[heavenly music playing]
[man] For 19 years,
SummerSlam has been "The Biggest Party of the Summer."
-[music slows, distorts] -[confused murmuring]
[spray paint hissing]
[energetic rock music playing]
[Triple H] Are you ready?
[Vince McMahon] At SummerSlam,
the McMahons will bring down the wrath of Satan upon you.
[Triple H] This is "The Showstopper."
I am "The King of Kings."
We are D-Generation X,
And at SummerSlam, we are gonna kick your ass.
[ominous music playing]
[Queen Sharmell] All hail King Booker!
[King Booker] Bow down and kiss your king's royal feet.
[Cole] Here comes "The Animal."
Batista looks to regain
the World Heavyweight Championship he never lost.
[Batista] I will reclaim my World Heavyweight title.
[King Booker] I, King Booker, can march into SummerSlam
and beat him to a royal bloody pulp.
[music fades]
[Cena] See, there's two types of people in this world.
Those who fight for pride,
and those who fight for glory.
[Edge] Shut up! That's not the way the real John Cena vs. Edge story goes.
[Cena] Now, Edge is one of those dirtbag, cutthroat,
stamp-on-your-face, piss-on-your grave scumbags.
[Edge] And I am sick of getting no respect around here.
[Cena] You wanna get a psychological advantage to SummerSlam?
[Edge] And every good story needs a grand finale, a great ending,
and usually the good guy wins.
But this is the real world, son, and I'm throwing on my black hat.
[Cena] You want the glory of walking down that ramp saying you're the champ?
-[Edge] This story has a happy ending. -[Cena] You want respect?
[Edge] But it's gonna be for me.
[Cena] Get your ass out here and earn it!
["Cobrastyle" playing]
[man] And now Raw,
SmackDown,
and ECW present the 19th annual WWE SummerSlam.
[Cole] You are looking live
at the sold-out Banknorth Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.
Welcome to the biggest party of the summer,
the 19th annual SummerSlam.
16,168 WWE fans are ready,
and so are we, set to call all of SmackDown's matches.
I'm Michael Cole, my partner, JBL, at ringside,
and are you ready?
You better believe I'm ready. All summer long,
you wait for one event, and that is SummerSlam.
All hell is about to break loose.
We have a party, and it's about to be on like freaking neck bone!
And calling all the action for Raw,
the legendary Jim Ross and Jerry "The King" Lawler.
Well, King, are you ready to do the party Raw-style?
I'm the WWE's original party animal. Let's get this party rocking, baby!
I got a feeling it's gonna be a slobberknocker tonight,
and to call the action for ECW,
Joey Styles and Tazz.
Thank you, JR. Representing Extreme Championship Wrestling,
Joey Styles and Tazz.
And tonight pro wrestling history will be made.
For the first time ever,
the ECW World title will be defended at a WWE pay-per-view.
SummerSlam, no less.
And it's Extreme Rules, baby.
Extreme Rules, ECW-style.
[Rey Mysterio's theme playing]
[bell rings]
[Chimel] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Making his way to the ring,
from San Diego, California,
weighing in at 170 lbs,
Rey Mysterio!
[Cole] It is indeed an emotional evening for Rey Mysterio.
He must be torn over what to do here tonight.
On one hand, he needs to face Chavo to end this thing.
But on the other, well, he knows Eddie's widow, Vickie,
is not happy with the situation that has developed
between Rey Mysterio and Chavo Guerrero.
[Layfield] Emotional, my fat ass!
Rey Mysterio has lived off of Eddie Guerrero too long.
I made a name fighting Eddie Guerrero.
I know three generations of Eddie Guerrero.
What Rey has done is a disgrace.
[Cole] Uh, ladies and gentlemen,
the common denominator between Chavo Guerrero and Rey Mysterio
is the late Eddie Guerrero.
Let's take a look at Rey and Eddie's relationship.
[Mysterio] You know who my partner is?
It's my boy.
Es mi vato, mi camarada.
Eddie Guerrero!
[Cole] I would call Mysterio and Guerrero a dream team.
[Tazz] These guys are like brothers. They're super tight, super close.
[Mysterio] He's my blood, ese.
[Chimel] Here are you winners,
and the new WWE Tag Team Champions…
[Cole] What a celebration
for the good friends Rey Mysterio and Eddie Guerrero.
[triumphant music playing]
[Eddie] Rey, you are my family.
[Mysterio] I love you, man.
[music fades]
[Cole] And, JBL, what we just saw was a thumbnail sketch
of the relationship between Rey and Eddie
and what Eddie Guerrero meant to that man right there.
Rey Mysterio not sucking off anybody.
He is not a leech, like Chavo Guerrero claims he is.
[Layfield] I need to understand that my partner here is Stevie Wonder,
'cause apparently you're blind to the simple fact
that Rey Mysterio is living off of Eddie Guerrero's name
and that man right there.
[Chimel] …weighing in at 215 lbs,
Chavo Guerrero!
[Cole] And again Chavo Guerrero's relationship with his uncle Eddie
well-documented as well.
♪ Viva la raza ♪
[Tazz] Los Guerreros in the house!
[Cole] You lie, you cheat, you steal. It's a family tradition.
Can you imagine
how proud la familia's gonna be?
[Chavo] Everybody's gonna be so proud.
[Cole] Los Guerreros stealing the gold medals
and the Kurt Angle picture. Can you believe this?
Check out Los Guerreros having a blast in the lowrider tonight.
[Tazz] Good to be a Guerrero.
-I love you, bro! -You do love me, homes!
Cousin, I'm gonna be so proud of you!
[Tazz] "Latino Heat," it's on fire, baby!
It's Eddie and Chavo. Viva la raza!
We got new Tag Team Champions, Los Guerreros!
[Eddie] There is no, no stopping Los Guerreros from taking over.
[Chavo] I love you, man. You're my blood, my sangre!
[Cole] The common denominator, Eddie Guerrero,
and Chavo and Rey exchanging words already.
Chavo Guerrero has come out of retirement for one night only
for this matchup here tonight.
A match that was sanctioned by General Manager Theodore Long,
despite the fact that Vickie Guerrero tried to talk the GM out of it.
And Rey Mysterio wasting little time going to work on Chavo Guerrero.
[Layfield] Looks like a Guerrero family reunion.
Let me tell you something. I have known three generations of Guerreros.
You got a Guerrero family reunion, you better have three things.
A bottle of whiskey, fists,
and a bucket of guts, because everything looks like Hector, Mando, Chavo Sr.
This is a normal Guerrero family reunion.
Let 'em fight! Long finally did the right thing.
[Cole] Chavo Guerrero with a vicious uppercut.
It seems to me that Chavo Guerrero is jealous
after everything Rey Mysterio has accomplished this year,
including winning the World Heavyweight Championship
at WrestleMania.
As Rey Mysterio, springboard off the rope, caught by Chavo Guerrero.
Mysterio's in trouble.
And a nice arm drag sending Chavo through the second rope.
And now you're Dr. Phil.
Now you know what Chavo is thinking, I guess,
Mr. Mind Reader. Come on, Sigmund Freud.
He doesn't like the fact that Rey is making a name off of Eddie Guerrero.
I personally do not like it either.
[Cole] Rey Mysterio measuring his man.
Chavo Guerrero… Up over the top goes Rey. Nobody home,
as Chavo rolls out of the way, and Mysterio crashes and burns.
And that could be the first turning point of this matchup.
[Layfield] You gotta understand, Michael.
You got machismo in Rey Mysterio,
a brand of Eddie Guerrero, I'll give him that.
But you have a Guerrero in Chavo Guerrero.
These two guys love to fight.
This is gonna be a hell of a war.
[Cole] Chavo will fly on occasion.
Up over the top, taking Mysterio out,
and Chavo Guerrero suddenly in total control of this matchup.
This is the man, Chavo Guerrero,
who cost Rey Mysterio the World championship
at The Great American Bash, and then a week later on SmackDown.
[Layfield] You look at guys like Arturo Gatti.
Mexican fighters just have that heart, that machismo.
That is what these two guys have. This is gonna be World War III.
That's my blood, not your blood!
[Cole] Chavo screaming at Rey, "That's my blood. It's not your blood,"
and Chavo is telling anyone who will listen to him
that, listen, Mysterio is not a Guerrero.
He has been a leech,
trying to suck the blood of the Guerreros since day one,
trying to make a name off of Eddie.
[Cole] Mysterio with a forearm as he counters.
Kicks to the hamstring.
And Rey Mysterio knocking Chavo down.
[Layfield] I'm gonna remind you,
Chavo Guerrero came out of retirement for this match,
the biggest comeback since the Resurrection.
Came back for one reason,
to defend the honor of his uncle Eddie Guerrero.
[Cole] Over the top goes Rey Mysterio.
And Chavo and Rey Mysterio… Great counter by Chavo Guerrero
as Rey goes skull-first off the turnbuckle.
[Layfield] And, might I say, how good does Chavo look?
He's been off several months now. Several months.
It is hard not to have rest.
That is the sign of a guy who's picking up where he left off.
Both of these guys, two fantastic wrestlers.
Two of SmackDown's best.
This is why we're the A-team.
You notice how Chavo Guerrero has not gone for a cover yet in this matchup.
He's my uncle. He's not your blood.
[Cole] Chavo Guerrero, that is a patented Eddie Guerrero move.
[booing]
You hear the reaction from these WWE fans here in Boston.
Chavo Guerrero has not gone for a pin cover in this matchup yet,
because I believe he wants to punish Rey Mysterio.
[Layfield] He wants to punish Rey Mysterio,
and these Boston fans don't get it.
[crowd chanting] Eddie! Eddie! Eddie!
[Cole] And the "Eddie" chants from 16,000-strong in Boston.
[Layfield] What they don't realize, Michael,
you chant "Eddie," it inspires both of these two guys.
Both of these two guys
believe they are defending the honor of Eddie Guerrero.
[Cole] And Rey Mysterio
losing his mask for a moment
after those vicious right hands by Chavo Guerrero.
And that is how intense Chavo is in this matchup thus far.
[Layfield] And what do these Boston fans know anyway?
They're the ones that did that stupid Big Dig
and can't beat the Yankees.
[Cole] Oh! And Chavo with a kick right to the ribs.
And Chavo Guerrero, forget the wrestling moves.
He is just beating the tar out of Rey Mysterio early on.
[Layfield] This is an old-fashioned street fight, Michael.
[Cole] Rey up over the top, lands on the apron.
Tremendous balance by the former World champion.
Chavo Guerrero with the right hands. Bouncing Rey off the turnbuckle again.
And Mysterio has not quite been able to get out of the blocks
in the early going of this matchup.
[Layfield] Rey Mysterio, one of the most resilient…
We love to call him the best underdog champion of all time.
And Chavo Guerrero, simply a Guerrero. That's all you had to say.
-These two guys are gonna-- -[Cole] Wait a minute.
Chavo directing traffic,
moving the photographers out of the way at ringside near the barricade,
as he continues to hammer away at the kidney area of Rey Mysterio.
What the hell is Chavo gonna do here?
[Layfield] He's gonna end his career is what he's gonna do.
[Cole] Mysterio trying to battle out with the right hands to the ribs.
-[Layfield] This has become-- -[Cole] Rey Mysterio up on the top rope!
-[Layfield] You've gotta be kidding me. -[Cole] Chavo up top as well!
Both men off the top rope, face-first.
Both men going to the mat.
And both men are down, and this could be a turning point in the matchup.
[Layfield] These two guys,
both feel like they're defending the same thing.
The honor of the dead Eddie Guerrero.
-[Layfield] They will go to any extreme. -[Cole] Like this.
[Layfield] To put each other out of wrestling, period.
They hate each other.
This is beyond wrestling,
beyond sports entertainment. This is personal between these two guys.
[Cole] Referee to a count of eight. Both men back to their feet.
Chavo misses with the right hand. Mysterio taking Chavo out at the knees.
Rey Mysterio trying to get back in the matchup.
Kicks to the side of the head.
Mysterio ducks underneath the clothesline.
Springboard crossbody into the lateral press.
He got him! No, kick-out at two.
And Chavo Guerrero may have got a hip pointer there
as Rey Mysterio took Chavo out with that crossbody.
[Layfield] Something like that wears on you the entire match, Michael.
Chavo can barely move around,
and when you take out the legs of Chavo Guerrero,
he loves to fly.
He loves to get up on that top rope.
That hurts his game.
But Chavo can also be physical,
as he is showing here.
[Layfield] He's a Guerrero! You're damn right he can.
[Cole] Oh, nice drop toehold reversal by Mysterio.
Quickly back to his feet, measuring his man.
And there's a kick to the side of the head.
Again, a cover.
Hook of the leg. Kick-out at two.
[Layfield] Guerreros are just that way. Eddie was a groomsman at my wedding.
I had security just in case if he fell off the wagon.
[Cole] And Rey Mysterio with Chavo backed into the corner.
Forearms to the side of the head.
There's the reversal. Mysterio across the ring.
Chavo runs into a high elbow.
Back-and-forth matchup at this juncture.
Chavo from behind.
-Oh, look at this. -[Layfield] Here we go again.
[Cole] Rey Mysterio
hung up on that top rope.
What's Chavo gonna do here?
Rey with right hands.
Chavo's knocked off the ropes.
Rey Mysterio, who feels comfortable when he's up high…
Look at this!
Wow!
In position for the 619!
-Connecting! -[Layfield] That's it. Ballgame!
Rey Mysterio caught Chavo Guerrrero,
and he has an opportunity to put this matchup away.
Chavo crawling back toward his feet.
Rey Mysterio up top, second rope,
went for the seated senton.
-Chavo ducked out of the way, and… -[Layfield] Oh my God!
Oh, what a hurricanrana,
dumping Chavo over the top rope.
Now Rey is down as well,
as referee Charles Robinson begins the count.
Check this out.
Went for the seated senton, but followed up with a hurricanrana.
[Layfield] This is not what Rey Mysterio had planned.
He starts to deliver the hurricanrana. Chavo Guerrero spins,
and they both take a spill from the ring all the way to the floor.
They are both hurt.
These two men just trying to punish each other outside the ring,
exchanging blows.
Another uppercut by Chavo Guerrero,
who again has returned for this matchup out of retirement for tonight only.
-And th-- there's Vickie. -[booing]
That is Eddie Guerrero's widow.
[Layfield[ No offense, she needs to stay out of it.
No more fighting!
-No, stop! No! -He doesn't!
-Stop it! -He's not a Guerrero!
-You need to go back. Go back. -No, no!
No, stop! No more fighting!
No, stop it!
No!
[Cole] Vickie asking Chavo to end this thing.
Oh! Oh, good!
Maybe slap some sense into the man. Maybe slap some sense into Chavo.
[Layfield] The hell's wrong with you?
[Cole] Rey Mysterio! Mysterio taking out Chavo!
Vickie Guerrero is just pleading for these two to stop.
Hey, Rey, stop.
-Please stop. -Let me go.
No more, Rey! Stop it!
[Cole] Chavo, right hand.
Vickie Guerrero outside, pleading with both of these men,
but Chavo taking advantage.
Oh, look at this.
-[Layfield] Look at this. -[Cole] Vintage Eddie.
-[Layfield] The Three Amigos. -[Cole] The Three Amigos.
The triple verticals.
Chavo going for a third.
And Rey Mysterio goes from behind.
Here's Chavo… Wow!
Head scissors by Mysterio.
[Layfield] The thing that Rey Mysterio always does best.
[Cole] And this is ripping Vickie apart.
[Vickie] Stop fighting!
[Cole] She's screaming, "Stop fighting!"
And Mysterio!
Now Mysterio going for the Three Amigos.
[Layfield] What a crazy paradox we have, Michael.
Both of them think they're defending the honor of Eddie Guerrero.
This is the craziest thing I've ever seen.
[Cole] And there are the Three Amigos by Rey Mysterio.
Chavo Guerrero down and out.
[Layfield] This would drive a psychiatrist crazy,
[Cole] And Rey Mysterio out to the apron.
Rey Mysterio gonna climb high.
No way!
[Cole] Vickie still pleading with Rey.
Wait a minute!
Vickie Guerrero, she was trying to…
she was trying to get to Rey to talk some sense into him, and,
well, now she realizes what she did.
She inadvertently knocked Mysterio off the top rope.
[Layfield] She just gave an edge to Chavo.
[Cole] Chavo Guerrero looking to take advantage here.
Rey Mysterio just tumbled from the top rope.
There's a brainbuster by Chavo.
[Layfield] That's it, Michael.
Find a fat lady.
And Chavo out to the apron.
Chavo gonna go up to the top rope.
No more fighting! Stop it!
No, Chavo!
[Cole] Chavo with the Frog Splash.
Here's the cover. Hook of the leg,
and Chavo Guerrero wins.
[Chavo Guerrero's theme music playing]
[Chimel] Here is your winner, Chavo Guerrero!
[Cole] Chavo Guerrero with a Frog Splash that was made famous by his uncle Eddie.
But the story here, ladies and gentlemen, is… is Vickie Guerrero.
I mean, in the wrong place at the wrong time,
and, I mean, this entire situation is a damn shame.
[Layfield] It's the craziest thing I've ever seen, Michael.
They're all doing something for a guy who's no longer here,
and they all believe they're right.
[Cole] Vickie Guerrero had seen enough.
[Layfield] You gotta let these guys fight.
Bless her heart, she's a great lady. She's wrong.
She is dead wrong, Michael.
You've gotta let these two guys go at it.
[Cole] Well, this is Vickie.
She was trying to talk sense into Chavo Guerrero with the slap,
trying to stop this thing somehow.
But then Vickie was trying to plead with Rey Mysterio as well.
As Rey Mysterio went up, apparently for a Frog Splash,
Vickie Guerrero, trying to talk sense into him,
inadvertently grabbed the rope to pull herself up,
and it caused Rey to lose his balance.
And then Chavo, right out of Eddie Guerrero's playbook,
I guess Chavo believes if anybody's gonna deliver the Frog Splash,
it's gonna be a Guerrero.
But watch the reaction of Vickie Guerrero,
screaming, "Stop! Please stop!"
[Layfield] But Chavo is right.
If anybody is going to deliver a Frog Splash,
and I've taken more than my share,
it needs to be a Guerrero.
Rey Mysterio is not a Guerrero.
Chavo is.
You brought this upon yourself.
[Cole] And to the point Chavo is making, screaming at Rey,
"You're not a Guerrero. I am." And that was what this was all about.
But the fact of the matter, and you saw Vickie here tonight,
this conflict is ripping Vickie Guerrero and her family apart.
-[music fades] -[booing]
-My king. -Yes.
What dost though contemplate on this most glorious SummerSlam evening?
As I ponder
how SmackDown has become a much, much better place
since I, King Booker, has become ruler of it…
Yes, my king.
…thus it is imperative that I beat this peasant Batista tonight.
You must.
But once I do,
we shall return to the SmackDown kingdom
as the most powerful couple in the world of sports entertainment!
Yes.
[rhythmic clapping]
-[Edge chuckles] -[cheering]
"Most powerful couple in sports entertainment"? That's cute.
Who is this rogue?
You know exactly who I am.
I am the WWE Champion.
And this here? This is the WWE Women's Champion.
That matters not.
What is your point, squire?
My point is, on my scorecard,
that makes us the most powerful couple in sports entertainment.
You see, I don't know if you can beat Batista.
-You can, my king. You can. -[chuckles]
But I know I can beat John Cena.
See, despite overwhelming odds stacked against me tonight,
I am gonna bitch-slap John Cena.
Just like I bitch-slapped his old man last week.
Just like the Yankees are bitch-slapping the Sox out of the playoffs as we speak.
-[chuckles] -[booing]
So… maybe you're up for a… small wager?
Sure, yeah.
I say when I, King Booker,
hold onto my World Heavyweight title,
and you,
you,
lose yours,
you come to my SmackDown kingdom
and bow down
and kiss my royal feet.
That's good, my king.
[laughs]
Well, when I keep my WWE Championship,
and you lose your World Heavyweight Championship,
how about you come over to Raw and be my royal servant for the night?
How's that sound?
That
would be
fine.
You have a deal.
Deal, then. Good luck.
-Worry not, my queen. -I shan't.
'Cause at the end of tonight,
all of our loyal subjects
will be saying,
"Long live King Booker!"
-[cackles] -[booing]
It is now time for ECW
to take WWE SummerSlam to the Extreme, Tazz.
Oh, no doubt. We got the ECW World Championship at stake.
Extreme Rules, Joey.
First time ever in the history of SummerSlam.
[Styles] And it all started…
It all came to a head, we should say, this past Tuesday on ECW.
It was a ladder match between Sabu and Rob Van Dam
to see who would challenge The Big Show tonight for the ECW World title.
[Tazz] There you see the contract literally hanging in the balance.
Who would be the number one contender? And I'll tell you what,
what a contest it was.
Both men, by any means necessary,
put their bodies on the line.
[Styles] Vintage… vintage Extreme Championship Wrestling,
but then Rob Van Dam, inches away,
and it was the ECW World Champion himself, The Big Show,
who sought to bring this match to a close.
[Tazz] And this was like, what the heck was going on here?
And then, out of nowhere…
-[Styles] Look at Sabu's presence of mind! -[bell ringing]
[Tazz] Oh!
[Roberts] The winner of this match, and number one contender,
Sabu!
[Tazz] And Big Show was definitely not done with Sabu.
[bell rings]
This match is for the ECW World title
and will be competed under Extreme Rules.
[Sabu's theme music playing]
[Tazz] There's the number one contender.
[Roberts] Introducing first, the challenger.
He is the suicidal,
homicidal,
genocidal,
death-defying Sabu!
[Styles] Sabu is ECW's Evil Knievel.
He's a crazed kamikaze
who will destroy himself if it means he can also destroy his opponent.
[Tazz] No matter what it takes,
no matter how much it hurts or injures Sabu,
he could care less.
He will get it done, sacrifice it all.
♪ Well, it's The Big Show ♪
♪ It's a big bad show tonight… ♪
[Roberts] And his opponent, standing at seven feet tall,
weighing 507 lbs,
he is the current ECW World Champion,
The Big Show!
[Styles] On July 4, the self-proclaimed martyr and messiah of ECW, Paul Heyman,
crucified his ten-year friendship with Rob Van Dam
and helped The Big Show become the ECW World Champion,
and since then, Sabu has been stalking The Big Show,
and finally tonight, Sabu gets his chance at The Big Show
and the ECW World title.
[Tazz] You see that hand… sorry, that chair in Sabu's hand,
and that's what it's all about, by the way, the ECW World Championship.
Again, to reiterate, this is Extreme Rules,
which means, more or less, you can do whatever you gotta do
to beat the daylights out of your opponent.
You just gotta pin him or make him tap out. Anything goes.
[Styles] No DQs, no count-outs.
What's that you like to say about Extreme Rules?
-[Tazz] All good in the hood. -[Styles] Love that!
-[Tazz] Thanks for the softball. -[Styles] No problem.
-[bell rings] -[Tazz] Here we go.
[Styles] Oh! And it looks like Sabu is playing hardball.
[Tazz] Oh, you're not kidding. Look at this!
Sabu knows how to… Oh my…
[Styles] Oh, the Arabian facebuster early on!
Sabu on top…
Sabu looking to end this early on.
[Tazz] Smart by Sabu.
The bigger Big Show, you got him down. Go for it!
Look at this. Oh!
And tripped up thanks to The Big Show. Face-first into the chair.
[Styles] Sabu looking for that triple jump moonsa--
-[Tazz] Oh man! -[Styles] Holy crap!
-[Tazz] Look at the chair. -[Styles] What chair? That's not a chair.
-It's scrap. -[Tazz] It's like a paperclip.
[Styles] Seven feet, 507 lbs,
and that's like getting a bowling ball chucked at your noggin.
[Tazz] And this is what you don't want if you are Sabu.
The 500-lb monster…
-[Tazz] Oh! -[Styles] Oh!
[Tazz] …on the prowl on your body.
[Styles] Skillet-like chop to the chest of Sabu.
[Tazz] And Paul Heyman did his best to keep… Oh!
…to keep Sabu away from The Big Show.
Paul Heyman knows what Sabu will do to get the ECW title.
[Styles] Well, Sabu has been the ECW World Champion twice before
during the glory days of the original ECW.
He'd like nothing more than to leave SummerSlam tonight as the ECW champion.
But standing in his way? Not much.
A seven-foot, 507-lb, pissed-off Extreme gargantuan.
[Tazz] I know Sabu pretty well, man.
I'll tell you, I don't think that'll stop him,
but right now, talk about being behind the eight ball.
Sabu is behind, like, a giant cannonball here in The Big Show.
Oh, oh, oh, oh!
I think he was just biting him on the nose.
Again, Extreme Rules.
[Styles] How about fingers to the eyes? That works on anybody,
no matter how big your eyeballs are.
[Tazz] Springboard… Oof!
Uh-oh.
[Styles] Like springboarding into the side of a bus.
[Tazz] I don't like this for Sabu…
[Styles] Oh!
[Tazz] Oh my lord.
[Styles] Sabu had some air underneath him.
[Tazz] You think?
And the eyes of the Extreme giant
tells the story.
Good luck to Sabu leaving Beantown with the ECW title.
Check this power out.
-[Styles] Oh! -[Tazz] Man!
[Styles] You know, I've said this week in and week out on ECW,
but television does not do The Big Show's size justice.
You have got to see The Big Show in person.
[Styles] Neck snap there.
[Tazz] That'll slow him down.
Look at this!
Oh!
[Styles] Hello!
Wow.
Extreme Rules. Anything goes.
[Tazz] No disqualifications. No count-outs.
Oh! And a faceful of steel chair
in the dome of The Big Show.
[Styles] No count-outs, but a knockout would win Sabu the championship.
[Tazz] Sabu dropped his weapon.
Quickly… Look at that chair. It's all bent up.
[Styles] It's about to get more bent, I think!
The Big Show is down! The ECW World Champion is down.
Can Sabu capitalize?
Sabu has taken so much punishment
at the huge mitts of The Big Show thus far.
Can he even crawl over?
[Tazz] Trying.
[Styles] He's on top. Sabu's on top.
Not even a two-count, says referee Mickie Henson.
[Tazz] Has Big Show… Is he
cut open? I can't tell.
[Styles] Been hit in the head with a chair three or four times.
[Tazz] Definitely got his bell rung.
[Styles] Sabu does not look satisfied.
[Tazz] He's not, no.
Table time!
Table time
from Sabu.
[Styles] Mr. Big Show, your table is ready.
[Tazz laughing]
[Styles] But Sabu's taking too much time setting up that table in the corner.
It depends on how bad The Big Show is hurt.
[Tazz] Not too bad, I guess.
[Styles] Oh! And again, the fingers to the eyes.
[Tazz] Again, Extreme Rules. All legal.
Oof! Headfirst after getting hit with those chairs.
What's Sabu up to here?
Check him out, Joey!
[Styles] Oh!
Big Show driven headfirst into the canvas, almost like a modified bulldog by Sabu.
Sabu has not let up, not one bit,
has not given The Big Show any room to breathe in this matchup.
-[Tazz] And Sabu not stopping. -[Styles] Here we go!
Oh, through the table!
Sabu has driven the 507-lb champion through the table.
[crowd chanting] ECW! ECW! ECW!
[Styles] And we've got 16,000-plus chanting "ECW!" here in Beantown,
as The Big Show went bean-first through that table.
[Tazz] All right, let's check this out. Watch Sabu here.
Oh, face-first!
Again, Sabu, checking out this angle here.
Sabu will sacrifice himself to drop the Extreme champion.
[Styles] Look at the resilience of the ECW World Champion Big Show!
-[Styles] He's up… -[Tazz] Oh! What an electric chair.
Oh man. That's a long way down from a seven-footer.
And that big, massive head is cut open.
[Styles] Yep. Blood now trickling from the head of The Big Show.
[Tazz] The big, massive head of The Big Show catching Sabu
in, well, the yam bag of sorts.
And, well, Sabu's down!
[Styles] And now The Big Show dragging Sabu effortlessly into the corner.
And you gotta wonder, does The Big Show know that he's busted open?
[Tazz] Oh, oh, oh, oh, wait a minute. Are you kidding me?
[Styles] Big Show may be looking to destroy Sabu once and for all.
[Tazz] Get an "Oh my God" ready!
[Styles] Oh my God!
507 lbs down across the sternum of Sabu!
[Tazz] Holy splat right there!
Let's take another look at this.
I don't think Sabu wants to watch this.
Five-hundo… Bam!
Right on the sternum of Sabu.
[Styles] Watch it? You can almost feel it. And Sabu's body is covered in scars.
I mean, we know he's… [splutters]
-…dives, sorry… -[Tazz] Yeah, dives…
[Cole] …into barbed wire and Crazy Glues the wounds shut.
But, I mean, that's nothing compared to 500 lbs on your sternum,
and things may just go from bad to worse for Sabu.
[Tazz] Steel steps. Again, Extreme Rules.
This is all legal. No disqualifications.
Oh, look at the… look at The Big Show,
how he's just taking those damn steps like they're… they're nothing.
-[Tazz] Steel. -[Styles] Effortless.
[Tazz] Uh-oh.
What the hell's he looking for?
[Styles] As if The Big Show needs a weapon.
We've got steel stairs in the ring and now a table.
[Tazz] A broken table, two sets of steel steps,
and there's a fresh table.
Looks like a mini little card table in his hands.
And Sabu's hurt. He's holding his trap there.
[Style] And Sabu's even got a finger taped up,
not that he would let anyone know he was hurt before a matchup.
[Tazz] He tapes up any part of his body.
Again, ECW World Championship is at stake.
The champion is The Big Show.
The challenger is Sabu.
Extreme Rules. Anything goes.
[Styles] History is being made.
This is the first time the ECW World title has been defended on any WWE pay-per-view,
let alone the 19th annual SummerSlam.
What the hell?
[Tazz] That's how ECW does it. We do it a little extreme here.
What the hell? Uh-oh.
[Styles] Big Show building Extreme strength…
Oh my God!
[Tazz] Boston Bridge has fallen down. Forget about London.
Oh my God, that… God, that had to hurt.
Well, Sabu, I think he had, like, a DDT in mind or something.
[Styles] That's not what The Big Show had in mind. And now, wisely,
Sabu rolling out…
Sabu now…
[Tazz] Watch Sabu. I think he went to get a DDT or something.
Ba-ba-bam!
[Styles] Well, he did get the DDT, slowed down The Big Show.
But at the same time, as we said, a self-sacrifice by Sabu.
[Tazz] I didn't think he had the DDT.
I thought Big Show drove his back through, but…
[Styles] Well, that angle… Actually, they both got punished.
Just that, you know, Sabu landed on his back.
Big Show landed on his noggin.
[Tazz] Hey, Joey, you only see this kind of action in ECW, baby.
Extreme Rules.
Not Raw, not SmackDown.
Just us.
-Uh-oh. -[Styles] Oh no, no, no!
Oh!
What a chokeslam!
-[Tazz] That's gotta be it. -[Styles] Two…
-[Styles] Yes, it is. -[bell rings]
-[Tazz] Wow! -[The Big Show's theme music playing]
[Roberts] The winner of this match,
and still ECW World Champion,
The Big Show!
[Tazz] What a match.
Both champion and challenger leaving it all in the ring,
all the way in the ring,
in an Extreme Rules match. Wow!
[Styles] And that is exactly how the ECW title should be contested for.
Extreme Rules. It looks like there was a car crash in the middle of the ring
out here on I-93 in Boston,
and that's what Extreme Championship Wrestling
is all about.
[Tazz] Sabu is left in that ring with tables, shattered steel steps.
I tell you what, Sabu gave it a hell of a fight.
Let's check this out right now.
This right here is the… the turning point in the match.
Watch this, Joe.
The power, the 500-pounder on the body of Sabu.
[Styles] Sabu may never have recovered,
and then the combination DDT and slam,
both Sabu and The Big Show go through the table.
[Tazz] This is all she wrote. Sabu had something in mind,
but check out…
Big Show had the wherewithal…
Take another look at this, Joe.
[Styles] An Extreme chokeslam.
[Tazz] Oh my God, the strength and power of the 500-lb champion.
Big Show leaves Boston, ECW title in hand.
Wow. I guess Sabu and The Big Show bring new meaning to "party crashers."
They crashed through everything in sight out here.
Let's segue, ladies and gentlemen,
from the brutality, the ugliness of that physical encounter we just saw
to the beauty of the most beautiful woman on television.
Many of you were joining us last Wednesday night.
Let's take you back to the Hard Rock Cafe in, uh, downtown New York City,
where the three ladies from the Raw Diva Search contest
made it to New York City
to see who was gonna win a quarter of a million dollars.
[Lawler] Oh, and they were all so beautiful.
They were all winners in my mind, JR.
There could only be one woman
that was the sexiest woman on TV.
[announcer] The winner of the title The Sexiest Woman on Television,
she walks out of here with $250,000,
it is…
-Layla! -[screams]
[Lawler] Oh wow.
[Ross] So Layla wins a quarter of a million dollars.
[Lawler] Layla's parents are from North Africa.
She was born in London, England, but she now lives in Miami, Florida,
where she's been a Miami Heat dancer for the past couple of years.
And now she is the newest Raw Diva and a quarter of a million dollars richer.
-Guys, she's coming. She's coming. -Oh, okay.
Hey, guys!
-Hey, Maria, how you doing? -Oh, hey, Layla!
[Maria laughs]
Layla, that is such a hot…
-Thank you. -…magazine cover!
Oh my gosh. And it folds out.
-Very nice. -That's the best cover ever.
Oh my gosh, that's great, right?
[indistinct chatter]
Hey, Ashley, how you doing?
Hey, Torrie.
Man, this is so cool.
My first SummerSlam as a WWE Diva.
-Woohoo! -[Torrie chuckles]
[Trish clears throat]
So… [chuckles]
…you think you can win a little contest and call yourself a WWE Diva?
I mean, I'm a six-time WWE Women's Champion.
Okay? I've a missing knuckle. Okay?
And that's why I can call myself a WWE Diva, okay?
And Torrie Wilson, okay, she didn't win some little contest,
to be able to grace the cover of FHM.
You looked really hot on that, by the way. The little ropes, really hot.
Yeah. Okay, and Jillian Hall?
Jillian Hall had… had this… like, a thing
bitten off her face, okay?
And that's why she can call herself a WWE Diva. Okay?
Ashley Massaro, Ashley…
Oh, she…
-She… Okay, this… -Right.
Right here, this is why she can call herself a WWE Diva. Okay?
So if you think that just can just win some little contest
and come in here and call yourself a WWE Diva,
well, guess what?
-You totally can. -[all laughing]
Oh my God, I get it. Was that my initiation?
Oh, no, no, that wasn't your initiation.
-This is. -What?
-What? It's what? -[laughter]
What? Oh my God, I'm so excited.
[indistinct chatter]
-[cheering] -What?
-[Layla screaming] -[Lawler] JR!
It's the initiation!
Divas in the shower!
Oh, wet Divas!
Oh my gosh!
[Ross] You're just praying that the water's cold.
[Lawler] She just turned her other cheek. This is wonderful!
What a great initiation!
[Layla screaming]
We need more Diva contest winners.
[chuckles] Oh, Layla, you're great!
["Cobrastyle" playing]
[Ross] Well, ladies and gentlemen, uh…
Go ahead, King.
[Lawler] Okay, let me thank the Teddybears while I'm all excited
for one of our official theme songs here at SummerSlam.
It's "Cobrastyle."
Is that a CD? Could be an album, JR.
[Ross] Ladies and gentlemen, we are just moments away
from the legendary Hulk Hogan going one-on-one
with "The Legend Killer" Randy Orton.
Will the legend of Hulkamania die tonight
at the hands of "The Legend Killer" Randy Orton?
-[triumphant music playing] -[crowd chanting] Hogan! Hogan!
[Finkel] The incredible Hulk Hogan!
[Hogan] Hulkamania is running wild like it's never run before!
[chanting continues]
[Ross] "The Immortal" Hulk Hogan. Is he the Babe Ruth of the WWE?
Is he the Michael Jordan of World Wrestling Entertainment?
[Hogan] After all these years, because of all you Hulkamaniacs,
Hulkamania is still running wild, brother.
[music fades]
-[tense music playing] -[Ross] You gotta be kidding.
The disrespectful Randy Orton
interrupting "The Immortal" Hulk Hogan.
[Orton] Listen, I gotta apologize for the interruption.
I'm truly sorry.
Now, Hulk, since you are a legend among legends,
and since I am "The Legend Killer,"
I would like to respectfully challenge you
to a match at SummerSlam.
[music intensifies]
I respectfully accept.
[Ross] Oh wow! Hogan and Orton at SummerSlam.
-Really? -Coincidence.
-Wha…? -[Brooke gasps]
See you at SummerSlam, brother.
Yes, sir. No problem. Yes, sir.
[Ross] Oh God!
Are you okay? Randy, what happened to him?
[Orton] Randy Orton, "Legend Killer."
Dad, can you get up?
[music fades]
[tense music playing]
[Orton] I pride myself on being…
Randy Orton, "Legend… Legend Killer."
Pride myself… [echoing]
"Legend Killer."
You can't fight the future,
and you can't beat Randy Orton.
I am going to take the legend of Hulk Hogan
and kill it.
[Hogan] Randy Orton doesn't know anything about respect.
He has no respect for my family.
[Orton] How about a reality check? Orton Knows Best.
He has no respect for my daughter.
[Ross] The symbolism of this is somewhat perverse and uncomfortable.
He's got no respect for any of the Hulkamaniacs.
[Lawler] Oh!
[Ross] Orton with the RKO
on the faux Hogan.
[tense music playing]
[Hogan] Orton, at SummerSlam,
the joke is over.
[Orton] At SummerSlam, I kill the biggest legend that there ever was.
[Hogan] There's one legend that "The Legend Killer" can't kill.
[Orton] Hulk Hogan, kiss your career goodbye.
[Hogan] What you gonna do
when the power of all these millions of Hulkamaniacs
run wild on you?
[music fades]
[Randy Orton's theme music playing]
♪ Hey ♪
-♪ Hey, nothing you can say… ♪ -[bell rings]
[Garcia] This contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, from St. Louis, Missouri,
weighing in at 245 lbs,
Randy Orton!
[Lawler] Well, JR,
Randy Orton, I gotta admit, certainly looks cocky,
confident, arrogant,
pompous as ever.
[Ross] He is aloof, abrasive,
albeit awesomely talented.
The third-generation star Randy Orton,
the youngest WWE Champion in history,
has beaten some of the most-recognized names in the industry.
But none more recognizable,
none more significant
than the opportunity that Orton has tonight,
to beat "The Immortal" Hulk Hogan right here at SummerSlam.
♪ Hey, nothing you can say ♪
♪ Nothing's gonna change What you've done… ♪
Hulkamania was born on January 23, 1984
when Hogan won the WWE title in Madison Square Garden.
That young man, Randy Orton,
hopes for Hulkamania to die tonight August 20, 2006.
[music fades]
[crowd chanting] Hogan! Hogan! Hogan!
[inaudible]
[chanting continues]
-[Hulk Hogan's theme music playing] -[crowd roars]
♪ When it comes crashing down And it hurts inside… ♪
[Garcia] And making his way to the ring,
from Venice Beach, California,
"The Immortal" Hulk Hogan!
♪ If you hurt my friends Then you hurt my pride… ♪
[Ross] "The Hulkster" on one bad wheel,
and, really, that may be an understatement.
But he's here.
The fight for the respect of every fan that's followed him over the years
and for his family,
the family that Randy Orton has defamed verbally over the last several weeks.
Hogan is 5-0 at SummerSlam events.
[Lawler] And he looks like he's ready to party tonight.
[Ross] The veteran,
with a knee replacement,
with a hip replacement,
with a torn knee ligament,
is here to give us everything he has tonight.
There's nothing wrong with Hogan's spirit.
There's nothing wrong with Hulk Hogan's heart.
And I believe he's gonna show us exactly that here tonight at SummerSlam.
♪ …of every man ♪
♪ I am a real American ♪
♪ Fight for what's right ♪
♪ Fight for your life ♪
♪ I am a real American… ♪
An amazing standing ovation.
[Lawler] Well, what we're witnessing is Hulkamania.
This is what this is all about. How do you kill this?
I think it's impossible.
[Ross] Well, obviously Randy Orton thinks he has the formula.
Last year, with some help…
Oh man, this is amazing.
[Lawler] Look out… look out into this crowd,
into this sea of people.
You see children,
you see their parents,
and you see their grandparents,
and they're all Hulkamaniacs.
♪ Fight for the rights of every man ♪
♪ I am a real American… ♪
[Ross] Hulkamania knows no generation,
no gender,
no race.
It is universal, is Hulkamania.
But last year, with a significant amount of help,
but last year nonetheless,
Randy Orton at SummerSlam defeated The Undertaker,
who is as bad as they come.
♪ You gotta take a stand It don't help to hide… ♪
So let's not discount Orton's ability.
[Lawler] I'm not discounting Orton's ability, not at all.
I've been in the ring with Orton. I know how tough Orton is.
But the sad thing is, JR, this is all about envy.
That young man, who has all the potential and all the talent in the world,
is so envious of these legends,
of Hulk Hogan.
He wants to see all of these people standing and cheering for him.
Well, you don't do that, you don't get that by killing a legend.
You get it by earning their respect,
like Hulk Hogan did.
[crowd chanting] Hogan! Hogan! Hogan!
[Ross] Randy Orton disrespected my broadcast colleague in
The King's own hometown of Memphis.
Orton spit in the face of Harley Race.
But this crowd here tonight, on their feet,
have told the world that they're here tonight to see Hulkamania live.
Now let's see if Hulk Hogan's veteran body can hold up,
with his… with that great heart,
and beat the young man that has everything to gain here tonight
in Randy Orton.
[crowd chanting] Hogan! Hogan! Hogan!
[Lawler] Well,
you don't need to be upset about that, Randy.
That chant's gonna be with you all night long.
[Ross] Orton has had great success at SummerSlams.
He won the World Heavyweight title against the awesome Chris Benoit
at the 2004 SummerSlam,
so SummerSlam has been one of Orton's greatest events.
But the collar and elbow tie-up and the lock-up
shows that "The Hulkster" simply overpowered
young Randy Orton from St. Louis, Missouri.
[Lawler] I like the way Hulk talks a little trash
to Randy Orton while he's overpowering him as well.
[Ross] One would have to assume
that, due to age and ring activity,
that the longer this match goes, King,
the more the advantage would go to the younger Randy Orton.
[Lawler] Well, that's one way of looking at things,
but I think the longer this match goes,
the more of what you would describe as the spirit of Hulkamania
is gonna get stronger.
It's not just about Hulk Hogan.
[Ross] Hogan playing the physical game and the mind game with young Randy Orton,
who has talked the game in the last several weeks.
Certainly bringing out that faux Hogan last week,
that man that was completely embarrassing,
should not have even have been on television.
Randy Orton is so infatuated with himself,
I don't know why he'd want Brooke.
He's carrying on a great love affair unassisted.
[crowd chanting] Let's go, Hogan! Let's go, Hogan!
[Ross] The crowd chanting
the legendary Hulk Hogan.
Respect is not willed. Respect is not taken.
Respect is gained in this business.
Hogan has done that.
And Hogan now,
overhand wrist lock…
[Lawler] Once again, he overpowers Randy Orton.
[Ross] And Hogan again using strength, leverage,
and ring wherewithal to overpower Randy Orton.
[Lawler] Uh-oh.
[Ross] Orton downstairs.
[Lawler] Well, there's the Randy Orton we've come to know
and not especially love, as of late.
He'll take every shortcut he can get.
[Ross] Orton hammering away on Hulk Hogan.
[Lawler] Not to mention the fact the kid's pretty quick.
[Ross] And that uppercut, European uppercut takes Hogan down.
If I were Orton, I wouldn't waste a lot of time
contemplating my next move.
[Lawler] Don't worry about that.
I know once Orton gets on you, his approach is like a dentist's drill.
He is right there, all over you.
[Ross] And let's not forget that Orton is always the RKO away from victory.
[referee] Watch the forearms, Randy. Let's go.
[Ross] Hogan been beated down now on the canvas,
and that's where Randy Orton needs to keep "The Hulkster."
Down and away from the vertical base as best Orton can.
Hogan, again, with a torn meniscus, the knee ligament, King.
[Lawler] I know that.
[Ross] Just wanna make sure you're orthopedically sound.
[Hogan yells]
[Lawler] Look at "The Hulkster"!
[Ross] And Hogan blocking.
[Lawler] Don't go there, Randy Orton. That ain't gonna work.
Ooh!
[Ross] Elbow downstairs right to the ribs,
and Orton eats the… eats the top turnbuckle.
[Lawler] Was that a molar or a bicuspid we saw flying?
[Ross] Yeah, well, two big right hands, and Hogan now
showing no intimidation, no fear of that…
-[Lawler laughing] -[Ross] …of that injury.
[crowd counting]
Hogan hammering down with big right hands.
[Lawler] Now…
-[Ross] And then Hogan biting. -[Lawler laughing]
[Ross] "The Hulkster" biting the handsome features of Randy Orton.
-[Lawler] Ow! -[Ross] And a thumb to the eyes.
Hogan breaking the rules here, but getting away with it.
Straight right hand by Hogan.
Nothing pretty about his attack.
Hogan clothesline with authority,
knocking down the cocky,
I may suggest less cocky, Randy Orton.
[Lawler] Well, would you call him abrasive, maybe?
I know that Hogan rake across Randy's eyes is abrasive,
but you know what we're seeing here, we're seeing… what created…
[Hogan] How bad do you wanna take out Brooke Hogan?
[Lawler] Did you hear that?
"The Hulkster" asking Randy how bad Randy Orton wants to take out Brooke,
Hogan's daughter.
[Ross] At this point in time, Hogan certainly "knows best."
His lovely daughter, talented daughter, Brooke,
a rising singing star, a young woman that Randy Orton has, uh…
I wouldn't wanna say admired,
because I don't know if that would be the word I'm looking for.
[Lawler] Well, let's face it. Randy Orton was hitting on Brooke.
[Ross] Oh, right hand.
[Lawler] And Hulk, uh… Hulk took exception to it.
-Ow! -[Ross] A rake of the back.
And don't think Hogan doesn't know how to break the rules.
The fans, longtime fans
that saw Hogan in his early days at Madison Square Garden,
the early days of the AWA,
they remember a Hogan who would not adhere to the rules.
That's what we're seeing here tonight.
[Lawler] I don't think Orton would mind having those nails raked across his back
if they belonged to Brooke Hogan, but…
-[Ross] Easy now, tiger. -[Lawler] Not from "The Hulkster."
[Ross] Hogan has controlled the pace.
has everything in…
-Just that one situation under control. -[Lawler] Whoa, look out.
[Ross] Orton now making a U-turn.
-And Orton… -[Lawler] Uh-oh.
[Ross] And those…
Look at Orton, aggressively working on that… that bad wheel of Hulk Hogan.
[Lawler] That is it. It is the left knee of Hulk Hogan
that has that torn meniscus.
[Ross] The MRI was conclusive that the meniscus ligament was torn.
-The other knee has been replaced. -[Lawler] Look out!
[Ross] And Orton with all his weight down on the knee of Hogan.
Like it or not, sound strategy by Randy Orton,
attempting to cripple Hogan
and begin the premise of killing Hulkamania tonight at SummerSlam.
[crowd chanting] Hogan! Hogan! Hogan!
[Lawler] I told you, Randy. You better get used to that chant.
[chanting continues]
That's gonna be around as long as Hulkamania lives.
[Ross] Hogan,
who main-evented the first four SummerSlams,
just got chop-blocked.
Got back up to a vertical base,
only to be chop-blocked down by Randy Orton.
[Orton] …that you adore so much?
[Lawler] Randy Orton saying, "Is this the man you adore so much?"
[Ross] Orton has deep-seated emotional issues.
He's… he's craving to be loved.
[inaudible]
[Ross] And the person who loves him most,
he sees in the mirror every morning when he brushes his teeth.
[Lawler] Watch yourself, Hulk. Look out!
Oh, nobody home!
[Ross] Orton took a big chance there,
and the veteran Hogan able to barely avoid the contact.
Hogan went… Excuse me, Orton went away from focusing on the leg,
decided to go into the high-risk district.
[Lawler] Oh!
[Ross] Hogan now, out of desperation,
in that corner, fighting back.
Big right hand again by "The Hulkster."
[Lawler] If he can hit that big boot… Once again, he's missed it!
[Ross] And Orton… Textbook dropkick, right in the face.
Randy Orton now has the advantage.
[Lawler] And Randy Orton is thinking one thing, JR.
He's thinking RKO.
Look at the gleam in his eyes.
[Ross] Three magic letters
that can make Randy Orton even more famous than he already is.
[Lawler] Orton's chomping at the bit.
He's just waiting for Hogan to get to his feet.
[Ross] Orton knows exactly what he's gonna do here.
[Lawler] Don't turn around, Hulk. You're not gonna like the view!
[Ross] Hogan able to pull himself up by using the ropes.
He's on one leg, barely.
-[Lawler] Here it is! -[Ross] RKO! And there it is.
The RKO, and it's over.
Orton has done it.
[Lawler] Hey, hey, hey!
-[Ross] Oh… -[Orton] What?
[Ross] Orton thinks he's…
[Lawler] Has Orton… Orton's won!
[Ross] Orton's… Has Orton won the match?
The referee counted three.
[Garcia] Ladies and gentlemen, the referee has noticed
that Hulk Hogan's foot was on the ropes,
therefore this match will continue.
-[Lawler] The match will continue! -[Ross] Orton cannot believe this.
Orton is incensed. The referee did indeed count the three.
[Lawler] Orton did everything he wanted to do.
He hit the RKO. He got the three-count.
But he didn't get the victory, yet.
[Ross] Well, Hogan's foot was on the bottom rope before the three-count.
There's no doubt about that.
[Lawler] Uh-oh.
]Ross] And Randy Orton inadvertently has given second life to Hulkamania.
[crowd roars]
[Lawler] Oh, how many times have we seen this man Hulk up?
[Ross] Somehow, some way, the will to compete
has brought Hogan back to his feet.
[crowd] One, two, three!
[Ross] Hogan with three big right hands.
[Lawler] And there's the boot!
[Ross] The boot right to the face of Randy Orton.
[crowd roars]
[Lawler] Let him hear the Hulkamaniacs!
[Ross] These fans are going crazy.
[Lawler] This has gotta send chills up and down your spine.
[Ross] Hogan with that big boot.
-And now the leg drop. -[Lawler] Oh my God!
[Ross] A huge leg drop.
-[Lawler] What about it! -[bell rings]
-[Ross] Hulkamania is still alive! -[Hulk Hogan's theme music playing]
-[Ross] Hulkamania… -[Garcia] Here is your winner, Hulk Hogan!
♪ And it hurts inside… ♪
[Ross] Just when it looked like Hulk Hogan was gonna lose
to the outstanding young Randy Orton,
the veteran, bad wheels and all,
able to be resourceful enough
with that will to win
and with this great fan support.
[Lawler] That's what Hulkamania is all about.
You can't kill Hulkamania. It still runs wild.
[inaudible]
♪ I am a real American ♪
♪ Fight for what's right… ♪
[Ross] I'll tell you what, we talk about Hulkamania being born in 1984
in Madison Square Garden when he won the WWE title.
♪ Well, I feel strong About right and wrong… ♪
It is still alive and well here today.
[Lawler] There it is!
[Ross] Twenty-two years later.
And, King, I dare say, here in Boston tonight,
Hulkamania is as strong as it's ever been.
♪ I am a real American… ♪
[Lawler] Come on, JR. When he points this way, stand up.
Now stand and clap.
Come on. Yeah, we got it.
Hey, over here!
♪ Fight for what's right… ♪
What?
♪ Fight for your life ♪
♪ I am a real American ♪
♪ Fight for the rights of every man ♪
♪ I am a real American ♪
♪ Fight for what's right… ♪
[Ross] Arguably, the greatest sports entertainer of all time,
the WWE Hall of Famer.
[Lawler] Well, all you gotta do is look and listen.
A picture's worth a thousand words.
This is a true party atmosphere right now in Boston.
♪ Then you hurt my pride… ♪
-[Lawler] There it is! -[Ross] It is a red-and-yellow party.
♪ I am a real American ♪
♪ Fight for the rights of every man ♪
♪ I am a real American… ♪
[Lawler] Let's check… check this out one more time right here.
Randy Orton, he hits the RKO.
I'm sure he thought at this time Hulkamania was dead,
but as you can see, right at the count of three,
the Hulk's foot is on the ropes.
[Ross] Well, how many times have we seen this, ladies and gentlemen?
How many legends has Hulk Hogan defeated with that historic leg drop?
♪ If you hurt my friends Then you hurt my pride ♪
♪ I gotta be a man… ♪
The timeless, "Immortal" Hulk Hogan
remains undefeated at SummerSlam,
an event that Hogan has never lost.
♪ Fight for what's right ♪
♪ Fight for your life… ♪
Fans young and old.
[Lawler] And in-between.
[inaudible]
They all admire that man.
They love "The Hulkster."
Oh no, look at this guy's back
Now, that's… that's taking it a little bit too far, isn't it?
He had a tattoo of Hulk Hogan over his entire back.
[Ross] Well, ladies and gentlemen…
[Lawler] I bet he had to shave it before he got it.
[Ross] Hulk Hogan will be a big part of WWE 24/7, let me tell you,
and celebrating
the WWE's new partnership with Comcast,
the largest cable company in America.
Yesterday, right here in Boston,
a huge pre-SummerSlam 24/7 blowout.
["Cobrastyle playing]
Here on a rainy night in Beantown, King.
[Lawler] Maybe the only thing that'll keep the Red Sox
from losing to the Yankees. Rain!
[Ross] And, folks, we are just moments away
from what is sure to be the animalistic I Quit match
between two legendary competitors.
[music fades]
-Hey, Mick. -Hey, Melina, how are you?
-I'm doing good. How about you? -I'm all right.
-Are you ready for your match? -I think so.
You… you think so?
It's just, Melina, I've known Ric Flair a long time,
and I've never seen a look in his eyes
like the one he gave me Tuesday night on ECW.
It's, uh, a little different side of Ric Flair
than I was really prepared for.
Oh, I remember that look in his eyes too.
And I remember that… the way he had you just laying there
with his belt wrapped around your neck. And then your lip all bloody.
-Right in front of me. -Yeah.
You know, Mick, maybe…
maybe this match isn't such a good idea, you know?
Not only for you, but for me too.
Mick, I associate myself with winners.
I'm the… I'm the manager of champions.
If you go out there and lose,
it's not gonna look so good for my reputation.
Wait, wait. You don't think I can win this match?
-I didn't say that. -Let me tell you something.
I don't care what kind of sadistic look
Ric Flair had in his eyes on Tuesday night.
It will be nothing compared to the look I give him
when I gleefully grab that microphone
and force the letters "I Q-U-I-T"
out of that worthless piece of crap!
[bell rings]
-This contest is the I Quit match. -[cheering]
Now, in this match,
there are no disqualifications,
no count-outs,
and no pinfalls.
The only way to win
is to force your opponent to say, "I quit."
[Mick Foley's theme music playing]
[Ross] Well, ladies and gentlemen, this may be
the most physically intense matchup
of the entire evening.
[Garcia] Introducing first, from Long Island, New York,
Mick Foley!
[Ross] And I don't say that with any disrespect
to the ECW Extreme Rules match
or the… any other match on this night.
But knowing Foley and Flair as we do, King,
you know, to say "I quit" on a platform this large
with a worldwide audience…
[Lawler] I don't think either one of them are capable of doing it.
[Ross] Just hard to fathom.
[Lawler] But we do know that that man right there
is absolutely capable of doing anything and everything to his opponent.
[Ross] Folks, the next time we join you for Raw on pay-per-view
will be, uh, on Sunday September 17.
We'll be emanating Unforgiven
from the sold-out Air Canada Centre in Toronto.
[Ric Flair's theme music playing]
Always good to get to Toronto.
But I've got a feeling that one of these two men in this match
will not make it north of the border.
[Garcia] And making his way to the ring,
from Charlotte, North Carolina,
the "Nature Boy" Ric Flair!
[Ross] Well, Mick Foley and Ric Flair had issues 12 years ago
when both were competing at WCW
in a politically motivated, allegedly, behind-the-scenes situation.
I wasn't there, so I don't… I wasn't witness to it,
but Flair… uh, Foley has carried that animosity with him
for all those years.
[Lawler] What you're saying, basically, is this match has been building.
It's been festering, if you will,
for over 12 years, and tonight it comes to a head.
[Ross] And here we go. Foley hammering away
with those forearms and right hands
right to the face of the veteran Ric Flair.
[Lawler] What about that little pre-match encounter
that Foley had back there with Melina?
Judging from that little smirk, I think that was a pep talk from Melina.
[Ross] Foley ramming his knee into Flair's face.
Flair has withstood an airplane crash in the early '70s where be broke his back.
[Lawler] Look out here! Good grief! God!
[Ross] In a fatal crash
He has been lucky enough to survive that.
Hardcore wars with brawlers like Bruiser Brody and Blackjack Mulligan
and Abdullah the Butcher,
but can Ric Flair…
Did you hear that impact of steel and skull?
[Lawler] Fortunately, we only heard it.
Poor Ric Flair felt it. What is this, Mr. Socko in this match?
Oh no, it's… Oh!
Rammed down the gullet of Ric Flair.
[Lawler] That's gotta be the ultimate insult.
[Ross] Foley using the Mandible Claw.
[Lawler] Well, the Mandible Claw is one thing,
but when it's covered with that hideous Mr. Socko,
that's one of the things that Flair has… has made light of. Uh-oh.
Let's make it real simple.
You say those little words,
or it's gonna get a whole hell of a lot worse.
Say it!
[panting]
You're gonna suffer.
[Ross] Foley giving Flair a chance to end this, somewhat mercifully.
Referee, as you see, carrying a microphone with him now.
[Lawler] Look at this.
[Ross] Foley wrapping barbed wire around his right hand.
These two future WWE Hall of Famers looking to maim each other here tonight.
[Lawler] Oh my! [laughs]
[Ross]
Uh, Mick Foley, rights and lefts now.
[Lawler] I think Foley may have forgotten
who is the real "Dirtiest Player in the Game."
-[Ross] A low blow, no-- -[Lawler] There's a reminder.
[Ross] Again, no disqualifications.
No dis-- No count-outs.
No pins or submissions.
[Lawler] Now Flair going after that Mr. Socko with the barbed wire.
-[Ross] Now Flair-- -[Lawler] Look at this.
[Ross] Flair putting Socko on his right hand.
[Lawler] Ow, man, it's…Oh!
[Ross] And Flair chopping with the barbed wire.
[Lawler] Famous Flair chop to the chest of Foley,
but this time, that hand is covered in barbed wire.
[Ross] Flair tearing the shirt off Foley,
away from Foley's chest,
and then chopping Mick Foley…
[Lawler] Look at the blood coming from Foley's chest.
[Ross] Foley already bleeding. That barbed wire opening…
-[Lawler] Look out. -[Ross] …opening Foley up.
And it was the barbed wire that Foley introduced.
[fan] Come on, Foley! Come on, get him!
[Lawler] I tell you, one of the worst things I've experienced…
[Ross] Good God Almighty, what a wreck.
[Lawler] One of the worst things that I've ever experienced in any match
is a chop from Ric Flair.
The only thing that could make it worse is if the chop is covered in barbed wire.
Watch Foley just suffer.
Watch out. Don't get over here, guys, please!
[Ross] Big right hand by… by Foley knocking down Flair.
Again, neither man can be counted out.
They're not looking for pins or submissions.
[Lawler] What in the world?
[Ross] Foley with a…
And Foley got a barbed wire--
[Lawler] How does all this stuff get under the ring?
Oh no!
[Ross] God Almighty!
Foley's got barbed wire attached to this wooden platform,
and Flair is busted, cut wide open.
[Lawler] Oh, ripped to shreds!
[Ross] That barbed wire, in multiple places,
inserting itself into Ric Flair's face.
And Flair bleeding from multiple lacerations to his face,
thanks to Mick Foley and that barbed wire.
[Lawler] You can see that that barbed wire will cut every place of flesh it touches,
from Foley's chest to Flair's face.
[crowd chanting] We want fire! We want fire!
[Lawler] Listen to this crowd.
[Ross] We got Flair being raked by that barbed wire.
[chanting continues]
[Ross] And this is…
I called the Ric Flair - Terry Funk match with the late Gordon Solie in '89.
I was there when Mick Foley wrestled The Rock in '99
in his I Quit match.
[Lawler] You know what,
I said before, I don't think that either one of these men…
I think there's too much pride. I think there's too much history.
I don't think either guy was capable of saying "I quit," but…
[Ross] Oh God!
[Lawler] …I hadn't taken into account
that there was gonna be this much barbed wire involved in the match.
[Lawler] I'd be quitting right now. Wouldn't you?
[Ross] You're damn right I would be quitting right now.
-These rules are perverted. -[Lawler] Look out, Ric!
[Ross] They're sick and perverted. Good lord!
Good lord, how much worse can it get?
-[Flair] God! -[Lawler] Well…
[Ross] These men are victimizing each other.
[Lawler] I'll show you how much worse it can get. Look at this.
-[whooshing] -[Foley speaking indistinctly]
You tell me what I wanna hear, Ric.
Say it! Say it!
[panting]
Kiss… my ass!
-[Lawler] Good grief! -[electrical crackling]
Hey, come on, get that microphone!
[Ross] Well, it's legal, unfortunately.
It's all legal in this…
[Lawler] We need to hear somebody say "I quit."
But we need to hear it soon. This is gonna be… this is gonna be awful.
[Ross] I Quit rules.
It's vile, it's violent,
and it's debilitating.
[Lawler] Oh no!
Foley pulling out all the stops,
and that means thumb tacks
by the thousands!
[Ross] For the love of God.
A ring full of thumb tacks.
Already spotted with Ric Flair's blood in this I Quit match.
How much more can the… can the veteran Flair withstand?
[Lawler] I mean, you know what, we have witnessed Ric Flair's career,
and this is… this is not his style.
This is just not Ric Flair,
wrestling with barbed wire and thumb tacks.
[Ross] Oh no, no! Oh my God!
-Oh God! -[Lawler] Good grief!
[Ross] God, the thumb tacks!
Look at the thumb tacks in Ric Flair's body!
[Lawler] Damn!
[Ross] There's thousands of thumb tacks sticking in the body of Ric Flair!
[Foley] Give it to me, Flair.
Give it to me, Ric. What do you say, Ric?
Say it, you son of a bitch!
-[Flair groaning] -[Foley] Say it!
[Foley] You're gonna suffer!
[Ross] King, you're right. This match is
so much more down the hardcore legend Mick Foley's alley.
This is not a Flair - Steamboat wrestling classic.
[Lawler] Right. Flair, we're used to seeing style and profile
with a lot of class.
-[Ross] Look at those thumb tacks. -[Lawler] Now he looks like a pin cushion.
[Ross] And now…
[Lawler] Blood coming-- Oh no!
[Ross] Good God. I said how much worse could it get,
and now we have the question, I think, answered.
A baseball bat with more barbed wire.
Damn the barbed wire!
[Lawler] Oh, please! Come on, watch his eyes!
Referee, do something!
[Ross] Foley doesn't care about Flair's eyes.
Flair could be blinded.
He's losing blood by the heartbeat.
And the low blow buys Flair a moment.
[Lawler] Look at all of these thumb tacks.
[Ross] A moment of…
just to catch his breath from this hideous assault.
[Lawler] Oh!
[Ross] Oh man.
[Lawler] I thought I heard something crack.
[Ross] That may have damaged Foley's shoulder there.
-Flair, out of desperation… -[Lawler] What a sight this is. I mean…
[Ross] Oh, and Flair's got the ball bat.
Look out.
Oh, Flair going downtown with the ball bat right in the arm.
[Lawler] Oh!
[Ross] That arm first hit the ring post,
and now look at Flair beating the hell out of Foley's left arm and shoulder
with that barbed wire bat.
[Lawler] This is just… I can't get over this sight.
Flair looks like he's been to a bad acupuncturist,
and Foley's starting to bleed from every part of his body.
[Ross] Man, this is… this is bedlam.
This is absolute bedlam.
Foley's arm is hanging. His left arm is hanging.
Foley now trying to… I thought he was gonna grab that bat.
Now, you son of a bitch, you quit!
-[Foley] No! -You quit, or I'll kill you right here!
-[Foley] No, sir. -I will tear out your heart.
Come here. Come here.
-[Lawler] Oh! -[Ross] A vile low blow.
Remember, Flair said, on Monday Night Raw,
"May one of us bleed to death in Boston."
[Lawler] Right now, Flair's on the short end of that stick,
but here comes another kind of stick.
-Oh! Good grief! -[Ross] Foley…
Foley passed the padding
out there on the concrete.
There's a piece of carpet above the concrete.
[Lawler] The thing that kept Foley's head from crashing into the concrete
was that metal garbage can.
Watch this again.
Foley's spine, his kidneys, the back of his head…
[Lawler] Wait a minute. The referee's calling for help.
[Ross] There's our trainer and another official out there.
[Ross] Foley mumbling.
I can't hear what he's saying.
[trainer] Come on, that's it. He's done. He's done.
[Lawler] That's it. He's done!
-[Ross] The trainer-- -[Lawler] It's over.
-[Ross] The trainer says it's over. -[Lawler] Flair's won!
Ring the bell! Ring the bell!
[Ross] The trainer says Foley cannot continue.
-And that's no surprise. -[bell rings]
Wait a minute!
This isn't a Lay Down On Your Ass match.
It's an I Quit match.
[cheering]
-[Lawler] What? -Get your ass back in here, Foley!
-[Ross] Come on, Ric. -[Lawler] Wait, the re…
[Ross] Ric, there's nothing left of Foley to…
[Lawler] The trainer said he can't continue.
[Ross] Foley has been knocked unconscious
or semi-unconscious.
I don't think Foley has a clue where he is.
The trainer wanted the match stopped.
[Lawler] Oh, oh, oh!
[Ross] Foley rolling right through those… those thumb tacks.
[Lawler] I… I think this match is still going!
[Ross] As far as Ric Flair's concerned,
this match is not over,
and as far as we're concerned, it's not over.
[Lawler] Well, that's what they both agreed to, an I Quit match.
It's supposed to go until one of them says they quit.
I'm gonna tear your eye out of your head!
[Lawler] Come on, no, no, Ric. Come on, Ric.
-[Ross] Oh, Ric, come on! Not in his eyes! -[Lawler] That's how he lost his ear!
[Ross] Good God.
I've never seen… Flair's gone over the edge here.
[Lawler] Melina, I think she's crying.
-No, please. -[Ross] This is so graphic.
[Melina pleading]
[Ross] And we knew it would be, ladies and gentlemen,
with these two proud men in this environment
where one must say "I quit."
-[Lawler] I didn't know it'd be this-- -Now, have you had enough yet?
[Lawler] Oh, come on!
[Ross] Flair driving that… driving that…
[Melina] Ric, he quits!
-[Ross] Melina throwing the towel in. -Ric, he quits! Please stop it!
[booing]
It's over!
-Stop it! -[bell rings]
[Ross] Uh, Melina throwing the towel in.
Please, stop it.
[Lawler] Well, she's seen enough. I think we have as well.
[Ross] Foley bleeding from all parts of his body.
[Flair grunts]
[Ross] Flair with another low blow, but Melina, Foley's friend,
has thrown the towel in.
She…
she does not quit for him.
-He quits. -No…
-Get out of the way. -No!
[Lawler] Oh my God, look at Flair!
[Ross] Flair is a man possessed here.
Flair's a man possessed.
[Lawler] I mean, Flair has snapped.
This has gone on for weeks, and he… he wants to bring it to an end.
-He's gonna hit Melina! -[Foley] Okay, Ric, I quit.
-[bell rings] -I quit.
[Ross] Foley says "I quit."
-[panting] I quit. -[Ross] Melina…
[Lawler] Flair was gonna hit Melina!
[Ross] He… Surely to God--
[Garcia] Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of this match,
"The Nature Boy" Ric Flair!
[Ross] Come on, King. I can't believe that Flair would strike a woman with--
[Lawler] Look out!
[Ross] With any kind of-- with anything.
[Lawler] Let me tell you something, JR. Flair had snapped.
[Ric Flair's theme music playing]
He'd gone beyond being "The Dirtiest Player in the Game."
He had snapped.
[Ross] Melina putting her body in front of Flair and… and Foley.
And Mick Foley perhaps, I can't say,
but perhaps Foley saw what might have been a gruesome end
involving Melina and quit with that in mind, King.
[Lawler] I think there's no doubt that Flair was about to blast Melina
with that barbed-wire-covered bat. Let's see if we can tell what happened.
Can we see that one more time?
-[Lawler] There's Flair with-- Yeah, look! -[Foley] I quit, Ric. I quit!
-[bell rings] -I quit!
I quit.
[panting] I quit.
[Lawler] It's obvious. Flair was gonna hit Melina, and…
[Ross] I just can't… I cannot bring myself to believe
that Ric Flair would strike a woman with a barbed-wire-wrapped baseball bat.
[Lawler] You don't think Ric Flair's in his right mind, do you?
-[Ross] Well, no, I don't. -[Lawler] Well, no.
[Ross] And these men were wrestling to eradicate.
[Lawler] This wasn't wrestling, JR. These guys were trying to kill each other.
This was ridiculous, and…
[Ross] Foley's got thumb tacks in his head.
He's bleeding from his arm.
He's bleeding from his face.
-[Lawler] Ugh! -[Ross] He's bleeding from his eyes.
My God, I've… I have driven by fatal car crashes
that looked better than what we have just witnessed.
No, you're bleeding too much.
[Ross] These men attempted to eradicate each other,
and there's the proof.
[inaudible]
Oh, are you okay?
[Ross] At this stage of the game,
will we ever see Ric Flair and Mick Foley back in a marquee position, King,
on an event like this?
[Lawler] I don't know. I…
[Ross] After what they've taken out of each other.
[Lawler] We've said this a time or two about certain individuals in the WWE,
but I can truly, honestly say and believe in my heart
that neither Ric Flair nor Mick Foley will ever be the same
after this match that we've just witnessed here tonight.
[Ross] My God, Foley has lost all this blood,
but Mick Foley said "I quit."
Shane-O-Mac, ready for action tonight,
ready to take D-X down, yeah.
Typical Mick Foley, huh?
Mick Foley is a loser.
Big loser, haha!
However, Umaga… is a winner.
Umaga is undefeated.
As a matter of fact, uh, we were kinda hoping,
with all the resources we have, that we might be able to count on Umaga
as a resource here tonight.
And… and… and make no mistake, at least in our book,
Umaga is the meanest, baddest,
the toughest, perhaps the greatest monster in all of the WWE.
Ah, amigos, rest assured,
you can count on my "Samoan Bulldozer"…
[all] Umaga!
[all chuckle]
Yeah.
[Cole] Not like the McMahons stacking the deck in their favor.
Yeah, I don't understand what Armando Estrada is thinking.
You'll never get over in this business with a suit and a stupid white hat.
[Cole] Yeah, okay. Look at you.
-All hail King Booker! -[Layfield] What?
[King Booker's theme music playing]
All hail King Booker!
[Layfield] All hail our king, Michael!
[Queen Sharmell] All hail King Booker!
All hail King Booker!
[Layfield] All hail.
-All hail King Booker! -[Layfield] All hail!
[Layfield] All hail.
-All hail King Booker! -[Layfield] All hail!
Alexander the Great, Michael, wept
because there were no more worlds to conquer.
King Booker has conquered the world,
but he just keeps on conquering.
[Queen Sharmell] All hail King Booker!
All hail King Booker!
[Layfield] From the days of King Og and the Nephilim and the Old Testament,
we thought characters like this were mythical in stature,
like King Arthur,
but what we have… is… coming to life in front of us.
-All hail King Booker! -[Layfield] The regality. The royalty.
His Majesty.
And a queen who can launch more than a thousand ships.
Makes the Queen of Sheba look like a prostitute.
Makes Queen Victoria look like a lap dancer, main stage.
The hottest queen of all time, Queen Sharmell,
and His Royal Highness,
the humble, humble king of the world,
King Booker. All hail.
-All hail King Booker! -[Layfield] Oh hell yeah. Oh hell yeah.
Hell yeah.
[Queen Sharmell] All hail King Booker!
All hail King Booker!
[Layfield] A fighting king.
Like William Wallace, a warrior king.
All hail King Booker!
[Layfield] Not like Mel Gibson the alcoholic.
A warrior king.
[bell rings]
The following contest is scheduled for one fall,
and it is for the World Heavyweight Championship.
In the ring, being accompanied by Queen Sharmell,
from Houston, Texas,
weighing in at 256 lbs,
he is the World Heavyweight Champion,
King Booker!
-[booing] -[Layfield] All hail.
[whooshing]
[Cole] King Booker set to defend his World championship here tonight.
Won the title at The Great American Bash last month.
But here comes his opponent. Here comes "The Animal."
[Batista's theme music playing]
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ I walk for miles Inside this pit of danger ♪
♪ A place where no one… ♪
[Chimel] And the challenger, from Washington, D.C.,
weighing in at 297 lbs,
Batista!
[Cole] This is Batista's first opportunity to win back the World Championship.
Back in January,
Batista emotionally relinquished that title
after suffering a torn triceps at the hands of Mark Henry.
Tonight, Batista, after eight and a half long months,
wants his title back.
[Layfield] Batista gave up the championship
because he had a damn hangnail.
What kind of respect do you have for that? He wants his throne back.
The problem is, somebody is sitting on the throne,
named King Booker, who doesn't wanna give it up.
[Cole] Batista did the right thing when he relinquished the championship.
Realized it would be months before he could defend it.
He gave up the title, but he was never pinned to lose it.
He relinquished it, ladies and gentlemen.
Tonight, Batista wants the title back from that man, King Booker.
This is for the World Heavyweight Championship
here at the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.
16,168 fans get set for SmackDown's main event.
The challenger, Batista. The champion, King Booker.
[Layfield] And how great does that sound? "The champion, King Booker."
I grew up with King Booker down in Texas.
King Booker, who started at the Sportatorium,
part of The Ebony Experience, has since become king of the world.
[Cole] Batista held the World championship for nine months last year,
defeating the likes of Triple H, JBL,
the late, great Eddie Guerrero,
and countless others.
Batista learned from Ric Flair and Triple H
in the faction once known as Evolution.
[referee] Let's go, back up. One!
[Cole] As referee Nick Patrick calls for the break,
but does not get a clean one.
King Booker showing no respect for Batista.
[Layfield] That is a statement. That is a statement by the king.
[Cole] And a statement by Batista as well.
[Layfield] He's telling him, "You're in my yard."
"You're not the big dog. I am."
That's what Booker T is saying to him.
[Cole] Well, Batista looking to be the big dog two nights ago on SmackDown
when he was sitting in the king's throne.
And look at King Booker, side headlock. Let's talk strategy.
First, for one of the most decorated champions in spots entertainment history,
King Booker.
[Layfield] King Booker has to do what he does best.
Since he started in Texas, Korea,
Japan, WCW, everywhere he has been,
he has made it to the tall hog at the trough.
What he has to do is keep doing what he has done.
[Cole] Went for the spin kick. Batista caught King Booker.
Oh, and he slams him into the mat below. Here's the cover, first of the matchup.
And a kick-out at one.
[Layfield] King Booker, I dare to say it,
this isn't just a gratuitous plug for SmackDown,
is the most refined player in sports entertainment today.
There is not a hole in his game.
And Batista, as Sharmell wanted to walk out of this thing,
Batista goes back on the attack,
realizing he can only win the title in the ring via pinfall or submission.
[Layfield] And might I remind you,
King Booker, who does not have a hole in his game,
just became King of the Ring, became World champion.
Batista has not had a significant match in nine months.
[Cole] King Booker… Look at Batista… Oh, and a spinebuster by Batista.
Hey, remember that little side bet? Uh-oh, as Batista gets all fired up here
against the king.
[Layfield] Batista's hope is to finish this match early
because he hasn't been in the ring in so long.
[Cole] And King Booker…
[Layfield] Conditioning will not be a factor for the king.
It could be for Batista.
[Cole] King Booker doing the wise thing, trying to get out of the ring,
and hanging Batista up on the top rope, and it buys the champion some time.
And remember that little side bet that was made between King Booker
and the WWE Champion, Edge, a little bit ago.
If King Booker wins and Edge loses the championship,
Edge is gonna come to SmackDown and kiss the King's feet.
But if the King loses and Edge wins,
the King's gonna be servant for a day for Edge and Lita.
Look at this. Oh and Batista hung up again.
And this is where the veteran will take control.
[Layfield] King Booker knows how to attack.
He knows when to attack. He knows when to pull back.
Conditioning will not be a factor. I cannot say that enough.
Because this match could go 15, 30 minutes,
if it does, it plays into the hands of the King.
[Cole] Pretty well documented these two men do not like each other.
-As King Booker-- -[Layfield] Pretty well documented?
-I was at the photoshoot. -[Cole] And Batista back to his feet.
King Booker with a snapmare takedown of the former World champion.
[Layfield] Thank God they used pictures from the photoshoot before the fight.
[Cole] And King Booker…
[Layfield] Batista looked different after.
[Cole] …continues to try to wear down "The Animal."
Batista must use his power in this matchup.
[Layfield] The key to Batista winning
is to take this thing early.
He needs to not work by the hour.
He needs to hit Booker with power,
and he's gotta him with power frequently and often
and early in the match.
Batista may be in condition.
Cole, there's no way to get in condition for sports entertainment
except by doing it. It's not a treadmill.
It's not a Stairmaster.
It's not electrical stuff you don't know anything about, fat-ass, by the way.
It is something you have to do in the ring.
-[Cole] Me? -[Layfield] Yes, you.
[Cole] And King Booker with a chop to the chest of "The Animal."
And remember, King Booker has been wrestling regularly
over the past eight months.
I mean, to your point, Batista hasn't. The King up over the top.
Batista, the King in trouble.
Belly-to-belly takedown by Batista.
Here's the cover. Hook of the leg, shoulders down.
World title on the line, and a kick-out at two.
[Layfield] King Booker almost retired a couple of years ago
because of that bad lower back, and that's exactly what he landed on.
This is smart of Batista.
[Cole] And King Booker trying to hang on, and…
King Booker back out of the ring.
Wait a minute. King Booker, he's got that scepter in his hand.
And he busts it over the head of Batista.
Sharmell brought that scepter and dropped it outside the ring
for the King to use, and referee Nick Patrick never saw it,
as Queen Sharmell caused a distraction.
[Layfield] Michael, this is a World championship.
You don't whine. You don't cry. You have to expect anything.
Batista's out there, and the odds are against him.
He has Queen Sharmell.
-He has King Booker, a veteran. -[Cole] He used the scepter!
[Layfield] I don't give a damn if he used the entire building.
[Cole] Here's the cover. Hook of the leg.
There's a two-count, and a kick-out by Batista.
As we take another look… Watch this.
And somehow Batista was able to kick out
of that near-fall.
[Layfield] And he's working on that tricep,
that very tricep that was torn by Mark Henry.
[Cole] See Batista writhing in pain.
The World champion King Booker suddenly in control,
thanks to the Queen, Sharmell.
[Layfield] You remember, I give credit to Batista.
Batista, I've wrestled him many, many times.
The guy is a first-class Superstar.
But when Ali had a break, which was longer than Batista,
his first match back against Frazier,
he did not do so well.
Batista is coming back from an eight-month layoff.
[Cole] And King Booker taking advantage of it,
as he tries to continue to wear "The Animal" down.
Queen Sharmell loves what she sees at ringside.
[Layfield] She's a Greek god… goddess. She's be just the Greek goddess of hot.
Just hot. That woman's hot.
[Cole] Batista in a terrible way.
[Layfield] Respectfully I say that, of course.
[Cole] I'm sure you do.
[Layfield] This is what King Booker's so good at.
He's wearing down "The Animal."
He understands the longer this match goes,
the more it favors the King.
[Cole] And Batista back to a vertical base
and able to sling King Booker out of that hold,
but there's the kick to the jaw.
King Booker hung up on the top rope,
and perhaps this is the opening that Batista needs.
[Layfield] Batista needs to take it if Batista wants that throne back.
If he wants that championship back that he said he so badly does,
this is his opportunity.
[Cole] And King Booker hung up on the top rope again.
Batista,
an explosive clothesline knocking King Booker down.
And Batista beginning to build momentum.
Side slam. Here's the cover.
Hook of the leg, shoulders down.
-Kick-out! -[Layfield] Playing to his strengths.
You ask what Batista has to do,
that is what he has to do, and it is play to your strengths.
Stay within your core competencies.
Sometimes Batista is too myopic.
He is too near-sighted.
He wants to do too much.
You stay within your game. That is the way you win championships.
[Cole] The Queen getting into Batista's face.
Batista back on the attack, and King Booker drew Batista in
and delivered him shoulder-first into the steel steps
[Layfield] You see what I mean?
There is nothing in a World championship that should distract you.
Batista was distracted by the Queen.
How could he not be? She's the goddess of hot.
But you can't be if you wanna win a championship.
Batista was distracted by her big mouth,
as King Booker climbs up to the second…
now to the top rope.
The champion on the top rope.
Batista's in trouble! Missile dropkick connecting.
And the King could be moments away from retaining the title.
Hook of the leg. Shoulders down.
-There's two. Kick-out at two and a half. -[Queen Sharmell] Are you kidding me?
[Layfield] How many times have you seen a person of Booker's size
go to the top rope and hit a missile dropkick?
The guy is simply at the top of his game.
[Cole] And there, off the Book End, here's the hook of the leg.
He's got him here… Kick-out by Batista.
[Layfield] This is what a World championship is about.
The lights are on bright. Anybody can roll strikes in warm-up.
It's when it's the tenth frame, that's when you gotta deliver,
and the King is used to doing that.
[Cole] King Booker looking to deliver right here.
Kick to the midsection.
Bounces off the ropes, going for the scissors kick.
Batista ducks underneath.
Kick to the midsection again.
The King in trouble.
[Layfield] Jackhammer!
[Cole] Hook of the leg. He's got it!
New champion… And somehow the King kicked out.
How did the King kick out of that?
[Layfield] This is where a World championship gets interesting.
They both start throwing bombs, and they both start connecting.
[Cole] And Batista with those shoulders to the gut of King Booker.
The King whipped across the ring. Here comes Batista.
Follows it up with a clothesline.
"The Animal" maybe beginning to feel it,
as the King's whipped across the ring again.
Ducked under the clothesline.
Is the King going for the neckbreaker? Connecting.
[Layfield] That's the one thing that Batista doesn't have.
[Cole] Here's the cover. Hook of the leg by the champion.
There's two… Got it! No. Did he…?
Two and a half.
[Layfield] There's nothing you can do in the ring that will surprise the King.
He is the most well-rounded Superstar we have in sports entertainment today.
King Booker measuring the challenger, Batista.
Batista countered.
Full nelson… slam!
What?
-Huh? -[cheering]
Come on!
[Layfield] This could be it, Michael.
He's calling for the Batista Bomb.
-[Cole] Something you know well. -[Layfield] Shut up.
[Cole] King Booker in trouble. And Sharmell's in the ring!
Sharmell is in the ring attacking "The Animal"!
-[bell ringing] -[Cole] The referee has no choice.
Referee Nick Patrick had no choice,
as Queen Sharmell inserted herself in the matchup.
And there's the heel kick to the jaw.
The champion retains the title via disqualification.
Baby! Fight, baby!
[Layfield] I think the Queen did what the Queen is supposed to do,
and that is save the King.
We will never know if the King was indeed about to take the Batista Bomb.
[Cole] Oh, wait a minute! Spinebuster!
-And Batista is irate. -[Layfield] We might find out now.
[Cole] Batista's irate.
Slammed to the mat below with a Batista Bomb!
[inaudible]
[Batista's theme music playing]
[Cole] King Booker retains the championship,
but Batista makes a statement.
[Layfield] Batista does make a statement. Coming off eight months of inactivity,
Batista took the King
and we will never know if he had hit the Batista Bomb,
would we have a new champion right now?
What we do know is the King is still the king of the world.
[Cole] You hit the nail on the head when you said
that the Queen saved the championship for the King here tonight.
Queen Sharmell did indeed do that.
But Batista may have been moments away from recapturing the World Championship.
♪ From words to actions Never knowing… ♪
[Layfield] And SmackDown is a better place right now
because King Booker is still World champion.
[Cole] A disappointing evening for Batista.
He came here to win the championship,
but the Queen saved the King,
and King Booker's reign continues
as World Champion.
[Layfield] The first title defense of the King
showed why he is the king of the world, King Booker.
I know we haven't always seen eye to eye on things,
but trust me, the last thing we wanna do is make you mad, okay?
-We… we would never… -I'm not here to cause trouble.
No, we would never start anything, but I want you to be aware of what Vince said.
He said Umaga was the biggest, the baddest, the meanest--
-Greatest too. -Greatest.
He said he was the monster.
We thought you should know. Thought you might find it interesting.
I know… I… I mean… But I don't think that…
-Do with it what you will. -Sure, yeah.
-See ya. -Yeah.
All right, pal.
Do you, uh, think he bought that?
[clattering]
[chuckles]
-I'd say he bought it. -[loud bang]
[Ross] Well, ladies and gentlemen, we are just moments away
from the most eagerly anticipated tag team matchup
perhaps in SummerSlam history.
Ever since DX reunited in June,
DX has embarrassed, humiliated, and enraged
the omni-powerful chairman of the WWE and his son, Shane.
[rock music playing]
[Ross] DX has made a habit, a living, if you will,
of embarrassing the McMahons.
[Triple H as Vince] D-Generation X brought me last week a rooster.
The implication being that I love cocks.
[rooster crows]
[Ross] The anti-establishment, the attitudal,
the defiant duo.
It's Vince's production truck.
Go to camera ten. Go to camera ten.
Mr. McMahon, we've got a situation--
[screams]
[Ross] DX is raising hell!
Oh, the McMahons are seething.
The McMahons just got a manure bath.
[high-pitched voice] DX, no one ever is going to…
Damn it, you people think this is funny?
[in normal voice] Last time I checked, you two were nothing more
than a bunch of degenerative, juvenile delinquents!
[Triple H] What can we possibly have done to Vince McMahon
to make him mad?
[Ross] Once again, DX has humiliated
the chairman of World Wrestling Entertainment.
My son, Shane, and I are sick and tired of watching you each and every week
make fools out of us!
There's no question that SummerSlam is "The Biggest Party of the Summer."
That's where I, Vincent Kennedy McMahon,
will team up with my son, Shane,
in a tag team match against
D-Generation X.
[Lawler] This is gonna be big.
I can't wait to see what's gonna come of this.
You know the McMahons are gonna have something up their sleeves.
[Vince] We have unlimited resources.
If we wanna choose someone from the Raw roster and have them at our side,
at the snap of my fingers, that'll happen.
I heard you're looking for some resources. [chuckles]
And I got just the resource you're looking for, amigo.
As a token, on my behalf, please accept.
[Shane] These are Cuban. These are nice.
[ominous music playing]
[man] We have a warrant to go through your bags.
You realize Cubans are considered contraband?
I don't even smoke! This is ridiculous.
[Lawler] All this is about is Mr. McMahon and Shane
hoping that someone, somehow can wear down, injure,
hurt, or do something bad to DX before SummerSlam.
[Ross] Michaels could not overcome the odds!
Michaels is absolutely helpless.
How despicable
can one's conduct be?
Shawn Michaels has been physically dissected.
Next week, Triple H takes on Umaga!
[Ross] Boy, is "The Game" walking into a loaded deck or what?
Shawn Michaels, after being baited by Shane McMahon,
Michaels has been taken to, uh, the city jail.
I cannot believe
how the McMahons have orchestrated this isolation of DX.
How diabolical a family are we dealing with here?
[tense music playing]
The McMahons, the most powerful entity
in the history of sports entertainment,
again put down DX.
[Vince] At SummerSlam,
the McMahons will bring down the wrath of Satan upon you!
[music fades]
♪ Are you ready? ♪
[cheering]
♪ You think you can tell us what to do? ♪
♪ You think you can tell us What to wear? ♪
♪ You think that you're better? ♪
♪ Well, you better get ready ♪
♪ Bow to the masters ♪
♪ Break it down ♪
♪ Degenerate into something, fool ♪
♪ We just got tired… ♪
[Lawler] Are you ready?
Are you ready, JR?
[Ross] I'm ready.
[Lawler] Boston sounds like they're ready, but the question is,
are the McMahons ready for DX tonight?
[bell rings]
[Garcia] This tag team contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first,
the team of "The Game" Triple H,
"The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels,
D-Generation X!
[Ross] And a phenomenal ovation for the two men who represent D-X.
Two of the most decorated and successful athletes
in the history of the WWE.
♪ D-Generation X ♪
♪ You think you're a big man? ♪
[Lawler] Wow!
[Ross] It's hard to believe that Shawn Michaels
made his SummerSlam debut in 1989
in a six-man tag.
We'll never forget his match in 1995
in the ladder match against Razor Ramon.
Who will forget Triple H defeating The Rock
in 1998 at SummerSlam?
But here tonight is an animal of not spots but dollar signs,
the McMahons.
[Lawler] Resources. He refers to them as resources.
[Ross] Unlimited resources.
[inaudible]
It has been divide and conquer… DX
the last several weeks.
That has been the strategy of the McMahons,
and DX is… working this crowd into a frenzy.
♪ D-Generation X… ♪
But no divide and conquer here tonight, King.
-Shawn Michaels, Triple H, together. -[music fades]
[cheering]
[fans chanting] HBK! HBK! HBK!
Are you ready?
[cheering]
I thought this was Boston.
I said, are… you… ready?
[crowd roars]
Then,
for the thousands in attendance,
for the millions watching around the world…
and for Vince McMahon…
because… he loves…
[crowd] Cocks!
[Lawler chuckles]
L-l-l-l-l-let's get ready to suck it!
[cheering]
[fans chanting] HBK! HBK! HBK!
And, of course, boys and girls,
if you're not down with that,
we got two words for ya!
[crowd] Suck it!
-♪ Here comes the money ♪ -♪ Here we go ♪
♪ Money talks ♪
♪ Here comes the money ♪
♪ Money, money, money, money… ♪
[Garcia] And making his way to the ring, from Greenwich, Connecticut,
weighing in at 234 lbs,
Shane McMahon!
[Ross] Well, there he is, King.
The demon seed of the chairman of the WWE.
The flesh and blood of Satan's hero, Mr. McMahon.
♪ No chance in hell… ♪
[Lawler] Don't sugarcoat it, JR. Tell us how you really feel about it.
[Garcia] Introducing his tag team partner,
weighing in at 248 lbs,
he is the chairman of World Wrestling Entertainment,
Mr. McMahon!
[Ross] Mr. "Invincible" McMahon.
A man who someday, no doubt,
will organize a hostile takeover of hell
once he gets there.
♪ You've got no chance… ♪
[Lawler] I heard last night, he dreamed he was dead,
but the heat woke him up. Is there any truth to that?
♪ No chance… ♪
[Ross] What's going on here?
-♪ No chance in hell ♪ -[Lawler] Where are they going?
[Ross] Maybe the McMahons are gonna rethink their strategy.
♪ No chance in hell… ♪
[The Spirit Squad's theme music playing]
[Lawler] Wait a minute.
[Ross] Oh God
I need an airsick bag.
Look at this. The Spirit Squad.
-Oh, hello! -[Lawler laughs]
[Lawler] Thanks for coming there… Which one was that?
Whoa, man!
[Ross] I know Mikey, Johnny, Kenny…
Goofy, Dopey.
Grumpy,
and Pedigree-dy.
[Lawler] All of these guys have a future in pizza delivery, if you ask me!
[Ross] Well, The Spirit Squad, all five of them,
the World tag champions,
sent to the ring.
[Lawler] I hope Mr. McMahon didn't spend too much of his resources
on The Spirit Squad here tonight.
He's too good a businessman for that to be his only card.
[Mr. Kennedy's theme music playing]
[Lawler] What is this?
Wait a minute!
[Ross] Well, that's… that's SmackDown's Kennedy.
[William Regal's theme music playing]
And William Regal.
[Finlay's theme music playing]
[Lawler] Wha…?
McMahon has pulled out the checkbook. Look at these guys!
[Ross] And Finlay, the US Champion. All from SmackDown…
[Lawler] And they're all attacking DX.
[Ross] Oh, Finlay with that… that shillelagh, that weapon.
This match has not even started.
And these three henchmen from SmackDown
have been summoned as resources
to beat the holy hell out of DX.
[Lawler] So far, McMahon's getting his money's worth out of Fin--
Well, so much for that.
[Ross] Finlay certainly not "The Quiet Man."
[Lawler] Now Kennedy
being pulled off of Shawn Michaels, and this is not… Oh!
This is not going the way Mr. McMahon and Shane planned it.
[Ross] Well, the SmackDown plan A,
or team A…
-[Lawler] They want you. -[Ross] It didn't work.
-[Lawler] They want you. -[Ross] What the hell? There's more?
♪ Well, it's The Big Show… ♪
[Ross] My God, this is a big check to write.
This is a large withdrawal from the funds of the McMahons.
The ECW Heavyweight Champion,
the 507-lb Big Show,
who was victorious earlier tonight
in defending his ECW title.
[Lawler] Look at the smiles on the face of Joey Styles and Tazz sitting here.
The Big Show tossing Shawn Michaels.
[Ross] And the SmackDown Superstars beating Triple H.
There's a three-on-one on the outside,
Shawn Michaels and The Big Show on the inside,
and the match hasn't even started yet.
[Lawler] This is not good.
[Ross] And Triple H… Oh, a low blow by Tr--
There's… Finlay with a brutal low blow by the… on "The Game."
It's a three-on-one assault.
Kennedy, Regal, and Finlay on the outside on Triple H,
beating the hell out of "The Game."
-[Lawler] Watch out. -[Ross] Oh!
[Mr. Kennedy yelling]
-[Ross] And the chokeslam backbreaker.
-Oh! Oh! -Toss him!
[Ross] The cobra clutch backbreaker by The Big Show.
Driving a 500-lb leg across Shawn Michaels.
[Lawler] That was Extreme.
[Ross] Look at those left hands by Regal.
Right in front of us.
[Kennedy] I want a shot!
[Ross] I can't believe this!
[Lawler] Kennedy, now he wants a shot.
[Ross] Kennedy with a right hand right to the face.
Michaels has been decimated back in the ring.
And The Big Show's four-on-one on "The Game"
in a match that hasn't even started.
[Kennedy] Uh-oh!
-[Lawler] Watch out! Look out! -[Ross] "The Game"…
Oh! Oh!
[Ross] His spine and his kidneys smashed against that ring post.
-[Lawler] Oh no, this is not good. -[Ross] By The Big Show.
[Lawler] What are you guys…
Look out!
[Ross] Styles and Tazz intelligently leaving.
And Michaels is hurt back in the ring, but here on the outside…
-[Lawler] What is this about? -[Ross] Four-on-one's what it's about.
It's about unlimited resources…
[Lawler] What are they gonna do with that table?
[Ross] Oh my God.
Come on! No!
No!
-Oh Jesus God Almighty! -Yeah, baby!
[Kennedy yelling]
-[Ross] Triple H has… -Now?
[Ross] His back may be broken.
"The Game"'s back may be broken
through the ECW announce table,
and now McMahon… the McMahons are calling off the dogs.
[Lawler] Oh, look at this. Look at this strut towards the ring.
The damage has been done, and now come the McMahons to pick the bones.
[Ross] My God, the McMahons are devoid of human kindness.
[Lawler] What do you think that cost?
[Ross] Oh, it doesn't matter. McMahon's pockets are bottomless.
[booing]
Triple H is… I'm not so sure…
Oh my God, look at that. Oh my God!
Shane, look at that.
Hello!
That's bad.
[Lawler] Mr. McMahon acts like he's surprised to see Triple H laid out.
[Ross] He's a tortured, godless soul,
is what Mr. McMahon is.
[fans chanting] You love cocks! You love cocks!
[Ross] Triple H is out here.
He needs medical help. I can damn sure guarantee you that.
-After Shawn Michaels got chokeslammed… -[bell rings]
[Lawler] Now the bell rings.
[Ross] Now the bell… now the match officially has started.
Can you believe that, folks? The match has just now officially started.
[Lawler] Triple H flat on his back outside,
been thrown through this table.
Look at Mr. McMahon.
[Ross] And I'll be damned if the McMahons didn't divide and conquer,
come hell or high water.
[Lawler] Well, Mr. McMahon talked about resources.
[Ross] Michaels may never be able to recuperate
from that chokeslam from The Big Show earlier.
-[Lawler] Now look at Shane. -[Ross] Oh yeah.
-[Lawler] He's the dancer. -[Ross] Oh, the demon seed.
[Lawler] Look at that footwork.
[Ross] Shane McMahon…
Oh, oh, oh, oh! Oh!
[Ross] …on a helpless Shawn Michaels.
Shane McMahon, the heir apparent
to the sports entertainment empire built by his daddy
is having his way with HBK.
[Lawler] Triple H still laid out over here, and here's why.
Check out this monstrous Extreme chokeslam
from the ECW champion, The Big Show.
[Ross] And I still don't understand why the EMTs and the trainers and the doctors
aren't out here checking on Triple H,
who may have suffered a broken back,
or at least ribs, and a hard clothesline
by the battling boss of the WWE.
The McMahons are absolutely remorseless.
[Lawler] Oh, they are…
they are in their glory right now. Everything is going their way.
Two, three, four! Come on, Mr. McMahon. Listen up!
-[Ross] And the world's most dangerous-- -[Lawler] Look at Shane.
Choking Shawn with that… tag team rope.
-Sir, you have to listen. -[Vince] Yeah.
[Ross] And Mr. McMahon intimidating Mike Chioda.
[fans chanting] Triple H!
[Ross] And now the world's most dangerous chairman of the board…
I guess that would be a billion-dollar elbow
right to the temple of Shawn Michaels,
and the tag made.
[Lawler] Why is… why is nobody coming out here to help Triple H?
He's… laid in the midst of this… this announce table here.
[Ross] You think… you think Mr. McMahon has ordered the EMTs and his trainers
to not set foot at ringside, no matter what happened?
[Lawler] Well, I wouldn't doubt that a bit.
[Ross] That'd be like, uh, the moneyed maniacs that they are.
To hell with everybody else!
Triple H is trying to…
He knows what's going on instinctively in the ring.
Watch this!
[Ross] Well, Shane McMahon dropping very well-aimed elbows
into the lower back and kidneys of Shawn Michaels.
And this is after Michaels…
Oh, come on!
With a cheap…
Is there nothing the official can do? There's no security.
-This is… -[Lawler] Come on.
Tell me you think that this…
Oh, look at this bad boy right here.
Oh!
-You liking this? -Yeah.
-Oh! -I'm liking it. One more time.
[Ross] Daddy wants you to do it one more time.
[Lawler] I was about to say, you think these officials
are gonna stand up face-to-face with Mr. McMahon or his son, Shane?
[Ross] Of course not.
[booing]
[Lawler] You said a word earlier, JR. The McMahons orchestrated this.
You know, that's what Mr. McMahon thinks this is.
The entire WWE is a big orchestra,
and he's the bandleader.
He's waving the baton up there.
[Ross] It's like these men were puppets, and he's the puppeteer.
[Lawler] He waved in The Spirit Squad with his resources.
[Ross] And look at this diabolical duo now
with the double vertical suplex.
[Lawler] And he kept waving in the resources
until finally DX was decimated.
-Now look. -Go!
[Lawler] Oh, what teamwork.
[Ross] The McMahons are having a wonderful time,
like they're spending their money.
Now Triple H is trying to pull himself up.
-"The Game" trying to pull himself up. -[Lawler] Watch it!
[Ross] My God!
-[Lawler] Look out. -[Ross] Triple H in my lap!
[Lawler] Can we get some help out here?
[Ross] The man needs some help out here.
My God, his back is black and blue.
[Lawler] Shane McMahon with a…
[Ross] And Triple H laying right here at my feet.
His back is black and blue.
He may have broken ribs, and nobody gives a damn.
Has everybody in the back been paid off from coming out here?
[Lawler] I would suggest that the answer to that is yes.
[Ross] Now look at this. The McMahons think they're Demolition.
Good grief! They think it's the '80s,
and they're Ax and Smash.
[Lawler] He's so proud of himself. Look at Shane.
[Ross] I just can't…
[Lawler] Who does this… who does this remind you of, once again?
-[Ross] I said Demolition early. -[Lawler] Yeah.
[Ross] Damn it, I…
Triple H is just laying like…
Folks, his heart's just…
It's distracting when you've got a man that's injured laying right at your feet,
and there's not a damn thing I can do about it.
Oh, now look at this.
Now they… the McMahons think they're The Hart Foundation.
Playing the part of "The Anvil"…
Oh, now Shane is… Now you like Bret Hart.
That is even more perverse and sickening than one would really think.
[Lawler] Oh, now what?
[Ross] The McMahons showing great teamwork.
God Almighty, Michaels is a… He's toasted.
[Vince] Thumbs-up. Double thumbs-up.
-[Ross] This is absolutely sinister. -[Lawler] Oh, the thumbs-up.
Watch this now.
-Oh, you gotta be kidding me. -[Ross] Oh, the…
Shades of the… of The Legion of Doom, The Road Warriors.
-[Lawler] Look out! -[Ross] The Doomsday Device!
[Lawler] I can't believe they're hitting…
they're hitting every one of these maneuvers.
[Ross] The late Hawk must be spinning in his grave.
[Lawler] As much as you hate it, you almost gotta be impressed.
[Ross] God, I hope it's over.
And… HBK was able to somehow, some way kick out.
And Michaels again kicks out,
showing amazing resilience.
[Lawler] And Shane's starting to show a little frustration.
He can't believe that. Uh-oh!
[Ross] HBK and Shane McMahon exchanging right hands.
Michaels getting the better of it.
[Lawler] Here comes Daddy. Oh!
[Ross] Make room for Daddy.
Poor Triple H is still here on his gut right by us,
and I can't believe somebody…
-Look at Michaels. -[Lawler] Oh!
[Ross] Double clothesline by "The Showstopper."
"The Game" is trying to get back up.
[Lawler] "The Game" may have a broken rib.
[Ross] If… He could have a lacerated kidney.
[Lawler] Well, I mean, he's holding that side.
[Ross] He could have liver damage or kidney damage.
Thinking of "The Game" in front of that table,
he's trying with everything he's got in his body
to crawl to the ring.
[Lawler] Uh-oh.
[Ross] "The Game" trying to crawl up the stairs.
A crash and burn situation.
[Lawler] Right. It's like a train wreck.
Everybody's down.
Michaels, along with the wickedly wealthy.
Who's gonna survive this situation?
[Lawler] If "The Game" can somehow muster the strength
to just crawl back into the ring…
Oh!
[Ross] Michaels using what strength he's got. Look at "The Game."
That shows you that Triple H has got some guts.
He's… he's in no condition to fight.
-[Lawler] There's the tag! -[Ross] "The Game" got the tag.
[Lawler] Oh!
[Ross] And Triple H is running on adrenalin.
He ain't Jackson Browne, Running on Empty, let me tell you.
Oh, the Harley Race high knee!
And a straight right hand by "The Game."
-And Shane… -[Lawler] Oh!
-[Ross] What a neckbreaker. -[Lawler chuckles]
[Ross] This is nothing but adrenalin.
And the adrenalin maybe starting to sap out of the body of Triple H, King.
[Lawler] This might be a good time for Mr. McMahon to use some more resources
and call himself a cab.
[Ross] Get his ATM card back out
and buy some more wrestlers to come do your bidding for you.
[Lawler] He'd be better off getting the hell out of Boston. Oh!
[Ross] Clothesline to Daddy Dearest.
[Lawler] Good grief!
[Ross] And the prodigal son gets knocked down.
[Lawler] Shane's head almost taken off by "The Game."
-Oh! -[Ross] Oh, what a spinebuster.
That Double A version of the spinebuster.
-[Lawler] And that has energized Triple H. -[Ross] This crowd--
[Lawler] Oh, Mr. McMahon is gonna…
[Ross] One of the richest men in the world just got bodyslammed.
-Look at Shawn Michaels. -[Lawler] Oh!
[Ross] Driving his elbow into the black heart
of the chairman of the WWE.
[Lawler] Things not going well right now for the McMahons.
[Ross] The royal family of sports entertainment.
-[Lawler] Look… -[Ross] God!
[Lawler] The creators of the Kiss My Ass Club
are on their ass right now.
[Ross] Don't bring that up.
Please don't bring that up.
Mr. McMahon trying to…
[booing]
You've gotta hand it to him.
He's a tough son of a bitch, I'll tell you that.
-[Lawler] You're half right. -[Ross] Look at that.
-[Lawler] Oh boy. -[Ross] I forgot about Umaga.
Oh God!
Umaga, the undefeated… 350-lb Samoan…
-[Lawler] Watch your back, Triple H! -[Ross] Look out, Triple H!
Oh, the Samoan Spike!
The Samoan Spike by Umaga!
[Umaga yells]
Estrada had referee Mike Chioda distracted.
-Umaga with that… that vile thumb. -[Lawler] And he's got--
-[Kane's theme music playing] -[Ross] The hell is that?
My God, it's Kane!
-[Lawler] What?! -[Ross] And "The Big Red Monster"…
-[Lawler] Oh! -[Ross] And Kane…
Kane and Umaga now.
Kane's got Umaga on the run!
Umaga was the… the ace in the hole for the McMahons, but…
but Kane was…
[Lawler] Kane got rid of Umaga, but Umaga may have done the damage.
-All that the McMahons needed. -[Ross] Yeah, with that Samoan Spike.
The cover. It's gonna be…
-[Lawler] Oh! -[Ross] Oh, no, it's not!
It's not over! It's not over!
[Lawler] Uh-oh, Mr. McMahon.
[Ross] This board meeting has not adjourned.
[Lawler] You may be on your own now. Look out!
[Ross] Oh my…
McMahon abusing an employee.
That's referee harassment.
McMahon with a straight right hand to senior referee Mike Chioda.
Get out of here!
[Ross] My God, what… what disrespect.
[Lawler] Well, we… we feared this was what would happen
if the referee tried to stand his ground with the McMahons.
Kicked to the curb like trash.
[Ross] The McMahons love to geld people of their self-respect.
[booing]
[Lawler] Oh yeah. And he mocks DX.
[Ross] And thanks to Umaga,
the McMahons have regained a distinct advantage in this contest.
[Lawler] Well, we've seen this before.
[Ross] Is Shane McMahon gonna try to go Coast-to-Coast here?
[Lawler] With that garbage can placed right against the chin.
-[Ross] Oh! -[Lawler] Oh!
-[Ross] My God! -[Lawler laughing]
[Ross] For the love of God!
In midair, Michaels got Sweet Chin Music.
[Lawler] I think Mr. McMahon might have missed it.
-[Ross] The prodigal son… -[Lawler] Look out!
He didn't miss that!
[Ross] How fitting. A steel--
Oh!
Sweet Chin Music to the boss.
And the battling boss of the WWE
just got his Pedigree checked.
First, Sweet Chin Music.
The Pedigree.
And then a three-count.
-[bell rings] -♪ Break it down ♪
[Garcia] Here are your winners,
D-Generation X!
[Lawler] What a war this turned out to be!
[Ross] My God, what a…
what a situation,
from start to finish.
It's almost like seeing two matches,
maybe three-in-one.
And Michaels and Triple H,
DX if you will,
able to overcome every odd, every--
[Lawler] Resource. Every resource.
[Ross] Every investment the McMahons made tonight
has gone south.
The winners are DX.
♪ But that's the breaks, boy, yeah… ♪
[Ross] And the McMahons, on this night, are emotionally bankrupt,
thanks to DX.
♪ D-Generation X… ♪
[Lawler] Wow!
What a match!
♪ You think you're a big man… ♪
[Lawler] Let's check this out one more time.
Shane McMahon was about to go Coast-to-Coast.
Vince, I wish he had been looking,
because Shane was caught in midair with some Sweet Chin Music.
And then…
Mr. McMahon's like a ping pong ball,
back and forth from the garbage can to the super kick.
[Ross] Right on the side of the face of McMahon.
And then watch this thunderous Pedigree.
-What a slobberknocker! -[Lawler] Oh!
[Ross] A slobberknocker of a Pedigree
by "The Game" on the chairman of the WWE.
[Lawler] Wow.
[Ross] And somehow,
with every card dealt off the bottom of the deck,
with all the resources thrown at DX,
Michaels and "The Game" have prevailed
somehow, some way here tonight at SummerSlam.
♪ D-Generation X ♪
♪ D-Generation X… ♪
[Ross] God Almighty.
[Lawler] This is a feelgood moment for you, isn't it, JR? [chuckles]
[Ross] I don't know. You talk about scoring runs in the bottom of the ninth…
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Break it down ♪
[Ross] This is like the Red River Rivalry.
When you need that touchdown to win it, you got it.
Somehow, some way,
DX reaches down and never gave up.
-[cheering] -They stayed in the fight.
And this great crowd stayed behind and with DX.
That… that Michaels kick to Shane McMahon…
[Lawler] Can we see that one more time?
[Ross] …was awe-inspiring.
[Lawler] Out there in the truck? I know this is a great shot,
but let us see this one more time.
Shane thinking he's gonna go Coast-to-Coast.
He mocks DX,
but then, bang, right in the mouth!
That knocked the silver spoon right out of the mouth of Shane McMahon.
[Ross] And then the Pedigree
on the battling boss of the WWE.
How fitting for "The Game" to pin the chairman.
♪ D-Generation X ♪
By God, what a night.
Mr. McMahon created SummerSlam,
and I can damn sure guarantee you
that he will never forget the 19th version of this SummerSlam.
Oh my God. Well, ladies and gentlemen,
it has been one hell of a night here in Boston.
-[Lawler] And it ain't over yet! -[Ross] And it is far from over.
And, King, as you said, it's not over.
[Lawler] You're right there.
John Cena,
the WWE Championship at stake.
Edge, Lita, the Women's Champion,
it's all about this battle tonight.
[Ross] It's a story of professional rivalry
that became overtly personal
with Edge' assault on Cena's own father last week on Raw.
[Edge] I wanna tell you a little story. And this story is about a champion. Me.
Chapter one. WrestleMania 21.
The Money in the Bank Ladder Match…
-[Lawler] He's got it! -[Ross] Edge has won the match!
[Edge] …where I won a championship opportunity
any time I see fit.
Chapter two. New Year's Revolution,
where I cash in that opportunity
after John Cena survived the Elimination Chamber.
[Lawler] It couldn't have been a better time, a better place.
[commentators speaking over each other]
[Edge] And I beat him, one, two, three, for my first-ever WWE Championship.
[Lawler] He shocked the world!
[Edge] Chapter three. Like any good story, there's always a twist.
And with every advantage in his corner at Royal Rumble,
John Cena beat me.
[Styles] The champ is John Cena,
and the champ is here!
[Edge] But the story doesn't end there, because I keep coming back.
On July 3 on Raw, I win a triple threat match…
[Ross] John Cena delivered the FU on Van Dam.
Cena had the match won.
But Edge used the WWE Championship
to dim Cena's lights.
[Edge] …and win my second WWE Championship.
[Lawler] He's stolen it tonight.
[Edge] Chapter four.
When you're at home with your arm around your dad
because I bitch-slapped him.
[Ross] Pathetic. It's damn pathetic.
[Edge] Chapter five.
One Cena goes down today,
the other goes down at SummerSlam.
This story's gonna have a happy ending, but it's gonna be for me!
-[Lawler] Hey! Oh my God, look out! -[Ross] John Cena!
[Lawler] John Cena is here, and he's all over Edge!
[energetic rock music playing]
[inaudible]
[Ross] Lita got herself disqualified to save the WWE title.
[Cena] You wanna get gritty? Then get gritty, "Rated-R Superstar."
-[Ross] Cena like a man possessed! -[Lawler] Look out!
[Cena] Wanna come into my old man's home
and push him around, you son of a bitch?
[inaudible]
[Cena] You want some?
[Ross] If Edge is disqualified,
he will lose the title.
[Cena] Come get some!
[music fades]
[bell rings]
The following contest is scheduled for one fall,
and it is for the WWE Championship.
Now, in this match,
if the champion, Edge, gets disqualified,
he will lose the WWE Championship.
[cheering]
[John Cena's theme music playing]
Introducing the challenger,
weighing in at 248 lbs,
he is Massachusetts' own
John Cena!
[Ross] An emotional, rousing, standing ovation
for the number one contender for the WWE title,
John Cena.
But, King, I've got to ask you,
is Cena, because of what happened to his father last week,
too emotional?
Is he gonna be focused on winning the title?
Or just whipping Edge's ass?
[Lawler] I don't know, JR. You and I talked about this before.
Both your father and my father are not living.
But we've both talked about how we would feel
if something like this happened to our father.
I think anybody out there watching can relate to that.
Somebody breaks into your father's house,
slaps him to the ground.
What would you do?
-Yeah, you would be emotional. -[Ross] You're damn right.
You're damn right I would,
and John Cena's got the opportunity here tonight to do two things.
To regain the WWE title,
but, by God,
beat the living hell out of John Cena
for walking into Cena's own home, where he grew up,
and slapping his father like he was a…
just a piece of garbage.
Cena has had…
is 2-0 at SummerSlam if you're keeping count
or if you give a damn.
[music fades]
-♪ You think you know me… ♪ -[Edge's theme music playing]
[Garcia] And making his way to the ring,
from Toronto, Canada,
weighing in at 250 lbs,
he is the WWE Champion,
Edge!
[Ross] And of course, King, his, uh, lady,
I'll use that term loosely,
Lita, the new WWE Women's Champion…
Edge is an amazing, amazing performer.
A gifted athlete.
He's always wanted to be the WWE Champion since he was a kid.
[Lawler] And I'll bet Lita's an amazing performer as well,
if you know what I mean.
[Ross] But Edge is so obsessed with remaining and being the WWE Champion,
it was in his high school annual. And John Cena trying to maintain control.
Edge is 6-1 at SummerSlam,
including a victory over the late, the great Eddie Guerrero,
and that didn't happen too often.
[Lawler] Well, one thing we can tell you is that Edge can't save his title
like Booker T did by getting disqualified earlier tonight.
If Edge gets disqualified,
he loses the championship.
[Ross] Edge and Booker T making a little bet earlier.
If Edge loses the title tonight,
not only will he probably go insane,
but he's also gotta go to SmackDown and kiss Booker's, uh, feet,
'cause Booker retained his title tonight…
[Lawler] Yeah, so Edge can't win that bet.
[Ross] …by disqualification.
[Lawler] Good grief.
[Ross] Now, John Cena can be disqualified here.
[Lawler] Check out this top Lita's almost wearing.
-She is literally pouring her heart out. -[Ross] Oh good.
And the other aspect of it is, is that Cena can be disqualified.
If Edge is disqualified,
it's the same as it is being pinned or made to submit.
And now Cena forcing… forcing John Cena back into the--
Or forcing Edge back into the corner.
[Lawler] And Cena, I think, is… is trying as hard as he can
to keep his cool,
until he actually touches Edge.
[Ross] Hard right hands by John Cena.
Cena now gotta make sure he doesn't get disqualified.
Referee Jack Doan admonishing Cena,
and Cena looking for that retribution.
This may be the retribution portion of this WWE title match.
[Lawler] Cena's gotta stay focused,
because if… if he gets disqualified, he can't win the title.
[Ross] There's a cover.
Reverse elbow, the knockdown by John Cena. Went for the cover quickly on Edge.
-WWE title on the line. -[Lawler] Look out, look out!
-[Ross] The reversal… -[Lawler] Almost into the referee.
Oh!
[Ross] And a belly-to-belly suplex. Cena hooks the leg!
And got a near-fall. First near-fall of the contest,
earned by John Cena.
[Lawler] Let me ask you this. If Edge had run into that referee,
would that have been a disqualification?
[Ross] Well, that's possible. I think that'd be a judgement call.
[Lawler] Oh!
[Ross] And Cena all the way out to the steel ring post.
Edge was able, athletically able…
And look at Edge saying "count."
[Lawler] Well, Cena has got to… he has got to be more careful.
[Ross] Well, Edge is trying to get the referee to count faster,
because Edge can retain the title if Cena gets counted out.
And the referee's up to six. He's got a ten-count to work with.
[Lawler] That may be it right here.
[Ross] No, Cena back in the ring at about, uh, eight and change.
And Edge now taking advantage here.
[Lawler] There's that referee's count there.
See, Edge has gotta be very, very careful.
-[Ross] Edge is-- -[Lawler] He can lose the championship.
[Ross] Edge has gotta break these illegal holds on four,
because on five, Edge will be disqualified.
-[Lawler] And lose the title. -[Ross] Bingo.
Hard shot right to the kidneys,
and then the elbow to the back of the head.
Edge now with the heavy artillery on John Cena.
This is a one-fall match here at the 19th annual SummerSlam.
Beautiful standing dropkick by the athletic WWE Champion.
And the Women's Champion, certainly making Edge and Lita
arguably the most powerful couple in the WWE.
-[booing] -[inaudible]
[Lawler] Can you imagine the celebration they'll have--
[Ross] Cena knocked off the apron all the way to the security wall,
and again Edge is begging the referee to start that count.
[Lawler] If Edge is victorious tonight here at SummerSlam,
the celebration that Edge and Lita will have will be…
oh, amazing.
Four!
-[Ross] Referee's count up to four. -[Doan] Five!
[Ross] And now five. Again, ten…
[crowd chanting] Cena sucks! Cena sucks!
-Seven! -[Ross] Seven.
-Eight! -[Ross] Referee up to eight.
Is Cena gonna lose--
Cena back in. Cena desperately dove back in at nine,
but Edge is right there, like a…
uncoiled like a python or a cobra. And there's a hook.
[Ross] Again, the lower back of Cena taking a beating from Edge.
The WWE Champion, Edge, in control.
Cena, literally in his hometown
here in Boston.
Straight right hands.
[Lawler] Oh man!
[Ross] And a beautiful flying heel kick by Edge.
Cena's down now. Will this be it?
And Cena fights… he fights hard to get his shoulders off the canvas.
[Lawler] You talk about Boston, the atmosphere here is electric.
This place is buzzing.
I'm telling you,
this has got to be the biggest title defense
that Edge has ever been involved in.
[Ross] And it's the biggest title challenge
that John Cena has ever been involved in,
being literally here in his backyard.
The straight forearm shot that time,
that little shiver, that was a right hand,
but it was a shiver, I think.
Cena, that's no doubt was a right hand.
Cena's a battler.
Cena hammering away.
-And the controversial challenger-- -[Lawler] Look out here!
[Ross] Fisherman suplex.
Almost a fisherman buster suplex by Cena.
Nicely done.
Looking for the cover. He's got the hook…
And he… Oh my God!
The hand was coming down for a three. John Cena with another near-fall
in his quest to regain the WWE title.
[Lawer] Cena thought he might have had a three-count there. Oh my!
[Ross] Cena… Cena went airborne.
And someone call Logan Airport, because Cena was an unidentified object,
way over the top rope.
[Lawler] Check this out one more time. Cena sent for the ride.
Oh, and a hard crash landing.
[Ross] And again the referee using that count.
Edge could care less how he leaves SummerSlam,
as long as it's with the WWE title,
and again Cena just barely beat the count.
That's the third time that's happened.
[Lawler] That's gotta be part of Edge's strategy.
He is hoping for a count-out here.
He's tried it not once, not twice, but three times.
[Ross] Cena trying to regain some momentum.
[Lawler] Was that a lack of confidence on the part of Edge?
-Oh! -[Ross] Cena, high crossbody missed.
[Lawler] Does Edge not think he can beat him?
-Is he trying to win by count-out? -[Ross] That's a good question.
That's a question only that man with the saucer-sized eyes can answer.
[Lawler] You can see the concern on the face of Lita at ringside.
She's actually sweating. I see the perspiration.
[Ross] And the hard clothesline knockdown for the challenger for the WWE title.
Edge regrouping, the obsessed champion.
Now going for the cover.
-Didn't hook the leg. -[Lawler] Man, that was a fast count.
[Ross] Well, another near-fall. Edge certainly with an advantage here,
and Edge now posting his right… right knee to the spine of John Cena,
utilizing that neck vice.
So the leverage point is the spine.
Cena grounded.
[Lawler] Look at that look on…
that look on the face of Edge was similar to the one
when he slapped John Cena's father right in the mouth.
Look at that face.
[Ross] I just… I can't believe the hideous conduct of our WWE Champion.
I know he has his fans. That's their prerogative.
But to slap another man's father for no reason
is just reprehensible, in my estimation.
[Lawler] Well, I think there was a reason.
I think that Lita and Edge got their heads together
and thought… thought that out very carefully.
I think they thought with that move, with that slap to John Cena's father,
that John Cena would be so unfocused, he'd be so hell-bent on revenge
that he wouldn't… couldn't keep focus on winning the title.
[Ross] Well, you may be right. That may be the strategy.
That certainly is… is a very good point, King.
[Lawler] I've been told that John Cena's father
is here tonight at SummerSlam, along with John Cena's brother.
[Ross] Well, we'll see if this story has the happy ending
that Edge is not predicting.
[Lawler] That grip is broken.
Look at Edge going for anything he can get his hands on.
Edge trying to go for the, uh, the fighting attire of John Cena,
to no avail.
Reversal of the Irish whip.
-[Lawler] Big kick! -[Ross] The champion set early.
-[Lawler] Oh, bigger kick! -[Ross] What a counter! What a counter!
That may be it here. That may do it.
And a huge kick to the face of Cena
that would put down a normal man, you gotta believe.
[Lawler] Well, that was a big-time move on the part of Edge.
Regained the momentum in this match.
[Ross] As we said, Edge has only lost one time at all of his SummerSlams,
and that was in a tag team match.
[Lawler] I don't agree with this strategy.
Edge, you got things going your way.
Oh, look out! Oh, see?
[Ross] Edge getting a little greedy,
looking for that home run shot in the high-risk area,
and you saw how he landed.
[Lawler] Not good.
[Ross] One part of his anatomy went right, and one part, I assume, went south.
And Edge now has put himself in this predicament.
[Lawler] Edge trying to hold on, grabbing at anything he can, the top rope.
-[Ross] Cena trying to superplex-- -[Lawler] Oh!
[Ross] Oh, headbutt right across the bridge of the nose of John Cena
out of desperation by Edge.
[Lawler] Now, like you said, here comes a desperate Edge.
[Ross] Edge set to uncoil.
-[Lawler] Look out! -[Ross] Clothesline.
A beautiful clothesline from the top.
Edge uncoiled that clothesline,
and now Edge covering Cena…
And Cena shoots his left shoulder off the canvas
at the very, very last moment,
and the frustrated WWE Champion
must be thinking, "What's it gonna take to beat John Cena tonight?"
[Lawler] We've seen Edge snap before at… at frustration
or not being able to pin an opponent, not being able to put somebody away.
We've seen him lose it.
[crowd chanting] Let's go, Cena!
[Ross] The crowd here…
here chanting, "Let's go, Cena," and the camel clutch.
Now Edge thinks he's The Iron Sheik.
[chanting continues]
[Lawler] Look at the…
look at the determination etched on the face of Edge.
[Ross] The punishment that Cena's neck and his lower back has taken, King,
this is a very strategically sound move for Edge to utilize,
considering what punishment Cena has taken.
[Lawler] Wait a minute. Look at the strength of John Cena.
Can't underestimate the strength of John Cena, JR.
He's got Edge up in the air.
-Whoa! -[Ross] John Cena!
[Lawler] Oh man!
[Ross] The indomitable power and will to free himself…
Now Cena's in jeopardy here.
If this match ends by a count-out, if both men are counted out,
Edge leaves with the WWE title.
Five!
[Lawler] Referee's count up to six.
[Ross] Referee's count up to six. Cena…
[Lawler] Oh, look out! Oh man!
[Ross] Cena with a…
an unusual version of a… of a… almost a bulldog headlock.
A blockbuster-like headlock maneuver by John Cena.
[Lawler] Look at Lita. She's starting to get nervous.
She's left her corner. She's walking around the ring here.
[Ross] Man, I am sweating Crisco for this SummerSlam
that we have seen her ton--
-Hey! -[Lawler] Wait a minute. Look at Lita.
[Ross] And Lita…
Lita's got a chair.
That'll get Edge disqualified, you idiot!
[Lawler] Look at Edge saying no.
[Ross] Oh, Cena scores with a clothesline!
Lita inadvertently distracting Edge,
and that may be the opening that Cena needs.
Cena now building momentum.
[Lawler] Here comes Cena!
[Ross] Cena slamming the WWE Champion.
[Lawler] Lita may have made the biggest mistake of her career!
[Ross] What was she… what was Lita thinking?
[Lawler] She had obviously forgotten about the disqualification clause.
You can't see me!
Five-Knuckle Shuffle… Bang!
[Ross] Straight right hand.
And Cena s--
-Oh! -[Lawler] This is it, JR!
[Ross] FU time.
-[Lawler] Look out! -[Edge] And an Impaler DDT!
Edge countered. Edge countered. Will it be enough?
No! Cena…
Cena rolled a shoulder over.
He didn't kick out, did Cena,
but he got his shoulder off the canvas, and that's all that matters.
God Almighty, this is a… I mean, a back-and-forth WWE title match.
[Lawler] Lita certainly breathing a sigh of relief over there.
She got a reprieve.
She thought… I thought she had cost Edge the match.
[Ross] Oh, Edge again taking a chance.
-It didn't cost him the last time. -[Lawler] Oh, you gotta be kidding me.
[Ross] Oh, Edge… my God, Edge came out of it again.
-[Lawler] Hey! -[Ross] Victory roll! He's got it!
-No! -[Lawler] Wow!
[Ross] Cena with a victory roll. I thought he had him. He got a near-fall.
[Lawler] Cena was gonna try to FU Edge from that middle rope.
That would have been--
Uh-oh. Uh-oh.
[Ross] The Irish whip with a hard kick to the face. Cena's dazed.
Cena dazed, and-- Oh, Cena rolled through!
-[Lawler] Cover. Cover! -[Ross] What's Cena doing?
My God, look at the strength of Cena!
-My God, he's… How strong is this man? -[Lawler] Oh my gosh!
Another FU attempt, but wait.
Look out!
Edge knocked Lita…
Going for the roll-up. A roll-up. Yes!
No!
[Lawler] Two and a half!
[Ross] God, it's chaotic!
-[Lawler] Double clothesline! -[Ross] Double clothesline.
Both the WWE Champion, Edge,
the number one contender, Cena, down
here at SummerSlam.
Lita right in front of us.
[Lawler] Come on, Cena. You…
[crowd] Four!
[Ross] Cena cannot allow this match to end on a count-out.
[crowd] Six!
[Ross] It will… Edge will retain the title.
[Lawler] Well, Cena's… Cena's up. Cena's up.
-[Ross] Oh my God! -[Lawler] Oh man!
[Ross] High impact. Cena's head bouncing off the canvas.
[Lawler] This is… this is so back and forth.
Lita's still down here outside in front of our announce table.
-Here we go. -[Ross] The old arm-over…
Edge didn't have enough to hook the leg
and to… and to put a body on body the way you would want it to.
But he still… still got a near fall, did the WWE champion.
[Lawler] Both of these guys are physically drained.
They're gonna have to reach down. They're gonna have to get something extra.
Edge looks like he may have just come up with it.
[Ross] Look at those eyes.
[Lawler] Plus those teeth. Uh-oh!
-I think we know what's coming now, JR. -[Ross] It starts with an S.
[Lawler] The Spear! Oh!
[Ross] Drop toehold. Yes, it starts with an S!
STFU, all right!
-[Lawler] Edge is gonna have to tap! -[Ross] The submission move, the STFU…
-[Lawler] Look at Lita! -[Ross] Lita's got the belt.
Lita's got the title belt.
And Edge is saying, "No! No, you'll get me disqualified!"
"You'll get me disqualified. I'll lose the title."
[Lawler] Edge is pleading with Lita. Lita doesn't know what to do.
[Ross] It may be academic anyway.
It may be-- Edge is about to tap!
-[Lawler] Oh! -[Ross] Edge, oh my God!
Edge barely got his hand on the bottom rope.
The referee's gotta break the--
Wh… what's Lita…?
-King, those are brass knucks! -[Lawler] Brass knuckles!
[Ross] Lita just put brass knuckles on the hand of Edge.
-Referee… -[Lawler] Ref, check him! Check Edge!
[Ross] Oh God Almighty…
Oh, there… FU!
The FU!
And Lita's in.
Oh my God! My God, look at this!
[Lawler] You gotta be kidding me!
[Ross] Lita FU, double-stacked!
The strength of-- Oh!
Jesus Christ!
The brass knucks on the back of the head by Edge
just knocked Cena down.
I think Cena…
[Lawler] Why didn't the referee disqualify Edge?
[Ross] Damn it, King, Cena's knocked out!
-Cena's knocked out! -[Lawler] Look out!
[Ross] By the damn brass knucks.
-[Lawler] Ref! -[bell rings]
[Ross] Son of a bitch!
[Edge's theme music playing]
[Garcia] Here is your winner and still the WWE Champion,
Edge!
[Ross] Lita gave Edge a brass knuckles,
and Edge just hit Cena right in the back of the head.
And Edge, in Cena's own hometown,
has pinned the number one contender
to retain the coveted WWE title.
[Lawler] JR… I don't know about you,
but I gotta hand it to Edge and Lita. That was masterful,
the way they pulled that off.
The referee saw absolutely nothing.
I mean, it was flawless,
as far as Edge and Lita are concerned.
[Ross] And the referee couldn't have seen any…
the referee was… was not in position to see it,
and Cena got the hell knocked out of him.
And look at this here. This…
I wanna see this again.
[Lawler] Cena loses in his own hometown here tonight.
Watch this.
You see the knuckles in the hand of Lita, and she's putting them on.
[Ross] The referee's back was… the referee's back was turned.
So the referee didn't see it.
[Lawler] But I don't understand how the referee allowed this to happen here.
[Ross] Well, a judgement call's all I can tell you.
[Lawler] Lita gets FU'd,
and as the referee's trying to get Lita out of the ring…
[Ross] God Almighty!
And then Edge puts the… puts the evidence away.
Jesus Almighty!
That brass knucks knocking John Cena unconscious,
or long enough for Edge to get the one-two-three
and retain the WWE title.
[Lawler] This is shocking.
There's gonna be an amazing celebration between those two tonight.
[Ross] John Cena has had the worst week of his life.
His dad gets the hell beat out of him.
Cena comes home
and gets screwed out of the WWE title.
[Lawler] It was not the biggest party of the summer for John Cena.
[music fades] s not the biggest party of the summer for John Cena.