[J.R.] The incredible Hulk Hogan.
[audience chanting] One more match.
[J.R.] History made in Madison Square Garden.
[audience chanting] One more match.
[J.R.] Look at this! He slammed The Giant!
[audience chanting] One more match.
[King] Is he going to Hulk up, J.R.? He is!
[audience chanting] One more match.
[Shawn] I'm right here asking you for one favor…
I want Hulk Hogan!
[J.R.] A Dream Team.
Hulk Hogan, Shawn Michaels.
I never thought I would see it in my lifetime!
[audience chanting] One more match! One more match!
[audience cheering]
[gentle music playing]
[J.R.] Batista Bomb! Batista Bomb!
[announcer] New World Heavyweight Champion…
Batista!
[Triple H] I own the World Heavyweight Championship!
One way or another.
I can promise you this.
It will find its way home.
I will find a weakness…
It's in your eyes, Dave.
You are on borrowed time.
You see, your eyes betrayed you.
Batista was good one night…
Your eyes showed fear.
One night!
Every time I went for it…
You fear it, you know it. It's in your eyes.
And now, I know it.
It is the Pedigree.
Because the Pedigree…
...is the truth.
It will come back to me.
And the truth is, Batista,
you made the biggest mistake of your life.
[echoing] I own it!
[TV announcer] And now RAW presents
WWE Backlash.
[intense music playing]
[fireworks popping]
[audience cheering]
[J.R.] Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, our worldwide audience, to Backlash.
What an event it's gonna be here tonight in the sold-out Verizon Wireless center
in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Jim Ross, and Jerry "the King" Lawler with you.
And three. Three championships decided.
Batista, Triple H II.
Plus, for the first time ever,
Shawn Michaels, Hulk Hogan, Tag Team partner together tonight.
No doubt, we're gonna be a part of history here tonight.
Without a doubt. One More Match from the immortal Hulk Hogan,
he teamed with Shawn Michaels to make the Dream Team.
But you're right, J.R., that's not all, Triple H, Batista II?
It doesn't get any bigger than this, baby.
Hope so. Working down on the ringside are our Spanish colleagues.
-[J.R.] Carlos. -[King] Hugo.
[speaking in Spanish]
[Chris Jericho's theme music playing]
[bell dings]
[Lilian] The following contest is scheduled for one fall,
and it is for the Intercontinental Championship.
Introducing the challenger,
born in Manhasset, New York,
weighing in 230 pounds,
Chris Jericho!
[J.R.] Chris Jericho, who holds a record in the WWE
for a seven Intercontinental Championship title reigns,
hopes to make it eight tonight, King.
[King] Yes, he does. He's hoping to come away with a big hit.
And not the singing version by Fozzy.
He's hoping to hit the right move on Shelton Benjamin,
the new Intercontinental Champion.
[Shelton Benjamin's theme song playing]
[Lilian] And making his way to the ring, from Orangeburg, South Carolina,
weighing in 248 pounds, he is the Intercontinental Champion,
Shelton Benjamin!
[J.R.] The ultra-athletic Intercontinental Champion won the title last October
at Taboo Tuesday against that very man, Chris Jericho.
And to say, King, that this rivalry
between two very popular Superstars
has gotten personal would be an understatement.
[King] Yeah, it's very personal.
I was hoping, well, maybe, we've still got time.
Maybe that man right there, Chris Jericho, would sing a couple of lyrics
from his due hit song by Fozzy…
"Shelton Benjamin Is My Bitch."
You like that song, J.R.?
[J.R.] Well, it has some head-turning lyrics.
It certainly got the Intercontinental Champion's attention.
This should be a competitive wrestling match.
The Intercontinental Championship on the line.
Both men victorious at last year's Backlash.
Shelton Benjamin with the victory over the legendary Ric Flair,
while Jericho beat Christian.
So both men have success at this event.
[King] Rats! The time for singing is over.
I was hoping Jericho would just, Just a chorus or something. Look at this!
[J.R.] Jericho to waist lock takedown on Shelton Benjamin.
Benjamin, a very gifted young man from Orangeburg, South Carolina.
And a side headlock counter by Chris Jericho.
Jericho, the veteran, born in Winnipeg or Manhasset, New York.
Now living down in Tampa.
And Jericho, there's a great show of strength and athletic ability.
Nice backslide by Shelton Benjamin…
[King] Oh, nice and quick.
Armdrag takedown by Shelton Benjamin.
Chris Jericho, you can't afford to let your guard down.
Not even for a second, or even be a second slow,
I mean, I bet the-- It kinda shocked him to his senses,
that was almost a quick three-count this early on in this match.
[J.R.] Benjamin has beat a lot of people since October
with that T-Bone suplex that he's been perfecting.
Certainly Jericho, the Master, the Walls of Jericho,
the Lionsault among other offensive maneuvers…
A quick nip-up. Takedown, nip-up…
Great athleticism by Shelton Benjamin.
[King] How did it get called a "nip-up"? I never really understood it.
Oh, look at this!
[J.R.] Nice springboard… Back into the armdrag.
[King] Lightning-quick armdrag very deeply applied.
Into the armbar by Shelton Benjamin.
[J.R.] And this point in time, Benjamin is using his quickness and speed.
[King] I tell you what, that was quick, that was superior speed.
The last time I saw a springboard like that coming off the ropes,
Didn't you do that with your match against Triple H?
-[J.R.] I think that's somebody else. -[King] Oh. Uh-oh.
[J.R.] Look at this, amazing.
Jericho, with a slap to the face…
[King] That's what you call a bitch slap.
[J.R.] And now big right hands by Benjamin.
Jericho getting Benjamin out of that wrestling mode
into a brawling mode.
What's made both better for Jericho, time will tell.
[King] I don't know if I would like to be in a brawling street fight
-with Benjamin, either. -[J.R.] Well, it wouldn't be easy.
This could get real hard on the streets, there in Orangeburg, South Carolina,
he started fighting before he started wrestling.
And Jericho, ever the oppressor.
We see Jericho so resilient.
The man that's the first Undisputed Champion with some hard chops
on the chest of the Intercontinental Champ.
[King] Uh-oh.
Look at this now. I'm telling you, Jericho,
he's got to watch Benjamin at all times. Here's a block.
[J.R.] Benjamin looking for a suplex here, and Jericho's blocking it.
[King] They are both blocking each other.
They are both determined to suplex the other. Who's gonna… oh-oh!
-Look at this now. -[J.R.] Jericho landing on the apron,
and delivering a shoulder block to the mid-section.
And now Jericho elevating…
[King] Oh-oh, hold on, Jericho!
This could be a catastrophe right here.
You better hold on.
[all exclaims]
[J.R.] Jericho countered…
[King] That was some superior quickness for you, J.R.?
[J.R.] A hurricanrana by Jericho.
And Jericho paid a price there as well, King.
[King] Yeah, can we see that one more time?
It was definitely a high-risk move
by both of these individuals. Look at that, Jericho right up.
He turned, what could've been a disaster, into a hurricanrana.
[J.R.] Jericho rolling back from the ring, stopping the referee's ten count.
This match will continue for the Intercontinental title.
[King] Oh-oh, look out. Jericho, wait a minute here.
This thing has got more than personal-- Oh!
Jericho exposing the security wall
and then dropping Shelton Benjamin's upper torso
right across that wall.
And Jericho now, certainly, with a clear-cut advantage.
Jericho challenging… Oh!
A hard kick back to the ribs.
[J.R.] To win this record, there will be another record for him,
eighth Intercontinental Championship.
[King] Yeah, I don't know I agree with the way he's going about it.
He wants to win this thing. He can't afford to get disqualified.
He's definitely risking disqualification outside that action.
Look out!
[J.R.] This is providing us some latitude
in this Intercontinental Championship match.
[all exclaiming]
Jericho more arrogant and more head games
and I think he got to get a pin there.
Jericho, the first headlock and they posted it.
It was fine.
Shelton Benjamin, the Intercontinental Champion grounded, losing any strength
and athletic advantage that he may have.
[King] Look at that vise-like grip right there by Jericho.
[audience clapping]
Who are these fans gonna get behind and so far it's split,
both of these guys, fan favorites.
[J.R.] A pop to the heart, a hard shot by Jericho.
Jericho, the age and experience and big match experience.
Fine form by Shelton Benjamin, the Intercontinental Champion.
He's been a fighting champion… Oh! Jericho, low drop kick.
[King] I know I've seen you do one of those before. [chuckles]
Any drop kickout you do would be very low.
[J.R.] I would like that. Now look at this…
That's definitely a choke, I'm telling you.
Jericho getting an advantage here.
[King] And he's flirting with disqualification.
[J.R.] Manipulating that referee, Jericho breaking on four,
knowing that he will be disqualified on five,
and Jericho cannot win the Intercontinental title.
Ooh, man-o-man. A disqualification…
[all exclaim]
-Stinger Splash from behind. -[King] That may do it.
[Jericho yells]
[J.R.] And… nice suplex by Shelton Benjamin.
You know, Jericho, to my knowledge,
at least trying to think about it here quickly.
I don't think Jericho has ever beaten Shelton Benjamin.
And certainly has not beaten Benjamin since October.
[King] You know what they say, J.R., "first time for everything."
-[all exclaim] -Oh, man!
[J.R.] Benjamin head butt after the chop.
Getting very physical here with Chris Jericho,
who has been very aggressive as well in this match.
Here we go! A modified bulldog takedown.
Jericho now regaining the advantage of this match, going back and forth
for the Intercontinental title.
We are live at Backlash.
[King] Oh, look out, Jericho! Oh, man!
Jericho looking to use those ropes as a springboard.
But he was caught in the act by Shelton Benjamin.
I think Shelton Benjamin-- Where did you put it there, Chris.
You know what to do when you went for the Lionsault.
[J.R.] Both men exchange right hands…
And Jericho trying to…
Well, trying to go for that second rope, Benjamin's already there.
Is Benjamin one step ahead of Jericho here or not?
[King] Oh, no, not right now.
[J.R.] Jericho shoving Benjamin back into the ring,
now Jericho's got a big opportunity here.
-Oh, my God! What the hell? -[King] What in the world?
[J.R.] Benjamin leaped to the top!
Amazing! That's got to be it, King!
[King] What agility!
[J.R.] Benjamin, with one leap was on the top rope.
-[King] Can we see this? -The next heartbeat, it was a suplex!
[King] Eat your heart out, NBA stars! What a leap!
[J.R.] Great Hangtime.
Great balance and athletic ability!
[King] He's holding the leg!
[audience boos]
[J.R.] Jericho will get a shoulder off the canvas.
[King] Can we see that one more time?
Look at this leaping ability.
I don't think I have ever seen anything like that, J.R.
And he turned it right into a suplex. A superplex!
[J.R.] Halfway across the ring, now Jericho--
Tremendous elevation.
Jericho with another zip cut there.
[King] Yeah, talk about Hangtime.
[J.R.] There's a cover! Jericho again being pressured…
Being pressured to kick out before the three.
And Benjamin now with that reverse chinlock, and a bodyscissor,
-completely tying up… -[referee] Get off the hair!
…the anatomy, I mean from head to toe, literally,
-of Chris Jericho… -[referee] No. No!
[audience chanting] Y2J.
[King] Benjamin from the university of Minnesota
was an all American wrestler.
In college and in junior college.
[King] His fans now chanting for Y2J.
Couple of minutes ago, they were chanting for Shelton Benjamin.
[J.R.] Both these men have earned the popularity
the fans are showing them…
What an athletic contest. Both men back down.
Now, referee Jack Doan has the option and is utilizing it…
-[Doan] Two… -…for the ten count here.
Again Jericho cannot win the Intercontinental title…
[audience] Four…
…on a ten count, either.
[King] No, he's gonna have to pin Shelton Benjamin
-or make him tap out, submit something. -[audience] Six…
-Seven… -[King] Jericho is up, he's up.
-Eight… -He's up.
[J.R.] Jericho up, so is the Intercontinental Champion.
At least to the degree that their match will continue.
Another-- A lot of risk.
And that maybe a fatal mistake for the Intercontinental Champion.
He missed the Stinger Splash.
Jericho now has quickened the pace.
[King] Oh, look at this.
-[J.R.] Uh-oh. -Come on, ass clown!
[King] Ass clown?
Oh!
8[J.R.] Drop toe-hold hanging Benjamin on that second rope.
-Jericho now in the driver's seat. -[King] I can tell.
[J.R.] In his quest to become the Intercontinental Championship.
-[both exclaim] -[J.R.] A Samoan drop out of nowhere.
-Will that be it? The cover, the count. -[audience boos]
[King] No, it's only two.
These guys are about as evenly matched that you gonna find two athletes.
-Aren't they J.R.? -[J.R.] Absolutely. Absolutely!
A very competitive match to kick off Backlash here tonight.
Benjamin scoring with those right hands.
And now the chop.
[audience chanting] Y2J.
Now again getting behind Jericho,
the underdog at that interlude.
[King] Nice move!
-[J.R.] Running enzuigiri could do it! -One, two--
Three! Oh, that was close.
-[King] Very close. -That was a long two count.
Referee's hand was coming down for the fatal three…
before Benjamin got his shoulder up.
[King] I'm telling you, Jericho looks a little frustrated.
I'm thinking that he's thinking that he should've been able
to put Benjamin away by now.
[J.R.] Well, certainly. I can't believe Jericho
would underestimate the Intercontinental Champion.
[King] I don't think he's underestimating.
I just think that he's done some things that would put away the normal man.
Look out, look out!
[J.R.] What a bulldog!
Springboard bulldog off the top.
Benjamin's no normal man.
One, two--
[J.R.] But again, Jericho show his tenacity and his grip.
[King] Watch this athleticism. Look at that!
[J.R.] That's scary.
[King] I'll telling you one thing, Benjamin is impressing me tonight,
I don't know about everybody else.
Look at this, look at this!
-One, two-- -[J.R.] Cover by Chris Jericho.
Jericho now looking for the Walls of Jericho.
[King] If he gets him turned, this could be it.
[J.R.] Jericho's trying to turn his way--
-My goodness! He's like cat. -[King] He's leaping off everything.
The T-Bone!
[J.R.] The T-Bone out of nowhere.
One, two--
Jericho too close to the ropes…
A T-Bone, I mean, that was
a surreal, and unseasoned.
But Jericho was too close to that rope.
[King] Yeah, lucky for him.
Jericho is showing great ring presence.
And now Benjamin pulling Jericho out. The cover!
[King] That's not gonna work.
Y2J had too much to recover.
Now Benjamin is showing a little bit of frustration.
[J.R.] When you don't beat your opponent with your favorite maneuver,
I'm sure frustration's gonna set in.
[King] He would have beat him if he hadn't been so close to ropes.
[J.R.] Jericho trying to fight out of another predicament and does so.
Oh, look out here.
[audience cheering]
Oh, the Walls of Jericho! There it is!
-[King] He's got it locked in. -The Walls of Jericho!
[King] And Benjamin is not close to any ropes.
[J.R.] We could have a new Intercontinental Champion any moment!
Is Benjamin gonna tap?
Jericho's got the Walls of Jericho!
Locked in! Locked and loaded.
[King] Benjamin fighting for everything he has!
[J.R.] We might be just a second or two from crowning a new
Intercontinental champion here at Backlash.
[King] Benjamin is about to get to those ropes!
-He made it! He made it! -[audience boos]
[J.R.] Benjamin out of desperation.
The crowd is not pleased.
But it's a smart maneuver by the Champion
to break the hold any way you can.
[King] And now this crowd behind Y2J, I think they felt he had it
in his grasp, he certainly had Benjamin in his grasp.
[J.R.] Oh, there is a hard shot by a very aggressive Chris Jericho.
[King] I felt that in my rib way up here.
[J.R.] Where the hell did that come from?
[King] From Benjamin's foot.
[J.R.] Benjamin went from downtown with that right boot to the face.
[audience] Two…
[J.R.] There's a cover.
Will that would do it--? Oh, Jericho!
So resilient, such a gamer.
[King] What a match! What a match this is, J.R.
[J.R.] Jericho got that shoulder off the canvas
and I would've bet money that would've been it.
[audience cheering]
Jericho creating a mistake there.
-Holding on the ropes, Jericho… -[King] Lionsault.
Oh, no, look at this, look at this!
[J.R.] Jericho pointing the knees!
One more time!
[all exclaim]
-A counter! -One, two, three!
-[King] Oh, he's got it! -[bell dings]
-Those shoulders were down. -[Shelton Benjamin's theme song playing]
[Lilian] Here's your winner,
and still the Intercontinental Champion,
Shelton Benjamin!
-[King] Oh, my gosh. -[J.R.] Chris Jericho cannot believe it.
But it's in the book,
the counter and another counter by the great wrestler Shelton Benjamin
and the counter cost Jericho the three in the victory.
[King] That was an unbelievable match-up.
I got to tip my crown to both the men. Congratulations to both the guys.
What a great match.
[J.R.] Outstanding match.
Perhaps a sign to things to come here tonight at Backlash.
Jericho's frustration continues…
[King] Well, you can't blame a man like Jericho for being frustrated.
I mean, you got to be heart-sick after that.
I think Jericho thought that he had it going for the Lionsault.
Holding Shelton Benjamin's feet right there
and had the presence of mind to turn that into-- Or tried to turn it into
the Walls of Jericho, but look at that counter.
Then another counter, and finally this counter that worked!
-Unbelievable! -[bell dings]
[J.R.] A beautiful succession of counters by Shelton Benjamin,
who is still the Intercontinental Champion,
much to the chagrin of Chris Jericho.
[King] I don't know if Jericho is gonna have to…
Is Todd down the ring side?
[Todd] Jericho, what are your thoughts, real quick, your comment
on another tough loss to Shelton Benjamin.
Please, a quick comment.
[J.R.] Wow.
Well, I can't blame him, I don't think he wants to talk to Todd.
Jericho certainly understandably frustrated.
Well, things certainly heating up very quickly tonight here at Backlash.
And there's no issue more heated than the one between Chris Benoit,
and my guest, at this time, Mr. Money in the Bank himself, Edge.
You're right, Coach, things are really heated tonight.
And Chris Benoit, he's very upset.
Very heated tonight, and I can understand why coming into this match.
You see, last year at Backlash Chris was coming off
his second consecutive win against Shawn Michaels and Triple H.
He was standing on top of the world, he was the champion.
And at WrestleMania, he was this close to grabbing
this briefcase, and getting another chance at glory.
But I stopped that, I stopped it!
I grabbed a steel chair and I hit him in his arm,
his injured arm, and that's when I became…
Mr. Money in the Bank.
And tonight, I bet all these people in Manchester,
they want to see Chris Benoit laying me out,
stand triumph over me.
[audience cheering]
Sorry to disappoint, because tonight Chris Benoit,
at the end of this match, he won't be even be standing.
You see, I will be the Last Man Standing.
[audience boos]
Bank on it.
[bell dings]
[Lilian] The following is a five Team Tag Turmoil match.
Now here are the rules.
Two teams will start, the winner of that
will go on to face a third team.
This will continue until all five teams have participated,
and there will be a final victor.
That team will be The World Tag Team Champions.
[Heart Throb's theme music playing]
Introducing the challengers…
from Panama city, Florida,
at a combined weight of 445 pounds,
Romeo and Antonio, "The Heart Throbs."
[King] Oh-ho, The Heart Throbs!
[J.R.] Antonio and Romeo, The Heart Throbs,
That's… we'll clarify who they are.
A brand new team, a very charismatic team, to say the least.
And what an opportunity they have here,
but they didn't get any breaks in the luck of the draw.
[King] Look at these guys.
I've been doing a little homework on these guys.
They think they're a couple of ladies' men.
Got some moves, I'll give them that.
Look at this.
Whoa!
[J.R.] Better throw my back now.
[King laughs]
[William Regal and Tajiri's theme music playing]
[Lilian] And making their way to the ring,
at a combined weight of 446 pounds,
they are the World Tag Team Champions,
William Regal and Tajiri!
[J.R.] Regal and Tajiri are no strangers to The Heart Throbs,
they competed with them last week in a non-title match-up.
You know, the structure of rules here,
those were random drawing earlier today, King,
that determined the order of entry.
And once a winner is determined between these two teams,
a third team then will enter the Tag Team Turmoil.
The final surviving team will leave the World Tag Team Champions.
What it essentially means, if I'm looking at it correctly,
that Regal and Tajiri got to run the table.
[King] Yeah. Right, one of these two teams is at a distinct disadvantage.
[Heart Throbs exclaiming]
The Heart Throbs, they're still deciding who is going to start this match.
I think they did with rock, scissors, paper. I'm not sure.
[J.R.] It's Regal and Romeo starting it out here.
World Tag Team Championship will be decided in a very unique format here.
We will surely keep you abreast of how this match is structured…
Good cover, but to no avail.
Nice side headlock takeover by Romeo.
[King] This match last week between the World Tag Team Champions,
Tajiri and Regal and these Heart Throbs was a lot closer than most people thought.
Look at these guys, they are full of themselves.
Uh-oh.
[J.R.] Nice takedown by Regal, the southpaw, from Blackpool, England.
[King] Coach went out with these guys, and was telling me about their exploits.
Apparently, the women are just crazy about these guys.
At least that's what Coach said.
[J.R.] Tag made. Romeo out, Antonio in.
Antonio and William Regal…
Nice strategy there by Antonio working on Regal's left arm,
his dominant arm, as a southpaw. Really, resourcefulness.
And Regal floating over right into the tag area.
You're not gonna find anybody that knows
any more wrestling moves than William Regal.
A low dropkick right there.
Tajiri, the Japanese buzzsaw,
simulating kicks, right to the spine.
[King] That's what these Heart Throbs probably feel like
they've run into right now. A buzzsaw. Now look at this.
[J.R.] What the hell is this?
[King] That's almost an in reversion of the tarantula.
Tajiri's shoulders are down, he is pinning himself there. [laughs]
[J.R.] Tajiri. Double arm, Butterfly Suplex by Tajiri.
What's this? Sudden moonsault…
Romeo interrupting the count, and paying for it.
[King] Never turn your back on Antonio.
[J.R.] Antonio giving a suplex to Tajiri,
who was barely able to get his shoulders up before the three.
So really a sudden death thing here, when you lose you're out, you're eliminated.
[Tajiri grunts]
[King] Look out.
[J.R.] A double team by The Heart Throbs,
cover Tajiri and The Heart Throbs doing a smart Tag Team wrestling
keeping Tajiri in their half of the ring.
[King] I'll tell you something…
There's more than double-teaming from The Heart Throbs there.
One, two…
You gotta admit, the Heart Throb's are pretty aggressive.
I know you're not a girl.
[J.R.] I'm impressed with The Heart Throbs, they're in great shape.
They certainly are a true Tag Team.
And Tajiri trying to make that tag and pinned.
Antonio taking Tajiri away from Tajiri's corner
to the opposite corner and to another opposite corner,
but Tajiri waiting with a sunset flip.
And Tajiri got the three on Antonio.
That means The Heart Throbs are eliminated.
And here comes the second challenge
for Regal and Tajiri, the surviving team.
[King] Wait a minute, is there no break, no rest for the weary?
It starts right now?
[J.R.] It's Maven and Simon Dean.
[King] This is a disadvantage for the Tag Team Champions.
Look at Simon Dean now.
[J.R.] Simon, the fitness expert.
And cover! Simon Dean not wasting any time looking for a pinfall here.
The luck of the draw means everything. That random draw this afternoon,
was certainly challenging for the Tag champions.
[King] Simon Dean--Oh, look out here.
[Tajiri grunts]
[J.R.] Double team…
[King] I think Simon Dean has made it on the Simon System.
[J.R.] Little showboating before the cover may have cost Maven and Simon Dean.
Straight right hands, illegal right hands right in front of the referee.
[King] You got to get on the Simon System,
forget about Richard Simmons, that's not working for you.
You got to get with Simon.
[J.R.] Richard Simmons? Is he still alive? [laughs]
[King] Look out, there's a tag.
[J.R.] Simon Dean, the innovator, the originator of the Simon System.
[referee] One, two, three…
[J.R.] Simon Dean taking every liberty he can, but the referee's killing it.
[King] Now that I'm looking at Simon,
he may need to get into that system a little more,
I think I detect a love handle or two there on Simon.
[J.R.] Oh, if you're talking about a love handle,
have you ever seen me in a speedo? [laughs]
-Wouldn't want to, would you? -[King] No
I think that Simon must have given all his system to Maven,
he is ripped. He is really cut up.
[J.R.] Simon Dean, facelock.
Trying to keep his body between Tajiri and Regal.
And Regal, a little cheap shot on the outside.
And a high-impact move by Tajiri, taking down Simon Dean.
Tag Team Turmoil.
[King] Look at Maven!
[J.R.] Well, a tag made.
[King] Another shot, that six-inch punch
from the left-handed William Regal flattens Maven.
Now he's all over Simon Dean.
-[J.R.] Regal got the tag-- -[King] Whoa!
-[J.R.] An exploder suplex, buttercup. -[King] Buttercup?
[J.R.] I don't know.
[King] What a brutal shot to the head. A brutal shot to the head!
[J.R.] Regal and Tajiri have eliminated the first two teams to face them.
[King] Boy, Regal and Tajiri on a roll here.
[audience booing]
Uh-oh.
[J.R.] And La Résistance.
The team not wasting any time.
With Tajiri down, La Résistance going straight to William Regal.
Tajiri down and hurting.
[King] I think, right now, J.R., we're seeing exactly
why they call it a Tag Team Turmoil.
[J.R.] It is a very tumultuous situation, to say the least.
[King] U.S.A Champ going, but right now Regal and Tajiri aren't going anywhere.
U.S.A champ against La Résistance
because Regal is from Britain, Tajiri is from Japan.
[King] We embrace them in America.
We're coming to you from Manchester, New Hampshire.
[J.R.] Absolutely.
Oh, man, a kick to the ribs.
Tajiri goes right back to what brought him to dance those kicks.
Oh, a spinning heel kick taking down Sylvain Grenier.
La Résistance, former World Tag Team Champions,
with an opportunity to regain the gold again here.
[King] I've talked to these guys on occasion,
and that is their primary goal in life:
to once again regain the World Tag Titles.
[J.R.] Kicks right to the back.
[King] They don't know which way to fall now.
[J.R.] The only thing I have in common with La Résistance are French fries.
-[King] You like French fries? -[J.R.] I've gotta slow down.
Uppercut by Regal, a knockdown, and Regal with a cover,
with that form right in the face of Grenier, and a tag to Tajiri,
Tajiri makes the tag, Regal holds steady there.
Oh! Just opened up Grenier for another--
-[all exclaim] -Listen to those kicks.
Tajiri's kicks, he's getting off on those kicks tonight.
[King] He's getting off a lot of snap.
[J.R.] The leg drop, and a cover…
And Tajiri got a near fall on Grenier.
Tag made. Great teamwork by the World Tag Team Champions.
[King] You're telling me the only thing you have in common
with La Résistance is French Fries.
-I think you've eaten a frog lately. -[J.R.] As long as they're fried.
Look at Conway, the great sympathizer.
He grew up in Louisville, Kentucky. How Americana is that?
Now he's pledging his allegiance to France,
and more specifically, Quebec. The cover, Conway!
That's a near fall.
Conway is very talented, so is Grenier, they were Tag Team Champions.
[King] You got to say something about the stamina of Regal and Tajiri.
This is pretty much the third match they wrestled here tonight.
[J.R.] Well, you got to hand it to them.
You're right, King, good point.
And Regal looking to apply that submission move, the STF.
[King] This could do it right here.
[J.R.] Step over with that cross face and-- Oh, Grenier, man.
Grenier's thighs are gonna be bruised for weeks.
Those kicks…
Another shot by Tajiri.
[King] Surprised that the bottom of Tajiri's feet aren't bruised.
Oh, here we go! I think this is almost over, look at that.
[J.R.] Tajiri tried the Tarantula,
and he got eradicated.
[King] Eradicated. Pest control.
-Oh-oh! Look out! -One, two, three!
[audience boos]
[The Hurricane and Rosey theme music playing]
[King] We got new champions for sure.
[J.R.] Regal and Tajiri have just been defeated!
Regal and Tajiri have just been eliminated from Tag Team Turmoil,
and we are guaranteed to have new Tag Team Champions.
[King] And Regal and Tajiri, they don't even have time to complain, or…
try to get a do-over, look at this now.
[J.R.] Hurricane, the superhero with a cross body.
The new Tag champions are gonna be either Hurricane and Rosey,
or La Résistance.
[King] Hurricane didn't waste any time flying
and he didn't even take his cape off.
[J.R.] Hurricane, a blockbuster, the comic book aficionado,
the superhero, with a lateral press got a near fall,
you can see how quick the pace has quickened here.
[King] Yes.
-Oh, no. Oh, my God. That was bad. -[all exclaim]
[J.R.] Hurricane flew in, that was a crash and burn right there.
Hurricane caught his legs on that top turnbuckle.
Oh, man! A vile elbow right to the heart of the Hurricane.
[King] Let's see Hurricane again. There's some damage done here.
-Watch his leg. Oh, man! -[all exclaim]
That could be a broken tibia or fibula.
[J.R.] There is a cover. Hurricane down!
The Hurricane kicking out with everything he's got.
The World Tag Team Titles are at stake here.
One of these two teams will leave Backlash
the new World Tag Team Champions.
[King] Hurricane is showing some superhuman strength
by just being able to get up, his leg getting smashed in that ring.
Conway makes the tag to Grenier.
[King] You know what, I'm just thinking right now,
at this moment La Résistance are the Tag Team Champions.
Actually, they are, I think.
[J.R.] The structure of the rules…
[King] They just beat the champions, so currently,
right now they are the Champions.
[J.R.] In a technicality you can say that. This match is not over.
If this match were over, thy would be the Tag Champions.
This match is gonna continue until there's only one team left.
Is that team gonna be La Résistance or is it gonna be Hurricane and Rosey?
[King] It's like up here in New England. Red Sox are the world champions.
I bet you hear that enough up here, don't you?
[J.R.] It was a high-impact shot there.
Grenier slammed Hurricane,
couldn't kick out, but he got a shoulder up anyway.
Hurricane isolated…
Grenier making sure he keeps
his body between his opponent and the opponent's corner.
Oh, man!
Grenier trying to deliver an elbow, may have slipped coming off the rope.
[King] Hurricane is going to be out of there anyway.
[audience clapping in rhythm]
[J.R.] If Hurricane can just somehow muster enough.
-[King] There it is! -[J.R.] There's a tag to the big man.
[King] The big man is fresh.
[J.R.] Big Rosey at 400 plus.
[King] Ow!
[J.R.] Rosey's hungry.
He's never been a Tag Champion.
There's a knockdown.
Rosey and Conway…
-[all exclaim] -A slam!
-One, two-- -[audience exclaims]
[J.R.] Grenier interrupted the count, or this one would've been over.
We would have had surprising new Tag Team Champions
in Hurricane and Rosey.
[King] Rosey. I think you're awful excited for those guys, are you?
[J.R.] I'm kinda excited about the opportunity.
There goes Hurricane again and that may not bode well for Rosey.
The double team forthcoming.
[King] Double team is right. You're gonna have to double-team this guy.
Oh, my gosh! Look at that, that was a double team.
Like almost a double chokeslam there.
[J.R.] At least 400…
Rosey, power out of the lateral press.
Conway can't believe it.
[King] Is Rosey not the biggest superhero you've ever seen?
Bigger than the Thing, the Fantastic Four and everything.
[J.R.] Rosey just out-horsed La Résistance.
-Rosey bit out a slam… -[King] I love this move.
-…tag made to Hurricane. -[King] You can't get higher than this.
[J.R.] Hurricane now the legal man.
-[all exclaim] -One, two, three!
-[bell dings] -[audience cheering]
[J.R.] We got the World Tag Champions!
[Lilian] Here are your winners
and the new World Tag Team Champions,
Rosey and the Hurricane!
[King] Old Glory's flying high right now, U.S.A!
[Rosey and The Hurricane's theme music playing]
[J.R.] Man, oh, man. King, I never would've thunk it.
I never would've thought that Hurricane and Rosey
would leave here the World Tag Team Champions.
[King] This is big! This is bigger than you, Rosey!
You can believe that.
[audience cheering]
That's a great sight right there.
[J.R.] Regal and Tajiri got nothing to be sad about
other than the simple fact that…
[King] Take a look at this, again.
There's gonna be some controversy here.
Watch this, Regal doing a number on this,
and then here's your controversial move right there.
Look at that hand full of tights by La Résistance.
[J.R.] That's how Regal and Tajiri were eliminated,
but here's how La Résistance were eliminated.
[audience] One, two, three!
-[bell dings] -[audience cheering]
[J.R.] What a high-risk, high-impact but successful maneuver
that has led the Hurricane and Rosey,
to the World Tag Team Championship, I'm telling you.
I'll tell you something, how about that move?
What's up with that, huh?
Well, congratulations to Hurricane and Rosey, King.
They're hardworking couple of young guys.
Let's see how far and how high they can climb the mountain
with those World Tag Team Championships.
I'm telling ya, I'm proud of those guys. I really am.
-["Stronger" by Trust Company playing] -Listen to this. You hear that, J.R.?
[J.R.] I hear it.
[King] That's the Trust Company. That's called "Stronger,"
and that, of course, is the official theme song of Backlash,
and their CD is available right now.
[J.R.] And selling very well. Ladies and gentlemen, coming up next…
Last Man Standing. It certainly won't be for the weak of heart.
And ladies, and gentlemen, let me tell you,
this personal rivalry truly escalated
in the Money in the Bank Ladder Match at WrestleMania 21.
[ring announcer] The following contest is the Money in the Bank Ladder Match.
[J.R.] Only one way to win, that's to climb the ladder,
retrieve the briefcase and you have won yourself
a World Title Match for any time up to one year.
Uh-oh, Benoit's arm caught in that ladder, and...
Oh! Benoit's a bit…
Benoit now…
[King] How is he? He's climbing up the ladder.
[J.R.] Benoit trying to climb but he's got to be in absolute--
[King] His shoulder may be separated.
[J.R.] The desire of Chris Benoit has never been more prominent.
[King] No way! Right on the arm!
Edge hit Benoit right on that injured arm!
-[J.R.] No! Come on! -[King] Look, Edge is there!
-He's got it! Oh, my God! -[bell dings]
[J.R.] One step away for the respected and courageous Chris Benoit,
but the winner is Edge.
[Edge] Not only is that contract Money in the Bank,
but I am Money in the Bank.
And I'll tell you when I'm damn good and ready
to face Batista for the title.
[Eric Bischoff] I think I should tell you who you will be facing tonight.
Chris Benoit.
[J.R.] Chris Benoit, perhaps in hindsight, should not even be wrestling tonight
has found himself in wrestling hell here.
And Benoit is trying to survive and work through the pain
-of his injured left arm. -[King] There we go, oh!
[J.R.] Benoit sights at the Spear! Benoit got it! Benoit got it!
-[King] Benoit-- Oh, look out! -[J.R.] Oh, my God.
[Edge] I'm Mr. Money in the Bank, I won't be denied any longer.
[dramatic music playing]
[King] These two guys want to hurt each other.
[Benoit] You want a match, you'll get a match.
But it's not gonna be about pinfalls or submissions.
It's gonna be a Last Man Standing match.
[J.R.] Last Man Standing is as physical as it gets.
Pride and passion motivate both these athletes.
[King] This is not gonna be a wrestling match, by any means.
[J.R.] This is gonna be a knock-down drag-out.
Forget about pinfalls.
Forget about submissions
and disqualifications.
[King] They've got to literally destroy each other in this match.
[J.R.] The match will continue until one of these men
cannot stand before a ten-count.
It's Last Man Standing at Backlash.
[Edge's theme song playing]
[audience cheering]
[bell dings]
[Lilian] The following is a Last Man Standing Match.
Introducing first, from Toronto, Canada, weighing in 250 pounds,
Edge!
[J.R.] Certainly a man whose life is mired in controversy.
All brought on by himself.
He has lashed out at fans since October when he didn't win
the popular vote to wrestle the World Champion at Taboo Tuesday.
But since then, Edge has been on a roll
winning the Money in the Bank Ladder Match at WrestleMania 21.
He's got a shot at World Champion any time he wants to claim
-for up to one year. -[King] That's Money in the Bank.
This is going to be legal, physical abuse.
[King] That's the best part.
[Chris Benoit's theme music playing]
[audience cheering]
[Lilian] And from Atlanta, Georgia,
weighing in 229 pounds,
Chris Benoit!
[J.R.] Benoit's been called many things.
Years ago, the Pegasus Kid.
He's been called The Rabid Wolverine,
and in some circles, he's been called The Crippler.
And tonight, if Benoit's able to cripple Edge
where Edge cannot stand before a ten-count,
Chris Benoit will leave here the Last Man Standing.
[King] Benoit is called the World Heavy Weight Champion, too.
Look at him, he is all over Mr. Money in the Bank.
[J.R.] Hard shots by Benoit, Edge trying to cover up.
No pinfalls here, no submissions,
no disqualifications.
This match will continue until one man cannot physically stand
before a ten count.
Benoit, those knees right to the face.
Benoit trained in Stu Hart's Savage Dungeon
knows all about dishing out the pain
and debilitating an opponent.
To say Benoit has a pronounced mean streak,
would be another understatement.
[King] But that's what-- Both of these guys have mean streaks.
[J.R.] I would say so, yes, absolutely.
[King] You've been saying as of late that Edge is a little bit disturbed
and that he's maybe over the edge at times?
[J.R.] He seems to be a different man
than the guy I've known for quite some time,
since he was a really young guy.
[King] He's still a young guy, but I'll agree with you. He's been--
We actually witnessed him...
The look in his eyes, that faraway look he's pulling his hair out at times.
[J.R.] And while measuring.
So the strategy of this match is just to debilitate your opponent.
To actually break down your opponent's body, mind, and soul,
so when the time comes, your opponent cannot stand for a ten count.
High-impact. These men are gonna pay a supreme physical price
before this one is all said and done.
[Chris groans]
[King] No disqualification, right, J.R.?
[J.R.] No pinfalls, no disqualifications,
no submissions.
[audience chanting] We want Matt!
[J.R.] A stomp right to the back of Benoit.
Edge now kicking Benoit down, which is a smart thing to do.
These Last Man Standing matches are sort of reminiscent
of the old days, the old-school Texas Death Match.
Physically demanding, mentally challenging
and virtually impossible to escape without injury.
[referee] Hey, come on! Come on, that's against the rules.
Edge! Come on.
[J.R.] What's the referee--?
[King] Referee Earl Hebner, pretty much at a disadvantage.
What is he in there? Basically, for the ten count, right?
[J.R.] That's all. That was it.
Not too many judgment calls for a referee
in a Last Man Standing Match. If he can count to ten,
he's pretty much in business, and Edge is looking for a Spear.
[King] There's that's the look we've seen past few months.
Oh, man! Face right in the mat.
[J.R.] Drop toehold by Benoit, avoiding the Spear.
You can tell a lot by a man's eyes and Edge's eyes tell a hell of a story.
[King] I really thought that winning that Money in the Bank Match
would change him, but he's still out there.
Even though he's got that briefcase with that contract inside.
[J.R.] You gotta wonder when is he gonna exercise his option
to meet the World's Heavyweight Champion? He's got a year.
Look at Benoit…
[King] Could be tomorrow night in Boston, that Edge exercises the contract.
[J.R.] You never know with Edge. He's totally unpredictable.
[King] Look at that knee, that hard knee. Oh, and another one.
It's like a pit fighting.
Can you imagine it tomorrow night in Boston, Edge versus Triple H
for the World Heavyweight Championship?
[J.R.] Red Sox are the World's Champions.
Who's to say that Edge couldn't be the World's Champion tomorrow night?
[King] Well, that's my prediction.
[J.R.] And Edge fighting off Benoit.
This is just turning into a fist fight, another hard shot to the head.
These guys have gotta use their feet, because it's so easy
after numerous shots, King, to break your hand on another guy's head.
[King] Right. I've done that.
We've had a lot of guys do it here.
[J.R.] And this baseball slide through,
and again these weapons, that may or may not be interjected into this match,
are totally legal, if they are.
[King] Never even thought about that?
But with no disqualification, like you said,
just anything goes, absolutely anything. Even that garbage can.
[J.R.] Benoit right to that wall.
[all exclaiming]
Benoit elevates Edge right over the top, right onto the concrete floor.
Now Benoit going after Edge. No count outs in this match.
[King] Look at these guys. Say hello to the fans. [chuckles]
Uh-oh, watch it.
[J.R.] You come to watch a RAW event,
you never know who's gonna be fighting next to you.
And right now, it's Chris Benoit hammering Edge.
Edge is trying to get some distance, but Benoit's hot on his trail.
Benoit, the 18-year veteran is not gonna Edge any surcease,
any daylight, whatsoever.
[King] Surcease?
That's a good word. That's a 50-cent word, right there.
[King] Look at now, look out now.
[J.R.] Sharpshooter applied.
[King] This is what Edge needed to apply.
[J.R.] Benoit is not gonna win this way,
but he can certainly debilitate his opponent
by utilizing the Sharpshooter.
Edge is tapping out,
but there are no submissions in Last Man Standing.
[King] Look at Edge!
[J.R.] Edge in the ropes, referee will at least calls for a break here.
[King] Edge will be lucky to be able to stand up on his feet now.
[J.R.] Knowing Benoit, he's gonna go back to work on those legs and back.
[audience exclaim]
German suplex, Benoit, tenaciously.
Locking those hands in a hard shot.
Benoit, just doesn't take you up, he drives his man down, look. Bam!
[King] Yes, he does.
[J.R.] With authority.
It's not a release.
[audience exclaim]
It's a hold and a drive. A pickup and a stick.
[King] Man, how many is that?
[J.R.] Too down many for Edge to sustain.
And Edge rolling to the outside.
[King] I saw a fan with a sign at ringside that said,
"Benoit's going over the Edge" and that was an apropos sign
right at the moment.
[referee] Four!
Five!
[King] I'm telling ya, Edge is not standing, is he?
-[referee] Six! -[J.R.] The count is six.
Seven!
Eight!
[King] He's counted eight, he's got two more.
This referee says he's up.
[J.R.] Edge standing, trying to get back in the ring. Benoit measures…
[all exclaim]
[King] Nice shot.
Full force right into the face of Edge, Edge back down.
Referee will start again with his ten count.
-Three! -[J.R.] Up to three.
[King] I'll tell ya something, Edge is in la-la land right now.
[referee] Five!
[J.R.] Two hard shots that rattled Edge's brain.
-[referee] Six! -[J.R.] Six!
[King] If he is in control of his faculties right now,
he might as well take close to a nine count,
get a little recuperation time in.
Up to nine and Edge gets to his feet.
[J.R.] Edge's working that count as best he could.
-[King] Look at this! -[audience exclaims]
[J.R.] A suicide dive, head first by Benoit,
and he was met by that trash can lid.
Benoit with a full head of steam
right between the ropes
and got hammered in the face with a trash can lid.
[King] Watch this, listen to this, and I can tell you, this is it for Benoit.
[all exclaiming]
[King] Look and listen.
[all exclaim]
Which is what Benoit should have done before he crossed that street.
Six!
[J.R.] What's the count he's up to?
-Seven! -[King] Seven, that's it. I'm telling ya.
[J.R.] Benoit trying to stir.
[King] Come on, ref! You call that to his feet?
[J.R.] Referee using some discretion.
[all exclaim]
[J.R.] A legal shot in this Last Man Standing Match.
Two!
Three!
Four!
[King] Does this not seem like it's a little bit slower count
when Benoit's down than it was when Edge was down?
[J.R.] I haven't noticed that.
[referee] Six!
[J.R.] Up to six.
[King] Oh, come on, I gotta claim a little favoritism here, J.R.
[J.R.] Marked shot to the head by Edge.
[King] All Benoit has to do is get up on his knees.
[J.R.] I don't disagree with that, quite frankly,
but needless to say, the match continues.
[King] I got another prediction, Benoit is about to be canned.
I don't mean to pink slip kind.
Oh, oh, look at this.
[J.R.] Front face lock by Edge.
[King] Uh-oh, you gotta be kidding me.
[J.R.] Benoit straddling that top turnbuckle in a bad part of town here.
[King] Edge has some evil intentions right now.
[J.R.] More high concussion blows to the head by Edge.
Benoit instinctively, animalistically trying to fight out of his predicament.
[King] You better grab me, look at this.
Edge with a head butt. That's right out of Benoit's book.
[J.R.] A tight front face locked by Edge.
Oh, my God, King…
[King] If Edge hits this, it's over!
[all exclaim]
[J.R.] A Superplex!
Through the trash can to the floor!
-[King] Oh, man! -[J.R.] Both men are down.
And both men are now being counted down.
[King] Just get to your knees, Edge, that's all you got to do.
Can we see that one more time?
What's the count? Keep track of the count.
Oh, man, right through the trash can, the metal trash can.
-Six! -We're at six.
Edge is…
Edge's up.
[J.R.] Edge is using the ropes to get himself up.
-[King] Eight. -[J.R.] Eight for Benoit.
[King] Why did he, why did he stop? I rest my case.
Benoit was not up on his feet.
[J.R.] Running knee out to the head and out of it. Look at Edge in a rage.
[King] I don't blame Edge. I'm a little ragey right now myself.
[J.R.] Wearing Benoit out with that trash can lid.
[King] Now what? What's he got in his mind?
[J.R.] Who knows? Pardon me. I don't know if Edge knows.
[King] Overstatement there.
You know these WWE rings, there's always some great--
-[audience cheering] -[King] Great things under these rings.
[J.R.] This ladder, again, as the trash can lid was.
Anything else these men decides to use,
totally legal in a Last Man Standing Match.
[King] I wouldn't be surprised if there was a Sherman tank
under one of those things.
This is gonna be good.
[J.R.] I think it's ironic that this is how this whole issue escalated
at WrestleMania 21 and that Money in the Bank Ladder Match.
A ladder setup in the ring, as Benoit trying to fight back in it.
More shots to his head, Benoit may be concussed
from the shot to the head from the suicide dive a few minutes ago.
[King] In that Money in the Bank Match,
Edge took advantage of Benoit's injured arm
which by the way, had gotten injured by that ladder.
Knocked him off the ladder right as he had that briefcase in his grasp.
[J.R.] Edge is climbing to the top of the ladder.
At least he's going that direction, but he may not get any further.
[King] Whenever you're trying to climb a ladder in a match, you need to make sure
-your opponent-- -[J.R.] What the hell?
[King] Look at that suplex, J.R.!
[J.R.] A German suplex off the ladder!
Benoit just drilled Edge with a German suplex from the ladder…
From near the top of the ladder.
[King] It's gonna be next to impossible to get up from.
Four!
[J.R.] Both these men beat each other to hell here.
[King] Watch this. He was nearly at the top of that ladder.
His head was over the top of the ladder, and then a German suplex.
[J.R.] Benoit fighting to get back up.
Reaching down into his soul to get back in this match,
Last Man Standing.
No disqualifications, no submissions…
Another release suplex.
[King] Edge had brought that ladder into the ring,
where he could get a little extra height
to drop down on Benoit but it certainly backfired on him.
[J.R.] Benoit staggering his equilibrium, gotta be shot
after those hammering blows to his head.
And now Benoit looks up at the ladder.
[King] I don't think you can hurt Benoit's head.
Have you seen that huge scar in the middle of his head
that he put there himself, head butting people?
-Wait a minute. -[J.R.] The Wolverine is fearless.
[King] Oh, that's right.
[J.R.] Benoit clambered to the top of the ladder.
-The fans rising to their feet. -[King] That ladder's mighty shaky!
-Oh, Benoit! -[all exclaim, cheering]
[J.R.] Looking for that diving head butt, but he missed.
Benoit missed, he went for everything, but he missed and drove his head
into the canvas from the top of the ladder.
[King] That's how badly Benoit wants to win this thing.
This Benoit is insane, J.R. He will do absolutely anything.
If you don't believe it, take one more look.
Look how shaky that ladder is, look how far he falls
trying to deliver that head butt. Watch this!
Oh, my gosh!
[J.R.] Benoit completely fearless, but it may have cost him here.
Edge is-- Uh-oh, Edge got his--
[King] Got that valuable case, Money in the Bank briefcase.
Look out!
[J.R.] Edge using the briefcase as a weapon.
Benoit's got a weapon of his own, called as the Crippler Crossface.
[King] It's locked in.
[J.R.] Benoit can't win with this hold.
But he can damn sure debilitate Edge
where Edge can't rise before the ten count.
[King] Once again, Edge is tapping out.
You can tap all you want.
You can hammer, you can beat, it ain't gonna work.
[J.R.] Only one way out of this match,
and that's not to be able to make the referee's ten count.
Edge has obviously, he has tapped twice. He's fading away here.
Look at that of torque in Benoit. His veins popping on his arms
from the pressure of that Crippler Crossface.
[King] You know what, I think Edge has passed out.
That's a damn good strategy on the part of Benoit. I think Edge is out.
[J.R.] But Benoit's gotta get back up,
because this ten count is applicable to both men.
[King] All Benoit gotta do is raise an eyebrow
and he'll be up before the ref is concerned.
[J.R.] King, this damn thing could be a draw.
-[King] Huh? -It could be a draw.
If both men don't rise before the ten count,
the only call the referee can make is a draw!
Edge trying to get that briefcase, that valuable contract.
On the inside, and another suplex.
Edge is going to be suplex drunk.
I've never seen so many belly-to-back German suplexes in my life.
[King] That's it, block him if you can.
[J.R.] Edge desperately fighting out the predicament.
Oh, the Impaler. Face first on the briefcase.
The souped-up DDT, the Impaler,
driving Benoit face first into that briefcase.
Three!
-Four! -[King] I think Benoit's out.
[J.R.] Again, both men are being counted down.
The toll this match has taken on both men is amazing.
These wicked rules,
the traumatizing effect of the offense.
[King] I'm begging you, just listen to this slow count.
[referee] Eight!
Nine!
[King] Come on, say ten. That ain't in your vocabulary?
-[J.R.] A Spear. -[King] It will be now.
[J.R.] Benoit, with a stagger up but he caught the Spear.
-Two! -[King] Oh, man.
I'm gonna take a little nap between this count.
[J.R.] Come on, ref.
-Four! -[King] Four
-[J.R.] We're looking for ten. -[King] I guarantee it.
[King] If Benoit turns over on his stomach, the ref will stop the count.
Six!
Hebner's been a biased referee all the way through this thing.
-Seven! -[King] Watch this.
-[J.R.] Seven here. -Eight.
[King] Keep counting, he's not up.
-[J.R.] Benoit trying to get up. -Nine.
[J.R.] Nine, he's up now.
Edge can't believe it, and a second Spear!
A second Spear by Edge.
[King] Stay down, Benoit, you won't have so far to fall.
-[referee] Two! -[King] Stay down.
Three!
[King] Earl Hebner went to sleep between two and three.
Four!
[King] You got it, you got it, Edge.
[J.R.] Crowd trying to will Benoit back into it.
[referee] Six!
[King] Come on, Edge wants the ref to count a little faster and I do, too.
Eight!
-[J.R.] Benoit got two second to-- -[King] Two seconds?
You need two of the referees counting to go, it's twenty seconds.
Look at this now.
Edge is pulling out-- Wait…
Oh, it's a brick!
[all exclaim]
There had to be something good in that briefcase.
other than a contract. He just hit Benoit in the head with a damn brick!
[J.R.] Edge took that brick out of the briefcase
and struck Benoit on the head with it, and Benoit is motionless.
[King] Man, oh, man!
[J.R.] There may have been a contract in there,
but it was damn sure of brick in a briefcase.
[King] Let's see it one more time. Are you sure this is a brick?
[J.R.] You're damn right.
[King] That's a brick, all right.
[J.R.] And I'm damn sure it hit Benoit on the back of the head.
[King] Ref, you can count to 20 now.
[J.R.] Seven!
[King] Benoit has not even flinched.
Nine!
Ten!
[bell dings]
[King] He finally said ten.
[Lilian] Here's your winner, Edge!
[J.R.] Edge has defeated the Rabid Wolverine,
in this Last Man Standing match,
by the use of a damn brick
to strike his opponent in the back of the head.
[King] I haven't seen a brick used in a match in, uh…
I can't remember.
[J.R.] There's the brick. The damage done by the brick.
They say the harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
Well, Benoit worked his ass off.
He damn sure didn't surrender,
but there's no man alive gonna get up
after being struck in the head with a brick.
[King] Hey, don't forget your contract, that's Money in the Bank.
Along with bricks in the bank.
[Edge's theme song playing]
[King] Finally, finally he's got that smile back.
He's Mr. Money in the Bank, J.R.
[J.R.] We're gonna watch this again.
Brick shot to the back of the head.
-This is the… -[brick thuds]
Can you imagine that hitting a man's skull?
[King] I don't have to imagine, I saw it.
Money in the Bank!
[J.R.] Money in the Bank, the paranoia,
and the madness continues.
And Benoit trying to move, Benoit has nothing,
nothing to be ashamed of here.
[King] Except that he's not the Last Man Standing.
Mr. Money in the Bank is the Last Man Standing tonight.
[J.R.] Thanks to a brick.
I can't believe this.
Everything Benoit went through to lose it that way,
and it was all within the rules of the Last Man Standing match.
[King] Benoit needs some help here.
[J.R.] Edge so desperate to win the match that he used that brick
that he concealed in a briefcase, that we thought only it held his
Money in the Bank, the World Title contract.
[audience chanting] Benoit, Benoit!
[J.R.] Benoit having obviously tremendous difficulty standing.
Certainly, not to be a physician,
but he may have a, certainly gotta be checked for a concussion here.
[audience clapping]
[King] He signed on for this match and he's not the Last Man Standing.
Wow, look at the look in his eyes.
That's the old proverbial far-away look.
Take a look one more time.
Look at the look in Edge's eyes before he delivered that brick shot.
[referee] Edge, what are you doing?
[audience booing]
Hey, are you ready?
Yeah, I'm ready. [chuckles]
Are you?
Yeah. Ready to see you take out Viscera.
And Trish, right?
[chuckles]
Just like we talked about. [laughs]
But just think about it for a second.
It would be funny to have Trish pay off her end of the deal with Visc.
Just the thought of him naked, it's like, oh, God!
And he would be on top of her, just completely engulf her.
Probably physically she would be have to be on top,
could he even, like, I mean… [gags] I don't know.
That's disturbing.
[chuckles] Yeah.
Yeah.
Um, but anyways, you know what I mean.
So, I actually like what you have in mind. You know…
Much, much better.
[King] All right, thank you very much.
This is why I have the greatest job in the world.
As you can see in my hand, I am holding the brand new
Viva Las Divas 2005 swimsuit issue.
Believe me, it's the hottest swimsuit issue ever.
Inside are all of our gorgeous Divas.
But you know what's better than seeing them inside this magazine?
[audience] Live!
Yeah, seeing them live right here in person in the middle of this ring!
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome our RAW Divas!
[upbeat music playing]
Oh, there they are, Christy.
Maria, Candice Michelle,
Oh, yeah, Victoria!
And Stacy Keibler, and you know what?
Lilian Garcia, you're a Diva, as well, come on up here!
Come on, Lilian!
[upbeat music continues to play]
Oh, yes.
Wow.
[J.R.] Uh-oh.
-[King] Hi, girls. Okay, okay. -[music fades out]
Be still my beating heart.
What I want to do…
I want to ask each and every one of you-- This is gonna be good, because
I'm gonna ask you, girls, some very--
Very intimate and personal questions,
in just a moment, if that's all right.
But before we do, I want to take this opportunity
to take a look at each one of your favorite photos
from this hot new swimsuit issue.
Can we start with you? Christy Hemme!
What's your favorite photo, of course, you're our cover girl.
Let's see your favorite photo from inside the magazine.
Oh, baby! There it is.
You told us you were going to show us another side of Christy Hemme,
that was my favorite side right there.
And now…
There she is, right here, Maria!
Maria, let's check out your favorite photo.
Oh, baby!
I'm gonna have to make a citizen's arrest
because it's illegal to look that good. I can assure you.
Candice Michelle…
Hi, Candice.
Let's check out your favorite photo in here.
Oh, my goodness!
Look at those hips, I'm hyp-notized.
I love it! Candice Michelle!
And here she is, Victoria.
Victoria, can we see your favorite photo?
Oh, wow!
You look great vertical, but even better horizontal.
Wow! All right.
Stacy Kiebler, I love you.
Let's see Stacy Kiebler, ladies and gentlemen.
Oh, my goodness.
Uh… I'm speechless, I'm just speechless.
Fantastic. And now, Lilian Garcia,
Lillian, let's see your favorite photo from the magazine.
Here we go.
-Oh, yeah! -[audience cheers]
Look at Lilian, she's so cute.
She's got a Sunday school face, but a Saturday night body. All right!
And now…
I gotta say, girls, you're all gorgeous.
We want to get down to business right now.
I'm gonna start down here.
Now don't get embarrassed, don't let your face turn red or anything.
I'm gonna ask some very personal intimate questions.
And the first one is for you Christy Hemme.
What I wanna know is what you--
[The Masterpiece theme music playing]
-[J.R.] What the hell is this? -[King] Wait a minute.
Not-- Not now, wait--
[fireworks fizzing]
[The Masterpiece theme music continues]
[J.R.] I'm impressed with the physique of The Masterpiece,
but his timing on this particular occasion,
leaves a little bit to be desired,
was kinda interested in those questions that King was going to ask.
But Chris Masters, who prefers to be called The Masterpiece,
a young man in his early 20s
is really starting to make a name for himself here on RAW.
His first ever appearance at a Backlash extravaganza.
Certainly, promoted
and rather rudely interrupted our lovely Divas.
[music stops]
Yeah, yeah, yeah, those Divas are hot, all right.
But they are no work of art like The Masterpiece.
[audience boos]
Now let's recount what's going on lately.
Over the past couple weeks,
in America, and in Europe, for that matter,
no has broken my Masterlock.
So tonight,
I'm gonna offer $3,000…
[J.R.] Three thousand?
…to anybody who thinks that they can break the Masterlock.
[King] I can't believe he messed up my interview!
Come on, people, you can send the kids to college, buy a used car,
-whatever you want. -[King] Who the hell does he think he is?
Who's it gonna be? I want some competition.
Somebody, step up, please.
This is too easy.
You suck!
You gotta be kidding me. Sit down. Jeez.
Oh, God.
Ah, come on.
Let's see here.
[J.R.] Three thousand dollars, is a lot of motivation.
You'll work.
Shorty, Boston Red Sox hat.
-Come on down. -[audience cheering]
Where's my referee?
Come on in.
[King] Why's he pick a short guy?
Come on in, ref. Put the chair right in the middle.
[King] I can't believe he messed up my interview with the Divas.
This guy is something else, J.R. Look at this body, look at this physique.
Now $3,000 to this…
Yeah, right there. Yep.
[audience cheering]
Whoa… Wait a minute.
Are you a he, or a she?
[audience exclaiming]
Hey, 'cause from where I am standing, you could be both.
All right, all right, I'm joking around. To the challenge.
What's your name, and where are you from?
My name is Mellisa Coates,
I'm from right here in Manchester, New Hampshire.
-[audience cheering] -[King] Melissa?
What-- J.R.!
Oh! All right. I see you shaved your underarms.
But from where I'm standing, it kinda seems like
you put the "man" in Manchester.
[audience booing]
[King] I think he thought that was funny. [laughs] It wasn't bad.
All right, enough joking around.
Here's the deal, $3,000, you know how it works.
Break the Masterlock. So go ahead and have a seat, sir.
-[J.R.] Oh. -[King] Sir?
[J.R.] I'll tell you…
It's obviously, not a "sir."
[King] Obviously, but he should pick somebody else, don't you think?
[J.R.] I would think.
[King] She is pretty well-built.
It is a "she," right?
Look at this!
[J.R.] It's a "she," all right!
-Come on! -[bell dings]
That's enough! That's a woman, Masterpiece.
That's a woman you're doing this to.
You've proved your point. You've proved your point.
Enough is enough!
You shouldn't have stepped up! You should have sat your ass right there.
-She should've sat right there! -[King] She should've never stood up.
[The Masterpiece theme music playing]
[J.R.] Some of these days
he's gonna be severely challenged to that Masterlock.
I don't know where, I don't know when…
-[King] What was her name? Melissa? -[J.R.] Melissa Coates.
[King] You got to hand it to her, I mean a woman to get into a ring with him.
Three thousand dollars.
[J.R.] She showed a lot of guts to even step in the ring
with someone that looks like The Masterpiece.
Looks like he's carved out of granite.
[theme music continues]
-[King] This is the granite state, J.R. -[J.R.] He's full of himself.
[King] Melissa Coates from right here in Manchester.
I'm so sorry.
Check this out one more time.
[J.R.] The strength and the power…
[King] He is manhandling… Literally!
[J.R.] Literally is right.
This young woman, muscular or not,
I mean, enough is enough. Thank God the referee stopped it.
Cause Melissa Coates was not going to break The Masterpiece.
I'll tell you what, somebody is going to get hurt here.
It's just a matter of time. We may have seen it here.
This kid's going to hurt somebody.
[muttering] Kane… I'm gonna destroy him.
Oh! [gasps] [chuckles nervously] Hey.
I didn't know you'd be standing here right outside my locker room.
How long have you been standing here?
It's cool. [clears throat] You ready?
-Are you ready? Okay. -Yeah.
I'm ready to go out here and destroy Kane just for you.
And when I do,
it's gonna be on like a steaming pot of neck bones.
Neck-- Neck bones? What do you mean by neck bones?
It's a Black thing.
-You'll find out soon enough. -Yeah, okay.
Check this out.
-Look what I got. -Oh…
-[laughs] -You like that, don't you?
Yeah, but it's totally not going to fit you.
Believe me, it's not for me.
I know, just a joke 'cause…
You know, Trish, I booked us a room tonight…
You did?
…at a place that specializes in what I love the most…
Bed… and breakfast.
[Trish clears throat]
Vis, sweety, baby, focus, up here.
Okay, listen, I just want you to think about one thing, okay,
and that thing is Kane, and how you will, any second now,
be destroying him. You understand me?
Because until you take care of business,
there ain't no business to take care of. Capiche?
I got you. The business, I got you. Let's do this.
Let's go.
Ooh!
Ooh, yeah.
It's on tonight, it's on.
[J.R.] I'll tell you what, Viscera's got…
-[King chuckles] It's on tonight. -…he's got two big motives,
to beat Kane and then to celebrate primarily with Trish tonight.
We are sold out in Manchester, New Hampshire,
at the beautiful Verizon Wireless Arena.
Now, you're talking about a personal match-up between monsters.
[Kane theme music playing]
[bell dings]
[Lilian] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, being accompanied by Lita,
weighing in at 320 pounds, Kane!
[J.R.] Kane bringing in his wife, Lita, to the ring.
Lita is sustaining a very serious knee injury
that necessitated major reconstructive surgery
all at the hands of Trish.
[King] Trish is going to be in the corner of Viscera tonight.
Lita in the corner of her husband.
Wouldn't like to wake up to that face every morning.
[Viscera's theme music playing]
[Lilian] And making his way to the ring, being accompanied
by the WWE Woman's Champion, Trish Stratus,
from Harlem, New York,
weighing in at 487 pounds, Viscera.
[King] He can't take his eyes off Trish. I can't either.
[J.R.] She's giving him a lot instructions.
It's like me going to the grocery store.
Don't forget to look at the expiration dates on the milk.
[King] I don't know about instructions, but it's given him motivation.
About last week's motivation.
Accused of two big motives for Viscera.
-Look at Viscera. -[J.R.] Destroy Kane
and then spend a private evening with Trish.
Certainly, Viscera a man on a mission here tonight.
-[King] I was wondering something, J.R. -[J.R.] What's that?
[King] You think the business…
The business that's gonna take place between Trish and Viscera
later on tonight is going to be videotaped, huh?
Oh, man, that'd blow Paris Hilton's Night in Paris right out of the water.
[J.R.] You never know.
[King] What a pay-per-view that would be.
[J.R.] Oh, Lord. You're always thinking, aren't you?
[King] Oh, yeah.
-[J.R.] They're gonna have in Memphis. -[King] I'm always thinking about Trish.
[J.R.] All right, Chad Patton calls for the bell.
This one's going to be as pretty as two semi 18-wheeler trucks colliding.
Kane at 300 plus.
Viscera around 500 pounds, hit by a hand…
damn, it didn't even take Viscera down.
Oh, but the clothesline did.
Very seldom does Kane step in the ring with someone bigger than he.
Viscera's trying to use that weight.
Don't expect this match to be…
an extremely long match between these super heavyweights.
Viscera kicked to the outside.
Luckily for him, he landed on his feet.
[King] You asked me earlier, J.R., if I would--
[J.R.] What is Kane doing?
[King] Look at that!
[J.R.] Off the top to the outside, he found his mark.
-How do you miss a 500-pounder? -[King] Yeah, you're right.
You asked me earlier if I would go in a match against Kane
with an intimate night with Trish…
in the-- At stake, and you know what, I don't know.
As much as I'm a Trish fan,
I wouldn't relish getting in there with Kane.
[J.R.] Kane dropping a hard elbow after finally getting Viscera down.
Kane again, at 300 plus pounds, The Big Red Machine
with monster-like tendencies.
What elevation, what athleticism!
There's a cover. And a hook and a leg and a near fall.
Think about the business there, Viscera.
Viscera's gotta rise to the occasion here.
[King] Hey, he will later, tonight. Don't worry.
[J.R.] Viscera rising back to the vertical base
getting hammered by Kane's right hands.
[all exclaim]
A very athletic move from a 500-pound man.
That heel caught Kane right in the solar plexus.
[King] I wonder if Trish knows he weighs 500 pounds.
She will later, won't she?
[J.R.] If he wins this match, I gotta feeling that she's gonna know
more about his anatomy than we would like to surmise.
With a slam! Look at how easily, how powerfully Kane was slammed.
With that body there, with that elbow, Kane is lucky to--
He was able to avoid the contact there.
Lita and Trish, they are never going to get along.
Kane grabbing Lita by her hair.
[King] This is Trish's worst nightmare! This is what she feared. This is why…
[J.R.] Kane took his eye off Viscera
and that's gonna cost him.
And that may be the fatal mistake.
A Samoan drop from the 500 pounder!
A 500-pound Samoan drop.
The cover, and it's going to be-- Oh, man.
[King] I thought that Viscera was on his way
to the bedroom to care of some business.
[J.R.] Kane is stepping up to defend his wife, Lita's honor,
after she was injured seriously by Trish,
and subsequently, assaulted while she was still--
A sidewalk slam.
More power, more mass, and a cover. And Kane…
He got a right shoulder off the canvas and that was it.
No kickout, no powerout.
[King] Man, I'm telling you,
Viscera is thinking about business, he's all about business right here.
Can you remember the last time anyone did that to Kane?
[King] I don't think anyone's ever done that to Kane.
Now, Kane!
[King] I didn't know Viscera was going for that backdrop.
His head was just sticking out there.
[J.R.] Kane with that thunderous DDT. Now Kane going back to the top.
The Big Red Machine looking to fly again.
He tried it earlier from outside.
And now in the inside, still effective.
Kane going to the air!
Can Kane even think about chokeslamming a 500-pounder?
How much elevation you're gonna get--
Now, Viscera…
standing eye to eye with Kane, except he outweighs Kane about 200 pounds.
Overpowering Kane, taking Kane to the outside.
Viscera not content with that.
[King] Oh, look out here now.
[thuds]
[J.R.] That was Kane's head smashing on the ring apron there.
[King] You better stay out of there, Lita.
[J.R.] That's not a good place to be right now.
Viscera shoving Lita out of the way.
[King] And oh, oh, no!
Oh! Not again!
[J.R.] Sternum first and then head first into the ring post.
[all exclaiming]
[King] Trish was going after Kane with that metal chair
and out of nowhere Lita with a crutch!
Crutch out of nowhere. Look at Lita's smile.
[booing]
A smile of satisfaction.
As Kane now finally gets Viscera back in the ring.
The question is, can Kane put Viscera away?
He hasn't done it to date.
Oh! And Viscera blocks.
[King] No wonder, Kane caught right in the--
-[all exclaim] -[J.R.] That's gotta be it.
-The shut down powerbomb! -One, two-- Oh, no!
[King] Look at Lita, she can't believe her eyes.
-[J.R.] Trish trying that cheap shot. -[King] Here comes Trish with the chair,
and then Lita, from nowhere, with that crutch knocked that chair
right back into the face of Trish.
-[J.R.] Wait, wait, wait! -[King] He's got Lita, He's got Lita!
[J.R.] Let her go, dammit.
Oh, come on now, you freak!
[King] I told you, he wants to get busy with Lita.
[J.R.] This is not about Lita, he's…
That's Kane's wife!
Kane with a huge right boot.
And Kane now trying to load up Viscera.
Kane, yes, yes he did.
-Kane chokeslamming Viscera. -[audience] One, two, three!
-[bell dings] -Three! Kane wins it Kane wins it!
[Lilian] Here's your winner, Kane!
[Kane's theme music playing]
[King] Oh, no.
Man.
-Watch it. Wow. -[fireworks pop]
[J.R.] The Big Red Machine has defeated Viscera.
This is not what Trish had in mind
for Viscera to do to Kane tonight.
[King] Nice try, Trish.
Not what Viscera had in mind and what he dreamed of doing to Trish tonight.
[J.R.] Hell of a match between two super-heavyweights.
Nobody's handled Kane like that, that I can ever remember.
Viscera's doubleheader is canceled.
[King] You know what this means for Trish?
She's gonna have to go on living possibly looking over her shoulder,
because Kane could get her any time he wants.
Look at you on your ass.
-You are pathetic! -[Viscera] I'm sorry.
I ask you to do one little thing and that's take out Kane.
And you couldn't get the job done, you failed!
I'm sorry.
And for the record, sweetie, even if you did take out Kane,
I would have never lowered myself
to sleep with a big, fat, greasy,
chicken-eating loser like you.
-[King] Oh… -[J.R.] I don't know about that.
Trish, I think you might want to choose your words…
You know what, I'm going to get me a real man.
And he's gonna a get a lot of loving,
when he gets the job done and takes out you!
Oh, no, there's no hugging and making up here, Viscera.
No, you failed!
-[bone cracks] -[King] Oh, no!
[J.R.] Hey, Viscera, hey, hey!
She's like a ragdoll.
Trish like a rag-- Shaken like a ragdoll by Viscera.
[King] He cracked her ribs.
He's leaving, thank God, he got badmouthed enough.
[audience cheering]
[King] Oh, no, wait a minute, Viscera, not here.
You got a Bed & Breakfast for that.
-[J.R.] Wait a minute, wait a minute. -[King] What's he gonna do?
[J.R.] This ain't Bed & Breakfast, there's no room service!
No! Oh, my God!
[King] Well, we got pancakes.
[J.R.] My God Almighty, I don't believe this.
No way, I've seen…
[audience cheering]
[King] Is Trish all right?
[J.R.] And the crowd is cheering Viscera.
[Viscera's theme music playing]
-[King] Trish needs help. -[J.R.] Damn right, she needs help.
Referee is signaling to the medical team.
That's a 500 pound man
that first shook Trish senseless.
[King] See this one more time.
Viscera. Imagine what he would've done to poor Trish at the Bed & Breakfast.
I think that's his idea of foreplay.
And then, this…
-[J.R.] Oh, my God! -[audience exclaims]
[J.R.] Right on her chest.
Driving the air out of this woman.
[King] I don't need to see that.
This is not right, this is bad.
[J.R.] Medical staff have quickly come to the scene here.
How many times did we tell her that Viscera weighs 500 pounds,
he flies in the air and lands on poor Trish?
[medical staff] Hold her feet together and roll her like a log.
And we're gonna slip her on that on a count of three.
[J.R.] Trish shouldn't have said quite frankly, what she said to Viscera.
I'm certainly not condoning a man's actions,
Viscera's actions and what he did to a woman,
but she shouldn't have-- She overstepped her bounds.
Okay, she overstepped her bounds, but she didn't deserve that.
[J.R.] I'm not saying she did by any stretch of the imagination.
[medical staff] We're gonna criss-cross the straps,
and then we're gonna slide this board over to the ring from the bottom rope.
-[King] This is not good. -[J.R.] No, it isn't.
Trish's head is being isolated, if you could see her.
[King] Not only the way he squashed her but the way he was shaking her violently,
like she was a helpless ragdoll.
-Look at this. -[audience exclaims]
[King] He crushed her.
[J.R.] No doubt. Trish is absolutely crushed.
And you hate to speculate on what sort of injuries--
Well, there could be a litany of injuries, with all that mass…
I don't want to say the young lady brought it on herself…
[King] No, don't even say it.
I got a granddaughter and couple of daughters,
I wouldn't want to see anybody…
We're gonna continue to get it on here tonight at Backlash.
Ladies and gentlemen, up next…
You probably have never seen it.
Hulk Hogan, Shawn Michaels teaming together for the very first time.
Ladies, and gentlemen, Hassan and Daivari.
Started off with Hassan-Daivari's verbalization
and their self-serving agenda. But listen.
My name is Muhammad Hassan.
I am an Arab American.
I grew up right here in America.
But since 9/11, you people tend to generalize
or stereotype people like me.
Because we're of Arab descent, we are singled out.
No one will get away with treating us like this anymore.
We are Arab Americans.
And if you don't give us the respect that we demand,
then I will beat it out of anyone who gets in my way.
[speaking in Arabic]
Praise Allah.
At WrestleMania, Shawn Michaels lost to Kurt Angle,
and you people cheer.
Because losers love losers.
[audience cheering]
[J.R.] This is absolutely pathetic.
Somewhere, sometime this man has to pay for his actions!
I've been told that if I want to face
Muhammad Hassan and Daivari at Backlash.
Muhammad and Daivari, I want them both, I want in Handicap Match.
I have to pick a Tag Team partner.
-I'll make you to Tag Team-- -I don't want a Tag Team Match.
No partner, no match.
[Shawn] When I think about Muhammad Hassan and Daivari,
the first thing that comes to my mind is how much I love this country.
If I have to pick a Tag Team partner, I'm gonna pick somebody
that feels as passionately about this as I do.
Here I am
on my knees asking you for one favor.
[audience chanting] One More Match!
If I have to pick a Tag Team partner
to go against Muhammad Hassan and Daivari at Backlash,
I want that Tag Team partner to be Hulk Hogan!
[audience cheering]
Just One More Match.
[audience chanting] One More Match!
[chanting continues]
[King] Here he is! Look at this team one more time.
One More Match.
It's the Hulk and HBK.
We are witnessing the return of the Hulkster.
[Hogan] Brother, I heard the shoutout from the Heartbreak Kid, dude.
As I wound the clock back, I started thinking about the Hulkamaniacs
saying One More Match, but with the Heartbreak Kid.
One of the greatest main eventers of all time
is gonna team with Hulk Hogan.
Because it's a dream come true for me.
-What you gonna do… -What are you gonna do?
…when the Heartbreak Kid, Hulk Hogan and the Hulkamaniacs run wild on you?
[Muhammad Hassan and Daivari's theme music playing]
[audience boos]
[bell dings]
[Lilian] The following Tag Team contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing the team of Daivari and Muhammad Hassan.
[King] I think the sign said it all.
[J.R.] I'll tell you what, King, we've both had our issues,
but these two young men, they are very gifted athletes.
But their self-serving agenda
their own political views, or individual views
apply to them, and really only them.
It is a little bit-- They take it as far as I think most folks wanna listen to.
Is this the night that Muhammad Hassan
and Daivari will get their mouths shut?
[King] Or, J.R.
Is this the night that…
One More Match from the immortal Hulk Hogan
turns out to be his last match with a very bad ending.
[audience chanting] Hogan!
[Shawn Michael's theme song playing]
[audience cheering]
[Lilian] Making his way to the ring from San Antonio, Texas,
The Heartbreak Kid, Shawn Michaels!
[J.R.] The show stoppers got up on their feet at Backlash.
[King] Nice, cute outfit.
[audience cheering]
[J.R.] Shawn Michaels has had his trouble with both Hassan and Daivari.
He demanded a Handicap Match Our general manager wouldn't sanction it.
He said, "Get yourself a partner." Michaels made the plea.
The Hulkster listened. The Hulkster has responded.
And tonight, history will be made.
HBK, The Hulkster together
for the first time in the history of our business.
[King] I mean, you know, that all sounds good,
that all sounds good on paper.
But the one little, the fly in the ointment, J.R.,
is the fact that HBK and The Immortal Hulk Hogan,
they've never competed together as partners.
I mean, let's face it, unlike Daivari and Muhammad Hassan,
is that lack of experience together gonna come back to haunt Hulk and HBK.
[J.R.] That's a very good point.
No doubt, Hassan and Daivari are very close.
They travel together.
[audience chanting] Hogan!
Jam-packed arena anxiously awaiting the arrival of The Immortal One.
[King] I can't wait to see this, J.R., One More Match.
And it's happening tonight in Manchester, at Backlash.
[J.R.] These fans have been camping out for eight weeks
in preparation for tonight.
-[Hulk Hogan's theme music playing] -[audience cheering louder]
[King] Are you hearing this, J.R.?
[Lilian] And here he is the Tag Team partner.
-From Venice Beach, California… -[J.R.] The Hulkamaniacs on their feet!
…the Immortal Hulk Hogan!
[J.R.] The 2005 Hall of Fame inductee, The Immortal Hulk Hogan
who flashed on the scene in the WWE
twenty-plus years ago in the business and it's never been the same since!
There's no one competitor that can take the credit, honestly,
for World's Sports Entertainment today any more than the Immortal Hulk Hogan.
[King] Look at this, there it is!
One more time! One more time we get to see that
famous yellow t-shirt ripped off.
And those huge Hulk guns exposed.
[J.R.] What an amazing moment.
[King] Oh, yeah!
The Hulk hears you.
This is great!
[J.R.] Talk about lighting a building on fire!
[King] J.R., they are the Hulkamaniacs.
[J.R.] Fans are standing in the upper rafters,
on the top of the seats, the luxury boxes at ringside.
Of course, you can remember the day!
It was the 1st of May, 2005,
where Hulk Hogan did it one more time.
And he's doing it for the first time.
with a future Hall of Famer, in Shawn Michaels.
[King] All right, J.R., don't jinx it. Don't jinx Hulk.
[audience cheering]
[theme song fades out]
Muhammad Hassan and Daivari have done a lot of talking.
They talked themselves into this, I don't think they can talk themselves out.
[J.R.] Hassan and Daivari have been talking for months.
But this is not a debate.
As you look at The Hulkster, man, King,
he is in great physical condition. He looks great.
[King] Oh, oh, oh.
Hard to know what Hassan and Daivari must be thinking at this very moment,
looking up into the ring at Hulk Hogan and Shawn Michaels…
[King] I can assure you that they have never in their lives
heard that kind of reception for any superstar
that they just heard for Hulk Hogan.
That's gotta be an awe-inspiring, wouldn't you say?
[J.R.] There's no way to prepare
for a Hogan-Michaels' Dream Team.
What do you compare it to? Who would you compare it to?
Hassan and Daivari are a unit.
They have an advantage of traveling together
communicating on a daily basis.
Can Hogan and Michaels mesh effectively this night?
[indistinct conversation]
[King] Did you see that sign?
It said, "I drove 17 hours to see Hulk Hogan."
I gotta feeling you're not gonna be disappointed.
-[J.R.] Whoa! -[King] They're starting the match.
[bell dings]
[J.R.] The Hulkster starting it out here against Muhammad Hassan
who is already on his bicycle.
How do you stop momentum, how do you stop a legend like Hulk Hogan,
who knows every trick in the book, who's beaten every big name?
[King] There is the proverbial line in the sand.
Come on, Muhammad Hassan.
Here we go!
[J.R.] Collar-and-elbow-tie-up. Hogan, bigger and stronger.
Hogan sending Hassan right back into the corner.
[audience cheering]
[King] I feel better right now about this match.
Because just the look on Hogan's face and a lockup.
I think Hassan is pretty much physically unmatched here.
[J.R.] Hogan with a side headlock.
The Hulkster with those massive arms
squeezing and squeezing the head of Muhammad Hassan.
[King] I think Hassan is going to be totally psyched out
at the reception that Hogan and Michaels are receiving.
[J.R.] Hogan with the shoulder block, down goes Muhammad Hassan.
[King] Wait a minute, a tag out.
Put Daivari in here, I'd love to see that.
[J.R.] Quite frankly, Hassan has not had a great deal of success thus far.
[King] No, he has not.
-[J.R.] That wristlock taking down Muhammad Hassan.
Hogan driving his elbow into the tricep of Hassan.
[King] I've been up close to Hassan.
I've seen the size of his arms, they're big,
but kinda puny compared to Hulk Hogan.
[J.R.] Hogan forced back into a corner, tag made.
-Daivari and-- -[King] Look at this double team.
[J.R.] Hassan and Daivari double teaming the Hulkster
in the opposition corner, if you will.
I know rest of us gotta leave--
That will encourage perhaps…
[King] Daivari wants to leave right away.
[J.R.] Daivari wants to leave, and I think he's the legal man.
Hogan doesn't care.
-[King] And Hogan-- Oh, man! -[J.R.] A clothesline by Hulk Hogan.
The Immortal Hulk Hogan has manhandled Muhammad Hassan.
[King] And now, HBK's got a little foot action going.
[J.R.] Teamwork.
[indistinct chatter]
[J.R.] And now the double team by HBK and Hogan.
-[King] A double foot. -[J.R.] Double boots right to the face.
Michaels and Hassan now the legal men.
[King] I'll tell you something…
Muhammad Hassan and Daivari gonna have a little trouble getting on track tonight.
-[J.R.] You think? -Yeah.
Michaels now, he won't make any mistakes, I guarantee you that.
He caught Hassan coming in.
Hassan got a little over zealous there.
Got nailed coming to the corner.
Michaels scoop slam and a hard slam.
Head going out the arena, but Michaels missed the elbow.
A quick tag.
And in for the first time I guess, legally is Daivari. Maybe the second time.
Straight right hand.
Khosrow Daivari, the associate of Muhammad Hassan.
[audience exclaims]
-[King] Tell you what, he's fearless. -[all exclaim]
[J.R.] Michaels retaliates, you hear it?
[King] That sounds good.
[J.R.] Daivari feels it.
Irish whip.
[J.R.] A back body drop.
Daivari up in the lights on that one.
Muhammad Hassan and Daivari have not been able to get out of the blocks.
Another tag, but this gets worse for Daivari,
because now Hogan's in.
[King] It gets better as far as I'm concerned. I'm enjoying this.
[J.R.] Another double team by the veterans.
The Dream Team with a double elbow.
Michaels on lead, Hogan is legal.
Out goes Khosrow Daivari.
The Hulkster on the outside.
[King] Look at Daivari, he's begging now. Watch it!
[J.R.] Hogan driving Daivari into that security wall.
-[King] And into the ring post. -[J.R.] Right into the ring post.
[King] High-fiving some of those Hulkamaniacs.
Wait a minute. Look at that!
[J.R.] Daivari got capped and then slapped with a right hand.
[King] While all that action taking place on the floor.
[J.R.] And now Hogan's choking away.
[King] All that action was taking place on the floor,
Muhammad Hassan-- Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Muhammad Hassan was content to just watch it from the ring apron.
[Daivari grunts]
[J.R.] Sccop slam, hard elbow.
[King] Look at Hogan go.
[J.R.] Hogan up quickly with that elbow.
[King] Oh, oh, oh.
[J.R.] Going for that trifecta, changed his mind and makes a tag to Michaels.
[referee] Come on, out!
[King] Let me tell you, I don't know what words I want to use,
"charisma" of Hulk Hogan, which is unbelievable.
[J.R.] Michaels hard shot.
[audience cheering]
Shoulder strike by Michaels,
dropped Daivari up in the air, Daivari paid for that.
Michaels and Hogan are conducting a Tag Team clinic.
[King] I want to conduct a orchestra here in a minute.
-Oh, oh, here we go. -[J.R.] Michaels with a nip up.
Into the inverted atomic drop follows the right hand.
Hassan got a right hand for his troubles.
What a split slam.
Michaels and Hogan in firm control here.
HBK with an exclamation point
for the damage done to Daivari.
And drives the elbow--
[King] You know what this means, right?
[J.R.] Background music?
[King] The fat lady is not exactly singing yet.
-[J.R.] She's humming. -[King] The band is not too loud.
-[J.R.] I think she cleared her throat. -[King] Here we go.
[J.R.] Michaels and his Sweet Chin Music.
Arm tag.
Hogan knocking Hassan off the apron.
[King] Wait a minute.
-Oh! -[J.R.] What the hell is that?
Referee was-- And Hogan didn't see it.
But Hassan…
[King] Was it a lead pipe or something?
[J.R.] It did look like a pipe
Michaels got hit right in the kidneys with what looked like a lead pipe.
-[King] Oh, no, no. -[J.R.] Are you kidding me?
You talk about hell freezing over.
You call for this-- This cannot happen.
I will not believe this! I'll eat my damn hat!
[King] Oh, no, it's not gonna happen.
[J.R.] Hogan pulling Daivari off Michaels.
Damn, Michaels has been hit in those kidneys by a lead pipe.
And Hassan just made a blind tag.
Hassan, the legal man now.
Referee's gotta get Daivari out and does.
Michaels is set for the ride.
[King] Where did Hassan get that, under the ring?
-There it is! Right there, there it is! -[J.R.] I don't know. There it is.
[King] Did the referee see that?
[audience exclaims]
[J.R.] A hard shot. Another shot right to the back.
And again, it all started with that lead pipe right to the back,
and the elbow again to the lower back.
No wasted moments here by Muhammad Hassan.
There's the tag.
And Michaels with that suspect back situation being double-teamed now.
Hassan and Daivari have isolated the Heartbreak Kid.
And the show may have stopped for Shawn Michaels.
[King] Oh, man, a hard shot.
[J.R.] More torque to that back.
And Daivari just choking, taking all that fuel, that oxygen
that runs the motor of Shawn Michaels, being robbed of it.
[King] This match being seen all over the world, J.R.
Listen to some of the cities, some of these countries
that are watching Backlash live right now. Watching this match.
In the Middle East, you got Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon,
Oman, Saudi Arabia, Syria,
Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Palestine, West Bank.
All of these countries-- what do you think they're thinking?
[J.R.] I think they're surprised at Hassan-Daivari
dismantling this Dream Team, as we speak.
And Michaels trying to fight back.
Taken down with a double handful of hair.
There's a cover.
Hogan, luckily for Michaels had the referee distracted.
-[King] Might have been a three count. -[J.R.] It sure would.
After that hard shot right to the lower back
and that is the focus of the offense.
To keep the pressure on Shawn Michaels, keep him grounded
and keep that back in jeopardy.
Keep that back in trauma.
[King] I'm telling you, I gotta admit, this is not something I thought I'd see.
[J.R.] This is not how I would've predicted this match to go quite frankly.
Michaels has got his back back up.
More importantly, Shawn Michaels must make the tag to Hulk Hogan.
[King] Going for the sleeper, got locked in.
[J.R.] Michael with the sleeper, Oh, the backbreaker.
A counter from the sleeper to the backbreaker.
Amazing counter, just tremendous pressure and pain--
[King] Oh, no, no.
That is uncalled for, right there.
[J.R.] It's the Camel Clutch, there it is, the Camel Clutch.
And Michaels in danger of submitting to Muhammad Hassan.
How would Michaels look himself in the mirror
giving up to Muhammad Hassan
on a night where he's teaming with Hulk Hogan.
[King] He may not have any choice.
The way things are looking right now, this is not good.
[J.R.] Michaels just trying to fight, trying to survive.
Trying to get his knees under him.
Michaels wants those knees under him so he can get closer to the corner
and hope to tag in the Hulkster.
[King] Come on, reach out!
Stretch with everything you've got. Oh, no, this is bad.
Oh, Shawn is fading.
[J.R.] Michaels fading quickly.
The look on Michael's face tells a story.
[King] I think those words right there were from the Hulk,
but not to Muhammad Hassan, they were to Shawn Michaels,
he said, "don't you dare give up!"
[J.R.] Michaels can't hold on much longer.
He just can't hold on much longer.
A lesser man would already be tapping
after being hit in the back with a lead pipe.
[King] I don't think he'll tap out, but he may pass out.
Then it'd be done, it's over.
Fight it, Shawn!
[J.R.] Michaels with every fiber of his being
is trying to wiggle himself back into this match.
[King] There you go!
[J.R.] And Michael's-- Oh, my God!
-[King] Yes, baby! -[J.R.] Oh, my God!
Michaels somehow…
[King] Yes!
…executing Hassan in the electric chair.
Both men are down, and Michaels, somehow, someway,
has got to make a tag.
[King] You must make the tag. Come on, Shawn!
[J.R.] If Hassan makes the tag to Daivari, with Michaels in this condition,
Daivari will beat Michaels here.
[King] Man, there is that thought.
Come on, Shawn, roll over to your left.
[J.R.] I'm not wishing it,
I'm just saying what's likely to happen here.
Michaels isn't moving, Hassan is!
But Hassan didn't get hit with a lead pipe.
[King] There is some stirring from Michaels now.
[J.R.] Somehow, Michaels, the resilient one…
The tag made. Daivari got the tag.
[audience cheering]
Michaels tags in the Hulkster!
Michaels made the tag he had to make.
Michaels made the move he had to make.
[King] And Hulkamania is about to run wild! Come on, baby!
[J.R.] Them right hands the thunderous right hands of Hulk Hogan.
[King] Do it for us! Oh, yeah!
[J.R.] Down goes Daivari and Hassan but is Daivari is the legal man?
Hogan with straight right hands.
Nothing fancy about that.
[King] Here we go!
[audience cheering]
[J.R.] That big boot has done 'em all in.
[King] I think the leg drops coming, J.R.
I know what just went through the mind of Daivari.
It was Hogan's big right boot.
[J.R.] Man, what a shot, right between the eyes by the Hulkster.
[King] Yeah, do it!
[audience exclaims]
-[J.R.] Oh, my-- that damn pipe! -[King] Come on! They have the pipe.
[J.R.] That lead pipe on Hogan in the back,
maybe at the back of the head, I'm not sure!
Oh, no! Daivari's gonna beat Hogan!
[King] He's not gonna beat Hogan.
-[J.R.] Look at the Hulkster! -[King] He's hulking up!
[J.R.] A massive adrenaline to the massive brain of the Immortal one.
-[audience cheering] -[King] Come on, Hulk up!
[J.R.] Daivari's blows…
[King] Yes! This is what we wanted! One more time!
One more time to see this!
The right hands, pointless.
But not that one, and not that one.
Hulk is rocking Daivari.
Big time kick!
It's midnight at the Oasis for Daivari!
The big shot to the face-- Come on!
Muhammad Hassan trying to tip Hogan.
He's already used the left, time for the right hand.
-[audience cheering] -[King] Hey, hey, look at that!
[J.R.] Sweet Chin Music! Sweet Chin Music!
The cover! The count! It's over!
-[bell dings] -The Dream Team has done it!
[Lilian] Here are your winners,
the Heartbreak Kid, Shawn Michaels, and Hulk Hogan!
[King] One more time we wanted it, one more time we got it!
[J.R.] The fans of the Hall of Fame chanting for seemingly for a half an hour
One More Match!
Shawn Michaels was the man that was able to convince the Hulkster
to come back for One More Match.
[Hulk Hogan's theme song playing]
Listen to the music.
♪ Fight for the rights of every man ♪
♪ I'm a real American ♪
♪ Fight for what's right ♪
[King] I would think what Hulk feels right now.
Hulk Hogan is feeling like it was well worth it.
-[J.R.] Time to take out the trash. -[King] Yes, it is!
[audience cheering]
[J.R.] It's "trash day" in Manchester, New Hampshire.
[King] The celebration is on!
[J.R.] And what a celebration it is
with a sold out crowd here in Manchester on their feet!
They can tell their kids and grandkids
they saw Hulk Hogan and Shawn Michaels as partners for one night!
[King] May, 1st, 2005.
What a sight!
[J.R.] Two of the greatest in-ring performers
with an entirely different style to ever face a squared-circle
and they make you proud that you're in this business.
[audience cheering]
[King] This picture's worth a thousand words.
Just watch and enjoy.
[audience continues cheering]
[J.R.] These fans have jammed the place. Standing room only.
They're all standing in appreciation
for two of the greatest of all time!
The Hulkster, the Heartbreak Kid.
[King] Hey, wait, wait. I think we're not done yet. What now?
[indistinct conversation]
I think Shawn's gonna work everyone up…
[audience cheering]
[audience cheering loudly]
Hulk showing him how it's done.
[audience roaring]
Whoa! Whoa!
[audience cheering loudly]
Look at that, J.R. You're not supposed to be in there!
-[J.R.] I can't help it. -There you go!
[J.R.] Oh, my…
It's moments like this that remind us why we love what we do.
[audience cheering]
This is the WWE, this is RAW.
And what a moment at Backlash!
A Hall of Fame moment.
[King] Hulkamaniac from the crowd.
[J.R.] Oh, Lord, no.
[King] You know what…
Oh, oh…
-[audience cheering] -Well, I'm sorry they did that.
Oh, my gosh!
[J.R.] Look at the tattoo!
[King] That is a real Hulkamaniac. Look at that, J.R.
That tattoo moves, it jiggles.
[J.R.] Oh, my God! Talk about being a fan.
[King] I love the picture but I'm not too high on the canvas.
Whoa!
[J.R.] Now this fan has got a moment, and a memory
that will last him for the rest of his life.
Just like that tattoo on his back.
[King] That's right.
[J.R.] You're not going to see this at the NBA, or the NFL.
Only on WWE, only on RAW.
This is a special moment interacting with these great fans.
These fans, being totally entertained on their feet for the Hulkster,
One More Match with Shawn Michaels for the first time.
And it ended just like we wanted it to end.
[King] You're right. No one has had this much fun. Only on RAW.
[audience cheering]
Look at the Hulkster and HBK.
[mouths] One More Match.
I don't blame him, I wouldn't want this moment to end, either.
[mouths] One More Match.
[J.R.] What a moment! What a night! And what a Dream Team!
I'm standing by now with the man who hopes to regain
the World Heavyweight Championship tonight,
Triple H.
[audience boos]
Now how confident are you heading into tonight's
monumental match-up, Triple H, Batista II?
How confident am I?
How confident would you be if you knew that by the end of the night,
you are walking out as the World Heavyweight Champion?
You'd be pretty confident, wouldn't you?
Did you see Monday night?
Just like I said.
A Pedigree, and it was all over.
When I hit Batista with it, he couldn't move.
It was done. Just like it's gonna be tonight.
At WrestleMania, Batista had a great night.
One night.
He might be big,
he might be bad, he might be six foot five.
He might be 320 pounds,
but I hold the great equalizer.
And it's called the Pedigree.
At WrestleMania, Batista had a great night.
Tonight, I have a great night.
For the 11th time…
I walk out of here
the World Heavyweight Champion.
[Christian's theme music playing]
[J.R.] What is this?
Rather, who is it?
[King] Obviously, it's Christian. It's Captain Charisma.
You know what happened here, right?
[Lilian] Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Tyson Tomko and Christian.
[King] He's always welcome as far as I'm concerned.
I'm one of his Peeps.
[J.R.] Well, it seems like there are more Peeps lately than not.
[King] I know, that's why he's Captain Charisma.
You can't help but like this guy. Look at the Peep out there.
What's there to peep?
[J.R.] Tyson Tomko, the big Problem Solver,
he had a victory tonight on Sunday Night Heat.
[King] He's looking for somebody.
He's looking for Peeps. There they are, look.
[indistinct]
You used to love Peeps.
Those marshmallow things at Easter, I've seen you with a mouth full of them.
[J.R. chuckles]
[audience chanting] Christian!
You know, all week long all I've been hearing about is Backlash.
More specifically, the Backlash that would take place
if Captain Charisma worked on this show.
[audience boos]
Now, I don't want to come out here, I don't want to upset you people,
I don't wanna make you mad.
But this may be the last time you see me
on a RAW pay-per-view.
[audience cheering]
Because later on this month, there will be a draft,
and nobody is exempt.
And since I am a Main Eventer…
[audience cheers and boos]
…I figured I might take this time to come out here
and address my fellow Main Eventers.
And I'd like to do it
in the form of a rap.
-[audience cheers] -[King] A rap?
-[King] He's gonna rap? -[J.R.] Let me see it.
Do you hear that Manchester, New Hampshire?
Don't be afraid to make some noise.
[audience cheering]
Put your hands together, 'cause the Cap'n is about to make it happen.
[King] Cap'n make it happen.
Here we go.
On RAW, you've got Batista with muscle to spare,
but he's got charisma like Tomko's got hair.
You've got Triple H and Ric Flair,
their legend still grows…
Twenty-six titles between them,
and the world's biggest nose.
[audience cheering]
Have you heard the one about JBL, you know, the rich guy on SmackDown?
Well, I hear his taxes are still soaring,
but he's no wrestling god,
just a god of boring.
[audience exclaims]
Seems to me, I'm forgetting somebody.
Who am I forgetting?
Oh, yeah, he's the guy that inspired this little rap,
the WWE Champion,
John Cena.
[audience cheering]
Well, I got a little something for him. You wanna hear it?
[audience] Yeah!
I said, do you wanna hear it?
[audience cheering]
Well, it goes a little something like this…
Hey, Cena, you think I'm jealous of your fortune and fame?
Well, you talk like Snoop Dogg,
but you look like Corey Haim.
[audience exclaims]
Deft.
[King laughs]
That's good, J.R.
-This. -[J.R.] I got it.
So after the draft,
whether it's RAW or SmackDown,
J.R., or Michael Cole,
I will be Champion,
'cause that's how I roll!
[audience cheering]
[J.R.] Chris thinks he can rap.
[King] You got included in the rap song, what are you complaining about?
That could be the next million seller.
[J.R.] Actually rapped about rebels and wrestlers.
That's pretty good.
That's charisma.
Made it better, J.R.?
[J.R.] Ladies and gentlemen, I tell you what,
we waited all night for this Main Event.
It is Triple H, Batista-II.
The World Heavyweight Championship will be decided.
Will The Game become an 11-time champion?
Will Batista become successful in his first pay-per-view title event.
And this one, folks, exploded at WrestleMania 21.
[J.R.] Oh, my God!
The close down by Batista.
-Batista… -[King] Oh!
[J.R.] Batista Bomb! Batista Bomb!
The Beast has been unleashed.
Batista is the new Heavyweight Champion of the world!
[audience chanting] Batista!
[audience booing]
[King] What is wrong with this picture?
Triple H without the World Heavyweight Championship.
[Triple H] Batista, you are on borrowed time!
The rematch has been signed.
It will be Batista, Triple H II,
and it will take place at Backlash.
I knew when I become World Heavyweight Champion,
I'd be a hunted man, but I refuse to be anyone's victim.
I'm the man,
I'm the predator, I'm the World Heavyweight Champion.
This is my jungle.
Batista, your eyes betrayed you.
Your eyes told me the one thing I should've already known.
It is the one thing you fear, Dave.
It is the Pedigree.
It is the one thing that made me a 10 time World Heavyweight Champion,
and it is the one thing that will make me
a 11-time World Champion.
[King] Batista, you just got a glimpse of your future.
[Triple H] One second, one Pedigree.
[King] The move that's gonna take Triple H to the Championship once again.
[Batista] Triple H, you're looking in my eyes and seeing fear.
You're just looking at your own reflection in the mirror.
[Triple H] Batista, your ass is mine!
[J.R.] Triple H, oh, no, no, no!
-[King] Pedigree! -Triple H got the Pedigree on Batista!
If Triple H hits the Pedigree.
[Triple H] At Backlash, this lie you're living, Batista, will be over.
[King] One second, one Pedigree, that's all it takes.
[Triple H] Because the Pedigree is the truth.
[Ric Flair's theme music playing]
[audience cheering]
[Lilian] Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome The Nature Boy,
Ric Flair!
[King] The Nature Boy, Ric Flair,
styling and profiling…
But honestly, there's a little bit of a look of concern
on The Nature Boy's face.
[J.R.] I was just going to say, I have known Flair for 25 years
and he had a very unique look on his face.
Something's up, there's something's amiss.
Something's different about Flair's expression.
And I can't quite put my finger on it, but it's worth noting.
Ladies and gentlemen,
allow me the privilege
of introducing my friend,
the greatest wrestler alive today,
and soon-to-be the 11-time
World Heavyweight Champion,
Triple H!
-[Triple H theme song playing] -[King] The Game!
[audience cheering]
There he is!
You heard it.
Soon to be the 11-time World Heavyweight Champion!
He's hard to argue with, J.R., look at The Game!
[J.R.] Well, he is in great shape, mentally, physically.
A man obsessed of becoming the World's Heavyweight Champion.
If you look back at the list of victims that this man has defeated
in his many championship reigns,
it reads like a who's who, it reads like an entire league
of the Hall of Fame Sunday.
[King] And all of those victims falling to…
-[J.R.] The Pedigree. -[King] That's right. The Pedigree.
And as you heard from Triple H, the Pedigree is the truth!
And quite frankly, Batista can't handle the truth.
[J.R.] I mean, you look this man's record and what he has accomplished.
In 10 Title reigns, he has beaten men like Mick Foley,
The Big Show, The Rock,
Shawn Michaels, Goldberg, Kane,
and even the name of all, Stone Cold Steve Austin.
Randy Orton.
He won the Elimination Chamber,
obviously not without a little help from Batista back in early January.
But this man says that he is one Pedigree away
from winning number 11.
[King] Eleven-time, J.R., you see.
[J.R.] Wow. I don't like him. I think he is a soulless,
heartless, no-good human being that would Pedigree his own mama
to get what he wants.
But I cannot, as a man,
and as a professional discount the accomplishments
and the athletic ability of The Cerebral Assassin.
He may be the best ever.
[King] Did you say "mama"? "His own mama"?
[J.R.] Yes.
-[King] That's what I thought you said. -[J.R.] Look at those mutton chops.
[bell dings]
Story on that.
[Lilian] The following contest is scheduled for one fall
and it is the World Heavyweight Championship!
[Batista's theme music playing]
[audience cheering]
[Lilian] Making his way to the ring, from Washington D.C.,
weighing in at 380 pounds,
he is the World Heavyweight Champion,
Batista!
[J.R.] A great ovation for the new World's Heavyweight Champion
in his first pay-per-view extravaganza title defense.
You know, King, the former football coach Bud Wilkinson once said,
"If you're going to be a champion,
you must be willing to pay a higher price."
My question to you is,
Do you think Batista is willing to pay that higher price
to retain the World Title tonight knowing
that the World Title to the Game is more important than life itself.
[King] Actually, J.R.,
there is only one person in this arena--
There's only one person in the world that can answer that question.
And that's that man, Batista. Look at that.
[J.R.] Batista taunting The Game
shoving that World Title belt near The Game's face.
Batista swears he will win this match and leave with The World Title.
And that he will be the World's Heavyweight Champion
for years to come.
[King] The Game has sworn that he will win this match.
I mean, the 11-time World Heavyweight Champion.
[J.R.] It's how you show up to the showdown that counts.
And, folks, by God, this is a showdown.
This is gonna be a Slobber Knocker.
This is gonna be physically intense.
The strength, the power.
The very smash mouth attitude,
and the style of Batista against that man.
I mentioned Harley Race, King.
Those mutton chops compare Triple H to the Hall of Famer, Harley Race.
It was on this date in 1981, that Harley Race regained the World Title.
If you believe in fate, if you believe in irony,
or maybe you just like useless trivia, there's something to think about.
[King] There you go.
Well, I can assure you that The Game is thinking is that
he's not going to go in there and try to match strength with Batista,
he's not gonna be able to overpower Batista.
The Game is thinking about the truth. You know what the truth is.
[J.R.] Pedigree.
Triple H learned exactly what he cannot do against Batista at WrestleMania.
You are not going to beat Batista in a power match.
[King] There it is. That's what it's all about.
The World Heavyweight Championship.
[J.R.] I don't care where you wrestle,
I don't care if you're in the-- What branch of the WWE.
In my view, in my opinion, that's all it's worth,
there's nothing that compares to being the World's Heavyweight Champion.
[bell dings]
[inaudible]
[J.R.] That's what this is all about. That's why we are here.
And is The Game right? Does he see something in Batista's eyes
-that no one else does? -[King] I don't know.
I know one thing, these two bulls are gonna lock horns momentarily!
And it's gonna be like you said before, a head-on collision.
[J.R.] The Game's got to wrestle Batista down, destroy the vertical base.
He can't let 6' 5'', 370--
[King] Look at Flair, look at this!
[J.R.] Flair with the distraction.
Flair with the distraction on the outside,
and The Game looking for those big thunderous right hands.
And that taped right hand right to the tip.
Batista set early, The Game capitalizing--
-Going for the Pedigree! -[King] Oh.
Batista knows he can't handle the truth.
[J.R.] I think we were that close, like an inch away
for Batista eating some more canvas from the Pedigree,
from the number-one contender for the World Title.
[King] Triple H hates to be referred to as the number one contender.
[J.R.] And you think a lot of guys will be honored to say that
"I was the number one contender."
[King] No, he's gonna be honored to be called,
"the 11-time World Heavyweight Champion."
[J.R.] Triple H said Batista got lucky at WrestleMania.
[King] Do you disagree?
[J.R.] Yes.
[King] Look at this.
[J.R.] Batista blocked the right hand.
And the big man with those hard right-hand shots,
he doesn't need a lot of 'em
to imposes will and hardship.
-[King] Pedigree. -[J.R.] Pedigree!
[J.R.] Batista going downstairs--
[King] For the Batista Bomb.
[J.R.] Batista with a smile on his face…
[King] Oh, look at that.
[J.R.] Batista is saying, "Hey, Triple H, you were that close
to getting Batista Bomb-ed to the floor."
Look at the canvas.
[King] The Nature Boy over there. He's sweating already.
[J.R.] There's very much a wildcard on the outside.
The former 16-time Champion. Dirtiest player in the game,
has a vested interest in the outcome of this contest,
no doubt about that.
[King] Always in Triple H's ear.
With advice, with knowledge.
[J.R.] Triple H grew up idolizing The Nature Boy,
and now the roles are reversed.
The Nature Boy idolizes Triple H,
says he's the best in-the-ring wrestler in the world today.
And that's why we're here to prove just who is.
Is it The Game, or is it Batista?
-An Irish whip. -[all exclaim]
Back body drop. Tremendous elevation!
[King] Batista even taunting The Game.
[J.R.] He going for the right hand that staggers.
Number one contender back in the corner.
Big uppercut shot by Batista and a knockdown
by the World's Heavyweight Champion.
[King] There you go. Come on! Pedigree!
Look out!
[J.R.] Batista countered out the Pedigree, elevated The Game from the ring
to the floor over the top rope.
The third time tonight, The Game has gone for that Pedigree.
[King] You have to bide your time, Triple H.
It'll come, the time will come.
-The truth will set you free. -[referee] Three!
[J.R.] You slice this match any way you want,
but it comes back to one word. "Pedigree."
[King] Where is Batista going? Leave Flair alone.
-Oh, look out! -[all exclaim]
[J.R.] Spinebuster into the wall.
[King] Don't ever take your eye off The Game. Don't ever look back at Flair.
[J.R.] The World's Champion may have made the tactical error there.
[King] Check this out one more time.
Triple H going for that Pedigree but Batista's too close to the ropes,
and able to power The Game right over onto the floor.
[J.R.] The Game's trying to set back on him but Batista's too strong.
Man, what an impact!
Batista's lower back and the impact
taken Batista over the wall to the concrete floor.
[King] He may have hit the back of his head on that floor out there.
[J.R.] You can bet your crown
that The Game is not going to allow Batista to be counted out here.
[King] We can see that one more time.
Onto the back of Batista's head, I don't know.
[J.R.] Triple H knows he cannot win the Title
by a count-out or disqualification.
Another suplex outside, backend. Takes great strength--
[King] Look at the look on the face of Batista!
He has never experienced that in his life. I can assure you.
[J.R.] Great leverage and technique by the number one contender, The Game,
back in the ring that breaks the referee's ten count.
Batista hammered that lower back on the outside.
[King] I may have to take back what I said earlier
that The Game couldn't match strength with Batista.
But he's manhandling the World Champion right now.
[J.R.] It's all about leverage, technique.
That's what we're seeing, a textbook demonstration by Triple H.
[King] Have you ever seen Batista get suplexed on the floor?
[J.R.] Absolutely, not.
The Game driving his elbow into the lower back.
That would be the focus now, one would assume.
The more you punish that lower back,
the more vulnerable Batista is for the Pedigree, in my view.
The truth. The truth, J.R.
We talked about the look on the face of Ric Flair
I don't think I've ever seen that look on Batista's face before.
[J.R.] Driving knee drop right into the lower back
and the kidney area of Triple H.
A man that has-- A pure student of The Game,
that's why we call him The Cerebral Assassin for years.
He met with a powerful elbow.
[King] Oh, man, did you hear that.
[J.R.] The freakish strength of Batista.
Now trying to climb back in, Batista now going for the Batista Bomb.
[King] I'm not gonna say whether that was a low blow or not.
[J.R.] It very well could have been. Look at The Game.
Striking… shoulder blocks.
Right to the lower back, right to the kidneys.
[King] I think The Game realizes he cannot let up,
he cannot let Batista breathe.
Batista has such amazing quick recuperate powers.
[J.R.] The Game, like a rabid dog there smelling blood and tasting it.
[King] Yes, he gotta be careful here or he'll get disqualified.
-Man, oh, man. -[J.R.] What a hard, hard whip.
I mean, one that would cause a whiplash.
The Game, with everything he can muster, sending Batista for the ride.
Batista on the outside.
-[King] Look at this, J.R. -We got Flair here.
-[King] I see Flair. -[J.R.] Come on! Come on!
[King] There he is, the dirtiest player in the game, right there, at his best.
The Nature Boy, Ric Flair, behind the referee's back, mind you.
Doing a number on our World Heavyweight Champion.
He's like, "No, I didn't. No, I didn't, ref. Didn't do a thing."
[J.R.] Well, Flair's lying.
That's what Flair's do-- Flair's lying, and Triple H
has certainly distracted the referee, but the referee--
Out of the way so the damage can be done to Batista.
I mean, it's not a Handicap Match.
It's a one-on-one match.
[King] Well, Batista better try to stay out of Ric Flair's territory.
[J.R.] I thought that's what the challenger wanted, a one-on-one match.
Apparently, I was wrong.
And Batista catches The Game with a right hand.
Well, a big right hand but Triple H retaliates.
The Game now, and Batista exchanging rights.
Batista getting better of the situation.
[King] These big touches are like bombs.
Oh, there he goes!
-[J.R.] Spinebuster. -[King] Yeah, you're ready.
The cover with a big-- Oh, no!
The referee's hand coming down.
More pressure, another lateral press and another near fall.
[King] He's ready for the truth, I think.
[J.R.] Batista, cover gain, but will not give up.
Batista will not give up here!
[King] Show him the truth, Triple H.
Every time that The Game has tried to show Batista the truth
as you like to call it, Batista has countered.
He's countered everything that The Game has thrown at him in this match.
Another hard Irish whip.
-[King] Oh, no! -[J.R.] And that's impact.
[King] Is Triple H's head still on?
[J.R.] That is a frozen rope clothesline that will knock your teeth out.
Batista exploded 317 pounds,
6' 5". Look and listen.
-[King] That is like a head-on collision. -[J.R.] That was nasty.
And The Game trying to fight back.
But Batista, too big, too strong.
As The Game goes downstairs, you could almost feel the--
-Send The Game into the floor here! -[King] No, no, no!
Another counter. Batista is out-wrestling The Game.
[King] Look at Batista.
[J.R.] And Batista, one more time, taking The Game outside.
And Batista dominating, he's now dominating this match.
[King] I don't like the look on Batista's face now.
It's a look of intensity.
Oh, man!
[J.R.] And The Game's head snapping off the security wall.
[King] Ref, get them back in the ring.
-Look out! -[J.R.] Batista…
[J.R.] Batista sends Triple H for a hellacious ride.
[King] He's sent to those stairs, turning on his side from that impact.
[J.R.] Batista sending The Game's body flying
right into the steel steps.
Batista absolutely overpowering here.
Triple H, The Cerebral Assassin, has got to figure something out here.
[King] Watch and listen.
[J.R.] Batista defeating The Game to the punch.
He is countering The Game's offense.
[King] Yeah, but don't worry, J.R.,
it only takes one second to tell the truth.
[J.R.] Batista driving that shoulder, those huge shoulders,
at 317 pounds, into the midsection of Triple H.
-And The Game, look at this! -[King] Oh, no.
[J.R.] And Batista… [exclaims] powerslam, and right back up.
What athleticism by The World's Champion.
The momentum is here, the momentum has changed.
Batista always on momentum.
[King] I don't like the looks of this.
There's Naitch, look out, Naitch!
[J.R.] Flair trying to get involved--
-[King] Naitch is in the ring. -Get him out of there.
He's got no damn business in the ring anyway.
Batista has absolutely dominated--
[King] Wait! The Game has the championship belt in his hand.
[J.R.] Where did that come from?
The Game has got the world title belt in his hand.
-[King] Batista bomb! -[J.R.] Oh, no, no, the belt!
Right in the face of the champion!
Oh, what a cheap shot!
-[King] Look at this! Ref is counting! -[J.R.] What a cheap shot. No, no!
Oh, damn, yes!
-[King] The count, what was it? -[J.R.] It was two count!
-[King] Two? -[J.R.] Triple H tried to steal it!
He tried to steal the Title back from Batista
by using The World Title belt.
[King] Can we see that one more time?
Watch this Championship belt land right on the head of Batista.
[J.R.] The cheapest of cheap shots by The Game, but to no avail.
He still couldn't put Batista away.
[King] That's gotta be very disheartening for The Game.
I know he thought he had the match won there.
[J.R.] Again walked into a right hand and another.
Try not to go downstairs.
-[King] Pedigree! Tell the truth. -[J.R.] Pedigree!
The Pedigree-- No.
Elevation! Another counter.
Triple H cannot apply the Pedigree.
[King] Why can't he hit the Pedigree?
[J.R.] It has been countered every time!
[all exclaim]
Son of a bitch!
[King and J.R.] Oh-oh.
[all exclaim]
[J.R.] Oh, my God!
That poor attempt from The Game got the referee!
The Pedigree!
-The Pedigree! -[King] He got it! There's the truth!
[J.R.] The Game got the Pedigree but the referee has been annihilated.
[King] He's trying to throw him in there. Look at Naitch.
[J.R.] Flair trying to get the referee in the ring to make the count.
[J.R.] Naitch is the most valuable man in wrestling right now.
[J.R.] Don't tell me the Pedigree is going to do it here.
The referee is… The referee is out!
-Referee is out! -[King] Count you, idiot!
[J.R.] The Game manhandling the referee, covering the champion.
[King] The referee has no idea where he's at.
[J.R.] The referee has absolutely no idea where he is.
He took an inadvertent shot from Batista…
[Triple H] What is the matter with you? Hey!
[King] Put some water on him. Yeah, slap some sense into him.
Wake him up!
[J.R.] He is down and incoherent.
[King] Well, he got hit by a train, a train named Batista! Wake him up!
[J.R.] Ric Flair trying to wake up the referee.
Batista stirring.
Here comes another referee! Referee Jack Doan. Look out here.
A Pedigree again. No! No!
[audience cheering]
Spinebuster! My God, what a spinebuster!
Triple H kicked out. Triple H kicked out!
-And this World Title match continues. -[King] I can't believe my eyes here.
One referee totally unconscious, We got another referee--
The Game tried to hit the Pedigree instead he hit the spinebuster.
[J.R.] Batista's lower back has gotta be killing the big man,
but still, he was able to suck it up and deliver a spinebuster.
He's all man in a yard wide,
this World's Champion is sending for the ride now.
A facebuster by The Game, down goes the Champion.
Now it's truth time. There is a cover. Will it be--
No! It is not! It will not be!
[Doan] Now back off! It was two.
[King] The truth, Pedigree, something, come on!
[J.R.] Long two count, but to no avail.
The Game cannot find the combination.
-Pedigree, again! -[King] He'd getting locked in.
[J.R.] He tried to Pedigree but Batista-- Oh!
God Almighty!
Oh, Jesus!
[King] Oh, no.
[J.R.] Batista overpowering The Game again!
That's body-on-body, flesh-on-flesh…
-Look The Game is out. -…bone-on-bone.
Awesome clothesline.
-The Game is spaghetti-like on the ropes-- -[Doan groans]
[audience exclaims]
[King] Oh, my God!
[J.R.] That cheap son of a bitch has kicked the referee downstairs!
A low blow on the referee.
[King] Look at Naitch, look at Naitch!
[audience cheering]
Flair is a desperate man.
And Pedigree. Pedigree again!
No, it's not!
[King] Oh, look. Look at The Game!
[J.R.] Batista counters.
[all exclaim]
[King] Triple H's face right into the turnbuckle.
[J.R.] A counterclock to the turnbuckle. The World's Champion--
-[all exclaim] -Oh, my God! No!
-[King] Oh-oh! -[J.R.] No!
No! A low blow!
A desperate man known as Triple H with a low blow.
[King] Triple H absolutely pulling out all the stops here.
[J.R.] Triple H has been unable to beat
Batista with a Pedigree or anything else.
Now the low blow, now a straight right hands.
[audience counting]
-Oh, my God! Oh, my God! -[King] Oh, no! Oh, no!
[J.R.] Ah! The Batista Bomb!
How the hell did Batista do it?
-[King] Ref, no! -[J.R.] Batista power bomb. Batista bomb!
-[audience] One, two, three! -[J.R.] The count!
-[audience cheering] -[bell dings]
[J.R.] And Batista has done it!
[Batista's theme music playing]
[Lilian] Here is your winner,
and still the World Heavyweight Champion,
Batista!
[J.R.] I guarantee you, folks! Against all odds,
against two referees down,
against Ric Flair, against The Game,
Batista has done it!
And for anybody that thought WrestleMania was a fluke,
once again, there was no fluke here tonight!
Batista countered The Game at every turn in the road.
And finally, Batista's power!
Absolutely overwhelming power,
and his spirit, his desire…
and he is still the World's Heavyweight Champion!
[King] Yes, he is.
Batista, finally able to…
He is getting to hold that World Heavyweight Championship belt
up in the air, he is truly
the World Champion, J.R.
[J.R.] The power, the strength,
the smash-mouth fearless style, this is scary!
[King] Triple H up in the air delivering the big right hands…
[audience cheering]
[J.R.] Unbelievable power!
Scary, freakish strength, after the low blow,
the Batista Bomb!
How the hell did the champion do it?
But he got to three!
A conclusive three! And there is the World Champion!
[King] It's done, it's done.
[audience cheering]
[J.R.] Batista never quit!
Everything that could be thrown at him was in this match.
The outside interference of Flair, the game plan of Triple H,
referees down,
a bad back, but he never quit!
[King] What a physical match, J.R.!
I don't know if I've ever seen a more physical--
Look at this!
[J.R.] Triple H taking his rage out on-- Oh, no! No, no!
No, damn it! You sore losing son of a bitch!
-[King] He is jealous, J.R.! -[Triple H yelling]
[J.R.] Well, he can cry all he wants but the man around here,
his name is Batista!
And the World Champion here is Batista!
Batista is the World Heavyweight Champion, by God!
[audience cheering]