[Okerlund] The Lex Express has been crisscrossing this great land of ours,
with Lex Luger meeting hundreds of thousands of Americans.
His red, white and blue Call to Action Campaign
has finally reached its destination.
The Palace of Auburn Hills
in suburban Detroit, Michigan.
This, ladies and gentlemen, is the setting
for the 1993 edition of SummerSlam.
[exciting rock music playing]
[Vince] The Lex Express has stopped in suburban Detroit!
The Lex Express has stopped in Auburn Hills!
The Lex Express has stopped in The Palace!
The Lex Express has stopped at SummerSlam!
Hello, everyone. Welcome to SummerSlam.
I'm Vince McMahon, along with Bobby "The Brain" Heenan,
and yes, Mr. Heenan, Lex Luger is hopeful
of becoming the WWE Champion.
He gets his shot at Yokozuna.
Just one of three title matches here tonight.
[Heenan] You got that wrong again, McMahon.
There are four very prestigious--
-Four? -Yes. Four titles on the line.
What about the King of the Ring?
Which is owned by Jerry "The King" Lawler,
and he's gonna show the world what that imposter,
Bret "The Hitman" Hart, is all about.
[Vince] Unquestionably a great matchup,
we'll find just who is the undisputed king
of the WWE. What's this?
That means my money-grabbing hands
are ready for money.
I'm so envious of Jim Cornette.
You know, money comes for money.
Mr. Fuji made him a wealthy man.
Now he is gonna manage the tag champions
and Yokozuna. Big money. Big money.
[Vince] And speaking of money, looks who's coming to town.
["It's All About The Money" playing]
[Finkel] Coming down the aisle, making his summer residence
in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts,
weighing 260 pounds,
"The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase!
[crowd boos]
[Vince] Talk about money.
That's what this man is all about.
Lots of money.
"The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase!
One of the wealthiest mens… men, rather, in all of the WWE.
[DiBiase over speaker] And you will be bought.
[cackles]
[Vince] However…
["Bad Boy" playing]
[Vince] …all the money in the world can't keep Ted DiBiase
from a date with destiny.
From a match with this man, take a look.
[Heenan] The Bad Guy.
[Finkel] …Razor Ramon!
[Vince] Oh yeah!
[Heenan] The people have really taken a liking to this
Desi Arnaz impersonator, haven't they?
[Vince] Well, he is The Bad Guy.
And if you don't believe him,
why don't you ask Ted DiBiase after the matchup is over.
[Heenan] You know, there's no doubt about it in my mind
that he is a very, very bad customer.
But he'll turn on you in a minute.
[Vince] Oh, really?
What a great competitor, Razor Ramon.
Razor Ramon, ready to lock up with Ted DiBiase
in our opening matchup here at SummerSlam.
SummerSlam, being broadcast live
on television and radio,
and over 160 countries worldwide.
Razor Ramon against Ted DiBiase.
Oh yeah, go get him, Razor!
[Heenan] You mean they're watching this in Tibet?
-[Vince] You got it. -[Heenan] Wow.
[Vince] Look out from behind, Ted DiBiase.
[bell rings]
[Heenan] What do you expect? You get in the ring with a class man like DiBiase
and turn your back on him?
After what Razor Ramon has done to DiBiase?
[Vince] Razor Ramon, on the receiving end, a reverse knife,
as Ted DiBiase all over Razor Ramon.
DiBiase tried to get the advantage before the bell actually rung.
DiBiase hammering away on The Bad Guy.
[Heenan] Stay on him, Teddy. Stay on him. You have to.
[Vince] Reversal now, off the rope, DiBiase, back body drop.
[Heenan] Razor doesn't even have his vest off yet.
[Vince] A scoop, what's he gonna do with him?
-[Heenan] Oh! -[Vince] Oh yeah!
Ted DiBiase, oh!
Knocked down flat on the canvas
and DiBiase rolls to the outside.
[crowd cheers]
[Vince] Many of you will recall
Ted DiBiase defeated by a man who will make his debut
here at SummerSlam as far as a pay-per-view is concerned,
The 1-2-3 Kid.
Although, Ted DiBiase credits that victory
not necessarily to The 1-2-3 Kid, but to Razor Ramon.
[Heenan] You know, McMahon, Razor should have taken the easy way out.
DiBiase offered him a job as a domestic,
and he should have taken that job. You know what a domestic is.
[Vince] You wanna describe what a domestic is?
[Heenan] The first thing you come to work, they hand you the toilet brush,
and the dust mop, and all you do is make sure everything's right in the house.
-[Vince] I see. -[Heenan] You can't really mess that up.
[Vince] I see, and you believe that Razor Ramon
should've accepted that offer from Ted DiBiase?
[Heenan] Well, I didn't realize that the toilet brush
and the, uh, dust mop was too much for him.
I'd have taken it.
[Vince] Oh my!
I don't think you're looking at a domestic right now.
Look at this! Razor Ramon is all over Ted DiBiase.
Look out, here comes a big one!
[crowd cheers]
[Vince] Razor Ramon,
electrifying this capacity crowd at SummerSlam.
[Heenan] You are looking
at The Bad Guy.
[Vince] All the money in the world cannot help Ted DiBiase right now.
Razor Ramon, looking very much forward to locking up with what he called
"The rich man."
[Heenan] Hey, don't count DiBiase out, McMahon.
-What do you mean "all the money"? -[Vince] Whoa!
-[Heenan] DiBiase's got a lot of money. -[Vince] Yeah.
[Heenan] And that can help… They say money won't buy happiness.
Give me 50 bucks and watch me smile.
[Vince] Ted DiBiase, begging off
Razor Ramon. Yes, it's all about the money.
-Razor Ramon was insulted. -[Heenan] Oh!
[Vince] Clever maneuver on the part of Ted DiBiase.
[Heenan] Well, you don't have to be too smart to outsmart The Bad Guy.
The Domestic Bad Guy. I like that.
The Domestic Bad Guy, that's great.
[Vince] Come on, ref, get in there. The top rope, right across the throat.
-[Heenan] Choke him. Choke him. -[Vince] Wait a minute.
[Heenan] I got a right to cheer. You do.
You can cheer whoever you want, I can cheer whoever I want.
[Vince] Ted DiBiase, snapping Razor off the top.
Hit me with it now!
[crowd boos]
[Vince] DiBiase, unquestionably in control of the matchup.
[Heenan] He's been in control from the beginning.
-From the time the bell rang. -[ref] …three, four.
-Get off the throat. -[DiBiase grunting]
[Vince] DiBiase, continuing the choke.
Risking disqualification here, in the opening matchup.
[Heenan] Just think, after the match,
Razor Ramon can get a drink of cerveza,
and The 1-2-3 Kid can have some Ovaltine,
and they can compare the evening.
[Vince] The elbow, landing squarely on the solar plexus
of Razor Ramon.
DiBiase, sending Razor up now, and down across the knee.
[Heenan] Cover him, Teddy. Take him out.
[Vince] DiBiase, covering and no! Count of two.
Razor able to kick out quite handily, I might add.
[Heenan] Oh, he's a big, tough guy, there's no doubt about that.
But his loyalty is to be questioned.
[Vince] Razor Ramon being set up, whipped to the ropes, DiBiase waiting,
clothesline knocks The Bad Guy down to the canvas.
Again, another cover, hooking the leg, two and still can't quite get him.
Ted DiBiase,
victory at hand,
snapping over Razor Ramon.
Now DiBiase, leaning on him.
Razor trying to turn in to DiBiase, can't quite do it.
[Heenan] Being in the ring, I know, you're in that position
when somebody's got that, uh…
[Vince] That's a chokehold, that side headlock. Get in there, ref.
It's on the throat. Get in there.
[Heenan] It's not really, it's just that Razor Ramon has a bigger Adam's apple
than most guys.
[Vince] Oh, I see.
[Vince] The fact that DiBiase is choking him is legal, in your opinion.
[Heenan] I think so, yes.
If you wanna have an overzealous Adam's apple, fine.
But when you're in that position and somebody's leaning on you,
they are pushing your lungs down to about the size of little balloons.
You don't have any air in you.
[crowd chanting] Razor! Razor!
[Heenan] You wouldn't know that, being a gentleman of hot air.
[Vince] I beg your pardon? Razor Ramon, having his problems here.
This matchup has really turned around in Ted DiBiase's favor.
DiBiase unquestionably one of the great tacticians
and technicians here in the WWE.
-[Heenan] Let's get something-- -[Vince] What? Wait a minute.
[Heenan] Let's get something straight for the record.
The 1-2-3 Kid never beat DiBiase.
It was Razor Ramon that caused that to happen.
[Vince] Razor back to his feet, rams an elbow.
Follows up with another one, breaks the hold, but back again, DiBiase,
a third one, breaks it perhaps for good.
Razor now, off the ropes, oh my, takes a knee into the rib area.
And smack back down on the canvas is Razor Ramon.
[Heenan] Hit him right in the black bean soup.
[Vince] Ted DiBiase,
cinching up Razor, what's he gonna do now?
Ooh! Oh yeah, neckbreaker.
[Heenan] He's getting him ready for that Million Dollar Dream.
[Vince] Ted DiBiase, perhaps with a bit of revenge,
considering DiBiase's loss to The 1-2-3 Kid,
which you say he credits Razor Ramon with.
Up goes Razor Ramon for the suplex.
[Heenan] Do it, Teddy, he's yours. You own him.
-Here we go. -[Vince] Here it comes.
[Heenan] Oh yeah!
[Vince] DiBiase getting set for The Million Dollar Dream,
no, Razor counters with an elbow.
DiBiase, still the aggressor.
Trying to set up Razor now, back to his feet, reversal.
DiBiase coming off the rope, clothesline.
Razor himself goes down.
Both men down.
[Heenan] I don't think Razor's got it anymore.
[Vince] DiBiase has taken a great deal out of Razor Ramon.
A hard-fought matchup here, our very first matchup at SummerSlam.
Look out, to the buckle, yes!
Razor Ramon, to the outside.
[Heenan] Taking the coward's way out, may I add.
[Vince] I beg your pardon?
-[Heenan] Come on, Teddy. -[Vince] Wait, look at this. DiBiase.
While the official's back is turned to Ted DiBiase,
DiBiase has loosened the corner pad.
He's stripped the corner pad from the corner.
Exposing that steel ring.
And Razor Ramon has no idea what's in store for him.
Razor Ramon, to the buckle, no!
-[Heenan] No! No! -[crowd cheers]
[Vince] What a reversal!
[Heenan] Not the Razor's Edge. No! No!
[Vince] Up across the back.
Look at that, ladies and gentlemen, that's unbelievable!
-[Heenan] Teddy, no! -[Vince] Down to the canvas.
-Razor Ramon hooks the leg. One, two, yes! -[Heenan] Come on! Kick out!
-[bell rings] -[Heenan] No!
[crowd cheers]
[Finkel] Here is your winner,
Razor Ramon!
["Bad Boy" playing]
[Vince] Razor Ramon,
victorious, let's go back.
-Look at this. -[Heenan] Look at this, McMahon!
I never thought he'd get DiBiase up in that.
The Razor's Edge. And he's gotta hook the trunks.
One, two, and a three. I don't believe it.
[Vince] Somewhere in the arena, we've got Todd Pettengill
with some of the members of the Steiner family, I believe.
Todd, can you hear me?
Yes, indeed, Vince McMahon, I am standing by with
Mother Steiner and Crystal, or is it Mother…
I can't even tell, you both look so great.
Now, Papa Steiner is missing in action today, where is he?
Papa's home on the couch, he's not feeling well.
-He's not feeling well? -No.
Well, we wish him best, we hope he gets better soon.
Now, I just want to ask you real quickly,
the mother of The Steiner Brothers, it had to be an incredible childhood.
We're you always telling them "No Frankensteiners by my good lamps"?
Right. Whatever you say, sounds good.
Right. And you, the poor sister of The Steiner Brothers, can you imagine?
There had to be no man you could bring home that would pass that inspection.
That's it, they'd walk in the house,
they'd see Rob and Scott, go, "I'm outta here."
"Our sister needs to stay home and study."
[man] Wake up, Michigan!
Because your favorite sons are about to go down!
Wait just a second.
Ladies and gentlemen, I present…
-[Vince] Jim Cornette. -[Cornette] …the tag team
that's better late at night than David Letterman,
"Doctor" Tom Prichard, "Gigolo" Jimmy Del Ray,
they are The Heavenly Bodies!
[crowd boos]
[Vince] And here they come, the challengers for the tag team title!
[industrial rock music playing]
[Vince] "Doctor of Desire" Tom Prichard, and what was…
-"Gigolo" Jimmy Del Ray. Whoa! -[Heenan] Del Ray, yeah!
[Vince] Can they beat The Steiner Brothers?
There you see the manager of The Heavenly Bodies,
and the Steiner family looking up a moment ago at Cornette.
[Prichard] And he is the greatest wrestling manager in the world,
ladies and gentlemen,
the man who's full of surprises,
Mr. Jim Cornette.
[crowd boos]
[Vince] Jim Cornette, the manager of The Heavenly Bodies,
perhaps soon to be tag team champions,
and of course, Jim Cornette, the official spokesperson
for the WWE Champion, Yokozuna.
[Heenan] And don't forget, the guiding light
of Smoky Mountain Wrestling.
My good buddy, James E. Cornette.
[Vince] And that's why he's wearing a neck brace.
He has had his problems down at the Smoky Mountain area…
And look out, here they come!
["Prides of Michigan" playing]
[Finkel] Ladies and gentlemen, introducing
from Detroit, Michigan,
at a total combined weight of 510 pounds,
the World Wrestling Federation Tag Team Champions,
Rick and Scott, The Steiner Brothers!
[Vince] The Steiner Brothers! Oh yeah!
And a hug for mom and sis.
[Heenan] Their mother probably has cauliflower vocal cords
from raising those two morons.
[Vince] Wait a minute, look out! Look at this.
[bell rings]
[Vince] The Heavenly Bodies attacking The Steiner Brothers right away.
[Heenan] They're ready!
And they just threw Scott Steiner right at his mother's feet.
[Vince] And look out! Off the rope, look at this maneuver.
Down to the canvas, The Heavenly Bodies taking over
and Scott goes back to the outside.
[Heenan] Oh yeah, they're ready, McMahon!
I think we're looking at a new WWE Tag Champion.
[Vince] Rick Steiner off the rope again.
-Double back body drop. -[Heenan] Whoa!
[Vince] And again! Scotty Steiner knocked to the outside.
I'm impressed with The Heavenly Bodies.
[Heenan] Also be impressed with James E. Cornette.
He's a guiding light. They didn't get this way on their own.
[Vince] All four wrestlers in the ring at the same time. Toward the buckle.
Scott Steiner and Rick Steiner now back on his feet, and look at this.
-Oh no. -[Heenan] Oh my goodness.
[Vince] Oh! Monkey flip, yes, to the outside.
Jimmy Del Ray having his problems.
-As is "Doctor of Desire" Tom… Oh my! -[Heenan] Oh no!
Bye-bye.
[Vince] Oh!
[crowd cheers]
[Vince] All four men still in the ring, come on, ref,
get ahold of this. This is a melee.
Oh, look at the suplex!
The Steiner Brothers, Rick and Scott,
wearing their official colors
from the University of Michigan.
[Heenan] Well, that's exciting, as far as I'm concerned.
University of Michigan, anybody could graduate from that school.
[Vince] Two natives of Bay City, Michigan, graduating from Western High School,
going on to the University of Michigan and becoming all-Americans.
Bobby Heenan, it doesn't get any better than that
unless you are the World Wrestling Federation Tag Team Champion.
[Heenan] Well, of course that's very important.
But today, I got to Detroit early.
And I drove by their home. Where they were raised.
You can go to 18714 Grand River Avenue.
That is where the Steiners were raised.
-One-eight-- -[Vince] Whoa, look at this!
[Heenan] Oh my goodness.
[Vince] Ho!
More trouble for Tom Prichard,
Jimmy Del Ray goes to the ceiling almost!
Scott Steiner cleaning house.
And thus far, the official has been…
Well, he's allowing a lot of bending of the rules.
[crowd booing]
[Heenan] What a courageous man.
To even show up at ringside, injured as he is.
What courage.
[Vince] What happened to him? A mosquito bite on the side of his neck?
[Heenan] Are you saying he would…
-[Vince] Yes, exactly. -[Heenan] …fabricate something like that?
[Vince] Hip toss attempt.
Blocked. Oh my goodness, look at that clothesline by Rick Steiner.
And look at this! "Gigolo" Jimmy Del Ray gets one as well.
Thus far, The Steiner Brothers
manhandling The Heavenly Bodies,
who look anything but heavenly at this juncture.
Time for a little consultation on the outside.
[Heenan] Well, you wait. James E. is gonna regroup them.
I'm trying to conduct some secret strategy here!
You want me to have an aneurysm?
-[Heenan] Easy, Jimmy. -[Vince] That's not a bad idea.
Jim Cornette, with his Heavenly Bodies,
a little conference, the referee finally picking up the count.
Come on, ref, get them in there for action.
[Prichard] I'm gonna twist your neck.
[Vince] Thus far, with the exception of the
outset of the matchup, it's safe to say
The Steiner Brothers have been having some fun in there.
Oh, look at this.
[Heenan] Well, so did The Heavenly Bodies, at the beginning.
-[Vince] With the exception of the outset. -[Heenan] That's what I meant.
[crowd chanting] Let's go, Blue! Let's go, Blue! Let's go, Blue!
[Vince] Off the rope, now!
Prichard, oh my!
Jimmy Del Ray gets one as well.
There's only one thing left, and that's to give one to Jim Cornette.
Off the ropes! Look at this. Uh-oh.
[Heenan] What a team. What a team!
[Vince] Cleverly done by The Heavenly Bodies.
Nonetheless, there were two of them in the ring, should've only been one.
[Heenan] Can you imagine the disgrace, McMahon,
of being beaten in your hometown,
your home state, in front of Momsy and your sister?
Oh, it's gonna be horrible.
[Vince] It can happen, anything can happen here in the WWE.
-We know that for sure. -[Heenan] And it usually does.
[Vince] The Heavenly Bodies! What a maneuver!
-[Heenan] A moonsault! -[Vince] Did you see that on the outside?
I've never seen anything like that before!
Unbelievable!
That'll take it right out of you.
And no doubt.
-[Heenan] Real quick. -[Vince] Yes.
[Heenan] The Gigolo's going up top!
[Vince] Jimmy Del Ray going up to the top rope now.
And Steiner's going nowhere!
Ooh, my, except down on his knees, down to the canvas.
What a maneuver by "Gigolo" Jimmy Del Ray.
A moonsault
to the outside. Unbelievable!
It unquestionably has taken its toll on Scott Steiner.
Off the rope now, reversal.
-Ah. How about that? Whoa! -[Heenan] Oh yes.
The tag titles are going to Smoky Mountain. I can feel it!
Isn't it ironic that the colors of Michigan
would be yellow?
-[Vince] And blue. -[Heenan] But mostly yellow.
[Vince] They're not yellow, they're gold. Down with a knee to the back of the head.
And The Heavenly Bodies really pouring it on!
The Heavenly Bodies coming very, very close, don't you feel unquestionably
the momentum of the matchup shift back in favor of The Heavenly Bodies.
[Heenan] It's gone that way since the beginning, back and forth.
But I'm gonna have to give the edge to The Heavenly Bodies just on points.
My points system puts them 1112-9.
-[Vince] What kind of system is that? -[Heenan] My points system.
[Vince] Hard right hand blocked there.
It's doubtful anyone can take The Steiners on
in the fisticuff department. Here comes "Gigolo" Jimmy Del Ray.
Ooh, my. Rams the knee to the back of the head, unbelievable.
[Heenan] But I notice that Scott Steiner is face down.
He don't look too tough right now.
[Vince] Scott Steiner, being set up, off the rope!
Oh my! Devastating maneuver by Del Ray.
[Heenan] The disgrace of Michigan.
[Vince] There's the cover. One, two, and… No!
Almost a count of three, that was close.
-That was close. -[Heenan] A heartbeat away.
A half a heartbeat.
[Vince] Jimmy Del Ray,
tagging his partner, thus far they've done a great job of keeping
Scott Steiner from tagging his brother Rick.
They've cut the ring off on him time after time, The Heavenly Bodies have.
[Heenan] They certainly have.
And The Heavenly Bodies, they get more dates than a calendar.
[Cornette grunts]
[Vince] Oh, did you see that?
The referee's back was turned, did you see that?
[Heenan] Do you want a Diet Coke?
I had my head turned, what happened?
[Vince] He just nailed him with the racquet.
I mean, he really…
Jim Cornette, I can't believe…
[Heenan] Cornette hit someone with a… No.
[Vince] Yeah, right. Yeah. It would never happen, right?
[Heenan] I can't see it happening.
[Vince] Tom Prichard coming in now.
And again, you see the job The Heavenly Bodies are doing
on Scotty Steiner, trying to keep him away from tagging his brother Rick.
Frequent tag back and forth for The Heavenly Bodies.
The strategy of Jim Cornette paying off.
[crowd chanting] Let's go, Blue! Let's go, Blue! Let's go, Blue!
[Vince] Off the rope!
-And again, we saw… DDT! -[Heenan] No!
-[crowd cheers] -[Vince] Suplex, nicely done!
Where did that one come from?
Scott Steiner has to tag his brother Rick…
[Heenan] Come on, Gigolo Jimmy.
[Vince] …if they're gonna successfully defend the title, look out.
And again, cut right off.
[Heenan] Isn't it amazing? Rick didn't wanna tag his brother.
[Vince] Yes, he did.
-Look at this. -[Heenan] Oh no!
[Vince] And… yes!
Another suplex, and that took a great deal out of Scott Steiner as well!
[Heenan] But the Doctor has enough poise
and presence to make a tag.
[Vince] Again, here comes Jimmy Del Ray, the tag is gonna be made, yes!
-[Heenan] No! -[Vince] Scott's gonna come!
Scott Steiner with Jimmy Del Ray!
Oh my! That's Rick Steiner, rather, mowing them down.
[Heenan] Mrs. Steiner just gave her daughter a clothesline.
They're all nuts! The whole family is goofy.
[Vince] Unbelievable action for the tag team title, look out!
Look at this!
From the top rope, he walked up backwards,
bulldogging down to the canvas.
-[Heenan] He's done everything backwards. -[Vince] One, two!
[Heenan] Why wouldn't he climb ropes backwards?
[Vince] Prichard saving his tag partner from being pinned.
But on the receiving end of this. Meanwhile,
back in the middle of the ring, and yes!
The cover here, Jim Cornette's up.
Throws in the racquet. Look out, ref, turn around. Turn around.
Oh my good… Did you hear that?
Did you hear that, Bobby Heenan?
-[Heenan] Heavenly Bodies. -[Vince] Don't. Don't win it this way!
No! No!
-Two, three… No! -[Heenan] No!
[crowd cheers]
[Heenan] Steiner Brothers love. Come on!
Get him! Get him!
They had it! They had it, McMahon!
[Vince] Unbelievable kick out by Rick Steiner.
-[Heenan] Going for the reverse moonsault. -[Vince] Look at this.
Going up to the top.
Yes!
On his own tag team partner!
[Heenan] Oh no, he signaled for the Frankensteiner!
[Vince] Off the rope!
-There it is! -[Heenan] Oh no.
-[Vince] One, two, three! -[Heenan] Do something! Come on!
-[crowd roars] -[bell rings]
[Heenan] Yes!
["Prides of Michigan" playing]
[Finkel] The winners of this bout,
and still World Wrestling Federation Tag Team Champions,
The Steiner Brothers!
[Vince] The Steiner Brothers, victorious.
What a hard-fought victory it was, however.
[Heenan] It was a lucky victory.
A very lucky victory.
Yeah, we love it!
[Vince] Yes, Mom and sis!
[Heenan] Which one's Mom?
[Vince] The Steiner Brothers, successfully defending
the Tag Team Championship of the World Wrestling Federation.
Standing by now, ladies and gentlemen,
joining our broadcast family,
here for the very first time.
You perhaps have seen him as a sportscaster
for the Fighting Minnesota Screaming Eagles.
Well, standing by right now, he's with the WWE.
Yes, Joe Fowler.
How lucky am I, my very first assignment at SummerSlam,
this is bigger than life, thank you, Vince McMahon, for bringing me onboard.
We've just seen a title match, we're about to see another one.
Shawn Michaels has the Intercontinental Belt,
he's gonna take on Mr. Perfect.
Shawn is here along with his bodyguard Diesel.
Shawn, you've won it, you've lost it, won it, can you hang on to this thing?
Now all the questions are gonna be answered.
Who is the greatest Intercontinental Champion of all time?
Is it Mr. Perfect?
Or is it Shawn Michaels?
Well, all those answers
are gonna come across tonight.
And I will prove to everybody,
you, and all of the world,
that Shawn Michaels is the greatest Intercontinental Champ.
Now, wait a minute, they say that Mr. Perfect caused you to lose it,
and Diesel won it back for you.
I got news for you. Who's the one that's wearing it?
It's Shawn Michaels. So I must have won it.
Isn't that right, Diesel?
That's right, The Heartbreak Kid can take care of the work in the ring.
Hey, everybody knows the chicks dig this guy.
I'm here just to keep them off the champ.
-Let's get out of here, champ. -See ya.
Well, that's where the action is, they are headed for the ring as we speak.
So we better do the same thing.
This is Joe Fowler reporting, let's go where the action is, ringside. Vince!
[Vince] All right, Joe, indeed.
Is he the greatest Intercontinental Champion, Shawn Michaels, or not?
-[Heenan] Well, I would say-- -[Vince] Let's take you to Howard Finkel.
[Finkel] Ladies and gentlemen,
the following contest, scheduled…
-[Vince] What were you saying? -[Heenan] Talking to me?
-[Vince] No, I was talking to Mr. Finkel. -[Heenan] Why?
Why would you waste your time talking to that dweeb?
["Sexy Boy" playing]
[Vince] Well, well, well.
♪ I think I'm cute ♪
♪ I know I'm sexy ♪
[Finkel] About to come down the aisle,
with his bodyguard, Diesel,
from San Antonio, Texas,
weighing 240 pounds,
the World Wrestling Federation Intercontinental Champion,
Shawn Michaels!
-[Heenan] Let me tell you about Diesel. -[Vince] What?
[Heenan] You know the boxer Roberto Duran?
[Vince] Yeah.
[Heenan] He coined the phrase,
"Fists of stone" from Diesel.
Diesel showed Duran how to punch.
This man had a knockout punch
that could level them all.
-[Vince] Hands of stone, huh? -[Heenan] Yes.
[Vince] How do you account for having brains of stone?
-[Heenan] How do I have brains of stone? -[Vince] Yeah.
[Heenan mumbles indistinctly]
[Vince] That's what I thought.
There he is, ladies and gentlemen, just a sexy boy, as he says.
♪ I'm not your boy toy ♪
[Vince] Shawn Michaels, will he successfully defend the title
against the individual many truly believe
is the greatest Intercontinental Champion of all time, Mr. Perfect.
If Perfect wins it, Bobby Heenan,
it'll be the three-peat.
[Heenan] Well, of course, no one's ever three-peated
in the World Wrestling Federation going after the Intercontinental Championship.
If anybody could do it, it'd be Mr. Perfect.
But he's not wrestling an average man, he's wrestling the best.
And with Diesel, he'll have a chance.
["Perfection" playing]
[Vince] And there it is, the belt up for grabs,
and here comes Mr. Perfect!
[Finkel] The challenger, weighing 254 pounds…
[Vince] Mr. Perfect being seen and heard all over the world!
As a matter of fact,
way up in the sky box, there it is,
Radio WWE,
Gorilla Monsoon, along with Jim Ross,
bringing the broadcast worldwide
for the Armed Forces Network.
The men and women of the Armed Forces
enjoying SummerSlam all over the world,
as we are here in the United States.
And look at the look on Shawn Michaels' face, and Perfect looks confident.
[Heenan] Well, he always is confident.
I mean, he has a very strong mind.
-But he's… -[Vince] He's what?
-[Heenan] He's dealing with Michaels. -[Vince] He's Perfect.
The only thing Mr. Perfect doesn't have going for him,
is a 6'10" 330-pound bodyguard
by the name of Diesel.
[Heenan] That 18-wheeler is there just to keep the women off Shawn Michaels.
[Vince] Forget the women,
we're talking about
the Intercontinental Championship being up for grabs.
What happened, Bobby Heenan?
[Heenan] I got hit in the eye with something, what happened?
[Vince] I don't know.
We are live, ladies and gentlemen,
from The Palace of Auburn Hills, Michigan.
[bell rings]
[Vince] And here we go. The second title
of the night, up for grabs.
The Intercontinental Championship.
And we are likely to see one of the great,
if not, one of the greatest Intercontinental matches we have ever seen
here at SummerSlam.
[Heenan] Take it to him, Shawn.
[Vince] Yeah, in some respects, Bobby Heenan, I think…
I think you would have to agree that…
That Mr. Perfect has been the mentor, and indeed, Shawn Michaels
has tried to follow in the footsteps of Mr. Perfect.
It's safe to say that Shawn Michaels perhaps knows everything
that Mr. Perfect taught him.
[Heenan] Well, let's put it this way.
Perfect is super.
He is really skilled at what he does.
But Shawn Michaels, I believe Perfect watches film on Michaels to pick up hints.
Don't forget, it was Perfect that caused Michaels to lose the title
to Marty Jannetty. It wasn't anything Jannetty did
or that Shawn Michaels didn't do, it was Perfect.
And he's gonna pay for it right now.
[Vince] I see. And of course, Diesel instrumental in Shawn Michaels--
[Heenan] Diesel's just there to keep the chicks off his back.
[Vince] Yeah, right. Sure, sure.
[ref] Hey!
[Vince] Mr. Perfect thought…
Taught Shawn Michaels everything he knows,
he didn't teach him everything he knows, however.
-[Heenan] Yeah, but that's not a lot. -[Vince] Oh, really?
Come on, give credit where it's due, Bobby Heenan.
Slide. Missing roundhouse right,
up goes… Look at… Nice maneuver, and right back!
What's gonna happen here?
Collision course, someone's gonna go down, yes!
[Heenan] Who got the worst of that?
[Vince] Shawn Michaels did, who was in control.
And down with a knee to the shoulder area.
[Heenan] What a gifted athlete that Mr. Perfect is.
I don't know why he has such a bad attitude.
[Vince] A bad attitude?
What kind of attitude do you think Shawn Michaels has?
[Heenan] I think Shawn Michaels is, uh, aboveboard.
[Vince] There's a bad attitude right there.
Very bad.
Shawn Michaels, trying to escape.
Standing hammerlock, nice reversal.
Reversed again. And again.
Standing side headlock.
Not likely to stay there for long with that, look at… Oh.
Thought that was gonna be a suplex, scissor kick out, right back,
missed him with the elbow. Perfect set him up for that one.
You can see a little bit of frustration on the part of Shawn Michaels.
[Heenan] These two are showing you more moves
than a go-go dancer, wouldn't you say?
[Vince laughs]
[Vince] I think it's safe to say, Bobby Heenan,
that the victor of this matchup is going to be
the one who does not make the mistakes.
[Heenan] Well, that's it.
Neither of them are really…
Are gonna go out there and make a lot of mistakes.
It's that one mistake that's gonna cost them.
And Perfect, who's in Perfect's corner?
-[Vince] Who's in Perfect's corner? -[Heenan] Yeah.
[Vince] Just about every fan jam-packing
The Palace, that's who's in his corner.
[Heenan] Come on.
The fans mean nothing.
[Vince] To Mr. Perfect, they do, and spinning now, and Shawn Michaels…
Oh my.
Stunned by the reverse knife action, again another one!
Perfect having some fun in there, laying the leather to Shawn Michaels.
And to the buckle he goes.
No. Aha. Michaels.
Oh, however, nailing Perfect--
[Heenan] Michaels set him up on that move.
[Vince] He did indeed.
[Heenan] That's called thinking three or four moves ahead.
[Vince] Reversal, what's Michaels gonna do here?
He's on the receiving end of a clothesline!
What strategy.
The cover! One, two!
-[Heenan] Yee… Oh, he almost had it. -[Vince] Wow.
Perfect, now, working on the arm, the arm bar.
[Michaels] No, no, no, no.
[Heenan] Well, Michaels will never give up.
The man's not a quitter.
You're gonna have to pin him, or some kind of a fluke
is gonna have to work for Mr. Perfect.
[Vince] Two of the very best athletes in all of the WWE
going at it for the Intercontinental Championship.
Mr. Perfect, no stranger to SummerSlam,
his first SummerSlam, 1989.
And he has been a perennial contender
for every title in the WWE since then.
Even before then.
[Heenan] No one's taking it away from him, what a great athlete,
second-generation wrestler and everything.
But he has to beat
Shawn, uh, Michaels to win the…
Shawn doesn't have to beat him. It's that simple.
[Vince] That's a good point. To the buckle, and Perfect…
[Heenan] Look at these moves. Look at these moves!
[Vince] Going up to the top now, high-risk maneuver,
and Shawn Michaels missing this! Arm drag takedown.
And another one.
[Heenan] Perfect arm-dragged him off the top rope!
-[Vince] Two, yes! Oh, oh! -[Heenan] Did he get him?
[Vince] That was so close. Whoa!
And remember, ladies and gentlemen, in the WWE,
you must make your opponent submit,
or you must pin him in order to win a title.
You cannot win a championship on a disqualification.
[Both] Or a count out.
-[Heenan] What? -[Vince] Diesel looking on.
Perhaps a look of concern we saw moments ago
on the face of Diesel.
[Heenan] Mrs. Steiner doesn't look too good.
[Vince] What do you mean?
What are you talking about, Mr. Heenan?
[Heenan] Nothing.
[Vince] The Steiners, unquestionably, are celebrating as we speak.
Who will be celebrating after this matchup is over?
Shawn Michaels or Mr. Perfect?
To the rope, now. Michaels trying to set him up.
Off and missing again.
Dropkick. No, look at this!
[crowd cheers]
[Vince] Shawn Michaels for the ride, over the top!
-[Heenan] Whoa! -[Vince] Unbelievable!
[Heenan] Oh my goodness.
-He's laying right at my feet. -[Vince] Could you believe that?
Could you believe it?
Wait a minute, I think, Mr. Perfect coming over.
Mr. Perfect… From behind, look out!
Keep him out of there, ref.
Keep Diesel away from Perfect.
-Oh no! -[crowd gasps]
[Vince] Oh, unbelievable! That had to break his jaw!
Unbelievable!
[Heenan] Well, finally we'll shut that big mouth up.
You know, I hate a guy with a big mouth.
-[Vince] I do too. -[Heenan] Me too.
[Vince] Look at this! Michaels, now.
On the apron, look out, Michaels,
coming right off again. Unbelievable.
[Heenan] Put the boots to him, Shawn!
-Here, use the monitor. -[Vince] Hey.
-[Heenan] What? -[Vince] Stay out of this.
[Heenan] Get him, Shawn!
[Vince] Both men back in the ring now.
Unquestionably, it's Shawn Michaels with the momentum.
Michaels, a succession of knees rammed to the back.
More damage done to the lower back area.
Look at this, Michaels is just all over Mr. Perfect.
All over him!
[Heenan] Yeah, he's so smart, this Shawn Michaels.
He's working on that lower back.
He knows Perfect won't be able to pick him up or do anything
once that lower back goes out.
[crowd boos]
[Heenan] Look at the arrogance. Is that great?
Is he confident?
Is he conceited? Does he have it all?
[Vince] Is he gonna lose the Intercontinental Title?
-[Heenan] You bet. I mean, no, he's not. -[Vince] Oh no!
Whoa!
And again, more damage done to the back area of Mr. Perfect.
Shawn Michaels, unquestionably with the upper hand as we speak.
Michaels, now, trying to set up Perfect, what's he gonna do?
Again, rammed the big forearm to the back area.
[Heenan] Hit him again, Shawn.
-[Vince] And again! -[Heenan] Hit him again!
[Vince] Wait a minute, no coaching here. Hey.
You pay attention to your broadcasting.
-Mr. Perfect, set up. -[Heenan] I get excited.
-[Vince] And again… Unbelievable! -[Heenan] Oh my God.
The ring moved all the way to Flint.
[Vince] That may be all she wrote, and the official,
by now, may be considering stopping the matchup, Bobby Heenan.
-Oh, come on. Come on. -[Heenan] Oh, look at this.
Is he rubbing it in?
-Oh! -[Perfect] Oh, goddamn it.
[Vince] Oh, unbelievable!
Perfect, having his trouble…
Look at the smirk on Diesel's face.
Michaels, setting up Perfect.
Rams the knee again.
Mr. Perfect will not be able to sustain much more of this.
Look at Michaels hold him.
Pressing that chin back, look at this.
[Heenan] Snap him!
[Vince] What pain Mr. Perfect must be in!
[Heenan] Come on, snap him like a Slim Jim.
[Vince] Perfect,
just may submit for the first time
in his long and illustrious wrestling career!
Look at the chin being shoved back!
Perfect appears to be defenceless!
[Heenan] He is, there's nothing you can do there!
[Vince] And Shawn Michaels, not about to relent the pressure at all.
[crowd cheering on Perfect]
[Vince] The capacity crowd,
trying to… Wait a minute. Perfect starting to move.
Perfect…
What can he do to get out of that?
Right in the face!
Perfect, with those short hands…
[Heenan] Good wrestling move, punched his way out of it. I like that.
[Vince] You have to do what you have to do, Bobby Heenan.
-Those are your words. -[Heenan] I've never said that.
-[Vince] You what? -[Heenan] I've never said that, have you?
You've said that. I haven't said that, you said that.
[Vince] Mr. Perfect, ah, yes, nice uppercut!
Perfect, perhaps risking disqualification, but he had to do something.
Missing with the roundhouse right, and… No.
-Leapfrog. Dropkick by Perfect! -[Heenan] Whoa!
Whoa!
[Vince] Perfect, back on his feet.
Michaels, for the ride!
[Heenan] I'm not sure Michaels knows where he is right now.
[Vince] My, how this matchup has turned!
Look at that knee lift, all the way into the official.
My, how this matchup has turned around for Perfect!
And down across the knee!
-Yes! Yes! -[Heenan] No, no, no, no.
[Vince] Almost a three-peat.
[Heenan] You gotta hook the tights like I told you.
Hook the tights, dummy!
[Vince] Hook the tights?
[Heenan] Yeah, you do anything you can, you just said that.
[Vince] No, Bobby, I was quoting you.
Shawn Michaels, now off the rope, Perfect… Agh!
Unbelievable right hand. Cover him, quickly!
And the cover, one, two!
-Yes! Yes! -[Heenan] No, no!
He's still got that fight left in him. That's a champion!
[Vince] No denying the skills or the tenacity of one Shawn Michaels.
But Perfect is taking it out of Shawn Michaels bit by bit.
Hip toss? No. Blocked.
What's gonna happen now?
Perfect, trying to get him in…
[Heenan] Now, he should have gone for the Super-Plex there.
When he had him!
[Vince] Perfect, trying to backslide Shawn Michaels.
[Heenan] Or the Dummy-Plex, that he didn't use.
[Vince] Perfect!
Trying to get up higher, yes!
-And here it comes, the Perfect-Plex! -[Heenan] He heard me.
[Vince] One, two, wait a minute!
Wait just a minute!
Diesel pulling Perfect out!
The official's back was turned, he didn't see it!
Missing with a roundhouse right, Perfect connects!
[Heenan] Hit a man with glasses! Hit a man with glasses!
[Vince] Perfect taking it to Diesel!
Shawn Michaels gets more of the same!
The referee, continuing to count.
Wait a minute.
Oh no!
Did you see that?
-Did you see that? -[Heenan] Well, Perfect asked for it.
Referee didn't see it.
-But the referee didn't see it. -[bell rings]
[crowd boos]
[Vince] I can't believe what we've seen!
[Heenan] You better believe it. Listen.
[Finkel] The winner of this bout, as a result of a count out,
-…and still Intercontinental Champion… -[Heenan] Yes! Yes!
-[Finkel] …Shawn Michaels! -[Heenan] Yes!
[Vince] Shawn Michaels, somehow
is still Intercontinental Champion.
["Sexy Boy" playing]
[Vince] Look out from behind, as Perfect rams the knee.
[music stops]
[Vince] Perfect, all over Shawn Michaels.
Perfect, all over Diesel.
Perfect, having his way.
[Heenan] Perfect's gonna get hurt.
Perfect's in trouble now, look at this.
What did I tell you about the punches this man can throw?
[Vince] That gloved right fist, and oh no, look at…
I think he knocked him out.
[Heenan] Out cold. Cold like a mackerel.
[Vince] Unbelievable, look at look on Diesel's face.
[Heenan] He's mad. Don't get him mad.
[Vince] Mr. Perfect had every right to get back in there.
Mr. Perfect, counted out, I can't believe it.
That's one way to retain a title.
[crowd booing]
[Vince] Let's take you to Todd Pettengill, if he can get a word with Shawn Michaels.
Shawn Michaels, there is no way you can be happy walking out of the ring…
A true champion is laying on his back. …the way that you won!
All your questions have been answered.
Who is the greatest Intercontinental Champion?
The man that's holding the belt, Shawn Michaels. Out of my way.
[Vince] Shawn Michaels, victorious.
Razor Ramon and Jim Cornette are back on the hotline.
Things are really heating up here, no doubt about that.
Oh my, Perfect's on his feet.
-But Perfect is not a happy man. -[Heenan] Oh no.
-Uh-oh. -[Vince] He is not a happy man.
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] Let's take you over to Joe Fowler. Joe, can you hear us?
I hear you, but we ought to lock the doors,
'cause Perfect's on his way. Let me tell you,
I found somebody in the same boat that I'm in. This is my first pay-per-view,
1-2-3 Kid, this is your first pay-per-view,
I admit I'm a little nervous, what about you?
Oh God, Joe, I know this is your first pay-per-view, but,
for me, I'm getting in there with IRS.
He's one of the top wrestlers in the World Wrestling Federation today
and, you know, the butterflies are coming up my stomach, you know.
I know I'm real excited to be out there,
and this is the chance of a lifetime for me,
but God, I'm so nervous, I can't even talk.
Irwin R. Schyster, IRS, he's bigger, he's stronger,
but then again, most everybody you take on is bigger and stronger.
Yeah, you're right about that,
everyone I get in the ring with has a size advantage on me.
But, uh, I'm just gonna go out there
110%,
I'm gonna throw caution to the wind, and hopefully I'll be able to pull it off.
Wait, I'm being told
that IRS is in the ring, this is it, Kid.
It's your time.
-Look, enjoy the moment. -Thanks, Joe, I better get out of here.
All right, 1-2-3 Kid is heading on in.
He's quiet, he's shy, but folks,
he is a hero. Back to you, Vince.
[Vince] All right, indeed, he has become just that--
Detroit used to be known as The Motor City.
Now it's known as the Tax Cheat City.
[crowd boos]
[Vince] Irwin R. Schyster, ladies and gentlemen.
Better known as IRS.
What a matchup this is going to be.
The 1-2-3 Kid on his way!
["1-2-3" playing]
[Heenan] This is a first. This is a first.
This is the first time The Kid's been up past eight o'clock.
[Finkel] …weighing 218 pounds,
The 1-2-3 Kid!
[crowd cheers]
[Vince] Here's a young man,
The 1-2-3 Kid, who has pulled off so many upsets
here in the WWE.
He has captured the spirit and mind of so many youngsters.
The 1-2-3 Kid, with an enviable record,
and he may be a bit nervous, but that's okay.
It probably will work to his advantage.
And I'll remind you, Bobby Heenan, The 1-2-3 Kid
defeated the tag team partner
of Irwin R. Schyster, Ted DiBiase.
If he defeated DiBiase,
I believe he can defeat Irwin R. Schyster.
[Heenan] Wrong, wrong, wrong, tuxedo breath.
-[Vince] Pardon? -[Heenan] He didn't defeat DiBiase.
Razor Ramon did.
And you're gonna see right now what IRS is made of.
How he's gonna take this punk apart
piece by piece.
He's gotta be nervous.
Over 160 countries
on TV and radio are watching this.
Millions and millions of people.
He's totally nervous, you can just watch him shake.
[Vince] Right now, IRS, not surprisingly,
getting the better of the exchange thus far.
Leapfrog and no! Look at that maneuver!
Cover him! It's over! One, he got him!
[Heenan] What do you mean it's over?
[Vince] I was hoping maybe it was gonna be over.
1-2-3 Kid, ladies and gentlemen.
-[Heenan] See, I don't care-- -[Vince] Against IRS.
[Heenan] I don't care… As smart as IRS is, and DiBiase,
you can't take this guy lightly.
Like what happened on Monday Night Raw.
He's a fluke. This guy can pull off anything.
He's just got that dumb luck.
[Vince] Well, call it what you will, call it luck.
Call it ability, call it the fact that The 1-2-3 Kid
will take high risk like no one else ever in the WWE.
Whatever it is, you're gonna call him victorious.
[Heenan] You can call him stupid.
[Vince] Off the rope. Oh no! Oh!
-[Heenan] Huh. -[Vince] A horrible, horrible thing--
[Heenan] You realize IRS just threw the kid higher
here at The Palace
than Michael Jordan has ever thrown a basketball.
-He slam-dunked The Kid. -[Vince] IRS…
IRS against The 1-2-3 Kid.
And there's no denying the abilities of Irwin R. Schyster.
And the… Oh, look at that! He did it again!
The Kid got a dropkick. One, two…
[Heenan] Can you imagine being hurled 10, 15 feet in the air
and dropkick a guy?
[Vince] Unbelievable! Off the rope, now. Elbow finds its mark.
[Heenan] Right on the bicuspid.
-[Vince] On the what? -[Heenan] The bicuspid.
-[Vince] What do you know about bicuspids? -[Heenan] It's a back tooth.
[Vince] I see.
When did you ever take anatomy lessons?
[Heenan] McMahon, I'm The Brain, I know it all, ask me anything.
-[Vince] Look at that! -[Heenan] Where's the kid gonna land?
On the floor. Where is he now?
-[Vince] On the floor, I see. -[Heenan] Sorry. Excuse me.
[Vince] Asking and answering your own questions. You are The Brain.
[Heenan] Well, I have to when I'm…
-[Vince] Right. When you're what? -[Heenan] Never mind.
-[Vince] Irwin R. Schyster. -[Heenan] Waffle him!
[Vince] Ooh, my. Forearm to the chest area of The Kid, back down.
And there's no denying this man's skills. Irwin R. Schyster,
unquestionably one of the perennial premier
World Wrestling Federation superstars.
Irwin R. Schyster
can go one-on-one with anyone in the WWE.
[Heenan] And he is very upset with President Clinton.
-[Vince] I beg your pardon? -[Heenan] He wanted him to raise taxes.
[Vince] Look at that maneuver by The Kid! A scoop,
this one's gonna be history, three… No!
[Heenan] I thought he had him!
It could happen! It could happen!
[Vince] Anything can happen.
[Heenan] Especially with this punk in there.
He should be called The 1-2-3 Fluke.
[Vince] Lady Luck unquestionably riding on the shoulders of The 1-2-3 Kid!
[Heenan] He hit him so hard, he knocked three zits off his cheeks.
[Vince] Ooh, my!
Dropping the elbow, Irwin R. Schyster, a cover here!
Two… And a kick out.
[Heenan] Irwin, come on!
You've been in there too long with him. Take him out!
[Vince] Abdominal stretch now, Irwin R. Schyster.
Holding on to the rope. Come on, ref, get up there.
[Heenan] Well, that's for balance.
[Vince] That's not for balance, that's for leverage.
[Heenan] No, it's for balance.
[Vince] Yeah, I see.
And again, Irwin, not above cheating.
Irwin R. Schyster…
[Heenan] Cheating is only cheating when you get caught.
And bragging isn't bragging if you can do it.
[Vince] I see.
Irwin R. Schyster, unquestionably
one of the great technical wrestlers in the WWE,
and perhaps many say he's even better individually
than he has been as a tag team partner
of Ted DiBiase.
[Heenan] Well, I think he shines more.
Uh, his ability to think for himself,
where he doesn't have to rely on a partner,
could be an advantage of Mr., uh, IRS,
but I would have to say just by watching him
in the way I've been watching him in the way… in the ring right now,
I'd have to say that yes, The Kid's in trouble.
[Vince] Uh, could you care to repeat that, please?
-[Heenan] Well, no. -[Vince] I see.
[crowd chanting] 1-2-3!
[Vince] And you hear some of these fans shouting "1-2-3"
-It's bothering Irwin. -[Heenan] Amazing. That is amazing.
[Vince] Just like… Just like Irwin doesn't like to hear his name.
Could you imagine going through life and not liking your name, Irwin?
The Kid to the buckle. No! The Kid gets an advantage.
And Schyster to the buckle repeatedly!
Look at this. Look at The Kid going up, yes!
Unbelievable!
Irwin R. Schyster to the buckle, The Kid moving right in!
Going up to the top, what's he gonna do?
[Heenan] I don't like the looks of this.
Irwin!
[Vince] Moonsault from the top, that'll do it to him.
[Heenan] No, no, no, no, no!
[Vince] And The Kid pouring it on, look at this maneuver!
Yes, shoulders, two and three!
-No. -[Heenan] Schyster! Schyster!
Come on, Schyster!
[Vince] IRS, to the rope, I can't believe the performance
of The 1-2-3 Kid, look!
-Oh yes! -[Heenan] No.
[Vince] Knocked him out. I think it knocked him out. He's up.
-[Heenan] I don't like this. -[Vince] One, two, three.
No.
What a matchup. What a matchup.
[Heenan] The Kid doesn't have the weight to hold him down.
[Vince] Schyster, reversing it, The Kid off the ropes.
[Heenan] He doesn't like "Schyster."
-[Vince] Ooh, my! -[Heenan] Oh!
-[Vince] What does he like to be called? -[Heenan] R.
-[Vince] R? -[Heenan] Revenue. For revenue.
Write-up.
[Vince] The cover! One, two, no. Yes!
[Heenan] Yes, he got him!
-Now let me show you something, McMahon. -[Vince] What do you mean?
-[Heenan] On the Brain Scan right here. -[Finkel] Here is your winner, IRS!
-[Vince] On the what? -[Heenan] My Brain Scan. Now, notice this.
Let's say The 1-2-3 Kid was standing right here.
-[Vince] Yeah. -[Heenan] Irwin R. Schyster was over here.
-[Vince] Yeah. -[Heenan] Now, watch this.
[Vince] Off the rope, yeah.
[Heenan] Wait, the director's a little behind time.
-Look how he hits him. That clothesline. -[Vince] Yeah.
[Heenan] What he does is, his arm's extended here.
-[Vince] Uh-huh. -[Heenan] His body's here.
Which makes a four. He lands… Wait a minute.
That's a 1040 form.
Huh. He just wrote him off.
[Heenan laughs]
[Vince] I see.
Standing by now, ladies and gentlemen,
I believe over with members of the Hart family,
let's take you over now to Todd Pettengill. Todd?
I'm standing by with Bruce and Owen Hart.
Stu and Helen Hart were supposed to be in attendance tonight.
Bruce, where are they?
My dad just got out of hospital, he had major reconstructive knee surgery
after an accident that happened down here a couple of weeks ago,
uh, involving that idiot, Jerry Lawler.
The vitriolic attacks
on the Hart family continue by Jerry Lawler.
Owen, what exactly happened to your dad?
You know, Todd, we were sick and tired of Jerry Lawler and all his dirty tactics.
My mother and father came down on Monday Night Raw,
Jerry Lawler insulted them.
While my dad was leaving, he was kind of shaken,
he twisted his knee, he had surgery on his kneecap.
He's at home recovering right now, but believe me, Jerry Lawler,
my mother and my father are watching and they're giving Bret 100% support.
Bruce and I are here representing Bret,
and we're gonna make sure that Bret Hart rules number one.
The Hart family represented in the brothers, thank you very much, guys.
Let's go back to the squared circle and Howard Finkel.
[bell rings]
-["Hart Attack" playing] -[crowd cheers]
[Vince] This place is ready to go electric!
[Finkel] About to come down the aisle,
from Calgary, Alberta, Canada…
[Vince] Wait till you see "The Hitman" Bret Hart!
-[Heenan] That was his brother, Bruce? -[Finkel] The King of the Ring,
Bret "Hitman" Hart!
[Heenan clucking like a chicken]
[Heenan] Oh, here comes the chicken.
-[Vince] What do you mean, "chicken"? -[Heenan] Here comes super chicken.
[Vince] Here comes The Hitman!
[Heenan] We got a WWE chicken.
[Vince] "The Hitman" Bret Hart, with a very stern look on his face.
And I don't think he plans on taking any prisoners here
in The Palace at SummerSlam.
[Heenan] You wait till Jerry Lawler knocks that 40-weight oil out of that hair.
[Vince] There he is, ladies and gentlemen!
[Heenan] That was his brother, Bruce Hart?
[Vince] Yes, that was Bruce.
[Heenan] Did he play a banjo in the movie Deliverance?
[Vince] Would you please stop it?
From Calgary, Alberta family.
Bret Hart, one of 12 children,
a huge family, you can bet they all are looking on.
And we'd like to wish well
the recuperative efforts of Stu Hart.
And we know that Helen is right by his side.
[Heenan] You know what happened with Stu Hart? One too many times,
he took the top off that bottle of muscatel.
And Helen stayed home because there's a whole new meaning
to the word "stampede."
["Great Gate Of Kiev" playing]
-[Heenan] There he is. -[Vince] Here he comes!
[Heenan] Oh my goodness, I didn't want to say anything.
[Finkel] …weighing 235 pounds…
[Vince] Hey, wait a minute, what… Hey, wait a minute, what's this?
[Finkel] …Jerry "The King"…
[Vince] What is going on? What do you mean you didn't want to say anything?
[Heenan] I knew something earlier that I couldn't relay.
But I'll let the announcer or… or Jerry Lawler tell you.
Look at this ice pack, he's got to be really in pain.
[Vince] Oh, wait just a moment.
The… I can't believe this.
-[Heenan] What true royalty, McMahon. -[Vince] What?
[Heenan] As bad as his leg is,
and I'm not sure, really, how bad the injury is,
walking that aisle on crutches
with that… An ice pack. That's royalty.
That's the King of the World Wrestling Federation.
[Vince] And a suspect look on the face of "The Hitman" Bret Hart.
As Jerry Lawler, from Memphis, Tennessee,
makes his way to the squared circle on a set of crutches, give me a break.
[Heenan] Oh, look at him gutting it out. Look at that.
[Vince] I didn't hear of any injury in the ring.
[Heenan] Well, it didn't happen in…
Well, you'll hear about it.
[Vince] I believe Todd Pettengill's gonna get over there and give us a…
A bit of a word, what's going on, Todd?
Vince, I cannot believe this.
Jerry Lawler, what is going on?
I'm gonna tell you
exactly what is going on.
This…
This was gonna be the biggest night
of my entire life.
I hate you, Bret Hart.
I hate you, I hate your stinking father,
I hate your wrinkled-up old mother,
I hate your brothers,
and I cannot wait until I can get my hands around your neck
and snap it, do you understand that?
But as I arrived
in this stinking city of Detroit, Michigan…
[Heenan] You're right about that.
[crowd boos]
I hate each and every one of you peons too, do you understand that?
What happened?
I'm gonna tell you what happened if you'll shut up.
I got off that plane at the airport,
and I went to the rent-a-car,
and I rented one of these supposedly big, luxurious
limousines made here in Detroit, The Motor City,
and as I started to drive over here to SummerSlam,
I realized
things weren't going exactly right.
Because on this big shot car made in Detroit,
the radio didn't work,
the brakes didn't work,
the airbag didn't work,
and as I was pulling off I-75 out here,
a little, old blue-haired lady
who should have had her license revoked about 50 years ago,
pulled out in front of me,
and she caused about a 10-car pileup.
[Heenan] Must have been Helen Hart.
[Lawler] I wanna tell you, it was horrible.
-Look at my leg right now. -[Heenan] Oh my goodness.
I had to pull myself out of the fiery wreckage.
My leg was twisted and mangled,
there were nurses there that said,
"Mr. Lawler, King,
we gotta get you to the hospital."
"You can't go to The Palace with your leg in that condition."
And being The King that I am,
I said, "Nothing is gonna keep me
from getting my hands on Bret Hart tonight."
I hobbled here on one leg,
and Bret Hart, I could beat you with only one leg.
But right before…
Right before I came out here,
the doctors in the back
gave me strict orders
that under no circumstances
would I be able to participate in any kind of wrestling event tonight.
[Heenan] What a shame.
-Oh my goodness. -[Vince] This is a rip-off.
This is a rip-off.
Broken leg or no broken leg…
-[Vince] I don't believe it. -[Lawler] Wait a minute.
Let me tell you something, you coward, Bret Hart.
Don't think that you're gonna get off easy.
Don't think that you're gonna leave here tonight
without getting your brains beat out.
[Heenan] He's gonna fight him.
Oh yeah, I guess you'd come down here and beat up a crippled man, huh?
You're a big shot. You're real tough.
I'm gonna tell you something, Bret Hart.
You're a hated man here in the World Wrestling Federation.
And back there,
all the other wrestlers came up to me and said, "King,
let me go out and take your place."
"Let me go out there and give that Bret Hart the beating he deserves."
So, what I'm gonna do,
I'm gonna let somebody give you the beating you deserve.
My self-appointed court jester,
Doink the Clown.
[Heenan] Oh!
-[Lawler] Come here, Doink! -["Doinkin Around" playing]
[Vince] What is this?
Doink the Clown…
[Heenan] He's got buckets!
There can only be one thing in those buckets,
and he hasn't been milking any cows.
[Vince] This is the biggest rip-off I've seen in a long time.
I didn't hear about any accident.
[Heenan] I was there, I saw it.
I'll tell you in a moment. I'll tell you the whole story in a moment.
Oh, he's got water. He's got water.
[Vince] Doink the Clown,
the surrogate.
The court jester of "The King" Jerry Lawler is Doink the Clown.
With a cigar, has a bucket, and…
Throws confetti on some of the fans at ringside.
You suck! You're stupid!
[Vince] Doink the Clown having some fun right now. I doubt very seriously…
Wait a minute, wait a minute. Over there, the Hart brothers…
[Heenan] More confetti.
[crowd] Oh!
[Vince] That was water… That was water, that wasn't confetti!
Wait a minute! Bret Hart right there with Doink the Clown!
Bret Hart hammering away on Doink the Clown.
[Heenan laughs]
[Vince] And look at this! The Harts wanna get in there!
He wants to get in there big-time!
Meanwhile, Bret Hart against Doink the Clown,
inside the squared circle.
Ref, you got a Burger King…
[Heenan] Doink doesn't even have his jacket off!
Come on, referee!
[Vince] Oh my! Clothesline, Doink the Clown to the outside!
And look at this. On crutches, watching,
from his kingly perch.
Jerry "The King" Lawler.
Oh, look at this. Bret Hart out there with Doink the Clown, hammering away.
-Doink can't even get his jacket off. -[Heenan] Come on, referee, do something!
[Vince] Oh my! Clothesline, down goes Doink!
-Doink the Clown. Ooh, my! Forget it. -[Heenan] Oh my God!
[Vince] Oh my! Forget about it.
"The Hitman" Bret Hart,
in a bad mood.
As you would suspect he would be.
[Heenan] Wanna hear about Jerry Lawler? You want me to tell you what happened?
He pulled off Interstate 75,
there was a fiery wreck, about 18, 19 cars.
He crawled out of the wreckage, made it to a school bus,
[tearfully] pulled 45 kids…
-[Vince] He what? -[Heenan] And he's here.
He made it here.
And bought them hamburgers before he went to the match.
What a man Jerry Lawler is.
What a king. What a king.
[Vince] What a coward. To the buckle, Doink the Clown.
Uh-oh. Doink the Clown.
Foot caught by "The Hitman" Bret Hart.
Bret Hart has been waiting since June 13
for a matchup with Jerry "The King" Lawler.
You will recall, Bret Hart, June 13, the King of the Ring,
this man became The King of the WWE.
Only to be attacked by Jerry Lawler during his coronation.
-[Heenan] Let me explain it-- -[Vince] Bret Hart earned the title--
[Heenan] Oh, come on. Stifle it.
Jerry "The King" Lawler was the king
long before Bret Hart ever even thought about
the four words, K-I-N-G.
[Vince] From the top rope now, Doink the Clown!
-Doink having his-- Oh! Oh! Oh! -[Heenan] Oh!
He's been de-Doinked.
[Vince] Bret Hart, with Doink the Clown!
Hauls him into the ring, look at this!
-Oh! -[Heenan] Ooh.
-[Vince] Jerry Lawler… -[Heenan] Ooh, right to the face.
[Vince] …not only attacking Bret Hart
on that fateful night at the King of the Ring, June 13, from there,
piledriving Owen Hart, the brother of The Hitman.
-Save a piece for that dirty Lawler. -Destroy him!
-[Vince] Yes, indeed. -Beat his brains in two!
[Heenan] They got dressed up to come here.
[Vince] Bruce and Owen Hart,
extremely angry.
As well as the whole family.
I'd love to get my hands…
[Heenan] If Bret was your son, wouldn't you be angry?
[Vince] Stop it.
Slugfest developing here.
Doink the Clown, considered one of the greats
in terms of technical skill here in the WWE,
regardless of the way the man is dressed.
[Heenan] Oh, the man is a great technical wrestler.
On the mat, standing up, on the floor,
any place you wanna go, he'll go with you.
[Vince] What's going on here?
[Heenan] Bret's cowarding, he's going back to the dressing room.
[Vince] He's going after The King. He's gonna go after The King!
[Heenan] A crippled, wounded man.
[Vince] From behind, look out!
Bret Hart.
He's… He's obsessed with…
with "The King" Jerry Lawler.
Oh my.
[Heenan] Even you call him The King, McMahon.
Okay!
[Heenan] Did you know Stu Hart and Helen have never considered divorce?
-[crowd] Go, Bret, go! -[Vince] Beg your pardon?
[Heenan] Did you know Stu Hart and Helen Hart have never considered divorce?
[Vince] Of course, they've been together for years.
[Heenan] That's not the reason. Nobody wanted custody of those ugly kids.
[Vince] You will recall, Stu and Helen Hart, the guests
of the World Wrestling Federation… Ooh, my!
…on Monday Night Raw, July 26,
only to be insulted by that man right there.
Massacre him!
Kill him!
[Vince] Oh my.
Strong language on the part
of the self-professed "King" Jerry Lawler.
[Heenan] He's excited, that happens at SummerSlam.
[Vince] I'm gonna say, this is a great matchup here with Doink,
and "The Hitman" Bret Hart, nonetheless,
I personally am disappointed that Jerry Lawler is not in the ring.
Whether there was an accident or no accident.
[Heenan] When he gets better, he'll be in the ring.
He's a competitor. He's here, isn't he?
[Vince] I, for one, wait for that day
when Jerry Lawler will get his from "The Hitman" Bret Hart
or any members of the Hart family.
But right now, Doink is giving it to The Hitman. Oh no, look at that.
Oh my goodness!
[Heenan] Jerry Lawler's been king for years.
Bret Hart won the King of the Ring,
a great, great…
[Vince] And again.
[Heenan] …accomplishment. A great accomplishment,
but he never accomplished what Jerry "The King" Lawler has accomplished.
[Vince] Doink the Clown, who's anything but funny,
hooks the leg here, one! No, and a kick out.
Doink the Clown and "The Hitman" Bret Hart
having a go here with this capacity crowd at SummerSlam.
The Palace of Auburn Hills, suburban Detroit.
[Heenan] What a better place for The King.
[Vince] Look at this! Submission hold here.
[Heenan] I heard him say yes. I heard him say yes.
-[Vince] Yes? Who said yes? -[Heenan] Hart. Bret Hart said yes.
-[Vince] Yes to what? -[Heenan] "Do you give up?" He said "yes."
I think he did. Ring the bell.
Finkel, ring the bell.
[crowd chanting] Go, Bret, go!
[Heenan] Is Finkel smart enough to ring the bell?
[Vince] Bret Hart
has not submitted as of yet.
Although, look at Doink, grinding it out.
Tremendous pain on the neck and shoulder area.
What a matchup thus far.
Both men back to their feet now.
Both men, perhaps evenly matched in the scientific department.
Look out!
Perhaps Doink the Clown a bit more of the aggressor.
[Heenan] Well, they're both the same size, they have great knowledge of wrestling.
Speed is about the same, I'm gonna have to give it to Doink.
I'm gonna have to go with Doink.
-[Vince] What are you gonna give him? -[Heenan] Why would I go with Doink?
[Vince] You said you'd give it to him. Two, and a kick out.
[Heenan] I'll go with the victory.
[Vince] The Hitman's gonna give it to Doink.
[Heenan] I don't mean that. Well, you're confusing as heck.
[Vince] Look at this.
Doink the Clown, handful of hair…
Wait a minute, submission hold coming here, Stump Puller!
That should do it. Yes.
That… I think Bret Hart just said…
I can't tell. His hands are up.
A very, very, very…
Wait, Doink has his hand on the rope!
-[Heenan] That's okay, that's for balance. -[Vince] Look up, ref! Look up!
Bret Hart has to submit.
This is a very, very, very painful hold!
Doink applying pressure.
And, yes, break it. Come on, ref, break it.
Well, that's one way to break it.
[Heenan] That's one way to get your neck broke too.
[ref] Stay off the ropes!
[Vince] Doink the Clown,
jamming a foot to the facial area.
Flattened left foot in the face of "The Hitman" Bret Hart.
What a travesty this is. Bret Hart has prepared
since June 13 for this one night here at SummerSlam,
only not to face "The King" Jerry Lawler
but to face this evil clown Doink.
And when you've trained, when you have your strategy set for one individual,
there's no way you can change it as quickly,
as Bret Hart would have to change it to be successful here with Doink.
Doink on the top rope now!
Doink the Clown,
yeah… Oh, oh, oh!
[Heenan] Whoa!
[Vince] Now, that's funny, Bobby Heenan.
[Heenan] That's not funny.
[Vince] Doink the Clown, with hamstring problems,
and now The Hitman with one hard right hand, knocks him down.
Back up. And another one.
[Heenan] Well, he won't be riding a unicycle tomorrow.
[Vince] And Bret Hart, with Doink the Clown, trying to set him up now,
coming off the rope, and lands the right hand to the midsection.
Bret Hart, yes! Snaps the neck right back.
-[Heenan] Oh no! -[Vince] Neckbreaker.
-[Heenan] He could have had him there. -[Vince] What?
[Heenan] Hart may have had him there.
[Vince] Bret Hart perched on the top.
Bret Hart, down with the elbow!
That could do it!
[Heenan] He's wasting too much time.
[Vince] Will we see it? Will we see the Sharpshooter?
Is it coming?
Or will Doink the Clown counter the maneuver?
If anyone can counter the Sharpshooter, it's Doink.
[Heenan] No, no, no!
[Vince] Bret Hart cinches in, will he turn him over?
Yes, he turns him over, that'll do it.
-That will do it. -[Heenan] Gotta be another Doink here.
[Vince] Wait a minute. Wait a minute, Jerry Lawler…
Wait just a moment. There's nothing wrong with the knee.
There's nothing wrong with Jerry Lawler.
Look, he's not using that crutch.
[Heenan] It's a miracle! It's a miracle!
He can walk!
[Vince] Jerry Lawler broke that crutch in half on Bret Hart.
Can you believe this?
Bret's brothers have gone bonkers, you can't blame them!
Jerry Hart perpetrated a fraud.
He perpetrated a fraud
on the public. Look at this.
[Heenan] Talk about family feud.
The whole Hart family wants in this.
[Vince] What would Jerry Lawler do?
How far would he stoop?
[Heenan] Well, McMahon, that there standing
is The King of the World Wrestling Federation.
[Vince] What a rip-off this has been!
I've never seen a rip-off like this ever.
There's not a thing wrong with Jerry Lawler.
Not a thing!
Bringing in Doink to do the damage.
Look at this.
[crowd boos]
[Heenan] Talk about an achy-breaky heart!
[Vince] Talk about a fraud, that's what we've seen here.
And what did Bret Hart get for his trouble?
[Heenan] Nothing.
Nothing. Go talk to your two ugly brothers.
[Vince] Wait, wait, wait, there's Jack Tunney, President of the WWE.
-No, no, no. -People paid to see you wrestle Bret Hart.
[Vince] Wait a minute, Jack Tunney
is having words with Jerry Lawler.
They paid to see you wrestle Hart.
-They did not pay to see Doink! -No! That's not true.
[Vince] I think…
I think…
Wait a minute, Bret Hart is coming…
Bret Hart is coming for Lawler!
[Heenan] This isn't over. This is not over.
[Vince] This is unbelievable!
I believe they're ushering Lawler back to the ring.
Meanwhile, Bret Hart is coming out to Lawler!
[Heenan] Did Jack Tunney force him to go back into the ring?
[Vince] Jack Tunney is on his way to ringside.
Jack Tunney is having a conversation with the ring announcer Howard Finkel.
We're gonna get some instruction here.
Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention, please.
I have just been told
by World Wrestling Federation President Jack Tunney
that if Jerry "The King" Lawler does not come back
-into the ring to wrestle Bret Hart… -[Heenan] Oh no.
[Finkel] …he will be banned from the World Wrestling Federation
for life!
[crowd goes wild]
[Vince] Wait a minute!
Look out, they're not in the ring at all!
Look at that right hand! Series of them now by Bret Hart.
Jerry Lawler forced to the ring
by WWE President Jack Tunney.
[Heenan] Come on, King!
[Vince] Look, ref! Look what's happening here!
[Heenan] …broken kneecap with a shattered thigh
and a ripped clavicle around the ankle part.
[Vince] Oh!
Jerry Lawler, into the ring
the hard way.
-Jerry Lawler, forced to fast… -[bell rings]
[Vince] …face, rather, "The Hitman" Bret Hart.
And the match is officially under way.
[Heenan] Every punch is gonna be for his mother,
for his father, for all the brothers and sisters.
This isn't fair.
[ref] One, two, three.
[Vince] Now then, this is the match everyone paid to see.
Look at this! What a right hand that was.
[Heenan] Come on, King! Come on, Jerry!
[Vince] This for the undisputed moniker
of King of the World Wrestling Federation.
[Heenan] Bret doesn't care if he wins this match.
He wants to smash his melon.
He wants to beat him up for his mommy and daddy
and his two ugly-looking brothers at ringside.
And the 64 other brothers he's got at home.
[Vince] Jerry Lawler having his problems with "The Hitman" Bret Hart
as you might have suspected he would.
What a sham. What a sham on the part of Lawler!
That fraud he tried to get away with and almost got away with it.
[Heenan] I hope Lawler gets his hands on Jack Tunney
and just strangles him.
The Excellence of Execution.
[Vince] Owen Hart out there with his brother Bruce.
Jerry Lawler, trying to get himself together.
-Wait a minute, the crutch! -[crowd cheers]
-[Vince] Unbelievable. -[Heenan] That's disqualification there.
Come on, ref.
And he hit him from behind!
He hit him in the back!
The worst, most cowardly move I could think of!
[Vince] The official allowing a lot of latitude,
a lot of bending, if not outright breaking the rules here.
Bret Hart said this match would not look pretty,
and it does not, indeed.
Lawler with the crutches, jamming it back into "The Hitman" Bret Hart.
Oh my goodness, look at that.
[Heenan] I don't think Bobby Bonds could make a hit that good.
[Vince] Maybe this is the Rest in Peace match.
We thought… Wait a minute. Look at that.
Lawler over there with Owen and… Owen and Bruce Hart.
Jerry Lawler obviously hates the Hart family,
at the top of the list, "The Hitman" Bret Hart.
-[Heenan] Well, who don't? -[Vince] Look at this!
[Heenan] Get the hand!
[Vince] I've never seen anything like this in the WWE ever. Never!
Get over there. Where's the referee? The referee over with the Hart family.
Meanwhile, Bret Hart
is being destroyed by Jerry Lawler.
-[Heenan] Come on, King! -[Vince] Sure.
Look at his hands, as if nothing happened.
[Heenan] After what this man has been through today,
to go out and even have to fight for his life…
[Vince] What do you mean, "been through"? Been through what?
[Heenan] Well, that fiery accident.
[Vince] You're not gonna give me that fiery accident bull, are you, again?
Jerry Lawler's been through nothing.
-[Heenan] But Bret Hart… -Shut up!
[Vince] That was a hoax, that was a fraud.
And unfortunately, "The Hitman" Bret Hart
after having faced Doink,
after Doink has taken so much out of "The Hitman" Bret Hart,
he's easy pickings now for Jerry Lawler.
Oh no.
Look at this. Doink the Clown,
earlier on, you saw him attacking the legs…
Wait a minute, what's Lawler gonna do?
Oh no!
[Heenan, in shrill voice] No! What's gonna happen to Bret--
[Vince] Stop it, Bobby Heenan.
[Heenan laughs]
[indistinct crowd chattering]
[Vince] You're witnessing a first in the World Wrestling Federation, for sure.
I've never seen anything like this in my life. Never.
Oh come on, ref. Please.
We need more than one official in this matchup!
Jerry Lawler with part of the crutch
on the blind side of the official.
The Hart brothers…
The Hart brothers are over by the…
Jerry Lawler pointing out the Hart brothers to the official.
Jerry Lawler jams the crutch into the throat area.
-Can you see that, ref? -Look!
[Heenan] Nice-looking clothes, huh?
[Vince] Jerry Lawler will stoop to anything.
[Heenan] Anything.
[ref] …anymore. No more.
[Heenan] Well, he has to. He has to.
He's in the ring with Bret "The Hitman" Hart.
He's got two Hart brothers at ringside.
Who knows where those two ghouls are, Helen and Stu
and there's 18 or 20 other brothers
and sisters could be roaming the building.
The King has to fight for his life.
[Vince] Jerry Lawler with Bret Hart to the… Oh my goodness.
Devastating maneuver by Jerry Lawler.
Jerry Lawler sensing victory.
Look at the look on his face. Oh my.
[crowd booing]
Shut up!
[Vince] I've never witnessed anything like this ever in the WWE.
Again, Bret Hart said this was not going to be
a scientific matchup at all.
He said this was not going to be pretty, and it's not.
[Heenan] It's time to go to school.
They're gonna go at it.
[Vince] Lawler…
[disgusted tone] …wants to shake hands after all of this?
Give me a break. Hard right hand.
And another. And another.
And another.
Bret Hart, hammering away on Jerry Lawler.
-And Lawler almost dropped down. -[Heenan] Oh yes!
-[Vince] And he's read… A headbutt. -[Heenan] We're ready.
[Vince] Lawler now, being set up for the ride, coming off,
and back body drop.
[crowd cheers]
[Vince] Bret Hart, with "The King" Jerry Lawler, who may be a pauper
after this matchup is over.
The knee to the back area.
"The Hitman" Bret Hart with the cover, referee out of position.
One, two, and… That's all he gets.
Wait a minute, I'm not too sure about that.
[Heenan] Don't count, it was a one count.
[Vince] I think Bret Hart was… And here it comes, the piledriver!
"The Hitman" Bret Hart!
[Heenan] Get up, King!
[Vince] I think "The Hitman" Bret Hart was not out to beat Jerry Lawler.
[Heenan] No, no.
[Vince] I think at this juncture, he's out to hurt him, and justifiably so.
Oh no, look at this.
[Heenan] A win here means nothing to Bret "The Hitman."
He wants to tear The King apart.
[crowd cheers]
[Heenan] Oh, he's giving it the thumbs-up or the thumbs-down?
They wanna see The King slaughtered.
[Vince] I've never seen so many thumbs down.
[Heenan] Sharpshooter!
[Vince] If that leg wasn't hurt before, it's gonna be hurt right about now!
There it is!
There's the Sharpshooter. "The King" Jerry Lawler.
[Heenan] No, no, no!
[Vince] On the receiving end, yes!
[Heenan] Don't give up!
-Come on, Jerry. Oh my God! -[bell rings]
[crowd cheers]
[Heenan] Break it! Come on, ref!
[Vince] "The Hitman" Bret Hart victorious.
-[bell rings] -[Vince] Over Jerry "The King" Lawler!
[Heenan] Come on, ref! Break the hold. Get him off him.
[Vince] "The Hitman" Bret Hart.
[bell rings]
[Heenan] He's not letting go of it!
Come on, let's get somebody.
[Vince] Look at this, they can't get him off.
[Heenan] Where are you, Tunney, when you were here before?
Get out here now and stop this!
[Vince] Jerry Lawler has already surrendered, and…
And the officials are trying to get "The Hitman" Bret off.
Pleading… They're pleading with Bret Hart
to release the hold.
[Heenan] Don't plead with him! Dictate to him!
You're law and order in there!
You tell him what you need. Get him off him.
[Vince] Oh, look at this. This, again…
[Heenan] Three officials.
[Vince] This is not pretty. No, it's not.
[Heenan] He's trying to break his back, and he's trying to break his legs.
-This is horrible. -[Vince] Jerry Lawler!
[Heenan] Four. Four officials are in the ring right now.
[Vince] And perhaps a bit of poetic justice
for Jerry "The King" Lawler, who claimed his leg was mangled
from an automobile accident before the matchup.
It may be mangled as a result of this!
I can't get over the fact that "The Hitman" Bret Hart will not let go.
He will not let go!
This is not just for a match,
this is not just for honors as to who is The King of The Ring,
this is for his family, Bobby Heenan.
This is for all those insults,
all those insults hurled at his mom and dad.
[Heenan] Don't pat him on the back!
Don't tell him to break it! Knock him on his butt!
Get him off him! That's "The King" Jerry Lawler there.
-Get The Hitman off him! -Bret, break his legs!
[Heenan] Oh, shut your mouth, you punk.
[Vince] Officials of the WWE
jam-packing the ring here.
[Heenan] Get him off him! Use physical force, damn it!
[Vince] This is the first ever we've ever seen anything like this.
[Heenan] Come on!
It looks like they don't want him to let go.
They don't care about The King. They're allowing him to do that!
[Vince] The officials pleading with Bret Hart,
trying to pull him out of this leg lock,
the Sharpshooter applied!
[Heenan] Pleading, my butt. They could get him off if they wanted to.
There's 20 guys in there. Pull him off!
[Vince] "Hitman" Bret Hart,
unquestionably trying to permanently damage
Jerry Lawler.
[Heenan] They're letting him do it!
The WWE officials are allowing it to happen!
[Vince] Wait a minute, Owen Hart,
out of his seat, Bruce Hart is in the ring.
[Heenan] They're standing there with their hands in their pockets!
Do something!
[Vince] Oh…
There's a melee here, there's… They're arguing.
[Heenan] They're arguing with Owen Hart!
Who cares about Owen Hart?
Get Bret Hart off The King!
[Vince] Look at this!
And still… Oh, finally. Bret Hart releases the hold.
[Heenan, sarcastically] Oh, how sportsmanlike.
[crowd cheers]
[Vince] Discussions going on with the official,
the referee's on the outside of the ring.
[Heenan] There could be some permanent damage done.
[Finkel] The referee has reversed his initial decision.
As a result of Bret Hart's refusing the official's instructions
to release the Sharpshooter.
[Heenan] Who's The King, McMahon?
[Finkel] …as a result of a disqualification,
the winner of this bout
and undisputed King of the World Wrestling Federation,
Jerry "The King" Lawler!
[Heenan] Oh yeah!
Who is the undisputed King of the World Wrestling Federation?
Come on, tell me, audio lips.
[Vince] I can't believe, I can't believe
what we have heard. I can't believe what we have seen.
[Heenan] Who is The King, McMahon,
of the World Wrestling Federation?
The undisputed King?
If you won't say it, I will.
It's Jerry "The King" Lawler.
Bret Hart, his two ugly siblings--
[Vince] Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute, Bret Hart right back at it!
Look at him attacking Jerry Lawler!
[crowd cheering]
[Heenan] This is never gonna end. This will never end.
Until one of them is out.
One of them is out of the WWE for good.
Physically.
[Vince] Lawler… Wait a minute, look at Bruce Hart!
That's Bruce Hart trying to get to Jerry Lawler!
He's trying to get to him!
I can't believe this!
And Owen Hart nails "The King" Jerry Lawler.
[Heenan] What a bunch of morons this family is.
[Vince] Look at that! Lawler holds his hand up in victory.
[Heenan] Help save The King!
-[Vince] Jerry Lawler. -[Heenan] Look at that.
[Vince] The undisputed King of the WWE.
[Heenan] Help save The King!
[Vince] I can't believe it.
I can't believe what we have seen.
What a melee the likes of which we have never, ever seen.
["Hart Attack" playing]
[Vince] Now there's the real King for you.
[Heenan] Well, it only took three Harts,
an entourage of 20 WWE officials,
seven referees…
-[Vince] Many of you… -[Heenan] And a crutch.
[Vince] Ludvig Borga arrived on the scene.
Ludvig Borga earlier today had some rather salient comments
as it relates to America and Detroit.
I'm gonna show you all exactly
what Lex Luger is gonna try to win,
the World Wrestling Federation Championship.
Right here in the middle of the American Dream.
Well, keep on dreaming, Lex Luger,
because if this is what you stand up for,
if this is what you're proud of,
these crumbling buildings, this filth, this pollution.
And I bet The Lex Express never stopped here
on its way to SummerSlam.
So, Lex Luger,
look at this.
This building is crumbling
like America is crumbling.
Because you American high school dropouts
are signing this country away
welfare check by welfare check.
And you people call this
the land of opportunities?
Well, I'm gonna take my opportunity
to show all you so-called American wrestlers,
and Marty Jannetty, tonight at SummerSlam,
what Ludvig Borga is all about.
[bell rings]
["Rock Out" playing]
[Vince] Ludvig Borga.
[Finkel] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Coming down the aisle, from Columbus, Georgia,
weighing 235 pounds,
Marty Jannetty!
[Vince] One of the great competitors in the WWE,
former Intercontinental Champion, Marty Jannetty.
[Heenan] Well, he is a competitor, McMahon.
Former Intercontinental Champion,
but let's see what's gonna happen with the man
who is undefeated in the World Wrestling Federation,
Ludvig Borga.
[Vince] Yes, but I remind you,
Marty Jannetty has been in the WWE for some time.
Ludvig Borga undefeated, yes, but here for two months.
Take a look at the monster.
[Finkel] …from Helsinki, Finland,
weighing 290 pounds,
Ludvig Borga!
[Heenan] You know what this man can lift?
[Vince] Yeah, I know one thing he can do, he can leave! He can leave America.
If he doesn't like it, take off.
Ludvig Borga, a monster and a half.
Borga, stepping over the top,
ready to lock up with Marty Jannetty.
From Helsinki.
And perhaps it'll be here at SummerSlam
where Mr. Borga's undefeated streak comes to a brusque halt.
Wait a minute, wait a minute, Jannetty.
Jannetty… Oh, look at that.
A shot to the ribs by Ludvig Borga, another one.
Ludvig Borga, by the way, as a teenager,
was the European junior heavyweight boxing champion.
As a teenager!
Obviously, he has gained a great deal of strength and size
since that occasion.
Ludvig Borga, hammering away.
[Heenan] You know, you can take a 300-pound man,
you can have him deadlift 989 pounds, that's an accomplishment.
[Vince] Oh my goodness!
[Heenan] But when the man hates and has fury inside of him like this man,
and you put all the… Everything together in one package,
you're not gonna beat this man.
[Vince] Bobby Heenan, everyone can be defeated on any given day here in the WWE.
[Heenan] Well, yeah, that is true, but…
I don't know, this guy…
This guy's something different.
[ref] Two, three!
[Vince] Marty Jannetty on the receiving end of those high knees to the ribs.
The official warning Ludvig Borga.
And Borga, thus far, pouring it on Marty Jannetty.
Off the rope.
Jan… Oh my!
[Heenan] And he punched him on the way down!
Wow!
[Vince] That was impressive.
[Heenan] It was to me!
This is what it's all about.
[Vince] Now, if you're Marty Jannetty, Bobby Heenan,
what do you do in a match like this?
[Heenan] During instructions, you give up.
[Vince] Pardon?
[Heenan] If I was Jannetty, that's what I'd do.
…four! Break up.
[Heenan] Who'd wanna fight Borga?
[ref] Break the hold!
[Vince] Jannetty would.
Marty Jannetty… Oh my goodness, a right hand.
Jannetty,
former Intercontinental Champion, one of the great competitors.
There's another shot by Ludvig Borga.
[Heenan] When's the last time you had a nice Finnish Punch?
Not like Hawaiian Punch.
-[Vince] I see. -[Heenan] Finnish Punch.
[Heenan laughs]
Take the ribs out.
[Vince] You mentioned earlier, Borga,
the Scandinavian dead lift champion.
Lifting 989 pounds.
[Heenan] The power this man possesses.
What if you got all of his hatred running through your body,
and you're that strong? You can't be beat!
[Vince] Borga. Oh my, missing!
Jannetty is an opportunist!
Marty Jannetty is an opportunist!
Oh well.
So is Ludvig Borga, I guess.
[Heenan] But not for long.
Tatanka,
the great American Indian star,
is undefeated, right?
[Vince] Native American, yes, of course.
-[Heenan] So is Ludvig Borga. -[Vince] Wait a minute, whoa, whoa.
Tatanka has been undefeated for a long, long time.
Ludvig Borga has been in the WWE for only two months.
Now grant you, Borga has made a tremendous impact in those two months,
but there's no way you can compare the two.
[Heenan] You know how many pro fights he had?
In boxing? Forty-seven.
Forty-three by knockout, never lost.
[Vince] Ludvig Borga,
who does not respect…
[Heenan] Look at this.
[Vince] …the athletes thus far here in the World Wrestling Federation.
-[Heenan] Blowing his horn on the guy. -[Vince] And does not respect America.
[Jannetty] Oh shit! God.
[Vince] Bear hug by the powerful Ludvig.
Borga, pouring it on.
[Heenan] Look at the size of the back on this man and the forearms!
He is put together.
[Vince] Punches having nothing behind them.
I don't know about that, Marty Jannetty trying to square him…
He's out of it now. Marty Jannetty scooping up… No, can't do it.
Hurt his back a bit.
-Oh, what a clothesline by Borga! -[Heenan] Ho-ho!
-Oh my goodness. -[Vince] Unbelievable.
[Heenan] That looks like the Zipper at a state fair.
You know the ride that goes around and no one ever survives?
[Vince] Ludvig Borga
hammering Marty Jannetty, now setting him up for perhaps more,
coming off the rope!
And will he get him? No. Oh, but he…
Look at that! Ludvig drove his hand into the canvas!
-A kick! -[Heenan] Whoa!
[Vince] Marty Jannetty, finding the mark!
Marty Jannetty, with another one!
Marty Jannetty, trying to set up Ludvig,
high-risk maneuver coming at him!
-[Borga grunts] -[Vince] No, look at that.
-Borga! -[Heenan] Oh!
[Vince] Catching Jannetty in midair.
[Heenan] What power.
-[speaking in Finnish] -[Vince] This is a monster.
-Ludvig Borga. -[Heenan] Wow.
You can see the hate in his eyes, can't you?
[Vince] And you could probably hear it if you understood Finnish.
-Oh, look at that. -[Heenan] I do.
I understand Finnish.
[Vince] Why don't you just keep it to yourself.
Ludvig Borga,
again, on the side, rabbit punches, jamming Marty Jannetty.
Uh-oh. And Jannetty goes up across big Ludvig Borga's back.
And I don't know if Marty Jannetty
can withstand this kind of punishment!
Ludvig Borga, with Marty Jannetty across his back!
-And that's it. -[ref] Ring the bell, damn it!
[bell rings]
[Vince] Ludvig, with Jannetty…
[Heenan] That's the former Intercontinental Champion right there,
Marty Jannetty, that Borga just beat.
[Finnish National Anthem playing]
[Heenan] I'd like to see the replay of this.
I wanna show you the power of this man.
I wanna show you what this man can do in the ring, look at this.
Here's 240-pound Marty Jannetty leaping in midair.
Borga catches him,
puts him exactly how he wants him,
and then drives him into the mat.
Ludvig Borga, oh yeah.
[Vince] Ludvig Borga, victorious.
What a pay-per-view here in the World Wrestling Federation
SummerSlam is.
And speaking of pay-per-views, and the WWE…
[Okerlund] Thanksgiving eve, prepare yourself for a little stuffing.
And perhaps some squash.
The Survivor Series,
the Thanksgiving eve tradition America waits for.
Only on pay-per-view.
There's no doubt, Bobby Heenan, we all are enjoying SummerSlam,
we do invite you to join us Thanksgiving eve
for the Thanksgiving pay-per-view tradition here in the WWE,
Survivor Series.
It's not Thanksgiving night, right?
-Thanksgiving eve. -It's Thanksgiving eve.
The hottest pay-per-view going.
And don't be fooled, ladies and gentlemen,
by anything that comes close to the Survivor Series,
there is nothing coming close to it,
and this year, we will return to tag team elimination competition.
That's four men in there all at once.
Well, it's a tag team, it's eight men, really.
It could be three against one, two against two,
It could be… It could be anything, Bobby Heenan.
Well, one guy could be left against all four.
Then again, if you think about it,
if you have three guys in there against two guys,
well, then that's three against two. If you go two against two, that's even--
It's exciting, ladies and gentlemen,
and it's the only pay-per-view worth waiting for Thanksgiving eve.
Let's go up now to Howard Finkel.
-You interrupted me. -[bell rings]
Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest,
scheduled for one fall,
is the Rest in Peace match!
-[Vince] This is gonna be interesting. -The rules are simple.
-There will be no disqualification. -[Heenan] Oh no.
-[Finkel] There will be no count out. -[Heenan] Oh no.
[Finkel] But there will be a decisive winner.
[Vince] And just who will that winner be?
We are live, from The Palace of Auburn Hills, Michigan.
This is SummerSlam.
This is The World Wrestling Federation!
[Heenan] And this is The Giant Gonzalez.
[Finkel] …The Giant Gonzalez!
[Vince] The Giant Gonzalez,
managed by Harvey Wippleman.
Giant Gonzalez against The Undertaker.
Yes, someone will rest in peace
as a result of this matchup.
And there, in the clutches of Harvey Wippleman,
the urn that Harvey was instrumental
in stealing from The Undertaker.
[Heenan] No, no, no, he "urned" it.
[Vince] Oh, I see, yeah, right.
Harvey Wippleman, holding the power, if you would,
a source of power, for The Undertaker.
Look at the size of Giant Gonzalez.
Have you ever seen anything like it before?
[Heenan] No, I haven't. I mean, this man is awesome.
Look, he dwarfs everybody.
Well, dwarfing Finkel isn't a big accomplishment, you know, but…
The man's eight feet tall.
And he's a monster. A real monster.
[Vince] And now…
[crowd cheers]
[Heenan] See ya!
[Vince] What's going on?
["Rest in Peace" playing]
[Finkel] His opponent, from Death Valley,
weighing 328 pounds…
[Vince] You can't even hear yourself think, much less talk!
This place is going bananas!
[Heenan] Wow.
[Vince] The Undertaker, towering above all!
Gliding to the ring.
The man in black.
[Heenan] I bet Johnny Cash has a picture of him in his wallet.
Is he something? Mm.
[Vince] The Undertaker giving new meaning to the term "awesome."
And, look, he's raising his hands.
And as he does, the lights come up!
[Heenan] How does he do that?
[Vince] The Undertaker!
[Heenan] It must be mirrors.
You notice? No Paul Bearer.
[Vince] Yes, indeed, we've noticed that for some time, Bobby Heenan.
And you can bet that The Undertaker will be noticing the urn
currently in the clutches of Harvey Wippleman.
But even without
the all-powerful urn, even without Paul Bearer at his side,
The Undertaker has cut a path through the WWE
the likes of which no one else has come close.
-Look at those eyes. -[Heenan] Ah, he's different, all right.
He looks like, uh, Thing.
[Vince] Look at this!
Undertaker wasting no time going to work on Giant Gonzalez!
Undertaker, with those karate thrusts to the throat area.
On and on, look at this!
[Heenan] This is a different Undertaker than you've seen before.
Usually, he stalks you, he takes his time.
He's taking it right to The Giant Gonzalez.
[Vince] Harvey Wippleman up there!
Distracting The Undertaker.
-[Heenan] Tell him, Harvey! -[Vince] Tell him what?
[Heenan] Get on his case. Harvey will knock you out.
[Vince] Oh yeah, sure.
Harvey Wippleman,
clutching on to the ring post, trying to distract The Undertaker.
Giant Gonzalez's spirit, at least… Oh, look at that.
Huge boot into the kisser of The Undertaker. And another one.
[Heenan] You know why The Undertaker moved towards Harvey.
Harvey owns the urn. He controls The Undertaker's life.
-[Vince] Headbutt! -[Heenan] And The Undertaker knows it.
[Vince] Giant Gonzalez with The Undertaker,
setting him up, coming off the ropes, and missing with a roundhouse.
Undertaker right back at him, clothesline, and Giant Gonzalez does not go down.
-[Heenan] He's still on his feet. -[Vince] Undertaker. Another one!
-Look at this. -[Heenan] This is a different Undertaker.
[Vince] And there is the urn.
Look at that.
Giant Gonza… Whoa, look at this!
[Heenan] You think when he gets his wake-up call, he rises up like that?
That's not a normal guy.
-He's not human. -[Vince] Indeed, not.
I'll grant you that as well. He's The Undertaker.
There's only one of a kind in the WWE like him.
Undertaker to the outside. Wait, Giant Gonzalez coming over the top.
Gonzalez and The Undertaker, outside.
Undertaker and Giant Gonzalez,
going at it. A rake to the face.
Undertaker and Gonzalez, what's gonna happen now?
-[ref] Hey. -[Vince] Undertaker, into the apron.
Gonzalez, knowing full well…
Oh my goodness! …facing a most unique individual here.
[Heenan] Can you imagine a man like The Undertaker…
[Vince] Wait a minute, look at this.
Hey, wait a minute.
[Heenan] Oh!
[Vince] There are no rules in this matchup!
There are no rules!
Oh! Did you hear that?
-Did you see that? -[Heenan] Huh?
Wow, I can't hear anything after that smash.
[yells in Spanish]
[Vince] Giant Gonzalez…
ramming that chair into the back and the head
of The Undertaker.
Oh no. No. No, no, no, no, no, no, look out!
Oh!
[Heenan] Well, I bet The Undertaker wishes he was
RIP-ing it. You know, resting in peace.
[Vince] After that, he just might be resting in peace.
[Heenan] Take one of those big dirt naps.
-You got him, Gonz. -[Vince] Wait a minute, look at this.
Undertaker, reaching out.
Undertaker.
[Heenan] What's he doing?
[Vince] I think he's getting it back together again.
Undertaker starting to move.
He's on his knees now.
[Heenan] He's not human.
[Vince] The Undertaker, after all that punishment on the outside by Giant…
No, he's back down.
And now, Gonzalez, back over.
Giant Gonzalez,
hammering away on the back of The Undertaker.
And The Undertaker, back in now. Giant Gonzalez,
taking it to him.
And again, this matchup, no disqualifications,
no count out, and look at this, Undertaker crawling to the urn.
-[Heenan] That's where his power lies. -[Vince] Trying to get to the urn.
Reaching for it! No.
[Heenan] It's like he's going for a tag partner.
Like he's going for help.
Like he's going for the only thing that keeps him going in this world.
But he's not getting there, is he?
Because that urn is owned by Harvey Wippleman.
[Vince] It's owned by The Undertaker,
it's in the possession of Harvey Wippleman.
[Heenan] Same thing.
[Vince] Undertaker. Look at that.
That one blocked! Another one blocked!
A hard right hand by The Undertaker. Another uplifting chop!
Giant Gonzalez beginning to stagger a bit.
Undertaker going for the urn and almost got it.
[Heenan] And it's snatched away from him at the last moment.
[Wippleman] Not in this lifetime, daddy.
[Heenan] Wippleman and The Giant Gonzalez
have the psychological advantage in this match.
They also have the height advantage and the weight advantage.
There's no way they can lose.
[Vince] Take out, oh no.
Did you see the way Giant Gonzalez whipped him to the buckle?
[speaks in Spanish]
[Heenan] Bring out the silver bullet, the wooden stake and the garlic.
Take him home, Giant.
[Vince] And again, Undertaker, crawling. Crawling to the urn.
Trying to seek the power.
The power to defeat the eight-foot Giant Gonzalez.
And a lunge, but to no avail.
["Rest in Peace" plays briefly]
[Vince] What's that?
[crowd murmuring]
-[Vince] What? -[Heenan] The music kicked in.
[Vince] Wait a… What's that?
-[Heenan] Oh my! -[Vince] People are on their feet!
-Who is… -[Heenan] No!
It's Paul Bearer!
-[Vince] It's who? -[Heenan] Paul Bearer lives!
Paul Bearer is alive!
He's alive!
[Vince] Is it?
Yes, it's Paul Bearer, that's who it is.
[Heenan] With a black wreath!
[Vince] Paul Bearer is bringing a black wreath
to ringside! Paul Bearer is back!
He's back from the dark side!
[Heenan] The grim reaper himself walks!
He's alive! I thought we'd never see him again.
Oh, Mr. Wippleman, be careful. Please be careful.
[Vince] Paul Bearer planting the Rest in Peace…
Wait, he just looked over at Harvey Wipple…
[Heenan] Oh, Wippleman will knock you out in a minute.
[Vince] Harvey Wippleman is getting up!
He's gonna take on, he charges, and…
Look at that!
[crowd cheers]
[Heenan] He slipped! He lost his footing!
[Vince] Wait a minute, where's Paul Bearer going?
-Paul Bearer-- -[Heenan] No, no, no!
Oh my God, no, no, no!
[Vince] Paul Bearer.
-Paul Bearer, yes! -[Heenan groans in agony]
[Vince] Paul Bearer, with what rightfully belongs to him
and The Undertaker.
The urn, in the clutches of Paul Bearer.
A scoop and a slam!
[Heenan] But The Undertaker is still in the clutches of The Giant Gonzalez!
[Vince] Giant Gonzalez peering down in the eyes of Paul Bearer.
Clutching the urn.
[Heenan] Paul Bearer may be on the shelf again.
Go get him, Giant!
[Vince] And Harvey Wippleman is still out.
Paul Bearer leveled Harvey Wippleman.
[Heenan] Come on, knock off those Count Chocula eyebrows.
-Take him out! -[Vince] Look at this!
Paul Bearer holding the urn high!
Reaching for The Undertaker.
Transferring the power from the urn
into the body of… Oh, look at this!
[Heenan] Oh my goodness.
[crowd cheers]
-[Vince] A chop! -[Heenan] Huh?
[Vince] Another one!
-Undertaker with the power! -[Heenan] Oh no!
A clothesline.
The Giant Gonzalez beginning to rock.
Another clothesline, yes!
Gonzalez somehow still on his feet!
Undertaker with another one!
[Heenan] But he's not down yet! He's still on his feet!
[Vince] Nothing will take Giant Gonzalez off his feet!
-[Heenan] Nothing! -[Vince] The Undertaker with another one!
Giant Gonzalez, continuing to rock, but he won't go down.
[Heenan] That's five clotheslines in a row
by The Undertaker, a man his size.
[Vince] Now he's down on one knee. He's going down.
-[Heenan] He's not down. -[Vince] He's going down.
-[Heenan] He's not down. -[Vince] Undertaker's going up!
[Heenan] He's not down!
[Vince] The Undertaker is going up to the top rope!
[Heenan] But Undertaker, I mean, Gonzalez is getting up.
[Vince] Giant Gonzalez,
spinning into The Undertaker!
-A clothesline from the top! -[crowd roars]
[Heenan] They're both down!
[Vince] One, two, yes!
-[Heenan] Oh no! -[bell rings]
[Heenan] It's all because of Paul Bearer and the urn.
This is not right.
["Rest in Peace" playing]
[Vince] Ladies and gentlemen…
[Finkel] Here is your winner,
The Undertaker!
[Vince] Now we know what a Rest in Peace match is.
The eight-foot Giant Gonzalez,
defeated by The Undertaker.
[Heenan] Well, he's back to the tomb.
He's back to the crypt.
He's back to his box. He's looking at the urn.
He's got his power back.
He's got Paul Bearer back.
There's gonna be trouble for everybody right now
in the World Wrestling Federation.
[Vince] Finally reunited!
Paul Bearer,
The Undertaker.
-And the power of the urn. -Rest in peace, Giant Gonzalez.
[Vince] Yes, indeed, you are looking, ladies and gentlemen, at a phenom.
-You're looking at The Undertaker. -[Heenan] He's got no eyes!
Where are his eyes?
[Vince] Paul Bearer, with the urn held high,
leading a victorious Undertaker…
Wait a minute, what's going on back in the ring?
What's going on? Harvey Wippleman
and Giant Gonzalez.
Gonzalez, wanting to know what happened to the urn.
-Harvey Wippleman is trying to explain… -[Heenan] You're in charge!
You pay him, you're in charge.
Slap him around. You tell him, Harvey.
[Vince] Oh, wait a minute, look at this!
Giant Gonzalez, with Harvey Wippleman.
Harvey Wippleman made a mistake.
And up he goes, and down he goes!
[Heenan] Somebody do something!
Somebody do something! Help Harvey!
Help Mr. Wippleman!
[Vince] Help him, somebody's gonna have to help him.
Harvey Wippleman.
[Heenan] His eyes are open!
He's laying there with his eyes open!
He's seriously hurt!
[Vince] Now, there is new meaning
-to the term… -[Heenan] What?
[Vince] …"Rest in peace."
Giant Gonzalez,
defeated by The Undertaker
and taking it out on Harvey Wippleman,
who's resting as we speak. Joe Fowler, let's go to you.
[Fowler] I have been waiting all night long to talk to this entourage.
We have the World Wrestling Federation Champion Yokozuna,
we have his manager, Mr. Fuji,
and their American spokesman, Jim Cornette.
Cornette, you're already in the hall, your Heavenly Bodies lost to the Steiners.
You're 0-1 tonight.
Let me tell you something, hatchet head, sit down, take you a Valium,
and listen to what I got to say. First of all,
it was a hometown decision. A referee from Detroit, Michigan,
biased, prejudiced, the WWE's gonna hear about this.
Jack Tunney's gonna hear about this. There were two Steiners in the ring,
I could list infractions as long as Rick and Scott Steiner's police record.
But we were ripped off, plain and simple.
The Heavenly Bodies were not fairly defeated,
and I'm gonna be heard on this another day.
But I guarantee you, the same thing is not gonna happen to the great Yokozuna.
[Fowler] We have had a night of surprises.
Surprise number one, Jerry Lawler comes out on crutches.
Then another surprise, Paul Bearer shows up out of nowhere.
Might the next surprise be Lex Luger takes the belt?
[Cornette] I'll tell you the biggest surprise, your employment.
Let me tell you something right now,
Lex Luger, I want you to listen and listen good to my voice
while you take a look at the last sight that you may ever see
in your living life, brother.
The great Yokozuna, the beast, the monster.
You look in those eyes and like I've said before,
you see no pity, you see no fear,
you see no compassion for his fellow man.
All you see is the intention to take you, Lex Luger,
and rip you limb from limb.
You throw your arms up, Lex Luger, when you get in that ring,
and you draw the power of all those millions of Americans
that you've touched hands with all across the Call to Action Campaign.
You draw that power from all of them, Luger,
and you're still gonna come up short.
The autoworkers in Detroit, the farmers in Kansas,
and the common people all across America,
they're gonna give you their strength.
And, Lex Luger, it's not gonna be enough
no matter how hard you fight to take this big man down.
We've waited a long time, and now the time for talking is over.
The time for action has come, and brother,
the last thing that you will hear tonight
at SummerSlam of '93 is this.
Banzai!
[Fowler] If a picture's worth a thousand, that's ten grand right there, Vince.
[Vince] No doubt about that.
That, ladies and gentlemen, the World Wrestling Federation title matchup,
yet to come here at SummerSlam.
-[Heenan] Wow. -[Vince] Oh my goodness.
Look out! Here they come!
[Finkel] This is a six-man tag team match
scheduled for one fall.
[Vince] Here come The Smoking Gunns!
[Heenan] Well, I'll be damned.
[Finkel] …the team has a total combined weight
-of 749 pounds… -[Vince] And you can bet
The Smoking Gunns
have been doing just that as of late.
[Finkel] …The Smoking Gunns!
[Vince] Bob and Billy!
By the way, on the hotline right now… Whoa! Whoa!
…Mr. Perfect.
Back with The 1-2-3 Kid, answering your questions
over on the hotline.
["The War Dance" playing]
[Vince] Uh-oh, look out!
[Heenan] Time for cowboys and Indians.
[Vince] And here he comes!
[Finkel] …from North Carolina, Tatanka!
[Vince] Tatanka, thus far undefeated
in single competition in the WWE!
[Heenan] Oh, look at his face. He's been cleaning out the chimney again.
He's been reading smoke signals.
[Vince] I think, Bobby Heenan, he is ready for war.
[Heenan] He better be.
[Vince] Bam Bam Bigelow,
one of the principals in this six-man tag team matchup.
You bet Tatanka's dangerous. He's dangerous every night.
One of the great competitors.
Tatanka and The Smoking Gunns in this six-man matchup.
Part of the extravaganza known as SummerSlam
being seen worldwide, ladies and gentlemen.
Coast to coast…
Uh-oh. And here come some very bad dudes.
[Finkel] Their opponents, coming down the aisle
with their respective…
[Vince] Take a look at this entourage.
And I know, looking at it as well, high above,
the spokesperson for Radio WWE,
yes, there you see Jim Ross, ladies and gentlemen,
Gorilla Monsoon, calling the action
with The Armed Forces Network.
Calling the action for Radio WWE.
[Heenan] That's not Regis and Kathie?
[Vince] No, that's not Regis and Kathie Lee.
[Heenan] Sorry.
[Vince] Over 160 countries
receiving the broadcast here tonight.
Bam Bam Bigelow, the Beast from the East,
along with The Headshrinkers, Samu and Fatu,
a formidable six-man tag team combination.
-Especially… Well, yes. -[Heenan] And Afa.
[Vince] Especially considering Afa and Luna
as part of the entourage.
Can they function as a unit, Bobby Heenan?
[Heenan] Just a moment. Thank you, give me that message.
-[Vince] What are you doing? -[Heenan] Uh, excuse me.
Shawn Michaels has left the building.
[Vince] Shawn Michael… Big deal.
Shawn Michaels left the building with The Intercontinental Championship.
[Heenan] With Diesel, they asked me to make the announcement.
[Vince] I see. Thank you for that information.
[Heenan] Don't mention it.
[Vince] Six-man tag team action, ladies and gentlemen. Again,
the name of the game is functioning as a unit.
Regardless of how good you are individually,
you must function as a team.
And I would suggest that advantage is like… Look out, here we go!
-[Heenan laughs slyly] -[Vince] That was… Everything backfired.
-[Heenan chuckles] -[Vince] Tatanka and The Smoking Gunns
having their problems from the get-go.
[Heenan] Like the Dallas Cowboys and the Cleveland Indians.
None of them are winners.
[Vince] Tatanka, being set up by Bam Bam Bigelow.
Shoulder block, down goes Tatanka.
And Bam Bam, a force to reckon with if there ever was here in the WWE.
[Heenan] Boy, is there ever.
[Vince] Obviously, a bit of bad blood between Bam Bam Bigelow and Tatanka.
[Heenan] Well, you know why, don't you?
For months now, Tatanka's been making eyes at Luna.
And Luna's the main squeeze of Bam Bam.
[Vince] I don't believe that, but you can believe that dropkick
knocked Bam Bam down!
Tatanka, with a right hand.
Tatanka hammering away on big Bam Bam Bigelow.
To the ropes, now. Set up and yes, backbreaker!
That'll take a lot out of the big man.
And Luna Vachon looking on,
as Tatanka, hammering her main squeeze, Bam Bam Bigelow.
[Heenan] What an attractive woman.
[Vince] What an attractive combination, Luna Vachon and Bam Bam.
Off the rope now, collision course!
That took an awful lot out of both men, and that could very easily--
[Heenan] More so Tatanka. Tatanka's hurt!
[Vince] Bam Bam reaching for the tag.
[Heenan] Look at Luna just screaming her vocal cords off.
[Vince] Oh, she did that some time ago.
Neither individual able to make the tag.
Tatanka now, reaching for either Bart or Billy.
Rolling over.
Bam Bam, likewise close to his corner, close to a tag.
And quick tag has been made on the near side, and…
Uh-oh, look out. Here we go.
A slugfest developing.
That's Billy and Fatu.
[Heenan] Come on!
[Vince] Oh, forget about it! Did you see that?
[Heenan] Oh yeah.
[Vince] Billy is gonna be missing a few teeth after that.
[Heenan] He's only got six to start with.
[Vince] However many he has, he's gonna be…
-[Heenan] Oh no! -[Vince] Look at that! Nicely done!
Billy Gunn to the outside, going up to the top rope now,
trying to time this one just right, high-risk maneuver, and Billy Gunn!
Bulldog! Reversal, nicely done.
Yeah, set it up.
[Heenan] Everything they do is with that rodeo mentality.
Bulldog this, bulldog that.
[Vince] Billy, as a matter of fact, went to college on a rodeo scholarship.
This man is the real deal, along with his tag team partner.
They are real cowboys, Bobby Heenan.
Ooh, my!
[Heenan] That means they can identify meadow muffins real easy, huh?
-[Vince] What is a metal muffin? -[Heenan] You don't know a meadow muffin?
[Vince] Off the rope now, ladies and gentlemen, and…
Oh, look at that double team effort. Samu was in there.
[Heenan] Walk through a field some day, where there's 50 cows.
[Vince] And to the outside… Wait a minute, look at this.
Afa, getting in a lick on the outside.
[Heenan] I bet one of the Gunns made a move at Afa, he went for him.
Afa was just defending himself.
[Vince] Tatanka.
Oh, wait a minute, this matchup is likely to get way out of hand.
The six-man… Oh, look at that.
Six-man matchup, and yes.
That was not necessarily a smart decision
on the part of Samu.
Because now, Bart is in there.
The fresh man. Bart, coming off the ropes. Bart, underneath the roundhouse.
Bart, with a flying body press. Bart with the lateral press, and…
Can't quite get him.
Arm drag takedown. Nice takedown by Bart.
Bart and Billy, The Smoking Gunns, an extraordinary tag team combination,
taking nothing away from The Headshrinkers.
Off the rope… Oh my, you can't take anything away from them,
it's almost impossible.
[Heenan] Not at all, they are the toughest tag team
I've seen in a long time come down the pike.
They're just brutal men.
[Vince] Bart being set up.
Oh my, that'll take it out of you.
[Heenan] What good's your rodeo scholarship gonna do you now?
-[Vince] Tag made. -[Heenan] Whoopee ay-yo.
[Vince] Bam Bam Bigelow in the ring now.
Surprisingly, Bam Bam has been able to function quite well
as a member of this team. Look at the dropkick by Bam Bam.
A cover! One, two! And a kick out.
[Heenan] That surprises you, that he could function that well?
This man is a great athlete.
[Vince] It doesn't surprise me. What surprises me is the coordination
with Bam Bam and The Headshrinkers.
[Heenan] This is SummerSlam,
this is the WWE, they've done their homework.
[Vince] I thought there would be a communication problem.
Ooh, my! Power slam by Samu.
The cover! One, two, and a…
Shoulder just barely getting up.
I thought for sure
that The Smoking Gunns and Tatanka
would have a bit more tag team coordination,
but no, that's not the way this matchup has developed.
[Heenan] I didn't think they'd get along at all.
Cowboys and Indians never get along.
But, uh, The Headshrinkers and Bam Bam,
the Beast of the East, get along just fine.
[Vince] Come on, ref, get in there.
Look at Luna Vachon.
A look of, uh,
some dubious distinction. Tag is made now, coming back in is Samu.
And Fatu, double headbutt.
Fatu,
now on Bart. And again, thus far, we have seen frequent tags
on the part of The Headshrinkers and Bam Bam Bigelow.
We cannot say the same on the part of The Smoking Gunns
and Tatanka.
[Heenan] Look at that shoulder block.
I'm telling you, The Headshrinkers are having so much fun
beating up on these cowboys,
they'll probably go to one of those discount stores tomorrow
and beat up one of those 25-cent horses you put the money in.
They're having a ball out there.
[Vince] What a comedic… Look at this!
Can you believe that? A headbutt into the heads
of The Headshrinkers.
[Heenan] Have you ever seen Afa?
Take both The Headshrinkers' heads and bang them together? They love it.
[Luna] Get him!
[Vince] A most unique tag team combination.
[Heenan] You bet.
[Vince] Bart now being set up.
Fatu, down to the canvas.
But right back up, look at that maneuver!
-[Heenan] Ho-ho! -[Vince] Oh my.
[Heenan] Headshrinkers 1, cowboys 0.
[Vince] What action thus far at SummerSlam!
Unbelievable action!
Double-team effort, turn around, official, please. Turn around.
[Heenan] For what?
[Vince] To see what's going on.
[Heenan] Doesn't matter.
[Vince] Tatanka, objecting to the double-teaming action, as well he should.
[Heenan] Oh, the cowboys and Indians would never double-team, would they?
Not at all.
-[Vince] Look at this. -[Heenan] Beat him!
-[Vince] Ref, turn around! Please! -[Heenan] Hit him. Hit him.
Headshrinkers and The Beast of the East, boy.
[Vince] In this tag team matchup, we don't need one, we need a whole dozen.
We need a whole bunch of officials in the match
to maintain order.
[Heenan] You need a SWAT team, that's what you need out here.
[Vince] Ugh. Cross to the throat area.
[Heenan] Whoa, hit his head on the bottom rope going down.
[Vince] Bart having problems, that's not the only place he hit his head.
[Heenan] One was during mathematics too, he had a lot of problems in school.
-[Vince] What do you know about school? -[Heenan] Me?
[Vince] Look! As you said before, The Headshrinkers
striking each other just a moment ago.
[Heenan] Oh yeah, they don't care.
They do not care.
And it's very hard to beat a guy that don't care.
[Vince] Much less one that doesn't care.
Bam Bam Bigelow,
with Samu. What are they gonna do? Come on, ref.
All we need is one man in there, not two.
-Oh my. -[ref] Get outside, right now.
Yeah!
[Heenan] ♪ Happy trails to you ♪
♪ Until… ♪
[Vince] Bam Bam Bigelow, along with The Headshrinkers,
managed by
Afa.
And of course, out there somewhere, Luna Vachon. Look out,
-a head of steam, and misses! -[Heenan] Oh my gosh!
-He hit the post! -[Vince] He certainly did.
A 400-pound
Bam Bam Bigelow went into the post.
Tatanka is a wild man, look at this!
Tatanka, with Bam Bam.
Tatanka off the rope, Tatanka with a chop, Bam Bam Bigelow is hurt.
Tatanka coming off the rope again, another chop.
-Bam Bam is rocked. -[Heenan] Come on, Bam Bam!
-No! -[Vince] And now, Bam Bam is slammed!
-[crowd cheers] -[Tatanka] Yeah!
-[Vince] Tatanka! -[Heenan] No!
[Vince] DDT on Bam Bam, that should do it.
And going up now, to the top rope.
Tatanka going all the way up to the top.
[Heenan] Luna is frothing at the mouth!
[Vince] High-risk maneuver, waiting for it!
Tatanka!
One, two…
[Heenan] No, no, no, no! He got a shoulder up.
[Vince] Tatanka, wanting perhaps a little faster count, the official
well-positioned on that last exchange.
Headbutt by Tatanka.
However, Bam Bam… Bam Bam striking away.
[Heenan] Bam Bam, take it to him. You're the Beast of the East.
-[Tatanka groans] -[Vince] Oh my.
Bam Bam Bigelow, and Tatanka…
And look at this!
[crowd cheers]
[Vince] Tatanka,
on the warpath!
Until that.
That would put anybody down.
Bam Bam Bigelow…
[Heenan] The Headshrinkers.
Now they're on the warpath.
What agility for a 400-pound man, huh?
[Vince] Unbelievable, but nonetheless, I believe
Tatanka may be coming back around.
But not before…
that.
-[Heenan] Forget it. -[Vince] The cover!
One, two, and…
Now Bart coming in there…
My goodness.
Dropkick!
Oh, wait a minute, this one's getting out of hand!
Oh! This one is getting way out of hand!
[Heenan] Oh, did you hear his head hit the floor?
[Vince] This is unbelievable, look at this!
Tatanka, come on, ref!
It's one against three!
This isn't the Survivor Series, come on!
-Oh my goodness! -[Heenan] Oh!
[Vince] Can you imagine the impact of that?
[Heenan] Put the wagons in a circle, it's over.
[Vince] A triple headbutt!
This referee should be reprimanded for allowing this to go on!
[Heenan] He can't do anything, how you gonna stop them?
[Vince] What else are we gonna see here tonight
at SummerSlam?
[Heenan] Wait a minute, they're all going upstairs.
-End of Tatanka! -[Vince] Oh no!
I've never seen anything like this ever either!
-A lunge! -[Heenan] No!
[crowd goes wild]
[Vince] The decibel level is off the chart!
Action inside, outside…
Wait a minute, scoop, one, two, three!
-Yes! -[Heenan] Oh, no! No!
[crowd erupts]
["The War Dance" playing]
[Finkel] Here are your winners, the team of The Smoking Gunns…
[Heenan] Who was the legal man?
[Vince] Obviously Tatanka was, and there you see the trio.
Yes, Tatanka, along with The Smoking Gunns, victorious.
Standing by now, ladies and gentlemen,
broadcaster extraordinaire,
let's take you to Joe Fowler.
[Heenan] Joe who?
[Fowler] That's Joe Fowler! Hey, you're looking at the Lex Express.
This is the bus that logged all those miles
during Lex Luger's Call to Action Campaign.
But it didn't drive itself.
Here's the man that did the driving, say hi to Hank Carter. How you doing?
-Great, Joe. How you doing? -Fantastic.
I see you've got your monitor, you're watching SummerSlam. Having fun.
Great time, great time. Been watching all the matches tonight.
Everything's just wonderful.
All right, now you spent two months, you got to know the country,
and you really got to know Lex Luger.
Yes, that's correct. This…
Lex Luger is one of the fantastic
wrestlers of all times.
He's such a genuine person.
He's such a compassionate person, especially with the children.
You've seen him outside of the ring, and that's important.
Did any one particular city touch you?
Was there a highlight during the two months?
Yes, there was. Uh, first thing that comes to mind right offhand
is, uh, Philadelphia, when we visited the children's hospital.
The… The look in the children's faces when he would walk into the room,
they were… You know, here was their hero coming into their room.
Some of these children were gravely ill,
I mean, with terminal diseases.
But it was yet… It was almost as if that was…
That made whole… their entire life worthwhile
just to watch Lex Luger come into the room.
[Fowler] That's terrific. Hey, look, I'm entitled to one stupid question
per pay-per-view.
And my stupid question is, who do you like in the title match?
No question about it, Lex Luger.
All right, why am I not surprised? The Lex Express,
it's parked outside The Palace, we're going back inside,
the sea of humanity, Todd Pettengill, somewhere in there. Todd.
Todd Pettengill out in the crowd. It is absolutely wild here.
Whoever said patriotism was dead
should have bought a ticket to SummerSlam.
-What's your name? -Bruce Blur.
Bruce is one of the waves in the sea of red, white and blue out here.
-Where you from, Bruce? -I'm from Wyandotte, Michigan.
Get a shot of this outfit. Now, what was the inspiration
for this beautiful red, white and blue toga?
My ma went to Sears and made me a bedspread, sheets and a pillowcase.
What the heck, make me an outfit.
You look great, my friend.
-USA! The crowd is going crazy. -USA!
The action is hot and heavy here at SummerSlam.
USA!
Yes, indeed, ladies and gentlemen, you can feel the patriotism,
you can feel the support for Lex Luger.
You can almost feel it from overseas.
You can almost feel it from every nook and cranny
throughout our great country, Bobby Heenan.
The thing that amazes me is how did Lex Luger
talk the former president into driving the bus?
-A former president? -Isn't that Jimmy Carter?
-Hank Carter. -They sound the same.
I think Rosalynn was the stewardess on the bus.
I'm sorry we asked. Let's go up now to ring announcer Howard Finkel.
Ha-ha!
[Finkel] Ladies and gentlemen,
will you all please rise?
[crowd murmuring]
At this time,
would you please show some respect…
[crowd boos]
…as Mr. Kiotika Suzuki
sings the Japanese National Anthem.
[crowd boos]
[Vince] A sort of a partisan crowd here.
[sings in Japanese]
[crowd continues booing]
[Vince] Well, a sort of a partisan crowd,
shades of, uh, Yankee Stadium, you might say, Bobby Heenan.
[Heenan] That's a catchy tune, I like it.
[Vince] Oh, really?
And now, ladies and gentlemen, would you please welcome
the master of ceremonies for the main event.
He will be accompanied by singing sensation Aaron Neville.
Please welcome
-"The Macho Man" Randy Savage! -[crowd roars]
["Pomp and Circumstance" playing]
[Vince] Well, I guess he's been just about everything
that he can ever be.
There you see Aaron Neville
with Old Glory flying high!
And Randy Savage, who's been just about everything possible
in the World Wrestling Federation,
now electing to be
the master of ceremonies for the main event.
"Macho Man" Randy Savage,
along with Aaron Neville.
And this, ladies and gentlemen, is The Palace,
and The Palace has never rocked like it's rocking here tonight
at SummerSlam.
Thousands of fans, jam-packing
The Palace of Auburn Hills
for the WWE.
[Heenan] And how many millions all over the world watching?
[Vince] This, ladies and gentlemen, is SummerSlam.
This is what the World Wrestling Federation is all about.
This what pay-per-view is really all about.
Aaron Neville,
from way down in Louisiana,
and Old Glory is flying high.
Look at the red, white and blue. "Macho Man" Randy Savage.
[Heenan] Oh yeah, huh?
Aaron Neville looks like he got his clothes from The Smoking Gunns.
[Savage] Ooh, yeah!
[crowd goes wild]
[Savage] Ooh, yeah!
Ladies and gentlemen…
here to sing our national anthem,
please welcome
from the world-famous Neville Brothers…
recording superstar,
Aaron Neville!
[crowd cheers]
[Vince] Aaron Neville.
♪ Oh, say can you see ♪
♪ By the dawn's early light ♪
♪ What so proudly we hailed ♪
♪ At the twilight's last gleaming ♪
♪ Whose broad stripes and bright stars ♪
♪ Through the perilous fight ♪
♪ O'er the ramparts we watched ♪
♪ Were so gallantly streaming ♪
♪ And the rockets' red glare ♪
♪ The bombs bursting in air ♪
♪ Gave proof through the night ♪
♪ That our flag was still there ♪
♪ Oh, say does that star-spangled ♪
♪ Banner yet wave ♪
♪ O'er the land of the free ♪
♪ And the home of the brave ♪
[Vince] Wow.
[crowd cheers]
[Vince] One of the most stirring renditions
of our national anthem ever heard!
Aaron Neville! And this place is full of US of A!
This place is full of red, white and blue!
[Heenan] I like the Japanese version better.
He sang so loud you couldn't even hear the music.
[bell rings]
[Finkel] Ladies and gentlemen,
the following contest, scheduled for one fall,
is for the World Wrestling Federation Championship!
["Sumo" playing]
[Finkel] Coming down the aisle with Mr. Fuji
and their American spokesperson,
James E. Cornette,
weighing 568 pounds,
here is the World Wrestling Federation Champion,
Yokozuna!
[Heenan] What a disgrace.
He's a lot more than 560 pounds.
Or 80 pounds. He's around that 600 mark, and you know it.
[Vince] Whatever he is, Bobby Heenan,
it all began July 4 of this year.
On the hallowed ground of the deck of the USS Intrepid
when that man right there was body-slammed by Lex Luger.
That's where it all began.
And what a journey Lex Luger has had.
What a journey leading him in here to SummerSlam.
The journey ends right here, or perhaps,
a new one will begin,
if Lex Luger is successful and becomes the WWE Champion.
[Heenan] Well, this is it. He's painted himself into a corner,
thanks of James E. Cornette.
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
It's make-or-break, he's gotta do it now.
No return match.
He has nothing else going for him.
He's gotta do it right now, tonight.
[Vince] Despite the clause in the contract
by Jim Cornette.
All Lex Luger needs is one opportunity,
that's what our great nation
has been founded on, Bobby Heenan.
Just one… "Yokotuna"?
Oh, it would be a big one. It would be a massive one.
[Heenan] The courage of this man, injured, bad neck,
still makes it to ringside.
[Vince] Yokozuna…
along with Jim Cornette,
Mr. Fuji.
This morning, in New York City.
This morning, Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, and now,
Yokozuna to defend the WWE Title, let's go back up to Randy Savage.
[Savage] …the moment
that we have all been waiting for.
It is my honor
and my privilege
to introduce
to you
the next
World Wrestling Federation Champion…
[Heenan] Good luck.
…Lex Luger!
["The Stars and Stripes Forever" playing]
[crowd goes wild]
[Heenan] They're going nuts here!
[Vince] A standing ovation.
[Heenan] Oh, I'm not standing.
[Vince] Here is a good look
at the man who's traveled
over 9,000 miles
crisscrossing the great nation
of the United States of America.
There's the man.
Yokozuna peering down to the extraordinary physique
of Lex Luger.
[Heenan] And he's wearing the red, white and blue, isn't he, McMahon?
[Vince] And wearing it proudly, Bobby Heenan.
Wearing it oh-so-proudly.
[Heenan] Luger, this is your one-time opportunity.
Don't blow it.
Make the best of it.
[Vince] Unbelievable applause
for Lex Luger.
When you think of respect,
you have to think of Lex Luger.
When you think of a great athlete, you have to think
of Lex Luger, an extraordinary competitor,
an extraordinary patriot.
And perhaps, perhaps Lex Luger
minutes away from wearing the World Wrestling Federation Title.
[Heenan] But when you think of the champion,
you've gotta think of Yokozuna.
[Vince] Indeed, you do. No question of that.
[Heenan] And James E. Cornette.
And Mr. Fuji.
And the entire
country of Japan
is behind Yokozuna.
[crowd chanting] USA! USA! USA!
[Vince] Lex Luger, readying himself to lock up
with this beast, as his American spokesman called him.
Jim Cornette called Yokozuna a beast.
He is that. I have no idea what the man weighs.
It was suggested at one time…
[bell rings]
[Vince] …it was around the 450-pound mark.
Now up around 260, 270…
Rather, 470. Who knows how much he weighs?
[Heenan] 270? Yoko ate that for lunch today.
[Vince] He probably did.
But look at this.
[Heenan] Intimidation.
[Vince] Last time they were eye-to-eye, it was on the deck of the Intrepid.
And Lex Luger said, "Come on, big boy." Remember that?
-He read his lips. -[Heenan] That's where he hip-locked him.
[Vince] It wasn't a hip toss at all. It was a slam.
Wait a minute. Wait a minute!
Fuji's coming up from behind!
Turn around!
Turn around, Lex!
-Turn around! -[Heenan] He's got a plan.
[Vince] And just like that, Yokozuna attacking.
But Yokozuna to the buckle.
Luger hammering away on Yokozuna!
Lex Luger with Yokozuna.
To the rope now. Luger!
Look at that! Yokozuna's rocked.
Right from the get-go.
Mr. Fuji and Yokozuna had their strategy planned for Luger.
And Luger, all the way over from behind!
Look at this!
Yokozuna, with an elbow.
[Heenan] I don't think I've ever seen Lex Luger in better shape.
[Vince] Wait a minute, wait a minute.
Yokozuna coming off and… No.
[Heenan] Whoa!
[Vince] Luger, too quick for him!
Yokozuna has bulked up for this matchup.
Lex Luger's gone the other way.
He knew he couldn't match him in terms of bulk,
in terms of strength.
Luger, somewhere around a lean 260, maybe even less.
Yokozuna. Stepping to the outside.
Mr. Fuji, trying to get to Lex Luger.
Thus far, the strategy… Look at this!
-The strategy has backfired thus far! -[crowd cheers]
[Heenan] It's only a… Don't worry.
Don't count the champ out.
[Vince] Oh, forget about it! Yes!
-[Heenan] What an elbow. -[Vince] Cover him!
One, two…
And two is all he can get.
[Heenan] Way too powerful.
[Vince] Lex Luger, off the rope!
And caught and slammed by Yokozuna.
That was impressive. Look out!
Yokozuna wants to end it early, no!
[crowd cheers]
[Vince] And Lex Luger, hammering away on Yokozuna.
And again, thus far,
everything Yokozuna has attempted to do to Luger has backfired.
Look at the huge girth of Yokozuna.
[Heenan] He is a big boy, he's a big fortune cookie.
[crowd chanting] USA! USA! USA!
-[Vince] Listen to this chant! -[Heenan] Huh?
I can't hear you.
[Vince] Yokozuna for the ride to the buckle.
And the whole ring… Look out, Luger coming at him.
[Luger] Yeah, baby. Huh?
[Vince] Lex Luger, with that forearm,
ramming it into the throat, the chest area of Yokozuna!
[crowd cheering]
-[Heenan] Look at that body on Lex Luger. -[crowd] One, two…
[Heenan] He's worked hard for this. But it won't help him.
[Vince] This capacity crowd, perhaps…
Oh my.
Just like that, ladies and gentlemen, Yokozuna can turn a match around.
All it takes is one blow.
That's how devastating Yokozuna is.
[Heenan] He can turn your career around like that in one move.
-[Luger groans] -[man] Check him, check him, check him.
[Luger groans]
[Vince] Again, I have no idea
the actual weight of Yokozuna.
Whatever he weighs, he can really move it around.
Really use it to his advantage.
[Heenan] Well, where would he get weighed?
A truck stop? A meat scale?
It's gotta be some place… Some doctor has to be able to weigh him.
They know what he weighs.
[Vince] Wait a minute. Fuji coming up from behind.
Mr. Fuji here with Lex Luger.
And that misses. Lex Luger too smart for him.
And look at that right hand by Luger.
Hammering away on Yokozuna.
Yet more strategy on the part of Fuji and Yokozuna,
thus far, failing.
Luger too smart for them, too quick for them, Bobby Heenan.
[Heenan] They came with a game plan--
-[Vince] And a body slam! -[Heenan] No. See, I told you.
He can't do it.
[Vince] He did it on July 4.
[Heenan] That was a hip toss on July 4.
He cannot… This man cannot be body-slammed.
[crowd boos]
[Heenan] I will tell you one thing, Yokozuna, Fuji and Cornette
have come here with a game plan.
So has Lex Luger.
But it doesn't seem to be working for Luger like it is Yokozuna.
[Vince] No, I'll totally disagree with that.
The game plan on the part of Fuji and Yokozuna has not worked.
They've tried to throw salt in his eyes, they've tried to sneak up behind him,
they've done about everything.
[Heenan] Uh-oh, watch it here. Watch this.
[Vince] Luger to the outside.
Yokozuna knows full well that thus far, Luger is too quick for him.
Too much agility, too much speed.
And too much in the way of intelligence.
You remember, Bobby Heenan…
Cornette on his knees trying to sneak up behind Lex Luger.
You remember the brains and the brawn, that's what this man is all about.
All of it. Straight-A student in college.
[Heenan] Oh, no doubt about that, but there is Yokozuna.
Almost 600 pounds of the WWE Champion.
All the red, white and blue, riding in a bus with Ralph Kramden,
will not do you any good.
This is one big animal.
[Vince] Oh, wait a minute. Yokozuna now on the apron. Oh no.
Yokozuna's to the outside, ladies and gentlemen.
Yokozuna with Lex Luger… What's he have wrapped around his throat?
Yokozuna has something, some sort of mic… Microphone cord
wrapped around his throat. Come on, ref. No.
And some of the gear coming off of Yokozuna.
Some of that sumo gear.
Yokozuna, as far as I'm concerned, Bobby Heenan,
Yoko… Oh no, no.
Oh! What a chop!
Devastating!
[Heenan] He's gonna squash him.
[Vince] No, no! Yokozuna, head of steam, and… Oh!
[Heenan] Give up, Luger. Quit now.
-Save your purpose. -Yeah, yeah, Yokozuna.
[Vince] And Yokozuna, wait a minute. What… With a chair!
Yokozuna must feel desperate.
Yokozuna, with Luger. Yokozuna winds up, but no!
Luger, hammering.
[Heenan] Come on, Fuji! Try to do something!
[Vince] Yokozuna rolling back in.
Trying to get away from Lex Luger.
And Lex Luger, staring down Mr. Fuji.
Luger now, back into the apron, back into the ring.
The matchup continues.
Lex Luger going to the rope. Yokozuna's back up.
Yokozuna, turning in to him.
Luger with a lunge!
Double axe handle, and the big man is still on his feet!
[Heenan] You bet he's still on his feet.
[Vince] Luger! Luger's going up!
Wait a minute, I've never seen this before!
Lex Luger is going…
Is going up to the top rope!
And Yokozuna will still not go down!
[Heenan] You try too many high-risk moves,
on Yokozuna, and you're gonna wind up eating it.
[Vince] Lex Luger going back up again now, ladies and gentlemen.
That controversial forearm… Oh!
-Nailing Yokozuna, that did it! -[crowd cheers]
[Vince] That did it. Cover him! Cover Yokozuna.
-Cover him. -[Heenan] Is he out?
[Vince] One, two, three!
-He's the new champion! -[Heenan] No, no, no.
No, McMahon, he got the shoulder up.
What just happened?
[Vince] Only a count of two.
Even with the padding on the forearm of Lex Luger,
he almost knocked Yokozuna out, and there, perhaps, he did.
[Heenan] Did you hear that?
Did you hear that?
[Vince] One, two, three!
[Heenan] No, no. He got his shoulder up.
He got it up.
Ride the bus, dummy.
Train, dummy. Do whatever you have to, dummy.
But you're not gonna beat the WWE Champion Yokozuna.
[Vince] Luger coming off the rope. Missing, now going underneath, and… Uh-oh.
Both men down. Double clothesline!
[Heenan] It's like a divorce. Nobody wins.
[Vince] Luger, running into that huge girth of Yokozuna and clotheslined.
Both men clotheslined at the same time.
[Heenan] Look at the difference in size between Yokozuna and Lex Luger.
He's like four times the size of Luger.
[Vince] Lex Luger, trying to get it together.
Get down from there!
Cornette! Cornette up on the apron.
[Heenan] He can be up there. He's a manager.
[Vince] Wait a minute, look at this. Fuji throws the bucket to Yokozuna.
Oh no!
No! No! Don't let it end here. Please, no!
Don't let it end.
[Heenan] I've heard of kicking the bucket, but this is
a whole new meaning to that phrase.
Take him out, Yokozuna! Beat him!
[Vince] Yokozuna's down.
Can he get over to cover Lex Luger? Looks like Luger's unconscious.
Yokozuna nailing Luger
with that… Look out, oh no!
Inching over to cover him.
No, it can't end this way.
Yokozuna, inching his way over.
[Heenan] There's no way Luger can kick out now.
It's over, it's over.
[Vince] Six hundred pounds to the shoulder, and…
-A kick out! -[Heenan] No!
-No, no, no! -[crowd cheers]
[Heenan] What lousy officiating!
[Vince] Yokozuna
came so close
to pinning Lex Luger. Luger somehow kicking out.
A chop by Yokozuna.
Trying to chop down the great American hero.
Luger back on his feet. And another chop, look at this.
[Heenan] Luger took it to him for a while.
But Luger, seems to me, he's lost all his strength.
Yoko has drained him.
[Vince] Can Lex Luger
get it back together?
Can Lex Luger do the impossible?
Can he defeat Yokozuna?
Many feel that no human being alive can defeat Yokozuna.
[Heenan] I don't think so, do you?
[Vince] Lex Luger now, look at this!
-Oh! -[crowd groans]
[Heenan] Bye-bye, Lex.
[Vince] That should do it, ladies and gentlemen. Nonetheless,
a gallant effort, a gallant effort
on unquestionably a real American hero.
The cover, the leg is up. Two, and three.
No. No, he didn't get him! No, he didn't.
He didn't get him at all. No, he didn't either.
[Heenan] He got him, McMahon.
[Vince] The referee was right there looking at his shoulders.
-I can't believe that Lex Luger-- -Beat him up more!
[Vince] Yeah, Mr. Fuji can't believe it either.
[Heenan] Look at the pain and the scars etched in Mr. Fuji's face.
He's waited a lifetime for this.
His champion's gonna do it. I'm telling you, he's gonna do it.
-[ref] One… -[Luger groans]
[Vince] Come on, ref, get in there.
Luger being choked by the pressure of the second rope.
-[Heenan] Take his head off, Yokozuna. -[Luger coughing]
[Vince] Lex Luger.
Oh! Suffering the consequences of the
attack, the rather brutal attack
of Yokozuna thus far.
Yokozuna,
every bit the beast,
every bit the beast that Cornette said he was.
-And now-- -[Heenan] That's with a capital B too.
[Vince] Yokozuna,
resorting to tactics unquestionably unbecoming
that of a WWE Champion.
[Heenan] He makes his own rules.
He's… He's owned and run
by Japan, not WWE.
Don't you know that?
[Vince] Unbelievable side suplex!
[Heenan] Almost broke him in half.
[Vince] And that
should do it, and again, ladies and gentlemen,
a valiant effort. One, two, three.
-No! No! No! He still didn't get him. -[Heenan] Come on!
[Vince] He still did not get him.
[Heenan] He had him!
[Vince] Yokozuna with a bewildered look on his face.
He wants a faster count.
[Heenan] You want me to go count? I can go count to three.
[Vince] Somehow, Lex Luger able to kick out
with that near 600-pounder on your chest.
That's unbelievable.
But Luger, I believe, drawing power, drawing strength
from this capacity crowd.
A snap there.
Yokozuna sets him up again, and now look,
working on the trapezius area.
Leaning all of that 600… Near 600 pounds
down on the pectoral area.
[Heenan] The only man that's gonna win this match
is the man who wants it the most.
If Luger wants it the most, then he'll beat him.
[Vince] All right, Bobby Heenan, let's get real.
Just like Lex Luger is. You have to be impressed thus far
with the fact that Lex Luger has been able to withstand
the side suplex.
Has been able to withstand everything Yokozuna has been able to give him today.
-And listen to this! Listen to this crowd! -[crowd chanting] USA!
[Vince] Listen to these people, Bobby Heenan!
[Heenan] What? I can't hear you.
All these humanoids are making noise!
[Vince] I've never known an athlete to have this kind of support!
[Heenan] Huh?
-[Vince] Lex Luger… -[Heenan] What?
[Vince] …is still very much in this contest!
Yokozuna, applying unbelievable pressure.
And you can bet, Yokozuna, the master of the martial arts,
knows all the pressure points.
[Heenan] Well, he can grab your knee,
he can grab your wrist, he can grab your tongue, your gums.
He can take you out 150,000 different ways.
Do it, Yoko! Do it now.
[Vince] Look at this!
Luger is reaching out.
Lex Luger is on one knee. Luger's coming up!
Ladies and gentlemen, he's coming up! Lex Luger is on his feet.
Lex Luger is feeling the power. Luger ramming.
Ramming the elbow again. Luger is free from the hold.
-Luger! No. -[Heenan] No.
[Vince] No, it can't end like this! Two…
-And a kick out again! -[Heenan] No!
[Vince] Still a count of two!
[Heenan] I'll tell you one thing, McMahon.
In all my years in this great, great sport,
I am truly impressed
with the courage and the fight inside of Lex Luger.
[Vince] Look out, it's gonna end right there!
[Heenan] That's it!
He won't beat Yokozuna,
but he's got more fight than any man I've ever seen.
[Vince] One, two…
And another kick out! Another kick out!
Yokozuna cannot beat him, Bobby Heenan!
Yokozuna cannot defeat Luger!
Look at the look on his face!
I think he's beginning to believe
"I can't beat him."
Yokozuna's losing confidence.
[Heenan] Well, it's not that he can't beat him,
he knows he's got his hands full, but look here.
Banzai! The big one.
Hiroshima! Here we go.
[Vince] Luger,
being moved to the corner!
No! Let's please don't see this!
Yokozuna's going up!
[Heenan] Go one, go two!
[Vince] Yokozuna,
getting ready for the Banzai Drop!
Luger's down, no!
[crowd roars]
[Heenan] I can't hear, there's so much noise here right now.
[speaks indistinctly]
Cornette is beside himself!
[Vince] Yokozuna, missing with the Banzai Drop!
Now is the time, Lex Luger!
Now is the time!
Yokozuna, ramming the forehead of Lex Luger to the buckle.
An elbow.
Yokozuna has thrown everything now at Luger!
-Luger is somehow on his… -[Heenan] Oh!
[Vince] Somehow fighting back!
Lex Luger! Hammering away on Yokoz… Uh-oh.
[Heenan] I've never seen anybody with this much fight in him.
Luger's too dumb to quit.
[Vince] Yokozuna,
resorting to desperate tactics here,
on the part of Lex Luger.
[Heenan] Well, you have to. You know how much is at stake here?
The WWE Championship. Better than the Super Bowl.
Better than the World Series, better than the NBA Title.
This is the big daddy.
[Vince] And there is the big daddy, all right.
Near 600 pounds of Yokozuna.
Luger into the buckle, look out, here it comes.
Here it comes.
Yokozuna, charging like a locomotive.
And missing!
-And a slam! -[crowd roars]
[Heenan] Hip lock! Hip lock!
Hip lock! Hip lock!
-[Vince] That was a body slam! -[Heenan] Hip lock!
[Vince] And Mr. Fuji…
[Heenan] He's out!
Fuji is out cold!
[Vince] And look out, here comes Lex Luger!
[Heenan] Yoko's at my seat. He is out cold!
Come on, Yoko, get up!
[Vince] Yokozuna!
Yokozuna is out!
-[Heenan] He's on the good ship lollipop. -[Vince] Wait a minute, Jim Cornette!
Jim Cornette is over on the side!
[Heenan] A man that's injured with a bad neck!
[Vince] And he deserves it.
-[Heenan] Luger's won it! -[bell rings]
[Vince] Lex Luger has won the match!
Lex Luger has won the match!
["The Stars and Stripes Forever" playing]
[Finkel] Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of this bout
as a result of a count out,
Lex Luger!
[Vince] Lex Luger is the winner!
Lex Luger is the victor.
Lex Luger has done the impossible, ladies and gentlemen.
Lex Luger has defeated Yokozuna!
[Heenan] What does this mean?
[Vince] Look at this!
This place is going bonkers!
[Heenan] Will somebody come and help the champion?
[Vince] Yokozuna's the winner!
[Heenan] Yes, and he still has the WWE Title!
He may have won the match, Lex Luger,
but the championship remains in the possession of Yokozuna.
[Vince] Lex Luger, victorious!
Lex Luger has electrified this capacity crowd
and fans all over the world!
However, Lex Luger,
as you brought up,
did not win the Championship.
Lex Luger, look at him,
in the ring, victorious.
[Heenan] Luger, you can wave that flag all you want,
but you better wave bye-bye,
because your one-time opportunity,
you just blew, buddy.
[Vince] Hey, let me tell you this,
you can bet Lex Luger will get his rematch.
You can bet there will be so much pressure
on WWE President Jack Tunney.
You can bet, you can bet that Lex Luger
will get his rematch, and when he does,
Lex Luger will not only defeat Yokozuna,
Lex Luger will be
the World Wrestling Federation Champion!
[Heenan] Will somebody help Yokozuna?
[Vince] Lex Luger is celebrating.
Lex Luger, victorious.
Lex Luger, unquestionably
an American hero
if there ever was one.
Lex Luger,
waving the red, white and the blue.
["7:26" by Michael Nappi playing]
♪ 7:26 hours on the radio ♪
♪ Talking 'bout our lives To people that I didn't know ♪
♪ 'Cause every drop of rain Has got a story to be told ♪
♪ Before it hits the ground ♪
♪ Giving up ♪
♪ And letting go ♪
♪ We were like each other Everything we did we liked ♪
♪ Promising each other To never change, to never fight ♪
♪ To never walk away, to never lie To do what's right ♪
♪ But sometimes promises Are hard to keep ♪
♪ When out of sight ♪
♪ Then one day, that's all that you have ♪
♪ Just one day, to do what you can ♪
♪ 'Cause one day ♪
♪ May never come And then one day you're done ♪
♪ And it all ♪
♪ Goes away ♪
♪ One day ♪ [echoes]
♪ 7:26, I was on the precipice ♪
♪ Looking for a way For you and I to exist ♪
♪ Hoping that you might be Listening to the radio ♪
♪ And that you'd hear my voice And something that you didn't know ♪
♪ You didn't know ♪
♪ Then one day ♪
♪ That's all that you have ♪
♪ Just one day ♪
♪ To do what you can ♪
♪ 'Cause one day ♪
♪ May never come ♪
♪ And then one day, you're done ♪
♪ And it all ♪
♪ Goes away ♪
♪ It all ♪
♪ Goes away ♪
♪ One day ♪
♪ 7:26 hours on the radio ♪
♪ Talking 'bout our lives To people that I didn't know ♪
♪ One day, that's all that you have ♪
♪ Just one day ♪
♪ To do what you can ♪
♪ 'Cause one day ♪
♪ May never come ♪
♪ And then one day you're gone ♪
♪ And it all ♪
♪ Goes away ♪
♪ It all ♪
♪ Goes away ♪
♪ One day ♪
♪ Every drop of rain Has a story to be told ♪
♪ Before it hits the ground Giving up and letting go ♪
[song ends]
["The Stars and Stripes Forever" resumes]
[Heenan] I can't believe it! He is out!
He is still out!
The champion is out!
[Vince] Let's take you now to the dressing room
of the man who knocked Yokozuna out, Bobby Heenan.
Here's Joe Fowler.
[indistinct chattering]
Lex Luger, the public loves you
and obviously, your friends in the WWE love you too.
Great feeling in the locker room,
great feeling out there in the ring, great victory today.
And it was an honor and a privilege
to wrestle for the World Wrestling Federation title.
It was an honor and a privilege of representing my country out there.
-The atmosphere out there was-- -[loud bang]
Lex Luger.
I'm here in your locker room to tell you
that I am not impressed with you.
And I am not impressed with your friends either.
And I'm certainly not impressed about the country you stand up for.
-Out of line, brother. -Let me tell you something.
If you ever step in the ring
with Ludvig Borga, I will crush you.
Like America is crumbling,
piece by piece.
And I see you as the backbone of America.
And if you ever step in the ring with me,
I will break it.
That's not a sure thing.
[Vince] Well, Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, this is Vince McMahon
saying so long, ladies and gentlemen.
We certainly hope you enjoyed SummerSlam
more than Yokozuna did. joyed SummerSlam