heavyweight Championship of the World.
[Jerry] First of all, J.R., I can't even tell you how much those steps weigh.
I've tried to lift them.
Kevin Nash just tossed them in the ring like it was a feather.
Oh no.
[Ross] Triple H out of desperation, got that hangman on Nash.
The challenger for The Game's World Heavyweight Championship.
With steel steps in the ring.
[Jerry] Oh, this is gonna be bad.
[Ross] It's down to one-on-one.
No HBK, no Nature Boy.
Oh my God, don't do it. Look out.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] A drop toehold.
And The Game's face bounced right into the steel steps,
right into the steel steps, face-first.
[Jerry] This is bad. This is real bad for The Game.
[Ross] This is getting ugly and grotesque,
and we're live as live can be.
Oh, God! The brain just scrambled of the champion.
We could have a new champion any moment.
[Jerry] Look at Kevin Nash. He's so strong.
He just wheeled those huge, heavy metal steps.
-Oh, no, look at that, look. -[Ross] Oh God. Now, The Game…
-[Jerry] Oh no. -[Ross] …is bleeding, a right hand.
Nash, the big 300-pound animal wants to maim The Game,
wants to beat up his best-- former best friend
and win the championship.
[Jerry] Listen, listen.
That's probably what opened Triple H up or either--
or either when Kevin Nash drove those steel steps
right into Triple H's head.
[Ross] And look at Nash telling The Game to get up.
"Take your medicine. Take your ass whipping here tonight."
Sidewalk slam, hooked the near leg.
There's gonna be a new-- Oh! Did it get to three?
No.
[Jerry] It's bad enough to get your ass whipped in a Street Fight,
but on top of that, to lose your World Heavyweight Championship,
that would be awful,
and in England.
[grunting]
[referee] Come on, let him out.
[Jerry] If you ask me, this is what--
this is maybe what busted Triple H open.
Look how hard Kevin Nash drives those steps
right into the forehead of Triple H.
[Ross] Oh, no! The Game right back into the referee,
and Nash just-- Nash came for The Game, got the referee,
two shots, the senior referee, Earl Hebner.
[Jerry] We need a new ref, I'm afraid.
[Ross] The referee is down. The referee is hurt.
If you can hear us in the back,
we need another referee and we need him now.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Oh my gosh.
[Ross] The end is near
for the Heavyweight Champion of the World, Triple H.
[Jerry] Kevin Nash is set.
Uh-oh.
[Ross] A low blow.
That's as illegal as a headlock.
[Jerry] A headlock?
You don't have a headlock in a Street Fight.
-Hey, wait, Flair is back! -[Ross] Flair--
-[Jerry] Look at this. -[Ross] That bloody Ric Flair is back
and he's got a steel chair.
[Jerry] Oh, he got a foot to the face.
[Ross] But Nash retaliates.
[Jerry] A battered and bloodied Flair.
Huge right hands by Kevin Nash.
-[Jerry] Oh, whoa. -[Ross] Oh my God.
My gosh, skull on steel,
scrambled my brains.
It's gotta be over.
Flair is trying to revive the referee.
-[Jerry] Get him over there, Flair. -[Ross] There's the cover.
[Jerry] Wake Hebner up.
[Ross] Here comes another referee.
[referee] One, two.
-[Ross] Kevin Nash is alive. -[Jerry] What?
[Ross] The monster lives! The monster lives!
[Jerry] He's alive.
Oh, look at this.
-The referee just got blasted. -[Ross] What the--
[Jerry] Well, he’s not the real referee now.
Earl Hebner's the real ref.
[Ross] That was uncalled for.
And now, look at the double team with no referee.
Triple H and Flair stomping the hell out of the challenger.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Oh no.
[Ross] Here comes Shawn Michaels.
Michaels recovering from the low blow.
-[Jerry] Look out, Naitch. -[Ross] Goes right to Ric Flair.
Look at Michaels teeing off on Flair.
[Jerry exclaims ] What?
[Ross] And now, Michaels on Triple H.
[Jerry] Is this legal?
Can Michaels do this?
-[Ross] It's all legal. -[Jerry] Whoa.
[Ross] It's a no disqualification Street Fight.
And Michaels, right after Ric Flair.
There'll meet officially at Armageddon.
[Jerry] Oh, no, no, Sweet Chin Music!
[Ross] Oh, no, a number one hit,
number one with a bullet.
Sweet Chin Music by Shawn Michaels.
-Oh, a sledgehammer. -[Jerry] Sledgehammer.
[Ross] A sledgehammer. Oh my God.
Shawn Michaels intervened.
Triple H was gonna take Nash's head off.
[Jerry] Oh, Sweet Chin Music. No.
[Ross] Oh, wait.
-[Jerry] Pedigree. -[Ross] Pedigree.
Pedigree.
But Nash is back up.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Jackknife, it's gotta be!
It is!
Man, we got a new champion.
We got a new champion.
[Jerry] I can't believe it.
[Ross] Every referee in sight has been decimated.
Counting one,
counting two,
counting three.
[crowd counting]
-[Ross] And there's another referee. -[Jerry] Where?
[Ross] There's Flair.
Oh, Flair just knocked down the third referee.
My God, this is a war.
Every referee in sight has been decimated.
Flair's a bloody mess.
The champion's a bloody mess.
[Jerry] Now, Flair's getting pounded-- Oh, the big boot.
[Ross] And Kevin Nash is kicking ass.
[Jerry] Uh-oh, not a powerbomb for-- Triple H-- Oh!
[Ross] A sledgehammer.
A sledgehammer right to the head of Kevin Nash,
a vile-- Nash's skull may be cracked.
Nash is out.
Nash's skull may be cracked from the sledgehammer.
[Jerry] Get over there, referee.
[crowd] One, two, three.
-[Ross] And it's over. -[bell ringing]
-["The Game" playing] -♪ It's all about the game ♪
♪ And how you play it ♪
[Howard] The winner of this bout
and still the World Heavyweight Champion,
Triple H.
[Ross] I say it's over.
It's over from this night.
In this night in Newcastle,
but it's not over.
This war is not over.
There is still life in the body of every participant,
and someday soon, maybe even,
hell yeah, at Bad Blood,
it has to be over once and for all.
[Jerry] Oh my God.
Triple H, somehow, along with Naitch,
survived by the skin of his teeth,
but how can, in the condition Triple H is in-
how can he survive a Hell in a Cell?
[Ross] Oh, man.
A sledgehammer shot to the head.
Look at it.
Nash, trying to cover up, but he couldn't.
My God,
The Game is still the World's Heavyweight Champion,
but ladies and gentlemen, for how long?
For how long?
Thanks for being with us.
Good night, everybody.
[song fades] verybody.