[dramatic music playing]
["Angel" playing]
[inaudible]
[soft music concluding]
[narrator] WWE Armageddon.
[dramatic music playing]
-[crowd cheering] -[fireworks whistling]
[Ross] South Florida is the battleground,
the National Car Rental Center in Fort Lauderdale
is sold-out and jammed to the rafters for what perhaps will be
the most personally intense WWE extravaganza of all time.
Hello again, everybody. I'm Jim Ross alongside Jerry "The King" Lawler.
We are at ringside, King.
And, King, are you ready for a wild, emotional ride tonight?
[Jerry] J.R., it already looks like a war zone in here
and we ain't seen nothing yet.
[Ross] We're gonna kick it off tonight with our big 16-man tag team Battle Royal…
-[Jerry] Uh-oh. -…to determine
-the number one contenders… -[Jerry] Incoming.
…for the tag titles at the Royal Rumble.
-["Ollie Stalefish" playing] -[Jerry] Oh, it's just the Dudleys.
[bell rings]
[Howard] Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest
is a 16-man, eight-team Battle Royal to determine which team
will face the Tag Team Champions at the Royal Rumble.
Introducing first from Dudleyville,
D-Von, Bubba Ray, The Dudley Boyz!
[Jerry] Where exactly is D-D-D-Dudleyville?
Now, he's got me doing it.
[Ross] You can ask Rand McNally, there,
I don't know quite where Dudleyville may be.
[Jerry] I believe I found something you don't know, J.R.
[D-Von shouting] Why don't you people sit down
-and shut up and listen… -[crowd boos]
to what my brother Bubba has to say?
Before tonight is over,
you people will remember
the most important commandment,
Thou shall not mess with the… [stutters] the…the…the…
-[Jerry] Uh-oh. -…the…the…
[Jerry] Oh.
…Dudleys!
-[crowd members] Whoo! -[scattered crowd booing]
If you don't believe us,
just ask those two pretty boys,
-Edge and Christian. -[crowd cheering]
-["You Think You Know Me" playing] -♪ You think you know me ♪
[Ross] Well, we saw what happened on SmackDown, Thursday night,
the Dudleys did a first-class muggin' job on Christian,
they are-- the Dudleys had already hurt from Edge a week before.
[Howard] …Christian and Edge!
[Jerry] Well, ask and you shall receive.
[Ross] An over-the-top-rope 16-man, eight-team Battle Royal.
-[Jerry] Here they come. -[Ross] And there's Edge and Christian,
and they got a lot on their mind, mainly…
-[Jerry] Hey, hey. Wait a minute! -[Ross] …both Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley.
Are they supposed to start this now?
[Ross] Well, if-- Edge and Christian not waiting,
-and the Dudleys… -[Jerry] Where's everybody else?
…reeling, with this offensive attack here.
[Jerry] We need 12 more guys out here.
-[Ross] It was Bubba Ray and D-Von… -[Bubba] Get outta here!
-[stairs thudding] -[Bubba] The hell is that?
[Ross] …that did the damage to Edge's knee and sprained his knee,
and then Thursday night on SmackDown, we saw more double-teaming
by the Dudleys on Edge's brother, Christian.
["Bangers" playing]
[Jerry] Uh-oh.
[Howard] At a combined weight of 492 pounds,
Mosh and Thrasher, The Headbangers!
[Ross] The most experienced tag team in this Battle Royal,
The Headbangers, multiple-time Tag Team Champions,
they survived Thrasher's knee injury and a horrendous gimmick for Mosh…
to return here and hopefully--
and establish some tag team dominance here in the WWE.
[Jerry] I see, Mosh is wearing something
Miss Kitty ain't gotta be wear-- Hey, look at this.
[Howard] To be accompanied to the ring by Terri,
at a combined weight of 430 pounds, Matt and Jeff, the Hardy Boyz.
-[Jerry] Whoo. -[Ross] You know, folks,
a lot of people already believe that the Hardys
are the uncrowned Tag Team Champions.
They had a couple of real close calls with the New Age Outlaws, King,
the last two to three weeks.
And if the Hardys can win this Battle Royal,
they will meet the Tag Team Champions, whomever that may be…
-[Jerry] What? Wait. Where's Terri going? -…at the Royal Rumble.
["Posse" playing]
[Jerry] Come back here, Terri!
[Howard] From Greenwich, Connecticut,
Pete Gas and Rodney, the Mean Street Posse.
[Jerry] You gotta like these guys, J.R.
[Ross] They look like former models from the Gap
with those stupid sweater vests on.
[Jerry] Stupid? Do you see what The Headbangers are wearing?
[Ross] That's just absurd.
[Howard] At a combined weight of 567 pounds,
Faarooq and Bradshaw, The Acolytes!
[Ross] Perhaps the most physical team whoever hooked up here in the WWE.
Bradshaw on your left, Faarooq on your right.
We've seen their antiques in the barroom, they have never lost their barroom fight.
I don't know if they've ever finished a card game without physicality.
[Jerry] Yeah, they're no nonsense.
-["Too Cool" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Oh. Speaking of nonsense.
[laughs]
Now, these guys are cool.
[Howard] At a combined weight of 433 pounds, Scotty 2 Hotty…
-[Jerry] Look. Look at that. -[Howard] …Grandmaster Sexay, Too Cool!
[Ross] Well, if these two guys can stay focused and stay serious,
they may be the dark horses in this matchup to win this Battle Royal.
[Jerry] Look, they're not intimated by The Acolytes.
[Ross] Not yet anyway.
[Jerry] Maybe they can teach The Acolytes how to dance
when they go in all those bars [chuckles] throw a good fight. Oh, baby.
-["The Ho Train" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Woo-hoo.
[Howard] And at a combined weight of 700 pounds,
"Sexual Chocolate" Mark Henry and The Godfather!
[Jerry] You know, I love Christmas, J.R.,
'cause it's ho-ho-ho time.
[Ross] Oh, we talk about the fox getting into the henhouse,
Mark Henry around those hoes.
He's got a-- he had a grin on his face all afternoon
that you couldn't sandblast it off.
[Jerry] He is Sexual Chocolate, you know.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] The fun-loving Godfather gotta get his game face on here with Mark Henry,
and the calls of the risky nature of this business.
The hoes are gonna be not at ringside.
-And neither is a Terri… -[bell ringing]
…with the Hardys as well, and here we go. Remember, it's eight teams,
you're eliminated when you go over the top rope
and both feet touch the floor,
and when one member of a team is eliminated,
that entire team must return to the locker room.
[Jerry] And this is all about the WWE Tag Team titles,
whoever wins this Battle Royal is gonna get a shot at the Royal Rumble.
[Ross] And there's no telling who the Tag Team Champions would be.
[Jerry] Oh, look at this.
[Ross] Remember, over the top rope, both feet gotta touch the floor
to be eliminated…
and who will end up from this tag team Battle Royal
as the number one contenders
and who will meet the Tag Team Champions, whomever they may be, at the Royal Rumble
which is already sold out in Madison Square Garden next month.
[Jerry] Wait a minute. Are these guys out or what?
[Ross] I think-- I think Edge and-- Edge and…
-[Jerry] Mosh. -[Ross] …and Mosh went through the ropes,
not over the top.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Wait a minute.
Look at Mosh.
[Ross] Rather unorthodox offense there by Mosh pulling something-- Oh,
and I think one of the-- one of the Posse just went over the--
one of the Posse members just got eliminated.
And Joey Abs now is in, and Joey Abs did start the match here
with Pete Gas and Rodney.
[Jerry] Well, all for one and one for all.
[Jerry] We still got two Posse members in the ring.
[Ross] Only got one referee out here trying to keep some order here,
and I don't know how prudent that decision was.
[Jerry] Mosh has pulled the stuffing out of his bra.
-When I met my first girlfriend-- -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Oh.
-Now he-- -[Ross] Wait a minute. See there,
that Joey Abs go-- [hesitates]
the Posse should be outta here.
Rodney got eliminated once, he's back in.
Joey Abs replaced him, illegally, I might add.
He's out. Now Rodney's back in.
[Jerry] These guys went to scholarship in Greenwich
or went to high school on a scholarship.
-They're smart. Oh, look at this. -[Ross] Well, they're not that smart.
They weren't valedictorians at the Battle Royal school
because the Posse has been eliminated, the first team outta here.
[Jerry] How'd that happen?
Oh.
[Ross] Referee Jim Korderas sending the Posse back to their locker room.
And in the meantime, Bradshaw has Matt Hardy almost over the top here.
[Jerry] He's-- Uh-oh, he's back in.
[Ross] Remember, the team that wins this matchup…
are in a coveted title match at the Royal Rumble,
and Bradshaw almost able to-- he's almost outside,
-but Bradshaw landing on the-- -[Jerry] Oh, look at that.
[Ross] On the apron, and no feet,
not even one, touched the floor for Bradshaw,
who's back in and eligible to continue to compete here.
-[Jerry] Oh, look out. -[Ross] Oh, look out. Oh, there went--
-[Jerry] Uh-oh. -[Ross] There went Mosh.
So that means The Headbangers can go take a shower.
[Jerry] They're done.
[Ross] That's two teams have been eliminated.
[Jerry] Thrasher don't wanna go.
[Ross] Thrasher's gotta leave whether he wants to or not,
unfortunately for The Headbangers,
as Mosh was thrown over the top rope,
both his feet touched the floor, The Headbangers are gone.
[Jerry] Look at that.
Scotty 2 Hotty was in a little trouble, but now, he's back in okay.
[Ross] Bradshaw teeing off of Bubba Ray Dudley
on the right part of your screen there.
No love lost between The Acolytes and the Dudleys, that's for sure.
And now look at this, both Acolytes trying to get Mark Henry over.
-[Jerry] They did it! -[Ross] And they do it.
That's 400 pounds of Sexual Chocolate.
So Mark Henry and The Godfather have been eliminated.
[Jerry] Darn, they'll have to go back in their dressing room with the hoes.
[Ross] That's a rough tour of duty, isn't it?
-[Jerry] Well, somebody had to-- -[Ross] Here at-- Here at Armageddon.
[Jerry] Uh-oh, look at-- look at Bubba Ray.
[Ross mockingly] Bubba Ray's t-t-t-teetering on the top rope.
[Jerry laughs] That was good.
[Ross] Edge teeing off on Too Sexay…
who's still got his cute little headband on…
[Jerry] That's Grandmaster Sexay.
Uh-oh, look at 2 Hotty Scotty.
[Ross] Grandmaster just got his britches pulled down around his ankles.
[Jerry] What?
-[Ross] He's trying to get them back up. -[Jerry] That ain't cool.
[Ross] Edge hammering away at Grandmaster, and Grandmaster fighting back.
Remember, pinfalls or submissions are irrelevant in this Battle Royal.
Who will emerge as the number one contenders…
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] …for the tag team titles?
[crowd chattering]
[Ross] Scotty 2-- Scotty 2 Hotty…
-[Jerry] What's he gonna do here? -…out on the apron.
Oh, oh. Edge pushing and balancing himself on the apron.
-And both Edge and-- -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] Or excuse me-- Well, Edge is back in with Grandmaster Sexay.
[Jerry] You gotta get over it, Sexay!
-Oh, look out! -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Low bridge, say goodnight, Too Cool.
-[Jerry] No, wait. -[Ross] We'll see you later.
[Jerry] He cheated!
[Ross] How do you-- Bubba Dudley hanging on by an ankle from going outside,
but Too Cool's gotta go.
[Jerry] Let me just tell you that the Royal Rumble's not gonna be
as cool as it could've been.
[Ross] D-Von Dudley and Bradshaw exchanging right hands.
Neither-- And finally D-Von going down to a knee, Bradshaw-- Oh, no.
Now, he's down to a knee.
And Edge and Christian trying to get some retribution from Bubba Ray Dudley.
And there's D-Von now getting in right in the face of Edge here.
[Jerry] Four teams left.
[Ross] Four teams, eight men, but only one team can leave here
as the number one contender for the tag team title.
Well, nobody went over the top rope that time.
-D-Von Dudley… -[Jerry] Uh-oh.
[Ross] …and Christian on the outside.
[Jerry] Here go the Hardys.
[Ross] Hardys and The Acolytes paired off here.
[Jerry] Oh, look at that, J.R.
[Ross] Matt Hardy got one foot down, but not two.
The Hardys are still alive.
[Jerry] Oh. Now Faarooq's teetering. Oh.
[Ross] And Faarooq stopped on the apron.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Nice balance by Edge, up and over, landing on the--
on the apron and-- Oh, D-Von Dudley just pulled Edge off the-- off the apron.
[Jerry] I'd say both feet hit the floor, along with a face.
[Ross] And I think the referee's saying
that Edge and Christian have been eliminated.
-[Jerry] Of course. -[Ross] Referee Jim Korderas
is right there to make that call, leaving us with three teams,
The Acolytes, the Dudleys, and the Hardys.
[Jerry] I don't like the Hardys chances now.
Oh.
[Ross] Double clothesline by Bubba and D-Von.
The Dudleys taking down Jeff Hardy
while The Acolytes are double-teaming Matt Hardy.
[Jerry] And I think the Dudleys and The Acolytes are gonna be content,
well, to double-team each of the Hardy Boys
until they eliminate them
and then, well, it's gonna be The Acolytes and the Dudleys.
[Ross] Jeff Hardy sitting rather gingerly up on the top turnbuckle
in a very precarious position as…
-[Jerry] He's-- oh. -[Ross] Bubba Ray with a fisherman suplex
on Jeff Hardy. And Bradshaw picking off D-Von Dudley.
[Jerry] Hey, what's up with that?
-Ooh. -[Ross] DDT.
Bradshaw got DDT'd by Bubba Dudley.
And Faarooq, again, balancing himself on that top rope.
[Jerry] Oh, look at D-Von.
[Ross] Oh, this ain't-- this is not gonna feel good.
[Jerry] I guess-- oh.
[Ross] The headbutt off the second rope, found the promised land, shall we say.
[Jerry] I told you I was picking the Dudleys.
Come on, let's go!
[Ross] Well, Bradshaw now incapacitated, Faarooq paired up with Matt Hardy.
And-- Oh, look out.
-[Jerry] Goodbye. -[Ross] 3D, the Dudley Death Drop.
-[Jerry] Hey, look out. -[Ross] Hey, wait a minute.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] What?
[Ross] Matt Hardy from behind eliminated a celebrating D-Von Dudley.
The Dudleys are eliminated,
leaving in now The Acolytes and the Hardys,
the final two teams in this Battle Royal here at Armageddon.
[Jerry] I told you my money was on The Acolytes.
[Ross] And you're changing horses
faster than Laffit Pincay.
[Jerry] Who?
Look out. Oh, owie.
[Ross] Jeff Hardy held on, but almost ate some of that ring post.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] Oh, springboard.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] No ref!
[Ross] Remember, pinfalls don't count here.
And man the Hardys-- Matt Hardy firing up here,
and Jeff Hardy firing up on Faarooq and choking Faarooq with his T-shirt.
-And Matt Hardy and Bradshaw-- -[Jerry] Look at that.
[crowd cheering]
-[Ross] Who went over? -[Jerry] Both of 'em.
[Ross] The referee-- The referee is on the other side of the ring.
Now, both Matt Hardy and Bradshaw are on the outside.
Who landed first, and the referee was not in the position to make the call.
[Jerry] I think Matt Hardy landed first.
[Ross] Of course you do.
[Jerry] What do we do now?
[Ross] I think the referee's gonna just have this--
I think he's gonna have it continue this--
he's not signifying that anybody's been eliminated.
[Jerry] I know Matt Hardy landed last.
[Ross] Well, if Matt Hardy landed last,
then that means that Bradshaw landed first.
[Jerry] No, I mean last in that last encounter. [chuckles]
[Ross] Matt Hardy on the outside, leaving his brother Jeff.
-Oh. -[Jerry] Oh. Whoo.
[Ross] That Bradshaw's clothesline from hell,
turning up Jeff Hardy inside out.
And one of these two teams…
is gonna win this Battle Royal here
and advance to the Royal Rumble in January,
our next pay-per-view offering.
-[Jerry] Uh-oh, look at this. -[Ross] Oh, great move there by-- Oh.
-[Jerry] Wait a minute. -[Ross] Nice move. Hey, ref.
-[crowd cheering] -[Ross] Faarooq's on the outside,
and there's only one referee out here
and this time, Korderas is on the other side of the ring
and didn't see Faarooq get eliminated.
[Jerry] Well, I don't think he was thrown over anyway, do you?
-[Ross] It's irrelevant-- oh. -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] Nice move by Matt Hardy. It was-- It's irrelevant how you go over.
[Jerry] Look at this. Oh.
[Ross] Great teamwork by the high-flying Hardys.
[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] And man, that'll ground Air Hardy in a hurry.
Those shots to the face by Bradshaw.
-[Jerry] He missed him. -[Ross] Bradshaw looking for the--
Oh, Bradshaw got dropkicked right over the top rope,
-but didn't-- did not go to the floor. -[Jerry] Not even one foot and--
[Ross] Oh, dropkick, a dropkick off the top by Jeff Hardy.
[Jerry] Just let him go.
[Ross] And the referee's calling it safe.
and a spinebuster by Faarooq.
And that almost broke Jeff Hardy in half.
And-- Oh, Matt hanging on. Matt hanging on there,
-and Jeff Hardy-- My God! -[Jerry] Hey.
[Ross] Jeff Hardy was in another time zone.
[Jerry] He didn't hang on.
[Ross] The Acolytes have won the Battle Royal.
[Howard] …The Acolytes!
[Jerry] I told you I had my money on The Acolytes.
Pay up, J.R.!
["Protection" playing]
[Ross] So The Acolytes have earned the opportunity
at the Royal Rumble to compete for the WWE Tag Team Championship.
[Jerry] Wow.
[Ross] We're gonna take a look at some of the action here
and certainly officiating can have a major part
in these events here tonight.
[Jerry] Take a look at this, see if you can tell
-whose feet hit the floor first. -[crowd cheering]
-[Jerry] Hardy's, I told you Hardy. -[Ross] I thought it was Bradshaw.
[Jerry] Now, look. See, Faarooq just tripped.
[Ross] Well, Faarooq should have been eliminated right there.
-The referee didn't see it. -[Jerry] He wasn't thrown out.
There's no doubt about this though, J.R. Look at this. Whoo.
-[bell rings] -[Jerry] Man.
[Ross] Emphatically, The Acolytes have won this tag team Battle Royal…
so what we have now is The Acolytes have the opportunity
to go for it all at the Royal Rumble.
Well, I'll tell you what, I'm gonna keep my money on The Acolytes.
These guys have gotta be the meanest and toughest guys
that are in the World Wrestling Entertainment right now.
Well, Lilián Garcia is neither mean nor tough.
-Where is she? -But she's standing by
with an Olympic gold medal winner.
Kurt, you have come into the WWE with full force
and you're having tremendous success.
Well, thank you. I sure am.
But I wanna make one thing perfectly clear.
I am still undefeated here in the World Wrestling Entertainment.
Last Thursday night, Steve Blackman was fully responsible
for the loss we suffered against the Dudleys.
Now, it's not Steve's fault. I mean, he is who he is,
and very few of us reached that pinnacle of success,
that level of intensity where I am.
I mean, my Olympic gold medal speaks for itself,
but I'm getting kind of a funny response
from the fans out there all around the country,
but I know here in Southern Florida, they will appreciate my gold medal,
they will appreciate my past accomplishments,
and I know they will appreciate a true American hero.
-[Jerry] Well, we'll see, won't we, J.R.? -[Ross] We certainly will.
We're about to see it right now, and I think we already have the answer.
[Jerry] Stand up and put your hand over your heart, and take your hat off.
["Medal" playing]
Oh, you got hat hair.
[bell rings]
[Howard] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
weighing 232 pounds,
the only Olympic gold medalist ever to grace a WWE ring
and the most celebrated real athlete in the WWE, Kurt Angle!
[Ross] Well, King, have you adapted Kurt Angle's credo, the three I's?
[Jerry] Well, certainly. Who shouldn't.
Intelligent. That's me, I'm intelligent.
-[Ross] You're intense. -[Jerry] I'm always intense.
[Ross] And you do have a lot of integrity.
-[Jerry] Right. -First of all, I would like to talk
-about the three-- -["Drums In The Night" playing]
-[Ross] Wait a minute. -[Jerry] Wait a minute.
-What's the big deal of it-- -[Ross] I think the--
[Jerry] He interrupted the Three I's.
[Ross] Well, the Olympian better get himself ready here.
-[Jerry] Uh-oh. Look out. -[Ross] Steve Blackman is here
and ready for battle here at Armageddon.
Blackman, the martial artist, against Kurt Angle,
the 1996 Olympic gold medal winner.
And Angle and Blackman have had a modicum of success
in tag team competition as partners until last Thursday on SmackDown
and, of course, Angle blamed Blackman for the defeat.
[Jerry] Well, what'd you think? Rightfully so. Blackman would--
[Ross] Hey, you win as a team, you lose as a team.
[Jerry] Oh, wait a minute. Yeah-- Oh, there's another I
that's very important, that's individuality.
[Ross] Nice missile dropkick by Steve Blackman, "The Lethal Weapon"
here on Kurt Angle, both these men are native Pennsylvanian,
Angle from Pittsburgh, Blackman from Annville.
[crowd cheering]
-[Jerry] Kurt's about to-- Oh. -[Ross] And Blackman left his feet
and sometimes with those high-risk moves don't get you to where you wanna be.
[Jerry] Kurt's about the only top athlete Pittsburgh can boast about these days.
[Ross] What do you mean by that?
[Jerry] Well, given the state of the Steelers. Oh, boy.
[Ross] Angle now, trying to build a little offensive advantage here on--
A nice dropkick by Angle, didn't learn that in the Olympics.
That's a WWE style of sports entertainment.
[Jerry] See, Kordell Stewart, he should practice the Three I's.
Don't cry when you-- when you're down and losing.
Oh, look at this.
[Ross] Angle now going for the cover, lateral press,
and Angle able to get a near-fall out of the situation with Steve Blackman.
Blackman, the martial artist who has adapted his game for the WWE.
-[crowd booing] -[Jerry] Look.
Like another great American hero, Babe Ruth, he's calling the shot.
[Ross] Oh, Angle, where's he going?
This is not-- This is not really Angle's style here.
[Jerry] Not very Olympic like,
-but look out. -[Ross] And Angle looking
-for the moonsault. -[Jerry] Oh, my God.
That was not good.
[Ross] Another high-risk opportunity that didn't pay off. And now, Angle.
[Jerry] See, this-- I gotta talk to Kurt about this.
It doesn't pay off to try to please the fans.
-Look at Blackman, he's got him. -[Ross] Submission move now.
A modified bow and arrow by-- Look at-- The shoulders are down.
And Blackman had his shoulders down in that pinning predicament there.
And Angle lucky that referee Tim White was on the ball there
because Blackman's shoulders were indeed on the canvas.
[Jerry] Do you realize, J.R.,
Kurt Angle has never in his life tasted defeat?
[Ross] It's an amazing accomplishment, isn't it?
[Jerry] You're not kidding.
[Ross] He has yet to be pinned here in the WWE, obviously,
even though his team lost last Thursday again.
[Jerry] Well, his team, you're looking at the--
looking at the loser right there right now, Steve Blackman. Oh.
[Ross] Leg grapevine.
Hook in the face, nice submission move by Steve Blackman here.
[Jerry] That is a move right there.
[Tim] Come on.
[Ross] Angle seems a bit-- little bit confused
and out of his game here on the defensive
because Blackman has been all offense here.
[Jerry] Oh, it was that moonsault.
Kurt was doing it to try to get the fans to cheer for him.
Oh, there you go.
[Ross] Blackman lowered his head and got DDT'd for it.
-[Jerry] Be intense, Kurt, intense. -[Ross] Angle not wasting any time.
Another near-fall created by Kurt Angle.
[Jerry] Remember the Three I's.
There you go.
[Ross] Nice suplex by Angle, again going for the cover,
not wasting any time
and got another near-fall after hooking the leg.
[crowd chanting] Boring! Boring! Boring
[Jerry] Uh-oh, watch it. Oh.
[Ross] Fans here are really trying to get into Angle's head by chanting "boring."
-[Jerry] They're not chanting "boring." -[Ross] They were. That's what I heard.
What, they were chanting "Doreen"?
[Jerry] She's here tonight, you know.
-[Ross] Angle on-- -[Jerry] Oh, look at out.
[Ross] And Blackman, this is-- this is not an arena
outside the ring that Angle wants to be in.
This is more certainly, at least in my view, down Blackman's road.
[Jerry] See, that's the sad thing about some of these fans.
If you're not flying off the top rope with a moonsault
risking your life and limb, they think it's boring.
Kurt Angle is the best real, celebrated
Olympic gold medal wrestler you're ever gonna see.
[Ross] Blackman on the apron, nice sunset flip back inside.
Could-- No, it's not.
Angle doesn't spend too much time on his shoulders.
-[Jerry] Oh, here we go. -[Ross] Which is a good thing. Oh.
Blackman rolled through the crossbody and hooked up the legs,
but couldn't get the leverage to keep their shoulders down for three.
-Nice quick move by Blackman. -[Jerry] Intelligent. By Blackman?
[Ross] Blackman made a nice, quick move to get out of his position,
but then Angle came underneath, got the double arm suplex.
Blackman very quick on his feet,
but Angle outwrestled Blackman on that exchange.
[Jerry] I just don't understand how these people don't appreciate Kurt Angle.
[Ross] Well, maybe, just maybe, I'm going out on a limb here,
it's his rather pompous attitude.
[Jerry] J.R., I mean, it's not-- he's not conceited,
he's convinced he's an Olympic gold medalist.
I can understand if he was a braggart and couldn't back it up.
[Ross] Well, he wants everybody's adulation.
Don't you think adulation should be earned?
[Jerry] No, it's deserved.
[crowd chanting] Angle sucks! Angle sucks!
[Jerry] Now, what are they chanting?
[Ross] I think they're chanting "Angle sucks."
[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] But I could be wrong.
-Irish Whip, far side. -[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Ross] Almost see and feel that one coming.
[Jerry] Tripped on that foot. Oh, man.
[Ross] What a nice drop toehold by Blackman.
And that rammed Angle's face right into the second turnbuckle.
Nice move by Blackman, again, keeping Angle off-balance,
and Blackman with those striking blows.
Angle is not a striker, he's a grappler.
Good shoulder block by Blackman, knocking down the Olympian.
[Ross] Front facelock now to a snap suplex.
Good move by Blackman.
You could feel the momentum changing in this matchup.
Blackman using his elbows, his forearms, and his head on that exchange, cover.
And Blackman trying to-- Oh, he's like, "What do I gotta do here?"
But Blackman did not-- he neglected to hook the leg that time,
which maybe could've been the difference.
[Jerry] Blackman looks like he's in great shape,
-but he could be a little winded. -[Ross] Oh, nice move, spinebuster,
flips over into another pinning combination.
[Jerry] I don't think he's in Olympian shape.
[Ross] I don't know about that. Blackman looks in pretty good shape to me.
[Jerry] Looks like he's breathing kinda hard right now.
Kurt just kinda taking it easy, a little rest here.
[Ross] Side slam.
Angle don't look like he's sitting in no La-Z-Boy to me.
[Jerry] Well, what do you think he's doing?
-[Ross] And Angle. -[Jerry] Relaxing.
-[Ross] Look out. -[Jerry] See? What'd I tell ya?
He was playing possum. [laughs]
[Ross] Too much time, too much wasted time there by Blackman,
half nelson, a roll up and a near-fall.
[Ross] Very basic wrestling maneuver there
-by the Pittsburgh native. -[Jerry] Oh, intelligence.
[Ross] And Blackman couldn't hit the enzuigiri.
Belly-to-back suplex into a bridge. That's it.
-[bell rings] -[Jerry] Oh. Got him.
-Woo-hoo. Celebrate. -["Medal" playing]
[Howard] Here is your winner, Kurt Angle!
[Ross] Angle wins with a German Suplex.
[Jerry] There's integrity for ya.
[Ross] Going belly-to-back on Steve Blackman with a bridge.
And wait a minute, Blackman back in the ring.
[Jerry] Uh-oh. The fourth I stands for Blackman's an idiot. Look out.
[Ross] Oh. Blackman with the-- with those--
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Look at this.
And now the people cheer for somebody like that?
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] And Blackman got a little-- he got a little payback there,
even though he lost the match.
[Jerry] I think there's a little confusion here in South Florida.
[Ross] I don't know if the Olympian's gonna be able to get on the medal stand.
["Drums In The Night" playing]
[Ross] Nice nunchucks, King.
[Jerry shrieks]
There's something nice, but it ain't nunchucks.
What is this?!
What are we seeing, J.R.?!
[Ross] Well, we're-- a lot of-- lot of-- lot of curves.
-Let's take you back, folks, to… -[Jerry] I gotta go to the back.
[Ross] …earlier tonight on Heat.
We saw…
[Jerry] Well, I'd tell you what we saw. We saw something terrible.
We saw those two walking liver spots, Moolah and Mae Young,
embarrass and humiliate our WWE Women's Champion.
[Ross] Well that's not easy to do.
-[knocking at door] -[Jerry] Oh.
[B.B.] Come in, Michael.
[Michael] B.B., I am so excited.
I cannot wait for tonight's evening… gown match at, uh…
uh…
-[B.B.] Armageddon? -…uh, Armageddon here in California--
I mean, Florida. But anyhow,
do you really think that you have a chance to win the--
Michael, could you do me a favor and zip this?
Sure.
-[Jerry] Zip it, you idiot. -Well, you know,
that's gonna be a little difficult to get out of tonight at, uh… At uh…
-Armageddon? -Yeah. Uh. Thanks.
You're welcome. I gotta go. Thank you. Thanks.
[Jerry] Greg Norman, "The Shark."
[Ross] South Africa's Greg Norman, one of the greatest golfers in the world
here at ringside with his family.
["Ohh Baby" playing]
-[bell rings] -[Jerry] Please.
[Howard] Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest
is a special evening gown match to be held in the pool
for the World Wrestling Entertainment Women's Championship.
Introducing first, the special referees, Mae Young and The Fabulous Moolah.
[Jerry] J.R., talk about getting a good assignment.
How did these two rest-home-rejects get to referee this match?
[Ross] Well, out of respect, Moolah's a Hall of Famer.
[Jerry] Look at those sequins,
she got that-- I think she got that dress originally from the real Cleopatra.
-["Who I Am" playing] -♪ Don't treat me like a woman
-♪ Don't treat me like a man ♪ -[Jerry] Uh-oh.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] Hey.
-[Howard] Introducing the participants… -[Jerry] Whoo.
-[Howard] …first, Miss Kitty. -[Jerry] Here, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty.
[Ross] Miss Kitty was volunteered for this match
last week by Chyna.
[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] Remember, the last woman to keep her evening gown on
will be the winner of this match.
The winner of this match will be the WWE Women's Champion.
And the match will be contested in this pool
here at the National Car Rental Center.
[Jerry] And guess what Miss Kitty don't wear, J.R.
[Ross] I heard.
[Howard] Introducing Jacqueline.
-[Jerry] Woo-hoo. -[Ross] Do you think it's true, King,
that Miss Kitty doesn't wear any underwear?
-[Jerry] Do I think it's true? -[Ross] Yeah.
[Jerry] I hope it's true.
You know what, I was just thinking, maybe Moolah oughta try goin' without a bra.
-[Ross] Oh, Lord. -[Jerry] It might pull some
of the wrinkles out of her face.
-[Ross] Will you stop it? -[Jerry laughs]
["Pretty Mean Sister" playing]
[Ross] Well, Jacqueline is here, Miss Kitty is here.
We have two more contestants.
[Jerry] They're gonna get it on in a swimming pool.
[Ross] Uh-oh, wait a minute.
["Used Up" playing]
[crowd cheering]
-[Jerry] Hey, look at this. Wait a minute. -[Ross] Kitty and-- Kitty and Jacqueline--
-[Jerry] It's starting already. -[Howard] B.B.
-[Jerry] Did you see that? -[Ross] I bet that water's cold, too.
-Here comes B.B. -[Jerry] I hope that water's cold.
[Ross] The registered nurse who's been volunteering as an EMT
the past several weeks here in the WWE,
got in this match on Thanksgiving,
in essence, in the Gravy Bowl match where she was embarrassed.
[Jerry] Oh, look at those two.
["Precious" playing]
[Howard] And introducing the World Wrestling Entertainment
Women's Champion, Ivory.
[Jerry] Oh, look, they're all in the-- What happened?
[Ross] Well, B.B., Kitty, and Jacqueline are already in the pool.
-[Jerry] How'd that happen? -[Ross] They await the lady's champion,
the lady's title at stake here, and remember, it's a real simple matchup.
The last lady to keep her evening gown on is the winner.
[Jerry] Yoo-hoo.
How did-- How did Miss Kitty and B.B. get in the pool?
Let-- Look at--
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Those two old dinosaurs pushed them in.
[Ross] I heard you were out here putting ice water in that pool.
[Jerry] I want it to be real cold for 'em.
[bell ringing]
[Ross] Well, this ain't gonna be a day at the beach.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Oh, look at-- Oh, poor Ivory. Oh.
[Ross] Poor Ivory?
[Jerry] It's the second time she's been in there.
[Ross] That motor-mouth?
-Well, here we go, so…
-This is a-- -[Jerry] Oh.
Oh, look out. Whoa.
[Ross] Well, I've had a chance to call a lot of matches
in over 20 years, but nothing quite like this, folks.
-[Jerry] Come on, tear some clothes. -[crowd chanting] Let's go puppies!
-[Jerry laughs] We want the puppies. -[crowd continues chanting]
[Jerry chanting] Let's go, puppies.
[Ross] You may see a whole litter of puppies…
-[Jerry] Oh, wait! -…before this is set and done.
[Jerry] Jacqueline's almost--
[Ross] Oh, Jacqueline is down to her bra and panties.
[Jerry] Bra and panties, bra and panties.
-[Ross laughs] -[Jerry] Woo-hoo. Uh-oh.
[Ross] And now Ivory, she just mounted B.B.
[Jerry] Wait. I see more bra and panties. Woo-hoo, Jacqueline.
Oh.
[Ross] Uh-oh. Be careful, Ivory.
-Look at-- look at Ivory… -[Jerry] Watch the headlights.
[Ross] …trying to-- trying to climb B.B. like a tree.
[Jerry] Trying to climb her? She's tryna drown her!
Oh.
[Ross] Now, look at-- Oh, Kitty and Ivory.
[Jerry] She'll never drown. She's got built-in life preservers. Ha!
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Kitty and Ivory seem to be cooperating here in this endeavor.
[Jerry] This is great. Oh, wait.
-[Ross] B.B. is kinda buoyant. -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Whoa. Here, watch it. Oh, my God!
[crowd cheering]
Oh, baby B.B.
My gosh.
[Ross] I think we've seen all of B.B. we're gonna see here tonight.
[Jerry] Oh, look. No, we haven't.
-[Ross] Oh, wait a minute. -[Jerry] Ivory's going for it all.
-[Ross] Don't do that. -[Jerry] I love Ivory.
Oh, she's my hero. Come on, get them. Get it.
[Ross] I guess that's quite the apparatus to unhook.
[Jerry] Man, I can unhook those things in one second.
This is sports entertainment at its best, J.R.
[Ross] I think that thing's got a two or three safety latches on them
just for-- to balance everything, you know.
[Jerry] Hey, wait a minute. What do we got here?
-Whoo. -[crowd booing]
[Ross] Miss Kitty just pulled Ivory right back in the-- in the drink here,
so it's down to Ivory and Kitty.
[Jerry] Can't boo Ivory. She was trying. Uh-oh, look out.
[coughs]
Oh.
[Ross] The next lady to lose her evening gown.
[Jerry] Oh, there goes that cat, raking the eyes.
You know what, J.R., I don't know who thought of this match,
but they are a genius. Oh, look at this.
[Ross] Miss Kitty went right for the zipper.
-The old zipper routine. -[Jerry] That's my first move every time.
[Ross] A Greco-Roman zipper lock.
[Jerry] Wait a minute. She's got-- She's got Ivory dog paddling.
What are we gonna see here, J.R.? Oh!
-[Ross] Hey, wait a minute. -[Jerry] Look at that.
-[Ross] Kitty's won the match. -[Jerry] What?
[Ross] Miss Kitty is the-- Miss Kitty is the new WWE Women's Champion.
[Jerry] Are you kidding?
[Howard] The new World Wrestling Entertainment Women's Champion,
-Miss Kitty. -[Jerry] Oh!
I can't believe it.
[Ross] Kitty is the new Women's Champion of the World Wrestling Entertainment.
[Jerry] Look at this.
[Ross] Ivory is stunned.
[Jerry] I'm stunned.
[Ross] And our celebrity referees, Moolah and Mae.
[Jerry] Uh-oh, wait a minute.
Sore loser, Ivory is a sore loser. What is that thing Ivory's wearing?
-[Ross] Ivory is wearing-- -[Jerry] I've never seen one of those.
[Ross] Oh, I doubt that.
["Don't Treat Me Like A Woman" playing]
[Jerry chuckling] J.R.!
Well, I told everybody I was gonna win this and I did!
-[Jerry] Hey. -[crowd cheering]
But I know you came here to see me get naked.
-[Jerry] Yow, I agree. -[crowd cheering]
I'm not gonna disappoint you,
but I want you to know they made me wear underwear.
[Jerry] What? Who did?
-[Ross] Who are "they"? -[Jerry] That's what I wanna know.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] That damn office-- wait a minute. What's she doing?
["The Stripper" playing]
She's not gonna disappoint us, J.R.
Woo-hoo. Bra and panties.
[Ross] Oh, it is a little chilly in here.
-Oh. -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] Well, the new champion's celebrating.
[Jerry] They made her wear undies.
Wait, J.R., she ain't done yet.
-[shrieking] What the heck? -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] What? J.R.!
Woo-hoo!
She didn't disappoint.
Have you-- What--
[Ross] Well, Miss Kitty said she was gonna come through and she did.
She did exactly what she said she was going to do.
-[Jerry] Holy mackerel. -[music concludes]
[Ross] Well, I've never seen a new champion celebrate like this.
[Jerry] Oh. I told you whoever came up with this was a genius.
I know you folks would be disappointed if you come out here,
and didn't see the great Mae Young darn naked,
-so here I am for you. -[crowd cheering]
-[Jerry] What? [laughs] -[Ross] What?
-[Jerry] She wants-- -[Ross] Oh, good God.
-Put the women and children in bed! -[Jerry laughing]
-[Ross] Hurry, get them out of the room. -[Jerry] Get me the barf bag, J.R.
-[Ross] Good God almighty. -[Jerry laughs]
Oh, my gosh.
-["The Stripper" resumes] -[Ross] What a cute couple.
Sgt. Slaughter and Mae Young make, go do it in the back,
go get a room for God's sakes.
[Jerry] Oh, please.
She's the real Gypsy Rose Lee.
[Ross] Well, I'll tell you what, I don't know how Kevin Kelly
and his guest are gonna follow this, but all I can do is try-- say try, guys.
[Jerry laughs]
A new women's champion and a wild scene poolside.
But backstage is Rikishi Phatu.
Later on tonight, you and Viscera team up against The Hollys.
And in an action that we saw earlier tonight on Sunday Night Heat,
The Hollys in their weigh-in ceremony. Rikishi, you saw this as your opportunity
to go after the man that had attacked you on a number of occasions as of late.
Now, it got wild and out of control on Sunday Night Heat
and I'm sure that when the tag team match gets underway here at Armageddon,
the results could even be worse for The Hollys.
The question that I have for you, sir,
is why do you think The Hollys have such a problem with you?
Hickory Dickory dock…
Rikishi finally talks.
Bob Holly, Crash, watch out for the Rikishi drop
and it goes like this, boys.
For the last week or so since Rikishi has hit the World Wrestling Entertainment,
you decide to jump on the newcomer.
Well, check this out, punks,
when Rikishi gets his hands on you two fools,
Armageddon just might be your last day
because while you out there are making fun of all,
you wanna call all the fat people in the world,
well, I represent all them fat, healthy people out there in the world.
-[crowd cheering] -Your ass is mine.
My ass on top of your face when I'm through with it.
Rikishi, one last thing, your thoughts about
your tag team partner tonight, Viscera.
Viscera, I got one thing to say to you, brother,
you better be ready and you better have my back
like I got your back. I've been working.
["Slow Death" playing]
[Jerry] Oh.
[bell ringing]
[Howard] The following tag team contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, at a combined weight of allegedly over 800 pounds,
Hardcore and Crash, The Hollys.
[Jerry] I'mma tell you something, J.R.
I'm still trying to recover from Miss Kitty.
I think-- I think they're calling me.
I think I gotta go back there and get a towel for her.
[Ross] I think you need to sit right here, pal.
[Jerry] I saw real live puppies with their cute, little pink noses.
Oh.
[Ross] I'll tell you what, these-- nobody does Pay-Per-View like the WWE,
-but I think… -[Jerry] I'd say.
[Ross] …that last match is just one illustration of that point.
[Jerry] Oh, baby.
-["Better Than Last" playing] -[Ross] The Holly cousins,
Hardcore and Crash, tag team action upcoming here.
[Howard] Their opponents, introducing first,
weighing 496 pounds…
-[Jerry] Wow. -[Howard] …Viscera.
[Jerry] Four hundred and ninety-six pounds, J.R.
[Ross] Oh, Viscera is about a Cinnabon
or a couple of biscuits away from 500 pounds.
[Jerry] Cinnabon?
[Ross] Now you know what I had for breakfast this morning.
[Jerry laughs]
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Speaking of buns, what about that Miss Kitty match?
-Oh, my God. -["U Look Fly Today" playing]
♪ You look fly today ♪
His partner, weighing 424 pounds,
Rikishi Phatu.
[Ross] Well, you want a battle of super heavyweights,
The Hollys wanted a super heavyweight matchup
in tag team competition, I would certainly say that
Rikishi Phatu and Vis qualify as super heavyweights.
[Jerry] You think? I don't know now. I don't really know if these two guys,
Rikishi and Viscera, are big enough for The Hollys.
They want-- I mean, you know, they want some real super heavyweight, J.R.
[Ross] Oh, who would you suggest that's larger than Phatu and Vis?
-[Jerry] I don't know. -[bell ringing]
[Jerry] Phatu makes a sumo wrestler look anorexic. Oh.
[Ross] Rikishi holding up on both The Hollys…
[Ross] …here in the onset of this contest. Uh-oh.
-[Jerry] Oh, no. Don't-- -[Ross] May not-- May not--
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] Oh, God.
-[Jerry] That's it. -[Ross] Could be over.
And Crash Holly barely able to get to turn his shoulder.
-It was all crashed in. -[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Ross] I think I would eliminate the Sunset flip
when competing against Vis and Phatu.
[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Ross] Well, there's a lot of tonnage, a lot of girth going south,
and a shot there by Hardcore Holly that saved his cousin,
no doubt about that.
And cousin Crash tags in Hardcore.
[Jerry] That would be a fate worse than death, wouldn't it?
Now of course if you're wrestling Miss Kitty,
then that might be a different story. Oh.
[Ross] And the power of Rikishi.
And the big man now.
-[Jerry] Whoo. Look out. -[Ross] Moving around.
[Jerry] Oh, gosh.
[Ross] That ample-sized posterior found its mark there.
Look out, belly-to-belly suplex.
Well, that was nicely done, could be all right here. One, two.
And an interruption by Crash Holly before the three could come down.
And now, finally, Rikishi looking for the tag from Vis
-and Vis doesn't look too-- -[Jerry] Uh-oh, what's up here?
[Ross] This is a team, isn't it, or not?
Oh, there's a tag whether Vis liked it or not.
Vis has had his issues as of late
as we have seen with Kane.
[Jerry] I didn't really think those two would ever get back together.
[Ross] Who's that?
[Jerry] Well, I was talking the cheeks of…
-[Ross] Oh, quit it. -[Jerry] …Rikishi. [laughs]
[Ross] Cheeks?
[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Ross] Look out, Samoan drop from the 496-pounder.
[Ross] Hardcore Holly in a lot of trouble and little Crash in there.
Super heavyweight Crash.
-Look at the strength of Vis. -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] And Crash is not 300 pounds, he thinks he is.
And you talk about belly-to-bellies.
That was spectacular.
Scoop slam to Hardcore Holly by Vis.
[Jerry] Look out. Oh.
[Ross] And Vis was looking to splash both The Hollys.
[Jerry] Boy, these guys move fast for super heavyweights.
[referee] Come on, give it up.
[Ross] Sticking and moving are the Holly cousins,
that they had an opportunity there to keep Vis down.
It didn't work out.
Vis back up to his vertical base
and Hardcore Holly trying to do all he can
to move this big man around,
the Irish whip is reversed.
[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] And again, the quickness of Hardcore Holly…
very evident on that exchange.
[Jerry] Look at this.
Got him.
[Ross] Nice missile dropkick right off the top.
And Hardcore Holly got a two-count and quickly tags in cousin Crash.
[Jerry] Cousin Crash, I like that.
[Ross] Vis have an idea to make a tag there
and the Hollys had a different thought.
[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] Double elbow just kind of reeled the big man.
[referee] Come on, boys, get outside.
-[Jerry] Oh, wow. -[Ross] Dropkick right into the ribs.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] And one to the knee.
[Jerry] They're hitting him everywhere. Oh, no, please.
[Ross] He shot-- Crash going for that sunset flip again.
[Jerry] Is Crash crazy? Crazy Crash.
[Ross] And what a shot there by Hardcore Holly.
[Jerry] Oh, look out.
-[Ross] And-- oh. -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] What a leg drop.
Vis dropped 496, right in the face of Crash Holly,
and now tags in Rikishi Phatu.
Rikishi with those right hands, they have found their mark, King.
-[Jerry] Oh, my gosh. Oh. -[Ross] Right into a neckbreaker.
The elevation into the neckbreaker, nice move by Rikishi.
[Jerry] That Rikishi is phat all right, P-H-A-T.
-[Ross] Uh-oh, uh-oh, DDT. -[Jerry] Look, didn't even faze him.
[Ross] Had no effect on the hard head of Rikishi.
[Jerry] Turn around Bob, oh!
[Ross] What a straight martial arts kick.
-Uh-oh, look out here. -[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Ross] This can-- This is a devastating move, and he hit it.
Rikishi, uh-oh, with his Rikishi piledriver.
C'mon, get off the hair. Come on.
-[Ross] And Crash. -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] Oh, what a shot, look out.
Hey, Viscera looking for Hardcore.
-[bell ringing] -[Jerry] He kicked his own partner.
[Howard] Here are your winners, the Hollys!
-["Slow Death" playing] -[Ross] For, the Hollys,
you talking about falling in an outhouse
and coming out smelling like a rose.
I don't think Hardcore is quite aware
that he and his cousin, Crash, have won this match,
and Rikishi cannot believe
after delivering his piledriver that he lost this matchup.
[Jerry] I know Crash doesn't know it yet.
["Slow Death" continues playing]
[Ross] Hardcore Holly smiling like,
oh, we had it under control all along, and that's not the case.
[Jerry] Boy, look at Rikishi's face.
[Ross] Rikishi not very pleased of what has transpired here.
[crowd clamoring]
[both speaking indistinctly]
[Ross] And look at the size of Vis.
Rikishi's well over 400 pounds.
[Jerry] I'd say super heavyweights don't make good partners.
[both speaking indistinctly]
[Ross] Super heavyweights don't play well together.
[Jerry] No.
[both speaking indistinctly]
[Jerry] Oh, you knew this is gonna happen.
[Ross] Almost.
Oh, martial arts kick that got--
that got Vis right in the face.
And Rikishi--
now Rikishi and Vis are hammering it out here.
[Jerry] And whoever tries to separate these guys are crazy.
[all argue]
Well, like I said, Sgt. Slaughter.
[Ross] Let's get some order restored here
and while we do, I think Lilián Garcia
is standing by with The Big Valbowski.
Val, you have been the Intercontinental Champion,
and now tonight, you are possibly looking at becoming
the World Wrestling Entertainment European Champion.
You know something, Lilián,
The Big Valbowski once before proved
that he had what it took to become a champion.
And tonight here at Armageddon,
The Big Valbowski once again receives the opportunity… [chuckles]
…to wrap gold around this waist.
And you know something, after the dust has settled
and it's all said and done
and The Big Valbowski's hand is raised in victory.
The Big Valbowski will take that European Championship,
fly in a 747 across the seas… [chuckles]
…search out the most beautiful women across Europe… [chuckles]
…and wait until the women of Europe get a load of The Big Valbowski
because he is the Eiffel Tower and Big Ben
all rolled into one. [chuckles]
[grunting] Hmm.
¿Tú eres de España, si?
-Si. -[laughs, grunts]
Todo mujeres de España… mm, muy, muy bonita. [laughs]
Ay, gracias. Vamos.
[Jerry] Ole!
-["Danger at the Door" playing] -♪ Here we go ♪
♪ You're looking at the real deal now ♪
♪ Whoo! ♪
♪ Gonna kick your sorry ass Out on the street ♪
♪ You used to think you own the streets ♪
♪ Well pack your bags, 'Cause your ass is dead meat ♪
♪ Victory's sweet ♪
-♪ Bring it on ♪ -♪ Here's the receipt ♪
[Howard] The following contest scheduled for one fall
is the Triple Threat Match
for the World Wrestling Entertainment European Championship.
Entering the ring, from Chicago, Illinois,
weighing 228 pounds,
D'Lo Brown!
[Ross] Seventeen thousand and fifty-four has sold out
the National Car Rental Center here in Fort Lauderdale.
And I'd love to be a fly on the wall.
-["Hello Ladies" playing] -♪ Hello, ladies ♪
[Ross] And know what's going on back in the locker room.
[Jerry] In Miss Kitty's locker room?
[Ross] No, I was thinking about Vince McMahon
and Triple H's respective locker rooms.
-[Jerry] Now Val Venis-- -[Howard] From Las Vegas, Nevada,
weighing 242 pounds,
Val Venis!
[Ross] Val Venis, a former Intercontinental Champion,
but so is D'Lo Brown.
As a matter fact, D'Lo Brown is the only man in WWE history
to be the Intercontinental and European Champion at the same time.
[Jerry] Well, Val said that if he wins the European title,
he'll go to Europe and show all of those ladies over there
that he is Big Ben and the Eiffel Tower at the same time.
[laughs]
[Ross] Triple threat rules,
the first man to score pinfall or submission wins the match
and therefore will be the European Champion
meaning that the Bulldog who is the European Champion
does not have to be involved in the decision to lose his title.
["Bulldog" playing]
[Howard] And to be accompanied to the ring by The Mean Street Posse,
from Manchester, England,
weighing 250 pounds,
the World Wrestling Entertainment European Champion,
The British Bulldog!
[Ross] The Bulldog and his sweater-vest-wearing stooges walking him…
-[Jerry] Wait a minute. -…to the ring,
if it hadn't been for them, the Bulldog wouldn't even be in the European Champion.
[Jerry] No, these guys aren't the stooges, we already got the stooges.
The sweater-vest-wearing posse.
It would be nice to have a posse.
[Ross] Now the Bulldog with his European title on the line.
The posse interrupted the match last week between Val and D'Lo
to determine the number one contender.
[Jerry] Wait a minute, what is that referee Teddy Long doing?
-I don't wanna hear it. Okay? -[man] We're not doing anything.
Hey, you guys, all you do is cause problems.
-You need to go back to the dressing room. -[Jerry] Wait a minute.
These guys are from Greenwich, they're not the problem.
-They're problem solvers. -Back. Back to the room.
Come on. Back to the dressing room.
[Ross] Head on back to Greenwich. Razook's is having a big sale.
-[Jerry] Where? -[Ross] Go shopping.
Go wash your luxury automobiles.
-[bell ringing] -[Ross] And here we go,
Val Venis and D'Lo Brown,
the Bulldog, Triple Threat rules for the European title.
An every-man-for-himself environment here.
Remember, the first person to score pinfall
or earn a submission will be the European Champion.
[grunting]
-[Jerry] Wow. -[Ross] Val Venis pairing up now
with The British Bulldog, Davey Boy Smith,
-from Manchester in the UK. -[Jerry] Oh.
-Oh, man. -[crowd exclaiming] Oh!
[Ross] Couple of hard clotheslines there.
And Val Venis catches the Bulldog with the clothesline of his own.
Outside goes the European Champion.
Certainly wanna thank all the fans in the United Kingdom
for staying up late with us tonight and joining us live
here for Armageddon.
Come on. Get it back here in the ring.
[Jerry] Oh, look at this.
[Ross] D'Lo Brown went airborne.
The D'Lo Brown experience introduced to The Big Valbowski and the Bulldog.
[Jerry] Uh-oh, look out.
[Ross] Boy, the pace quickens here
when The Big Valbowski and D'Lo are in there hooking it up offensively.
Powerslam, slowing down D'Lo, that could be all and a near-fall.
Boy, D'Lo Brown took a huge chance moments ago, King.
[Jerry] Yeah, luckily for D'Lo, there was somebody home.
Can you imagine if both those guys had just kind of stepped out--
stepped to the side for a second?
[Ross] Oh, Bulldog interrupted the count that time.
Or you never know Val Venis may have gotten a three.
And again Val Venis sending the Bulldog outside here.
They're right in front of us.
Right hand by The Big Valbowski
on the European Champion, The British Bulldog.
[Jerry] Uh-oh, reversal, oh.
[Ross] Oh, the Bulldog used his power
to reverse and overpower Val Venis.
As The Big Valbowski kind of went limp there on those ring steps.
[Jerry] He hates it when he goes limp.
[scattered crowd clamoring]
[Jerry] You know, when The Big Valbowski was a kid, he used to wet the bed.
-[Ross] Oh, really? -[Jerry] From the hallway.
[crowd chanting] D'Lo! D'Lo! D'Lo!
[Ross] D'Lo Brown got a little--
[crowd chanting] D'Lo! D'Lo! D'Lo!
[Ross] D'Lo's telling the Bulldog, me and you,
we'll work on Val Venis.
[Jerry] Kind of double team, huh?
[Ross] So Val Venis being double-teamed now
by the European Champion and by D'Lo Brown.
And really not bad strategy.
Remember the first person--
If D'Lo pins Val Venis, D'Lo is the European Champion.
Two, three.
Come on, you guys.
[Ross] I'm sure that the Bulldog has retained the rules of this matchup.
[Jerry] Bulldog's not worried.
-Uh-oh, wait a minute. -Me and you.
[Jerry] Oh.
-You suck! -[Jerry] Now, he should be worried.
[Ross] So much of that cooperative effort.
One, two…
[Ross] D'Lo stomping away at the ribs of The British Bulldog
and Val Venis rises back up to the occasion with right hands.
-[Jerry] Look out. -[Ross] Nice counter.
The reversal of the Irish whip by D'Lo Brown.
-Hard-- -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] Oh, D'Lo looking for a springboard.
His foot slipped off the rope
and D'Lo tried to grab the head of Val Venis,
but D'Lo hurt himself coming off the ropes there.
[Jerry] One of those high-risk maneuvers.
Look out.
[Ross] And the knee-- the leg is hooked.
And we're a count away from a new European Champion.
The Bulldog on the outside trying to get his game back together.
And all due respect to Triple H…
[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Ross] …The Game that is.
-And Val Venis -[Jerry] Oh, look at this.
[Ross] I don't know how smart that was.
He had D'Lo in trouble, did Val,
and I don't think he'd wanna bring the Bulldog back in the ring,
but in any event, Val Venis now…
-trying to be-- -[Jerry] Watch this.
-[Ross] Oh, wow. -[Jerry] Meeting of the minds.
[Ross] Oh, man.
D'Lo's head just cracked the Bulldog right in the temple.
And now D'Lo and Val exchanging rights
and the Bulldog just letting them-- maybe they'll punch each other out here.
-[Teddy] Keep them hands open. -[Jerry] That's smart strategy.
Look at this.
[Ross] And that was pretty good strategy too,
the double clothesline knocking down the Bulldog.
[Jerry] Oh.
Right on the shoulder.
[Ross] Well, that's what happens when you get two guys like D'Lo and Val…
and uh--
[Jerry] Especially when they don't care what happens to their opponent.
[Ross] Look at the strength, all the blood rushing to Bulldog's head.
[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] The Bulldog is done.
This dog ain't gonna bark no more.
[Jerry] Wait a minute.
[Ross] But D'Lo just outsmarted Val there.
D'Lo's got the cover and Val Venis interrupted before three.
And now Val on top of the Bulldog.
[Jerry] This can last a long, long time.
[crowd chanting] D'Lo! D'Lo! D'Lo!
[Ross] Well, one of these three have got to really be incapacitated
to get them down to one on one here.
And again the Bulldog knocked down by the double elbow
of Val Venis and D'Lo Brown.
[crowd clamors]
[Jerry] I think Bulldog's content to just kind of
bide his time out there on the outside.
Let these other two guys tear each other apart.
Oh.
[Ross] And D'Lo elevated over the top…
and now D'Lo Brown up on top.
-[Jerry] And, oh. [chuckles] -[Ross] And dropkick-- oh, hello.
[Jerry] I hate it when that happens.
[Ross] D'Lo reeling after the-- straddling the top turnbuckle.
And ain't no way you can look at that slash any way you want,
it can't feel good.
Superplex time.
Val trying to get D'Lo off that-- off the ropes and D'Lo blocked him.
[Jerry] Oh, boy.
[Ross] Oh, D'Lo up on top.
Oh, my God.
Sunset flip, that's got to be all.
And-- oh, the Bulldog pulled the referee out.
D'Lo Brown, no doubt in my mind had the three-count right there
and now Bulldog is blaming that on a fan.
Give me a break.
[Jerry] It could have been a fan.
[Ross] It could have been but it wasn't, King.
[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] Man alive, I'll tell you what, D'Lo…
[Jerry] You got to admit that was a smart move on the part of the Bulldog.
-[Ross] It was. -[Jerry] I mean, if he had just sat there
and watched D'Lo count Val Venis out,
D'Lo would be the new champion. Oh.
[Ross] Now, D'Lo Brown may double-team.
-[Jerry] Yow. -[Ross] Oh, my God. Back body drop.
Tremendous elevation there.
And D'Lo Brown now being eliminated from the equation, at least momentarily.
Oh, Bulldog got a stiff kick in that time.
[Jerry] Look out.
[Ross] And Val countered with a spinebuster.
And now Val hooking the legs
and Bulldog able to roll off his shoulders
and D'Lo Brown wanted to get back in,
but was dropkicked back outside, again leaving it one on one.
Uh-oh, Bulldog,
Bulldog, powerslam.
That's gonna be over right there.
-One, two… -[Ross] And--
-[Jerry] Oh, look. -[Ross] Oh, look at D'Lo.
D'Lo put Val Venis' leg on the bottom rope.
D'Lo wants this match obviously to continue.
[Jerry] Well, sure he does.
-[scattered crowd chanting] D'Lo! D'Lo! -[Jerry] Until he's on top of somebody.
-Oh, wow. Which could be now. -[Ross] Running forearm by D'Lo Brown.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Nice heel kick by D'Lo, down goes the Bulldog.
[Jerry] D'Lo in control.
-[Ross] D'Lo absolutely in control here. -[crowd roaring]
[Ross] Don't waste too much time.
Val Venis back on the apron but not for long.
[crowd clamoring]
[Jerry] Cover him, you idiot!
[Ross] D'Lo Brown should be well on his way.
Or at least I thought he was well on his way
to becoming the European Champion.
[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] Now the spinebuster.
And D'Lo now…
[Jerry] Uh-oh. We may see the Lo Down.
[Ross] D'Lo D'Lo's version of the frog splash.
-That will be all. -[Jerry] Look out.
[Ross] And Val Venis came off with the Money Shot on D'Lo.
The Bulldog was under him and Val Venis wins!
["Hello Ladies" playing]
[Howard] The winner of this match
and new European Champion,
Val Venis!
[Jerry] Another new champion, J.R.!
[Ross] Could this be an omen here tonight at Armageddon?
[Jerry] I think it already is.
[Ross] Got to feel for D'Lo Brown who obviously had the match won
with his version of the frog splash but--
I don't know. Look at this, King.
[Jerry] Well, D'Lo, like I said, he went to the top, frog splash.
I think he had the Bulldog, but here comes Val Venis.
Moved D'Lo right out of the way and got the three-count.
[Ross] So Val Venis is the new European Champion.
Bad break, bad night for D'Lo Brown, great night for The Valbowski.
X-Pac, earlier tonight on Sunday Night Heat,
Kane challenged you to a steel cage match.
Now, I understand that you have some demands of your own.
You've met with WWE officials
and Kane has agreed as well to these new demands,
but what are they?
The demands are this,
Kane, you demand that I'm in a cage match,
well, I demand a few things myself.
The first thing is this,
you can only win, boy,
by pinfall.
That means you can't climb out of the cage.
You can't climb over the top and you can't climb through the door
because that's gonna be chained, shut, and locked.
I on other hand
can climb out over the top and win that way.
I can pin him as well which I might very well do,
hit him with the X-Factor.
Oh, yeah, and one more thing,
tell your old lady to quit calling my hotel room at all hours of the night,
because she ain't gonna get none.
[Jerry] Wow!
-Wow, J.R. [chuckles] -[Ross] Man.
[Jerry] Look at your face.
[crowd cheering]
["Burned" playing]
[Ross] The Big Red Machine is here.
[Jerry] Oh, go ahead and say it, J.R., say it, say it.
Say hellfire.
[Ross] Hellfire and brimstone is exactly what X-Pac may suffer here.
"Tell your old lady to quit calling my hotel room,
she ain't gonna get none."
Well, Kane is coming to get him some.
Some of X-Pac.
[Jerry] Look at Tori, you ain't darn look good, you know, J.R.
-[bell ringing] -[Howard] The following contest
is a steel cage match.
Introducing first accompanied to the ring by Tori,
weighing 326 pounds,
Kane.
[Ross] Remember in this cage matchup, Kane can win only by pinfall.
X-Pac on the other hand can win either by pinfall
or by climbing out over the top of the cage
and landing on the floor.
[Jerry] And poor Tori, now that's she's hooked up with Kane,
she can't win at all.
-[Ross] Oh. -[Jerry] Oh.
Now, she heard what-- she heard what X-Pac told us all about Kane.
-[Ross] Yeah, I remember-- -[Jerry] Well, I'll refresh your memory
-as the night goes on. -[Ross] I thought you might.
♪ Make some noise! ♪
-[Jerry] Here he comes. -♪ X-Pac! ♪
-["Make Some Noise" playing] -♪ You think you can tell us what to do?
♪ You think you can tell us What to wear? ♪ [laughter]
♪ You think you better? ♪
♪ Well, yeah ♪
♪ Well, you better get ready To bow to the masters ♪
-♪ Suck it! ♪ -[Howard] His opponent,
representing D-Generation X,
weighing 222 pounds,
X-Pac!
[Ross] Well, one time, Kane and X-Pac were the WWE Tag Team Champions.
At one time, Kane and X-Pac seemingly were inseparable.
[Jerry] That's why X-Pac knows so much about Kane. That's why I believe
what X-Pac said about Kane.
♪ See your face Through the turnbuckle ♪
[Jerry] And that's why I know that poor Tori is calling X-Pac
at all hours of the night "'cause she ain't getting nothing from Kane!"
[chuckles]
[Ross] Since the Survivor Series, X-Pac has struck Tori
in the face on two occasions.
-[Jerry] Accidental. -[Ross] With a heel--
with a spinning kick.
I think the first time was accidental.
I don't think the second time was accidental at all.
The cage door has been padlocked shut.
-Kane pacing like a… -[Jerry] Oh, look at this.
[Ross] …a big red lion.
-[Jerry] Oh, he's not pacing anymore. -[Ross] Oh, look at X-Pac.
[Jerry] He's trying to climb out of this cage.
[Ross] Kane is coming over the top.
[Jerry] X-Pac, look up.
-Look at this. -[Ross] Kane is climbing out over the top.
-Look at X-Pac. -[Jerry] I think he's gonna kiss her.
-[Ross] What a… -[Jerry] Slip her the tongue.
X-Pac, look out.
-Oh. -[Ross] Oh, what a right hand.
My God, you can hear that, all the way over here?
[Jerry] I think she set X-Pac up.
[Ross] What do you mean by that? He's the one who went to her, did X-Pac.
[Jerry] She lured him. You know how women are, those tarts.
[Ross] X-Pac's head bounced right off that-- the steel ring post.
[Jerry] They're seductive, J.R. Hey, wait a minute.
-[Ross] X-Pac's got the ring bell. -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] My God, X-Pac with the ring bell.
[Jerry] Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. Let's start this thing.
[Ross] He stuck it right in Kane's face.
Oh, my God. Kane is getting back up
and X-Pac is running for his life here.
[Jerry] Time to get back in the ring there, X-Pac.
Or get in the ring for the first time.
[Ross] X-Pac might be smart to climb over, hit the ring,
and climb out on the other side before Kane can get in.
Kane climbing over the top.
Remember, Kane can only win by pinfall.
X-Pac's got a couple of ways to win,
-including pinfalls or… -[bell ringing]
[Ross] …escaping over the top of the cage.
Kane, almost seven-feet tall, a little over 300 pounds.
Huge size and strength advantage over X-Pac.
[Jerry] Well, not everywhere, huge size and strength.
[Ross] Will you get away from all these penis innuendos?
-[Jerry chuckles] What? -[Ross] That's what you're going at.
[Jerry laughs] J.R., you said "penis"!
-[chuckling] Good grief. -[Ross] That's where you're headed.
[Jerry] Well, I mean, that's what X-Pac told us.
I'm just wondering…
[Ross] Did you ever think he might be lying?
Look at the power here.
A lot of strength… by Kane.
X-Pac's really gotta try to get Kane off that--
of his feet somehow, someway,
incapacitate Kane long enough for X-Pac to get over the top of the cage.
And with X-Pac's ability and agility,
that won't take long to get over the cage for X-Pac.
[Jerry] Uh-oh. Oh, my gosh, look at the strength.
[Ross] Military-pressing a human being was Kane.
The Big Red Machine knows-- he knows no boundaries.
[Jerry] He almost had X-Pac up as high as the top of this cage.
[Ross] X-Pac has made so many disparaging remarks
about Kane's first-ever girlfriend, Tori,
who's anxiously looking on on the outside.
[Jerry] Well, I heard Tori made a few disparaging remarks about Kane
first time she ever saw him without-- well, unclothed.
[Ross] You're a plethora of sexual information, aren't you?
[Jerry laughs] Yeah.
You know what she said the first time she saw him with no clothes on?
[Ross] What, King? What did she say?
[Jerry] She said, "Well, I guess this makes me the early bird."
[laughs]
I heard it.
That's what-- That's what X-Pac told me.
[Ross] Early bird gets-- Yeah, I got it.
-X-Pac up on top. -[Jerry] Look out.
[Ross] And Kane caught X-Pac.
Fair catch here.
No fair catch in this game.
-[Jerry] Uh-oh. -[Ross] Oh.
Kane was gonna ram X-Pac's head into the cage,
instead it was X-Pac with a tremendous spinning heel kick.
Well, Kane is so strong
and this replay will surely prove testimony to that, King.
Look at strength here.
[Jerry] I guess X-Pac is as high as the top of that cage.
Oh.
-[Ross] Like we said, Kane-- -[Jerry] Hey, but, look,
he's almost as high as the top of the cage.
If he gets out, he's the winner.
[Ross] X-Pac trying to climb out of here and win this matchup.
-X-Pac and… -[Jerry] Can he-- There you go.
[Ross] Well, those educated feet
from the courageous youngster from Minneapolis.
-[X-Pac screams] -[Ross] Uh-oh. Oh, no.
-A Chokeslam on the top. -[Jerry] Oh, no.
-[Ross] And X-Pac-- -[Jerry] That couldn't hurt much.
-[Ross] Man, that is a… -[Jerry] Nobody home.
[Ross] …that was a debilitating move right there.
Kane teetering on those ropes,
straddle the top rope.
And now X-Pac's got a chance to climb out of here.
What a spin kick moment ago by X-Pac.
[Jerry] Yeah, let's see that again.
-Boom. -[Ross] Right there.
-Wow. -[Jerry] Here you go.
[Ross] X-Pac with a leg drop right off the top.
-[Jerry] He's gonna pin him. -[Ross] There's a pin.
And the power of Kane--
and Kane sits up.
[Jerry] And Tori sets up.
Look at Tori out there.
[Ross] Tori setting up and taking notice here.
And Kane now back on the-- on the-- on the-- on the offense.
Kane slows his pace down. This is bad news for X-Pac.
And X-Pac countered into a DDT.
That was a great move by X-Pac,
who may have just bought himself enough time to get out of here,
to climb out of this cage, and win this matchup.
[Jerry] Go, go, go.
What are you doing?
-[Ross] Uh-oh. -[Jerry] Uh, see? What are you doing?
[Ross] One move too many for X-Pac.
But maybe not.
-[Jerry] Maybe so. -[Ross] Tilt-a-whirl backbreaker.
More power by Kane.
And X-Pac almost broken in half there
at the hands of the 320-pounder.
[Jerry] Knocks his head right off that steel cage, J.R.
Not again.
[Ross] X-Pac been thrown around like a rag doll,
thanks to the strength and power of Kane.
Oh, what a shot.
That just-- I don't think it would dim the running lights but turn them off.
[Jerry] Uh-oh. Look at this. Look.
[Ross] Hey, wait a minute.
It's the Outlaws.
[Jerry] They got some-- they got some bolt cutters.
[Ross] The Outlaws, the Tag Team Champions,
who will take on The Rock 'n' Sock Connection later tonight, trying to--
[Jerry] They're cutting the chain.
Cut the other.
[Ross] What the hell is this about?
We need some security out here.
[Jerry] What is Kane doing?
Hey, pay attention to your match, you idiot.
Oh, no.
[Ross] The Outlaw-- Oh.
Mr. Ass just slammed the cage right back in Kane's face.
Get out of here.
[Jerry] We got a chair in the ring J.R.
[Ross] The Outlaws shoved that chair in the ring.
You gotta believe this was a-- This whole thing was premeditated.
[Jerry] Watch this. Wow.
[Ross] That was-- that was steel on skull there.
And even Kane-- Oh, Kane is sitting up.
[Jerry] How'd he do it?
[Ross] A steel chair in the ring thanks to the Outlaws.
[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] And X-- The X-Factor…
-[Jerry] Oh, you called it. -[Ross] …right on-- right on the chair.
[Jerry] X-Pac said he was gonna do it. Hey.
[Ross] Those are-- Those are some handcuffs.
The Outlaws must have thrown some handcuffs in the ring as well.
[Jerry] I think Tori threw those in there. I heard she's a little kinky.
[Ross] Tori didn't throw the handcuffs in the ring.
[Jerry] Kinky, J.R.
[Ross] Well, this is gonna be very difficult,
obviously now for Kane
to even have a hit on one in this match.
Oh, look at X-Pac. Kane is handcuffed to the cage.
Oh, God Almighty.
[Jerry] Tori, she's turned on. Look at her.
[Ross] The sickening thud of that steel chair
on a human being's cranium.
[Jerry] She's excited. He's handcuffed.
-[Ross] Oh, God. Stop it! -[Jerry] Wow.
[Ross] Kane is helpless and can't defend himself.
Kane is handcuffed to the second rope.
[Jerry] This is it.
Hey, wait. What-- What's she doing?
[Ross] Well, Tori climbing in the ring.
[Jerry] You can't-- You can't do this.
[Ross] And Tori pulling X-Pac.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] Oh, he spit in her face.
Oh, my God.
X-Pac just delivered the X-Factor on Tori.
[Jerry] He did that all right.
[Ross] X-Pac just delivered the X-Factor on a woman.
Kane saw the whole thing and can't do anything about it.
[Jerry] Well, he can do this. Oh, no. Wait a minute.
[Ross] Kane just shot that chair right back in X-Pac's face.
[Jerry] What?
[Ross] But, remember, Kane is still handcuffed.
Kane is pulling as hard as he can to free himself.
[Jerry] What do you think is going through that fried brain of Kane's right now?
He had to watch his girlfriend get X-Factored.
[crowd chants] X-Pac sucks!
[Jerry] X-Pac what?
[Ross] X-Pac-- And Kane just broke the--
-he broke the handcuffs. -[Jerry] How did he do that?
[Ross] My God, Kane just broke the handcuffs.
X-Pac's climbing out to win it.
His feet is about to touch the floor.
And Kane is there.
[Jerry] Wait a minute. His feet can't touch the floor like that.
-[Ross] Kane! -[Jerry] What's he doing?
[Ross] Kane has got X-Pac on his shoulders.
And the match is gonna continue.
X-Pac thought he had stolen it.
-And sto-- Oh, my God. -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] Oh, did you hear that?
The steel door slamming right in X-Pac's face.
[Jerry] I think that one was for Tori, J.R.
Oh, no.
[Ross] What is Kane gonna do here?
[Jerry] He gonna fly.
[Ross] Is Kane gonna be the Big Red Flying Machine?
[Jerry] Wait a minute. Where is he--
he can't win by just climbing out.
[Ross] Where's-- What's Kane doing here?
[Jerry] He's gotta--
[Ross] Kane's on top of the cage.
[Jerry] He's gotta win by pin fall.
-What's-- Watch out. -[Ross] Oh, no.
Oh, for God's sakes, a clothesline from the top of the cage.
[Jerry shrieks]
[Ross] The Big Red Machine just flew into the face of X-Pac.
[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Ross] Tombstone.
-Tombstone. -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] X-Pac just got drilled by Kane.
[crowd] One, two, three.
[Ross] And The Big Red Machine has won it.
-["Burned" playing] -[Howard] Here is you winner,
Kane!
[Ross] Kane gaining a measure of retribution.
[Jerry] Oh, how sweet.
-How sweet. -[Ross] Man, I cannot believe Kane,
just under seven feet tall, made his way to the top of the cage.
[Jerry] Never seen anything like that, J.R.
I thought he was trying to climb out of the cage,
instead he turned around and flew.
[Ross] That is absolutely scintillating.
[Jerry] Look at this. Oh.
[Ross] And then the tombstone,
of course, the exclamation point on this matchup.
The Big Red Machine and Tori, arm and arm,
with a victory under his belt.
And, folks, we are moments away from the Intercontinental title.
Chyna will be defending against Y2J.
And let me say this.
This is a rivalry, an intense rivalry that knows no gender.
-["Break Down The Walls" playing] -♪ Come on, Jericho ♪
♪ You know I got ya, yeah ♪
♪ One, break the wall down ♪
♪ Break down the walls ♪
♪ For those about to rock And what ya want ♪
♪ Baby, you know you're Judas, And I'm your priest ♪
♪ Baby, what I got is not from the least ♪
♪ Bring it through the stage In the rage of the beast ♪
♪ Step in the arena And break the wall down ♪
-["Who I am" playing] -♪ Don't treat me like a woman ♪
♪ Don't treat me like a man ♪
♪ Don't treat me like you know me ♪
♪ Treat me for just who and what I am ♪
♪ Oh, don't treat me like a woman ♪
♪ Don't treat me like a man ♪
♪ Don't treat me like you know me ♪
♪ Just treat me for just Who and what I am ♪
♪ Don't treat me like a woman ♪
♪ Don't treat me like a man ♪
♪ Don't treat me like you know me ♪
♪ I'm so much more! ♪
♪ I'm so much more than that! ♪
Well, King, in the Survivor Series. Jericho didn't get the job done.
He almost snapped.
What's gonna happen tonight if he doesn't get it done again?
I don't know, but this thing has gone back and forth, tit for tat,
and then just about driven each other completely crazy.
I know Jericho is almost over the edge.
If he doesn't win tonight, that'll be it for him.
Interesting choice of words,"tit for tat."
[Jerry laughs]
[crowd cheering]
-[explosion] -[Jerry] Wow.
-["Break Down The Walls" playing] -♪ You know I got ya, yeah ♪
♪ One, break the wall down ♪
♪ Break down the walls ♪
♪ For those about to rock And what ya want ♪
♪ Baby, you know you're Judas, And I'm your priest ♪
♪ Baby, what I got is not from the least ♪
♪ Bring it through the stage In the rage of the beast ♪
♪ Step in the arena And break the wall down ♪
[bell ringing]
[Howard] The following contest, scheduled for one fall,
is for the World Wrestling Entertainment Intercontinental Championship.
Introducing first the challenger,
from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada,
weighing 229 pounds,
Chris Jericho.
♪ You're all weak ♪
♪ You're livin' in the agony of defeat ♪
[Ross] Certainly, the illustration of how distraught Jericho was
by not winning the Intercontinental title at Survivor Series
was at the very next night.
Jericho took a hammer to Chyna
and broke her thumb,
destroyed her thumb,
and Chyna has been on the mend ever since.
[Jerry] Well, yeah, you're right. I mean, he smashed her thumb.
She had to have surgery.
We all thought she'd press charges but she didn't.
She had a point to prove and she plans on doing it here tonight.
-["Who I am" playing] -♪ Don't treat me like a man ♪
♪ Don't treat me like you know me ♪
♪ Treat me for just who and what I am ♪
♪ Oh, don't treat me like a woman ♪
♪ Don't treat me like a man ♪
♪ Don't treat me like you know me ♪
♪ Just treat me… ♪
-[Ross] A generation ago-- -[Jerry] Look at this.
[Howard] The Ninth Wonder of the World
and the World Wrestling Entertainment Intercontinental Champion,
-Chyna. -[Jerry] Two, J.R. Two of them. Two belts.
[Ross] Chyna accompanied by the new WWE Women's Champion, Miss Kitty.
And, like I said, a generation ago, in tennis,
there was Bobby Riggs and Billie Jean King.
[Jerry] It's been more than a generation ago, hasn't it?
♪ Don't treat me like a woman And don't treat me like a man ♪
[Ross] I don't know. I was a little kid when that--
[Jerry] Aren't they both dead now?
[Ross] I don't think… Bobby Riggs is dead.
Billie Jean King's career is dead but that's another story.
[Jerry] There you go.
[Ross] And Chris Jericho's career,
in his view, might be somewhat comatose
if he cannot leave here with the Intercontinental title.
He hasn't been able to do it yet.
[Jerry] It's an obsession with him.
He thought beating a woman was gonna be a piece of cake.
He didn't-- Uh-oh.
He forgot that woman was the "Ninth Wonder of the World" Chyna.
Oh, here we go.
[Ross] And Chyna shooting those forearms right to the face of Y2J.
Well, a lot of men in the WWE have underestimated Chyna.
Most have paid for that underestimation.
[Jerry] Oh, look at that knee.
[Ross] Some are no longer even in this organization,
-as Chyna with a knockdown… -[Jerry] Wow.
[Ross] …follows with a couple of nice elbows,
right to the collarbone, looking for the solar plexus.
And drops the knee right into the forehead.
Chyna is the Intercontinental Champion.
She has done so many things first as far as her gender is concerned.
The first woman to enter the Royal Rumble.
The first woman to advance in--
and advance in the King of the Ring tournament.
Not to mention, the first woman to be the Intercontinental Champion.
Come on, J. Don't. One, two, three--
[Jerry] You know what? I'm still waiting for Jericho
to get that sex change he promised
if he didn't beat Chyna the last time they wrestled.
[Ross] I think you can probably forget about that.
Don't hold your breath.
-Oh, Chyna, upside down. -[Jerry] Whoa!
[Ross] Avoided Jericho
whose face just smacked on the top of the ring post.
[Jerry] He can't believe it. He cannot believe that.
Oh, look out. He better believe this.
[Ross] Chyna right off the apron with a clothesline,
knocking down the challenger again.
Chyna has been able, thus far, to counter everything that Jericho has attempted.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] And again--
-[Jerry] Uh-oh. -[Ross] Oh, thumb right to the eye.
Jericho, the thumb to the eye.
Oh, a hard shot right to the back.
-Jericho-- -[Jerry] He's not gonna pull any punches.
He's got to prove a point here J.R.
Oh, what's going to happen here?
-Look out. Jeez. -[Ross] Oh, come on. God Almighty.
What the hell is wrong with you, Jericho?
You're gonna kill her doing that.
Hey.
-You all right? Hey, look out, look out. -Look out.
[Jerry] He's nuts. Look out.
[Ross] Kitty is trying to get the chair away from Jericho.
-[Jerry] Be careful, Kitty. -[Kitty] What are you doing?
[Jerry] Get out of there. He's nuts. Oh, look out.
[Ross] Oh, Chyna just dropkicked the chair
right back in Jericho's mouth.
[Jerry] Have you ever, J.R.?
[Ross] Good God.
He had a chair.
[Ross] Man, how badly does Jericho wanna be the Intercontinental Champion?
[Jerry] I don't know, but they're back over here again.
[crowd chanting] Chyna! Chyna! Chyna!
-[Jerry] Look out. Oh, my God. -[stair thudding echoes]
[Ross] What a shot by Chyna,
knocking those stairs right off their hinges.
-[Jerry] Hey, wait a minute. -[Ross] Come on.
-[Jerry] Look at this. -[Ross] Hey. Hey, come on.
You can't do that.
[Jerry] He did it.
[Ross] Jericho swapping slobber with Miss Kitty.
[Jerry] What's up with this?
Come over here, Kitty.
-[Ross] Remember, Chyna has got-- -[Jerry] Is he crazy?
[Ross] Chyna has got that thumb.
It can't be-- it can't be 100%.
Man, I'll tell you what, those--
when Chyna hit those steel steps…
[Jerry] I thought that was it.
[Ross] …the game turned around.
[Jerry] Listen.
-[stair thudding echoes] -Oh, man.
[Ross] Chyna's shoulder to that steel.
-[Jerry] Oh, did you see that? -[Ross] A low blow.
Chyna got the low blow off.
[Jerry] Got him right in the…
[Ross] And referee Mike Chioda distracted by Kitty.
[Jerry] Oh, I love this. Look at this.
[Ross] Handspring elbow by Chyna.
[Jerry] She's ready to go now.
-DDT. -[Ross] DDT.
It's gonna be over.
Chyna hooks the leg. It is-- No.
Oh, Jericho got a shoulder up.
Chris Jericho able to get his Y2J shoulder up off the canvass.
Man, what an exchange here offensively by Chyna.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] And Jericho spinning heel kick.
-It found its mark. -[Jerry] Uh-oh. Uh-oh.
[Ross] And Chyna hung up on the ropes.
[Jerry] Oh, and look at the look on Jericho's face.
He's lov-- Oh, look at this.
[Ross] Jericho, the open-hand slap to the Intercontinental-- No.
[Jerry] Oh, look, he's hitting her thumb.
[Ross] Jericho working on that rebuilt thumb of Chyna.
[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] Now, what kind of heinous human being is Jericho…
[Jerry] Look at that.
[Ross] …dropkicking Chyna's thumb?
I've never said that before.
A dropkick to the thumb.
[Jerry] He may have actually helped her out a little bit there.
At least, he got her out of those ropes. She was at his mercy there, J.R.
[Ross] Chyna may have had that recently repaired thumb re-broken here.
[Jerry] Or at least a nail, I'm sure.
-Oh. -[Ross] Chyna barely able to stand.
And Jericho followed the champion into the corner.
[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Ross] Jericho has Chyna up.
-I never thought-- -[Jerry] Look at this.
[Ross] Chyna hooked the leg.
-[Jerry] Right on his head. -[Ross] She's got him. It's over.
Oh, God. That was so close.
What a great counter by Chyna.
And Jericho with another dropkick.
[Jerry] Boy, I'm telling you,
Jericho, I mean, he came within a breath of being beaten again.
[Ross] Oh, Jericho has Chyna up.
Vertical suplex. Oh.
And Jericho
-with the vertical suplex. -Hey. Hey. Come on, baby.
[Ross] And then a very arrogant cover by Jericho.
And Chyna able to roll to her side and off her shoulders
with her Intercontinental title still intact, at least,
-for the time being. -Off the hair.
One, two.
Come on.
[Ross] Wow.
Oh, what a knife-edge chop.
[Mike] Come on. Get her out. One, two.
[Ross] Jericho shooting those forearms right into the face of Chyna.
And Jericho wanna be-- gotta be careful here,
he doesn't get disqualified.
You can't win the title by disqualification
[Jerry] Well, I don't think he's gonna be too careful.
He doesn't care what happens.
Hey, what's this?
[Ross] Jericho just exposed the top turnbuckle.
-The steel ring with the top turnbuckle… -Come on, Chyna.
-…has been exposed. -Come on.
-[Mike] Come on. -Come on. Come on.
[Jerry] I think that thing was in the way anyway.
-[Jericho] Shut your mouth. -Get her out of the corner.
-One. -[Ross] Remember that--
that turnbuckle is exposed here.
[Jerry] Oh.
He was gonna send Chyna right into it
-but she clothesline him. -[Ross] She was able to--
she was able to counter, yes, into the clothesline.
And a knee right to the head by Jericho.
[Jericho] Come on ref.
[Ross] Jericho thinks he has it.
-Come on. -[Ross] The leg is hooked.
-Come on, referee. -[Ross] Nope. Chyna got a shoulder up.
[Mike] Two.
[Ross] Chyna showing great courage, great resiliency.
The Ninth Wonder of the World.
[Jerry] That hand's gotta be killing her, though.
[Ross] Gotta be throbbing big time.
Oh, backbreaker.
-[Jerry] Oh, look at that. -[Ross] Now Jericho wants Chyna to submit.
-Ask her! Ask her! -What do you say, huh?
Come on, ref. Ask her!
-[Jerry] Oh, he would love that. -Ask her.
[Jerry] He would love it if Chyna had to actually say it
out of her mouth that she gives up.
But I don't think she's gonna do that to you, J.R.
[Ross] I don't think so.
At least, I'd be very surprised if she did.
Off the hair, Jericho.
[Ross] Jericho looking for another clothesline.
-[Jerry] Oh, wow. -[Ross] Midair collision.
Chyna's got it. Oh, how close was that?
-[Jerry] Come on, ref. -[Ross] How close was that?
[Jerry] Even Jericho didn't know.
[Ross] That was a lot closer than Jericho wanted it to be.
Chyna going back to her forearms.
They work thus far.
And now those kicks to the solar plexus.
[Jerry] Miss Kitty down there, the new Women's Champion
cheering on the Intercontinental Champion.
Oh.
Oh, man.
[Ross] Jericho just took Chyna down, hair first.
Come on, baby!
[Ross] Chyna's face bouncing off the canvas.
[Jerry] Do you hear Jericho, "Come on, baby!"?
Uh-oh. Oh, man.
[Jericho] Are you ready, huh?
[Ross] Jericho with a scoop slam.
-[Jerry] Oh. Oh, how about that? -[Ross] Oh, Jericho,
Springboard Asai Moonsault.
That did not work out as Jericho had planned.
[Jerry] I don't agree with that. That's kind of a cheap shot there.
[Ross] Chyna able to get her knees up and protect herself.
Chyna trying to build some momentum.
Jericho knocked down.
-[Jerry] Look at this. -[Ross] Oh, Chyna
swinging neckbreaker on the challenger.
And the champion on top.
[Jerry] Nope.
[Ross] Chyna was on top for a two-count.
[Jerry] As it were.
Oh, look-- oh, man. Right in the face.
[Kitty] Watch out. Watch out.
[Ross] And Jericho-- oh.
[Jerry] Oh, look at that.
[Ross] Nice counter by Chyna, the powerbomb.
Jericho--
Chyna
-What's she gonna do here? -[Jerry] What she going for here.
-[Ross] Chyna catapults Jericho… -[Jerry] Oh, right into the--
[Ross] …into the exposed turnbuckle.
That may be enough there. Chyna followed with a clothesline.
I knew this was gonna--
Oh, Jericho kicks out.
I can't believe it.
[Jerry] Oh, these people are getting on that ref now.
They're saying that was a three-count.
I almost kind of agree with them, J.R.
[Ross] It was a long two, if nothing else.
-A Pedigree. -[Jerry] Oh.
She's going for the Pedigree.
[Ross] Chyna looking for the Pedigree…
-[Jerry] Oh, wait a minute. -[Ross] …but Jericho counters
into the backslide.
[Ross] Whoa. And another near-fall.
I mean, we are less than half a second away
from a new Intercontinental Champion being crowned here.
[Jerry] Oh, no.
[crowd clamoring]
[Ross] Wow. Jericho with those hard shots
right to the back of Chyna with his forearms.
She's up on the second turnbuckle.
[Jerry] I think Chris Jericho is fixing to fly Chyna Airlines.
Oh, my gosh.
-[Ross] Oh, Chyna. -[Jerry] Wait. She turned it into--
[Ross] Chyna countered.
-Looking for the leg. -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] She reached for the leg, did Chyna,
but couldn't quite hook it up
and Jericho was able to kick out.
Chyna countered that move in midair.
That was a hellacious move by Chyna.
Male or female, that was an amazing athletic maneuver.
[Jerry] Uh-oh. Look at this.
[Ross] Uh-oh. There's a nice roll-up.
And Jericho--
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] He's almost got it.
[Ross] He's looking for his submission move,
the Walls of Jericho.
[Jerry] Chyna trying to-- trying to block it. Oh, she can't.
[Ross] Jericho's got it in the center of the ring.
Chyna's gotta fight.
Her title is on the line.
Jericho has got the Walls of Jericho.
[Jerry] Look at Chyna. How is she able to withstand that pain?
[Ross] Chyna trying to get to the ropes.
[Jerry] Oh, no. She can't reach it.
Oh, he pulled her back.
[Ross] Jericho pulling Chyna back to the center of the ring.
[Jerry] Oh, he's really cinched it in now.
[Ross] The Intercontinental title hangs in the balance here.
-[Jerry] Push the rope to her. -[Ross] And Chyna tapped out.
-[bell ringing] -[Ross] She tapped out.
Chyna tapped out.
[Howard] The winner of this bout
and new Intercontinental Champion,
Chris Jericho.
["Break The Walls Down" playing]
[Ross] Chris Jericho is the new Intercontinental Champion.
But, by God, you've gotta hand it to Chyna
for the effort, for her guts, for her courage.
The champion did all she could
to withstand the painful Walls of Jericho.
-[Jerry] Wow. -[Ross] But, in the end,
it was just too much to overcome
and we have a new Intercontinental Champion.
[Jerry] We got three new champions tonight, J.R.
What's up with that?
♪ I'm awaken from a deep sleep, You're all weak ♪
♪ You're livin' in the agony of defeat ♪
♪ I am the master ♪
[Ross] Chris Jericho has finally, finally climbed Mount Chyna.
Jericho has finally earned a victory
over Chyna "The Ninth Wonder of the World"
and that victory has brought Jericho the Intercontinental Championship.
[Jerry] Boy, look at him.
He is so proud of himself.
-[Ross] What a-- -[Jerry] Take a look at this, J.R.
Look at-- Look at the pain etched on Chyna's face, here.
[Ross] She tried as hard as she could.
She wanted to make it to the ropes.
Jericho brought her back to the center of the ring
and she had no alternatives but to tap.
[crowd cheering]
And again, as a result,
Jericho is the new Intercontinental Champion.
Chris Jericho, congratulations.
You're the new Intercontinental Champion.
Look at it, Mitchell.
Look how it looks draped around the shoulders
and soon to be around the sexy gorgeous waist of Y2J.
Finally, the Intercontinental Championship belt has been restored to the status
and the level that it deserves,
held by a tremendous technical wrestler
and an extremely sassy individual, in myself.
Uh-uh. Uh-uh.
-[Jerry] Sassy? -You want some more, huh?
-[Jerry] Uh-oh. -Huh, you want some more?
I'm right here. Let's do it on live TV.
Le Champion. Huh?
I was the better wrestler last month.
You're the better wrestler tonight.
Congratulations.
[Jerry] What?
Do this gangland style?
Okay. Here we go. Come on. Are you ready? Come on. Let's go.
-Come on. Come on. -Congratulations.
[Jerry] Wow.
You want some more, huh?
I think-- I'm a little-- I'm about as shocked as Jericho.
So-- Great class and great sportsmanship by Chyna.
What's up with-- What's up with that exchange?
Well, I don't exactly know what's up, J.R.
I guess you gotta hand it to Chyna.
She put her hand out, that hand that he had smashed,
and congratulated him on his victory.
-Well, Jericho is as surprised as we are. -["Wreck" starts playing]
-[crowd cheering] -[Ross] Well, ladies and gentlemen,
another championship on the line here momentarily.
[cheering continues]
[Ross] This time, tag team gold.
[bell ringing]
[Howard] The following contest, scheduled for one fall,
is for the World Wrestling Entertainment Tag Team Championship.
Introducing the challengers.
First, weighing 287 pounds,
Mankind.
[Ross] Best-selling author,
grappler, sports entertainer.
Mankind,
one-half of The Rock 'n' Sock Connection.
And after tonight, will he be one-half of the Tag Team Champions?
[Jerry] I guess all his cool clothes must be in the wash.
You'd think a bestselling author could get--
I mean, you know-- Come on.
[Ross] I bet those are new sweatpants.
[Jerry] Oh.
["Know Your Role" playing]
♪ If you smell What The Rock is cooking ♪
[crowd cheering]
[Howard] And his partner,
weighing 275 pounds,
The Rock!
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Just listen to this ovation.
♪ The Rock says ♪
♪ The Rock ♪
[Ross] Seventeen thousand and fifty-four fans on their feet
in the sold-out National Car Rental Center.
[Jerry] They love The Rock. [chuckles]
[Ross] The People's Champion…
could be a Tag Team Champion
before this night concludes.
♪ The Rock says, The Rock says ♪
[Ross] The Rock 'n' Sock Connection back together.
It may have cost Mankind a friend, in Al Snow.
but Rock and Mankind are again standing side by side.
[Jerry] The Rock is all business tonight, J.R.
["Oh, You Didn't Know?" playing]
♪ Oh, you didn't know ♪
♪ Your ass better call somebody ♪
[Ross] The Road Dogg, a Marine in Desert Storm.
You're damn right.
You see, it's me.
It's me.
It's the D-O-G-G…
[Jerry] He's the first soldier over there to get shot at by both sides.
[Road Dogg] …with B-A-D-D.
Mama ring some bell,
we're gonna raise some hell in Fort Lauderdale.
[Ross] The Road Dogg knows what it's like to go to war, for real.
And this war tonight will be for the tag team titles.
The Outlaws are the champ teams,
but for how much longer?
Cut the music.
[music stops]
[crowd chanting] Rocky! Rocky! Rocky!
[Jerry] Uh-oh.
Chanting The Rock's name.
[crowd chanting] Rocky! Rocky! Rocky!
[Ross] That is not gonna sit well with the Outlaws.
Referee Jim Korderas has been assigned this contest.
[Jerry] It shouldn't sit too well with Mankind either.
They're not saying Rock 'n' Sock.
-They're saying, "Rocky, Rocky." -[bell ringing]
[Jerry] I think Mankind's just along for the-- for the free ride here.
[Ross] I don't think so.
You know, it looked as if Rock and Mankind would never team again
until Al Snow's jealousy
-bound them together. -[Jerry] Well, what did--
what did Mankind tell Al Snow? Poor Al.
He told him, "Al Snow, me and The Rock
get a bigger pop than when it's you and I."
[Ross] Well, he's right.
[Jerry] That's The Rock getting the pop.
[Ross] Collar-and-elbow tie-up.
Mankind forcing the Road Dogg back in the corner.
[Jerry] You and The Rock would get a pop.
Look at this.
[Ross] Clean break by Mankind.
Maybe the only one we'll see tonight.
[crowd chanting] Rocky! Rocky! Rocky!
[Ross] The Outlaws, the most honored tag team in WWE history.
And, in my view, the best tag team in WWE history.
[Jerry] Can't believe you're saying that.
[Ross] Clean break?
Well, not quite.
And Mankind defending himself there.
Got a couple of right hands in, King.
[Jerry] Speaking of tag team, if he's best in this, what about Too Cool?
[Ross] Well, I'll reserve my opinion
for those two young jackasses for another time.
[Jerry] What?
You look at Mankind and refer to somebody else as a jackass?
[crowd chanting] Rock 'n' Sock! Rock 'n' Sock!
[Ross] Nice shoulder block by Mankind knocking down that Road Dogg.
Oh, my.
-[Jerry] I think-- -[Ross] Leg drop, has Mankind on top.
[Jerry] I think what really finished the friendship
between Al Snow and Mankind
was Mankind always coming out here spouting off
about that stupid book of his.
[Ross] I think what finished it was when we found out
that Al Snow was the guy that, out of jealousy,
threw all Mankind's book-- books in the trash.
[Jerry] Well, let me just say, an author who talks about his own book
is almost as bad as a mother who talks about her own children.
Nobody wants to hear that.
[Ross] Road Dogg trying to power his way back up
using the leverage here of the overhand wrist lock
and got the knee to the ribs,
arm ringer,
and now working on that shoulder of Mankind.
And Mr. Ass is in.
[Ross] And Mr. Ass comes--
As the Road Dogg was working on the arms, Mr. Ass comes in with the right hands.
And when you get into a fist fight with Mankind,
more often than not, you lose.
[Jerry] Oh, well, not this time.
[Ross] There's a cover.
Body to body, got a near-fall.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Now, look, cheap pop.
[crowd cheering]
-[Jerry] What are you thinking? -[Ross] What?
[Jerry] You think anyone of these 17,000 people
don't want you to tag The Rock?
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] It's unanimous.
Unanimous support of the tag.
And the first third-generation Superstar in WWE history,
The Rock in there against Mr. Ass,
and I can promise you these two do not like each other.
[crowd chanting] Rocky! Rocky! Rocky!
[Jerry] The Rock's parents here tonight, too.
[Ross] They certainly are.
[Jerry] Oh, look at this. Oh, no. Wait.
[Ross] Well, that was about as stupid as anything I've ever seen.
[Jerry] No, wait a minute, they're gonna have a little pose off.
[Ross] Mr. Ass taking his shirt off.
-[Jerry] He can't see. -[Ross] Oh, he can feel, though.
And that may be it, in the dark, a near-fall.
I've heard of putting bags over people's head,
but never getting knocked down and beaten with a t-shirt over my face.
[Jerry] What does that mean, put the bags over?
[Ross] Well, you spend more time in Oklahoma
and you'll get to figure it out.
Mankind gets the exchange, The Rock out, and Mankind in.
And Mankind ripping at the self-professed handsome features of Mr. Ass.
Outlaws five times WWE Tag Team Champions.
-[Jerry] Wow. -[Ross] That in it-- in itself
speaks of respectability and success.
Mankind…
[Jerry] How many times has Too Cool won the tag?
[Ross] Too Cool?
[Jerry] Four?
[Ross] No, I don't think so.
That's four more than I would've guessed.
[Jerry] Oh. Look at that.
[Ross] Oh, Road Dogg, well, teeing off of Mankind,
but Mankind seems to be motivated
when he gets in those exchanges of fists
Let's see if he can motivate himself here.
[Jerry] Yeah.
[Ross] Stinging left jabs.
-[Jerry laughs] -[Ross] Shake, rattle, and roll.
[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Ross] Mandible Claw, Mandible Claw,
and Mr. Ass quickly in to put a halt to that.
-[Jerry] Oh, look at this. -[Ross] Oh, no.
[Jerry] The Rock laying some smack down.
[Ross] Oh, The Rock here on the outside with Mr. Ass.
Mankind and the Road Dogg on the outside as well.
The only person left in the ring is the referee.
And The Outlaws wouldn't care to get counted out here.
[Jerry] Watch yourself, J.R.
Hang on.
-Watch this. -[Ross] The Rock--
The Rock just tossed Mr. Ass over the barricade,
over to the concrete floor.
And The Rock and Mr. Ass are amongst them.
[crowd clamoring]
[Jerry] It looks like me Christmas shopping
at the Sawgrass Mall today.
[crowd clamoring]
[Ross] Did you use the coupons?
[Jerry] Oh, look at this. Oh.
[Ross] Oh, my God. God almighty.
And The Rock elevated Mr. Ass over the security wall
with a hellacious hiplock.
[Jerry] Uh-oh. Look out, J.R.
-Oh, ow. -[Ross] Oh, man.
[Jerry] Man, that didn't hurt.
[Ross] And I don't know how the hell this guy
is gonna even get back up
after his skull just cracked off this announce position.
[crowd chanting] Rocky! Rocky! Rocky!
[Ross] Mr. Ass tossed back in by The Rock.
Road Dogg is in his corner kinda halfway-- well, he's physically in his corner,
I don't know mentally if the Road Dogg is there
after the exchange with Mankind on the outside.
But in any event, after a rake of the eyes,
it's Mr. Ass regaining the advantage.
And The Outlaws would now like to isolate The Rock,
you got to believe, King, in The Outlaws part of town.
[Ross] The Rock's may have something to say about that,
fighting out The Outlaw's corner,
and taking Mr. Ass to a neutral corner.
And back to the other neutral corner.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] Smart tag teamwork by The Rock.
[Ross] And a shot.
[Jerry] Oh, big mistake.
[Ross] Road Dogg tried to get a shot in the kidneys,
couldn't get all of it, obviously as you saw,
and The Rock, again, teeing off on, uh, on Mr. Ass.
[Jerry] He's in trouble, Mr. Ass is.
[Ross] The Rock burying the elbows on the solar plexus
of one-half for the Tag Team Champions.
-[Jerry] Oh, look at this. -[Ross] Irish Whip.
And that was an--
a hard-hitting move there by…
by Mr. Ass,
Kind of a modified neckbreaker-like maneuver.
[Jerry] Come on, make yourself useful there, Mankind.
[Ross] On the cover,
and The Rock able to kick out.
[Jerry] Well, that's it. Yeah.
[Ross] Seem to be a lot of distance there
on that cover between Mr. Ass and The Rock.
And again, The Rock taken into The Outlaws corner…
tag made, the Road Dogg in.
Road Dogg just kicking the fire out of The Rock.
[Jerry] Sort of like doggy style.
[crowd clamoring]
[Ross] You say you sort of like doggy style?
What did you say?
[Jerry] I might have said that.
Look out.
[Ross] The Rock elevated and taken straight south
by the six-five, 270-pound Mr. Ass.
And referee Jim Korderas restraining Mankind,
but in the meantime, back at the ranch,
The Rock got-- getting double-teamed
or at least attempted double team.
And now Rock tossed back in the ring.
It's The Rock and the Road Dogg.
[Jerry] "Meantime back at the ranch"?
[Ross] So to speak.
-Hard right hands. -[Jerry] Here it goes again.
[Ross] And The Rock been beaten up and beaten down by The Outlaws.
-[Jerry] Road Dogg… -[Ross] This time it's the Road Dogg.
[Jerry] Road Dogg on top of his game tonight.
[Ross] He usually is.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Hard right hand.
And The Outlaws dominating The Rock at this point in time and got a near-fall.
Mankind ready, willing, and able to make a tag
if The Rock can get there.
Road Dogg and Mr. Ass have something to say about that.
[Jerry] But both of these teams, whether it's Road Dogg,
Mr. Ass or The Rock 'n' Sock Connection…
[Ross] Oh.
[Jerry] …can't be looking forward to having to face The Acolytes.
[crowd clamoring]
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] And The Rock exploded.
He exploded on the Road Dogg.
Oh, Rock looking for a clothesline.
Road Dogg…
[Jerry] Oh, uh-oh.
[Ross] Oh, too much doggy style and the Road Dogg paid for it.
Maybe too much showboating
but Mr. Ass caught The Rock from behind
and the Road Dogg caught The Rock from the front.
[Jerry] The Rock's in trouble here.
[Ross] Sure as heck is. The Outlaws made another tag.
And again, look at the position of The Rock.
-The exchange was made. -[Jerry] What?
[Ross] The Rock was in The Outlaws' half of the ring.
[Jerry] Rock looks like he might have to spent the night
at the, uh, SmackDown hotel himself.
[Ross] In the presidential suite, I might suggest.
[crowd chanting] Rocky! Rocky! Rocky!
[Ross] Well, I tell you what,
The Rock rolling on his side,
which is a smart move to stay off your back.
But Mr. Ass is…
[Jerry] Look at Greg Norman out there.
[Ross] Mr. Ass cut off the flow of blood to the brain to the--
with the carotid artery…
-[Jerry] Look at one of his shirts. -[Ross] …as first-- as first described
by the legendary, Gordon Selley,
who welcomed us every week
to the Sunshine State of Florida where we are now.
[crowd chanting] Rocky! Rocky! Rocky!
[Ross] And…
[Jerry] Oh, that could be it for The Rock.
[Ross] Sure could.
Man, how frustrating would this be
for The Rock to lose in his backyard here in South Florida.
[crowd members shouting]
[Jerry] This is his backyard? I don't see his house.
Where's his house?
[Ross] Rock lives in Miami.
[Jerry] A big backyard.
[Ross] Folks in Fort Lauderdale say Miami is a suburb of them.
And The Rock fighting back up.
And build some momentum here.
-And The Rock floats over… -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] …and strikes the DDT.
[Jerry] He got him.
[Ross] And now The Rock is as near his corner
as he has been in the last several minutes.
Mankind very smart to be on this side of the ring post closest to his partner.
[Jerry] Nothing's smart about Mankind.
[Ross] How many-- How many bestsellers have you written?
[Jerry] He is-- He is a few peas short of a casserole.
How many what?
[Ross] Best sellers have you written?
[Jerry] I've never taken the time out of my busy schedule
to write my memoir, but when I do, oh, boy.
[Ross] The Rock trying to work his way back up but it's--
Mr. Ass is gonna make the tag first
and The Rock sees Mankind…
-[Jerry] Uh-oh. -[Ross] …and there's a tag.
So Mankind and the Road Dogg get their tags.
And Mankind striking Bad Ass
just because Bad Ass is still in the ring.
Watch out-- Watch out, this--
-[Jerry] Oh. -[grunting]
[Ross] Mankind…
[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] …moving that 300 pounds around.
[Jerry] Oh, my gosh.
[Ross] Driving his knees into the face of the champions,
the Tag Team Champions, the gold is on the line.
[Jerry] Look out. Oh.
[Ross] Oh, a big break for The Rock 'n' Sock Connection.
And Mankind takes Mr. Ass face-first down.
[Jerry] Here he goes again.
He just wants-- He's intent on trading punches with Road Dogg.
Um, look at this. He's mocking him.
Oh. See there?
[Ross] Well, he rocked but he should've rolled.
[Jerry] He's an idiot.
-[Ross] Referee down. -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] And there's a piledriver, and so is the Road Dogg.
He is down one, two, three.
[Jerry] No ref, he just knocked his lights out.
[Ross] Well, that was not a good break for The Rock 'n' Sock Connection.
And this-- Oh, man.
Referee sandwiched there between Mankind and Mr. Ass.
The Rock is back in.
The Rock has rocked Mr. Ass over the top.
[Jerry] Oh, look at this. Oh.
[Ross] Double-arm DDT.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] No, no.
-J.R., see? -[Ross] Socko.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Mankind digging out Socko
from those fruit of the looms
and buries the sock down in the gullet of the Road Dogg.
Hey, and there's Al Snow!
[Jerry] What? Oh.
[Ross] Al Snow just hammered Mankind with Head,
with that wooden mannequin head.
And the Road Dogg just happened to land on top of Mankind.
This one is over.
-[Jerry] Look at The Rock. -[Ross] And wait a minute.
The Rock interrupted the count.
And The Rock's going after Al Snow.
[Jerry] Oh, he got him.
[Ross] And The Rock caught Al Snow.
[Jerry] Put him right on the--
Oh, helicopter head.
-Look out. Head, head. -[Ross] Oh, The Rock
is outside the war zone.
-Hey, wait a minute. -[Jerry] Bell head, oh.
[Ross] Oh, my God.
[Jerry] Ding dong.
[Ross] The bell…
-[Jerry] What the-- -[Ross] …right on the face of Mankind.
And he kicked out!
-[Jerry] What? -[Ross] Mankind kicked out!
How in the hell did he do it?
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] I don't know.
[Ross] I don't think Mankind even knows where he is.
Mick Foley is wrestling on instincts here.
Another exchange by The Outlaws.
The Rock is back in his corner.
This match continues.
The tag title's on the line.
[Jerry] Oh, my.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Piledriver. Yes, man.
[Jerry] Oh, a taste of his own medicine.
[Ross] What a piledriver.
That's gonna be it right there and Mankind…
I ain't believing this.
The referee might wanna think about stopping this thing.
Mankind has been dropped right on his head.
[Jerry] Uh-oh, uh-oh.
[Ross] And Bad Ass taunting The Rock.
[Jerry] What are you talking about stopping this thing?
He's got-- Oh, look at this.
-[Ross] Oh, Mankind… -[Jerry] What?
[Ross] Mankind fell, look at the pile-up here.
I guess a dog-pile.
A dog-- Road Dogg on top.
[Jerry] The pile of dog?
What did you say, a dog-pile?
A doggy-style pile.
Get in there, Rock, lay smack down on everybody.
[Ross] Mankind fighting to make the tag.
I don't know which one of The Outlaws are legal.
I don't know if it matters.
[Jerry] Well, that stupid sock ain't legal
or if Mr. Socko make the tag,
-it will make me sicko. -[Ross] Mankind…
reaching down for everything he's got to make a tag.
-[Jerry] And he is gonna-- Oh, man. -[Ross] And Mankind makes the tag.
[Jerry] The Socko made the tag. Oh.
[Ross] The Rock hammering Mr. Ass,
getting a bite on the Dogg.
[Jerry] Smacking is being laid down.
Uh-oh.
No, two misses.
[Ross] Oh, my.
Welcome to the SmackDown hotel.
And the Road Dogg interrupted the count again.
The Rock building some serious momentum there on Mr. Ass it would seem.
Spinebuster.
[crowd cheering]
-[Ross] Uh-oh. -[Jerry] And another one.
[Ross] A Rock Bottom. Rock Bottom.
It's gonna be over right here.
-[Jerry] Look at this. -[Ross] And Al Snow back in there.
-Damn it! -[bell ringing]
[Jerry] What's he doing back?
[Howard] The winners of this belt
as a result of a disqualification,
Mankind and The Rock.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Well, The Rock 'n' Sock Connection win the match by disqualification.
Mankind and Al Snow fighting on the outside.
[Jerry] Mankind making some connections to Al Snow's Head now.
[Ross] And The Outlaws are still the Tag Team Champions.
And now it's The Rock-- both Outlaws in the ring,
Mankind and Al Snow on the outside.
-[Jerry] Whoa! -[Ross] Rock Bottom--
Rock Bottom on the Road Dogg.
Al Snow back in.
Al Snow is crazy and he's also been Rock Bottomed.
[Jerry] Crazier than a pet 'coon ain't he, J.R.?
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Uh-oh.
[Jerry] Here it comes.
[Ross] Al Snow's gonna get induced to the most electrifying move
in sports entertainment today.
[Jerry] The People's Elbow.
-[crowd cheering] -["Know Your Role" playing]
♪ If you smell What The Rock is cooking ♪
[Ross] Al Snow has cost The Rock 'n' Sock Connection
the tag team titles.
♪ The Rock says, The Rock, The Rock ♪
♪ The Rock says ♪
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Well, I'll tell you what,
The Rock 'n' Sock Connection leave Armageddon, King,
with a victory albeit by disqualification,
-but without the tag titles. -[Jerry] Yeah.
Thanks to that idiot, Al Snow.
[Ross] The Big Boss Man,
the number one contender for the WWE title
will meet the Big Show, King, here momentarily.
And I don't know how low a human being can be other than The Boss Man.
[Jerry] Well, I'll tell you what,
Boss Man has touched every emotion in the Big Show leading us up to tonight.
And I'm gonna tell you, this is gonna be something to see.
[dramatic music playing]
[Ross] The police officer told the Big Show just moments ago
that the Big Show's daddy has died, King, of cancer.
And we wish our heartfelt condolences
to the Big Show and his family over this loss.
Wait a second, man. What did he do?
-My daddy. -[mockingly] "My daddy!" "My dad…"
[mocks sobbing] Waah!
Without a doubt, that is funny!
[Michael] That sick sadistic Boss Man
deserves everything he's got coming to him.
[Jerry] Oh, my gosh.
[Big Show] What would you do if somebody took a family heirloom
that belonged to your grandfather
that's handed down to your father then to you?
And somebody smashed it with a hammer.
[Ross] Can you imagine what that watch means to the Big Show?
[Michael] The Boss Man has brought this upon himself,
King, plain and simple. The Boss Man has driven the Big Show to this.
[Big Show] I don't know what I'm capable of either.
There's still the part that scares me
because when I pushed that dumpster onto the car,
I knew it could've squashed the Boss Man and Prince Albert.
I knew it could've crushed them like grapes.
Not thought anything about it, because inside I just didn't care.
[Boss Man] I've got feelings too.
It pains me deeply
to hear that the Big Show's dad has passed on.
With the deepest regrets and tears that are soaked,
I'm sorry to hear your dad finally croaked.
He lived a full life on his own terms.
Soon he will be buried and eaten by worms.
But if I could have a son as stupid as you,
I'd have wished for cancer so I would die too.
[Jerry] Well, I thought I'd seen everything until I saw this.
I mean, what could be going through the mind of the Boss Man?
What could he be thinking pulling a stunt like this?
I mean, it's hard to even describe
when you're talking about the Big Show's father's funeral.
[Ross] The Big Show with tears in his eyes,
what an emotional week for that big monster.
He buried his father on Thursday.
The Big Show is the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion.
Rock hammering away at the face of Prince Albert.
[Jerry] Look out.
[Ross] Remember, the stakes are high.
-[Ross] Sidewalk slam. -[Jerry] Oh. That did it.
Out of nowhere, out of nowhere.
-[Jerry] He got him! -[bell ringing]
[Ross] Prince Albert with the distraction
but the Boss Man has upset The Rock.
[Jerry] The Boss Man's the number one contender now for the WWE title.
[Ross] I can't believe this.
This has gone way too far by the Boss Man
who obviously is in cahoots with Prince Albert.
The Boss Man and Prince Albert locking the door.
[Jerry] Is that tear gas or what?
[Ross] It's another assault.
Those noxious fumes.
Oh, Big Show's got to have some help.
-He needs help now. -[Jerry] Look at this.
-[Michael] Hey, the Boss Man… -[Jerry] Look at this.
[Michael] …the number one contender for the WWE title
is assaulting the champion with that nightstick.
[Ross] Lots of scores to settle,
a lot of open wounds still existing
between the Big Show and the Big Boss Man
[Boss Man] I wanna be the champion.
I got goals for myself.
Anyway I can get there, I'm gonna do it.
What I found, and dug up, is a matter of public record.
[sobbing]
It's about your past.
-No! [continues sobbing] -It's about Paul's past
and it's about his dad's past.
If you don't tell him what's in this package, I will.
[sobbing] Let me tell him.
It should come from me.
He's illegitimate.
So what you're saying is your son's a bastard?
[Big Show's mom sobbing] Yes.
Hey, Paul Wight, you're a nasty bastard and your mama said so!
["Hard Times" playing]
[bell ringing]
[Howard] The following contest scheduled for one fall
is for the World Wrestling Entertainment Championship.
Introducing first, the challenger,
to be accompanied to the ring by Prince Albert,
from Cobb County, Georgia,
weighing 304 pounds,
he is the Hardcore Champion,
the Big Boss Man.
[Jerry] Do you think they're proud of the Big Boss Man
in Cobb County, Georgia?
[Ross] I don't think so.
[Jerry] If you gave me two weeks, I couldn't think of any more dastardly or,
you know, anything lower that the Boss Man can do to affect the Big Show.
[Ross] No character, no integrity by the Big Boss Man.
He's got Prince Albert with him.
The Boss Man, 6'6", 304.
Look how big Prince Albert is.
[Jerry] And The Boss Man, you know what I like about him, though?
He's just rotten, J.R. He's rotten to the core.
["Hard Times" continues playing]
[Jerry] Oh, no.
-Do we have-- -You know, I thought it was real funny
when big freak show's fake daddy died and went to hell.
[Jerry] Fake daddy?
But do you know what's ten times funnier than his fake daddy dying?
That's Big Show walking around…
[whines] …who's my daddy?
Where's my daddy? Who's my daddy?
Well, that's the million-dollar question.
Your daddy could be any one of these stinking morons
sitting in this arena tonight.
[Ross] Oh, my.
But the fact remains, after I get through kicking your ass,
I will be the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion.
And I guess that makes me your daddy.
[Jerry] I'd suggest calling an ambulance right now.
[Ross] Man, you talk about guys signing his death wish.
-["Crank It Up" playing] -♪ Well, it's the Big Show ♪
[Howard] His opponent, weighing 500 pounds,
the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion, the Big Show!
[Jerry] J.R., you were there with him on Heat.
What kind of mood was he in? What he-- What he-- he's kind of scary, huh?
[Ross] Eerily calm.
Dangerous silence.
-And here we go. -[Jerry] No more.
[Ross] The Big Show, the WWE Champion, the title is on the line here.
-And the Big Show, seven-two, 500 pounds… -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] …wants to dismantle The Big Boss Man
and leave the big man from Cobb County, Georgia
in a variety of pieces.
-Come on. -[Jerry] Wait a minute.
[Ross] Boss Man at 304 getting manhandled.
-[Prince] Come on, Boss! -Come on.
Playing games, huh?
[Jerry] He's trying to take The Boss Man out of his flak jacket.
Oh.
[Ross] Man, that is just unmitigated,
scary strength by the Big Show, the WWE Champion.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] Almost taking The Boss Man's head off there.
I think that Show could've gone for a pin if he had wanted it.
And I don't like the looks of this.
Big Show's WWE title on the line.
[Jerry] Be ready to move J.R.
[Ross] Oh. Headbutt by the champion.
-And from behind comes Prince Albert. -[Jerry] Prince Albert?
Oh.
[Ross] Referee Tim White trying to break them up.
And wait a minute.
-Big Show's got the Prince. -[Jerry] Look out!
-[Ross] Good God Almighty. -[Jerry] Whoa!
[Ross] And oh, The Boss Man just used the steel steps
to take the Big Show's head off.
[Jerry] Did you see that?
[Ross] The Big Show chokeslammed Prince Albert, who weighs about 370,
through the-- I hate to say it, the Spanish announce table again.
-[Ross] But then the-- but then-- -[Jerry] Well, we got spared.
[Ross] The Boss Man hit the Big Show right in the face with the steel steps.
Look at this power. This is unreal.
[Jerry] Oh, wow.
[Ross] And then, boom, right down the stairs
coming right in your living room.
-[Jerry] Look at this. -[Ross] Man--
-[Jerry] Oh! -[Ross] Oh. The Big Show's head.
Did you hear the smack right off the steel ring post?
[Jerry] He's out, J.R. That's it.
[Ross] The Big Show is motionless on the outside here,
but The Boss Man, the number one contender for the WWE title…
[Jerry] Yeah. But he can't win the title out there.
He's got to-- He's got to try to get the Big Show back in the ring, J.R.
[Ross] You're right about that.
The Boss Man cannot win the title by count-out.
-[Tim] Three! -[Jerry] You better hurry.
-He's up to three. -[Tim] Four!
[Jerry] He'll never be able to lift him back-- Oh.
[Ross] The Boss Man broke the count there.
Referee uses a ten-count.
[Jerry] Pretty smart down Cobb County.
[Ross] Boss Man knows all the tricks,
does this veteran from Cobb County, Georgia.
Three, four…
[Ross] And now The Boss just like a--
he needs a forklift to get the 500-pounder back in the ring.
It may be academic from here.
And The Boss Man trying to pull this 500--
[Jerry] He got him now to the center of the ring.
[Ross] And there's the cover.
This should be all right here.
-[Jerry] Look at that! -[Ross] Oh, my God! Look at the power.
-The big-- Oh, the Big Show kicked up. -[Jerry] What?
[Ross] He nipped-up.
500-pounder nipped-up.
[Jerry] Big Shows don't nip-up, J.R.
-How did he do that? Uh-oh. -[crowd cheering]
[Ross] I think it's gonna be showtime.
-Look at that catcher's mitt-sized hand. -[Jerry] Oh!
[Ross] And a chokeslam.
The leg is hooked.
What a chokeslam!
-My God, what a chokeslam. -[bell rings]
-["Crank It Up" playing] -♪ Well, well it's the Big Show ♪
[Howard] The winner of this bout
and still World Wrestling Entertainment Champion, the Big Show!
[Ross] The Big Show left a carnage.
Prince Albert through the Spanish announce table.
The Boss Man took a chokeslam from the heavens.
And the Big Show is still the WWE Champion.
He don't work by the hour.
[Jerry] Look at that chokeslam.
The Big Show has been waiting a long time to do that and he finally got it done.
[Ross] Big Show wanted to snap that chokeslam off and he did just that.
An emotional victory for the Big Show.
But when you talk about emotions, ladies and gentlemen,
nothing can compare to what we are about to see.
No-holds-barred, falls count anywhere, Vince McMahon, Triple H.
It all started in November at the Survivor Series on Pay-Per-View.
Vince McMahon has the title belt in his hand, King.
-[Jerry] Look out. Oh! -[Ross] He got him!
McMahon just knocked Triple H down with the belt!
The Big Show, the chokeslam!
-[Jerry] No! I can't believe it. -[crowd] One! Two! Three!
[Ross] Vince McMahon has screwed Triple H!
[Jerry] Vince McMahon has made sure that Triple H would not leave here
with the WWE Championship.
[Triple H] Vince McMahon committed a crime against me
personally which left me with no choice
but to have DX get personal with Vince McMahon.
[Michael] It's four-on-one, a mugging.
[Jerry] DX is trying to send a message to Vince McMahon personally.
Vince, Armageddon will be me and you one more time.
We will get personal.
[Jerry] What?
[Triple H] What the hell was that?
Did you hear a scream?
Vince, that's your family.
[man] Oh, my God.
[Triple H] They've fallen down the stairs and they can't get up.
[Ross] The tension surrounding Vince McMahon
and Triple H's personal vendetta is at the boiling point.
You think you wanna… [beeps]
-…with me huh? -[Jerry] J.R., look at this.
[Ross] Oh, my God!
Vince McMahon is-- Vince McMahon is ramming the DX limo!
[Jerry] What's he doing?
[Ross] Has Vince McMahon lost his mind?
[Jerry] DX is inside there.
[Vince] Come on!
Come on and fight me!
[Ross] McMahon with a ball bat has destroyed the DX limo!
-I got problems here. -Mr. McMahon.
-I got to take care of my problems. -Mr. McMahon, you're under arrest.
-What? -[Shane] What is that?
[Ross] Vince is under arrest?
DX causing a commotion here.
-[Jerry] Look at this! -[Ross] Helmsley, look at Helmsley,
assaulting a handcuffed Vince McMahon.
[Triple H] Tell McMahon he's making this too personal.
-[Ross] Wait a minute. -[Jerry] Look at this!
-[Ross] It's Vince! -[Jerry] It's Vince!
[Ross] Vince McMahon!
Vince McMahon with a chair on the back of the spine.
-[Jerry] Look! -[Ross] Wait. Oh, my God!
Oh, my God!
McMahon just threw Helmsley right off the stage!
[Jerry] What?
[Ross] Dropping 15 or 20 feet to the concrete.
[Triple H] Vince, we have a TOP against you.
That means Temporary Order of Protection.
If you come way within 50 feet of DX,
you will be arrested.
[man] Tonight our hearts are filled with great happiness
on Andrew and Stephanie's wedding night.
Should there be anyone who has cause
why this couple should not be united in marriage,
they must speak now or forever hold their peace.
I really felt that you should take a look at this.
-[Triple H] Hey, how you doing? -Hey, you're Triple H.
-Damn straight I am. -Are you getting married?
-That's what I'm here for. -Who are you marrying?
The virtuous Stephanie McMahon.
-[woman] Oh, wow. -[Ross] What? My God.
Hey, get a nice shot of the brand new Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Hearst Helmsley.
[Ross] Triple H has married Stephanie McMahon.
If your dad can beat me at Armageddon,
the wedding is annulled.
But if I beat him, then I get my shot at the title.
Well, I want this in writing, and by God come this Thursday,
I'll have new documentation for you to sign,
so you can't weasel out of any of these provisions.
[Michael] Vince McMahon has signed the contract.
Triple H about to do it as well.
-It's official. -[Triple H] Here you go, kid.
Bring these back to your old man.
[Michael] Oh, man!
Triple H with a microphone to the side of the head of Shane McMahon!
DX ambushing Shane McMahon!
What's he doing? No! No!
Triple H, Triple H tossing Shane McMahon off the stage.
-[Jerry] Oh, my God. -[Triple H] Dad?
-[Jerry chuckles] Oh. -At Armageddon,
your little baby is gonna sit front row center
and watch me beat you
until you can't stand up.
[Vince] After this match and Armageddon is over so too will be your marriage
to my daughter because I promise you I'm gonna kick your ass from heaven
all the way down to hell!
[Michael] Will it be Armageddon for Triple H or Vince McMahon?
[Triple H] We will get personal.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Well, ladies and gentlemen, time has come.
[crowd chattering, finger-whistling]
[Ross] And there is Stephanie McMahon.
Boy, is she in a-- in a tough situation here.
She's gonna be sitting, King, at ringside, thanks to the ticket her husband,
Triple H, provided her and has he says so she can see
exactly what Triple H is going to do to Stephanie's father, Vince McMahon.
[Jerry] Just a little wedding present there.
-Those front row tickets are expensive. -[spoken] ♪ One, two, is this on? ♪
-["My Time" playing] -♪ Ha ♪
♪ Yo, Jimmy, hit me with that Triple H Shh… ♪
[laughter]
♪ Yeah, you let the music keep playing Mr. Dunn. Shh ♪
[singing] ♪ Yo, tell me whose time it is now ♪
♪ You don't know what trouble is ♪
♪ It's our time ♪
♪ Yo, here comes trouble ♪
♪ Not gonna listen to anybody ♪
-♪ Tell me who and what to be ♪ -[Ross] Here comes Triple H,
making his way to the battleground.
[Jerry] How appropriate is that, J.R.?
Personnel carrier, machine guns, attack helicopters?
[Ross] All these vintage combat units.
Wait a minute. What the hell?
-He's got a-- look at his right hand. -[Jerry] Sledgehammer?
[Ross] Triple H is carrying a sledgehammer.
And I know this is no holds barred but what the hell is…
[Howard] Scheduled for one fall,
it's No Holds Barred and Falls Count Anywhere.
Introducing first, representing D-Generation X,
weighing 250 pounds, Triple H!
[Jerry] He's a married man, J.R. You saw him kiss that ring.
[Ross] Yeah. And there is his wife.
But I don't understand this.
The referee's got to take control here.
The senior referee is Mike Chioda starting this matchup.
♪ Or don't you understand Your own confusion? ♪
[Jerry] Well, there is your happy couple right there, husband and wife, J.R.
[Ross] Yeah, I don't know how happy they are.
No. They're not happy at all.
A living-- A life in living hell for Stephanie.
That's well-- Good-- Well, mercifully senior referee Earl Hebner.
Mike Chioda, the official here.
I'm just so used to having Baby Earl in these main events.
[Jerry] Well, thanks to Triple H he's not here, right?
[Ross] Yeah, exactly.
[Jerry] Boy, what a look on Stephanie.
I've seen that look many times.
[Ross] But Referee Chioda needs to get this sledgehammer away from Triple H.
No holds barred doesn't mean you can use sledgehammers on people.
That's not right.
[Jerry] I mean, that-- If you ever see that look from your wife,
pretty much means it's over, doesn't it?
[Ross] Bless her heart. She has been through hell.
["No Chance in Hell" playing]
♪ No chance of that's what you got ♪
[Howard] His opponent weighing 240 pounds,
the Chairman of the World Wrestling Entertainment,
Vince McMahon!
[Ross] The 53-year-old chairman of this organization
to take on the 28-year-old son-in-law, Triple H.
If Triple H wins, his marriage with Stephanie stays intact
and a WWE title shot is in his future.
But if Vince wins, King, Stephanie and Triple H's marriage will be annulled,
and I guarantee you, no chance in hell
will Triple H be back in the WWE title hunt.
[Jerry] That's what you guarantee?
Well, I'll just tell you what I'm thinking.
I told you I went shopping earlier today.
I picked up a little wedding present for Triple H and Stephanie
because if you ask me,
they're gonna be in together for quite a while.
How do you-- I know it's the boss, so I know it's personal.
I know this is-- this is probably the most hatred
we've ever seen between two individuals in the WWE.
But let's face it, let's be realistic, J.R.,
Vince McMahon, you said it yourself, is 53 years old.
And look at Triple H.
He's at the peak of his career.
Look at him. He's The Game.
[Ross] Triple H knows what's at stake here.
-Not only the tip of the-- look at-- Oh! -[Jerry] Look at the hammer.
[Ross] McMahon just threw powder right in Triple H's-- right to his eyes.
And McMahon has blinded Triple H.
McMahon's-- he's hammering away.
-[bell rings] -[Ross] This is not gonna be
a wrestling match. Don't expect a wrestling match.
-This is gonna be a street fight. -[Jerry] I can't believe
Vince threw powder right in the eyes of Triple H from the get-go.
Ow.
[Ross] And McMahon with those gloves on his hands.
[Jerry] This is the first time that McMahon's been able
to get within 50 feet of Triple H in a month. Oh.
[Ross] McMahon doing what he knows to do best
and that is to survive the street fight.
McMahon's no wrestler.
And Helmsley's gonna try to cover up here.
Helmsley pushing McMahon off. Helmsley been--
[Jerry] He still can't see.
-[Ross] Helmsley blinded here… -[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] …from the powder to his eyes and McMahon with those free shots.
Oh, what an uppercut.
[Jerry] Look at those shots right in the eyes of--
eyes of Triple H right in the head.
-Oh. -[Ross] Hard right hands.
You can hear the smack.
[Jerry] Well, Vince better not tire out.
He better keep laying those smacks on Triple H.
[Ross] McMahon's right hands all the way from Idaho.
Big time rights right to the head.
[Jerry] Stay on him!
[Ross] And now McMahon with a clothesline.
Remember, Triple H can find himself out of the game if he loses this match.
Not only his marriage but his title aspirations.
[Jerry] Now Vince cannot afford to get cocky here.
He can't afford to get-- oh!
[Ross] No holds barred.
Anything goes.
There cannot be no disqualifications.
There can be no count-outs.
And remember, ladies and gentlemen,
that pinfalls in this match count anywhere.
[Jerry] I know Stephanie didn't like to see that move.
[Ross] Oh, you stop it.
Stephanie hates Triple H for almost probably--
-oh, look out! -[Jerry] Hey, look out! Oh, my gosh!
[Ross] Good God Almighty.
Triple H landed right on top of us here.
[crowd cheering]
Watch yourself, J.R.
[Ross] Don't worry, I will.
Triple H is the one who better watch himself.
Uh-oh. Oh.
Triple H with a knee to the midsection, stopping McMahon there.
[Jerry] I told you.
Vince can't afford to get cocky. Oh, look at this!
[Ross] Oh, Vince countered.
Vince countered Triple H.
And Triple H was just shocked
into the ring steps.
[Jerry] I can't believe that.
[Ross] Not gonna be pretty here.
It can end at any time.
I doubt we'll be able to see a wrestling hold applied.
[Jerry] Oh, look at this.
[Ross] And Triple H going over the rail,
right out in the crowd. McMahon out there with him.
Remember, fall-- falls count anywhere, King.
[Jerry] I can't imagine why we would wanna see a wrestling hold applied
if these guys can fight all over-- all over Fort Lauderdale.
What's this? They got a wheelchair already.
[crowd clamoring]
[Ross] McMahon and Triple H. McMahon-- I'll tell you what,
you gotta hand it to Vince McMahon.
[Jerry] He used to have a wheelchair.
[Ross] He's 53 years old and he is coming right at Triple H
with everything he's got.
And we know what kind of game Triple H has.
He's as good as it gets.
[Jerry] Triple H just hit somebody but it wasn't Vince.
[Ross] I don't think Triple H has got all-- his total sight back
after that powder to the eyes.
[Jerry] Now where are they going?
[crowd clamoring]
[Ross] Well, I hope we could get--
I hope we got camera cable to get out there wherever these guys are going.
It's hard to see.
-[Jerry] We could use some light. -[crowd cheering]
[man] Get out here!
-[Ross] Triple H and McMahon. -[thuds]
-[Jerry] Uh-oh. -[Ross] I think that was Vince--
[crowd clamoring]
[Jerry] I think that was Vince who went into that metal door.
[crowd clamoring]
[man] Come on!
[Ross] They're fighting in the shadows.
[crowd clamoring]
[thuds]
[Ross] Triple H, he's standing.
McMahon is not.
[Jerry] I don't even see Vince.
[crowd clamoring]
[Ross] Where is-- Where's Vince McMahon?
Oh, there he is.
He's back up but maybe not for long.
[crowd clamoring]
[Ross] McMahon knocked down by The Game.
[crowd clamoring]
-[man 1] You suck! -[man 2] Come on, Triple H. Get him!
[Jerry] Oh, look at this.
[Ross] And the crowd here is deafening here in the National Car Rental Center.
[crowd clamoring]
[Ross] Helmsley, right hand shots to the chairman of this company.
To his father-in-law.
[crowd clamoring]
[Jerry] Look at Stephanie trying to see what's going on back there.
-Oh. -[crowd clamoring]
Hey!
[Ross] Triple H driving the right hands, more right hands, to McMahon's face.
-[crowd clamoring] -[Jerry] I can hardly hear you, J.R.
[crowd clamoring and cheering]
-[man 1] What's up? -[man 2] Whoa!
[crowd clamoring]
[Jerry] They're back, back here by ringside.
[man] Come on, Vince. You can do it, buddy.
[Ross] McMahon knocked down to a knee.
Triple H with those free right hand shots right to the skull, the temple of McMahon.
And now he's choking, Vince McMahon, is Triple H.
Come on.
[Ross] It's a son-in-law hammering his father-in-law.
[Jerry] Boy, a lot of son-in-laws would love to do that.
Oh, look at this.
[Ross] Oh, McMahon elevated Triple H over the top.
Back in the secured area here.
[crowd chattering]
[Ross] How is McMahon even standing is my question.
Oh, what a kick.
Right to the heart, if there is one, of Triple H.
[Jerry] Because I'm sure that every time Vince thinks about stopping
or giving up or being tired,
all he's gotta do is remember Stephanie-- What?
[crowd cheering]
-What is this? -[Ross] What the hell?
Here comes Mankind.
[Jerry] What is this idiot doing coming out here?
[Ross] Well, remember it's no hold barred,
and if anybody knows no holds barred, it's Mankind.
And look at the weapons that Mankind
I'm assuming has brought Vince McMahon.
[Jerry] Vince, throw him out of here.
Get that idiot out of here.
-What's he-- -[crowd clamoring]
-[man] Just for you, man. -Use it. Use these bad boys.
[man] Get him! Kick his ass, champ!
[crowd clamoring]
[Ross] Vince McMahon…
[crowd clamoring and cheering]
-[Ross] McMahon is headed our way with a… -[Jerry] Looks like--
[Ross] …with a trash can lid, a steel trash can lid.
-Look out. -[Jerry] Oh, look out.
[Ross] Oh, Helmsley got a kick, maybe a low blow.
-[Jerry] Oh! Gosh. -[Ross] God almighty.
That can went right back in Vince's face.
Hey, wait.
[Ross] Oh, Triple H is washing his eyes out.
Well, he had that powder on his eyes, J.R.
[Ross] I know he did. He's trying to regain his sight here,
-and McMahon-- -[Jerry] Oh, look out-- oh!
[Ross] Oh, my God! McMahon is back up and this-- he shot Helmsley!
-[Jerry] Oh! -[Ross] Oh, good God Almighty!
-[Jerry] Oh! -[Ross] Jesus.
[Jerry] That's worse than powder.
-Oh! -[Ross] Ooh, that steel can
-hitting the skull! Ooh. -[Jerry] He's trying to kill him.
[Ross] The humanity of it all.
-McMahon fighting… -[Jerry] Look at this.
[Ross] …for his own pride, his own rivalry with Helmsley
but more importantly for her, for his daughter Stephanie.
[Jerry] I think Stephanie is actually smiling.
What the--
[Ross] A marriage made in hell, Triple H and Stephanie.
[Jerry] Oh, my gosh. What else has Mankind brought out here?
Not a garbage can.
[crowd clamoring]
[Jerry] I guarantee you, Vince has never touched one of those in his life.
Triple H, look out.
[Ross] McMahon bringing that can around.
He's walking with a purpose.
McMahon's gotta be riveting with pain as well.
And here he comes.
[Jerry] Ooh!
[Ross] And he just laid the can in right into Helmsley's head.
[Jerry] I don't believe this.
[Ross] Ooh, for the love of his daughter, for his family name, for his own pride,
McMahon's not gonna quit.
[Jerry] Not again. Oh!
[Ross] A hell of a shot.
Man, that shot got Helmsley.
-[crowd members] Whoo! -[Stephanie] How does it feel, hun?
[Ross] Got a hole in one there in the-- in golf legend Greg Norman's area.
[Jerry] Stephanie, have some compassion. It's your husband.
-[Ross] Great-- -Come on, Dad, kick Triple H's butt.
[Jerry] Oh, my gosh. Not a crutch.
[crowd clamoring]
[Ross] A steel crutch to say the least.
Oh, man, right across the spine
of his apparent-- maybe soon to be former son-in-law.
[Jerry] How the father-in-laws would like to do that to their son-in-laws too.
[Mike] Come on.
-He's choking. -[Jerry] McMahon trying to choke the life
-out of Triple H. -Choke him. Choke him.
[Mike] Come on.
[grunting]
-[crowd exclaiming] Oh! -[Jerry] Wow…
Now I think she's starting to feel sorry for Triple H.
[Ross] I don't think so.
Why should she?
-Triple H is-- -[Jerry] It's her husband, J.R.
[Ross] Oh, her husband, my ass.
-[man] Come on, Vince. -[Jerry] What?
[Ross] That was a sham, a ruse.
-[Jerry] Oh! -[Ross] That low blow…
is a debilitating, crippling, uh,
maneuver to say the very least.
[Jerry] Very least.
[Ross] Referee is here only to count the pinfall.
Anything goes in this matchup.
[Jerry] Mankind brought all of these weapons out here.
Oh. There they are.
[Ross] And Vince McMahon just got introduced
to each and every one of them at one time.
[man] Come on. Come on, Vince.
[Jerry] I knew he wouldn't know how to operate a shopping cart.
[man] What's up [speaks indistinctly] ?
[Ross] Vince McMahon lying there now and he--
-[Jerry] What's this? -[Ross] Oh, no.
That's a-- It looks like a road sign or something.
Ooh, God.
Good lord.
Man, Helmsley laid that one in.
[Jerry] I think it said something about handicapped parking.
I don't think Vince would be able to park after this match.
[Ross] Well, Helmsley's got a chain.
Triple H has got a chain wrapped around his fist.
-[Mike] Come on, Triple H. -[Jerry] Oh.
-[Ross] Did you -[Mike] Come on!
[Ross] You could hear the smack of the steel in McMahon's skull.
[Jerry] Uh-oh. Don't hit the ref.
[Ross] And that's not a very exciting sound.
Well, quite frankly, the-- Triple H does hit the referee.
-But it's the referee's problem. -[Jerry] It won't matter, that's right.
-[Ross] It won't matter. -[man] The Game! The Game!
[scattered crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Well, I think Stephanie had to realize that her dad was in for a long,
hard-- oh, my gosh.
[Ross] But every time you think Triple H is gonna build some momentum,
Vince McMahon comes back.
-Vince McMahon is not gonna quit here. -[Jerry] Oh!
[Ross] And he just broke that stick across the ample-sized back of Triple H.
[Jerry] Uh-oh. Watch that sign.
Oh.
[Ross] And that was a shot to the head.
Triple H head-- he's headed away from the ring.
It's almost as if Triple H lured Vince in that time.
[Jerry] Watch-- oh!
[Ross] Face-first into the helicopter.
All these vintage combat-- these combat vehicles, the people mover…
-Look at the helicopter in here. -[Ross] …the helicopter.
Stephanie with a very concerned look and rightfully so.
[Jerry] There's even a tank back there, J.R.
-[Ross] Stephanie's father-- -[Jerry] Oh!
[Ross] Another low blow by Triple H.
[Jerry] He won't have any-- have any more little Stephanie's.
[Ross] Shane McMahon's got to be standing and pacing back and forth at home.
Shane got hurt Thursday night on SmackDow
-thanks to Triple H and DX and-- -[Jerry] Oh. Oh!
-Sandbag. -[Ross] Sandbag right to the--
no sandbag in there.
Shane McMahon not with us tonight. He's back in Greenwich.
I know he's gotta be, like I said, pacing the floor over this match
as I'm sure the whole McMahon family is.
[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] How much more can Vince take?
In all due respect, I know he's in great shape,
he's trying to train hard for this matchup.
But King, how much more can any human being take, much less a 53-year-old man?
[Jerry] Well, he better keep taking it.
If he don't, Triple H is gonna take his beloved little daughter.
Oh.
[Ross] I think that that's what Vince is thinking.
And every time he-- that thought hits him again, he rises back to the occasion.
He has another adrenalin rush.
[Jerry] He better rise up out that footlocker.
[Ross] Where's Triple H going now?
[Jerry] Whoa.
[Ross] Triple H is, uh-- what's he doing?
[man] That's right. Get your breath back, baby.
[Ross] Triple H is looking to doing something here.
Vince is trying to get himself up.
Vince is standing but I don't know how.
[Jerry] Uh-oh.
-Oh! -[Ross] Oh, right in the head!
[Jerry] We got a spill on aisle four.
[Ross] McMahon just got ran over
by that shopping cart, caught him right in the face.
[Jerry] Man.
[Ross] And I don't know how Vince is even gonna get back to this at all.
He is down.
This is not McMahon's area-- this is not his arena.
This is Triple H's game.
-[Jerry] He is The Game. -[crowd clamoring]
[Jerry] Oh.
Oh!
[Ross] Another shot to the head.
-[Mike] What do you say, Vince? -[Jerry] How does Vince keep getting up?
[Ross] Pure guts for the love of his daughter,
for the respect of his family, McMahon's not gonna stay down.
-[Jerry] Two by four. -[Ross] A two-- a two by four.
Triple H was trying to hit Vince with a two by four.
And McMahon is trying to block it.
[crowd clamoring]
[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] Another shot right to the head.
-[Jerry] Oh! -[Ross] And a-- oh, a thud there.
-[Jerry] Oh! -[Ross] And another thud.
-[Jerry] Ah! -[crowd clamoring]
[Ross] Multiple thuds.
[Jerry] Whoa.
[Ross] Could break his hand with that shot.
[Jerry] He don't care.
[Ross] And Stephanie likes what she's seeing now.
Her dad is on the-- on the offensive.
And I don't know how Vince is even standing.
I don't know if he knows how he is standing.
[Jerry] What in the world is that?
[Ross] With that-- oh, and that wrench.
Look at that steel wrench there.
[Jerry] Oh!
[Ross] And McMahon tried to hit Helmsley in the ribs.
I think Helmsley got the right hand before the ribs, uh--
his ribs would have been cracked.
[Jerry] That would've broken Triple H's ribs.
[Ross] He might've punctured a lung with that shot.
[crowd clamoring]
[Ross] Somehow, someway…
McMahon is up and he is on Dream Street.
[Jerry] Oh, my.
Ooh!
[Ross] I don't think those helicopters were quite designed for this, uh,
sort of environment.
[Ross] Ugh. Now a straight right hand by Triple H.
-[Jerry] Oh! -[Ross] God, oh-- damn.
[Jerry] Gee.
[Ross] That machine gun caught McMahon right in the head for God's sakes.
[Jerry] He's a goner.
[Ross] I don't know.
-I know it's-- -[Jerry] We got a casualty here.
[Ross] No kidding, man.
[Jerry] Medic.
[crowd member shrieking]
[Ross] We're gonna need a-- Watch McMahon's head snap.
Oh, on that machine gun, on that-- the turret there.
Hey. Come on!
-[Jerry] What's he doing now? -Triple H, you're gonna kill him, damn it!
-Come on! -[man 1] Kill him!
-[man 2] Kill him! -[man 1] Kill him!
[Ross] Triple H has a huge advantage now.
Triple H with a huge advantage.
He has McMahon in his--
[Jerry] Wait a minute. No, he doesn't-- Oh!
[Ross] McMahon, he countered, the whip, and Helmsley went face-first.
[Jerry] Is that an airplane or is that the back of the helicopter?
They got everything back there.
[Ross] I think that's a little airplane back there.
[Jerry] Oh!
-Did you see that? -[Ross] That was not a good landing
for Triple H.
[Jerry] Kind of a cheap shot with that rotor, wasn't it?
[Ross] No holds barred, remember that.
Anything goes. There can be no disqualifications.
Helmsley noticeably limping there.
[Jerry] Helmsley-- Oh, my gosh. What a shot.
[Ross] He's having trouble standing as Triple H.
And Vince McMahon is just-- he's going on guts and instinct here.
Firing the only thing he knows and that's rights and lefts.
[crowd clamoring]
[Ross] McMahon has been overcoming odds his entire life,
but can he overcome these odds here tonight?
[Jerry] This truly is a war, J.R.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] We are experiencing Armageddon, at Armageddon.
[Jerry] Oh.
[Ross] A hard body shot.
Those are gonna-- beginning to take their toll on Triple H
who counters back with a right hand of his own.
And Triple H has been focusing on McMahon's head.
-[Jerry] Where are they going now? -[crowd clamoring and cheering]
[Ross] Well, we're near that sound equipment.
-[Mike] What do you say, Vince, huh? -[Ross] Fighting in the shadows here.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Falls count anywhere in or out of the ring,
in or out of the arena, doesn't matter.
[crowd clamoring]
[Jerry] Now where?
-[thuds] -[Ross] Oh, McMahon face-first
into that steel door, and he hit the door so hard the door is raising.
[Jerry chuckles]
[Ross] McMahon's head and the force of it
must've triggered the mechanism to open the door.
[Jerry] No. Somebody's gotta be raising that door, J.R.
[crowd clamoring]
[Ross] Well, Helmsley's raising hell, that's what he's doing, as McMahon has…
What do you say, Vince, huh?
[Ross] …has been around more steel than--
[Jerry] Oh, no. Look out.
[Ross] McMahon thrown into the hood of that, uh, that truck there.
-[Jerry] Look out-- oh. -[Ross] Now for the elbow
-right to McMahon's heart, right on the… -[Mike] What do you say, Vince, huh?
[Ross] …right on the-- right on the hood of that truck.
Talk to me Vince, do you wanna give it up?
[Jerry] Whose truck is that?
[Ross] Helmsley taunting Vince McMahon as Stephanie and all those looking
from the inside of the arena here on the-- on the giant screens.
That's her father that's getting punished here.
He's doing it for the family.
He's doing it for Stephanie.
But how much more can Vince McMahon take?
[Jerry] Where's he going? Is he trying to leave?
[Ross] Where'd Triple H go?
Where is he?
Where'd he go?
[Ross] Where did Triple H go?
I didn't-- I didn't see which way Triple H went.
Stephanie is as concerned-- more concerned than anybody.
[Mike] Vince.
You sure you wanna continue this?
[Ross] Referee asking Vince if he wants to continue.
-[Jerry] He's getting outside. -[Ross] Triple H is-- Triple H apparently
has gone outside.
That's at least what we're thinking here.
Well, I guess that's what Vince McMahon is thinking.
Come on, you son of a bitch! You're out here somewhere!
[Mike] Come on, Vince.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] Vince McMahon showing no fear.
Come on, you--
-Where the hell is he? -[Mike] I have no idea.
Where is he?
[Mike] He just took off.
I have no idea.
[Ross] Referee Mike Chioda talking to-- Helmsley take off?
Did he run?
Has he left the scene of his crime?
Has Helmsley surrendered this war?
[Jerry] I don't know but I tell you, J.R., I got a bad feeling about this.
[Mike] Vince, come on.
-We can go that way. -[Mike] All right.
We go over there between those trucks.
-[Mike] All right. -Find him. If you see him, you call me.
[Ross] Vince McMahon looking for Triple H.
[car horn blaring]
[Ross] Hey. Wait a minute.
Hey. Oh, God-- for God's sakes!
God damn it.
What the hell was that?
[Ross] What the hell? Did that car hit Vince?
-That-- -[Jerry] It's Triple H!
[Ross] Triple H is-- Triple H is driving that car!
-[Mike] Come on, Hunter. -[Ross] Did he--
he tried to run Vince down but-- I-- did he hit Vince, King?
[Jerry] I couldn't tell.
That's gonna-- ooh!
-[Ross] My God. -Come on, damn it!
[Ross] Helmsley, the-- his intent there is sadistic.
-Come on, dude, you're gonna kill him. -[Ross] It's criminal.
McMahon's face again--
[Jerry] Look at this, J.R. Maybe we can tell.
Here's another angle.
Look out!
[Ross] Man, that was Vince McMahon barely avoided being run down
-by Triple H in that automobile. -[Mike] What do you say, huh?
Do you wanna give it up, Vince?
[Ross] Vince ain't gonna give it up, Chioda.
[Mike] Vince, do you wanna give it up?
[Ross] Not long as Vince McMahon is breathing,
-he's gonna be fighting. -[Jerry] He's saying no.
Oh.
[Ross] With a face-first shot in the hood of that other vehicle there.
[Jerry] It's a limo.
[crowd clamoring]
[Jerry] Oh, don't run him in the 18-wheeler. Oh, God.
[Mike] Come on, you've already done enough, Triple H.
Come on.
[Ross] This is get-- Borderlining on Triple H being very sadistic here.
Triple H, come on. You've already done enough.
[Ross] I know it's no holds barred but how much more do you let a man suffer?
[Jerry] I don't know but Triple H went out and commandeered somebody's car.
[Ross] Our fans that couldn't get in tonight because of the sell out
on the outside looking down.
[Jerry] J.R., they're on top of that limo.
-[Ross] On the limo. -No. Don't do it! No!
[Ross] McMahon body slammed on the top of the limo!
[Jerry] Oh!
[Ross] My God, how much more can the human anatomy take?
The elbow right to McMahon's heart,
who falls off the edge of the limousine to the concrete.
[Jerry] That limo didn't even budge. It didn't even dent.
[Mike] What do you say, Vince? Do you wanna give it up?
[Vince] No. No.
[Mike] No? Come on, Vince.
[Ross] Chioda trying again,
almost as if the referee is trying to convince McMahon to say, "I quit."
-[Mike] Get him back in the ring. -Huh?
You wanna do it back in and see her?
-[Mike] Come on. -Is she in this truck?
Maybe she is in that truck.
[Jerry] Ugh.
[Ross] McMahon face-first into another vehicle.
[distant helicopter whirring]
[Ross] I hear a helicopter overhead.
This is a war zone. This is Armageddon.
We may have incoming.
[Jerry] They're heading back this way.
[Mike] Come on, Vince.
[Ross] McMahon's staggering, trying to stand,
showing a mark of amazing guts
and intestinal fortitude.
But you gotta think the end's gotta be near here.
-[Mike] No, come on. -You want a snack first?
[Mike] You gotta-- come on, Triple--
[Jerry] Oh, God.
[Ross] Triple H having his way now, King.
I hate to say it but that's what is-- what's happening right now
-at this point in time. -[Jerry] That's exactly what happening.
[Mike] come on, Hunter.
[Jerry] Chioda's powerless to stop it.
One of the two participants has to say they wanna quit.
[Ross] McMahon seems to be out on his feet.
He's wandering aimlessly.
That cameraman had to dodge a chair there.
[crowd clamoring, cheering]
[Ross] McMahon being led right into more steel with his skull.
Wait a minute.
He stopped it and countered Triple H.
And McMahon with a right hand.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] That's gotta surprise Triple H.
[Jerry] You're not kidding. It's surprising me.
[Ross] Surprising me as well.
[clamoring, cheering continues]
[Ross] McMahon gets a little shot-- a couple of shots in.
Think he got-- He thinks he's got-- We think he's building some momentum.
[Jerry] Trying to-- Where are they act-- Oh, no.
Look out! Oh.
[Ross] McMahon with a pipe,
and right to the lower abdomen of Triple H.
McMahon with that steel pipe caught Triple H walking in.
Oh, McMahon going for Triple H's head.
And Triple H is heading for high ground.
[Jerry] Don't go up there. Don't go up there.
[Ross] Triple H is climbing that tower
back there in the battleground.
Triple H obviously trying to distance himself from Vince McMahon.
[Jerry] He's out of McMahon's reach. Oh, no, he's coming up there.
[Ross] A somewhat maniacal Vince McMahon with a pipe.
And Vince had to drop the pipe so he could climb the--
this, uh, this tower here in pursuit of his son-in-law.
[Jerry] Where are they going?
[Ross] Well, Vince is going after Triple H.
I don't know where Triple H is going.
[Jerry] There's nowhere to go now. They're at the top.
[man] Come on.
[Ross] My God, they must be 20 or 30 feet off the floor.
-[Jerry] Oh. Oh, no! -[Ross] Oh. Oh, God.
McMahon fell right back in that bumper
after his-- that bunker right after his head smashed off the steel.
[crowd chanting] Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit!
[Ross] McMahon could not break his fall
either on the-- on the scaffolding or in the bunker.
McMahon's face hit the scaffolding.
His body slammed into the bunker…
-[Jerry] Oh, my gosh. -[Ross] …from 20 or 30 feet up.
[Jerry] Can we see what happened to him?
[Ross] Can't see McMahon. He-- McMahon's not…
Mr. McMahon is not moving.
And Triple H down from that tower.
Oh, God, Stephanie-- oh, hell. Vince has been busted wide open.
McMahon has been busted wide open
-and McMahon is bleeding. -Come on. Don't do it.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] Jesus.
-[Jerry] Gas can. -[Ross] Ugh.
Triple H with that gas can,
caught McMahon right between the eyes.
And if McMahon wasn't bleeding before,
he's damn sure bleeding now.
And where is Triple H going?
[Ross] Oh, for the love of God, McMahon is barely able to stand.
[crowd clamoring]
[Ross] Triple H walking back on our way, King.
[man] Triple H sucks.
Baby.
Tell me how it feels, baby.
[Jerry] What a-- Oh.
Tell me what you're feeling inside watching your daddy
get his ass kicked
in front of the world and in front of you.
It's gotta be killing you, huh?
I hate you!
I'll tell you what…
-as I'm just about to finish him… -[Jerry] Oh, my God.
[Ross] There's Vince.
There's Vince.
He's done, but you will never have to ask yourself who's your daddy
'cause, baby, Daddy's standing right here in front of you.
-[Jerry] What a no good son of a bitch. -[Ross] Uh-uh.
[Triple H] But tell you what, Steph…
[Ross] I can't believe the audacity of this-- He's no--
[Triple H] He does have balls the size of grapefruits.
Does he ever stay down?
Damn it, Vince, go down!
[Ross] Oh. McMahon knocked down again.
Vince McMahon is an absolute bloody mess
at the hands of Triple H.
-Stay down, Vince. -[Triple H] Quit!
[Ross] Let it-- Let it be over, Vince.
It's not-- It's just not gonna happen.
-[Jerry] Oh, my God. What's he got? -[Ross] Oh, no. Not--
Triple H has got a pipe.
He's got a lead pipe, does The Game.
Now in-- Right in front of Vince's own daughter.
-Come on, Hunter. -There he is.
-[Mike] Come on, Triple H. -Huh?
[Ross] My God, what a heartless…
Now tell him goodbye, Steph.
Tell him goodbye.
[Ross] What kind of bastard is Helmsley?
Right in front of Vince's own little girl.
[Jerry] Oh, my gosh. What's he gonna do now?
[Ross] McMahon is a bloody mess.
He's lost a lot of blood here and Helmsley has got that steel pipe.
He's gonna crush McMahon's skull in.
He's going for McMahon's head.
-[Jerry] Look at Stephanie. -[Ross] Oh, my God.
She's having to watch this.
Don't do it!
Where's the sledgehammer?
No, that's too much.
[Ross] Is Triple H showing mercy?
-[Jerry] No, he wants that hammer. -[Ross] Oh, he wants his sledgehammer.
[Jerry] That's all he's asking for, the hammer.
[Ross] He didn't wanna use the pipe.
Triple H wanted to use his sledgehammer.
[scattered clamoring, screaming]
[Ross] Don't do it. Don't…
Oh, no.
My God, not this.
For the love of God.
Triple H, don't hit the helpless man with a sledgehammer.
McMahon trying to get back up.
He's a bloody pulp.
[Jerry] Is Chioda not gonna stop this somehow?
[Ross] And Stephanie McMahon's gotta watch this carnage.
What a-- Don't let him do it!
Oh, McMahon got a low blow in!
Vince got a low blow in out of desperation!
[Jerry] What's gonna happen? Oh, it's a pipe.
[Ross] And the lead-- the lead pipe.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Ross] Oh, on the back.
McMahon is standing.
My God, I don't know how he's doing it, but he is.
Vince McMahon's a bloody mess, but he's armed with a steel pipe.
And Helmsley is backpedaling.
[Mike] Vince, come on.
[Ross] McMahon will take Helmsley's head off.
This thing will be over.
The match will be over.
Oh, he's gonna use Helmsley's sledgehammer.
[Jerry] Wait a minute.
That's Triple H's sledgehammer.
[Ross] Helmsley's a trapped rat in a corner.
[crowd cheering]
McMahon is gonna hit him.
Wait, there's Stephanie.
Stephanie's stopping her dad.
[Jerry] Wait a minute.
[crowd booing]
She wants to hit him.
[Ross] She wants to--
I think you're right.
Stephanie's gonna hit Helmsley.
-[Jerry] Oh, my God. -[Ross] It's his wife.
Is this spousal abuse?
Hit him.
-[Jerry] I bet she can't do it. -[Ross] Oh, no.
And…
God almighty, the sledgehammer right deep in the abdomen.
Come on. No, Hunter!
[Ross] Oh, and now the-- Jesus.
Helmsley almost took McMahon's head off with a sledgehammer.
Stephanie didn't have the heart to use the sledgehammer on Triple H.
There's the cover.
-[Jerry] Look at that! -[bell ringing]
[Ross] And Triple H has won this bloodbath.
-["Triple" playing] -[Howard] Here is your winner, Triple H.
[Ross] My God, how much more can you ask
of the 53-year-old owner of this company?
McMahon has been busted open from ear to ear.
Triple H has used a sledgehammer on his father-in-law.
And unfortunately for Stephanie-- Oh, good God almighty.
Don't you do that!
You son of a bitch!
-Don't you hit her! -[Jerry] What's he doing?
[Ross] Don't you hit her.
-Damn it, he's gonna hit Stephanie. -[Mike] Come on.
[Ross] What kind of human being is he?
For God's sakes.
[Mike] What the hell is wrong with you?
[Ross] What kind of man could he be?
Stephanie McMahon had to watch this.
[crowd cheering]
[Ross] What?
-What the-- King, what is this? -[Jerry] What?
For the love of God.
[Jerry] What?
[Ross] What is this?
Stephanie McMahon had--
She's turned her back on her father.
And Vince is not even aware of it, King.
Vince McMahon is unconscious.
[Jerry] What?
[Ross] My God, I don't believe this.
Somebody tell me this is not true.
Somebody tell me that little girl hasn't turned her back on her father.
[Jerry] I think that little girl--
I don't know what to think about…
that little girl.
[Ross] I-- I'm just…
This is a shock.
[Jerry] Look at this.
[Ross] Vince is still unconscious.
Vince McMahon is not even aware
that his own baby girl has turned her back on him
and is leaving
with the-- with The Game.
My God.
Why, King? Why?
[Jerry] I don't-- I'm in shock.
[Ross] Why?
Vince McMahon is unconscious.
He's not even aware of it.
I shudder to think what he's gonna do when he finds out.
Why, Stephanie? Why? at he's gonna do when he finds out.