[upbeat music playing]
[dramatic music playing]
[Vince] After all those lies,
finally we get to the truth.
[Ross] There's no more conspiracy. It is fact.
[Vince] Undertaker and Kane combined make the most awesome,
the most destructive force in the history of World Wrestling Entertainment.
[Stone Cold] I knew all along that you two were together.
[Jerry] Kane and The Undertaker together are an unbeatable force.
[Undertaker] At SummerSlam,
I will take what is rightfully mine.
[Stone Cold] I'm gonna burn your ass and that's the bottom line
because Stone Cold said so.
[Ross] How in the hell does one man, even a Steve Austin,
turn back the challenge of these two monsters?
[Undertaker] Before this night ends,
you will come face to face with your destiny.
[Vince] With Kane at your side,
you will be the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion
once again at SummerSlam.
[crowd cheering]
[rock music playing]
[explosions]
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] It's a hot summer night in New York City.
Madison Square Garden has been sold out for months.
This is the tenth annual SummerSlam.
Hi again, everybody. I'm Jim Ross alongside Jerry "the King" Lawler.
We are at ringside, and, King, four titles on the line tonight,
but none bigger than Stone Cold's challenge
from The Undertaker and possibly Kane.
Oh, it's gonna be a great night, J.R.
I can't wait to see, finally, the smile on the face of Mr. Vince McMahon
when-- and I'm making a bold prediction, when "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
is dethroned here tonight.
-["Hello Ladies" playing] -[bell ringing]
[Chimel] The following contest is scheduled for one fall
in a 60-minute time limit
and it is for the World Wrestling Entertainment European Championship.
Introducing first, the challenger, from Las Vegas, Nevada,
weighing in at 241 pounds, Val Venis!
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Ladies and gentlemen, if you joined us on Sunday Night Heat,
you saw Stone Cold destroy a hearse and we're not sure--
we haven't got word if The Undertaker or-- and/or Kane
was in that hearse, King, but Austin was not taking any chances.
[Jerry] Well, that just shows you, Austin is a desperate man.
-[Ross] Oh, come on. -Hello, ladies.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Are there any ladies in New York City?
-[Ross] Of course there are. -[Jerry] Of the night.
So The Big Valbowski
has arrived to The Big Apple.
[crowd cheering]
-[Ross] Oh. -[Val] Well, you know something,
I came, I saw…
[chuckles]
…and I came again.
-[chuckles] -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Val Venis' first title opportunity here in the WWE.
[Chimel] And his opponent, making his way to the ring,
originally from Chicago, Illinois,
now hailing from Helsinki, Finland.
He weighs in at 265 pounds, Nation member
and the World Wrestling Entertainment European Champion,
D'Lo Brown.
[Ross] Well, Monday night, D'Lo was from Lisbon, Portugal.
Now he's living in Finland.
He moves around a lot.
[Jerry] Well, all over Europe.
He's representing all of Europe as a true champion.
[Ross] D'Lo's first pay-per-view title defense of the European title.
As we said, Val Venis' first title opportunity since debuting in May
here in the WWE for Val Venis,
now 27 years of age, D'Lo, 26.
Two young superstars,
and I heard through the grapevine that D'Lo's chest protector has been reinforced
by someone very close with The Nation.
[Jerry] Now, why are you trying to start those kinds of vicious rumors?
[Ross] That's what I heard, King.
Bell has sounded. Here we go.
European title on the line.
One fall here, Val Venis challenging D'Lo Brown.
One of four title matches that will be decided here tonight at SummerSlam.
[Jerry] And I'm telling you, D'Lo Brown-- look at D'Lo.
He's cool, and he's-- look at--
hey, he's showing some sportsmanship there.
That's a true champion for you, J.R.
He's so proud of that European Championship.
If he were to ever lose it, I think he'd go in a coma.
[Ross] Collar-and-elbow tie up, D'Lo Brown,
the larger of the two athletes in this matchup.
The former defensive end for the Maine Black Bears is D'Lo Brown.
And, uh, Val Venis now, certainly gotta be aware
of what he can or cannot do regarding the chest protector.
-[Jerry] Oh! -[Ross] And not the cleanest break
-on the ropes that time. -[Jerry] Watch it. Watch it, D'Lo.
[Ross] D'Lo here in the early going trying to frustrate Val Venis it would seem.
Folks, as we said, when we went off the air on Sunday Night Heat,
Stone Cold was destroying a hearse.
And again, we are not positive
whether or not The Undertaker or Kane was in that hearse.
-We're trying to -[Jerry] I hope they were, J.R.
[Ross] We're trying to get word on that.
[Jerry] Do you know how mad that would make The Undertaker?
-[groans] -Ooh. Oh, hell no.
-[Jerry laughs] -[Ross] Val with a forearm shot,
but that chest protector I think does more than protect Val's chest from injury.
[Jerry] No, no, J.R.
That was a perfect example of what that chest protector is all about.
You saw Val going for-- well, for D'Lo's weak spot,
that injured rib cage and it protected it.
[Ross] Well, I think it was actually his pectoral muscles,
they should be healed by now.
He got hurt back in June.
And again, D'Lo using that chest protector to his advantage,
and if indeed it has been reinforced, I'm not sure referee Jim Korderas
checked it out before the match.
-I didn't see that happen. -[Jerry] Ooh.
[Ross] But it certainly gives, uh, D'Lo a distinct advantage here
in this European title match.
[Jerry] Oh, I just think it evens the odds. Ooh.
See, D'Lo would never be able to that without that chest
protector because it would-- his injured pectoral muscles would-- I mean it--
[Korderas] Come on!
-[Ross] Are they terminally injured? -[Jerry] Just be too painful.
[Ross] Will they never heal?
Is he a slow healer or what?
Good grief, he's been hurt.
He's been-- he should have been over just a month ago.
[Jerry] No! Oh, now that hurts.
Look out!
[Ross] Side Russian leg sweep by Val Venis and the challenger
for the European title now, quickening the pace here.
-[Jerry] Oh, oh. -[Ross] Nice drop toehold,
and D'Lo,
feeling the effects of his own chest protector.
Rolls outside in front of us here.
And D'Lo Brown, when the pace quickened,
things got a little bit hurried for the champion.
[Jerry] Yeah, Val-- look at Val Venis.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd jeering]
[man] Get his ass, D'Lo!
[Ross] D'Lo taking his time getting back in the ring.
Referee Jim Korderas has a ten-count
that he can utilize and certainly Val does not want to
see this match end in a count-out or a disqualification.
Championship can only change hands via pinfall or submission
here in the World Wrestling Entertainment.
Side headlock by D'Lo Brown.
[Jerry] Ow.
[crowd chattering]
[Ross] Nice hard shoulder block there by Val Venis again.
D'Lo's got some great agility for a near 300 pounder.
[Jerry] Watch it.
Pretty smart too. Whoa.
[Ross] Well, you know, he's a CPA.
We've documented that on numerous occasions.
-And look out! -[Jerry] Oh!
[Ross] Spinebuster slam.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] That could destroy a few brain cells.
-[Ross] And Val, he who hesitates… -[Jerry] Look out.
[Ross] …doesn't get three in the early going.
[Jerry] Two and two won't be four much longer after that-- oh, who's that?
[Ross] That's the-- that's Edge.
Edge here in the Garden.
-Very strange enigma is Edge… -[Jerry] Ow.
[Ross] …and D'Lo lowered his head, paid for it.
[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Ross] Val looking for a big splash.
I'm not so sure how effective that big splash would be
with the chest protector of D'Lo Brown's, but maybe we'll find out.
Nice counter.
-[Jerry] Very nice counter. -[Ross] D'Lo into the suplex.
Now we're back at stalemate here.
D'Lo Brown
seems to be about a half a step slower.
D'Lo's not slow, but he's a-- Val's a very quick,
well-conditioned athlete as you can see.
[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Ross] We are live all over the world and we thank you,
wherever you are, for watching SummerSlam.
[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] And that was an Irish Whip with authority.
[Jerry] D'Lo put everything he had into that.
I think he's-- I think he's getting the upper hand now.
He's trying to soften Val up.
Come on. Stay on him, D'Lo.
[Ross] D'Lo slowed it down here a little bit,
which may be to his advantage
-but -[Jerry] It's never to your advantage
to let your man rest like that.
[Ross] Yeah, you can't manipulate the crowd too long.
[Jerry] When you-- when you got somebody down, kick him.
Uh-oh.
[Ross] High-impact move by Val Venis.
Quite the slam on D'Lo Brown.
Big foot right to the face now.
[yells]
-[Ross] And D'Lo… -[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Ross] …again, stopped the momentum that Val was attempting to build, King.
[Jerry] He almost took Val's head off.
[Ross] Scoop slam by the European Champion.
[Jerry] Whoo!
[Ross] And a legdrop with authority. That won't get it done, D'Lo.
No weight on the shoulders there.
D'Lo thought the impact of the legdrop
following the slam would be enough.
That was not the case.
[Jerry] It almost got it done.
[Ross] Back heel kick by D'Lo Brown.
Great agility from the young European Champion now.
Now he gets the cover and Val got his shoulders up, the left one this time.
[Jerry] Looking around ringside, I see a very concerned look on some faces.
These young ladies here, they really take it to Val Venis, haven't they?
[Ross] Val, he's very popular wherever he goes,
certainly here in New York City, no exception.
And Val tried to get the scoop slam, but the back just wouldn't go for it.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] His own back, and now,
that's where Val finds himself, back on his back.
Not where you wanna be.
[Jerry] Uh-oh, not now, you don't wanna be there.
[Ross] D'Lo drives the elbow right into the collarbone of Val Venis.
-Now, D'Lo -[Jerry] Got him.
[Ross] Wait! Got a two and a half.
[Jerry] Whoo!
D'Lo's wondering what he's got to do to put Val Venis away.
[Ross] And we're still here in the early going.
Both these guys, as we've said, Val's 27, D'Lo's 26.
They got to be somewhat patient.
I know that sometimes youth doesn't bring patience.
You got to develop it.
And Val trying to block the-- perhaps intended suplex.
[Jerry] Uh-uh.
[Ross] And again, Val's back, maybe spasming there.
[Jerry] Oh, look at this move. Look at D'Lo.
[Ross] Submission move here.
A Texas Cloverleaf into a crab.
Putting a great deal of pressure and torque on the lower back of Val Venis.
[Jerry] Lean back, D'Lo, lean back, and you got him.
Sit down on him.
[Ross] Val is desperately trying to get near the ropes.
And for some reason, D'Lo Brown relinquished the pressure,
but, yeah, the damage has really been done here to Val Venis's back.
[Jerry] Here comes some more. Wow.
[Ross] Good strategy by D'Lo Brown.
Very sound game plan.
[Jerry] Think we might be gonna see that Frog Splash.
No, needs to go to the top.
No!
Oh, my gosh.
[Ross] D'Lo hesitated.
Took a big chance.
Both were not sound moves on that particular time in the matchup.
[Jerry] Well, he would have squashed Val Venis like a bug if it--
he just-- he stood and hesitated too long.
Come on, D'Lo, get up.
Four.
[Ross] Val Venis holding his lower back.
D'Lo Brown, seeing stars there, drove the air out of his--
out of himself on that miscue.
[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] And now Val fighting back with right hands.
[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Ross] Elbow, only got D'Lo down.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Again, you don't know how much the chest protector
is protecting the European Champion, but in any event,
Val Venis now has the-- has the clear-cut advantage, King.
[Jerry] D'Lo's in trouble.
[Ross] High elevation from the back body drop.
And now Val maybe looking for his money shot.
His big splash a la Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka from the top.
[Jerry] Get up there, D'Lo. Look out.
Ooh.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] What a move by D'Lo Brown.
[Jerry] He caught Val Venis in midair.
He delivered a huge powerbomb on him.
[Korderas] Two.
[Ross] What a move by D'Lo Brown to catch Val Venis in midair,
and turned it into a very unique powerbomb.
-Here's another look. -[Jerry] Look at-- look at this.
Oh, man.
[Ross] You can hear the impact of that bottom, the injured back,
and a near fall, a real close near fall there.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Now I think D'Lo is thinking, "What in the world can I do?
How can I put this guy away?"
[Ross] Val showing a great deal of resiliency
in his first WWE title opportunity.
[Jerry] Whoa.
-[Ross] D'Lo, downstairs -[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Ross] a driving DDT by D'Lo, that should be-- yeah, no.
-It's not. -[Jerry] Wow, man.
Come on.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] I mean, that was a picture perfect DDT.
He spiked Val Venis's head right into the canvas,
and he still somehow kicked out.
[Ross] We are live in the USA and Canada,
in the UK, in South Africa.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] Thank you again for being with us,
and Val Venis now beats D'Lo up,
so to speak, literally and figuratively, I guess.
[Jerry] And is D'Lo from Europe?
[Ross] No, he's not. He's from Jersey.
-[Jerry] Jersey? -[Ross] Right hand by D'Lo Brown.
[Jerry] I think it's Lisbon or Munich.
[Ross] Or Hoboken.
[Jerry] Come on. Look at this. Oh, no.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Val catching D'Lo, powerslam…
-[Jerry] No, no, no. -[Ross] …two and a half.
Another near fall
created by Val Venis,
and now Val going to the right hands.
[Val yells]
[Jerry] Don't think he's ever done that before, do you?
Come on, ref. Get in there.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Get up, D'Lo.
[Ross] D'Lo's up.
-Val not aware of it. -[Jerry laughs]
Oh, oh, no.
[Ross] D'Lo in trouble again, the European Champion,
dropped off the top rope by Val Venis, and now the challenger,
once again, going up top.
Hey. Come on.
Get him out of the corner.
Hey.
[Jerry] I don't know what D'Lo was trying to do, just get out of the way,
I guess, but he didn't get far enough out of the way.
[Ross] Double Arm Suplex by Val Venis.
And a scoop slam.
And now maybe the challenger can keep D'Lo down long enough for the money shot.
Val climbing the ladder.
Two!
[Jerry] Look out, D'Lo!
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Oh, there it is, oh.
[Ross] Oh, D'Lo got-- D'Lo had it well scouted,
a very intelligent young man, is D'Lo Brown…
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] …got his knees up
-and drove them… -[Jerry] On the money.
-[Ross] …right into the abdomen. -[Jerry] In the money.
That was the money shot, all right.
Cover him, D'Lo.
[crowd chanting] D'Lo, D'Lo, D'Lo
[Ross] Now, D'Lo, what's he gonna do here?
[Jerry] D'Lo's got his fans. A lot of people from Europe here tonight.
-Oh. -[Ross] D'Lo trying to get Val up,
I think, in a piledriver.
-I'm not sure. -[Jerry] Look out.
[Ross] Oh, it's another powerbomb, and D'Lo dropped him.
The perspiration, I think, didn't get a good grip
for D'Lo Brown, and Val dropped down on his head.
[Jerry] It probably worked out even better
because he slammed Val Venis's head right into the mat.
Hit him again-- oh, no, wait a minute.
[Ross] Oh, yes.
Val trying to fight out of it, but to no avail.
And D'Lo with a running powerbomb.
[Jerry] That's got to be it.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] D'Lo now, we're looking for his version
of Frog Splash, the Lo Down.
Val is in a bad way here.
-[Jerry] No. -[Ross] Oh, nobody there,
but D'Lo's chest protector
just got introduced to the canvas.
[Jerry] How does Val Venis continue to rise up like that?
I can't believe it, get it, D'Lo.
[Ross] D'Lo-- both men, you can see are getting fatigued here.
-[Jerry] Uh-oh. -[Ross] Those right hands
somewhat ineffectual because of-- because of the fatigue.
And Val now, carrying less bodyweight, may be in better cardiovascular shape.
We're gonna find out here, as this match progresses for the European title.
-[Jerry] Wait a minute. -[Ross] And Val has got--
-[Jerry] Wait a minute. -[Ross] He's got-- uncovered D'Lo
-with that chest protector. -[Jerry] Oh, wait.
Look out, D'Lo.
Oh, D'Lo is really taking a chance here.
He could be re-injured.
-[Ross] Powerslam by Val Venis. -[Jerry] Look.
[Ross] And now, Val
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Hey, wait a minute.
[Ross] Val is gonna put on D'Lo's chest protector.
[Jerry] He can't do that. His pecs aren't hurt.
-[Ross] Oh, what irony this would be. -[Jerry] No.
[Ross] If Val uses them-- the referee is trying to get Val to
[Jerry] He looks ridiculous in that.
I said get down!
[Jerry] That's compliments of D'Lo.
Oh, baby.
[Ross] Our referee trying to get Val off the top rope
just made a cardinal mistake.
You never put your hands on an athlete unless you're forced to,
and quite frankly, the referee was not forced to,
at least in my view, in that-- in that situation, King.
[Jerry] And you know that hurts Val more than does-- oh,
the most-- the average person. Look out.
[Ross] Referee in Val's face here.
-[Jerry] What are you doing? -[Ross] Uh-oh.
Oh, that's a-- that ain't smart.
[Jerry] He just tossed the referee right across the ring.
D'Lo wants that chest protector back.
[bell ringing]
[Ross] Oh, referee's called-- referee is stopping the match.
[Chimel] The winner of this match…
[Ross] Not a popular decision.
[Chimel] …by disqualification, and still
World Wrestling Entertainment European Champion,
D'Lo Brown.
[Jerry] That's just like the umpire that threw Mark McGwire
out of the ball game yesterday, you got to do what you got to do.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] D'Lo Brown wins by disqualification,
retains his European title.
And Val Venis having some words with referee Jim Korderas here.
[Jerry] Hey, more than words, J.R.
[Ross] Val doesn't wanna take this--
-uh-oh, uh-oh. -[Jerry] Look at this.
You're making a big mistake.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Val Venis just slammed the official.
-[Jerry] What is he doing? -[Ross] That's gonna cost him some bucks.
-[Jerry] He's-- no, no, no. -[Ross] Oh, come on.
[Jerry] You can't do that to the referee.
[Ross] Oh, yes, he can.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Val Venis with a money shot on the referee.
["Hello Ladies" playing]
[Jerry] Look.
[Ross] That may be a very costly money shot for Val Venis.
[Jerry] It's gonna cost him big money.
[Ross] Well, ladies and gentlemen, Val Venis, disqualified.
And I understand Michael Cole is standing by with an update
on Stone Cold and the hearse. Mike.
On a night anything can happen, it already has.
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin destroyed this hearse a bit earlier on
in Sunday Night Heat.
We thought The Undertaker and Kane were inside the hearse,
-but we were-- -[Mankind] It's me.
What's Jojo Miller gonna say when I bring the car back like this?
This was my special SummerSlam ride.
I was gonna stuff Kane inside, and now look at it.
Well, that might be good news for the Briscoe Brothers' body shop,
but it's not so good for me.
Maybe I'll get to use this sledgehammer after all.
Wouldn't that be nice?
[Ross] Man, I'll tell you what, I don't like the sound of that, King.
[upbeat music playing]
[Howard] With a combined weight of 880 pounds,
Kai En Tai.
[Ross] This will be a 4-on-3 handicap tag team matchup.
Well, Golga ain't got quite it yet, but bless his heart, he's trying.
[Jerry laughs]
[upbeat music playing]
[Jerry] Well, all four of the Kai En Tai members,
I'd still-- you put them all on a scale, I don't think that they would
reach the weight of the three--
well, three of the biggest superstars here in the WWE.
Even though they're freaks. Look at Kurrgan.
[Ross] Kurrgan, seven-one, 350.
-Golga, six-seven… -[bell ringing]
[Ross] …over 400, and, of course,
The Giant Silva is about seven feet six,
somewhere between 450 and 500 pounds.
[Jerry] And he's done something to his hair.
I think he's got it teased up, he's about seven-foot-eight now.
Hair reminiscent of-- remember Larry of the Three Stooges?
Look at that.
We need to find out his barber so we don't go there by mistake, J.R.
[Ross] Here we go. And it will be Taka Michinoku,
who is the reigning WWE Light Heavyweight Champion,
and Golga, who will never compete for that title.
[Jerry] Look at this mismatch, J.R.
[Ross] Well, we expect Kai En Tai to basically--
they got to use some double teaming tactics here.
[Jerry] With some speed and some agility and-- whoa.
Basically, and run a lot.
[Ross] Oh, look out here. Golga getting on track.
-And -[Jerry] J.R., I really wanna ask you
some serious-- in all seriousness,
I know you have Van Gogh's ear for music.
What do you think of the Insane Clown Posse?
[Ross] Well, you know, I kind of like them, King.
-[Jerry] Oh, man. I can't believe that. -[Ross] I do.
-[Yamaguchi] My new shoes. -[Jerry] What?
[Yamaguchi] New shoes. Hey!
-Hey! -[Jerry] Yamaguchi-san said that Golga
has got his new shoes.
[Ross] Well, they're not made in the USA, just throw it away.
[Jerry] What?
What's he gonna do?
[laughs]
[Ross] Must not be too new.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] A little Japanese athlete's foot.
Yamaguchi,
at least it wasn't what X-Pac did to Double J's boots
Monday night on Raw.
[Jerry] Thank goodness.
[crowd chatter]
[Yamaguchi speaking Japanese]
[Jerry] I wonder where Yamaguchi-san's wife is.
Taka's sister, you remember?
[Ross] Oh, I remember.
Sure she's under lock and key somewhere.
Look at this.
[Sho speaking Japanese]
[Ross] Sho Funaki with Kurrgan on his knees.
They're just about the same height in that respect.
[Jerry] I wanna know who dressed Kurrgan this morning.
[Ross] I would say he probably dressed in the dark.
[Jerry] It's like an unmade bed.
[Ross] Sable got in the-- in the head of these guys
and showed them how to have fun.
Luna's taking it from there.
Of course, the lovely Luna is at ringside as well.
[Jerry] And these Oddities are no longer associated
with those baby stealing gypsies, so now they're a lot of--
they're a lot of fun or something, right?
-[Ross] What are you talking about? -[Jerry] I don't know.
I can you not like these guys.
[Ross] Baby stealing gypsies.
-[Jerry] Well, you know. -[Ross] Oh. Hello!
[Jerry] Wow.
Uh-oh. Here you go. This is what you're talking about, J.R.
[Ross] Kai En Tai has gotta strike.
[Jerry] Double teaming, now triple teaming-- oh, well.
Yeah. Oh.
[Ross] Look at the power of Kurrgan.
Oh, a back drop on Teioh.
Men's Teioh way up in the lights here at the Garden.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Kai En Tai not fairing too well in the early going, shall we say.
[Jerry] And the Insane Clown Posse's still at ringside.
They're getting a-- they're getting a real close-up view of this match.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Yamaguchi-san, he's being pulled--
[Jerry] Oh, no, man.
[Ross] Surely not torn between two lovers,
but Yamaguchi has found himself-- he has not had a successful night.
He's been physically abused, and he's lost his shoe.
-[Jerry] He's big. Yeah, you're right. -[Ross] You're right.
You might wanna take that in consideration there, Funaki.
[Jerry] Wait a minute.
Kurrgan's big, but you don't want The Giant Silva in there, do you?
[Ross] Oh, my God. How big is he?
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Look at this guy. He's an orthodontist's dream.
What a smile.
Look out.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Kai En Tai doing a bright thing, avoiding Giant Silva.
[Jerry] Did that remind you of your kitchen
when you turn on the light,
little roaches scurrying everywhere?
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Paper, rocks, scissors, who's the odd man?
Maybe referee Jack Doan,
he should be able to identify with Kai En Tai.
He's about their size.
[Jerry] Who's the odd man on the other side, J.R., all of them?
[Ross] They're all odd, in a certain way.
And then, oh, Taka was the odd man. He got a tag to Togo.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry laughs]
Uh-oh.
Ow, man.
[Ross] With ease, Giant Silva manhandling Togo here.
Well, we never advertised this to be a classic.
-Or as wrestling as-- oh, look at this. -[Jerry] Look at this.
Like a family photo or something here.
Whoa.
[Ross] The Kai En Tai family tree is not branching too well.
[Jerry laughs]
[Ross] Well, folks, if you ever get to see this Giant Silva in person,
you can't-- you got to see him in person, to appreciate how big
this son of a gun is.
He reminds me a lot of the late Great WWE Hall of Famer,
Andre the Giant, as far as his…
-[Jerry] Oh -[Ross] …his look,
his face is concerned.
[Jerry] Try not to run into him and meet him in a dark alley, though.
[Ross] All four members of Kai En Tai, does this bring back some memories?
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Oh, look at this.
[Jerry] Oh, my gosh.
[Ross] Kai En Tai being repelled.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Look how small Taka is.
He's not a huge man anyway, the light heavyweight.
-Uh-oh. Look out. Oh! -[Jerry] Look out.
[Ross] Look out. Fair catch.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] I think Yamaguchi-san might wanna make some other plans right now.
[Ross] And Silva-- the good news is,
Kai En Tai, is that The Giant Silva has been tagged out.
Bad news is, is that Golga is back in, so good luck.
[Jerry] Look at this, J.R.
Picked him up like a feather, and then, tossed him like a little pebble.
[Ross] Golga now in.
-[Jerry] Oh, oh. -[Ross] Oh, man.
What a powerslam.
[Jerry] Oh, my God.
[Ross] Nice movement by this 400 plus pounder.
Golga with those knots.
[Jerry] Two more of those moves and we'll have a movement by Kai En Tai.
Watch it, Golga.
[Ross] Double dropkicks stopped Golga in his tracks,
but it didn't take him off his feet.
-[Jerry] No way. They did it. -[Ross] And-- oh.
[Jerry] They did it.
[Ross] Doubleslam by Funaki and Teioh.
And now Kai En Tai.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] Headbutt from the top.
[Jerry] Oh, and a splash.
-Look at this. -[Ross] Four big splashes off the top.
And that's one way to neutralize the size disadvantage.
[Jerry] Well, we said their only hope would be their speed and agility,
and they were coming at Golga rapid fire there.
[Ross] They may not have any more luck than their Japanese counterparts
did yesterday in the Little League World Series.
Our congratulations to all the young men from Toms River, New Jersey.
[Jerry] Look at this.
[Ross] Referee Jack Doan,
maybe feeling some compassion for Kai En Tai.
[Jerry] Well, Kai En Tai is feeling their oats-- oh.
[Ross] Oh, man.
Now that dropkick will--
that'll take the starch
and everything else in you right out of you.
[Jerry] Right into the face, forehead area of Golga.
[Ross] Well, I guess, 4-on-1 is-- oh.
[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Ross] Four men go down, five if you count Golga
from the quadruple clothesline.
[Jerry] Oh, my.
[Ross] Kai En Tai trying to find a mark again here.
They don't want Golga to get back to his feet,
and that's what's happened here.
[Jerry] Golga makes a tag.
I'd suggest-- oh, he did it.
Kai En Tai.
[Ross] Golga tagging in Kurrgan.
And the seven footer, 350 pounds, obviously one-on-one gonna have his way
with just about anybody, especially someone the size of a Kai En Tai member.
[Jerry] Oh, no.
Oh, man.
[Ross] Sidewalk slam with authority.
Want more huh? Huh?
[Ross] And now Kai En Tai trying to thwart Kurrgan,
and here comes Giant Silva.
[Jerry] Reminds me of Gulliver's Travels.
I think Kai En Tai is fit to go for a little trip here.
[Ross] Wait, wait, Yamaguchi's got his other shoe off.
[Jerry] Huh?
[Ross] And here comes Luna.
[crowd cheering]
-[Ross] Oh, Luna. Oh. -[Jerry] No.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Oh, chokeslam.
Oh, my.
[Jerry] Man.
[Ross] Kai En Tai, all four chokeslam.
[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] Golga got the cover.
[Jerry] He's covered all of them.
-[crowd cheering] -[bell ringing]
[Ross] Ladies and gentlemen,
there's a shot one of the team double WWE buses.
It's been touring around New York City last several weeks.
This town is absolutely electrified.
Lot of activities yesterday and here we go.
Now this is gonna be some serious business
because somebody is gonna get their head shaved here tonight.
[bell ringing]
[Chimel] The following is a Hair versus Hair match.
Making his way to the ring being accompanied by Southern Justice,
from the great state of Tennessee,
weighing in at 241 pounds, Double J.
["Double J" playing]
[Ross] Well, I tell you what, if you joined us on Sunday Night Heat,
we saw one of the most repulsive things that I have seen in quite some time
when Southern Justice and Double J cut Howard Finkel's hair.
[Jerry laughs] Well, now wait a minute, J.R.
[Ross] It's not that funny.
[Jerry] If you ask me, that's an improvement.
[Double J] I just got a few words of advice.
["Double J" playing]
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Well, Double J or X-Pac
gonna be leaving here with a lot less hair.
[Jerry] And there's his advice.
["Double J" playing]
[Ross] Sgt. Slaughter, the commissioner of WWE.
[Jerry] Wait a minute.
I think he's-- I think he's telling Southern Justice
that they're not gonna be allowed at ringside.
What's up with that?
["Make Some Noise" playing]
[Ross] Good call, Sarge. For once.
[Chimel] And his opponent from Minneapolis, Minnesota,
weighing in at 222 pounds,
DX member, X-Pac.
["Make Some Noise" playing]
[Ross] Well, wait a minute.
Is that Fink?
[Jerry] Wait a minute is right.
[Ross] What, is Fink an honorary member of DX tonight?
[Jerry] Oh, wait. Look--
Boy, Finkel is not real coordinated is he, J.R.?
[Ross] I feel so badly for Howard.
Double J and Southern Justice should be ashamed of themselves.
[Jerry] You know, I always knew that Howard Finkel was a Degenerate.
[Ross] So what?
Hey, Jeff, let me tell you something, biatch.
[crowd cheering]
You like to talk a lot of trash.
Well, Howard, I guess we got two words for him.
Suck it!
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Yeah, easy there, Fink.
[Ross] Look out from behind.
[bell ringing]
[Ross] Oh, Jeff Jarrett getting early advantage here.
Double J and X-Pac, this should be a real dandy, ladies and gentlemen.
A very personal issue anytime you got Hair versus Hair on the line.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] There's been haircutting on the way to SummerSlam.
Both these men involved in it.
X-Pac got a guitar smashed over his head from Double J, Monday night.
Oh, that could be it.
What a spinning heel kick by Double-- by X-Pac on Double J.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] X-Pac's fired up.
All he's got to do is take a look down there at Howard Finkel-- and oh, my gosh.
[Ross] X-Pac with that flying body press
from the inside second turnbuckle over the top.
Great move by the 26-year-old two-time former tag champion is X-Pac.
[Jerry] Oh, no.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Well, both of these guys, X-Pac and Double J,
is-- can-- like I said-- oh, right in the face.
Can look down at Howard Finkel and see themselves
if they lose this match.
[Ross] Excellent dropkick by Double J on X-Pac.
X-Pac, as many of you remember, out of action for almost a year
with a serious neck injury.
He's had a couple of bad neck injuries in his career.
[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Ross] Hard knife edge chop there.
-And look out, oh, gosh. -[Jerry] Oh, my gosh.
[Ross] Man, that will take it right out of you.
[Jerry] Take it right out of you? That's an understatement.
That's got to do it, right there.
[Ross] Well, you know, the rules state that the loser will get his head shaved,
and I'm assuming that that means the loser by any shape, form, or fashion.
[Jerry] Right, count him out.
He's history.
Howard Finkel, I don't think there's anything you can do to help right now
because this guy is fixing to get counted out.
What?
The ref was up to nine.
What a move by Double J.
And I can't believe that X-Pac is back in the ring right now.
Oh, man.
[Ross] Double J using that top turnbuckle for the--
for the leverage or the block on the-- on the head of X-Pac.
As we said X-Pac, 26 years of age, he's been a pro eight years.
I've got lot of admiration for X-Pac, I'll tell you that.
Oh, man, a whiplash effect.
It's like being rear-ended by a car going about 60 miles an hour.
And that whiplash effect, if you got a neck problem, it's really exposed,
and can be exploited with that very, very elementary and basic maneuver.
[Jerry] Well, I don't think X-Pac, from the looks of him,
has had many haircuts in his 27 years.
Man, what a move.
[Ross] Powerslam by Double J, and a pinning predicament
here in the early going.
[Jerry] But X-Pac may get the haircut of his life here tonight.
[Ross] Double J, a 12-year pro, measuring X-Pac,
and catch him with that hard clothesline in the corner.
[Jerry] I mean, they're gonna use clippers
and go right down to the-- to the skull, aren't they, J.R.?
[Ross] Well, that's what I suspect.
Oh, look out.
[Jerry] Oh, man. Oh, no.
[Ross] What a Tornado DDT by X-Pac, driving Double J's head into the canvas.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Now look at Howard Finkel.
[Ross] Oh, two and a half there.
[Jerry] Man.
[Ross] As we said, X-Pac, a two-time former tag champion here in the WWE.
But Double J has been a two-time Intercontinental Champion.
[Jerry] Right.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Oh, man.
And a natural blonde, I might add, J.R.
[Ross] Well, how would you know that?
[Jerry] Well, come on.
Look at his beard, look at his mustache.
[Ross] Sleeper applied. Not a bad move for a match of this type.
Not a bad move for a match of any type, quite frankly.
[Jerry] Wear him down.
Take the starch out of him.
[Ross] Restrict the flow of blood to the brain.
[Finkel] Fight it. Come on. Fight it. Fight it.
[Jerry] And then, cut the hair.
[Finkel] Let's go.
[Ross] But Fink, after having his hair cut on Sunday Night Heat
[Jerry] He's about to have a stroke over here.
[Ross] That haircut is not real flattering to poor old Howard, I'll tell you.
[Jerry] But that bowtie just sets that ugly outfit off just right, doesn't it?
Idiot.
Come on, ref, he's out.
[Ross] X-Pac holding on, trying to get that blood flowing again.
Oh. Needs a counter, needs separation, does X-Pac, and gets it.
And a hardball, good move there by Double J, but not for long.
[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Ross] And now this time, it's X-Pac reversing
and countering with his own version of a sleeper.
Well, that's no-- there's no good place to sit up there, I'll tell you.
Not in that position.
[Jerry] I think Double J's got plans for X-Pac right now. Ooh.
[Ross] X-Pac finding the mark with those elbows.
Down goes Double J.
X-Pac trying to get his faculties back about him here.
-[Jerry] Oh, no kidding. -[Ross] He's up on top.
[Jerry] Howard, you might wanna advise him against that.
Yeah. Told you.
[Ross] X-Pac looking for a crossbody, but Double J saw it coming,
perhaps out of the corner of his eye.
In any event,
no contact was made by X-Pac, except on the canvas.
And now Double J, smart move here.
Ooh, two and a half.
Another near fall, half a count away from three.
[Jerry] These-- look at Finkel. Do you really think he's helping X-Pac?
I think he's got that reverse Midas touch.
Everything Finkel touches turns to crap.
[Ross] Why are you-- why are you picking on poor old Howard?
What did he ever do to you?
[Jerry] Well, what'd he ever did for me? Look at this.
[Ross] Oh, X-Pac looking for that big homerun.
That spinning heel kick and nobody in the game
does it any better than X-Pac.
[Jerry] Except then.
[Ross] Double J is a very intelligent young man,
and certainly had that move very well scouted.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Double J looking for the figure-four here.
This is one of Double J's favorite maneuvers, King.
[Jerry] He's got him. This could be it. He'll have to give up.
[Ross] X-Pac in the center of the ring.
[Jerry] That's gonna add insult to injury when X-Pac gets his head shaved
and realizes he had-- he didn't get pinned.
He just had to give up.
Come on. Come on, X-Pac. Fight it, baby. Come on.
[Ross] The Fink is trying to…
[Jerry] Saying, "Fight it, baby. Fight it."
[Ross] …to help all he can, X-Pac, helping him all he can.
[Jerry] Uh-oh.
Come on, Double J. Put the pressure.
[Ross] X-Pac rolled to his stomach,
the pressure in the figure-four is reversed.
[Jerry] He's trying to turn him. Come on, Double J.
Do not let him turn you.
-No. -[Ross] Whoo.
Oh, boy.
X-Pac with all that pain, got those shoulders down,
and referee Mike Chioda got a two-count, and look out again.
[Jerry laughs]
[Ross] Only takes three.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] X-Pac been fighting all his life, left home at 15,
turned pro when he was barely 18 years of age.
He's going down.
[Jerry] Here we go.
-[Ross] And-- oh, Double J. -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] X-Pac countered the figure-four.
[Jerry] No.
[Ross] Excellent suplex, but I think X-Pac caught himself
in that suplex as well, King.
But one thing is for sure, X-Pac has bought him some time.
[Jerry] Yeah. But he ain't in too great a shape.
How can Finkel shout out advice?
[Ross] I think he's just shouting encouragement.
[Mike] Six.
-[Jerry] Well. Ref's up to six. -Seven!
[Ross] We got three titles still to be decided here tonight,
including the biggest one.
The biggest one in the industry, the WWE title,
Stone Cold and The Undertaker,
you got to be wondering what's going on there.
I am not seeing The Undertaker-- oh, boy.
There's a hard kick.
-And the tide has turned. -[Jerry] Oh, no. No.
[Ross] X-Pac with a little Bronco Busting.
Double J caught X-Pac coming in with the elbow.
And now it's Double J going up top.
[Jerry] Get him.
[Ross] Crossbody-- wait.
X-Pac rolled through.
-[Jerry] No, no, no. -[Ross] Did he get it?
-No. -[Jerry] No. Whoo.
[Ross] X-Pac rolled through brilliantly.
Hooked the leg, got a near fall out of it.
[Jerry] Reversal.
-No. -[Ross] Oh, no.
-Powerbomb. -[Jerry] He's got him.
[Ross] Oh, no.
Two.
[Ross] It looked as if Double J was gonna attempt the hurricanrana,
got it blocked right into a powerbomb into another near fall.
-[Jerry] Man. -[Ross] Nobody there.
And now Double J may have just got the break he needed.
-[Jerry] That's it. Oh, no. -[Ross] Oh, no. Countered.
[Jerry] No.
[Ross] Another close near fall there.
You got to fight this thing. Let's do it. Come on.
[Jerry] Look at those bumps and ridges on Finkel's head.
[Ross] Howard thinks he's Bill Parcells.
[Jerry] It's like Golga's head.
-[Ross] The little tuna. -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] Well, that Bronco Buster attempt was--
[Jerry] What is Finkel doing?
[Ross] Howard up on the apron.
Howard saying that Double J got a low blow.
-[Jerry] He did not. -[Ross] Howard's right.
[Jerry] You're gonna screw everything up, Finkel.
-Look out. -[Ross] Oh, come on.
[Jerry] Yeah, come on.
-That's what he deserved, J.R. -[Ross] I don't think he deserves--
-[Jerry] He's got no business up there. -[Ross] Wait a minute. Whoa. Boom.
Double J face first into the canvas.
If X-Pac can cover him, it may be over here.
[Jerry] No.
[Ross] One.
[Ross] And there's Southern Justice.
What the hell?
Southern Justice out here.
Dennis Knight.
[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] Dennis Knight trying to Mark McGwire X-Pac.
-[Jerry] No, no. -[Ross] Oh, man.
[crowd cheering]
-[Jerry] No way. -[Ross] What a shock.
[Jerry] Referee, stop. Stop.
-No. -[Ross] It's over.
-[bell ringing] -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] No.
He had the guitar.
["Make Some Noise" playing]
[Ross] Oh.
Here come the Outlaws.
They're gonna make sure that the haircutting goes down
or comes off, whatever you prefer.
And when you got a couple of steel chairs in your hand,
not even Southern Justice wants some of that.
["Make Some Noise" playing]
[Jerry] This is a miscarriage of justice, is what it is.
Look at-- look at this.
[Ross] Oh, there's Darren Drozdov.
Double J cut his hair a few weeks ago, the Headbangers are in there.
["Make Some Noise" playing]
[Jerry] No.
Don't let them do it, Double J.
No.
[Jerry] Come on, J.R., exert your authority,
do something, this is not right.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Double J signed the contract.
-And the golden locks of Double J-- -He hit me with the damn guitar.
-Chioda! You are full of shit! -[Jerry] No.
[Ross] I wonder how they're taking that in Hendersonville.
[Jerry] No. No.
[speaks indistinctly]
You are a piece of shit.
[Jerry] I promise you, the little man has fainted.
You can't do that to his hair.
[Ross] The beautiful blonde locks of Double J
being modified drastically.
Chioda!
That was with a guitar.
I was whipped with a guitar, and you know it.
[Mike] I didn't see no guitar.
-The hell you didn't see it. -[Mike] I didn't see the guitar.
-The hell you didn't. -[Mike] I didn't see no guitar.
The hell you didn't.
[Ross] What the
[Jerry] Maybe we have some justice. I think those clippers have given out.
No, wait a minute.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Ross] Look at Howard.
[Jerry] They're using a pair of common, ordinary shears on him.
Not you too, Finkel.
[Ross] What'd you want them to use, designer shears?
[Jerry] Well, clippers.
Oh, look. Some of the hair landed on Finkel's head.
[Ross] Howard can make a rug out of that hair.
["Make Some Noise" playing]
[Ross] Howard looks good as a blonde, King.
[Jerry] Idiot.
Look at all those bald-headed morons in the ring.
Don't make Double J look like them.
♪ More minds to a stop Speak my mind ♪
♪ I keep it rocking that bottom line ♪
[Jerry] My God. Do you think Double J ever thought for one minute at SummerSlam
that his hair would have wind up on the head of Howard Finkel?
I'll knock your ass out.
♪ D-Generation X ♪
♪ Who's gonna kick your ass? ♪
♪ D-Generation X ♪
[wrestlers speaking indistinctly]
♪ D-Generation X ♪
♪ Built to destroy you and your boys ♪
♪ Mother, mother make some noise That's even if you're paranoid ♪
[Ross] Well, X-Pac is not exactly Floyd the barber
from the old Andy Griffith Show.
[Jerry] They're shearing him down like a sheep.
[Ross] Just a little on the side there, Edge.
[Jerry] Oh, this is awful.
[Ross] We have the Method Man from Wu-Tang Clan.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] He's liking it.
[Jerry] What are they doing now?
[Ross] I think they're gonna take him to the back and finish him.
[Jerry] What?
♪ D-Generation X ♪
♪ Who's gonna kick your ass? ♪
[Jerry] Get away.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] They've ruined Double J's--
look at that.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Well, ladies and gentlemen,
let's take it back to Dok Hendrix.
Dok, better him than you.
Take a look at this structure.
I mean, it is nothing but chain-link fence and steel.
And if you're asking me for a prediction, it would not surprise me at all
if both Ken Shamrock and Owen Hart leave this match injured.
But I understand that right now, my broadcast colleague,
Michael Cole, is standing by with The Rock.
[Michael] Now, Rock, you must feel pretty confident
coming into tonight's ladder match.
Many people say over the past few months that you've taken control with Triple H,
but perhaps you've pushed him a bit too far this time.
Let's take you back to what happened earlier tonight on Sunday Night Heat.
You were in the ring, set to do an interview.
Triple H came from out of nowhere, but then, you ambushed Triple H.
You caught him from behind.
You hit him with the belt to the back of the knee,
taking Triple H out, obviously injuring that knee,
as you get set for the ladder match tonight.
Now, my question to you, Rock, is this,
you must feel pretty good about yourself. What are you thinking about?
Well, The Rock is thinking about slapping the yellow right off your teeth,
if you keep asking stupid questions.
The fact of the matter is this, Triple H, you one-legged man,
The Rock wants to know exactly how you're gonna climb the People's ladder
and reach The Rock's Intercontinental gold with just one leg.
Tonight, Triple H, New York City, The Rock's home away from home,
and to the millions and millions of The Rock's fans,
The Rock is guaran-damn-teeing that he's gonna prove he is the People's Champ,
The Rock is the People's choice, and The Rock is the best damn
Intercontinental Champ there ever was, if you smell what The Rock is cooking.
Well, thanks, Rock. Gentlemen.
Shut up. Back to the jabronis at ringside.
["Rough Rock" playing]
[Jerry] I guess he means you.
[bell rings]
["Rough Rock" playing]
[Ross] Next tag team action here, "Marvelous" Marc Mero and Jacqueline
will be a team here tonight.
And we still do not know who Sable's tag team partner is going to be,
other than she said it would not be an oddity.
That's what she told us during Sunday Night Heat, King.
[Jerry] Well, thank goodness.
I didn't wanna see Beauty and The Beast walk out here.
Come on. A little speculation, J.R. Who do you think it's gonna be?
[Ross] Well, I'll tell you what, it's hard to say. We got--
[Jerry] I can't think of anybody that wouldn't volunteer to be Sable's partner.
[Ross] Well, there's a lot of reasons for this matchup, ladies and gentlemen.
Remember the arm wrestling contest that Sable had with Jacqueline?
That certainly ended in chaos.
Couple of weeks ago, Jacqueline turns the table on Sable,
and then, look what she does with the bikini contest trophy.
[Jerry] Oh, yeah. Sable wanted it.
She got it. Courtesy of Jackie, but she got it busted over her back.
[Ross] Then last week, Jacqueline came over the rail
in a disguise and attacked Sable.
Hey, Jacqueline is tough.
She's been in the game about ten years.
["Wild Cat" playing]
[Jerry] Well, here we go.
[Chimel] She is Sable.
[Ross] No partner.
[Jerry] I don't see anybody with her.
-[Ross] Well, I hope she's not-- -[Jerry] Oh, no.
I don't think she's gonna come over here and ask me, do you?
I'm ready.
[Ross] Hope she's not thinking about going it alone.
[Jerry] Come here, Sable, ask me.
My name is not Elmo, but you can tickle me anytime, baby.
Now, let me introduce you to my partner.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] I guess it ain't me.
♪ You think you know me ♪
["You Think You Know Me" playing]
[Ross] Oh, it's Edge.
[Jerry] Huh?
[Ross] Sable's partner will be The Enigma,
the young rookie, the undefeated rookie, Edge.
♪ You know what I allow you to know ♪
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Edge?
♪ You're just a puppet ♪
[Jerry] Did you-- did you see that look they gave each other there, J.R.?
[Ross] I sure-- I sure as heck did.
So Edge and Sable to take on the Marvelous One and Jacqueline,
mixed tag team matchup here.
Sable wants Jacqueline in.
I think Mero would like to start with Edge,
but Jacqueline doesn't seem too anxious, King,
to get in there with Sable.
[crowd cheering]
[bell rings]
[Ross] So it's gonna be Mero and Edge starting it out here
in this mixed tag team match.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Well, certainly Mero with an experience advantage.
He's a former Intercontinental Champion, is Marc Mero.
This is Edge's first big dance here in the WWE.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Well, you're right, and I'm still a little perplexed
as to why Sable would-- oh.
Well, that may answer a few questions,
but why would Sable go for somebody as unproven as the Edge?
[Ross] And Mero quickly gets a tag.
And now Jacqueline will face Sable.
I think that's…
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] We're not gonna have an intergender thing here
in the memory of the late Andy Kaufman.
[Sable] Come on.
-[crowd cheering] -[Ross] Yes.
-[Jerry] Yeah. Jacqueline. -[Ross] Oh, look Sable
got the tag and Jacqueline,
she sprinted to her corner and tagged in Marc Mero,
certainly indicating that Jacqueline doesn't want a piece of Sable right now.
[Jerry] Well, she's biding her time, J.R.
Don't blame her. It's good strategy.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Mero with the hammer lock applied,
not for long, and Edge with a well-placed foot
right into the sternum.
Oh, my, flapjack maneuver by Edge.
And, oh, Jacqueline grabbed the foot there.
Jacqueline trying to help her man.
[Jerry] Uh-huh. It worked.
[Ross] Mero back with the advantage, going downstairs now.
Running knee lift found its mark on the-- on the jaw of Edge.
[crowd chatter]
No, no, no. Get him of, get him off. One, two, three, four.
[Ross] Edge being choked.
And now Jacqueline with a double handful of hair.
Oh, what a right hand.
Jacqueline is tough.
[Jerry] And Sable may be wondering if she made a wise decision right now.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Look at Mero, just taunting Sable.
Wow.
[Ross] Edge fighting back, right hands, a pair of them.
And Mero-- oh, look out here. Could be a TKO.
[Jerry] Here he goes.
[Ross] Oh, Edge countered for a DDT.
Mero looking for his TKO,
but it was countered into the DDT by Edge.
-Two -Come on, get up. Come on.
[Ross] Sable shouting at Edge.
She wants that tag.
Jacqueline seems to be ready to accept the tag as well.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Yeah. I think Jacqueline would like to get in there
and do a little damage to-- uh-oh.
-[Ross] Here we go. -[Jerry] No. She got her.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Sable takes Jacqueline down.
[Jerry] Block her.
She's trying to hit Jackie right in the face.
[Ross] Jacqueline blocking those right hands.
Sable with some kickboxing technique there.
-[Jerry] Watch it. -[Ross] Oh.
A beal right by the head.
-[Jerry] No. -[Ross] And, oh, Marc Mero
just got nailed by Sable.
[Jerry] What the heck.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] I think Sable kind of surprised Jacqueline.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Uh-oh.
Well, that'll get your dander up.
-[Ross] Oh, no. Sable Bomb? -[Jerry] What?
-[Ross] Not again. -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] And, oh, Jacqueline with a sledge right in the back of the head.
Mero knows what it's like to be Sable Bombed.
[Jerry] Yeah. You're not kidding.
I want it off now. Get it off. One, two.
[Ross] Jacqueline choking Sable on the second rope.
Come on, get her off, get her off.
Now. One, two, three, four.
Get back the corner.
[Jerry] You done made Jacqueline mad now.
[Ross] Jacqueline's a fireball, I'll tell you.
[Jerry] Oh, watch it.
-[crowd cheering] -[Ross] Uh-oh.
[Jerry] No way.
[Ross] Not the-- TKO.
[Jerry] She did it.
[Ross] Sable, the TKO, and Mero grabbed Sable by the foot
and pulls her off the--
that would have been all, no doubt about it.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Oh, from behind, Jacqueline with a shot on Sable.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Little double teaming out here, J.R.
Whoa.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Sable being tossed back in there by Jacqueline,
and now being restrained by "Marvelous" Marc.
-[Jerry] Look out! -[Ross] Oh, nobody there…
-[Jerry] Man. -[Ross] …for Jacqueline but her man.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Boy, Sable is mad.
[Ross] Edge gets the tag, and look out.
-[Jerry] No. -[Ross] Oh, my gosh.
A suicide leap right over the top.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Edge went airborne.
Hello, LaGuardia.
[Jerry] Watch it.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Edge just manhandled "Marvelous" Marc right into the steps,
and now Jacqueline on the back of Edge.
[Jerry] Where they going?
[crowd chatter]
-[Ross] Uh-oh. -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Jackie's-- she's in the woodshed, getting a spanking.
[Jerry] How embarrassing.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Edge and Mero are the legal men.
-Here we go. -[Jerry] Watch it.
[Ross] Crossbody, that may be it.
-[Jerry] No. -[Ross] Two-count.
Well, I'll tell you what, take a look at some of these action.
[Jerry] Well, if Jacqueline went-- boy, if she had delivered that to Sable,
this match would be over.
But Sable moved out of the way, and then, look at this.
-Edge-- -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] That was a great move by Edge,
throwing caution to the wind there with that move.
-Oh, look out. -[Jerry] Oh, no. No.
[Ross] Neckbreaker.
-[Jerry] Yes. -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Man, that is a painful delivery of the neckbreaker.
-And Jacqueline putting-- -[Jerry] Ropes, ropes, ropes.
[Ross] Jacqueline put Mero's foot on the bottom rope.
That stops the count.
[Jerry] Look at this.
[Ross] Look at Mero. Mero now.
-[crowd cheering] -[Ross] Oh, wait a minute.
One, two, three-- no.
[Jerry] Whoo.
[crowd chatter]
-[Jerry] Jacqueline-- -[Ross] Seems to me that Mero
and Jacqueline are kind of reeling here, King.
[Jerry] Well, Jacqueline got blasted by her man and--
[Ross] Inadvertently.
-Mero-- -[Jerry] She's still a little out of it.
[Ross] Samoan drop by "Marvelous" Marc Mero…
[Jerry] He's a little out of it, too.
[Ross] …and his equilibrium isn't what it should be,
and this may not be the most prudent thing to do.
-[Jerry] No. Not when you're-- no. -[Ross] Oh, no.
Tag made.
Mero in trouble.
That surprised Edge and put Mero-- wait a minute.
-What is she doing up here? -[Jerry] I don't know.
-[Ross] Oh, yes. -[Jerry] No.
[Ross] A Hurricanrana off the top by Sable.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] A Sablecanrana.
-Oh, no. -[Ross] Jacqueline came off the top.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Did you see that move by Sable?
-[Ross] Edge now. -[crowd chanting] Sable! Sable! Sable!
[Ross] Uh-oh, Jacqueline pinned in the corner.
[crowd cheering]
-[Ross] Oh. -[Jerry] No.
[Ross] Low.
Jacqueline's head inadvertently got Mero in the galata.
And look out.
Downward spiral.
-[Jerry] What? -[Ross] Oh.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] No. She did it.
-[bell rings] -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] They did it.
[Chimel] Here are your winners, Edge and Sable.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Whoo.
Sable's fine. Vengeance is mine, sayeth Sable.
["You Think You Know Me" playing]
[Ross] Everything that Mero and Jacqueline tried backfired.
[Jerry] A Sablecanrana.
[Ross] A Fraken-Sable.
[Jerry] Yeah, that's what it was.
-A Sable Stunner. -[Ross] Oh, look at this.
-[Jerry] Look at this. -[Ross] How many--
-[Jerry] Beautiful. -[Ross] How many men in America
would volunteer to be Marc Mero?
[bell rings]
[Ross] And Edge as unique as he came the ring, he leaves.
And Sable with Edge, the victory here at SummerSlam.
Folks, Michael Cole is standing by, I think, with Mankind.
And Michael, take it away.
So much has happened tonight,
and I don't know what else is gonna happen,
but you got some time to think about it.
The Undertaker just informed us that Kane is not going to show up
here tonight at SummerSlam.
So, my question to you is, will you defend the tag team titles tonight
or are you thinking to forfeit?
Well, I don't know. I've lost my car.
I've lost my tag team partner.
-But Mankind-- -I even lost my sledgehammer.
Maybe I ought to forfeit the damn belt.
But, Mankind, I mean, the people, I mean, they wanna get their money's worth.
-They wanna see this-- -Well, the people--
the people want their money's worth, why?
By God, I don't wanna disappoint the people.
Michael, why don't you be my partner, and we'll go out there,
and we'll get our ass kicked all over Madison Square Garden.
Better yet, I've got time.
Let's go outside and Mankind can play in traffic.
You want your money's worth.
But by God, that's important to everybody.
Mick, Mick, Mick, calm down.
It's okay. It's me.
What do you mean it's okay, Vince? I'm gonna get killed out there.
-No, no, no. It's okay. -I'm one person.
I understand that, but look, nobody really wants to see you go play in the traffic.
-I don't think that's true. -Nobody wants to see you
come off the top of a cage.
-I don't think that's true either. -Come on. Come on.
This is Madison Square Garden. That's competition at its height, okay?
I mean, come on. Do you remember when you were just a little kid
-and you hitchhiked… -Yeah.
…to Madison Square Garden, do you remember that?
-Yeah. -Okay?
Do you remember, like, you used to hang around 33rd Street
and wait for the boys to come out so you can get autographs, you remember that?
-Yeah. But this is a little bit different. -Yeah, I know. I understand that.
But it's Madison Square Garden.
It's history, and this is where you belong.
This is truly where you belong tonight,
and I've got an idea, and it may be insane.
It may be just a little crazy, but just think about it.
If you-- if you can, one man, successfully
defending the tag team championship,
one man in Madison Square Garden…
-You think I can? -…on one night.
What'll happen to me?
I can guarantee you,
you'll be in Madison Square Garden's Hall of Fame by next week.
I will personally guarantee that.
Vince, I don't-- I don't have my sledgehammer.
It's falls count anywhere. I don't have any weapons.
-It's your kind of match. -I don't have a weapon.
It's No Holds Barred, you know, falls count anywhere.
It's you. It's you.
But where's-- my sledgehammer is not here. I don't have a weapon.
-I need something. -We got plenty of weapons around--
-wait a minute. -I need some things
because if I can find something, immortality is something
I'm very interested in, and this is the biggest arena in the world,
and tonight, Mankind is going to successfully defend against two people.
Well--
Look, look, I can hand you-- look,
I can hand you history in a silver platter.
-Hey, what's this? -In a silver platter.
And Vince, if the Outlaws don't like it, well, I've got 13 words for them,
"How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?"
Folks, right now, a closer look at the lion's den.
The Black Hart.
[Ross] Owen Hart has gone off the deep end.
[bell ringing]
[Michael] The world's most dangerous man.
[Ross] Now, Shamrock has just lost it.
He's lost his composure.
[Michael] The highway to hell for these two superstars
has been paved with controversy.
Word in the locker room is that Owen Hart's special trainer
for his Lion's Den match at SummerSlam against Ken Shamrock
is none other than Dan "The Beast" Severn.
That announcement culminated months of turmoil.
[Ross] Owen Hart, he's gonna try to break Shamrock's leg or his ankle or his foot.
[Michael] Owen Hart's got Shamrock in the Sharpshooter.
[Ross] Owen Hart has gone off the deep end.
[bell ringing]
[Michael] What is Owen Hart doing?
[Ross] And wait just a minute, there's Shamrock.
[Jerry] Where did he come from, J.R.?
[Ross] Shamrock, the animal.
[bell ringing]
[Ross] Shamrock has got a chokehold on Owen Hart.
Shamrock's got the ankle lock on Owen Hart.
Owen Hart's ankle's gonna be snapped if Shamrock doesn't let go.
[dramatic music playing]
[Ross] Armbar takedown and right to the ankle lock.
-That would be all, that would be all. -[Jerry] Oh, no! Oh, no!
And Severn, Severn from behind, The Beast with a chokehold.
-[Jerry] Oh, he's got him. -[Ross] The Beast with the choke,
and The Beast has got it locked in on The World's Most Dangerous Man.
And now look at Owen Hart, stomping away at a helpless Shamrock.
Hey, wait a minute. There's Owen Hart.
Owen Hart attacking Shamrock.
[Jerry] You got to be--
[Ross] Owen Hart attacking Shamrock.
This is a set up.
I think this is a set up.
-And look at Owen's trainer, Dan Severn. -[Jerry] Yes.
Owen Hart, you're stepping in to my world now,
the Lion's Den match.
And when I get done with you, they'd better bring two body bags.
One for you and one for Dan Severn,
because I'm gonna finish what I didn't get to finish Monday night.
[Ross] That's gotta add some fuel to the Lion's Den fire,
someone's gonna be settled in that nine foot pit.
["Enough is Enough" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Chimel] The following is the Lion Den match.
Making his way to the Den, from Calgary, Alberta, Canada,
weighing in at 237 pounds,
Nation member, Owen Hart.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] You're looking, ladies and gentlemen,
in the theater in Madison Square Garden, adjacent to the main arena here,
and it's jam-packed with fans and who are preparing, King,
to witness the first ever Lion's Den match
in a specially-erected nine foot pit.
One fall to a finish in this matchup.
And there's Dan "The Beast" Severn on your left,
the trainer of Owen Hart for this matchup.
[crowd chanting] Owen! Owen!
[Jerry] No ring ropes, nothing but as you can see,
steel wire,
that your face could be rubbed against, your body.
It could tear the flesh.
[Ross] The Lion's Den is the main Ken Shamrock's
training facility for his UFC fighters.
We all recall in April, it was Owen Hart that broke Shamrock's ankle,
and the man that beat Shamrock in a Dungeon match
in Calgary in July on pay-per-view.
[Chimel] And his opponent from Sacramento, California,
weighing in at 243 pounds,
"The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock.
[crowd cheering]
["The Ultimate" playing]
[Ross] Ken Shamrock being introduced to the crowd in the theater.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] The former Superfight Champion in the UFC
is so focused.
He is so mentally ready, it certainly is possible, King,
to be too ready for something of this nature.
[Jerry] Exactly. And as focused and ready as Ken Shamrock is,
what that nullified that, I think, is the obvious edge that Owen Hart has,
due to the fact that Dan Severn is his personal trainer for this match.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman
somewhat conspicuous by his absence,
but after Monday night, the Shamrock-Blackman relationship
has got be considered strained, at best.
-[bell rings] -[Ross] But The Beast is here,
and look at this very unusual combat surface.
[Jerry] They're chaining the doors shut.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Well, that certainly will refrain, at least one would assume,
the involvement of Owen Hart's trainer Dan "The Beast" Severn,
one of Shamrock's biggest UFC rivals.
-[crowd cheering] -[Ross] Oh.
Again, no ring ropes.
Very hard surface, and Shamrock looking to hyperextend the elbow
here in the early going, nothing will make Shamrock happier
than to beat Owen Hart in-- by submission, if possible,
just as Owen Hart beat, in controversial fashion, we should add.
-Just as Owen Hart beat… -[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Ross] …Shamrock in the Dungeon match last month in Calgary.
[Jerry] And Owen just returned the favor of driving Ken Shamrock
into those metal walls and down to the floor.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] With a flurry,
I don't look for this match to last long.
I mean, the human anatomy and the way this ring is structured
just can't take-- it's not gonna be a marathon.
Look at the referee, Jack Doan, up on the-- on the catwalk there.
[Jerry] I don't think you can actually call this a ring.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] It is a multisided structure.
[Jerry] Is Shamrock trying to choke out Owen Hart from this position or what?
[Ross] Low blow, anything goes here in this matchup.
Owen Hart with a headbutt.
[Jerry] Man.
-[Ross] Well, that-- whoa. -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] That chain-link fence doesn't give much,
but Shamrock took it,
and came back with a thunderous clothesline.
Hard knees to the abdomen and into the head.
Owen Hart may be bleeding from the mouth.
-Wouldn't surprise me. -[Jerry] No, not a bit.
Look at this, now.
[Ross] Shamrock, using Owen's own shirt
to choke the nugget-- I mean, to choke--
[Jerry] Hey, come on, watch it.
[Ross] Shamrock, the 1998 King of the Ring winner.
[Jerry] I would think that Severn can get a little closer and try to
-[Ross] Interfere? -[Jerry] No. Shout--
Shout some advice.
Interfere.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Sev--
[crowd chatter]
-[Jerry] Look at that. -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Shamrock using the cage to gain some elevation.
Nice move by Shamrock.
Oh, you hear the--
high hip lock takeover.
Nice move by Shamrock.
Watch this replay on your left and boom.
[Jerry] Oh, look at that one on the right.
[Ross] Shamrock went face first right into the support there,
those metal beams.
Here you go, right in your living room.
[Jerry] Wow.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Owen Hart has done it all here in the WWE.
European Champ, Intercontinental Champion, Tag Champion on numerous occasion,
and a 12-year pro is opening up an advantage here,
and listen to the chant for Shamrock.
And the Irishman is being challenged
here in New York City at SummerSlam.
[Jerry] Well, I think Owen wants to become the champ
of this unique structure here, whatever we're gonna call it.
-Oh. -[Ross] How about Lion's Den?
[Jerry] Yeah. Okay.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] How appropriate that would be for Owen Hart
to be the Lion's Den Champion.
Ken Shamrock would never live that down.
[Ross] Enzuigiri by Owen Hart and it did find its mark.
[Jerry] That'll bring you down.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Man, this is a physically combative environment.
Two tremendous athletes here, highly skilled, but man, oh, man,
how much of your skill can you show in this structure.
-It's a gut check. -[Jerry] Wow! Beautiful move.
[Ross] And Shamrock's face driven into the-- that chain-link fence.
[Ross] Backbreaker, nicely done by Owen Hart.
[Jerry] And Owen, using that fist now, he's also adapted some maneuvers
that you would use in an ordinary ring to his advantage,
just like that last-- that sort of slingshot thing
where he catapulted Shamrock right into that chain-link fence.
-That was vicious. -[crowd cheering]
-[Ross] Crowd chanting "Nugget." -[Jerry] That's not right.
[Ross] Directed toward Owen Hart, of course.
[Jerry] Oh!
[Ross] Shamrock counters, back bodydrop.
This match is being contested in the theater here at Madison Square Garden.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Just downstairs actually.
You got to wonder if-- or when, Owen's gonna go for that choke out
that he learned from Dan "The Beast" Severn.
[Jerry] And we got about 23,000 people here in this arena,
in the top of Madison Square Garden,
and several thousand more down there witnessing that live.
-Oh, no. -[Ross] Oh, man.
Boy, that ring just does not give,
that's like being powerbombed on the concrete floor.
And Shamrock's got a-- he's got a scrape of laceration on his head.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] I guess so, in that Lion's Den.
[Ross] Oh, this match certainly not for the weak at heart.
[Jerry] Ow.
[Ross] And we've got three title matches still to come here at SummerSlam.
-[Jerry] Get him! -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Shamrock using, again, the cage itself.
-Oh, what a shot. -[Jerry] Man.
[Ross] What a kick right to the face of Owen Hart.
Oh, that was a big move.
-[Jerry] Right on the shoulder. -[Ross] Big time move.
[Jerry] That got to separated Shamrock's shoulder.
[Ross] Owen Hart bleeding from the mouth,
caught Shamrock in midair,
and what a-- what a magnificent powerslam.
[Jerry] Suplex, whoa!
[Ross] Big time ride.
-Owen Hart now, Sharpshooter time. -[Jerry] Sharpshooter coming up.
[Ross] Nobody does this better than Owen Hart.
[Jerry] He's got him. He's got him.
[Ross] Oh, Severn's got to-- he's got to reach down or have his leg broke.
[Jerry] Lean back, Owen.
[Ross] Severn is in the cage,
but the referee, Jack Doan, there you see the referee,
there's no room in the cage for an official.
[Jerry] What is Shamrock doing?
[Ross] Look at Shamrock, what guts.
[Jerry] He's putting more pressure on himself,
but looks-- oh, he's breaking the hold.
[Ross] Shamrock pulled himself right up on that cage.
Imagine how your flesh feels against that exposed mat.
-DDT. -[Jerry] Oh, my gosh.
[Ross] What a DDT by Shamrock.
Watch this, folks.
That was a great move by Owen Hart just moments ago.
[Jerry] But that DDT by Shamrock completely nullified everything
that's happened up to now.
Owen is in trouble.
[Ross] An extremely physical matchup.
You're not gonna see this kind of competition,
at least, you're not if you're anywhere else on pay-per-view,
but the WWE, what a shot.
What a shot by Shamrock.
[Jerry] Whoo.
A little word of advice.
-[Ross] Oh, what a martial art-- -[Jerry] Be nice right now, Severn.
[Ross] Nice kick by Shamrock, found its mark.
Boy, somebody is gonna get hurt badly before this is all said and done.
Owen Hart up and over.
Oh, Shamrock, again face first into the mesh fence.
Well, there it is. There it is, King.
[Jerry] He's got him.
[Ross] Owen Hart is gonna try to choke out Shamrock.
-Shamrock! -[Jerry] Look at this!
[Ross] Shamrock walked the cage.
Put him down right back.
-Into the ankle lock. -[crowd cheering]
-[Ross] The ankle lock. -[Jerry] Severn, he's coming for you.
[Ross] Severn was gonna throw the towel in.
Severn is taking a walk.
Owen Hart's tapping out.
[crowd cheering]
-[bell ringing] -[Ross] Owen Hart tapped out.
It's over. Shamrock.
Shamrock. Shamrock.
-[Jerry] Let it go. -[Chimel] Here's your winner,
Ken Shamrock.
[Ross] Shamrock is gonna damage Owen Hart, and he's gonna hurt him big time.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Ken Shamrock is The King of the Lion's Den.
["The Ultimate" playing]
[Ross] Shamrock is one badass.
Who's next for Shamrock?
Could it be Dan Severn?
[Jerry] I can't believe Severn just-- he walked out.
[Ross] I think Owen Hart wanted Severn to throw in the towel
before Shamrock could really rip down on the ankle lock.
Oh, what physicality here,
and we expect nonetheless of the WWE title match.
Michael Cole standing by with the champion.
Stone Cold, you're gonna get what you wanted.
The Undertaker is here, and he has declared that he's here alone.
Well, you know, maybe that's gonna be true and then, maybe it isn't,
because it really doesn't matter because I don't trust anybody.
And I'll say this, The Undertaker, I respect you more than anybody here
in World Wrestling Entertainment, but all sentimental crap aside,
I ain't afraid to cheap shot you to death
if that's what I got to do to hang on to this belt
because I won't give you or Vince McMahon the satisfaction
of seeing me give up this title, and that's all I got to say to you.
[Ross] I think that interview's over.
["Schizophrenic" playing]
[Ross] Well, the WWE Tag Team Championship matchup
certainly is already mired in controversy.
We have yet to see Kane.
I don't think Kane is here.
According to The Undertaker,
Kane is not gonna get involved in the title match
that The Undertaker is gonna challenge Austin in,
-because-- Yeah. -[Jerry] Because he's not here.
And so that means Mankind will be left to go
and try to defend the tag team titles by himself,
which even Mankind was smart enough not to try to do,
but along comes Mr. Vince McMahon who could talk a fish out of water
and get it to come out and take a walk with you.
And he has somehow convinced Mankind that he could make history here tonight.
[Ross] Well, Mr. McMahon is a hell of a salesman.
-[Jerry] The best. -[bell ringing]
[Chimel] The following at No Holds Barred,
a pinfalls match count anywhere is scheduled for one fall,
and it is for the World Wrestling Entertainment Tag Team Championship.
Introducing first, making his way to the ring,
he weighs in at 287 pounds,
one-half of the World Wrestling Entertainment Tag Team Champions,
Mankind.
[Jerry] We're not talking about a rocket scientist here, J.R.
[Ross] It was young Mick Foley who hitchhiked from Long Island
to Madison Square Garden to see Jimmy Snuka
and Don Muraco in a cage match right here at Madison Square Garden.
And now tonight, it's Mick Foley's greatest challenge
to survive against two tremendous athletes,
The New Age Outlaws.
And if the Mankind and Kane beat the heck out of each other Monday night
in the Hell in a Cell,
I guess, we shouldn't be surprised that Kane decided to no-show.
["Schizophrenic" playing]
[Jerry] I think it might have been the wisest move that that man ever made,
to no-show himself.
Still not too late.
-[Ross] Well, maybe-- -[Jerry] What is Vince McMahon thinking?
Why would Vince McMahon--
[Ross] You think Mr. McMahon cares about Mankind, King?
-[Jerry] Well-- -[Ross] Not a damn bit.
Let's just cut to the chase.
I know you want a raise, but I'mma tell you like it is.
McMahon doesn't care about Mick Foley or Mankind.
[Jerry] Well, what does McMahon want?
-I mean-- you mean, you don't think-- -[Ross] He likes to see
somebody get beat up.
He likes a train wreck.
He likes the carnage, does Mr. McMahon.
That's what he likes.
[Jerry] So, he's just basically throwing poor Mankind to the wolves,
in your opinion, right?
[Ross] And the Outlaws are the Outlaws.
They're here to take care of business.
They want their belts back that they lost on July 13th,
and they don't care if it's Mankind and Kane,
one or the other, or any volunteers.
By the way, you can jump in there to help Mankind if you choose.
[Jerry] Oh, hey, and what about you?
I remember he-- when he used to pal around with you.
Why don't you go up there and smarten him up,
-tell him what McMahon's doing? -[Road Dogg] Oh, you didn't know?
Your ass better call somebody.
-[Jerry] Uh-oh. Look at this. -[Road Dogg] New York City,
as you can see, we're gonna take it back
and kick ass old school,
New Age Outlaws style
with the diggity diggity dizz of style.
-["Oh, You Didn't Know" playing] -[Ross] Oh, no holds barred,
-anything goes. -[bell ringing]
[Ross] Falls count anywhere in New York City.
And Mankind's done a lot of
-Get out there, Treble. -[Ross] controversial play…
[Jerry] Watch it.
[Ross] …but this is-- this may be professional suicide.
[Jerry] Well-- oh, look at this. We got a standoff.
Now, if Mankind wins, does he get to keep both belts himself?
[Ross] Good Lord.
-[Jerry] Look out! -[Ross] Look at the joust.
[Jerry] Chop a finger off.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Oh, there you go, the Outlaws now.
We're talking about a two-on-one advantage.
It's a big time advantage here.
And in the wars that Mankind has been in this summer,
you got to wonder if he has even-- he has all this faculties.
-He was almost-- -[Jerry] I wonder if he ever had them all.
What are they--
the Outlaws have brought this huge metal dumpster
-out here to ringside… -[Ross] Terry--
[Jerry] …and it's full of--
[Ross] Remember the ride that Terry Funk and Mankind
took in that dumpster several months ago, I'll never forget it.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] Good Lord.
[Jerry] Oh, oh.
-[Ross] This is-- This is sad. -[Jerry] Look at the--
Oh, God.
-That just-- shudders. -[Jerry] Now, you're trying to tell me
a compassionate man like Mr. Vince McMahon is enjoying this?
-[Ross] Yes, I am, quite frankly. -[Jerry] Huh?
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Hey, ref, it's-- referee Tim White,
it's not a handicap match.
It may be no holds barred, anything goes,
but at least let the Outlaws keep it one-on-one here.
And I'm not blaming the Outlaws.
Hey, they signed for a tag title match, they're here to take care of business.
[Jerry] What is this? Ow.
[Ross] Well, we've had five pins and pans and--
-[Jerry] Look out! -[Ross] Oh, my,
back body drop over the top was Billy Gunn,
and now it's Road Dogg in there with Mankind.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Oh!
Well, you saw what-- how the effect of that cookie sheet
or whatever the heck it is.
[Jerry] Well, look at this, J.R., now, just think--
[Ross] No, neckbreaker on the floor.
[Jerry] Look at what Mankind is doing now.
-Just think-- -[Ross] Legal.
-Hey, ref. -[Jerry] Could be it!
[Ross] Referee Tim White got a two-count.
Remember, falls count anywhere here in this match.
[Jerry] Yeah. Yeah. But just think if Mr. Vince McMahon is right,
and Mankind wins this thing,
singlehandedly, by himself, what history would that be, J.R.?
[Ross] Well, it would be significant, no doubt about it.
It would be an extraordinary effort.
[Jerry] People will be talking in the future about how they hitchhiked
to Madison Square Garden,
to see Mankind defend the tag team title
singlehandedly and be successful.
Look at this.
[Ross] Mankind trying to suplex the Road Dogg,
but look-- again, the double teaming by the Outlaws.
-And again, you can't blame the Outlaws. -[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Ross] Oh, my, Mankind's head just-- has snapped off that dumpster.
[Jerry] Oh.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Mankind may--
I'd like to have a dollar for every concussion he's had.
I could live on that Oklahoma farm I've been looking at.
[Jerry] Well, you know, the people here in Madison Square Garden,
I mean, they like DX,
but at the same time, I don't think anybody enjoys seeing one man--
[Ross] But DX is playing the hand that was dealt to 'em.
-[Jerry] Right. -[Ross] I don't blame DX for what--
for wanting to win the tag team titles back.
[Jerry] Nobody here wants to see.
[Ross] Well, we can thank Mr. McMahon for this carnage.
What a warm, compassionate human being he is.
[Jerry] Wait a minute, I think we're--
I think we're gonna have to table this match, J.R.
-Oh, look out, look out! -[Ross] Oh, look out.
[Jerry] Man!
[Ross] Mankind reversed.
Oh, what a herculean effort by Mankind here.
[Jerry] I'll tell you what, I think McMahon is right.
He is right. He's a genius, J.R.
Mankind is gonna do it.
-[Ross] Oh, oh, look out. -[Jerry] See-- oh.
Don't worry. He'll come out of it.
-See, McMahon has -[Ross] That's got to be it.
[Jerry] he has confidence in Mankind.
[Ross] That's got-- nobody can get up. He can't.
-Oh, he did. Oh, Mankind got up-- -[Jerry] See?
Oh, now, I guess you're starting to get a little confident.
Mr. McMahon always has confidence in Mankind.
[Ross] Do your lips ever get chapped from that corporate buttkissing you do?
Good for you, King.
[Jerry] I'm just telling like it is.
[crowd chanting] Foley! Foley! Foley
[Ross] What's gonna happen here?
-No, come on now. -[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Ross] Oh, good Lord.
Oh.
Well, you can look at any way you want,
but the damn human anatomy is not meant to be treated that way.
[Jerry] Yeah, but Mankind, he ain't really human.
[Ross] He got a shoulder up.
-[Jerry] Look at this. -[Ross] He doesn't know it.
He's not smart enough to stay down.
[Jerry] Well, I'm smart enough to know that Mr. McMahon is right,
and if Mankind survives this, he'll be in the history books.
He will be in the Hall of every--
Watch it.
[Ross] Kane should be damned for not being here.
Uh-oh, there's that--
one of the tag title belts.
[Jerry] Oh, these guys-- the Outlaws are pulling out all the stops--
-a piledriver… -[Ross] What a piledriver.
[Jerry] …onto the belt.
[Ross] Spike piledriver, just like Kane and The Undertaker did.
-[bell ringing] -[Ross] And that's it.
So, yes, we got new tag team champions.
[Road Dogg] Cut the damn music.
Cut it.
Your new
World Wrestling Entertainment Tag Team Champions of the world,
the "Road Dogg" Jesse James, the "Badass" Billy Gunn,
The New Age Outlaws.
[crowd cheering]
[Billy] Don't you ever, ever, you or anybody else come out here
and say that they can beat the Outlaws.
Now, we're putting you in the garbage where you belong.
["Oh, You Didn't Know" playing]
[Ross] All right, look, come on, guys.
I think enough is enough. What do you think, King?
[Jerry] I'm just wondering what Mr. McMahon's thinking.
[Ross] Oh, you're worried a lot about Mr. McMahon these days.
[Jerry] Oh, look at this.
[Ross] Poor Old Mick Foley, he did all he could, folks.
He fought a heck of a fight.
But the Outlaws did what they had to do.
They came to take care of business. They did that.
I'm not blaming the Outlaws.
They were not dealt this hand, but damn it, Kane.
-Damn Vince McMahon. -[Jerry] Huh?
How dare you say such a thing?
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Oh, wait a minute. Oh, my God.
-What the hell. -[Jerry] What is this?
[Ross] Was Kane in that dumpster all along?
There's a sledgehammer.
Kane, come-- no, no.
Don't do it-- oh!
God Almighty.
Did you hear that?
Did you hear how-- Oh, my God.
What the--
-no, no, no! -[crowd chatter]
[Ross] That damn demon in red.
Damn him.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] I cannot believe that.
-["Break It Down" playing] -Are you ready?
[crowd cheering]
Yeah, you think you can tell us what to do?
You think you can tell us what to wear?
You think that you're better?
Well, you better get ready.
Bow to the masters.
♪ Degenerate into something fool ♪
♪ We just got tired of doin' What ya told us to do ♪
♪ That's the breaks boy, yeah ♪
♪ That's the breaks, little man ♪
♪ Break it down! ♪
♪ D-Generation X ♪
♪ D-Generation ♪
♪ You think you're a big man? ♪
♪ I treat you like you're a little man ♪
♪ Yeah, you'd better get used To the way the ball bounces ♪
♪ I've seen what you got Measures in ounces ♪
♪ But that's the breaks boy, yeah ♪
♪ That's the breaks, little man ♪
♪ Break it down! ♪
♪ D-Generation X ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ D-Generation X ♪
♪ You think you can tell me what to do?
♪ You know who you're talking to? ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
["Break It Down" playing]
[Ross] That's Chris Warren and the DX band
-performing live here. -[Jerry] Whoa.
-That was like The Who. -["The Electrifying" playing]
♪ The Rock is laying the SmackDown ♪
♪ The Rock says ♪
♪ Know your role and shut your mouth ♪
♪ The Rock says know your damn role! ♪
♪ Do you smell what The Rock is cooking?
♪ The Rock says ♪
[Ross] The Rock, the Intercontinental Champion,
and Triple H to compete in a Ladder Match.
And certainly The King of the Ladder Match is no doubt has to be Shawn Michaels,
but maybe a new king will be crowned here tonight, King.
[Jerry] Well, take a look at The Rock.
He is the Intercontinental Champion,
and in his mind, the best Intercontinental Champion ever.
And I'm sure he's planning on, right now,
putting on the best Ladder Match that there ever has been.
♪ The Rock is laying the SmackDown ♪
[Ross] The Rock, only 26 years of age,
made his WWE debut here in Madison Square Garden in '96,
just two years ago, at the Survivor Series,
Triple H, seven year pro at 29 years of age,
trained by the WWE Hall of Famer,
Killer Kowalski, and, of course, there's the--
Oh, come on, Mark.
The world's most dangerous--
or the world's strongest man, Mark Henry.
♪ The Rock says ♪
[Jerry] Flicking his tongue out there at Chyna.
[Ross] Certainly the yardstick, thus far, in Ladder Matches,
-has been Shawn Michaels'… -[bell ringing]
[Ross] …tremendous efforts in the past against Razor Ramon,
wanna remember here at WrestleMania X in this very arena.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] And again, the very unique structure in this match, folks,
if you've never seen a Ladder Match,
no pinfalls or submissions,
the Intercontinental belt will be attached to that apparatus,
and then--
[Jerry] Suspended over the ring.
[Ross] Suspended over the ring.
Only way to reach it is on the ladder.
And, of course, the first man to reach the belt
and gain possession of it is the winner.
And the Intercontinental title at stake here.
The Rock is the first third generation athlete
in the history of the WWE.
His grandfather, the late "High Chief" Peter Maivia,
his dad, Rocky Johnson,
who, by the way, was a former WWE Tag Champion.
Now the belt will be raised.
[crowd chatter]
-[Jerry] Wow. -[Ross] And there's the prize,
hanging before us all in the center of the ring.
The Rock's Intercontinental Championship on the line,
Helmsley's been there before.
He's been an Intercontinental champ.
Helmsley won The King of the Ring last year,
and a two-time European Champion.
Well, two of the great young athletes in the WWE,
gonna strut their stuff here on pay-per-view at SummerSlam.
The Rock, six-five, 275, Helmsley, six-four, about 250.
Helmsley's got some huge scores to settle
before the business is fully transacted here
because no doubt, Helmsley wants to get some retribution
for Chyna's humiliation
this past Monday on Raw that was documented.
[Jerry] Look at this.
[Ross] Facebuster by Triple H on The Rock.
-[Jerry] Uh-oh. Uh-oh. -[Ross] Look out here,
-Rock Bottom right here. -[Jerry] No, countered.
[Ross] So the ladder will be stationed outside,
once one man has his opponent
in a somewhat of a disadvantageous situation.
[Jerry] Which that could take a while.
[Ross] Certainly could.
Then the ladder will be brought to the ring.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] That's all each one of these guys are thinking about right now.
Look out, look out. Ooh.
Just incapacitating your opponent enough
to be able to leave the ring and bring the ladder back to the ring.
[Ross] And on Heat, we saw Triple H's knee take a pounding
with The Rock's Intercontinental title belt.
Helmsley's had some knee problems,
and The Rock trying to exploit that on Sunday Night Heat.
I understand that Helmsley's got his knee heavily taped.
[Jerry] Okay. The Rock--
[Ross] He's got-- he's got a brace on it as well.
[Jerry] And The Rock is going for the ladder.
[Ross] And Helmsley is going for The Rock.
[Jerry] Business is about to pick up, J.R.
[Ross] Right hand by Triple H.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Ooh.
Rock hammered into the--
-into the seats here… -[Jerry] Watch out! Whoa.
[Ross] …on the entrance way,
and the steel is not very forgiving, quite frankly.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Great right by Triple H.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Folks, don't forget the WWE Superstar Line,
Outlaws on there right now.
Exclusive interviews with the winners and the losers
on the WWE Superstar Line, as we speak.
[Jerry] Thought the Triple H might go for the ladder right there,
but he chose not to.
Oh, wow.
[Ross] Triple H walking to a right hand, Rock follows it with another.
[Jerry] Which really is a wise-- a wise piece of strategy,
probably the-- you know,
to the wrestlers that manage by the less--
the ladder comes into play in this match, the better off you're gonna be.
If you could just get that ladder in there and use it to do nothing but climb up
and get the belt, you're better off.
That ladder gets in there, becomes a weapon,
which it probably will, somebody's gonna get hurt.
[Ross] High knee by Helmsley puts The Rock down
and now Triple H going out for the ladder.
[Jerry] Here we go.
-Oh. -[Ross] And The Rock
nailing Triple H from behind,
-down goes the challenger and the ladder. -[crowd chatter]
[crowd chanting] Rocky sucks! Rocky sucks! Rocky sucks!
[Jerry] Could you tell these idiots Rocky does not suck?
[Ross] Well, I'll get right on that.
[Jerry] There, he'll tell 'em.
[Ross] Remember, the only way this match can end
is for the Intercontinental belt to be retrieved
from its position, high above the ring.
[Jerry] And here goes Rocky to go for it.
[Ross] Chyna's at ringside, The Ninth Wonder of the World,
as is the "World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry.
Let's don't forget those two factors.
[Jerry] Oh, no.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Uh-oh, look out.
[Jerry] Oh!
[Ross] Oh, Helmsley reversed into the ladder,
and then almost knocked out of his boots
by a thunderous clothesline by the Intercontinental Champion.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Here we go.
[Ross] Helmsley down, if he stays down much longer
-[Jerry] This could do it right here. -[Ross] The Rock…
-[Jerry] Look out, Rock. -[Ross] …set that ladder up, climb it,
get his belt back, this one would be over.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] The ladder is set up, that belt is still a good five feet above the top,
the very top of that ladder.
[Ross] That's an eight-foot ladder.
[Jerry] That's Triple H, what's he gonna try to do here?
[Ross] Triple H up on top-- No, The Rock.
Oh, and the ladder fell out on Triple H,
The Rock got knocked off the ladder, back to the canvas.
[Jerry] What I was saying, J.R.,
when that ladder gets into the ring, it becomes a weapon.
[Ross] You know, even though Helmsley's only 29 and Rock's only 26,
a match of this kind, I think Shawn Michaels could testify to this,
can really be a career-shortening situation.
[Jerry] Take another look at this.
[Ross] I think The Rock's head--
The Rock's head smashed the ladder,
and then, the ladder fell on Helmsley.
[Jerry] Triple H delivered the offense-- oh, man!
-And he did again. -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] He swung that ladder like Mark McGwire would swing a baseball bat.
[Ross] Why don't we ever talk about Sammy Sosa?
Never mind. Oh, man, good grief.
Man, what an innovative way to use that ladder as a weapon, King,
as you pointed out earlier.
Right down on Rocky's chest was that ladder.
-[Jerry] Oh, man. -[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Now, Helmsley putting the ladder in position.
Helmsley, again, with one bad leg.
[Jerry] He's up there, second rung, third.
-[Ross] And Rock just-- -[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Ross] The Rock reached one leg,
Helmsley had to put all of his weight on his other leg,
and that right knee of Helmsley may have gone out of him again.
Chyna with a very concerned look, and rightfully so here.
One-legged men in a butt-kicking contest are not too useful,
-or Ladder Matches, I would think. -[Jerry] Right.
[Ross] Now, look at The Rock now, smart move.
Helmsley got one leg, he ain't gonna climb any ladders.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Rock dropping elbow right into the quadricep there,
trying to charley horse the upper leg of Helmsley,
and then, putting all of his weight on that knee joint.
Stiff kick right to the-- to the joint of the--
of the right injured knee of Triple H.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Well, Triple H is gonna have to suck it up here
and do something to counter this assault on his leg.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] We don't know how badly Helmsley's leg is hurt.
-[Jerry] Look at this. -[Ross] But that's not gonna do you
-any favors. -[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Ross] I know it's taped.
You can see that he's wearing a heavy brace, is Helmsley,
-but now-- uh-oh, Triple H. -[Jerry] Uh-oh. Uh-oh.
[Ross] What's Rock gonna do here?
Triple H's knee caught in that ladder.
-[crowd chatter] -[Triple H] Oh, gosh!
[Ross] That is aggressive aggression by The Rock.
And now he wants a chair.
Isn't there enough steel in the ring?
[Jerry] What's he gonna do now?
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] The Rock using that ladder or that chair like a hammer,
driving a nail maybe into the--
to Helmsley's-- a coffin in his career here.
Well, I know this match is not supposed to end until someone retrieves the belt,
but referee Mike Chioda, certainly might wanna make a judgment call here,
at least contemplate it.
[Jerry] No, don't even think about that.
Rock knows his role, this match will end when he climbs that ladder
and retrieves his own Intercontinental title belt now.
[Ross] Right knee of Helmsley just wrapped around the steel ring post.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] That's bone and tendon on steel.
[crowd chanting] Rocky! Rocky!
[Jerry] Uh-oh. He's got some--
he's got some evil intentions here, J.R.
[Ross] Helmsley basically going on one leg here.
[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Ross] Oh, God. Good Lord.
Helmsley's knee just driven, driven right into the ladder.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] And The Rock with a version the People's Elbow right on Helmsley.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Two words for Hunter:
Ouch, ouch.
That's got to be killing him, J.R.
You got it now, Rock.
[Ross] Helmsley is writhing in pain.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Hope he hasn't damaged that ladder so much that it won't stand up.
[Ross] Will you give me a break?
[Jerry] What-- that ladder--
[Ross] Of course there's a ladder.
-[Jerry] Well, it's-- -[Ross] Who are you?
[Jerry] It's kind of bent out of shape there.
[Ross] King, The Tool Man Taylor. What do you care? Bob Vila?
[Jerry] Well, he's got to be able to climb the ladder.
[Ross] It's just a damn ladder.
[Jerry] He's got to climb the ladder to get the belt.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Look at that.
[Ross] I can hear them now, listen--
[Jerry] That ladder's rickety.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Rock's making sure.
[Jerry] It's at ladder, Rock, gonna fall.
[Ross] The ladder is a little unstable.
Helmsley can barely stand,
and Helmsley shoves The Rock right off the ladder.
Both men are down.
The Champion, The Rock, the challenger, Triple H,
and the Intercontinental title continues to hang in the balance,
and that's not a bad move by Helmsley.
Take that ladder down.
Helmsley needs to buy himself some time, and that's a smart move.
[Jerry] Right. He's never gonna be able to climb that ladder tonight, no way.
[Ross] The Rock tossed outside.
Helmsley rolling out very gingerly with that knee.
Now Helmsley's got the ladder. What's he gonna do with it here?
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Ladder's propped up there.
[Jerry] Now, take a hike, Rock.
Oh, there you go.
[Ross] The Rock blocked it.
Double leg pickup. Oh, look out here.
-[Jerry] Are you kidding? -[Ross] Catapult.
Oh! Helmsley, like a javelin, was thrown
right into the ladder, face first. My God.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Helmsley was just catapulted right into that steel ladder, face first,
and then, face first right into the--
on the announce table here.
[Jerry] Where is he-- is he trying to crawl back the dressing room?
That won't do you any good.
[Ross] I don't think Helmsley knows where he is.
He won't quit, I tell you that.
[Jerry] May quit after this, J.R.
[Ross] Look out, Rock, come on.
[Ross] Oh. Helmsley got a gut shot in there
out of self-defense.
Watch this.
Listen to this right here.
Face first, and then, to add insult to injury, boom.
Both men back up here in the aisle way.
Oh, that got him, on the highway to hell.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Some bumps in the road on this highway in this Ladder match.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Oh, no, not the-- not the Pedigree into ladder.
[Ross] Oh, God.
That was a backdrop, spine first, right into that ladder.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Well, these two young studs are taking it out of each other.
[crowd chatter]
[man 1] We love Chyna.
[man 2] Chyna, I love you.
[Jerry] Take a look at this, J.R.
Thought the Pedigree was coming, but no, instead The Rock delivered a backdrop.
[Ross] Folks, I've been doing pay-per-view a long time,
I don't think I've ever seen any more intense competition
from two young guys, like we're seeing here, and--
[Jerry] What is this?
[Ross] Mark Henry just threw another ladder in the ring.
I don't think we need two ladders here. Thank you very much.
[Jerry] Well, I knew that first one who was so bent out of shape.
Now, we got a brand new, nice, steady, strong ladder that maybe--
is it taller than the other?
[Ross] Chyna trying to get Helmsley up.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Well, Helmsley's-- he looked to be out of it.
And, oh, Triple H just nailed Mark Henry.
The Rock, the fatigue and the pain setting in,
Mark Henry trying to restrain Helmsley.
[Jerry] One more step, Rock.
-One more step. -[Ross] There's Chyna.
Oh, Chyna with a forearm shot
right into The World's Strongest Man.
[Jerry] It don't matter now because Rock is in reaching distance.
Get it.
-[Ross] Oh, it's close. -[Jerry] One more step.
[Ross] The Rock is inches away.
Oh.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] The Rock was-- literally, the belt was at his fingertips,
but Helmsley shoved the ladder over.
Man, we were within inches.
I'd love to see how close The Rock was on that one.
[Jerry] He was touching it.
[Ross] Talk about touching it and feeling it.
[Jerry] Now, we have two ladders.
[Ross] Two ladders and two athletes
that have just been-- have just battered each other in and out of the ring here
in this very unorthodox match.
-Oh. -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] I tell you what, only in the WWE where you see a baseball slide
into the ladder, into a man's face.
[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] I don't know if Rock's gonna be able to get up.
That'd be a great time for Helmsley to set that ladder up and go for it,
but instead, Helmsley out there to get him some more of The Rock.
Watch this, folks, right here.
[Jerry] Oh.
-[Ross] Right into Rock's head. -[Jerry] Man.
[Ross] Straight in the skull with that ladder.
[Jerry] Oh, and he's busted.
[Ross] And The Rock may have crossed the bridge of his nose, I'm not sure.
But he took that ladder full force right in the face.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] You set that ladder up all you want to, Triple H,
but I don't think you can climb it.
[Ross] The Rock's nose may be broken.
That maybe where the blood is coming from.
[Jerry] We got two ladders, but they got only one leg.
[Ross] Helmsley now, trying to get--
[Jerry] He's doing it somehow.
[Ross] Triple H trying to get to the promise land.
He's inches away. No, almost got it.
And again, The Rock turned over the ladder.
What a-- and we were on our feet on that one.
Again, no pinfalls, no submissions, and no disqualifications here.
[Jerry] The Rock is a mess.
[Ross] The Rock hammers now.
Hammers Triple H.
[Jerry] Now, I don't think The Rock is gonna be satisfied
until he busts Triple H up like this.
Uh-oh. Here we go.
[Ross] Well, you don't know how bad Triple H is hurting internally,
after some of the blows that he has sustained
in this Intercontinental title matchup.
[Jerry] Yeah, but J.R., when you're in a fight
and you see your own blood, it does something to you.
Doing something to The Rock right now.
Look out. There you go.
[Ross] Oh, what a DDT.
[Jerry] Ooh, stuck him.
[Ross] That was the thunder.
[Jerry] Stuck him hard.
[Ross] Like The Rock used to take those quarterbacks
when he played for the Miami Hurricane in their National Championship year.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Chyna has done all she can to keep Mark Henry out of this thing,
but quite frankly, if it comes right down to it,
she'll be no match for Mark Henry,
but let's hope it doesn't get that far.
Helmsley is out of it.
[Jerry] Well, I think--
[Ross] His eyes are glazed.
[Jerry] And speaking of eyes, I think the blood is all in The Rock's eyes.
He can't see what he's doing either.
Get up the ladder, Rock.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Both these guys got to be hurting.
These men--
their bodies got to be etched pain.
[Jerry] Come on, Rock.
[Ross] The Rock, perhaps with a broken nose.
Helmsley's bad leg, he can't get any traction.
-[Jerry] You're there, you're there. -[Ross] Oh.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] They're both up on the ladder.
Anybody's ballgame here.
-Oh, look at those shots. -[Jerry] Man.
[Ross] Big time right hands.
[Jerry] Oh.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Oh, God, Helmsley face first into the ladder, but he rebounded.
And there goes The Rock. They're both down again.
Can you believe this? Can you believe this?
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] The Rock is a mess.
[Jerry] Who's gonna get up? Oh, there.
It's The Rock, it's-- No, it's Helmsley?
Look at Chyna.
[Ross] Chyna handing him a chair.
That chair is a little worse for wear here.
And The Rock once again is trying to position that ladder, but--
and The Rock barely able to stand,
and Helmsley hasn't stood since he got knocked down.
[Jerry] He can't see, J.R. He's got blood in his eyes.
The middle of the ring, the middle of the ring.
Look at this.
[Ross] Oh, what a shot.
Helmsley beating the hell out of the ladder and The Rock.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Hammering him like a railroad spike.
[Ross] Oh, what a-- what a physical, grueling battle.
They are-- they are dissecting each other here
in this Ladder match at SummerSlam.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] And the rumble continues here in a sold out Madison Square Garden.
[Jerry] These people can taste the fact
that Triple H maybe close to getting that belt, but now he's not.
[Ross] Oh.
How much more can these human beings take?
[Jerry] No, no way-- no way.
-Oh. -[Ross] Oh, gosh.
Can you imagine how that feels?
[Jerry] Uh-uh. Uh-oh, wait a minute.
-[Ross] People's Elbow. -[Jerry] Look at this.
[Jerry] Yes. You're kidding.
-Yeah. -[Ross] Oh.
That was just heinous.
The People's Elbow
[Jerry] For the people.
[Ross] driven right into Helmsley's heart.
[Jerry] For the people by The Rock.
[Ross] And that may have taken it all out of Helmsley.
[crowd chanting] Rocky! Rocky!
[Ross] I don't think any human being would be able to rebound after that.
Helmsley's got the bad wheel.
The People's Elbow to the heart right on the ladder,
and still the Intercontinental gold hangs in the balance.
[Jerry] Look at those rungs, they're all bent out of shape. Uh-oh.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Helmsley again on one leg.
He can barely put weight on his right knee.
He's inches away, inches away.
-[Jerry] No. -[Ross] Uh-oh.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Oh, God.
Rock Bottom.
Helmsley just hit Rock Bottom
from the Intercontinental Champion.
[Jerry] Come on, Rock.
[crowd chanting] Rocky! Rocky!
[Ross] Man, this crowd here at the Garden, and rightfully so, are indivisible.
[Jerry] And Mark Henry is fired up while Chyna can see it slipping away.
[Ross] The Rock is gonna try it one more time.
[Jerry] Come on. Reach down, Rock.
Get something. Get up there.
[Ross] Can you imagine how these men's-- their bodies must feel?
[crowd chanting] Rocky! Rocky!
[Ross] Here's another look.
Boom, Rock Bottom.
[Jerry] But Rock is almost to the top now.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Rock very-- he's very unsteady and rightfully so.
[Jerry] Step on his fingers.
Mash his fingers with your foot, Rock.
Ooh, that's even better.
[Ross] Rock with a kick.
Helmsley though, won't go away.
[Jerry] Don't come down. Go up.
-He's got it. What? -[Ross] Oh, God.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] The Rock had his hands on the Intercontinental belt.
-[Jerry] Oh, there's another one. -[Ross] Pedigree.
-Pedigree. -[Jerry] No.
[Ross] Helmsley got the Pedigree, but can he climb the ladder?
Both these magnificent athletes are down.
They are down.
And the Intercontinental belt is up.
It's high up.
Oh, damn.
Mark Henry just threw powder in Helmsley's eye.
[Jerry] He what? I don't-- I just--
[Ross] And referee, Mike Chioda,
was over here conferring with Chyna about something.
[Jerry] Well, he was making sure Chyna didn't interfere
like she's done all night.
[Ross] Helmsley's been blinded.
What else is gonna happen to this poor son of a gun?
[Jerry] How can he see anything?
Get him, Rock.
[Ross] He's going uphill, the ladder's there.
He's climbing it.
The Rock had the Pedigree.
The Rock is on Dream Street.
He's trying to get back up.
Helmsley can't find the belt.
-[Jerry] He got it. -[Ross] He's touching it.
They're both up there.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] I wanna see if Rock is gonna get the--
oh, Chyna is in.
Oh, Chyna with the low blow.
[Jerry] What about that?
[Ross] Chyna with the low blow.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Where was the ref?
-No. -[Ross] See this crime!
Helmsley looking for gold.
[Jerry] Get up, Rock.
Get up, Rock. He's got it.
[Ross] Triple H, can he find it?
Yes. Yes. Yes.
-He did it. He did it. -[bell ringing]
[Ross] Triple H did it.
["Break It Down" playing]
[Chimel] And the new
World Wrestling Entertainment Intercontinental Champion,
Triple H.
[Ross] Oh, what an effort.
What an effort by both men.
But Triple H did it on one bad knee, blinded.
He did it.
And here's the rest of DX.
What a night it has been for DX.
X-Pac cuts Jeff Jarrett's hair.
The Outlaws won the tag titles back.
And now, The Rock has lost the Intercontinental title to Triple H.
And my God, what effort from both men.
[Jerry] Poor Rock.
Even assist and a big assist to Chyna on that.
You don't believe me?
Just take a look at this, J.R.
["Break It Down" playing]
-[Ross] The Rock was-- -[Jerry] The Rock--
[Ross] He was inches away.
I mean, inches away was The Rock.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] And Chyna was the difference on that exchange,
giving Triple H enough time to get the Intercontinental belt back
for the second time.
[Jerry] Poor Rock.
I tell you what, I've-- that certainly was one of the most outstanding matches,
not just ladder matches.
Two men, two great young athletes, ladies and gentlemen,
putting their careers, their bodies on the line for all of us.
What a hell of an effort by both guys.
What a night we've had so far, J.R.
Unbelievable.
[crowd cheering]
[man 1] Is Taker here?
I don't have anybody.
Where is Taker?
[man 2] In here.
[man 3] Taker?
[man 1] I need The Undertaker, please.
[man 3] Taker.
[indistinct chatter]
[man 1] Taker, they need you to go up for this one.
Let's go in here.
-Just take a look in here. -No one will listen here.
There?
[doctor] Let's look at you.
Well, get your ass out of here. What are you doing?
[doctor] I'm trying to help you, Rock.
Well, help your ass out the door.
The Rock doesn't need any damn help.
-Beat it. Don't look at me like that, doc. -[doctor] Okay.
Lay a smackdown on your monkey ass.
Triple H, let The Rock make this perfectly clear.
Here in Madison Square Garden, yeah, you beat The Rock.
You left The Rock lying in a puddle of his own damn blood,
but the fact of the matter is this, Triple H, is there ain't nobody,
and damn it, The Rock means nobody that could ever be the People's Champ.
Whether you like it or not, The Rock is the People's Champ.
The Rock is the people's choice.
And without a shadow of a doubt,
The Rock is the best damn People's Champ there ever was.
Triple H, that's all right.
In due time, payback is a bitch.
-[crowd chatter] -[crowd cheering]
We are live tonight all across Canada here on pay-per-view,
uh, in the UK, South Africa,
and of course, uh, throughout North America.
And, King, great effort by both men, but now…
-Right. -…the Highway to Hell.
We've gone on this magnificent journey, ladies and gentlemen.
There's been a lot of turns in the road, but the road has intersected
-here at Madison Square Garden this time. -And the end of the road is in sight,
and there's gonna be a collision.
It's fixing to happen in just a few short minutes.
And there's been-- there's been a swerve thrown at this, J.R.
I can't believe that The Undertaker has said
that Kane is not gonna be involved in this match.
Now, if that just pits The Undertaker against Stone Cold,
I'm sure that Mr. Vince McMahon is a little more worried than he was before.
Well, that's gonna be a hell of a matchup this one-on-one.
Let's hope that Kane will not get involved in this situation.
If he doesn't, it should be a classic.
-He is here, though. -And where else would you want it to be,
but at SummerSlam in Madison Square Garden for the WWE title.
[bell rings]
[Chimel] The following contest is scheduled for one fall
and it is for the World Wrestling Entertainment Championship.
[crowd cheering]
["Darker Side" playing]
[Ross] Get out now.
[crowd cheering]
["Darker Side" continues playing]
[Ross] He is walking with purpose.
Wow. Look at that look.
Whoa.
That's a game face.
-And not-- -[Jerry] And he's here tonight, J.R.,
to take what's rightfully his.
[Ross] The Undertaker has defeated Hulk Hogan.
He has defeated Sycho Sid for the WWE title,
a two-time WWE Champion.
This is gonna be a war, folks.
Undertaker almost seven feet tall,
325 pounds, the number one contender for the WWE title.
[Jerry] It's been six months since he decided to get his belt back.
Tonight, I think it's gonna be the night.
[Ross] He is a prideful man.
He is the conscience of the WWE.
-And he is pacing… -[Jerry] Wow.
[Ross] …nervously,
anxiously.
He is ready for war.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Oh.
[glass shatters]
-["I Won't Do What You Told Me" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Chimel] Making his way to the ring from Victoria, Texas,
weighing in at 252 pounds,
he is the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion,
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin!
["I Won't Do What You Told Me" continues playing]
[Ross] No WWE Champion has ever entered Madison Square Garden
with that kind of ovation.
I challenge you.
I challenge you to research that, King.
I literally felt this building shake.
[Jerry] Okay. I'll give you that.
Every single soul is on their feet with anticipation.
They love "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
But a lot of them love The Undertaker, too.
This is truly gonna be the collision on the Highway to Hell.
[Ross] Oh, I have admired "Stone Cold" Steve Austin's reign as the WWE Champion,
but I have never respected anyone any more than The Undertaker here in the WWE.
There is no intimidation. There is no fear in either man.
And look at the eyes of the challenger.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Business has picked up.
-[Jerry laughs] -[bell rings]
[Ross] Austin starting off very aggressively here.
I don't think Austin wants to get it into a slugfest
with a man that outweighs him about 70 pounds.
-[Jerry] Whoa, look at this. -[Ross] Oh, what shots.
Rights and lefts by The Undertaker.
And referee Earl Hebner keeping a safe distance from The Phenom.
[Jerry] This is just what you expect out of these two guys.
They're gonna come in here throwing bombs,
trying to put one or the other out of there.
-And look at this. -[Ross] The Rattlesnake strikes back.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Oh, what a reversal at the last minute and a knockdown
from the clothesline by the challenger.
Undertaker going for it, and Austin kicks out at two.
[Jerry] Whoa.
And he gave him two birds.
[Ross] Collar-and-elbow tie up.
The Undertaker with the huge leverage and strength advantage
over "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
Austin at 252, The Undertaker at 325 pounds.
[Ross] And it will be interesting to see the strategy
as it begins to unfold in this matchup.
You gotta think that Austin may try to work on that vertical base
of his seven-foot challenger.
[Jerry] Well, I think The Undertaker right now would like to rip off
and start him up and beat him over the head with it and same goes for Austin.
[Ross] Oh, Austin got a handful of tights.
Austin said he’ll get it any way he can here.
-He does. -[Jerry] Yes.
A trap toe hold.
[Ross] Austin having a-- an old move but a new one to him to his repertoire.
You can believe that these men were former tag team champions
until just a couple of weeks ago.
[Jerry] A smart move because I guarantee you,
that's probably the last thing on earth The Undertaker thought he'd see
from "Stone Cold" Steve Austin in a match like this.
[Ross] King, we've seen a lot of unusual things here tonight, quite frankly.
[Jerry laughing]
[Ross] And I still and not totally comfortable with the Kane factor.
He's here.
We saw Kane and, uh, we have no word.
Mankind is still receiving medical attention.
From what we understand, medical people were here in the arena.
[Jerry] Well, who can be comfortable with the Kane factor?
I think that Mr. McMahon doesn't want
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin to be comfortable.
I think he wants that to be weighing on Austin's mind
throughout this entire match, and so that maybe Austin is not thinking
about The Undertaker the way it should be.
-Oh. -[Ross] Undertaker lowered the head.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] I think they head-butted each other.
[Ross] Yeah. I think, too. I think Austin got a cracked
right in the head by The Undertaker.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Austin at far side, comes off with the vengeance, going downstairs.
-And oh, whoa! -[Jerry] Oh, man!
[Ross] Undertaker with that leverage advantage and power and with a counter.
He countered the suplex to the challenger.
[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] Undertaker the-- a vicious elbow right to Austin's jaw.
That's 325 pounds coming down at you.
[crowd chanting] Let's go, Austin.
[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Ross] Undertaker left his feet.
Austin able to move out of the way.
[Jerry] I tell you, J.R. You gotta say, this is pick up time.
I mean, there's absolutely no way to tell what's gonna happen
between these two individuals.
[Ross] And let's just hope it stays one-on-one.
Oh, bear hug, oh, and a hotshot.
-[Jerry] Man. -[Ross] I thought Austin was gonna tip
the Lou Thesz press.
The Undertaker caught Austin in midair.
And The Champion was hotshotted right over the top rope.
Will that be enough there?
Austin's-- he may be out of it.
-Taker got the leg hooked… -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] …and a two and a half.
Well, it had the crowd buzzing here.
Austin got dinged, I think, in that--
-when they-- their heads collided. -[Jerry] When they head-butt, yeah.
I don't think he's been exactly right since.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Undertaker now focusing on Austin's back.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Slowed down has this pace, dictated by the methodical Phenom.
Extended fingers right into the throat of Austin.
And what a big foot.
Gotta be a size 18 or so,
right into the kidneys and the lower back of the WWE Champion.
[Jerry] Now, at this pace, who does this match favors?
-It's gotta favor The Undertaker. -[Ross] I think so.
[Jerry] He's bigger, probably stronger.
[Ross] Austin, no doubt, the quicker of the two.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] Oh, and a whiplash effect.
Not gonna do your neck any good or your back.
Undertaker-- oh, he's on no margin for error,
but those are well-placed, well-aimed kicks.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Well, The Undertaker's been in his own mind…
-[Ross] Oh, look out here. -[Jerry] …coming into this match. Oh.
[Ross] Austin, right on the knees.
That knee joint of The Undertaker taking a pounding here.
[Jerry] See, I would've thought if The Undertaker had been smart,
he'd gotten along with McMahon, but, no, he didn't.
He gave McMahon a chokeslam.
[Ross] Look out here.
Austin, retaliation.
[Jerry] Oh!
[Ross] Wrapping The Undertaker's leg right around the ring post.
And that's how you fell a giant redwood.
-[Jerry] Oh! -[Ross] You chop them down.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Undertaker's now six-eleven or seven feet now.
He is back up on his feet.
Well, Undertaker's trying to get some distance with him and Austin.
And look at the-- Austin's like a machine.
[crowd chatter]
-[Jerry] Look out! -[Ross] Oh, airborne.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Still had enough with those wheels to launch himself
right through the air and into "Stone Cold" Steve Austin's face.
[Ross] The flying clothesline from an airborne Undertaker…
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] …found it's mark,
and now nothing but a chokehold.
[Jerry] When that big gloved fist wraps around your throat,
believe me, all the oxygen goes outta your body and no more comes in.
[Ross] Undertaker would have no problems palming a basketball.
Hell, I think he could palm an anvil.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Challenger, The Undertaker, putting a lot of torque on the shoulder
of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
-[Jerry] Oh, here we go. -Get off, man! Get off!
[Jerry] Patented Undertaker.
This is sending a message to Stone Cold right here.
He's saying, "You-- " oh, no!
-[crowd cheering] -[Ross] Austin had it scouted.
[Jerry] A message to The Undertaker!
[Ross] Austin right back on that knee.
Austin back on that left knee of The Undertaker.
Stomping the hamstring, stomping the knee.
He's stomping whatever moves of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Oh, wait a minute.
Here comes that damn Big Red Machine.
The Demon, Kane.
The Demon Seed.
Austin sees him, everybody sees that man.
[Jerry] I knew someone's gonna help, J.R.
He was here.
Something was bound to happen.
[Ross] Austin cannot contend with two seven foot monsters.
It's physically impossible, not even Austin could do it.
[Jerry] Wait a minute, The Undertaker is telling Kane to go back.
[Ross] The Undertaker is telling his brother,
"This is gonna be one-on-one."
"You leave."
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] And The Undertaker inviting Austin in.
No second invitation needed.
It's a slugfest here.
[Jerry] Austin's mouth and lip is busted already now.
He's trying to-- and trying to bust The Undertaker's.
So, I can't believe it, Kane is going.
[Ross] Kane is heeding the warning, the advice,
the instruction of his older brother, and Kane is leaving.
But would that be the last time we see him?
[Jerry] Right. Will he be back?
Oh.
[Ross] Undertaker's left knee again, wrist on the end of the ring.
And Austin making sure Kane is gone.
The Undertaker wasn't enough to contend with.
Oh, my.
[crowd cheering]
-[Ross] Chokeslam, chokeslam. -[Jerry] Oh, yeah.
[Ross] My, God, inverted chokeslam from the outside again.
[Jerry] New champion, I told you, J.R.
[Ross] That is absolutely uncanny,
unbelievable power from the number one contender
for the World Wrestling Entertainment title.
[Jerry] I'm telling you, Austin had to have Kane in the back of his head.
He took his, uh, eyes off The Undertaker, and The Undertaker slammed
the back of Kane-- or Austin's head right into that ring floor.
[Ross] And Austin took a shot on his upper shoulders
in the back of his head.
-And look at-- -[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Ross] A clothesline, The Undertaker landed on his feet
but the knee is about to give out on it.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Look out.
[Ross] Austin and The Undertaker have taken it outside here.
[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] The referee is right out there with them.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Man, let's start the count-- let's start having the count-outs here.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] I think referee Earl Hebner knows how important this match is.
[Ross] Wait a minute, where are they going?
[Jerry] What?
[Ross] Undertaker and Austin are fighting right to the crowd
here at the Garden.
[Jerry] Are they nuts? This is New York.
They don't know another way.
[Ross] The Highway to Hell is running right through the fans.
[Jerry] Look at this.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Austin and The Undertaker almost disappeared
in that sea of humanity.
But now they're fighting back towards the ring.
[Jerry] They're right out in the-- and then look at that.
[Ross] Oh, Austin backdrop right on the concrete floor.
The Undertaker just backdropped Austin on the concrete floor
and The Rattlesnake, the WWE Champion is in one hell of a big, big, problem now.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] Austin right back in with that thunderous clothesline.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Austin, his equilibrium is really distorted here.
[Jerry] Well, and here's the reason why.
He was backdropped by The Undertaker from about 12--
eight to ten feet in the air right onto the concrete floor.
[Ross] The Undertaker trying to send Austin's head
into the ring post, Austin blocked it.
[Jerry] The last second luckily.
[Ross] Maybe just instinctively but in any event,
the intent of The Undertaker
certainly very well pronounced here.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Well, who would blame you?
[Ross] When the WWE title is on the line,
how can you blame anybody for doing anything to win that prize?
-[Jerry] Stunner almost-- -[Ross] Uh-oh.
-Undertaker backing out of there. -[Jerry] What a move.
-[Ross] Very wisely. What agility. -[Jerry] Right. Oh.
-[Ross] Austin caught in midair. -[Jerry] And what-- oh, no, no, no.
[Ross] Oh, Austin, spine first-- spine first into the ring post.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Austin could be paralyzed.
[Jerry] Undertaker said he was gonna take what's rightfully his.
He feels he should be the WWE Champion
and then he's gonna-- he's gonna pull out all steps to reach that goal.
[Ross] Austin's hurting big time.
The Rattlesnake is-- he is hurting big time here.
The Undertaker, at 325, catching the champion in midair
and then aggressively ramming him, spine first into ring post.
[Jerry] Right. And that makes me wonder how is Mr. McMahon gonna be able
to contend with Undertaker as the champion?
I mean, he'll probably get an attitude.
It won't be-- it won't be any better than "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
[Ross] Well, I'll tell you what, I think Mr. McMahon would cross that bridge
when he came to it, as long as Stone Cold wasn't the champ.
[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] But Austin fighting back. My God, he will not quit.
Right hand.
-[Jerry] Look out. -[Ross] Look out. Austin--
-[Jerry] Oh, man. -[Ross] His back-- his back went
-right across the ring. -[Jerry] Well, he did it to himself.
He tried to-- he tried to catch himself by hanging over that top rope
but instead he… acted as a slingshot that drove his side
and back right into the edge of that ring.
[Ross] More than torque on Austin's back right there.
It was absolutely unbelievable.
[Jerry] Watch it, J.R., they're right here in front of us.
-Oh. -[Ross] Austin is-- his side,
his ribs rammed into the ring steps.
I have never seen Austin take a pounding like this, even from Kane.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Uh-oh, what's he doing?
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Undertaker making some altercations to the announce table over here.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Austin in big trouble here.
Undertaker taking Austin on the Spanish announce table.
[Jerry] He's gonna choke him out right there on the table.
[Earl] Three. Get in there! Let's go.
[Ross] Referee is doing his best not to disqualify anybody
or count anybody out.
[Jerry] Get off that table, comprende, Austin?
[Ross] Austin is hurt. Austin can barely move.
-[Jerry] Oh, look at this. -[Ross] Oh, no-- oh, no-- oh, no.
-[Jerry] No. -[Ross] No, no, no.
-[Jerry] No, no. -[Ross] He's seven feet, he's 325.
The champion, Austin is helpless here.
[crowd chatter]
-[Jerry] No way. -[Ross] He'll do it. No.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] My God-- my God, it's broken in half.
[crowd chatter]
[referee speaking indistinctly]
[Ross] Undertaker and Austin are just beating
the hell out of each other for the WWE title.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] That table did not give--
-it looks like a total wreck out here. -[Jerry] Look at this.
Nearly seven feet tall flying through the air.
[Ross] A leg drop from the top rope.
-Watch this, folks. -[Jerry] Look at this.
He smashed right into Austin and blasted him right off the table.
[Ross] Absolutely unbelievable. The impact! The impact!
[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Ross] Let's take a bet here now, that if The Undertaker can get Austin
back in the ring, this son of a gun is over.
[Jerry] Well, The Undertaker is the only one standing, J.R.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] What do you think McMahon's face looked like
when The Undertaker flew through the air like this?
[Ross] Austin is out of it.
-We got a new -[Jerry] Come on, J.R., what do you think
-Mr. McMahon was thinking? -[Ross] we got a new champion.
-[Jerry] Yes. -[Ross] One.
-[Jerry] This is it. -[Ross] Oh, no.
-Two. -[Ross] My God, he won't quit.
The toughest SOB in the WWE, got a shoulder up.
I don't-- I can't tell you how-- I can't tell you how, but he did it.
-[Jerry] Uh-oh, look at this. -[Ross] Austin spitting up blood.
Austin's got some internal injuries, but that son of a bitch won't quit.
[crowd chatter]
[Ross] Sorry about that.
What a whip.
[Jerry] Look out. Oh, no.
[Ross] The Undertaker got his own hold at the top turnbuckle,
but no sure seats for Austin. No resting.
[Jerry] Didn't even-- didn't even slow The Undertaker down.
Nothing is gonna stop him.
Oh. That might.
[Ross] Austin fighting back with every single ounce
of being that he has left,
barely able to stand.
The champion almost down on his feet here.
[Jerry] Right. It's obvious, Austin is overmatched right now.
He's pulling out all the stops
and he's not even slowing The Undertaker down.
[crowd cheering]
-[Jerry] Oh, no. -[Ross] What a collision.
-A midair collision. -[Earl] One…
two…
-[Ross] Both men are down. -[Earl] …three…
[Ross] A count-out
…four…
[Ross] means that Austin keeps the belt.
…five…
-…six… -[Ross] Referee is at six,
-he gets to ten -[Jerry] Stand up, The Undertaker.
-[Ross] this is over. -[Jerry] Stand up for Mr. McMahon.
-Oh. -[Ross] And Austin kicked out.
That son of a gun ain't gonna stay down.
The Undertaker is not gonna stay down, the war continues.
-[Jerry] Look at-- -[Ross] The war continues.
[Jerry] Look at Austin's face.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Oh, it's a slugfest.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Austin getting off quicker than The Undertaker now.
This is looking a little scary.
[Ross] Austin teeing off on The Undertaker.
Ooh, what a chop.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] But look at The Undertaker,
it's like-- it's really not having any effect on him.
[Ross] Well, this Highway to Hell can be The Undertaker's destiny.
Lou Thesz Press, distant fire-- distant fire from The Rattlesnake.
Oh, what a shot to the-- to the throat
with that-- with that elbow by the champion.
Man, this has been grueling.
The physical intensity here is unmatched anywhere-- Oh.
[Jerry] How-- oh, oh.
-[Ross] Austin was looking for a Stunner… -One!
[Ross] …but I think his-- the back of his head cracked The Undertaker's face.
[Earl] Two!
-[Jerry] It was almost a neckbreaker on-- -[Ross] It could be it, that could be it.
-[Jerry] No. -[Ross] Oh, no, it's not it.
-Two. -[crowd cheering]
-[Jerry] How… -[Ross] I don't know how--
[Jerry] …is Austin even going after going through that table?
After The Undertaker smashed him right into that-- into the floor
through that table, I just-- I can't imagine.
[Ross] Oh.
[Jerry] He may not be going any further, J.R.
[Ross] Chokeslam, Chokeslam.
A Chokeslam by The Undertaker.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] Tombstone.
[Ross] The end is near for "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Austin's had neck problems.
A Tombstone coming up here.
[Jerry] Yes, and a new champion coming up as well.
What?
[Ross] Austin from behind.
Undertaker overpowering Austin again.
-Austin-- oh. -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] Austin's straddling the top rope.
Undertaker has bought himself some more time,
more importantly, The Undertaker has got the advantage again.
The WWE title hangs to the balance here.
-[Jerry] The Undertaker… -[Ross] Into the floor.
[Jerry] …he's gonna do anything and everything.
[Ross] Quick Russian leg sweep by The Undertaker,
a first for The Phenom.
[Jerry] Which damages your opponent's neck.
He's pulling out all stops, J.R. He's gonna do anything.
He's a monster, look at him.
He can taste it, he can-- he can feel it coming.
The WWE title is in-- literally in his hands.
Again, look at the blood out of the mouth of Stone Cold.
[Ross] Undertaker is now standing over fallen prey, the wounded Austin.
He may be just moments away now from The Rattlesnake
going down at the hands of The Phenom.
-[crowd chatter] -[Earl] Hey, no.
No. Get down.
[Ross] Undertaker back on top, this didn't work earlier.
Two.
[Jerry] Oh, no. Did you see that?
[Ross] Austin with a low blow out of desperation.
-[Jerry] Stunner. -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] He got the Stunner. One, two, three.
-[crowd cheering] -[bell ringing]
[Ross] Yes, yes. The Rattlesnake-- The Rattlesnake,
Austin wins. Austin wins.
["I Won't Do What You Tell Me" playing]
[Jerry] How did he do that, J.R.?
[Chimel] "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] How did he do it?
[Ross] Oh, The Undertaker is up.
The Undertaker is up. He's got the WWE title belt in his hands.
[Jerry] He's gonna match him.
["I Won't Do What You Tell Me" continues playing]
[Ross] What's gonna happen here?
["I Won't Do What You Tell Me" continues playing]
[Ross] Oh, this is-- what's gonna-- what is this?
What's-- is this gonna explode or what?
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] The Undertaker just got beaten with a Stunner.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] What?
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] That's, uh-- that takes a hell of a lot of class.
That's a man's man right there.
And yes, there will be another day.
["I Won't Do What You Tell Me" playing]
[Ross] The Undertaker got caught in the Stunner.
The Undertaker said it would be one-on-one and Kane would not be involved.
And The Undertaker kept his word.
He did what he said he was going to do
except he couldn't avoid the Stone Cold Stunner.
[Jerry] Right in the nose of Mr. McMahon, he could be the champion right now.
[crowd cheering]
["I Won't Do What You Tell Me" continues playing]
[Ross] Wait, there's Kane.
Kane didn't--
["I Won't Do What You Tell Me" continues playing]
[Ross] Kane and The Undertaker
staring down "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
And indeed, there will be another day
for either The Undertaker or perhaps even Kane
and the Gold Belt
of the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion.
["I Won't Do What You Tell Me" continues playing]
[Ross] What a war.
What an intense, intense WWE title matchup.
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin prevails here on SummerSlam.
Ladies and gentlemen, wherever you are,
thank you very, very much for being with us here at SummerSlam.
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin, come hell or high water has done it.
Austin has done it.
Good night, everybody. in, come hell or high water has done it.