["The Star Spangled Banner" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[man] In over one hundred countries,
in seven different languages,
to more than a half billion viewers each week,
the World Wrestling Federation,
the worldwide leader in sports entertainment.
In a perfect world, there would be no villains,
no conspicuous manifestations of hate.
Athletic excellence would be applauded,
sportsmanship would be the rule.
Our heroes would remain heroes forever.
If life were fair,
then this legend would be lauded in his pursuit of a historic fifth
World Wrestling Federation championship.
Instead, he's a fallen idol,
America's public enemy number one.
The respect abandoned, the legacy bludgeoned and spat up on
by a society he feels condones defiance and perpetuates hate.
If life were fair, then this mighty champion,
this survivor of deception, and conqueror of all earthly hells,
would surely revel in the championship spotlight.
The bright lights wouldn't singe his aura,
illuminating a dark, horrifying secret from a distant past.
And if life were fair, then this man might still be champion,
dancing, flying, showcasing his extraordinary talents
to legions of fans.
He wouldn't be an athlete betrayed by an unwilling knee,
a man surrendering a boyhood dream
to search for the lost smile of youth.
Is it fair that tonight, even in victory,
this champion will be haunted by personal demons
whose voices cry out from the dark?
Is it fair that tonight this man may rewrite history,
yet still incur the wrath of a hostile and unappreciative nation?
And is it fair that tonight's special referee
is a despised enemy of the challenger?
Will vengeance flow ruinous from his biased heart,
ensuring that tonight will be the last night
Bret Hart ever wrestles in this country again?
Life isn't fair, but who ever said it would be?
[exciting music playing]
[man] And now, Stridex presents WWE SummerSlam: Hart & Soul.
-[crowd cheering] -[fireworks whistling]
[Vince]Welcome, everyone, to SummerSlam.
We are jam-packed to the rafters
at the Continental Airlines Arena.
[music continues]
[Vince] Welcome once again, everyone.
Vince McMahon here along with good old JR
and, of course, Jerry "The King" Lawler
and who knows what's gonna happen here tonight, JR?
It's a big night for the Hart Foundation, there's no doubt about that,
with three titles on the line,
I got a gut feeling we're gonna see gold change hands
right here tonight at SummerSlam.
And what about you, King?
Well, you know, Stone Cold Steve Austin said it.
He'll either kick it or kiss it.
And tonight, when that match is over, Owen Hart is gonna get to moon the world
and Stone Cold will pucker up.
[Vince] Here comes Hunter Hearst Helmsley.
[bell ringing]
[announcer] Ladies and gentlemen,
the following contest is a steel cage match.
The only way to win this contest is by exiting through the door
and onto the floor or climbing up over the top
and onto the floor with both feet touching the floor.
And now, here are the participants.
First, accompanied by Chyna,
from Greenwich, Connecticut, weighing 246 pounds,
the 1997 King of the Ring,
Hunter Hearst Helmsley.
[Vince] And Hunter Hearst Helmsley entering that awesome sight
of steel girders.
Hunter Hearst Helmsley now officially inside the cage.
[JR] Well, ladies and gentlemen, the rivalry between Hunter Hearst Helmsley
and Mankind has been certainly documented.
Chyna has been deeply involved in the situation.
Matter of fact, we'd like to take you back to our last outing on pay-per -view.
It was in Calgary.
Helmsley and Mankind fighting all the way outside.
The ring could not contain them,
and then this past Monday on Raw,
we've seen Mankind impersonating a cameraman.
And Mankind taking over on Hunter Hearst Helmsley
until Chyna got involved,
but one thing is for sure, gentlemen,
I don't think Chyna will be a factor tonight
because of the steel cage.
[Vince] And there she is.
The bodyguard of Hunter Hearst Helmsley checking things out
and look at Hunter way up at the top
and that might be the way that Hunter Hearst Helmsley escapes
this cage here tonight.
[announcer] His opponent, weighing 287 pounds,
Mankind.
[entrance music playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] Mankind, one of the most tormented souls ever perhaps
in the World Wrestling Federation.
Some call him demented, but this is his type of a match, JR.
[JR] Right down his alley,
Mankind, in his former career of Cactus Jack, competed on beds of nails
and rings surrounded by barbed wire.
So, to say that Mankind will be intimidated by the steel
would be a gross understatement,
but to say that Mr. Helmsley is going to be comfortable inside
the confines of solid steel, I think would be a misnomer as well.
[Jerry] Well, I'd like to say that this match fits most of these fans
here in New Jersey,
where the most often heard words are, "You have the right to remain silent,"
fits them to a tee, too.
[Vince] Wait a minute. Now, we're talking about
the Garden State and rumor has it
that the governor of the great state of New Jersey,
Gov. Christine Todd Whitman
is gonna join us live here on SummerSlam.
But Mankind right now
contemplating the matchup with Hunter Hearst Helmsley
inside the steel cage.
Jam packed, sold out to the rafters, ladies and gentlemen,
it's SummerSlam.
[JR] The first time the WWE was in this great arena,
it was called the Meadowlands.
It was 1981 and in the main event,
Bruno Sammartino defeated George "The Animal" Steele.
So, the 16-year legacy of the WWE in this very facility
has been very well documented over the years.
[Vince] All right. Once that door is closed the match is on.
It's closed and locked, Chyna looks on,
and Mankind will now lock it up with Hunter Hearst Helmsley.
It's clear as to the first man out of the cage is victorious
by going through the door and Hunter just may be out now.
[crowd chatter]
[Vince] Helmsley trying to kick his way out of the door.
[Jerry] That's a smart move.
[Vince] Helmsley wasting no time in his efforts to escape as Mankind
now pulls him right back into the ring.
And of course the other measure of escape is over the top of the cage.
[Jerry] Well, don't say, when you say efforts to escape,
don't try to make it appear that Hunter is afraid of Mankind,
that's certainly not the case.
[Vince] Is that right?
Mankind quite the aggressor as you would suspect
in this type of a matchup.
[JR] Well, Mankind made his first SummerSlam appearance last year
defeated the Undertaker in the infamous boiler room brawl.
[Vince] Wow.
And again, Hunter trying to go over the top
and Mankind with two handfuls of his belt
is not about to allow Hunter to go over.
[JR] You can either say that Helmsley is smart
trying to get out as quickly as he can
or just maybe, just maybe, King,
Helmsley is a little bit reluctant to be locked inside a steel cage
with an animal like Mankind.
[Jerry] No way, Ross. It takes a King to know a king.
Helmsley is the King of the Ring and I'll tell you right now,
no way is he afraid of Mankind.
[Vince] Nonetheless, it's matches like these…
Oh, my goodness, look at this.
It's a match of this type that has basically disfigured Mankind
and tonight we could see the beginning of that
with Hunter Hearst Helmsley.
[JR] Helmsley may… Yeah, Helmsley could end up looking like Mankind
and now Mankind, right hands right to the face,
beating Helmsley down in the corner.
[Vince] Where is the referee?
On the outside where he should be in this type of a match.
No holds barred in this type match.
Look out here he goes.
[JR] Oh.
[crowd cheering]
[JR] A little Cactus Jack Bang Bang there for Mankind.
And with the referee on the outside of the ring, ladies and gentlemen,
it will allow these two athletes to do whatever they are man enough to do.
There are no disqualifications.
Certainly, anything literally goes in this contest.
[Vince] Here they go now.
Mankind setting up, planting. Oh, boy, did he ever plant him.
And squarely in the middle of the ring.
Mankind, better known-- Well, not better known as
but certainly known as Mick Foley,
grew up not all that far, grew up here in the Tri-State area
out on Long Island.
[Jerry] Well, that explains what's wrong with him.
-[Vince] Beg your pardon? -[JR] The door is open.
[JR] His alter ego Dude Love is the co-holder
of the WWE Tag Team Championship along with Stone Cold Steve Austin.
It may be mandible claw time.
[Jerry] I think Chyna took it upon herself to shut that cage door.
[JR] Chyna is not supposed to be the guardian of the door.
That is left to the official.
And Mankind about ready to plant the mandible claw
Look at that. There it is.
[Vince] And right into the mouth of Hunter Hearst Helmsley.
And Chyna, look at this, coming up and--
Well, Chyna choking Mankind.
[JR] Chyna is saving Helmsley from being rendered unconscious.
And look at her.
And there's not a darn thing that the referee can do about it.
As we mentioned, this is a no-disqualification steel cage match.
[Jerry] Yeah, I love it.
[Vince] Nonetheless, you would think that the cage itself would keep
Chyna away from interfering in the matchup and that has not occurred,
that's what the cage is designed to do.
[Jerry] Yeah, but look at Chyna's biceps, look at those lats.
I just get the feeling that if she wanted to get in that cage,
she could bend those steel bars.
[JR] Striking the cage bars, Mankind… And Mankind spun around,
Mankind with a clothesline.
[crowd cheering]
[JR] The alter egos of Mick Foley…
Here we go now, trying to go up.
[Jerry] He's scared, look at him, he's running.
[crowd chatter]
[Vince] And going up. Oh, wait a minute, Chyna, Chyna.
[Jerry] Look at this.
I told you stop interfering in the fight.
[Vince] Hunter Hearst Helmsley now going up on the front side,
trying to greet Mankind.
-[Jerry] No. -[JR] I don't believe this.
-[Jerry] No. -[JR] Not a suplex from top of the cage.
[Jerry] No. Oh God.
[Vince] It sounded like a car wreck out here on I-95.
[crowd chatter]
[JR] Mankind suplexed from the top of the cage
by Hunter Hearst Helmsley and Mankind is barely moving.
[Vince] This is the opportunity for Helmsley. Check it out, the door is open.
Here comes Helmsley.
Helmsley is up. Helmsley now. Wait a minute.
[Jerry] Come on, just get out.
-Wait a minute. -Close it.
[Vince] I don't understand that.
Helmsley I believe could've walked out there.
[JR] Oh.
Helmsley wants to punish Mankind.
[Vince] Oh, yeah. That's what it is.
[JR] Helmsley knows he has a distinct advantage after that suplex
off the top of the cage.
And now, it's Helmsley almost with a free ride, if you will,
against his archrival Mankind
[Vince] Oh, no.
Mankind head-first into the steel,
and certainly the steel will be very unforgiving in this contest.
[Jerry] I don't blame Hunter.
You know what, Mankind deserves this for the treatment he's given to Chyna.
[crowd booing]
-[Vince] What? -[Jerry] He's threatened to hit her.
[Vince] Oh, stop it.
That is definitely not the case of Mankind attempting to compete
in this matchup and Chyna-- Hell, no.
[Jerry] You're telling me that Mankind didn't threaten Chyna?
I know what he did, McMahon.
[Vince] Mankind in a world of hurt as we speak.
[Jerry] Yes.
[Vince] Here's another look at that suplex from the top, ladies and gentlemen.
And yet another look, watch this, look how far. Unbelievable.
[Jerry] Like falling out a two-story window to the concrete.
[JR] Nonetheless, Mankind with an unbelievable spirit.
Mankind still in the matchup.
There's no stopping this matchup until someone walks-- Oh!
Walks out of the cage or goes over the top.
[grunting]
[Jerry] Plant his face into that cage, it might improve his looks.
[JR] And Hunter Hearst Helmsley now systematically continuing
to perhaps disfigure that less than handsome face of Mankind.
[Jerry] You got that right. I think he looks better with the mask on,
without that mask he looks like Charles Manson
only he lacks the compassion. Oh.
Whoa.
[Vince] Repeatedly, look what he is doing to Mankind.
[JR] Mankind getting his brain scrambled,
thanks to Hunter Hearst Helmsley and that steel cage.
And that's the first time we've ever seen Chyna show any emotions,
she was almost smiling.
[Jerry] That's the look of satisfaction, sheer satisfaction.
[JR] This is only the third cage match in SummerSlam history.
Oh.
Bret Hart won the last one in 1994
and it was against, ironically enough, his brother Owen.
[Vince] And look at this, nothing's gonna stop Hunter from going out now.
Hunter Hearst Helmsley is gonna win this thing.
Mankind is up, is he up in time? Diving, he finally has an ankle.
[Vince] Mankind hanging onto the--
Here we go. Mankind now climbing the cage.
Mankind better be careful.
He'll knock Helmsley out of the cage.
[Jerry] Yeah.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Yeah.
[JR] Mankind grabbing Helmsley's left leg
and Helmsley hanging by a leg now.
[Jerry] He can't really break his leg.
[crowd chatter]
[JR] Mankind with Hunter Hearst Helmsley.
Mankind trying to drag Helmsley back into the ring,
back into the cage.
[Vince] Oh, no. And here comes Helmsley now.
[Jerry] Yeah, get out, get out, get out.
[Vince] Mankind, wow, just by-- Look at that, just by an ankle.
[Jerry] Chyna, get his hand and pull him down.
[crowd chatter]
[JR] Mankind has Helmsley hooked now.
He'll, again, try to bring him back into the ring, back into the cage.
[crowd chatter]
[JR] And Hunter Hearst Helmsley on the receiving end
of a hard right hand, a succession of it now.
Mankind with an opportunity to take over,
that's exactly what he's doing on Mr. Helmsley.
Hunter Hearst Helmsley from nearby Greenwich, Connecticut and--
[Jerry] Uh-oh, look at-- Whoa.
[JR] And certainly…
[Jerry] Certainly, that's no way to treat a King.
[Vince] This cage or this cage match,
worlds apart from the environs of Greenwich, Connecticut.
[JR] Helmsley may have had a wrestling tutor while growing up in Greenwich
in Fairfield county in Connecticut next to Frank and Kathie Lee,
but the bottom line here is
I don't think anything in his life has ever prepared him
for a man like Mankind.
-[Jerry] Look at this. -[Vince] Oh, come on.
[Jerry] What about a woman like Chyna?
[Vince] You know, again, the purpose of this cage was to keep Chyna away
from interfering in this matchup.
We saw a footage that JR caught
in which we have seen Chyna
repeatedly interfere in all kind of matches.
Oh, no.
[JR] Hard inverted atomic drop by Helmsley,
Chyna, the 200-pound female bodyguard of Helmsley.
[Jerry] No.
[JR] Looking on here.
[Vince] And Mankind with a clothesline.
[crowd chatter]
[Vince] Mankind, hoping to defeat Hunter Hearst Helmsley.
Mankind setting up Helmsley for the ride and… Uh-oh, no, no.
Just a bit of a hesitation as Helmsley's body struck the steel
slowed him down, actually.
And it was to his favor as Hunter Hearst Helmsley now.
[Jerry] Go ahead, finish him off.
[crowd chatter]
[Vince] All right. Here we go and-- No, a block.
Helmsley trying to suplex, here we go and look at that.
[crowd chatter]
[Vince] Helmsley hanging upside down.
Mankind better watch himself, here we go.
Mankind, yeah.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Chyna, do something.
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] Hunter Hearst Helmsley must mount an offense
and it doesn't look too good for him. Helmsley into the cage.
[JR] Helmsley maybe second guessing himself now that
Mankind has managed some offense
because Helmsley obviously had the opportunity early
to step out of the cage and win this thing,
but perhaps ego got the better of him.
[Vince] Hunter Hearst Helmsley must do something to reverse
what's going on in the ring now.
He has-- Oh, he has been ripped from pillar to post by Mankind.
And Mankind building support from this capacity crowd.
[Jerry] They're sick.
[JR] One thing these two men have in common, they were both trained
by legendary WWE competitors, Helmsley by Killer Kowalski
and, of course, Mankind by Dominic DeNucci.
[Vince] And look out. Oh.
[Jerry] Wow.
[JR] A back drop right into the steel cage.
How do you protect yourself when your body is just being pummeled
and thrown into steel?
[crowd chatter]
[Vince] Hunter Hearst Helmsley, who has taken a tremendous beating,
at the hands of Mankind.
And of course Mankind has almost been ground down to nothing,
but somehow Mankind continues to get up.
Mankind crawling over,
Mankind hopefully will get there in time
as Mankind there now, should be able to get to Helmsley
and prevent him from going over the top.
They're both on the top rope.
[crowd chatter]
[JR] Whoever gets knocked from that top rope can lose the match.
[grunting]
[Vince] Into the steel. Hunter Hearst--
Oh.
[crowd cheering]
[JR] Mankind with about a 40-pound weight advantage
and that weight advantage is certainly coming into play there
in the exchange of right hands.
[Vince] Uh-oh, look at this.
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] Hunter Hearst Helmsley gotta get himself out of there.
-[Jerry] This is bad. -[JR] Get out of there quickly.
Helmsley's trapped.
Now, Mankind, all he has to do is go through the door.
[Jerry] Reach in there, Chyna.
[Vince] All Mankind has to do is go through the door
and he should win this thing by default,
the official left the door open. Oh!
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] Chyna slamming that door
right into the top of the head of Mankind.
Oh.
[crowd jeering]
[JR] And the referee face-first into the steel steps.
[crowd chatter]
[Vince] And wait a minute, what's this?
Chyna has gone nuts.
Chyna with a… with a chair.
[JR] We all speculated just what Chyna would do
to make sure her man wins the matchup.
[Vince] Chyna just threw a chair into the ring.
Helmsley blocking the door,
rather, Mankind blocking the door, going now to-- Oh, no, no, no.
[JR] Pedigree maybe, Pedigree on the steel chair?
[Vince] It could be. It could very well be a Pedigree.
Chyna looking on.
Chyna. Oh, no.
[JR] The back of Helmsley's head hit the chair.
[Vince] Look out.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] No.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] No, he hit Chyna.
[crowd cheering]
[JR] The Amazon herself found out just exactly what the steel tastes like.
[Jerry] Disqualify him.
[Vince] And wait a minute, yeah.
[JR] DDT on a steel chair.
[Vince] Mankind and Hunter Hearst Helmsley giving it their all.
And now, Chyna recuperating
as Mankind inches his way over to the side of the cage.
Can Mankind make it up and out?
Helmsley starting to stir.
[crowd chanting] Superfly! Superfly!
[Jerry] Look at Chyna.
[Vince] And Chyna coming in to the ring.
Don't tell me she's gonna prevent Mankind from going over.
[Jerry] She's in the cage, she's in the cage.
Go get Mankind.
[Vince] She's trying to…
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] She's trying to drag Helmsley.
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] And Mankind coming out and nothing's gonna stop him,
nothing's gonna stop him.
No, wait a minute.
He just took off that leather mask.
[Jerry & Vince] What's he doing?
He's going back up.
[JR] No, can you hear the fans chanting, "Superfly, Superfly."
[Jerry] What?
[Vince] Mankind up on the top.
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] What's he doing?
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Oh, good Lord, 300 pounds off the top.
[crowd cheering]
[JR] Shades of Jimmy Snuka and the Magnificent Muraco.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Now, he snapped.
[Vince] Mankind could've won this matchup.
Mankind couldn't resist, he came back and dropped the elbow.
Now, Mankind going up.
Chyna coming in to the ring,
Chyna-- What's she?
[crowd chatter]
[Vince] Chyna pulling Helmsley out the door.
Mankind is going down.
Chyna is pulling Helmsley and to the door…
-And Mankind wins. -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] No.
[announcer] Here is your winner, Mankind.
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] Mankind victorious, ladies and gentlemen.
We'll go back and take a look at the replay but wait a minute,
let's stay what Mankind, who… He tore off his shirt
or a bit of it, you saw that heart,
it was almost as if Mankind became Dude Love
and Dude Love of course a figment of the imag-- Wait a minute.
[Dude Love entrance music playing]
[Jerry] What is that?
[Vince] And look at this, that's what is left, ladies and gentlemen,
of Mankind after a grueling steel cage match,
but look, wait a minute, the foot is starting…
the foot… the foot… the foot is starting to stir, look at this.
[music continues]
Mankind! No, it's Dude.
It's Dude Love.
Look at him, it's Dude.
Battered and bruised.
It's Dude Love in Mankind's clothing.
[music continues]
[Vince] He's a hurting puppy, no doubt about that.
But Dude Love finally, ladies and gentlemen,
did what he wanted to do as a 14-year-old from Long Island
and boy, did he ever do something
that would make Superfly Jimmy Snuka proud.
[JR] He practiced jumping off the top of his house for this moment.
[Vince] And here we go. Let's get back.
He almost won the matchup by going through the door and watch this.
Chyna comes around and watch.
[Jerry] Yes, this is SummerSlam and she slammed the door
right on his head.
[Vince] And then Snuka, look at this,
Superfly Jimmy Snuka off there,
he'd be so proud, from the top.
Look at that, one more look at it.
[Jerry] No.
[music continues]
[Vince] Yes, dudeness, ladies and gentlemen.
Dudeness is all over the place.
[JR] There's the Stridex airship, all of our friends at Stridex are here.
We thank them for their support to the World Wrestling Federation
and SummerSlam.
Hey, King, they're gonna take you for a ride later.
[Todd] Ladies and gentlemen, it gives me great pleasure
to introduce to you a woman who has brought New Jersey back to prominence,
a woman who has brought the World Wrestling Federation
back to New Jersey,
accompanied by the Headbangers and WWE president Gorilla Monsoon.
Please give a warm Garden State welcome to Gov. Christine Todd Whitman.
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] Yes, indeed and there she is, ladies and gentlemen.
[upbeat music playing]
Some would say personally responsible for this event here
in the Meadowlands.
She is the current champion
of reducing taxes in the great state of New Jersey.
And there you see some of the things she did
to bring the World Wrestling Federation back to New Jersey.
First televised event in some eight years.
There she goes with little help from the Undertaker.
Gov. Whitman, we want to first of all say thank you very much
for getting rid of those taxes and bringing the WWE back to New Jersey.
All right.
Hey, Todd, that's what it's all about.
We're ready to rumble here in New Jersey.
The sports entertainment is back in the Garden State.
Vince mentioned the first time in eight years the WWE pay-per-view
has been right here in the Garden State
and we want to thank you very, very much.
Well, I'm really proud that I was able with my tag team partner Paul D'Gitano
to do a bodyslam on that entertainment tax on professional wrestling.
So, it's great to have everybody back here.
Well, we have a…
And I think New Jersey's best right here, with the Headbangers
-and the Gorilla… -Hi, Todd.
Just don't let them get too close to you, Governor.
-Have you had your shots? -Uh…
-That ain't right. -Hey, this is New Jersey.
-That's right. -It's the best.
Now, we have a special presentation for you,
to do that, WWE president Gorilla Monsoon.
Governor, you are the true people's champion
and tonight on behalf of the World Wrestling Federation
we'd like to make you honorary World Wrestling Federation champion.
-Yes! - All right.
Maybe we shouldn't take down that cage.
How do you feel about a little cage match, Governor?
Oh, I'll tell you what, I take this title very seriously
and I'm gonna defend it.
Anybody who wants to take this belt from me
is gonna have to have a fight.
Ladies and gentlemen, a fan of the World Wrestling Federation
and your governor, Christine Todd Whitman.
[Vince] And who knows, maybe president of the United States one day.
Hardworking lady, fighting taxes.
[Jerry] If she's so good with those taxes, McMahon,
you think she can help me with an audit?
[Vince] In your case King, I'd have some suspicions.
And speaking of suspicions, ladies and gentlemen,
how about this next match coming up?
Goldust against Brian Pillman
with a very special stipulation, JR.
[JR] Oh, yeah, if Brian Pillman does not defeat Goldust here tonight,
then tomorrow night on Raw, we're gonna be on an hour later
from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
[Vince] I'm glad you mentioned that, thanks.
[JR] You're welcome. Tomorrow night. Mr. Pillman
will be wearing a dress and…
Wait a minute, he's gonna be wearing a dress?
A gold dress. A little skimpy gold dress.
King, have you ever worn a-- Well, never mind,
I don't think we want to get into that.
One time there was a--
It was just for fun, for charity though.
Oh, listen to you guys talking, I guess that's their idea of humor,
10,000 comedians out of work, JR, trying to be funny.
Talk about wearing dresses.
This is… you're trying to humiliate Brian Pillman
and it's not gonna happen.
What's gonna happen is Brian Pillman is gonna beat Goldust,
he's gonna take that dress and he's gonna once again shove it
right down Goldust's throat.
Very well, it happened recently as a matter of fact.
And there you see, ladies and gentlemen, Tiger Jeet Singh,
one of the all-time greats.
Nearest to us, his son Tiger Ali Singh, being photographed there to his left.
[Jerry] What an ugly hat.
[Vince ] And we expect to see Tiger Ali Singh in action very quickly
here in the World Wrestling Federation.
[JR] Earlier today, ladies and gentlemen,
all kind of activities in and around the New York City area
and there was a whole huge beach party
that took place right here in the Meadowlands Arena area parking lot.
There you… That was… Take a look at this.
Oh, my goodness.
[Vince] They brought a bunch of sand in the parking lot.
Here at the Continental Airlines Arena,
the Honky Tonk Man, ready to rock and roll.
He is indeed just that and look at that, talk about a mosh pit, huh?
[Jerry] Stage diving.
[Vince] Yeah.
And a big salute and on top of a limo Shawn Michaels-style.
Animal and Hawk onboard. And of course Dok was in rare voice.
[JR] Oh, Dok was singing "Freebird" all the way.
And of course they estimated between 15,000 to 20,000 fans on hand
for the beach party this afternoon.
[Jerry] Wonder if their parole officers know they were out there?
[Vince chuckling]
[Vince] Here we go.
At one time known as the most bizarre individual in the WWE,
unquestionably known now as the most glamorous,
both of them that is.
Here are Mr. And Mrs.
[announcer] From Hollywood, California, weighing 260 pounds,
Goldust.
[entrance music playing]
[JR] Last Monday night, Goldust, ladies and gentlemen, in the ring,
he and Billy Gunn, when they were distracted, Goldust,
right when Billy was knocked for a loop by Michael Moorer outside of the ring.
Goldust distracted by the outside activities
and what happened then?
Brian Pillman came flying in behind Goldust,
look at this.
And Pillman really went to work on Goldust.
[Vince] Of all the people with a nickname, Brian Pillman,
the Loose Cannon lives up to his, perhaps the most.
He is so unpredictable, so volatile, but look at Marlena
going for the ride of her life.
Marlena on the back, showing she's not intimidated
by this maniac Brian Pillman.
[Jerry] Oh, let me just say this, I've never struck a woman in my life,
not even my own mother, but I'll tell you what,
if Marlena were to try something like that with me,
I might lose my cool.
And I think Pillman will too.
[Vince] And take a look at Goldust in all his splendor and glamour,
there he is, ladies and gentlemen.
At one time unquestionably one of the most--
I guess maybe the most controversial athlete ever
in the World Wrestling Federation.
He was out to make a name for himself, out to become a star,
and boy, did he ever become that.
[announcer] His opponent weighing 234 pounds,
the Loose Cannon, Brian Pillman.
[JR] Brian Pillman. We talked to Brian earlier today,
here is what Brian had to say as it relates to this matchup here tonight,
look at that mannequin there.
Marlena, I know you're longing to have me in your dress,
but it's not gonna happen
because I'm not that easy.
You're gonna have to wine and dine me first.
[Vince] And there he is, Brian Pillman,
readying himself.
And Brian… Uh-oh, there's the mannequin which Goldust and Marlena…
Well, look out from behind.
Brian Pillman attacking Goldust.
[JR] Goldust being a gentleman and it cost him
because Brian Pillman is no gentleman.
[Jerry] Yeah, right.
[Vince] Brian Pillman will stoop to any depth to gain victory.
It doesn't matter.
[Jerry] Isn't that what it's all about?
I'd do anything to keep from having to wear a dress.
[JR] This one, this is a battle of one-upmanship so to speak
with Pillman and the rest of the Hart Foundation.
Once Bret stated-- Oh, look out, nice elbow.
Good agility by Goldust, the former two-time Intercontinental champion
at six-six, two-sixty, he has the size and leverage advantage
over his quicker and pugnacious opponent Brian Pillman.
[crowd] One, two, three, four!
[Vince] And Pillman is just that, pugnacious for sure, as Goldust
keeps hammering into the forehead. Oh!
And uh-uh.
I don't know what that was.
[JR] That's a liplock.
[Vince] A lip…
[JR] You got headlock, it's a liplock.
[Vince] Well, certainly that'll throw someone like Brian Pillman off his game
and that's exactly what Goldust wants to do.
[JR] Pillman a former special team's player for the Cincinnati Bengal's,
has always as an athlete been known as a maniac,
to do anything, absolutely fearless.
[Jerry] And look at that dress, I guarantee you knowing Goldust,
that's a Versace gown.
[Vince laughing]
[Vince] Goldust now-- Uh-oh, not about to lock up that way.
Forearm smash there. And here we go with a chop to the neck.
Brian Pillman continuing to lambaste Goldust.
Not a lot of scientific skill here being displayed by Mr. Pillman.
[JR] Certainly isn't. And for fans of the WWE Superstar Line,
on option five right now,
you can hear from Mankind,
Hunter Hearst Helmsley, and…
Chyna apparently had a lot to say on option five.
[Jerry] Hey, look at this.
[Vince] Wait, I don't wanna hear from Mankind. I wanna hear from Dude Love.
[Jerry] I want to hear what Brian Pillman's telling Marlena right now. Ha!
[Vince] Oh!
[Vince] Well, Goldust just headed Pillman or beheaded Pillman off at the pass.
Wow, if you will.
[crowd chatter]
[JR] Goldust.
Oh.
Son of the legendary Dusty Rhodes.
[Vince] Dustin Rhodes as Goldust and Goldust proud of his accomplishments.
Watch this, earlier on, just moments ago.
[crowd cheering]
[JR] It's like being blindsided on the gridiron.
All right.
Set up for the ride, off the rope now and, uh-oh,
a little telegraph maneuver. Pillman is so quick.
[JR] Pillman is very, very athletic as we have said
but his instincts and his reactions, his quickness is certainly
a big, big asset for him in this matchup.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Here we go.
[Vince] There you go, a suplex, a mat suplex of sorts,
nicely executed by Brian Pillman.
Pillman with that gold makeup
all around his face.
[Jerry] Yeah, thanks to Goldust.
[Vince] He looks almost baboon-like.
On the top rope and-- Oh, what an uppercut.
Goldust now with Pillman, and it's Pillman for the ride.
Oh.
What a ride.
[Jerry] What is he trying to do to him, McMahon?
[Vince] Oh, look at this.
A little insult to injury with the cigar smoke there.
And Marlena, despite her diminutive size, will get right in your face.
[Jerry] Yeah, he might pop-- Uh-oh.
[Vince] Oh, wait just a moment.
Ooh.
[JR] And look at that maneuver.
Pillman using Marlena as a shield, only to gain advantage.
We stated earlier on, this man would do anything to obtain victory.
[Jerry] Absolutely anything.
Ooh.
[JR] Pillman is not an establishment kind of guy,
he dances to the beat of his own drummer,
former Calgary Stampeder, so he met the Harts in Calgary.
From the top rope Goldust gets down on the canvas.
Brian Pillman with perhaps Lady Luck riding on his side
and here we go with a cover and a kick-out by Goldust.
[Jerry] Come on, ref.
[JR] Another one.
[ref] Two.
[JR] Another kick-out.
Brian Pillman making his first appearance in a SummerSlam
here in the World Wrestling Federation.
He wants it to be a memorable one,
hopefully for him if you're a Brian Pillman fan.
[Jerry] And you talked… you talked about dusty Rhodes, look at that.
[Vince] What?
[Jerry] Look at Goldust, don't you know Old-dust is ashamed of him?
-[Vince] Beg your pardon? -[Jerry] Gotta be.
-[Vince] I don't think so. -[Jerry] Huh?
[Vince] I don't think so. There's nothing to be ashamed of.
He managed to become a superstar at great expense.
[crowd chatter]
[Vince] Again, the face paint on Brian Pillman and…
[JR] But Pillman's eyes tell the story.
Behind those eyes you got to wonder what's going on.
The eyes of Brian Pillman will take you right into his soul,
right there.
Chicken.
[Vince] Wow.
[JR] Brian Pillman in control, trying to wear Goldust down a bit.
Marlena on the outside.
And Marlena can get physical.
[Jerry] She certainly can.
[JR] We saw that in the footage earlier on.
She's not intimidated and she doesn't want to say that she's got spunk,
but she's got spunk.
[Jerry] She must be dumb, just a dumb blonde
if she wants to mix it up with Brian Pillman.
[crowd chatter]
[Vince] Always supportive of Goldust in every way.
Beautiful daughter Dakota, and Goldust down.
Yes, backslide, here we go. This is history.
-Oh. -[Vince] No, it's not.
Oh.
Pillman shows his quickness
beating Goldust up and connects with a clothesline.
Again, the quickness of Brian Pillman
and his athletic instincts come in the front.
[JR] And another cover and-- No, a little closer to the three count.
[Jerry] I wonder why they don't have little Dakota at ringside to see this.
[Vince] The daughter of Goldust and Marlena, absolutely spectacular
and she is beautiful.
[Jerry] Yup, she's very special.
I'm sure someday she'll go to a very special school.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Come on, Brian.
[Vince] And you can imagine keeping…
Oh, what a shot.
However, Pillman right. Look at that.
Oh, my goodness.
Their loving each other here and Goldust now with the advantage.
Goldust, look out. Oh, baby.
[crowd cheering]
[JR] Well, flip, flop and fly, if you will, from the kid.
[Vince] Goldust now with Brian Pillman, gets him into the buckle.
Goldust a head of steam, Bulldog, no!
And there again the quickness of Pillman, backing out of the attempted Bulldog.
[Jerry] That was great.
[ref] Inside, let’s go.
[JR] Pillman made the AP All-American team at Miami of Ohio as a nose tackle.
[Vince] As a nose tackle.
Oh, look at that.
And Goldust collapsing.
[Jerry] His butt in his face.
[JR] Attempted sunset flip but did not pan out.
Pillman saw it coming,
Pillman's offering the resistance now to Goldust and Pillman in the ropes.
[Vince] Oh.
[JR] Did you hear that?
Marlena nailing…
No.
[Jerry] Yes.
[bell dinging]
[crowd cheering]
[announcer] Here is your winner, Goldust.
[JR] Marlena smacked Pillman with that purse
and it sounded like there was a brick or something in it.
[Vince] And look what she did,
she put that mannequin in there next to Brian Pillman.
[Jerry] Oh my God. He's gonna have to wear a dress.
Oh.
[JR] Tomorrow night on Raw, Mr. Pillman will be dressed in drag.
[Vince] Brian Pillman trying out a bit of one-upmanship.
But the rest of the Hart Foundation
stated that if he lost this matchup to Goldust, he would wear a dress on Raw.
And that's exactly what he's gonna have to do.
Pillman in a sense of bravado as his--
Here we go.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] What do you think was in that purse?
[Vince] I don't know.
Unbelievable.
What else is gonna happen right here on SummerSlam?
Ladies and gentlemen, there you have it through the haze,
sort of a humid night, the Empire State Building.
You're looking at it live from the site of the Continental airlines Arena,
the site of this year's SummerSlam where, guess what?
We've just established for the World Wrestling Federation
a brand new attendance record.
There you see 20,213 WWE fans
who have jam-packed the Continental Airlines Arena.
And, well, I guess we go from the city to the country.
-[Jerry] Yee-haw! -[Vince] Here they come.
Here come the Godwinns.
[announcer] The following tag team contest is scheduled for one fall.
About to enter the arena from Bitters, Arkansas,
and a total combined weight of 582 pounds,
Henry and Phineas, the Godwinns.
[fiddle music playing]
[Vince] Henry and Phineas, the Godwinns.
And of course it was Henry who
suffered a broken neck at the hands of the Legion of Doom,
ladies and gentlemen, not all that long ago.
Here we go from the top.
[JR] A shotgun Saturday night and right there you see
where Henry Godwinn broke his C4 vertebrae,
but the Godwinns retaliated.
They retaliated with buckets full of punishment.
And then they slop drop on the steel girders
that busted Hawk wide open like a watermelon.
[Vince] And indeed the Legion of Doom are looking for revenge here tonight.
Let's take you now, ladies and gentlemen, to Animal and Hawk,
the Legion of Doom.
Well, we've been slopped. Can't say we like the taste of that,
we've been slop dropped,
we've been hit over head with buckets.
And tonight it all ends here in the Meadowlands, New Jersey,
take it because we're ain't gonna.
That's why revenge is sweet, that's all I say.
And tonight payback is gonna be hell, Godwinns.
[Vince] Well, no one said they weren't intense.
Nobody ever said that it was gonna be fair.
[announcer] Their opponents from Chicago, Illinois
at a total combined weight of 568 pounds,
road warrior Animal, road warrior Hawk,
the Legion of Doom.
[rock music playing]
[Jerry] Look out.
[Vince] Animal and Hawk greeting this
capacity crowd over 20,000 WWE fans,
American originals, Animal and Hawk.
And they are punk, they are psyched to square off against the Godwinns.
[JR] This is the fourth SummerSlam for the Legion of Doom.
They've never lost at SummerSlam.
The last one was in 1992 when they defeated Money Inc
in front of 83,000 fans at Wembley Stadium in beautiful London, England.
[Vince] Legion of Doom.
[crowd chanting indistinctly]
[Jerry] Bet these fans here in New Jersey wish the Legion of Doom
would sell those shoulder pads to the New York Jets.
Probably be the only way they’d win a game this year.
[Vince] And take a look at the size of these Godwinn boys.
[Jerry] Yeah.
[JR] I can promise you, none of the four are intimated
of the other here.
[Vince] Oh. Here we go. Here we go.
And Phineas thrown to the rope
so is Henry Godwinn, both Godwinns down.
And that's what happens when you mess with LOD.
-And look out. -Hawk down.
Oh.
Animal inside the ring.
There goes Phineas.
Phineas to the outside.
Hawk's already down and uh-oh. Things not looking good for the Godwinns.
[Jerry] They'll start mule-kicking. What did I tell you?
[Vince] They are big, tough ornery individuals.
It all happened, ladies and gentlemen, this little turn of events match
as a result of the broken neck.
[Jerry] Right here, are you saying that LOD wants revenge?
My God, all they did was get hit over the head a couple of times
with a bucket.
Phineas got his neck broken.
And Henry…
[JR] Hawk was saying that the first time Henry had his neck broken
was an accident, and it was.
And he also stated that tonight it wouldn't be an accident.
[Vince] No doubt, that will be the focus of the Legion of Doom,
perhaps isolate Henry Godwinn if possible.
Look out, and nobody home.
[Jerry] How do you break somebody's neck by accident, McMahon?
[Vince] Well, certainly it was not intentional
and they wanted to win the match and--
Look at double team effort here and-- Oh!
That could have gotten…
And all the way around and then clothesline.
[crowd cheering]
Animal, 290 pounds, showing all that unmitigated power
knocking down both of the razorbacks from Arkansas.
[crowd chatter]
[JR] And Hawk with a little piece of Phineas as well.
A country fried clothesline.
[Vince laughing] Country fried.
[crowd chatter]
[Vince] That's a new one.
And again the Godwinns pacing on the outside.
[Jerry] I would think, Jim Ross, that you'd be sort of pulling for
these poor old country boys that come from a little town like Bitters, Arkansas.
So small you have to put a mirror at one end in order to make it look bigger.
Come all the way to the big city and trying to make good.
[JR] Trying empathize with their roots.
And I don't wanna pertain to their attitude.
[Vince] And their attitude has been shown now
as conspicuous by his absence, the manager,
still the official manager of the Godwinns, Hillbilly Jim.
Can't get along with him anymore.
And look at Henry. Oh.
Slopping Hawk off the top rope.
[JR] No doubt Henry would like to injure Hawk's neck.
Yeah.
He sure tried right there.
[Vince] He tried to decapitate Hawk.
And Hawk with the right hand.
Oh, please King, they don't know what it's like to be WWE tag champions.
And look out.
Oh.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] I guess that wasn't intentional.
[JR] Oh, that was intentional.
Oh.
And Hawk lighting up Henry Godwinn.
Hawk and Animal know full well what they're up against out there.
And Hawk dropping a leg.
A snapmare puts a lot of pressure on Henry's neck.
[Vince] Here's that cover, and the count and a count and whoa.
And the official with perhaps a little fast count there.
And Henry Godwinn back on his feet.
[JR] Henry Godwinn listed at 298, but he's bigger than that.
Yeah. He's a whole lot bigger than that.
[Jerry] Let's hear a little bit about their athletic background.
What college did they go to, Ross?
[JR] I think they went to Arkansas A&M.
That's where you got to graduate
a course on how to avoid marrying your kin.
They weren't there long.
Look at this neckbreaker.
[Vince] And oh, hanging the Hawk.
Well, that's how you do a chokehold.
[JR] This is all about payback.
[Jerry] The old hangman.
It's all about retribution for this match.
Uh-oh. And a kick to the side of the head.
Regretting it with tag made, I suppose.
Well, then here we go.
Henry back in there now against Hawk.
No, Hawk tags in Animal.
Maple leaf flag being walked behind the arena, behind the ring.
Perhaps we have Canadian fans who have joined us.
-[Jerry] Taking their life on their hands. -No, no, not at all.
[JR] Folks we've just been informed that Brian Pillman and Marlena now
are on option five of the Superstar Line.
I think that's a most interesting conversation,
especially with Mr. Pillman being uncensored on option five.
[Hawk] Animal.
[Vince] Animal, trying to muscle his way.
And that's tough to do here against a raw-boned athlete
like Henry Godwinn.
[JR] LOD not known for their technical expertise,
but certainly the Godwinns are not either.
[Vince] Set up for the ride. Reversal. Uh-oh. Look at that.
Clothesline. They both fell over the top.
[JR] That's about 600 pounds of mass colliding
and going over the top rope.
[Vince] And right in front of Lou Albano,
Captain Louis Albano there on the right side of your screen
watching this tag team action.
And you wonder whether not Lou has his sights on one of these teams.
Look out! Oh!
[Jerry] Lou Albano.
[JR] Captain Lou's got his 23 teams in WWE tag team championship,
or 23 times, I should say.
[indistinct]
[Vince] Albano may think he's managing the Wild Samoans here.
And look out here we go. Phineas watching the official.
A scoop down by big Henry.
That big 300-pound Animal slammed down and… Nope, count of two.
[JR] Very timely tag by the Godwinns. They have isolated Animal
in the Godwinns half of the ring.
That certainly a dangerous position but very sane on tag team strategy.
[Vince] Phineas Godwinn.
Phineas and his tag team partner Henry trying to keep Animal away from tagging,
trying to find and isolate one of these Legion of Doom members.
[Jerry] And they're trying to send the message that they're just as big
or maybe bigger and just as strong or maybe stronger
than the Legion of Doom.
[JR] It's a country versus the city, LOD originally from Chicago,
the Godwinns from the Ozarks mountains of Bitters, Arkansas.
[Jerry] Bitters, Arkansas. Arkansas where you got cities
like Toad Suck, Frog Town, Pansy, Blue Ball,
all of those are cities in Arkansas.
-[Vince] Cities or hamlets? -[Jerry] What?
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Come on, Godwinns!
Make Arkansas proud.
[Vince] Animal trying to hang in the match.
[screaming]
[JR] Animal.
Trying to break a hold there and there's a tag.
Nicely done by the Godwinns and again here we go.
[Vince] Henry, from the other side, no.
[Vince] That's all right.
Henry now, making sure that Animal does make the tag to Hawk.
So again, two on one.
[JR] It is a classic strategy all great tag teams employ
frequent tags, isolate one member of the opposing team.
[Vince] What's Phineas gonna do here? That's high flying for Phineas.
[Jerry] Even he don't know.
Oh.
[Vince] And now Animal perhaps can make the tag to Hawk.
Animal had so much taken out of him.
His lower back must be aching,
he's now trying to make-- Here we go.
Here we go with tag in and here comes Hawk.
They're wailing away, look at Hawk sets up Henry.
From the other side and, whoa. Oh.
What a slam.
Look out, Phineas coming in. Phineas in the corner.
Uh-oh.
And Hawk taking care of business. Look at this, a one-man gang.
Hawk and Phineas. What a clothesline that was.
Oh, man. My goodness.
[JR] Phineas almost beheaded by Hawk.
[Jerry] Hawk's gone nuts.
[Vince] Neckbreaker.
[Jerry] Now, look at this. Look at this. Intentional. Intentional.
[Vince] And personal. Intentional and personal.
Oh.
[JR] And as been stated by Hawk and Animal,
the second time they broke his neck it would be intentional
and Henry is in a world of hurt as we speak.
[Vince] Oh, more damage to the neck.
[Jerry] No. Not again.
They're gonna do it again, McMahon.
[Vince] Henry being set up now and Phineas shoves him off and--
[JR] Phineas clothesline.
[Vince] Here comes Hawk. Oh, don't tell me they're gonna--
No, no.
[Jerry] They're gonna snap his neck.
[Vince] Spike piledriver.
A spike piledriver, this will do it.
[bell ringing]
[announcer] Here are your winners, the Legion of Doom.
[rock music playing]
[JR] Well, the Godwinns come up with the short end of the stick
here at SummerSlam,
but you gotta to believe that the issue between these two teams is far from over.
And my reasoning for that is that they're both still standing.
[Vince] Yes. But you have to wonder what sort of damage
was done to Henry Godwinn's neck after that spike piledrive, JR.
He really drove him down in the canvas.
But it was obvious the premeditated move
for the Legion of Doom,
they were looking to the break the neck one more time.
That's right.
They may not get the job done,
but there's gonna be another war between these two teams.
You can count on it.
All right. Ladies and gentlemen, earlier this weekend
we have footage of Ryan Chadick,
he's one of the individuals who absolutely--
Well, if you joined us last Monday, you certainly know that Ryan,
Ryan Chadick along with Patrick Stevenson
were at their phone when we made that call
like we're gonna be making a little bit later
and you could be the one, or maybe it's one of these two guys,
whose gonna win a million dollars here tonight.
Yeah. Here we go.
[Jerry] You flew those guys in on Continental Airlines.
You flew me in on Federal Express.
[Vince] Patrick Stevenson, Journal and Courier, how about that?
Right there, "Wrestling fan losing sleep over contest."
Lafayette, Indiana is where that young man lives.
All right, Todd.
Ladies and gentlemen, we're gonna see if we can't give away one million dollars.
Now, I wanna introduce you to our first winner
and this gentleman was called during Raw,
please welcome 12-year-old Ryan Chadick from Liverpool, New York.
Right here.
[crowd cheering]
-How are you doing, Ryan? -Awesome.
Do you have a special number all picked out?
-Yup. - All right.
Why don't you tell us that number right now?
Fifty-two.
Number 52, key number 52.
Go over to the board and pick that key.
And then stand by, okay?
Now ladies and gentlemen, our second winner is here
all the way from Lafayette, Indiana,
please welcome Mr. Patrick Stevenson.
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] Think he's a Stone Cold fan or what?
You look a little bit like Stone Cold there?
It's what the look was supposed to be for
but I've had it for more than just this event.
Well, that's good. Do you have a number all picked out?
-Yeah. -What's your number?
-Thirteen. -Lucky number 13.
Let's hope it's lucky for you.
[Jerry] What an idiot.
-[Vince] What do you mean? -[Jerry] 13.
Now, folks what we're gonna do is we're gonna call two more people now.
We have a list here.
If you send in all of your clues,
you're eligible anywhere in North America.
We're gonna make the call right now,
so get off your phone if you're on it. You shouldn't be on it.
[Jerry] Look at the ears, McMahon.
Let me pick up the phone.
Let's do it, Todd. Let's call somebody, make 'em a winner.
We have a-- There we go.
Okay. Ready?
[dialing]
-Gotta be home. -Show that bald-headed kid ears again.
He's picking up some cable with those ears, don't you think?
A chance to win a million dollars.
[line ringing]
[Vince] Nobody's home.
[Jerry] What? Look at Pettengill.
Is your phone ringing right now? Pick it up because we're calling you.
Pick up that phone.
Gonna give you one more ring.
[Vince] Nobody home. Nobody home!
Nobody home.
They just lost a chance at a million dollars.
All right. We're gonna go on to the next name on the list.
All right. Here we go.
Don't show them.
[Jerry] Yeah. Show them.
Don't. You wanna hold that a little lower?
Now, now, stop.
[dialing]
[Jerry] Why does Pettengill get the good jobs?
[Vince] What do you mean? You get to sit next to…
I just need to get closer.
…JR and myself.
How about me, Jersey?
Whoa. All right.
Now, is your phone ringing?
[operator] The number you have reached, 434-4001…
It's been disconnected.
All right. We're gonna keep trying. We're gonna keep going.
All right. Here we go.
[Vince] King, is that your cellular out here ringing?
I think that was my answering machine.
[Todd] Gotta hang up. Give me another dial tone.
Sunny, how am I supposed to dial?
[dialing]
[Vince] We know Mr. Pettengill will not be a fast dialing specialist of any kind.
[Jerry] You should've got somebody smarter to do this
like an eggplant or something.
I got the number already.
Oh. Is your phone ringing?
[line ringing]
Come on.
We're calling you.
[boy] Hello?
Hello? Is Michael home?
Just a moment.
"Just a moment." He's coming.
-He's coming? -Oh, yeah. He's coming.
-We got him. - Let me see who were calling here.
[man] Hello?
-Michael? -Yes.
-This is Todd, Sunny, Sable. -Hi, Michael.
We're calling. Are you watching SummerSlam right now?
Oh, no, sir. I'm not.
-Oh, well, guess what? -What's up?
-It's all right. -He's not even watching.
He's gotta be watching.
You got all the clues.
My cable company don't carry it.
Oh, your cable company needs a good kick in the…
-All right. -[Vince] He could still win.
You got a shot at a million dollars. Okay?
-Are you serious? -What I want… Yeah. Absolutely.
What I want you to do is pick a number between one and 100 for a lucky key.
And Sunny's gonna try it for you.
Give me a number between one and 100.
Thirty-three.
-Thirty-three? -Yes.
Sunny grab number 33 and we're gonna try it.
Let's do it, Sunny.
Let me have a big drum roll, please.
For a chance at one million dollars,
Sunny try that key.
Michael Simmons, this could be your chance. Here we go.
Do it, Sunny.
They key's in.
Aw.
Sorry, Michael, but you had a shot there.
-[Vince] It's $5,000 savings bond anyhow. -[Jerry] What?
All right. Go to a neighbor's house and get somebody's TV with SummerSlam.
-We'll see you. Bye. -Okay. Thank you.
All right. Now, Sable, we're gonna do one more.
One more.
So would you hold this for me?
Just a little lower.
There you go.
That's gonna be perfect.
Stop wiggling them. No, the paper.
[dialing]
[Jerry] Pettengill didn't even tell that guy he won 5,000 bucks
just for answering the phone.
[Vince] Savings bond.
Beautiful $5,000 savings bond.
Stop wiggling.
-Here we go. -[Vince] Here we go.
A chance at a million dollars
if your phone's ringing right now.
Come on.
[woman] Hello?
-Rebecca? -Yes.
It's Todd Pettengill from the World Wrestling Federation
with Sable, how are you?
-I'm great. -Guess what?
What?
We're gonna give you a chance to win one million dollars.
I can't believe it. Oh my gosh.
All you have to do is give me a number between one and 100
for a key that could open this coffin worth one million bucks inside.
Even if you don't win, you get a $5,000 US savings bond.
What's your number?
-Fourteen. -Fourteen?
All right. Sable, let's try number 14.
Calling Rebecca Cowen in Manchester, Missouri.
There's the drum roll, Sable.
Will this be the key?
A chance at one million dollars?
No.
-Oh. -It's not gonna open.
Rebecca, as we said, a $5,000 US savings bond just for answering the phone.
-Thank you. -Thank you.
-[Vince] All right. Here we go. -Take care. Bye-bye.
[Vince] Ryan Chadick, it's his chance.
All right. Ryan, your chances just got better.
Step on over there, drum roll, please. Put your key in there.
And try to open up that casket.
Come on, Ryan.
[Jerry] He's a nervous wreck.
[Sunny] Come on, Ryan.
-Turn it, come on. -[Todd] Is it gonna open?
No.
[Jerry] His whole life is ruined.
[Vince] Stop. It is not.
That's worth a million bucks.
-Ooh. -[Vince] Well, almost.
You might not know yet but that's better than million bucks.
Are you ready, my friend?
Step over there and you've got the drum roll.
-Patrick Stevenson. -Open up this thing, Patrick.
We want you to win a million bucks.
[Jerry] No?
[Todd] No.
-[Vince] Nobody's gonna win it. -Not gonna do it.
Well, we have to see if there was actually a key up here.
Can you please pick the winning key and show everybody
that it would have indeed open up this casket for a million dollars.
[Vince] Check Norm out.
Three.
Number three?
[Jerry] Key number three. I would have picked three.
Three was the key.
Run for the key, three.
Sable, let's see if that key indeed opens it up.
If you would put number three in, the lock would have caught,
the top would have opened and you would have got one million dollars.
[Vince] Nobody was lucky enough to win that million dollars.
Ladies and gentlemen, however, speaking of bad luck…
Ken Shamrock had some real bad luck and recently as well.
As a matter of fact, it's luck that we saw last Monday
on Raw Is War,
and it involved dog food.
Let's take you to that.
[crowd chatter]
Shamrock's got it! Shamrock's got it!
Bulldog with the headbutt.
[bell ringing]
[Jerry] Oh, my God. What a chair shot.
The steel chair right to the head and now to the spine.
[crowd chatter]
Stand up Shamrock, you big idiot.
[JR] The Bulldog is assaulting Shamrock with that chair.
Wait a minute. What's he doing now?
[Jerry] He's got dog food.
-What? -[Jerry] He's got dog food.
[Jerry giggling]
[Vince] Shamrock has been humiliated.
No doubt one of the most humiliating experiences ever for Ken Shamrock.
[bell ringing]
And here comes the British Bulldog.
[announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
It's for the World Wrestling Federation European championship.
["Hail Britannia" playing]
Coming down the aisle from Manchester, England
weighing 253 pounds,
the World Wrestling Federation European champion,
the British Bulldog.
[Vince] The British Bulldog, ladies and gentlemen, here to defend
the European gold and of course,
on September 20…
Oh my goodness. Look at that.
[JR] The dog food.
[Vince] British Bulldog stated he would eat a can of dog food
if he lost his title against Shamrock.
And what about One Night Only, JR?
[JR] One Night Only, ladies and gentlemen, you're gonna see the British Bulldog
meet Shawn Michaels, one of the great matchups on Saturday night
September the 20th, Birmingham NEC.
A special hello and a very good night, a good late night for all of our fans
watching in the United Kingdom right now live on Sky Sports.
And certainly the British Bulldog, if he loses this matchup
will be eating that can of dog food.
[announcer] His opponent and challenger from Sacramento, California,
weighing 235 pounds,
named the World's Most Dangerous Man, Ken Shamrock.
[Jerry] Uh-oh.
[JR] And Shamrock on his own, look out. Here we go.
[bell ringing]
[JR] Bulldog and Shamrock, both men
keeping their head down and then flailing away.
[crowd chatter]
[Vince] Shamrock sets Bulldog up now,
kicks him into the rope, sends him to the other side.
Oh, no.
[JR] Impressive. What a suplex.
And the Bulldog's gonna distance himself now.
Shamrock, so humiliated last Monday on Raw with that dog food incident.
[Vince] Ooh. Into the ring post.
[JR] Shamrock told me earlier today he had barely slept.
Only slept a few hours a night thinking about, obsessing about
this humiliation that the Bulldog perpetrated last Monday.
[Vince] And Shamrock kicking the British Bulldog.
Rolls him back into the ring now.
Ken Shamrock is definitely in the zone, so to speak.
Again, sets up Bulldog.
Thus far, this has been one-sided.
Over the hip, no. Reversal.
Oh, a takedown there.
[Jerry] Look out.
[Vince] Ready to break his ankle, trying to break his ankle. Rope.
[Jerry] Break the hold.
[Vince] Whoa. Hanging on to that rope is the British Bulldog.
-[JR] Shamrock going for ankle submission. -How quick was that?
[JR] Quicker than a hiccup.
[Vince] Off the rope, the Bulldog, clothesline.
[JR] In the solar plexus, down low, right on the chest cavity.
[Vince] And a kick-out by Bulldog.
[Jerry] I can just tell you this, I can see it in Shamrock's eyes,
he came out in the zone immediately.
I mean he's flailing away on the Bulldog but the longer the Bulldog lasts
it's gonna take… it's gonna take something out of Shamrock.
Shamrock thinks he should've put the Bulldog away already,
but he hasn't been able to do it.
[JR] Shamrock with those rights and lefts to the midsection.
And Shamrock clearly with the advantage.
[Jerry] Hang in there, Bulldog.
[Vince] Formerly with the Ultimate Fighting Championship,
bringing a most unique style into the World Wrestling Federation,
and to a certain extent has had some degree of difficulty adapting
to the WWE style.
[JR] And that's because his discipline,
the no-holds-barred fighting technique is so unique.
Shamrock trying to add to that base that he has.
If I were him, I wouldn't deviate too far from it.
No. You gotta dance with what brung ya.
[Vince] Bulldog almost took Shamrock's head off.
[Jerry] Yeah. Judging by that dog food that was all over Shamrock last week,
I'd say he hadn't quite adapted yet.
[JR] Well, that's really what I mean, more than anything,
the histrionics of some of the competitors here in WWE use
and some of their tactics outside of the ring.
[Jerry] What is that smell? Is that in that dog food?
[Vince] That's what I would suggest it is, King.
[Jerry] It smells like that old potted meat you used to eat, Ross.
[Vince] Oh.
Suplex as the British Bulldog goes for a cover
and a kick-out by Shamrock.
[JR] The British Bulldog, perhaps the greatest athlete
from the United Kingdom to ever don wrestling tights
at his most stirring moment, I would think at SummerSlam '92.
Well, that was at the Wembley Stadium in London when the Bulldog won
the Intercontinental title from his brother-in-law, Bret Hart.
[Vince] What atmosphere we're gonna have
September the 20th at Birmingham NEC, One Night Only for the WWE.
World Wrestling Federation literally having the privilege
of performing all over the world
and those fans watching live.
There's the can of dog food.
Those fans watching live, it's really late in the evening in the UK,
the Bulldog against Shawn Michaels later on in September.
What a matchup, but how about this match?
[Jerry] Hey, Ross. I wanna ask you what time is it over in England now?
[JR] Well, it's about five hours later then it is here, so it's about, uh…
Well, that would be about 1:15 in the morning.
Off the rope, Shamrock. Oh, nicely done sunset flip,
can't quite get the Bulldog over, however.
Now, he can. And he goes, hooked.
There you go.
Two, oh.
Bulldog with the clothesline.
[JR] Bulldog is a great competitor, the veteran up very, very quickly.
And I think that quite frankly, the Bulldog outsmarted Shamrock.
Yes. It was humiliating to pour the dog food all over him
but now Shamrock, according to insiders, in the Lion's Den out in California,
say Shamrock has obsessed all week in wanting to hurt the Bulldog.
Well, it's not hurting him that's the bottom line.
The bottom line is winning the European title.
[Jerry]Let me give you a quote from the… Oh!
Here's a little quote from the famous Winston Churchill,
he said, "The nose of the Bulldog has been slanted backward
so that he can breathe without letting go."
And fits this Bulldog to a T, he's not gonna let go.
[Vince] And this Bulldog has been pummeling Shamrock
and has opening… Here goes a cover.
It's almost the count.
[Jerry] Come on, ref!
Shamrock was licking his lips and he could taste it.
What kind of dog food is that? Chicken or what?
[Vince] I don't know, it's got sort of combined products in it,
whatever that is.
[JR] Shamrock with a busted lip, that's nothing new to him.
Bulldog's first SummerSlam was in 1988
with his great tag team partner, the Dynamite Kid.
[Jerry] That might be something new to him.
Oh, yeah, right there.
[JR] Shamrock will soon be tasting his own blood.
[Jerry] Anybody know the number to Dial-A-Prayer?
You can give it to Shamrock now.
[Vince] Shamrock was set up now by Bulldog.
Oh.
[crowd cheering]
[JR] Shamrock literally assaulting the steel steps.
Thanks to the momentum by the Bulldog.
[Vince] No, no, no. Look, what's the Bulldog doing?
Bulldog. Oh, my God.
With that steel steps.
[Jerry]The steel steps is the ultimate fighting.
Come on, ref.
That would have been cool.
[Vince] And Bulldog having Shamrock drive him face first and again
that's gonna open up his face all the more, open up his--
What a shot there by Shamrock.
Shamrock, well, right into that rib area.
A kick to the midsection.
And now Shamrock is back in the zone.
No.
Unbelievable.
[Jerry] How do you like that zone?
[Vince] Bulldog, no.
Come on.
[Vince] Bulldog driving Shamrock down.
And back into the ring and now…
[Jerry] Bulldog was fixing to suplex Shamrock right on to those metal steps.
Shamrock saw it and countered.
[JR] Shamrock, not even has… Shamrock is wasted.
He doesn't even have his hands up to protect himself.
[crowd chatter]
[Vince] Bulldog is-- And blood now really starting to pour
from the mouth of Shamrock.
[JR] Davey Boy on the top of this game here
and that huge arm right around the neck of Ken Shamrock
with the European title on the line.
There you see the results of the offensive onslaught
of Davey Boy Smith.
[Vince] Hey. He is a powerhouse. No doubt about it.
[Jerry] Let's see if we can get ABC on the line.
I'd say they might be calling the British Bulldog
the most dangerous man alive right now.
[Vince] And h to the outside again.
In a recent interview with JR, the Bulldog stated he'd even meet Shamrock
in the octagon or in the squared circle, it didn't matter to him.
[JR] It's just another case of the Bulldog not afraid of any man
walking in the face of the earth.
He's got a handful of that dog food.
Oh.
Get in the ring.
That dog food--
[screaming]
Shamrock has gone crazy.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Ref, ring the bell.
[bell ringing]
Shamrock just hitting Bulldog
on the back of the head with that can.
Shamrock has lost it.
[bell ringing]
-[screaming] -Shamrock back in the ring now.
And Shamrock has-- Shamrock has snapped.
[crowd cheering]
[bell ringing]
This is beyond knuckle-up time.
[grunting]
[Jerry] He's nuts!
[bell ringing]
[screaming] Shamrock's and his foot on the throat of the Bulldog.
And now chokes him out.
He's choking him out in the middle of the ring.
Shamrock choking the Bulldog out in the middle of the ring.
[JR] It looks like a sleeper. But look at Shamrock's left arm,
it's right across the windpipe.
[Jerry] He's strangling him.
Get some help.
[JR] Look at Bulldog's face. Bulldog's face is a bright crimson red.
[bell ringing]
[Jerry] Come on. He can't breathe.
[refs pleading]
[Vince] Shamrock.
They're trying to get the hold off of Bulldog.
Shamrock won't let go.
[Jerry] Come on. He's out.
[Vince] Well, this is-- Shamrock has just lost it.
He's lost his composure.
We've talked about that before the match started.
Shamrock maybe too intense.
[bell ringing]
Too out of control here.
Shamrock, when that dog food went in his mouth,
Shamrock completely lost all concept, I think, of where he was.
Well, Bulldog's lost all of his oxygen, he's turning purple.
Get him off of him.
[JR] Well, will you like the Hart Foundation or British Bulldog or not…
[bell ringing]
[Vince] Bulldog's in trouble, I'm telling you.
Bulldog is in big time trouble.
[Jerry] Well, go up there and help him.
[Vince] He's changing color. Some--
Bulldog has lost consciousness and this is dangerous.
[JR] Shamrock, this is beyond athleticism.
This is… this is nothing but street fight.
This is…
[Vince] Shamrock had been embarrassed to the extent that he's resorted--
Finally.
[crowd cheering]
And the official's here…
The officials trying to calm Shamrock down.
[Jerry] Good luck, he's a nut.
[Vince] Oh, no.
[crowd cheering]
No!
Get out of my way.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd chanting] Shamrock! Shamrock!
[continue chanting, cheering]
[Vince] Shamrock leaving the arena.
I for one cannot applaud the actions of Ken Shamrock.
Although, certainly you can't applaud the actions of what set this volcano off.
Todd Pettengill.
Well, Vince, obviously Shawn Michaels has been asked this question before
but Shawn let me ask you,
will you put your entire career on the line
just to get even with Bret "The Hitman" Hart?
You know, I don't know how many times I have to address this,
there is nothing between Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels.
Anything that was once there was settled last year at WrestleMania
when I beat him.
I am here to be an impartial,
unbiased, fair referee.
And nothing, nothing will get back... get past the keen eye of Shawn Michaels.
You know what I mean? I'm serious.
Shawn Michaels says he's gonna call it right down the middle.
We'll find out.
I for one doubt that very seriously.
Shawn is a very emotional individual and very easily carried away.
We had dog food all over this place.
You saw the carnage that was in the ring a few moments ago.
What do you take from what you saw from Shamrock?
Talking about emotional individual.
Shamrock went back to his roots.
This is not about the Shamrock style,
we talked about his style being a bit different.
Shamrock's got to stick with his style.
That's what brought him to the dance but the bottom line is,
is he's gotta get himself under a little bit of emotional control
or he's gonna have a very short career here in the WWE.
[Jerry] He needs to get himself some psychiatric help. There's no excuse.
There's no excuse for what he did to everybody in that ring.
-He's an idiot. -[JR] Our new commissioner is gonna
be announced tomorrow night.
It'll be interesting to see what sort of action he takes
against Ken Shamrock.
All right. Ladies and gentlemen, speaking of action,
here's a 10-man tag team match coming up momentarily.
It's Los Boricuas squaring off against the Disciples of Apocalypse.
Let's take a look at this.
[rock music playing]
[man] Faction warfare was born into the World Wrestling Federation
with one defining incident.
Savio Vega, guess what?
You remember this, as hot as the jalapeño pepper is,
your ass is fired as of today.
Well, Crush, you can join your place, take your place in the unemployment line.
You're fired.
You can't fire me, punk.
[man] After being fired, Crush formed the Disciples of Apocalypse.
This is a real brotherhood.
We live together, we ride together.
And guess what else we do, McMahon,
we damn sure fight together.
[JR] Oh, the fight is on!
It's eight men just beating the hell out of each other.
[man] Former Nation member Savio Vega founded Los Boricuas
and acts their leader.
But what will happen with all four members of Los Boricuas
and all four members of the DOA compete against each other?
Their history offers insight.
[JR] This is…
[bell ringing]
Drop him over the Harley.
A powerbomb on a steel ramp.
They're dragging the motorcycle behind their car.
The Boricuas and DOA.
The officials trying to get some control.
It's all out. All out warfare.
DOA will-- Oh no.
Here comes those Harley Davidsons.
Here comes Crush.
[JR] I've got a feeling as usual that DOA came to kick some…
All right, look out.
A trailer to SummerSlam.
[Spanish rock music playing]
Pettengill Here come the Boricuas.
[bell ringing]
[announcer] The following 8-man tag team match
is scheduled for one fall.
Coming down to the aisle from Puerto Rico
at a total combined weight of 936 pounds
Los Boricuas.
[Vince] Los Boricuas.
What an exciting tag team, to say the least.
Savio, Miguel, Jose and Jesus
and they are saying hello to Tito Santana and Carlos Cabrera,
our Spanish announcing contingent.
They are tenacious competitors, are they not, JR?
[JR] They certainly are. They got a great togetherness.
They are extremely proud and should be of their Puerto Rican heritage.
Savio Vega, the leader of this faction.
[Vince] However, I would suggest that as far as crowd favorites are concerned…
-Uh-oh. -[motorcycle revving]
You hearing this?
[blues rock playing]
[announcer]Their opponents at a total combined weight of 1,122 pounds,
Disciples of Apocalypse.
[Vince] DOA on the way to the ring, don't get in front of those machines.
[Jerry] They're back on those big Harleys this week.
[music continues]
[Vince] Crush, Chainz,
8-Ball, Skull,
DOA.
And using those cycles to try to intimidate Los Boricuas,
but I don't think that's gonna do it, JR.
[JR] Oh, no doubt about that. Maybe a baseball bat
might have done a little bit.
I'm not encouraging that type of behavior.
I'll tell you what, this will more closely resemble
back to my younger days at Oklahoma,
we go to Slick's Bar-b-que in Muskogee to get a big ol' que sandwich
and then we kind of head on the Dew Drop Inn
for an ice cold beverage,
and late at night some time, King,
on a Saturday night, tempers would flare, shall we say.
And things will just… You'd have to step outside, settle it like a man.
[Vince] Step on outside and look out, here they come.
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] Here we go.
[bell dinging]
[Vince] Good luck for the official maintaining order in this one.
[JR] I don't think the New York City SWAT team could control this one.
And right now the DOA, all of them standing about six-six each.
[Vince] Right at that 300-pound mark, Los Boricuas there on the outside,
Miguel Perez.
[JR] I'll say this…
[Vince] I beg your pardon?
Uh-oh. Look out.
Oh, Jose Estrada and Skull.
[Vince] And Skull hammering away on Jose Estrada, JR.
Second generation WWE Superstar,
indeed, Jose is taking a bit of pummeling.
Oh. Here we go.
Jose driving Skull down to the canvas.
[Vince] Look out, oh.
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] And Mr. Vega in the ring, temporarily.
[crowd chatter]
[JR] Here we go, that's 8-Ball.
Oh, what a sidewalk slam and a half.
-[Vince] 8-Ball there. -[JR] Jose behind the 8-ball.
[Vince] Yeah, he sure is, very much so.
Wide open, here comes Chainz or is that Crush?
Tough to tell them apart. That's Crush.
[Jerry] You can talk about the Puerto Rican heritage all you want to,
but I guarantee you all that's on the mind of DOA
is the sight of that big motorcycles there
that was dragged behind the car
belonging to Los Boricuas.
That was a horrible sight, McMahon. I know, I'm a biker myself, you know.
[Vince] You're a what? I thought you're a tryker?
[Jerry] No, I got a Schwinn at home.
[Vince] A Schwinn, huh?
[JR] Miguel Perez, his father in the '50s and '60s,
a great tag team competitor in the WWE,
partners with the late Antonino Rocca.
Oh.
And following his dad's footsteps, a tremendous competitor.
King, you ever wrestle Antonino Rocca in the early '60s?
-[Vince] Stop it. -[Jerry] Who?
[Vince] Who? Listen to that.
Set up for the ride, oh, my goodness, look out, Jesus.
Jesus and Chainz exchange.
Look at Chainz go. Whoa.
Chainz, a real machine in there.
[JR] You got four men on a DOA
all standing approximately six feet six inches tall,
all around 300 pounds and, well, I hate to use bad grammar here,
I did it all the time, but there ain't no finesse in the DOA.
[Vince] No, there isn't but they're…
[Jerry] Four guys with bad attitude. Do you know the show America's Most Wanted
was based on DOA?
Look at this.
[JR] I don't think John Walsh has ever spoken with the DOA,
at least on a first person basis.
[Vince] Ooh!
What a tremendous maneuver by Savio Vega.
[Jerry] You're trying to tell me Crush never been in trouble with the law? Huh?
Shoot. His family portrait is a courtroom sketch.
[Vince] All right.
Right back in there now, Miguel.
You think you're tough?
[Vince] Look out, Miguel and Jesus,
Jose, they're all in there.
[JR] I'll tell you one thing, we just understand that Ken Shamrock
is now in the Superstar Line on option five
and I'd love to hear what he's got to say right now.
[Vince] I don't know why he hasn't been escorted out of the building.
Hey, come on now, man.
[Vince] And look at this.
[Jerry] It's a brawl. It looks a brawl.
[JR] It looks like a gang attack in the South Bronx somewhere.
I'll tell you one thing, I'm impressed with the physical prowess of the DOA
but I'm more impressed with the new abilities of Savio Vega.
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] And wait a minute, what's this?
Who's come-- Wait just a moment, the Nation of Domination.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Wanna talk factions, here's a faction for you.
[Vince] The Nation walking down through the people.
Walking down through this capacity crowd.
[JR] This could get ugly in a hurry.
[Vince] Amongst 20,000 fans and they're gonna get a little closer look.
Uh-oh, a very close look, and what's going on?
[JR] And remember, Faarooq fired Savio Vega, Faarooq fired Crush.
There's a lot of animosity between all three of these factions.
Oh, whoa.
Jesus and Skull,
and look at Ahmed Johnson out there.
[JR] Ahmed, last Monday on Raw, rejoining the nation
after suffering a knee injury.
Jesus and Miguel now double-teaming.
There's a triple team going on.
[crowd chatter]
Referee's gotta feel like the only guard in an entire cellblock.
[Jerry] I don't see how either one of these factions,
if that's what you wanna call them,
can concentrate with the Nation of Domination at ringside.
[JR] He feels like the only guard in the cellblock,
and he just realized he's lost his keys.
[Vince] Oh, my goodness.
Savio Vega chopping meat in there.
[crowd chanting]
[Vince] And Ahmed Johnson along with the Nation of Domination
with a real bird's eye view of what's going on.
[crowd chatter]
[JR] It's like being at the foot of the volcano
and you hear it rumbling and crumbling,
you know that it's gonna erupt any moment.
[Jerry] What's the Nation doing out here? What do they want? Who they wanna fight?
Anybody?
[JR] Anybody walking.
They're looking to fight a member of a particular race,
the human race.
[Vince] Yeah.
And look at this. Meanwhile, the official trying
to maintain control, and this one continues to get more and more
out of hand.
[JR] I'd hate to be the official for this.
[Vince] From the top, what a dropkick.
Great move by Miguel Perez.
I'm coming for a treat!
[Jerry] I think you're right about the Nation of Domination,
they're not prejudiced, they hate everybody equally.
[JR] If you don't believe the way they do,
they'll automatically think you're against them.
[Vince] And they're certainly entitled to that viewpoint.
[JR] Absolutely.
[Vince] Upstairs, downstairs, Los Boricuas will try and get you
down to the canvas, and when you're down flat on the mat
you're not six-six and you're not three hundred pounds.
[JR] We're seeing some great continuity by the Los Boricuas.
Come on!
[Vince] Meanwhile.
[Jerry] Meanwhile, back at the street fight.
Los Boricuas getting to feel some of those big heavy motorcycle boots.
[Vince] And there a tag is made.
And so much-- Oh, my goodness.
Hello.
And now Los Boricuas doing an excellent job of keeping Skull
from tagging any of his partners.
Uh-oh, nobody there.
[crowd chanting]
[Vince] Quick tag, and just look out, Perez and here we go, oh!
Chainz cooking.
Oh, good grief.
Chainz a one-man gang, look at Chainz go.
Crush is in there.
And again, things starting to get out of hand.
[Jerry] Yeah, well, take a look at this.
[Vince] Look out, Chainz getting outside.
Oh, what a punch Chainz just laid on Ahmed Johnson.
Chainz have-- Chainz-- Uh-oh, look out, look out. Look out, no.
[crowd cheering]
Hard slam on concrete.
Yeah! Suck on that!
[JR] Look at Savio, Savio Vega, the opportunist, rolling Chainz back in,
Chainz has just been planted with a fair amount of punch.
A big elbow there.
[bell ringing]
[Vince] Savio Vega with Los Boricuas, and look out.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Here we go.
[men grunting]
[Vince] Oh, Los Boricuas win the match, they're going back to South Bronx.
[Jerry] Did this remind you of Old Home Week, why don't you join in?
[Vince] Oh, my goodness, this is getting ugly.
[crowd cheering]
Oh.
Wait a minute. Look out, Crush, look out, look out.
And Crush trying to run over somebody with that cycle.
He's trying to run somebody over.
[Jerry] That'll stop a fight.
[Vince] Here he goes again. He's trying to run somebody down.
[wrestlers] Get him! Get him!
[Vince] Trying to get some control.
And ladies and gentlemen, all you've been hearing from Owen Hart is,
"I'm the man that beat Stone Cold Steve Austin."
As a matter of fact, this will illustrate that point.
[Owen] The Canadian Stampede,
I was the man who beat Stone Cold Steve Austin.
[crowd cheering]
One, two, three.
[bell ringing]
[crowd cheering]
I was the man who beat Stone cold Steve Austin.
Austin's back by himself.
Oh, my goodness, they're beating him up.
Austin back in by himself.
I was the man who beat Stone Cold Steve Austin.
[Jerry] Look at these sick Canadians.
McMahon, it's like the Roman gladiators,
his thumbs down.
They wanted to destroy Steve Austin.
I can out-wrestle him.
[JR] Stone Cold Steve Austin has been handcuffed.
They better put leg guards on him too. He'll kick somebody else's ass.
I was the man that pinned his shoulders to the mat for one, two, three.
I can't believe he's making hand gestures.
[crowd cheering]
And he's handcuffed, he doesn't give a damn.
You can put my arms behind my back but you can't shut up the fingers.
The rattlesnake is not afraid of anything.
I was the man who beat Stone Cold Steve Austin.
If I cannot beat Owen Hart at SummerSlam
after the match, when he pins me one, two, three,
if that happens, he can pull down his trunks,
pull down his little panties, bend over and I'll kiss him right on his ass
The odds are that I can beat Stone Cold Steve Austin,
I beat him twice before.
And with my Intercontinental title on the line,
I can guarantee I can beat him again.
I'll kiss his ass if I can't kick it.
And that's the way it's gonna be.
You better pucker up, son,
because at SummerSlam you're gonna kiss my ass, boy.
[Vince] Hey, hey, hey.
[JR] And ladies and gentlemen, yes, we're live, SummerSlam
from the sold-out Continental Airlines Arena, Hart and Soul.
And here comes Owen Hart
being greeted by some 20,213 WWE fans.
[announcer] The following contest, scheduled for one fall,
is for the World Wrestling Federation Intercontinental championship.
Introducing first, from Calgary, Alberta, Canada,
weighing 227 pounds, two-time Slammy award winner,
and the World Wrestling Federation Intercontinental champion,
Owen Hart.
[entrance music playing]
[Vince] Owen Hart with the Slammy's, Owen Hart with the Intercontinental title,
Owen Hart with all the gold, just about.
[JR] Owen Hart got the four King of the Ring awards winner.
He's been a tag team champion, Intercontinental champion.
What a career this young man has had here in the WWE.
The youngest of the 12 children
of Stu and Helen Hart.
[music continues]
[Vince] Michael Cole is trying to track down Stone Cold Steve Austin
as Owen-- Here he comes.
[Cole] Okay. Mr. Austin, Mr. Austin, Stone Cold, I need a quick word with you
before the matchup tonight.
I ain't got a word for you.
Are you prepared to put your reputation on the line tonight?
You would have to kiss Owen's backside if you lose in front of all these people,
20,000 people, a million people out there on pay-per-view.
Mr. Austin, are you ready, just what…
You'll kiss my ass if you don't get your little ass out of my face.
You got that?
You and your stupid little bow tie.
You don't impress me none, you little piece of trash.
[Vince] Uh… Michael perhaps a little overzealous there
and doesn't know Stone Cold all that well.
[Jerry] A man of few words.
[Vince] Yeah.
[Jerry] But one of them is A double S.
[crowd cheering]
[entrance music playing]
[Vince] Don't ask me why they love him, but they sure do.
He's as ornery as a rattlesnake.
[announcer] …weighing 252 pounds,
Stone Cold Steve Austin.
[crowd cheering]
[music continues]
[JR] Oh, no. Owen Hart just took the knee right out of Stone Cold Steve Austin.
Owen Hart, and the match has not even started officially.
[Vince] And Owen Hart going to work on that damaged knee.
Owen Hart… oh, look what he's doing. Oh, no.
Owen Hart continuing to assault the knee.
Stone Cold turned his back on Owen Hart and Owen Hart took his knee
right out from under him.
[Jerry] Well, Stone Cold went right over
and gave Owen Hart the double bird right in his face
and then ticked Owen off.
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] Owen Hart from the other side.
Oh, no, Lou Thesz press, Austin, right hands.
[crowd cheering]
[JR] Owen Hart sent up again now, to the pole.
[Vince] Sternum first.
The crack of the sternum right on the top turnbuckle. What velocity.
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] And Stone Cold Steve Austin with what little hair Owen Hart has,
he's trying to rid him of it.
Right back with what he's doing.
Stone Cold Steve Austin all over Owen Hart
and things have turned around for the Rattlesnake.
[Jerry] Look out, Owen. Oh.
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] Into a cover.
And a kick-out.
All right. Here we go. Here's the way it was
on the left side of your screen.
A jumpstart there, the chop lock, and that was the way the match began.
But right now, it's Stone Cold
with the advantage.
Listen to this capacity crowd.
[crowd chanting] Autin! Austin! Austin!
[JR] Austin using the Greco-Roman knuckle lock,
gained the advantage on Owen Hart.
For Owen Hart to retain the title here,
Owen's got to use his technical abilities, and his speed, and his quickness.
And somewhere along the line,
get Austin in position to apply the Sharpshooter.
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] Stone Cold driving the knee to the shoulder area, repeatedly now.
[JR] Austin driving his knee down into the bicep
trying to charley horse the upper arm.
Austin will beat you physically. He'll abuse you verbally, as well.
[Vince] Yeah. Well, that's what he's doing right now, systematically.
What he'll also do is he'll simply take you apart.
He'll hurt you.
He'll go to the lower abdominal area.
-Look at this maneuver. -[JR] Yeah, that's classic.
[Vince] Uh-oh. That's right.
[Jerry] I don't mind getting beat up
but I don't like somebody talking to me while they do it.
[Vince] I wonder whether or not at this pace how long we're gonna see
that Stone Cold Stunner.
[JR] Owen Hart is right-handed,
therefore one would assume that his left arm might not be
quite as strong as his right arm.
And Austin is focusing on the upper arm
of the Intercontinental champion.
[Vince] Stone Cold Steve Austin maneuvering quite well
considering that he had his knee chopped right out from under him
before the match officially began by Owen Hart.
[Jerry] McMahon, is there anything JR don't know,
right-handed, left-handed, what hand is it, JR?
[Vince] I don't know, but Owen Hart might not have a left-hand
or a left arm after that.
[JR] It's called preparation, King.
-[Jerry] H? -[JR] No, that your specialty.
Some 20,213 WWE fans have joined us live, ladies and gentlemen,
from the Continental Airlines Arena,
the site of this year's WWE SummerSlam.
We thank you very much for joining us on pay-per-view
as well as live throughout all of North America and the United Kingdom.
[Jerry] Here we go. Oh, yes.
[crowd cheering]
[JR] I'll tell you what, look back at all the great athletes
that have competed for the WWE in this arena,
but none of them ever packed in 20,213 like this.
[Vince] Oh! Austin went face first into the steel ring post.
That was a great move by Owen Hart.
[Jerry] Beautiful.
[crowd chatter]
[Vince] Owen Hart now with Stone Cold, what's he gonna do?
And, oh, no.
[JR] Well, Stone Cold flipped the proverbial bird earlier at Owen Hart
and now Owen's trying to break Austin's hands.
[Jerry] Yeah, I love it.
Like I said, Owen is ticked off. I'll tell you what, Owen may not only make
Stone Cold kiss his derriere, he may make him French kiss it.
[Vince] I hear you. Oh, watch this.
[crowd cheering]
Even an old Texas rattlesnake like Stone Cold Steve Austin…
He put it in my mouth!
…has to respond smacking the steel on his face.
[ref] One, two, three.
[Vince] Better watch himself because if Owen Hart--
Well, if he's disqualified actually, he would not lose the title, would he?
[JR] No, he would not and Austin would be puckering up.
That's the advantage that Owen Hart has.
Austin has to win the title to keep from kissing Owen Hart's behind.
Owen is trying to break that middle finger now.
[Jerry] I don't blame him.
Stone Cold won't be giving anybody the finger if he ain't got one.
Bite it off. Look at that.
[Vince] And look what Owen is doing, wrenching the fingers.
[Jerry] He's a biter. Owen's biting the middle finger.
The famous finger. [laughs]
[Vince] And again, Owen Hart can risk disqualification
in this type of a matchup,
because if he is counted out or disqualified,
he loses the match but he won't lose the title
and that does mean that Stone Cold
would have to pucker up.
[Jerry] Look at this.
[JR] Owen Hart, Owen Hart is on the on the edge here
of getting disqualified.
[Vince] Yeah, but he doesn't care.
[JR] Of course he doesn't.
[Jerry] Work on that finger, get the hand. Hey, a bird in the hand…
What's that word, JR?
[JR] Oh, I don't know, King.
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] Stone Cold Steve Austin.
[Jerry] It's where the big kiss…
[JR] Stun gun, stun gun.
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] Stone Cold with Owen Hart, sets him up for the ride now,
off the rope and hits him with a clothesline, look out and…
Oh, my God, Owen Hart going for the hurricanrana,
but he got powerbombed and a clothesline.
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] Owen Hart. Hey, wait a minute.
Owen's leaving, he doesn't care.
[JR] If Owen Hart gets counted out, Steve Austin's got to kiss his butt.
[Jerry] Yeah, pucker up, Austin.
[Vince] Wait a minute.
What?
Stone Cold coming after him.
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] The official stopped the clock and look out, clothesline from behind.
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] And Stone Cold better watch himself
as now he brings Owen Hart back toward the ring area.
Well, a little stop along the way.
[Jerry] I thought for a minute we're gonna take the scenic route
back through South Jersey and then end up back in the ring.
[Vince] Stone Cold still trying to get some blood back into his fingers
and now Owen begging off.
[JR] Will Owen Hart be the kind of athlete,
the proud Canadian athlete that he is
to get himself intentionally disqualified or counted out
so he can retain the title?
[Jerry] Yeah, not only would he retain the title,
he'd get his butt kissed.
[Vince] And Austin on a receiving end
of a tremendous suplex there.
And Austin must watch himself
because, again, if Austin gets a little too rambunctious,
he'll get disqualified.
[JR] That's a vicious neckbreaker by Owen Hart.
[Vince] Austin painted himself into a corner. Would you agree, JR?
[JR] Right. When Bret Hart said he…
[Vince] Wait a minute. Here we go with a cover.
-[Jerry] Got him, got him. -Wow.
[Vince] And Bret Hart said if he doesn't win the title at SummerSlam,
he didn't mean it literally but meant it figuratively,
but he said when he didn't win it,
"Hey, I'll never wrestle again in the United States."
When it became a part of his contract,
the Mad Man one upped Bret Hart saying,
"If I don't win the Intercontinental title, I'll kiss Owen Hart's rear area."
[crowd cheering]
Owen Hart with the elbow.
That should be enough.
And this could do it.
[JR] And Austin kicks out at two.
[Jerry] Come on, ref. I wanna see some kissing.
[JR] Austin holding the back of his head.
Austin may be having some problems with his neck.
[Jerry] And Owen Hart with his lip,
pretty soon he'll have a big old fever blister there popping out of there.
[JR] There's the neck vise by Owen Hart.
Austin in his career has had neck problems.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] He's got a big neck problem right now.
[Vince] Austin must mount an offense here.
Uh-oh. Holding his neck and somewhat of a telegraph maneuver that indeed…
And that'll snap your-- Oh!
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] There's a neck problem for Owen.
[Vince] Here we go.
[Jerry] Look at that.
[Vince] Austin, clothesline down to the canvas with authority.
And with a whiplash-like effect on the neck of Stone Cold Steve Austin.
Oh, there you go.
And Owen Hart now has almost drawn a bull's eye on Austin's neck
and he's shooting for it.
[Vince] Here we go with a cover.
And barely again a kick-out of Stone Cold.
[Jerry] Then he'll draw a bull's eye right on that big old gluteus maximus.
Stone Cold has to pucker up and kiss it.
[Vince] And again Stone Cold saying that he's man enough to do it,
and he is.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] And I think Owen's man enough to let him.
What?
[crowd chanting] Let's go, Austin.
[Jerry] Let's go, Austin.
[Vince] Good move. Wait a minute. Wait a minute.
One, two-- No.
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] Austin, Owen Hart got behind him.
Oh, and a suplex. Suplex, German suplex. That's big!
[Jerry] That was a three.
[JR] But the real story here may be Austin's neck after the German suplex.
Here we go.
[Vince] And now look at this. Camel clutch.
[Jerry] Shades of the Iron Sheik.
More damage done to the neck.
What a tremendous matchup.
[JR] Well, Bret Hart could not get Stone Cold to give up at WrestleMania
in the Sharpshooter.
Let's see here now if Owen Hart can one-up his own older brother
by making Austin give up in the camel clutch.
[Jerry] Give up, pucker up. I wanna see it so bad.
I wanna see Owen get to moon the entire nation.
That'll be so good.
[JR] You wanna see one man kissing another man's behind, King?
[Jerry] I wanna see Stone Cold have to eat his words.
[Vince] Austin back to his feet, driving the elbow now.
Stone Cold with a right hand.
Stone Cold trying to set up Owen Hart for the ride,
from the other side and look out, DDT.
[JR] Owen Hart underhooked the neck, dropped Austin down,
that could be all right here.
[Vince] And that could do it, two, and barely a kick-out.
[JR] Well, he ain't the toughest SOB in the WWE for nothing.
That's not a PR slogan.
That's a fact.
[Vince] And right now, Owen with that forearm underneath the chin
and Owen trying to wear down Stone Cold Steve Austin.
Stone Cold Steve Austin giving it his all.
And again, he may regret the time that he opened his mouth
and tried to one-up Bret Hart by saying, "If I don't win the title,
I'll kiss Owen's behind."
[JR] It backfired on Brian Pillman.
[Vince] Indeed.
Brian Pillman will wear a dress tomorrow night on Raw.
[JR] One hour later, tomorrow night on Raw from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
[Vince] And here we go.
[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Vince] No.
How about that? Good counter, good counter.
[JR] Oh, what a counter. That's a counter for you.
A jaw jacker.
[Vince] Stone Cold Steve Austin with the advantage at the moment.
Let's see what the Rattlesnake has in his arsenal now.
Whoa.
[JR] Austin is a wounded rattlesnake, but he shows no surcease,
he shows no backing up.
[Jerry] No what?
[Vince] And for that matter, give credit to Owen Hart as well.
Two tenacious combatants going at it and into a cover to…
[Jerry] He's got him.
[JR] Very few people outside the Hart family
can talk about multiple victories over Steve Austin.
So that's an elite group that Owen and his brother, Bret, are in.
[Vince] Can Owen Hart put pressure on the neck on Stone Cold Steve Austin?
Owen Hart riding Stone Cold Steve Austin.
[JR] Both these men have had great success in the WWE.
Austin, a tag team champion right now today.
Both men have been King in the Ring, both men have won Slammys.
[Jerry] Look at Owen.
Look how smart Owen is.
[Vince] What do you mean? What's he doing?
Just watch him.
[Vince] Yeah, that's exactly what he's doing, positioning himself
right over the second rope, getting more leverage.
[Jerry] That's right. Get those shoulders down.
Count him, ref, the shoulders are almost…
[JR] You got to have both shoulders, King, at least here this week.
Both shoulders got to be down.
Not just the right one.
[Jerry] When he gets those shoulders down, then Owen's tights are coming down
and then we're gonna get to see the kiss.
[Vince] There is a sea of Austin 3:16 T-shirts
here at the Continental Airlines Arena.
Unquestionably Austin, for some reason, has become one of the most popular
athletes ever in the WWE, but he won't be so popular
if he can't get back up or maybe he will.
I mean, it may take more of a man for Austin to kiss Owen's behind
than it does to take the titles off.
[Jerry] Look out, Owen. Watch your behind.
[Vince] Austin, an opportunist, with Owen Hart now.
[JR] Let's see what Austin can do. No, how about that.
[Jerry] A gutwrench tombstone.
Tombstone piledriver, shades of the Undertaker.
Austin dropped right on his head.
And how much more punishment can Austin survive?
Don't waste time, Owen. Just pin him.
[Vince] Owen Hart, Stone Cold Steve Austin.
[Jerry] He's done. You're right. He's done.
[Vince] And he could very well be.
Now, he's gonna kiss my ass!
[crowd jeering]
[Vince] I'm afraid Austin is hurt and hurt badly.
He's gonna kiss my now.
[Vince] At least Austin's legs are moving. He may have suffered a stinger there.
[Vince] I don't know. His upper body seems to be moving some.
[chanting] Canada! Canada! Canada!
[crowd chanting] USA! USA! USA!
[JR] Well, a lot of fans of Canada here, but they've been drowned out.
[Vince] Austin, somehow, and Austin, now what?
-Austin driving… -[Jerry] No, kick out.
-[crowd cheering] -[bell ringing]
[announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of this bout
and new World Wrestling Federation Intercontinental champion,
Stone Cold Steve Austin.
[music playing]
[Vince] Austin's hurt.
[Jerry] He may have a broken neck.
[music continues]
[Vince] Austin is writhing in pain.
He is tough.
[JR] He's tougher than a government mule, but he is hurt
and somehow he was able to crane Owen Hart just long enough
for the three-count.
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] Look at his legs.
He can't support his own weight.
[JR] He doesn't want anybody to help him.
[crowd cheering]
[JR] Through hell or high water, he is the Intercontinental champion.
He can barely stand.
[Vince] Austin is hurt badly.
[Jerry] That piledriver sent him in.
Let's see that piledriver. I wanna see that again.
[Vince] We will take you back to show you if we have it.
That piledriver was…
[Jerry] Devastating.
[Vince] It was.
Here we go.
[Jerry] Show it nice and slow.
Watch his head.
Oh.
[Vince] Owen Hart drove him, absolutely drove him down to the canvas.
[Jerry] And Owen's head bounces off the canvas.
[JR] I think Owen Hart was more surprised than anything else
when Austin was able to cradle him.
[Vince] We're looking at the Empire State Building, ladies and gentlemen.
And next up, the Undertaker against Bret "The Hitman" Hart.
Let's take you now and show you as Shawn Michaels readies himself
to be the guest referee, some of the events that led up to this matchup.
[man] Bret "The Hitman" Hart and his Hart Foundation
have been on a colossal roll in the WWE.
But has The Hitman's patriotism led to insolence and overconfidence?
[Bret] Thank you for letting me still be your hero.
If I don't come to Canada
with that World Wrestling Federation championship belt,
I will never ever wrestle on American soil ever again,
and that is a promise.
[Vince] You said that if you don't win
the World Wrestling Federation championship at SummerSlam
you'll never again wrestle on American soil.
That's what you said.
[crowd cheering]
[man] The most awesome force
in the history of the World Wrestling Federation
stands in Bret Hart's way.
A phenom whose tenacity and vengeance has overcome every obstacle faced,
a man who proudly carries the torch of distinction, the WWE title.
But in the largest spectacle of the summer,
The Hitman will confront much, much more.
The Undertaker and Bret "The Hitman" Hart
for the World Wrestling Federation championship
and I will be the special referee.
If I lean towards the Undertaker's side,
I also will not be able to wrestle in the United States.
You have no right to referee my match.
That is a swerve. That is a swerve.
Hey, Bret. Come on.
Stop him, stop him. Stop him.
Damn you. Stop him!
I'm gonna set one more example,
and the Patriot, you're gonna just be one more name that I'm gonna add
on to a list of Americans that I'm gonna flush down the toilet.
You know, he comes out here, he talks about how he stands for
everything that's right and he jumps a guy while the national anthem's playing.
Oh, and the official knocked out as well.
The Hitman Bret Hart, the referee would go on.
[crowd cheering]
[tense music playing]
Bret Hart's upset as well and he should be.
He got him, the Patriot pinned Bret Hart.
[JR] Shawn Michaels and an irate Bret Hart.
Michaels, the guest referee this Sunday.
Wait a minute. What's that?
Wait a minute.
It's the Undertaker.
[man] In the biggest WWE title match of the year,
pride, power, and conflict will rule.
If the dark side prevails, a fallen idol will face exile.
And if this man has his way,
that possibility will become reality.
[music fades]
[Vince] And yes, there you see the Stridex airship looking down
upon this capacity crowd, some 20,000 plus here, ladies and gentlemen,
jam packing the arena.
[JR] That blimp reminds me of JR, full of hot air.
[Vince] All right. Knock it off.
And again, we do not have an update on Stone Cold's condition.
He's hurt.
But he is hurt and apparently hurt badly.
Apparently Steve may have suffered, we're not sure, we're speculating here,
on a stinger in his neck.
That was Owen Hart was relentless in that focus of the neck.
We'll get you an update as soon as it's available.
You guys seem real concerned about that.
Poor old Henry Godwinn had his neck snapped by the Legion of Doom.
You don't seem to care about that.
-No, that's not it at all. -All right.
And speaking of caring, what's gonna happen in the next matchup?
Shawn Michaels cares about his
own career and obviously also
cares in a negative way as it relates to The Hitman Bret Hart.
What sort of emotion is Shawn Michaels feeling as a guest referee?
Are you kidding me?
Shawn Michaels' ego is so big that it's got its own zip code, McMahon.
All he cares about is what his hair looks like out here tonight.
And you know what, speaking of the Undertaker,
Shawn Michaels, I mean, he's so full of himself.
When he goes to a funeral, he's upset because he's not the corpse.
He wants to be the center of attention.
And tonight, some kind of way,
he will manage to be the center of attention in this match.
And The Hitman Bret Hart said he didn't mean it literally,
but he meant it figuratively when he stated that he would never
wrestle again in the United States if he didn't win the WWE championship.
I'm sure he is regretting that comment.
Well, it's officially in the contract.
So it is a done deal.
If Bret Hart doesn't leave this arena, ladies and gentlemen,
tonight here at SummerSlam, with the WWE championship,
Bret, this is, this will be Bret Hart's last match ever in the United States.
With that in mind, let's go up to ring announcer, Howard Finkel.
[bell ringing]
[announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest,
scheduled for one fall,
is for the World Wrestling Federation championship.
[crowd cheering]
[rock music playing]
[announcer] Introducing first, the challenger,
from Calgary, Alberta, Canada,
weighing 234 pounds, Bret "Hitman" Hart.
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] And The Hitman Bret Hart,
being greeted by this very pro-American crowd
in the shadow of New York City.
[music continues]
I'd like everybody
to stand back and listen
to the Canadian national anthem.
[crowd booing]
And I just wanna dedicate
this match to all my fellow Canadians,
to all my fans all over the world
that feel the same as I do about America and Americans.
This is for you.
[Vince] Bret Hart asking for the Canadian national anthem to be played.
["O Canada" playing]
[crowd booing]
[song continues]
-[song ends] -[scattered cheering]
[Vince] Some of the fans are respectful
and most of them are not
to Bret Hart's request.
And again, it's not so much.
As the Patriot stated, we all--
-["Sexy Boy" playing] -Here we go.
[crowd cheering]
[announcer] And now, here is the special referee for this contest,
the Heartbreak Kid, Shawn Michaels.
[song continues]
[Vince] Shawn Michaels.
Many individuals feel that Shawn Michaels personifies
the exuberance in America's youth today.
Just a little bit-- Maybe a little bit cocky.
[Jerry] He personifies America's youth?
In that case, I may move to Canada.
[music continues]
[Vince] He has an edge. No doubt about it.
Bret Hart hates him.
There's only one Shawn Michaels, and that's for sure.
[Jerry] Look at this. Bret doesn't even wanna stay in the same ring with him.
He got out.
[JR] Now all the other WWE referees are gonna want pyro.
[Vince] Music and pyro. Yeah.
[Jerry] Earl Hebner would look good in front of a Roman candle.
[JR] If I were Bret Hart, I would feel very uncomfortable.
Shawn Michaels has never refereed a match in his life
until tonight.
[crowd chatter]
[Vince] And I don't think there's any way that Shawn Michaels can be unbiased.
The hatred that Shawn and Bret have for each other is just so intense.
-Uh-oh. -[bell tolling]
[crowd cheering]
[somber music playing]
[announcer] From Death Valley, weighing 328 pounds,
the World Wrestling Federation champion,
the Undertaker.
[crowd cheering]
[music continues]
-[music stops] -[crowd cheering]
[JR] Damn neat knocked my hat off.
[Vince] What?
All you can say is wow.
[music continues]
[JR] He is a phenom.
He's the yard stick.
He is the man, the Undertaker.
[Vince] And whether Shawn Michaels is biased or not, The Hitman Bret Hart
in an uphill battle to try and take that championship away
from the Undertaker.
Many individuals in the WWE
simply don't think any man can do it.
Let alone, someone in the magnitude of Bret Hart.
[Jerry] Let's get all these stipulations straight.
There's a little one riding over the head of Shawn Michaels too
if he doesn't call this thing right down the middle.
Just let me check you and I'll check him.
[Vince] And Bret Hart…
I'll check the champ last. You know the rules as well as I do, Bret.
Come on.
[Vince] Shawn Michaels asserting himself from the get-go. Look at this.
Checking everybody out here.
[JR] Making sure the equipment is legal.
[Vince] Yeah.
[JR] Making sure the bottoms of the soles of the shoes are unobstructed.
[Vince] I haven't seen that in a while, huh?
[JR] He's in control.
He is the WWE version of Mills Lane.
I wonder if he's gonna tell them to "get it on."
I don't think they need any encouragement.
[Vince] And here's the championship belt that Shawn Michaels himself has won.
[JR] Look back at the history, Vince,
I'm sorry, both Bret Hart and the Undertaker at SummerSlams.
Undertaker has been in six SummerSlams, has only lost once,
that was last year, thanks to Paul Bearer, to Mankind.
Bret Hart has been in eight SummerSlams,
and has only lost once,
that was to the Bulldog in 1992.
[Vince] And that was at the United Kingdom, look out!
And the match hasn't even started.
Bret Hart is just taking liberties before the match gets underway.
[bell ringing]
[JR] And now the bell sounds, and now we are official.
Come on.
[JR] And look at Bret Hart.
Bret Hart pummeling the Undertaker, trying to get an early advantage.
Uh-oh.
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] And look at the Undertaker throw.
[Jerry] Get in there, Shawn Michaels, do your job.
Whoa.
Bret Hart set up by the Undertaker.
Whoa.
[Jerry] Nothing but brute power by the Undertaker.
Bret Hart has got to use all of his technical expertise,
all his knowledge, and somehow chop this redwood down
and work on the legs.
That's what Bret's got to do to win the title.
[crowd chatter]
[Vince] And the Undertaker introducing Bret Hart
to the railing on the outside.
[Shawn] One, two, three.
[Vince] Oh.
I'm gonna tell you one more time, Taker, you go up.
[Vince] And Shawn Michaels-- Oh, no.
Again, asserting himself.
[JR] Undertaker has wrapped his arm around the steel ring post
as in a clothesline, and right into the steps.
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] And Shawn Michaels finding himself in the unenviable position
of trying to maintain control in this matchup.
[crowd chatter]
[Vince] Trying to officiate it fairly and thus far, he's very aggressive
which is what you might expect from Shawn Michaels.
Again, Shawn Michaels shows favoritism toward the Undertaker
then he may never wrestle again in the United States. Oh.
[JR] Bret Hart's spine just met the ring post.
Come on! Take it in the ring or I'll disqualify you!
Come on!
[Vince] Michaels will disqualify the Undertaker.
[JR] And that would mean that Bret Hart
would never wrestle in the United States again
if that happens.
[Vince] Well, let me ask you a question.
Does that mean he is showing favoritism to the Undertaker or not?
[JR] Not if Bret Hart deserves to be disqualified or the Under…
[Vince] Well, the Undertaker that is.
[JR] He's gotta call it as he sees it.
Come on, take him inside.
[JR] That's the bottom line and hopefully that's what we're gonna get here.
[Jerry] So far, I could've disqualified either one of them about five times.
[Vince] Now wait a minute,
if Shawn Michaels in terms of his style in the ring,
he likes to really let it fly.
And I would suggest to you that that's exactly the way
he's gonna officiate this matchup.
[Jerry] That's why I like him.
[Vince] You know, a lot of bending, if not breaking the rules
as long as one individual can break it, the other one can too.
[Jerry] I like a referee that'll let it fly.
[JR] Shawn Michaels may referee like he lives his life in the fast lane,
as he wants.
[Jerry] Undertaker just let Bret fly right down into his knee.
[JR] After Bret Hart's spine went into the steel post,
the Undertaker now following up on that with the backbreaker.
[Vince] And then our first cover and not even a near fall there.
And by the way, we can confirm that Stone Cold Steve Austin
unfortunately has been taken to the hospital.
He has sustained neck damage as a result, I suppose, of the piledriver,
but I think it was an accumulation of a number of things
getting him to the piledriver.
It has had a devastating effect on the neck area,
and appendages. Apparently Stone Cold having great difficulty in walking,
and difficulty in feeling his hands at all.
Like he's lost feeling in his hands.
Tell me where you're at. Come on.
[JR] Undertaker with a bear hug.
Again, focusing on the lower back, the lower back of Bret Hart,
the challenger for the WWE title.
Bret Hart who has won a total of eight championships in the WWE,
looking to become the champion, the WWE champion for the fifth time.
[Jerry] I think sometimes Bret Hart might have forgotten
just how big the Undertaker really is.
Look at that size difference right there,
he's huge, and how strong is he?
[Vince] Bret Hart running into a size whatever that might be, 16, 17,
whatever, the Undertaker.
[Jerry] It's huge.
[Vince] Undertaker now with-- No, no nobody there.
[JR] Tremendous elevation by the Undertaker, at six-ten and a half,
certainly got up there that time.
It's a pretty good hang time.
Bret Hart able to avoid the contact.
[Vince] Not able to avoid that contact.
[JR] Again, those hammering blows to the lower back of the Undertaker.
No wasted motion by the WWE champion.
[Vince] Uh-oh. And now Bret trying to take the chops out,
much like Owen Hart did to Stone Cold
at the very onset of the previous encounter.
[JR] This shouldn't surprise anybody.
The strategy of Bret Hart is…
like the Undertaker is a giant redwood tree,
he's being chopped down now by the Paul Bunyan, if you will.
[Jerry] Was he from Canada too?
[JR] Might have been.
[Vince] And Bret Hart attempting to do some pretty severe damage
to the left leg of the Undertaker,
a rake to the face, and Bret Hart now,
Bret Hart coming down across that leg.
[Jerry] I think Bret Hart would like to emulate the match that Owen had
with the exception of the outcome.
[Shawn] What you say, champ?
[JR] Bret now focusing on the left knee of the Undertaker,
no doubt with visions of Sharpshooters dancing in his head.
[Vince] And Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels beginning to have words.
Hey! Stay out of the eyes. Come on.
[Vince] Undertaker back to his feet, maybe not for long.
Bret Hart continuing to work on that left leg around the left knee area.
And you're not six-ten when you're down on the canvas.
[JR] Certainly aren't, certainly a difference maker.
We have seen the Undertaker focus on Bret's lower back
and now Bret focusing on the Undertaker's knees,
again, what we suspected might happen here if Bret had the opportunity.
Remember, Bret Hart is looking
for the Sharpshooter.
[Vince] And again, tremendous controversy in this matchup,
controversy in that WWE officials made Bret Hart…
well, they put into a contract form what he was stating verbally,
that he would never wrestle in the united states again
unless he walked from SummerSlam as the WWE champion.
That was bad enough.
But then from there, Bret Hart,
when he found that Shawn Michaels was named the guest referee,
he went ballistic, up in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
[Jerry] Rightfully so, McMahon.
[Vince] Some would say so.
[JR] Well, I think he's a little over-zealous,
but I could understand Bret's apprehension
with his arch-rival, Shawn Michaels, as the referee.
[Vince] Of course.
[JR] And then you look at it one step further,
you know, Shawn Michaels is refereeing his first match of his life,
right here tonight.
I don't know how judicious that is.
[Vince] Figure four.
Doing more damage to the knee area.
[JR] Figure four leglock.
Come on, what do you say? Come on!
[JR] Bret Hart trying to make the Undertaker give it up.
And to my knowledge, the Undertaker has never submitted in his career.
Oh, no.
-[Vince] What? -[JR] Oh, look.
[Jerry] Oh.
[Vince] What is he doing here?
[JR] What a hideous, lousy, human being.
[Vince] Paul Bearer, former manager of the Undertaker, who claims… Two, no.
Who claims that t he Undertaker's brother is still alive.
And Undertaker just spotting Paul Bearer.
[JR] Well, there are 20,213 fans here
that wished Paul Bearer would have stayed under a rock that he came from.
[Jerry] Hey, Paul Bearer has got just as much right to buy a ticket
and come in here and watch this match as any of these other 20,000.
[Vince] If it is true, if Kane, Undertaker's brother, does live,
do you think we might see him here?
Yeah, it's all over.
[Vince] Paul Bearer coming down to the ringside area.
Uh-oh, when indeed Undertaker was in trouble,
but now Undertaker has reversed that figure four
and the pressure mostly on Bret Hart now,
as Bret is reaching for that rope.
And finally, they untangle.
[JR] Shawn Michaels quickly called for the break
once Bret Hart reached the ropes.
[Vince] Look at the Undertaker now.
Taking a page out of Bret Hart's book.
Driving that knee. Look out. The Undertaker, he's on the outside.
Undertaker-- Oh.
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] And Paul Bearer crumpling down in a heap
[Jerry] Humpty Dumpty just got knocked off the wall.
No, no.
[Vince] And here comes-- Oh, look out. Bret Hart from behind, again downstairs,
a chop on the knee of the Undertaker.
Bret Hart, the victim, the opportunist, saw what was going on.
And he sees the Undertaker had his back turned.
And Bret now with the Undertaker's leg
and more officials coming on the scene to get Paul Bearer out of here.
[Jerry] Well, you bet your boots, it's not Bret Hart's fault
that Paul Bearer came to ringside.
Shawn Michaels is where?
[Vince] Oh no. Uh-oh, wait a minute.
Bret Hart…
[Jerry] Oh, yeah, here it is.
[Vince] Bret Hart trying to put that figure-four.
Oh, no.
Bret, come on.
Come on. Bret, it's wrong. It's wrong.
-One, two, three… -Don't you count!
[Vince] He's gonna disqualified!
Oh, he finally let go.
[JR] If the referee had gotten to five, if Shawn Michaels had counted five,
this match would be over.
[crowd chatter]
[Vince] I thought they were gonna go to blows there.
[JR] That was actually very good officiating.
And look at Bret Hart, the focused challenger,
with a burning desire, perhaps the obsession to be
a five-time WWE champion.
[Jerry] We have more fans at ringside.
[Vince] The reinforcements have arrived, Brian Pillman and Owen Hart.
And they can't be out here
for any good reason, that's for sure.
[Jerry] Well, tickets are all sold out. They couldn't get a ticket.
They just wanna see this match.
[JR] They certainly aren't here to offer any moral support.
[Jerry] What do you mean?
[JR] They have none.
[JR] How do you think Pillman's gonna look tomorrow night
in a dress?
[Vince] On Raw, one hour later.
[JR] One hour later.
[Vince] I think we've covered that point.
And again, oh, no, Bret with the Undertaker,
trying to straddle the Undertaker and he does, and now look at this.
Bret going right back, I think.
Oh!
Let me tell you something, keep it in the ring.
I'm the law in here, Bret.
Keep it in the ring.
[Vince] Quite frankly, I'm surprised at Shawn Michaels' restraint.
[Jerry] I'm surprised how much Bret "The Hitman" Hart has taken.
If it was me, if the referee puts his hands on me,
I'd slap the taste out of his mouth.
That's what Bret ought to do to him.
[Vince] And Bret Hart chopping the big 6'10" WWE champion down to size.
Everything is on the knee joint.
Everything is about the leg of the Undertaker,
everything is about preparing the Undertaker for a Sharpshooter.
Systematically, methodically, Bret Hart is getting the job done.
[Shawn] Talk to me, come on. Come on, guys.
[Vince] But the thing about the Sharpshooter is, it is a submission
and I just can't-- I just can't envision the Undertaker surrendering.
He may pass out like Stone Cold did, but I can't imagine he would surrender.
[JR] But the bottom line, as Stone Cold would say,
is that if Bret Hart can get the Sharpshooter on the Undertaker
in the center of the ring, it'll be over.
Nobody gets out of the Sharpshooter
and that's exactly the road that Bret Hart is traveling right now.
The Excellence of Execution is certainly is living up to his billing.
Uh-oh.
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] And that's one way to get out of a hold.
Undertaker, uh-oh, stomping a hole, so to speak, into Bret Hart.
[Jerry] With that undamaged leg.
[Vince] And Undertaker, oh, no. Look at that.
Oh, no.
[Jerry] What?
[Vince] He knew what he was doing.
[JR] Undertaker taking matters into his own hands.
[Vince] Literally.
[JR] He's beating the Hart Foundation to the punch.
[Vince] And Shawn Michaels moving the Hart contingent and look out.
Uh-oh.
Here we go.
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] Look out! Chokeslam, chokeslam, it's over.
But Shawn Michaels keeping an eye out for the Hart Foundation.
Shawn Michaels keeping an eye out for the Hart Foundation.
Uh-oh.
-And the Undertaker… -[JR] Uh-oh.
I'm the law! You never touch the law!
[JR] Two, a two-count.
Oh, clothesline.
The Undertaker upset that Shawn Michaels
was not in the ring to make the count at that chokeslam.
[Vince] Well, in Michaels' defense, he had his eyes on the Hart Foundation
not interfering in the match.
[JR] And again, we have to point out,
Shawn Michaels is a very inexperienced referee.
[Vince] Oh, wow.
[JR] Lower back.
Here comes the champion this time.
Take it back inside.
[Vince] And Shawn Michaels surprisingly has been a pretty effective referee.
[JR] He's done much better than I thought he would considering his inexperience.
Bret Hart now.
Again, turning the motor up. Uh-oh.
I'm getting… My patience is wearing thin.
You get your ass inside or you are out of here, Bret.
Come on.
[Jerry] You know, Bret "The Hitman" Hart wants to plant Shawn Michaels so bad.
[Vince] I'm not so sure that it's not reciprocal.
And again Michaels showing great restraint several times,
but not only with Bret Hart, but with the Undertaker as well.
[crowd cheering]
[JR] Double axe right to the spine
of the Undertaker by the challenger Bret Hart.
Bret Hart now seemingly has the momentum,
seemingly is in the driver's seat.
[Vince] And he can thank to a certain extent his Hart Foundation members
for coming down and somewhat turning the tide.
[Jerry] With so much riding on this match,
I would think both the Undertaker and Bret Hart
should try to completely ignore the referee
and concentrate on the business at hand.
And I think that the The Hitman has done a better job on that so far.
[JR] Hard backbreaker, will that be enough?
[Vince] Into a cover and… No.
Uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh.
[JR] I don't know if I've ever seen anybody any more, I don't know,
any more superlative than the Undertaker is as far as dealing with pain.
The threshold of pain of the Undertaker is off the page.
[Vince] The Hitman Bret Hart going up to the second rope
and Bret Hart… crushed the elbow.
[Jerry] Man.
[JR] That was a…
[Jerry] He thinks his fans are number one here at New Jersey.
[Vince] And a cover, no.
Well, if Bret Hart had not wasted some valuable time
letting everybody know he feels about them,
he might have gotten to three.
Bret Hart in this match-- Oh.
Here we go. And this time-- No, not this time either.
And as was pointed out by JR,
the Undertaker able to absorb
unbelievable tons of punishment
and still just keeps coming back.
[Jerry] There's got to be a point though, there's got to be a stopping point
of how much he can endure.
How much can he take?
And The Hitman might reach that point with him.
Oh, but he hasn't yet. Whoa!
[crowd cheering]
[JR] Bret Hart hesitated and the Undertaker caught the waist lock
and then dropped Bret face first
into the top turnbuckle.
[Vince] And a cover here, and the left shoulder able to get up.
You can almost sense the desperation,
for a lack of a better term, by both these men.
[Vince] Both been giving it their all, no doubt about that.
And so has Shawn Michaels thus far,
Michaels asking WWE officials to be the guest referee,
he was granted that.
But then unfortunately for Michaels, it may have sort of backfired
when a proviso was put in Michaels' contract
that he could not favor the Undertaker.
If he did, then he would be excommunicated
to a certain extent here in America.
So thus far, we've seen a pretty objective officiating
on the part of Michaels
and a real knockdown-drag out with Bret Hart and the Undertaker.
[Jerry] And I think the Undertaker just got excommunicated.
-[Vince] He may have. -Whatever that means.
[JR] Bret scored with a side Russian legsweep,
comes back with a hard leg drop right to the face of the WWE champion.
[Vince] And again.
The Undertaker won the WWE title at WrestleMania XIII
in the Rosemont Horizon.
[Jerry] Shawn Michaels is sweating bullets.
[Vince] And Bret Hart, do you think he might be setting the Undertaker up
for the Sharpshooter?
[JR] And the Undertaker's in the center of the ring.
He got him, look at that position.
He's trying to set him up for the Sharpshooter.
Uh-oh, trying to set him up.
[Jerry] Taker's got Bret.
[Vince] No, no. Taker does have him, I think--
I think by the throat.
[JR] The Undertaker countered the attempt, Oh, boy.
[Vince] What a knee to the abdomen.
Undertaker hammering away on Bret Hart.
Bret Hart set up for the ride to the other side now.
Undertaker-- Oh!
[Jerry] That was a fourth and goal punt right there.
[Vince] Oh, wait a minute.
[crowd cheering]
[JR] Bret Hart was going to the ropes, gets in the middle,
got caught going by.
But look at the veteran.
[Vince] And look at this.
Undertaker unloading, look how quick his fists are.
[crowd cheering]
[JR] And this is really, really getting physical now.
[Vince] A seesaw matchup, back and forth.
When Paul Bearer came out earlier, I thought we might see Kane,
if in fact Kane exists.
When the Hart Foundation came out,
I thought perhaps they might get more involved.
And what a seesaw matchup this has been.
[JR] Undertaker scored with a big clothesline,
[Vince] And Bret Hart, we talk about resilience,
we normally give to credit to Shawn Michaels for having such great resilience,
but think about all that Bret Hart has accomplished in his WWE career.
Talk about what Eric Manning-- Uh-oh, no.
[Jerry] Sloppy cover, Undertaker.
Put all that weight on him if you wanna beat him.
You're not gonna beat Bret "The Hitman" Hart that way.
[Vince] And the Undertaker's accomplishments certainly-- Oh!
-[Jerry] He might do it that way. -Certainly very enviable.
And this time, the Undertaker is on target.
And now that two and-- Oh.
[JR] I'll say this for Shawn Michaels, his count has been very deliberate,
but very consistent, pretty quick.
[Vince] Bret out on the apron trying to catch a breather.
And the Undertaker-- Uh-oh.
[Jerry] No way. What's he gonna do?
[Vince] And the Undertaker chokeslamming Bret Hart.
[JR] What a chokeslam from the outside all the way over the top
to the middle of the ring.
Bret's not thrilled
[Vince] Oh.
[JR] I'll tell you what, the American fans
may not support Bret Hart like they used to,
but you got to give him credit for kicking out of that chokeslam.
[Jerry] You're not kidding, especially when that count was just a hair fast.
[Vince] Undertaker going upstairs now, patented Undertaker maneuver.
Oh.
[Jerry] Patented Hitman maneuver.
[JR] Bret Hart had that move very well scouted as vintage Undertaker,
but the Taker paid.
[Vince] And look at this now,
Bret Hart going all the way up to the very top, sets up the Undertaker.
Can he get him all the way down from the top?
No.
And Undertaker collapses.
And Bret Hart…
Bret Hart is relentless.
Bret still has him, has him underhooked.
Whoa.
[Jerry] He did it.
He got him.
[Vince] Unbelievable.
[Jerry] That's the end of the Undertaker's title reign right there, it's got to be.
[JR] A superplex off the top
on a six-ten, 328-pound man.
[Vince] And Shawn counting both individuals,
although now, Bret Hart is up.
[JR] Bret Hart cannot live with a count out.
He cannot live with a disqualification.
Bret Hart must win.
He must win.
[Vince] By pin or submission, and here comes the submission.
Here comes the Sharpshooter.
[Jerry] Can-- He's got him.
-[Vince] He's got it in. -[JR] In the center of the ring.
Can the Undertaker reach the ropes?
Nobody breaks this one.
[Jerry] Shades of WrestleMania XIII.
I can tell you firsthand how much that hurts.
[Vince] Bret Hart with the Sharpshooter on a six-ten.
[Jerry] What?
[Vince] The Undertaker broke the Sharpshooter.
The Undertaker broke the Sharpshooter.
No one's ever done that.
[Jerry] What?
[Vince] Bret Hart went sailing after losing momentum,
sailing through the ropes.
[JR] I don't think Bret could believe it.
[Vince] Undertaker, working on the…
Taking, rather, a succession of blows from Bret Hart.
And Undertaker on his feet.
Maybe not for long as his knee just gave right out.
His leg gave out.
[Jerry] How could he even get to his feet?
How did he get out of the Sharpshooter?
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] Undertaker with Bret Hart.
Let's see if the Undertaker can pull it,
maybe we will never see Bret Hart on American soil.
No. Bret Hart from behind, taking down the Undertaker,
and here we go again.
This time Undertaker-- Oh, no.
Oh, look what he's doing now.
[JR] He's gonna get the Sharpshooter on the Undertaker using the post,
the ring post as leverage.
[Jerry] Oh, my God.
Get in the ring Shawn Michaels, just give it up.
Two, three.
[Vince] Shawn is gonna disqualify…
No. Nobody… Oh, no.
And Shawn Michaels going right down.
And Bret Hart landed on his knees.
Bret Hart landed right on Shawn Michaels.
And here comes Bret Hart.
[JR] Michaels' knee gave the way on him too.
[Vince] And Bret Hart has got a chair.
Shawn Michaels' knee…
[crowd cheering]
Wait a minute.
Oh, God.
Bret Hart, with a cover on, two.
It's over.
[Jerry] It's not over. It's not over.
[crowd cheering]
[Vince] That was only a count of two.
[yelling indistinctly]
[Jerry] He is super human. How did he do that?
[Vince] And Shawn Michaels with that chair
that Bret tried to throw over the side.
[crowd yelling]
[Vince] Maybe Michaels has had enough.
Michaels was on the outside and did not see, did not see.
Uh-oh.
[Jerry] Good God, good God!
[crowd cheering]
[bell ringing]
[Vince] I can't believe this.
[crowd booing]
[JR] This is horrible.
[Vince] And the Undertaker is going after Shawn Michaels.
[announcer] The winner of this bout,
and new World Wrestling Federation champion,
Bret "Hitman" Hart.
[entrance music playing]
[Vince] The impossible has happened
at this year's SummerSlam.
And the Undertaker with one last glance back at Bret Hart
as Bret Hart kisses the gold,
and Bret Hart somehow
is once again WWE champion.
[music continues]
[JR] Bret Hart now immersing himself in the maple leaf.
There's got to be jubilation in Canada,
perhaps jubilation in the United Kingdom, in Germany.
But there is no joy in East Rutherford, New Jersey tonight.
[music continues]
[Vince] Well, we'd like to take you back and show you
how this happened.
[JR] This is shocking.
[Vince] All right. Here, Shawn picked up the chair…
[Jerry] He busted the Undertaker's brains out,
but right now he's realized that if he don't count, he's gone, too.
[bell ringing]
[JR] I don't understand that.
I don't…
[Jerry] What's not to understand?
[Vince] And now, Bret Hart being joined by all of the other Hart Foundation members.
Bret Hart
with the maple leaf draped around his neck.
The flag of Canada and the WWE championship
back around his waist for the fifth time.
And it happened here in America.
Take another look at it, JR.
[JR] I'm just…
[Vince] This is impossible.
[Jerry] Well, yeah, well, watch this. Watch the spit.
Oh.
[JR] You could hear the--
You could hear the spank of the chair, and Shawn Michaels' face,
but why did he… I don't understand it.
[music continues]
[Vince] Shawn Michaels, who was very objective
all the way through this matchup,
finding himself in a position of trying to take Bret Hart's head off
with that chair,
which would have been for him, an automatic, uh…
[Jerry] I mean, face it, he would've been out of here.
[Vince] That's right.
[Jerry] He wouldn't have been able to wrestle in the WWE anymore.
[Vince] Fans in the Meadowlands Arena
and pay-per-view all over the world,
stunned.
[music fades] ew all over the world,