[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] All the excitement for the World Wrestling Entertainment
has filled the Meadowlands Arena.
It's SummerSlam. The wait, the anticipation is over.
Now, it's time to feel the heat.
[crowd cheering]
Hi, everyone. I'm Tony Schiavone
joined in the broadcast location by Jesse "The Body" Ventura.
Well, first of all, I'm gonna tell you, Schiavone,
don't you get out of line with me because I wrestled.
You're the man responsible for Bobby Heenan getting run off the air.
So you stay in line with me.
Well, don't you worry about that, Jesse Ventura.
But tonight, the big main event they're all talking about,
Hulk Hogan, Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake against the Macho Man and Zeus.
Unbelievable.
Zeus, that man of destruction.
Can Hogan get to him?
I don't think so.
And from there, we also have the Intercontinental matchup
and much more, away we go.
[theme music playing]
[theme music concludes]
["Road to Destruction" playing]
[Schiavone] Oh, you hear the fans…
[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] …as the music of The Hart Foundation,
everyone here at the Meadowlands Arena on his feet,
Bret "The Hitman" Hart, Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart,
making their way down to the ring.
Let's go up to Howard Finkel.
-[bell ringing] -[Howard] Ladies and gentlemen,
this tag team contest is scheduled for one fall.
About to enter the ring, at a total combined weight of 515 pounds,
here are Bret "Hitman" Hart,
Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart,
The Hart Foundation.
[Schiavone] The Hart Foundation into the ring,
The Anvil and The Hitman
and you better believe, they're prepared for this one.
[Jesse] Well, they better be.
[Howard] Their opponents to be led down the aisle by their manager,
Bobby "The Brain" Heenan.
[Schiavone] And here they come, the champions.
Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard.
There's a confident look on the face of those two men.
-[Howard] …Tag Team Champions… -[Jesse] They should be confident.
They're the champions.
…the Brain Busters.
[Schiavone] You know, I think though, Jesse, realistically,
fans all around the world can remember the way
-they won that championship… -[bell ringing]
[Schiavone] …from Demolition, thanks to André the Giant.
[Jesse] Well, Tony, you know, you can always cry over spilled milk,
but what's done is done.
Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard
are the World Wrestling Entertainment Tag Team Champions.
And this is a tremendous challenge for The Hart Foundation.
In a way, they're in a no-win situation.
Because if they win, they don't win the title,
it would put them in line for a title shot.
But if they lose,
they may not see a title shot for the next year.
[Schiavone] Why in the world a question here now, an event,
the magnitude of SummerSlam, why wouldn't The Brain and these men
put the titles up against The Hart Foundation?
[Jesse] I believe it was because they weren't the champions
when the match was signed.
This match was signed ahead of time before The Brain Busters won the title,
so there was no title to put on the line.
[Schiavone] Double arm drags, The Hitman going right--
Tully Blanchard, he is right over the wristlock.
Putting Blanchard down with a big elbow, "The Hitman" Bret Hart,
and Tully Blanchard starting things and I mean, The Hitman is going after him.
[Jesse] There's ought to be some great wrestling with these two
because mechanically, there may not be two more solid wrestlers in the world
than Tully Blanchard and Bret "The Hitman" Hart.
[Schiavone] They're two of the finest.
And Tully made a way over, look at that.
Pulling The Hitman but The Hitman turns right around Arn Anderson.
He goes right to the side headlock
after nailing Anderson to the side of head, sending on in.
Leg takedown, Arn Anderson. Oh, great move!
Right to the head and a great reversal for The Hitman.
[Jesse] Well, we're seeing some great wrestling right here.
Some classic moves by Bret "The Hitman" Hart.
Arn Anderson moving extremely well, hitting with that drop toe hold,
very effectively, but The Hitman reversing it on him.
[Schiavone] Holding the arm down and slamming Arn Anderson,
right down onto the arm,
but The Hitman stays right on him, not letting Anderson get up.
We've seen some great moves.
You're right, Jess, so far, and now here's a tag,
and the big man is able to Double Axe Handle blow.
That's The Anvil.
And now we see Arn Anderson in against Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart,
here are the two power men of each team.
[Jesse] Exactly, Tony. There's Bobby Heenan outside the ring.
He's concerned even though it's a non-title matchup.
The Anvil, he's strange.
You know, this guy don't play with a full deck
and that's why he complements Bret "The Hitman" Hart so well.
[Schiavone] Anderson is up, trying to take him down,
holding onto the tights, but no.
The Anvil will not let go of the wrist.
Anderson slips in a knee, and another one.
Arn Anderson quickly making a tag but he did not get it done.
Did not get the tag, and that enables the tag on the other end.
And here we go. Teamwork from The Hart Foundation.
[Jesse] Well, that was strictly a case of The Anvil Neidhart's superior strength.
Arn Anderson going for the tag
but didn't have enough strength to pull The Anvil with him.
The Anvil reverses him across the ring
and Arn Anderson is in serious trouble right now.
[Schiavone] Being double-teamed in the corner here.
Here comes The Anvil.
Right to the wrist again.
They are staying on that left arm of Arn Anderson,
who is desperately trying to get to his corner.
Here is power against power right here.
He is almost there, the tag
and Joey Marella is not gonna allow the tag.
-The man was on the bottom-- -[Jesse] Why not?
[Schiavone] He was on the bottom rope.
[Jesse] Ah.
[Schiavone] And now, the other way, pushing Arn Anderson's back.
[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] And here comes the tag once again as The Hitman comes in.
Great teamwork so far from The Hart Foundation.
[Jesse] Well, The Hart Foundation's had the advantage here in the early going.
"The Anvil" Neidhart with his power and The Hitman with his wrestling ability.
[Schiavone] He had scissors that time, and I mean, Bret Hart was out in a hurry.
And now the long awaited tag for The Brain Busters finally made.
And it seems that Bobby is upset right now.
[Jesse] Well, things not going too good in the early going here for Bobby Heenan.
Wow.
Blanchard tried for a cheap shot and The Hitman seen them all.
He didn't go for it.
[Schiavone] A kick right to the hip, to the hamstring muscle.
And The Anvil once again right on the wrist.
He is staying down on the wrist, this time of Tully Blanchard,
who goes right for the beard,
trying to just break his fingers right down to the face there.
Now into the ropes with the Irish whip, tried a head toss, but that's a--
maybe the wrong thing to do right there because The Anvil was waiting for it
and just powered his way out of it.
Down again.
This time, Tully Blanchard taken down by the wrist, and once again,
the teamwork has been all Hart Foundation.
They are really strutting out like a ball of fire.
And, well, I don't blame The Brain Busters for not putting the title up,
especially after seeing the early moments of this match.
[Jesse] Wait a minute. Wait a minute, Schiavone.
[crowd chattering]
[Jesse] How can you-- how can you blame The Brain Busters
for not putting the title up
when they didn't have it in the first place at the time to put it up?
[Schiavone] But still once the contract has been signed,
once they have the titles,
they can say, "Okay. Yeah. Let's put the titles up."
[Jesse] Would you do that?
[Schiavone] I think-- I think I would.
[Jesse] Oh, I've heard it all now.
[Schiavone] Right to a-- into the chest he goes.
-Again-- -[Jesse] And look at-- no effect.
[Schiavone] Not at all. He walks--
[Jesse] Tully Blanchard laying in those chops
on "The Anvil" Neidhart to literally no effect.
[Schiavone] The Anvil nails him with one arm back to the corner,
to the other side.
And now, Blanchard hits hard.
The Anvil getting really cranked up now.
He tags in The Hitman.
Can Tully make a tag? He cannot. Put him in.
[Jesse] I can't-- I can't believe at this point in the match
how The Hart Foundation has literally dominated the action.
The World Wrestling Entertainment Champions, The Brain Busters,
not quite in sync tonight,
maybe not totally prepared for The Hart Foundation
and what they were in for.
Maybe they over-- underestimated them.
[Schiavone] Uh, that could be, Jess.
[crowd chanting] Weasel. Weasel.
[Schiavone] And the fans are now after Bobby Heenan
with the chant of "Weasel."
Heenan turning his attention away from the ring right now.
[Jesse] They've even got Arn Anderson looking up into the crowd.
Arn shouldn't be making that kinda mistake,
listening to what the crowd's saying.
[Schiavone] Reaching now for the leg from behind.
He's trying to get out of this but The Hitman has--
that hammerlock really clamped in.
Tully with a great move.
He goes to a top wristlock
and nails The Hitman to the midsection and tries to take him down.
Look at the power of The Hitman.
He still in a bridge here, not going down to the mat.
[Jesse] Well, that's extreme neck strength right there.
That's something that you learn in amateur wrestling,
that you got to have a powerful neck to survive in the world of the pros.
[Schiavone] Referee checking in, one count,
and once again, the bridge up for The Hitman. Look at this.
Coming up!
[Jesse] Tremendous power move right there by "The Hitman" Bret Hart.
[Schiavone] Yeah. Double team.
-Flip over both. -[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] Oh, what a tremendous move!
Both of The Brain Busters are down.
[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] Both men could not take The Hitman off his feet.
And now The Anvil down on the floor.
He's throwing Tully Blanchard back in.
Oh, what power from The Hitman and that really got Tully upset.
It's now toe-to-toe in the ring.
Both men duking it out.
[Jesse] And The Hitman is getting the better of it, Tony.
[Schiavone] He's going right down after him too, Jess.
This may spell trouble for The Hart Foundation.
You don't wanna go down low against The Brain Busters.
A tag has been made.
The Hitman is not aware of them, from behind,
and once again, chasing Tully down low was--
[Jesse] You know, you gotta compliment the champions.
They're always thinking in that ring, Tony.
Legal tag made as Tully slid into the ring.
He tagged Arn Anderson, Bret Hart had no idea and got caught.
[Schiavone] The knees are up.
[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] And Blanchard--
or make it Anderson, came right down on the knees.
And now all four men are in.
[Jesse] And referee Joey Marella better go for some type of control.
Both Brain Busters out to the floor.
[Schiavone] Both of them are down, Jess, you're right, face-first,
as Blanchard Anderson, wants a little timeout.
In effect, he'll get a timeout
if he can waste enough time on the outside.
And Heenan over with him as you take a look at two confident men,
everything's gone their way so far.
[crowd chanting] Weasel! Weasel! Weasel! Weasel!
[indistinct chatter]
[Jesse] You can hear the crowd getting on Bobby "The Brain"
with their weasel chants.
We got the championship. There's nothing here.
[Schiavone] You can hear The Brain right there
saying the championship is up for grabs-- uh, it's not up for grabs.
There's nothing to worry about.
[Jesse] Well, they gotta worry about something though
because if The Hart Foundation wins this matchup,
that puts them right in line as number one contenders.
[Schiavone] But not-- apparently, it's not important to The Brain
because all he worried about is the championship.
[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] Now, taking Tully Blanchard off his feet.
A stomp to the midsection!
[Jesse] And did he drive that boot into Tully's abdominal area.
Blanchard is hurting.
[Schiavone] He really is The Hitman.
Had his way with Tully Blanchard, face-first to The Anvil.
Blanchard staggering.
Notice how Blanchard though,
tries to make his way back to the corner.
[Jesse] He's trying to but he don't know where he's at right now.
Closest guy he could have tag was referee Joey Marella.
Get outta there.
[Schiavone] Now, to the other neutral corner.
Oh, he caught him in midair.
My goodness!
[Jesse] And drove him back into that buckle.
[Schiavone] Right hands, Blanchard's at the mercy
of Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart right now.
Here comes Arn Anderson from behind, driving a knee.
[Jesse] And again, we've got all four men in the ring, Tony.
[Schiavone] Anything can happen here.
The Anvil sends Tully in.
Now, sending his partner in, reversal. No!
[Jesse] And a smart move by Arn Anderson.
They telegraphed that moved. They telegraphed the double-team move.
Arn grabbed Tully, pulled him out of the way,
and the tide of this match has changed drastically now.
Now we'll see if The Hart Foundation can take it as well as dish it out.
-[shouts indistinctly] -[Schiavone] Couple of stomps.
-Give me a knee! -[Schiavone] Anderson taunting The Hitman
and that's really easy to do when you got the advantage.
Knee up.
Right into the knee of Tully Blanchard.
And now the double-teaming on the other side.
The World Wrestling Entertainment Tag Team champs, The Brain Busters.
Double team-- right on the back.
[Jesse] And he drove the point of that elbow into The Anvil's back.
[indistinct chatter]
[Schiavone] Reverse chinlock. Now pulling up.
You got a long rope here.
[Schiavone] Blanchard, the referee checks in.
[Jesse] Blanchard is gonna have a tough time holding The Anvil down low
'cause Neidhart has a weight advantage about 35 to 40 pounds
and he's got tremendous strength.
[Schiavone] Tremendous crowd on hand here at the Meadowlands for SummerSlam.
Witnessing a tag team event to begin things
and what a contest it's been.
Look at The Anvil powering up now as The Brain watches on.
The question is, "Can The Anvil make the tag?"
He's gonna give Anderson a piggyback ride.
No, a tag has been made!
Here comes Arn Anderson as Blanchard was taking a ride,
and a right hand to the head.
[Jesse] And Arn measured him with that one.
Totally legal, everything legal right there.
[Heenan] You got a long rope.
[Schiavone] Do you hear The Brain at ringside
coaching his Tag Team Champions on.
Now, the Irish whip to the near side ropes.
Down he goes. And he measured him for that also.
[Jesse] And believe me,
Arn Anderson with a tremendous left hand could-- Whoa.
-Wow! -[Schiavone] Oh my!
[Jesse] What a kick out by "The Anvil" Jim Neidhart.
[Schiavone] Anderson with a look of disbelief on his face
goes right back to the attack once again.
This time with the boot laces to the head of The Anvil.
Here comes some double team.
Once again the knee of Tully Blanchard.
And The Anvil finds himself in trouble.
A Brain Busters double team.
Both men throwing The Anvil back to the corner.
Clenched fist
and a warning from the referee, but still the tags go in and out.
[Jesse] Well, the tide of this match has changed tremendously.
Anvil needs to make a tag.
I don't care how strong he is,
you can't take that kind of punishment.
[Schiavone] There he goes. He was close that time.
Anderson sends him in, downs goes Anderson.
Oh, they collide!
[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] That time forehead hit the back of the head.
Bobby "The Brain" is concerned, rightfully so, Anderson went down hard.
[Jesse] Now we got a race.
As slow as it is, we got a race to see who can make it to the corner?
Who can make the tag?
Because that could be the difference in this bout right now.
Who can tag and who doesn't?
[Schiavone] The Anvil, he did not get there.
Did not get there and Anderson goes to cut him off.
A reversal, sending on Anderson in, down goes The Anvil.
The knee from The Hitman from the outside on Arn Anderson.
[Jesse] And Bobby Heenan is irate.
Heenan jumping all over referee Joey Marella right there.
[Schiavone] Well--
[Jesse] I can't believe Marella didn't see that.
[Schiavone] We've seen things like that happen
when The Brain Busters are on the end
and they were the first to complain
when something like that happens to them.
It's another case of a double-team move.
And now The Hitman going right after Tully Blanchard
and Bret Hart is in full force now.
Big elbow!
Anderson is in a daze.
Down he goes.
Down goes Tully.
Clothesline and another one!
[Jesse] And Bret Hart is taking both Brain Busters by himself.
Unbelievable.
[Schiavone] It's a one-man assault force right here.
It's Bret Hart picking up Tully Blanchard.
Down he goes again.
Now, The Hitman up on the middle rope.
-[crowd cheering] -[Schiavone] The fall!
Oh, I thought he would cover him right there.
[Jesse] He should have gone for a cover right there.
[Schiavone] Maybe so, but maybe here we're gonna see a vertical suplex.
Oh, there it is.
Now the cover.
He got up. Jess, he got up!
He may have had him pinned right here.
[Jesse] He very well could've have him pinned,
but Arn Anderson standing there
ready to deliver a blow, Hart had to get up at that point.
[Schiavone] Now, all four men are in.
The Hart Foundation.
It's The Hitman and Tully.
They collide but Bret Hart had the better of it that time.
Coming with a clothesline, Anderson on the outside!
[Jesse] And The Anvil is going out after him.
[Schiavone] On the outside.
Reverse atomic drop.
The fight is furious on the outside.
Meanwhile, on the inside--
[Jesse] The fight on the outside means nothing, Tony,
it's what's happening inside the ring.
[Schiavone] That time, Anderson hit the post.
And now The Hitman measuring Tully with a right hand.
[indistinct chatter]
[Schiavone] The Anvil can barely get up on the apron.
-Oh! -[Jesse] Whoa.
[Schiavone] That's a big slingshot.
But The Anvil has gotta get back over to his corner.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jesse] Who is the legal man?
Come on, Marella, get one of them out of the ring.
[Schiavone] Members of The Hart Foundation still in.
-The Brain up on the apron of the ring. -[indistinct chatter]
[Schiavone] Look over here.
Powerslam and he slammed onto Tully Blanchard.
Arn Anderson.
The referee is looking at Bobby "The Brain."
Double Axe Handle!
Anderson got the Double Axe Handle blow.
Oh, here comes the cover
-and a three-count. -[bell ringing]
[Jesse] They outsmarted them.
The Busters outsmarted them.
[Schiavone] But there was an illegal man in the ring.
[Jesse] It doesn't matter, Joey Marella don't know that.
[Schiavone] Let's get the official word.
[Howard] Here are your winners.
the World Wrestling Entertainment Tag Team Champions,
The Brain Busters!
-[crowd booing] -[Schiavone] Okay.
Jess, let's take a look at how this all went down.
[Jesse] Well, I'll tell you what.
Here you see, The Anvil over in the corner,
Arn Anderson coming off the top,
hitting Bret Hart with a Double Axe Handle.
Arn making the cover.
You could see Bobby Heenan pulling, uh, Tully Blanchard out of the ring.
One, two, and three.
Joey Marella with no idea who the legal man is.
Tremendous victory for The Brain Busters
and The Harts are in big trouble now.
[Schiavone] So there it is, your winners, The Brain Busters.
But now standing by, "Mean" Gene Okerlund.
He'll be talking to Dusty Rhodes.
Tonight, Dusty Rhodes, you're gonna be meeting The Honky Tonk Man.
-Your last-minute thoughts. -Whoo.
And let me tell you about my thoughts tonight.
I ain't been so excited since my first date with Sally Goodman
and besides that, the facts are in.
The man say, "Dusty Rhodes, I am the proprietor,
whoo, of Heartbreak Hotel."
"I am the man that wears the blue suede shoes, you can't sing."
[laughs] Proved you wrong.
"You can't dance." We know I can dance circles around you.
And now you say prove to me in public,
if you will, come and get it at SummerSlam.
Excitement galore, so Honky Tonk,
tonight, just a few moments, you get your opportunity
to show the public that Dusty Rhodes can wrestle
and, brother, you can mark this one down tonight.
I'm gonna kick your booty. [laughs]
-[Schiavone] All right. -["Cool, Cocky, Bad" playing]
[Schiavone] Dusty Rhodes's a very confident man, Jess.
[Jesse] Well, talk is cheap, Tony.
He's gotta prove it.
[bell ringing]
[Howard] This contest is scheduled for one fall.
Coming down the aisle…
[Schiavone] And there's another confident man as we take a look at…
[Howard] "Colonel" Jimmy Har…
[Schiavone] …The Colonel and then The Honky Tonk Man coming in.
[Howard] …weighing 249 pounds,
The Honky Tonk Man!
[Schiavone] With the guitar.
That guitar has found itself in many places.
[Jesse] He plays his greatest hits with that guitar, Tony.
[Schiavone] He sure does.
[Jesse] Some of the people who have been recipients of those hits,
Jimmy Snuka, goes right on down the line.
And who knows, maybe Dusty Rhodes might be a hit or two away.
[Schiavone] Jess, that's a good point.
And it appears that Dusty Rhodes is not worried about that at all.
["Common Man Boogie" playing]
-[Schiavone] Listen to this, just watch. -♪ American dream ♪
[Howard] His opponent from Austin, Texas,
weighing in at 289 pounds,
"The American Dream"…
[Schiavone] Dusty Rhodes is making his way to the ring.
♪ He's just a common man ♪
♪ Working hard for the man ♪
[Schiavone] A very confident look with the nightstick and the hat.
[Jesse] Well, he should certainly be confident
if he goes into the ring with a nightstick.
[Schiavone] Well, it's just like going into the ring with a guitar in a way.
[Jesse] Yeah. But Honky is standing in the middle of the ring with the guitar.
He's already put it down at the table.
♪ Redneck funky that's all right ♪
-[bell ringing] -[Schiavone] The fans at the Meadowlands
prepared for this encounter, Dusty Rhodes and The Honky Tonk Man.
[Schiavone] If you're The Honky Tonk Man, Jess,
now how do you really go up against a guy like Dusty Rhodes?
[Jesse] Well, I think Honky Tonk needs to outwrestle this guy.
Get him down on the mat and teach him a little wrestling.
Dusty Rhodes is a brawler, he likes to fight.
[Schiavone] And The Honky Tonk Man showing a little two-step of his own.
[Jimmy Hart] Show him how to dance, baby. Show him how to dance.
[Schiavone] You heard the Colonel saying, "Show him how to dance,"
so I guess Dusty is gonna show us how he struts around the ring!
[laughs] Oh.
Look at that.
[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] Honky Tonk not impressed at all.
But it really has gotten under the collar, so to speak, of The Honky Tonk Man.
He's really flustered.
Look at him.
[Jesse] He doesn't look happy, does he?
[Schiavone] Not at all. Collar-and-elbow tie up now.
And backed to a corner.
[referee] Oh, come on, guys.
[Schiavone] Right hand, and Dusty backs away.
[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] Honky Tonk goes right at him.
Back drop.
Dusty ready with the elbow.
No, sir. Honky Tonk Man takes the low rope
when he saw the big elbow in the air.
[Jesse] Well, Honky is obviously done his homework.
He knows Dusty Rhodes lives and dies by that big elbow of his.
You know, and if there's a way to avoid it and you can roll out of the ring, why not?
Why sit there and get hit with it?
[Jimmy Hart] Come on, Honky.
[Schiavone] Back in once again.
The tie up one more time and Dusty goes right to the arm.
Dusty loves to get the early advantage.
He's showing that elbow again, but this time,
The Honky Tonk Man cannot get away.
Look at that face.
[Jimmy Hart] Honky Tonk-- Hey, hey, hey! Come on, ref…
[Schiavone] Dusty calling to the fans here.
[Jesse] Whoa. Is that gonna get Honky irate.
Nobody messes with his hair.
[Schiavone] Oh, and he is beside himself.
He missed with a roundhouse leg.
The atomic drop!
Standing right in the middle of the ring.
Look at Dusty. Here's the elbow again.
[Jesse] And he measured him with that elbow.
[Schiavone] Right now at the mercy of Dusty Rhodes,
The Honky Tonk Man finds himself in the corner.
And Big Dust goes right to the head.
[crowd] Three, four, five, six,
seven, eight, nine, ten.
[Schiavone] Got ten of them in that time.
[Jesse] It wasn't hard to tell, Tony.
The crowd's counting with him.
[Schiavone] Face first.
Pulling on the legs now.
-Boy, Dusty really taking his time. -[Jimmy Hart shouting indistinctly]
…watch it, watch it, watch it.
[Jesse] And believe me, the pressure put on the hamstrings
with this is unbelievable, especially when you guy--
got a guy with the weight of Dusty Rhodes laying into your legs like that.
[Jimmy Hart] You don't tell me to shut up, baby!
[Schiavone] And also a man who's decked out in those polka dots.
I kind of like that.
[Jesse] Well, I heard Dusty Rhodes entered the Mr. America contest one time
and won most abs.
[Jimmy Hart] Come on, Honky. Come on. You gotta get-- Beautiful move, beautiful.
[Schiavone] You really heard that?
[Jesse] Yeah. Most abs, not best abs, most abs.
[Jimmy Hart] Beautiful, Honky.
[Schiavone] To the side of the head,
and Dusty is now maybe in a little of trouble here.
And right to the head again.
One more time, Dusty basically wobbling as The Honky Tonk pulls up--
No, he blocked it!
Lured him into a false sense of security, kind of.
Sends Dusty in, The Honky Tonk is down, Dusty over top.
Oh, and the Colonel, pulled on Dusty Rhodes that time,
-and he has turned the wrong way. -[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] And this is what you get for getting involved in the match, Jess.
[Jesse] Well, the Mouth of the South, he's pretty slippery
and he's pretty quick, Dusty better be fast.
[overlapping chatter]
[Schiavone] Now from behind, watch out.
It's the megaphone.
Right to the midsection of Dusty Rhodes he--
[Jesse] Oh, and did Honky catch him with that one.
Now we'll find out how tough Dusty Rhodes is, can he take it?
[Schiavone] It's a two-count.
[referee] What do you say, Rhodes?
[Schiavone] Well, it took a megaphone to get the big man down,
but he's staying right with the midsection again.
-[referee] Get him off the rope. -[Jimmy Hart] Come on, Honky!
[Jesse] And I believe it's Heartbreak Hotel time.
[Schiavone] Well, Dusty said in his interview
that there'd be no Heartbreak Hotel here.
-And look at this! -[crowd jeering]
Once again
[Jesse] Isn't that Jimmy sneaky?
Don't you just love him, Tony?
[Schiavone] I don't know if I love him or not,
but you're right, he is sneaky.
[Jesse] I mean, he gets in and out of there,
does his damage so well, referee doesn't see a thing.
[Schiavone] He's quick, there's no doubt.
We saw him running from Dusty Rhodes and that just proved how quick he was.
Now, with a reverse chinlock.
[Jesse] Always remember something, Tony.
It's whether you win or lose, it ain't how you play the game.
[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] I'll try to pass that along to my children one day,
for goodness' sakes.
[referee] The chin.
[Schiavone] Right to the chin. You see Dusty, Dusty may be out here.
[Jimmy Hart] He's all yours, baby, all yours.
[Schiavone] A lot of confidence.
One thing you gotta give to "Colonel" Jimmy Hart,
-he really, really… -[Jimmy Hart shouting indistinctly]
…inspires his men at ringside.
[Jesse] Well, one thing's for sure, they could definitely hear him.
[Schiavone] Yeah, you could hear him, all the way here.
But Dusty now may be coming back right here.
He can't wrestle, baby! He's built like a blob, baby!
[Schiavone] Dusty, polka dots and all, is back up.
[Jesse] Well, the key for Honky is to get him back down
and he's not gonna be able to do it.
[Schiavone] Here he comes.
Oh, Honky caught him with a knee,
and a nice move by The Honky Tonk Man.
[Jesse] And that definitely got him back down.
I spoke too quick.
[Schiavone] The Double Axe Handle blow, and Dusty tries to pop back up.
There's just no keeping this man down.
[Jimmy Hart] Stay on him, Honky. Stay with him, baby. That's it.
[Schiavone] Once again, right to the head,
trying to cut the supply of oxygen off to the head
and Dusty once again tries to come back.
Honky is really trying to slow this pace down.
A good look at The Honky Tonk Man
and now Dusty Rhodes trying to get out.
[crowd clapping, cheering]
[Schiavone] The fans now clapping,
cheering behind Dusty Rhodes.
[Jesse] And you know what, Rhodes is one of these kind of wrestlers
that gets inspired by the fans.
He's a guy that definitely reacts to fanfare.
Sometimes that's good, sometimes that's not so good.
-Two! -[Schiavone] Hand up.
And it's up, it stays.
So Dusty is not down yet.
[Schiavone] Honky holding right on, referee checks in.
That is a legal hold again,
but here comes Dusty Rhodes,
standing up, and he got a blow in, again!
Picks up The Honky Tonk Man and slams him down!
[Jimmy Hart] Get up, Honky!
[Schiavone] The elbow-- No, good move.
Honky Tonk rolled out of the way that time.
[Jesse] Well, Rhodes telegraphed that one.
[Jimmy Hart] Come on, referee, count.
[Jesse] And very smart wrestling move.
You see Honky Tonk right back in with that reverse chinlock.
-He's wearing Dusty Rhodes down with that. -[indistinct chatter]
[Schiavone] Question is here, how many times can Rhodes get up?
A lot of pressure on.
Well, as soon as you speak,
Dusty Rhodes is trying to get up once again.
[Jesse] He has to get up, he can't stay down on that mat.
That hold will wear him down too much.
[Jimmy Hart] Come on, Dusty, stay…
[Schiavone] Once again, the referee checks in, but Dusty apparently is okay.
The Colonel looks on, shouting words of confidence to The Honky Tonk Man.
But Dusty now has him back to a neutral corner
-and this maybe trouble right here. -[referee] …nice and clean.
-[Schiavone] The shoulder found its home! -[referee] Get him out of the corner.
One, two!
-[Schiavone] Again. -[indistinct chatter]
[Jesse] And Honky needs to get out of that corner.
[Schiavone] Boy, The Honky Tonk Man fights right back every time.
[Jesse] And, you know, no matter how big you are,
a good poke to the eye will slow you down.
[Schiavone] Well, I can't question that.
Right hand, you can question the use of it,
but there's no doubt it'll slow you down.
And now they are going toe-to-toe into a corner. Look out.
[Jesse] Right hand to right hand, and Rhodes is getting the better of it.
[Schiavone] And Dusty Rhodes, getting a second wind now.
He's dancing around the ring.
-Left hand jab! -[crowd cheering]
The Honky Tonk Man is wobbling, and another one!
[Jimmy Hart] Watch the fist, referee!
[Schiavone] He measured him for the double shot that time,
right to the top of the head.
[Jesse] Honky needs to bail out to the floor, recoup himself here.
Rhodes is getting too much momentum going.
[Dusty yells]
[Schiavone] Oh, he moved out of the way that time.
He sends Dusty Rhodes into the referee.
-[Jimmy Hart] Beautiful! -[Schiavone] And the referee is down.
You heard the comment of "Beautiful" from "Colonel" Jimmy Hart.
[Honky Tonk Man] Give me my guitar!
-[Jimmy Hart] You got it! -[Jesse] Who?
[Schiavone] What? He's asking for his guitar.
-[Jesse] He wants to play it here. -It's showtime, baby!
[Jesse] He wants a hit.
Whoo!
[Schiavone] The guitar! Oh no!
[Jesse] Jimmy is gonna do it.
[Schiavone] Right on the head of The Honky Tonk Man!
[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] The elbow!
-[Jesse] I don't believe it. -[Schiavone] Yes!
-[bell ringing] -["Common Man Boogie" playing]
[Schiavone] Dusty Rhodes!
Thank you very much! Fix it up.
Let's get the official word.
[Howard] Here is your winner,
"The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes!
♪ Working hard with his hands ♪
[Schiavone] Dusty Rhodes…
♪ He's just a common man ♪
[Schiavone] …with a tremendous win.
[Jesse] Dust-- Dusty might have won that match,
but he didn't do it on his own.
It was a mistake by The Honky Tonk Man and Jimmy Hart.
First time ever Honky has been hit with his own guitar.
Honky Tonk Man, if there's anybody who would, uh, know the name of that tune,
I'd have to say it would be you.
Me and Cilla, we come out 'cause Lisa Marie,
uh, she got a concert to do.
A lot of people here to see me--
see me sing, so somebody help me find a stage.
[indistinct chatter]
[Sean] I'm a little confused, but, uh,
not as confused as The Honky Tonk Man appears to be.
He thinks, uh, Jimmy Hart is Priscilla Presley.
They're a long way from Graceland.
[Schiavone] I'll tell you what, Jess, he's in La La Land.
[Jesse] Well, can you blame him, Tony?
He got-- he got walloped with that guitar.
Let's go to the replay and see if we get another shot
of exactly what did happen to The Honky Tonk Man.
Here you see Jimmy Hart,
standing up on the apron, he's got the guitar.
He's measuring Dusty Rhodes,
Hart swings the guitar. Rhodes out of the way, and wham.
Breaking the guitar on Honky's head.
Nobody gonna get up from that.
Rhodes drops the elbow and gets the win.
[Schiavone] So your winner, thanks to his own guitar
from The Honky Tonk Man, is Dusty Rhodes!
Standing by now is "Mean" Gene Okerlund.
[Gene] All right. Tonight, here at SummerSlam,
-big six-man tag and I do mean big. -[Smash growling]
these three men are gonna be facing The Twin Towers and André the Giant.
What about it, Ax?
It might turn into a six-man brawl
because we've got a few wrinkles in our attack.
We're going all out.
We've gone back to basics, back down into the dungeon,
and you're gonna see a few new wrinkles, right?
-That's right! -Smash.
It's just like he said, we went back to basic training
because it's discipline.
In fact, we're out in the Meadowlands parking lot,
picking up cars, throwing them around,
because it's gonna be 2,000 pounds on the other side,
and we plan on kicking their stinkin' teeth in!
All right. Is that you, King? Is that you, Hacksaw?
It's not King Hacksaw no more, it's King Demolition.
I've got a whole new outlook on life.
These two men have trained my thought to one thing,
destroy, attack, and destroy!
So Twin Towers, André the Giant,
you three big men are going down! Ho!
All right. Let's get back out to the arena for more action.
[bell ringing]
[Howard] This contest is scheduled for one fall.
Currently in the ring, weighing 257 pounds,
here is Mr. Perfect!
[Schiavone] Look at that look of confidence
on the face of Mr. Perfect, Jess.
[Jesse] Well, Mr. Perfect with a perfect record here
in World Wrestling Entertainment, so he's never been beat.
-["The Rooster" playing] -[Schiavone] And here's the man
who just might end that perfect record.
The fans coming to their feet here in the Meadowlands,
as The Red Rooster makes his way in.
[Howard] His opponent, from Vero Beach, Florida,
weighing 240 pounds,
The Red Rooster!
[Schiavone] You got to say it's been a tremendous year for The Red Rooster,
and a win at SummerSlam would make the year even better.
[Jesse] Well, if he can upset Mr. Perfect,
it will put The Red Rooster up that ladder.
-[bell ringing] -[Jesse] But so far,
nobody, Tony Schiavone, has been able to beat Mr. Perfect.
And I really don't know if The Rooster has what it takes.
It's gonna take a little bit of luck
and not just that rooster hairdo to get the job done.
[Schiavone] Well, there's always the first time as they say,
so maybe we'll see it right here.
[Jesse] Well, you know, like they say, Tony, in the NFL,
any team can beat any other team on a given Sunday.
-[Schiavone] Right. -[Jesse] The same holds true
in the wrestling ring.
[Schiavone] A very confident Mr. Perfect
is shoving The Red Rooster right in the face now.
And The Rooster did not take it at all. He gives a shove right back.
Right into the side headlock, and Mr. Perfect backs away.
Oh, and The Red Rooster, very confident here.
They go to a collar-and-elbow tie up. Oh, great arm drag.
Boy, is he ever quick.
[Jesse] Well, Mr. Perfect does just about everything perfect,
from his wrestling, to his golf, to his pool play, and you name it,
this guy excels at. Look at that hip toss.
And he's given The Rooster a little lesson right now on the basics of wrestling.
[Schiavone] Doing a little, uh, I guess chicken strut of his own right here.
[Jesse] Chicken strut? I don't think The Rooster would take too kindly to that.
[Schiavone] A rooster strut then.
Whoa, right hand. Boy, that found its home.
That-- I guess that would slap the confidence right out of your face.
[Jesse] Well, that was kind of a cheap shot.
Perfect's been wrestling,
and The Rooster with a cheap shot like that.
[Schiavone] Now into the side headlock,
takes him into the ropes, down goes The Rooster.
He goes down again. Oh, great movement here for The Rooster.
What quickness we're seeing!
Look at this, uh, picks him up, now from behind.
A pickup by The Red Rooster.
Mr. Perfect falls on him, and he just escapes does The Red Rooster.
[Jesse] Well, The Rooster overcompensated
for Perfect's weight right there and went down hard.
And Mr. Perfect is in control of this match.
[Schiavone] Boy, he really is right now, with that big backhanded chop that time.
[Jesse] I thought The Rooster was quick,
but I gotta think Mr. Perfect is a little bit quicker.
[Schiavone] Now measuring The Rooster.
Oh, a standing dropkick. That was totally awesome.
[Jesse] That takes a lot of ability to get your legs up that high
and deliver a blow of that magnitude
-from a standing position. -[crowd jeering]
[Schiavone] But he is looking away now from The Rooster.
And then The Rooster rolled back in.
[Jesse] I think I was the first one that ever did that, a standing dropkick, Tony.
-[Schiavone] The first one? -[Jesse] First one I think.
[Schiavone] Right to the back of the head.
Well, there's no doubt, he really perfected the move,
but look at The Rooster fighting back.
[Jesse] Oh, look at that, cheap shot right to the eyes,
can't beat him wrestling.
[Schiavone] Now, throws the man outside.
And look at The Rooster, going on the floor after Mr. Perfect.
Right hand to the face.
[Jesse] You know, I'm really surprised,
it's been Rooster that's instigated all this brawling.
Mr. Perfect's tried to keep it to wrestling,
but The Rooster is trying to turn it into a brawl.
[Schiavone] Yeah, that looked-- that looked like a wrestling hold
or two on the outside right there.
[Jesse] No, no, no, no. I'm not saying that, Tony Schiavone,
I'm saying that The Rooster instigated it all,
Perfect was wrestling.
[Schiavone] Now the Perfect-Plex. He got him!
-And that's it! -[bell ringing]
[Schiavone] You get in the Perfect-Plex and it's all over.
Let's get the official word.
[Howard] Here is your winner, Mr. Perfect!
[Schiavone] Well, Jess, Mr. Perfect getting a Perfect-Plex on.
-And that's all it took. -[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] Let's take a look at it once again.
[Jesse] And his record is still intact, Tony.
Right here you see Mr. Perfect hooking The Rooster
with the Perfect-Plex right here.
Up he goes, beautiful move, look at the bridge,
hooks the hands, there's nowhere for The Rooster to go.
Down for the three-count and Mr. Perfect stays perfect.
[Schiavone] So there it is, a tremendous win for Mr. Perfect
over The Red Rooster here at SummerSlam.
[theme music playing]
[Schiavone] Well, Jess, the Survivor Series.
That's-- you could see the greatest athletes
in World Wrestling Entertainment and how they can function as a team.
[Jesse] The Survivor Series is always a very interesting match, Tony.
[Schiavone] Okay. Standing by now, Gene Okerlund
with "Ravishing" Rick Rude and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan.
Gentlemen, as you know, The Ultimate Warrior has promised
that after his match with you tonight
that he will once again wear the Intercontinental Championship belt.
You've got to have some thoughts on that, Rick Rude.
Well, little man, promises are made to be broken,
along with arms, legs, necks, and hearts.
Tonight, in all the heat of SummerSlam,
I will prove The Warrior is nothing more than the ultimate liar
and then I am the ultimate Intercontinental Champion.
All right. Bobby Heenan.
Also made to be broken are rules, and if we have to,
we will break those rules to keep this title.
Now when you made this promise to all of your humanoids,
all your little warriors out there with their ugly little mushes painted,
big deal, tough, because you lied to them
and you let them down, 'cause you're not gonna capture this.
But I'll tell you one thing you're gonna do,
you're gonna be doing something different tomorrow.
You're not gonna have to paint your face
'cause you're gonna have a blue eye and a black eye,
courtesy of the Intercontinental Champion.
[Gene] Thank you, gentlemen. Let's get back to the arena.
[Schiavone] Okay, Gene Okerlund.
-Here we go! -[bell ringing]
[Howard] This is a six-man tag team match scheduled for one fall.
[Schiavone] Heading to the ring right now, three men ready to do battle
in a gigantic six-man tag team event.
[Jesse] And six-man tag events are rucking.
They're rucking on the referee
and they're rucking for all the participants
because at any time, all six men could end up in that ring,
and then you got total chaos.
[Schiavone] And Jesse, especially during this six-man,
with so many implications,
The Rougeaus
and their situation with The Rockers, Rick Martel, Tito Santana.
[Jesse] Well, let's face it. These two teams, Tony,
just flat out don't like each other.
[Howard] …and The Mouth of the South, Jimmy Hart.
[Schiavone] So we talked about a brawl,
and by golly, we may see one very, very soon.
[Howard] Here are Rick Martel
and the Fabulous Rougeau Brothers!
[Schiavone] A very confident Rick Martel along with Slick
and "The Mouth Of The South" Jimmy Hart.
["All American Boys" playing]
[Schiavone] And in sheer numbers, Jess,
you basically have a five-on-three here, for goodness' sakes.
[Jesse] Wait a minute.
Slick and Jimmy Hart are managers, Tony.
They sit outside the ring. They do not get in and wrestle.
I would say this,
I think the advantage lies with The Rougeaus and Rick Martel
for the fact that they can speak French.
[Jesse] They could communicate in that ring
without The Rockers or Tito Santana have any idea
what they're doing or saying.
[Slick] This won't take long, brother.
[Schiavone] Well, you may have heard Slick right there
saying, "This won't take long."
So, confidence runs high in the corner
of the Slickster and Jimmy Hart.
[Jesse] Well, we should see some spectacular moves in this bout,
because you got some real high flyers in there.
The Rockers are called tag team specialists.
Chico Santana can definitely get off his feet.
Rick Martel is wrestling better than I've ever seen him
since he's come under the tutelage of Slick.
-And The Rougeau brothers… -Show 'em what it's all about!
…it's the classic blood is thicker than water.
They're brothers, they think alike, they act alike.
[indistinct chatter]
[Schiavone] Who will begin, Tito Santana?
Apparently-- Is it going to be Rick Martel or is the Slickster…
And Colonel-- No, it's not gonna be Martel.
Martel went on the outside
and the fans wanna see Martel go at it against Tito.
[Jesse] Ah, Rick Martel is playing a psych game on him, Tony.
What do you think, he's gonna give him what he wants
right at the start of the match?
That's a smart ploy by The Rougeaus and Rick Martel.
And you could bet that that thought pattern probably came right
from the heads of Slick and Jimmy Hart.
[Schiavone] Well, Tito is the caliber of athlete to not let that bother him
and to go right after Jacques Rougeau. I wouldn't shake his hand on a bet.
Well, that's exactly-- he's gonna leave that hand alone.
[Jesse] Why not? He hasn't done nothing wrong,
he wants a fair matchup.
[Schiavone] Jess, we've seen it so many times.
If you grab that hand, he'll grab your hand
-and slap you right in the face. -[shouting indistinctly]
[crowd jeering]
[Schiavone] I mean, that's happened a lot.
-So why should he trust him here? -[indistinct chatter]
[Jesse] Well, maybe he's got a change of heart,
you know, fair is fair, whatever.
[Schiavone] Right.
Right back to the ring they go, right to the ropes.
And let's see if the man with the possible--
No, there's no change of heart there.
[Jesse laughs] He got the short right hand there.
[Schiavone] He sure did. Down goes Santana.
Look at this. Double leapfrog!
-Sends down-- -[Jesse] Are they legal in the ring?
[Schiavone] Well, not at all.
Throwing the man over!
[Jesse] Yeah, they're legal in the ring. Sure, you're gonna tell me, Schiavone?
They're trying to tear this whole thing apart.
Get all six men in the ring right at the start and turn it into chaos.
[Schiavone] Jesse, we knew it would be a brawl.
We knew that tempers were-- would flare in this match,
so you gotta expect something like this to happen.
[Jesse] Well, I expect it from The Rockers because I've said all along
that The Rockers do some-- a lot of double teaming,
but 90% of their double teaming is totally illegal,
and the referees let them get away with that.
[indistinct chatter]
[Jesse] Just because they're pretty boys, I suppose.
[Schiavone] Now, all five of the other team down on the floor…
One, two!
[Schiavone] As The Rockers remain in the ring,
Santana looking out to the thousands of fans
jammed here at the Meadowlands Arena.
And Jacques Rougeau tentatively gets back in.
Rougeau now is approaching things at a different beat.
[Jesse] And he got a big foot in there on Marty Jannetty.
And now The Rougeaus and Rick Martel ought to try a little double-teaming like that,
see how The Rockers like it.
[Schiavone] Now, good reversal from Jannetty sending Jacques Rougeau in.
Jacques with a good fake right there, but Jannetty is waiting on him.
You can see this one coming all the way from left field.
Jannetty with a left hand. Right hand at the side of the head.
He's waiting for the other Rougeau to get in.
And it was Raymond Rougeau that turned the attention of Jannetty
away from Jacques.
-Oh my goodness! -[Jesse] Oh!
-[Schiavone] What a-- -[Jesse] What a savate kick right there.
Wow. He caught him flush on the jaw, almost knocked him out.
[Schiavone] Now, here comes Martel.
A definite advantage for The Rougeaus and Martel.
A big smile on Martel's face.
The referee pushing now Martel back away.
We get a double-team.
And over is Shawn Michaels.
Well, that just moves him right back, which may have been a mistake.
[Jesse] That is a mistake.
Marty Jannetty getting hammered in the corner
and the worst thing you can do is try to come to the guy's rescue
because the referee has no recourse
but to run you back out of the ring and then more damage is done.
[Schiavone] Now to the turnbuckle, the neutral side.
Martel sending Marty Jannetty in.
Reversal again. Oh, great move by Martel.
What an athletic move that was.
He does a cartwheel and a little bit of showboating here.
My men!
[Schiavone] But look at that!
Maybe it wasn't too long.
[Jesse] …caught him with the savate kick, tags Chico.
But Martel, too quick, gets out of the ring.
I love it, he's playing with Chico's head.
[Schiavone] You think he's playing with him or is he really afraid of him?
[Jesse] Oh, come on, Schiavone.
Martel, look at him, he's an accomplished athlete.
The guy is put together. He's not afraid of anybody.
[Schiavone] Well, I tell you what, Jess, he really got out of that ring in a hurry.
[Jesse] He's playing a mind game with Chico.
[Schiavone] All right.
Side headlock.
As Tito Santana is ready to go on Raymond Rougeau.
Into the ropes. Down goes Rougeau.
Missed the clothesline.
Blocked it. Right hand.
And a clothesline of his own.
Santana with a big cover. Out is Raymond Rougeau.
Santana stays right on him though with a big side headlock.
Boy, Tito Santana is as quick as they come.
[Jesse] Well, Tito Santana is a very, very good wrestler.
He's a smart wrestler.
You see him go right back to that headlock.
He's got Raymond Rougeau in a little bit of trouble.
Jacques tried-- Oh, and Jacques did the job.
He grabbed Chico's foot long enough for Raymond to come in
and hit him with that knee.
[Schiavone] A one-count.
-And Tito is up. -[referee] One!
-Two! Three! -[Schiavone] Now, Jacques Rougeau.
Double-team here, both men.
-Right on the chest of Tito Santana. -That is teamwork at its best!
[Jesse] And look at-- and look at The Rockers
complaining outside the ring.
They, of all people, complaining about double-teaming?
[Schiavone] Now, Martel comes in, and, sure, he would come in
when he has a definite advantage.
Right across the top rope.
[Jesse] Now you're gonna see why Rick Martel
is the superior athlete to Chico Santana
and why he was the man that carried Strike Force.
[Schiavone] You really think that when Santana is down like this,
this proves that Martel is the superior athlete?
-[Jesse] Look. -[Schiavone] Well, the man is down.
[Jesse] Martel is doing a number on him.
It's obvious. Anybody can see that, Schiavone.
[Schiavone] Jess, I really think--
[Jesse] Not even you are that blind, are you?
[Schiavone] I think if he would have started the match against Santana,
then that may have proved something. This is proving nothing.
Now, a tag.
Here comes the double-team again.
-Jacques Rougeau is in. -[Jesse] Whoa.
[Schiavone] What a tremendous dropkick from Rougeau.
-Whoo-hoo! -[Jesse] And did Jacques get up
on the air on that one,
catching Chico Santana flush on the chin with that dropkick.
[Schiavone] There is no questioning the ability of Jacques Rougeau.
Santana trying to get to his corner.
Out. Out. Out. One, two--
[Schiavone] Out goes Raymond Rougeau.
Tito is there to make a tag. Did he make it?
-No, he did not. -[Jesse] No.
[Schiavone] That was close.
[Jesse] Close but no cigar and Chico's back in trouble.
One, two!
[Schiavone] A tag, and, once again, Martel comes in
to take care of his former partner.
Big smile on his face and a big right hand to the top of the head.
[Jesse] Well, Ricky Martel is liking this.
-[crowd cheering] -[Schiavone] Now Santana!
[Jesse] I don't believe it.
[Schiavone] That time, it was Jacques pulling the hair
of Santana that thwarted that attempt.
Into the midsection he goes.
[Jesse] And Martel maintaining that advantage on Chico Santana.
-Chico needs to make a tag. -[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] Trying to turn him over.
Sunset flip!
He got a two-count.
[Jesse] And that got Martel irate.
Look at Rick Martel going in with a flagrant chokehold.
-[overlapping chatter] -[Schiavone] A chokehold.
[overlapping chatter]
[Schiavone] Now, the question is,
can Santana call up enough reserve to get something going here?
No. Tremendous backbreaker.
Here comes Raymond Rougeau, holding the legs,
trying to turn him over, maybe here, for a Boston crab.
-Can he get him over? -[Jesse] He got him over.
-And Chico's in trouble now. -[Schiavone] He really is, Jess.
-[Jesse] He's-- -[Schiavone] This could be the end of it.
[Jesse] Chico's got nowhere to go.
It's right in the center of the ring.
Oh, look at that. Jacques Rougeau coming into the ring,
driving that knee into Chico's back.
It's over right now, I think.
[Schiavone] A two-count and no. Santana is out.
I think that time, that Raymond Rougeau was a little bit stunned
because Martel could get up.
[Jesse] Well, Chico's wrestling on sheer instinct right now.
He has no idea where he's at.
[Schiavone] Now, Jacques Rougeau is in with the abdominal stretch.
[indistinct chatter]
[Schiavone] He's got it locked in, Jess.
And it's a matter of maybe here. Look here!
[Jesse] Ricky Martel assisting from outside the ring.
The referee sees nothing. I love it, Tony. I love it.
-[Schiavone] Yeah. -[Jesse] That's called using your head.
[Schiavone] Well, that's called also illegal double-team
that you complain about from The Rockers.
Look at this again.
[crowd chanting] Tito! Tito! Tito!
[Jesse] Big chant going up.
The thousands, the multitude of a thousands,
chanting, "Chico, Chico."
[Schiavone] Tito is the word.
-[crowd cheering] -[Schiavone] Santana came out of it.
[Jesse] But not quick enough. Tag was made.
Legal tag from Jacques Rougeau to Ricky Martel.
Martel dropping the elbow on Chico
and took all momentum Chico had in trying to make a tag.
[Schiavone] Here comes Santana on one knee.
To the face.
Look at the face of Rick Martel.
He's stunned that Santana can get back up.
Right to the throat he goes.
Santana back to his feet.
[Jesse] Well, Ricky Martel knows Chico Santana better
than anyone in the world does.
[Schiavone] Holding onto the ropes.
[Jesse] Beautiful move by Martel there.
Springboard and then back to his feet.
[Schiavone] He blocks and right hand.
Santana being held.
Get-- Goodness' sakes, get Raymond Rougeau out of there.
[Jesse] Hey, Schiavone, you just call the match.
Don't you try to make predictions or tell referees what to do.
[Schiavone] But, Jess, he was all the way
over in a neutral corner.
Big elbow missed. The cover!
[Jesse] And Chico almost pulled one out of his Mexican hat there.
[Schiavone] Right hand.
Jacques Rougeau getting The Rockers to come in.
[Jesse] Obviously, they want The Rockers in there.
It's a distraction move.
[Schiavone] Well, there's no question about that.
Just a case here of when's the temper is gonna get the best of The Rockers,
and they're gonna make things happen in the ring,
or even outside of the ring.
-Here's the cover. -[referee] One, two…
-At two! -[Jimmy Hart] Come on, baby.
[Schiavone] Well, Santana will not stay down.
-Into the ropes. The sunset flip. -[Jesse] Whoa.
[Schiavone] Oh, he got him over. One, two,
and out is Raymond Rougeau.
-Violent stomps to the back. -[indistinct chatter]
[Jesse] He needs to bring Chico back to the corner again.
The smart move in this six-man,
they got Chico Santana hurt. They got him hurt bad.
Keep him in your corner.
[crowd chanting] Tito! Tito! Tito!
[Schiavone] You know, one thing we can say
as the fans are chanting behind Tito Santana,
The Rougeaus and Rick Martel, and I know you've touched on this,
they know how badly The Rockers and Tito want this.
They've been able to use that desire to their advantage.
[Jesse] I don't always agree with any other announcers, Schiavone,
but I'll give you credit on that one.
-A rarity. -[indistinct chatter]
[Schiavone] How about that? And it's going on here.
[referee] At two!
[Jesse] Chico has got to make a tag or this match is over.
[Schiavone] Well, you're right. Here we go. Can he make a tag?
-We get a double-team from The Rougeaus. -[crowd cheering]
[Jesse] Whoa. Chico got out of the way of that one.
Now, he must tag.
[Schiavone] Still in this, Raymond, but he's down.
Santana is at the mid part of the ring.
-Can he get there? -[Jesse] The race is on.
[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] Look at The Rockers.
They're right there with Santana.
[Jesse] Tag is made. Rick Martel is in.
[Schiavone] Yes! And here comes Shawn Michaels.
[Jesse] The crowd erupting, going crazy.
Michaels firing Santana into the corner.
Wow. What a back body drop.
[Schiavone] Shawn Michaels taking care of Rick Martel,
taking Raymond Rougeau.
And now to the other side.
Tremendous dropkick.
Again. No, a reversal from Martel.
Down goes Martel. He wanted a backflip.
[Jesse] He ducked his head. Made a classic mistake.
Beautiful suplex. Rick Martel making a mistake there,
dropping his head, allowing Shawn Michaels to suplex him.
[Schiavone] And now Shawn Michaels up on top.
Right on target.
Here we go.
The cover.
-[Jesse] Oh. -[Schiavone] He missed an elbow!
-Jacques Rougeau. -[Jesse] And now we got chaos.
We got them all in the ring now.
I knew it had to erupt to this eventually.
[Schiavone] Right. Sooner or later, you knew it would happen.
All six men are in.
The Rougeaus together.
Tito Santana with a flying forearm.
Martel all the way to the floor.
[Jesse] Schiavone, I don't know who's legal.
[Schiavone] Shawn Michaels is the legal man in the ring.
-And there you see-- -[Jesse] With who? Martel?
-With Jacques Rougeau? -[Schiavone] Apparently, it is Martel.
Jimmy Hart on the apron.
Shawn Michaels, the legal man.
-[crowd cheering] -[Schiavone] The roll-up!
[Jesse] Oh, and Martel delivering a blow. Martel covering.
-[Schiavone] He's got the right man. -[Jesse] Two. He got him.
-[bell ringing] -[Schiavone] I don't believe it.
Let's get the official word.
[Howard] Here are your winners,
the team of Rick Martel and The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers.
[Jesse] Let's go now to my colleague, Tony Schiavone,
with the history of Rick Rude,
the Intercontinental Champion, and The Ultimate Warrior.
[Schiavone] It all began on January 15th at the Royal Rumble,
The Summit in Houston, Texas with the Super Posedown.
[Gorilla] That's his favorite move right there. Look out.
Oh, Ravishing with that steel bar, just nailed him.
[Jesse] There's your winner right there, Monsoon.
[Gorilla] Look, this is crazy. Let's get somebody in there.
Pull him back!
[Gorilla] Warrior just about out.
[Jesse] Look at that pose, muscular on Rude right there.
-Look at that definition. -[Gorilla] He's choking him out!
[Jesse] There's your winner right there, Gorilla.
[Schiavone] From there, it was WrestleMania V
and the battle for the Intercontinental title.
[Gorilla] Look at Heenan. Grabs the leg of The Warrior!
He's holding on!
[Jesse] He did it. He did it!
-I called it, Monsoon. -[Howard] Ladies and gentlemen…
-[Jesse] I said they'd outsmart him. -[Howard] …the winner of this bout
and new Intercontinental Champion,
"Ravishing" Rick Rude.
[Jesse] Yeah!
[Schiavone] The Heenan family determined to take down The Warrior,
but The Ultimate Warrior had other plans.
[Alfred] Double clothesline but The Warrior up fast!
-Yes. -[bell ringing]
[Schiavone] Boy, The Warrior earned that one.
He really did. And now from behind,
"Ravishing" Rick Rude on top of The Ultimate Warrior.
These two men and the Intercontinental Championship.
-They have really gone after each other. -[bell ringing]
[Schiavone] And look at "Ravishing" Rick Rude
trying to get his blows in.
And a big piledriver.
-He wants to take this man down… -[bell ringing]
…before SummerSlam.
[Alfred] He does indeed. And I don't know
what the referee's decision is gonna be here,
because this is the aftermath of a bout, after The Warrior have actually won.
-And here comes The Giant! -[bell ringing]
[Alfred] And look at him.
There is a lot of bad feeling and ill-boding amongst these men.
And look at Rude.
Of course, he's coming completely fresh and The Warrior almost spent,
void of any energy whatsoever.
And I do believe Rude is intent of putting this man out of action completely.
[Schiavone] Obviously now, with André out there,
this is some sort of conspiracy.
-[Alfred] Oh! -[Schiavone] But look at The Warrior.
[Alfred] I don't believe it. Where is that coming from?
Where is all that strength and energy coming from?
[Schiavone] He is an incredible athlete.
André is standing there, looking the other way,
trying to prevent anyone from coming in.
Not paying attention to what's going on.
[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] Out he goes!
[Schiavone] As it's customary after his match,
"Ravishing" Rick Rude gives a rude awakening.
But as we see here at this time,
he got something totally unexpected.
[Rick] …slow.
Get a grip on yourself
and lay it on me, baby, right now.
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] Oh, look at that.
[Jesse] This is a setup.
[Vince] The Warrior laying it on "Ravishing" Rick Rude.
Off the rope. Clothesline.
[Jesse] McMahon, do you think that wench had something to do that with that?
[Vince] I don't know, but look!
High above, "Ravishing" Rick Rude.
This place has come unglued.
-Down he goes. -[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] The Heenan family determined to put The Ultimate Warrior out.
[Vince] You better get out of the way of The Warrior, I tell you that.
[indistinct clamor]
[Jesse] Oh, Heenan's out to psych him out, I bet.
[indistinct clamor]
[Vince] The Warrior's not playing with a-- Wait a minute.
Coming up from behind. Look out from behind!
[Jesse laughs]
[Jesse] Look at André handle him.
[Vince] That's 520 pounds of André the Giant.
The largest hands in the world
are around the throat of The Warrior.
[Jesse] Look at The Giant. He's loving it.
Look at the smile on his face, McMahon.
Look at your Warrior going down.
[indistinct clamor]
All right, ladies and gentlemen. You have just seen that amazing--
The conditions that I have have already continued to worsen
as I have broken loose from all the straitjackets
and all the rubber rooms across this weak planet.
And you, André the Giant, will realize that the power
will become the eighth wonder of the world as we eat you alive.
But you, "Ravishing" Rick Rude,
as I promised, you will surrender to the gods above
as I beat you one, two, three.
Let's go back to the arena!
-[bell ringing] -[Schiavone] All right, Jess. Here we go.
[Jesse] I'll tell you what, Schiavone, I'm interested to see
what kind of shape The Warrior could possibly be in
after what he suffered at the hands of The Giant last week.
-["Simply Ravishing" playing] -[Schiavone] Well, I will be also.
And here comes the Intercontinental Champion,
"Ravishing" Rick Rude.
And, I guess, The Brain figures he's played all his cards right.
He did not have to put
the World Wrestling Entertainment Tag Team Championship up tonight
and he figures now that his henchman, André the Giant,
has taken care of The Ultimate Warrior.
[Jesse] Hey, they don't call him The Brain for nothing, Schiavone.
I don't see them calling you Tony "The Brain" Schiavone.
-Or Mr. Intelligence. -[Schiavone] Well--
[Jesse] Hey, listen. Hold it down now. Hold it.
[Schiavone] Oh, all right.
[crowd booing]
-[Schiavone] Oh, listen to the boos. -[Jesse] Hey, I said hold it down.
[Schiavone] They don't like him, Jess.
[crowd booing]
[Rick] What I'd like to have right now…
is for all you fat,
out-of-shape,
SummerSlam sweat hogs.
[Jesse laughs]
-[Schiavone] You like that? -[Jesse] He's talking to you, Schiavone.
[Rick] Keep the noise down while I take my robe off
and show the ladies
what a real, sexy man looks like.
Hit the music.
[Schiavone] I'll tell you what, he better worry about a man
getting prepared to come out the dressing room.
["Simply Ravishing" playing]
[Jesse] There it is, Schiavone. The winner of the Jesse "The Body" Award.
I'm so proud of this guy.
[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] We heard The Ultimate Warrior.
[Jesse] Look, he's even got tights with The Ultimate Warrior on it.
-[Schiavone] Listen to the fans! -And his challenger…
-["Unstable" playing] -[Jesse] A crying warrior.
And that might be what we'll see tonight.
-A crying warrior. -[Howard] …The Ultimate Warrior!
[Schiavone] Here he comes!
[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] He has promised the fans that on this night,
he will get back the Intercontinental Championship.
-And here he is. -[Jesse] This guy is a lunatic.
He's a nut.
-[Schiavone] I'll tell you what-- -[Jesse] I don't know what asylum
they let this guy out of but he has got a full deck.
No doubt about it.
[Schiavone] No less than an animal.
[crowd cheering]
-[Jesse] I can't-- I can't even talk… -[bell ringing]
…over the screaming of this crowd.
[Schiavone] Look at that face, Jesse!
This man is ready.
-Look at that face. -[Jesse] Do I have to?
[Schiavone] He has promised the fans
that he'll get the Intercontinental title back.
And if he is a lunatic like you say,
the last place I'd wanna be is in the ring with a guy like this.
[Jesse] Yeah, but don't forget something, Schiavone.
Nobody gave "Ravishing" Rick Rude a chance in SummerSlam--
or I should say WrestleMania.
When Rude won the Intercontinental title,
nobody said Rude had a chance, but one person.
You know who that person was?
-[Schiavone] Let me guess. -[Jesse] Me.
[Schiavone] Yeah.
[Jesse] Bobby Heenan and Rude outsmarted this guy once.
They might do it again.
[Schiavone] Well, there is no question right now
that Rick Rude is trying to stay away from The Ultimate Warrior.
No question.
[Jesse] Hey, it ain't how you fight the match, it's who wins at the end.
[Schiavone] A kick to midsection did not even faze him.
And I really, from that kick and that reaction,
feel that maybe the attempt by André the Giant
to put this man out did not work.
But that, of course, still remains to be seen
how much punishment he could take.
Right hands, left hand, and a big right.
And look at The Warrior.
He is fending off those blows.
-He can't even feel them. -[Jesse] What do you expect?
The crazy man feels no pain, and this guy is crazy.
[Schiavone] Clothesline!
[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] And The Warrior--
As Rude got him in the shoulder block.
[Jesse] He can't get him to-- Oh!
And The Warrior measured Rude.
And if there's one place Rude don't like to get hit, that's in the face.
[Schiavone] Up high!
Down he goes!
[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] You know, Jesse,
he was three feet from the front row.
That man has superhuman strength.
[Jesse] There was no call for that.
The name of this sport is wrestling.
You wrestle inside the ring.
This guy is a lunatic. I don't like him.
He goes by his own rules. He don't listen to nothing.
[Schiavone] But, Jesse, he's brought all of this on himself
with Bobby Heenan pulling the leg,
with André the Giant trying to choke out The Ultimate Warrior,
you gotta expect a guy like The Warrior to take matters to his own hands.
[Jesse] And that means out to the floor, hit him with the belt.
This should be a disqualification!
That's a disqualification!
Where the hell is the referee?
[Schiavone] That's outside of the ring, Jesse.
[Jesse] So what?
[Schiavone] As much, it can just be a count-out here.
[Jesse] What are you gonna tell me, Schiavone?
You can shoot somebody outside the ring as long as it's outside the ring?
[Schiavone] Well, no, I'm not--
[Jesse] You know, you're even dumber than Monsoon.
I thought Gorilla was the stupidest guy alive.
[Schiavone] Right to the head.
[crowd clamoring]
[Schiavone] There is no question.
The fans are on their feet here. And The Warrior--
[Jesse] This is ridiculous that Joey Marella
is allowing this to take place
in an Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship.
[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] Bobby "The Brain" Heenan griping at ringside.
That's not gonna happen. There he goes again!
[Jesse] Certainly outside the ring.
The Warrior don't know how to wrestle inside the ring.
[Schiavone] Well, now that still remains to be seen in this match.
Because, Jesse, as you know, regardless of what happens outside
for The Warrior to win this title, he's gotta pin him inside.
[Jesse] That's right. You know what?
If I was "Ravishing" Rick Rude, with the way The Warrior is--
Dude, look at this.
Now he throws him back in the ring
and now he will probably pitch him out again.
If I was Rude, I'd stay outside and take the count-out.
[Schiavone] Take the easy road, huh?
[Jesse] Why not? You keep the title.
What would you know, Schiavone? How often did you wrestle?
[Schiavone] To the top rope. Absolutely none.
High-risk maneuver here. Can he connect?
-Yes! -[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] In the ring, Double Axe Handle!
[Jesse] And he didn't get him. I love that Rude had enough to kick out.
[Schiavone] Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, boy, he was towing the line that time.
Now, The Warrior trying to put something together in the ring.
He hit that turnbuckle hard.
[Schiavone] Right hand, side of the head and Rude is dazed.
He has really taken a beating, other side!
[shouting indistinctly]
[Jesse] I can't believe The Warrior is keeping him in the ring.
[Schiavone] And doing…
quite well at it also.
After the big slam, the cover and Rick Rude is out of it.
[Jesse] Whoa. And he barely made that. He just got the left shoulder up.
[Schiavone] Seemingly now at The Warrior's mercy,
pulling Rude up by the hair.
May try a vertical suplex here.
Here it comes!
Here's the cover again!
And Rude is out of it again!
[Jesse] You gotta give the champ a lot of credit
-for the resilience he is showing. -[Schiavone] No question, Jess.
[Jesse] The Ultimate Warrior has done everything he can.
He's taking it to the floor. He's bashed him into the table.
He's done everything illegal you could possibly do,
and yet Rude's got enough to kick out.
[Schiavone] But everything in the ring has been perfectly legal
and he's not finished yet.
[Jesse] Reverse atomic drop and Rude's in pain.
-[Schiavone] Look at this. -[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] Throwing him down! Hitting the base of his spine.
And this tremendous athlete showing superhuman strength here tonight!
Promising the fans that he will do it.
And is he on the brink of getting the title back?
Once again, a high-risk maneuver.
He's on top!
Rude is there. Oh!
[Jesse] Oh, and Rude caught him. He outsmarted him.
I told you, Schiavone. Don't you count the champ down.
[Schiavone] Down goes The Warrior.
[Jesse] "Ravishing" Rick Rude coming up with the move
when he most needed it right there.
[Schiavone] But he's having trouble right now, Jess,
trying to follow up with something here.
Look at him. He's staggering and The Warrior gets back to his feet.
The Warrior is back up.
Rude from behind, right to the back.
[Jesse] Driving that forearm into the kidney area.
Another one.
And now The Warrior is feeling some pain.
[Schiavone] He really is.
But notice, Jesse, how every time he gets nailed,
watch it, his first move will be try--
there he is, trying to get back to his feet.
-Vertical suplex, nicely done. -[Jesse] Good standing suplex.
[Schiavone] Hooking the leg.
Oh, The Warrior is out.
[indistinct chatter]
[Schiavone] Hard to keep this man down.
[Jesse] But the advantage is now "Ravishing" Rick Rude.
He needs to stay on The Ultimate Warrior.
He's got him hurt here.
See, the Giant did take his toll on him.
[Schiavone] Well…
Certainly something now.
Because Rick Rude is on the attack.
Reverse chinlock, pulling up on the head now.
[Jesse] And this is a smart move by Rude, it's a wear down move.
I don't care how strong you are.
And this guy maybe the strongest man anywhere.
When somebody sitting on your back, pulling on your chin,
you're gonna feel it and it's gonna weaken you.
[Schiavone] Well, apparently, not doing too good of a job to weaken The Warrior.
Look, and he bounced back up.
Look!
He won't stay down!
[Jesse] Yeah, but Rude can just keep delivering those blows.
Eventually, it's gotta get to him.
[Schiavone] Yeah, you're right. And that's exactly what happened,
another big kick-out and The Warrior is out.
Both men standing up.
Warrior's thinking one thing, "Get back to your feet."
The kick didn't drive him down.
And now Rick Rude.
-[Jesse] The Rude Awakening. -[Schiavone] Here it comes!
[Jesse] He's got the Rude Awakening.
[crowd cheering]
-[Schiavone] No! -[Jesse] I can't believe it.
The Warrior pulling the hands off. I can't believe it.
Rude had him set up.
[Schiavone] Powering out.
He missed and Rude has the sleeper.
[Jesse] Well, if the Rude Awakening don't work,
put him out with the sleeper hold.
[Schiavone] Look at The Warrior!
He's not going for the ropes, he's not giving in!
[indistinct chatter]
[Schiavone] The sleeper's still on!
[Jesse] I can't believe that he can't put this guy to sleep.
[Schiavone] The Warrior not giving up!
[Jesse] Oh, he's going though, Tony.
He's weakening.
All Rude's gotta do is continue to hang on,
continue to apply the pressure.
Now he's down to one knee, and it's right in the center of the ring.
-[Schiavone] Yeah, you're right. -[Jesse] There's no getting to the--
-I can't believe he's back up. -[Schiavone] He is back up!
[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] What a tremendous move!
What a tremendous counter move to the sleeper hold
and now for the ride to the right side.
Down goes "Ravishing" Rick Rude, they collide.
[Jesse] Whoa. And Marella got it too.
We got three down and out.
And now is when Heenan can come into play.
[laughs]
[Schiavone] Bobby Heenan, the only thing he's trying to do
-is get his champion back up. -Come on, do you hear me?
[Jesse] If Rude can wake up first,
all he's gotta do is crawl over, cover The Warrior.
But we don't have a referee!
[Schiavone] Yeah, we don't.
[Jesse] There's a major problem here.
[Schiavone] Rude is slowly getting his senses back here.
Still the referee is down.
Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, he needs to get the referee up.
He's out. He's out.
[Schiavone] You can hear The Brain saying, "He's out."
And truly, The Warrior is down.
[Jesse] The Warrior is down and out.
The referee, Joey Marella, is down and out.
The only one on his feet is "Ravishing" Rick Rude.
[Schiavone] Now what?
Rude is up.
The Warrior starts to quiver.
[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] Rude is up. Here comes The Ultimate Warrior!
He's up too.
Right on the trapezius.
And again.
[Jesse] I can't believe this is happening.
[Schiavone] The Warrior just will not stay down.
[Jesse] He's hitting him with roundhouse right hands to no effect.
[Schiavone] Right across the face!
Now, sending The Warrior in.
Backdrop!
[crowd cheering]
[Jesse] There's still no referee though.
Joey Marella totally down and out.
[Schiavone] Gigantic clotheslines.
Rick Rude apparently ripe for the pickings right here.
Powerslam!
[Jesse] But there's no ref.
There's nobody to count.
[Schiavone] Three, even a five-count.
Look at this.
[Jesse] It don't matter.
[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] Now, The Warrior getting Joey Marella,
trying to get him up.
This match could be well over by now.
And we could have a new champion.
But that is not the case.
[Jesse] You can hear Heenan yelling to Marella, "Disqualify him."
[Schiavone] Piledriver!
[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] Still no referee.
-The referee is up. Here he comes! -[Jesse] Yes, there he is.
[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] He's over.
One, two…
-No! -[Jesse] No. His foot's on the rope!
[crowd cheering]
[Jesse] "Ravishing" Rick Rude had enough to get the foot on the rope.
[Schiavone] It was that close.
But Bobby is still worried.
The Brain still concerned and rightfully so.
The referee is now back and Rick Rude is still in trouble, big trouble.
[Jesse] He's setting up for the powerslam.
Oh.
[Schiavone] Trying to finish the man off here.
Here we go.
-No! -[Jesse] He caught him!
What a maneuver by "Ravishing" Rick Rude out of total desperation,
lifting the knees up, catching The Warrior.
[Schiavone] The Warrior is up.
Although you could see he's in pain.
[Jesse] Hey, Schiavone, give Rude credit.
Give him credit. He did not crumble.
He did not break.
He took everything The Warrior had to give to him.
[Schiavone] Well, and he is still in it. There is no question about that.
Thanks to being close enough to the ropes that one time.
[Jesse] So what?
[Schiavone] What a tremendous, tremendous battle this has been.
And the referee, Joey Marella, now back to his feet and here we go again.
[Jesse] Rude setting up for a piledriver.
No. He's got him in a--
Oh, and he drove him headfirst on the mat.
It's over. It's over.
[Schiavone] Well, we'll find out. Let's see.
The cover.
-The Warrior's up! -[Jesse groans]
[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] The Ultimate Warrior will not give up.
[Jesse] Total instinct on that move right there.
[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] The fans right after Bobby "The Brain" Heenan
as this man, "Ravishing" Rick Rude, tries to take command of this match.
[Jesse] Rick Rude's going up the ropes.
[Schiavone] He's gonna try, Jesse, a high-risk maneuver right here.
[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] As he's up…
-Down he goes! -[Jesse] Drove his foot in there!
[Schiavone] The fans are going bananas here!
The cover!
[Jesse] What's go-- What the heck?
[Schiavone] It's "Rowdy" Roddy Piper.
[Jesse] What is Piper doing there?
[Schiavone] "Rowdy" Roddy Piper.
[Jesse] What business is this of Roddy Piper being down here?
[Schiavone] Jess, you've seen what's going down
between Piper and "Ravishing" Rick Rude.
[Jesse] Piledriver by Rude. He's gonna get him.
[Schiavone] One, two
-[crowd cheering] -[Jesse] Oh, come on, Marella.
Count him.
[Schiavone] Everything that Rick Rude can give The Warrior, The Warrior's taken.
And now--
[Jesse] What is the purpose for Roddy Piper being here?
What are you doing here?
[Schiavone] There's been a lot animosity between Piper and "Ravishing" Rick Rude.
We've seen it on Prime Time.
[Jesse] And look at Rude giving it to him.
Look at Rude giving it to him.
-[Schiavone] Oh -[crowd cheering]
-[Schiavone] And Piper gave it right back. -[indistinct chatter]
[Schiavone] And now the attention of Rick Rude
is all with Roddy Piper.
[Jesse] Oh no! No!
[Schiavone] Yes!
Belly-to-back suplex.
Rude is down!
-[Jesse] Oh! -[Schiavone] The shoulder!
[Jesse] Roddy Piper caused this whole thing.
Rude had this match won.
[Schiavone] I don't know if he had it won or not.
He certainly had the advantage
and now the advantage is all Ultimate Warrior's.
[Jesse] This is horrible. This is an atrocity.
I can't believe Marella would allow Piper
to come out here and distract the champion.
-[crowd cheering] -[Schiavone] High over his head.
Drops him down!
The Warrior!
-Rolls him over! -[crowd] One, two, three.
-[Schiavone] Yes! -[bell ringing]
-["Unstable" playing] -[Schiavone] Let's get the official word!
[Howard] Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of this bout
and the new Intercontinental Champion,
The Ultimate Warrior!
[Schiavone] An absolute incredible match!
Look at the fans as the promise has come true.
The Ultimate Warrior is the champion!
[Jesse] Yeah, he's the champion. Well, he better run right out,
thank "Rowdy" Roddy Piper because Piper's the one that caused Rude to lose.
-[Schiavone] Okay. -[Jesse] Roddy Piper.
[Schiavone] In the celebration, somewhere here in the Meadowlands,
among the thousands of fans jammed in, is Sean Mooney.
Let's go and visit with Sean right now!
[Sean] I know you folks at home can feel the excitement
of what has just taken place
and what is going on right now in the ring.
But to try and explain what it feels like to be here on the arena floor
among 20,000 screaming fans,
well, the best way I can sum it up
is to say we've all just experienced the ultimate in exhilaration.
This is outrageous. Let's go back to Jesse and Tony.
[Schiavone] All right, Sean.
Look at The Warrior and what a moment
in World Wrestling Entertainment history this is, Jesse.
[Jesse] Hey, the only thing-- "Rowdy" Roddy Piper caused this loss.
[Schiavone] All right. Let's go right now to "Mean" Gene Okerlund.
All right. Some celebration taking place out of the Meadowlands Arena tonight.
We see some happy faces
and some not quite so happy including this man.
Come on in, "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig.
Earlier on, you were victorious here in SummerSlam.
There's never been anything like it before
and there'll never be anything like it again,
and I'm referring to Mr. Perfect.
Red Rooster, you're a perfect example
of everybody in World Wrestling Entertainment,
and I want everybody to listen up right now.
Red Rooster, you are a stepping stone,
and Mr. Perfect, he does what he says he's gonna do.
And I did it and I defeated The Red Rooster one, two, three.
[Gene] All right. I thank you very much.
We're taking a look right now, at a little video tape replay.
There it is, you've got him hooked up.
Oh, here comes that Perfect-Plex, is that correct?
[Mr. Perfect] You remember this, and everybody remember this,
nobody beats Mr. Perfect, nobody.
All right. Those are the words of Mr. Perfect.
As we continue with SummerSlam live here from the Meadowlands.
Here's a man who is back at World Wrestling Entertainment.
-And back in a big way. -[Roddy Piper] Yee-haw!
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper, come on in.
-I-- -Bottoms up.
A little celebrating for you here, apparently.
I like Pete Rose too.
Next thing I'm gonna do. I'm gonna drive Voyager 3.
That's what I'm gonna do next.
-Roddy Piper-- -What's a Scotsman wear under his kilt?
[Gene] You're not asking me a question like that.
-What's a-- -How would I know?
What you-- how would you know? His shoes.
I can get a little rude myself there, young fella.
You wanna have a party?
I wanna-- Tell me something, the Heenan camp, who's running that?
George Steinbender-- Steinbrenner is that his name?
Well, I think Bobby Heenan is still in control last time I checked.
Bobby Heenan, the eunuch of the WWE.
Everybody's gotta pay the Piper sooner or later.
You wanna play and have fun, Rude?
And now you ain't the champion.
Don't worry. You know, I thought you were such… [blows nose]
…good cha-- I can be rude-- a good champion.
I thought you met him, my friend, The Ultimate Warrior
who is now standing out there, the Intercontinental Champion
and suppose you're gonna say it's my fault, you know?
And I started thinking to myself, I said, "Of course, it's my fault."
Did you think I was gonna let you get away with that?
Gotta bit of a rep myself, you know.
Got a little reputation that I gotta uphold.
You think I ain't dealt with gorillas like you before?
It's been wonderful to see you.
Couple of things I'm gonna do.
I'm gonna eat a garage. [chuckles]
And I'm gonna watch some more of these matches
and, uh… [snorts deeply] …gonna get rude. [chuckles]
All right. Only one of a kind, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper.
The Scotsman is back at World Wrestling Entertainment.
What is this? Come on out here.
For goodness' sakes, "Rugged" Ronnie Garvin
dressed to the nines this evening for SummerSlam.
What's the tuxedo all about?
Well, I've got a special assignment tonight.
[Gene] Wait a minute, you're not gonna be a broadcaster.
You're not out looking for my job, are you?
No, no, no, no, don't worry "Mean" Gene.
Well, I'll tell you, what is the--
-Can I take a look in the inside-- Wait. -[Heenan] Just a minute.
-You have fun with these guys. -Oh, wait a second.
I don't wanna talk to--
I don't want you to interview anybody but me right now!
This-- How they can allow "Rowdy" Roddy Piper to walk to ringside?
He's not involved in the match.
He has no manager's license.
He's got no damn reason to be out there.
Everything we worked for and everything is taken from us
'cause he's allowed at ringside.
-Settle down, Bobby. -Settle down for what?
Then Rude-- Can somebody bring Rude in here?
-Right now! -All right.
"Ravishing" Rick Rude, former Intercontinental Champion.
Don't you call me former-nothing, little man!
You saw what happened!
I had The Ultimate Warrior beat!
There was no way he could come out on top!
Then what happens from behind?
Who comes from behind? "Rowdy" Roddy Piper.
I thought he was supposed to be at home watching the pay-per-view!
Wait a second, let's take a look at the replay.
Here, you asked for this yourself--
[Heenan yelling] I asked for what? Asked for what?
-[Gene] Look-- -[Heenan] He's in the ring.
He's defending his title.
Does Piper have a reason to be out there?
-No. Is he supposed to-- -[Heenan] Look at that! Look at that!
[Rick] I'm out there wrestling a title match!
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper comes in from behind and he shows his--
-[Gene] Wait a minute-- -[Rick] Ask Bobby, what happened.
-[Gene] Wait a minute-- -[Rick] He saw it. It's my belt!
It belongs to me. I'm getting it back!
I don't care if I gotta go through Piper,
I don't gotta care if I go through The Warrior,
my belt is coming back to me!
That never would've happened to a disciplined athlete.
I demand to go right back in the ring now.
Start the match over right now!
There shouldn't be ruling like this!
Piper shouldn't be allowed to let-- to get-- to go-- to go--
Listen to yourself, you're babbling, man.
-You've gotta gain control-- -You don't understand something, do you?
Millions and millions of people are watching this great champion wiped out
because of "Rowdy" Roddy Piper and The Ultimate Warrior!
-Gentlemen-- -But do we have anything to say?
-Do we have a chance? No, no. -Take it to President Jack Tunney.
Take it to where-- You know where you could take it, pal!
Thank you very much.
Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, former Intercontinental Champion.
It's a veritable zoo back here.
Standby as more of SummerSlam continues live from the Meadowlands
here at East Rutherford, New Jersey.
Tony Schiavone, I don't know what to make of it.
All right. Gene Okerlund, thank you very much. I don't--
Of course that idiot don't know what to make of it!
I agree totally with what Bobby Heenan had to say!
And I don't care what you or Okerlund says about it!
Settle down because right now along our pay-per-view systems
all around the world, we're gonna take this five-minute intermission.
[crowd chattering]
Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen to an exciting second half of SummerSlam.
Still to come, the gigantic main event.
"Macho Man" Randy Savage and Zeus to meet Hulk Hogan
and Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake.
We could feel the heat even before the summer began.
Then on Saturday Night's Main Event on May 27th of this year,
the first public confrontation between these two men.
[Jesse] He's got a surprise waiting for him, McMahon.
[Vince] Wait a minute. What's going on here?
This man should be sent back to the dressing room.
What is going on?
["Real American" playing]
[Jesse] Apparently, Zeus wants a real-life confrontation here, McMahon.
This ain't the movies here.
This is nose to nose.
-[shouts indistinctly] -[Vince] Look at the size of that monster.
-[grunts] -[indistinct chatter]
[Vince] Standing in the-- Oh, a kick to chest area by Zeus.
Zeus hammering in the back of the head.
Down the trapezius area again.
Zeus is a maniac just hammering The Hulkster down.
[Jesse] And what a surprise to Hogan.
He still gotta face The Boss Man, and look at--
-[screams] -[Jesse] Zeus is just leaving him laying.
There's the champ!
[Gene] And in July, at the heat of summer on the Brother Love Show,
"Macho Man" Randy Savage introduces Zeus.
-Sensational Sherri… -[grunting]
[Macho Man] …right now
tell the entire world who The Human Wrecking Machine is.
Zeus, Zeus, Zeus!
Zeus is The Human Wrecking Machine
and he's got the madness in his eye!
Hulk Hogan and Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake,
accept the challenge, anytime,
anyplace, make a date and don't be late.
Zeus, what do you think about it, man?
Tell Hulk Hogan and Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake
the way that it is.
Hulk Hogan, Beefcake "Barber,"
we are going to destroy you!
[Gene] There was the challenge.
A week later, Hulk Hogan and Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake
had their reply.
…and my partner, Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake,
we formally accept
the challenge of the Macho Man
and that big monster, Zeus, for SummerSlam.
-[Vince] Look at that! -[Gene] And July 29th
on Saturday Night's Main Event,
it was quite obvious that Zeus,
following the match between the Macho Man
and Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake, was impervious to pain.
Take a look.
[Vince] Beefcake now. Ooh, missing with the roundhouse and…
Yes, there it is, the sleeper hold!
[Jesse] He's hooked it in the middle of the ring!
[Vince] Oh no. Come on. Zeus coming in from behind.
Look at the size of this man!
-Crashing down… -[bell ringing]
…into the back of Brutus "The Barb--" Look at the size of this monster.
[Jesse] Whoa, and he's got the big bearhug,
-the big squeeze on The Barber. -[bell ringing]
[Jesse] I bet you Beefcake has never felt pain like…
[Vince] Look! Here comes The Hulkster, Hulk Hogan!
Double Axe into the back of Zeus!
-[bell ringing] -[Jesse] It did nothing.
[Vince] I can't believe it.
-[Jesse] It did nothing. -[Vince] Zeus, turning around.
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] Now, we're gonna have it, one-on-one.
-The Hulkster, kicking to the midsection. -[bell ringing]
[Jesse] Look at that.
Hogan's best right hand does nothing, McMahon!
-It does nothing. -[Vince] Zeus is almost-- Look at this.
Zeus was almost smiling at him.
-[bell ringing] -[Vince] Bearhug by Zeus!
[Jesse] He's picking up the 310-pound Hogan like nothing!
[Vince] Randy Savage going up to the top rope,
crashing down in the back of Hulk Hogan.
Hulkster being hammered by this awesome Human Wrecking Machine Zeus.
[bell ringing]
[Jesse] I have never in my life seen Hogan manhandled like he is--
[Vince] Oh no. What's in the bag?
They have the scissors of Brutus Beefcake they're gonna--
[Jesse] It's haircut time.
[Vince] They're gonna try and cut Hulk Hogan's hair,
but a rake on the eyes of Zeus by Beefcake.
And now it's all four men in the ring at the same time.
[Jesse] Look at Zeus, he's smiling.
[Vince] Savage over the top rope!
Now, Hulkster goes outside and grabs a chair.
Look at this, he's winding up.
Oh my goodness.
[Jesse] He couldn't drop him.
Zeus is smiling at him.
Look at the fear on Hogan's face!
-[Vince] Zeus-- -[Jesse] Look at him McMahon!
Your hero, showing nothing but trembling fear in the ring.
[Vince] Zeus apparently impervious to pain
as Beefcake grabs a chair from outside as well.
[Jesse] They both got chairs.
-[bell ringing] -[Jesse] And Zeus ain't backing down!
He's exonerating. Come on.
[Vince] He's even shoving his tag partner Savage away.
Zeus wants to go at him, I can't believe it.
Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake with Hulk Hogan.
["Jive Soul Bro" playing]
[Schiavone] All right, Jesse Ventura, here we go with some more great action.
Still that gigantic main event to come also.
[Jesse] The big main event and I'm waiting for it
and I hope there's not an atrocity like what took place
with the Intercontinental Championship.
There is a new Intercontinental Champion, there is no doubt,
The Ultimate Warrior, but the fans are ready
for some more great action here in World Wrestling Entertainment.
A gigantic six-man on its way right now.
The six-man tag team matchup,
with six of the biggest human beings walking the face of this earth.
I don't know if the ring's gonna be able to hold them all.
That's a really good point. Let's go up to ringside.
[bell ringing]
[Howard] This six-man tag team match is scheduled for one fall.
About to enter the ring area, with their respective managers,
Bobby "The Brain" Heenan and "The Doctor of Style" Slick
at a total combined weight
of 1,334 pounds,
here are "The Eighth Wonder of the World" André the Giant
and his partners The Twin Towers!
[Schiavone] Did he say 1,300 pounds?
[Jesse] One thousand-something hundred pounds,
but take a look, Schiavone, at the beef in that ring.
You don't got to ask the question, "Where's the beef?"
[Schiavone chuckles] No, not at all.
They're big and they're bad.
[Jesse] I mean, you think Slickster feels safe in there?
["Demolition" playing]
-[Schiavone] I would think so. -[Howard] Their opponents…
[Schiavone] And listen to the roar of the fans.
Here they come.
[Howard] Here are King Duggan and Demolition!
[Schiavone] Look at King Duggan.
He's got the face covered up with a mask.
[Jesse] Yeah, he looks like Jason.
Now, we figured out who Jason is.
[Schiavone] Now, I wouldn't agree with that, but he is quite an athlete.
[Jesse] He certainly does Schiavone, look at him.
You tell me that ain't Jason from Friday the 13th.
♪ Run and we'll find you ♪
♪ There's no place to hide… ♪
[Schiavone] Here they are, all six men together.
It is nothing less than a collision…
-here at SummerSlam. -[bell ringing]
[Schiavone] This gigantic six-man event-- and I really think, Jesse,
that the team with the most quickness has to be Duggan and Demolition.
[Jesse] Oh, they got the quickness, but when you're as big
as Akeem, the Boss Man, and André, you don't have to be quick, Schiavone.
They got to eventually come to you.
[Schiavone] King Duggan, as we take a look at him
taking off the cape and the crown.
[Jesse] I'll tell you, the guy who's gonna have the problem here
is gonna be the referee.
[indistinct chatter]
[Jesse] 'Cause he's gonna have a real hard time
maintaining some type of control with these six individuals in the ring.
-[all] Ah! -[Schiavone exclaims] Look at that, Jesse.
That's Old Glory right across the face of King Duggan.
[Jesse] How disrespectful to the flag of America to have it on that ugly face.
[Schiavone] You think that's disrespectful?
[Jesse] Disrespectful.
[Schiavone] I think it shows a lot of pride in your country.
[Jesse] They should pass an amendment to the constitution
just to keep things like that from not happening.
[Schiavone] What in world is that man doing in the ring?
[crowd chanting] USA!
[Jesse] He manages the Giant, that's what he's doing here.
[Schiavone] Once again, we got a five-on-three.
Oh!
[Schiavone] As we saw earlier, there's a two-by-four decked out,
and it's got a crown on top of it too.
-Look at that two-by-four. -[indistinct chatter]
[Schiavone] The red, white, and blue, the crown on top of that.
Boy, I'll tell you what, King Duggan's prepared,
he is all colorful here tonight.
[crowd clapping]
[Jesse] He personally makes me sick.
[indistinct chatter]
[Schiavone] Well, Akeem and King Duggan jawing it back and forth right now.
[indistinct chatter]
[Schiavone] Look at him.
Duggan not backing down from the big African Dream at all.
He blocked it. Left hands.
Back and forth.
[Jesse] And that's what Duggan does best, is brawl.
The guy don't know how to wrestle, he's strictly a brawler.
[Schiavone] Right hand. And I would think against a team like this
that brawling may be the best technique.
-[indistinct chatter] -[Akeem screaming]
[Schiavone] Elbow and here comes Ax.
[referee] Get out of here.
[Schiavone] Going to work on Akeem!
Ah!
[Jesse] And we all know that Demolition, they're just fighters too.
-They're not wrestlers. -[referee] One, two…
-[Schiavone] Well, that's right. -…three!
[indistinct chatter]
[Schiavone] Look at them, double-teaming right on Akeem.
-[yells] -[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] Jesse, it's been all Demolition and King Duggan
here in the first minute or so of this match.
[Jesse] Well, I'll tell you what the key to this match is gonna be.
At some point in the match, Demolition or Duggan
are gonna get in trouble, and you're gonna see double-teaming
on the other side then.
-Then we'll see if they can take it. -[groans]
[Schiavone] Yeah, you're probably gonna see more than double-teaming,
you're gonna see triple-teaming, even four or five men on him at one time.
[Jesse] How do you get four or five, Schiavone? It's a six-man tag.
[Schiavone] Yeah, but you got Heenan and you got the Slickster.
[Jesse] They're not wrestlers, they're managers.
[Schiavone] Exactly. Tell them that sometime.
-The big elbow. -[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] And down goes Akeem.
[Jesse] And Ax hammering away on Akeem.
Akeem caught him with quick chop to the throat,
here comes the Boss Man.
[Schiavone] The big man comes in.
Oh, Ax really met him.
And to be able to take an early advantage on this man is really saying something.
I'll tell you what, he's got the Big Boss Man…
-[Duggan] Ho! -…right now at his mercy.
-And listen to King Duggan on the outside. -[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] Thumbs up, and the fans all respond.
[groans]
[Jesse] Well, so far, the match has been Demolition
and Duggan here in the early going,
but I can't see it staying that way for too long.
[overlapping chatter]
[Schiavone] Now, the Boss Man pinning Smash into a neutral corner,
as you look from the feet of the Giant.
[crowd chanting] USA!
-[Schiavone] Listen. -[crowd chanting] USA!
[Schiavone] The fans chanting "USA," and Smash responds,
fighting right out of the corner,
and a rake to the eyes.
-Boy, the Boss Man can even-- -[groans]
[Jesse] Whoa, and Smash gave it right back to him.
[Schiavone] There you go.
[Jesse] That's one thing about Demolition, they're fighters.
There ain't one dirty trick they don't know about.
-Ho! -[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] And here comes King Duggan.
Right to the shoulder again.
Once again, wearing Old Glory on his face and going right after the Boss Man.
[Boss Man screaming]
[Schiavone] Right down on the shoulder again.
[indistinct chatter]
[Schiavone] The Boss Man in major trouble here
as he is no man's land, so to speak, as Ax comes back in.
But you know, still, Jess, they can't get Boss Man off their feet-- off his feet.
-At least, not right now. -[Jesse] Ah-hah.
Now look at Ax, got caught.
He's caught, he's down in the wrong corner and here comes the Giant.
[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] Stomping right on the chin.
Giant just kicking Ax.
-Oh! -[Jesse] Oh.
[Schiavone] Holding on to the ropes too.
They should get him away from the ropes.
[Jesse] You can use the ropes, Schiavone.
If you'd ever wrestle, you'd know that.
[Schiavone] Right to the top of the head.
[crowd] USA! USA!
[Jesse] And look at those meat hooks.
[speaks indistinctly]
[Schiavone] And that-- is that chokehold?
[Jesse] I don't think so. It looked like he had him in the trapezius area.
Referee didn't put a count on him.
-[Schiavone] Well, he certainly didn't. -[overlapping chatter]
[Schiavone] Using the ropes, stepping right down on the abdomen.
[overlapping chatter]
-[Schiavone] Now, stepping on the chin. -One, two, three!
[Jesse] Well, Demolition and Duggan started off quick,
but it looks like time's ran out on them.
[Schiavone] Boy, I'll tell you what, when the Giant comes in,
things change quickly, don't they?
Andy, get outside!
[Schiavone] Big headbutt!
The Big Boss Man showing just another part of his arsenal.
And there's a very distraught Bobby "The Brain" Heenan
who obviously can't concentrate on what's going on here, but he better.
Right to the foot.
-[air horn blows] -[crowd cheering]
[Jesse] And now the quick tags coming
from the Boss Man, Akeem, and The Giant.
[Schiavone] Now, to the other neutral corner.
Akeem.
And a tag!
Here comes Smash.
Both the Boss Man and Akeem taking the measure.
[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] Oh, and he got him!
-[Jesse] I can't believe he smashed the-- -[Schiavone] Look at this!
-[Jesse] …slammed both of them. -[crowd cheering]
[Jesse] Unbelievable.
[Schiavone] Listen to the fans.
Oh, André ended that with one big blow.
[Jesse] And that's the advantage of having a giant in your corner.
[Schiavone] Two gigantic slams…
and a save that time from Ax.
The Boss Man going right to the corner.
Big clothesline.
Here's the cover, one, two--
Duggan in there now with André.
Head butt from behind!
[indistinct chatter]
-[Schiavone] The slam again. -[Jesse] They got Smash in trouble now.
[Schiavone] They really do.
[Jesse] They wanna brawl, they wanna get all six men in the ring.
[Schiavone] Look, the two-by-four!
[crowd cheering]
-[Schiavone] On the back! -[Jesse] No!
[Schiavone] Yes! He's got him covered!
-One, two, yes! -[Jesse] No!
-[bell ringing] -["Demolition" playing]
[Schiavone] Let's get the official word.
[Howard] Here are your winners,
the team of King Duggan and Demolition.
[Schiavone] And a win.
[Jesse] You know, Schiavone, you're going to call that a win?
Here you are complaining about Bobby Heenan,
you're complaining about Slick.
Neither of them did nothing.
What happened was very simple,
an illegal foreign object, a two-by-four in the ring.
That guy, Duggan, should be fined and suspended.
[Schiavone] Let's take a look once again at what happened here.
Here's the two-by-four.
[Jesse] There you see Akeem coming down.
Flagrant interference, hits him with a two-by-four.
How ridiculous.
[Schiavone] And like you once said, Jesse, if the ref doesn't see it,
well, what in the world can you do?
[Jesse] Hey! You got no right to quote me at all, little man!
[Schiavone] And a big win in a six-man event for Demolition
and King "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan.
What a great win.
[theme music playing]
[Schiavone] Well, Jesse "The Body," the Survivor Series,
the ultimate in tag team competition.
And what a tremendous event it's going to be, Thanksgiving night.
But right now, standing by, "Mean" Gene Okerlund
with The Million Dollar Man.
Still to come here tonight at SummerSlam,
The Million Dollar Man, you Ted DiBiase,
will be meeting "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka.
[laughs]
That's right Okerlund, the time of waiting is over, the hour's at hand.
SummerSlam is upon us.
And once again, The Million Dollar Man will step into the squared circle
and prove to the entire world
that in addition to being the wealthiest, the classiest man,
I'm without a doubt, in World Wrestling Entertainment,
the greatest athlete to ever set foot in the ring anywhere.
And you, "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka,
making your triumphant return to the big city,
the simple fact is, Snuka, you can break into the city,
but you're still nothing but a primitive native
eating coconuts and bananas
while I dine and wine on champagne and caviar.
You, Snuka, tonight at the SummerSlam
will end up just like Jake "The Snake" Roberts.
Another sorry statistic in wrestling,
another victim at the hands of The Million Dollar Man.
-[laughs hysterically] -All right. Thank you, Ted DiBiase.
Let's get back to the ring.
[bell ringing]
[Howard] Ladies and gentlemen, at this time,
I am happy to tell you that we have a very special guest,
a surprise ring announcer.
Let's welcome, "Rugged" Ronnie Garvin.
-[Schiavone laughs excitedly] -[Jesse] What?
-[Schiavone] What about that Jesse? -[Jesse] What is the purpose of this?
[Schiavone] Well, what's wrong, I mean Summer--
[Jesse] That guy gets banned from refereeing,
he gets banned from wrestling, now he's gonna be a ring announcer?
[Schiavone] Well, I think we ought to hear what he has to say, why not?
Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest is scheduled for one fall.
-[Schiavone] He does a good job. -["Unchained" playing]
[Jesse] He's reading cue cards.
[Schiavone] There is nothing with that.
[Ronnie] Coming down the aisle, weighing 275 pounds…
-[Schiavone] The fans to their feet. -[Ronnie] …The Mighty Hercules!
[Schiavone] As "Rugged" Ronnie Garvin makes the announcement,
The Mighty Hercules making his way to the ring.
And I'll tell you what, Jess,
personally, I can't wait to hear this introduction
from "Rugged" Ronnie Garvin.
[Jesse] It ought to be interesting.
His so-called opponent…
-[Jesse] So-called opponent? -accompanied to the ring…
[Schiavone] Well, that's his opinion.
…by that little pipsqueak, poor excuse of a manager…
-[Schiavone laughs] -…"The Big Mouth of the South"
Jimmy Hart.
[crowd booing]
Here is a man who says he's from Seattle, Washington.
He claims he weighs 249 pounds.
To me he looks like he's overweight by 30 pounds.
[Schiavone laughs]
[Jesse] How dare him do that as an announcer.
This individual who can't take for himself.
and when he goes to his wimpy manager for advice,
Little Jimmy can't give him any.
[crowd laughing, cheering]
-He is the only wrestler I've ever seen… -[Jesse] I think Ronnie Garvin is a punk.
…with two left feet.
-[inaudible] -[crowd laughing, cheering]
-[Schiavone] Well, he's talking a lot. -Wears a robe with cheap rhinestone.
[Schiavone chuckles] Boy, he's really--
Can't tell if he's coming or going.
[Schiavone] Listen to this.
Made the biggest mistake of his life
when he asked for me to be reinstated,
Greg "The Hammer" Valentine.
[crowd booing]
[Schiavone] Well, that just about sums it up.
[Jesse] You think so, Schiavone?
-You're happy with that announcement? -[bell ringing]
[Jesse] You're pleased with what went on there?
[Schiavone] You know-- you know, Jesse--
look at "Rugged" Ronnie Garvin back in the ring.
You'll be the first one to say that--
-Oh! -[Jesse] Oh, look at that.
You're telling me that wasn't all planned out by Hercules and Garvin.
[Schiavone] Well, I think Hercules is taking advantage.
I really don't think it was planned out,
and you'll be the first to say that announcers
should state their opinion.
And that's exactly what he did. That's what you do.
[Jesse] That's what I do?
That's because I'm a legitimate announcer.
[Jimmy Hart shouting indistinctly]
[Jesse] Almost a three-count on the Hammer.
This is an atrocity.
"Rugged" Ronnie Garvin no business out there.
[Schiavone] All right. Into the ropes, and you're right,
-Hercules with a quick start here. -[Jimmy Hart] Come on, Hammer!
[Schiavone] Big slam!
-[Jimmy Hart] Come on, Hammer. -[Schiavone] Big cover.
-[referee] One, two -[Jimmy Hart] Come on, Hammer.
[Schiavone] It is a two-count,
and Greg Valentine is on the outside.
[Jesse] And that's a smart move by the Hammer.
He got jumped before the bell,
he's been distracted by that punk, Ronnie Garvin.
I'd like to know who made him an announcer.
[Schiavone] Well, don't look at me.
[Jesse] Did you have something to do with that, Schiavone?
Hey, you got Bobby Heenan thrown out.
[Schiavone] Here's the cover again, and only two--
You know, Jesse, I'm flattered that you think I have that much stroke
in World Wrestling Entertainment.
-But look at-- -[Jesse] The Hammer.
The Hammer is trying to get at "Rugged" Ronnie Garvin.
-[Jimmy Hart shouting indistinctly] -[Schiavone] He's right in his face.
And The Hammer can only blame himself for that.
He ought to leave "Rugged" Ronnie Garvin alone.
He's just sitting at ringside.
[Jesse] Oh yeah, just minding his own business, right?
[Schiavone] Right now, yes, he is.
And with the exception of a long, opinionated ring introduction,
Garvin has not been involved in this match at all,
but it's affecting The Hammer.
And an elbow.
[Jesse] Well, now The Hammer has gotta turn around and he--
That's why he's got the name The Hammer, what you're seeing right there.
[Schiavone] Now, look here.
There's the shin guard, the Heartbreaker.
Hercules pushing off.
[Jesse] Well, that's the only thing that saved Hercules
because when the Hammer hooks that figure four, the match is over.
[Schiavone] Now, the Hammer going up top.
Hercules down, but Hercules coming back to his feet here.
-The Hammer waiting-- Oh, he missed! -[Jesse] He got caught.
[Schiavone] He telegraphed it, Jess.
[Jesse] And that's what happens.
You do a high-risk maneuver by going up those ropes, you get caught.
Hercules driving lefts and rights into The Hammer's face.
[Jimmy Hart] All right. Now…
[Schiavone] Big forearm blow and The Hammer caught him on the back.
This is it, baby. He's all yours.
[Jesse] Well, Hercules made a cardinal mistake there,
he dropped his head like we saw Ricky Martel do earlier tonight.
[Schiavone] Tries to pick him up.
Hercules, too strong for him right there.
-[crowd cheering] -[Schiavone] Got him over.
[Jesse] Textbook suplex right there.
[Schiavone] Executed well, you're right.
And now, the Hammer trying to get to his feet.
[Jesse] I'm always right, Schiavone, don't ever doubt me.
[Schiavone] Well…
-Most of the time. -[Jesse] Always.
[Schiavone] Some-- well
[Jesse] Say it, "Always."
[Schiavone] I'm not gonna argue with you. Look here, goes in.
-He's got his feet on the ropes. -[Jesse] He's got it.
-[Schiavone] It's over! -[bell ringing]
[Jesse] Big win for Valentine.
[Schiavone] He's got his feet on the ropes.
[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] And it was a three-count,
having his foot on the ropes. And let's get the official word.
Ladies and gentlemen,
as far as I'm concerned,
the winner of the match,
The Mighty Hercules!
-[crowd cheering] -[Jesse] What?
What?
Greg Valentine won the match, not Hercules.
[Schiavone] Now, you're right this time because he had his hand raised.
[indistinct chatter]
[Schiavone] Certainly now, the referee--
[Jesse] Now, maybe the idiot will get it right.
-Ladies and gentlemen. -[Schiavone] Here we go.
-I'm sorry. -[Schiavone] All right.
-It seems like I was misunderstood. -[Schiavone] So, there we go.
The winner of the match
by disqualification, The Mighty Hercules.
[Schiavone laughs]
-["Unchained" playing] -[Jesse] What is Garvin trying to-- Whoa.
-[Schiavone] Oh my gosh. -[Jesse] The Hammer nailed him there.
[Schiavone] He really did.
-And now, in the ring -[Jesse] Toe-to-toe in the ring,
The Hammer and Hercules continuing…
even after Valentine won the bout.
[Schiavone] Look at Garvin.
Here comes "Rugged" Ronnie Garvin!
Nailing Greg "The Hammer" Valentine.
It was a three-count.
[Jesse] And let's set the record straight right now, Schiavone.
The winner of the match, Greg "The Hammer" Valentine
regardless of what "Rugged" Ronnie Garvin says about it.
[Schiavone] Well, Jess, you're right again.
[Schiavone] As we take a look at "Rugged" Ronnie Garvin.
Okay, Jess, here it is.
[Jesse] There you see The Hammer right there.
Hercules coming in hammering on Greg Valentine.
Valentine scooping the legs,
hooking him into a cradle,
putting his feet on the rope,
referee doesn't see it, gets the three-count.
[Schiavone] Well, it was illegal, but it was a win.
And now, after Garvin was knocked down,
here he comes back taking the-- look at this big right hand.
-Ho! -[Jesse] Yeah, a sucker punch.
[Schiavone] Now, let's go to our colleague,
"Mean" Gene Okerlund with the Macho Man, Zeus,
and Sensational Sherri with this special interview.
[Gene] Coming up shortly here at SummerSlam,
tonight's main event, Hulk Hogan and Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake
to meet "The Human Wrecking Machine" Zeus.
His partner, of course, none other than the "Macho Man" Randy Savage.
Sensational Sherri, what…
-What in the world is in this cauldron? -Marvelous.
Oh, "Mean" Gene Okerlund, this is the cauldron of madness
that we have spoke of, oh, so fondly in the past months. [gasps]
What will help us destroy Hulk Hogan, Brutus Beefcake.
Ah, I look in there, what do I see?
I see Hulk Hogan laying flat on his back.
And another thing, what do I see?
Brutus Beefcake, he's gone, he's finished.
And then hopefully, hopefully we can see what's going to happen
with Miss Elizabeth, if she's here.
Where is she? Where is she?
-What's cooking, Macho Man? -Where is she?
Unbelievable. Well, I see the same things that Sensational Sherri sees.
Only I see 'em a little smaller, yeah.
Like in itsy-bitsy pieces, if you know what I mean.
I see the weak link, Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake,
oh yeah, on the bottom of the cauldron of madness, yeah.
And I also see Hulk Hogan, yeah,
on the bottom of the cauldron of the madness,
and it's because of The Human Wrecking Machine.
-[Zeus] Yeah! -Impervious to pain!
And I told you, Hulk Hogan,
that this was the end of the road
and I am looking at the end of the road.
And also, I see Sensational Sherri,
you with Miss Elizabeth, yeah.
The possibility is unbelievable.
[Gene] Thank you very much I'm a little miffed by it all.
-Let's get back up to the ring. -[Zeus screaming]
[Schiavone] You know, Jess, I don't know who's more bonkers,
The Honky Tonk Man after being hit by his own guitar
or Sensational Sherri?
-My goodness. -[Jesse] Hey, you'd give your eye teeth,
Schiavone, to get a date with her.
[Schiavone] Well, certainly what we just saw
-could clear up a sinus or two. -[bell ringing]
[Howard] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Currently in the ring with his bodyguard, Virgil,
making his summer residence in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts,
weighing 260 pounds,
here is the self-proclaimed "Million Dollar Champion"
Ted DiBiase!
-[laughs] -[crowd booing]
The Million Dollar Man,
the Million Dollar Champion,
and the man who ended Jake "The Snakes" wrestling career.
[laughs]
[Schiavone] You like that don't you? I see a big smile on your face.
["Superfly" playing]
[Jesse] I like the Million Dollar Man because he's a generous guy.
[Schiavone] Yeah, remember, what goes around comes around.
I know you've heard of that one.
[Howard] …weighing 245 pounds,
-"Superfly" Jimmy Snuka! -[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] And listen to the response, fans on their feet!
The "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka jogging to the ring.
He is prepared for battle against the Million Dollar Man.
[Jesse] Well, this should be a tremendous matchup, Schiavone,
because the Million Dollar Man, regardless of all his money,
is still a precision wrestler.
Oh, and he missed right there!
And The Fly catches him.
DiBiase going for the quick win and Superfly ducking out of the way.
And now, it's The Fly with the headbutt
on the Million Dollar Man, outside the ring.
[Schiavone] And look at Virgil.
"No, sir. Thank you very much, I'll stay out here."
As The Superfly in the center of the ring,
takes command with a big headbutt,
and The Million Dollar Man is down
and away from The Superfly.
-[Virgil] Hey, shut it. -[Schiavone] Look at Virgil.
Oh.
He had something to say to a fan and that was a mistake.
Oh, and The Million Dollar Man!
Things have not gone well for Ted DiBiase at all.
[Jesse] And that's the one thing you don't want to happen,
is what's happening to DiBiase right now.
Superfly gaining the momentum.
Wow, all the way out to the floor.
[Schiavone] Out to the floor he goes, The Superfly prepared.
And he is coming here like a wildfire.
Now--
[indistinct chatter]
[Schiavone] The Million Dollar Man taking his time on the outside.
A slap to the apron.
[Jesse] And that's where DiBiase's smart.
He's outside the ring now, he's getting his head back together,
he's gotta start with a different plan.
-The first one didn't work. -[air horn blows]
[Schiavone] I don't know if any is gonna work against The Superfly
because in the big events,
we've seen some great things from Jimmy Snuka.
[Jesse] Hey, Superfly is very much like an animal.
An animal can always be trained and can always be outsmarted.
[Schiavone] Yeah, but we've seen Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka
with some great matches using some great strategy,
not many animals can do that.
[Jesse] You really think Superfly is capable of strategy?
[Schiavone] Certainly, look here.
Down he goes, right on DiBiase.
[Jesse] Well, Superfly mistimed that leapfrog a little bit,
but it came out to a good advantage for him
because he's landed right on top of DiBiase.
[Schiavone] So, once again, we got a good strategy
for using a good move, that if you didn't time it right,
-could still give you the advantage-- -[Jesse] It ain't strategy, Schiavone.
It's animal instinct.
It ain't no different than when you corner a tiger or a gorilla, or whatever.
They have instinct. They can fight. They don't fight on strategy.
[Schiavone] Can't you compromise and say
maybe it's a little bit of both?
-[Jesse] I don't compromise at nothing. -[Jimmy groans]
[Schiavone] Oh, Jesse.
[Jesse] DiBiase firing that boot in there.
That took the starch out of The Fly a little bit.
[Schiavone] It really did.
One thing you can say about DiBiase,
and I know you'll agree,
he's a man that when he has the advantage, he can really take it right to you.
And that's exactly what he's doing, not letting up at all.
[Jesse] DiBiase making a mistake there though.
You don't want to ram or punch Snuka in the head.
[Schiavone] Why is that?
[Jesse] Because Snuka has probably the hardest cranium known to man.
[Schiavone] And he's gonna try it again, Jesse.
[Jesse] Very Neanderthal.
[Schiavone] Neanderthal?
Just because he's from the Fiji Islands?
[Jesse] No, no, no, no, no, with that hard head.
Thick, a couple inches thick.
[Schiavone] Into the turnbuckle, high backdrop.
And look at now, the Million Dollar Man begging off The Superfly.
[Jesse] DiBiase looking for a little timeout.
Oh, and he was smart.
Notice the smartness there.
Get Snuka to think about something else and delivers the blow.
[Schiavone] But it basically had no effect
because The Superfly in command here again.
He goes over the top,
the Million Dollar Man picks him up-- Oh, great move!
Tremendous move.
[Jesse] And Ted DiBiase changing the tide of that match.
And that's the difference right there, Schiavone.
You got an instinct wrestler going against a thinking wrestler.
Snuka, the instinct wrestler, DiBiase, the thinking wrestler.
[Schiavone] Well, that instinct certainly has led to many victories
for The Superfly,
but now it's in question right here at SummerSlam
because The Million Dollar Man is leveling The Superfly.
Big blows to the midsection.
And now, holding on to The Superfly, here we go for the big vertical suplex.
Oh, nicely done.
[Jesse] Beautiful Suplex. He's going for the cover.
One, two--
Superfly kicks out though.
[Schiavone] Well, there is your instinct, Jess, coming through right there.
[Jesse] The animal has resilience, doesn't he?
[Schiavone] He really does.
Now, I shouldn't have said that.
He'll think I was calling him an animal also which is not the case at all.
Right to the back he goes.
[Schiavone] The pick-up.
Oh, good backbreaker.
[Jesse] And DiBiase is deceptively strong.
[Schiavone] Out of it again is "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka.
The Million Dollar Man being very deliberate,
taking his time, great execution on every point.
And now, what's he gonna try to do, a high-risk maneuver?
This is a mistake, Jesse.
This has got to be a mistake.
[Jesse] Not if he hits it.
-[Schiavone] No, it was! -[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] I mean, here's the man with the high-flying,
high-risk maneuvers, "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka.
And now he's on his way back.
[Jesse] Well, Schiavone, sometimes you have to take chances to win,
DiBiase took that chance there, it backfired.
[Schiavone] And a big headbutt. You were talking about--
[Jesse] You still don't fault DiBiase
for having the guts to take that chance, though.
[Schiavone] Not at all, I can't argue with you on that point.
But the fact was, it was a mistake in a big event at a critical time
when he had everything going his way.
And now, The Superfly, he's on the middle rope.
-[crowd cheering] -[Schiavone] And he connects.
[Jesse] Driving that headbutt in and he could get the win.
Why isn't he covering him?
[Schiavone] Well, now, I don't know.
He's going for the big one, Jesse.
He's going for The Superfly.
[Jesse] That was a mistake, I think.
He should've gone for the cover.
[Schiavone] Fans on their feet here at the Meadowlands.
[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] The Superfly!
Look at Virgil.
[Jesse laughs]
[Schiavone] Virgil coming up on the apron.
Had it not been for Virgil, the lights would've been out.
[Jesse] Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka, again, making an animalistic decision.
The referee counting.
Superfly caught on the floor with Virgil.
[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] Now, The Million Dollar Man nails…
The Superfly,
who's still down on the ringside area, right to the post!
[Jesse] And DiBiase sliding back in the ring.
Referee continuing to count.
-I don't think The Fly's gonna make it. -[Schiavone] No, he can't get up.
-[bell ringing] -[Jesse] He didn't.
[Schiavone] All right. The bell sounds.
[Jesse] Now, give me credit, Schiavone, was he or was he not outsmarted?
[Schiavone] We'll answer that right after this.
[Howard] Here's your decision, the referee awards this bout
as a result of a count-out to the self-proclaimed
Million Dollar Champion, Ted DiBiase!
[Schiavone] Well, I gotta give you credit.
He used his head but that's about all he had left.
Look at The Superfly!
[Jesse] Whoa!
Now, that's a sore loser.
[Schiavone] Right, he goes to the head of Ted DiBiase.
And look at Virgil.
Jesse, here's the man that caused it.
Had he stayed down on the floor where he belongs,
this never would've happened.
[Jesse] Well, Jimmy Snuka could face a fine.
He could face a suspension right here because the match officially over.
This is totally bad sportsmanship on the part of Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka.
-What a sore loser. -[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] And Superfly with Virgil down.
[Jesse] He couldn't do it to DiBiase, so now he's gotta do it to Virgil, huh?
[Schiavone] Well, here we go!
The fans-- Look at 'em, standing up!
Oh yeah!
-[crowd cheering] -["Superfly" playing]
[Schiavone] Then you hear the music.
What a tremendous move.
The winner, of course as we said,
by the count-out, the Million Dollar Man, Ted DiBiase.
And there he goes.
He doesn't look much like a winner right now.
[Jesse] What do you expect?
They were jumped from behind by the animal in the ring.
[Schiavone] All right.
I understand, Jess, and we're gonna take a look
at a great moment.
[Jesse] …The Super-- A great moment? A horrible moment.
There you see The Superfly crashing down on poor, helpless Virgil.
[Schiavone] Your winner by the count-out, the Million Dollar Man, Ted DiBiase.
Somewhere here in this jam-packed arena in the Meadowlands is Sean Mooney.
At this point of the evening, you can cut the excitement
here in the arena with a knife.
Now, thus far, we've seen everything you've come to expect from a WWE event.
Unparalleled action, drama, the tension between combatants,
but as the saying goes, we ain't seen nothing yet.
We still have to get to the main event.
And I'm sure you folks at home, and along with the 20,000 folks here,
can't wait another moment for the main event.
Back to you, Tony.
[Schiavone] All right, Sean, and I would echo those feelings.
We cannot wait for the main event.
And we are moments away from the moment we've been waiting for.
Right now though, "Mean" Gene Okerlund is standing by.
Two men with a lot on their mind,
"The Hulkster" Hulk Hogan and Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake.
[Gene] All right. My guests, at this time,
two of the participants in tonight's main event here at SummerSlam,
Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake
and the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion, Hulk Hogan.
You know something "Mean" Gene, ever since me and The Barber hooked up,
we've been hangin' and bangin', brother.
And we also been riding our Harley Davidsons
through a lot of heavy traffic, dude.
But on the way to the Meadowlands today,
when we hit the George Washington Bridge, it was in a standstill.
So me and The Barber, we just looked at each other, brother,
and we decided to head for the water, brother.
We headed for the Henry Hudson River, and just like Moses parted the Red Sea,
that's exactly what happened
when the pythons started heading for the river.
And once we crossed the river, "Mean" Gene,
everybody on Interstate 95 pulled off to the side.
All the Hulkamaniacs with the stares in their eyes,
with their jaws hanging, with their dumbfounded looks,
couldn't believe the largest arms in the world
hanging onto the pair of ape hangers ready to do battle.
They couldn't believe the gleam in The Barber's eyes.
-And we know why, don't we Brutus? -[whispers] That's right.
You know, "Mean" Gene, these are titanium steel blades.
They will cut through absolutely anything.
You know, I love the blades, Gene.
The blades are part of me.
Now, madness, listen up
'cause I'm gonna make 'em part of you.
I can't believe that, Hulk Hogan.
-You better believe it, "Mean" Gene. -Oh yeah.
But the thing that all those Hulkamaniacs
that were stopped on the side of the road
couldn't believe was the package I had riding on the back of my fender, brother.
With those long, sexy, curvaceous legs that wrapped around me,
with the arms that hung onto my waist for dear life
with a set of headlights that were pointed straight ahead, brothers,
and the smile across the secret weapon's face,
just like an acre of sunshine,
satisfaction guaranteed, we're gonna take it to 'em, brother.
We're gonna wipe out the Macho Man, we're gonna destroy Zeus,
and then we're gonna get Scary Sherri and put her in her place.
What are you dudes gonna do
when The Barber, the blade, and Hulkamania run wild on you?
Get ready for the big main event here at SummerSlam.
Wow.
-[crowd cheering] -[bell ringing]
[Howard] And now, ladies and gentlemen,
in the ring, to recite a poem.
-[Schiavone] Oh no. -I give you…
-[Jesse] This is a great surprise. -…The Genius.
[Jesse] All right.
[Schiavone] Well, I would agree with half of that statement, it's a surprise.
[Jesse] Schiavone, you may have trouble understanding.
From the Meadowlands Arena to the multitudes beyond,
I, The Genius, full of glory and renown,
share my wondrous words of wisdom with this SummerSlam spectacular
to validate my mortarboard and gown.
-[Schiavone] Yeah, validate. -Brutus Beefcake and Hulk Hogan
shall be running for their lives.
The highest card they're holding is a deuce.
They are totally unqualified to match the royal flush
that shall be coming from the Macho Man and Zeus.
Scary Sherri is the term that Brutus Beefcake used in slander,
and he had the nerve to call her overdressed.
That's when The Barber got a trim that wasn't on the schedule
because Sherri is a cut above the rest.
On the other hand, Elizabeth is absolutely useless.
She is less than just another pretty face.
[Schiavone] Now, wait a minute.
[Genius] When you add the unknown factor of The Human Wrecking Machine,
tonight, the Hulk shall be in second place.
[crowd booing]
[Schiavone] Another big smile on your face, Jess.
I guess you like those words of wisdom.
[Jesse] Well, I'm an intellectual man, Schiavone,
-I can appreciate it where you can't. -[Howard] Ladies and gentlemen.
-This is the main event of SummerSlam! -[Jesse] Here they come.
Here they come.
[Howard] It's scheduled for one fall.
[Schiavone] Everyone in the arena is standing.
[Howard] Coming into the arena, led by their manager,
-the Sensational Sherri… -["Pomp and Circumstance" playing]
…at a total combined weight of 581 pounds,
here are the "Macho Man" Randy Savage…
-[Schiavone] I'll tell you what. -…and his partner…
[Schiavone] Sean Mooney said you can cut the intensity with a knife.
-And he was exactly right. -[Howard] …Zeus!
[Schiavone] You can feel it here at SummerSlam.
Oh, look at Zeus.
[Jesse] "The Human Wrecking Machine" Zeus
with the "Macho Man" Randy Savage and Scary Sherri.
You can just feel the intensity of this crowd.
They've never seen a man
who can handle Hogan quite like Zeus has in the past.
[Schiavone] Jesse, and I've been saying all along,
with that wild lady, there's no-- Look at her.
[Jesse] Isn't she gorgeous, Schiavone?
I mean, you're frothing at the mouth up here.
[Schiavone] You think she's gorgeous?
-[scoffs] -[Jesse] She's a real woman.
[Schiavone] She's really weird is what she is.
And there's no question in anybody's mind--
[Jesse] Check out those nylons on her.
Showing a lot of leg there, Schiavone.
Don't get excited now.
[Schiavone] There's no question, these two men not only wanna win,
they wanna put out The Barber and The Hulkster--
-[crowd cheering] -[Schiavone] Listen to the fans!
-Oh my goodness! -["Struttin' and A Cuttin'" playing]
[Howard] And now, introducing their opponents,
first, from San Francisco, California,
weighing 271 pounds,
-Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake! -[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] You know he's got a score to settle
with the Macho Man and Scary-- Sensational Sherri.
[Jesse] Why, 'cause they gave him a haircut?
-[Schiavone] Sure. -[Jesse] Oh yeah. But it's okay.
All the haircuts he's dished out.
[Schiavone] Well, I didn't say that.
[Schiavone] There's the Macho Man.
[Jesse] Hogan ain't even with him.
Hogan probably got smart and decided not to show.
[Schiavone] Now, I would say that's confidence, Jess.
[crowd cheering]
-[Schiavone] Here we go! -["Real American" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] Listen to the fans.
[Jesse] Oh, you can't even hear yourself speak.
-The Hulkamaniacs are coming alive. -[Howard] …from Venice Beach, California,
-weighing 303 pounds… -[Schiavone] What did you say?
…the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion,
-Hulk Hogan! -[Schiavone] The ovation for The Hulkster!
[crowd cheering]
[Jesse] I'm not going to attempt to talk over this.
This is mass hysteria.
♪ I am a real American… ♪
[Jesse] You know what, Schiavone?
It's obvious to me that that little tramp Elizabeth
ain't gonna show up.
[Schiavone] Jesse…
I wouldn't put Elizabeth out there with a wild woman like Sherri.
She could do anything, she's crazy!
[Jesse] Yeah. Where's their ace in the hole?
Their staff didn't make it.
Their manager didn't show!
-Ha! -[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] Set to go.
And Jess, you're right, no Miss Elizabeth,
but still, with Sensational Sherri what we have-- Oh, look at that thing.
[Jesse] You can't tell me Zeus ain't a man on a mission.
[Schiavone] Can you imagine, staggering out on an alley
and seeing that man look at you?
Oh my goodness.
♪ I am a real American ♪
♪ Fight for what's right Fight for your life… ♪
[Schiavone] The Hulkster's ready.
-Zeus is ready. -♪ I am a real American ♪
♪ Fight for the rights of every man ♪
♪ I am a real American ♪
[Schiavone] And Sensational Sherri holding…
Zeus back.
-The fans-- -[Jesse] They're not holding him back,
they're just waiting for the moment to turn him loose, that's all.
[Schiavone] Fans still on their feet here for The Hulkster.
Look at that, they've got a game plan.
You can't tell me Hulk Hogan and Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake,
in the most talked about event of the entire summer, do not have a plan.
-They've got a plan. -[Jesse] Certainly they got a plan.
But the question is, will the plan work?
You can have all the plans in the world, Schiavone,
but you got "Macho Man" Randy Savage and The Human Wrecking Machine
just waiting to destroy any plans you might have.
[indistinct chatter]
[Schiavone] Right now, basically a battle of wits.
It is absolutely electrifying here at the Meadowlands
for the main event for SummerSlam.
A confident Brutus "The Barber" and The Hulkster.
Now, what's Hulkster doing?
Hulkster is-- He's over talking to Howard Finkel,
our ring announcer.
What's this all about?
[Jesse] Maybe he's already conceded the bout.
[Schiavone] Now, Jesse, you don't believe…
[Jesse] Maybe he decided to go home.
[Schiavone] You don't believe that for a minute.
Wait a minute, still some words.
Ladies and gentlemen, I've just been informed
by the WWE Champion
that I should now introduce to you…
-[Schiavone laughs] -[crowd cheering]
…the First Lady of World Wrestling Entertainment…
-[Schiavone] Listen to this! -[Howard] …Miss Elizabeth!
-[crowd cheering] -[Schiavone] She's not scared, Jesse.
And you thought she was scared,
you thought they didn't want to bring her out.
Here she comes in all her glory,
-Miss Elizabeth, and listen to the fans. -["Pomp and Circumstance" playing]
[Jesse] Yeah.
Well, you wait and see what happens if Scary Sherri gets a hold
of little prissy Miss Elizabeth.
[Schiavone] Now, Jesse, there's a lady.
She is absolutely gorgeous.
Such poise.
-Look at her and listen to the fans. -[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] And look at Sherri.
She can't believe it.
[Jesse] Miss Elizabeth is nothing more than a gold digger, Schiavone.
[Schiavone] She is the manager of Hulk Hogan.
[Jesse] If Macho was the champion, she'd be with him.
But since Hogan's the champion,
-she sides with him. -[bell ringing]
-[Jesse] She's a little gold digger. -[Schiavone] Now, Jesse--
[Jesse] Randy Savage made her what she is today.
She was nothing.
She was a hash slinger down the street in Jersey.
[Schiavone] She is a lady that's stands behind her man.
[Jesse] Yeah.
[Schiavone] And all the fans around the world know that.
[Jesse] They call 'em "fair-weather sailors."
-That's what she is. -[Schiavone] Oh, Jesse.
Ah, here we go. The Macho Man!
He wanted to swat it.
Now, you think that's a big man? To swat at a lady like Miss Elizabeth
to try to hit her?
[Jesse] He didn't try to hit her.
-[Schiavone] Here we go! -[Jesse] Here we go, the main event.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jesse] Look at that!
Hogan can't hurt Zeus.
[Schiavone] Look at that.
-[crowd cheering] -[indistinct chatter]
[Schiavone] Now he's gonna get some momentum.
[Jesse] He's giving him his best shots!
-He can't do nothing to him. -[Schiavone] He got him in the eyes!
[Schiavone] Oh, he couldn't pick him up!
Look at that! Raw power from The Human Wrecking Machine.
-He tried to pick him up and-- -[Jesse] He couldn't do nothing to him.
[Schiavone] They gotta double-team him.
Oh, he caught The Barber.
-[crowd cheering] -[air horn blows]
[Jesse] Look at this.
He don't even need Macho Man.
They're illegally double-teaming him, and Hogan's powerless.
[Schiavone] Zeus is incredible.
What strategy can you have now?
[Jesse] Look at that.
[laughs]
[Schiavone] Maybe all this cauldron…
mumbo jumbo stuff…
-[Jesse] What do you mean mumbo jumbo? -…is a truth…
[Jesse] And here comes the Macho Man.
[Schiavone] Double-teaming The Hulkster.
Meanwhile, The Barber, Sherri, Elizabeth, down on the floor.
And the Macho Man wants his chance at The Hulkster,
picks up the champion and throws him down.
[Jesse] Savage is the legal man in the ring.
[Schiavone] Boy, what a tag team partner Zeus has turned out to be
in the first minute of this match.
-[crowd cheering] -[air horn blows]
[Schiavone] Double Axe Handle down on the back of The Hulkster.
[Jesse] What I wanna know, Schiavone, Beefcake and Hogan double-team Zeus
and couldn't do a thing to him.
How did they expect to win?
[Schiavone] Face-first. Jesse, you know as well as I do
-that as the match goes on… -[Sherri shrieks] Come on!
…people tend to wear down a little bit.
-It's the first minute of the match. -[Jesse] Yeah.
And the people that are gonna wear down is gonna be Hogan and Beefcake.
[Schiavone] Well, I think, maybe everybody will wear down.
[crowd clapping]
[Schiavone] Now…
Sleeper hold onto The Hulkster.
The Hulkster back up.
The Macho Man still on him.
The referee checking in.
Oh, and Hulk's going down.
[Jesse] This could be the biggest, quickest win in history over Hogan.
Hogan psyched out by Zeus, you could tell it.
[Schiavone] But the Hulkamaniacs are here!
Listen to 'em!
[crowd chanting] Hogan! Hogan! Hogan!
[Schiavone] The Hulkamaniacs, jam-packed,
as Hulk Hogan is on his way back!
The sleeper cannot keep him down!
[Schiavone] Hulkster with an elbow, again.
[indistinct chatter]
[Jesse] Hogan breaks the sleeper hold, catches the Macho Man with a big shoulder.
[crowd cheering]
-[Schiavone] Shoulder block. -[Jesse] Another one.
[Schiavone] Oh, he went to the wrong side that time.
[Jesse] And Zeus got Hogan.
[Schiavone] Zeus is a wild man over there. The Macho Man takes the--
-[Jesse] And there's a tag. -[Schiavone] Oh no.
[Jesse] Oh yeah.
[Schiavone] Here he comes.
And you could only wonder-- He's getting some words of advice,
they can't be anything good.
-Big bear hug! -[Jesse] He's got him!
I have never seen Hulk Hogan picked up and squeezed like a rag doll
like Zeus is doing to him.
[Schiavone] Well, I would agree.
Zeus, all the power behind The Hulkster,
who certainly wants to get a tag, looking towards The Barber.
[Jesse] And what good is it gonna do for him to tag Beefcake?
[Schiavone] Calling to the Hulkamaniacs on every side of the ring
and listen to 'em.
[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] He's gonna try to power his way out.
[Jesse] No way.
Look at Zeus cinching down with that bear hug.
Hogan has finally met a man stronger than him.
[indistinct chatter]
[Schiavone] Zeus continues to put the pressure on The Hulkster.
And you see Miss Elizabeth…
down on the bottom of your screen momentarily,
trying to get The Hulkster back.
There she is.
Right behind her man.
[Jesse] Hogan's going out.
[Schiavone] No!
I don't think so.
[Jesse] He's down to a knee.
Zeus, putting the pressure on him.
He's got him on his back. This could be the pin.
[Schiavone] Hulk got a right shoulder up.
[Jesse] But how, Schiavone, is he gonna get out of it?
[Schiavone] Well, he continues to get the shoulder up.
Zeus continues, though, to put the pressure on.
[Schiavone] There's a worried look and rightfully so,
but The Hulkster will not stay down.
[Jesse] You watch, if Macho and Zeus win,
then you watch that tramp Elizabeth go running back to Macho and Zeus.
-[Schiavone] You believe that? -[Jesse] I believe it, totally.
She's a gold digger.
Hogan's fighting his way up.
[Schiavone] Oh, here he comes.
[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] It is absolutely deafening in here!
[Jesse] The punch is having no effect.
Look at Zeus picking him up, rams him into the buckle.
[Schiavone] And here comes the Macho Man.
The Hulkster in as much trouble as I've ever seen him in.
[Sherri shouting indistinctly]
[Schiavone] The Macho Man!
[Jesse] Oh, beautiful move by Savage.
Now, you get the speed and the precision of the Macho Man.
[Schiavone] Spitting right at The Barber.
And that doesn't help matters when The Barber comes in at all.
[Jesse] That's a sucker move to get The Barber in there.
Beautiful suplex.
[Schiavone] The belly to back, on target, a cover.
-The Hulkster does not stay down! -[indistinct chatter]
[Jesse] And that was a bit of a slow count by the referee,
and Macho's letting him know about it.
[Schiavone] Well, I think that Macho should turn his attention to The Hulkster.
-Nobody there! -[Jesse] Oh.
[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] An elbow, another one.
He needs a tag!
Yes!
Here comes Brutus!
Oh, big clothesline!
What a tremendous clothesline!
-And again! -[Jesse] The high knee.
He's got Macho.
[Schiavone scoffs]
And that was almost a three-- Look at this.
[Jesse] Macho don't know where he is.
He thought the referee was Beefcake.
[Schiavone] Into the ropes near side, missing the clothesline.
-And the sleeper! -[crowd cheering]
[Jesse] And he's got him at the center of the ring.
[Schiavone] This could be it!
[Jesse] Macho, I can't believe it, he's going down.
Beefcake the weak link of the team.
[Schiavone] Pulling on the hair!
Oh, what a great move by Savage to get out of that!
[Jesse] A tremendous move by the Macho Man, a desperation move,
ramming Beefcake into that turnbuckle, saved himself from going down in defeat.
[Schiavone] You can't deny that was, Jesse, a tremendous move.
And now-- Oh no.
-[Jesse] There's the tag. -[Schiavone] Look at this.
-No pain. -[grunts, yells]
Except to the eyes!
[chuckles] Right to the eyes!
And now on the back!
[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] He's got the sleeper on The Human Wrecking Machine.
[Jesse] Look at this. Oh!
Macho hit him with the purse.
[Schiavone] Jesse, he went down like a sack of potatoes!
[Jesse] What?
[Schiavone] There's gotta be something in that purse.
[Jesse] Oh, come on, Schiavone. You're grabbing for straws.
[Schiavone] Oh, now, Jesse, you can't tell me
a regular lady's purse, one of that size--
[Jesse] It could if Macho swings it.
-[Schiavone] Yeah. Right. -[indistinct chatter]
[Jesse] Beefcake out. They need to go for the cover.
There it is.
Oh, and Hogan illegally into the ring.
[Schiavone] Well, speaking of illegally,
somebody's ought to check that purse because The Barber is out cold.
Oh, he's out cold and you can't tell me that a regular purse can do that.
[Jesse] And Hogan in again.
Come on, referee, disqualify him.
[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] The Hulkster.
-[air horn blows] -[Schiavone] Watch out.
[Jesse] He's got Liz.
[Schiavone] He was trying to get Miss Elizabeth!
And The Hulkster trying to save the match!
-[Jesse] Tell him, referee! -[Schiavone] And protect his manager, too.
Hulkster, get in there.
-Yes. -[Jesse groans]
What do you mean yes, Schiavone?
-You advocate flagrant interference… -[Schiavone] No!
-…like that? -[Schiavone] But you can't tell me…
The Barber is still out, for goodness' sakes, Jesse.
You can't tell me that was an empty purse
or a purse maybe with just a few dollars or a bill fold in it, for goodness' sake.
[Jesse] Well, that certainly wasn't an empty boot over there.
-[indistinct chatter] -[Schiavone chuckles]
-Here comes Zeus. -[Jesse] This is it.
-Zeus is gonna finish him off right here. -[Zeus grunts]
[Schiavone] Well, needing a tag desperately is The Barber.
[Jesse] What is The Barber gonna do to Zeus?
Nothing.
[Schiavone] Only thing Barber can do is get to his corner.
-[overlapping chatter] -[Schiavone] Now see?
Here's what we talked about all along, at least I did.
[Jesse] Now, why is the referee doing that?
[Schiavone] He can pin the man probably right here.
Why would he wanna choke him, for goodness' sakes?
If he was knocked out by a loaded purse?
[Jesse] Because he's a wrecking machine, that's why.
He doesn't go on to pin people.
He goes out to end their career.
[Schiavone] That's what they're after.
[indistinct chatter]
[Schiavone] And Brutus "The Barber" and The Hulkster…
accepted the challenge, knowing full well
that this Human Wrecking Machine looks basically unstoppable.
Get off!
[Schiavone] And there's nothing they can do when he's in there.
-Three! Come on! -[Schiavone] Absolutely nothing.
[Jesse] Hogan has met his match in Zeus.
-Look at Zeus smiling at Hogan. -[indistinct chatter]
[Jesse] You see, Hogan not wanting to jump in there now, the coward.
Why don't he get in there, Schiavone?
[Schiavone] I don't think it's being a coward.
I think it's being, as you would say, Jesse, very intelligent.
[Jesse] Big clothesline by Zeus.
[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] The Barber trying to get back.
The Macho Man… controlling things in his corner.
[Jesse] Zeus has done the damage.
Now, Macho Man could do the finishing touches.
[Schiavone] Look at The Barber!
-[Jesse] Whoa, double clothesline. -[Schiavone] Double clothesline.
-Both men hit hard. -[referee] One!
[Schiavone] And now, what was a definite advantage
for the team of the Macho Man and Zeus…
[Jesse] But if Macho tags Zeus and if Beefcake tags Hogan,
what good's it gonna do Hogan?
[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] Listen to the fans on their feet.
Here comes The Barber!
Pushing away the Macho Man!
Yes! Uh-oh.
[Jesse] Oh yeah, Hogan will come in now 'cause it's Macho.
[indistinct chatter]
[Schiavone] And the Macho Man, right hand to the head.
Again.
Now, to a neutral corner, in after him.
[Jesse] Oh, and he sucker punches Zeus.
That's gonna do nothing but bring Zeus into the ring.
-[Schiavone] Zeus… -[Zeus shouting]
[Jesse] But maybe that's what Hogan wanted.
[Schiavone] Now Zeus being held back by the referee.
The big foot-- The big foot.
And the Macho Man very fortunate to roll on the floor in that case.
[overlapping chatter]
[Schiavone] He's gonna go after him again.
[Jesse] Hogan going for a suplex, it looks like.
One, two…
[Schiavone] She pulled his legs!
Sherri pulled the leg of The Hulkster.
[Jesse] Oh, how could you see something like that, Schiavone?
-[Schiavone] Oh, Jesse, now you-- -[Jesse] He just overcompensated.
[Schiavone] You had to see that also.
[Jesse] Ooh, Macho with a big clothesline.
Tag Zeus. Yeah.
-[Schiavone] Uh-oh. -[Jesse] Yeah.
[Schiavone] This could be the end of the match.
[Schiavone] Yeah. The Macho Man, he didn't make a tag.
-Or did he? -[Jesse] Zeus is the legal man, isn't he?
He hit it.
-[Schiavone] Oh my goodness! -[crowd cheering]
-[Jesse] What? -[Schiavone] Oh my God!
Can you believe that?
[crowd cheering]
[Jesse] I can't believe it.
[Schiavone] The Hulkster, out of nowhere!
[Jesse] Here comes Zeus.
And Zeus is the legal man in the ring.
There was a tag made.
[Schiavone] This is what we've been waiting for.
It's one-on-one now.
The Macho Man is still down.
The Barber in the opposite corner.
Blocked it!
He staggered him! He staggered him! He--
[Jesse] He can't knock him off his feet, though.
He can't knock him down.
[Schiavone] But he's wobbling!
Clothesline!
He's gonna go down!
-He's gonna go! -[Jesse] No!
-Hogan-- -[Schiavone] Yes!
[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] He's down to one knee.
[Jesse] He's-- I can't believe you're so excited, Schiavone.
[Schiavone] Zeus is down on one knee.
[Jesse] And Elizabeth-- Elizabeth tripped up Sherri!
[Schiavone] The Macho Man!
-[Jesse] Savage has got the purse. -[Schiavone] He's got the--
-He's got the purse! -[Jesse] We got total mayhem.
Hogan has the purse.
[Schiavone] He's got that loaded purse.
[Jesse] This is an illegal foreign object.
[Schiavone] Which has been used on Brutus before.
Watch out!
[Schiavone] Oh!
He's gonna go!
He picked him up!
[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] He picked up Zeus!
[crowd cheering]
-[Schiavone] There it is! -[Jesse] No!
[crowd] One, two, three.
-[Schiavone] Yes! -[Jesse] No!
[bell ringing]
[crowd cheering]
[Jesse] Now, what's he gonna do?
He already hit Zeus with an illegal foreign object.
It took that for Hogan to win the match.
[Schiavone] Oh, he's gonna hit her right in the mouth.
No.
[Jesse] You advocate brutality of a man hitting a woman?
-This is horrible. -[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] Elizabeth has the purse!
[crowd cheering]
[Jesse] This is terrible, Schiavone.
Hulk Hogan beating up on a woman.
[Schiavone] I think it's cutting time…
[Jesse] What on earth is left for him to do?
[Schiavone] …at the Meadowlands.
[indistinct clamor]
[Schiavone] Look, Zeus and the Macho Man cannot get in.
And Sherri, thanks to her loaded purse--
-Oh! -[Jesse] I don't believe this.
-[Schiavone] Yes! -[crowd cheering]
["Real American" playing]
[Schiavone] They got the win!
They got the trophy.
[Jesse] Look at this!
[Howard] Here are your winners,
Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake
and Hulk Hogan!
[Schiavone] And, Jesse Ventura, there is a power stronger than Zeus,
and it's called Hulkamania.
[Jesse] Yeah, sure, Schiavone.
It's called foreign object. That's what it's called.
Hogan had to use an illegal foreign object to win this match.
And if that's what the Hulkamaniacs advocate,
well, they can stick it.
[Schiavone] Oh, well, it's back to the cauldron for you, young lady.
♪ Fight for your life ♪
[Jesse] And then to top it all off, Hogan has to beat up a woman.
[Schiavone] Well, Jesse, there's a real woman right there.
♪ I feel strong About right and wrong ♪
[Jesse] There's a gold digger right there.
♪ And I don't take trouble For very long ♪
[Schiavone] We are-- This capacity crowd,
millions of fans worldwide watching us
are witnessing truly the greatest moment in sports.
And I think we need to enjoy it like a--
[Jesse] Oh yeah.
I'm just enjoying it like crazy.
♪ I am a real American ♪
[Jesse] It wasn't the 24-megaton arms that won this match.
It was an illegal foreign object that won it.
[Schiavone] Jesse, I know it's kind of pointless
to argue with you right now, but still, it was The Hulkster
coming up from the big elbow from the Macho Man,
coming back with his Hulkamaniacs behind him,
and Hulkamania, the most powerful force in the universe will never go down.
[crowd cheering]
[Schiavone] And there they are.
It's truly what has to be
one of their toughest tests.
♪ I gotta be a man I can't let it slide ♪
♪ I am a real American ♪
[Schiavone] And we're gonna take a look, I understand,
at some of what happened in this tremendous encounter.
♪ I am a real American ♪
♪ Fight for what's right Fight for your life ♪
[Jesse] Here you see, Schiavone, Miss Elizabeth coming up right here.
-Look at Miss Elizabeth interfering. -[Schiavone chuckles]
[Jesse] Throwing Sherri into the ring, interfering in the match.
[Schiavone] Yeah, just like the loaded purse.
♪ Fight for your life… ♪
[Jesse] Yeah, Elizabeth probably loaded it.
-[indistinct chatter] -[Schiavone] The Hulkster with the belt.
He is still the man.
Zeus was wobbling.
He went down to one knee…
♪ And I don't take trouble For very long ♪
[Schiavone] And there goes the lady with the purse.
Oh, what a woman.
♪ I've got something deep Inside of me ♪
[Jesse] What do you want, to get a date, Schiavone?
[Schiavone] Now, Jesse, let's take a look at how the match ended.
[Jesse] Yeah, right here.
Here you see Hogan raring back with this purse with something in it.
Wham, hitting Zeus square on the jaw.
Then he tries to throw it away.
Then he throws the evidence away.
Picks a dazed Zeus up.
[Schiavone] Oh-ho!
Oh-ho!
♪ Fight for the rights Of every man ♪
[Jesse] Slams him.
Bounces off the rope, comes in with the patented Hogan leg drop,
drops it on, and gets a foreign object victory.
[Schiavone] Hulk Hogan, Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake…
and Hulkamania.
[Jesse] Now, maybe if we keep it going,
we'll see a shot of Hogan abusing a woman.
♪ I am a real American ♪
[Schiavone] Now, you can't tell me
that everyone around the world
didn't want him to punch her right in the mouth.
[Jesse] I didn't. I didn't.
There it is. Look at that, choking out a woman.
[Schiavone] Well, certainly these men survived this encounter tonight.
And we wanna remind you that we will see you
at the Survivor Series Thanksgiving night.
♪ Fight for what's right, Fight for your life ♪
[Schiavone] Oh! Good night.
♪ I feel strong About right and wrong ♪
[Jesse] And look at this, if it isn't bad enough…
♪ And I don't take trouble For very long ♪
[Schiavone] For Jesse "The Body" Ventura, I'm Tony Schiavone.
We'll see you at Survivor Series, and have a good night, everybody. t.