[Finkel] Ladies and gentlemen,
presenting the United States Marine Corps Color Guard,
I&I Staff from Phoenix, Arizona.
[crowd cheering]
And to honor America,
here is Lilian Garcia to sing our national anthem.
♪ O say, can you see ♪
♪ By the dawn's early light ♪
♪ What so proudly we hailed ♪
♪ At the twilight's last gleaming? ♪
♪ Whose broad stripes and bright stars ♪
♪ Through the perilous fight ♪
♪ O'er the ramparts we watched ♪
♪ Were so gallantly streaming? ♪
♪ And the rockets' red glare ♪
♪ The bombs bursting in air ♪
♪ Gave proof through the night ♪
♪ That our flag was ♪
♪ Still there ♪
♪ O say ♪
♪ Does that star-spangled banner ♪
♪ Yet wave ♪
♪ O'er the land ♪
♪ Of the free ♪
♪ And the home ♪
♪ Of the brave ♪
[crowd cheering]
[indistinct chatter]
-[seagulls cawing] -[waves susurrating]
[bell tolling]
[man] Bear witness, and grieve the end of civility,
because tonight wars will be waged on the most brutal of battlegrounds.
For it exists inside a structure
that confirms there is pure evil in this world.
It exists inside minds
to which the unthinkable springs to life,
and it exists inside the squared circle before your eyes.
Ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee,
for the men whose virtues have taken a backseat to greed.
[ominous music playing]
[bell tolling]
[rock music playing]
[narrator] Now, Raw and SmackDown present
SummerSlam.
[crowd cheering]
[JR] With 16,113 selling out the America West Arena,
we welcome you to the 16th SummerSlam!
It is a red-hot night in Phoenix.
Oh, without a doubt, JR. I can't wait, it's all that's been on my mind.
That Elimination Chamber match tonight,
I got a feeling this is gonna be a night that Triple H will never, ever forget.
[JR] It will not be for the weak of heart.
The devil's own creation, known as the Elimination Chamber.
As we take you down to ringside,
to our colleagues from SmackDown, Michael Cole and Tazz.
Thanks, guys. I cannot wait.
Brock Lesnar, Kurt Angle, WWE Title on the line.
-Are you ready, partner? -I was born ready!
Come on, I'm Tazz, I'm ready.
How about right next door to us?
We got the Spanish commentators, Hugo and Carlos!
What's up, guys?
Gracias, Michael, gracias.
[both speaking in Spanish]
["We're Coming Down" playing]
♪ Yeah, we're coming down ♪
[crowd cheering]
♪ Come on ♪
♪ Yeah, that's right ♪
♪ Put it down ♪
♪ It's like a family in here Just a little disabled ♪
♪ Putting it down We lay em' out on the table ♪
♪ Who's in the house? The brothers in the house… ♪
[Finkel] The following contest, scheduled for one fall,
is for the World Tag Team Championship.
Introducing first, the challengers,
from New York City,
at a combined weight of 543 pounds,
D-Von, Bubba Ray, The Dudley Boyz!
[JR] The Dudley Boyz representing Old Glory.
Can they make tag team history tonight?
They're 16-time Tag Team Champions.
But, King, the last couple of weeks,
this All-American team has had their problems
with the French Tag Team Champions, La Résistance.
[King] You got that right, JR.
The Dudleys, well, they're out here now with the American flag,
but for the last couple of weeks
they've gotten to see Old Glory up close and personal
in a way that, well, absolutely no one would want to.
I mean, La Résistance actually buried the Dudleys under the flag.
[JR] I can't believe the Dudleys were buried under Old Glory,
and then this.
What a hoax this was last week.
This alleged serviceman was invited in the ring by the Dudleys,
and then watch this.
[King] Total setup.
Look at La Résistance. And then, there it comes.
The huge double-cross, like you said.
Look at the look on his face.
Oh my gosh!
[JR] Absolutely a pathetic display.
Again, the Dudleys buried under Old Glory,
as the French Champions standing above them in dominance.
[Finkel] From Paris, France, at a combined weight of 507 pounds,
the World Tag Team Champions, La Résistance!
René Duprée on your left, Sylvain Grenier carrying the French flag.
Making their first SummerSlam appearance.
And the Dudleys are not gonna waste any time here.
The Dudleys got one thing on their mind,
and that is to become the World Tag Team Champions once again,
and bring the Tag Team Titles home to the USA.
And this huge crowd of well over 16,000 here in Phoenix,
absolutely sold out,
showing their overwhelming support, King, of Bubba and D-Von Dudley.
[King] You're right about that, JR. But I don't know if you're right
about the fact that the Dudleys have only one thing on their mind,
and that's winning the Tag Team Titles and bringing them back to our country.
I think that these guys have to stay focused on that,
but it looks to me like this has become more personal than just that, JR.
[JR] The Dudleys have to be considered the most honored tag team
in the history of this business.
[King] This could be a disqualification right here.
[JR] Referee Nick Patrick admonishing D-Von
not to get disqualified here.
The Dudleys eight-time ECW Champions,
seven-time WWE Champions.
-[King] Look out! Oh! -[JR] A WCW Tag Title on the record book.
That makes a total of 16, they want number 17 here tonight.
High arm drag takeover by D-Von Dudley on René Duprée.
[King] Like I say, if the Dudleys wanna be World Tag Team Champions again tonight,
they have to stay focused on just that.
They can't let their emotions run them out like we've seen.
They ran out before the match even started and attacked La Résistance.
[JR] The Dudleys somehow, some way, need to remain somewhat unemotional
in a very emotional situation and environment here.
[King] The crowd don't have to remain unemotional, they're into this.
[JR] Shoulder block takedown by D-Von Dudley.
The Dudleys dominating offensively here in the early going.
D-Von and Bubba don't make too many mistakes.
There's the cover after the legdrop.
Referee Patrick got a two-count out of it.
-[Bubba] Give me your hand! -[screams]
[JR] Tag made. Here comes the 300-pound Bubba Ray Dudley.
Bubba and D-Von, as folklore would have it,
are half-brothers.
[King] I think they fell out of the family tree
somewhere along the line.
[JR] Bubba Dudley now…
[King] Speaking of falling.
…manhandling Sylvain Grenier.
-[slap cracks] -[King] Ow! I felt that over here, JR!
[JR] He's hanging upside down from that.
[King] Look at this! Whoa, hey, hey, hey!
-[JR] Bubba again… -[King] You can't stand there, Bubba.
[JR] The Dudleys so emotional here tonight.
You gotta wonder if they'll get disqualified here for their actions.
[King] That's a no-standing zone right there.
[JR] No parking, no standing.
Look out. Hard knockdown, reverse elbow by Bubba Dudley.
-[King] Look at this. -[JR] The Dudleys very aggressive.
As well they should be. They have every right, every provocation.
-You want some? -[King] They've been provoked, all right.
For the last few weeks-- Oh!
[crowd cheering]
[King] Buried under the American flag,
humiliated.
I talked to the Dudleys, they felt they let their country down.
But wait a minute.
They wanna avenge all of that here tonight, in one match, at SummerSlam.
[JR] Dudleys showing their dominance here in the early going.
One fall to finish here.
[King] This crowd wants wood, JR.
[crowd cheering]
[JR] The Dudleys gotta be very careful
they don't allow themselves to get swept up
in this overwhelming crowd support here tonight in Phoenix at SummerSlam.
-[King] Oh! -Watch the fist.
-[slap cracks] -[screams]
[King] Oh man!
[JR] First SummerSlam was 1988,
and I don't remember any SummerSlams
starting off with this kind of crowd participation in a long time.
A cheap shot from the outside by Grenier,
allowing Duprée to follow up with that suplex.
And now the Tag Team Champions, La Résistance, with the advantage.
Going for a cover here.
Bubba kicking out on one from the lateral press.
[King] Well, you're right, JR.
The intensity tonight is unbelievable. 16,113 fans here tonight.
-Completely sold out. -Two! Three!
[JR] It's a hot crowd.
Back it up.
[JR] La Résistance isolating Bubba Dudley in the corner.
-Now double-teaming Bubba Dudley. -Get out of the ring! Come on!
[JR] Referee's got a five-count to utilize.
Duprée used every second of it.
Dangerously, a low blow there by Sylvain Grenier.
-Grenier now looking for the tag. -[referee] One! Two!
[JR] Hooking the leg up and got a near fall.
[crowd chanting] USA! USA!
[JR] This crowd here, you can hear them.
Chanting "USA."
[King] I don't think anybody has ever done as much damage
to the French and American relations as La Résistance.
[referee] Get in that corner, to that rope.
Come on, Bubba!
[JR] Bubba Dudley now sent far to the right, the far side.
Bubba Dudley in trouble here, he's been isolated.
Now the bear hug applied by René Duprée.
Bubba trying to make that tag.
You notice that Duprée has got his body between Bubba and D-Von.
[crowd cheering]
[King] D-Von getting this crowd even more pumped.
[JR] Very strategic placement there, to say the least.
-A headbutt by-- -[King] Oh! What a shot!
[JR] Fighting his way out of the corner.
But to no avail!
-The spinebuster slam could do it. -One! Two!
[JR] There's the count. And D-Von interrupts the count.
[King] D-Von saved the day there, because they were within an eyelash of…
Well, not becoming the 17-time World Tag Team Champions.
[JR] Tag made.
Nice, smooth tag. Oh, look out. Bubba now…
[King] Oh!
-[JR] Bubba with that Bubba Bomb. -[crowd cheering]
[JR] It'll compress the spine of whomever feels it.
-This time it was Sylvain Grenier. -[crowd stomping and clapping]
[JR] Grenier and Duprée the rookie tag team.
There's the tag. Here comes D-Von.
[crowd cheering]
[JR] Duprée from the other side.
Duprée and D-Von the legal men in this exchange now,
in this matchup.
-[King] Look out! Air France. -[JR] Oh my! High elevation.
Oh! Nice neckbreaker in this World Tag Team Title matchup.
[King yelps]
[Duprée yells]
[King] Man, oh man, D-Von is…
He's single-handedly--
[JR] The Dudleys motivated, hook of the leg here.
[King] Got him! Oh, that was so close.
[JR] Duprée couldn't kick out, but he got his shoulder up.
Not able to kick out, reversal of the Irish Whip.
Nobody there.
And the Dudleys seemingly beating the La Résistance Tag Team Champions
at every turn in the road.
[King] Oh, look out.
[JR] A mistake. A roll up.
Should be… Will it? No.
[crowd booing]
[JR] Grenier interrupting count.
Then a cheap shot on Bubba Dudley on the outside.
Bubba knocked to the floor.
[King] I'm trusting, JR, that you know who are the legal men right now.
[JR] I think it's Grenier and D-Von.
Or Duprée and D-Von, I should say.
The cover! And a near fall.
-[crowd cheering] -What?!
-Come on, do it again! -[JR] He can't believe it.
And they may wanna start believing this just may not be their night.
D-Von coming out, here comes Bubba in.
[King] Bubba like a freight train.
[JR] All four men in the ring now.
Referee having some problems here.
-[crowd cheering] -[King] Oh!
[JR] A little Flip, Flop and Fly action for Bubba Dudley.
-And now… -[King] Speaking of flying…
You know, JR, what goes up must come down.
And D-Von is going up.
-You want some? -[King] Let's see if we can read lips.
-What's up?! -[King] What's up?!
-What's up?! -[King laughs]
-[JR] What a difference maker this is. -[King] Oh!
[JR] High risk that paid off for the Dudleys.
[crowd cheering]
[King] La Résistance is left holding the bag.
Now what?
[JR] It may be time for a 3D.
[King yelps]
[JR] There it is!
-This could be over! -[crowd cheering]
[JR] D-Von with a cover!
-D-Von with a cover-- Wait a darn minute. -[King] Hey!
[crowd booing]
[JR] Grenier pulling the referee out of the ring.
The Dudleys had that match won, no doubt about that.
-With the 3D-- -[King] Hey! What is this?
[JR] Who the hell is that?
-[referee] One! Two! Three! -[King] Is that our cameraman?
-[bell rings] -[King] What that one of our…
-[crowd booing] -[JR] What the hell happened?
[Finkel] The winners of this bout, and still World Tag Team Champions,
La Résistance!
-[King] Look at this! -[JR] There he is again.
Who the hell is…
[King] This was a cameraman at ringside.
[crowd cheering]
[JR] There's little Spike Dudley, Bubba and D-Von's half-brother.
And Spike gets his lights turned-- Wait a minute.
[King] Oh my gosh.
-[JR] It's that phony serviceman! -[crowd booing]
[King] Yeah, that guy that was dressed in uniform last week.
[JR] He infiltrated the photographers' row at ringside.
And thanks to that guy,
La Résistance are still the World Tag Team Champions.
[King] Bubba Ray can't believe it.
[crowd booing]
[King] I can't believe it. Can we see what happened?
[JR] What a well-laid plan.
Here's the original three. This should've been over right here.
[King] Yeah, look at this. The referee yanked… right out of the ring.
Then watch the left side of your screen.
There's the guy entering the ring with a camera!
[JR] Referee was on the outside trying to separate Bubba and Grenier.
D-Von gets knocked out with a Nikon.
[JR] Check this out.
Well, what a…
-[King] That's a shame. -[JR] What a heartbreaker.
Excuse me, Dudley Boyz. Now, with all due respect,
I know you don't agree with La Réstistance's tactics,
but you gotta admit, they were pretty clever.
Clever?
What, are you one of those anti-American sympathizers too, Coach?
You know what I think about people who don't like America?
I think they suck!
But you gotta give the French kids credit.
You know why? They did whatever it took to keep those belts around their waists.
But The Dudley Boyz are on them.
And we will not sleep, we will not rest,
until we get our World Tag Team Titles back!
And we're gonna do whatever it takes!
Oh, my brother, testify!
[breathing sharply]
[Christian clears throat]
-[chuckles] -How you doing?
Christian. Intercontinental Champion. Nice to meet you.
-I know who you are. -Oh!
You know who I am.
Then tell me, how is it we come to one of the biggest days of the year, SummerSlam,
and me, Christian, your Intercontinental Champion,
isn't headlining the show?
Hell, I don't even have a match.
-The peeps are rioting in the streets. -Listen, listen, listen.
I wanted you on the card, but you know Steve Austin.
He gets something in his head, he gets so stubborn you can't talk to him.
-I tried. Yeah. It was all his fault. -Stone Cold, huh?
You know, he's been so jealous of me and my connection with the peeps.
I should've known he had something to do with this.
Exactly. Exactly. Now, if you don't mind, I gotta get back to work.
I really have a big match coming up.
[breathing sharply]
Eric. Eric.
-Your match with Shane? -Yeah.
Since I'm not doing anything tonight anyway,
do you think you might, maybe, need some help? Some assistance?
-Something? Huh? Yeah? -[laughs] Trust me, Christian.
I've got a backup plan already in position.
-Now I really do need to get back to work. -Gotcha.
I'm sure you understand.
Eric. Eric, excuse me, just one more thing.
I gotta know. Listen…
Last week, you and Linda McMahon in the bedrooms…
[laughs]
I gotta know what happened, man. What happened?
Did you close the deal?
Christian, you're so young.
A gentleman never kisses and tells.
But in your case, I'm gonna make an exception.
In fact, hell, I'm gonna tell the whole world.
In just a little while, I'm gonna walk out to the ring,
and I'm gonna tell everybody… just what happened
Hang in there.
[breathing sharply]
I don't know about you, but I really don't wanna know the details.
No, I don't either.
I don't wanna know if Bischoff "sealed the deal" or closed it, whatever.
Linda McMahon injured. Another McMahon injured as well.
Our general manager, Stephanie McMahon, injured at the hands of the A-Train.
Well, coming up next, retribution perhaps.
It's The Undertaker versus the A-Train,
coming up at SummerSlam.
I'll tell you, Tazz,
A-Train has sort of become Mr. McMahon's hired gun as of late.
It really started at Vengeance last month.
Stephanie versus Sable. Check out A-Train.
[Tazz] Oh yeah, A-Train running right over our general manager, Stephanie McMahon,
injuring her, putting her out for a while.
-Sable got the dupe right there. -[Cole] Yeah, internal injuries.
A-Train admitting Mr. McMahon paid him to get involved in Stephanie's matchup.
Then A-Train started to target The Undertaker
at the request of Mr. McMahon.
This matchup, versus John Cena, A-Train cost The Undertaker the match.
[Tazz] With that big bicycle kick right there.
A-Train, this heavy hitter, has been all over Big Evil's business.
Check out this 2x4 shot right here.
Bam! Right across those injured ribs of The Undertaker.
[Cole] Ribs that were injured by John Cena at Vengeance last month,
but A-Train has put a hurting on those ribs as of late.
["You're Gonna Pay" playing]
♪ Dead man walking ♪
♪ You've done it now ♪
♪ You've gone and made a big mistake ♪
♪ And I can't allow ♪
♪ You to think you can just walk away ♪
♪ So turn around ♪
♪ And face the piper you're gonna pay ♪
♪ 'Cause the end is now ♪
♪ This is gonna be your judgement day ♪
♪ A cheap shot… ♪
[bell rings]
[Finkel] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Making his way to the ring, from Houston, Texas,
weighing in at 305 pounds,
The Undertaker!
[Cole] That's a badass bike!
[Tazz] You ain't lying, man. I love that.
Yellow with the flames. I got one just like it in orange.
[Cole] Undertaker set for retribution
here tonight at SummerSlam.
♪ There's no forgiveness this time ♪
♪ You're gonna pay, you're gonna pay ♪
♪ It's my business, your mind ♪
♪ You're gonna pay… ♪
[Cole] Undertaker is fired up here tonight.
Over 16,000 at the America West Arena in Phoenix.
♪ I'm gonna bring you down ♪
♪ You're gonna pay, you're gonna pay… ♪
[Tazz] You gotta wonder what's going through the mind of A-Train.
He's about to walk out here in a few seconds.
and he's gotta get in the yard, Big Evil's yard.
["Derailer" playing]
[train horn blowing]
[Finkel] And from Boston, Mass., weighing in at 350 pounds,
A-Train!
[Cole] So the A-Train set to-- Wait a minute.
[Tazz] What?
[Cole] A-Train's got some company.
[Tazz] What, a-- Oh! Yeah!
Oh my God, it's the ever-hot Sable.
[Cole] Well, you saw last week on SmackDown,
A-Train won that big tag team matchup versus The Undertaker,
and Sable gave A-Train a key to her penthouse suite.
[Tazz] I wonder how that worked out.
[Cole] I guess if you work for Mr. McMahon, you get some…
-[Tazz] Perks. -[Cole] Yeah, perks.
[Tazz] I work for Mr. McMahon and I don't get perks like that.
I could seal the deal.
[Cole] So A-Train and Undertaker set to go one-on-one.
This all started when Undertaker told Mr. McMahon,
"I don't like the way you've been treating your daughter, Stephanie."
Mr. McMahon did not like The Undertaker talking back to him like that.
So he hired A-Train to take care of business.
[Tazz] Right there, Cole. The ribs of The Undertaker taped up.
[Cole] Normally, Undertaker would go on the assault into the corner.
You saw him back off a little.
Perhaps those ribs bothering him a little bit more than we thought.
[Tazz] We don't quite know how The Undertaker's feeling physically.
He's been battling the rib injury thing for several weeks now.
[Cole] If you're The Undertaker,
and you're going into this matchup against a 350-pound monster like A-Train,
and you got injured ribs, what's your strategy?
[Tazz] Move out of the way
when the 350-pounder tries to drop an elbow on you.
Oh man.
I'm telling you, it's hard to breathe when your ribs are injured.
A man with the moniker A-Train coming after your body, it's not good.
Doesn't make good for a Sunday night.
[Cole] Twice in the past weeks, A-Train cost The Undertaker matches.
There's a big shoulder knockdown by the former college football star.
A-Train off the ropes, Undertaker went for a hip toss.
[Tazz] Looked good from A-Train.
[Cole] Now the shots to the back of that hamstring by The Undertaker.
[Tazz] The Russian leg sweep!
[Cole] Oh! Connects. The Undertaker going to work on A-Train,
trying to end this matchup quickly.
Here's the cover. A-Train rolls the shoulder up.
So for The Undertaker and those injured ribs,
he would love to end this match real, real fast.
[Tazz] The longer the match goes, the more the match is in favor of A-Train.
A-Train's very healthy. He's fresh as a daisy.
[Cole] Whipped into the corner by The Undertaker.
There's a big elbow by A-Train.
[Tazz] One hairy daisy, by the way.
[Cole] A clubbing blow to the back of The Undertaker.
And A-Train's on the assault.
I guess his strategy, the A-Train's--
-[Tazz] Look at that! -[Cole] DDT by The Undertaker.
Again, Undertaker quickly into the cover.
Shoulders down. There's two. And A-Train rolls out again.
[Tazz] But when Undertaker nails that DDT,
his own body lands on its back, on its ribs, to execute that move.
So what did that take out of Big Evil?
Now Big Evil here going to weaken that arm.
Probably setting up for Old School.
Brought his opponent's limb up.
[Cole] What a shot by The Undertaker.
Again, working on that left shoulder of the A-Train.
Not only to set it up for Old School,
but if you can take away that left arm of the A-Train,
it makes it hard to deliver the Derailer in the matchup.
[Tazz] Wow!
[Cole] Undertaker knocking A-Train down.
Undertaker building momentum as we roll along here at SummerSlam.
[Tazz] Undertaker can't get moving quickly 'cause he's feeling those ribs.
Here we go!
Old School in the house!
[Cole] Just what you were talking about.
[Tazz] Weaken up that arm.
People feel it, they feel Old School.
It's on its way.
[Cole] Connects to the shoulder.
And the A-Train dropped to his knees,
and Undertaker, the veteran, is in control.
[Tazz] But can Undertaker follow up?
Can he follow up? Is Undertaker biding time, Cole?
He's taking his time so he can get a breath.
-[Cole] A-Train whipped across the ring. -[yells]
[Cole] And that was a shot right to those ribs.
A-Train ducks out of the way.
Undertaker over the top rope.
You heard The Undertaker scream in pain as he hit the floor.
[Tazz] He's grabbing his ribs, to boot.
Not in the boot. He grabbed his ribs, you get it.
[Cole] Driving that injured rib area into the steel post.
A-Train doing exactly what he set out to do here tonight,
target the injury!
The right hands.
[Tazz] Forearms shivers and those rabbit punches
right to that kidney-rib region there.
[Cole] Back into the ring, A-Train rolling under the ropes.
Hooks the leg. There's two! And Undertaker gets the shoulder up.
The Undertaker hasn't been able to catch a breath in recent weeks.
He hasn't been able to allow the ribs to heal properly.
Every week on SmackDown, he's in a major matchup.
[Tazz] Well, you think Mr. McMahon has got something to do with that?
[Cole] Of course he does.
He didn't like the way The Undertaker sassed back at him a few weeks back.
[Tazz] Didn't Undertaker say something to Mr. McMahon like,
if he was part of McMahon's family he would've beat the hell out of him?
[Cole] Yeah, because of the way Mr. McMahon has been treating Stephanie.
And another shot to the ribs.
A-Train continues the assault on that taped up rib cage of Undertaker.
[Tazz] Undertaker just trying to get a breath.
Those big, thick forearms…
Hairy, I might point out.
…of A-Train, delivered hard into the back of Undertaker's body.
-'Taker trying to fight back. -[Cole] Shot to the midsection.
Undertaker going to work against Mr. McMahon's heavy, A-Train,
who has been on the take from the boss over the past few weeks.
[A-Train yells]
-[Tazz] Man! How strong is this dude? -[Cole] Wow!
[Tazz] Big time vertical suplex.
[Cole] Cover by A-Train. Shoulders down, and Undertaker just kicks out.
[Tazz] A-Train pumped those hips for that big vertical suplex.
Grinding that forearm across the mush of The Undertaker.
[Cole] It's bad enough your ribs are all busted up,
then when you gotta kick out of a cover with a 350-pound man on you…
[Tazz] That's The Undertaker--
-Oh, that massive headbutt. -What do you say?
[Cole] A-Train trying to shake the cobwebs out of his head after that.
[Tazz] The dome on this guy.
[Cole] Like getting hit in the head with a typewriter.
[Tazz] Or a computer, right?
It's 2003.
Back elbows here by Big Evil. Connecting with a right.
[Cole] Shot again to the midsection.
Thank you, Bill Gates.
Here's A-Train whipped across the ropes.
Undertaker, sleeper!
-[crowd cheering] -[Tazz] Sleeper's applied.
[Cole] A-Train counters!
[Tazz] Man! What a counter by Train with that big back throw.
-[Cole] Sable liking what she sees here. -[Tazz] Oh my God.
[Cole] Again, Sable one of Mr. McMahon's perks, so to speak,
for the work A-Train has been doing for the boss.
[Tazz] Undertaker trying to fight up.
Trying to fight up, using the ropes for assistance.
[Cole] You see Sable running her hands through A-Train's hairy chest last week,
and grabbing his, uh, nipples?
[Tazz] My goodness, nipples?
They're pierced. He's got metal-- Whatever.
[Cole] What a shot again to those ribs.
Undertaker trying to battle back with those hands.
Throwing hands, here comes Big Evil!
[Tazz] That's Big Evil keeping separation, keeping the monster off of him
[Cole] A-Train whipped across the ring.
Undertaker lifting the big man up.
[Tazz] This is gonna be hard for Dead Man. Snake Eyes!
[Cole] Snake Eyes to the A-Train.
[Tazz] I think A-Train blocked it.
[Cole] Wow! Both men knocked down, center of the ring, double clothesline.
[Tazz] Turning point in the match here, Big Evil's trying to get that second ring.
It's the fourth quarter right now for both athletes.
[Cole] Referee Brian Hebner begins the count.
We get to ten, we have a double count-out, unless one man can reach his feet.
[Tazz] How much did it take out of The Undertaker, Cole,
to lift A-Train up for that Snake Eyes?
-That's 350 L-B-S's up in the air. -[Cole] Shot to the midsection.
-And another right. -You gotta watch the fist, come on.
[Cole] Undertaker with rights and lefts to the 350-pounder.
An uppercut by The Undertaker.
Building momentum here in Phoenix.
Oh! And what a right of his own by the A-Train.
[Tazz] You don't wanna exchange blows with Big Evil.
He can throw hands.
[Cole] That's what Undertaker does best.
[Tazz] A-Train looking good here. Maybe not.
[Cole] Was looking good.
But A-Train is reeling, backpedaling toward the corner.
Undertaker whips A-Train across the ring.
-And a big boot! -[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] Right to that next legdrop!
-[Cole] Dropping the leg. -[Tazz] There's a cover.
[Cole] Shoulders down. A-Train just gets the shoulders up.
[Tazz] Undertaker not wasting no time.
You nail that legdrop, bam,
get right on that man's body, try and get a win here.
[Cole] With A-Train down,
Undertaker using this time to perhaps catch his breath.
[Tazz] Might've got that second wind, Undertaker, Cole.
This might be good here for 'Taker. Legdrop again!
[Cole] Vintage Undertaker.
Across the back of the skull of the A-Train.
[Tazz] The end might be near for Train here.
[Cole] A-Train using the ropes to struggle to his feet.
Undertaker, his huge 300-pound frame.
[Tazz] You see Undertaker don't have that same velocity and that speed,
that sprint, because of the rib cage.
[Cole] Another big clothesline by The Undertaker.
A shot to the midsection.
[Tazz] No way.
-[Cole] Oh my. -[Tazz] No way!
[Cole] He was setting A-Train up for the Last Ride!
But A-Train shoving The Undertaker into referee Brian Hebner.
Oh! Derailer connects!
[Tazz] Ribs, right on it!
-[Cole] The cover. Hook of the leg. -[Tazz] He's gonna win! Upset win!
-[Cole] A huge victory here for A-Train! -[Tazz] One! Two! Three!
[Cole] The Undertaker just got the shoulder up.
A-Train tasted victory, but not on that one.
[Tazz] Gotta get on him, Train. There you go.
Don't waste no time with a veteran like Big Evil.
[Cole] Undertaker whipped into the corner by A-Train.
-Missed with a right hand! -[Tazz] God!
[Cole] Undertaker inadvertently hit the referee!
And a bicycle kick!
A-Train, with the referee down,
could be moments away from upsetting The Undertaker.
[Tazz] Referee Brian Hebner getting knocked into next week.
Perfect opportunity for A-Train to get himself some steel chair out here.
[Cole] A-Train gonna take advantage with the referee down.
The A-Train bringing in the heavy artillery.
Undertaker doesn't know where he's at.
A-Train with steel chair in hand.
Undertaker countered! Chair off the skull!
Here's the cover.
But the referee, Brian Hebner, just coming to.
There's one! There's two!
And A-Train kicked out!
[Tazz] Gotta take your hat off for A-Train there to kick out.
That chair with that big boot right in his face,
lot of toughness by A-Train.
[Cole] But Undertaker stalking the big man.
A-Train lifted up on the shoulder.
[Tazz] Oh man. Maybe a Tombstone?
[Cole] A-Train reversed.
Missed with the clothesline.
-Look out! -[Tazz yells]
[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] What goes up, Cole, must come down!
[Cole] The ring shaking with the explosion!
-[crowd] One! Two! Three! -[Cole] There's two!
-Undertaker picks up the win! -[bell rings]
["You're Gonna Pay" playing]
[Finkel] Here is your winner, The Undertaker!
[Cole] What a win for the big man!
Injured ribs and all!
The veteran gets it done here tonight at SummerSlam!
[Tazz] I don't know how the hell Big Evil did it--
[Cole] Oh, wait a minute!
[Tazz] A bit of extracurricular.
-[Cole] Retribution, perhaps. -[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] Well, that's a distraction for you.
Oh my God, look at Sable.
[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] Well, Undertaker's the winner, so I guess…
-[Cole] Oh my! -[Tazz] Oh my God!
[crowd cheering]
[Tazz] You see the eyes of The Undertaker.
-[Cole] Sable is-- -[Tazz] What the--
["All Grown Up" playing]
-[Tazz] Oh! -[Cole] Wait a minute!
♪ Gettin' my turn, took my L… ♪
[Tazz] Someone got caught in a trap here.
[Cole] The general manager, Stephanie McMahon, is back!
And she's coming to get her some of Sable!
[Tazz] Stephanie's got a big smirk here.
Here comes Stephanie.
Sable sees her. Sable's trying to get loose!
-But she can't! -[Cole] Stephanie's got Sable!
Stephanie's got Sable!
Stephanie kicking the hell out of Sable!
[Tazz] Oh my God, those right hands!
A-Train trying to pull out Sable.
[Cole] Trying to!
Pulling out Sable and Stephanie at the same time.
[Tazz] Two hellcats going at it here.
[Cole] And A-Train…
-[crowd booing] -[Tazz] Boo! Boo! I agree. [laughs] Boo!
[Cole] A-Train coming to the aid of Sable.
Or else who the hell knows what Stephanie would do to that vixen.
[Tazz] Someone almost flipped out there.
["You're Gonna Pay" playing]
[Tazz] I tell you what, Stephanie, you see that grin on her?
Stephanie got her to hop.
Oh man, Sable couldn't go nowhere.
She was caught in a trap.
[Cole] The general manager's back after being run over by the A-Train.
That's one hell of a combination in the ring right now.
Stephanie and The Undertaker.
[Tazz] Stephanie's proud of Big Evil. Big Evil's standing tall in his yard.
Got a good victory, a nice victory over the ever-tough A-Train.
[Cole] With Stephanie back,
I hope Mr. McMahon's got Sable a limo waiting.
'Cause Sable's gonna have to hightail it.
Check this out.
[Tazz] This is how Undertaker won the matchup.
There's the chokeslam.
A-Train came out, didn't get the win there.
Here comes Stephanie. Check it out.
[Cole] Yeah. The surprise, so far, of the night.
The general manager's back.
And Stephanie made a beeline to Sable.
I don't think Stephanie likes her assistant, Sable, much. Do you?
[Tazz] You think?
I wonder what Mr. McMahon's thinking about all this.
-Undertaker still holding those ribs. -[Cole] Big one to the big man.
Tonight, tough win!
[Coach] Chris Jericho, one of six Superstars
preparing for the ever dangerous Elimination Chamber match here tonight.
It's a career-changing match.
There's so much speculation
on who will walk out the World Heavyweight Champion tonight.
Lia, Gary, who do you think is gonna leave here the World Heavyweight Champion?
Oh, no doubt about it, Goldberg.
-[Coach] Goldberg. For you? -The man, Goldberg.
[Coach] Goldberg for you.
A lot of speculation.
It's a Raw main event tonight, the Elimination Chamber match.
So dangerous.
Right now, let's send it back to our announcers.
Okay, Coach, thank you. King, I tell you what, momentarily,
it's gonna be, perhaps, the most personal matchup I can remember
in recent years here at SummerSlam.
Shane McMahon and Eric Bischoff.
Well, I'm just wondering if we're gonna hear from Eric Bischoff,
before he meets Shane McMahon,
exactly what took place in Linda McMahon's bedroom.
[JR] There's no respect from a business perspective
and total disdain and hatred from a personal perspective
in this matchup.
[Shane] I just wanted to come out and state, for the record,
that what I started with Kane with that steel chair,
tonight, I'm gonna finish it.
[crowd cheering]
Vince made it absolutely clear to me,
not only are you not going to get Kane tonight,
but I am to have you escorted by security from the building.
[tense music playing]
I don't give a damn what my dad says, and I don't give a damn what you say.
I'm not leaving this ring.
[Coach] Here comes "Stone Cold" Steve Austin!
Since you can't face Kane, there ain't nothing stopping you
from taking out your frustrations against Eric Bischoff.
-No Holds Barred match tonight. -[dramatic music playing]
[King] They're getting into it! Here we go!
Now Shane-- Oh! Uh-oh.
[Coach] There are no chains, no shackles on "The Big Red Monster" Kane!
[King] Where are the cuffs? Get out of there, Shane!
What are you doing, Shane?!
[Coach] Shane McMahon has gotta do anything he can
to keep Kane at bay.
-Kane now just screaming. -[King] Oh my God!
-This is not good. -[Coach] Oh no.
-Oh no, he's not… -[King yells]
[Coach] The Tombstone!
Shane McMahon's head straight to those steel steps!
[dramatic music continues]
[Coach] Eric Bischoff just covered Shane McMahon.
[King] Oh my God! Eric Bischoff has won this!
[JR] You're really proud of yourself?
You're really proud of the way you set me up.
For Kane to try to burn me alive.
So because you put me in an unsafe working environment,
I'm gonna sue your ass, you bastard!
-[crowd cheering] -[King] Uh-oh!
Things are going from bad to worse for Eric Bischoff!
[Steve] JR agrees that he won't sue Eric Bischoff,
that's if Eric Bischoff agrees to face, right here tonight on Raw,
a certain individual.
[Eric] Bring Shane McMahon right here, center of the ring,
I signed the contract, I'll do it.
[Steve] You didn't read the fine print, did you?
Eric, you signed a contract to compete tonight,
face to face, with Kane!
[crowd cheering]
[JR] What the hell is this?
[King] He's obviously trying to take the easy way out.
-No! -[JR] Chokeslam him to hell!
Chokeslam him to hell!
-[King] What did he-- He put him down! -[JR] What the hell is this?
[King] What?!
[Garcia] Here is your winner via count-out, Eric Bischoff!
The part of the contract that you didn't read
stated that the winner of the Bischoff-Kane match, you,
would go on to SummerSlam to face Shane McMahon.
[dramatic music continues]
[Eric] Linda, you look shocked to see me.
I'm not here to hurt you.
I'm here to please you.
But I am gonna hurt your son, Shane.
Spoiled little rich bastard.
The WCW, the company that I built, handed to him on a silver platter…
I'm gonna beat him to a bloody pulp.
Oh, Linda, don't even try it.
You'll enjoy it so much more that way.
What do you say?
Show me your bedroom.
[Linda gasps]
[Linda groaning]
["I'm Back" playing]
[King] Uh-oh!
♪ Better than ever, got a knack… ♪
[JR] What a classless, smarmy human being.
♪ Face facts 'Cause your opinion don't matter… ♪
[King] Look at that smile.
♪ The maniac… ♪
[King] Really smiling.
[Finkel] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, the co-general manager of Raw,
Eric Bischoff!
[King] I'm worried about one thing.
You remember, JR, the look on Shane McMahon's face
after Kane had Tombstoned his head right into those steel steps?
That'll be nothing compared to the look on Shane's face
when he hears about the sordid details of Eric and his mother's escapades.
-I know, I know, I know. -[crowd booing]
You're all wondering what, quite frankly,
everybody I've talked to all week has been wondering.
So before I address what really happened
in Linda McMahon's home last week,
let me first address Vince McMahon.
See, Vince, there's a lot of things I don't understand about you.
Why the hell are you running all over the country
eating hamburger
when you've got a hot, juicy,
delicious filet mignon
at home?
-[King] Oh my gosh. -I don't get it.
Now, it's not a question
of what happened,
it's a question of how many times it happened,
and it happened again and again…
[King] Oh no.
…and again and again.
I'll tell you what, Shane McMahon, I know now where you get all your energy.
Let me tell you.
-It is bred into your DNA. -["Here Comes the Money" playing]
[King] Oh my gosh.
♪ Here comes the money… ♪
[King] I told you!
[JR] There's gonna be some hell to pay here.
I swear to God, there'll be some hell to pay here.
[King] Shane could not stand back there and listen to that any longer.
Can you believe Eric Bischoff?
[Finkel] From Greenwich, Connecticut, weighing 235 pounds,
Shane McMahon!
[King] Do you think he and Linda did some parallel parking?
You think they bumped up?
[JR] Eric Bischoff is a pathological liar,
and I don't wanna believe that what he's saying is even remotely true.
[King] He said they did the wild thing!
-Uh-oh, look out! Look at Shane! -[bell rings]
[JR] This is gonna be a street fight here.
[King] Shane's acting like he believes it.
[JR] Bischoff, black belt and all,
and Shane McMahon right now
is just absolutely wearing out the co-general manager of Raw.
[King] Bischoff has a black belt in "mouth," we know that.
You want some of this?
[King] If he's got one in martial arts, he better pull it out right now.
-[Shane grunts] -[yells]
[JR] Crossfaces right across the eyes and the nose of Eric Bischoff,
who's thrown outside here.
[crowd booing]
[JR] Bischoff's trying to get the hell out of here.
[King] He's gonna leave?
[JR] Bischoff's trying to run like a scalded dog.
But to no avail, thanks to Shane McMahon.
[King] Oh my gosh!
[JR] I can only imagine
what must have been going through Shane McMahon's mind since Raw.
-Since he saw that heinous episode on Raw. -[crowd chanting] Kick his ass!
[JR] As distasteful as anything I've ever witnessed.
[King] And then here tonight, to hear the details of it.
[JR] Shane McMahon rolling in the ring to break the referee's ten-count.
Shane does not want this match to end on a ten-count.
He wants to beat the living hell out of Eric Bischoff.
[King] Can you imagine being Shane O'Mac, and having to look at Eric Bischoff
and envision him in bed with your mother?
[referee] Five!
-[JR] It's nauseating to even think about. -[King] Look out!
[crowd cheering]
[JR] Shane again rolling in the ring, breaking Charles Robinson's ten-count.
Bischoff said he was gonna beat Shane to a bloody pulp here,
and if it is, Bischoff is getting a late start.
[King] So far we don't see many abrasions on Shane O'Mac.
[JR] This has not been wrestling, this is nothing but--
[King] Oh gosh!
[JR] Shane just absolutely imposing his will,
and manhandling Eric Bischoff thus far in this match.
And you gotta wonder, King, how much more gas can Bischoff have?
There's a gas shortage out here.
[King] I'll tell you what I'm wondering, what Eric Bischoff's backup plan--
He mentioned he had a backup plan.
If I were him, I think I'd be backed up and pulling out my plan.
Said he had it in position.
-Where is it? -[Robinson] Stay in the ring.
[JR] Shane McMahon has got his wits about him,
at least to not be counted out here.
Shane, again, just right hands, forearms,
imposing his will on Eric Bischoff.
Bischoff just getting introduced to the SmackDown announce table.
[King] The only position I've seen from Bischoff is on his back like that.
Maybe his plan is to hit Shane in the fist with his face
as many times as he can until Shane gets tired.
Bischoff has gone up and down more than an Otis elevator.
[Robinson] Seven!
-[JR] Oh! What the hell was that? -[King] What was that?
[crowd booing]
[King] Coach!
-[JR] What the hell is Coach doing? -[King] Coach!
What?
JR, what is this?
-[JR] What the hell? -[King] Look at Coach!
[crowd booing]
[JR] Has he lost his mind?
-Ring the bell! Ring the bell! -[crowd booing]
-Ring the damn bell! -Hey! Hey!
Hey! There ain't gonna be no bell!
[Robinson] Ring the bell!
I just made this match no disqualification.
And, as a matter of fact,
pinfalls count anywhere.
So I tell you what, Coach,
why don't you introduce this piece of **** to those stairs?
[King] What?!
What is Coach doing?
[JR] What the hell has come over Coach?
-He's lost his mind. -[King] Oh my God.
[JR] Jonathan Coachman is a member of--
And since pinfalls count anywhere…
-One! Two! -[JR] Come on, Shane, kick out!
[crowd cheering]
A-ha! A-ha!
Coach, he's not only a rich bastard, he's a tough bastard.
Put him in the ring, we got more.
[crowd cheering]
-[JR] Shane McMahon-- -[Eric] Get up!
[JR] Trying to fight back after those steel chair shots.
[King] I'm flabbergasted.
-I cannot believe my eyes. -[JR] I cannot believe this.
[King] Jonathan Coachman, Coach, who took your place,
sat right here with me as my broadcast partner for weeks,
he is in there going after Shane--
[Eric] Coach! Coach!
Hold him up.
-[King] What's he thinking, JR? -Hold him up for me.
Let the world see--
Hey, wait a minute. I got an idea.
Since you're the greatest announcer in the history of sports entertainment,
I'm telling the production truck now,
shut JR and King's mic off!
-[King] What? -Now!
Cut it off!
[crowd booing]
Coach, call it like you see it.
It would be my pleasure. JR, I got this one, thanks.
I got it.
[Shane grunts]
[mocking JR] Oh, what a shot!
What a shot! That's a slobberknocker!
-[crowd booing] -Pick him up!
-[yells] -Oh! Again!
Shane's down! Shane's down!
Shane's down!
That's the best, King, I've ever seen!
He wants more?
-Spin him around! -[Coach] Go ahead!
-[yells] -Again!
Oh!
You're stomping him like a government mule!
Shane! Shane! Shane!
[crowd booing]
We'll do it this way.
-[Shane grunts] -Oh! Again! Again!
Eric Bischoff! Eric Bischoff!
Eric Bischoff!
[crowd booing]
You want more? Okay.
Get up.
-[grunts] -[Coach] Oh!
[crowd cheering]
[cheering intensifies]
[groans]
[crowd exclaims]
["I Won't Do What You Tell Me" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[in normal voice] Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Whoa.
Listen,
I don't work for you.
I work for Eric Bischoff.
This is a case of mind over matter.
I don't mind and, Stone Cold, you don't matter.
[crowd exclaims]
And I don't appreciate you coming out here,
and I'm sure Eric Bischoff doesn't appreciate you coming out here.
And don't forget,
you can't touch me.
Unless I physically provoke you.
And I'm not touching you.
[crowd booing]
[Coach] Whoa!
[crowd cheering]
[cheering intensifies]
-[Coach grunting and groaning] -[crowd cheering]
[Coach groaning and whimpering]
-[grunting and groaning] -[crowd continues cheering]
You're so screwed! Get him up off the floor.
-Get up. -Come on.
Let's go be a real man.
-[Coach grunts] -[crowd cheering]
[Coach grunts]
[crowd cheering and whooping]
[crowd chanting] Austin! Austin! Austin!
Turn the microphones back on for Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler.
[laughs] All right. We're back. We're back.
Now that I got that piece of trash out of the ring,
looks like you got some business to finish.
[crowd] What?!
So I'll see you later.
[crowd] What?!
[JR] Shane McMahon… what the hell has come over Coach?
-[King] I don't know but-- -[JR] Uh-oh.
-[crowd cheering] -[King] Did you see that?
[JR] That might be…
[King] I think Bischoff just somehow physically provoked The Rattlesnake!
-Oh! [whoops] -[crowd cheering]
[King] Here we go!
-[JR] Count him down! -[crowd] Two! Three!
-[JR] Oh no! -[King] Wait!
[JR] Shane McMahon pulled Bischoff off the canvas before the three-count.
Shane McMahon has got more scores to settle here.
[King] Wait a minute. What is Shane looking at?
[JR] What in God's name has come over Coach?
[King] I don't know,
but what a great intervention that was by Stone Cold.
Oh, wait a minute.
[crowd cheering]
[JR] Shane McMahon… is fearless!
We've known that since the first day we saw him in the ring.
[King] JR, did I ever mention the fact that I'm glad I'm not a Spanish announcer?
[JR] Bischoff has been manhandled, beaten down,
now stretched out on the Spanish announce table.
[King] You gotta be careful, Bischoff is a black belt, you know.
[crowd cheering]
[JR] He may need suspenders on the black belt
when this is all said and done.
[King] What is Shane gonna do now?
[crowd cheering]
[JR] Oh my God.
-[King] Oh my gosh. -[JR] Oh my God.
Shane McMahon is looking to go coast to coast here.
[King] This is for Linda!
-[JR] Oh my! -[King] Oh!
[JR] That's for his mama!
-And falls count anywhere! -[crowd] One! Two! Three!
-[JR] It's over! -[bell rings]
["Here Comes the Money" playing]
[King laughing]
[Finkel] Here is your winner,
Shane McMahon!
[King] The Rattlesnake couldn't believe his eyes on that flying fiasco.
Did you see that move from Shane O'Mac?
[JR] Shane McMahon spitting in the eye of fear,
off that top turnbuckle,
driving his elbow into the black heart of Eric Bischoff.
[King] Shane took what the words said on The Rattlesnake's shirt literally.
What a flight, and what a night!
[crowd cheering]
[JR] Shane McMahon,
a little post-match celebration here with Stone Cold.
Bischoff is a bloody mess. He's been robbed of his pride…
["I Won't Do What You Tell Me" playing]
…much to the delight of this sold-out crowd here in Phoenix.
[crowd cheering]
[King] Unbelievable.
[JR] My God, I'm…
[King] I'm still in shock over…
-[JR] What the hell was Coach thinking? -[King] He's an idiot.
[JR] I don't know if he's an idiot--
[King] That's an idiot.
It takes an idiot to pull a move like that.
What is Coach thinking?
[JR] Well, it's a shot from behind.
Will it take an idiot, or a coward
to hit somebody from behind with a steel chair?
Another shot on Shane McMahon by Coach.
And I'm not touching you.
[King] Well, he got a little help.
But he did provoke The Rattlesnake,
and that was a big mistake!
[JR] Austin nailing Coach and taking him down.
And then…
[King] Look at this!
[JR] And then Bischoff sort of, kind of,
inadvertently provoked Austin with a little help.
[King] Everybody's wanting to provoke Stone Cold tonight.
And then look at this.
There's Shane O'Mac.
[JR] Shane McMahon getting some retribution
out of that no-good SOB.
[King] Watch this, JR.
Like you said,
flying in the face of fear, Shane O'Mac.
Look at this.
Wow!
[JR] That kid, no fear.
But he's a winner at SummerSlam.
It's real simple.
Hunter walks down that aisle,
he gets in the chamber as the World Heavyweight Champion.
He walks out of that chamber,
back down the aisle, into the dressing room,
as the World Heavyweight Champion.
Ric. Ric, I understand that.
It's fine with me. I understand my job in the Elimination Chamber.
But what if…
There is no "what if," Randy.
-What if-- -No "what if."
Hunter, what's up, man?
There is no "what if," Randy. Get that?
You have one thing to remember tonight,
I walk in with this,
I walk out with this.
-You got it? -I got it. I got it, man.
Great.
I got it! What?
[sighs]
[Chimel] Ladies and gentlemen,
the following contest is the Fatal 4-Way match
for the United States Championship.
Now, in this match all four wrestlers will be in the ring at the same time.
The first one to either catch a pinfall or win by submission
will be the United States Champion.
["Whatever" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[bell rings]
[Chimel] The following contest is the Fatal 4-Way match,
and it is for the United States Championship.
Making his way to the ring, from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada,
weighing in at 229 pounds,
Chris Benoit!
[Cole] Partner, let's get something straight.
-You and I are good, right? -[Tazz] Yeah, we're good.
I don't know what's going on with the Raw announcers.
[Cole] Unbelievable, what's going on here tonight at SummerSlam.
I think this matchup is gonna steal the show.
Fatal 4-Way for the US Title!
["Green Mist" playing]
[Chimel] Making his way to the ring,
from Japan, weighing in at 206 pounds,
Tajiri!
[Cole] Not only for the US Championship, Tazz,
but a lot of personal issues here.
Former friends all going head-to-head here tonight.
["Monster" playing]
[Chimel] From Detroit, Michigan, weighing in at 275 pounds,
Rhyno!
[Cole] There's the man who cost Chris Benoit the US Title
last month at Vengeance.
Rhyno turning his back on his friend Benoit,
allowing Eddie Guerrero to win the resurrected United States Champion.
[Tazz] I'll tell you, Rhyno could be the guy,
the athlete, that walks out of here with that US Championship tonight.
-["Viva La Raza" playing] -Here we go now!
-Latino Heat! -[Cole] What do you think Eddie's driving?
[Chimel] From El Paso, Texas, weighing in at 228 pounds,
he is the United States Champion,
Eddie Guerrero!
[Cole] He looks like a rainbow trout!
[Tazz] What the hell did you just say?
[Cole] He looks like a rainbow trout.
[Tazz] Looks like a green car with a white interior
that goes up and down to me.
[Cole] The US Champion with a low-rider, riding in style here tonight in Phoenix.
[Tazz] That's a phat ride right there.
That convertible top, hippity-hop-hop low-rider.
Are you, like, a priest? There something wrong with you?
-You're, what, 62? You were born in… -[Cole] No.
-I'm almost your age. -[Tazz laughs] Right.
[Cole] Nonetheless, the three in the ring have a huge score to settle with Eddie.
Tag team matchup last week,
Eddie Guerrero would first attack Benoit with the US Championship,
then would turn his back on his tag team partner, Rhyno,
with the US Title.
And three times is a charm,
because Eddie Guerrero would then go after Tajiri.
[Tazz] Yeah, it was no secret that Eddie Guerrero,
this past Thursday on SmackDown, wasn't looking to make any friends.
The three opponents he faced will go after his US Title tonight at SummerSlam.
[Cole] Check out the three guys in the ring.
Tajiri, Benoit, and Rhyno.
They all cannot wait to get their hands on the US Champion, Eddie Guerrero.
[Tazz] They owe Eddie Guerrero big-time.
Champing at the bit, as that silly expression goes.
Champing at the bit.
[Cole] Again, it's every man for himself in this matchup.
All men are in the ring at the same time.
The first to gain a pinfall or submission will win the United States Championship.
[Tazz] Whoa! Hey! Eddie Guerrero hightailing out of here.
[Cole] Referee Mike Sparks holding that US Title up high.
-Here we go, matchup under way. -[bell rings]
[Cole] Again, champion does not have to be involved in the decision
to lose his title.
[Tazz] Eddie Guerrero better get his butt in there, though.
[Cole] Rhyno going to work on Benoit.
The 275-pounder from Detroit, Michigan,
who cost Benoit the US Title at Vengeance,
is taking it to his former friend.
[Tazz] This is a tornado-style match.
No tags needed here right now--
-Going down on his face! -[Cole] Crossface, hooked in!
And Eddie Guerrero realizing his US Title could've changed hands right there.
Attacks Benoit and quickly gets out of town.
[Tazz] Eddie's just hitting and moving-- Oh my God.
What a kick by Tajiri.
[Cole] "The Japanese Buzzsaw" Tajiri looking to win the US Title here tonight.
The slam of Chris Benoit, delivering the knee to the face.
Here's the cover. Hook of the outside leg.
And again the champion saving the matchup and perhaps his title.
[Tazz] It's no secret this type of match does not favor the champion,
who at this moment is Eddie Guerrero.
Like you said, anybody can beat anyone and become the US Champion.
[Cole] And Tajiri…
[Tazz] Oh!
-[Cole] Clothesline by Rhyno. -[Tazz] What a shot!
[Cole] Here's the cover.
US Title on the line,
and Eddie Guerrero again breaks up the three-count.
Benoit, here's the scoop slam of Guerrero.
[Tazz] What a full body slam by Benoit.
Boot to the gut, straight punch right to the face,
-[Cole] Oh! -[Tazz] Jumping spinning heel kick there!
[Cole] All three men getting revenge on Eddie Guerrero…
[Tazz] Exactly.
…after what happened Thursday night on SmackDown.
Tajiri, cover. Hooks the leg, and Benoit breaks up the three-count.
Again, the rules are simple.
First man to get a pinfall or submission becomes US Champion.
[Tazz] Enough with the rules. How many times with the rules?
[Cole] That is why it is critical
to keep an eye on all the opponents at the same time.
[Tazz] I know, I've been in tornado matches.
-I'm very well aware of this. -[Cole] How'd you do in them?
[Tazz] I won some, I lost some, you know.
I did all right. How'd you do?
-[Cole] Never been in one. -[Tazz] Exactly.
[Cole] Rhyno off the top turnbuckle.
What type of strategy do you use in this style of a match?
[Tazz] If you're Eddie Guerrero, you wanna get the win as quick as you can
on any of these three athletes to get out of Phoenix with your US Title.
[Cole] Hook of the leg. Benoit, though, breaks up the three-count.
Shot to the back of the head of Rhyno.
Don't think Chris Benoit doesn't want to get his hand on Rhyno here tonight.
[Tazz] That's my pick in this match. I think Benoit--
-[Cole] Wow! -[Tazz] Vintage snap suplex by Benoit.
[Cole] Cover again, shoulders down, and a kickout.
[Tazz] Chris Benoit is my pick to become the new US Champ tonight.
Benoit wants that championship real bad.
[Tajiri yells]
[Cole] Oh wow! What a suplex.
You made a great point on SmackDown the other day…
Cover by Benoit, again Eddie breaks up the three-count.
…the fact that Benoit, it's starting to wear on him
that he hasn't been able to pick up a championship victory here.
[Tazz] Right now, Eddie Guerrero clearing the field here,
clearing the ring of Rhyno.
[crowd chanting] Eddie! Eddie! Eddie!
[Tazz] Phoenix is all behind Latino Heat.
[Cole] Yeah, huge Latino contingent here at the America West Arena tonight.
[Tazz] Went for the suplex over the top.
Looks like Eddie Guerrero has pinpointed Tajiri
as the athlete that he wants to defeat here.
[Cole] Former Tag Team Champions in the ring here.
Remember, Eddie Guerrero put Tajiri, his former buddy,
through the windshield of a low-rider a couple of months ago.
[Tazz] Yeah, that sucks when that happens.
[Cole] Eddie Guerrero whipped across the ring.
Up over the top of Tajiri.
The Japanese Buzzsaw off the leapfrog!
Wow! Launching Eddie.
[Tazz] Big time Monkey Flip by Tajiri.
Tilt-a-Whirl right on a backbreaker there.
[Cole] Hook of the leg.
Rhyno, realizing that Tajiri could've become champion,
just broke up the three-count.
[Tazz] I don't even know how much Rhyno cares about being champion.
Rhyno would be happy leaving here tonight ending somebody's career.
He just wants to hurt people.
[Cole] Oh! And Benoit driving a knee to the gut.
And here's Benoit.
[Rhyno yells]
[Tazz] Oh! Look at the power!
-[Cole] Man Beast! -[Tazz] Oh my God!
[Cole] Just drove Benoit into that turnbuckle.
[Tazz] Not only that,
Rhyno just running across the ring with Benoit's body.
[Cole] Eddie Guerrero taking advantage.
Almost a three-count.
But Benoit just got his foot on the bottom rope.
[Tazz] Also, Rhyno kicking Eddie Guerrero in the back there didn't hurt either.
[Cole] See how Eddie took advantage? He saw Rhyno injure Benoit,
and immediately tried to take advantage of the situation.
[Tazz] That's what you gotta do, jump on it and stay on it.
Looks like a superplex coming here by Rhyno.
-Let's go, get down. -[Cole] Tajiri working on Benoit.
-Rhyno from the second rope! -[Tazz] Whoa!
[Cole] Delivers the superplex.
[Tazz] Get on top, Rhyno. Watch Tajiri though!
[Cole] Here's the cover, hook of the leg. Tajiri, a shot to the back of the head.
[Tazz] Whoo, man. This thing's a whirlwind.
[Cole] Guess that's why they call it a tornado.
[Tazz] Exactly.
[Cole] Shot to the rib by The Japanese Buzzsaw.
-[Tazz] Oof! -[Cole] What a kick. Did you hear that?
-[Tazz] How could you not? -[Cole] Cover again. Shoulders down.
-Tajiri! And a kickout by Rhyno. -Two!
[Cole] US Title is on the line here tonight at SummerSlam.
[Tazz] You can't get a breather with The Wolverine in there.
Benoit will jump your stuff and beat your face in.
Oh! Speaking of faces.
[Cole] Tajiri misses with the big kick.
Benoit, shot to the midsection.
-Tajiri whipped across the ring! -[Tazz] Handspring elbow!
-[Cole] Connecting! -[crowd exclaims]
[Cole] Tajiri crawls to the cover.
-Hooks the leg. Two. -One! Two!
[Cole] And Eddie Guerrero saves his title yet again.
[Tazz] This match could go all night. Thank God there's a time limit.
I'd love to see it go all night.
-Wow! Back suplex by Rhyno. -[Cole] Here's the cover.
Again, forearm in the face.
Eddie Guerrero manages to kick out.
[Tazz] Rhyno was trying to keep all his weight on top of Eddie Guerrero,
keep his shoulders pinned to the mat.
[Cole] Whipped across the ring.
Eddie Guerrero! Great leg scissors by the veteran.
[Tazz] Tilt-a-Whirl head scissors right there by Latino Heat.
Latino Heat with that luchador style.
-Vato! Eddie goes, "Vato!" -[crowd chanting] Eddie!
[Cole] I explained to you on SmackDown that means "Dude."
[Tazz] Easy there, you Mexican, Cole.
You're not even Mexican, you're like an Irish guy.
-Look at this! -[Cole] Shot to the midsection.
-Look at this! -[Tazz] Whoa!
[Cole] Off the top rope!
The US Champion in control.
Benoit in trouble.
Hook of the leg. Here's two.
Eddie almost got him, but a kickout by Benoit.
And Rhyno back in the ring, on the attack.
[Tazz] Rhyno is, right now, in control.
-But Chris Benoit fighting back. -[crowd] Woooo!
-[grunts] -[crowd] Woooo!
[Tazz] Those bone-crushing chops by Benoit.
-Whoa! -[Cole] Benoit just ran into a right hand!
Eddie Guerrero knocking Rhyno out of the ring.
Tajiri's back in.
US Champion on the attack of Tajiri now.
[Tazz] Don't wanna trade kick with Tajiri. Watch yourself, Eddie.
-That's what I'm saying! -[Cole] Shot to the face.
Tajiri, The Japanese Buzzsaw, up top, in trouble, lands on his feet.
Eddie Guerrero, shot to the kidney area.
[Tazz] Nice double leg there, scooping him up.
-I'd be a little… -[Tajiri yelling]
-[Cole] Can he lock it in? -[Tazz] That's the Lasso From El Paso.
[Cole] This is a submission maneuver.
If Tajiri taps out here, it's gonna be over.
[Tazz] The knee's in the small of the back on Tajiri.
-Rhyno trying to get a crossface! -[Cole] Crossface!
Crossface locked in!
Two submission maneuvers in at the same time!
The first person to tap…
Eddie realizes it.
[Tazz] Eddie wants Tajiri to tap first!
What do you say?
[Cole] Benoit trying to get Rhyno to tap out.
[Tazz] Who does the ref check, though?
[Cole] If Tajiri taps first, Eddie retains the title.
If Rhyno taps, Benoit's the champion.
[Tazz] Rhyno's close to tapping!
[Cole] Mike Sparks doesn't know which way to go.
[Tazz] We need more refs out here.
[Cole] Trying to make it to the ropes, can Tajiri get there? Tajiri does!
-Benoit still has the crossface locked in. -[Tazz] Eddie's gonna break it up!
-Yow! -[Cole] There you go.
Realizing…
[Tazz] That'll do it.
…his title hung in the balance,
took advantage.
-And now Latino Heat is firing up! -[crowd cheering and booing]
[Tazz] Some mixed reaction for Guerrero.
-There's a crossface! -[Cole] Crossface locked in.
Will the champion tap? Will the champion tap for the crossface?
The US Title is on the line!
-Guerrero is close to tapping! -What do you say?
[Tazz] Oh, but he's gotta-- No!
[Cole] Rhyno a shot, and Tajiri as well.
Finally, after three or four kicks to the skull,
Benoit forced to break the crossface.
[Tazz] Powerbomb here by Rhyno.
On his feet, Tajiri went.
[Cole] Tajiri shot again.
Here comes Tajiri.
Caught by Rhyno. Planted off the spinebuster!
-[Tazz] Shades of Arn Anderson! -[Cole] Hook of the leg!
Shoulders down!
-And Tajiri just got the shoulder up. -[Tazz] Oh! [whoops]
Oh man, that was close.
[Cole] You see Rhyno believing.
He thought he would be the US Champion.
But what a dropkick by Benoit.
[Tazz] Benoit so damn quick and intense.
He nails you and you go flying, simple.
[Cole] Can you believe the pace of this matchup?
[Tazz] All four athletes in great condition.
-Oh! Look at that. Nice! -[Cole] Rhyno knocked off the apron.
-Chris Benoit… -[Tazz] German!
[Cole] And the hands still locked around the waist.
One German suplex delivered.
-[Tazz] Here's another! -[Cole] A second German suplex!
[Tazz] That hat-trick by Chris Benoit.
Third German on the way. Whoa!
[Cole] Eddie Guerrero off the back body drop.
Tajiri trying to fight out.
[Tazz] Switch. Standing switch.
Nice German suplex!
-[Cole] Into the bridge, shoulders down! -[Tazz] What? No!
[Cole] Oh! Benoit just kicked out!
[Tazz whoops] That was nice by Tajiri!
Flipping over in that inverted bridge.
Putting all of Benoit's weight on that neck,
that surgically repaired neck.
[Cole] I thought Tajiri was gonna win the US Title on that instance there.
And Benoit, out of instinct alone, managed to kick out.
[Tazz] Benoit never knew that damn German was coming from Tajiri.
Textbook German suplex by The Japanese Buzzsaw.
Delivering the chops, Tajiri whipped in the corner.
Here comes Benoit.
-Nobody home. Look out! -[Tazz] Oh boy!
-Come on! Come on. -[Tazz] Tarantula on the way! Here we go!
[Cole] Tajiri has to break this before the count of five.
[Tazz] Rhyno's in the corner there.
Wait a minute. Did you see that?
-Oh! -[Cole] Eddie Guerrero!
Eddie Guerrero had the championship in his hands!
[Tazz] I think that got… It looked like Rhyno nailed the belt!
[Cole] I think Rhyno went shoulder-first in the championship, the US Title.
Eddie Guerrero used the belt as a shield!
Eddie Guerrero hoping to take advantage!
[Tazz] Eddie Guerrero got lucky right there.
Feeling froggy.
Tajiri with great extension of the legs, with a kick right there.
[Cole] Eddie kicked off the top rope.
Rhyno went for the gore and for the victory.
Eddie Guerrero used the championship as a shield.
[Tazz] Tajiri going up for something.
Whoa! Right there!
Tree of Woe!
[Cole] Tajiri caught up in that top rope.
[Tazz] What's Benoit gonna do here?
[Cole] Rhyno still suffering from that championship shot to the shoulder.
[Tazz] Tajiri's hung up in that corner.
[Cole] Benoit's at the top rope.
-[Tazz] Headbutt! -[Cole] Headbutt connects to Rhyno!
[Tazz] What ring psychology…
[Cole] Benoit, cover for the US Title--
-And Tajiri just broke up the three-count. -Two! Two!
[Tazz] What a match right here.
Oh man!
[Cole] Tajiri back into the ring.
Measuring Chris Benoit.
-[Tazz] Heads up. Heads up! -[Cole] Kick misses. Benoit…
Look at Tajiri, in all kinds of trouble.
[Tazz] Elbow and over the top, both athletes.
[Cole] Both men over the top rope.
[Tazz] Look at Guerrero, Cole!
[Cole] Frog splash connects!
-The cover! Hook of the leg! -One! Two! Three!
[Tazz] Eddie gonna do it!
-[bell rings] -[Cole] Guerrero retains the US Title!
["Viva La Raza" playing]
[Chimel] Here is your winner, and still United States Champion,
Eddie Guerrero!
[Tazz] Here's the deal, four great WWE Superstars in their prime,
leaving it all in the ring for the US Championship.
Great match.
Eddie Guerrero leaves Phoenix with the belt.
[Cole] The veteran Eddie Guerrero, how smart was he in this matchup?
First he used the championship as a shield to gore the shoulder of Rhyno.
Then Chris Benoit delivered a headbutt to Rhyno.
With Benoit and Tajiri outside the ring, the veteran Guerrero took advantage.
The frog splash to the injured Rhyno.
Eddie Guerrero retains the US Title.
-And there he is. -[Tazz] Oh yeah.
[Cole] Shawn Michaels, one of the six men from Raw,
who will enter the brutal Elimination Chamber tonight
with a World's Heavyweight Title on the line.
And as we mentioned, it's Kurt Angle, Brock Lesnar, WWE Title here tonight.
But let's take you back to this past Thursday on SmackDown.
Brock Lesnar on the lunatic fringe, so to speak.
[Tazz] Brock Lesnar, I'll tell you what, I said it on SmackDown, I'll say it again,
damn near looks unstoppable.
Look at the power of these powerbombs on Zach Gowen's body
as his mother watches this kid get destroyed.
Vicious, vicious, violent man is Lesnar.
[Cole] Brock Lesnar promised to break the leg of Zach Gowen.
Brock Lesnar broke Zach Gowen's leg in two different places
in this heinous premeditated assault.
[Tazz] Watch the knee of Zach Gowen here.
The torque around that post.
Goodbye, knee.
The kid's got one leg,
and it just got shattered at the hands of Brock Lesnar.
And Brock wasn't done, Cole.
[Cole] Yeah, the audacity of Brock Lesnar.
They were carting the poor kid out of the arena,
and Lesnar dumped the stretcher, then carried the stretcher to the ring
as some sort of sick trophy to show what Lesnar did to Zach Gowen.
Again, Zach Gowen's leg broken in two places.
Zach Gowen was supposed to make his SummerSlam debut
here tonight in Phoenix.
Ladies and gentlemen, it's not happening.
Zach Gowen could not compete against Matt Hardy here tonight.
But on Sunday Night Heat, what did Matt Hardy do?
He humiliated the kid.
He came out here, Matt Hardy did, and tried to claim himself the victor.
You see, real wrestlers compete whether they're hurt or they're not.
But I guess not Zach "The Novelty Act."
God, I hate winning by forfeit, but go ahead and do your thing, ref.
Go ahead and make this happen.
He's the winner. Winner by forfeit, Matt Hardy.
[Chimel] The winner of this match, the result of a forfeit,
Matt Hardy Version 1.
[Cole] Matt Hardy would win on Sunday Night Heat.
But, ladies and gentlemen, coming up next it's SummerSlam.
Kurt Angle defends the WWE Title against Brock Lesnar.
[Tazz] This match will be a rocket buster, a battle.
It's gonna take time off of bodies in this match.
The championship is on the line.
[Chimel] The following contest is the Triple Threat match
for the WWE Championship.
[Cole] Kurt Angle has been waiting for this since WrestleMania,
the night he lost the title to Brock Lesnar.
There was the neck injury, there was surgery,
there was the triumphant return in June, in Anaheim.
Tonight, Kurt Angle hell-bent on proving that he's the best.
The first person to gain a pinfall or submission wins the title.
Big Show is out cold.
Look at Kurt Angle measuring Brock Lesnar.
And Angle, slam to the champion!
Kurt Angle hooks the leg.
-Shoulders down! He got him! -[Tazz] He got him!
[Cole] Kurt Angle wins the title!
[Kurt] Winning this title for a fourth time is, without a doubt,
the definitive highlight of my career.
There's one person I'd like to personally thank.
You know, when I was laid up in a hospital
and I didn't know if I was gonna wrestle again,
there's someone that became a genuine friend.
All the concern for me and my family, and my health,
and most of all, Brock, for earning all of my respect…
[poignant music playing]
…I just wanna say one thing.
Thank you.
[crowd cheering]
[Brock] I know how much it meant to you to come back and win that WWE Title.
But, Kurt, you know how much that WWE Title means to me also.
So I decided to come out here and challenge you, Kurt,
for my WWE Title rematch.
-[rock music playing] -[crowd chanting] Rematch! Rematch!
Okay, you're on.
You want a rematch, pal? Well, the answer is…
No.
You're gonna have to earn it.
You want me to earn my way, huh?
So how about I earn my way by beating your ass?
You're on.
Mr. McMahon versus Brock Lesnar
inside a 15-foot-high steel cage.
I'm gonna assign a very special guest referee.
Your friend, Kurt Angle.
[Cole] There is the 15-foot-high steel cage.
Mr. McMahon, Brock Lesnar.
Kurt Angle is the special guest referee.
What is going on? Somebody apparently attacked Brock Lesnar.
[Tazz] He's out cold, man.
[Cole] Perhaps Brock Lesnar has a major concussion.
Brock Lesnar, shot to the midsection.
-He'll make quick work of McMahon. -[Tazz] Here we go!
-It's gonna be over. -[Cole] Wait a minute.
Wait a minute.
Brock Lesnar losing his balance. Brock Lesnar is down and out.
-Brock Lesnar is out cold. -[Tazz] This is serious.
[Cole] Look at Mr. McMahon. Mr. McMahon wants a victory here.
-Kurt Angle had enough! Ankle lock! -[Tazz] Whoa!
-[Cole] The ankle lock on Mr. McMahon! -[Tazz] Oh man!
[Cole] Lesnar just kipped up. What the hell?
It was a damn setup.
Has Brock Lesnar signed a deal with the devil himself, Mr. McMahon?
[Mr. McMahon] The one, the only, the real Brock Lesnar!
[Brock] Kurt Angle stopped being my friend
when he took the WWE Title from me at Vengeance.
[Mr. McMahon] Brock Lesnar is a sadistic animal.
[Tazz] Brock Lesnar is a violent, vicious animal.
Something got into Lesnar.
This man, Brock Lesnar, is on a path of rage
and I don't know who the hell's gonna stop it.
[Cole] This isn't about titles.
This isn't about winning matches.
This is about humiliating.
For Kurt Angle it's about surviving this matchup.
[Kurt] Friend or not,
I would stop at nothing to regain this WWE Championship.
Brock, I will get my revenge.
[Cole] It's the WrestleMania rematch!
But this time it's personal.
A friendship born out of competition,
ripped apart by greed.
It's Lesnar-Angle, for the WWE Title at SummerSlam!
["Next Big Thing" playing]
[Tazz] Well, here comes the pain!
[crowd cheering]
[bell rings]
[Chimel] The following contest is scheduled for one fall
and it is for the WWE Championship!
Making his way to the ring, the challenger,
from Minneapolis, Minnesota, weighing in at 295 pounds,
Brock Lesnar!
[Cole] Brock Lesnar is the challenger tonight.
Brock Lesnar won the title at WrestleMania versus Kurt Angle.
Brock Lesnar lost the title at Vengeance.
And in recent weeks Brock Lesnar has changed.
Brock Lesnar has morphed into a killing machine.
Will Brock Lesnar, tonight, become the next WWE Champion?
[crowd cheering]
["Medal" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Chimel] And from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
weighing in at 237 pounds,
is the WWE Champion, Kurt Angle!
[crowd chanting] You suck! You suck!
[Cole] Last month, at Vengeance,
Kurt Angle completed an unbelievable journey.
At WrestleMania, Kurt Angle broke his neck in a memorable match against Brock Lesnar.
Following surgery, following rehabilitation,
Kurt Angle would regain the title last month at Vengeance.
And Kurt Angle will be damned if he loses that title here tonight
after accomplishing what he's accomplished in the past few months.
[Tazz] I tell you what, I believe in Kurt Angle.
It's hard not to.
I've wrestled Kurt many, many times here in the WWE.
I'm gonna tell you what,
I don't know how Kurt Angle is gonna keep his championship
here tonight in Phoenix.
That's just my opinion.
I just don't know who or what human or animal can stop this animal.
Guys, this is for the WWE Championship.
Okay? I wanna keep this clean. You guys know the rules.
I don't have to explain them to you.
Okay, I'm gonna-- Come on, Brock, listen up. Listen up.
I want a clean match. Okay? Let's shake hands. Good luck, both of you.
[Tazz] So much for the handshake.
[Cole] This is the rematch from WrestleMania.
The long-awaited rematch for the WWE Title.
Lesnar and Angle squaring off in Phoenix tonight.
It was one year ago tonight at SummerSlam that Brock Lesnar arrived,
that Brock Lesnar became the youngest WWE Champion.
And Lesnar for the title at SummerSlam again here tonight.
[Tazz] Brock Lesnar, bigger, stronger than Kurt Angle.
Collar and elbow tie up, powering Angle back to the corner.
Kurt's used to wrestling up a weight.
As an amateur. When he was an amateur.
Both these guys know each other so well. Best friends at one point.
The go-behind right there by Kurt Angle.
[Cole] Kurt Angle in control with that front facelock on Brock Lesnar.
Kurt Angle, Olympic gold medalist, 1996.
Brock Lesnar, two-time NCAA Champion
as we start out with some amateur moves in the early going of this matchup.
[Tazz] Nice switch into a hammerlock right there with the half waist
by Brock Lesnar.
Brock keeps his body close. Nice front trip right there by Kurt.
[Cole] And, again, Angle in control. If you're Kurt Angle, Tazz,
what do you want to do?
What is your strategy against this monster Lesnar?
[Tazz] Keep Lesnar on the mat.
Don't let Lesnar build up momentum hitting those ropes, getting speed.
Brock has mastered the quick burst, that short sprint.
And all 295 pounds coming into Kurt is not a good thing.
Kurt needs to ground Lesnar.
But then again, Lesnar's a two-time national champion as a wrestler,
as a collegiate wrestler, so that's tough too.
[Cole] The 16,000 people here in Phoenix applauding the fact
that Kurt Angle had the, uh…
-[Tazz] Nice. -[Cole] Oh, look at that takedown.
Again into the front facelock.
[Tazz] Getting a form to a side headlock, actually, here by Kurt Angle on Lesnar.
[Cole] And the crowd appreciating the fact that Kurt Angle is in control of Lesnar
in the early going in the matchup.
If you're Brock Lesnar, what's your strategy?
[Tazz] My strategy is to end this thing quick.
Kurt Angle is known for having tremendous stamina in the ring.
His conditioning's unparalleled.
Brock, again, heavier, more poundage moving around in that ring.
Hit that F5 as quick as you can and leave Phoenix with that championship.
[Cole] Two tremendous amateur athletes. Two tremendous WWE Superstars.
And there is the power of Brock Lesnar.
And, boy, has Lesnar ever changed since entering into this sick relationship
with Mr. McMahon.
[Tazz] Look at Lesnar's eyes. That's from McMahon.
Brock Lesnar's got that killer look in his eyes,
that dangerous gaze that he has.
The power of this man.
[Cole] And Brock Lesnar realized that he does have the power advantage.
Now Kurt Angle, you can almost see the thinking cap going on.
[Tazz] You don't want to get Lesnar too confident.
Once a guy, an athlete like Lesnar, gets confident, you're done.
And Kurt knows that.
You don't want to let Brock get too cocky in there.
[Cole] These two men became great friends after WrestleMania.
Brock Lesnar calling Kurt Angle, wishing him well in his neck surgery.
[Tazz] Well, here, see, now Kurt's trying to play
a little head game with Brock there.
That's smart.
[Cole] And the crowd realizing that.
Really in the corner of Kurt Angle here tonight in this matchup.
Brock Lesnar beginning to become frustrated.
But if Lesnar becomes frustrated, Kurt Angle's gonna pick him apart
like he's doing here.
[Tazz] A couple arm drags, Kurt trying to get his feet--
[laughs] How good is Angle? How good is Angle?
Angle was into a vertical base
when he ended up getting a deep arm drag on Lesnar.
Now Lesnar's snapped.
Oh man! Oh… [laughs]
Oh, that's not good.
[Cole] Well, Kurt Angle doing what he had to do.
[Tazz] Oh!
[Cole] Kurt Angle has the big man off his game here.
[Tazz] You think he's off his game?
He's freaking going nuts out here.
[Cole] I can't remember the last time I…
[inaudible shouting]
[man] You don't belong in that ring!
[crowd shouting]
[Chioda] Three!
[Cole] Brock Lesnar saying that it's his WWE Title.
That's not the case, Brock.
You gotta pin the man in the ring to make him submit
before you walk out of Phoenix with that title.
[Tazz] All right, Cole, who's gonna stop Lesnar from leaving?
-I got it! Kurt Angle! -[Cole] Kurt Angle from behind.
A shot to Brock Lesnar. Lesnar's been knocked down.
And Kurt Angle has the challenger reeling here.
Angle with the right hand. A right hand again from the champion.
Brock Lesnar in trouble. Quick shot to the midsection.
And here comes the power of Lesnar.
[Tazz] Kurt has to be careful.
You don't want to bring the fight outside.
That's what I'm saying. That's not good for Kurt Angle.
Keep it in the ring on the mat.
[Cole] And Kurt Angle blocks it that time.
Shot to the knee.
And again, what a shot to the back hamstring.
Kurt Angle going to work on the big man.
Off the barricade goes Lesnar.
The champion's in control.
[Tazz] Like I said, Cole, it's to Kurt's advantage
if it spills out to the outside.
[Cole] And Kurt Angle back into the ring. Shot to the midsection again by Lesnar.
And the challenger trying to take control of this matchup.
Trying to win back that WWE Title.
Nobody home. There's the quickness of Angle.
Look out!
What an overhead belly to belly!
[Tazz] Big-time suplex by Kurt Angle.
[Cole] Here's the cover. Shoulders down. And Lesnar kicks out.
You're not gonna put Lesnar away that easy.
[Tazz] Belly to belly won't do it, but it'll weaken Lesnar.
And Kurt knows that.
And you make Brock exert energy by kicking out.
Notice how Kurt went for a cover after that big belly-to-belly suplex.
[Cole] Kurt Angle a couple of weeks ago basically says
that he lives for the WWE Title.
He lives for it.
[Tazz] Look at the power.
Pressing Kurt Angle right now, Brock Lesnar's an animal.
[Cole] Tossed over the top rope!
[woman] Come on, Kurt! Get up! Get up!
[Cole] And if that lunatic fringe starts to pop out of Lesnar here,
Angle's in trouble.
And you have to wonder, is Angle quite at 100%?
It was just three days ago, Tazz,
he went through that No Holds Barred, Falls Count Anywhere matchup
with the Big Show.
[Tazz] That's a great point. Let's take a look at this here.
Press, right over the top rope.
Kurt Angle just getting flung like a little kid by Brock Lesnar.
[Cole] In the steel steps goes Kurt Angle!
We talked about Brock being out of control moments ago.
But now, you can see Brock is in control.
The confidence is beginning to build for the challenger.
But, Tazz, the challenger's got to get the champion back in the ring
because that's the only place the title can be won.
[Tazz] But you use outside the ring to get the advantage,
and I think Kurt Angle might have separated a shoulder.
He got chucked into the steel steps, courtesy of Lesnar.
[Cole] And Brock Lesnar now just stalking the champion.
Shot to the back of the head. Kurt Angle's in trouble.
And when Lesnar gains confidence, when Lesnar gains control,
he is deadly.
[Tazz] There you go. Wow!
That's that release, that belly-to-belly overhead suplex.
Brock hardly even arched his back.
Just throws him all upper-- Upper-body strength.
[Cole] Cover on the champion! Shoulder is up.
Here's a cover again, driving that forearm into the cheek of Kurt Angle.
[Tazz] That's the tenacity of Brock Lesnar.
That's what makes Lesnar who he is.
And Lesnar bringing the pain to Kurt Angle big-time.
Kurt's in trouble and that championship's in jeopardy.
[Cole] This is the long-awaited rematch from WrestleMania.
Former friends in the ring here
as Brock Lesnar displays power.
Countered by Angle. Off the ropes.
Shoulders down. Champion's got him!
And Lesnar kicked out.
[Tazz] The technique by Kurt there with that--
[Cole] Oh, what a tilt-a-whirl into a backbreaker!
[Tazz] How powerful Brock is.
[Cole] That knee driven into the kidneys of Kurt Angle.
Hook to the inside leg, and the champion--
And Angle just got the shoulder up.
Brock Lesnar thought he was gonna regain the title right there
on that cover.
[Tazz] Right here, Kurt Angle caught in the trap for sure.
That rear naked choke by Brock Lesnar.
And Brock's got a great flank. Got the legs in there on Kurt Angle,
immobilizing the man's lower body and upper body.
[Cole] Again, the title can change on submission.
If Kurt Angle passes out here, the title would change hands.
And referee Mike Chioda in tremendous position there.
[Tazz] Yeah, it's a tough move to get out of too,
especially with a man as powerful as Brock.
[Cole] How do you counter it?
[Tazz] You try and keep separation.
Keep your hand between the choke and your throat.
Keep that man Lesnar's arm off your throat so you don't get choked out and lose air.
[Cole] There's 16,000 strong here in Phoenix.
[Tazz] Now he turns into a body scissors, Brock did.
[Cole] Making moves on the champion.
[Tazz] Look at the eyes, Cole, of Lesnar.
You think he's intense?
I'm telling you, Brock, his time's coming. He wants to be champ again--
[Cole] Shoulders down again! And Angle kicks out.
I mean, I don't think we realized at Vengeance last month
in that Triple Threat match when Brock Lesnar lost the WWE Title
how much that loss stuck in the craw of Brock Lesnar.
[Tazz] Friend or no friend, that don't mean squat.
The bottom line around here is to be the champion.
That's it. You want to be the man.
And on SmackDown, you need to be WWE Champion.
That's who makes the money. That's who headlines stuff.
That's who you want to be, and that's what Brock wants to be.
[Cole] See Brock Lesnar. Look at the look in the eyes.
Look at the look on his face.
[Tazz] Something got in him, Cole.
And the people here in Phoenix getting behind…
[crowd cheering]
…the gold medalist, Kurt Angle, here.
The champion.
[Cole] Kurt Angle desperately trying to get to his feet,
to gain some sort of leverage advantage here.
[Tazz] Kurt keeping separation, trying to pull that elbow,
that arm down away from his throat.
[Cole] Kurt Angle back to his feet.
Elbow to the midsection. The champion battling back.
The right hand from Kurt Angle.
And here comes the Olympic gold medalist.
But he walked right into the knee of Lesnar, and it buys Lesnar some time.
[Tazz] I don't know if he walked into it.
Kurt was trying to build up some momentum
in a high-impact move.
But Brock thought ahead
and buried that knee in the breadbasket of Kurt Angle.
[Cole] Kurt Angle up to his feet again. Brock Lesnar is in control.
The challenger realizing it could be a matter of moments
before he regains his title!
That knee is driven again into the kidneys,
the lower back of Angle.
[Tazz] I don't know, it looks like he's working the middle of Kurt's abdomen.
Maybe his ribs or his kidneys, as you pointed out.
With the knee, the backbreaker, the body scissors
with the very powerful quads and calves and legs of Brock.
[grunts]
[Cole] It's been well documented the training regimen of Brock Lesnar.
The miles he runs every day with big old logs on his shoulders.
Brock Lesnar climbing stairs.
Brock Lesnar is a tremendous physical specimen.
[Chioda] Four! Come on, give it up.
[Tazz] Brock needs to be careful so he doesn't get disqualified.
You don't win the championship, you know, being disqualified.
[Cole] Angle battling back with a right hand.
The champion trying to regain advantage-- Shoulders down!
Lesnar almost surprised there.
But again, the big man knocks the champion down.
[Tazz] Man, that was a clothesline with the pec included.
Nailing Kurt Angle there.
[Cole] Tazz, you know, you made a history of always being angry.
And I got a question for you.
Brock Lesnar, we've seen him lose control the past couple weeks,
what he did to Spanky and Zach Gowen.
How does he stay in control so he doesn't get disqualified here?
[Tazz] I don't know, but he's got a cradle.
What the hell is Brock…?
Look at this cradle! Wow!
A high cradle.
Brock Lesnar holding Kurt in midair
like he was nothing.
[Cole] Into the cover hook of the leg. Title is on the line!
Shoulders down!
And Kurt Angle…
The winner instinct of Angle allowed him to get the shoulder up,
but that's all it was, was straight instinct.
[Tazz] Back to your question about anger, Brock is in anger, he's in a rage.
But Brock's in control, Cole. He's got that anger under control.
[grunts]
[Cole] One year ago tonight,
Brock Lesnar, the youngest WWE Champion in history
with a victory over The Rock at SummerSlam.
Lesnar looking to repeat the feat here tonight
against Kurt Angle.
[Tazz] All over the abs, the midsection, look!
Looks like Kurt-- Brock's got a clasp.
He's gripped his own hands, I think, with the turnbuckle.
I thought he had his hands clasped.
Kurt Angle--
[Tazz stammering]
Kurt finding out.
[Cole] And the champion knocked down again by the challenger.
Every time Kurt builds a little momentum,
Lesnar and that brute strength puts him back in control
[Tazz] Well, Kurt might have caught Brock in the nose, possibly, there.
Brock was grabbing his nose.
But Brock stalking Kurt Angle.
[Cole] Get hit in the nose, it'll sting for a bit.
But Lesnar's not gonna allow that to stand in his way.
-[Tazz] Whoa! -[Cole] Driving Kurt Angle again
into the turnbuckle.
That lower back area Lesnar's been working on throughout the matchup.
[Tazz] Brock just treating Kurt like a tackling dummy,
working on that rib cage.
The midsection!
[Cole] Again driving the shoulder into the ribs, it's the abdomen.
[Tazz] That's damn near 300 pounds.
That big, thick deltoid going in the stomach of Kurt Angle.
That hurts like a… you-know-what.
[Cole] You see Angle desperately trying to just catch his breath
as Lesnar again drives the shoulder.
This one knocks Angle almost to the mat below.
[Tazz] How much more can Kurt take?
A shot to the gut.
Here he comes again! Nobody home!
[Cole] Lesnar's shoulder hits the steel post.
The champion may have an opening here!
[Tazz] Yeah, but does the champion have the energy,
you know, to fight out of this pain that he's got
shooting through the middle of his body, Cole?
[Cole] Well, and Kurt Angle buying himself some time here.
Allowing him to try to catch his breath.
Can he gain an advantage, though? The challenger's down.
[Tazz] Kurt's got something in mind, Cole. He's lowered his base here.
[Cole] And again, a shot to the shoulder.
Kurt Angle zeroing in on the shoulder that hit the post.
[Tazz] Oh, what a shot!
[Cole] Again, Lesnar knocked back!
[Tazz] Kurt Angle showing his days-- Of his football days.
What a shot right-- Oh man!
[Cole] Shot to the back of the knee. Lesnar knocked down.
The champion Kurt Angle reaching deep down.
This is the fourth quarter for Angle.
This is his opportunity to put this game away.
[Tazz] Kurt's got some pepper behind those punches, too, Cole.
He's got some sting in those bad boys.
[Cole] We talked earlier on about the tremendous physical stamina
and shape of both of these men.
[Tazz] Whoa!
[Cole] Angle knocks Lesnar down.
Lesnar back up, misses right hand.
-[Tazz] Whoa! -[Cole] Down and suplex!
[Tazz] Clasps the fingers. Kurt's hanging on here.
He could go for another German.
[Cole] Hands clasped around the waist.
He connects again!
[Tazz] Rolling German suplexes by the WWE Champion on the challenger.
[Cole] The German's hurt the shoulder. Brock keeps reaching.
[Tazz] Absolutely. Look at this! Right on the deltoid!
-There it is right there! -[Cole] A third!
Kurt Angle cover. Hook of the leg!
And Lesnar got the shoulder up!
What a match for the WWE Title
you're witnessing here tonight in Phoenix.
[Tazz] Two of the greatest athletes on the WWE roster
just going at it for the WWE Title.
[Cole] There's 16,000 on the edge of their seat this matchup.
Every near fall, the crowd comes out of its seat.
-[Tazz] He got hooked! -[Cole] Wow! What a release!
[Tazz] Big-time throw, big-time suplex.
The second one that Brock's hit on Kurt.
Trouble-- Fly by there by Kurt Angle.
[Cole] Shot to the midsection!
Slipped through the Angle Slam, Brock Lesnar countered.
Kurt Angle off the ropes. Champion… He slammed it!
[Tazz] Spinebuster by Brock Lesnar!
Going back to that shoulder!
[Cole] Title's on the line! Hook to the leg!
Kurt Angle is-- Oh no!
He-- He somehow kicked out that angle.
I thought I was gonna say Angle's a former champion,
but Angle got the shoulder up.
[Tazz] I'll tell you what,
you're gonna have to scrape Angle off this mat with a spatula
for him to lose that championship here tonight.
Kurt ain't got no quit in him, and Brock feels that.
[Cole] Brock Lesnar with Kurt Angle on his shoulders.
[Tazz] Oh man! Here comes the pain, baby!
[Cole] And what a counter!
A DDT counter off the F5!
[Tazz] Tornado DDT from the WWE champ!
Gotta cover him, Kurt! Gotta cover him, man!
[Cole] Kurt Angle hooks the leg. The challenger's in trouble.
There's two, and Lesnar--
Lesnar got the shoulder up again!
What a match at SummerSlam!
[Tazz] Took the words out of my mouth.
Straps are coming down!
[Cole] And you know what that means.
Kurt Angle's fired up Steel City-style.
[Tazz] No doubt, no doubt.
Angle's probably feeling an Angle Slam here.
That's usually what comes after those straps.
[Cole] Brock Lesnar trying to make it to his feet.
Angle stalking the challenger.
-Kurt Angle-- -[Tazz] Kurt's sunken in. Here we go!
[Cole] Angle Slam connects to Lesnar!
-[Tazz] This is it! -[Cole] Can Angle take advantage?
Hooks the leg. There's one…
And Brock Lesnar kicks out of the Angle Slam!
[Tazz] Wow!
Wow!
I'll tell you what, like him or not,
you gotta take your hat off to Lesnar.
You gotta.
That means-- That's big-time kicking out of an Angle Slam.
-Big-time! -[Cole] The champion, Kurt Angle…
This is what I'm talking about!
[Cole] He just said, "This is what I'm talking about."
He took straps down for a second time. Oh, the ankle lock!
-[Tazz] There it is! -[Cole] The ankle lock is locked in!
Brock Lesnar broke Zach Gowen's leg!
Break his damn ankle, Kurt!
Break his damn ankle!
[Tazz] Brock's in the middle, trying to get to the ropes here!
[Cole] And Lesnar made it to the ropes, and Angle pulls him back.
Great strategy by Kurt Angle!
The ankle lock is locked in.
Brock Lesnar--
And the referee, Mike Chioda, knocked down inadvertently.
[Tazz] Great counter by Brock Lesnar to get out of that ankle lock,
doing a forward roll,
but the momentum took Kurt Angle right into referee Mike Chioda.
[Cole] Angle tries to make it to his feet.
The challenger, Brock Lesnar, to one knee.
-Kurt Angle's in trouble. -[Tazz] Uh-oh. What the…
-[screaming] -[Cole] What the hell is this?
[Tazz] Looks like Kurt's got a…
Got a figure four.
A-A-A lock of Kurt's head and arm-- Brock's head and arm there.
[Cole] And he's got the hands wrapped around the waist.
This-- This may be some sort of sleeper hold.
[Tazz] It's a submission hold, a leg submission hold
on the head of Lesnar.
This is-- How the hell did Kurt do this?
[Cole] Like I said, perhaps a sleeper. Brock Lesnar's fading.
The challenger's fading. Brock Lesnar may be out on his feet.
Kurt Angle may make Lesnar submit or pass out here.
[Tazz] The referee, the referee, Mike Chioda, is still down.
-[screams] -[Cole] Lesnar down on one knee.
Again into the ankle lock.
[Tazz] Kurt switched over to that ankle lock.
[Cole] The ankle lock is locked in.
Brock Lesnar desperately trying to make it to the ropes.
Can Lesnar make it to the ropes? The referee's down.
Lesnar makes it to the ropes, but Angle won't quit.
He won't break the hold because the referee's down.
[Tazz] Kurt Angle like a damn pit bull,
locked his jaws and won't unlock the lock.
[Cole] Now you know what it feels like, Brock.
Now you know what Zach Gowen was going through,
as Kurt Angle continues to lock in the ankle.
He's gonna snap the ankle!
[Tazz] We gotta get another referee out here!
What the hell's going on here?
[Cole] But Brock Lesnar still has not tapped out.
Lesnar still hasn't tapped out.
The ankle lock's been locked in for 30 to 40 seconds.
And now he's tapping!
Lesnar's tapping, but the ref's down.
[Tazz] We need an official out here. We need another referee in the back!
-We need somebody-- -[Cole] Wait a minute!
Wait a minute! Look!
Mr. McMahon with a chair to the back of Kurt Angle!
The deadly alliance strikes again, McMahon and Lesnar.
[Tazz] The boss strikes again.
[Cole] Brock Lesnar tapped out to the ankle lock,
but the referee was down and out.
[crowd shouting and booing]
And this Phoenix crowd is all over Mr. McMahon,
who innocently looks on.
[crowd chanting]
[Tazz] And Phoenix letting Mr. McMahon know what they think of him.
[Cole] Brock Lesnar to his feet. Mr. McMahon willing Lesnar on.
Mr. McMahon wants to have the championship around the waist
of his man, Brock Lesnar.
That would be total control for McMahon.
Shot to the midsection.
[Tazz] Brock's got him up, Cole.
F5 on one leg!
-[Cole] He connects! -[Tazz] God!
[Cole] He connects with the F5!
Kurt, right on his head!
Kurt Angle may be out cold.
Brock can barely stand after the ankle lock.
Do your job!
[Cole] Still connecting with the F5. Here's the cover!
Here's the hook of the leg!
-[Tazz] New champion… -[Cole] There's one!
[Tazz] …right here in Phoenix!
That's it!
[crowd cheers]
[Tazz] Kurt Angle kicked out! Shocked!
McMahon's shocked! Lesnar's shocked!
I'm shocked!
[Cole] Kurt Angle kicked out of the F5.
Brock Lesnar frustrated,
but he looks like he's about to switch gears here.
[Tazz] That was unbelievable! That was great!
Kurt Angle kicked out of the F5!
[Cole] It looks like the devil himself is about to come out of Brock Lesnar,
if you see the look on Lesnar's face.
Give it to him again.
[Tazz] McMahon, the man, said, "Do it again, Brock."
"Do it again."
And I agree with Mr. McMahon. He needs to.
[Cole] Kurt Angle just got dropped on his head off the F5.
Brock Lesnar back to his feet.
The champion Angle's in trouble.
[Tazz] Brock's on one leg, though, Cole, for the F5 again.
[Cole] This time Angle counters with an ankle lock!
-[Tazz] Oh my God! -[Cole] Ankle lock!
It's locked in! It's locked in again!
[Tazz] Kurt Angle is in dire straits, Cole!
[Cole] Lesnar makes it to the ropes, this time with the ankle lock locked in.
The referee, Mike Chioda, is right there.
Lesnar to the ropes again,
and again Angle pulls him to the center of the ring.
[Tazz] Lesnar! Lesnar! Lesnar's in trouble!
[Cole] Brock Lesnar has hit all four ropes.
Brock Lesnar is in no-man's-land.
Brock Lesnar has not won the game of submission.
Come on!
[Tazz] The man's freaking out! Lesnar's gonna tap! Is he gonna tap?
-[Cole] Brock Lesnar tapped out! -[bell rings]
[crowd cheering]
["Medal" playing]
[Chimel] Here is your winner, and still WWE Champion,
Kurt Angle!
[Tazz] I promised I wasn't gonna come out here tonight and play cheerleader,
but good for you, Kurt Angle!
Brock Lesnar deserved everything he got in that matchup here tonight!
Kurt Angle is the champion!
What a match for the WWE Championship!
Kurt Angle victorious over Brock Lesnar,
whose ankle--
If it's not torn apart, I don't know how the hell it ain't.
What a matchup!
Brock Lesnar or not, what a great athlete.
A great outing.
Great match!
[Cole] And what an ovation for Kurt Angle.
Kurt Angle kicked out of an F5 after being dropped on his head.
[Tazz] Mr. McMahon, he's gotta be--
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
[Cole] Mr. McMahon back into the ring with a steel chair.
And he's gonna pay for this one!
[Tazz] Oh man, Mr. McMahon's in trouble.
Kurt Angle is all over the boss!
[crowd cheering]
-[Cole] Uh-oh. -[Tazz laughs] Exactly!
[Cole] It was Mr. McMahon who ordered Brock Lesnar
to that match with Zach Gowen last week.
I think Kurt Angle's gonna make Mr. McMahon pay for his sins here tonight.
-[Tazz] Angle Slam the boss! -[Cole] Oh!
Happy birthday, Vince!
["Medal" resumes playing]
[Tazz] Right through the steel chair!
Lesnar put Mr. McMahon through.
What a night for Kurt Angle.
Phoenix loves it.
Wow!
[Cole] Kurt Angle retains the WWE Championship.
Kurt Angle makes that alliance or Lesnar and McMahon
pay at SummerSlam.
[Tazz] Gotta get some help for Mr. McMahon.
He might be hurt.
[Cole] Who cares?
Kurt Angle, the champion.
[Tazz] Well, I care. He signs my checks. Damn, get him help!
[Tazz chuckles]
[Cole] What a match at SummerSlam.
Kurt Angle retains the title.
Brock Lesnar, the challenger, taps out to the ankle lock.
[Tazz] That matchup was going back and forth,
forth and back, and back and fort again.
[Cole] Kurt Angle…
[Tazz] Via the ankle lock,
victorious and retains the championship.
[Cole] Well, let's take another look at the closing moments of the matchup.
This is where Kurt got
the counter off the F5 into the ankle lock.
[Tazz] Yeah, Brock was in this ankle lock.
Watch him trying to go to the ropes, but ran out of space.
McMahon wanted him to roll or something,
but Brock had no option, man, I'm telling you.
That ankle lock is a son of a you-know-what.
-[Cole] And Brock had to tap out. -[bell ringing]
Mr. McMahon could not believe it.
And then Kurt Angle giving Mr. McMahon a receipt of his own.
[Tazz laughs]
[Tazz] Man, that-- I'll tell you what. The chair exploded.
Kurt Angle, victorious at SummerSlam.
[heavy breathing]
[JR] In his first SummerSlam,
his first Elimination Chamber,
will it be his first World Heavyweight Title, King, tonight?
[King] I'm gonna tell you something. He is pumped, he is ready.
And I think this is his night.
[JR] Well, it is a hot night still here out here in Phoenix.
Sixteen thousand one thirty-three selling out the America West Arena.
Not a great happy birthday thus far for Mr. McMahon here tonight.
[King] Oh, what an incredible match that was.
But Kurt needs to remember, you don't cross the boss.
[JR] Earlier today the Diamondbacks were in action.
Luis Gonzalez…
[King] And Carlos Baerga.
There they are. And you know what?
Luis Gonzalez got ejected from that-- From that game today a little bit early
just so he wouldn't be late to the SummerSlam.
Hey!
[JR] Last night, ladies and gentlemen,
here in Phoenix we had our finals of our diva search contest.
And there's the winner.
[King] Jamie Koeppe.
Look at that babe.
Now that's a smile I'd like to wake up to.
Whoo!
[JR] Have you got her phone number?
Not yet.
And fax and email and everything else.
Ladies and gentlemen,
we are moments away from Rob Van Dam versus Kane.
And I guess you could look at it like it's David versus Goliath's
bigger psychotic brother…
-[King] Yeah. -[JR] …when describing Kane.
[King] I'm gonna tell you something. This Kane, as of late, has been…
Well, he's been sick. I mean, JR, you know what he did to you.
He's capable of anything.
[JR] And it all started, ladies and gentlemen,
with the unmasking of the Big Red Machine.
[foreboding music playing]
[Kane] Look at me.
I'm a monster.
Don't you see that?
[Van Dam] It was my idea for you to take the mask off.
You don't need it.
You do not need to hide behind that mask.
[Kane] They're laughing at me.
[Van Dam] You don't need it.
[Kane] You want to see what happens
when people laugh at me?!
[Van Dam] It was my idea. I hope you don't hate it.
[Kane] You need to feel my pain!
[JR screaming]
-[woman] Help! -[JR] Ah! Help!
[Kane] I'm a monster.
[Van Dam] I was just trying to help you. I hope you don't hate me.
[Kane] I do hate you, Rob.
[Linda] Kane is under house arrest.
But house arrest does not prevent Kane from coming to work.
Therefore, Kane will come here and compete with Rob Van Dam.
[doomful music playing]
-[JR] Oh no! -[King] Oh my God!
[Kane] I tried to warn you!
Don't make fun of me!
-[JR] Somebody's gotta stop him! -[King] Oh no!
Linda McMahon is out here! No, don't lay your hands on her!
[no audio]
[doomful music continuous]
[suspenseful music playing]
-[King] No! -[JR] Chokeslam into hell!
Chokeslam into hell!
[King] What did he… He put him down.
[JR] What the hell is this?
[Kane] Let me guess.
You people want me to destroy Eric Bischoff.
[crowd cheers]
Well, I am sick of doing
what other people want!
From now on,
I do
what I want!
-[King] Look at this! -[JR] There's Rob Van Dam!
Van Dam not intimidated by the monster!
-[King] Look out! -[JR] Van Dam will burn it all here!
-[King] Oh! -[JR] God!
Van Dam just Five-Star Frog Splashed the steel chair!
[Kane] You always wanted to know what made me tic, Rob?
I could take you out at any time!
And you're gonna feel my pain, Rob.
I'm not gonna do what they want.
I do what I want!
What I…
want!
[music ends]
[Finkel] Ladies and gentlemen,
the following contest is scheduled for one fall.
And I have been just informed
that this contest will be contested with no-holds-barred!
-[JR] Wow. -[King] What?
["Slow Chemical" playing]
[JR] Oh man.
[King] Well, I was already worried about Rob Van Dam, but that--
That no-holds-barred stipulation,
that certainly doesn't bode well for RVD, does it?
[JR] That's no count-outs, no disqualifications.
Anything goes.
That's gotta favor Kane.
[King] That's not good.
[Finkel] Entering the ring, weighing 320 pounds,
Kane!
[JR] He has no conscience, ladies and gentlemen.
I can personally attest to that.
He has no respect for his opponents or for the fans.
He's acting like the byproduct of an inbred mongrel dog.
["One of a Kind" playing]
[crowd cheering]
♪ One of a kind ♪
♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪
♪ One of a kind ♪
♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪
[King] I gotta wonder what RVD feels--
Feels about that stipulation.
No-holds-barred?
-[Finkel] From Battle Creek, Michigan… -[JR] Oh, look at that.
[Finkel] …weighing 235 pounds,
Rob Van Dam!
[JR] Well, Van Dam has no fear.
I think he's the greatest WWE Superstar
to have never been the World's Champion.
And Rob Van Dam, so unique.
He's gotta do all he can
not just survive the early going here,
-but to-- -[King] Oh man.
[JR] --but to destroy Kane's verticality.
And that is so much easier said than done.
-Van Dam is-- -[King] You can't help but remember
Rob Van Dam did everything he could to--
Well, to try to make Kane human.
I mean, he was his partner.
He respected Kane. He tried-- He befriended him.
He tried to, well, like I said, make this guy human.
But it just didn't work.
[JR] They were the Tag Team Champions,
and they were awesome Tag Team Champions.
Oh, an uppercut by-- By Kane.
Remember, there can be no count-outs. There can be no disqualifications.
Anything goes here,
as we just found out a few seconds ago
that this is a No Holds Barred matchup.
[King] You know, when you say "anything goes" with a monster like Kane,
that's a scary proposition.
Look at this!
[JR] And Van Dam.
[King] Well, "anything goes" means the same thing to Rob Van Dam as well.
[JR] Van Dam now mounting Kane here.
Van Dam, those executed fists, they got two speeds:
"here they come" and "there they go."
And Van Dam's got to use everything at his disposal
to not only just win, but survive here against a man that--
That may outweigh Van Dam close to 100 pounds.
[King] And, unfortunately, maybe twice as strong.
And you see the strength there.
Van Dam's head rammed into that steel post.
Now what? What's this?
[JR] Kane has imposed his will
on everyone that he's-- That he's come in contact with
the last several weeks.
And this is completely legal in this no-holds-barred environment.
[King] King just-- I mean, there's all sorts of stuff
under a WWE ring.
Kane-- Oh, look at that!
Kane right now probably wishes he hadn't have found that ladder.
[JR] Kane may think he's at Home Depot here,
as Van Dam now got to take every chance in the book.
-[King] Wow. -[JR] And he will. Van Dam off the top.
What's it gonna take, though, to keep the Big Red Machine down here?
That little roll-- Oh no, look at this.
Van Dam tried the Rolling Thunder, got caught by the throat by Kane.
And look at how much bigger Kane is than Van Dam.
But you gotta love Van Dam.
He's not afraid. He's not intimidated.
And, my God, Van Dam putting his own body, his own career, ladies and gentlemen,
on the line in this matchup.
[King] JR, you're gonna have to try to--
You're gonna have to, I don't know,
try to keep your personal feelings in check here.
I-I know what you think of Kane.
I know what Rob Van Dam thinks of Kane. I know what Shane McMahon thinks of Kane.
This guy, this monster, has done some horrible things.
[JR] Well, what he's done to me, I'm healed.
I'm… As much as I can, but--
[King] You can never forget that. You can never forget that.
And, yeah, what he did to Linda McMahon…
[JR] That was-- That was-- The hell with me.
But what he did, Kane did, to Linda McMahon,
was absolutely revolting.
It was sickening. It was horrendous.
Why would a seven-foot, 330-pound man
do that to a helpless woman is-- By God, it's beyond me.
I can't figure it out.
[King] I can assure you in that evil, sick, twisted, perverted mind of Kane's,
he wants to do something equally as bad or worse
to Rob Van Dam here tonight at SummerSlam.
[JR] And I've got to believe that it was Eric Bischoff
who made this a No Holds Barred matchup.
And when Bischoff got his ass whipped
earlier tonight by--
By Shane McMahon…
[King] That put a big smile on your face, didn't it, JR?
Look at this.
Oh my gosh! That could have been a knockout kick.
[JR] I'll tell you what, a hard shot,
and maybe multiple hard shots to the temple of Kane
is gonna put the Big Red Machine down.
And look at Van Dam. Absolutely fearless.
Right in the face of his hideous, smelly monster, Kane.
[King] I was gonna say, I don't know how Kane is still standing,
but now he's not standing.
[JR] Van Dam with the cover.
[King] Wow. Didn't even get a one-count.
[JR] Well, I'll tell you what, this Kane is backed up.
And there's very few men, quite frankly.
Is he a man? Is he a monster?
Is he-- He's an animal.
There's a lot of ways to describe Kane.
[King] Obviously, he's deranged, JR.
Oh, look at this. Oh my gosh.
[JR] Van Dam right on that steel.
Van Dam landing on that steel,
the steel steps.
[King] And look at the sick smile on the face of Kane.
-He's so proud of himself now. -[JR] He doesn't give a damn.
Kane respects no one.
He respects no opponent. He respects no fans.
He respects nothing or anyone.
And Kane using that ladder again.
Anything goes in this No Holds Barred match.
[King] Look at the size of that ladder.
-[JR] Look at the size of Kane. -[King] Look out.
[JR] Kane nears Van Dam.
Awaiting Van Dam to stand,
where Van Dam can be executed.
Oh! With the ladder.
And Van Dam almost beheaded by Kane.
[King] Speared him like a fish.
[woman] Come on, Rob!
[King] And there's no way. I mean, you know, there's this--
Sometimes, you try to outthink your opponent.
There's no way to have any idea what goes on in that--
In that twisted mind of Kane.
You can't-- You can't try to outthink him.
[JR] Oh, he's psychotic. He needs help.
He needs to be institutionalized.
And there's a cover, and Van Dam won't quit.
Rob Van Dam will never quit on you, ladies and gentlemen.
No matter where you see him or when you see him,
he'll give you everything he's got.
But I don't know that RVD, as great as he is,
will have enough on this night,
on August 24th at SummerSlam,
to withstand this 330-pound psychotic monster.
Shut up!
[King] Yeah, I don't know, though, JR, look at…
Look at all the things we've already seen happen tonight
that we never thought we'd see.
What a night SummerSlam has already been.
[JR] What an awesome match between Kurt Angle
retaining the WWE Title against--
Against Brock Lesnar.
An awesome, awesome matchup.
I loved watching that one.
[King] Has anybody checked on Mr. McMahon?
That'll be…
Back injuries or rib injuries.
[JR] He may have a little trouble blowing out his birthday cake later tonight.
That is a cold, hard shot, right to the kidneys.
[both yell]
[JR] You'll find out the results of those kidney shots
the next-- Tomorrow morning.
I don't want to get any more graphic than that,
if you can understand what I'm saying.
And look at Kane, Blatantly choking Van Dam.
[King] And no regard whatsoever for the referee.
Of course, with No Holds Barred, the referee might as well be, uh…
The referee is taking up space in there.
[JR] King, the referee is here only to count the pin call
or ring the bell for the submission.
That's all he's here for.
I'll never forget Kane in my face that-- That hot, stinking breath.
-[Kane yells] -[JR] Look out.
Just thinking about Van Dam not avoiding that gas can last week.
Oh!
Just brings up every memory I've tried to-- To suppress.
And now Van Dam fighting back up.
And Van Dam elevated, but he--
Look at the cat-like Van Dam. What an athlete.
What an athlete, landing on his feet.
And coming into the right hand
that not another living human being could withstand.
Van Dam somehow, some way,
-is reaching down to places… -[King] Oh no.
[JR] …that he's perhaps never been before.
[King] Look out now.
[JR] Look at Kane.
No, he-- Oh!
[King] He missed!
Even better.
Come on, Rob.
[JR] The perspiration, I'm sure, on that rope, had Kane slipping.
[crowd shouting]
That gave Van Dam the opportunity
to avoid that-- That impact.
And, brother, it would have been some impact.
And now Van Dam is loaded with that aluminum ladder.
[King] Fortunately, it was some impact on Kane
at his own expense.
Hopefully, Rob Van Dam can take advantage of that.
[JR] And that Home Depot special ain't made of chocolate.
And look at Van--
Oh no!
DDT on the outside.
A DDT on those thin mats on the outside.
And, man, that could…
Talk about doing some damage to your neck and your…
And Van Dam is laid on that side.
[King] Both these guys are hurt now.
[man] Come on, Van Dam!
[JR] And Van Dam is barely moving.
Kane has pulled himself back up by the-- The help of the security wall there.
[King] You would have loved it. Kane almost hung himself.
He almost decapitated himself when he fell off that top rope.
You would have loved that.
[JR] That would have been too damn bad, wouldn't it?
[King] Oh, no, no, no, no. Not now. Not those!
[JR] There's our weapon! And a drop toehold!
Van Dam resourceful. Rob Van Dam with a drop toehold.
And Kane had a mouthful of those steel steps.
And how do you like that, Kane?
[man] Come on, Van Dam!
[King] And Kane, you're right.
He forgot to guard his grill on that one.
His face bashed right into those steel steps.
But, look, what is it gonna take to stop Kane?
-[JR] Well, can anything stop Kane? -[King] That's the question.
[Kane yells]
[JR] If anybody can do it,
it'll be Rob Van Dam with his dropkick.
Kane over the security wall into the front row at ringside.
[King] WWE's always been interactive with our fans,
but this is, uh, not the way you want to be.
Of course, with No Holds Barred,
this match could-- It could spill out anywhere.
It could go anywhere in this arena.
[JR] And a thumb to the eye there.
Pie face and Van Dam.
-And, oh, Kane's straddling. -[screaming]
[JR] Kane's straddled that…
That security wall, and that's gonna slow him or any other man down.
Oh, what's this?
Van Dam again.
He'll go for it all every time. Be careful.
[King] Oh, he hit him! He got him!
[JR] Van Dam went for the high risk and scored.
Van Dam scored on that spinning leg drop
from the apron to the security wall.
[crowd shouting]
[JR] And no count-out, no disqualification.
[King] Rob Van Dam has already--
He's absorbed a lot of punishment from this monster, but…
Be careful, Tazz. Look out.
[JR] Van Dam with that steel chair.
As legal as a wristlock in this environment.
And then he could wrap that around Kane's cranium
about a dozen times!
Spinning heel kick knocking down the Big Red Machine.
[King] Now he wants to use the chair.
[JR] What's Van Dam thinking?
Oh, look out here. Van Dam-- This is all legal.
Here we go. And Van Dam--
[King] Rolling Thunder on the chair!
[JR] The chair!
Van Dam punishing his own anatomy to hurt Kane.
How much did it take out of Van Dam?
And look at Kane, lying motionless
after that steel chair drove right into his torso.
-[King] Uh-oh. He was motionless. -[JR] My God.
-[King] Look at him sit up. -[JR] My God, Kane sits up.
And Van Dam…
[King] Oh! He won't sit up from that!
[JR] Van Terminator!
And Kane's eyes rolling back in his sick skull!
And Van Dam, that chair.
Well, these-- These No Hold Bars rule-- No Holds Barred rules
may backfire on Kane.
[King] Oh, wait a minute. You don't think he's gonna…
Is Rob…?
Van Dam may be looking to go coast to coast here!
From corner to corner!
[crowd shouting]
[JR] From east to west!
[King] Here he goes! Oh my God!
[JR] For the love of God!
Right in the face of Kane!
But again, Van Dam…
The hell with his own anatomy.
[King] I think Kane was able to move out of the way
at the last second.
That would have-- That would have taken Kane's head off.
I don't think that-- I don't think that scored.
[Kane groaning]
[JR] You hear Kane moaning and him breathing out sadistic sounds
out of his hideous mouth,
and his hot, stinking breath.
-[King] Oh no. -[JR] Oh my God.
The hell-sending…
God almighty!
The Tombstone Piledriver right on the steps!
[man] You suck!
[JR] Van Dam is motionless.
[grunts]
[JR] Kane may have broken Van Dam's neck.
Oh, God.
Oh, God, this is…
This is hideous.
Van Dam has done all he could to survive here.
But a human being can't survive this.
-[bell ringing] -And it's over.
["Slow Chemical" playing]
Good God almighty.
[Finkel] Here is your winner…
Kane!
[JR] Rob Van Dam brought everything he could.
Every fiber of his being.
His heart and his soul was left in this match.
But on this night,
it was the night of the Big Red Monster.
[King] I'm afraid, JR.
It looks like it's always the night of the Big Red Monster.
♪ The wonder of the world is gone ♪
[JR] My God, let's take another look. RVD tried everything.
Bam! Right in the face.
Right on the temple.
[King] This one-- Let's check this out. I think-- Yeah, see?
That would have finished off the monster, possibly.
But Kane was able to move out of the way.
And then he…
He unfortunately hit with that Tombstone
on the steel stairs.
[JR] Wow, Kane's career deserves to go down
in a burning misery.
And, by God, my hat's off to Rob Van Dam.
I was-- Can you tell us how you're feeling after that brutal match with Shane?
What?
How the hell does it look like I'm feeling?
-I just… -[mock stammering]
What are you, stupid? Or blond? Or both?
Just get the hell out of here, will you?
Damn!
Get out of here!
Good to see you.
-Oh, very nice to see you. -I'm fine.
I'm fine.
[crowd applauding]
[stammering]
Linda…
Mrs. McMahon, I…
[stammering]
…I didn't expect to see you here.
[stuttering]
I really didn't. I would have…
Uh…
[sighs]
I-I hope…
I…
I'm not sure what you're thinking
right now--
-Oh! -[JR laughs] Oh!
Oh!
[smattering of applause]
[sighs]
[crowd cheering faintly]
Champ.
You are the best wrestler alive today.
You're gonna be fine. It's time to go.
Okay? You're not saying goodbye to it.
You're just gonna wear it and show it to them
for a short period of time.
Okay?
You're the champ.
[crowd cheering]
[JR] Well, King, there you see it, and time is here.
It weighs ten tons, ladies and gentlemen.
The Elimination Chamber.
You know, there's gonna be one winner,
but I got a feeling over the long haul,
there may not be any survivors
of the six brave men that are going to step inside this structure.
[King] Well, you saw, and we all heard
that, I guess, last-minute…
I don't know if that was actually a pep talk
that Nat' was giving to Triple H.
It was pretty solid. It was very serious.
I think Triple H is in a world of trouble tonight, JR.
[JR] Mathematically speaking,
Triple H has got to go into this matchup as an underdog.
It is the Elimination Chamber.
There's only been one.
That was last November at the Survivor Series.
One of these six men will leave here tonight
as the World's Heavyweight Champion.
[King] Well, the last time Triple H-- And this is what he's got to be thinking.
The last time Triple H was in one of these Elimination Chamber matches,
he not only lost his World Championship, he almost lost his career, JR.
[heroic music playing]
[JR] The Elimination Chamber!
Two miles of chain!
Thirty-six feet in diameter.
Over ten tons of solid steel,
designed to punish the human body.
That chamber is a cold, heartless structure
willing to execute all that enter it.
Cold, heartless structure.
[dramatic music playing]
[Steve Austin] This year at SummerSlam,
your main event will be Triple H
versus Goldberg
versus Chris Jericho
versus Kevin Nash
versus Randy Orton
and Shawn Michaels.
Because the World Title will be defended
in an Elimination Chamber.
[crowd cheers]
[King] This is not gonna sit well with Triple H!
[Triple H] Last year, six men walked in that Chamber.
They all bled, they all paid the price.
But I lost the most.
You see, because when it was done,
I spent 48 hours sitting in a hospital bed.
And, more importantly,
I lost the World Heavyweight Championship.
[JR] Triple H cares about nothing
but being the World's Heavyweight Champion.
[King] Take that World Championship away from Triple H,
and you would destroy him.
[Triple H] This year is gonna be a little bit different
because Evolution is gonna make sure that I walk of Phoenix, Arizona
the World Heavyweight Champion.
[rock music playing]
[no audio]
[rock music continuous]
[no audio]
[Finkel] Ladies and gentlemen,
it is now time for the Elimination Chamber match
for the World Heavyweight Championship.
Here are the rules.
Four participants will enter the ring
and will be confined in the internal chambers.
The remaining two participants enter the ring and the match begins.
Then, every three minutes,
a Superstar will join the match,
being released from the chamber at random.
Elimination occurs either by pinfall or submission.
The last remaining Superstar in the ring
will be the World Heavyweight Champion!
["Evolution" playing]
♪ Evolution ♪
[bell ringing]
[Finkel] Representing Evolution,
from St. Louis, Missouri,
weighing 240 pounds,
Randy Orton!
[JR] Randy Orton one of three third-generation athletes
to ever compete in the WWE.
Looking to win his first World's Title.
And I'm just wondering if…
[King] No, no, no, JR. He's not looking to win anything.
Randy Orton's in there to do one thing.
He's in there to make sure that Triple H wins.
[JR] Well, I don't believe that. I think you're wrong.
I think you're damn wrong.
[King] I heard him admit it earlier.
[JR] Well, I think this kid has got it in his blood
to be the World's Heavyweight Champion.
I don't know that he knows his role,
that was clearly made up for him earlier tonight
by Ric Flair and Triple H.
[King] If this kid knows what's good for him, he better know his role.
♪ Evolution ♪
[JR] How much better could it be for him
to be the World's Heavyweight Champion
at 21 years of age?
[King] Yeah, that would be something, wouldn't it?
-["Jackknife" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Finkel] From Detroit, Michigan,
weighing 309 pounds,
Kevin Nash!
[JR] Well, Nash got his hair cut last week on Raw by Chris Jericho.
This is Nash's third SummerSlam appearance.
His first opportunity in the Elimination Chamber.
He is a veteran.
How many more chances will he get
to become the World's Heavyweight Champion?
He's a street fighter.
[crowd cheers]
[King] I can assure you, he's in a bad mood.
You know, Y2J called him "Big Daddy Bald."
And while it may-- It may not look horrible right now,
believe me, he hates the fact that his long locks
that he loved so well are no longer in his possession.
He was a WWE Champion in 1994 almost for a year.
[JR] As these men are being placed inside the internal chambers
within this demonic structure.
-["The Game" playing] -[King] Hey.
[crowd cheering]
♪ Time to play the game ♪
[cackles]
[Finkel] Representing Evolution.
From Greenwich, Connecticut,
weighing 272 pounds,
the World Heavyweight Champion,
Triple H!
[JR] Well, King, this man has not competed in several weeks
due to a-- A torn groin muscle.
He is a wounded underdog.
Even as a champion and as the reigning champion,
he's gonna do all he can to retain the title,
a title that, mind you,
means more to Triple H than life itself.
[King] Oh, I agree. I think you're right there.
Let me ask you this, JR.
When you're dealing with--
Well, when you're dealing with any kind of an animal,
when you get them trapped, when you get them cornered,
what do they do then?
They come out fighting like never before.
And if you ask me, Triple H is cornered. He's trapped right now.
[JR] And he knows it.
That's why they call him The Cerebral Assassin.
And Triple H knows that SummerSlam has not been good to him.
He hasn't won at this event since 1998.
-[King] Oh, you're right. -[JR] He's on a five-year drought
at SummerSlam.
And I just look at it mathematically.
♪ Time to play the game ♪
It's just with six men in the match,
the Champion, he can't be a favorite.
[King] Oh, no.
[JR] He's an underdog, in my view.
[King] But there's some wild cards in the equation.
Nat' and Randy Orton.
["Invasion" playing]
[JR] And this man.
[thud on door]
[hacks]
[JR] Goldberg in his first SummerSlam.
His first Elimination Chamber.
[Finkel] From Atlanta, Georgia,
weighing 280 pounds…
[grunts loudly]
…Goldberg!
[JR] Goldberg last tasted gold
in the old WCW in 1998.
He's due.
Some say, perhaps,
he's overdue.
[King] Well, I had an opportunity to talk to a lot of the fans
here tonight in Phoenix.
And I think it's the general consensus that you're about to feast your eyes
on the next World Heavyweight Champion.
That man, right there.
[JR] Describing Goldberg as intense…
[firecrackers popping]
…as intense is like describing the universe as fairly large.
[King] Yeah, you got that right.
[JR] Perhaps the most intense man
in all of the WWE
is Bill Goldberg,
who is stepping into an environment
totally foreign to him.
[King] But I can assure you, he's looking forward to it.
[JR] Triple H locking those eyes on Goldberg.
Two men will start…
when this match officially gets underway,
and one of the internal chambers will be opened
every three minutes.
The match ends with pinfall or submission.
The last man remaining is the World's Heavyweight Champion.
["Break the Walls Down" playing]
[King] Hold on to your hat.
-[firecrackers popping] -Wow!
♪ Come on ♪
♪ You know I got you ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ One, break the wall down ♪
♪ Break it down ♪
[Finkel] From Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada,
weighing 227 pounds,
Chris Jericho!
[JR] Chris Jericho, the only Canadian in this contest.
Knows what it's like to not only be in the Elimination Chamber,
he was in the first one last November,
he knows what it's like to be the Undisputed Champion.
He was the first Undisputed Champion in this company.
He beat The Rock and Stone Cold
in the same night.
[King] Yeah. That's an accomplishment, all right.
And I just-- I gotta tell you, JR,
I got a gut feeling when I looked at all these participants,
when I looked at the names on the paper,
and then when I looked at the-- The history.
Like you said, history has not been kind at SummerSlam to Triple H.
["Sexy Boy" playing]
[King] I'm picking Y2J.
♪ I've got the looks ♪
♪ That drives the girls wild ♪
♪ I got the moves ♪
[Finkel] From San Antonio, Texas,
weighing 225 pounds,
HBK,
Shawn Michaels!
[crowd cheering]
[JR] Can Shawn Michaels add
to a Hall of Fame career
with his second victory
in the second ever Elimination Chamber here tonight?
It is Shawn Michaels' seventh SummerSlam.
He returned after years of absence away from the business
to defeat Triple H last year at SummerSlam.
Came back in November and won the first ever Elimination Chamber.
[King] Well, Shawn Michaels can say,
just like Y2J did something that's never been done before
when he beat The Rock and Stone Cold in one night,
Shawn Michaels can say something that none of these other men can say.
He can say something that no other wrestler in history can say.
-He won an Elimination Chamber match. -[bell rings]
[JR] And the…
I understand a random, uh, selection,
a coin toss to determine who started this match.
It will be Shawn Michaels and Chris Jericho.
Certainly no love lost between these two men.
[King] Oh no, not at all.
They had developed quite the rivalry as, of course, Chris Jericho says,
has said on many times
that he grew up idolizing Shawn Michaels,
who literally dominated the latter '80s and most of the '90s.
An historic career here in the WWE.
Yeah, but now Y2J lays awake at night
trying to think of ways to humiliate and embarrass
and get HBK out of-- Out of wrestling.
[JR] Can you imagine Shawn Michaels' first SummerSlam?
1989.
He joined forces with Marty Jannetty and Tito Santana
in a six-man tag.
Crossbody with the nice rope by Jericho.
And Jericho would love to eliminate Shawn Michaels.
That's what it's all about here.
The backslide,
and a near fall created by Shawn Michaels.
Side headlock takeover.
Nice side headlock, but a counter into the head scissors
by Shawn Michaels.
[King] Can you imagine the highlight reel we would see
if Y2J eliminates Shawn Michaels?
No, if he goes on and becomes
the World Heavyweight Champion here tonight.
[JR] They've been trying to jockey for position here.
Yeah, Jericho going downstairs, that boot right along the beltline.
And might be a little south of the beltline
except for the ride there.
Sunset flip attempt.
-[King] Look at this. -[JR] But the counter, both legs hooked,
and Michaels now counters again and got a near fall.
[King] Oh! Look at this.
Like I said, he really wants to humiliate Shawn Michaels.
He wants to show the world--
Oh! [spits]
Just left a spin on him.
[JR] Jericho disrespecting Michaels, and Michaels returned the favor.
An eye for an eye, as far as Shawn Michaels is concerned.
High back body drop.
Great elevation by HBK, Shawn Michaels.
You know, this championship has only changed hands
in the state of Arizona in WWE history one time,
and that was in 1999
at the famous Halftime Heat match
involving Mankind and The Rock.
-[King] Look at this. -[JR] That's Jericho now,
looking for the Walls of Jericho.
[King] Oh, and instead he found a pin.
[JR] Inside cradle. Nice move.
Some call it a small package.
It's an inside cradle. Good move there.
And a modified bulldog takedown.
Michaels' face bouncing off the canvas.
And right now, this match is Chris Jericho's.
Oh, Michaels moved.
Jericho landed on his feet. May have torqued that knee a little bit.
Or that quadricep muscle.
[King] I just got a feeling, I got that gut feeling about Jericho.
I mean, you know this.
The last few weeks, the things he's done.
The confidence he's alluded.
I mean, the accomplishments.
Shaving the head.
Oh, wait a minute. Look at the time.
[JR] Five-- Less than five away from who will be released next.
[loud thud, buzzer sounds]
Who's it gonna be?
-It's Randy Orton. -[King] Randy Orton!
[JR] Randy Orton will join Shawn Michaels and Chris Jericho.
-[King] Oh, what an entrance! -[JR] High crossbody.
And, oh, Orton got a near fall on HBK.
Hard right hand from the third-generation Superstar.
I'm sure his mom and dad are watching back in St. Louis.
His grandpa in Las Vegas.
-[King] Wow. What a shot. -[JR] Oh man. Look at that steel grating.
There's just no way to land on it that just doesn't hurt like hell.
[King] Ten tons of steel, two miles of chain.
You know it's gonna come into play.
[JR] Ric Flair-like knife-edge chops by Shawn Michaels.
Orton for the ride.
Pinfalls or submission only here.
[King] Oh!
[JR] Man, you knew what move that was.
Hook in the neck and the lower back. Hook in the leg by Orton.
No friends in this matchup in my view.
[King] In your view.
But you gotta know
that Randy Orton is Triple H's friend.
That's his ally.
[JR] Doesn't mean he's got to be a patsy. He's got to be a chump.
He gets the chance to be the World's Champion.
[King] His walking orders are, tonight, are for him to be a patsy and a chump,
and to make sure that Triple H comes out of his match still the champion.
[JR] Oh man. What an enzuigiri that was, modified version.
-[King] Could be over! -[JR] Oh God, how close was that?
A near fall, and Orton a beautiful dropkick
taking down Chris Jericho.
[King] And Jericho and Nash and Y2J and Goldberg, they gotta know.
They gotta know that about Randy Orton.
In my view, if I were these guys,
I'd target Randy Orton now and try to get him out of here.
That way, Triple H has no allies.
[JR] That would be a good strategy if they can pull it together.
But I can't see that HBK and Jericho would ever join forces for anything.
[King] They're not gonna be on the same page.
[JR] I don't think so.
Well, you know, stranger things have happened.
This has been a bizarre night.
[King] Yes, it has.
Oh my gosh! Look at that.
[JR] That's a big body drop.
What a night.
The Dudley's getting screwed out of the World Tag Team Titles.
That made Eddie Guerrero returning the US Title.
[King] Check this out one more time.
[screams]
[King] Like you said,
the steel grating out there, very unforgiving.
[JR] No padding.
No give.
It's just steel.
And flesh on steel usually, in my experience,
steel wins.
[King] Talk about tonight, this has certainly been a SummerSlam
that Eric Bischoff will want to forget.
[JR] He got what he deserved.
[King] Oh, look out… Oh! Look at that!
[JR] I want to see Shane McMahon beat Eric Bischoff every day of the week.
It'd be fine with me, and what an awesome match
between Kurt Angle and Brock Lesnar earlier tonight.
Great call by Michael Cole and Tazz on that one.
And look at this back body… Uh-oh.
He's trying to get that Walls of Jericho.
It's Jericho and Shawn Michaels.
Remember, it's pinfall or submission here.
[King] Yeah, but it's also about six seconds
until the next participant is released.
[crowd] Three! Two! One!
[JR] And who will it be?
[loud thud, buzzer sounding]
It's the biggest man in the match.
The seven-foot, 300-plus-pound Kevin Nash.
-[King] Look out! -[JR] The veteran.
The former enforcer of the Tennessee Vols basketball team.
A four-time WCW Champion.
A-A WWE Champion.
[King] Look at the way he just steps over those ropes.
He can't wait. His target…
There's a big bull's-eye on the back of Y2J.
-Look at this! -[JR] Yeah, look at this.
Y2J's a long bar.
[King] Oh my God!
[JR] Jericho's head just mashed into that steel support there.
[King] Look at Kevin Nash just surveying the situation.
[JR] You know, Nash is not a catch-as-catch-can perfectionist.
-[King] No. -[JR] He's a street fighter.
He's a seven-foot street fighter with a mean streak.
-[King] He'll hurt you. -[JR] Damn right he'll hurt you.
And so will his structure.
[King] Oh, speaking of hurting. Oh no!
[JR] Man, this match is like being in a-- A series of head-on car crashes.
[King] Nothing good can happen when you're outside that ring
and you're up against steel.
[JR] This is just a nasty environment.
[King] Oh!
[JR] There's a Sidewalk Slam on Nash.
The cover on Orton, and Orton got a shoulder up.
This match may not be the end of the world…
[King] Oh, yeah, there you go.
Look what that chain link did to… Did to Y2J's face.
[JR] Not the end of the world, but you can see it, I'll tell you that.
And heart, man, what--
Two friends here. Every man for himself.
Kevin Nash and Shawn Michaels
have been closer over the years than 19 is to 20.
[Nash grunts]
[King] Oh, wow.
[JR] Nash's days as Shawn Michaels' heater,
his bodyguard Diesel.
[King] I remember those days well.
[JR] Nice shot back to the face,
right between the eyes of a bloody Chris Jericho.
[King] There's got to be some-- Some measure of revenge.
Oh, look at that!
[JR] A Superkick on Nash!
-The cover! -[King] Look!
-[crowd cheers] -[JR] Jericho pins Nash
after Shawn Michaels' Superkick.
Shawn Michaels just eliminated Kevin Nash.
But Jericho gets the pin.
[King] Yeah, one of the-- Between the two of them,
Nash is history.
[JR] So Nash is the first man eliminated here in the Elimination Chamber.
[King] Check this out one more time.
Nash about to go for that hold.
The powerbomb, but in comes the Superkick, the roll-up,
and that's it for Kevin Nash.
[JR] And I would have never called that Superkick on Kevin Nash.
And Nash is out of the hunt.
The biggest, perhaps nastiest man in this match has been eliminated
with a combination of Shawn Michaels' Superkick
and that roll-up by Chris Jericho.
[King] Look at the carnage already in the ring.
[JR] Who's it gonna be?
Goldberg or the champion?
[loud thud, buzzer sounding]
[crowd cheering]
[JR] And it's The Game.
The World's Heavyweight Champion. A wounded animal.
Oh my God!
Shawn Michaels with a Superkick!
Almost took The Game's head off his shoulders!
[King] The Game didn't even get out of the--
-He didn't get out of his chamber! -[JR] Flair is beside himself!
[King] Look at this! What? He's eliminated!
[JR] Nash has been eliminated!
And what a jackknife powerbomb!
Nash with a jackknife powerbomb.
Off Jericho.
Cracking Orton and-- And HBK's heads together.
[King] Nash is intent on doing some damage
before he's forced to leave this chamber.
[JR] Kevin Nash is giantly pissed!
[King] Oh!
[JR] Good God!
A back-breaking, spine-tingling jackknife.
Kevin Nash is leaving some serious carnage
before he leaves officially.
[King] Well, Kevin Nash obviously came out here to Phoenix
and the SummerSlam with the intention
of being the World Heavyweight Champion.
He's pretty pissed that he's not.
[crowd cheering]
[JR] And Nash has left some destruction.
Some serious destruction.
Goldberg is still in that internal chamber.
There he is.
[King] H is really concerned.
I mean, face it, Triple H hadn't even gotten out of the box yet.
[JR] King, the table may be set for Goldberg.
You got Nash.
Oh God, Shawn Michaels is bleeding.
Jericho's been busted open.
Orton has been jackknifed.
Shawn Michaels try to cover Orton here.
And Orton got a foot on the rope.
That saved his skin
and his opportunity to become the World's Heavyweight Champion,
whether it's his marching orders or not.
And now look at Shawn trying to pin Jericho.
And Jericho gets a foot on the rope.
[King] Take a look one more time at Hunter.
He's ready to enter this match, and bang, right in the chops.
Superkick from HBK.
Triple H is-- He's still addled.
[JR] Triple H took about a half a step out of that internal chamber.
Michaels bleeding. Jericho bleeding.
Orton trying to get back up after that jackknife powerbomb.
[King] Look at these three men.
[JR] Triple H is still down
in his chamber.
-[King] Oh! -[JR] Hard right hand by Michaels.
Who's gonna be the next heavyweight champion of the world?
Orton taking a punish-- A pounding here.
And Jericho got a right hand in.
Orton comes back fighting.
[King] This is just a slugfest now, JR.
Which one of these guys are gonna stay on their feet? Well, not Y2J.
-[JR] Hell, this is-- -[King] Not Orton.
[JR] This is Muskogee, Oklahoma on a payday Saturday night.
Nothing but a fistfight at the beer joint.
[King] Oh, look out.
[JR] Shot to that downstairs.
And the countdown is on. Only one man left.
[King] Five, four, three,
two, one, Goldberg!
[loud thud, buzzer sounding]
[JR] Bill Goldberg!
Oh! The crowd on their feet!
Goldberg unleashing on everything with a heartbeat!
[King] Look at those shots, the power behind them.
[JR] Goldberg is an animal.
He's got a chance to be the World Champion with that strength and power!
That is scary and obscene!
-[King] Oh! -[JR] Oh my God!
[King] Did I tell you I had a gut feeling Goldberg would be the champion?
[JR] Jackhammer time!
And from behind comes Jericho.
And now Jericho and Shawn Michaels
trying to team up on Goldberg.
-[King] Hey! -[JR] And Goldberg explodes
with a double clothesline!
[King] You said we wouldn't see it, but we did see it.
Shawn Michaels and Jericho both trying to do in Goldberg,
but it didn't work.
[JR] Look out, look out, look out!
Oh my God, what impact!
The cover! The cover!
-[King] No! -[JR] Orton's gone!
[King] Oh no! Triple H is on his own!
[JR] There's three men left!
[King] There went--
[JR] That's a dropkick by-- By Jericho.
Will he get Goldberg? No, he won't.
Goldberg powered out before the two-count, even.
-[yells] -[King] Uh-oh.
His protection is gone.
Now what?
[JR] Look at that strength.
-Look at this. -[King] Look out!
No!
[JR] Right into the-- That chain.
Two miles of--
[King] Look at HBK.
Carry on, Goldberg, get you some of this!
[JR] Two miles of chain
with some… With some epidermis on it.
And the velocity, upside down!
That is sickening power!
And now Shawn Michaels,
but he was hung upside down there momentarily.
And now what is Goldberg doing here now?
[King] Well, this is bad.
This is-- No, no, you can't do this.
[JR] You gotta be kidding me! No!
No!
Jericho on the outside!
[King] Don't turn around, Jericho! Run!
[JR] Oh!
[crowd cheering]
God almighty, Jericho's back may be broken!
[King] Ah!
[JR] Good God almighty!
For the love of God, how powerful is Goldberg?
[King] Oh my gosh. Look at this.
Whoa!
[JR] My God, what a slobberknocker!
What impact!
But Shawn Michaels is still alive.
Michaels is still alive here.
The opportun-- Opportunistic veteran Shawn Michaels
has got his tune-up good hand!
It could be, ladies and gentlemen, sweet chin music.
[King] Yes!
Did I tell you I had a gut feeling that Shawn Michaels,
lightning was gonna strike again?
Shawn Michaels is the next World Champ--
[JR] Oh, Goldberg ducks.
-[King] No! -[JR] No fear of Michaels!
Right in the solar plexus!
Goldberg, just from his shoulder,
right into the heart of HBK!
[King] Oh no.
[JR] Goldberg pointing to Triple H,
as if he's saying, "You're next."
[King] This is mad!
[JR] Jackhammer!
-A three-count! -[crowd cheers]
My God, Goldberg's going through these men
like soft little women.
[King] And Triple H is-- He's still--
I don't even know if he knows where he's at.
[JR] Triple H, he's voluntarily staying in that chamber.
-[King] I don't blame him, do you? -[JR] Oh no.
[King] Y2J, you can't take another one of these.
[JR] Look at Goldberg.
-[King] Oh! -[JR] He attacked him!
Good God, is that a car wreck?
The intensity, the high impact of Goldberg,
is destroying every human being, every beating heart in sight!
[King] No!
[JR] Jackhammer!
[crowd] One, two, three!
[King] Oh my God, man.
You believe what we're seeing, JR?
[JR] And now we are down to two!
And now, we are down to Goldberg
and the reigning World's Heavyweight Champion!
[crowd cheering]
It's come down from six to two.
And look at Flair.
Flair's-- Flair's closing the door.
Flair wants to hold Goldberg away from-- From Triple H.
[King] What are you gonna do?
Get out of here, you…
[JR] Flair trying to protect the World's Heavyweight Champion.
[King laughs] Look at Flair.
That's Nat'.
He's Evolution through and through.
He'll sacrifice his own body.
[JR] Too late for Goldberg.
Whoo!
[JR] That one-finger salute.
[King] I don't know how prudent that is.
How judicious.
[screams]
[JR] Oh my God!
Beating that fist!
The unbreakable plexiglass wasn't!
[King] I can't believe my eyes.
[JR] Triple H is like a trapped rat in a corner
with nowhere to go!
Right hands, piston-like!
Hammer-like right hands
by this wrecking machine Goldberg!
Well, all that glass, somebody could be cut to pieces
with the sharp pieces of glass laying around.
-And Goldberg… -[crowd chanting]
…there's a crowd chanting for Goldberg.
Triple H is-- He's wounded.
[King] He's cut.
-[Goldberg grunts] -[King] Oh gosh!
[JR] Right into the steel!
Two miles of steel chain!
And Triple H's blood is a part of it.
God almighty, this is getting ugly!
[King] Well, even you've got to admit Triple H was a great champion.
He's got nothing to be ashamed of.
[JR] Triple H is cut.
That laceration being opened even deeper
in that-- Those steel-- Those chains.
No.
[grunts]
[JR] Triple H trying-- Trying to get down and--
And finally does.
Slipped out the back of Goldberg.
And Goldberg now is getting rammed into the-- Yes.
[King] What did I tell you about a-- A cornered rat, JR?
They'll come out biting. They'll come out--
[JR] I think that's a clothesline.
More high impact.
Everything high impact from Goldberg.
But remember, the World Title means more to The Game
than life itself.
Watch this clothesline. Watch this impact.
[crowd cheers]
[King] Triple H's body falling right on that-- That steel grate.
Oh no.
-[JR] Triple H-- -[King] Hey, hey, hey!
[JR] Wait a minute.
-[King] Look at this! -[JR] That's a sledgehammer!
Flair must have-- Flair must have handed Triple H a sledgehammer!
He hit Goldberg in the head!
-[King] Look! -[bell rings]
-[JR] My God, I don't believe it! -[King] Look at this!
["The Game" playing]
[Finkel] The winner of this bout,
and still the World Heavyweight Champion,
Triple H!
[JR] Just when it looked like Goldberg had the World Heavyweight Championship
in his grasp,
apparently, Ric Flair gave The Game that sledgehammer!
And The Game turned out the lights of Bill Goldberg!
[King] I knew it!
I called it. I told you.
Triple H is, without a doubt, the greatest champion of all time.
And now wait…
[JR] What the hell's this?
[JR] This match is over.
What's going on here?
Goldberg has just suffered getting hit in the head with a sledgehammer.
[King] This match may be over,
but that may not be all that's gonna be over for Goldberg.
[JR] Oh wait, come on!
[King] Oh!
[JR] Triple H never--
Oh my God!
Never wants to face Goldberg again as long as he lives!
And now look at Evolution.
A three-on-one assault on Goldberg!
Three men, one sledgehammer!
And Triple H now beating the hell out of Goldberg,
who has been maimed and mobbed!
Hell, this is akin to felonious assault here.
Goldberg is bleeding.
[King] Wait a minute…
-[Flair] Whoo! -[King] Wait, what is Flair doing? What…
[JR] What the hell is Flair doing here?
[King] Have they got handcuffs? Or what are they doing?
[JR] They're hammering away at Goldberg.
And Goldberg is a bloody mess.
Bill Goldberg is being gut and quartered.
Goldberg being physically dissected.
[King] They do have handcuffs.
Well, I'll be damned.
I'll be damned!
[JR] Evolution making it pretty damn clear
that they never want to see Bill Goldberg
in the WWE again, if you ask me.
[King] Well, if they're not stopped,
none of us are gonna see Bill Goldberg again.
-[JR] Good God almighty. -[King] Oh no!
[JR] Enough is enough!
A-- A sledgehammer.
Oh!
Triple H scrambling the brains of Goldberg.
Isn't enough enough?
Look at me, huh?!
You'll never see this!
You understand me, Goldberg?
You will never see that! Never!
Huh?! Huh?!
[grunting]
[JR] This is just absolutely repulsive!
This is hideous!
Goldberg had the World Title within--
-Within his grasp. -♪ It's all about the game ♪
♪ And how you play it ♪
♪ All about control ♪
[JR] But it was snatched away from him by Evolution.
♪ It's all about pain ♪
♪ And who's gonna make it ♪
[JR] Evolution's gonna pay for this.
I got to believe in God, Goldberg.
[King] There it is, there it is, there it is.
-You see it right there. -[crowd booing]
Boy, that Nat', he is so valuable.
And then wham!
[JR] Goldberg didn't see it.
But by God, he felt it.
This is cruel and obscene punishment.
Bill Goldberg helplessly handcuffed to the Elimination Chamber.
He is a bloody mess.
And on this night,
on Sunday, August 24th, at SummerSlam,
Triple H, with the help of Evolution and a sledgehammer,
retains the Heavyweight Championship of the World!
♪ It's time to play the game ♪
My God!
Goldberg has been gut and quartered!
There will be some serious hell to pay!
Triple H is still the champion! to pay!