[narrator] In over 100 countries, in seven different languages,
to more than a half billion viewers each week,
the World Wrestling Entertainment,
the worldwide leader in sports entertainment.
How does an athlete distinguish himself in the World Wrestling Entertainment?
Some challenge the boundaries of their physical limits,
sacrifice their bodies, mortgage their youth.
Some go beyond.
This renegade is the embodiment of defiance,
cursing authority, combating the establishment.
He'd just as soon spit in the face of the devil
than shake his maker's hand.
These hardcore warriors embrace kamikaze-like practices,
risking pain and injury in their sadistic attempt to satisfy.
And these self-proclaimed outlaws took their pursuit of notoriety
to the horrifying edge and beyond.
Has this nihilistic attitude polluted the spirit of competition?
Have some men crossed sacred lines?
Tonight, athletes who defy convention,
adversaries who have gone too far,
may dare go even farther.
And now, Western Union presents No Way Out of Texas!
["WWE No Way Out 1998" playing]
-[fireworks exploding] -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Hello again, ladies and gentlemen,
and welcome to No Way Out of Texas!
We are live from the sold-out Compaq Center
in the beautiful city of Houston.
But a huge mystery looms large over this sold-out crowd, King,
and that is who will be the eighth man
in the Eight-Man Tag Team match tonight?
In my view, nobody can replace Shawn Michaels.
You're right, J.R. You know, the mystery is developing,
but it doesn't take a Sherlock Holmes or a Columbo to realize
that there's only one Shawn Michaels, and he cannot be replaced.
My advice to D-Generation X is find the best man.
Don't worry about finding another Shawn Michaels,
because there's not one.
[Ross] One thing about this matchup, it has been made a non-sanction.
-[Jerry] Whoa! -[Ross] Anything goes.
One fall to a finish matchup.
That's gonna happen here tonight.
But again, we still not-- do not know
who will be the eighth man in that war.
-["Rough Rock" playing] -[bell ringing]
[Howard] Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest is a tag team match,
scheduled for one fall, with a 30-minute time limit.
Introducing first, team number one,
at a total combined weight of 495 pounds,
introducing first, accompanied by Sable,
from Buffalo, New York,
"Marvelous" Marc Mero!
[Ross] A tremendous ovation for Sable,
not "Marvelous" Marc Mero.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Mero will be teaming
with The Artist Formerly Known As Goldust here tonight.
[crowd booing]
[Jerry] That's quite an ovation for Marc Mero.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Mero got an ample amount of boos in this matchup.
Mero and Goldust-- Of course, Mero has been so disrespectful
to Sable in recent weeks,
and I think Sable may just about had enough of it.
["Deviant" playing]
[Howard] His partner,
to be accompanied down the aisle by Luna,
from Hollywood, California,
The Artist Formerly Known As Goldust.
[Ross] Ladies and gentlemen, it was last Monday on Raw,
Goldust was meeting Thrasher in a one-on-one contest
when Goldust-- Well, we see an altercation there with Luna and Sable,
but watch Goldust, King.
Goldust really gets in Sable's face, and Goldust paid for it.
[Jerry] Well, let's tell it like it is.
That's Marilyn Dust and, boy, did he take a shot in the chops.
[Ross] And then Luna got right in Sable's face
-and all heck broke loose. -[Jerry] Whoa! Whoa!
[Ross] Including Sable slapping the taste right out of Luna's mouth.
[Jerry] And take a look at this.
They're in the same ring together, live, right now.
[crowd chanting] Sable! Sable! Sable!
[Ross] And listen to this chant of "Sable! Sable!" here in Houston.
[crowd chanting] Sable! Sable!
Yo! Shut up!
[crowd booing]
Wait, wait. Luna!
I know exactly how you feel,
and you know, there's only room in the ring
for one beautiful lady today.
Therefore, Sable,
get the hell out of here right now.
-[Jerry] Whoa! -[crowd booing]
Go!
[Ross] Total lack of respect by "Marvelous" Marc Mero.
[Jerry] I think she just found a way out of Texas. [laughs]
Well, let's face it. Marilyn Dust and Luna,
they are the beautiful people, you know.
[Ross] Well, that's debatable.
-Get out of here! -[Sable speaks indistinctly]
-You just go! -[crowd chanting] Sable! Sable! Sable!
[Ross] All Mero is doing is using Sable to draw attention to himself.
Mero is just like Goldust.
He's very insecure.
I don't know if he really knows who he is or what he is.
[Jerry] Come on, J.R.
Just because Marc Mero could never see a belt without hitting below it,
don't find fault with the guy.
-["Bangers" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Howard] And their opponents,
at a total combined weight of 492 pounds,
Mosh and Thrasher,
The Headbangers!
[Ross] The former WWE Tag Team Champions, Mosh and Thrasher,
from the great state of New Jersey, making their way to the ring.
And certainly, this should be a most competitive tag team matchup
as this sold-out throng here in Houston getting ready
for the first WWE pay-per-view from Houston
since the Royal Rumble of 1989.
[Jerry] Did I hear you right?
Did you say The Headbangers are from the great state of New Jersey?
-[Ross] You heard-- -[Jerry] Come on.
That's why people in New York are so depressed.
That's because the light at the end of the tunnel
for New Yorkers is New Jersey.
[Ross] Again, ladies and gentlemen,
we are still wondering who the eighth man
in tonight's Eight-Man Tag Team matchup will be.
We do not know that answer.
-We do know, however, conclusively… -[bell ringing]
[Ross] …that this match has been
deemed a non-sanctioned one fall to a finish matchup.
[crowd chanting] Sable! Sable! Sable!
[Jerry] Yeah, anything can happen in that match, J.R.
I think the WWE is trying to get themselves off the hook
in that match.
You know, they won't-- They don't wanna be responsible for anything.
[Ross] Well, I think it's a very prudent decision.
[Jerry] And anything can happen in that.
[Ross] And, uh, the way these, uh, athletes are dressed,
all four, quite frankly, including The Headbangers,
anything can happen in this matchup.
This is not a-- certainly a--
somewhat of an unorthodox tag team matchup they're kicking off here.
[Jerry] Oh. Look at those jabs. Come on.
[Ross] Referee Tim White assigned to this contest.
And of course, Mero will utilize his boxing skills
from his Golden Gloves days.
[grunts]
[Ross] Mero with those stinging jabs and body shots.
Certainly a violation of the rules here in the early going.
[Jerry] What was wrong with that, J.R.?
I guess you're gonna find fault in that.
[Ross] Not a thing. Nice elbow.
And another one right to the sternum of Mosh by "Marvelous" Marc Mero.
Mero and Goldust have both been Intercontinental Champions.
Headbangers, former tag champions.
So, very accomplished athletes in the ring right now.
[Jerry] Did you see that kidney punch that Marc Mero delivered there
just a couple of seconds ago? Beautiful.
-Whoa-oh! -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Mero unable to negotiate the elbow.
And an Irish whip into the turnbuckle by Mosh.
-[Jerry] Oh! -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] In the unorthodox style of The Headbangers.
-[Jerry] Look out! -[Ross] And a clothesline!
And over goes Mero!
[Jerry] I can't believe that! He almost decapitated Marc Mero!
Get out of here, you son of a bitch.
[Ross] Sable has been impolitely banished to the locker room area,
leaving Luna here to, uh, defend for these two, uh, individuals.
[Jerry] What's wrong with Luna? I guess you think she's not beautiful.
Look at that face.
[Ross] I'd rather not.
Mero back in.
Again, Mero and Mosh have gone the entire way thus far.
The first tag made by the tag team specialists,
The Headbangers.
[Jerry] Look out, Marc! Look out! Ooh!
[Ross] Clothesline off the top detonated by Thrasher,
and Mosh nails Goldust just for good measure.
[Jerry] I think we're seeing a little bit of cheating here, don't you think?
From The Headbangers?
-Oh! -[Ross] Drop toehold by Thrasher.
Nice move on the 6'6" Goldust.
[Jerry] Marilyn Dust! Marilyn Dust!
[Ross] It's hard to keep up with Goldust's identities.
Nice athletic move there
-by the former Intercontinental Champion. -[Jerry] Look at that! Oh, no, no, no!
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Goldust in a very vulnerable position.
Got stomped right in the face
and knocked down with a clothesline by Thrasher.
What an electric crowd we have here in Houston.
[Jerry] Look out!
[Ross] And a double sledge right off the top by Mosh.
Mosh and Thrasher.
High elevation by Mosh.
Mosh and Thrasher
doing a great job of establishing some sort of continuity here
in the early going.
-[Tim] No, no, no, no, come on. -[Jerry] You know what, J.R.?
You talk about all the identities, all the personas-- Oh, no! Look out!
-[Ross] Look at this. -[Jerry] Ah! Oh!
[Ross] Tremendous tandem move by The Headbangers.
That could be all, one, two-- And Mero interrupts the count.
[Jerry] No matter what persona you get from The Artist Formerly Known As Goldust,
you gotta admit one thing. He's a great athlete!
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Well, he is a great athlete.
All four of these men are great athletes, for that matter.
Sometimes we overlook Goldust's athleticism
because of his outlandish attire.
[Jerry] And you love to talk about how great these Headbangers are.
What do you have in common with The Headbangers?
I can't picture you listening to their kind of music,
Metallica or Slayer or Pantera.
You like that kind of music, J.R.?
[Ross] Well, I'm not real versed on that, quite honestly.
One, two--
[Jerry] Plus they cheat a lot too.
-[Ross] Well, it-- They're gonna-- -[Jerry] Take a-- Look at that!
Look at that double-teaming! And look at this move right here, J.R.!
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] That's two-on-one any way you look at it!
[Ross] Any way you look at it.
Side headlock now by Thrasher,
and, uh, Thrasher makes-- The tag was made-- A blind tag has been made.
-And Mero, the legal man… -[Jerry] Oh, yeah!
[Ross] …with that, uh, million-dollar knee lift by Marc Mero,
almost taking Thrasher out of those boots,
-and Mero… -[Jerry] Whoa, yeah!
[Ross] …drives the elbow right to the heart.
Now a lateral press, leg is hooked, and a near-fall.
[crowd chanting] Sable! Sable! Sable!
[Jerry] Now listen to these moronic fans here.
[Ross] I wouldn't mind seeing a little bit more of Sable myself.
Are you mad she's not here? What's wrong with you?
[Jerry] Well, I got nothing against Luna!
Let's chant "Luna! Luna!"
[Ross] Yeah, you'll get that going, all right.
Tuesday afternoon.
Certainly wanna thank all of our friends at Western Union
for helping make this event possible.
Western Union is the fastest way to send money worldwide,
and perhaps the fastest way for The Headbangers to win this match
is to now isolate Mero from Mero--
and Goldust hanging a low bridge.
-[Ross] Goldust. -[Jerry] Beautiful!
[Ross] Just as The Headbangers seemingly were gaining the advantage,
Goldust pulled down the top rope, and there went Thrasher.
And Luna now, having liberties with Thrasher,
who's in a very vulnerable state here.
[Jerry] Watch Marilyn Dust here. This is gonna be good!
Oh, no! Whoa!
-[Ross] Oh, my! -[Jerry] Beautiful!
[Ross] Thrasher dropped face-first over the steps
by the, uh, Marilyn Manson look-alike, Goldust.
[Jerry laughs] He's probably used to that.
He gets that stage diving,
you know, where they like to dive out in the crowds
-and stuff? -[Tim] One!
-Two! -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] While you're thanking people, J.R.,
I'd like to thank all of my fans over in the United Kingdom.
-They're watching us live right now! -[Ross] They certainly are.
[Jerry] They love royalty over there, and they love the King!
[Ross] Well, I won't debate you on that point, but…
-[Jerry] Thank you. -[Ross] …certainly I could.
-[Jerry] What? -[Mero grunts]
[Jerry] Oh, look at this!
-Get off. -[Jerry] The Headbanger
has got a busted head!
Wow!
[Ross] Well, the getting dropped first on steel steps
will have that, uh… That'll happen to you.
[Mosh] Come on!
[Jerry] Is there a doctor in the house?
[Ross] Mero now, the front facelock on Thrasher who has been busted open here
-thanks to Goldust, and-- -[Jerry hollering]
[Ross] Thrasher now really being decimated.
[Jerry] Right, that's what I love about Marc Mero.
He shows absolutely no mercy.
[Ross] Tag made. Mero making the exchange with, uh, Manson Dust
or whatever you prefer to call this bizarre human being.
Irish whip, the center of the ropes,
and a flying forearm, or a clothesline, rather, by Goldust.
[Jerry] I can't tell whether his-- Has he busted-- the front of his head busted
-or the back of his head? -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Goldust with a cover.
I believe it was the back of Thrasher's head
that has been busted open.
-[Jerry laughs] -[Mosh] Come on, Thrasher!
[Ross] Referee Tim White has made sure that, uh, Thrasher is able to continue.
-Has checked it out. -[Jerry] Oh, yeah! He--
[Ross] And will keep his eye on the situation.
[Jerry] He's like that song by another one of your favorite groups, Chumbawamba.
-[Ross] What? -[Jerry] He gets knocked down,
but he gets back up again! [laughs]
Knock him down again!
-[Ross] Mero now with some free shots… -Two! Three!
-[Ross] …on a battered and bloody Thrasher.
And Mero now, snapmare takeover.
And Mero and Goldust have really asserted themselves
-thanks to Goldust cheating… -[Jerry] What?
[Ross] …and dropping Thrasher on the out--
King, that's an illegal move, by the way.
[Jerry] Oh, I guess all of that stuff The Headbangers were doing was okay.
[Ross] Well, it certainly was a violation of the rules as well, but…
[Jerry] Oh, this is great!
[Ross] Thrasher really being punished and challenged here.
[Jerry] Why don't you just give up, you idiot?
[choking]
[Ross] A lot of fight left in The Headbangers.
But a good strategy by Mero and Goldust.
They have isolated now Thrasher.
Thrasher's been unable to make a tag.
And a knee buried to the abdomen.
[Jerry laughs]
Sorry, Thrasher. It's hard to make a comeback
when you hadn't been anywhere.
[Ross] Not a very happy Valentine's weekend for Thrasher.
[groans]
He bit my hand!
[Mosh] Come on, Thrasher!
[Ross] Mero continues to stomp away very aggressively.
[crowd chanting] Mero sucks! Mero sucks!
Mero sucks! Mero sucks!
[Jerry] Look at this, J.R., can you imagine?
With this, the only match starting out this way,
no telling where we're going to end up by the end of the night!
[Ross] Oh, I believe here, deep in the heart of Texas,
it's gonna be a wild and woolly night.
And certainly the Eight-Man Tag match, even though we don't know the eighth man.
-Non-sanctioned, are you kidding me? -[Jerry] Beautiful right there.
[Ross] Anything goes, that's a-- that's a license to maim.
And a tag has been made. Again, Marilyn Dust and cover.
-[crowd member] Yes! Yes! -[Jerry] This should be it.
[Ross] And again, Thrasher refuses to quit.
Goldust hammering away.
Get off, get off! Come on! Get off.
-Don't you talk to me. -Fists up. They rang the bell, dammit!
[Jerry] You gotta give-- See? Marilyn Dust is really smart.
He's trying to open that head wide open
where the referee will just to have to stop the match.
Very smart thinking.
[Ross] Referee Tim White, a very experienced official,
keeping a close eye
on the physical condition of Thrasher.
And-- Oh, both men are attempting, both bodies!
-[Jerry] Look out! No, no, no, no. -[Ross] They're about to bend in half.
Oh, my.
And Goldust, a half a count away from losing, uh, very, very quickly,
and makes another very timely tag.
-Stiff body shot. -[Jerry] I think it's the front
of his head that's busted open.
[Ross] Listen to that, Mero telling the referee to check Thrasher.
No doubt, though, Mero now is loosening that tape.
[Jerry] Yeah, his hand's probably cramping.
-I don't blame him. -[Ross] I don't think
there's anything wrong with his hand.
And Mero, there you see Mero using the tape
to gain an unfair advantage, choking Thrasher.
No doubt that Mero and Goldust will do whatever they have
to do to win this matchup.
[Jerry] Pretty graphic, isn't it, J.R.?
But that's what you've gotta love about it.
This is WWE, baby! Pay-per-view, anything can happen.
You're seeing it right now. It's great!
[crowd chanting] Mero sucks! Mero sucks!
Mero sucks! Mero sucks!
[Ross] Mosh trying to come in, being intercepted by the referee,
and Mero got-- gets another free shot on Thrasher.
And, quite frankly, I think the referee really needs to think about now,
-about stopping this matchup. -[Jerry] Yeah.
[Ross] Thrasher can barely defend himself, if at all.
[Jerry] What's that shirt say? "Real men wear skirts".
You might wanna take that skirt,
wipe some of your own blood off your face, you idiot!
[Ross] You've got to hand it to, uh, Mero and Manson Dust.
-[Jerry] Whoa! -[Ross] There's a powerbomb!
One, two, and Mosh in for the interruption.
Goldust and Mero doing a great job of isolating Thrasher
-from The Headbangers' corner. -[crowd booing]
[Ross] And Mero certainly not gonna make any, uh, friends
or influence any people with those kind of gestures.
Oh, Mero may be looking for the TKO here.
Maybe academic now.
-Mero going for the TKO. -[Jerry] Beautiful.
-Whoa! -[Ross] It's countered into a DDT!
-[Jerry] What? -[Ross] Big move by Thrasher!
-And now, can Thrasher make the tag? -[Tim] One!
[Ross] Mosh is rested! Mosh is ready!
[Tim] Two!
[Ross] There you see the laceration on the back of Thrasher's head…
-[Jerry] Get in there, Marilyn Dust! -[Ross] …from those three attempts.
Referee Tim White will use a ten-count.
[Tim] Six!
[Ross] If neither man can compete by the count of ten, this will be over.
[Jerry] He's at eight now!
-[Ross] Mero trying to negotiate this one. -[Jerry] Mero's up! Mero's up!
Make the tag, baby!
[Ross] Mero…
-[Jerry] Yes! -[Ross] …tags Goldust.
-And Thrasher tags Mosh! -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Here comes Mosh!
Down goes Mero!
-Down goes Goldust! -[Jerry] Ah!
-[Ross] Mosh has got a-- -[Jerry] Look out!
[Ross] It's two-on-one. Thrasher back up.
-[Jerry] Oh, no! -[Ross] Oh!
What an evasive and a flapjack!
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] There's a cover, and Mero drives the elbow right into Mosh.
[Jerry] You gotta give credit to Mero and Goldust or Marilyn Dust.
They make a great team even without Sable out here!
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Look out here.
-[Jerry] Oh! -[Ross] Aw, come on!
[Jerry] See, you wouldn't have got that from Sable.
[Ross] The referee didn't see that. That would've been a disqualification.
And that's gonna put Thrasher even more out of commission.
-And here comes Sable! -[Jerry] What?
-[Ross] And look at the look on her face. -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Mero, TKO! That'll be it for Mosh.
And Sable's here!
And by the look on her face, she means business.
Mero is upset that Sable has returned
to take the spotlight off of him.
Luna wants to get Sable! Sable wants to get Luna!
They both want a piece of each other.
Goldust having to restrain Luna. Wait a minute!
[Jerry] Hey, wait a minute! Wait a minute, ref!
Did you see that? The Headbangers just switched!
That's the wrong man in the ring!
-[Ross] Thrasher is in! -Get inside!
[Ross] It was Mosh that got the TKO.
I don't think Mero's aware of it.
[Jerry] Look out, Marc! He's playing possum!
[Ross] Inside cradle! One, two, three!
[bell ringing]
["Bangers" playing]
[Howard] Here are your winners, The Headbangers!
[Ross] The Headbangers win this matchup!
And Sable is irate!
Sable wants Luna. That is--
-I want you right now! -No, no, no, no, no
Come on!
[Ross] Sable inviting the deranged Luna into the ring!
Luna's like a pit bull dog.
And look at this! There's Goldust!
-[Jerry] Here we go! Here we go! -[Ross] And here comes Luna!
All hell is gonna break loose here!
Goldust back up!
[Jerry] Look at Luna! She's like a wildcat!
[Ross] These two women having to be restrained.
[Jerry] Look at the referee!
[crowd chanting]
[Ross] Here come some officials to separate these two women.
[Jerry] Let them go! Let them go!
Luna will tear Sable up!
[Ross] Well, I don't know about that!
[crowd chanting] Sable! Sable! Sable!
[Ross] I don't know about that at all.
-[crowd chanting Sable! Sable! Sable! -Hey. Sable! Sable!
[Ross] Sable has taken all this indignation
and this disrespect that she's gonna endure.
[Jerry] Look at this! She's still going after Luna!
[crowd chanting] Sable! Sable! Sable!
[Ross] Well, Goldust is gonna have to physically carry Luna out of here.
And, uh, The Marvelous One
-is very upset… -["Wild Cat" playing]
[Ross] …with Sable returning.
And now I think maybe she's had about as much of Mero and his insecurities
as she's gonna take.
[indistinct arguing]
What are you gonna do about it?
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] I cannot believe it!
[Ross] Wow, look at the intensity on the face of Sable.
You ain't gonna stop me!
You leave me the hell alone!
[Jerry] Wow! She made a big mistake there, I guarantee you, Ross!
[Ross] I cannot believe this. Look at the look on Sable's face.
Folks, we have not heard the last
of Sable's confrontation with Luna.
What an ovation for Sable.
Boy, what a way to start No Way Out of Texas!
Let's take one more look at Sable
finally just exploding on Marvelous.
[Jerry] This has got to be the ultimate embarrassment for Marc Mero,
getting shoved down by your woman!
[Michael] Everyone, the world wants to know
how you're going to co-exist with "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
You're on the same team.
Well, first of all, I could really give a damn who they pick for their partner.
It really doesn't matter to me.
And as for you, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin,
you stay out of my way, and I'll stay out of your way,
and there won't be a problem.
But as for you, Hunter Hearst Helmsley, there will be a problem.
Because, just because I have the European title,
it doesn't mean that I'm done with you.
When I get in the ring, I am gonna bust your legs.
The European Champion, Owen Hart.
["I Know You Want Me" playing]
[crowd cheering]
♪ I know you want me ♪
[Ross] All right, ladies and gentlemen, here she comes!
[Howard] Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the one, the only,
Sunny!
[Ross] Sunny will be our guest ring announcer for this next matchup,
a light heavyweight championship matchup.
As Taka Michinoku defends the light heavyweight title
for the first time on pay-per-view
since winning the championship on December the 7th.
[Jerry] Shut up talking about Taka Michinoku.
Talk about that! Talk about Sunny.
Whoo, baby! She gives new dimensions to the term "pretty in pink"!
Man, look at that, J.R.! Making my beeper start to vibrate here.
[Ross] I reckon so.
[Jerry] Wow!
Oh, yeah!
She'll get a rise out of anybody.
Maybe even Howard Finkel.
[Sunny] How y'all doing tonight in Houston?
[crowd cheering]
You know, I heard everything is great and big in Texas.
But right now, I'm gonna introduce to you
this next light heavyweight championship matchup!
First, from Querétaro, Mexico,
weighing 209 pounds,
give it up, everybody, for Pantera!
[Ross] Well, last week, ladies and gentlemen,
Pantera and Brian Christopher took on Taka Michinoku and Águila,
and Brian Christopher brought a foreign object
-into the matchup. -[Jerry] Wait a minute. Don't start that!
[Ross] You're gonna see it right-- There it is!
[Jerry] That's just something some fan threw in the ring!
[Ross] No, it isn't something some fan tossed--
-Your son brought into the ring… -[Jerry] Hey!
[Ross] …and then Pantera put it into his mask.
And then he used it.
He used it very effectively after the tag from Brian Christopher
on Taka Michinoku.
[Jerry] What? That headbutt? Is that what you're talking about?
[Ross] Oh, yeah, that's what I'm talking about.
[Jerry] All that's important is that Pantera beat Taka Michinoku, right?
[Ross] Did you teach that boy tai chi?
[Jerry] Pantera and Brian Christopher, I might add.
-[Ross] Sure, throw that in there. -[Sunny] And his opponent,
the World Wrestling Entertainment Light Heavyweight Champion,
from Morioka, Iwate, Japan,
weighing 197 pounds,
here we go, everybody, the champ,
Taka Michinoku!
[Ross] Taka Michinoku getting a tremendous ovation
from this, uh, capacity crowd here in Houston,
as the highflier will defend
his, uh, WWE light heavyweight championship.
A little hug and kiss there from Sunny.
I can't believe she did that.
-[Ross] Why's that, King? -Sunny!
I mean, look at Taka Michinoku. This guy's so small, he's a waste of skin.
-Gee. -[Ross] Oh, wait a minute.
-Look who's coming down the aisle. -Don't start this match yet!
-Oh, no! -[Jerry] Oh my God!
[Ross] It's your boy!
-Look who's coming! -[bell ringing]
[Jerry] Brian Christopher!
Let me get-- let me get Brian Christopher, see if he can come over.
Hey, Brian! Come here!
We had an extra set of headphones here.
Look at this. Come here, Brian.
[Ross] Getting heel-kicked by Taka Michinoku and…
[Grand Master] Get me a chair!
[Ross] Guess we need a chair here for, uh, Brian Christopher.
[crowd clamoring]
[Grand Master] Yeah, that's right.
I wanna see this up close and in person!
[Jerry] Yeah, take a look at this!
Look at Taka Michinoku. He's a joke, isn't he?
[Grand Master] Oh yeah, he is! He's a punk, that's what he is.
[Ross] What are you doing out here, young man?
[Jerry] Look at this, look! Oh!
I'm out here because I want to see that!
I want to see that punk get his neck broken!
[Jerry laughs]
[Ross] You know, you-- Seeing you guys on camera,
it really confirms what I've been saying about father and son.
-Great family resemblance. Look at that. -What are you talking about?
-Where? -What family resemblance?
[Ross] Between you two yay-hoos.
Don't listen to this idiot at all.
Did he just call me a yay-hoo?
-Did you? -[Ross] Yeah.
Nice single leg takedown by, uh, Pantera,
the challenger for the light heavyweight title.
-And Pantera with an arm break takedown. -[Jerry] Oh! Beautiful.
And, uh, Taka so lightning quick.
As we said, Taka Michinoku won the light heavyweight championship,
December the 7th…
-[Jerry] Hey, J.R. -[Ross] …against Brian Christopher,
-by the way. -[Jerry] J.R., do you see
that we have a guest out here? Brian Christopher. Look at this!
-[Ross] Springboard! -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Right off the top!
[Jerry] How about let-- How about letting Brian Christopher say a few words?
[Grand Master] Yeah, why don't you shut your yap?
Now, that Taka Michinoku is the light heavyweight champion
-for one reason. -[Jerry] Look out!
[Grand Master] That's because he cheated me!
I am supposed to be the man with the belt!
I am the true champion!
These people should be cheering for me right now!
[Jerry] Hey, Brian. You know what you call a Japanese wrestler with a title belt?
-[Grand Master] What's that? -[Jerry] A thief!
-[Brian laughs] -[Jerry] He stole it from Brian!
[Grand Master] Yeah, he did!
[Ross] Let's take another look here at some high-flying action.
-[Jerry] Beautiful move, look at that. -[Grand Master] What's that?
-Three… -[Ross] And then one more--
[Grand Master] What's that, the burrito buster?
-[laughs] -[Jerry laughs]
[Ross] Top of the springboard,
-right off the top onto Pantera. -[Grand Master] Yeah, big deal.
"Look, Ma! No hands!"
No hands and no brains!
[Ross] You sound like a crybaby, Brian.
-That's what you sound like. -[Grand Master] I don't sound
-like a crybaby! -[Ross] You sound like a crybaby!
[Grand Master] I sound like somebody that is mad!
Somebody that's mad because they were cheated…
-[Ross] Oh, dropkick. -[Grand Master] …by Taka Michinoku.
He slipped some yen
in the referee's back pocket in the dressing room,
and that's why I was cheated.
-[Ross] I don't think so. -[Jerry] That's right.
Nope, everybody knows Japanese are losers!
Any American-- Hey! Barney could even beat Godzilla, let's face it.
You know Brian Christopher could beat Taka Michinoku.
[Grand Master] Yeah! He can beat me? Don't make me laugh!
[Ross] Taka elevating Pantera out to the apron.
-A right hand by Taka. -[Grand Master] Now see? Was that illegal?
That's not right, is it?
-[Ross] Pantera -Oh! Yeah! [laughs]
[laughs]
-That was great. -[Ross] No family resemblance there
-at all. -[Grand Master] That was great.
[Jerry] Oh!
-[Ross] A topé, the-- -[Grand Master] Yeah!
[Ross] Right by the ropes at Taka,
driving his lower back on the, uh-- on the, uh, security railing.
-[Grand Master] I love it. Yes, yes, yes! -[clapping]
[Brian laughs] Break the punk's neck!
[Ross] Taka's hurt his lower back there.
Now Pantera drives a knee right into the kidneys.
[referee] One…
[Ross] Let's have a look here where Taka was injured.
[Jerry] Take a look at this, Brian, another-- Ooh.
Was that beautiful or what?
[Grand Master] Yeah. I love it. I love it.
I love seeing that slant-eyed in pain.
[Ross] Hey, come on.
[Grand Master] Come on what?
[Ross] Gotta show a little bit of decorum out here.
[Jerry] He's a big Taka Michinoku fan, let's face it.
[Ross] Both arms up now by Pantera.
[Jerry] Oh, this is gonna be good!
-[Ross] Into a backbreaker. -[Grand Master] Yeah!
[Ross] So Pantera now focusing on the lower back of Taka Michinoku.
-[Grand Master] You know why? -[Ross] And then a modified version
of the camel clutch there.
[Jerry] Because Taka Michinoku's got no spine, right?
-[Grand Master] He's spineless. [chuckles] -[Jerry laughs]
Look at this.
-That's great. -[Ross] There's more.
-Look at that pain in his face. -[Ross] More to the legs.
-Put the pressure on him. -[Ross] And the beaver's on the right.
Look over here at me, Taka!
Hey, how would you like for me to slap the taste out of your mouth, J.R.?
[Ross] Well, I think you should take care of your kid over there,
-teach him some manners. -What's he talking about, kids?
-[Ross] Not being a crybaby. -We--
He's got all girls, and he got stood up at the father-daughter dance.
[laughs]
[Ross] Hip lock takeover by Pantera.
[Jerry] Oh, beautiful.
[Ross] Hard kick right to the spine.
-And the, uh-- -[Grand Master] He's spineless.
He don't have a spine.
[Ross] The injured light heavyweight champion now being really wrecked
and challenged by Pantera.
Pantera driving his fist, again, right into the injured lower back
of Taka Michinoku.
[Jerry] Speaking of injuries, I understand they're stitching up Thrasher in the back
as we speak right now.
[Grand Master] Poor Thrasher.
I hope they use one of those big needles.
[Jerry] That's it. Look at that, Brian. Is that great?
-[Grand Master] Give up. Give up. -[Jerry] Oh, look, look, look.
[Ross] Submission move here by Pantera.
Pantera's shoulders were down.
[Grand Master] Whoo.
He's trying to give up, but he don't know English.
[Jerry laughing]
[Ross] He's learning English.
[Jerry] Yeah. I didn't like the first words he learned, either.
I think you taught 'em to him, J.R.
[Ross] Those double negatives that Brian's using,
obviously you don't know English very well, either.
"He don't know no English."
-[Grand Master] I didn't say that. -[Ross] "He don't know no English."
-[Grand Master] I did not say that. -[Ross] Good Lord.
-[Grand Master] He doesn't know English. -[Ross] Did you miss school?
Did you send him to a private school, King?
-[Grand Master] I was-- -[Jerry] How would I know?
[Grand Master] Hey, I was the valedictorian of my class.
-[Jerry] What? -[Ross] Yeah.
Case closed. Made my point.
Taka Michinoku's lower back now--
[Grand Master] Like your head, pointed. [laughs]
[Ross] Gotta be knotting up, but Taka shows a lot of fire.
Dropkick, right in the sternum
-of Pantera. -[Jerry] Come on, Pantera.
[Ross] But Taka back up, showing a lot of grit.
And Taka with a forearm, almost took Pantera off his feet.
-Taka elevated. Oh, good Lord. -[Grand Master] Yeah.
[Ross] Taka Michinoku Backdropped over the top.
[Jerry] Here we go.
-Ooh. -[Grand Master] Ooh.
[Ross] Topé con hilo by Pantera.
A what? What did he call that?
Who knows? Wasn't that great?
[Ross] What would you call it there, Einstein?
[Grand Master] I'd call it the taco twister.
-[laughs] -[Jerry laughs]
[Ross] That move wasn't invented in Memphis, by the way.
And again, Pantera, the veteran, Pantera,
-showing great focus. -[Jerry] Yeah, let's talk a little bit
about Pantera. Brian Christopher told me
that Pantera is the second-best light heavyweight
in the whole division.
[Grand Master] You know who the first is, don't you?
-[Jerry] You. -[Grand Master] He's sitting right here.
[Jerry laughs]
[Ross] Pantera made his pro debut in '87,
so he's got the experience advantage on Taka Michinoku.
And here's another suicide-like dive.
[Jerry] Take a look at this. Beautiful.
-Ooh! -[Grand Master] Yes.
[Ross] Here's another view as Pantera--
[Jerry] Watch this.
Watch him drive his head right into the back
of Taka Michinoku.
[Grand Master] Taka Michi-No Clue is what I call him.
[Jerry] Ah, that's a good one.
[Ross] Pantera's been a champion of EMLL, UWF,
Intercontinental Champion of Promo Azteca as well,
so he's no stranger to championship belt is Pantera.
[Grand Master] And you know what that means to me?
It means nothing because I'm the best.
[Ross] I didn't really care what it meant to you, quite frankly.
I don't know why you're out here.
[Jerry] J.R., why don't you just shut up? He is out here.
And with him out here and me out here, we need you like a fish needs a bicycle.
-Be quiet. -[Grand Master] Right.
So hit the road, Jack.
-[referee] One, two! -[Jerry] Look at this.
-[Ross] Unique combination here. -Two!
[Ross] A very unique pinning combination by Pantera.
Great body and the legs, and then turning Taka Michinoku over.
-[Jerry] Watch this. -This might be it. This might be it.
-Ooh. -Ooh. Yes!
[Ross] Backbreaker by Pantera.
Two peas in a pod there.
[Jerry] Pantera and Taka Michinoku are nothing alike, J.R.
[Ross] That's not what I was referring to.
[Grand Master] You ever tried to eat a taco with chopsticks?
You can't do it. [laughs]
[Ross] I always wondered what it'd be like to work with Heckle and Jeckle.
[Jerry] What?
[Ross] Irish whip in and a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker by Pantera.
Again, Pantera really punishing young Taka Michinoku's lower back.
[Jerry] He'll have to give up.
[Ross] Referee Jack Doan might wanna think about stopping this thing.
Well-- And Taka's still showing some fight.
[Taka groans]
[Jerry] This is it, though, right here.
-Come on. -Come on. Let's go. Get up.
[Jerry] Oh, what's he gonna, Brian, what's he going to do?
[Ross] Hurricanrana.
-[Jerry laughing] -[Grand Master] Now cover him.
See, I would be on top of him. One, two, three. The match would be over.
[Jerry] Can you do that move off the top rope like that?
-[Grand Master] Oh my gosh. -[Jerry] Even better?
[Grand Master] Better. Man.
-[Ross] Hard slam. -[Jerry] Very hard slam.
[Ross] And look at Pantera.
-Well, that's-- -[referee] One, two!
[Grand Master] What did he get off of him for?
See, that's stupidity right there.
[Ross] Moonsault by Pantera. That should be all.
We've got a new-- No, we don't have a new champion.
Pantera scores with a moonsault.
And, uh, whether you guys would agree with it or not,
-or admit it or not-- -[Jerry] If you say it,
-we won't agree with it. -[Ross] And nobody there
-for the moonsault. -[Grand Master] Oh, no.
[Ross] Taka Michinoku has shown incredible determination.
-[Jerry] Look out. -[Ross] And Taka drives his knee
right on the back of Pantera's head.
-[Grand Master] What is he doing? -[Ross] And now it may be time
for the Michinoku Driver
if Taka's back is healthy enough to execute the move.
-[Jerry] He can't get him, oh, get him. -[Ross] Inside cradle.
-One, two… -[Grand Master] That was it.
-That was it. That was three. -[Jerry] Come on.
What a slow count.
-[Grand Master] Down. Two. [-Ross] Another--
-[Jerry] Got him! Got him! -[Ross] And a near-fall.
[Jerry] Can this referee count to three?
[Grand Master] Uno, dos, tres.
-[Jerry] Oh, no. -[Ross] Taka countered into a powerbomb.
One, two. And a near-fall.
Taka is still in this match.
Taka Michinoku is still in this fight.
-And the youngster taking a chance… -[Jerry] Look out.
[Ross] …with a high risk,
the missile dropkick right off the top.
It caught Pantera in the back of the head.
[Jerry] And now in the back. He's a back fighter, Brian.
-[Ross] Maybe-- Oh, there it is. -[Grand Master] No.
-[Ross] The Michinoku Driver! -[Grand Master] No.
-[Ross] Say sayonara. -[Grand Master] No.
-[Ross] It's over. Taka wins it. -[Grand Master] No.
["Yamamoto Suite Part 4" playing]
[Jerry] I cannot believe it.
And the winner of this contest
and still World Wrestling Entertainment Light Heavyweight Champion,
Taka Michinoku.
[Jerry] The luckiest human on earth.
[Grand Master] That is it.
I have had enough.
[Ross] Well, you two guys, I'll tell you what.
Taka Michinoku, you gotta admit, is a great young athlete.
[Jerry] Watch this, Brian.
I bet Jim Ross will wanna rub it in our face
and show that idiot again.
What, are you gonna show us a replay now, Ross?
[Ross] Oh, by the way, that's not a bad idea.
-[Grand Master] Oh, yeah, right. -[Ross] There, look.
Watch this move right here,
-hurricanrana off the top. -[Jerry] That's beautiful.
[Ross] We thought it would be over right there.
[Jerry] That was good.
[Ross] And then, we saw the Michinoku Driver.
[Jerry] That was not good.
[referee] One, two!
[Ross] Taka Michinoku wins it.
-Our new champion. -[Grand Master] I'll tell you what.
[Jerry] Is he lucky or what?
[Grand Master] Not only is he lucky,
but I've had it up to here with hearing about Taka Michinoku.
-[Ross] Well, we're gonna-- -Taka Michinoku.
-Calm down. -That's it. I've had it up to here.
-And I'm gonna do something about it. -No.
-Right here, right now. -No, you're not.
-Yes, I am. You watch this. -No.
Hey. No.
Brian, now is not the time to do it.
-Don't do it! -[Ross] You'd better tell your boy
-to mind his manners, King. -[Jerry] Sit down, sit down.
-Sit down! -[Ross] You'd better take care
-of your son. -[Jerry] Brian, come back!
[Ross] Well, Jerry Lawler better get his boy under control here.
And Taka over the top and got them both!
The Lawler family just got knocked down
by the Light Heavyweight Champion of the World Wrestling Entertainment.
["Yamamoto Suite Part 4" playing]
[Ross] Absolute embarrassment for the Lawler family.
I'm bettin', though--
Taka may be in trouble here.
The Lawlers are circling the wagons on Taka.
Taka may have nowhere to go.
Taka Michinoku up and over, and runs through the crowd.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Taka right through the crowd, avoiding the Lawler bullet.
And Brian Christopher, what a sore loser. What a crybaby.
Here's another look.
The King trying to restrain the prince.
[Jerry] Did you see that?
[Ross] I saw it. And this time, we've seen it again.
Are you gonna condone that? Are you gonna let him get away with that?
-What am I gonna do about it? -Get up.
-You're the one that-- -Get up and get out there
and go get that little runt and bring him back here.
I got a-- I'm a little bit busy right now.
As a matter of fact, ladies and gentlemen,
Kevin Kelly is standing by
-with two very, very dangerous men. -They certainly are.
And, uh, I have to ask my guests
at this time here in the WWE AOL room,
Cactus Jack and Chainsaw Charlie
in the Eight-Man Anything Goes Match tonight,
who are your thoughts, who do you think DX will pick
to replace Shawn Michaels?
The truth of the matter is, I don't really care who they pick.
What I care about is revenge and revenge alone.
Terry and I have both had a long time to think about this.
And I think we've come up with several creative ways
to destroy The New Age Outlaws.
We got Stone Cold to help us out and Owen Hart too.
So, the name of the game tonight is revenge.
Certainly, the Anything Goes, I mean, unsanctioned.
Who knows what we'll see tonight.
Who knows what you'll see.
And I don't give a damn who they bring out there
as their fourth partner.
They can bring whoever they want to
because we've got great people in the ring with us
in Owen Hart and Stone Cold.
Cactus is on my side.
Just remember, this is the hospital, and this the graveyard.
And I'm gonna use one of them on them tonight.
They think it's a funny situation? It's not funny to me.
Everybody else thought it was funny.
They made fun of it about pushing us off into a dumpster.
To hell with them.
It wasn't funny to me and Cactus,
taking that ride into that cement down there.
It wasn't funny at all.
And they're not gonna be laughing tonight, either.
Well, Cactus Jack and Chainsaw Charlie are talking to the fans right now on AOL,
and you can too at keyword, WWE.
Folks, exclusive online coverage tonight
-of No Way Out: In Your House. -Bang, bang.
Bang.
[Ross] Ladies and gentlemen, there's a look at the marquee
outside the, uh, Compaq Center here in beautiful downtown Houston.
Absolutely sold out,
-deep in the heart of Texas. -[bell ringing]
[Howard] The following tag team contest is scheduled for one fall
with a 30-minute time limit.
Approaching the ring, from le province de Québec,
at a total combined weight of…
I wanna wish good luck
to Patrick Roy and Wayne Gretzky in Nagano
for the hockey team of Canada!
[Ross] The Canadian contingent from Montreal,
two outstanding athletes, former WWE Tag Champions, The Quebecers.
And in recent weeks, have developed quite the rivalry
with the two gentlemen from Bitters, Arkansas,
Henry and Phineas Godwinn.
As a matter of fact, The Quebecers, a week ago on Shotgun Saturday Night,
were, uh…
I wanna show you what happened here.
There, you see the Godwinns coming through the crowd,
using their bucket
to allow the Boricuas
to defeat The Quebecers,
which certainly, as the old cliche goes, King,
added some fuel to the fire of this rivalry.
[Jerry] Yeah, well, not to be outdone,
The Quebecers, they got a little revenge themselves, you know.
["Slop" playing]
[Howard] Their opponents, hailing from Bitters, Arkansas,
at a total combined weight of 608 pounds,
Henry and Phineas, the Godwinns.
[Ross] The big, rugged hog farmers from the Ozarks,
Henry and Phineas Godwinn.
Both weigh well over 300 pounds.
And as we said, the Godwinns cost The Quebecers
on Shotgun Saturday Night a week ago,
and I guess the old saying goes, turnabout is fair play.
[Jerry] That's right. This is exactly what I was talking about.
Big old Henry Godwinn thought he had everything going his way.
And then, boom, from out of nowhere, The Quebecers show up.
And then, look.
While Phineas was distracted, Savio got the win.
-[Ross] So I think-- -[Jerry] So, it's one for one
right now, huh?
-We'll see what happens. -[Ross] You're exactly right.
It brings us to here, tonight, in Houston.
And both these teams, as we have documented,
have been the WWE Tag Team Champions.
Both would love the opportunity to be there again.
-This is a pivotal match for both duos. -[bell ringing]
[Jerry] Is my coat torn? That little idiot, Taka Michinoku.
[Ross] We are broadcasting live tonight, not only in the United Kingdom,
but throughout North America.
A very special hello to all the great fans
of the World Wrestling Entertainment up in Canada,
and of course, I'm sure that thousands are watching in Quebec province.
[Jerry] I like The Quebecers, but I don't care for Canada.
-[Ross] Why is that, King? -[Jerry] I just hate it.
You know who discovered America, right? Columbus.
-[Ross] Uh, you're-- -[Jerry] You know who discovered Canada?
The Roto-Rooter man.
[Ross] Please.
Our French broadcast team…
-[Jerry] Of course, you gotta like-- -[Ross] …of Jean Brassard
and Ray Rougeau broadcasting in French.
How about those Canadians, huh?
[Jerry] They're on right now, right?
-[Ross] Of course, King. -[Jerry chuckles]
-[Ross] We are live, you know? -Nagano! Canada number one.
[Ross] Well, we've got our Canadian, uh, accolades out of the way. And--
[Jerry] Oh, look at this.
[Ross] Well, that's one way to fire you up.
What a unique strategy by the, uh, the old two razorbacks.
[Jerry] I gotta admit, I don't like Canada,
but what about Arkansas?
You gotta stand in line to hate Arkansas.
[Ross] Side headlock by Phineas Godwinn on the veteran of The Quebecers team,
Jacques Rougeau of the famous Rougeau wrestling family from Montreal.
And a nice kip-up and a dropkick by Jacques on Phineas Godwinn.
I think, from a technical aspect, The Quebecers are the superior team.
Certainly not to endorse that they're gonna win this matchup,
because the Godwinns are-- They like to fight.
That's pretty much their MO.
[grunts]
[Ross] Henry, at 300 pounds, running over Jacques.
And Pierre with a shot right in the back of the head.
Referee didn't see that, and a tag is made.
[Jerry] What did you say about Pierre, now? Here he comes.
[Ross] Pierre is an amazing athlete, this young man from Quebec.
[Jerry] Two hundred and eighty pounds of Pierre, and-- how much--
what did you say Henry weighs? About--
[Ross] He weighs about 305 these days, give or take a couple pieces of cornbread.
Godwinn with a wristlock, countered by Pierre.
[Jerry] Big as an ox and almost as smart, that Henry.
[Ross] And, uh, ooh, Godwinn got countered.
The elbow caught him in the face.
And again, if you're looking at technical skill,
The Quebecers should be a little bit more refined than are the rugged Godwinns.
And look at the athleticism of Pierre to escape the wristlock.
-[Jerry chuckles] -[Ross] And comes back
with a kick right to the gut.
Not too technical there.
[Jerry] What about that?
Reach up and grab your big old hand full of hair there, Henry.
[Ross] Armbar by Henry Godwinn on Pierre.
Again, ladies and gentlemen, no word on who the eighth person
will be in the Eight-Man Tag Team matchup tonight.
Again, the only thing that we can conclusively tell you
is that match will be a non-sanctioned, one fall, anything goes matchup.
And there must be a winner in that.
And again, the WWE not gonna be held responsible
for what may happen to the individuals involved in that matchup.
Pierre making the exchange with Jacques, so now both Quebecers in.
[Jerry] That was a nice takedown there you saw by, uh, Pierre.
I could've taught mys-- I could've taught Brian Christopher that.
I think I did teach him that.
[Ross] Did you teach him that before you taught him to ride a bike
or on his way to school one day?
-[Jerry] Oh! -[Ross] And a double clothesline
by Henry Godwinn.
Henry is just raw power, and he is nasty.
The Godwinns are just as mean and ornery as anybody you'll ever be around.
There's a tag.
[Jerry] Hey, is that Taka Michinoku sitting out in the audience now?
-[Ross] I don't think so, King. -[groans loudly]
[Jerry] Get him back out here.
[Ross] Don't forget, ladies and gentlemen, our WWE Superstar line-- Oh.
[Jerry] Ow, that broke his arm!
[Ross] Tremendous takedown by the Fujiwara armbar
by Phineas Godwinn.
And now, the Godwinns are showing some pretty good skill there,
using that armbar takedown.
[Jacques shouts in pain]
[Ross] Kevin Kelly and The Jackyl will be talking to the winners and losers
after every contest on the WWE Superstar line,
for our fans not only in the states, but in Canada and the UK, as well.
And what a shoulder breaker by Godwinn.
And now, the Godwinns have focused on the left arm of Jacques Rougeau.
[Jerry] I'm focusing on all those bloodstains on the mat
from that first match.
Thrasher's head is being sewn.
They oughta just put a zipper in it,
because next time Marilyn Dustin and Marc Mero get a hold of him,
they're gonna open him right back up again.
[Ross] You know, this is the WWE. It's not touch football.
There is some contact here.
Uh-oh. Look at the power of Godwinn, Phineas Godwinn.
[Jerry] Ow.
[Ross] Modified spinebuster slam on Jacques Rougeau.
-[Jerry] Ooh. -[Ross] And a legdrop
right across the chest.
And the Godwinns, well, a little unusual cover there by Phineas,
but I don't know how big amateur wrestling is in Arkansas.
I don't think it's too big.
[Jerry scoffs] You gotta be kidding me.
[Ross] You think Bill Clinton ever was an amateur wrestler?
[Jerry] Don't even get me started about Bill Clinton.
Where's Lee Harvey Oswald now that his country needs him?
-[Ross] Hard slam. -Hey, hey!
[Ross] Blow right to the spine by Henry Godwinn.
Away!
-[Ross] All right. -[Jerry] Here you go. There you go.
[Ross] Henry Godwinn lowered the head.
And, uh, the veteran Jacques Rougeau able to get a kick in,
and that may allow Jacques to make a tag here,
but Henry Godwinn grabs the ankle.
[Jerry] Oh, Henry using his head but not the right way, huh?
Neither did Thrasher, as far as that goes. [laughs]
[groans]
[Jerry] Those big old brogans, or whatever-- What are those boots called
that he wears there? You would know.
You're from Oklahoma, J.R.
[Ross] Work boots, brogans, that'll work.
[Jerry] That's not-- that's not legal wrestling attire, do you think?
[Ross] Of course it is. They've been sanctioned.
They have a-- They're legal footwear. Just a little bit heavy.
And look at those hard shots. Talk about heavy.
-They are right to the chest. -[Jerry] Hey, ref. Hey, ref,
how about getting a clue over there?
[Ross] Gonna be talking to The New Age Outlaws after this matchup.
Maybe they can shed some light on who their partner is gonna be.
And a near-fall situation created by the Godwinns as Phineas got a two-count.
[Jerry] You think they're all on the phone right now with Shawn Michaels
or do you think the person's already been selected, or what?
[Ross] Well, it's hard to say. It's hard to say.
I'm sure Shawn Michaels is calling the shots.
I'm sure that the, uh, the cellular phone has been busy.
And I'm not so sure that The New Age Outlaws are involved
in the decision-making process.
[Jerry] Oh, come on. They gotta be.
They're part of the team.
-Here we go! -[Ross] Sunset flip by Rougeau.
And a near-fall, a two-count, on Phineas Godwinn.
And there's the tag.
Godwinns make another exchange here.
-[Jerry] Ow. -[Ross] And Henry drives the knee,
hooks the leg. There's the lateral press.
And Jacques just barely able to get a shoulder up.
[indistinct shouting]
[Ross] Well, I'll tell you what. The WWE, I think,
made a very wise move in making the eight-man tag
a non-sanctioned match, King.
Certainly, the World Wrestling Entertainment's not gonna be held
responsible for what these eight men--
[Jerry] So, what are you trying to say?
They won't be sued or something if somebody gets really seriously injured?
I mean, what's the deal? They're trying take themselves off the hook.
Why don't you just tell it like it is?
[Ross] Well, nobody wants to be sued, do they?
-How would you know? -What do you say, Jacques, huh?
[Ross] You got a good lawyer?
-[Jerry] Oh, yeah! -[Ross] Never mind.
Jacques Rougeau making his way back up.
Reverse chinlock and a jawbreaker by Rougeau.
[Jerry] That would knock your teeth out, if he had any.
[Ross] Jacques needs to make a tag here.
Come on!
-[crowd clamoring] -Come on, Jacques!
[Jerry] Here we go.
-[Ross] Piledriver-- Oh. -[Jerry] Oh, no!
[Ross] Too much power by Henry Godwinn.
And again, the Godwinns make yet another tag.
You've gotta be somewhat impressed by the tag continuity of the Godwinns.
And, uh, much like we talked about in our first match tonight,
the Godwinns have isolated Jacques Rougeau from The Quebecers' corner.
[Jerry] I'm not impressed by anything the Godwinns do.
Look at that move.
They both had IQ tests, and they came back negative.
[crowd clamoring]
[Ross] Headbutt was above the waistline,
according to referee Mike Chioda.
One, two.
-[Jerry] Oh. -Three.
-[Ross] Phineas going downstairs. -Come on, get him off the rope.
[Ross] And this is more the traditional Godwinn style.
[Jerry] Right, just plain old scuffling.
[Ross] Another one of those things after you've had just a taste too much
of the moonshine, get a little bit aggressive.
[Jerry] You know what I'm wondering right now.
What is gonna happen with Kane versus Vader later on tonight, Ross?
You ought to know. Huh? What's gonna happen there?
[Ross] Well, I'll tell you one thing.
If anybody in the WWE can stop Kane, it is Vader.
[Jerry] I knew you would say that.
[Ross] And nice reverse elbow by Jacques Rougeau.
One thing's for sure.
Kane is not gonna have to look for Vader to get this fight underway.
[Jerry] Right. Well, with The Undertaker gone,
never to be heard from again, somebody needs to stop Kane.
That's what you're thinking, but I don't think he can be stopped.
[Ross] Pierre gets the tag-in. Phineas goes for the ride.
Another clothesline knockdown by Pierre of The Quebecers.
And a thunderous elbow-- Or a legdrop on Phineas Godwinn,
and Pierre's all fired up here.
[Jerry] Look out!
-[Ross] Powerslam by Pierre. -[Jerry] That did it.
[Ross] And Henry Godwinn shoves Pierre off Phineas.
[indistinct shouting]
[Ross] Neither team really able to gain any definite advantage here.
[Jerry] Here's an advantage.
-Ooh! -[Ross] And, uh, Phineas hung up
right over the top rope, hung out to dry, if you will.
[Jerry] Yeah, like his clothes back in Arkansas, on one old clothesline.
[horn tooting]
[Ross] I don't suspect that Henry and Phineas grew up
-with a washer and dryer in the house. -[Jerry] No.
They-- Forget about electricity.
They live so far back in the woods you have to pipe in sunshine.
[Ross] Oh, piledriver!
Boy, that was a load.
Almost need a forklift to get Phineas in that position.
And now, Jacques.
[Jerry] You got him. You got him, Jacques.
[crowd booing]
-[Ross] Making a tag to Pierre. -[Jerry] Uh-oh. Watch this.
[Ross] And this could be a devastating move here by The Quebecers.
[Jerry] Watch this. He's gonna get himself extra height.
-[Ross] Oh, man. -[Jerry] Oh, man! Whoo!
[Ross] That should be it right there.
-[Jerry] You're not lying. -[Ross] And I think Henry Godwinn thought
the same thing and interrupted the count.
[Jerry] That would've been it.
[Ross] Jacques Rougeau just knocked Henry outside.
The Quebecers now have gained an advantage.
And Jacques now up on top.
-[Jerry] Look at this! -[Ross] Jacques Rougeau off the top rope,
right into Henry Godwinn's face.
[Jerry] He looked like-- looked like Pantera.
[Ross] Only a much larger version.
Quite the high-risk move for a man that size.
[Jerry] I can do that.
[Ross] And good old Henry just caught him.
Henry, what a clothesline.
Almost took Pierre's head.
-[Jerry] No! -[Ross] It's all over!
-[bell ringing] -[Jerry] Unbelievable.
["Slop" playing]
[Howard] Here are your winners, the Godwinns!
[Ross] Well, there's no doubt in my mind that The Quebecers had gained
the advantage in the latter stages of the tag team matchup.
But Henry Godwinn's outside interference with that thunderous clothesline…
[Jerry] Uh-oh. Wait a minute.
[Ross] …was able to spell the difference in this match.
-[Jerry] I'll tell you-- -[Ross] Jacques Rougeau pleading his case,
but to no avail.
[Jerry] Well, I can tell you one thing.
There's quite the rivalry developing between these two teams.
I don't think that was a--
I don't know if you'd call that a clear-cut victory,
because I think The Quebecers had the advantage much of the match.
They feel like they're the winners.
-[Ross] Well, ladies and gentlemen-- -[Jerry] Oh, they may feel something else
if they're not careful!
[Ross] And the Godwinns just gave The Quebecers
something to remember them by.
The Quebecers attacked from behind by the Godwinns.
The Godwinns win the match, and maybe they've won the war.
They dented their buckets on the head of The Quebecers.
Well, ladies and gentlemen, again, we do not know
who will be the tag team partner of The New Age Outlaws and D-Generation X.
But maybe, Dok Hendrix can find out right now.
Well, thanks, J.R.
I'm gonna go right to the source, the WWE Tag Team Champions.
Guys, I'm begging you. I wanna know.
The world wants to know.
Who is the eighth man in the Eight-Man Tag Team war?
Did-- Is that what you brought me out here for, to find out who the--
who our partner-- The New Age Outlaws, we don't even know who our partner is.
I thought you were gonna tell us, DOC.
What's going on in the World Wrestling Entertainment
when the ones who sport the gold don't even have any decision-making,
uh, you know, they're not even included in the process of--
Don't you think you should be in the decision--
Well, you're damn right, we should be. What we demand is a little respect.
Maybe we ought to just start grabbing some respect,
if nobody's gonna give it to us.
-Well-- -I tell you what.
You know, this is ridiculous. We demand respect.
And I'll tell you what.
We'll just take it in our own hands, and we'll go find out who it is.
-Come on. -We'll get to the bottom of this.
All right. Well, J.R., King, it looks like the WWE Tag Team Champions
are just like us as far as the eighth man.
They seem to be in the dark.
[dramatic music playing]
[Ahmed] I know what you're thinking.
[Undertaker] I'm not a real athlete.
[Bret] I'm just a wrestler.
[Undertaker] I'm 6'10", 328 pounds
[Mero] I won boxing's Golden Gloves three years in a row.
[Rock] I was a national champion at the University of Miami.
[Ron] My Jersey was retired at Florida State.
[Bret] I was the ultimate fighting champion.
[Undertaker] When you step through those ropes, bad things do happen.
[Stone Cold] Had over 200 stitches.
[Shawn] I've suffered a dozen concussions
-[Stone Cold] I've broken bones. -[Shawn] I've separated shoulders.
-[Stone Cold] Damn near broke my neck. -[Shawn] Blown out knees.
[Stone Cold] But I still got up.
[Undertaker] This is who I am.
[Ahmed] This is what I do.
-[Bret] I'm not really an athlete? -[Shawn] This isn't real?
[Bret] Try lacing my boots.
-[bell ringing] -[Howard] Ladies and gentlemen,
the following contest, scheduled for one fall
with a one-hour time limit
is for the National Wrestling Alliance
North American Championship.
Entering the arena
and accompanied by fellow NWA members,
James E. Cornette,
Barry Windham, and the NWA Tag Team Champions,
The Rock 'n' Roll Express.
From Nashville, Tennessee…
-The world's greatest. That's right. -[Howard] …weighing 222 pounds,
the National Wrestling Alliance North American Champion,
Jeff Jarrett!
[Ross] Well, just as we suspected, Jarrett isn't coming alone.
He's got backup.
[Jerry] What do you mean, just as we suspected?
[Ross] So, Cornette proves again that he's a liar.
[Jerry] Come on, they're part of--
It's the National Wrestling Alliance you're looking at.
This is, after all, Houston, Texas, where Paul Boesch, for years,
his entire life, was a proud member of the National Wrestling Alliance.
You think these guys aren't gonna show up here in Houston, Texas?
[Ross] Let me tell you something.
God rest his soul, if Paul Boesch saw this representation for the NWA,
-he'd do somersaults in his grave. -[Jerry] What?
["Double Down" playing]
[Ross] Here's a big piece of Texas
-coming your way right here. -[Howard] His opponent and challenger,
from Roscoe, Texas,
weighing 286 pounds,
Bradshaw!
[Jerry] He's got a bull rope! What's that bull rope for?
[Ross] He may use it on whoever's moving.
[Jerry] Look out!
[Ross] Oh, if Bradshaw's here, he means all kinds of business.
Somebody is gonna get beat up here tonight.
Get Cornette out of here.
Good Lord!
[Jerry] If God is listening!
[Ross] Oh, Lord, well, get out of here, Cornette.
Good Lord.
We need Howard to get all kinds of backup out here.
Rock 'n' Roll Express is sold out to Cornette's meandering ways.
And referee, Jim Korderas, is gonna have to retrieve that bull rope
before we get this match started.
[Jerry] This is ridiculous. Get that thing away from him!
[Ross] I'll tell you what. Bradshaw fit for them both.
He's been pushed to the edge.
Obviously, the NWA, you saw the footage.
They tried to break his leg. They tried to damage his knee.
That knee injury is the reason today that this big man
is not in the National Football League.
He was handpicked by Al Davis to go play for the Los Angeles Raiders,
out of Abilene Christian.
[Jerry] Yeah? That's typical Raider mentality.
[Ross] Good move by Korderas.
I think that-- I think that the, uh, backup is taking a ride.
-I think they're leaving. -[Jerry] Where's the ring announcer?
No, no! There's not a chance!
No! Ain't a chance in hell they're leavin'
with that maniac in there!
[Jerry] Stand your ground there, Jim.
[Howard] Ladies and gentlemen, your attention, please.
I've been informed by the referee of the following.
-[Jerry] Listen to Finkel. -[Howard] James E. Cornette
has a manager's license.
He is allowed to remain at ringside.
-[Jerry] Right. -[Howard] However, Barry Windham
and the Rock 'n' Roll Express
-must leave the ring area… -No!
-[Howard] …immediately. -No! No!
-No, no, no! -[Ross] Absolutely, good call.
Who are you?
[Ross] A good call.
[Jerry] Oh, a good call? What do you know about a good call?
[Ross] Well, you see, King, what these men do
when they're left to loiter out here.
They get involved.
[Jerry] Well, what about that idiot in the ring with a bull rope,
with a big metal cowbell tied to the end of it?
[Ross] He doesn't have the bull rope now.
History-making match, ladies and gentlemen.
The first time in WWE history
-that an NWA title will be on the line. -One!
-Two! -[Jerry] It's a historic night
-here in Houston. -[Ross] First time in WWE
-pay-per-view history. -[Jerry] Look at this, look at this!
[crowd clamoring]
[Ross] Barry Windham. Barry Windham pulling Bradshaw's partner.
Jarrett tried to come from behind.
And Bradshaw, with a hard right hand.
But this time, it gets physical.
This is Bradshaw's match.
Jarrett cannot win a fist fight with this big 300-pound Texan.
[Jerry] Watch it. He's got some— What are those? What is that?
[Ross] They're called chaps.
[Jerry] I knew he's gonna chap Jeff's back.
[Ross] Those leather chaps are giving Jarrett something to think about.
Oh, man, those kicks.
Pulling hard kicks right to the face.
A knife edge chop.
Bradshaw's opening up on Jeff Jarrett.
[Jerry] My God!
Look, listen to all these idiotic Texas fans.
They can relate to that.
[Ross] Oh! Oh, my!
High elevation on that hip lock.
[Jerry] Gettin' kicked with big old cowboy boots
and gettin' whipped with chaps.
Ow! Look how big Bradshaw is.
[Ross] Bradshaw knockin' Jarrett down and picking him right back up.
Boy, Jarrett's gonna have a story to tell his daddy when he gets home.
[Jerry] I'd get out of there and regroup if I was you, Jeff.
[man] Come on, referee!
[Ross] Cornette looks like he's seen a ghost.
He's more pale than normal 'cause he didn't have his Rock 'n' Roll
and Windham out here as backup.
[Jerry] And that's not right.
[Ross] No, they should be left out here to cheat,
-and jump in and get involved. -[Jerry] Oh, yeah, right.
-[Ross] That's what they should do. -[Jerry] There you go! Uh-oh.
[Ross] I don't think that even made a dent.
[Jerry] Oh, but that does!
-Oh my God. -[Ross] That'll leave a mark.
Bradshaw, hard clothesline, and Jarrett goes up and over.
Remember, this is for the NWA…
-[Jerry] Oh, yeah, look. -[Ross] …North American title.
[Jerry] What's that, "hook 'em" horns?
[Ross] You're right, very astute.
Glad you've really prepared for this, kid.
[Jerry] Oh, these Texans. What do they know?
You know what you call a pretty girl in Texas?
A tourist.
-Look at that! -[Ross] A meeting of the halfwits.
[Jerry] What?
[Ross] Cornette and Jarrett seeing eye-to-eye there.
Cornette now is in trouble.
-And Jarrett from behind. -[Jerry] There you go, lay it in, baby!
[crowd clamoring]
[Jerry] Ooh, come on!
[Ross] Hard kick right to the ribs by Jarrett.
[Jerry] Work on that gimpy knee, Jeff!
[Ross] The World Wrestling Entertainment has set a Houston
wrestling attendance record tonight.
-[Jerry] Look out! -[Ross] 16,110,
if you're keeping score at home.
Bradshaw missed the lariat, but Jarrett caught his.
[Jerry] They must've used a shoehorn to get all these morons in this building.
-[crowd booing] -That's how you do it, right there.
[Jerry] There you go, Jeff.
[Ross] Jarrett now the veteran,
certainly has a huge experience advantage over Bradshaw.
Jarrett's a great athlete,
-no doubt about that. -[Jerry] That's right, and you know what?
He's like me, he's a Tennessean.
We're from Tennessee, baby!
-Ooh! -[Jerry] Well, there's nothing wrong
-with the state of Tennessee. -[Jerry] You got that right.
[Ross] But it's not where wrestling exists.
[Jerry] Don't ever visit it, though.
[Ross] Nice dropkick by Jarrett.
And now, Jarrett's gonna go for the early cover, but to no avail.
[Jerry] Talk about Bradshaw could have been the big NFL. Big deal!
I could have been in the NFL
if I could have gotten my contract straightened out!
-[Ross] Oh, really? -[Jerry] I wanted Sundays off.
[referee] One, two, three!
[Jerry] Come on, Jeff!
-Watch this. Watch this! -[Ross] Oh, the Cornette now.
[Jerry] Look at Cornette! [laughs]
[Ross] That hideous mama's boy!
[Jerry] Huh?
[Ross] Mr. Polyester is taking a shortcut here.
And no doubt that tennis racket, I believe-- I believed it for years,
that tennis racket's got something in it other than a tennis racket.
-If you know what I mean. -[Jerry] Duh.
Got some strings in there, catgut.
-[crowd booing] -[Ross] And look at Cornette again.
Cornette has never been popular in Houston.
From his days with The Midnight Express.
And Cornette now is waddling his way to safety.
-[Jerry] Waddling? -[Ross] Cornette in.
-On the backside. -[Jerry] Beautiful!
[Ross] The inexperience of Bradshaw showing there.
And oh, no, that ain't gonna get it.
[Jerry] You know, these people-- these people here in Texas should be--
they should be cheering for Jeff.
-They're a bunch of ingrates. -[crowd chanting]
[Jerry] Texas owes Tennessee a great debt.
-You remember the Alamo, don't you? -[Ross] Oh, yeah.
[Jerry] Do you know that this city right here
is named after a Tennessean, Sam Houston?
We had to come down here, everybody called us the Volunteer State.
[Ross] Oh, it's a cover-- One, two, three-- No! Two and a half.
[Jerry] We volunteered to come down and fight their battles for them at the Alamo.
[Ross] Well, you're not Bill Kurtis and this is not A&E.
-[Jerry] Huh? -[Ross] And nobody cares
-about your history lesson. -[Jerry] Oh! You're a fine one to talk.
-[Ross] There's the Irish whip! -[Jerry] We're makin' history
-here tonight. -[Ross] Tryin' to go for a sunset flip,
but Bradshaw with that wide, powerful base, staying vertical.
Bradshaw is a monster,
only turned pro less than five years ago,
and he's really beginning to come into his own
here in the World Wrestling Entertainment.
-[Jerry] Oh! -[Ross] Two great young athletes here.
-Jarrett's only 30. -[Jerry laughs]
That put a smile on the face of Jim Cornette, didn't it?
This will put an even bigger one.
No, no!
[Ross] Miscalculation by Jarrett as Bradshaw-- Boom!
-To Cornette, just nailed that bad knee. -[Jerry] Oh, that gimpy knee.
[Ross] Cornette with that racket on the-- on the left knee of Bradshaw.
Bradshaw's had four surgeries on that knee.
[Jerry] No ref, no ref.
[Ross] He hurt it in the NFL. He hurt it at the World Football League.
[Jerry] And he hurt it in the World Wrestling Entertainment just then.
[Ross] And no one probably would've known anything about it,
if it hadn't have been for Barry Windham.
Windham knew about it. Windham traveled up and down the roads with Bradshaw.
They were tag team partners and I'm sure Bradshaw,
the younger man, confided it to him.
[Jerry] Oh. How'd that sound, J.R.?
[Ross] I didn't-- It didn't sound very nice.
[Jerry] And look at Jeff now. He's very, very smart.
He's weakening that leg, setting him up for the figure-four,
which you know has got to come.
[Ross] Jarrett's a very intelligent athlete.
Second generation star, been around the sport his entire life.
[Jerry] Boy, you love to talk about families, don't you?
[Ross] I like to give a little background.
[Jerry] Jeff Cornette's a mama's boy.
-[Ross] Well, he is. -[Jerry] Brian Christopher's my son.
Yeah, right.
[crowd clamoring]
-[Ross] Well, Cornette's-- -[Jerry] I don't even--
I don't even like kids, J.R.
I'd rather have a dog.
At least if you get sick of a dog, you have it put to sleep.
[Ross] Will you stop that?
That's hideous.
Jeff Jarrett now, who is a…
Oh, little bit of figure-four, maybe?
-Here in the-- -[Jerry] He's ready.
Here we go, baby! Systematically-- Look out!
-[crowd cheering] -[Ross] Bradshaw hit him with a counter,
kind of an orthodox way.
Bradshaw cannot connect with that lariat.
-[Jerry] Beautiful! -[Ross] But Jarrett connected with a DDT.
-[Jerry] Beautiful! -[Ross] Again, Jarrett taking Bradshaw
-off the big Texan's feet. -One!
-[man] Come on, Jeff! -[crowd chanting]
[Jerry] Don't get over-- Don't over-exert yourself, Jim.
[Ross] Cornette's asthma may strike up here any minute.
-[Jerry] His what? -[Ross] His asthma.
[crowd chanting] Jarrett sucks! Jarrett sucks!
[Ross] That's why he was excused in PE class for all those years.
[Jerry] Listen, now these people have got Jarrett confused with The Rock.
They're saying he sucks.
-[Ross] Oh! -[Jerry] Oh no!
[Ross] Not a very good landing for the youngster from Hendersonville, Tennessee.
[Jerry] That's where all the big country music stars live and reside.
[crowd clamoring]
[Ross] Front facelock by Bradshaw.
Boy, this is gonna be a rough ride and an even rougher landing.
[Jerry] Oh, there's a rough ride for ya! [laughs]
[Ross] Jarrett with a good move to free himself from that predicament,
but now Jarrett going for a crossbody, and Jarrett was caught.
-[Jerry] Holy mackerel! -[Ross] He's caught like a small child!
Followed with a slam by Bradshaw!
[Jerry] How strong is Bradshaw to do that?
[crowd chanting] Jarrett sucks! Jarrett sucks!
Three!
-[Ross] This crowd is… -[referee] Four!
[Ross] …certainly supportive of Bradshaw's efforts.
And Jarrett now has gotta reach down.
This is the fourth quarter for these two.
-[grunts] -[Ross] Oh!
Jarrett's gotta stick to wrestling.
He can't win a fist fight with this big man. At least, I don't think he can.
-Bradshaw goes downstairs! -[Jerry] Oh, no!
-[Ross] And powerbomb! -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] A powerbomb by Bradshaw!
Cornette up on the apron!
[Jerry] Look out, Jimmy!
[Ross] And oh, my!
-[Jerry] Whoa! -[Ross] That shook the roof right there!
Cornette is trapped like a rat.
It's a good thing Cornette's got on dark pants.
Cornette and Jarrett collide again, thanks to Bradshaw.
[Jerry] Bradshaw ought to be disqualified.
[Ross] Wait a minute! Jarrett's got the tennis racket.
And he nailed Bradshaw with the racket.
-And the referee-- -[bell ringing]
[Jerry] What? What?
[Ross] The referee saw exactly what happened.
Jarrett used the racket.
That's a disqualification.
[crowd booing]
[Ross] Uh-oh! Look out!
Oh, did you hear that?
[Jerry laughs]
-[bell ringing] -[Jerry] Get away, Jeff! Oh!
[Ross] Rock 'n' Roll Express in!
Morton down. Gibson down.
The referee grabs the racket from Bradshaw.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Cornette is up and I don't think Cornette--
He may have lost a tooth or two.
[Jerry] Look out, Jimmy!
[Ross] Cornette had a look of sheer fright.
-[bell ringing] -[Ross] And oh, my!
Bradshaw with a huge slam on Cornette,
who's coming out of his britches.
[Jerry] That Bradshaw is strong!
[Ross] And there's Barry Windham sneaking up, and Windham trips Bradshaw.
And now the Rock 'n' Roll Express back in.
-[bell ringing] -[Ross] Here comes Windham back in.
Jarrett's in.
-It's four on one. -[Jerry] It's the NWA! NWA! [laughs]
[Ross] The NWA contingent, taking apart Bradshaw.
-[bell ringing] -[Ross] And the former NWA Champion,
-Barry Windham-- Wait a minute! -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Wait a minute! Here comes the Legion of Doom!
The Road Warriors are here!
[Jerry] Look out!
[Ross] The Road Warriors coming to Bradshaw's aid.
[Jerry] The Brads attack, get away!
[crowd cheering]
Bring it here, pal, I'm gonna kick your ass bad, we're not finished here!
[Ross] The LOD certainly have had their problems
with Cornette's NWA contingent in recent weeks.
-[crowd chanting] LOD! LOD! LOD! -[Ross] And listen to the chant for LOD!
[Howard] The winner of this round,
as a result of a disqualification,
-Bradshaw! -["Double Down" playing]
[Ross] Bradshaw wins the match by disqualification.
Jarrett retains the NWA North American title.
Look at the size of Bradshaw!
Comparing him to the LOD, who are two huge men,
look at the size of Bradshaw. He is one young, big monster.
Well, folks, we still do not know who's gonna be the eighth man
in the main event tonight. Who will substitute for Shawn Michaels?
If anybody knows,
you gotta believe it's Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Triple H,
and Chyna, who are standing by with Michael Cole.
Triple H, the world wants to know,
who will be the mystery partner on your team this evening?
You know something, little man?
Everybody in the world
wants to be a part of DX.
Since we found out that Shawn Michaels wasn't gonna be here tonight to wrestle,
the world has been beating down our door.
The phones haven't stopped ringing.
Shawn Michaels's phone hasn't stopped ringing.
My phone hasn't stopped ringing. Chyna's phone hasn't stopped ringing.
Wrestlers from all over this planet
want to be involved in the only true franchise
in professional wrestling today,
and that is DX.
It doesn't matter where they're from,
Japan, the south, up north, it doesn't matter.
They all wanna be here because we're the ones that make it happen.
We're the ones that get the ratings.
We're the ones that get the job done.
And what I have decided in my infinite wisdom,
is that there is absolutely nobody on this planet
that can match the icon, the show-stopper,
the main event, Shawn Michaels.
There is not a wrestler on this planet
that can take his place.
There is nobody on this planet that deserves to be in DX.
So, what I have decided is that tonight
it will be a handicap match.
-But, Hunter, if-- -Shut up.
Four men versus three.
We're gonna go into that ring, and we're gonna get the job done
because it doesn't matter how many of us there are,
we're still gonna do it.
[Michael] But you know, if you don't have a partner,
WWE officials are probably going to appoint one to your team.
Ooh, boy. I'm supposed to be scared?
WWE officials can do whatever they want.
You wanna stick somebody in the ring with us?
Go right ahead. They can stand on the ring apron.
They can hold up the turnbuckles. They can hold up the ropes,
They can do whatever they want. I don't care.
It isn't gonna matter.
Three on four, four on four, pick whoever you want.
It doesn't matter. The result is the same. You're going down.
Ladies and gentlemen, Dok Hendrix is standing by
as we prepare for our War of Attrition.
Dok is with the Nation.
Ah, thanks a lot, J.R.
Yes, WrestleMania XIV will be the bomb,
but like you said, we are moments away from the War of Attrition match.
And, gentlemen, on paper, you are obviously a favorite.
You guys have teamed up many times.
The same cannot be said about your opponents,
but in recent weeks, we have seen some dissension in the Nation.
One has to wonder, will we see a disintegration in the Nation tonight?
And I guess the best way to find out
is to ask the leader of the Nation of Domination.
Well, it's a good thing, Dok, that you asked The Rock--
You're just beggin' me to whoop your ass ain't you?
Now, you know what? Now, I don't know who you been talkin' to,
but it's obvious that you haven't talked to me.
I pull rank around here, and everybody better remember that.
When I say "fall in", that's exactly what I mean.
And I'm gonna show you tonight, when I say "fall in",
I'm gonna make Ken Shamrock, DOA, Ahmed Johnson,
and everybody else fall in right behind me.
Well, speaking about falling in, you guys have had your fallouts
with The World's Most Dangerous Man, Ken Shamrock.
I think it started at Survivor Series, went through the Royal Rumble,
but I think the most heinous act
that you guys have perpetrated on Ken Shamrock
happened last week on Raw is War.
Take a look! Now, Rock, look at the velocity you-- Man!
Oh! Now, you know,
I'm sure I don't have to remind you but you know,
he is The World's Most Dangerous Man.
Listen man, let me tell you somethin'. The most dangerous man?
I've lived in some of the most dangerous neighborhoods.
Do you think that mean anything to me?
No. I've got another story for you.
We're gonna go out here and show you exactly what we stand for.
When I say "kick anybody's ass", I mean by any means necessary tonight.
All right, thanks a lot. Get ready, J.R.
Get ready, King. We've got a war headed your way.
♪ We are the Nation of Domination ♪
["We Are The Nation" playing]
-[bell ringing] -[Howard] Ladies and gentlemen,
the following contest, scheduled for one fall
with a 30-minute time limit,
is the War of Attrition!
About to enter the arena,
at a total combined weight
of 1,528 pounds,
Faarooq, D'Lo Brown, Kama Mustafa,
the World's Strongest Man, Mark Henry,
and the World Wrestling Entertainment Intercontinental Champion,
The Rock "Rocky Maivia,"
The Nation of Domination!
[crowd chanting] Rocky! Rocky! Rocky!
[Ross] The Nation of Domination,
five of the most athletically-gifted,
most intelligent and focused athletes
to ever compete in the WWE, led by one man,
and one man only, and that is Faarooq.
[Jerry] I don't know about that.
Did you see Rocky muggin' for the camera, there? The Rock, huh?
I think he thinks he's right up there or maybe even a little bit past Faarooq.
[Ross] He may think that,
but he's a notch down in the pecking order,
even though he is the Intercontinental Champion.
[Jerry] Well, that's right. I was just fixing to say,
"Who is the champion? It's The Rock."
[crowd clamoring]
-[Ross] Shamrock has big scores to settle. -[upbeat music playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Howard] Their opponents,
with a total combined weight
of 1,447 pounds,
introducing The World's Most Dangerous Man,
Ken Shamrock.
-Ahmed Johnson. -You ain't got nothing!
[Howard] And Chainz, Skull, 8-Ball. -Go down there! Get on down there!
-[Howard] The Disciples of Apocalypse. -All right, let's go!
[Ross] What an ovation for Ken Shamrock and his teammates!
The World's Most Dangerous Man, if he can keep from snapping,
has a great opportunity here to even the score.
[Jerry] Yeah. Well, you know, you gotta watch Shamrock. He snaps.
He completely snapped last Monday.
He's just liable to do that at any moment.
[Ross] Well, the name of the game here is--
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] You know Shamrock still ain't right
after that chair-shot last week.
[Ross] Well, I don't know. You may be right about that.
Bottom line here is teamwork.
And then Dok brought up a very good point, the Nation,
they are one unit, and you can be five individuals,
even though the DOA certainly have a team chemistry.
Ahmed Johnson does not and neither does Shamrock.
[Jerry] Right!
[Ross] So continuity and teamwork, one would have to have to think--
[Jerry] So let's give the edge to Nation of Domination, right?
[Ross] Absolutely. That'd be my take on it.
[crowd chanting] Rock, you suck! Rock, you suck!
[Jerry] Listen to these moronic Texans!
[bell ringing]
[Jerry] Since we are in Texas, J.R., you might just wanna go ahead
and explain the meaning of the word "attrition".
They probably don't know it.
[Ross] All right. So it's gonna be D'Lo.
-[Jerry] Uh-oh. -[Ross] D'Lo Brown,
and it looks like Skull.
[Jerry] Wait a minute. I'm detecting something.
Maybe you don't know what attrition means either, right?
This is a War of Attrition.
[Ross] Yes, King.
[Jerry] Well, what does attrition mean, J.R.?
[Ross] I know what attrition means. Do you?
[Jerry] Oh! That's the oldest trick in the book!
That ain't gonna work. You're gonna have to explain it.
-[Ross] It means elimination. -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] It means "to be eliminated."
[Jerry] Okay.
[Ross] Fall by the wayside.
[Jerry] Right! There you go. Explain it.
-Weed it out, right? -[Ross] To be destroyed!
-[Jerry] Right. -[crowd counting]
[Jerry] And that's what's gonna happen here to Ken Shamrock
and all his so-called followers, buddies.
[Ross] Inverted Atomic Drop, followed by the spinning heel kick
by D'Lo Brown,
who's a magnificent athlete, ladies and gentlemen.
Just about one-- You can almost feel-- About ready to come into his own.
Spinning neckbreaker by Skull.
[Jerry] He's like an unsung hero, so to speak, right?
[Ross] I think he really is. Oh! Kick right to the face.
This match, one fall.
And Shamrock looking for the tag-in. He gets it.
-[crowd cheering] -[Ross] Uh-oh!
And Shamrock getting a rise out of this crowd,
but a rake to the eyes by D'Lo Brown on Ken Shamrock.
Shamrock avoids a clothesline…
-[Jerry] Oh! -[Ross] …and catches D'Lo
with a spinning reverse elbow.
And down goes D'Lo Brown.
Shamrock with a straight right hand.
What? No.
[Jerry] Look out!
[indistinct yelling]
[Ross] Getting versed on an arm-drag takedown.
Arm-drag takeover, more specifically.
And now, The Supreme Fighting Machine, Kama,
has been tagged in, and so has Chainz.
Two big, rugged individuals,
and they're not gonna finesse each other, I'll tell you that.
Look at that, hard rights and lefts to the head and body of Kama,
who's gotta be 6'8".
[Jerry] Ah, Kama's lighting the fuse, baby.
I think this thing's just fixing to explode.
-[Ross] Chainz. -[Jerry] Oh, ow!
[Ross] Extended a foot right into the face of Kama
and a slam on the 300-pounder.
Ow! And look at the athleticism.
Chainz getting up and down,
showing great agility here, with those elbows
driven right to the sternum.
[Jerry] Yeah, he thinks he's Speedy Gonzales too.
[Ross] And Kama takes a shortcut, rakes the eyes.
And now, the World's Strongest Man,
-Mark Henry. -[Jerry] Oh, here you go.
[Ross] In 1996, super heavyweight powerlifter
from the 1996 Olympic team.
[Jerry] And what he did to Shamrock was a thing of beauty too.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] Look at this!
[Ross] And Mark Henry wants Ahmed Johnson.
[Jerry] Oh, yeah!
Uh-oh!
Let's see who is strong.
You got two big bulls here that are getting it up-- Getting it on.
[Ross] Mark Henry with a clubbing right hand!
[Jerry] He's the strongest. He's the strongest!
[Ross] Mark Henry, the strongest drug-free athlete in the world today.
And look at the impact and the velocity of Mark Henry.
-Oh! -[Jerry] Oh, man!
[Ross] A rookie that's got a…
one would think, a great future ahead of him here,
-in the World Wrestling Entertainment. -[Jerry] Uh-oh!
Yeah! Fuck, yeah!
-[Jerry] No way! No way! -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Ahmed Johnson showing great power himself,
slamming the 400-pounder.
And Mark Henry wisely makes the tag to D'Lo Brown.
And I'll tell you what, Ahmed Johnson made a mistake.
He turned his back, and that is a cardinal, cardinal sin.
[Jerry] Never, never turn your back on the Nation, any member.
Huh? Who's a brave man now?
[grunts]
[Ross] D'Lo is certainly not intimidated
by the awesome presence of the Pearl River Powerhouse
and former Intercontinental Champion, Ahmed Johnson.
[Jerry] And D'Lo puttin' the bad-mouth on Ahmed while he's doin' it.
[crowd chanting]
[Jerry] Oh!
[Ross] Face-first was D'Lo Brown driven into the canvas.
[Jerry] Ahmed didn't like that bad-mouth.
You don't mind somebody kickin' your butt.
You just don't like 'em talking to you while they do it.
[Ross] D'Lo making his way outside.
D'Lo likes to use that frog splash.
[Jerry] Yeah, and Ahmed knows it.
He's froggin' on away from there, crawlin'.
[Ross] Ahmed should roll away. That's a smart move.
-D'Lo can't reach him here. -[Jerry] He ain't far enough away yet!
-[Ross] He did reach him! My gosh! -[Jerry] Man!
[Ross] Tremendous athleticism by D'Lo Brown!
[Jerry] He went clear across the ring!
[Ross] Using the frog splash, and now Ahmed Johnson
is getting separated from the herd and the leader of the Nation,
a man who has hospitalized Ahmed Johnson on more than one occasion.
Faarooq is in there, and Faarooq is as bad,
as mean, as tough as anybody in the WWE.
-[Jerry] As The Rock? -[Ross] Absolutely!
-[Jerry] Oh, I don't know. -[Ross] As anybody.
[Jerry] I don't know.
See, here's what I like about the Nation.
They know how to keep somebody away from their teammates.
Look what they're doing with Ahmed Johnson.
He cannot get to his corner. He can-- [shrieks].
[Ross] Spinebuster! Spinebuster!
-Uh-oh. -[shouts indistinctly]
[Ross] Ahmed Johnson with a spinebuster there on Faarooq.
Now is not the time to talk. You better get back into action.
Ahmed going for the Pearl River Plunge, and The Rock changed his mind on that.
[Jerry] I thought we just told him don't turn your back on the Nation?
[Ross] Ahmed made a tag to 8-Ball.
[Jerry] You know, I think if my eyes serve me correctly,
The Rock just saved Faarooq!
[Ross] Powerslam by 8-Ball.
Faarooq able to kick out before the three-count.
Boy, nothin' pretty, we knew it was a--
not gonna be anything pretty about this match.
Here comes Shamrock.
Shamrock wants a piece of Faarooq.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Tremendous move by Shamrock, getting right up in Faarooq's face.
And Faarooq may have went below the belt there.
[Jerry] Oh, I don't think so.
Here goes The Rock!
[Ross] And here comes the Intercontinental Champion,
The Rock, with a DDT.
[Jerry] Look at The Rock go!
[Ross] And there's a leg up. Rock intelligently going for the cover.
The man with two college degrees from Miami,
played on the national championship team for the Hurricanes, a great athlete.
His grandfather was a star in the WWE, the late High Chief Peter Maivia.
His dad, Rocky "Soulman" Johnson, former WWE Champion.
This kid has been bred for success, and that's what we're getting from him.
[Jerry] And you're telling me he's not leader-- leadership material?
[Ross] I didn't say he wasn't leadership material.
I just said he wasn't the leader of the Nation.
[Jerry] Well, I heard Faarooq doin' the talkin' a while ago,
but there's a difference in being the spokesperson of the Nation
and the leader of the Nation.
The Rock is the Intercontinental Champion.
[Ross] Seeing some teamwork here now by the Nation of Domination.
[Jerry] Showing a lot of continuity.
Ooh, wow!
[Ross] The Nation can be a very cohesive unit.
And look at Kama.
[Jerry] Another underrated guy.
[Ross] Absolutely! Big and powerful.
But Shamrock quickly dodged the bullet there.
Tag was made.
[horn tooting]
[Ross] Here comes Skull in again.
Skull now tagging his tag team partner oftentimes, 8-Ball.
[Jerry] These guys look a lot alike, these Skull and 8-Ball.
[Ross] Now I'm confused.
-Is that Skull or is that 8-Ball? -[Jerry] I don't know.
You love to talk about me and Brian Christopher.
Now there's two guys that really look alike!
[Ross] I believe they're identical twins, King.
[Jerry] Oh, really? Ow!
[Ross] You observant son of a gun, you!
Well, whomever it is, Skull or 8-Ball, is in no man's land.
You talk about being on the wrong side of the tracks.
[Jerry] And look at how well the Nation takes advantage
of things that go on behind the referee's back. [laughs]
[Ross] Spinning heel kick and a lateral press, another near-fall.
-What great flexibility there by Kama. -Come on, dumbass, jump!
[Ross] Sticking that foot right in the face of a man that's 6'6".
And there's D'Lo,
one of the unsung young stars here in the WWE now.
D'Lo Brown, a Certified Public Accountant.
But I don't think he's gonna do J.R.'s taxes this year.
[Jerry] He's a CBK tonight.
-[Ross] What's that mean? -[Jerry] A certified butt-kicker. Uh-oh!
The worm has turned.
Cheap, but now there we go!
[Ross] Great move there by D'Lo and knocking down Skull, we think.
One thing's for sure, King, if it's not Skull, it's darn sure 8-Ball.
[Jerry] You think?
Here goes a frog splash!
[Ross] He's on a modified version of a frog splash
and he drove the elbow-- Great move!
-[Jerry] Hey! -[indistinct chatter]
Get out.
[Ross] And The Rock is in.
-The Rock. -[Jerry] Show 'em something, Rock.
Show 'em why you're the Intercontinental Champion!
[Ross] Hard slam by the Intercontinental Champion.
What a magnificent athlete.
[Jerry] Watch this. This is pretty cool.
Come on, baby, come on!
[Jerry] Put the brakes on. Bang.
[Ross] Well, we're not giving style points,
but that would be about a 9.5 on the judge from Tennessee.
[Jerry] Or Nagano, either way.
[Ross] Rock tags in Faarooq.
I'll tell you what. The old cliché, well-oiled machines,
certainly is applicable at this point in time
in this War of Attrition
between these two groups of five.
Uh-oh. You-- you could see that one coming.
Faarooq made a mistake, lowered his head much, much too early.
[Jerry] I thought Faarooq may have broken his right hand there
with that shot he gave whichever one that is, 8-Ball, Chainz, whoever.
[Ross] One of Bobby Bowden's favorite athletes.
Faarooq making the tag to The Rock.
Now, let's see if The Rock can put this big man from the DOA away.
-[shouts] -Whoa!
-[crowd cheering] -[Ross] Tremendous clothesline.
Do your stuff!
[Jerry] You know, Rock is one of The Rock's favorite athletes.
Bang, there he goes.
[Ross] Oh, The Rock likes to talk about The Rock,
there's no doubt about that.
Wait a minute, there's no tag, but-- Oh, low blow.
[Jerry] By the way, did you hear The Rock's views on genetic cloning?
[Ross] I-- Yeah, I heard.
[Jerry] Human cloning, that is.
[Ross] I don't know if anybody really cared a tag was made.
-[Jerry] Huh? -[Ross] And certainly Skull,
after being hit with a lot of low blow,
now being fed to the World's Strongest Man,
the 400-pounder.
Another Texan, he's from Silsbee, Texas, is Mark Henry.
[Jerry] Like a Sherman tank.
Why aren't these Texans cheering for him?
Here's a guy who was in the Olympics, and he's from Texas.
[Ross] I don't think he's given any Texans or anybody else
any reason to cheer for him in recent weeks,
notwithstanding his accomplishments at the-- in the Olympics.
[Jerry] Who is that in there now, 8-Ball or Chainz?
[Ross] I think it's still the same guy, it's either 8-Ball or Chainz.
I don't know. Got the press.
[Jerry] I think there's already been some genetic human cloning there.
[Ross] A reverse chinlock by Kama Mustafa,
the Supreme Fighting Machine.
Well, certainly, this eight-man tag match tonight
is shaping up to be a wild affair.
[Jerry] And look at Rock.
Rock and Faarooq standing side-by-side and there's been no dissension.
[crowd cheering]
Come on, shut up!
[Ross] The Nation trying to get this capacity crowd
of 16,110 out of the matchup.
Oh, that may be a mistake right there.
[Jerry] Well, he went for the wrong corner.
I think he thought he was going for his own corner to tag.
All of a sudden, he realized he was involved with the Nation right there.
[Ross] This Nation has not missed a beat.
-[Jerry] Or a beating. [chuckles] -[Faarooq] Get that one, baby.
[Ross] D'Lo Brown with a choke on who we think is Skull.
And D'Lo with a backbreaker, showing his strength.
-[Jerry] Wow, yes. -That's it.
-[Ross] And D'Lo says that's it. -[Jerry] You da man.
-[Ross] Gonna go for a moonsault. -[Jerry] Oh, yeah.
High-risk maneuver, that's what I like about D'Lo.
[Ross] Nobody there!
-The pool was empty. -[Jerry] Oh, no.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Suck it up, D'Lo. Tag out!
[Ross] A hellacious landing on the moonsault
and maybe now, Skull can make a tag.
[Jerry] Look at Shamrock. He's begging for a tag.
Oh, I think D'Lo knocked his own tooth out.
[crowd cheering]
-[Jerry] Uh-oh! -[Ross] Shamrock gets the tag.
The captain of the team is in and so is The Rock.
Oh, my. All ten.
All hell is breaking loose in Houston tonight.
[Jerry] I knew this would happen!
The war is on!
It's been declared.
Look out, J.R.! They're everywhere!
[Ross] They're all around us.
Shamrock, belly-to-belly on The Rock.
The Rock goes for the ride.
The Rock and Shamrock have been left all alone.
The Intercontinental Champion, Fujiwara Armbar takedown.
-[Jerry] Get out of there! -[Ross] Ankle lock submission!
Ankle lock submission!
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Don't tap out!
[Ross] That's it! That's it!
That's it! Shamrock! Shamrock! Shamrock!
[Howard] Your winners, the team of Ken Shamrock,
Ahmed Johnson, and The Disciples of Apocalypse.
[upbeat music playing]
[Ross] When The Rock was left alone
without his backup, you saw the results.
The belly-to-belly, the Fujiwara Armbar,
the ankle lock submission.
It was all Shamrock.
[Jerry] Faarooq was trying to help The Rock, but he couldn't get in there.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] I'll tell you what.
It is certainly no disgrace
to lose to the ankle lock of The World's Most Dangerous Man,
perhaps the greatest ultimate fighting champion of all time
in Ken Shamrock.
But let's not forget this.
The Rock is still the Intercontinental Champion.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] I don't think the Nation can believe what has happened.
And now, they-- Uh-oh.
The Rock… I think The Rock believes
that Faarooq could have done something about that.
[Jerry] Well, I agree.
Wait a minute. Wait a minute.
This was bound to happen, J.R.
Come on, come on. Hey, brother.
We're family, man. Come on.
-You put this together. -The hell you hit me for?
-You put this together. -[D'Lo] What'd you hit me for?
[crowd chanting] Rock, you suck! Rock, you suck!
[Ross] Well, The Rock leaving alone.
-[crowd clamoring] -Shut up! Oh my god, what--
[indistinct chatter]
[Jerry] I can't believe that The Rock, he's sort of limping away.
Uh-oh. Wait a minute.
[crowd booing]
[Ross] I don't think the fireworks are over.
[Jerry] Well, I think he's telling him, "I may be limping away,
but I'm still the Intercontinental Champion."
And he's coming back!
[Ross] Well, Faarooq has demanded that The Rock return to the ring.
[indistinct arguing]
[Faarooq] Get your ass over there.
[crowd clamoring]
I said get over there.
Okay. All right, all right.
Now, get up here. Get up here!
[Ross] Is there any doubt now who the boss is?
[crowd clamoring]
It's necessary. Power to the Nation.
♪ We are the Nation of Domination ♪
["We Are The Nation" playing]
♪ Nation of Domination ♪
[Ross] Well, I'll tell you what.
Let's take another look and see how this one went down.
There's obviously trouble in the proverbial paradise of the Nation.
And there you see,
maybe a mistake by Faarooq.
I'm not really sure what they had planned.
But in any event, Faarooq
not there for The Rock,
and there you see the results of it.
Shamrock didn't wanna-- didn't wanna relinquish the ankle lock.
[Jerry] Let's face it, Shamrock had snapped.
Look at him. He's an idiot.
[Ross] Oh, he's a-- he is an animal.
[Jerry] I'm surprised he didn't--
I'm surprised he didn't just suplex his own partners again.
We love you!
[Ross] Well, ladies and gentlemen, Michael Cole is standing by,
without a doubt, the toughest SOB in the WWE,
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
[Michael] Stone Cold, we're just a few minutes away from the main event,
your Eight-Man Tag Team match,
and you still don't know who one of your opponents is gonna be.
You know, and I really don't give a-- two craps who the mystery partner is.
And everybody keeps asking me,
"Stone Cold, is it good to be back in Texas?"
Well, I'm not a sentimental person,
but I'll tell you like this.
It's fun to beat someone's ass anyone-- anywhere in the world.
But if you beat someone's ass in Texas, then you done something.
So, that's exactly what I'm gonna do.
And if you don't get the hell out of here, I'll start with your ass.
[Michael] Gentlemen, back to you.
[Ross] I think that's a very good idea, Michael Cole, to end that interview.
Ladies and gentlemen, we want to thank all the fans here in Houston,
a record crowd, a-- an attendance record
here in the Compaq Center, 16,110.
More than the Rolling Stones had on Thursday or Friday
here in Houston this week, King.
[Jerry] Oh, yeah. It's huge.
And this match coming up is going to be huge.
And we just heard from Steve Austin. And you know what?
[chuckles] You can tell by the look on his face,
and I did a little investigating myself. You know what this is?
This is one of Steve Austin's old kindergarten report cards.
-And right there, what does it say? -Doesn't play--
Steve Austin doesn't play well with others.
Goes all the way back to kindergarten.
Watch out, boys.
Steve Austin can't be trusted.
Well, ladies and gentlemen, one thing that you can certainly be assured of
is that when Vader meets Kane, and that match is next,
there's no doubt that Vader's gonna have--
is gonna be anywhere but right in Kane's face.
Matter of fact, we got a very special look
at the two men who will wage war next,
beginning with a very special look at The Rocky Mountain Monster.
[Vader] It's time!
It's time! [echoing] It's Vader time!
-[Jerry] Look at this! -[Ross] I don't believe this.
[Jerry] No! Unbelievable.
[narrator] The power.
[commentator] Super powerbomb!
[narrator] The intensity.
[Ross] Vader at 458.
[Vince] And look at Vader unload. Look at this.
[narrator] The Mastodon.
[Ross] Vader. Big, strong, impressive.
[Jerry] Look out, here we go! Look out! Oh!
[commentator] That's a big, mean man,
and he don't do nothing he don't wanna to do!
[Jerry] Boom, boom, Vader.
[Ross] And rights and lefts, rights and lefts from The Mastodon.
[Jerry] He's going for the moonsault.
[Ross] And Vader, oh, he delivers.
-[bell ringing] -[Ross] The biggest moonsault in wrestling
was just delivered by Vader.
[Jerry] It looks like Vader's going up north.
He connects.
[Ross] It's over.
[Jerry] It's got to be over right now.
-Vader-- -[Ross] Uh-oh.
[Jerry] What's this?
["Burned" playing]
[Ross] Don't tell me.
We know whose music it is.
[Paul laughing hysterically]
[Paul] What does Kane have to do
to get his message across?
[Ross] He'll walk right through hell barefooted.
Kane, oh!
And Kane, oh, knocked out!
[Jerry] Unbelievable!
[Ross] My God, call the medics!
[Paul] Ashes to ashes!
[Ross] Kane is the most devastating
force that I think we have ever seen.
-[Jerry] Oh! -[Ross] The chokeslam, with ease.
[Paul] Welcome to your worst nightmare.
[Ross] No, damn it!
Kane is assaulting his brother.
A chokeslam into the casket.
[Ross] They've locked The Undertaker, have Kane and Paul Bearer.
[Jerry] What is that? Is that gasoline?
-No way! -[Ross] Paul Bearer
handing the matches to Kane.
And my God! The casket's on fire!
The casket's on fire!
[Paul] For all you leeches of the night
that think that your Undertaker
is gonna show up in Houston, Texas,
I don't think he will
because he is gone!
Gone for eternity!
[inspiring music playing]
[narrator] With The Undertaker gone,
the demonic Kane has focused his violent fury on Vader.
[Ross] As Kane steps over the top rope,
Vader's not backing up an inch.
Vader's not afraid of Kane.
Vader and Kane now.
Vader hammers Kane.
Vader, big rights and lefts.
Kane's in trouble.
Vader setting up Kane here. No way!
[Jerry] Piledriver.
[Ross] Vader with a piledriver on Kane!
Wait, no. Oh, look, look, look, look.
Kane's up. Kane is up!
-[Jerry] Wow. -[Ross] Vader's 458.
-Can he be Tombstoned? -[Jerry] Oh!
[Ross] Vader drilled right on his head.
[Paul] There is no way out for you, Vader.
[Ross] Vader's got a fire extinguisher.
-[Jerry] Whoa! -[Ross] Right in Kane's face!
-Right in that one eye. -[Jerry] Ah!
[Ross] Kane being sprayed in his one eye.
Paul Bearer can't believe it.
[Paul] It's time, Vader. Oh, yeah.
It's time for you to be stuffed out.
[narrator] Vader will not back down from Kane.
He must stare into the eyes of hell itself
if he is to defeat the seven-foot monster,
etching his name into the WWE record books.
But if Vader should fail,
it could be No Way Out of Texas.
[Ross] Well, I'll tell you one thing.
The only safe place to be for this match might be up there
in the Western Union airship.
Of course, Western Union, the fastest way to send money worldwide.
Wanna to thank all the great folks at Western Union…
[Vader] It's time! It's time!
[Ross] …for being with us here tonight.
[Vader] It's Vader time!
[bell ringing]
[Howard] The following contest is scheduled for one fall
-with a with a 30-minute time limit. -[Jerry] J.R.
[Ross] King.
[Jerry] I think we're headed for Götterdämmerung.
[Ross] What?
[Howard] Here comes the man they call Vader.
-[Jerry] I said Götterdämmerung. -Who the man?
It's time! It's got to be time!
[Ross] I'll tell you one thing.
I tried to say it a couple secs back, but I got a little excited.
Vader was-- is not going to be intimidated by the presence of Kane.
[Jerry] I know. I know what everybody's thinking.
I know what everybody's hoping.
They're thinking The Undertaker's gone.
He's not going to be back.
And they're thinking Vader is the only man
in the World Wrestling Entertainment that can stop Kane.
That's what they're thinking.
But we're gonna find out in just a few minutes if they're right.
[Ross] Well, I think that's a very valid point.
It very well may be true.
Vader, a high school football All-American,
All Big Eight selection, All-American, University of Colorado,
a dominating offensive lineman.
Played for the LA Rams for a time.
Has won championships on more continents than we can count.
But this match is not about titles.
It's not about football. It's not about amateur athletics.
-[Jerry] Right. -[Ross] It's about survival
with perhaps the most demonic,
dominating, and dangerous athlete in WWE history.
[Jerry] And all those statistics you spouted about-- Uh-oh.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] About Vader,
one thing goes unsaid. He's been a bully all his life.
And he don't back down to nobody.
["Burned" playing]
[Jerry] Whoa!
-[fireworks popping] -[Jerry] Oh!
[Howard] His opponent,
to be accompanied down the aisle by Paul Bearer,
weighing 326 pounds,
Kane.
[Ross] It's as if he walked right out of the mouth of hell.
The younger brother of The Undertaker,
a man that has yet to be challenged
in the WWE,
and the broken bodies
that he has left on his way to this night,
for this match.
[Jerry] And look at him. He's bigger. He's stronger.
He's more powerful than The Undertaker has ever been.
[Ross] Stepping right over the top rope, the near-seven-footer.
And look at Vader.
Vader, it's like stepping right into hell itself.
Vader is not afraid.
And the fight is on!
[bell ringing]
[both grunting]
[Ross] Look at Vader fight back.
Headbutt by Kane.
Both these masked men…
certainly you got to wonder if a mask will have any effect on Vader
-as far as Kane's mask is concerned. -[Jerry] Look at this.
[Ross] They're both on the outside.
Kane steps right over the top rope, and the fight ensues.
[Jerry] And Vader taking it right to Kane, but now, here comes Kane.
Uh-oh, look out!
[Ross] Vader with a great deal of experience,
but this is not going to be a wrestling match.
This is gonna be a fight.
[crowd chanting] Vader! Vader! Vader!
[Jerry] These fans are starting to chant "Vader" already.
[both groan]
[Jerry] I think Kane is gonna find that it's gonna to take
more than even he imagines to wear down this big, huge Vader.
He's not going to go easily into the night.
[Ross] Well, as we saw on the highlight piece before this match started,
Vader's got a score to settle.
I was absolutely shocked.
I didn't think any human being in the world
could deliver a Tombstone Piledriver
like Kane did to Vader, but he did it.
Can he do it again?
[Jerry] Uh-oh, look out.
We've already seen what those steps will do to your head.
[Ross] Those steps are very unforgiving,
as I'm sure Thrasher would testify.
We don't know how many stitches Thrasher had to get
from the situation in the first match tonight.
[Jerry] I understand he's already been taken to the hospital.
[Ross] Kane misses a clothesline. Vader, waistlock.
Vader would-- Oh, Vader now going downstairs. He's going upstairs now.
Hard shots right into Kane's head and to his face.
[Jerry] Rabbit punches, rabbit punches.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Vader dumps Kane out, but Kane landed on his feet
much like his brother, The Undertaker, did.
[crowd clamoring]
[Ross] On the outside here.
-And Kane… -[Jerry] Oh, wow!
[Ross] …being introduced to the ringpost.
And now face-first.
[Jerry] But so far, the best Vader can do is just stagger--
is just stagger Kane.
[Ross] Kane leaping right back up on the apron,
hanging Vader off of the top rope.
-Thus far, Vader has shown more offense… -[Jerry] Look at this.
[Ross] …than anybody in the WWE with this monster.
-And now, again… -[Jerry] Man.
[Ross] …reminiscent of his brother.
Oh, I'd love to see The Undertaker again.
I'd love to see The Undertaker utilize that maneuver.
But thanks to Kane,
we may never see The Undertaker again.
[Jerry] That's right. You know what
Dante says is written on the gates of hell?
"Abandon all hope, ye who enter here."
And you can just abandon any hope of seeing The Undertaker again,
just like Vader can abandon any hope once he stepped into the ring with Kane.
It's just a matter of time.
[crowd chanting] Vader! Vader! Vader!
[Ross] Crowd chanting for Vader.
[Jerry] Yeah, chant all you want to.
[Ross] Much to the hideous Paul Bearer's chagrin.
-[Jerry] What do you mean, hideous? -[Ross] Well, look at him.
He's a-- he's a morbid human being.
I can't say what I'd like to say about him, but--
[Jerry] You're no Tom Cruise yourself.
-[Ross] Not talking about his appearance. -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] I'm talking about his attitude, his outlook,
the way he treats other people.
Especially the way he treated The Undertaker.
[Jerry] He's a man of his word, Ross,
-Paul Bearer is. -[Ross] That's a heck of a--
[Jerry] He told everybody he was gonna bring out Kane, that's what he did.
-Look at him. -[laughs]
[Ross] That's hideous.
[Jerry] Just because-- just because he finds humor
in the misfortunes of others, there's nothing wrong with that.
[Ross] Vader now being really assaulted here.
And again, to Vader's credit…
-One, two, three! -[Ross] …no other athlete in the WWE
has ever shown as much offense
against Kane as we saw earlier from Vader.
[Jerry] You call that offense right there?
[Ross] I don't call that offense. I think I mentioned earlier.
[Jerry] Oh, okay.
Look at this! Did you see that?
Man! Wow!
[Ross] Tremendous, tremendous athleticism
-by Kane… -[Paul] Destroy, Kane! Destroy!
-[Ross] …if you consider he's seven feet… -You shut up!
[Ross] …300 pounds.
-[Jerry] Now what's repulsive about that? -[Ross] Oh, not a darn thing.
[Jerry] He's a compassionate man, Paul Bearer is.
You know, who else-- who was there to take care of Kane
and his scarred body after that fire?
For years, Paul Bearer nursed that man.
[Ross] Or so he says.
I understand, folks, the interesting conversation.
You might be-- might be--
There's gonna be something on the Superstar Line right now,
is Faarooq and The Rock.
[Jerry chuckling] Oh.
[Ross] I'd like to hear how that conversation's going.
That's on the WWE Superstar Line.
[Jerry] Is Shamrock on there too?
-[Ross] He absolutely is. -[Jerry] Wow!
[Ross] And a knockdown by Kane on Vader.
Beautiful! That's the word.
[Ross] Paul Bearer really enjoys seeing others injured and other people hurt.
Look at that. Look at Paul Bearer.
Doesn't that make you just wanna go over there and slap him?
[Jerry] Just because he's got double chins down to his ankles,
that don't make any difference.
He's a man of integrity,
a man of honor.
And he's just watching as his protégé there,
Kane, systematically destroys Vader.
[Ross] Vader headfirst into the top turnbuckle.
[Jerry] Abandon all hope, Vader.
-Ooh. -[Ross] Kane follows Vader in
with a clothesline and a stiff shot right to the jaw,
and the reverse elbow.
And Vader, well, Vader gets some rights in.
He's 458 pounds.
-[Jerry] Ow. -[Ross] He came to fight.
But Kane poked the eye,
forcing Vader now back into the corner.
Vader is slumped now into that corner.
And you gotta wonder how much any human being,
even someone as incredible as Vader,
how much longer he's going to be able to sustain this attack.
[Jerry] Right.
These guys have given each other a tremendous pounding,
but I think Vader knows that his pounding is just starting.
[Ross] Great power.
Vader, 458 pounds,
just got scoop slammed by Kane.
[Jerry] Kane just threw him around. Let's face it, like he was nothing.
Oh.
[Ross] Kane dictating a very deliberate pace,
not getting in any hurry, taking his time.
And again, showing great athleticism,
leaping right over the top rope
and snapping Vader's neck right off that top rope.
[crowd cheering]
-[Jerry] Whoa! -[Ross] Here comes Vader again.
[Jerry] Whoa!
[Ross] And again, Kane lands on his feet like a cat.
[Jerry] Like a cat? Like The Undertaker. Let's face it.
[Ross] Kane going to do here? Uh-oh.
-He's got a front facelock. -[Jerry] Oh, man!
[Ross] A DDT by Kane.
That's the first time we've seen him use that move.
And Vader--
[Jerry] This is the longest anybody's ever lasted with Kane.
[Ross] Vader getting right back up.
Vader may be out on his feet,
but in any event, Vader is still doing all he can to compete.
There is no quit in Vader.
Oh, what a shot!
You could hear that one.
Vader coming from the left side with those wild swings,
trying to connect with anything he can.
[Jerry] He's hitting him with his whole arm. Look at that.
[Ross] Solid rights.
[Jerry] Straight into his face.
[Kane grunts]
[Ross] And Vader follows Kane in.
[Jerry] Uh-oh.
[Ross] Kane now-- Oh, Vader went downstairs.
[Jerry] What?
[Ross] Vader went downstairs,
and I'm not sure if he got into a lot of land or in the knee.
But in any event, it stopped Kane momentarily.
[Jerry] And he just decked Kane. I can't believe it.
[Ross] He decked Kane, no doubt about it.
Splash!
And Vader with a splash now.
Kane is in more trouble than we have ever seen him.
[Jerry] I can't believe this could be the beginning of the end for Kane.
-Oh, no! -[Ross] It may be Vader Bomb time.
Vader going to the second rope.
[Jerry] Kane's not moving.
-[Ross] Uh-oh. -[Jerry] He's history.
[Ross] Vader's going upstairs.
The biggest moonsault in the business. Here it comes!
-[Jerry] He got him! -[Ross] It's got to be over!
Got to be over!
What a moonsault by Vader!
[Jerry] I can't believe that Kane's been--
[Ross] Oh, oh my God.
Oh my God.
Kane sat up from the moonsault.
Vader again knocks Kane on the outside.
And this is-- I can't believe that Vader hits the moonsault.
There's not an athlete ever that's ever gotten up from that.
Kane stands up and he continues to fight.
[Jerry] Look out!
[Ross] Vader thrown right at the steps.
-[Jerry] Look at this. -[Ross] He's got the fire extinguisher
right in the eye of Kane.
[Jerry] He knew that was there.
He had that all the time!
[Ross] Paul Bearer has got the referee distracted,
but that's not doing Kane any favors.
[Jerry] He is trying to blind him!
[Ross] Kane, we think, has only sight in one eye.
Vader with that fire extinguisher in the face,
maybe that'll be enough to put Kane away.
[crowd cheering]
Gonna be a powerbomb or a piledriver.
It's a powerbomb!
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Vader with a powerbomb,
and Vader nails Paul Bearer, and Kane got up.
My God, he got up again.
Chokeslam!
Kane is up, King. I can't believe it.
[Jerry] Unbelievable.
Look at Vader, he got up!
[Ross] Oh, no.
Kane has Vader.
-[Jerry] He won't get up from this. -[Ross] Tombstone, Tombstone.
Kane dropping Vader right on his head.
-[bell ringing] -["Man On Fire" playing]
[Howard] Here is your winner, Kane.
[Ross] Kane was in a war, but he has won the war.
God!
Vader dropped right on his head.
I cannot believe Kane.
Kane able to get up from the moonsault.
Kane able to get up from the powerbomb.
Wait a minute. What's he doing here?
That's the fire extinguisher.
Kane is looking for something.
[Jerry] Well, I think it's obvious that Vader had that fire extinguisher.
[Ross] My God, come on. Come on, no.
[Jerry] Whoa.
[Ross] He's got a wrench.
Kane has a wrench.
A wrench right-- Oh, and right in the face of the ref, goddamn!
What?
[Jerry] Jeez.
Get him out of here! Get him out of here!
[Ross] Good God Almighty.
Kane has just hit Vader right in the face with a wrench.
The weapon--
Hell, that would be assault.
["Man On Fire" playing]
[Paul laughs maniacally]
[Ross] Vader hit right in the face with that wrench.
Vader is motionless.
[Jerry] Let's face it, J.R.
Kane was on a mission.
He had a job to do.
He felt like even though the match was over,
the job was not finished.
Now it is.
I told you so! I told you so!
[Ross] They've got a-- Here's some medics.
We got-- we've got to get medical attention, no doubt.
Vader is-- He's not even moving.
He got hit right in the face, ladies and gentlemen.
You gotta wonder if Vader's face was just crushed by that wrench.
He took a shot square in the face.
Well, we're gonna take another look.
Oh, this is bad.
Here's a chokeslam, King.
Vader, 458 pounds,
and he was drilled, spine first,
and then Kane followed it up with a Tombstone.
Shades of his brother, The Undertaker.
And boom, right there.
And Kane wins the match, but this is a--
Right there's the shot.
I've never seen anything quite like this in my life.
I mean, that's a vile--
Look at the velocity of this wrench shot.
Right in the face of Vader.
[Jerry] Could fracture his skull.
[Ross] What kind of a human being is Kane?
[Jerry] I don't know, but Commissioner Slaughter's out here.
He got that wrench.
I think he's probably gathering evidence there.
Something's gonna happen over this.
[Ross] Well, I'll tell you what, this is a very,
very serious situation.
I mean, you gotta be proud of the effort that Vader put forth.
[Jerry] Oh, he's moving. I saw him move his arm.
[Ross] I mean, nobody has ever even come this close
to challenging Kane before Vader…
but he took things too far.
It's reminiscent of the-- that dumpster ride
that Cactus Jack and Chainsaw Charlie
took as Vader's being helped onto the gurney.
Vader was…
[Jerry] I could just see-- It looked like half the side of his face was caved in.
[Ross] Well, ladies and gentlemen, our non-sanctioned
Eight-Man Tag Team match is still to come,
but we've got to get Vader, obviously, some medical attention.
He's hurt very badly and bleeding.
Certainly, ladies and gentlemen, WrestleMania XIV is gonna be
the biggest of all time on March 29th.
The next major Pay-Per-View in our industry is WrestleMania,
but the bigger story right now is Vader,
and it looked to me like, King, and I certainly don't wanna alarm anyone,
and certainly alarm Vader fans or his family back in Colorado,
but it looked like his whole face was caved in.
Well, it looked like the eye orbit or whatever was--
I mean, it was just, like, smashed in, caved in.
We'll-- we will update you if we get the information, ladies and gentlemen,
on Vader's condition, but as we leave this,
what more could happen here tonight?
We have seen Thrasher have to be stitched up.
We have seen Vader hit in the face with a wrench among other things,
but this next matchup is a non-sanctioned, anything goes matchup.
One fall to a finish, there must be a winner,
and we still do not know who apparently
the WWE is going to select
to be the tag team partner of DX and the New Age Outlaw.
You mean the WWE officials have said that it's gonna be
an eight-man tag no matter what, so they're gonna stick somebody in there?
Yeah, absolutely.
As a matter of fact, ladies and gentlemen, we'll find out in a few moments,
but right now let's take a look at both teams.
[narrator] How far is too far?
These eight men have taken it to the edge
and shoved it right over.
[Ross] Don't you dare do that!
My God, there's people in there!
There's people in there.
What the hell is so great about that?
[narrator] This team of degenerates is led by the WWE Champion.
[Billy] You know, there's a lot of people mad at us, but that's okay.
[Road Dogg] The World Wrestling Entertainment,
tag team champions of the world.
[Triple H] I am more man than you could ever hope to be.
[Shawn] You don't call the shots around here.
I do.
[narrator] This team of individuals is out of control
and they refuse to be led by anyone.
[Stone Cold] Ain't nobody gonna back me up 'cause I don't need anybody to back me up
[Charlie] All of my life, I've been a hardcore wrestler.
[Cactus Jack] I hate the fact that my career nearly ended in a garbage can.
[Owen] I'm the man that stopped "Stone Cold" Steve Austin in his tracks.
[narrator] Now, these eight men who have wreaked havoc
throughout the World Wrestling Entertainment
are thrown together with one eye on the ring
and the other looking over their shoulder
[Ross] Each of these factions are playing "Can you top this?"
[Stone Cold] Owen Hart, get in Stone Cold's way,
I'll drop you right on your head just like I would anybody.
[narrator] In a match like this, the ring might be the safest place.
[commentator] Cactus Jack told us early on
that he wants to fight up there on the ramp, not in the ring.
[Ross] We may need another ambulance.
A DDT on that steel gurney.
[narrator] But the man responsible for so much of the mayhem
will not set foot in the ring,
instead he will manipulate from the sidelines.
Shawn Michaels will handpick his successor.
You have never ever gotten one of these, and I got news for you,
Stone Cold. This is as close as you're ever gonna get.
You're gonna learn to like it.
This is it. This is it, Austin.
[narrator] Tonight, in a match that will shape WrestleMania,
only Shawn Michaels can calculate what lies ahead.
[Shawn] If there is anything left of you,
we will sweep the remains under the rug
at No Way Out.
[Stone Cold] Someone's gonna get their **** whipped in Houston,
and that's the bottom line.
[narrator] Eight men who have already gone too far
will dictate our future tonight.
[bell ringing]
Ladies and gentlemen, the following Eight-Man Tag Team match
is scheduled for one fall to a finish.
-[Jerry] Here we go. -It is non-sanctioned
by the World Wrestling Entertainment
and anything goes.
[Jerry] Look at that.
["Oh You Didn't Know" playing]
[Road Dogg] Oh, you didn't know?
Your ass better call somebody!
[Ross] There you see the WWE Tag Champions.
Houston, note the t-shirt.
It says Tennessee Oilers,
because the Oilers smartened up
and moved to a state that is not full of losers
and a state that is truly in the south.
Now allow me to introduce us, ladies and gentlemen,
boys and girls, children of all ages.
The World Wrestling Entertainment proudly brings to you
its Heavyweight Tag Team Champions of the World,
"Bad Ass" Billy Gunn, the "Road Dogg" Jesse James,
The New Age Outlaws.
[crowd booing]
[Ross] Fresh, braggadocious, yet very young and talented.
Now they say we've gone too far.
Well, they don't know what too far is.
[Jerry] Oh.
You think you've seen carnage tonight?
You ain't seen na-na-na-nothing yet.
[Jerry] Man, this thing's gonna get wild, J.R.
Allow me to introduce one of our members
of this eight-man tag extravaganza.
He represents D-Generation X.
He is accompanied to the ringside area
by the gargantuan-tisic Chyna.
This is the 1997 King of the Ring.
This is Triple H,
Hunter Hearst Helmsley.
["Break It Down" playing]
♪ Yeah, you think You can tell us what to do? ♪
♪ You think you can tell us What to wear? ♪
♪ You think that you're better? ♪
♪ Well, you better get ready ♪
♪ To bow to the masters ♪
♪ Break it down! ♪
♪ D-Generation ain't stupid, fool ♪
♪ We just got tired Of doin' what you tell me to do ♪
♪ That's the breaks, boy, yeah ♪
♪ That's the breaks, little man ♪
♪ Break it down! ♪
♪ D-Generation X! ♪
♪ D-Generation ♪
♪ You think you can tell me what to do? ♪
♪ You know who you're talkin' to? ♪
♪ Well, you better get used To the way we do it ♪
♪ I say what you got It measures an ounce ♪
♪ But that's the breaks, boy, yeah ♪
[Ross] Again, we know that the incomparable WWE Champion,
Shawn Michaels, sustained a back injury training midweek.
It was confirmed earlier today on WWE Superstars
that Michaels would be unable to compete.
He is at home in San Antonio.
But there's no doubt in my mind
that Michaels has been working the phones all day with Triple H.
And now joining D-Generation X
and The New Age Outlaws,
representing Los Boricuas,
Savio Vega.
[crowd booing]
[Ross] Savio Vega being introduced to a chorus of boos
for this non-sanctioned matchup.
And certainly this was, I suppose, the WWE's selection, King,
because DX wanted to go four on three.
They were ready to compete in a handicap matchup.
-[speaking foreign language] -[Jerry] Well, I'll tell you what
[speaking foreign language]
[Jerry] If I was a DX member right now,
I would have a secret smile on my face,
because, you see, they got a heck of a partner right there,
whether they know it or not, and I think they know it.
[Ross] You gotta wonder where the other Boricuas are.
You gotta wonder what other aces that D-Generation X
and perhaps The New Age Outlaws have up their sleeve.
Is this their trump card?
["High Energy" playing]
Their opponents.
Introducing first from Calgary, Alberta, Canada,
the World Wrestling Entertainment
European Champion, Owen Hart.
[Ross] Owen Hart, the European Champion,
who has had major, major problems with Triple H,
get a great ovation on his way to the ring here in Houston.
[Jerry] Yeah, he's not exactly on his way to the ring.
He's keeping his distance right now.
[Ross] He's very smart.
The Black Hart, the sole survivor,
as he refers to himself from time to time.
To our fans in Canada,
will they support Owen Hart here tonight?
["Whole Lotta Groove" playing]
[Howard] From Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
and Amarillo, Texas, respectively,
Cactus Jack
and Chainsaw Charlie.
[Jerry] You think they'll come right into the ring in a dumpster?
[laughs]
[Ross] There's Chainsaw with a chainsaw.
He's middle-aged and crazy.
And anything is apt to happen in this one.
And Cactus Jack is bringing some toys.
[chainsaw rumbling]
[Jerry] That chainsaw's running.
[Ross] Can you imagine how this match is going to be competed?
Good move by the WWE to make it a non-sanctioned,
anything-goes contest.
[Jerry] Whoa.
And wait till you see what's gonna happen when Austin gets out here.
Look at this.
[Ross] Good gosh.
[Jerry] Wait a minute, J.R. We might better get--
[Ross] I might need a helmet or something.
[Jerry] We're in the line of fire, it looks like.
Look out.
Nobody's safe.
[Ross] Can you-- And this is before the match starts.
[Jerry] Well, you said it was non-sanctioned.
[crowd cheering]
["Hell Frozen Over" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Howard] Scaremonger from Victoria, Texas,
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] I have never heard an ovation as we are experiencing
here in Houston for the Rattlesnake,
the toughest SOB in the WWE.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Most of these 16,110 fans are standing.
[Jerry] Look at this.
[Ross] And Stone Cold and Billy Gunn get it kicked off here.
Oh, hell, this is gonna be a slobberknocker.
No doubt about it.
[Jerry] Whoa.
[Ross] Lou Thesz press by Austin.
Austin, fists and fire.
Drives a fist right into the face of Billy Gunn.
There's fights all over the ring.
[Jerry] Look out.
[Ross] Inverted atomic drop.
[Jerry] Look out. No, he's got a trash can lid.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Did you hear that, JR?
[Ross] Austin going for the Stunner and Billy Gunn scrambles for his life.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] Boom, Road Dogg.
Boom, Helmsley.
[Jerry] He's flipped his lid.
[Ross] And now Austin--
there's no love lost for DX.
We know Austin and Shawn Michaels
will meet at WrestleMania with a WWE title.
[Jerry] Listen to these people.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Austin sends Helmsley upside down.
Austin now going for a cover and Helmsley kicks out.
You know that Helmsley would love to injure Austin right here tonight.
He doesn't want nobody, Shawn Michaels,
nobody wants Austin and DX
to make it to WrestleMania in one piece.
[Jerry] Well, given the likes of all of these weapons at ringside
and all of these paraphernalia and objects,
somebody is gonna get hurt,
somebody's not gonna make it to WrestleMania.
[Ross] Cactus Jack, boom,
-knocks down the Road Dogg. -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] Austin just broke that broom handle right over Helmsley's back.
[Jerry] It's a clean sweep for Austin.
[Ross] This is like Muskogee, Oklahoma on a Saturday night.
[Jerry] What is that?
[Ross] Good gosh, I don't know.
Chainsaw just hit Road Dogg right in the face with something in a bag.
Now there's a table in the ring.
[indistinct shouting]
[Ross] Austin drops Helmsley face first across the railing.
Cactus Jack is setting up a chair.
[crowd clamoring]
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] The Road Dogg face first right into that table.
Helmsley thrown back in the ring by Austin.
[Jerry] You heard of the term roughing up? You saw it.
Oh, man.
[Ross] Talk about opening a can of whoop-ass,
there's a six-pack that opened here tonight.
[Jerry] I'd say an eight-pack.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Chainsaw with a lasso on Billy Gunn.
No doubt Chainsaw--oh, my.
Oh, no. A powerslam.
A powerslam by Owen Hart on Billy Gunn into the table.
[Jerry] Whoa. Look out.
[Ross] Austin just sent Savio Vega for a ride into the steel steps.
[Jerry] You got a Sharpshooter.
[Ross] Owen Hart's got the Sharpshooter on Billy Gunn,
but Helmsley, he stopped what, no doubt, would have been a submission.
[Jerry] Look at this.
[Ross] Remember, it's one fall.
There must be a winner.
And, yes, obviously, anything goes.
[Jerry] Watch yourself, J.R.
Austin's right to the right of us.
[Ross] Austin's got Savio Vega at the timekeeper's table.
And Billy Gunn just nails Austin with a trash can lid. Good God.
[crowd clamoring]
[Ross] Hear that metal-- that metal right on Austin's skull.
[crowd clamoring]
[Ross] Hellfire stuff.
What a-- Austin got shot.
He got hit right in the face with that trash can lid.
-[Jerry] Look out. Look out. -[Ross] Cover in the ring.
Owen Hart interrupted Helmsley's cover of Chainsaw.
[crowd clamoring]
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Whoa.
[Ross] Austin dropped over the railing, but he caught himself.
Oh, no. He took Billy Gunn out of his boots.
Owen Hart just got powerbombed in the ring by Helmsley.
Savio Vega using the trash can lid on Chainsaw Charlie.
[Jerry] This is pure mayhem, Ross. Look out.
[crowd clamoring]
[Ross] There's a cover by Savio.
Austin, again, catching Billy Gunn right in the head.
Helmsley now has got a big old trash can.
This was supposed to be a tag match.
[Jerry] Whoa. Look at that.
[Ross] Three.
[Jerry] He's hammering like a railroad spike.
[Ross] Chainsaw gotta be out on his feet.
Five or six shots right to the cranium with that metal trash can.
-[Jerry] Look at him. -[Ross] And Chainsaw still standing.
DDT.
[crowd clamoring]
[Ross] Helmsley now with a cover,
and Owen Hart interrupted the count.
Austin and Savio.
Owen Hart, the enzuigiri on Helmsley.
Chairs are being thrown into the ring.
[Jerry] All of this-- all of this craziness,
all of this mayhem, but one fall is gonna win it for one team.
Anybody could get pinned at any moment. Look at this.
[Ross] Helmsley missed the clothesline.
Owen Hart with a spinebuster.
Owen Hart wants to break Helmsley's leg.
Owen Hart got the Sharpshooter.
Owen Hart wants to put Helmsley in the hospital…
-[Jerry] Whoa. -[Ross] …but the Road Dogg
with a vile chair shot right to the back of Owen's head.
[Jerry] The referee is trying his best to get this thing settled
into an actual tag match, but forget it.
Forget it.
[Ross] Austin now attacking Savio Vega like a pit bull dog.
[Jerry] Look at Chainsaw Charlie.
-Oh. -[Ross] Oh, low blow by Road Dogg,
but it's as legal as any other thing they've done.
[Jerry] I guess. Oh my God.
[Ross] On two chairs. Good Lord.
[Jerry] He's dead.
He's--
[Ross] Terry Funk--
Chainsaw Charlie just got powerbombed.
They may have snapped his back.
He was powerbombed on two chairs.
[Jerry] It snapped both of the chairs.
It had to do something bad to his back.
[Ross] And, man, that has hushed this crowd.
That has this crowd in stunned silence
after that devastating move.
Brings back just a few memories.
[Jerry] Uh-oh, look at this.
He's got that metal trash can lid.
-Oh. -[Ross] What a piledriver.
Oh, you know why?
Because I got it all. That's why.
[crowd clamoring]
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] There's a cover by Billy Gunn, and Cactus Jack's in to save his partner.
Well, there's a big score somewhere that's not done here tonight.
[Jerry] I can't believe that the referee has been able to semi-restore order here.
[Ross] Well, I wouldn't count on it being that way for long.
Hey, get out. One. Get out. Hey.
[Jerry] This has been the wildest thing I've ever witnessed, J.R.
[Ross] It started early, ladies and gentlemen.
And "Stone Cold" Steve Austin didn't waste any time really getting involved.
-Take a look at this. -[Jerry] On the outside.
And then look what he did with this metal chair.
[Ross] And then right here.
This move-- that move that you just saw there on the left part of your screen
has changed the complexion of this matchup.
Savio Vega in now.
And, again, DX wanted to go three on four.
I don't know if The New Age had anything to say about that…
[Jerry] Look at this.
[Ross] …but the WWE appointed Savio Vega.
And Savio-- where Savio goes, normally, the other Boricuas follow.
[Jerry] He's certainly holding up his end of the bargain right now.
[Ross] Well, no tag was made, but I guess who cares at this point.
[Jerry] Oh. Oh.
[Ross] Cactus Jack very protective of his-- of the elder statesman,
the legendary Terry Funk.
Chainsaw Charlie just got suplexed on that trash can,
after being powerbombed on two chairs.
He may be middle-aged, crazy, and crippled when this one's over.
There's a cover and again Cactus Jack in.
[Jerry] Well, he was that way when it started.
It won't be any different.
[Ross] Chainsaw up.
Maybe just going on instinct.
[Jerry] Their instinct is to go at each other,
if you know what I mean.
And then, look at-- look at, Owen Hart standing in the same corner
with "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
[Ross] Stone Cold just hit--
I think he hit Billy Gunn right in the face
-with that trash can. -[Jerry] Man.
[Ross] He threw it like a football right across the ring.
[Jerry] Unbelievable.
[Ross] Oh, right in the back.
But, unfortunately, Chainsaw Charlie was unable to make the tag.
[Jerry] The referee is doing everything he can
to try to make this into a tag match.
Gotta give him credit.
[Ross] The story is really unfolding here.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] Inverted atomic drop by Helmsley.
[Jerry] Take a look at this, Ross. Watch this throw.
Oh my God.
[Ross] Listen to the impact of that.
Man, these WWE Superstars are turning it up a notch here.
Front facelock by Savio Vega.
Vega's got a wide base.
He does not want, under any circumstance…
-[Jerry] Uh-oh. -[Ross] …for Chainsaw Charlie
to make a tag.
[Jerry] These guys are giving it their all.
And Chainsaw makes a tag.
He's got-- Whoa.
[Ross] Owen Hart in.
[Jerry] Look at the ref. Look at the ref. He didn't see the tag.
[Ross] Well, referee Earl Hebner--
[Jerry] You know what I'm just thinking, J.R.?
Can you imagine Mike Tyson watching this right now,
knowing what he's gonna be in for at WrestleMania,
seeing what an enforcer is gonna have to do?
[Ross] Helms with a chair shot on Chainsaw.
And another right in the head.
I'll tell you what, I don't know if Tyson would tolerate--
-[Jerry] Oh my God. -[Ross] That's it.
Chainsaw let-- You could hear that.
Chainsaw landed right on his skull.
[Jerry] Just what-- just what he needs, another hit on his head.
-[Ross] I don't-- I don't think-- -[Jerry] Uh-oh, look at this.
Be careful.
[Ross] Cactus Jack has got the stairs right above us.
Chainsaw's gotta make a tag.
[Jerry] My God.
[Ross] And, again, the Road Dogg
able to cut him off from making that tag.
Both men colliding.
Road Dogg's down.
Chainsaw, hell, he doesn't know if he's in Amarillo or Poughkeepsie.
-There's the tag now. -[Jerry] No, he made the tag.
[Ross] Cactus Jack is in.
Cactus Jack
striking anything that's moving from the other team.
Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.
[Ross] Down goes Billy Gunn.
-Cactus-- -[Jerry] Uh-oh, I was wondering
how long it'd take him to grab something.
[Ross] Cactus got a piece, I think, of a table.
I'm not sure what it is.
[Jerry] Uh-oh.
Look out. His partner's under there.
[Ross] And he's still under there.
DDT, cover, and Savio Vega saved the day there.
And a missile dropkick by Owen Hart at the top.
[Jerry] Incoming Savio.
[Ross] And there's the Mandible Claw.
Cactus Jack with Mankind's Mandible Claw on the tag team champions.
And Helmsley goes downstairs
-with a vicious shot. -[Jerry] Man. Man.
[Ross] And there's nothing the referee can do about it.
This match isn't sanctioned.
Obviously, no disqualification.
The referee is there only to count the pinfall
or to ring the bell for a submission.
[crowd chanting] Austin! Austin! Austin!
[Ross] And this crowd wants Stone Cold.
[chanting continues]
[Ross] Cactus got that left foot right in the heart.
And here they come. They're right above us.
Cactus blocks the shot by the Road Dogg.
-And a DDT on the floor. -[Jerry] Man, oh, man.
[Ross] Right out here in front of us, a DDT.
[Jerry] He just missed the corner of those metal stairs too.
[Ross] Cactus Jack looks to be absolutely--
even more incoherent than normal.
[Jerry] I think he only had a couple of teeth when this match started.
I think he's got none now.
[Ross] Cactus Jack now--
[Jerry] He's wishing he had a baseball bat wrapped with barbed wire.
If he did, I think DX would use it on him right now. Look at this. Oh.
[Ross] Cactus Jack is being slammed right here in the outside.
I don't know what-- Billy Gunn's got those other steps.
[Jerry] Our camera-- Whoa, they're gonna make a stair sandwich.
-Oh my God. -[Ross] Oh, right in the head.
He caught him in the head with the steps.
[Jerry] Right in the head.
Oh.
[Ross] Those metal steps catching Cactus Jack right in the face.
And now Cactus being rolled into the ring.
Helmsley now.
[crowd chanting] Austin. Austin.
[Ross] It's Helmsley and Cactus.
[Jerry] After being that close to that metal steps
ramming into Cactus Jack's head,
there's no doubt in my mind
why the WWE did not sanction this match.
Oh.
[Ross] Suplex by Helmsley.
Floats over, hooks a leg, and that's-- No. It's a two-and-a-half count.
[Jerry] Look over there at "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
Look at the look on his face.
He wants in there worse than anything.
He can taste it.
[Ross] Hard right hands by Helmsley.
Just free shots.
Cactus Jack unable to defend himself.
Get out. Get out.
[Ross] And Chainsaw Charlie can't stand it.
That's his partner.
That man is like a son to him, is Cactus Jack.
They're proud of their hardcore reputation.
[Jerry] Well, they're earning it tonight.
[Ross] Savio-- Savio's got a roll of barbed wire.
[Jerry] What?
Savio's-- It's unsanctioned, but that's a little bit--
That's past unsanctioned.
[Ross] He's got some gloves on.
[Jerry] That is barbed wire.
[Ross] And he-- Savio is wrapping Cactus Jack in barbed wire,
for God's sakes.
He's wrapping Cactus in barbed wire like an animal.
[man] Take him out. Take him out.
[Jerry] Oh my God.
[Ross] It's around his face.
The barbed wire is in his mouth for God's sakes.
-Austin can't stand it. -Go get a chair.
[Jerry] Austin came off that apron.
Cactus Jack is being hog-tied with barbed wire.
This is unbelievable.
[Ross] Road Dogg just came by us and got another chair.
Cactus Jack wrapped in barbed wire
and rammed headfirst into the chair.
[grunting, yelling]
[Ross] Owen Hart in.
Austin's the only one that has stayed in that corner.
-[Jerry] Look at that. -[Ross] What a shot to the head.
[Jerry] Chainsaw Charlie is just flinging chairs.
[Ross] And those chairs are being used as weapons on Cactus Jack,
a human being wrapped in barbed wire.
A human being beat up with that chair.
The New Age Outlaws,
they don't wanna ever see Cactus Jack
and Chainsaw Charlie again after tonight.
[Jerry] You better say it again. This is unsanctioned.
Oh.
[Ross] What a dent.
Road-- the Road Dogg was struck by his own partner, inadvertently,
and it dented the darn chair.
Cactus Jack just pulled barbed wire right out of his mouth.
Ten minutes.
[Ross] Can you believe what we are seeing here tonight in Houston?
Cactus needs to make a tag.
He's close. He's close.
And he got it. He made a tag.
Austin's in.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Right hands.
Austin is kicking ass.
[Jerry] The Rattlesnake is striking.
Whoo!
[Ross] The venom is spilling from The Rattlesnake.
He'll stomp a mud hole in you.
Will he be the next WWE Champion?
Oh, it's unbelievable.
He can't be controlled.
[Jerry] I know Shawn Michaels is glad he's not here right now.
[Ross] Oh, Stunner, Stunner, Stunner.
Stone Cold done it.
[crowd] Two, three.
[Ross] Yes, yes, yes.
-Austin wins the match. -[bell ringing]
["Hell Frozen Over" playing]
[Ross] Oh, Billy.
Oh, Helmsley just got knocked off here.
He's right on top of us.
[Howard] Here are your winners, the team of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin,
Cactus Jack, Chainsaw Charlie, and Owen Hart.
[Ross] It looks like a damn car wreck.
There's bodies everywhere.
And the man of the hour is on his way to WrestleMania.
HBK, beware.
[Jerry] Mike Tyson, beware.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Hey, look at this. Look at-- look at Chyna.
[Ross] Chyna in the ring here.
[Jerry] What is she doing?
[Ross] Well, I tell you what, she's in no man's land.
[Jerry] Well, she's no man.
But she got--
She wants a piece of Stone Cold.
[Ross] Easy.
[Jerry] Uh-oh.
[Ross] After what Austin did to Helmsley,
Chyna taking exception.
No.
[Ross] And she is really giving Austin a piece of her mind.
She's shoved him now twice.
You don't-- You know, rattlesnakes are not pets.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] I wouldn't do that, young lady.
[Jerry] She ain't scared.
[Ross] Austin trying to leave.
Austin has won the match for his--
[Jerry] Whoa.
[Ross] Well, that goes without description,
Chyna's thoughts about Austin.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Baby, you might have just went a little too far.
[Ross] Oh, no.
Stunner. Austin just Stunnered Chyna.
Good God Almighty.
[crowd cheering]
[glass shatters]
["Hell Frozen Over" playing]
[Ross] That may be Mike Tyson at WrestleMania.
That may be Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania.
But you can bet, at WrestleMania,
somebody will get their ass whipped.
[Jerry] Mike Tyson, if you're watching,
this lunatic right here can't be controlled.
You're the only man on the planet that has a chance.
Can you imagine, would that man--
would that Rattlesnake have the audacity to try to stun Mike Tyson?
Would he, J.R.?
[Ross] "Stone Cold" Steve Austin has his sights set
on becoming the next WWE Champion.
But he's got a hell of a road ahead of him…
-[Jerry] That's right. -[Ross] …because the greatest
WWE Champion of all time is Shawn Michaels,
and I don't know if even Mike Tyson can control those two.
[Jerry] And Shawn Michaels lays down for nobody.
Oh, hell yeah.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Unbelievable.
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
Unless he is sidetracked, unless DX can hurt this man,
Austin is roaring into WrestleMania.
And can even Mike Tyson control the animosity
that you know exists between Austin and Shawn Michaels?
[Jerry] Here, look.
[Ross] A Stunner on the-- on the Road Dogg got the one, two, three.
But Stone Cold wasn't through.
He stunned "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn.
[Jerry] But you're still right. He still wasn't through.
I cannot believe this, J.R. Look at this.
He stunned Chyna.
[Ross] Here's another look at it.
She got in Austin's face.
He tried to walk away.
He tried to walk away, but she wouldn't let him,
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
Here's one more look at it.
That just pushed him a little bit too far.
And The Rattlesnake retaliated the only way he knows how.
Ladies and gentlemen, what an event it will be at WrestleMania.
Austin and Michaels with Mike Tyson.
Thank you for being with us tonight.
-So long, everybody. -[Jerry] Sweet Chin Music. t WrestleMania.