[intense music]
[Triple H] I've already proved to the world
that The Rock is not in my league.
[Vince] The Rock is not the World Wrestling Entertainment champion.
[Shane] I am proud that you are the World Wrestling Entertainment champion.
[The Rock] The Rock wants his WWE title shot.
It's gonna be Triple H with Vince in his corner
and The Rock with Austin 3:16.
[Vince] You truly trust Stone Cold Steve Austin?
My son, Shane, will be the special guest referee.
[Austin] I'm gonna be on the side I've always been on and that's mine.
The only thing I've ever been good at is tearing… up.
[dramatic music]
[narrator] And now, Backlash.
[J.R.] The MCI Center in our nation's capital,
Washington, D.C.,
has been sold out for months
as we prepare to kick off Backlash.
Six titles on the line tonight,
plus the return of Stone Cold Steve Austin.
Hello again, everybody. I'm Jim Ross,
alongside Jerry "The King" Lawler at ringside.
-[Debra's theme music plays] -[King] Hey!
Here we go!
-[J.R.] Well, King, it's… -[King] Oh, no!
-You gotta be kidding me! -[J.R.] It's Debra.
[King cheers]
The puppies are back!
[Lilian] Ladies and gentlemen,
please welcome your special guest ring announcer
for the upcoming event,
returning to the World Wrestling Entertainment,
the one and only Debra.
[King cheers]
[J.R.] Looks from the ovation of Debra,
that she will be our guest ring announcer
-for our first contest. -[King] Oh, baby!
[J.R.] Six titles decided tonight,
but none bigger than the WWE Title.
And King try to… try to control yourself.
[King] The puppies are back, J.R. The puppies are back.
You're just the… the animal lovin' son of a gun I ever knew.
[King cheers] I love puppies!
How about the pointers?
[J.R.] Oh, you should be a setter and just set still.
[King] Oh, I can't!
[King cheers]
[J.R.] It's great to see Debra back and oh, she looks great.
-[King] I'd like to see her front. -[DX's theme song plays]
[J.R.] From the Aggression CD,
from Run-DMC.
♪ D-Generation X! ♪
♪ The King of Rock, who? The King of Rock, what? ♪
[Debra] Introducing first, the challengers,
at a combined weight, 454 pounds,
Road Dogg Jesse James and X-Pac
and the magnificent, Tori.
[King] Ah! Debra announces DX.
[J.R.] The challengers, and quite frankly, are probably favored
to win the Tag Team Titles tonight,
which speaks volumes to the respect that this tag team has earned
along with the elegantly evil, Tori, comes the Road Dogg and X-Pac,
looking to regain tag team gold into the DX family.
[King] Come on. Don't get things started on a negative note J.R.
What do you mean, "the elegantly evil, Tori"?
She's beautiful. Look at her.
Whoo, baby!
What kind of top is Tori wearing? I like the…
I think that's a… I'd like to scan her barcode.
[Road Dogg] Cut the music!
[King] Yeah.
No disrespect.
I think you do some mighty fine mic work,
but I'm going to take this opportunity to welcome the nation's capital
to the Dogg House.
-[crowd exclaiming] -[King cheers]
You see, it's me, the D-O, Double G,
X-P to the A to the C,
the green machine, Tori.
We're in Washington, D.C.,
and we're about to walk out of here with the G, the O, the L and the D, yo!
[King] That's the gold, J.R.
-[J.R.] I got it. -[King] Tag team gold.
Now on that note, I say two tears in a bucket,
and if you ain't down with that, we got two words for you.
-[crowd] Suck it! -[King laughs]
-[Edge and Christian's theme song plays] -[King] Uh oh.
[Debra] Their opponents, at a combined weight,
452 pounds,
the World Wrestling Entertainment Tag Team Champions,
Edge and Christian.
-[J.R.] Edge and Christian. -[King] There they are.
[J.R.] Set to defend their Tag Team Titles here.
So, the Tag Team gold no stranger to Road Dogg,
a six-time World Tag Team Champion,
more than anyone in WWE history.
X-Pac also a former WWE Tag Team Champion.
This should be an amazing contest to kick-off Backlash.
[King] It's gonna be good. It's gonna be good.
[J.R.] And King, quite frankly, it's not often that the challengers,
as I mentioned earlier, DX, in my view,
should be the favorites to win the Tag Team gold here
against the young combination from Toronto, Edge and Christian.
[King] Well, without a doubt, you've said it many times J.R.
You think that DX is probably one of the greatest tag teams ever
here in the history of the WWE, and I agree with you.
But you know what? You gotta like this new attitude of Edge and Christian.
-These guys are cocky. They're arrogant. -[bell dings]
I think, I think big things in their future, too.
[J.R.] Well, I do, too, and it certainly seems that Edge and Christian
are getting more confident each and every day
that they hold the WWE Tag Team Titles.
Man, can you imagine how this place is going to erupt
once Stone Cold Steve Austin arrives,
-[King] Oh, yeah. -…which that can arrive at any moment now.
And it will be X-Pac and Edge
kicking it off here
in our first of six title matches here tonight at Backlash.
X-Pac has had a dramatic week,
as far as the personal issues of his family is concerned.
Those are behind him now.
He is here and ready to certainly put a smile back on his face.
Great athletic move there by X-Pac.
And perhaps winning the Tag Team gold. Nice kip-up by X-Pac.
[King laughs]
[crowd booing]
[J.R.] Not getting a rousing ovation here
-from this sold out crowd. [King] You know what?
You can certainly tell we're in Washington, D.C.
I think these are all politicians here. They're right… One minute
they were cheering their heads off for Road Dogg and X-Pac.
Now, they're saying X-Pac sucks.
[J.R.] Quite frankly, there are a lot of politicians here tonight
from what we understand. Side headlock by Edge on X-Pac.
[King] Is Hillary in town?
[J.R.] I don't know. I haven't kept up with Hillary.
[King] She lives in New York now, that's why.
[J.R.] Probably watching in Westchester County…
-[King] Oh, man! -…on pay-per-view.
What a spinning heel kick.
Taking a page out of X-Pac's book is Edge.
-[King] Look out, look out. -[J.R.] And now the Road Dogg
gotta calm his very emotional young partner down somewhat.
-[screams] -[J.R.] This match is one fall
-for the WWE Tag Team Championship. -[King] Whoo!
Look at the smile on Edge's face. He's proud of himself.
[J.R.] Edge and Christian very confident of their abilities.
[King] Did you see that?
[J.R.] And X-Pac very disrespectfully spatting.
-[King] Spitting. -[J.R.] Spitting on him.
[King] There you go.
"Spatting." Ha!
Then after he spit, he tagged out. Now that's pretty smart. Ooh!
-[J.R.] Road Dogg in. -[King] And that's smart.
[J.R.] Road Dogg, second generation star.
And a six-time former Tag Team Champion.
He knows what it's like to compete in a big match environments.
That's the Road Dogg. There's a counter by Edge.
Headscissor followed by the clothesline, and down goes the Road Dogg.
And the exchange made with Edge and Christian.
[King] I know that Road Dogg and X-Pac would like nothing more
than to start this night off here at Backlash by winning the Tag Team Title.
Look out! You can't do it that way.
[J.R.] Nice teamwork by Edge and Christian.
[King] Road Dogg and X-Pac think
that would bode well for Triple H here tonight,
[J.R.] And there, the cover.
And the first near fall of the contest and another cover
and another near fall.
[King] I don't think Road Dogg knows exactly where he's at right now.
[J.R.] Fans watching us live tonight in Bermuda, The Bahamas,
Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands,
and in Canada.
They got to be cheering for Edge and Christian there.
Young man from Toronto.
X-Pac and Road Dogg make another exchange.
We've got 19,101 in the arena tonight.
-[King] Beautiful. -[J.R.] Powerslam.
It's been sold out for months in anticipation for this,
what we think will be a magnificent pay-per-view,
[King] Uh-oh.
Watch Road Dogg.
[J.R.] Road Dogg…
-[King] Ooh! -…knows all the tricks and…
Christian got hung up on the top rope and then knocked down by X-Pac.
Outside goes Christian and may not bode well.
[King] Now look at Tori. You call her evil.
She's not interfering. She's not doing anything other than observing.
-[J.R.] For now. -[King] Observe that.
[J.R.] I also said she was elegantly evil,
and the double team on Christian.
[King] Elegantly. That's a backhanded compliment,
or it's not even a compliment at all.
-This could be it. -[J.R.] And the cover.
-This time it's Christian who kicks out. -[King] Watch this.
[J.R.] Here's the difference right there. The experience from Road Dogg.
[King] See his neck and his shoulder snap.
[J.R.] That'll take you right out of your game. And now,
capitalizing on that, perhaps injured neck.
Front facelock applied by the Road Dogg as Christian tries to fight his way
towards his corner where Edge is awaiting the tag.
[King] Trying to power his way over there and he's almost… He got it.
-[J.R.] There's the tag. Wait a minute… -[King] Oh, look at the ref.
[J.R.] The tag was made, but the referee did not see the tag.
-And you can't allow what you don't see. -[King] Imagine that. Referee didn't see.
[J.R.] Look at the double-team.
DX double-teaming Christian in the DX corner
and that is, whether you like it nor not, very sound tag team strategy.
-[King] I like it. -[J.R.] Tori now…
-[King] What? Where is she? -[J.R.] She's choking Christian.
[King screams] Here we go!
-[J.R.] And the bronco buster by X-Pac. -[King] Ride 'em, X-Pac.
[J.R.] X-Pac riding bareback there on Christian in the corner.
[King] Well, Edge and Christian are getting a good lesson
in what it's like to be Tag Team Champions here in the WWE.
Everybody's gonna come at you with everything they got.
[J.R.] And there's a lot of great… Oh! Man, did you hear that?
-[King] I hear it. I think I felt it. -[J.R.] One more time.
-[King] Man. -[J.R.] And will that be enough?
Ooh! Not this time.
Lot of great teams in the WWE
certainly have their eye on this matchup,
the first of six title matches here tonight at Backlash.
[King] How about those boots from Road Dogg?
That'll turn your spine right into a slinky.
Oh. Look at Tori.
[J.R.] Tori keeping an eye on the action here. Again she's…
She is very capable of being a huge factor in this or any match
that DX is involved in. And look at Christian fight back
with his Tag Team Title on the line.
[King] Oh! With a boot of his own.
-Here we go! -[J.R.] Attacks by the Road Dogg.
-[King] Watch the footwork. -[J.R.] Gotta watch out for that right.
[King] Hey, a little extra. Oh!
[J.R.] And the right found it's mark.
[King] Oh!
[J.R.] Shake, rattle, and knee drop by the Road Dogg. It's another cover!
And would have had to three if Edge had not interrupted the count,
one has to assume.
And look at X-Pac come in.
Straight kicks nowhere but right in the face.
Right in the head of Christian.
Christian fighting back up.
-[King] My gosh. -[J.R.] Mid-air collision there by…
[King] The both had the same idea.
[J.R.] Certainly did. Christian and the Road Dogg colliding in mid-air.
But they are on opposite sides of their respective corners.
Who's gonna make the tag?
[King] Get up, Road Dogg.
[J.R.] This could be a pivotal tag in this contest.
-[King] Get up, Christian. -[J.R.] And Road Dogg
getting some help from X-Pac.
[King] Oh, no! Oh!
[J.R.] Chris Benoit-like headbutt off the top.
And then a cheap shot, if you will, on X-Pac.
And there's the cover. Will this… Oh, Road Dogg!
He got the right shoulder off the canvas.
[King] Edge can't believe it, and here's why.
Look at this move by Edge. Whoa!
Right into the chest of Road Dogg. He thought that was it.
[J.R.] Edge thought it was the Intercontinental Champion Chris Benoit,
who will meet Chris Jericho later tonight for the Intercontinental Championship.
And now DX making another very timely tag.
-[King] That didn't work, guys. -[J.R.] Oh, the athleticism.
Reverse DDT.
A double reverse DDT.
[King] Oh, look at Tori.
What's Edge doing?
[J.R.] Edge just trying to get his partner to make the tag,
[King] Thought maybe his foot had gone to sleep.
-[J.R.] I don't think so. -[King] Here we go.
-[King] Get out. -[J.R.] And here's the tag.
[King] Oh!
[J.R.] Edge in.
I think Road Dogg's the legal man, but I wouldn't want to swear to it. Oh!
-[King] Oh, no! -[J.R.] A whole powerbomb.
On two. I guess X-Pac's the legal man.
What a near fall there.
X-Pac caught in mid-air.
-Looks like… -[King] And X-Pac…
[J.R.] That looked like an XFL fair catch.
[King] That ain't legal, no matter what.
Oh! Did you see that?
[J.R.] Great teamwork by DX.
-And a Spear by Edge. -[King] Spear!
[J.R.] And… Oh, Tori up.
Tori on the apron.
Oh, he misfired.
Edge caught him this time. The cover, the near fall.
-[King cheers] -[J.R.] And the fans on their feet
here at the MCI Center.
And what a… On the outside… Tori almost got dropped on the outside.
[King] Yeah, but Christian almost got decapitated.
[J.R.] And X-Pac's in the ring. X-Pac's set to cover.
Referee's on the outside.
And Christian used the bell to nail X-Pac in the head.
-The referee on the outside. -[King] Look it up. He used the bell.
-[crowd cheering] -[Edge and Christian's theme song plays]
[King] They can't even ring the bell.
Ref! Are you wondering why there's no bell ringing?
The winner is still the World Wrestling Entertainment Tag Team Champions,
Edge and Christian.
[J.R.] Edge and Christian, literally by hook and by crook.
And X-Pac has been busted wide open
by the hands of Edge and Christian and the ring bell.
[King] Watch this. This metal bell, boom! Right into the forehead
of X-Pac laid him wide open.
[J.R.] X…
[King] Man.
-[J.R.] Hey. -[King] Here we go, J.R.
[J.R.] To face Stone Cold Steve Austin.
Now, I don't think so Austin would ride a limousine but…
Oh, those aren't Austin's. Austin don't wear those kind of shoes.
-That's The Rock. -[crowd cheers]
[J.R.] The Rock is here!
Will he be the next WWE Champion?
We'll find out tonight.
And this crowd coming to their feet with the arrival of The Rock.
-[Too Cool's theme song plays] -[King] Uh-oh.
[crowd cheering]
[bell dings]
[Lilian] The following contest is scheduled for one fall
and it is for the World Wrestling Entertainment
Light Heavyweight Championship.
Introducing first, the challenger, weighing in at 213 pounds,
representing Too Cool, Scotty 2 Hotty.
[J.R.] I'd like to welcome all of our fans in the UK watching tonight on Channel 4.
Scotty 2 Hotty had more than a cup of coffee
with the WWE Light Heavyweight title, and while his tag team partner,
Grandmaster Sexay is preparing to promote the injured list,
Scotty 2 Hotty has another opportunity here tonight
to regain Light Heavyweight gold.
[King] Can you imagine the dance he'll do if he wins the… that championship.
[J.R.] He'll worm his way all the way to the… to the Lincoln Memorial.
[King] He's wormed his way into the hearts of these fans, I mean…
[J.R.] Well, he has.
Scotty 2 Hotty preparing to meet Dean Malenko.
[King] Hey, look!
Come on, Lilian. Get down.
[Dean Malenko's theme music plays]
[crowd booing]
[Lilian] His opponent, weighing in at 223 pounds,
he is the World Wrestling Entertainment Light Heavyweight Champion,
Dean Malenko.
[J.R.] Dean Malenko, the Light Heavyweight Champion,
regained the title last Thursday night
on SmackDown and certainly by not the most honorable means necessary.
[King] Oh, come on. All he's doing what… What is he doing wrong?
[J.R.] He was holding the ropes. Can you see that?
[King] I think he's just kinda leaning on the ropes.
[J.R.] Still illegal. You can't be in the ropes.
[King] Look at the look on Scotty's face. He can't believe he lost.
[J.R.] After three or four decades in the business,
you know you can't hold the ropes to gain a victory.
[King] Come on. What are the ropes in there for?
You'd certainly touch the ropes.
-Here we go. -[bell dings]
[J.R.] And here we go. Light Heavyweight Title on the line.
We'll give you an update on X-Pac's condition as we get it.
I'm sure he'll have some stitches tonight,
thanks to Edge and Christian and the ring Bell.
[King] Scotty told me beforehand he was going to try to wrestle
this entire match without losing his lid.
[J.R.] I certainly think that Malenko's experience gives him a distinct advantage…
Oh, my! What a high back body drop.
Malenko, another second generation star,
as Scotty 2 Hotty looks for the cover
in the early going.
[King] J.R., why don't you cut the top out of your hat?
[J.R.] Why would I wanna do that?
[King] You'll look like Sco… Oh, there goes the lid.
-[J.R.] And, oh, boy. Looking for a… -[King] Oh, man.
[J.R.] What a piledriver.
Turned into an arm drag by Scotty 2 Hotty.
Now, a lateral press couldn't neutralize the leg to Scotty.
[King] You know, cut the top out of your hat,
stick your hair up through the top of it.
[J.R.] I'll just look silly as hell, wouldn't it?
[King] You're saying Scotty 2 Hotty looks silly?
[J.R.] Looks good for him.
-[King] Oh, man. -[J.R.] Nice counter.
Side headlock counter into the suplex and a kip-up by Scotty 2 Hotty.
[King] See. Maybe you can do that move, J.R.
Oh, he's moonwalking.
Yeah, look out Scotty.
[J.R.] My doctor has suggested I never try the worm again.
[King laughs]
[J.R.] Nice reversal by Scotty 2 Hotty,
who seems to be the quicker of the two of these athletes.
[King] You mean you did try the worm?
[J.R.] Yeah, in the backyard. Hurt myself.
[King] What'd your worm look like?
-[J.R.] It wasn't too flattering. -[King] Ha-ha! Heard that.
-Oh! -[J.R.] Nice Irish whip.
[King] Oh, my God.
[J.R.] And Malenko just…
He just countered with a hellacious clothesline
knocking down the challenger.
Malenko's father, the late Boris Malenko,
was the innovator of the Russian Chain Match, King.
I'm sure you knew that.
[King] Boris Malenko?
[J.R.] Watch this counter.
Clothesline to the face, 101.
Watch the right arm.
[King] Boom! Man.
Uh-oh.
And that's face to the turnbuckle, 101.
[J.R.] Malenko seems to be a little bit frustrated
by the quick start of Scotty 2 Hotty.
An outstanding young competitor.
Get his tag team partner, Grandmaster Sexay,
doing very well from his new surgery. Should be back in action very soon.
As Malenko, try to put the finishing touches
here on Scotty 2 Hotty.
[King] If Scotty wins this Light Heavyweight Championship
here tonight again then…
I don't know, do you think that can cause a little rift
between him and Grandmaster Sexay?
[J.R.] It's gonna be interesting to see how Grandmaster reacts,
if that does happen. Nice right hand by Scotty 2 Hotty.
-And referee Jack Doan… -[King] Oh, man!
Dropkick to the knee.
[J.R.] And that could tear the patella of the kneecap.
Put in places that you don't want to be in.
[King] You may not can do the worm,
but you can probably dropkick somebody in the knee, J.R.
[J.R.] I gotta run to start, am I?
[King] Uh-oh. Scotty's not going to be doing much running…
[J.R.] Look at the torque on that ankle.
Malenko has been called the man of a 1000 holds.
[King] Don't forget worm. We got worm signs in the audience.
[J.R.] Well, that… A bit of a cover
or another pretty predicament, I should say.
Certainly, a good sound strategy by Malenko if…
-[King] Uh-oh. -…Scotty 2 Hotty is indeed quicker
than the champion, he won't be for long.
19,101 here in the arena tonight here in Washington D.C.
A very vocal, boisterous crowd, to say the least.
[crowd exclaims]
[J.R.] And Malenko using the ring post as a tag team partner in essence.
[King] There's really not much else to do in this town.
It's a good thing WWE is here.
[J.R.] Why do you say that?
-[King] Oh, come on. -[J.R.] Monuments, there's White House.
[King] Oh, man.
[J.R.] President Clinton's favorite cigar store.
[King] Yeah, a lot is going on at the White House.
[J.R.] A home for wayward interns just down the street.
-[King] What? -[J.R.] Home for wayward interns.
[King] How did I miss that on my tour today?
[J.R.] Malenko focusing on the legs of Scotty 2 Hotty
Malenko loves to use that Texas Cloverleaf submission maneuver,
-[referee] One, two… -[J.R.] And Scotty 2 Hotty with that…
that torque on the ankle forgetting his shoulders were on the canvas.
Forget for three seconds.
He's gotta use… Trying to get up on one leg if he can.
-[King] Missed it. -[J.R.] That one-legged man
in a butt-kicking contest
who only finishes second.
Malenko somewhat methodical.
[King] Oh!
[J.R.] And that was very obvious. That knee right into the…
The knee of Malenko into the knee joint of Scotty 2 Hotty.
-And look at this. -[King] Ow!
[referee] One, two…
[King] Thought that was my leg.
[J.R.] Another submission move by Malenko.
[crowd cheers]
[J.R.] Scotty 2 Hotty, quite frankly, being outwrestled here by Malenko.
And Malenko has gone to the mat
using the legs and the submission maneuvers
to counteract the quickness of Scotty 2 Hotty.
[King] Watch out for these 19,101 fans solidly behind Scotty.
[J.R.] Malenko using the ropes for additional leverage and…
break the hold, the referee Jack Doan caught Malenko in the act.
Too bad no one caught him in the act last Thursday night on SmackDown.
[King] That's the point of using the ropes.
[J.R.] That's what… He cheated… Oh, my goodness.
[King] What a kick.
[J.R.] Quite frankly, Malenko cheated to win.
-Don't say you've never done that. -[King] Please. Anything worth having
is worth cheating for. It's the Light Heavyweight Championship
we're talking about here.
[J.R.] King, you're not gonna be a role model for most youngsters out there.
Cheating is not the way to succeed.
[King] Oh, look out.
[J.R.] Scotty 2 Hotty here being tortured.
-Enzuigiri. -[King] Got it.
[J.R.] Malenko left himself open for the enzuigiri
and perhaps, out of desperation, Scotty 2 Hotty scores.
He shoots, he scores.
[King] Come on, Scotty.
Act like your hair. Get up.
[crowd] Scotty! Scotty! Scotty!
[J.R.] Scotty 2 Hotty cannot… has not been able to capitalize
on that enzuigiri well-placed
to the back of the head. And Scotty now, right hand.
[King] Whoo!
He's scoring with those.
[J.R.] And Malenko put the… Counters hard.
Hard, into the turnbuckle goes Scotty 2 Hotty,
who essentially is trying to compete in this match at this point in time
on one leg.
[King] And there goes the good leg.
[J.R.] Malenko one of the…
…The Radicalz, during the last three months or so,
to say have arrived in the WWE and made quite the impression
on all of us.
[King] Oh, no. Wait.
[J.R.] Malenko again. Almost a baseball slide.
Again, right into the knee of Scotty 2 Hotty.
[King] I thought he was gonna take off Scotty's uh…
What would you call those? Jeans?
[J.R.] That's what I'd probably say. Pretty accurate description.
-[King] I think they're footloose. -[J.R.] The opponents call them britches.
Dean Malenko is relentless.
No wasting motion by Malenko.
He doesn't go from head to knee to arm to elbow.
He's right on that leg, exclusively, is the Light Heavyweight Champion.
Beautiful strategy. Backheel trip. Nice takedown.
-Spinning toehold! -[King] Man.
[J.R.] And Malenko, Scotty 2 Hotty, gonna be over!
-The champion rolled up. -[King] Really close.
[J.R.] And a near fall. And Malenko again reasserts himself
again with a clothesline.
Fans around the world in England, Scotland, Wales,
Ireland, Germany, Austria,
Switzerland, Liechtenstein…
[King] That's one of my favorite countries, Liechtenstein.
-[J.R.] And how about Luxembourg? -[King] Nah. I like Liechtenstein.
[J.R.] Watching the event later this evening, as well.
Eventually, over 100 countries will see Backlash.
And whether you like the guy or not, Malenko's strategy is sound as it can be.
Continuing to focus on the left knee of Scotty 2 Hotty.
And Malenko, whoa!
Driving not only Scotty 2 Hotty but himself right outside the ring.
Malenko tried… A calculated risk there that may not have paid off.
[King] Well, I don't know about that strategy.
Up to now, it had been okay. But that move I question.
[J.R.] Malenko doesn't care to win this match by countout
He just wants to retain the WWE Light Heavyweight Title.
And Malenko getting up close and personal with the ring apron there.
I wonder what that tastes like.
Scotty 2 Hotty now has an opportunity.
The… The door of opportunity is barely open.
[King] Where are you going, Scotty? Rest your legs.
Scotty has got himself in a bad, bad place
up there in the third floor.
And Malenko looking for a superplex.
-[King] He got him. -[J.R.] Oh! Malenko scored
with the superplex.
Taking something out of the champion as well.
And referee Jack Doan has a ten count to work with here.
Again if the match ends in a countout or disqualification.
Malenko retains the title. And Malenko is trying to shake it loose
and get back to the game.
[King] Still down at the count of six.
-Scotty, Get up. -[J.R.] Speaking of the game,
we gotta wonder what's going through The Game, Triple H's mind right now
knowing that we expect the arrival of Stone Cold at any moment.
-And Scotty 2 Hotty, nice backslide. -[King exclaims]
-[J.R.] He's got… Oh! -[King] Wow.
[J.R.] A long two count.
-[King] Uh-oh. -[J.R.] And Malenko
-with the inside cradle. Inside cradle! -[King] Wow.
[J.R.] Beautiful counter to the attempted Texas Cloverleaf
[King] Oh, man.
[J.R.] Sternum first with Scotty 2 Hotty.
And look at Scotty.
Use his right hands effectively there.
[King] Sort of countered that intended suplex.
[J.R.] Certainly did.
But Malenko back up. Great pugnacious is the Light Heavyweight Champion.
-[King] Look at this! -[J.R.] Bulldog.
-[King] Gung-ho! J.R.! -[crowd cheering]
[J.R.] Scotty 2 Hotty!
-You know what's coming now. -[King] Oh, yeah!
[King cheers] Let's see it!
Yeah, you're right!
They're hoppin', baby!
W-O-R-M.
The Worm! [King laughs]
Pretty fly for a white guy.
[crowd exclaims]
-[King] Yeah! -[J.R.] Scotty scores with his Worm.
[King] Huh? What?
[J.R.] Oh! And Malenko caught Scotty coming in.
-He's got… Hey, ref! Wait a minute. -[King] Hey!
[J.R.] Referee Jack Doan caught Malenko this time.
But not another repeat of SmackDown.
[King] That Malenko is a bastard using the ropes, isn't he?
[J.R.] Think he'll try to take a shortcut. Good officiating there.
Well, Scotty 2 Hotty going behind Malenko.
Malenko looking…
-[King] Oh! -…into a powerbomb.
That should be all.
No! Scotty 2 Hotty not gonna stay down.
[King] Malenko can't believe it.
[J.R.] You gotta hand it to Scotty 2 Hotty.
This youngster has got a lot of guts.
He wants that Light Heavyweight Title back.
[crowd clapping]
-[J.R.] Outstanding nature. -[King] Ooh!
-[J.R.] Scotty met Malenko coming in. -[King] Worm him again. Worm him. Oh, no!
-[J.R.] Malenko counters. -[referee] One, two…
[J.R.] Powerslam. And Scotty kicked out.
Anybody's ball game here.
[King] I think Malenko's trying to figure out exactly
what it's gonna take to keep Scotty down.
-Ooh! -[J.R.] Oh!
Scotty 2 Hotty just used his own momentum
used against him to hang him on that top rope.
[King] Like a guillotine.
-[J.R.] Malenko now… -[referee] Get off the rope!
-[J.R.] What's he doing? -[King] Well, he loves those ropes.
[J.R.] I think he'll… Ooh! Wow!
Malenko may have just made a huge mistake
by deleting his ground attack and going to the top.
[King] At least Scotty wants to try a superplex of his own.
-Yes! -[J.R.] Oh, Scotty 2 Hotty,
it's all or nothing here, will…
-Oh, my God! -[crowd exclaims]
-[J.R.] The DDT from the top. -[King] Did you see that?
[J.R.] Scotty 2 Hotty drilled.
-[bell dings] -[King] Oh, my gosh!
[Lilian] The winner is here. The World Wrestling Entertainment
Light Heavyweight Champion, Dean Malenko.
[J.R.] What a matchup between Dean Malenko and Scotty 2 Hotty.
[King] Check this out, J.R. I have never seen this. Oh, man!
[J.R.] An amazing counter. A top rope DDT.
-[crowd exclaims] -[King] Wow!
[J.R.] Absolutely scintillating.
Malenko still the Light Heavyweight Champion.
Now, Patterson, if you and Brisco are truly back with us, are you?
-We are Vince, we'll promise. All the way. -Yes, Sir. 100%
[Shane] Hey, check this out.
-[Triple H] Nice. -Care to blow your dust off of that.
-There you go. -You can cut the sleeves off those.
Now let me tell you this.
If you're really back with us,
then tonight, it's all hands on deck, no matter what.
[Pat] You got it, Vince.
-[Vince] I make myself very clear. -You got it.
You got it. Don't worry about it.
All hands on deck.
[Pat] You got it, Vince.
[J.R.] As somewhat very obvious,
all hands on deck with Patterson and Brisco back with the McMahons.
-[King laughs] -[J.R.] Back with Triple H.
[King] All hands on deck!
-[bell dings] -[King] Uh-oh.
[Lilian] The following tag team contest is scheduled for one fall.
Making their way to the ring at a combined weight of 631 pounds,
Bull Buchanan and the Big Boss Man.
[J.R.] Well, we are again waiting the arrival of Stone Cold Steve Austin,
who normally is the first guy into the arena, but today,
I've not seen Stone Cold.
I talked to him yesterday. He was…
[King] Stone Cold hasn't even arrived here yet?
-[J.R.] I don't know yet. -[King] You know, how he wanna make
one of those grand entrances.
Come in.
[J.R.] One of the most physically intense teams
in the WWE about to get it on. I expect a slobberknocker in this one.
-[The Acolytes' theme music plays] -[crowd cheering]
[King] Yeah, you'll always expect a slobberknocker.
[Lilian] Their opponents, at a combined weight of 591 pounds,
Faarooq and Bradshaw, The Acolytes.
[J.R.] Folks, don't expect this to resemble a happy hour
at your favorite watering hole,
nor will this be a classic wrestling contest.
All four of these men, big, strong
and they like to fight and are not gonna wait to get started.
[King] You know what this is gonna be? A slobberknocker.
-[J.R.] Exactly. -[King] Oh, boy. Here they go.
[J.R.] Bradshaw and Faarooq,
The Acolytes against the Big Boss Man and Bull Buchanan.
[King] J.R., we gotta be ready at all times.
I think this could spill out right over here in front of us any minute.
And I'd hate to have to protect you from Acolyte Protection Agency.
[J.R.] But I know you would, wouldn't you?
-[King] Sure. -[J.R.] Yeah.
-DDT by Bradshaw. -[King] If I had to.
[J.R.] And now Bradshaw, big ol' Bradshaw going to the top.
-[King] Look out! -[J.R.] Oh! What a shoulder block
from the top
on Bull Buchanan. That should be all.
Buchanan's tough.
[King] I'll say he thinks he's wearing a flak jacket, isn't he?
[J.R.] Looks like one. Maybe it's a bulletproof vest.
Oh, man. The athleticism by a guy, 6' 8" and over 300 pounds.
[King] Oh, man.
[J.R.] Nice spear takedown by Bradshaw.
Bradshaw, former football All-American from Abilene Christian.
[King] I thought you said this wasn't gonna be much of a wrestling match.
These guys are impressing me with their moves.
[J.R.] Me, too. I didn't think it was gonna be.
I just thought it'd be a bar room brawl.
[King] Oh, I'm sure it will degenerate into that.
[J.R.] Hard right hands by Faarooq on Bull Buchanan.
His mama named him Barry. His buddies call him Bull.
-[King] So, what do you get to call him? -[J.R.] Mr. Buchanan.
[King] That's what I thought. Look at that!
-[J.R.] Great athleticism by Bull. -[King] Ha!
[J.R.] And here comes the veteran, the Big Boss Man.
Faarooq, in his younger days as Ron Simmons.
Three-time football All-American in Florida state.
Both Bradshaw and Faarooq, great athletes is my point.
They have been their entire lives.
[crowd] Boss Man sucks! Boss Man sucks!
[King] They think Boss Man sucks.
[J.R.] Boss Man flown up there by that suplex by Faarooq.
Ooh! Boss Man knocked down and wow! The ropes got him back up.
Faarooq knocked him back down, there's the cover
and the Boss Man showed his toughness.
[King] I think Boss Man at one time, was offered the head of security job
for the Presidential Guard.
[J.R.] Until they may have done a background check.
-[King] What? -[J.R.] Bradshaw on the outside,
taking liberties with the Big Boss Man.
[King] Background check? What do you mean by that?
A checkered past?
[J.R.] At least checkered.
Buchanan on an outer position there, and Boss Man looking to make a tag.
Buchanan not there. That may not bode well.
Referee, Teddy Long…
…trying to get Faarooq out of the ring and does so.
And a big ol' right hand by Bradshaw.
And the Boss Man knocked outside again, this time landed on his feet.
Gets kicked right in the face by Faarooq.
Teddy Long is gonna need some help I think, King.
-[King] Move out of the way. -[J.R.] Ooh!
[J.R.] This looks like a typical Saturday night in Muskogee.
[King] I'd like to have a front row seat here…
[J.R.] Cover and uh… The Boss Man too near the ropes.
[King] Got a front row seat at Backlash and be told to move out the way.
[J.R.] Change made.
Faarooq and Bradshaw will be going out, I guess, when he gets ready.
[King] I don't know if even a bulletproof vest
will soften up the blows from Brad… Faarooq's fist.
-Wow! -[J.R.] Faarooq took himself
out of the game on that turnbuckle that got knocked down by the Boss Man
who really, and does make a tag.
And a somewhat rested Bull Buchanan back in.
6' 8", just over 300 pounds is this youngster.
[King] I don't think Bull needs rest.
[J.R.] Elbow driven right through the heart of Faarooq.
Faarooq being manhandled against… That's happened too often.
Buchanan trying to bust up Faarooq's ribs there with those rights and lefts.
The Boss Man in following that same game plan. Nothing but right hands.
-Another tag. -[King] Look at these quick tags.
This will work.
[J.R.] Faarooq in the corner of the intimidating Boss Man and Bull.
[King] This is what they used to do to people that violated probation.
[J.R.] Just goes to prove that you don't break the law
and you don't have to encounter people like this.
Stay out of trouble, and you'll stay out of harm's way.
Bradshaw looking to make a tag.
And there's a tag.
And here comes Bradshaw.
[referee] Hey! Hey!
[J.R.] And this is the second time tonight we have seen this…
these tags made. The referee didn't see them.
And the referee making the only call that he can make.
He can't allow the tag if he don't see it.
But in the meantime, Faarooq is getting assaulted.
[King] Well, referee Teddy Long is certainly trying to use
the voice of authority in there.
-[referee] One… -[J.R.] Clothesline, cover
and Bradshaw made sure wouldn't get three.
We have titles galore on the line tonight,
but nothing bigger than the World Wrestling Entertainment Championship.
[King] I know whoever wins this tag match right here
would love to get a shot at Edge and Christian.
[J.R.] But the same can be said for the Dudleys and T&A,
-who'll meet later tonight. -[King] Well, that's true, too.
There's some great tag teams in the WWE right now.
You know, you just look at these two teams and you say this.
These have got to be the two top tag teams but then you think about the Dudleys
-and Edge and Christian… -[J.R.] Hardys?
…Road Dogg and X-Pac. Oh.
-[J.R.] Faarooq had to make a tag. -[King] Uh-oh.
-Uh-oh. -[J.R.] Bradshaw in.
[King] Think the ref saw that one.
[J.R.] First elbow by Bradshaw
who's uh… who's about 6' 7", 290 himself.
… agility by the big man.
Boss Man in. Right hand to the temple.
And here comes Faarooq knocking the Boss Man outside.
Leaving the Bull and Bradshaw together.
Nice DDT by Bradshaw, King.
[King] Yeah, as I said, Bradshaw, he's used some moves
that I've been really impressed. What's he gonna do now though?
[J.R.] Bradshaw, a huge man got up on top.
-And wait a minute… -[King] Boss Man got that foot.
[J.R.] Boss Man restraining Bradshaw.
[King] Oh, look at Bull.
[King] Whoa!
-[J.R.] What a suplex right off the top. -[King] Man.
[J.R.] Almost breaking Bradshaw in half.
-There's a cover. That should be… -[referee] One, two…
[J.R.] Oh! And Bradshaw, not only kicked out, rolled over on his side.
Make no mistake, his shoulders were off the canvas.
[crowd cheering]
Watch yourself out there.
Faarooq and Boss Man fighting on the outside.
Nobody there for him. Oh!
Oh! Clothesline from Hell by Bradshaw.
Looking for the cover and the Boss Man in.
[King] Just in the nick of time.
[J.R.] And Faarooq right behind the Boss Man.
The Boss Man spent more time outside the ring
than he has inside the ring.
Oh! The Boss Man using the nightstick. Just turned the lights out on Faarooq.
[King] I don't think the ref saw that either.
Boss Man has got that nightstick.
Oh! And he just hit Bradshaw in the face with the nightstick.
-Bradshaw… Oh, my God! -[King] Look out!
-Whoa! -[J.R.] What a move by Bull Buchanan.
The nightstick, the leg drop,
-the three count. -[bell dings]
[King] Scissor leg drop off the top rope.
[Lilian] Here are your winners, Bull Buchanan and the Big Boss Man.
[J.R.] A 6' 8", 300 pounder, Bull Buchanan with a scissors kick off the top
after the Boss Man had nailed Bradshaw with that nightstick.
Bull Buchanan and the Boss Man
-win this matchup. -[King] Uh-oh.
Look, Jeff. Even though were brothers, it's gonna be a war out there tonight.
And we might have to square off against each other, bro.
I mean, we'll work together as long as we can.
But if it comes down to me and you versus Crash for the Hardcore Title,
well, I'm not holding anything back.
I guess not, man. You damn near broke my jaw last week.
Don't expect me to hold back either.
It's not like it's the first time we fought.
-I guess we have an understanding. -Napes.
Crash. Look, even though we're cousins,
I'm gonna enjoy beating your ass all over this arena tonight.
Oh, man. Cousin, why it's gotta be like that?
Look, I know it's every man for himself
but why don't we work together as a team, you know?
Get rid of everyone in the ring and if it comes down to me and you,
may the best man win.
-Ow! -What the hell are you thinking?
-Ow! -"Best man win."
It's a good thing there ain't no referee around.
Come on, cousin.
Can you imagine what this place is gonna feel like
when Stone Cold finally gets here tonight?
Yeah. Well, why is he not here?
Come on, Stone Cold. Everybody's ready.
19,000 people, make your grand entrance. Do it.
There's a big parade here today, traffic's horrendous outside.
-[King] Are you marching in that? -[J.R.] Oh, hell no.
[Crash's theme music playing]
[King] Are you sure?
[bell dings]
[Lilian] The following Six-Man Match is scheduled for one fall,
and it's for the World Wresting Entertainment Hardcore Championship.
Introducing first, weighing in at allegedly over 400 pounds,
he is the World Wresting Entertainment Hardcore Champion,
Crash Holly.
[J.R.] It was last Thursday night on SmackDown
where Crash Holly regained the Hardcore Title.
It was Matt Hardy defending against his brother, Jeff.
An amazing display last Thursday night.
And the 24/7 rule in effect.
The title defended 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Now, King, unlike WrestleMania,
where there were 11 Hardcore Title changes,
this match ends tonight when someone defeats Crash
or when Crash defeats one of his five challengers.
[King] Yeah, this ought to be great, J.R.
-Whoa! -[Tazz's theme music playing]
[Lilian] And the challenger,
from the Red Hook Section of Brooklyn, New York,
weighing in at 248 pounds, Tazz.
[J.R.] The former ECW Hard… or Champion, rather.
Making his way to the ring, Tazz, no disqualification.
Pin falls count anywhere.
And unlike the recent Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox baseball brawl,
no one's gonna be suspended for this match for unnecessary roughness.
[King] Or fined.
[J.R.] Baseball players can't fight anyway.
-[King] No, I said… Oh, yeah. Right. -[J.R.] They ship slap each other.
-[The Hardy Boyz's theme music playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Lilian] From Cameron, North Carolina,
Matt and Jeff, The Hardy Boyz.
[J.R.] I'll tell you what, anytime you see the Hardys,
you know a match is gonna be more dangerous than Halle Berry's driving.
-Six… -[King] Here they go.
[J.R.] Six men in this match. Four are former Hardcore Champions.
[Hardcore Holly's theme music playing]
[Lilian] From Mobile, Alabama, weighing in at allegedly over 400 pounds,
Hardcore Holly.
[J.R.] Oh, he has put together in great shape is Hardcore Holly.
There's his little cousin, Elroy.
-I mean, Crash. -[King] Elroy.
Did you see the way Hardcore slapped Elroy in the back of the head?
[J.R.] Yeah, Daughter Judy could hear that.
-In Uranus. -[King] In where?
[Saturn's theme music playing]
Look at Crash. He's dancing.
This 24/7 thing is really taking a toll on Crash.
[Lilian] And from Boston, Massachusetts, weighing in at 236 pounds,
Perry Saturn.
[J.R.] One of The Radicalz, Perry Saturn.
[bell dings]
[J.R.] Remember the match will end when someone pins Crash
or Crash pins one of his five adversaries here.
-It's like a mini Battle Royal. -[King] Look out!
[J.R.] Nice throw by Perry Saturn on Crash Holly.
Crash Holly, big bullseye on his chest.
Hardcore Title, the only title in WWE defended 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Powerbomb by Hardcore Holly.
And Matt Hardy interrupted that turning predicament.
We may see a lot of that.
[King] Yeah, you got that right. There it is again.
[J.R.] Everybody just beating the fire out of each other here on the outside.
There's Jeff with the cover. And Tazz with the interruption.
[King] Man.
[J.R.] As I said, Tazz, a former ECW Heavyweight Champion,
looking to take the gold home with him.
Beautiful suplex by Tazz.
[King] And then saved by Saturn.
[J.R.] Saturn and Tazz have had quite the history in their career.
-[King] Where is this going now? -[J.R.] Elroy looking to…
[King laughs] They're not gonna let him escape.
[J.R.] No countouts, no disqualifications.
[King] Trying to do his best Houdini impersonation tonight.
What's he doing?
[J.R.] Wait a minute. That super structure there,
the Backlash super structure. I don't think it's…
[King] What are you doing? Are you crazy?
[J.R.] Not built for climbing. These guys are putting themselves
-at risk here. -[King] Get down from there.
[J.R.] If that thing falls, we got big problems.
[King] You got big problems anyway.
I'm not worried about that thing falling.
I'm worried about if Elroy falls and Crash.
-Oh! Right in the face. -[J.R.] Oh, man.
Crash hanging upside down in a very precarious position.
And then jerked down off that super structure.
And look at this.
-[crowd cheering] -[J.R.] Oh, my God!
[King] What the heck?
[J.R.] I'll tell you what, these Hardys are amazing.
[King] Did Matt Hardy just dive off of that thing?
[crowd] Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit!
[King] I agree.
[crowd exclaims]
[J.R.] Hardcore Holly now winnin' away.
And Matt Hardy, but it's… Remember the object is to beat Crash.
[King] Part of that super structure broke off.
[J.R.] It wasn't built for climbing. Wait a minute.
[King] What is Jeff Hardy doing?
-[J.R.] Oh, Jeff Hardy! -[King screams]
[J.R.] Someone compared him to Shawn Michaels
with this tremendous athletic ability.
-Here comes Matt Hardy… -[King] Here comes Crash.
…bringing Crash back to the ring.
Matt Hardy put his career in his own hands here.
He must be 15 or 20 feet up in the air there.
-[King] Oh! -[J.R.] Double team by the Hardys.
Oh! Tazz!
[King exclaims]
[J.R.] With that trash can lid.
[King] The Human Wrecking Machine trying to wreck the Hardys' chances
of being Hardcore Champion.
[J.R.] Tazz, well I'll wave to Mom, I'll tell ya.
Now Hardcore Holly has got a two by four.
Uh-oh. The Hardys double-teaming Tazz.
[King] Oh!
[J.R.] Hardcore Holly just knocked the fire out of his cousin, Crash.
with a two by four.
And now Matt Hardy, or Jeff rather, has a steel chair.
[King] Look at this.
[J.R.] Oh, Hardy…
And Tazz clothesline Jeff right back on that steel chair.
[King] Two by four!
[J.R.] Saturn with a two by four.
Knocking down Tazz.
What a submission move by Tazz.
Almost a version of an abdominal stretch.
-[King] No, that's Saturn. -[J.R.] Saturn, I mean.
-[King] Oh! -[J.R.] Matt Hardy nailing Hardcore.
Tazz taking care of Saturn.
[King] Now that was Tazz.
-[J.R.] I got it. -[referee] One, two…
[J.R.] Too much action here, it's hard to keep up with all these guys.
[King] Watch it, Hardcore. Wow!
[J.R.] Those steps and that face just don't… They don't mix.
Steel and skin.
[King] Where's Jeff Hardy?
[J.R.] He's here somewhere.
-[King] Oh! -[J.R.] Good Lord! What a clothesline.
And the cover. Tazz got the clothesline, Matt Hardy tried to get the cover.
Here comes Hardcore.
Hardcore Holly has got some kinda street sign or something there.
[King] You know that Matt Hardy is opportunistic. Wow!
[J.R.] Crash tried to get his hands up to no avail.
Hardcore tried the cover, interrupted by Saturn.
[King] Matt won the Hardcore Title there for a short period
when his brother, Jeff delivered the goods.
-[J.R.] Certainly did. -[King] Oh!
[J.R.] Nice spinning kick by Saturn.
There's the cover. Hardcore says, "Not today. That title is gonna be mine."
Look at Elroy. Elroy Crash Holly on the outside
But he won't rest long.
Tazz. Look at those right hands, King.
[King] Unbelievable. Watch it!
[J.R.] Oh! Coming all the way from the Red Hook Section of Brooklyn.
Those right hands of Tazz.
[King] Here's Jeff Hardy back from I don't know where.
[J.R.] Not sure… Oh, there's a cover. Falls Count Anywhere.
-[King] Look at this. -[J.R.] Look…
[King] Jeff picked right up where Matt left off.
-[J.R.] I don't know how Crash is… -[King] Watch it, Crash.
[J.R.] Just give him the belt. Hell.
-[King] Right. -[J.R.] Suplex.
And yes, another interruption.
[Tazz] Hit him! Hit him!
[J.R.] Oh!
Saturn right hand off the apron.
[King] Oh, now they're triple teaming poor Crash.
[J.R.] I'll tell you what. There's a lot of tough guys here out of anybody,
quite frankly, any tougher than Crash Holly.
How he has survived and is surviving is a modern miracle.
[King] That Holly family is tough.
[J.R.] Nice drop kick by Crash.
His body's gotta be wrapped with pain.
Cover, but not much a one.
Saturn now gets his shot at it.
[King] Oh. Uh-oh, sunset flip.
-[referee] One, two… -[J.R.] And Tazz,
the foot right to the face of Crash.
And… Good Lord, look at that.
[King] Ah, man.
[J.R.] That extension cord.
[King] Don't plug it in.
-[J.R.] A lot of these guy are… -[King] Wow!
[J.R.] They gotta… almost have to eliminate each other before…
Nobody's gonna let Crash get pinned here.
[King] Wow!
[J.R.] Good Lord.
Both Hardys got tattooed…
by Tazz and again…
'ol Crash has spent more time in the canvas than Rembrandt.
[King] Oh!
Look at Jeff Hardy. He's still out.
He's taking a little siesta over there.
[J.R.] An unwilling siesta.
[King] Oh, Crash.
[J.R.] Cousin Bob.
-[King] Oh! -[J.R.] What a suplex.
Saturn with a suplex on Hardcore Holly.
Now there's the cover, that could be…
I thought there was enough isolation there
at least for the three count but it was not to be.
I get the distinct feeling that Saturn and Tazz don't like each other.
[King] Folks, do not try this at home. Ha!
[J.R.] Those kicks right to the heart.
This match is right down Tazz's alley.
[King] That's right. That's where he lives, in the alley.
[J.R.] Oh! Not anymore.
[King] Oh.
-[J.R.] Suplex, cover, interruption. -[King] Uh-oh.
-[J.R.] How many times have we said that? -[King] More cookware.
Whoa!
[J.R.] This ain't exactly the scene with Emeril Lagasse on the Food Network.
[King laughs]
-Look at this! -[J.R.] Oh! Jeff Hardy
with a unique leg drop.
Cover and Jeff's brother, Matt interrupted that one.
Hardcore Holly comes back with a foot to the face of Matt Hardy.
[King] Here comes that extension cord. Oh!
[J.R.] Tazz now choking Matt.
[King] Matt's getting wired.
Oh!
[J.R.] Crash got slammed in the corner.
Here's Jeff. Springboard!
[referee] One, two…
[J.R.] And that would've been enough no doubt about it but Hardcore Holly…
And then over the top again comes Perry Saturn.
And Hardcore and Tazz both making sure Saturn did not get the three.
[King] This match may be like the presidential campaign.
It may go till November.
[Tazz] Come on!
[King] Oh, man.
Son of a bitch!
[King] Uh-oh, hello.
[Tazz] Choke! Choke!
[J.R.] Tazz, now choking while Hardcore's got his cousin with a suplex.
-And both men covering Crash. -[King] That ain't gonna work.
[J.R.] Yeah, we don't want… We're not gonna have co-champions, I can tell you.
At least, I don't think we will.
[King] Crash is just about history. He's limp.
[J.R.] Oh, man.
What a suplex that was.
Almost…
… late Dick Murdoch in a brainbuster.
Hardcore Holly now bringing a steel chair
-in the ring. -[King] A chair.
Nothing wrong with that. Hardcore Match.
[J.R.] No disqualifications, you're right about that, King.
[King] Oh, cousin to cousin. Oh! Have a seat.
[J.R.] This ain't no family reunion, I'll tell ya.
That's gotta be… Oh!
And that no doubt would have been all.
[crowd cheering]
[King] Uh-oh.
[J.R.] What a pop for the ladder.
The ladder gets a pop.
[King laughs]
[J.R.] The Hardy's got the ladder.
[King] Everybody know what the Hardys do with ladders.
[J.R.] Hardcore Holly just ate some ladder.
[King] Oh, look at this. Man!
[J.R.] Saturn and Tazz knocked down.
Well, folks at Home Depot must be very proud tonight.
[King laughs]
-Uh-oh. -[J.R.] There's a double-team.
Oh, man.
[King] Hi, Perry. What's goin' on?
We have Perry Saturn draped across our announcer's table here.
[J.R.] Oh!
The Hardys are starting to eliminate their adversaries,
but they're not eliminating each other.
-[crowd cheering] -[King] Oh, no.
The ladder is set up.
-[crowd cheering] -[J.R.] What's Jeff Hardy gonna do?
These… The risk takers are the Hardys.
Is he a young Shawn Michaels?
Is that what Jeff Hardy's doing here?
Twist of Fate by Matt.
-Oh, my God! -[King] Look out!
[J.R.] Oh! Swanton Bomb from the top!
[King] But look at Matt.
[J.R.] And Matt trying to get Jeff's cover.
The Hardys are…
The Hardys are fighting each other here.
It's every man for himself in this hardcore matchup.
-[King] The shades of… -[J.R.] Oh, Tazz
just eliminated both Hardys with a thunderous double clothesline.
[crowd cheering]
-[King] Uh-oh. [J.R.] Could be a Tazzmission.
[King] He's got it locked in.
[crowd cheering]
[J.R.] The Tazzmission! The fans to their feet.
-[King] Watch this! -[J.R.] Good God, stop!
[King] Stop that, Tazz.
[J.R.] What a shot to the head by Saturn.
Saturn's covering the back door.
[King] Got it. No!
Going out the back door.
[J.R.] Hardcore Holly just pulled Saturn outside the ring.
[King] Look at…
[J.R.] Matt and Jeff Hardy.
-Oh! -[King] Look at this!
[J.R.] The Hardys eliminating Tazz and Saturn.
Hardcore Holly and Saturn. It's Tazz in the ring.
-[King] Look! -[J.R.] Tazz is still knocked out.
-[King] Elroy! -[J.R.] How in the hell did Elroy do it?
-[Crash's theme music playing] [Lilian] Your winner,
and still the World Wrestling Entertainment Hardcore Champion,
Crash Holly.
[King] Stop the madness.
[J.R.] Broken bodies, broken signs.
And somehow, someway, Crash Holly has prevailed.
The little son of a gun, The Houdini of Hardcore, has done it.
[King] What a match.
[J.R.] I don't know how he does it.
[King] I'd get under the ring if I were him if I could.
[J.R.] Just amazing.
World Wrestling Entertainment Title match between Triple H and The Rock.
Now, you'll forgive me if I'm too blunt here, but it appears
that you have a conflict of interests.
I mean, your brother-in-law, Triple H is in the contest.
Your father, Vince McMahon is in his corner.
First of all, I appreciate the opportunity that my father has given me
and he has that much trust in me, that much confidence
of my refereeing ability. And that's exactly what I plan on doing.
I do plan on being impartial,
'cause you have two thoroughbreds in there.
You have Triple H and The Rock.
This is for the World Wrestling Entertainment Championship
and I truly feel that I am the man for the job,
to call this thing right down the middle. Now, if you'll excuse me,
I have to go get ready for my duties. We're up pretty soon, Thank you very much.
[J.R.] Along with the fair and impartial, I'll believe it when I see it.
But very momentarily, ladies and gentlemen,
the 7' 2", 500 pounds Big Show
will take on the 1996 Olympic gold medal winner, Kurt Angle.
And these two, very unique young athletes, have developed quite the rivalry.
[Big Show] I think it's time for The Big Show to go Hollywood, man.
I'm gonna cut loose, I'm gonna cut a rug, I'm gonna have some fun
'cause you know what? I'm gonna be a superstar.
[King] He's gone Hollywood, J.R.
[Big Show] I feel like dancing.
Ho! Raise the roof!
Hello, ladies.
What would you say to wearing gold around your waist again?
World Wrestling Entertainment Tag Team Championships.
We've already got a partner hand-picked just for you.
[Shane] The Big Show.
[Angle] I have the one partner guaranteed
to bring home the Tag Team Titles.
The Big Show.
[Cole] Big Show's wearing a kilt. Who's he trying to be?
[King] I think Kurt's as confused as we are.
Can't you see a wee fairly I'm trying to have a little bit of fun?
[Cole] I don't think Kurt Angle liked the fact The Big Show is having fun.
Kurt Angle just slapped The Big Show.
And I think The Big Show has just snapped.
You don't make the big man angry.
He has an A to Z personality.
One minute he's a fun-loving guy, the next minute he's all business.
Hey! It's The Big Show.
And he's going after Kurt Angle.
[King] Kurt Angle showing intelligence right now.
-[J.R.] It's The Big Show! -[King] Look out!
[Angle] I feel sorry for The Big Show.
The Big Show is a big ass. Is a big ass.
And he let all that talent go to waste.
Which is why at Backlash, I'm not only going to beat The Big Show.
I'm going to beat some sense into The Big Show.
It's true. It's true.
[Angle's theme music playing]
[J.R.] And we are back, ladies and gentlemen.
He won a gold medal at the 1996 Olympics
in freestyle wrestling
is that man from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Kurt Angle.
[King] Great American hero.
He's got his work cut out for him tonight.
[J.R.] Yes, he does.
[King] Look how gracious. He always says thank you,
acknowledges the cheers of the fans.
How fitting for me to be in Washington, D.C.
[King] Got that right.
[crowd booing]
You know, your Olympic hero
and this nation's capital, have a lot in common.
For instance,
like George Washington,
I cannot tell a lie.
The Big Show is a giant waste of talent.
And like Abraham Lincoln,
I'm honest, almost to a fault.
If The Big Show had my three Is,
then maybe he wouldn't be such a big disappointment.
[King laughs]
And like Marion Barry.
-[J.R.] Marion Barry? -Actually, I'm nothing like Marion Barry.
And you people ought to be ashamed of yourselves for re-electing that guy.
It's true. Shame on all of you.
It's true.
[crowd booing and cheering]
But that's what's wrong with America today.
We're liars. We're cheaters.
I mean, look at our president.
[King] Uh-oh.
[crowd booing and cheering]
But that's where I come in.
That's where your Olympic hero steps in.
-[King] Good. -I mean, let's be honest.
I might be the only hero that all of you have left.
And that my friends, is true.
[King] It's true! It's true!
[J.R.] I'll tell you what, based on size alone,
Angle should not win this matchup.
A modern-day David versus Goliath story unfolding here.
And you gotta wonder what kind of Big Show we're gonna get.
-[Hulk Hogan's theme song playing] -[King] What the heck?
[J.R.] Wait a minute. That's not Big Show's music.
[crowd cheering]
[King] Look at this!
[J.R.] Well, for the love of Hulk.
[King laughs]
[J.R.] Look at that shirt.
The Showster.
[King laughs]
-He loves to have fun, J.R. -[J.R.] Oh, he does, I'll tell ya.
The Big Show, obviously emulating,
I guess his former hero,
the legendary Hulk Hogan.
[King] He even got the yellow boots.
He does Hulk Hogan better than Hulk Hogan.
Oh, look!
[crowd cheering]
Oh! There you go.
[J.R.] Big Show having some fun here.
The Showster.
He's not serious at all right now.
And that just eats Kurt Angle alive.
[King] Look at this.
Well, you know something, Kurt Angle, dude.
-[King laughs] -[crowd cheering]
[King] Man.
You're running around talking a lot of trash, man,
about what you gonna do and you're a real hero.
Let me tell you something, brother.
I've been to the top of the mountain.
I walked through the valley of the shadow of death, dude.
I've got the largest pythons in the world, brother.
-[J.R. laughs] -[King] Yes.
So, what'cha gonna do when the Showster goes wild on you?
[King] Hey, dude. [King laughs]
-[crowd cheering] -[King] Man.
[J.R.] That's right, brother.
-And Kurt Angle! -[bell dings]
-[J.R.] Kurt Angle, turning it all up in on the Showster here.
[King] Oh! He's Hulkasizing. [King laughs]
-[J.R.] He'll hulk up on you. -[King] Yes.
[King screams]
[J.R.] He'll no sell.
[King] Kurt, watch out for the pythons.
[J.R.] Big right hand
-by the Showster. -[crowd exclaims]
[J.R.] And Angle doesn't want to get into a fisticuff situation here
-with the… Oh, my! -[King laughs]
Yeah, here we go.
There it is!
[J.R.] The immortal leg drop.
And the leg is hooked. That's gotta be all.
Oh! And Angle kicked out of the leg drop.
[King] Nobody ever does that, do they?
[J.R.] Angle at a 196 pounds won the NCAA heavyweight title,
the smallest man ever to do it.
-[King] Oh! -[J.R.] So, he knows… What a move there.
Angle used that quickness.
[King] Wait a minute, Kurt. Let me advice you something.
Big Show just… I think he's just been having fun up till now.
You don't want to make him angry.
[J.R.] At Clarion University, Angle won two NCAA titles as a heavyweight.
Won at a 196 pounds, the smallest man in NCAA history ever to do that.
So, to say that Angle doesn't know how to compete against big guys
can certainly be wrong.
The Olympian, Olympic gold medal winner.
[King] Who's Marion?
-[J.R.] What? -[King] I don't know.
[J.R.] Brother Showster's in trouble.
The big boot and the leg drop on this occasion didn't work.
[crowd] Hogan! Hogan! Hogan!
[J.R.] Not that there's anything wrong with that.
[King] Listen to this.
We have the Hogan chants going.
[King laughs] This is great!
More people are chanting Hogan that have in years.
-But 19,000… Uh-oh. -[King] Uh-oh. I knew it.
[J.R.] I think the fun and games are over.
-[King] Fun time is over. -[J.R.] Fun time, my God.
-He's 7' 2" and… Oh! 500 pounds! -[all exclaiming]
-[King] Oh, man! -[J.R.] That big son of a gun
has turned it on here.
[King] Look out, Kurt. Ooh! Gosh.
[J.R.] Angle had things going for a few moments.
[King] Oh!
-Oh, no! -[crowd exclaiming]
[J.R.] That is like an oak tree smacking in the face.
-[King] Kurt! -[J.R.] If the leg drop don't work,
the… the chokeslam will.
[King] Oh, no.
-No! -[crowd exclaims]
[J.R.] And Kurt Angle just got drilled by The Big Show with that chokeslam.
-[King] Oh, no. -[crowd cheering]
[The Big Show's theme song playing]
-[J.R.] He likes to have fun… -[Lilian] Here's your winner,
the Showster.
…but you don't want to piss him off.
[King] Physically, people they like him. They really do.
[J.R.] Man, that is… He is one big monster.
Love him or hate him, he is awesome.
And ladies and gentlemen, speaking of love and hate,
what is it with Trish and Bubba Dudley, King?
[King] It's love. Unmitigated love.
-[J.R.] Are you sure? -[King] I'm positive.
Absolutely. Certain.
[J.R.] Well, ladies and gentlemen, here's how this tag team matchup
all came about. It's all about wood.
[Cole] Is Trish the object of Bubba Ray's desires?
[King] I think he wants wood. He hasn't got what he once would.
He wants to put her through a table.
[Cole] He's done this to Terri Runnels.
He's done it to Mae Young.
He's done it to Lita.
Bubba Ray Dudley powerbombing women through tables.
Bubba Ray Dudley sending a message.
[King] I think he's got that in mind to do that to Trish Stratus at Backlash.
[Trish] Bubba Ray, there is something about tables
that just drives me crazy.
Lying on these tables gets me so excited.
But it's just not the same without you, Bubba Ray Dudley.
[King] I don't get it.
-I can't figure out what is Trish doing. -[J.R.] She's taunting Bubba Ray.
[King] You think for one minute that Bubba Ray would rather put Trish
through a table and put her on one?
-[J.R.] Bubba Ray's got Trish Stratus. -[King] He's got her.
[J.R.] Bubba's been dying to put Trish Stratus through a table.
-She's gotta be scared to death. -[King] Wait! Wait! Look at this!
What is she doing?
[J.R.] She's kissing Bubba.
[King] She's putting a lip-lock on Bubba Ray Dudley.
[J.R.] Bubba's in one of those orgasmic trances or something.
[King] I can almost assure you that Bubba Ray is really smitten with Trish.
[Cole] Maybe Bubba Ray's smitten with Trish
but I'm not buying that Trish is smitten with Bubba Ray.
Bubba Ray Dudley has Trish!
[King] Maybe I was wrong.
[Cole] Bubba Ray's been trying to do this for weeks, King.
-No! Don't do this. -[King] Here she goes.
[Cole] Trish is… Trish is kissing Bubba Ray, King.
Test and Albert coming to the aid of Trish Stratus.
-And look at Bubba Ray! -[King] He's in that trance again.
-[Cole] He's mesmerized. Oh no! -[King] Look out!
[Cole] Through the table. Bubba Ray Dudley through the table.
[King] Trish dodged the wood tonight but it may not happen Sunday.
[J.R.] Will Trish Stratus get wood this Sunday at Backlash?
Trish, the world wants to know.
How do you really feel about Bubba Ray Dudley?
You know, Mikey, Bubba is a passionate man.
He's a man that's not afraid to express his true emotions.
And I like that.
You know, Michael, most men around me,
they just bottle up all that frustration and that tension
and then they go home and one day they just explode.
But Bubba's special. Bubba's different.
And in a few moments, Bubba's gonna find out exactly how I feel.
Bubba, let's go, man! Come on, it's time. Let's go!
Bubba, what the…
Oh, man.
Come on, man. No, Bubba, stop it, man!
I've had about enough of this.
I can't believe that you insist
on letting this bleach blonde bimbo get in our business.
What's the matter with you, man?
Put your arm down. You're pissing me off.
Now, let's go. Let's take the business back.
That's how The Dudley Boyz do it. The most righteous way.
It's time to testify. Let's go! Now!
[J.R.] Indeed, it is time to testify.
We're still waiting the arrival of the Rattlesnake, Stone Cold Steve Austin,
here in the sold out MCI Center where Backlash is underway.
[King] Hey! Check it out. … It's Billy Corgan.
He's from The Smashing Pumpkins, J.R.
[J.R.] I know who it was.
[King] Oh, right. You know Smashing Pumpkins?
[King] I'm not talking about what you do on Halloween.
Those guys are great.
-[J.R.] Right. You're so hip. -[King] I am.
-[J.R.] God. -[King] Uh-oh.
[The Dudley Boyz's theme music playing]
[J.R.] Hell, it's… You've got the damn Dudleys.
-[King] These guys will break your hip. -[bell dings]
[Lilian] The following tag team contest is scheduled for one fall.
Making their way to the ring at a combined weight of 565 pounds,
Bubba Ray and D-Von, The Dudley Boyz.
[J.R.] Well, the question is, can Bubba Ray overcome
his infatuation with Trish
for the awesome Dudleys to overcome the hungry duo of T&A?
[King] Oh and D-Von is really frustrated.
He's been trying to tell Bubba Ray that Trish is out of his league
but I think Bubba Ray thinks that means she bowls on a different night.
He loves her, J.R.
She planted that lip-lock.
She played tonsil hockey with Bubba Ray and that was it.
[T&A's theme music playing]
[J.R.] All I know is that Trish's lips are becoming more famous
-than Cindy Crawford's mole. -[Lilian] Their opponent,
being accompanied by Trish Stratus, at a combined weight of 629 pounds,
Test and Albert, T&A.
[J.R.] Well, that's a spiffy little outfit.
[King] Quite a swing she's got there, too.
[J.R.] She is uh… She is Trish, the leader of T&A,
Test and Albert.
Look at Bubba. Eyes fixed on Trish.
[King] He is, uh, thinking.
-[J.R.] He's thinking wood. -[King] Right.
I'm thinking wood myself.
-[J.R.] Uh, and the Dudleys… -[bell dings]
…an awesome combination.
They lost their tag team titles at WrestleMania
and have yet to… Oh, look at this!
-[King] Trish! -[J.R.] Bubba… Bubba chasing Trish.
[King] He just wants a kiss.
[J.R.] You reckon? Oh! And oh, my God!
[King] Man.
[J.R.] Bubba almost taken out of his boots there by Test.
And it's Albert.
Albert and D-Von Dudley.
This is a… Our fans know,
if you're keeping score at home, Bubba and D-Von are half-brothers.
-[King] Right. -[J.R.] Allegedly have the same father.
[King] And I think another Bub… or another brother named Bubba.
It's a real weird family.
-[J.R.] No. -[King] Yeah.
[J.R.] Get out.
[King] I'm serious.
[J.R.] Albert trying to hold on to that rope and does.
The record is 350 pounds.
[J.R.] These guys not wasting any time here. Getting a…
Kick-out. Yes, indeed.
Albert, 6' 7", 350.
-And there's the tag to Bubba Ray Dudley. -[King] Ooh!
[J.R.] Bubba Ray with a well-placed right hand.
You know, King, it's really, change of subject here,
really not like Stone Cold to be this late.
[King] What have you checked? Are you certain he's not here yet?
[J.R.] I was told a few moments ago that he has not arrived.
-[King] You know what I'm thinking? -[J.R.] What?
[King] Maybe he's thought about it. Maybe…
Well, you heard what Vince said earlier.
Maybe Stone Cold don't have the grapefruits to show up tonight.
-[J.R.] You've gotta be kidding. -I'm gonna get you, little bitch!
-[crowd exclaiming] -[King] Speaking of grapefruits.
Or cantaloupes.
[J.R.] Did Bubba just call Trish a witch or something else?
Sign of a real show of affection.
Unless you're from the hills of Arkansas, then you never know.
[King] Right.
[J.R.] Oh, wow. What an elbow by Bubba Dudley.
And Albert down. Lucky, gets a shoulder up.
These Dudleys are one of the most awesome teams to ever compete here in the WWE.
And they have not got a rematch since losing the Tag Team Titles…
…at WrestleMania.
There's two teams in a rematch.
[King] It's not easy to talk to the Dudleys
but I did have a word earlier today with with D-Von
and he's really, really concerned about this situation.
I told him, you know, like you said.
They got a chance to be the most awesome team ever
here in the WWE but he's worried about what page Bubba Ray's on
-because Trish. -[J.R.] Or what book he's reading.
-Or what pictures he's looking at. -[King] Don't talk about books.
He'll put you through the table of contents. Ha!
[J.R.] Double-team suplex on Albert.
-[King] Oh, boy. -[J.R.] You know what's coming up here.
[King] What's coming down! Oh!
[J.R.] Dudleys' unique version of birth control.
[King] Be careful, Trish. They'll try that on you.
[J.R.] D-Von just testified.
[King] Trish, I can assure you D-Von wouldn't hesitate
for one second to put you through a table.
[J.R.] Another cover here.
Almost feel that kick-out coming.
D-Von not enough weight on his shoulders to roll...
[King] J.R., you gotta admit now, if Trish was to plant
those big, luscious, lovely lips on you,
it might change your life, too.
[J.R.] Well, yeah, but a lot of things would change.
My address.
My marital status.
[King] You might experience personal problems.
-[J.R.] I reckon so. -[King] Look out, J.R.
[J.R.] Nice double-team by T&A.
Nice offense by T&A.
-Young team here. -[Bubba] D-Von, kick-out!
[J.R.] Cover. [exclaims]
Jimmy Korderas got a near fall on that one.
At least if that happens, I could always flew down to Memphis with you, King.
[King] Yeah. Come on down.
-[J.R.] Hang out at the garage. -[King] There you go.
[J.R.] Ooh! Nice move by D-Von Dudley
after Test missed the clothesline,
and Test got his shoulders off the canvas quickly there.
Both these teams, obviously would like the opportunity
to meet Edge and Christian for the Tag Titles.
[King] Whoa, watch yourself there.
[J.R.] Albert just got hung.
-[King] Oh! -[J.R.] Gutwrench into the powerbomb.
-[Test] Who's the man? -[crowd cheers, boos]
[King] You the man.
[J.R.] Go for that cover instead of asking the crowd about it.
Crowd's not gonna help you pin him there, Test.
Don't take any… Give the Dudleys any second chances.
[Bubba] Fight back, D-Von!
[J.R.] I'll tell ya, they've proven they can take a lot of punishment.
[King] And dishin' out. Oh, look at this.
[Bubba] Get the hell out of there!
-[J.R.] Seeing… -[King] Whoa!
[J.R.] Seeing an aggressive side tonight, King.
More aggressiveness than we have seen from Test and Albert.
[King] I think that physicality…
A new found physicality is the result of being with Trish.
[J.R.] Oh, man.
[King] I'd like to get physical with Trish.
[J.R.] Round the world, no doubt about that. I'm sure you would.
There's the cover. And D-Von barely able to get the shoulders up.
[King] This whole night's been physical so far.
[Bubba] Tag me, baby!
[J.R.] To a great amount, thus far.
[King] Look at Bubba Ray.
[J.R.] D-Von fighting back.
Blind tag was made.
Test got the tag.
Albert got the powerslam.
[King] Look at this.
[J.R.] Oh, nice team work. That could be all right there.
-And Bubba Ray… -[Bubba] Shut up!
…able to interrupt the count.
[King] These guys will do some serious trash talking, too.
Between the four of them, this is great.
[J.R.] Several tags already by T&A, Test and Albert.
[crowd] Table! Table! Table!
[King] Listen to this crowd. They want wood.
[J.R.] The crowd of 19,101 are chanting for a table,
-are chanting for an inanimate object. -[King] A table!
[Bubba] D-Von! D-Von!
[King] When I saw Trish professing her love for tables,
I went out and bought some for myself. I got a new coffee table,
couple of end tables.
[Bubba] D-Von!
[J.R.] D-Von trying to low crawl to that… his half-brother, Bubba, for the tag.
[King] He's certainly table quality.
-[referee] Hey! Hey! Hey! -[King] Here we go.
-Right into Albert. Uh-oh. -[J.R.] Here are the tag.
And that's the third time tonight we've had a tag
but the referee hasn't seen.
You think these officials would be aware of that.
[King] There's a lot going on in there, J.R.
-[J.R.] Test and Albert… -[King] Plus Trish on the outside
Test and Albert came out here seemingly as the fan favorite
I think this… The tide has kinda turned.
I think these fans are somewhat pro-Dudleys right now.
[King] I'm pro-Trish. If I was refereeing this match,
I'd never take my eyes off Trish.
You never know what she'd do. Capable of anything.
-[King] Oh! -[J.R.] Right hand by, uh,
former University of Pittsburgh offensive lineman, Albert.
[King] I think Trish might have the hots for you.
She's been wearing a cowboy hat like yours.
[J.R.] I don't think so.
I don't think so.
[King] Oh, boy.
[J.R.] This ain't gon' be good, no matter what happens.
Oh, good Lord.
[King coughs]
[J.R.] How did they… Catapult onto the second rope.
[King] Sore throat anyone.
-[referee] One, two… -[J.R.] And the cover.
And Bubba made sure the three didn't go down.
Look at Albert. He just manhandled D-Von. Jerked D-Von right off the canvas.
Made the tag to Test.
-[King] Wow. -[J.R.] Lots of impact.
Lots of impact there.
[Bubba] Kick-out!
[J.R. exclaims] A kick-out.
He probably heard Bubba screaming to D-Von to kick-out.
Very offensive language by T&A here.
[King] Yeah. Potty mouth.
[Bubba] There you go!
[King] You don't think Trish talks like that, do you?
-[J.R.] I have no idea. -[King] Woo-hoo! Baby.
-Uh-oh. -[J.R.] Oh, look out.
Sunset flip. And, oh!
Boy, that's a long two count.
[Bubba] Watch yourself!
[J.R.] I'm sure you'd love Albert talk dirty to you.
[King] Oh, baby.
[J.R.] Oh! D-Von with the backs…. Powerbomb.
Look out.
-[crowd] We want tables! -[clapping]
[J.R.] Any predicament there.
[King] I wonder what Trish thinks about that.
These people are chanting, "We want table."
-[crowd] We want tables! -[clapping]
[J.R.] We want a car wreck.
[King] Ha-ha! That's what I scream when I go to the races.
[J.R. laughs]
[Bubba] Shut up!
[J.R.] More trash talking.
-[King] Uh-oh. Talk too much. -[J.R.] And uh…
I think Albert has got his attitude changed.
D-Von…
-What kind of… -[King] Oh, my gosh.
[J.R.] Suplex.
[Bubba] D-Von!
D-Von, come on.
[J.R.] Suplex de jure tonight off that rope.
[King] Not kidding.
[crowd clapping]
[King] Bubba Ray wants in.
-[J.R.] No doubt about it. -[King] These people want wood!
Bubba Ray wants Trish.
[Bubba] Come on!
[J.R.] And the King wants Trish to talk dirty to him.
-[King] Oh, yeah. -[Bubba] Come on!
-[King] Uh-oh. -[J.R.] Tag both side.
Here comes Bubba Ray.
Look at Bubba.
Wild and crazy.
[King] You know he's legal, too.
Ooh!
[J.R.] Bubba Ray…
Boo! Samoan drop.
Bubba got the leg hooked.
Off the guard. Kick to the face by Albert.
[King] Trish can't believe it. Whoa, look out.
[J.R.] Albert over the top.
3D! 3D!
The Dudleys scored with the 3D.
[crowd] One, two…
-[King] No! -[referee] Two!
[J.R.] He must not have got it all because ain't nobody gon kick-out of 3D.
[King] Uh-oh.
[J.R.] D-Von on the outside.
Powerbomb by Albert.
Test going up on top.
Here comes D-Von back in.
[King] Look at Test!
[crowd exclaiming]
[King] Nobody there.
[J.R.] Test couldn't connect with the elbow.
Bubba Ray's got the leg hooked.
And Test kicked out.
[King] And you're blaming the referee
for not being able to follow all this action.
-[J.R.] Shame on me. -[King] Yeah. Oh, man. Again.
-[Bubba] 3D! -[King] Albert's out.
[J.R.] One more time, the Dudleys call for 3D.
[King] Trish is in shock.
[J.R.] Oh.
-Trish has got Bubba's attention. -[King cheers]
[King] Baby, mine, too.
[J.R.] Trish is shaking her money-maker.
A kick to the face, the distraction, the cover…
-[King] Look at this! -…the three. T&A with the upset.
-[King] Show me the A. -[Lilian] Here are your winners,
T&A.
[King] Uh-oh. Look out.
[J.R.] A neck breaker on Test.
[King] Oh, no. Look out!
[J.R.] Oh, Bubba's got…
Bubba Ray has got Trish by the hair.
-3D on Albert. -[King exclaiming]
[King] Get out of there, Trish. Save yourself.
[J.R.] Trish has got to get the hell… Oh, she didn't make it.
[King] Start kissing. Kiss everybody in sight.
Slip up the tongue. Do anything.
[J.R.] Look at Bubba.
Look at the look on Bubba's face.
[King] Oh, Trish.
Oh, no!
[J.R.] Bubba's gettin' wood.
[King] Listen to these sick people here in Washington.
[J.R.] They want a train wreck.
The fans want a car wreck.
They want a table.
[King] And they want Trish as the table.
[J.R.] D-Von has got the table.
T&A on the outside cannot help Trish.
[King] I don't think anything… Hey, wait a minute.
-[J.R.] I think I see tongue. -[King] I know I do. Woohoo!
[J.R.] And now Bubba…
Oh, Bubba's…
[King] That did it.
-[crowd cheering] -[J.R.] Oh, no! It didn't do it.
[King] It didn't do it.
[J.R.] Bubba said to hell with the tonsil hockey.
[King] He needed more.
[J.R.] She wanted to play tonsil hockey.
-[King exclaims] -[J.R.] And Bubba is gonna shoot.
And he will score!
[crowd cheering]
[J.R.] For the love of God, Trish just exploded in that table.
[King screams] I can't believe it.
[J.R.] My God. What impact!
-[King exclaims] -[J.R.] Bubba Dudley
with a smile on his face.
An evil look, a demonic grin, by Bubba Dudley
got blood with Trish.
[King] That is orgasmic.
Look at this.
[J.R.] Give him a… give him a cigarette
[King] You're not kidding. Oh, baby.
There's poor Trish.
Think she'll take the ride of her life.
[J.R.] The ride is bad enough,
but that landing is pure hell.
[King exclaiming]
[J.R.] One more look at the devastation.
[The Dudley Boyz's theme music playing]
[J.R.] Trish is not moving.
And that's not funny.
[King] I better give her mouth to mouth.
[J.R.] Go ahead, tiger.
[King] Move out of the way.
You better listen or call me.
I got you. I got you, you little bitch.
I got you, you little bitch.
[J.R.] I think Bubba just made his feelings abundantly clear.
[King] He got her.
Oh, no.
[J.R.] Trish Stratus is a…
We had some fun with that match. This is a… not…
A little humorous now, quite frankly.
Bubba Dudley finally achieved
the orgasmic nature of his discerns.
Test and Albert eliminated from the activity with a 3D.
[King] Wow.
[J.R.] Trish try to buy her way out of this thing…
She thought she can use her womanly ways.
[King] That was a desperate measure. A last resort.
She did her best.
Then I think she thought she had…
-[J.R.] You thought she got away with it. -[King] Right.
[J.R.] And Bubba said no.
-[King] And in this… -[J.R.] Listen to the impact.
The young woman's body
right through the table stopping at the canvas.
[King] Wow.
[J.R.] Well, EMTs are…
…tending to Trish Stratus here after being driven aggressively,
to say the very least, through that table.
And Albert and Test…
[King] Boy, what must they feel like? They gotta feel like they let her down.
[Test] Doc, I need one of your nurses.
[J.R.] Well, she is… Trish is not in a…
This doesn't look good, quite honestly.
Test and Albert. Anybody's keeping score, they won the match.
[King] The ring is a mess.
[J.R.] Looks like we just had another Hardcore Match.
[King] Where do you think they're gonna take her?
Can we get an address?
I'll be there as soon as the show's over.
Watch this, J.R. Oh, man.
[J.R.] There ain't no way to land there that feels good.
And she's not… She was not really dressed for a…
-…for a… for a combat. But honestly… -[King] Table dance.
She might have been dressed for a table dance but not to go through a table.
Folks, again, we will try to give you an update
on Trish Stratus if we are able to get it. Obviously, she's gonna have to have some
extensive medical care, one would assume here.
-[man] Head first. Head first, guys. -[Test] Let's go, get her in.
[J.R.] Officials, Sgt. Slaughter and the EMTs.
[Test] Trish, don't move. It's okay, baby. Come on.
Let's get her some attention. Who's going with her?
Get away from her you pervert. What’s wrong with you?
[Test] Let's go, come on. Guys, get her some help.
[J.R.] Test and Albert helping Trish out of here in the ambulance.
[King] Hey, wait. What's this?
What is this?
[J.R.] Slick vehicle. That's…
Oh, look who's…
Ooh, baby. Didn't we have a good time in the front…
-[King] It's… -[referee] You're late.
Late for what? I'm always late.
You don't understand. You're late for your match.
Eh? What about the… I'll go get ready right now.
Listen. If you don't get out there right now,
-you're gonna forfeit your title. -What?
-Forfeit the title? -What do you want, baby?
They want us out there? We're gonna go in style.
-What do you think? -Let's go.
-[King] What the heck? -[J.R.] Eddie Guerrero and mamacita
fresh from the prom, are running a little bit late.
The European Title Match is scheduled for…
as a matter of fact, scheduled for right now.
[King] Everybody's late tonight. You're right.
They scheduled for now and these guys, they're just arriving from the prom?
[J.R.] Stone Cold has not gone to any prom. Stone Cold's not here.
[King] Look at this!
[J.R.] But, uh…
[King] Look, they're driving right into the arena.
[J.R.] That is one hot '57 Chevy.
[King] And that is one hot mamacita!
I can't wait to see her prom gown.
[J.R.] You think Chyna was the queen of the prom?
-[King] Without a doubt. -[J.R.] She wasn't.
[King] Who'd even run against her?
[J.R.] She wasn't. She'd probably chokeslam whoever was.
[King] I know they were voted cutest couple.
I remember my prom.
[J.R.] How do you do that? What a memory you must have.
[King] Oh, are you kidding? My date and I were voted likely to conceive.
-[J.R.] That was the '60s. -[King] What?
Oh, look at this.
[crowd] Eddie! Eddie!
[J.R.] Eddie Guerrero not having an opportunity to get dressed, King.
[King] Wait a minute. He can't wrestle in a tuxedo.
[J.R.] Well, you can. You might not be able to wrestle as good as you'd like to…
[King] Here we go. Look at this! She got a flower.
Mamacita. Oh! There go the roses.
[J.R.] There are times I think Eddie Guerrero set back Hispanic relations
about a decade.
[King] What are you talking about?
[J.R.] He doesn't talk like that all the time.
And you haven't helped matters here.
Latino heat! Latino heat!
[King] Look. Have you ever had to change in the trunk of your car?
I forgot. You're from Oklahoma.
[J.R.] Eddie Guerrero is getting somewhat ready for combat, ladies and gentlemen.
Let's show you what brought Eddie Guerrero and Essa Rios together,
as they prepare to meet for the European Title.
Chyna just DDT Chris Jericho.
We have a new European Champion. It's Eddie Guerrero.
I've really been wanting to know why you did what you did, Mami?
I really couldn't resist your Latino Heat.
♪ Mamacita ♪
♪ You want some Latino Heat? ♪
[King] Latino Heat is presenting Chyna with a whole bouquet of flowers.
Function of the sponges.
No! [Speaking Spanish]
I wanna be intelligent like you.
[Cole] King, Sunday a big day for this couple.
It's Eddie's prom. He just passed his GED.
Ooh, baby. We're gonna tear up the dance floor Sunday night,
me and you at the prom.
Mmm, mami, mamacita.
You look beautiful.
Thank you.
[J.R.] Eddie Guerrero, the reigning European Champion
will team with Essa Rios.
[King] This could be quite team. Essa Rios and Eddie Guerrero, Latino Heat.
[J.R.] And Lita…
-[King] Wait! -[J.R.] Way to misfire.
-Her aim was off. -[King] She went to Latino Heat!
[J.R.] Lita hit Eddie Guerrero. [King] What the…
Listen up, Lita. You're lucky that Eddie's in a good mood tonight
because he's gonna give you and Essa a chance to team up with us again.
But listen up, you do not screw up again. You got that?
[Cole] Eddie Guerrero and Bubba Ray going at it.
[King] What's Lita doing?
[Cole] Look at Lita.
-Lita just wiped out Eddie Guerrero. -[King] Wrong man!
The Ninth Wonder of the World has a bad look on her face.
[Cole] Hey! Chyna just tossed Lita to the wolves.
Bubba Ray Dudley putting Lita through the table.
[King] Look at her face.
[J.R.] So, Essa Rios and Lita.
Oh! Lita caught Chyna with a crossbody off the top.
And look, Essa Rios and Lita stomping away on Eddie Guerrero.
[Cole] So, Eddie's going to a prom and battling Essa.
[J.R.] There's gonna be some hell to pay this Sunday at Backlash.
Well, Eddie Guerrero and his tuxedo pants.
His '57 Chevy has been moved.
As we await the arrival of the challenger.
[King] Check out mamacita. How hot is Chyna tonight?
[J.R.] That's pretty ravishing
-in that red dress. -[King] Wait a minute.
Eddie's got… He's still got his cummerbund on.
[Essa Rios' theme music playing]
-[J.R.] Oh. -[bell dings]
[Lilian] The following contest is scheduled for one fall
and it's for the World Wrestling Entertainment European Championship.
Introducing the challenger, being accompanied by Lita,
from Guadalajara, Mexico, weighing in at 270 pounds,
Essa Rios.
[King] I like Lita, too.
-[J.R.] No. -[King] Oh, yeah.
[J.R.] What do you like most about her, King?
Her little shoulder tattoo?
-[King] Yeah. -[J.R.] Yeah.
[King] And that little top she's wearing.
Nothing shows off a nice shoulder tattoo like a halter top.
-[J.R.] I've said that for years. -[King laughs]
She's a centerfold-quality senorita.
[J.R.] Lita's a…
Eddie's got his bow tie on still.
[King] Look at Lita. She's a little apprehensive.
[J.R.] I can imagine so.
Looking across the ring at The Ninth Wonder of the World.
-That could be very intimidating. -[bell dings]
[King] Look at the hair.
[J.R.] Eddie Guerrero dropkicking Essa Rios.
Someone might want to notify National Airport here early,
Ronald Reagan Airport,
that this one could be a somewhat of a high-flying affair
between these two magnificent performers and an opportunity for Essa Rios
to really rise to another level in this European Title matchup.
[King] I think that Eddie Guerrero, Latino Heat has the…
Whoa! Look at that. I think he's made a fashion faux pas.
He's wearing white socks with his tuxedo.
[King laughs]
[J.R.] Beautiful tilt-a-whirl backbreaker by Eddie Guerrero.
Oh! Eddie Guerrero another second generation star.
Essa Rios, outstanding wrestling family.
And of course, Chyna. There's never been anyone in the WWE like Chyna. Never.
She will third rock Lita if given the opportunity here tonight.
[King] Bet she fell head over heels for Latino Heat, huh?
[J.R.] Why are you working on your Hispanic accent?
Who do you think you are?
You never know when you might have to take a trip to Tijuana.
-[J.R.] It's stupid. It's silly. -[King] What do you mean?
Boy, you're doing a lot for international relations
-here in Washington. -[J.R.] Yeah.
Oh. Nice arm drag takedown
by Essa Rios on Eddie Guerrero, who is the European Champion, by the way.
[King] They love him over at Liechtenstein.
[J.R.] Eddie Guerrero will be in the UK.
Will he be there with the European Title? That's the big question here.
-[King] Look out! -[J.R.] Nice move by Eddie Guerrero.
He side stepped Essa Rios, the European Champion Eddie Guerrero.
And Essa got very personal with the mats on the outside.
[King] I'm gonna start working on my Liechtenstein accent.
[King exclaiming]
[J.R.] Head first, Essa Rios into the steps.
The steps of steel.
And Eddie Guerrero in firm control now.
He is in the driver's seat. He's wearing the pants in this matchup.
[King] I think he wears the pants in the relationship
-but mamacita tells him what pair to wear. -[J.R.] I don't know.
I think you may have a point.
[King] But you gotta admit, the cummerbund's nice.
When's the last time you could fit into a cummerbund, J.R.?
[J.R.] '68, '69, somewhere around there.
-[King] Look out! -[J.R.] Nice move by Eddie Guerrero.
Chyna in the ravishing red gown.
[King] And Lita in the ravishing red hair.
[J.R.] Yep.
Well, folks, we're being told that Trish Stratus has been taken
to a nearby medical facility.
-We will attempt… Look at… Ooh! -[King] Oh!
[J.R.] Chyna with a big time uppercut forearm.
[King] You got that right.
[J.R.] And now tossing the challenger for her man's European Title.
Essa Rios back in the ring.
[King] Have we been told if Steve Austin has arrived?
[J.R.] Steve Austin has not arrived.
[King] Are you getting concerned?
[J.R.] Something's up. I don't get it.
He's always very punctual.
I talked to Steve yesterday.
He was so excited about tonight. And I know he's…
I don't know what's going on, quite honestly.
[King] Where was he when you talked to him?
[J.R.] He was in Texas.
On his… Getting ready to catch a plane here.
[King] Look at this!
[J.R.] Nice missile dropkick by Essa Rios.
-And now looking for the cover. -[referee] One, two…
-Two! [J.R.] Eddie Guerrero just got a…
Barely got a shoulder up that time.
[King] I would have loved to be a fly on the wall at that prom.
That had to be something.
[J.R.] Eddie Guerrero try to… Oh!
And that was a jawbreaker and a half.
Those white socks Eddie is wearing are a little bit, uh…
-nerdy, aren't they? -[King] Uh-huh. Call the fashion police.
[J.R.] Yeah.
Nice takedown.
Lucha libre style takedown there by Essa Rios.
-[King] Oh, my gosh! -[J.R.] Oh, my God!
Eddie Guerrero too far in the ropes.
He got folded up like an accordion there.
[King] He was launched.
[J.R.] Eddie launched is right.
[King] Look out, Eddie.
[J.R.] Suckering Essa Rios in
who got arm dragged right outside.
[King] Right in front of us.
And here comes mamacita.
[J.R.] And another beautiful forearm.
And Lita keeping her distance from Chyna.
And look at this. Watch this.
Watch Eddie Guerrero flying here.
-And Eddie Guerrero back to live action. -[King] He flies again.
[J.R.] Well, he launched over the top with the crossbody.
[King] And moved our entire table.
Don't worry, J.R. I'll move the heavy stuff here.
[J.R.] Thanks, King.
[referee] Four! Get him in here.
[J.R.] Eddie Guerrero, he took a pounding.
And he's so resilient.
[King] You might want to move out of the way. What's he gonna do?
-[Eddie] Powerbomb! -[J.R.] Powerbomb time.
Says Eddie Guerrero.
-But Lita's up on top. -[King] Behind you.
-[J.R.] Chyna! -[King] Look out. Oh!
[J.R.] God Almighty! Lita face first.
-[King] Look out! Oh! -[J.R.] … Spanish announcers' table.
And then Eddie Guerrero backdropped.
Essa Rios doesn't want this thing to end by countout.
Essa Rios has got to pin or make Eddie Guerrero submit
to win the European Title.
The lady in red, Chyna,
keeping a close watch on this heart of mine.
[King] Keepin' a close watch on Lita lying right here on my feet.
Oh, no! Look out!
[all exclaiming]
[King] Oh, man.
[J.R.] What the hell? King, you all right?
[King] He almost got you.
He almost bit the big one.
[J.R.] And look at this.
Springboard outside moonsault.
[King laughs] That was great.
[J.R.] These guys are fearless.
[King] Fearless?
They're loco.
Loco desperados.
[J.R.] Say it with your accent.
[King] Loco desperados.
-[J.R.] Oh, my God! -[King] Look out!
[J.R.] Over the top rope, Essa Rios.
[King] Watch this, one more. Right in our faces, J.R.
[J.R.] Almost got us.
Essa Rios, he's not leaving anything behind, I'll tell you that.
[King] He may have dislocated his elbow like we saw Eddie Guerrero do.
[J.R.] He has amazing athleticism.
You're not gonna see too much, uh…
anywhere you look anymore, better high-flying maneuvers….
[King] And Lita is still laid out here in front of our table. Look out!
[all exclaiming]
[J.R.] Well, that was pretty self-explanatory.
Eddie Guerrero, is he gonna be able to put Essa Rios away here?
Going up top.
-[King] He got it. -[J.R.] Superplex.
-Both men down from the superplex. -[referee] One!
Two!
-One, Two… -[J.R.] And a cover.
-Hey! We got a new… No. -[King] Whoo.
[J.R.] Essa Rios got an arm over Eddie Guerrero
who is the European Champion but…
…another near fall there.
[King] There's a look of concern on the face of mamacita.
[J.R.] She's got a right to be concerned.
This is a high-flying war.
-[King] Oh, man. -[J.R.] Brainbuster.
Listen up!
[J.R.] Eddie Guerrero with his version of brainbuster.
-Beautiful maneuver by Guerrero. -[King] Here he goes!
[J.R.] Now, Guerrero, what's he gonna do now?
He's adjusting that elbow pad.
That elbow brace.
-[King] Look out! -[J.R.] My gosh.
[King] Oh!
[J.R.] The arm drag off the top.
[King] How far did he fly then?
[J.R.] Essa Rios with an arm drag off the top.
And now the challenger
for the European Title.
[King] Oh, what are we gonna see here? Moonsault.
[all exclaiming]
[J.R.] Guerrero got his feet up
and drove them deep into the abdomen of Essa Rios.
They call it high risk.
[King] I think Eddie Guerrero learnt that on that big test when he got his GED.
Uh-oh.
What's this?
Yeah. Oh, baby. It ain't gonna be… Oh!
[J.R.] The airplane spin into the neck breaker.
-[referee] One, two, three! -[J.R.] And the cover.
-And Eddie Guerrero has won. -[bell dings]
[J.R.] Mamacita.
[Lilian] Your winner and still the World Wrestling Entertainment
European Champion, Eddie Guerrero.
[King] Oh! He make mamacita proud.
[J.R.] And a great matchup.
-Well, he's got… Wait a minute! -[King] Hey!
[J.R.] Essa Rios with a dropkick.
Down went Guerrero and down went Chyna.
Here's Lita.
[King] Lita, what are you doing?
[J.R.] Lita! Lita stripping Chyna.
[King] Bra and panties! Bra and panties! [King cheers]
[J.R.] Lita stripping Chyna of her evening gown.
[King] Oh, baby. Mamacita!
Oh!
We may experience some serious Latino Heat.
[J.R.] I don't think I've ever seen Chyna look quite like this.
[King] You gotta cover… what?
[J.R.] There's more of Chyna than I've ever seen.
Look at Eddie. He hasn't looked in her eyes yet.
[King] He like! Papa like!
[Eddie's theme song playing]
[J.R.] I'm not so sure Chyna cares.
[King] Oh, baby.
[J.R.] Guess the after-party is gonna be pretty cool.
[King] Well, he went to high school
I think he's figuring to go to thigh school.
Oh, fans all love it.
[J.R.] She's over six feet tall, over 200 pounds.
The Ninth Wonder of the World
and Eddie Guerrero leave here as winners
whether Essa Rios and Lita like it or not.
[King] Mamacita. [cheers]
[J.R.] Eddie Guerrero may be wearing the pants now but…
[King] Well…
[J.R.] King, you all right?
[King] I-I-I… I'm having hot flashes.
-[J.R. laughs] -[King] Hot tamale!
Well, Triple H, you seem very confident, very relaxed,
for a guy who's about to defend his World Wrestling Entertainment Title
against The Rock who'll have Stone Cold Steve Austin in his corner.
Why wouldn't I be confident?
Let's ask you a question. You're an intelligent guy, right?
You ever seen me in the ring?
I call myself The Game. Everybody calls me The Game.
It's not just some slogan or some cheap catchphrase.
I'm The Game, because I'm the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion.
And because, like my wife said earlier,
I am that damn good.
And tonight, one more time, just like I always do,
I will prove to the world,
and more importantly, I will prove once and for all to The Rock
that I am that damn good.
Well, Mr. McMahon,
your daughter, Stephanie, eluded to a surprise that you have tonight.
What is that surprise?
Well, I guess, thus far, most of us are a little concerned, I'd think.
Most of us are a little surprised
that Stone Cold Steve Austin is not here tonight.
I mean, good ol' J.R. has questioned where Stone Cold is.
Normally, he's the very first person here.
Where is Stone Cold Steve Austin?
My sources tell me
that Stone Cold may have encountered some transportation difficulties
And there's a possibility that Stone Cold won't even make it here at all tonight.
[J.R.] What?
Chris Benoit, tonight you defend The Intercontinental Championship
against the man who has no problem telling me,
telling you, telling the whole world
that he should be the Intercontinental Champion, Chris Jericho.
Chris Jericho has absolutely no problem telling the world
just how good he is, but let's not forget
who is the champion and who is the challenger, Michael.
Chris Jericho likes to compare the Crippler to a robot.
[smirks] The difference between me and a robot
is I have emotions.
And I'm gonna thoroughly enjoy expressing my emotions
all over Chris Jericho
and all of the Jerichoholics here at the MCI Center tonight.
Chris Jericho, a word of warning.
Inside…
you're looking at the happiest man on the Earth right now
because I know exactly what I'm gonna do to Chris Jericho.
And believe me, I'm gonna take a lot of pleasure in doing it.
-[Jericho's theme song playing] -[crowd cheers]
[J.R.] Here comes the challenger.
A standing ovation here at the MCI Center, Chris Jericho.
The man that will challenge Chris Benoit for the Intercontinental Title.
But what's this BS about Austin having transportation problems?
[King] What do you mean, BS?
Vince McMahon knows… They're getting mad, obviously.
Something's happened to the driver, his flight or something.
[J.R.] This man has the personality of Tony Soprano.
[King] Who?
-[J.R.] Transportation problems. -[King] Tony Soprano?
[J.R.] You don't think McMahon have anything to do
with Austin's transportation problems?
McMahon's got all kinds of pull all around the world, especially in Washington, D.C.
[King] Wait a minute. You're paranoid, J.R.
Anything can happen.
I get… You're coming up with some sort of Washington, D.C.
conspiracy theory now.
You know planes, trains and automobiles.
Welcome to D.C. is Jericho.
[crowd cheering]
And Chris Benoit, you seem awfully insulted
that I referred to you as Mr. Roboto.
But don't feel bad because this town is full of expressionless,
emotionless, deprogrammed drones.
They're called politicians.
-[King] Al Gore. -[crowd cheering]
So, tonight, Senator Roboto,
I'm going to veto your Intercontinental Championship reign.
And I'm going to do what every Jerichoholic
has always dreamed of doing,
and that is beat the living hell out of a politician.
[crowd cheering]
And I'm gonna do it tonight.
[Chris Benoit's theme music playing]
[J.R.] Well, I'll tell,
this should be an amazing matchup.
Chris Benoit, the champion. Colder than the other side of the pillow.
Should be a classic, restaurant-quality contest.
[Lilian] The following contest is scheduled for one fall
and it's for the World Wrestling Entertainment
Intercontinental Championship.
Making his way to the ring, from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada,
weighing in at 229 pounds,
he is the World Wrestling Entertainment Intercontinental Champion,
Chris Benoit.
[J.R.] Both these young men with their Western Canadian heritage.
Benoit from Edmonton.
Jericho from Winnipeg.
Both trained in the legendary, Stu Hart's Dungeon in Calgary.
[King] Come on, J.R. Give me a little bit of your best Canadian accent.
[J.R.] I'm still having a hard time with English.
[King chuckles]
Throw an "eh" here and there, here and there. Eh! Eh!
-Jericho, eh? -[bell dings]
[J.R.] Intercontinental Title on the line here.
Austin with transportation problems. I ain't buying that for one minute.
[crowd] Y2J! Y2J!
[King] Where is he then?
[J.R.] I don't know and that's what troubles me.
I don't know where he is.
-Austin's not the kind of man… -[King] Remember what I said
earlier, J.R. You think maybe he just realized he didn't have the grapefruits
for the job he took on tonight?
[J.R.] It may be something but it ain't that.
And here we go. Collar-and-elbow tie-up with Chris Benoit
and Chris Jericho.
Referee Tim White will have his hands full on this one, I'll tell you.
These guys have got a great rivalry. They've had some magnificent matches.
…to the WWE in Mexico, and then Japan.
[King] Oh, look at this.
[King] Oh! Man.
This thing's gotta be won inside the ring.
[J.R.] I knew this was gonna happen, J.R.
Last Thursday night, Chris Jericho was a guest on the WWE.com show,
Bite This. And the only thing he knew about this match
was that he and Benoit were gonna beat the hell out of one another.
[J.R.] Exchanging side headlock takeovers
and takedowns.
[King] You ever tune into Bite This?
Every now and then, I do.
[King] You big Internet nerd. You speak geek?
[J.R.] No, I'm not probably as proficient as I should be.
[King chuckles]
[J.R.] Oh, look at this. Look at this move here.
Benoit and the shoulders!
The counter!
And Jericho able to roll up the shoulders. You never see a lot of these counters.
-[King exclaims] -[J.R. exclaims]
-[King] Whoo! Ha-ha! Oh! -[crowd] Woo!
[King] Man! [King exclaims]
Enough! Enough!
[crowd] Woo!
[King] Call a truce already.
[J.R.] That was some… They were chopping some meat
for those two young Canadians.
[King] One of these days, you and I are gonna tear our shirts off
-and go at each other. -[J.R.] I don't think so.
Oh!
Beautiful drop toe-hold takedown. Look at Jericho now, right hands
in the face of the Intercontinental Champion, Chris Benoit.
Great spotlight for these two outstanding young competitors.
Jericho's been in the WWE now, a little less than a year.
Benoit, about three or four months.
Fans in the WWE are certainly are better for the fact that these two men are here.
[King] You gotta remember how Benoit…
[J.R.] Oh! Beautiful belly-to-back suplex.
[King] Benoit, as Jericho likes to call him.
[J.R.] The tenacity of Benoit.
[King] Remember that Benoit won this Intercontinental Championship
by pinning Jericho at WrestleMania.
[J.R.] A match that Kurt Angle lost two titles and never lost a fall.
[King] Yeah, that wasn't right.
[J.R.] We understand that X-Pac has had some stitches tonight
from his first match of the night
where he was hit in the face with the bell by Christian
What a sup… Oh, my!
Elevation from inside the ring all the way to the floor.
[King] Well, you must have a really good pipeline to the back, right there.
What about Trish Stratus? How's Trish?
-Look out! Oh, man! -[J.R.] Oh, look out!
Benoit looking for a topé, the headbutt, between the second and third rope.
He did not find his mark.
[King] He found the floor, though. Mighty hard.
[J.R.] That is a career-shortening
maneuver by Benoit.
And referee Tim White's gotta get back in the ring.
-[Tim] Let's go. One! -[J.R.] Watch Jericho here.
[King] He saw exactly what he's doing. Watch him get out of there.
[J.R.] These men know each other very well as we have documented.
[King] They get no sympathy from referee, Tim White.
He's just yelling, "Get back in the ring!"
[J.R.] Be careful there, Chris, you don't want to get disqualified.
Or counted out.
Benoit has a… Ooh…
…championship advantage here.
-[King] Look at this! -[J.R.] Man. That was a beautiful move.
[J.R. exclaims]
The resourcefulness of Chris Benoit dropkicking the steps
right back to the legs and the lower abdomen,
more specifically I think now, of Chris Jericho.
[King] Jericho thought he had countered that move
when he leaped over the steps but came back to haunt him.
[J.R.] Benoit with the championship advantage
which means that Benoit must lose by pinfall or submission
to lose his Intercontinental Title.
Look how smart Benoit is here.
Great athleticism by Jericho.
-Very resourceful move, King. -[King] That will stop you any day.
[J.R.] Both these men will be a part
of WWE Insurrextion in London.
[King] I can't wait to fly over to London.
It's one of the great airline food.
See all those nice people.
[J.R.] Gutwrench. Gutbuster.
[King] That beautiful weather. [laughs]
[J.R.] You don't like UK, do you?
Long way from Memphis.
[King] I'm a king but I'm not really crazy about it, J.R.
[J.R.] We're gonna have a great time.
-[King] Oh! Look at these guys. -[J.R.] Sternum first with Chris Jericho.
And now Benoit putting up the challenger for the Intercontinental Title.
Still to come…
[King] Uh-oh.
[J.R.] Benoit doing some trash talking and got slapped in the mouth before.
And look at Jericho fight back.
[King] Oh, man.
[J.R.] Jericho looking for a dropkick.
[King] Can't out-trash talk Jericho. He's got a trash talking commercial.
Look out!
[J.R.] Jericho catapulted face-first into the top turnbuckle.
[King] Oh, man!
[J.R.] How do you do?
[King] They got any skin left on their chest? Oh, boy!
[J.R.] Jericho left hanging out to dry
by Chris Benoit.
Benoit will be making his first…
…appearance.
Earls Court in London.
You knew ol' Earl, didn't you?
[King] Sure.
[J.R.] Oh! Snap suplex.
[King] The people in Liechtenstein right now
are sitting on the edge of their seats watching this.
[J.R.] And lateral press.
And Jericho had to really reach down
and I thought that Jericho had ill-timed that kick-out.
He got the shoulders up.
And Benoit little bit puzzled.
He thought more than we did that he had the three.
[King] Whoa!
[J.R.] There aren't too many better young competitors
than these two guys we're seeing right here.
Right hands exchanged. … and rights.
Abdominal stretch.
Where's Wilbur Snyder when you need him?
Submission move by Chris Benoit.
[King] I'd have a heart attack if he gets up from an abdominal stretch.
[J.R.] Look at Benoit trying to cave those ribs in.
Benoit stretched a lot of guys in his time.
He's looking… Oh, nice counter.
Jericho able to free himself from the abdominal stretch.
[King cheers] [J.R.] Man. What a reverse elbow.
That may be it right there.
[crowd cheering]
[J.R.] A Lionsault.
But Jericho…
[King] He hurt his forearm or…
-[J.R.] I think Benoit got… -[King] Those ribs.
…knees or something up there.
Three!
[King] I think Jericho has hurt his right forearm there.
[J.R.] Or may have broken his wrist.
Six!
[J.R.] Jericho just… Jericho's got to get up.
If he gets counted out…
Eight!
[J.R.] Benoit should stay down.
Nine!
[J.R.] And Jericho, he got the cover. And go left! A one, two.
[King] You gotta give Benoit credit. He was just…
The smartest thing he could do was just ride out that count.
[J.R.] Absolutely.
[King] Oh, man.
[J.R.] Those knife-edges!
Oh! They're self-explanatory,
God.
And did Benoit laid in or what?
Rabid wolverine…
[King] And stiff.
[J.R.] …from Edmonton, Alberta.
Boot to the face by the Intercontinental Champion.
And a spinning heel kick by Jericho
caught Benoit coming right out of the corner.
[King] Who are they pulling for in Canada in this match?
[J.R.] That's a good question.
I suspect it's a pretty mixed bag there.
-[King] Whoo. -[crowd exclaiming]
[King] I was gonna ask if you've been keeping track
of those but you'd need a calculator.
[J.R.] Down goes Benoit.
And Jericho, now got the cover. Leg is hooked and…
Two!
-[King] Two count. -[J.R.] Well, that was a…
a close near fall.
And Jericho seems to be building a little offensive advantage here.
-[King] Oh. -[J.R.] Oh, a chop.
[King] Take another look at this move by Jericho here.
Running him down, baby.
Big bulldog.
-Uh-oh, look out. -[J.R.] A cradle! A cradle!
Jericho looking for another one of those chops.
Benoit trying a suplex. Jericho blocking it.
And Jericho, upper fists to the abdomen.
And this time it's Benoit
-who's hung out to dry. -[King] Return the favor Jericho did.
[J.R.] Return to sender.
[King] I love this move.
Missed him! Missed him!
[J.R.] Benoit just swatted Jericho's feet away.
Almost as if Benoit knew that one was coming.
[King] Oh, what we gonna see here?
[all exclaiming]
[J.R.] Jericho lunging at the top rope.
Leaving Benoit in a very precarious position.
[King] Jericho certainly got the upper hand right now.
[J.R.] Oh, man. This is no man's land here.
Oh, my God! Benoit countered in mid-air
and drove his own body right down into Chris Jericho.
[King] I think Benoit intentionally set himself up for that.
He suckered Jericho right into…
attempt that suplex knowing he was gonna counter.
[J.R.] There's a cover. One arm. Maybe enough.
[King] And it worked.
[J.R.] That was an amazing counter as you'll look again.
[J.R.] Watch this. I think Jericho is suckered right into that…
that counter by Benoit.
[J.R.] Benoit turned his hips in mid-air
and then drove his body right into the sternum of Chris Jericho.
There's a Gutwrench.
-[King] It's not. -[J.R.] It's gonna be countered.
[King] Backslide coming up.
But who's gonna get it.
[J.R.] A test of strength here.
Still made in that...
-in that exchange. -[King] Here we go.
[J.R.] Oh! Powerbomb!
Jericho, can he? Will he? Yes!
Powerbomb number two.
[King] He's spent, though. He's spent.
[J.R.] And Jericho…
He's got the cover. Jericho's got the cover.
He's got the… No, he doesn't.
Oh, wait a minute. Benoit's got the Crippler Crossface!
The Crippler Crossface! Could be over.
[King] He's gonna have to tap out, J.R.
[J.R.] It's excruciating.
Look at Benoit's face.
Look at his hands. They're locked!
Look at the torque that Benoit is delivering to Jericho.
Jericho can't last much longer.
[King] He gotta get to the ropes. He's almost there.
[J.R.] Benoit's… He's torquing back on the Crippler Crossface.
[King] He's there. Ropes!
[J.R.] Jericho in the ropes.
Let me tell ya, you gotta hand it to Jericho
for hanging on with that damning Crippler Crossface.
[King] How did he withstand that? He got it again!
[J.R.] He's got it again.
[King] He hasn't got it.
[J.R.] Jericho desperately fighting out of…
…Benoit like a pitbull.
[King] There you go. There's a counter. Look at this.
[J.R.] Look out!
[King] Walls of Jericho. Here it comes.
[J.R.] The modified Boston Crab called the Walls of Jericho.
Another submission move.
[King] If he gets his foot right in front of Benoit's face, he's got him.
[J.R.] Is Benoit gonna tap out?
[King] Got it locked in.
[J.R.] Intercontinental Title on the line.
The Walls of Jericho.
Jericho!
Oh! Benoit able to get to the ropes.
By God, is… How tough is Benoit?
[King] Wow!
[J.R.] How tough is Chris Benoit?
[King] Tell you what, Benoit must be hanging around Kurt Angle.
He's got the intelligence.
And this match certainly has the intensity.
[J.R.] Man, that was an awesome exchange
from the Crippler Crossface to The Walls of Jericho.
-[King] Oh, no! -[crowd exclaims]
[J.R.] Oh, man.
[King] The referee got blasted.
[J.R.] Damn, right. The referee got hit right in the face.
And Benoit out here has…
[King] He's getting his championship belt.
[J.R.] And he ain't going home, either.
Benoit's got the title belt.
[King] You want the title? There it is.
[J.R.] And just… Benoit nailed Jericho in the face
with that Intercontinental Title belt.
And now Benoit trying to revive the referee.
This is it. This son of a gun is over.
-No it's not! -[crowd cheering]
-[J.R.] I can't believe it. -[King] What the heck?
[J.R.] And neither can Benoit. Look at Benoit's face!
[King] Hit him again.
[J.R.] Hey, ref! That belt shouldn't be in the ring.
[King] Ooh!
[J.R.] Snap suplex on the Intercontinental Title.
Jericho's kidneys just bounced off the title belt.
And now Benoit…
Oh, watch this.
[King exclaims]
[crowd cheering]
-[J.R.] And nobody there but canvas. -[bell dings]
[King] What?
[J.R.] Referee calling for the bell …
[crowd booing]
[King] What's he saying?
[Lilian] Winner by disqualification and still
the World Wrestling Entertainment Intercontinental Champion,
Chris Benoit.
[King] The referee disqualified Jericho.
[J.R.] Well, that decision sucks.
[King] What?
[J.R.] I would've liked to see this one all night long.
Jericho…
I thought…
I guess the referee's disqualifying Jericho
for that inadvertent forearm to the face.
[King] Well, look at Benoit's nose. Quite broken.
[J.R.] Benoit lucky to get out of here with the Intercontinental Title.
And the…
-Hey! Hey! -[King] Wait a minute!
-What's he doing? -[J.R.] Jericho!
He put The Walls of Jericho on the referee.
[King] He'll be fined and suspended for this.
[J.R.] Jericho lashing out on Time White
-for the controversial disqualification. -[King] Get some help here.
Get him, ref! Clothesline him.
[J.R.] Benoit's gonna break the referee in half
for that call.
Jericho has snapped!
Look at Jericho's face.
[King] Good God. Look out.
[J.R.] This is very uncharacteristic of Chris Jericho.
[Jericho's theme song playing]
[King] Let's see if we can go back and see exactly what happened.
I know the championship belt was in the ring.
Look at this, the … That's what happened.
[J.R.] That maybe… The referee saw that. That's the call.
That was a good call.
[King] You're right. That was… That should've been double disqualification.
[J.R.] Jericho used the belt on that headbutt from Chris Benoit.
[King] I think it broke Benoit's nose. Blood was pouring out.
[J.R.] We were wrong. At least, I was wrong.
-[King] As usual. -[J.R.] Referee made the right call.
Well, ladies and gentlemen, up next
is the match that we've been waiting a long time for.
The Rock will challenge Triple H for the WWE Title.
Will Stone Cold be here?
Transportation problem.
In any event, here's how this all started at WrestleMania.
McMahon's still bleeding. He's got the steel chair.
He'll take out Triple H.
-Oh, wait! -[King] What?
[J.R.] That's blatant. McMahon just cracked Rock's skull with a steel chair.
[King exclaims]
[J.R.] Triple H is still the champion. What is going on here?
[King] I can't believe what I've seen.
[Vince] Rock, let me tell you. There is no chance in hell
you'll ever again be the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion.
[Cole] And The Brahma Bull is irate.
-He's going after Mr. McMahon. -[King] Stephanie, Vince, Shane!
[Cole] Payback for WrestleMania.
[King] I think The Rock has just kissed his career goodbye.
[The Rock] The Rock wants his WWE Title shot.
[J.R.] The Rock must win this match to earn a WWE Title match
with The Game. The Rock! Rock Bottom! Rock Bottom!
With the Rock Bottom! Yes! The Rock has done it!
The Rock has done it. The Rock gets his title match.
Triple H has got… Oh, the brass knucks.
Triple H has busted The Rock open from ear to ear.
[Triple H] Rock, I am your worst, worst damn nightmare.
[J.R.] The Rock won the match. He's losing the war
to the McMahon family led by The Game.
[Stephanie] Hunter, when you face The Rock
for the World Wrestling Entertainment Championship,
my father, Vince, is gonna be in your corner.
My son, Shane, will be the special guest referee at Backlash.
[Cole] Come on. That's not fair at all.
[Linda] I think The Rock is outnumbered.
I have decided to put someone in his corner.
Stone Cold Steve Austin.
[Triple H] She can't do that!
[J.R.] Stone Cold Steve Austin will be in The Rock's corner
at Backlash.
Austin doesn't have the grapefruits to show up here tonight.
[The Rock] The Rock says he's made the promise of the promise
to walk out of Backlash the WWE Champion.
The Rock also guaran-damn-tees that Austin is here tonight.
[crowd cheering]
[King] If he's here, he should show his face.
-[Cole] I believe Austin's here. -Where is he?
[Shane] I'm sick and tired of all these games.
[Vince] Where are your guts, Austin? Come on.
Come on, bring it, Austin. Come on!
[The Rock] The Rock promised that Stone Cold was gonna be here tonight.
[Cole] Stone Cold! It's Stone Cold!
[King] Where is he?
There seems to be some concern
over whose side Stone Cold Steve Austin is gonna be on
in Backlash. I'm gonna be on the side I've always been on,
and that's mine.
[Cole] It's a crane!
Austin's in a crane.
-[King] What's he gonna do? -[Cole] Do you believe that?
[King] He's demolished the DX Express!
[Cole] Austin 3:16 says, "I just wrecked your bus."
[Austin] That's exactly what's gonna happen
to anybody that tries to mess with Stone Cold Steve Austin at Backlash.
And that's the bottom line, 'cause Stone Cold said so.
[Vince] DTA. Don't trust anybody, Rock.
Rock, WWE Title is on the line tonight.
But are you concerned?
The man who is supposed to be in your corner, Stone Cold Steve Austin
is nowhere to be found here in the MCI Center.
Well, The Rock says this about Stone Cold Steve Austin.
Stone Cold could be in D.C. Stone Cold could be in Texas.
Stone Cold could be two minutes away from the building.
The Rock doesn't know. But what The Rock does know,
what The Rock can count on, what you can count on,
what everybody can count on, is that The Rock can guaran-damn-tee
he's made the promise of the promise of the promise
to the people.
[crowd cheering]
Is that tonight at Backlash, The Rock is walking out WWE Champion.
Triple H, The Rock says this. It doesn't matter who he has to go through.
How many McMahons he has to go through.
He will go through them. He will go through you.
The Rock is making history. And The Rock is making history now.
If you smell
what The Rock is cookin'!
[The Rock's theme song playing]
[King] What do you think?
[J.R.] The Rock is pumped up. He's ready to go.
[Lilian] The following contest is scheduled for one fall,
and it's for the World Wrestling Entertainment Championship.
[Vince's theme song playing]
[J.R.] I don't have a good feeling about this, King.
[King] Well, you know, I'm just thinkin' back.
We heard Stone Cold say he's not for The Rock,
he's not for Triple H, he's for himself, J.R.
[Lilian] Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome your special guest referee,
Shane McMahon.
[J.R.] Yeah. But this is not like Stone Cold not to be here.
He's very… He's always early, I mean, Austin couldn't wait.
He destroyed a $250,000 bus, Thursday night on SmackDown.
[King] You said the key word. Look at this shuffle by Shane.
-He is ready. He is pumped. -[J.R.] He's gotta be impartial.
Impartial, my ass.
[King] You know, that bus cost 250 grand. Everything has a price.
Even people.
Who's got more money than anybody that you know, J.R.?
-[J.R.] Vince McMahon. -[King] Right.
[Triple H's theme song playing]
[King] Do you suppose
well, some sort or arrangement has been made between
Stone Cold Steve Austin and Vince McMahon?
Moneywise, I'm talking about.
[J.R.] King, I don't even… I don't even want to think that.
[Lilian] Making his way to the ring,
being accompanied by the World Wrestling Entertainment Women's Champion,
Stephanie McMahon Helmsley,
and the owner of the WWE, Vince McMahon,
from Greenwich, Connecticut, weighing in at 260 pounds,
he is the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion, Triple H.
[J.R.] He is The Game. A top man in the business today is Triple H.
Because he is the World Wrestling Entertainment Champion.
His wife, Stephanie McMahon Helmsley, the Women's Champion.
Look at the game face of Triple H.
And yes, he will have the evil Vince McMahon in his corner.
[King] Look at the look on the face of Triple H.
I've never seen him like this, J.R. And I've seen him in some moods.
I've seen him ready for matches. I've seen him pumped to the hilt.
But I've never seen him look like this.
[J.R.] I guarantee, at least I don't think this is gonna be one of those
five minute Lennox Lewis, Michael Grant
pay-per-view boxing atrocities.
[King] I don't think so.
I think poor ol' Rock, and I can say I'm as big a fan of Rock as anybody,
but I think The Rock is in for a long, long night here at Backlash.
[J.R.] I just ain't buying that Stone Cold has had transportation problems.
[King] What do you think he's somewhere hiding or locked away or something?
[J.R.] I don't know.
[King] Hey, maybe The Rock could get…
We're in Washington, maybe get Janet Reno
to have her own stormtroopers go in... up
and yank Stone Cold out of wherever he's hiding.
[J.R.] I don't think Janet Reno knows come here with sickles.
[King] What?
[J.R.] Vince McMahon has got a determined look on his face.
Triple H knows he's in for the fight of his life.
[King] If you ask me, Vince McMahon's got a confident look on his face.
Like he knows something we don't know.
Well, of course, that's always the case.
[J.R.] Intimidating Lilian Garcia.
[King] Get out of there, Lilian, or you'll get fired.
[J.R.] A bully sometimes.
Evil genius. Some say he's the Devil himself.
[King] Just be quiet.
I think Mr. McMahon's gonna speak.
Those of you who weren't…
-[crowd booing] -What?
[King] Please show some respect.
If you'll look closely…
If you'll look closely in the program that many of you purchased,
you'll read the fine print on the inside.
And on the inside of this program, it says,
"Card subject to change."
[King] Oh, boy.
It does say that.
Therefore, I regret to inform you
that Stone Cold Steve Austin will not be here tonight.
[J.R.] How does he know that?
[King] I don't know, but that sounded pretty official to me.
[J.R.] And how would he know that?
[King] That's it. That's the announcement.
[J.R.] Well, Austin's having… Nobody else is…
I don't understand that.
[J.R.] How would he know that, King?
[King] Oh! In the copy the program.
[J.R.] I know what the program says.
And I know Stone Cold.
[King] Here it is. It says, "When scheduled talent is unable to appear
"due to circumstances beyond the control of the promoter,
"the promoter reserves the right to make substitutions." Whoa!
[The Rock's theme song playing]
[King exclaiming]
[Lilian] His opponent and challenger, from Miami, Florida,
weighing in at 275 pounds, The Rock.
[J.R.] Will you listen to the ovation?
Over 19,000 on their feet
as the challenger for the WWE Title
who has guaran-damn-teed a victory night,
makes his way to the ring.
[King] A job you gotta do.
He guaran-damn-teed a victory
when he thought Stone Cold Steve Austin was gonna be in his corner.
The playing field has changed.
[J.R.] Sure as hell has.
With Vince McMahon's in his son-in-law's corner,
brother-in-law Shane McMahon as the referee.
-[King] Look at this. -[J.R.] If it wasn't…
Fighting Triple H is bad enough.
Triple H is as good as I've ever seen.
He may be as good as any WWE Champion that we have ever had.
But when you stack the deck with Daddy dearest on the outside,
with a silver spoon Shane as the referee, this stinks!
[King] Don't call him silver spoon Shane.
He's already taking charge. This feels good.
[J.R.] What feels good? Why don't you just jump up and kiss Vince's ass?
He's right in front of us.
[King] What are you talking about? What is wrong with you? Be objective.
-[J.R.] Why don't you… -[King] You are paranoid, you're nasty.
[J.R.] How do you be objective?
[King] You're a Okla… Oklahoma, uh…
[J.R.] How can you be objective?
Look what The Rock is faced with.
[King] Read this program once again. "Circumstances beyond the control".
It's an act of God or something that Stone Cold's not here.
-His grapefruits weren't big enough? -[J.R.] Oh, bull.
Everybody knows what kinda man Stone Cold is.
He wouldn't sell out to Vince McMahon.
He wouldn't take some pay off not to be here.
[King] Well, where is he? [J.R.] I don't know.
[King] They want Austin.
[J.R.] Of course, they…
Everybody here can smell something rotten.
[King] No refunds, either.
Says that right here.
[J.R.] Here we go. The Rock, Triple H, for the WWE Title
without Stone Cold. This is getting underway.
And this should be a dandy.
Hard right hand by the game.
The man that retired Mick Foley.
The man that has ruled the wrestling world,
the WWE world supreme.
And The Rock is fighting back.
This is gonna be a war folks.
[King] Oh, yeah!
-Oh! -[J.R.] Down goes Helmsley.
-[King] Smacked! -[J.R.] Down goes The Game!
The Rock laying the SmackDown!
-Oh, Triple H… Reverse elbow! -[King exclaiming]
[King] Almost knocked his teeth out.
I think that The Rock can actually,
due to circumstances beyond his control, he can back out of his guaran-damn-tee.
[J.R.] Oh, look out. Oh, Triple H going for the Pedigree.
And The Rock countered with a back body drop.
[King] I think The Rock could still sell face here.
Since Stone Cold is not here,
The Rock doesn't have to guaran-damn-tee that he'll win the title.
[J.R.] And The Rock's not that kinda man. Look at Shane, put his hands on somebody.
Shane McMahon had no business…
-He's gotta count. -[King] Shane's the ref.
[J.R.] Oh, neckbreaker.
[King] You gotta show proper respect to the authorities.
[J.R.] Yeah, probably a fast count.
Shane McMahon…
[King] Lovely Stephanie talked about…
the good memories she had of that beautiful bus
that Stone Cold destroyed.
Her and Triple H in the back of that bus.
[J.R.] Easy.
What a move by Rock. Countering the suplex of Triple H.
[King] There used to be a bumper sticker on the back saying,
"When the bus is rocking, don't come knocking."
Oh, look at this.
-[J.R.] Oh, The Rock! -[King] Whoa!
[J.R.] Up and over.
And The Rock's spine just cracked into our announce table here.
[King] We're in trouble here, J.R.
[J.R.] Rock, who has several stitches in his face.
Thanks to Triple H and brass knucks not that long ago.
[King] Look out!
[J.R.] And The Rock, this time, face first again on the announce table.
Man. Is that legal?
-[King] Why? -[J.R.] That's not legal.
-[King] Could you stop whining? -[J.R.] Wait a minute!
[King] Help him out the ring, Vince.
[J.R.] No! Come on!
[King] You missed the ring. That's the ring post.
[J.R.] Vince McMahon just cracked Rock into the ring post.
And now… That's not right.
-[King] He's uh… Take charge here. -[J.R.] Oh, my…
Take charge, my ass. Come on. Rock, you gotta…
Shane McMahon, after his daddy posted The Rock.
[King] You cannot claim that was a fast count. It was not.
[J.R.] It wasn't a fast count. It shouldn't matter after…
Triple H's father-in-law rammed Rock into the ring post.
That is…
Triple H's brother-in-law conveniently did not see.
[King] Oh, man. Oh.
[J.R.] But The Rock's gotta fight back. Rock fighting for his life here.
[King] And Shane is just standing back
watching these two great athletes letting go at each other.
[J.R.] High knee. Right into the sternum by Triple H.
There's a count. And that was a pretty quick count there.
[King] Will you stop whining, J.R.? That's all you're concerned about.
-"Quick count". -[J.R.] Hard right hand.
[King] Never seen anybody as paranoid as you are.
[J.R.] I'm not paranoid. I'm calling like it is.
What are you doing?
[King] You just said everyone's out to get ya.
[J.R.] I did not.
-[King] Wow! -[J.R.] Suplex.
Beautiful suplex by The Game.
Taking down the challenger for the WWE Title.
[Vince] That's it!
[J.R.] Triple H is full of confidence, and he should be.
[King] Listen to Vince. That's it.
[J.R.] And the tremendous knee drop. And a cover.
Now, another cover.
And a little quicker count and The Rock kicking out.
There's three near falls and the counts, seemingly to me,
got quicker every time.
[King] And look at Vince. He's showing no favors. He's getting on Shane.
He's telling the referee, "Do your job."
[J.R.] He wants him to count faster.
-[King] Is that what it is? -[J.R.] Exactly.
Vince McMahon screwed The Rock out of the WWE Title at WrestleMania.
Now, he wants his boy to screw The Rock again at Backlash.
[King] Please! More negativity.
Uh-oh.
[J.R.] Sleeper applied…
…by The Game.
The Game is good enough.
He doesn't need to have everybody in the world cheat for him.
He's good enough by himself.
Look at that. Look at that face.
[King] How can you refer to him as the Devil himself?
[J.R.] I didn't. I said some people refer to Mr. McMahon as the Devil himself.
[King] Now, you're even… You are so nitpicking,
you're even criticizing the man's face.
I mean, he can't help what he looks like. That's his face.
[J.R.] Triple H, reverse chinlock on The Rock, but The Rock grounded.
The WWE Title on the line here.
And again, I don't know what has happened to Stone Cold
There's a lot of Internet speculation all week
that Stone Cold was gonna show up at Backlash
and… and screw The Rock.
-Well, I've read that. -[King] I wouldn't be a bit surprised.
And I'm not surprised that he's not here.
You can't… Don't trust anybody. DTA.
[J.R.] The Rock almost out of it.
The Rock almost out of it.
[King] Vince is about to go ring the bell.
[J.R.] Wait a minute!
[King] You can't call what you can't see. I heard you say that ten times tonight.
[J.R.] The Rock trying to fight his way to a position just to get some air.
[King] You didn't get down to throw the other officials tonight
when they didn't see what was going on.
[J.R.] I'm just partial.
-I'm just biased. I'm just paranoid. -[King] No lie.
[J.R.] But I'm not a corporate ass kisser like you are.
[King] Oh, boy. Oh, boy. You're a potty mouth, though.
[J.R.] It's not gonna matter since it's almost over anyway.
Then you'll be happy.
[King] When it's over, wait till Vince hears this tape. Oh, boy.
[J.R.] Rock trying to hang on here.
And Triple H cranking up the pressure.
But The Rock back up to a vertical base. Fighting back.
Rock knows it's now or never.
Oh! A knockdown.
He is that damn good this Triple H. There's a cover. And a near fall.
[King] Shane, all you had to do is just…
Look at Vince.
[J.R.] Heard what Daddy said? Daddy said "I want you to count faster."
[King] He just said, "I want three. I want three."
-[J.R.] You have selected hearing. -[King] He wants a three count.
[J.R.] In your later years, you'll only hear what you wanna hear.
Triple H again, just measuring The Rock.
Huh? Come on!
[J.R.] I don't think I've seen Triple H look any better.
[King] I told you that earlier.
It's his night.
[J.R.] Hard, hard right hands on the challenger.
[all exclaiming]
[J.R.] Triple H maybe a little overconfident there,
got dropped straight south by The Rock.
The Rock has bought himself some time,
much to the dismay of Mr. McMahon.
[King] Well, you love to say that, don't you?
Look at poor Stephanie. The look of concern on her sweet little face.
[J.R.] Poor little rich girl.
[King] What you begrudge people that work hard and make money?
[J.R.] Nope. I sure don't.
And The Rock, come on Rock. You're gonna get yourself back in it.
The Rock with right hands.
-[King] Look out! -[J.R.] Oh!
Now, what a collision that was.
[King] Look at Shane. I don't think he knows what to do now.
[J.R.] If Shane could use this count as a countout,
brother-in-law keeps the title.
[King] Rock's shoulders are on the mat and look, Shane's not counting him.
[J.R.] Look at Shane trying to help. Why's he patting Triple H on the leg?
Affection?
[King] Watch this double clothesline.
Both these great athletes have the same idea at the same time.
[J.R.] Rock pulling himself back up.
Count was at seven. Hey, wait a minute!
Vince has hit The Rock with the title belt.
[King] Vince! What have you done?
[J.R.] Why'd he do that?
If he's not trying to screw The Rock again.
[King] You know what? If your boy Austin was here,
that would have never happened.
Where is he?
[J.R.] Damn it. How did he…
Triple H is… All he's gotta do is cover The Rock
and this son of a gun is over.
[Shane] One, two…
[J.R.] Oh!
My God. How quick was that?
[King] Look at Shane. He's very busy here.
[J.R.] Yeah.
The bottom line is that McMahon still hit The Rock with the WWE Title belt.
[King] And the bottom line is Shane didn't see it.
[J.R.] The Rock trying… I don't know if he knows where he is.
Full of guts and instincts here.
The Game as deadly, as lethal, as anybody.
And The Rock now. Right hands.
Big right hands. The SmackDown laid on the game.
Well, you gotta…
[King] Whoa, man!
[J.R.] What an attack that was. What a clothesline by The Rock.
[King] Vince don't wanna get up there now.
-Look out! -[J.R.] Oh, my God!
Triple H, he was…
He was shot on the top rope. And The Game is hurt!
-[King] He's hurt. -[J.R.] The Game holding his arm.
He may have torn his elbow there.
[Shane] Let's get back in the ring. Two!
[King] Look out! Oh, man!
[J.R.] My God. The Rock almost beheaded the WWE Champion
with a thunderous clothesline.
[King] Get him in the ring. Not over here. In the ring.
[J.R.] Look out! Oh, that hurt!
Triple H's shoulder. I heard it snapped.
[King] Right on his shoulder.
[J.R.] I think I heard Triple H's shoulder crack on our table.
[King] Go ahead. Why don't you be happy about it?
-You're sadistic. -[J.R.] You're negative now?
-Are you paranoid? -[King] What about you?
You heard Triple H's shoulder snap.
-You're glad. -[J.R.] I'm happy.
[King] Whoa!
[J.R.] Triple H, a counter. The facebuster.
But Triple H… His shoulder…
his left shoulder maybe dislocated or cracked.
-DDT! -[King exclaiming]
-[J.R.] That should be all. -[King] That is all.
[J.R.] Count him!
-Why isn't he counting? -[crowd booing]
[J.R.] Count him!
Damn it, count him!
[King] Shane. Shane, be careful.
[J.R.] That's not right.
The Rock should have won the match right there.
[King] He hit Shane.
-[J.R.] The Rock just nailed the referee. -[King] He hit Shane.
[J.R.] And The Game just nailed The Rock.
[King] Oh, my God.
[J.R.] For the love of God.
The Rock had the match won with a DDT.
[King] Yeah. But you can't win a match if you knock the referee out.
[J.R.] And now The Rock's shoulder maybe cracked.
Triple H is… He is writhing in pain,
is the WWE Champion with that injured left shoulder.
[King] Uh-oh. Look out.
-Something's bad about to happen now. -[J.R.] Oh, God. Don't lie.
[King] Shane, what…
[J.R.] The referee just helped move the monitors.
-That's objective. -[King] He's protecting The Rock.
-He's helping The Rock. -[J.R.] I can't believe this…
This is pathetic.
This is nothing but a team effort
to make sure The Rock doesn't become champion.
[King] How can you call it a team effort?
Shane's not doing anything.
[J.R.] That's my point. He ain't doing anything.
He didn't count The Game's shoulders down when The Rock scored the DDT.
Oh… Oh, God.
This is bad.
[King] This is bad. Be ready to get out of the way.
[J.R.] The Rock is helpless.
The Rock's gettin' finished up here.
It's gonna be a Pedigree.
-Oh! Low blow. -[all exclaiming]
[King] That was a cheap shot there, you gotta admit.
[J.R.] It was real cheap.
[King] Shane!
[J.R.] Wait a minute. No! No!
[crowd cheering]
God! A Double Rock Bottom! A Double Rock Bottom!
All the way to the concrete.
[King exclaiming]
[J.R.] The Rock just took The Game and Shane out
through… damn! The concrete!
[King] Stephanie is in shock. Vince is in shock.
[J.R.] And so is Mr. McMahon.
[King] Shane!
[J.R.] Our referee, Shane McMahon, I think took the brunt of it.
Shane's body along with Triple H going through the table,
-all over the concrete. -[King] Let's look at this again.
I don't think I've ever seen anything like this.
He picked up Shane and Triple H. Oh!
[J.R.] Shane on the bottom, hit the concrete.
And the Triple H splattered on Shane.
The Rock trying to get up. Somehow, someway.
The Rock is getting up.
[King] He is up.
[J.R.] Triple H is moving.
Shane is not.
[King] Rock, you got no referee. You've knocked out the referee.
[J.R.] Shane McMahon is hurt.
The Rock now…
-…barely able to stand. -[King] Watch this.
-[J.R.] There's Vince. -[King] Is he gonna referee?
[J.R.] Mr. McMahon from behind.
Now look at McMahon taunting The Rock.
[King] He got those big grapefruits.
[J.R.] Mr. big grapefruits.
[King] Uh-oh.
[J.R.] Oh, my God.
[King] The grapefruits are shrinking.
It's time for the test of grapefruits.
[King] Check out the size of marbles right now.
[J.R.] Oh! Another low blow by The Game.
A low blow by The Game.
[King] He was just getting even.
[J.R.] Oh, no. Here…
Oh, damn it! A Pedigree.
It's over, but we got no referee.
[King] Shane is out like a light right here.
Vince is looking around…
[J.R.] Triple H scored with the Pedigree but Shane is down.
McMahon is waiting for somebody.
[King] He wants another ref.
[J.R.] This one is over.
What's McMahon doing? What could it be?
I hope it's not… Oh…
[King] Here we go. Look at this.
[J.R.] Oh, look at this.
The parade must be over. Patterson's here with Brisco.
[King] What?
[J.R.] This is not right.
-Oh, yeah! Yes! -[crowd cheering]
The Rock kicked out.
I can't believe it.
-[King] Look at this. -[J.R.] Come on.
-[King] What are they doing? -[J.R.] Patterson and Brisco
stomping The Rock.
My God, this is assault.
This is a mugging.
This is… This is not right.
[King] I can't believe what I'm seeing.
[J.R.] The Rock is being crucified here by Triple H.
Patterson and Brisco holding the helpless Rock.
Triple H is better with The Rock out for good.
[King] Look at Vince. Vince wants a front row seat.
Or either he's gonna put the icing on the cake.
One of the two.
[J.R.] You call this fair, King? You call this fair?
[King] I can't really call this.
Bets are down.
[J.R.] Look at McMahon. The look on his face.
He's gonna bust The Rock open.
[King] Those grapefruits are growing.
Oh! Got him. Oh, man.
He put everything he had behind that one, J.R.
[J.R.] Well, this is over.
This is just like the McMahon-Helmsley regime wanted.
[King] What's bigger than a grapefruit?
Like a cantaloupe or something?
I want you to count to three. Did I make myself clear?
[J.R.] Look at McMahon. "I want you to count to three."
The Rock can't even get up.
-[Austin's theme music playing] -[crowd cheering]
-[King] What? -[J.R.] Stone Cold!
-Stone Cold! is here! -[King exclaiming]
[J.R.] The Rattlesnake is back!
[King] Look out!
[J.R.] Oh! Delivered a chair to the champion.
[King] Look out!
Patterson! Brisco!
[King] Vince!
[J.R.] Stone Cold!
Down goes Shane!
Down goes Vince!
Stone Cold with a steel chair
has opened a whoop ass!
[King] Look out!
[J.R.] Austin! Austin! Austin!
[King] He did them all! He did everybody in the ring except The Rock.
[J.R.] Look at the carnage!
Austin has knocked out six people with a steel chair.
[King] Look at this!
Linda McMahon and Earl Hebner!
[King] It's our fired referee, Earl Hebner.
He's fired!
Stone Cold has just kicked ass!
[King] Look out. Speaking of ass-kicking, here we go!
[J.R.] Oh! Linda just shoved down Stephanie, her daughter.
[King] She's hurt.
[J.R.] Earl Hebner's got his…
Oh, I think…
Earl Hebner has got his referee shirt on.
[King] How could he referee? He's fired.
[crowd cheering]
[J.R.] Spinebuster!
[King] Oh, my God!
[J.R.] The Rock!
[crowd cheering]
[King] J.R., there's no Shane. There's no Vince.
And here it comes!
The People's Elbow!
[J.R.] The Rock got the People's Elbow!
Bring in a referee!
Linda just sent Earl Hebner in the ring.
-[King] One, two, three! -[crowd] One, two, three!
-[crowd cheering] -[J.R.] The Rock is the champion!
The Rock has done it!
The Rock has gone through hell and high water
with Stone Cold and becomes the WWE Champion.
[Lilian] The winner and the new World Wrestling Entertainment Champion,
The Rock.
[J.R.] I don't know where Austin was… but thank God he got here.
And did The Rattlesnake kick some ass.
Stone Cold kicked corporate ass.
And The Rock with the People's Elbow
is once again the WWE Champion.
[King] The smack has been laid down.
It's the big one. The Rock is the WWE Champion.
[J.R.] The people's champion and the WWE Champion.
He guaran-damn-teed a victory.
And he kept his word.
[King] Where did Stone Cold Steve Austin go?
Where did he come from?
[J.R.] Listen to this ovation.
The MCI Center has erupted.
The Rock is on top of the mountain again.
The Game is over
at Backlash.
[King] Oh, there it is!
Hey, wait a minute.
[J.R.] My God, what a moment!
[crowd cheering]
[J.R.] The Rock is smelling what they're cooking.
He's the WWE Champion.
Somehow, someway, with Stone Cold's help,
The Rock has done it.
[King] I still can't believe what I saw here tonight.
[J.R.] The Rock was screwed at WrestleMania.
We thought he was gonna be screwed tonight at Backlash.
-[Austin's theme music playing] -[King] What now?
-Uh-oh. -[J.R.] The look on The Rock's face.
I don't know if The Rock likes this at all.
[King] Wait a minute.
J.R., look at this.
[J.R.] What the hell?
[King] Look at this!
[J.R.] Stone Cold is towing the DX Express
that he destroyed, to the ring.
[King] He's dragging in that burned down bus!
[J.R.] 250-grand worth of damage done by The Rattlesnake.
But that's a small price, considering the damage he has done
to the McMahon-Helmsley regime.
[J.R.] And now what?
[King] Don't touch anybody.
[J.R.] Austin calling for a couple of brewskis.
[King] Look at that look.
[J.R.] What's going down here?
[crowd cheering]
[King] Wait a minute.
[J.R.] The Rattlesnake offering The Rock a cold one.
And Austin just… He just…
He does. And then, a tribute to the WWE Title.
[King] Here's a toast to the title.
[J.R.] The Rattlesnake just toasted the WWE Title.
Stone Cold with one more look at The Rock.
And with the help of The Rattlesnake, somehow, some way,
The Rock has become the WWE Champion
in a war with the McMahon-Helmsley regime.
[King] Unbelievable.
[J.R.] The Rock on top of the world for now. , some way,