[Vince] Austin, there is no chance in hell,
you'll ever again
be the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion.
[announcer] The Royal Rumble.
[Michael] Austin has drawn number one.
-[Jerry] It's unanimous. -[Michael] Number one.
[Jerry] Oh, come on.
[Stone Cold] And the second man will be Vince McMahon.
[announcer] Thirty superstars.
Give it up, ladies and gentlemen, for… omniscient, the most omnipotent
sports entertainer, Mr. Vincent K. McMahon.
[Stone Cold] If you want me to beat Vince McMahon's ass all night long,
-give me a "hell yeah." -[crowd cheering]
[announcer] One goal.
[Jerry] That individual who eliminates Austin
will be 100,000 dollars richer.
[overlapping cheering and chatter]
[announcer] One man left standing.
[grunting]
Vince McMahon, I will win the Royal Rumble.
[Jerry] There is no chance in hell.
I'm gonna get me some.
You will know that Austin 3:16 says, I just whipped your ass.
[announcer] And now, 10-10-220 presents
the 1999 Royal Rumble, No Chance in Hell.
["No Chance in Hell" playing]
[crowd cheering, applauding]
[Michael] We are live in Southern California.
The sold-out Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim.
Thousands have been turned away on a night
Mr. McMahon guarantees "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
has no chance in hell to win the Royal Rumble match.
Hello, everybody. Michael Cole and Jerry "the King" Lawler
at ringside, and, King, what a night it is going to be.
The Royal Rumble match, 30 participants,
a shot at the WWE championship at WrestleMania
and 100,000 dollar bounty at stake.
And for the first time ever in the history of the Royal Rumble,
a woman, Chyna, is entered in the Royal Rumble. Wow.
[crowd cheering]
["Oh You Didn't Know" playing]
[Road Dogg] ♪ Oh, you didn't know? ♪
[crowd cheering]
♪ Your ass better call somebody! ♪
You're damn right.
You see, I'm a hardcore fish in a big pond.
And I'm hardcore all my life until I D-I-E.
And that's no L-I-E.
[Michael] Hardcore champion, the Road Dogg.
This is not a Hardcore match. The Corporation made sure of that.
No Hardcore rules in this one.
A special challenge match tonight at the Rumble.
-Cut the music. -[music stops]
[crowd cheering]
Now, Anaheim,
let's make some noise up in this bizz-itch…
[crowd cheering]
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages,
-D-Generation X proudly brings to you… -[crowd recites along]
…its WWE Hardcore Champions of the world!
The Road Dogg, Jesse James.
The bad ass Billy Gunn.
The New Age Outlaws!
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Great reaction for the Road Dogg.
-["Guard" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[bell ringing]
[announcer] His opponent in this one-fall contest,
representing Team Corporate,
weighing 297 pounds,
the Big Boss Man!
[Michael] King, Boss Man laid out the challenge, Road Dogg accepts it.
But I find it awfully suspicious
that The Corporation, Mr. McMahon,
did not make this a Hardcore Championship match.
The Road Dogg has found his niche in that type of atmosphere.
[Jerry] Oh, so, you're suspicious about that, right?
So, they didn't stack the deck in the Road Dogg's favor,
that makes you suspicious.
The Road Dogg is the Hardcore Champion, of course.
[Michael] The Big Boss Man carrying one of the WWE Tag Team Championship belts.
Tag Team Champion along with Ken Shamrock from The Corporation.
In fact, tomorrow night on Raw,
the Boss Man and Shamrock will defend those titles
against Jeff Jarrett and Owen Hart.
But the Boss Man's focused tonight on the Road Dogg.
And this should be an interesting matchup.
It was the Boss Man who the Road Dogg took the Hardcore Championship from
-a few weeks ago. -[Jerry] Yeah.
You know what they say about paybacks, don't you, Michael Cole?
-[crowd cheering] -[music stops]
[Michael] This is size and power of the Boss Man
versus the agility and the quickness of the Road Dogg.
-Boss man, a 300-pounder… -[bell ringing]
…outweighs Road Dogg by a good 50 pounds.
He wants this matchup to be physical. Road Dogg wants to keep him on the move.
[Jerry] I got a feeling Road Dogg's gonna be on the move
once the Big Boss Man hits him.
Road Dogg's-- He'll be arrested for speeding out here
somewhere on a freeway.
[Michael] Road Dogg, as we mentioned, the Hardcore Champion.
He is a fighting champion, has defended the Hardcore title
on a number of occasions against all comers.
And now, Boss Man warming up a little bit, psychological here.
[Jerry] Yeah, it worked.
Look at the fear on the face of the Road Dogg.
-Suck it! -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] That's how Road Dogg responds. Doesn't look too afraid to me, King.
-[inaudible] -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] You know, Road Dogg, Hardcore Champion,
takes a certain mentality
to be a Hardcore Champion, total disregard for your body.
And Boss Man with the power kicks things off.
[Jerry] Yeah, it's a certain mentality all right.
I think that may be no mentality.
[Michael] Both of these men will work double duty tonight,
not only this matchup, but both are entered in the Royal Rumble.
[indistinct chatter]
[Michael] A shot at championship match at WrestleMania and, of course,
the 100,000 dollar bounty on the head of Stone Cold.
[Jerry] Right.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Big Boss Man goes 6'4, 300 pounds.
[indistinct cheering]
[Jerry] Wait a minute now, we don't need this.
[Michael] Sold-out crowd in Arrowhead Pond getting on the Boss Man.
[grunts]
[Michael] There's the quickness of the Road Dogg
and follows it up with a right hand to the mouth of Boss Man.
-[Jerry] Can't blame these fans for that. -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] They got the Boss Man off his game,
they got him a little rattled there.
Don't listen to 'em.
[Michael] Boss Man trying to corner Road Dogg
but again, Road Dogg tried to use his quickness.
Power of Boss Man with a right hand to the face.
-And Road Dogg in trouble early on. -[Jerry] What an uppercut, beautiful.
[Michael] It was Boss Man, the head of the Corporate team security,
who Mr. McMahon called on this past week on Raw
to soften up Mankind in that Hardcore rules match,
and soften him up he did.
Is that open enough for you?
-[Michael] Mankind-- -[Jerry] We just a saw a little more
softening up on Mankind a few minutes ago, too, didn't we?
[Michael] On Sunday Night Heat, Mabel and The Rock
-doing a number on Mankind. -[screams]
[Michael] And there's power of Boss Man.
Where is it at, beyatch?
[Jerry] That'll soften up your whole ribcage and turn it into jelly.
[crowd jeering]
[Michael] Again, folks, this is a special challenge match,
no Hardcore rules, Hardcore Championship is not on the line.
-But I still find it awfully suspicious… -Do tell him how it is, huh?
…that the Corporate team did not want this to be a Hardcore rules match.
Road Dogg has looked unbeatable in recent weeks.
[indistinct chatter]
[Jerry] I'll tell you-- You want me to explain it to you?
-[Michael] I'd love you to. -[Jerry] Well, I think-- Oh, look out.
-[crowd cheering] -[Michael] Nobody home.
[Jerry] The Corporation's just trying to give the Road Dogg a little break,
I mean, if… Oh, ow, oh.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] That's a little Hardcore.
But if this match had been for the Hardcore title,
Big Boss Man would have killed the Road Dogg.
[crowd] One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] The thousands here at Arrowhead Pond cheering on Road Dogg,
but there was a mistake. Inverted Atomic Drop,
Boss Man missed with the left hand, and standing dropkick by the Road Dogg.
[Jerry] A dropkick from Road Dogg. He's pulling out all the stops.
[Michael] Road Dogg now outside the ring.
-And Boss Man went for the nightstick. -[Road Dogg] Not a Hardcore match.
[Michael] As Road Dogg just said, this is not a Hardcore match
and Boss Man immediately went for the nightstick.
Talking to the Boss Man in the locker room,
-he basically said… -[Jerry] Oh, look at this!
…he's gonna use that nightstick tonight. And Road Dogg sneaks up from behind.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] It's not a Hardcore match, Road Dogg. No!
[Michael] Referee didn't see that and Road Dogg took advantage.
[indistinct chatter]
[Michael] And Boss Man felt that one.
-On the ring post. -[Road Dogg] My balls!
[Michael] Road Dogg mocking Boss Man.
[Jerry] Well, maybe he'll pay for that. Come on, Boss Man.
[indistinct chatter]
[Michael] Roadie with right hand now and Boss Man slumped in the corner.
[referee] One, two, three, four.
[Michael] D-Generation X has a busy night tonight, folks.
Billy Gunn goes for the Intercontinental Championship.
X-Pac puts the European Championship on the line
and all members of DX are in the Royal Rumble match.
Oh, including Chyna who will enter the Royal Rumble match at number 30.
-[Jerry laughs] -[Michael] And Road Dogg out of the ring.
Desperation elbow by Boss Man.
[Jerry] How does it feel getting acquainted
with the floor there, Road Dogg?
[Michael] Boss man slides under the top rope.
-[indistinct chatter] -Get him back in the ring.
[Michael] Road Dogg still stinging from the elbow.
[Boss Man] Come here. I want you to see this. Look what's up.
[Michael] Oh, what a right hand!
[referee] Come on, get him back up on the ring.
[Michael] I tell you, he's the Corporate enforcer.
He takes no prisoners, King.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] That's what I like about the Boss Man.
He gets the job done. He don't care how he does it.
-He gets the job done. -[Michael] And as we talked earlier on,
every time the pace of this matchup is slowed down,
the Boss Man, the power and the strength has taken advantage.
Road Dogg really needs to use his quickness.
-[crowd cheering] -[indistinct chatter]
[Michael] Road Dogg hammering away. I should say Boss Man,
and again, Road Dogg is slumped in the corner.
[Jerry] Oh!
Did you see those shots-- Uh-oh, watch it.
There you go. I mean, those short right hands
are only delivered from about ten or 12 inches
but they got the force behind 'em to knock your legs out.
-Whoa, watch it. -[Michael] Road Dogg blocks the right hand
from Boss Man, blocks it again and there's one of his own.
[indistinct chatter]
[Michael] Finger to the eyes and Boss Man again resorts to breaking the rules.
There are rules in this, King. It's not Hardcore.
Oh, what a boot by Boss Man.
[Jerry] You were complaining a while ago because it wasn't Hardcore.
-Now you want him to obey the rules. -[crowd jeering]
[Michael] I just seem to think that Road Dogg really has found his niche
in that type of a matchup.
He's been on an incredible roll and perhaps The Corporation,
Mr. McMahon in general, is trying to protect his head of security.
Here's a cover by Boss Man, first one of the match,
and Road Dogg gets the left shoulder up.
[Jerry] You ever exercise your right to remain silent?
[Michael] Speaking of exercise, Mr. McMahon has been warming up
in the locker room area,
getting ready for his confrontation tonight
with "Stone Cold" Steve Austin in the Rumble match.
[Jerry] It's gonna be classic of all time. Look at this!
-Look at this! -[Road Dogg groans]
[Michael] Bear hug by Boss Man on the lower back,
trying to squeeze the breath out of Road Dogg.
-[indistinct chatter] -[groans]
[Michael] Referee asking Road Dogg if he gives in.
Boss man determined.
[Jerry] Put the squeeze on him harder.
[Michael] It was Road Dogg who took the Hardcore Championship
from Boss Man a few weeks ago,
and Boss Man now squeezing the life out of Road Dogg.
-[Jerry laughing] -[crowd cheering]
[indistinct chatter]
[Jerry] Oh, look at Road Dogg now. He's begging. He's begging.
-These fans can't help you. -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry shrieks]
-[Michael] And Road Dogg-- -[Jerry] He's biting.
[Michael] Road Dogg just bit the nose of Boss Man.
Oh, but Boss Man with a knee to the midsection.
[indistinct chatter]
-[grunts] -[Road Dogg groans]
[referee] Come on, open up the fist. Stop!
-Open it up. -[Road Dogg groaning]
Get him out. Come on, Boss Man! One!
[Michael] And there's a boot now to the throat of Road Dogg.
…four! Come on.
[Michael] And Boss Man now
gonna close up on that-- Loosen up the turnbuckle.
[Jerry] That's some good strategy by the Boss Man.
He's loosened up the teeth of the Road Dogg
with that big boot of his. Now, he's loosening up that turnbuckle.
I think it's unprotected.
[Michael] And the referee wasn't aware that Boss Man did that.
Nice power move by Boss Man.
There's the cover now, but again, Road Dogg got the shoulder up.
Nonchalant cover by the Boss Man, failed to hook the leg, may have cost him.
[Jerry] Yeah, bad cop. No doughnut.
Come on, Boss Man.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Road Dogg trying to catch his breath.
Just absorbing a tremendous amount of punishment in this matchup.
-[referee] One, two… -[groans]
[Michael] And now, Road Dogg working on that lower back
that he was squeezing the life out of a little bit ago with that bear hug.
[Jerry] Every bit of the weight of the Big Boss Man
just pressing Road Dogg's face into that corner there.
Now, he's gonna-- Oh!
Come on, open it!
[Jerry] You gotta love those right hands from the Boss Man.
[Michael] King, Road Dogg has gotta quicken the pace here.
He's gotta bring this match to another level.
He can't keep absorbing this type of punishment.
And there's another right hand.
-Come on, open up! -[Boss Man] Get up!
[Michael] Great guts by the Road Dogg but perhaps too much heart
as that right from the Boss Man floored him.
But here comes Road Dogg now and what a right hand!
And Boss Man with a right of his own.
[Jerry] Yeah, come on. Say it. What a right hand there, huh?
[Michael] King, Road Dogg cannot stand toe to toe with Boss Man.
Two, three, four…
[Jerry] Somebody should have told Road Dogg.
Get him off the rope.
-[Michael] But of course, you can… -Hey, King!
-Can he breathe? -…stand toe to toe with Boss Man.
[Jerry] I don't think so.
-Tell them who the man is. -[Jerry chuckles] You the man!
-King, tell him who the man is. -[Jerry] The Big Boss Man.
[Jerry] You the man. Road Dogg knows it.
[Michael] Since when did he hire you as his cheerleader?
Get him off the rope.
[Michael] And Boss Man now off the ropes. Road Dogg in trouble.
-Look at this! -[Jerry laughs]
[Michael] Across the back of Road Dogg,
Three hundred pounds crashing down on the small of the back
and Boss Man again with the foot to the throat,
taking away all that breath and all the wind from Road Dogg.
-[mutters] -[Jerry] Great strategy.
[crowd jeering]
[Jerry] Boss Man bleeding a little bit there.
Got a nick on the nose. Make him pay for that, Boss Man.
[Michael] Taking way too much time here.
Road Dogg again to his feet, shoulder to the midsection.
Boss Man, of course, with that protective vest.
Road Dogg now ducks underneath the right hand.
-Look out! -[Jerry yelps]
[Michael] Road Dogg has got the sleeper on Boss Man in the center of the ring.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Road Dogg with a great defensive maneuver.
Great counter and Boss Man desperately trying
-to make it to the ropes. -[groans]
[Michael] And now, a rake to the eyes by Boss Man.
[Jerry] You didn't think the Road Dogg was gonna be able to hold a sleeper hold
on the Big Boss Man, did you? Look at this. Oh!
[Michael] Backbreaker across the knees, small of the back again.
And that back of Road Dogg from the splashes,
the bear hug, and now the knee,
has taken a tremendous amount of punishment.
[Jerry] Uh-oh, we're gonna see something good here.
The Boss Man is going up to the top. [laughs] Uh-oh, look out!
[Michael] Road Dogg countered with a right hand.
-[Jerry] No! No way! -[Michael] Boss Man goes for the ride
but not the way he had planned.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] But Road Dogg again has taken a lot of punishment.
Can he catch his breath? Can he gain some momentum here?
-[referee] …two. -[Jerry] Look at that hair.
I like to see the Boss Man grab him by that hair
and just swing him around and throw him out about the 18th row here.
[Michael] Road Dogg, double shot that time.
Nice right hand from Boss Man. Another right hand from Road Dogg.
And now, we've got a slug fest in the middle of the ring.
And Road Dogg now with those left jabs.
There's the quickness now, little bit of momentum.
Road Dogg quick off the ropes, ducks underneath the right hand
-and here's the jabs. -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] The patented jabs of Road Dogg, a little bit of shake, rattle, and roll.
-[Jerry yelps] -[Michael] Here we go now.
What a right hand and I think Boss Man may have lost a tooth.
-[Jerry] He's reeling. Oh, look out! -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] And the crowd now on its feet.
Road Dogg with a forearm across the face.
[Jerry] This don't look good, Michael.
-[crowd cheering] -[Michael] Oh, Road Dogg back in control.
Shake, rattle, and roll, cover up the Boss Man who just kicks out.
-[referee] Two! -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Road Dogg has switched momentum, has regained control.
-[Boss Man screams] -[Michael] And look at this!
-Boss Man, sidewalk slam. -[Jerry] Yes!
[Michael] Hooks the leg.
-It's over. What a maneuver by Boss Man. -[bell ringing]
["Guard" playing]
[announcer] Here is your winner, the Big Boss Man.
[Michael] Road Dogg took a little bit too much time.
Boss man countered with an awesome sidewalk slam.
And just as quick as that, King, Boss Man picks up a huge victory.
[Jerry chuckles] Oh, boy, this is great!
What a feather in the cap for The Corporation.
[Michael] But I'll tell you, King, a great victory for the Boss Man,
but if this had been a Hardcore match with Hardcore rules,
-I think it would've been much different. -I'm gonna collect that 100,000 dollars…
[Jerry] Well, I'll tell you what would have been different about it.
We'd have a new Hardcore Champion right now.
[Michael] So, Boss Man picks up the win and coming up next, folks,
the Intercontinental Championship is on the line
between "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn and Ken Shamrock.
And folks, two weeks ago, Billy gave Ken Shamrock's sister
-what he says she wanted. -[Jerry] Oh, this was awful.
[Michael] He mooned her as she sat at ringside.
Well, Shamrock took offense and snapped,
but, King, it was all part of Bad Ass Billy's master plan
to get Shamrock to agree to a title match tonight.
[Jerry] Yeah. Well, take a look at this.
-I don't know how great a plan this was… -[bell ringing]
…because sometimes you gotta be careful what you wish for
because you just might get it.
Billy Gunn wanted this title match tonight.
Take a look at this. This is what he's got in store for him.
I'm telling you, Ken Shamrock has been like a wild man,
like a madman ever since Billy Gunn mooned his sister.
["Oh You Didn't Know" playing]
[crowd cheering]
-[bell ringing] -[announcer] The following contest
scheduled for one fall with a one-hour time limit
is for the World Wrestling Entertainment Intercontinental Championship.
Introducing first the challenger. Representing D-Generation X,
weighing 265 pounds, "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn.
[Michael] The first of four title matches tonight.
"Bad Ass" Billy Gunn goes for his first singles title.
You saw the ankle lock, King, from this past week on Raw.
Billy Gunn is not limping but he does have his ankle taped.
I talked to him a little bit earlier on in the locker room.
And he said, "Michael, don't worry about my ankle because I'm not."
[Jerry] Yeah, right.
Let me tell you something, I'd tell you from my own experience,
'cause I've had ankle injuries in my career
and I know you don't get over in just six days.
Ankle injuries, especially the one like Ken Shamrock inflicted on him,
they linger for a long time, buddy.
[Michael] Billy Gunn, a six-time Tag Team champion,
goes for his first singles championship tonight.
As we mentioned, first of four title matches.
[music stops]
Now, I really only have this to say,
Ken Shamrock, come on down so you can get your ass whipped.
[crowd cheering]
And if you ain't down with WPMC, we got two words for you.
[crowd] Suck it!
[crowd cheering]
["The Ultimate" playing]
[announcer] His opponent representing Team Corporate,
from Sacramento, California, weighing 235 pounds,
the co-holder of the Tag Team Championship
and the reigning Intercontinental Champion, Ken Shamrock!
[Michael] The world's most dangerous man, Ken Shamrock,
look at the intensity in those eyes.
When he's in the zone, King, he is perhaps unbeatable.
[Jerry] This guy was born in a zone.
Don't you know that, Michael Cole? Look out, here we go.
[Michael] And Shamrock now enters the ring…
-[bell ringing] -…and Billy Gunn hammering away.
And this one is gonna be an all-out brawl.
[Jerry laughs]
[Michael] Intercontinental Championship on the line.
Billy Gunn, oh, what a clothesline and Shamrock in trouble early.
And Billy Gunn has wanted this title shot for weeks.
He defeated Ken Shamrock in a non-title match,
pinned him, one, two, three, a few weeks ago.
And here's Shamrock now with right hands to the side of the face.
[Jerry] That's right. I'm gonna tell you something, Michael Cole,
this is much more than a title match. This is personal.
-[referee] Two, three… -[Jerry] You can relate to this.
I mean, I certainly can.
If somebody had stooped low enough to pull down their pants
and stick their big, fat, hairy butt right in my sister's face,
he wouldn't be walking around today. And I can assure you,
when this match is over, Ken Shamrock will make sure
that Mr. Ass is not walking around anymore.
[Michael] But again, King,
Ken Shamrock often loses control of his emotions.
He did that and he was lured,
baited into this title match by Billy Gunn at that moment.
Gunn whipped into the corner now and Shamrock with an unreal clothesline.
[Jerry] He wasn't-- I don't know why you keep saying he was baited into--
You think Shamrock didn't want Billy Gunn after Mr. Ass mooned Shamrock's sister?
-Oh, my gosh. -[Michael] Plain and simple, King.
Shamrock was outsmarted. He did not wanna face Billy Gunn
with the title on the line at the Rumble.
-[Jerry] I gotta disagree. -[indistinct chatter]
[Michael] And here's Billy Gunn, first cover of the matchup,
there's two and Shamrock gets the right shoulder up.
[indistinct chatter]
[Michael] Ken Shamrock, the Intercontinental Champion,
also one half of the Tag Team Champions with the Big Boss Man.
-And Shamrock and Boss Man… -[Shamrock yells]
…will defend that title tomorrow night on Raw
against Owen Hart and Jeff Jarrett.
-[crowd cheering] -[Shamrock groans]
[Michael] What a clothesline by Billy Gunn as you look at the Double Feature.
Billy, get off of him!
[Michael] King, both of these men tonight will do double duty,
not only in this matchup
but both are rendered in the Royal Rumble match a little later on.
[Jerry] Yeah, both of them got a chance to win 100,000 dollars
by throwing "Stone Cold" Steve Austin out of the Royal Rumble.
-[Michael] Billy Gunn… -[Jerry] Oh, look out, Shamrock!
…tremendous athlete, look at the strength and what a suplex,
floats into the cover, there's two, and again, Shamrock kicks out.
[Jerry] I think somehow Billy Gunn has sort of knocked Shamrock
out of his zone with that big clothesline a minute ago.
Shamrock seem to be a little bit loopy.
[Michael] Billy Gunn now to the midsection, and Shamrock,
a little bit of trouble here, whipped into the turnbuckle again.
[Jerry] You gotta think. You gotta think, Kenny.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Think about his hairy butt right in your sister's face.
[Michael] Oh, Billy hit the ring post as Shamrock moved.
Billy took a little bit of time, a little bit extra time.
[Shamrock grunting]
[Michael] And Shamrock now, with kicks to the side of the buttocks.
[Jerry] Say it. Kicks right to Mr. Ass.
[Shamrock grunts]
-[Michael] Ken Shamrock, knee lift. -[Jerry] Beautiful, right in his face.
-[Michael] Take a look at this, King. -[Jerry] Oh, yes.
[Michael] Right into your living room and into the ring post for Billy Gunn.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Billy Gunn has been on a major roll here as of late,
and as we said, King, he actually defeated Shamrock,
one, two, three, a few weeks ago but Shawn Michaels--
Commissioner Shawn Michaels reversed the decision.
Well, actually, said it wasn't a title matchup.
He said Billy Gunn won the match but the title wasn't on the line.
[Jerry] That's one of the few things that crooked commissioner did right.
[Michael] And now, Billy Gunn-- Oh, what a kick to the face by Shamrock!
[Jerry] You know, we were gonna get a big drive started
to impeach Michaels but I think The Corporation
did a pretty good job on that.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Shawn Michaels still recovering in San Antonio,
still commissioner here at the World Wrestling Entertainment.
We saw him last week on Raw set up The Rock-Kane match,
so he's still working, I guess, out of his house.
-And Shamrock now dominating this matchup. -[indistinct chatter]
[Michael] Shamrock dominated the Ultimate Fighting world,
and since coming to the World Wrestling Entertainment,
he's dominated it as well.
He won the King of The Ring this past year, 1998,
and he won the Intercontinental title
during a one-night tournament back in October.
[Jerry] It's why he's the world's most dangerous man.
[Michael] And Shamrock and Boss Man, also the Tag Team Champions--
-What a kick by Shamrock. -One…
[Michael] Cover now, two, and Billy Gunn gets the right shoulder up.
[Jerry] Man.
[indistinct chatter]
[Michael] The only fault I can see in Shamrock, King,
is what we saw this past week on Raw.
He loses control. He snaps. He loses emotion.
And he telegraphed that one. face-first into the mat.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] And now, Billy Gunn
trying to shake the cobwebs out of his head,
-trying to get some momentum here. -[referee] Two!
[Jerry] Come on, Shamrock.
[Michael] Billy Gunn, center of the ring, here's the cover,
championship on the line, and Shamrock gets the shoulder up again.
Get up and keep going.
[Michael] The first of four titles on the line tonight.
Still to come, the Women's Championship, the European Championship,
and the WWE title in an "I quit" match.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Shamrock now slammed into the turnbuckle
and Billy Gunn to the second rope.
[overlapping chatter]
[crowd] One, two, three, four, five, six,
seven, eight, nine, ten.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] And the thousands at Arrowhead Pond love it.
[Jerry] Yeah, he' showing off. He's a big showboat.
That will cost him later on, I guarantee you.
Look-- Oh, yeah!
[Michael] Cost him right there.
-[Jerry] Sooner than later. -[Michael] Shamrock ducked under
and Billy Gunn over the top rope.
[indistinct chatter]
[Michael] And Shamrock wisely with a great counter.
[Jerry] Yeah, that time, I think Shamrock outsmarted Mr. Ass, didn't he?
[indistinct chatter]
[Jerry] Think about it, Kenny,
that's right where your lovely, little sister was sitting.
Where he mooned her, he mooned your sister!
[Michael] Shamrock now with knees to the face.
Been using his legs very effectively, tremendous kicks in this matchup.
[indistinct chatter]
[Michael] And again, when Shamrock gets in that zone,
he's unbeatable.
-[crowd cheering] -[Shamrock grunts]
-[Jerry] Ooh, wow! -[Michael] face-first, ring post.
And Billy Gunn could see his title opportunity slipping away.
The world's most dangerous man has been in fact dangerous tonight.
Hey, I warned you. You stay inside the damn ring.
[indistinct chatter]
[Michael] Ken Shamrock ducking back into the ring that time
to break referee Tim White's ten-count.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Count of ten would be a double count-out here.
[Jerry] Look at those kids. They think Shamrock's number one.
[Michael] I wouldn't be getting in his face like that.
[indistinct chatter]
[Michael] Referee Tim White back in the ring again
and now will begin to administer a count.
[indistinct chatter]
[Jerry] What happens if we get a count-out here?
[Michael] Double disqualification, title won't change hands.
[Jerry] There you go, look out now.
[Michael] Shamrock into the chair right next to us.
Billy Gunn face-first, and again,
Ken Shamrock has broken the referee's ten-count.
[referee] Put him in the ring.
[Michael] We saw the damage Shamrock can do outside the ring
this past week on Raw.
Keep it in here, you understand? Get inside!
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Look out, Shamrock on the apron.
-[indistinct chatter] -[Jerry] What's he gonna do?
-[Michael] Right hand. -[Jerry] Man.
-[grunts] -[Michael] Another one.
Billy Gunn is taking a tremendous amount of punishment.
-[Jerry] Uh-oh. -[grunts]
[Michael] And Billy with an elbow now, and another one.
-Gunn gained momentum. Into the table! -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Shamrock face-first and this could be what Billy Gunn needed.
[indistinct chatter]
[Michael] It gives Billy Gunn a little bit of time here
to catch his breath as Shamrock recovers.
[indistinct chatter]
[Michael] And now, can the challenger take advantage?
-Shut your mouth. -[overlapping chatter]
[Michael] And Shamrock, the champion, back in the ring
but he just went face-first into the announce table.
[Jerry] Well, I think Billy Gunn realizes he can't beat Shamrock outside the ring.
-You gotta do it there and… -[Michael] Cover now and a kick-out.
[Jerry] Whoo!
[indistinct chatter]
[Jerry] It would have been to Shamrock's advantage
to stay outside the ring.
Right now, he would probably welcome a count-out.
[Michael] Intercontinental Championship on the line.
Billy Gunn going for his first singles title,
this six-time Tag Team Champion.
Shamrock's face into the knee of Mr. Ass.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] And Billy Gunn now…
And look at Shamrock! Again, a great kick!
That time to the back of the left knee of Billy Gunn.
And now, Shamrock, gonna soften up the hamstring
-in the knee area of Billy Gunn. -[Jerry chuckles] Oh.
[Michael] Wait a minute. Center of the ring here,
could be setting him up.
Billy trying to make it to the ropes and he does.
[Jerry] Oh, Shamrock's really getting ready for that ankle lock.
I can see it coming!
[Michael] Shamrock trying to set him up again.
Billy Gunn close to the ropes,
Shamrock needs to get him into the center of the ring.
[Jerry] Oh, watch this.
-[Michael] Oh! -[Jerry] Oh, man!
[Michael] Again, pressure on that left leg of Billy Gunn.
The same leg injured on Raw.
[referee] Get off.
-One, two-- -[Michael] Oh!
[referee] How many times do I have to tell you?
[indistinct chatter]
[Michael] Ken Shamrock is methodically picking apart…
-One, two, three. -…Billy Gunn here.
-And again! -[Jerry] You know what's--
I'll tell you right now, Shamrock reminds me of a shark
that smells blood in the water.
-[groans] -[Michael] Oh, right hand by Billy Gunn.
[grunts]
[Michael] And again, Shamrock immediately goes for the left leg.
[Jerry] Those kicks of Shamrock tonight have been unbelievably effective.
And like I said, he senses it, he could smell the blood.
-[Michael] Shamrock, he's like a surgeon. -[Jerry] He's going after it.
I smell blood.
[Jerry] He smells blood, you heard him say it.
[Michael] He's like a surgeon, King.
[crowd member] Break his arm!
[Michael] Systematically picking apart the left leg of Billy Gunn.
And what a kick by Shamrock.
[Jerry] I think surgeons try to repair broken bones.
I think Shamrock is more interested in breaking an ankle right now.
[Michael] King, I don't recall Billy Gunn in his career here ever submitting.
And Shamrock now, unique maneuver.
[Jerry] You don't recall Mr. Ass ever submitting, huh?
[Michael] I don't.
[Jerry] Well, I'll tell you what,
this may be a historic night. Get ready to commit this to memory.
Because it's gonna happen tonight, I can feel it.
[Michael] Oh, beautiful move!
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry chuckling]
I think Mr. Ass was trying to go back to the locker room then.
I think he was gonna just run out of the ring.
[Michael] This is a vicious front face lock from Ken Shamrock.
Shamrock worked on that left leg of Billy Gunn
and now again in that front face lock.
Shamrock-- If you look in his eyes, King, you sense he's in the zone now.
-[Jerry] Right, look at him. -[Michael] The intensity.
[Jerry] He's the kind to-- He ought to come with a warning label.
I mean, when this guy gets in the zone, he could be hazardous to your health.
[Michael] Look at this, Billy Gunn rolls him over.
[Jerry] We got a new champion-- No, kick-out after two.
[Michael] Great counter move by Billy Gunn.
The quickness again. But Shamrock counters on his own.
-Wonderful maneuver, bridge, into a cover. -[Jerry] Oh.
[Michael] After the fisherman's suplex, Billy Gunn gets the shoulder up.
Nice bridge by Shamrock into the cover and immediately,
-he goes back to the left leg. -[Jerry] Yes.
[Michael] And Billy Gunn having problems standing now,
putting his weight on that leg.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Billy Gunn is so quick.
-But does he have anything left? -[indistinct chatter]
[Jerry] Yeah, he was so quick, you're right.
How much quickness is left?
-[Michael] Oh! -[Jerry] No!
[Michael] Referee Tim White just clocked
with a clothesline on a counter by Billy Gunn.
Billy off the ropes now and both men knocked down in the center of the ring.
[Jerry] Everybody's down from clotheslines.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Ken Shamrock was in control, but on a counter by Billy Gunn,
Shamrock inadvertently clotheslined referee Tim White who's down.
-[crowd cheering] -[Michael] Wait a minute.
-[Jerry] Look at this! -[Michael] It's Val Venis!
-Val Venis in the ring. -[Jerry] What's he doing?
-[Michael] Oh, DDT by Val Venis. -[Jerry] What?
[Michael] And Shamrock may be out. Can Billy Gunn take advantage?
The referee never saw it.
[Jerry] I can't believe it. I hate a cheater.
I cannot believe this.
He bounced Shamrock's head right over the mat.
[Michael] It was two weeks ago on Raw,
Val Venis gyrating in front of Ken Shamrock's sister.
Shamrock attacked Val Venis at ringside. A little payback by Venis tonight.
-[Jerry] Don't cover him! -[Michael] And Billy Gunn with the cover.
He's got him!
[Jerry] I don't think he realizes what happened.
[Michael] There's one, there's two, we have a new champion--
-No! -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Billy Gunn had about a six-count but the referee was out.
[Jerry] Would you quit counting your chickens before they hatch?
-Take a look at this. -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] And Val Venis planting Shamrock with a tremendous DDT.
And now, Shamrock and Billy Gunn.
Billy Gunn hammering away with right hands.
Shamrock off the ropes now, Billy Gunn with an elbow.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] King, the title is within Billy Gunn's grasp.
You can sense it. He's gaining momentum here.
And Billy Gunn with a right arm and Shamrock in La La Land.
[Jerry] I know you can obviously sense it.
You already said we got a new champion twice
but we don't have a new champion. Ken Shamrock is still the champion.
[Michael] Shamrock slammed in the center of the ring,
and Billy Gunn now, high-risk maneuver, as he climbs the ropes.
[Jerry] Just keep in mind the match ain't over
until the fat lady rings the bell.
-[Michael] "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn, top rope. -[Jerry] Look out!
[Michael] Shamrock-- Went for the axe handle.
And Billy Gunn missed it. And wait a minute!
[Jerry] Uh-oh, I think he rolled his ankle right there.
[Michael] Billy Gunn favoring that left ankle.
And Shamrock like a shark in a feeding frenzy takes advantage.
-[screams] -[Michael] Ankle lock!
Ankle lock on Billy Gunn!
-And Billy Gunn has submitted! -[bell ringing]
[Jerry] He tapped out!
[Michael] Ken Shamrock has made Billy Gunn tap out!
[announcer] …and still World Wrestling Entertainment Intercontinental Champion…
[Michael] Billy Gunn has tapped out to Ken Shamrock!
-[announcer] …Ken Shamrock! -["The Ultimate" playing]
[Jerry] Yes, we don't have a new champion!
-[screams] -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] We have the same Intercontinental Champion,
the world's most dangerous man, Ken Shamrock.
[Michael] King, Billy Gunn was building momentum.
Things were going his way.
He went for the top rope for a high-risk maneuver.
-[screams] -[Michael] But he missed.
He rolled that ankle. Ken Shamrock immediately took advantage.
He put on the ankle lock and Shamrock has retained
the Intercontinental title.
We are live outside the sold-out Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim.
This place has been sold-out for weeks, King.
And this crowd is jacked as we get set for the Royal Rumble match.
It's gonna be Mr. McMahon and Stone Cold, one-on-one.
-[Jerry] Hey, hey, look. -You gotta get pumped up.
I'll backslap you, you'll like that.
Oh, yeah, you got yourself a little taste, didn't you?
-He's mine. -Oh, yeah, he's yours.
He's yours. You own Austin.
This is what all the training's been going for,
all the training, you are pumped up, you are the man.
-He's mine! -That's right. Vinny Mac is the man!
Austin… [whistles] Right over the top rope, right over.
You are ready, you are ready!
[Michael] So, Mr. McMahon getting ready for the Rumble Match tonight.
Earlier on tonight on Sunday Night Heat, as you see Billy Gunn
being helped back to the locker room area,
Mr. McMahon slapped "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
in front of the world.
And I think Stone Cold is about ready to retaliate.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] Don't bet on it.
["The Brood" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Boy, this guy is weird.
[Michael] He is unique to say the least.
Gangrel, who lives that gothic lifestyle,
has a chance to win the European Championship tonight
-at the Royal Rumble. -[crowd cheering]
-["Make Some Noise" playing] -[crowd cheering]
-♪ You think you can tell us what to do? ♪ -♪Yeah ♪
♪ You think you can tell us What to wear? ♪
-♪ You think that you're better ♪ -♪ Well, yeah ♪
♪ Well, you better get ready To bow to the masters ♪
♪ Degenerate into something fool ♪
♪ I just got tired of doing What you told me to do ♪
♪ But that's the breaks boy, yeah ♪
-[crowd cheering] -♪ That's the breaks little man ♪
-♪ You tell him ♪ -♪ X-Pac putting more minds to a stop ♪
♪ Speak my mind I keep it rocking that bottom line ♪
♪ Suck it, two tears in the bucket ♪
♪ Hate it or love it I'm not the one you try your luck with… ♪
[Michael] King, he is one the most electrifying young athletes.
He's the European Champion from DX.
He's X-Pac!
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Yeah, he's good all right, Michael, but he's got a bad attitude.
European Championship on the line, X-Pac against Gangrel.
[Jerry] And you know, just moments ago, we saw a high-risk maneuver by Billy Gunn
cost Mr. Gunn his match.
I think we'll freaking see a match full of high-risk maneuvers.
-[bell ringing] -[Michael] Road Dogg lost to Boss Man,
Billy Gunn loses to Shamrock,
X-Pac could, uh, be in a little bit of trouble tonight.
-It could be a bad night for DX. -[Jerry laughs]
That won't make me sad.
[Michael] European Championship now, X-Pac against Gangrel,
-and this should be… -[X-Pac screaming]
…an offensive-minded contest full of high risk.
X-Pac now, whipped off the ropes.
Here's Gangrel, nice shoulder takedown by the leader of the brew.
Gangrel off the ropes again,
leapfrog by X-Pac, tremendous hip toss by the 210-pounder.
Both of these men, King, will do double duty tonight,
both have been entered in the Royal Rumble match,
30 participants, a shot at a championship match
at WrestleMania on the line, and don't forget the 100,000 bucks.
[Jerry] Oh, I'm not forgetting that.
I'm sure Gangrel's not forgetting it either.
He could have some serious dental work done
with a hundred grand, couldn't he?
[Michael] Side headlock by Gangrel. X-Pac whips him off the ropes now.
Here's Gangrel again.
X-Pac tried for the hip toss a second time,
tremendous maneuver.
-And look at X-Pac go. -[Jerry] Man!
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Perhaps the greatest European Champion ever
goes into the first cover of this matchup and Gangrel kicks out.
For 210 pounds, this kid has a lot of heart.
[Gangrel groans]
[referee] Get him out the corner. Come on.
[Michael] Oh, what a kick by X-Pac, martial arts expert.
Gangrel now whipped into the corner on the other side…
-[crowd groans] -…nobody home.
[Michael] And X-Pac felt that one, second turnbuckle…
-[Jerry] Look at this! -…and Gangrel takes advantage.
Oh, wow, what a belly-to-belly.
Gangrel's like a pit bull. He keeps coming at you.
He never stays down.
-[Jerry] I think he would make a great-- -One, two…
[Michael] Oh, kick-out after two.
[Jerry] I think Gangrel would make a great European champion,
isn't that where Transylvania is and all those weird kind of places?
-[Gangrel grunts] -[Michael] Gangrel now--
X-Pac across the top rope, caught him in the throat.
He was going off the rope…
[Michael] King, we are live not only in the United States--
-Here's the cover now by Gangrel… -One, two…
…there's two, and X-Pac kicks out again.
But we're live in Canada, the United Kingdom.
[Jerry] You know, in the United Kingdom
it's like, well after 1:00 a.m. in the morning.
[Michael] Yeah, we're live in South Africa as well.
[Jerry chuckling] It's after 3:00 a.m. there!
[Michael] On three continents tonight, the Royal Rumble--
I guess, in South Africa, breakfast?
[referee] Come on, Pac…
[Jerry] Yeah, can you imagine being in South Africa
and listening to the King? That's gotta be quite a thrill
for everybody there.
Come on, Pac…
[Michael] Good strategy by Gangrel here to ground the high-flyer X-Pac.
And there's the chin lock now on the European champion.
-[grunts] -[Michael] And X-Pac trying to make it
to his feet, trying to gain momentum here.
-As the 250-pound Gangrel… -[Gangrel groans]
…locks in that chin lock, X-Pac elbows, he's out of it.
Ducks underneath the attempted right hand…
-[Jerry shrieks] -…but Gangrel counters!
-[crowd cheers] -[Michael] And what a maneuver!
face-first.
[Jerry] Boy, that X-Pac was like greased lighting
running across that ring, but haste makes waste, you know.
[Michael] Cover by Gangrel and a kick-out again
by the European champ.
[referee] You gotta watch that hand.
[Jerry] That's what you do with guys like X-Pac,
you use their own speed and agility against them.
That's what Gangrel did right there.
I mean, he shot X-Pac at least 12 feet in the air.
[Michael] High-risk maneuver now by Gangrel,
X-Pac can't stop him-- Gangrel, nobody home!
-[mutters] -[Jerry] Ow!
[Michael] But again, Gangrel is so relentless,
quickly back to his feet.
But X-Pac counters with a right hand, and another one.
And now, the European champ with a spinning heel kick,
caught him under the chin.
Gangrel off the ropes now. X-Pac misses with the right hand.
And he caught him that time though. Tremendous clothesline by the champ.
-Here's the cover, there's two… -[referee] One, two…
…and Gangrel again gets the shoulder up.
Reversal, X-Pac off the ropes,
-ducks underneath Gangrel again… -[X-Pac grunts]
…and again, he kick-- Hits him with a spinning heel kick.
[Jerry] Gangrel, you gotta watch those feet.
I'm telling you, X-Pac, that's his-- That's about 90% of his arsenal.
He is deadly with those feet.
-Those kicks. -[crowd cheer]
[Jerry] Oh.
[crowd chanting] Two, three, four, five, six, seven…
-One… -[Michael] Oh.
King, X-Pac also has a great heart.
-You can't measure it by size. -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Not as big as his fist.
[Michael] X-Pac now-- Oh, here we go, bronco buster.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] And listen to the crowd at the Arrowhead Pond.
[Jerry] I hate that move.
[Michael] But again, Gangrel quickly to his feet.
It's tough to keep him down.
-And a third spinning heel kick. -[Jerry] Man!
I told you, watch out for those feet.
[Michael] Remember, Gangrel suffered a concussion on Raw
in that Hardcore Championship match.
-[Jerry] High risk, here it comes. Ooh! -[crowd groans]
[Michael] And Gangrel that time--
X-Pac took a little too much time on the top rope.
And Gangrel countered.
Get down, come on! Come on, Gangrel, come on!
-[both grunt] -[Michael] Gangrel, forearm…
-[grunts] -…X-Pac with a forearm of his own.
And the European champion now battling back.
Top rope again for X-Pac.
-[both grunt] -[Michael] Caught him this time!
-Cross body, into a cover-- -One, two, three…
-[Michael] Oh. Oh, only two. -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Two or three? I thought I heard three.
[Michael] I hear it was only two. Referee didn't call for the bell.
X-Pac kicked out. We almost had a new European champion.
-[Jerry] Ref, I thought you said three. -[crowd chanting]
[Michael] Well, he didn't, obviously. And X-Pac still the champ.
And now, he tries to battle back.
Oh, my!
Nice slam, counter by Gangrel.
-Into a cover, this could be it here. -One, two…
[Michael] And again, X-Pac kicks out after two.
[Jerry] I think probably that first count by the ref
was for, uh, X-Pac when he had Gangrel,
and then when Gangrel reversed it, the other two were for him, I think.
-[groans] -[Michael] The champion was reeling.
But he caught Gangrel after Gangrel telegraphed it.
-[X-Pac grunts] -[Michael] And that time--
-[crowd cheering] -[Michael] X-Factor, X-Factor!
-This should be it. -[grunts]
-[Michael] The X-Factor by X-Pac. -One, two, three.
[Michael] And it's over.
-[bell ringing] -[Jerry] That was three.
[Michael] X-Pac retains the European title.
[announcer] And still World Wrestling Entertainment's European Champion, X-Pac!
-[crowd cheering] -["Make Some Noise" playing]
[Michael] And, King, he's in the Royal Rumble.
And what a story it would be if the kid, the 210-pounder,
could pull it off tonight in the Rumble match.
[Jerry] Oh, yeah, that would be a story all right.
I'd hate to tell it.
[Michael] X-Pac using the X-Factor to pick up the victory over Gangrel.
We have to take another look, King…
at that controversial three-count. Let's take a look.
[both grunts]
-[Jerry] Okay. Who's he counting here? -One, two, three.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] I heard him definitely count to three.
But I couldn't tell who he was counting. Oh!
[Michael] And then X-Pac countered with the X-Factor.
And it doesn't matter, X-Pac retains the European championship.
Let's go to Kevin Kelly.
[Kevin] All right. So, does DX have a strategy?
Obviously, all the members are in the Royal Rumble tonight.
-[crowd cheering] -So much on the line, Triple H.
You're damn right, there's a strategy.
Have you ever seen a fight in the Armstrong Family?
[chuckles] We are a family,
but tonight, I'm gonna win 100,000 dollars.
-And get a shot at the WWE title. -Oh, yeah? I'mma win that hundred grand.
It goes like this. DX is as tight as anybody can get,
but it's for the WWE title, it's for 100,000 dollars,
and I'll tell you what, it's every man for himself.
-And woman. -[crowd cheering]
-[Jerry chuckles] -[Michael] Well, King, they said it all.
Every man and woman for themselves in the Rumble match.
[electronic music playing]
[Jerry] Yeah. Well, uh,
where was Billy Gunn during that little, uh, interview?
-[Michael] Of course, his ankle injury. -[announcer] May I introduce to you…
[Michael] He's having his ankles tended to in the locker room.
-[Jerry] Okay, I'll give you that. -…one of the owners of the WWE.
[announcer] Shane McMahon!
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] What is Shane McMahon,
the heir apparent to the throne doing out here?
He is not scheduled by any stretch of the imagination.
[Jerry] Man, you're asking me what Shane McMahon is doing out here?
He's the owner of the company there, you know?
He's doing anything he wants. He may come over and take your job.
[Michael] You're in tight with the Corporate team.
I'd figured you got some insight on all of this.
[Jerry] Okay, I'll tell ya. Here's what he's do--
Well, let's listen to him. I'll let him tell you.
Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to introduce to you
the next WWE Women's Champion, the lovely Luna.
-[heavy rock music playing] -[Jerry exclaiming]
[Michael] So, Shane is introducing Luna…
who earlier tonight on Sunday Night Heat…
ambushed Sable during an interview in the ring.
[Jerry] Man. Oh, wow.
[Michael] Luna's life-long goal, to become the women's champion.
In fact, she believes that she deserves it.
It should be hers anyway.
[Jerry] Luna's looking pretty hot tonight.
[Michael] What is she wearing?
I think Shane likes her a little bit.
[Jerry] Who wouldn't?
[music stops]
Now, unfortunately, for some reason, Sable has suffered a chronic back injury
and will be unable to compete here this evening.
-[Michael] What? -[chuckles]
[Shane] So, therefore, I would like the WWE Women's Champion
to come out here to publicly forfeit the WWE women's title.
So, without further ado, ladies and gentlemen, Sable.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] Forfeit?
["Wildcat" playing]
[Michael] So, Shane says that Sable's gonna forfeit
the WWE Women's Championship tonight at the Rumble…
[Jerry] She got a chronic back injury. You heard that, didn't you?
[Michael] Chronic back injury? Luna-- Oh, look, look.
[Jerry] Yeah, chronic.
[Michael] Luna ambushed her in the ring.
[indistinct chatter]
[Michael] Well, Luna says she's the champion.
[Jerry] According to Shane, she's about to be.
[Michael] Sable attacked earlier on tonight,
and it's a shame if she does forfeit this title
because she has worked so hard to learn this craft,
and this was scheduled to be Sable's first title defense ever.
[Jerry] You gotta hand it to Shane though, being the gentleman that he is,
he's looking out for Sable's best interest,
keeping her safety in mind.
With that back injury, you certainly want to put her--
wouldn't wanna put her through a match here.
The smartest thing is just to, uh, you know, forfeit the title
and come back a later date and try to get it back.
[music stops]
Ring the bell.
-[crowd cheering] -[Michael] What?
Well, I guess we're not having a forfeit here, King.
Have it your way.
-[Michael] So, it's gonna be Sable-Luna… -[bell ringing]
…in a strap match. The rules are simple.
Each lady will have that strap on one of their wrists.
-You know what-- -[Jerry] Shane, she's…
[Shane] What's up, what's up?
[Michael] Shane has joined us here at ringside.
I'm actually-- I'm actually very, very surprised.
[Jerry] Well, she… she wouldn't take your advice.
Luna, just do your thing, baby! Just do your thing! You got this!
[Michael] The rules of this matchup,
as you see the referee putting the strap on each of the ladies,
you have to drag your opponent to each corner.
You have to tip-- Touch all four turnbuckles in succession
in order to win this matchup.
[Shane] Boy, you're bright, Michael.
Haven't had the pleasure of working with you too much.
Oh, man!
[Michael] Sable quickly out of the gate with those straps!
[Shane] Come on, Luna! Come on, Luna. Oh, no!
[Michael] Oh, into the ring post!
[crowd member] Hey, Luna! You suck!
[Michael] What's your vested interest in Luna?
[Shane] The lovely Luna. I mean, she's a hot-- Look at her.
She's a hottie. Oh, beautiful move there, Luna.
Sable is-- She's such a prima donna.
She's unappreciative for everything my pops has done for her.
She doesn't deserve to be the Women's Champion.
-[Jerry yelps] -Ooh! It's a-- Oh!
Hopefully, it'll come to an end. Let's go. Luna, what are you doing?
[Michael] Sable has trained hard for this matchup.
Luna's life-long goal to be WWE Women's Champion--
Into the throat that time by Sable!
And now, using that strap to her advantage.
[Jerry yelps] She's-- She's choking her, Shane!
[Michael] In order to win, you have to drag your opponent
to all four corners and touch all four turnbuckles.
-And Sable is in control. -[Jerry yelps, groans]
-[Shane] Come on, Luna! -[Michael] And Sable's touched one.
-She's touched two. -[referee] Two!
-[Shane] Come on, Luna! [chuckles] -[Michael] Couldn't get the third!
Luna countered. Oh, my!
-[Shane] That's what I'm talking about! -[Michael] What a shot by Luna.
[Shane] Yeah, Luna.
It's been Luna's life-long dream to become the Women's Champion.
And you know what? Right now, tonight,
-she's gonna do it. -[screams]
-[Michael] That bad back on Sable… -[groans]
-a tremendous disadvantage. -[Sable groans]
[Michael] It takes a lot to pull your opponent
around the ring with that strap.
Of course, you use the lower back when pulling.
And Sable at a tremendous disadvantage.
-[Shane] Come on, Luna! -[Jerry exclaims]
-[screams] -[Michael] But Shane…
-Do you wanna continue? -[Shane] Yes. Yes?
[Michael] Is this all about Luna or is this about Sable…
-Look at your champion! -…and the fact that she may have
publicly embarrassed you a few times?
[Shane] Sable has never publicly embarrassed--
She's never embarrassed me, period.
Sable is just, you know-- You gotta put Sable in her place.
That's what I'm out here to do. That's what Luna's out here to do.
Sable should get put in her place.
She's a prima donna, and again, unappreciative for what my pops--
-The millions of dollars he's invested… -[Jerry] One…
…done.
[Michael] Luna hit one turnbuckle, and there's the second one now.
If she gets all four, this one's over.
But Sable struggling now with that bad back.
-Luna's going for a ride here. face-first. -[crowd cheering]
-[Michael] That women's title on the line. -[Shane] Oh, man.
Oh. What a-- Sable's vicious!
[Michael] Another shot by Sable.
-And again, that back. -[Shane] Come on, Luna!
-That's it. Get out of there! -[Michael] Good kick.
-[Sable grunts] -[Shane] Get out of the corner!
[Jerry] I bet if Luna had known it was gonna be like this,
she might've worn something more than that for the fight.
[Michael] Sable into the turnbuckle.
-Luna, again, takes advantage. -[Jerry] Oh! Uh-oh.
-[Shane] Look at the power of Luna. -[Jerry] Ooh!
[Michael] The backbreaker again on Sable,
just like in Heat tonight.
And Sable is in a tremendous amount of pain.
-[Shane crying mockingly] -[Jerry chuckles]
[Michael] A doctor was working on her back in the locker room area after Heat
for about an hour or so, trying to loosen that back up.
-Tremendous amount of courage by Sable. -[Shane] This will loosen her neck up.
-[Jerry] Yeah. -[Shane] It's good for the vertebrae.
-Huh, King Fish? -[Jerry] Oh, yes.
-It's almost like being in traction. -[Shane laughs]
-[Michael] A tremendous amount of… -[Jerry] Oh, look at this.
-…courage by Sable. -[Jerry] If she gets this, it's over.
[Shane] Let's go. That's it, Luna!
-[Shane] Ooh! Oh, no. -[Jerry] One!
[Michael] There's one for Luna, the more experienced.
And there's one for Sable. Sable touched it too.
[Jerry] For what?
[Shane] Come on!
[Michael] Luna hit the turnbuckle again, and so did Sable.
Luna is not aware that Sable is touching the turnbuckles behind her.
[Jerry] Hey, Luna. Look over here. Sable's hitting the turnbuckle too!
-[referee] That's three. -[Shane] Come on, Luna!
[Michael] Luna got that one and Sable got it too!
-[Jerry] What? -Both have three!
[Michael] Whoever gets to the fourth one will win this matchup.
[Shane] Come on. Let's go, Luna!
-[Jerry] Pull her! -[Shane] Let's go, Luna. That's it!
-[Michael] And Sable now countering. -[Shane] That's it, that's it!
-[Michael] What courage by Sable! -[Shane] Oh, neck breaker!
Go for the neck breaker. That's it! All you gotta to do Luna, just go--
-I can't. -[Michael] Oh!
-[Shane] Oh, I can't take this! I can't! -[Michael] And Sable countered!
-And she couldn't-- -[Jerry] Look at Shane!
[Michael] What is Shane doing on the apron?
-Get down! You can't do this! -[Shane shouting]
[Michael] And Luna going for that last turnbuckle!
[yelling] Wait a minute. Who's that? That's-- King, that's--
-[Jerry] Who is it? -[Michael] That’s…
-That… that's a fan that-- -[Jerry] Get her!
[Michael] There she goes. She just clocked Luna!
And Sable has touched
-the fourth turnbuckle… -[bell ringing]
-…and she retains the women's title. -[Jerry] Wait a minute. Wait a minute!
[Michael] What do you mean wait a minute?
[Jerry] Shane, did you see what happened?
-[announcer] The winner of this bout… -Get that girl!
…and still World Wrestling Entertainment Women's Champion, Sable!
[Jerry] Shane, it was that stalker from the audience!
-["Wildcat" playing] -[Michael] Shane's plan backfired.
As King calls her, the stalker from the audience…
-[Jerry] Right. -…came from out of nowhere, leveled Luna.
Sable got to the last turnbuckle. She retains the women's title.
[Jerry] You know they got a lot of stalkers out here in California.
She should be arrested. Find her! Hunt her down.
-[Michael] Luna can't believe it. -[Jerry] I can't believe it.
[Michael] And Sable retains the women's title.
What tremendous courage in her first title defense for Sable.
[Jerry] Well, I guarantee you,
this is not over as far as Luna's concerned.
Have we got that-- Have we got that stalker on tape?
[Michael] We're gonna take a look at it now.
[Jerry] Where is she? Watch. Shane, look.
Get a shot of her face. We need it for-- To make wanted posters or something.
-Get her, security. -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Luna was so close to the last turnbuckle.
That fan saved the day for Sable.
[indistinct chatter]
There's 100,000 dollars on the line,
but more importantly, that world championship belt.
Somebody's gonna get a shot at it.
And I don't know about you guys, but I'm gonna do whatever it takes to win.
You all understand?
-Did you hear that? -Well, King, I heard it.
It's every man for himself, or woman for herself, in Chyna's fact,
tonight in the Royal Rumble match.
One hundred thousand dollars at stake, and of course,
that title shot at WrestleMania.
Well, I smell dissension among the ranks there in DX.
I just hope that The Corporation can act as a unit and function
as a unit and get rid-- Somehow it doesn't matter, guys.
Don't worry about who gets the money.
You can split the money if you want to.
Just get rid of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
Folks, we talked about the Royal Rumble match,
but up next, championship's on the line.
An "I quit" match, Mankind versus The Rock.
And it was Mankind who lured, manipulated The Rock into this matchup.
Mankind, the least your unworthy ass can do
is give The Rock what is rightfully his,
and that's a shot at his title, Royal Rumble 1999.
-You're simply not championship material. -[crowd cheering]
It will be a no disqualification match as well.
I'm going to have to take a pass on that one, Rock.
-No count-out as well. -No. Thank you, Rock.
The Rock guaran-damn-tees that not one member of Team Corporate
will be around the ringside.
-[tense music playing] -You get no title shot!
Obviously, The Rock went and tried
-to get your monkey ass-- -I accept. I accept.
You and I at the Royal Rumble in an "I quit" match.
How does it feel Rock?
How does it feel to be in a match that you can't win and I can't lose?
[Rock] What you're failing to realize is that you are going
one-on-one with The Great One.
[Mankind] I've been through every kind of match, and I've never quit.
-[crowd cheering] -[Ross] Oh. Good God Almighty!
Good God Almighty! They killed him!
As God as my witness, he is broken in half!
[Mankind] I've been blown up.
-I've been wrapped in barbed wire. -[Jerry] Enough's enough!
[Mankind] I've been thrown on tacks and beds of nails.
-[Jerry] No! -[screams]
[Ross] My God!
[Mankind] Pain is my calling in life. It's my middle name.
-[Jerry] You're kidding me! -[Ross] How in the hell is he standing?
-[Jerry] Oh, my God. -[Ross] And look at the--
He's got a smile on his face for God's sakes!
[Rock] How is The Rock gonna make Mankind say "I quit"?
A Corporate Elbow here and a Corporate Elbow there.
[Jerry] The most electrifying move in sports entertainment today!
[Rock] The Rock plans on sprinkling
a Rock Bottom here and a Rock Bottom there.
[Jerry] No. Not on the car. Rock Bottom on the car!
[Rock] The Rock's gonna take Mankind out to the English announce table.
What do you think of this, Mankind? How about this?
[Jerry] Oh, man!
[Rock] And The Rock's gonna go down the line.
Spanish announce table, French announce table,
ho chi ming chow, Chinese announce table.
-All the languages down The Rock's Rumble. -[Mankind] I will never say "I quit."
[Rock] Then The Rock is gonna drag Mankind down Know Your Role Boulevard,
hang that right, right there on Jabroni Drive,
and there it is, the SmackDown Hotel.
Take his candy ass from room to damn room
until it's… [whispers] …check-out time.
[Mankind] I will not say them here nor there.
I will not say them anywhere. I will not say those words you twit.
I will not-- Will not say, "I quit."
[Ross] He don't care about self-mutilation.
It doesn't bother him a bit.
[Jerry] There's a human being in there that is unbelievably indestructible.
Indestructible, The Rock's ass.
The Rock plans on proving to you and the millions
and millions of The Rock's fans.
[Mankind] I will never say "I quit."
When it's all said and done, Mankind,
you'll realize that even though you have one ear,
The Rock has two.
Which means you son of a--
The Rock is gonna hear you scream "I quit."
[Mankind] There will be no disqualification, no count-out,
no Corporate members at ringside, no stopping the match
for excessive blood loss.
You see what I'm going to do very simply
is beat the living hell out of you until you cannot take it anymore.
And you look up in me with that ridiculous eyebrow
and you say the two magic words, Rock!
"I quit"!
[Dok] Well, here we go, Rock. It is showtime.
The table is set, and the big question is simply this,
will you be able to do what no one has ever done
and make Mankind utter the words, "I quit"?
First and foremost, Dok, know your role and shut your mouth!
I'll tell you what Mankind,
there's something about this whole situation
that really befuddles The Rock. Because you see,
The Rock isn't just some roody-poo candy ass
on the corner of Know Your Role Boulevard, and Jabroni Drive.
That you're just gonna have your way with The Rock?
Well, uh-uh. Because tonight,
in front of the thousands of Rock's fans here tonight,
all chanting his name and the millions…
and millions of The Rock's fans watching live,
The Rock guaran-damn-tees to prove to you that The Rock is The Great One
and The Rock is the most electrifying man in sports entertainment today.
And after you utter the words, "I quit,"
The Rock will go down as being the best damn WWE champ there ever was
if you smell what The Rock…
-is cooking. -[crowd cheering]
-Here we go. -[bell ringing]
[announcer] Ladies and gentlemen,
the following contest is the "I quit" match
for the World Wrestling Entertainment Championship.
[Rock] Do you smell what The Rock is cookin'?
-[crowd cheering] -["Know Your Role" playing]
[announcer] Introducing first the challenger.
-♪ The Rock says, The Rock says ♪ -[announcer] From Miami, Florida…
-♪ The Rock says ♪ -…weighing 275 pounds,
The Rock!
♪ The Rock says The Rock says know your damn role… ♪
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] He was the youngest WWE champion ever.
He is perhaps the most electrifying sports entertainer today.
[Michael] But tonight, he is in a match he never bargained for.
A match which may be out of his league.
[Jerry] You know what? I'm a little concerned.
It seems like The Rock might be a little hesitant
or maybe he's just-- maybe he's just feeling
that electrifying electricity
that's in the air here tonight. Look at these people now. Yeah.
Look at that Corporate Elbow.
That's a Corp-- That's a Corporate eyebrow.
Look at The Rock.
[Michael] The Rock is in uncharted waters.
He has never ever
had a match like this in his life.
In fact, we have never ever
had a match like this
in a setting like this
with so much on the line as there is tonight.
-[music stops] -[crowd cheering]
[tires screeching]
[loud crash]
-[crowd cheering] -["Wreck" playing]
[announcer] His opponent, weighing 287 pounds,
the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion, Mankind!
[Michael] Earlier tonight on Heat in a non-title match,
Mankind was pitted against a mystery opponent
who ended up being Mabel, a 500-pounder,
in what Mr. McMahon entitled a warm-up match.
Mr. McMahon calling it a warm-up match,
saying he was giving Mankind the advantage,
when Rock came in as Mankind had Mr. Socko
in a claw on Mabel.
It was Rock Bottom time.
[Jerry] Yeah, but you know what?
Mankind's had so many concussions--
Oh! Ooh! He probably don't even remember
that he got splashed by 500 pounds of Mabel.
And then he got the smack laid down on him by The Rock.
[Michael] And how much did those splashes and the Rock Bottoms
take out of Mankind?
How much did the number of headshots
that he suffered last week on Raw take out of him?
Mick Foley suffered a concussion on Raw last week.
-Is he 100%? -[overlapping chatter]
[Jerry] I know one thing. You know, if J.R. were here right now,
he'd know this is gonna be the ultimate slobberknocker.
[Michael] Mankind, perhaps the most unlikely champion
in the history of the WWE, but perhaps-- well, not perhaps,
he is the most deserving champion ever.
[Jerry] And take a look at this!
[Michael] And here we go now! And the "I quit" match is underway.
Folks, there are no pinfalls, there are no count-outs,
there are no disqualifications,
no stopping this match for blood loss, no time limit.
The Corporate team has been barred from ringside.
There's only one way to win the title
and that is for your opponent to say, "I quit."
[indistinct chatter]
[Michael] And Mankind now with the advantage in the early going.
And, King, we talked about it for a couple of weeks now.
-[overlapping chatter] -[Jerry exclaims] Oh, my gosh!
[Michael] I cannot see Mick Foley
saying two words, "I quit." I can't see it.
[Jerry] You don't have to see it. You hear it, you idiot.
He'll scream it. He won't say it.
-[indistinct chatter] -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] The referee's got a microphone in the ring,
and I guess they're gonna get ready to… hand it to--
Oh!
To see if their opponent is gonna say "I quit."
Come on, Rock! Put it to him!
[Michael] Mankind, kick to the midsection, and a third one.
-And Rock now into the turnbuckle. -[Rock groans]
[indistinct chatter]
[Michael] The Rock, the former champion, whipped across the ring.
Here comes Mankind now,
and Rock face-first in the center of the ring.
-No covers in this matchup, folks. -[Mankind grunts]
[Michael] You must make your opponent say, "I quit."
[Jerry] That's gonna be a heck of a challenge for The Rock.
You got something to tell the people, don't you, Rock?
The Rock says you can kiss his--
-[groans] -[crowd cheers]
[Michael] I don't think that was the answer Mankind was looking for.
[Jerry] I don't think so either.
And, King, because of the rules of this matchup,
it's gonna be the most physical title match in history.
-[Rock groans] -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] What about that?
[Michael] No holds barred there, no rules.
[crowd cheering]
-[Mankind grunts] -[Michael] Oh!
Three times the microphone into the head of The Rock.
-[Jerry] Quit it, you one-eared freak. -[Mankind] Now say it! You son of a bitch!
-[Rock pants] -[Mankind grunts]
[Rock] The Rock is gonna kick your fat--
-[Mankind] No deal! -[crowd laughs]
[Jerry] I'll tell you. That's one good microphone.
It didn't even break. Mr. McMahon only buys the best.
Rock's got this work cut out for him.
-[Mankind grunts] -[Jerry] Oh!
[Michael] Mankind, clotheslined Rock out by the barricade.
[overlapping chatter]
[Jerry] I mean, I'll be the first to admit Mankind has gone
through everything, those Hell in a Cell matches.
He's been crashed through the announcers' table.
He's landed on the tacks. He's been blown up.
-[groans] -[Jerry] He's had an ear ripped off.
It is gonna be tough to make him say, "I quit."
But I think The Rock can do it.
If there's anybody in the World Wrestling Entertainment that can do it,
it's The Rock!
[Michael] For 15 years,
Mick Foley has never uttered those two words.
He's been thrown into the barbed wire,
onto beds of nails.
And The Rock's in trouble here.
-Reversal. -[Jerry] Oh, man!
-[cheers] Beautiful! -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Unforgiving steel stairs and Mankind hit it head on.
-[overlapping chatter] -[Michael] Uh-oh. Watch it.
The Rock now.
[crowd whistling]
Now, The Rock is out here proving why he is The Great One,
and that piece of trash isn't.
Now-- What are you sitting there looking at, King?
You're not gonna say nothing to The Great One?
Oh, sure, Rock. You're--
Shut your mouth you piece of trash!
Wait a minute.
-[crowd cheering] -Rock!
I tried to tell you, Rock.
Look out!
-[overlapping chatter] -Watch the table!
Come on, Michael Cole!
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Put your headset on and make yourself useful.
-Oh! -[Michael] Steel stairs into the back!
-What a chair shot. -[Rock groans]
[Jerry] Man!
-Come on, Mick! -[Rock groans]
[Michael] And now Mankind in control.
-[Rock groans] -[Mankind] Say it!
[Rock] You kiss The Rock's you piece of--
-[Michael] Oh! -[crowd exclaims]
[crowd member] Ring the bell! Ring the bell!
[overlapping chatter]
[Jerry] Get that microphone away from him. Look out!
-Oh! -[Michael] And again by Mankind!
[Rock groans]
[Michael] You know, King, the one…
[Jerry] Look at this.
[Michael] Mankind into the steel stairs.
[Jerry] That was beautiful.
The one concern with The Rock, King, is he is young.
-[Jerry] Oh! No! -[Michael] DDT!
And perhaps he lets his ego get a little out of control.
Coming over here and taking the headsets
may have cost him an important part of this match.
-And here comes Socko now! -[Jerry] Oh, no. Oh, no, Rock!
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] We got trouble!
[Michael] Mr. Socko is out and the claw is on The Rock!
[Jerry] Yeah, but anybody knows you can't talk with your mouth full!
[Michael] Mankind has the claw in the gullet of The Rock!
[Jerry] He'll never say "I quit" that way.
-[Rock groans] -[Jerry] Hang on, Rock!
[indistinct chatter]
[Michael] The Mandible Claw is locked on.
-[Mankind grunts] -[Michael] The Rock is fading.
The Mandible Claw shoved into the gullet of The Rock!
That's it! Ask him.
[referee] What do you say, Rock? What do you say?
What do you say, Rock?
[Jerry] He don't talk in his sleep. Get that out of there!
[Michael] And Rock… he's out.
[Mankind] Get the hell up you piece of crap.
[Jerry] Yeah. If this was a normal match it would be over, but it ain't!
[Mankind] I'm gonna split open that ridiculous eyebrow.
[Jerry] No. No way!
-[grunts] -[Michael] Oh!
Mankind, perhaps the most deranged individual in the history…
loves this atmosphere.
You know, an "I quit" match for Mankind, King,
is like a kid playing in a sandbox in the backyard.
[Jerry] I'm worried about The Rock. I'm afraid he will never be the same
after this match is over.
-[Michael] Rock is in deep, deep trouble. -[Jerry] Oh, no!
[Michael] Over the barricade into the people.
-Mankind is gonna chase him. -[indistinct clamor]
[Jerry] Oh, this could be a nightmare. I don't know much of these Californians.
[Michael] Again, "I quit" rules, no count-out.
-At all. -[Jerry] Look at this. This is bad.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] I was afraid it was gonna turn into this.
[crowd screaming, cheering]
[Michael] Mankind with Socko still on his hand.
-He's a blue-collar entertainer. -[Jerry] Look at that!
[Michael] Rock with a counter! What a slam, a powerslam by The Rock!
[Jerry] Beautiful!
Grab a couple of those idiots out there and slam them, Rock.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Mankind, the champion, King.
And I'll tell you, his lifelong dream to be champion,
he is not going to give-- He's not gonna say, "I quit."
-It's not in him. -[Jerry] Oh! He will say it.
He'll have to.
[Michael] Rock now with the bell and the hammer.
[Jerry] Uh-oh.
-[Michael] Oh! -[Jerry laughing]
-Give me the mic. -[crowd cheering]
-[Michael] Mankind is-- -♪ Bells will be ringing ♪
[Jerry] He can sing too!
[Michael] Oh! Mankind may be deaf!
-[Jerry] Man! -[Michael] He could burst an eardrum.
[indistinct chatter]
[Michael] And Rock again in control and the champion is reeling.
[Jerry] I think The Rock has got him a little tone deaf.
[indistinct chatter]
[Michael] On the Spanish announce table now.
-[Jerry] Oh, boy. -[Michael] Look out!
-Oh! -[crowd exclaiming]
[Michael] The Rock and Mankind, the weight close to 600 pounds
and the table gave way.
[Rock] Say, "I quit" now you piece of monkey crap.
[crowd cheering]
-[Mankind] Up yours, Rock. -[Jerry] Up yours? What?
[indistinct chatter]
[Michael] That was close to 600 pounds on that table.
[Jerry] I knew Mankind had gained weight.
-[Michael] And the table gave way. -[Jerry] Look at this.
-[Michael] Oh! -[Jerry] Oh!
[Michael] Despicable.
Oh, Mankind now, battling back!
Here comes the champion.
[Jerry] Not our table. Be careful.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] This is Mick Foley's type of match.
-[Rock groaning] -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Because he's an idiot.
[Michael] Mick Foley slept on floors of hotel rooms,
slept in cars to get to this center stage…
-[Jerry] That was last night. -…to get to this type of matchup.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Nobody has ever have the dedication of Mick Foley,
the love for what he does.
All he ever wanted to do was hold the championship
and hear the people cheer, and that is what is happening tonight.
[indistinct chatter]
[Michael] The Rock is in all kinds of trouble.
The champion's in control with a headbutt.
[Jerry] Come on, Rock, you gotta get him.
You gotta get Mankind to utter two words, five letters, "I quit."
Come on!
[Michael] The Rock and Mankind now, King, roving the technical area.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] They may fight all the way over to Disneyland.
[Michael] You see the cables?
Oh!
Slammed into that tech table.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] There's another right hand by The Rock.
[Jerry] The Rock's gonna electrocute him.
[Michael] And now the champ's in trouble.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] The Rock, The Brahma Bull.
The football star from the University of Miami
was pulling one over the champ but Mankind has no quit in him.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] He's got some. He's got enough to say it one time.
-He's gotta-- Oh! -[Michael] Oh!
[Michael] What a DDT on the concrete by The Rock!
-Rock planted Mankind on the concrete. -You tell The Great One you quit!
[Mankind weakly] No. No!
[Jerry] I can't believe it. He's gotta have another concussion.
[Michael] Mankind has been thrown into steel stairs.
-He's had a bell knocked into his head. -[crowd chanting]
[Michael] He's been thrown through an announce table
and he just suffered a DDT on the concrete,
and still has not said "I quit."
[crowd chanting]
[Jerry] Don't listen to these people.
-[Michael] You know, King… -[Jerry] You gotta listen to Mankind.
[Michael] Talking to Mankind back in the locker room,
he walks around saying "I Q-U-I-T" 'cause he won't say the words, "I quit."
And where is Rock going?
[Jerry] He's not quitting. I guarantee you that. He's not quitting.
-Look at this! -[Michael] Now, he's got a ladder.
[Jerry] Oh! Now this a ladder match!
-[crowd cheering] -[Michael] Oh! And Mankind countered!
Rock walked right into it.
-[Jerry] What? -[Mankind] Say it!
-[Rock groaning] -[Michael] No disqualification.
-[Mankind] Say it! -[Rock] You're gonna push or shove?
[Mankind grunts]
[Michael] The only way to win is if your opponent says, "I quit."
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Mankind has been thrown off cells.
[Jerry] Oh, no!
-[Michael] Oh, and he missed! -[Jerry] Yes!
[Michael] Rock moved out of the way, and Mankind's elbow, into the ladder!
[Jerry] His elbow? What about his whole back?
[Michael] Think of the amount of punishment, King,
that Mankind has suffered over the past week.
That chair shots at the head-- -[Rock] There ain't but one
who delivers an electrifying elbow!
Say you quit, you piece of trash!
[Mankind chuckles, coughs]
No!
-[Michael] He still won't say it! -[Jerry] What?
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Uh-oh.
[Michael] And Rock now with the ladder again!
[crowd chanting] Rocky sucks, Rocky sucks!
[Jerry] Make him say it Rock. Make Mankind quit!
[crowd continues chanting]
-[Michael] And now the crowd. -[indistinct chatter]
[Jerry] They're saying, "Rocky sucks."
[Michael] And The Rock with the ladder now.
[Jerry] What's he gonna do?
What is Rock doing?
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Mankind's over here, Rock. Stay on him!
[Michael] And Rock is gonna climb the ladder.
[Jerry] What? Uh-oh.
[Michael] And now Mankind in the technical area behind The Rock.
Rock up the ladder now and into the crowd here at the Arrowhead Pond.
Mankind's after him.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Rock must be at least 12 feet off the floor.
-[Jerry] Where is he going? -[Michael] Where are they going?
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Rock looks like he's walking a tightrope and Mankind's following him.
Oh, a kick to the midsection!
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Be careful, Rock. Be careful up there.
[Michael] They are teetering on the edge, in the stands.
-[Jerry] Oh, no! No, no, no, no, no! -[Michael] Twelve feet off the floor!
Mankind-- Rock is gonna go for a ride--
-And a low blow by The Rock! -[crowd groans]
[Michael] That is legal. No rules in this match@
[Jerry] Get down from there, Rock!
Somebody falls from up there, they'll be broken in half!
[Michael] And now Mankind in the crowd trying to get away from The Brahma Bull
and The Rock quickly back on him, headfirst into the barricade.
-And now The Rock into the crowd! -[Jerry] This is dangerous. This is bad!
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Rock is taunting Mick Foley.
A right hand! Oh, my God!
-Oh, my God! -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Mick Foley!
He blew off the lights at the arena.
Mickey Foley went through the electrical circuit board!
-[Jerry shrieks] -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Christ Almighty!
Mick Foley… Mick Foley may have been electrocuted!
He went through the electrical circuit board!
[Jerry] He's still moving.
He's like a Terminator.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Mankind fell 12 feet from the stands
and landed on that electrical circuit board.
[crowd chanting] Rocky! Rocky! Rocky! Rocky!
[Michael] My god!
[Jerry] He's still wrapped with the electrical wires.
[Michael] King, they got to stop this thing.
[Jerry] You could stop it easy. Just say you quit, Mankind!
[indistinct chatter]
[referee] Don't touch him.
-[Michael] Mick Foley… -[Jerry] Don't touch those wires, Rock!
[Michael] He's barely moving.
We've lost the lights in most of the arena.
[indistinct chatter]
[Michael] You see Shane McMahon out there.
[indistinct chatter]
[Michael] King, this is ridiculous.
They got to get somebody to stop this damn match.
[indistinct chatter]
No, no, no, no, no, no! No doctor, no nothing!
That son of a bitch will scream, "I quit." And I'll be damned if he not.
-[Shane] Rock, what are you doing, man? -[crowd chanting] Rocky! Rocky! Rocky!
-Rock! -What?
-What are you doing? -[indistinct chatter]
[Michael] Even Shane McMahon pleading with The Rock to end this thing.
[Jerry] He's showing a little compassion. Well, Shane is a compassionate person.
[Michael] And somehow Mankind is crawling.
Can you… can you believe Mick Foley?
[Jerry] Let's take one more look at this. Look at him falling back. Oh!
[crowd cheering]
-[Michael] Did you see the sparks? -[Rock grunts]
-[Michael] Did-- And here it is again. -[Jerry] Oh.
[Michael] Mick Foley landing flush on that electrical circuits.
And did you see the sparks of electricity?
[Jerry] Yeah. That's like getting the chair at Alcatraz.
[Michael] And somehow Mankind is still moving.
One of the biggest pieces of trailer punk trash walking.
[Jerry chuckles] He ain't walking. He's crawling, Rock.
[Michael] Rock, for the love of God, ask the man if he quits.
[indistinct chatter]
Move! Move!
[Michael] Rock is continuing, doing punishment on Mankind.
Mick Foley's gone through tables, steel chairs, into the crowd.
He fell 12 feet into an electrical circuit board.
Enough is enough!
[Jerry] That came as quite a shock to him.
[Michael] Damn it, Rock. Ask him if he quits.
[Jerry] Oh, shut up, Cole. This is what Mankind wanted.
He wanted the "I quit" match. He's getting it.
[Michael] Oh! But come on, King!
[crowd cheering]
-[Jerry] What? Come on what? -[Michael] Is the championship
-worth this much to Mick Foley? -[Jerry] Well, it obviously is.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] The Rock showing absolutely no mercy.
[Jerry chuckles]
Did you expect any from The Rock?
[Michael] Man… How is Mick Foley standing, King?
How is he even able to get to his feet?
[Jerry] Well, obviously, The Rock picked him up
and threw him in the ring. That's how.
[Michael] Mick Foley is barely moving.
-And now The Rock has handcuffs. -[Jerry] What?
[Michael] What the hell is he gonna do now?
[Jerry] Handcuffs?
[indistinct chatter]
[referee] Come on!
-[Michael] Oh, come on now. -[referee] What are you doing? Hey!
-[Rock] Shut up! -What are you doing? Come on.
[Michael] This has gone too far. The Rock is taking this too far.
-[referee] What are you doing? -[Jerry] Yeah, sure there's no rules.
Sure there's no DQs, no count-outs, but now he's handcuffing a man
who's semi-conscious in the middle of the damn ring.
-[Jerry] I saw this on Cops once. -[grunts]
[Michael] Have some human decency, Rock. Damn it!
[Jerry] Stick it to him, Rock! Stick it to him!
[Mankind gasping]
[Michael] Mankind is handcuffed
and The Rock is treating him like a punching bag.
-[Mankind groans] -[Jerry] I love it.
Now, who sucks, folks? Huh?
And, King, if we can get a close up, Mankind…
Oh, into the turnbuckle!
-[Jerry laughs] -[Michael] Mankind's been busted open.
[Jerry] Aw, what did you expect?
[grunts] Come on.
-[groans] -[Michael] Oh! And a low blow!
And somehow Mankind has countered!
-Does the champion have anything left? -[Jerry] What a cheater!
[grunts]
[Michael] Kick to the midsection. He has no hands.
[Jerry] He kicked The Rock low though.
[Michael] There are no rules, King.
-[Mankind grunts] -[Michael] Mankind now biting The Rock!
And there is the low blow on the left of your screen.
-And now The Brahman Bull's in trouble. -[indistinct chatter]
[Michael] Uh-oh. He's not gonna do this.
-Oh, no! -[crowd cheers]
-[Michael] Oh, no! -[Jerry] No, Rock! Don't say it!
-The Corporate jewels have been shattered. -[Rock groans]
[Michael] And Mankind using every part of his body except his hands.
What do you say Rock? Give it up.
[groans]
Get that piece of… [mutters]
[Michael] King, have you ever seen anything like this ever?
[Jerry] Well, uh, a few minutes ago it was kind of looking really good, but…
I'm a little worried about The Rock now. [shrieks] Here we go!
[Michael] The Rock now with a clothesline.
And how the hell can Mick Foley defend himself
when his hands are handcuffed?
[Jerry] Well, he can't you idiot.
-Get your monkey ass up. -[Michael] And now Rock again…
-And now a chair. Oh, please. -[Jerry] "Oh, please", what?
-Rock, no! -[Michael] Not the chair.
What is he-- Oh, come on!
[Michael] The Corporate Elbow with a chair!
[Jerry] Yeah, Rock fans are really smelling
what The Rock is cooking and so is Mankind.
-[Jerry laughs] -Rock, don't do that. Come on.
[Michael] He can't do this. He's gonna shatter Mick Foley's skull.
-He can't do this! -[Jerry] The most electrifying--
-[Michael] No! -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] He may have shattered Mick Foley's skull!
[gasping]
[Jerry] He is really busted open now.
[chuckles]
-[Michael] The Corporate Elbow. -Now, you tell The Rock
after the most electrifying move in sports entertainment today, you quit!
[groans, coughs]
-Go to hell, Rock. -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] "Go to hell, Rock."
Now, do you think he deserves any mercy?
Well, The Rock may go to hell but your candy ass first.
-[Jerry] Yes. -[Michael] Oh, no. Not this.
-[Jerry] Goodbye brain cells! -[Michael] Come on, stop this damn thing!
[indistinct chatter]
-[Michael] Don't. No! -[crowd groans]
[Michael] Oh!
-Rock, come on, man. -[Jerry] That's enough.
-What are you doing? -[Rock] Say, "I quit."
[groans, pants]
-You'll have to kill me. -[Rock mutters]
[Michael] He said-- Oh, no. Did you hear the sickening thoughts?
[Jerry] I heard what he said and I think The Rock will do it.
-You'd better say it. -[Mankind whimpers]
[Michael] And Mankind now to his feet. And another one!
-What the hell is Mick Foley doing? -[crowd groans]
Come on, Rock!
-[Michael] He's coming for more. -[referee] Knock it off!
[Michael] Sickening thud of steel against skull.
[crowd cheering]
-[Michael] King, they've got to end this. -[Jerry] Okay. I'll admit that's enough.
[Michael] Mick Foley say "I quit." Mick, say it!
-No! -[Jerry] Come on, Mick, say it.
[indistinct chatter]
[Michael] Mick, say it!
Say "I quit"!
[Michael] King, nobody's gonna think less of Mick Foley if he says it now.
-The man is helpless. -[Jerry] Okay, okay. I agree.
-He's got to say it. -Say "I quit."
-[Jerry] No! -[Michael] Please, Mick, say "I quit."
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] The championship isn't worth that much.
You can chant "Mick Foley" all you want,
but tonight, that piece of trash will say "I quit."
-[Jerry] Come on. That's enough. -[Michael] Mick Foley is a mess.
-Mick Foley… -[crowd cheering]
[Rock] Turn around.
[Michael] Oh, come on!
Damn it. Somebody please stop this thing.
[Jerry] I'm telling you, Michael, the only one that could stop it is Foley.
[Michael] If Mr. McMahon is back there, please come do something.
-[indistinct chatter] -[Jerry] Mick, that's enough. Say it.
[Michael] Rock put down the chair. Thank you.
Now, The Rock guaran-damn-teed
to the millions and millions of The Rock's fans
that he was gonna make that son of a bitch scream "I quit."
-[crowd jeering] -Mankind, your monkey ass says, "I quit."
[Mankind] I quit. I quit. I quit.
-[Michael] What? -[Jerry] What?
-[Mankind] I quit! -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] He… he--
-[Rock] Now… -[bell ringing]
-[Michael] He said it! -…you get your monkey ass to the ring
and award the champ!
[crowd chanting]
[Michael] The Rock is the champion. We have a new champion!
The Rock makes me sick!
[announcer] …and new World Wrestling Entertainment Champion…
[Jerry] I don't know if I agree with the way he did it,
but he is once again, the Corporate champion.
Wow.
["Know Your Role" playing]
[Michael] Somebody please get Mick Foley some help.
The Rock is the champion for the second time!
[Michael] King, these fans, me…
are in shock.
-[Jerry] That is a bad sight right there. -[Michael] Mick Foley is a bloody mess.
[Jerry] Well, Mick Foley has nobody to blame but himself, Michael.
I mean, you know, we've heard this before.
You can do things the easy way or you can do it the hard way.
He had his chance, he should've said "I quit" a long time ago.
I mean, The Rock came out here intent on one thing, winning the title.
Mick Foley should've quit a long time ago. He wouldn't quit, neither would The Rock.
[Michael] Mick Foley's career could be over.
-[crowd member] You suck! -[indistinct chatter]
[Jerry] The new champion.
[Michael] Mick Foley's career could be over, King.
The new champion, The Rock.
And sure, he did what he was supposed to do.
He got Mick Foley to utter the words "I quit."
[crowd chants, cheers]
[Michael] Mick Foley was thrown through steel chairs.
He fell through an announce table. He was hit in the head with a bell.
He suffered over a dozen chair shots.
He fell 12 feet through the electrical circuit board.
He was almost electrocuted. He lost blood.
[Jerry] Okay, I agree with all of that.
And you know what that got him? You know what that made him?
That made him a loser.
Let's talk a little bit about The Rock. He's the champion.
He's the new Corporate champion. Look at this.
[Michael] Yeah, what's he's doing now? Some sportsmanship.
[Jerry] He's the champion.
[Michael] Take the belt back to the locker room.
[Jerry] He's not claiming to be a sportsman.
He's just standing. There it is.
Look at that. That's a picture worth a thousand words.
-To the victor go the spoils. -[indistinct chatter]
[Michael] The Rock standing over Mankind.
And Mick Foley is going to be put on a stretcher, folks.
Mick Foley, King--
I mean, for 15 years he's--
-He's lost-- -[Jerry] Look, Michael.
I understand you wanna talk about Mick Foley.
But as you can see right here, I think it's pretty safe to say
Mick Foley is pretty much history.
Out with the old, in with the new. Let's talk about The Rock.
-The Rock is again Corporate Champion. -[Michael] King, Mick Foley--
[Jerry] The Rock promised…
[Michael] King, he won't get on the stretcher.
[Jerry] He promised he was gonna make Mick Foley quit.
[Michael] He wants to walk out like a man. He wants to walk out like a man.
-He won't get on the stretcher. -[Jerry] Because he's stupid!
[Michael] Give Mick Foley credit!
-[indistinct chatter] -[Jerry] Lay down!
[Michael] Mick Foley is refusing to be stretchered out.
[Jerry] Get out of there, Rock.
[Michael] Mick Foley will walk out of the Arrowhead Pond …
-[Jerry] A beaten man, say it. -…like a man!
[Jerry] No longer the champion.
We have a new champion, a Corporate champion,
a champion that The Corporation can be proud of,
a champion that Mr. McMahon can be proud of.
The Rock is the new champion.
But Mick Foley walks out of this arena, and I cannot believe that.
-Okay. -[music stops]
Don't live in the past, okay? Let's talk about the future.
We have a new champion and we have the Royal Rumble coming up.
[Michael] The Royal Rumble match is coming up next.
Thirty participants will enter the ring at equally-timed intervals.
And you're eliminated if you go over the top rope.
-Over the top rope only. -At stake--
At stake, a shot at the title at WrestleMania,
and the 100,000-dollar bounty placed on the head of Mr. Austin.
Right. And when somebody throws "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
over the top rope and when both of his feet hit the floor,
he's out of there and somebody's 100,000 dollar richer.
And we're gonna kick things off with Stone Cold entering number one,
Mr. McMahon number two.
And there is a serious rivalry between these two.
-Oh, without a doubt. -[exciting music playing]
[Vince] I'm damn sick and tired of watching you walk around
with that WWE Championship belt!
[Ross] The Undertaker, King, that's got to be--
-[bell dinging] -[Ross] Austin has lost the title!
Austin has lost the title. Mr. McMahon has the WWE title belt.
[Vince] You don't have it anymore! It's mine!
[echoing and repeating] Austin…
there will be…
[echoing and repeating] …no rematch.
-[crowd cheering] -[overlapping chatter]
[Vince] Stone Cold, screw you
[repeating] You're fired!
[Shane] It was me, Dad, that hired Stone Cold back. It was me!
[Stone Cold] This contract right here guarantees at least one title shot.
[Michael] That's it! The Stone Cold Stunner strikes.
-[Jerry] Look at this! -[Michael] McMahon just hit the referee!
-Austin had this match won. -[Jerry] Another stunner!
[Michael] But there's no referee. But there's Shane McMahon!
Two, three. Where's three? What? What?
-[Ross] Steve Austin just got screwed. -[Jerry] How brilliant is Vince McMahon?
[Vince] I wanna make Stone Cold's life miserable.
What I got here is a legally binding contract
which gives me a title shot at The Rock.
-[crowd cheering] -[indistinct chatter]
[Ross] He did it! Austin did it!
One! Two!
[indistinct chatter]
[Jerry] How brilliant is Vince McMahon?
Austin, at January's Royal Rumble, you will be one of the 30 participants.
All you have to do Austin, is defeat the undertaker
in a buried alive match.
[Michael] Stone Cold is a competitor.
Mr. McMahon dangled a piece of meat
that being a shot to be in the Royal Rumble,
and Stone Cold bit.
[Michael] Stunner! Stunner! Stunner! Stunner!
[Jerry] He's in the grave!
[Michael] The undertaker is being buried alive.
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin's qualified for the Royal Rumble.
[Vince] Austin, there is…
[repeating] …no
chance in hell
of you winning the Royal Rumble.
[Stone Cold] Because Mr. McMahon drew Steve Austin…
-Number one. -[Shane] Number one.
[Stone Cold] And on top of that
put a 100,000-dollar bounty on my head which means…
That individual who eliminates Austin will be 100,000 dollars richer.
[Stone Cold] Vince, you thought you were some kind of mastermind
-when you made yourself… -[Shane] Number 30.
…in the Rumble. Oh, no, that came back and bit you on your ass,
when commissioner Shawn Michaels made you…
-[Shawn] The second man… -…in the Royal Rumble.
[Vince] Austin, there is no chance in hell.
[Stone Cold] If you want me to beat Vince McMahon's ass
-give me a "Hell, yeah." -[crowd] Hell, yeah!
[Vince] I wanna make Stone Cold's life miserable.
[Stone Cold] I will win the Royal Rumble.
[Jerry] But there's 100,000 dead presidents
who said that he's not gonna win it.
[Stone Cold] You will know that Austin 3:16
says I just whooped your ass.
[Vince] There is no chance in hell you'll ever again be
the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion.
-No chance in hell. -[music concludes]
[Michael] Well, earlier tonight on Sunday Night Heat
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin was denied access to the building
through the VIP entrance because he didn't have a limo.
[tires screeching]
[Michael] Well, he wasn't happy about it, King.
So. you know what the Texas Rattlesnake did?
[Jerry] Yeah, I know what that idiot did. He should've been arrested right there
for, uh, reckless driving.
[Michael] Well, he got his limo all right, the Limonator.
And Stone Cold entered the Arrowhead Pond the only way he knows how.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] He's a nutcase!
[Michael] So, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin made a grand entrance
into the Arrowhead arena,
and he confronted Mr. McMahon, and watch this.
[Jerry] Yeah. This was the slap heard round the world.
Face-to-face, eye-to-eye.
-[crowd exclaiming] -[Jerry] Yeah!
[Michael] And then Mr. McMahon hightailing it.
And Stone Cold took it out on the associates.
[Jerry] Well, Mr. McMahon was just giving Stone Cold a little sample
of what he's got in store for him in the Royal Rumble.
[crowd cheering]
-[Michael] Let's go up to Howard Finkel. -[bell dinging]
[announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, it is now time
-for the 1999 Royal Rumble match! -[crowd cheering]
[announcer] Here are the rules.
In just a moment those individuals who are numbers one and two
will enter the ring and the match will begin.
Then every minute and a half thereafter another superstar enters the ring
according to the number that they drew.
Remember, in this contest it is every man for himself.
Elimination occurs when a superstar is thrown over the top rope
-and both feet must touch the floor. -[Jerry] Okay, Howard.
If an individual is thrown through the ropes and onto the floor,
-that does not constitute elimination. -[Jerry] All right. We know!
[announcer] Again, over the top and onto the floor, both feet touching.
[Jerry] What a blowhard.
-[Michael shushes] -[announcer] The winner of this contest
will be the last person that is in the ring
after all participants have entered.
And that winner of the match will then meet
the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion at WrestleMania XV.
[Jerry] Anything else? We only got an hour left, you moron.
[crowd cheering]
["I Won't Do What You Tell Me" playing]
[announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, the number one entrant,
from Victoria, Texas "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Only one other man in the history of the Royal Rumble
has gone from number one to win it all.
Stone Cold is gonna try to become number two.
And in the meantime, King,
can he win his third straight Royal Rumble match.
[crowd cheering]
There is only one "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
[Jerry] Oh, that's true, but let me just tell you this,
you like to talk about history,
I venture to say there is only one superstar
that is gonna be in this very ring tonight
that has never ever lost a match in his life.
-[Michael] And who is that? -[Jerry] That is Mr. McMahon.
[Michael] Oh, please. He's never had one.
[Jerry] He's never lost a match in his life.
-[Michael] Shut up. -[crowd cheering]
-[Jerry] Come on, Vince! -[Michael] Stone Cold waiting.
[Jerry] Oh, this is so great.
The hair is standing up on the back of my neck,
it feels like it is.
[Michael] Stone Cold wants this championship back.
[announcer] And now, entrant number two,
the owner of the World Wrestling Entertainment,
Mr. McMahon!
[Michael] Austin is pacing like a lion, King.
[Jerry] Oh, look! Look at that!
[Michael] Mr. McMahon looks extremely confident.
[Jerry] Oh, my gosh. What a job Shane McMahon has done.
He has created a monster.
He looks like someone in one of those Hercules movies.
-Look at this. -[Michael] King, I have to believe
Mr. McMahon is in way over his head. I mean--
[Jerry] Oh, shut up. Look at the look of fear on Stone Cold's face.
[Michael] He's a businessman, not a wrestler. Please.
[Jerry] Look at his body. What does that say what he is?
[Michael] Well, he's in great shape, I'll give you that.
But Stone Cold has been waiting for months to get his hands on Vince McMahon.
[Jerry] Yeah, well, he don't look too anxious to me. Look at that
He got all this confidence.
[Michael] Not only does he wanna get his hands on Mr. McMahon, King,
Stone Cold knows this could be his last shot
at getting a shot at the WWE Championship. This is it for Stone Cold.
[Jerry] And this is more important, believe it or not.
This is more important than the WWE Championship,
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin and Mr. McMahon going one-on-one.
[Michael] The Rattlesnake, stone cold, blue eyes,
zeroing in on the owner of the WWE.
[Jerry] Look at McMahon's pecs. Look at his abs. Look at his traps.
[Michael] I have a feeling this isn't gonna be pretty, King.
And remember, Austin cannot touch Mr. McMahon until the bell rings
because this contract states-- Austin's new contract states
he can't put his hands on Mr. McMahon unless it's a match.
-[bell ringing] -[Jerry] There's the bell.
-[Michael] Here we go. -[Jerry] Get him, Vince.
[Michael] And here comes Austin. He's been waiting his career for this.
-[Jerry] Oh, my gosh! -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] And Stone Cold hammering away on the boss!
[Jerry] Ring the bell, next entry. Who's next? Get him some help.
[Michael] He's stomping a mudhole on the boss and walking it dry.
-[Jerry whimpers] -[Michael] And, King, how many times
do you get to see an employee
of a Fortune 500 company rip the CEO apart?
[Jerry] Can we get the next guy in here?
-[screams] No way! -[Michael] Austin, slam!
-[Jerry] Oh, no! -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Shane, get out here with a microphone!
Shane, he needs some encouragement!
[Michael] Mr. McMahon might own the WWE, but Austin owns McMahon.
[Jerry] No, don't do that.
No. Stop, please!
-[Michael] The boss is pleading. -[Jerry] No. He did it. He did it.
[Michael] Keep in mind, participants will enter
at equally-timed intervals throughout this matchup.
[Jerry] Well, isn't it time now? I hope Mrs. McMahon is not watching this.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] You're eliminated if you're tossed over the top rope
and onto the floor, both feet touch.
And don't forget the 100,000-dollar bounty on the head of Stone Cold.
-[Jerry] This is bad. -[Michael] It's real bad.
You know, you picked Mr. McMahon--
[Jerry] Hold on. Look out. Look out. Look out!
-[crowd counting down] -[Michael] Austin put the brakes on.
He wants to make Mr. McMahon suffer. He wants to make him think about it.
There you see the clock. There's the clothesline.
-Who is the next entrant? -[buzzer blaring]
[Jerry] That's because I know why. Austin is sadistic.
-[Michael] And here comes Golga. -[buzzer blaring]
[Michael] This is his Rumble debut.
-[rock music playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] I hope-- I hope he don't fall on Mr. McMahon.
[Michael] But Austin may not be finished, King.
Golga’s looking on.
Austin, like a big wild hunter, zeroing in on his prey.
-[Jerry] Look out! -[Michael] McMahon knocked down.
Lou Thesz Press!
And here comes Golga.
[Jerry] Get him off him, Golga. Get him!
[Michael] And Golga wants that 100,000 dollars.
[Jerry] Right. You can't blame him.
Get himself 100,000 dollars, buy him some new clothes.
[Michael] Golga now, hammering away on Austin.
[Jerry] What are you doing?
-[Michael] Wait a minute. -[Jerry] Look out, you idiot!
[Michael] Look at McMahon!
McMahon crawled out of the ring through the bottom rope.
[Jerry] Huh? I didn't see that. What? What happened?
[Michael] Mr. McMahon crawled under the bottom rope.
And now Austin's in pursuit.
Mr. McMahon is running from Austin, and Austin has him in the crowd.
-[Jerry] Oh, no! This is horrible! -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Get out of that unwashed, filthy public bathroom, Mr. McMahon.
-You're above that. -[Michael] Austin pursuing Mr. McMahon.
[Jerry] He's gonna pull his clothes off.
[Michael] Mr. McMahon crawled out under the bottom rope.
He is not gonna be eliminated, neither is Stone Cold
'cause they went through the ropes, not over the top.
Both are still in this matchup.
[Jerry] He's not on juice either. Get out of here!
[crowd clamoring]
[Michael] So, Golga's been eliminated. Austin and McMahon are still in it,
and they're up in the crowd.
[Jerry] What is he doing to him? Where is he? Oh, no.
[Michael] And who will the next entrant be as Stone Cold and Mr. McMahon…
-[buzzer blaring] -…fight through the crowd?
-[Jerry] Well, the ring's empty. -[crowd counting down]
[buzzer blaring]
[Jerry] Wait, we got a camera up in the-- in the lobby.
[Michael] As Droz comes to the ring, the pursuit continues
-back in the concession area. -[Jerry] Oh, this is bad.
Wait. What? Why is he going to the bathroom?
[Michael] That's a-- That's a ladies room, King!
[Jerry] Get out of there, Mr. McMahon. It's a ladies room.
[Michael] Hey. It's-- It was a trap.
The Corporate team has ambushed Stone Cold.
Mr. McMahon laid the perfect trap for Austin.
-[Jerry] The cameraman's knocked down. -[indistinct chatter]
[Michael] Did we lose that camera? Can we get a cam--
-Can we get that camera back up? -[Jerry] Shut up. Listen.
That was a brilliant plan by The Corporation.
[Michael] Both McMahon and Austin are still in the Rumble match.
And keep in mind, Mr. McMahon guaranteed
Stone Cold had no chance in hell to win this thing,
and perhaps he doesn't after that ambush in the women's restroom
by the Corporate team.
[Jerry] What do you think they're doing to Austin in there right now?
[Michael] Well, you know Mr. McMahon had to have something up his sleeve.
[Jerry] I'll tell you one thing.
Austin's chances of winning this Royal Rumble
are being flushed right down the toilet. I can assure you.
[Michael] Well, folks, we're trying to get a camera back there,
-try to find out what's going on. -[crowd chanting]
[Michael] But Droz is awaiting the next participant.
[buzzer blaring]
["You Think You Know Me" playing]
-[Michael] And here comes Edge. -[crowd cheering]
So, it's Edge versus Droz in the Royal Rumble match.
-Two of the youngest getting it on here. -[Jerry] Whoo, wow!
Crossbody and look at Edge go.
[screams]
And there's that inner rage that inner fury from Edge.
Both these young superstars making their Royal Rumble debut.
-[Jerry] What about Austin? -[Michael] Oh!
What do you think is happening with Austin and McMahon.
[Michael] Well, the last we saw, he was in that women's locker room
just undergoing a horrific attack at the hands of The Corporation.
[Jerry] What do you think the Boss Man's doing
that nightstick of his right now.
[Michael] Folks, we are trying to get a camera back into that area
of the Arrowhead Pond.
[Jerry] I can see it now, Shamrock with the ankle lock on Austin.
That nightstick of Big Boss Man bouncing off Austin's head,
and Mr. McMahon standing over smiling. [laughs]
[Michael] But keep in mind, King.
Neither Mr. McMahon or Stone Cold's been eliminated.
Mr. McMahon crawled under the bottom rope to escape Stone Cold
and Austin slid through the ropes as well.
-The only way you're elimi-- -[Jerry] Sure, they can both come back in.
-They're still in it. -[Michael] Yeah.
The only way you're eliminated is if you go over the top rope
and both feet hit the floor, just like Golga did.
And there's the dropkick now. Ten seconds.
Who will be the next to enter the Royal Rumble match?
[crowd counting]
-[buzzer blaring] -[dramatic music playing]
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Michael] Oh, please.
-Please. -[Jerry] Look out!
-Yes, it's Gillberg. -[Jerry] Watch it. Those smokers burn you.
[crowd cheering]
-[Michael] It's the man called Gillberg. -[Jerry] Oh, he can win this whole thing.
-[Michael] King, you're not serious? -[Jerry] Well, maybe not.
[Michael] Gillberg is oh and two.
Who will be number one? Who will be his first victim?
♪ Gillberg, Gillberg… ♪
[Michael] He's spending more time posing in the walkway
-than he is getting in the ring. -[Jerry] Listen. He's got chants.
[music stops]
[Michael] Well, Gillberg now in the Royal Rumble match.
-And Edge--- -[Jerry] Oh, Gillberg!
-[Michael] Oh, please. -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Gillberg is in and out.
So, I guess we can say Gillberg is oh and three now.
-[Jerry] Oh, look at this! -[indistinct chatter]
[Michael] Oh, my God.
This camera-- This is a live shot in a ladies restroom.
Stone Cold looks to be unconscious on the floor.
-[Jerry] That will shut his mouth. -[crowd clamoring]
[Michael] We need doctors or paramedics. We need to get Austin some help up there.
A vicious attack on Austin by The Corporation.
-[Jerry] He got exactly what he deserved. -[groans]
[Michael] What do you mean he got what he deserved?
[Jerry] I mean, he had intentions of leaving poor Mr. McMahon laying
just like that and it backfired on him.
[Michael] Mr. McMahon is the one who left the ring.
Stone Cold probably would've just thrown him over the top rope
-when he was done with him. -[Jerry] Yeah, right.
Why didn't he throw him over the top rope when he had a chance?
[Michael] No. He was sadistic.
He wanted to inflict more pain and punishment.
He wanted all the wrestling, 30 superstars to come out here
and hurt Mr. McMahon too.
[Michael] But it was a perfectly calculated plan
-by Mr. McMahon. -[groans]
[Michael] He knew where the Corporate team was stationed.
[Jerry] And where's Gillberg, the man they call Gillberg?
[Michael] Gillberg and Golga have been eliminated
and now Droz is trying to do the same to Edge.
[Jerry] How long did the man they call Gillberg last?
-[crowd counting] -[Michael] About ten seconds.
And who will be the next entrant?
-[buzzer blaring] -[rock music playing]
[Michael] It's The Lethal Weapon, Steve Blackman.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Another young and up and coming superstar.
[music stops]
[Michael] And Blackman now in the ring.
[crowd exclaiming]
[Michael] At stake, a shot at the championship at WrestleMania.
And there is a 100,000-dollar bounty on the head of Stone Cold.
But the way it looks right now the entire Corporation has collected.
-[Michael] Here we go, here we go. -[medic] Can we get a stretcher in here?
[staff] We got the stretcher behind us.
[Michael] This is in the Arrowhead Pond in the women's restroom.
[Jerry] Put him on the stretcher, wheel him back down here to the ring,
dump him in it, and then let somebody throw him over
and become a rich man.
[Michael] EMTs tending to "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
who looks to be knocked out cold.
So, does the entire corporation collect this 100,000-dollar bounty
if Stone Cold doesn't return? And he doesn't look like he is.
[Jerry] That's a good question.
Oh, man!
[Michael] And here's Blackman, one of your picks
to win the Rumble match, King.
[Steve groans]
[Michael] And I stress, one of your picks.
[Jerry] I predicted Blackman would win?
-[Michael] That's what you said. -Get over here.
Oh!
[Michael] And now Stone Cold being placed on that backboard.
[groans]
[Michael] Meanwhile in the ring, it's every man for themselves.
There's no friends in this.
-A lot at stake. -[crowd counting]
[Michael] And who will the next entrant be?
Three men in the ring now. Plenty at stake.
[buzzer blaring]
[Jerry] I don't care who the next entrant is.
I'm just glad Austin's gonna go to the hospital. [chuckles]
[Michael] And here comes The Beast, Dan Severn.
["Fighter" playing]
[Michael] Severn and Blackman have some problems.
And Blackman sees The Beast coming and they're gonna get it on.
-[music stops] -[Jerry] Oh, yes, they are!
[Michael] And a quick takedown by Severn.
Severn turned on Blackman a couple of weeks ago
in that Lions Den match when he was special guest referee.
[grunts]
[Michael] And apparently that neck injury of his
that was suffered at the hands of Owen Hart was a ruse.
-[Jerry] Yeah, but that injury's not… -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] The biggest story so far is the ambush.
[crowd chanting] Austin! Austin! Austin!
[Michael] The people in the concourse are screaming for Austin.
He was viciously attacked in an ambush in the women's restroom.
[Jerry] It was not a trap. It was not an ambush. It was a plan!
[Michael] King, please.
[medic] Everybody back. Everybody back.
[Michael] Mr. McMahon lured Austin into the women's restroom.
-And The Corporation ambushed him. -[indistinct chatter]
[Jerry] You just don't know the difference between a trap, an ambush, and a plan.
-It was sort of like the plan… -[Michael] It's the same damn thing.
[Jerry] No, no, no.
[Michael] And looking now, Severn may be going out.
Is Severn gonna go over the top rope. Edge maybe going out too
as Stone Cold is being loaded into the ambulance.
[Jerry] I don't know where Severn's going, but we do know where Austin's going.
He's going to the hospital. And Steve, we wanna thank you
-for coming here tonight. [chuckles] -[crowd counting]
[Michael] Another entrant… set to come in.
-We'll have five men in the ring. -[buzzer blaring]
-[rock music playing] -[Michael] And it's Tiger Ali Singh.
[Jerry exclaims]
[Michael] The elitist who does not like America.
And Stone Cold now barely moving, being wheeled into the ambulance
-outside the Arrowhead Pond. -[crowd clamoring]
[Jerry] That's the way he needs to leave the Arrowhead Pond, horizontal.
-Feetfirst. -[Michael] It's a darn shame
that Austin's not gonna be able to compete in this event.
-[sirens wailing] -[Jerry] Maybe next year Stone Cold.
[Michael] He had one more shot at the championship match.
That was tonight. And Mr. McMahon has foiled those plans.
[Jerry] Look, he's won the last two years in a row.
What do you want out of the guy? He won't be winning this year, though.
[Michael] So, where is the boss?
I'm surprised he hasn't come down and graced us with his presence
-in the ring again. -[buzzer blaring]
Five men in the ring, Severn and Droz, Edge in the corner resting.
-Tiger and Blackman. -[Jerry] How prophetic was Mr. McMahon
when he said Stone Cold had no chance in hell?
He meant, didn't he?
[Michael] Well, every guarantee Mr. McMahon's ever put on the table
has come true.
I have to give him that.
[Jerry] And now this is official. No chance in hell.
[Michael] And here's Tiger now, reversal on Edge.
[Jerry] In this very ring, Mr. McMahon got rid of Austin.
[Michael] Droz and Edge have been in for a long time.
The longer you're in the ring, the easier it is to toss you out.
And the object is to go over the top rope with both feet on the floor,
and Tiger's in danger of having a quick exit.
[Jerry] Wait a minute. "The longer you're in the ring,
the easier it is to toss you out"?
[Michael] Yeah, the more tired you get.
[Jerry] What happened to the man called Gillberg?
-[Michael] Well… -[crowd counting]
-[Michael] Another entrant set to come in. -[buzzer blaring]
[Michael] This will be the sixth man into the ring.
[heavy rock music playing]
-[Michael] Nine men have already entered. -[Jerry chuckles]
[Michael] And it's Meanie.
It's The Blue Meanie from the J.O.B. Squad.
-[Jerry] Keep your pants on. -[crowd cheering]
-[music stops] -[Michael] And Meanie in the ring now.
And now all six men are paired off.
-[crowd cheering] -[horn blaring]
[Jerry] The Blue Meanie from the J.O.B. Squad.
Those guys are allergic to success.
[Michael] Meanie now, ducks underneath tiger.
He follows it up with a clothesline.
Severn in a perilous position in the corner.
-[Jerry] Look at that, would you? -[Michael] I would rather not.
And now Meanie hammering away and Edge now.
Immediately goes to Meanie.
There's a serious issue between The Brood and The J.O.B squad.
Al Snow, the head of the J.O.B. squad suffering a blood bath a few weeks back.
[Jerry] Is that thing tattooed on Meanie's face,
those glasses or that mask or whatever it is?
-[Edge] Oh, my God! -[Michael] Blackman and Severn.
That rivalry continues in one corner.
And now Tiger Ali Singh joins the fray.
At stake, a shot at the title at WrestleMania.
[Jerry] Man, this is one of the most memorable nights ever. I love it.
I mean, The Rock becomes the new champion
and then Stone Cold had no chance in hell. [chuckles]
[Michael] So, King, let me ask you the question again.
Is The Corporation gonna collect the bounty now?
-[crowd counting] -[Jerry] I don't know, okay?
[Michael] Well, you seem to know everything about Mr. McMahon's plans.
[Jerry] I just enjoy them. Let's see who this is.
-[buzzer blaring] -[Michael] And another entrant now.
There will be seven men in the ring.
-Wait a minute. -[indistinct chatter]
-[Michael] Well, six men in the ring. -[wrestlers grunting]
[Michael] Apparently, number 11 is not coming out.
[Jerry] What's the deal?
[Michael] Back in the ring now.
Meanie working on Edge.
-Tiger on Severn. -[thud]
-[Mosh groans] -[Michael] Wait a minute.
Mosh was just slammed into the concrete wall.
And that's…
that's Mabel.
We saw him earlier tonight come out with a mask on
in order to soften up Mankind on Sunday Night Heat.
[Jerry] Well, what happened there? Do you think mosh was the guy
that was scheduled and Mabel had other plans?
[Michael] Well, apparently Mosh was scheduled
and Mabel decided he wanted to enter the Rumble.
-[Jerry] Oh, my gosh. -[Michael] This is 500 pounds of meanness.
[Jerry] Who would be able to get him over the top rope?
[Michael] I don't know,
but he's coming to the ring with a purpose.
[rock music playing]
-[Jerry] Yeah, to win the Royal Rumble. -[Michael] And there's six men in there.
-[Jerry] That guy is as wide as a door. -[music stops]
[Michael] Former King of the Ring, Mabel entering the ring.
Huh! What's wrong? [groans]
[Michael] And Mabel immediately goes after The Beast.
[Jerry] Oh, look at this!
[Michael] And there goes The Beast and here goes Blackman.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] So, Mabel has quickly eliminated two--
make that three individuals.
-[Jerry] Wow. -[Michael] Tiger, Severn, Blackman.
[Jerry] Look out, Meanie.
[Michael] So, now it's Meanie, and Droz, and Edge still in there.
And Mabel just cleaned Meanie's clock.
-[buzzer blaring] -[Jerry exclaims]
[Michael] And now another entrant set to come in.
-[crowd cheering] -["Oh You Didn't Know" playing]
[Michael] Number 12, the Hardcore Champion, the Road Dogg!
-[Jerry] Look at this, two more. -[Michael] There goes Droz and Meanie.
-Mabel has eliminated five men. -[music stops]
[Mabel groans]
[Jerry] That'll slow him down.
[both grunt]
[Michael] So, King, Blackman has been eliminated by Mabel.
-And Blackman-- and there goes Edge now. -[Jerry] Whoa!
[Michael] And he hung on. Only one foot has hit the floor.
-Two must hit the floor and now he's out. -[Jerry] You idiot.
[Michael] And now Mabel and Road Dogg going at it.
-[Jerry] Man! -[Michael] So-- Wait a minute.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Where are the lights?
["Rest in Peace" playing]
-[crowd cheering] -[Michael] Now what?
What is gonna happen now?
-[Jerry] I don't like this. -[Michael] I don't like it either.
[Jerry] I mean, The Undertaker is not in the Rumble. What's--
[Michael] The Acolytes and Mideon are in the ring!
Mabel's now out of the ring!
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] I think I saw Mabel go over the top rope too.
[Michael] Oh, keep in mind, King, what the Undertaker said.
"There would be a sacrifice at the Rumble."
Another lamb would be led to slaughter
and it looks like The Phenom has his sights set on the 500-pounder.
-[Jerry] Oh, no. -[Michael] What is Taker doing?
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Oh, my gosh. Look at that.
[indistinct chatter]
[Bradshaw grunts]
[Michael] And The Acolytes and Mideon now from behind.
What was the undertaker doing staring?
[Jerry] Staring? His eyes were rolled back in his head.
[Michael] Mabel trying to battle back, but it's three on one.
And the Road Dogg now, is left alone in the ring.
The Undertaker seemed to have Mabel in some sort of trance.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] Wow.
-Well, right now, we got only one… -[crowd counting]
[Jerry] Well, no, Mr. McMahon's still in the Royal Rumble.
[Michael] And so is "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
[Jerry] No, he's in the hospital.
[buzzer blaring]
["Blood" playing]
[Michael] So, it's Road Dogg against Gangrel.
-[Michael] Now, King… -[Jerry] What?
…first off, you picked Steve Blackman to win the Royal Rumble match.
He's been eliminated.
You also picked Gangrel to win the Rumble match.
So, you still have a chance to make a little money.
[Jerry] Well…
I know I picked Blackman, that damn psychic network lied to me.
[Michael] Did they give you the tip on Gangrel as well?
And here's Gangrel…
[Jerry] I'll never listen to Dionne Warwick again.
She's an idiot.
…who almost won the European Championship match
and a great match against X-Pac earlier tonight.
[Jerry] I'm calling La Toya Jackson.
[Michael] Gangrel off the ropes now.
Road Dogg sends Gangrel for the ride, see you later!
-[crowd cheering] -[Michael] Road Dogg cleaning house.
-[Jerry] Wow. -[Michael] Hey, King?
[Jerry] Oh!
-[Michael] Hey, King? -[Jerry] Huh?
-[Michael] You're oh-for-two. -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Gangrel is out of the Royal Rumble match.
Road Dogg's in and we're waiting for number 14.
So, still left in the Royal Rumble match, the Road Dogg,
Mr. McMahon, and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin,
-who's on his way to a medical center. -[Jerry] Right, forget about him.
[Michael] Who's gonna be next for Road Dogg?
[crowd counting]
[buzzer blaring]
[rock music playing]
[Jerry chuckling] Uh-oh.
-[Michael] Uh-oh, Road Dogg. -[Jerry] Oh.
[Michael] Seven foot tall, 350 pounds, Kurrgan from The Oddities
and Road Dogg is gonna have his hands full here.
And if Road Dogg can pull this off, it's gonna be an unreal feat.
[Jerry] I don't know if "odd" is a good enough word for this guy.
[Michael] Keep in mind, Road Dogg's already went through
a 15-minute match tonight.
And he's been into the ring now, in the Rumble match,
for a good five to six minutes.
[Road Dogg groans]
[Michael] Kurrgan now setting up Road Dogg,
-patented sidewalk slam by Kurrgan. -[Jerry] Man.
[Michael] Mr. McMahon is still in this Rumble match, where is he?
[Jerry] You know what? You ask too many questions.
-[Road Dogg groans] -[Michael] It's a legitimate question.
[Jerry] Just tell the people what they're looking at right here.
-That's all you're good for. -[screams]
[Michael] Kurrgan now with a boot up underneath the chin.
You're eliminated if you go over the top rope
and both feet touch the floor.
At stake now is a shot at the title at WrestleMania.
The championship,
if you're the last man standing or person standing
in the Royal Rumble match.
[Jerry] You know one thing, there's no chance in hell
Kurrgan will ever win best dressed. [chuckles]
[crowd counting]
[Michael] Another entrant set to come in now.
[buzzer blaring]
-["Scurry" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] And it's a headless Al Snow.
[Jerry] Boy, we go from odd to odder.
[Michael] Goldust stole Al Snow's head two weeks ago on Sunday Night Heat
and Al Snow has not been the same since.
[both grunt]
[Jerry] Al snow has never been the same.
[Michael] Al Snow told me in the locker room earlier on
he was a little worried about the Rumble match
because he wouldn't have his guiding light with him at ringside.
[Jerry] All I know is you spend too much time in the locker room.
[Michael] That's what a journalist does, King,
try to get the stories, get the scoops.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Scoop this.
Here he goes, they're scooping him right on out.
[Michael] And here's the double team now, Al Snow and Road Dogg
trying to get the monster, Kurrgan out of this Royal Rumble match.
Seven foot, 350 pounds.
[Jerry] Look at the size of Kurrgan's feet.
[Michael] And Road Dogg now, letting Al Snow do everything.
-[Jerry shrieks] Look at that! -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Well, every man for himself.
Road Dogg just eliminated Al Snow and Al Snow was helping Road Dogg out.
[Jerry] Smart move, smart move by Road Dogg.
[Michael] And Road Dogg now one-on-one
against this massive human being.
[Jerry] Oh, man.
I hate to say this, but Kurrgan's doing a pretty good job.
I may have to change my pick for winner of the Royal Rumble.
[Michael] Officially, Kurrgan and Road Dogg
along with Mr. McMahon in the Rumble match.
Stone Cold is officially in,
but it's gonna be tough for him to do anything
from a medical center bed.
[crowd counting]
-[Jerry] Uh-oh. Watch it, Kurrgan. -[buzzer blaring]
[Michael] This is number 16 out of 30.
-And it's Goldust. -["Golden" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] We've passed the halfway mark.
Here comes that--
You know, I'd say we had an oddity, then we had the even more odd Al Snow.
And now, uh, we have the oddball Goldust.
[Michael] Clothesline by Goldust,
and the former Intercontinental Champion
immediately went for Road Dogg, who is more tired of the two men.
[Jerry] You know that old saying that Jim Ross used to always say,
"The acorn don't fall too far from the tree."
It's certainly true with Goldust, isn't it?
Kurrgan now, whipped into the ropes. Here's Goldust.
-Follows it up with a clothesline. -[Jerry] Man.
[Michael] Will the big man go down?
He had set up--
DDT.
Goldust had set up Road Dogg for Shattered Dreams,
but couldn't deliver.
-And Road Dogg now. -[Jerry] Kurrgan's hurting.
He knocked his hat off. That's really gonna make him mad.
Road Dogg, kick to the face now at Goldust.
[Jerry] It was an ugly hat anyway.
-Suck it! -[crowd cheering]
[Kurrgan groans]
[Michael] The winner of the Royal Rumble match…
gets a shot at the championship against The Rock at WrestleMania.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] Oh, look at this.
Oh, no.
Don't tell me that he's gonna give Goldust
a taste of his own medicine.
[Michael] Road Dogg was setting up Goldust for the Shattered Dreams.
Kurrgan now holding Road Dogg back as the clock continues to count.
-And there's a low blow. -[crowd counting]
[buzzer blaring]
[Michael] And here comes entrant number 17.
-[crowd cheering] -["The Ho Train" playing]
-[Michael] And it ain't gonna be easy. -[Jerry chuckles]
[Michael] And he brought along the hos!
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry chuckles] We got hos at the Rumble.
I love it.
[Michael] Road Dogg now, can he get Kurrgan over?
Goldust is about to go over--
No, he doesn't.
[Jerry] Oh, yeah!
[Michael] The Godfather is more concerned with the ladies
than he is about getting in that ring.
[Jerry] You know what? I'm thinking about Mr. McMahon,
he doesn't really have to come back.
He's already accomplished what he wanted.
He made sure that Stone Cold,
because he didn't have a chance in hell,
didn't win the Royal Rumble.
-[music stops] -[crowd cheers]
-[Michael] And The Godfather now… -[Jerry] Hey, wait!
Where the hos going?
…into the ring.
[Jerry] Why can't the hos ever come over and sit by us?
[Michael] There are now four men in the ring
and Godfather is the freshest.
Road Dogg has been there-- has been there the longest.
Road Dogg entered at number 12.
[Jerry] I don't think you appeal to the hos.
[Michael] I didn't see them coming over here to sit next to you either.
[Jerry] They didn't get a good-- they didn't see me.
[crowd chanting]
[Michael] And Goldust now hammering away on The Godfather.
Kurrgan delivers an elbow to the back of the head.
Look at Goldust. Godfather quickly out of the way.
[groans]
[crowd counting]
[Michael] King, we're trying to get word of how Austin is
at the medical center here locally at the Arrowhead Pond.
[Jerry] Don't waste your 35 cents on a call.
[Michael] As soon as we get it, we'll bring it to you.
-And here comes entrant number 18. -[buzzer blaring]
[Jerry] Whoa, what's this?
-[crowd cheering] -["Burned" playing]
[Michael] It's Kane.
[crowd continues cheering]
[Jerry] I didn't think he was gonna be in the Rumble.
[screams]
[Michael] This past Monday night on Raw,
Kane, in the ultimate act of defiance,
refused to lay down for The Rock
in a match set up by Shawn Michaels,
pitting Corporate member against Corporate member.
And as we left the air,
Kane was escaping through the crowd,
refusing to help The Corporation
against Mankind and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
-[Jerry] Look at this! -[Michael] And there goes Road Dogg!
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] Oh, and Kurrgan!
[Michael] And there goes Kurrgan!
-[Jerry] Oh, my gosh! -[Michael] Kane is cleaning house.
And there goes Godfather!
[Jerry] Well, uh, let me just say this on record,
Kane is my new favorite.
-This time, it'll be Goldust! -[Michael] Oh!
Kane, with one arm,
choke-slammed Goldust out of the Rumble!
-And listen to this crowd! -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Wait a minute, King.
-The white coats are here. -[Jerry] Good.
[Michael] Mr. McMahon threatened to send Kane back to the insane asylum…
if he didn't obey his orders last Monday night.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] That's where Kane belongs!
That's where he grew up, in an institution.
He should be institutionalized. Uh-oh.
-[Michael] Wait a minute. Hey, Kane! -[Jerry] No, you idiot!
[Michael] Kane just eliminated himself from the Rumble!
Kane is escaping through the crowd!
-[Jerry] I told you, he's the mental case! -[Michael] After those orderlies.
But, King, Kane just eliminated himself from the Rumble.
[crowd counting]
[Michael] Kane went over the top rope on his own.
[Jerry] Well, he was trying to get away from those men in the white jackets.
-[buzzer blaring] -["The Ultimate" playing]
[Michael] Number 19 now.
Hey, look who's here!
[Jerry] Yes! [laughs hysterically]
[Michael] Mr. McMahon, who's legally still in the Rumble.
-He is back! -[Jerry] He's back. He's back!
[crowd cheering]
Referee Mike Chioda and Jim Korderas just explaining to us
what we've been telling you all along.
Mr. McMahon went through the ropes.
He never went over the top ropes.
-So he's back in the Rumble match. -[music stops]
[Michael] And again, he's going through the ropes.
So, it's gonna be Ken Shamrock entering at number 19.
[Jerry] I know one thing, Shamrock better not snap.
Look at this.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] So in order to be eliminated, you go over the top rope.
Mr. McMahon went through the ropes.
-[Jerry] He went through the ropes. [Michael] So, he's--
[Jerry] Yeah, he's still a legal entrant.
He just ushered Ken Shamrock back into the ring.
And now, Mr. McMahon is coming over here with us.
Well, obviously, Mr. McMahon wanted no part of Shamrock, I guess.
[indistinct chatter]
[Jerry] Why don't you ask him?
-[Michael] Well, Mr. McMahon… -Yes?
[Michael] You're still legally in the Rumble.
Did you not wanna any part of Ken Shamrock there?
Ken Shamrock? What, do you think I'm nuts?
[Jerry chuckles] Right.
[Vince] I mean, let's face it.
I accomplished what I wanted to accomplish.
Stone Cold was taken away in an ambulance.
All right? And he's not coming back.
[Jerry] He had no chance in hell, right?
That's exactly what I'm trying to say.
[Michael] That's what you wanted, though?
I thought you wanted to have the opportunity one-on-one,
-man-to-man in the ring with him? -[Jerry] Hey, come on.
Why don't you tell Mr. McMahon-- Look at how nice his hair looks.
Not even a hair out of place.
This is great.
I think I gave a pretty good accounting of myself.
-Quite frankly. -[Jerry] Absolutely.
And granted you are still in the Royal Rumble match.
[Vince] Exactly. I haven't been eliminated.
I'm not going to the hospital, am I?
-[Jerry] No. Right. -[Vince] Yeah. Thank you.
[buzzer blaring]
-[Michael] So who will be number 20? -[Vince] Who's this?
[Vince] This is gonna get interesting,
-[Jerry] Oh! -[Vince] Very interesting.
["Oh You Didn't Know" playing]
-[Michael] Earlier tonight… -[music stops]
…"Bad Ass" Billy Gunn suffered a severe ankle injury
at the hands of Ken Shamrock
in the Intercontinental Championship match.
Billy Gunn's now out here with one shoe on
and Shamrock immediately goes to work on the ankle.
[Jerry] Now, Mr. McMahon, there's an example of a guy
with more guts than brains, right?
I'd suggest yes. It seems like it's contagious.
[Jerry chuckles]
[Michael] Billy Gunn on one leg has entered at number 20.
[Jerry] When this is over, you won't have a leg to stand on.
-Uh-oh, look at this! -[Vince] Look at Billy Gunn now!
[Michael] Oh, what a maneuver.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] How did he do that?
[Michael] So, so far,
Ken Shamrock, Billy Gunn, Mr. McMahon, and, officially, Stone Cold
are still in the Rumble match.
Although, Stone Cold is at local medical center.
-Oh! -[Vince] Oh, my gosh.
[Michael] Billy Gunn, great athleticism,
almost had Shamrock over the top rope,
but Billy Gunn's ankle gave way at the last moment.
[indistinct chatter]
[Jerry] Here's a guy with probably a broken ankle
-and he come-- Look out! -[Vince] Whoa!
-[Michael] And Shamrock-- -[Vince] No, no!
He has not been eliminated.
[Michael] Not been eliminated. The referee is right there.
[Vince] You got to go over the top and both feet have to hit the floor.
-[Shamrock grunts] -[Vince] Oh, look out.
[Michael] And Shamrock goes for the ankle.
Folks, we're trying to get word
on the condition of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
As soon as we have it, we'll pass it along.
Stone Cold suffering an ambush attack
-at the hands of The Corporation. -[crowd counting]
[Jerry] If you want word on him, why don't you just ask Mr. McMahon?
He's sitting right beside you. He saw what happened to him.
He knows what condition Stone Cold's in.
[Michael] Mr. McMahon is sitting with us at ringside,
but he's officially still part of the Rumble match.
-[buzzer blaring] -[Vince] Well, yes.
But I sort of prefer it over here. You know what I'm saying?
I mean-- Oh, here comes more Corporate members.
-Oh, boy, imagine that. -[Jerry chuckles]
[Michael] So Billy Gunn is in trouble.
And, King, here comes another one of your picks to win the Rumble.
-[Michael] The hired gun Test! -[Vince] Wait a minute.
-[Michael] Wait a minute. -[groaning]
[Michael] That's The Acolytes and Mideon
putting a hurting on Mabel.
[Jerry] They're still pounding poor Mabel.
[Michael] They're gonna put Mabel into a hearse back there.
[Jerry] Is that hearse?
-[Michael] It looks like-- yes, it is. -[Mideon] Come on, let's go!
[Michael] Uh-oh.
[Vince] I don't think Mabel is ever gonna be the same.
[Jerry chuckles]
[Michael] The Undertaker and Paul Bearer looking on
as Mideon and The Acolytes…
-[sirens wailing] -…do the dirty work.
-[indistinct chatter] -[sirens continue wailing]
[Vince] That hearse…
[Jerry] Do you think Mabel is gonna be the next sacrifice?
[Michael] Wait a minute. There's an ambulance.
[Jerry] Is that for Mabel?
[Michael] An ambulance is back.
-[crowd cheering] -[Vince] Wait a minute.
[Michael] Hey, it's Stone-- It's Stone-- It's Austin!
Mr. McMahon, Austin's back!
[Jerry] He's driving the ambulance!
[Michael] Austin has commandeered the ambulance!
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry shouting] Mr. McMahon, I thought he had no chance in hell?
[Michael] The Rattlesnake's here. He commandeered the ambulance!
-He's back! -[Jerry] What are you gonna do?
-Uh… -[Michael] And Mr. McMahon
-is still officially in this match! -[Vince] Uh…
-[Jerry] Where are you going? -[Vince] I don't know, but…
[indistinct chatter]
-[Jerry] Oh, no! -[crowd counting]
[Jerry] Somebody call the cops. Austin is car thief too.
[Vince] I really don't think--
I don't think Austin's gonna come back out.
-[buzzer blaring] -[crowd cheering]
-[heavy rock music playing] -[Michael] Oh, yeah. The hell he's not.
Here comes the Rattlesnake!
And there goes… the boss!
[Jerry] That's not Austin's music. What's he doing coming out here?
[Michael] Austin's coming for Vince not for the ring.
-[crowd cheering] -[Michael] And the chase is on!
[Jerry] Get into the ring, Mr. McMahon. You got help in the ring!
[Michael] Austin into the ring!
He almost had him!
-And Mr. McMahon, again, slides out! -[Jerry] Yeah, get out.
-[Michael] Under the bottom rope. -[Jerry] Whoo!
[Michael] And Shamrock, like a shark, on top of Austin!
-There goes Shamrock! -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Austin has eliminated Shamrock!
[Jerry] Yeah, but there's the Big Boss Man.
[Michael] Boss man now in the ring.
-[Stone Cold groans] -[Michael] Keep in mind…
[Boss Man] Get up you piece of…
[Michael] …there's still 100,000 dollars on the line
for the man who can eliminate Stone Cold.
And I take it, Mr. McMahon, the bounty is still in effect.
[Vince] There's no question about that.
-And I will be very happy… -[Jerry] Are you all right?
-…to cut that check. -[crowd chanting] Austin! Austin!
[Michael] Ken Shamrock has been eliminated by Stone Cold,
but Boss Man is giving Stone Cold some hard time.
[Jerry] Can I get you some water, Mr. McMahon, or something?
-[Michael] Oh, please, King. -[Jerry] Here you go.
[Vince] Thank you very much.
[Michael] Mr. McMahon is still part of this Royal Rumble match.
And Austin has turned the tables on Boss Man.
-[Jerry] Come on, Boss Man! -[crowd counting]
[Michael] At stake, a title shot at WrestleMania.
At stake, 100,000 dollars if you can eliminate Austin.
-[buzzer blaring] -[Vince] Now, what's gonna happen?
-[crowd cheering] -[rock music playing]
[Michael] And here comes Triple H!
[Jerry] This is not good.
-[music stops] -[Michael] Triple H goes after Test.
Amazingly, Billy Gunn is still in this match.
[Jerry] Yeah. How is that?
Triple H with a knee.
Austin trying to toss Boss Man out.
[Jerry] I can't believe Billy Gunn is still in there.
[Michael] Oh, my God, Billy Gunn! Billy Gunn goes after Austin.
[Vince] That's what it's about, everyman for himself.
[Michael] Billy Gunn wants the money.
He wants the title shot.
[Jerry] Yeah, but a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest
never wins.
[Michael] Five men now in the ring.
Triple H entered at number 23.
[Vince] Get him over, get him over!
-Get him over! -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Get ready to write that check!
[Michael] Austin teetering on that top rope.
[Jerry] Oh.
[Michael] Triple H, though, goes after Boss Man and Austin's back in.
And now, Triple H goes for the money!
[Vince] Triple H wants it!
[Michael] Keep in mind Austin suffered a brutal attack
at the hands of The Corporation.
He was on his way to the hospital.
It was a trap, a set up by the Corporate team.
But Austin is back!
[Jerry] I can't believe you're talking like that.
[Michael] What a clothesline, followed by the elbow!
And Austin went after the Corporate team's hired gun
and Boss Man now counters.
-[crowd counting] -[buzzer blaring]
-[Michale] Number 24 now is Val Venis. -["Hello Ladies" playing]
[crowd cheering]
-[music stops] -[Jerry] Man.
[Michael] There are now six men in the ring.
A title shot at WrestleMania at stake.
[Vince] Come on. Somebody's got to get Austin out of there.
Come on, 100,000 dollars, boys, 100,000 dollars!
There goes Austin now-- Test with a boot to the chest!
-[indistinct chatter] -[Jerry] Test may be the man.
Test may be the man to get the job done, Mr. McMahon.
[Vince] All right, here we-- Oh.
[Jerry] That cheater Austin.
[Michael] There are six men in the ring, seven still in the match.
Mr. McMahon is officially still in this match.
[Vince] Listen. I said before, I just want somebody to eliminate Austin.
I can't believe he's back in there.
I wanna-- I want to take 100,000 dollars
out of Shane McMahon's trust fund
and give it to somebody.
I don't care who.
King, I don't care.
[Jerry] You don't even care if it's bad ass Billy Gunn?
[Vince] I could care less.
[Michael] And it's Billy Gunn now working on Austin.
And Austin immediately goes for the injured ankle.
-Oh! -[Jerry] Oh, no!
-[Michael] And there goes Billy Gunn. -[Jerry] Oh, man!
[Michael] A valiant effort, but Billy Gunn is eliminated.
-[Vince] Damn it, -[Michael] And look at the cold blue eyes
of the Rattlesnake.
[Jerry] I got two words for Billy Gunn, you're out.
[Vince] There's got to be a way.
There's got to be a way
that someone is gonna be 100,000 dollars richer.
They're still-- I still say it.
-[Michael] Look at this. -[Vince] There's no chance in hell
that Austin is gonna win this thing.
[Michael] Look at this, Austin, Boss Man, and Test working together
-to try to eliminate Triple H. -[Jerry] What are you--
-Test, grab Austin, he's right beside-- -[Michael] Oh!
[crowd counting]
[Michael] And Austin just clotheslined Val Venis.
-[buzzer blaring] -[Michael] Triple H is still in it.
-And here comes X-Pac! -["Make Some Noise" playing]
[Michael] At 210 pounds, the lightest Royal Rumble competitor ever!
[music stops]
[Vince] I'd like to cut the check to X-Pac. I'd love that.
-[grunts] -[Michael] X-Pac,
a grueling European Championship match earlier tonight already.
[Jerry] I don't understand these guys. Nobody's going after Austin.
Well, Austin, he's got Val Venis on the apron,
but Val is still in there.
A hundred thousand dollars, somebody-- There you go, Val!
-[Michael] Oh. -[Jerry] Look at Val!
[Vince] Val Venis could do a lot with 100,000 bucks!
[Triple H groans]
[Michael] Val Venis now, has the Rattlesnake cornered.
Austin's undergone a tremendous amount of punishment.
[Jerry] Get him out, Val!
[Michael] Including that heinous ambush by the Corporate team.
[Jerry] Throw Austin over the top rope and you can take the Big Valbowski
on a nice vacation with a hundred grand.
[Michael] I can't believe Austin is even back from the medical center.
[Vince] That makes, uh, a number of us.
-[crowd cheering] -[wrestlers grunting]
[Michael] X-Pac and Test, Boss Man, Triple H,
Val Venis and Austin. Austin though--
-He's not out! Austin is not out! -[Jerry] He's out!
-[Michael] He went under the bottom rope. -[Vince] That's right. Exactly right.
He simply went underneath the bottom rope.
[Jerry] Oh.
[Michael] You have to go over the top rope.
-Both feet must hit the floor. -[crowd cheering]
-[Michael] And Austin now, top rope. -[crowd cheers]
[Michael] Axe handle across the back of Val Venis.
[crowd counting]
[Vince] Austin, what's he gonna do with X-Pac?
X-Pac, come on.
-Be a 100,000 dollar-- -[Michael] Oh!
-[Vince] Oh! -[Michael] Spinning heel kick.
[Jerry] This could be it.
-[buzzer blaring] -[Jerry] Get him over right now!
["Sexual Chocolate" playing]
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry screams]
[Michael] This is Sexual Chocolate, entry number 26.
[Vince] The strongest man in the world, Mark Henry.
[Jerry] He can get the job done.
-[music stops] -[Michael] Four hundred pounds
and it's not gonna be easy for Mark Henry--
for someone to put Mark Henry over the top.
You know Mark Henry, King,
could probably do a lot for his ladies
with 100,000 dollars.
[Jerry] Ladies?
Sammy was a man. Mark put the mack on her.
[Vince] No, uh, that was a mistake.
[wrestlers grunting]
[Michael] And Test now, works on Val Venis,
Austin goes to work on Sexual Chocolate,
and X-Pac wisely in the corner,
trying to catch his breath.
-[Jerry] Oh, there we go. -[indistinct chatter]
[Michael] And look at the double team now.
The 400-pounder!
-[Jerry] Oh, no! -[Michael] Just clocked Boss Man!
[Jerry] Oh, he knocked his teeth out.
[Michael] Boss man is reeling!
And now, X-Pac on Austin.
There are no friends in this match.
At stake, a shot at the championship
in the biggest event in sports entertainment, WrestleMania.
At stake, 100,000 dollars
if you can eliminate the Rattlesnake.
[Val Venis grunts]
[Michael] Boss man and X-Pac,
DX and Corporate team were working together,
and now Boss Man is two-on-one.
[Vince] It's every man for himself in there.
[crowd counting]
[Vince] And they're all thinking about two things,
100,000 dollars
and going to WrestleMania as the number contender.
-[buzzer blaring] -[Michael] Who will be number 27?
-And it's Jeff Jarrett and Debra. -[crowd cheering]
["Urban Cowboy" playing]
[Jerry] Whoo!
[Vince] I know that's right.
[Jerry] Two things I like about her.
[Michael] So, Jeff Jarrett, who has a tag team title match
on Raw tomorrow night.
It could be a big couple of days for the man from Tennessee.
[music stops]
[Michael] And here's Jarrett now hammering away,
and Test from behind.
[Jerry] Come on, Jeff, get over here and get Stone Cold.
[Michael] Keep in mind, the later you enter the Rumble,
the fresher you are, the better chance you have to win.
[indistinct chatter]
[Michael] Jarrett now double-teamed by DX.
-[crowd cheering] -[wrestlers grunting]
[Michael] X-Pac kicked, and X-Pac just leveled Triple H!
-[X-Pac grunts] -[Michael] Every man for himself!
[Vince] Wow.
[Jerry] We got at least-- We got Val Venis
and Jeff Jarrett trying to collect the hundred grand.
-Look at this! -[crowd cheering]
[wrestlers grunting]
[Jerry] I know it's every man for himself,
but if they had any brains at all, they'd gang up on Austin
to get the hundred grand.
[Michael] Austin is now in the corner.
[Triple H] If I throw you, can you hang on?
[Vince] Austin, someone's gonna throw him over.
[Jerry] Somebody's got to.
[Michael] Somebody's gonna have a lot of cash.
Are you gonna pay it cash or with a check if it happens?
[Vince] My word's good enough. I think a check is all right.
Yours clears every week, doesn't it?
-[Michael] Yes, it does, sir. -[Jerry] Exactly.
[crowd counting]
-[Michael] Jeff Jarrett now, right hand to Triple H.
-Who's the next entry at number 28? -[buzzer blaring]
-[Michael] Who will it be? -["You Better Recognize" playing]
-[Jerry] D'Lo! -[Michael] D'Lo led to the ring by P.M.S.
[Jerry] What?
[Michael] You recall, Terri Runnels told us
that her fall from the ring a few weeks ago
cost her her baby, that's what she said.
-D'Lo Brown-- -[Vince] And she opted to blame D'Lo.
[Michael] She blamed D'Lo Brown,
who was in a verbal confrontation with her at the time.
[Jerry] Man.
[Michael] So P.M.S. is sort of a--
I guess, hired D'Lo to do their dirty work.
[Jerry] They can spend that 100,000 dollars if D'Lo wins it.
[Michael] D'Lo, number 28,
still one man and one woman to enter the Rumble match.
-And there goes Test! -[crowd cheering]
-[Jerry] Oh, no. -[Michael] Hey King, you're oh-for-three.
You picked Blackman, Test, and Gangrel, they're all out.
-[Jerry] Look at this! -[Michael] And there goes X-Pac!
[Vince] Man, come on, come on, come on!
Somebody has to eliminate Austin, damn it.
Somebody. Come on, Boss Man, do it.
[Michael] Mr. McMahon,
you're sounding a little desperate here as the field thins out.
[Jerry] Well, we only got one Corporation member left in there.
[Vince] It doesn't have to be a Corporation member.
I don't care who wins.
I'll be happy to pay anybody 100,000 dollars.
[Michael] King, what do you mean "we"?
Since when did you join the Corporate team?
[Jerry] Well, I'm just, you know, what…
[crowd exclaiming]
[Michael] And Stone Cold now, double-teamed by Boss Man and Jarrett.
D'Lo is about to toss Val Venis out in the corner.
-Triple H squared-off with Mark Henry. -[Jerry] Oh, wait. Here we go!
I think they're getting Stone Cold set up here.
[Michael] Oh, what a clothesline by Henry!
-[groans] -[Jerry] Yes, this is it, Mr. McMahon!
[Michael] Austin, teetering on the top rope.
[Vince] Come on, get him out, get him out, get him out!
-[Michael] They couldn't it, not yet. -[Vince groans]
-[Michael] Rattlesnake. -[Vince] Oh, yeah! Oh, yeah!
-[Michael] Jeff Jarrett. -[Vince] Come on, Jeff, you're the man.
[Michael] The fresh man here.
Austin is taking a tremendous amount of punishment.
Not only in the ring, but back in the, uh, the arena
-and that heinous attack-- -[Jerry] Oh, no!
[Michael] Lou Thesz Press!
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Austin knocking the bejesus out of Jarrett.
[crowd counting]
[Michael] Here comes number 29!
[buzzer blaring]
-[Vince] Whoa! -[Michael] There goes Jarrett!
-[crowd cheering] -[Michael] Jarrett's out, Owen Hart is in!
["Enough Is Enough" playing]
[Michael] Mr. McMahon, Austin,
a tremendous accounting of himself in this match.
-[music stops] -[Vince] Yeah, well, watch this.
Owen Hart.
Owen Hart and now D'Lo, watch this. They're gonna team up.
[Michael] If they team up, do they split the money?
[Vince] I don't care.
It's all right with me.
[Jerry] Looks like that's what they wanna do.
-Oh, no! [screams] -[Michael] And Triple H now.
[Jerry] Why'd he stick his big nose in there?
[Michael] 'Cause he wants the money.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Michael] And Austin now!
Austin, every once in a while-- Here he comes, here comes the Rattlesnake!
[Jerry] Oh, my gosh, wait a minute!
[crowd cheering]
-[Michael] Oh, no! -[crowd cheering]
-[Michael] Austin-- -[overlapping chatter]
[Michael] How insulting, how indignant.
Austin just threw a pitcher of cold ice water in the boss's face.
Go get him, man! Go get him!
-[indistinct chatter] -[wrestlers grunting]
[Jerry] Try to restrain yourself, Mr. McMahon.
Don't let him push you over the edge. He's just trying to goad you in there.
-Calm down. -[Michael] Are you okay, Mr. McMahon?
[Vince] I'll be okay as soon as someone throws Austin over the top.
[Michael] A double-team now on Austin in the corner.
[Jerry] Hey, maybe Chyna will do it. Maybe Chyna can get the job done.
[crowd counting]
[Michael] Number 30 on the way.
[buzzer blaring]
-[crowd cheering] -["Break It Down" playing]
[Michael] The Ninth Wonder of the World…
making history.
The first woman ever to enter the Royal Rumble match.
And Mr. McMahon,
she got here by eliminating you in the Corporate Royal Rumble.
[Vince] That was Austin.
-Wait, I… I don't care. -[Jerry] Look at this!
[Michael] And Mark Henry now. Chyna taking it to Mark Henry.
-[Jerry] Oh, man! -[Michael] Mark henry was bragging
about doing the wild thing with Chyna and he's paying for it now.
[Vince] He fessed up, he…
-He confessed it was a lie. -[Jerry] Right!
[Michael] Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.
[Vince] This one was scorned, all right, no doubt about that.
[Michael] And there goes Mark Henry!
-Sexual Chocolate! -[Vince] No, no!
[Michael] Mark Henry has been eliminated by Chyna!
[Vince] How did she do that?
[Michael] She used Mark Henry's own momentum against him.
[Vince] Oh!
-[Michael] And there's goes Chyna! -[Jerry] Man!
[Michael] The Rattlesnake doesn't give a damn
if you're a man or a woman!
-[Jerry] Did you see that, Mr. McMahon? -[Michael] Or the owner of the company!
The Rattlesnake doesn't care!
Come on, Hunter, get him. Come on, Hunter, get him!
[Michael] One of these six men, is going to WrestleMania.
One of-- Five of these six men could win 100,000 dollars.
[Jerry] Yeah, but look at Hunter now. I mean, he's incensed.
After Stone Cold knocked Chyna over.
-[Jerry] Oh! -[Vince] Oh!
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] One of these men will wrestle the champion at WrestleMania.
-[Jerry] Come on, Hunter! -[Vince] It won't be Austin.
Come on, Hunter!
[Jerry] There it is! Pedigree!
[Michael] Five of these six men could win 100,000 dollars.
[Jerry] Give him Pedigree, get him out of there.
[Vince] Get him out, get him out!
[Michael] It may be Triple H! It may be Triple H!
[Vince] Yes!
[grunts]
-[Michael] Val Venis wants the money. -[Vince] Come on, Val. Get him over!
Throw him over, Val!
Come on!
-[Michael] No. There goes Val Venis! -[crowd cheers]
[Michael] Five men are left.
-Stunner, stunner, stunner! -[crowd cheering]
[Vince] Oh, no!
[Michael] there goes Triple H!
The final four!
One of these men, and Mr. McMahon,
it could be Stone Cold, could be going to WrestleMania!
[Jerry] This is not looking good.
[groans]
[Michael] But, folks, keep in mind, there are four men in the ring…
-[indistinct chatter] -[grunts]
[Michael] …but the man who sits to my left at the ringside
is still officially part of this.
[Vince] Yeah, but come on.
I mean, somebody has to throw Austin over.
[Jerry] If I wasn't so busy, I'd go and do it myself, Mr. McMahon.
[Michael] Well, go ahead King.
[Jerry] I wouldn't even charge you the full 100,000.
[Michael] Go right ahead.
[Jerry] D'Lo is gonna it.
-[Michael] Oh! -[Vince] Good, good, D'Lo.
Good.
[Michael] D'Lo trying to make a huge, huge boost to his career.
[Vince] Come on, 100,000 dollars. Come on, let's go.
Somebody is gonna do it. Come on, Boss Man, don't let me down.
[Michael] If somebody does it, do they become an official member,
an honorary member of the Corporate team?
[Vince] No, they just collect 100,000 dollars. That's enough.
[Michael] And here's D'Lo now off the ropes.
-Stone Cold misses. -[Vince] Come on, D'Lo. Come on, D'Lo!
[Michael] Oh no. Stone Cold swats him like a fly.
-[crowd cheering] -[indistinct chatter]
[Jerry] How in the world does the Rattlesnake have so much left?
[Michael] He was ambushed in a sneak attack by the Corporate team.
He's been back in now for a good 15 minutes
-and he's still going strong. -[Boss Man screams]
[Vince] Boss man, no. Come on, Boss Man, hang on!
-Come on, Boss Man, no! -[Jerry] Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh!
[Michael] Boss man in danger of being tossed over the top rope.
[Jerry] Owen, let him go! Go get… go get Stone Cold.
[groans]
[Michael] One of these men will have a title shot
at the greatest spectacle in sport entertainment, WrestleMania.
They will face The Rock…
who won the championship earlier tonight.
[Jerry] Okay, Michael, here we go! Come on, D'Lo!
What a boost this would be to the career of D'Lo Brown,
not to mention the hundred grand,
but to be the man that eliminated "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
[Michael] Austin… he is perched…
-[crowd chanting] Austin! Austin! -…on the top rope.
[Jerry] You know, I've always believed in D'Lo.
He's one of the most underrated stars. Come on, D'Lo!
[Vince] Come on, D'Lo. Come on! -[Jerry] Oh, look at this!
-[Michael] There goes Boss Man. -[Vince] No, no!
-[Michael] There goes Boss Man. -[Vince] No, come on!
-D'Lo. -[Jerryl] I always knew D'Lo was an idiot.
Go get Stone Cold!
-[Boss Man grunts] -[groans]
-[Jerry] Oh, see that? -[Michael] And now Owen Hart senses it.
[Vince] Oh, that's it.
That's it. Hear the smack behind the neck?
-[Jerry] Yes. -[Vince] Come on, Owen, throw him out.
[Vince] Throw him out now!
-[Michael] Owen Hart… -[grunts]
[Vince] Oh!
[Michael] Owen Hart has been eliminated by the Rattlesnake!
[Jerry] No!
[Michael] Three men left.
One of these men go to WrestleMania to face The Rock.
Oh, what a kick by Boss Man. Austin can't have much left.
-He can't have much left. -[Stone Cold groans]
[Michael] Boss man still in it, went under the bottom rope.
[crowd clamoring]
D'Lo now, Lo' Down.
-[Vince] Oh, yes. -[Jerry] Yes!
[Michael] Lo' Down!
[Vince] Beautiful maneuver. They're working in tandem.
-Oh, no. -[Michael] D'Lo celebrating cost him.
And there's two men left!
-[Jerry] No! -[crowd cheering]
-[Michael] Stunner, stunner, stunner! -[Jerry] We still have three men left,
Mr. McMahon is still in it.
-[Michael] Down goes Boss Man! -[crowd cheering]
-[Michael] We're down to two. -[Jerry] What?
[Michael] The Rattlesnake and Mr. McMahon.
We're down to two!
[Vince] Oh, wait a minute.
-What are you gonna do? -Come on, Steve.
[Michael] This is how we started.
[Jerry] Can't we all just get along here?
[Michael] Oh, no!
-McMahon, on top of Austin! -Look!
-Oh, yes! -[Michael] McMahon [indistinct]
Look at this, look at this!
Right hands by Mr. McMahon. And now Austin.
[referee] Get him back. Get him in the ring. Come on.
[Michael] Oh!
-[Jerry] No! -[Michael] Oh!
[crowd cheering]
[referee] Come on, Austin. Get him in the ring.
-[Jerry] Let him go, Austin! -[Stone Cold] Get out of the way.
[Michael] It's down to McMahon and Austin. It's down to McMahon and Austin!
-[Jerry] Help him, Michael Cole! -[Michael] McMahon into the crowd!
You help him! You're the Corporate announcer!
[Jerry] All right, I will.
-[overlapping chatter] -[Jerry] Get out of my way.
I can't get over there.
[Michael] Austin has been waiting for months.
[Jerry] Let go of my arm and quit holding me back! Help!
Somebody help!
[Michael] Austin has waited for this moment for months!
And he destroying the owner of this company.
[Jerry] Oh, no!
[Michael] Stone Cold with a chair. No, he's not gonna.
[Jerry] Don't do it! Please, don't do that!
[Michael] He can't. He can't do this!
[Jerry] No, he signs our checks!
-[Stone Cold] Come on. -[crowd cheering]
-He's stalking him up. -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] He's not an athlete! Mr. McMahon is not an athlete!
-[Jerry] Oh, no! -[Michael] And Stone Cold levelled him.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] No!
[Michael] King, Austin is on his way to WrestleMania.
Austin is gonna meet The Rock at WrestleMania.
[indistinct chatter]
[Jerry] I can't believe it.
[Michael] Mr. McMahon, they better get him some smelling salt.
[overlapping chatter]
[Jerry] I think he's unconscious.
He's got a… You know, he had a neck injury.
Mr. McMahon, would want to be in an ambulance.
[Michael] All Stone Cold has to do is toss the boss over the top rope,
but I think and I know, Austin is gonna relish this moment.
[Jerry] Yeah, I know what he's got in mind.
He's gonna do what the government couldn't do.
[whimpering] He's gonna bring down Mr. McMahon once and for all.
[Michael] Stone cold, blue eyes,
starring at a fallen CEO of a Fortune 500 company.
-[Michael] Low blow! -[Jerry] Beautiful!
[Michael] Out of desperation, a low blow by Mr. McMahon.
[Jerry] That's why he's the smartest man in the world!
[Michael] He lunged at Austin with a last grasp.
Austin has taken a tremendous amount of punishment.
[Jerry] Come on, Mr. McMahon!
Oh, no!
-[crowd cheers] -[Michael] Stunner!
[indistinct chatter]
[Michael] Austin is going to WrestleMania!
Here's Austin now, second rope.
Into the sternum of Mr. McMahon.
[Jerry] Right into his chest.
It's okay Mr. McMahon…
-[Michael] Wait a minute, King. King! -[Jerry] What?
[Michael] Here comes Rock.
[Jerry] Get out there, Rock, do something.
-[Michael] Rock is the man… -[indistinct chatter]
…Stone Cold will face in WrestleMania.
Hey, Rock!
-[referee] No, Rock! No! -What are you doing?
[Michael] And Rock is just taunting Austin,
-taunting Austin. -[indistinct chatter]
[Michael] Austin wants him now.
-[overlapping chatter] -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] The crowd wants him now.
[Jerry] Get him, Rock. Get him!
-Here we go. -[overlapping chatter]
[Michael] Here we go now. They're getting it on.
Wait a minute, wait a minute!
-No! -[bell ringing]
[Michael] No!
-Mr. McMahon has won! -[announcer] The winner of the 1999…
-[Michael] The Royal Rumble. -…Royal Rumble, Mr. McMahon!
-["No Chance in Hell" playing] -[Jerry] I knew it. [laughs]
[Michael] Mr. McMahon has eliminated the Rattlesnake, thanks to The Rock!
Mr. McMahon…
will face The Rock at WrestleMania
and Austin is livid.
[Jerry] Look at this!
[Michael] And Austin takes out his frustrations on the champion.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Austin is beating the hell out of the champion.
[Jerry] But right now, Michael Cole, it doesn't matter.
This is without a doubt
the greatest night in the history of the World Wrestling Entertainment.
[Michael] Mr. McMahon has won the Royal Rumble match.
I never thought I'd ever hear myself say that.
Somebody slap me in the face.
-[Jerry] Here. -[Michael] Is this a dream?
[Jerry chuckling] Mr. McMahon…
the winner of the Royal Rumble. Shane, congratulations!
So that means Mr. McMahon is going to WrestleMania.
He's the number one contender.
-[indistinct chatter] -[Jerry laughing]
-This is so great! -[Michael] Come on, give me a break.
[indistinct chatter]
[Jerry] He did it. He prophesized
there was no chance in hell
for "Stone Cold" Steve Austin to win the Royal Rumble.
[Michael] The Rock baited Austin…
[announcer] The winner of the 1999 Royal Rumble,
Mr. McMahon!
-[Michael] From now on, Michael Cole… -[Shane] Give me the mic!
…when Mr. McMahon guarantees something,
you better take it straight to the bank.
Tell him, Shane.
-[music stops] -Vince, you just won the Royal Rumble.
You're going to WrestleMania, yeah!
["No Chance in Hell" playing]
[Michael] Well, Shane just said it all.
[Jerry] He wants a cold beer.
-Look at this! -[Michael] The world is in shock.
-Oh, please! -[Jerry laughs]
[Michael] He saves a hundred grand and he wants a beer.
[Jerry] Oh, he's catching them.
Oh, Vince is the greatest. Are you feeling this?
-[Michael] He's mocking Austin, King. -[Jerry] Everybody, take it in!
This is a sight. And, oh, my God, look.
[Michael] Mr. McMahon is making a travesty of everything Austin has ever stood for.
[Jerry] There's a toast!
-[Michael] Oh, no. Oh, come on now. -[Jerry] This is beautiful!
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] Do it, yeah! [laughs]
-[Michael] King, King! -[Jerry] What?
[Michael] He didn't do it by himself. He had plenty of help.
He sat here at ringside for most of the damn match.
[Jerry] I don't care how he did it, he won the Royal Rumble.
[Michael] Folks, The Rock distracted Mr. McMahon.
He-- I should say, The Rock distracted Stone Cold.
Mr. McMahon, in a last gasp, a desperate attempt,
snuck up behind the Rattlesnake, and pushed him over the top rope.
Mr. McMahon, thanks to The Rock, has won the Royal Rumble match.
This is the biggest shock in history.
[Jerry] It's no shock. I knew Mr. McMahon could do it.
He is the winner of the Royal Rumble and he's going to WrestleMania!
♪ No chance ♪
♪ No chance in hell ♪
♪ You got no chance ♪
♪ No chance in hell you got ♪
♪ You got no chance ♪
♪ No chance in hell ♪
♪ You got no chance ♪
-♪ No chance in hell ♪ -[music fades]
[grunts]
[Michael] A right hand! Oh, my God! Oh, my God!
This has gone too far, The Rock is taking this too far.
No! Oh!
What the hell is Mick Foley doing?
No!
-Please, Mick, say I quit. -[Mankind] I quit.
[Michael] The Rock is the champion.
["No chance in Hell" playing]
♪ No chance ♪
♪ No chance in hell ♪
♪ You got no chance ♪
♪ No chance in hell ♪
♪ You got no chance ♪
♪ No chance in hell you got ♪
♪ You've got no chance ♪
♪ No chance in hell ♪
[Michael] And Austin has him in the crowd.
[Jerry] Oh, no! This is horrible!
[Michael] That's a-- That's a ladies room, King!
[Jerry] Get out of there, Mr. McMahon. It's a ladies room.
[Michael] Hey, it was a trap!
The Corporate team has ambushed Stone Cold!
Stone Cold looks to be unconscious on the floor.
[Jerry] That will shut his mouth.
Stone Cold was taken away in an ambulance.
-[siren wailing] -[Michael] Hey, it's Stone-- it's Stone--
It's Austin! Mr. McMahon, Austin's back!
♪ No chance ♪
♪ No chance in hell ♪
♪ You've got no chance ♪
♪ No chance in hell… ♪
[Michael] It's down to McMahon and Austin.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Here we go now. They're getting it on.
Wait a minute, wait a minute!
-No! -[bell ringing]
[Michael] No!
[music concludes]
[Michael] It is the most shocking event in the history of the WWE.
I never thought I would say this.
Mr. McMahon has won the Royal Rumble.
-Mr. McMahon is going to WrestleMania. -[overlapping chatter] WWE.